MINNESOTA TWINS (47-22) VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS (22-48) SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 - 1:10 PM (CT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH RADIO: TIBN-WCCO / TWINSBEISBOL.COM GAME 70 LHP Martín Pérez (7-2, 3.97) vs. RHP Jakob Junis (4-6, 5.35) HOME GAME 34 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 6/17 vs. Boston RHP José Berríos (8-2, 3.01) vs. RHP Rick Porcello (4-6, 4.69) 7:10 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / None 6/18 vs. Boston RHP Michael Pineda (4-3, 5.04) vs. LHP David Price (4-2, 3.52) 7:10 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / twinsbeisbol.com 6/19 vs. Boston RHP Kyle Gibson (7-3, 3.70) vs. LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (7-4, 4.67) 7:10 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / None Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 4-1 through five games on their nine-game homestand, STREAKS going 2-1 vs. the Mariners and 2-0 vs. the Royals...today the Twins will play the three-game Record: ........................................... 47-22 Current Streak 3 wins Home Record: ................................. 23-10 series finale before welcoming in Boston for three night games from Monday-Wednesday...the Road Record: .................................. 24-12 Twins have won 5 of their last 6, 7 of their last 9, 17 of their last 23 and 22 of their last 29. Last 5 games 4-1 Last 10 games 7-3 Record in series: ...........................15-5-3 WELL PLAYED, TWINS: The Twins beat the Royals last night on Joe Mauer's number 7 retirement Series Openers: ................................ 16-7 night...Jake Odorizzi (10-2) was the starter and winner, allowing four runs on seven hits in Last 15 games 10-5 Series Finales: .................................. 15-7 6.0 innings pitched...Trevor May (9), Blake Parker (6) and Ryne Harper (5) each earned holds Last 20 games 14-6 Rubber Games: ................................... 4-2 and Taylor Rogers earned the save (8)...the offense recorded just seven hits, two from Marwin Sweeps/Swept: ................................... 7/0 TWINS VS. ROYALS March/April: .................................... 17-10 Gonzalez who hit his ninth home run...Max Kepler added a home run, his 17th of the season. May: .................................................. 21-8 2019 Record: .........................................4-0 BRING 'EM OUT! BRING 'EM OUT!: The Twins have sold out five games this season: Opening ............ 5 wins (since 2018) June: ................................................... 9-4 Day March 28 vs. Cleveland (39,519), May 25 vs. Chicago-AL (39,139), May 26 vs. Chicago-AL Current Streak: July: ........................................................... (39,913), Friday night (38,898) and last night (39,267)...the last 40,000+ attendance was 2019 at Home: .......................................2-0 August: ...................................................... Opening Day of 2016 (40,638)...Twins have sold out 166 regular season games at Target 2019 at Kansas City: ..............................2-0 September/October: ................................. Field in 761 openings since 2010. All-Time Record: ............................408-386 Day Games: ....................................... 19-8 All-Time at Home: ..........................217-177 Night Games: .................................. 28-14 TWINS AND ROYALS: The Twins and Royals are playing the fifth of 19 games this season...the All-Time at Kansas City: .................191-209 vs. American League East: ............... 14-6 Twins have gone 10-4 in their last 14 vs. KC overall and 8-1 in their last nine at Target Field. vs. American League Central: .......... 17-6 Miguel Sanó has reached safely in 21 straight games vs. KC, dating back to September 2019 Game Logs: vs. American League West: .............. 13-6 A28, 2016, hitting .349 (29-for-83) with 32 RBI, a .419 OBP and a 1.058 OPS in that span. vs. National League: ........................... 3-4 Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save 4/2 KC 5-4 Hildenberger/Boxberger/Parker Games vs. LH Starter:......................... 9-6 POLO ON THE MARK: Last night Jorge Polanco extended his career-long on-base streak to 29 Games vs. RH Starter: .................... 38-16 straight games, dating back to May 13, hitting .344 (42-for-122) with a .394 on-base percent- 4/3 KC 7-6 May/Peralta/Parker Twins score first: .............................. 37-8 6/14 MIN 2-0 Gibson/Diekman/Rogers Opponent scores first: .................... 10-14 age...marks the longest Twins streak since Brian Dozier reached in 34 straight from September 12, 2017-April 23, 2018...below are the longest on-base streaks in baseball this season: 6/15 MIN 5-4 Odorizzi/Sparkman/Rogers Come-from-behind wins: .....................14 6/16 MIN Leading after 7/8 inn.: ............. 41-2/44-0 PLAYER STREAK DATES Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ............. 2-18/1-20 Luke Voit, NYY ......................................................... 31 ................................................March 28-May 3 6/20 KC Tied after 7/8 inn.: ....................... 4-2/2-2 Jorge Polanco, MIN ................................................ 29 ................................................May 13-present 6/21 KC Extra-innings: ..................................... 1-1 Mike Trout, LAA ....................................................... 29 ................................................March 28-May 2 6/22 KC 1-run games: .................................... 11-5 6/23 KC Twins out-hit opp.: ............................ 37-4 THAT 70's SHOW: Twins are playing their 70th game...below are 2018 and '19 comparisons: 8/2 MIN Opp. out-hit Twins: ........................... 7-17 2018 (MLB RANK) - THRU 70 2019 (MLB RANK) - THRU 69 8/3 MIN Twins/Opp. have = hits: ...................... 3-1 33-37 (23rd) RECORD 47-22 (T-2nd) 570 (26th) HITS 651 (4th) 8/4 MIN Run Differential: .............+118 (411-293) 9/19 MIN Twins get Quality Start: .................... 29-6 300 (23rd) RUNS 411 (1st) Twins starter goes 6+ IP:................. 30-9 73 (25th) HOME RUNS 135 (1st) 9/20 MIN Most games over .500: ............... 25, 6/16 .239 (20th) AVERAGE .273 (1st) 9/21 MIN Most games under .500: ........................... .405 (16th) SLUGGING % .514 (1st) 9/22 MIN Longest win-streak: .................6, 5/20-26 .717 (17th) OPS .854 (1st) 9/27 KC Longest losing-streak: ......2, 4x, last 6/4-6 -1 (18th) RUN DIFFERENTIAL +118 (1st) 9/28 KC When Twins score 4+: .................... 42-10 9/29 KC When Twins score 3-: ....................... 5-12 SOUND THE BOMBA HORN: The Twins have hit 135 home runs this season, the most in baseball Twins get 10+ hits: ........................... 30-4 ahead of Seattle (131)...they are on pace to hit 316, which would mark a major league record... CURRENT HOMESTAND (4-1) Days in First Place ...............................69 Twins have homered in all 13 games this month, totaling 29 in June, tied with Atlanta and Batting average .266 Days in Second Place .............................5 Arizona for the most in baseball...their current 13-game homer streak ties their season-high Runs Per Game 5.80 Days in Third Place ................................4 previously done from May 6-18...their last 14+ game streak came September 1-17, 2017 (16)... Days in Fourth Place ................................ Home Runs 10 Days in Fifth Place ................................... the club record is 16 straight, done three different times, twice in 2017 and once in 1979. RISP .267 The Twins have homered in each of their last 19 home games, tied with New York-NL Walk-Off W/L: ........................................... A Errors 8 Shutouts W/L: ..................................... 6-1 (also current) and Milwaukee for the longest streak in MLB this season...additionally, it marks the longest streak in club history. CG’s .......................................................... Team ERA 3.72 Target Field Sellouts (’19/All-Time): .. 5/166 Twins have seven players with 10 home runs, tied with Seattle for most 10+ HR players Ain baseball...Byron Buxton and Marwin Gonzalez each have nine homers...Twins record Starters W-L 2-0 RECENT TRANSACTIONS for players with 10+ homers is nine, done in 2014. Starters ERA 2.87 Relievers W-L-S 2-1-3 6/14 RHP Littell recalled from AAA With Max Kepler’s solo home run in the fourth inning last night, the Twins will donate A$100,000 to the Prostate Cancer Foundation via the 2019 Home Run Challenge...the Relievers ERA 5.52 RHP Romero optioned to AAA Saves/Opps 3/4 6/13 RHP Romero recalled from AAA Twins organization has now contributed $781,000 to the PCF since 1993 to support RHP Eades optioned to AAA groundbreaking prostate cancer research in Minnesota. 6/8 RHP Eades contract selected from AAA C Astudillo optioned to AAA THIS IS MY BOOMSTICK!: Nelson Cruz is hitting .306 (11-for-36) with five home runs, nine RBI and a 1.112 OPS in nine games since 6/7 RHP Pineda reinstated from IL coming off the IL (left wrist strain) June 3...among designated hitters this season, he ranks second in batting average (.278), OBP LHP Smeltzer optioned to AAA (.362), slugging (.556) and OPS (.918). 6/3 DH Cruz returned from rehab and reinstated from 10-day IL CAUTION, HIGH WATER: The Twins are currently at their high-water mark of 25 games over .500, their highest since ending the 2010 INF Arraez optioned to AAA season 26 games over (94-68)...prior to that, their most games over .500 was 27, the day before their final game of 2010, on October 6/2 C Garver returned from rehab and 2 when they were 94-67. reinstated from 10-day IL RHP Littell optioned to AAA SWEEPS WEEK: The Twins are seeking their eighth sweep of an opponent this season...their previous seven sweeps came: three games 5/28 RHP Pineda placed on 10-day IL May 24-26 vs. Chicago-AL, three games May 20-22 at Los Angeles-AL, three games May 6-8 at Toronto, three games April 26-28 vs. LHP Smeltzer contract selected from AAA Baltimore, three games at Baltimore April 20-21, two games April 13-14 vs.