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MINNESOTA TWINS (37-43) VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS (42-39) MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2014 - 7:10 (CT) - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK GAME 81 Yohan Pino (R, 0-1, 6.30) vs. Danny Duffy (L, 4-7, 2.69) HOME GAME 37 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 7/1 vs. Kansas City Ricky Nolasco (R, 4-6, 5.74) vs. James Shields (R, 8-3, 3.79) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN / LMB: BOB FM 7/2 vs. Kansas City Kevin Correia (R, 4-9, 5.08) vs. Jason Vargas (L, 7-3, 3.53) 12:10 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: Yesterday afternoon the Twins completed their six-game road trip with a win over STREAKS the Rangers, giving them a 1-5 road trip, going 0-3 in Anaheim and 1-2 in Texas...tonight Record: ..........................................37-43 the Twins will begin their third series against the Royals this season with three games... Current Streak: ..................................1 win Home Record: ................................19-17 Last 5 games: ........................................1-4 Road Record: .................................18-26 following the Royals series, the Twins will host the Yankees for four from Thursday-Sunday... the Twins are 19-17 at home this season, winning four straight and five of their last six here. Last 10 games: ......................................5-5 Record in series: ........................12-12-3 Last 15 games: ....................................5-10 Series Openers: .............................10-17 ....................................8-12 Series Finales: ...............................16-12 TWINS FINISH ROAD TRIP WITH WIN: The Twins beat the Rangers yesterday afternoon by a Last 20 games: Rubber Games: ..................................8-2 score of 3-2, snapping their 10-game road losing streak, winning away from Target Field TWINS VS. KANSAS CITY Sweeps/Swept: .................................. 3/5 for the first time since June 13 at Detroit...yesterday marked their first win this season April: ..............................................12-12 2014 Record: .........................................4-2 when scoring exactly three runs (1-8); it was their fifth win this season when scoring five Current Streak: ...................................1 win May: ...............................................13-16 runs-or-fewer (5-26)...Kyle Gibson (7-6) was the starter and winner, allowing two runs on June: ..............................................12-15 2014 at Home: .......................................3-0 July: .......................................................... eight hits in 8.0 innings pitched with no walks allowed...Glen Perkins earned his 20th save 2014 at Kansas City: ..............................1-2 August: ..................................................... with a scoreless ninth inning. All-Time Record: ............................369-332 September: .............................................. All-Time at Home: ..........................195-154 vs. American League East: ................12-9 INFIELDERS ON THE MOVE: The Twins announced today that they have reinstated infielder All-Time at Kansas City: .................174-178 vs. American League Central: .........16-12 Trevor Plouffe from the 15-day disabled list...they have also returned infielder Eduardo Nunez vs. American League West: ...............5-14 from his rehab assignment and reinstated him from the disabled list...Plouffe (rib injury) 2014 Game Logs: vs. National League: ............................4-8 and Nunez (right hamstring strain) both missed the Twins last 14 games after suffering Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Games vs. LH Starter:......................12-11 their injuries during the game on June 14 at Detroit...Nunez played in four games on rehab 4/11 MIN 10-1 Gibson/Chen Games vs. RH Starter: .....................25-32 assignment with Double-A New Britain, going 4-for-10 (.400) with three walks and a triple... Twins score first: .............................24-15 4/12 MIN 7-1 Nolasco/Shields Opp. scores first: .............................13-28 to make room for Plouffe and Nunez on the 25-man roster, the Twins have optioned infielder 4/13 MIN 4-3 Fien/Crow/Perkins Come-from-behind wins: .....................19 Pedro Florimon to Triple-A Rochester and infielderJorge Polanco to Single-A Ft. Myers. 4/18 KC 0-5 Vargas/Nolasco Leading after 7/8 inn.: ..............27-1/30-1 4/19 KC 4-5 Chen/Correia/Holland Trailing after 7/8 inn.: .............5-37/3-38 JUNE’S END: Below is how the March/April, May and June (through 27 of 28 games) numbers 4/20 KC 8-3 Hughes/Ventura Tied after 7/8 inn.: ........................5-5/4-4 compared for hitters and pitchers: 6/30 MIN Extra-innings: ......................................3-5 W-L IP H BB K ERA AVG H 2B HR R OBP 7/1 MIN 1-run games: ...................................13-14 APRIL 12-12 217.2 241 82 137 5.04 .254 211 47 20 131 .353 7/2 MIN Twins out-hit opp.: .............................21-8 MAY 13-16 258.2 266 68 184 3.97 .230 227 49 22 92 .290 7/29 KC Opp. out-hit Twins: .........................11-33 JUNE 12-15 233.1 237 63 171 4.20 .246 224 56 18 112 .318 7/30 KC Twins/Opp. have = hits: .......................5-2 7/31 KC Twins get Quality Start: .....................28-8 NOTES: The hitters’ 56 doubles are second most in baseball this month (Detroit - 57)...the Twins starter goes 6+ IP:................29-17 staff’s 213 walks are the fourth fewest in baseball. 8/15 MIN Most games over .500: ..................2, 5/23 8/16 MIN Most games under .500:................7, 6/29 HEAD-TO-HEAD: The Twins have gone 4-2 against the Royals this season, out-scoring them 8/17 MIN Longest winning-streak: ......... 4, 6/19-22 33-18...against KC this season, the pitching staff has posted a 2.94 ERA (52.0 IP, 17 ER)... 8/18 MIN Longest losing-streak: ........5, 2x, 6/24-28 starters have posted a 3.92 ERA (39.0 IP, 17 ER)...relievers have posted a 0.00 ERA (13.0 8/26 KC When Twins score 4+: .....................32-17 IP) with just five hits and one walk allowed. 8/27 KC When Twins score 3-: ........................5-26 8/28 KC Team-high hits: ................16, 6/11 at TOR ROYALTIES: Joe Mauer is hitting .335 (173-for-517) with 33 doubles, 11 home runs, 95 RBI, ROAD TRIP (1-5) Team-high runs: .. 10, 3x, last 4/11 vs. KC 74 runs scored, 80 walks and a .416 on-base percentage in 138 career games against the Opp.-high hits: .................... 19, 6/14 at DET Opp.-high runs: ................ 14, 6/8 vs. HOU Royals...Mauer has hit safely in 10 of his last 12 games against KC...Trevor Plouffe is hitting Batting Average ............ .217 (44-for-203) Twins get 10+ hits: ..........................17-14 .318 (7-for-22) with four doubles and five walks in six games against the Royals this season. Runs Per-Game ...................3.2 (19 R/6 G) Walk-Off W/L: ......................................4-5 Home Runs .............................................3 Shutouts W/L: ......................................6/5 MAUER STREAKING: Joe Mauer has hit safely in 10 straight games (since June 19), which RISP ............................... .222 (10-for-45) Complete Games: ..2, last 6/17 Hughes at BOS is his season-high...he is hitting .375 (15-for-40) with five doubles and 10 RBI during the Fielding Errors ........................................2 Target Field Sellouts (’14/All-Time): ....... -/152 streak with .405 on-base percentage...the last time he had a hitting streak of at least 10 games was April 30-May 18, 2013 when he hit safely in 15 straight games...he has raised Team ERA .................5.88 (49.0 IP, 32 ER) RECENT TRANSACTIONS his batting average 16 points during the streak, from .254 to .270. Starters W-L ....................................... 0-5 Starters ERA .............7.99 (32.2 IP, 29 ER) 6/11 C Pinto optioned to AAA CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE: The Twins have gone 16-12 against the AL Central, joining Detroit Relievers W-L-S ...............................0-0-1 6/13 OF Hicks placed on 15-day DL Relievers ERA .............1.65 (16.1 IP, 3 ER) OF returned from rehab and (19-15) as the only team within the division with a winning record against the division Fuld Save/Opportunities ..............................1/1 reinstated from DL (Kansas City - 14-16, Cleveland - 14-17, Chicago - 16-19)...the Twins are 8-1 at home against the AL Central this season. C Fryer recalled from AAA TWINSPRESSBOX.COM 6/15 IF Plouffe placed on 15-day DL IF Florimon recalled from AAA LUCKY PARMS: Chris Parmelee has hit safely in nine straight games with an official at-bat Get the latest Twins notes, stat packs, clips, 6/19 IF Nunez placed on 15-day DL (since June 8), which marks a career-high...during the streak, he is hitting .455 (15-for-33) press releases, minor league reports, 2014 RHP Pino contract selected from AAA with two doubles, one home run and a .486 on-base percentage....he has raised his average official team media guide as well as other RHP Pelfrey transferred to 60-day DL from .161 to .263 during the streak. team related information at: 6/25 OF Hicks reinstated from DL and www.twinspressbox.com optioned to AA ’PEN LATELY: The bullpen has posted a 1.96 ERA (36.2 IP, 8 ER) in their last 13 games, Find us on Twitter: @Twins and #MNTwins 6/26 IF Polanco recalled from A (FTM) with opponents hitting .194 (25-for-129)...they have not allowed a run to Kansas City all RHP Pino optioned