MINNESOTA TWINS (64-87) VS. DETROIT TIGERS (84-67) WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 - 7:10 (CT) - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK Kyle Gibson (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. Corey Kluber (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...Glen Perkins 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 home run, 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 Ben Revere 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; Denard Span 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), Trevor Plouffe (77 - MIN) Batting Average .............. .292 (19-for-65) and Chris Colabello (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: Major League Baseball 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, Joe Mauer was last season’s Twins nominee...the annual Award recognizes a Major League Baseball player who best