Sportsbooks don’t expect the Minnesota Twins (36-34), at +113 on the moneyline, to stop their three-game losing streak when they face the Houston Astros (40-30), at -135, on Sunday at 2:10 p.m. ET. Brandon Walter starts for Houston while Minnesota will counter with Simeon Woods Richardson.

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Astros vs. Twins betting lines

• Favorite: Astros (-135)
• Underdog: Twins (+113)
• Over/under: 8.5

Astros betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Astros betting info

• The Astros have gone 27-20 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 57.4% of those games).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -135 or shorter, Houston has gone 17-8 (68%).
• The Astros have an implied moneyline win probability of 57.4% in this matchup.
• In the 70 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Houston, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 28 times (28-40-2).
• The Astros have collected a 38-32-0 record against the spread this season.

Astros hitting info

• Jeremy Pena leads the Astros with a team-high batting average of .328.
• Among hitters in MLB action, Pena ranks 74th in home runs and 64th in RBI.
• Isaac Paredes has hit 15 home runs with 42 runs batted in. Both are team-highs.
• Paredes ranks 14th in home runs and 25th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Paredes enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .263 with two doubles, a home run, two walks and five RBIs.
• Jose Altuve is hitting .274 with 10 doubles, 10 home runs and 19 walks.
• Jake Meyers is batting .296 with 12 doubles, a triple, three home runs and 22 walks.
• Meyers brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .235 with a double and three walks.

Astros pitching rankings

• The 10.1 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Astros pitching staff ranks first in MLB.
• Houston has the sixth-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.48).
• Pitchers for the Astros combine for the No. 2-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.155).
• Astros pitchers combine to surrender 68 home runs (1.0 per game), the sixth-fewest in baseball.
• Houston defeated the Twins 3-2 in its last game with 17 strikeouts while allowing three hits.

Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Twins betting info

• The Twins have entered the game as underdogs 22 times this season and won 10, or 45.5%, of those games.
• Minnesota has a record of 2-3 when it’s set as an underdog of +113 or more by bookmakers this season.
• The implied probability of a win by the Twins, based on the moneyline, is 46.9%.
• Minnesota’s games have gone over the total in 28 of its 69 chances.
• The Twins are 39-30-0 against the spread this season.

Twins hitting info

• Byron Buxton leads Minnesota in batting average (.273), home runs (11) and runs batted in (41) this season.
• Buxton ranks 44th in home runs and 29th in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
• Trevor Larnach has 64 hits and an OBP of .319 to go with a slugging percentage of .417 this season.
• Larnach ranks 58th overall in homers and 81st in RBI this season.
• Ty France is batting .273 to lead Minnesota, while adding five homers and 37 runs batted in this season.
• Willi Castro has 48 hits and an OBP of .358 to go with a slugging percentage of .471 this season.
• Castro takes a seven-game hitting streak into this game. In his last 10 games he is batting .368 with a double, a triple, three home runs, four walks and seven RBIs.

Twins pitching rankings

• The Twins have an 8.9 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, seventh-best in baseball.
• Minnesota pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.91 ERA this year, which ranks 15th in MLB.
• The Twins have a combined WHIP of just 1.225 as a pitching staff, which is the 10th-best in baseball this season.
• The Twins have given up the 15th-fewest long balls so far this season with 75 home runs allowed.
• Minnesota suffered a 3-2 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out 10 Astros batters while allowing four hits.