Mets aim to sweep series against the Twins

Wed, Jul 31, 2024
MLB News (AP)

Minnesota Twins (58-48, second in the AL Central) vs. New York Mets (57-50, third in the NL East)

New York; Wednesday, 1:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins: Pablo Lopez (9-7, 4.73 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 135 strikeouts); Mets: Luis Severino (7-3, 3.58 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 94 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Twins -114, Mets -105; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Mets play the Minnesota Twins looking to sweep their three-game series.

New York has a 30-28 record in home games and a 57-50 record overall. Mets hitters have a collective .422 slugging percentage to rank sixth in MLB.

Minnesota is 58-48 overall and 29-27 in road games. The Twins have the seventh-best team on-base percentage in MLB play at .323.

Wednesday's game is the third meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Pete Alonso has 26 doubles, 22 home runs and 57 RBI while hitting .244 for the Mets. J.D. Martinez is 12-for-40 with two doubles and a home run over the last 10 games.

Carlos Santana has 20 doubles, 14 home runs and 47 RBI for the Twins. Byron Buxton is 10-for-40 with three doubles, three home runs and five RBI over the last 10 games.

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LAST 10 GAMES: Mets: 7-3, .251 batting average, 3.40 ERA, outscored opponents by 19 runs

Twins: 4-6, .232 batting average, 4.90 ERA, outscored by 11 runs

INJURIES: Mets: Kodai Senga: 15-Day IL (calf), Shintaro Fujinami: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Dedniel Nunez: 15-Day IL (pronator), Christian Scott: 15-Day IL (elbow), Reed Garrett: 15-Day IL (elbow), Drew Smith: 60-Day IL (elbow), Brooks Raley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Starling Marte: 10-Day IL (knee), Sean Reid-Foley: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Ronny Mauricio: 60-Day IL (knee)

Twins: Alex Kirilloff: 60-Day IL (back), Kody Funderburk: 15-Day IL (oblique), Carlos Correa: 10-Day IL (foot), Chris Paddack: 15-Day IL (forearm), Kyle Farmer: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Justin Topa: 60-Day IL (knee), Daniel Duarte: 60-Day IL (tricep), Anthony DeSclafani: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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