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MINNESOTA TWINS (25-14) VS. LOS ANGELES ANGELS (19-21) MONDAY, MAY 13, 2019 - 6:40 PM (CT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH RADIO: TIBN-WCCO RHP José Berríos (6-1, 2.53) vs. LHP Tyler Skaggs (3-3, 4.70) GAME 40 HOME GAME 21 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 5/14 vs. Los Angeles-AL RHP Kyle Gibson (3-1, 4.19) vs. RHP Felix Peña (2-1, 3.21) 6:40 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / twinsbeisbol.com 5/15 vs. Los Angeles-AL RHP Jake Odorizzi (5-2, 2.32) vs. RHP Trevor Cahill (2-3, 6.35) 12:10 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / None Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 2-2 through four games on their seven-game homestand, STREAKS Record: ........................................... 25-14 going 2-2 vs. the Tigers over the weekend...tonight they will begin a three-game series Current Streak 1 loss Home Record: ................................... 13-7 with the Angels through Wednesday...the Twins have won 16 of their last 23, 12 of their Road Record: .................................... 12-7 last 17 and eight of their last 12. Last 5 games 3-2 Record in series: .............................7-4-2 Last 10 games 7-3 Series Openers: ................................ 10-3 TWINS SPLIT WITH TIGERS: The Twins lost to the Tigers yesterday afternoon by a score of Last 15 games 11-4 Series Finales: .................................... 7-6 5-3, splitting the four-game series...Martín Pérez (5-1) was the starter and loser, allowing Last 20 games 14-6 Rubber Games: ................................... 1-2 three runs on four hits in 5.0 innings pitched, exiting the game with a foot contusion after Sweeps/Swept: ................................... 5/0 TWINS VS. ANGELS March/April: .................................... 17-10 a come-backer from Nicholas Castellanos...the Twins recorded 10 hits, marking just the May: .................................................... 8-4 second time this season the Twins have lost while having double-digit hit totals...the 2018 Record: .........................................3-4 June: ......................................................... bottom three in the Twins lineup combined to go 7-for-10, including a season-high three Current Streak: ...................................1 win July: ........................................................... hits from Byron Buxton...the Twins left 11 men on base and went 1-for-5 with runners in 2018 at Home: .......................................1-2 August: ...................................................... scoring position. 2018 at Angels: ......................................2-2 September/October: ................................. All-Time Record: ............................345-374 Day Games: ....................................... 11-6 WINNESOTA: The Twins enter tonight with the best winning percentage in baseball, Night Games: .................................... 14-8 All-Time at Home: ..........................174-186 vs. American League East: ............... 11-5 having gone 25-14, .641...below is where the Twins rank in baseball in terms of winning All-Time at Angels: .........................171-188 percentage: vs. American League Central: ............ 8-3 2018 Game Logs: vs. American League West: ................ 4-3 TEAM WINNING % W-L RUN DIFF vs. National League: ........................... 2-3 Minnesota .......................................641 ..................................... 25-14 .....................................+51 Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Games vs. LH Starter:......................... 2-3 Houston ...........................................634 ..................................... 26-15 .....................................+69 5/10 LAA 4-7 Richards/Berríos/Johnson Games vs. RH Starter: .................... 23-11 Chicago-NL .....................................632 ..................................... 24-14 .....................................+54 Los Angeles-NL................................628 ..................................... 27-16 .....................................+53 5/11 LAA 5-4 Magill/Rodney/Anderson Twins score first: .............................. 20-4 5/12 LAA 5-3 (12) Hildenberger/Ramirez/Rodney Opponent scores first: ...................... 5-10 Tampa Bay ......................................615 ..................................... 24-15 .....................................+57 Come-from-behind wins: .......................4 NOTE: It's the latest date that Minnesota has had the best record in MLB since being 92-60 through 5/13 LAA 1-2 Parker/Duke Leading after 7/8 inn.: ............. 23-1/23-0 September 23 in the 2010 season. 6/8 MIN 2-4 Ramirez/Pressly/Parker Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ............. 1-13/1-14 6/9 MIN 1-2 Skaggs/Gibson/Parker Tied after 7/8 inn.: ....................... 1-1/1-1 TWINS AND HALOS: The Twins went 3-4 against the Angels last season, going 2-2 at Angel 6/10 MIN 7-5 Romero/Tropeano Extra-innings: ..................................... 1-0 Stadium from May 10-13 and 1-2 at Target Field from June 8-10...the Twins scored 25 runs CURRENT HOMESTAND (2-2) 1-run games: ...................................... 6-3 to the Angels 27 and the Twins recorded 58 hits to the Angels 57...the Twins have gone just Twins out-hit opp.: ............................ 19-3 3-5 in their last eight but are 13-8 in their last 21, dating back to September 20, 2015. Batting average .283 Opp. out-hit Twins: ........................... 3-10 Nelson Cruz is hitting .286 (195-for-683) with 28 doubles, 50 home runs, 125 RBI, Runs Per Game 5.00 Twins/Opp. have = hits: ...................... 3-1 A Home Runs 7 Run Differential: ...............+51 (206-155) 57 walks and 106 runs scored in 186 career games vs. the Angels...the hits, homers, Twins get Quality Start: .................... 18-4 RBI, walks, runs and games are all his most vs. any opponent... RISP .233 Twins starter goes 6+ IP:................. 18-5 Cruz leads all actives vs. LAA in homers, RBI and total bases (373)...only Alex Rodri- Errors 1 Most games over .500: ...12, 2x, last 5/12 Aguez (70) has more home runs all-time against the Angels franchise...among active Most games under .500: ........................... players, only Albert Pujols has more home runs against any single opponent (vs. Team ERA 3.25 Longest win-streak: ......4, 3x, last, 5/6-10 HOU - 59 and vs. CHC - 57). Starters W-L 2-1 Longest losing-streak: ..2, 2x ,last 4/23-25 Marwin Gonzalez is hitting .323 (21-for-65) with eight doubles and 11 walks in his Starters ERA 3.38 When Twins score 4+: ...................... 22-5 A Relievers W-L-S 0-2-0 When Twins score 3-: ......................... 3-9 last 19 games vs. the Angels. Twins get 10+ hits: ........................... 14-2 Eddie Rosario is hitting .333 (8-for-24) in his last six games vs. LAA. Relievers ERA 3.71 Days in First Place ...............................35 AJonathan Schoop is hitting .320 (24-for-75) in 21 career games vs. LAA. Saves/Opps 0/0 Days in Second Place .............................5 A Days in Third Place ................................4 TWINS & ANGEL TIES: Days in Fourth Place ................................ Blake Parker pitched two seasons for the Angels from 2017-18, going 5-4, 2.90 ERA (133.2 IP, 43 ER) with 22 saves in 28 Days in Fifth Place ................................... Aopportunities...he led the Angels in saves in 2018, going 14-for-17. Walk-Off W/L: ........................................... C.J. Cron was drafted by the Angels 17th overall in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft...he played parts of four seasons with the Shutouts W/L: ..................................... 5-1 A CG’s .......................................................... Angels, from 2014-17, hitting .262 (358-for-1366) with 68 doubles, 59 home runs and 213 RBI in 408 games...he played 289 Target Field Sellouts (’19/All-Time): .. 1/162 games at first base for the Angels and 99 games as designated hitter. Mike Morin was drafted by the Angels in the 13th round of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft and pitched parts of four seasons with RECENT TRANSACTIONS ALos Angeles from 2014-17, going 10-8, 4.49 ERA (164.1 IP, 82 ER) with one save, 45 walks and 154 strikeouts...from 2014-17, 5/12 LHP removed from PL he appeared in 167 games for the Halos, third most on the club for that span, trailing Fernando Salas (187) and Joe Smith (184). Pérez Twins hitting coach James Rowson was a hitting coach in the Angels system from 2002-05. C/IF Astudillo reinstated from IL ATwins third base coach Tony Diaz was drafted by California in the 46th round of the 1995 First-Year Player Draft. RHP Romero optioned to AAA A RHP Stewart optioned to AAA WE DIG THE LONG BALL: The Twins have hit 71 home runs, third most in baseball, trailing Seattle (78) and Houston (75)...they RHP Duffey returned to AAA as 26th man rank second to Houston (1.83) in home runs-per-game with 1.82...they are on pace to hit 294 homers, which would pass the club 5/11 RHP Duffey recalled as 26th man record of 225 in 1963. LHP Pérez placed on Paternity List Twins have seven players with six-plus homers (Rosario - 13, Cron - 9, Garver - 8, Kepler - 8, Cruz - 7, Polanco 7 and Schoop - RHP Stewart recalled from AAA A6)...trailing only Seattle (8 players) for most in baseball. 5/2 LHP Mejía placed on 10-day IL RHP Morin contract selected from AAA BACKSTOPS WITH THE BATS: Catchers Willians Astudillo, Jason Castro and Mitch