Ben Rice and Byron Buxton go head-to-head in a battle between top-10 power hitters when the New York Yankees (48-38) and the Minnesota Twins (42-46) meet at 7:05 p.m. ET on Friday. Rice has 23 homers (sixth in MLB) for the favored Yankees (-180), while Buxton ranks fourth in MLB play with 25 round-trippers this season for the underdog Twins (+152). New York’s Gerrit Cole starts against Minnesota’s Mike Paredes.

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Yankees vs. Twins betting lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-180)
• Underdog: Twins (+152)
• Over/under: 9.5

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

• The Yankees have gone 43-33 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 56.6% of those games).
• New York has gone 11-7 (winning 61.1% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -180 or shorter.
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Yankees’ implied win probability is 64.3%.
• New York has combined with opponents to go over the total 39 times this season for a 39-43-4 record against the over/under.
• The Yankees have gone 39-47-0 ATS this season.

Yankees hitting info

• Rice leads the Yankees with 23 home runs and 54 runs batted in, while putting up a team-high batting average of .269.
• Rice’s home runs rank sixth in MLB and he ranks 19th in RBI in MLB.
• Rice enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .105 with a home run, two walks and an RBI.
• Cody Bellinger has 16 doubles, three triples, 11 home runs and 49 walks while batting .254.
• Bellinger ranks 82nd in home runs among hitters in baseball and 35th in RBI.
• Jazz Chisholm is batting .225 with 11 doubles, two triples, 12 home runs and 34 walks.
• Paul Goldschmidt is batting .278 with nine doubles, a triple, 14 home runs and 17 walks.

Yankees pitching rankings

• The 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Yankees pitching staff ranks 10th in MLB.
• New York has a 3.37 team ERA that leads all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Yankees combine for the No. 4-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.192).
• Yankees pitchers combine to surrender the first-fewest home runs in baseball (80 total, 0.9 per game).
• New York its 6-2 loss the last time out, the team struck out 10 Tigers batters while allowing six hits.

Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Twins betting info

• The Twins have won 27, or 45.8%, of the 59 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Minnesota has not entered a game this season as a bigger underdog on the moneyline than the +152 odds on it winning this game.
• The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 39.7% chance of a victory for the Twins.
• Minnesota and its opponents have hit the over in 53 of its 88 games with a total this season.
• The Twins are 47-41-0 against the spread this season.

Twins hitting info

• Buxton leads Minnesota in batting average (.268) and home runs (25) this season, while also chipping in with 43 RBI.
• Buxton is fourth in home runs and 60th in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
• Brooks Lee has 77 hits and an OBP of .306 to go with a slugging percentage of .440 this season.
• Lee is 42nd in homers and 40th in RBI among all hitters in the major leagues.
• Lee takes an eight-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 games he is batting .289 with a double, two home runs, three walks and three RBIs.
• Josh Bell leads Minnesota in runs batted in (56) this season. He has a .244 batting average and a .412 slugging percentage.
• Bell has safely hit in three games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .235 with a double, a triple, two home runs, a walk and five RBIs.
• Kody Clemens is batting .241 with an OBP of .303 and a slugging percentage of .474 this season.
• Clemens enters this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .238 with two home runs and six RBIs.

Twins pitching rankings

• The Twins have an 8.4 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 19th in the majors.
• Minnesota has the 27th-ranked ERA (4.82) in the majors this season.
• The Twins have a combined WHIP of 1.398 as a pitching staff, which ranks 25th in MLB.
• The Twins have given up the 21st-fewest long balls so far this season with 102 home runs allowed.
• Minnesota earned an 8-3 win in its most recent game, striking out 13 Astros batters while allowing eight hits.