At Target Field on Monday, the Los Angeles Angels (two straight defeats) face the Minnesota Twins (three setbacks in a row) at 7:40 p.m. ET.
The Angels are an underdog (+158 on the moneyline) when they visit the Twins (-189). The Minnesota Twins will hand the ball to David Festa (2-5, 4.75 ERA), who is looking for win No. 3 on the season, and the Angels will counter with Reid Detmers (3-6, 5.87 ERA).
The Twins’ matchup yesterday versus the Royals ended in a 2-0 loss. Christian Vazquez went 3-for-3 in the defeat, while Simeon Woods Richardson threw 4 1/3 innings, giving up two earned runs on three hits while striking out two en route to taking the loss.
The Angels fell to the Rangers 7-4 yesterday. Charles Leblanc went 1-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in the defeat, while Caden Dana took the loss on the mound, throwing one inning, giving up five earned runs on seven hits while striking out one.
Prepare for the Twins vs. Angels with everything you need to know ahead of Monday’s game, including viewing options.
Minnesota Twins vs. Los Angeles Angels odds and betting lines
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Monday at 3:16 p.m. ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
- Favorite: Twins (-189, bet $189 to win $100)
- Underdog: Angels (+158, bet $100 to win $158)
- Over/under: 8
Twins vs. Angels: Live streaming info & game time
- Game Day: Monday, September 9, 2024
- Game Time: 7:40 p.m. ET
- Stadium: Target Field
- TV Channel: Bally Sports
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)
Twins stats and trends
Twins betting records
- The Twins have won 58, or 60.4%, of the 96 games they’ve played as favorites this season.
- Minnesota has a record of 18-2 in games when oddsmakers favor them by at least -189 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 65.4% chance of a victory for the Twins.
- Minnesota and its opponents have hit the over in 71 of its 143 games with a total this season.
- The Twins are 64-78-0 against the spread this season.
David Festa (Twins probable starter)
- Festa (2-5 with a 4.75 ERA and 58 strikeouts in 47 1/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Twins, his 10th of the season.
- In his most recent appearance on Tuesday against the Tampa Bay Rays, the right-hander went five innings, giving up two earned runs while surrendering five hits.
- The 24-year-old has amassed an ERA of 4.75, with 11.0 strikeouts per nine innings, in 10 games this season. Opponents have a .238 batting average against him.
- Festa enters this game with one quality start under his belt this year.
- Festa will try to extend a three-game streak of pitching five or more innings (he’s averaging 4.7 innings per appearance).
- He has held his opponents without an earned run in one of his 10 appearances this season.
- He meets an Angels offense that ranks 27th in the league with 561 runs while batting .228 as a unit. It has a collective .371 slugging percentage (27th in MLB play) and has hit a total of 146 home runs (25th in MLB).
Twins batting stats
- The Twins’ 170 home runs rank 10th in Major League Baseball.
- Hitters for Minnesota rank seventh in the majors with a combined .421 team slugging percentage.
- The Twins’ .249 batting average ranks 11th in the league this season.
- Minnesota has scored 668 runs (4.7 per game) this season, which ranks 11th in MLB.
- The Twins have an OBP of .318 this season, which ranks 10th in MLB.
- Minnesota has shown patience at the plate this season with the 10th-best rate of strikeouts per game (8.1) among MLB offenses.
Angels stats and trends
Angels betting records
- The Angels have come away with 52 wins in the 117 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
- Los Angeles has a mark of 7-13 in contests where oddsmakers favor it by +158 or worse on the moneyline.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Angels have a 38.8% chance of pulling out a win.
- Contests with Los Angeles has gone over the total set by bookmakers in 66 of 142 chances this season.
- In 141 games with a line this season, the Angels have a mark of 75-66-0 against the spread.
Reid Detmers (Angels probable starter)
- Detmers (3-6 with a 5.87 ERA and 80 strikeouts in 69 2/3 innings pitched) makes the start for the Angels, his 14th of the season.
- The lefty last appeared on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers, when he threw six innings, allowing two earned runs while giving up three hits.
- The 25-year-old has put together a 5.87 ERA and 10.4 strikeouts per nine innings across 13 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .259 to his opponents.
- Detmers is trying to secure his fourth quality start of the season.
- Detmers enters the game with 11 outings of five or more innings pitched this season.
- He has held his opponents without an earned run in one of his 13 outings this season.
- He will match up with a Twins team that is batting .249 as a unit (11th in the MLB). They are also slugging a collective .421 (seventh in the league) with 170 total home runs (10th in MLB action).
- In five innings over one appearance against the Twins this season, Detmers has a 9.00 ERA and a 1.8 WHIP while his opponents are batting .391.
Angels batting stats
- The Angels rank 25th in MLB play with 146 home runs. They average 1.0 per game.
- This season, Los Angeles is slugging .371, the fourth-lowest percentage in baseball.
- The Angels rank 28th in the majors with a .228 batting average.
- The offense for Los Angeles is No. 27 in baseball scoring 3.9 runs per game (561 total runs).
- The Angels’ .300 on-base percentage is the fourth-worst in baseball.
