Minnesota Twins (45-62, fifth in AL Central) vs. Cincinnati Reds (56-51, second in NL Central)
Cincinnati; Wednesday, 12:35 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins: Charlie Barnes (0-1, 1.93 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 1 strikeouts) Reds: Luis Castillo (5-10, 4.14 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 121 strikeouts)
FANDUEL SPORTS BOOK LINE: Red -215, Twins +182; Over / Under is 9 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Twins will travel against the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday.
The Reds are 26-27 in home games in 2020. Cincinnati have lost .425 this season. Nick Castellanos leads the club with a slugging percentage of 0.582, including 48 extra base hits and 18 home runs.
The twins are 21-32. Minnesota has made 155 home runs as a team this season. Miguel Sano leads the team at 17, an average of one in every 16.5 for bats.
The twins won the last meeting 7-5. Danny Coulombe took his second win and Mitch Garver went 2 for 5 with a home run and three RBIs for Minnesota. Heath Hembree suffered his sixth loss for Cincinnati.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jesse Winker leads the Reds with 21 homers and has 60 RBIs.
Jorge Polanco leads the Twins with 40 extra base hits, beating .468.
LAST 10 MATCHES: Reds: 6-4, .287 batting average, 4.13 ERA, outperformed opponents by 16 runs
Twins: 4-6, 0.251 batting average, 5.34 ERA, outperformed by six runs
INJURIES: Reds: Art Warren: (oblique), Lucas Sims: (elbow), Michael Feliz: (elbow), Brandon Bailey: (elbow), Tejay Antone: (forearm), RJ Alaniz: (calf), Nick Senzel: ( Knee), Nick Castellanos: (wrist), Mike Moustakas: (heel), Alex Blandino: (hand).
Twins: Cody Stashak: (back), Devin Smeltzer: (elbows), Taylor Rogers: (fingers), Derek Law: (shoulder), Luke Farrell: (oblique), Randy Dobnak: (fingers), Edwar Colina: (elbows) , Rob Refsnyder: (thigh), Alex Kirilloff: (wrist), Kyle Garlick: (hernia), Byron Buxton: (hand).
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The Associated Press created this story using Data Skrive technology and Sportradar data.
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