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MINNESOTA TWINS (71-81) AT OAKLAND ATHLETICS (92-61) FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 - 7:05 PM (PT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH RADIO: TIBN-WCCO RHP José Berríos (11-11, 3.81) vs. RHP Liam Hendriks (0-1, 5.30) GAME 153 ROAD GAME 79 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 9/22 at Oakland RHP Chase De Jong (0-1, 3.68) vs. RHP Mike Fiers (12-7, 3.38) 8:05 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / None 9/23 at Oakland RHP Kyle Gibson (8-13, 3.78) vs. TBA 3:05 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / La Raza SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 4-3 through seven games on their 10-game trip, going 1-3 STREAKS vs. Kansas City and 3-0 vs. Detroit...tonight they will continue the trip with the final road Record: ........................................... 71-81 Current Streak 4 wins Home Record: ................................. 43-31 series of the season...following this weekend’s series in Oakland, the Twins will travel home Road Record: .................................. 28-50 for an off-day Monday, then three against Detroit and four against Chicago-AL (doubleheader Last 5 games 4-1 Record in series: .........................18-22-7 next Friday) to complete the 2018 season. Last 10 games 6-4 Series Openers: .............................. 23-25 Last 15 games 8-7 Series Finales: ................................ 24-24 EVEN STEPHEN, TWINS SWEEP TIGERS: The Twins beat the Tigers on Wednesday afternoon by Last 20 games 9-11 Rubber Games: ................................... 6-7 a score of 8-2, earning their sixth sweep this season...Gabriel Moya was the Opener with a Sweeps/Swept: ................................... 6/7 TWINS VS. ATHLETICS March/April: ...................................... 9-15 scoreless first inning and Stephen Gonsalves relieved with 6.0 scoreless innings...Gonsalves May: ................................................ 13-15 allowed one run, one walk and struck out four, earning his first major league victory...the 2018 Record: .........................................1-3 June: ............................................... 13-14 offense recorded 11 hits, three from both Robbie Grossman and Ehire Adrianza...the final Current Streak: ...............................3 losses July: ................................................. 14-13 four batters in the lineup recorded all seven RBI, three coming from Willians Astudillo. 2018 at Home: .......................................1-3 August: ............................................ 14-14 2018 at Oakland: ......................................... September/October: ......................... 8-10 WRAPPING THE ROAD: With three road games remaining this season, below are how pitching All-Time Record: ............................370-360 Day Games: ..................................... 27-31 and hitting road numbers compare the last six seasons: All-Time at Home: ..........................207-163 Night Games: .................................. 44-50 W-L IP H BB K ERA AVG H 2B HR R OBP All-Time at Oakland: ......................163-197 vs. American League East: ............. 18-16 2013 34-47 710.1 779 256 483 4.56 .236 670 144 83 311 .310 vs. American League Central: ........ 36-33 2014 35-46 694.0 746 202 514 4.41 .248 696 157 61 347 .314 2018 Game Logs: vs. American League West: .............. 9-20 2015 36-44 693.0 754 216 507 4.55 .231 634 140 71 319 .289 vs. National League: ......................... 7-12 2016 28-52 687.0 747 248 579 5.06 .251 704 143 100 368 .319 Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Games vs. LH Starter:..................... 18-25 2017 44-36 689.0 689 228 538 4.40 .251 696 143 96 393 .322 8/23 MIN 6-4 Busenitz/Cahill/Hildenberger Games vs. RH Starter: .................... 53-56 2018 28-50 678.2 689 282 661 4.87 .239 652 145 78 328 .305 8/24 MIN 1-7 Manaea/Odorizzi Twins score first: ............................ 36-29 8/25 MIN 2-6 Fiers/Gonsalves Opponent scores first: .................... 34-52 TOUCHING BASE WITH JOE MAUER: Joe Mauer has reached base safely 3,068 times in his 8/26 MIN 2-6 Buchter/Berríos Come-from-behind wins: .....................38 9/21 OAK Leading after 7/8 inn.: ............. 61-5/63-4 career and needs four to tie Harmon Killebrew for the most in club history (since 1961): Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ............. 2-69/1-68 PLAYER GAMES TIMES ON BASE 9/22 OAK Tied after 7/8 inn.: ....................... 8-6/7-8 Harmon Killebrew .........................................1,939 (1961-74) ......................................................3,072 9/23 OAK Joe Mauer ......................................................1,848 (2004-) ........................................................3,068 Extra-innings: ..................................... 5-7 CURRENT ROADTRIP (4-3) 1-run games: .................................. 13-19 Kirby Puckett ................................................1,783 (1984-95) ......................................................2,810 Twins out-hit opp.: .......................... 47-17 Rod Carew ....................................................1,635 (1967-78) ......................................................2,718 Batting average .305 Opp. out-hit Twins: ......................... 16-57 Kent Hrbek....................................................1,747 (1981-94) ......................................................2,613 Runs Per Game 5.57 Twins/Opp. have = hits: ...................... 8-7 NOTE: Among actives in baseball, Mauer ranks sixth, trailing Pujols (4,465), Beltre (4,104), Cabrera Home Runs 8 (3,823), Cano (3,114) and Markakis (3,110). Run Differential: ................ -65 (676-741) RISP .329 Twins get Quality Start: .................. 35-21 Errors 4 Twins starter goes 6+ IP:............... 38-26 ROGER THAT: Taylor Rogers enters tonight with a scoreless inning streak of 22.0 (since July Most games over .500: .....3, 2x, last 4/20 30)...it’s the longest streak by a Twins pitcher since Joe Nathan’s streak of 22.2 in 2009... Most games under .500: ............. 14, 9/16 it’s the second longest active streak in baseball, trailing Chris Sale (32.0 IP)...the Twins Team ERA 4.18 Longest win-streak: ...... 5, 2x, last, 7/5-9 record is 36.0 straight, held by J.C. Romero, from June 26-September 11, 2004...below are Starters W-L 1-1 Longest losing-streak: ............8, 4/20-27 the all-time streaks in club history (since 1961): Starters ERA 4.10 When Twins score 4+: .................... 61-31 PITCHER STREAK YEAR PITCHER STREAK YEAR Relievers W-L-S 2-2-1 When Twins score 3-: ..................... 10-50 J.C. Romero ...................36.0 .................. 2004 Johan Santana ............25.2 .............2002-03 Relievers ERA 4.24 Twins get 10+ hits: ......................... 30-18 Joe Nathan ....................29.0 .................. 2004 Tom Edens ..................25.1 .................. 1992 Saves/Opps 1/3 Days in First Place .............. 18, last 4/20 Johnny Klippstein ..........28.2 .............1965-66 Joe Nathan ..................22.2 .................. 2009 Days in Second Place .........................100 Juan Berenguer .............26.1 .................. 1988 Taylor Rogers .............22.0 .................. 2018 THE COMMITTEE Days in Third Place ..............................49 Larry Casian .................25.2 .................. 1993 Days in Fourth Place ................................ TWINS RELIEVER CAREER SAVES Days in Fifth Place ................................... Addison Reed ............................................. 125 Walk-Off W/L: ................................... 6-13 TWINS AND A’S: The Twins and A’s are playing the fifth of seven scheduled games this season... Matt Belisle .................................................. 14 Shutouts W/L: ..................................... 7-6 the Twins lost the four-game series at Target Field August 23-26, winning the first game. Trevor Hildenberger ........................................ 8 CG’s ..............2, last, Berríos, 6/7 vs. CWS Joe Mauer is hitting .314 (99-for-315) with 42 walks and a .394 on-base percentage in Taylor Rogers .................................................. 2 Target Field Sellouts (’18/All-Time): .. 1/161 A87 career games against the A’s...he has reached safely in 20 consecutive games vs. the Oliver Drake .................................................... 1 Athletics, dating back to May 5, 2015, posting a .427 OBP in that span. Gabriel Moya .................................................. 1 RECENT TRANSACTIONS Twins pitching coach Garvin Alston served as Oakland’s bullpen coach in 2017...he also Alan Busenitz ................................................. 0 Aserved as a coach in the A’s system from 2005-15, holding various titles. John Curtiss ................................................... 0 9/4 RHP De Jong recalled from AAA Matt Magill ..................................................... 0 RHP recalled from AAA Gregorio Petit was signed by Oakland as a minor league free agent in July of 2001...he Curtiss Aplayed parts of two seasons with the A’s from 2008-09, playing 25 games, hitting .278 Trevor May ...................................................... 0 INF Petit contract selected from AAA (15-for-54) with three doubles and one RBI. Andrew Vasquez ............................................. 0 1B/DH Morrison transferred to 60-day DL 9/2 RHP Littell recalled from AAA CALI HAS BEEN A BEAR: The Twins have gone just 4-16 in Oakland since the start of 2012...16 losses are tied with New York-AL for 9/1 C Gimenez contract