The Cleveland Indians will finish off their eight-game road trip on Sunday at Target Field, where they hope to take the last of their three-game series against the Minnesota Twins. Each squad has taken home a win so far, making Sunday's rubber match an important one. Although neither pitching staff will have their best talent on the mound, these two AL Central rivals are usually good for an entertaining matchup. It's time to continue our MLB odds series and make an Indians-Twins prediction and pick.

First, let's look at the lines heading into the game.

MLB Odds: Indians-Twins Odds

Cleveland Indians ML (+126)

Minnesota Twins ML (-136)

Over 9 1/2 runs (-110)

Under 9 1/2 runs (-110)

Why The Indians Could Cover The Spread

While the Indians' lineup has been fairly cold as of late, they showed signs of life yesterday. They managed to put up seven runs, more than they had put up in any of their last five games. The offense could continue that hot hitting, especially against the Twins' projected starter.

Pitcher JA Happ is slated to take the mound for Minnesota, something that has seldom worked out well. Over his last seven starts, Happ has allowed 29 earned runs in 33.1 innings, good for a 7.83 ERA and a horrendous 1.86 WHIP.

The much-maligned starter also hasn't worked past the sixth inning since April, which is especially advantageous for Cleveland. The Twins utilized their bullpen heavily yesterday, sending out five different pitchers to the hill. The Minnesota relief corps has typically been solid this season, but asking them to take over in the fourth or fifth inning today after pitching essentially the whole game yesterday is a tough ask.

Why The Twins Could Cover The Spread

While Happ is not even close to his former All-Star form, the Cleveland starter isn't much better. Sam Hentges will be taking the ball for the Indians, a sentence that has often sent cold shivers down the spine of Cleveland fans.

Hentges is often utilized in all different kinds of roles by Indians manager Terry Francona. He comes out of the bullpen, starts in bullpen games, and also starts in games where he is expected to pitch significant innings. The problem is that he isn't good in any of those roles.

In his last seven appearances, Hentges has allowed 18 runs in 18.2 innings. He also has significant problems with his control, walking 10 batters over that span while only striking out 23. His WHIP sits at an ugly 1.89 for the year. Cleveland's bullpen handled a heavy workload yesterday, and they will be trying it again today. None of that is encouraging news for the Indians, but the Twins should be licking their chops.

Even more encouraging is the recent offensive repertoire from Minnesota. Besides one game where they were held to one run at the start of this Indians series, the Twins' bats have looked good as of late. The return of third baseman Josh Donaldson has been a huge boost over the last two games for the Twins, as he's contributed three hits and two RBIs over the last two games.

Minnesota has also hit lefties better than right-handed pitching this year, batting .255 against left-handers as opposed to .242 against righties. Hentges already struggles on the mound, and the Twins will not be going down easily against him.

Final Indians-Twins Prediction & Pick

Although the Twins are certainly an enticing play in this one, I'd rather go with the over. Both pitchers are far too untrustworthy to place a bet on, which also helps the over. With Minnesota already hitting well and the Indians finding their stroke, I'll happily bet against two less-than-stellar starters and a couple of worn-out bullpens.

FINAL PICK: Over 9 1/2 runs (-110)