Minnesota Twins (38-47) Vs. New York Yankees
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MINNESOTA TWINS (38-47) VS. NEW YORK YANKEES (43-42) SATURDAY, JULY 5, 2014 - 1:10 (CT) - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK GAME 86 Yohan Pino (R, 0-2, 6.32) vs. David Phelps (R, 3-4, 4.26) HOME GAME 42 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 7/6 vs. New York-AL Ricky Nolasco (R, 5-6, 5.49) vs. Hiroki Kuroda (R, 5-6, 4.08) 1:10 pm Fox Sports North / TBS TIBN: KTWIN / LMB: BOB FM 7/7 at Seattle Kevin Correia (R, 4-10, 4.95) vs. Hisashi Iwakuma (R, 6-4, 3.33) 9:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN 7/8 at Seattle Phil Hughes (R, 8-5, 3.95) vs. Chris Young (R, 8-4, 3.11) 9:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN 7/9 at Seattle Kyle Gibson (R, 7-7, 4.17) vs. Roenis Elias (L, 7-7, 4.19) 9:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN 7/10 at Seattle Yohan Pino (R) vs. TBA 9:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN 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 are 1-4 through five games on their seven-game homestand, after STREAKS going 1-2 against the Royals and losing the first two with the Yankees...today they play Record: ..........................................38-47 Current Streak: ..............................3 losses Home Record: ................................20-21 game three with the Yankees and will complete the series tomorrow...the Twins are 20-21 at home this season. Last 5 games: ........................................1-4 Road Record: .................................18-26 Last 10 games: ......................................2-8 Record in series: ........................12-13-3 Last 15 games: ......................................6-9 .............................10-19 Series Openers: YANKEES STOMP OUT TARGET FIELD FIREWORKS: The Twins lost to the Yankees yesterday Last 20 games: ....................................6-14 Series Finales: ...............................16-12 afternoon by score of 6-5, their 15th one-run loss this season (13-15)...the loss made them Rubber Games: ..................................8-3 28-32 all-time on July 4th and their third straight Independence Day loss...the Yankees scored TWINS VS. YANKEES Sweeps/Swept: .................................. 3/5 all six of their runs in the first two innings off Twins starter Kyle Gibson...Samuel Deduno April: ..............................................12-12 2014 Record: ........................................2-3 May: ...............................................13-16 pitched 4.2 scoreless innings of relief with just three hits allowed...the offense recorded 11 Current Streak: ..............................2 losses June: ..............................................12-16 hits as Chris Parmelee snapped his 13-game hitting streak after going 0-for-5 — the only 2014 at Home: ......................................0-2 July: ....................................................1-3 player in the Twins starting lineup without a hit. 2014 at New York: ................................2-1 August: ..................................................... All-Time Record: ........................251-346-1 September: .............................................. TWINS-YANKEES, ON THE RECORD: The Twins are 4-3 in their last seven games against the All-Time at Home: .........................136-167 vs. American League East: ..............12-11 Yankees, dating back to July 13, 2013, out-scoring them 37-24 in those seven...the Twins All-Time at New York: ................115-179-1 vs. American League Central: .........17-14 are 0-7 in their last seven at Target Field vs. NYY, seeking their first home win against New 2014 Game Logs: vs. American League West: ...............5-14 York since September 25, 2012. vs. National League: ............................4-8 Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Games vs. LH Starter:......................12-13 AFTERNOON DELIGHT: The Twins are 19-23 in day games this season, tied for third most 5/30 NYY 6-1 Nolasco/Nuno Games vs. RH Starter: .....................26-34 5/31 NYY 1-3 Duensing/Tanaka/Robertson Twins score first: .............................25-16 day wins in baseball...the Twins 42 day games are most in baseball, three more than Opp. scores first: .............................13-31 second-most Chicago-NL (39). 6/1 NYY 7-2 Hughes/Robertson Come-from-behind wins: .....................19 • Kurt Suzuki ranks ninth in the AL in day batting average at .345 (38-for-110). 7/3 MIN 4-7 Tanaka/Hughes/Robertson 7/4 MIN 5-6 Huff/Gibson/Robertson Leading after 7/8 inn.: ..............28-1/31-1 • Brian Dozier has played in 42 day games this season, the most in baseball. Trailing after 7/8 inn.: .............5-41/3-42 7/5 MIN Tied after 7/8 inn.: ........................5-5/4-4 7/6 MIN Extra-innings: ......................................3-5 STOP FOR PEDESTRIANS: Twins pitchers walked just one batter again yesterday for the second 1-run games: ...................................13-15 straight game...they have walked one batter-or-less in 37 of 85 games this season...on the HOMESTAND (1-4) season, the staff has walked 222 batters, fewest in the AL and third fewest in baseball, Twins out-hit opp.: .............................22-9 Batting Average ............ .271 (48-for-177) Opp. out-hit Twins: .........................11-36 trailing Washington (212) and San Francisco (215)...starters have walked 134, fifth fewest Twins/Opp. have = hits: .......................5-2 in baseball...relievers have walked 88, the eighth fewest in baseball. Runs Per-Game ...................4.0 (20 R/5 G) Twins get Quality Start: .....................29-9 • Starters have walked just five batters in the last six games...in fact, they haven’t walked Home Runs .............................................3 Twins starter goes 6+ IP:................30-18 more than two batters in an outing since June 8 vs. Houston when Samuel Deduno walked RISP ................................. .152 (7-for-46) Most games over .500: ..................2, 5/23 four. Fielding Errors ........................................2 Most games under .500:..................9, 7/5 Longest winning-streak: ......... 4, 6/19-22 Team ERA .................4.40 (45.0 IP, 22 ER) Longest losing-streak: ........5, 2x, 6/24-28 THE ’PEN IS MIGHTIER: The Twins bullpen has posted a 1.78 ERA (55.2 IP, 11 ER) in their Starters W-L ....................................... 1-4 When Twins score 4+: .....................33-19 last 18 games with opponents hitting .196 (39-for-199) with just three home runs, 15 Starters ERA .............6.58 (26.0 IP, 19 ER) When Twins score 3-: ........................5-28 walks and 44 strikeouts...their last runs allowed came in the ninth inning on Wednesday, Relievers W-L-S ...............................0-0-0 Team-high hits: ................16, 6/11 at TOR 9.2 scoreless IP since. Relievers ERA .............1.42 (19.0 IP, 3 ER) Team-high runs: .... 10, 4x, last 7/1 vs. KC Save/Opportunities ..............................0/0 Opp.-high hits: .................... 19, 6/14 at DET WELCOME TO TARGET FIELD: Yesterday’s attendance was 36,952 marking the highest at Opp.-high runs: ................ 14, 6/8 vs. HOU TWINSPRESSBOX.COM Twins get 10+ hits: ..........................18-15 Target Field this season...the Twins have now drawn over 30,000 12 times this season, Walk-Off W/L: ......................................4-5 including six of their last nine...they have drawn a total of 1,125,984 this season for an Get the latest Twins notes, stat packs, clips, Shutouts W/L: ......................................6/6 average of 27,463 (41 dates). press releases, minor league reports, 2014 Complete Games: ..2, last 6/17 Hughes at BOS official team media guide as well as other Target Field Sellouts (’14/All-Time): ....... -/152 BOBBLE BRUNO: The first 10,000 fans today will receive a Tom Brunansky 1985 All-Star team related information at: Bobblehead courtesy of Pepsi...in honor to commemorate the second ever All-Star Game in www.twinspressbox.com RECENT TRANSACTIONS Minnesota and Major League Baseball’s first ever Home Run Derby, the Twins will honor that Find us on Twitter: @Twins and #MNTwins 6/15 IF Plouffe placed on 15-day DL season’s lone Twins All-Star representative and first ever Twins Derby participant. IF Florimon recalled from AAA 6/19 IF Nunez placed on 15-day DL COUNTDOWN: The Twins and Target Field are now 10 days away from hosting the Major League Baseball’s 85th All-Star Game...the RHP Pino contract selected from AAA teams will be unveiled on the “Taco Bell™ All-Star Selection Show” tomorrow night on ESPN at 7:00 pm (ET)/6:00 pm (CT). RHP Pelfrey transferred to 60-day DL NATIONAL BROADCAST: The Twins-Yankees game tomorrow will be broadcast nationally on TBS...in the broadcast booth, Ernie Johnson 6/25 OF Hicks reinstated from DL and will provide play-by-play with veteran TBS MLB analysts Ron Darling and Hall of Famer Cal Ripken. optioned to AA 6/26 IF Polanco recalled from A (FTM) ON THIS DAY IN TWINS HISTORY: In 2004, in an effort to honor local military personnel, the Twins gave away a G.I. Joe action figure to RHP Pino optioned to AAA the first 5,000 kids attending a game against the Royals. 6/27 IF Santana placed on DL RHP Pino recalled from AAA ARMED FORCED APPRECIATION DAY: Tomorrow afternoon, the Twins and the Minnesota National Guard will celebrate the 11th annual 6/30 IF Plouffe reinstated from DL Armed Forces Appreciation Day to honor veterans and active service members from all five branches of the U.S. Armed Forces...this IF Nunez returned from rehab and year the Twins will commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day...Thomson Reuters has generously donated 1,000 tickets for active and reinstated from DL retired members of the U.S. Military; through the “Seats for Soldiers” program, many Thomson Reuters Champions Club season ticket IF Polanco optioned to A holders and suite holders have donated their seats and suites to wounded service members and their families...a special pregame IF Florimon optioned to AAA ceremony is planned and fans are encouraged to arrive by 12:15 pm to see the pregame elements.