Twins Notes, 6-20 at KC
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MINNESOTA TWINS (48-25) AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS (25-49) THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2019 - 7:15 PM (CT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH RADIO: TIBN-WCCO RHP Jake Odorizzi (10-2, 2.24) vs. RHP Glenn Sparkman (1-3, 4.01) GAME 74 HOME GAME 38 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 6/21 at Kansas City LHP Martín Pérez (7-3, 4.09) vs. RHP Jakob Junis (4-6, 5.33) 7:15 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / None 6/22 at Kansas City RHP José Berríos (8-3, 2.86) vs. LHP Danny Duffy (3-3, 4.64) 1:15 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / None 6/23 at Kansas City RHP Michael Pineda (4-3, 4.76) vs. RHP Homer Bailey (6-6, 4.82) 1:15 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 completed their nine-game homestand with a record of 5-4, going STREAKS 2-1 vs. the Mariners, 2-1 vs. the Royals and 1-2 vs. the Red Sox...tonight the Twins will Record: ........................................... 48-25 Current Streak 1 loss Home Record: ................................. 24-13 begin a short four-game series in Kansas City through the weekend...they will travel home Road Record: .................................. 24-12 on Sunday evening, enjoy an off-day on Monday then begin a short three-game series with Last 5 games 2-3 Tampa Bay at Target Field June 25-27...the Twins have won 8 of their last 13, 18 of their Last 10 games 6-4 Record in series: ...........................15-6-3 last 27 and 23 of their last 33. Series Openers: ................................ 16-7 Last 15 games 8-7 Series Finales: ................................ 15-10 TWINS DROP SERIES WITH SOX: The Twins lost to the Red Sox last night by a score of 9-4, Last 20 games 12-8 Rubber Games: ................................... 4-4 losing the three-game series 2-1...Kyle Gibson (7-4) was the starter and loser, allowing Sweeps/Swept: ................................... 7/0 TWINS VS. ROYALS March/April: .................................... 17-10 six runs on seven hits in 4.1 innings pitched...the offense recorded nine hits, three from Willians Astudillo, who hit his third home run of the season...Max Kepler hit his 19th home 2019 Record: .........................................4-2 May: .................................................. 21-8 run, one short of his single-season career-high (20 last season), while tying Eddie Rosario June: ................................................. 10-7 for team-lead in homers. Current Streak: .................................. 1 loss July: ........................................................... 2019 at Home: .......................................2-1 August: ...................................................... POLO ON THE MARK: Jorge Polanco has reached base in a career-long 32 straight games, 2019 at Kansas City: ..............................2-0 September/October: ................................. All-Time Record: ............................408-387 Day Games: ....................................... 19-9 dating back to May 13, hitting .328 (45-for-137) with a .382 on-base percentage...marks the Night Games: .................................. 29-16 longest Twins streak since Brian Dozier reached in 34 straight from September 12, 2017-April All-Time at Home: ..........................217-178 vs. American League East: ............... 15-8 23, 2018...below are the longest on-base streaks in baseball this season: All-Time at Kansas City: .................191-209 PLAYER STREAK DATES vs. American League Central: .......... 16-7 2019 Game Logs: vs. American League West: .............. 14-6 Jorge Polanco, MIN ................................................ 32 ................................................May 13-present vs. National League: ........................... 3-4 Luke Voit, NYY ......................................................... 31 ................................................March 28-May 3 Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Games vs. LH Starter:....................... 10-7 Charlie Blackmon, COL ........................................... 29 ...................................................May 1-present 4/2 KC 5-4 Hildenberger/Boxberger/Parker Mike Trout, LAA ....................................................... 29 ................................................March 28-May 2 Games vs. RH Starter: .................... 38-18 4/3 KC 7-6 May/Peralta/Parker Twins score first: .............................. 37-9 ADDITIONAL NOTE: Polanco's 32-game streak is tied for 13th best in club history (since 1961), the all-time long being 43 by Joe Mauer from August 7-September 24, 2015. 6/14 MIN 2-0 Gibson/Diekman/Rogers Opponent scores first: .................... 11-15 6/15 MIN 5-4 Odorizzi/Sparkman/Rogers Come-from-behind wins: .....................15 Leading after 7/8 inn.: ............. 40-2/44-0 BAD HOUSE GUESTS: The Twins have gone 24-12 on the road this season, tied with Arizona 6/16 MIN 6-8 Lopez/Pérez/Kennedy Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ............. 3-21/1-23 and Boston for the most road wins in baseball...the Twins went 29-52 on the road in 2018 6/20 KC Tied after 7/8 inn.: ....................... 5-2/3-2 and didn't record their 25th road win until September 16 at Kansas City...where the Twins 6/21 KC Extra-innings: ..................................... 2-1 offense ranks among all of baseball on the road: 6/22 KC 1-run games: .................................... 12-5 Runs: 239 (2nd) HR: 81 (1st) SLG: .541 (1st) Iso. Pow: .235 (1st) 6/23 KC Twins out-hit opp.: ............................ 37-5 Hits: 378 (3rd) AVG: .288 (1st) wOBA: .367 (1st) Run Diff: +110 (2nd) 8/2 MIN Opp. out-hit Twins: ........................... 8-19 2B: 80 (3rd) OBP: .346 (1st) OPS: .846 (1st) XBH: 309 (1st) 8/3 MIN Twins/Opp. have = hits: ...................... 3-1 8/4 MIN Run Differential: .............+110 (425-315) TWINS AND ROYALS: The Twins and Royals are playing the sixth of 19 games this season...they Twins get Quality Start: .................... 30-7 9/19 MIN are 4-1 vs. KC this season, going 2-0 at Kauffman Stadium April 2-3 and 2-1 at Target Field 9/20 MIN Twins starter goes 6+ IP:............... 31-11 June 14-16...the Twins have gone 10-5 in their last 15 vs. KC overall...Twins have won three Most games over .500: ............... 25, 6/16 straight at Kauffman and looking to win four straight here for the first time since June 2-5, 2011. 9/21 MIN Most games under .500: ........................... Miguel Sanó has reached safely in 22 straight games vs. KC, dating back to September 9/22 MIN Longest win-streak: .................6, 5/20-26 A28, 2016, hitting .356 (31-for-87) with 33 RBI, a .429 OBP and a 1.095 OPS in that 9/27 KC Longest losing-streak: ..2, 5x, last 6/16-18 span...he enters tonight with an 11-game hitting streak at Kauffman Stadium, hitting 9/28 KC When Twins score 4+: .................... 43-12 .327 (16-for-49) with seven extra-base hits and 21 RBI in that span. 9/29 KC When Twins score 3-: ....................... 5-13 C.J. Cron is hitting .333 (13-for-39) with four doubles, five home runs, 10 RBI and a Twins get 10+ hits: ........................... 31-5 A1.171 OPS in 11 career games at Kauffman Stadium...he enters tonight with a six-game LAST HOMESTAND (5-4) Days in First Place ...............................73 hitting streak in this ballpark. Days in Second Place .............................5 Batting average .263 Max Kepler has reached base safely in 29 straight games vs. the Royals, hitting .290 Runs Per Game 4.78 Days in Third Place ................................4 A(29-for-100) with 24 walks and a .421 OBP during that span (dates back to September Home Runs 15 Days in Fourth Place ................................ 1, 2017)...the streak is tied for the 15th longest ever against the Royals, the best being Days in Fifth Place ................................... Joe Mauer, reaching in 53 straight from June 30, 2009-June 6, 2013. RISP .265 Walk-Off W/L: ..................................... 1/0 Errors 11 Shutouts W/L: ..................................... 6-2 CG’s .......................................................... DANKE SCHOEN: Max Kepler has reached safely in 13 straight games with an at-bat, dating Target Field Sellouts (’19/All-Time): .. 6/167 back to June 5...it is tied for the fourth longest streak of his career, his best being 19 games Team ERA 3.70 from July 5-27, 2018...during the streak, he is hitting .360 (18-for-50) with 12 walks and a Starters W-L 2-3 RECENT TRANSACTIONS .484 OBP...among AL outfielders, he ranks second in slugging percentage (.570), third in OPS Starters ERA 3.51 (.930), tied for third in home runs (19), and ninth in on-base percentage (.359). 6/20 RHP Stewart recalled from AAA Relievers W-L-S 3-1-3 RHP Poppen optioned to AAA Relievers ERA 4.01 FUN WITH NUMBERS: 3/4 6/19 IF/OF Gonzalez placed on 10-day IL The Twins are currently fourth in baseball with a 89.6 MPH average exit velocity on offense, Saves/Opps RHP Parker placed on Family Atrailing the Red Sox (89.8), Yankees (89.7) and Rays (89.7). Medical Emergency List The Twins have hit the second most balls over-or-equal-to 100.0 MPH (513) trailing only the Rays (520) this season. LHP Mejía transferred to 60-day IL AThe Twins are hitting the ball higher (15.1 degree launch angle) than anyone in baseball other than the Mariners (16.0 degrees). RHP Poppen contract selected from AAA ATwins pitchers are third-best in the American League with an average of 2,272 revolutions-per-minute on pitches thrown, and that C/IF Astudillo recalled from AAA Ahas equated to the Twins staff having the third lowest average exit velocity in the American League (87.6 MPH) trailing only Oakland 6/18 OF Buxton placed on 10-day IL (87.4 MPH) and Tampa Bay (86.9 MPH). OF Cave recalled from AAA IF Adrianza placed on 10-day IL STATE OF BASEBALL: Today is championship day in the Minnesota state high school baseball tournament with title games in the four IF Arraez recalled from AAA classes beginning at 10 am at Target Field.