Emmanuel Rivera leads the Baltimore Orioles (90-71) into a contest against the Minnesota Twins (82-79) after his four-hit performance in a 9-2 win over the Twins. The Twins are favorites (-169) in this game against the underdog Orioles (+142), which starts at 3:10 p.m. ET on Sunday. Bailey Ober starts for Minnesota while Baltimore will counter with Albert Suarez.
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Twins vs. Orioles betting lines
- Favorite: Twins (-169)
- Underdog: Orioles (+142)
- Over/under: 7.5
Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Twins betting info
- The Twins have won 63 of the 112 games they were the moneyline favorite this season (56.2%).
- Minnesota has gone 32-10 (winning 76.2% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -169 or shorter.
- The Twins have an implied moneyline win probability of 62.8% in this game.
- Minnesota has combined with opponents to go over the total 83 times this season for an 83-71-7 record against the over/under.
- The Twins have put together a 71-89-0 record against the spread this season (covering 44.4% of the time).
Twins hitting info
- Carlos Santana paces the Twins in home runs (22) and runs batted in (70).
- Among hitters in MLB action, Santana ranks 56th in homers and 74th in RBI.
- Santana takes a four-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .294 with a double, five walks and five RBI.
- Willi Castro’s .247 batting average paces his team.
- Castro ranks 177th in homers and 107th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
- Carlos Correa is hitting .310 with 20 doubles, two triples, 14 home runs and 40 walks.
- Ryan Jeffers is batting .226 with 22 doubles, 21 home runs and 32 walks.
Twins pitching rankings
- The 9.4 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Twins pitching staff ranks second in the majors.
- Minnesota’s 4.26 team ERA ranks 21st across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Twins combine for the No. 7-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.228).
- The Twins allow the 19th-fewest home runs in baseball (188 total, 1.2 per game).
- Minnesota fell to the Orioles 9-2 in its last game with 10 strikeouts while allowing 16 hits.
Orioles betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Orioles betting info
- The Orioles have entered the game as underdogs 40 times this season and won 22, or 55%, of those games.
- Baltimore has played as an underdog of +142 or more twice this season and won both games.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 41.3% chance of a victory for the Orioles.
- Baltimore and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 86 of its 159 opportunities.
- The Orioles have an ATS record of 84-75-0 in 159 games with a spread this season.
Orioles hitting info
- Gunnar Henderson leads Baltimore with a batting average of .282. He’s also hit 37 home runs with 92 RBI.
- Henderson is ninth in homers and 22nd in RBI among all batters in MLB.
- Anthony Santander leads Baltimore in home runs (44) and runs batted in (102) this season while batting .235.
- Santander is third in home runs and 12th in RBI among all MLB hitters this season.
- Adley Rutschman has 143 hits this season and a slash line of .252/.320/.393.
- Rutschman takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .304 with two doubles, a walk and two RBI.
- Ryan O’Hearn has 115 hits and an OBP of .330 to go with a slugging percentage of .424 this season.
- O’Hearn has safely hit in two games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .333 with a double, two home runs and five RBI.
Orioles pitching rankings
- The Orioles average the 15th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.6) in the majors this season.
- Baltimore has the 14th-ranked ERA (3.96) in the majors this season.
- The Orioles rank 11th in MLB with a combined 1.240 WHIP this season.
- The Orioles have allowed the 10th-fewest home runs this season at just 173, or 1.1 per game.
- Baltimore earned a 9-2 win in its most recent game, striking out six Twins batters while allowing seven hits.