Minnesota Twins\u00a0(34-40, third in the AL Central) vs.\u00a0Texas Rangers\u00a0(35-37, third in the AL West)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arlington, Texas; Tuesday, 8:05 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins:\u00a0Zebby Matthews\u00a0(2-4, 5.20 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 30 strikeouts); Rangers:\u00a0Kumar Rocker\u00a0(2-5, 3.56 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 52 strikeouts)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LINE: Rangers -139, Twins +115; over\/under is 8 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Twins lead 1-0 in a three-game series with the Texas Rangers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Texas has a 17-15 record in home games and a 35-37 record overall. The Rangers have gone 26-4 in games when they scored at least five runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minnesota has gone 14-21 in road games and 34-40 overall. The Twins have a 21-8 record in games when they did not give up a home run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The teams play Tuesday for the second time this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TOP PERFORMERS:\u00a0Brandon Nimmo\u00a0has 15 doubles, two triples and seven home runs for the Rangers.\u00a0Jake Burger\u00a0is 11 for 33 with two doubles and two home runs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Byron Buxton\u00a0has 13 doubles, a triple and 23 home runs while hitting .276 for the Twins.\u00a0Royce Lewis\u00a0is 11 for 32 with two doubles and three home runs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 5-5, .259 batting average, 4.19 ERA, outscored by five runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Twins: 5-5, .253 batting average, 6.03 ERA, outscored by 14 runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
INJURIES: Rangers: Corey Seager: day-to-day (concussion),\u00a0Michael Helman: 10-Day IL (hand),\u00a0Evan Carter: 10-Day IL (oblique),\u00a0Carter Baumler: 60-Day IL (ribs),\u00a0Cody Bradford: 60-Day IL (elbow),\u00a0Jalen Beeks: 10-Day IL (back),\u00a0Danny Jansen: 10-Day IL (forearm), Chris Martin: 15-Day IL (shoulder),\u00a0Robert Garcia: 60-Day IL (shoulder),\u00a0Jordan Montgomery: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Twins: Cole Sands: 15-Day IL (forearm), Mick Abel: 15-Day IL (elbow), Bailey Ober: 15-Day IL (elbow), Kendry Rojas: 15-Day IL (elbow),\u00a0David Festa: 60-Day IL (shoulder),\u00a0Garrett Acton: 60-Day IL (shoulder),\u00a0Ryan Jeffers: 10-Day IL (hand),\u00a0Pablo Lopez: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Minnesota Twins\u00a0(34-40, third in the AL Central) vs.\u00a0Texas Rangers\u00a0(35-37, third in the AL West) Arlington, Texas; Tuesday, 8:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins:\u00a0Zebby Matthews\u00a0(2-4, 5.20 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 30 strikeouts); Rangers:\u00a0Kumar Rocker\u00a0(2-5, 3.56 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 52 strikeouts) LINE: Rangers -139, Twins +115; over\/under is 8 1\/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Twins lead 1-0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-416407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12903"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416408,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416407\/revisions\/416408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}