The Minnesota Twins (52-54) host the Athletics (44-60) at 2:10 p.m. ET on Sunday at Target Field. The Twins are favored (-145) to break the 1-1 tie and take the series over the Athletics (+119). Connor Prielipp starts for Minnesota, and Jeffrey Springs is Sacramento’s choice to start.
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Moneyline
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Twins to win vs Athletics -145
Twins vs. Athletics betting lines
- Favorite: Twins (-145)
- Underdog: Athletics (+119)
- Over/under: 10
Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Twins betting info
- The Twins are 20-16 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 55.6% of those games).
- The Twins have gone 4-4 in games they have played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -145 or shorter (50%).
- The Twins have an implied moneyline win probability of 59.2% in this game.
- The Twins have played in 106 games with an over/under set, and have combined with their opponents to go over the total 58 times (58-44-4).
- The Twins have put together a 56-50-0 record against the spread this season.
Twins hitting info
- Brooks Lee has 15 doubles, three triples, 15 home runs and 28 walks while batting .246.
- Among batters in MLB, Lee ranks 63rd in home runs and 45th in RBI.
- Byron Buxton’s 25 home runs and .269 batting average both lead his team.
- Buxton ranks eighth in home runs and 89th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
- Josh Bell has put up a team-best 62 runs batted in.
- Kody Clemens is batting .237 with 19 doubles, three triples, 18 home runs and 23 walks.
Twins pitching rankings
- The pitching staff for the Twins has a collective 8.4 K/9, which ranks 19th in the majors.
- The Twins have the 26th-ranked team ERA across all league pitching staffs (4.70).
- The Twins average MLB’s 24th-ranked WHIP (1.382).
- Twins pitchers combine to surrender the 20th-fewest home runs in baseball (126 total, 1.2 per game).
- They took down the Athletics 2-0 in their last game with 10 strikeouts while allowing three hits.
Athletics betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Athletics betting info
- The Athletics have been underdogs in 68 games this season and won 28 (41.2%) of those contests.
- The Athletics have a record of 12-19, a 38.7% win rate, when they’re set as the underdog by +119 or more by bookmakers this season.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 45.7% chance of a victory for the Athletics.
- The Athletics and their opponents have hit the over in 50 of their 104 games with a total this season.
- The Athletics are 48-56-0 against the spread in their 104 chances this season.
Athletics hitting info
- Nick Kurtz leads Sacramento in batting average (.263) and runs batted in (66) this season while also slugging 20 homers.
- In all of Major League Baseball, Kurtz ranks 28th in homers and 10th in RBI.
- Shea Langeliers is batting .263 this season with 23 home runs and 51 RBI.
- Among all MLB hitters, Langeliers ranks 11th in home runs and 60th in RBI.
- Langeliers heads into this game on an eight-game hitting streak. During his last 10 games he is hitting .270 with three doubles, three home runs, four walks and six RBIs.
- Tyler Soderstrom has collected 82 base hits, an OBP of .346 and a slugging percentage of .470 this season.
- Soderstrom has hit safely in eight straight games. In his last 10 games he is hitting .297 with three home runs, three walks and eight RBIs.
- Jacob Wilson has collected 73 hits this season and has an OBP of .313. He’s slugging .409 on the year.
Athletics pitching rankings
- The Athletics have an 8.6 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 14th in the majors.
- The Athletics have the 29th-ranked ERA (5.34) in the majors this season.
- The Athletics have a combined WHIP of 1.489 as a pitching staff, which is second-worst in baseball this season.
- The Athletics have given up the most long balls so far this season with 163 home runs allowed.
- The Athletics suffered a 2-0 defeat in their most recent game, striking out eight Twins batters while allowing six hits.
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