The Chicago Cubs (54-42) will look to Alex Bregman, who is currently on a two-game home run streak, when they face the Minnesota Twins (48-49). The Cubs are favored (-141) for this contest against the Twins (+115), which begins at 8:05 p.m. ET on Friday at Wrigley Field. Colin Rea gets the starting nod for Chicago, and Bailey Ober is Minnesota’s choice to start.

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Cubs vs. Twins betting lines

• Favorite: Cubs (-141)
• Underdog: Twins (+115)
• Over/under: 10

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

• The Cubs have won 56.1% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (37-29).
• Chicago has a 21-14 record (winning 60% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -141 or shorter.
• The Cubs have a 58.5% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Chicago has combined with opponents to go over the total 51 times this season for a 51-43-2 record against the over/under.
• The Cubs have put together a 42-54-0 record against the spread this season (covering 43.8% of the time).

Cubs hitting info

• Pete Crow-Armstrong paces the Cubs with 21 home runs while putting up a team-high batting average of .291.
• Among hitters in baseball, Crow-Armstrong ranks 13th in homers and 35th in RBI.
• Nico Hoerner is hitting .233 with 23 doubles, four home runs and 36 walks.
• Hoerner currently ranks 263rd in homers and 111th in RBI in the bigs.
• Dansby Swanson has accumulated a team-best 58 runs batted in.
• Bregman is hitting .241 with 15 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 49 walks.
• Bregman has hit safely in two straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .200 with a double, two home runs, two walks and seven RBIs.

Cubs pitching rankings

• The 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Cubs pitching staff ranks 25th in MLB.
• Chicago has the 21st-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.34).
• The Cubs have the 13th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.278).
• The Cubs allow the second-most home runs in baseball (148 total, 1.5 per game).
• Chicago knocked off the Reds 8-4 in its last game with six strikeouts while allowing nine hits.

Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Twins betting info

• The Twins have entered the game as underdogs 63 times this season and won 29, or 46%, of those games.
• Minnesota has a record of 17-17, a 50% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +115 or more by bookmakers this season.
• The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 46.5% chance of a victory for the Twins.
• Minnesota and its opponents have hit the over in 55 of its 97 games with a total this season.
• In 97 games with a spread this season, the Twins are 52-45-0 ATS.

Twins hitting info

• Brooks Lee is batting .249 with 14 home runs and 51 RBI for Minnesota this season.
• In all of MLB, Lee ranks 61st in homers and 42nd in RBI.
• Josh Bell leads Minnesota in runs batted in (60) this season. He’s batting .248 while slugging .429.
• Bell ranks 72nd in home runs and 17th in RBI among all MLB batters this season.
• Kody Clemens has collected 73 base hits, an OBP of .303 and a slugging percentage of .482 this season.
• Trevor Larnach is batting .289 with an OBP of .379 and a slugging percentage of .451 this season.
• Larnach has hit safely in three straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .278 with two doubles, a home run, a walk and two RBIs.

Twins pitching rankings

• The Twins average the 18th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.5) in the majors this season.
• Minnesota pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.69 ERA this year, which ranks 25th in MLB.
• Twins pitchers have a 1.375 WHIP this season, 23rd in the majors.
• The Twins have allowed the 19th-fewest home runs this season with 115, or 1.2 per game.
• Minnesota pitchers struck out eight Angels batters while allowing seven hits in a 4-2 win last time out.