Twins vs. Athletics Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – June 21, 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) Friday 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 9:40 PM ET live on BSN. Minnesota’s Chris Paddack gets the start, and he’ll go against Oakland’s Joey Estes.

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Twins vs. Athletics Betting Lines

• Favorite: Twins (-167)
• Underdog: Athletics (+138)
• Over/under: 8

Twins vs. Athletics Betting Insights

• The Twins have been chosen as favorites in 48 games this year and have walked away with the win 30 times (62.5%) in those games.
• This season Minnesota has been victorious 16 times in 22 chances when named as a favorite of at least -167 on the moneyline.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Twins have a 62.5% chance of pulling out a win.
• The Athletics have won 30.9% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (21-47).
• When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +138 or longer, Oakland has gone 13-28 (31.7%).
• The Athletics have an implied moneyline win probability of 42% in this game.

Twins vs. Athletics Hitting Leaders

• Carlos Santana leads Minnesota in home runs (12) and runs batted in (38) this season while batting .247.
• Among all batters in baseball, Santana’s home run total places him 32nd and his RBI tally places him 46th.
• Carlos Correa is batting .308 to lead Minnesota, while adding eight homers and 35 runs batted in this season.
• JJ Bleday has 22 doubles, three triples, 10 home runs and 35 walks while hitting .255.
• Bleday ranks 54th in home runs and 128th in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
• Abraham Toro is hitting .259 with 15 doubles, a triple, six home runs and 11 walks.

Twins vs. Athletics Pitching Rankings

• The Twins strike out nine batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, third-best in MLB.
• Twins pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.23 this year, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
• The Twins have a combined 1.218 WHIP as a pitching staff, ninth-lowest in MLB.
• The 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Athletics pitching staff ranks 28th in MLB.
• Oakland has the 23rd-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.29).
• The Athletics have the 24th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.339).