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MINNESOTA TWINS (11-17) VS. TEXAS RANGERS (14-17) WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 2021 - 6:40 P.M. (CT) - TV: BALLY SPORTS NORTH PLUS / RADIO: TIBN, WCCO, THE WOLF GAME 29 LHP Lewis Thorpe (0-0, 3.60) vs. LHP Hyeon-Jong Yang (0-0, 2.08) HOME GAME 16 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 5/6 vs. Texas TBA vs. RHP Jordan Lyles (1-2, 7.39) 12:10 pm (CT) Bally Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: Have gone 3-2 through five games on their seven-game homestand, taking two STREAKS of three from the Royals over the weekend followed by a split of the first two with the Rangers Under Baldelli (since '19): .............148-102 the last two nights...tonight they will play the third of four with Texas, then play the series Current Streak 1 loss Home Record: ........................................6-9 finale tomorrow afternoon...after tomorrow's game, the Twins will travel to Michigan to begin Last 5 games 3-2 Road Record: .........................................5-8 a six-game, seven-day roadtrip with three against Detroit over the weekend, an off-day on Record in series: ................................ 3-5-0 Monday, then a three-game series with Chicago-AL from May 11-13...the Twins are 6-9 at Last 10 games 4-6 Record in home series: ...................... 1-3-0 5-10 Record in road series: ....................... 2-2-0 home this season and 5-8 on the road. Last 15 games Series Openers: ......................................5-5 Twins are 0-6 in extra-inning games, 0-4 in seven-innings games and 11-7 in nine-in- Last 20 games 6-14 Series Finales: .......................................5-3 Anings games. Rubber Games: .......................................3-2 TWINS VS. RANGERS Sweeps/Swept: .......................................0/1 TWINS FALL IN EXTRAS AGAIN: The Twins lost to the Rangers last night by a score of 6-3 in April: .....................................................9-15 10 innings, falling to 0-6 in extra-innings this season...the Twins held a 2-1 lead entering 2021 Record: ........................................1-1 May: ........................................................2-2 the ninth inning but allowed two in the ninth and three in the 10th...J.A. Happ was the starter, Current Streak: ................................. 1 loss June: ............................................................ allowing one run on four hits in 5.1 innings with one walk and three strikeouts...the offense 2021 at Home: ......................................1-1 July: ............................................................. recorded four hits, two coming from Mitch Garver...two of the Twins' three runs were from a 2021 at Texas: ............................................. August: ........................................................ Byron Buxton two-run homer in the first inning. September/October: ................................... 10 of the 11 runs allowed by the Twins this series have come in the eighth, ninth and 10th All-Time Record (since 1972): ......277-275 Day Games: ..........................................7-13 Ainnings...Twins are being outscored 17-1 in the ninth inning this season. All-Time at Home: .........................149-124 Night Games: ..........................................4-4 All-Time at Texas: .........................128-151 vs. American League East: .....................1-3 RIP, RAY MILLER: Former manager Ray Miller passed away last night at the age of 75...a native vs. American League Central: ................5-4 of Takoma Park, Maryland, Miller spent over 40 years in the professional ranks as a player and 2021 Game Logs: vs. American League West: ....................2-7 coach...he played 10 seasons in the minor leagues from 1964-73, pitching in the San Francisco, Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save vs. National League: ...............................3-3 Cleveland and Baltimore systems...he shifted to the coaching ranks in 1974, working in the Games vs. LH Starter: ............................3-7 Orioles’ system until 1977...Miller briefly served as the Texas Rangers’ pitching coach in 1978 5/3 MIN 6-5 Maeda/Dunning/Rogers Games vs. RH Starter: ..........................8-10 5/4 MIN 3-6 (10) Rodríguez/Waddell/Kennedy Twins score first: ....................................9-8 before shifting to the same role with Baltimore, where he led a staff that helped win the American Opponent scores first: ...........................2-9 League pennant in 1979 and the World Series in 1983...he also oversaw Cy Young campaigns 5/5 MIN 6:40 pm (CT) Come-from-behind wins: .......................... 2 by Mike Flanagan (1979) and Steve Stone (1980) with Baltimore...Miller earned his first career 5/6 MIN 12:10 pm (CT) Leading after 7/8 inn.: ................11-4/10-4 MLB managerial job with the Twins in 1985 and led the team to a 109-130 record in parts of two 6/18 TEX 7:05 pm (CT) Trailing after 7/8 inn.: .....................0-6/0-6 seasons at Minnesota’s helm...he then spent the next 10 years of his career as the Pittsburgh 6/19 TEX 3:05 pm (CT) Tied after 7/8 inn.: ...........................0-3/1-3 Pirates’ pitching coach, where he was Doug Drabek’s coach when he won the 1990 AL Cy Young Extra-innings: .........................................0-6 award...Miller’s final MLB managerial stint came with Baltimore from 1998-99 and he posted 6/20 TEX 1:35 pm (CT) 1-run games: ..........................................3-7 an overall record of 266-297 as a major league manager...he finished his career with the Orioles CURRENT HOMESTAND (3-2) Twins out-hit opp.: ..................................9-2 as a pitching coach, retiring in 2005, and was inducted into the Orioles’ Hall of Fame in 2010. Opp. out-hit Twins: ...............................2-15 Batting average .232 Twins/Opp. have = hits: ............................... ROSTER MOVES: The Twins have recalled Lewis Thorpe from Triple-A St. Paul, placed Alex Kirilloff Runs Per Game 6.80 Run Differential: .....................+1 (136-135) on the 10-day Injured List (right wrist sprain), optioned Brandon Waddell to St. Paul and reinstated Home Runs 9 Twins get Quality Start: ..........................6-1 Miguel Sanó from the IL...Thorpe, who will be in his third stint with the Twins this season, has Twins starter goes 6+ IP: ......................7-1 appeared in two games (1 start) for Minnesota, posting a 3.60 ERA (5.0 IP, 2 ER) with three hits RISP .355 Most games over .500: .......................3, 4/8 allowed, one walk and three strikeouts...Kirilloff is hitting .214 (9-for-42) with three doubles, four Errors 4 Most games under .500: ..................8, 4/28 home runs, 11 RBI, eight runs scored and a .799 OPS in 12 games...he hit safely in each of his last Longest win-streak: ........................3, 4/3-5 seven games, hitting .321 (9-for-28) with a 1.190 OPS in that span....Waddell, who was recalled Team ERA 4.70 Longest losing-streak: ................5, 4/10-14 on Monday, made two appearances, allowing six runs (5 earned) on five hits in 1.0 inning pitched... When Twins score 4+: ............................8-4 Sanó, who missed the Twins last 12 games with a right hamstring strain, is hitting .111 (5-for-45) Starters W-L 3-1 When Twins score 3-: ...........................3-13 Starters ERA 5.04 Twins get 10+ hits: .................................5-3 with two home runs, two RBI, 13 walks and a .310 on-base percentage in 15 games this season. Days in First Place .................................... 7 Relievers W-L-S 0-1-1 ............................... 2 GETTING OFFENSIVE: Twins have won four of their last six games, outscoring opponents Relievers ERA 4.29 Days in Second Place 44-29 in that span...below are numbers from the last six games vs. the previous 15 games: Days in Third Place ................................... 5 Saves/Opps 1/2 Days in Fourth Place ............................... 15 W/L R RUN DIFF HR RISP AVG AVG OBP SLG OPS 2-13 46 -38 (46-84) 12 .239 .214 .273 .328 .601 Days in Fifth Place .................................... 4 April 10-27 NELSON CRUZ - HR BY TEAM Walk-Off W/L: .........................................1/4 April 28-May 2 4-2 44 +15 (44-29) 15 .333 .250 .329 .549 .878 Shutouts W/L: .........................................2/2 Seattle (2015-18) ................................163 Complete Games: ........................................ BOMBA SQUAD: Twins have homered in 10 of their last 12 games, including multiple homers Texas (2006-13) ..................................157 Attendance High: .............. 9,997, 5/2 vs. KC in seven of those...in those 12 games, which dates back to April 21, the Twins have hit 24 Minnesota (2019-21) ............................65 Attendance Total: ........................... 125,727 home runs, the most in baseball since that date, in front of New York-AL (21) and Texas (20). Baltimore (2014) ...................................40 Attendance Average: .......................... 8,981 Milwaukee (2005) ....................................0 Target Field Sellouts - 2021/All-Time: ... 8/181 TWINS AND TEXAS: Today is the third of seven meetings with the Rangers this season...they will travel to Texas for three games from June 18-20...they have won five of their last six TOTAL 425 RECENT TRANSACTIONS games vs. the Rangers and nine of their last 13, dating back to June of 2018. BARRELS SINCE APRIL 23 Nelson Cruz played for the Rangers from 2006-13, hitting .268 (773-for-2886) with 5/5 LHP Thorpe recalled from AAA