The Texas Rangers (80-78) and the Minnesota Twins (68-90) meet on Thursday at 2:35 p.m. ET with the series tied 1-1. The Rangers are favored (-147) to take the rubber match against the Twins (+123). Texas has Tyler Mahle starting, and Minnesota will send out Bailey Ober.

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Rangers vs. Twins betting lines

• Favorite: Rangers (-147)
• Underdog: Twins (+123)
• Over/under: 7.5

Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rangers betting info

• The Rangers have put together a 49-32 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 60.5% of those games).
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -147 or shorter, Texas has gone 26-10 (72.2%).
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Rangers’ implied win probability is 59.5%.
• Texas has played in 158 games with an over/under set, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 69 times (69-87-2).
• The Rangers are 84-74-0 against the spread this season.

Rangers hitting info

• Josh Smith leads the Rangers with a team-best batting average of .252.
• In MLB action, Smith ranks 211th in home runs and 244th in RBI.
• Adolis Garcia’s 74 runs batted in pace his team.
• Garcia ranks 103rd in home runs among hitters in MLB play and 67th in RBI.
• Josh Jung has 21 doubles, a triple, 14 home runs and 26 walks while hitting .251.
• Jake Burger has 15 doubles, a triple, 16 home runs and 12 walks while batting .236.

Rangers pitching rankings

• The Rangers pitching staff is 18th in the majors with a collective 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Texas has a 3.45 team ERA that ranks first among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Rangers average MLB’s lowest WHIP (1.178).
• Rangers pitchers combine to allow the eighth-fewest home runs in baseball (166 total, 1.1 per game).
• Texas struck out 11 Twins batters while giving up five hits in a 4-2 win in its last game.

Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Twins betting info

• The Twins have won 26, or 38.8%, of the 67 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• This season, Minnesota has won eight of its 24 games, or 33.3%, when it’s the underdog by at least +123 on the moneyline.
• The Twins have a 44.8% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• So far this season, Minnesota and its opponents have hit the over in 72 of its 157 games with a total.
• The Twins are 78-79-0 against the spread in their 157 chances this season.

Twins hitting info

• Byron Buxton leads Minnesota in batting average (.263), home runs (32) and runs batted in (78) this season.
• Among all hitters in the majors, Buxton is 15th in home runs and 55th in RBI.
• Trevor Larnach has 123 hits and an OBP of .323 to go with a slugging percentage of .401 this season.
• Among all major league batters, Larnach is 110th in homers and 124th in RBI.
• Brooks Lee has collected 113 base hits, an OBP of .287 and a slugging percentage of .376 this season.
• Ryan Jeffers has collected 102 hits this season and has an OBP of .350. He’s slugging .388 on the year.

Twins pitching rankings

• The Twins average the 12th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.6) in the majors this season.
• Minnesota has pitched to a 4.65 ERA this season, which ranks 25th in baseball.
• The Twins rank 23rd in MLB with a combined 1.329 WHIP this season.
• The Twins have allowed the 19th-fewest home runs this season with 192, or 1.2 per game.
• Minnesota pitchers struck out 11 Rangers hitters while allowing five base hits in a 4-2 loss its last time out.