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MINNESOTA TWINS (33-22) vs. DETROIT TIGERS (22-30) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 - 6:40 P.M. (CT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH / RADIO: TIBN, WCCO, THE WOLF / TWINSBEISBOL.COM RHP Homer Bailey (1-0, 3.60) vs. LHP Tarik Skubal (1-3, 6.17) GAME 56 HOME GAME 26 Upcoming Probable & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 9/23 vs. Detroit RHP Kenta Maeda (5-1, 2.52) vs. RHP Casey Mize (0-2, 6.08) 6:40 p.m. (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None 9/24 OFF DAY SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: Went 3-4 on their seven-game roadtrip, losing three of four to the White Sox, followed STREAKS Under Baldelli (since '19):...... 134-83 by a series victory on the North Side after taking two of three from the Cubs...tonight they will begin their final regular season homestand with a tilt against Detroit...the two teams will round out their Current Streak 2 wins Home Record:...... 21-5 Last 5 games 3-2 Road Record:...... 12-17 two-game series tomorrow evening, then the Twins will enjoy an off-day on Thursday and round out Record in series:...... 12-4-2 their regular season schedule with three against Cincinnati from Friday-Sunday. Last 10 games 6-4 Series Openers:...... 11-7 The Twins have won 13 of their last 19 games overall, and are 21-5 at Target Field this season... Last 15 games 9-6 AMinnesota's .808 home winning percentage is best in baseball. Series Finales:...... 12-6 Last 20 games 13-7 Rubber Games:...... 6-1 Sweeps/Swept:...... 3/2 TWINS WRAP ROAD SLATE WITH AUTHORITY: The Twins defeated the Cubs on Sunday, 4-0, to secure TWINS VS. TIGERS July:...... 5-2 their 12th series win of the season by way of their sixth rubber game victory...José Berríos was August:...... 15-14 the starter and winner for Minnesota, throwing 6.0 scoreless innings on four hits, a walk and four 2020 Record:...... 4-4 September/October:...... 13-6 ...he held his brother-in-law, Javier Báez, to an 0-for-2 effort after Báez fouled out and Current Streak:...... 1 win Day Games:...... 11-10 grounded into a fielder's choice...marked the pair's first matchup in regular season play...after 2020 at Home:...... 4-1 Night Games:...... 22-12 Berríos' exit, the bullpen combination of Trevor May, Taylor Rogers and Sergio Romo held Chicago 2020 at Detroit:...... 0-3 vs. American League Central:...... 21-17 hitless through the final 3.0 innings to round out the game and roadtrip...marked the second time All-Time Record:...... 462-419-1 vs. Central:...... 12-5 this season Minnesota's bullpen finished a game with at least 3.0 IP without allowing a hit (other instance was also on the roadtrip – 5.1 perfect innings on 9/16 at CWS). All-Time at Home:...... 241-201 Games vs. LH Starter:...... 8-7 All-Time at Detroit:...... 221-218-1 Games vs. RH Starter:...... 25-15 The Twins dealt Cubs starter and NL Cy Young Award contender the loss, giving Twins score first:...... 26-10 AMinnessota three-straight series with a win over its opponent's ace (defeated CLE's Shane 2020 Game Logs: Opponent scores first:...... 7-12 Bieber 9/11 and CWS' Lucas Giolito on 9/16). Come-from-behind wins:...... 8 Max Kepler went 3-for-5 out of the leadoff spot and finished a triple shy of the cycle after a Date Site Score Winner/Loser/ Leading after 7/8 inn.:...... 27-1/27-1 Afirst-inning single, a seventh-inning home run and a ninth-inning double...longball was his 8/27 DET - - **Postponed to 8/28** Trailing after 7/8 inn.:...... 1-12/1-16 first since going yard on August 26 at Cleveland...became the third European-born player 8/28 DET G1 **Postponed to 8/29** Tied after 7/8 inn.:...... 2-5/1-1 to reach 100 career home runs in MLB history, joining Bobby Thomson (264 HR, United #G2 **Postponed to 9/4** Extra-innings:...... 2-0 Kingdom) and Didi Gregorius (119 HR, the Netherlands). 8/29 DET 2-8 Boyd/Dobnak 1-run games:...... 7-5 Josh Donaldson went 2-for-3 with two walks, booking his fourth multi-hit game of the season &2-4 Skubal/Duffey/Soto Twins out-hit opp.:...... 23-3 Aand his first game reaching base at least four times. 8/30 DET 2-3 Alexander/Maeda/Soto ...... 7-17 Jake Cave became the third player in Twins history to hit a triple at , alongside Opp. out-hit Twins: 9/4 MIN 2-0 Dobnak/Boyd/Rogers Twins/Opp. have = hits:...... 3-2 AWillians Astudillo (7/1/18) and Todd Walker (9/2/97). Run Differential:...... +55 (245-190) &3-2 (8) Romo/Jiménez/May Twins get Quality Start:...... 12-3 ROSTER MOVE: The Minnesota Twins today announced that they have reinstated right-handed 9/5 MIN 4-3 Alcala/Cisnero Twins starter goes 6+ IP:...... 12-3 Homer Bailey from the 45-day Injured list...Bailey will start tonight's game against Detroit... 9/6 MIN 8-10 Funkhouser/Romo/García Most games over .500:...... 12, 9/14 the 34-year-old missed 51 games with right biceps tendinitis, and made just one start – his first 9/7 MIN 6-2 Pineda/Fulmer Most games under .500:...... as a Twin before going on the Injured List...Bailey, who signed as a free agent in the offseason, 9/22 MIN 6:40 pm (CT) Longest win-streak:...... 6, 7-31-8/5 earned the win in the Twins' home opener on July 28 vs. St. Louis after pitching 5.0 innings and 9/23 MIN 6:40 pm (CT) Longest losing-streak:...... 6, 8/25-31 allowing two runs on four hits, with two walks and four strikeouts...Bailey was originally placed on # - PPD from 8/27 at DET ...... 25-6 When Twins score 4+: the 10-day IL on August 2 (retroactive to July 29) and was transferred to the 45-day Injured List on & - PPD from 8/28 at DET When Twins score 3-:...... 8-16 August 22...to make room on the 28-man roster, the Twins have optioned right-handed pitcher Sean Twins get 10+ hits:...... 13-4 Poppen to the club's alternate training site in St. Paul...Poppen has posted a 4.70 ERA (7.2 IP, 4 $ - PPD from 8/28 at DET (DET home team) Days in First Place...... 35 ER) and 10 strikeouts in six appearances across five stints with the Twins this season...his most LAST ROADTRIP (3-4) Days in Second Place...... 14 recent recall occurred on September 18, though his last outing was on September 8 at St. Louis. Days in Third Place...... 9 Batting average .217 Days in Fourth Place...... TWINS ARE IN!: The Twins secured a playoff berth on Saturday night after their 8-1 win over the Runs Per Game 3.3 Days in Fifth Place...... Cubs...below are the final results from previous postseasons (since 1961): Home Runs 11 Walk-Off W/L:...... 2/1 YEAR CLINCHED FINISHED YEAR CLINCHED FINISHED RISP .204 Shutouts W/L:...... 3/2 1965 AL (102-60) Lost 4-3 to LAD in WS 2004 AL-C (92-70) Lost 3-1 to NYY in ALDS** Errors 1 Complete Games...... 1969 AL-W (97-65) Swept in 3 by BAL in ALCS 2006 AL-C (96-66) Swept in 3 by OAK in ALDS 1970 AL-W (98-64) Swept in 3 by BAL in ALCS 2009 AL-C (87-76) Swept in 3 by NYY in ALDS Team ERA 2.44 GONE IN 60 1987 AL-W (85-77) Beat STL 4-3 in WS 2010 AL-C (94-68) Swept in 3 by NYY in ALDS Starters W-L 2-2 MIN/WAS FRANCHISE RECORDS OVER THE 1991 AL-W (95-67) Beat ATL 4-3 in WS 2017 AL-WC (85-77) Lost 8-4 in 1 game at NYY FIRST 60 GAMES OF A SEASON (SINCE 1901) 2002 AL-C (94-67) Lost 4-1 to ANA in ALCS* 2019 AL-C (101-61) Swept in 3 by NYY in ALDS Starters ERA 2.50 HITS...... 102, Heinie Manush, 1934 2003 AL-C (90-72) Lost 3-1 to NYY in ALDS 2020 Postseason - - Relievers W-L-S 1-2-0 HOME RUNS...... 22, Harmon Killebrew, 1959 *Twins last postseason series win came in five games over Oakland in the 2002 ALDS. Relievers ERA 2.35 RBI...... 63, Kirby Puckett, 1994 **Twins last postseason win came in Game 1 October 5, 2004 at New York (Santana/Mussina) Saves/Opps 0/1 XBH...... 37, Eduardo Escobar, 2018 ALL-TIME AL CENTRAL DIVISION WINNERS: Cleveland - 10, Minnesota - 8, Detroit - 4, Chicago - 3, Kansas City - 1 RUNS...... 55, Cesar Tovar, 1970 THROUGH GAMES OF THIS DATE DOUBLES...... 28, Chuck Knoblauch, 1994 MINNESOTA AND THE MOTOR CITY: The Twins and Tigers meet tonight to begin their final regular IN 2019 season series of 2020 – a two-game set taking place tonight and tomorrow...the two squads are WALKS...... 70, Eddie Yost, 1956 currently deadlocked at 4-4 on the year, with Minnesota going 4-1 at Target Field and 0-3 at Co- RECORD GAMES BACK/AHEAD STOLEN BASES...... 36, Clyde Milan, 1912 merica Park...Twins are attempting to win their fourth consecutive season series against Detroit...a 96-60 (.615)...... +4.0 over Cleveland ------loss in the season series would be their first since 2016, when they went 4-15 against the Tigers. WINS...... 14, Walter Johnson, 1913 Across 65 games, Jorge Polanco is hitting .304 (76-for-250) all-time vs. Detroit pitching, including 14 doubles, four triples, seven home STRIKEOUTS..... 129, Walter Johnson, 1910 Aruns and 34 RBI. STARTS...... 18, 2 Tied Mitch Garver is also hitting .304 (21-for-69) in his career vs. the Tigers, with five doubles, two triples, five homers, 15 RBI and 14 walks... GAMES...... 38, Mike Marshall, 1979 Aalso owns a 1.069 OPS in 26 games. SAVES...... 21, Glen Perkins, 2015 MANAGED THE LIVIN' FIRE OUT OF THAT CAREER: With the announcement of Ron Gardenhire's retirement, here are some notes on the former Twins skipper: RECENT TRANSACTIONS His 1,068 managerial wins with the Twins are second most in Minnesota history, behind Tom Kelly (1,336). 9/22 RHP Bailey reinstated from 45-day IL AWas first manager in MLB history to lead his team to the playoffs in six of his first nine seasons, and the fourth to begin his career with RHP Poppen optioned to alternate site Athree-straight first-place finishes. 9/18 C Garver reinstated from 10-day IL Was minor league manager in the Twins’ system from 1988-90, before joining the major league coaching staff in 1991 (Single-A Kenosha Ain 1988, Double-A Orlando from 1989-90)...was the third base coach for Minnesota's 1991 World Series champions. C/IF Astudillo optioned to alternate site RHP Odorizzi placed on 10-day IL As a player, selected by New York-NL in sixth round of 1979 June Draft out of the University of Texas at Austin. AMade major league debut on September 1, 1981 at Houston; played parts of five seasons for the Mets from 1981-85...retired as player in 1987. RHP Poppen recalled from Taxi Squad AOverall, his 1,200 managerial wins are fifth most among active managers. 9/16 C Avila reinstated from 10-day IL AHis 84 ejections are seventh most in MLB history (71 of the 84 came with the Twins). RHP Odorizzi reinstated from 10-day IL AJustin Morneau on Gardy (via MLB.com): “He looked out for me. He treated me like a son. He was a guy who always wanted the best for his IF Blankenhorn optioned to alternate Aplayers. He would go to bat for his players. He was a players’ manager. And he had such a good feel of, once or twice a year, if the effort site/added to Taxi Squad wasn’t good enough, come in and yell and blow up the room and let everybody know that effort is expected and focus is expected.” RHP Dobnak optioned to alternate “He was willing to change and do what was necessary to evolve and get the most out of his teams and his players. You can see them site/added to Taxi Squad A turning the corner, you can see his fingerprints on that club, and if that club turns into a winning club next year or the year after, you know he’s had an impact on those guys who’re still there once he’s gone.” TWINSPRESSBOX.COM UPCOMING MILESTONES Get the latest Twins Game Notes, Zoom PLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACH Interviews, Roster, Stat Packs, Clips, Press Nelson Cruz...... 417 home runs...... Needs 7 to tie Edwin Encarnación (424) for 52nd on MLB's all-time list. Releases, 2020 Media Guide as well as other Miguel Sanó...... 131 home runs...... Needs 1 to tie Jacque Jones (132) for 13th on Twins all-time list. team related information at: 99 doubles...... Needs 1 to reach 100 for career. www.twinspressbox.com Marwin Gonzalez...... 96 home runs...... Needs 4 to reach 100 for career. STARTING PITCHER 2020 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Homer bailey #15 CG’s: - - CG’s: 7x, last: 6/29/14 at SF Height: 6-4 Weight: 223 B/T: R/R Age: 34 (5/3/1986 in La Grange, TX) SHO’s: - - SHO’s: 4x, last: 6/29/14 at SF CG Low Hit: - - CG Low-Hit: 0, 2x, last: 7/2/13 vs. SF 2020: 1-0, 3.60 ERA CAREER: 81-86, 4.56 ERA Innings: 5.0, 7/28 vs. STL Innings: 9.0, 6x, last: 6/29/14 at SF • He is making his second start and appearance of the season...he was reinstated from SO’s: 4, 7/28 vs. STL SO’s: 12, 7/21/13 vs. PIT the 45-day Injured List earlier today, after missing 51 games with right biceps tendinitis. Walks: 2, 7/28 vs. STL Walks: 7, 6/27/09 at CLE • He is making his 245th career start and appearance. Hits: 4, 7/28 vs. STL Hits: 15, 7/26/08 vs. COL Home Runs: 1, 7/28 vs. STL Home Runs: 4, 4/14/14 vs. PIT 2020 DAY-BY-DAY Win-Streak: 1, 7/28-present Win-Streak: 6, 7/13-9/14/13 Loss-Streak: - - Loss-Streak: 10, 5/18/18-4/8/19 Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Left/Final Notes Pitches/K 7/28 vs. STL W1 5.0 4 2 2 1 2 4 6-2/6-3 Won Twins debut in Home Opener 80/46 (57.5%) JULY TOTALS 1-0 5.0 4 2 2 1 2 4 3.60 ERA CAREER NOTES RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA • He is in his 14th career major league season...the Twins are his fourth organization: 2020 TOTALS 1-0 5.0 4 2 2 1 2 4 3.60 Cincinnati (2007-18), Kansas City (2019) and Oakland (2019). CAREER TOTALS 81-86 1398.2 1453 755 709 175 462 1154 4.56 • Matched his career high in wins last season, going 13-9 with a 4.57 ERA between Kansas City and Oakland...his 31 combined starts were his most since 2013 (32 starts). • He's2019: one of 14-7,30 pitchers 3.59 in major ERA league CAREER:history with multiple 61-55, no-hitters, 3.90 including ERA five 2019 MAJOR LEAGUE DAY-BY-DAY currently active (Jake Arrieta - 2, Mike Fiers - 2, Max Scherzer - 2, Justin Verlander - 2)... tossed his first no-hitter Sept. 28, 2012 at Pittsburgh (1-0 win)...pitched his second Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Left/Final Notables Pitches/K (Pct.) no-hitter the following season, on July 2, 2013 vs. San Francisco (3-0 win). 4/3 vs. MIN ND 5.0 5 3 3 0 2 8 6-3/6-7 8K are his most in first start of a season 99/60 (60.6%) • On May 3, 2012 vs. the Cubs, participated in the first game in MLB history in which both 4/8 vs. SEA L1 5.0 8 7 7 3 2 7 4-5/5-13 Extended losing streak to 10 (career-long) 96/61 (63.5%) starting pitchers celebrated birthdays, starting opposite Ryan Dempster...Bailey turned 26 4/13 vs. CLE W1 7.0 2 0 0 0 2 6 2-0/3-0 1st win since 5/12/2018, snapping skid 102/64 (62.7%) that day, while it was Dempster's 35th birthday. 4/18 at NYY W2 6.0 3 1 1 0 1 6 3-1/6-1 1st consecutive wins since 7/4-9/17 86/58 (67.4%) • Won the 2006 Chief Bender Award for Reds minor league Player of the Year...the award 4/23 at TB L2 1.0 3 4 4 0 4 0 0-2/2-5 Shortest GS since 8/28/16 at ARI (1.0 IP) 38/20 (52.6%) is named after Crow Wing County, MN native and Baseball Hall of Famer Charles Albert 4/28 vs. LAA L3 6.0 6 4 4 0 0 3 1-4/3-7 Extended HR-less innings streak to 20.0 98/60 (61.1%) Bender, who grew up on the White Earth Indian Reservation near Bemidji. APR TOTALS 2-3 30.0 27 19 19 3 11 30 5.70 ERA • Originally selected by Cincinnati in the first round (7th overall) of the 2004 First-Year 5/4 at DET W3 6.0 7 2 2 1 2 4 9-2/15-3 34K thru first 7 GS; most since 2014 (38)94/68 (72.3%) Player Draft out of La Grange (TX) High School...nicknamed Homer after his great-grand- 5/10 vs. PHI W4 5.0 4 1 1 0 3 4 3-1/5-1 Holding LHB to .171 BA; 4th best in MLB 86/53 (61.6%) father. 5/16 vs. TEX L4 4.1 8 6 5 1 4 4 1-3/1-16 Tied season high with 8 hits allowed 90/60 (66.7%) 5/22(2)at STL L5 1.2 4 5 5 2 2 2 0-5/3-10 Second start of less than 2.0 IP on year 66/43 (65.2%) 5/27 at CWS ND 4.1 3 1 1 0 1 5 1-0/1-2 Retired 12 of first 13 batters faced 74/53 (71.6%) 2020 MISC. NUMBERS MAY TOTALS 2-2 21.1 26 15 14 4 12 19 5.91 ERA 6/1 at TEX L6 3.2 6 4 4 1 2 3 0-3/2-6 4th straight loss to AL West opponent 77/49 (63.6%) W L ERA G/GS IP ER AVG H AB HR BB SO 6/7 vs. CWS ND 6.0 7 3 3 0 1 3 4-2/6-4 4th QS of season; winless since 5/10 97/64 (66.0%) Home: 1 0 3.60 1/1 5.0 2 Vs. Left: .375 3 8 0 2 1 6/13 vs. DET W5 6.0 2 0 0 0 3 6 7-0/7-3 1st win since 5/10, snapping 5-GS skid102/70 (68.6%) Road: -- -- -.-- -/- -.- -- Vs. Right: .100 1 10 1 0 3 6/18 at SEA W6 7.2 5 0 0 0 2 6 9-0/9-0 Long. scoreless GS since '14 no-hitter 121/76 (62.8%) 6/23 vs. MIN W7 5.1 5 1 1 1 1 5 5-1/6-1 Won 3-straight GS; 1st time since '14 108/70 (64.8%) Day: -- -- -.-- -/- -.- -- TOTALS: .222 4 18 1 2 4 6/29 at TOR ND 5.0 5 5 5 2 4 6 4-5/5-7 100+ pit. in 4 straight starts; 1st time since 2013 103/58 (56.3%) Night: 1 0 3.60 1/1 5.0 2 JUNE TOTALS 3-1 33.2 30 13 13 4 13 29 3.48 ERA Grass: 1 0 3.60 1/1 5.0 2 None On: .250 3 12 0 2 3 7/4 vs. CLE ND 5.0 6 2 2 1 2 3 3-2/4-8 CLE scored 6 runs in 7th to win 93/57 (61.3%) Traded from Kansas City to Oakland 7/14 in exchange for minor league IF Kevin Merrell. Turf: -- -- -.-- -/- -.- -- Runners On: .167 1 6 1 0 1 7/17 vs. SEA W8 6.0 7 2 2 0 0 6 3-2/10-2 4th-straight win; longest streak since '14 87/54 (62.1%) 7/22 at HOU L7 2.0 8 9 9 3 3 2 0-6/1-11 3rd career GS w/ 9+ runs allowed 66/37 (56.1%) 7/27 vs. TEX W9 6.2 7 3 3 0 1 7 5-0/5-4 Ended month 2-1 despite 7.32 ERA 105/71 (67.6%) 6.0-PLUS IP/QUALITY STARTS JULY TOTALS 2-1 19.2 28 16 16 4 6 18 7.32 ERA 8/1 vs. MIL ND 6.0 5 2 2 0 3 5 1-2/5-3 29th career GS vs. MIL; most vs. opp. 101/61 (60.4%) YEAR STARTS 6+ IP QS YEAR STARTS 6+ IP QS 8/7 at CHC L8 4.2 6 7 7 1 1 0 1-5/1-10 4th consecutive L to CHC, since 6/24/14 73/46 (63.0%) 2007 9 2 1 2015 2 - - 8/14 at SF W10 7.0 2 0 0 0 1 7 6-0/9-5 3rd time reaching 10 wins; 1st since '13 91/66 (72.5%) 2008 8 2 2 2016 6 1 1 8/20 vs. NYY W11 5.2 7 1 1 1 0 8 4-1/6-2 One of 4 SP w/ 2 wins over NYY in '19 108/78 (72.2%) 2009 20 11 10 2017 18 9 7 8/26 at KC W12 6.0 8 3 3 1 0 3 15-3/19-4 Team scored in eight consecutive innings 105/68 (64.8%) 2010 19 11 8 2018 20 6 6 8/31 at NYY ND 5.2 4 2 2 2 1 9 2-2/4-3 32 K tied August career high (also 2011) 99/63 (63.6%) 2011 22 15 13 2019 31 14 13 AUG TOTALS 3-1 35.0 32 15 15 5 6 32 3.86 ERA 2012 33 23 21 2020 1 0 0 9/6 vs. DET ND 6.1 5 2 2 1 1 3 4-0/4-5 1st loss exiting w/ a lead since 7/4 101/67 (66.3%) 2013 32 24 20 TOTALS 244 134 116 9/12 at HOU W13 5.1 3 1 1 0 3 4 3-1/3-2 Matched career high with 13th win 96/56 (58.3%) 2014 23 16 14 9/18 vs. KC ND 7.0 3 0 0 0 1 11 0-0/1-0 11K were most since 8/12/16 (12K) 95/66 (69.5%) 9/24 at LAA L9 5.0 8 3 3 0 0 3 2-3/2-3 5th BB-less start; most since 2013 (6) 76/55 (72.4%) SEPT TOTALS 1-1 23.2 19 6 6 1 5 21 2.28 ERA MORE 2020 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBERS RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA

2019 TOTALS 13-9 163.1 162 84 83 21 53 149 4.57 BASE RUNNERS PICK-OFFS SB-ATT GIDP BAILEY: 6 0 0-0 1 WELCOME BACK, HOMER: Bailey was reinstated from the 45-day Injured List earlier today, to make the start tonight against the Tigers...he missed 51 games with right biceps tendinitis, going on the 2020 RUNS/HITS PER INNING 10-day Injured List on August 2 (retroactive to July 29)...transferred to the 60-day IL on August 22. Homer made one start prior to going on the shelf...earned the win in his first career outing in a INNING: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ATwins uniform, leading Minnesota to a 6-3 victory over St. Louis in the 2020 Home Opener on RUNS/HITS: 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/1 2/2 -/- -/- -/- -/- July 28...marked his first career start at Target Field...allowed a base runner in each of his first four innings and took a shutout into the fifth before yielding a two-run homer to Tyler O'Neill... after the longball, retired his last three hitters, departing with a 6-2 lead after allowing the BAILEY VS. DETROIT two runs on four hits in 5.0 innings (2 BB, 4 SO). 2019 vs. Detroit (3 starts): 2-0, 1.96 ERA (18.1 IP, 4 ER), 6 BB, 13 SO He joined Kenta Maeda (July 26 at CWS) and Rich Hill (July 29 vs. STL) as the first trio of AMinnesota pitchers to make their team debut, start and win within the first five games 2019 vs. Detroit at Home (2 starts): 1-0, 1.46 ERA (12.1 IP, 2 ER), 4 BB, 9 SO of the season, and second such group in franchise history (Bill Carrick, Win Mercer and 2019 vs. Detroit on Road (1 start): 1-0, 3.00 ERA (6.0 IP, 2 ER), 2 BB, 4 SO Watty Lee between April 26-30 for the 1901 Washington Senators in the franchise's first Career vs. Detroit (5 starts): 2-1, 2.45 ERA (33.0 IP, 9 ER), 9 BB, 26 SO year of existence) (credit: Elias)...the last time that had occured in MLB was the San Diego Career vs. Detroit at Home (3 starts): 1-0, 2.37 ERA (19.0 IP, 5 ER), 6 BB, 16 SO Padres in 1969, also in their first year of existence (Dick Selma, Johnny Podres and Dick Kelley Career vs. Detroit on Road (2 starts): 1-1, 2.57 ERA (14.0 IP, 4 ER), 3 BB, 10 SO betweeen April 8-10)...credit: Elias.

GOOD LIVING IN THE JUNIOR CIRCUIT: Homer's Twins debut back in July marked his 32nd career BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPS start as an American League pitcher, a stretch in which he is 14-9 with a 4.54 ERA (168.1 IP, 85 Bailey vs. the Tigers Skubal vs. the Twins ER), 166 hits allowed, 55 walks and 153 strikeouts...Bailey made his AL debut last season with Kansas City and Oakland, before signing a one-year contract with Minnesota on December 31, PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SO PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SO 2019 (the same day as fellow veteran hurler Rich Hill)...prior to 2019, he had spent the first 12 Cabrera .300 10 3 0 2 1 Polanco .000 5 0 0 0 2 seasons of his career (2007-18) in the Senior Circuit with Cincinnati. Candelario .222 9 2 1 0 2 Cruz .250 4 1 1 0 0 Bailey's AL numbers are better than his overall career numbers in several categories, including Castro .125 8 1 0 1 0 Rosario .250 4 1 0 0 0 Awinning percentage (.609 since 2019 to .485 career), ERA (4.54 to 4.56), hits allowed per 9.0 Goodrum .125 8 1 1 1 1 Sanó .500 4 2 0 0 1 innings (8.88 to 9.35), strikeouts per 9.0 innings (8.18 to 7.43), -to-walk ratio (2.78 Dixon .200 5 1 0 1 1 Jeffers .000 3 0 0 0 2 to 2.50), opponent batting average (.255 to .268) and opponent OPS (.720 to .754). Romine .000 4 0 0 0 2 Buxton .000 2 0 0 0 2 Reyes .333 3 1 0 0 0 Cave .000 2 0 0 0 0 CENTRALLY SPEAKING: In nine starts last season vs. AL Central clubs (excluding Minnesota), Castro .000 2 0 0 0 0 Donaldson .000 2 0 0 1 0 Bailey went 4-0 with a 2.18 ERA (53.2 IP, 13 ER), 13 walks, 44 strikeouts, a .217 opponent batting Gonzalez .000 2 0 0 1 0 average (43-for-198) and just four home runs allowed. Kepler .000 2 0 0 0 1 In three 2019 starts vs. Detroit, Bailey went 2-0 with a 1.96 ERA (18.1 IP, 4 ER), six walks, A13 strikeouts and a .203 opponent batting average (14-for-69). HOMER AT HOME: Beginning with his first start at Kauffman Stadium in 2019, Bailey is a combined 8-3 with a 3.51 ERA (97.1 IP, 38 ER) in his last 17 home starts, while CAREER VS. THE TIGERS: Tonight's start marks the sixth of Bailey's career against Detroit...he's 2-1 his teams are 11-6...he's won each of his last six home decisions (spanning 11 starts), with a 2.45 ERA (33.0 IP, 9 ER) and a .190 opponent batting average (23-for-121) in his five prior since June 7, 2019–his team is 9-2 in that span...he's allowed two-or-fewer runs starts...his ERA and BAA vs. Detroit are his lowest career marks against any single opponent in each of his last five home starts, a career-long streak over which he's posted that he's faced at least thrice...all five of his career starts against the Tigers have been quality, a 2.10 ERA (30.0 IP, 7 ER). and four of the five have occurred since 2018–the only outlier is his first start against them on June 10, 2012 at Great American Ball Park (ND, 6.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R/ER, 1 HR, 2 BB, 7 K). 2019 NOTES: Homer began last season in the AL Central with Kansas City after signing a minor league THE REPERTOIRE: Bailey's pitch mix has changed over the years, following the contours of his Acontract and having his contract selected on April 3...he was later traded to Oakland on career...in 2009, his first full big league season, Bailey threw a four seamer, sinker, changeup, July 14 in exchange for minor league infielder Kevin Merrell. slider and curve...the changeup was phased out and replaced by his second-most thrown pitch At the time of his trade to Oakland, was leading the Royals in wins (7)...went on to lead in 2019, his split finger, between 2016-17...the split finger was his most effective out-creator Athe A's in wins following the trade (6) and matched the most by an Athletic acquired in last season, as he held opponents to a .188 (35-for-186) batting average on the pitch...below an in-season trade over the last 20 years (Jon Lester in 2014). is the full breakdown of Bailey's pitches in 2019, according to Baseball Savant: Bailey matched his career high in wins (13, 2012) while his 31 starts, 163.1 innings PITCH______NUMBER (vs. RHB-LHB)/AVG MPH______PERCENTAGE Apitched and 149 strikeouts were his third-highest single-season totals and his most Four Seamer...... 1316 pitches (597-719)/93.0...... 48.2 since 2013, when he set career highs with 209.0 innings pitched and 199 strikeouts. Split Finger...... 715 pitches (278-437)/84.1...... 26.2 Slider ...... 394 pitches (329-65)/87.3...... 14.4 POSTSEASON HISTORY: Homer owns a 1.00 ERA (9.0 IP, 1 ER) and 12 strikeouts in two Curve...... 241 pitches (63-178)/78.3...... 8.8 career playoff appearances (1 start)...last took the mound in Postseason play in the 2012 Sinker...... 67 pitches (23-44)/92.7...... 2.5 NLDS, for Cincinnati; set a Reds record with 10 strikeouts in Game 3 vs. SF. TOMORROW'S STARTER - RHP KENTA MAEDA (SEASON: 5-1, 2.52 ERA // CAREER: 52-36, 3.74 ERA) Maeda is due to toe the rubber in tomorrow night's season series finale against the Tigers at Target Field...took a no-decision in his most recent start last Thursday afternoon against the White Sox in Chicago... allowed just two runs on five hits in 5.0 innings, with no walks and eight strikeouts...the White Sox scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh to go ahead for good...marked his first career start of 5.0 innings or less in which he struck out at least eight batters and walked none...became just the second pitcher in Twins/Senators history with a start under those criteria, joining Dave Boswell on May 30, 1969 at Boston (L, 5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R/ER, 0 BB, 8 K)...Maeda has faced Detroit twice so far this season, once apiece at Comerica Park and Target Field, going 0-1 with a 4.50 ERA (12.0 IP, 6 ER), one walk and 16 strikeouts. BULLPEN TEAM BULLPEN NOTES ’Pen has a 2.53 ERA (103.0 IP, 29 ER), .238 BAA (91-for-383) and .659 opponent OPS in 26 home games this season (Twins are 21-5 at home)...conversely, ’pen has 4.56 ERA (104.2 IP, 53 ER), .235 BAA (95-for-404) A and .746 opponent OPS in 29 road games (Twins are 12-17 on the road)...’pen ranks 3rd in the majors in home ERA and 14th in road ERA...’pen pitched 5.1 perfect IP 9/16 and 3.0 hitless IP on Sunday. ’Pen is 1st in AL/3rd in MLB in K/9.0 IP (10.70)...’pen is among MLB leaders in K/BB (1st, 3.43), saves (T-3rd, 16), BB/9 (3rd, 3.12) and ERA (5th, 3.55)...stranded 42 of 58 inherited runners, good for a 27.6 IR scored %, 4th in MLB. AOverall, ’pen is 12-11, 3.55 ERA (207.2 IP, 82 ER) with 72 BB, 247 K and 16 SV (21 OPP) in first 55 games this season...’pen leads the majors with 46 holds...’pen’s .214 BAA w/ RISP is 2nd in AL and 3rd in MLB. A’Pen is 5-3, 2.92 ERA (61.2 IP, 20 ER) w/ 21 walks & 80 strikeouts in last 19 games (Twins are 13-6) in that span...’pen is 10-9-12 w/ a 3.69 ERA (146.1 IP, 60 ER) in 38 G vs. AL Central this season. JORGE ALCALA - RHP #66 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 205 B/T: R/R Age: 25 (7/28/95 in Bajos De Haina, DR) Acquired: Trade with HOU, 7/27/18 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/15 at CWS ND 2.0 3 1 1 1 0 2 Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 3.38 (2.2 IP, 1 ER), 4 K, 0 BB Series at CHC: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .379 vs. Right .163 9/14 at CWS ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Pitched back-to-back days for first time in his career 9/14-15...struck out both batters he faced and stranded 2 inherited runners 9/14...career 0-0, 0.00 ERA (4.1 9/8 at STL(2) ND 0.2 1 1 1 0 1 0 AIP, 0 ER), 1 BB, 6 K in 3 G vs. Detroit...9 of 13 appearances this season have lasted more than 1.0 inning. 9/5 vs. DET W2 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 3 Earned win 9/5 after pitching eighth and ninth, allowing 2 H and had 3 K’s...recorded career-high innings (3.0) and strikeouts (6) 8/21 at KC...earned 1st career 9/2 vs. CWS ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Awin and had 2.0 scoreless IP in 8/18 extra-inning victory vs. MIL...0 ER in 9 of 13 outings this season (21.2 IP, 7 ER)...hit career-high 100.7 mph on 9/2 vs. CWS. 8/29 at DET(2) ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 2 AOriginally signed by HOU as intl. free agent 12/3/14...traded to MIN along w/ OF Celestino for RHP Pressly on 7/27/18...MLB debut 9/21/19 vs. KC w/ 0.2 IP. 8/25 at CLE BS1/L1 1.0 3 3 3 1 1 1 TYLER CLIPPARD - RHP #36 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 200 B/T: R/R Age: 35 (2/14/85 in Lexington, KY) Acquired: Signed as free agent, 12/20/19 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO Roadtrip: 0-1-0, 8.10 (3.1 IP, 3 ER), 2 K, 1 BB Series at CHC: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP, 0ER), 1 K, 0 BB vs. Left .222 vs. Right .196 9/19 at CHC ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9/17 at CWS L1/H7 0.2 1 2 2 0 1 0 Pitched the ninth for the 1st time this year in last Saturday’s win...career 0-0 w/ 1 hold, 0.92 ERA (19.2 IP, 2 ER), 5 BB, 24 K, .200 BAA (14-for-70) in 18 G vs. 9/15 at CWS ND 1.2 1 1 1 1 0 1 ADET...ERA vs. DET is third-lowest against any single team...0 ER allowed in 17 of his first 22 Twins appearances, with 2.78 ERA (22.2 IP, 7 ER), 4 BB, 22 .K 9/12 vs. CLE H6 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1 Has been the Opener in two outings: 8/2 vs. CLE (2.0 scoreless IP) and 8/11 at MIL (1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, HR, 2 K)...has been Opener 6 times in career (all last 3 seasons). 9/8 at STL(2) ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 A2020 marked first OD roster since 2018 (TOR)...signed 1-year contract with MIN 12/20/19...made MIN debut on 7/24, pitching a scoreless 6th (1 BB, 1 K) and 9/5 vs. DET ND 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 1 Aearned a hold while becoming the 25th pitcher in MLB history to play for 10 franchises...3 holds, 2.53 ERA (10.2 IP, 3 ER) in 10 home G this season. 9/4 vs. DET(2) ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AHas also pitched for NYY (2007, 2016-17), WAS (2008-14), OAK (2015), NYM (2015), ARI (2016), CWS (2017), HOU (2017), TOR (2018) & CLE (2019). TYLER DUFFEY - RHP #21 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 220 B/T: R/R Age: 29 (12/27/90 in Houston, TX) Drafted: 5th round, 2012 Draft DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/19 at CHC H12 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (4.0 IP, 0 ER), 5 K, 1 BB Series at CHC: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP, 0ER), 1 K, 0 BB vs. Left .154 vs. Right .139 9/16 at CWS H11 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9/14 at CWS ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 2 T-1st in MLB w/ 12 holds (OAK’s J. Diekman)...2.0 perfect innings 9/16, longest perfect G since 5/31/18 vs. CLE (2.0 IP)...allowed 1st inherited runner to score 9/12 9/12 vs. CLE H10 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 1 A(1 of 6 in 2020)...stranded 14 of his last 16 IR (87.5%) since 8/11/19...17 of 20 G are scoreless in 2020...43 of last 47 G have been scoreless, since 7/28/19...1.17 9/6 vs. DET BS1 1.1 3 2 1 0 0 3 ERA (46.0 IP, 6 ER) in span, with 70 K vs. 11 BB (6.36 K/BB and 13.70 K/9.0)...in same span, opponents are .150/.213/.244. 9/4 vs. DET(1) H9 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Allowed 4 total R (3 ER) in last 8 appearances...prior to that, allowed 4 total R in previous 40 outings...RHB are 5-for-36 (.139, 11 K) & LHB are 6-for-39 (.154, 17 K). 8/31 vs. CWS ND 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 1 AHas faced DET 27 times in his career (5 starts), and is 4-4 with a 3.86 ERA (53.2 IP, 23 ER), 5 holds, 12 walks and 52 strikeouts. TREVOR MAY - RHP #65 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-5 Weight: 240 B/T: R/R Age: 30 (9/23/89 in Longview, WA) Acquired: Trade with PHI, 12/6/12 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/20 at CHC ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.2 IP, 0 ER), 6 K, 0 BB Series at CHC: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP, 0ER), 2 K, 0 BB vs. Left .214 vs. Right .289 9/17 at CWS H7 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Tossed a perfect inning Sunday with two strikeouts...became first Twin in 2020 to strand the bases loaded without allowing a run 9/17...struck out the side in the 9/16 at CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 A9th 9/16 to close out the win...4.50 ERA (10.0 IP, 5 ER) in 10 home G, compared to 4.22 ERA (10.2 IP, 5 ER) in 10 road G...8/24-31, allowed ER in 3 consecutive 9/13 vs. CLE H6 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 appearances for the first time since 7/14-7/21/2019...8/29-31, back-to-back G with HR allowed for first time since 7/14-7/17/2019. 9/8 at STL(2) ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 2 Has appeared in 24 games against the Tigers (2 starts), maintaining a 2-2 record with a 5.29 ERA (32.1 IP, 19 ER), 1 save, 3 holds, six walks and 33 strikeouts.. 9/6 vs. DET ND 0.2 4 2 2 1 0 1 A15 of 21 appearances this season have been scoreless...has a 14.81 K/9.0 IP ratio (34 K, 20.2 IP), 4th highest in MLB (min. 18.0 IP)...8.50 K/BB is T-6th highest 9/4 vs. DET(2) S2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Ain majors (min. 18.0 IP)...allowed a HR vs. CWS on 8/31 (Luis Robert)...2nd-longest tenured Twin (Polanco - debut 6/26/14), making debut 8/9/14. 8/31 vs CWS ND 1.1 1 1 1 1 0 4 ALHB are hitting .214 (9-for-42) w/ 3 HR in 2020...RHB are hitting .289 (11-for-38) w/ 2 HR in 2020...has stranded 10-of-11 inherited runners this season (90.9%). 8/29 at DET(2) ND 0.2 2 2 2 1 0 1 TAYLOR ROGERS - LHP #55 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 190 B/T: L/L Age: 29 (12/17/90 in Denver, CO) Drafted: 11th round, 2012 Draft DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/20 at CHC ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Roadtrip: 0-1-0, 13.50 (1.1 IP, 2 ER), 2 K, 3 BB Series at CHC: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP, 0ER), 2 K, 1 BB vs. Left .300 vs. Right .303 9/14 at CWS L4 0.1 2 2 2 0 2 0 9/12 vs. CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Earned 9th save 9/11 vs. CLE; ranks 5th in AL/T-10th in MLB in saves (9-for-11)...pitched hitless 8th inning on Sunday at Chicago-NL...1st 4 G were scoreless, 9/11 vs. CLE S9 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 Asince then has allowed runs in 7 of 15 games (5.93 ERA and .349 BAA)...appearance Sunday marked his eighth outing in a non-save situation this season. 9/7 vs. DET ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 22 career G against DET...is 5-for-5 in save attempts, along with a 2.08 ERA (21.2 IP, 5 ER), four BB and 21 K’s with .224 opponents’ batting average (17-for-76). 9/4 vs. DET(1) S8 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 A1.50 home ERA (12.0 IP, 2 ER) w/ 1 BB, 14 K, .250 BAA (12-for-48)...on road, is 0-3-3 w/ 11.12 ERA (5.2 IP, 7 ER), .393 BAA (11-for-28) & 1.130 opponent OPS. 8/31 vs. CWS L3 1.0 3 3 0 0 0 1 AHe’s one of five pitchers this season with at least 9 saves and at least one hold (Brad Hand, Trevor Rosenthal, Brandon Kintzler, Brandon Workman). 8/24 at CLE S7 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 SERGIO ROMO - RHP #54 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 5-11 Weight: 185 B/T: R/R Age: 37 (3/4/1983 in Brawley, CA) Acquired: Trade with MIA, 7/27/19 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/20 at CHC ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.1 IP, 0 ER), 3 K, 1 BB Series at CHC: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP, 0ER), 3 K, 1 BB vs. Left .207 vs. Right .154 9/17 at CWS BS1 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Pitched scoreless 9th Sunday at CHC in non-save situation...T-4th in MLB w/ 10 holds...earned 4th SV 9/13 vs. CLE...opponents are 12-for-68 (.176) w/ 2 HR, 5 BB & 22 K. 9/13 vs. CLE S4 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 ATook loss 9/6 vs. DET after HR in 8th...allowed 3 ER 8/26 at CLE (8/26)...had allowed 3 ER total in prev. 17 G’s...had not allowed 3 ER in a G since 6/9/19 vs. ATL (4 ER). 9/11 vs. CLE H10 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AHas allowed 1 or fewer BB in 83 of last 87 G...lifetime 1-1-4 vs. DET with a 2.63 ERA (13.2 IP, 4 ER), 4 holds, 2 BB 14 K’s and .241 BAA (13-for-54). 9/8 at STL(1) ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 AHas thrown his slider 64.9% of the time so far in 2020, tied for 2nd-highest % in MLB (with TB’s Diego Castillo, min. 250 pitches), trailing only Matt Wisler 9/6 vs. DET L2 0.2 1 1 1 1 0 1 A(83.6%)...opponents are hitting .143 (6-for-42) off the pitch...earned 700th career K 8/15 vs. KC. 9/4 vs. DET(2) W1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A12th MLB season...currently ranks 4th among actives in holds (188), 4th in games (729) and 13th in saves (133). 9/1 vs. CWS H9 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CODY STASHAK - RHP #61 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-2 Weight: 180 B/T: R/R Age: 26 (6/4/1994 in Somers Point, NJ) Drafted: 13th Round, 2015 Draft DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/16 at CWS W1 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Roadtrip: 1-0-0, 0.00 (2.1 IP, 0 ER), 2 K, 0 BB Series at CHC: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .095 vs. Right .238 9/13 vs. CLE H4 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 2 Earned 1st career win Wednesday at CWS with 2.1 perfect IP after Odorizzi departed; longest perfect outing of career...in 3 career G against Detroit, is 0-0 with a 9/7 vs. DET H3 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 A2.84 ERA (6.1 IP, 2 ER), 1 BB, 4 K’s and .174 opp. BA (4-for-23)...10.00 K/BB (40 K, 4 BB) in career, 2nd-best mark in baseball since the start of 2019 (min. 30.0 IP). 8/11 at MIL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 On 8/1, reached 30 career K before 2nd career BB...per Elias, is most career K by pitcher before 2nd career BB since mound was moved to current distance in 1893. 8/8 at KC ND 1.0 3 3 3 2 1 0 ANamed to 1st career Opening Day roster this year...became first-time father in late June to baby boy, Colton, reporting late to summer camp for the birth. 8/5 at PIT H2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CALEB THIELBAR - LHP #72 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-0 Weight: 205 B/T: R/L Age: 33 (01/31/1987 in Northfield, MN) Acquired: Signed as free agent, 11/29/19 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/18 at CHC ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP, 0 ER), 2 K, 2 BB Series at CHC: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP, 0ER), 1 K, 2 BB vs. Left .200 vs. Right .205 9/17 at CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12th scoreless G of season Friday...4 BB in last 3 G (2.2 IP), after just 3 BB in previous 10 G (11.0 IP)...2nd W 9/13 vs. CLE, but snapped his 11.1-inning scoreless 9/13 vs. CLE W2 0.2 0 1 1 0 2 1 Astreak...averaging 68.6 mph on his curveball this season, 3rd lowest in MLB (min. 250 pit.)...0-0 in 13 career G vs. DET w/ 1.35 ERA (13.1 IP, 2 ER), 2 BB and 14 K’s. 9/8 at STL(2) ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 His win on 9/1 was his first since May 5, 2014 at CLE...at 6 years, 119 days, Thielbar’s time between wins in a MIN uniform is the 3rd longest in franchise history, 9/4 vs. DET(2) ND 2.1 3 0 0 0 1 2 Abehind Bert Blyleven (9 years, 77 days; May 23, 1976-August 8, 1985) and Craig Breslow (7 years, 349 days; May 14, 2009-April 28, 2017). 9/1 vs. CWS W1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Made 1st MLB appearance since 4/30/15 with MIN on 8/4 vs. PIT (2.1 IP and 54 pitches were career highs)...span of 5 yrs, 3 months and 3 days...4th-longest appearance 8/30 at DET ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Ahiatus in Twins history, trailing Bert Blyleven (9 years, 64 days), Carlos Pulido (9 years, 22 days) and Craig Breslow (7 years, 322 days)...native of Northfield, MN. 8/24 at CLE H1 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 3 MATT WISLER - RHP #37 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 215 B/T: R/R Age: 28 (9/12/92 in Bryan, OH) Acquired: Claimed off Waivers from SEA, 10/29/19 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/19 at CHC ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 6 Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (3.1 IP, 0 ER), 8 K, 2 BB Series at CHC: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP, 0ER), 6 K, 0 BB vs. Left .100 vs. Right .148 9/17 at CWS H3 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 1 Recorded 6 K in 2.0 IP Saturday, tying career high in relief G (5/10/19, 6 K in 3.0 IP)...7.2 scoreless IP in 4 GS as Opener; 1.62 ERA (16.2 IP, 3 ER) in 12 G in relief. 9/14 at CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 AServed as Opener in Game 2 9/4 against DET; 1st Twins pitcher w/ SV & GS in consecutive outings since Tommy Milone in 2015...earned 2nd career save w/ 9/12 vs. CLE H2 1.1 1 1 1 0 1 2 Ascoreless ninth 9/1 vs. CWS, snapping streak of 3 GS...other SV came on 4/17/16 w/ ATL at MIA, with 1,597 days between saves...he’s one of 4 pitchers this 9/8 at STL(1) H1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 season w/ at least 4 GS and 1 SV, alongside STL’s Kwang Hyun Kim (6 GS/1 SV), CLE’s Adam Plutko (4 GS/1 SV) & NYM’s Seth Lugo (5 GS/3 SV). 9/4 vs. DET(2) ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Career 0-1, 3.55 ERA (12.2 IP, 5 ER) in 7 G/5 GS vs. DET, including 0-0, 0.00 ERA (3.2 IP, 0 ER) in 2 games vs. DET this season...throwing his slider 83.6% of 9/1 vs. CWS S1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Atime this year, the highest % among all MLB pitchers (min. 250 pitches)...Sergio Romo is 3rd w/ 64.9%. 8/29 at DET(2) ND 1.2 1 0 0 0 3 3 AAllowed 1st H of season to LHB 8/29...LHB are 3-for-30 (.100)...career 1-2 w/ 3.40 ERA (45.0 IP, 17 ER), 19 BB and 57 K vs. AL Central. 8/23 at KC ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2020 BULLPEN INFO TEAM BULLPEN USAGE Player name 1st Batter Avg BB/9 K/9 Saves/Opps Holds IRS% WHIP HR Last game 2 games ago 3 games ago Jorge Alcala .308 2.91 11.22 0/1 0 20.0% (1/5) 1.20 3 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) Tyler Clippard .333 1.59 8.74 0/1 7 20.0% (2/10) 0.93 2 0.0 IP (0) 1.0 IP (16) 0.0 IP (0) Tyler Duffey .000 2.53 11.81 0/1 10 16.7% (1/6) 0.80 2 0.0 IP (0) 1.0 IP (8) 0.0 IP (0) Trevor May .350 1.74 14.81 2/4 7 9.1% (1/11) 1.16 5 1.0 IP (15) 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) Taylor Rogers .278 2.04 11.21 9/11 1 100.0% (1/1) 1.53 2 1.0 IP (17) 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) Sergio Romo .263 2.41 10.61 4/5 5 66.7% (2/3) 0.91 2 1.0 IP (26) 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) Cody Stashak .111 2.31 11.57 0/0 3 100.0% (1/1) 0.86 2 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) Caleb Thielbar .250 5.06 11.25 0/0 1 9.1% (1/11) 1.31 0 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) 1.0 IP (23) Matt Wisler .125 5.18 12.58 1/1 3 33.3% (1/3) 1.03 2 0.0 IP (0) 2.0 IP (32) 0.0 IP (0) HITTERS EHIRE ADRIANZA - INF (PRONOUNCED AY-RAY AH-DREE-AHN-ZAH) #13 MARWIN GONZALEZ - INF/OF #9 Height: 6-1 Weight: 195 B/T: S/R Age: 30 (8/21/89 in Guarenas, VZ) Height: 6-1 Weight: 205 B/T: S/R Age: 31 (3/14/1989 in Puerto Ordaz, VZ) 2020 Average: .177 Streak: 0-3 Series at CHC: 0-2 2020 Average: .209 Streak: 1g, 1-4, 2B Series at CHC: 1-10, 2B Roadtrip: 2-9, 2B Home Runs: Roadtrip: 3-17, 2B Home Runs: 5 (3 1-run, 2 2-run) A Is 3-for-16 w/ 3 R, 2 BB & 2 2B vs. DET this season (8 G)...career .303 (33-for-109) w/ 22 A Career .279 (46-for-165) w/ 18 R, 11 2B, 3 HR, 18 RBI & a .726 OPS in 51 G vs. DET...is R, 12 2B, 4 HR, 17 RBI & a .881 OPS in 41 G vs. DET...12 2B & 4 HR are most vs. any opp. hitting .261 (6-for-23) w/ 4 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI in the last 7 G...hit 4th & 5th HR of the season on A Hitting .271 (102-for-376) w/ 65 R, 9 HR, 53 RBI & 35 BB in 50 G vs AL Central opponents. consecutive games (9/12-13) for 5th time in his career...career 24 HR & 100 RBI vs. AL Central A Became the first #9 batter in Twins/Senators history with three walks and an extra-base hit opponents (227 G)...is 4th on team in multi-H G (10), T-5th in H (33) and T-5th in BB (16). in a game on 9/14. A Reached in 29 of 48 games this season (H, HBP or BB), posting an OPS of .606. A Made defensive appearances at seven different positions in 2019: P (1 game, 0 starts), 1B A 20 GS at 3B, 4 at 1B, 16 at 2B & 6 in RF... .988 FPct in 46 starts this season (2 errors). (20 games, 12 starts), 2B (7 games, 7 starts), 3B (24 games, 14 starts), SS (24 games, 16 A Hitting .218 (12-for-55) as RHB & .204 (21-for-103) as LHB...all 5 HR in 2020 as LHB. starts), LF (1 games, 0 starts) and RF (6 games, 5 starts)...22 starts (3 2B/6 SS/13 3B) in 2020. RYAN JEFFERS - C #39 ALEX AVILA - C #16 Height: 6-4 Weight: 235 B/T: R/R Age: 23 (6/3/97 in Raleigh, NC) Height: 5-11 Weight: 210 B/T: L/R Age: 33 (1/29/87 in Hialeah, FL) 2020 Average: .283 Streak: 1g, 1-3 Series at CHC: 0-0 2020 Average: .191 Streak: 2g, 2-5, 2B Series at CHC: 1-1, 2B Roadtrip: 1-6, RBI Home Runs: 3 (2 1-run, 1 2-run) Roadtrip: 2-5, 2B Home Runs: 1 (1 1-run) A Career .333 (4-for-12) w/ R, HR, 2 RBI & a .917 OPS in 7 G (all in 2020)...now hitting .283 A Is the son of Tigers EVP of Baseball Ops and GM Al Avila...Missed 10 G w/ lower back tightness, (13-for-46) w/ 5 R, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 4 BB, 2 HBP & a .844 OPS in 23 G. before being activated from the 10-day IL on 9/16, has now appeared in 22 G for the Twins, A Ranks 2nd in HR (3), 3rd in RBI (7), 2nd in G (23) & 3rd in hits (13) as a rookie C in the AL. hitting .191 (9-for-47) w/ 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 11 BB & a .665 OPS. A Contract selected by the Twins on 8/20...has played in 23 G - 16 GS (all as C) 144.0 Inn... A Career .250 (6-for-24) w/ 3 R, 2B, 2 HR, 2 RBI & a .875 OPS in 10 G vs. DET. threw out the 1st attempted base stealer of his career on 9/5. A Played his 1,000th career game on 8/6, became 7th active catcher to reach that mark..901 A Currently ranked as the sixth-best prospect in the Twins' organization, per MLB.com. career games caught, 9th among actives - next Salvador Perez (902 G). A Twins are 5th Org: DET (2009-15, '17), CHC (2016), CWS (2017) & ARI (2019). MAX KEPLER - OF #26 BYRON BUXTON - OF #25 Height: 6-4 Weight: 225 B/T: L/L Age: 27 (2/10/93 in Berlin, Germany) Height: 6-2 Weight: 190 B/T: R/R Age: 26 (12/18/93 in Baxley, GA) 2020 Average: .219 Streak: 2g, 4-9, HR, 2 2B, 3 RBI Series at CHC: 4-9, HR, 2 2B, 3 RBI Roadtrip: 6-24, HR, 2 2B, 3 RBI Home Runs: 8 (5 1-run, 2 2-run, 1 3-run) 2020 Average: .271 Streak: 6g, 9-24, 4 HR, 2B, 6 RBI Series at CHC: 2-7, RBI Roadtrip: 9-24, 4 HR, 2B, 6 RBI Home Runs: 12 (8 1-run, 3 2-run, 1 3-run) A 3rd European-born player in major league history to reach 100 career homers, alongside A Two multi-HR games this season (8/12 @ MIL & 9/17 @ CWS)...6 HR in last 9 G (.355/10 Bobby Thomson (264, born in the UK) and Didi Gregorius (119, born in the Netherlands). RBI/1.343 OPS)...homered twice on 9/17 (12th HR this season)...has homered in 3 consecutive A Is 6-for-28 w/ 3 R, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB since returned from IL list on 9/13...was the first time games for the 2nd time in his career, both this season (8/6-8/8) & (9/15-9/17)...career .333 he'd been placed on the IL in his career...career 33 R/10 HR/30 RBI/.705 OPS in 66 G vs. DET. (22-for-66) w/ 11 R, 6 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 4 BB, 2 SB & a .887 OPS in 22 G vs. DET at TF...career A Hitting .125 (5-for-40) against lefties and .252 (28-for-111) vs. righties. .302 (42-for-139) w/ 24 R, 10 2B, 3B, 5 HR, 20 RBI, 8 BB, 5 SB & a .843 OPS in 46 G vs DET. A Reached safely in 28 of 43 games via H, BB, HBP... .694 OPS this season (42 G). A Drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the 9th inning with an infield single on 9/5… A Has 9 career leadoff homers, 3 this season (7/24 at CWS; & 7/31,8/26 vs. CLE)...5th on Twins was his 19th career game-winning RBI and the second walk-off hit of his career. all-time list: Brian Dozier - 28, Jacque Jones - 20, Chuck Knoblauch - 14 & Dan Gladden - 12. A CS in 5th inning on 8/1 for just the 9th time in career (61 career successful steals), first time JORGE POLANCO - SS #11 since May 21, 2019 at Los Angeles-AL...snapped a string of 6 successful steal attempts. Height: 5-11 Weight: 208 B/T: R/R Age: 27 (7/5/93 in San Pedro De Macorís, DR) #60 JAKE CAVE - OF 2020 Average: .264 Streak: 2g, 3-8, 2B Series at CHC: 3-11, 2B Height: 6-0 Weight: 200 B/T: L/L Age: 27 (12/4/92 in Hampton, VA) Roadtrip: 4-21, 2B, RBI Home Runs: 4 (3 1-run, 1 2-run) 2020 Average: .223 Streak: 3g, 3-11, 3B, 2B Series at CHC: 2-7, 3B Roadtrip: 3-11, 3B, 2B Home Runs: 2 (1 1-run, 1 GS) A Career .304 (76-for-250) w/ 32 R, 14 2B, 7 HR, 34 RBI, 17 B & a .824 OPS in 65 G vs, DET... hitting .400 (10-for-25) w/ 4 R, 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI, SB & a 1.065 OPS in 7 G vs. DET this season. A Career .250 (24-for-96) w/ 19 R, 3 2B, 4 HR, 14 RBI & a .754 OPS in 33 G vs. DET...had an 11-pitch A Hitting .266 (25-for-94) w/ 7 R, 4 2B, 2 HR, 11 RBI, 7 BB & .696 OPS in 25 home G this AB in 2nd inning on 9/14 was longest of his career (previous 10 pitches). season....is leading Twins with 16 multi-hit games this season...also ranks T-9th in AL and A Has played in 37 G this season, has started in 26 G (all as OF - 17 at CF/ 4 at LF/ 5 at RF). T-16th in MLB in multi-hit games this season...went 4-for-4 out of the leadoff spot on 9/4 A Hitting .233 (10-for-43) w/ 8 R, 2B, 3B, HR, 4 RBI, HBP & 3 BB at Target Field this season (18 G) (G2)…first and only four-hit effort in 2020. A Six career 3B...hit a pinch-hit 3B on 9/1...also marked the 1st pinch-hit 3B in the AL this A Hitting .230 (32-for-139) as LHB vs. .352 (19-for-54) as RHB this season. season, as well as the 1st by a Twin since Ehire Adrianza on August 14, 2019 at MIL, also in A Ranks 2nd on Twins in games (51), 2nd in hits (51), T-2nd in 2B (7) & 2nd in AVG (.264). the 6th inning...also recorded 3rd go-ahead RBI of season on 8/31, surpassing 2019 total (2). A Only two error this season (49 games played - 411.1 innings - .987 FPCT). A Recorded his first outfield assist of the season on 8/3, was the ninth outfield assist of his career and his second from leftfield...it was the Twins’ second of seven outfield assists as a EDDIE ROSARIO - OF #20 team this season...Twins are T-9th w/ BAL, CHC, NYY & STL in MLB in OF assists (w/ 8 assists). Height: 6-1 Weight: 180 B/T: L/R Age: 28 (9/28/91 in Guayama, PR) NELSON CRUZ - DH #23 2020 Average: .251 Streak: 2g, 3-9, HR, 3 RBI Series at CHC: 3-12, HR, 3 RBI Roadtrip: 5-22, 2 HR, 4 RBI Home Runs: 12 (7 1-run, 3 2-run, 1 3-run, 1 GS) Height: 6-2 Weight: 230 B/T: R/R Age: 40 (7/1/80 in Las Matas De Santa Cruz, DR) 2020 Average: .314 Streak: 0-3 Series at CHC: 0-3 A Homered 9/19 & went 2-for-4 w/ R, HR & 2 RBI...career .280 (78-for279) w/ 45 R, 13 2B, Roadtrip: 3-18, 2B Home Runs: 16 (12 1-run, 2 2-run, 2 3-run) 3 3B, 13 HR, 49 RBI & 11 BB in 75 G vs. DET...career 1-for-4 vs. Tarik Skubal...hitting .273 (24-for-88) w/ 9 R, 3 2B, 5 HR, 17 RBI, 6 BB & a .796 OPS at home this season (24 games). A Named Twins nominee 2020 Roberto Clemente Award...hitting .368 (7-for-19) w/ 3 R, 2 HR, A Hit back-to-back homers with Miguel Sanó in the 8th on 9/12 – the second time the Twins did 2 RBI & a 1.113 OPS in 6 G vs. DEt this season...career 20 2B/23 HR/70 RBI vs. DET (107 G). it in the game...last time it happened twice in a game was 1966, when Rich Rollins and Zoilo A Hitting .329 (28-for-85) w/ 15 R, 3 2B, 6 HR, 13 RBi 9 BB & a .976 OPS in 24 G at home this season. Versalles did it first, then Tony Oliva, Don Mincher and Harmon Killebrew in the same inning. A 10 of his 16 HR have traveled at least 410 feet...now hitting .322 (39-for-121) w/ 26 R, 5 2B, A Ranks 1st in G (52), 3rd in R (28), 3rd in H (48), T-4th in 2B (6) & T-3rd in HR (12) on team. 13 HR, 22 RBI, 2 HBP, 13 BB & a 1.083 OPS in 35 games vs. AL Central opponents this season. A Hitting .349 (15-for-43) w/ 4 2B, 2 HR & 23 RBI with runners in scoring position in 2020. A Ranks 9th in AL in RC (38), T-3rd in HR (16), T-13th in RBI (32), 2nd in OPS (1.026), 6th in TB A Has reached via hit or walk in 38 of 52 G this season...13 multi-hit G are T-2nd on Twins. (109), T-16th in H (55), 3rd in OBP (.403), T-12th in XBH (22). A Recorded team-leading 11th multi-RBI game of the season on 9/19...is now T-8th in RBI (36) A Hit 16 HR th of the season on 9/13...passed Darren Evans (414), now w/ 417 HR for 53rd on Major & T-5th w/ GW RBI (6) in the AL. League Baseball’s all-time list...also 8th on Dominican-born players HR all-time list...became A RBI (49) are most against any opponent...HR (13) are 2nd most against any opponent. the first MLB player to homer in both games of a doubleheader 3 times in the same season since 1964, when the Twins' Harmon Killebrew and the Indians' John Romano both did so. MIGUEL SANÓ - INF #22 A Has 13-multi-hit games this season (T-2nd on team behind Polanco -16). Height: 6-4 Weight: 272 B/T: R/R Age: 27 (5/11/93 in S.Pedro De Macorís, DR) A Hitting .465 (20-for-43) w/ 6 HR vs. LHP & batting .265 (35-for-132) w/ 10 HR vs. RHP this season. 2020 Average: .212 Streak: 0-4 Series at CHC: 1-11, HR JOSH DONALDSON - 3B #24 Roadtrip: 2-23, 2 HR, 3 RBI Home Runs: 13 (9 1-run, 3 2-run, 1 3-run) Height: 6-1 Weight: 220 B/T: R/R Age: 34 (12/8/85 in Pensacola, FL A Career .219 (52-for-237) w/ 34 R, 14 2B, 12 HR, 33 RBI, 28 BB & a .745 OPS in 65 G vs DET. 2020 Average: .243 Streak: 4g, 5-12, 2 HR Series at CHC: 4-9, HR A Has 2 R, HR, HBP, 2 BB & 2 RBI vs. DET this season...is career 2-for-4 vs. Tarik Skubal. Roadtrip: 6-21, 2 HR Home Runs: 6 (5 1-run, 1 3-run) A T-8th in XBH (25) & T-9th in HR (13) in the AL. A Hitting .238 (19-for-80) w/ 8 2B, 6 HR, 9 RBI & a .869 OPS in 24 home games this season. A Homered on 9/19 (6th this season) and 5th HR since coming off IL on 9/2...now hitting .269 (14- A Went back-to-back with Eddie Rosario on 9/12...homered on 9/19, a 453 feet Bomba (114.5 for-52) w/ 9 R, 2 2B, 9 RBI & a 1.012 OPS in last 18 G...recorded his 4th multi-hit game on 9/20. mph)...25 of his 36 hits this season have gone for extra bases (12 2B, 13 HR). A Career .281 (43-for153) w/ 31 R, 6 2B, 9 HR, 31 RBI & a .894 OPS in 43 G vs. DET...career .327 A His 458-foot HR on 8/22 was the 5th-longest HR of his career...his 25.6 barrels/BBE percent (37-for-113) w/ 28 R, 8 2B, 12 HR, 25 RBI, 17 BB & a 1.141 OPS in 33 G vs. AL Central opp. is 1st in MLB among qualified players (Baseball Savant). A 0-for-2 w/ BB vs. Tarik Skubal... .083 (1-for-12) vs. LHP & .274 (17-for-62) vs. RHP in 2020. A Played his 500th career game 8/11 at MIL (now 535 G)...131 career HR, passed Goose Goslin A Hit a 441-foot solo on 9/4, became just the 4th hitter in Target Field history to hit the Delta (127)...is now 16th on Twins all-time list, need one more to tie Jacque Jones (132). Sky360° Suite...his 13 HR at Target Field are his 4th most in any single park in his career. MITCH GARVER - C #8 LAMONTE WADE, JR. - OF (PRONOUNCED LAH-MONT) #30 Height: 6-1 Weight: 220 B/T: R/R Age: 29 (1/15/91 in Albuquerque, NM) Height: 6-1 Weight: 205 B/T: L/L Age: 25 (1/1/94 in Baltimore, MD) 2020 Average: .231 Streak: 1g, 1-4 Series at CHC: 1-8 2020 Average: .148 Streak: 0-4 Series at CHC: 1-9, 2 RBI Roadtrip: 2-12, 2B Home Runs: Roadtrip: 1-9, 2 RBI Home Runs: 1 (1 1-run) A A Career .280 (7-for-25) 4 R, 2 2B, 3 BB vs. DET (10 G) ..recalled on 9/5, hitting .250 (6-for-24) Reinstated from the 10-day IL on 9/18...(19 G as C w/ 17 starts this season), after missing w/ 3 R, 2 2B, HBP & 4 BB since...has made 11 starts this season (3 at LF, 1 at RF, 3 at 1B & 27 games with a low-grade intercostal strain. 4 at CF)...hitting .231 (9-for-39) w/ 3 R, 3 2B, RBI, 4 BB & a .626 OPS in 15 G this season A Career .304 (21-for-69) w/ 17 R, 5 HR, 15 RBI, 14 BB & a 1.069 OPS in 26 G vs. DET...triples ... (2) & RBI (15) are most against any opponent. career .250 (18-for-72) w/ 12 R, 5 2B, 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 12 BB & a .810 OPS in 33 G vs. AL A Central opponents. Hit .371/4 2B/4 HR/10 RBI/11 BB/1.407 OPS in 11 G vs DET in 2019...has not played vs. DET yet A Career .211 (20-for-95) w/ 13 R, 5 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 3 HBP, 15 BB & a .684 OPS in 41 games. A Hitting just .080 (2-for-25) at home vs. .194 (7-for-36) on the road. TWINS HOME RUN DATA

MULTI-HOMER GAMES (7x) • Cruz, 8/17 vs. KC • Rosario/Sanó, 9/12 vs. CLE RUNNERS ON LEADOFF (4x) GRAND SLAM (2x) • Kepler, 7/24 at CWS • Buxton, 9/17 at CWS WALK-OFF (0x) • Solo - 59 • Kepler, 7/24 at CWS • Cave, 7/26 at CWS • Cruz, 7/26 at CWS BACK-TO-BACK (3x) • None • 2-run - 15 • Kepler, 7/31 vs. CLE • Rosario, 8/10 at MIL • Sanó, 8/1 vs. CLE • Polanco/Donaldson, 9/4 vs. DET INSIDE-THE-PARK (1x) • 3-run - 7 • Kepler, 8/26 at CLE • Rosario, 8/11 at MIL • Gonzalez/Astudillo, 9/12 vs. CLE • Buxton, 9/15 at CWS • Polanco, 9/4 vs. DET • Buxton, 8/12 at MIL HITTERS INFO LAST HOME RUN LAST GRAND SLAM VS. CURRENT OPPONENT 2020 VS. CURRENT OPPONENT CAREER Multi- Multi- Season Hit- Season Career Player Hit RBI Streak High Hits Date Opp. On Pitcher Date Opp. # Avg H AB HR RBI Avg H AB HR RBI Ehire Adrianza 3 0 2, 8/26-8/29 2, 9/6 9/02/19 at DET 1 Zimmermann 6/12/18 at DET 1 .188 3 16 0 0 .303 33 109 4 17 Alex Avila 0 0 3, 7/26-7/31 1, 9/19 7/31/20 vs. CLE 0 Clevinger 0 .250 1 4 0 0 .250 6 24 2 2 Byron Buxton 7 6 6, 9/14-9/19 3, 9/17 9/17/20 at CWS 0 Lopez 5/18/19 at SEA 2 .333 4 12 1 2 .302 42 139 5 20 Jake Cave 5 3 6, 8/20-8/26 2, 9/6 9/02/20 vs. CWS 0 Lopez 7/26/20 at CWS 2 .176 3 17 0 1 .250 24 96 4 14 Nelson Cruz 13 7 7, 9/1-9/8 4, 7/26 9/13/20 vs. CLE 0 McKenzie 7/23/16 at TOR 1 .368 7 19 2 2 .297 119 400 23 70 Josh Donaldson 4 3 4, 9/17-9/20 2, 9/20 9/19/20 at CHC 0 Winkler 9/28/18 at KC 4 .125 1 8 1 1 .281 43 153 9 31 Mitch Garver 2 1 2, 8/11-8/12 3, 8/12 8/02/20 vs. CLE 0 Civale 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .304 21 69 5 15 Marwin Gonzalez 10 5 4, 9/12-9/17 3, 8/8 9/13/20 vs. CLE 1 McKenzie 8/24/18 at LAA 2 .150 3 20 0 2 .279 46 165 3 18 Ryan Jeffers 2 2 4, 9/7-9/13 2, 9/7 9/13/20 vs. CLE 1 McKenzie 0 .333 4 12 1 2 .333 4 12 1 2 Max Kepler 9 5 3, 8/24-8/26 3, 9/20 9/20/20 at CHC 1 Darvish 8/26/17 at TOR 2 .091 1 11 0 0 .208 45 216 10 30 Jorge Polanco 16 5 5, 8/20-8/25 4, 9/4 9/04/20 vs. DET 0 Boyd 0 .400 10 25 2 4 .304 76 250 7 34 Eddie Rosario 13 10 4, 9/8-9/13 3, 8/23 9/19/20 at CHC 0 Mills 8/10/20 at MIL 4 .273 6 22 1 5 .280 78 279 13 49 Miguel Sano 8 7 11, 8/17-8/29 3, 9/5 9/19/20 at CHC 0 Mills 9/14/19 at CLE 1 .174 4 23 1 2 .219 52 237 12 33 LaMonte Wade 2 0 3, 9/5-9/7 2, 9/7 9/21/19 vs. KC 0 Sparkman 0 .308 4 13 0 0 .280 7 25 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS MIsc. Highs and Lows Score by Inning SCORE BY INNING Most Runs, Game (Team)...... 14, 7/26 at CWS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 XTRA TOTAL Most Runs, Inning (Team)...... 5, 4x, last 7th inning, 9/19 at CHC OPPONENT 20 15 32 23 24 26 19 15 16 0 190 Most Hits, Game (Team)...... 15, 8/12 at MIL TWINS 32 43 35 29 28 22 27 15 12 2 245 Most Hits, Inning (Team)...... 5, 3x, last 7th inning, 9/19 at CHC NOTE: The Twins’ eighth-inning run in Game 2 vs. DET on Sept. 4 is noted as an extra-inning run here, not an eighth-inning run, because it occurred in a doubleheader. Most Strikeouts, Batters (Team)...... 16, 8/11 at MIL injured LIST Longest Hitting Streak (Individual)...... 10, Sanó, 8/17-8/26 PLAYER INJURY DATE ON RETRO DATE OFF GAMES MISSED Consecutive Hits (Individual)...... 4, 2x, last Polanco 9/4 at DET (G1) Jake Odorizzi...... Right Intercostal Strain...... 7/23...... 7/20...... 8/8...... 14 Consecutive Hitless At-Bats (Individual)...18, 2x, last Gonzalez, 8/29-9/4 Willians Astudillo..... Undisclosed Injury...... 7/4...... - -...... 17 Consecutive Scoreless Innings (Batters)...... 13, 7/29-30 Zack Littell...... Left Hamstring Strain...... 8/1...... 7/31...... 8/13...... 12 Rich Hill...... Left Shoulder Fatigue...... 8/4...... 7/31...... 8/19...... 17 Most Runs Allowed (Team)...... 10, 2x, last 9/6 vs. DET Byron Buxton...... Left Shoulder Inflammation...... 8/20...... 9/1...... 11 Most Runs Allowed, Inning (Team)...... 6, 4th inn, 8/8 at KC Homer Bailey...... Right Biceps Tendinitis...... 8/2...... 7/29...... 51 Josh Donaldson...... Right Calf Strain...... 8/7...... 8/4...... 9/2...... 30 Most Hits Allowed (Team)...... 17, 9/6 vs. DET Cody Stashak...... Lower Back Inflammation...... 8/13...... 8/12...... 9/7...... 23 Most Hits Allowed, Inning (Team)...... 6, 4th inn, 8/8 at KC Mitch Garver...... Low-Grade Right Intercostal Strain.... 8/20...... 9/18...... 27 Pitchers Used (Team)...... 7, 8/23 at KC Zack Littell...... Right Elbow Inflammation...... 8/22...... 9/6...... 14 Jake Odorizzi...... Chest Contusion...... 8/22...... 9/16...... 23 Cons. Batters Retired (Team)...... 21, 8/18 vs. MIL Max Kepler...... Left Adductor Strain...... 9/4...... 9/3...... 9/13...... 9 Scoreless Innings Streak (Team/Pitchers)...... 16.0, 3rd inn 9/19-present Alex Avila...... Lower Back Tightness...... 9/5...... 9/16...... 10 Most Runs, Starter...... 6, Dobnak, 8/29 at DET (G1) Luis Arraez...... Left Knee Tendinitis...... 9/11...... 9/9...... 10 Brent Rooker...... Fractured Right Forearm...... 9/13...... 8 Most Home Runs, Starter...... 2, 3x, last Maeda 9/17 at CWS Jake Odorizzi...... Right Middle Finger Blister...... 9/18...... 9/17...... 3 Most Walks, Starter...... 4, 4x, last Hill 8/31 vs. CWS BOLD indicates currently on IL Most Strikeouts, Starter...... 12, Maeda, 8/18 vs. MIL Most Strikeouts, Pitchers (Team)...... 15, 8/18 vs. MIL EJECTIONS Most Walks, Pitchers (Team)...... 7, 8/19 vs. MIL DATE PLAYER/MGR/CH UMPIRE REASON CAREER Most Cons. Scoreless Innings (Individual)...... 13.0, Dobnak, 7/25-8/10 8/18 vs. MIL...... Marwin Gonzalez...... Jeremie Rehak...... Arguing Balls/Strikes...... 7th 9/15 at CWS...... Rocco Baldelli...... Will Little...... Arguing Balls/Strikes...... 3rd Most Cons. Batters Retired (Individual)...... 21, Maeda, 8/18 vs. MIL 9/15 at CWS...... Nelson Cruz...... Will Little...... Arguing Balls/Strikes...... 3rd Longest Game, Innings...... 12, 8/18 vs. MIL 9/17 at CWS...... Josh Donaldson...... Dan Bellino...... Kicking dirt on home plate...... 7th ...... 3:55, 8/8 at KC Longest Game, Time (9 Inn.) 2020 openers ...... 4:28, 8/18 vs. MIL Longest Game, Time (X Inn.) DATE OPPONENT PITCHER LINE (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) FINAL SCORE TEAM RECORD AS OPENER Fastest Game, Time (9 Inn.)...... 2:34, 9/18 at CHC 8/2 vs. CLE Tyler Clippard 2.0-0-0-0-0-1-0 3-1 1-0 Fastest Game, Time (7 Inn.)...... 1:45, 9/4 vs. DET (G1) 8/11 at MIL Tyler Clippard 1.0-1-1-1-0-3-1 4-6 1-1 ...... 12, 7/26 at CWS 8/17 vs. KC Matt Wisler 2.0-0-0-0-1-3-0 4-1 2-1 Largest Margin, Victory 8/23 at KC Matt Wisler 2.0-1-0-0-1-2-0 5-4 3-1 Largest Margin, Loss...... 7, 7/25 at CWS 8/29 at DET (2) Matt Wisler 1.2-1-0-0-3-3-0 4-2 3-2 Lineups Used...... 51 9/4 at DET (2) Matt Wisler 2.0-0-1-1-0-3-0 3-2 4-2 STARTS BY POSITION STARTS BY BATTING ORDER MOST USED LINEUP (4, 2X) C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Player Pos. Ehire Adrianza Max Kepler RF 0 0 3 6 13 0 0 0 0 Ehire Adrianza 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 6 7 Jorge Polanco SS Luis Arraez 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 Luis Arraez 2 2 0 0 0 10 10 3 2 Nelson Cruz DH Willians Astudillo 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willians Astudillo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Eddie Rosario LF Alex Avila Marwin Gonzalez 3B 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alex Avila 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 Luis Arraez 2B Travis Blankenhorn 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Travis Blankenhorn 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Miguel Sanó 1B Byron Buxton 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 Byron Buxton CF Byron Buxton 1 1 0 0 0 3 7 12 8 Alex Avila C Jake Cave 0 0 0 0 0 4 17 5 0 Jake Cave 0 1 0 0 4 5 9 7 0 Nelson Cruz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 Nelson Cruz 0 0 37 12 0 0 0 0 0 OUTFIELD ASSISTS Josh Donaldson 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 Josh Donaldson 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eddie Rosario 4 Mitch Garver 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mitch Garver 5 2 0 0 2 5 3 0 0 Byron Buxton 1 Marwin Gonzalez 0 4 16 0 20 0 0 6 0 Marwin Gonzalez 1 0 0 5 11 7 9 11 2 Jake Cave 1 Ryan Jeffers 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Jeffers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Max Kepler 1 Max Kepler 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 39 0 Max Kepler 31 3 0 0 2 1 1 3 0 LaMonte Wade, Jr. 1 Jorge Polanco 0 0 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 Jorge Polanco 11 22 11 2 0 2 0 1 0 Total 8 Brent Rooker 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 Brent Rooker 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 Eddie Rosario 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 0 3 Eddie Rosario 0 0 4 26 16 4 0 0 0 Miguel Sanó 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Miguel Sanó 1 2 2 8 16 11 5 4 0 Ildemaro Vargas 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ildemaro Vargas 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 LaMonte Wade, Jr. 0 3 0 0 0 3 4 1 0 LaMonte Wade, Jr. 3 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 LAST TIME IT HAPPENED FOR THE TWINS AGAINST THE TWINS HITTING: HITTING: Hit for the Cycle: J. Polanco, 4/5/19 at PHI (11 all-time) Hit for the Cycle: A. Beltré, 8/24/12 at TEX (5 allowed all-time) Grand Slam: Rosario, 8/10/20 (2 as a team in 2020) Grand Slam: R. Rodríguez, 8/23/19 vs. DET (5 allowed as team in 2019) Inside-the-Park Home Run: B. Buxton, 9/15/20 at CWS (1 as a team in 2020, 55 all-time) Inside-the-Park Home Run: A. Mondesi, 4/2/19 at KC (44 allowed all-time) Pinch-Hit Home Run: M. Sanó, 8/5/19 vs. ATL (2 as a team in 2019) Pinch-Hit Home Run: D. Smith, 7/17/19 vs. NYM (2 allowed in 2019) Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: M. LeCroy, 9th inning, 5/19/04 at TOR (15 all-time) Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: J. Sands, 8/8/15 at CLE Five-Hit Game: C. Cron, 5/23/19 at LAA (3 in 2019) Five-Hit Game: D. Gregorius, 7/23/19 vs. NYY Six-Hit Game: K. Puckett, 5/23/91 vs. TEX (2 all-time, both Puckett) Six-Hit Game: J. Segura, 5/28/13 at MIL (3 allowed all-time) Two Hits, One Inning: N. Cruz, 8th inning, 8/20/19 vs. CWS (1 as a team in 2019) Two Hits, One Inning: V. Reyes, 3rd inning, 8/31/19 at DET (1 allowed in 2019) Two Home Runs, One Inning: M. Cuddyer, 8/23/09 at KC (1 all-time) Two Home Runs, One Inning: D. Nilsson, 5/17/96 vs. MIL Two-Home Run Game: B. Buxton, 9/17/20 at CWS (7 as team in 2020) Two-Home Run Game: M. Piña, 8/11/20 (3 allowed in 2020) Three-Home Run Game: N. Cruz, 8/3/19 vs. KC (3 as a team in 2019, 12 all-time) Three-Home Run Game: J. Donaldson, 8/28/16 at TOR Back-to-Back Home Runs: E. Rosario/M. Sanó, 9/12/20 vs. CLE (3 as team in ‘20) Back-to-Back Home Runs: J. Soler/S. Perez, 8/8/20 at KC (2 allowed in 2020) Three Consecutive Home Runs: N. Cruz/E. Rosario/C. Cron, 4/26/19 vs. BAL (1 in 2019) Three Consecutive Home Runs: A. Jones/V. Castilla/J. Franco, 6/11/02 vs. ATL Three Home Runs, One Inning: C. Cron/J. Polanco/N. Cruz (2nd), 8/3/19 vs. KC (5 in 2019) Three Home Runs, One Inning: N. Lopez/J. Soler/S. Perez, 8/8/20 at KC (2 in 2020) Four Home Runs, One Inning: S. Mack/K. Puckett/K. Hrbek/H. Bush, 5/2/92 at NYY Four Home Runs, One Inning: C. Everett/T. O’Leary/J. Varitek/M. Burkhart, 7/3/00 vs. BOS Walk-Off Home Run: M. Sanó, 8/5/19 vs. ATL (1 as a team in 2019) Walk-off Home Run: H. Ramirez, 8/1/19 at MIA (1 allowed in 2019) Pinch-Hit, Walk-Off Home Run: M. Sanó, 8/5/19 vs. ATL (10 all-time) Pinch-Hit, Walk-Off Home Run: C. Santana, 9/23/11 at CLE (12 all-time) Leadoff Home Run: J. Polanco, 9/4/20 vs. DET (G1) (4 as a team in 2020) Leadoff Home Run: V. Reyes, 9/5/20 vs. DET (4 allowed in 2020) Consecutive Home Runs to Lead Off Game: J. Polanco/J. Donaldson, 9/4/20 vs. DET (G1) Consecutive Home Runs to Lead Off Game: S. Smith/M. Machado, 7/7/17 vs. BAL (1 in ‘17) Last Pitcher to Hit Home Run: Last actual pitcher Jim Kaat, 6/11/72 at CLE; Chris Gimenez Last Pitcher to Hit Home Run: Jon Lester, 7/1/18 at CHC catcher pitching in relief, 9/3/18 at TEX PITCHING (complete games only for low-hit games): PITCHING (complete games only for low-hit games): No-Hitter: Jer. Weaver, 5/2/12 at LAA (5 all-time) No-Hitter: F. Liriano, 5/3/11 at CWS (6 all-time) One-Hitter: C. Kluber, 8/14/15 vs. CLE (23 all-time) One-Hitter: E. Santana, 4/15/17 vs. CWS (14 all-time) Two-Hitter: R. Halladay, 5/29/05 at TOR (49 all-time) Two-Hitter: E. Santana, 5/24/17 at BAL (43 all-time) 10+ Innings Pitched: A. Fernández (10.0 innings), 10/1/95 at CHW 10+ Innings Pitched: B. Radke (10.0 innings), 9/21/97 vs. MIL 10+ Strikeouts: 10, K. Hendricks, 9/18/20 at CHC (3 times in 2020, other 2 by S. Bieber) 10+ Strikeouts: 12, Maeda, 8/18/20 vs. MIL (1 as a team in 2020) Shutout: L. Giolito, 8/21/19 vs. CWS (1 time in 2019) Complete Game Shutout: J. Berríos, 4/1/18 at BAL (1 as a team in 2018) Back-to-Back Complete Game Victories: J. Williams/Jer. Weaver, 5/1-2/12 at LAA Back-to-Back Complete Game Victories: J. Mays/C. Silva, 5/19-20/05 vs. TOR/vs. MIL Back-to-Back Shutouts: 4/6 - 4/8/2015 vs. DET (2 games, 0-4 and 0-11) Back-to-Back Shutouts: 5/6 - 7/19 at TOR (2 games, 8-0 and 3-0) Four Strikeouts in an Inning: F. Hernández, 6/3/10 vs. SEA (8th inning) Four Strikeouts in an Inning: Z. Duke, 3/29/18 at BAL (7th inning) (4 times since 1961) MISCELLANEOUS: MISCELLANEOUS: Triple Play: J. Donaldson/A. Rosales/C. Carter, 8/21/12 at OAK - T. Plouffe hitting (8 all-time) Triple Play: M. Sanó/J. Schoop/C.J. Cron, 8/7 vs. ATL - T. Flowers hitting (14 all-time) Position Player Pitching: J. Gyorko, 8/12/20 at MIL (1 in 2020) Position Player Pitching: E. Adrianza, 8/19 vs. MIL (1 in 2020) Three or more Steals, One Game: W. Merrifield (3), 7/2/17 at KC (1 in 2017) Three or more Steals, One Game: E. Adrianza (3), 6/21/17 vs. CWS (1 in 2017) Steal of Home: R. Davis, 8/1/18 vs. CLE Steal of Home: C. Thomas, 8/3/13 vs. HOU Pure Steal of Home: S. Green, 5/26/00 vs. TEX Pure Steal of Home: R. Becker, 9/27/97 at CLE Home Run in First ML At-Bat: C. Richard, 7/17/00 vs. STL Home Run in First ML At-Bat: E. Rosario, 5/6/15 vs. OAK (1st PA, 1st pitch)

2020 TARGET FIELD WEATHER DELAYS AND POSTPONEMENTS DATE DELAYED/PPD NOTES 8/14 vs. KC Postponed Game scheduled for 7:10 was rescheduled due to oncoming thunderstorms/tornados; made up as part of a traditional doubleheader the next day, 8/15. 8/20 vs. MIL Delayed Game scheduled for 6:10 was delayed due to light rain prior to game time; first pitch was thrown at 6:21 – officially an 11-minute delay. 9/11 vs. CLE Delayed Game scheduled for 7:10 was delayed by moderate showers prior to and around game time; first pitch was thrown at 7:52 – officially a 42-minute delay. 2010: 1 PPD / 1 DEL 2014: 3 PPD / 6 DEL 2018: 4 PPD / 5 DEL 2011: 3 PPD / 3 DEL 2015: 1 PPD / 3 DEL 2019: 1 PPD / 7 DEL 2012: 1 PPD / 4 DEL 2016: 3 PPD / 11 DEL 2020: 1 PPD / 2 DEL 2013: 3 PPD / 4 DEL 2017: 4 PPD / 7 DEL ** Target Field has experienced 53 delayed games, 25 postponed games, 1 suspended game and 1 rain-shortened game in the park’s history (since 2010). Longest delay: 4:50. ** DAY-BY-DAY, MORE MISC. & ROSTER INFO Date Opponent Score W/L Record Position Games Ahead/Games Back Winner/Loser/Save JULY (5-2) Batting: .236 (54-for-229) Pitching: 5-2-3, 3.34 ERA (62.0 IP, 23 ER) 24 ------at CWS 10-5 W 1-0 T-1st +1.0 May/Giolito 25 ------at CWS 3-10 L 1-1 T-1st - - Keuchel/Dobnak 26 ------at CWS 14-2 W 2-1 T-1st +0.0 Maeda/López 27 ------OFF DAY T-1st +0.0 28 ------STL 6-3 W 3-1 2nd -0.5 Bailey/Martínez/Romo 29 ------STL 3-0 W 4-1 1st +0.5 Hill/Ponce de Leon/Rogers 30 ------CLE 0-2 L 4-2 2nd -0.5 Bieber/Berríos/Karinchak 31 ------CLE 4-1 W 5-2 1st +0.5 Dobnak/Clevinger/Rogers AUGUST (15-14) Batting: .237 (221-for-934) Pitching: 15-14-8, 3.89 ERA (245.1 IP, 106 ER) 1 ------CLE 3-0 W 6-2 1st +1.0 Maeda/Carrasco/Rogers 2 ------CLE 4-1 W 7-2 1st +2.0 Smeltzer/Civale/Romo 3 ------PIT 5-4 W 8-2 1st +2.0 Rogers/Burdi 4 ------PIT 7-3 W 9-2 1st +2.0 Berríos/Musgrove/May 5 ------at PIT 5-2 W 10-2 1st +3.0 Dobnak/Williams 6 ------at PIT 5-6 L 10-3 1st +2.5 Howard/Rogers 7 ------at KC 2-3 L 10-4 1st +2.0 Holland/Wisler/Rosenthal 8 ------at KC 6-9 L 10-5 1st +1.5 Zuber/Thorpe/Rosenthal 9 ------at KC 2-4 L 10-6 1st +0.5 Singer/Berríos/Barlow 10 ------at MIL 4-2 W 11-6 1st +0.5 Dobnak/Houser/Rogers 11 ------at MIL 4-6 L 11-7 1st +0.5 Williams/Rogers/Hader 12 ------at MIL 12-2 W 12-7 1st +1.5 Maeda/Lauer 13 ------OFF DAY 1st +1.5 14 ------KC -- PPD to due inclement weather in the Twin Cities, game to be made up as a traditional DH August 15 1st +1.5 15 ------KC## 4-2 W 13-7 - - - - Duffey/Speier/Rogers ------KC 2-4 L 13-8 1st +1.0 Duffy/Berríos/Rosenthal 16 ------KC 4-2 W 14-8 1st +1.0 Dobnak/Singer/Romo 17 ------KC 4-1 W 15-8 1st +1.5 Smeltzer/Bubic 18 ------MIL ^4-3 W 16-8 1st +1.5 Alcala/Phelps 19 ------MIL 3-9 L 16-9 1st +0.5 Anderson/Hill 20 ------MIL 7-1 W 17-9 1st +0.5 Berríos/Woodruff 21 ------at KC 2-7 L 17-10 1st +0.5 Duffy/Odorizzi 22 ------at KC 7-2 W 18-10 1st +0.5 Dobnak/Singer 23 ------at KC 5-4 W 19-10 1st +1.5 Clippard/Bubic/Rogers 24 ------at CLE 3-2 W 20-10 1st +2.5 Maeda/Civale/Rogers 25 ------at CLE 2-4 L 20-11 1st +1.5 Bieber/Alcala/Hand 26 ------at CLE 3-6 L 20-12 1st +0.5 Maton/Romo/Hand 27 ------at DET -- PPD due to events surrounding Jacob Blake in Kenosha, WI, game to be made up as a traditional DH August 28 1st +0.5 28 ------at DET& -- PPD due to inclement weather in Detroit area, game to be made up as traditional DH August 29 T1st ------at DET&& -- PPD due to inclement weather in Detroit area, game to be made up as traditional DH September 4 T1st - - 29 ------at DET 2-8 L 20-13 - - - - Dobnak/Boyd ------at DET 2-4 L 20-14 3rd -1.5 Skubal/Duffey/Soto 30 ------at DET 2-3 L 20-15 3rd -1.5 Alexander/Maeda/Soto 31 ------CWS 5-8 L 20-16 3rd -2.5 Foster/Rogers/Colomé SEPTEMBER (13-6) Batting: .254 (154-for-607) Pitching: 13-6-5, 3.00 ERA (159.0 IP, 53 ER) 1 ------CWS 3-2 W 21-16 3rd -1.5 Thielbr/Cordero/Wisler 2 ------CWS 8-1 W 22-16 3rd -1.5 Berríos/López 3 ------OFF DAY 3rd -1.5 4 ------DET 2-0 W 23-16 - - - - Dobnak/Boyd/Rogers ------DET&& *Tigers home team** ^3-2 W 24-16 3rd -0.5 Romo/Jiménez/May 5 ------DET 4-3 W 25-16 T2nd -0.5 Alcala/Cisnero 6 ------DET 8-10 L 25-17 3rd -1.5 Funkhouser/Romo/Garcia 7 ------DET 6-2 W 26-17 3rd -1.0 Pineda/Fulmer 8 ------at STL 7-3 W 27-17 3rd -0.5 Berríos/Martínez ------at STL# 4-6 L 27-18 3rd -0.5 Cabrera/Dobnak/Gallegos 9 ------OFF DAY 3rd -1.0 10 ------OFF DAY 2nd -1.0 11 ------CLE 3-1 W 28-18 2nd -1.0 Maeda/Bieber/Rogers 12 ------CLE 8-4 W 29-18 2nd -1.0 Hill/Plesac 13 ------CLE 7-5 W 30-18 2nd -1.0 Thielbar/McKenzie/Romo 14 ------at CWS 1-3 L 30-19 2nd -2.0 Colomé/Rogers 15 ------at CWS 2-6 L 30-20 2nd -3.0 Dunning/Dobnak 16 ------at CWS 5-1 W 31-20 2nd -2.0 Stashak/Giolito 17 ------at CWS 3-4 L 31-21 2nd -3.0 Heuer/Clippard/Colomé 18 ------at CHC 0-1 L 31-22 2nd -3.0 Hendricks/Hill/Jeffress 19 ------at CHC 8-1 W 32-22 2nd -3.0 Pineda/Mills 20 ------at CHC 4-0 W 33-22 2nd -2.0 Berríos/Darvish 21 ------OFF DAY 2nd -1.5 22 ------DET 6:40 P.M. FSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 23 ------DET 6:40 P.M. FSN/TIBN 24 ------OFF DAY 25 ------CIN 7:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 26 ------CIN 6:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 27 ------CIN 2:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com All game times are listed as Central HOME GAMES ROAD GAMES ^ - Denotes Extra-Innings (Twins are 2-0 in extra-innings) # - Sept. 9 at STL moved to DH on Sept. 8 at STL to create a Sept. off-day for Cardinals ## - PPD game from 8/14 vs. KC & - PPD game from 8/27 at DET && - PPD game from 8/28 at DET. Detroit will play as the home team in Game 2 of a doubleheader at Target Field. 2020 WALK-OFF VICTORIES (3) DATE SCORE NOTES 8/3 vs. PIT 5-4 Nelson Cruz hit a single to the centerfield wall, scoring Jorge Polanco with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning. 8/18 vs. MIL 4-3 Jorge Polanco with a fielder’s choice, scoring Byron Buxton (on initial placement at second base) with one out in the bottom of the twelfth inning. 9/5 vs. DET 4-3 Byron Buxton hit an infield single to shortstop, scoring Nelson Cruz. The Twins entered the ninth trailing by one; Miguel Sanó tied it on an RBI single two batters before Buxton.

TWINS STARTERS IN 2020

Pitcher Last Start (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) Dec. Starts QS Team Rec. Run Supp. RS AVG Berríos ...... 9/20 at CHC (6.0-4-0-0-1-4-0)...... 8...... 11...... 4...... 6-5...... 40...... 6.21 Pineda...... 9/19 at CHC (5.0-4-1-1-0-1-0)...... 2...... 4...... 2...... 4-0...... 12...... 4.76 Hill...... 9/18 vs. CHC (7.0-3-1-1-2-5-0)...... 4...... 7...... 1...... 2-5...... 21...... 5.73 Maeda...... 9/17 at CWS (5.0-5-2-2-0-8-2)...... 6...... 10...... 7...... 7-3...... 45...... 6.68 Odorizzi...... 9/16 at CWS (3.2-2-1-1-1-3-1)...... 1...... 4...... 0...... 2-2...... 11...... 7.24 Dobnak...... 9/15 at CWS (4.1-8-4-4-1-4-0)...... 10...... 10...... 1...... 6-4...... 23...... 4.44 Wisler...... 9/4 at DET-2 (2.0-0-0-0-1-3-0)...... 0...... 4...... 0...... 3-1...... 6...... 7.04 Clippard...... 8/11 at MIL (1.0-1-1-1-0-2-1)...... 0...... 2...... 0...... 1-1...... 4...... 12.00 Smeltzer...... 8/7 at KC (4.1-4-2-2-1-2-0)...... 0...... 1...... 0...... 0-1...... 3...... 3.00 Thorpe...... 8/3 vs. PIT (4.0-6-3-3-4-3-1)...... 0...... 1...... 0...... 1-0...... 0...... 0.00 Bailey...... 7/28 vs. STL (5.0-4-2-2-2-4-1)...... 1...... 1...... 0...... 1-0...... 6...... 10.80 2020 players (42) Pitchers: (22) Position Players: (20) Alcala, Jorge rhp Hill, Rich lhp* Romo, Sergio rhp* Adrianza, Ehire inf* Donaldson, Josh if* Sanó, Miguel inf* Bailey, Homer rhp * Littell, Zack rhp* Smeltzer, Devin lhp* Arraez, Luis inf* Garver, Mitch c* Vargas, Ildemaro inf Berríos, José rhp* Maeda, Kenta rhp* Stashak, Cody rhp* Astudillo, Willians c/if Gonzalez, Marwin inf/of* Wade Jr., LaMonte of* Clippard, Tyler rhp* May, Trevor rhp* Thielbar, Caleb lhp Avila, Alex c* Jeffers, Ryan c Whitefield, Aaron of* Coulombe, Danny lhp Odorizzi, Jake rhp Thorpe, Lewis lhp* Blankenhorn, Travis if Kepler, Max of* Dobnak, Randy rhp* Pineda, Michael rhp Wisler, Matt rhp* Buxton, Byron of* Polanco, Jorge inf* Duffey, Tyler rhp* Poppen, Sean rhp Cave, Jake of* Rooker, Brent of * - on Opening Day roster Gearrin, Cory rhp Rogers, Taylor lhp* Cruz, Nelson dh* Rosario, Eddie of*