San Francisco Giants (22-24, 3rd in NL West) vs. Minnesota Twins (25-22, 1st in AL Central)
Minneapolis; Monday, 7:40 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABIES: Giants: Alex Cobb (3-1, 1.94 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 44 strikeouts); Gemini: Bailey Ober (3-0, 1.78 ERA, .96 WHIP, 28 strikeouts)
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Twins -151, Giants +129; Over/Under is 9 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants will be looking to break their three-game deficit in a game against the Minnesota Twins.
Minnesota is 14-8 at home and 25-22 overall. The Twins are 4-9 in run-decided games.
San Francisco has a record of 7-13 away and 22-24 overall. The Giants have the seventh-ranked slugging percentage in the Netherlands at .411.
Monday’s game is the teams’ first meeting of the season.
TOP PERFORMER: Byron Buxton has nine homers, 25 walks and 21 RBI while batting .235 for the Twins. Kyle Farmer is at 15 of 39 with a double, two homers and nine RBI in his last 10 games.
Michael Conforto is sixth with the Giants with 10 extra base hits (two doubles and eight homers). Joc Pederson is 3-of-18 with a double, two homers, and three RBI in his last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Twins: 5-5, .272 batting average, 3.83 ERA, outperformed opponents by 21 runs
Giants: 6-4, .238 batting average, 3.62 ERA, outperformed opponents by five runs
INJURIES: Gemini: Byron Buxton: daily (leg), Jorge Polanco: 10-day IL (hamstring), Nick Gordon: 10-day IL (shin), Jorge Alcala: 15-day IL (forearm), max Kepler : 10-day IL (hamstring), Tyler Mahle: 60-day IL (arm), Caleb Thielbar: 15-day IL (oblique load), Kenta Maeda: 15-day IL (triceps), Gilberto Celestino: 60-Day IL (Thumb), Royce Lewis: 60-Day IL (Knee), Chris Paddack: 60-Day IL (Elbow)
Giants: Logan Webb: Day to Day (back), Ross Stripling: 15-day IL (back), Joey Bart: 10-day IL (groin), Heliot Ramos: 60-day IL (oblique), Joc Pederson : 10-day IL (hand), Austin Slater: 10-day IL (thigh), Roberto Perez: 60-day IL (shoulder), Luke Jackson: 60-day IL (elbow), Thomas Szapucki: 60 -Day IL (left). arm), Luis Gonzalez: 60-day IL (back)
The Associated Press created this story using technology and data provided by Sportradar by Data Skrive.
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