Minnesota Twins (31-16) at Los Angeles Angels (22-25) Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - 7:07 P.M
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MINNESOTA TWINS (31-16) AT LOS ANGELES ANGELS (22-25) TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2019 - 7:07 P.M. (PT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH RADIO: TIBN-WCCO / TWINSBEISBOL.COM RHP Michael Pineda (3-3, 5.55) vs. RHP Trevor Cahill (2-4, 6.95) GAME 48 ROAD GAME 25 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 5/22 at Los Angeles-AL LHP Martín Pérez (6-1, 2.89) vs. RHP Matt Harvey (1-2, 6.69) 8:07 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / None 5/23 OFF DAY 5/24 vs. Chicago-AL TBA vs. RHP Reynaldo Lopez (3-4, 5.14) 7:10 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / None 5/25 vs. Chicago-AL TBA vs. TBA 1:10 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / None 5/26 vs. Chicago-AL TBA vs. Dylan Covey (0-2, 4.41) 1:10 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / twinsbeisbol.com 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 gone 4-1 to start their seven-game roadtrip, taking three out of STREAKS Record: ........................................... 31-16 four against the Mariners over the weekend and the first of three with the Angels last night... Current Streak 1 win Home Record: ................................... 15-8 the Twins will play the second of two tonight in Anaheim, before returning home for a quick Last 5 games 4-1 Road Record: .................................... 16-8 five-game homestand, featuring an off-day Thursday, three games against the Chicago Record in series: .............................9-4-2 White Sox and two against the Milwaukee Brewers...the Twins have won 22 of their last 31, Last 10 games 7-3 Series Openers: ................................ 12-4 18 of their last 25 and 14 of their last 20. Last 15 games 11-4 Series Finales: .................................... 8-7 Last 20 games 14-6 Rubber Games: ................................... 2-2 Sweeps/Swept: ................................... 5/0 SANÓ WITH THE SAVE!: The Twins beat the Angels last night by a score of 3-1...Jake Odorizzi TWINS VS. ANGELS March/April: .................................... 17-10 was the starter but did not factor into the decision, pitching 5.0 shutout innings with three May: .................................................. 14-6 hits allowed...the offense recorded 10 hits as Luis Arraez collected three of them, all singles... 2019 Record: .........................................3-1 June: ......................................................... Miguel Sanó hit his second home run of the season, a two-run shot in the eighth inning to Current Streak: ................................. 3 wins July: ........................................................... break a 1-1 tie...Blake Parker entered in the ninth inning to earn his eighth save of the season. 2019 at Home: .......................................2-1 August: ...................................................... 2019 at Angels: ......................................1-0 September/October: ................................. GAINING SEPARATION: Minnesota owns a run differential of +76, which trails only the All-Time Record: ............................348-375 Day Games: ....................................... 12-7 All-Time at Home: ..........................176-187 Night Games: .................................... 19-9 Houston Astros (+95)...they have scored 265 runs in 47 games, their highest total through vs. American League East: ............... 11-5 their first 47 games of any season in franchise history (includes time as Washington All-Time at Angels: .........................172-188 vs. American League Central: ............ 8-3 Senators)...the previous high was 254 set by the 1925 Senators, who were also shutout 2019 Game Logs: vs. American League West: .............. 10-5 just once in their first 47 games. vs. National League: ........................... 2-3 Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Games vs. LH Starter:......................... 4-5 5/13 MIN 4-5 Skaggs/Berríos/Robles Games vs. RH Starter: .................... 27-11 TWINS AND HALOS: The Twins have gone 3-1 against the Angels this season...a win tonight 5/14 MIN 4-3 Gibson/Bedrosian/Parker Twins score first: .............................. 26-5 would secure the season-series for the third time in the last four seasons. 5/15 MIN 8-7 Odorizzi/Cahill/Morin Opponent scores first: ...................... 5-11 Eddie Rosario is hitting .333/.381/.513 (13-for-39) in his last 10 games vs. LAA. 5/20 LAA 3-1 Rogers/Buttrey/Parker Come-from-behind wins: .......................7 AMarwin Gonzalez is hitting .315 (23-for-73) with nine doubles, three home runs, 12 Leading after 7/8 inn.: ............. 29-1/29-0 A 5/21 LAA RBI, 11 walks, a stolen base and a .966 OPS in his last 21 games vs. the Angels. 5/22 LAA Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ............. 1-14/1-15 Jonathan Schoop is hitting .325 (27-for-83) in 24 career games vs. LAA. Tied after 7/8 inn.: ....................... 1-1/1-1 A CURRENT ROADTRIP (4-1) Extra-innings: ..................................... 1-0 1-run games: ...................................... 8-4 SOME LOVE FOR LOUEY: Luis Arraez has hit safely in all three games played so far, going Batting average .320 Twins out-hit opp.: ............................ 23-3 5-for-8 (.625) with two walks...he has hit safely in 19 of his last 20 games, over three levels Runs Per Game 8.60 Opp. out-hit Twins: ........................... 5-12 of the Twins organization, dating back to the end of April with Double-A Pensacola, Triple-A Home Runs 12 Twins/Opp. have = hits: ...................... 3-1 Rochester and the Twins...in 44 overall games this season, he is hitting .357 (60-for-168) RISP .333 Run Differential: ...............+76 (265-189) Twins get Quality Start: .................... 20-4 with seven doubles, one triple, 14 RBI, 22 runs scored, 21 walks and a .839 OPS. Errors 3 Twins starter goes 6+ IP:................. 20-6 He gets the start at third base tonight...he played 15 games at third for Pensacola and Most games over .500: ..15, 2x, last, 5/21 Atwo at third for Rochester (all starts). Team ERA 3.89 Most games under .500: ........................... Starters W-L 2-1 Longest win-streak: ..............5, 5/14-5/19 CLOSING TIME: Former Angel Blake Parker is tied for seventh in the AL with eight saves...he Starters ERA 3.68 Longest losing-streak: ..2, 2x ,last 5/12-13 is one of five AL relievers to have not yet blown a save, joining Alex Colome (9-for-9), Shane Relievers W-L-S 2-0-1 When Twins score 4+: ...................... 27-7 4.30 When Twins score 3-: ......................... 4-9 Greene (15-for-15), Brad Hand (12-for-12) and Roberto Osuna (12-for-12)...as a team only Relievers ERA Twins get 10+ hits: ........................... 19-2 Los Angeles has a better save percentage in the AL; Angels are 12-for-13 (92.3%), while Saves/Opps 1/2 Days in First Place ...............................43 the Twins are 14-for-16 (87.5%). Days in Second Place .............................5 Days in Third Place ................................4 ROAD WARRIORS: Last night's victory secured another winning roadtrip for the Twins...they have now had winning roadtrips in all four Days in Fourth Place ................................ trips this season, going 4-3 at KC, PHI and NYM from April 2-10, going 4-2 at BAL and HOU from April 20-24 and going 4-2 at NYY and Days in Fifth Place ................................... Walk-Off W/L: ........................................... TOR from May 3-8...they have gone 16-8 on the road this season for the best away record in baseball. Shutouts W/L: ..................................... 5-1 CG’s .......................................................... MARGO STREAKING: Marwin Gonzalez enters today with a season-long 10-game hitting streak, second longest active streak in baseball, Target Field Sellouts (’19/All-Time): .. 1/162 trailing Philadelphia's Jean Segura...he is slashing .375/.457/.575 (15-for-40) with two home runs, five RBI, five walks and a 1.032 OPS during the streak...his career-high is 13, done July 15-August 3, 2016 with Houston...in his last 13 games, since May 2, Gonzalez RECENT TRANSACTIONS is hitting .379 (22-for-58) with a .989 OPS after starting the season hitting .159 (13-for-82) with a .477 OPS in his first 24 games. 5/17 DH Cruz placed on 10-day IL IF Arraez recalled from AAA YARD WORK: The Twins have homered in 13 of their last 14 games and have homered in 37 of 47 total games on the season...the Twins 5/16 RHP Hildenberger optioned to AAA have hit 88 home runs, tied with Houston for second most in baseball, trailing Seattle (92)...finally, the Twins lead all of baseball in RHP Adams contract selected at-bats-per-home run at 18.31. RHP Reed designated for rel. or assg. 5/15 C Garver placed on 10-day IL QUICK HITTER: Eddie Rosario has gone 28 consecutive at-bats without a strikeout, the second-longest stretch in baseball behind Cin- IF Sanó returned from rehab and cinnati’s José Peraza (37)...in his last 10 games, he is slashing .375/.390/.400 (15-for-40) with a double and four RBI in that stretch. reinstated from IL 5/13 RHP Duffey recalled from AAA ROLL OUT THE BARREL: Rankings among all players in baseball in Barrels/Plate Appearance%...Jason Castro ranks second at 15.6%, OF Cave optioned to AAA C.J. Cron ranks 13th at 11.8%, Mitch Garver (IL) ranks 22nd at 11.0%, Nelson Cruz (IL) ranks 30th at 10.4%, and Eddie Rosario ranks 5/12 LHP Pérez removed from PL 60th at 8.5%. C/IF Astudillo reinstated from IL RHP Romero optioned to AAA ML PITCHER OF THE WEEK: The Midwest League, MiLB.com and the Minnesota Twins announced yesterday that Single-A Cedar Rapids pitcher RHP Stewart optioned to AAA Andrew Cabezas has been named the Midwest League Pitcher of the Week after recently earning Twins organization minor league Pitcher of the RHP Duffey returned to AAA as 26th man Week...on May 15th vs.