A pair of the league’s most productive power hitters go head-to-head when the Minnesota Twins (31-39) and the St. Louis Cardinals (37-29) play at 8:10 p.m. ET on Friday at Target Field. Byron Buxton has 20 home runs (third in the majors) for the favored Twins (-138), and Jordan Walker ranks ninth in MLB play with 17 long balls this season for the Cardinals (+116). Minnesota has Joe Ryan set to start, and St. Louis will send out Kyle Leahy.

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Twins vs. Cardinals betting lines

• Favorite: Twins (-138)
• Underdog: Cardinals (+116)
• Over/under: 8.5

Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Twins betting info

• The Twins have a 10-11 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 47.6% of those games).
• Minnesota has gone 2-4 (winning just 33.3% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -138 or shorter.
• The Twins have a 58% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Minnesota has played in 70 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 42 times (42-25-3).
• The Twins have a 37-33-0 record ATS this season.

Twins hitting info

• Buxton has put up a team-high batting average of .256, while leading the Twins in home runs (20).
• Buxton’s home runs rank third in MLB and he ranks 75th in RBI in MLB.
• Brooks Lee has made the most of his opportunities as he leads his team with 38 RBI.
• Lee ranks 55th in homers and 34th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Josh Bell has driven in a team-best 38 runs batted in.
• Bell brings a four-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .238 with two home runs and five RBIs.
• Luke Keaschall is hitting .247 with 10 doubles, a triple, a home run and 22 walks.
• Keaschall has safely hit in three straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .267 with a walk.

Twins pitching rankings

• The Twins pitching staff is 17th in MLB with a collective 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Minnesota has the 27th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.78).
• The Twins average MLB’s 23rd-ranked WHIP (1.393).
• Twins pitchers combine to give up the 19th-fewest home runs in baseball (75 total, 1.1 per game).
• Minnesota fell to the Tigers 11-0 in its last game with five strikeouts while allowing 13 hits.

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals have entered the game as underdogs 53 times this season and won 28, or 52.8%, of those games.
• St. Louis is 11-13 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +116 or more on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win by the Cardinals, based on the moneyline, is 46.3%.
• St. Louis and its opponents have hit the over in 26 of its 66 games with a total this season.
• In 66 games with a spread this season, the Cardinals are 41-25-0 ATS.

Cardinals hitting info

• Walker is batting .302 with 17 home runs and 52 RBI. All three of those stats rank first among St. Louis hitters this season.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Walker’s home run total is ninth, and his RBI total is second.
• Walker has safely hit in eight games in a row. In his last 10 games he is batting .356 with four doubles, two home runs and 10 RBIs.
• Alec Burleson is batting .290 with an OBP of .356 and a slugging percentage of .486 this season.
• Burleson currently is 44th in homers and seventh in RBI in the major leagues.
• Burleson takes an 11-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last 10 games he is batting .341 with four doubles, four home runs, four walks and 12 RBIs.
• Ivan Herrera has 64 hits this season and a slash line of .262/.393/.410.
• JJ Wetherholt is batting .248 with an OBP of .354 and a slugging percentage of .388 this season.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The Cardinals have a 7.8 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 25th in the big leagues.
• St. Louis has the 14th-ranked ERA (4.02) in the majors this season.
• Cardinals pitchers have a 1.332 WHIP this season, 20th in the majors.
• With just 69 homers allowed, the Cardinals rank 10th in the league at preventing long balls.
• St. Louis suffered a 5-4 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out nine Mets batters while allowing 10 hits.