Guardians take 4-game losing streak into matchup against the Twins

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Cleveland Guardians (47-46, second in the AL Central) vs. Minnesota Twins (46-47, third in the AL Central)

Minneapolis; Thursday, 1:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Guardians: Gavin Williams (9-4, 3.89 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 123 strikeouts); Twins: Bailey Ober (0-0)

LINE: Guardians -134, Twins +110; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians enter the matchup with the Minnesota Twins after losing four games in a row.

Minnesota is 24-23 in home games and 46-47 overall. The Twins have the 10th-best team on-base percentage in MLB play at .324.

Cleveland has a 47-46 record overall and a 23-24 record in road games. The Guardians are 34-17 in games when they record eight or more hits.

The teams match up Thursday for the sixth time this season. The Twins are up 4-1 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Brooks Lee has 14 home runs, 25 walks and 50 RBIs while hitting .252 for the Twins. Kody Clemens is 14 for 41 with two doubles, a triple, four home runs and 13 RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Twins: 7-3, .261 batting average, 3.78 ERA, outscored opponents by 14 runs

Guardians: 4-6, .246 batting average, 4.04 ERA, outscored by three runs

INJURIES: Twins: Bailey Ober: 15-Day IL (elbow), Marco Raya: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Byron Buxton: 10-Day IL (hip), Zebby Matthews: day-to-day (foot), Ryan Jeffers: 10-Day IL (hand), Anthony Banda: 15-Day IL (lat), Mick Abel: 15-Day IL (elbow), Garrett Acton: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Cole Sands: 15-Day IL (forearm), David Festa: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Pablo Lopez: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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

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