Carlos Santana rides a two-game homer streak into the Minnesota Twins’ (75-64) game against the Tampa Bay Rays (69-70) at 1:10 p.m. ET on Thursday, at Tropicana Field.

The probable pitchers are Pablo Lopez (13-8) for the Twins and Taj Bradley (6-9) for the Rays.

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Twins vs. Rays Pitcher Matchup Info

• Date: Thursday, September 5, 2024
• Time: 1:10 p.m. ET
• TV: BSSUN
• Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
• Venue: Tropicana Field
• Live Stream: Fubo
• Probable Pitchers: Lopez – MIN (13-8, 4.05 ERA) vs Bradley – TB (6-9, 4.35 ERA)

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Twins Probable Starting Pitcher Today: Pablo Lopez

• The Twins’ Lopez (13-8) will make his 28th start of the season.
• The right-hander allowed six hits in 7 2/3 scoreless innings pitched against the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday.
• The 28-year-old has pitched in 27 games this season with a 4.05 ERA and 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings with a batting average against of .241.
• He’s looking to extend his four-game quality start streak.
• Lopez has 12 starts in a row of five innings or more.
• If he manages to end his start without allowing an earned run, he’d extend his streak of appearances with no earned runs to four.
• Among qualified pitchers this campaign, the 28-year-old’s 4.05 ERA ranks 42nd, 1.124 WHIP ranks 21st, and 9.5 K/9 ranks 15th.

Pablo Lopez vs. Rays

• The Rays have scored 542 runs this season, which ranks 28th in MLB. They are batting .231 for the campaign with 128 home runs, 27th in the league.
• This season, the right-hander has pitched against the Rays in one game, and they have gone 7-for-19 with a double, two home runs and five RBI over four innings.

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Rays Probable Starting Pitcher Tonight: Taj Bradley

• The Rays are sending Bradley (6-9) out to make his 21st start of the season. He is 6-9 with a 4.35 ERA and 121 strikeouts over 109 2/3 innings pitched.
• In his most recent appearance on Friday, the righty tossed 2 1/3 innings against the San Diego Padres, allowing eight earned runs while surrendering eight hits.
• The 23-year-old has an ERA of 4.35, with 9.9 strikeouts per nine innings in 20 games this season. Opponents have a .234 batting average against him.
• Bradley enters the game with eight quality starts under his belt this season.
• Bradley has pitched five or more innings in a game 16 times this season heading into this game.
• He has had six appearances this season in which he did not allow an earned run.

Taj Bradley vs. Twins

• The opposing Twins offense has a collective .252 batting average, and is 12th in the league with 1185 total hits and 11th in MLB play with 662 runs scored. They have the sixth-ranked slugging percentage (.425) and are 10th in all of MLB with 168 home runs.
• In six innings over one appearance against the Twins this season, Bradley has a 3.00 ERA and a 1.500 WHIP while his opponents are batting .292.

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