The Athletics (43-59) will look for Jacob Wilson to extend a 10-game hitting streak when they square off against the Minnesota Twins (50-53) on Friday at 8:10 p.m. ET at Target Field. The Twins are favored (-138) against the underdog Athletics (+118). Minnesota’s Zebby Matthews and Sacramento’s Jacob Lopez will take the mound first.
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Twins to win vs Athletics -138
Twins vs. Athletics betting lines
- Favorite: Twins (-138)
- Underdog: Athletics (+118)
- Over/under: 9.5
Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Twins betting info
- The Twins have won 55.9% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (19-15).
- The Twins have gone 6-6 when playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -138 or shorter (50%).
- The Twins have a 58% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
- The Twins have combined with their opponents to go over the total 58 times this season for a 58-41-4 record against the over/under.
- The Twins have collected a 54-49-0 record against the spread this season.
Twins hitting info
- Brooks Lee has 15 doubles, three triples, 15 home runs and 28 walks while batting .254.
- Among batters in baseball, Lee ranks 62nd in homers and 40th in RBI.
- Lee has hit safely in five straight games. In his last five games he is batting .333 with a triple, a home run and five RBIs.
- Byron Buxton’s 25 home runs and .275 batting average both pace his team.
- Buxton ranks eighth in home runs among hitters in MLB play and 88th in RBI.
- Buxton has safely hit in four straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .333 with a double, a walk and two RBIs.
- Josh Bell has put up a team-best 62 runs batted in.
- Bell has safely hit in six games in a row. In his last 10 games he is batting .256 with five doubles, two walks and two RBIs.
- Kody Clemens has 19 doubles, three triples, 18 home runs and 22 walks while batting .240.
- Clemens has hit safely in two games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .250 with a double, two home runs and two RBIs.
Twins pitching rankings
- The 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Twins pitching staff ranks 19th in the majors.
- The Twins have a 4.83 team ERA that ranks 27th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Twins have the 25th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.402).
- Twins pitchers combine to give up 125 total home runs at a clip of 1.2 per game (20th-fewest in baseball).
- In their 10-6 win last time out they struck out five Guardians batters while allowing 13 hits.
Athletics betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Athletics betting info
- The Athletics have won 27, or 40.9%, of the 66 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
- This season, the Athletics have won 12 of their 30 games, or 40%, when they’re the underdog by at least +118 on the moneyline.
- The implied probability of a win by the Athletics, based on the moneyline, is 45.9%.
- The Athletics and their opponents have hit the over in 50 of their 102 games with a total this season.
- In 102 games with a spread this season, the Athletics are 47-55-0 ATS.
Athletics hitting info
- Shea Langeliers leads Sacramento in home runs this season with 23 while driving in 51 runs.
- Langeliers’ home run total ranks 11th in the big leagues, and he is 57th in RBI.
- Langeliers enters this game on a seven-game hitting streak. In his last 10 outings he is batting .286 with two doubles, three home runs, five walks and six RBIs.
- Tyler Soderstrom has collected 80 hits this season and has an OBP of .346. He’s slugging .474 on the year.
- Soderstrom ranks 51st in home runs and 69th in RBI among all MLB hitters this year.
- Soderstrom heads into this game on a six-game hitting streak. In his last 10 outings he is batting .294 with a double, three home runs, three walks and seven RBIs.
- Wilson is slashing .291/.322/.422 this season for the Athletics.
- Wilson has safely hit in 10 games in a row. During his last 10 games he is batting .405 with a triple, three home runs and six RBIs.
- Jeff McNeil is batting .238 with an OBP of .301 and a slugging percentage of .321 this season.
Athletics pitching rankings
- The Athletics strike out 8.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 11th in MLB.
- The Athletics have pitched to a 5.42 ERA this season, which ranks 29th in baseball.
- Athletics pitchers have a 1.498 WHIP this season, second-worst in the majors.
- The Athletics have given up the most long balls so far this season with 163 home runs allowed.
- Last time out, they fell to the Diamondbacks, 15-5, with eight strikeouts and 17 hits allowed.
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