Twins-Astros ALDS Game 2 Preview: Pitching matchups, odds, x-factor, analysis

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The Astros are seemingly inevitable. But the Twins can still mash their way to victory.

Before each playoff series, we all script out various paths to victory. I do it. You do it. Coaches and quants and execs do it. Here’s how the can knock off the : Superior starting pitching and taters. Solo taters. Slam taters. So many taters. Because that’s the truth, right? Any team can win a best-of-five series if it puts its strengths together for three games.

Pablo López, 96mph ⛽️ 3rd K — Rob Friedman López has only faced the Astros once in his career, allowing two runs over 4 ⅓ innings in 2022, so there’s not much in the way of historical head-to-heads here. Alvarez singled twice off him. singled, homered and walked. So, there you go. López has a pretty severe platoon split, with a .754 OPS against lefties compared to .597 for righties. Advertisement Astros: LHP Framber Valdez 2023 stats: 12-11, 3.

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