Minnesota Twins (6-18) at Seattle Mariners (11-16) Friday, May 4, 2012 @ 7:05 PM - Fox Sports North/Treasure Island Baseball Network Carl Pavano (R, 1-2, 4.91) Vs
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Minnesota Twins (6-18) at Seattle Mariners (11-16) Friday, may 4, 2012 @ 7:05 PM - Fox Sports North/Treasure Island Baseball Network Carl Pavano (R, 1-2, 4.91) vs. Jason Vargas (L, 3-2, 3.38) GAME 25 ROAD GAME 14 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE TWINSPRESSBOX.COM Date Opp. Probable Pitchers Time TV/Radio For the third straight season, the Twins offer 5/ 5 at Sea. Jason Marquis (R, 2-0, 6.23) vs. Felix Hernandez (R, 2-1, 2.23) 6:10 pm FSN/TRN twinspressbox.com for easy media access to 5/ 6 at Sea. Nick Blackburn (R, 0-3, 6.64) vs. Hector Noesi (R, 1-3, 7.83) 1:10 pm FSN/TRN game notes, media clips, stats, audio/video clips, the 2012 media guide, and more. Please register Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. on the site to acquire login information. The Twins and Target Field with LEED® Silver Certification continue to promote environmentally friendly TWINS AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: After being swept in three games by the Angels in Anaheim, the Twins will practices and long-term sustainability. Record: 6-18 continue their six-game road trip tonight with the first of three in Seattle...starting Home Record: 3-8 Monday, they will begin a nine-game homestand with three against the Angels (May STREAKS Road Record: 3-10 7-9), four against the Blue Jays (May 10-13) and two against the Indians (May 14-15). Current Streak: 3 Losses Record in series: 1-5-2 Last 5 games: 1-4 Sweeps/Swept: 0-4 TWINS NO-HIT BY WEAVER: The Twins lost to the Angels 9-0 on Wednesday night Last 10 games: 1-9 April: 6-16, May: 0-2, June: - -, and were no-hit by Jared Weaver...Liam Hendriks was the Twins starter and loser as Last 15 games: 4-11 July: - -, Aug.: - -, Sept.: - - he allowed six runs on nine hits in 2.1 innings, with no walks and one strikeout... Last 20 games: 6-14 Vs. East: 3-10 Matt Maloney (0.2 ip), Brian Duensing (1.0 ip), Glen Perkins (1.0 ip) and Matt Capps Vs. Central: 1-1 (1.0) each pitched scoreless relief...just two men reached base for the Twins, as TWINS VS. SEATTLE Vs. West: 2-7 Chris Parmelee reached on a strikeout/past ball in the second inning and Josh 2011 Record: 3-5 Vs. N.L.: - - Willingham walked in the seventh inning...the Twins suffered their fourth sweep Current Streak: 1 win Mon: 1-3, Tue: 0-3, Wed: 2-2, of the 2012 season. 2011 at Home: 2-4 Thu: 1-1, Fri: 1-3, Sat: 0-3, Sun: 1-3 2011 at Seattle: 1-1 Decisions vs. RHP: 4-11 THE EMPTY ‘H’ COLUMN: The Twins were no-hit by the Angels’ Jared Weaver on All-Time Record: 194-203-1 Decisions vs. LHP: 2-7 Wednesday night, which marked the fifth time an opposing pitcher has no-hit the All-Time at Home: 108-93-1 86-110 When Twins score first: 4-3 Twins in their history (since 1961)...below is a complete list: All-Time at Seattle: When Opp. scores first: 2-15 DATE OPPONENT ON BASE SCORE 2011 Game Logs: Come-from-behind wins: 4 Jim Hunter May 6, 1968 at Oakland 0 0-4 Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save When leading after 7/8 inn.: 5-1/6-0 Via Blue September 21, 1970 at Oakland 1 0-6 5/16 Sea. 2- 5 Pineda/Baker When trailing after 7/8 inn.: 0-15/0-17 Nolan Ryan September 28, 1974 at California 8 0-4 5/17 Sea. 2- 1 Liriano/Hernandez/Capps When tied after 7/8 inn.: 1-2/0-1 David Wells May 17, 1998 at New York 0 0-4 5/23 Min. *7- 8 Wright/Swarzak/League Extra-innings: 0-0 Jered Weaver May 2, 2011 at Los Angeles 2 0-9 5/24 Min. 4- 2 Blackburn/Fister 1-run games: 4-6 5/25 Min. 0- 3 Bedard/Duensing/League 9/20 Min. 4- 5 Vargas/Duensing/League When Twins out-hit opp.: 6-2 From Elias: Jered Weaver threw a no-hitter against the Twins on Wednesday night, while Angels batters scored nine runs on 15 hits off Minnesota’s pitchers...it was 9/21 Min. 4- 5 Jimenez/Slowey/League When Opp. out-hit Twins: 0-12 9/22 Min. 3- 2 Nathan/Delabar When Twins/Opp. have = hits: 0-4 only the second Major League game in the past 40 years in which one team had When Twins get Quality Start: 2-3 at least 15 hits and the other had none: on June 27, 1980 Jerry Reuss no-hit the When Twins starter goes 6+ inn.: 3-8 Giants at Candlestick Park, an 8-0 game in which the Dodgers collected 17 hits. Most games over .500: - - Most games under .500: 12, 5/4 COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN: The consecutive complete games by the Angels’ Jerome Williams and Jered Weaver marked Longest winning-streak: 2, 4/11-12 the first consecutive complete games against the Twins since Jeremy Bonderman and Nate Robertson tossed complete Longest losing-streak: 6, 4/21-27 games, June 21-22, 2005 in the Metrodome...the back-to-back shutouts were the first against the Twins since the White When Twins score 4+: 6-4 Sox did it with multiple pitchers, September 5-6, 2011...the last individual pitchers to toss consecutive complete game When Twins score 3-: 0-14 shutouts against the Twins were Detroit’s Felipe Lira and Brian Williams, June 21-22, 1996 in the Metrodome. Team-high hits: 20, 4/12 vs. LAA. Team-high runs: 10, 4/12 vs. LAA. TWINS VS. SEATTLE: The Twins are 8-6 against the Mariners in their last 14 meetings, since July 30, 2010...under Ron Opp.-high hits: 18, 4/24 vs. Bos. Gardenhire’s watch (since 2002), the Twins are 49-42 against the M’s (23-25 at Safeco Field) and have never lost more Opp.-high runs: 11, 4/24 vs. Bos. than three straight games in Seattle’s ballpark. When Twins get 10+ hits: 5-3 • Joe Mauer is batting .377 (66-for-175) with 21 doubles, five home runs, 28 rbi, 39 runs scored and 34 walks (10 in- Walk-Off W/L: 0-0 tentional) in 48 career games against the Mariners...his .377 average is the highest in baseball vs. Seattle, in front of Shutouts W/L: 0/1 Carl Crawford’s .345...his .333 (35-for-105) average in Safeco Field is the second-highest in the park’s history among Complete Games: - - actives, also behind Crawford’s .347. Target Field Sellouts (2012/All-Time): 1/139 • The Twins have just one extra-base hit in their last three games at Safeco Field (Cuddyer home run off Luke French, August 29, 2010). TWINS ON THE ROAD TRIP • The Twins have scored two runs-or-less in seven of their last eight games at Safeco, dating back to June 1, 2010. Games ..........................................................3 Record .......................................................0-3 SPANTASTIC: Denard Span enters today hitting .327 (32-for-98), tied with Michael Young for eighth-highest average in the American League...his 32 hits are tied for fifth-most in the American League while his 40 times on base are tied for Average ................................ .121 (11-for-91) 13th...additionally, Span had his career-high 12-game hit-streak snapped Wednesday night...he went 17-for-52 (.327) Runs Per-Game ............................1.0 (3 runs) with five walks, two doubles, three rbi and seven runs scored during the stretch...he had two previous 10-game hitting- Home Runs ...................................................0 RISP ......................................... .333 (2-for-6) streaks in his career (July 22-August 1, 2009 and August 23-September 2, 2009). Fielding Errors ..............................................0 THIS AND THAT: ERA ..................................6.38 (24.0 ip, 17 er) • Ron Gardenhire flew back to Minneapolis after Wednesday night’s game to attend his daughter Tara’s graduation from Starters W-L ..............................................0-3 Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, MN...he will be back with the club in time for Monday night’s game... Starters ERA ....................8.56 (13.2 ip, 13 er) Bench Coach, Scott Ullger, will serve as the team’s Manager in Gardy’s absence. Relievers W-L-S .....................................0-0-0 • Twins batters are 0-for-their-last 36 with the last hit being a Denard Span third inning single, May 1 at Los Angeles (AL). Relievers ERA ....................3.48 (10.1 ip, 4 er) • Opponents are 0-for-their-last 25 vs. Jared Burton...he has not allowed a run in last eight appearances (8.1 ip), since Save/Opportunities ....................................0/0 April 13. TOMORROW’S STARTER UPCOMING MILESTONES Jason Marquis, rhp PLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACH Ron Gardenhire 872 wins Needs 28 wins to reach 900 managerial victories 2012 Record: (3 starts): 2-0, 6.23 ERA Joe Mauer 1122 hits Needs 42 hits to tie Cesar Tovar for 9th on Twins All-Time list (1164) Career Record (329 appearances, 270 starts): 106-98, 4.57 ERA 2011 Record vs. Sea. (1 start): 0-0, 0.00 ERA Justin Morneau 189 home runs Needs 3 home runs to tie Torii Hunter for 7th on Twins All-Time List (192) Career Record vs. Sea. (4 starts): 1-0, 1.71 ERA Needs 11 home runs to reach 200 for his career 2012 Six-Plus Innings: 2 of 3 starts 236 doubles Needs 3 doubles to tie Michael Cuddyer for 7th on Twins All-Time List (239) 2012 Seven-Plus Innings: 0 of 3 starts 556 runs Needs 8 runs to tie Zoilo Versalles for 12th on Twins All-Time List (564) 2012 Quality Starts: 1 of 3 starts 718 rbi Needs 15 rbi to tie Rod Carew for 6th on Twins All-Time List (733) Team Record When Starting in 2012: 2-1 423 walks Needs 25 walks to tie Tony Oliva for 9th on Twins All-Time List (448) TWINS NOTES, PAGE 2 STARTING PITCHER MAY 4, 2012 2012 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS CARL PAVANO #48 CG’s: - - CG’s: 17, last 9/28/11 vs.