The Minnesota Twins (53-40) are favorites (-148) on the moneyline when they square off against the San Francisco Giants (45-49) Saturday at 7:15 PM ET, live on FOX. Simeon Woods Richardson takes the mound for Minnesota while Hayden Birdsong is San Francisco’s starter for the contest.
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Odds to Win
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Twins to win vs Giants -148
Twins vs. Giants Betting Lines
- Favorite: Twins (-148)
- Underdog: Giants (+125)
- Over/under: 7.5
Twins vs. Giants Betting Insights
- The Twins have been favorites in 65 games this season and have come away with the win 42 times (64.6%) in those contests.
- This season Minnesota has been victorious 25 times in 38 chances when named as a favorite of at least -148 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Twins have a 59.7% chance of walking away with the win.
- The Giants have a 20-27 record in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 42.6% of those games).
- San Francisco is 4-12 (winning just 25% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +125 or longer.
- The Giants have an implied moneyline win probability of 44.4% in this matchup.
Twins vs. Giants Hitting Leaders
- Carlos Correa leads Minnesota in batting average (.310) and runs batted in (47) this season while also slugging 13 homers.
- Of all MLB hitters, Correa ranks sixth in batting average, 13th in on-base percentage, and 11th in slugging.
- Jose Miranda is batting .325 with an OBP of .366 and a slugging percentage of .522 this season.
- Matt Chapman has put up a team-high batting average of .241.
- Chapman’s home run total ranks 59th in the majors, and he is 70th in RBI.
- Heliot Ramos has hit 14 home runs with 45 runs batted in. Both pace his team.
Twins vs. Giants Pitching Rankings
- The Twins strike out a league-high 9.2 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff.
- The Twins have the 18th-ranked ERA (4.13) in the majors this season.
- The Twins have a combined 1.176 WHIP as a pitching staff, third-lowest in MLB.
- The pitching staff for the Giants has a collective 8.5 K/9, which ranks 18th in MLB.
- San Francisco has a 4.49 team ERA that ranks 25th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Giants average baseball’s fifth-worst WHIP (1.354).