Minnesota Twins (23-18) at Baltimore Orioles
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MINNESOTA TWINS (23-18) AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES (25-18) TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2017 - 7:05 PM (ET) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH RADIO: TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK / LA RAZA Ervin Santana (R, 6-2, 2.07) vs. Dylan Bundy (R, 5-2, 2.97) GAME 42 ROAD GAME 18 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 5/24 at Baltimore José Berríos (R, 2-0, 0.59) vs. Chris Tillman (R, 1-0, 3.52) 11:35 am Fox Sports North Go 96.3-TIBN / None 5/25 OFF DAY Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. TWINS AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: After completing their recent six-game homestand with a record of 3-3 (1-2 vs. STREAKS Record: ........................................... 23-18 Colorado and 2-1 vs. Kansas City), the Twins began their three-game Baltimore roadtrip Current Streak: ..................................2 wins Home Record: ................................. 11-13 with a win over the Orioles last night...tonight the Twins will play the second of three at ..........................................4-1 Oriole Park...following tomorrow afternoon's finale, the Twins will travel home to enjoy an Last 5 games: Road Record: .................................... 12-5 Last 10 games: ........................................6-4 Record in series: ................................ 8-5 off-day Thursday, followed by a six-game homestand with three against Tampa Bay and three against Houston...the Twins are 11-13 at home and 12-5 on the road...the Twins have Last 15 games: ........................................9-6 Series Openers: ................................ 11-4 Last 20 games: ......................................13-7 Series Finales: .................................... 7-7 won eight of their last 12 and 13 of their last 20....the Twins entered today five games over .500 for the first time since being 83-78 on October 3, 2015. Rubber Games: ................................... 2-3 TWINS VS. BALTIMORE Sweeps/Swept: ................................... 3/1 April: ............................................... 12-11 DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK: The Twins beat the Orioles last night by a score of 14-7, erasing 2017 Record: .........................................1-0 May: .................................................. 11-7 a five-run deficit and scoring 10 runs in the fifth and sixth innings combined...Kyle Gibson Current Streak: ............ 2 wins (since 2016) June: ......................................................... returned from Rochester and earned his first win since September 13, 2016...the offense 2017 at Home: ............................................. July: ........................................................... set a season-high in runs (14) and hits (21); six different Twins had multiple hits, including 2017 at Baltimore: .................................1-0 August: ...................................................... three-a-piece from Max Kepler and Joe Mauer and four-a-piece from Miguel Sanó and Jorge All-Time Record: ........................... 285-329 September/October: ................................. Polanco, who each set career-highs. All-Time at Home: ..........................152-154 Day Games: ....................................... 8-13 ELIAS SAYS...last night marked the first time the Twins won a game by at least five runs All-Time at Baltimore:....................133-175 Aafter trailing by five-or-more runs in over 18 years, since a 13-8 win in Cleveland on Night Games: .................................... 14-5 2017 Game Logs: vs. American League East: ................. 2-2 April 17, 1999, in which they trailed by six runs at one point. vs. American League Central: ........ 16-12 ELIAS ALSO SAYS...Miguel Sanó hit his 11th home run of the season and drove in three Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Aruns, bringing his season total to 37 RBI in 40 games...the only other players in Twins vs. American League West: ................ 4-2 5/22 BAL 14-7 Gibson/T. Wilson vs. National League: ........................... 1-2 history, including their days as the Washington Senators, to have as many homers and 5/23 BAL Games vs. LH Starter:......................... 7-6 RBI as Sanó in their first 40 games of a season were Larry Hisle in 1977 (11 HR, 42 RBI) 5/24 BAL Games vs. RH Starter: .................... 16-12 and Joe Mauer in 2009 (13 HR, 40 RBI). 7/7 MIN Twins score first: .............................. 11-7 7/8 MIN Opponent scores first: .................... 12-11 MAUER WALKS AND MAUER RUNS: Joe Mauer scored his 904th and 905th career runs last 7/9 MIN Come-from-behind wins: .....................12 night, passing Kent Hrbek (903) and moving into sole possession of fourth on the Twins Leading after 7/8 inn.: ............. 21-1/22-0 all-time list...additionally, he drew one walk last night giving him 836, just two away from ROADTRIP (1-0) Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ............. 2-17/1-17 tying Hrbek for second on the Twins all-time list: Batting Average .............. .447 (21-for-47) Tied after 7/8 inn.: ....................... 0-0/0-1 PLAYER WALKS PLAYER RUNS Runs Per Game .................14.0 (14 R/1 G) Extra-innings: ..................................... 1-1 1) Harmon Killebrew ..........................1,321 1) Kirby Puckett ................................... 1,071 Home Runs .............................................2 2) Kent Hrbek ........................................838 2) Harmon Killebrew ............................ 1,047 1-run games: ...................................... 5-3 RISP ................................. .368 (7-for-19) Twins out-hit opp.: ............................ 16-3 3) Joe Mauer ........................................836 3) Rod Carew .......................................... 950 4) Bob Allison .......................................641 4) Joe Mauer .......................................... 905 Fielding Errors ........................................0 Opp. out-hit Twins: ........................... 6-14 5) Rod Carew ........................................613 5) Kent Hrbek ......................................... 903 Twins/Opp. have = hits: ...................... 1-1 Team ERA .....................7.00 (9.0 IP, 7 ER) Run Differential: .................+1 (191-190) Starters W-L ....................................... 1-0 .................... 15-3 MAUER STREAKING: Joe Mauer enters today with a season-long 10-game hitting streak, the Twins get Quality Start: second longest by a Twin this season (Rosario - 15)...during the streak, he is hitting .359 Starters ERA ...............10.80 (5.0 IP, 6 ER) Twins starter goes 6+ IP:................. 15-5 Relievers W-L-S ...............................0-0-0 Most games over .500: ................. 5, 5/23 (14-for-39) with four doubles, six walks and four RBI...he has reached safely in 27 of his last 28 games and in 34 of 37 games this season...below are the longest active streaks in the MLB: Relievers ERA ...............2.25 (4.0 IP, 1 ER) Most games under .500: ............... 2, 4/24 Save/Opportunities ..............................0/0 Longest win-streak: .....4, 2x, last 4/28-5/3 PLAYER STREAK STREAK BEGAN Yadier Molina, STL ................................................... 11 ................................................................May 8 Longest losing-streak: ............4, 4/16-20 Travis Shaw, MIL ...................................................... 11 ................................................................May 7 When Twins score 4+: ...................... 19-6 Joe Mauer, MIN ........................................................ 10 ............................................................... May 9 When Twins score 3-: ....................... 3-12 Nomar Mazara, TEX.................................................. 10 ................................................................May 9 Twins get 10+ hits: ............................. 9-2 Days in First Place ...............................22 SANÓ ALSO STREAKING: Miguel Sanó enters tonight with a six-game hitting streak, hitting .462 (12-for-26) during the streak...in fact, in Days in Second Place ...........................12 his last 21 games, he is hitting .392 (31-for-79) with three doubles, one triple, seven home runs, 23 RBI and a .478 on-base percentage. Days in Third Place ................................7 Days in Fourth Place ..............................6 TWINS AND O’S: Last night's win marked the first for the Twins over the Orioles at Camden Yards since August 23, 2015...despite going Days in Fifth Place ................................... 2-5 in their last seven, the Twins have gone 10-5 against the Orioles since the start of 2015, out-scoring the O’s 80-56. Walk-Off W/L: ..................................... 2/0 Since the start of 2013, Joe Mauer is hitting .362 (38-for-105) with seven doubles, two triples, three home runs, 18 RBI and 21 runs Shutouts W/L: ......................................3/0 Ascored in 27 games, the fifth best average in baseball against the O’s in that span (minimum of 80 at-bats)...he is a career .341 CG’s ................... 1, Santana, 4/15 vs. CWS (92-for-266) hitter against the Orioles, with 18 doubles, three triples, seven home runs, 42 RBI and 45 runs scored in 70 games. Target Field Sellouts (’17/All-Time): ..... 1/160 Robbie Grossman is hitting .433 (13-for-30) with five doubles, one home run, six RBI and a .514 on-base percentage in nine career Agames against the O's. RECENT TRANSACTIONS 5/22 RHP Hughes placed on