Mariners square off against the Twins in series rubber match

Minnesota Twins (56-56, second in the AL Central) vs. Seattle Mariners (54-58, third in the AL West)

Seattle; Sunday, 4:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins: Taj Bradley (9-4, 3.65 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 139 strikeouts); Mariners: George Kirby (8-9, 3.98 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 107 strikeouts)

LINE: Mariners -140, Twins +118; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Seattle Mariners and Minnesota Twins play on Sunday with the winner claiming the three-game series.

Seattle has a 54-58 record overall and a 31-24 record in home games. The Mariners have a 36-18 record in games when they record eight or more hits.

Minnesota has a 26-29 record in road games and a 56-56 record overall. The Twins are 39-23 in games when they record at least eight hits.

Sunday's game is the sixth time these teams match up this season. The Mariners are ahead 3-2 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Randy Arozarena leads the Mariners with a .283 batting average, and has 23 doubles, a triple, 14 home runs, 43 walks and 49 RBIs. Cole Young is 14 for 41 with a home run and two RBIs over the past 10 games.

Josh Bell has 23 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and 63 RBIs for the Twins. Ryan Jeffers is 11 for 37 with two home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Mariners: 3-7, .229 batting average, 5.51 ERA, outscored by 17 runs

Twins: 7-3, .212 batting average, 3.12 ERA, outscored opponents by eight runs

INJURIES: Mariners: Luke Raley: 10-Day IL (elbow), J.P. Crawford: 10-Day IL (wrist), Brendan Donovan: 10-Day IL (groin), Matt Brash: 15-Day IL (lat), Cooper Criswell: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Carlos Vargas: 60-Day IL (lat), Will Wilson: 60-Day IL (thumb), Logan Evans: 60-Day IL (arm)

Twins: Mike Paredes: 60-Day IL (oblique), Cole Sands: 60-Day IL (elbow), Byron Buxton: 10-Day IL (hip), David Festa: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Mick Abel: 60-Day IL (elbow), Anthony Banda: 60-Day IL (lat), Pablo Lopez: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.