MINNEAPOLIS (Interstat) — The Texas Rangers will visit the Minnesota Twins on Saturday at Target Field. Texas is the visiting team, and Minnesota is the home team.

Texas enters with a 79-81 record. Minnesota is 76-85. Nathan Eovaldi is scheduled to start for the Rangers. Eovaldi has an 11-10 record. Bailey Ober is scheduled to start for the Twins. Ober has a 7-6 record. The forecast calls for 69 degrees at game time.

Trevor Williams is a player to watch for Texas. Over his past five appearances, Williams has worked 9 1/3 innings and allowed five hits, two earned runs, two walks and nine strikeouts. He threw two scoreless innings with one hit and three strikeouts in the most recent meeting against Minnesota. He also pitched four scoreless innings with two hits and four strikeouts against Toronto. He allowed two earned runs in one-third of an inning against the New York Mets, then had scoreless outings against Seattle and Tampa Bay.

Luke Keaschall is a player to watch for Minnesota. Keaschall went 4 for 5 with three RBIs in the most recent meeting against Texas. He homered and drove in two runs at San Francisco. He also had three hits and one RBI against the New York Yankees, three hits in another game against the Yankees and one hit and one RBI in a game at the Los Angeles Angels.

Minnesota has won all four meetings between the teams this season. The Twins outscored Texas 35-9 in those games, including a 10-2 win in the most recent matchup. Texas has lost four of its last five games. The Rangers beat the Mets 3-1 but fell to the Mets 7-2 and 6-3 and lost to Toronto 7-2. Texas also has recent wins against Toronto, Boston and Arizona. The Rangers beat the Blue Jays 6-2 and 7-1, topped the Red Sox 7-3 and 4-2 and won 7-6 at Arizona. Minnesota has won four of its last five. The Twins beat the Giants 4-2 and 3-2 and won 8-0 and 3-0 at the Los Angeles Angels. Minnesota also beat the Yankees 5-4 at home, and its most recent loss was 5-2 at San Francisco.

The Rangers and Twins are scheduled to meet again in their next game.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Texas Rangers 7, Minnesota Twins 6. Interstat’s ELO system projects Minnesota with a 51.2 percent probability to win. Texas has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The over/under for the game is 7.5.