Byron Buxton and Jordan Walker square off in a showdown of top-10 power hitters when the Minnesota Twins (32-39) and the St. Louis Cardinals (37-30) meet at 2:10 p.m. ET on Saturday. Buxton has 21 homers (third in MLB) for the favored Twins (-139), while Walker ranks 10th in MLB play with 17 dingers this season for the underdog Cardinals (+116). Connor Prielipp starts for Minnesota while St. Louis will counter with Matthew Liberatore.

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Twins vs. Cardinals betting lines

• Favorite: Twins (-139)
• Underdog: Cardinals (+116)
• Over/under: 9

Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Twins betting info

• The Twins have been the moneyline favorite 22 total times this season. They’ve finished 11-11 in those games.
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -139 or shorter, Minnesota has gone 3-3 (50%).
• The Twins have a 58.2% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Minnesota has played in 71 games with an over/under set, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 43 times (43-25-3).
• The Twins have put together a 37-34-0 record ATS this season.

Twins hitting info

• Buxton paces the Twins with 21 home runs while accumulating a team-best batting average of .266.
• Buxton’s home runs rank third in MLB and he ranks 68th in RBI in MLB.
• Brooks Lee has collected 39 runs batted in to lead his team.
• Lee ranks 45th in home runs among batters in MLB and 37th in RBI.
• Kody Clemens is hitting .246 with 14 doubles, two triples, 10 home runs and 15 walks.
• Josh Bell has been productive as he leads his team with 39 RBI.
• Bell brings a five-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .286 with a double, two home runs and six RBIs.

Twins pitching rankings

• The 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Twins pitching staff ranks 17th in MLB.
• Minnesota’s 4.83 team ERA ranks 28th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Twins combine for the 23rd-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.397).
• Twins pitchers combine to surrender the 18th-fewest home runs in baseball (76 total, 1.1 per game).
• Minnesota struck out 11 Cardinals batters while giving up 12 hits in a 9-8 win in its last game.

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals have won 28, or 51.9%, of the 54 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• This season, St. Louis has won 11 of its 24 games, or 45.8%, when it’s the underdog by at least +116 on the moneyline.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Cardinals have a 46.3% chance to win.
• St. Louis and its opponents have hit the over in 27 of its 67 games with a total this season.
• The Cardinals are 42-25-0 against the spread this season.

Cardinals hitting info

• Walker leads St. Louis in home runs with 17, runs batted in with 55 and his batting average of .300 is also best on his team.
• Walker is 10th in homers and second in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
• Walker has hit safely in nine straight games. In his last 10 games he is batting .348 with five doubles, two home runs and 12 RBIs.
• Alec Burleson has collected 75 hits this season and has an OBP of .356. He’s slugging .494 on the year.
• Burleson is 41st overall in home runs and sixth in RBI this season.
• Burleson takes a 12-game hitting streak into this game. In his last 10 games he is hitting .333 with four doubles, five home runs, four walks and 12 RBIs.
• Ivan Herrera has collected 66 base hits, an OBP of .393 and a slugging percentage of .410 this season.
• JJ Wetherholt has collected 62 hits this season and has an OBP of .359. He’s slugging .390 on the year.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The Cardinals have a 7.8 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in baseball.
• St. Louis has pitched to a 4.10 ERA this season, which ranks 15th in baseball.
• The Cardinals have a combined WHIP of 1.337 as a pitching staff, which ranks 20th in MLB.
• With 73 homers allowed, the Cardinals rank 16th in the league at preventing long balls.
• St. Louis suffered a 9-8 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out six Twins batters while allowing 11 hits.