{"id":713498,"date":"2026-05-31T09:12:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T09:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/713498\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T09:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T09:12:17","slug":"twins-aim-to-stop-4-game-slide-take-on-the-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/713498\/","title":{"rendered":"Twins aim to stop 4-game slide, take on the Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minnesota Twins<\/a> (27-32, third in the AL Central) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> (31-28, fourth in the NL Central)<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh; Sunday, 1:35 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins: Zebby Matthews<\/a> (1-2, 2.37 ERA, 0.84 WHIP, 17 strikeouts); Pirates: Braxton Ashcraft (4-2, 2.75 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 70 strikeouts)<\/p>\n

LINE: Pirates -162, Twins +135; over\/under is 7 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Twins, on a four-game losing streak, play the Pittsburgh Pirates.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh has a 17-15 record in home games and a 31-28 record overall. The Pirates have an 18-7 record in games when they did not allow a home run.<\/p>\n

Minnesota has a 12-18 record on the road and a 27-32 record overall. The Twins have a 5-9 record in games decided by one run.<\/p>\n

The matchup Sunday is the third time these teams meet this season.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Bryan Reynolds<\/a> has 12 doubles, two triples and six home runs for the Pirates. Oneil Cruz<\/a> is 9 for 36 with a double, three home runs and seven RBIs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Byron Buxton<\/a> has 17 home runs, 17 walks and 27 RBIs while hitting .260 for the Twins. Luke Keaschall<\/a> is 12 for 35 with two doubles, a triple and three RBIs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Pirates: 6-4, .258 batting average, 4.09 ERA, outscored opponents by three runs<\/p>\n

Twins: 5-5, .236 batting average, 5.48 ERA, outscored by 11 runs<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Pirates: Chris Devenski<\/a>: 15-Day IL (illness), Joey Bart: 10-Day IL (foot infection), Ryan O’Hearn: 10-Day IL (quadricep)<\/p>\n

Twins: Kendry Rojas: 15-Day IL (elbow), David Festa<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Garrett Acton: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ryan Jeffers<\/a>: 10-Day IL (hand), Cole Sands<\/a>: 15-Day IL (forearm), Mick Abel<\/a>: 15-Day IL (elbow), Pablo Lopez<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Minnesota Twins (27-32, third in the AL Central) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (31-28, fourth in the NL Central) Pittsburgh;…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2388],"tags":[5,5343,2223,6965,9707,3916,75686,413,19,5158,822,60,3190,4,1330,1997,64,1252,148,767],"class_list":["post-713498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-minnesota-twins","tag-baseball","tag-bryan-reynolds","tag-byron-buxton","tag-chris-devenski","tag-cole-sands","tag-david-festa","tag-event_preview","tag-luke-keaschall","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-mick-abel","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-twins","tag-minnesotatwins","tag-mlb","tag-oneil-cruz","tag-pablo-lopez","tag-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-ryan-jeffers","tag-twins","tag-zebby-matthews"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116668422060326831","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}