T.M. Selection: Blue Jays/Twins UNDER.

I am on the under in the Toronto Blue Jays vs Minnesota Twins game on Thursday. The Blue Jays have been involved in a lot of low scoring affairs lately. They have seen 5 runs or less in 3 games in a row now, they have also seen 8 runs or less in 7 games in a row now. They have still looked good in their games lately winning a lot of them, but their offense has died down a lot since they aren't really putting up runs in these games. Instead, their pitching has been getting really hot lately and they haven't been giving up many runs in their games, winning a lot of those games with their good pitching. Over their previous 7 games, they have put up around 3 runs per game on average and I don't think they are going to do a lot more here with this pitching matchup. The Jays haven't really given up more than 3 runs in 5/6 of their previous 6 games though, and I think this is going to be another low scoring and close game which they have been involved in a lot of this year. Even the Twins have seen 8 runs or less in 4 games in a row now and I see the runs being hard to come by in this game. Alek Manoah (11-5, 2.43 ERA) is up for the Blue Jays here and he has looked good in his starts all year. He has looked a bit shaky in his starts lately, giving up 4 runs in his most recent start, but even when he has a bad start he never gives up more than that and he hasn't had many of those starts this year. I think he is going to bounce back here after that previous start and I see him pitching a great game where he doesn't give up many runs. Sonny Gray (6-3, 3.41 ERA) is up for the Twins here and he has also looked great this year. He hasn't given up more than 1 run in 2 starts in a row now and he has looked that good in a majority of his starts this year. I think he is going to continue pitching well here and I expect him to shut down the Jays lineup which hasn't been hitting that well lately. I like the under in this game.

T.M. Prediction: 3-1 Jays.