The Houston Astros (39-30) take on the Minnesota Twins (36-33) a game after Jeremy Pena had a four-hit showing in a 10-3 win over the Twins. The Astros are favored (-126) in this matchup with the Twins (+105), which begins at 4:10 p.m. ET on Saturday. Hunter Brown gets the starting nod for Houston, and Joe Ryan is Minnesota’s choice to start.

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Astros vs. Twins betting lines

• Favorite: Astros (-126)
• Underdog: Twins (+105)
• Over/under: 7

Astros betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Astros betting info

• The Astros have put together a 27-20 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 57.4% of those games).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -126 or shorter, Houston has a record of 19-12 (61.3%).
• The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Astros a 55.8% chance to win.
• In the 69 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Houston, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 28 times (28-39-2).
• The Astros have a 37-32-0 record ATS this season (covering 53.6% of the time).

Astros hitting info

• Pena leads the Astros with a team-best batting average of .333.
• Pena ranks 73rd in homers and 63rd in RBI among all batters in baseball.
• Pena has hit safely in four games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .476 with three doubles and two RBIs.
• Isaac Paredes has shown off his power as he paces his team with 15 home runs and 42 RBI.
• Paredes ranks 13th in home runs and 23rd in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Paredes takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .263 with two doubles, a home run, two walks and five RBIs.
• Jose Altuve is batting .278 with 10 doubles, 10 home runs and 19 walks.
• Altuve heads into this matchup on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .421 with four doubles, a home run, two walks and six RBIs.
• Jake Meyers is batting .294 with 12 doubles, a triple, three home runs and 20 walks.

Astros pitching rankings

• The Astros pitching staff leads MLB with a collective 10 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Houston’s 3.50 team ERA ranks seventh across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Astros have the second-lowest WHIP in MLB (1.164).
• Astros pitchers combine to surrender the sixth-fewest home runs in baseball (67 total, one per game).
• Houston struck out eight Twins batters while allowing eight hits in a 10-3 win in its last game.

Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Twins betting info

• This season, the Twins have won 10 out of the 22 games, or 45.5%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Minnesota has a record of 5-6, a 45.5% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +105 or more by bookmakers this season.
• The implied probability of a win by the Twins, based on the moneyline, is 48.8%.
• Games involving Minnesota have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 28 of 68 chances this season.
• The Twins are 39-29-0 ATS in their 68 games with a spread this season.

Twins hitting info

• Byron Buxton is batting .276 with 11 home runs and 41 RBI. All three of those stats rank first among Minnesota hitters this season.
• Buxton’s home run total ranks 43rd in the big leagues, and he is 27th in RBI.
• Trevor Larnach has collected 64 hits this season and has an OBP of .320. He’s slugging .422 on the year.
• Larnach ranks 56th in home runs and 80th in RBI among all batters in MLB.
• Ty France is batting .276 to lead Minnesota, while adding five homers and 37 runs batted in this season.
• France takes a five-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is batting .368 with a double, a home run, two walks and three RBIs.
• Willi Castro is batting .280 with an OBP of .360 and a slugging percentage of .476 this season.
• Castro has hit safely in six games in a row. In his last 10 games he is hitting .395 with a double, a triple, three home runs, five walks and seven RBIs.

Twins pitching rankings

• The Twins strike out 8.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, seventh-best in MLB.
• Minnesota has the 15th-ranked ERA (3.92) in the majors this season.
• The Twins rank 11th in MLB with a combined 1.227 WHIP this season.
• The Twins have allowed the 16th-fewest home runs this season with 74, or 1.1 per game.
• Last time out, Minnesota fell to the Astros 10-3. Its pitchers compiled nine strikeouts and 14 hits allowed.