Twins vs White Sox Picks and Prediction – 7/10/2024

The Minnesota Twins continue a road trip Wednesday in Chicago for game one of a doubleheader. Minnesota comes into game one on Wednesday 13 games above .500 having won for the last five including game one of this set. The Minnesota offense secured the team this season with a .256 team batting average. Minnesota has scored 455 runs this season on 793 total hits as a team. For other MLB action see our MLB Picks.

Chris Paddack got the start for Minnesota giving up two runs on three hits across 5 innings of work resulting in a no decision. The Minnesota bullpen gave up three more runs on four hits over the next 4 innings of work. Jhoan Duran came on in relief to give up no runs on no hits in one inning leading to the win. Brooks Lee and Matt Wallner led the way for the Minnesota offense driving in two runs each.

The Chicago White Sox stay on their home field Wednesday as the worst team in baseball as Chicago is 41 games below .500 having lost for the last five. Offensively Chicago was terrible with a .221 team batting average. Chicago scored just 301 runs on 682 hits in 93 games played this season. Chicago pitching has been even worse with a 4.58 team ERA.

Chris Flexen got the start for Chicago against Minnesota on Monday giving up two runs on seven hits across 6 innings of work. The Minnesota bullpen was terrible allowing four runs on six hits through the next 4 innings of work. Jared Shuster came out in the 11th to give up two runs on two hits leading to the loss. Nikki Lopez was the biggest bat for Chicago with two hits and three at bats to drive in two of the six runs.