Two teams in fourth place in their divisions limp into a three-game series when the Minnesota Twins of the American League Central face the Los Angeles Angels of the AL West on Monday night in Anaheim, Calif.

The key word here is limp. Both teams, once in contention for wild-card berths around the trade deadline, have faded badly down the stretch. And both took their share of lumps in salvaging the final game of a three-game series on Sunday.

Minnesota (63-80) was 51-57 at the July 30 deadline but, after trading away 10 key players, including Carlos Correa and closer Jhoan Duran, has sputtered to a 12-23 record since. The Twins enter Monday's game 18 1/2 games behind the first-place Detroit Tigers and 12 games behind Seattle for the final wild-card spot.

Los Angeles (67-76) was 53-56 at

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