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MINNESOTA TWINS (48-24) VS. BOSTON RED SOX (40-35) WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2019 - 7:10 PM (CT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH RADIO: TIBN-WCCO RHP Kyle Gibson (7-3, 3.70) vs. LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (7-4, 4.67) GAME 73 HOME GAME 37 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 6/20 at Kansas City RHP Jake Odorizzi (10-2, 2.24) vs. RHP Glenn Sparkman (1-3, 4.01) 7:15 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / None 6/21 at Kansas City LHP Martín Pérez (7-3, 4.09) vs. RHP Jakob Junis (4-6, 5.33) 7:15 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / None 6/22 at Kansas City RHP José Berríos (8-3, 2.86) vs. LHP Danny Duffy (3-3, 4.64) 1:15 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / None 6/23 at Kansas City RHP Michael Pineda (4-3, 4.76) vs. RHP Homer Bailey (6-6, 4.82) 1:15 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / twinsbeisbol.com 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 5-3 through eight games on their nine-game homestand, STREAKS going 2-1 vs. the Mariners, 2-1 vs. the Royals and 1-1 vs. the Red Sox...tonight the Twins Record: ........................................... 48-24 Current Streak 1 win Home Record: ................................. 24-12 will play the three-game series finale with Boston...after tonight's game, they will travel to Road Record: .................................. 24-12 Kansas City for four through the weekend...the Twins have won 8 of their last 12, 18 of their Last 5 games 3-2 Record in series: ...........................15-5-3 last 26 and 23 of their last 32...Twins are 4-3 in rubber games this season. Last 10 games 6-4 Series Openers: ................................ 16-7 Last 15 games 9-6 Series Finales: .................................. 15-9 GOOD MORNING, TWINS WIN: The Twins beat the Red Sox last night at Target Field by a score Last 20 games 12-8 Rubber Games: ................................... 4-3 of 4-3 in 17 innings, marking the longest X-innings game in Target Field's history (since Sweeps/Swept: ................................... 7/0 2010)...13th 17-plus inning game in club history and tied for fourth-longest game in terms of TWINS VS. RED SOX March/April: .................................... 17-10 time (5:45)...eight pitchers relieved starter Michael Pineda and they combined to allow just two May: .................................................. 21-8 runs in 11.0 innings with one walk and 12 strikeouts...Zack Littell earned his first career win 2019 Record: .........................................1-1 June: ................................................. 10-6 with 2.0 scoreless innings...Max Kepler hit the game-tying home run in the 13th and the walk-off Current Streak: ..................................1 win July: ........................................................... single in the 17th, becoming the first player to have a game-tying RBI and a walk-off RBI in 2019 at Home: ......................................1-1 August: ...................................................... the 13th inning or later in the same game since Milwaukee's Willie Randolph on May 1, 1991. 2019 at Boston: .......................................... September/October: ................................. All-Time Record: ...........................312-314 Day Games: ....................................... 19-9 Last night Jorge Polanco extended his career-long on-base streak to 32 All-Time at Home: .........................179-132 Night Games: .................................. 29-15 POLO ON THE MARK: ............... 15-7 straight games, dating back to May 13, hitting .328 (45-for-137) with a .382 on-base percent- All-Time at Boston: .......................132-182 vs. American League East: age...marks the longest Twins streak since Brian Dozier reached in 34 straight from September vs. American League Central: .......... 16-7 2019 Game Logs: vs. American League West: .............. 14-6 12, 2017-April 23, 2018...below are the longest on-base streaks in baseball this season: vs. National League: ........................... 3-4 PLAYER STREAK DATES Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Games vs. LH Starter:....................... 10-6 Jorge Polanco, MIN ................................................ 32 ................................................May 13-present 6/17 MIN 0-2 Porcello/Berríos/Brasier Games vs. RH Starter: .................... 38-18 Luke Voit, NYY ......................................................... 31 ................................................March 28-May 3 6/18 MIN 4-3 (17) Littell/Johnson Mike Trout, LAA ....................................................... 29 ................................................March 28-May 2 Twins score first: .............................. 37-8 6/19 MIN Opponent scores first: .................... 11-15 ADDITIONAL NOTE: Polanco's 32-game streak is tied for 13th best in club history (since 1961), the all-time long being 43 by Joe Mauer from August 7-September 24, 2015. 9/3 Come-from-behind wins: .....................15 9/4 Leading after 7/8 inn.: ............. 40-2/44-0 Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ............. 3-20/1-22 TWINS ON THE OFFENSIVE: Twins offensive ranks among all of Major League Baseball: 9/5 Tied after 7/8 inn.: ....................... 5-2/3-2 Runs: 421 - 1st HR: 138 - 1st 2B: 158 - 2nd TB: 1,278 - 1st Extra-innings: ..................................... 2-1 XBH: 306 - 1st OPS: .847 - 1st Run Diff: +115 - 2nd Hits: 686 - 3rd CURRENT HOMESTAND (5-3) 1-run games: .................................... 12-5 SLG%: .507 - 1st wOBA: .367 - 1st AVG: .272 - 1st Fewest K's: 567 - 3rd Batting average .263 Twins out-hit opp.: ............................ 37-5 NOTE: 10 different position players on the Twins current roster have an OPS over the league average of .749: Runs Per Game 4.88 Opp. out-hit Twins: ........................... 8-18 Luis Arraez - 1.046 Max Kepler - .928 Jason Castro - .875 Eddie Rosario - .818 Home Runs 13 Twins/Opp. have = hits: ...................... 3-1 Mitch Garver - 1.028 Nelson Cruz - .926 Miguel Sanó - .853 Jonathan Schoop - .783 RISP .263 Run Differential: .............+115 (421-306) Jorge Polanco - .930 C.J. Cron - .877 Twins get Quality Start: .................... 30-7 Errors 11 Twins starter goes 6+ IP:............... 31-11 TWINS-SOX: The Twins and Red Sox are playing the third of six scheduled meetings this Most games over .500: ............... 25, 6/16 season...the Twins will visit Fenway Park for three games September 3-5...five of the last six Team ERA 3.11 Most games under .500: ........................... games between these two teams have been decided by three runs-or-less. Starters W-L 2-2 Longest win-streak: .................6, 5/20-26 Starters ERA 2.77 Longest losing-streak: ..2, 5x, last 6/16-18 The Twins have gone 15-7 vs. AL East opponents this season, going 6-0 vs. Baltimore, 1-2 Avs. New York, 4-3 vs. Toronto, 3-1 vs. Tampa Bay and 1-1 vs. Boston...they currently have Relievers W-L-S 3-1-3 When Twins score 4+: .................... 43-11 When Twins score 3-: ....................... 5-13 a .682 winning percentage against the AL East...their best win percentage against the Relievers ERA 3.72 Twins get 10+ hits: ........................... 31-5 division came in 1991 (.655, 55-29), and their best since 1994 (when AL & NL divisions Saves/Opps 3/4 Days in First Place ...............................72 separated into three) came in 2006 (.629, 22-13). Days in Second Place .............................5 Days in Third Place ................................4 ROSTER MOVES: The Twins made a series of roster moves this afternoon: Days in Fourth Place ................................ Marwin Gonzalez was placed on the 10-day IL with a right hamstring strain...he was hitting .317 (19-for-60) with a .959 OPS since 5/13. Days in Fifth Place ................................... ABlake Parker was placed on the Family Medical Emergency List...he led the team in saves, going 9-for-10 and ranked third in games (27). Walk-Off W/L: ..................................... 1/0 AWillians Astudillo has been recalled from Triple-A Rochester...he has hit .526 (20-for-38) with three home runs and 11 RBI in nine Shutouts W/L: ..................................... 6-2 A CG’s .......................................................... games since being optioned by the Twins in early June. Target Field Sellouts (’19/All-Time): .. 6/167 Right-handed pitcher Sean Poppen has had his contract selected from Rochester...he spent four years at Harvard and was selected by Athe Twins in the 19th round of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft...he was the Twins minor league Pitcher of the Week the last two weeks. RECENT TRANSACTIONS AAdalberto Mejía was transferred to the 60-day IL...he has missed the Twins last 45 games with a right calf strain. 6/19 IF/OF Gonzalez placed on 10-day IL RHP Parker placed on Family DANKE SCHOEN: Max Kepler has reached safely in 12 straight games with an at-bat, dating back to June 5...it is tied for the fifth longest Medical Emergency List streak of his career, his best being 19 games from July 5-27, 2018...during the streak, he is hitting .378 (17-for-45) with 12 walks and LHP Mejía transferred to 60-day IL a .509 OBP...he has drawn a team-high 33 walks this season, 27 coming from the leadoff spot, third best in the AL and fifth best in RHP Poppen contract selected from AAA baseball, trailing Andrew McCutchen (43), Matt Carpenter (36), Marcus Semien (32) and Shin-Soo Choo (31). C/IF Astudillo recalled from AAA AAmong AL outfielders, he ranks third in OPS (.928) and slugging percentage (.566), and eighth in on-base percentage (.362). 6/18 OF Buxton placed on 10-day IL OF Cave recalled from AAA C.J. CRUSH: C.J. Cron has 47 RBI this season, ranking third on the team to Eddie Rosario (52) and Max Kepler (49)...in his last 33 games, IF Adrianza placed on 10-day IL he is hitting .331 (45-for-136) with 13 doubles, 30 RBI and a 1.022 OPS...ranks among AL first basemen: first in slugging percentage IF Arraez recalled from AAA (.534), third in RBI (47), tied for third in doubles (16), third in batting average (.277), and fifth in OPS (.877) and wOBA (.378).