Wednesday's early MLB schedule brings another important meeting between the Minnesota Twins and new york yankees. The Bronx Bombers will host the matchup in the early afternoon on the back of their win the night before. New York defeated the visiting Twins 5-2 and will look to make it a third-straight win over Minnesota, as both teams are still sitting in the two AL Wild Card spots. Here's the latest Twins vs. Yankees game preview with the latest matchup odds, the start time, television channel, and how to see this MLB contest live online.

Minnesota vs. New York

On Tuesday night, the NY Yankees picked up a 5-2 victory over the visiting Twins. The two teams battled back and forth over the first three innings before the Yankees took control and scored four unanswered runs through the sixth inning. NY's Brett Gardner led the way with a 3-for-5 batting performance that included a double and two RBIs for the night. Rookie Aaron Judge and Starlin Castro also added RBIs. In particular, Castro hit 3-for-4 in the game and also had a run scored. C.C. Sabbath picked up his 12th win of the season by pitching six innings and striking out five batters, while Aroldis Chapman earned his 20th save.

The Minnesota Twins received a solo home run in the third inning from Max Kepler.

The only other run scored for the Twins came due to Brian Dozier scoring after Eduardo Escobar hit into a double play early on. Otherwise, Minnesota found it difficult to score on Sabathia and the Yankees. Jose Berrios picked up the loss to drop to 12-8 for his season.

Wednesday's game will have Bartolo Colon on the mound for Minnesota against Luis Severino for the Yankees.

The latest odds via Odds Shark have New York as -225 favorites and Minnesota as +207 underdogs with the run total set at nine runs for the game.

How to watch it live

Wednesday afternoon's Minnesota Twins vs. New York Yankees game has a scheduled start time of 1 p.m. Eastern Time. The game will be televised live by the ESPN network around the United States.

Cable and satellite subscribers who have ESPN as part of their provider package can also watch the live stream online by using the WatchESPN website or mobile apps.

Fans can also see the Twins vs. Yankees live online by using the SlingTV service. SlingTV is a channel streaming subscription service that offers several channel packages as well as add-on sports channels and other add-on packages. Any new customer can sign up to use Sling for one week free of charge, but a valid payment option is required at the time of sign-up. For more details, see Sling.com and make sure to choose Sling Orange which includes ESPN and ESPN2, among other channels.