Tigers and Twins meet in series rubber match

Minnesota Twins (69-76, third in the AL Central) vs. Detroit Tigers (66-79, fourth in the AL Central)

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

PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins: Zebby Matthews (9-9, 4.69 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 97 strikeouts); Tigers: Keider Montero (9-8, 3.52 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 96 strikeouts)

LINE: Tigers -134, Twins +109; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins play on Wednesday with the winner claiming the three-game series.

Detroit is 35-36 at home and 66-79 overall. Tigers pitchers have a collective 3.69 ERA, which ranks fifth in the majors.

Minnesota is 69-76 overall and 31-42 in road games. Twins hitters are batting a collective .245, which ranks sixth in the AL.

The teams meet Wednesday for the 13th time this season. The Twins are up 8-4 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Riley Greene leads the Tigers with a .277 batting average, and has 29 doubles, a triple, 19 home runs, 62 walks and 64 RBIs. Gleyber Torres is 12 for 35 with an RBI over the last 10 games.

Luke Keaschall leads the Twins with a .276 batting average, and has 25 doubles, a triple, nine home runs, 53 walks and 44 RBIs. Brooks Lee is 11 for 41 with a home run and six RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 3-7, .221 batting average, 5.19 ERA, outscored by 20 runs

Twins: 5-5, .232 batting average, 3.90 ERA, outscored opponents by 11 runs

INJURIES: Tigers: Matt Vierling: 60-Day IL (adductor), Will Vest: 60-Day IL (elbow), Wenceel Perez: 60-Day IL (face), Burch Smith: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Kerry Carpenter: 10-Day IL (heel), Justin Verlander: 60-Day IL (hip), Jack Flaherty: 15-Day IL (flexor), Parker Meadows: 60-Day IL (head/arm), Bailey Horn: 60-Day IL (elbow), Trey Sweeney: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Reese Olson: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

Twins: Mick Abel: 60-Day IL (elbow), Austin Martin: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Byron Buxton: 10-Day IL (hip), Mike Paredes: 60-Day IL (oblique), Cole Sands: 60-Day IL (elbow), David Festa: 60-Day IL (shoulder), 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.