Twins at Indians 8/7/18 - MLB Picks & Predictions

In Tuesday night MLB action, the Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Indians will continue their series from Progressive Field. Last night, Minnesota’s offense managed just three hits during a lopsided 10-0 defeat. SP Kyle Gibson was tagged for six runs in five innings for the Twins, who fell to seven games below .500 overall.

Minnesota manager Paul Molitor will turn to twenty-five year old righty Adalberto Mejia (1-0 2.60 ERA) in this matchup. Through 17 plus innings, Mejia has allowed one home runs and owns a 1.38 WHIP. The Cleveland Indians have won three straight games and are starting to pull away from the AL Central Division. On Monday, All-Star SP Trevor Bauer struck out 11 batters across six frames to improve his record to 11-6 on the year. Edwin Encarnacion homered and drove in four runs for the Indians, who lead the Twins by 10 games for first place.

The Indians will counter with talented right-hander Carlos Carrasco (13-5 3.66 ERA) on Tuesday night. Cleveland has won each of Carrasco’s last five starts and he has allowed just seven runs total over that stretch.