Minnesota Twins (83-76) Vs

MINNESOTA TWINS (83-76) VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS (92-67) FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2015 - 7:10 PM - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK Ervin Santana (R, 7-4, 4.10) vs. Chris Young (R, 11-6, 3.15) GAME 160 HOME GAME 79 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 10/3 vs. Kansas City Tommy Milone (L, 9-5, 4.04) vs. Yordano Ventura (R, 12-8, 4.20) 12:05 pm FOX TIBN / None 10/4 vs. Kansas City TBA vs. Johnny Cueto (R, 0-1, 3.48) 2:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / 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: The Twins completed their final road trip of the season with a record of 5-2, STREAKS Record: .........................................83-76 going 2-1 at Detroit and 3-1 at Cleveland...tonight the Twins begin their final series of the season with the first of three against Kansas City...the Twins have gone 46-32 at home Current Streak: ..................................1 win Home Record: ...............................46-32 ........................................4-1 Road Record: ................................37-44 compared to 37-44 on the road. Last 5 games: Record in series: ...................... 26-22-3 Last 10 games: ......................................7-3 Series Openers: ............................27-24 TWINS TAKE FINALE WITH TRIBE: The Twins beat the Indians last night by a score of 4-2, Last 15 games: ......................................8-7 Series Finales: ..............................26-25 Last 20 games: ....................................11-9 Rubber Games: .............................11-11 scoring three of the four runs in the eighth and ninth innings...Tyler Duffey was the starter Sweeps/Swept: .................................6/6 but did not factor into the decision, allowing two runs on six hits in 6.1 innings pitched... TWINS VS. KANSAS CITY April: .............................................10-12 Glen Perkins (3-5) earned the win with a scoreless eighth and Kevin Jepsen earned his 15th 2015 Record: .........................................7-9 May: ................................................20-7 save with a scoreless ninth...the offense recorded just five hits, three going for extra-bases... June: .............................................11-17 Current Streak: ...................................1 win July: ...............................................12-13 it marked the Twins seventh win this season when getting five hits-or-fewer. 2015 at Home: .......................................2-4 August: ..........................................14-14 2015 at Kansas City: ..............................5-5 September/October: .....................16-13 WILD RACE: Below is information on the AL Wild Card standings and where the Twins stand vs. American League East: ...........19-14 All-Time Record: ............................380-350 in attempting to secure the second Wild Card spot: All-Time at Home: ..........................199-163 vs. American League Central: ......40-33 W L GB STREAK GAMES REMAINING vs. American League West: ..........16-17 Houston 84 75 - - Won 1 3 at Arizona All-Time at Kansas City: .................181-187 vs. National League: .......................8-12 Minnesota 83 76 1.0 Won 1 3 vs. Kansas City Games vs. LH Starter: ...................28-26 2015 Game Logs: Games vs. RH Starter: ..................55-50 Los Angeles 83 76 1.0 Lost 2 3 at Texas Twins score first: ..........................60-25 NOTE: If a three-way tie were to take place, the three-way records of how clubs did against one another Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Opp. scores first: ..........................23-51 would be the deciding factor...HOU went 10-9 vs. LAA // LAA went 5-2 vs. MIN // HOU and MIN were 3-3... 4/13 MIN 3-12 Duffy/May Come-from-behind wins: .................. 33 Angels have best three-way record at 14-12, then Astros at 13-12, then Twins at 5-8...Angels would 4/15 MIN 3-1 Gibson/Volquez/Perkins Leading after 7/8 inn.: ...........68-4/68-2 then get to decide whether they want to play a home game (win and host third team) or let Minnesota 4/16 MIN 8-5 Milone/Vargas/Perkins Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ...........7-57/3-65 and Houston (at HOU) play then travel to face the winner of those two in their city. 4/20 KC 1-7 Volquez/Gibson Tied after 7/8 inn.: .................8-15/12-9 4/21 KC 5-6 Young/Fien/Davis Extra-innings: ...................................6-8 MONTHLY BREAKDOWN: With three games remaining in September/October, here are the 1-run games: ................................21-20 4/22 KC 3-0 Pelfrey/Guthrie/Perkins Twins out-hit opp.: ..........................58-8 Twins hitting and pitching numbers by month: 6/8 MIN 1-3 Vargas/Hughes/Holland Opp. out-hit Twins:........................17-63 AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG 6/9 MIN 0-2 Young/May/Holland APRIL .243 86 182 34 2 12 81 58 177 .301 .342 Twins/Opp. have = hits: ....................8-5 6/10 MIN 2-7 Volquez/Gibson Twins get Quality Start: ................51-23 MAY .269 139 244 50 8 27 131 60 197 .316 .432 Twins starter goes 6+ IP: .............55-35 JUNE .240 103 220 48 9 25 97 70 188 .295 .394 7/2 KC 2-0 Gibson/Young/Perkins Most games over .500: .........11, last 6/5 JULY .255 106 214 41 11 24 104 64 191 .311 .420 7/3 KC ^2-3 Davis/Thompson Most games under .500: .............5, 4/15 AUGUST .235 130 225 51 6 35 123 73 253 .291 .410 7/4 KC 5-3 Duensing/Blanton/Perkins Longest winning-streak: ......... 6, 8/20-26 SEPT/OCT .245 129 245 52 8 32 122 102 228 .318 .408 7/5 KC 2-3 Holland/Boyer Longest losing-streak: ..5, 3x, last 9/15-19 When Twins score 4+: ..................61-24 W L S IP H R ER HR BB K ERA 9/7 KC 6-2 Milone/Ventura When Twins score 3-: ...................22-52 APRIL 10 12 7 194.0 202 100 94 24 60 116 4.36 9/8 KC 2-4 Volquez/Gibson/Holland Team-high hits:..............19, 5/3 vs. CWS MAY 20 7 14 244.1 263 104 97 23 57 165 3.57 9/9 KC ^2-3 Boyer/Morales/Jepsen Team-high runs: ...............15, 8/20 at BAL JUNE 11 17 6 244.0 261 121 110 30 68 169 4.06 10/2 MIN Opp.-high hits: ...............20, 5/14 at DET JULY 12 13 4 221.1 226 109 98 32 55 163 3.98 10/3 MIN Opp.-high runs: ................17, 8/8 at CLE AUGUST 14 14 7 248.1 268 137 133 29 89 191 4.82 10/4 MIN Twins get 10+ hits: .......................46-11 SEPT/OCT 16 13 7 264.0 259 115 110 24 69 226 3.75 Walk-Off W/L: ...................................6/5 ROAD TRIP (5-2) Shutouts W/L: .................................12/8 Complete Games: ...2, last, Gibson, 9/8 at KC TWINS AND ROYALS, FOR THE RECORD: The Twins have gone 7-9 against the Royals this Batting Average ............ .222 (51-for-230) season, going 2-4 at Target Field and 5-5 at Kauffman Stadium...they have gone 2-2-1 in Target Field Sellouts (’15/All-Time): ... 6/158 Runs Per-Game ...................4.9 (34 R/7 G) series play against the Royals this season...the last time the Royals visited Target Field, the RECENT TRANSACTIONS Twins were swept in three games. Home Runs .............................................7 RISP ............................... .321 (17-for-53) 8/16 LHP Milone reinstated from DL • Twins hitters have a batting average of .238 (127-for-533) against Royals pitching this 8/19 OF Hicks placed on 15-day DL season, with 23 doubles, four triples, 11 home runs and 48 runs scored. Fielding Errors ........................................2 8/20 OF Buxton recalled from AAA • Individuals against the Royals this season: Joe Mauer is hitting .328 (20-for-61) with Team ERA .................3.39 (61.0 IP, 23 ER) 8/21 RHP Achter optioned to AAA three doubles, one home run and nine RBI...Eduardo Escobar is hitting .323 (10-for-31) Starters W-L ....................................... 4-1 8/22 LHP Cotts acquired from Brewers for with two doubles and one triple...Miguel Sano is hitting .368 (7-for-19) with two doubles Starters ERA .............2.87 (37.2 IP, 12 ER) PTBNL or Cash and a home run. 8/26 RHP Boyer reinstated from DL Relievers W-L-S ...............................1-1-2 RHP Graham placed on 15-day DL Relievers ERA ...........4.24 (23.1 IP, 11 ER) 9/1 RHP Achter recalled from AAA ROYALTIES: Joe Mauer is hitting .328 (199-for-606) with 38 doubles, four triples, 13 home Save/Opportunities ..............................2/3 IF Santana recalled from AAA runs, 108 RBI and a .408 on-base percentage in 163 career games against the Royals; he is RHP Tonkin recalled from AAA 10-for-his-last 20 vs. KC...Torii Hunter is hitting .266 (224-for-841) with 40 doubles, 34 home runs and 130 RBI in 222 career games, 1B/DH Vargas recalled from AAA including an average of .302 (35-for-116) in his last 29 games...among actives vs. Kansas City: Hunter ranks first in hits, Mauer ranks C Fryer contract purchased from AAA tied for third...Hunter ranks second in home runs...Hunter ranks second in RBI and Mauer ranks tied for third. LHP Wheeler outrighted to AA 9/4 OF Hicks reinstated from DL WHAT A RELIEF: Kevin Jepsen has appeared in 74 games this season, the most in the AL...he has also recorded 15 saves and 24 holds... LHP Darnell recalled from AAA he is the fifth pitcher since 1999 to record 15 saves and 20 holds in one season, joining Derek Lowe (1999), Tim Worrell (2004), Carlos 9/11 RHP Graham reinstated from DL Marmol (2009) and Mark Melancon (2013).

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