Twins-Orioles series preview: TV-radio information, injury reports, pitching matchups

All games on 830-AM and 102.9-FM

Friday, 7:10 p.m., BSN: LHP Cade Povich (2-9, 5.59 ERA) vs. RHP Pablo López (15-9, 4.11)

Saturday, 6:15 p.m., Fox: TBA vs. RHP Zebby Matthews (1-3, 5.71)

Sunday, 2:10 p.m., BSN: TBA vs. RHP Bailey Ober (12-8, 3.94)

Baltimore update: The Orioles (88-71) have clinched a spot in the playoffs, the fourth time in team history they have made the playoffs in consecutive seasons. The teams are meeting for the first time since April, when the Orioles outscored the Twins 22-9 in a three-game sweep in Baltimore. The Orioles also outscored the Twins 24-5 in sweeping a series at Target Field last year. … The Orioles are 10-12 this month after Thursday’s 10-1 loss to the Yankees in New York. … The Orioles are second in MLB with 228 home runs. … Gunnar Henderson is three home runs shy of becoming the fourth shortstop in MLB history to hit 40 home runs in a season. He would join Alex Rodriguez, Rico Petrocelli and Ernie Banks.

Twins update: The Twins are in danger of being eliminated from playoff contention Friday; they went into Thursday night’s game against Miami trailing Detroit and Kansas City in the wild-card standings by 2½ games with three to play. … The Twins are 10-17 against AL East teams this season and 54-31 against the rest of the American League. … SS Carlos Correa has reached base safely in 23 of his past 24 games. His .309 batting average going into Thursday was fourth-best in the AL and sixth-best in MLB among players with at least 350 plate appearances. ... Going into Thursday, Twins pitchers had struck out 1,451 batters this season — the third-most in team history. In 2019, the Twins struck out 1,463. Last season, the Twins struck out a team-record 1,560.