Diamondbacks play the Twins with 1-0 series lead

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Minnesota Twins (36-41, third in the AL Central) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (39-36, second in the NL West)

Phoenix; Saturday, 10:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins: Taj Bradley (5-3, 4.14 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 80 strikeouts); Diamondbacks: Zac Gallen (3-5, 5.35 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, 50 strikeouts)

LINE: Diamondbacks -136, Twins +112; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Arizona Diamondbacks face the Minnesota Twins, leading the series 1-0.

Arizona has gone 24-15 in home games and 39-36 overall. The Diamondbacks have gone 28-7 in games when they scored five or more runs.

Minnesota has gone 16-22 in road games and 36-41 overall. Twins hitters have a collective .320 on-base percentage, the fifth-ranked percentage in the AL.

Saturday's game is the second time these teams match up this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Corbin Carroll has 13 home runs, 35 walks and 42 RBIs while hitting .283 for the Diamondbacks. Gabriel Moreno is 14 for 38 with three doubles, three home runs and six RBIs over the last 10 games.

Byron Buxton has a .273 batting average to lead the Twins, and has 13 doubles, a triple and 23 home runs. Josh Bell is 14 for 38 with three home runs and 11 RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Diamondbacks: 5-5, .228 batting average, 4.29 ERA, outscored by five runs

Twins: 6-4, .289 batting average, 6.00 ERA, outscored by two runs

INJURIES: Diamondbacks: Mike Soroka: day-to-day (glute), Jordan Lawlar: day-to-day (hamstring), Ryne Nelson: 15-Day IL (elbow), Corbin Burnes: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cristian Mena: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Carlos Santana: 60-Day IL (groin), James McCann: 10-Day IL (quadricep), A.J. Puk: 60-Day IL (elbow), Blake Walston: 60-Day IL (elbow), Andrew Saalfrank: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Justin Martinez: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Twins: Bailey Ober: 15-Day IL (elbow), Cole Sands: 15-Day IL (forearm), Mick Abel: 15-Day IL (elbow), Kendry Rojas: 15-Day IL (elbow), David Festa: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Garrett Acton: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ryan Jeffers: 10-Day IL (hand), 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.