Twins-San Diego series preview: A visit to face Taylor Rogers
The Padres, featuring former Twins reliever Taylor Rogers, are in second place in both the National League West and NL wild-card races.
July 29, 2022 at 2:44AM
Friday, 8:40 p.m. • BSN, 830-AM: RHP Joe Ryan (7-3, 2.89 ERA) vs. LHP Blake Snell (2-5, 4.75)
Saturday, 6:15 p.m. • Ch. 9, 830-AM: RHP Sonny Gray (5-3, 3.52 ERA) vs. RHP Joe Musgrove (8-3, 2.63)
Sunday, 3:10 p.m. • BSN, 830-AM: TBA vs. LHP Sean Manaea (5-5, 4.33)
Twins update: The AL Central-leading Twins (52-46), who were idle Thursday after losing two games in Milwaukee, and Padres are meeting for the first time since 2017. The Twins, who are 4-8 in interleague play this season, have won 12 of the past 14 games with the Padres and are 6-1 at Petco Park, which opened in 2004. ... Luis Arraez is hitting .222 (6-for-27) in his past seven games. Arraez, who is batting .333, was 0-for-7 in the two games in Milwaukee. ... Jose Miranda has gone 3-for-4 in each of his past three games and is hitting .386 (22-for-57) in July to raise his batting average to .281. ... OF Max Kepler (toe) is day-to-day after being hit by a pitch in Detroit on Sunday.
Padres update: The Padres (55-45) are in second place in the NL West and are second in the NL wild-card standings. ... The Padres were idle Thursday after losing two of a three-game series in Detroit. The Padres lost 4-3 on Wednesday, when the Tigers scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth off former Twin Taylor Rogers. It was his seventh blown save of the season and career-high fifth loss of the season. He has 28 saves. ... LHP MacKenzie Gore (left elbow inflammation) was placed on the 15-day injury list Tuesday. ... OF Wil Myers (right knee inflammation) is on a rehab assignment with El Paso and is expected to be activated on Friday.
The eight Twins headed for arbitration are Royce Lewis, Joe Ryan, Jhoan Duran, Bailey Ober, Ryan Jeffers, Willi Castro, Griffin Jax and Trevor Larnach.
