After he collected four RBIs in his previous appearance (), Carlos Correa and the Minnesota Twins will see Joey Cantillo on the mound for the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday at 1:10 PM ET on

Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa were in the same lineup for the first time in the season’s second half. So, are the Twins optimizing their star players as they return from injury?

Carlos Correa drives a single into left center that scores two to put the Twins ahead 4-3 in the top of the 10th inning

“Frankly, I think if we had noticeably more time, he would have gone out on a rehab assignment,” Twins Manager Rocco Baldelli said. “But he also was adamant that, ‘I will be ready. I will come back and play. I don’t have to play in minor league games.’ The confidence level in the way that he talked about it probably played a big part in it.”

The Twins featured Carlos Correa, Byron Buxton and Royce Lewis in the same lineup Saturday night for the first time since July 2. But it won’t be two days in a row that the band is all back together as Correa and Buxton are out of the lineup for Sunday’s series finale against the Cincinnati Reds.