The Texas Rangers (35-37) host the Minnesota Twins (34-40) on Tuesday at 8:05 p.m. ET. The Rangers are favored on the moneyline (-139) against the underdog Twins (+115). Texas’ Kumar Rocker gets the start against Minnesota’s Zebby Matthews.
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Rangers to win vs Twins -139
Rangers vs. Twins betting lines
- Favorite: Rangers (-139)
- Underdog: Twins (+115)
- Over/under: 8.5
Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Rangers betting info
- The Rangers have won 19 of the 37 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (51.4%).
- Texas has gone 2-8 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -139 or shorter (20% winning percentage).
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Rangers have an implied win probability of 58.2%.
- Texas has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 72 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 29 of those games (29-35-8).
- The Rangers have a 34-38-0 record ATS this season.
Rangers hitting info
- Josh Jung leads the Rangers with a .302 batting average.
- Jung ranks 94th in home runs and 107th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
- Jake Burger’s 12 home runs and 42 runs batted in are both team-highs.
- Among all MLB hitters, Burger ranks 44th in homers and 25th in RBI.
- Burger has safely hit in three straight games. In his last five games he is batting .278 with a double, a home run, two walks and an RBI.
- Brandon Nimmo is batting .253 with 15 doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 24 walks.
- Joc Pederson has seven doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 28 walks while batting .246.
Rangers pitching rankings
- The pitching staff for the Rangers has a collective 8.5 K/9, which ranks 15th in the majors.
- Texas has a 3.80 team ERA that ranks seventh among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Rangers pitchers combine for the No. 6 WHIP in baseball (1.225).
- Rangers pitchers combine to give up 82 total home runs at a clip of 1.1 per game (18th-fewest in the majors).
- Texas struck out 11 Twins batters while allowing four hits in a 4-2 loss in its last game.
Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Twins betting info
- The Twins have entered the game as underdogs 50 times this season and won 22, or 44%, of those games.
- This season, Minnesota has won 14 of its 26 games, or 53.8%, when it’s the underdog by at least +115 on the moneyline.
- The Twins have a 46.5% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
- Minnesota and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 44 of its 74 opportunities.
- The Twins are 39-35-0 against the spread in their 74 chances this season.
Twins hitting info
- Byron Buxton is batting .276 this season with 23 home runs, both lead Minnesota hitters.
- Among all batters in the big leagues, Buxton is third in homers and 56th in RBI.
- Buxton enters this game on a four-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .474 with three doubles, three home runs, a walk and four RBIs.
- Brooks Lee has 59 hits and an OBP of .294 to go with a slugging percentage of .412 this season.
- Lee is 52nd in homers and 41st in RBI among all major league hitters this season.
- Josh Bell leads Minnesota in RBI with 43 while batting .236 with eight home runs.
- Bell brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .375 with a double, a home run and five RBIs.
- Kody Clemens is batting .246 with an OBP of .312 and a slugging percentage of .474 this season.
Twins pitching rankings
- The Twins strike out 8.3 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 17th in MLB.
- Minnesota has the 28th-ranked ERA (4.82) in the majors this season.
- The Twins rank 23rd in MLB with a combined 1.384 WHIP this season.
- With 83 homers allowed, the Twins rank 20th in the league at preventing long balls.
- Minnesota pitchers struck out seven Rangers batters while allowing five hits in a 4-2 win last time out.
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