(64-87) VS. DETROIT TIGERS (84-67) WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 - 7:10 (CT) - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK (R, 11-11, 4.58) vs. David Price (L, 14-11, 3.26) GAME 152 HOME GAME 75 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 9/18 OFF DAY 9/19 vs. Cleveland Phil Hughes (R, 15-10, 3.56) vs. Trevor Bauer (R, 5-8, 4.04) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN 9/20 vs. Cleveland Trevor May (R, 3-4, 7.71) vs. T.J. House (L, 3-3, 3.42) 6:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN 9/21 vs. Cleveland TBA vs. (R, 16-9, 2.54) 1:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN / LMB: BOB FM Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. TWINS AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: After recently completing their six-game road trip with a record of 2-4 (1-2 in STREAKS Cleveland and 1-2 in Chicago), the Twins began their final homestand of the season with Record:...... 64-87 a win and a loss to the Tigers...tonight they play the rubber game with Detroit, going 12-5 Current Streak: ...... 1 win Home Record:...... 31-43 Last 5 games:...... 2-3 Road Record:...... 33-44 in rubber games this season and 26-22 in series finales...tomorrow the Twins will enjoy Record in series:...... 17-25-6 their final day-off of 2014, followed by three with Cleveland (Friday-Sunday) and three with Last 10 games:...... 3-7 Series Openers:...... 16-33 Arizona (Monday-Wednesday). Last 15 games:...... 5-10 Series Finales:...... 26-22 Last 20 games:...... 6-14 Rubber Games:...... 12-5 WILD FINISH IN MINNEAPOLIS: The Twins beat the Tigers last night by a score of 4-3 in Sweeps/Swept:...... 3/7 walk-off fashion...Ricky Nolasco was the starter but did not factor into the decision, tossing TWINS VS. DETROIT March/April:...... 12-12 8.0 shutout innings, allowing five hits with five strikeouts and one walk... blew 2014 Record:...... 7-7 May:...... 13-16 the save, allowing a three-run homer to J.D. Martinez but ended up the winner (4-3)...Kennys June:...... 12-16 Current Streak:...... 1 win July:...... 11-15 Vargas tied his career-high with three hits, falling a double short of the cycle...Kurt Suzuki 2014 at Home: ...... 4-4 August:...... 11-18 tied the game with an RBI-double and Aaron Hicks ended the game with an RBI-infield single. 2014 at Detroit:...... 3-3 September:...... 5-10 All-Time Record:...... 406-367-1 vs. American League East:...... 14-18 EVERYONE LOVES A WALK-OFF: Last night’s walk-off victory marked the sixth of the season, All-Time at Home:...... 214-174 vs. American League Central:...... 32-36 below are the six...since moving into Target Field in 2010, the Twins have won 27 games via All-Time at Detroit:...... 192-193-1 vs. American League West:...... 11-23 walk-off: four in 2010, seven in 2011, five in 2012 and five in 2013 (17 singles, 3 doubles, vs. National League:...... 7-10 1 triple, 4 home runs, two opponent errors). 2014 Game Logs: Games vs. LH Starter:...... 20-30 DATE FINAL SCORE NOTE Games vs. RH Starter:...... 44-57 May 13 vs. BOS 8-6 Parmelee two-run homer with two outs in bottom of 9 Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Twins score first:...... 44-29 May 15 vs. BOS 4-3 Hicks one-run single with two outs in bottom 10 4/25 MIN 6-10 Porcello/Correia Opp. scores first:...... 20-58 4/26 MIN 5-3 Hughes/Ortega/Perkins Come-from-behind wins:...... 31 May 27 vs. TEX 4-3 Santana reached on E-1, scoring Nunez with two outs in bottom 9 Leading after 7/8 inn.:...... 48-6/54-3 June 20 vs. CWS 5-4 Dozier singles in Escobar from second with two out in bottom 9 4/27 MIN PPD* Trailing after 7/8 inn.:...... 6-70/3-75 July 5 vs. NYY 2-1 Willingham scores on Cervelli throwing error in bottom 11 5/9 DET 2-1 Hughes/Verlander/Perkins Tied after 7/8 inn.:...... 10-11/7-9 September 16 vs. DET 4-3 Hicks infield single up the middle, scoring Herrmann from third in bot 9 5/10 DET 3-9 Scherzer/Gibson Extra-innings:...... 5-7 5/11 DET 4-3 Burton/Chamberlain/Perkins 1-run games:...... 19-24 DANNY BOY: Danny Santana has hit safely in 15 straight home games with an at-bat, hitting 6/13 DET 2-0 Gibson/Smyly/Perkins Twins out-hit opp.:...... 38-12 .400 (28-for-70) with five doubles, three triples, one , seven RBI, 15 runs scored and 6/14 DET 7-12 Sanchez/Deduno/Krol Opp. out-hit Twins:...... 18-71 six stolen bases in those games...it marks the longest hitting streak in Target Field history 6/15 DET 3-4 Nathan/Fien Twins/Opp. have = hits:...... 8-4 for a single-season...the longest in Target Field history spanning multiple seasons was 16 Twins get Quality Start:...... 44-17 8/22 MIN 20-6 Pressly/Ray Twins starter goes 6+ IP:...... 47-33 by September 27, 2011-June 14, 2012...the last Twin to hit in 16 straight in a 8/23 MIN 12-4 Pino/Farmer Most games over .500:...... 2, 5/23 single-season at home was Nick Punto June 25-July 28, 2006 at the Metrodome...below are the top three active home hitting streaks in baseball; had the longest this MIN* 6-8 Verlander/May/Nathan Most games under .500:...... 24, 2x, 9/16 8/24 MIN 4-13 Scherzer/Gibson Longest winning-streak:...... 4, 6/19-22 season, hitting in 22 straight home games July 1-August 19. Longest losing-streak:...... 5, 2x, 6/24-28 PLAYER STREAK SINCE TODAY AVG DURING STREAK 9/15 MIN 6-8 Ryan/Fien/Soria When Twins score 4+:...... 53-39 Danny Santana, MIN 15 August 17 Home vs. DET .400 (28-for-70) 9/16 MIN 4-3 Perkins/Nathan When Twins score 3-:...... 11-48 Jose Altuve, HOU 15 August 10 Home vs. CLE .460 (29-for-63) 9/17 MIN Team-high hits:...... 23, 8/3 at CWS Christian Yelich, MIA 15 August 11 Road at NYM .468 (29-for-62) 9/25 DET Team-high runs:...... 20, 8/22 vs. DET 9/26 DET Opp.-high hits:.... 19, 2x, last 9/7 vs. LAA LIL PAPI: Kennys Vargas has 36 RBI in 43 career games...since August 1, his 36 RBI are 9/27 DET Opp.-high runs:...... 14, 6/8 vs. HOU tied for second most in baseball with Chris Carter and trailing Victor Martinez (41)...his Twins get 10+ hits:...... 29-25 9/28 DET Walk-Off W/L:...... 5-7 eight home runs since that date are second most among all rookies in baseball, trailing Shutouts W/L:...... 7/11 only Javier Baez (9)...between Double-A New Britain and Minnesota this season, he is hitting HOMESTAND (1-1) Complete Games:...2, last 6/17 Hughes at BOS .285 (153-for-536) with 26 doubles, 25 home runs and 99 RBI...he leads the entire Twins Target Field Sellouts (’14/All-Time):...... -/152 organization in RBI, ahead of Adam Brett Walker (93 - Ft. Myers), (77 - MIN) Batting Average...... 292 (19-for-65) and (77 - MIN/ROCH). Runs Per-Game...... 5.0 (10 R/2 G) RECENT TRANSACTIONS Home Runs...... 2 SINCE AUGUST 1: Since August 1, the Twins have scored 227 runs, the most in baseball, RISP...... 308 (4-for-13) 8/9 RHP May recalled from AAA ahead of Detroit (223)...additionally, since that date, they lead baseball in doubles (97), rank Fielding Errors...... 0 1B/DH Colabello optioned to AAA third in hits (420), fourth in batting average (.272) and fifth in on-base percentage (.334). 8/9 Traded RHP Correia to Dodgers in Team ERA...... 5.00 (18.0 IP, 11 ER) exchange for PTBNL TWINS AND TIGERS: In their last five games against Detroit, the Twins are hitting .339 Starters W-L...... 0-0. 8/11 RHP Adams acquired via trade with (76-for-224) with 20 doubles, a .412 on-base percentage and 52 runs scored...the Twins Starters ERA...... 4.38 (12.1 IP, 6 ER) KC, in exchange for OF Willingham, have scored 86 runs against the Tigers this season for an average of 6.14 runs-per-game, Relievers W-L-S...... 1-1-0 their most against any AL opponent. Adams optioned AA Relievers ERA...... 7.94 (5.2 IP, 5 ER) Save/Opportunities...... 0/1 8/15 RHP Nolasco returned from rehab ROBERTO CLEMENTE AWARD: and Chevrolet announced yesterday the and reinstated from DL. names of the 30 2014 Club nominees for the prestigious Roberto Clemente Award presented by Chevrolet...Glen Perkins is the Twins nominee for RHP Pino optioned to AAA the first time in his career, was last season’s Twins nominee...the annual Award recognizes a Major League Baseball player who best 8/23 RHP Pino recalled from AAA (26th man) represents the game through positive contributions on and off the field, including sportsmanship and community involvement...each Club nominates RHP Pino optioned to AAA (26th man) one player to be considered for the Roberto Clemente Award presented in an effort to pay tribute to Clemente’s achievements and character by 8/30 RHP Deduno claimed by Astros recognizing current players who truly understand the value of helping others...today marks the 13th annual Roberto Clemente Day...last season’s 8/31 LHP Thompson selected from AAA winner of this award was Carlos Beltran...previous Twins to win this award were Rod Carew (1977), (1994) and Kirby Puckett (1996). 8/31 LHP Ibarra outrighted to AA CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO: The Chattanooga Lookouts announced today the signing of a four-year player development contract with the Min- 9/2 IF Bernier contract selected from AAA nesota Twins...the partnership with the Twins marks the team’s first affiliation with an AL team since 1987 when the Lookouts were with the OF Hicks recalled from AAA Seattle Mariners...they have been the Double-A affiliate of the since 2009...from 1932 to 1959 the Lookouts were affiliated C/OF Herrmann recalled from AAA with the Washington Senators who went on to become the Minnesota Twins in 1961...Chattanooga won three league titles as a Senators affili- C Pinto recalled from AAA ate including one under manager Cal Ermer, who managed the Lookouts from 1952 to 1957 and went on to manage the Twins for part of the RHP Achter contract selected from AAA 1967 and all of the 1968 season...Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew also has roots with the Lookouts, spending two seasons with Chattanooga RHP Tonkin recalled from AAA and hit a combined 46 home runs with the team from 1957-58...the were the Twins Double-A affiliate since 1995. RHP Oliveros contract selected from AAA UPCOMING MILESTONES LHP Darnell recalled from AAA PLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACH TWINSPRESSBOX.COM Ron Gardenhire 1062 wins Needs 78 to tie Tom Kelly (1,140) for most wins in franchise history Get the latest Twins notes, stat packs, clips, Joe Mauer 109 home runs Needs 1 to tie Roy Smalley (110) for 12th on Twins all-time list press releases, minor league reports, 2014 official team media guide as well as other 1289 games Needs 72 to tie Gary Gaetti (1361) and for 6th on Twins all-time list team related information at: 306 doubles Needs 6 to tie Hrbek (312) for 3rd on Twins list www.twinspressbox.com 684 RBI Needs 27 to tie (711) for 8th on Twins all-time list Find us on Twitter: @Twins and #MNTwins Glen Perkins 88 saves Needs 1 to pass Al Worthington for sole possession of 6th on Twins all-time list STARTING PITCHER PAGE 2

2014 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS KYLE GIBSON #44 CG’s: - - CG’s: - - Height: 6-6 Weight: 207 B/T: R/R Age: 26 (10/23/87 in Greenfield, IN) SHO’s: - - SHO’s: - - Low Hit: - - Low-Hit: - - 2014: 11-11, 4.58 CAREER: 13-15, 5.06 ERA Innings: 8.0, 2x, last 6/29 at TEX Innings: 8.0, 2x, last 6/29/14 at TEX SO’s: 8, 6/18 at BOS SO’s: 8, 6/18/14 at BOS • He will be making his 29th start and appearance of 2014. Walks: 5, 8/8 at OAK Walks: 5, 8/8/14 at OAK • He is making his 39th career start and appearance. Hits: 10, 4/22 at TB Hits: 11, 7/4 vs. NYY Home Runs: 2, 2x, last 9/11 (1) at CLE Home Runs: 2, 5x, last 9/11/14 (1) at CLE 2014 MAJOR LEAGUE DAY-BY-DAY Win-Streak: 3, 4/5-17 Win-Streak: 3, 4/5-17/14 DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER HR BB SO LEFT GAME NOTES PITCHES/K Loss-Streak: 3, 4/22-5/10 Loss-Streak: 3, 4/22-5/10/2014 4/5 at CLE W 5.0 3 1 1 0 4 3 Leading 5-1 Career lows in hits and runs allowed 97/53 4/11 vs. KC W 6.1 5 1 1 0 4 3 Leading 7-1 Third career quality start, career-high IP 100/56 4/17 vs. TOR W 8.0 4 0 0 0 1 4 Leading 7-0 Longest outing of his career, 1st scoreless 105/62 CAREER NOTES 4/22 at TB L 3.0 10 7 7 0 2 3 Trailing 5-3 Snapped 13 IP scoreless streak with 3-run 1st 86/55 • 4/30 vs. LAD L 6.2 9 5 5 0 3 2 Trailing 3-1 Allowed just one run in first 6.0 innings pitched 101/59 • Earned the win in his MLB debut 6/29/13 vs. KC allowing three runs on eight hits in 6.0 innings. APRIL 3-2 29.0 31 14 14 0 14 15 4.34 ERA • Named the Twins Minor League Player of the Week, ending May 12, 2013 after tossing his CG SHO. 5/5 at CLE ND 7.0 2 0 0 0 3 1 Tied 0-0 Minnesota was 0-for-11 with RISP 100/56 • Was named an Arizona Fall League Rising star in 2012 and the AFL Player of the Week, 10/23/12. 5/10 at DET L 2.0 7 6 6 1 1 1 Trailing 6-0 2.0 innings pitched is shortest start of career 48/26 • Selected to the 2011 Futures Game where he tossed 1.1 inning, allowing two hits. 5/16 vs. SEA W 7.0 6 1 1 0 2 4 Leading 5-1 Snapped three-game losing streak 96/57 • Named to the 2010 Eastern League Mid-Season All-Star Team. 5/23 at SF L 5.0 5 5 5 2 0 4 Trailing 4-2 Tied season-high with four strikeouts 72/51 5/28 vs. TEX ND 6.0 6 0 0 0 0 4 Tied 0-0 Threw a career high 107 pitches 107/65 • Named the Florida State League Pitcher of the Week, May 3, 2010. MAY 1-2 27.0 26 12 12 3 6 14 4.00 ERA • Selected in the first round (22nd overall) by the Twins in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft out of 6/2 at MIL L 6.0 6 4 4 1 0 1 Trailing 4-0 Retired the first nine MIL hitters 77/54 the University of Missouri as a senior...major was communications. 6/7 vs. HOU W 7.0 3 0 0 0 3 5 Leading 8-0 Five strikeouts tie a career high 106/64 • Originally selected by Philadelphia in the 36th round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft out of 6/13 at DET W 7.0 5 0 0 0 2 3 Leading 1-0 Has not allowed a run in 15.0 innings pitched 110/66 Greenfield Central High School in Greenfield, IN. 6/18 at BOS ND 7.0 2 0 0 0 0 8 Tied 0-0 Eight strikeouts are a career high 102/66 • Named to the All-Big 12 honorable mention team in 2007 and 2008 and All-Big 12 First-Team 6/24 at LAA L 2.0 4 7 7 1 2 1 Trailing 7-5 Snapped 22.0 scoreless streak in 1st inning 50/27 in 2009 as the Tigers Friday night starter. 6/29 at TEX W 8.0 8 2 2 1 0 3 Leading 3-2 Tied longest start of career, other coming 4/17 95/69 JUNE 3-2 37.0 28 13 13 3 7 21 3.16 ERA • Had a career record of 15-8 during his career at Greenfield Central High School with a 1.19 7/4 vs. NYY L 2.0 6 6 5 0 1 0 Trailing 6-2 2.0 IP ties shortest career start 52/33 ERA and 251 strikeouts...had 140 strikeouts and a 0.98 ERA in his senior season. 7/9 at SEA W 6.0 7 0 0 0 1 3 Leading 7-0 Seventh shutout outing of the season 91/55 7/18 vs. TB L 6.1 9 6 6 1 1 1 Trailing 5-0 Gibson had 16 ground ball outs 88/52 7/29 at KC W 7.0 2 0 0 0 2 7 Leading 2-0 Retired 12 of first 13 batters faced 95/66 2014 MISC. NUMBERS JULY 2-2 21.1 24 12 11 1 5 11 4.64 ERA 8/3 at CWS W 7.0 6 3 3 1 0 6 Leading 4-1 All three runs given up in fourth inning 105/74 W L ERA GS IP ER AVG H AB HR BB SO 8/8 at OAK L 5.0 5 6 5 0 5 3 Trailing 4-0 Allowed career-high five walks 93/45 Home: 4 4 4.34 11 66.1 32 Vs. Left: .274 93 340 3 29 34 8/13 at HOU W 7.2 6 1 1 0 2 4 Leading 3-1 Threw 7.0 scoreless innings to start game 105/63 8/19 vs. CLE ND 5.1 8 5 5 1 1 4 Leading 5-4 Twins scored all five runs in 1st inning 89/54 Road: 7 7 4.76 17 92.2 49 VS. RIGHT: .244 67 275 8 22 56 8/24 vs. DET L 4.2 8 5 5 0 4 5 Trailing 5-3 Shortest start since going 2.0 IP 7/4 vs. NYY 95/59 Day: 6 4 4.40 11 61.1 30 TOTALS: .260 160 615 11 51 90 8/30 at BAL ND 5.0 4 1 1 0 3 6 Tied 1-1 Recorded 6-or-more Ks for 4th time this season 96/57 Night: 5 7 4.70 17 97.2 51 AUGUST 2-2 34.2 37 21 20 2 15 28 5.19 ERA Grass: 11 10 4.27 27 156.0 74 9/4 vs. LAA ND 7.0 7 4 4 0 2 1 Tied 4-4 Longest outing since 8/13 at HOU (7.2 IP) 95/60 9/11(1) at CLE L 3.0 7 7 7 2 2 0 Trailing 7-1 Started Game 1 of double header 60/34 Turf: 0 1 21.00 1 3.0 7 SEPTEMBER 0-1 10.0 14 11 11 2 4 1 9.90 ERA ------RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 2013 TOTALS 2-4 51.0 69 38 37 7 20 29 6.53 6.0-PLUS IP/QUALITY STARTS PRE-ASG TOTALS 8-7 101.0 98 45 44 6 29 53 3.92 YEAR STARTS 6+ IP QS POST-ASG TOTALS 3-4 58.0 62 38 37 5 22 37 5.74 2013 10 3 2 SEASON TOTALS 11-11 159.0 160 83 81 11 51 90 4.58 2014 28 17 13 CAREER TOTALS 13-15 210.0 229 121 118 18 71 119 5.06 TOTALS 38 20 15 LAST START: He was the loser in his last start, Game 1 of the double header September 11 at Cleveland opposite Corey Kluber, allowing seven runs on seven hits with two walks MORE MISCELLANEOUS NUMBERS in just 3.0 innings pitched...it was the fifth time this season Gibson has failed to pitch more than 3.0 innings in a start...in those five starts he is 0-5, 24.00 ERA (12.0 IP, 32 ER), BASE RUNNERS PICK-OFFS SB-ATT GIDP compared to 11-6, 3.00 ERA (147.0 IP, 49 ER) in 23 starts pitching more than 3.0 innings. GIBSON: 213 1 6-10 20

AGAINST THE TIGERS: He is making his fourth career start against the Tigers tonight...he was the loser in his last start August 24 vs. Detroit allowing five runs on eight hits with RUNS/HITS PER INNING four walks and five strikeouts in 4.2 innings pitched...his only career win was June 13 at INNING: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Comerica Park, tossing 7.0 shutout innings with five hits allowed in a Twins 2-0 win over RUNS/HITS: 17/28 13/28 16/31 15/24 12/23 3/11 4/12 1/3 - / - Drew Smyly...he is 1-2, 7.24 ERA (13.2 IP, 11 ER) with seven walks and nine strikeouts in three career starts against the Tigers. GIBSON VS. TIGERS GET INTO THE SIXTH: Gibson is 10-3, with a 2.08 ERA (117.0 IP, 27 ER) with 26 walks 2014 vs. Detroit (3 starts): 1-2, 7.24 ERA (13.2 IP, 11 ER), 7 BB, 9 K and 60 strikeouts in 17 starts (13 quality starts) this season when he pitches 6.0-or-more 2014 vs. Detroit at Minnesota (1 start): 0-1, 9.64 ERA (4.2 IP, 5 ER), 4 BB, 5 K innings (28 starts), compared to 1-8, 11.57 ERA (42.0 IP, 54 ER) with 25 walks and 30 strikeouts in 11 starts when not pitching into the sixth inning. 2014 vs. Detroit at Detroit (2 starts): 1-1, 6.00 ERA (9.0 IP, 6 ER), 3 BB, 4 K Career vs. Detroit (3 starts): 1-2, 7.24 ERA (13.2 IP, 11 ER), 7 BB, 9 K WINNING IN STYLE: Gibson has a 1.07 ERA in the 11 games he has won this season only Career vs. Detroit at Minnesota (1 start): 0-1, 9.64 ERA (4.2 IP, 5 ER), 4 BB, 5 K allowing nine runs on 55 hits with 21 walks and 45 strikeouts...nine of the 55 hits allowed Career vs. Detroit at Detroit (2 starts): 1-1, 6.00 ERA (9.0 IP, 6 ER), 3 BB, 4 K are extra base hits (7 - 2B, 2 - HR)...10 of the 11 wins are quality starts. BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPS ZEROS ACROSS: Gibson has posted eight starts this season where he didn't allow a run (27 starts)...during those starts he is 5-0 with 12 walks and 35 strikeouts...Twins are Gibson vs. the Tigers Price vs. the Twins 6-2 during those starts. PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SO PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SO V. Martinez .250 8 2 0 0 0 Nunez .290 31 9 1 3 3 Avila .429 7 3 0 0 1 Suzuki .200 20 4 1 0 9 GIBBY'S GROUNDED: Gibson has posted a ground ball percentage of 55.7 which is fourth Kinsler .429 7 3 0 1 1 Mauer .167 18 3 0 3 5 best in the AL and highest among Twins starters...he has induced 291 ground balls (675 Castellanos .000 6 0 0 1 3 Dozier .231 13 3 2 0 1 batters faced). Cabrera .400 5 2 1 0 1 Plouffe .444 9 4 0 1 3 Kelly .200 5 1 0 1 0 Escobar .600 5 3 0 0 0 GIBSON STREAKING: Gibson posted a 22.0 scoreless inning streak from the sixth inning J. Martinez .400 5 2 0 1 1 Parmelee .200 5 1 0 0 1 June 2 through in the first inning June 24 at Los Angeles-AL. Hunter .250 4 1 0 1 0 Pinto .200 5 1 0 2 0 Davis .333 3 1 0 0 1 Santana .000 4 0 0 0 4 ELIAS SAYS...: Gibson pitched 8.0 innings and did not allow a run in his victory against Romine .667 3 2 0 0 1 Hicks .333 3 1 0 0 1 the Blue Jays on April 17 (Game 1)...he won each of his first three games for the Twins Suarez 1.000 2 2 0 1 0 this season and was sporting a 0.93 ERA, having given up only two earned runs in 19.0 innings...since the original Washington Senators relocated to Minnesota in 1961, the TWINS STARTERS IN 2014 only other Twins pitchers to win their first three starts of a season while posting an ERA PITCHER LAST START (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) DEC. STARTS QS TEAM REC. RUN SUPP. RS AVG below 1.00 were Bill Krueger in 1992 (0.75 ERA) and Francisco Liriano in 2006 (0.56 ERA). Nolasco 9/16 vs. DET (8.0-5-0-0-1-5-0) ND 25 9 9-16 77 4.67 Correia 8/6 vs. SD (6.0-5-3-3-1-3-0) ND 23 13 6-16 49 3.58 THREE STRAIGHT WINS: Gibson earned his third win in his third start of the season April Hughes 9/13(1) at CWS (7.0-6-5-3-1-11-1) L 30 19 18-12 91 4.21 17 vs. Toronto, becoming the first Twins starter to make the Opening Day starting rotation Gibson 9/11 at CLE (3.0-7-7-7-2-0-2) L 28 13 12-16 94 5.32 and win his first three straight starts since Livan Hernandez in 2008. Pelfrey 5/1 vs. LAD-1 (4.0-7-5-5-3-2-0) L 5 0 2-3 10 3.80 • With the win in his debut June 29, 2013 vs. Kansas City, he became the 10th Twin to win Johnson 7/21 vs. CLE (5.0-5-2-2-3-4-0) ND 3 0 1-2 5 3.38 in their debut (as starter), first since Anthony Swarzak May 23, 2009 vs. Milwaukee... Deduno 6/14 at DET (2.2-7-7-7-2-3-2) L 8 2 3-5 16 3.72 recently Andrew Albers joined him and became the 11th pitcher. Pino 8/23(1) vs. DET (5.0-6-4-1-2-6-0) W 11 3 6-5 24 3.58 Swarzak 9/15 vs. DET (4.1-11-6-6-1-2-0) ND 2 0 1-1 2 1.93 2013 RECAP: Gibson made his major league debut in 2013 with the Twins and went on to Darnell 9/13(2) at CWS (4.1-7-4-3-2-5-2) ND 4 0 0-4 12 6.00 make 10 starts with Minnesota...made his debut on June 29, 2013 vs. Kansas City with 6.0 May 9/14 at CWS (6.0-5-3-3-0-10-1) W 7 1 3-5 22 5.66 innings allowing two runs on eight hits and five strikeouts...allowed 19 runs in five starts Milone 9/2 vs. CWS (3.2-5-3-3-4-3-1) ND 21 11 12-9 61 4.69 (22.2 IP, 7.54 ERA) in late July and August before being optioned to Triple-A Rochester. FRIDAY'S STARTER - PHIL HUGHES, RHP Hughes will be making his 31st start of the season...he was the loser in his last start September 13 vs. Chicago-AL allowing five runs, three earned, on six hits with a career-high 11 strikeouts in 7.0 innings pitched, giving him 194.2 marking a single-season career-high...he now has 176 strikeouts, which is a new career-best...this was his seventh straight start of 7.0 innings-or-more...he will be facing the Indians for the seventh time in his career...he was the winner in his last start against Cleveland August 21 allowing one run on five hits with eight strikeouts in 7.0 innings pitched... he has a career record of 71-60 with a 4.34 ERA (975.1 IP, 470 ER) with 261 walks and 832 strikeouts in 212 games (162 starts). BULLPEN NOTES PAGE 3 A.J. ACHTER - RHP #58 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-5 Weight: 205 B/T: R/R Age: 26 (8/27/88 in Toledo, OH) Obtained: 46th round pick, 2010 Draft DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/15 DET ND 2.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 Last Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.1 IP), BB Series vs. DET: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.1 IP), BB vs. Left: .300 vs. Right: .333 9/11@CLEGM1 ND 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 2 Made MLB debut with perfect 1.0 9/3 vs. CWS...recalled prior to 9/2 game...drafted in 46th round of 2010 draft out of Michigan State. 9/7 LAA ND 1.0 5 5 2 1 0 1 AA 9/3 CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AASplit 2014 season between Double-A and Triple-A, going 4-4, 2.17 ERA (78.2 IP, 19 ER) with 7 saves in 43 appearances...pronounced OCK-ter. JARED BURTON - RHP #61 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-5 Weight: 225 B/T: R/R Age: 33 (6/2/81 in Westminster, SC) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 11/14/11 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/14 @CWS H 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Roadtrip: 0-0-1, 4.50 (2.0 IP, 1 ER) Series vs. DET: - - vs. Left: .228 vs. Right: .259 9/13 @CWSGM2 BS 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 Converted 9th career save 9/9 at CLE...2-for-3 in save opps in 2014...had 164 apps with CIN (2007-11)...has 199 with Twins since 2012. 9/9 @CLE S 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AAAppeared in 71 games for the Twins in 2013...was tied ninth in the AL among righties...led MLB relievers with nine losses. 9/6 LAA L 0.2 2 3 3 0 1 0 AA 9/5 LAA L 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 AAHas a career record of 17-19-9, 3.48 ERA (357.1 IP, 138 ER) with 135 walks, 302 strikeouts and 90 holds in 363 games. LOGAN DARNELL - LHP #38 RECENT RELIEF APPEARANCES Height: 6-2 Weight: 210 B/T: L/L Age: 25 (2/2/89 in Nashville, TN) Drafted: Sixth round pick, 2010 Draft DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 5/6 @CLE ND 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Last Roadtrip (Start): 0-0-0, 6.23 (4.1 IP, 3 ER), 2 BB, 5 K Series vs. DET: - - vs. Left: .333 vs. Right: .310 AAMade spot start in game 2 of DH on 9/13 at CWS (4.1 IP)...Made ML debut with 3.0 perfect innings of relief with one strikeout May 6 at Cleveland. AARecalled prior to 9/2 game...added to Twins 40-man roster November 20, 2013...drafted 6th round in 2010 out of Kentucky. AARecord of 7-6, 3.60 ERA (115.0 IP, 46 ER) in 23 outings (19 starts) with Triple-A Rochester in 2014. BRIAN DUENSING - LHP #52 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-0 Weight: 205 B/T: L/L Age: 31 (2/22/83 in Marysville, KS) Drafted: 3rd Round, 2005 Draft DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/9 @CLE H 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 Last Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 9.00 (1.0 IP, ER) Series vs. DET: - - vs. Left: .253 vs. Right: .269 9/7 LAA ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Allowed two runs in 19.0 IP (0.95 ERA) from 6/10-8/15...since then has allowed nine runs in 11 outings, 8.1 IP (9.72 ERA). 9/5 LAA ND 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 AAHad a career-high 15 holds in 2013...his 73 games tied for the Twins lead (also Fien)...his six relief wins were the most among all Twins and 9/3 CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AAtied fourth among AL relievers...recorded first career save May 28, 2013 vs. Milwaukee with a scoreless 14th inning. 8/30 @BAL ND 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 AACareer record of 14-12-1, 3.55 ERA (251.1 IP, 99 ER) in 234 relief appearances and 23-24, 4.57 ERA (346.2 IP, 176 ER) in 61 starts. 8/28 @KC ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 CASEY FIEN - RHP #50 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-2 Weight: 205 B/T: R/R Age: 30 (10/21/83 in Santa Rosa, CA) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 1/3/12 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/15 DET L 0.1 2 2 2 2 0 0 Last Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.1 IP), 2 K Series vs. DET: 0-1-0, 54.00 (0.1 IP, 2 ER), 2 HR vs. Left: .245 vs. Right: .269 9/14 @CWS H 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Earned his 26th hold of the season 9/9 at CLE...tied for second in the AL in holds (Wade Davis - 29, Joba Chamberlain - 26). 9/13@CWSGM2 ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AAAllowed runs in just eight of his 34 appearances at Target Field. 9/9 @CLE H 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 AAHad 10.60 K/9.0 IP rate (73 K, 63.0 IP) in 2013, 2nd highest among Twins relievers behind Perkins’ 11.06 K/9.0 IP (77 K, 62.2 IP). 9/6 LAA ND 0.2 2 2 2 0 0 1 AA 9/5 LAA ND 0.0 1 2 2 0 1 0 AACareer record of 12-10-1, 3.91 ERA (172.2 IP, 75 ER) with 164 strikeouts, 37 walks in 190 apps with DET (2009-10) and MIN (2012-14). LESTER OLIVEROS - RHP #48 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-0 Weight: 234 B/T: R/R Age: 26 (5/28/88 in Maracay, VZ) Obtained: Trade with Detroit, 8/16/2011 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/11@CLEGM1 ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Last Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP), 2 K Series vs. DET: - - vs. Left: .000 vs. Right: .625 9/7 LAA ND 0.1 2 2 2 0 2 0 AAMade 2014 debut after being recalled prior to 9/2 game...was first appearance since 6/14/12 (1.2 IP). 9/2 CWS L 0.1 3 3 3 2 0 0 AAHas 23 career MLB appearances, all in relief, posting a 6.20 ERA (24.2 IP, 17 ER) with 14 walks and 16 strikeouts. AAMade 50 appearances between Double-A and Triple-A in 2014, going 4-3, 1.64 ERA (65.2 IP, 12 ER) with 18 saves, 27 walks and 88 strikeouts. GLEN PERKINS - LHP #15 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-0 Weight: 204 B/T: L/L Age: 31 (3/2/83 in St. Paul, MN) Drafted: 1st round (22nd overall), 2004 Draft DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/16 DET W 1.0 3 3 3 1 0 0 Last Roadtrip: 0-1-1, 20.25 (1.1 IP, 3 ER), BB, 2 HR, K Series vs. DET: 1-0-0, 27.00 (1.0 IP, 3 ER), HR vs. Left: .284 vs. Right: .249 9/14 @CWS S 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 1 Is 6th closer in club history with back-to-back 30+ save seasons (36 in 2013)...first since Nathan did so in five straight (2005-09). 9/13 @CWSGM2 L 0.1 1 2 2 1 1 0 AANamed to his second straight All-Star team in 2014...pitched a scoreless 9th to earn the save: fly out, strikeout and ground out. 9/4 LAA L 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 AA34 saves are tied fourth most in the AL in 2014...70 saves since start of 2013 are the fourth most in the AL. 9/2 CWS ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 AAHas 88 career saves (2-2011, 16-2012, 36-2013, 34-2014) in 106 opps...88 saves are tied sixth on Twins all-time list with Al Worthington 9/1 @BAL S 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 AA(tied 7th on franchise list)...needs 16 to tie Jeff Reardon for 5th on Twins list. 8/28 @KC ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 AACareer record as a reliever of 14-8-88, 2.89 (308.2 IP, 99 ER) with 79 walks and 324 strikeouts in 295 appearances. 8/26 @KC L 0.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 RYAN PRESSLY - RHP #57 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 205 B/T: R/R Age: 25 (12/15/88 in Dallas, TX) Obtained: Selected in Rule 5 Draft from Boston, 12/6/12 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/15 DET ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Last Roadtrip: 0-0-0, (1.2 IP), BB Series vs. DET: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.1 IP), K vs. Left: .273 vs. Right: .228 9/13@CWSGM2 ND 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 Recalled 7/24...has a 2.66 ERA (23.2 IP, 7 ER) in his first 20 appearances since recall. 9/7 LAA ND 1.0 4 2 2 0 0 0 AAWent 1-4, 2.98 ERA (60.1 IP, 20 ER) in 35 relief appearances for Triple-A Rochester this season. 9/5 LAA ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 AA 9/3 CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 AASpent the entire 2013 with the Twins, going 3-3, 3.87 ERA (76.2 IP, 33 ER) in 49 relief outings...walked 27, struckout 49. ANTHONY SWARZAK - RHP #51 RECENT RELIEF APPEARANCES Height: 6-4 Weight: 209 B/T: R/R Age: 29 (9/10/85 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL) Obtained: 2nd round pick (61st overall), 2004 Draft DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/11@CLEGM1 ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Last Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP), BB Series vs. DET (Start 9/15): 4.1 IP, 11 H, 6 R/ER, BB, 2 K vs. Left: .264 9/6 LAA ND 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 1 vs. Right: .289 9/5 LAA ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 1 Made second spot start of the season 9/15 vs. DET, allowing six runs on 11 hits in 4.1 innings in the Twins loss. 9/2 CWS ND 2.1 1 0 0 0 2 2 AALeads majors with 164.0 relief innings pitched since start of 2013...is second in MLB with 237.1 relief IP since 2012 (Stammen-240.2). 8/31 @BAL ND 1.0 3 3 3 1 1 1 AAMade 10 3.0-plus IP relief outings in 2013 with a 1.80 ERA (35.0 IP, 7 ER)...has six in 2014 with a 3.26 ERA (19.1 IP, 7 ER). 8/28 @KC W 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 AA 8/23 DET GM1 ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 AALed all MLB relievers in innings in 2013 (96.0)...was the first Twin to lead MLB in relief innings since 1997 (Greg Swindell, 112.0). CALEB THIELBAR - LHP #56 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-0 Weight: 200 B/T: R/L Age: 27 (1/31/87 in Northfield, MN) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 8/18/11 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/11@CLE GM2 ND 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 1 Last Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 13.50 (0.2 IP, ER), BB, K Series vs. DET: - - vs. Left: .295 vs. Right: .271 9/7 LAA ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 2 Posted a 1.00 ERA (9.0 IP, 1 ER) and held opponents to a .200 average in June, both lowest among all Twins pitchers in June. 9/5 LAA ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 AAInherited bases loaded a MLB-high 6 times, and allowed only 3 of the 18 to score. 8/31 @BAL ND 0.2 2 1 1 0 2 1 AAHeld opponents to a .154 average (24-for-156) and .222 OBP in 2013...opponent average was the lowest by a reliever in the team’s history. 8/29 @BAL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AA 8/23 DET GM1 ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 AAWas signed as a minor league free agent on August 18, 2011...originally drafted by Milwaukee in the 18th round of the 2009 Draft. AARON THOMPSON - LHP #64 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 195 B/T: L/L Age: 27 (2/28/87 in Santa Fe) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent,12/9/11 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/13@CWSGM1 ND 0.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Last Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.2 IP), BB, 2 K Series vs. DET: - - vs. Left: .143 vs. Right: .429 9/9 @CLE H 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 2 Made Twins debut 8/31 at BAL, pitching 1.1 scoreless inning with one strikeout, stranding all three inherited runners...first appearance in 9/5 LAA ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 AAmajors since 9/18/11...contract purchased from Triple-A Rochester 8/31 as Twins lost Deduno to Houston through waivers. 8/31 @BAL ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 1 AAWent 3-3, 3.98 ERA (52.0 IP, 23 ER) 46 apps for Rochester...held lefties to a .200 AVG (12-for-60)...righties hit .272 (37-for-136). AAWent 41-71, 4.33 ERA (979.2 IP, 471 ER) in 271 career minor league games (157 starts) in parts of 10 minor league seasons. MICHAEL TONKIN - RHP #59 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-7 Weight: 220 B/T: R/R Age: 24 (11/19/89 in Glendale, CA) Drafted: 30th round pick, 2008 Draft DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/15 DET ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Last Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.1 IP), 2 K Series vs. DET: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.2 IP), 2 K vs. Left: .304 vs. Right: .293 9/13@CWSGM1 ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Is in his second stint with the Twins in 2014...recorded first two career holds in back-to-back games, 4/23-24 at TB. 9/11@CLEGM2 ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 AARecalled prior to 9/2 game...made his major league debut July 11, 2013 at Tampa Bay with 1.1 scoreless innings...went 10.1 IP without 9/5 LAA ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 1 AAallowing an earned run to begin his career...is the brother-in-law of former Twins outfielder Jason Kubel. 9/3 CWS ND 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 AAWent 3-4 with 10 saves, a 2.80 ERA (45.0 IP, 14 ER), 12 walks and 46 strikeouts in 39 games for Triple-A Rochester in 2014. 9/2 CWS ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 20142013 BULLPEN BULLPEN info 1st Batter Faced PITCHER H/AB BB K AVG SV/OPP HLD IR/IRS IRS % LAST RELIEF APPEARANCE LAST WIN LAST SAVE LAST LOSS Achter 1/3 1 1 .333 0/ 0 0 4/ 2 50.0% 9/15/14 DET (ND) ….. … ….. … ….. … Burton 10/58 3 16 .172 2/ 3 14 21/ 4 19.0% 9/14/14 @CWS (H) 7/27/14 CWS 9/9/14 @CLE 9/6/14 LAA Darnell 0/1 0 0 .000 0/ 0 0 0/ 0 … 5/6/14 @CLE (ND) ….. … ….. … 7/26/14 CWS Duensing 14/54 1 7 .259 0/ 4 6 37/ 13 35.1% 9/9/14 @CLE (H) 8/11/14 @HOU 5/28/13 @MIL 8/19/14 CLE Fien 23/66 3 13 .348 1/ 5 26 22/ 6 27.3% 9/15/14 DET (L) 7/21/14 CLE 6/11/14 @TOR 9/15/14 DET Oliveros 2/3 0 1 .667 0/ 0 0 2/ 2 100.0% 9/11/14(1) @CLE (ND) ….. … ….. … 9/2/14 CWS Perkins 21/60 3 16 .350 34/ 41 0 1/ 0 0.0% 9/16/14 DET (W) 9/16/14 DET 9/14/14 @CWS 9/13/14(2) @CWS Pressly 4/18 1 2 .222 0/ 1 2 16/ 3 18.8% 9/15/14 DET (ND) 8/22/14 DET ….. … 8/14/13 CLE Swarzak 12/45 1 4 .267 0/ 1 3 35/ 16 45.7% 9/11/14(1) @CLE (ND) 8/28/14 @KC ….. … 8/6/14 SD Thielbar 13/47 2 5 .277 0/ 1 7 38/ 9 23.7% 9/11/14(2) @CLE (ND) 5/5/14 @CLE ….. … 7/31/14 @KC Thompson 1/3 0 1 .333 0/ 0 1 5/ 1 20.0% 9/13/14(1) @CWS (ND) … … ….. … … … Tonkin 5/18 1 7 .278 0/ 0 3 20/ 6 30.0% 9/15/14 DET (ND) ….. … ….. … ….. … Others 14/41 7 4 .341 0/ 1 4 24/ 12 50.0% TEAM 120/417 23 77 .288 37/ 57 66 225/ 74 32.9% The opposition has a .263 (494-for-1881) batting-average-against with 47 home runs vs. Twins relievers. HITTERS NOTES PAGE 4 OSWALDO ARCIA - OF #31 EDUARDO NUNEZ - INF #9 Height: 6-0 Weight: 220 B/T: L/R Age: 23 (5/9/91 in Anaco, Venezuela) Height: 6-0 Weight: 190 B/T: R/R Age: 27 (6/15/87 in Santo Domingo, DR) 2014 Average: .231 Streak: 7g, 10-23 (.435), 3 HR, 6 RBI, 2 BB, 4 r Series vs. DET: .333 (1-3), HR, RBI, run 2014 Average: .257 Streak: 0-for-last-4 Series vs. DET: .000 (0-4) Last Roadtrip: .450 (9-20), 2 HR, 5 RBI, 2 BB, 3 runs Home Runs (18): Solo (10), 2-run (4), 3-run (3), GS (1) Last Roadtrip: .167 (1-6), 3B Home Runs (4): 2-run (1), Solo (2), 3-run (1) AA10 HR, 26 RBI since 8/12 (29 games)...HR tied most, RBI tied 7th most in MLB in that span... AAHitting .281 (16-for-57) with 4 2B, 2 3B, HR, 8 RBI and nine runs scored in last 20 games. hit 13 home runs in his last 44 games, since July 23...HR in three straight games, 8/17-19. AAHit his fourth homer of the season with a game-tying 3-run shot 9/4 vs. LAA. AAFirst career multi-HR game with a solo shot and 2-run shot 8/12 at HOU. AAHas at least one hit in 28 of his 42 starts this season. AAHas two games with three hits (5/29, 8/3)...7 games with three-plus RBI (last: 9/13 at CWS). AARecalled by Twins 5/8...started 42 games: 9 in LF, 1 in RF, 11 at 3B, 5 as DH, 16 at SS. AAReached safely in 49 of last 64 since 6/25...has 14 HR, 39 RBI and 23 walks in those 64. AA32 career HR...17 at home, 15 on the road...32 HR since 2013 are second most among Twins. - OF #27 AAHit first career grand slam 6/5 vs. MIL...was first GS by Twin since Colabello 9/2/13. Height: 6-1 Weight: 221 B/T: L/L Age: 26 (2/24/88 in Long Beach, CA) 2014 Average: .255 Streak: 0-for-last-4 Series vs. DET: .000 (0-4) DOUG BERNIER - INF #17 Last Roadtrip: .375 (3-8), 2 2B, RBI Home Runs (7): Solo (5), 2-run (2) Height: 6-1 Weight: 185 B/T: R/R Age: 32 (6/24/80 in Santa Maria, CA) Hit his 7th HR of season 9/6 vs. LAA...5 of 7 HR this season are off righties...hitting .316 2014 Average: .200 Streak: 1g, 1-2 (.500), run Series vs. DET: No PAs, run as PR AA Last Roadtrip: .500 (1-2) Home Runs (0): - - (6-for-19) in last nine games against right-handed pitching. Hitting .316 (24-for-76) against left-handed pitching this season... .228 vs. right-handers. Recalled prior to 9/2 game as part of expanded roster...made first appearance in the majors AAHitting .270 (44-for-163) with 3 HR, 17 RBI in last 55 games (38 starts), since June 24. AA9/3 vs. CWS since September 29, 2013 vs. CLE. AATied career-high with 3 hits 6/26 at LAA...has three games with three hits this season...walked Career MLB average of .210 (13-for-62) with 3 doubles, 5 RBI and 8 walks in 38 games. AAa career-high three times on July 31 at KC...has seven career multi-walk games. AASpent the entire 2014 season with Triple-A Rochester where he hit .280 (113-for-404) Played in 108 career games (86 starts) at first base and 141 in the outfield (119 starts). AAwith 25 doubles, 2 triples, 6 home runs and 54 RBI as the Red Wings primary shortstop. AA Made major league debut in 2008 with Colorado, playing in two games...collected first MLB JOSMIL PINTO - C #43 AAhit with an RBI-double off Joe Blanton on July 22, 2013. Height: 5-11 Weight: 210 B/T: R/R Age: 25 (3/31/89 in Valencia, VZ) 2014 Average: .218 Streak: 0-for-last-14, BB, run Series vs. DET: .000 (0-1) BRIAN DOZIER - INF #2 Last Roadtrip: .000 (0-7) Home Runs (7): Solo (6), 2-run (1) Height: 5-11 Weight: 190 B/T: R/R Age: 27 (5/15/87 in Tupelo, MS) Hitting .282 (42-for-149) with 10 2B, 7 HR and 19 RBI in 40 career starts as the Twins catcher. 2014 Average: .235 Streak: 0-for-last-14, 2 HBP, 3 BB, SB, 3 runs Series vs. DET: .000 (0-5), 3 BB, SB, 2 runs AARecalled prior to 9/2 game as rosters expanded...hit .279 (58-for-208) with 17 double, 6 HR, Last Roadtrip: .111 (2-18), 2 HBP, run Home Runs (20): Solo (14), 2-run (3), 3-run (3) AA35 RBI in 60 games with Triple-A Rochester in 2014. Reached base 23 times (8 H, 15 BB, 9 runs) in his last 11 home games. Has a hit in 42 of his 61 career starts and reached safely in 51 of those 61 starts (DH & C). AA102 runs scored by a Twins second baseman are fifth most in club history behind Knoblauch, AAHis seven home runs this season are tied 11th most by AL rookies...hit 7th HR 5/24 at SF. AAwho holds top four spots: 104 in 1992, 107 in 1995, 117 in 1997, and 140 in 1996...102 runs AASet Twins rookie record with 17 walks in March/April, passing Tim Teufel’s 16 in 1984. are most by a Twin (T16th all-time) in a season since had 102 in 2006. AA.342 average in Sept. 2013 led all AL rookies and was 2nd among MLB rookies (Pollock-.352). Stole his 20th base of the season for his first career 20/20 season...first 20/20 season for a AA AATwin since Hunter had 23 HR/21 SB in 2004...is 6th player (7th time) in club history to do so. TREVOR PLOUFFE - INF #24 Turned 95 double plays in 2014...has 205 double plays since start of 2013, 2nd most among Height: 6-2 Weight: 203 B/T: R/R Age: 28 (6/15/86 in West Hills, CA) AAMLB 2Bs (Altuve - 213)...is 7th on Twins all-time DP list by a second baseman with 275, 2014 Average: .252 Streak: 0-for-last-3, BB Series vs. DET: .167 (1-6), BB, RBI needs 16 to tie Luis Rivas (291) for sixth. Last Roadtrip: .261 (6-23), 2 HR, 5 RBI, 2 BB, 4 runs Home Runs (134): Solo (8), 2-run (5), 3-run (1) Scored 102 of the Twins 658 runs (15.5%)...102 runs are 4th most in MLB, 2nd most in AL. Hit HR in back-to-back games 9/13-14...has 7 HR, 29 RBI in 36 games since August 6. AAHit 7th career leadoff homer 7/4...tied for 4th on the Twins all-time leadoff HR list (Shannon Stewart). AA AA AASet career-high with 122nd hit 9/13 at CWS (127th game)...had 121 hits in 129 games in 2013. EDUARDO ESCOBAR - INF #5 40 doubles are T3rd most in the AL, T5th in MLB...has 99 doubles since 2011...40 doubles are AAmost by Twins third baseman in history passing Koskie (37, 2x)...40 2Bs are tied 17th all-time Height: 5-10 Weight: 173 B/T: S/R Age: 25 (1/5/89 in Villa de Cura, VZ) in Twins history (most since Mauer, 43, and Young, 46, in 2010)...Morneau leads (47 in ’08). 2014 Average: .273 Streak: 2g, 2-4 (.500), RBI, run Series vs. DET: 1.000 (1-1) Earned first career AL co-PLayer of the Week honors with teammate Danny Santana, 8/25... Last Roadtrip: .167 (2-12), RBI, run Home Runs (5): Solo (3), 2-run (2) AAhit .367 (11-for-30) with 5 doubles, 2 homers, 10 RBI and 6 runs in 7 games from 8/18-24. Has a hit in 38 of his last 52 starts at home, batting .330 (61-for-185) with 14 2B in those 52. Already set career-highs is walks, doubles, runs, RBI and extra-base hits this season. AA34 doubles in 2014 are T11th in the AL, 2nd among Twins...9 2B in 111 games from 2011-13. AASnapped second 8-game hit-streak of the season, 5/1...hit .333 (11-33) with 7 2B, 8 RBI... AAThird among all Twins players with 41 extra-base hits this season (Plouffe - 56, Dozier - 52). AAprevious eight-game hit-streak, to start the season, he hit .364 (12-for-33) with 3 2B and 7 RBI. AAHis 34 2Bs are most by Twins middle infielder since (37 in 1999) and tied 2nd- His 35 home runs at Target Field are tied most in the ballpark’s history (Willingham - 35)... AAmost all-time by Twins SS with Leo Cardenas (34 in 1970) behind Zoilo Versalles (45 in 1965). AAhis 50 home runs since start of 2012 are most among active Twins. Snapped career-long eight-game hit-streak 5/20...hit .419 (13-for-31) with 6 2B in those eight. DANNY SANTANA - INF #39 AAHas set career-highs in hits, runs, doubles, homers, RBI and walks in 2014. AAPlayed in 147 career games as SS, 69 at third and 31 at second...49 of last 53 starts are at SS. Height: 5-11 Weight: 160 B/T: S/R Age: 23 (11/7/90 in Monte Plata, DR) AA 2014 Average: .320 Streak: 3g, 6-13 (.462), 2 2B, BB, 2 SB, 3 runs Series vs. DET: .500 (4-8), 2B, BB, 2 SB, 2 runs ERIC FRYER - C #26 Last Roadtrip: .214 (3-14), 2 2B, 2 runs Home Runs (7): Solo (3), 2-run (4) Height: 6-2 Weight: 215 B/T: R/R Age: 29 (8/26/85 in Columbus, OH) 71 games hitting leadoff: .307 (95-for-310), 19 2B, 5 3B, 6 HR, 32 RBI, 52 runs, 16 SB... .307 2014 Average: .214 Streak: 1g, 1-3 (.333), 2B Series vs. DET: - - AAaverage is 7th highest all-time by Twins leadoff hitter in a single season (min. 65 games). Last Roadtrip: .333 (1-3), 2B Home Runs (1): Solo (1) AA115 hits most by Twins rookie since Revere (120 in ’11)...17 SB most since Mastroianni (21 in 2012). Had three straight multi-hit games 7/31-8/6. AAAL rookie ranks 2014: .320 AVG (2nd), 6 3B (T1st), .357 OBP (2nd), 17 SB (2nd), .474 SLG (2nd), AAHit 2nd career home run in ninth inning 8/3 at CWS as part of back-to-back-to-back. 61 runs (3rd), 35 multi-hit games (3rd), 115 hits (5th), 35 XBH (4th), 37 RBI (8th), 22 2B (5th). AABegan the season with Triple-A Rochester...hit .252 with 7 2B, 3B, 11 RBI, 12 BB, 5 SB in 36 games. AAEarned first career AL co-PLayer of the Week honors with teammate Trevor Plouffe, 8/25...hit AACareer .248 (28-for-113) AVG in parts of four seasons with PIT (2011-12) & MIN (2013-14). .378 (14-for-37) with 2 2B, 2 3B, HR, 6 RBI and 7 runs in 8 games, 8/18-24. AA August AL rookie ranks: .313 AVG (2nd), 41 hits (1st), 6 SB (1st), 23 runs (2nd), 4 3B (1st), 12 CHRIS HERRMANN - C/OF #12 AAXBH (1st), 4 outfield assists (1st), .357 OBP (2nd), .481 SLG (1st), 5 2B (3rd), 14 RBI (T5th). Height: 6-0 Weight: 198 B/T: L/R Age: 25 (11/24/87 in Tomball, TX) AAHas a hit in 67 of his 91 career games, reached safely in 73 of 91, scored in 46 of 91. 2014 Average: .173 Streak: 1g, 1-4 (.250), run Series vs. DET: run as a PR JORDAN SCHAFER - OF #1 Last Roadtrip: .200 (1-5) Home Runs (0): - - Height: 6-1 Weight: 205 B/T: L/L Age: 28 (9/4/86 in Hammond, IN) AAIs his third stint with the Twins in 2014 after being recalled prior to 9/2 game...has hit .173 2014 Average: .242 Streak: 0-for-last-3 Series vs. DET: .167 (1-6) (9-for-52) in 23 games with the Twins this season. Last Roadtrip: .214 (3-14), HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 3 SB, 2 runs Home Runs (1): 2-run (1) Played 31 career games (25 starts) as catcher...10 (5 starts) in LF and 33 (20 starts) in RF. AAHas three outfield assists in his 25 career starts (42 games) in the outfield. AA.300 (33-for-110) AVG with 5 2B, 3B, HR, 12 RBI, 12 BB, 14 SB in 36 games since joining Twins 8/5. AAHit .304 (62-for-204) with 18 2B, 4 3B, 5 HR and 26 RBI for Triple-A Rochester in 2014. AASnapped career-long 11-game hit-streak 9/1...hit .421, 3 2B, 6 BB, 9 RBI, 5 SB in streak. AA AAHis four RBI 8/28 tied a career-high, also done 4/22/12 vs. LAD. AARON HICKS - OF #32 AAPlayed 13 series with the Twins, stealing 14 bases in 36 games. Height: 6-2 Weight: 190 B/T: S/R Age: 24 (10/2/89 in Long Beach, CA) AAHas 59 career games (37 starts) in LF...264 games (242 starts) in CF...35 games (22 starts) in RF. 2014 Average: .212 Streak: 1g, 1-3 (.333), RBI, BB Series vs. DET: .333 (1-3), RBI, BB AAHas a career average of .229 (276-for-1203) with 102 stolen bases in parts of five seasons Last Roadtrip: .000 (0-7), run Home Runs (1): 3-run (1) with Atlanta (2009, 2011, 2013-14), Houston (2011-12) and Minnesota (2014). Recalled prior to 9/2 game as part of expanded rosters...played in 67 games between Double-A KURT SUZUKI - C #8 AANew Britain and Triple-A Rochester in 2014, hitting .291 with 16 2B, 5 HR, 29 RBI. Career average of .199 (87-for-437) with 17 2B, 3 3B, 9 HR, 43 RBI in 140 MLB games (’13-14). Height: 5-11 Weight: 205 B/T: R/R Age: 30 (10/4/83 in Wailuku, HI) AABegan 2013 as Twins CF, was optioned August 1 and finished season with Triple-A 2014 Average: .292 Streak: 5g, 7-15 (.467), 4 2B, 5 RBI, BB, run Series vs. DET: .500 (4-8), 2 2B, 2 RBI AARochester...at the time of his demotion he led rookies with 37 runs, tied for lead with 9 stolen Last Roadtrip: .214 (3-14), 2 2B, 3 RBI, HBP, BB, run Home Runs (3): Solo (3) bases...second with 22 extra-base hits and 24 walks...third with 8 home runs and 95 total bases. Signed a two-year contract extension thru 2016, with vesting option for 2017, on July 31. Finished 2013 with nine outfield assists, tied most among AL rookies and tied for fifth most AAWas one of two Twins (Perkins) to represent the AL at the 2014 All-Star Game at Target Field... AAin Twins history by a rookie...most since Rich Becker and Marty Cordova (12 each in 1995). AAcaught the ninth inning as Perkins pitched 1.0 scoreless inning, earning the save. 31 doubles are most, .292 average is highest among all AL catchers...124 hits 4th, 57 RBI 6th. #7 AA JOE MAUER - 1B AAHas a 11 games with a season-high three hits...34 multi-hit games are second among Twins. Height: 6-5 Weight: 231 B/T: L/R Age: 31 (4/19/83 in St. Paul, MN) AAJuly ranks among all Twins: 24 hits (T1st), 10 RBI (T1st), .414 OBP (2nd), 11 BB (3rd). 2014 Average: .272 Streak: 0-for-last-4 Series vs. DET: .250 (2-8), 4 RBI, run Signed as a free agent on 12/23/13...originally drafted by Oakland (2nd round 2004 Draft). Last Roadtrip: .222 (4-18), 2B, 4 BB, 3 runs Home Runs (4): 3-run (2), Solo (2) AA KENNYS VARGAS - 1B #19 Has a hit in five of last seven at Target Field...9-for-last-28 vs. DET since 6/15 (7 games). AAHit his 306th double 9/9 at CLE, passing Rod Carew (305) for 4th on Twins all-time list. Height: 6-5 Weight: 275 B/T: S/R Age: 24 (8/1/90 in Canovanas, PR) AAIs 7th on Twins all-time games played list...passed Morneau (1,278) on 9/5 for sole possession... 2014 Average: .294 Streak: 2g, 4-8 (.500), 3B, HR, RBI, 2 runs Series vs. DET: .500 (4-8), 3B, HR, RBI, 2 runs AAneeds one HR to tie Smalley (110) for 12th on Twins all-time list. Last Roadtrip: .150 (3-20), 2B, 2 RBI, run Home Runs (8): 3-run (1), Solo (4), 2-run (3) Snapped 10-game road hit-streak 8/27...hit .375 (15-for-40) with 3 2B, HR, 7 RBI during streak. 36 RBI since 8/1 are tied second most in the MLB with Chris Carter, behind only Victor AAReached in 46 of last 54 games, batting .286 (57-for-199) with 16 2B, 2 HR, 28 BB and 35 RBI. AAMartinez (41)...53 hits are tied sixth most in the AL in that span. AAPlayed 148 career games at first base...five errors in 148 games at 1B for a .996 fielding %. AL rookies since 8/1: .489 SLG (2nd), 36 RBI (1st), 53 hits (3rd), 8 HR (1st), .294 AVG (3rd), AASince 2005, his .319 average is second to only Miguel Cabrera’s .326 mark among MLB players. AA23 runs (3rd), .311 OBP (5th), .799 OPS (3rd). AACollected 1,500th hit with first inning single 8/15 at HOU...is 6th Twin to record 1,500 hits Has a hit in 34 of his 43 games; multi-hit games in 15 of 43; RBI in 21 of 43; reached in 36 of 43. AAjoining Puckett (2,304), Carew (2,085), Oliva (1,917), Hrbek (1,749) and Killebrew (1,713). AAWas 4th Twin rookie since start of 2013 to have 5-RBI game 8/23 (Arcia, Santana, Colabello). Is only player in Twins/Senators history with career OBP above .400...career OBP is .401. AAHit .281 with 17 2B, 17 HR, 63 RBI, 32 BB, 68 K in 97 games for Double-A New Britain in 2014. AAHad career-tying 16-game hit-streak 6/19-8/15...hit .365 (23-for-63) with 8 doubles a home AAStarted in the 2014 SiriusXM Futures Game at Target Field on July 13 as the cleanup hitter and AArun, 14 RBI, 5 walks and 5 runs during streak. AAfirst baseman...went 1-for-4 with a double and two strikeouts in the game. MULTI-HIT GAMES MULTI-RBI GAMES LAST HOME RUN HIT AB LAST GRAND SLAM PLAYER 2H 3H 4H 5H TOTAL 2RBI 3RBI 4RBI 5+RBI TOTAL DATE OPP. ON PITCHER SINCE DATE OPP. CAREER after HR on Arcia 18 2 0 0 20 5 4 2 0 11 9/15/14 DET 0 Scherzer 1 6/5/14 MIL 1 1 ab on 9/15 Bernier 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ….. … … … 62 …. … 0 0 ab on Dozier 20 10 0 0 30 10 3 0 0 13 8/10/14 @OAK 0 Hammel 119 …. … 0 3 ab on 8/10 Escobar 20 5 1 1 27 6 0 0 0 6 9/6/14 LAA 1 Rasmus 20 …. … 0 3 ab on 9/6/14 Fryer 2 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 8/4/14 @CWS 0 Rienzo 33 …. … 0 0 ab on 8/4 Herrmann 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8/30/13 @TEX 1 Darvish 96 7/23/13 @LAA 1 1 ab on Hicks 7 0 0 0 7 3 1 0 0 4 4/24/14 @TB 2 Bell 90 …. … 0 1 ab on 4/24 Mauer 23 7 0 0 30 4 4 2 0 10 8/17/14 KC 0 Guthrie 100 9/1/12 @KC 3 1 ab on 8/17 Nunez 8 2 1 0 11 6 1 0 0 7 9/4/14 LAA 2 Santiago 15 …. … 0 1 ab on 9/4 Parmelee 10 4 0 0 14 6 0 0 0 6 9/6/14 LAA 0 Roth 18 …. … 0 3 ab on 9/6/14 Pinto 8 0 0 0 8 2 0 0 0 2 5/24/14 @SF 0 Romo 45 …. … 0 4 ab on 5/24 Plouffe 20 8 1 0 29 16 5 0 0 21 9/14/14 @CWS 0 Noesi 9 …. … 0 3 ab on 9/14 Santana 26 6 2 1 35 5 1 2 1 9 8/31/14 @BAL 1 Brach 46 …. … 0 0 ab on 8/31 Schafer 6 2 0 0 8 1 1 1 0 3 9/14/14 @CWS 1 Noesi 8 4/22/12 LAD 1 2 ab on 9/14 Suzuki 23 11 0 0 34 8 5 0 0 13 8/16/14 KC 0 Crow 79 9/10/07 @SEA 1 0 ab on 8/16’ Vargas 11 4 0 0 15 5 3 0 1 9 9/16/14 DET 0 Porcello 1 …. … 0 1 ab on 9/16 ODDS & ENDS PAGE 5 TWINS HITTERS VS. 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2014 CAREER SEASON-HIGHS GW BUNT PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI AVG. AB H HR RBI PLAYER H HR RBI RBI HITS SEASON-HIGH HIT-STREAK Arcia .103 29 3 2 4 .154 52 8 2 5 Arcia 3 (2x) 2 4 (2x) 4 - 10, 4/3-6/2 Beriner … 0 0 0 0 .333 3 1 0 0 Bernier 1 - - - - 1, 9/11-current Dozier .275 40 11 3 11 .250 128 32 6 23 Dozier 3 (10x) 2 4 10 1 11, 8/22-9/1 Escobar .425 40 17 2 4 .333 81 27 2 8 Escobar 5 1 (5x) 2 (7x) 2 1 8, 5/10-18 Fryer .400 10 4 0 1 .400 10 4 0 1 Fryer 3 (2x) 1 2 - - 3, 7/31-6 Herrmann .000 1 0 0 0 .238 21 5 0 2 Herrmann 2 - - - - 2, 7/13-9/3 Hicks .143 14 2 0 1 .114 44 5 0 4 Hicks 2 (5x) 1 3 2 - 5, 5/14-18 Mauer .280 50 14 0 12 .314 558 175 13 82 Mauer 3 (7x) 1 (4x) 4 (3x) 5 1 16, 6/19-8/15 Nunez .259 27 7 0 2 .231 52 12 0 5 Nunez 4 1 (4x) 3 2 1 5, 8/28-9/4 Parmelee .240 25 6 0 0 .267 101 27 2 7 Parmelee 3 (4x) 1 (7x) 2 (7x) 3 1 13, 6/14-7/3 Pinto .333 12 4 1 2 .240 25 6 1 3 Pinto 2 (7x) 1 (7x) 2 (2x) 1 - 5, 5/7-5/16 Plouffe .306 36 11 1 10 .213 188 40 6 24 Plouffe 4 1 (13x) 3 (5x) 7 - 8, 2x, last 4/19-30 Santana .365 52 19 1 10 .365 52 19 1 10 Santana 5 1 (7x) 5 1 8 10, 8/17-26 Schafer .350 20 7 0 4 .276 29 8 0 4 Schafer 3 (3x) 1 4 1 4 11, 8/21-31 Suzuki .282 39 11 0 9 .280 182 51 2 26 Suzuki 3 (11x) 1 (2x) 3 (5x) 4 - 9, 6/11-22 Vargas .444 27 12 1 7 .444 27 12 1 7 Vargas 3 (4x) 1 (8x) 5 2 - 8, 8/29-9/6 Others .186 70 13 0 4 Others 17 1 TEAM .287 492 141 11 81 TOTALS 59 18 TWINS BULLPEN VS. Detroit Tigers ...... TWINS MONTHLY BREAKDOWN 2014 CAREER BATTING PITCHING PITCHER W L S ERA IP H ER W L S ERA IP H ER MONTH AVG R R/G H HR W-L IP H BB K ERA Acther 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 2.1 2 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 0.0 2 0 MAR./APR. .254 131 5.5 211 20 12-12 217.2 241 82 137 5.04 Burton 1 - 0 - 0 2.84 6.1 9 2 3 - 2 - 0 2.05 22.0 20 5 Darnell 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 0.0 0 0 MAY .230 92 3.2 226 22 13-16 258.2 266 68 184 3.97 Duensing 0 - 0 - 0 5.40 3.1 4 2 2 - 5 - 0 4.55 83.0 91 42 JUNE .246 113 4.0 233 18 12-16 242.1 247 65 175 4.20 Fien 0 - 2 - 0 9.00 6.0 9 6 1 - 2 - 0 8.04 15.2 20 14 JULY .247 99 3.8 217 19 11-15 232.0 266 45 162 4.11 Oliveros 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 16.20 1.2 3 3 Perkins 1 - 0 - 4 7.11 6.1 9 5 4 - 2 - 12 3.03 71.1 67 24 AUGUST .277 159 5.5 287 28 11-18 253.0 306 86 195 5.51 Pressly 1 - 0 - 0 0.00 4.0 2 0 1 - 0 - 0 0.00 9.1 7 0 SEPTEMBER .262 68 4.5 133 14 5-10 133.1 155 41 108 5.13 Swarzak 0 - 0 - 0 4.22 10.2 14 5 2 - 2 - 0 5.14 42.0 49 24 Thielbar 0 - 0 - 0 4.50 4.0 7 2 0 - 0 - 0 4.26 6.1 8 3 Thompson 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 RECORD WHEN… Tonkin 0 - 0 - 0 8.10 3.1 3 3 0 - 0 - 0 4.76 5.2 8 3 Runs Scoring Allowing Others 0 - 0 - 0 2.70 3.1 2 1 0 0- 11 7 - 0 TEAM 3 - 2 - 4 4.94 47.1 59 26 1 1- 13 14 - 2 PITCHING BREAKDOWN 2 6- 13 8 - 6 W L S ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO 3 4- 11 16 - 5 Starters 44 65 5.07 848.0 987 503 478 92 231 594 4 16- 19 9 - 5 Relievers 20 22 37 3.81 489.0 494 228 207 47 156 367 5 5- 8 4 - 14 TOTALS 64 87 37 4.61 1337.0 1481 731 685 139 387 961 6 9- 8 3 - 17 TWINS/OPPONENTS SCORING BY INNINGS 7 5- 1 2 - 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X-TRA TOTAL 8 5- 2 0 - 9 TWINS 70 80 77 62 60 67 77 77 79 13 662 9 3- 1 1 - 10 OPPONENTS 73 97 91 80 92 86 77 66 56 13 731 10+ 10- 0 0 - 9 HOME RUNS BY POSITION Totals 64- 87 64 - 87 C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH PH TOTAL 6 8 21 14 6 9 9 25 23 0 121 TWINS HOME RUN DATA STARTS BY POSITION STARTS BY BATTING ORDER MULTI-HOMER GAME ••Dozier, 7/13 at COL C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ••Arcia, 8/12 at HOU Arcia 87 1 6 36 38 8 Bernier 1 1 BACK-TO-BACK Dozier 145 69 71 5 ••Santana/Dozier, 6/9 at TOR Escobar 6 84 19 1 1 4 21 54 32 ••Willingham/Morales, 6/24 at LAA •Parmelee/Arcia/Fryer, 8/3 at CWS Fryer 21 19 2 • ••Arcia/Plouffe, 8/22 vs. DET Herrmann 3 6 2 3 4 Hicks 2 46 2 2 37 11 GRAND SLAM Mauer 91 18 48 62 ••Arcia, 6/5 vs. MIL Nunez 16 11 9 1 5 2 8 1 7 11 7 4 WALK-OFF Parmelee 15 14 1 28 8 7 4 9 22 9 ••Parmelee, 5/14 vs. BOS Pinto 22 20 10 18 10 4 Plouffe 121 7 63 6 27 23 9 INSIDE-THE-PARK Santana 23 60 2 72 1 2 11 ••Suzuki, 5/20 at SD Schafer 26 6 1 2 30 Suzuki 108 4 13 3 2 10 29 52 3 Vargas 11 32 38 3 2 TWINS OUTFIELD ASSISTS Others 34 27 96 37 26 51 6 7 10 92 60 23 12 12 60 Arcia...... 8 Colabello...... 2 TWINS EJECTIONS Santana...... 5 Schafer...... 2 DATE PLAYER/MANAGER/COACH UMPIRE REASON Parmelee...... 4 Mastroianni...... 1 5/11 at DET Ron Gardenhire Joe West Not awarding Twins a double play on a grounder that hit the Fuld...... 3 Total...... 35 runner (Jackson), allowing hitter (Romine) safe at first base. Hicks...... 3 6/22 vs. CWS Ron Gardenhire D.J. Reyburn Balls and strikes. Willingham.....3 7/5 vs. NYY Ron Gardenhire Marty Foster Wanted balk called on Phelps pick-off attempt of Fuld at first. Escobar...... 2 7/29 at KC Ron Gardenhire Ted Barrett Gardenhire challenged Alex Gordon catch vs. trapped Nunez...... 2 ball. Call was upheld as catch. (Video review) 8/18 vs. KC Ron Gardenhire (72nd career) Chris Segal Balls and strikes after Mauer strikeout.

2014 DISABLED LIST LOG MANAGER CHALLENGES Player Injury Date On Retro Date Off Games Missed Jason Bartlett...... Left Ankle Sprain...... 4/7...... Retired 4/20...... 13 TOTAL STANDS OVERTURNED Oswaldo Arcia...... Right Wrist Strain...... 4/9...... 4/5...... 5/14...... 33 TWINS 35 16 19 Josh Willingham...... Left Wrist Fracture...... 4/12...... 4/7...... 5/26...... 41 OPPONENTS 28 13 15 Aaron Hicks...... Concussion Symptoms...... 5/2...... 5/9...... 6 Mike Pelfrey...... Groin Strain, Elbow Surgery...5/2...... 126 ...... Concussion Symptoms...... 5/8...... 6/13...... 32 LAST TWINS CHALLENGE: Gardenhire challenged fair call on third base/left field Aaron Hicks...... Right Shoulder Strain...... 6/13...... 6/10...... 6/25...... 13 line on Jordan Danks double 9/13 at CWS (Game 1). Call upheld, ball fair. Trevor Plouffe...... Rib Injury...... 6/15...... 6/30...... 14 Eduardo Nunez...... Right Hamstring Strain...... 6/19...... 6/15...... 6/30...... 14 LAST OPPONENT CHALLENGE: Ventura challenged safe call of Santana on infield Danny Santana...... Left Knee Deep Bone Bruise...6/27...... 7/18...... 17 single 9/14 at CWS. Call stood, Santana safe at first. Joe Mauer...... Strained Right Oblique...... 7/2...... 8/11...... 34 Ricky Nolasco...... Right Elbow Soreness...... 7/8...... 7/7...... 8/15...... 32 BOLD indicates currently on DL HIGHS AND LOWS PAGE 6

TEAM BATTING: TEAM PITCHING (cont.): Most At-Bats, Game...... 50, 8/3 at CWS Most Strikeouts...... 13, 7/20 vs. TB Most Runs, Game...... 20, 8/22 vs. DET Most Walks...... 12, 5/1 vs. LAD Most Runs, Inning...... 9, 2x, last 6th inning, 8/22 vs. DET Fewest Hits Allowed...... 3, 2x, last 6/1 at NYY Most Hits, Game...... 23, 8/3 at CWS Pitchers Used...... 9, 9/5 vs. LAA Most Hits, Inning...... 9, 8/3 at CWS Consecutive Batters Retired...... 16, 4/26 vs. DET Consecutive Hits...... 5, 4x, last 8th inning, 8/3 at CWS Scoreless Innings Streak...... 16, 2x, last 7/7(8th inn.)-7/9 (6th inn.) Consecutive Batters Reached Base...... 7, 3x, last 6th inning, 8/22 vs. DET Wild Pitches...... 3, 4/2 at CWS Fewest Hits, Game...... 3, 4x, last 8/7 at OAK Most Innings, Game, Relievers...... 7.2, 2x, last 8/17 vs. KC Most Doubles, Game...... 6, 2x, 8/9 at OAK Most Hits, Game, Relievers...... 14, 9/7 vs. LAA Most Triples, Game...... 2, 2x, last 9/3 vs. CWS (Nunez, Escobar) Most Runs, Game, Relievers...... 9, 9/7 vs. LAA Most Home Runs, Game...... 4, 8/22 vs. DET (Vargas, Arcia, Santana, Plouffe) Most Home Runs, Game, Relievers...... 3, 2x, last 8/17 vs. KC Grand Slams...... 1, 6/5 vs. MIL (Arcia) Most Walks, Game, Relievers...... 6, 5/1 vs. LAD (2) Most Total Bases, Game...... 38, 8/22 vs. DET Most Strikeouts, Game, Relievers...... 9, 2x, last 7/20 vs. TB Most Extra Base Hits, Game...... 9, 8/22 vs. DET Most RBI, Game...... 18, 8/22 vs. DET INDIVIDUAL PITCHING: Most Walks...... 12, 4/17 vs. TOR(2) Most Innings, Game, Starter...... 9.0, Nolasco, 5/2 vs. BAL Most Strikeouts...... 17, 9/13 at CWS (1) Most Innings, Game, Reliever...... 4.2, Deduno, 7/4 vs. NYY Most Stolen Bases, Game, Twins...... 4, 2x, last 8/6 vs. SD Most Hits, Starter...... 12, Nolasco, 8/31 at BAL Most Stolen Bases, Game, Opponent...... 3, 3x, last 7/31 at KC Most Hits, Reliever...... 6, Swarzak, 4/25 vs. DET Most Caught Stealing, Game...... 2, 3x, last 8/21 vs. CLE Most Runs, Starter...... 8, 2x, last Nolasco, 8/31 at BAL Most Ground Into Doubleplay, Game...... 4, 8/2 at CWS Most Runs, Reliever...... 4, 4x, last Guerrier, 7/22 vs. CLE Left On Base, Twins...... 15, 8/3 at CWS Most Home Runs, Starter...... 3, 2x, last Pino, 8/12 at HOU Left On Base, Twins in Extra Innings...... 14, 4/2 at CWS Most Home Runs, Reliever...... 2, Duensing, 5/1 (2) vs. LAD Consecutive Scoreless Innings...... 20, 8/19-21 Most Walks, Starter...... 7, May, 8/9 at OAK Most Walks, Reliever...... 3, 2x, last Tonkin, 5/1 vs. LAD (2) INDIVIDUAL BATTING: Most Strikeouts, Starter...... 11, Hughes, 9/13 (Game 1) at CWS Most At-Bats, Game...... 7, Willingham, 8/3 at CWS Most Strikeouts, Reliever...... 4, 2x, last Deduno, 7/4 vs. NYY Most Runs, Game...... 4, Plouffe, 8/22 vs. DET Win-Streak...... 6, 2x, Milone (5/9-6/29) & Hughes (4/20-6/1) Most Runs, Inning...... 2, Nunez, 8th inning, 8/3 at CWS Losing-Streak...... 6, 2x, last Pelfrey, 9/6/13-5/1/14 Most Hits, Game...... 5, 2x, last Escobar, 8/22 vs. DET Low-Hit Complete Game...... 8, Hughes 6/18 at BOS Most Hits, Inning...... 2, 2x, last Nunez, 8/23 (1) vs. DET Most Consecutive Scoreless Innings...... 22.0, Gibson, 6/2-23 Most Doubles, Game...... 2, many, last Pinto, 9/5 vs. LAA Most Consecutive Batters Retired...... 16, Hughes, 4/26 vs. DET Most Triples, Game...... 1, many Wild Pitches...... 2, Deduno, 4/2 at CWS Most Home Runs, Game...... 2, 2x, last Arcia, 8/12 at HOU Grand Slams...... 1, Arcia, 6/5 vs. MIL TEAM & INDIVIDUAL FIELDING: Most Total Bases, Game...... 10, 2x, last Escobar, 8/22 vs. DET Errors, Game, Team...... 3, 8/22 vs. DET Most Extra Base Hits, Game...... 3, 2x, last Dozier, 7/13 at COL Errors, Game, Individual...... 2, 3x, last Escobar, 8/22 vs. DET Most RBI, Game...... 6, Colabello, 4/3 at CWS Errors, Consecutive Games, Team...... 5, 2x, last 4/23-30 Most Walks, Game...... 3, many, Dozier, 8/23 (1) vs. DET Errors, Consecutive Games Without, Team...... 9, 7/6-18 Most Strikeouts, Game...... 4, 8x, last Arcia, 8/29 at BAL Doubleplays, Game, Team...... 5, 7/19 vs. TB Longest Hitting-Streak...... 16, Mauer, 6/19-8/15 Opponents Doubleplays, Game, Team...... 4, 8/2 at CWS Consecutive Hits...... 3, many Consecutive Hitless At-Bats...... 31, Arcia, 6/11-22 TEAM MISCELLANEOUS: Most Stolen Bases, Game...... 2, 7x, last Santana, 9/5 vs. LAA Longest Winning Streak...... 4, 6/19-23 Most Caught Stealing, Game...... 1, many Longest Losing Streak...... 5, 2x, last 6/24-28 Most Ground Into Doubleplay, Game...... 2, 3x, last Plouffe, 8/26 at KC Longest Game, Innings...... 12, 2x, last 5/1 vs. LAD (2) Longest Game, Time (9 Innings)...... 4:10, 8/24 vs. DET TEAM PITCHING: Longest Game, Time (Extra Innings)...... 5:11, 5/1 vs. LAD (2) Most Runs Allowed...... 14, 6/8 vs. HOU Longest Delay...... 2:13, 4/4 at CLE Most Runs, Inning...... 7, 4x, 6th inning, last 8/31 at BAL Fastest Game, Time...... 2:26, 5/17 vs. SEA Most Hits Allowed...... 19, 2x, last 9/7 vs. LAA Largest Margin, Victory...... 13, 8/3 at CWS Most Hits Allowed, Inning...... 7, 3x, last 8th inning, 8/28 at KC Largest Margin, Loss...... 9, 8/24 vs. DET Consecutive Hits Allowed...... 5, 6th inning, 4/15 vs. TOR Largest Home Attendance...... 36,952 Home Sellouts...... Most Home Runs Allowed, Game...... 4, 6/8 vs. HOU Times Shut Out...... 11, last 9/11 at CLE (House started) LAST TIME IT HAPPENED FOR THE TWINS AGAINST THE TWINS HITTING: HITTING: Hit for the Cycle: Cuddyer, 5/22/09 vs. MIL Hit for the Cycle: Beltre, 8/24/12 at TEX Grand Slam: Arcia, 6/5/14 vs. MIL off Peralta (1 as a team in 2014) Grand Slam: Davis, 8/29/14 at BAL off May (4 allowed in 2014) Inside-the-Park Home Run: Suzuki, 5/20/14 at SD (1 as a team in 2014) Inside-the-Park Home Run: Bourjos, 4/11/12 vs. LAA Pinch-Hit Home Run: Arcia, 5/22/13 at ATL (1 as a team in 2013) Pinch-Hit Home Run: Betancourt, 7/22/12 at KC Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: LeCroy (9th inning), 5/19/04 at TOR Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: Bartlett, 8/5/10 at TB Five-Hit Game: Escobar, 8/22/14 vs. DET (2 as a team in 2014) Five-Hit Game: Granderson, 4/19/12 at NYY Six-Hit Game: Puckett, 5/23/91 vs. TEX Six-Hit Game: Segura, 5/28/13 at MIL (1 allowed in 2013) Two Hits, One Inning: Santana, 8th inning, 8/3/14 at CWS (1 as a team in 2014) Two Hits, One Inning: Ishikawa, 5/20/12 at MIL Two Home Runs, One Inning: Cuddyer, 8/23/09 at KC Two Home Runs, One Inning: Nilsson, 5/17/96 vs. MIL Two-Home Run Game: Arcia, 8/12/14 at HOU (2 as a team in 2014) Two-Home Run Game: Flowers, 9/2/14 vs. CWS (5 allowed in 2014) Three-Home Run Game: Morneau, 7/6/07 at CWS (Game 2) Three-Home Run Game: Granderson, 4/19/12 at NYY Back-to-Back Home Runs: Arcia/Plouffe, 8/22/14 vs. DET (3 as a team in 2014) Back-to-Back Home Runs: Hunter/Cabrera, 9/16/14 vs. DET 3 Consecutive Home Runs: Parmelee/Arcia/Fryer, 8/3/14 at CWS (1 as a team in 2014) 3 Consecutive Home Runs: Jones/Castilla/Franco, 6/11/02 vs. ATL Three Home Runs, One Inning: Parmelee/Arcia/Fryer, 8/3/14 (1 as team in 2014) Three Home Runs, One Inning: Martinez/Infante/Jackson, 9/24/13 vs. DET Four Home Runs, One Inning: Mack/Puckett/Hrbek/Bush, 5/2/92 at NYY Four Home Runs, One Inning: Everett/O’Leary/Varitek/Burkhart, 7/3/00 vs. BOS PITCHING (complete games only for low-hit games): PITCHING (complete games only for low-hit games): No-Hitter: Liriano, 5/3/11 at CWS No-Hitter: Weaver, 5/2/12 at LAA One-Hitter: Baker, 8/31/07 vs. KC One-Hitter: Sanchez, 5/24/13 at DET (1 in 2013) Two-Hitter: Albers, 8/12/13 vs. CLE (1 as a team in 2013) Two-Hitter: Halladay, 5/29/05 at TOR 10+ Innings Pitched: Radke (10.0 innings), 9/21/97 vs. MIL 10+ Innings Pitched: Fernandez (10.0 innings), 10/01/95 at CHC 10+ Strikeouts: Hughes, 9/13/14 at CWS - Game 1 (11 strikeouts) 10+ Strikeouts: Quintana, 13 strikeouts, 9/13/14 at CWS - Game 1 (3 in 2014) Complete Game Shutout: Albers, 8/12/13 vs. CLE (1 as a team in 2013) Complete Game Shutout: Lester, 8/7/14 at OAK (1 in 2014) Back-to-Back Complete Game Victories: Mays/Silva, 5/19-20/05 vs. TOR/vs. MIL Back-to-Back Complete Game Victories: Williams/Weaver, 5/1-2/12 at LAA Back-to-Back Shutouts: 6/2/13 vs. SEA - 6/4/13 at KC (1 as a team in 2013) Back-to-Back Shutouts: 5/1-2/12 at LAA MISCELLANEOUS: MISCELLANEOUS: Triple Play: Castillo/Morneau/Batista, 5/27/06 vs. SEA (Johjima hitting) Triple Play: Donaldson/Rosales/Carter, 8/21/12 at OAK (Plouffe hitting) Position Player Pitching: Carroll, 8/5/13 at KC Position Player Pitching: Romine, 8/22/14 vs. DET (1 faced in 2014) Three-or-more Steals, One Game: Mastroianni (3), 7/5/12 at DET Three-or-more Steals, One Game: Borbon (3), 8/18/09 at TEX Steal of Home: Thomas, 8/2/13 vs. HOU (1 as a team in 2013) Steal of Home: Daubach, 4/27/03 at CHC Home run in first ML at-bat: Hughes, 4/28/10 at DET Home run in first ML at-bat: Richard, 7/17/00 vs. STL Leadoff Home Run: Santana, 7/31/14 at KC (5 as a team 2014) Leadoff Home Run: Kinsler, 8/22/14 vs. DET (1 allowed in 2014)

2014 TARGET FIELD WEATHER DELAYS AND POSTPONEMENTS DATE DELAYED/PPD NOTES 4/16 vs. Toronto POSTPONED Scheduled to start at 7:10 pm. Game called at 11:50 am due to inclement weather (low temps/snow). Game scheduled as split DH on April 17. 4/27 vs. Detroit POSTPONED Scheduled to start at 1:10 pm. Game called at 10:30 am due to inclement weather. Game made-up as split DH on August 23. 4/29 vs. Los Angeles-NL POSTPONED Scheduled to start at 7:10 pm. Game called at 12:45 pm due to cold and rain/snow. Game scheduled as split DH on Thursday, May 1. 6/6 vs. Houston DELAYED Delayed one hour and 21 minutes prior to first pitch due to rain. Originally scheduled for 7:10 pm, game started at 8:31 pm. 6/19 vs. Chicago-AL DELAYED Delayed two hours and six minutes prior to first pitch due to rain. Originally scheduled for 7:10 pm, game started at 9:16 pm. 8/17 vs. Kansas City DELAYED Delayed one hour and 28 minutes (34 minutes prior, 54 minutes during game). Originally scheduled for 1:10 pm, game started at 1:44 pm. 9/3 vs. Chicago-AL DELAYED Delayed 16 minutes at 8:47 pm due to rain, game resumed at 9:03 pm. ** Target Field has experienced 16 delayed games and 11 postponed games in the park’s history (since 2010). Longest delay: 3:00. ** DAY-BY-DAY PAGE 7

GA/ Daily Total GA/ Daily Total Date Opp. Score W/L Rcd. Pos. GB Attendance Hm Att. Date Winner/Loser/Save Date Opp. Score W/L Rcd. Pos. GB Attendance Hm Att. Date Winner/Loser/Save MARCH/APRIL (12-12) Batting: .251 (211-for-832) Pitching: 12-12-6, 5.04 (217.2 IP, 122 ER) JULY CONTINUED 31------at CWS 3-5 L 0-1 4 -1.0 37,422 Sale/Nolasco/Lindstrom 18------TB 2- 6 L 44-51 5 -10.5 31,058 1,224,727 44 Cobb/Gibson 1------OFF DAY 19------TB 1- 5 L 44-52 5 -10.0 36,117 1,260,844 45 Price/Hughes/McGee 2------at CWS^ 6-7 L 0-2 4 -2.0 10,625 Belisario/Deduno 20------TB 3- 5 L 44-53 5 -11.0 26,821 1,287,665 46 Archer/Correia/Yates 3------at CWS 10-9 W 1-2 4 -1.5 11,056 Thielbar/Lindstrom/Perkins 21------CLE 4- 3 W 45-53 5 -11.0 25,109 1,312,774 47 Fien/Shaw/Perkins 4------at CLE 2-7 L 1-3 5 -2.5 41,274 Outman/Pelfrey 22------CLE 2- 8 L 45-54 5 -11.0 28,291 1,341,065 48 Salazar/Pino 5------at CLE 7-3 W 2-3 T4 -2.5 14,153 Gibson/Carrasco 23------CLE 3- 1 W 46-54 5 -11.0 34,608 1,375,673 49 Swarzak/Bauer/Perkins 6------at CLE 10-7 W 3-3 2 -1.5 13,104 Swarzak/Wood/Perkins 24------CWS 2- 5 L 46-55 5 -12.0 32,952 1,408,625 50 Noesi/Hughes/Petricka 7------OAK 3-8 L 3-4 T4 -2.0 35,837 35,837 1 Kazmir/Correia 25------CWS 5- 9 L 46-56 5 -12.0 28,728 1,437,353 51 Danks/Correia 8------OFF DAY T4 26------CWS 0- 7 L 46-57 5 -12.0 33,005 1,470,358 52 Sale/Darnell 9------OAK^ 4-7 L 3-5 5 -2.5 22,973 58,810 2 Otero/Burton 27------CWS 4- 3 W 47-57 5 -11.0 27,818 1,498,176 53 Burton/Belisario/Perkins 10------OAK 1-6 L 3-6 5 -3.0 20,650 79,460 3 Straily/Pelfrey 28------OFF DAY 5 -11.0 11------KC 10-1 W 4-6 5 -2.0 24,338 103,920 4 Gibson/Chen 29------at KC 2- 1 W 48-57 5 -10.0 30,686 Gibson/Shields/Perkins 12------KC 7-1 W 5-6 4 -2.0 23,963 127,761 5 Nolasco/Shields 30------at KC 2- 3 L 48-58 5 -11.0 20,747 Frasor/Hughes/Holland 13------KC 4-3 W 6-6 3 -1.0 20,878 148,639 6 Fien/Crow/Perkins 31------at KC 3- 6 L 48-59 5 -11.0 24,127 Ventura/Thielbar/Holland 14------OFF DAY 3 -1.0 AUGUST (11-18) Batting: .277 (287-for-1035) Pitching: 11-18-6, 5.51 (253.0 IP, 155 ER) 15------TOR 3-9 L 6-7 3 -1.5 21,818 170,457 7 Loup/Hughes 1------at CWS 8-10 L 48-60 5 -12.0 28,060 Guerra/Fien/Petricka 16------TOR T4 -1.0 -- Postponed, Rain/Snow - Scheduled makeup as split DH 4/17 -- 2------at CWS 8- 6 W 49-60 5 -12.0 27,446 Pressly/Belisario/Perkins 17------TOR 7-0 W 7-7 2 -0.5 20,507 190,964 8 Gibson/Dickey 3------at CWS 16-3 W 50-60 5 -12.0 23,471 Gibson/Guerra ------TOR# 9-5 W 8-7 2 -0.5 20,698 211,662 9 Fien/Santos 4------OFF DAY 5 -11.5 18------at KC 0-5 L 8-8 3 -0.5 21,192 Vargas/Nolasco 5------SD 3- 1 W 51-60 5 -11.5 34,495 1,532,671 54 Hughes/Hahn/Perkins 19------at KC 4-5 L 8-9 3 -1.5 24,291 Chen/Correia/Holland 6------SD^ 4- 5 L 51-61 5 -11.5 34,567 1,567,238 55 Quackenbush/Swarzak/Benoit 20------at KC 8-3 W 9-9 3 -1.5 17,710 Hughes/Ventura 7------at OAK 0- 3 L 51-62 5 -11.5 22,108 Lester/Pino 21------OFF DAY T2 -1.0 8------at OAK 5- 6 L 51-63 5 -12.5 20,196 Kazmir/Gibson/Doolittle 22------at TB 3-7 L 9-10 T3 -2.0 11,785 Price/Gibson 9------at OAK 4- 9 L 51-64 5 -12.5 32,074 Samardzija/May 23------at TB^ 6-4 W 10-10 T2 -1.0 11,993 Fien/Lueke/Perkins 10------at OAK 6- 1 W 52-64 5 -11.5 25,598 Hughes/Gregerson 24------at TB 9-7 W 11-10 2 -1.0 13,177 Nolasco/Bedard/Perkins 11------at HOU 4- 2 W 53-64 5 -11.0 15,569 Duensing/Fields/Perkins 25------DET 6-10 L 11-11 T2 -2.0 27,558 239,220 10 Porcello/Correia 12------at HOU 4-10 L 53-65 5 -11.0 17,490 McHugh/Pino 26------DET 5-3 W 12-11 2 -1.0 28,122 267,342 11 Hughes/Ortega/Perkins 13------at HOU 3- 1 W 54-65 5 -11.0 16,480 Gibson/Oberholzer/Perkins 27------DET 2 -1.0 --Postponed, Inclement Weather - Scheduled makeup 8/23 -- 14------OFF DAY 5 -11.5 28------OFF DAY T2 -1.0 15------KC 5- 6 L 54-66 5 -12.5 32,013 1,599,251 56 Duffy/Nolasco/Holland 29------LAD T2 -1.5 --Postponed, Inclement Weather - Scheduled makeup as split DH 5/1 -- 16------KC 4- 1 W 55-66 5 -11.5 35,575 1,634,826 57 Hughes/Ventura/Perkins 30------LAD 4-6 L 12-12 3 -2.5 24,588 291,930 12 Greinke/Gibson/Jansen 17------KC 6-12 L 55-67 5 -12.5 31,455 1,666,281 58 Guthrie/Milone MAY (13-16) Batting: .230 (226-for-984) Pitching: 13-16-8, 3.97 (258.2 IP, 114 ER) 18------KC 4- 6 L 55-68 5 -13.5 25,559 1,691,840 59 Vargas/May/Holland 1------LAD 4-9 L 12-13 4 -3.5 23,306 315,236 13 Haren/Pelfrey/Perez 19------CLE 5- 7 L 55-69 5 -14.5 26,358 1,718,198 60 Crockett/Duensing/Allen ------LAD##^ 3-4 L 12-14 4 -3.5 24,053 339,289 14 Wright/Duensing/Jansen 20------CLE 0- 5 L 55-70 5 -14.5 28,943 1,747,141 61 House/Nolasco 2------BAL 0-3 L 12-15 4 -4.5 24,165 363,454 15 Jimenez/Nolasco/Hunter 21------CLE 4- 1 W 56-70 5 -14.0 28,033 1,775,174 62 Hughes/Kluber/Perkins 3------BAL 6-1 W 13-15 3 -4.5 25,318 388,772 16 Correia/Chen 22------DET 20-6 W 57-70 5 -14.0 29,394 1,804,568 63 Pressly/Ray 4------BAL 5-2 W 14-15 2 -4.5 25,559 414,331 17 Hughes/Gonzalez/Perkins 23------DET### 12-4 W 58-70 5 -13.5 25,110 1,829,678 64 Pino/Farmer 5------at CLE^ 1-0 W 15-15 2 -4.5 9,037 Thielbar/Axford/Perkins ------DET 6- 8 L 58-71 5 -14.5 25,578 1,855,256 65 Verlander/May/Nathan 6------at CLE 4-2 L 15-16 3 -5.5 9,621 Tomlin/Deduno/Shaw 24------DET 4-13 L 58-72 5 -14.5 23,983 1,879,239 66 Scherzer/Gibson 7------at CLE 3-4 L 15-17 4 -6.5 10,742 Axford/Fien 25------OFF DAY 5 -14.0 8------at CLE 4-9 L 15-18 T4 -6.5 13,095 Masterson/Correia 26------at KC 1- 2 L 58-73 5 -15.0 13,847 Davis/Perkins 9------at DET 2-1 W 16-18 T4 -5.5 35,814 Hughes/Verlander/Perkins 27------at KC 1- 6 L 58-74 5 -16.0 17,668 Davis/Hughes 10------at DET 3-9 L 16-19 T4 -6.5 42,312 Scherzer/Gibson 28------at KC^ 11-5 W 59-74 5 -15.0 17,219 Swarzak/Chen 11------at DET 4-3 W 17-19 T4 -5.5 40,468 Burton/Chamberlain/Perkins 29------at BAL 1- 9 L 59-75 5 -15.0 27,464 Gonzalez/May 12------OFF DAY T3 -6.0 30------at BAL 2- 3 L 59-76 5 -15.0 30,322 Miller/Burton/Britton 13------BOS 8-6 W 18-19 3 -6.0 23,949 438,280 18 Perkins/Miller 31------at BAL 8-12 L 59-77 5 -15.0 40,905 Chen/Nolasco/Britton 14------BOS 4-9 L 18-20 5 -7.0 26,802 465,082 19 Doubront/Correia SEPTEMBER (5-10) Batting: .262 (133-for-508) Pitching: 5-10-3, 5.13 (133.1 IP, 76 ER) 15------BOS^ 4-3 W 19-20 3 -6.5 29,628 494,710 20 Duensing/Miller 1------at BAL 6-4 W 60-77 5 -15.5 33,156 Hughes/Gausman/Perkins 16------SEA 5-4 W 20-20 2 -6.5 27,275 521,985 21 Gibson/Young/Perkins 2------CWS^ 3-6 L 60-78 5 -16.5 23,719 1,902,958 67 Webb/Oliveros/Petricka 17------SEA 4-3 W 21-20 2 -6.5 29,717 551,702 22 Deduno/Elias/Perkins 3------CWS 11-4 W 61-78 5 -16.5 21,778 1,924,736 68 May/Danks 18------SEA 2-6 L 21-21 2 -6.5 32,511 584,213 23 Hernandez/Nolasco 4------LAA 4-5 L 61-79 5 -17.0 21,914 1,946,650 69 Smith/Perkins/Street 19------OFF DAY T2 -7.0 5------LAA^ 6-7 L 61-80 5 -18.0 23,477 1,970,127 70 Street/Burton/Jepsen 20------at SD 5-3 W 22-21 2 -6.0 19,136 Correia/Kennedy/Perkins 6------LAA 5-8 L 61-81 5 -18.0 28,924 1,999,051 71 Smith/Burton/Street 21------at SD 2-0 W 23-21 2 -5.0 16,079 Hughes/Ross/Perkins 7------LAA 4-14 L 61-82 5 -19.0 25,419 2,024,470 72 Wilson/Darnell 22------OFF DAY 2 -4.5 8------OFF DAY 5 -18.5 23------at SF 2-6 L 23-22 2 -5.5 41,514 Lincecum/Gibson/Machi 9------at CLE 4-3 W 62-82 5 -17.5 9,489 May/Bauer/Burton 24------at SF 1-2 L 23-23 T2 -5.5 41,724 Vogelsong/Deduno/Romo 10------at CLE 5 -18.0 --Postponed, Inclement Weather - Scheduled makeup as DH 9/11-- 25------at SF 1-8 L 23-24 T2 -5.5 42,590 Bumgarner/Nolasco 11------at CLE 2-8 L 62-83 5 -18.5 - - Kluber/Gibson 26------TEX 2-7 L 23-25 T3 -5.5 30,571 614,784 24 Tepesch/Correia ------at CLE#### 0-2 L 62-84 5 -18.5 12,637 House/Nolasco/Allen 27------TEX 4-3 W 24-25 T3 -5.5 22,702 637,486 25 Perkins/Soria 12------at CWS 5 --Postponed, Inclement Weather - Scheduled makeup as DH 9/13-- 28------TEX 0-1 L 24-26 3 -5.5 26,472 663,958 26 Tolleson/Burton 13------at CWS 1-5 L 62-85 5 -19.0 - - Quintana/Hughes 29------TEX 4-5 L 24-27 T3 -6.5 28,170 692,128 27 Ogando/Fien/Soria ------at CWS##### 6-7 L 62-86 5 -20.0 20,106 Petricka/Perkins 30------at NYY 6-1 W 25-27 T3 -6.5 42,245 Nolasco/Nuno 14------at CWS 6-4 W 63-86 5 -20.0 17,044 May/Noesi/Perkins 31------at NYY 1-3 L 25-28 T3 -6.5 44,346 Tanaka/Duensing/Robertson 15------DET 6-8 L 63-87 5 -21.0 19,700 2,044,170 73 Ryan/Fien/Soria JUNE (12-16) Batting: .246 (233-for-947) Pitching: 12-16-8, 4.20 (242.1 IP, 113 ER) 16------DET 4-3 W 64-87 5 -20.0 22,066 2,066,236 74 Perkins/Nathan 1------at NYY 7-2 W 26-28 3 -5.5 42,449 Hughes/Robertson 17------DET 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 2------at MIL 2-6 L 26-29 T4 -6.0 28,708 Garza/Gibson 18------OFF DAY 3------at MIL 6-4 W 27-29 T4 -5.0 25,634 Deduno/Gallardo/Perkins 19------CLE 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 4------MIL 6-4 W 28-29 4 -4.0 31,144 723,272 28 Nolasco/Wooten/Perkins 20------CLE 6:10 pm FSN/TIBN 5------MIL 5-8 L 28-30 T4 -4.0 35,110 758,382 29 Peralta/Correia/Rodriguez 21------CLE 1:10 pm FSN/TIBN 6------HOU 4-5 L 28-31 T4 -5.0 29,448 787,830 30 Keuchel/Hughes/Qualls 22------ARI 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 7------HOU 8-0 W 29-31 T4 -5.0 27,732 815,562 31 Gibson/Feldman 23------ARI 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 8------HOU 5-14 L 29-32 5 -5.0 31,576 847,138 32 Downs/Deduno 24------ARI 12:10 pm TIBN 9------at TOR 4-5 L 29-33 5 -5.0 19,428 Janssen/Guerrier 25------at DET 6:08 pm FSN/TIBN 10------at TOR 4-0 W 30-33 5 -4.5 20,681 Correia/Happ 26------at DET 6:08 pm FSN/TIBN 11------at TOR 7-2 W 31-33 5 -3.5 45,080 Hughes/Stroman/Fien 27------at DET 6:08 pm FSN/TIBN 12------OFF DAY 5 -4.0 28------at DET 12:08 pm FSN/TIBN 13------at DET 2-0 W 32-33 3 -3.0 39,811 Gibson/Smyly/Perkins All game times are listed as Central HOME GAMES ROAD GAMES 14------at DET 9-12 L 32-34 4 -4.0 41,498 Sanchez/Deduno/Krol * - Denotes Sellout 15------at DET 3-4 L 32-35 4 -5.0 41,462 Nathan/Fien ^ - Denotes Extra-Innings *Twins are 5-7 in extra-innings* 16------at BOS 0-1 L 32-36 T4 -5.0 35,693 De La Rosa/Correia/Uehara # - Makeup game from April 16 vs. TOR 17------at BOS 1-2 L 32-37 5 -5.5 36,835 Lester/Hughes/Mujica ## - Makeup game from April 29 vs. LAD #### - Makeup game from September 10 at CLE 18------at BOS^ 1-2 L 32-38 5 -6.5 36,489 Uehara/Fien ### - Makeup game from April 27 vs. DET ##### - Makeup game from September 12 at CWS 19------CWS 4-2 W 33-38 5 -5.5 31,195 878,333 33 Fien/Petricka/Perkins 20------CWS 5-4 W 34-38 T5 -5.0 32,071 910,404 34 Perkins/Webb 2014 WALK-OFF VICTORIES 21------CWS 4-3 W 35-38 4 -5.0 32,647 943,051 35 Correia/Rienzo/Perkins DATE SCORE NOTES 22------CWS 6-5 W 36-38 T3 -5.0 30,491 973,542 36 Hughes/Danks/Burton May 13 vs. Red Sox 8-6 Parmelee two-run home run with two outs in bottom 9th 23------OFF DAY T3 -5.0 May 15 vs. Red Sox 4-3 (10 inn) Hicks one-run single with two outs in bottom 10th May 27 vs. Rangers 4-3 Santana reached E1 scoring Nunez with two outs in bottom 9th 24------at LAA 6-8 L 36-39 T3 -6.0 37,086 Wilson/Gibson/Smith June 20 vs. White Sox 5-4 Dozier one-run single with two outs in bottom 9th 25------at LAA 2-6 L 36-40 4 -7.0 39,082 Richards/Pino July 5 vs. Yankees 2-1 (11 inn) Plouffe hits come-backer with bases loaded, Thornton 26------at LAA 4-6 L 36-41 4 -8.0 32,209 Weaver/Nolasco/Smith gets out at home, Cervelli attempts DP at first and 27------at TEX 4-5 L 36-42 4 -8.0 38,111 Tepesch/Correia commits throwing error in bottom 11th 28------at TEX 0-5 L 36-43 5 -9.0 30,620 Darvish/Hughes September 16 vs. Tigers 4-3 Hicks infield single scoring Herrmann from third base ... 29------at TEX 3-2 W 37-43 5 -8.0 36,779 Gibson/Soria/Perkins with two outs in bottom 9th. 30------KC 1-6 L 37-44 5 -9.0 28,533 1,002,075 37 Duffy/Pino 2014 players (48) JULY (11-15) Batting: .247 (217-for-880) Pitching: 11-15-6, 4.11 (232.0 IP, 106 ER) Pitchers: (23) 1------KC 10-2 W 38-44 4 -9.0 23,383 1,025,458 38 Nolasco/Shields Achter, A.J., rhp Guerrier, Matt, rhp Perkins, Glen, lhp* 2------KC 0-4 L 38-45 5 -10.0 28,860 1,054,318 39 Vargas/Correia Burton, Jared, rhp* Hughes, Phil, rhp* Pino, Yohan, rhp 3------NYY 4-7 L 38-46 5 -11.0 34,714 1,089,032 40 Tanaka/Hughes/Robertson Correia, Kevin, rhp* Johnson, Kris, lhp Pressly, Ryan, rhp 4------NYY 5-6 L 38-47 5 -11.0 36,952 1,125,984 41 Huff/Gibson/Robertson Darnell, Logan, lhp May, Trevor, rhp Swarzak, Anthony, rhp* 5------NYY^ 2-1 W 39-47 5 -10.0 36,514 1,162,498 42 Duensing/Thornton Deduno, Samuel, rhp* Milone, Tommy, lhp Thielbar, Caleb, lhp* 6------NYY 7-9 L 39-48 5 -10.0 31,171 1,193,669 43 Kuroda/Nolasco/Robertson Duensing, Brian, lhp* Nolasco, Ricky, rhp* Thompson, Aaron, lhp 7------at SEA 0-2 L 39-49 5 -10.5 18,562 Iwakuma/Correia/Rodney Fien, Casey, rhp* Oliveros, Lester, rhp Tonkin, Michael, rhp* 8------at SEA 2-0 W 40-49 5 -10.5 15,553 Hughes/Young/Perkins Gibson,Position Players:Kyle, rhp* (25) Pelfrey, Mike, rhp* 9------at SEA 8-1 W 41-49 5 -10.5 16,460 Gibson/Elias Arcia, Oswaldo, of* Herrmann, Chris, c Plouffe, Trevor, if* 10------at SEA 4-2 W 42-49 5 -10.5 14,530 Pino/Wilhelmsen/Perkins Bartlett, Jason, if* Hicks, Aaron, of* Polanco, Jorge, if 11------at COL 2-6 L 42-50 5 -11.5 36,110 De La Rosa/Johnson Bernier, Doug, if Kubel, Jason, of* Santana, Danny, if 12------at COL 9-3 W 43-50 5 -11.5 35,930 Correia/Matzek Colabello, Chris, if* Mastroianni, Darin, of Schafer, Jordan, of 13------at COL 13-5 W 44-50 5 -10.5 35,743 Hughes/Anderson Dozier, Brian, if* Mauer, Joe, c* Suzuki, Kurt, c* 14------ALL STAR BREAK - Target Field 2014 Gatorade All-Star Workout Day featuring the Gillette Home Run Derby Escobar, Eduardo, if* Morales, Kendrys, dh Vargas, Kennys, 1b 15------at TARGET FIELD American League - 5, National League - 3 Scherzer/Neshek/Perkins Florimon, Pedro, if* Nunez, Eduardo, if Willingham, Josh, of* Fryer, Eric, c Parmelee, Chris, of 16------ALL STAR BREAK (*, on Opening Day 25-man Roster) 17------ALL STAR BREAK Fuld, Sam, of Pinto, Josmil, c*