The Minnesota Twins (22-27) host the Houston Astros (20-30) at 1:40 p.m. ET on Wednesday, providing a showdown of top-five sluggers. Byron Buxton has 15 homers (fifth in the league) for the favored Twins (-154), and Yordan Alvarez is fifth in MLB play with 15 dingers this season for the underdog Astros (+127). Joe Ryan starts for Minnesota while Houston will counter with Mike Burrows.

Check out all the Latest Baseball Betting Previews!

Twins vs. Astros betting lines

• Favorite: Twins (-154)
• Underdog: Astros (+127)
• Over/under: 8

Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Twins betting info

• The Twins have put together a 6-9 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 40% of those games).
• Minnesota has played as moneyline favorites of -154 or shorter in just one game this season, which it lost.
• The Twins have a 60.6% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Minnesota has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 49 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 27 of those games (27-19-3).
• The Twins have covered 51% of their games this season, going 25-24-0 ATS.

Twins hitting info

• Buxton leads the Twins with 15 home runs while accumulating a team-high batting average of .264.
• In MLB, Buxton ranks fifth in home runs and 75th in RBI.
• Buxton has safely hit in two straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .333 with three doubles, three home runs, three walks and four RBIs.
• Brooks Lee is batting .248 with six doubles, a triple, five home runs and 11 walks.
• Lee ranks 96th in home runs and 67th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Lee brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .158 with a triple.
• Luke Keaschall is batting .232 with eight doubles, a triple, a home run and 19 walks.
• Josh Bell’s 29 runs batted in lead his team.
• Bell takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .400 with a double, two home runs and seven RBIs.

Twins pitching rankings

• The 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Twins pitching staff ranks 27th in MLB.
• Minnesota has the 20th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.27).
• Pitchers for the Twins combine for the 18th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.333).
• The Twins give up the eighth-fewest home runs in baseball (44 total, 0.9 per game).
• Minnesota lost to the Astros 2-1 in its last game with seven strikeouts while allowing five hits.

Astros betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Astros betting info

• The Astros have been underdogs in 34 games this season and won 15 (44.1%) of those contests.
• Houston has a record of 3-11, a 21.4% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +127 or more by oddsmakers this season.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Astros have a 44.1% chance to win.
• Houston and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 28 of its 50 opportunities.
• The Astros have an ATS record of 20-30-0 in 50 games with a spread this season.

Astros hitting info

• Alvarez leads Houston in home runs with 15, runs batted in with 31 and his batting average of .309 is also best on his team.
• In all of MLB, Alvarez ranks fifth in homers and 19th in RBI.
• Christian Walker leads Houston in runs batted in with 31 while batting .261 with 11 homers.
• Walker ranks 19th in homers and 19th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Isaac Paredes has 40 hits this season and a slash line of .250/.341/.388.
• Paredes brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .167 with two home runs, two walks and three RBIs.
• Cam Smith has 31 hits and an OBP of .293 to go with a slugging percentage of .312 this season.

Astros pitching rankings

• The Astros strike out 8.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 10th-best in MLB.
• Houston has the 30th-ranked ERA (5.36) in the majors this season.
• Astros pitchers have a 1.538 WHIP this season, worst in the majors.
• The Astros have given up the fifth-most long balls so far this season with 65 home runs allowed.
• Last time out, Houston defeated the Twins, 2-1, with eight strikeouts and eight hits allowed.