Twins seek series sweep against Tigers

Minnesota Twins (70-81, second in AL Central) vs. Detroit Tigers (61-90, third in AL Central)

Detroit; Wednesday, 1:10 p.m. Eastern

PROBABLE PITCHERS: Twins: Gabriel Moya (3-1, 4.73 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 29 strikeouts) Tigers: Spencer Turnbull (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.00 WHIP, one strikeout)

BOTTOM LINE: Minnesota sweeps the series over Detroit with a win. The Twins are 35-33 against the rest of their division. Minnesota is hitting a collective .247 this year, led by Eddie Rosario’s mark of .288. In Tuesday’s game, the Twins defeated the Tigers 5-3. Jake Odorizzi got the win for Minnesota, his seventh on the season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Max Kepler has 19 home runs and 52 RBIs on the year for the Twins. Jorge Polanco has 16 hits and is batting .372 over his past 10 games for Minnesota. Nicholas Castellanos has 80 runs and 81 RBIs for the Tigers this season. Mikie Mahtook has three home runs and nine RBIs over his past 10 games for Detroit.

LAST 10 GAMES: Twins: 6-4, .295 batting average, 4.43 ERA, outscored opponents by one run. Tigers: 3-7, .204 batting average, 4.65 ERA, outscored by 24 runs.

TIGERS INJURIES: Jose Iglesias has been transferred to the 60-day disabled list on Friday.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by HERO Sports, and data from Sportradar.