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The Pittsburgh Pirates and Minnesota Twins square off on Friday at 6:45 p.m. ET, beginning a three-game series at PNC Park. Jared Jones (0-0, 0.00 ERA) will start for the Pirates, who are 29-28 this season and fifth in the NL Central. Taj Bradley (5-1, 2.77 ERA) is starting for the Twins, who are 27-30 and third in the AL Central.

How to watch Minnesota Twins vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

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Injury reports

Pirates

Joey Bart: 10 Day IL (Foot infection), Ryan O’Hearn: 10 Day IL (Quadricep), Chris Devenski: 15 Day IL (Illness), Nick Gonzales: day-to-day (Knee), Konnor Griffin: day-to-day (Forearm)

Twins

Ryan Jeffers: 10 Day IL (Hand), Cole Sands: 15 Day IL (Forearm), Cody Laweryson: 15 Day IL (Forearm), Mick Abel: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Pablo Lopez: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Garrett Acton: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), David Festa: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Kendry Rojas: day-to-day (Elbow)

Stats to know

• Pittsburgh’s Brandon Lowe has hit 14 home runs this season, which ranks 11th in MLB. He has also tallied 36 RBIs (16th in MLB) and has scored 33 runs. In 224 plate appearances, he has recorded a .265 BA, .353 OBP and .551 SLG with an 11.2% walk rate and a 23.7% strikeout rate.
• In 243 plate appearances, Bryan Reynolds is hitting .272/.391/.426 with a .817 OPS and four steals on four attempts. He has hit five long balls, driven in 35 runs (19th in MLB) and scored 34 times.
• Minnesota’s Byron Buxton is slashing .260/.323/.575 this season with 17 home runs (4th in MLB), 27 RBIs and an OPS of .898 (14th in MLB). He has a 25.9% strikeout rate and a 7.3% walk rate in 220 plate appearances, and he has scored 38 total runs. Buxton has recorded four steals on four attempts.
• In 208 plate appearances, Brooks Lee has slashed .250/.304/.401 this season. He has hit six long balls and driven in 30 runs with a strikeout rate of 17.8% and a walk rate of 6.3%. He has stolen three bases on four attempts and has scored 23 runs.

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