T.M. Selection: Minnesota Twins.

I like the Minnesota Twins to win this game against the Texas Rangers on Friday. The Twins have looked really good in their games lately. They have won 2 series in a row now and they even had a chance to sweep the White Sox in their most recent series but they continued to blow leads in that game and went on to lose in extra innings. I think they are a very hot team right now though and I expect them to continue on their run as of late with another win over the Rangers here. The Rangers have lost 6/7 of their previous 7 games and have lost 4 games in a row now, including a sweep by the Orioles in their most recent series. The Rangers are back in their own ballpark for this series but I don't think it will help them much since they haven't been a great home team this year. Jon Gray (4-4, 3.96 ERA) is up for the Rangers here and he hasn't looked great for a majority of the year. He put together a really good June but he wasn't pitching well going into June and he has already started off July with another bad start, giving up 4 runs in his most recent start. The Twins have been hot lately, putting up a ton of runs in their games and I expect them to put up runs on Gray here as he begins to regress now. Sonny Gray (4-1, 2.47 ERA) is up for the Twins here and he has been great all year. He gave up 3 runs in his most recent start but that has been his worst performance this year and I expect him to bounce back here since he has been better than that all year. I think he is going to shut down the Rangers lineup here that just struggled to put up runs against the Orioles, and the Twins have a top 10 offense in the league so I see them putting up runs here. I like the Twins to win here.

T.M. Prediction: 6-3 Twins.