Phillies and Twins meet in series rubber match

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Minnesota Twins (70-91, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (95-66, first in the NL East)

Philadelphia; Sunday, 3:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins: Simeon Woods Richardson (7-4, 4.27 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 98 strikeouts); Phillies: Cristopher Sanchez (13-5, 2.57 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 204 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Phillies -208, Twins +173; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Phillies and Minnesota Twins play on Sunday with the three-game series tied 1-1.

Philadelphia has a 54-26 record at home and a 95-66 record overall. The Phillies have the fourth-best team slugging percentage in MLB play at .432.

Minnesota is 70-91 overall and 32-48 in road games. The Twins are 15-26 in games decided by one run.

The teams play Sunday for the third time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Kyle Schwarber leads the Phillies with 56 home runs while slugging .567. Alec Bohm is 16 for 33 with three doubles, two home runs and eight RBIs over the last 10 games.

Byron Buxton leads the Twins with 63 extra base hits (21 doubles, seven triples and 35 home runs). Brooks Lee is 9 for 38 with a double, two home runs and six RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Phillies: 5-5, .245 batting average, 3.54 ERA, outscored opponents by three runs

Twins: 4-6, .224 batting average, 3.99 ERA, outscored by 11 runs

INJURIES: Phillies: Ranger Suarez: day-to-day (groin), Max Kepler: day-to-day (illness), Jose Alvarado: 15-Day IL (forearm), Daniel Robert: 60-Day IL (forearm), Trea Turner: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Zack Wheeler: 60-Day IL (blood clot), Jordan Romano: 15-Day IL (finger)

Twins: Luke Keaschall: 10-Day IL (thumb), Pablo Lopez: 15-Day IL (forearm), Matt Wallner: 10-Day IL (oblique), Justin Topa: 15-Day IL (oblique), Alan Roden: 60-Day IL (thumb), Anthony Misiewicz: 15-Day IL (shoulder), David Festa: 15-Day IL (shoulder)

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