Two of MLB’s best sluggers face off when the Houston Astros (43-45) and the Minnesota Twins (41-46) play at 8:10 p.m. ET on Wednesday at Daikin Park. Yordan Alvarez has 26 home runs (second in the league) for the favored Astros (-132), and Byron Buxton ranks fourth in MLB play with 25 round-trippers this season for the Twins (+108). Tatsuya Imai starts for Houston while Minnesota will counter with Taj Bradley.

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Astros vs. Twins betting lines

• Favorite: Astros (-132)
• Underdog: Twins (+108)
• Over/under: 8.5

Astros betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Astros betting info

• The Astros have a 13-17 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 43.3% of those games).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -132 or shorter, Houston has an 8-10 record (winning 44.4% of its games).
• The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Astros a 56.9% chance to win.
• Houston has had an over/under set by bookmakers 88 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 46 of those games (46-37-5).
• The Astros have collected a 43-45-0 record ATS this season.

Astros hitting info

• Alvarez paces the Astros in home runs (26), runs batted in (60) and has put up a team-high batting average of .314.
• Alvarez’s home runs rank second in MLB and he ranks second in RBI in MLB.
• Christian Walker is hitting .238 with 16 doubles, a triple, 19 home runs and 30 walks.
• Walker ranks 13th in homers and 13th in RBI among hitters in MLB action.
• Isaac Paredes is hitting .250 with 16 doubles, 11 home runs and 33 walks.
• Cam Smith is batting .222 with 12 doubles, a triple, 11 home runs and 28 walks.
• Smith has hit safely in two games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .235 with three home runs and four RBIs.

Astros pitching rankings

• The Astros pitching staff is 11th in MLB with a collective 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Houston’s 4.74 team ERA ranks 26th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Astros combine for the 24th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.391).
• The Astros surrender the 25th-fewest home runs in baseball (116 total, 1.3 per game).
• Houston defeated the Twins 6-4 in its last game with nine strikeouts while allowing six hits.

Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Twins betting info

• The Twins have won 26, or 44.8%, of the 58 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Minnesota is 19-23 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +108 or more on the moneyline.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Twins have a 48.1% chance to win.
• Minnesota and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 52 of its 87 opportunities.
• The Twins are 46-41-0 ATS in their 87 games with a spread this season.

Twins hitting info

• Buxton leads Minnesota in homers with 25 while also maintaining a team-best .268 batting average.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Buxton is fourth in home runs and 55th in RBI.
• Brooks Lee is batting .251 with an OBP of .305 and a slugging percentage of .442 this season.
• Lee is 40th overall in homers and 38th in RBI this season.
• Lee enters this game on a seven-game hitting streak. In his last 10 games he is batting .350 with two doubles, a triple, two home runs, two walks and five RBIs.
• Josh Bell leads Minnesota in RBI with 54 while batting .243 with 10 home runs.
• Bell has safely hit in two straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .222 with two doubles, a triple, a home run and five RBIs.
• Kody Clemens has 63 hits and an OBP of .305 to go with a slugging percentage of .467 this season.

Twins pitching rankings

• The Twins have an 8.3 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 20th in the majors.
• Minnesota pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.87 ERA this year, which ranks 27th in MLB.
• The Twins rank 25th in MLB with a combined 1.399 WHIP this season.
• The Twins have given up the 21st-fewest long balls so far this season with 102 home runs allowed.
• Last time out, Minnesota fell to the Astros 6-4. Its pitchers compiled nine strikeouts and eight hits allowed.