<p>After taking the opener of this three-game inter-league series Friday night, the Padres go looking for more Saturday night at Petco Park. Joe Musgrove, the owner of a fat new contract, hits the hill for the home team here against Sonny Gray for Minnesota.</p>
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<h2>MLB Betting Odds </h2>
<p>Saturday's baseball betting lines opened San Diego and Musgrove at around -128 over Minnesota and Gray, with an over/under of 7.5 runs. Both figures were holding steady in the early betting action.</p>
<h2>Twins-Padres MLB Betting Preview </h2>
<p> San Diego grabbed the opener of this series Friday night, 10-1. The Padres, wearing some of the worst jerseys we've ever seen, hit five home runs Friday by five different guys while getting a quality six innings from Blake Snell on their way to victory.</p>
<p>San Diego won Friday as a -130 favorite on the dime line and covered against the run line at a price of +160.</p>
<p>With Friday's win, the Padres are 6-4 over their last ten games. At 56-45 overall, San Diego trails the first-place Dodgers by 12 games in the NL West, but they also own the No. 2 spot in the National League wild-card standings.</p>
<p>With Friday's loss, Minnesota now owns a three-game losing skid. At 52-47 overall, the Twins still lead the AL Central but now by just one game over second-place Cleveland.</p>
<p>This series is the first meeting between these teams since 2017.</p>
<h2>Saturday's Pitching Match-Up </h2>
<p><a class-:advblue" "href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/79907&quot; title="Joe Musgrove Pitching Game Logs">Musgrove</a> is 14/17 on quality starts this season but 0 for his last two. Last Sunday, he gave up four runs and five hits through 5 1/3 innings of an 8-5 San Diego loss to the Mets. And in his previous start, he gave up five runs and nine hits through five frames of a 10-6 loss to Colorado.</p>
<p>The Padres are 12-5 with Musgrove this season but only 1-4 his last five times out.</p>
<p>In his last start against Minnesota, two years ago while with Pittsburgh, Musgrove gave up five runs in less than four innings of a 7-3 Pirates loss. And about a handful of Twins who batted in that game will probably bat Saturday night.</p>
<p><a class-"advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/48323&quot; title="Sonny Gray Pitching Game Stats">Gray</a> is 5/14 on quality starts this year and only one for his last four. Last Sunday, he held Detroit to one run and two hits through six innings of a 9-1 Twins win. But over his three starts previous to that, he gave up 14 runs and 19 hits through 13 1/3 innings.</p>
<p>Minnesota is 9-5 with Gray this season, 3-3 his last six times out.</p>
<p>In his last start against San Diego three seasons ago while with Cincinnati, Gray allowed just one run through six innings of a 3-2 Reds win.</p>
<h2>Splits With the Sticks </h2>
<p>Minnesota is batting .253 against right-handed pitching this season, with a .322 team OBP and a .426 team slugging percentage.</p>
<p>San Diego is slashing .238/.312/.374 against right-handed pitching.</p>
<h2>The Bullpens </h2>
<p>The Padres bullpen owns a 3.88 ERA this season and a 1.21 WHIP.</p>
<p>The Twins pen owns a 3.88 ERA and a 1.27 WHIP.<br />
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<h2>MLB Betting Trends </h2>
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<li>Minnesota is 25-25 on the road this season and 37-35 against right-handed starters.</li>
<li>San Diego is 26-21 at home and 34-31 against right-handed starters.</li>
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<h2>Totals Report </h2>
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<li>The Over is 48-43 in Twins games this season.</li>
<li>The Under is 52-46 in Padres games.</li>
<li>The Under is 27-19 at Petco Park this season.</li>
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