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MINNESOTA TWINS (58-33) AT CLEVELAND INDIANS (50-40) SUNDAY, JULY 14, 2019 - 1:10 PM (ET) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH RADIO: TIBN-WCCO / TWINSBEISBOL.COM RHP José Berríos (8-5, 3.00) vs. RHP Shane Bieber (8-3, 3.45) GAME 92 ROAD GAME 49 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 7/15 OFF DAY 7/16 vs. New York-NL RHP Michael Pineda (6-4, 4.56) vs. RHP Zack Wheeler (6-5, 4.42) 7:10 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / twinsbeisbol.com 7/17 vs. New York-NL LHP Martín Pérez (8-3, 4.26) vs. LHP Steven Matz (5-6, 4.89) 12:10 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / None SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: The Twins began their "second half" with consecutive wins over the Indians the STREAKS last two nights...today the Twins will play the three-game series finale at Progressive Field...they Record: ........................................... 58-33 Current Streak 2 wins Home Record: ................................. 28-15 will enjoy an off-day in the Twin Cities tomorrow, then begin a nine-game homestand with two Road Record: .................................. 30-18 vs. New York-NL July 16-17, four vs. Oakland July 18-21 and three vs. New York-AL July 22-24. Last 5 games 4-1 Record in series: ...........................18-8-4 Last 10 games 6-4 Series Openers: .............................. 19-11 TWINS TAKE TRIBE AGAIN: The Twins beat the Indians last night by a score of 6-2, winning the series, Last 15 games 8-7 Series Finales: ................................ 15-14 their 18th of the season (18-8-4)...Jake Odorizzi (11-4) was the starter and winner, allowing one Last 20 games 11-9 Rubber Games: ................................... 4-6 run on three hits in 5.1 innings pitched...the bullpen combined to allow just one run in 3.2 innings Sweeps/Swept: ................................... 7/0 pitched...the offense recorded 11 hits, including home runs by Max Kepler (22 & 23) and Jake Cave TWINS VS. INDIANS March/April: .................................... 17-10 (2)...Kepler homered off Indians starter Trevor Bauer for the fourth and fifth time this season, the May: .................................................. 21-8 first player in baseball history to homer in five straight at-bats vs. one pitcher in a single season. 2019 Record: .........................................5-3 June: ............................................... 15-12 Current Streak: ................................. 3 wins July: ..................................................... 5-3 ROAD RULES: The Twins have gone 30-18 on the road this season, the most road wins in 2019 at Home: .......................................2-1 August: ...................................................... baseball...Twins have outscored opponents on the road 294-235...the Twins went 29-52 on 2019 at Cleveland: .................................3-2 September/October: ................................. the road in 2018...their 105 road home runs have already surpassed their total of 80 from All-Time Record: .........................417-443-1 Day Games: ..................................... 22-14 last year...where the Twins offense ranks among all of baseball on the road: All-Time at Home: .......................225-204-1 Night Games: .................................. 36-19 All-Time at Cleveland:....................192-239 vs. American League East: ............... 17-9 Runs: 294 (1st) HR: 105 (1st) SLG: .522 (1st) Iso. Pow: .225 (1st) Hits: 492 (2nd) AVG: .281 (1st) wOBA: .362 (1st) Run Diff: +122 (2nd) vs. American League Central: ........ 21-11 2019 Game Logs: vs. American League West: .............. 17-9 2B: 96 (2nd) OBP: .337 (3rd) OPS: .833 (1st) XBH: 375 (1st) vs. National League: ........................... 3-4 Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Games vs. LH Starter:....................... 12-8 TWINS-TRIBE: The Twins are playing the Indians for the ninth of 19 scheduled meetings 3/28 MIN 2-0 Berríos/Kluber/Rogers Games vs. RH Starter: .................... 46-25 this season...including today's game, they play each other 11 more times this season, four 3/30 MIN 1-2 Edwards/Parker/Hand Twins score first: ............................ 45-14 at Progressive Field and seven at Target Field. 3/31 MIN 9-3 Pérez/Carrasco Opponent scores first: .................... 13-19 Nelson Cruz has 23 career home runs vs. the Indians (second-most among actives), in- 6/4 CLE 2-5 Bieber/Smeltzer/Hand Come-from-behind wins: .....................19 Acluding 12 in his last 21 games (21 RBI)...he's slugging .810 in that span with a 1.185 OPS. 6/5 CLE 7-9 Wittgren/Parker/Hand Leading after 7/8 inn.: ............. 48-2/52-0 Max Kepler is hitting just .233 (28-for-120) in 31 career games at Progressive Field but has 6/6 CLE 5-4 Berríos/Bauer/Rogers Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ............. 5-27/2-29 A Tied after 7/8 inn.: ....................... 5-4/4-4 seven hits in his last 14 at-bats here, including five home runs and seven RBI...he now has 7/12 CLE 5-3 Littell/Pérez/Rogers Extra-innings: ..................................... 4-3 11 career homers at Progressive Field, six more than any other road ballpark (5 at Comerica). 7/13 CLE 6-2 Odorizzi/Bauer 1-run games: .................................... 14-6 7/14 CLE Twins out-hit opp.: ............................ 47-7 WINNESOTA: The Twins are currently at their high-water mark of 25 games over .500 for the 8/8 MIN Opp. out-hit Twins: ........................... 8-24 second time this season (47-22 through games of June 15), their highest since ending the 8/9 MIN Twins/Opp. have = hits: ...................... 3-2 2010 season 26 games over (94-68)...prior to that, their most games over .500 was 27, the 8/10 MIN Run Differential: .............+122 (530-398) day before their final game of 2010, on October 2 when they were 94-67...below is a look at 8/11 MIN Twins get Quality Start: .................... 34-9 the standings in the division and where the Twins sit in the American League: 9/6 MIN Twins starter goes 6+ IP:............... 37-13 TEAM W L PCT GB TEAM W L PCT 9/7 MIN Most games over .500: ...25, 2x, last 7/14 Minnesota 58 33 .637 - - New York 58 32 .644 Most games under .500: ........................... 9/8 MIN Cleveland 50 40 .556 7.5 Minnesota 58 33 .637 9/13 CLE Longest win-streak: .................6, 5/20-26 Chicago 42 46 .477 14.5 Houston 58 35 .624 Longest losing-streak: ...2, 8x, last 6/30-7/2 Kansas City 32 61 .344 27.0 Tampa Bay 54 40 .574 9/14 CLE When Twins score 4+: .................... 53-14 Detroit 28 59 .322 28.0 Oakland 52 41 .559 9/15 CLE When Twins score 3-: ....................... 5-19 Twins get 10+ hits: ........................... 37-7 STREAKING SANÓ: Miguel Sanó enters tonight with a 10-game hitting streak, tying his CURRENT ROADTRIP (2-0) Days in First Place ...............................97 .268 Days in Second Place .............................5 career-high, done twice previously (July 5-19, 2016 and June 30-Jul 8, 2017)...during the Batting average Days in Third Place ................................4 current streak, he is hitting .382 (13-for-34) with three doubles, one triple, four home runs, Runs Per Game 5.50 Days in Fourth Place ................................ nine RBI, nine runs scored, five walks and a 1.344 OPS...it marks the second longest active Home Runs 5 Days in Fifth Place ................................... streak in baseball, trailing Whit Merrifield (11). RISP .222 Walk-Off W/L: ..................................... 1/0 Errors 2 Shutouts W/L: ..................................... 6-2 #BOMBASQUAD: The Twins 171 home runs are the most in baseball, ahead of Seattle (160)... they had 166 home runs all of last season...they have a plus +59 home run differential, CG’s .......................................................... Team ERA 1.50 Target Field Sellouts (’19/All-Time): .. 7/168 which also leads baseball. Starters W-L 1-0 RECENT TRANSACTIONS THE SCOOP ON SCHOOP: Jonathan Schoop has hit safely in a season-long eight straight Starters ERA 2.00 7/13 RHP Odorizzi reinstated from 10-day IL games, hitting .333 (11-for-33) with a .904 OPS during that span...his career-long is 12, Relievers W-L-S 1-0-1 Relievers ERA 1.42 LHP Mejía designated for rel. or assgn. done twice, last from July 13-29, 2018. Saves/Opps 1/1 7/12 RHP Parker reinstated from Paternity List SWEEPS WEEK(END): The Twins are seeking their eighth sweep of an opponent this season... 7/7 OF Wade Jr. placed on 10-day IL their previous seven sweeps came: three games May 24-26 vs. Chicago-AL, three games May 20-22 at Los Angeles-AL, three games OF Cave recalled from AAA May 6-8 at Toronto, three games April 26-28 vs. Baltimore, three games at Baltimore April 20-21, two games April 13-14 vs. Detroit, RHP Stewart optioned to AAA and two games April 2-3 at Kansas City...Twins recorded seven sweeps all of last season...Twins last sweep of Cleveland came June LHP Smeltzer recalled from AAA 23-25, 2017 at Progressive Field....Twins are 7-5 this season when attempted to secure a sweep. LHP Smeltzer optioned to AAA THE 'PEN IS MIGHTIER: The Twins bullpen has posted a 3.03 ERA (92.0 IP, 31 ER) with a .220 opponent batting average and 92 strikeouts 7/6 1B Cron placed on 10-day IL in their last 20 games, dating back to June 18...since that date, their ERA ranks third best in baseball, their 92 strikeouts rank fifth OF Wade Jr. recalled from AAA and their opponent batting average ranks sixth. 7/5 RHP Parker placed on Paternity List RHP Stewart recalled from AAA TWINS ML WEEKLYS: Single-A Ft. Myers infielder Royce Lewis and Ft. Myers right-handed pitcher Edwar Colina have been named Twins minor league Player and Pitcher of the Week...Lewis, who played in the SiriusXM Futures Game at Progressive Field on Sunday, played in 7/4 LHP Vasquez outrighted to AAA four games for the Miracle late this week, hitting .353 (6-for-17) with two home runs, three RBI and two walks...Colina made the start 7/3 RHP Odorizzi placed on 10-day IL on Wednesday vs.