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MINNESOTA TWINS (59-38) VS. OAKLAND ATHLETICS (57-42) SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2019 - 1:10 PM (CT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH RADIO: TIBN-WCCO / TWINSBEISBOL.COM RHP Michael Pineda (6-5, 4.38) vs. RHP Daniel Mengden (5-1, 4.21) GAME 98 HOME GAME 49 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 7/22 vs. New York-AL LHP Martín Pérez (8-3, 4.10) vs. LHP CC Sabathia (5-4, 4.06) 7:10 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / None 7/23 vs. New York-AL RHP Kyle Gibson (9-4, 4.02) vs. RHP Domingo Germán (12-2, 3.38) 7:10 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / twinsbeisbol.com 7/24 vs. New York-AL RHP Jake Odorizzi (11-4, 3.06) vs. J.A. Happ (8-5, 4.86) 7:10 pm (CT) Fox Sports North / ESPN TIBN-WCCO / None SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 1-4 to begin their nine-game homestand, going 0-2 vs. STREAKS The Mets and 1-2 vs. the A's...they will continue the homestand today with the four-game Record: ........................................... 59-38 Current Streak 2 losses Home Record: ................................. 29-19 series finale vs. Oakland...after this series, the Twins will host the Yankees for three games Road Record: .................................. 30-19 from Monday-Wednesday...15 of the Twins next 27 games are against teams above .500... Last 5 games 1-4 Record in series: ...........................18-9-4 all those opponents have a combined winning percentage of .505. Last 10 games 4-6 Series Openers: .............................. 20-12 Last 15 games 6-9 TWINS LOSE RARE HEARTBREAKER: The Twins lost to the A's last night by a score of 5-4...José Series Finales: ................................ 15-16 Last 20 games 9-11 Rubber Games: ................................... 4-6 Berríos was the starter but did not factor into the decision, pitching 5.2 scoreless innings with five hits allowed, three walks and four strikeouts...Taylor Rogers allowed two runs with two Sweeps/Swept: ................................... 7/1 TWINS VS. ATHLETICS March/April: .................................... 17-10 outs in the top of the ninth, the Twins first loss this season when leading after 8.0 (53-1)... May: .................................................. 21-8 the offense recorded nine hits, two from both Miguel Sanó and Max Kepler...Nelson Cruz hit 2019 Record: .........................................2-4 June: ............................................... 15-12 his 19th home run, Mitch Garver hit his 17th and Sanó hit his 14th. Current Streak: ...............................2 losses July: ..................................................... 6-8 2019 at Home: .......................................1-2 August: ...................................................... SPEEDING TO 60: Today marks the Twins 98th game of the season...below are the Twins 2019 at Oakland: ...................................1-2 September/October: ................................. fewest games to 60 wins in their history (since 1961): All-Time Record: ............................373-366 Day Games: ..................................... 22-16 YEAR RECORD NUMBER OF GAMES STANDINGS THAT DAY All-Time at Home: ..........................208-165 Night Games: .................................. 37-22 1970.............................60-31 .....................................91 .........................................1st AL West (+6.0) vs. American League East: ............... 17-9 1965.............................60-36 .....................................96 ..........................1st American League (+3.5) All-Time at Oakland: ......................165-201 vs. American League Central: ........ 21-12 1969.............................60-38 .....................................98 .........................................1st AL West (+3.0) 2019 Game Logs: vs. American League West: ............ 18-11 NOTE: The Twins reached 60 wins last season on August 21 (60-65). vs. National League: ........................... 3-6 Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Games vs. LH Starter:..................... 12-11 KINGS OF THEIR HILL: How Twins starting pitching numbers compare at home vs. on the road: 7/2 OAK 6-8 Mengden/Odorizzi/Hendriks Games vs. RH Starter: .................... 47-27 ERA WHIP OPS K/9.0 BB/9.0 HR/9.0 BAA 7/3 OAK 4-3 (12) Parker/Treinen/Rogers Twins score first: ............................ 46-16 HOME 3.07 1.07 .639 8.4 1.85 0.97 .230 7/4 OAK 2-7 Wang/Berríos Opponent scores first: .................... 13-22 ROAD 4.35 1.33 .756 8.0 3.09 1.46 .255 7/18 MIN 6-3 Gibson/Petit/Rogers Come-from-behind wins: .....................20 NOTE: As an entire staff, at home, they rank second in the AL in ERA (3.42), third in opponent OPS 7/19 MIN 3-5 Bassitt/Harper/Hendriks Leading after 7/8 inn.: ............. 49-3/53-1 (.680) and fourth in WHIP (1.18). Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ............. 5-31/2-33 7/20 MIN 4-5 Treinen/Rogers/Hendriks Tied after 7/8 inn.: ....................... 5-4/4-4 DIALING LONG DISTANCE: The Twins 181 home runs are the most in baseball, ahead of 7/21 MIN Extra-innings: ..................................... 4-3 Seattle (170)...they have homered in 79 of 97 games, going 51-28 in those games...181 CURRENT HOMESTAND (1-4) 1-run games: .................................... 14-9 homers already are ninth-most in club history...they need 44 home runs to match their all- .255 Twins out-hit opp.: ............................ 48-8 time record of 225, set in 1963: Batting average Opp. out-hit Twins: ........................... 8-27 YEAR HOME RUNS YEAR HOME RUNS Runs Per Game 3.80 Twins/Opp. have = hits: ...................... 3-3 1) 1963 .............................................225 6) 1986 ...................................................196 Home Runs 10 Run Differential: .............+110 (542-452) 2) 1964 .............................................221 7) 2004 ...................................................191 RISP .115 Twins get Quality Start: .................. 35-11 3) 2017 .............................................206 8) 1962 ...................................................185 Errors 6 Twins starter goes 6+ IP:............... 38-15 4) 2016 .............................................200 9) 2019 ...................................................181 Most games over .500: ...25, 2x, last 7/14 5) 1987 .............................................196 10) 2009 .................................................172 Most games under .500: ........................... Team ERA 3.68 Starters W-L 1-1 Longest win-streak: .................6, 5/20-26 TWINS-A's: The Twins and Athletics are playing each other for the final time this season... Longest losing-streak: ................ 3, 7/14-17 the Twins have gone 15-31 vs. the A's since the start of 2013 for a winning percentage of Starters ERA 2.43 When Twins score 4+: .................... 54-16 just .326, the Twins' second lowest winning percentage against any team since (New York- Relievers W-L-S 1-3-1 When Twins score 3-: ....................... 5-22 Relievers ERA 4.61 Twins get 10+ hits: ........................... 37-7 AL - .302)...Twins are looking to avoid losing their fifth straight series vs. the A's. Days in First Place .............................104 Nelson Cruz leads all active players with 35 home runs against the Athletics...also leads Saves/Opps 1/4 Awith 116 RBI, is second with 175 games played and third with 171 hits. Days in Second Place .............................5 Days in Third Place ................................4 C.J. Cron is hitting .325 (27-for-83) with four doubles, one triple, six home runs, 15 RBI and a .999 OPS in his last 22 games vs. OAK. Days in Fourth Place ................................ AJonathan Schoop is hitting .315 (35-for-111) with seven doubles, three home runs, 13 RBI, 15 runs scored and an .807 OPS in 29 Days in Fifth Place ................................... Acareer games vs. the A's...he enters tonight with a nine-game hitting streak vs. Oakland. Walk-Off W/L: ..................................... 1/0 Shutouts W/L: ..................................... 6-2 SANÓ STORMING: Miguel Sanó has reached safely in 16 straight games (with an at-bat)...it is the fifth longest streak of his career, his CG’s .......................................................... longest being 21 from September 7-30, 2015...during the streak, he is hitting .346 (18-for-52) with four doubles, one triple, five home Target Field Sellouts (’19/All-Time): ... 7/168 runs, 11 RBI, 13 runs scored, 11 walks, a .460 on-base percentage and a 1.210 OPS...also during the streak, he has raised his batting average 46 points (.195 to .241) and his on-base percentage 59 points (.278 to .337). RECENT TRANSACTIONS AHis 1.025 OPS this month ranks 12th best in the American League. 7/20 RHP Morin traded to PHI in exchange EXTRA! EXTRA!: The Twins enter today having recorded at least one extra-base in 51 straight games, dating back to May 20...marks the for cash considerations 14th longest XBH hit-streak in club history...the club record is 98 straight from June 9-September 29, 2009...for the season, the Twins LHP Mejía claimed off waivers by LAA rank first in baseball in extra-base hits with 395, ahead of Boston (369). 7/18 RHP Stewart recalled from AAA Max Kepler's 45 extra-base hits rank eighth in the AL and Jorge Polanco's 44 are tied for ninth most. RHP Magill designated for rel. or assgn. ATwins hitters have 294 Extra-Base hits out of 655 total hits (44.9%) against RHP this season -- best in MLB; League Avg: 38.5% 7/16 1B Cron reinstated