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Minnesota Twins (50-69) at Seattle Mariners (57-64) Sunday, August 19, 2012 @ 1:10 PM - Fox Sports North / Treasure Island Baseball Network Samuel Deduno (R, 4-0, 3.38) vs. Blake Beavan (R, 7-7, 5.17) GAME 120 ROAD GAME 59 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE TWINSPRESSBOX.COM Date Opp. Probable Pitchers Time TV/Radio Get the latest Twins notes, stat packs, clips, 8/20 @Oak. Brian Duensing (L, 2-8, 4.69) vs. Brandon McCarthy (R, 6-4, 2.68) 9:05 pm FSN/TIBN press releases, minor league reports, 2012 8/21 @Oak. Cole De Vries (R, 2-4, 5.04) vs. Dan Straily (R, 1-0, 3.18) 9:05 pm FSN/TIBN official team media guide as well as other team related information at: www.twinspressbox.com 8/22 @Oak. Nick Blackburn (R, 4-9, 7.39) vs. Tommy Milone (L, 9-9, 4.03) 12:35 pm FSN/TIBN Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. STREAKS TWINS AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: The Twins opened their 10-game road trip with consecutive losses in Current Streak: 4 losses Last 5 games: 1-4 Record: 50-69 Seattle...today, they will finish their series in Seattle with the third and final game... tomorrow night, the Twins will begin a three-game series in Oakland (August 20- Last 10 games: 2-8 Home Record: 24-37 Last 15 games: 6-9 Road Record: 26-32 22), then play four in Texas (August 23-26)...14 of the Twins next 18 games will be Last 20 games: 9-11 Record in series: 13-21-5 played on the road...they are 26-32 away from Target Field this season. Sweeps/Swept: 3-9 TWINS VS. SEATTLE April: 6-16, May: 12-16, June: 14-13, TWINS LOSE LATE TO MARINERS: The Twins lost to the Mariners last night by a score 2012 Record: 1-4 July: 12-14, Aug.: 6-10, Sept.: - - of 3-2 in walk-off fashion...Scott Diamond was the starter but did not factor into Current Streak: 4 losses Vs. East: 10-18 the decision, allowing two runs on nine hits in 6.2 innings...Tyler Robertson (1-1) 2012 at Home: 0-0 Vs. Central: 23-24 was dealt his first Major League loss after loading the bases in the ninth inning, 2012 at Seattle: 1-4 Vs. West: 8-18 while Casey Fien allowed the game-winning run to score on a John Jaso sac-fly...the All-Time Record: 195-207-1 Vs. NL: 9-9 offense recorded nine hits, including five from the bottom two spots in the order; All-Time at Home: 108-93-1 Mon: 9-6, Tue: 7-10, Wed: 6-12, Matt Carson had three hits (career-high) in four at-bats and Pedro Florimon had All-Time at Seattle: 87-114 Thu: 3-7, Fri: 10-10, Sat: 7-13, Sun: 8-11 2012 Game Logs: Games vs. LH Starter: 16-19 two hits in three at-bats...the Twins suffered their third walk-off loss of the season Games vs. RH Starter: 34-50 and first since July 8 at Texas. Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save When Twins score first: 32-16 5/4 Sea. 3-2 Pavano/Wilhelmsen/Capps When Opp. scores first: 18-53 ELIAS SAYS...: John Jaso drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the bottom 5/5 Sea. 0-7 Hernandez/Marquis Come-from-behind wins: 26 of the ninth to give the Mariners a 3-2 win over the Twins...it was Jaso’s sixth game- 5/6 Sea. 2-5 Noesi/Blackburn When leading after 7/8 inn.: 41-5/39-2 winning rbi in Late-Inning Pressure Situations this season, tying Josh Willingham 8/17 Sea. 3-5 Iwakuma/Blackburn/Wilhelmsen When trailing after 7/8 inn.: 4-56/5-60 for the second-most in baseball this season, behind Hanley Ramirez (seven). 8/18 Sea. 2-3 Wilhelmsen/Robertson When tied after 7/8 inn.: 5-8/5-7 8/19 Sea. Extra-innings: 5-3 8/27 Min. MAUER AND THE MARINERS: Joe Mauer is batting .356 (69-for-194) with 21 doubles, 8/28 Min. 19-20 1-run games: six home runs, 31 rbi and 40 runs scored in 53 career games against the Mariners... 8/29 Min. When Twins out-hit opp.: 38-9 his .356 average and his .459 on-base percentage against the M’s are the best 8/30 Min. When Opp. out-hit Twins: 8-51 among actives...his batting average ties him with Rod Carew for first all-time: When Twins/Opp. have = hits: 4-9 ACTIVES ALL-TIME ROAD TRIP (0-2) When Twins get Quality Start: 29-20 When Twins starter goes 6+ inn.: 31-32 Player AVG Player AVG Average .................... .217 (15-for-69) Most games over .500: - - 1. Joe Mauer .................. .356 1. Joe Mauer ....................... .356 Runs Per-Game .................2.5 (5 runs) Most games under .500: 19, 8/19 2. Carl Crawford ............. .345 2. Rod Carew ....................... .356 Home Runs ........................................2 Longest winning-streak: 5, 6/30-7/3 3. Billy Butler ................. .336 3. Cliff Johnson ................... .353 RISP ........................... .167 (3-for-18) Longest losing-streak: 6, 4/21-27 4. Alex Rios ..................... .331 4. Carlos Delgado ................ .351 Fielding Errors ...................................0 When Twins score 4+: 46-16 5. Robinson Cano ........... .328 5. Lou Piniella ..................... .349 ERA .........................5.63 (16.1 ip, 8 er) When Twins score 3-: 4-53 Starters W-L ..................................0-1 Team-high hits: 20, 3x, last 7/16 vs. Bal. IT’S GETTING OFFENSIVE: The Twins are batting .277 (674-for-2431) since June 1, Starters ERA ...........5.25 (12.0 ip, 7 er) Team-high runs: 19, 7/16 vs. Bal. which is the third-best team batting average in baseball, behind the Angels (.286) Relievers W-L-S ..........................0-1-0 Opp.-high hits: 21, 6/27 vs. CWS. and the Rockies (.279)...in 34 games since the All-Star break, their .278 batting av- Relievers ERA ..........2.08 (4.1 ip, 1 er) Opp.-high runs: 16, 5/20 at Det. erage (330-for-1188) is also the third-best in baseball...their 175 runs scored since Save/Opportunities .........................0/0 When Twins get 10+ hits: 32-15 the break are fifth-most, behind the Angels (187), the Nationals (183), the Yankees Walk-Off W/L: 4-3 (181) and the Giants (181). Shutouts W/L: 4/7 Complete Games: 2, last Diamond, 7/27 vs. Cle. Target Field Sellouts (2012/All-Time): 8/146 BURTON THROWING BLANKS: Dating back to May 26, Jared Burton has allowed just three earned runs in 30.1 innings (0.59 ERA)...during that same span he has held opponents to a .196 batting average and has recorded five saves insix RECENT TRANSACTIONS tries with seven holds...Burton has appeared in 48 games, six shy of his career high 54 in 2009. 7/17 RHP Capps placed on the 15-day DL, THE NEED FOR SPEED: The Twins 94 stolen bases are tied for fifth in the American League...they have stolen 47 bases RHP Blackburn recalled from AAA 7/21 1B Morneau placed on paternity list, (58 attempts) in 44 games since June 30, second-most in baseball, behind the Miami Marlins (52) in that span. 1B Parmelee recalled from AAA 7/23 1B Parmelee optioned to AAA PLAYER DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT EXTENDED IN ROCHESTER: The Rochester Red Wings and Minnesota Twins have agreed 7/24 1B Morneau reinstated from paternity list to a two-year Player Development Contract extension through the 2014 season...Red Wings President/CEO Naomi Silver 7/26 RHP Swarzak placed on the 15-day DL, and Twins General Manager Terry Ryan made the joint announcement on Friday...the working agreement began in 2003, RHP Perdomo contract selected from AAA, following the Red Wings’ 42-year affiliation with the Baltimore Orioles from 1961-2002 and a 33-year partnership with RHP Pavano transferred to 60-day DL the St. Louis Cardinals from 1928-60...the Red Wings have produced three International League Rookies of the Year: 7/27 IF Plouffe placed on the 15-day DL Jason Kubel in 2004, Francisco Liriano in 2005, and Randy Ruiz in 2008...Rochester has also produced two IL batting 7/28 3B Valencia recalled from AAA, titles (Kubel in 2004 and Ruiz in 2008) and two IL ERA leaders (Scott Baker in 2005 and Kevin Slowey in 2007). LHP Liriano traded to Chicago (AL) in exchange for IF Escobar and LHP Hernandez, RHP Walters transferred to 60-day DL, THIS AND THAT: IF Escobar optioned to AAA • The Twins have turned a Major League leading 145 double plays this season, 125 of which have been on the ground 7/29 RHP Manship recalled from AAA (also MLB best). 8/5 3B Valencia traded to Boston in exchange UPCOMING MILESTONES for OF Pineda 8/6 IF Nishioka recalled from AAA PLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACH 8/13 IF Plouffe returned from rehab at AAA and Ron Gardenhire 916 wins Needs 84 wins to reach 1,000 managerial victories reinstated from 15-day DL, Joe Mauer 1,226 hits Needs 50 hits to tie Gary Gaetti for 6th on Twins all-time list (1,276) IF Nishioka optioned to AAA 532 walks Needs 17 walks to tie Roy Smalley for 5th on Twins all-time list (549) 8/14 IF Dozier optioned to AAA 240 doubles Needs 12 doubles to tie Gary Gaetti for 7th on Twins all-time list (252) 8/15 IF Florimon contract selected from AAA, Justin Morneau 201 home runs Needs 1 home runs to pass Gary Gaetti and move into 6th Twins all-time list (201) RHP Swarzak reinstated from DL, Needs 6 home runs to tie Kirby Puckett for 5th on Twins all-time list (207) RHP Manship optioned to AAA, 256 doubles Needs 3 doubles to tie Torii Hunter for 5th on Twins all-time list (259) RHP Perdomo optioned to AAA, 446 walks Needs 2 walks to tie Tony Oliva for 9th on Twins all-time list (448) 8/17 OF Carson contract selected from AAA Denard Span 98 doubles Needs 2 doubles to reach 100 for his career OF Tosoni outrighted 35 triples Needs 1 to pass Michael Cuddyer and Greg Gagne and move into 9th on Twins all-time list TWINS NOTES, PAGE 2 STARTING PITCHER AUGUST 19, 2012 2012 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS SAMUEL DEDUNO #21 CG’s: - - CG’s: - - Height: 6-3 Weight: 190 B/T: R/R Age: 29 (7/2/83 in La Romana, DR) SHO’s: - - SHO’s: - - Low Hit: - - Low-Hit: - - 2012: 4-0, 3.38 CAREER: 4-0, 3.35 Innings: 7.0, 2x, last 8/13 vs.