The Minnesota Twins (55-60) will look for another big outing from a hitter when they square off against the Kansas City Royals (57-59) on Saturday at 7:10 p.m. ET at Target Field. Trevor Larnach is currently on a two-game home run streak for the favored Twins (-139) in the contest against the underdog Royals (+118). Bailey Ober starts for Minnesota, and Noah Cameron is Kansas City’s choice to start.

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Twins vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Twins (-139)
• Underdog: Royals (+118)
• Over/under: 8.5

Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Twins betting info

• The Twins have won 51.4% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (36-34).
• Minnesota has a 20-13 record (winning 60.6% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -139 or shorter.
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Twins’ implied win probability is 58.2%.
• Minnesota has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 114 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 50 of those games (50-58-6).
• The Twins have a 61-53-0 record against the spread this season (covering 53.5% of the time).

Twins hitting info

• Larnach is hitting .249 with 15 doubles, a triple, 15 home runs and 38 walks.
• Among all batters in baseball, Larnach’s home run total ranks 84th and his RBI tally ranks 101st.
• Larnach has safely hit in five games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .389 with two home runs, two walks and five RBIs.
• Ryan Jeffers is batting .266 with 22 doubles, eight home runs and 35 walks.
• Jeffers ranks 192nd in home runs and 161st in RBI this year.
• Jeffers brings a 10-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last 10 games he is batting .350 with three doubles, a home run, a walk and five RBIs.
• Brooks Lee is hitting .249 with 10 doubles, 11 home runs and 18 walks.
• Lee takes a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is hitting .222 with a home run, two walks and an RBI.
• Kody Clemens is batting .231 with nine doubles, three triples, 13 home runs and 18 walks.

Twins pitching rankings

• The 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Twins pitching staff ranks eighth in the majors.
• Minnesota has a 4.29 team ERA that ranks 23rd among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Twins combine for the 15th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.275).
• Twins pitchers combine to surrender the 17th-fewest home runs in baseball (132 total, 1.1 per game).
• Minnesota defeated the Royals 9-4 in its last game with eight strikeouts while allowing nine hits.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have entered the game as underdogs 72 times this season and won 33, or 45.8%, of those games.
• Kansas City has entered 34 games this season as the underdog by +118 or more and is 17-17 in those contests.
• The oddsmakers’ moneyline implies a 45.9% chance of a victory for the Royals.
• Kansas City and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 50 of its 116 opportunities.
• In 116 games with a spread this season, the Royals are 60-56-0 ATS.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. has been key for Kansas City with 130 hits, an OBP of .343 plus a slugging percentage of .498.
• Witt’s home run total ranks 60th in MLB, and he is 32nd in RBI.
• Witt heads into this game on a five-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .300 with a double, a triple, a home run, three walks and two RBIs.
• Maikel Garcia leads Kansas City in batting with a .297 average while slugging 11 homers and driving in 50 runs.
• Among all MLB batters, Garcia is 132nd in homers and 87th in RBI.
• Vinnie Pasquantino leads Kansas City in runs batted in (69) this season. He has a .261 batting average and a .435 slugging percentage.
• Pasquantino has safely hit in two straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .200 with a home run, a walk and four RBIs.
• Salvador Perez leads Kansas City in home runs with 20 while driving in 66 runs and slugging .455.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals average the 22nd-most strikeouts per nine innings (eight) in the majors this season.
• Kansas City has the fourth-best ERA (3.65) in the majors this season.
• The Royals have a combined WHIP of 1.240 as a pitching staff, which ranks 11th in MLB.
• The Royals have allowed the seventh-fewest home runs this season at just 117, or one per game.
• Kansas City pitchers struck out three Twins hitters while allowing 14 base hits in a 9-4 loss its last time out.