DeLauter leads Guardians against the Twins following 4-hit game

Audio By Carbonatix

Minnesota Twins (49-52, third in the AL Central) vs. Cleveland Guardians (53-48, second in the AL Central)

Cleveland; Tuesday, 6:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins: Kendry Rojas (1-1, 2.79 ERA, 1.60 WHIP, 22 strikeouts); Guardians: Parker Messick (8-5, 2.73 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 110 strikeouts)

LINE: Guardians -155, Twins +126; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians play the Minnesota Twins after Chase DeLauter's four-hit game on Monday.

Cleveland is 26-24 in home games and 53-48 overall. The Guardians have gone 18-4 in games when they hit two or more home runs.

Minnesota is 23-27 in road games and 49-52 overall. Twins hitters have a collective .413 slugging percentage to rank second in the AL.

Tuesday's game is the eighth time these teams square off this season. The Twins hold a 4-3 advantage in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: DeLauter leads the Guardians with 11 home runs while slugging .457. Rhys Hoskins is 5 for 27 with four home runs and four RBIs over the past 10 games.

Byron Buxton has 16 doubles, a triple and 25 home runs while hitting .275 for the Twins. Trevor Larnach is 10 for 34 with three doubles and two home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 6-4, .257 batting average, 3.47 ERA, outscored opponents by six runs

Twins: 5-5, .253 batting average, 5.07 ERA, outscored by 16 runs

INJURIES: Guardians: Jose Ramirez: 10-Day IL (hand), Angel Martinez: 10-Day IL (foot), Tim Herrin: 15-Day IL (elbow)

Twins: Marco Raya: 15-Day IL (shoulder), David Festa: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Cole Sands: 15-Day IL (forearm), Mick Abel: 60-Day IL (elbow), Anthony Banda: 60-Day IL (lat), Garrett Acton: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Connor Prielipp: 15-Day IL (finger), Pablo Lopez: 60-Day IL (elbow)

___

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