The Minnesota Twins (58-67) and the Athletics (57-70) will look for continued power from batters when the teams square off on Wednesday at 7:40 p.m. ET at Target Field. Brooks Lee is on a two-game home run streak for the favored Twins (-125), and Colby Thomas has also hit home runs in two games in a row for the underdog Athletics (+105). Bailey Ober takes the mound first for Minnesota, and J.T. Ginn is Sacramento’s choice to start.

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Twins vs. Athletics betting lines

• Favorite: Twins (-125)
• Underdog: Athletics (+105)
• Over/under: 9

Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Twins betting info

• The Twins have won 36 of the 72 games they were the moneyline favorite this season (50%).
• When playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -125 or shorter, the Twins have gone 25-21 (54.3%).
• The Twins have an implied moneyline win probability of 55.6% in this game.
• The Twins have combined with their opponents to hit the over on the total 53 times this season for a 53-64-7 record against the over/under.
• The Twins have a 65-59-0 record ATS this season.

Twins hitting info

• Byron Buxton has racked up a team-best batting average of .277, while leading the Twins in home runs (25) and runs batted in (61).
• Buxton ranks 19th in home runs and 62nd in RBI among all hitters in MLB action.
• Trevor Larnach has 17 doubles, a triple, 16 home runs and 41 walks while batting .245.
• Larnach ranks 80th in homers and 118th in RBI this season.
• Larnach has hit safely in two straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .222 with two doubles and three walks.
• Ryan Jeffers has 22 doubles, nine home runs and 39 walks while hitting .265.
• Jeffers has hit safely in three straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .222 with a home run, three walks and two RBIs.
• Lee is batting .245 with 12 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and 20 walks.
• Lee has hit safely in six straight games. During his last 10 games he is hitting .243 with two doubles, a triple, two home runs, two walks and eight RBIs.

Twins pitching rankings

• The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Twins pitching staff ranks 12th in the majors.
• The Twins’ 4.25 team ERA ranks 22nd among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Twins combine for the 16th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.285).
• The Twins surrender the 17th-fewest home runs in baseball (144 total, 1.2 per game).
• They struck out nine Athletics batters while allowing 10 hits in a 6-3 loss in their last game.

Athletics betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Athletics betting info

• This season, the Athletics have been the underdog 96 times and won 42, or 43.8%, of those games.
• This season, the Athletics have won 31 of their 81 games, or 38.3%, when they’re the underdog by at least +105 on the moneyline.
• The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 48.8% chance of a victory for the Athletics.
• The Athletics and their opponents have hit the over in 62 of their 127 games with a total this season.
• The Athletics are 65-62-0 ATS in their 127 games with a spread this season.

Athletics hitting info

• Brent Rooker has been key for Sacramento with 135 hits, an OBP of .346 plus a slugging percentage of .497.
• Rooker is 19th in home runs and 26th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Tyler Soderstrom leads Sacramento in runs batted in with 73 while batting .264 with 22 homers.
• Soderstrom currently is 34th in homers and 23rd in RBI in the big leagues.
• Soderstrom enters this game on a seven-game hitting streak. In his last 10 games he is batting .333 with two doubles, a home run, three walks and six RBIs.
• Shea Langeliers leads Sacramento in home runs with 27. He’s driven in 58 runs and is slugging .547.
• Langeliers has safely hit in two games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .174 with three home runs, a walk and five RBIs.
• Nick Kurtz has 96 hits and an OBP of .399 to go with a slugging percentage of .645 this season.
• Kurtz has safely hit in four games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .444 with three doubles, two home runs, six walks and five RBIs.

Athletics pitching rankings

• The Athletics average the 17th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.4) in the majors this season.
• Athletics pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.89 ERA this year, which ranks 28th in MLB.
• Athletics pitchers have a 1.381 WHIP this season, fourth-worst in the majors.
• With 180 homers allowed, the Athletics rank 29th in the league at preventing long balls.
• The Athletics earned a 6-3 win in their most recent game, striking out 10 Twins batters while allowing six hits.