The Minnesota Twins (58-68) visit the Chicago White Sox (45-82) on Friday at 7:40 p.m. ET in a contest between two teams on losing streaks. The favored Twins (-134) have fallen in two in a row, while the underdog White Sox (+113) are losers of their last two. Minnesota’s Zebby Matthews and Chicago’s Aaron Civale will start this matchup.

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Twins vs. White Sox betting lines

• Favorite: Twins (-134)
• Underdog: White Sox (+113)
• Over/under: 8.5

Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Twins betting info

• The Twins have won 36 of the 73 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (49.3%).
• Minnesota has a 23-16 record (winning 59% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -134 or shorter.
• The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Twins a 57.3% chance to win.
• Minnesota has played in 125 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 53 times (53-65-7).
• The Twins have collected a 65-60-0 record against the spread this season (covering 52% of the time).

Twins hitting info

• Byron Buxton leads the Twins in home runs (25), runs batted in (61) and has racked up a team-high batting average of .273.
• In baseball, Buxton ranks 19th in home runs and 64th in RBI.
• Trevor Larnach is batting .247 with 17 doubles, a triple, 16 home runs and 41 walks.
• Larnach ranks 84th in homers and 117th in RBI this season.
• Larnach has hit safely in three games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .263 with a double, two walks and an RBI.
• Ryan Jeffers has 22 doubles, nine home runs and 41 walks while batting .262.
• Brooks Lee is batting .251 with 13 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and 20 walks.
• Lee brings a seven-game hitting streak into this game. In his last 10 outings he is hitting .270 with three doubles, a triple, two home runs, two walks and nine RBIs.

Twins pitching rankings

• The 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Twins pitching staff ranks ninth in the majors.
• Minnesota has the 21st-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.23).
• The Twins average MLB’s 15th-ranked WHIP (1.283).
• Twins pitchers combine to surrender 146 total home runs at a clip of 1.2 per game (17th-fewest in MLB).
• Minnesota struck out 13 Athletics batters while giving up six hits in a 4-2 loss in its last game.

White Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

White Sox betting info

• This season, the White Sox have been the underdog 125 times and won 44, or 35.2%, of those games.
• Chicago is 41-72 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +113 or more on the moneyline.
• The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 46.9% chance of a victory for the White Sox.
• Chicago and its opponents have hit the over in 55 of its 127 games with a total this season.
• The White Sox have an ATS record of 73-54-0 in 127 games with a spread this season.

White Sox hitting info

• Miguel Vargas has been key for Chicago with 13 home runs, 46 RBI and a batting average of .231 this season.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Vargas is 117th in home runs and 136th in RBI.
• Andrew Benintendi has collected 78 hits this season and has an OBP of .292. He’s slugging .401 on the year.
• Benintendi is 112th overall in homers and 133rd in RBI this season.
• Lenyn Sosa leads Chicago in home runs with 17, runs batted in with 55 and his batting average of .271 is also best on his team.
• Luis Robert has collected 80 hits this season and has an OBP of .298. He’s slugging .360 on the year.
• Robert has hit safely in four straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .200 with a double, a home run, a walk and five RBIs.

White Sox pitching rankings

• The White Sox average the 24th-most strikeouts per nine innings (7.9) in the majors this season.
• Chicago has pitched to a 4.19 ERA this season, which ranks 19th in baseball.
• The White Sox have a combined WHIP of 1.371 as a pitching staff, which ranks 25th in MLB.
• With 140 homers allowed, the White Sox rank 13th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Chicago pitchers struck out seven Braves hitters while allowing four base hits in a 1-0 loss its last time out.