Twins vs. Astros Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – July 5, 2024

The Minnesota Twins (49-38) host the Houston Astros (45-42) at 8:10 PM ET Friday in a meeting between two of the league’s best hitters. Carlos Correa is batting .311 this year (eighth in the league) for the favored Twins (-146), while Jose Altuve ranks ninth in the majors with a .308 average for the underdog Astros. Minnesota’s Pablo Lopez gets the start, and he’ll go against Houston’s Shawn Dubin.

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Twins vs. Astros Betting Lines

• Favorite: Twins (-146)
• Underdog: Astros (+124)
• Over/under: 8

Twins vs. Astros Betting Insights

• The Twins have been victorious in 38, or 64.4%, of the 59 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
• Minnesota has a record of 22-11 when favored by -146 or more this year.
• The Twins have an implied victory probability of 59.3% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
• The Astros have won 11 of the 22 games they were listed as the moneyline underdog this season (50%).
• When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +124 or longer, Houston has a 1-2 record (winning just 33.3% of its games).
• The Astros have an implied moneyline win probability of 44.6% in this contest.

Twins vs. Astros Hitting Leaders

• Correa leads Minnesota with a batting average of .311. He’s also hit 10 home runs with 41 RBI.
• Correa ranks 86th in homers and 56th in RBI among all hitters in baseball.
• Carlos Santana has collected 69 hits this season and has an OBP of .326. He’s slugging .429 on the year.
• Yordan Alvarez has a team-high 19 home runs and 49 runs batted in.
• Among all hitters in the majors, Alvarez’s home run total puts him 11th, and his RBI total ranks 32nd.
• Altuve has a club-leading .308 batting average.

Twins vs. Astros Pitching Rankings

• The Twins strike out a league-high 9.2 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff.
• The Twins have the 20th-ranked ERA (4.11) in the majors this season.
• The Twins have a combined WHIP of just 1.183 as a pitching staff, which is the fifth-best in baseball this season.
• The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Astros pitching staff ranks 13th in MLB.
• Houston’s 4.00 team ERA ranks 16th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Astros have the 22nd-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.296).