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MINNESOTA TWINS (82-51) AT DETROIT TIGERS (39-92) FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2019 - 7:10 (ET) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH / RADIO: TIBN-WCCO RHP Kyle Gibson (12-6, 4.49) vs. RHP Edwin Jackson (2-2, 5.48) GAME 134 ROAD GAME 66 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 8/31 at Detroit LHP Martín Pérez (9-5, 4.53) vs. LHP Matthew Boyd (6-10, 4.47) 5:10 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / None 9/1 at Detroit RHP Michael Pineda (10-5, 4.16) vs. RHP Spencer Turnbull (3-13, 4.18) 12:10 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / twinsbeisbol.com 9/2 at Detroit RHP Jake Odorizzi (14-6, 3.55) vs. RHP Jordan Zimmermann (1-9, 6.24) 12:10 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / None SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 3-0 through three games on their 10-game roadtrip, STREAKS starting with a three-game sweep of the White Sox...tonight the Twins will continue the Record: ........................................... 82-51 Current Streak 4 wins Home Record: ................................. 39-29 trip with the first of four at Detroit through Monday, followed by three vs. the Red Sox from Road Record: .................................. 43-22 Tuesday-Thursday...the Twins have 29 games remaining, 12 against teams above .500 and Last 5 games 4-1 Record in series: .........................24-13-6 17 against team below .500...the remaining opponents have a combined win percentage Last 10 games 7-3 Series Openers: .............................. 28-15 of .464 (371-428). Last 15 games 10-5 Series Finales: ................................ 22-22 Last 20 games 11-9 Rubber Games: ................................... 5-9 TWINS SWEEP UP THE SOX: The Twins beat the White Sox yesterday afternoon by a score Sweeps/Swept: ................................. 10/1 of 10-5, securing their 10th sweep of the season...José Berríos (11-7) was the starter and TWINS VS. TIGERS March/April: .................................... 17-10 winner, allowing three runs on seven hits in 6.0 innings pitched...Randy Dobnak earned his May: .................................................. 21-8 first career save with 3.0 scoreless innings...the offense recorded 16 hits, three from C.J. 2019 Record: .........................................8-4 June: ............................................... 15-12 Cron, who doubled and homered...Jake Cave recorded his second career multi-homer game Current Streak: ................................. 2 wins July: ................................................. 13-11 - both coming in the last week. 2019 at Home: ......................................6-3 August: ............................................ 16-10 2019 at Detroit: .....................................2-1 September/October: ................................. TWINS AND TIGERS: The Twins are playing the 13th of 19 games against the Tigers this All-Time Record: .........................452-414-1 Day Games: ..................................... 28-21 season...each of the final eight meetings between these two teams will be in Detroit...they All-Time at Home: ..........................237-200 Night Games: .................................. 54-30 have gone 8-4 vs. Detroit thus far, 6-3 at Target Field and 2-1 at Comerica Park...Twins have All-Time at Detroit: .....................215-214-1 vs. American League East: ............. 18-11 won 10 of their last 14 over the Tigers and 14 of their last 19...Twins are 6-0-1 in series play vs. American League Central: ........ 34-19 vs. Detroit in their last seven, home or away. 2019 Game Logs: vs. American League West: ............ 23-11 Twins have out-scored the Tigers 72-52 this season. vs. National League: ......................... 7-10 AC.J. Cron is hitting .317 (40-for-126) with seven doubles, 10 home runs and 33 RBI in 32 Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Games vs. LH Starter:..................... 17-14 Acareer games vs. Detroit...he has eight homers and 24 RBI vs. DET in his last 19 games. 4/12 MIN **PPD** Games vs. RH Starter: .................... 65-37 Nelson Cruz is hitting .327 (35-for-107) with seven doubles, eight home runs, 24 RBI 4/13 MIN 4-3 Pineda/Ross/Parker Twins score first: ............................ 66-21 Aand a 1.039 OPS in his last 28 vs. the Tigers. 4/14 MIN 6-4 Berrios/Zimmermann/Hildenberger Opponent scores first: .................... 16-30 5/10 MIN 6-0 Odorizzi/Ross Come-from-behind wins: .....................27 BOMBA COUNTER: After three home runs yesterday the Twins now have 261 homers on the 5/11 MIN 3-5 Jiménez/Hildenberger/Greene Leading after 7/8 inn.: ............. 70-6/74-3 season, moving into third on baseball's all-time list and within six of the MLB all-time *** MIN 8-3 Stewart/Soto Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ............. 6-41/3-44 record...below is baseball's all-time single-season home run list: Tied after 7/8 inn.: ....................... 6-4/5-4 5/12 MIN 3-5 Norris/Pérez/Greene TEAM YEAR HR/GAME HOME RUNS 6/7 DET 6-3 Harper/Jiménez/Parker Extra-innings: ..................................... 4-6 New York-AL ..................................2018 ..................................... 1.65 ........................................267 1-run games: .................................. 17-11 Seattle...........................................1997 ..................................... 1.63 ........................................264 6/8 DET 3-9 Ramirez/Gibson Twins out-hit opp.: .......................... 62-10 Minnesota .....................................2019 ..................................... 1.96 ........................................261 6/9 DET 12-2 Odorizzi/Carpenter Opp. out-hit Twins: ......................... 15-37 Texas .............................................2005 ..................................... 1.60 ........................................260 8/23 MIN 6-9 VerHagen/Berríos Twins/Opp. have = hits: ...................... 5-4 NOTE: Twins previous club record was 225, set in 1963...they passed that on August 9 vs. Cleveland. 8/24 MIN 8-5 Gibson/Jackson/Rogers Run Differential: .............+164 (782-618) ADDITIONALLY: The Twins now have 141 road home runs, marking an MLB record, passing San 8/25 MIN 7-4 Pérez/Boyd Twins get Quality Start: .................. 46-14 Francisco's 2001 total of 138. 8/30 DET 6:10 pm (CT) Twins starter goes 6+ IP:............... 50-20 8/31 DET 5:10 pm (CT) Most games over .500: ............... 31, 8/30 CLOSING IN ON SEPTEMBER: Twins have two August games remaining...below are hitting Most games under .500: ........................... 9/1 DET 12:10 pm (CT) Longest win-streak: .................6, 5/20-26 and pitching monthly comparisons: 9/2 DET 12:10 pm (CT) Longest losing-streak: .................... 4, 8/6-9 AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG 9/24 DET 5:40 pm (CT) When Twins score 4+: .................... 74-25 MAR/APR .257 141 233 58 4 50 133 81 202 .325 .495 MAY .286 191 292 61 5 56 186 98 223 .353 .521 9/25 DET 5:40 pm (CT) When Twins score 3-: ....................... 8-26 9/26 DET 12:10 pm (CT) Twins get 10+ hits: ......................... 50-11 JUNE .266 142 268 51 2 51 137 75 237 .327 .472 Days in First Place .............................143 JULY .270 139 230 49 3 52 134 87 197 .343 .518 CURRENT ROADTRIP (3-0) AUGUST .279 169 260 50 3 52 165 80 232 .343 .506 Days in Second Place .............................6 Batting average .278 Days in Third Place ................................4 W L S IP H R ER HR BB K ERA Runs Per Game 5.50 Days in Fourth Place ................................ MAR/APR 17 10 10 239.0 230 124 116 32 89 226 4.37 Days in Fifth Place ................................... MAY 21 8 5 256.0 230 105 98 34 65 260 3.45 Home Runs 5 Walk-Off W/L: ..................................... 3/1 JUNE 15 12 9 255.0 241 132 112 32 77 235 3.95 RISP .200 Shutouts W/L: ..................................... 8/3 JULY 13 11 6 218.0 227 123 107 35 69 223 4.42 Errors 0 Complete Games ...................................... AUGUST 16 10 10 236.0 265 134 120 29 75 222 4.58 Target Field Sellouts (’19/All-Time): ... 10/171 Team ERA 1.50 CAUTION, HIGH WATER: The Twins are currently at their high-water mark of 31 games over Starters W-L 2-0 RECENT TRANSACTIONS .500, marking the first time being 31 games over since games of September 24, 2010 at 92-61...the Twins high in 2010 was 32 over on September 24 at 92-60. Starters ERA 2.45 8/27 RHP Dobnak recalled from AAA Relievers W-L-S 0-0-1 8/25 LHP Thorpe optioned to AAA ROAD RULES: The Twins have won seven straight on the road and 11 of their last 13 away Relievers ERA 0.00 8/24 RHP Stashak recalled from AAA from Target Field...last seven-game road win-streak was July 23-August 6, 2006 when they Saves/Opps 1/1 RHP Harper optioned to AAA won eight straight...they have gone 43-22 on the road this season, tied for most road wins 8/19 DH Cruz reinstated from 10-day IL in baseball with Tampa Bay...Twins have outscored opponents on the road 406-298...43 wins marks their most on the road since 2017 RHP Littell optioned to AAA (44-37), the club record being 51 (30 losses) in 1965...they are on pace to win 53 road games. 8/16 LHP Thorpe recalled from AAA FLORIDA'S FINEST: Outfielder Trevor Larnach yesterday was named Florida State League Player of the Year...ranked as MLB.com's 94th LHP Smeltzer optioned to AAA best prospect, the Twins 2018 first round pick (20th overall) hit .316 (101-for-320) with 26 doubles, six home runs, 44 RBI and a .842 8/15 RHP Pineda reinstated from 10-day IL OPS in 84 games prior to being promoted to Double-A Pensacola on July 16...he also posted a .382 on-base percentage and slugged .459. RHP Dobnak optioned to AAA 8/13 RHP Dyson reinstated from 10-day IL GRIDIRON GLORY: Tomorrow afternoon Target Field will host College Football's Opening Weekend with North Dakota State vs.