Rays take on the Twins on home winning streak

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Minnesota Twins (12-15, third in the AL Central) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (15-11, second in the AL East)

St. Petersburg, Florida; Sunday, 1:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins: Simeon Woods Richardson (0-3, 5.96 ERA, 1.56 WHIP, 13 strikeouts); Rays: Griffin Jax (1-2, 8.00 ERA, 1.89 WHIP, 10 strikeouts)

LINE: Rays -140, Twins +119; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays will try to keep a three-game home win streak going when they take on the Minnesota Twins.

Tampa Bay has a 7-4 record at home and a 15-11 record overall. The Rays have a 13-3 record in games when they scored five or more runs.

Minnesota is 12-15 overall and 5-9 in road games. The Twins have a 3-9 record in games when they have given up at least one home run.

Sunday's game is the sixth time these teams match up this season. The Rays are ahead 4-1 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Junior Caminero leads the Rays with eight home runs while slugging .529. Jonathan Aranda is 7 for 30 with three home runs and seven RBIs over the past 10 games.

Josh Bell has five doubles and three home runs for the Twins. Byron Buxton is 12 for 45 with a double, four home runs and five RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 6-4, .241 batting average, 4.30 ERA, outscored opponents by four runs

Twins: 2-8, .227 batting average, 4.34 ERA, outscored by 13 runs

INJURIES: Rays: Edwin Uceta: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Gavin Lux: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Garrett Cleavinger: 15-Day IL (calf), Joe Boyle: 15-Day IL (elbow), Ryan Pepiot: 60-Day IL (hip), Steven Wilson: 60-Day IL (back), Manuel Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Mason Englert: 15-Day IL (forearm), Michael Grove: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

Twins: David Festa: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Cody Laweryson: 15-Day IL (forearm), Travis Adams: 15-Day IL (tricep), Mick Abel: 15-Day IL (elbow), 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.