MINNESOTA TWINS (51-63) AT OAKLAND ATHLETICS (71-44) SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 2014 - 6:05 (PT) - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK GAME 115 Trevor May (R, ML Debut) vs. Jeff Samardzija (R, 2-1, 3.09) ROAD GAME 60 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 8/10 at Oakland Phil Hughes (R, 11-8, 4.01) vs. Jason Hammel (R, 9-9, 3.70) 3:05 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN / LMB: BOB FM 8/11 at Houston Kevin Correia (R, 5-13, 4.94) vs. Brad Peacock (R, 3-8, 5.44) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN 8/12 at Houston Yohan Pino (R, 1-4, 4.59) vs. Collin McHugh (R, 4-9, 3.18) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN 8/13 at Houston Kyle Gibson (R, 10-9, 4.13) vs. Brett Oberholtzer (R, 4-7, 4.05) 1:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN 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 recently completing their two-game homestand against San Diego with a STREAKS split, the Twins began a four-game series in Oakland with back-to-back losses...they play Record: ..........................................51-63 the third of four with the A’s tonight...they will wrap the series on Sunday afternoon and Current Streak: ..............................3 losses Home Record: ................................25-30 travel to Houston for three, Monday-Wednesday. Last 5 games: ........................................2-3 Road Record: .................................26-33 Last 10 games: ......................................4-6 Record in series: ........................16-17-4 Series Openers: .............................13-25 TWINS COMEBACK FALLS SHORT: The Twins lost to Oakland last night by a score of 6-5... Last 15 games: ......................................6-9 Series Finales: ...............................20-17 Kyle Gibson (10-9) was the starter and loser as he worked 5.0 innings allowing six runs (five Last 20 games: ....................................7-13 Rubber Games: ................................11-4 earned) on five hits but walked a career-high five batters...the bullpen combined to toss 3.0 Sweeps/Swept: .................................. 3/6 scoreless innings...the Twins were held scoreless for the first six innings before scoring five TWINS VS. OAKLAND March/April: ...................................12-12 runs in the seventh inning...Kennys Vargas went 2-for-4 while Chris Parmelee went 1-for-3 2014 Record: .........................................0-4 May: ...............................................13-16 with a two RBI double...Eduardo Nunez added an RBI double as he went 1-for-3...the Twins Current Streak: .............................11 losses June: ..............................................12-16 went 4-for-7 with runners in scoring position and left just two runners on base. July: ................................................11-15 2014 at Home: .......................................0-3 August: ...............................................3-4 TWINS MAKE ROSTER MOVE: The Twins announced last night that they have recalled right- 2014 at Oakland: ...................................0-2 September: .............................................. handed pitcher Trevor May from Triple-A Rochester...May is scheduled to start today and All-Time Record: ............................359-346 vs. American League East: ..............13-15 will be making his major league debut...the 25-year-old made 17 starts for the Red Wings, All-Time at Home: ..........................199-157 vs. American League Central: .........23-21 going 8-6 with a 2.93 ERA (95.1 IP, 31 ER), 91 strikeouts and 37 walks to go with a 1.17 All-Time at Oakland: ......................160-189 vs. American League West: ...............8-17 WHIP...May, who will wear uniform number 65, was acquired by the Twins along with Vance 2014 Game Logs: vs. National League: ..........................7-10 Worley from the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Ben Revere prior to the 2013 season... Games vs. LH Starter:......................17-21 the Phillies originally drafted May in the fourth round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Games vs. RH Starter: .....................34-42 4/7 MIN 3-8 Kazmir/Correia Twins score first: .............................34-19 out of Kelso (Wash.) High School....to make room for May on the 25-man roster, the Twins Opp. scores first: .............................17-44 optioned first baseman Chris Colabello to Triple-A Rochester...in two stints with Twins this 4/9 MIN 4-7 Otero/Burton Come-from-behind wins: .....................26 season, Colabello has appeared in 59 games, hitting .229 (47-for-205) with 13 doubles, 4/10 MIN 1-6 Straily/Pelfrey Leading after 7/8 inn.: ..............37-2/40-2 six home runs and 39 RBI. 8/7 OAK 0-3 Lester/Pino Trailing after 7/8 inn.: .............7-55/5-55 8/8 OAK 5-6 Kazmir/Gibson/Doolittle Tied after 7/8 inn.: ........................7-6/6-6 NOT SO ATHLETIC: The Twins are looking to snap a 11-game losing streak to the A’s which 8/9 OAK Extra-innings: ......................................4-5 dates back to September 11, 2013, their last win being a 4-3 victory September 10, 2013 8/10 OAK 1-run games: ...................................17-18 at Target Field...the last time they lost 11-plus straight to a single opponent came April 21, Twins out-hit opp.: .............................28-9 2012-September 14, 2013, when they lost 11 straight to Tampa Bay. ROAD TRIP (0-1) Opp. out-hit Twins: .........................15-51 • The Twins are looking to snap a eight-game losing streak at the Coliseum and win here Twins/Opp. have = hits: .......................8-3 for the first time since August 20, 2012 Batting Average .............. .161 (10-for-62) Twins get Quality Start: ...................36-13 Runs Per-Game .....................2.5 (5 R/2 G) Twins starter goes 6+ IP:................39-26 FOUR SCORE: This four-game series marks the sixth of 10 four-game series on the 2014 Home Runs .............................................0 Most games over .500: ..................2, 5/23 schedule for the Twins...below are results of the previous five thus far: RISP .................................. .400 (4-for-10) Most games under .500:... 12, 2x, last 8/8 May 5-8 at Cleveland W-L-L-L Fielding Errors ........................................2 Longest winning-streak: ......... 4, 6/19-22 May 26-29 Texas L-W-L-L Longest losing-streak: ........5, 2x, 6/24-28 June 19-22 Chicago-AL W-W-W-W Team ERA ...................4.50 (16.0 IP, 8 ER) When Twins score 4+: .....................41-24 July 3-6 New York-AL L-L-W-L Starters W-L ....................................... 0-2 When Twins score 3-: ......................10-39 July 7-10 at Seattle L-W-W-W Team-high hits: .................23, 8/3 at CWS Starters ERA ...............6.75 (10.2 IP, 8 ER) Team-high runs: ................16, 8/3 at CWS NOTE: They have four four-game series remaining: August 15-18 vs. KC at Target Field, August Relievers W-L-S ...............................0-0-0 Opp.-high hits: .................... 19, 6/14 at DET 29-September 1 at BAL, September 4-7 vs. LAA at Target Field and September 25-28 at DET. Relievers ERA ...............0.00 (5.1 IP, 0 ER) Opp.-high runs: ................ 14, 6/8 vs. HOU Save/Opportunities ..............................0/0 Twins get 10+ hits: ..........................22-17 A LOOK AT SOME COMPARISONS: The Twins are hitting .247 this season with 86 home runs Walk-Off W/L: ......................................5-5 and a .321 on-base percentage...the American League as a whole is hitting .255...here is a Shutouts W/L: ......................................7/9 breakdown on how each position on the field is hitting compared to the league average: Complete Games: ..2, last 6/17 Hughes at BOS TWINS (AVG/OBP) AMERICAN LEAGUE (AVG/OBP) Target Field Sellouts (’14/All-Time): ....... -/152 C .286 / .346 * .249 / .308 1B .245 / .303 .252 / .329 RECENT TRANSACTIONS 2B .247 / .344 .264 / .319 SS .247 / .299 .256 / .311 7/18 IF/OF Santana returned from rehab 3B .242 / .303 .251 / .312 and reinstated from DL OF .241 / .331 * .262 / .326 C/OF Herrmann optioned to AAA DH .251 / .322 .249 / .320 7/21 LHP Johnson optioned to AAA * The Twins have the second highest batting average and on-base percentage from the catching position in the American League, only 7/22 RHP Pino recalled from AAA Oakland is better (.296/.371)...however, the Twins .241 average from their outfield is the second lowest in the league (Houston .233). 7/23 RHP Guerrier designated for asgn. 7/24 RHP Pressly recalled from AAA CATCHING ON WITH MINNESOTA: Former Athletic Kurt Suzuki is hitting .304 (99-for-326) the 10th best in the AL and best among RHP Pryor acquired, reports to AAA catchers...he is hitting .333 (25-for-75) with runners in scoring position, tied for the 10th best RISP average in the AL...the former A’s INF Morales traded to Seattle second round pick in the 2004 First-Year Player Draft hit .258 (847-for-3283) in parts of seven seasons with Oakland...he has played in 367 career games at the Coliseum, hitting .251 (319-for-1269) with 36 home runs here...he ranks third among actives in games INF Polanco recalled from Single-A played in this stadium, trailing only Jason Giambi (535) and Mark Ellis (521) — recently retired Eric Chavez played 669 games here. 7/25 RHP Darnell recalled from AAA INF Polanco optioned to AA MAUER REHAB UPDATE: Joe Mauer went 3-for-5 with a run-scoring single while playing nine innings at first base last night for Single-A 7/31 LHP Milone acquired via trade with Cedar Rapids...it marked his third game of his rehab assignment...Mauer who has been out since July 1 with a right oblique strain, is OAK, in exchange for OF Fuld, Milone expected to play again today for the Kernals - he will play first base.