Minnesota Twins Starting Lineup | October 5, 2022 Twins Lineup

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The Minnesota Twins (77-84) will take on the Chicago White Sox (81-80) on Wednesday. Davis Martin gets the starting nod for Chicago while Louie Varland is Minnesota's starter for the contest. Gio Urshela has led the way for the Twins starting lineup recently, batting .459 with 1 home runs and 6 RBI over the club's last ten games.

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Twins Starting Lineup

L. Varland , (R), P

1. L. Arraez , (L), DH

2. G. Urshela , (R), 3B

3. N. Gordon , (L), 2B

4. G. Sanchez , (R), C

5. J. Cave , (L), LF

6. G. Celestino , (R), CF

7. M. Wallner , (L), RF

8. J. Palacios , (R), SS

9. C. Hamilton , (R), 1B

Pos	Pitcher
P	Louie Varland L. Varland (R)

Pos	Pitcher	GS	Record	ERA	IP	Batters Faced	Hits	Runs	HR Allowed	BB	SO	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	Salary	Projection
P	Louie Varland L. Varland (R)	5	1-2	3.81	26	106	26	11	4	6	21	19.8%	05.6%	1.23	.297	$7000	28.82

Pos	Hitter
DH	Luis Arraez L. Arraez (L)
3B	Gio Urshela G. Urshela (R)
2B	Nick Gordon N. Gordon (L)
C	Gary Sanchez G. Sanchez (R)
LF	Jake Cave J. Cave (L)
CF	Gilberto Celestino G. Celestino (R)
RF	Matt Wallner M. Wallner (L)
SS	Jermaine Palacios J. Palacios (R)
1B	Caleb Hamilton C. Hamilton (R)

Pos	Hitter	Order	G	PA	Hits	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI	Runs	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Salary	Projection
DH	Luis Arraez L. Arraez (L)	1	144	603	173	133	31	1	8	49	88	4	4	.316	.375	.420	.795	$3000	10.18
3B	Gio Urshela G. Urshela (R)	2	144	551	143	100	27	3	13	64	61	1	0	.285	.338	.429	.767	$2700	9.99
2B	Nick Gordon N. Gordon (L)	3	138	439	110	69	28	4	9	50	45	6	4	.272	.317	.427	.744	$2200	10.01
C	Gary Sanchez G. Sanchez (R)	4	128	470	86	46	24	0	16	61	42	2	0	.205	.283	.377	.660	$2200	8.93
LF	Jake Cave J. Cave (L)	5	54	177	35	20	7	3	5	20	17	2	0	.213	.260	.384	.644	$2400	8.99
CF	Gilberto Celestino G. Celestino (R)	6	122	345	74	59	12	1	2	24	30	4	1	.238	.313	.302	.615	$2200	8.34
RF	Matt Wallner M. Wallner (L)	7	18	65	13	8	3	0	2	10	4	1	0	.228	.323	.386	.709	$2500	9.75
SS	Jermaine Palacios J. Palacios (R)	8	30	76	10	8	0	0	2	6	8	0	0	.143	.184	.229	.413	$2000	7.99
1B	Caleb Hamilton C. Hamilton (R)	9	22	22	1	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	.056	.227	.222	.449	$2000	8.9

Most Common Twins Lineups

4 Games
1. Luis Arraez
2. Carlos Correa
3. Max Kepler
4. Jose Miranda
5. Nick Gordon
6. Gio Urshela
7. Jake Cave
8. Gary Sanchez
9. Gilberto Celestino

3 Games
1. Luis Arraez
2. Carlos Correa
3. Kyle Garlick
4. Jose Miranda
5. Nick Gordon
6. Gio Urshela
7. Jake Cave
8. Gary Sanchez
9. Gilberto Celestino

3 Games
1. Luis Arraez
2. Carlos Correa
3. Byron Buxton
4. Max Kepler
5. Jorge Polanco
6. Alex Kirilloff
7. Nick Gordon
8. Gio Urshela
9. Gary Sanchez

3 Games
1. Luis Arraez
2. Carlos Correa
3. Byron Buxton
4. Max Kepler
5. Jorge Polanco
6. Alex Kirilloff
7. Jose Miranda
8. Gio Urshela
9. Ryan Jeffers

3 Games
1. Luis Arraez
2. Byron Buxton
3. Carlos Correa
4. Max Kepler
5. Jorge Polanco
6. Trevor Larnach
7. Gary Sanchez
8. Gio Urshela
9. Nick Gordon

3 Games
1. Jorge Polanco
2. Carlos Correa
3. Kyle Garlick
4. Gio Urshela
5. Gary Sanchez
6. Miguel Sano
7. Ryan Jeffers
8. Gilberto Celestino
9. Trevor Larnach

2022 Recent Twins Lineups

Game	Score	Starting Pitcher	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10/5 @ CHW	W 10-1	Davis Martin D. Martin (R), 0 IP, 0 SO, 0 ER, ND	Luis Arraez L. Arraez	Gio Urshela G. Urshela	Nick Gordon N. Gordon	Gary Sanchez G. Sanchez	Jake Cave J. Cave	Gilberto Celestino G. Celestino	Matt Wallner M. Wallner	Jermaine Palacios J. Palacios	Caleb Hamilton C. Hamilton
10/5 @ CHW	L 3-8	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito (R), 0 IP, 0 SO, 0 ER, ND	Luis Arraez L. Arraez	Carlos Correa C. Correa	Gio Urshela G. Urshela	Nick Gordon N. Gordon	Jose Miranda J. Miranda	Ryan Jeffers R. Jeffers	Jake Cave J. Cave	Gilberto Celestino G. Celestino	Matt Wallner M. Wallner
10/4 @ CHW	L 2-3	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto (R), 0 IP, 0 SO, 0 ER, ND	Jose Miranda J. Miranda	Carlos Correa C. Correa	Nick Gordon N. Gordon	Gio Urshela G. Urshela	Jake Cave J. Cave	Gary Sanchez G. Sanchez	Matt Wallner M. Wallner	Gilberto Celestino G. Celestino	Adam Oller A. Oller
10/2 @ DET	L 2-5	Joey Wentz J. Wentz (L), 0 IP, 0 SO, 0 ER, ND	Jose Miranda J. Miranda	Carlos Correa C. Correa	Nick Gordon N. Gordon	Gio Urshela G. Urshela	Jake Cave J. Cave	Gary Sanchez G. Sanchez	Ryan Jeffers R. Jeffers	Matt Wallner M. Wallner	Gilberto Celestino G. Celestino
10/1 @ DET	L 2-3	Drew Hutchison D. Hutchison (R), 0 IP, 0 SO, 0 ER, ND	Luis Arraez L. Arraez	Carlos Correa C. Correa	Nick Gordon N. Gordon	Jose Miranda J. Miranda	Gio Urshela G. Urshela	Jake Cave J. Cave	Gary Sanchez G. Sanchez	Matt Wallner M. Wallner	Adam Oller A. Oller

Contents

Louie Varland vs. the White Sox

The Twins will send Varland (0-2) to the mound for his fifth start this season.
The right-hander gave up two earned runs in 5 2/3 innings pitched on Thursday in his last outing, a matchup with the Chicago White Sox.
The 24-year-old has pitched in four games this season with an ERA of 4.71, a 2.667 strikeout to walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.333.
The White Sox are batting .256 this season, fourth in MLB. They have a team slugging percentage of .387 (18th in the league) with 149 home runs.

Twins vs. Davis Martin

Martin (3-5) takes the mound for the White Sox in his seventh start of the season. He has a 3.79 ERA in 61 2/3 innings pitched, with 47 strikeouts.
The righty last appeared in relief on Saturday, when he tossed 5 2/3 innings against the San Diego Padres, allowing one earned run while giving up six hits.
In 13 games this season, the 25-year-old has a 3.79 ERA and 6.9 strikeouts per nine innings, while allowing a batting average of .240 to opposing hitters.

Twins Betting Trends

The Twins have been underdogs in 69 games this season and won 21 (30.4%) of those contests.
Minnesota is 12-36 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +107 or more on the moneyline.
The Twins have a 48.3% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
Games involving Minnesota have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 75 of 165 chances this season.
The Twins are 73-92-0 against the spread this season.

Twins Injury News

Jorge Polanco: 10 Day Injury List (Knee)
Max Kepler: 10 Day Injury List (Leg)
Byron Buxton: 10 Day Injury List (Hip)
Sonny Gray: 15 Day Injury List (Undisclosed)
Chris Archer: 15 Day Injury List (Pectoral)
Tyler Mahle: 15 Day Injury List (Shoulder)
Trevor Megill: 15 Day Injury List (Oblique)
Danny Coulombe: 60 Day Injury List (Hip)
Miguel Sanó: 60 Day Injury List (Knee)
Sandy León: 60 Day Injury List (Knee)
Kenta Maeda: 60 Day Injury List (Elbow)
Kyle Garlick: 60 Day Injury List (Hand)
Chris Paddack: 60 Day Injury List (Elbow)
Alex Kirilloff: 60 Day Injury List (Wrist)
Trevor Larnach: 60 Day Injury List (Abdominal)
Cody Stashak: 60 Day Injury List (Shoulder)
Jorge Alcala: 60 Day Injury List (Elbow)
Jhon Romero: 60 Day Injury List (Bicep)
Royce Lewis: 60 Day Injury List (Knee)
Jose Miranda: Day-to-day (Mouth)
Luis Arraez: Day-to-day (Hamstring)