The Twins and White Sox meet in the second of a three-game series tonight (6:40 p.m., FSN) at Target Field.
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No Max Kepler (chest) or C.J. Cron (thumb) tonight. Luis Arraez (pictured) will play left field and Ryan LaMarre center, with Eddie Rosario in right. The Twins won 5-3 on Monday night.
Cleveland, five games behind, plays host to Detroit tonight with the Twins' magic number at eight.
Chicago's All-Star starter Lucas Giolito has been shut down for the season, so Ross Detwiler (2-5, 6.79 ERA) will be on the bump for the Sox.
Martin Perez (10-7, 4.89) starts for the Twins.
White Sox
Leury Garcia, RF
Tim Anderson, SS
Jose Abreu, 3B
Eloy Jiminez, LF
Yoan Moncada, 3B
James McCann, C
Yolmer Sanchez, 2B
Zack Collins, DH
Adam Engel, CF
Twins
Mitch Garver, C
Jorge Polanco, SS
Nelson Cruz, DH
Eddie Rosario, RF
Miguel Sano, 3B
Marwin Gonzalez, 1B
Luis Arraez, LF
Jonathan Schoop, 2B
Ryan LaMarre, CF
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La Velle E. Neal III has covered baseball for the Star Tribune since 1998 (the post-Knoblauch era). Born and raised in Chicago, he grew up following the White Sox and hating the Cubs. He attended both the University of Illinois and Illinois-Chicago and began his baseball writing career at the Kansas City Star. He can be heard occasionally on KFAN radio, lending his great baseball mind to Paul Allen and other hosts.
Phil Miller covered three seasons of Twins baseball, but that was at a different ballpark for a different newspaper. Now Miller returns to the baseball beat after joining the Star Tribune as the Gopher football writer in 2010, and he won't miss the dingy dome for a minute. In addition to the Twins and Gophers, Miller covered the Utah Jazz and the NBA for six years at The Salt Lake Tribune.
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