Byron Buxton leads the Minnesota Twins (60-73) into a contest with the San Diego Padres (75-59) after he homered twice in a 9-8 loss to the Blue Jays. The Padres are favorites (-122) against the Twins (+102) in this outing, which begins at 8:10 p.m. ET on Friday. San Diego has Nestor Cortes starting things off, while Minnesota will send out Zebby Matthews.

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Padres vs. Twins betting lines

• Favorite: Padres (-122)
• Underdog: Twins (+102)
• Over/under: 8.5

Padres betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Padres betting info

• The Padres have won 61.4% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (43-27).
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -122 or shorter, San Diego has a 39-23 record (winning 62.9% of its games).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Padres have an implied win probability of 55%.
• San Diego has combined with opponents to go over the total 56 times this season for a 56-73-5 record against the over/under.
• The Padres have gone 75-59-0 ATS this season.

Padres hitting info

• Fernando Tatis Jr. has 27 doubles, two triples, 18 home runs and 79 walks while batting .264.
• Among all hitters in MLB action, Tatis’ home run total ranks 70th and his RBI tally ranks 100th.
• Tatis enters this matchup on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .200 with two doubles, a home run, three walks and three RBIs.
• Manny Machado’s 21 home runs, 78 runs batted in and .288 batting average are all team-highs.
• Among all MLB hitters, Machado ranks 47th in homers and 23rd in RBI.
• Luis Arraez is hitting .283 with 29 doubles, four triples, six home runs and 26 walks.
• Xander Bogaerts is batting .262 with 29 doubles, 10 home runs and 48 walks.
• Bogaerts has safely hit in three straight games. In his last five games he is batting .235 with a double, a walk and three RBIs.

Padres pitching rankings

• The 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Padres pitching staff ranks seventh in the majors.
• San Diego has a 3.60 team ERA that ranks second among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Padres combine for the No. 2-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.196).
• Padres pitchers combine to allow the sixth-fewest home runs in baseball (139 total, 1.0 per game).
• San Diego struck out five Mariners batters while allowing seven hits in a 4-3 loss in its last game.

Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Twins betting info

• The Twins have been underdogs in 53 games this season and won 20 (37.7%) of those contests.
• Minnesota has a record of 15-24 in games where oddsmakers have it as underdogs of at least +102 on the moneyline.
• The Twins have a 49.5% 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 59 of its 132 games with a total.
• The Twins have an ATS record of 68-64-0 in 132 games with a spread this season.

Twins hitting info

• Buxton leads Minnesota in batting average (.269), home runs (27) and runs batted in (64) this season.
• Among all batters in MLB, Buxton’s home run total is 16th, and his RBI total is 64th.
• Trevor Larnach is batting .242 with an OBP of .318 and a slugging percentage of .405 this season.
• Larnach currently is 92nd in home runs and 121st in RBI in the big leagues.
• Brooks Lee has 98 hits this season and a slash line of .249/.297/.393.
• Lee has safely hit in two straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .222 with a home run, a walk and three RBIs.
• Ryan Jeffers is batting .258 with an OBP of .347 and a slugging percentage of .394 this season.
• Jeffers enters this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .235 with a double, a walk and an RBI.

Twins pitching rankings

• The Twins have an 8.6 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 12th in the big leagues.
• Minnesota pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.45 ERA this year, which ranks 23rd in MLB.
• The Twins have a combined WHIP of 1.310 as a pitching staff, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
• The Twins have allowed the 19th-fewest home runs this season with 159, or 1.2 per game.
• Minnesota suffered a 9-8 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out nine Blue Jays batters while allowing 12 hits.