Twins open 3-game series with the Brewers
Milwaukee Brewers (40-35, second in the NL Central) vs. Minnesota Twins (37-37, third in the AL Central)
Minneapolis; Friday, 8:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Brewers: Jacob Misiorowski (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.80 WHIP, five strikeouts); Twins: Joe Ryan (7-2, 2.93 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, 89 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Twins -162, Brewers +136; over/under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Twins open a three-game series at home against the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday.
Minnesota has a 37-37 record overall and a 20-12 record at home. Twins hitters have a collective .396 slugging percentage to rank 10th in the AL.
Milwaukee has a 40-35 record overall and a 17-20 record in road games. The Brewers have gone 28-6 in games when they scored at least five runs.
The teams meet Friday for the fourth time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Byron Buxton has nine doubles, three triples and 15 home runs for the Twins. Willi Castro is 15 for 36 with two doubles, a triple and a home run over the last 10 games.
Sal Frelick leads the Brewers with a .287 batting average, and has eight doubles, three triples, four home runs, 21 walks and 26 RBIs. Jackson Chourio is 12 for 42 with two home runs and five RBIs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Twins: 3-7, .264 batting average, 6.46 ERA, outscored by 23 runs
Brewers: 5-5, .238 batting average, 3.74 ERA, outscored by four runs
INJURIES: Twins: Royce Lewis: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Pablo Lopez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Zebby Matthews: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Luke Keaschall: 60-Day IL (forearm)
Brewers: Brandon Woodruff: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Connor Thomas: 60-Day IL (elbow), Blake Perkins: 60-Day IL (shin), Garrett Mitchell: 10-Day IL (oblique), Nestor Cortes: 60-Day IL (elbow), Robert Gasser: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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