The Minnesota Twins (51-54) host the Athletics (44-59) on Saturday at 7:10 p.m. ET. The Twins are moneyline favorites (-144) against the underdog Athletics (+118). Minnesota has not named a starting pitcher while Sacramento is projected to start Mason Barnett.

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Twins vs. Athletics betting lines

• Favorite: Twins (-144)
• Underdog: Athletics (+118)
• Over/under: 9.5

Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Twins betting info

• The Twins have put together a 19-16 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 54.3% of those games).
• The Twins have a record of 3-5 in games they have played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -144 or shorter (37.5%).
• The Twins have a 59% chance to win this matchup 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 58-43-4 record against the over/under.
• The Twins have covered 52.4% of their games this season, going 55-50-0 ATS.

Twins hitting info

• Brooks Lee is batting .248 with 15 doubles, three triples, 15 home runs and 28 walks.
• Lee’s home runs rank 63rd in MLB and he ranks 40th in RBI in MLB.
• Byron Buxton’s 25 home runs and .272 batting average both lead his team.
• Buxton ranks eighth in home runs among hitters in MLB action and 88th in RBI.
• Josh Bell has accumulated a team-high 62 runs batted in.
• Kody Clemens is hitting .239 with 19 doubles, three triples, 18 home runs and 22 walks.
• Clemens has safely hit in three games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .190 with a double.

Twins pitching rankings

• The Twins pitching staff is 19th in MLB with a collective 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings.
• The Twins have the 26th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.75).
• The Twins average baseball’s 24th-ranked WHIP (1.389).
• Twins pitchers combine to surrender 126 total home runs at a clip of 1.2 per game (20th-fewest in MLB).
• They fell to the Athletics 2-0 in their last game with five strikeouts while allowing five hits.

Athletics betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Athletics betting info

• The Athletics have been underdogs in 67 games this season and won 28 (41.8%) of those contests.
• 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 moneyline for this contest implies a 45.9% chance of a victory for the Athletics.
• Games involving the Athletics have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 50 of 103 chances this season.
• The Athletics have an ATS record of 48-55-0 in 103 games with a spread this season.

Athletics hitting info

• Shea Langeliers leads Sacramento with 23 home runs this season. He’s batting .263 with 51 RBI.
• In all of MLB, Langeliers ranks 11th in home runs and 58th in RBI.
• Langeliers takes an eight-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last 10 outings he is batting .270 with three doubles, three home runs, four walks and six RBIs.
• Tyler Soderstrom has 81 hits and an OBP of .347 to go with a slugging percentage of .472 this season.
• Soderstrom is 51st among hitters in the big leagues in home runs, and 68th in RBI.
• Soderstrom has safely hit in seven games in a row. During his last 10 outings he is batting .294 with three home runs, three walks and eight RBIs.
• Jacob Wilson has 73 hits this season and a slash line of .286/.317/.416.
• Jeff McNeil has collected 66 hits this season and has an OBP of .301. He’s slugging .319 on the year.

Athletics pitching rankings

• The Athletics average the 15th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.6) in the majors this season.
• The Athletics have the 29th-ranked ERA (5.36) in the majors this season.
• The Athletics have a combined WHIP of 1.493 as a pitching staff, which is second-worst in baseball this season.
• The Athletics have allowed the most home runs this season with 163, or 1.6 per game.
• The Athletics earned a 2-0 win in their most recent game, striking out six Twins batters while allowing two hits.