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Rockies meet the Twins following Goodman's 3-home run game

Colorado Rockies (33-50, fifth in the NL West) vs. Minnesota Twins (39-45, third in the AL Central)

Minneapolis; Sunday, 2:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: Ryan Feltner (2-2, 4.79 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 35 strikeouts); Twins: Connor Prielipp (2-5, 5.17 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 55 strikeouts)

LINE: Twins -159, Rockies +130; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Rockies meet the Minnesota Twins after Hunter Goodman hit three home runs against the Twins on Saturday.

Minnesota has a 39-45 record overall and a 21-23 record in home games. The Twins have a 29-13 record in games when they scored at least five runs.

Colorado is 15-28 in road games and 33-50 overall. Rockies hitters have a collective .324 on-base percentage, the ninth-best percentage in the majors.

Sunday's game is the third meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Byron Buxton leads the Twins with 41 extra base hits (15 doubles, a triple and 25 home runs). Brooks Lee is 12 for 41 with three doubles, a triple, three home runs and eight RBIs over the past 10 games.

T.J. Rumfield has 17 doubles, two triples, 12 home runs and 44 RBIs for the Rockies. Goodman is 7 for 38 with five home runs and 10 RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Twins: 5-5, .304 batting average, 5.40 ERA, outscored opponents by nine runs

Rockies: 6-4, .276 batting average, 4.85 ERA, outscored opponents by three runs

INJURIES: Twins: Mick Abel: 15-Day IL (elbow), Garrett Acton: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Cole Sands: 15-Day IL (forearm), Bailey Ober: 15-Day IL (elbow), David Festa: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ryan Jeffers: 10-Day IL (hand), Pablo Lopez: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Rockies: Tanner Gordon: 15-Day IL (hip), McCade Brown: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Brenton Doyle: 10-Day IL (oblique), Jaden Hill: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Jordan Beck: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Blas Castano: 15-Day IL (pectoral), Chase Dollander: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kris Bryant: 60-Day IL (back), Welinton Herrera: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jose Quintana: 60-Day IL (elbow), Pierson Ohl: 60-Day IL (elbow), RJ Petit: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.