Astros aim to break losing streak in matchup with the Twins

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Minnesota Twins (2-4) PITCHING PROBABLES: Astros: Hunter Brown (0-1, 3.00 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, seven strikeouts); Twins: Joe Ryan (0-0, 1.



80 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, five strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Twins -124, Astros +104; over/under is 7 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Astros are looking to stop their three-game skid with a win over the Minnesota Twins. Minnesota had an 82-80 record overall and a 43-38 record at home last season.

The Twins pitching staff had a collective 4.27 ERA last season while averaging 9.4 strikeouts and 2.

7 walks per nine innings. Houston went 88-73 overall and 42-38 on the road a season ago. The Astros slugged .

418 as a team last season with 2.9 extra base hits per game. INJURIES: Twins: Brock Stewart: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Brooks Lee: 10-Day IL (back), Royce Lewis: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Michael Tonkin: 15-Day IL (shoulder) Astros: Cristian Javier: 60-Day IL (elbow), Shawn Dubin: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Forrest Whitley: 15-Day IL (knee), J.

P. France: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Luis Garcia: 15-Day IL (elbow), Taylor Trammell: 10-Day IL (calf), Kaleb Ort: 15-Day IL (oblique), Pedro Leon: 10-Day IL (knee), Lance McCullers Jr.: 15-Day IL (forearm) ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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