Texas Rangers starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi. Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports

MLB Playoffs best bet: Moneyline parlay for Tuesday's two ALDS games

By Griffin Carroll | Last updated 10/10/23

We've got two ALDS games tonight, both set for a location swap as we hit Game 3. The early game will see the Houston Astros visiting the Minnesota Twins with their series tied at one apiece, while the night game has the Texas Rangers returning home up 2-0 over the Baltimore Orioles.

We're seeing quite the edge early on in teams that advanced out of the wild-card round keeping that momentum rolling in the Divisional Series, and we might see that carry over tonight once again.

+203 moneyline parlay for tonight's MLB action

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Minnesota moneyline

Tonight, the Twins are trotting out Sonny Gray, one of MLB's best pitchers this season. The righty had a 2.79 ERA this season, averaging nearly a strikeout per inning. In his first start this postseason, Gray threw five scoreless innings. In two starts against Houston, Gray held their lineup to four hits each time, allowing three total runs.

We're loving the Twins returning home with a chance to take control of this ALDS series, and Gray is the superior arm to Cristian Javier. Javier's ERA flirted north of 4.70 this season, and he hasn't pitched in nine days. Give us the sharper and steadier Gray to outduel Javier and put the Minnesota lineup in a good place to grab a win at home.

Texas moneyline

We so wanted to see Baltimore make a run here, but their postseason hopes seem all but over. Texas took both road games and now carries that momentum into two home games for a chance to clinch an ALCS berth.

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With Nathan Eovaldi on the rubber, we expect exactly that. Eovaldi allowed just one run to Tampa in the wild-card round in 6.2 innings thrown, and he's had some quality starts against this Orioles lineup this season.

Eovaldi went seven and nine innings in his first two starts vs. Baltimore, and he's allowed three total runs across his three starts. Dean Kremer surrendered eight runs in two games against the Rangers and hasn't pitched since September 28.

The Rangers seem set to end this series tonight.

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