MINNESOTA TWINS (40-18) AT CLEVELAND INDIANS (29-30) TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2019 - 7:10 PM (ET) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH RADIO: TIBN-WCCO / TWINSBEISBOL.COM LHP Devin Smeltzer (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Shane Bieber (4-2, 3.67) GAME 59 ROAD GAME 31 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 6/5 at Cleveland LHP Martín Pérez (7-2, 3.71) vs. RHP Carlos Carrasco (4-6, 4.98) 6:10 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / None 6/6 at Cleveland RHP José Berríos (7-2, 3.27) vs. RHP Trevor Bauer (4-5, 3.87) 6:10 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / None Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: The Twins have began their 10-game roadtrip by winning a four-game series at STREAKS Tropicana Field, winning the final three games...tonight the Twins will continue the trip with Record: ........................................... 40-18 Current Streak 3 wins Home Record: ................................... 19-9 the first of three in Cleveland...following this series, the Twins will travel to Detroit for three Road Record: .................................... 21-9 games over the weekend...the Twins have won 10 of their last 12 and 15 of their last 18...Twins Last 5 games 4-1 Record in series: ...........................12-4-3 are 11-3 vs. the AL Central this season; 13 of the next 19 games are against the division. Last 10 games 8-2 Series Openers: ................................ 13-6 Last 15 games 12-3 Series Finales: .................................. 12-7 TWINS TAKE THE TRIPLE IN THE TROP: The Twins beat the Rays on Sunday afternoon in St. Last 20 games 15-5 Rubber Games: ................................... 2-2 Petersburg by a score of 9-7, winning their 12th series of the season (12-4-3)...Jake Odorizzi Sweeps/Swept: ................................... 7/0 (8-2) was the starter and winner, pitching 6.0 shutout innings with three hits, one walk TWINS VS. INDIANS March/April: .................................... 17-10 and nine strikeouts - marked his sixth scoreless start in his last seven outings...the offense May: .................................................. 21-8 2019 Record: .........................................2-1 June: ................................................... 2-0 recorded 12 hits, three from Miguel Sanó, who singled twice and doubled...Jonathan Schoop Current Streak: ...................................1 win July: ........................................................... hit his 11th home run of the season. 2019 at Home: .......................................2-1 August: ...................................................... 2019 at Cleveland: ....................................... September/October: ................................. THIS IS 40: With the Twins win on Sunday, they improved to 40-18, marking the fastest team All-Time Record: .........................414-441-1 Day Games: ....................................... 17-7 in Twins/Senators history to reach 40 wins...the previous high through 58 games was the All-Time at Home: .......................225-203-1 Night Games: .................................. 23-11 1931 Washington Senators (39-19 through 58), who earned their 40th win in Game No. 59 All-Time at Cleveland:....................189-238 vs. American League East: ............... 14-6 of the season...the fastest Twins team to 40 wins prior to this season was the 1970 group, vs. American League Central: .......... 11-3 who earned their 40th win in their 61st game of the year. 2019 Game Logs: vs. American League West: .............. 12-5 Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save vs. National League: ........................... 3-4 TWINS TAKE CAVACO: Last night the Twins selected infielder Keoni Cavaco from Eastlake Games vs. LH Starter:......................... 6-6 3/28 MIN 2-0 Berríos/Kluber/Rogers Games vs. RH Starter: .................... 34-12 High School in Chula Vista, CA with the 13th overall selection in the first round of the 2019 3/30 MIN 1-2 Edwards/Parker/Hand Twins score first: .............................. 33-6 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft...Cavaco just completed his high school 3/31 MIN 9-3 Pérez/Carrasco Opponent scores first: ...................... 7-12 career at Eastlake High School...Cavaco becomes the first player from Eastlake High School 6/4 CLE Come-from-behind wins: .....................11 to be drafted in the first round of the First-Year Player Draft since Adrián González was the first overall pick by the Florida Marlins in 2000...Cavaco was named to the 2019 Preseason 6/5 CLE Leading after 7/8 inn.: ............. 37-2/37-0 6/6 CLE Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ............. 1-15/1-17 California Region All-High School Senior First Team, was named a 2018 High School Under- Tied after 7/8 inn.: ....................... 2-1/2-1 classmen All-American High Honorable Mention and was ranked the No. 1 high school player 7/12 CLE Extra-innings: ..................................... 1-0 in the state of California by Perfect Game...since 2001, the Twins have selected a high school 7/13 CLE 1-run games: ...................................... 8-5 position player 14 times in the first round (includes compensation and competitive balance 7/14 CLE Twins out-hit opp.: ............................ 32-4 picks), including: Joe Mauer (2001), Denard Span (2002), Trevor Plouffe (2004), Aaron Hicks 8/8 MIN Opp. out-hit Twins: ........................... 5-13 (2008), Byron Buxton (2012), Alex Kirilloff (2016) and Royce Lewis (2017). 8/9 MIN Twins/Opp. have = hits: ...................... 3-1 8/10 MIN Run Differential: .............+109 (347-238) With pick No. 39, the Twins selected Matt Wallner...Wallner hit .323 (73-for-226) with 12 Adoubles, 23 home runs and 60 RBI in 61 games for the University of Southern Mississippi 8/11 MIN Twins get Quality Start: .................... 26-5 9/6 MIN Twins starter goes 6+ IP:................. 26-7 Golden Eagles as a junior in 2019. Most games over .500: ................. 22, 6/4 With pick No. 54, the Twins selected Matt Canterino...he wrapped up his 2019 season 9/7 MIN Most games under .500: ........................... Awith Conference USA Pitcher of the Year honors after recording a 6-5 record, 2.81 ERA 9/8 MIN Longest win-streak: .................6, 5/20-26 (99.1 IP, 31 ER) with 121 strikeouts to just 23 walks for Rice University. 9/13 CLE Longest losing-streak: ..2, 2x ,last 5/12-13 9/14 CLE When Twins score 4+: ...................... 36-8 TWINS AND TRIBE: The Twins are playing the Indians for the fourth of 19 scheduled meetings 9/15 CLE When Twins score 3-: ....................... 4-10 this season...these two opened the season at Target Field as the Twins won the book-end Twins get 10+ hits: ........................... 27-3 CURRENT ROADTRIP (3-1) Days in First Place ...............................57 games...the Twins last played at Progressive Field August 28-30, losing the three-game Days in Second Place .............................5 series, 2-1...they are just 2-6 in their last five in Cleveland. Batting average .296 Days in Third Place ................................4 Eddie Rosario is hitting .330 (87-for-264) with 13 doubles, three triples, 15 home runs, Runs Per Game 5.8 Days in Fourth Place ................................ A35 RBI, 41 runs scored and a .935 OPS in 70 career games vs. Cleveland; the homers, Home Runs 3 Days in Fifth Place ................................... hits and RBI all being his personal most vs. any opponent...his 87 hits vs. CLE since 2015 RISP .412 Walk-Off W/L: ........................................... lead baseball...he is hitting .382 (52-for-136) in 36 career games at Progressive Field, Errors 3 Shutouts W/L: ..................................... 5-1 hitting safely in six straight in this park. CG’s .......................................................... Byron Buxton has hit safely in eight straight games vs. the Indians. 6.17 Target Field Sellouts (’19/All-Time): .. 3/164 A Team ERA Starters W-L 2-1 YES WAY, JORGE!: Jorge Polanco's numbers and ranks in several categories among AL players: Starters ERA 3.98 RECENT TRANSACTIONS Batting Average: .338 (1st) On-base %: .405 (T5th) OPS: .891 (5th) 6/3 DH Cruz returned from rehab and Multi-hit Games: 22 (T2nd) Slugging %: .584 (6th) wOBA: .429 (5th) Relievers W-L-S 1-0-0 reinstated from 10-day IL Hits: 74 (T-1st) XBH: 31 (T1st) Times on Base: 100 (T5th) Relievers ERA 9.20 INF Arraez optioned to AAA Total Bases: 128 (1st) Road BA: .376 (1st) Doubles: 17( T4th) Saves/Opps 1/1 6/2 C Garver returned from rehab and reinstated from 10-day IL CRUZ INTO CLEVELAND: The Twins announced yesterday that they have returned designated hitter Nelson Cruz from his rehab assignment RHP Littell optioned to AAA at Single-A Ft. Myers and have reinstated him from the 10-day Injured List...Cruz, who was placed on the Injured List on May 17 with a left 5/28 RHP Pineda placed on 10-day IL LHP Smeltzer contract selected from AAA wrist strain, recently played in two games on rehab assignment for the Miracle, going 2-for-7...prior to his injury, he played in 35 games, 5/24 RHP Littell recalled from AAA hitting .270 (34-for-126) with nine doubles, seven home runs, 22 RBI, 14 walks and a .862 OPS...to make room for Cruz on the 25-man RHP Adams designated for rel. or assg. roster, the Twins have optioned rookie infielder Luis Arraez to Triple-A Rochester...Arraez appeared in 10 games for the Twins, hitting .375 5/17 DH Cruz placed on 10-day IL (9-for-24) with one home run, two doubles and six runs scored. IF Arraez recalled from AAA 5/16 RHP Hildenberger optioned to AAA THREE POINT LINE: The Twins have scored three-or-more runs in 26 consecutive games, dating back to May 6 at Toronto, a single-season RHP Adams contract selected franchise record...the overall franchise record is 30 consecutive games, spanning two seasons, from September 14, 2003-April 23, 2004.