The Twins need starters for Thursday against the White Sox and Saturday against the Indians.

Indications are that righthander Nick Tepsech will get the ball Thursday for the series finale against the White Sox in Chicago. Tepesch was knocked out in the second inning Saturday against Boston, but it was his first game in over two weeks and the Twins want to see what he does when he's on a regular five-day schedule.

That still leaves the Twins with a need for Saturday at Cleveland. The two candidates are lefthander Adalberto Mejia and righthander Jose Berrios. Mejia is coming off a poor outing for Class AAA Rochester, raising the possibility that Berrios, their top starting pitching prospect, gets the nod.

Sunday, Berrios improved to 3-0 with a 1.13 ERA for the Red Wings, giving up one run over 6â…” innings on six hits and no walks with four strikeouts in a 3-1 victory over Pawtucket.

The Twins would prefer that Berrios remains at Rochester to fine-tune his pitching, but they are running out of options for their major league rotation.

Meanwhile, the Twins are expected to face former teammate Mike Pelfrey in the opener of their three-game series in Chicago on Tuesday. Pelfrey, who pitched for the Twins from 2013-2015, was released by Detroit after a 4-10 record and 5.07 ERA with Detroit last season. He has lost two of his three starts with the White Sox and has a 5.02 ERA in 14 1/3 innings.