The Minnesota Twins will play the San Diego Padres in Game 1 of their series at Petco Park on Friday night.
The Minnesota Twins are 52-46 this season and have lost two games in a row. Minnesota is coming off of a series loss against Milwaukee, where they lost both games played in the series. The Minnesota pitching staff has a 3.99 ERA, a 1.25 WHIP, and a .240 opponent batting average this season. The Twins offense has scored 448 runs with a .252 batting average and a .323 on base percentage. Byron Buxton is batting .216 with 24 home runs and 44 RBI’s for the Twins this season. The projected starter for Minnesota is Joe Ryan, who is 7-3 with a 2.89 ERA and a 1.05 WHIP over 81 innings pitched this season.
The San Diego Padres are 55-45 this season and have lost three of their last four games. San Diego is coming off of a series loss against Detroit, where they lost two out of the three games played. The San Diego pitching staff has a 3.78 ERA, a 1.21 WHIP, and a .231 opponent batting average. The Padres offense has scored 432 runs with a .240 batting average and a .316 on base percentage this year. Manny Machado is batting .299 with 16 home runs and 54 RBI’s for the Padres this season. The projected starter for San Diego is Blake Snell, who is 2-5 with a 4.75 ERA and a 1.45 WHIP over 55 innings pitched this season.
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