Minnesota Twins (31-33) at Detroit Tigers (34-28)
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MINNESOTA TWINS (31-33) AT DETROIT TIGERS (34-28) FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2014 - 7:08 PM (ET) - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK GAME 65 Kyle Gibson (R, 5-5, 3.91) vs. Drew Smyly (L, 3-4, 3.81) ROAD GAME 33 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 6/14 at Detroit Samuel Deduno (R, 2-4, 4.45) vs. Anibal Sanchez (R, 2-2, 2.24) 3:08 pm Fox Sports One TIBN: KTWIN 6/15 at Detroit Ricky Nolasco (R, 4-5, 5.70) vs. Rick Porcello (R, 8-4, 4.04) 12:08 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN / LMB: BOB FM Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. TWINS AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: The Twins began their season-long, 10-day road trip with a 2-1 series win at STREAKS Toronto...they had an off-day yesterday and are 3-6 following off-days in 2014...tonight, ..........................................31-33 Record: the Twins begin a three game weekend series with Detroit, then travel to Boston for three Current Streak: ................................ 2 wins Home Record: ................................16-17 Last 5 games: ........................................3-2 Road Record: .................................15-16 Monday-Wednesday...the Twins play just five more home games this month and 12 road games...the Twins are 15-16 on the road, winning five of their last eight. Last 10 games: ......................................5-5 Record in series: ..........................11-8-2 Last 15 games: ......................................7-8 Series Openers: ...............................8-14 Last 20 games: ....................................8-12 Series Finales: .................................13-8 HITTERS AND HUGHES COME UP HUGE: The Twins beat the Blue Jays Wednesday afternoon Rubber Games: ..................................8-1 by a score of 7-2, recording a season-high 16 hits...they improved to 12-6 against the AL TWINS VS. DETROIT Sweeps/Swept: .................................. 2/3 East, 13-8 in series finales and 8-1 in rubber games...they completed their season-series 2014 Record: .........................................3-2 April: ..............................................12-12 with Toronto 4-2, their first winning season against the Jays since 2005 (also 4-2)...Phil May: ...............................................13-16 Current Streak: ...................................1 win June: ..................................................6-5 Hughes (7-2) pitched 7.0 shutout innings with no walks and nine strikeouts...Casey Fien 2014 at Home: ......................................1-1 July: .......................................................... pitched 1.1 scoreless innings of relief to earn his first career save...seven Twins recorded 2014 at Detroit: .....................................2-1 August: ..................................................... multi-hit games, including three hits each from Mauer and Morales...seven multi-hits were All-Time Record: .........................402-362-1 September: .............................................. the most for the Twins since August 29, 2012 vs. Seattle (also 7). All-Time at Home: ..........................211-172 vs. American League East: ................12-6 All-Time at Detroit: .....................191-190-1 vs. American League Central: .........11-10 FRYER AND FULD IN THE FOLD: The Twins announced today that they have placed outfielder vs. American League West: .................4-9 Aaron Hicks on the 15-day disabled list with a right shoulder strain...Hicks injured his shoulder 2014 Game Logs: vs. National League: ............................4-8 diving for a ball in center field June 7 vs. Houston...to fill the vacancies of Hicks and Pinto (optioned Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Games vs. LH Starter:..........................9-9 Wednesday) on the 25-man roster, the Twins have returned outfielder Sam Fuld from his rehab 4/25 MIN 6-10 Porcello/Correia Games vs. RH Starter: .....................22-24 assignment and reinstated him from the 15-day disabled list and recalled catcher Eric Fryer from 4/26 MIN 5-3 Hughes/Ortega/Perkins Twins score first: .............................21-12 4/27 MIN PPD* Opp. scores first: .............................10-21 Triple-A Rochester...Fuld was originally placed on the 7-day disabled list with concussion-like Come-from-behind wins: .....................14 symptoms, missing the Twins last 32 games...he played four games with Double-A New Britain 5/ 9 DET 2-1 Hughes/Verlander/Perkins Leading after 7/8 inn.: ..............23-1/25-1 on rehab assignment, going 6-for-14 (.429) with two doubles and a home run...Fryer played in 5/10 DET 3-9 Scherzer/Gibson Trailing after 7/8 inn.: .............5-29/3-30 36 games for Triple-A Rochester, hitting .252 (28-for-111) with seven doubles and 11 RBI...both 5/11 DET 4-3 Burton/Chamberlain/Perkins Tied after 7/8 inn.: ......................3-3/3-12 Fuld and Fryer will be in uniform for tonight’s game in Detroit, Fryer will wear uniform number 26. 6/13 DET Extra-innings: ......................................3-4 6/14 DET 1-run games: .......................................9-9 The Twins have scored in the first inning in each of their last three 6/15 DET .............................19-6 FIRST NOT THE WORST: Twins out-hit opp.: games, scoring at least twice in all three...they have scored 29 first inning runs this season. 8/22 MIN Opp. out-hit Twins: ........................... 8-25 8/23 MIN Twins/Opp. have = hits: .......................4-2 MIN* Twins get Quality Start: .....................24-5 MAUER AND THE TIGERS: Joe Mauer is hitting .317 (165-for-521), with 24 doubles, 13 home 8/24 MIN Twins starter goes 6+ IP:................25-11 runs, 71 RBI, 85 runs scored and 82 walks in 142 career games against Detroit...among 9/15 MIN Most games over .500: ..................2, 5/23 all active players, he ranks second in walks (Konerko - 105) and on-base percentage (.408, 9/16 MIN Most games under .500:................4, 6/10 behind Span - .409), fifth in runs, sixth in hits, and 10th in batting average. Longest winning-streak: ..3, 3x, last 5/15-17 9/17 MIN 9/25 DET Longest losing-streak: ..4, 2x, last 5/23-26 MILESTONE MAUER: Joe Mauer played in his 1,235th career game on Tuesday, passing Torii When Twins score 4+: .....................28-13 9/26 DET When Twins score 3-: ........................3-20 Hunter and moving into sole possession of ninth place on the Twins all-time list in games 9/27 DET Team-high hits: ................16, 6/11 at TOR played...he enters today with 1,236 games, tied with Bob Allison for eighth place. 9/28 DET Team-high runs: .. 10, 3x, last 4/11 vs. KC PLAYER SEASONS YEARS GAMES Opp.-high hits: ........15, 4x, last 5/8 at CLE 6) Gary Gaetti ............................................10 .................1981-90...............................................1,361 ROAD TRIP (2-1) Opp.-high runs: ................ 14, 6/8 vs. HOU 7) Justin Morneau .....................................11 .................2003-13...............................................1,278 8) Bob Allison ............................................10 .................1961-70...............................................1,236 Batting Average ............ .318 (34-for-107) Twins get 10+ hits: ..........................16-10 Runs Per-Game ...................5.0 (15 R/3 G) Walk-Off W/L: ......................................3-3 Joe Mauer .............................................11 ...................2004-.................................................1,236 Shutouts W/L: ......................................5/2 Home Runs .............................................4 Complete Games: ..1, Nolasco, 5/2 vs. BAL SANTANA SMOOTH: Danny Santana is hitting .372 (32-for-86) with five doubles, 12 RBI RISP ................................. .233 (7-for-30) Target Field Sellouts (’14/All-Time): ....... -/152 and 12 runs scored this season...he has hit safely in 19 of his first 25 career games and is Fielding Errors ........................................0 currently riding a seven-game hitting streak where he has a .412 (14-for-34) average with Team ERA ...................2.39 (26.1 IP, 7 ER) RECENT TRANSACTIONS five multi-hit games...additionally he is hitting .400 (20-for-50) on the road. Starters W-L ....................................... 2-0 5/9 OF Hicks reinstated from 7-day DL Starters ERA ...............1.93 (18.2 IP, 4 ER) OF/IF Parmelee contract selected DOZIER 365: Since June 13, 2013, Brian Dozier has hit .248 (156-for-629) with 40 doubles, Relievers W-L-S ...............................0-1-1 29 home runs, 82 RBI, 104 runs scored, 79 walks and 22 stolen bases in 160 games. OF Wilson designated for Relievers ERA ...............3.52 (7.2 IP, 3 ER) assignment Save/Opportunities ..............................1/1 5/14 OF Arcia returned from rehab as- MORE MORALES: Kendrys Morales has reached base seven times (6 hits, 1 walk) in 14 signment, reinstated from 15-day plate appearance since signing with the Twins, including three doubles and three RBI...he TWINSPRESSBOX.COM DL and optioned to AAA is 5-for-9 from the left side of the plate. 5/18 RHP Tonkin optioned to AAA Get the latest Twins notes, stat packs, clips, 5/20 C/OF Herrmann recalled from AAA I SAW THE SIGN: The Twins have signed five more players from the 2014 First-Year Player press releases, minor league reports, 2014 5/22 OF Fuld transferred from 7 to 15 day DL Draft, in addition to (1st rd) and (9th rd), bringing their total to official