Minnesota Twins (81-74) at Detroit Tigers (62-93)
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MINNESOTA TWINS (81-74) AT DETROIT TIGERS (62-93) SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2017 - 12:10 PM (ET) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH RADIO: TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK / LA RAZA José Berríos (R, 12-8, 3.94) vs. Buck Farmer (R, 4-4, 7.11) GAME 156 ROAD GAME 78 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 9/25 OFF DAY 9/26 at Cleveland Bartolo Colón (R, 6-14, 6.63) vs. Josh Tomlin (R, 9-9, 4.98) 6:10 pm Fox Sports North Go 96.3-TIBN / La Raza 9/27 at Cleveland TBA vs. Danny Salazar (R, 5-6, 4.48) 6:10 pm Fox Sports North Go 96.3-TIBN / None 9/28 at Cleveland TBA vs. TBA 11:10 am Fox Sports North Go 96.3-TIBN / None Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. TWINS AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 3-3 through six games on their 10-game, three-city STREAKS Record: ........................................... 81-74 roadtrip...this afternoon they play the fourth and final game of the final series at Comerica Park this season...following the finale today, the Twins will travel to Cleveland, enjoy and Current Streak 3 wins Home Record: ................................. 39-39 Last 5 games 3-2 Road Record: .................................. 42-35 off-day tomorrow and begin a three-game series Tuesday-Thursday...the Twins are 39-39 at Record in series: .........................23-21-6 home and 42-35 on the road...they are 28-18 in their last 46 games overall. Last 10 games 5-5 Last 15 games 8-7 Series Openers: .............................. 29-21 8-RUN 8TH GIVES TWINS THE WIN: The Twins defeated the Tigers last night by a score of 10-4, Series Finales: ................................ 25-24 taking the final lead with an eight-run eighth inning after trailing 3-2 entering the inning... Last 20 games 10-10 Rubber Games: ................................... 5-9 Ervin Santana (16-8) was the starter and winner, becoming the first Twin since Phil Hughes TWINS VS. DETROIT Sweeps/Swept: ................................. 10/5 (16-10) in 2014 to win 16 games in a single-season...Zack Granite hit his first career home April: ............................................... 12-11 run with a three-run shot in the eighth inning, and Robbie Grossman collected three RBI. 2017 Record: .........................................8-7 May: ................................................ 14-12 Current Streak: ................................. 4 wins June: ............................................... 14-15 GRA-NICE!: Zack Granite hit his first career home run last night with a three-run shot off 2017 at Home: ......................................2-4 July: ................................................. 10-15 Blaine Hardy in the eighth inning...Granite had entered the game as a pinch-runner for 2017 at Detroit: .....................................6-3 August: ............................................ 20-10 Mauer earlier in the eighth inning becoming the first Twin in team history (since 1961) to All-Time Record: .........................429-402-1 September/October: ....................... 11-11 enter the game as a pinch-runner and homer in that same inning...he is the first player in All-Time at Home: ..........................222-193 Day Games: ..................................... 25-33 the majors to do so since April 18, 2001 when Boston’s Darren Lewis did so at Tampa Bay. All-Time at Detroit: .....................207-209-1 Night Games: .................................. 56-41 vs. American League East: ............. 15-18 HERE COMES THE SUN: The Twins are 8-5 in their last 13 day games this season, batting 2017 Game Logs: vs. American League Central: ........ 37-32 .276 (124-for-449) with 23 doubles and 23 home runs in those 13 games...they are averaging Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save vs. American League West: ............ 16-17 6.6 runs per game over that same span during the day. 4/11 DET 1-2 Boyd/Santiago/Rodriguez vs. National League: ......................... 13-7 4/12 DET 3-5 Fulmer/Gibson/A. Wilson ..................... 25-24 Games vs. LH Starter: WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE: AL Wild Card as of August 1 (left) and AL Wild Card (right) now: 4/13 DET 11-5 Hughes/Zimmermann/Haley Games vs. RH Starter: .................... 56-50 W L PCT GB W L PCT GB 4/21 MIN 6-3 Santiago/Verlander/Kintzler Twins score first: ............................ 49-31 New York 57 48 .543 +2.0 New York 86 68 .556 +5.5 4/22 MIN 5-4 Hardy/Tonkin/Rodríguez Opponent scores first: .................... 32-43 Kansas City 55 50 .524 - - Minnesota 81 74 .523 - - Come-from-behind wins: .....................37 Tampa Bay 55 53 .509 -1.5 Los Angeles 76 78 .494 -4.5 4/23 MIN 4-13 Fulmer/Gibson Leading after 7/8 inn.: ............. 71-9/76-4 Seattle 55 53 .509 -1.5 Texas 76 78 .494 -4.5 7/21 MIN 3-6 Sanchez/Santana/Wilson Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ............. 4-63/3-66 Baltimore 52 54 .491 -3.5 Kansas City 76 78 .494 -4.5 7/22 MIN 6-5 Gibson/Zimmermann/Kintzler Tied after 7/8 inn.: ....................... 6-2/2-4 Los Angeles 52 55 .486 -4.0 Tampa Bay 76 89 .490 -5.0 7/23 MIN 6-9 Boyd/Hildenberger/Wilson Extra-innings: ..................................... 3-3 Minnesota 50 54 .481 -4.5 Seattle 75 80 .484 -6.0 8/11 DET 9-4 Pressly/Sanchez 1-run games: .................................. 15-16 8/12 DET 11-12 Greene/Belisle Twins out-hit opp.: ............................ 58-6 HOMER HAPPY: The Twins have hit 35 home runs this month, second-most in baseball, 8/13 DET 6-4 Duffey/Rondon/Hildenberger Opp. out-hit Twins: ......................... 16-65 trailing only Oakland (36)...additionally, they have hit 78 home runs since August 8 (45 9/21 DET 12-1 Mejía/Zimmermann Twins/Opp. have = hits: ...................... 7-3 games), the most in baseball since that date...below are the all-time single-season leaders: 9/22 DET 7-3 Gibson/Norris Run Differential: ...............+18 (780-762) YEAR HOME RUNS TEAM LEADER 9/23 DET 10-4 Santana/Stumpf Twins get Quality Start: .................. 51-12 1963 ...................................................................... 225 ...................................................Killebrew - 45 9/24 DET Twins starter goes 6+ IP:............... 54-20 1964 ...................................................................... 221 ...................................................Killebrew - 49 9/29 MIN Most games over .500: ................. 8, 9/15 2016 ...................................................................... 200 ....................................................... Dozier - 42 9/30 MIN Most games under .500: .......... 4, last 8/6 2017 ...................................................................... 197 ...................................................... Dozier - 32 10/1 MIN Longest win-streak: .....................6, 8/6-11 1987 ...................................................................... 196 ........................................................Hrbek - 34 Longest losing-streak: ...4, 3x, last 6/16-18 1986 ...................................................................... 196 ....................................................... Gaetti - 34 CURRENT ROADTRIP (3-3) When Twins score 4+: .................... 71-24 Batting average .257 When Twins score 3-: ..................... 10-48 ONE-TWO PUNCH: Ervin Santana earned his 16th win of the season last night, the first Twin Runs Per Game 5.8 Twins get 10+ hits: ......................... 46-12 since Phil Hughes (16-10) in 2014 to win 16 games in a single-season...today's starter José Home Runs 4 Days in First Place ...............................50 Berríos has 12 wins entering today...with a win, Santana and Berríos would become just the second pair of Twins pitchers since 2010 to each win at least 13 games...they would also be RISP .377 Days in Second Place ...........................86 Errors 4 Days in Third Place ..............................25 the first pair to win at least 13 games and each have a sub-4.00 ERA since Pavano (3.75) and Liriano (3.62) in 2010. Days in Fourth Place ..............................5 Team ERA 4.41 Days in Fifth Place ................................... YEAR PITCHERS (WINS) Starters W-L 2-3 Walk-Off W/L: ..................................... 5/6 2010 ......................................................... Carl Pavano (17), Francisco Liriano (14), Kevin Slowey (13) Shutouts W/L: ................................... 11/2 2014 ................................................................................................Phil Hughes (16), Kyle Gibson (13) Starters ERA 5.23 CG’s ................. 6, last, Colón, 8/4 vs. TEX 2017 ..........................................................................................Ervin Santana (17), Jose Berrios (12) Relievers W-L-S 1-0-0 Target Field Sellouts (’17/All-Time): ..... 1/160 Relievers ERA 3.15 TWINS AND TIGERS: The Twins are playing the 16th of 19 games against the Tigers today, Saves/Opps 0/0 RECENT TRANSACTIONS and their final game of the season at Comerica Park...they are 8-7 this season, going 6-3 at Comerica Park and 2-4 at Target Field...the Twins have gone just 12-22 vs. Detroit since the start of 2016 and 8-10 in their last 18. 9/14 IF Vielma claimed off waivers by SF The Twins are 80-84 all-time at Comerica...they are 10-5 in their last 15 at Comerica. 9/13 LHP Mejía returned from rehab and ABrian Dozier is hitting .338 (22-for-65) with two doubles, a triple and four home runs with a .403 on-base percentage in 15 games reinstated from DL Avs. Detroit this