Minnesota Twins (16-16) Vs. Baltimore Orioles
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MINNESOTA TWINS (16-16) VS. BALTIMORE ORIOLES (22-14) SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2013 @ 6:10 PM - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK Vance Worley (R, 0-4, 6.95) vs. Steve Johnson (R) GAME 33 HOME GAME 15 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 5/12 Baltimore Scott Diamond (L, 3-2, 3.03) vs. Wei-Yin Chen (L, 2-3, 3.40) 1:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN 5/13 Chicago-AL Pedro Hernandez (L, 1-0, 5.96) vs. Hector Santiago (L, 1-1, 1.69) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN 5/14 Chicago-AL Kevin Correia (R, 4-2, 3.09) vs. Jake Peavy (R, 4-1, 3.03) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN / LMB: Hope FM 5/15 Chicago-AL Mike Pelfrey (R, 3-3, 6.03) vs. Dylan Axelrod (R, 0-3, 4.17) 12:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN / LMB: Hope FM 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 going 5-5 during their recent 10-game roadtrip, the Twins began their STREAKS nine-game (10-day) homestand with a loss to Baltimore last night...tonight will mark the Record: ......................................16-16 second of three games with the Orioles, followed by three against Chicago-AL (May 13-15), Current Streak: ................................. 1 loss Home Record: ................................7-7 a scheduled off day May 16, then finish with three against Boston (May 17-19)...they are Last 5 games: ....................................... 3-2 Road Record: .................................9-9 7-7 at Target Field in 2013 and 5-3 against the American League East. Last 10 games: ......................................5-5 Record in series: .........................4-5-2 Last 15 games: ......................................7-8 Last 20 games: ....................................11-9 Sweeps/Swept: ............................... 1/2 TWINS LOSE SIX-RUN LEAD, LOSE IN EXTRAS: The Twins lost to the Orioles last night by a April: ..........................................11-12 score of 9-6 in 10-innings, their third extra-innings loss this season (1-3)...Mike Pelfrey was TWINS VS. BALTIMORE May: ...............................................5-4 the starter but did not factor into the decision, allowing three runs on nine hits in 6.0 innings, June: ................................................... 2013 Record: .........................................2-2 holding the O’s scoreless until allowing all three in the sixth inning...Anthony Swarzak (1-1) Current Streak: .................................. 1 loss July: ..................................................... was dealt the loss, allowing three runs in the top of the 10th inning...Oswaldo Arcia went August: ................................................. 2013 at Home: .......................................0-1 2-for-5, extending his hitting streak to eight games...Justin Morneau, Trevor Plouffe and Joe 2013 at Baltimore: ................................ 2-1 September: .......................................... Mauer (twice) each doubled...the offense went 3-for-17 with runners in scoring position. ..............5-3 All-Time Record: ........................... 272-319 vs. American League East: • ELIAS SAYS...Last night marked the first time in 72 games since the franchise moved .........6-8 All-Time at Home: ..........................145-150 vs. American League Central: from Washington to Minnesota in 1961 that the Twins had lost a game to the Orioles after .............4-2 All-Time at Baltimore:....................127-169 vs. American League West: having led by six-or-more runs. vs. National League: .......................1-3 2013 Game Logs: Games vs. LH Starter: .....................3-2 MILESTONE MAUER: Last night, Joe Mauer tied and passed Torii Hunter (259) on the Twins all-time Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Games vs. RH Starter: .................13-14 doubles list, giving him 260 for his career...he passed Gary Gaetti (252) last Sunday (May 5)...he 4/5 BAL 5-9 Ayala/Fien/None Twins score first: ............................8-6 moved into the top 10 last season, passing Harmon Killebrew (232) and Michael Cuddyer (239). 4/6 BAL 6-5 Roenicke/Johnson/Perkins Opp. scores first: ..........................8-10 4/7 BAL 4-3 Swarzak/Hammel/Perkins Come-from-behind wins: ..................10 • Mauer (645) needs one run scored to tie Gary Gaetti and Cesar Tovar (646) for ninth on 5/10 MIN ^6-9 Hunter/Swarzak/Johnson Leading after 7/8 inn.: ......... 13-3/13-0 the Twins all-time list...he also needs one RBI to become the ninth Twin to ever reach 600. 5/11 MIN Trailing after 7/8 inn.: .......... 1-12/1-15 5/12 MIN FACING THE BIRDS: The Twins are 2-2 against the Orioles this season and 4-4 in their last Tied after 7/8 inn.: ................... 2-1/2-1 HOMESTAND (0-1) Extra-innings: .................................1-3 eight (since July 16, 2012)...in those eight games, they are hitting .289 (81-for-280) with 1-run games:..................................5-4 20 doubles, three home runs, 31 walks and 50 runs scored. Batting Average ............. .275 (11-for-40) Twins out-hit opp.: ........................11-0 Runs Per-Game ................6.0 (6 runs/1 G) Opp. out-hit Twins: ........................4-16 BATS COMING ALIVE THIS MONTH: The Twins have scored 56 runs this month, which is the Home Runs .............................................0 Twins/Opp. have = hits: ...................1-0 second most in all of baseball behind Tampa Bay (58)...they are hitting .264 (88-for-333) RISP ................................. .176 (3-for-17) Twins get Quality Start: ...................9-4 this month, which is the fifth best mark in the AL...additionally, their 24 doubles in May are Fielding Errors ........................................2 the most in baseball, just ahead of Baltimore, Boston and Chicago-NL, who each have 22. Twins starter goes 6+ IP: ................9-4 Team ERA ...................5.40 (10.0 IP, 6 ER) Most games over .500: ................ 2, 4/8 Starters W-L ....................................... 0-0 Most games under .500: ........... 3, 4/14 THE WIZARD OF OZ: Oswaldo Arcia has hit safely in eight straight games, which is the fifth longest active streak in the AL, four players lead with nine, including Joe Mauer...Arcia has Starters ERA .................4.50 (6.0 IP, 3 ER) Longest winning-streak: ...5, 4/15-23 (1) Relievers W-L-S ...............................0-1-0 ...........5, 4/8-13 reached base safely in 13 straight games, the longest for a Twins rookie since Ben Revere Longest losing-streak: Relievers ERA .............13.50 (4.0 IP, 6 ER) When Twins score 4+: ..................14-7 reached safely in 15 straight August 20-September 5, 2011...the longest on-base streak for Save/Opportunities ..............................0/0 When Twins score 3-: ......................2-9 a Twins rookie since 2008 was 19, done by Denard Span August 24-September 13, 2008. • Despite playing in just 19 games, he is tied for first among AL rookies in extra-base hits (8), Team-high hits: .............20, 5/8 at BOS TWINSPRESSBOX.COM Team-high runs: ............15, 5/8 at BOS home runs (3) and doubles (4), is second in hits (22) and RBI (12), and third in runs (9). Opp.-high hits: ............18, 5/10 vs. BAL Get the latest Twins notes, stat packs, clips, Opp.-high runs: .........16, 4/12 vs. NYM MAUER GOING STREAKING: Joe Mauer has hit safely in nine straight games (since April 30), press releases, minor league reports, 2013 Twins get 10+ hits: .........................5-4 hitting .395 (15-for-38) during that span, tied for the longest active streak in the AL with official team media guide as well as other Walk-Off W/L: ....... 1/2, last 5/6 at BOS Miguel Cabrera, Jhonny Peralta and Jose Reyes...Mauer’s season-long is 10, done April 6-20... team related information at: Shutouts W/L: ................................. 1/1 he has 10 double digit hitting streaks in his career...with a hit tonight, Mauer will become www.twinspressbox.com Complete Games: ................................. the first player in baseball this season with two hit-streaks of 10-plus games. Find us on Twitter: @Twins and #MNTwins Target Field Sellouts (’13/All-Time): ...1/147 THIS AND THAT: RECENT TRANSACTIONS • Joe Mauer’s eight doubles this month are the most in baseball...his 13 doubles on the season are tied for second most in baseball 3/26 RHP Deduno & RHP Walters with Adam Jones, and trailing only Mike Napoli (16). Manager Ron Gardenhire needs just two victories to reach 950 for his career. reassigned to ml camp • • Twins pitchers have walked just 77 batters this season, the fewest in baseball...they have struck out 186, also the fewest in baseball. 3/27 RHP Burnett optioned to AAA • Twins starters have walked just two batters in their last 30.0 innings pitched. 3/29 RHP Wood placed on 15-day DL • Justin Morneau has hit safely in 12 of his last 14 games (since May 25), batting .309 (17-for-55) in that span...he currently has a RHP Harden & LHP Perez season-long six-game hitting streak, his longest since hitting in 11 straight August 10-21, 2012. reas signed to minor league camp • On this day in 1982, the Twins traded pitcher Doug Corbett and infielder Rob Wilfong to California for outfielder Tom Brunansky and RHP Burnett claimed off waivers by pitcher Mike Walters...Brunansky helped lead the Twins to the 1987 World Championship and is the current Twins hitting coach. TOR • Ryan Doumit is hitting in the three-hole today for the first time since September 16, 2011, when he was a Pirate, facing the Los 3/31 OF Ramirez contract selected Angeles Dodgers; he went 2-for-4 with two strikeouts that day...he is a career .303 hitter (50-for-165) with 10 doubles, five home 4/6 LHP Robertson optioned to AAA runs and 29 RBI in 41 career games in the three-hole. 4/7 RHP De Vries placed on the 15-day DL UPCOMING MILESTONES LHP Hernandez recalled from AAA RHP Swarzak activated from DL PLAYER CURRENT NO.