Sportsbooks don’t expect the Minnesota Twins (49-49), at +140 on the moneyline, to extend their three-game winning streak when they take on the Chicago Cubs (54-43), at -172, on Sunday at 2:20 p.m. ET. Shota Imanaga starts for Chicago while Minnesota will counter with Zebby Matthews.

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Cubs vs. Twins betting lines

• Favorite: Cubs (-172)
• Underdog: Twins (+140)
• Over/under: 8

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

• The Cubs have won 55.2% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (37-30).
• Chicago has a 7-6 record (winning 53.8% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -172 or shorter.
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Cubs have an implied win probability of 63.2%.
• In the 97 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Chicago, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 51 times (51-44-2).
• The Cubs have collected a 42-55-0 record against the spread this season (covering 43.3% of the time).

Cubs hitting info

• Pete Crow-Armstrong has a team-best batting average of .288, and paces the Cubs in home runs (21).
• Crow-Armstrong’s home runs rank 14th in MLB and he ranks 37th in RBI in MLB.
• Nico Hoerner is hitting .235 with 23 doubles, four home runs and 36 walks.
• Hoerner ranks 264th in home runs and 114th in RBI among batters in baseball.
• Dansby Swanson has a team-high 58 runs batted in.
• Alex Bregman is hitting .239 with 15 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 50 walks.

Cubs pitching rankings

• The 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Cubs pitching staff ranks 25th in MLB.
• Chicago’s 4.33 team ERA ranks 21st among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Cubs average MLB’s 13th-ranked WHIP (1.276).
• Cubs pitchers combine to allow 149 total home runs at a rate of 1.5 per game (second-most in baseball).
• Chicago fell to the Twins 5-2 in its last game with 10 strikeouts while allowing seven hits.

Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Twins betting info

• This season, the Twins have won 30 out of the 64 games, or 46.9%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Minnesota has a record of 4-4 in games where bookmakers have it as underdogs of at least +140 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 41.7% chance of a victory for the Twins.
• Minnesota and its opponents have hit the over in 55 of its 98 games with a total this season.
• The Twins have an ATS record of 53-45-0 in 98 games with a spread this season.

Twins hitting info

• Brooks Lee has been key for Minnesota with 86 hits, an OBP of .309 plus a slugging percentage of .426.
• Lee is 63rd in homers and 44th in RBI among all batters in MLB.
• Josh Bell leads Minnesota in runs batted in (60) this season. He’s batting .248 while slugging .427.
• Bell currently is 74th in home runs and 17th in RBI in the big leagues.
• Kody Clemens has collected 73 base hits, an OBP of .299 and a slugging percentage of .475 this season.
• Trevor Larnach has 74 hits and an OBP of .381 to go with a slugging percentage of .449 this season.
• Larnach enters this game on a four-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .333 with two doubles, a home run, two walks and three RBIs.

Twins pitching rankings

• The Twins have an 8.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 18th in the majors.
• Minnesota pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.66 ERA this year, which ranks 25th in MLB.
• The Twins have a combined WHIP of 1.372 as a pitching staff, which ranks 23rd in MLB.
• The Twins have given up the 19th-fewest long balls so far this season with 115 home runs allowed.
• Minnesota pitchers struck out nine Cubs batters while allowing six hits in a 5-2 win last time out.