The Texas Rangers (79-78) bring an eight-game losing streak into a home contest against the Minnesota Twins (68-89) on Wednesday at 8:05 p.m. ET. The Rangers are favored (-199) to end their streak against the underdog Twins (+164). Texas’ Jacob deGrom starts against Minnesota’s Taj Bradley.
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Rangers to win vs Twins -199
Rangers vs. Twins betting lines
- Favorite: Rangers (-199)
- Underdog: Twins (+164)
- Over/under: 7.5
Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Rangers betting info
- The Rangers have a 48-32 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 60% of those games).
- When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -199 or shorter, Texas has a 6-1 record (winning 85.7% of its games).
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Rangers’ implied win probability is 66.6%.
- Texas has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 157 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 69 of those games (69-86-2).
- The Rangers have gone 83-74-0 ATS this season.
Rangers hitting info
- Wyatt Langford has launched a team-best 22 home runs.
- Among all hitters in MLB action, Langford’s home run total ranks 62nd and his RBI tally ranks 107th.
- Josh Smith has 23 doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 54 walks while batting .251.
- Smith ranks 219th in home runs and 244th in RBI among hitters in baseball.
- Adolis Garcia has racked up a team-high 74 runs batted in.
- Josh Jung is hitting .253 to lead his team.
- Jung takes a seven-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .275 with three doubles, a home run, a walk and six RBIs.
Rangers pitching rankings
- The pitching staff for the Rangers has a collective 8.4 K/9, which ranks 19th in the majors.
- Texas’ 3.46 team ERA ranks first across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Rangers average baseball’s best WHIP (1.181).
- Rangers pitchers combine to surrender the eighth-fewest home runs in baseball (165 total, 1.1 per game).
- Texas its 4-1 loss the last time out, the team struck out seven Twins batters while allowing eight hits.
Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Twins betting info
- This season, the Twins have been the underdog 66 times and won 26, or 39.4%, of those games.
- Minnesota has entered nine games this season as the underdog by +164 or more and is 4-5 in those contests.
- The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 37.9% chance of a victory for the Twins.
- Minnesota and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 72 of its 156 opportunities.
- The Twins have an ATS record of 78-78-0 in 156 games with a spread this season.
Twins hitting info
- Byron Buxton leads Minnesota in batting average (.263), home runs (31) and runs batted in (77) this season.
- Among all hitters in the big leagues, Buxton is 15th in homers and 56th in RBI.
- Trevor Larnach has 122 hits and an OBP of .324 to go with a slugging percentage of .402 this season.
- Larnach currently is 110th in home runs and 124th in RBI in the big leagues.
- Brooks Lee has 113 hits this season and a slash line of .240/.289/.379.
- Lee takes a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is batting .300 with a home run and four RBIs.
- Ryan Jeffers has 102 hits and an OBP of .353 to go with a slugging percentage of .392 this season.
Twins pitching rankings
- The Twins average the 12th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.6) in the majors this season.
- Minnesota has the 26th-ranked ERA (4.66) in the majors this season.
- Twins pitchers have a 1.330 WHIP this season, 24th in the majors.
- The Twins have allowed the 21st-fewest home runs this season with 191, or 1.2 per game.
- Minnesota pitchers struck out eight Rangers batters while allowing four hits in a 4-1 win last time out.
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