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The Minnesota Twins head into their next series against the Guardians without the benefit of a day off. Still, this should be a motivated team to break out of a poor three game losing streak. At the plate the Twins were held scoreless in consecutive games, and scored just a total of one run. That may be a factor today but Guardians starter Tristan McKenzie has received an average of just 1.6 runs over his last three starts. Back the Twins.
Cleveland has won the last three meetings with the Twins. But they've lost four of their last seven games. The Twins just lost three in a row to the Yankees and have lost four of their last five. Simeon Woods-Richardson allowed five runs in 4.1 innings of his last start. Triston McKenzie has won four of his last five starts. McKenzie has allowed only seven earned runs in his last five games. Cleveland to win.
Triston McKenzie has had a solid start to the season and has racked up at least six Ks in four of his last five outings, however his underlying metrics depict a concerning story. Mckenzie's 9.2% SwStr% is significantly lower than his career average of 12.3%. He will also face a Twins lineup that has been much tougher/stingier as of late, Minnesota possesses a top 10 OPS, as well as a bottom 10 K Rate against opposing right handed pitching since April 1.