Pittsburgh Pirates (38-57, fifth in the NL Central) vs. Minnesota Twins (46-48, second in the AL Central) Minneapolis; Saturday, 2:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Pirates: Mike Burrows (0-0); Twins: TBD BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Twins -142,

The Minnesota Twins will try to make it three series victories in a row when they take on the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday afternoon in Minneapolis. The Twins are coming off a 2-1 win over the Pirates in the series opener Friday night.

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Paul Skenes takes the mound one more time before the All-Star break. Skenes will start in the series opener vs.

Trevor Larnach hit a two-run homer, Joe Ryan outpitched Paul Skenes. and the Minnesota Twins beat Pittsburgh 2-1 on Friday night to hand the Pirates their seventh straight loss. Ryan (9-4) allowed one run and five hits with two walks and five strikeouts in five innings.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have the MLB trade deadline coming up in three weeks and may move one of their starting pitchers to an American League team.Pirates right-handed starting pitcher Mitch Keller is one player that trade talks continue occurring around over the recent weeks.

Mike Burrows is getting a quality baseball education every time he steps on the mound. The Pirates’ rookie right-hander found himself in yet another tight, low-scoring game on Saturday night at T-Mobile Park,

Burrows struggled with his control at times Saturday as he set a season high with four walks, but he was able scatter three hits to keep Seattle off the board. The right-hander has yet to last six frames in any of his nine outings this season,

Ben Williamson had an RBI double in the sixth inning, Luis Castillo tossed seven innings, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0.