Twins vs. Athletics Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – June 22, 2024

The Oakland Athletics (28-49) will look to Zachary Gelof, who has blasted homers in three straight games, to pull off an upset win over the Minnesota Twins (41-34) Saturday at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Twins and Royce Lewis (who has a two-game home run streak of his own) are -167 moneyline favorites for the game, which starts at 4:07 PM ET live on NBCS-CA. Bailey Ober will get the ball for Minnesota while Oakland will counter with JP Sears.

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Twins vs. Athletics Betting Lines

• Favorite: Twins (-167)
• Underdog: Athletics (+140)
• Over/under: 8

Twins vs. Athletics Betting Insights

• The Twins have been favorites in 48 games this season and have come away with the win 30 times (62.5%) in those contests.
• Minnesota has a record of 16-6 when favored by -167 or more this year.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Twins have a 62.5% chance of walking away with the win.
• The Athletics have compiled a 21-47 record in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 30.9% of those games).
• In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +140 or longer, Oakland has a 12-28 record (winning only 30% of its games).
• The Athletics have an implied moneyline win probability of 41.7% in this contest.

Twins vs. Athletics Hitting Leaders

• Carlos Correa leads Minnesota with a .308 batting average. He’s also hit eight homers and has 35 RBI.
• Correa ranks 93rd in baseball in home runs, and 66th in RBI.
• Carlos Santana leads Minnesota in home runs (12) and runs batted in (38) this season while batting .247.
• JJ Bleday has 22 doubles, three triples, 10 home runs and 35 walks while hitting .255.
• Bleday is 56th in homers and 130th in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
• Abraham Toro is hitting .259 with 15 doubles, a triple, six home runs and 11 walks.

Twins vs. Athletics Pitching Rankings

• The Twins have a nine K/9 this season as a pitching staff, third-best in baseball.
• Twins pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.23 this year, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
• The Twins have a combined WHIP of just 1.218 as a pitching staff, which is the 10th-best in baseball this season.
• The Athletics pitching staff ranks 28th in the majors with a collective 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Oakland’s 4.29 team ERA ranks 23rd across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Athletics combine for the 24th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.339).