Minnesota Twins (41-40) Vs. Los Angeles Angels (43-43)
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MINNESOTA TWINS (41-40) VS. LOS ANGELES ANGELS (43-43) MONDAY, JULY 3, 2017 -7:10 PM (CT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH RADIO: TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK Adalberto Mejía (L, 3-3, 4.38) vs. Alex Meyer (R, 3-4, 3.74) GAME 82 HOME GAME 42 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 7/4 vs. Los Angeles-AL Kyle Gibson (R, 4-6, 6.11) vs. JC Ramirez (R, 7-6, 4.60) 1:10 pm Fox Sports North Go 96.3-TIBN / La Raza 7/5 vs. Los Angeles-AL Ervin Santana (R, 10-5, 3.07) vs. Parker Bridwell (R, 2-1, 3.95) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North Go 96.3-TIBN / None Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. TWINS AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: The Twins completed their 11-game roadtrip with a record of 5-6, going 3-0 STREAKS at Progressive Field, 1-3 at Fenway Park and 1-3 at Kauffman Stadium...tonight they will Record: ........................................... 41-40 begin a seven-game homestand, leading up to the All-Star break...they host the Angels for Current Streak: ................................. 1 loss Home Record: ................................. 16-25 three tonight through Wednesday and the Orioles for four from Thursday through Sunday... Last 5 games: ........................................1-4 Road Record: .................................. 25-15 the Twins are 16-25 at home and 25-15 on the road. Last 10 games: ......................................4-6 Record in series: .........................13-11-1 Last 15 games: ......................................7-8 Series Openers: .............................. 15-11 TWINS LOSE FINALE AT KAUFFMAN: The Twins lost to the Royals yesterday afternoon by a Last 20 games: ....................................8-12 Series Finales: ................................ 12-14 score of 6-2...Hector Santiago (4-8) was the starter and loser, allowing four runs on four Rubber Games: ................................... 2-4 hits in 3.1 innings pitched...Trevor Hildenberger pitched 2.0 scoreless innings of relief, TWINS VS. ANGELS Sweeps/Swept: ................................... 5/3 extending his scoreless inning streak to 5.0 to start his career...the offense recorded eight 2017 Record: .........................................3-1 April: ............................................... 12-11 hits and went 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position...Miguel Sanó and Eduardo Escobar Current Streak: ...................................1 win May: ................................................ 14-12 each had two hits-a-piece. June: ............................................... 14-15 2017 at Home: ............................................. July: ..................................................... 1-2 2017 at Angels: ......................................3-1 TWINS AND ANGELS: The Twins are playing the fifth of seven games against the Angels this All-Time Record: ............................340-369 August: ...................................................... season...they are 3-1 against Anaheim this season, having won a four-game series at Angel September/October: ................................. All-Time at Home: ..........................171-184 Stadium June 1-4...the Twins have won eight of their last 11 against the Angels overall... All-Time at Angels: .........................169-185 Day Games: ..................................... 15-22 they last hosted the Angels from April 15-17, 2016, sweeping in three games...they have Night Games: .................................. 26-18 won four straight over the Angels at Target Field, dating back to 2015...the last time they 2017 Game Logs: vs. American League East: ................. 6-7 won five straight at home over the Angels came June 3-September 7, 1996 at the Dome. vs. American League Central: ........ 22-20 Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save vs. American League West: ............ 10-10 MAUER OWNS ANGELS: Joe Mauer is hitting .340 (104-for-306) with 16 doubles, 10 home 6/1 LAA 4-2 Rogers/Alvarez/Kintzler vs. National League: ........................... 3-3 runs, 53 RBI, 42 runs scored, 38 walks and a .412 on-base percentage in 82 career games 6/2 LAA 11-5 Gibson/Ramirez Games vs. LH Starter:..................... 11-14 against the Angels...his .340 average is the second highest all-time against the Angels 6/3 LAA 2-7 Shoemaker/Santana Games vs. RH Starter: .................... 30-26 (minimum 200 at-bats), trailing Jose Altuve (.358)...his .412 OBP is 12th highest all-time 6/4 LAA 3-2 Berríos/Nolasco/Kintzler Twins score first: ............................ 24-14 against the Angels...additionally, Mauer’s .340 average is his third highest against any AL 7/3 MIN Opponent scores first: .................... 17-26 opponent (Tampa Bay - .364, Baltimore - .341). 7/4 MIN Come-from-behind wins: .....................20 7/5 MIN Leading after 7/8 inn.: ............. 36-3/39-2 FIRST 81'S: The Twins are now half way through their 162 game schedule...below are the LAST ROADTRIP (5-6) Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ............. 2-36/2-37 first 81 games in each of the last three seasons (2017 included): Tied after 7/8 inn.: ....................... 3-1/0-1 AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG Batting Average ........... .228 (86-for-377) Extra-innings: ..................................... 1-2 2015 .251 338 678 141 22 65 319 192 593 .302 .391 Runs Per Game .................3.8 (42 R/11 G) 1-run games: ...................................... 9-4 2016 .247 341 686 132 16 92 326 245 701 .312 .406 Home Runs .............................................9 Twins out-hit opp.: ............................ 27-4 2017 .251 367 697 142 7 96 352 303 679 .326 .410 RISP ............................... .226 (21-for-93) Opp. out-hit Twins: ......................... 10-35 W L S IP H R ER HR BB K ERA Fielding Errors ......................................10 Twins/Opp. have = hits: ...................... 4-1 2015 43 38 29 717.2 756 333 308 77 199 477 3.86 Run Differential: ................ -59 (367-426) 2016 27 54 12 716.1 820 441 406 115 218 604 5.10 Team ERA .................3.97 (93.0 IP, 41 ER) Twins get Quality Start: .................... 24-5 2017 41 40 22 722.2 760 426 392 122 277 564 4.88 Starters W-L ....................................... 4-5 Twins starter goes 6+ IP:................. 25-9 Starters ERA .............4.50 (54.0 IP, 27 ER) Most games over .500: ................. 7, 5/28 TWINS GOING TO MIAMI: Miguel Sanó (1st selection) and Ervin Santana (2nd selection) have Relievers W-L-S ...............................1-1-2 Most games under .500: ............... 2, 4/24 been named to the 2017 American League All-Star team...Sanó becomes the fifth Twins third Relievers ERA ...........3.23 (39.0 IP, 14 ER) Longest win-streak: .....4, 2x, last 4/28-5/3 baseman (since 1961) to ever be an All-Star (Rich Rollins - 1962; Harmon Killebrew - 1966, Save/Opportunities ..............................2/4 Longest losing-streak: ...4, 2x, last 5/28-31 '69 & 70; Gary Gaetti - 1988 & '89; and Ron Coomer - 1999)...Santana becomes the first When Twins score 4+: .................... 33-13 Twins starting pitcher since Johan Santana in 2007 (complete list of Twins All-Stars on page 404 of Media Guide)...Santana's previous When Twins score 3-: ....................... 7-27 All-Star appearance came in 2008 for the Angels...the last gap as long as Santana's between selections for a position player was Adam Twins get 10+ hits: ........................... 17-8 Dunn in 2002 then 2012, and for a pitcher was Andy Pettitte in 2001 then 2010. Days in First Place ...............................50 Days in Second Place ...........................29 WHY THEY'RE ALL-STARS: Days in Third Place ................................6 Sanó leads all AL third baseman in RBI (58), tied for first in walks (43), second in on-base percentage (.371), slugging percentage Days in Fourth Place ..............................5 A(.548) and OPS (.919), and third in home runs (20)...he is hitting .341 (45-for-132) with 15 home runs, 44 RBI and a .453 on-base Days in Fifth Place ................................... Walk-Off W/L: ..................................... 2/1 percentage in wins and .207 (29-for-140) with five home runs, 14 RBI and a .288 on-base percentage in losses. Shutouts W/L: ..................................... 7/1 Santana currently ranks first in all of baseball in shutouts (3), fifth in opponent average (.204), tied for fourth in wins (10) and Aninth in WHIP (1.09)...additionally, he is 16-9, 2.73 ERA (227.1 IP, 69 ER) with opponents hitting .209 in his last 35 starts, dating CG’s ............ 3, all Santana, last 6/9 at SF Target Field Sellouts (’17/All-Time): ..... 1/160 back to June 19, 2016...since that date, he ranks third in all of baseball in opponent average, fourth in ERA (2.73), and fifth in WHIP (1.07) among qualified pitchers in that span. RECENT TRANSACTIONS 7/1 RHP Jorge used as 26th man ON THIS DAY IN TWINS HISTORY: In 2010, Jim Thome hit career home runs 573 and 574 at Target Field vs. Tampa Bay, both off Wade RHP Pressly recalled from AAA Davis...his 574th moved him past Harmon Killebrew, into sole possession of 10th on baseball’s all-time home run list...it marked RHP Busenitz optioned to AAA Thome’s 45th career multi-homer game. 6/28 LHP Breslow placed on 10-day DL RHP Hughes returned from rehab WELCOME BACK, RODNEY: Rod and Rhonda Carew are making his first trip back to Minnesota since Rod had his heart transplant on and reinstated from 10-day DL December 16, 2016...themes for tonight include Heart of 29 Campaign / American Heart Association, 40th Anniversary of Rod’s 1977 6/26 LHP Santiago returned from rehab MVP Season, and 50th Anniversary of Rod’s 1967 AL Rookie of the Year Season...game day plans include: First 10,000 fans receive a and reinstated from 10-day DL poster commemorating the famed Rod Carew/TIME magazine cover from 1977, various pregame elements, team wearing Heart of 29 RHP Gee optioned to AAA patch, and 1977 MVP Trophy displayed in the park. 6/23 RHP Gee contract selected RHP Hildenberger contract selected THIS AND THAT: LHP Melotakis designated for release Twins have a .390 winning percentage (16-25) at home, the lowest in baseball.