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The Texas Rangers (24-27) will try to end their four-game losing streak when they visit the Minnesota Twins (26-23) on Friday at 7:10 PM ET on BSN. Sportsbooks consider the Twins to be -161 favorites for the contest, while the Rangers are +136 underdogs looking for the upset.
Minnesota’s Bailey Ober gets the start, and he’ll go against Texas’ Jose Urena.
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Twins and Rangers Betting Trends
The Twins have won 21 of the 32 games they were favored on the moneyline this season (65.6%).
When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -161 or shorter, Minnesota has a 9-4 record (winning 69.2% of its games).
This season, the Rangers have been the underdog 21 times and won nine, or 42.9%, of those games.
This season, Texas has won one of its four games when it’s the underdog by at least +136 on the moneyline.
In the 49 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for the Twins, they have combined with opponents to go over the total 23 times (23-25-1).
Games involving the Rangers have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 20 of 50 chances this season.
Twins Stats & Insights
The Twins are the 13th-highest scoring team in MLB play averaging 4.5 runs per game (220 total).
Minnesota averages 1.1 home runs per game to rank 11th in MLB action with 54 total home runs .
The Twins’ .232 batting average ranks 19th in MLB.
Minnesota strikes out 8.8 times per game to rank 18th in baseball.
The 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Twins pitching staff ranks first in the majors.
Minnesota’s 4.18 team ERA ranks 19th among all MLB pitching staffs.
Rangers Stats & Insights
The Rangers rank 11th in the majors with 228 total runs scored this season.
Texas ranks 11th in Major League Baseball with 54 home runs.
The Rangers have a team batting average of .246 this season, which ranks 11th among MLB teams.
Texas ranks 12th in strikeouts per game (7.8) among MLB offenses.
The Rangers average the 11th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.6) in the majors this season.
Texas has the 18th-ranked ERA (4.17) in the majors this season.
Twins Key Players to Watch
Ober (4-2) takes the mound for the Twins in his 10th start of the season. He’s put together a 4.40 ERA in 47 2/3 innings pitched, with 49 strikeouts.
Ryan Jeffers leads Minnesota in home runs with 10 and runs batted in with 31.
Willi Castro leads Minnesota in batting with a .262 average while slugging four homers and driving in 16 runs.
Max Kepler has collected 32 base hits, an OBP of .368 and a slugging percentage of .544 this season.
Carlos Santana has collected 34 hits this season and has an OBP of .274. He’s slugging .372 on the year.
Rangers Key Players to Watch
The Rangers’ Urena (1-3) will make his fourth start of the season.
Marcus Semien is hitting .263 with 12 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 16 walks.
Adolis Garcia’s 12 home runs and 36 runs batted in both lead his team.
Corey Seager is batting .253 with three doubles, eight home runs and 25 walks.
Jonah Heim has four doubles, five home runs and 11 walks while hitting .265.
Twins and Rangers Injuries
Twins: Royce Lewis: 10 Day IL (Quadricep), Brock Stewart: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Justin Topa: 15 Day IL (Knee), Anthony DeSclafani: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Zack Weiss: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Daniel Duarte: 60 Day IL (Tricep), Josh Winder: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
Rangers: Wyatt Langford: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), Jon Gray: 15 Day IL (Groin), Josh Sborz: 15 Day IL (Rotator cuff), Nathan Eovaldi: 15 Day IL (Groin), Brock Burke: 60 Day IL (Hand), Jacob deGrom: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Tyler Mahle: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Max Scherzer: 60 Day IL (Back), Joshua Jung: 60 Day IL (Wrist), Carson Coleman: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Justin Foscue: 60 Day IL (Oblique strain), Austin Pruitt: 60 Day IL (Knee), Cody Bradford: 60 Day IL (Back)
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