Brewers bring road win streak into game against the Twins

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Milwaukee Brewers (26-17, second in the NL Central) vs. Minnesota Twins (20-26, third in the AL Central)

Minneapolis; Sunday, 2:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Brewers: Robert Gasser (0-0); Twins: Bailey Ober (4-2, 3.46 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 39 strikeouts)

LINE: Brewers -120, Twins +101; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Milwaukee Brewers will try to keep a three-game road win streak alive when they visit the Minnesota Twins.

Minnesota is 20-26 overall and 12-13 at home. The Twins have hit 50 total home runs to rank seventh in the AL.

Milwaukee has a 26-17 record overall and an 11-8 record on the road. Brewers hitters have a collective .332 on-base percentage, the fourth-ranked percentage in the NL.

Sunday's game is the third time these teams square off this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Byron Buxton leads the Twins with 23 extra base hits (seven doubles, a triple and 15 home runs). Ryan Jeffers is 8 for 33 with four doubles, two home runs and four RBIs over the past 10 games.

Brice Turang leads the Brewers with a .295 batting average, and has 10 doubles, a triple, six home runs, 31 walks and 27 RBIs. Jackson Chourio is 14 for 44 with a home run and four RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Twins: 4-6, .233 batting average, 4.15 ERA, outscored by 10 runs

Brewers: 8-2, .254 batting average, 2.30 ERA, outscored opponents by 17 runs

INJURIES: Twins: Byron Buxton: day-to-day (hip), Garrett Acton: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Cole Sands: 15-Day IL (forearm), Mick Abel: 15-Day IL (elbow), Cody Laweryson: 15-Day IL (forearm), Taj Bradley: 15-Day IL (pectoral), David Festa: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Pablo Lopez: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Brewers: Christian Yelich: day-to-day (back), Brandon Lockridge: 10-Day IL (knee), Quinn Priester: 15-Day IL (wrist), Jared Koenig: 15-Day IL (elbow), Brandon Woodruff: 15-Day IL (arm), Angel Zerpa: 15-Day IL (forearm), Rob Zastryzny: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Akil Baddoo: 60-Day IL (quadricep)

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

 

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