Yankees and Twins meet in series rubber match

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Minnesota Twins (43-47, third in the AL Central) vs. New York Yankees (49-39, second in the AL East)

New York; Sunday, 1:35 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins: Joe Ryan (5-5, 3.61 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 113 strikeouts); Yankees: Ryan Weathers (3-6, 4.08 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 98 strikeouts)

LINE: Yankees -136, Twins +112; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees and Minnesota Twins play on Sunday with the three-game series tied 1-1.

New York has a 23-19 record at home and a 49-39 record overall. Yankees hitters have a collective .422 slugging percentage to lead the AL.

Minnesota has gone 21-24 in road games and 43-47 overall. The Twins have gone 32-13 in games when they scored at least five runs.

The matchup Sunday is the third time these teams match up this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ben Rice leads the Yankees with 41 extra base hits (15 doubles, two triples and 24 home runs). Amed Rosario is 8 for 31 with three home runs and seven RBIs over the past 10 games.

Byron Buxton has 16 doubles, a triple, 25 home runs and 45 RBIs for the Twins. Kody Clemens is 10 for 39 with a double, five home runs and 12 RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 2-8, .157 batting average, 3.64 ERA, outscored by 28 runs

Twins: 5-5, .248 batting average, 5.36 ERA, outscored by three runs

INJURIES: Yankees: Carlos Rodon: 15-Day IL (elbow), Giancarlo Stanton: 10-Day IL (leg), Max Fried: 15-Day IL (elbow), Aaron Judge: 10-Day IL (rib), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Twins: 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), Bailey Ober: 15-Day IL (elbow), David Festa: 60-Day IL (shoulder), 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.