Twins open 3-game series at home against the Orioles

Baltimore Orioles (57-61, fourth in the AL East) vs. Minnesota Twins (58-61, third in the AL Central)

Minneapolis; Monday, 7:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Orioles: Trevor Rogers (7-7, 4.20 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 98 strikeouts); Twins: Dean Kremer (1-4, 5.93 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 40 strikeouts)

LINE: Orioles -112, Twins -105; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Twins host the Baltimore Orioles to start a three-game series.

Minnesota has a 30-27 record at home and a 58-61 record overall. Twins hitters have a collective .317 on-base percentage, the sixth-ranked percentage in the AL.

Baltimore is 25-31 in road games and 57-61 overall. The Orioles have gone 43-12 in games when they scored at least five runs.

The matchup Monday is the fourth time these teams meet this season.

TOP PERFORMERS:

Pete Alonso leads the Orioles with a .252 batting average, and has 22 doubles, 25 home runs, 59 walks and 75 RBIs. Coby Mayo is 11 for 33 with two home runs and seven RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Twins: 4-6, .211 batting average, 4.00 ERA, outscored by five runs

Orioles: 5-5, .208 batting average, 3.99 ERA, outscored by eight runs

INJURIES: Twins: Joe Ryan: 15-Day IL (glute), 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)

Orioles: Ryan Mountcastle: 60-Day IL (foot), Samuel Basallo: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Chris Bassitt: 60-Day IL (back), Colin Selby: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Zach Eflin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Keegan Akin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Blaze Alexander: 10-Day IL (hand), Ryan Helsley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Felix Bautista: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jordan Westburg: 60-Day IL (ucl)

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