Twins and Red Sox meet to determine series winner
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Boston Red Sox (58-51, third in the AL East) vs. Minnesota Twins (51-56, fourth in the AL Central)
Minneapolis; Wednesday, 1:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Brayan Bello (6-5, 3.32 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 79 strikeouts); Twins: Zebby Matthews (2-2, 4.97 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 38 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Twins -131, Red Sox +111; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Twins and Boston Red Sox play on Wednesday with the winner claiming the three-game series.
Minnesota is 51-56 overall and 30-23 at home. The Twins are 26-11 in games when they did not give up a home run.
Boston is 24-30 on the road and 58-51 overall. The Red Sox have the fifth-best team slugging percentage in MLB play at .428.
The matchup Wednesday is the sixth time these teams match up this season. The Twins hold a 3-2 advantage in the season series.
TOP PERFORMERS: Trevor Larnach has 13 home runs, 36 walks and 43 RBIs while hitting .241 for the Twins. Byron Buxton is 15 for 41 with two doubles, a triple, three home runs and six RBIs over the past 10 games.
Jarren Duran has 10 home runs, 38 walks and 56 RBIs while hitting .261 for the Red Sox. Alex Bregman is 11 for 36 with two doubles, three home runs and nine RBIs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Twins: 4-6, .252 batting average, 5.37 ERA, outscored by 11 runs
Red Sox: 5-5, .216 batting average, 3.74 ERA, outscored by two runs
INJURIES: Twins: Carlos Correa: day-to-day (illness), Byron Buxton: 10-Day IL (side soreness), Anthony Misiewicz: 15-Day IL (shoulder), David Festa: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Bailey Ober: 15-Day IL (hip), Pablo Lopez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Luke Keaschall: 60-Day IL (forearm)
Red Sox: Marcelo Mayer: 10-Day IL (wrist), Hunter Dobbins: 15-Day IL (acl), Nick Burdi: 60-Day IL (knee), Liam Hendriks: 60-Day IL (hip), Zack Kelly: 15-Day IL (oblique), Justin Slaten: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Luis Guerrero: 15-Day IL (elbow), Josh Winckowski: 60-Day IL (elbow), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL (knee), Tanner Houck: 15-Day IL (flexor), Patrick Sandoval: 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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