(56-102) AT (81-77) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 - 6:15 PM (CT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH RADIO: TREASURE ISLAND NETWORK Kyle Gibson (R, 6-11, 5.04) vs. Danny Duffy (L, 12-3, 3.43) GAME 159 ROAD GAME 78 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 9/30 at Chicago-AL Tyler Duffey (R, 9-11, 6.18) vs. Carlos Rodon (L, 8-10, 4.08) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-Go 96.3 / None 10/1 at Chicago-AL Hector Santiago (L, 12-10, 4.87) vs. James Shields (R, 4-11, 6.79) 6:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-Go 96.3 / None 10/2 at Chicago-AL TBA vs. Chris Sale (L, 17-9, 3.21) 2:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-Go 96.3 / La Raza Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. TWINS AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: After completing their final homestand of 2016 by going 1-5 (0-3 vs. Detroit STREAKS and 1-2 vs. Seattle), the Twins began their final roadtrip with consecutive losses to the Record:...... 56-102 Current Streak: ...... 3 losses Home Record:...... 30-51 Royals the last two nights...tonight, the Twins will play the three-game series finale before ...... 1-4 traveling to Chicago post-game for three against the White Sox over the weekend...the Twins Last 5 games: Road Record:...... 26-51 Last 10 games:...... 1-9 Record in series:...... 15-32-5 have lost their last five road games and 17 of their last 19...the Twins have gone 30-51 at ...... 3-12 home and 26-51 on the road. Last 15 games: Series Openers:...... 18-34 Last 20 games:...... 5-15 Series Finales:...... 18-33 Rubber Games:...... 6-7 ANOTHER LOSS IN KAUFFMAN: The Twins lost to the Royals last night by a score of 5-2, suf- TWINS VS. KANSAS CITY Sweeps/Swept:...... 4/16 fering a three- Royals eighth inning...Ervin Santana was the starter but did not factor into April:...... 7-17 the decision, allowing two runs on four hits in 5.0 ...Kennys Vargas recorded 2016 Record:...... 3-15 May:...... 8-19 both Twins RBI with a two-run homer in the third inning...John Ryan Murphy recorded his Current Streak:...... 2 losses June:...... 10-17 second multi- game of the season, going 2-for-4. 2016 at Home:...... 3-6 July:...... 15-11 2016 at Kansas City:...... 0-9 August:...... 9-20 TWINS AND ROYALS, ON THE RECORD: The Twins are 3-15 against Kansas City this season All-Time Record:...... 383-368 September/October:...... 7-18 and 0-9 at Kauffman Stadium, they have never gone winless at Kansas City since the Royals All-Time at Home:...... 202-172 vs. East:...... 10-24 were established in 1969...the Twins last win at Kansas City came in last year’s final game at All-Time at Kansas City:...... 181-196 vs. :...... 21-51 Kauffman Stadium on September 9...nine losses at Kauffman are their most in a season. 2016 Game Logs: vs. :...... 17-15 vs. :...... 8-12 KANSAS CITY COOKING: Brian Dozier has hit 11 home runs against the Royals this season, Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Games vs. LH Starter:...... 19-24 the most in one season all-time against Kansas City...11 home runs are the most for any 4/8 KC 3-4 Soria/Jepsen/Davis Games vs. RH Starter:...... 37-78 player against any single team in one season since hit 11 against Los Ange- 4/9 KC 0-7 Kennedy/Milone Twins score first:...... 32-35 les-AL in 2003; the last player with 12 against any team was in 1998 against 4/10 KC 3-4 (10 in) Davis/May Opponent scores first:...... 24-67 Milwaukee; the last with 13 was against Chicago-AL in 1961. 5/23 MIN 4-10 Moylan/Nolasco Come-from-behind wins:...... 34 5/24 MIN 4-7 Volquez/Santana/Davis Leading after 7/8 inn.:...... 46-6/46-3 SECOND BASE POWER: Brian Dozier has 40 home runs as a (2 as DH), an AL 5/25 MIN 7-5 Duffey/Gee/Jepsen Trailing after 7/8 inn.:...... 4-81/1-85 record for home runs at the position, passing Alfonso Soriano’s (NYY) 2002 total of 39...he is 8/12 MIN 3-7 Ventura/Gibson Tied after 7/8 inn.:...... 5-15/8-14 tied for third among all MLB second basemen with : 8/13 MIN 5-3 Duffey/Gee/Kintzler Extra-innings:...... 6-9 PLAYER YEAR HR 8/14 MIN 4-11 Volquez/Santiago/Young 1-run games:...... 14-29 1) Davey Johnson, ATL...... 1973...... 42 8/18 KC 1-8 Gee/Duffey Twins out-hit opp.:...... 40-15 , STL...... 1922...... 42 8/19 KC 4-5 (11 in) Wang/Chargois Opp. out-hit Twins:...... 10-81 3) Brian Dozier, MIN...... 2016...... 40 8/20 KC 0-10 Kennedy/Santiago Twins/Opp. have = hits:...... 6-6 Ryne Sandberg, CHC...... 1990...... 40 8/21 KC 1-2 Duffy/Santana/Herrera Twins get Quality Start:...... 35-24 ADDITIONALLY...Dozier is hitting .137 (7-for-51) with one and three RBI in his last 12 games 9/5 MIN 5-11 Kennedy/Berrios Twins starter goes 6+ IP:...... 44-30 after hitting .375 (24-for-64) with 11 home runs and 18 RBI in his previous 15 games. 9/6 MIN 3-10 Herrera/Kintzler Most games over .500:...... 9/7 MIN 6-5 Wimmers/Soria/Kintzler Most games under .500:...... 46, 9/29 THE DOZIER SHOW: Brian Dozier needs one RBI to become the 18th different Twin to reach 9/27 KC 3-4 (11 in) Milone/Pounders Longest winning-streak:... 4, 3x, last 7/31-8/3 100 RBI in a season (last Willingham with 110 in 2012)...additionally, he has 42 homers 9/28 KC 2-5 Soria/Rogers/Davis Longest losing-streak:...... 13, 8/18-31 and 102 runs scored; the only Twin with 40-plus homers, 100-plus RBI and 100-plus runs 9/29 KC When Twins score 4+:...... 50-41 was Harmon Killebrew, who did it in 1967 and 1969. When Twins score 3-:...... 6-61 Dozier has 18 stolen bases this season...the last player in baseball with 40-plus homers CURRENT ROADTRIP (0-2) Team-high hits:...... 19, 2x, last 8/1 at CLE A and 20-plus steals was Ryan Braun who homered 41 times and stole 30 in 2012...no Batting Average...... 219 (16-for-73) Team-high runs:...... 17, 7/2 vs. TEX Twin has ever done it. Runs Per Game...... 2.5 (5 R/2 G) Opp.-high hits:...... 19, 8/11 (1) vs. HOU Home Runs...... 2 Opp.-high runs:...... 16, 5/4 at HOU GO DEEP!: The Twins have homered 43 times in their last 27 games since August 30, the most Twins get 10+ hits:...... 40-18 in baseball since that date...Twins have hit 195 homers this season, fifth-most in their history: RISP...... 125 (2-for-16) Walk-Off W/L:...... 9/4 YEAR HOMERS TEAM LEADERS Fielding Errors...... 1 Shutouts W/L:...... 2/8 1963...... 225...... Harmon Killebrew (45), (35), (33) Team ERA...... 4.34 (18.2 IP, 9 ER) Complete Games:...4, last Gibson 8/17 at ATL 1964...... 221...... Harmon Killebrew (49), Bob Allison (32), (32) Starters W-L...... 0-0 Sellouts (’16/All-Time):....1/159 1987...... 196...... (34), Tom Brunansky (32), (31) 1986...... 196...... Gary Gaetti (34), (31), Kent Hrbek (29) Starters ERA...... 4.66 (9.2 IP, 5 ER) RECENT TRANSACTIONS 2016...... 195...... Brian Dozier (42), Miguel Sano (24), (17) Relievers W-L-S...... 0-2-0 8/12 LHP Milone placed on 15-day DL ADDITIONALLY...Nine players with -digit home run totals marks the second time in club history the Relievers ERA...... 4.00 (9.0 IP, 4 ER) LHP Dean recalled from AAA Twins have had as many...Kennys Vargas has nine...only Chicago-NL, Seattle and St. Louis have as many Save/Opportunities...... 0/0 players with double-digit homers this season (each with 9 also)...below are the two times in club history: 8/13 LHP Albers DFA or release 2016: Dozier (42), Sano (24), Kepler (17), Nunez (12), Park (12), Plouffe (12), Grossman (11), TWINS SINGLE-SEASON HOME RUN LEADERS LHP O’Rourke contract selected from AAA Mauer (11), Rosario (10) 8/14 LHP Albers optioned to AAA PLAYER HR 2004: Koskie (25), Jones (24), Hunter (23), Morneau (19), Ford (15), Cuddyer (12), Stewart (11), 1) Harmon Killebrew - 1969...... 49 8/20 LHP Mejia contract selected from AAA Blanco (10), Rivas (10) Harmon Killebrew - 1964...... 49 1B/DH Vargas optioned to AAA 3) Harmon Killebrew - 1962...... 48 LHP Mejia optioned to AAA THE ROOKIE: Among AL rookies, Max Kepler ranks first in walks (42), second in RBI (62), third 4) Harmon Killebrew - 1961...... 46 8/21 RHP Light recalled from AAA in home runs (17), total bases (164) and runs (51), and fifth in hits (90) and doubles (19)... 5) Harmon Killebrew - 1963...... 45 8/25 RHP Duffey optioned to AAA he ranks 10th all-time among Twins rookies in RBI, next is Bernie Allen’s 1962 total of 64. 6) Harmon Killebrew - 1967...... 44 RHP Berrios optioned to AAA 7) Brian Dozier - 2016...... 42 8/26 LHP Albers recalled from AAA ON THIS DAY IN TWINS HISTORY: In 1991, the Twins clinched the AL West despite a 2-1 TWINS SINGLE-SEASON XBH LEADERS RHP Wimmers contract selected from AAA loss against Toronto; second place Chicago helped the Twins with a 2-1 loss to Seattle that day...the Twins went on to beat Toronto in the ALCS in five games then beat Atlanta in seven PLAYER XBH 8/28 IF/OF Santana placed on 15-day DL 1) Tony OIiva - 1964...... 84 8/29 OF Schafer contract selected from AAA games to win their second World Championship. 2) Brian Dozier - 2016...... 82 9/1 OF Buxton recalled from AAA 3) - 1965...... 76 9/2 LHP Boshers returned from rehab and THIS AND THAT: reinstated from 15-day DL Byron Buxton is hitting .273 (24-for-88) with seven home runs, 16 RBI and 15 runs Ascored this month. 9/3 C Murphy recalled from AAA 9/5 RHP Berrios recalled from AAA Brian Dozier is tied for second in baseball in extra-base hits (82) with Freddie Freeman, trailing (86). ATwins defense has turned 170 double plays this season, second most in baseball, trailing Texas (189). 9/6 1B/DH Vargas recalled from AAA A RHP Duffey recalled from AAA UPCOMING MILESTONES IF Beresford contract selected from AAA PLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACH OF/IF Santana transferred to 60-day DL Brian Dozier...... 99 RBI...... Needs 1 to reach 100 RBI for season 9/9 RHP May reinstated from 15-day DL ...... 130 home runs...... Needs 2 to tie Jacque Jones (132) for 11th on Twins all-time list LHP Milone reinstated from 15-day DL 822 walks...... Needs 16 to tie Kent Hrbek (838) for 2nd on Twins all-time list 9/10 IF Plouffe placed on 15-day DL 885 runs...... Needs 18 to tie Kent Hrbek (903) for 4th on Twins all-time list 9/12 RHP May placed on 15-day DL Needs 15 to reach 900 for career STARTING PITCHER PAGE 2 KYLE GIBSON #44 2016 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS CG’s: 1, 8/17 at ATL CG’s: 2, last 8/17/16 at ATL Height: 6-6 Weight: 216 B/T: R/R Age: 28 (10/23/87 in Greenfield, IN) SHO’s: - - SHO’s: - - CG Low Hit: 8, 8/17 at ATL CG Low-Hit: 6, 9/8/15 at KC 2016: 6-11, 5.04 ERA CAREER: 32-38, 4.58 ERA Innings: 9.0, 8/17 at ATL Innings: 9.0, 8/17/16 at ATL SO’s: 7, 6/28 at CWS SO’s: 9, 2x, last 9/30/15 at CLE • He is making his 25th start of 2016. Walks: 5, 4/6 at BAL Walks: 5, 3x, last 4/6/16 at BAL • He is making his 98th career start and appearance. Hits: 10, 3x, last 8/12 vs. KC Hits: 11, 7/4/13 vs. NYY 2016 MAJOR LEAGUE DAY-BY-DAY Home Runs: 2, 5x, last 9/7 vs. KC Home Runs: 3, 6/5/15 vs. MIL Win-Streak: 2, 2x, last 7/22-8/7 Win-Streak: 4, 6/27-7/12/15 Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Left/Final Notes Pitches/K Loss-Streak: 5, 4/6-6/16 Loss-Streak: 5, 4/6-6/16/16 4/6 at BAL L1 5.0 7 4 4 1 5 3 2-4/2-4 Opened season as number 2 starter 105/58 4/11 vs. CWS L2 5.2 6 3 1 0 3 3 1-3/1-4 First time in career starting season 0-2 107/64 4/17 vs. LAA ND 7.0 4 2 2 1 2 4 1-2/3-2 1st QS of 2016; 35th of career 102/65 CAREER NOTES 4/22 at WAS L3 3.0 7 7 7 0 2 1 1-7/4-8 Shortest start since 9/24/15 (2.2 IP) vs. CLE 67/43 • APRIL TOTALS 0-3 20.2 24 16 14 2 12 11 6.10 ERA • Given 2015 Joseph W. Haynes Award for Twins Pitcher of the Year voted on by the Twin Cities Chapter 6/11 vs. BOS L4 5.2 7 5 5 1 1 2 4-5/4-15 Allowed four runs in the first inning 94/56 of the BBWAA. 6/16 vs. NYY L5 6.1 6 3 3 0 2 4 1-3/1-4 Left with two men on, both scored on HR 96/59 • His 2.85 ERA pre-ASG in 2015 was the fourth lowest for a Twins starter since 1992 with a minimum 6/22 vs. PHI ND 6.0 8 5 4 2 2 5 5-5/6-5 Season-high five 98/64 of 80.0 IP (Liriano - 1.83 in 2006, Santana - 2.75 in 2007, Radke - 2.77 in 1998). 6/28 at CWS W1 7.0 5 0 0 0 1 7 4-0/4-0 1st start w/ 0 ER since 9/30/15 at CLE 107/72 • In 2014, his first full season in the majors, became one of three pitchers in Twins history to win each JUNE TOTALS 1-2 25.0 26 13 12 3 6 18 4.32 ERA of their first three games while posting a sub-1.00 ERA. 7/3 vs. TEX W2 6.2 5 4 2 1 2 6 5-2/5-4 Left with two men on base and both scored 106/66 7/8 at TEX ND 5.0 7 4 4 0 3 6 5-4/5-6 Shortest career start against Texas 98/57 • Earned the win in his MLB debut 6/29/13 vs. KC allowing three runs on eight hits in 6.0 innings. 7/17 vs. CLE L6 6.0 10 4 4 1 1 4 1-4/1-6 Season-high 10 hits allowed 97/64 • Named the Twins Minor League Player of the Week, ending May 12, 2013 after tossing his CG SHO. 7/22 at BOS W3 8.0 2 1 1 1 1 6 2-1/2-1 Only run on leadoff HR in 1st 96/63 • Was named an Rising star in 2012 and the AFL Player of the Week, 10/23/12. 7/28 vs. BAL ND 6.0 9 2 2 1 0 6 2-2/6-2 Allowed a HR to Adam Jones on first pitch 105/66 • Selected to the 2011 Futures Game where he tossed 1.1 inning, allowing two hits. JULY TOTALS 2-1 31.2 33 15 13 4 7 28 3.69 ERA • Named to the 2010 Eastern League Mid-Season All-Star Team. 8/2 at CLE ND 4.2 10 6 6 2 1 2 8-6/10-6 Allowed all six runs in the fifth inning 81/50 • Named the Pitcher of the Week, May 3, 2010. 8/7 at TB W4 5.0 6 2 2 1 4 2 4-2/6-3 First career win against Tampa Bay 107/63 • Selected in the first round (22nd overall) by the Twins in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft out of 8/12 vs. KC L7 5.0 10 6 5 0 2 4 3-5/3-7 Third time this season allowing 10 hits 96/60 8/17 at ATL W5 9.0 8 3 3 2 3 6 - -/10-3 First career 9.0 inning complete game 115/73 the University of Missouri as a senior...major was communications. 8/23 vs. DET L8 5.0 7 5 5 0 4 4 3-5/3-8 First loss to Detroit this season 98/51 • Originally selected by Philadelphia in the 36th round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft out of 8/28 at TOR ND 5.1 8 4 4 2 3 1 5-4/6-9 Exited in line for the win, Twins lost 9-6 95/57 Greenfield Central High School in Greenfield, IN. AUG. TOTALS 2-2 34.0 49 26 25 7 17 19 6.62 ERA • Named to the All-Big 12 honorable mention team in 2007 and 2008 and All-Big 12 First-Team 9/2 vs. CWS L9 5.2 9 5 5 1 1 6 4-5/4-11 Seven of his nine losses have come at home 101/61 in 2009 as the Tigers' Friday night starter. 9/7 vs. KC ND 6.0 8 4 4 2 2 4 3-4/6-5 Twins scored three runs in final at-bats 98/61 • Had a career record of 15-8 during his career at Greenfield Central High School with a 1.19 9/13 at DET W 8.0 5 1 1 0 3 4 7-1/8-1 Longest career outing against Detroit 108/65 ERA and 251 strikeouts...had 140 strikeouts and a 0.98 ERA in his senior season. 9/18 at NYM L10 5.0 7 3 3 1 2 4 1-3/2-3 Left w/bases loaded and 0 outs; none scored 89/55 9/23 vs. SEA L11 5.0 5 2 2 0 4 2 0-2/1-10 Drops to 1-8 at home on the season 99/54 SEP. TOTALS 1-3 29.2 34 15 15 4 12 20 4.55 ERA ------2016 MISC. NUMBERS RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA W L ERA GS IP ER AVG H AB HR BB SO 2016 TOTALS 6-11 141.0 166 85 79 20 54 96 5.04 Home: 1 8 5.21 13 76.0 44 Vs. Left: .331 89 269 9 27 40 PRE-ASG TOTALS 2-5 57.1 62 37 32 6 23 41 5.02 Road: 5 3 4.85 11 65.0 35 Vs. Right: .265 77 291 11 27 56 POST-ASG TOTALS 4-6 83.2 104 48 47 14 31 55 5.06 CAREER TOTALS 32-38 566.0 599 302 288 57 196 377 4.58 Day: 2 4 4.47 8 46.1 23 TOTALS: .296 166 560 20 54 96 Night: 4 7 5.32 16 94.2 56 LAST START: Gibson lost his last start September 23 vs. Seattle...pitched 5.0 innings, surrendering two Grass: 5 11 5.03 22 130.2 73 None On: .292 92 315 14 28 62 runs on five hits and four walks with two strikeouts...left the game trailing 2-0; the Mariners scored Turf: 1 0 5.23 2 10.1 6 Runners On: .302 74 245 6 26 34 six runs in the seventh inning before going on to win 10-1...the five hits allowed are the fewest he has surrendered in a start since he gave up two in his start July 22 at Boston...the four walks issued are tied for the second most allowed this season; has allowed four walks two other times (August 23 vs. Detroit; 6.0-PLUS IP/QUALITY STARTS August 7 at Tampa Bay) and five walks once (April 6 at Baltimore)...fifth time this season in which he has walked more batters than he has struck out...threw 99 pitches, 54 strikes. YEAR STARTS 6+ IP QS YEAR STARTS 6+ IP QS 2013 10 3 2 2016 24 11 8 BACK IN THE SHOW-ME STATE: Gibson is making his 11th career start against Kansas City tonight and 2014 31 20 15 TOTALS 97 54 42 his third this season; he is 5-4, 3.38 ERA (64.0 IP, 24 ER) with 22 walks and 43 strikeouts in his first 2015 32 20 17 10 outings...last faced the Royals September 7 at Target Field; surrendered four runs on eight hits with two walks and four strikeouts over 6.0 innings...has gone 0-1, 7.36 ERA (11.0 IP, 9 ER) with four walks MORE MISCELLANEOUS NUMBERS and eight strikeouts in his first two starts vs. the Royals this season; both starts coming at Target Field...is 2-2, 2.25 ERA (28.0 IP, 7 ER) with 12 walks and 18 strikeouts in four career starts at Kauffman Stadium...his last start in Kansas City came on September 8, 2015, when he tossed a complete game, BASE RUNNERS PICK-OFFS SB-ATT GIDP going 8.0 innings and surrendering four runs on six hits with two walks and four strikeouts; was dealt the loss as the Twins fell 4-2; was his first career complete game...Gibson's last win at Kauffman Stadium came on July 2, 2015, when he went 8.0 shutout innings, allowing four hits with four walks 2016 RUNS/HITS PER INNING and seven strikeouts; the Twins won the game 2-0. • Gibson is 2-5, 5.26 ERA (53.0 IP, 31 ER) with 18 walks and 38 strikeouts in nine starts vs. the AL INNING: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Central this season. RUNS/HITS: 22/33 6/22 11/27 11/25 17/31 13/22 4/4 0/0 1/2 • Gibson attended the University of Missouri and went 28-10, 3.66 ERA (261 IP, 106 ER) with 61 walks and 304 strikeouts in 63 games (29 starts) over three seasons for the Tigers. GIBSON VS. KANSAS CITY WINNING WAYS: The Twins have gone 11-13 in Gibson's 24 starts this season; the team's .458 winning percentage with Gibson on the mound is the highest for any Twins starter (minimum 10 starts), and 2016 vs. Kansas City (2 starts): 0-1, 7.36 ERA (11.0 IP, 9 ER), 4 BB, 8 K the 11 total wins is tied for the most wins with Tyler Duffey...Gibson's 82 runs of support is the second 2016 vs. Kansas City at Home (1 start): 0-1, 7.36 ERA (11.0 IP, 9 ER), 4 BB, 8 K highest total on the team, trailing only Duffey, who has received 91 runs of support...the Twins went 2016 vs. Kansas City at Kansas City: - - 16-16 in Gibson's 32 starts in 2015; the 16 wins was the most when any Twins pitcher started. Career vs. Kansas City (10 starts): 5-4, 3.38 ERA (64.0 IP, 24 ER), 22 BB, 43 K Career vs. Kansas City at Home (6 starts): 3-2, 4.25 ERA (36.0 IP, 17 ER), 10 BB, 25 K PICK YOUR POISON: Gibson picked off consecutive base runners in the first inning of his start August 7 vs. Kansas City...has a career-high four pick-offs this season; his previous career-best was two Career vs. Kansas City at Kansas City (4 starts): 2-2, 2.25 ERA (28.0 IP, 7 ER), 12 BB, 18 K pick-offs, which he accomplished in both 2014 and 2015...four pick-offs is the most by a Twins pitcher since Francisco Liriano had six in 2009...four pick-offs is tied for the most ever by a Twins right-handed BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPS pitcher with Kyle Lohse, who picked off four in both 2004 and 2005. Gibson vs. the Royals Duffy vs. the Twins NOT DIGGING THE LONG BALL: Gibson surrendered his 20th home run of the season in his start Sep- PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SO PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SO tember 18 at New York-NL, a career-high allowed in a season; he allowed two homers September 7 vs. Kansas City to surpass his previous high of 18 home runs surrendered, which he set last year...has Escobar .345 29 10 0 1 5 Dozier .250 32 8 0 2 4 allowed multiple home runs in five starts this season, although he has not surrendered more than two Hosmer .276 29 8 0 3 5 Suzuki .250 20 5 0 2 1 in a single game...Gibson's 1.28 home runs-per-9.0 innings and 15.0% home run-to-fly ball ratio this Gordon .360 25 9 1 5 4 Mauer .278 18 5 0 1 2 season are the highest marks of his career. Perez .120 25 3 0 0 5 Vargas .417 12 5 0 0 1 Morales .238 21 5 1 2 1 Sano .111 9 1 0 1 2 READY FOR THE NEW YEAR: Gibson will be making his final start of the season tonight...over the course Moustakas .300 20 6 0 4 1 Grossman .625 8 5 1 1 0 of the 2016 season, Gibson has allowed a career-high in stolen bases (11), HR/9 (1.28) and home runs Dyson .200 10 2 0 0 1 Escobar .286 7 2 0 3 2 (20), and his 5.04 ERA, .296 opponents' batting average, .459 and 1.56 WHIP are Orlando .429 7 3 0 1 2 Murphy .143 7 1 0 0 2 all his highest since his rookie season in 2013. Butera .800 5 4 1 0 1 Polanco .500 6 3 0 0 1 Cuthbert .200 5 1 0 1 1 Buxton .250 4 1 0 0 3 WALK THIS WAY : Gibson has walked multiple batters in nine of his last 10 starts and three-or-more in Burns .000 3 0 0 0 0 Schafer .000 3 0 0 0 2 six of his last 10; has issued at least one walk in 23 of his 24 starts...he did not walk a batter in his Merrifield .500 2 1 0 0 0 start July 28 vs. Baltimore, his only start of the season in which he did not issue a walk; his previous start with no walks was September 3, 2015 vs. Chicago-AL...he has walked two-or-more batters in 17 Mondesi .500 2 1 0 0 1 starts and has three-or-more walks in nine of his 24 appearances...in his career, Gibson has walked at least three batters in 33 of his 97 career starts...the Twins have lost six of nine games this season in TWINS STARTERS IN 2016 which Gibson surrendered at least three walks, with the three wins coming in Gibson's start September 13 at Detroit, his start August 7 at Tampa Bay, in which he walked four batters, and his start August Pitcher Last Start (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) Dec. Starts QS Team Rec. Run Supp. RS AVG 17 at Atlanta, in which he walked three batters in his 9.0-inning complete game...he currently sits at Santana 9/28 at KC (5.0-4-2-2-1-3-1) ND 30 17 8-22 75 3.72 3.45 walks-per-9.0 innings this season, which is the second highest of his career (3.53 in 2013). Gibson 9/23 vs. SEA (5.0-5-2-2-4-2-0) L 24 8 11-13 82 5.23 Hughes 6/2 vs. TB (4.0-8-4-4-1-2-1) ND 11 6 3-8 26 4.08 COMPLETE PACKAGE: Gibson tossed his second career complete game August 17 at Atlanta, surrendering Milone 8/11 vs. HOU (3.0-5-5-5-2-1-2) L 12 2 5-7 31 4.70 three runs on eight hits with three walks and six strikeouts on 115 pitches over his 9.0 innings; all three Nolasco 7/29 vs. CWS (8.0-3-1-1-1-6-1) ND 21 10 9-12 72 5.20 runs came on two home runs, including a solo homer by Nick Markakis in the ninth inning...he lost his Duffey 9/24 vs. SEA (7.0-4-2-2-0-4-1) W 25 8 11-14 91 6.25 first career complete game September 8, 2015 at Kansas City, tossing 8.0 innings and allowing four runs Berrios 9/27 at KC (4.2-4-3-3-1-0-0) ND 13 1 2-11 33 5.57 and six hits with two walks and four strikeouts on 101 pitches...it was the fourth complete game by a Meyer 5/3 at HOU (2.2-3-3-3-3-4-1) L 1 0 0-1 2 6.75 Twin this season: Ervin Santana threw the only complete game shutout this season July 6 vs. Oakland; Dean 9/22 vs. DET (5.0-3-1-1-1-5-0) ND 9 3 4-5 21 4.36 Santana lost his second complete game of the year July 26 vs. Atlanta; Phil Hughes threw the Twins first complete game of the season, pitching 6.0 innings in a rain shortened win April 18 vs. Milwaukee. Santiago 9/25 vs. SEA (5.2-5-4-4-2-5-3) L 10 3 3-7 27 4.42 Albers 9/4 vs. CWS (4.2-6-5-3-1-6-4) ND 2 0 0-2 14 8.40

TOMORROW'S STARTER - TYLER DUFFEY, RHP (SEASON: 9-11, 6.18 ERA // CAREER: 14-12, 5.24 ERA) Duffey will be making his 26th and final start of the season tomorrow night in the series opener in Chicago against the White Sox...won his last start September 24 against Seattle after tossing 7.0 innings, surrendering two runs on four hits with no walks and four strikeouts...is making his third career start vs. the White Sox and his second this season; he is 0-1, 4.63 ERA (11.2 IP, 6 ER) with five walks and 11 strikeouts in his first two career starts...on the season, Duffey is 9-11, 6.18 ERA (131.0 IP, 90 ER) with 31 walks and 110 strikeouts. BULLPEN NOTES PAGE 3 TEAM BULLPEN NOTES AAThe ‘pen has posted a 4.63 ERA, highest in the AL and 5th highest in MLB...highest bullpen ERA by Twins since 2001 (4.97). AAThe ‘pen’s .275 opponent average is highest in MLB, highest by a Twins bullpen since 1998 (.296) and highest by any MLB team since the Astros (.280) and Dbacks (.282) in 2010. AAMinnesota has used 23 different pitchers out of the bullpen this season...Twins relievers are 21-32 this season, going 24-for-44 in save opportunities. ANDREW ALBERS - LHP #58 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-1 Weight: 200 B/T: R/L Age: 30 (10/6/85 in N. Battleford, SAS, CAN) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/23 vs. SEA ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 Last Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP), BB, K Series at KC: - - vs. Left: .176 vs. Right: .387 9/11 vs. CLE ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 Has five appearances (2 starts) with Twins in 2016...9.45 ERA (6.2 IP, 7 ER) as starter; 3.86 ERA (9.1 IP, 4 ER) in relief. 9/4 vs. CWS ND 4.2 6 5 3 1 1 6 AA 8/30 at CLE ND 2.0 6 4 4 2 3 2 AACareer record of 2-5, 4.41 ERA (79.2 IP, 39 ER) in 17 appearances (12 starts) with Twins in 2013, 2015 and 2016. BUDDY BOSHERS - LHP #62 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 205 B/T: L/L Age: 28 (5/9/88 in Huntsville, AL) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 12/14/15 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/28 at KC ND 1.1 0 0- 0 0 0 1 Last Homestand: 0-0-0, 9.00 (1.0 IP, ER), 2 BB, 2 K Series at KC: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.2 9/27 at KC ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 1 IP), 2 K vs. Left: .246 vs. Right: .256 9/23 vs. SEA ND 0.1 2 2 1 0 1 1 Began season with -A Rochester, going 1-0 with 2 saves, a 1.42 ERA (19.0 IP, 3 ER), five walks and 21 strikeouts in 15 relief appearances...held 9/22 vs. DET-1 ND 0.2 1 1 0 0 1 1 AAopposing hitters to a .206 average for the Red Wings. 9/18 at NYM ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J.T. CHARGOIS - RHP (pronounced shag-wa) #60 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 200 B/T: S/R Age: 25 (12/3/90 in Sulphur, LA) Obtained: 2nd Round, 2012 Draft DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/28 at KC ND 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Last Homestand: 0-0-0, 4.50 (2.0 IP, ER), 2 K Series at KC: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.1 IP), K vs. Left: .258 vs. Right: .308 9/27 at KC ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Posted a 1.35 ERA (46.2 IP, 7 ER) with 13 walks and 55 strikeouts in 39 appearances between Triple-A Rochester and Double-A Chattanooga this 9/23 vs. SEA ND 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 AAseason...selected to Sirius XM Futures Game July 10 at PETCO Park (0.0 IP, 3 R, 2 H)...first MLB win with perfect 12th inning 9/10/16 vs. CLE. 9/22 vs. DET-2 ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 36-for-36 in save opps in minor league career; 16-for-16 in 2016...16 saves tied with Trevor Hildenberger for most in Twins organization (including 9/17 at NYM ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AAMN)...career minor league record of 4-2, 1.95 ERA (110.2 IP, 24 ER), 43 BB, 130 K in 99 appearances. 9/15 at DET H2 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 PAT DEAN - LHP #64 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-1 Weight: 195 B/T: L/L Age: 27 (5/25/89 in Waterbury, CT) Obtained: 3rd round, 2010 Draft DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/22 vs. DET-1 ND 5.0 3 1 1 0 1 5 Last Homestand: 0-0-0, 1.80 (5.0 IP, ER), BB, 5 K Series at KC: - - vs. Left: .288 vs. Right: .325 9/16 at NYM ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Has 18 appearances (9 starts) for the Twins this season...1-4, 6.85 ERA (43.1 IP, 33 ER) in his 9 starts...0-2, 5.23 ERA (20.2 IP, 12 ER) in nine relief.. 9/11 vs. CLE ND 1.2 4 0 0 0 1 2 AAMade 16 starts for Triple-A Rochester this season, going 5-7 with a 5.56 ERA (87.1 IP, 54 ER), 19 walks and 49 strikeouts. 9/5 vs. KC ND 1.0 2 2 2 1 1 1 AA 9/4 vs. CWS L6 2.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 AACareer minor league record of 51-57 with a 4.12 ERA (866.0 IP, 396 ER) with 167 walks and 507 strikeouts in 154 appearances (150 starts). BRANDON KINTZLER - RHP #27 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-0 Weight: 190 B/T: R/R Age: 32 (8/1/84 in Las Vegas, NV) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 12/15/15 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/24 vs. SEA S15 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Last Homestand: 0-0-1, 0.00 (1.0 IP) Series at KC: - - vs. Left: .253 vs. Right: .291 9/17 at NYM BS3 1.0 3 1 1 1 0 1 Made 2016 debut 5/7 at CWS...was first appearance in the majors since May 25, 2015 vs. SF as a member of the . 9/15 at DET ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 AAMade 172 appearances with Milwaukee from 2010-15...posted a 6.43 ERA (7.0 IP, 5 ER) in seven appearances for the Brewers in 2015. 9/10 vs. CLE ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 AA 9/7 vs. KC S14 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 AABetween 2013-14 for Brewers went 6-6, 2.93 ERA (135.1 IP, 44 ER) with 32 BB and 89 K and 35 holds in 135 relief appearances. PAT LIGHT - RHP #53 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-5 Weight: 220 B/T: R/R Age: 25 (3/29/91 in Colts Neck, NJ) Obtained: Trade with Boston, 8/1/16 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/22 vs. DET-1 ND 0.2 0 3 3 0 3 0 Last Homestand: 0-0-0, 16.20 (1.2 IP, 3 ER), 4 BB, 3 K Series at KC: - - vs. Left: .227 vs. Right: .362 9/20 vs. DET ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Recalled August 21...made Twins debut with scoreless 0.2 innings 8/23 vs. DET. 9/16 at NYM ND 0.1 2 1 1 0 1 1 AAAcquired in a trade with Boston August 1, 2016 in exchange for left-handed pitcher Fernando Abad. 9/14 at DET ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AA 9/11 vs. CLE ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 AACareer minor league record of 14-18, 4.35 ERA (297.2 IP, 144 ER) with 114 walks and 246 strikeouts in 128 outings (49 starts). TOMMY MILONE - LHP #33 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-0 Weight: 220 B/T: L/L Age: 29 (2/16/87 in Saugus, CA) Acquired: Trade with Oakland, 7/31/14 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/27 at KC L5 0.2 0 1 1 0 3 0 Last Homestand: 0-0-0, 7.71 (2.1 IP, 2 ER), 4 K Series at KC: 0-1-0, 13.50 (0.2 IP, ER), 3 BB vs. Left: .276 vs. Right: .305 9/23 vs. SEA ND 1.2 2 2 2 1 0 4 Reinstated from DL 9/9...Made 11 starts for the Twins this season going 3-3, 4.95 ERA (56.1 IP, 31 ER) with 15 walks and 37 strikeouts. 9/20 vs. DET ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AA0-1-1, 5.40 ERA (15.0 IP, 9 ER) with five walks and 16 strikeouts in 11 career relief appearances...earned his first career save September 23, 2015 9/11 vs. CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AAat Baltimore in his only relief appearance of that season. 8/11 vs. HOU L4 3.0 5 5 5 2 2 1 RYAN O’ROURKE - LHP #61 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 228 B/T: R/L Age: 28 (4/30/88 in Worcester, MA) Drafted: 13th round, 2010 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/27 at KC ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Last Homestand: 0-0-0, 27.00 (1.0 IP, 3 ER), BB Series at KC: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.1 IP), K vs. Left: .091 vs. Right: .281 9/23 vs. SEA ND 1.0 2 3 3 0 1 0 Had contract selected 8/13...in 33 games for Triple-A Rochester this went 1-1 with a save, 1.93 ERA (28.0 IP, 6 ER), 6 BB and 29 K. 9/17 at NYM L1 0.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 AAHolding left-handed batters to a .143 (9-for-63) batting average with nine walks and 27 strikeouts in his MLB career. 9/16 at NYM ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 AA 9/11 vs. CLE ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 AAOriginally selected by the Twins in the 13th round of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft out of Merrimack College. RYAN PRESSLY - RHP #57 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 210 B/T: R/R Age: 27 (12/15/88 in Dallas, TX) Obtained: Rule 5 Draft from Boston, 12/6/12 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/27 at KC ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Last Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.2 IP), 3 K Series at KC: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.2 IP), K vs. Left: .252 vs. Right: .275 9/25 vs. SEA ND 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 3 Leads Twins and is 4th in the AL in relief innings pitched (75.1 IP)...also tied 2nd in AL in appearances (72)...72 appearances most by a Twin since 9/17 at NYM BS5 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 AACasey Fien (73 in 2014) ...his 44 outings pre-ASG were most by a Twins reliever since Casey Fien made 44 appearances pre-ASG in 2014. 9/14 at DET L7 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 1 AATossed 8.2 scoreless innings to begin the season...the scoreless streak ended in the bottom of the sixth on 4/20 at MIL. 9/10 vs. CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AADid not allow a HR in 2015 (27.2 IP), one of two pitchers in MLB (min 25.0 IP) to not allow a homer, STL’s Adam Wainwright being other. 9/9 vs. CLE ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 AAIs one of four Rule 5 selections for the Twins since 2010 (all pitchers - J.R. Graham 2014, Terry Doyle 2011, and Scott Diamond 2010). 9/7 vs. KC H14 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 TAYLOR ROGERS - LHP #55 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 170 B/T: L/L Age: 29 (2/28/87 in Santa Fe) Drafted: 11th round, 2012 Draft DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/28 at KC ND 0.1 3 3 3 0 2 0 Last Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP), 5 K Series at KC: 0-0-0, 16.20 (1.2 IP, 3 ER), 2 BB, K vs. Left: .205 vs. Right: .290 9/27 at KC ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Snapped his career-long scoreless streak at 17.0 innings (6/17-7/23)...walked one with 13 hits allowed and 18 strikeouts during streak. 9/24 vs. SEA H9 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 AACareer minor league record of 37-28 with a 3.27 ERA (525.0 IP, 191 ER), 135 walks and 407 strikeouts in 93 games (85 starts). 9/22 vs. DET-2 ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 AA 9/18 at NYM ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 AARanked by as the 14th best prospect in the Twins system entering 2016. MICHAEL TONKIN - RHP #59 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-7 Weight: 220 B/T: R/R Age: 26 (11/19/89 in Glendale,CA) Drafted: 30th round, 2008 Draft DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/27 at KC ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Last Homestand: 0-0-0, 10.80 (2.1 IP, 5 ER), 2 BB, 3 K Series at KC: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.2 IP), K vs. Left: .309 vs. Right: .266 9/22 vs. DET-1 ND 0.2 3 3 3 1 2 1 Earned first major league win with 2.0 scoreless inning, striking out four in extra innings, 4/17 vs. LAA. 9/20 vs. DET ND 1.2 4 2 2 1 0 2 AARecalled from Triple-A Rochester to MIN five times in 2015...combined to go 2-1, 1.96 ERA (64.1 IP, 1 ER), 14 BB, 65 K in 59 games between both levels. 9/17 at NYM ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 AA 9/16 at NYM ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 AAFinished 2015 tied for team lead in saves at Rochester (14)...saved 60 minor league games in eight professional seasons. ALEX WIMMERS - RHP #51 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-2 Weight: 212 B/T: L/R Age: 27 (11/1/88 in Cincinnati, OH) Drafted: 1st round (21st overall), 2010 Draft DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/28 at KC ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Last Homestand: 0-1-0, 2.45 (3.2 IP, ER), BB, 2 K Series at KC: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.2 IP), K vs. Left: .211 vs. Right: .243 9/27 at KC ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Record of 2-1 with 11 saves, a 3.62 ERA (49.2 IP, 20 ER), 24 walks and 50 strikeouts in 39 outings for Triple-A Rochester this season. 9/25 vs. SEA ND 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 1 AABegan minor league career as a starter from 2010-14...in August 2015 switched to bullpen at Double-A...since has made 59 straight relief 9/22 vs. DET-1 L3 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 1 AAappearances, going 4-3 with a 3.68 ERA (78.1 IP, 32 ER), 31 walks and 79 strikeouts. 9/17 at NYM ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3

2016 BULLPEN INFO 1st Batter Faced PITCHER H/AB BB K AVG SV/OPP HLD IR/IRS IRS % LAST RELIEF APPEARANCE LAST WIN LAST SAVE LAST LOSS Albers 1/ 4 0 0 .250 0/ 0 0 0/ 0 … 9/23/16 vs. SEA ND 8/12/13 vs. CLE ….. … 9/26/13 vs. CLE Boshers 5/ 35 1 10 .143 0/ 0 2 17/ 4 23.5% 9/28/16 at KC ND 6/21/16 vs. PHI ….. … ….. … Chargois 11/ 21 3 3 .524 0/ 0 2 17/ 8 47.1% 9/28/16 at KC ND 9/10/16 vs. CLE ….. … 8/19/16 at KC Dean 4/ 9 0 0 .444 0/ 0 0 4/ 4 100.0% 9/16/16 at NYM ND 5/27/16 at SEA ….. … 9/4/16 vs. CWS Kintzler 13/ 50 1 7 .260 15/ 18 1 18/ 2 11.1% 9/24/16 vs. SEA S 9/16/15 at STL 9/24/16 vs. SEA 9/6//16 vs. KC Light 5/ 12 2 2 .417 0/ 1 0 11/ 5 45.5% 9/22/16-1 vs. DET ND ….. … ….. … 8/28/16 at TOR Milone 0/ 6 1 1 .000 0/ 0 1 3/ 0 0.0% 9/27/16 at KC L 7/19/16 at DET 9/23/15 at BAL 9/27/16 at KC O’Rourke 4/ 21 1 7 .190 0/ 0 0 16/ 2 12.5% 9/27/16 at KC ND ….. … ….. … 9/17/16 at NYM Pressly 16/ 67 4 12 .239 1/ 6 14 34/ 14 41.2% 9/27/16 at KC ND 8/2/16 at CLE 7/31/16 vs. CWS 9/14/16 at TOR Rogers 9/ 50 5 15 .180 0/ 0 9 17/ 10 58.8% 9/28/16 at KC L 6/22/16 vs. PHI ….. … 9/28/16 at KC Tonkin 14/ 57 6 17 .246 0/ 2 2 40/ 14 35.0% 9/27/16 at KC ND 6/12/16 vs. BOS ….. … 5/17/18 at DET Wimmers 3/ 14 1 4 .214 0/ 1 1 5/ 0 0.0% 9/28/16 at KC ND 9/7/16 vs. KC ….. … 9/22/16-1 vs. DET Others 38/ 130 14 31 .292 8/ 16 15 81/ 31 38.3% TEAM 123/ 476 39 109 .258 24/ 44 47 263/ 94 35.7% The opposition has a .275 batting-average-against with 77 home runs vs. Twins relievers. HITTERS NOTES PAGE 4 JAMES BERESFORD - INF #30 JOE MAUER - 1B #7 Height: 6-1 Weight: 170 B/T: L/R Age: 27 (1/19/89 in Mt. Waverly, AUS) Height: 6-5 Weight: 225 B/T: L/R Age: 33 (4/19/83 in St. Paul, MN) 2016 Average: .222 Streak: 1g, 1-4 Series at KC: 1-4 2016 Average: .261 Streak: 0-15, 3 BB Series at KC: - - Last Homestand: 0-3, BB HR (0): - - Last Homestand: 0-3, BB, K HR (11): Solo (10), 2-run (1) Recalled 9/6...made MLB debut 9/10...first MLB hit single off Armstrong. Hitting .224 (26-for-116) vs. LHP and .272 (103-for-378) vs. RHP. AAHit .269 (125-for-465) with 14 doubles, three triples and 35 RBI in 122 games for Triple-A AA12 hits in 4-game series at CLE 8/1-4 were most hits in a 3- or 4-game series in Twins AARochester this season...hit at least .266 in each of last eight minor league seasons. AAhistory...reached 15 times in series, only other Twin to do so was Steve Braun in 1976. Played 10 seasons in minor leagues, all in Twins system after signing with Minnesota Ranks 8th in the AL in walks (79)...79 walks most since walking 90 times in 2012. AAas an undrafted free agent 8/13/05...in those 10 seasons, hit .283 (1116-for-3939) with AAReached base safely in 28 straight games two times this season, 5/17-6/17 and 4/4-5/6... 136 doubles, 17 triples, four home runs and 368 RBI in 1,070 games. AAreached base safely in 43 straight games 8/7-9/24/15, setting club record. #25 Ranks on Twins all-time list (since 1961): 2nd in 2B (365), 3rd in average (.309) and BYRON BUXTON - OF AAwalks (819), 4th in hits (1826), 5th in runs (885), 6th in games (1588), total bases Height: 6-2 Weight: 189 B/T: R/R Age: 22 (12/19/93 in Baxley, GA) (2638) and RBI (804), 12th in HR (130), and 13th in triples (28)...needs 91 hits to tie 2016 Average: .218 Streak: 1g, 1-4 Series at KC: 1-8 Last Homestand: 4-19, HR, RBI, BB, 2 runs HR (8): Solo (4), 3-run (1), 2-run (2), GS (1) Oliva for 3rd, 18 runs to tie Hrbek for 4th and 17 walks to tie Hrbek for 2nd. AAHitting .273 (24-for-88) with 4 2B, 3B, 7 HR, 16 RBI since recall 9/1 (25 games). JOHN RYAN MURPHY - C #12 AAOptioned to Triple-A 8/7 and hit .257 (19-for-74) with 2 2B, 3B, 5 HR, 10 RBI in 20 games Height: 5-11 Weight: 205 B/T: R/R Age: 25 (5/13/91 in Bradenton, FL) for the Red Wings...2x 2016 IL Player of the Week, 7/4 & 8/29. 2016 Average: .155 Streak: `1g, 2-4, 2 2B Series at KC: 2-4, 2 2B AAEntered 2016 as top prospect, best hitter for average, fastest baserunner, best athlete, Last Homestand: 1-8 HR (1): Solo (1) best defensive outfielder and best outfield arm in Twins system byBaseball America. AARecalled 9/3...hit .386 (17-for-44) with 2 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI in final 13 games for Wings. AA2012 2nd overall pick by Twins (Carlos Correa)...2nd best prospect by Baseball America in AAHit .237 (62-for-262) with 14 2B, 3 HR, 39 RBI in 82 games for Rochester this season. 2016 (Corey Seager - 1st), 2nd best in 2015 (Kris Bryant - 1st) and top prospect in 2014. AAAcquired by Twins via trade with New York-AL 11/11/15, in exchange for outfielder Aaron JUAN CENTENO - C #37 Hicks...originally drafted by Yankees in 2nd round of 2009 Draft. Caught 65 games for Yankees in 2015 (43 starts). Height: 5-9 Weight: 195 B/T: L/R Age: 26 (11/16/89 in Arecibo, PR) AABorn in Bradenton, FL; attended IMG Academy in Bradenton, FL. 2016 Average: .256 Streak: 3g, 4-8, HR, 3 RBI, run Series at KC: 2-3, RBI, 2B, BB AA Last Homestand: 2-6, HR, 2 RBI, run HR (3): Solo (2), 2-run (1) JORGE POLANCO - INF #11 AAHitting .264 (42-for-159) with 10 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 22 RBI in 46 starts this season. Height: 5-11 Weight: 198 B/T: S/R Age: 23 (7/5/93 in Santo Domingo, DR) AAHas a hit in 11 of his last 18 starts...also at least one hit in 16 of last 24 starts. 2016 Average: .275 Streak: 0-9 Series at KC: 0-5 AAFirst career HR with 2-run shot 5/14/16 at CLE off Kluber...2nd with solo shot 6/26 at NYY. Last Homestand: 5-23, 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI, BB, run Home Runs (3): Solo (2), 2-run (1) AAHad contract selected by the Twins prior to 5/6 game vs. CWS. AABatting .284 (63-for-222) with 15 2B, 4 3B, 3 HR, 22 RBI when starting in 2016...batting AAPlayed in 10 games (5 starts) for the Brewers last season. .288 (67-for-233) with 16 2B, 4 3B, 3 HR, 24 RBI in 60 career starts. BRIAN DOZIER - 2B #2 AAHitting .317 (19-for-60) vs. LHP and .260 (44-for-169) vs. RHP. Height: 5-11 Weight: 198 B/T: R/R Age: 29 (5/15/87 in Tupelo, MS) Hit .276 (81-for-293) with 13 2B, 6 3B, 9 HR, 39 RBI for Triple-A Rochester this season. AAIn 592 career minor league games has hit .286 (650-for-2272) with 122 doubles, 30 2016 Average: .270 Streak: 0-14, BB, 2 SB, run Series at KC: 0-10, BB, 2 SB, run AA Last Homestand: 3-24, HR, RBI, 2 runs HR (42): Solo (30), 2-run (7), 3-run (5) triples, 34 HR, 293 RBI, 216 walks and 60 stolen bases. AA40 HR as 2nd baseman (2 as DH) most in AL history and 3rd most in MLB history behind EDDIE ROSARIO - OF #20 only Davey Johnson (42 in 1973) and Rogers Hornsby (42 in 1922). Height: 6-1 Weight: 180 B/T: L/R Age: 25 (9/28/91 in Guayama, PR) Has 100+ runs in three straight seasons (112-2014; 101-2015; 100-2016)...2nd Twin AA 2016 Average: .269 Streak: 1g, 1-4 HR, RBI Series at KC: - - to score 100+ in consecutive seasons (Knoblauch ‘95-97). Last Homestand: - - HR (9): Solo (5), 2-run (4) Snapped 24 game hit-streak in 2nd game 9/22...was longest streak by AATwin since Brian Harper’s 25-game streak in 1990. AAOut for remainder of the season with a broken thumb. Hit in 55 of last 63 games at .304 (82-for-270), 18 2B, 26 HR, 50 RBI since 7/22. AA3rd career 4-hit game 7/23 at BOS, all 3 have come in 2016. AA42 HR most by Twin since Killebrew (49 in 1969)...he and Killebrew only Twins ever with 40+. AAHit HRs in back-to-back games for first time in career, 4/19 vs. MIL & 4/20 at MIL. AAHas 25 HR in last 55 games; 28 HR as 2B post-ASG is new AL record (, 21 AAHit first career HR in his first 5/6 vs. OAK, on the first pitch off Kazmir. AAin 1940 for NYY); 28 HR overall post-ASG are tied 2nd most in Twins history behind/ AALed baseball in triples last season with 15, also third most in Twins history. with Killebrew (30 in 1962; 28 in 1963)... .658 SLG post-ASG highest in Twins history. AA’15 AL Rookie Ranks: 15 3B (1st), 208 total bases (1st), 46 XBH (1st), 122 games (3rd), AA117 career HR are 13th in Twins history, next: Mauer (130). 34 multi-hit games (3rd), 121 hits (3rd), 60 runs (4th), 13 HR (T5th) and 50 RBI (5th). AAHas 10 HR in September, 3rd in Twins history behind Killebrew (13 in 1962, 12 in MIGUEL SANO - INF #22 1963)...hit 13 HR in August, most in a single month by a Twin since Harmon Killebrew set Height: 6-4 Weight: 262 B/T: R/R Age: 23 (5/11/93 in S.Pedro de Macoris, DR) a single-month record with 14 home runs in June 1964 (2 others had 13 HR in a month). 2016 Average: .238 Streak: 1g, 1-3, BB, run Series at KC: 1-8, BB, run AALeads MLB with 34 HR and is 2nd with 70 RBI since 6/25, 9 more HR than any other player. Last Homestand: 5-14, 2 2B, 3B, HR, RBI, BB, 2 runs HR (23): Solo (16), 2-run (4), 3-run (3) AA3rd straight 20+ HR season...4th straight 60+ RBI season...HR in 3 straight 8/2-4 for 3rd time in career (last: 6/25-28/16)...3 HR game 9/5 vs. KC, 6th player in Twins history. AAMissed New York-NL series after flying back to MN (lower back tightness). AAHitting .294 (133-for-453), 29 2B, 5 3B, 37 HR, 84 RBI since 5/26...from 4/4-5/25 hit AA19 of his 24 HR in 2016 have come off RHPs. .200, 6 2B, 5 HR, 15 RBI. AA5th in AL with 172 , most strikeouts in Twins history. AALeads Twins in games (466), hits (457), runs (315), doubles (107), HR (93), RBI (247) AAHit 16 HR with 44 RBI in 69 post-ASG games in 2015...has 10 post-ASG HR in 2016. and walks (210) since the start of 2014...3rd in baseball in runs scored in same span. AAReinstated prior to 7/1 game...missed 27 games with a left hamstring strain...played AARanks 2nd on Twins all-time list in leadoff HR (19), trailing only Jacque Jones (20)... in 8 rehab games with Triple-A Rochester, hitting .160 (4-for-25) with 2B, 2 HR, 2 RBI. last leadoff HR came September 22, Game 1 vs. DET off Anibal Sanchez...leads MLB AAHad 10-game hitting streak from 7/5-7/19...went 13-for-44 with 3 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI. with 6 leadoff HR since ASG. Homered in four straight games for first time in his career from 5/25-29. AAHit first career walk-off hit with RBI single in 9th, 4/26 vs. CLE. EDUARDO ESCOBAR - INF #5 AAHit 18 home runs last season, fifth most among rookies in baseball...18 were most Height: 5-10 Weight: 185 B/T: S/R Age: 27 (1/5/89 in Villa de Cura, VZ) AAfor Twins rookie since Marty Cordova hit 24 HR in 1995. 2016 Average: .240 Streak: 2g, 3-7, HR, RBI, 2 BB, 2 runs Series at KC: 3-7, HR, RBI, 2 BB, 2 runs Last Homestand: 0-9, HBP HR (6): Solo (3), 2-run (2), 3-run (1) LOGAN SCHAFER - OF #32 Hit .269 with 8 HR, 29 RBI post-ASG in 2015...from 7/31/15 to end of season he led Height: 6-1 Weight: 200 B/T: L/L Age: 30 (8/1/86 in San Jose, CA) AAAL shortstops with 18 2B, 2nd in slugging (.524), T3rd in HR and T4th in runs (31). 2016 Average: .220 Streak: 1g, 1-4, BB Series at KC: 1-4, BB Set career-highs last season in home runs (12), RBI (58) and walks (28). Last Homestand: 1-9, 2 BB, RBI HR (0): - - AARecorded 30-plus doubles in consecutive seasons (35 in 2014 and 31 in 2015), becoming Recalled from Triple-A Rochester 8/29. AAfirst Twins switch hitter to ever to do so in consecutive seasons. AASigned by the Twins as a minor league free agent June 1...was Spring Training invite Scored in 12 straight games 8/20-9/3/15, tied for third longest streak in Twins history. AAwith Washington, released March 19 and signed with Independent Lancaster. AA Played five MLB seasons with Milwaukee from 2011-15, hitting .212 (119-for-562) with ROBBIE GROSSMAN - OF #36 AA31 2B, 7 3B, 5 HR, 52 RBI in 292 games. Height: 6-0 Weight: 215 B/T: S/L Age: 27 (9/16/89 in San Diego, CA) 2016 Average: .279 Streak: 3g, 5-10, 2B, 3 BB, SB, run Series at KC: 2-7, 2 BB, SB KURT SUZUKI - C #8 Last Homestand: 5-19, HR, 2B, RBI, 3 BB, 2 runs HR (11): Solo (10), 2-run (1) Height: 5-11 Weight: 203 B/T: R/R Age: 32 (10/4/83 in Wailuku, HI) AAHas a hit in 59 of 96 games with Twins in 2016...reached in 76 of the 96. 2016 Average: .258 Streak: 0-18, 2 BB Series at KC: 0-1 AABegan the season with Triple-A Columbus (Cleveland) and hit .256 (31-for-121) with 5 Last Homestand: 0-11, BB HR (8): Solo (3), 2-run (3), 3-run (2) doubles, 6 HR and 21 RBI in 35 games...opted out of his minor league contract May 16... Has hit in 24 of his last 43 games...also has a hit in 49 of his last 74 games, batting signed by the Twins to a minor league contract May 16 and reported to Triple-A Rochester. AA.280 (70-for-250) in that span. AAHit .294 (50-for-170) in 54 home games this season...hit in 21 of last 28 with AB. AAHas 37 RBI with a .274 (61-for-223) average and 20 doubles in his last 67 games. MAX KEPLER - OF #26 One of 40 Hawaii natives to play in MLB, 3rd in games trailing Lum and Victorino. AA8 home runs in 2016 are most since hitting 14 in 2011 with Oakland. Height: 6-4 Weight: 207 B/T: L/L Age: 23 (2/10/93 in Berlin, Germany) AAIs fifth among all active in baseball in games caught (1,152). 2016 Average: .234 Streak: 4g, 4-14, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB, SB Series at KC: 2-8, 2B, RBI, SB AA 2-15, HR, RBI, 2 BB, run Solo (8), 3-run (3), 2-run (5), GS (1) Last Homestand: HR (17): KENNYS VARGAS - INF #19 AAAL Rookie Ranks: 42 walks (1st), 62 RBI (2nd), 17 HR (3rd). Height: 6-5 Weight: 289 B/T: S/R Age: 26 (8/1/90 in Canovanas, PR) AAHad 10 RBI and 4 HR in 4-game series at CLE 8/1-4...most by a Twin in a single series 2016 Average: .244 Streak: 1g, 1-4, HR, 2 RBI, run Series at KC: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI, run since Morneau had 11 RBI and 4 HR in a four-game series in July 2007 at CWS. Last Homestand: 1-19, RBI, BB, run HR (9): 2-run (4), Solo (5) First career multi-HR game 7/2 vs. TEX...also set Twins rookie record with 7 RBI...first AAcareer 3-HR game 8/1 at CLE...5th Twin and first since 2007 with 3-HR game (Morneau). Hit HRs from both sides of the plate 8/11 (Game 1), 4th Twins player in team history AAto do so and the first since Ryan Doumit did so in 2012. AAHit first career HR with a 3-run, walk-off homer 6/12 vs. BOS in the bottom of the 10th. 19 of his 33 hits this season are for extra-bases (10 2B, 9 HR). AANamed 2015 Southern League MVP after hitting .322 (131-for-407) with 32 doubles, 13 AARecalled 9/6...hit .233 (77-for-330) with 16 doubles, one triple, 15 home runs and 58 triples, nine home runs, 71 RBI and 76 runs scored in 112 games. AARBI in 96 games for the Red Wings this season. AAHit in 16 of last 22 at games at Target Field with an AB. MULTI-HIT GAMES MULTI-RBI GAMES LAST HOME RUN HIT AB LAST PLAYER 2H 3H 4H 5H TOTAL 2RBI 3RBI 4RBI 5+RBI TOTAL DATE OPP. ON PITCHER SINCE DATE OPP. CAREER after HR on day Beresford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ….. … … ….. 14 …. … 0 Buxton 10 3 0 0 13 3 1 1 0 5 9/22/16-2 vs. DET 0 Verlander 20 9/4/16 vs. CWS 1 2 ab 9/22-2 Centeno 11 1 0 0 12 4 1 0 0 5 9/22/16-2 vs. DET 0 Verlander 7 …. … 0 1 ab 9/22-2 Dozier 29 11 0 0 40 20 5 2 0 27 9/22/16-1 vs. DET 0 Sanchez 30 …. … 0 3 ab 9/22-1 Escobar 17 4 0 0 21 7 1 0 0 8 9/27/16 at KC 0 Kennedy 5 …. … 0 2 ab 9/27 Grossman 15 6 1 0 22 8 1 0 0 9 9/20/16 vs. DET 0 Boyd 23 …. … 0 0 ab 9/20 Kepler 14 2 1 0 17 9 3 1 2 15 9/25/16 vs. SEA 0 Walker 10 7/10/16 at TEX 1 2 ab 9/25 Mauer 30 5 2 0 37 4 0 1 0 5 9/9/16 vs. CLE 0 Salazar 24 9/1/12 at KC 3 3 ab 9/9 Murphy 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 9/4/16 vs. CWS 0 Ranaudo 28 …. …. 0 1 ab 9/4 Polanco 13 3 0 0 16 3 1 1 0 5 9/24/16 vs. SEA 0 Miranda 12 …. … 0 2 ab 9/24 Rosario 11 5 3 0 19 6 1 0 0 7 9/17/16 at NYM 0 Lugo 3 9/3/15 vs. CWS 1 3 ab 9/17 Sano 19 5 0 0 24 8 4 1 0 13 9/24/16 vs. SEA 0 Miranda 13 …. … 0 1 ab 9/24 Schafer 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9/19/15 vs. CIN 0 J. Smith 91 …. … 0 2 ab 9/19/15 Suzuki 23 1 1 0 25 7 3 0 1 11 9/16/16 at DET 2 Sanchez 18 9/10/07 at SEA 1 2 ab 9/16 Vargas 8 1 0 0 9 4 1 0 0 5 9/28/16 at KC 1 McCarthy 1 7/17/15 at OAK 2 1 ab 9/28 ODDS & ENDS PAGE 5 TWINS HITTERS VS. Kansas City Royals TWINS BATTING INFO 2016 CAREER SEASON-HIGHS GW BUNT PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI AVG. AB H HR RBI PLAYER H HR RBI RBI HITS SEASON-HIGH HIT-STREAK Beresford .250 4 1 0 0 .250 4 1 0 0 Beresford 1 (3x) ------2, 9/10-11 Buxton .185 27 5 1 1 .179 39 7 1 1 Buxton 3 (2x) 1 (8x) 3 2 4 7, 4/24-6/5 Centeno .250 16 4 0 2 .250 16 4 0 2 Centeno 3 1 (3x) 3 2 2 5, 7/16-28 Dozier .284 67 19 11 13 .238 290 69 14 35 Dozier 3 (9x) 3 4 (2x) 7 2 25, 8/27-9/22 (1) Escobar .364 55 20 1 8 .288 153 44 2 15 Escobar 3 (4x) 1 (6x) 3 2 - - 7, 6/17-24 Grossman .326 43 14 2 5 .286 70 20 2 5 Grossman 4 1 (11x) 3 3 - - 8, 6/29-7/8 Kepler .206 34 7 0 1 .205 39 8 0 1 Kepler 4 3 7 7 1 9, 6/14-24 Mauer .255 51 13 1 3 .322 665 214 14 111 Mauer 4 (2x) 1 (11x) 4 3 - - 9, 4/9-18 Murphy .214 14 3 0 0 .241 29 7 0 0 Murphy 3 1 2 - - - - 2, 9/7-9 Polanco .175 40 7 0 2 .186 43 8 0 2 Polanco 3 (3x) 1 (2x) 4 - - - - 13, 5/20-8/11 Sano .109 55 6 2 5 .179 84 15 3 8 Sano 3 (5x) 2 4 7 - - 10, 7/5-20 Schafer .300 10 3 0 0 .300 10 3 0 0 Schafer 2 (2x) ------3, 8/30-9/2 Suzuki .216 37 8 0 1 .249 285 71 6 26 Suzuki 4 1 (7x) 6 1 - - 9, 2x, last 8/6-21 Vargas .167 12 2 1 2 .231 78 18 3 11 Vargas 2 (7x) 2 3 1 - - 7, 7/21-31 Others .239 159 38 5 11 Others 18 9 TEAM .240 624 150 24 54 TOTALS 53 18

TWINS MONTHLY BReAKDOWN TWINS BULLPEN VS. Kansas City Royals 2016 CAREER BATTING PITCHING PITCHER W L S ERA IP H ER W L S ERA IP H ER MONTH AVG R R/G H HR W-L IP H BB K ERA Albers 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 1 - 1 - 0 1.17 15.1 10 2 APRIL .239 80 3.3 198 21 7-17 215.1 219 75 192 3.97 Boshers 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 3.0 1 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 3.0 1 0 Chargois 0 - 1 - 0 1.93 4.2 5 1 0 - 1 - 0 1.93 4.2 5 1 MAY .239 111 4.1 218 31 8-19 234.0 286 72 212 5.96 Dean 0 - 0 - 0 7.71 7.0 7 6 0 - 0 - 0 7.71 7.0 7 6 JUNE .257 126 4.7 239 36 10-17 239.0 289 64 178 5.50 Kintzler 0 - 1 - 2 7.50 6.0 8 5 0 - 1 - 2 7.50 6.0 8 5 JULY .269 144 5.5 247 31 15-11 237.0 237 63 175 3.80 Light 0 - 0 - 0 67.51 0.2 5 5 0 - 0 - 0 67.51 0.2 5 5 AUGUST .270 142 4.9 278 36 9-20 252.1 310 97 191 6.21 O’Rourke 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 3.2 2 0 0 - 0 - 0 1.69 5.1 3 1 SEPT/OCT .227 97 3.9 196 40 7-18 230.1 241 97 205 5.00 Pressly 0 - 0 - 0 1.23 7.1 8 1 0 - 0 - 0 5.20 27.2 36 16 Rogers 0 - 1 - 0 6.14 7.1 10 5 0 - 1 - 0 6.14 7.1 10 5 TWINS EJECTIONS Tonkin 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 5.1 3 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 9.2 4 0 Wimmers 1 - 0 - 0 0.00 3.2 1 0 1 - 0 - 0 0.00 3.2 1 0 DATE PLAYER/MGR/CH UMPIRE REASON Others 0 - 2 - 1 8.56 13.2 24 13 4/10 at Kansas City.....Miguel Sano...... John Hirschbeck...... Arguing Balls and Strikes TEAM 1 - 5 - 3 5.46 59.1 73 36 5/2 at Houston...... John Ryan Murphy...... Jerry Layne...... Arguing Balls and Strikes 5/4 at Houston...... Ryan Pressly...... Scott Barry...... Arguing Balls and Strikes 5/4 at Houston...... ...... Scott Barry...... Arguing Balls and Strikes

PITCHING BREAKDOWN RECORD WHEN… W L S ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO Runs Scoring Allowing Starters 35 70 5.41 855.2 982 561 514 12 273 634 0 0- 8 2 - 0 Relievers 21 32 24 4.63 552.1 600 312 284 77 195 519 1 0- 17 11 - 2 TOTALS 56 102 24 5.10 1408.0 1582 873 798 89 468 1153 2 3- 22 7 - 4 3 2- 14 8 - 12 TWINS/OPPONENTS SCORING BY INNINGS 4 6- 17 13 - 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X-TRA TOTAL 5 8- 12 11 - 9 TWINS 77 75 102 77 93 69 74 72 50 11 700 6 14- 5 2 - 10 OPPONENTS 102 94 89 100 112 96 101 99 67 13 873 7 7- 4 0 - 14 8 4- 2 0 - 10 HOME RUNS BY POSITION 9 1- 0 1 - 10 C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH PH TOTAL 10+ 11- 1 1 - 19 11 25 41 21 14 19 13 28 19 4 195 Totals 56-102 56 - 102

STARTS BY POSITION STARTS BY TWINS HOME RUN DATA C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 MULTI-HOMER GAME (5 in 2015) Beresford 3 2 2 1 2 • Park, 5/13 at CLE • Nunez, 6/7 vs. MIA Buxton 85 1 1 4 79 • Dozier, 6/28 at CWS Centeno 46 3 43 • Kepler, 7/2 vs. TEX Dozier 149 2 72 24 7 35 9 5 • Dozier, 7/31 vs. CWS Escobar 66 20 2 3 40 37 1 2 • Kepler (3), 8/1 at CLE Grossman 71 16 2 34 11 12 11 10 2 4 • Sano, 8/7 at TB Kepler 1 98 20 4 35 19 21 • Vargas, 8/11 vs. HOU (both sides) • Dozier (3), 9/5 vs. KC Mauer 92 33 8 51 66 Murphy 20 4 13 3 BACK-TO-BACK (2 in 2015) Polanco 5 42 9 1 1 25 6 2 10 8 3 • Arcia/Park, 4/16 vs. LAA Rosario 51 29 3 15 10 33 9 10 • Nunez/Dozier, 5/25 vs. KC • Mauer/Sano, 5/29 at SEA Sano 39 37 34 40 54 9 6 • Park/Grossman, 6/5 vs. TB Schafer 8 3 5 3 1 3 6 3 • Escobar/Suzuki, 6/18 vs. NYY Suzuki 93 4 10 5 6 71 3 • Dozier/Plouffe/Kepler, 6/26 at NYY Vargas 26 11 1 15 9 11 1 • Grossman/Dozier, 6/30 at CWS Others 38 4 51 89 29 40 19 48 76 17 7 51 53 39 27 4 50 • Vargas/Kepler, 7/5 vs. OAK • Escobar/Dozier, 7/10 at TEX • Grossman/Dozier, 8/9 vs. HOU 2016 DISABLED LIST LOG • Rosario/Dozier, 8/13 vs. KC PLAYER INJURY DATE ON RETRO DATE OFF GAMES MISSED Danny Santana...... Right Hamstring Strain...... 4/9...... 4/25...... 14 GRAND SLAM (3 in 2015) Glen Perkins...... Left Posterior Shoulder Strain (transferred to 60-day May 25)...... 4/13...... 4/11...... 152 • Kepler, 7/10 at TEX Trevor Plouffe...... Right Intercostal Strain...... 4/19...... 4/18...... 5/3...... 13 • Buxton, 9/4 vs. CWS Ervin Santana...... Lower Back Strain...... 4/26...... 4/20...... 5/6...... 14 Kyle Gibson...... Right Shoulder Strain...... 4/26...... 4/23...... 6/10...... 42 WALK-OFF (4 in 2015) Eduardo Escobar...... Left Groin Strain...... 5/7...... 5/23...... 13 • Arcia, 4/25 vs. CLE Darin Mastroianni...... Left Oblique Strain...... 5/25...... 5/22...... 7/4...... 40 • Kepler, 6/12 vs. BOS Danny Santana...... Left Hamstring Strain...... 5/30...... 6/17...... 16 Miguel Sano...... Left Hamstring Strain...... 5/31...... 7/1...... 27 INSIDE-THE-PARK (0 in 2015) Phil Hughes...... Left Knee Contusion (transferred to 60-day June 12)*...... 6/10...... 99 • Nunez, 6/2 vs. TB Trevor May...... Lower Back Spasms...... 6/10...... 7/5...... 23 Trevor Plouffe...... Fractured Left Rib...... 7/4...... 7/2...... 8/8...... 32 RUNNERS ON Trevor May...... Low Back Strain...... 8/10...... 8/7...... 9/9...... 29 • Solo - 130 // 2-run - 45 // 3-run - 18 Buddy Boshers...... Left Elbow Inflammation...... 8/11...... 9/2...... 20 Tommy Milone...... Left Biceps Tendinitis...... 8/12...... 9/9...... 24 Danny Santana...... Left Shoulder AC Joint Sprain (transferred to 60-day Sept. 6).....8/28...... 28 TWINS Outfield ASSISTS Trevor Plouffe...... Left Hamstring Strain...... 9/10...... 9/7...... 14 Rosario...... 10 Santana...... 2 Trevor May...... Low Back Strain...... 9/12...... 15 Kepler...... 9 Buxton...... 2 Grossman...... 4 Schafer...... 2 indicates current on DL BOLD Arcia...... 2 Total...... 31 * - Hughes injury later diagnosed as non-displaced fracture of left femur HIGHS AND LOWS PAGE 6 TEAM BATTING: TEAM PITCHING (CONT.): Most At-Bats, Game...... 57, 4/24 at WAS (16 inn.) Most Walks...... 8, 8/30 at CLE Most Runs, Game...... 17, 7/2 vs. TEX Fewest Hits Allowed...... 2, 2x, last 7/6 vs. OAK Most Runs, Inning...... 8, 3rd inning, 9/3 vs. CWS Pitchers Used...... 9, 9/27 at KC Most Hits, Game...... 19, 2x, last 8/1 at CLE Consecutive Batters Retired...... 17, 1st inning 6/26- 6th inning 6/26 Most Hits, Inning...... 7, 8th inning, 7/7 at TEX Scoreless Innings Streak...... 17, 1st inning 7/6- 8th inning 7/7 Consecutive Hits...... 6, 8th inning, 7/7 at TEX Wild Pitches...... 3, 4x, last 9/22 vs. DET Consecutive Batters Reached Base...... 6, 2x, Last 7th inning, 7/23 at BOS Most Innings, Game, Relievers...... 11.0, 4/24 at WAS (16 inn.) Fewest Hits, Game...... 2, 4/23 at WAS Most Hits, Game, Relievers...... 11, 4x, last 8/11 vs. HOU Most Doubles, Game...... 6, 3x, last 8/2 at CLE Most Runs, Game, Relievers...... 10, 2x, last 6/11 vs. BOS Most Triples, Game...... 2, 5x, last 8/3 at CLE Most Home Runs, Game, Relievers...... 3, 2x, last 5/20 vs TOR Most Home Runs, Game...... 6, 6/26 at NYY Most Walks, Game, Relievers...... 6, 8/11 vs. HOU Grand Slams...... 1, 2x, Last 9/4 vs. CWS Most Strikeouts, Game, Relievers...... 11, 4/24 at WAS (16 inn.) Most Total Bases, Game...... 41, 8/1 at CLE Most Extra Base Hits, Game...... 10, 8/1 at CLE INDIVIDUAL PITCHING: Most RBI, Game...... 17, 7/2 vs. TEX Most Innings, Game, Starter...... 9.0, 3x, Gibson, 8/17 at ATL Most Walks...... 9, 2x, last 8/17 at ATL Most Innings, Game, Reliever...... 6.0, Albers, 8/11 vs. HOU Most Strikeouts...... 20, 4/24 at WAS (16 inn.) Most Hits, Starter...... 11, 2x, Last Santiago, 8/20 at KC Most Stolen Bases, Game, Twins...... 4, 6/12 vs. BOS Most Hits, Reliever...... 11, Albers, 8/11 vs HOY Most Stolen Bases, Game, Opponent...... 3, 5x, last 9/27 at KC Most Runs, Starter...... 8, 2x, Last Santiago, 8/20 at KC Most Caught Stealing, Game...... 2, 4/7 at BAL Most Runs, Reliever...... 5, 2x, last Albers, 8/11 vs. HOU Most Ground Into Doubleplay, Game...... 3, 5/23 vs. KC Most Home Runs, Starter...... 3, 8x, last Santiago, 9/25 vs. SEA Left On Base, Twins...... 19, 8/3 at CLE Most Home Runs, Reliever...... 2, 6x, last Tonkin, 8/23 vs. DET Left On Base, Twins in Extra Innings...... 13, 4/17 vs. LAA (12 inn.) Most Walks, Starter...... 5, 3x, last Berrios, 8/25 vs. DET Consecutive Scoreless Innings...... 15, 9th inn. 4/8 - 5th inn., 4/10 Most Walks, Reliever...... 3, 6x, last Wimmers, 9/2 vs. CWS Most Strikeouts, Starter...... 10, E.Santana, 8/21 at KC INDIVIDUAL BATTING: Most Strikeouts, Reliever...... 6, Dean 8/12 vs. KC Most At-Bats, Game...... 7, 5x, Last Kepler, Rosario 9/4 vs. CWS (12 inn.) Win-Streak...... 4, Pressly, 7/20-8/02 Most Runs, Game...... 4, 2x, last Mauer, 8/1 at CLE Losing-Streak...... 5, 3x, Gibson (4/6-6/16), Hughes (4/23-5/22), E. Santana (5/24-6/14) Most Runs, Inning...... 2, Plouffe, 9/3 vs. CWS Low-Hit Complete Game...... 2, E. Santana, 7/6 vs. OAK Most Hits, Game...... 4, 12x, last Grossman, 9/18 at NYM Most Consecutive Scoreless Innings...... 17.0, Rogers, 6/17-7/23 Most Hits, Inning...... 1, multiple times Most Consecutive Batters Retired...... 17, Duffey, 6/26 at NYY Most Doubles, Game...... 3, Grossman, 5/31 at OAK Wild Pitches...... 2, 6x, last Gibson, 8/23 vs. DET Most Triples, Game...... 2, Polanco, 8/1 at CLE Most Home Runs, Game...... 3, 2x, last Dozier, 9/5 vs. KC TEAM & INDIVIDUAL FIELDING: Grand Slams...... 1, 2x, last, Buxton, 9/4 vs. CWS Errors, Game, Team...... 4, 3x, last 9/11 vs. CLE Most Total Bases, Game...... 13, Kepler, 8/1 at CLE Errors, Game, Individual...... 2, 9x, last Polanco, 9/25 vs. SEA Most Extra Base Hits, Game...... 3, 8x, last Dozier, 9/5 vs. KC Errors, Consecutive Games, Team...... 8, 8/21-29 Most RBI, Game...... 7, Kepler, 7/2 vs. TEX Errors, Consecutive Games Without, Team...... 6, 9/12-17 Most Walks, Game...... 3, 5x, last Kepler, 8/2 at CLE Doubleplays, Game, Team...... 4, 3x, last 9/27 at KC Most Strikeouts, Game...... 5, Kepler, 9/4 vs. CWS Opponents Doubleplays, Game, Team...... 3, 3x, last 9/2 vs. CWS Longest Hitting Streak...... 24, Dozier, 8/27-9/22 (1) Consecutive Hits...... 5, Rosario, 4/21 at MIL - 4/22 at WAS TEAM MISCELLANEOUS: Consecutive Hitless At-Bats...... 24, 2x, last Sano, 8/13-24 Longest Winning Streak...... 4, 3x, last 7/31-8/3 Most Stolen Bases, Game...... 2, 7x, last Dozier, 9/27 vat KC Longest Losing Streak...... 13, 8/18-31 Most Caught Stealing, Game...... 1, multiple times Longest Game, Innings...... 16.0, 4/24 at WAS Most Ground Into Doubleplay, Game...... 2, 2x, last Centeno, 8/11 vs. HOU Longest Game, Time (9 Innings)...... 4:11, 7/23 at BOS Longest Game, Time (Extra Innings)...... 5:56, 4/34 at WAS (16 inn.) TEAM PITCHING: Longest Delay...... 3:15, 8/19 at KC Most Runs Allowed...... 16, 5/4 at HOU Fastest Game, Time...... 2:06, 9/24 vs. SEA Most Runs, Inning...... 8, 1st inning, 5/16 at DET Largest Margin, Victory...... 12, 7/2 vs. TEX Most Hits Allowed...... 18, 2x, last 6/9 vs. MIA Largest Margin, Loss...... 12, 5/4 at HOU Most Hits Allowed, Inning...... 8, 2x, last 7th inning, 6/9 vs. MIA Largest Home Attendance...... 40,638, 4/11 vs. CWS Consecutive Hits Allowed...... 6, 2x, last 5th inning, 8/2 at CLE Home Sellouts...... 4/11 vs. CWS Most Home Runs Allowed, Game...... 4, 6x, last 8/26 at TOR Times Shut Out...... 7, last 8/29 at CLE Most Strikeouts...... 16, 9/17 at NYM (12 inn.) LAST TIME IT HAPPENED FOR THE TWINS AGAINST THE TWINS HITTING: HITTING: Hit for the Cycle: Cuddyer, 5/22/09 vs. MIL (10 all-time) Hit for the Cycle: Beltre, 8/24/12 at TEX (5 all-time) Grand Slam: Buxton, 9/4/16 vs. CWS (2 as a team in 2016) Grand Slam: Gordon, 8/18/16 at KC (1 allowed in 2016) Inside-the-Park Home Run: Nunez, 6/2/16 vs. TB (1 as a team in 2016) Inside-the-Park Home Run: J. McCann, 4/29/15 vs. DET Pinch-Hit Home Run: Rosario, 8/5/16 at TB (4 as a team in 2016) Pinch-Hit Home Run: V. Martinez, 9/22/16 vs. DET (3 in 2016) Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: LeCroy, (9th inning), 5/19/04 at TOR Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: Sands, 8/8/15 at CLE (1 in 2015) Five-Hit Game: Escobar, 8/22/14 vs. DET Five-Hit Game: Pedroia, 7/21/16 at BOS (2 in 2016) Six-Hit Game: Puckett, 5/23/91 vs. TEX (2 all-time, both Puckett) Six-Hit Game: Segura, 5/28/13 at MIL Two Hits, One Inning: Escobar/Nunez, 2nd inning, 5/25/15 vs. BOS (3 as a team in 2015) Two Hits, One Inning: T. Thompson, 4th inning (2B, 1B) 9/12/15 at CWS (1 allowed in 2015) Two Home Runs, One Inning: Cuddyer, 8/23/09 at KC Two Home Runs, One Inning: Nilsson, 5/17/96 vs. MIL Two-Home Run Game: Sano, 8/7/16 at TB (6 as a team in 2016 and 2 3-HR game) Two-Home Run Game: Morales, 9/6/16 vs. KC (7 allowed in 2016) Three-Home Run Game: Dozier, 9/5/16 vs. KC (6 all-time) Three-Home Run Game: J. Donaldson, 8/28/16 at TOR (1 allowed in 2016) Back-to-Back Home Runs: Rosario/Dozier, 8/13/16 vs. KC (11 as a team in 2016) Back-to-Back Home Runs: Joseph/Rupp, 6/21/16 vs. PHI (6 allowed in 2016) Three Consecutive Home Runs: Dozier/Plouffe/Kepler, 6/26/16 at NYY (1 as a team in 2016) Three Consecutive Home Runs: Jones/Castilla/Franco, 6/11/02 vs. ATL Three Home Runs, One Inning: Dozier/Plouffe/Kepler, 6/26/16 at NYY (1 as a team in 2016) Three Home Runs, One Inning: Martinez/Infante/Jackson, 9/24/13 vs. DET Four Home Runs, One Inning: Mack/Puckett/Hrbek/Bush, 5/2/92 at NYY Four Home Runs, One Inning: Everett/O’Leary/Varitek/Burkhart, 7/3/00 vs. BOS Walk-off Home Run: Kepler, 10th inning, 6/12/16 vs. BOS (3 as a team in 2016) Walk-off Home Run: C. Granderson, 12th inning, 09/17/16 at NYM (2 allowed in 2016) Leadoff Home Run: Dozier, 9/22/16 (1) vs. DET (11 total in 2016) Leadoff Home Run: Kinsler, 9/12/16 at DET (14 allowed in 2016) Consecutive Home Runs to Leadoff Game: E. Nunez/B. Dozier, 5/25/16 vs. KC Consecutive Home Runs to Leadoff Game: J. Bautista/J. Donaldson, 5/22 vs. TOR PITCHING (complete games only for low-hit games): PITCHING (complete games only for low-hit games): No-Hitter: Liriano, 5/3/11 at CWS (6 all-time) No-Hitter: Weaver, 5/2/12 at LAA (5 all-time) One-Hitter: Baker, 8/31/07 vs. KC (13 all-time) One-Hitter: Kluber, 8/14/15 vs. CLE (23 all-time) Two-Hitter: E.Santana, 7/6/16 vs. OAK (42 all-time) Two-Hitter: Halladay, 5/29/05 at TOR (49 all-time) 10+ Innings Pitched: Radke (10.0 innings), 9/21/97 vs. MIL 10+ Innings Pitched: Fernandez (10.0 innings), 10/1/95 at CHC 10+ Strikeouts: 10, E. Santana, 8/21/16 vs. KC (1 as team in 2016) 10+ Strikeouts: 11, Verlander, 9/22/16, Game 2, vs. DET (10 times in 2016) Complete Game Shutout: E. Santana, 7/6/16 vs. OAK Complete Game Shutout: Arrieta, 6/21/15 vs. CHC (2 in 2015) Back-to-Back Complete Game Victories: Mays/Silva, 5/19-20/05 vs. TOR/vs. MIL Back-to-Back Complete Game Victories: Williams/Weaver, 5/1-2/12 at LAA Back-to-Back Shutouts: 6/2/13 vs. SEA - 6/4/13 at KC (2 games, 10-0 and 3-0) Back-to-Back Shutouts: 4/6/13 - 4/8/2015 (2 games, 0-4 and 0-11) MISCELLANEOUS: MISCELLANEOUS: Triple Play: Castillo/Morneau/Batista, 5/27/06 vs. SEA (Johjima hitting) Triple Play: Donaldson/Rosales/Carter, 8/21/12 at OAK (Plouffe hitting) Position Player Pitching: E. Escobar, 8/11/16 vs. HOU (1 in 2016) Position Player Pitching: J. Hoying, 7/7/16 at TEX (2 in 2016) Three or more Steals, One Game: D. Mastroianni (3), 7/5/12 at DET Three or more Steals, One Game: B. Hamilton (4), 6/29/15 at CIN Steal of Home: C. Thomas, 8/2/13 vs. HOU Steal of Home: B. Daubach, 4/27/03 at CHC Pure Steal of Home: R. Becker, 9/27/97 at CLE Pure Steal of Home: S. Green, 5/26/00 vs. TEX Home Run in First ML At-Bat: E. Rosario, 5/6/15 vs. OAK (1st PA, 1st pitch) Home Run in First ML At-Bat: C. Richard, 7/17/00 vs. STL 2016 TARGET FIELD WEATHER DELAYS AND POSTPONEMENTS DATE DELAYED/PPD NOTES 4/18 vs. Milwaukee Delayed Delayed two hours and six minutes in the sixth inning due to rain. Game was called as the Twins won 7-4 in six innings. 4/27 vs. Cleveland Delayed Delayed 35 minutes before the start of the game due to rain. First pitch was scheduled for 7:10 pm and game started at 7:45 pm 5/9 vs. Baltimore Postponed Postponed due to inclement weather prior to the start of the game. Game made up on July 28, a previously scheduled mutual off day for both clubs. 5/23 vs. Kansas City Delayed Delayed for 41 minutes in the third inning due to rain. 5/25 vs. Kansas City Delayed Delayed 25 minutes to start due to rain. Game scheduled for 12:10 but started at 12:35. 6/4 vs. Tampa Bay Delayed Delayed for one hour and 10 minutes in the sixth inning due to rain. 6/17 vs. New York-AL Delayed Delayed 35 minutes before the start of the game due to potential rain. First pitch was scheduled for 7:10 pm and game started at 7:45 pm 6/22 vs. Philadelphia Delayed Delayed for one hour and 10 minutes to start the game due to rain. First pitch was scheduled for 7:10 pm and game started at 8:20 pm 7/5 vs. Oakland Delayed Delayed for two hours and 42 minutes marking the latest start in Target Field history with a 9:52 pm first pitch. 7/16 vs. Cleveland Delayed Delayed for two hours and five minutes in the 11th inning due to rain. Game delayed at 10:14 pm and resumed at 12:15 am 8/10 vs. Houston Postponed Postponed due to inclement weather during the third inning. Game made up on August 11 as part of a split day-night doubleheader. 8/13 vs. Kansas City Delayed Delayed 50 minutes before the start of the game due to rain. First pitch was scheduled for 7:10 pm and game started at 8:00 pm. 9/21 vs. Detroit Postponed Postponed due to inclement weather during the third inning. Game made up on September 22 as part of a split day-night doubleheader. 9/23 vs. Seattle Delayed Delayed 36 minutes before the start of the game due to rain. First pitch was scheduled for 7:10 pm and game started at 7:46 pm. ** Target Field has experienced 32 delayed games and 15 postponed games in the park’s history (since 2010). Longest delay: 3:00. ** DAY-BY-DAY PAGE 7

GA/ Daily Total GA/ Daily Total Date Opp. Score W/L Rcd. Pos. GB Attendance Hm Att. Date Winner/Loser/Save Date Opp. Score W/L Rcd. Pos. GB Attendance Hm Att. Date Winner/Loser/Save APRIL (7-17) Batting: .239 (198-for-827) Pitching: 7-17-2, 3.97 ERA (215.1 IP, 95 ER) JULY (15-11) Batting: .269 (247-for-918) Pitching: 15-11-6, 3.80 ERA (237.0 IP, 100 ER) 4------at BAL 2-3 L 0-1 T4th -1.5 45,785 Britton/Jepsen 23 -----at BOS 11-9 W 37-60 5th -19.5 37,600 Pressly/Layne/Kintzler 5------OFF DAY 24 -----at BOS 7-8 L 37-61 5th -19.5 36,806 Porcello/Milone/Ziegler 6------at BAL 2-4 L 0-2 5th -2.0 12,622 Gallardo/Gibson/Britton 25 -----OFF DAY 7------at BAL 2-4 L 0-3 5th -2.5 11,142 Jimenez/Hughes/O’Day 26 -----ATL 0-2 L 37-62 5th -20.5 26,990 1,230,729 50 Harrell/Santana/Johnson 8------at KC 3-4 L 0-4 5th -3.5 27,166 Soria/Jepsen/Davis 27 -----ATL 7-9 L 37-63 5th -20.5 29,482 1,260,211 51 Foltynewicz/Duffey/Johnson 9------at KC 0-7 L 0-5 5th -3.5 31,001 Kennedy/Milone 28 -----BAL## 6-2 W 38-63 5th -20.0 22,569 1,282,480 52 Pressly/Despaigne 10 -----at KC ^3-4 L 0-6 5th -4.5 35,317 Davis/May 29 -----CWS ^2-1 W 39-63 5th -20.0 23,983 1,306,463 53 May/Jennings 11 -----CWS 1-4 L 0-7 5th -5.0 *40,638 40,638 1 Quintana/Gibson/Robertson 30 -----CWS ^5-6 L 39-64 5th -21.0 27,914 1,334,377 54 Ynoa/Abad/Robertson 12 -----OFF DAY 5th -5.0 31 -----CWS 6-4 W 40-64 5th -21.0 29,670 1,364,047 55 Santana/Rodon/Pressly 13 -----CWS 0-3 L 0-8 5th -6.0 21,008 61,646 2 Rodon/Hughes/Robertson AUGUST (9-20) Batting: .270 (278-for-1031) Pitching: 9-20-4, 6.21 ERA (252.1 IP, 174 ER) 14 -----CWS 1-3 L 0-9 5th -7.0 19,736 81,382 3 Latos/Santana/Robertson 1------at CLE 12-5 W 41-64 5th -20.0 15,018 Berrios/Salazar 15 -----LAA 5-4 W 1-9 5th -7.0 22,461 103,843 4 Fien/Salas/Jepsen 2------at CLE 10-6 W 42-64 5th -19.0 15,835 Pressly/Carrasco 16 -----LAA 6-4 W 2-9 5th -6.0 27,464 131,307 5 Pressly/Smith/Jepsen 3------at CLE 13-5 W 43-64 5th -18.0 17,176 Duffey/Bauer 17 -----LAA ^3-2 W 3-9 5th -5.0 25,932 157,239 6 Tonkin/Rasmus 4------at CLE 2-9 L 43-65 5th -19.0 19.193 Otero/Santiago 18 -----MIL #7-4 W 4-9 5th -4.5 21,078 178,317 7 Hughes/Anderson 5------at TB 6-2 W 44-65 5th -18.0 12,161 Santana/Ramirez 19 -----MIL 5-6 L 4-10 5th -5.5 17,597 195,914 8 Thornburg/Jepsen/Jeffress 6------at TB 3-7 L 44-66 5th -19.0 15,603 Archer/Berrios/Colome 20 -----at MIL 5-10 L 4-11 5th -6.0 21,078 Nelson/Pressly 7------at TB 6-3 W 45-66 5th -18.0 12,649 Gibson/Andriese/Kintzler 21 -----at MIL 8-1 W 5-11 5th -5.5 30,107 Nolasco/Jungmann 8------HOU 3-1 W 46-66 5th -17.5 20,978 1,385,025 56 Duffey/McHugh/Kintzler 22 -----at WAS 4-8 L 5-12 5th -6.5 27,684 Gonzalez/Gibson 9------HOU 5-7 L 46-67 5th -18.5 22,261 1,407,286 57 Fiers/Santiago/Giles 23 -----at WAS 0-2 L 5-13 5th -7.0 35,974 Roark/Hughes/Papelbon 10 -----HOU 5th -18.0 -- Postponed, Inclement Weather -- DH Scheduled for 8/11 -- 24 -----at WAS ^6-5 L 5-14 5th -8.0 35,397 Perez/Tonkin 11 ------HOU 7-15 L 46-68 5th -19.0 25,960 1,433,246 58 Fister/Berrios 25 -----CLE 4-3 W 6-14 5th -8.0 17,503 213,417 9 Jepsen/McAllister ------HOU### 2-10 L 46-69 5th -19.5 24,935 1,458,181 59 Devenski/Milone 26 -----CLE 6-5 W 7-14 5th -8.0 17,493 230,910 10 Jepsen/Allen 12 -----KC 3-7 L 46-70 5th -20.5 24,617 1,482,798 60 Ventura/Gibson 27 -----CLE 5-6 L 7-15 5th -9.0 17,746 248,656 11 Tomlin/Berrios/Allen 13 -----KC 5-3 W 47-70 5th -20.5 30,147 1,512,945 61 Duffey/Gee/Kintzler 28 -----OFF DAY 5th -8.5 14 -----KC 4-11 L 47-71 5th -21.5 31,730 1,544,675 62 Volquez/Santiago/Young 29 -----DET 2-9 L 7-16 5th -8.5 23,049 271,705 12 Fulmer/Hughes 15 -----OFF DAY 5th -21.0 30 -----DET 1-4 L 7-17 5th -9.5 31,109 302,814 13 Zimmermann/Duffey/Rodriguez 16 -----at ATL 4-2 W 48-71 5th -21.0 17,611 Santana/De La Cruz/Kintzler MAY (8-19) Batting: .239 (218-for-912) Pitching: 8-19-4, 5.96 ERA (234.0 IP, 155 ER) 17 -----at ATL 10-3 W 49-71 5th -20.0 19,304 Gibson/O’Flaherty 1------DET 5-6 L 7-18 5th -10.5 24,749 327,563 14 Lowe/Pressly/Rodriguez 18 -----at KC 1-8 L 49-72 5th -21.0 30,599 Gee/Duffey 2------at HOU 6-2 W 8-18 5th -10.0 18,243 Berrios/Keuchel 19 -----at KC ^4-5 L 49-73 5th -20.0 28,403 Wang/Chargois 3------at HOU 4-6 L 8-19 5th -11.0 21,153 McHugh/Meyer/Gregerson 20 -----at KC 0-10 L 49-74 5th -22.0 29,268 Kennedy/Santiago 4------at HOU 4-16 L 8-20 5th -11.0 20,847 Feldman/Hughes 21 -----at KC 1-2 L 49-75 5th -23.0 32,996 Duffy/Santana/Herrera 5------OFF DAY 5th -10.5 22 -----OFF DAY 5th -23.5 6------at CWS 4-10 L 8-21 5th -11.5 23,054 Latos/Nolasco 23 -----DET 3-8 L 49-76 5th -23.5 24,379 1,569,054 63 Sanchez/Gibson 7------at CWS 2-7 L 8-22 5th -12.5 28,049 Sale/E.Santana 24 -----DET 4-9 L 49-77 5th -23.5 24,309 1,593,363 64 Boyd/Duffey 8------at CWS 1-3 L 8-23 5th -13.5 23,801 Quintana/Duffey/Robertson 25 -----DET 5-8 L 49-78 5th -23.5 26,437 1,619,800 65 Norris/Berrios/Rodriguez 9------BAL 5th -14.0 --Postponed, Inclement Weather -- Scheduled makeup 7/28 -- 26 -----at TOR 8-15 L 49-79 5th -24.5 42,534 Liriano/Dean 10 -----BAL 3-5 L 8-24 5th -14.0 21,586 349,149 15 O’Day/Jepsen/Britton 27 -----at TOR 7-8 L 49-80 5th -24.5 47,485 Grilli/Pressly/Osuna 11 -----BAL 2-9 L 8-25 5th -14.0 25,094 374,243 16 Wilson/Hughes 28 -----at TOR 6-9 L 49-81 5th -24.5 47,444 Feldman/Light 12 -----OFF DAY 5th -14.0 29 -----at CLE ^0-1 L 49-82 5th -25.5 11,327 McAllister/Kintzler 13 -----at CLE 6-7 L 8-26 5th -15.0 17,803 McAllister/May/Allen 30 -----at CLE 4-5 L 49-83 5th -26.5 11,937 Otero/Wimmers/Miller 14 -----at CLE 6-3 W 9-26 5th -14.0 15,428 Santana/Kluber 31 -----at CLE 4-8 L 49-84 5th -27.5 11,811 Kluber/Dean/Shaw 15 -----at CLE 5-1 W 10-26 5th -13.0 13,236 Duffey/Bauer SEPT/OCT (7-18) Batting: .227 (196-for-863) Pitching: 7-18-3, 5.00 (230.1 IP, 128 ER) 16 -----at DET 8-10 L 10-27 5th -13.5 25,925 Zimmermann/Dean/Rodriguez 1------CWS 8-5 W 50-84 5th -27.0 20,329 1,640,129 66 Santana/Quintana/Kintzler 17 -----at DET 2-7 L 10-28 5th -13.5 27,652 Ryan/Tonkin 2------CWS 4-11 L 50-85 5th -28.0 20,806 1,660,935 67 Rodon/Gibson 18 -----at DET 3-6 L 10-29 5th -13.5 29,035 Verlander/Nolasco/Rodriguez 3------CWS 11-3 W 51-85 5th -28.0 22,274 1,683,209 68 Santiago/Shields 19 -----TOR ^2-3 L 10-30 5th -14.5 25,435 399,678 17 Osuna/Pressly/Biagini 4------CWS ^11-13 L 51-86 5th -29.0 22,595 1,705,804 69 Minaya/Dean/Kahale 20 -----TOR 3-9 L 10-31 5th -14.5 29,396 429,074 18 Sanchez/Duffey 5------KC 5-11 L 51-87 5th -29.0 20,992 1,726,796 70 Kennedy/Berrios 21 -----TOR 5-3 W 11-31 5th -13.5 30,460 459,534 19 Abad/Happ/Jepsen 6------KC 3-10 L 51-88 5th -29.0 22,194 1,748,990 71 Herrera/Kintzler 22 -----TOR 1-3 L 11-32 5th -14.5 33,421 492,955 20 Stroman/Hughes/Osuna 7------KC 6-5 W 52-88 5th -29.0 17,972 1,766,962 72 Wimmers/Soria/Kintzler 23 -----KC 4-10 L 11-33 5th -15.0 17,886 510,841 21 Moylan/Nolasco 8------OFF DAY 5th -29.5 24 -----KC 4-7 L 11-34 5th -15.0 23,541 534,382 22 Volquez/Santana/Davis 9------CLE 4-5 L 52-89 5th -30.5 20,173 1,787,135 73 Colon/Duffey/Allen 25 -----KC 7-5 W 12-34 5th -14.0 27,233 561,615 23 Duffey/Gee/Jepsen 10 -----CLE ^2-1 W 53-89 5th -29.5 23,584 1,810,719 74 Chargois/Colon 26 -----OFF DAY 5th -14.0 11 -----CLE 1-7 L 53-90 5th -30.5 20,301 1,831,020 75 Kluber/Berrios 27 -----at SEA 7-2 W 13-34 5th -13.0 40,921 Dean/Hernandez 12 -----at DET 2-4 L 53-91 5th -30.5 28,093 Greene/Wimmers/Rodriguez 28 -----at SEA 6-5 W 14-34 5th -12.5 28,309 Pressly/Vincent/Jepsen 13 -----at DET 8-1 W 54-91 5th -29.5 26,393 Gibson/Boyd 29 -----at SEA 5-4 W 15-34 5th -12.0 33,748 Nolasco/Walker/Jepsen 14 -----at DET 9-6 L 54-92 5th -30.5 27,953 Greene/Pressly/Rodriguez 30 -----at OAK 2-3 L 15-35 5th -13.0 17,248 Graveman/Santana/Madson 15 -----at DET 5-1 W 55-92 5th -29.5 26,932 Santiago/Pelfrey 31 -----at OAK 4-7 L 15-36 5th -14.0 12,767 Dull/Duffey/Axford 16 -----at NYM 0-3 L 55-93 5th -30.5 33,338 Colón/Berríos/Familia JUNE (10-17) Batting: .257 (239-for-931) Pitching: 10-17-5, 5.50 ERA (239.0 IP, 146 ER) 17 -----at NYM ^2-3 L 55-94 5th -31.5 36,941 Edgin/O’Rourke 1------at OAK 1-5 L 15-37 5th -15.0 11,345 Manaea/Dean 18 -----at NYM 2-3 L 55-95 5th -31.5 28,926 Goeddel/Gibson/Blevins 2------TB 6-4 W 16-37 5th -14.0 20,193 581,808 24 Rogers/Ramirez/Jepsen 19 -----OFF DAY 5th -31.5 3------TB 2-4 L 16-38 5th -14.0 21,134 602,942 25 Ramirez/Nolasco/Colome 20 -----DET 1-8 L 55-96 5th -32.5 23,395 1,854,415 76 Boyd/Santiago 4------TB 4-7 L 16-39 5th -14.5 26,613 629,555 26 Andriese/E.Santana/Colome 21 -----DET 5th -33.0 -- Postponed, Inclement Weather -- DH Scheduled for 9/22 -- 5------TB 5-7 L 16-40 5th -16.0 25,510 655,065 27 Cedeno/Jepsen/Colome 22 -----DET#### 2-9 L 55-97 5th -34.0 18,374 1,872,789 77 Wilson/Wimmers 6------OFF DAY -----DET 2-4 L 55-98 5th -34.5 21,599 1,894,388 78 Verlander/Santana/Rodriguez 7------MIA ^6-4 W 17-40 5th -15.0 19,020 674,085 28 Boshers/McGowan 23 -----SEA 1-10 L 55-99 5th -35.5 22,683 1,917,071 79 Paxton/Gibson 8------MIA 7-5 W 18-40 5th -14.0 21,527 695,612 29 Rogers/Wittgren/Kintzler 24 -----SEA 3-2 W 56-99 5th -34.5 24,749 1,941,820 80 Duffey/Miranda/Kintzler 9------MIA 3-10 L 18-41 5th -15.0 18,792 714,404 30 Koehler/Santana 25 -----SEA 3-4 L 56-100 5th -34.5 22,092 1,963,912 81 Walker/Santiago/Diaz 10 -----BOS 1-8 L 18-42 5th -16.0 22,786 737,190 31 Wright/Duffey 26 -----OFF DAY 5th -35.0 11 -----BOS 4-15 L 18-43 5th -16.0 28,633 765,823 32 Hembree/Gibson 27 -----at KC ^3-4 L 56-101 5th -35.0 28,435 Pounders/Milone 12 -----BOS ^7-4 W 19-43 5th -16.0 26,087 791,910 33 Tonkin/Barnes 28 -----at KC 2-5 L 56-102 5th -35.0 23,437 Soria/Rogers/Davis 13 -----at LAA 9-4 W 20-43 5th -15.0 36,424 Nolasco/Weaver 29 -----at KC 6:15 PM FSN/TIBN 14 -----at LAA 4-5 L 20-44 5th -15.0 36,272 Chacin/Santana/Street 30 -----at CWS 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 15 -----at LAA 2-10 L 20-45 5th -15.0 36,717 Santiago/Duffey 1 -----at CWS 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN 16 -----NYY 1-4 L 20-46 5th -15.5 23,751 815,661 34 Sabathia/Gibson/Chapman 2 -----at CWS 2:10 PM FSN/TIBN 17 -----NYY 2-8 L 20-47 5th -16.5 23,161 838,822 35 Tanaka/Dean All game times are listed as Central 18 -----NYY 6-7 L 20-48 5th -16.5 30,760 869,582 36 Miller/Abad/Chapman * - Denotes Sellout (1 in 2016) ^ - Denotes Extra-Innings (Twins are 6-10 in extra-innings) 19 -----NYY 7-4 W 21-48 5th -17.5 29,553 899,135 37 E.Santana/Eovaldi/Kintzler # - Rain shortened game ended after 6.0 innings. 20 -----OFF DAY 5th -18.0 ## - Makeup game from May 9 vs. BAL ### - Makeup game from August 10 vs. HOU #### - Makeup game from Sept. 21 vs. DET 21 -----PHI 14-10 W 22-48 5th -18.0 25,714 924,849 38 Boshers/Nola/Kintzler 22 -----PHI 6-5 W 23-48 5th -18.0 25,032 949,881 39 Rogers/D.Hernandez/Abad HOME GAMES ROAD GAMES 23 -----PHI 3-7 L 23-49 5th -18.5 30,012 979,893 40 Eickhoff/Nolasco 2016 WALK-OFF VICTORIES 24 -----at NYY 3-5 L 23-50 5th -19.5 44,808 Tanaka/Milone/Chapman 25 -----at NYY 1-2 L 23-51 5th -20.5 40,075 Miller/Pressly/Chapman DATE SCORE NOTES 4/17 vs. LAA 3-2 Arcia singles into left field corner, scoring Buxton in bottom 12. 26 -----at NYY 7-1 W 24-51 5th -21.0 38,673 Duffey/Eovaldi 4/25 vs. CLE 4-3 Arcia solo home run in bottom 9 with no outs. 27 -----OFF DAY 4/26 vs. CLE 6-5 Sano singles to center field, scoring Dozier from second in bottom 9. 28 -----at CWS 4-0 W 25-51 5th -21.0 22,072 Gibson/Quintana 6/7 vs. MIA 6-4 Dozier two-run homer in bottom 11 with two outs. 29 -----at CWS 6-9 L 25-52 5th -22.0 18,571 Shields/Nolasco/Jones 6/12 vs. BOS 7-4 Kepler three-run homer in bottom 10 with one out - Kepler’s first MLB homerun. 30 -----at CWS 5-6 L 25-53 5th -23.0 26,158 Jones/Abad/Robertson 7/16 vs. CLE 5-4 Kepler fielder’s choice E2 with bases loaded in 11th scores Mauer from 3rd. JULY (15-11) Batting: .269 (247-for-918) Pitching: 15-11-6, 3.80 ERA (237.0 IP, 100 ER) 7/29 vs. CWS 2-1 Mauer draws bases loaded walk with one out in 12th inning scoring Rosario. 9/11 vs. CLE 2-1 Mauer singles to center field, scoring Dozier in bottom 12. 1------TEX ^2-3 L 25-54 5th -24.0 25,530 1,005,423 41 Bush/Abad/Dyson 2------TEX 17-5 W 26-54 5th -23.0 21,466 1,026,889 42 Duffey/Gonzalez 2016 players (49) 3------TEX 5-4 W 27-54 5th -22.0 26,942 1,053,831 43 Gibson/Hamels/Kintzler Pitchers: (28) 4------OAK 1-3 L 27-55 5th -23.0 23,100 1,076,931 44 Graveman/Nolasco/Madson Abad, Fernando lhp* Hughes, Phil rhp* Perkins, Glen lhp* 5------OAK 11-4 W 28-55 5th -23.0 16,938 1,093,869 45 Milone/Manaea Albers, Andrew lhp Jepsen, Kevin rhp* Pressly, Ryan rhp* 6------OAK 4-0 W 29-55 5th -22.0 27,657 1,121,526 46 Santana/Gray Berrios, Jose rhp Kintzler, Brandon rhp Ramirez, Neil rhp 7------at TEX 10-1 W 30-55 5th -21.0 43,934 Duffey/Gonzalez Boshers, Buddy lhp Light, Pat rhp Rogers, Taylor lhp 8------at TEX 5-6 L 30-56 5th -21.5 40,330 Barnette/Pressley/Dyson Chargois, J.T. rhp May, Trevor rhp* Santana, Ervin rhp* 9------at TEX 8-6 W 31-56 5th -21.0 37,708 Nolasco/Loshe/Kintzler Dean, Pat lhp Mejia, Adalberto lhp Santiago, Hector lhp 10 -----at TEX 15-5 W 32-56 5th -20.0 31,978 Milone/Griffin Duffey, Tyler rhp Meyer, Alex rhp Tonkin, Michael rhp* 11 ------HR Derby Champion: Giancarlo Stanton Fien, Casey rhp* Milone, Tommy lhp* Wimmers, Alex rhp 12 ------A.L 4, N.L. 2 - Petco Park in San Diego, CA - Kluber/Cueto/Britton Gibson, Kyle rhp* Nolasco, Ricky rhp* 13 -----ALL STAR BREAK 32-56 5th -20.0 Graham, J.R. rhp O’Rourke, Ryan lhp 14 -----ALL STAR BREAK 32-56 5th -20.0 Position Players: (21) 15 -----CLE 2-5 L 32-57 5th -21.0 27,074 1,148,600 47 Carrasco/Santana/Allen Arcia, Oswaldo of* Kepler, Max of Polanco, Jorge inf 16 -----CLE ^5-4 W 33-57 5th -20.0 29,447 1,178,047 48 May/Colon Beresford, James inf Mastroianni, Darin of Rosario, Eddie of* 17 -----CLE 1-6 L 33-58 5th -21.0 25,692 1,203,739 49 Tomlin/Gibson Buxton, Byron of* Mauer, Joe inf* Sano, Miguel inf* 18 -----at DET 0-1 L 33-59 5th -21.0 29,290 Boyd/Nolasco/Rodriguez Centeno, Juan c Murphy, John Ryan c* Santana, Danny inf* 19 -----at DET 6-2 W 34-59 5th -21.0 32,030 Milone/Sanchez Dozier, Brian inf* Nunez, Eduardo inf* Schafer, Logan of 20 -----at DET 4-1 W 35-59 5th -21.0 35,020 Pressly/Rodriguez/Kintzler Escobar, Eduardo inf* Park, Byung Ho inf* Suzuki, Kurt c* 21 -----at BOS 2-13 L 35-60 5th -21.5 37,566 Wright/Duffey Grossman, Robbie of Plouffe, Trevor inf* Vargas, Kennys inf 22 -----at BOS 2-1 W 36-50 5th 20.5 37,001 Gibson/Rodriguez/Kintzler (* - on Opening Day 25-man Roster)