Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins 8/30/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Boston Red Sox play the second game of a three-game series on the road Tuesday against the Minnesota Twins. Boston is 62-66 following its 12-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday. Boston won each of the first two games of its three-game series with Tampa Bay before losing the final game on Sunday. The Red Sox are last in the American League East, 16 games behind the first-place New York Yankees.

Shortstop Xander Bogaerts is batting .303 to lead Boston and has team highs in hits with 136 and on-base percentage at .372. Third baseman Rafael Devers is the leader in home runs with 25 and RBIs with 65. On Tuesday, the Boston Red Sox will send Kutter Crawford to the mound. The right-hander is 3-5 with a 5.30 ERA, 72 Ks and 25 BBs.

Minnesota is 65-51 following its 8-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday. Jake Cave hit a home run, doubled and knocked in four runs for the Twins. The Twins swept their three-game interleague series with the San Francisco Giants. Minnesota has climbed to within two games of first place Cleveland in the American League Central.

First baseman Luiz Arraez is batting .318 to lead Minnesota and has team highs in hits with 136 and on-base percentage at .384. Center fielder Byron Buxton is the leader in home runs with 28 and second baseman Jorge Polanco is the leader in RBIs with 56. On Tuesday, the Minnesota Twins will send Chris Archer to the mound. The right-hander is 2-7 with a 4.34 ERA, 78 Ks and 43 BBs.