The brief three-game interleague series wraps up Sunday with a full slate of interesting matchups. This weekend has been a breath of fresh air in the lengthy 162-game regular season, but interleague play won’t start up again until mid-June.

Now let’s break down a couple of Sunday’s key contests.

**Twins (Slowey) at Rockies (Francis)**

-Caesars Palace installed Colorado as a $1.60 home ‘chalk’ over Minnesota, with the total set at 10 ‘under’ (minus $1.20). This contest is slated to start at 3:05 p.m. ET.

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-Minnesota pitcher Kevin Slowey (0-3, 5.79 ERA) is off Tuesday’s setback to Toronto as a $1.20 home favorite, 5-3. The Winthrop product went 5 2/3 innings while allowing three runs on five hits with two walks and five strikeouts.

-The combined eight runs failed to topple the 8 ½-run closing total, enabling the ‘under’ to improve to 3-0. The Twins are 0-3 when Slowey is pitching.

-Colorado’s Jeff Francis (0-4, 6.27 ERA) is still searching for his first victory after Tuesday’s loss to Arizona as a $1.15 road underdog, 8-4. The British Columbia native lasted just 4 2/3 innings, yielding eight runs on 13 hits with no walks and three strikeouts.

-The combined 12 runs eclipsed the nine-run closing total, helping the ‘over’ improve to 3-1 his last four outings.

**White Sox (Danks) at Giants (Cain)**

-Caesars Palace opened San Francisco as a $1.10 home favorite over Chicago, with the total listed at eight. First pitch is scheduled for 4:05 p.m. ET.

-Chicago’s John Danks (3-3, 2.74 ERA) is off Tuesday’s no-decision to Los Angeles as a $1.15 road underdog, 2-0. The left-hander tossed 6 1/3 innings of scoreless ball on seven hits with two walks and five strikeouts.

-The two runs never seriously threatened the 8 ½-run closing total. The ‘under’ has gone 7-1 this season in his eight starts.

-San Francisco right-hander Matt Cain (2-3, 4.17 ERA) upended Houston Tuesday as a $1.25 home ‘chalk,’ 4-2. The four-year veteran was reached for both runs on seven hits with four walks and five strikeouts over eight innings.

-The combined six runs failed to topple the eight-run closing total, ending a string of three consecutive ‘over’ outings.

**Tigers (Robertson) at Diamondbacks (Johnson)**

-Caesars Palace lists Arizona as a $1.50 home ‘chalk’ over Detroit, with the total set at 10. This matchup is slated to start at 4:10 p.m. ET.

-Detroit pitcher Nate Robertson (1-4, 6.04 ERA) received a no-decision against Kansas City Tuesday despite tossing a solid seven innings. The Wichita State product surrendered two runs on 10 hits with no walks and two strikeouts.

-The Tigers eventually dropped that contest as a $1.10 road underdog, 3-2, while the combined five runs went ‘under’ the 8 ½-run closing total. The ‘under’ is 4-1 his last five starts.

-Arizona counters with veteran Randy Johnson (3-1, 5.40 ERA) who is riding a personal two-game winning streak after knocking off Colorado Tuesday as a $1.30 home favorite, 8-4. The lanky left-hander went five innings, yielding four runs on nine hits with no walks and four strikeouts.

-The combined 12 runs toppled the nine-run closing total, helping the ‘over’ improve to 4-1 in his six starts.

**Mets (Perez) at Yankees (Wang)**

-Caesars Palace opened the Yankees as a $1.55 home favorite over the Mets, with the total set at 8 ½. ESPN will provide coverage of this contest beginning at 8:05 p.m. ET.

-The Mets send left-hander Oliver Perez (3-3, 4.61 ERA) had dropped three games in a row before upending Cincinnati last Sunday as a $1.30 home ‘chalk,’ 8-3. The Mexico native was tagged for three runs on three hits with four walks and eight strikeouts over six innings.

-The combined 11 runs toppled the 8 ½-run closing total, helping the ‘over’ improve to 3-1 his last four starts.

-Perez went 2-0 against the Yankees last year in two starts, tossing a combined 15 innings while surrendering just two runs on 10 hits (one home run) with five walks and 11 strikeouts. The Mets prevailed as a home ‘pick,’ 3-2, and as a $1.60 road underdog, 2-0. The ‘under’ cashed in both contests.

-The Yankees counter with Chien-Ming Wang (6-1, 2.90 ERA) who is off Tuesday’s no-decision against Tampa Bay. The Taiwan native went seven innings, surrendering one run on seven hits with three walks and two strikeouts.

-New York dropped that contest as a $1.40 road favorite, 2-1, while the combined three runs never seriously threatened the 8 ½-run closing total.

Brad Young can be reached at byoung@vegasinsider.com.