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MINNESOTA TWINS (26-17) at ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (17-16) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 - 1:10 P.M. (CT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH / RADIO: TIBN, WCCO, THE WOLF / TWINSBEISBOL.COM RHP José Berríos (3-3, 4.29) vs. RHP Carlos Martinez (0-1, 14.73) RHP (6-2, 2.72) vs. RHP Daniel Ponce de Leon (0-3, 7.82) GAMES 44 & 45 ROAD GAMES 21 & 22 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 9/9 OFF DAY 9/10 OFF DAY SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: The Twins completed their eight-game homestand with a record of 6-2, going 2-1 vs. STREAKS Chicago-AL and 4-1 vs. Detroit...today they will play their fourth doubleheader of the season with Under Baldelli (since '19):...... 127-78 two games in St. Louis...after the game, they will travel back to Minneapolis and enjoy off-days on Current Streak 1 win Home Record:...... 18-5 both Wednesday and Thursday before hosting Cleveland for three over the weekend...Twins have Last 5 games 4-1 Road Record:...... 8-12 won six of their last seven games. Record in series:...... 10-3-1 Last 10 games 6-4 Series Openers:...... 9-5 TIGER KINGS: The Twins beat the Tigers yesterday afternoon at Target Field by a score of 6-2, taking Last 15 games 8-7 Series Finales:...... 10-4 four of five games from Detroit... (1-0) made his second start of the season and Last 20 games 11-9 Rubber Games:...... 5-1 earned the win, allowing two runs on just three hits in 7.0 innings pitched...the offense recorded Sweeps/Swept:...... 2/2 10 hits... went 2-for-4 with a double (2) and a (6) and his TWINS VS. ST. LOUIS July:...... 5-2 first career home run, a solo shot in the third inning off Michael Fulmer...Twins went 3-for-7 with 2020 Record:...... 2-0 August:...... 15-14 runners in scoring position and left four men on base. September/October:...... 6-1 Current Streak:...... 2 wins Day Games:...... 9-8 DOUBLE VISION: Twins are playing their fourth doubleheader this season...since the start of last 2020 at Home:...... 2-0 Night Games:...... 17-9 season, the Twins are 8-4 in doubleheaders (4-2 in game one, 4-2 in game two)...below are the 2020 at St. Louis:...... vs. American League Central:...... 17-14 All-Time Record:...... 15-13 ...... 9-3 2020 doubleheader results: vs. National League Central: DATE G1 SCORE G2 SCORE NOTES All-Time at Home:...... 9-3 Games vs. LH Starter:...... 8-7 August 15 vs. KC...... W, 4-2...... L, 2-4...... Cruz homers in both games, Twins two hits in G2 All-Time at St. Louis:...... 6-10 Games vs. RH Starter:...... 18-10 August 29 at DET...... L, 2-8...... L, 2-4...... Cruz homers in both games, Dobnak 12 H, 6 ER in G1 Twins score first:...... 20-8 September 4 vs. DET...W, 2-0...... W, 3-2.... Polanco & Donaldson leadoff G1 with homers, Polanco 4 H in G2 2020 Game Logs: Opponent scores first:...... 6-9 Today's games were originally scheduled as a two-game series in St. Louis tonight and tomorrow. Date Site Score Winner/Loser/ Come-from-behind wins:...... 5 AAccording to Elias, is the second player in club history to homer in each game of a 7/28 MIN 6-3 Bailey/Martínez/Romo Leading after 7/8 inn.:...... 21-1/21-1 Adoubleheader twice in one season, joining Harmon Killebrew in 1966, who homered in both games Trailing after 7/8 inn.:...... 1-10/1-12 on August 28 at Chicago-AL and again on September 30 at Baltimore. 7/29 MIN 3-0 Hill/Ponce de Leon/Rogers Tied after 7/8 inn.:...... 2-4/1-1 Twins last Interleague doubleheader came against Colorado at Target Field, May 18, 2017, splitting the 9/8 STL Extra-innings:...... 2-0 Atwo games...their last IL doubleheader on the road came June 9, 2013 at Washington, getting swept. 9/9 STL 1-run games:...... 7-3 Twins out-hit opp.:...... 18-2 Opp. out-hit Twins:...... 5-14 ROTATIONAL PULL: Twins starting pitchers have combined to go 16-8, 3.49 ERA (198.1 IP, 77 ER) LAST HOMESTAND (6-2) Twins/Opp. have = hits:...... 3-1 with 22 home runs allowed, 66 walks, 183 , a .225 batting-average-against and a .653 Batting average .271 Run Differential:...... +38 (193-155) opponent OPS on the season...among all starting staffs in baseball, they rank tied for third in wins, Runs Per Game 4.9 Twins get Quality Start:...... 10-2 fifth in ERA and BAA and third in OPS (Cardinals rank first in both BAA and OPS - .192 and .625 Home Runs 10 Twins starter goes 6+ IP:...... 10-2 respectively)...below are some notable numbers on the current Twins starting five: RISP .297 MICHAEL PINEDA RICH HILL JOSÉ BERRÍOS RANDY DOBNAK Most games over .500:...... 10, 8/25 Errors 4 Most games under .500:...... 1-0 (2 GS) 1-1 (5 GS) 3-3 (8 GS) 6-2 (8 GS) 4-1 (8 GS) Longest win-streak:...... 6, 7-31-8/5 2 quality starts 3.86 ERA 42.0 IP 39.2 IP 48.2 IP Longest losing-streak:...... 6, 8/25-31 .191 BAA .247 BAA 47 K's .314 OBP .156 BAA Team ERA 3.13 When Twins score 4+:...... 19-5 2.77 ERA under 3 ER in 4 GS 10.07 K/9.0 IP .686 OPS 2.77 ERA Starters W-L 3-0 When Twins score 3-:...... 7-12 3BB/12 K 5 HR allowed under 3 ER in 7 GS 0.72 WHIP Starters ERA 2.68 Twins get 10+ hits:...... 10-4 Relievers W-L-S 3-2-0 ...... 35 WE'RE OUT OF THEIR LEAGUE: The Twins are 9-3 this season in Interleague Play, going 2-0 vs. St. Days in First Place Relievers ERA 3.77 Days in Second Place...... 3 Louis, 3-1 vs. and 4-2 vs. Milwaukee...Twins have a .750 IL winning percentage, best Days in Third Place...... 8 in the AL and second best in baseball, trailing only Los Angeles-NL (10-2, .833). Saves/Opps 3/5 Days in Fourth Place...... Remaining IL schedule (8 games): two at St. Louis today...three at Wrigley Field September 18- Days in Fifth Place...... A20...three at home vs. Cincinnati September 25-27...Twins need two wins in those remaining THROUGH GAMES OF THIS DATE IN 2019 Walk-Off W/L:...... 2/1 games to have their first winning season against the National League since 2017 (13-7) RECORD GAMES BACK/AHEAD Shutouts W/L:...... 3/1 which would also mark their second winning season in IL play since 2010. 88-55 (.615)...... +5.5 over Cleveland Complete Games...... From 1997 (IL Play's inception) to 2009, the Twins went 132-96 in IL Play, second to only Athe Yankees (133-95) in wins during that span...since then they have gone 96-110, tied for GONE IN 60 20th most IL wins in baseball in that span. THE AMAZING RACE Twins have homered in 32 of their last 35 Interleague games...58 home runs in that span. MIN/WAS FRANCHISE RECORDS OVER THE A AL CENTRAL STANDINGS FIRST 60 GAMES OF A SEASON (SINCE 1901) TEAM W-L % NATIONAL TREASURES: Notable individual numbers in Interleague games: Chicago...... 26-15...... 634 HITS...... 102, Heinie Manush, 1934 Eddie Rosario has five home runs and 13 RBI in 11 games vs. NL opponents this season...since HOME RUNS...... 22, Harmon Killebrew, 1959 Athe start of last season, he has 11 home runs and 28 RBI...the 11 homers are tied for second Cleveland...... 26-15...... 634 RBI...... 63, Kirby Puckett, 1994 most in baseball while his 28 RBI are tied for sixth. Minnesota...... 26-17...... 605 XBH...... 37, Eduardo Escobar, 2018 In 188 career games, Nelson Cruz has 50 home runs, fourth among actives, trailing Albert Detroit...... 18-21...... 462 RUNS...... 55, Cesar Tovar, 1970 APujols (65), Miguel Cabrera (57) and Edwin Encarnación...Cruz is one of 14 players all-time to Kansas City...... 14-28...... 333 DOUBLES...... 28, Chuck Knoblauch, 1994 hit at least 50 home runs in Interleague Play...former Twins Jim Thome (64), David Ortiz (56) -Chicago is at Pittsburgh - 6:05 p.m. (CT) and Torii Hunter (50) are also part of that group. WALKS...... 70, Eddie Yost, 1956 -Cleveland hosts Kansas City - 6:10 p.m. (CT) STOLEN BASES...... 36, Clyde Milan, 1912 is hitting .310 (144-for-465) with 25 doubles, 29 home runs, 93 RBI, 94 runs scored Aand a .955 OPS in 123 career IL games...in his last eight IL games, he is hitting .375 (12-for-32) with four doubles, three home runs and 12 RBI. ------WINS...... 14, Walter Johnson, 1913 TWINS AND BIRDS: Twins and Cardinals are playing each other for the third and fourth time this season...they swept the two-game series last time STRIKEOUTS..... 129, Walter Johnson, 1910 these two met at Target Field July 28 and 29, winning the first game 6-3 and the second game 3-0...Twins are 15-13 all-time against St. Louis STARTS...... 18, 2 Tied in the regular season and 7-1 in their last eight...last time they played at Busch Stadium came May 7-8, 2018, sweeping the two game series... GAMES...... 38, Mike Marshall, 1979 they were 2-7 all-time in the regular season at the old Busch Stadium (1997-2001) and are 4-4 all-time at the new Busch Stadium (2006-18). SAVES...... 21, Glen Perkins, 2015 STARTING TO GET OFFENSIVE: Twins are hitting .289 (66-for-228) with 11 doubles, one triple, nine home runs, 20 walks, a .352 on-base per- RECENT TRANSACTIONS centage and an .817 OPS in their last seven games...they have recorded 10-plus hits in five of those games...they have the third most hits in 9/8 RHP Poppen added as 29th man the AL since September started. 9/7 RHP Stashak reinstated from 10-day IL ON THIS DAY IN TWINS HISTORY: In 2012, the Twins retired number 10 in honor of Tom Kelly as he joined Harmon Killebrew (3 – 1975), Rod Carew LHP Smeltzer optioned to alternate site (29 – 1987), Tony Oliva (6 – 1991), Kent Hrbek (14 – 1995), Kirby Puckett (34 – 1997) and Bert Blyleven (28 – 2011) as the seventh Twin, at 9/6 RHP Littell reinstated from 10-day IL the time (Mauer #7 in 2019), to have his number retired by the organization (the Twins, in conjunction with all of MLB, retired Jackie Robinson’s and optioned to alternate training site No. 42 in 1997)...Kelly is the club’s all-time leader in managerial wins with 1,140...he had a postseason record of 16-8, leading the Twins to two 9/5 C Avila placed on 10-day IL World Championships in 1987 over the St. Louis Cardinals and 1991 over the Atlanta Braves. RHP Poppen optioned to training site REST IN PEACE, LOU BROCK: Twins would like to send condolences to the Cardinals family on the passing of legend Lou Brock, who passed away on C/IF Astudillo recalled Sunday at the age of 81...Brock never faced the Twins, but spent one season as a member of the St. Cloud Rox when they were deemed a Class-C OF Wade, Jr. recalled minor league squad for Chicago-NL in the Northern League...prior to the minor league realignment in 1963, Class-C teams were comparable to LHP Barnes added to player pool modern-day Single-A clubs...that year, across 128 games for the Rox, Brock hit .361 (181-for-501) with 33 doubles, 14 home runs, 82 RBI and 38 RHP Balazovic added to player pool stolen bases with his home ballpark just an hour north of Target Field...other historical Rox alumni include Gaylord Perry (SFG, 1958) and Orlando RHP Canterino added to player pool Cepeda (NYG, 1956), while current Twins catcher played for the club within its current affiliation with the Northwoods League. TWINSPRESSBOX.COM UPCOMING MILESTONES PLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACH Get the latest Twins Game Notes, Zoom Byron Buxton...... 196 runs scored...... Needs 4 to reach 200 for career. Interviews, Roster, Stat Packs, Clips, Press Nelson Cruz...... 414 home runs...... Needs 1 to pass Darrell Evans and move into sole possession of 53rd on MLB's all-time list. Releases, 2020 Media Guide as well as other Marwin Gonzalez...... 94 home runs...... Needs 6 to reach 100 for career. team related information at: ...... 127 home runs...... Needs 5 to tie Jacque Jones (132) for 13th on Twins all-time list. www.twinspressbox.com 99 doubles...... Needs 1 to reach 100 for career. GAME ONE STARTING PITCHER 2020 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS JOSÉ BERRíOS #17 CG’s: - - CG’s: 3, last: 9/27/19 at KC Height: 6-0 Weight: 205 B/T: R/R Age: 26 (5/27/94 in Bayamón, PR) SHO’s: - - SHO’s: 1, 4/1/18 at BAL CG Low Hit: - - CG Low-Hit: 3, 4/1/17 at BAL 2020: 3-3, 4.29 ERA CAREER: 46-37, 4.21 ERA Innings: 6.0, 3x, last: 9/2 vs. CWS Innings: 9.0, 2x, last: 6/7/18 vs. CWS SO’s: 9, 8/20 vs. MIL SO’s: 12, 6/24/18 vs. TEX • Today he makes his ninth start of the season and the 112th of his career. 4, 2x, last: 8/26 at CLE 6, 8/9/18 at CLE • Today's start will mark the 18th Interleague nod of his career and his third of the season...also Walks: Walks: will be his second career start against the Cardinals, and his first at Busch Stadium. Hits: 8, 8/9 at KC Hits: 12, 5/13/19 vs. LAA Home Runs: 1, 5x, last: 8/26 at CLE Home Runs: 3, 5x, last: 4/20/19-G1 at BAL 2020 DAY-BY-DAY Win-Streak: 2, 8/20-present Win-Streak: 5, 4/14-5/7/19 Loss-Streak: 2, 8/9-8/15 Loss-Streak: 6, 8/6-9/27/16 Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Left/Final Notes Pitches/K 7/24 at CWS ND 4.0 7 5 5 1 1 1 7-5/10-5 Second-career Opening Day start 75/52 (69.3%) CAREER NOTES 7/30 vs. CLE L1 5.0 3 2 2 1 2 6 0-2/0-2 Fewest H since 9/10/19, Bieber 13 K 96/57 (59.4%) JULY TOTALS 0-1 9.0 10 7 7 2 3 7 7.00 ERA • Selected to the 2019 MLB All-Star Game, pitching a scoreless third inning. 8/4 vs. PIT W1 6.0 4 1 1 0 3 6 7-1/7-3 First win/quality start of season 98/57 (58.2%) • Started Game 1 of the 2019 ALDS against New York-AL, yielding one earned run across 4.0 8/9 at KC L2 5.1 8 4 4 1 3 4 2-4/2-4 Season high hits allowed 96/62 (64.6%) innings pitched, with six strikeouts and three walks. 8/15 vs. KC L3 4.0 5 4 4 1 4 7 2-4/2-4 Tied for shortest outing of 2020 84/50 (59.5%) • In 2019, teamed with Jake Odorizzi (11 Ks on March 30 against the Indians) to become 8/20 vs. MIL W2 6.0 1 0 0 0 1 9 1-0/7-1 Season-high strikeouts 89/58 (65.2%) 8/26 at CLE ND 5.2 7 3 3 1 4 6 2-3/3-6 Tied season-high walks 105/63 (60.0%) just the second pair of pitchers in baseball history (since 1893, when the mound was AUG TOTALS 2-2 27.0 25 12 12 3 15 32 4.00 ERA placed at its current distance to home plate) to start a team's season with consecutive 9/2 vs. CWS W3 6.0 3 1 1 0 2 8 6-1/8-1 Third quality start of season 99/66 (66.7%) double-digit totals...the only others to ever do it were Hall of Famer Randy SEPT TOTALS 1-0 6.0 3 1 1 0 2 8 1.50 ERA Johnson, along with Curt Schilling, for the 2001 . RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA • Given the 2018 Joseph W. Haynes Award for Twins Pitcher of the Year, voted on by the Twin 2020 TOTALS 3-3 42.0 38 20 20 5 20 47 4.29 Cities Chapter of BBWAA...also won the Carl R. Pohlad Community Service Award. CAREER TOTALS 46-37 638.2 596 324 299 83 215 632 4.21 • Became 21st pitcher in Twins history to reach the 200-strikeout mark in a season (202 in 2018). LAST TIME OUT: In his previous start, Berríos faced Chicago-AL at Target Field on September 2 in an • Named to 2018 AL All-Star team, threw 1.0 scoreless inning in the All-Star Game. 8-1 Twins win...Berríos garnered his third victory of the season after pitching 6.0 innings, allowing • Pitched for Team Puerto Rico in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, going 1-0, 8.10 ERA (6.2 one earned run, walking two and striking out eight...José Abreu's RBI groundout in the third inning IP, 6 ER) with two walks and 10 strikeouts. marked the only Chicago score on an otherwise-clean slate for Berríos...after his exit, relievers Jorge Alcala and combined to blank the South Siders in the final three innings of the game, securing the win...in 16 total starts against the White Sox, Berríos now holds a 12-2 record with a 2020 MISC. NUMBERS 2.69 ERA (103.2 IP, 31 ER) and 24 walks against 109 strikeouts. W L ERA G/GS IP ER AVG H AB HR BB SO Home: 3 2 2.67 5/5 27.0 8 Vs. Left: .173 13 75 3 14 24 BERRÍOS AND THE CARDINALS: Berríos has made one start against the Cardinals in his career – a Road: 0 1 7.20 3/3 15.0 12 Vs. Right: .301 25 83 2 6 23 7.1-inning gem on May 15, 2018 at Target Field...throughout his 7.1 innings, he held St. Louis to a Day: 1 2 5.28 3/3 15.1 9 TOTALS: .241 38 158 5 20 47 single run on two hits with a walk and a hit batter...he struck out 10 hitters, making it one of nine Night: 2 1 3.71 5/5 26.2 11 career starts wherein he's reached double-digit punchouts...since his call-up in 2016, Berríos owns Grass: 3 3 4.29 8/8 42.0 20 None On: .237 22 93 1 10 24 nine of the Twins' 17 double-digit-strikeout performances (59.2%)...despite having just seven starts Turf: 0 0 - - 0/0 0.0 0 Runners On: .246 16 65 4 10 23 against the National League Central division, he has faced each of the member squads at least once... all-time, he's 3-3 with a 4.34 ERA (37.1 IP, 18 ER) against the cohort, with 16 walks and 34 strikeouts. 6.0-PLUS IP/QUALITY STARTS AUGUST RECAP: With a full month of 2020 starts now in the books, here is how Berríos' August YEAR STARTS 6+ IP QS YEAR STARTS 6+ IP QS numbers stack up compared to previous years: 2016 14 1 1 2019 32 23 21 STAT 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2017 25 13 12 2020 8 3 3 Record 1-3 3-2 1-1 1-2 2-2 2018 32 20 17 TOTALS 111 60 54 ERA 8.59 3.89 4.74 7.57 4.00 WHIP 1.86 0.99 1.69 1.88 1.48 Walks 11 10 13 12 15 MORE 2020 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBERS Strikeouts 15 37 23 30 32 BASE RUNNERS PICK-OFFS SB-ATT GIDP Home runs 3 4 4 6 3 BERRÍOS: 61 2 3-3 3

A TALE OF TWO HANDEDNESSES: In his career, Berríos has held right-handed hitters to a .250 batting 2020 RUNS/HITS PER INNING average, and left-handed hitters to .239...this season, though, Berríos has seen a stark difference in his efficiency with regard to the two orientations...lefties are hitting just .173 (13-for-75), with INNING: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a .300 OBP and .673 OPS...righties are hitting .301 (25-for-83), with a .359 OBP and .768 OPS. RUNS/HITS: 3/7 5/11 7/8 4/4 0/4 1/4 -/- -/- -/- ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Traditionally, Berríos has preffered starting in his home ballpark, and 2020 BERRíOS VS. ST. LOUIS has proved no different...in his career, he's 28-16 with a 3.52 ERA (322.1 IP, 126 ER) when working from him his home rubber, including 3-2 with a 2.67 ERA (27.0 IP, 8 ER) this season...away from 2018 vs. St. Louis (1 start): 1-0, 1.23 ERA (7.1 IP, 1 ER), 1 BB, 10 SO Target Field, he's 18-21 all-time with a 4.92 ERA (316.1 IP, 173 ER), including 0-1 with a 7.20 ERA 2018 vs. St. Louis at Home (1 start): 1-0, 1.23 ERA (7.1 IP, 1 ER), 1 BB, 10 SO (15.0 IP, 12 ER) in 2020. 2018 vs. St. Louis on Road (0 starts): - - Career vs. St. Louis (1 start): 1-0, 1.23 ERA (7.1 IP, 1 ER), 1 BB, 10 SO AN INTERLEAGUE RUNDOWN: Berríos has started 17 games in Interleague Play, of which 10 have been quality starts...he's made seven starts against the NL Central, five starts against the NL East Career vs. St. Louis at Home (1 start): 1-0, 1.23 ERA (7.1 IP, 1 ER), 1 BB, 10 SO and five starts against the NL West...in total during Interleague Play, he owns an 8-8 record and Career vs. St. Louis on Road (0 starts): - - a 3.49 ERA (98.0 IP, 38 ER) with 35 walks and 100 strikeouts...he's also holding National League opponents to a .194 batting average (68-for-350). BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPS Berríos vs. the Cardinals Martinez vs. the Twins BERRÍOS' WINNING WAYS: Berríos has 43 wins since the start of 2017, tied with Cleveland's PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SO PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SO Carlos Carrasco for third most in the American League, trailing Justin Verlander (DET/HOU, 53) Miller .300 10 3 1 0 2 Rosario .429 7 3 0 1 0 and Charlie Morton (HOU/TB, 46)...league-wide in that span, 43 wins rank tied for ninth in the Bader .333 3 1 0 0 2 Buxton .000 5 0 0 0 3 majors with Trevor Bauer (CLE/CIN), Rick Porcello (BOS/NYM) and Stephen Strasburg (WAS)... Carpenter .000 3 0 0 0 2 Cruz .000 5 0 0 0 0 his 583 strikeouts rank seventh in the AL in that span, trailing Verlander (816), Chris Sale (BOS, Goldschmidt .000 3 0 0 0 2 Arraez .500 2 1 0 0 0 763), Gerrit Cole (HOU/NYY, 672), Morton (628), Bauer (602) and Carrasco (605). DeJong .000 2 0 0 1 0 Donaldson 1.000 2 2 1 0 0 Wieters .500 2 1 0 0 0 Gonzalez .000 2 0 0 1 1 PITCH MOVEMENT: In Berríos' first eight starts in 2019, he went 6-1 (7 QS), with a 2.53 ERA (53.1 Wong .000 2 0 0 0 0 Polanco 1.000 2 2 1 0 0 IP, 15 ER), eight walks, 51 strikeouts, a .209 opponent batting average (41-for-196) and a .618 Sano .500 2 1 0 0 0 opponent OPS...conversely, in his first eight starts this season, Berríos is 3-3 (3 QS) with a 4.29 ERA Adrianza .000 1 0 0 0 0 (42.0 IP, 20 ER), 20 walks, 47 strikeouts, a .241 opponent batting average (38-for-158) and a .722 opponent OPS. Here are Berríos pitch movement metrics, as they compare between 2019 and 2020: QUOTABLE: PITCH VERTICAL MOVEMENT 2019/2020 HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT 2019/2020 September 2 - José Berríos, on his performance vs. CWS on 9/2: Fastball...... 17 inches / 15.6 inches...... 9.9 inches / 11.1 inches. "Yeah, I feel really good (about what I did tonight). I had a plan during the day – I said, Curveball...... 45.2 inches / 41.5 inches...... 17 inches / 14.3 inches. 'This is a new month and a new opportunity, so why don't I start over and do my thing.'" Sinker...... 22.8 inches / 21.1 inches...... 16.1 inches/ 15.6 inches. Changeup...... 36.9 inches / 34.4 inches ...... 14.5 inches / 12.4 inches On how challenging the White Sox' lineup was: "We know. We've seen that they've been doing well...like I said, during the day, I had PITCH SELECTION: Below is the breakdown of Berríos' repertoire this season, according to Baseball Savant: a plan...it's a new month and a new opportunity, so I came tonight to bring my 100 PITCH NUMBER (vs. RHB-LHB)/AVG MPH PERCENTAGE percent. We had good fastball command, a good breaking ball and a few changeups. Curveball...... 226 pitches (121-105)/83.4...... 30.5 We executed our plan well, so that's why we were successful." Fastball...... 199 pitches (90-109)/94.5...... 26.8 Sinker...... 174 pitches (108-66)/93.7...... 23.5 On his breaking fall effectiveness: Changeup...... 143 pitches (43-100)/84.4...... 19.3 "(I kept) throwing it like a fastball. They were swinging at it, and that's what they did all night. We kept with that plan and attacked them, and we had a good night tonight." TURNING THE CORNER: Berríos finished his 2019 campaign with a 3.68 ERA, and saw an uptick in performance in a myriad of different pitching categories between 2017-18 and 2019. Third baseman Josh Donaldson, on his view of Berríos' pitch movement from third 2017-18 - 58 GAMES 2019 - 32 GAMES base: 26-19 RECORD 14-8 "The breaking ball was biting. It was definitely sharp tonight. The fastball was excellent 338.0 INNINGS PITCHED 200.1 as well. Any time, in my opinion, when you have a starting pitcher with a good breaking 7.7% WALK % 6.1% ball, you have to establish in the hitters' minds that the fastball could be coming, 3.86 ERA 3.68 especially on the inner part of the plate." 3.13 SO/BB 3.82 29 QUALITY STARTS 21 Manager , on Berríos' start: 16.1 PITCHES PER INNING 15.6 "The way he came out, he was very intent out there to perform tonight. We saw that from 3.2 PITCHING WAR 4.2 the very beginning. He was very focused. He was very locked in. His stuff was exceptional tonight, all the way around. It was a very, very good night for him."

GAME 2 STARTER - RHP RANDY DOBNAK (SEE NEXT PAGE) GAME TWO STARTING PITCHER 2020 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS RANDY DOBNAK #68 CG’s: - - CG’s: - - Height: 6-1 Weight: 230 B/T: R/R Age: 25 (1/17/95 in South Park, PA) SHO’s: - - SHO’s: - - CG Low Hit: - - CG Low-Hit: - - 2020: 6-2, 2.72 ERA CAREER: 8-3, 2.25 ERA Innings: 6.0, 8/5 at PIT Innings: 6.0, 2x, last: 8/5/20 at PIT • He is making his ninth start and appearance of the 2020 season. SO’s: 4, 2x, last: 9/4 vs. DET SO’s: 6, 9/25/19 at DET • He is making his 18th career appearance and 14th start...is making his third consecutive start Walks: 2, 3x, last: 8/29 at DET Walks: 2, 4x, last: 8/29/20 at DET in a doubleheader, but first in the second game. Hits: 12, 8/29 at DET Hits: 12, 8/29/20 at DET Home Runs: 2, 8/16 vs. KC Home Runs: 2, 8/16/20 vs. KC 2020 MAJOR LEAGUE DAY-BY-DAY Win-Streak: 5, 7/31-8/22 Win-Streak: 5, 7/31-8/22/20 Loss-Streak: 1, 2x, last: 8/29 at DET Loss-Streak: 1, 3x, last: 8/29/20 at DET Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Left/Final Notes Pitches/K 7/25 at CWS L1 4.0 3 1 1 0 2 3 0-1/3-10 Allowed RBI double in 3rd, took loss 73/51 (69.9%) 7/31 vs. CLE W1 5.0 3 0 0 0 2 4 4-0/4-1 2nd-longest scoreless GS of career 94/63 (67.0%) CAREER NOTES JULY TOTALS 1-1 9.0 6 1 1 0 4 7 1.00 ERA 8/5 at PIT W2 6.0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1-0/5-2 Extended scoreless IP streak to 12.0 71/46 (64.8%) • Signed as an undrafted free agent on July 28, 2017. 8/10 at MIL W3 5.0 4 1 1 0 1 3 4-1/4-2 Won third start in a row 79/49 (62.0%) • Made his major league debut August 9, 2019 vs. Cleveland, becoming just the sixth 8/16 vs. KC W4 5.1 3 2 2 2 1 3 3-2/4-2 Extended career-long win streak to 4 74/48 (64.9%) reliever in Twins history, first since Francisco Oliveras on May 3, 1989 vs. Milwaukee, to 8/22 at KC W5 5.0 8 2 2 1 1 2 4-2/7-2 Career-high 8 H allowed; 5th W 79/49 (62.0%) throw 4.0-or-more shutout innings in his MLB debut. 8/29 at DET(1) L2 4.1 12 6 6 0 2 1 1-4/2-8 Snapped career-long W streak 73/42 (57.5%) AUGUST TOTALS 4-1 25.2 30 11 11 3 5 10 3.86 ERA • He won Twins minor league Pitcher of the Week for the week ending on July 28, 2019 9/4 vs. DET(1) W6 5.0 4 0 0 0 1 4 2-0/2-0 4th career scoreless GS of 5.0+ IP 61/36 (59.0%) after making two starts, going 2-0 with a 1.46 ERA (12.1 IP, 2 ER) for Triple-A Rochester. SEPT TOTALS 1-0 5.0 4 0 0 0 1 4 3.86 ERA • He was named winner of the 2019 Jim Rantz award, given annually to the Twins minor RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA league Pitcher of the Year...went 12-4 with a 2.07 ERA (135.0 IP, 35 ER) in 24 games (21 2020 TOTALS 6-2 39.2 40 12 12 3 10 21 2.72 starts) across three minor league levels. CAREER TOTALS 8-3-1 68.0 67 21 17 4 15 44 2.25 • Started Game 2 of the 2019 ALDS, becoming the fourth rookie pitcher in Twins history (6th occurrence) to start a Postseason game. • Prior to joining the Twins organization, Dobnak spent six weeks playing amateur ball for 2019 MAJOR LEAGUE DAY-BY-DAY (ITALICS INDICATE RELIEF) the Utica Unicorns of the United Shore League. • Pitched collegiately for Division II Alderson Broaddus University (WV)...in 2015 threw a Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Left/Final Notables Pitches/K (Pct.) no-hitter against Bluefield State with one walk and finished fourth in the NCAA with eight 8/9 vs. CLE ND 4.0 6 0 0 0 0 3 ---/2-6 1st Major League appearance 68/46 (67.6%) 8/29 at CWS SV1 3.0 5 2 0 0 0 0 ---/10-5 1st Major League save 53/39 (73.6%) complete games...finished his freshman season with a 6-1 record, two complete games 8/31 at DET ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 3 ---/7-10 all 3 outs recorded via strikeout 17/15 (88.2%) and a 2.02 ERA...gave up just one home run all season and finished averaging 9.47 AUG. TOTALS 0-0-1 8.0 13 2 0 0 0 6 0.00 ERA strikeouts per game. 9/3 at BOS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1-0/6-5 First career start 19/11 (57.9%) 9/8 vs. CLE L1 2.0 3 2 2 0 1 1 0-2/2-5 First career loss 33/22 (66.7%) 9/11 vs. WAS ND 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 1 ---/2-6 Allowed first HR to Trea Turner 11/8 (72.7%) 2020 MISC. NUMBERS 9/15 at CLE ND 5.0 6 2 1 0 1 2 1-2/5-7 Then-longest career start 74/45 (60.8%) 9/20 vs. KC W1 5.1 3 1 1 0 2 5 2-1/4-3 First career win 74/45 (60.8%) W L ERA G/GS IP ER AVG H AB HR BB SO 9/25 at DET W2 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 6 0-1/5-1 Exited in 6th; Twins took lead in 7th 78/59 (75.6%) SEPT. TOTALS 1-1 14.1 13 6 5 1 5 11 3.14 ERA Home: 3 0 1.17 3/3 15.1 2 Vs. Left: .319 23 72 2 6 9 RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA Road: 3 2 3.70 5/5 24.1 10 Vs. Right: .224 17 76 1 4 12 2019 TOTALS 2-1-1 28.1 27 9 5 1 5 23 1.59 Day: 2 2 4.34 4/4 18.2 9 TOTALS: .270 40 148 3 10 21 Night: 4 0 1.29 4/4 21.0 3 LAST TIME OUT: Dobnak earned his sixth win of the year in his last start, defeating the Detroit Tigers Grass: 6 2 2.72 8/8 39.2 12 None On: .265 22 83 3 7 11 last Friday at Target Field in the first game of the doubleheader...pitched the first leg of a 2-0 team shutout, allowing just one walk and four singles across 5.0 empty frames...marked his fourth career Turf: ------Runners On: .277 18 65 0 3 10 start with at least 5.0 and no earned runs, third this season (also, July 31 vs. Cleveland, August 5 at Pittsburgh). 6.0-PLUS IP/QUALITY STARTS Randy's six wins so far give the Twins a rookie pitcher with at least six victories for the Asecond consecutive season (Zack Littell, 6 in 2019)...the last Twins rookie pitcher with more YEAR STARTS 6+ IP QS single-season victories was Trevor May with eight in 2015. 2019 5 1 1 2020 7 1 1 DOUBLE PLAY VISION: After inducing none in his first five starts, Dobnak induced three double plays TOTALS 13 2 2 in back-to-back starts August 22-29, tying the Twins' record (1961-present) for consecutive starts with at least three GIDPs, shared by eight other pitchers...the last to turn the trick, other than Dobnak, was Mike Pelfrey from June 7-13, 2015...the first to do so was Twins Hall of Famer Jim Kaat from MORE 2020 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBERS August 23-28, 1962...Dobnak enters today averaging 1.82 double plays per 9.0 innings, the highest rate in the majors (min. 35.0 IP)...his eight GIDPs on the season are second most in the majors. BASE RUNNERS PICK-OFFS SB-ATT GIDP Randy has induced multiple double plays each of his last three starts, with two in his last DOBNAK: 50 0 0-1 8 Aouting on September 4...it's the longest such streak by a Twins starting pitcher since Scott Diamond from August 1-12, 2012...the last Twins starting pitcher with a longer streak than 2020 RUNS/HITS PER INNING Dobnak and Diamond was Scott Erickson, who induced multiple double plays in four consecutive starts from September 7-25, 1992...Erickson also had a streak of three starts earlier in 1992. INNING: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RUNS/HITS: 1/8 3/7 2/10 2/6 4/7 0/2 -/- -/- -/- DOBINATION: Dobnak enters today on or near the top of the American League and MLB leaderboards in a number of categories, among pitchers with at least 35.0 innings worked so far this year. STAT DOBNAK'S NUMBER AL/MLB RANK DOBNAK VS. NATIONAL LEAGUE GIDP/9.0 IP...... 1.82...... 1st/1st Ground ball/fly ball ratio...... 4.33...... 1st/2nd 2020 vs. National League (2 starts): 2-0, 0.82 ERA (11.0 IP, 1 ER), 1 BB, 4 SO Ground ball percentage...... 61.4...... 2nd/3rd 2020 vs. National League at Home (0 games): - - Opponent Grounded Into Double Play...... 8...... 2nd/2nd 2020 vs. National League on Road (2 starts): 2-0, 0.82 ERA (11.0 IP, 1 ER), 1 BB, 4 SO Wins...... 6...... T-2nd/T-3rd Career vs. National League (3 games, 2 starts): 2-0, 1.50 ERA (12.0 IP, 2 ER), 1 BB, 5 SO Ground balls...... 78...... 3rd/6th Career vs. National League at Home (1 game): 0-0, 9.00 ERA (1.0 IP, 1 ER), 0 BB, 1 SO Fewest XBH allowed...... 9...... T-4th/T-6th Career vs. National League on Road (2 starts): 2-0, 0.82 ERA (11.0 IP, 1 ER), 1 BB, 4 SO INTERLEAGUE RUNDOWN: Dobnak is 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA (12.0 IP, 2 ER), one walk, five strikeouts and a .186 opponent batting average (8-for-43) in three career appearances (two starts) against the National League...he's never faced the Cardinals...both of his starts against the Senior BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPS Circuit have occurred this season, on August 5 at Pittsburgh and August 10 at Milwaukee...he Dobnak vs. the Cardinals Ponce de Leon vs. the Twins was the victor in each of those outings, going 2-0 with a 0.82 ERA (11.0 IP, 1 ER), one walk and PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SO PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SO four strikeouts, yielding just seven hits combined across the starts...his other appearance was Is making his first career start and appearance Cruz .500 2 1 0 0 1 a relief outing against Washington last year. against St. Louis. Donaldson .000 2 0 0 0 2 Polanco .000 2 0 0 0 0 DOUBLEHEADER VISION: After entering this season never pitching in a doubleheader before in his Rosario .500 2 1 1 0 1 major league career, Dobnak today will be making his third consecutive start in a twin billing...he's Sano .000 2 0 0 0 1 gone 1-1 with a 5.79 ERA (9.1 IP, 6 ER), three walks and five strikeouts across his last two starts... the outings were opposites–on August 29, Dobnak allowed a career-high six runs and 12 hits in 4.1 Arraez .000 1 0 0 1 1 innings in Detroit, taking the loss...in his last start, he held the Tigers to just four singles across 5.0 Cave .000 1 0 0 0 1 innings in the first leg of a team shutout. Gonzalez - - 0 0 0 2 0

ON THE ROAD: Five of Randy's eight starts this season have come away from Target Field...his REST REDUX: Dobnak is due to start in the second game of today's doubleheader on three last road start came on August 29, when he allowed a career-high six runs and 12 hits in a day's rest...will be his third career start on three-or-fewer days of rest, also doing so on loss at Comerica Park...he's 3-2 with a 3.70 ERA (24.1 IP, 10 ER), six walks, 10 strikeouts and September 3, 2019 at Boston, when he served as an Opener (1.0 IP, 1 BB, 1 K), and on a .316 BAA (30-for-95) in five starts on the road this season, compared to 3-0 with a 1.17 ERA September 15, 2019 at Cleveland (ND, 5.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R/1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K)...overall in his career, (15.1 IP, 2 ER), four walks, 11 strikeouts and a .189 opponent batting average (10-for-53) in he's 0-0 with a 1.50 ERA (6.0 IP, 1 ER) with two walks, four strikeouts and a .273 opponent three starts at Target Field. batting average when starting on three days of rest or less.

FULLY-CHARGED BATTERY: Dobnak's batterymate in his last start was rookie catcher Ryan Jeffers, WIN-STREAK WONDER: Dobnak won a career-best five consecutive starts from July 31-August marking the first time the two served as a battery in the majors...the rookie duo also crossed paths 22...marked the longest of his career and the longest win streak by a Twins rookie starter several times over the last few seasons in the minors, serving as a battery on eight occasions since won five-straight decisions from August 15-September 26, 2015...it was from 2018-19, divided evenly between Single-A Cedar Rapids and Single-A Ft. Myers...Dobnak is also the first time a Twins rookie starter won at least five-straight starts since Francisco 5-1 with a 1.06 ERA (42.1 IP, 5 ER), 11 walks and 26 strikeouts in eight career minor league Liriano won six consecutive starts from June 11-July 8, 2006. starts with Jeffers as his catcher...those performances include three scoreless starts in April 2019 for Single-A Ft. Myers, spanning 17.0 innings (13 H, 2 BB, 8 K). NIGHT AND DAY...LITERALLY: Dobnak is making his fifth start in a day game today, going 2-2 with a 4.34 ERA (18.2 IP, 9 ER), two home runs, six walks and 11 strikeouts in those starts... PITCH SELECTION: Dobnak has thrown his sinker more often than last season thus far, 44.7 percent of the his night numbers are, for lack of a better phrase, night and day from his day totals–Dobnak time compared to 36.5 percent in 2019...Dobnak's sinker is averaging 33.3 in. of vertical movement, is 4-0 this season in four night starts, with a 1.29 ERA (21.0 IP, 3 ER), one home run, four which is 7.3 in. more than similar sinkers at his average velocity...those 7.3 in. are the third-most walks and 10 strikeouts...his career totals follow a similar pattern, as he's 6-0 lifetime in inches above average on sinkers this season in the majors, among qualified pitchers...here's a night games with a 1.14 ERA (39.1 IP, 5 ER) in 10 games (seven starts) and 2-3 with a 3.77 breakdown of his 2020 repertoire, per Baseball Savant: ERA (28.2 IP, 12 ER) in seven games (six starts) in daytime outings. PITCH NUMBER (vs. RHB-LHB)/AVG MPH PERCENTAGE Sinker...... 270 (143-127)/91.3...... 44.7 Slider...... 200 (124-76)/83.2...... 33.1 Changeup ...... 104 (22-82)/85.5...... 17.2 Four Seamer...... 30 (14-16)/92.8...... 5.0 ALL-TIME STARTER: BERT BLYLEVEN BULLPEN TEAM BULLPEN NOTES ‘Pen has a 2.43 ERA (92.2 IP, 25 ER), .238 BAA (82-for-345) and .652 opponent OPS in 23 home games this season (Twins are 18-5 at home)...conversely, ’Pen has 5.42 ERA (76.1 IP, 46 ER), .263 BAA (80-for-304) Aand .822 opponent OPS in 20 road games (Twins are 8-12 on the road)...’pen went 3-2, 3.77 ERA (28.2 IP, 12 ER) with 5 walks, 37 strikeouts and a .277 BAA (33-for-119) during the last homestand (CWS and DET). ’Pen is 1st in AL/3rd in MLB in K/9.0 IP (10.49)...’pen also leads MLB in K/BB (3.65) and is T-3rd in MLB in saves (14), 7th in MLB in ERA (3.78)...stranded 29 of 38 inherited runners, good for a 23.7 IR scored %, 3rd in MLB. AOverall, ’pen is 10-9, 3.78 ERA (169.0 IP, 71 ER) with 54 BB, 197 K and 14 SV (19 OPP) in first 43 games of the season...’pen leads the majors with 34 holds as a unit...’pen is 2-2-4 w/ 3.94 ERA (48.0 IP, 21 ER) in IL play. A’Pen is 3-3, 4.17 ERA (36.2 IP, 17 ER) w/ 9 walks & 46 strikeouts in last 11 games (Twins are 6-5) in that span...seven ER given up Sunday were tied for the second most this season, letting up nine on July 25 at Chicago-AL. AJORGE ALCALA - RHP #66 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 205 B/T: R/R Age: 25 (7/28/95 in Bajos De Haina, DR) Acquired: Trade with HOU, 7/27/18 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/5 vs. DET W2 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 3 Homestand: 1-0-0, 0.00 (4.0 IP, 0 ER), 5 K, 0 BB Series vs DET: 1-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP, 0ER), 3 K, 0 BB vs. Left .407 vs. Right .105 9/2 vs. CWS ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Earned win Saturday night after pitching eighth and ninth, allowing 2 H and had 3 K’s...recorded career-high innings (3.0) and strikeouts (6) 8/21 at KC...earned 1st 8/29 at DET(2) ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 2 Acareer win and had 2.0 scoreless IP in 8/18 extra-inning victory vs. MIL...0 ER in 6 of 8 outings this season (13.0 IP, 5 ER)...hit career-high 100.7 mph on 9/2 vs. CWS. 8/25 at CLE BS1/L1 1.0 3 3 3 1 1 1 Never faced STL...3 career Interleague games, all this season against PIT and MIL...1-0 w/ 3.60 ERA (5.0 IP, 2 ER), 2 BB, 5 K, .222 BAA (4-for-18). 8/21 at KC ND 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 6 AOriginally signed by HOU as intl. free agent 12/3/14...traded to MIN along w/ OF Celestino for RHP Pressly on 7/27/18...MLB debut 9/21/19 vs. KC w/ 0.2 IP. 8/18 vs. MIL W1 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 ATYLER CLIPPARD - RHP #36 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 200 B/T: R/R Age: 35 (2/14/85 in Lexington, KY) Acquired: Signed as free agent, 12/20/19 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO Homestand: 0-0-0, 6.75 (2.2 IP, 2 ER), 3 K, 0 BB Series vs DET: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP, 0ER), 2 K, 0 BB vs. Left .231 vs. Right .216 9/5 vs. DET ND 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 1 9/4 vs. DET(2) ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Owns 2.25 ERA (4.0 IP, 1 ER), 5 K in 4 Interleague G this season (1 GS)...2.0 scoreless IP vs. STL 7/28-29...career 0-1-2, 2.76 ERA (16.1 IP, 5 ER) in 17 G vs. STL. 8/31 vs. CWS BS1 0.2 3 2 2 0 0 1 AHas 14 scoreless outings in his first 17 Twins appearances, with 2.08 ERA (17.1 IP, 4 ER), 2 BB, 18 K...let 2 inherited runners score Saturday – his first two of 2020. 8/29 at DET(2) ND 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 AHas been the Opener in two outings: 8/2 vs. CLE (2.0 scoreless IP) and 8/11 at MIL (1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, HR, 2 K)...has been Opener 6 times in career (all last 3 seasons). 8/26 at CLE ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 A2020 marked first OD roster since 2018 (TOR)...signed 1-year contract with MIN 12/20/19...made MIN debut on 7/24, pitching a scoreless 6th (1 BB, 1 K) and earned 8/23 at KC W1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Aa hold while becoming the 25th pitcher in MLB history to play for 10 franchises...1-0 w/ 3 HLD, 1.17 ERA (7.2 IP, 1 ER), .115 BAA in 8 road G this season (1 GS). 8/22 at KC ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Has also pitched for NYY (2007, 2016-17), WAS (2008-14), OAK (2015), NYM (2015), ARI (2016), CWS (2017), HOU (2017), TOR (2018) & CLE (2019). ATYLER DUFFEY - RHP #21 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 220 B/T: R/R Age: 29 (12/27/90 in Houston, TX) Drafted: 5th round, 2012 Draft DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/6 vs. DET BS1 1.1 3 2 1 0 0 3 Homestand: 0-0-0, 3.86 (2.1 IP, 1 ER), 5 K, 0 BB Series vs DET: 0-0-0, 3.86 (2.1 IP, 1ER), 5 K, 0 BB vs. Left .182 vs. Right .148 9/4 vs. DET(1) H9 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8/31 vs. CWS ND 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 1 Ranks T-1st in MLB w/ 9 holds (S. Romo - 9)...allowed 2 R (1 ER) with 3 K’s in 1.1 IP on Sunday afternoon...13 of 16 G are scoreless in 2020...39 of last 43 G have 8/29 at DET(2) L1 0.2 1 2 2 1 2 0 Abeen scoreless, since 7/28/19...1.31 ERA (41.1 IP, 6 ER) in span, with 64 K’s vs. 9 BB (7.11 K/BB and 13.94 K/9.0)...in same span, opponents are .159/ .217/ .255. 8/26 at CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Allowed 4 total R in previous four appearances...prior to that, allowed 4 total R in previous 40 outings...RHB are 4-for-27 (.148, 8 K) & LHB are 6-for-33 (.182, 14 K). 8/22 at KC H8 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 AHas 4 holds, a 1.80 ERA (5.0 IP, 1 ER), .118 BAA (2-for-17), 0 BB, 5 K in 5 Interleague G this season...1.0 scoreless IP 7/29 vs. STL...stranded both runners 8/20 vs. MIL H7 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 A8/31 vs. CWS and one Sunday vs. DET, has now stranded all five of his inherited runners this season...stranded 14 of his last 15 runners (93.3%) since 8/11/19. 8/17 vs. KC H6 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 Posted career-long 24.1 scoreless IP streak 7/28-9/28, longest for a Twin in ’19...during streak, recorded 42 K and 11 BB...2nd-longest streak in baseball in 8/15 vs. KC(1) W1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 A2019, behind only LAD’s Hyun-Jin Ryu’s 32.0 IP streak from 5/1-25. TREVOR MAY - RHP #65 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-5 Weight: 240 B/T: R/R Age: 30 (9/23/89 in Longview, WA) Acquired: Trade with PHI, 12/6/12 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/6 vs. DET ND 0.2 4 2 2 1 0 1 Homestand: 0-0-1, 12.00 (3.0 IP, 3 ER), 8 K, 0 BB Series vs DET: 0-0-1, 16.20 (1.2 IP, 3ER), 4 K, 0 BB vs. Left .212 vs. Right .344 9/4 vs. DET(2) S2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Allowed 3 ER with a homer Sunday vs. DET – his most ER in a G this season...struck out the side in the 8th in G2 on Friday, earning his 2nd save of the season...7 G 8/31 vs CWS ND 1.1 1 1 1 1 0 4 Aon road this season, going 1-0 w/ 6.43 ERA (7.0 IP, 5 ER), 2 BB, 8 K, .323 BAA (10-for-31), 2 holds...8/24-31, allowed ER in 3 consecutive appearances for the first 8/29 at DET(2) ND 0.2 2 2 2 1 0 1 time since 7/14-7/21/2019...8/29-31, back-to-back G with HR allowed for first time since 7/14-7/17/2019. 8/24 at CLE H5 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 2 Has 1 save, 1 hold, 6.75 ERA (4.0 IP, 3 ER), 0 BB, 6 K, .294 BAA (5-for-17) in 4 Interleague G in 2020...1-4-1, 5.45 ERA (34.2 IP, 21 ER), 9 BB, 36 K in 22 career IL G (4 GS). 8/23 at KC HD 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 A10 of 16 appearances this season have been scoreless...has a 14.94 K/9.0 IP ratio (26 K, 15.2 IP)...allowed a HR vs. CWS on 8/31 (Luis Robert). 8/21 at KC ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A2nd-longest tenured Twin (Polanco - debut 6/26/14), making debut 8/9/14. 8/17 vs. KC ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 ALHB are hitting .212 (7-for-32) w/ 3 HR in 2020...RHB are hitting .344 (11-for-32) w/ 2 HR in 2020...stranded all 6 inherited runners this season. 8/16 vs. KC H4 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 ASEAN POPPEN - RHP #71 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 205 B/T: R/R Age: 26 (3/5/1994 in Virginia Beach, VA) Drafted: 19th round, 2016 Draft DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/4 vs. DET(2) ND 0.2 3 2 2 0 0 0 Homestand: 0-0-0, 27.00 (0.2 IP, 2 ER), 0 K, 0 BB Series vs DET: 0-0-0, 27.00 (0.2 IP, 2ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .188 vs. Right .385 8/25 at CLE ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 2 8/23 at KC H1 1.2 1 1 0 0 0 2 Added as 29th man for today’s doubleheader...was 1st out of ’pen in G2 Friday, allowing 2 ER in 0.2 IP...LHB are just 3-for-16 (.188) against him this season... 8/7 at KC ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 ARHB are 5-for-13 (.385)...set career high w/ 4 K’s in 2.0 IP on 8/8 at KC...has just one career Interleague appearance, 7/31/19 at MIA (1.1 IP, 4 H, 4 ER). 8/8 at KC ND 2.0 2 1 1 0 2 4 Made 2020 debut 8/7 w/ scoreless eighth at KC and stranding 2 runners in scoring position. ATAYLOR ROGERS - LHP #55 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 190 B/T: L/L Age: 29 (12/17/90 in Denver, CO) Drafted: 11th round, 2012 Draft DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/7 vs. DET ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Homestand: 0-1-1, 0.00 (3.0 IP, 0 ER), 5 K, 0 BB Series vs DET: 0-0-1, 0.00 (2.0 IP, 0ER), 4 K, 0 BB vs. Left .333 vs. Right .302 9/4 vs. DET(1) S8 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8/31 vs. CWS L3 1.0 3 3 0 0 0 1 Earned 8th save in Game 1 Friday; ranks T-4th/T-8th in AL/MLB in saves (8-for-10)...struck out the side in the 9th of yesterday’s win...1st 4 G were scoreless, 8/24 at CLE S7 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Asince then has allowed runs in 5 of 11 games (5.23 ERA and .367 BAA)...earned eighth save of the season in Game 1 on Friday after pitching a scoreless ninth. 8/23 at KC S6 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1-2-2 (4 SVO) in 6 Interleague games this season, w/ 8.44 ERA (5.1 IP, 5 ER), 1 BB, 8 K...1 save, 2.45 ERA (3.2 IP, 1 ER) in 3 career games against STL. 8/18 vs. MIL BS2 1.0 2 2 1 0 1 2 A0.90 home ERA (10.0 IP, 1 ER) w/ 1 BB, 13 K, .250 BAA (10-for-40)...on road, is 0-2-3 (4 OPP) w/ 10.38 ERA (4.1 IP, 5 ER), .409 BAA (9-for-22) & 1.136 opponent OPS. 8/16 vs. KC H1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AHe’s one of four pitchers this season with at least 8 saves and at least one hold (Brad Hand, Trevor Rosenthal, Zack Britton). 8/15 vs. KC(1) S5 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 SERGIO ROMO - RHP #54 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 5-11 Weight: 185 B/T: R/R Age: 37 (3/4/1983 in Brawley, CA) Acquired: Trade with MIA, 7/27/19 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/6 vs. DET L2 0.2 1 1 1 1 0 1 Homestand: 0-1-0, 13.50 (0.2 IP, 1 ER), 1 K, 0 BB Series vs DET: 0-1-0, 13.50 (0.2 IP, 1ER), 1 K, 0 BB vs. Left .174 vs. Right .148 9/4 vs. DET(2) W1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Earned 1st W since 4/6/19 Friday...T-1st in MLB w/ 9 holds (T. Duffey)...scoreless in 12 of 16 outings...opponents are 8-for-50 (.160) w/ 2 HR, 4 BB & 15 K. 9/1 vs. CWS H9 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ATook loss Sunday vs. DET after HR in 8th...allowed 3 ER 8/26 at CLE (8/26)...had allowed 3 ER total in prev. 17 G’s...had not allowed 3 ER in a G since 6/9/19 vs. ATL (4 ER). 8/31 vs. CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AHas allowed 1 or fewer BB in 78 of last 82 G...is 3-0 w/ 5 saves, 9 holds, 3.25 ERA (27.2 IP, 10 ER), .217 BAA (23-for-106), 4 BB, 29 K in 30 career G vs. STL. 8/26 at CLE L1 0.1 2 3 3 0 1 0 AHas thrown his slider 67.6% of the time so far in 2020...opponents are hitting .156 (5-for-32) off the pitch...earned 700th career K 8/15 vs. KC. 8/24 at CLE H8 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 A12th MLB season...currently ranks 4th among actives in holds (187), 4th in games (724) and T-13th in saves (132)...1 of 4 active pitchers with at least 100 8/23 at KC H7 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Acareer saves and 100 career holds, alongside David Robertson (137 SV/147 HLD), Fernando Rodney (327 SV/114 HLD) and Joakim Soria (223 SV/105 HLD). 8/20 vs. MIL H6 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - RHP #61 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-2 Weight: 180 B/T: R/R Age: 26 (6/4/1994 in Somers Point, NJ) Drafted: 13th Round, 2015 Draft DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/7 vs. DET H3 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP, 0 ER), 1 K, 1 BB Series vs DET: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP, 0ER), 1 K, 1 BB vs. Left .000 vs. Right .333 8/11 at MIL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Reinstated from IL yesterday (Lower Back Inflammation) and worked a scoreless 8th inning (1 BB, 1 K)...3.0 scoreless IP w/ 1 hold, 5 K and a .100 BAA (1-for-10) 8/8 at KC ND 1.0 3 3 3 2 1 0 Aagainst the NL this season...9.00 K/BB (36 K, 4 BB) in career, that mark is fourth best in baseball since 2019 (min. 30.0 IP). 8/5 at PIT H2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 On 8/1, reached 30 career K before 2nd career BB...per Elias, is most career K by pitcher before 2nd career BB since mound was moved to current distance in 1893. 8/1 vs. CLE H1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 ANamed to 1st career Opening Day roster this year...became first-time father in late June to baby boy, Colton, reporting late to summer camp for the birth. 7/28 vs. STL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 ACALEB THIELBAR - LHP #72 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-0 Weight: 205 B/T: R/L Age: 33 (01/31/1987 in Northfield, MN) Acquired: Signed as free agent, 11/29/19 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/4 vs. DET(2) ND 2.1 3 0 0 0 1 2 Homestand: 1-0-0, 0.00 (3.1 IP, 0 ER), 4 K, 1 BB Series vs DET: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.1 IP, 0ER), 2 K, 1 BB vs. Left .250 vs. Right .237 9/1 vs. CWS W1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Tied season high w/ 2.1 IP Friday (G2)...earned the W 9/1 vs. CWS, working scoreless 7th (1 H, 2 K)...since allowing 2 ER in 2020 debut on 8/4, last 9 outings have been 8/30 at DET ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Ascoreless, holding opponents to a .184 AVG (7-for-38) in 10.2 IP (7 H, 2 BB, 14 K)...never faced STL; 1.62 ERA (16.2 IP, 3 ER), .186 BAA (11-for-59) in 13 career IL G. 8/24 at CLE H1 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 3 His win Tuesday night was his first since May 5, 2014 at CLE...at 6 years, 119 days, Thielbar’s time between wins in a MIN uniform is the 3rd longest in franchise 8/21 at KC ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Ahistory, behind Bert Blyleven (9 years, 77 days; May 23, 1976-August 8, 1985) and Craig Breslow (7 years, 349 days; May 14, 2009-April 28, 2017). 8/19 vs. MIL ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 1 Made 1st MLB appearance since 4/30/15 with MIN on 8/4 vs. PIT (2.1 IP and 54 pitches were career highs)...span of 5 yrs, 3 months and 3 days...4th-longest appearance 8/18 vs. MIL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ahiatus in Twins history, trailing Bert Blyleven (9 years, 64 days), Carlos Pulido (9 years, 22 days) and Craig Breslow (7 years, 322 days)...native of Northfield, MN. 8/12 at MIL ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 MATT WISLER - RHP #37 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 215 B/T: R/R Age: 27 (9/12/92 in Bryan, OH) Acquired: Claimed off Waivers from SEA, 10/29/19 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/4 vs. DET(2) ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Homestand: 0-0-1, 0.00 (3.0 IP, 0 ER), 5 K, 1 BB Series vs DET: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP, 0ER), 3 K, 1 BB vs. Left .042 vs. Right .175 9/1 vs. CWS S1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Served as Opener in Game 2 Friday, becoming 1st Twins pitcher to earn a save and start a game in consecutive outings since Tommy Milone in 2015...earned 8/29 at DET(2) ND 1.2 1 0 0 0 3 3 A2nd career save w/ scoreless ninth 9/1 vs. CWS, snapping streak of 3 GS...other SV came on 4/17/16 w/ ATL at MIA, with 1,597 days between saves...he’s one 8/23 at KC ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 2 of 3 pitchers this season w/ at least 4 GS and 1 SV, alongside STL’s Kwang Hyun Kim (4 GS/1 SV) & CLE’s Adam Plutko (4 GS/1 SV). 8/17 vs. KC ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Owns a 1.93 ERA (4.2 IP, 1 ER), 0 BB, 2K, .176 BAA (3-for-17) in 2 Interleague games this year...3-0 w/ 3.21 ERA (28.0 IP, 10 ER), 7 BB and 18 K in 6 G (3 GS) 8/11 at MIL ND 2.2 3 1 1 1 0 1 Alifetime vs. STL...throwing his slider 81.8% of time this year, the highest % among all pitchers (min. 250 pitches). 8/7 at KC L1 1.2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Allowed 1st H of season to LHB Saturday...LHB are 1-for-24 (.042)...0-1-1 w/ 0.64 ERA (14.0 IP, 1 ER) in 9 G (4 GS) this season vs. AL Central opponents. A 2020 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 Jorge Alcala .400 2.95 11.29 0/1 0 33.3% (1/3) 1.15 2 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) 2.0 IP (24) Tyler Clippard .385 1.04 9.35 0/1 5 25.0% (2/8) 0.92 1 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) 1.0 IP (20) Tyler Duffey .000 2.16 11.88 0/1 7 0.0% (0/5) 0.84 2 0.0 IP (0) 1.1 IP (33) 0.0 IP (0) Trevor May .375 1.72 14.94 2/4 5 0.0% (0/6) 1.34 5 0.0 IP (0) 0.2 IP (18) 0.0 IP (0) Sean Poppen .250 4.91 11.05 0/1 1 0.0% (0/0) 1.64 0 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) .333 0.63 11.93 8/10 1 100.0% (1/1) 1.40 1 1.0 IP (14) 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) Sergio Romo .214 2.51 9.42 3/3 5 100.0% (1/1) 0.84 2 0.0 IP (0) 0.2 IP (20) 0.0 IP (0) Cody Stashak .143 3.38 12.38 0/0 2 100.0% (1/1) 1.00 2 1.0 IP (19) 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) .333 2.77 11.77 0/0 1 0.0% (0/6) 1.23 0 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) Matt Wisler .000 5.30 11.57 1/1 0 0.0% (0.2) 1.02 2 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) HITTERS EHIRE ADRIANZA - INF (PRONOUNCED AY-RAY AH-DREE-AHN-ZAH) #13 MARWIN GONZALEZ - INF/OF #9 Height: 6-1 Weight: 195 B/T: S/R Age: 30 (8/21/89 in Guarenas, VZ) Height: 6-1 Weight: 205 B/T: S/R Age: 31 (3/14/1989 in Puerto Ordaz, VZ) 2020 Average: .182 Streak: 0-3 Series vs DET: 2-12, 2B 2020 Average: .211 Streak: 0-8 Series vs DET: 2-12, RBI Homestand: 2-16, 2B Home Runs: Homestand: 2-21, 2 RBI Home Runs: 3 (3 1-run) A Career .240 (6-for-25) w/ R, 2B, RBI & BB in 10 G vs. STL...career 0-for-1 w/ RBI vs. Carlos A Career .318 (7-for-122) w/ R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 3 BB & a .900 OPS in 11 G vs. STL... is 1-for-1 w/ Martinez...career .213 (30-for-141) w/ 19 R, 4 2B, HR, 8 RBI & 10 BB in 60 IL games...career 2 BB in 2020 vs. STL (7/29)...4th on team in multi-H G (9), T-6th in H (27) and 4th in BB (15). .333 (3-for-9) w/ R RBI, HBP & BB in 5 G at Busch Stadium. A Reached in 23 of 38 games this season (H or BB), posting an OPS of .589. A Made defensive appearances at seven different positions in 2019: P (1 game, 0 starts), 1B A 20 GS at 3B, 4 at 1B, 7 at 2B & 6 in RF... .992 FPct in 37 starts this season (only 1 error). (20 games, 12 starts), 2B (7 games, 7 starts), 3B (24 games, 14 starts), SS (24 games, 16 A Hitting .220 (11-for-50) as RHB, .205 (16-for-78) as LHB...all 3 HR in 2020 as LHB. starts), LF (1 games, 0 starts) and RF (6 games, 5 starts)...18 starts (2 2B/4 SS/12 3B) in 2020. A Hit .300 (36-for-120) as RHB and .249 (76-for-305) as LHB in '19...10 of 15 in HR in 2019 LUIS ARRAEZ - INF #2 came as LHB...also hit .298 (28-for-94) with runners in scoring position. Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 B/T: L/R Age: 23 (4/9/97 in San Felipe, VZ) RYAN JEFFERS - C #39 2020 Average: .277 Streak: 4g, 5-14, 2 2B, 3 RBI Series vs DET: 2-5, 2B, RBI Height: 6-4 Weight: 235 B/T: R/R Age: 23 (6/3/97 in Raleigh, NC) Homestand: 5-14, 2 2B, 3 RBI Home Runs: 2020 Average: .265 Streak: 1g, 2-3, HR, 2 RBI Series vs DET: 3-10, HR, 2 RBI A Batting .340 (17-for-50) with 4 2B, 5 RBI, 8 R & 2 BB in his last 14 G, since 8/12. Homestand: 4-18, HR, 2 RBI Home Runs: 1 (1 1-run) A Career .333 (2-for-6) w/ 2 R & BB in 2 G vs. STL (both this season)...1-for-2 vs. Carlos A Has never played vs. STL...hit 1st career HR yesterday (111.3 mph off the bat), Twins' 5th Martinez...career .268 (19-for-71) w/ 12 R, 4 2B, 6 RBI & 8 BB in 21 IL games. hardest-hit HR this season and of his career, according to Baseball Savant...also recorded A Marked his second go-ahead RBI of the season & 8th of his career, also recorded his 7th 1st multi-RBi game & 2nd multi-hit game. multi-hit game in his 29th G played on 9/6, went 2-for-5 w/ 2 R, 2B & RBI. A Contract selected by the Twins on 8/20 (Garver - IL)...has played in 16 G - 11 GS (all as C) A Hitting .240 (6-for-25) against LHP & .289 (22-for-76) vs. RHP. 101.0 Inn...threw out the 1st attempted base stealer of his career on 9/5...now hitting .265 A Has reached base safely in 24 of 29 games this season (via BB or H). (9-for-34) w/ 3 R, HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, HBP & a .667 OPS in 16 G in 2020. - C/INF/OF #64 A Currently ranked as the sixth-best prospect in the Twins' organization, per MLB.com. Height: 5-9 Weight: 225 B/T: R/R Age: 27 (10/14/91 in Barcelona, VZ) - SS #11 2020 Average: .250 Streak: 1g, 1-3, 2 RBI Series vs DET: 1-4, 2 RBI Height: 5-11 Weight: 208 B/T: R/R Age: 27 (7/5/93 in San Pedro De Macorís, DR) Homestand: 6-16, 2B, HR, 3 RBI Home Runs: 2020 Average: .285 Streak: 1g, 2-5, 2B Series vs DET: 7-16, 2B, HR, 2 RBI A Recorded his 1st hit of the season, a two-run, game-tying single yesterday…career .234 Homestand: 9-29, 2B, HR, 2 RBI Home Runs: 4 (3 1-run, 1 2-run) (11-for-47) w/ 6 R, 3B, HR, 4 RBI & 2 BB in 13 IL games...has never played against STL. A Played in 58 G for the Twins last season, hitting .268 (51-for-190) with 9 2B, 4 HR, 21 RBI, A Only one error this season (39 games played - 327.1 innings - .992 FPCT)...career 2-for-2 28 R and a .678 OPS...he is a lifetime .296 hitter (85-for-287) with 13 2B, 7 HR, 44 RBI and w/ HR & 2 RBI vs. Carlos Martinez (7/29)....hitting .298 (67-for-225) w/ 24 R, 13 2B, 3 3B, a .743 OPS in 90 major league games. 6 HR, 32 RBI & a .818 OPS in 62 IL games. A Career .301 (47-for-156) w/ 21 R, 5 2B, 3B, 5 HR, 27 RBI & a .778 OPS in 48 road games. A Hitting .284 (21-for-74) w/ 11 R, 2 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 3 BB & .700 OPS in 19 road G this A Nicknamed "La Tortuga" by teammates and fans translating in Spanish to Turtle, last season. season....is leading Twins with 15 multi-hit games this season...ranks T-2nd in AL and T-7th in MLB in multi-hit games this season...went 4-for-4 out of the leadoff spot on 9/4 (G2)… BYRON BUXTON - OF #25 it was his first four-hit effort of 2020. Height: 6-2 Weight: 190 B/T: R/R Age: 26 (12/18/93 in Baxley, GA) A Hitting .255 (27-for-106) as LHB vs. .346 (18-for-52) as RHB this season. 2020 Average: .250 Streak: 4g, 6-16, HR, 2B, 3 RBI Series vs DET: 4-12, HR, 2B, 2 RBI A T-1st on Twins in games (41), 2nd in hits (45), 2nd in 2B (6) & 2nd in AVG (.285). Homestand: 3-8, HR, 2B, 2 RBI Home Runs: 6 (5 1-run, 1 3-run) A Batted leadoff on 8/23, 3rd time this season...previous to this season last time was July 16, 2019 vs. New York-NL...occupied the top spot in the batting order 15 times last season and A Is 0-for-3 w/ RBI vs. STL in 2020 (7/28)...career 4-for-21 w/ 4 R, 3B & RBI in 7 G vs. STL... now 28 times total in his career. is 0-for-5 with an RBI vs. Carlos Martinez...drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the 9th inning with an infield single on 9/5…was his 19th career game-winning RBI and the - OF #50 second walk-off hit of his career. Height: 6-3 Weight: 225 B/T: R/R Age: 25 (11/1/94 in Germantown, TN) A Hitting .261 (6-for-23) & .715 OPS vs. LHP & .246 (15-for-61) & .750 OPS vs. RHP in 2020. 2020 Average: .267 Streak: 4g, 4-14, 2B, 3 RBI Series vs DET: 4-14, 2B, 3 RBI A Hitting .333 (2-for-6) w/ R & 3B in 2 career games at Busch Stadium (both in 2015). Homestand: 4-15, 2B, 3 RBI Home Runs: A Homered in three consecutive games for the first time in his career (8/6-8/8) matching his homer total from his previous 38 games (107 at-bats) combined dating back to June 6, 2019. A Contract selected by the Twins on 9/4 and made his ML debut...has reached base in all 5 ML games (via H or HBP)...is 4-for-15 w/ 2 R, 2B, 3 RBI & HBP this season. - OF #60 A Recorded 1st career extra-base hit & became 7th rookie in ML this season (5th in AL) w/ Height: 6-0 Weight: 200 B/T: L/L Age: 27 (12/4/92 in Hampton, VA) an extra-base hit with bases loaded (9/6). 2020 Average: .229 Streak: 2g, 3-8, RBI Series vs DET: 3-12, RBI A Currently ranked as the 12th-best prospect in the Twins' organization, per MLB.com Homestand: 7-22, 3B, HR, 4 RBI Home Runs: 2 (1 1-run, 1 GS) EDDIE ROSARIO - OF #20 A Is 0-for-2 w/ HBP vs. STL this season (only career game, 7/29)...hitting career .238 (15-for- Height: 6-1 Weight: 180 B/T: L/R Age: 28 (9/28/91 in Guayama, PR) 63) w/ 9 R, 4 2B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 2 HBP & a .691 OPS in 24 IL games...hitting .222 (10-for-45) 2020 Average: .247 Streak: 2g, 4-8, HR, 2B, HR, 5 RBI Series vs DET: 5-16, HR, 2B, 5 RBI w/ 3 R, 2B, HR, 8 RBI & 3 HBP in 12 road games this season. Homestand: 8-28, 2 HR, 2B, 7 RBI Home Runs: 9 (5 1-run, 2 2-run, 1 3-run, 1 GS) A Hit a pinch-hit 3B on 9/1, his 5th career 3B…also marked the 1st pinch-hit 3B in the AL this A Has 5 HR and 13 RBI in 11 G vs. NL opponents this season...since the start of last season, season, as well as the 1st by a Twin since Ehire Adrianza on August 14, 2019 at MIL, also in he has 11 HR and 28 RBI...the 11 HR are T-2nd most in baseball while his 28 RBI are T-6th. the 6th inning...also recorded 3rd go-ahead RBI of season on 8/31, surpassing 2019 total (2). A A Has played in 27 G this season, has started in 21 G (all as OF - 16 at CF/ 3 at LF/ 2 at RF). Career .316 (12-for-38) w/ 8 R, 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI & 3 BB in 10 G vs. STL...career .289 (112- A Recorded his first outfield assist of the season on 8/3, was the ninth outfield assist of his career for-387) w/ 75 R, 22 2B, 5 3B, 22 HR, 58 RBI, 24 BB, 4 SB & a .872 OPS in 101 IL games. A Hitting .361 (13-for-36) w/ 4 2B, 2 HR & 21 RBI with runners in scoring position in 2020. and his second from leftfield...it was the Twins’ second of seven outfield assists as a team this A season... Has drawn 14 walks, 5th on team...T-2nd on team in HR w/ 9 (w/ Sano)...has reached via Twins are T-4th w/ PIT & SEA in MLB in OF assists (w/ 8 assists). hit or walk in 29 of 41 G this season...10 multi-hit G are 3rd most on Twins. NELSON CRUZ - DH #23 A Recorded team-leading 8th multi-RBI of the season & his 4th game with at least three RBI Height: 6-2 Weight: 230 B/T: R/R Age: 40 (7/1/80 in Las Matas De Santa Cruz, DR) yesterday & is T-5th in AL in RBI (30). 2020 Average: .329 Streak: 5g, 8-18, 2B Series vs DET: 4-11 MIGUEL SANÓ - INF #22 Homestand: 8-21, 2B Home Runs: 13 (9 1-run, 2 2-run, 2 3-run) Height: 6-4 Weight: 272 B/T: R/R Age: 27 (5/11/93 in S.Pedro De Macorís, DR) A Career .295 (13-for-44) w/ 5 R, 4 2B, 3 HR, 12 RBI & a .945 OPS in 13 G vs. STL. 2020 Average: .240 Streak: 0-3 Series vs DET: 3-14, HR, 2 RBI A Named Twins nominee 2020 Roberto Clemente Award...has 50 home runs, fourth among actives, Homestand: 7-27, 3 HR, 4 RBI Home Runs: 9 (7 1-run, 1 2-run, 1 3-run) trailing Albert Pujols (65), Miguel Cabrera (57) and Edwin Encarnación in 188 career games... is one of 14 players all-time to hit at least 50 home runs in Interleague Play...former Twins Jim A Only 2 career games vs. STL (both this season, 7/28-29), went 1-for-6 w/ R & 2B. Thome (64), David Ortiz (56) and Torii Hunter (50) are also part of that group. A Career .282 (55-for-195) w/ 32 R, 15 2B, 12 HR, 34 RBI, .381 OBP & .924 OPS in 53 IL A 5-G (8-for-18)...has hit safely in 13 of 20 games on the road this season, hitting games...hitting .220 (13-for-59) w/ 10 R, 4 2B, 4 HR & 10 RBI in 17 road games this season. .303 (20-for-66) with 10 extra-base hits (2 2B & 8 HR) and 17 RBI in those contests. A Hit 7th HR & recorded 6th multi-hit G on 8/31...21 of his 31 hits this season have gone for A Recorded 11-multi-hit game 9/4 vs. DET (2nd on team behind Polanco -14). extra bases (12 2B, 9 HR). A Hitting .465 (20-for-43) w/ 6 HR & 11 RBI vs. LHP & batting .268 (26-for-97) w/ 7 HR & 18 RBI A His 458-foot HR on 8/22 was the 5th-longest HR of his career...his 27.7 barrels/BBE percent vs. RHP this season. is 1st in MLB among qualified players (Baseball Savant). A Homered twice on 8/29 (solo on each game) his 12th & 13th of the season...3rd most by a 40-year- A Played his 500th career game 8/11 at MIL (now 524 G)...127 career HR, tied with Goose Goslin old in season in Twins/Senators history and also passed Alfonso Soriano, now w/ 414 HR for T-53rd ...is T-16th on Twins all-time list, next is Jacque Jones (132). on ’s all-time list...also 8th on Dominican-born players HR all-time list...is A 55 of 94 hits (58.5%) in 2019 went for extra-bases (19 doubles, 2 triples, 34 home runs). second Twins player to homer in each game of 2 doubleheaders in a season, also Killebrew-1966. #30 A Is 3rd in AL in RC (36), T-10th in GW RBI (4), T-8th in RBI (29), 12th in OPS (1.059), 4th in TB LAMONTE WADE, JR. - OF (PRONOUNCED LAH-MONT) (90), T-5th in H (46), 17th in OBP (.416), T-14th in XBH (18). Height: 6-1 Weight: 205 B/T: L/L Age: 25 (1/1/94 in Baltimore, MD) JOSH DONALDSON - 3B #24 2020 Average: .292 Streak: 3g, 4-9, 2B Series vs DET: 4-9, 2B Homestand: 4-9, 2B Home Runs: Height: 6-1 Weight: 220 B/T: R/R Age: 34 (12/8/85 in Pensacola, FL 2020 Average: .200 Streak: 0-7 Series vs DET: 1-8, HR, RBI A Recalled on 9/5...ledoff & started at 1B for 2nd time in his career yesterday, went 2-for-4 w/ Homestand: 3-13, 2B, HR, 3 RBI Home Runs: 2 (2 1-run) a run scored...has never played against STL...has made 4 starts this season (2 LF & 2 CF). A Career .225 (18-for-80) w/ 11 R, 4 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 6 RBI & 12 BB in 36 games (all since 2019). A Hitting .310 (144-for-465) with 25 doubles, 29 home runs, 93 RBI, 94 runs scored and a .955 A Became the first Twins batter with two 10-plus pitch plate appearances in a single game on OPS in 123 career IL games...in his last 8 IL games, is hitting .375 (12-for-32) w/ 4 2B, 3 HR 9/6, since Chris Parmelee on June 5, 2013 at Kansas City (10 pitches in each PA). and 12 RBI...career .297 (11-for-37) w/ 6 R, 3 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBi & a .941 OPS in 11 G vs. STL...is A Played at 4 levels of MIN org in '19: MIN, Triple-A Rochester, Double-A Pensacola & Single-A 2-for-7 w/ R, HR & RBI vs. STL this season...career 2-for-2 w/ HR & 2 RBI vs. Carlos Martinez. Cedar Rapids...named best plate discipline in Twins system by Baseball America following 2019 A Hitting .091 (1-for-11) vs. LHP & .250 (6-for-24) vs. RHP in 2020. season...drew 62 walks compared to 72 hits at all levels during the 2019 season. A Signed 4-year deal on 1/22/20...2019 NL Comeback Player of the Year (ATL). TWINS HOME RUN DATA

MULTI-HOMER GAMES (6x) • Cruz, 8/17 vs. KC WALK-OFF (0x) RUNNERS ON LEADOFF (4x) GRAND SLAM (2x) • Kepler, 7/24 at CWS BACK-TO-BACK (1x) • None • Solo - 44 • Kepler, 7/24 at CWS • Cave, 7/26 at CWS • Cruz, 7/26 at CWS • Polanco/Donaldson, 9/4 vs.DET INSIDE-THE-PARK (0x) • 2-run - 6 • Kepler, 7/31 vs. CLE • Rosario, 8/10 at MIL • Sanó, 8/1 vs. CLE • None • 3-run - 6 • Kepler, 8/26 at CLE • Rosario, 8/11 at MIL • Polanco, 9/4 vs. DET • Buxton, 8/12 at MIL

HITTERS INFO LAST HOME RUN LAST GRAND SLAM VS. CURRENT OPPONENT 2020 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 Ehire Adrianza 3 0 2, 8/26-8/29 2, 9/6 9/02/19 at DET 1 Zimmermann 6/12/18 at DET 1 .000 0 0 0 0 .240 6 25 0 1 Luis Arraez 7 1 8, 8/12-8/26 2, 9/6 9/25/19 at DET 1 VerHagen 0 .333 2 6 0 0 .333 2 6 0 0 Willians Astudillo 0 1 1, 9/6-9/6 1, 9/6 9/26/19 at DET 0 Reininger 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Byron Buxton 5 2 6, 8/4-8/9 3, 8/12 9/07/20 vs. DET 0 Garcia 5/18/19 at SEA 2 .000 0 3 0 1 .143 3 21 0 1 Jake Cave 5 3 6, 8/20-8/26 2, 9/6 9/02/20 vs. CWS 0 Lopez 7/26/20 at CWS 2 .000 0 2 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0 Nelson Cruz 11 7 7, 7/31-8/6 4, 7/26 8/29/20 at DET 0 Boyd 7/23/16 at TOR 1 .125 1 8 0 1 .295 13 44 3 12 Josh Donaldson 2 2 3, 7/31-9/4 2, 9/2 9/04/20 vs. DET 0 Boyd 9/28/18 at KC 4 .286 2 7 1 2 .297 11 37 2 6 Marwin Gonzalez 9 3 2, 8/25-8/26 3, 8/8 8/19/20 vs. MIL 0 Knebel 8/24/18 at LAA 2 1.000 1 1 0 0 .318 7 22 1 2 Ryan Jeffers 2 1 2, 8/30-8/31 2, 9/7 9/07/20 vs. DET 0 Fulmer 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Jorge Polanco 15 5 5, 8/20-8/25 4, 9/4 9/04/20 vs. DET 0 Boyd 0 .250 2 8 1 2 .250 2 8 1 2 Brent Rooker 0 1 3, 9/5-9/7 1, 9/7 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Eddie Rosario 10 8 4, 8/9-8/12 3, 8/23 9/06/20 vs. DET 0 Funkhouser 8/10/20 at MIL 4 .143 1 7 1 1 .316 12 38 1 2 Miguel Sano 8 5 11, 8/17-8/29 3, 9/5 9/05/20 vs. DET 0 Jimenez 9/14/19 at CLE 1 .167 1 6 0 0 .167 1 6 0 0 LaMonte Wade 2 0 3, 9/5-9/7 2, 9/7 9/21/19 vs. KC 0 Sparkman 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS MIsc. Highs and Lows Score by Inning SCORE BY INNING Most Runs, Game (Team)...... 14, 7/26 at CWS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 XTRA TOTAL Most Runs, Inning (Team)...... 5, 3x, last 2nd inning, 8/12 at MIL OPPONENT 17 13 22 19 23 19 16 11 15 0 155 Most Hits, Game (Team)...... 15, 8/12 at MIL TWINS 30 33 29 23 20 19 16 10 11 2 193 Most Hits, Inning (Team)...... 5, 2nd inning, 8/12 at MIL NOTE: The Twins’ eighth-inning run in Game 2 vs. DET on Sept. 4 counts as an extra-inning run, not an eighth-inning run, in this chart. Most Strikeouts, Batters (Team)...... 16, 8/11 at MIL injured LIST Longest Hitting Streak (Individual)...... 10, Sanó, 8/17-8/26 Consecutive Hits (Individual)...... 4, 2x, last Polanco 9/4 at DET (G1) PLAYER INJURY DATE ON RETRO DATE OFF GAMES MISSED Consecutive Hitless At-Bats (Individual)...18, 2x, last Gonzalez, 8/29-9/4 Jake Odorizzi...... Right Intercostal Strain...... 7/23...... 7/20...... 8/8...... 14 Willians Astudillo..... Undisclosed Injury...... 7/4...... - -...... 17 Consecutive Scoreless Innings (Batters)...... 13, 7/29-30 Zack Littell...... Left Hamstring Strain...... 8/1...... 7/31...... 8/13...... 12 Most Runs Allowed (Team)...... 10, 2x, last 9/6 vs. DET Rich Hill...... Left Shoulder Fatigue...... 8/4...... 7/31...... 8/19...... 17 Most Runs Allowed, Inning (Team)...... 6, 4th inn, 8/8 at KC Byron Buxton...... Left Shoulder Inflammation...... 8/20...... 9/1...... 11 Most Hits Allowed (Team)...... 17, 9/6 vs. DET Homer Bailey...... Right Biceps Tendinitis...... 8/2...... 7/29...... 39 Most Hits Allowed, Inning (Team)...... 6, 4th inn, 8/8 at KC Josh Donaldson...... Right Calf Strain...... 8/7...... 8/4...... 9/2...... 30 Pitchers Used (Team)...... 7, 8/23 at KC Cody Stashak...... Lower Back Inflammation...... 8/13...... 8/12...... 9/7...... 23 Cons. Batters Retired (Team)...... 21, 8/18 vs. MIL Mitch Garver...... Low-Grade Right Intercostal Strain.. 8/20...... 18 Scoreless Innings Streak (Team/Pitchers)...... 15, 7th inn 7/31-3rd inn 8/2 Zack Littell...... Right Elbow Inflammation...... 8/22...... 9/6...... 14 Most Runs, Starter...... 6, Dobnak, 8/29 at DET (G1) Jake Odorizzi...... Chest Contusion...... 8/22...... 16 ...... Left Adductor Strain...... 9/4...... 9/3...... 5 Most Home Runs, Starter...... 2, 2x, last Maeda 8/30 at DET Alex Avila...... Lower Back Tightness...... 9/5...... 3 Most Walks, Starter...... 4, 4x, last Hill 8/31 vs. CWS Most Strikeouts, Starter...... 12, Maeda, 8/18 vs. MIL BOLD indicates currently on IL Most Strikeouts, Pitchers (Team)...... 15, 8/18 vs. MIL EJECTIONS Most Walks, Pitchers (Team)...... 7, 8/19 vs. MIL DATE PLAYER/MGR/CH UMPIRE REASON CAREER Most Cons. Scoreless Innings (Individual)...... 13.0, Dobnak, 7/25-8/10 8/18 vs. MIL...... Marwin Gonzalez...... Jeremie Rehak...... Arguing Balls/Strikes...... 7th Most Cons. Batters Retired (Individual)...... 21, Maeda, 8/18 vs. MIL Longest Game, Innings...... 12, 8/18 vs. MIL Longest Game, Time (9 Inn.)...... 3:55, 8/8 at KC 2020 openers Longest Game, Time (X Inn.)...... 4:28, 8/18 vs. MIL DATE OPPONENT PITCHER LINE (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) FINAL SCORE TEAM RECORD AS OPENER Fastest Game, Time (9 Inn.)...... 2:37, 8/6 vs. KC 8/2 vs. CLE Tyler Clippard 2.0-0-0-0-0-1-0 3-1 1-0 Fastest Game, Time (7 Inn.)...... 1:45, 9/4 vs. DET (G1) 8/11 at MIL Tyler Clippard 1.0-1-1-1-0-3-1 4-6 1-1 8/17 vs. KC Matt Wisler 2.0-0-0-0-1-3-0 4-1 2-1 Largest Margin, Victory...... 12, 7/26 at CWS 8/23 at KC Matt Wisler 2.0-1-0-0-1-2-0 5-4 3-1 Largest Margin, Loss...... 7, 7/25 at CWS 8/29 at DET (2) Matt Wisler 1.2-1-0-0-3-3-0 4-2 3-2 Lineups Used...... 39 9/4 at DET (2) Matt Wisler 2.0-0-1-1-0-3-0 3-2 4-2 STARTS BY POSITION STARTS BY BATTING ORDER MOST USED LINEUP (4, 2X) C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Player Pos. Max Kepler RF Ehire Adrianza 0 0 2 4 12 0 0 0 0 Ehire Adrianza 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 4 6 Jorge Polanco SS Luis Arraez 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 Luis Arraez 1 2 0 0 0 10 10 3 2 Nelson Cruz DH Willians Astudillo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willians Astudillo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Eddie Rosario LF Marwin Gonzalez 3B Alex Avila 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alex Avila 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 Luis Arraez 2B Byron Buxton 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 Byron Buxton 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 10 8 Miguel Sanó 1B Jake Cave 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 2 0 Jake Cave 0 1 0 0 4 4 6 6 0 Byron Buxton CF Alex Avila C Nelson Cruz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 Nelson Cruz 0 0 32 7 0 0 0 0 0 Josh Donaldson 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 Josh Donaldson 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mitch Garver 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mitch Garver 5 2 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 OUTFIELD ASSISTS Marwin Gonzalez Marwin Gonzalez 0 4 7 0 20 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 5 11 7 7 6 0 4 Ryan Jeffers Eddie Rosario Ryan Jeffers 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 Max Kepler Byron Buxton Max Kepler 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 32 0 25 3 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 Jake Cave 1 Jorge Polanco Jorge Polanco 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 9 22 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 Max Kepler 1 Brent Rooker Brent Rooker 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 LaMonte Wade 1 Eddie Rosario Eddie Rosario 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 0 2 0 0 1 22 12 4 0 0 0 Total 8 Miguel Sanó 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Miguel Sanó 1 2 2 6 11 7 5 4 0 Ildemaro Vargas 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ildemaro Vargas 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 LaMonte Wade, Jr. 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 LaMonte Wade, Jr. 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 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: Rosario, 8/10/20 (2 as a team in 2020) Grand Slam: R. Rodríguez, 8/23/19 vs. DET (5 allowed as team in 2019) Inside-the-Park Home Run: B. Buxton, 8/18/17 vs. ARI (2 as a team in 2017, 54 all-time) Inside-the-Park Home Run: A. Mondesi, 4/2/19 at KC (44 allowed all-time) Pinch-Hit Home Run: M. Sanó, 8/5/19 vs. ATL (2 as a team in 2019) Pinch-Hit Home Run: D. Smith, 7/17/19 vs. NYM (2 allowed in 2019) 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: C. Cron, 5/23/19 at LAA (3 in 2019) 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: N. Cruz, 8th inning, 8/20/19 vs. CWS (1 as a team in 2019) Two Hits, One Inning: V. Reyes, 3rd inning, 8/31/19 at DET (1 allowed in 2019) 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: B. Buxton, 8/12/20 at MIL (5 as team in 2020) Two-Home Run Game: M. Piña, 8/11/20 (3 allowed in 2020) Three-Home Run Game: N. Cruz, 8/3/19 vs. KC (3 as a team in 2019, 12 all-time) Three-Home Run Game: J. Donaldson, 8/28/16 at TOR Back-to-Back Home Runs: J. Polanco/J. Donaldson, 9/4/20 vs. DET (G1) (1 as team in ‘20) Back-to-Back Home Runs: J. Soler/S. Perez, 8/8/20 at KC (2 allowed in 2020) Three Consecutive Home Runs: N. Cruz/E. Rosario/C. Cron, 4/26/19 vs. BAL (1 in 2019) Three Consecutive Home Runs: A. Jones/V. Castilla/J. Franco, 6/11/02 vs. ATL Three Home Runs, One Inning: C. Cron/J. Polanco/N. Cruz (2nd), 8/3/19 vs. KC (5 in 2019) Three Home Runs, One Inning: N. Lopez/J. Soler/S. Perez, 8/8/20 at KC (2 in 2020) Four Home Runs, One Inning: S. Mack/K. Puckett/K. Hrbek/H. Bush, 5/2/92 at NYY Four Home Runs, One Inning: C. Everett/T. O’Leary/J. Varitek/M. Burkhart, 7/3/00 vs. BOS Walk-Off Home Run: M. Sanó, 8/5/19 vs. ATL (1 as a team in 2019) Walk-off Home Run: H. Ramirez, 8/1/19 at MIA (1 allowed in 2019) Pinch-Hit, Walk-Off Home Run: M. Sanó, 8/5/19 vs. ATL (10 all-time) Pinch-Hit, Walk-Off Home Run: C. Santana, 9/23/11 at CLE (12 all-time) Leadoff Home Run: J. Polanco, 9/4/20 vs. DET (G1) (4 as a team in 2020) Leadoff Home Run: V. Reyes, 9/5/20 vs. DET (4 allowed in 2020) Consecutive Home Runs to Lead Off Game: J. Polanco/J. Donaldson, 9/4/20 vs. DET (G1) 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: 10, S. Bieber, 8/25/20 at CLE (2 times in 2020, both by Bieber) 10+ Strikeouts: 12, Maeda, 8/18/20 vs. MIL (1 as a team in 2020) Complete Game Shutout: L. Giolito, 8/21/19 vs. CWS (1 time in 2019) 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: 4/6 - 4/8/2015 vs. DET (2 games, 0-4 and 0-11) Back-to-Back Shutouts: 5/6 - 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/J. Schoop/C.J. Cron, 8/7 vs. ATL - T. Flowers hitting (14 all-time) Position Player Pitching: J. Gyorko, 8/12/20 at MIL (1 in 2020) Position Player Pitching: E. Adrianza, 8/19 vs. MIL (1 in 2020) 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)

2020 TARGET FIELD WEATHER DELAYS AND POSTPONEMENTS DATE DELAYED/PPD NOTES 8/14 vs. KC Postponed Game scheduled for 7:10 was rescheduled due to oncoming thunderstorms/tornados; made up as part of a traditional doubleheader the next day, 8/15. 8/20 vs. MIL Delayed Game scheduled for 6:10 was delayed due to light rain prior to game time; first pitch was thrown at 6:21 – officially 11-minute delay.

2010: 1 PPD / 1 DEL 2014: 3 PPD / 6 DEL 2018: 4 PPD / 5 DEL 2011: 3 PPD / 3 DEL 2015: 1 PPD / 3 DEL 2019: 1 PPD / 7 DEL 2012: 1 PPD / 4 DEL 2016: 3 PPD / 11 DEL 2020: 1 PPD / 1 DEL 2013: 3 PPD / 4 DEL 2017: 4 PPD / 7 DEL ** Target Field has experienced 52 delayed games, 25 postponed games, 1 suspended game and 1 rain-shortened game in the park’s history (since 2010). Longest delay: 4:50. ** DAY-BY-DAY, MORE MISC. & ROSTER INFO Date Opponent Score W/L Record Position Games Ahead/Games Back Winner/Loser/Save JULY (5-2) Batting: .236 (54-for-229) Pitching: 5-2-3, 3.34 ERA (62.0 IP, 23 ER) 24 ------at CWS 10-5 W 1-0 T-1st +1.0 May/Giolito 25 ------at CWS 3-10 L 1-1 T-1st - - Keuchel/Dobnak 26 ------at CWS 14-2 W 2-1 T-1st +0.0 Maeda/López 27 ------OFF DAY T-1st +0.0 28 ------STL 6-3 W 3-1 2nd -0.5 Bailey/Martínez/Romo 29 ------STL 3-0 W 4-1 1st +0.5 Hill/Ponce de Leon/Rogers 30 ------CLE 0-2 L 4-2 2nd -0.5 Bieber/Berríos/Karinchak 31 ------CLE 4-1 W 5-2 1st +0.5 Dobnak/Clevinger/Rogers AUGUST (15-14) Batting: .237 (221-for-934) Pitching: 15-14-8, 3.89 ERA (245.1 IP, 106 ER) 1 ------CLE 3-0 W 6-2 1st +1.0 Maeda/Carrasco/Rogers 2 ------CLE 4-1 W 7-2 1st +2.0 Smeltzer/Civale/Romo 3 ------PIT 5-4 W 8-2 1st +2.0 Rogers/Burdi 4 ------PIT 7-3 W 9-2 1st +2.0 Berríos/Musgrove/May 5 ------at PIT 5-2 W 10-2 1st +3.0 Dobnak/Williams 6 ------at PIT 5-6 L 10-3 1st +2.5 Howard/Rogers 7 ------at KC 2-3 L 10-4 1st +2.0 Holland/Wisler/Rosenthal 8 ------at KC 6-9 L 10-5 1st +1.5 Zuber/Thorpe/Rosenthal 9 ------at KC 2-4 L 10-6 1st +0.5 Singer/Berríos/Barlow 10 ------at MIL 4-2 W 11-6 1st +0.5 Dobnak/Houser/Rogers 11 ------at MIL 4-6 L 11-7 1st +0.5 Williams/Rogers/Hader 12 ------at MIL 12-2 W 12-7 1st +1.5 Maeda/Lauer 13 ------OFF DAY 1st +1.5 14 ------KC -- PPD to due inclement weather in the Twin Cities, game to be made up as a traditional DH August 15 1st +1.5 15 ------KC## 4-2 W 13-7 - - - - Duffey/Speier/Rogers ------KC 2-4 L 13-8 1st +1.0 Duffy/Berríos/Rosenthal 16 ------KC 4-2 W 14-8 1st +1.0 Dobnak/Singer/Romo 17 ------KC 4-1 W 15-8 1st +1.5 Smeltzer/Bubic 18 ------MIL ^4-3 W 16-8 1st +1.5 Alcala/Phelps 19 ------MIL 3-9 L 16-9 1st +0.5 Anderson/Hill 20 ------MIL 7-1 W 17-9 1st +0.5 Berríos/Woodruff 21 ------at KC 2-7 L 17-10 1st +0.5 Duffy/Odorizzi 22 ------at KC 7-2 W 18-10 1st +0.5 Dobnak/Singer 23 ------at KC 5-4 W 19-10 1st +1.5 Clippard/Bubic/Rogers 24 ------at CLE 3-2 W 20-10 1st +2.5 Maeda/Civale/Rogers 25 ------at CLE 2-4 L 20-11 1st +1.5 Bieber/Alcala/Hand 26 ------at CLE 3-6 L 20-12 1st +0.5 Maton/Romo/Hand 27 ------at DET -- PPD due to events surrounding Jacob Blake in Kenosha, WI, game to be made up as a traditional DH August 28 1st +0.5 28 ------at DET& -- PPD due to inclement weather in Detroit area, game to be made up as traditional DH August 29 T1st ------at DET&& -- PPD due to inclement weather in Detroit area, game to be made up as traditional DH September 4 T1st - - 29 ------at DET 2-8 L 20-13 - - - - Dobnak/Boyd ------at DET 2-4 L 20-14 3rd -1.5 Skubal/Duffey/Soto 30 ------at DET 2-3 L 20-15 3rd -1.5 Alexander/Maeda/Soto 31 ------CWS 5-8 L 20-16 3rd -2.5 Foster/Rogers/Colomé SEPTEMBER (6-1) Batting: .289 (66-for-228) Pitching: 6-1-3, 2.85 ERA (60.0 IP, 19 ER) 1 ------CWS 3-2 W 21-16 3rd -1.5 Thielbr/Cordero/Wisler 2 ------CWS 8-1 W 22-16 3rd -1.5 Berríos/López 3 ------OFF DAY 3rd -1.5 4 ------DET 2-0 W 23-16 - - - - Dobnak/Boyd/Rogers ------DET&& *Tigers home team** ^3-2 W 24-16 3rd -0.5 Romo/Jiménez/May 5 ------DET 4-3 W 25-16 T2nd -0.5 Alcala/Cisnero 6 ------DET 8-10 L 25-17 3rd -1.5 Funkhouser/Romo/Garcia 7 ------DET 6-2 W 26-17 3rd -1.0 Pineda/Fulmer 8 ------at STL 2:15 PM. FSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com ------at STL# 9 ------OFF DAY 10 ------OFF DAY 11 ------CLE 7:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 12 ------CLE 7:15 P.M. FOX/TIBN 13 ------CLE 3:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 14 ------at CWS 7:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 15 ------at CWS 7:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 16 ------at CWS 7:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 17 ------at CWS 1:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 18 ------at CHC 7:15 P.M. FSN/TIBN 19 ------at CHC 7:15 P.M. FSN/TIBN 20 ------at CHC 1:20 P.M. ESPN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 21 ------OFF DAY 22 ------DET 6:40 P.M. FSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 23 ------DET 6:40 P.M. FSN/TIBN 24 ------OFF DAY 25 ------CIN 7:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 26 ------CIN 6:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 27 ------CIN 2:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com All game times are listed as Central HOME GAMES ROAD GAMES ^ - Denotes Extra-Innings (Twins are 2-0 in extra-innings) # - Sept. 9 at STL moved to DH on Sept. 8 at STL to create a Sept. off-day for Cardinals ## - PPD game from 8/14 vs. KC & - PPD game from 8/27 at DET && - PPD game from 8/28 at DET. Detroit will play as the home team in Game 2 of a doubleheader at Target Field. 2020 WALK-OFF VICTORIES (3) DATE SCORE NOTES 8/3 vs. PIT 5-4 Nelson Cruz hit a single to the centerfield wall, scoring Jorge Polanco with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning. 8/18 vs. MIL 4-3 Jorge Polanco with a fielder’s choice, scoring Byron Buxton (on initial placement at second base) with one out in the bottom of the twelfth inning. 9/5 vs. DET 4-3 Byron Buxton hit an infield single to shortstop, scoring Nelson Cruz. The Twins entered the ninth trailing by one; Miguel Sanó tied it on an RBI single two batters before Buxton.

TWINS STARTERS IN 2020

Pitcher Last Start (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) Dec. Starts QS Team Rec. Run Supp. RS AVG Hill...... 9/6 vs. DET (5.0-6-2-2-0-5-1)...... 2...... 5...... 0...... 1-4...... 16...... 6.86 Maeda...... 9/5 vs. DET (6.0-2-3-3-1-8-1)...... 5...... 8...... 6...... 6-2...... 39...... 7.21 Wisler...... 9/4 at DET - G2 (2.0-0-0-0-1-3-0)...... 0...... 4...... 0...... 3-1...... 6...... 7.04 Dobnak...... 9/4 vs. DET - G1 (5.0-4-0-0-1-4-0)...... 8...... 8...... 1...... 6-2...... 19...... 4.31 Berríos ...... 9/2 vs. CWS (6.0-3-1-1-2-8-0)...... 6...... 8...... 3...... 4-4...... 30...... 6.43 Pineda...... 9/7 vs. DET (7.0-3-2-2-2-8-0)...... 1...... 2...... 2...... 2-0...... 7...... 4.85 Odorizzi...... 8/21 at KC (3.0-7-5-5-0-1-1)...... 1...... 3...... 0...... 1-2...... 8...... 7.20 Clippard...... 8/11 at MIL (1.0-1-1-1-0-2-1)...... 0...... 2...... 0...... 1-1...... 4...... 12.00 Smeltzer...... 8/7 at KC (4.1-4-2-2-1-2-0)...... 0...... 1...... 0...... 0-1...... 3...... 3.00 Thorpe...... 8/3 vs. PIT (4.0-6-3-3-4-3-1)...... 0...... 1...... 0...... 1-0...... 0...... 0.00 Bailey...... 7/28 vs. STL (5.0-4-2-2-2-4-1)...... 1...... 1...... 0...... 1-0...... 6...... 10.80 2020 players (41) Pitchers: (22) Position Players: (19) Alcala, Jorge rhp Hill, Rich lhp* Romo, Sergio rhp* Adrianza, Ehire inf* Garver, Mitch c* Vargas, Ildemaro inf Bailey, Homer rhp * Littell, Zack rhp* Smeltzer, Devin lhp* Arraez, Luis inf* Gonzalez, Marwin inf/of* Wade Jr., LaMonte of* Berríos, José rhp* Maeda, Kenta rhp* Stashak, Cody rhp* Astudillo, Willians c/if Jeffers, Ryan c Whitefield, Aaron of* Clippard, Tyler rhp* May, Trevor rhp* Thielbar, Caleb lhp Avila, Alex c* Kepler, Max of* Coulombe, Danny lhp Odorizzi, Jake rhp Thorpe, Lewis lhp* Buxton, Byron of* Polanco, Jorge inf* Dobnak, Randy rhp* Pineda, Michael rhp Wisler, Matt rhp* Cave, Jake of* Rooker, Brent of Duffey, Tyler rhp* Poppen, Sean rhp Cruz, Nelson dh* Rosario, Eddie of* * - on Opening Day roster Gearrin, Cory rhp Rogers, Taylor lhp* Donaldson, Josh if* Sanó, Miguel inf*