MINNESOTA TWINS (50-41) at OAKLAND ATHLETICS (42-51) SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2015 - 1:05 - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK Tommy Milone (L, 5-1, 2.84) Vs
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MINNESOTA TWINS (50-41) AT OAKLAND ATHLETICS (42-51) SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2015 - 1:05 - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK Tommy Milone (L, 5-1, 2.84) vs. Jesse Chavez (R, 4-9, 3.40) GAME 92 ROAD GAME 45 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 7/20 OFF DAY 7/21 at Los Angeles-AL Kyle Gibson (R, 8-6, 2.85) vs. Matt Shoemaker (R, 4-7, 4.85) 9:05 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / BOB FM 7/22 at Los Angeles-AL Mike Pelfrey (R, 5-6, 4.00) vs. C.J. Wilson (L, 7-7, 3.59) 9:05 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / None 7/23 at Los Angeles-AL Ervin Santana (R, 1-0, 3.66) vs. Garrett Richards (R, 10-6, 3.24) 2:35 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / None 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 began the post-All-Star break portion of their schedule with a win and STREAKS Record: .........................................50-41 a loss to the A’s...today, they continue their six-game seven-day road trip with the third of three in Oakland...the Twins will enjoy an off-day tomorrow, then play three at Los Angeles- Current Streak: ................................. 1 loss Home Record: ...............................31-16 Last 5 games: ........................................4-1 Road Record: ................................19-25 AL from Tuesday-Thursday...the Twins are 31-16 at home compared to 19-25 on the road. Record in series: ...................... 15-12-2 Last 10 games: ......................................7-3 Series Openers: ............................14-16 Last 15 games: ....................................10-5 Series Finales: ..............................17-12 A’S EVEN SERIES WITH WALK-OFF: The Twins lost to the A’s last night by a score of 3-2 in Last 20 games: ....................................12-8 Rubber Games: .................................6-6 10 innings, suffering their fourth walk-off loss this season...Phil Hughes was the starter Sweeps/Swept: .................................5/3 but did not factor into the decision, allowing one run on six hits in 7.0 innings pitched... TWINS VS. OAKLAND April: .............................................10-12 Glen Perkins snapped his save streak at 28 games, allowing a run in the ninth inning...the 2015 Record: .........................................4-2 May: ................................................20-7 June: .............................................11-17 offense recorded six hits, two coming from both Brian Dozier and Joe Mauer...the Twins scored Current Streak: .................................. 1 loss July: ...................................................9-5 their only runs in the ninth inning to tie the game only to lose in the bottom of the 10th. 2015 at Home: .......................................3-1 August: ................................................... 2015 at Oakland: ...................................1-1 September/October: .............................. MILESTONE MAUER: Joe Mauer has 732 career RBI and is within one of tying Rod Carew All-Time Record: ............................364-349 vs. American League East: .............12-4 All-Time at Home: ..........................202-158 vs. American League Central: ......23-22 (733) for eighth on the Twins all-time list...additionally, he has 326 career doubles and is vs. American League West: ..............7-5 within three of tying Tony Oliva (329) for second on the Twins all-time list; Kirby Puckett is All-Time at Oakland: ......................162-191 vs. National League: .......................8-10 the club’s all-time doubles leader with 414. 2015 Game Logs: Games vs. LH Starter: ...................19-13 Games vs. RH Starter: ..................30-28 MILESTONE HUNTER: Torii Hunter has 1,299 career hits as a Twin, needing one hit to reach Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Twins score first: ..........................34-14 5/4 MIN 8-7 Hughes/Hahn/Perkins Opp. scores first: ..........................16-27 1,300...additionally, he has 345 career home runs, needing five to reach 350 and 491 doubles, 5/5 MIN 1-2 Chavez/May/Clippard Come-from-behind wins: .................. 18 needing nine to reach 500...he currently ranks seventh on the Twins all-time list in home runs 5/6 MIN 13-0 Gibson/Kazmir Leading after 7/8 inn.: ...........42-2/42-0 with 206, one away from tying Kirby Puckett (207) for sixth...below are the Twins top seven: Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ...........2-30/1-35 5/7 MIN 6-5 Nolasco/Pomeranz/Perkins PLAYER YEARS HOME RUNS 7/17 OAK 5-0 Santana/Gray Tied after 7/8 inn.: .....................6-9/7-6 Harmon Killebrew ...............................................1961-74 ............................................................... 475 Extra-innings: ...................................4-4 7/18 OAK ^2-3 Pomeranz/Fien Kent Hrbek ..........................................................1981-94 ............................................................... 293 1-run games: ................................13-13 7/19 OAK Twins out-hit opp.: ..........................35-2 Justin Morneau ...................................................2003-13 ............................................................... 221 Opp. out-hit Twins:..........................9-37 Tony Oliva ...........................................................1962-76 ............................................................... 220 ROAD TRIP (1-1) Twins/Opp. have = hits: ....................6-2 Bob Allison .........................................................1961-70 ............................................................... 211 Twins get Quality Start: ................31-16 Kirby Puckett ......................................................1984-95 ............................................................... 207 Batting Average ............. .209 (14-for-67) Twins starter goes 6+ IP: .............35-22 Torii Hunter ...............................................1997-05, 15-present ..................................................... 206 Runs Per-Game .....................3.5 (7 R/2 G) Most games over .500: .........11, last 6/5 Most games under .500: .............5, 4/15 Home Runs .............................................2 Longest winning-streak: ..5, 2x, last 5/23-27 LAST NINE: The Twins have gone 7-2 in their last nine games, out-scoring opponents 50-27 RISP ................................. .200 (3-for-15) Longest losing-streak: .........5, last 6/8-13 in those nine and out-hitting them 83-77...in that span, pitchers have posted a 2.85 ERA Fielding Errors ........................................1 When Twins score 4+: ....................37-9 (82.0 IP, 26 ER) with 16 walks and 59 strikeouts...starters have posted a 3.12 ERA (57.2 IP, Team ERA ...................1.50 (18.0 IP, 3 ER) When Twins score 3-: ...................13-32 20 ER) while relievers have posted a 2.22 ERA (24.1 IP, 6 ER). Team-high hits:..............19, 5/3 vs. CWS Starters W-L ....................................... 1-0 Team-high runs: .. 13, 3x, last 6/22 vs. CWS Starters ERA ...............0.61 (14.2 IP, 1 ER) ...............20, 5/14 at DET TORII, ALL ABOUT THOSE A’S: Torii Hunter is hitting .357 (40-for-112) with five doubles, Opp.-high hits: Relievers W-L-S ...............................0-1-0 Opp.-high runs: ..............13, 5/14 at DET one triple, 10 home runs, 27 RBI and 19 runs scored in his last 28 games against the A’s... Relievers ERA ...............6.40 (3.1 IP, 2 ER) Twins get 10+ hits: .........................29-3 in that same span he has 13 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games...among actives Walk-Off W/L: ...................................4/4 Save/Opportunities ..............................0/1 Shutouts W/L: ...................................8/6 against Oakland, he ranks fourth in home runs (28), RBI (91), games (170) and at-bats (629). Complete Games: ..1, Hughes, 4/24 at SEA Target Field Sellouts (’15/All-Time): ... 4/156 SERIES-LY SPEAKING: The Twins are seeking their 16th series win today, going 15-12-12...they have won each of their last two series’, a three-game series win over Baltimore July 6-8 and a four-game series win over Detroit July 9-12...their last series win over Oakland RECENT TRANSACTIONS came in a three-game sweep at Target Field May 28-30, 2012...their last series win at O.co Coliseum came in a two-game sweep May 7/1 1B/DH Vargas optioned to AA 18-19, 2011. 7/2 IF Sano recalled from AA 7/3 OF Robinson placed on Family CALI CONNECTIONS: Twins on the 25-man roster with California connections: Casey Fien - born in Santa Rosa, J.R. Graham - born Emergency List OF Hicks reinstated from rehab in Livermore, Aaron Hicks - born in San Pedro, Phil Hughes - born in Mission Viejo, Tommy Milone - born in Saugus and attended USC, and reinstated from 15-day DL Trevor Plouffe - born in West Hills, Kurt Suzuki attended Cal State Fullerton. RHP Meyer optioned to AAA • Twins hitting coach Tom Brunansky was born in Covina and makes his off-season home in Poway...Twins bullpen coach Eddie Guardado 7/4 RHP Santana reinstated from was born in Stockton and makes his off-season home in Tustin. restricted list 7/6 RHP Pressly placed on 15-day DL OF Robinson reinstated from Family TWINS MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Single-A Ft. Myers left-handed pitcher Mat Batts is the Twins minor league Player of the Emergency List Week...Batts made one start for the Miracle on Friday at Brevard County, allowing one run on five hits in 7.0 innings pitched with no LHP Thompson