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MINNESOTA TWINS (56-33) AT CLEVELAND INDIANS (50-38) FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019 - 7:10 P.M. (ET) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH RADIO: TIBN-WCCO RHP Kyle Gibson (8-4, 4.09) vs. RHP Mike Clevinger (2-2, 4.44) GAME 90 ROAD GAME 46 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 7/13 at Cleveland RHP Jake Odorizzi (10-4, 3.15) vs. RHP Trevor Bauer (8-6, 3.61) 6:10 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / None 7/14 at Cleveland RHP José Berríos (8-5, 3.00) vs. RHP Shane Bieber (8-3, 3.45) 12:10 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / twinsbeisbol.com 7/15 OFF DAY 7/16 vs. New York-NL TBA vs. RHP Zack Wheeler (6-5, 4.42) 7:10 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / twinsbeisbol.com 7/17 vs. New York-NL TBA vs. LHP Steven Matz (5-6, 4.89) 12:10 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / None Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: The Twins completed their Pre-ASG portion of the 2019 season with a record of 56-33 STREAKS Record: ........................................... 56-33 and remain 5.5 games up in the American League Central...after starting the season with a record of 47-22 through June 15, the Twins have gone 9-11 in their final 20...today they will begin the Current Streak 1 loss Home Record: ................................. 28-15 Last 5 games 3-2 Road Record: .................................. 28-18 "second half" with a three-game weekend series in Cleveland...following Sunday afternoon's series Record in series: ...........................17-8-4 finale, the Twins will travel home for an off-day on Monday, then begin a nine-game homestand with Last 10 games 4-6 Series Openers: .............................. 18-10 two vs. New York-NL July 16-17, four vs. Oakland July 18-21 and three vs. New York-AL July 22-24. Last 15 games 8-7 Series Finales: ................................ 15-14 Last 20 games 9-11 Rubber Games: ................................... 4-6 90TH MID-SUMMER RECAP: The Twins sent three players to Cleveland for the MLB All-Star Game, Sweeps/Swept: ................................... 7/0 as shortstop Jorge Polanco was elected the starting shortstop, while starting pitcher Jake Odorizzi TWINS VS. INDIANS March/April: .................................... 17-10 May: .................................................. 21-8 (injury) was replaced by José Berríos...Polanco and Berríos were able to make contributions to the 2019 Record: .........................................3-3 June: ............................................... 15-12 American League's 4-3 victory over the National League, as Berríos fired a scoreless third inning Current Streak: ...................................1 win July: ..................................................... 3-3 before Polanco drove in the second run of the game with an RBI single in the fifth. 2019 at Home: .......................................2-1 August: ...................................................... Berríos became the first Twin to pitch a scoreless inning in back-to-back All-Star Games 2019 at Cleveland: .................................1-2 September/October: ................................. Asince Joe Nathan in 2008-09. All-Time Record: .........................415-443-1 Day Games: ..................................... 22-14 With his RBI single vs. Walker Buehler, Polanco became just the fifth Twins player to record an All-Time at Home: .......................225-203-1 Night Games: .................................. 34-19 ARBI in an All-Star Game since 2000...he also became the third to do so off a Dodger, joining All-Time at Cleveland:....................190-240 vs. American League East: ............... 17-9 Joe Mauer (2009 off Billingsley) and Miguel Sanó (2017 off Wood). vs. American League Central: ........ 19-11 2019 Game Logs: vs. American League West: .............. 17-9 vs. National League: ........................... 3-4 A LOOK BACK AT THE HALF: Twins hitting and pitching numbers pre-All-Star break since 2016: Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Games vs. LH Starter:....................... 12-8 AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG OPS 3/28 MIN 2-0 Berríos/Kluber/Rogers Games vs. RH Starter: .................... 44-25 2016 .253 395 767 152 18 105 376 282 743 .320 .419 .739 3/30 MIN 1-2 Edwards/Parker/Hand Twins score first: ............................ 43-14 2017 .253 403 764 154 10 100 386 323 735 .328 .410 .738 3/31 MIN 9-3 Pérez/Carrasco Opponent scores first: .................... 13-19 2018 .244 424 787 197 15 98 400 325 786 .316 .406 .722 6/4 CLE 2-5 Bieber/Smeltzer/Hand Come-from-behind wins: .....................18 2019 .272 509 861 188 13 *166 489 270 715 .336 **497 .833 6/5 CLE 7-9 Wittgren/Parker/Hand Leading after 7/8 inn.: ............. 46-2/50-0 W L S IP H R ER HR BB K ERA 6/6 CLE 5-4 Berríos/Bauer/Rogers Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ............. 5-27/2-29 2016 32 56 13 778.1 873 466 430 119 239 658 4.97 7/12 CLE Tied after 7/8 inn.: ....................... 5-4/4-4 2017 45 43 25 785.2 833 463 427 135 291 606 4.89 Extra-innings: ..................................... 4-3 7/13 CLE 2018 44 50 21 849.1 851 447 426 119 316 844 4.51 7/14 CLE 1-run games: .................................... 14-6 2019 #56 33 26 807.0 758 393 356 109 255 780 3.97 Twins out-hit opp.: ............................ 45-7 *166 home runs mark a major league record, passing the 2018 Yankees (161). 8/8 MIN Opp. out-hit Twins: ........................... 8-24 **Fourth-best in baseball history, trailing New York-AL (.511 in 1936), Seattle (.503 in 1996) and Houston 8/9 MIN Twins/Opp. have = hits: ...................... 3-2 (.500 in 2017). 8/10 MIN Run Differential: .............+116 (509-393) #56 wins were second most in club history, behind their 1969 total of 59 (37 losses). 8/11 MIN Twins get Quality Start: .................... 34-9 9/6 MIN Twins starter goes 6+ IP:............... 37-13 The Twins have gone 28-18 on the road this season, the second-most road wins in 9/7 MIN Most games over .500: ............... 25, 6/16 ROAD RULES: Most games under .500: ........................... baseball (Boston - 29)...Twins have outscored opponents on the road 283-230...the Twins went 9/8 MIN Longest win-streak: .................6, 5/20-26 29-52 on the road in 2018 and didn't record their 29th (and final) road win until September 23 9/13 CLE Longest losing-streak: ...2, 8x, last 6/30-7/2 at Oakland, and their 100 road home runs have already surpassed their total of 80 from last 9/14 CLE When Twins score 4+: .................... 51-14 year...where the Twins offense ranks among all of baseball on the road: 9/15 CLE When Twins score 3-: ....................... 5-19 Runs: 283 (1st) HR: 100 (1st) SLG: .522 (1st) Iso. Pow: .225 (1st) Twins get 10+ hits: ........................... 36-7 Hits: 473 (2nd) AVG: .281 (1st) wOBA: .362 (1st) Run Diff: +116 (2nd) LAST HOMESTAND (2-1) Days in First Place ...............................95 2B: 93 (3rd) OBP: .337 (3rd) OPS: .833 (1st) XBH: 367 (1st) Batting average .322 Days in Second Place .............................5 Runs Per Game 7.67 Days in Third Place ................................4 A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE: With 73 remaining games in 2019, the Twins have 35 games re- Days in Fourth Place ................................ Home Runs 5 maining with teams who own winning percentages above .500 and 38 games with teams below RISP .313 Days in Fifth Place ................................... .500...additionally, the Twins only have three games remaining against above-.600 teams (New Walk-Off W/L: ..................................... 1/0 Errors 1 ..................................... 6-2 York-AL), but have 23 games against sub-.400 clubs...including tonight, they have 13 games Shutouts W/L: left against the Indians, and 33 between the Royals, Tigers and White Sox. CG’s .......................................................... Team ERA 4.34 Target Field Sellouts (’19/All-Time): .. 7/168 TWINS-TRIBE: The Twins are playing the Indians for the seventh of 19 scheduled meetings this Starters W-L 2-0 RECENT TRANSACTIONS season...they are just 3-7 in their last 10 in Cleveland, but are an even 25-25 in their last 50. Starters ERA 2.89 Eddie Rosario is hitting .324 (89-for-275) with 13 doubles, four triples, 16 home runs, 36 RBI, Relievers W-L-S 1-1-1 7/12 RHP Parker reinstated from Paternity List A43 runs scored and a .933 OPS in 73 career games vs. Cleveland; the homers, hits and RBI Relievers ERA 5.09 7/7 OF Wade Jr. placed on 10-day IL all being his personal most vs. any opponent...his 89 hits vs. CLE since 2015 lead baseball... Saves/Opps 1/1 OF Cave recalled from AAA he is hitting .367 (54-for-147) in 39 career games at Progressive Field, hitting safely in 15 RHP Stewart optioned to AAA of his last 18 here with an at-bat...in his career at Progressive Field, Rosario has a 1.034 OPS...the only players all-time with higher OPS' LHP Smeltzer recalled from AAA here: Belle (1.098), Andrus (1.084), Glaus (1.084) and Thome (1.064). LHP Smeltzer optioned to AAA (post Nelson Cruz has 22 career home runs vs. the Indians, including 11 in his last 19 against them (20 RBI)...he's slugging .833 in that span Awith a 1.205 OPS. game) Marwin Gonzalez hit .538 (7-for-13) with five RBI in the ALDS vs. Cleveland last fall. 7/6 1B Cron placed on 10-day IL A OF Wade Jr. recalled from AAA ROSTER MOVES: The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have reinstated right-handed pitcher Blake Parker from the Paternity List..