(19-29) vs. BALTIMORE ORIOLES (17-31) WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 2021 - 12:10 P.M. (CT) - TV: BALLY SPORTS NORTH / RADIO: TIBN, WCCO, THE WOLF RHP (2-2, 2.79) vs. RHP Jorge López (1-5, 6.00) GAME 49 HOME GAME 26 Upcoming Probable & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 5/27 OFF DAY 5/28 vs. Kansas City RHP (1-3, 5.75) vs. TBA 7:10 pm (CT) Bally Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None 5/29 vs. Kansas City LHP J.A. Happ (2-2, 5.44) vs. TBA 1:10 pm (CT) Bally Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None 5/30 vs. Kansas City RHP (2-5, 5.48) vs. TBA 1:10 pm (CT) Bally Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / twinsbeisbol.com SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: After completing their five-game roadtrip with a record of 3-2 (1-1 in Anaheim STREAKS and 2-1 in Cleveland), the Twins began their six-game, seven-day homestand with consecutive Under Baldelli (since '19):...... 156-114 Current Streak 3 wins Home Record:...... 10-15 wins over the Orioles the last two nights...today they will play the series finale with Baltimore... Road Record:...... 9-14 the Twins will enjoy an off-day tomorrow, then host the Royals for three over the weekend... Last 5 games 4-1 Record in series:...... 5-9-2 the Twins have gone 10-15 at home this season and 9-14 on the road. Last 10 games 6-4 Twins have won five of their last six, six of their last nine and seven of their last 12...Twins Record in home series:...... 2-6-0 Last 15 games 7-8 Record in road series:...... 3-3-2 Aare looking to win four-straight for the first time since September 19-23, 2020 (also 4). Series Openers:...... 8-8 Last 20 games 8-12 Series Finales:...... 7-8 TWINS MAKE IT THREE STRAIGHT: The Twins beat the Orioles last night by a score of 7-4, Rubber Games:...... 4-4 matching their season-high with three-straight wins and taking their fifth series (5-9-2) of TWINS VS. ORIOLES Sweeps/Swept:...... 0/2 the season...José Berríos (5-2) was the starter and winner, allowing three runs (1 earned) on April:...... 9-15 2021 Record:...... 2-0 May:...... 10-14 seven hits in 5.2 ...the offense recorded 10 hits as , Current Streak:...... 14 wins June:...... and each doubled twice...it tied a Twins/Senators franchise record (since 1901) for most players with multiple doubles in a game — ninth time...Refsnyder hit his second 2021 at Home:...... 2-0 July:...... 2021 at Baltimore:...... August:...... of the season and hit his fourth. September/October:...... All-Time Record:...... 303-332 Day Games:...... 10-20 ROSTER MOVE: The Twins have reinstated right-handed Michael Pineda from the 10-day All-Time at Home:...... 163-156 Night Games:...... 9-9 and placed infielder/ Luis Arraez on the 10-day Injured List with a right All-Time at Baltimore:...... 140-176 vs. East:...... 3-3 shoulder strain (retro May 24)...Pineda, who was placed on the Injured List with an abscess, vs. American League Central:...... 9-11 has started seven games for the Twins this season, going 2-2, 2.79 ERA (38.2 IP, 12 ER), 10 2021 Game Logs: vs. American League West:...... 3-13 vs. National League:...... 3-3 walks, 39 , a .204 opponent batting average and a 1.01 WHIP...the right-hander Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Games vs. LH Starter:...... 6-10 ranks seventh in the AL in WHIP and 12th in opponent batting average (min. 35.0 innings 5/24 MIN 8-3 Alcala/Scott Games vs. RH Starter:...... 13-19 pitched)...Arraez has missed the Twins’ last two games after suffering the injury on Saturday 5/25 MIN 7-4 Berríos/Kremer/Rogers Twins score first:...... 12-13 in Cleveland, on a headfirst slide into second base in the top of the first inning...he has hit 5/26 MIN 12:10 pm (CT) Opponent scores first:...... 7-16 .277 (39-for-141) with three doubles, one triple, one home run, 14 RBI, 20 runs scored, 17 Come-from-behind wins:...... 6 walks and a .358 on-base percentage in 39 games this season. 5/31 BAL 12:05 pm (CT) Leading after 7/8 inn.:...... 16-4/16-4 6/1 BAL 6:05 pm (CT) Trailing after 7/8 inn.:...... 2-15/0-14 TWINS AND BIRDS: The Twins and Orioles are playing each other for the third of six scheduled 6/2 BAL 6:05 pm (CT) Tied after 7/8 inn.:...... 0-5/2-6 meetings this season as the Twins travel to Baltimore for three next week from May 31-June Extra-innings:...... 1-8 2...since the start of 2018, the Twins are 14-1 vs. the Orioles...their last loss came on Opening CURRENT HOMESTAND (2-0) 1-run games:...... 5-11 Batting average .328 Twins out-hit opp.:...... 14-4 Day 2018 as Adam Jones hit a walk-off homer off Fernando Rodney in the 11th inning...since Opp. out-hit Twins:...... 4-22 that game, their 14-game winning streak is the longest active streak vs. any opponent...it's Runs Per Game 7.50 Twins/Opp. have = hits:...... 1-3 the Twins' longest ever vs. the Orioles (see note below). Home Runs 4 Run Differential:...... -16 (228-244) The Twins are 30-12 vs. Baltimore since the start of 2014...that marks the most wins RISP .438 Twins get Quality Start:...... 8-4 Aagainst Baltimore among non-American League East teams. Twins starter goes 6+ IP:...... 11-4 has hit safely in 16 of 18 career games against the Orioles, hitting .397 (27-for-68) Errors 2 Most games over .500:...... 3, 4/8 Awith seven doubles, one triple, nine home runs, 22 RBI, nine walks, a .462 OBP and a 1.388 OPS. Most games under .500:...... 14, 5/20 is hitting .355 (94-for-265) with 21 doubles, 17 home runs, 58 RBI, a .634 Team ERA 2.50 Longest win-streak:...... 3, 2x, last 5/23-5 Aslugging percentage and a 1.061 OPS in 71 career games vs. the O's. Starters W-L 1-0 Longest losing-streak:...5, 2x, last 5/8-5/14 When Twins score 4+:...... 16-7 Starters ERA 1.54 When Twins score 3-:...... 3-22 DOUBLE-DIGIT DOMINATION: Here are the Twins' all-time win streaks vs. individual teams: Relievers W-L-S 1-0-1 Twins get 10+ hits:...... 7-7 TEAM WINS DATES Relievers ERA 4.26 Days in First Place...... 7 Boston...... 17...... June 2, 1965-May 7, 1966 Days in Second Place...... 2 Detroit...... 16...... May 6, 2002-August 1, 2003 Saves/Opps 1/1 Days in Third Place...... 5 Baltimore...... 14...... March 31, 2018-present Days in Fourth Place...... 29 Tampa Bay...... 14...... July 21, 2004-September 5, 2006 NELSON CRUZ - HR BY TEAM Days in Fifth Place...... 12 Seattle (2015-18)...... 163 Walk-Off W/L:...... 2/5 Texas (2006-13)...... 157 Shutouts W/L:...... 3/2 HEATING UP: Twins have won five of their last six games entering today...below are some Complete Games:...... offensive numbers (left) and pitching numbers (right) during the current stretch: Minnesota (2019-21)...... 67 Attendance High:...... 12,212, 5/15 vs. OAK RUN DIFF HR R/G RISP AVG STAFF ERA BAA SP ERA 'PEN ERA Baltimore (2014)...... 40 Attendance Total:...... 219,642 +22 (42-20) 11 7.0 .356 2.89 .227 3.21 2.33 Milwaukee (2005)...... 0 Attendance Average:...... 9,151 TOTAL 427 Sellouts - 2021/All-Time:.... 8/181 SWEEPS WEEK: The Twins are looking for their first sweep of the season this afternoon...their BARRELS/PLATE APPEARANCE % RECENT TRANSACTIONS last sweep was September 22-23, 2020, taking both games from Detroit at Target Field... their last three-game sweep was September 11-13, 2020 vs. Cleveland at Target Field...the Shohei Ohtani, LAA...... 14.4% 5/26 RHP Pineda reinstated from 10-day IL Twins recorded four sweeps in 2020 and 11 in 2019...last sweep of Baltimore came in three Ronald Acuña Jr., ATL...... 13.0% IF/OF Arraez placed on 10-day IL games here from April 26-28, 2019. Adolis García, TEX...... 12.7% 5/23 RHP Maeda placed on 10-day IL Rafael Devers, BOS...... 11.8% , NYY...... 11.3% IF Gordon recalled from AAA HOT ROB: Rob Refsnyder is hitting .438 (14-for-32) with three doubles, two home runs, seven RBI, Jr., TOR...... 11.2% 5/21 OF Kirilloff returned from rehab and three walks, eight runs scored, a .472 on-base percentage and a 1.191 OPS in 11 games since having Nelson Cruz, MIN...... 11.0% reinstated from 10-day IL his contract selected on May 15, with the Twins going 7-4 in those games in which he has appeared... Kyle Seager, SEA...... 11.0% RHP Dobnak recalled from AAA he has hit safely in each of his last five games, one short of his career-high of six, done September Matt Olson, OAK...... 10.9% C Rortvedt optioned to AAA 28, 2015-May 21, 2016 with New York-AL...since May 17, he ranks tied for fourth in the AL in hits. , MIN...... 10.8% RHP Ober optioned to AAA ROUND TRIPS: Twins have hit 67 home runs this season, fifth most in ...they have homered in 11-straight home games, their RHP Law cleared waivers and accepted longest streak since homering in 15 straight at Target Field from July 16-August 7, 2019...since April 21, they are tied with Atlanta for assignment to AAA the MLB-lead with 53...on the season, the Twins have the seventh-highest average home run distance at 404 feet. 5/20 LHP Thorpe added as 27th man 5/19 RHP Pineda placed on 10-day IL HAWK THE SKIPPER: Former Twins great and current Bally Sports North analyst, LaTroy Hawkins, has been named Manager for the AL RHP Farrell contract selected from AAA Team in the SiriusXM Futures Game on July 11 at Coors Field...Hawk was a for the USA Team in Washington in 2018 for manager 5/18 RHP Ober recalled from AAA Torii Hunter...LaTroy pitched 21 seasons in the majors for the Twins (1995-2003), Cubs (2004-05), Giants (2005), Orioles (2006), Rockies RHP Stashak recalled from AAA (2007, 2014-15), Yankees (2008), Astros (2008-09), Brewers (2010-11), Angels (2012), Mets (2013) and Blue Jays (2015)...he compiled RHP Anderson placed on 10-day IL a career record of 75-94 with 127 saves and a 4.31 ERA over 1,042 games pitched, including 98 starts...Hawkins appeared in at least 60 RHP Law designated for rel. or assgn. games in 10 different seasons and his 1,042 career games pitched rank 10th all-time in major league history...in 2015, Hawkins became the 13th pitcher in major league history to record a save against all 30 teams when he closed out a win over the Twins while pitching for TWINSPRESSBOX.COM Toronto...the native of Gary, Indiana was drafted by Minnesota in the seventh round of the 1991 MLB Draft out of West Side High School. Get the latest Twins Game Notes, Zoom Interviews, Roster, Stat Packs, Clips, Press VAX FACTS: The Twins, in partnership with CUB Pharmacy, are hosting on-site vaccination opportunities at Target Field for fans attending this series vs. the Orioles...additionally, all fans 18-and-over who choose to receive the one-dose, Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine Releases, 2021 Media Guide as well as other at Target Field will receive a voucher good for one complimentary ticket to a future Twins regular season home game in 2021...the Twins’ team related information at: on-site vaccination opportunity is in support of Governor Tim Walz’ “Roll Up Your Sleeves, Minnesota Fans” campaign...vaccinations will www.twinspressbox.com be available inside Gate 34 today, beginning when gates open and lasting through the seventh inning. xxxTHIS AND THAT: UPCOMING MILESTONES ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST PLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACH 45) Andre Dawson...... 438 Nelson Cruz...... 427 home runs...... Needs 1 to pass and move into sole possession of 50th on MLB all-time list. 46) Carlos Beltrán...... 435 976 runs scored...... Needs 24 to reach 1,000 for career. 47) Juan Gonzalez...... 434 Mitch Garver...... 47 home runs...... Needs 3 to reach 50 for career. Andruw Jones...... 434 ...... 192 doubles...... Needs 8 to reach 200 for career. 49) Cal Ripken Jr...... 431 ...... 139 home runs...... Needs 2 to tie Michael Cuddyer (141) for 12th on Twins all-time list. 50) Nelson Cruz...... 427 495 hits...... Needs 5 to reach 500 for career. Mike Piazza...... 427 STARTINGSTARTING PITCHER PITCHER 2021 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS MICHAEL PINEDA #35 CG’s: - - CG’s: 1, 6/28/15 at HOU Height: 6-7 Weight: 280 B/T: R/R Age: 32 (1/18/1989 in Yaguate, DR) SHO’s: - - SHO’s: - - CG Low Hit: - - CG Low-Hit: 7, 6/28/15 at HOU 2021: 2-2, 2.79 ERA CAREER: 55-48, 3.97 ERA Innings: 7.0, 4/15 vs. BOS Innings: 8.0, 3x, last: 6/28/15 at HOU Activated off the 10-day IL today...will make his eighth start of the season (1st since May 13). SO’s: 7, 5/13 at CWS SO’s: 16, 5/10/15 vs. BAL AMaking the 156th start and appearance of career. Walks: 3, 5/13 at CWS Walks: 5, 3x, last: 7/21/19 vs. OAK AHas not faced the O's since April 29, 2017...is 5-3, 3.86 ERA (72.1 IP, 31 ER) in 13 career starts. Hits: 6, 2x, last: 5/6 vs. TEX Hits: 11, 6/22/15 vs. PHI A Home Runs: 2, 3x, last: 5/13 at CWS Home Runs: 4, 4/24/16 vs. TB 2021 DAY-BY-DAY Win-Streak: 1, 2x, last: 4/30 Win-Streak: 8, 7/26/19-4/4/21 Loss-Streak: 1, 2x, last: 5/13 Loss-Streak: 3, 3x, last: 4/18/19-5/11/19 Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Left/Final Notes Pitches/K 4/4 at MIL W1 5.0 4 1 0 0 2 5 2-1/8-2 Stranded 6 baserunners over 5.0 IP 81/57 (70.4%) 4/10 vs. SEA ND 6.0 4 2 2 2 0 6 2-2/3-4 Quality start; allowed just 2 solo HR 75/58 (77.3%) CAREER NOTES 4/15 vs. BOS ND 7.0 2 0 0 0 1 6 3-0/4-3 Longest 2021 start to date for MIN 88/61 (69.3%) 4/24 vs. PIT L1 4.1 6 5 4 2 1 5 1-5/2-6 1st loss since July 16, 2019 90/59 (65.6%) • Missed last 21 games of 2019, the entire ALDS and the first 36 contests of 2020 due to a 60- 4/30 vs. KC W2 5.0 3 1 1 1 2 5 5-1/9-1 Hit on wrist w/ 1 out in 5th 71/42 (59.2%) game suspension for violating MLB's Joint Drug and Prevention Treatment Program. APRIL TOTALS 2-1 27.1 19 9 7 5 6 27 2.30 ERA • Spent the entire 2018 season on the Injured List, recovering from Tommy John surgery on right 5/6 vs. TEX ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 1 5 3-2/3-4 Rangers rallied off Twins 'pen 87/59 (67.8%) elbow...also missed the entire 2012 campaign with New York-AL recovering from right shoulder 5/13 at CWS L2 5.1 4 3 3 2 3 7 1-2/2-4 Season-high 96 pitches and 7 K 96/63 (65.6%) surgery, and was out of the majors in 2013 while rehabbing. MAY TOTALS 0-1 11.1 10 5 5 3 4 12 3.97 ERA • Struck out 207 batters over 175.2 innings pitched in 2016, setting the fifth-lowest innings RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA total for a pitcher who recorded 200+ strikeouts in American League history. 2021 TOTALS 2-2 38.2 29 14 12 8 10 39 2.79 • Was an AL All-Star in 2011 as a member of the , posting a 3.03 ERA (113.0 IP, CAREER TOTALS 55-48 891.1 847 422 393 122 202 891 3.97 38 ER) with 113 strikeouts and an opponents average of .198 in the first half, and finished the year fifth in the AL Rookie of the Year voting. "BIG MIKE" BACK FROM THE IL: Pineda was activated from the 10-day Injured List today and is making • In 2011, he became one of 27 rookie pitchers in the Expansion Era (1961-present) to throw the start this afternoon in the series finale vs. Baltimore...was scratched from his scheduled start at least 171.0 innings and 173 or more batters, and first since on May 18 vs. Chicago-AL after undergoing a procedure to remove an abscess...was then placed on (Boston, 2007). the IL on May 19 (retro to May 16) and missed two starts overall. • Was signed by Seattle as a 16-year-old undrafted free agent December 12, 2005...signed by Patrick Guerrero, brother of Fred Guerrero, Twins' Director of Latin American Scouting & U.S. LAST START (BEFORE THE IL): Pineda last started on May 13 at Guaranteed Rate Field, in the finale of Integration. the Twins' three-game series in Chicago...allowed three runs (including one of two inherited runners • He owns a farm in his native Dominican Republic, where he raises chickens in addition to that scored after he departed the game) on four hits in 5.1 innings, taking the loss as Lance Lynn growing a number of crops. and the White Sox completed the sweep with a 4-2 victory. Set season-highs with three walks, seven strikeouts and 96 pitches, while allowing two home 2021 MISC. NUMBERS Aruns for the third time in 2021 (both solo)...issued back-to-back walks to open the sixth inning, both on full counts. W L ERA G/GS IP ER AVG H AB HR BB SO Home: 1 1 2.86 5/5 28.1 9 Vs. Left: .219 16 73 5 4 19 STARTING STRONG: When healthy, "Big Mike" has been among the Twins' most effective and consistent Road: 1 1 2.61 2/2 10.1 3 Vs. Right: .188 13 69 3 6 20 starters thus far in 2021, while fashioning one of the best season-opening stretches of his career... his 2.79 ERA (38.2 IP, 12 ER) through his first seven starts is the third-best mark to begin a season Day: 1 2 2.94 6/6 33.2 11 TOTALS: .204 29 142 8 10 39 of his career, behind the 1.95 ERA (37.0 IP, 8 ER) during his injury-marred 2014 campaign with the Night: 1 0 1.80 1/1 5.0 1 Yankees and his 2.72 mark (46.1 IP, 14 ER) in 2015. Grass: 2 2 2.79 7/7 38.2 12 None On: .220 22 100 8 7 26 His 2.30 ERA (27.1 IP, 7 ER) over five starts in April marked his first month with five-plus starts Turf: ------Runners On: .167 7 42 5 3 13 Aand a sub-3.00 ERA since June 2016 (2.75 mark over six starts), and just the fifth such month of his career. Pineda's three quality starts (in 7 outings) are tied for the team lead, matching Matt Shoemaker 6.0-PLUS IP/QUALITY STARTS A(9 starts), but his 4.89 run-support average is lowest among Twins starters. YEAR STARTS 6+ IP QS YEAR STARTS 6.0+ IP QS 900-900 CLUB ON THE HORIZON: Pineda enters today's start 8.2 innings and nine strikeouts short 2011 28 22 19 2017 17 10 9 of 900 for his career in both categories...over his first 155 major league starts, Big Mike has worked 2014 13 10 9 2019 26 14 13 891.1 innings and has fanned 891 batters...he would become the 48th active pitcher with at least 2015 27 17 12 2020 5 2 2 900.0 career innings pitched and 900 strikeouts, as well as the 26th Dominican-born pitcher in major league history to reach those marks. 2016 32 15 11 2021 7 3 3 TOTALS 155 93 78 MINNESOTA MIKE: Big Mike has made 38 starts in a Minnesota uniform, going 15-7, 3.71 ERA (211.1 IP, 87 ER)...the Twins are 24-14 when he toes the rubber. Pineda has a 4.53 strikeout-to-walk ratio since 2019, along with a 1.14 WHIP...those stats, along 2021 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBERS Awith his ERA, are all better than his career numbers (4.41, 1.18 and 3.97). BASE RUNNERS PICK-OFFS SB-ATT GIDP AHis 4.0 WAR (per Fangraphs) since 2019 is 17th among AL starters (min. 200.0 IP). PINEDA: 39 1 0-2 1 BIG MIKE, BIG PERFORMANCES: Pineda's ERA as a Twin stood at 5.02 (80.2 IP, 45 ER) through his first 15 starts of the 2019 season (his first campaign back in the majors following Tommy John surgery)... 2021 RUNS/HITS PER INNING beginning June 29, 2019, Big Mike is 11-3, 2.89 ERA (130.2 IP, 42 ER), 31 walks, 137 strikeouts and a .227/.275/.372 opponent slash line over his last 23 starts (Minnesota is 16-7 in those games). INNING: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RUNS/HITS: 1/2 6/7 3/7 1/5 2/7 1/0 0/1 -/- -/- BIRD TAMER: Pineda will make his 14th career start against Baltimore today, but his first since April 29, 2017 at Yankee Stadium, when he earned the win as the Bronx Bombers rolled to a 12-4 victory (5.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K)...is 5-3, 3.86 ERA (72.1 IP, 31 ER) with 15 walks and 87 strikeouts PINEDA VS. BALTIMORE in his first 13 outings. In seven career home starts against the O's (one as a Mariner, six as a Yankee), Pineda is 4-1, 2017 vs. Baltimore (1 start): 1-0, 0.00 ERA (5.1 IP, 0 ER), 1 BB, 8 K A2.30 ERA (43.0 IP, 11 ER) with 10 walks and 57 strikeouts. 2017 vs. Baltimore at Home (1 start): 1-0, 0.00 ERA (5.1 IP, 0 ER), 1 BB, 8 K 2017 vs. Baltimore on Road (0 starts): - - HOME COOKING: Pineda will make his sixth home start of the season in this afternoon's game...is Career vs. Baltimore (13 starts): 5-3, 3.86 ERA (72.1 IP, 31 ER), 15 BB, 87 K 1-1, 2.86 ERA (28.1 IP, 9 ER) over his first five Target Field outings of 2021. Has allowed two-or-fewer runs in four of his five home efforts this season, logging a trio of Career vs. Baltimore at Home (7 starts): 4-1, 2.30 ERA (43.0 IP, 11 ER), 10 BB, 57 K Aquality starts...opponents are slashing just .202/.239/.404 off Big Mike at Target Field in 2021, Career vs. Baltimore on Road (6 starts): 1-2, 6.14 ERA (29.1 IP, 20 ER), 5 BB, 30 K going 21-for-104 with three doubles, six home runs, five walks and 27 strikeouts. Is 5-4, 3.67 ERA (122.2 IP, 50 ER) in 22 career home starts with the Twins, including 4-2, 2.93 BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPS A(92.0 IP, 30 ER) in his last 16 efforts. Pineda vs. the Orioles López vs. the Twins DAYTIME DRAMA: When he takes the ball this afternoon, Pineda will make his seventh day start of PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SO PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SO the season (of eight outings overall)...during his Twins tenure, Big Mike has actually pitched more Davis .250 24 6 2 2 14 Polanco .071 14 1 0 0 0 under the sun (21 day starts) than under the lights (17 night starts). Franco .600 5 3 1 0 0 Cave .333 9 3 1 1 1 Pineda is 1-2, 2.94 ERA (33.2 IP, 11 ER) in his first seven day starts this year; 7-5, 3.68 (115.0 Galvis .200 5 1 0 1 1 Sanó .500 8 4 2 0 4 AIP, 47 ER) as a Twin; and 20-18, 3.82 (353.1 IP, 150 ER) in 63 career starts under the sun. Garver .000 7 0 0 0 2 At night, Big Mike is 1-0, 1.80 ERA (5.0 IP, 1 ER) in 2021; 8-2, 3.74 (96.1 IP, 40 ER) with Minnesota Aand 35-30, 4.07 (538.0 IP, 243 ER) lifetime (92 starts). Kepler .167 6 1 0 1 2 Cruz .600 5 3 2 0 0 FOR IT'S ONE, TWO STRIKES YOU'RE (MOST LIKELY) OUT: When Big Mike gets to a two-strike count, Arraez .500 4 2 0 0 0 he is putting hitters away with above-league average efficiency...with two strikes, opponents are Astudillo .250 4 1 0 0 0 11-for-76 (.145) with a .438 OPS and a 46.4 percent strikeout rate off Pineda...for comparison, Riddle .000 1 0 0 0 0 American League hitters as an aggregate in 2021 are batting .167 with a .512 OPS and a 43.9 Simmons 1.000 1 1 0 1 0 percent strikeout rate. 2021 ARSENAL: Below is a breakdown of Pineda's 2021 three-pitch repertoire, according to YOU CAN GET ON, BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO STAY THERE: Pineda has been stingy in any situation this Baseball Savant, which follows a similar pattern to what he featured in 2020. year, allowing just 29 hits and 10 walks in 38.2 innings (a 1.01 WHIP that, in a full season, would Since the start of the 2020 season, opponents are hitting .130 (12-for-92) with 37 be second best of his career)...but, he clamps down even more with runners on base, allowing just Astrikeouts against Pineda's . seven hits (3 doubles and 4 singles) in 42 at-bats, with three walks, for a .167/.217/.238 opponent In two-plus seasons with the Twins, he has used his four-seam more than half slash line (by comparison, the AL aggregate with runners on is .251/.326/.410). Athe time (51.9% in 2021, 50.1% in 2020, 54.1% in 2019)...after a career-high 59.5% use rate as a Mariners rookie, he never topped 47.7% as a Yankee. TROUBLE WITH THE LONG BALL: The one bugaboo for Pineda thus far has been the home run ball, PITCH (AVG. MPH) PCT. (# OF PITCHES, VS. RHB/LHB) RESULTS yielding eight in his 38.1 innings (all solo), after not surrendering a single longball in his 26.2 innings 4-Seam Fastball (90.8)...... 51.9% (305 pitches, 159/146)...... 231 (18-for-78), 2 2B, 7 HR, 18 K in 2020...extrapolated over a full season, his 1.86 HR/9.0 rate would be the second highest of his Slider (81.8)...... 34.4% (202 pitches, 134/68)...... 140 (7-for-50), 2 2B, 1 HR, 20 K career and his 5.19 home run percentage would represent a career worst. (85.4)...... 13.8% (81 pitches, 11/70)...... 286 (4-for-14), 1 K

THE "RIGHT" STUFF: Beginning with his first start of the 2020 season (which came September 1), AND FINALLY...: This afternoon mark Pineda's fifth start this season in a series finale and Pineda has held right-handed batters to a .186/.240/.297 slash line (22-for-118 with 4 2B, 3 HR, third consecutive...he is 1-1, 1.93 ERA (23.1 IP, 5 ER) in his four prior outings (April 4 at 8 BB and 31 K). Milwaukee, April 15 vs. Boston, May 6 vs. Texas and May 13 at Chicago-AL)...all five of his Pineda's .179 opponent batting average by right-handed hitters in that span is sevent-best in earned runs in finales have come in his last two starts, as he allowed just one unearned Athe American League (min. 120 batters faced). run over an otherwise unblemished 12.0 innings in his first two finale outings of the year.

FRIDAY'S STARTER - RHP RANDY DOBNAK (2021 SEASON: 1-3, 5.75 ERA // CAREER: 9-8, 3.68 ERA)

Dobnak is scheduled to make his second-consecutive start when he takes the mound in Friday night's series opener vs. Kansas city...opened the season in Minnesota's bullpen and struggled, going 0-3, 8.16 ERA (14.1 IP, 13 ER) with one save in seven appearances...was optioned to Triple-A St. Paul on May 3 to get stretched out...was recalled May 21 and started that night's series opener in Cleveland, tossing 6.0-innings of three-hit, shutout ball to earn the win in a 10-0 Twins victory...allowed just three singles, with two walks and five strikeouts, while pitching in front of family (including his grandfather, who saw him pitch in the majors for the first time)...is 9-5, 3.13 ERA (72.0 IP, 25 ER) in 16 career starts...is a perfect 3-0, 2.87 ERA (15.2 IP, 5 ER) in three lifetime outings (all starts) vs. the Royals. HITTERS - C/IF #64 MAX KEPLER - OF #26 Height: 5-9 Weight: 225 B/T: R/R Age: 29 (10/14/91 in Barcelona Anzoategui, VZ) Height: 6-4 Weight: 225 B/T: L/L Age: 28 (2/10/93 in Berlin, Germany) 2021 Average: .278 Streak: 0-4 Series vs BAL: 0-0 2021 Average: .214 Streak: 0-4 Series vs BAL: 0-4 Homestand: 0-0 Home Runs: 3 (3 1-run) Homestand: 0-4 Home Runs: 5 (3 1-run, 2 3-run) Has not played in last three games (since 5/22)...is hitting .278 (25-for-90) w/ 6 R, 4 2B, 3 DH last night, went 0-for-4 w/ BB...recorded his 6th multi-hit game of the season on 5/23... A HR, 11 RBI & a .713 OPS in 30 games this season...is just 1-for-14 (.071) in last 6 games A also recorded his 3rd multi-XBH game this season on 5/22...has hit safely in 16 of 18 career after his career-best 8-game hit streak from 4/27-5/14. games vs. BAL, hitting .397 (27-for-68), 7 2B, 3B, 9 HR, 22 RBI, 21 R & 9 BB...had a 7-game A Career .455 (5-for-11) w/ 2B, HR & 3 RBI in 6 games vs. BAL, w/ 1.235 OPS. hitting streak against BAL, hit .462 (12-for-26) w/ 11 R, 2 2B, 6 HR, 10 RBI & a 1.714 OPS A Made his third career pitching appearance on 5/17, matching John Moses for second most in that span (all 7 games at Target Field, 7/5/18-4/28/19). by a position player in Twins history, behind Chris Gimenez (7). A Hitting .214 (27-for-126) w/ 19 R, 9 2B, 2 3B, 5 HR, 16 BB, 22 RBI in 35 games overall this A Career .279 (29-for-104) vs. LHP compared to .295 (84-for-285) vs. RHP. season...hitting .293 (12-for-41) w/ 2 2B & 19 RBI with RISP this season...16 of 27 hits have Hitters A Career def. positions: 50 at C, 27 at 3B, 30 at 1B, 6 in RF, 4 in LF, 7 at 2B, 1 in CF, 3 at P. been XBH...on 5/16, also marked his 11th career game with at least four RBI. Luis Arraez A In 29 games this season (22 starts), 15 games have been at 1B & 7 at C. A Hit 10th career leadoff HR on 5/6, moves within 2 of tying Dan Gladden (12) for 4th on the 2021 Average: .277 Streak: 2g, 3-10 Series vs BAL: 0-0 NELSON CRUZ - DH #23 Twins all-time list (Dozier - 28, J. Jones - 20, Knoblauch - 14). Homestand: 0-0 Home Runs: 1 (1 2-run) ALEX KIRILLOFF - 1B/OF #19 Willians Astudillo Height: 6-2 Weight: 230 B/T: R/R Age: 40 (7/1/80 in Las Matas De Santa Cruz, DR) 2021 Average: .278 Streak: 0-4 Series vs BAL: 0-0 2021 Average: .290 Streak: 0-1 Series vs BAL: 0-1 Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 B/T: L/L Age: 23 (11/9/97 in Pittsburgh, PA) Homestand: 0-0 Home Runs: 3 (3 1-run) Homestand: 0-1 Home Runs: 10 (6 1-run, 3 2-run, 1 GS) 2021 Average: .254 Streak: 2g, 4-8, 2 2B, RBI Series vs BAL: 4-8, 2 2B, RBI Homestand: 4-8, 2 2B, RBI Home Runs: 4 (2 1-run, 2 3-run) Nelson Cruz Hitting .290 (42-for-145) w/ 24 R, 3 2B, 3B, 10 HR, 3 HBP, 24 RBI, 11 BB & an .877 OPS in 2021 Average: .290 Streak: 0-1 Series vs BAL: 0-1 A 42 games this season...has hit safely in 15 of his last 24 games. Went 2-for-4 w/ 2 2B & RBI last night, back-to-back multi hit games for 2nd time this Homestand: 0-1 Home Runs: 10 (6 1-run, 3 2-run, 1 GS) A season...hitting .351 (13-for-37) w/ 4 2B, 4 HR & 14 RBI in his last 9 games...9 of his 14 career Josh Donaldson A He played for the Baltimore in 2014, hit .271 (166-for-613) w/ 87 R, 32 2B, 40 HR, 108 RBI 2021 Average: .236 Streak: 1g, 1-4, RBI Series vs BAL: 1-7, 2 RBI & 55 BB in 159 games...his 40 HR's led baseball in HR that year, named Orioles MVP, made hits have been XBH (5 2B & 4 HR)...has 9 XBH through his first 17 career games...also has 15 Homestand: 1-7, 2 RBI Home Runs: 5 (3 1-run, 2 2-run) All-Star game at Target Field and finished 7th in AL MVP voting that year...356 (94-for- RBI in his first 17 games, most RBI through a player’s first 17 career games in Twins history. 264) with 21 2B, 17 HR, 58 RBI, a .636 SLG and a 1.063 OPS in 70 career games vs. BAL. A Has hit safely in 11 of his last 12 games, hitting .327 (16-for-49) w/ 4 HR & 15 RBI in 2021 Average: .260 Streak: 2g, 3-6, 2 HR, 4 RBI Series vs BAL: 2-5, HR A Leads Twins w/ 12 multi-hit games...PH on 5/24 for (SO & BB) after missing that span...had 4-straight games w/ at least one XBH (4/30-5/21)...Club’s No. 2-ranked Homestand: 2-5, HR Home Runs: 3 (2 1-run, 1 3-run) four games; still day-to-day with a left wrist contusion and did not play last night vs. BAL. prospect per MLB.com. Mitch Garver A Has 26 home runs in a Twins/Senators uniform after turning 40, second most in franchise A 8 games at 1B, 7 games at LF, 4 games at RF, 142.0 innings played defensively. 2021 Average: .224 Streak: 6g, 7-17, HR, 4 2B, 3 RBI Series vs BAL: 3-7, 3 2B, 2 RBI history behind Hall-of-Famer (31)...enters today 5th in MLB in hard hit % - OF #24 Homestand: 3-7, 3 2B, 2 RBI Home Runs: 7 (4 1-run, 1 2-run, 2 3-run) (55.7%)...also enters tonight T-15th in AL in HR (10); is the only 40-year-old in top 15 in Nick Gordon league in HR...also 15th in AL in SLG (.531) and 16th in AVG (.290). Height: 6-4 Weight: 223 B/T: L/R Age: 24 (2/26/1997 in Walnut Creek, CA) 2021 Average: .250 Streak: 0-2 Series vs BAL: 0-2 Leads baseball in home runs since 2014 with 271...ranks T-50th on MLB all-time list in homers 2021 Average: .200 Streak: 0-3 Series vs BAL: 2-7, HR, 2 RBI Homestand: 0-2 Home Runs: A with Mike Piazza (427)...next up is Cal Ripken Jr. with 431. Homestand: 2-7, HR, 2 RBI Home Runs: 2 (2 1-run) JOSH DONALDSON - 3B #20 A Went 0-for-3 w/ HBP last night, now 2-for-18 w/ 2 R, HR, 3 RBI, HBP & 3 BB in last 5 games Height: 6-1 Weight: 210 B/T: R/R Age: 35 (12/8/85 in Pensacola, FL) and is 10-for-50 w/ 7 R, 3 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 2 HBP & 7 BB in 16 career games (14 starts, RF-4 & LF-10)...has reached base safely in 13 of his 16 career G, owning a .322 OBP. 2021 Average: .236 Streak: 1g, 1-4, RBI Series vs BAL: 1-7, 2 RBI Homestand: 1-7, 2 RBI Home Runs: 5 (3 1-run, 2 2-run) Hit a 461-foot homer on 4/24, went 2-for-4 w/ R, HR & 2 RBI in first career game vs. BAL, A marks the longest home run by a Twins player this season according to Statcast and the sixth A Tied the game with a sacrifice fly in th 9th inning on 5/24,recorded second-straight game with longest in Target Field history by a Twin or an opponent...making him the seventh batter to hit a sac fly last night and now has an RBI in four of his last five games....leads Twins with 4 SF a home run into the Delta SKY360˚ Suite in centerfield since it was built in 2016. this season....is 5-for-37 w/ 6 R, 2B, HR, 9 BB & 6 RBI in his last 12 games. A Career .267 (68-for-255) w/ 35 R, 19 2B, 2 3B, 12 HR, 53 RBI, 2 HBP, 45 BB in 69 games vs. BAL. JORGE POLANCO - IF #11 A Batting .288 (17-for-59) on the road, compared to .183 (11-for-60) at home this season. Height: 5-11 Weight: 208 B/T: S/R Age: 27 (7/5/93 in San Pedro De Macorís, DR) A Career .250/.353/.463 (281-for-1125), 58 2B, 4 3B, 58 HR, 167 RBI & 173 BB in 303 games 2021 Average: .232 Streak: 1g, 1-4, HR Series vs BAL: 1-4, HR vs. AL East. Homestand: 1-4, HR Home Runs: 4 (3 1-run, 1 2-run) KYLE GARLICK - OF #30 A Recorded his 4th HR of the season last night (1st career HR vs. BAL)...his 53 career homers Height: 6-1 Weight: 210 B/T: R/R Age: 29 (1/26/92 in La Habra, CA) are third most by a switch hitter in Twins history hitting; he’s now 10 from tying Eduardo Escobar (63) for second. 2021 Average: .260 Streak: 2g, 3-6, 2 HR, 4 RBI Series vs BAL: 2-5, HR Homestand: 2-5, HR Home Runs: 3 (2 1-run, 1 3-run) Hitting .212 (21-for-99) w/ 4 2B, 1 HR as LHB vs. .269 (14-for-52), 5 2B, 2 HR as RHB this A year...had walk-off RBI single on 5/18, was his third career walk-off PA. Hitting .260 (19-for-73) w/ 12 R, 8 2B, 3 HR, 8 RBI in 27 games this season...4-for-21 w/ 2 Career .197 (13-for-66) w/ 6 R, 5 2B, HR, 6 RBI & 5 BB in 19 games vs. BAL...is 7-for-45 w/ A HR & 4 RBI in last 7 games...homered on 5/24 (back-to-back games w/ HR), 2nd time in A 3 R, 2 2B, HR, 5 RBI & 2 BB vs. BAL at Target Field (14 games). career (also, June 19-20, 2019), also recorded his second career outfield assist on 5/24. Has 9 multi-hit games this season, 3rd on Twins...among Twins is 1st in PA (174), 1st in AB Recorded his 1st leadoff HR on 5/7, recorded his 2nd career game with multiple extra-base A (155), T-2nd in 2B (9), 1st in games (43), T-4th in RBI (19) & T-5th in BB (15). A hits...11 of his 19 hits this season (58%) have gone for extra bases (8 2B, 3 HR)...14 of his 19 hits this season have come against LHP...now 14-for-44 (.318) off LHP compared to ROB REFSNYDER - OF #38 5-for-29 (.172) w/ 2 2B, HR, 4 RBI & BB against RHP this season...led off for the 5th time Height: 6-0 Weight: 205 B/T: R/R Age: 30 (3/26/1991 in Seoul, ) this season on 5/24 and is hitting .273 (6-for-22) when starting in that spot. 2021 Average: .438 Streak: 5g, 8-19, 2 HR, 2 2B, 4 RBI Series vs BAL: 5-8, HR, 2 2B, 2 RBI A Career MLB games by position: 28 in LF & 23 in RF...has palyed in 25 games (17 starts) this Homestand: 5-8, HR, 2 2B, 2 RBI Home Runs: 2 (2 1-run) season (162.0 innings). He is the 2nd South Korean-born player in Twins/Senators history, alongside ByungHo Park... MITCH GARVER - C #8 A made his first career start in centerfield and went 4-for-4 on 5/17, setting a new single-game Height: 6-1 Weight: 220 B/T: R/R Age: 30 (1/15/91 in Albuquerque, NM) career high in hits...had multi-hit games and an RBI in each of his two starts this season. Hit 1st career HR as a Twin on 5/21...went 3-for-4 w/ 3 R, 2 2B, HR & 2 RBI last night, was 2021 Average: .224 Streak: 6g, 7-17, HR, 4 2B, 3 RBI Series vs BAL: 3-7, 3 2B, 2 RBI A Homestand: 3-7, 3 2B, 2 RBI Home Runs: 7 (4 1-run, 1 2-run, 2 3-run) his first-career multi-extra-base hit game…has a hit in each of his last five games and is batting .421 (8-for-19) w/ 2 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI & a 1.318 OPS in that span…three of his six Two doubles recorded last night, now has three doubles in the last two games and 7 this career home runs have come in the eighth or-later. A season...44 career doubles. Now hitting .438 (14-for-32) w/ 8 R, 3 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 3 BB in 11 games this season...career Went 2-for-3 w/ 2 2B and extended his hit streak to six games, dating back to 5/17…is batting A .322 (19-for-59) w/ 12 R, 7 2B, HR, 5 RBI & 9 BB in 23 games vs. BAL. A .412 (7-for-17) over that span…was his fifth-career two-double game (last: 9/28/19 at KC) Has played in 11 games this season, 9 starts (8 in CF & 1 in LF). and eighth multi-hit game of the season....has 10 R, 4 2B, 5 HR, 10 RBI & 11 BB in his last A 19 games...is batting .296 (16-for-54) in that span. MIGUEL SANÓ - IF #22 A 7-for-25 w/ 5 R, 4 2B, HR, 3 RBI & 7 BB in last 9 games...career .357 (10-for-28) w/ 6 R, 4 Height: 6-4 Weight: 272 B/T: R/R Age: 28 (5/11/93 in San Pedro De Macorís, DR) 2B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 5 BB & a 1.276 OPS in 8 games vs. BAL...now .389 (7-for-18) w/ 4 R, 2 2B, 2021 Average: .179 Streak: 0-4 Series vs BAL: 1-8, RBI HR, 5 BB & 4 RBI vs. BAL at Target Field (6 games). Homestand: 1-8, RBI Home Runs: 8 (4 1-run, 2 2-run, 1 3-run, 1 GS) A Career 234 G (198 GS/1792.1 Inn.) as C with .993 FPct...has a 86.0 SB% (104 SB/17 CCS). Went 0-for-4 w/ 4 K last night, .267 w/ 9 R, 3 2B, 6 HR & 14 RBI in last 12 games...ranks 2nd A Hitting .192 (10-for-52) vs. LHP this season with 4 HR vs. .255 (14-for-55) vs. RHP with 3 HR. A in walks (19) & 1st in strikeouts (49) among Twins this season. A Recorded 1st & only multi-HR game of the season so far on 4/28...also homered on 5/5, an Career .245 (23-for-94), 2 2B, 8 HR, 18 RBI, 20 R, .845 OPS in 24 games vs. BAL...career estimated 429 feet, good for the 4th-longest HR of his career. A .256 w/ 8 R, 3 HR, 7 RBI & a .843 OPS in 11 games vs. BAL at Target Field. NICK GORDON - IF #1 A Career 112 G/106 GS at 1B - 29 games (28 starts) at 1B this season, 237.2 Inn. Height: 6-0 Weight: 160 B/T: L/R Age: 25 (10/24/1995 in Avon Park, FL) A Has 139 career HR - 13th on Twins all-time list needs 2 to tie Michael Cuddyer (141). 2021 Average: .250 Streak: 0-2 Series vs BAL: 0-2 ANDRELTON SIMMONS - SS #9 Homestand: 0-2 Home Runs: Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 B/T: R/R Age: 31 (9/4/89 in Mundo Nobo, Curaçao) Recalled on 5/23 for 3rd time this season (4/23 & 5/4), started on 5/24 at 2B and went 2021 Average:.244 Streak: 2g, 3-6, RBI Series vs BAL: 3-6, RBI A 0-for-2...made ML debut on 5/6, recorded his 1st major league hit, went 1-for-2 w/ BB & Homestand: 3-6, RBI Home Runs: 2 (2 2-run) became the first player in Twins history with multiple stole bases in his Major League debut. Went 1-for-3 w/ R & BB last night, now career .375 (36-for-96) against Baltimore…he has A Appeared in eight games for the Saints hitting .393 (11-for-28) with one triple, one home A reached base safely in 23 out of the 29 games he has played in against the Orioles. run, four RBI and five stolen bases. 2nd most games all-time for Curaçao-born players (1,096), trailing Andruw Jones (2,196). A 1st round selection (5th overall) by Twins in 2014 First-Year Player Draft. A Hitting .244 (29-for-119) w/ 16 R, 4 2B, 2 HR, 13 RBI, HBP, 15 BB and a .661 OPS in 36 games A Is the son of three-time All-Star RHP Tom “Flash” Gordon and half-brother of MLB infielder/ A this season. outfielder Dee Strange-Gordon. A Has played in 36 games (35 starts at SS), 307.2 innings played, 95A/5E for a .966 FPct. A Has 192 career doubles, needs 8 to reach 200 for career. TWINS HOME RUN DATA

MULTI-HOMER GAMES (5x) BACK-TO-BACK (1x) INSIDE-THE-PARK (0x) RUNNERS ON GRAND SLAM (2x) LEADOFF (3x) • Cruz (4/5 at DET) • Buxton/Donaldson (4/28 at CLE) • None • Solo - 42 • Cruz (4/5 at DET) • Buxton (4/28 at CLE) • Cruz (4/21 at OAK) • 2-run - 16 • Sanó (5/20 at LAA, G2) • Kepler (5/6 vs. TEX) • Garver (4/28 at CLE) WALK-OFF (0x) • 3-run - 8 • Garlick (5/7 at DET) • Kirilloff (4/30 vs. KC) • None • GS - 1 • Sanó (5/18 vs. CWS) 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 Willians Astudillo 5 2 8, 4/27-5/14 3, 5/6 5/04/21 vs. TEX 0 Gibson 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .455 5 11 1 3 Nelson Cruz 12 5 11, 4/3-4/16 3, 4/6 5/19/21 vs. CWS 0 Giolito 4/05/21 at DET 10 .000 0 1 0 0 .355 94 265 17 58 Josh Donaldson 6 4 6, 4/1-4/21 4, 4/21 5/17/21 vs. CWS 1 Keuchel 9/28/18 at KC 5 .143 1 7 0 2 .267 68 255 12 53 Kyle Garlick 5 1 4, 5/5-5/8 2, 5/24 5/24/21 vs. BAL 0 Means 0 .400 2 5 1 1 .400 2 5 1 1 Mitch Garver 8 5 6, 5/17-5/25 2, 5/25 5/20/21 at LAA 0 Strickland 0 .429 3 7 0 2 .357 10 28 3 9 Nick Gordon 5 1 4, 5/16-5/22 2, 5/22 0 .000 0 2 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0 Max Kepler 6 5 4, 5/20-5/23 3, 4/1 5/23/21 at CLE 2 Plesac 8/26/17 at TOR 2 .000 0 4 0 0 .397 27 68 9 22 Alex Kirilloff 6 4 11, 4/26-5/22 2, 5/25 5/02/21 vs. KC 2 Newberry 0 .500 4 8 0 1 .500 4 8 0 1 Trevor Larnach 3 2 3, 5/16-5/18 3, 5/16 5/24/21 vs. BAL 0 Means 0 .286 2 7 1 2 .286 2 7 1 2 Jorge Polanco 9 5 5, 5/7-5/13 4, 4/21 5/25/21 vs. BAL 0 Kremer 0 .250 1 4 1 1 .197 13 66 1 6 Rob Refsnyder 6 2 5, 5/21-5/25 4, 5/17 5/25/21 vs. BAL 0 Akin 0 .625 5 8 1 2 .322 19 59 1 5 Miguel Sano 2 4 4, 5/20-5/22 3, 5/18 5/22/21 at CLE 0 Bieber 5/20/21 at LAA 2 .125 1 8 0 1 .245 23 94 8 18 Andrelton Simmons 6 3 4, 4/1-4/5 3, 4/8 5/16/21 vs. OAK 1 Diekman 4/22/17 vs. TOR 2 .500 3 6 0 1 .375 36 96 2 14 BULLPEN TEAM BULLPEN NOTES The Twins bullpen is 5-14-9, 4.81 ERA (168.1 IP, 90 ER), 77 BB, 189 K, 26 HLD and a .253 BAA in 48 games this season...'pen has 2.45 ERA (29.1 IP, 8 ER) in last 9 G, after posting 7.96 ERA A(31.2 IP, 28 ER) in prior 9...'pen pitched 5.0 scoreless IP 5/18 vs. CWS (1 H, 5 BB, 9 K), 'pen's first 5.0 scoreless IP since 9/16/20 at CWS; 1st outing w/ 1 H or less since G2 on 9/14/19 at CLE. 'Pen has allowed 37 of 57 inherited runners to score (64.9% - 1st in MLB), 4th most in MLB behind STL (44), BAL (40) and LAA (38)...'pen's 10.10 K/9.0 IP ratio is 4th in the AL, 9th in MLB. A'Pen went 3-for-3 in save opportunities and posted 2.65 ERA (17.0 IP, 5 ER), 5 BB, 22 K in 6 games vs. BAL in 2019...'pen has 1.88 ERA (14.1 IP, 3 ER) in 5 G vs. BAL at Target Field since 2019. A'Pen is 4-6-4, 4.32 ERA (91.2 IP, 44 ER), 40 BB, 94 K and a .243 BAA (83-for-342) in 25 home games this season, compared to 1-8-4, 5.40 ERA (76.2 IP, 46 ER), 37 BB, 95 K, .265 BAA (80-for-302) in A23 road games...2 of 'pen's last 4 games at home have been scoreless, posting 1.88 ERA (14.1 IP, 3 ER), 6 BB, 17 K, .154 BAA (8-for-52) in that span. JORGE ALCALA - RHP #66 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 205 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 Homestand: 1-0-0, 18.00 (1.0 IP, 2 ER), 1 K, 0 BB Series vs BAL: 1-0-0, 18.00 (1.0 IP, 2ER), 1 K, 0 BB vs. Left .250 vs. Right .132 5/24 vs. BALBS1/W1 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 1 5/22 at CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 A Allowed 2-R HR to D. Stewart in 8th Monday night; 1st BS of season, but earned W when Twins took lead in bottom of 8th...has 9.00 ERA in 5/21 at CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 last 3 home G, after 4 scoreless app. from 4/30-5/5 (4.1 IP)...issued multiple BB for 1st time in career in 8th on 5/17 vs. CWS. 5/19 vs. CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A Monday was 1st career G vs. BAL...2 career app. vs. AL East, both this year (last night & 4/13 vs. BOS); has 13.50 ERA (2.0 IP, 3 ER) in those G. 5/17 vs. CWS ND 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 0 Career 1.80 ERA (25.0 IP, 5 ER)/.235 BAA in 20 career home G, compared to 4.95 ERA (20.0 IP, 11 ER)/.188 BAA in 17 career road G. 5/13 at CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 A Has appeared 1x in 4th, 2x in 6th, 3x in 7th, 7x in 8th, 5x in 9th, 1x in 10th this season...owns 1.12 ERA (8.0 IP, 1 ER) pitching in the 9th- 5/11 at CWS L1 1.0 2 2 2 1 1 0 A or-later this season...fastball is averaging 96.9 MPH this season and has thrown 16 of the 20 fastest pitches by MIN pitching this year. 5/5 vs. TEX ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 A 2021 arsenal: 4-Seam Fastball - 53.6% (96.9 MPH), Slider - 38.7% (88.9 MPH), Changeup - 7.7% (88.8 MPH). 5/4 vs. TEX ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 Homestand: 0-0-0, 5.40 (1.2 IP, 1 ER), 3 K, 0 BB Series vs BAL: 0-0-0, 5.40 (1.2 IP, 1ER), 3 K, 0 BB vs. Left .355 vs. Right .175 5/25 vs. BAL H2 0.2 3 1 1 1 0 1 5/24 vs. BAL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 A Pitched 8th last night, allowing solo HR to D. Stewart & departing w/ 2 on, 2 out...retired O's in order in 9th Monday, needing just 8 pit. (2 K)...has 5/22 at CLE L4 0.0 1 2 1 1 0 0 10.80 ERA (1.2 IP, 2 ER) in last 3 app. (since 5/22) after recording 7-straight scoreless app. 5/1-5/19 (7.2 IP, 2 H, 4 BB, 8 K, .083 BAA in span). 5/19 vs. CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 A Is 3-3-12 (12-for-14 in SVO), 3.48 ERA (41.1 IP, 16 ER), 11 BB, 46 K, .237 BAA (36-for-152) in 32 career app. vs. BAL...his 46 career K vs. 5/18 vs. CWS ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 2 BAL are his most against any opponent in his career...5 of last 6 app. vs. BAL have been scoreless (1.69 ERA, 5.1 IP, 4 H, 7 K, .211 BAA). 5/15 vs. OAK W2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Fanned R. Laureano on 5/15 for 400th career K...on 4/1 at MIL (), recorded 1st BS since 8/28/20; became 1st MIN RP to record 5/12 at CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 A BS while allowing 0 ER, 1 HB and at least 2 H since Terry Leach on 8/15/1990...his 3 blown saves this season are T-4th in AL, T-6th in MLB. 5/7 at DET H1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 A LHB are hitting .355 (11-for-31), while RHB are hitting .175 (7-for-40)...opponents are batting .300 (6-for-20) off him with RISP. 5/5 vs. TEX ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 2 - 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 Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0 ER), 0 K, 0 BB Series vs BAL: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .300 vs. Right .235 5/23 at CLE S1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5/22 at CLE ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 A Earned 2nd career save Sunday in CLE, working around 1-out walk & K-ing 2 batters in scoreless 10th...his other save occurred on 8/21/17 5/20 at LAA(1) ND 1.0 4 3 3 1 0 1 at CWS)...missed 2 G (suspension); ejected for throwing behind Y. Mercedes in 7th 5/18, 1st career ejection. 5/18 vs. CWS ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 A Appeared 1x in 4th, 4x in 5th, 2x in 6th, 4x in 7th, 6x in 8th, 1x in 9th, 1x in 10th so far this season...allowed 0 ER in 15 of 19 G. 5/16 vs. OAK ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Is 1-0, 2.84 ERA (12.2 IP, 4 ER), 1 BB, 12 K, .321 BAA (17-for-53) in 5 career games (1 start) vs. BAL...this includes a 3.60 ERA (5.0 IP, 2 ER), 5/12 at CWS ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 1 A 1 BB, 4 K, .318 BAA (7-for-22) in 4 relief app...has allowed 9 of 11 IR to score, T-5th most in MLB. 5/8 at DET L2 0.2 3 4 4 0 1 0 Has posted 2.16 ERA (8.1 IP, 2 ER) and .143 BAA in 9 home app. this season, compared to 8.00 ERA (9.0 IP, 8 ER) and .361 BAA in 10 road G. 5/6 vs. TEX L1 1.1 1 1 0 0 1 0 A 5/4 vs. TEX H4 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 1 A LHB are hitting .300 (9-for-30) with 4 BB and 5 K while RHB are hitting .235 (8-for-34) w/ 7 BB and 11 K. - RHP #51 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-0 Weight: 200 Age: 29 (6/7/1991 in Westlake, OH) Acquired: Signed as ml FA, 12/14/20 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP, 0 ER), 0 K, 0 BB Series vs BAL: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .121 vs. Right .135 5/24 vs. BAL H1 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5/21 at CLE ND 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Pitched 7th in Monday night's win, holding 2-1 lead; marked 1st hold of season, 3rd of his career...also his 1st hold since 7/4/18 vs. DET (w/ 4/20 at OAK(1) ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 A CHC)...last night marked 1st career app. at Target Field...worked final 2.0 innings of Friday's win in CLE. A All 3 of his appearances this season have been scoreless (4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 BB, 4 K)...has allowed 6 base runners (4 H, 2 BB) but none have scored. A 2 career app. vs. BAL, 1.2 scoreless IP (2 H, 2 K)...is 1-0, 0.93 ERA (9.2 IP, 1 ER), 3 BB, 9 K, .133 BAA (4-for-30) in 7 career app. vs. AL East. A Made 7 Grapefruit League appearances for the Twins in 2021, pitching 6.1 scoreless innings w/ .167 BAA (4-for-24), 0 BB, 10 K, 0.63 WHIP. A Contract selected 5/19 (Pineda - IL); 2nd stint w/ MIN, also 4/20-24...is son of former Red Sox and Blue Jays manager, . - RHP #57 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-0 Weight: 220 Age: 30 (8/13/90 in Bonao, DR) Acquired: Signed as FA, 12/29/20 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP, 0 ER), 0 K, 0 BB Series vs BAL: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .121 vs. Right .135 5/25 vs. BAL H8 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/23 at CLE BS2/W1 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 A Recorded team-leading 8th hold w/ 1-2-3 7th inning last night; marked 1st hold since 5/7 at DET...allowed tying R in 9th Sunday at CLE 5/22 at CLE ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 1 (2nd BS) on J. Luplow squeeze bunt but earned W after MIN took lead in 10th (Garlick 3-R HR)...0 ER in 17 of 21 app. so far (1 UER on 4/6). 5/20 at LAA(2) S2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 A Leads Twins in games (21) and holds (8)...his .129 BAA (9-for-70) is 4th among MLB relievers (min. 70 opp. AB). 5/18 vs. CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Owns 6 career appearances vs. BAL, w/ 4.76 ERA (5.2 IP, 3 ER), 0 BB, 6 K, .227 BAA (5-for-22)...is 2-3-5 (5-for-8 in SVO), 4.25 ERA (36.0 5/15 vs. OAK S1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 A IP, 17 ER), 9 BB, 49 K, .197 BAA (26-for-132) in 36 career G vs. AL East, including app. vs. BAL and BOS this season. 5/13 at CWS ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 2 Has posted 2.38 ERA (11.1 IP, 4 ER) in 12 road games this season, compared to 3.86 ERA (9.1 IP, 4 ER) in 9 home games. 5/7 at DET H7 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 A 5/6 vs. TEX BS1 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 A 2021 arsenal: Changeup - 43.0% (88.7 MPH), 4-Seam Fastball - 38.6% (96.4 MPH), Sinker - 10.8% (96.4 MPH), Slider - 7.6% (89.5 MPH). - LHP #55 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 190 Age: 30 (12/17/90 in Denver, CO) Acquired: 11th Round, 2012 Draft DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO Homestand: 0-0-1, 0.00 (1.1 IP, 0 ER), 0 K, 1 BB Series vs BAL: 0-0-1, 0.00 (1.1 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 1 BB vs. Left .222 vs. Right .260 5/25 vs. BAL S3 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5/23 at CLE H5 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 A Stranded 2 IR in 8th & worked scoreless 9th last night for 3rd SV; marked 1st SV of at least 1.1 IP since 9/14/19 at CLE (1.2 IP) – 13th career... 5/20 at LAA(2) H4 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 tallied 4th hold in G2 5/20 at LAA, K-ing S. Ohtani & working around 1-out BB in scoreless 6th...has earned L, W, HLD, HLD, SV in his last 5 games. 5/18 vs. CWS W1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 A Is 3-for-3 in SVO and has 1.93 ERA (9.1 IP, 2 ER), 2 BB, 12 K, .211 BAA (8-for-38) in 8 career app. vs. BAL...all 5 of his career app. vs. BAL 5/16 vs. OAK L2 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 2 at Target Field have been scoreless (5.1, 2 H, 1 BB, 4 K, .105 BAA, 2-for-19). 5/13 at CWS ND 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 2 Has opponent BA of .260 (20-for-77) w/ 1.18 WHIP...LHB hitting .222 (6-for-27) w/ 2 2B, 2 HR and RHB hitting .280 (14-for-50) w/ 2 2B. 5/6 vs. TEX ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 4 A Has appeared 2x in 6th inning, 3x in 7th inning, 6x in 8th inning, 7x in 9th inning-or-later. 5/4 vs, TEX BS2 1.1 2 2 1 1 0 1 A 5/3 vs. TEX S2 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 1 A Just 4 BB compared to 28 K this season...his 7.47 K/BB ratio since 2019 (142 K, 19 BB) is 2nd in MLB (min. 40.0 IP), behind C. Martin (9.89). - RHP #61 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-2 Weight: 180 Age: 26 (6/4/94 in Somers Point, NJ) Acquired: 13th Round, 2015 Draft DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0 ER), 0 K, 0 BB Series vs BAL: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .375 vs. Right .133 5/20 at LAA(1) ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5/18 vs. CWS ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 2 A Last pitched Thursday, 5/20 at LAA, w/ scoreless 6th in G1...has 3.0 scoreless IP since recall from AAA 5/18...worked 2.0 scoreless IP Tuesday 5/7 vs. TEX ND 1.0 3 3 3 1 1 3 vs. CWS, longest scoreless G of season & longest since 9/22/20 (2.0 IP)...3rd stint w/ MIN this season (also, Opening Day-4/14, 4/25-5/7). 5/5 vs. TEX ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 A Has never faced BAL...owns 4 career scoreless appearances vs. AL East (4.2 IP, 5 H, 0 BB, 7 K, .278 BAA), facing BOS and NYY...this includes 5/3 vs. TEX ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 scoreless app. vs. BOS at Target Field earlier this season 4/13-4/14 (1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 3 K). 5/1 vs. KC ND 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Has 3.38 ERA in last 7 G (8.0 IP, 3 ER); 6 of 7 app. scoreless in span...3+ K in back-to-back G 4/6 & 4/11 for 1st time in career...issued BB in 4/27 at CLE ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 A consecutive appearances for 1st time in career, 4/4-4/6...issued BB in 4-straight app., 5/3-5/18 (5.0 IP, 5 BB); had 2 BB in 6 app. prior (4.0 IP). 4/25 vs. PIT ND 0.2 3 3 3 0 0 1 - 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 Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.1 IP, 0 ER), 0 K, 0 BB Series vs BAL: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.1 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .375 vs. Right .250 5/25 vs. BAL H4 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/23 at CLE H3 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 A Recorded final out of 6th inning yesterday, entering w/ 2 out, 1 on and stranding an inherited runner...has 7.94 ERA (5.2 IP, 5 ER) in last 6 G, 5/19 vs. CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 after 6 scoreless app. from 4/25-5/7...has multiple K's in 9 of 17 G this season and ranks T-9th among AL RP in strikeouts. 5/16 vs. OAK ND 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 1 A His 14.26 K/9.0 IP ratio (28 K, 17.2 IP) is 9th among MLB relievers (min. 17.0 IP)...has allowed 8 of 10 inherited runners to score this season, 5/14 vs. OAK ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 T-9th most in MLB...owns a 1.64 ERA (11.0 IP, 2 ER) in 11 home app. this season, compared to a 9.45 ERA (6.2 IP, 7 ER) in 6 road games. 5/11 at CWS ND 1.1 3 4 4 0 1 2 Has 4 career app. vs. BAL, last night and 3 in 2014...owns 3.86 ERA (2.1 IP, 1 ER), 2 BB, 1 K, .222 BAA (2-for-9) in those outings...career 3.32 5/7 at DET ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 A ERA (21.2 IP, 8 ER), 8 BB, 19 K, .208 BAA (15-for-72) in 24 career G vs. AL East. 5/6 vs. TEX ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 A Tied career high w/ 3 ER 4/16 at LAA (done 4x, last 4/20/15 at KC); GS by J. Upton 4/16 at LAA was 1st allowed in career. 5/3 vs. TEX H2 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 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 Jorge Alcala .188 2.79 6.98 0/0 5 37.5% (3/8) 0.88 5 0.0 IP (0) 1.0 IP (14) 0.0 IP (0) Alex Colomé .412 4.50 10.50 2/5 3 0.0% (0/0) 1.50 4 0.2 IP (13) 1.0 IP (8) 0.0 IP (0) Tyler Duffey .250 5.71 8.31 1/3 6 81.8% (9/11) 1.62 2 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) 1.0 IP (15) Luke Farrell .000 4.50 9.00 0/0 2 0.0% (0/0) 1.50 0 0.0 IP (0) 1.0 IP (16) 0.0 IP (0) Hansel Robles .118 5.66 10.02 2/3 11 25.0% (1/4) 1.06 1 1.0 IP (13) 0.0 IP (0) 1.0 IP (24) Taylor Rogers .222 1.77 12.39 3/5 5 62.5% (5/8) 1.13 2 1.1 IP (26) 0.0 IP (0) 1.0 IP (14) Cody Stashak .250 5.93 15.15 0/0 5 50.0% (3/6) 1.61 2 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) Caleb Thielbar .333 3.57 14.26 0/0 7 80.0% (8/10) 1.58 3 0.1 IP (2) 0.0 IP (0) 1.0 IP (18) MISCELLANEOUS MIsc. Highs and Lows Score by Inning 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 OPPONENT 23 32 18 28 36 32 20 21 20 14 244 Most Hits, Game (Team)...... 18, 4/21 at OAK Most Hits, Inning (Team)...... 7, 8th inn, 5/24 vs. BAL TWINS 24 27 39 22 21 35 13 38 4 5 228 Most Strikeouts, Batters (Team)...... 17, 4/5 at DET Longest Hitting Streak (Individual)...... 10, Buxton, 4/1-20 (1) & Cruz 4/5-4/16 injured LIST Consecutive Hits (Individual)...... 7, Buxton, 4/27-30 Consecutive Hitless At-Bats (Individual)...... 16, Cave, 4/14-23 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...... 48 Most Runs Allowed (Team)...... 16, 5/17 vs. CWS Josh Donaldson...... Mild Right Hamstring Strain...... 4/3...... 4/2...... 4/14...... 10 Most Runs Allowed, Inning (Team)...... 6, 2x, last: 7th inn, 4/16 at LAA ...... Cervical Strain...... 4/7...... 4/20...... 9 Most Hits Allowed (Team)...... 18, 5/17 vs. CWS Andrelton Simmons..... COVID IL...... 4/14...... 10 Most Hits Allowed, Inning (Team)...... 6, 7th inn, 4/16 at LAA Pitchers Used (Team)...... 7, 4/1 at MIL Kyle Garlick...... COVID IL...... 4/20...... 9 Cons. Batters Retired (Team)...... 17, 4/23 vs. PIT Max Kepler...... COVID IL...... 4/20...... 9 Scoreless Innings Streak (Team/Pitchers)...... 10, 1st inn, 4/3-1st inn, 4/4 Caleb Thielbar...... COVID IL...... 4/20...... 4 Most Runs, Starter...... 9, 2x, last: Happ 5/12 at CWS JT Riddle...... COVID IL...... 4/21...... 7 Most Home Runs, Starter...... 3, 3x, last: Shoemaker, 5/14 vs. OAK Miguel Sanó...... Right Hamstring Strain...... 4/23...... 4/21...... 5/5...... 12 Most Walks, Starter...... 5, Berríos,5/8 at DET Luis Arraez...... Concussion IL...... 5/4...... 5/11...... 5 Most Strikeouts, Starter...... 12, Berríos, 4/3 at MIL Most Strikeouts, Pitchers (Team)...... 17, 4/3 at MIL Alex Kirilloff...... Right Wrist Sprain...... 5/5...... 5/4...... 5/21...... 16 Most Walks, Pitchers (Team)...... 9, 5/8 at DET ...... Right Hip Strain...... 5/7...... 18 Most Cons. Scoreless Innings (Individual)...... 10.0, Pineda 4/10-15 ...... Left Elbow Inflammation...... 5/12...... 15 Most Cons. Batters Retired (Individual)...... 14, Pineda, 4/15 vs. BOS ...... Stress Reaction in Low Back...... 5/15...... 5/13...... 14 Longest Game, Innings...... 10, 9x, last: 5/23 at CLE Shaun Anderson...... Left Quad Strain...... 5/18...... 9 Longest Game, Time (9 Inn.)...... 3:48, 5/18 vs. CWS Michael Pineda...... Abscess...... 5/19...... 5/16...... 5/26...... 13 Longest Game, Time (X Inn.)...... 4:16, 4/21 at OAK ...... Right Adductor Strain...... 5/23...... 3 Fastest Game, Time (9 Inn.)...... 2:17, 4/23 vs. PIT Fastest Game, Time (7 Inn.)...... 1:55, 5/21 (1) at LAA Luis Arraez...... Right Shoulder Strain...... 5/26...... 5/24...... 2 Largest Margin, Victory...... 10 (10-0), 5/21 at CLE BOLD indicates currently on IL Largest Margin, Loss...... 8 (3-11), 5/1 vs. KC Lineups Used...... 45 LONGEST HOME RUNS HIGHEST EXIT VELOCITY EJECTIONS Larnach...461 ft, 5/24 vs. BAL (Means) Cruz...... 116.6, 4/5 at DET (HR) DATE PLAYER/MGR/CH UMPIRE REASON CAREER Buxton...... 456 ft, 4/1 at MIL (Yardley) Larnach...... 116.0, 5/17 vs. CWS (2B) April 11 vs. Seattle...... Matt Shoemaker...... Manny Gonzalez...... Balls and Strikes...... 2 May 19 vs. Chicago-AL... Tyler Duffey...... Jim Reynolds...... Throwing behind Y. Mercedes...... 1 Buxton...... 451 ft, 4/6 at DET (Cisnero) Cruz...... 115.9, 4/23 vs. PIT (1B) May 19 vs. Chicago-AL... ...... Jim Reynolds...... Ejection of T. Duffey...... 4 Garlick....442 ft, 5/23 at CLE (Karinchak) Buxton...... 115.6, 5/2 vs. KC (2B) Cruz...... 439 ft, 5/1 vs. KC (Brentz) Cruz...... 114.7, 5/15 vs. OAK (1B) Garver...... 436 ft, 5/2 vs. KC (Keller) Cruz...... 114.6, 4/5 at DET (HR) Garver.... 435 ft, 4/8 vs. SEA (Gonzales) Larnach...... 114.3, 5/18 vs. CWS (1B) STARTS BY POSITION STARTS BY MOST USED LINEUP (2X) C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Player Pos. Luis Arraez Luis Arraez Arraez 2B 0 0 15 0 9 14 0 0 0 28 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 4 Donaldson 3B Willians Astudillo 3 12 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 Willians Astudillo 0 0 0 1 2 5 7 4 3 Buxton CF Byron Buxton 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 Byron Buxton 4 1 7 9 1 1 0 0 0 Cruz DH Kirilloff LF Jake Cave 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 5 0 Jake Cave 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 4 5 Polanco 2B Nelson Cruz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 Nelson Cruz 0 0 29 8 0 0 0 0 0 Kepler RF Josh Donaldson Josh Donaldson 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Simmons SS 0 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 2 Rortvedt C Kyle Garlick 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 9 0 Kyle Garlick 5 4 0 3 2 0 1 1 1 Mitch Garver 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mitch Garver 5 0 1 4 5 6 6 1 0 Nick Gordon 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nick Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 OUTFIELD ASSISTS 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Jeffers 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 Jake Cave 3 Max Kepler 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 22 3 Max Kepler 4 0 4 9 2 2 9 3 0 Luis Arraez 2 Alex Kirilloff 0 7 0 0 0 6 0 3 0 Alex Kirilloff 0 0 2 2 9 1 1 0 1 Kyle Garlick 2 Trevor Larnach 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 4 0 Trevor Larnach 0 0 0 0 4 5 5 0 0 Trevor Larnach 1 Jorge Polanco 0 0 29 11 0 0 0 0 1 Jorge Polanco 2 8 5 8 11 6 1 0 0 Rob Refsnyder 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 Rob Refsnyder 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 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 2 0 5 0 Brent Rooker 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ben Rortvedt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 Miguel Sanó 0 28 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 Miguel Sanó 0 0 0 4 9 9 8 1 0 Andrelton Simmons 0 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 Andrelton Simmons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 16 LAST TIME IT HAPPENED FOR THE TWINS HITTING: AGAINST THE TWINS Hit for the Cycle: J. Polanco, 4/5/19 at PHI (11 all-time) HITTING: Grand Slam: M. Sanó, 5/21/21 G2 at LAA (2 as a team in 2021) Hit for the Cycle: A. Beltré, 8/24/12 at TEX (5 allowed all-time) Inside-the-Park Home Run: B. Buxton, 9/15/20 at CWS (1 as a team in 2020, 55 all-time) Grand Slam: D. Mendick, 5/17/21 vs. CWS (4 allowed as team in 2021) Pinch-Hit Home Run: M. Sanó, 8/5/19 vs. ATL (2 as a team in 2019) Inside-the-Park Home Run: A. Mondesi, 4/2/19 at KC (44 allowed all-time) Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: M. LeCroy, 9th inning, 5/19/04 at TOR (15 all-time) Pinch-Hit Home Run: M. Canha, 5/14/21 vs. OAK (1 allowed in 2021) Five-Hit Game: B. Buxton, 4/27/21 at CLE (1 in 2021) Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: J. Sands, 8/8/15 at CLE Six-Hit Game: K. Puckett, 5/23/91 vs. TEX (2 all-time, both Puckett) Five-Hit Game: D. Gregorius, 7/23/19 vs. NYY Two Hits, One Inning: A. Kirilloff, 4th inning, 5/21/21 at CLE (1 as a team in 2021) Six-Hit Game: J. Segura, 5/28/13 at MIL (3 allowed all-time) Two Home Runs, One Inning: M. Cuddyer, 8/23/09 at KC (1 all-time) Two Hits, One Inning: V. Reyes, 3rd inning, 8/31/19 at DET (1 allowed in 2019) Two-Home Run Game: A. Kirilloff, 4/30/21 vs. KC (4 as team in 2021) Two Home Runs, One Inning: D. Nilsson, 5/17/96 vs. MIL Three-Home Run Game: M. Sanó, 5/18/21 vs. CWS (1 as a team in 2021, 13 all-time) Two-Home Run Game: A. Benintendi, 5/1/21 vs. KC (5 allowed in 2021) Back-to-Back Home Runs: B. Buxton/J. Donaldson, 4/28/21 at CLE (1 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: M. Perez/K. Newman, 4/24/21 vs. PIT (2 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: S. Mack/K. Puckett/K. Hrbek/H. Bush, 5/2/92 at NYY Three Home Runs, One Inning: N. Lopez/J. Soler/S. Perez, 8/8/20 at KC (2 in 2020) Walk-Off Home Run: M. Sanó, 8/5/19 vs. ATL (1 as a team in 2019) 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: C. Hernandez, 5/22/21 at CLE (2 allowed in 2021) Leadoff Home Run: K. Garlick, 5/7/2021 at DET (3 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: B. Buxton/J. Donaldson, 4/28/21 at CLE Leadoff Home Run: T. Anderson, 5/13/21 at CWS (2 allowed in 2021) Last Pitcher to Hit Home Run: Last actual pitcher Jim Kaat, 6/11/72 at CLE; Chris Gimenez Consecutive Home Runs to Lead Off Game: S. Smith/M. Machado, 7/7/17 vs. BAL (1 in ‘17) catcher pitching in relief, 9/3/18 at TEX Last Pitcher to Hit Home Run: Jon Lester, 7/1/18 at CHC PITCHING (complete games only for low-hit games): PITCHING (complete games only for low-hit games): No-Hitter: F. Liriano, 5/3/11 at CWS (6 all-time) No-Hitter: Jer. Weaver, 5/2/12 at LAA (5 all-time) One-Hitter: E. Santana, 4/15/17 vs. CWS (14 all-time) One-Hitter: C. Kluber, 8/14/15 vs. CLE (23 all-time) Two-Hitter: E. Santana, 5/24/17 at BAL (43 all-time) Two-Hitter: R. Halladay, 5/29/05 at TOR (49 all-time) 10+ Innings Pitched: B. Radke (10.0 innings), 9/21/97 vs. MIL 10+ Innings Pitched: A. Fernández (10.0 innings), 10/1/95 at CHW 10+ Strikeouts: 12, J. Berríos, 4/5/21 at MIL (1 as team in 2021) 10+ Strikeouts: 11, Giolito, 5/19/21 vs. CWS (1 time in 2021) Complete Game Shutout: J. Berríos, 4/1/18 at BAL (1 as a team in 2018) Complete Game Shutout: S. Manaea, 4/20/21 (G1) at OAK (1 time in 2021) Back-to-Back Complete Game Victories: J. Mays/C. Silva, 5/19-20/05 vs. TOR/vs. MIL Back-to-Back Complete Game Victories: J. Williams/Jer. Weaver, 5/1-2/12 at LAA Back-to-Back Shutouts: 5/6/19 & 5/7/19 at TOR (2 games, 8-0 and 3-0) Back-to-Back Shutouts: 4/20/21 Game 1 & 4/20/21 Game 2 at OAK (2 games, 7-0 and 1-0) Four Strikeouts in an Inning: Z. Duke, 3/29/18 at BAL (7th inning) (4 times since 1961) Four Strikeouts in an Inning: F. Hernández, 6/3/10 vs. SEA (8th inning) MISCELLANEOUS: MISCELLANEOUS: Triple Play: M. Sanó/J. Schoop/C.J. Cron, 8/7/19 vs. ATL - T. Flowers hitting (14 all-time) Triple Play: J. Donaldson/A. Rosales/C. Carter, 8/21/12 at OAK - T. Plouffe hitting (8 all-time) Position Player Pitching: W. Astudillo, 5/17/21 vs. CWS (2 in 2021) Position Player Pitching: H. Castro, 4/5/21 at DET (1 in 2021) Three or more Steals, One Game: E. Adrianza (3), 6/21/17 vs. CWS (1 in 2017) Three or more Steals, One Game: W. Merrifield (3), 7/2/17 at KC (1 in 2017) Steal of Home: C. Thomas, 8/3/13 vs. HOU Steal of Home: R. Davis, 8/1/18 vs. CLE Pure Steal of Home: R. Becker, 9/27/97 at CLE Pure Steal of Home: S. Green, 5/26/00 vs. TEX Home Run in First ML At-Bat: E. Rosario, 5/6/15 vs. OAK (1st PA, 1st pitch) Home Run in First ML At-Bat: C. Richard, 7/17/00 vs. STL

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.

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 / 2 DEL 2013: 3 PPD / 4 DEL 2017: 4 PPD / 7 DEL 2021: 0 PPD / 3 DEL ** Target Field has experienced 56 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

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 (- - -) Batting: .--- (- -for- -) Pitching: - - - - -, -.-- (-.- IP, - ER) 1 ------at MIL ^5-6 L 0-1 T-3rd -1.0 11,740 Hader/Dobnak 17 ------at DET 5:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 2 ------OFF DAY T-4th -1.0 18 ------at DET 12:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 3 ------at MIL 2-0 W 1-1 3rd -1.0 11,383 Berríos/Burnes 19 ------at CWS 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 4 ------at MIL 8-2 W 2-1 T-1st +1.0 10,666 Pineda/Houser 20 ------at CWS 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 5 ------at DET 15-6 W 3-1 T-1st +0.5 7,232 Shoemaker/Ureña/Dobnak 21 ------at CWS 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 6 ------at DET ^3-4 L 3-2 T-2nd -0.5 7,306 Soto/Robles 22 ------LAA 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 7 ------at DET 3-2 W 4-2 1st +0.5 7,568 Maeda/Boyd/Colomé 23 ------LAA 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 8 ------SEA 10-2 W 5-2 1st +1.5 *9,675 9,675 1 Berríos/Gonzales 24 ------LAA 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 9 ------OFF DAY 1st +1.5 25 ------LAA 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 10 ------SEA ^3-4 L 5-3 1st +0.5 *9,817 19,492 2 Graveman/Rogers 26 ------DET 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 11 ------SEA 6-8 L 5-4 T-2nd -0.5 *9,792 29,284 3 Steckenrider/Colomé/Montero 27 ------DET 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 12 ------BOS T-1st +0.5 PPD due to events surrounding Brooklyn Center 28 ------DET 12:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 13 ------BOS 2-4 L 5-5 3rd -1.0 6,724 36,008 4 Ottavino/Dobnak/Barnes 29 ------OFF DAY 14 ------BOS 2-3 L 5-6 5th -2.0 ------Eovaldi/Maeda/Barnes 30 ------at STL 7:15 P.M. BSN/TIBN ------BOS# 1-7 L 5-7 5th -2.0 7,074 43,082 5 Rodriguez/Berríos 31 ------at STL 6:15 P.M. FS1/BSN/TIBN 15 ------BOS 4-3 W 6-7 T-3rd -2.0 7,925 51,007 6 Colomé/Ottavino AUGUST (- - -) Batting: .--- (- -for- -) Pitching: - - - - -, -.-- (-.- IP, - ER) 16 ------at LAA 3-10 L 6-8 T-4th -2.5 13,428 Slegers/Dobnak 17 ------at LAA 6-8 T-3rd -2.5 PPD due to COVID testing and contact tracing for Twins 1 ------at STL 1:15 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 18 ------at LAA 6-8 4th -3.0 PPD due to COVID testing and contact tracing for Twins 2 ------OFF DAY 19 ------at OAK## 6-8 4th -2.5 PPD due to COVID testing and contact tracing for Twins 3 ------at CIN 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 20 ------at OAK 0-7 L 6-9 4th -3.0 - - Manaea/Shoemaker 4 ------at CIN 11:35 A.M. BSN/TIBN ------at OAK 0-1 L 6-10 T-4th -3.0 3,322 Luzardo/Berríos/Diekman 5 ------at HOU 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 21 ------at OAK ^12-13 L 6-11 5th -4.0 3,405 Guerra/Colomé 6 ------at HOU 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 22 ------OFF DAY 5th -4.0 7 ------at HOU 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 23 ------PIT 2-0 W 7-11 4th -4.0 *9,541 60,548 7 Happ/Brubaker/Rogers 8 ------at HOU 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 24 ------PIT 6-2 L 7-12 4th -5.0 *9,718 70,266 8 Cahill/Pineda 9 ------CWS 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 25 ------PIT 2-6 L 7-13 4th -6.0 9,396 79,662 9 Holmes/Shoemaker 10 ------CWS 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 26 ------at CLE ^3-5 L 7-14 4th -7.0 4,555 Clase/Colomé 11 ------CWS 12:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 27 ------at CLE 4-7 L 7-15 5th -7.0 6,303 Civale/Maeda/Karinchak 12 ------OFF DAY 28 ------at CLE 10-2 W 8-15 4th -7.0 5,903 Happ/Allen 13 ------TB 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 29 ------OFF DAY 4th -7.0 14 ------TB 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 30 ------KC 9-1 W 9-15 4th -6.0 *9,982 89,644 10 Pineda/Singer 15 ------TB 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com MAY (10-14) Batting: .245 (200-for-815) Pitching: 10-14-5, 5.14 (210.0 IP, 120 ER) 16 ------CLE 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 1 ------KC 3-11 L 9-16 4th -7.0 *9,993 99,637 11 Duffy/Shoemaker 17 ------CLE 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 2 ------KC 13-4 W 10-16 4th -6.0 *9,997 109,634 12 Berríos/Keller 18 ------CLE 12:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 3 ------TEX 6-5 W 11-16 4th -5.0 8,071 117,705 13 Maeda/Dunning/Rogers 19 ------at NYY 6:05 P.M. BSN/TIBN 4 ------TEX ^3-6 L 11-17 4th -5.0 8,022 125,727 14 Rodríguez/Waddell/Kennedy 20 ------at NYY 6:05 P.M. BSN/TIBN 5 ------TEX 1-3 L 11-18 4th -5.0 7,853 133,580 15 King/Thorpe/Kennedy 21 ------at NYY 12:05 P.M. FS1/BSN/TIBN 6 ------TEX ^4-3 L 11-19 4th -6.0 8,760 142,340 16 Hearn/Duffey/Sborz 22 ------at NYY 12:05 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 7 ------at DET 7-3 W 12-19 4th -5.5 7,377 Shoemaker/Skubal 23 ------OFF DAY 8 ------at DET 3-7 L 12-20 4th -6.5 8,000 Fulmer/Duffy 24 ------at BOS 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 9 ------at DET 12-20 4th -7.0 PPD due to inclement weather; DH scheduled for July 16 25 ------at BOS 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 10 -----OFF DAY 4th -7.0 26 ------at BOS 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 11------at CWS 3-9 L 12-21 4th -8.0 7,962 Crochet/Alcala 27 ------MIL 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 12------at CWS 8-13 L 12-22 4th -9.0 8,393 Keuchel/Happ 28 ------MIL 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 13------at CWS 2-4 L 12-23 T-4th -10.0 8,188 Lynn/Pineda/Hendriks 29 ------MIL 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 14------OAK 1-6 L 12-24 T-4th -10.5 9,778 152,118 17 Montas/Shoemaker 30 ------OFF DAY 15------OAK 5-4 W 13-24 T-4th -9.5 12,212 164,330 18 Colomé/Diekman/Robles 31 ------CHC 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 16------OAK 6-7 L 13-25 5th -10.5 10,270 174,600 19 Trivino/Rogers SEPT/OCT (- - -) Batting: .--- (- -for- -) Pitching: - - - - -, -.-- (-.- IP, - ER) 17------CWS 4-16 L 13-26 5th -11.5 8,431 183,031 20 Keuchel/Happ 1 ------CHC 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 18------CWS 5-4 W 14-26 5th -10.5 9,504 192,535 21 Rogers/Bummer 2 ------OFF DAY 19------CWS 1-2 L 14-27 5th -11.5 8,608 201,143 22 Giolito/Shoemaker/Hendriks 3 ------at TB 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 20------at LAA### 1-7 L 14-28 5th -11.5 9,920 Cobb/Thorpe 4 ------at TB 3:05 P.M. BSN/FS1/TIBN ------at LAA### 6-3 W 15-28 5th -11.5 9,820 Berríos/Canning/Robles 5 ------at TB 12:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 21------at CLE 10-0 W 16-28 5th -10.5 11,675 Dobnak/McKenzie 6 ------at CLE 5:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 22------at CLE ^3-5 L 16-29 5th -10.5 11,505 Karinchak/Colomé 7 ------at CLE 5:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 23------at CLE ^8-5 W 17-29 5th -9.5 9,805 Robles/Karinchak/Duffey 8 ------at CLE 5:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 24------BAL 8-3 W 18-29 T-4th -9.5 8,530 209,673 23 Alcala/Scott 9 ------at CLE 5:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 25------BAL 7-4 W 19-29 4th -9.5 9,969 219,642 24 Berríos/Kremer/Rogers 10 ------KC 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 26------BAL 12:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 11 ------KC 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 27------OFF DAY 12 ------KC 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 28------KC 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 13 ------OFF DAY 29------KC 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 14 ------CLE 6:40 P.M. FS1/BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 30------KC 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 15 ------CLE 6:40 P.M. BSN/TIBN 31------at BAL 12:05 P.M. BSN/TIBN Memorial Day 16 ------OFF DAY JUNE (- - -) Batting: .--- (- -for- -) Pitching: - - - - -, -.-- (-.- IP, - ER) 17 ------at TOR 6:07 P.M. BSN/TIBN 1 ------at BAL 6:05 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 18 ------at TOR 2:07 P.M. BSN/TIBN 2 ------at BAL 6:05 P.M. BSN/TIBN Lou Gehrig Day 19 ------at TOR 12:07 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 3 ------at KC 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 20 ------OFF DAY 4 ------at KC 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 21 ------at CHC 6:40 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 5 ------at KC 3:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 22 ------at CHC 6:40 P.M. BSN/TIBN 6 ------at KC 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 23 ------TOR 6:40 P.M. BSN/TIBN 7 ------OFF DAY 24 ------TOR 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 8 ------NYY 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 25 ------TOR 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 9 ------NYY 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 26 ------TOR 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 10 ------NYY 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 27 ------OFF DAY 11 ------HOU 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 28 ------DET 6:40 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 12 ------HOU 6:15 P.M. FOX/BSN/TIBN 29 ------DET 6:40 P.M. BSN/TIBN 13 ------HOU 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 30 ------DET 6:40 P.M. BSN/TIBN 14 ------at SEA 9:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 1 ------at KC 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 15 ------at SEA 9:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 2 ------at KC 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 16 ------at SEA 9:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 3 ------at KC 2:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 17 ------OFF DAY ^ - Denotes Extra-Innings (Twins are 1-8 in extra innings) HOME GAMES ROAD GAMES 18 ------at TEX 7:05 P.M. BSN/TIBN * - Denotes Sellout (12 in 2019; 8 in 2021) 19 ------at TEX 3:05 P.M. BSN/TIBN # - PPD game from April 12 vs. BOS ## - PPD game from April 19 at OAK ### - PPD games from April 17 & 18 at LAA 20 ------at TEX 1:35 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com Father’s Day #### - PPD game from May 9 at DET 21 ------CIN 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 22 ------CIN 12:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 2021 WALK-OFF VICTORIES (2) 23 ------OFF DAY DATE SCORE NOTES 24 ------CLE 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 4/15 vs. BOS 4-3 Kepler singles in Arraez from second base with 1 out in bot 9 25 ------CLE 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 5/18 vs. CWS 5-4 Polanco singles in Simmons from third base with 2 outs in bot 9 26 ------CLE 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 27 ------CLE 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 28 ------at CWS 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 2021 players on Roster (43] 29 ------at CWS 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 30 ------at CWS 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN Pitchers: (20) JULY (- - -) Batting: .--- (- -for- -) Pitching: - - - - -, -.-- (-.- IP, - ER) Alcala, Jorge - RHP* Happ, J.A. - LHP* Shoemaker, Matt - RHP* 1 ------at CWS 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN Anderson, Shaun - RHP Law, Derek - RHP Smeltzer, Devin - LHP 2 ------at KC 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN Berríos, José - RHP* Maeda, Kenta - RHP* Stashak, Cody - RHP* 3 ------at KC 3:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN Colomé, Alex - RHP* Ober, Bailey - RHP Thielbar, Caleb - LHP* 4 ------at KC 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN Fourth of July Dobnak, Randy - RHP* Pineda, Michael - RHP* Thorpe, Lewis - LHP 5 ------CWS 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN Duffey, Tyler - RHP* Robles, Hansel - RHP* Waddell, Brandon - LHP 6 ------CWS 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com Farrell, Luke - RHP Rogers, Taylor - LHP* 7 ------CWS 12:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 8 ------DET 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN Position Players: (23) 9 ------DET 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN Arraez, Luis - IF* Garver, Mitch - C* Refsnyder, Rob - OF 10 ------DET 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN Astudillo, Willians - C/IF/OF* Gordon, Nick - IF Riddle, JT - IF 11 ------DET 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com Blankenhorn, Travis - IF Jeffers, Ryan - C* Rooker, Brent - OF 12 ------ALL STAR BREAK Buxton, Byron - OF* Kepler, Max - OF* Rortvedt, Ben - C 13 ------ALL STAR BREAK Cave, Jake - OF* Kirilloff, Alex - OF Sanó, Miguel - IF* 14 ------ALL STAR BREAK Cruz, Nelson - DH* Larnach, Trevor - OF Simmons, Andrelton - SS* 15 ------ALL STAR BREAK Donaldson, Josh - 3B* Lin, Tzu-Wei - IF Telis, Tomás - C 16 ------at DET##### 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com Garlick, Kyle - OF* Polanco, Jorge - IF* (* - on Opening Day roster) ------at DET 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com