Minnesota Twins (7-18) at Seattle Mariners (11-17) Saturday, May 5, 2012 @ 6:05 PM - Fox Sports North/Treasure Island Baseball Network Jason Marquis (R, 2-0, 6.23) Vs
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Minnesota Twins (7-18) at Seattle Mariners (11-17) Saturday, may 5, 2012 @ 6:05 PM - Fox Sports North/Treasure Island Baseball Network Jason Marquis (R, 2-0, 6.23) vs. Felix Hernandez (R, 2-1, 2.23) GAME 26 ROAD GAME 15 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE TWINSPRESSBOX.COM Date Opp. Probable Pitchers Time TV/Radio For the third straight season, the Twins offer 5/ 6 at Sea. Nick Blackburn (R, 0-3, 6.64) vs. Hector Noesi (R, 1-3, 7.83) 1:10 pm FSN/TIBN twinspressbox.com for easy media access to 5/ 7 LAA. Francisco Liriano (0-4, 9.97 vs. Jered Weaver (R, 4-0, 1.61) 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN game notes, media clips, stats, audio/video clips, the 2012 media guide, and more. Please register 5/ 8 LAA. Liam Hendriks (R, 0-2, 9.00) vs. Dan Haren (R, 1-2, 3.43) 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN on the site to acquire login information. The Twins 5/ 9 LAA. Carl Pavano (R, 2-2, 4.62) vs. Ervin Santana (R, 0-6, 5.59) 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN and Target Field with LEED® Silver Certification Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. continue to promote environmentally friendly practices and long-term sustainability. TWINS AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: After being swept in three games by the Angels in Anaheim, the Twins Record: 7-18 opened this series vs. the Mariners with a win last night...they will continue their six- STREAKS Home Record: 3-8 game road trip tonight with the second of three in Seattle...starting Monday, they will begin a nine-game homestand with three against the Angels (May 7-9), four against Current Streak: 1 Win Road Record: 4-10 Last 5 games: 2-3 Record in series: 1-5-2 the Blue Jays (May 10-13) and two against the Indians (May 14-15). Last 10 games: 2-8 Sweeps/Swept: 0-4 TWINS USE 3-RUN 7TH TO GET PAST M’s: The Twins beat the Mariners 3-2 last night Last 15 games: 4-11 April: 6-16, May: 1-2, June: - -, Last 20 games: 6-14 July: - -, Aug.: - -, Sept.: - - in Seattle...Carl Pavano (2-2) was the starter and winner, allowing two runs on Vs. East: 3-10 eight hits, with no walks and two strikeouts in 6.0 innings...Brian Duensing, Glen TWINS VS. SEATTLE Vs. Central: 1-1 Perkins and Matt Capps each tossed a scoreless inning of relief, and Capps earned Vs. West: 3-7 his fifth save of the season...Jamey Carroll was 2-for-4 with a rbi...Joe Mauer was 2012 Record: 1-0 Vs. N.L.: - - 1-for-3 with a rbi...the Twins trailed 2-0 before scoring three runs on two hits, two Current Streak: 2 wins 2012 at Home: 0-0 Mon: 1-3, Tue: 0-3, Wed: 2-2, walks and a hit-batter in the seventh inning...they finished the game 1-for-8 with 2012 at Seattle: 1-0 Thu: 1-1, Fri: 2-3, Sat: 0-3, Sun: 1-3 runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. All-Time Record: 195-203-1 Decisions vs. RHP: 5-11 YESTERDAY’S ROSTER MOVES: The Twins announced yesterday that they have All-Time at Home: 108-93-1 Decisions vs. LHP: 2-7 All-Time at Seattle: 87-110 When Twins score first: 4-3 claimed outfielder Erik Komatsu off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals...in 15 When Opp. scores first: 3-15 games with the Cardinals this season, Komatsu batted .211 (4-for-19) with three 2012 Game Logs: Come-from-behind wins: 5 runs scored...he is expected to be in uniform for tonight’s game at Seattle and will Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save When leading after 7/8 inn.: 6-1/7-0 wear uniform number 25...to make room for Komatsu on the 25-man roster, the 5/4 Sea. 3- 2 Pavano/Vargas/Capps When trailing after 7/8 inn.: 0-15/0-17 Twins designated outfielder Clete Thomas for assignment...in 12 games with the 5/5 Sea. When tied after 7/8 inn.: 1-2/0-1 5/6 Sea. Twins, Thomas batted .143 (4-for-28) with one double, one home run and four rbi, 8/17 Sea. Extra-innings: 0-0 with no walks and 16 strikeouts...in addition, infielder Sean Burroughs cleared 8/18 Sea. 1-run games: 5-6 waivers and accepting his outright assignment to Triple-A Rochester. 8/19 Sea. When Twins out-hit opp.: 6-2 8/27 Min. When Opp. out-hit Twins: 1-12 CARROLL SNAPS THE HIT-LESS SKID: Jamey Carrol’s first inning single in last 8/28 Min. When Twins/Opp. have = hits: 0-4 night’s game snapped an 0-for-47 for Twins hitters...it was the first hit by a Twin 8/29 Min. When Twins get Quality Start: 3-3 since Denard Span’s single in the third inning of Tuesday night’s 4-0 loss vs. the 8/30 Min. When Twins starter goes 6+ inn.: 4-8 Angels in Anaheim...according to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the longest hit- Most games over .500: - - less streak by a Twins team in the “Divisional Play Era” (since 1969). Most games under .500: 12, 5/4 Longest winning-streak: 2, 4/11-12 SCORELESS STREAK ENDS AT 25: Chris Parmelee’s run in the seventh inning last night snapped the Twins scoreless Longest losing-streak: 6, 4/21-27 streak at 25 innings...it was the Twins first run since scoring three in the eighth inning in Monday night’s 4-3 loss vs. When Twins score 4+: 6-4 the Angels in Anaheim...the scoreless streak was the longest by a Twins team since they went 26 consecutive innings When Twins score 3-: 1-14 without scoring a run from July 31-August 3, 1994. Team-high hits: 20, 4/12 vs. LAA. Team-high runs: 10, 4/12 vs. LAA. THE ONE RUN GAME: The Twins have played 11 one-run games this season, going 5-6...the 11 one-run games are the most Opp.-high hits: 18, 4/24 vs. Bos. in the American League and tied for the fourth most in the Majors with Pittsburgh (Nationals - 14, Dbacks - 13, Dodgers, Opp.-high runs: 11, 4/24 vs. Bos. Marlins and Giants - 12)...the Twins were 27-32 in one-run games last season and 31-23 in 2010. When Twins get 10+ hits: 5-3 Walk-Off W/L: 0-0 TWINS VS. SEATTLE: The Twins are 9-6 against the Mariners in their last 15 meetings, since July 30, 2010...under Ron Shutouts W/L: 0/2 Gardenhire’s watch (since 2002), the Twins are 50-42 against the M’s (24-25 at Safeco Field) and have never lost more Complete Games: - - than three straight games in Seattle’s ballpark. Target Field Sellouts (2012/All-Time): 1/139 • Joe Mauer is batting .376 (67-for-178) with 21 doubles, five home runs, 29 rbi, 39 runs scored and 34 walks (10 in- tentional) in 49 career games against the Mariners...his .376 average is the highest in baseball vs. Seattle, in front of TWINS ON THE ROAD TRIP Carl Crawford’s .345...his .333 (36-for-108) average in Safeco Field is the second-highest in the park’s history among Games ..........................................................4 actives, also behind Crawford’s .347. Record .......................................................1-3 • The Twins have just two extra-base hit in their last four games at Safeco Field (Cuddyer home run off Luke French, August 29, 2010 and Chris Parmelee’s double in last night’s game). Average .............................. .129 (16-for-124) Runs Per-Game ............................1.5 (6 runs) A LOOK AT THE EXTRA-BASE HIT: Chris Parmelee’s double in the seventh inning last night was the Twins first extra-base Home Runs ...................................................0 hit since Alexi Casilla’s double in the eighth inning Monday night...the Twins had 92 plate appearances between extra- RISP ....................................... .214 (3-for-14) base hits...through 25 games this season, they have 46 doubles (6th in the AL), five triples (T-5th in the AL) and 14 home Fielding Errors ..............................................0 runs (last in the AL)...their 65 extra-base hits are the fewest among American Leaugue teams. ERA ..................................5.18 (33.0 ip, 19 er) Starters W-L ..............................................1-3 THIS AND THAT: Starters ERA ....................6.86 (19.2 ip, 15 er) • The Twins won for the first time last night when being out-hit by their opponent (1-12)...it also marked the first time Relievers W-L-S .....................................0-0-1 the Twins held their opponent to two runs-or-less. Relievers ERA ....................2.70 (13.1 ip, 4 er) • Ron Gardenhire flew back to Minneapolis after Wednesday night’s game to attend his daughter Tara’s graduation from Save/Opportunities ....................................1/1 Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, MN...he will be back with the club in time for Monday night’s game... Bench Coach, Scott Ullger, will serve as the team’s Manager in Gardy’s absence. TOMORROW’S STARTER UPCOMING MILESTONES Nick Blackburn, rhp PLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACH Ron Gardenhire 873 wins Needs 27 wins to reach 900 managerial victories 2012 Record (4 starts): 0-4, 6.64 ERA Joe Mauer 1123 hits Needs 41 hits to tie Cesar Tovar for 9th on Twins All-Time list (1164) Career Record (129 appearances, 121 starts): 39-49, 4.56 ERA Justin Morneau 189 home runs Needs 3 home runs to tie Torii Hunter for 7th on Twins All-Time List (192) 2011 Record vs.