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MINNESOTA TWINS (11-7) AT (7-8) WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2020 - 6:10 P.M. (CT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH / RADIO: TIBN, WCCO, THE WOLF RHP (2-0, 2.65) vs. LHP Eric Lauer (0-1, 9.53) GAME 19 ROAD GAME 11 Upcoming Probable & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 8/13 OFF DAY 8/14 vs. Kansas City RHP Jake Odorizzi (0-0, 6.00) vs. RHP Jakob Junis (0-0, 4.00) 7:10 p.m. (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None 8/15 vs. Kansas City RHP José Berríos (1-2, 5.31) vs. LHP Danny Duffy (0-2, 5.12) 6:10 p.m. (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None 8/16 vs. Kansas City RHP (3-1, 0.90) vs. RHP Brady Singer (1-1, 4.50) 1:10 p.m. (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / twinsbeisbol.com 8/17 vs. Kansas City TBA vs. LHP Kris Bubic (0-2, 5.40) 7:10 p.m. (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 2-5 through seven games on their current eight-game roadtrip, STREAKS going 1-1 at Pittsburgh, 0-3 at Kansas City and 1-1 in Milwaukee...tonight they will play the three- Under Baldelli (since '19)...... 112-68 Current Streak 1 loss Home Record:...... 7-1 game series finale in Wisconsin...after the game, the Twins will travel home to enjoy an off-day Road Record:...... 4-6 tomorrow in Minneapolis, then start a seven-game homestand with a four-game series vs. Kansas Last 5 games 1-4 Record in series:...... 4-1-1 City over the weekend and another three-game series vs. Milwaukee early next week. Last 10 games 5-5 Series Openers:...... 5-2 AThe original 2020 schedule would have the Twins in the third of four in Boston. Last 15 games 9-6 Series Finales:...... 4-2 Last 20 games Rubber Games:...... 1-0 OFF WISCONSIN: The Twins lost to the Brewers last night by a score of 6-4 in Milwaukee, evening the Sweeps/Swept:...... 2/1 three-game series at 1-1...Tyler Clippard was the Opener, allowing one run in 1.0 inning...the Twins TWINS VS. BREWERS July:...... 5-2 used six pitchers, allowing four home runs...the offense recorded 10 hits, including a season-high August:...... 6-5 three from , two home runs from Eddie Rosario and one homer from ... 2020 Record:...... 1-1 September/October:...... played in his 500th career game. Current Streak:...... 1 loss Day Games:...... 3-3 Manny Piña homered twice for the Brewers...he and Rosario marked the second pair of op- 2020 at Home:...... Night Games:...... 8-4 Aponents to hit multiple homers in a Twins Interleague game...the other was April 9, 2019 at 2020 at Milwaukee:...... 1-1 vs. American League Central:...... 5-5 New York-NL, when Mitch Garver, Jonathan Schoop and Pete Alonso all did it. All-Time Record:...... 232-225 vs. National League Central:...... 6-2 All-Time at Home:...... 123-104 Games vs. LH Starter:...... 1-2 Games vs. RH Starter:...... 10-5 NO DAYS OFF FEW DAYS OFF: Tomorrow the Twins will enjoy their second off-day of the season and will All-Time at Milwaukee:...... 109-121 be their last off-day until September 3...in between they will play a stretch of 20 straight games, leading Twins score first:...... 9-3 2020 Game Logs: Opponent scores first:...... 2-4 up to September 2...in September they will have four off-days and play 23 games during the final month. Come-from-behind wins:...... 1 Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Leading after 7/8 inn.:...... 10-1/10-1 LAG WITH THE LUMBER: After starting the season 10-2, the Twins have gone 1-5...below is 8/10 MIL 4-2 Dobnak/Houser/Rogers Trailing after 7/8 inn.:...... 0-5/0-6 a look inside their first 12 compared to their last six: 8/11 MIL 4-6 Williams/Rogers/Hader Tied after 7/8 inn.:...... 1-1/1-0 FIRST 12: 5.3 R/G 1.4 HR/G .317 OBP .406 SLG .723 OPS 8/12 MIL 6:10 pm (CT) Extra-innings:...... LAST 6: 3.8 R/G 2.0 HR/G .292 OBP .406 SLG .698 OPS 8/18 MIN 7:10 pm (CT) 1-run games:...... 1-2 8/19 MIN 7:10 pm (CT) Twins out-hit opp.:...... 7-2 NATIONAL TREASURE: Eddie Rosario hit two home runs last night, one in the first inning and one Opp. out-hit Twins:...... 3-5 in the third...he has now homered in three consecutive Interleague games (8/6, 8/10-11) for the 8/20 MIN 6:10 pm (CT) Twins/Opp. have = hits:...... 1-0 second time in his career, also doing so from 8/20, 9/12-13/17...he is the second Twin to homer CURRENT ROADTRIP (2-6) Run Differential:...... +23 (86-63) in three-straight IL games twice, joining (see chart below): Batting average .225 Twins get Quality Start:...... 3-1 PLAYER DATES IL HR STREAK Twins starter goes 6+ IP:...... 3-1 Trevor Plouffe...... June 12-15, 2012...... 4 Runs Per Game 4.00 Most games over .500:...... 8, 8/6 Eddie Rosario...... August 6-11, 2020...... 3 Home Runs 13 Most games under .500:...... Mitch Garver...... August 13-September 10, 2019...... 3 RISP .250 Longest win-streak:...... 6, 7-31-8/5 Max Kepler...... July 31-August 5, 2019...... 3 Errors 0 Longest losing-streak:...... 4, 8/6-8/9 Max Kepler...... April 5-7, 2019...... 3 When Twins score 4+:...... 8-3 Eddie Rosario...... August 20-September 13, 2017...... 3 When Twins score 3-:...... 3-4 Team ERA 4.94 ...... May 23-June 12, 2009...... 3 Starters W-L 2-2 Twins get 10+ hits:...... 2-1 Jacque Jones...... June 8-10, 2005...... 3 Days in First Place...... 17 Rosario joins (4) and Jacque Jones (2) as the only three Twins to have two-plus Starters ERA 4.45 Days in Second Place...... 2 Amulti-homer games in IL Play...Rosario's other two-homer IL game was August 8, 2017 vs. Relievers W-L-S 0-4-1 Days in Third Place...... Milwaukee at . Relievers ERA 6.00 ...... Days in Fourth Place Rosario also homered in his final game vs. the Milwaukee in 2019...since the Brewers moved Saves/Opps 1/4 Days in Fifth Place...... Ato the AL in 1998, only six AL players, including Rosario, have homered in three consecutive Walk-Off W/L:...... 1/1 games against them...the others are Mitch Moreland (2013), Edwin Encarnación (2012), THROUGH GAMES OF THIS DATE IN 2019 Shutouts W/L:...... 2/0 Jason Kubel (2008), Manny Ramirez (1998-2003) and Jim Thome (2001). Complete Games...... Rosario's five IL home runs lead ...Twins all-time single-season record vs. NL teams RECORD GAMES BACK/AHEAD Ais nine, done by Mitch Garver in 2019 and Trevor Plouffe in 2012...Rosie has 11 home runs 71-47 (.602)...... T-1st w/ Cleveland GONE IN 60 in IL games since the start of 2019 (27 games), the most in baseball. MIN/WAS FRANCHISE RECORDS OVER THE FIRST 60 GAMES OF A SEASON (SINCE 1901) WE'RE OUT OF THEIR LEAGUE: The Twins are 6-2 this season in Interleague Play, going 2-0 vs. St. Louis, 3-1 vs. Pittsburgh and 1-1 vs. Mil- HITS...... 102, Heinie Manush, 1934 waukee...Twins have a .750 IL winning percentage, best in the AL and tied for fourth best in baseball...additionally, only the Rockies and Tigers HOME RUNS...... 22, Harmon Killebrew, 1959 have as many IL wins this season. RBI...... 63, Kirby Puckett, 1994 Remaining IL schedule (12 games): one more at Milwaukee here...home for three vs. Milwaukee August 18-20...two at St. Louis September A8-9...three at Wrigley Field September 18-20...three at home vs. Cincinnati September 25-27. XBH...... 37, Eduardo Escobar, 2018 Jorge Polanco is hitting .306 (63-for-206) with 12 doubles, three triples, six home runs, 27 RBI, 22 runs scored, 18 walks and a .843 OPS RUNS...... 55, Cesar Tovar, 1970 Ain 58 career Interleague games...he has a seven-game road IL hitting streak. DOUBLES...... 28, , 1994 WALKS...... 70, Eddie Yost, 1956 BORDER BATTLE SLUGFEST: The Twins are 232-225 all-time against the Brewers (games since 1970) and have a record against them of 66-56 in Inter- STOLEN BASES...... 36, Clyde Milan, 1912 league Play...a win tonight would give the Twins their first series victory in Milwaukee in a three-game series since taking two of three May 18-20, 2012. ------Jorge Polanco is hitting .386 (22-for-57) in 15 career games vs. MIL...has hit safely in eight straight vs. the Brewers and 13 of 15 in career. WINS...... 14, Walter Johnson, 1913 A15 of the 16 runs scored in this series between both teams have come via . ..... 129, Walter Johnson, 1910 A STARTS...... 18, 2 Tied SOCIAL DISTANCING : Twins have homered in 14 of 18 games this season...only non-homer games came on July 30 vs. Cleveland, GAMES...... 38, Mike Marshall, 1979 August 3 vs. Pittsburgh, August 4 vs. Pittsburgh and August 9 at Kansas City...they have hit 29 bombas this season, tied for third most in SAVES...... 21, , 2015 baseball with New York-AL and Los Angeles-NL, trailing San Diego (32) and Los Angeles-AL (32). RECENT TRANSACTIONS SIRI, TELL ME ABOUT SERIES': Twins are looking for their fifth series victory today after going 4-1-1 thus far...they went 2-1 in Chicago, 2-0 vs. St. 8/11 IF Vargas acquired via trade with ARZ Louis, 3-1 vs. Cleveland, 2-0 vs. Pittsburgh, 1-1 at Pittsburgh and 0-1 at Kansas City...last season the Twins went 31-15-6 in series play. in exchange for cash considerations C/INF Astudillo reinstated from 10-day DO YOU KNOW THE DAZZLE MAN?: On this day in 1993, Twins radio superstar Dan Gladden went 3-for-6 with five RBI and a two-run homer off IL and optioned to training site Fernando Valenzuela, leading the Tigers to a 17-11 victory over Baltimore...the homer capped off a streak of three straight days with a homer, 8/10 OF outrighted off 40-man the longest streak of his career...during the streak, he had 12 RBI and a 1.500 OPS in 16 at-bats – basically video game style numbers, almost Whitefield like he was playing RBI Baseball 1993 on Rookie Level for Sega Genesis...additionally, Gladden’s three straight homers was one of 222 times RHP Lawrence signed and assigned that a player has homered in three straight against Baltimore – Babe Ruth is also on that list. to 60-man player pool 8/9 RHP Gearrin recalled from AAA BOBBLE, BOBBLE: In celebration of the team’s 60th season in Minnesota, and in proud support of efforts to provide every kid a safe place to RHP Poppen optioned to training site play, the today introduced a limited edition Twins Hall of Fame Bobblehead set depicting the 34 members of this exclusive 8/8 RHP Odorizzi reinstated from 10-day IL club – including 2020 electee Justin Morneau...the Twins Hall of Fame Bobblehead set will go on sale at 10:00 a.m. CT tomorrow (Thursday, 8/7 IF Donaldson placed on 10-day IL August 13) only at twinsbaseball.com/hofbobbles; net proceeds will benefit the Minnesota Twins Community Fund. TWINSPRESSBOX.COM UPCOMING MILESTONES PLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACH Get the latest Twins Game Notes, Zoom ...... 405 home runs...... Needs 2 to tie Duke Snider (407) for 56th on MLB all-time home run list. Interviews, Roster, Stat Packs, Clips, Press Max Kepler...... 97 home runs...... Needs 3 to reach 100 for career. Releases, 2020 Media Guide as well as other Sergio Romo...... 699 strikeouts...... Needs 1 to reach 700 for career. team related information at: Miguel Sanó...... 121 home runs...... Needs 11 to tie Jacque Jones (132) for 13th on Twins all-time list. www.twinspressbox.com 89 doubles...... Needs 11 to reach 100 for career. STARTING 2020 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS kenta maeda #18 CG’s: - - CG’s: - - Height: 6-1 Weight: 185 B/T: R/R Age: 32 (4/11/88 in Osaka, Japan) SHO’s: - - SHO’s: - - CG Low Hit: - - CG Low-Hit: - - 2020: 2-0, 2.65 ERA CAREER: 49-35, 3.83 ERA Innings: 6.0, 2x, last: 8/6 at PIT Innings: 8.1, 5/10/17 vs. PIT 6, 2x, last 8/1 vs. CLE 13, 6/10/16 vs. SD • Today takes the mound in search of his 50th career win...would become the eighth Japanese-born SO’s: SO’s: player to reach the mark. Walks: 1, 3x, last: 8/6 at PIT Walks: 5, 6/19/18 at CHC Hits: 4, 7/26 at CWS Hits: 9, 3x, last 5/11/18 vs. CIN Home Runs: 1, 2x, last: 8/6 at PIT Home Runs: 4, 4/22/17 at ARI 2020 DAY-BY-DAY Win-Streak: 2, 7/26-present Win-Streak: 5, 2x, last 7/7-8/13/17 Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Left/Final Notes Pitches/K Loss-Streak: - - Loss-Streak: 6, 6/11-7/29/19 7/26 at CWS W1 5.0 4 2 2 1 1 6 10-0/14-2 Logged first win as a Twin 84/58 (69.0%) JULY TOTALS 1-0 5.0 4 2 2 1 1 6 3.60 ERA CAREER NOTES 8/1 vs. CLE W2 6.0 1 0 0 0 1 6 3-0/3-0 First Twins QS of season 83/58 (69.0%) 8/6 at PIT ND 6.0 3 3 3 1 1 4 5-3/5-6 PIT walk-off single in ninth 80/53 (66.3%) • Became the third Japanese-born player in Twins franchise history, after Micheal AUG TOTALS 1-0 12.0 4 3 3 1 2 10 2.25 ERA Nakamura (2003) and (2011-12). RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA • Entering 2020, 9.79 career K/9.0 IP ratio was fourth among Japanese-born pitchers 2020 TOTALS 2-0 17.0 8 5 5 2 3 16 2.65 in MLB history (min. 100.0 IP), and .227 career opponent batting average was sixth. CAREER TOTALS 49-35 606.0 508 273 258 79 181 657 3.83 • Recorded his first career save in his first career relief appearance on June 9, 2017 (4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 6 K). • 16 wins in 2016 were the second most wins ever by a Los Angeles-NL rookie, behind 2019 DAY-BY-DAY (ITALICS INDICATE RELIEF) only Rick Sutcliffe (17-10, 1979), and tied for the second most ever in a single season by a Japanese pitcher. Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Left/Final Notes Pitches/K 3/30 Ari W1 6.2 5 3 3 3 2 6 11-3/18-5 Season high home runs allowed 106/68 (64.2%) • In 2016, led qualifying MLB rookie starting pitchers in starts (32), wins (16), oppo- 4/5 at Col W2 5.0 4 1 1 0 4 4 6-1/10-6 2 W's to start year, 1st time in career 91/55 (60.4%) nents’ batting average (.229), WHIP (1.14), innings pitched (175.2) and - 4/10 at StL L1 5.1 7 5 5 1 1 5 1-3/2-7 Third most runs allowed on season 82/58 (70.7%) to-walk ratio (3.58). 4/16 vs. Cin W3 6.2 4 1 1 0 3 5 4-1/6-1 First of nine quality starts on season 98/62 (63.3%) • Named to the 2016 Major League All-Rookie Team, and finished 4/23 at ChC L2 4.0 7 6 6 1 3 5 1-6/2-7 Season high earned runs allowed 74/52 (70.3%) third in the NL Rookie of the Year voting. 4/29 at SF ND 5.0 7 0 0 0 2 3 2-0/2-3 Tied season low for K's (min. 5.0 IP) 73/45 (61.6%) • Pitched 6.0 scoreless innings in his major league debut, also hitting a solo home MAR/APR TOTALS 3-2 32.2 34 16 16 5 15 28 run in his second-career at-bat. 5/5 at SD ND 6.0 3 4 4 1 3 6 3-4/5-8 Only 6.0+ IP, non-QS of season 84/56 (66.7%) 5/10 vs. Was W4 6.0 1 0 0 0 2 6 3-0/5-0 1st of two gms w/ 6.0+ IP, 0 ER 86/57 (66.3%) 5/15 vs. SD W5 6.2 3 0 0 0 0 12 2-0/2-0 Season high 12 strikeouts 85/64 (75.3%) 2020 MISC. NUMBERS 5/26 at Pit W6 5.0 5 3 3 2 0 4 5-2/11-7 Earliest in career reaching 6 wins 81/57 (70.4%) 5/31 vs. Phi W7 6.0 3 2 2 1 0 6 5-2/6-3 Won season high 5th-straight game 88/57 (64.8%) W L ERA G/GS IP ER AVG H AB HR BB SO MAY TOTALS 4-0 29.2 15 9 9 4 5 34 Home: 1 0 0.00 1/1 6.0 0 Vs. Left: .135 5 37 1 3 8 6/5 at Ari ND 5.0 2 1 1 0 1 7 2-1/2-3 Second-most K's to point in season 70/52 (74.3%) 6/11 at LAA L3 4.1 3 5 5 2 3 4 2-5/3-5 Tied for second-most BB on season 97/58 (59.8%) Road: 1 0 4.09 2/2 11.0 5 Vs. Right: .136 3 22 1 0 8 6/17 vs. SF L4 5.0 3 2 2 0 2 4 1-2/2-3 Crossed 75 K mark on season 89/58 (65.2%) Day: 1 0 4.09 2/2 11.0 5 TOTALS: .136 8 59 2 3 16 6/23 vs. Col ND 7.0 7 2 2 1 2 6 0-2/6-3 Tied for second-most IP on season 86/62 (72.1%) Night: 1 0 0.00 1/1 6.0 0 6/30 at Col ND 4.1 3 2 2 0 2 5 3-0/10-5 Only month as starter without a QS 88/56 (63.6%) Grass: 2 0 2.65 3/3 17.0 5 None On: .104 5 48 0 3 14 JUNE TOTALS 0-2 25.2 18 12 12 3 10 26 7/6 vs. SD L5 7.2 4 3 3 2 1 6 0-3/1-3 Season high innings pitched 101/68 (67.3%) Turf: 0 0 - - 0/0 0.0 0 Runners On: .273 3 11 2 0 2 7/12 at Bos L6 5.2 4 3 3 2 1 7 1-3/1-8 Set longeset career loss streak 87/60 (69.0%) 7/17 at Phi ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1-0/7-2 Season low IP in a start 35/19 (54.3%) 7/19 vs. Mia ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2-1/2-1 Credited hold in first relief app 12/10 (83.3%) 6.0-PLUS IP/QUALITY STARTS 7/23 vs. LAA L7 4.1 4 3 3 1 2 7 1-2/4-5 Returned to rotation 95/59 (62.1%) 7/29 at Col L8 4.0 7 6 5 0 2 5 0-4/1-9 Last loss of career-worst loss streak 92/58 (63.0%) YEAR STARTS 6+ IP QS YEAR STARTS 6+ IP QS JULY TOTALS 0-4 24.2 19 15 14 5 8 30 2016 32 15 14 2019 26 10 9 8/4 vs. SD ND 2.2 5 5 5 1 1 4 3-5/11-10 2nd-fewest IP on season as starter 61/39 (63.9%) 8/10 vs. Ari W8 7.0 3 0 0 0 0 6 4-0/4-0 Snapped career-worst loss streak 93/63 (67.7%) 2017 25 6 5 2020 3 2 2 8/16 at Atl ND 4.2 5 3 3 0 4 9 2-3/8-3 Tied season high for walks/K's 87/54 (62.1%) 2018 20 7 5 TOTALS 106 40 35 8/22 vs. Tor ND 6.0 4 2 2 1 1 9 0-2/3-2 Tied for second most K's on season 85/57 (67.1%) 8/28 at SD ND 5.0 2 2 2 0 3 3 3-2/6-4 Tied season high ND streak 79/47 (59.5%) MORE MISCELLANEOUS NUMBERS (2020) AUG TOTALS 1-0 25.1 19 12 12 2 9 31 9/2 vs. Col SV 4.0 4 3 3 2 0 5 14-6/16-9 Shifted to bullpen full-time 58/41 (70.7%) BASE RUNNERS PICK-OFFS SB-ATT GIDP 9/8 vs. SF W9 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 6 5-0/5-0 Tied season high IP as reliever 49/36 (73.5%) 11 0 1-1 0 9/12 at Bal ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4-2/4-2 Recorded second hold 15/8 (53.3%) MAEDA: 9/15 at NYM SV 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 1 - -/3-2 Recorded second save 12/7 (58.3%) 9/17 vs. TB W10 1.0 3 3 3 1 0 1 7-3/7-5 Tied season high RA as reliever 20/12 (60.0%) 2020 RUNS/HITS PER INNING 9/20 vs. Col ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8-4/12-5 Fifth scoreless relief outing of season 13/5 (38.5%) 9/21 vs. Col ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2-4/2-4 Made B2B relief apps for only time 10/7 (70.0%) 9/24 at SD ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5-3/6-3 Recorded third hold 22/14 (63.6%) INNING: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9/26 at SD SV 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - -/1-0 Recorded third save 13/8 (61.5%) RUNS/HITS: 0/0 3/4 0/0 0/1 2/3 0/0 -/- -/- -/- 9/28 at SF ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2-0/2-0 Eighth scoreless outing of Sept 16/10 (62.5%) SEPT TOTALS 2-0 15.2 9 6 6 3 4 20 MAEDA VS. MILWAUKEE (REGULAR & POSTSEASON) RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 2019 TOTALS 10-8 153.2 114 70 69 22 51 169 3.91 2018 vs. Milwaukee (1 start): 0-1, 7.71 ERA (4.2 IP, 4 ER), 3 BB, 4 SO LAST TIME OUT: In his last start, on August 6 at Pittsburgh, Maeda put forth his second consecutive 2018 vs. Milwaukee at Home (1 start): 0-1, 7.71 ERA (4.2 IP, 4 ER), 3 BB, 4 SO quality start, and his second of the season...he allowed three runs in 6.0 IP, and struck out four and 2018 vs. Milwaukee on Road (0 starts): - - walked one...all three runs came on one swing when Pirates Gregory Polanco hit a three- Career vs. Milwaukee (5 starts): 2-2, 3.00 ERA (27.0 IP, 9 ER), 13 BB, 32 SO run homer in the second inning – Maeda's second longball surrendered on the season...he was in Career vs. Milwaukee at Home (3 starts): 1-1, 3.18 ERA (17.0 IP, 6 ER), 8 BB, 19 SO line for his 50th career win when Minnesota entered the final frame, leading 5-4, before left-hander Career vs. Milwaukee on Road (2 starts): 1-1, 2.70 ERA (10.0 IP, 3 ER), 5 BB, 13 SO blew the save in the ninth inning, beginning the Twins' season-long streak of four consecutive losses. BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPS SMASHING BREWS: Maeda has faced Milwaukee five times in his career, and owns a 2-2 record Maeda vs. the Brewers Lauer vs. the Twins with a 3.00 ERA (27.0 IP, 9 ER)...he's allowed just a single run in three of his five starts (6/19/16, PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SO PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SO 6/30/16, 8/25/17), and each of those occasions was deemed a quality start as well...he's faced the Braun .400 10 4 0 1 3 Avila .000 1 0 0 0 0 Brewers second-most of any NL Central team (St. Louis, 7 G), and is 9-6 with a 4.22 ERA (111.0 IP, Yelich .444 9 4 0 0 1 52 ER) all-time against the division. Gyorko .571 7 4 0 0 1 Arcia .000 5 0 0 0 3 MAEDA AMONG THE BEST: Maeda is one inning shy of qualifying for MLB leaderboards, but slots in Piña .333 3 1 0 1 0 among the league's best pitchers with at least 17.0 IP...he's currently second in batting average on Urías .000 3 0 0 0 0 balls in play (BABIP) (.146), third in opponent on-base percentage (.177), third in hits allowed (8), García .000 2 0 0 0 1 and fourth in opponent batting average (.136). Holt .000 2 0 0 0 0 Narváez .500 2 1 0 0 0 WELCOME TO THE CLUB: Maeda was acquired in a trade with Los Angeles-NL on February 10, along Peralta .000 2 0 0 0 1 with minor league Jair Camargo and cash, in exchange for right-handed pitcher Brusdar Smoak .000 2 0 0 1 1 Graterol, minor league outfielder Luke Raley and a Competitive Balance B pick in the 2020 MLB First- Sogard .500 2 1 0 0 1 Year Player Draft...with the draft selection, the Dodgers chose right-handed pitcher Clayton Beeter out of Texas Tech University...previously, the Twins and Dodgers exchanged pleasantries at the trade 2019 NOTES: deadline in 2018 when the Twins sent infielder to Los Angeles, and in return received Recorded his third career -digit win season, going 10-8 with a 4.04 ERA (153.2 Raley, infielder Logan Forsythe and left-handed pitcher . AIP, 69 ER) in 37 games (26 starts)...fanned 169 batters, his most since 2016 (179 K)...one of two pitchers with 10 starts and 10 relief appearances (min. 150.0 IP), with PITCH SELECTION: Below is the breakdown of Maeda's 2019 repertoire, according to Baseball Savant: Andrew Cashner (23 GS/19 G). PITCH NUMBER (vs. RHB-LHB)/AVG MPH PERCENTAGE Struck out season-high 12 batters on May 15 vs. San Diego, keeping the Padres scoreless Athrough 6.2 innings before garnering the win. Fastball...... 821 pitches (397-424)/92.1...... 33.7 Slider...... 766 pitches (629-137)/83.5...... 31.5 Made final start of the season on August 27 at San Diego; totaled 137.0 IP, a 4.14 ERA Aand 147 strikeouts in starting nods. Changeup ...... 577 pitches (71-506)/84.9...... 23.7 Pitched in relief exclusively during September, going 2-0 with three saves and a 3.45 Curveball...... 179 pitches (32-147)/77.1...... 7.4 AERA (15.2 IP, 6 ER) in 10 appearances...held opponents to a .164 batting average and Sinker...... 90 pitches (68-22)/91.9...... 3.7 averaged 11.49 strikeouts per 9.0 IP in that span. Made four scoreless relief appearances in the Postseason for Los Angeles-NL in the FELLOW JAPANESE HURLERS: Below is a look at how Maeda ranks among fellow Japanese-born ANLDS, allowing one hit and striking out seven batters in 4.2 innings. pitchers (min. 600.0 IP): Held opponents to an 85.4 average exit velocity, the fourth-lowest mark among all major STATISTIC NUMBER RANK Aleague pitchers (min. 400 batted ball events). Opponent Batting Average...... 224...... 2nd Acquired by Twins on February 10, 2020 along with Jair Camargo and cash considerations ...... 3.83...... 6th Afrom Los Angeles-NL in exchange for right-handed pitcher Brusdar Graterol, outfielder Strikeouts...... 657...... 7th Luke Raley and a Competitive Balance Pick B Pick in the 2020 First-Year Player Draft. Wins...... 49...... 8th Games...... 140...... 10th FRIDAY'S STARTER - JAKE ODORIZZI, RHP (SEASON: 0-0, 6.00 ERA ; CAREER: 62-55, 3.89 ERA) On Friday, the Twins return home to begin their second homestand of the season, and have tabbed right-hander Jake Odorizzi as their starter...the 30-year-old began the season on the Injured List with a right intercostal strain, and subsequently missed 14 games...he made his 2020 debut on August 8 in Kansas City, where, on a pitch count, he threw three innings, and allowed two earned runs on four hits, and walked two and struck out two...Friday's game will mark Odorizzi's second consecutive start against the Royals, with whom he made his major league debut in 2012...all-time against the Royals, he owns a 3-5 record with a 4.94 ERA (58.1 IP, 32 ER) with 20 walks and 55 strikeouts. BULLPEN TEAM BULLPEN NOTES Posted a 2.88 ERA (50.0 IP, 16 ER) w/ 11.2 K/9.0 IP and .204 BAA in first 12 games...in last 7 has posted a 6.18 ERA (27.2 IP, 19 ER) w/ 10.4 K/9.0 IP and .261 BAA. AIs 3-4, 3.98 ERA (74.2 IP, 33 ER) w/ 26 BB & 89 K in first 18 games of the season...’pen’s 7 SV (in 8 opps) tied w/ CLE, COL and NYY for 2nd most in the majors (OAK - 8)...’pen also ranks 8th in MLB in K/9.0 IP (3.13) Aand 6th in K/BB (3.42)...89 K are T-2nd best in MLB, while rate of 10.73 K-per-9.0 IP is 1st in AL and 3rd in MLB. Has a 1.32 ERA (34.0 IP, 5 ER) in 8 home games this season (Twins are 7-1 at home)...however ’pen has 6.20 ERA (40.2 IP, 28 ER) in 10 road G this season (Twins are 4-6 on the road)...’pen suffered its first and only Ablown save of the season last Thursday at PIT...suffered late eighth inning defeat 8/11 at MIL. Are 2-3, 6.26 ERA (23.0 iP, 16 ER) with .278 BAA and 9 HR allowed vs. MIL since start of 2019...have blown 2 saves in those 6 games. AJORGE 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 8/8 at KC ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 6.00 (3.0 IP, 2 ER), 6 K, 1 BB Series at MIL: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .250 vs. Right .111 8/5 at PIT ND 1.0 1 2 2 1 1 2 Set new career high with 4 K and matched career best with 2.0 scoreless IP Saturday night at KC; also matched career high w/ 35 pitches...has struck out multiple 8/3 vs. PIT ND 2.0 2 1 0 0 0 2 Abatters in last 3 G as well as in 3 of 5 career G...recalled from Taxi Squad prior to game 8/1 (Littell - IL)...has thrown team-high 6 pitches 99+ mph, maxing at 99.4. Originally 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. ATYLER 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 8/11 at MIL ND 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 2 Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 3.38 (2.2 IP, 1 ER), 5 K, 0 BB Series at MIL: 0-0-0, 9.00 (1.0 IP, 1ER), 2 K, 0 BB vs. Left .176 vs. Right .154 8/9 at KC ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Has 7 scoreless outings in his first 8 Twins appearances, with 2.08 ERA (8.2 IP, 2 ER), 2 BB, 9 K and a .167 opponents batting average (5-for-30). 8/6 at PIT H3 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 AHas 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). 8/2 vs. CLE ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AHas made 22 career appearances vs. MIL, going 1-3 with 3 saves (7 opps) and a 6.75 ERA (24.0 IP, 18 ER). 7/31 vs. CLE ND 1.0 1 1 1 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 7/29 vs. STL H2 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Aearned a hold while becoming the 25th pitcher in MLB history to play for 10 franchises...has also pitched for NYY (2007, 2016-17), WAS (2008-14), OAK (2015), 7/28 vs. STL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NYM (2015), ARI (2016), CWS (2017), HOU (2017), TOR (2018) & CLE (2019)...currently ranks 3rd among MLB actives in games (758) and 2nd in holds (218). 7/24 at CWS H1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Ranked 5th in MLB in both reliever BAA in 2019 (.173) and in WHIP (0.86) last year...held LHB to a .123 batting average and RHB to a .227 average. ATYLER 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 8/11 at MIL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (3.0 IP, 0 ER), 2 K, 0 BB Series at MIL: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .143 vs. Right .000 8/10 at MIL H5 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8/5 at PIT H4 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Has logged a scoreless outing in 33 of his last 34 appearances, dating back to July 28, 2019...owns a 0.57 ERA (31.2 IP, 2 ER) in that span, with 52 strikeouts 8/2 vs. CLE H3 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Acompared to just five walks (10.40 K/BB)...opponents have managed just a .139/.183/.194 slash line in that span, going 15-for-108 with 4 XBH (1 HR). Allowed just two hits in 2020 (1B to Moncada 7/24 at CWS 1B to Narváez 8/10 at MIL) & no BB...T-1st in MLB w/ 5 holds. 7/31 vs. CLE H2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AHas tossed 6.0 scoreless innings over 5 career G vs. MIL, going 2-0...unscored upon in last 10 Interleague appearances, beginning 8/14/18 (9.2 IP, 3 H, 3 BB, 18 K). 7/29 vs STL H1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 APosted career-long 24.1 scoreless IP streak 7/28-9/28, longest for a Twin in ’19...during streak, recorded 42 K and 11 BB...2nd-longest streak in baseball in 7/24 at CWS ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 A2019, behind only Los Angeles-NL’s Hyun-Jin Ryu’s 32.0 IP streak from 5/1-25. CORY GEARRIN - RHP #38 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-1 Weight: 205 B/T: R/R Age: 34 (4/14/86 in Chattanooga, TN) Acquired: Signed as minor league free agent, 2/16/20 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 8/9 at KC ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP, 0 ER), 1 K, 2 BB Series at MIL: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .000 vs. Right .000 10 career G vs. MIL, pitching 8.0 scoreless innings with 5 BB and 7 K...last appearance vs. MIL came at Miller Park 6/25/19. AHad contract selected Sunday and made Twins debut with 2.0 scoreless innings at KC (2 BB, 1 K)...signed with MIN as minor league free agent on 2/16. ASpent 2019 w/SEA and NYY, making 66 appearances (2 starts) and tying for 3rd among AL relievers by inducing 11 GIDP. 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 8/11 at MIL ND 1.1 3 2 2 1 0 1 Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 7.71 (2.1 IP, 2 ER), 3 K, 0 BB Series at MIL: 0-0-0, 7.71 (2.1 IP, 2ER), 3 K, 0 BB vs. Left .143 vs. Right .286 8/10 at MIL H3 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 of 7 appearances have been scoreless...has multiple K’s in 3 of 7 outings this season and has posted a 14.14 K/9.0 IP...thrown 7 pitches 97+, maxing at 97.6. 8/4 vs. PIT S1 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 AOn 8/4 vs. PIT, entered and recorded the final 2 outs, while stranding his 1st inherited runners of the season...secured the Twins’ win and his 1st save since 9/19/19 vs. KC. 8/2 vs. CLE H2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 A2nd-longest tenured Twin (Polanco - debut 6/26/14), making debut 8/9/14...5 career G vs. MIL, allowing 7 ER in 4.2 IP (13.50 ERA). 8/1 vs. CLE H1 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 ALed the club in holds (17) in ’19...allowed just 3 of 22 inherited runners to score (13.6%), the lowest IR scored percent by a Twins reliever since ’06. 7/28 vs. STL ND 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 3 ATied for 4th in AL in BAA (.184) last season...has limited opponents to .180/.266/.314 slash line since start of ’19 (46-for-255, 28 BB, 3 HBP, 7 2B & 9 HR). 7/24 at CWS W1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 ATAYLOR 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 8/11 at MIL L2 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 1 Roadtrip: 0-2-1, 15.43 (2.1 IP, 4 ER), 4 K, 0 BB Series at MIL: 0-1-1, 9.00 (2.0 IP, 2ER), 3 K, 0 BB vs. Left .500 vs. Right .227 8/10 at MIL S4 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8/6 at PIT BS1/L1 0.1 3 2 2 0 0 1 4 for 5 in save opps...has allowed 4 R in last 3 outings (2.1 IP)...took loss 8/11 at MIL, allowing 2 runs in 4-4 tie...took the loss last Thursday at PIT, allowing 2 ER 8/3 vs. PIT W1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Aon 3 H in 0.1 IP as Pirates rallied for 6-5 victory...marked 1st blown save since 8/1/19 at MIA (17-for-17 in SVO between). 8/1 vs. CLE S3 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Is 0-2-1, 6.14 ERA (7.1 IP, 5 ER) in 8 career games vs. MIL...has allowed runs in 3 of last 4 appearances vs. MIL, allowing 5 ER in 4.0 IP. 7/31 vs. CLE S2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A2019 Joseph W. Haynes Award winner for Twins Pitcher of the Year, posting a 2.61 ERA (69.0 IP, 20 ER) with 11 walks, 90 strikeouts and 30 saves...set Twins 7/29 vs. STL S1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Asingle-season strikeouts-per-walk-ratio (8.18), second best in baseball among relievers, trailing TEX/ATL Chris Martin (13.00). 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 Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 9.00 (2.0 IP, 2 ER), 2 K, 1 BB Series at MIL: 0-0-0, 9.00 (1.0 IP, 1ER), 1 K, 0 BB vs. Left .083 vs. Right .125 8/10 at MIL H4 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 1 8/6 at PIT H3 1.0 0 1 1 0 1 1 Allowed solo HR in 8th 8/10 at MIL; 1st time allowing R in consecutive road G since 4/26-28/18...in 27 career games vs. MIL, is 0-1 w/ 3 SV and 2.52 ERA (25.0 IP, 7 ER). 8/2 vs. CLE S2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 A12th MLB season...earned 2 saves and 3 holds in his first five appearances of 2020 (7/28, 29, 31, 8/2, 6)...first 4.0 innings were scoreless. 7/31 vs. CLE H2 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 AThrew his slider 59.6% of the time in 2019, 3rd highest in baseball...2nd in O-Swing% (40.5) - % of pitches swung at outside the zone. 7/29 vs. STL H1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ACurrently ranks 4th among actives in holds (182), 5th in games (714) and 15th in saves (131)...1 of 4 active pitchers with at least 100 career saves and 100 7/28 vs. STL S1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Acareer holds, alongside David Robertson (137 SV/147 HLD), Fernando Rodney (327 SV/114 HLD) and Joakim Soria (223 SV/103 HLD). - 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 8/11 at MIL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 9.00 (3.0 IP, 3 ER), 4 K, 1 BB Series at MIL: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP, 0ER), 3 K, 0 BB vs. Left .000 vs. Right .417 8/8 at KC ND 1.0 3 3 3 2 1 0 Struck out all 3 batters faced 8/11 at MIL, giving him 10 K’s to 2 BB...11.67 K/BB (35 K, 3 BB) in career, that mark leads baseball since 2019 (min. 30 IP). 8/5 at PIT H2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AAllowed multiple HR for 1st time in career Saturday night at KC, matched career high w/ 3 ER allowed...5 of 6 appearances have been scoreless (3 ER 8/8 at KC). 8/1 vs. CLE H1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 AOn 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. 7/28 vs. STL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 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. 7/24 at CWS ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 3 ACALEB 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 8/7 at KC ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP, 0 ER), 0 K, 0 BB Series at MIL: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .286 vs. Right .444 8/4 vs. PIT ND 2.1 5 2 2 0 2 3 Northfield, MN native drafted by Milwaukee in 18th round in 2009, signed by scout Harvey Kuenn, Jr...never got higher than Single-A Wisconsin. APitched a scoreless 7th inning Fri. night at KC...made first MLB appearance since 4/30/15 with MIN on 8/4 vs. PIT (2.1 IP and 54 pitches were career highs)...4th-longest Aappearance hiatus in Twins history, trailing Bert Blyleven (9 years, 64 days), Carlos Pulido (9 years, 22 days) and Craig Breslow (7 years, 322 days). - LHP #43 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-1 Weight: 218 B/T: R/L Age: 24 (11/23/1995 in Melbourne, AUS) Acquired: Signed as free agent, 7/1 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 7/26 at CWS ND 2.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 Roadtrip: 0-1-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 3 ER), 0 K, 0 BB Series at MIL: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left 1.000 vs. Right .313 7/30 vs. CLE ND 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 Took loss in relief last Sat. night at KC, failing to record an out for the 1st time in career (3 H, 3 ER, 1 HR)...was 2nd career appearance w/ 0 BB and 0 K...entered 8/3 vs. PIT (GS)ND 4.0 6 3 3 1 4 3 Agame w/ 0 R allowed in 4.2 IP of relief this season (2 G)...made 3rd career start Monday vs. PIT, 1st IL appearance...1st GS since Sept. 14, 2019. 8/8 at KC L1 0.0 3 3 3 1 0 0 Career record of 3-3, 6.19 ERA (36.1 IP, 25 ER) with 16 BB and 35 K in 16 games (3 starts) w/ MIN...signed from Melbourne (“mel-BIN”), AUS as 16 year-old in 2012. AMATT WISLER - RHP #37 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 215 B/T: R/R Age: 27 (9/12/92 in Bryan, OH) Acquired: Claimed off Waivers from SEA, 10/29/19 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 8/11 at MIL ND 2.2 3 1 1 1 0 1 Roadtrip: 0-1-0, 4.15 (4.1 IP, 2 ER), 2 K, 1 BB Series at MIL: 0-0-0, 3.38 (2.2 IP, 1ER), 1 K, 0 BB vs. Left .000 vs. Right .250 8/7 at KC L1 1.2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Scoreless in first 4 appearances, followed by 1 ER in each of last 2...LHB are 0-for-12 w/ 4 BB and 5 K. 8/3 vs. PIT ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 AEntered in 5th inning Fri. night at KC in a 2-2 tie, but allowed HR to Ryan McBroom in the 6th and took the loss. 8/2 vs. CLE ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 1 AIs 1-1, 3.32 ERA (19.0 IP, 7 ER) in 7 career games (2 starts) vs. MIL...made 2nd career OD in 2020 (2019 w/ SD)...MIN is 5th org (ATL, SD, SEA, CIN)...split 2019 7/26 at CWS ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 4 Aw/ SD and SEA, going 3-4, 5.61 ERA (51.1 IP, 32 ER) in 44 appearances (8 starts). 7/25 at CWS ND 1.0 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 .333 1.80 14.40 0/0 0 0.0% (0/0) 0.80 1 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) Tyler Clippard .250 2.08 9.35 0/0 2 0.0% (0/1) 0.81 1 1.0 IP (16) 0.0 IP (0) 0.2 IP (11) .000 0.00 12.86 0/0 2 0.0% (0/0) 0.29 0 1.0 IP (9) 1.0 IP (20) 0.0 IP (0) Cory Gearrin .000 9.00 4.50 0/0 0 0.0% (0/0) 1.00 0 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) 2.0 IP (30) Trevor May .429 2.57 14.14 1/2 2 0.0% (0/3) 1.14 2 1.1 IP (22) 1.0 IP (14) 0.0 IP (0) Taylor Rogers .286 0.00 11.37 4/5 0 0.0% (0/0) 1.11 1 1.0 IP (23) 1.0 IP (21) 0.0 IP (0) Sergio Romo .200 1.50 10.50 2/2 1 0.0% (0/0) 0.50 1 0.0 IP (0) 1.0 IP (17) 0.0 IP (0) Cody Stashak .167 2.57 12.86 0/0 2 100.0% (1/1) 1.00 2 1.0 IP (12) 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) .500 5.40 8.10 0/0 0 0.0% (0/0) 2.40 0 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) Lewis Thorpe .667 6.23 4.15 0/1 0 0.0% (0/0) 2.08 2 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) Matt Wisler .000 4.50 9.90 0/0 1 0.0% (0/2) 1.10 2 2.2 IP (32) 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) HITTERS EHIRE ADRIANZA - INF #13 MITCH GARVER - C #8 Height: 6-1 Weight: 195 B/T: S/R Age: 30 (8/21/89 in Guarenas, VZ) Height: 6-1 Weight: 220 B/T: R/R Age: 29 (1/15/91 in Albuquerque, NM) 2020 Average: .222 Streak: 1g, 2-4 Series at MIL: 2-4 2020 Average: .111 Streak: 1g, 1-4 Series at MIL: 1-4 Roadtrip: 4-17 Home Runs: Roadtrip: 1-15 Home Runs: 1 (1 1-run) A Has played in 11 G this season (7 starts), hitting .222 (6-for-27) w/ R & 2B...career .308 (8- A Career .182 (4-for-22) w/ 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI in 6 games vs MIL...hit .200 (2-for-10) w/ 2 R, 2 for-26) w/ 3 R, 2B, 3B & 3 RBI in 13 G vs MIL...hit (3-for-3) w/ R, 2B, 3B, RBI in 4 G vs. MIL in HR, 3 RBI & a 1.000 OPS in 2 G vs MIL in 2019...career .236 (13-for-55) w/ 9 R, 2B, 4 HR, 2019...was a Brewer for 4 days 2/2-6/17, claimed by MIL, then DFA'd days later, claimed by MIN. HBP & 7 RBI in 17 gaves vs. NL Central opponents. A Hitting .286 (2-for-7) at RHB and .200 (4-for-20) at LHB. A Hitting .037 (1-or-27) vs. RHP and .333 (3-for-9) vs. LHP. A Made defensive appearances at seven different positions in 2019: P (1 game, 0 starts), 1B A 11 G (11 GS) this season, all as C (95.0 Innings). (20 games, 12 starts), 2B (7 games, 7 starts), 3B (24 games, 14 starts), SS (24 games, 16 A 2019 AL Louisville Slugger winner...led MLB in home runs, while starts), LF (1 games, 0 starts) and RF (6 games, 5 starts)...7 starts (1 2B/2 SS/4 3B) in 2020. leading AL catchers in RBI (65) and slugging (.660), OBP (.373, tied with Omar Narváez), #2 runs (68), OPS (1.032), isolated power (.372) and third in AVG (.288) and fourth in walks LUIS ARRAEZ - INF (35) - all numbers as catcher only. Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 B/T: L/R Age: 23 (4/9/97 in San Felipe, VZ) #9 2020 Average: .216 Streak: 0-7 Series at MIL: 1-8 MARWIN GONZALEZ - INF/OF Roadtrip: 4-18, 2B Home Runs: Height: 6-1 Weight: 205 B/T: S/R Age: 31 (3/14/1989 in Puerto Ordaz, VZ) A Hitting .296 (8-for-27) w/ 2 R, 2B, 3 RBI in 7 road games in 2020...career .214 (3-for-14) w/ R, 2 2020 Average: .288 Streak: 1g, 1-4 Series at MIL: 1-8 RBI, 2 BB & a .527 OPS in 5 G vs. MIL (4 of 5 games at Miller Park)...has never faced Eric Lauer. Roadtrip: 8-27, HR, 3 RBI Home Runs: 2 (2 1-run) A Has reached base safely in 12 of 15 games this season (via BB or H)...hitting .216 (11-for-51) A Career .200 (11-for-55) w/ 4 R, 2B, HR, 7 RBI in 21 G vs. MIL... .212 (7-for-33) at Miller Park. w/ 5 R, 2B, 4 RBI, 6 BB, a .528 OPS in those 15 games (all at 2B). A 5 multi-hit G in 15 G this season...1-for-last-12 after starting .350 (14-for-40). A Hit for .334 AVG in 2019, was 5th-highest by a 22-year-old in the past 100 years (min. 300 A 7 GS at 3B, 4 at 1B, 2 at 2B & 2 in RF...split time at 3B w/ Adrianza since Donaldson injury (7/31 - calf). PA), behind Ted Williams (.406, 1941), Freddie Lindstrom (.358, 1928), Stan Musial (.357, A Hitting .429 (6-for-14) at RHB and .237 (9-for-38) at LHB. 1943) and Joe DiMaggio (.346, 1937). A Hit a solo homer on 8/7 to mark his second of the season, both as a left-handed batter (10 A 29 K's were the fewest in baseball among players with at least 350 PA's in 2019. of 15 in 2019 were as LHB). - C #16 A Hit .300 (36-for-120) as a right-handed batter and .249 (76-for-305) as a left-handed batter in '19...also hit .298 (28-for-94) with runners in scoring position and .360 (18-for-50) with Height: 5-11 Weight: 210 B/T: L/R Age: 33 (1/29/87 in Hialeah, FL) a .976 OPS with runners in scoring position and two outs in 2019. 2020 Average: .250 Streak: 2g, 2-5 Series at MIL: 1-2 A Played 21 games (19 starts) at 1B, two games (both starts) at 2B, 40 games (35 starts) at Roadtrip: 2-8 Home Runs: 1 (1 1-run) 3B, 1 game (start) at SS, 18 games (13 starts) in LF, 44 games (36 starts ) in RF in 2019. A Career .185 (5-for-27) w/ HR & 2 RBI in 12 G vs. MIL...has never faced Eric Lauer...hit .200 (2-for-10) w/ 2 R, 2B HR, 2 RBI & a .933 OPS in 3 games vs. MIL in 2019 while playing for MAX KEPLER - OF #26 Arizona (1 of those games at Miller Park). Height: 6-4 Weight: 225 B/T: L/L Age: 27 (2/10/93 in Berlin, Germany) A Hit 1st HR as Twin on 7/31 (solo shot)...played his 1,000 career game on 8/6, became 7th 2020 Average: .227 Streak: 0-6 Series at MIL: 1-9 active catcher to reach that mark... Roadtrip: 5-29, 2 HR, 2B, 5 RBI Home Runs: 5 (4 1-run, 1 3-run) A Has played in 7 G (7 starts) this season, all as C (61.1 Inn.) -Twins are 5-2 in those 7 G. A Signed a one-year contract with Minnesota on 12/10/19 after 2 seasons with ARI. A Career .236 (13-for-55) w/ 10 R, 4 2B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 13 BB & a .850 OPS in 18 vs. MIL...hitting A His .363 OBP ranked 4th among catchers in 2019, behind Yasmani Grandal (.383), Omar .114 (4-for-35) with 1 XBH (2B) in 11 career G at Miller Park. Narváez (.373) and Mitch Garver (.373) (min. 100 PA). A 97 career home runs...79 vs. RHP and 18 vs. LHP. A Hitting .265 (13-for-49) w/ 3 2B & 5 HR vs. LHP and .118 (2-for-17) w/ 1 2B vs. LHP. BYRON BUXTON - OF #25 A Has 8 career leadoff homers, 2 this season (7/24 at CWS & 7/31 vs. CLE)...5th on Twins all- Height: 6-2 Weight: 190 B/T: R/R Age: 26 (12/18/93 in Baxley, GA) time list: Dozier - 28, J. Jones - 20, Knoblauch - 14 & Gladden - 12. 2020 Average: .262 Streak: 1g, 3-4 Series at MIL: 3-8 A Eighth career 3+ RBI game out of the leadoff spot on 8/5, which is the ninth most such games Roadtrip: 9-24, 3 HR, 2B, 6 RBI Home Runs: 3 (2 1-run, 1 3-run) in Twins history. One more 3+ RBI game out of the leadoff spot would tie him with Chuck Knoblauch and Dan Gladden (9 each) for seventh most in Twins history. A Began season 1-for-15 (.067), since has gone 10-for-27 (.370) w/ 3 HR & 7 RBI. A Set new career high 8/4 with four walks, one shy of the Twins’ single-game record held by Roy A Went 3-for-4 w/ SB last night vs. MIL...career .286 (12-for-42) w/ 7 R, 2B, 3B, HR, 6 RBI, 3 Smalley (May 7, 1978)...marked the first Twin with four walks in a game since Brian Dozier BB & 3 SB in 14 G vs. MIL...career .368 (7-for-19) w/ 3 R, 2 RBI & a .850 OPS at Miller Park. on April 10, 2018 (1-for-1, 4 BB)...also scored twice and drove in a run on a sacrifice fly, A Hitting .375 (9-for-24) w/ 3 HR on road and .111 (2-for-18) w/ 0 XBH at Target Field. becoming the first player in Twins/Senators history with four walks, two runs scored and an A Homered in three consecutive games for the first time in his career (8/6-8/8) matching his RBI in a single game without recording an official at-bat. homer total from his previous 38 games (107 at-bats) combined dating back to June 6, 2019. A Was caught stealing in the fifth inning on 8/1 for just the ninth time in his career (60 career JORGE POLANCO - SS #11 successful steals) and first time since May 21, 2019 at Los Angeles-AL (Noé Ramirez/Jonathan Height: 5-11 Weight: 208 B/T: R/R Age: 27 (7/5/93 in San Pedro De Macorís, DR) Lucroy...snapped a string of six successful steal attempts...has been caught just four times in his last 47 attempts. 2020 Average: .290 Streak: 2g, 3-9, HR Series at MIL: 3-9, HR A According to Statcast, covered 77 feet in 4.4 seconds for a diving catch that had just a 35% Roadtrip: 9-28, HR, 2 RBI Home Runs: 2 (1 1-run, 1 2-run) catch probability while playing CF vs. CLE on 7/30. A Hit safely in 8 straight and 13 of 15 career G vs. MIL...career .386 (22-for-57) w/ 4 R, 4 2B, #60 10 RBI, 4 BB & a .963 OPS in 15 G vs. MIL. - OF A Career .317 (13-for-41) w/ 3 R, 3 2B, HR, 7 RBI & a .819 OPS in 11 G vs. MIL at Miller Park. Height: 6-0 Weight: 200 B/T: L/L Age: 27 (12/4/92 in Hampton, VA) A Hitting .310 (18-for-58) as LHB and .182 (2-for-11) as RHB. 2020 Average: .130 Streak: 0-17 Series at MIL: 0-0 A Multiple hits in 8 of 18 games so far (54 multi-hits in 2019). Roadtrip: 0-6 Home Runs: A Set career-highs with 186 H, 107 R, 40 2B, 7 3B, 22 HR, 79 RBI, 60 BB, .295 BA, .356 OBP, A .485 SLG and a .841 OPS in 2019. Career 1-for-12 w/ 2 R, HR, 2 RBI vs. MIL...homered off Freddy Peralta on 5/19/18. A Named starting SS at ASG in 2019 in CLE...finished 13th in AL MVP voting...finished 6th in A Career 0-for-7 at Miller Park...career .194 (7-for-36) w/ 6 R, 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI & 2 HBP in 13 games vs. NL Central opponents. the AL in hits (186), T-5th in 2B (40), triples (7) and multi-hit games (54). A Recorded his first outfield of the season on 8/3, was the ninth outfield assist of his #20 career, and his second from leftfield...it was the Twins’ second outfield assist as a team this EDDIE ROSARIO - OF season (Eddie Rosario). Height: 6-1 Weight: 180 B/T: L/R Age: 28 (9/28/91 in Guayama, PR) A Hit second career grand slam in MIN's 3rd game, 7/26 at CWS off Reynaldo López. 2020 Average: .226 Streak: 3g, 4-13, 3 HR, 7 RBI Series at MIL: 3-9, 3 HR, 7 RBI A Played in 45 games (34 starts) in RF , 23 games (13 starts) in CF and 10 games (7 starts) in LF Roadtrip: 5-26, 4 HR, 8 RBI Home Runs: 6 (4 1-run, 1 2-run, 1 GS) for the Twins in 2019...has played CF (5) and RF (2) & LF (2) already this season. A Hit two home runs off Josh Lindblom last night (career 8 multi-HR games & 2nd time vs. MIL). NELSON CRUZ - DH #23 A 4th career GS 8/10 at MIL...were only 4 runs of G, 3rd time in MIN history for all 4 R coming from a GS in a victory: Gary Gaetti in 1988, Bobby Darwin in 1973. Height: 6-2 Weight: 230 B/T: R/R Age: 40 (7/1/80 in Las Matas De Santa Cruz, DR) A Career .293 (108-for-369) in 97 IL games...11 home runs and 26 RBI in his last 26 IL games. 2020 Average: .328 Streak: 0-6 Series at MIL: 0-6 A 6G hit-streak vs. MIL and hit safely in 12 of last 13 vs. MIL...career .305 (29-for-95) vs. MIL, Roadtrip: 5-24, HR Home Runs: 4 (2 1-run, 2 3-run) homering in 4 of last 5...homered in 4 of last 5 games at Miller Park. A A Since 2016, is batting .324 (48-for-148) against the teams of the NL Central, tops among Tied for T-5th in AL in hits (22) and T-3rd in RBI (16)...leads MIN in OPS (.944)...2nd in OBP (.392). American League players with at least 100 at-bats against the division in that span. A Has 22 hits on the season tied with Paul Molitor (1998) and Moises Alou (2007) for 6th most hits by a player 40-plus in their first 17 games of a season. A Now 112 career HR passed Roy Smalley for 19th in Twins history. A Career .278 (10-for-36) w/ 8 R, 3 HR, 7 RBI & 6 BB in 10 career G vs. MIL...career .208 (5-for-24) A Recorded the Twins first outfield assist of the season and 49th of his career 8/2...49 outfield w/ 6 R, 2 2B, 3 HR, 5 BB & 5 RBI in 7 G at Miller Park...made MLB debut in 2005 with Milwaukee assists are second most in baseball since 2015, trailing only Starling Marte (60)...his 49 (8 games)...was traded from MIL to TEX as part of a 6-player deal at 2006 deadline. outfield assists are ninth on Twins all-time list, behind Jacque Jones (54). A Hitting .294 (15-for-51) with 3 home runs, 10 RBI and a .870 OPS in his last 13 IL games... #22 among actives, he ranks fourth in homers, tied for third in RBI. MIGUEL SANÓ - INF A Hit 405th homer of his career on 8/8, now two shy of matching Duke Snider (407) for 56th all-time... Height: 6-4 Weight: 272 B/T: R/R Age: 27 (5/11/93 in S.Pedro De Macorís, DR) after that is Teixeira (409), Soriano (412), Evans (414), Encarnacion (415) and B. Williams (426). 2020 Average: .125 Streak: 1g, 1-3 Series at MIL: 1-3 A Recorded 16th RBI on 8/8, tied the record for a 40+-year-old through the first 15 games of a Roadtrip: 2-18, HR, 3 RBI Home Runs: 3 (2 1-run, 1 3-run) season, matching Hank Sauer (16 in 1957 for NYG) and Dave Winfield (16 in 1993 for MIN). A At 40 years, 25 days old, became the fourth-oldest player in major league history to amass seven A 500th career game 8/11 at MIL...121 HR in that span (T-17th in Twins History-Mickey Vernon). RBI in a single game, joining Hall of Famers Stan Musial and Reggie Jackson, as well as Jason A Career .311 (14-for-45) w/ 7 R, 2 2B, 3 HR, 5 RBI & a 1.012 OPS in 12 G vs. MIL...has only Giambi...in addition, became the second-oldest player with four extra-base hits in a game since recorded six hits this season, but five have gone for extra bases (3 HR, 2 2B) w/ 6 RBI. 1901, behind Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson (40 years, 103 days). A Career 8 BB, 2 HR & 4 RBI at Miller Park...hitting .364 (8-for-22) in last 6 G at Miller Park. A Became third-oldest player in Twins/Senators history with a multi-hit game on Opening Day A Three HR this season...since August 14, 2019, he has hit 17 home runs in 49 games...made (and the third 40-year-old), trailing Lave Cross (age 40.334, 2-for-4 on April 11, 1907) and 4th Opening Day roster...shifted to 1B in 2020 after Donaldson signing in January...had just Paul Molitor (age 40.222, 2-for-4 on April 1, 1997). 31 career appearances at 1B prior to this season; made 14 so far in 2020 (1143.1 Inn). A AL POW (7th time) in season's 1st week: .538 (7-for-23) w/ 7 R, 2 2B, 3 HR, 10 RBI, BB, & 1.385 SLG. A 55 of 94 hits (58.5%) in 2019 went for extra-bases (19 doubles, 2 triples, 34 home runs). TWINS HOME RUN DATA MULTI-HOMER GAMES (4x) BACK-TO-BACK (0x) INSIDE-THE-PARK (0x) RUNNERS ON LEADOFF (2x) GRAND SLAM (2x) • Kepler, 7/24 at CWS • None • None • Solo - 20 • Kepler, 7/24 at CWS • Jake Cave, 7/26 at CWS • Cruz, 7/26 at CWS WALK-OFF (0x) • 2-run - 2 • Kepler, 7/31 vs. CLE • Eddie Rosario, 8/10 at MIL • Sanó, 8/1 vs. CLE • None • 3-run - 5 • Rosario, 8/11 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 2 0 1, 8/10-8/10 2, 8/10 9/02/19 at DET 1 Zimmermann 6/12/18 at DET 1 .500 2 4 0 0 .308 8 26 0 3 Luis Arraez 2 1 5, 7/24-7/30 2, 7/26 9/25/19 at DET 1 VerHagen 0 .125 1 8 0 0 .214 3 14 0 2 Alex Avila 0 0 3, 7/26-7/31 1, 8/10 7/31/20 vs. CLE 0 Clevinger 0 .500 1 2 0 0 .185 5 27 1 2 Byron Buxton 2 1 6, 8/4-8/9 3, 8/11 8/08/20 at KC 2 Duffy 5/18/19 at SEA 2 .375 3 8 0 0 .286 12 42 1 6 Jake Cave 1 2 2, 7/24-7/26 2, 7/24 7/26/20 at CWS 3 Lopez 7/26/20 at CWS 2 .000 0 0 0 0 .083 1 12 1 2 Nelson Cruz 5 3 7, 7/31-8/6 4, 7/26 8/08/20 at KC 0 Duffy 7/23/16 at TOR 1 .000 0 6 0 0 .278 10 36 3 7 Mitch Garver 1 0 1, 8/11-8/11 2, 7/25 8/02/20 vs. CLE 0 Civale 0 .250 1 4 0 0 .182 4 22 2 3 Marwin Gonzalez 5 1 2, 8/7-8/8 3, 8/8 8/07/20 at KC 0 Junis 8/24/18 at LAA 2 .125 1 8 0 0 .200 11 55 1 7 Max Kepler 4 3 3, 8/8-8/10 3, 8/3 8/08/20 at KC 0 Kennedy 8/26/17 at TOR 2 .111 1 9 0 0 .236 13 55 3 9 Jorge Polanco 8 2 3, 8/5-8/7 3, 8/6 8/11/20 at MIL 0 Lindblom 0 .333 3 9 1 1 .386 22 57 1 10 Eddie Rosario 3 4 3, 8/9-8/11 2, 8/11 8/11/20 at MIL 1 Lindblom 8/10/20 at MIL 4 .333 3 9 3 7 .305 29 95 9 20 1 2 2, 8/4-8/6 2, 8/1 8/06/20 at PIT 2 Brubaker 9/14/19 at CLE 1 .333 1 3 0 0 .311 14 45 3 5 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, 2x, last 2nd inning, 7/28 vs. STL OPPONENT 6 9 6 9 11 6 5 5 6 0 63 Most Hits, Game (Team)...... 13, 7/26 at CWS TWINS 21 15 11 14 4 8 4 3 6 0 86 Most Hits, Inning (Team)...... 4, 2x, last 2nd inning, 7/28 vs. STL Most Strikeouts, Batters (Team)...... 16, 8/11 at MIL injured LIST Longest Hitting Streak (Individual)...... 7, Cruz, 7/31-8/6 PLAYER INJURY DATE ON RETRO DATE OFF GAMES MISSED Consecutive Hits (Individual)...... 4, Cruz, 7/26 at CWS Jake Odorizzi...... Right Intercostal Strain...... 7/23...... 7/20...... 8/8...... 14 Consecutive Hitless At-Bats (Individual)...... 18, Arraez, 7/30-8/5 ..... Undisclosed Injury...... 7/4...... - -...... 17 Consecutive Scoreless Innings (Batters)...... 13, 7/29-30 Zack Littell...... Left Hamstring Strain...... 8/1...... 7/31...... 11 Most Runs Allowed (Team)...... 10, 7/25 at CWS ...... Right Biceps Tendinitis...... 8/2...... 7/29...... 13 Most Runs Allowed, Inning (Team)...... 6, 4th inn, 8/8 at KC Rich Hill...... Left Shoulder Fatigue...... 8/4...... 7/31...... 11 ...... Right Calf Strain...... 8/7...... 8/4...... 10 Most Hits Allowed (Team)...... 14, 7/25 at CWS Most Hits Allowed, Inning (Team)...... 6, 4th inn, 8/8 at KC BOLD indicates currently on IL Pitchers Used (Team)...... 6, 2x, last: 8/11 at MIL Cons. Batters Retired (Team)...... 12, 7/29 vs. STL Scoreless Innings Streak (Team/Pitchers)...... 15, 7th inn 7/31-3rd inn 8/2 Most Runs, Starter...... 5, Berríos, 7/24 at CWS Most Home Runs, Starter...... 1, many Most Walks, Starter...... 4, Thorpe 8/3 vs. PIT Most Strikeouts, Starter...... 6, 2x, last Maeda, 8/1 vs. CLE EJECTIONS Most Strikeouts, Pitchers (Team)...... 11, 2x, last 8/1 vs. CLE DATE PLAYER/MGR/CH UMPIRE REASON CAREER Most Walks, Pitchers (Team)...... 5, 3x, last 8/9 at KC - - Most Cons. Scoreless Innings (Individual)...... 13.0, Dobnak, 7/25-8/10 Most Cons. Batters Retired (Individual)...... 11, Maeda, 8/1 vs. CLE Longest Game, Innings...... 9.0, many Longest Game, Time (9 Inn.)...... 3:55, 8/8 at KC Longest Game, Time (X Inn.)...... 2020 openers Fastest Game, Time...... 2:40, 8/1 vs. CLE DATE OPPONENT PITCHER LINE (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) FINAL SCORE TEAM RECORD AS OPENER Largest Margin, Victory...... 12, 7/26 at CWS 8/2 vs. CLE Tyler Clippard 2.0-0-0-0-0-1-0 3-1 1-0 Largest Margin, Loss...... 7, 7/25 at CWS 8/11 at MIL Tyler Clippard 1.0-1-1-1-0-3-1 4-6 1-1 Lineups Used...... 16 STARTS BY POSITION STARTS BY BATTING ORDER MOST USED LINEUP (2X) C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Player Pos. Ehire Adrianza 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 Ehire Adrianza 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 Max Kepler RF Jorge Polanco SS Luis Arraez 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 Luis Arraez 1 1 0 0 0 5 6 1 1 Nelson Cruz DH Alex Avila 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alex Avila 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 Eddie Rosario LF Byron Buxton 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 Byron Buxton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 Mitch Garver C Luis Arraez 2B Jake Cave 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 Jake Cave 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 Miguel Sanó 1B Nelson Cruz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Nelson Cruz 0 0 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 Marwin Gonzalez 3B Josh Donaldson 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 Josh Donaldson 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Byron Buxton CF Mitch Garver 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mitch Garver 3 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 Marwin Gonzalez Marwin Gonzalez 0 4 2 0 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 3 5 0 OUTFIELD ASSISTS Max Kepler 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 0 Max Kepler 14 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Jorge Polanco 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 Jorge Polanco 0 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jake Cave 1 Eddie Rosario 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 1 Eddie Rosario 0 0 0 9 7 1 0 0 0 Max Kepler 1 Miguel Sano 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Miguel Sano 0 0 1 2 3 2 2 4 0 Eddie Rosario 1 Total 3 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, 8/18/17 vs. ARI (2 as a team in 2017, 54 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: E. Rosario, 8/11/20 at MIL (4 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: C.J. Cron/Jake Cave, 9/29/19 at KC (12 as a team in 2019) 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: M. Kepler, 7/31/20 vs. CLE (2 as a team in 2020) Leadoff Home Run: A. García, 8/11/20 at MIL (2 allowed in 2020) Consecutive Home Runs to Lead Off Game: E. Núñez/B. Dozier, 5/25/16 vs. KC 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: 13, S. Bieber, 7/30/20 vs. CLE (1 time in 2020) 10+ Strikeouts: 10, Odorizzi, 9/8/19 vs. CLE (7 as a team in 2019) Complete Game 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) MISCELLANEOUS: MISCELLANEOUS: 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: A. Reed, 7/28/19 at CWS (2 in 2019) Position Player Pitching: E. Adrianza, 7/17/19 vs. NYM (1 in 2019) 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 ------

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: - - 2013: 3 PPD / 4 DEL 2017: 4 PPD / 7 DEL ** Target Field has experienced 51 delayed games, 24 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 (6-5) Batting: .230 (82-for-357) Pitching: 6-5-4, 3.44 ERA (94.1 IP, 39 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 6:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 13 ------OFF DAY 14 ------KC 7:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 15 ------KC 6:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 16 ------KC 1:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 17 ------KC 7:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 18 ------MIL 7:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 19 ------MIL 7:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 20 ------MIL 6:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 21 ------at KC 7:05 P.M. FSN/TIBN 22 ------at KC 6:05 P.M. FSN/TIBN 23 ------at KC 1:05 P.M. FSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 24 ------at CLE 6:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 25 ------at CLE 6:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 26 ------at CLE 6:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 27 ------at DET 6:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 28 ------at DET 6:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 29 ------at DET 5:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 30 ------at DET 12:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 31 ------CWS 7:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN SEPTEMBER (0-0) Batting: .000 (0-for-0) Pitching: 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA (0.0 IP, 0 ER) 1 ------CWS 7:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 2 ------CWS 7:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 3 ------OFF DAY 4 ------DET 7:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 5 ------DET 6:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 6 ------DET 1:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 7 ------DET 1:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 8 ------at STL 7:15 P.M. FSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 9 ------at STL 7:15 P.M. FSN/TIBN 10 ------OFF DAY 11 ------CLE 7:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 12 ------CLE 7:15 P.M. FOX/TIBN 13 ------CLE 3:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 14 ------at CWS 7:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 15 ------at CWS 7:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 16 ------at CWS 7:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 17 ------at CWS 1:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 18 ------at CHC 7:15 P.M. FSN/TIBN 19 ------at CHC 7:15 P.M. FSN/TIBN 20 ------at CHC 1:20 P.M. FSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 21 ------OFF DAY 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 0-0 in extra-innings) 2020 WALK-OFF VICTORIES (1) 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.

TWINS STARTERS IN 2020

Pitcher Last Start (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) Dec. Starts QS Team Rec. Run Supp. RS AVG Clippard...... 8/11 at MIL (1.0-1-1-1-0-2-1)...... 0...... 2...... 0...... 1-1...... 4...... 12.00 Dobnak...... 8/10 at MIL (5.0-4-1-1-1-3-0)...... 4...... 4...... 1...... 3-1...... 9...... 4.05 Berríos ...... 8/9 at KC (5.1-8-4-4-3-4-1)...... 3...... 4...... 1...... 2-2...... 16...... 7.08 Odorizzi...... 8/8 at KC (3.0-4-2-2-2-2-1)...... 0...... 1...... 0...... 0-1...... 4...... 12.00 Smeltzer...... 8/7 at KC (4.1-4-2-2-1-2-0)...... 0...... 1...... 0...... 0-1...... 3...... 3.00 Maeda...... 8/6 at PIT (6.0-3-3-3-1-4-1)...... 2...... 3...... 2...... 2-1...... 18...... 9.53 Thorpe...... 8/3 vs. PIT (4.0-6-3-3-4-3-1)...... 0...... 1...... 0...... 1-0...... 0...... 0.00 Hill...... 7/29 vs. STL (5.0-2-0-0-1-2-0)...... 1...... 1...... 0...... 1-0...... 3...... 5.40 Bailey...... 7/28 vs. STL (5.0-4-2-2-2-4-1)...... 1...... 1...... 0...... 1-0...... 6...... 10.80 2020 players (35) Pitchers: (20) Position Players: (15) 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* Wade Jr., LaMonte of* Berríos, José rhp* Maeda, Kenta rhp* Stashak, Cody rhp* Avila, Alex c* Gonzalez, Marwin inf/of* Whitefield, Aaron of* Clippard, Tyler rhp* May, Trevor rhp* Thielbar, Caleb lhp Buxton, Byron of* Kepler, Max of* Dobnak, Randy rhp* Odorizzi, Jake rhp Thorpe, Lewis lhp* Cave, Jake of* Polanco, Jorge inf* Duffey, Tyler rhp* Poppen, Sean rhp Wisler, Matt rhp* Cruz, Nelson dh* Rosario, Eddie of* * - on Opening Day roster Gearrin, Cory rhp Rogers, Taylor lhp*

TAXI SQUAD (3) #82 SAM CLAY - LHP Height: 6-2 Weight: 190 B/T: L/L Age: 26 (6/21/1993 in Knoxville, TN) Acquired: 4th RD 2014 MLB Draft Divided 2019 between Double-A Pensacola and Triple-A Rochester, combined 4-4 record and 3.25 ERA (69.1 IP, 25 ER), with 72 strikeouts, 28 walks and 10 saves in 45 appearances (1 start). AHis 45 appearances tied for most among Twins minor league pitchers, while his 10 saves tied for third and his 22 games finished ranked third. #71 SEAN POPPEN - RHP Height: 6-3 Weight: 205 B/T: R/R Age: 26 (3/15/1994 in Virginia Beach, VA) Acquired: 19th RD 2016 MLB Draft Added to ML roster 8/2, optioned to Taxi Squad 8/9...made season debut 8/7 at KC, working 1.0 scoreless inning, w/ 2 H, 1 K...last ML outing was 8/8 at MIL (2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R/ER, 2 BB, 4 K). AMade MLB debut last season 6/19 vs. BOS (4.0 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2 K), becoming 2nd Harvard product to pitch for Twins...divided 2019 b/w Double-A Pensacola, Triple-A Rochester and the Twins. #56 TOMáS TELIS - C Height: 5-8 Weight: 220 B/T: S/R Age: 29 (6/18/1991 in El Tigre, VZ) Acquired: Signed as ml free agent, 11/6/19 Played mostly in St.P w/ rest of player pool during Summer Camp...spent entire 2019 w/ AAA Roch., hitting .330 (101-for-306), leading club in BA, 3rd in H, 4th in 2B (21) & TB (150). ATwins are third organization (TEX, MIA)...122 ML games, hitting .230 (58-for-252) w/ 8 2B, HR, 24 RBI and .267 OBP...signed with MIN as ml free agent 11/6/19...also plays some 1B.