{"id":865501,"date":"2026-08-23T12:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T12:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/865501\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T12:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T12:20:13","slug":"padres-take-on-the-twins-on-home-winning-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/865501\/","title":{"rendered":"Padres take on the Twins on home winning streak"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minnesota Twins<\/a> (63-67, third in the AL Central) vs. San Diego Padres<\/a> (70-60, second in the NL West)<\/p>\n

San Diego; Sunday, 4:10 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins: Bailey Ober<\/a> (7-4, 4.62 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 71 strikeouts); Padres: Walker Buehler<\/a> (7-6, 4.79 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 104 strikeouts)<\/p>\n

LINE: Padres -141, Twins +124; over\/under is 8 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The San Diego Padres will try to keep their seven-game home win streak alive when they face the Minnesota Twins.<\/p>\n

San Diego has a 39-26 record at home and a 70-60 record overall. The Padres have a 49-7 record in games when they scored at least five runs.<\/p>\n

Minnesota is 28-36 on the road and 63-67 overall. Twins hitters have a collective .319 on-base percentage, the third-ranked percentage in the AL.<\/p>\n

Sunday’s game is the third meeting between these teams this season.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Fernando Tatis Jr<\/a>. has 15 home runs, 54 walks and 63 RBI while hitting .285 for the Padres. Manny Machado<\/a> is 11 for 39 with a home run and two RBI over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

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Josh Bell<\/a> has 26 doubles, a triple, 17 home runs and 77 RBI while hitting .254 for the Twins. Luke Keaschall<\/a> is 14 for 36 with three doubles and two home runs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Padres: 7-3, .264 batting average, 2.83 ERA, outscored opponents by 18 runs<\/p>\n

Twins: 4-6, .259 batting average, 5.32 ERA, outscored by 16 runs<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Padres: Casey Mize<\/a>: day-to-day (ankle), Jason Adam<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Joe Musgrove<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Miguel Andujar<\/a>: 10-Day IL (wrist), Samad Taylor<\/a>: 10-Day IL (oblique), Nick Pivetta<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Lucas Giolito: 15-Day IL (elbow), Ramon Laureano<\/a>: 60-Day IL (hip), Bryan Hoeing<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n

Twins: Joe Ryan: 15-Day IL (glute), Austin Martin<\/a>: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Mike Paredes<\/a>: 60-Day IL (oblique), Cole Sands<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), David Festa<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Mick Abel<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Anthony Banda<\/a>: 60-Day IL (lat), Pablo Lopez<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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