MINNEAPOLIS -- Hot on the heels of a three-game sweep at Detroit that turned up the heat on the first-place (for now) Tigers , the Guardians have settled on their slate of starting pitchers for this weekend’s four-game series at Target Field.

Lefty Parker Messick (3-0, 1.84 ERA) looked to continue his torrid start to his Major League career, facing the Twins for the first time on Friday. In Saturday’s doubleheader, Slade Cecconi (6-6, 4.39) will get the ball in Game 1 and Logan Allen (7-11, 4.36) will start Game 2. Finally, on Sunday, Joey Cantillo (5-3, 3.27) will get the nod before the Guardians head back to Cleveland for their final homestand of the season, which begins on Tuesday against the Tigers.

Manager Stephen Vogt said there was no great mystery involved in deciding the ord

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