(54-69) at NEW YORK YANKEES (71-52) SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 2021 - 1:05 P.M. (ET) - TV: FOX SPORTS 1 / RADIO: TIBN, WCCO, THE WOLF RHP (6-4, 4.41) vs. RHP Gerrit Cole (11-6, 3.04) GAME 124 ROAD GAME 61 Upcoming Probable & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 8/22 at New York-AL RHP (3-1, 5.11) vs. RHP Luis Gil (1-0, 0.00) 12:05 pm (CT) Bally Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / twinsbeisbol.com 8/23 OFF DAY SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: After completing their nine-game homestand with a record of 6-3 (2-1 against the STREAKS White Sox, 2-1 against the Rays and 2-1 against the Indians), the Twins began their eight-day, Under Baldelli (since '19):...... 191-154 Current Streak 2 losses Home Record:...... 30-33 seven-game roadtrip with consecutive losses to the Yankees the last two nights...today they Road Record:...... 24-36 will play the third of four in New York...they will wrap the series tomorrow afternoon, then travel Last 5 games 2-3 Record in series:...... 12-22-6 to Boston to enjoy an off-day on Monday before playing three games against the Red Sox from Last 10 games 6-4 Record in home series:...... 7-12-1 Tuesday-Thursday...the Twins have gone 30-33 at home this season and 24-36 on the road. Last 15 games 9-6 Record in road series:...... 5-10-5 Series Openers:...... 18-22 Last 20 games 11-9 Series Finales:...... 18-21 TWINS DROP GAME TWO IN THE BRONX: The Twins lost to the Yankees last night by a score of Rubber Games:...... 8-10 10-2, falling into a 6-0 deficit after the first two innings...Charlie Barnes (0-3) was the starter TWINS VS. YANKEES Sweeps/Swept:...... 3/5 and loser, allowing seven runs on eight hits (1 HR) in 5.0 innings pitched, with five walks April:...... 9-15 and two ...the offense recorded just four hits... and Luis Arraez had 2021 Record:...... 1-4 May:...... 13-16 the club's only extra-base hits as Donaldson hit his 17th and Arraez hit his 14th Current Streak:...... 2 losses June:...... 11-14 double... reached multiple times, going 1-for-2 with two walks. 2021 at Home:...... 1-2 July:...... 11-17 2021 at New York:...... 0-2 August:...... 10-8 September/October:...... TWINS AND YANKEES: The Twins and Yankees are playing the sixth of seven scheduled meetings All-Time Record:...... 262-374-1 Day Games:...... 26-32 in 2021...in regular season games only, the Twins have gone just 5-16 in their last 21 vs. All-Time at Home:...... 145-179 Night Games:...... 28-37 New York and 9-27 in their last 36. All-Time at New York:...... 117-195-1 vs. American League East:...... 8-10 The Twins have gone 2-16 in their last 18 at Yankee Stadium and 1-11 in their last 12 here. vs. American League Central:...... 27-32 ASince the start of the 2019 season, the Twins lead with 572 home runs, ahead 2021 Game Logs: vs. American League West:...... 13-20 Aof Los Angeles-NL (568) and New York-AL (554). Date Site Score Winner/Loser/ vs. National League:...... 6-7 Games vs. LH Starter:...... 13-28 Mitch Garver is hitting .355 (11-for-31) with one double, three home runs, six RBI, five walks 6/8 MIN 4-8 Loaisiga/Rogers Games vs. RH Starter:...... 41-41 Aand a 1.110 OPS in 12 career regular season games against the Yankees. 6/9 MIN 6-9 Cole/Dobnak Twins score first:...... 35-32 has reached safely in 19-consecutive games against the Yankees...in 6/10 MIN 7-5 Robles/Chapman Opponent scores first:...... 19-37 A35 career games against New York, he is hitting .289 (39-for-135) with a .322 on-base Come-from-behind wins:...... 24 8/19 NYY 5-7 Taillon/Gant/Green Leading after 7/8 inn.:...... 41-5/42-5 percentage...lifetime against Gerrit Cole, he is hitting .318 (7-for-22) with one triple 8/20 NYY 2-10 Cortes/Barnes Trailing after 7/8 inn.:...... 5-48/2-48 and one walk. 8/21 NYY 12:05 pm (CT) Tied after 7/8 inn.:...... 7-9/8-8 8/22 NYY 12:05 pm (CT) Extra-innings:...... 10-10 LUEY - CERTIFIED HITTER: Luis Arraez has hit safely in 14 of his last 16 games and in 28 1-run games:...... 21-18 of his last 31...overall on the season, he is hitting .313 (95-for-304) while posting a .379 Twins out-hit opp.:...... 38-11 CURRENT ROADTRIP (0-2) Opp. out-hit Twins:...... 11-50 on-base percentage in 86 games...among all American League players with at least 300 at-bats, he ranks second in on-base percentage, trailing only Toronto's Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Batting average .188 Twins/Opp. have = hits:...... 5-8 Runs Per Game 3.50 Run Differential:...... -84 (567-651) (.407)...additionally, he ranks third in batting average, trailing Houston's Michael Brantley Twins get Quality Start:...... 19-11 (.322) and Toronto's Teoscar Hernández (.315). Home Runs 3 Twins starter goes 6+ IP:...... 25-15 RISP .429 Most games over .500:...... 3, 4/8 Below are and Luis Arraez's numbers since July 4 and any signif- Errors 0 Most games under .500:...... 18, 3x, last 8/5 INFIELD POP: Longest win-streak:...... 5, 6/16-21 icant individual American League rankings in that span (minimum 100 at-bats): Longest losing-streak:.... 5, 3x, last 6/29-7/3 JORGE POLANCO LUIS ARRAEZ Team ERA 9.56 When Twins score 4+:...... 45-24 51 (4th)...... HITS...... 41 (T-11th) Starters W-L 0-2 When Twins score 3-:...... 9-45 11...... WALKS...... 12 Starters ERA 11.88 Twins get 10+ hits:...... 25-17 .313 (7th)...... AVERAGE...... 380 (1st) Days in First Place...... 7 .360 (20th)...... ON-BASE PERCENTAGE...... 438 (1st) Relievers W-L-S 0-0-0 Days in Second Place...... 2 .955 (7th)...... OPS...... 919 (9th) Relievers ERA 7.04 Days in Third Place...... 7 21 (T-4th)...... 9 Saves/Opps 0/0 Days in Fourth Place...... 72 EXTRA-BASE HITS Days in Fifth Place...... 49 17...... MULTI-HIT GAMES...... 11 Walk-Off W/L:...... 9/7 MLB TEAM HOME RUN LEADERS Shutouts W/L:...... 5/5 DONE IN A DAY: The Twins are playing their 58th day game of the season today...their 57 day Toronto...... 184 Complete Games:....7/19 (G1) Berríos at CWS games lead baseball...they have gone 25-32 during the day, tied for fifth-most day wins in San Francisco...... 182 Attendance High:...... 23,337, 7/22 vs. LAA the American League and tied for ninth most in baseball. Atlanta...... 178 Attendance Total:...... 945,108 Minnesota...... 174 Attendance Average:...... 15,244 Jorge Polanco leads baseball, playing in 54 day games. ALuis Arraez is hitting .331 (51-for-154) with eight doubles, 23 walks and a .419 on-base Cincinnati...... 172 Sellouts - 2021/All-Time:.... 8/181 Apercentage in 44 day games this season...his day OBP ranks fourth in the AL while his AL TEAM OPS LEADERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS batting average ranks eighth. Toronto...... 786 8/20 IF placed on Paternity List Sanó ALL SAINTS NIGHT: Tonight Bally Sports North will be airing the Triple-A St. Paul Saints as Houston...... 780 RHP García recalled from AAA they take on the Iowa Cubs at CHS Field in St. Paul at 7:05 (CT). Boston...... 767 RHP Vincent cleared outright waivers Chicago...... 751 Right-handed Joe Ryan made his Saints debut last night in the club's 7-4 win Minnesota...... 744 and assigned to AAA Aover Iowa...he allowed one run on one hit in 4.0 innings pitched, with one walk and nine 8/19 LHP Thorpe placed on 10-day IL strikeouts, fanning his first six batters-faced (4 swinging and 2 looking)...Ryan was most RHP García optioned to AAA recently pitching for silver medal-winning Team USA at the Olympics in Tokyo...he was one of two pitchers acquired by the Twins LHP Albers contract selected from AAA via trade with Tampa Bay, in exchange for on July 22...Ryan is the club's number six prospect per MLB.com...the other RHP Barraclough contract selected pitcher was right-hander Drew Strotman, who will make the start for the Saints tomorrow at 2:05 p.m. (CT). from AAA Outfielder started for Triple-A St. Paul last night on rehab assignment and went 0-for-2 with one walk and one ... ABuck played five innings in centerfield...he has missed the Twins' last 51 games with a left hand fracture. RHP Burrows cleared waivers and outrighted to AAA DID YOU KNOW?: Bally Sports North analyst Justin Morneau hit .433 (26-for-60) with six doubles, seven home runs, 11 RBI, 14 runs 8/18 LHP Thorpe recalled from AAA scored, nine walks, a .507 on-base percentage, an .883 slugging percentage and a 1.391 OPS in 16 career games at Yankee Stadium... RHP Vincent designated for release his 1.391 OPS is second all-time at New York's ballpark among qualifiers, trailing José Ramírez (1.401) and ahead of Mike Trout (1.231). or assignment 8/16 IF/OF Gordon recalled from AAA TARGET FIELD ROCKS: On Monday night, Target Field will host the Hella Mega Tour, featuring Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer... OF Larnach optioned to AAA it will mark each band's first show at Target Field and mark the first concert at the Twins' ballpark since Down the Rabbit Hole Live: Zac Brown Band 2018 North American Tour with OneRepublic and Caroline Jones...Green Day will join Paul McCartney (2014), Billy Joel TWINSPRESSBOX.COM (2017), Journey (2018), Def Leppard (2018), Cheap Trick (2018) and The Eagles (2018) as members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Get the latest Twins Game Notes, Zoom to perform at Target Field. Interviews, Roster, Stat Packs, Clips, Press THIS AND THAT: Releases, 2021 Media Guide as well as other Andrelton Simmons needs one double to reach 200 for his career. team related information at: AJosh Donaldson is hitting .294 (10-for-34) with one double, one home run and six RBI in his last eight games, dating back to August 13. www.twinspressbox.com ALuis Arraez is hitting .415 (22-for-53) with a .986 OPS in his last 17 road games...his average in that span leads baseball (min. 50 AB). UPCOMING MILESTONES PLAYER/MANAGER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACH ...... 191 wins...... Needs 9 to reach 200 managerial wins. Josh Donaldson...... 244 doubles...... Needs 6 to reach 250 for career. ...... 117 home runs...... Needs 2 to tie Eddie Rosario (119) for 15th on the Twins all-time list (since 1961). Andrelton Simmons...... 199 doubles...... Needs 1 to reach 200 for career. ...... 152 home runs...... Needs 11 to tie Tom Brunansky (163) for 10th on Twins all-time list (since 1961).

SANO HR DERBY BEHIND JUDGE AND AHEAD OF SANCHEZXXX AxxxPOLO ON THE MARK: Jorge Polanco’s numbers from the beginning of the season through June 30 (71 game) and his numbers since July 1 (41 games): AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG OPS 4/1-6/30 .251 44 67 17 1 9 31 26 47 .321 .423 .744 7/1-now .302 28 49 7 1 12 34 12 32 .354 .580 .934 STARTING PITCHER 2021 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS KENTA MAEDA #18 CG’s: - - CG’s: - - Height: 6-1 Weight: 185 B/T: R/R Age: 33 (4/11/1988 in Osaka, Japan) SHO’s: - - SHO’s: - - CG Low Hit: - - CG Low-Hit: - - 2021: 6-4, 4.41 ERA CAREER: 59-40, 3.84 ERA Innings: 7.0, 7/22 vs. LAA Innings: 8.1, 5/10/17 vs. PIT Making his first career start and appearance against New York-AL this afternoon. SO’s: 10, 7/4 at KC SO’s: 13, 6/10/16 vs. SD AMaking his 21st start and appearance of the season...making his 14th road start. Walks: 5, 6/29 at CWS Walks: 5, 2x, last: 6/29/21 at CWS AMaking his 169th career appearance and 135th start. Hits: 8, 3x, last: 6/29 at CWS Hits: 9, 3x, last 5/11/18 vs. CIN A Home Runs: 3, 3x, last: 8/3 at CIN Home Runs: 4, 4/22/17 at ARI 2021 DAY-BY-DAY Win-Streak: 2, 2x, last 8/8-present Win-Streak: 7, 8/10/19-8/24/20 Loss-Streak: 2, 4/14-4/27 Loss-Streak: 6, 6/11-7/29/19 Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Left/Final Notes Pitches/K 4/1 at MIL ND 4.1 6 2 1 0 2 5 3-1/5-6 1st career MLB start 88/57 (64.8%) 4/7 at DET W1 6.0 7 2 2 1 1 6 3-2/3-2 1st QS of season 75/52 (69.3%) CAREER NOTES 4/14 vs. BOS-1 L1 4.1 7 3 2 0 2 5 2-3/2-3 2nd career GS in a doubleheader 86/56 (65.1%) 4/21 at OAK ND 3.0 8 7 7 3 0 1 3-7/12-13 Matched career high w/ 7 ER 51/37 (72.5%) • Finished second in the 2020 American League Cy Young Award voting, accruing 92 4/27 at CLE L2 5.2 7 5 4 3 0 3 3-4/4-7 3 HR in consecutive GS for 1st time 75/50 (66.7%) total votes (Cleveland's Shane Bieber was the unanimous winner). APRIL TOTALS 1-2 23.1 35 19 16 7 5 20 6.17 ERA • Named Joseph W. Haynes Award winner for Twins Pitcher of the Year in 2020, voted 5/3 vs. TEX W2 5.1 2 0 0 0 2 8 2-0/6-5 1st G w/ 5.1+ IP & <2 H since 9/5/20 94/54 (57.4%) on by the Twin Cities Chapter of the BBWAA...also named the starting pitcher on 5/11 at CWS ND 5.0 4 3 3 1 2 3 3-3/3-9 CWS scored 6 R off bullpen 87/56 (64.4%) 2020 All-MLB Second Team. 5/16 vs. OAK ND 4.0 8 5 3 0 1 2 4-2/6-7 8 H for 2nd time this season 89/56 (62.9%) • Pitched 8.0 no-hit innings on August 18, 2020 vs. MIL before bid was broken up in 5/22 at CLE ND 5.0 3 3 3 1 1 6 2-3/3-5 Left game due to injury 73/47 (64.4%) MAY TOTALS 1-0 19.1 17 11 9 2 6 19 4.19 ERA the ninth...longest no-hit bid of career, and set Twins record with eight-straight K's. 6/14 at SEA ND 4.0 3 1 1 0 3 7 3-1/3-4 Mariners took lead in 8th 76/48 (63.2%) • Is the third Japanese-born player in Twins franchise history, after Micheal Nakamura 6/20 at TEX W3 5.1 5 2 2 2 1 4 4-2/4-2 5.0 shutout innings + 2 HR in 6th 84/54 (64.3%) (2003) and Tsuyoshi Nishioka (2011-12). 6/29 at CWS L3 4.2 8 7 7 0 5 4 2-6/6-7 Tied career highs w/ 7 ER & 5 BB 92/58 (61.7%) • Owns the fifth-most strikeouts in MLB history among Japanese-born pitchers. JUNE TOTALS 1-1 14.0 16 10 10 2 9 15 6.43 ERA • His 16 wins in 2016 were the second-most wins ever by a Los Angeles-NL rookie, 7/4 at KC W4 6.0 2 0 0 0 1 10 2-0/6-2 7th career start w/ 10+ K 97/67 (69.1%) behind only Rick Sutcliffe (17-10, 1979), and tied for the second-most ever in a 7/9 vs. DET ND 5.0 2 0 0 0 2 7 0-0/4-2 4th time in career w/ b2b GS w/ 0 R 84/52 (61.9%) single season by a Japanese pitcher. 7/17 at DET ND 5.0 3 3 3 0 1 8 3-3/4-5 All 3 R came on 3B in 2nd inning 90/62 (68.9%) 7/22 vs. LAA L4 7.0 7 3 3 1 0 6 2-3/2-3 1st GS of 7.0+IP since 9/11/20 95/64 (67.4%) • In 2016, led qualifying MLB rookie starting pitchers in starts (32), wins (16), oppo- 7/27 vs. DET ND 6.1 4 1 1 1 2 5 5-1/5-6 DET tied it in 9th & won in 11th 91/60 (65.9%) nents’ batting average (.229), WHIP (1.14), innings pitched (175.2) and strikeout- JULY TOTALS 1-1 29.1 18 7 7 2 6 36 2.15 ERA to-walk ratio (3.58). 8/3 at CIN ND 5.0 7 5 5 3 1 9 4-5/7-5 Tied season high w/ 3 HR allowed 84/55 (65.4%) • Named to the 2016 Baseball America Major League All-Rookie Team, and finished 8/8 at HOU W5 5.0 6 3 3 0 3 5 4-3/7-5 Season-high 100 pitches 100/63 (63.0%) third in the NL Rookie of the Year voting. 8/14 vs. TB W6 6.0 3 0 0 0 1 4 9-0/12-0 5th quality start of the season 76/47 (61.8%) • Pitched 6.0 scoreless innings in his major league debut, also hitting a solo home AUG. TOTALS 2-0 16.0 16 8 8 3 5 18 4.50 ERA run in his second career at-bat. RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 2021 TOTALS 6-4 102.0 102 55 50 16 31 108 4.41 CAREER TOTALS 59-40 757.2 642 343 323 102 219 829 3.84 2021 MISC. NUMBERS LAST START: Maeda earned his second-straight win August 14 against Tampa Bay in the Twins' 12-0 W L ERA G/GS IP ER AVG H AB HR BB SO shutout victory...marked Maeda's fifth quality start of the season and third in his last five starts... Home: 2 2 2.13 7/7 38.0 9 Vs. Left: .257 52 202 8 17 56 allowed three hits over 6.0 shutout innings of work, with just one walk and four strikeouts...Maeda Road: 4 2 5.77 13/13 64.0 41 Vs. Right: .262 50 191 8 14 52 did not give up any extra-base hits in this outing...marked his fourth start of the season in which he pitched at least 5.0 shutout innings. Day: 4 1 4.81 9/9 43.0 23 TOTALS: .260 102 393 16 31 108 Maeda is 3-1, 2.98 ERA (45.1 IP, 15 ER), 11 walks and 54 strikeouts (10.72 K/9.0 IP) in his last Night: 2 3 4.12 11/11 59.0 27 Aeight starts dating back to July 4, after posting a 5.31 ERA (39.0 IP, 23 ER) in his eight starts Grass: 5 4 4.47 19/19 96.2 48 None On: .252 61 242 10 15 74 prior to his current stretch. Turf: 1 0 3.38 1/1 5.1 2 Runners On: .272 41 151 6 16 34 START PRIOR: Maeda earned the win on August 8 in the series finale at Houston, besting Lance Mc- Cullers Jr. in a 7-5 Twins victory...yielded three runs on six hits, with three walks and five strikeouts 6.0-PLUS IP/QUALITY STARTS over 5.0 innings pitched...allowed RBI singles in the first, fourth and fifth innings to Aledmys Díaz, Taylor Jones and Yordan Álvarez, respectively, accounting for all three Astros runs before departing YEAR STARTS 6+ IP QS YEAR STARTS 6+ IP QS with a 4-3 lead in the fifth...five different Twins relievers combined to limit Houston to two runs in 2016 32 15 14 2020 11 8 8 the final 4.0 innings while the Twins offense added three more runs in the sixth, securing the victory 2017 25 6 5 2021 20 5 5 and clinching the 3-1 series win at Minute Maid Park...tossed 100 pitches, his highest total of the 2018 20 7 5 TOTALS 134 51 46 season and most since throwing 115 on August 18, 2020 vs. Milwaukee, a game in which he carried 2019 26 10 9 a no-hitter through 8.0 innings. ENTERING THE CONCRETE JUNGLE: This afternoon will be Maeda's first time facing New York-AL in MORE 2021 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBERS his career...has faced the American League East just twice so far this season, going 1-1, 1.74 ERA (10.1 IP, 2 ER), with three walks and nine strikeouts in those two prior starts. BASE RUNNERS PICK-OFFS SB-ATT GIDP Owns a career 2-3, 4.24 ERA (34.0 IP, 16 ER), with 13 walks and 38 strikeouts in eight career MAEDA: 138 0 2-3 9 Agames (6 starts) vs. the AL East. In his career, Maeda stands at 17-12, 4.08 ERA (220.1 IP, 100 ER), with 65 walks and 239 2021 RUNS/HITS PER INNING Astrikeouts against the American League, while is 42-28, 3.74 ERA (537.1 IP, 223 ER), with 154 walks and 590 strikeouts against the National League. INNING: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 After today's game, Maeda will have faced 29 of the 30 MLB teams, with the only exception Abeing Los Angeles-NL, his former team...the Twins are scheduled to face the Dodgers for a RUNS/HITS: 5/13 16/29 13/21 1/9 16/20 4/9 0/1 -/- -/- pair of two-game series in the 2022 regular season. MAEDA VS. NEW YORK-AL ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Maeda is making his 14th road start of the season, going 4-2, 5.77 ERA (64.0 IP, 41 ER), with 21 walks and 71 strikeouts away from Target Field...this compares to the 2-2, 2.13 2021 vs. New York-AL (0 games): - - ERA (38.0 IP, 9 ER), with 10 walks and 37 strikeouts in his seven starts at Target Field this season. Is 4-1, 4.81 ERA (43.0 IP, 23 ER), with 12 walks and 44 strikeouts in nine day games, while is 2021 vs. New York-AL at Home (0 games): - - A2-3, 4.12 ERA (59.0 IP, 27 ER), with 19 walks and 64 strikeouts in 11 night games this season. 2021 vs. New York-AL on Road (0 games): - - Career vs. New York-AL (0 games): - - MILESTONE MAN: Maeda surpassed two career milestones in his start against the Mariners in Seattle Career vs. New York-AL at Home (0 games): - - on June 14...at the end of his second inning of work he reached 700 career MLB innings, becoming the 10th Japanese-born pitcher to hit that plateau in the majors...the others are: (1,976.1 Career vs. New York-AL on Road (0 games): - - IP), Hiroki Kuroda (1,319.0 IP), Yu Darvish (1,258.1 IP), Tomo Ohka (1,070.0 IP), (1,054.1 IP), Hisashi Iwakuma (883.2 IP), (790.1 IP), Masato Yoshii (757.1 IP) and Shigetoshi Hasegawa (720.1 IP)...additionally, Maeda's strikeout of Shed Long Jr. in the fourth BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPS inning on June 14 was the 2,000th of his career...he now has 2,057 strikeouts combined between Nippon (1,233) and (824). Maeda vs. the Yankees Cole vs. the Twins Maeda's final strikeout on July 17 was the 800th of his major league career...he became just PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SO PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SO Athe fifth Japanese-born pitcher in major league history to reach 800 career strikeouts, joining LeMahieu .238 21 5 1 1 5 Simmons .318 22 7 0 1 4 Nomo (1,918), Darvish (1,550), Tanaka (991) and Kuroda (986). Rizzo .500 8 1 1 0 2 Donaldson .000 6 0 0 0 3 Maeda's seven career games with 10-plus strikeouts are fourth most among Japanese-born Gallo .500 6 3 1 2 2 Polanco .200 5 1 1 1 3 Apitchers in major league history, behind Darvish (47), Nomo (31) and Tanaka (14). Stanton .000 3 0 0 0 1 Riddle .333 3 1 0 0 2 Allen .000 2 0 0 0 0 Larnach .333 3 1 0 0 2 2021 ARSENAL: Over the last two seasons, Maeda's slider has overtaken his four-seam fastball as his most-used pitch in his five-pitch arsenal...here's a breakdown of his 2021 offerings and Locastro .000 2 0 0 0 0 Jeffers .000 3 0 0 0 2 the results: Odor 1.000 1 1 0 1 0 Buxton .000 2 0 0 0 1 PITCH (AVG. MPH) PCT. (#, vs. RHB/LHB) RESULTS Bruce 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 Celestino .000 2 0 0 0 0 Slider (82.1)...... 36.6% (617 pitches, 423/194)...... 241 (34-for-141), 7 2B, 7 HR, 37 K Kepler .500 2 1 0 1 1 Split Finger (84.2)...... 28.3% (478 pitches, 121/357)... .230 (32-for-139), 6 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 43 K Kirilloff .500 2 1 0 0 0 4-Seam Fastball (90.6)...... 25.8% (436 pitches, 221/215)...... 284 (25-for-88), 5 2B, 6 HR, 28 K Sanó .500 2 1 1 0 0 Sinker (89.9)...... 5.6% (94 pitches, 52/42)...... 524 (11-for-21), 1 2B, 1 HR Curveball (75.2)...... 3.7% (62 pitches, 5/57)...... 000 (0-for-4) OPPOSING COUNTS: Opponents are hitting .391 (18-for-46) off Maeda's first offering of an Ranks in the 91st percentile with a 32.0 chase rate this season. at-bat...by contrast, opponents are batting .185 (40-for-216) off Maeda with two strikes, A above the .087 (13-for-150) mark he held them to in 2020 and his career mark of .148 (243- MONTHLY MARKS: Maeda finished April with a 6.56 ERA, his second-highest single-month ERA in for-1643)...the league average mark this season with two strikes is .165. his career behind his 6.58 mark in April 2017...he tends to heat up with the weather, owning a 3.68 When the count goes full, Maeda is holding opposing hitters to just 6-for-42 (.143), career ERA in May, 3.25 mark in June and 3.86 mark in July, before inching up to 3.98 in August, his Atied for eighth lowest among American League pitchers this season with New York-AL's second-highest career ERA in any month, behind only his 4.48 mark in April...here are his numbers Domingo Germán Anderson (min. 40 opp. AB)...since 2017, he's held hitters to a .139 by month in his career (full months only, excluding March and October). (30-for-216) trailing only Jhoulys Cacín (.125) in that span (min. 200 opp. AB). MONTH GAMES/STARTS RECORD ERA April 25/24 9-9 4.48 TWO HALVES OF ONE WHOLE: Maeda has historically performed better prior to the All-Star May 23/23 10-4 3.75 Break than after...he's 33-23, 3.69 ERA (431.2 IP, 177 ER) in 83 games (79 starts) prior to June 23/21 7-7 3.25 the break, compared to 20-16, 4.37 ERA (259.1 IP, 126 ER) in 74 games (44 starts) after the July 26/24 9-9 3.86 break...his lowest career post-All-Star ERA to date (not including 2020) occurred in 2017, August 31/27 13-6 3.98 when he went 6-2, 3.99 ERA (56.1 IP, 25 ER) in 13 appearances (11 starts) for the Dodgers. September 35/12 8-4 3.45 This season, Maeda went 4-3, 4.66 ERA (67.2 IP, 35 ER) in 14 starts before the Break, Awhile he is currently 2-1, 3.93 ERA (34.1 IP, 15 ER) in six starts since the All-Star Break. TOMORROW'S STARTER - RHP GRIFFIN JAX (2021 SEASON: 3-1, 5.11 ERA // CAREER: 3-1, 5.11 ERA) Rookie Griffin Jax is due to start tomorrow afternoon's series finale at Yankee Stadium...did not factor into the decision on August 16 vs. Cleveland, as the Twins won 5-4 on Jorge Polanco's walk-off double in the 10th inning after allowing four runs on seven hits over 6.0 innings of work, with two walks and three strikeouts...marked the second quality start of his career and second consecutive, after recording his first on August 10...tomorrow will be his first career start and third career outing against New York-AL...made his major league debut in relief on June 8 vs. the Yankees and is 0-0, 8.31 ERA (4.1 IP, 4 ER), with no walks and three strikeouts in two prior relief appearances against New York-AL. BULLPEN TEAM BULLPEN NOTES In their last 17 G (since August 3), Twins 'pen has combined to go 6-0-5, 3.36 ERA (75.0 IP, 28 ER), 31 BB, 72 K, 10 holds, and a .186 (50-for-269) opponent batting average, while stranding A13-of-15 inherited runners (86.7%)...in that span, the 'pen's opponent batting average ranks 4th in baseball and their ERA is 9th...combined to toss 17.1 innings in last three games, 1-0, with 2 holds, 11 ER, 10 BB &14 K in that span...Twins bullpen has allowed 6 ER over 7.2 IP at Yankee Stadium this series (in first two games). Twins bullpen is 26-26-29, 4.76 ERA (458.0 IP, 242 ER), 183 BB, 464 K, 63 holds and a .246 BAA (424-for-1725) in 122 games this season...has allowed 60 of 127 inherited runners to score Athis season (47.2%), still the highest percentage in baseball...is 10-14-15, 4.69 ERA (209.1 IP, 109 ER), 91 BB, 235 K , 26 holds and a .243 BAA (193-for-793) in 59 road games this season. ATwins bullpen went 1-1-0, 4.85 ERA (13.0 IP, 7 ER), 1 BB, 10 K in 3-game series vs. NYY June 8-10 at Target Field & have gone 1-1, 5.66 (20.2 IP, 13 ER) with 4 BB & 19 K in 5 G vs NYY this season. ANDREW ALBERS - LHP #77 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-1 Weight: 200 Age: 35 (10/6/1985 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, CAN) Acquired: Signed as ml free agent, 2/12/21 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 2.25 (4.0 IP, 1 ER), 4 K, 1 BB Series at NYY: 0-0-0, 2.25 (4.0 IP, 1ER), 4 K, 1 BB vs. Left .143 vs. Right .143 8/19 at NYY ND 4.0 2 1 1 1 1 4 Contract selected on 8/19 from AAA, appeared in relief vs. NYY (4.0 IP, ER, BB & 4 K), becoming the first player in Twins history to have A three different stints with the team, two other players did it when the franchise was in Washington (Bobo Newsom - 5 & Goose Goslin - 3)... appeared in 16 G (15 GS) for the Saints this season, going 6-4 with a 3.86 ERA (91.0 IP, 39 ER), nine walks, 78 strikeouts and a 1.30 WHIP. In parts of four major league seasons with the Twins, Blue Jays and Mariners, he has gone 7-6 with a 4.04 ERA (124.2 IP, 56 ER), one save, A one complete game, 26 walks and 83 strikeouts. He made his major league debut with the Twins on August 6, 2013 and began his major league career with a 17.1-inning scoreless streak, A the longest to begin a career by a Twins starter. KYLE BARRACLOUGH - RHP #45 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 229 Age: 31 (5/23/1990 in Santa Clara, CA Acquired: Signed as ml free agent, 6/20/21 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0 ER), 0 K, 0 BB Series at NYY: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .000 vs. Right .000 8/20 at NYY ND 2.0 2 3 3 2 1 3 Contract selected on 8/19 from AAA...made his 2021 & Twins debut last night vs. NYY (2.0 IP, 3 ER, 2 HR, BB, 3 K)...marked his first app. A since 9/27/19 while pitching for SF...now is career 16-14-11, 3.61 ERA (254.1 IP, 111 ER), 75 holds, 156 BB, 322 K in 271 games, all in relief. Began year in NYY organization, signing to minor league deal in February...appeared in 11 games for AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre prior to A release in June, going 4-0, 3.21 ERA (14.0 IP, 5 ER), 11 BB, 24 K, .114 BAA...release 6/18 and signed w/ MIN 6/20. ALEX COLOMÉ - RHP #48 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-1 Weight: 225 Age: 32 (12/31/88 in Santo Domingo, DR) Acquired: Signed as FA, 2/12/21 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0 ER), 0 K, 0 BB Series at NYY: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .312 vs. Right .206 8/18 vs. CLE BS5 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 8/16 vs. CLE ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 A Had streak of 9-consecutive scoreless outings (8.1 IP, 3 H, 3 BB, 4 K) and 5-straight converted save opportunities snapped on 8/18 vs. CLE, 8/15 vs. TB W3 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 blowing a 7-5, 9th-inning lead (1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R/ER, 1 BB, 0 K)...stranded go-ahead run at 3rd, as Twins eventually won, 8-7 in 11 innings. 8/11 vs. CWS S7 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 A Is 1-0-5, 1.93 ERA (9.1 IP, 2 ER), .152 BAA (5-for-33) in his last 10 G (9 scoreless, since 7/31)..leads Twins with 49 appearances. 8/10 vs. CWS S6 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A Career 1-1-11, 2.50 ERA (39.2 IP, 11 ER) in 26 G vs. NYY, including 0-0-3, 2.25 (12.0 IP, 3 ER) at Yankee Stadium. 8/8 at HOU S5 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - LHP (PRONOUNCED KOO-LOHM) #53 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 5-10 Weight: 190 Age: 31 (10/26/1989 in St. Louis, MO) Acquired: Signed as minor league free agent, 11/9/20 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 27.00 (0.2 IP, 2 ER), 0 K, 0 BB Series at NYY: 0-0-0, 27.00 (0.2 IP, 2ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .212 vs. Right .261 8/19 at NYY ND 0.2 2 2 2 1 0 0 Matched his career high w/ 3rd win 8/18 vs. CLE (now 3-1; also went 3-1 w/ OAK in 2016)...0.2 IP on 8/19 allowed 2-run HR off Higashioka. 8/18 vs. CLE W3 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 A 8/14 vs. TB ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 A Is 3-1, 3.20 ERA (19.2 IP, 7 ER), 4 BB, 20 K and .239 BAA (17-for-71) in 18 relief outings this season...has also stranded 3-of-4 inherited 8/8 at HOU H1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 runners (75.0%)...made Twins debut with start as opener 6/25 vs. CLE (1.2 IP, 1 ER). 8/6 at HOU BS1 0.2 1 1 0 0 1 0 A Career 3.00 ERA (6.0 IP, 2 ER) (3 H, 0 BB, 4 K) over 7 career relief app. vs. NYY, going 1-0-0 w/ 1 hold (including 8/19). - RHP #21 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 220 Age: 30 (12/27/90 in Houston, TX) Acquired: 5th Round, 2012 Draft DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0 ER), 0 K, 0 BB Series at NYY: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .259 vs. Right .231 8/18 vs. CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8/15 vs. TB BS2 0.2 1 1 0 0 2 1 A 2nd on Twins w/ 48 appearances (37 w/out allowing an ER)...leads Twins with 15 holds, while going 2-3-2, 3.55 ERA (45.2 IP, 18 ER)...worked 8/10 vs. CWS H15 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 scoreless 10th on 8/18 vs. CLE (1 BB, 1 K) and has a 1.69 ERA (5.1 IP, 1 ER) in 6 outings (5 w/out allowing ER) during August. 8/8 at HOU ND 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 A Has posted a 4.50 ERA (24.0 IP, 12 ER) and .293 BAA in 24 road G , compared to 2.49 ERA (21.2 IP, 6 ER) and .176 BAA in 24 home G this season. 8/6 at HOU ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Has held RHB to .231 BAA (25-for-108) w/ 14 BB, 28 K and .324 SLG...LHB are hitting .259 (15-for-58) w/ 11 BB, 11 K and .379 SLG. 8/5 at HOU H14 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 A Career 1-0-0, 5.71 ERA (17.1 IP, 11 ER) in 10 career G (2 starts) vs. NYY...pitched against Yankees on June 10 at Target Field, allowing 1 ER 7/30 at STL L3 1.0 3 3 3 0 1 1 A on 3 H in 1.0 IP. 7/27 vs. DET H13 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 JOHN GANT - RHP #33 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-4 Weight: 200 Age: 29 (8/6/1992 in Savannah, GA) Acquired: Trade with STL, 7/30/2021 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO Roadtrip: 0-1-0, 10.80 (3.1 IP, 4 ER), 4 K, 1 BB Series at NYY: 0-1-0, 10.80 (3.1 IP, 4ER), 4 K, 1 BB vs. Left .217 vs. Right .242 8/19 at NYY L7 3.1 3 4 4 0 1 4 8/16 vs. CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Started on 8/19 (1st career app. vs. NYY), allowed 4 ER over 3.1 IP with four strikeouts and earned his 1st loss as a Twin...in 8 games for A 8/13 vs. TB ND 2.0 4 5 3 1 1 3 MN - 0-1, 6.00 ERA (12.0 IP, 8 ER) 3 BB & 17 K....acquired by Twins on 7/30 from STL w/ MiLB LHP Evan Sisk, in exchange for LHP J.A. Happ. 8/10 vs. CWS H2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 A Went 4-6, 3.42 ERA (76.1 IP, 29 ER), 56 BB, 56 K, .229/.365/.343 opponent slash line (64-for-280) in 25 games (14 starts) for STL this season. 8/7 at HOU ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 A Began year in STL rotation; pitched exclusively out of 'pen since 6/28, posting 1.54 ERA (11.2 IP, 2 ER) and .167 BAA (7-for-42) in 11 G for STL. 8/6 at HOU ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2021 arsenal: Sinker - 38.1% (606 pitches), Changeup - 21.5% (342 pitches), 4-Seam Fastball - 12.1% (193 pitches), Slider - 9.4% (150 8/3 at CIN ND 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 2 A pitches), Cutter - 12.1% (193 pitches), Curveball - 6.8% (108 pitches). EDGAR GARCÍA - RHP #57 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-1 Weight: 205 Age: 25 (10/4/96 in Sabana Grande De Palenque, DR ) Acquired: Claimed off waivers from CIN, 7/30/21 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0 ER), 0 K, 0 BB Series at NYY: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .278 vs. Right .267 8/18 vs. CLE ND 1.2 1 1 1 0 2 1 Optioned to AAA on 8/19 (but stayed with team in NY), recalled yesterday to replace Miguel Sanó (paternity list) on the 26-man roster...has 8/15 vs. TB H1 1.0 1 2 2 1 1 2 A 8/13 vs. TB ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 appeared in 4 G allowing 4 ER on 3 hits in 7.0 innings pitched with one hold, 4 BB & 6 K, holding opponents to a .120 (3-for-25) batting 8/9 vs. CWS ND 2.1 1 1 1 0 0 1 average...only one career games vs. NYY (8/31/20), 3 ER over 1.0 IP. Has also appeared in four games for the Saints, going 2-0 with 5.0 scoreless innings, two hits allowed, one walk and six strikeouts. A Made his major league debut in 2019 for Philadelphia and has appeared in 48 career games across three MLB seasons with Philadelphia, A Tampa Bay, Cincinnati and Minnesota, going 2-1-1, 5 holds with a 6.88 ERA (53.2 IP, 41 ER), one save, 35 walks and 56 strikeouts. RALPH GARZA JR. - RHP #32 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-2 Weight: 206 Age: 27 (4/6/94 in Edinburg, TX) Acquired: Claimed off waivers from HOU, 8/4/21 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0 ER), 0 K, 0 BB Series at NYY: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .200 vs. Right .235 8/18 vs. CLE H1 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8/17 vs. CLE ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Recalled on 8/14 from Triple-A St. Paul and made his Twins debut in relief...tossed 2.0 hitless innings with one strikeout...recorded his 1st A 8/14 vs. TB ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 hold as a Twin on 8/18 (2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 K)...now 8 of his last 10 games at the major league level this season have been scoreless (1.38 ERA). 8/4 - claimed off waivers. Appearances below are with HOU A One career app. vs. NYY (7/11) while playing for HOU (scoreless 1.2 IP, 3 BB, 3 K)...appeared in nine games for the Astros prior to joining 7/11 vs. NYY W1 1.2 0 0 0 0 3 3 the Twins, going 1-2 with a 4.09 ERA (11.0 IP, 5 ER), seven walks, 14 strikeouts, a .262 opponent batting average (11-for-42) and a 1.64 6/29 vs. BAL L1 1.2 1 1 1 0 0 3 WHIP...5 of his last 7 G with Astros were scoreless (2.25 ERA). JUAN MINAYA - RHP #49 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-4 Weight: 210 Age: 30 (9/18/90 in Loma De Cabrera, DR) Acquired: Signed as minor league free agent, 11/9/20 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0 ER), 0 K, 0 BB Series at NYY: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .120 vs. Right .200 8/20 at NYY ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 8/18 vs. CLE ND 2.0 2 2 2 1 2 0 A Career 1 hold, (8.1 IP, 4 ER) with 4 BB & 8 K in 7 G vs. NYY...career 2 ER over 2.2 IP at Yankee Stadium...scoreless 1.0 IP last night with 8/16 vs. CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 K...earned his 1st hold of the season on 8/11 (1.1 IP with 3 K)...also earned his 2nd W on 8/6 (1.1 scoreless IP with 2 K). 8/11 vs. CWS H1 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 of last 8 app. have been scoreless...has appeared in 15 games for the Twins this season, going 2-0-0, 1 hold, 3.68 ERA (22.0 IP, 9 ER), 8/8 at HOU ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 A 12 BB, 25 K and .167 BAA (13-for-78). - LHP #56 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-0 Weight: 205 Age: 34 (1/31/87 in Northfield, MN) Acquired: Signed as ml FA 11/29/19 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0 ER), 0 K, 0 BB Series at NYY: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .209 vs. Right .233 8/18 vs. CLE H8 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8/16 vs. CLE W5 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 A Recorded his 8th hold of the season 8/18 (scoreless 1.0 IP w/ K)...earned his 5th W of the season on 8/16 (1.0 IP, 2 K) and 3rd vs. CLE in his 8/15 vs. TB ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 career...career 1.13 ERA (8.0 IP, 1 ER) with 2 BB & 5 K in 7 games vs. NYY; last 7/6/14...earned his 4th win of the season on 8/11. 8/11 vs. CWS W4 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 1 A Is 5-0, 3.66 ERA (46.2 IP, 19 ER) w/ 8 holds, 15 BB and 58 K in 43 games overall this season...23 of last 28 appearances have been scoreless. 8/7 at HOU ND 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 2 13th among qualified left-handed AL relievers this season by striking out 11.19 batters-per-9.0 innings pitched. 8/5 at HOU H7 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 A Has now stranded his last seven inherited runners (beginning June 21)...has allowed 10 of 20 inherited runners to score this season, T-15th 8/4 at CIN ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 A most in AL...is 3-0, a 2.48 ERA (29.0 IP, 8 ER) w/ 5 holds, 8 BB, 33 K in 26 home app. this season, compared to 2-0, a 5.94 ERA (16.2 IP, 11 7/31 at STL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 ER) with 7 BB and 24 K in 16 road games. 7/27 vs. DET ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2021 BULLPEN INFO TEAM BULLPEN USAGE Player name 1st Batter Avg BB/9 K/9 Saves/Opps Holds IRS% WHIP HR Last game 2 games ago 3 games ago Andrew Albers .000 2.25 9.00 0/0 0 0.0% (0/0) 0.75 1 0.0 IP (0) 4.0 IP (63) 0.0 IP (0) Kyle Barraclough .000 4.50 13.50 0/0 0 0.0% (0/0) 1.50 2 2.0 IP (46) 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) Alex Colome .400 3.66 7.33 7/12 9 22.2% (2/9) 1.39 6 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) 1.0 IP (31) Danny Coulombe .333 1.69 9.28 0/1 4 25.0% (1/4) 1.08 5 0.0 IP (0) 0.2 IP (19) 1.0 IP (7) Tyler Duffey .250 5.12 7.69 2/5 21 57.9% (11/19) 1.45 3 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) 1.0 IP (14) John Gant .--- 6.01 7.44 0/0 2 0.0% (0/5) 1.52 7 0.0 IP (0) 3.1 IP (61) 0.0 IP (0) Edgar Garcia .--- 3.97 7.94 0/1 1 33.3% (1/3) 1.59 3 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) 1.2 IP (35) Ralph Garza .--- 3.94 9.56 0/0 1 33.3% (1/3) 1.25 2 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) 2.0 IP (23) Juan Minaya .143 4.91 10.23 0/0 3 0.0% (0/3) 1.14 3 1.0 IP (16) 0.0 IP (0) 2.0 IP (40) Caleb Thielbar .189 2.89 11.19 0/0 15 50.0% (10/20) 1.14 5 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) 1.0 IP (9) HITTERS LUIS ARRAEZ - IF/OF (PRONOUNCED AH-RISE) #2 - C #27 Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 B/T: L/R Age: 23 (4/9/97 in San Felipe, VZ) Height: 6-4 Weight: 235 B/T: R/R Age: 24 (6/3/97 in Raleigh, NC) 2021 Average: .313 Streak: 1g, 1-4, 2B Series at NYY: 1-8, 2B 2021 Average: .211 Streak: 0-6 Series at NYY: 0-4 Roadtrip: 1-8, 2B Home Runs: 2 (2 2-run) Roadtrip: 0-4 Home Runs: 11 (6 1-run, 3 2-run, 1 3-run, 1 GS) 1-for-4, R, 2B last night...from 8/3-8/18, had 14-G on-base streak, 2nd-longest run of career... 0-for-4 Thursday night...8/14-8/16, HR-ed in b2b G for 3rd time in career (last, 7/28- A has .452 OBP in last 16 games...on 8/15, snapped season-high 10-G hit streak (15-for-32, A 7/31/21)...1-for-1 w/ solo HR (off Jordan Luplow) 8/14 vs. TB...has 12 RBI in last 12 G and is .469)...10 G is T-longest by a Twins player this season. batting .283 (13-for-46), 7 R, 3 2B, 5 HR, 13 RBI & 1.027 OPS in last 16 G. Hit safely in 27 of last 31 G (11 multi-hit G), batting .380 (41-for-108), 17 R, 8 2B, 1 HR, 10 RBI, All 11 HR this season have come while playing C, setting a new record for most ever by a A 12 BB, .438 OBP & .919 OPS...MLB ranks since July 4 (min. 100 PA): T-1st in AVG, 4th in OBP. A Twins rookie backstop (since 1961); broke tie w/ Butch Wynegar (1976)...is just 12th Twins Went 2-for-4 with HR, 3 RBI & BB 8/14 vs. TB (402-foot HR was longest of his career)...tied C (since 1961) to hit 10+ HR at the position in a single season (25th occurrence)...along w/ A career high by reaching base 5x in game 8/4 at CIN (also, 4/4/21 at MIL)...has 25 multi-hit Mitch Garver (13 HR), are just 2nd tandem of Twins C to each have 10+ HR at position in games and 8 3+ H games, both 2nd-most on MIN...on IL 3x this season: 5/4-11 (concussion), same season (2019, Garver w/ 30 & Castro w/ 13). Hitters 5/26-6/14 (right shoulder strain), 7/24-31 (strained right knee). On 7/28 vs. DET, set career highs w/ 2 HR & 6 RBI, hit first career grand slam in 4th inn...with Luis Arraez A 2021 Average: .313 Streak: 1g, 1-4, 2B Series at NYY: 1-8, 2B Batting .342 (67-for-196) from leadoff spot and .310 (18-for-58) combined from 4th & 5th Mitch Garver, marks 1st time in MIN history that 2 different catchers each hit a grand slam A in same season...4 career games vs. NYY, all this season; 2-for-13, 2B, 2 RBI. 1-8, 2B 2 (2 2-run) spots in batting order, including .353 (12-for-34) from 5th spot alone. Roadtrip: Home Runs: Career 5-for-19 (.263), 2B, RBI, 4 R, 3 BB, .364 OBP in 5 RS games vs. NYY. Willians Astudillo A MAX KEPLER - OF #26 2021 Average: .256 Streak: 0-7 Series at NYY: 0-4 #64 Roadtrip: 0-4 Home Runs: 6 (5 1-run, 1 2-run) WILLIANS ASTUDILLO - C/IF Height: 6-4 Weight: 225 B/T: L/L Age: 28 (2/10/93 in Berlin, Germany) Height: 5-9 Weight: 225 B/T: R/R Age: 29 (10/14/91 in Barcelona Anzoategui, VZ) 2021 Average: .206 Streak: 1-4, 2B Series at NYY: 1-4, 2B Roadtrip: 1-4, 2B Home Runs: 16 (12 1-run, 2 2-run, 2 3-run) 2021 Average: .179 Streak: 0-3 Series at NYY: 1-5, HR 2021 Average: .256 Streak: 0-7 Series at NYY: 0-4 Roadtrip: 1-5, HR Home Runs: 2 (2 1-run) Roadtrip: 0-4 Home Runs: 6 (5 1-run, 1 2-run) 1-for-4, 2B, R last night...has .412 OBP (5 H, 9 BB) in last 7 games, reaching base safely in Josh Donaldson A 6 of 7...2-for-3, 3 R, 2 2B, 2 BB 8/15 vs. TB (2nd career G w/ 2+ XBH & 2+ BB)...8/14-8/15, 2021 Average: .248 Streak: 1g, 1-4, HR, 2 RBI Series at NYY: 1-8, HR, 2 RBI Went 0-for-4 last night, 1st game since 8/15 (HBP)...hit 2-out, 2-R, go-ahead HR in 6th 8/10 A vs. CWS; 3rd career go-ahead HR & 3rd w/ 2 outs (last, 4/23 vs. PIT). b2b G w/ 3+ R for 2nd time in career; also 8/1 & 8/2/2016. Roadtrip: 1-8, HR, 2 RBI Home Runs: 17 (11 1-run, 6 2-run) Hit 13th career leadoff HR 8/16 vs. CLE, breaking a tie w/ Dan Gladden for sole possession Mitch Garver A Recalled 7/21 (Kirilloff - IL)...batting .278 (10-for-36), 3 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, .844 OPS in 10 A 2021 Average: .236 Streak: 1g, 1-2 Series at NYY: 1-2 starts since...is 11-for-42 (.262) in 17 G since overall. of 4th in Twins history (1961-present)...next up is Chuck Knoblauch in 3rd w/ 14 HR...was Roadtrip: 1-2 Home Runs: 13 (8 1-run, 1 2-run, 3 3-run, 1 GS) A Is 3-for-19, 3 R, 2 RBI in 6 career RS games vs. NYY. 4th of season, all at home (also 5/6 vs. TEX, 7/25 vs. LAA and 8/14 vs. TB). A Hit walk-off 1B in 10th 7/26 vs. DET; 9th career WO PA, T-4th in MIN history (2 this season). 2021 Average: .231 Streak: 0-6 Series at NYY: 0-6 JAKE CAVE - OF #60 A Had 10th career multi-HR G on 7/5...became 12th player w/ 10+ multi-HR G as Twin. Roadtrip: 0-6 Home Runs: 1 (1 1-run) Height: 6-0 Weight: 200 B/T: L/L Age: 28 (12/4/92 in Hampton, VA) 2nd on team w/ career-high 8 SB...35 of 65 hits this season have been XBH (16 2B, 3 3B, 16 HR). Ryan Jeffers A Career 1-for-2, 2B, BB vs. Gerrit Cole...career .247 (23-for-93), 9 2B, 4 HR, 9 RBI, 8 BB, 2021 Average: .179 Streak: 0-3 Series at NYY: 1-5, HR A 2021 Average: .211 Streak: 0-4 Series at NYY: 0-4 Roadtrip: 1-5, HR Home Runs: 2 (2 1-run) .314 OBP in 27 RS G vs. NYY...is 6-for-30, 8 R, 3 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 6 BB in 9 games vs. AL East Roadtrip: 0-4 Home Runs: 11 (6 1-run, 3 2-run, 1 3-run, 1 GS) 0-for-3 last night...1-for-2, solo HR Thursday; 1st HR since 4/23 vs. PIT...has 2 R, 2B, HR, 3 JORGE POLANCO - IF #11 A RBI, 2 BB in last 7 games...reinstated from 60-day IL 7/24; missed 64 G w/ stress reaction in Height: 5-11 Weight: 208 B/T: S/R Age: 28 (7/5/93 in San Pedro De Macorís, DR) low back...hit .367 (11-for-30), 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 5 BB, .972 OPS in 8 rehab G w/ AAA...is 8-for-39 2021 Average: .273 Streak: 0-4 Series at NYY: 3-8, 2B, 3 RBI (.205), 4 R, 2B, 3B, HR, 3 RBI, HBP, 4 BB in 22 G since return from IL. Roadtrip: 3-8, 2B, 3 RBI Home Runs: 21 (10 1-run, 6 2-run, 5 3-run) A 6th round selection by NYY in 2011; traded to MIN on 3/16/18 for RHP Luis Gil...career 5-for- Went 0-for-4 last night...was 3-for-4, 2B, 3 RBI Thursday night...from 8/16-8/19, had 19 (.263), 3 R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, SB in 6 RS games vs. NYY...career def. positions: 139 in CF, 76 A 4-straight multi-hit G, 3rd time w/ similar streak this season (also, 5/7-5/12 & 7/27-7/31). in RF, 43 in LF...in 2021: 24 G/17 GS in CF, 22 G/9 GS in LF, 8 G/6 GS in RF. Went 2-for-6, walk-off 1B in 11th inning Wednesday vs. CLE...had walk-off RBI on Sunday, A Monday, yesterday, 1st Twin & 3rd player overall since 1920 w/ WO RBI in 3-straight team JOSH DONALDSON - 3B #20 wins in RS (Elias)...his 5 WO PA this season tie Kent Hrbek in 1987 for single-season MIN record. Height: 6-1 Weight: 210 B/T: R/R Age: 35 (12/8/85 in Pensacola, FL) A Recorded 10th SB of season Tuesday, 2nd time in career w/ 10+ SB (career high 13 SB in 2021 Average: .248 Streak: 1g, 1-4, HR, 2 RBI Series at NYY: 1-8, HR, 2 RBI 2017)...has 10 SB & 21 HR this season; 3rd MIN middle infielder (75% of games at 2B/SS) w/ Roadtrip: 1-8, HR, 2 RBI Home Runs: 17 (11 1-run, 6 2-run) 10+ SB & 20+ HR in a single season – also, B. Dozier (4x, 2014-17) and Z. Versalles (1964). 1-for-4, 2-R HR last night...from 8/13-8/18 had season-high-tying 6-G hit streak (4/1-4/21)... A Batting .307 (54-for-176), 8 2B, 3B, 12 HR, 39 RBI, .568 SLG & .922 OPS in 44 G since 7/1; A batting .294 (10-for-34), 2B, HR, 6 RBI, 4 R, BB, .314 OBP in last 8 G...8/15-8/16, had b2b multi-H AL ranks in span (min. 135 AB): 1st in RBI, T-5th in HR (T-8th in MLB), 5th in SLG, 6th in AVG. G for 3rd time this season (6/3-6/4)...leads MIN w/ 53 BB (19th in AL), also 4th w/ 18 multi-hit G. A Hitting .280 (80-for-286) w/ 14 2B, 3B, 16 HR, 46 RBI as LHB; .261 (41-for-157), 11 2B, 3B, 5 2nd RBI on 7/26 was 700th of career, becoming 30th active player to reach 700 career RBI... HR, 24 RBI as RHB this year...leads MIN w/ 37 multi-hit G, 10 G w/ 3+ H & 18 multi-RBI G. A has 11 go-ahead RBI, 3rd on Twins...51 RBI overall rank 3rd on Twins. A Is 6-for-21 (.286), 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 3 R in 5 G this season vs. NYY...career .267 (20-for-75), HR in 3-straight G 6/27-6/30, 10th time in career...recorded 22nd multi-HR game 6/11. 4 2B, 4 HR, 13 RBI, 10 R in 19 RS games vs. NYY...just 12-for-62 (.194), 3 2B, 4 HR, 14 RBI, A 7 R in 18 games vs. AL East this season. A Just 3-for-21, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 4 R, BB in 5 games vs. NYY this season...career .212 (63-for-297), 11 2B, 14 HR, 33 RBI in 79 RS games vs. NYY...career 0-for-6 vs. Gerrit Cole. #38 Enters today 5th in MLB (min. 200 BBE) in avg. exit velocity (93.9 mph), 5th in barrels/PA - OF A (10.8), 10th in barrels/BBE (16.7) and 13th in hard hit/swing (19.3). Height: 6-0 Weight: 205 B/T: R/R Age: 30 (3/26/1991 in Seoul, South Korea) 2021 Average: .287 Streak: 1g, 1-4 Series at NYY: 1-5 MITCH GARVER - C #8 Roadtrip: 1-5 Home Runs: 2 (2 1-run) Height: 6-1 Weight: 220 B/T: R/R Age: 30 (1/15/91 in Albuquerque, NM) A Went 1-for-4 last night...just 4-for-22 in last 10 games...went 2-for-3, 2B, 2 R, 2 BB 8/5 at 2021 Average: .236 Streak: 1g, 1-2 Series at NYY: 1-2 HOU in 1st MLB game since 6/13; tied career high w/ 4 TOB (also, 5/17/21 and 9/30/15). Roadtrip: 1-2 Home Runs: 13 (8 1-run, 1 2-run, 3 3-run, 1 GS) Returned from rehab, reinstated from 10-day IL 8/5; missed 43 G w/ left hamstring strain... A batted .389 (14-for-36), 3 2B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 6 BB, 1.187 OPS in 10 rehab G w/ AAA St. Paul. A 1-for-2, 2 BB last night; 8th game w/ 3 TOB this season...had PH 2B Monday; 7th career He is the 2nd South Korean-born player in Twins/Senators history, alongside ByungHo Park... PH/1st since 9/27/20 vs. CIN (1B)...is 6-for-17 (.353), 2 2B, RBI, 2 R, 4 BB, .476 OBP in last A made his first career start in CF and went 4-for-4 on 5/17 vs. CWS. 6 G...had b2b multi-hit 8/13-8/14 for 2nd time this season (also 5/2 & 5/4) & 8th career. 5th-round selection by NYY in 2012...played in 94 G for NYY from 2015-17, batting .241 (56- Batting .258 (16-for-62), 9 R, 4 2B, 5 HR, 12 RBI, 9 BB, .934 OPS in 19 G since return from A for-232)...just 5-for-27 (.185), R, 2B, RBI, 2 BB in 14 games vs. former club. A IL on 7/19...missed 39 games w/ groin contusion sustained 6/1 at BAL (placed on IL 6/2). Hit 1st career grand slam in 1st inn. 7/27 vs. DET...went 2-for-3, 2 HR, 2 RBI in G2 on 7/19 at - OF #50 A CWS; 7th career multi-HR game & 2nd this season...5 of 13 HR this season have come w/ ROB. On Paternity List 7/22-7/25; he and his wife, Sarah, welcomed son Gamble Lynn, on 7/22; has Height: 6-3 Weight: 225 B/T: R/R Age: 26 (11/1/94 in Germantown, TN) A 4 2B, 3 HR, 10 RBI in 17 G since son's birth. 2021 Average: .200 Streak: 0-2 Series at NYY: 0-1 Career .355 (11-for-31), 2B, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 5 BB, 5 R, .432 OBP in 12 RS games vs. NYY, Roadtrip: 0-1 Home Runs: 6 (5 1-run, 1 2-run) A including .350 (7-for-20), 2B, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI in 7 RS games at NYY. K-ed as PH Thursday night...1-for-2, 2 R, HBP, BB Wednesday; 5th career reaching base 3x in A game...is 8-for-18 (.444), 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 6 R, .545 OBP in last 6 G...recorded 1st career OF assist NICK GORDON - IF/OF #1 Monday night...4-for-5, HR, 2 RBI 8/13 to set single-game career high in hits (snapped 0-for-19). Height: 6-0 Weight: 160 B/T: L/R Age: 25 (10/24/1995 in Avon Park, FL) A Hit 460-foot HR 7/26, 4th longest by a MIN hitter this season...recalled from AAA 7/23 (Cruz 2021 Average: .231 Streak: 0-8 Series at NYY: 0-6 traded to TB, 7/22); 2nd stint w/ MIN this season (4/3-4/29)...at the time of most recent recall, Roadtrip: 0-6 Home Runs: 1 (1 1-run) was T-1st in AAA in HR, T-5th among MiLB hitters. 2-for-4 w/ 2B & HR 8/14 vs. TB (1st career game w/ 2+ XBH)...b2b multi-hit G for 2nd time in A 0-for-3, HBP last night...went 1-for-1 as sub Monday; 1st career X-inning H...recalled from AAA A career (also 7/27-7/28/21) and HR in b2b for 2nd time (also 7/25 - 7/26/21). St. Paul 8/16 for 4th stint w/ MIN (also 4/23-4/25, 5/4-5/10, 5/23-8/4)...was 9-for-43 (.209), Last night was 1st G vs. NYY...3 career G vs. AL East, going 6-for-10, 4 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI. 6 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI in 10 G w/ Saints since 8/5, but was 5-for-17 (.294), 2 HR, 4 RBI in last 4 G. A A Made ML debut on 5/6 vs. TEX, recorded his 1st MLB hit, went 1-for-2 w/ BB, 1st player in ANDRELTON SIMMONS - SS #9 Twins history with 2+ SB in debut...1st career HR on 6/4 at KC. Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 B/T: R/R Age: 31 (9/4/89 in Mundo Nobo, Curaçao) Batting .241 (26-for-108), 11 R, 3 2B, 3B, HR, 5 RBI, 7 BB, .614 OPS in 42 G w/ Twins...career A G by position: 2B - 12 G/9 GS, SS - 2 G/0 GS, CF - 29 G/19 GS. 2021 Average:.217 Streak: 0-2 Series at NYY: 2-5 2-for-9, R, HBP in 4 career games vs. NYY...career .200 (3-for-15), 2 R in 6 games vs. AL East. Roadtrip: 2-5 Home Runs: 3 (3 2-run) A 0-for-2, BB last night...2-for-3, 2 R Thursday; 16th multi-hit game this season, T-5th on Twins... A also 7th game this season w/ 2+ R...has 199 career 2B, 1 shy of 200...2-for-5, 2B, RBI 8/14 vs. TB. On defense, his 13 outs above average (Statcast) are 5th in MLB, behind ARI's N. Ahmed A (19), NYM's F. Lindor (16), OAK's M. Chapman (16) and KC's N. Lopez (14). Career .318 (7-for-22), 3B, BB vs. Gerrit Cole...is 5-for-17, 2B, RBI in 5 G vs. NYY this season... A batting .313 (15-for-48) in 14 G vs. AL East this season. TWINS HOME RUN DATA

MULTI-HOMER GAMES (13x) MULTI-HOMER GAMES (13x) WALK-OFF (3x) RUNNERS ON GRAND SLAM (4x) LEADOFF (6x) • Cruz (4/5 at DET) • Jeffers (7/28 vs. DET) • Cruz (6/10 vs. NYY) • Solo - 108 • Cruz (4/5 at DET) • Cruz (4/21 at OAK) • Buxton (4/28 at CLE) • Sanó (7/28 vs. DET) • Sanó (6/21 vs. CIN) • 2-run - 44 • Sanó (5/20 at LAA, G2) • Garver (4/28 at CLE) • Polanco (8/8 at HOU) • Kepler (5/6 vs. TEX) • Kirilloff (4/30 vs. KC) • Polanco (7/11 vs. DET) • 3-run - 18 • Garver (7/27 vs. DET) • Garlick (5/7 at DET) • Sanó (5/18 vs. CWS) BACK-TO-BACK (4x) • GS - 4 • Jeffers (7/28 vs. DET) • Kepler (7/25 vs. LAA) • Donaldson (6/3 at KC) INSIDE-THE-PARK (0x) • Polanco (6/9 vs. NYY) • Buxton/Donaldson (4/28 at CLE) • Kepler (8/14 vs. TB) • Donaldson (6/11 vs. HOU) • Gordon/Sanó (6/4 at KC) • None • Kepler (8/16 vs. CLE) • Kepler (7/5 vs. CWS) • Kepler/Rooker (7/25 vs. LAA) • Garver (7/19 at CWS-2) • Kepler/Rooker (7/28 vs. DET) HITTERS INFO LAST HOME RUN LAST GRAND SLAM VS. CURRENT OPPONENT 2021 VS. CURRENT OPPONENT CAREER Multi- Multi- Season Hit- Season Career Player Hit RBI Streak High Hits Date Opp. On Pitcher Date Opp. # Avg H AB HR RBI Avg H AB HR RBI Luis Arraez 25 8 10, 8/3-8/14 4, 4/15 8/14/21 vs. TB 1 Wacha 0 .125 1 8 0 0 .263 5 19 0 1 Willians Astudillo 8 2 8, 4/27-5/14 3, 7/30 8/10/21 vs. CWS 1 Keuchel 0 .111 1 9 0 0 .158 3 19 0 2 Jake Cave 2 1 2, 8/7-8/8 2, 5/8 8/19/21 at NYY 0 Taillon 7/26/20 at CWS 2 .200 1 5 1 1 .263 5 19 1 4 Josh Donaldson 18 14 6, 8/13-8/18 4, 4/21 8/20/21 at NYY 1 Cortes 9/28/18 at KC 5 .143 3 21 2 4 .212 63 297 14 33 Mitch Garver 13 8 8, 5/17-5/29 2, 8/14 8/06/21 at HOU 0 Greinke 7/27/21 vs. DET 1 .500 1 2 0 0 .355 11 31 3 6 Nick Gordon 7 1 5, 6/2-6/10 3, 6/4 6/04/21 at KC 0 Davis 0 .222 2 9 0 0 .222 2 9 0 0 Ryan Jeffers 9 8 4, 8/13-8/18 3, 7/23 8/16/21 vs. CLE 0 Garza 7/28/21 vs. DET 1 .154 2 13 0 2 .154 2 13 0 2 Max Kepler 16 11 4, 7/20-7/23 3, 8/8 8/16/21 vs. CLE 0 Quantrill 8/26/17 at TOR 2 .250 1 4 0 0 .247 23 93 4 9 Jorge Polanco 37 18 10, 7/26-8/6 4, 4/21 8/11/21 vs. CWS 0 Ruiz 0 .286 6 21 2 6 .267 20 75 4 13 Rob Refsnyder 8 2 5, 5/21-5/25 4, 5/17 5/25/21 vs. BAL 0 Akin 0 .375 3 8 0 1 .185 5 27 0 1 Brent Rooker 4 2 5, 7/24-7/28 4, 8/13 8/14/21 vs. TB 1 Head 0 .000 0 1 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Andrelton Simmons 16 6 7, 5/31-6/10 3, 7/30 6/27/21 vs. CLE 1 Hentges 4/22/17 vs. TOR 2 .294 5 17 0 1 .289 39 135 4 18 MISCELLANEOUS MIsc. Highs and Lows SCORE BY INNING Most Runs, Game (Team)...... 15, 4/5 at DET 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 XTRA TOTAL Most Runs, Inning (Team)...... 9, 4th inn, 5/21 at CLE Most Hits, Game (Team)...... 18, 4/21 at OAK Opponent 68 77 67 72 99 70 62 58 58 20 651 Most Hits, Inning (Team)...... 8, 4th inn, 7/28 vs. DET Twins 69 51 68 58 62 87 40 84 26 22 567 Most Strikeouts, Batters (Team)...... 17, 4/1 at MIL Longest Hitting Streak (Individual)...... 10, 4x, last: Arraez, 8/3-8/14 Consecutive Hits (Individual)...... 7, Buxton, 4/27-30 injured LIST Consecutive Hitless At-Bats (Individual)...... 24, Sanó, 5/28-6/4 PLAYER INJURY DATE ON RETRO DATE OFF GAMES MISSED Consecutive Scoreless Innings (Batters)...... 17, 7th inn 4/16-4/20 ...... Right Elbow Inflammation...... 4/1...... 123 Most Runs Allowed (Team)...... 17, 7/28 vs. DET Josh Donaldson...... Mild Right Hamstring Strain...... 4/3...... 4/2...... 4/14...... 9 Most Runs Allowed, Inning (Team)...... 9, 1st inn, 6/4 at KC Brent Rooker...... Cervical Strain...... 4/7...... 4/20...... 9 Most Hits Allowed (Team)...... 20, 6/13 vs. HOU Andrelton Simmons...... COVID IL...... 4/14...... 4/26...... 10 Most Hits Allowed, Inning (Team)...... 6, 5x:, last: 4th inn, 7/28 vs. DET ...... COVID IL...... 4/20...... 4/30...... 9 Pitchers Used (Team)...... 8, 8/18 vs. CLE Max Kepler...... COVID IL...... 4/20...... 4/30...... 9 Caleb Thielbar...... COVID IL...... 4/20...... 4/24...... 4 Cons. Batters Retired (Team)...... 17, 4/23 vs. PIT JT Riddle...... COVID IL...... 4/21...... 4/30...... 7 Scoreless Innings Streak (Team/Pitchers)...... 15, 8th inn, 8/13-4th inn, 8/15 Miguel Sanó...... Right Hamstring Strain...... 4/23...... 4/21...... 5/5...... 12 Most Runs, Starter...... 9, 4x, last: Happ 7/28 vs. DET Luis Arraez...... Concussion IL...... 5/4...... 5/11...... 5 Most Home Runs, Starter...... 4, Dobnak, 6/9 vs. NYY ...... Right Wrist Sprain...... 5/5...... 5/4...... 5/21...... 16 Most Walks, Starter...... 5, 4x, last: Barnes, 8/20 at NYY Byron Buxton...... Right Hip Strain...... 5/7...... 6/19...... 39 Most Strikeouts, Starter...... 12, Berríos, 4/3 at MIL ...... Left Elbow Inflammation...... 5/12...... 90 Most Strikeouts, Pitchers (Team)...... 17, 4/3 at MIL Jake Cave...... Stress Reaction in Low Back...... 5/15...... 5/13...... 7/24...... 64 Most Walks, Pitchers (Team)...... 9, 2x, last: 7/28 vs. DET Shaun Anderson...... Left Quad Strain...... 5/18...... 5/31...... 13 Most Cons. Scoreless Innings (Individual)...... 10.0, Pineda 4/10-15 ...... Abscess...... 5/19...... 5/16...... 5/26...... 11 Most Cons. Batters Retired (Individual)...... 14, Pineda, 4/15 vs. BOS Kenta Maeda...... Right Adductor Strain...... 5/23...... 6/14...... 20 Longest Game, Innings...... 12, 6/21 vs. CIN Luis Arraez...... Right Shoulder Strain...... 5/26...... 5/24...... 6/14...... 19 Longest Game, Time (9 Inn.)...... 4:07, 8/8 at HOU Max Kepler...... Left Hamstring Strain...... 5/30...... 6/18...... 17 Longest Game, Time (X Inn.)...... 5:14, 6/21 vs. CIN Mitch Garver...... Groin Contusion...... 6/2...... 7/19...... 39 Fastest Game, Time (9 Inn.)...... 2:17, 4/23 vs. PIT Rob Refsnyder...... Concussion...... 6/2...... 6/1...... 6/8...... 6 Fastest Game, Time (7 Inn.)...... 1:54, 7/19 at CWS (2) Caleb Thielbar...... Left Groin Strain...... 6/3...... 6/16...... 12 Shaun Anderson...... Finger Blisters on Right Hand...... 6/6...... 6/5...... 6/15...... 9 Largest Margin, Victory...... 12 (12-0), 8/14 vs. TB ...... Left Back Disc Injury...... 6/9...... 5/29...... 73 Largest Margin, Loss...... 12 (4-16), 5/17 vs. CWS Kyle Garlick...... Sports Hernia...... 6/9...... 63 Lineups Used...... 116 Michael Pineda...... Right Elbow Inflammation...... 6/14...... 7/7...... 19 Rob Refsnyder...... Left Hamstring Strain...... 6/14...... 8/5...... 43 Byron Buxton...... Left Hand Fracture...... 6/22...... 51 LONGEST HOME RUNS HIGHEST EXIT VELOCITY ...... Right Middle Finger Strain...... 6/24...... 6/21...... 52 Sanó...... 475 ft, 8/18 vs. CLE (Plesac) Sanó...... 117.1, 7/31 at STL (1B) ...... Right Oblique Strain...... 6/25...... 6/23...... 50 Sanó...... 473 ft, 7/28 vs. DET (Jiménez) Sanó...... 116.7, 8/9 vs. CWS (HR) Derek Law...... Right Shoulder Impingement...... 7/17...... 7/13...... 34 Alex Kirilloff...... Ligament Tear in Right Wrist...... 7/21...... 7/20...... 29 Larnach.... 461 ft, 5/24 vs. BAL (Means) Cruz...... 116.6, 4/5 at DET (HR) Luis Arraez...... Right Knee Strain...... 7/24...... 7/21...... 7/31...... 9 Rooker...460 ft, 7/26 vs. DET (Manning) Cruz...... 116.5, 6/21 vs. CIN (HR) ...... Left Middle Finger Sprain...... 7/27...... 22 Cruz....457 ft, 6/10 vs. NYY (Chapman) Sanó...... 116.4, 7/23 vs. LAA (2B) Jorge Alcala...... Triceps Tendinitis...... 8/9...... 11 Buxton...... 456 ft, 4/1 at MIL (Yardley) Larnach...... 116.0, 7/3 at KC (HR) Michael Pineda...... Left Mild Oblique Strain...... 8/14...... 7 Cruz...... 453 ft, 6/30 at CWS (Cease) Larnach...... 116.0, 5/17 vs. CWS (2B) ...... Left Shoulder Impingement...... 8/19...... 2 BOLD indicates currently on IL STARTS BY POSITION STARTS BY BATTING ORDER MOST USED LINEUP (3X) Player Pos. C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Kepler RF Luis Arraez 0 0 25 0 30 24 0 0 0 Luis Arraez 49 1 0 7 9 2 3 3 5 Rooker LF Willians Astudillo 4 15 2 0 17 0 0 1 0 Willians Astudillo 0 0 0 2 4 8 13 7 5 Polanco 2B Donaldson DH Byron Buxton 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 Byron Buxton 4 4 7 9 1 1 0 0 0 Arraez 3B Jake Cave 0 0 0 0 0 8 17 6 0 Jake Cave 0 0 0 0 2 7 9 8 5 Garver C Gilberto Celestino Sanó 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 Gilberto Celestino 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 9 Refsnyder CF Nelson Cruz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 Nelson Cruz 0 0 47 33 0 0 0 0 0 Simmons SS Josh Donaldson 0 0 0 0 73 0 0 0 15 Josh Donaldson 0 68 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 Kyle Garlick 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 13 0 Kyle Garlick 10 4 0 3 2 0 1 3 1 Jake CaveOUTFIELD ASSISTS 4 Mitch Garver 46 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Mitch Garver 5 1 2 13 9 11 6 1 0 4 Nick Gordon 0 0 9 0 0 0 19 0 0 Nick Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 7 2 Luis Arraez 2 Ryan Jeffers 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Jeffers 0 0 0 0 13 5 10 18 6 Gilberto Celestino 2 Max Kepler 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 60 4 Max Kepler 26 2 5 9 9 8 20 4 0 Kyle Garlick 2 Alex Kirilloff 0 25 0 0 0 11 0 19 0 Alex Kirilloff 0 1 9 9 22 5 8 0 1 Alex Kirilloff 2 Trevor Larnach 0 0 0 0 0 51 0 18 0 Trevor Larnach 1 2 18 10 10 14 10 4 0 Rob Refsnyder 2 Jorge Polanco 0 0 87 21 0 0 0 0 3 Jorge Polanco 27 18 24 8 16 16 2 0 0 Max Kepler 1 Rob Refsnyder 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 1 0 Rob Refsnyder 1 0 0 1 3 3 3 12 0 Brent Rooker 1 JT Riddle 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 JT Riddle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Brent Rooker 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 5 7 Brent Rooker 0 22 0 0 2 4 0 2 0 FASTEST PITCHES 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ben Rortvedt 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 12 Alcala...... 100.9, 8/5 at HOU (c. ball) Miguel Sanó 0 82 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 Miguel Sanó 0 0 1 9 21 36 20 3 0 Alcala...... 100.7, 6/11 vs. HOU (out) Alcala...... 100.4, 6/24 vs. CLE (foul ball) Andrelton Simmons 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 Andrelton Simmons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 67 Alcala..... 100.3, 3x, last 8/6 at HOU (c. ball) LAST TIME IT HAPPENED FOR THE TWINS AGAINST THE TWINS HITTING: HITTING: Hit for the Cycle: J. Polanco, 4/5/19 at PHI (11 all-time) Hit for the Cycle: A. Beltré, 8/24/12 at TEX (5 allowed all-time) Grand Slam: R. Jeffers, 7/28/21 vs. DET (4 as a team in 2021) Grand Slam: E. Haase, 7/27/21 vs. DET (6 allowed as team in 2021) Inside-the-Park Home Run: B. Buxton, 9/15/20 at CWS (1 as a team in 2020, 55 all-time) Inside-the-Park Home Run: K. Kiermaier, 8/13/21 vs. TB (45 allowed all-time) Pinch-Hit Home Run: M. Sanó, 8/5/19 vs. ATL (2 as a team in 2019) Pinch-Hit Home Run: R. Grossman, 7/26/21 vs. DET (3 allowed in 2021) Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: M. LeCroy, 9th inning, 5/19/04 at TOR (15 all-time) Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: J. Sands, 8/8/15 at CLE Five-Hit Game: B. Buxton, 4/27/21 at CLE (1 in 2021) Five-Hit Game: D. Gregorius, 7/23/19 vs. NYY Six-Hit Game: K. Puckett, 5/23/91 vs. TEX (2 all-time, both Puckett) Six-Hit Game: J. Segura, 5/28/13 at MIL (3 allowed all-time) Two Hits, One Inning: M. Sanó, 4th inning, 7/28/21 vs. DET (2 as a team in 2021) Two Hits, One Inning: W. Merrifield, 1st inning, 6/4/21 at KC (2 allowed in 2021) Two Home Runs, One Inning: M. Cuddyer, 8/23/09 at KC (1 all-time) Two Home Runs, One Inning: D. Nilsson, 5/17/96 vs. MIL Two-Home Run Game: J. Polanco, 8/8/21 at HOU (13 as team in 2021) Two-Home Run Game: Y. Grandal, 6/30/21 at CWS (8 allowed in 2021) Three-Home Run Game: M. Sanó, 5/18/21 vs. CWS (1 as a team in 2021, 13 all-time) Back-to-Back Home Runs: M. Kepler/B. Rooker, 7/28/21 vs. DET (4 as team in 2021) Three-Home Run Game: J. Donaldson, 8/28/16 at TOR Three Consecutive Home Runs: N. Cruz/E. Rosario/C. Cron, 4/26/19 vs. BAL (1 in 2019) Back-to-Back Home Runs: A. Engel/J. Abreu, 8/10/21 vs. CWS (8 allowed in 2021) Three Home Runs, One Inning: C. Cron/J. Polanco/N. Cruz (2nd), 8/3/19 vs. KC (5 in 2019) Three Consecutive Home Runs: A. Jones/V. Castilla/J. Franco, 6/11/02 vs. ATL Four Home Runs, One Inning: M. Sanó/ R. Jeffers/M. Kepler/B. Rooker, 7/28/21 vs. DET Three Home Runs, One Inning: N. Lopez/J. Soler/S. Perez, 8/8/20 at KC (2 in 2020) Walk-Off Home Run: J. Polanco, 7/11/21 vs. DET (3 as a team in 2021) Four Home Runs, One Inning: C. Everett/T. O’Leary/J. Varitek/M. Burkhart, 7/3/00 vs. BOS Pinch-Hit, Walk-Off Home Run: M. Sanó, 8/5/19 vs. ATL (10 all-time) Walk-off Home Run: G. Sheets, 7/19/21 G2 at CWS (3 allowed in 2021) Leadoff Home Run: M. Kepler, 8/16/21 vs. CLE (6 as a team in 2021) Pinch-Hit, Walk-Off Home Run: C. Santana, 9/23/11 at CLE (12 all-time) Consecutive Home Runs to Lead Off Game: M. Kepler/B. Rooker, 7/25/21 vs. LAA (2 as team in 2021) Leadoff Home Run: R. Grossman, 7/17/21 G1 at DET (5 allowed in 2021) Three Consecutive Home Runs to Start Game: B. Buxton/J. Donaldson/N. Cruz, 4/28/21 at CLE Consecutive Home Runs to Lead Off Game: S. Smith/M. Machado, 7/7/17 vs. BAL (1 in ’17) Last Pitcher to Hit Home Run: Last actual pitcher Jim Kaat, 6/11/72 at CLE; Chris Gimenez Last Pitcher to Hit Home Run: Jon Lester, 7/1/18 at CHC catcher pitching in relief, 9/3/18 at TEX PITCHING (complete games only for low-hit games): PITCHING (complete games only for low-hit games): No-Hitter: Jer. Weaver, 5/2/12 at LAA (5 all-time) No-Hitter: F. Liriano, 5/3/11 at CWS (6 all-time) One-Hitter: C. Kluber, 8/14/15 vs. CLE (23 all-time) One-Hitter: E. Santana, 4/15/17 vs. CWS (14 all-time) Two-Hitter: R. Halladay, 5/29/05 at TOR (49 all-time) Two-Hitter: E. Santana, 5/24/17 at BAL (43 all-time) 10+ Innings Pitched: A. Fernández (10.0 innings), 10/1/95 at CHW 10+ Innings Pitched: B. Radke (10.0 innings), 9/21/97 vs. MIL 10+ Strikeouts: 13, P. Sandoval, 7/24/21 vs. LAA (3 times in 2021) 10+ Strikeouts: 10, G. Jax, 8/10/21 vs. CWS (5 as team in 2021) Complete Game Shutout: S. Manaea, 4/20/21 (G1) at OAK (1 time in 2021) Complete Game Shutout: J. Berríos, 4/1/18 at BAL (1 as a team in 2018) Back-to-Back Complete Game Victories: J. Williams/Jer. Weaver, 5/1-2/12 at LAA Back-to-Back Complete Game Victories: J. Mays/C. Silva, 5/19-20/05 vs. TOR/vs. MIL Back-to-Back Shutouts: 4/20/21 Game 1 & 4/20/21 Game 2 at OAK (2 games, 7-0 and 1-0) Back-to-Back Shutouts: 5/6/19 & 5/7/19 at TOR (2 games, 8-0 and 3-0) Four Strikeouts in an Inning: F. Hernández, 6/3/10 vs. SEA (8th inning) Four Strikeouts in an Inning: Z. Duke, 3/29/18 at BAL (7th inning) (4 times since 1961) MISCELLANEOUS: MISCELLANEOUS: Triple Play: J. Donaldson/A. Rosales/C. Carter, 8/21/12 at OAK - T. Plouffe hitting (8 all-time) Triple Play: M. Sanó/A. Simmons/N. Gordon, 6/6/21 at KC - N. Lopez hitting (15 all-time) Position Player Pitching: J. Luplow, 8/14/21 vs. TB (2 in 2021) Position Player Pitching: W. Astudillo, 6/4/21 at KC (3 in 2021) Three or more Steals, One Game: W. Merrifield (3), 7/2/17 at KC (1 in 2017) Three or more Steals, One Game: E. Adrianza (3), 6/21/17 vs. CWS (1 in 2017) Steal of Home: R. Davis, 8/1/18 vs. CLE Steal of Home: C. Thomas, 8/3/13 vs. HOU Pure Steal of Home: S. Green, 5/26/00 vs. TEX Pure Steal of Home: R. Becker, 9/27/97 at CLE Home Run in First ML At-Bat: C. Richard, 7/17/00 vs. STL Home Run in First ML At-Bat: E. Rosario, 5/6/15 vs. OAK (1st PA, 1st pitch) 2021 TARGET FIELD WEATHER DELAYS AND POSTPONEMENTS DATE DELAYED/PPD NOTES 4/8 vs. Seattle Delayed Home Opener delayed for 16 minutes in the 4th inning due to quick rain shower. Grounds crew pulled tarp quick after rain and both starters remained in game. 5/5 vs. Texas Delayed Scheduled 6:40 p.m. game delayed for 31 minutes due to rain in the area. Grounds crew began pulling tarp around 6:25 p.m. and game started at 7:11 p.m. 5/24 vs. Baltimore Delayed Game was stopped at 9:05 p.m. in the top of the seventh inning due to rain; play resumed at 9:50 p.m. after a 45-minute delay. 6/9 vs. New York-AL Delayed A pregame deluge (followed by a rainbow that spanned the entire ballpark) pushed a scheduled 7:10 p.m. first pitch back to 7:21 p.m., for an 11-minute delay. 6/26 vs. Cleveland Postponed Scheduled 1:10 p.m. game postponed due to inclement weather in the area. Game was rescheduled to be part of a split doubleheader on September 14. ** Target Field has experienced 57 delayed games, 26 postponed games, 1 suspended game and 1 rain-shortened game in the park’s history (since 2010). Longest delay: 4:50. ** DAY-BY-DAY

GA/ Daily Total Home GA/ Daily Total Home Date Opp. Score W/L Rcd. Pos. GB Att Hm Att. Date Winner/Loser/Save Date Opp. Score W/L Rcd. Pos. GB Att. Hm Att. Date Winner/Loser/Save APRIL (9-15) Batting: .241 (193-for-800) Pitching: 9-15-4, 4.10 (206.1 IP, 94 ER) JULY (11-16) Batting: .244 (218-for-893) Pitching: 11-16-5, 4.87 (232.2 IP, 126 ER) 1 ------at MIL ^5-6 L 0-1 T-3rd -1.0 11,740 Hader/Dobnak 22 ------LAA 2-3 L 41-56 4th -17.5 23,337 644,821 47 Heaney/Maeda/Iglesias 2 ------OFF DAY T-4th -1.0 23 ------LAA 5-4 W 42-56 4th -16.5 21,384 666,205 48 Minaya/Iglesias/Rogers 3 ------at MIL 2-0 W 1-1 3rd -1.0 11,383 Berríos/Burnes 24 ------LAA 1-2 L 42-57 5th -16.5 22,240 688,445 49 Sandoval/Berríos/Iglesias 4 ------at MIL 8-2 W 2-1 T-1st +1.0 10,666 Pineda/Houser 25 ------LAA 2-6 L 42-58 5th -17.5 23,158 711,603 50 Barria/Coulombe 5 ------at DET 15-6 W 3-1 T-1st +0.5 7,232 Shoemaker/Ureña/Dobnak 26 ------DET ^6-5 W 43-58 5th -16.5 17,713 729,316 51 Thielbar/Soto 6 ------at DET ^3-4 L 3-2 T-2nd -0.5 7,306 Soto/Robles 27 ------DET ^5-6 L 43-59 5th -17.5 17,643 746,959 52 Cisnero/Alcala/Norris 7 ------at DET 3-2 W 4-2 1st +0.5 7,568 Maeda/Boyd/Colomé 28 ------DET 14-17 L 43-60 5th -17.0 17,817 764,776 53 Holland/Happ 8 ------SEA 10-2 W 5-2 1st +1.5 *9,675 9,675 1 Berríos/Gonzales 29 ------OFF DAY 43-60 5th -17.0 9 ------OFF DAY 1st +1.5 30 ------at STL 1-5 L 43-61 5th -18.0 34,036 Helsley/Duffey 10 ------SEA ^3-4 L 5-3 1st +0.5 *9,817 19,492 2 Graveman/Rogers 31 ------at STL 8-1 W 44-61 5th -17.0 33,432 Alcala/Woodford 11 ------SEA 6-8 L 5-4 T-2nd -0.5 *9,792 29,284 3 Steckenrider/Colomé/Montero AUGUST (10-8) Batting: .233 (142-for-610) Pitching: 10-8-5, 4.67 (162.0 IP, 84 ER) 12 ------BOS T-1st +0.5 PPD due to events surrounding Brooklyn Center 1 ------at STL 3-7 L 44-62 5th -18.0 28,975 Wainwright/Pineda 13 ------BOS 2-4 L 5-5 3rd -1.0 6,724 36,008 4 Ottavino/Dobnak/Barnes 2 ------OFF DAY 44-62 5th -18.0 14 ------BOS 2-3 L 5-6 5th -2.0 ------Eovaldi/Maeda/Barnes 3 ------at CIN 7-5 W 45-62 5th -18.0 18,396 Coulombe/Hembree/Colomé ------BOS# 1-7 L 5-7 5th -2.0 7,074 43,082 5 Rodriguez/Berríos 4 ------at CIN 5-6 L 45-63 5th -18.0 16,828 Castillo/Barnes/Lorenzen 15 ------BOS 4-3 W 6-7 T-3rd -2.0 7,925 51,007 6 Colomé/Ottavino 5 ------at HOU 5-3 W 46-63 5th -17.0 26,208 Jax/Valdez/Colomé 16 ------at LAA 3-10 L 6-8 T-4th -2.5 13,428 Slegers/Dobnak 6 ------at HOU ^5-4 W 47-63 5th -17.0 29,631 Minaya/Montero 17 ------at LAA 6-8 T-3rd -2.5 PPD due to COVID testing and contact tracing for Twins 7 ------at HOU 0-4 L 47-64 5th -18.0 29,647 Garcia/Pineda 18 ------at LAA 6-8 4th -3.0 PPD due to COVID testing and contact tracing for Twins 8 ------at HOU 7-5 W 48-64 5th -18.0 26,825 Maeda/McCullers/Colomé 19 ------at OAK## 6-8 4th -2.5 PPD due to COVID testing and contact tracing for Twins 9 ------CWS 1-11 L 48-65 5th -19.0 17,858 782,634 54 Giolito/Burrows 20 ------at OAK 0-7 L 6-9 4th -3.0 - - Manaea/Shoemaker 10 ------CWS 4-3 W 49-65 5th -18.0 18,302 800,936 55 Jax/Keuchel/Colomé ------at OAK 0-1 L 6-10 T-4th -3.0 3,322 Luzardo/Berríos/Diekman 11 ------CWS 1-0 W 50-65 T-4th -17.0 22,370 823,306 56 Thielbar/Ruiz/Colomé 21 ------at OAK ^12-13 L 6-11 5th -4.0 3,405 Guerra/Colomé 12 ------OFF DAY 50-65 T-4th -17.5 22 ------OFF DAY T-4th -4.0 13 ------TB 4-10 L 50-66 T-4th -18.0 23,125 846,431 57 McClanahan/Pineda/Phillips 23 ------PIT 2-0 W 7-11 4th -4.0 *9,541 60,548 7 Happ/Brubaker/Rogers 14 ------TB 12-0 W 51-66 4th -18.0 21,034 867,465 58 Maeda/Wacha 24 ------PIT 6-2 L 7-12 4th -5.0 *9,718 70,266 8 Cahill/Pineda 15 ------TB 5-4 W 52-66 4th -16.0 22,467 889,932 59 Colomé/Wisler 25 ------PIT 2-6 L 7-13 4th -6.0 9,396 79,662 9 Holmes/Shoemaker 16 ------CLE 5-4 W 53-66 4th -16.0 15,622 905,554 60 Thielbar/Wittgren 26 ------at CLE ^3-5 L 7-14 4th -7.0 4,555 Clase/Colomé 17 ------CLE 3-1 L 53-67 4th -17.0 19,605 925,159 61 Morgan/Ober/Clase 27 ------at CLE 4-7 L 7-15 T-4th -7.0 6,303 Civale/Maeda/Karinchak 18 ------CLE ^8-7 W 54-67 4th -17.0 19,949 945,108 62 Coulombe/Garza 28 ------at CLE 10-2 W 8-15 4th -7.0 5,903 Happ/Allen 19 ------at NYY 5-7 L 54-68 4th -17.0 30,019 Taillon/Gant/Green 29 ------OFF DAY 4th -7.0 20 ------at NYY 2-10 L 54-69 4th -18.0 39,124 Cortes/Barnes 30 ------KC 9-1 W 9-15 4th -6.0 *9,982 89,644 10 Pineda/Singer 21 ------at NYY 12:05 P.M. FS1/BSN/TIBN MAY (13-16) Batting: .237 (231-for-975) Pitching: 13-16-8, 4.99 (256.0 IP, 142 ER) 22 ------at NYY 12:05 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 1 ------KC 3-11 L 9-16 4th -7.0 *9,993 99,637 11 Duffy/Shoemaker 23 ------OFF DAY 2 ------KC 13-4 W 10-16 4th -6.0 *9,997 109,634 12 Berríos/Keller 24 ------at BOS 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 3 ------TEX 6-5 W 11-16 4th -5.0 8,071 117,705 13 Maeda/Dunning/Rogers 25 ------at BOS 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 4 ------TEX ^3-6 L 11-17 4th -5.0 8,022 125,727 14 Rodríguez/Waddell/Kennedy 26 ------at BOS 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 5 ------TEX 1-3 L 11-18 4th -5.0 7,853 133,580 15 King/Thorpe/Kennedy 27 ------MIL 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 6 ------TEX ^3-4 L 11-19 4th -6.0 8,760 142,340 16 Hearn/Duffey/Sborz 28 ------MIL 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 7 ------at DET 7-3 W 12-19 4th -5.5 7,377 Shoemaker/Skubal 29 ------MIL 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 8 ------at DET 3-7 L 12-20 4th -6.5 8,000 Fulmer/Duffy 30 ------at DET####### 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 9 ------at DET 12-20 4th -7.0 PPD due to inclement weather; DH scheduled for July 16 31 ------CHC 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 10 -----OFF DAY 4th -7.0 SEPT/OCT (- - -) Batting: .--- (- -for- -) Pitching: - - - - -, -.-- (-.- IP, - ER) 11------at CWS 3-9 L 12-21 4th -8.0 7,962 Crochet/Alcala 1 ------CHC 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 12------at CWS 8-13 L 12-22 4th -9.0 8,393 Keuchel/Happ 2 ------OFF DAY 13------at CWS 2-4 L 12-23 T-4th -10.0 8,188 Lynn/Pineda/Hendriks 3 ------at TB 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 14------OAK 1-6 L 12-24 T-4th -10.5 9,778 152,118 17 Montas/Shoemaker 4 ------at TB 3:05 P.M. BSN/FS1/TIBN 15------OAK 5-4 W 13-24 T-4th -9.5 12,212 164,330 18 Colomé/Diekman/Robles 5 ------at TB 12:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 16------OAK 6-7 L 13-25 T-4th -10.5 10,270 174,600 19 Trivino/Rogers 6 ------at CLE 5:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 17------CWS 4-16 L 13-26 5th -11.5 8,431 183,031 20 Keuchel/Happ 7 ------at CLE 5:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 18------CWS 5-4 W 14-26 5th -10.5 9,504 192,535 21 Rogers/Bummer 8 ------at CLE 5:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 19------CWS 1-2 L 14-27 5th -11.5 8,608 201,143 22 Giolito/Shoemaker/Hendriks 9 ------at CLE 5:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 20------at LAA### 1-7 L 14-28 5th -11.5 9,920 Cobb/Thorpe 10 ------KC 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN ------at LAA### 6-3 W 15-28 5th -11.5 9,820 Berríos/Canning/Robles 11 ------KC 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 21------at CLE 10-0 W 16-28 5th -10.5 11,675 Dobnak/McKenzie 12 ------KC 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 22------at CLE ^3-5 L 16-29 5th -10.5 11,505 Karinchak/Colomé 13 ------OFF DAY 23------at CLE ^8-5 W 17-29 5th -9.5 9,805 Robles/Karinchak/Duffey 14 ------CLE##### 2:10 P.M. FS1/BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 24------BAL 8-3 W 18-29 T-4th -9.5 8,530 209,673 23 Alcala/Scott ------CLE 6:40 P.M. FS1/BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 25------BAL 7-4 W 19-29 4th -9.5 9,969 219,642 24 Berríos/Kremer/Rogers 15 ------CLE 6:40 P.M. BSN/TIBN 26------BAL 3-2 W 20-29 4th -8.5 10,574 230,216 25 Pineda/López/Robles 16 ------OFF DAY 27------OFF DAY 4th -9.0 17 ------at TOR 6:07 P.M. BSN/TIBN 28------KC 3-8 L 20-30 4th -9.5 14,260 244,476 26 Bubic/Dobnak 18 ------at TOR 2:07 P.M. BSN/TIBN 29------KC 6-5 W 21-30 4th -10.0 18,444 262,920 27 Happ/Santana/Rogers 19 ------at TOR 12:07 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 30------KC 3-6 L 21-31 5th -11.0 17,923 280,843 28 Keller/Shoemaker/Holland 20 ------OFF DAY 31------at BAL ^3-2 W 22-31 4th -10.5 11,010 Rogers/Plutko/Robles 21 ------at CHC 6:40 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com JUNE (11-14) Batting: .258 (222-for-859) Pitching: 11-14-7, 5.90 (221.0 IP, 145 ER) 22 ------at CHC 6:40 P.M. BSN/TIBN 1 ------at BAL 4-7 L 22-32 5th -10.5 5,337 Zimmermann/Pineda/Sulser 23 ------TOR 6:40 P.M. BSN/TIBN 2 ------at BAL 3-6 L 22-33 5th -11.0 5,945 Wells/Dobnak 24 ------TOR 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 3 ------at KC 5-6 L 22-34 5th -12.0 11,072 Junis/Robles/Barlow 25 ------TOR 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 4 ------at KC 5-14 L 22-35 5th -13.0 22,612 Keller/Shoemaker 26 ------TOR 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 5 ------at KC 5-4 W 23-35 5th -12.0 21,574 Berríos/Minor/Robles 27 ------OFF DAY 6 ------at KC 3-2 W 24-35 T-4th -12.0 14,046 Farrell/Singer/Rogers 28 ------DET 6:40 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 7 ------OFF DAY 24-35 T-4th -12.0 29 ------DET 6:40 P.M. BSN/TIBN 8 ------NYY 4-8 L 24-36 5th -13.0 17,949 298,792 29 Loaisiga/Rogers 30 ------DET 6:40 P.M. BSN/TIBN 9 ------NYY 6-9 L 24-37 5th -13.0 17,078 315,870 30 Cole/Dobnak 1 ------at KC 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 10 ------NYY 7-5 W 25-37 5th -13.0 17,728 333,598 31 Robles/Chapman 2 ------at KC 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 11 ------HOU 4-6 L 25-38 5th -14.0 17,223 350,821 32 Stanek/Shoemaker/Pressly 3 ------at KC 2:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 12 ------HOU 5-2 W 26-38 T-4th -14.0 18,767 369,588 33 Berríos/Garcia/Rogers ^ - Denotes Extra-Innings (Twins are 9-10 in extra innings) HOME GAMES ROAD GAMES 13 ------HOU 3-14 L 26-39 T-4th -15.0 19,147 388,735 34 Valdez/Pineda * - Denotes Sellout (12 in 2019; 8 in 2021) 14 ------at SEA 3-4 L 26-40 5th -15.0 9,185 Sewald/Robles/Steckenrider # - PPD game from April 12 vs. BOS ## - PPD game from April 19 at OAK ### - PPD games from April 17 & 18 at LAA 15 ------at SEA 0-10 L 26-41 5th -16.0 7,669 Flexen/Happ 16 ------at SEA 7-2 W 27-41 5th -16.0 8,098 Thielbar/Sheffield #### - PPD game from May 9 at DET ##### - PPD game from June 26 vs. CLE ###### - PPD game from June 28 at CWS 17 ------OFF DAY 5th -15.5 ####### - PPD game from July 16 at DET 18 ------at TEX ^7-5 W 28-41 5th -14.5 30,304 Robles/Sborz/Duffey EJECTIONS 19 ------at TEX 3-2 W 29-41 4th -13.5 34,044 Thielbar/King/Rogers DATE PLAYER/MGR/CH UMPIRE REASON CAREER 20 ------at TEX 4-2 W 30-41 4th -12.5 34,007 Maeda/Dunning/Robles April 11 vs. Seattle...... ...... Manny Gonzalez...... Balls and Strikes...... 2 May 19 vs. Chicago-AL...... Tyler Duffey...... Jim Reynolds...... Throwing behind Y. Mercedes...... 1 21 ------CIN ^7-5 W 31-41 4th -12.0 17,530 406,265 35 Shoemaker/Hembree May 19 vs. Chicago-AL...... Rocco Baldelli...... Jim Reynolds...... Ejection of T. Duffey...... 4 22 ------CIN 7-10 L 31-42 T-4th -12.0 19,187 425,452 36 Antone/Robles/Garrett June 6 at Kansas City...... ...... Jeff Nelson...... Balls and Strikes...... 1 23 ------OFF DAY 5th -12.5 24 ------CLE 1-4 L 31-43 5th -13.0 18,812 444,264 37 Parker/Alcala/Karinchak 2021 WALK-OFF VICTORIES (7) 25 ------CLE 8-7 W 32-43 T-4th -12.0 16,892 461,156 38 Jax/Wittgren/Robles DATE SCORE NOTES 26 ------CLE##### 32-43 T-4th -11.5 PPD due to inclement weather; DH scheduled for Sept. 14 4/15 vs. BOS 4-3 Kepler singled in Arraez from second base with 1 out in bot 9 27 ------CLE 8-2 W 33-43 T-3rd -11.5 20,215 481,371 39 Happ/Hentges 5/18 vs. CWS 5-4 Polanco singled in Simmons from third base with 2 outs in bot 9 28 ------at CWS###### 33-43 3rd -11.5 PPD due to rain; DH scheduled for July 19 6/10 vs. NYY 7-5 Cruz hit two-run home run bringing in Astudillo with no outs in bot 9 6/21 vs. CIN 7-5 Sanó hit two-run home run bringing in Simmons with 1 out in bot 12 29 ------at CWS 6-7 L 33-44 4th -12.5 17,382 Giolito/Maeda/Hendriks 7/11 vs. DET 12-9 Polanco hit three-run home run bringing in Larnach, Cruz with 1 out in bot 10 30 ------at CWS 3-13 L 33-45 4th -13.5 16,803 Cease/Ober 7/26 vs. DET 6-5 Kepler singled in Maeda from second base with 2 outs in bot 10 JULY (11-16) Batting: .244 (218-for-893) Pitching: 11-16-5, 4.87 (232.2 IP, 126 ER) 8/15 vs. TB 5-4 Polanco sacrifice fly scored Kepler from second base no outs in bot 9 8/16 vs. CLE 5-4 Polanco doubled in Kepler from second base 2 outs in bot 10 1 ------at CWS 5-8 L 33-46 4th -14.5 29,444 Kopech/Alcala 8/18 vs. CLE 8-7 Polanco singled in Jeffers from third base 1 out in bot 11 2 ------at KC 4-7 L 33-47 5th -15.5 31,824 Lovelady/Happ/Barlow 3 ------at KC 3-6 L 33-48 5th -15.5 16,133 Zimmer/Jax/Barlow 2021 players on Roster (55) 4 ------at KC 6-2 W 34-48 5th -14.5 15,350 Maeda/Keller Pitchers: (31) 5 ------CWS 8-5 W 35-48 4th -13.5 20,321 501,692 40 Ober/Cease/Robles Albers, Andrew - LHP 6 ------CWS 1-4 L 35-49 5th -14.5 18,437 520,129 41 Rodón/Berríos/Hendriks Alcala, Jorge - RHP* Farrell, Luke - RHP Pineda, Michael - RHP* 7 ------CWS 1-6 L 35-50 5th -15.5 19,664 539,793 42 Lynn/Pineda Anderson, Shaun - RHP Gant, John - RHP Robles, Hansel - RHP * 8 ------DET 5-3 W 36-50 4th -15.0 18,192 557,985 43 Happ/Skubal/Rogers Barnes, Charlie - LHP García, Edgar - RHP Rogers, Taylor - LHP* 9 ------DET 4-2 W 37-50 4th -15.0 21,725 579,710 44 Alcala/Manning/Robles Barraclough, Kyle - RHP Garza Jr., Ralph - RHP Shoemaker, Matt - RHP* 10 ------DET 9-4 W 38-50 4th -15.0 21,030 600,740 45 Coulombe/Jiménez Berríos, José - RHP* Happ, J.A. - LHP* Smeltzer, Devin - LHP 11 ------DET ^12-9 W 39-50 4th -15.0 20,744 621,484 46 Duffey/Holland Burrows, Beau - RHP Jax, Griffin - RHP Stashak, Cody - RHP* 12 ------ALL STAR BREAK Colomé, Alex - RHP* Law, Derek - RHP Thielbar, Caleb - LHP* 13 ------ALL STAR BREAK American League - 5, National League - 2 Ohtani/Burnes/Hendriks Coulombe, Danny - LHP Maeda, Kenta - RHP* Thorpe, Lewis - LHP 14 ------ALL STAR BREAK Dobnak, Randy - RHP* Minaya, Juan - RHP Vincent, Nick - RHP 15 ------ALL STAR BREAK Duffey, Tyler - RHP* Ober, Bailey - RHP Waddell, Brandon - LHP 16 ------at DET#### 39-50 T-3rd -14.5 PPD due to inclement weather; DH scheduled for July 17 Position Players: (24) ------at DET 39-50 T-3rd -14.5 PPD due to inclement weather; rescheduled for August 30 Arraez, Luis - IF* Garlick, Kyle - OF* Polanco, Jorge - IF* 17 ------at DET 0-1 L 39-51 4th -16.0 13,747 Norris/Barnes/Soto Astudillo, Willians - C/IF/OF* Garver, Mitch - C* Refsnyder, Rob - OF ------at DET ^4-5 L 39-52 4th -16.0 31,624 Jiménez/Rogers Blankenhorn, Travis - IF Gordon, Nick - IF Riddle, JT - IF 18 ------at DET 0-7 L 39-53 4th -17.0 15,854 Peralta/Happ Buxton, Byron - OF* Jeffers, Ryan - C* Rooker, Brent - OF 19 ------at CWS###### ^3-2 W 40-53 4th -17.0 - - Duffey/Crochet/Robles Cave, Jake - OF* Kepler, Max - OF* Rortvedt, Ben - C ------at CWS 3-5 L 40-54 4th -17.0 18,272 Bummer/Berríos Celestino, Gilberto - OF Kirilloff, Alex - OF Sanó, Miguel - IF* 20 ------at CWS 5-9 L 40-55 4th -18.0 17,703 Burr/Alcala Cruz, Nelson - DH* Larnach, Trevor - OF Simmons, Andrelton - SS* 21 ------at CWS 7-2 W 41-55 4th -17.0 25,600 Pineda/Cease Donaldson, Josh - 3B* Lin, Tzu-Wei - IF Telis, Tomás - C (* - on Opening Day roster)