(36-50) vs. (40-48) FRIDAY, JULY 9, 2021 - 7:10 P.M. (CT) - TV: BALLY SPORTS NORTH / RADIO: TIBN, WCCO, THE WOLF RHP (4-3, 5.03) vs. RHP Matt Manning (1-2, 7.94) GAME 87 HOME GAME 45 Upcoming Probable & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 7/10 vs. Detroit RHP (1-1, 4.85) vs. TBA 1:10 pm (CT) Bally Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None 7/11 vs. Detroit RHP José Berríos (7-3, 3.36) vs. RHP Wily Peralta (2-1, 2.14) 1:10 pm (CT) Bally Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / twinsbeisbol.com SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 2-2 through four games on their seven-game homestand, STREAKS going 1-2 vs. the White Sox this week, followed by a win over the Tigers last night...tonight Under Baldelli (since '19):...... 173-135 Current Streak 1 win Home Record:...... 19-25 they will continue their final homestand leading up to the break...after this weekend, Major Road Record:...... 17-25 League will hold the All-Star Break in Colorado from July 12-15...the Twins have Last 5 games 3-2 Record in series:...... 7-17-4 gone 19-25 at home this season and 17-25 on the road. Last 10 games 3-7 Record in home series:...... 3-10-1 Record in road series:...... 4-7-3 TWINS TAKE TIGERS IN QUICK FASHION: The Twins beat the Tigers last night by a score of 5-3, Last 15 games 6-9 Series Openers:...... 13-16 scoring all five runs in innings 5-7...J.A. Happ (5-4) was the starter and winner, allowing three Last 20 games 10-10 Series Finales:...... 13-15 runs on eight hits in 7.0 innings pitched - one out short of his season-high for innings (7.1, Rubber Games:...... 5-8 4/23 vs. PIT)...the offense recorded six hits, two being home runs from and Miguel TWINS VS. TIGERS Sweeps/Swept:...... 2/3 Sanó...Jeffers' homer broke up Tarik Skubal's perfect game in the fifth inning...the game was April:...... 9-15 2021 Record:...... 4-2 May:...... 13-16 played in 2 hours and 23 minutes, their second-fastest game of 2021 (2:17, 4/23 vs. PIT). Current Streak:...... 1 win June:...... 11-14 2021 at Home:...... 1-0 July:...... 3-5 TWINS AND TIGERS: The Twins and Tigers are playing the seventh of 19 games in 2021... August:...... Twins have gone 4-2 this season, going 1-0 at Target Field and 3-2 at Comerica Park...the 2021 at Detroit:...... 3-2 September/October:...... Twins have won 10 of their last 13 over the Tigers, 15 of their last 21 and 18 of their last 25. All-Time Record:...... 468-421-1 Day Games:...... 19-26 Tonight marks the second of eight straight against the Tigers as the Twins will travel to All-Time at Home:...... 244-201 Night Games:...... 17-24 ADetroit after the All-Star Break for a four-game series at Comerica Park from July 16-18 All-Time at Detroit:...... 224-220-1 vs. East:...... 6-7 with a doubleheader on the 16th. vs. American League Central:...... 17-23 Twins are 9-1 in their last 10 against the Tigers at Target Field and are 15-4 in their 2021 Game Logs: vs. American League West:...... 9-16 Alast 19 here. vs. National League:...... 4-4 Date Site Score Winner/Loser/ Games vs. LH Starter:...... 11-20 is hitting .299 (128-for-428) with 21 doubles, 26 home runs, 76 RBI, 48 Awalks, a .535 slugging percentage and a .906 OPS in 113 career games against the 4/5 DET 15-6 Shoemaker/Ureña/Dobnak Games vs. RH Starter:...... 25-30 4/6 DET 3-4 (10) Soto/Robles Twins score first:...... 24-24 Tigers...his 26 home runs are the most among actives...since joining the Twins in 2019, Opponent scores first:...... 12-26 he is hitting .353 (42-for-119) with four doubles, nine home runs, 23 RBI and a 1.010 4/7 DET 3-2 Maeda/Boyd/Colomé Come-from-behind wins:...... 14 OPS in 30 games vs. Detroit. 5/7 DET 7-3 Shoemaker/Skubal Leading after 7/8 inn.:...... 29-4/29-4 is hitting .330 (37-for-112) with eight doubles, one , 14 RBI, 5/8 DET 3-7 Fulmer/Duffey Trailing after 7/8 inn.:...... 3-33/1-33 A14 walks, a .403 on-base percentage and an .832 OPS in 32 career games vs. the Tigers. 5/9 DET **PPD** Tied after 7/8 inn.:...... 3-8/5-8 Extra-innings:...... 4-8 7/8 MIN 5-3 Happ/Skubal/Rogers 1-run games:...... 12-12 LUEY LEADOFF: Luis Arraez is hitting .331 (55-for-166) with eight doubles, four triples, 14 7/9 MIN 7:10 pm (CT) Twins out-hit opp.:...... 26-7 RBI, 30 runs scored, 16 walks and a .392 on-base percentage out of the leadoff spot...he leads the team with 41 starts out of that spot, including 11 of the Twins' last 16 games...among 7/10 MIN 1:10 pm (CT) Opp. out-hit Twins:...... 7-37 7/11 MIN 1:10 pm (CT) Twins/Opp. have = hits:...... 3-6 all American League players, he ranks first in batting average from the top spot in the lineup Run Differential:...... -67 (396-463) and second in on-base percentage, trailing the Angels' Justin Upton (.417). 7/16 DET **1:10 pm (CT) Twins get Quality Start:...... 15-6 6:10 pm (CT) Twins starter goes 6+ IP:...... 19-8 I AM LEGEND: Nelson Cruz ranks third among actives in home runs, trailing Albert Pujols and 7/17 DET 5:10 pm (CT) Most games over .500:...... 3, 4/8 Miguel Cabrera...he also ranks fourth in RBI and sixth in hits: 7/18 DET 12:10 pm (CT) Most games under .500:...... 15, 3x, last 7/8 Longest win-streak:...... 5, 6/16-21 HOME RUNS RBI HITS 7/26 MIN 7:10 pm (CT) Longest losing-streak:.... 5, 3x, last 6/29-7/3 1) Albert Pujols...... 673 1) Albert Pujols...... 2,132 1) Albert Pujols...... 3,279 7/27 MIN 7:10 pm (CT) When Twins score 4+:...... 29-17 2) Miguel Cabrera...... 494 2) Miguel Cabrera...... 1,761 2) Miguel Cabrera...... 2,926 7/28 MIN 12:10 pm (CT) When Twins score 3-:...... 7-33 3) Nelson Cruz...... 435 3) Robinson Canó...... 1,302 3) Robinson Canó...... 2,624 9/28 MIN 6:40 pm (CT) Twins get 10+ hits:...... 15-14 4) Robinson Canó...... 334 4) Nelson Cruz...... 1,197 4) Yadier Molina...... 2,062 Days in First Place...... 7 5) Giancarlo Stanton...... 327 5) ...... 1,073 5) ...... 1,962 9/29 MIN 6:40 pm (CT) Days in Second Place...... 2 6) Justin Upton...... 321 6) Ryan Zimmerman...... 1,039 6) Nelson Cruz...... 1,856 9/30 MIN 6:40 pm (CT) Days in Third Place...... 7 Days in Fourth Place...... 54 KEPLER HEATING: has reached base safely in eight-straight games, hitting .296 CURRENT HOMESTAND (2-2) Days in Fifth Place...... 32 Batting average .234 Walk-Off W/L:...... 4/5 (8-for-27) with two doubles, three home runs, five RBI, four walks, a .387 on-base percentage Shutouts W/L:...... 3/3 and a 1.091 OPS in that span. Runs Per Game 3.75 Complete Games:...... Home Runs 5 Attendance High:...... 20,321, 7/5 vs. CWS FOR STARTERS: The last full time through the rotation (beginning with Kenta Maeda's start RISP .167 Attendance Total:...... 557,985 on July 4 at Kansas City), Twins starters have gone 3-2, 2.67 ERA (30.1 IP, 9 ER) with just Attendance Average:...... 12,976 two home runs allowed, eight walks, 39 and a .227 opponent batting average. Errors 5 Target Field Sellouts - 2021/All-Time:.... 8/181 MIGGY TIME: is hitting .333 (11-for-33) with three doubles, two home runs, three Team ERA 4.00 RECENT TRANSACTIONS RBI, four walks, a .405 on-base percentage and a 1.011 OPS in his last 11 games, including Starters W-L 2-2 7/7 RHP Pineda returned from rehab just eight strikeouts (37 total plate appearances)...in that span (since June 21), he ranks Starters ERA 3.20 fourth in baseball in average exit velocity at 96.7 mph, trailing Yordan Alvarez (98.1), Vladimir assignment and reinstated from 10-day IL Guerrero Jr. (97.7) and Joey Gallo (97.4). Relievers W-L-S 0-0-2 RHP Jax optioned to AAA Relievers ERA 5.40 7/5 RHP Shoemaker cleared outright waivers YOUTH MOVEMENT: A pair of rookie numbers since June 4. Saves/Opps 2/2 and accepted AAA assignment has hit safely in 21 of his last 26 games, hitting .289 (28-for-97) with five 7/1 RHP Shoemaker designated for release Adoubles, three home runs, 13 RBI, six walks and an .790 OPS in that span...since June 4, MLB TEAM HOME RUN LEADERS or assignment he ranks third among all rookies in baseball in average and fifth in OPS. Toronto...... 128 RHP Law contract selected from AAA has hit safely in 20 of his last 28 games, hitting .287 (29-for-101) with San Francisco...... 127 Afour doubles, four home runs, 13 RBI and an .800 OPS in that span...since June 4, he 6/25 RHP placed on 10-day IL Minnesota...... 124 Farrell ranks fifth in both batting average and OPS among MLB rookies. LHP Coulombe contract selected from AAA Los Angeles-AL...... 120 Atlanta...... 119 RHP Stashak transferred to 60-day IL WELCOME BACK WEEK: With the Twins opening Target Field to full, 100 percent capacity, 6/24 RHP Dobnak placed on 10-day IL without restrictions, the club is celebrating a “Welcome Back Week” for its fans during this ACTIVE HOME RUNS LEADERS VS. DET RHP Jax recalled from AAA homestand that runs through Sunday...all seven games this week feature some combination 6/22 OF Buxton placed on 10-day IL of a promotional giveaway, theme night or other special event. Nelson Cruz...... 26 OF Celestino recalled from AAA Tonight - Baby Blue Twins Replica Jersey presented by Mauer Auto Group: The first José Abreu...... 24 A10,000 fans in attendance will receive a button-up, Baby Blue Twins Replica Jersey Salvador Perez...... 24 RHP Burrows claimed off waivers from DET presented by Mauer Auto Group (Adult M and XL)...South Dakota State University Night: Carlos Santana...... 24 All associated with South Dakota State University (the alma mater of Twins reliever José Ramírez...... 21 TWINSPRESSBOX.COM ) are invited to join their fellow Jackrabbits fans for SDSU Night...fans who purchase this theme night package will receive a ticket to the game, along with an exclusive, co-branded SDSU/Twins cap... Get the latest Twins Game Notes, Zoom Friday Night Fireworks presented by Securian Financial: The third in a summer-long series of postgame Friday night fireworks, Interviews, Roster, Stat Packs, Clips, Press presented by Securian Financial, will rock to classic stadium anthems with a “Jock Jams” theme. Releases, 2021 Media Guide as well as other Tomorrow - 30 HR ‘Bomba Club’ Bobblehead presented by Delta Air Lines: Within the Twins’ famed 2019 “Bomba Squad” that hit a Asingle-season MLB record 307 home runs, there was a quintet that formed another single-season mark by becoming the first set of five team related information at: teammates to all reach the 30-homer plateau...the first 10,000 fans in attendance will receive a special 30 HR “Bomba Club” Bobble- www.twinspressbox.com head, presented by Delta Air Lines, featuring the likenesses of Miguel Sanó, , , Nelson Cruz and Max Kepler. xxxxTHIS AND THAT: UPCOMING MILESTONES ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST PLAYER SinceCURRENT June NO. 3, Josh DonaldsonMILESTONE and Nelson WITHIN Cruz REACH each have eight home runs, tied for fifth-most in the AL 42) Dave Kingman...... 442 Nelson Cruz...... Asince435 home that runsdate...... Needs 1 to pass Carlos Beltrán and move into 46th on MLB's all-time list. 43) Jason Giambi...... 440 989 runs scored...... Needs 11 to reach 1,000 for career. 44) Paul Konerko...... 439 ...... 241 doubles...... Needs 9 to reach 250 for career. 45) Andre Dawson...... 438 Andrelton Simmons...... 197 doubles...... Needs 3 to reach 200 for career. 46) Nelson Cruz...... 435 Miguel Sanó...... 145 home runs...... Needs 18 to tie Tom Brunansky (163) for 10th on Twins all-time list (since 1961). Carlos Beltrán...... 435

Ryan Jeffers ranks fifth among MLB rookies in games caught with 31 (30 starts)...he is hitting .306 (11-for-36) with four home runs, 10 RBI, Aseven walks and a 1.113 OPS vs. lefties. STARTING 2021 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS KENTA MAEDA #18 CG’s: - - CG’s: - - Height: 6-1 Weight: 185 B/T: R/R Age: 33 (4/11/1988 in Osaka, Japan) SHO’s: - - SHO’s: - - CG Low Hit: - - CG Low-Hit: - - 2021: 4-3, 5.03 ERA CAREER: 57-39, 3.86 ERA Innings: 6.0, 2x, last: 7/4 at KC Innings: 8.1, 5/10/17 vs. PIT Making his 14th start and appearance of the season...fourth at home and first since May 16. SO’s: 10, 7/4 at KC SO’s: 13, 6/10/16 vs. SD AMaking his 162nd career appearance and 128th start. Walks: 5, 6/29 at CWS Walks: 5, 2x, last: 6/29/21 at CWS A Hits: 8, 3x, last: 6/29 at CWS Hits: 9, 3x, last 5/11/18 vs. CIN 2021 DAY-BY-DAY Home Runs: 3, 2x, last: 4/27 at CLE Home Runs: 4, 4/22/17 at ARI Win-Streak: 2, 5/3-6/20 Win-Streak: 7, 8/10/19-8/24/20 Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Left/Final Notes Pitches/K 4/1 at MIL ND 4.1 6 2 1 0 2 5 3-1/5-6 1st career MLB Opening Day start 88/57 (64.8%) Loss-Streak: 2, 4/14-4/27 Loss-Streak: 6, 6/11-7/29/19 4/7 at DET W1 6.0 7 2 2 1 1 6 3-2/3-2 1st QS of season 75/52 (69.3%) 4/14 vs. BOS-1 L1 4.1 7 3 2 0 2 5 2-3/2-3 2nd career GS in a doubleheader 86/56 (65.1%) 4/21 at OAK ND 3.0 8 7 7 3 0 1 3-7/12-13 Matched career high w/ 7 ER 51/37 (72.5%) CAREER NOTES 4/27 at CLE L2 5.2 7 5 4 3 0 3 3-4/4-7 3 HR in consecutive GS for 1st time 75/50 (66.7%) • Finished second in the 2020 American League Cy Young Award voting, accruing 92 APRIL TOTALS 1-2 23.1 35 19 16 7 5 20 6.17 ERA total votes (Cleveland's Shane Bieber was the unanimous winner). 5/3 vs. TEX W2 5.1 2 0 0 0 2 8 2-0/6-5 1st G w/ 5.1+ IP & <2 H since 9/5/20 94/54 (57.4%) 5/11 at CWS ND 5.0 4 3 3 1 2 3 3-3/3-9 CWS scored 6 R off bullpen 87/56 (64.4%) • Named Joseph W. Haynes Award winner for Twins Pitcher of the Year in 2020, voted 5/16 vs. OAK ND 4.0 8 5 3 0 1 2 4-2/6-7 8 H for 2nd time this season 89/56 (62.9%) on by the Twin Cities Chapter of the BBWAA...also named the starting pitcher on 5/22 at CLE ND 5.0 3 3 3 1 1 6 2-3/3-5 Left game due to injury 73/47 (64.4%) 2020 All-MLB Second Team. MAY TOTALS 1-0 19.1 17 11 9 2 6 19 4.19 ERA • Pitched 8.0 no-hit innings on August 18, 2020 vs. MIL before bid was broken up in 6/14 at SEA ND 4.0 3 1 1 0 3 7 3-1/3-4 Mariners took lead in 8th 76/48 (63.2%) the ninth...longest no-hit bid of career, and set Twins record with eight-straight K's. 6/20 at TEX W3 5.1 5 2 2 2 1 4 4-2/4-2 5.0 shutout innings + 2 HR in 6th 84/54 (64.3%) • Is the third Japanese-born player in Twins franchise history, after Micheal Nakamura 6/29 at CWS L3 4.2 8 7 7 0 5 4 2-6/6-7 Tied career highs w/ 7 ER & 5 BB 92/58 (61.7%) JUNE TOTALS 1-1 14.0 16 10 10 2 9 15 6.43 ERA (2003) and Tsuyoshi Nishioka (2011-12). 7/4 at KC W4 6.0 2 0 0 0 1 10 2-0/6-2 7th career start w/ 10+ K 97/67 (69.1%) • Owns the fifth-most strikeouts in MLB history among Japanese-born pitchers. JULY TOTALS 1-0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1 10 0.00 ERA • His 16 wins in 2016 were the second-most wins ever by a Los Angeles-NL rookie, RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA behind only Rick Sutcliffe (17-10, 1979), and tied for the second-most ever in a 2021 TOTALS 4-3 62.2 70 40 35 11 21 64 5.03 single season by a Japanese pitcher. CAREER TOTALS 57-39 718.1 610 328 308 97 209 785 3.86 • In 2016, led qualifying MLB rookie starting pitchers in starts (32), wins (16), oppo- nents’ batting average (.229), WHIP (1.14), innings pitched (175.2) and - LAST TIME OUT: Maeda earned his fourth win of the season in his last start on July 4 at Kansas City, to-walk ratio (3.58). setting the tone for the Twins in a 6-2 win...permitted just three base runners (2 hits, 1 walk) over • Named to the 2016 Major League All-Rookie Team, and finished 6.0 shutout innings, with 10 strikeouts – his seventh career game with 10-plus strikeouts, first third in the NL Rookie of the Year voting. since August 18, 2020 vs. Milwaukee (12 K) and first-ever against an American League team... • Pitched 6.0 scoreless innings in his major league debut, also hitting a solo home the outing also marked just his second quality start of the season (also, April 7 at Detroit), as well as the third start this year in which he did not allow an extra-base hit (also, May 3 vs. Texas and run in his second career at-bat. April 1 at Milwaukee). Maeda's start was his fourth career outing of at least 6.0 innings with two-or-fewer hits al- Alowed and at least 10 strikeouts, joining his performances on August 18, 2020 vs. Milwaukee 2021 MISC. NUMBERS (8.0 IP, 1 H, 12 K); May 23, 2018 vs. Colorado (6.2 IP, 2 H, 12 K); and July 10, 2016 vs. San Diego (7.0 IP, 2 H, 13 K). W L ERA G/GS IP ER AVG H AB HR BB SO Home: 1 1 3.29 3/3 13.2 5 Vs. Left: .271 36 133 6 10 35 START PRIOR: Shouldered his third loss of the season on June 29 at Chicago-AL, yielding seven runs Road: 3 2 5.51 10/10 49.0 30 Vs. Right: .288 34 118 5 11 29 on eight hits, with five walks and four strikeouts in 4.2 innings of work in an eventual 7-6 Twins loss... Day: 3 1 4.74 8/8 38.0 20 TOTALS: .279 70 251 11 21 64 matched his career highs with five walks (2nd time, last done on June 19, 2018 at Chicago-NL) and seven earned runs allowed (3rd time, last done on April 21 at Oakland)...walked the bases loaded Night: 1 2 5.47 5/5 24.2 15 in the opening frame, the fifth time in his career that he's walked three batters in an inning and Grass: 3 3 5.18 12/12 57.1 33 None On: .248 38 153 7 10 46 second this season (also, bottom 1st, June 14 at Seattle)...pitched out of the jam with only one run Turf: 1 0 3.38 1/1 5.1 2 Runners On: .327 32 98 4 11 18 allowed and worked scoreless second and fourth frames, but yielded two more runs in the third and three in the fifth before departing with one on, two out (1 additional run scored off ). 6.0-PLUS IP/QUALITY STARTS TIGER KING: Is 2-2, 4.50 ERA (30.0 IP, 15 ER), two walks, 38 strikeouts and a .214 opponent batting YEAR STARTS 6+ IP QS YEAR STARTS 6+ IP QS average (24-for-112) in five career starts against the Tigers...last faced Detroit on April 7 at Comerica 2016 32 15 14 2020 11 8 8 Park, earning the win in a quality start after allowing two runs on seven hits (1 HR), with one walk and six strikeouts in 6.0 innings, as the Twins won 3-2...was slated to start on Sunday, May 9 in 2017 25 6 5 2021 13 2 2 Detroit (Mother's Day) but the game was postponed due to inclement weather. 2018 20 7 5 TOTALS 127 47 43 Has won each of his last two starts against the Tigers, dating back to September 23, 2020... 2019 26 10 9 Ahas a 3.75 ERA (12.0 IP, 5 ER), one walk, 15 strikeouts and a .244 (11-for-45) opponent batting average in that span. MORE 2021 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBERS Four of his five career starts against Detroit have been quality, and he allowed just four earned Aruns in 6.0 innings in the lone non-quality start...has also fanned seven-or-more batters in four BASE RUNNERS PICK-OFFS SB-ATT GIDP of the five starts, and struck out six batters in his other start. MAEDA: 94 0 2-2 2 Is 1-0, 4.50 ERA (12.0 IP, 6 ER) with one walk, 17 strikeouts and a .140 opponent batting average A(6-for-43) in two career starts against the Tigers at Target Field. 2021 RUNS/HITS PER INNING CENTRAL-FUGAL FORCE: Maeda is 2-2, 5.29 ERA (32.1 IP, 19 ER), 10 walks, 32 strikeouts and a .254 (31-for-122) opponent batting average in six starts against the AL Central so far this season...went INNING: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 5-1, 2.74 ERA (46.0 IP, 14 ER) in eight starts against the AL Central last season...is 10-4, 3.62 ERA RUNS/HITS: 4/7 13/24 9/15 0/6 10/11 4/7 -/- -/- -/- (99.1 IP, 40 ER) in 18 career starts vs. the division, marking his second-best career ERA against any single division (NL East - 3.11 ERA). MAEDA VS. DETROIT COMFORTS OF HOME: Just three of Maeda's 13 starts so far this season have come at home, and he's 1-1, 3.29 ERA (13.2 IP, 5 ER), five walks and 15 strikeouts in those starts...this compares to 3-2, 2021 vs. Detroit (1 start): 1-0, 3.00 ERA (6.0 IP, 2 ER), 1 BB, 6 K 5.51 ERA (49.0 IP, 30 ER) in 10 starts away from Target Field this season. 2021 vs. Detroit at Home (0 starts): - - Is 4-1, 2.31 ERA (46.2 IP, 12 ER) with 11 walks, 57 strikeouts and a .175 opponent batting 2021 vs. Detroit on Road (1 start): 1-0, 3.00 ERA (6.0 IP, 2 ER), 1 BB, 6 K Aaverage (29-for-166) in eight career starts at Target Field. Career vs. Detroit (5 starts): 2-2, 4.50 ERA (30.0 IP, 15 ER), 2 BB, 38 K MILESTONE MAN: Maeda surpassed two career milestones in his start against the Mariners in Seattle Career vs. Detroit at Home (2 starts): 1-0, 4.50 ERA (12.0 IP, 6 ER), 1 BB, 17 K on June 14...at the end of his second inning of work he reached 700 career MLB innings, becoming the Career vs. Detroit on Road (3 starts): 1-2, 4.50 ERA (18.0 IP, 9 ER), 1 BB, 21 K 10th Japanese-born pitcher to hit that plateau in the majors...the others are: (1,976.1 IP), Hiroki Kuroda (1,319.0 IP), Yu Darvish (1,232.0 IP), Tomo Ohka (1,070.0 IP), (1,054.1 IP), Hisashi Iwakuma (883.2 IP), (790.1 IP), Masato Yoshii (757.1 IP) BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPS and Shigetoshi Hasegawa (720.1 IP)...additionally, Maeda's strikeout of Shed Long Jr. in the fourth Maeda vs. the Tigers Manning vs. the Twins inning on June 14 was the 2,000th of his career...he now has 2,018 strikeouts combined between PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SO PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SO Nippon (1,233) and (785). Cabrera .400 15 6 1 0 3 Has never faced any current Twins hitters. Maeda's seven career games with 10-plus strikeouts are fourth most among Japanese-born Apitchers in major league history, behind Darvish (46), Nomo (31) and Tanaka (14). Reyes .273 11 3 1 0 2 Candelario .100 10 1 1 1 3 2021 ARSENAL: Maeda's slider has surpassed his four-seam fastball as his most-used pitch over Schoop .400 10 4 1 1 3 the last several seasons...he threw them equally in his rookie 2016 campaign and his four-seamer Castro .375 8 3 0 0 1 was his most frequent offering from 2017-19...however, his slider has been his top pitch since the Goodrum .000 6 0 0 0 5 start of 2020, followed by his split finger...here's a breakdown of his 2021 offerings and the results: Mazara .167 6 1 0 1 1 PITCH (AVG. MPH) PCT. (#, vs. RHB/LHB) RESULTS Paredes .167 6 1 0 0 3 Slider (82.3)...... 39.5% (421 pitches, 265/156)...... 253 (25-for-99), 5 2B, 6 HR, 28 K Grossman .000 4 0 0 0 2 Split Finger (84.4)...... 27.0% (288 pitches, 63/225)...... 250 (22-for-88), 5 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 25 K 4-Seam Fastball (90.9)...... 23.2% (248 pitches, 127/121)...... 310 (13-for-42), 1 2B, 4 HR, 11 K Jones .000 3 0 0 0 1 Sinker (90.1)...... 7.2% (77 pitches, 45/32)...... 500 (10-for-20), 1 2B Baddoo .500 2 1 0 0 0 Curveball (75.7)...... 3.1% (33 pitches, 1/32)...... 000 (0-for-2) Cameron .000 2 0 0 0 2 Ranks in the upper 89th percentile in chase rate this season. Castro .000 2 0 0 0 1 A Greiner .000 2 0 0 0 2 OPPOSING COUNTS: Opponents are hitting .419 (13-for-31) off Maeda's first offering of an at-bat... Haase .000 2 0 0 0 1 his opponent batting average on the first pitch is tied for 13th highest among American League Holland .000 2 0 0 0 2 pitchers (min. 30 opp. at-bats). Opponents are batting .206 (27-for-131) off Maeda with two strikes, far above the .087 (13- Teheran .500 2 1 0 0 0 Afor-150) mark he held them to in 2020 and his career mark of .148 (230-for-1558)...the league Ureña .000 2 0 0 0 1 average mark this season with two strikes is .163. Núñez - - 0 0 0 1 0 When the count goes full, Maeda is holding opposing hitters to just 3-for-26 (.115), tied for the FANTASTIC FIRSTS AND TERRIBLE TWOS: Opponents are just 7-for-44 (.159) against Maeda Aeighth-lowest mark among American League pitchers (min. 25 opp. at-bats). in the first inning...that increases to 24-for-60 (.400) in the second inning (both of the hits he allowed in his last start on July 4 occurred in the second inning) and down to 15-for-55 NOT TOO HARD: Per Baseball Savant, Maeda's 24.7 hard hit percent in 2020 was the second lowest among qualified MLB pitchers, behind only Atlanta's Max Fried (23.8)...held opponents to an 85.3 (.273) in the third inning before dropping back to 6-for-41 (.146) in the fourth inning... average exit velocity, fourth lowest among qualifiers last season. has run into trouble in the fifth and sixth innings, where opposing hitters are a combined This season, however, Maeda has allowed a 38.9 hard hit percent through 13 starts, far above 18-for-51 (.353) against him...22 of his 40 runs allowed this season have occurred in the Ahis 2020 mark and above his career mark of 29.0 percent...additionally, his soft contact percent second and third innings combined. (per Fangraphs) is down to 21.7 percent, below the career-best mark of 28.5 percent that he Ten of the 24 extra-base hits Maeda has allowed this season have occurred in innings recorded last season. Athree to five (7 doubles, 3 home runs). TOMORROW'S STARTER - RHP BAILEY OBER (2021 SEASON: 1-1, 4.85 ERA // CAREER: 1-1, 4.85 ERA)

Rookie right-hander Ober is due to take the mound tomorrow afternoon against the Tigers...earned his first career win in his last start earlier this homestand, leading the Twins to an 8-5 win over the White Sox on July 5...yielded just two hits and three walks over 5.0 shutout innings, with a career-high-tying seven strikeouts...also threw 93 pitches in the outing, eclipsing the 90-pitch mark for the first time in his career...Ober has never faced Detroit and is 1-1, 5.51 ERA (16.1 IP, 10 ER) in four career starts against the American League Central division...tomorrow will mark his fifth career start and appearance at Target Field, and he's 1-0, 4.91 ERA (18.1 IP, 10 ER) in his four prior home starts. BULLPEN TEAM BULLPEN NOTES Twins bullpen is 0-2-3 with 4 holds and a 6.86 ERA (19.2 IP, 15 ER) with 10 BB & 27 K in 6 games vs. DET this season...including last night (hold, SV, 2K over 2.0 IP)...the Twins bullpen is A13-21-21, 4.91 ERA (317.0 IP, 173 ER), 130 BB, 329 K, 47 holds and a .252 BAA in 86 games this season...has gone 0-1-2, 5.18 ERA (24.1 IP, 14 ER) 10 BB & 30 K in 8 games in July...has allowed 53 of 93 inherited runners to score this season (57.0%), the highest percentage in baseball....is 4-8-9, with 19 holds, a 4.91 ERA (148.1 IP, 81 ER) with 68 BB & 153 K in 40 games vs. AL Central this season...Twins bullpen is 6-11-11, 4.86 ERA (150.0 IP, 81 ER), 66 BB, 166 K, .245 BAA (140-for-572) in 42 road games, compared to 7-10-10, 16 holds, a 4.96 ERA (167.0 IP, 92 ER), 64 BB, 163 K and a .259 BAA (165-for-636) in 44 home games this season. JORGE ALCALA - RHP #66 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 205 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 Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0 ER), 0 K, 0 BB Series vs DET: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .205 vs. Right .217 7/4 at KC ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7/1 at CWS L3 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 A Has 4 career appearances vs. DET...all app. have been scoreless, is 1-0, (5.1 IP) with 2 BB & 6 K in that span...earned his 3rd loss of the 6/24 vs. CLE L2 0.1 2 3 3 0 1 0 season on 7/1...career 3-4, 3.70 ERA (58.1 IP, 24 ER) with 17 BB & 56 K in 52 career games with MIN (all in relief)...has allowed ER in 5 of 6/21 vs. CIN ND 1.0 2 2 1 0 0 1 last 10 home app. ...has stranded 9 of 13 inherited runners this season...4th in app. (34) among Twins. 6/20 at TEX H3 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 A Right-handed batters are just 15-for-69 (.217) against him this season...left-handed batters are hitting .205 (9-for-44) w/ 5 HR and 10 RBI. 6/18 at TEX BS3 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 ALEX COLOMÉ - RHP #48 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-1 Weight: 225 Age: 32 (12/31/88 in Santo Domingo, DR) Acquired: Signed as FA, 2/12/21 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO Homestand: 0-0-0, 9.00 (1.0 IP, 1 ER), 1 K, 0 BB Series vs DET: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .345 vs. Right .229 7/6 vs. CWS ND 1.0 2 2 1 0 0 1 7/2 at KC ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 A Has only 2 app. vs. DET this season (3.0 scoreless IP) including a SV & a hold with 4 K...is career 1-2-11, one hold, 3.04 ERA 26.2 IP, 9 ER) 6/30 at CWS ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 with 6 BB & 23 K in 20 games vs. DET...has allowed 2 of 2 inherited runners to score this season...has allowed 9 ER in his last 18 games... 6/25 vs. CLE H4 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 career 3-1-7, 3.62 ERA (27.1 IP, 11 ER) with 11 BB & 30 K in 27 games at Target Field...5 of last 7 outings have been scoreless....5th in app. 6/22 vs. CIN ND 1.0 2 3 1 0 1 0 among Twins with 33. 6/21 vs. CIN ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 A LHB are hitting .345 (19-for-55), while RHB are hitting .229 (16-for-70)...opponents are batting .286 (10-for-35) off him with RISP. 6/19 at TEX H3 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 DANNY COULOMBE - LHP (PRONOUNCED KOO-LOHM) #53 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 5-10 Weight: 190 Age: 31 (10/26/1989 in St. Louis, MO) Acquired: Signed as minor league free agent, 11/9/20 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP, 0 ER), 3 K, 0 BB Series vs DET: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .111 vs. Right .250 7/6 vs. CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7/3 at KC ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Career 6.75 ERA (1.1 IP, 1 ER) with 3 BB & 3 K in 2 games vs. DET (both games in 2017)..contract selected 6/25 from Triple-A St. Paul and A 7/2 at KC ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 was the opener against CLE (1.2 IP, 1 ER, 2 HR, 2 K)...has appeared in 14 G for the Saints this season, going 1-1 with a 1.77 ERA (20.1 IP, 4 6/29 at CWS ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 3 ER), 3 BB and 27 k, including scoreless appearances in each of his last seven outings...pitched in two games for the Twins in 2020, tossing 6/25 vs. CLE ND 1.2 2 3 1 2 0 2 2.2 scoreless innings in late August. A Career 6-4 (1 GS) with 15 holds, a 4.07 ERA (152.2 IP, 69 ER) with 65 BB & 147 K in 160 games since 2014. - RHP #21 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 220 Age: 30 (12/27/90 in Houston, TX) Acquired: 5th Round, 2012 Draft DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO Homestand: 0-0-0, 6.75 (1.1 IP, 1 ER), 1 K, 1 BB Series vs DET: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP, 0ER), 1 K, 0 BB vs. Left .279 vs. Right .178 7/8 vs. DET H11 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7/5 vs. CWS H10 0.1 1 1 1 0 1 0 A Has appeared 3x in 4th, 5x in 5th, 6x in 6th, 13x in 7th, 7x in 8th, 1x in 9th, 2x in 10th so far this season...has not allowed ER in 28 of 35 G. 7/2 at KC ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 A Has allowed 11 of 17 inherited runners to score this season...earned 11th hold last night, back-to-back app. with holds...career 4-5 with 6 6/29 at CWS ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 holds, a 4.37 ERA (57.2 IP, 28 ER) with 15 BB and 54 K and a .281 BAA in 31 games vs. DET...has appeared in 3 games vs. DET this season, 6/27 vs. CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 (0-1, 2.2 IP with 4 ER)...career 2-3, with 4 holds, a 3.58 ERA (32.2 IP, 13 ER) with 6 BB and 33 K in 16 games at Target Field vs. DET. 6/22 vs. CIN ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 1 Missed 2 G (suspension); after being ejected for throwing behind Y. Mercedes in 7th 5/18, 1st career ejection...LHB are hitting .279 (12-for-43) 6/20 at TEX H9 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 A with 8 BB and 9 K while RHB are hitting .178 (13-for-73) w/ 10 BB and 20 K this season. 6/18 at TEX S2 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 1 Has posted 3.00 ERA (15.0 IP, 5 ER) and .173 BAA in 16 home app. this season, compared to 4.08 ERA (17.2 IP, 8 ER) and .250 BAA in 18 road G. 6/14 at SEA ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 A 6/11 vs. HOU ND 0.2 0 1 1 0 1 0 A T-2nd in app. among Twins (35)...2021 arsenal: Curveball - 53.7% (299 pitches), 4-Seam FB - 43.6% (243 pitches), Sinker - 2.7% (15 pitches). DEREK LAW - RHP #54 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 225 Age: 30 (9/14/1990 in Pittsburgh, PA) Acquired: Signed as ml FA, 11/12/20 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO Homestand: 0-0-0, 3.38 (2.2 IP, 1 ER), 2 K, 1 BB Series vs DET: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .421 vs. Right .242 7/7 vs. CWS ND 2.2 3 1 1 0 1 2 7/3 at KC ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 A Made Twins debut 5/8 at DET, working final 1.1 IP in 1st MLB app. since 9/28/19...appeared 7/7 with 2.2 IP (longest outing of the season), 7/1 at CWS ND 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 1 contract selected from Triple-A St. Paul on 7/1 and started his 2nd stint with the Twins by appearing over 1.2 IP, allowing only a hit with a strikeout. 5/17 vs. CWS ND 1.1 5 4 4 1 1 1 A Has 2 career app. vs.DET, with a 3.86 ERA (2.1 IP, 1 ER), 4 BB, 4 K, .364 BAA (4-for-11), including 1 app. this season, a 6.75 ERA (1.1 IP, 5/14 vs. OAK ND 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 ER) with 3 BB & 2 K...is 1-1, 4.38 ERA (24.2 IP, 12 ER), 15 BB, 27 K, .274 BAA (26-for-95) in 19 career games against the AL Central. 5/12 at CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 A Has also posted a 4.61 ERA (13.2 IP, 7 ER) with four walks and 12 strikeouts in 11 relief appearances for Triple-A St. Paul this season. 5/11 at CWS ND 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 A Spent 2020 season at TEX alternate training site...signed w/ MIN as ml free agent 11/12/2020. 5/8 at DET ND 1.1 3 1 1 0 3 2 - RHP #57 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-0 Weight: 220 Age: 30 (8/13/90 in Bonao, DR) Acquired: Signed as FA, 12/29/20 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO Homestand: 0-0-1, 0.00 (1.0 IP, 0 ER), 0 K, 1 BB Series vs DET: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .226 vs. Right .222 7/5 vs. CWS S8 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Has appeared in 38 of 85 games this season for the Twins (leads Twins)...recorded 2nd win on 6/10 vs. NYY, recorded his 7th save on 6/25 7/4 at KC ND 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 1 A 7/1 at CWS ND 0.1 2 2 2 0 1 1 vs. CLE...recorded his 8th save on 7/5 vs. CWS, his 6th consecutive save opp. ...is now T-1st in saves among Twins with 8 in 10 Sv OP...also 6/25 vs. CLE S7 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 earned 3rd loss of the season on 6/14 at SEA (allowed HR to Bauers in bottom of the 8th)...earned 4th loss on 6/22 vs. CIN (allowed 3-run HR to 6/22 vs. CIN L4 1.0 2 3 3 1 0 0 Naquin in top of the 9th). recorded team-leading 12th hold on 6/19...is also T-12th in games & T-4th in holds among AL relievers this season. 6/20 at TEX S6 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 A 8 career appearances vs. DET, 0-1-1 (9.2 IP, 0 ER) 4 BB, 6 K, .094 BAA (3-for-32)...in 3 games, 2 holds, 2.2 IP with 4 K this season. 6/19 at TEX H12 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 A Has posted 3.48 ERA (20.2 IP, 8 ER) in 22 road games this season, compared to 5.51 ERA (16.1 IP, 10 ER) w/ 9 K in 116 home games. 6/18 at TEX W3 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 A 2021 arsenal: 4-Seam Fastball - 51.1% (336 pitches), Changeup - 36.2% (238 pitches), Slider - 12.0% (79 pitches), Sinker - 0.8% (5 pitches). 6/14 at SEA L3 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 1 A Has opponent BA of .224 (30-for-134) and WHIP of 1.41...LHB hitting .230 (14-for-61) while RHB hitting .219 (16-for-73) this season. 6/12 vs. HOU H11 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - LHP #55 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 190 Age: 30 (12/17/90 in Denver, CO) Acquired: 11th Round, 2012 Draft DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO Homestand: 0-0-1, 0.00 (2.2 IP, 0 ER), 5 K, 0 BB Series vs DET: 0-0-1, 0.00 (1.0 IP, 0ER), 1 K, 0 BB vs. Left .180 vs. Right .256 7/8 vs. DET S8 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7/5 vs. CWS H8 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 4 A Recorded his 49th career save last night (T-1st among Twins w/ 8 SV)...also recorded his 8th hold on 7/5 vs. CWS (1.2 IP w/ 4 K)...also 7/4 at KC ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 earned 2nd loss on 6/8 vs. NYY...just 7 BB compared to 50 K this season...has (165 K, 22 BB) since 2019, ranks 2nd among AL relievers. 7/2 at KC ND 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 2 Career 1-0-6, with 5 holds, a 1.82 ERA (24.2 IP, 5 ER) with 4 BB & 24 K in 25 app. vs. DET...two app. vs. DET this season, 2.0 scoreless IP 6/25 vs. CLE H7 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A with one 2 K...leads Twins in games since '16 (314) and most saves (49). 6/24 vs. CEL ND 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Has opponent BA of .228 (31-for-136) w/ 1.04 WHIP...LHB hitting .180 (9-for-50) w/ 3 2B, 2 HR and RHB hitting .256 (22-for-86) w/ 3 2B & HR. 6/21 vs. CIN ND 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 1 A Has appeared 2x in 6th inning, 7x in 7th inning, 14x in 8th inning, 14x in 9th inning-or-later...has allowed 8 of 15 inherited runners to score 6/19 at TEX S7 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 A this season...has 51 K & 7 BB in 36.2 IP this season (2.45 ERA). 6/18 at TEX ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CALEB THIELBAR - LHP #56 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-0 Weight: 205 Age: 34 (1/31/87 in Northfield, MN) Acquired: Signed as ml FA 11/29/19 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO Homestand: 0-0-0, 18.00 (2.0 IP, 4 ER), 5 K, 1 BB Series vs DET: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .224 vs. Right .260 7/7 vs. CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7/5 vs. CWS H6 1.0 4 4 4 1 0 3 A Career 2.12 ERA (17.0 IP, 4 ER) with 2 BB & 21 K in 16 games vs. DET...3.0 scoreless IP with 6 K this season vs. DET (2 games). 6/30 at CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 A Has appeared in 29 games this season, is 2-0 with a 4.18 ERA (32.1 IP, 15 ER) with 10 walks, 45 strikeouts...11 of last 14 appearances 6/27 vs. CLE ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 have been scoreless. 6/24 vs. CLE ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Has allowed 10 of 14 inherited runners to score this season, T-10th most in MLB...owns a 2.34 ERA (21.0 IP, 6 ER) w/ 5 holds, 26 K in 19 home 6/22 vs. CIN ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 A app. this season, compared to a 7.15 ERA (11.1 IP, 9 ER) with 3 BB & 19 K in 10 road games. 6/21 vs. CIN ND 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 A Career 4-2, 8 holds, 3.54 ERA (68.2 IP, 27 ER) with 19 BB, 65 K & a 1.28 WHIP in 74 games vs. AL Central (all as a reliever). 6/19 at TEX W2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2021 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 .323 2.20 7.71 0/3 10 30.8% (4/13) 0.98 8 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) Alex Colome .467 3.82 8.51 2/5 6 100.0% (2/2) 1.57 5 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) 1.0 IP (14) Danny Coulombe .500 1.35 13.50 0/0 0 100.0% (1/1) 0.90 2 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) 1.0 IP (12) Tyler Duffey .200 4.96 7.99 2/4 14 64.7% (11/17) 1.32 2 1.0 IP (15) 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) Derek Law .375 5.68 9.24 0/0 0 55.6% (5/9) 1.89 2 0.0 IP (0) 2.2 IP (50) 0.0 IP (0) Hansel Robles .226 5.35 8.76 8/9 16 25.0% (1/4) 1.41 4 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) Taylor Rogers .235 1.72 12.52 8/10 10 53.3% (8/15) 1.04 3 1.0 IP (6) 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) Caleb Thielbar .250 2.78 12.53 0/0 10 71.4% (10/14) 1.24 4 0.0 IP (0) 1.0 IP (20) 0.0 IP (0) HITTERS LUIS ARRAEZ - IF/OF (PRONOUNCED AH-RISE) #2 MAX KEPLER - OF #26 Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 B/T: L/R Age: 23 (4/9/97 in San Felipe, VZ) Height: 6-4 Weight: 225 B/T: L/L Age: 28 (2/10/93 in , Germany) 2021 Average: .292 Streak: 4g, 8-16, 2 2B Series vs DET: 0-0 2021 Average: .214 Streak: 1g, 2-3 Series vs DET: 2-3 Homestand: 5-12, 2B Home Runs: 1 (1 2-run) Homestand: 5-13, 2 HR, 2B, 3 RBI Home Runs: 9 (5 1-run, 2 2-run, 2 3-run) DNP last night...went 2-for-4, 2B 7/7, 17th multi-hit G...from 7/4-7/5 reached base at least Was 2-for-3, R last night; batting .333 (7-for-21), 2B, 3 HR, 4 RBI, 6 R, 2 BB, .391 OBP and A 3x in consecutive games, 6th time in career, 1st since 9/16-17/2019...was 3-for-4, 2B, BB A 1.201 OPS in last 6 games (since 7/2)...had XBH in 3-straight G from 7/4-7/6...was 2-for-3, 7/4, reaching base 4x for 8th time in career; 3rd-inning 1B was his 200th career hit...went 2 HR, BB, 3 RBI 7/5; HR-ed in b2b G for 17th time in career and had 10th career multi-HR G, 3-for-4, 2B, 2 3B, 3 RBI, 8 TB 6/25 vs. CLE; 4th Twin w/ 2B, 2 3B in game, joining Gómez 1st since 7/24/2020 at CWS...became 12th player w/ 10+ multi-HR G as Twin...went 2-for-4, (9/25/08), Knoblauch (6/29/96) & Carew (5/8/77)...1st Twin w/ 8 TB/0 HR since Mauer on R, 2 BB 6/21; reached base 4x for 1st time since 8/4/2020 vs. PIT...is 12-for-55, 10 R, 2 2B, 4 8/3/16 at CLE...matched career high w/ 3 XBH in game as well...was 2-for-6, R, 2 RBI on 6/21; HR, 9 RBI, 8 BB, 2 SB, .317 OBP and .790 OPS in 15 G since return from IL on 6/18; missed 17 scored on Sanó's walk-off HR...reinstated from 10-day IL 6/14; batting .324 (23-for-71) w/ 5 G w/ left hamstring strain...team-leading 7 SB are career high...22 of 40 hits this season Hitters 2B, 3 3B, 7 RBI, 6 BB, 13 R in 20 G since...missed 19 G w/ right shoulder strain. have been XBH (11 2B, 2 3B, 9 HR). Luis Arraez Is 1-for-6, 2 R, BB in 2 G vs. DET this season...batting .367 (11-for-30) in last 8 home games. Is 7-for-21 (.333), 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 3 BB, 5 R in 6 games vs. DET this season. 2021 Average: .292 Streak: 4g, 8-16, 2 2B Series vs DET: 0-0 A A Homestand: 5-12, 2B Home Runs: 1 (1 2-run) GILBERTO CELESTINO - OF #79 ALEX KIRILLOFF - 1B/OF #19 Gilberto Celestino Height: 6-0 Weight: 170 B/T: R/L Age: 22 (2/13/99 in Santo Domingo, DR) Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 B/T: L/L Age: 23 (11/9/97 in Pittsburgh, PA) 2021 Average: .146 Streak: 0-5 Series vs DET: 0-3 2021 Average: .146 Streak: 0-6 Series vs DET: 0-3 2021 Average: .265 Streak: 0-3 Series vs DET: 0-0 Homestand: 0-5 Home Runs: 2 (2 1-run) Homestand: 0-5 Home Runs: 2 (2 1-run) Homestand: 3-10, 2B, RBI Home Runs: 7 (4 1-run, 1 2-run, 2 3-run) Nelson Cruz 2021 Average: .299 Streak: 0-4 Series vs DET: 0-4 Went 0-for-3, R last night...hit in 3-straight games 6/30-7/3, tying career-high hit streak Went 0-for-3, BB 7/7; did not play last night...was 1-for-3, HBP, 2B, 2 R 7/5; 1st career HBP Homestand: 2-12 Home Runs: 18 (10 1-run, 5 2-run, 2 3-run, 1 GS) A (6/9-6/11)...reached base 2x times in game for 1st time in career 7/1...hit 2nd career HR A & 4th career game w/ multiple R, 1st since 5/21...tied career high w/ 4 TB, stole 1st career Josh Donaldson 6/30, as sub...1st career HR 6/14 at SEA, solo shot in 4th...1st career 2B on 6/11...has hit base 6/21...was 1-for-4, 2B, RBI, BB on 6/18 at TEX, w/ bases-loaded BB in 10th...was 3-for-4, 2021 Average: .249 Streak: 0-3 Series vs DET: 0-3 safely in 7 of last 13 G (7-for-36, 2 2B, 2 HR, 6 R, 2 BB, 2 RBI), after starting career 0-for- BB 5/30, setting single-game career high in hits & reaching base 4x in a game for 1st time in Homestand: 0-3 Home Runs: 13 (9 1-run, 4 2-run) 15...last night was 1st career game vs. Detroit. career...19 of his 50 career hits have been XBH (11 2B, 3B, 7 HR)...has never faced Detroit... Recalled from AAA 6/22 (Buxton - IL); 3rd stint w/ Twins (6/2-6/8, 6/9-6/18)...made MLB debut batting .298 (25-for-84) in last 23 games...batting .329 (28-for-85) w/ runners on base. 2021 Average: .262 Streak: 0-4 Series vs DET: 0-0 A 6/2 at BAL, starting in CF & batting 9th (0-for-2)...began season at AA Wichita, hitting .250 Since 4/30 is 9th among MLB rookies (min. 90 AB) w/ .826 OPS and 4th w/ .288 AVG in span... Homestand: 1-8, 3B, 2 RBI Home Runs: 1 (1 1-run) (21-for-84) w/ 5 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 11 BB, 10 R in 21 games for the Wind Surge...promoted to AAA A batting .372 (16-for-43), 2 2B, 3B, HR, 6 RBI, .984 OPS in last 13 home games. Ryan Jeffers St. Paul 5/31 but did not appear in a game for the Saints... Twins' No. 6 prospect, per MLB.com. 2021 Average: .193 Streak: 2g, 2-7, HR Series vs DET: 1-3, HR TREVOR LARNACH - OF #24 Homestand: 2-7, HR Home Runs: 6 (4 1-run, 2 2-run) NELSON CRUZ - DH #23 Max Kepler Height: 6-4 Weight: 223 B/T: L/R Age: 24 (2/26/1997 in Walnut Creek, CA) 2021 Average: .214 Streak: 1g, 2-3 Series vs DET: 2-3 Height: 6-2 Weight: 230 B/T: R/R Age: 40 (7/1/80 in Las Matas De Santa Cruz, DR) 2021 Average: .262 Streak: 2g, 2-7, HR, 2 RBI Series vs DET: 1-4, RBI Homestand: 5-13, 2 HR, 2B, 3 RBI Home Runs: 9 (5 1-run, 2 2-run, 2 3-run) 2021 Average:.299 Streak: 0-4 Series vs DET: 0-4 Homestand: 3-12, HR, 3 RBI Home Runs: 7 (7 1-run) Alex Kirilloff Homestand: 2-12 Home Runs: 18 (10 1-run, 5 2-run, 2 3-run, 1 GS) A Went 1-for-4, RBI last night...5 of 7 HR have traveled 400+ feet...recorded 1st career stolen A Named All-Star for 7th time in career; Twins' lone rep. this season...went 0-for-4 last night... base 7/5...recorded 3-straight multi-hit G, 7/2-4...batting .313 (15-for-48), 2 2B, 2 HR, 9 missed 2 games w/ stiff neck...was 2-for-4, RBI, BB 7/1, 41st bday; 1st MLB player 40+ to reach RBI, .879 OPS in last 14 G vs. AL Central...tied career high w/ 3 H on 6/20...plunked 6x in base 3x on bday since NYY's Jorge Posada (3 TOB) on 8/17/2010...went 2-for-3, 2B, HR, RBI, 51 G, T-4th most among rookies...has 3 of MIN's 7 PH this season, only PH RBI 1B... BB 6/30; HR was 435th of career, now tied w/ Carlos Beltrán for 46th on MLB all-time list...next batting up is Andre Dawson (438) in 45th...was 4th G this season w/ multiple XBH...had 17-G on-base .345 (10-for-29), 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, .973 OPS in 8 July games. streak 6/1-6/24; longest since 24-G run from 4/9-5/6/1. A Hit a 461-foot homer on 5/24, going 2-for-4 w/ R, HR & 2 RBI in first career game vs. BAL...is Went 1-for-5, BB, HR 6/21; 433rd HR of career & 32nd as Twin after age 40, passing HoF-er longest HR by a Twin this season (Statcast), 16th longest in Target Field history by any hitter... A D. Winfield for most...has 34 HR since turning 40; only 14 players in MLB history have hit more became 7th batter to HR into the Delta SKY360˚ Suite in centerfield since it was built in 2016. at age 40+...has 8 homers in last 23 G, after going 12 games without a longball, his longest #11 single-season homerless drought as a Twin...also 2nd on Twins w/ 21 multi-hit games this season. - IF Batting .321 (9-for-28), 2B, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 1.023 OPS in 6 games vs. DET this season...his 26 Height: 5-11 Weight: 208 B/T: S/R Age: 28 (7/5/93 in San Pedro De Macorís, DR) A career homers vs. DET are tops among active players...hit solo HR 6/11, homering in back-to- 2021 Average: .249 Streak: 2g, 3-7, RBI Series vs DET: 1-3, RBI back games for 70th time in career, 2nd this season (4/5-4/6)...6th career walk-off HR 6/10 vs. Homestand: 3-16, RBI Home Runs: 10 (6 1-run, 4 2-run) NYY, his first walk-off HR w/ MIN & first since 9/22/17 vs. CLE (w/ SEA). Went 1-for-3, RBI, R last night...leads team w/ 22 multi-hit games this season...was 2-for-5, A Hit safely in 24 of last 28 G (since 6/1), batting .343 (35-for-102), 6 2B, 8 HR, 20 RBI, 14 BB, A 2B, 2-R HR Sunday, 7/4; 5th multi-XBH game this season, 1st since 6/16 at SEA...was 3-for-5, .424 OBP; is 4th in AL in OBP since 6/1 (min. 100 PA)...went 2-for-3, 2B, SB, R, BB on 6/5 at 2 2B, 3 R, SB 6/16, 1st Twin to steal 3B since Arraez on 5/27/19 vs. MIL...went 1-for-4 6/10 KC; 1st SB since 5/12/18 (2) & 1st Twin age 40+ w/ SB in a game since T. Hunter on 8/7/15. vs. NYY, w/ 9th-inning 1B before Donaldson's tying HR...had 2nd career multi-homer game JOSH DONALDSON - 3B #20 6/9 vs. NYY (also, 8/29/17 vs. CWS)...hit 1st career X-inning HR 5/31 at BAL, solo shot in 10th. Hitting .238 (45-for-189) w/ 8 2B, 7 HR, 19 RBI as LHB vs. .268 (30-for-112), 10 2B, 3B, 3 Height: 6-1 Weight: 210 B/T: R/R Age: 35 (12/8/85 in Pensacola, FL) A HR, 15 RBI as RHB this year...had walk-off RBI single on 5/18, his third career walk-off PA. 2021 Average: .249 Streak: 0-3 Series vs DET: 0-3 Batting .360 (9-for-25), 3 2B, HR, 6 RBI, 2 BB, .393 OBP, .993 OPS in 6 games vs. DET this Homestand: 0-3 Home Runs: 13 (9 1-run, 4 2-run) A season ...batting .299 (41-for-134) in 34 games vs. AL Central this season. Went 0-for-3, BB last night, 1st game since 7/3...missed 5 games w/ right hamstring A tightness...HR in 3-straight G 6/27-6/30, 10th time in career, 1st since 7/7-7/13/2019... - C #70 was 2-for-5, R, HR, RBI 6/27...went 2-for-4 6/24 in 1st start since 6/16; marked 1st multi-hit Height: 5-10 Weight: 205 B/T: L/R Age: 23 (9/25/97 in Madison, WI) game since 6/11...batting .323 (10-for-31), 2 2B, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 1.088 OPS in last 12 games... 2021 Average: .129 Streak: 0-3 Series vs DET: 0-0 recorded 22nd multi-HR game 6/11; also 2nd this season (also 6/3 at KC). Homestand: 1-6 Home Runs: 1 (1 1-run) Is 4-for-11 (.364), 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 3 R, 1.318 OPS in 3 games vs. DET this season...career A .308 (294-for-956), 62 2B, 4 3B, 74 HR, 212 RBI in 263 games vs. AL Central...his 74 career A Was 0-for-3, w/ CCS in field Wednesday...on 7/5, had 2nd career game reaching base 2x HR vs. AL Central are T-8th among actives, w/ F. Lindor. (also, MLB debut on 4/30)...threw out M.A. Taylor at 3rd base on 7/2; 1st career CCS at 3rd On 6/4 at KC, recorded 2nd-straight multi-hit game and reached base 3x for 2nd game in a row. base...went 1-for-3 6/12 vs. HOU w/ R, RBI, 2B, SH; 1st Twin w/ XBH, SH in same game since A From 5/30-6/4, reached base at least 2x in 6-straight G (.571 OBP), longest such streak since Buxton on 5/27/19 vs. MIL...hit 1st career HR 5/30 vs. KC...recalled from AAA 5/30 (Kepler - IL); A also doing so from 7/17-23/19...enters tonight 4th in MLB (min. 150 BBE) in barrels/PA (12.2). 2nd stint w/ MIN (4/30-5/21)...all 8 of his hits have come at Target Field. Debuted and started at C on 4/30; went 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB in debut...is the first player in NICK GORDON - IF/OF #1 A Twins/Senators history to wear #70...175.0 innings 7 SB/4 CCS - 63.6% SB% this season. Height: 6-0 Weight: 160 B/T: L/R Age: 25 (10/24/1995 in Avon Park, FL) #22 2021 Average: .262 Streak: 0-4 Series vs DET: 0-0 MIGUEL SANÓ - IF Homestand: 1-8, 3B, 2 RBI Home Runs: 1 (1 1-run) Height: 6-4 Weight: 272 B/T: R/R Age: 28 (5/11/93 in San Pedro De Macorís, DR) 2021 Average: .201 Streak: 1g, 1-4, HR Series vs DET: 1-4, HR Was 0-for-4 Wednesday...went 1-for-4, R, 2-R 3B, 2 RBI 7/5; 1st career 3B, 1st career multi- 5-13, HR, 2 2B 15 (7 1-run, 5 2-run, 2 3-run, 1 GS) A RBI game...career .278 (10-for-36), 2B, 3B, HR, 4 RBI, 3 R in 10 G vs. AL Central...went 2-for-4, Homestand: Home Runs: 2B, R 6/25 vs. CLE; 5th career multi-hit game...appeared in CF in 16 of last 18 G; 1st career pro Hit game-tying HR in 7th inning last night; 7 of his 15 HR this season have tied the game/ appearances in OF...hit 1st career HR 6/4 at KC, going back-to-back w/ M. Sanó in 8th inning. A given MIN the lead...was 2-for-4, 2 1B 7/6, 2nd-straight multi-hit game...went 2-for-4, 2 2B, Batting .262 (17-for-65), 6 R, 2 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 3 BB, 5 SB overall this season...made ML R 7/5; 9th career game w/ 2 2B, 2nd this season (also, 5/21)...hit 2nd career walk-off HR in A debut on 5/6, recorded his 1st major league hit, went 1-for-2 w/ BB & became 1st player in 12th 6/21 (3rd career WO PA)...is 11-for-33 (.333), 3 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 5 R in last 11 games... Twins history with multiple stole bases MLB debut...is also the 1st player in Twins/Senators has 146 career HR and is in 11th place on Twins' all-time list (1961-present) – next up is history w/ multiple multi-steal G within 1st 10 career G...is in 3rd stint w/ MIN. Tom Brunansky w/ 163 in 10th...participated in his 4th triple play as a fielder on 6/6 at KC... A Is the half-brother of IF/OF Dee Strange-Gordon and son of three-time All-Star RHP Tom “Flash” career 138 G/129 GS at 1B - 55 games (51 starts) at 1B this season, 449.2 Inn. Gordon, who attended the game on 6/4 at KC and saw Nick's 1st career homer. A Is just 3-for-23, HR, 4 R, 2 RBI, 4 BB in 6 games vs. DET this season. RYAN JEFFERS - C #27 ANDRELTON SIMMONS - SS #9 Height: 6-4 Weight: 235 B/T: R/R Age: 24 (6/3/97 in Raleigh, NC) Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 B/T: R/R Age: 31 (9/4/89 in Mundo Nobo, Curaçao) 2021 Average: .193 Streak: 2g, 2-7, HR Series vs DET: 1-3, HR 2021 Average: .229 Streak: 0-17, RBI Series vs DET: 0-2 Homestand: 2-7, HR Home Runs: 6 (4 1-run, 2 2-run) Homestand: 0-11, RBI Home Runs: 3 (3 2-run) A Went 1-for-3, HR, BB last night...was 1-for-3, RBI, 2 BB 7/1; 3rd career game reaching base 3x, Went 0-for-2, SH yesterday and is 0-for-his-last-17...Tuesday night, recorded 8th career game 1st this season (last, 9/8/2020-G2)...went 2-for-4, 2-R HR 6/22 vs. CIN...had XBH in career-high A w/ 2 errors, 1st this season...recorded 1st career RBI sac bunt Monday night...has 197 3-straight G 6/13-16...is batting .310 (13-for-42) vs. LHP compared to .125 (9-for-72) vs. career 2B, 3 away from 200...was 1-for-3 6/29..on 6/27, hit 1st HR since 5/16 vs. OAK (115 RHP this season...batting .316 (6-for-19), 2 HR, 3 RBI in 8 career G vs. DET at Target Field. PA between)...on 6/20, snapped 0-for-11 w/ 3-for-4, 2; 2nd 3-hit game this season...missed A Had 3B, HR 6/2 at BAL, 1st career game w/ multiple XBH...became 1st Twin w/ 3B & HR 1st 3 G with sore ankle, 6/2-6/4. catcher since Marcus Jensen on 4/19/00 vs. KC...HR traveled 441 ft., for longest home run of Is 3-for-15, 3 RBI, HBP, 3 R, 4 BB, .400 OBP in 6 games vs. DET this season...career .330 (37- his career...recalled from AAA 6/2 (Garver - IL), 2nd stint w/ MIN in 2021 (Opening Day-4/29). A for-112), 8 2B, HR, 14 RBI, .403 OBP, .832 OPS in 32 games vs. DET. TWINS HOME RUN DATA MULTI-HOMER GAMES (9x) BACK-TO-BACK (2x) INSIDE-THE-PARK (0x) RUNNERS ON GRAND SLAM (2x) LEADOFF (3x) • Cruz (4/5 at DET) • Buxton/Donaldson (4/28 at CLE) • None • Solo - 78 • Cruz (4/5 at DET) • Buxton (4/28 at CLE) • Cruz (4/21 at OAK) • Gordon/Sanó (6/4 at KC) • 2-run - 33 • Sanó (5/20 at LAA, G2) • Kepler (5/6 vs. TEX) • Garver (4/28 at CLE) • Garlick (5/7 at DET) • Kirilloff (4/30 vs. KC) • 3-run - 11 • Sanó (5/18 vs. CWS) WALK-OFF (1x) • GS - 2 • Donaldson (6/3 at KC) • Cruz (6/10 vs. NYY) • Polanco (6/9 vs. NYY) • Donaldson (6/11 vs. HOU) • Kepler (7/5 vs. CWS) HITTERS INFO LAST HOME RUN LAST GRAND SLAM VS. CURRENT OPPONENT 2021 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 Luis Arraez 17 5 6, 6/15-6/21 4, 4/15 4/08/21 vs. SEA 1 Newsome 0 .167 1 6 0 0 .259 14 54 1 4 Gilberto Celestino 3, 2x, 6/30-7/3 1, 7x 6/30/21 at CWS 0 Burdi 0 .000 0 3 0 0 .000 0 3 0 0 Nelson Cruz 21 9 11, 4/3-4/16 3, 6/22 6/30/21 at CWS 0 Cease 4/05/21 at DET 10 .321 9 28 3 6 .299 128 428 26 76 Josh Donaldson 12 9 6, 4/1-4/21 4, 4/21 6/30/21 at CWS 0 Cease 9/28/18 at KC 5 .364 4 11 1 3 .276 47 170 10 34 Nick Gordon 5 1 5, 6/2-6/10 3, 6/4 6/04/21 at KC 0 Davis 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Ryan Jeffers 10 10 4, 6/13-6/18 2, 6/22 7/08/21 vs. DET 0 Skubal 0 .222 2 9 1 2 .296 8 27 2 4 Max Kepler 9 7 4, 7/2-7/6 3, 4/1 7/05/21 vs. CWS 0 Burr 8/26/17 at TOR 2 .333 7 21 1 3 .224 55 246 12 35 Alex Kirilloff 15 7 11, 4/26-5/22 3, 5/30 7/04/21 at KC 0 Lovelady 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Trevor Larnach 11 3 5, 7/1-7/5 3, 6/20 7/07/21 vs. CWS 0 Lynn 0 .125 1 8 0 1 .125 1 8 0 1 Jorge Polanco 22 9 5, 5/7-5/13 4, 4/21 7/04/21 at KC 1 Lovelady 0 .360 9 25 1 6 .308 86 279 8 40 Ben Rortvedt 2 2 3, 5/28-5/30 2, 5/25 5/30/21 vs. KC 0 Keller 0 .000 0 4 0 0 .000 0 4 0 0 Miguel Sano 7 9 9, 6/4-6/13 3, 6/9 7/08/21 vs. DET 0 Skubal 5/20/21 at LAA 2 .130 3 23 1 2 .208 56 269 13 35 Andrelton Simmons 11 4 7, 5/31-6/10 3, 6/20 6/27/21 vs. CLE 1 Hentges 4/22/17 vs. TOR 2 .200 3 15 0 3 .330 37 112 1 14 MISCELLANEOUS MIsc. Highs and Lows Score by Inning SCORE BY INNING Most Runs, Game (Team)...... 15, 4/5 at DET 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 XTRA TOTAL Most Runs, Inning (Team)...... 9, 4th inn, 5/21 at CLE OPPONENT 48 55 41 50 79 53 46 37 36 18 463 Most Hits, Game (Team)...... 18, 4/21 at OAK Most Hits, Inning (Team)...... 7, 8th inn, 5/24 vs. BAL TWINS 48 40 56 40 42 54 30 56 16 14 396 Most Strikeouts, Batters (Team)...... 17, 4/5 at DET Longest Hitting Streak (Individual)...... 10, Buxton, 4/1-20 (1) & Cruz 4/5-4/16 injured LIST Consecutive Hits (Individual)...... 7, Buxton, 4/27-30 Consecutive Hitless At-Bats (Individual)...... 24, Sanó, 5/28-6/4 PLAYER INJURY DATE ON RETRO DATE OFF GAMES MISSED ...... Right Elbow Inflammation...... 4/1...... 86 Consecutive Scoreless Innings (Batters)...... 17, 7th inn 4/16-4/20 Josh Donaldson...... Mild Right Hamstring Strain...... 4/3...... 4/2...... 4/14...... 9 Most Runs Allowed (Team)...... 16, 5/17 vs. CWS ...... Cervical Strain...... 4/7...... 4/20...... 9 Most Runs Allowed, Inning (Team)...... 9, 1st inn, 6/4 at KC Andrelton Simmons...... COVID IL...... 4/14...... 4/26...... 10 Most Hits Allowed (Team)...... 20, 6/13 vs. HOU ...... COVID IL...... 4/20...... 4/30...... 9 Most Hits Allowed, Inning (Team)...... 6, 4x:, last: 5th inn, 6/30 at CWS Max Kepler...... COVID IL...... 4/20...... 4/30...... 9 Pitchers Used (Team)...... 7, 2x, last 6/21 vs. CIN Caleb Thielbar...... COVID IL...... 4/20...... 4/24...... 4 JT Riddle...... COVID IL...... 4/21...... 4/30...... 7 Cons. Batters Retired (Team)...... 17, 4/23 vs. PIT Miguel Sanó...... Right Hamstring Strain...... 4/23...... 4/21...... 5/5...... 12 Scoreless Innings Streak (Team/Pitchers)...... 10, 1st inn, 4/3-1st inn, 4/4 Luis Arraez...... Concussion IL...... 5/4...... 5/11...... 5 Most Runs, Starter...... 9, 3x, last: Shoemaker 6/4 at KC Alex Kirilloff...... Right Wrist Sprain...... 5/5...... 5/4...... 5/21...... 16 Most Home Runs, Starter...... 4, Dobnak, 6/9 vs. NYY ...... Right Hip Strain...... 5/7...... 6/19...... 39 Most Walks, Starter...... 5, 3x, last Maeda, 6/29 at CWS ...... Left Elbow Inflammation...... 5/12...... 53 Most Strikeouts, Starter...... 12, Berríos, 4/3 at MIL ...... Stress Reaction in Low Back...... 5/15...... 5/13...... 52 Most Strikeouts, Pitchers (Team)...... 17, 4/3 at MIL Shaun Anderson...... Left Quad Strain...... 5/18...... 5/31...... 13 ...... Abscess...... 5/19...... 5/16...... 5/26...... 11 Most Walks, Pitchers (Team)...... 9, 5/8 at DET Kenta Maeda...... Right Adductor Strain...... 5/23...... 6/14...... 20 Most Cons. Scoreless Innings (Individual)...... 10.0, Pineda 4/10-15 Luis Arraez...... Right Shoulder Strain...... 5/26...... 5/24...... 6/14...... 19 Most Cons. Batters Retired (Individual)...... 14, Pineda, 4/15 vs. BOS Max Kepler...... Left Hamstring Strain...... 5/30...... 6/18...... 17 Longest Game, Innings...... 12, 6/21 vs. CIN Mitch Garver...... Groin Contusion...... 6/2...... 32 Longest Game, Time (9 Inn.)...... 3:49, 7/1 at CWS ...... Concussion...... 6/2...... 6/1...... 6/8...... 6 Longest Game, Time (X Inn.)...... 5:14, 6/21 vs. CIN Caleb Thielbar...... Left Groin Strain...... 6/3...... 6/16...... 12 Shaun Anderson...... Finger Blisters on Right Hand...... 6/6...... 6/5...... 6/15...... 9 Fastest Game, Time (9 Inn.)...... 2:17, 4/23 vs. PIT ...... Left Back Disc Injury...... 6/9...... 5/29...... 36 Fastest Game, Time (7 Inn.)...... 1:55, 5/20 (1) at LAA Kyle Garlick...... Sports Hernia...... 6/9...... 26 Largest Margin, Victory...... 10 (10-0), 5/21 at CLE Michael Pineda...... Right Elbow Inflammation...... 6/14...... 7/7...... 19 Largest Margin, Loss...... 12 (4-16), 5/17 vs. CWS Rob Refsnyder...... Left Hamstring Strain...... 6/14...... 21 Lineups Used...... 83 Byron Buxton...... Left Hand Fracture...... 6/22...... 14 ...... Right Middle Finger Strain...... 6/24...... 6/21...... 15 LONGEST HOME RUNS HIGHEST EXIT VELOCITY ...... Right Oblique Strain...... 6/25...... 6/23...... 13 BOLD indicates currently on IL Larnach...461 ft, 5/24 vs. BAL (Means) Cruz...... 116.6, 4/5 at DET (HR) Cruz....457 ft, 6/10 vs. NYY (Chapman) Cruz...... 116.5, 6/21 vs. CIN (HR) EJECTIONS Buxton...... 456 ft, 4/1 at MIL (Yardley) Larnach...... 116.0, 7/3 at KC (HR) DATE PLAYER/MGR/CH UMPIRE REASON CAREER Cruz...... 453 ft, 6/30 at CWS (Cease) Larnach...... 116.0, 5/17 vs. CWS (2B) April 11 vs. Seattle...... ...... Manny Gonzalez...... Balls and Strikes...... 2 Buxton...... 451 ft, 4/6 at DET (Cisnero) Cruz...... 115.9, 4/23 vs. PIT (1B) May 19 vs. Chicago-AL... Tyler Duffey...... Jim Reynolds...... Throwing behind Y. Mercedes...... 1 Sanó...... 449 ft, 6/5 at KC (Minor) Buxton...... 115.6, 5/2 vs. KC (2B) May 19 vs. Chicago-AL... ...... Jim Reynolds...... Ejection of T. Duffey...... 4 Garlick....442 ft, 5/23 at CLE (Karinchak) Cruz...... 114.8, 6/18 at TEX (1B) June 6 at Kansas City........... Jeff Nelson...... Balls and Strikes...... 1 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. Luis Arraez 0 0 19 0 16 20 0 0 0 Luis Arraez 41 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 5 Arraez 2B Donaldson 3B 4 13 2 0 9 0 0 1 0 Willians Astudillo 0 0 0 2 3 6 8 6 4 Buxton CF Byron Buxton 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 Byron Buxton 4 4 7 9 1 1 0 0 0 Cruz DH Kirilloff LF Jake Cave 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 5 0 Jake Cave 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 4 5 Polanco 2B Gilberto Celestino 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 Gilberto Celestino 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 9 Kepler RF Nelson Cruz Nelson Cruz 0 0 44 26 0 0 0 0 0 Simmons SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 Rortvedt C Josh Donaldson 0 0 0 0 58 0 0 0 4 Josh Donaldson 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kyle Garlick 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 13 0 Kyle Garlick 10 4 0 3 2 0 1 3 1 Mitch Garver 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mitch Garver 5 0 1 6 6 7 6 1 0 OUTFIELD ASSISTS Nick Gordon 0 0 7 0 0 0 9 0 0 Nick Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 5 2 Jake Cave 3 Ryan Jeffers 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Jeffers 0 0 0 0 12 2 6 7 5 Luis Arraez 2 Max Kepler 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 37 3 Max Kepler 6 1 4 9 8 6 13 3 0 Gilberto Celestino 2 Alex Kirilloff 0 21 0 0 0 11 0 16 0 Alex Kirilloff 0 1 9 9 15 5 8 0 1 Kyle Garlick 2 Trevor Larnach 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 8 0 Trevor Larnach 1 1 11 8 8 9 6 0 0 Alex Kirilloff 2 Jorge Polanco 0 0 58 17 0 0 0 0 2 Jorge Polanco 19 13 9 8 14 12 2 0 0 Trevor Larnach 2 Rob Refsnyder 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 1 0 Rob Refsnyder 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 9 0 JT Riddle 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 JT Riddle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 FASTEST PITCHES Brent Rooker 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 Brent Rooker 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 Ben Rortvedt Ben Rortvedt Alcala...... 100.7, 6/11 vs. HOU (out) 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 11 Alcala...... 100.4, 6/24 vs. CLE (foul ball) Miguel Sano 0 51 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 Miguel Sano 0 0 1 5 14 24 13 1 0 Alcala...... 100.3, 5/21 at CLE (out) Andrelton Simmons 0 0 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 Andrelton Simmons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 38 Alcala...... 100.1, 3x, last: 6/11 vs. HOU (c. ball) 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: M. Sanó, 5/21/21 G2 at LAA (2 as a team in 2021) Grand Slam: D. Mendick, 5/17/21 vs. CWS (4 allowed as team in 2021) Inside-the-Park Home Run: B. Buxton, 9/15/20 at CWS (1 as a team in 2020, 55 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: M. Canha, 5/14/21 vs. OAK (1 allowed in 2021) 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: B. Buxton, 4/27/21 at CLE (1 in 2021) 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: A. Kirilloff, 4th inning, 5/21/21 at CLE (1 as a team in 2021) Two Hits, One Inning: R. Devers, 5th inning, 4/14/21 (2) vs. BOS (1 allowed in 2021) 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: M. Kepler, 7/5/21 vs. CWS (9 as team in 2021) Two-Home Run Game: Y. Grandal, 6/30/21 at CWS (8 allowed in 2021) Three-Home Run Game: M. Sanó, 5/18/21 vs. CWS (1 as a team in 2021, 13 all-time) Three-Home Run Game: J. Donaldson, 8/28/16 at TOR Back-to-Back Home Runs: M. Sanó/N. Gordon, 6/4/21 at KC (2 as team in 2021) Back-to-Back Home Runs: E. Suárez/A. Aquino, 6/21/21 vs. CIN (5 allowed in 2021) 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, 6/21/21 vs. CIN (2 as a team in 2021) Walk-off Home Run: C. Hernandez, 5/22/21 at CLE (2 allowed in 2021) 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: K. Garlick, 5/7/2021 at DET (3 as a team in 2021) Leadoff Home Run: T. Anderson, 5/13/21 at CWS (2 allowed in 2021) Consecutive Home Runs to Lead Off Game: B. Buxton/J. Donaldson, 4/28/21 at CLE 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: 11, Giolito, 5/19/21 vs. CWS (2 times in 2021) 10+ Strikeouts: 10, J. Berríos, 7/6/21 vs. CWS (4 as team in 2021) Complete Game Shutout: S. Manaea, 4/20/21 (G1) at OAK (1 time in 2021) 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: 4/20/21 Game 1 & 4/20/21 Game 2 at OAK (2 games, 7-0 and 1-0) Back-to-Back Shutouts: 5/6/19 & 5/7/19 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) (4 times since 1961) MISCELLANEOUS: MISCELLANEOUS: Triple Play: J. Donaldson/A. Rosales/C. Carter, 8/21/12 at OAK - T. Plouffe hitting (8 all-time) Triple Play: M. Sanó/A. Simmons/N. Gordon, 6/6/21 at KC - N. Lopez hitting (15 all-time) Position Player Pitching: H. Castro, 4/5/21 at DET (1 in 2021) Position Player Pitching: W. Astudillo, 6/4/21 at KC (3 in 2021) 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) 2021 TARGET FIELD WEATHER DELAYS AND POSTPONEMENTS DATE DELAYED/PPD NOTES 4/8 vs. Seattle Delayed Home Opener delayed for 16 minutes in the 4th inning due to quick rain shower. Grounds crew pulled tarp quick after rain and both starters remained in game. 5/5 vs. Texas Delayed Scheduled 6:40 p.m. game delayed for 31 minutes due to rain in the area. Grounds crew began pulling tarp around 6:25 p.m. and game started at 7:11 p.m. 5/24 vs. Baltimore Delayed Game was stopped at 9:05 p.m. in the top of the seventh inning due to rain; play resumed at 9:50 p.m. after a 45-minute delay. 6/9 vs. New York-AL Delayed A pregame deluge (followed by a rainbow that spanned the entire ballpark) pushed a scheduled 7:10 p.m. first pitch back to 7:21 p.m., for an 11-minute delay. 6/26 vs. Cleveland Postponed Scheduled 1:10 p.m. game postponed due to inclement weather in the area. Game was rescheduled to be part of a split doubleheader on September 14. ** Target Field has experienced 57 delayed games, 26 postponed games, 1 suspended game and 1 rain-shortened game in the park’s history (since 2010). Longest delay: 4:50. ** DAY-BY-DAY

GA/ Daily Total Home GA/ Daily Total Home Date Opp. Score W/L Rcd. Pos. GB Att Hm Att. Date Winner/Loser/Save Date Opp. Score W/L Rcd. Pos. GB Att. Hm Att. Date Winner/Loser/Save APRIL (9-15) Batting: .241 (193-for-800) Pitching: 9-15-4, 4.10 (206.1 IP, 94 ER) JULY (- - -) Batting: .--- (- -for- -) Pitching: - - - - -, -.-- (-.- IP, - ER) 1 ------at MIL ^5-6 L 0-1 T-3rd -1.0 11,740 Hader/Dobnak 19 ------at CWS###### 4:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 2 ------OFF DAY T-4th -1.0 ------at CWS BSN/TIBN 3 ------at MIL 2-0 W 1-1 3rd -1.0 11,383 Berríos/Burnes 20 ------at CWS 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 4 ------at MIL 8-2 W 2-1 T-1st +1.0 10,666 Pineda/Houser 21 ------at CWS 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 5 ------at DET 15-6 W 3-1 T-1st +0.5 7,232 Shoemaker/Ureña/Dobnak 22 ------LAA 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 6 ------at DET ^3-4 L 3-2 T-2nd -0.5 7,306 Soto/Robles 23 ------LAA 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 7 ------at DET 3-2 W 4-2 1st +0.5 7,568 Maeda/Boyd/Colomé 24 ------LAA 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 8 ------SEA 10-2 W 5-2 1st +1.5 *9,675 9,675 1 Berríos/Gonzales 25 ------LAA 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 9 ------OFF DAY 1st +1.5 26 ------DET 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 10 ------SEA ^3-4 L 5-3 1st +0.5 *9,817 19,492 2 Graveman/Rogers 27 ------DET 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 11 ------SEA 6-8 L 5-4 T-2nd -0.5 *9,792 29,284 3 Steckenrider/Colomé/Montero 28 ------DET 12:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 12 ------BOS T-1st +0.5 PPD due to events surrounding Brooklyn Center 29 ------OFF DAY 13 ------BOS 2-4 L 5-5 3rd -1.0 6,724 36,008 4 Ottavino/Dobnak/Barnes 30 ------at STL 7:15 P.M. BSN/TIBN 14 ------BOS 2-3 L 5-6 5th -2.0 ------Eovaldi/Maeda/Barnes 31 ------at STL 6:15 P.M. FS1/BSN/TIBN ------BOS# 1-7 L 5-7 5th -2.0 7,074 43,082 5 Rodriguez/Berríos AUGUST (- - -) Batting: .--- (- -for- -) Pitching: - - - - -, -.-- (-.- IP, - ER) 15 ------BOS 4-3 W 6-7 T-3rd -2.0 7,925 51,007 6 Colomé/Ottavino 16 ------at LAA 3-10 L 6-8 T-4th -2.5 13,428 Slegers/Dobnak 1 ------at STL 1:15 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 17 ------at LAA 6-8 T-3rd -2.5 PPD due to COVID testing and contact tracing for Twins 2 ------OFF DAY 18 ------at LAA 6-8 4th -3.0 PPD due to COVID testing and contact tracing for Twins 3 ------at CIN 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 19 ------at OAK## 6-8 4th -2.5 PPD due to COVID testing and contact tracing for Twins 4 ------at CIN 11:35 A.M. BSN/TIBN 20 ------at OAK 0-7 L 6-9 4th -3.0 - - Manaea/Shoemaker 5 ------at HOU 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN ------at OAK 0-1 L 6-10 T-4th -3.0 3,322 Luzardo/Berríos/Diekman 6 ------at HOU 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 21 ------at OAK ^12-13 L 6-11 5th -4.0 3,405 Guerra/Colomé 7 ------at HOU 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 22 ------OFF DAY T-4th -4.0 8 ------at HOU 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 23 ------PIT 2-0 W 7-11 4th -4.0 *9,541 60,548 7 Happ/Brubaker/Rogers 9 ------CWS 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 24 ------PIT 6-2 L 7-12 4th -5.0 *9,718 70,266 8 Cahill/Pineda 10 ------CWS 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 25 ------PIT 2-6 L 7-13 4th -6.0 9,396 79,662 9 Holmes/Shoemaker 11 ------CWS 12:10 P.M. YouTube/TIBN 26 ------at CLE ^3-5 L 7-14 4th -7.0 4,555 Clase/Colomé 12 ------OFF DAY 27 ------at CLE 4-7 L 7-15 T-4th -7.0 6,303 Civale/Maeda/Karinchak 13 ------TB 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 28 ------at CLE 10-2 W 8-15 4th -7.0 5,903 Happ/Allen 14 ------TB 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 29 ------OFF DAY 4th -7.0 15 ------TB 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 30 ------KC 9-1 W 9-15 4th -6.0 *9,982 89,644 10 Pineda/Singer 16 ------CLE 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN MAY (13-16) Batting: .237 (231-for-975) Pitching: 13-16-8, 4.99 (256.0 IP, 142 ER) 17 ------CLE 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 1 ------KC 3-11 L 9-16 4th -7.0 *9,993 99,637 11 Duffy/Shoemaker 18 ------CLE 12:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 2 ------KC 13-4 W 10-16 4th -6.0 *9,997 109,634 12 Berríos/Keller 19 ------at NYY 6:05 P.M. BSN/TIBN 3 ------TEX 6-5 W 11-16 4th -5.0 8,071 117,705 13 Maeda/Dunning/Rogers 20 ------at NYY 6:05 P.M. BSN/TIBN 4 ------TEX ^3-6 L 11-17 4th -5.0 8,022 125,727 14 Rodríguez/Waddell/Kennedy 21 ------at NYY 12:05 P.M. FS1/BSN/TIBN 5 ------TEX 1-3 L 11-18 4th -5.0 7,853 133,580 15 King/Thorpe/Kennedy 22 ------at NYY 12:05 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 6 ------TEX ^3-4 L 11-19 4th -6.0 8,760 142,340 16 Hearn/Duffey/Sborz 23 ------OFF DAY 7 ------at DET 7-3 W 12-19 4th -5.5 7,377 Shoemaker/Skubal 24 ------at BOS 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 8 ------at DET 3-7 L 12-20 4th -6.5 8,000 Fulmer/Duffy 25 ------at BOS 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 9 ------at DET 12-20 4th -7.0 PPD due to inclement weather; DH scheduled for July 16 26 ------at BOS 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 10 -----OFF DAY 4th -7.0 27 ------MIL 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 11------at CWS 3-9 L 12-21 4th -8.0 7,962 Crochet/Alcala 28 ------MIL 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 12------at CWS 8-13 L 12-22 4th -9.0 8,393 Keuchel/Happ 29 ------MIL 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 13------at CWS 2-4 L 12-23 T-4th -10.0 8,188 Lynn/Pineda/Hendriks 30 ------OFF DAY 14------OAK 1-6 L 12-24 T-4th -10.5 9,778 152,118 17 Montas/Shoemaker 31 ------CHC 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 15------OAK 5-4 W 13-24 T-4th -9.5 12,212 164,330 18 Colomé/Diekman/Robles SEPT/OCT (- - -) Batting: .--- (- -for- -) Pitching: - - - - -, -.-- (-.- IP, - ER) 16------OAK 6-7 L 13-25 T-4th -10.5 10,270 174,600 19 Trivino/Rogers 1 ------CHC 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 17------CWS 4-16 L 13-26 5th -11.5 8,431 183,031 20 Keuchel/Happ 2 ------OFF DAY 18------CWS 5-4 W 14-26 5th -10.5 9,504 192,535 21 Rogers/Bummer 3 ------at TB 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 19------CWS 1-2 L 14-27 5th -11.5 8,608 201,143 22 Giolito/Shoemaker/Hendriks 4 ------at TB 3:05 P.M. BSN/FS1/TIBN 20------at LAA### 1-7 L 14-28 5th -11.5 9,920 Cobb/Thorpe 5 ------at TB 12:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com ------at LAA### 6-3 W 15-28 5th -11.5 9,820 Berríos/Canning/Robles 6 ------at CLE 5:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 21------at CLE 10-0 W 16-28 5th -10.5 11,675 Dobnak/McKenzie 7 ------at CLE 5:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 22------at CLE ^3-5 L 16-29 5th -10.5 11,505 Karinchak/Colomé 8 ------at CLE 5:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 23------at CLE ^8-5 W 17-29 5th -9.5 9,805 Robles/Karinchak/Duffey 9 ------at CLE 5:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 24------BAL 8-3 W 18-29 T-4th -9.5 8,530 209,673 23 Alcala/Scott 10 ------KC 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 25------BAL 7-4 W 19-29 4th -9.5 9,969 219,642 24 Berríos/Kremer/Rogers 11 ------KC 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 26------BAL 3-2 W 20-29 4th -8.5 10,574 230,216 25 Pineda/López/Robles 12 ------KC 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 27------OFF DAY 4th -9.0 13 ------OFF DAY 28------KC 3-8 L 20-30 4th -9.5 14,260 244,476 26 Bubic/Dobnak 14 ------CLE##### 1:10 P.M. FS1/BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 29------KC 6-5 W 21-30 4th -10.0 18,444 262,920 27 Happ/Santana/Rogers ------CLE 6:40 P.M. FS1/BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 30------KC 3-6 L 21-31 5th -11.0 17,923 280,843 28 Keller/Shoemaker/Holland 15 ------CLE 6:40 P.M. BSN/TIBN 31------at BAL ^3-2 W 22-31 4th -10.5 11,010 Rogers/Plutko/Robles 16 ------OFF DAY JUNE (11-14) Batting: .258 (222-for-859) Pitching: 11-14-7, 5.90 (221.0 IP, 145 ER) 17 ------at TOR 6:07 P.M. BSN/TIBN 1 ------at BAL 4-7 L 22-32 5th -10.5 5,337 Zimmermann/Pineda/Sulser 18 ------at TOR 2:07 P.M. BSN/TIBN 2 ------at BAL 3-6 L 22-33 5th -11.0 5,945 Wells/Dobnak 19 ------at TOR 12:07 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 3 ------at KC 5-6 L 22-34 5th -12.0 11,072 Junis/Robles/Barlow 20 ------OFF DAY 4 ------at KC 5-14 L 22-35 5th -13.0 22,612 Keller/Shoemaker 21 ------at CHC 6:40 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 5 ------at KC 5-4 W 23-35 5th -12.0 21,574 Berríos/Minor/Robles 22 ------at CHC 6:40 P.M. BSN/TIBN 6 ------at KC 3-2 W 24-35 T-4th -12.0 14,046 Farrell/Singer/Rogers 23 ------TOR 6:40 P.M. BSN/TIBN 7 ------OFF DAY 24-35 T-4th -12.0 24 ------TOR 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 8 ------NYY 4-8 L 24-36 5th -13.0 17,949 298,792 29 Loaisiga/Rogers 25 ------TOR 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 9 ------NYY 6-9 L 24-37 5th -13.0 17,078 315,870 30 Cole/Dobnak 26 ------TOR 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 10 ------NYY 7-5 W 25-37 5th -13.0 17,728 333,598 31 Robles/Chapman 27 ------OFF DAY 11 ------HOU 4-6 L 25-38 5th -14.0 17,223 350,821 32 Stanek/Shoemaker/Pressly 28 ------DET 6:40 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 12 ------HOU 5-2 W 26-38 T-4th -14.0 18,767 369,588 33 Berríos/Garcia/Rogers 29 ------DET 6:40 P.M. BSN/TIBN 13 ------HOU 3-14 L 26-39 T-4th -15.0 19,147 388,735 34 Valdez/Pineda 30 ------DET 6:40 P.M. BSN/TIBN 14 ------at SEA 3-4 L 26-40 5th -15.0 9,185 Sewald/Robles/Steckenrider 1 ------at KC 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 15 ------at SEA 0-10 L 26-41 5th -16.0 7,669 Flexen/Happ 2 ------at KC 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN 16 ------at SEA 7-2 W 27-41 5th -16.0 8,098 Thielbar/Sheffield 3 ------at KC 2:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 17 ------OFF DAY 5th -15.5 ^ - Denotes Extra-Innings (Twins are 4-8 in extra innings) HOME GAMES ROAD GAMES 18 ------at TEX ^7-5 W 28-41 5th -14.5 30,304 Robles/Sborz/Duffey * - Denotes Sellout (12 in 2019; 8 in 2021) 19 ------at TEX 3-2 W 29-41 4th -13.5 34,044 Thielbar/King/Rogers # - PPD game from April 12 vs. BOS ## - PPD game from April 19 at OAK ### - PPD games from April 17 & 18 at LAA 20 ------at TEX 4-2 W 30-41 4th -12.5 34,007 Maeda/Dunning/Robles #### - PPD game from May 9 at DET ##### - PPD game from June 26 vs. CLE ###### - PPD game from June 28 at CWS 21 ------CIN ^7-5 W 31-41 4th -12.0 17,530 406,265 35 Shoemaker/Hembree 22 ------CIN 7-10 L 31-42 T-4th -12.0 19,187 425,452 36 Antone/Robles/Garrett 2021 WALK-OFF VICTORIES (4) 23 ------OFF DAY 5th -12.5 DATE SCORE NOTES 24 ------CLE 1-4 L 31-43 5th -13.0 18,812 444,264 37 Parker/Alcala/Karinchak 4/15 vs. BOS 4-3 Kepler singles in Arraez from second base with 1 out in bot 9 25 ------CLE 8-7 W 32-43 T-4th -12.0 16,892 461,156 38 Jax/Wittgren/Robles 5/18 vs. CWS 5-4 Polanco singles in Simmons from third base with 2 outs in bot 9 26 ------CLE##### 32-43 T-4th -11.5 PPD due to inclement weather; DH scheduled for Sept. 14 6/10 vs. NYY 7-5 Cruz hit a two-run home run bringing in Astudillo with no outs in bot 9 6/21 vs. CIN 7-5 Sanó hit two-run home run in bottom of 12th 27 ------CLE 8-2 W 33-43 T-3rd -11.5 20,215 481,371 39 Happ/Hentges 28 ------at CWS###### 33-43 3rd -11.5 PPD due to rain; DH scheduled for July 19 29 ------at CWS 6-7 L 33-44 4th -12.5 17,382 Giolito/Maeda/Hendriks 30 ------at CWS 3-13 L 33-45 4th -13.5 16,803 Cease/Ober 2021 players on Roster (47) JULY (3-5) Batting: .243 (65-for-268) Pitching: 3-5-2, 4.83 (69.0 IP, 37 ER) Pitchers: (23) 1 ------at CWS 5-8 L 33-46 4th -14.5 29,444 Kopech/Alcala Alcala, Jorge - RHP* Farrell, Luke - RHP Robles, Hansel - RHP* 2 ------at KC 4-7 L 33-47 5th -15.5 31,824 Lovelady/Happ/Barlow Anderson, Shaun - RHP Happ, J.A. - LHP* Rogers, Taylor - LHP* 3 ------at KC 3-6 L 33-48 5th -15.5 16,133 Zimmer/Jax/Barlow Berríos, José - RHP* Jax, Griffin - RHP Shoemaker, Matt - RHP* 4 ------at KC 6-2 W 34-48 5th -14.5 15,350 Maeda/Keller Colomé, Alex - RHP* Law, Derek - RHP Smeltzer, Devin - LHP 5 ------CWS 8-5 W 35-48 4th -13.5 20,321 501,692 40 Ober/Cease/Robles Coulombe, Danny - LHP Maeda, Kenta - RHP* Stashak, Cody - RHP* 6 ------CWS 1-4 L 35-49 5th -14.5 18,437 520,129 41 Rodón/Berríos/Hendriks Dobnak, Randy - RHP* Minaya, Juan - RHP Thielbar, Caleb - LHP* 7 ------CWS 1-6 L 35-50 5th -15.5 19,664 539,793 42 Lynn/Pineda Duffey, Tyler - RHP* Ober, Bailey - RHP Thorpe, Lewis - LHP 8 ------DET 5-3 W 36-50 4th -15.0 18,192 557,985 43 Happ/Skubal/Rogers Pineda, Michael - RHP* Waddell, Brandon - LHP 9 ------DET 7:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN Position Players: (24) 10 ------DET 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN Arraez, Luis - IF* Garlick, Kyle - OF* Polanco, Jorge - IF* 11 ------DET 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com 12 ------ALL STAR BREAK Astudillo, Willians - C/IF/OF* Garver, Mitch - C* Refsnyder, Rob - OF 13 ------ALL STAR BREAK Blankenhorn, Travis - IF Gordon, Nick - IF Riddle, JT - IF 14 ------ALL STAR BREAK Buxton, Byron - OF* Jeffers, Ryan - C* Rooker, Brent - OF 15 ------ALL STAR BREAK Cave, Jake - OF* Kepler, Max - OF* Rortvedt, Ben - C 16 ------at DET#### 1:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com Celestino, Gilberto - OF Kirilloff, Alex - OF Sanó, Miguel - IF* ------at DET 6:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com Cruz, Nelson - DH* Larnach, Trevor - OF Simmons, Andrelton - SS* 17 ------at DET 5:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com Donaldson, Josh - 3B* Lin, Tzu-Wei - IF Telis, Tomás - C 18 ------at DET 12:10 P.M. BSN/TIBN/twinsbeisbol.com (* - on Opening Day roster)