The Minnesota Twins (36-31) host the Texas Rangers (32-36) at 1:10 p.m. ET on Thursday at Target Field. The Twins are favored (-166) to break the 1-1 tie and take the series over the Rangers (+139). Bailey Ober starts for Minnesota while Texas will counter with Patrick Corbin.

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Twins vs. Rangers betting lines

• Favorite: Twins (-166)
• Underdog: Rangers (+139)
• Over/under: 8.5

Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Twins betting info

• The Twins have gone 25-18 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 58.1% of those games).
• Minnesota has gone 11-3 (winning 78.6% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -166 or shorter.
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Twins have an implied win probability of 62.4%.
• Minnesota has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 66 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 26 of those games (26-35-5).
• The Twins have covered 59.1% of their games this season, going 39-27-0 ATS.

Twins hitting info

• Byron Buxton paces the Twins with 11 home runs and 41 runs batted in, while accumulating a team-high batting average of .279.
• Buxton ranks 41st in homers and 24th in RBI among all hitters in baseball.
• Buxton takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .429 with two doubles, a home run, six walks and four RBIs.
• Trevor Larnach has nine doubles, a triple, 10 home runs and 22 walks while hitting .257.
• Larnach ranks 53rd in home runs and 75th in RBI among hitters in MLB action.
• Ty France has 11 doubles, four home runs and 12 walks while batting .277.
• France has safely hit in three straight games. In his last five games he is batting .333 with a double, two walks and three RBIs.
• Carlos Correa is batting .250 with 13 doubles, five home runs and 12 walks.
• Correa has safely hit in four games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .286 with two doubles, a walk and two RBIs.

Twins pitching rankings

• The Twins pitching staff ranks eighth in MLB with a collective 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Minnesota’s 3.65 team ERA ranks ninth across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Twins have the fifth-lowest WHIP in MLB (1.191).
• The Twins allow the ninth-fewest home runs in baseball (67 total, one per game).
• Minnesota knocked off the Rangers 6-2 in its last game with seven strikeouts while allowing seven hits.

Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rangers betting info

• The Rangers have entered the game as underdogs 34 times this season and won 10, or 29.4%, of those games.
• Texas has entered three games this season as the underdog by +139 or more and is 1-2 in those contests.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rangers have a 41.8% chance to win.
• Texas and its opponents have hit the over in 21 of its 68 games with a total this season.
• The Rangers have an ATS record of 37-31-0 in 68 games with a spread this season.

Rangers hitting info

• Wyatt Langford leads Texas with 12 home runs this season. He’s batting .230 with 27 RBI.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Langford is 33rd in homers and 108th in RBI.
• Marcus Semien has collected 51 hits this season and has an OBP of .305. He’s slugging .326 on the year.
• Semien currently is 111th in homers and 101st in RBI in the major leagues.
• Semien has safely hit in four straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .316 with a double, a home run, two walks and five RBIs.
• Josh Smith’s batting average of .281 leads all Texas hitters this season.
• Smith takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .368 with two doubles, a walk and two RBIs.
• Josh Jung is batting .255 with an OBP of .300 and a slugging percentage of .398 this season.

Rangers pitching rankings

• The Rangers average the 23rd-most strikeouts per nine innings (eight) in the majors this season.
• Texas has pitched to a 3.18 ERA this season, which ranks third in baseball.
• Rangers pitchers have a 1.147 WHIP this season, first-best in the majors.
• With just 58 homers allowed, the Rangers rank fifth in the league at preventing long balls.
• Last time out, Texas fell to the Twins 6-2. Its pitchers compiled five strikeouts and 10 hits allowed.