Byron Buxton takes a two-game home run streak into the Minnesota Twins’ (62-74) matchup against the Chicago White Sox (49-88). The Twins are favored (-170) for this outing against the White Sox (+145), which begins at 2:10 p.m. ET on Monday at Target Field. Minnesota is projected to start Bailey Ober, while Chicago has not named a starting pitcher.

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Twins vs. White Sox betting lines

• Favorite: Twins (-170)
• Underdog: White Sox (+145)
• Over/under: 8.5

Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Twins betting info

• The Twins have won 49.4% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (38-39).
• Minnesota has gone 10-7 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -170 or shorter (58.8% winning percentage).
• The Twins have an implied moneyline win probability of 63% in this game.
• Minnesota has played in 135 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 62 times (62-66-7).
• The Twins have covered 51.9% of their games this season, going 70-65-0 ATS.

Twins hitting info

• Buxton has accumulated a team-best batting average of .271, and paces the Twins in home runs (29) and runs batted in (70).
• Buxton ranks 12th in homers and 51st in RBI among all batters in baseball.
• Buxton heads into this matchup on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .300 with a double, four home runs, two walks and eight RBIs.
• Trevor Larnach is hitting .249 with 19 doubles, a triple, 16 home runs and 45 walks.
• Larnach ranks 96th in home runs and 111th in RBI among hitters in baseball.
• Larnach takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .438 with a double, two walks and three RBIs.
• Brooks Lee is batting .244 with 13 doubles, a triple, 14 home runs and 26 walks.
• Ryan Jeffers is batting .260 with 24 doubles, nine home runs and 45 walks.

Twins pitching rankings

• The Twins pitching staff is 11th in MLB with a collective 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Minnesota has a 4.47 team ERA that ranks 23rd across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Twins average MLB’s 22nd-ranked WHIP (1.316).
• Twins pitchers combine to allow 162 total home runs at a rate of 1.2 per game (18th-fewest in the majors).
• Minnesota struck out nine Padres batters while allowing 14 hits in a 12-3 loss in its last game.

White Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

White Sox betting info

• The White Sox have entered the game as underdogs 135 times this season and won 48, or 35.6%, of those games.
• Chicago has entered 71 games this season as the underdog by +145 or more and is 21-50 in those contests.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the White Sox have a 40.8% chance to win.
• Games involving Chicago have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 61 of 137 chances this season.
• The White Sox are 78-59-0 against the spread in their 137 chances this season.

White Sox hitting info

• Andrew Benintendi has been key for Chicago with 15 home runs, 49 RBI and a batting average of .240 this season.
• Benintendi’s home run total ranks 110th in the majors, and he is 144th in RBI.
• Benintendi enters this matchup on a seven-game hitting streak. In his last 10 games he is batting .324 with a double, a home run, two walks and two RBIs.
• Lenyn Sosa is batting .269 with 18 home runs and 61 RBI, all three of which lead Chicago this season.
• Sosa is 75th in home runs and 83rd in RBI among all hitters in the major leagues.
• Sosa has hit safely in two games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .211 with a home run, two walks and an RBI.
• Chase Meidroth has collected 91 base hits, an OBP of .333 and a slugging percentage of .318 this season.
• Mike Tauchman is batting .272 with an OBP of .361 and a slugging percentage of .410 this season.

White Sox pitching rankings

• The White Sox average the 23rd-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.0) in the majors this season.
• Chicago has the 19th-ranked ERA (4.25) in the majors this season.
• The White Sox rank 25th in MLB with a combined 1.370 WHIP this season.
• The White Sox have given up the 13th-fewest long balls so far this season with 154 home runs allowed.
• Last time out, Chicago defeated the Yankees, 3-2, with 10 strikeouts and six hits allowed.