The Minnesota Twins host the San Francisco Giants on Saturday, Aug. 27, in the second game of a three-game interleague series.
Minnesota entered the series opener one game over .500 at 62-61, but the Twins were just four games behind American League East leader Cleveland. San Francisco was 61-62, third in the National League West 25 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers and 5.5 games out of the final Wild Card spot.
Sonny Gray (7-4, 3.10 ERA) will be on the mound for Minnesota, while Alex Cobb gets the start for San Francisco (4-6, 3.99 ERA). Gray is just 1-1 over his last four starts but has allowed just five earned runs. Cobb is also 1-1 over that stretch but has allowed 10 runs in 24 innings.