Minnesota Twins (16-20, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Washington Nationals (16-20, third in the NL East)
Washington; Wednesday, 6:45 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins: Bailey Ober (3-1, 3.55 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 29 strikeouts); Nationals: Miles Mikolas (0-3, 8.23 ERA, 1.72 WHIP, 19 strikeouts)
LINE: Twins -139, Nationals +116; over/under is 9 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Twins face the Washington Nationals with a 1-0 series lead.
Washington has a 4-13 record at home and a 16-20 record overall. The Nationals are 11-4 in games when they out-hit their opponents.
Minnesota is 6-10 in road games and 16-20 overall. The Twins are 1-4 in games decided by one run.
Wednesday's game is the second time these teams square off this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: James Wood leads the Nationals with 10 home runs while slugging .507. C.J. Abrams is 9 for 33 with a double, a home run and eight RBIs over the last 10 games.
Brooks Lee has four doubles, five home runs and 21 RBIs for the Twins. Byron Buxton is 13 for 44 with a double and six home runs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Nationals: 5-5, .198 batting average, 3.00 ERA, outscored by seven runs
Twins: 4-6, .247 batting average, 4.91 ERA, outscored by four runs
INJURIES: Nationals: Luis Garcia: day-to-day (wrist), Cole Henry: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Clayton Beeter: 15-Day IL (forearm), Trevor Williams: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ken Waldichuk: 60-Day IL (forearm), Josiah Gray: 60-Day IL (elbow), DJ Herz: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Twins: Cody Laweryson: 15-Day IL (forearm), Joe Ryan: day-to-day (elbow), Cole Sands: 15-Day IL (forearm), Garrett Acton: 15-Day IL (shoulder), David Festa: 60-Day IL (shoulder), 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.
