(77-50) VS. (38-87) FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2019 - 7:10 PM (CT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH / RADIO: TIBN-WCCO RHP José Berríos (10-6, 3.37) vs. RHP Drew VerHagen (3-2, 6.67) GAME 128 HOME GAME 66 Upcoming Probable & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 8/24 vs. Detroit RHP Kyle Gibson (11-6, 4.40) vs. RHP Edwin Jackson (3-6, 8.46) 6:10 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / None 8/25 vs. Detroit LHP Martín Pérez (8-5, 4.60) vs. TBA 1:10 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / twinsbeisbol.com 8/26 OFF DAY SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 1-2 through three games on their six-game seven-day STREAKS homestand...tonight the Twins will begin a three-game series with the Tigers...following Record:...... 77-50 Current Streak 1 loss Home Record:...... 37-28 Sunday afternoon's series finale, the Twins will travel to Chicago for an off-day, followed Road Record:...... 40-22 by three vs. the White Sox August 27-29, four vs. the Tigers August 30-September 2 and Last 5 games 3-2 Record in series:...... 22-13-6 three vs. the Red Sox September 3-5...the Twins have 35 games remaining, 23 of which are Last 10 games 6-4 Series Openers:...... 27-14 against teams with a record under .500. Last 15 games 7-8 Series Finales:...... 20-22 Last 20 games 11-9 Rubber Games:...... 4-9 TWINS SHUTOUT BY SOX: The Twins lost to the White Sox on Wednesday afternoon by a Sweeps/Swept:...... 9/1 score of 4-0, just their second shutout of the season...Jake Odorizzi (13-6) was the starter TWINS VS. TIGERS March/April:...... 17-10 and loser, allowing four runs (3 earned) on eight hits in 5.0 innings pitched...the bullpen 2019 Record:...... 6-3 May:...... 21-8 combined for 4.0 scoreless innings...the offense recorded just three hits with no walks and June:...... 15-12 Current Streak:...... 1 win July:...... 13-11 12 ...Jonathan Schoop has the only extra-base , doubling in the eighth inning. 2019 at Home: ...... 4-2 August:...... 11-9 2019 at Detroit:...... 2-1 September/October:...... TWINS AND TIGERS: The Twins are playing the 10th of 19 games against the Tigers this ...... 450-413-1 season...they have gone are 6-3 vs. Detroit thus far, 4-2 at Target Field and 2-1 at Comerica All-Time Record: Day Games:...... 26-21 All-Time at Home:...... 235-199 Night Games:...... 51-29 Park...Twins have won eight of their last 11 over the Tigers and 12 of their last 16, dating vs. American League East:...... 18-11 back to August 19...Twins are 5-0-1 in series play vs. Detroit in their last five, home or away. All-Time at Detroit:...... 215-214-1 vs. American League Central:...... 29-18 C.J. Cron is hitting .325 (39-for-120) with seven doubles, nine home runs and 30 RBI in 30 2019 Game Logs: vs. American League West:...... 23-11 Acareer games vs. Detroit...he has seven homers and 21 RBI vs. DET in his last 17 games. vs. National League:...... 7-10 Twins have scored 151 runs against the Tigers since the start of last season, their most Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Games vs. LH Starter:...... 15-14 Afor any opponent...also the most Tigers pitchers have allowed to any team since. 4/12 MIN **PPD** Games vs. RH Starter:...... 62-36 4/13 MIN 4-3 Pineda/Ross/Parker Twins score first:...... 62-20 Since 2017, Minnesota has gone 29-18 against Detroit and has a +77 run differential Ain those games...this is the Twins best run differential versus any opponent since, and 4/14 MIN 6-4 Berrios/Zimmermann/Hildenberger Opponent scores first:...... 15-30 the Tigers only have a worse mark against the Indians (-169). 5/10 MIN 6-0 Odorizzi/Ross Come-from-behind wins:...... 25 5/11 MIN 3-5 Jiménez/Hildenberger/Greene Leading after 7/8 inn.:...... 65-6/69-3 Trailing after 7/8 inn.:...... 6-40/3-43 MAX POWER: 3 1 of Max Kepler's 34 home runs have come from the leadoff spot, the most in *** MIN 8-3 Stewart/Soto Tied after 7/8 inn.:...... 6-4/5-4 baseball, ahead of Ronald Acuña Jr. (29)...five players have hit as many as 31 home runs from 5/12 MIN 3-5 Norris/Pérez/Greene Extra-innings:...... 4-6 the leadoff spot since 2012 in a single season: Charlie Blackmon (37 in 2017), Francisco Lindor 6/7 DET 6-3 Harper/Jiménez/Parker 1-run games:...... 17-11 (37 in 2018), Brian Dozier (34 in 2017), George Springer (34 in 2017) and Mookie Betts (32 6/8 DET 3-9 Ramirez/Gibson Twins out-hit opp.:...... 59-10 in 2018)...since the start of 2018, he ranks fifth among AL players in homers from the leadoff 6/9 DET 12-2 Odorizzi/Carpenter Opp. out-hit Twins:...... 13-36 spot, despite just 388 at-bats there (Lindor leads with 58 HR in 1096 AB's)...single-season 8/23 MIN 7:10 pm (CT) Twins/Opp. have = hits:...... 5-4 club record for homers at the leadoff spot is 34, done by Dozier in 2017 (Kepler 2nd). 8/24 MIN 6:10 pm (CT) Run Differential:...... +148 (740-592) 8/25 MIN 1:10 pm (CT) Twins get Quality Start:...... 43-14 Along with Nelson Cruz's 33 home runs, they are one of three pairs of teammates in baseball Twins starter goes 6+ IP:...... 47-20 Awith 33-plus homers (Acuña Jr. 36/Freeman 34 and Bellinger 42/Muncy 33)...second set of 8/30 DET 6:10 pm (CT) Most games over .500:....28, 3x, last 8/21 teammates with club history (since 1961) with 33-plus, joining 1963 teammates Harmon 8/31 DET 5:10 pm (CT) Most games under .500:...... Killebrew (45), Bob Allison (35) and Jimmie Hall (33). 9/1 DET 12:10 pm (CT) Longest win-streak:...... 6, 5/20-26 9/2 DET 12:10 pm (CT) Longest losing-streak:...... 4, 8/6-9 CRUZIN' UP THE LIST: Nelson Cruz has hit 33 home runs, the fourth most in the AL...17 9/24 DET 5:40 pm (CT) When Twins score 4+:...... 70-24 of those home runs have been hit since the All-Star break, the most in baseball...he is on 9/25 DET 5:40 pm (CT) When Twins score 3-:...... 7-26 pace to hit 42 home runs and record 102 RBI...below is where Cruz ranks on baseball's 9/26 DET 12:10 pm (CT) Twins get 10+ hits:...... 47-11 Days in First Place...... 136 all-time list: PLAYER HR PLAYER HR CURRENT HOMESTAND (1-2) Days in Second Place...... 6 Batting average .294 Days in Third Place...... 4 55) Mark Teixeira...... 409 59) Dale Murphy...... 398 Days in Fourth Place...... 56) Duke Snider...... 407 60) Joe Carter...... 396 Runs Per Game 6.00 Days in Fifth Place...... 57) Andres Galarraga...... 399 61) Nelson Cruz...... 393 Home Runs 4 Walk-Off W/L:...... 3/1 Al Kaline...... 399 Jim Edmonds...... 393 RISP .480 Shutouts W/L:...... 8-3 Errors 2 Complete Games...... SEVEN GOING ON 20: Jorge Polanco hit his 19th home run Tuesday night...Twins have six Target Field Sellouts (’19/All-Time):.... 9/170 players with 20-plus homers (Kepler - 34, Cruz - 33, Rosario - 27, Garver - 23, Sanó - 23, Team ERA 4.33 Cron - 20)...the MLB record for 20-plus homer players in seven, done by the 2018 Dodgers, Starters W-L 1-2 RECENT TRANSACTIONS 2017 Orioles, 2010 Blue Jays, 2009 Yankees, 2005 Rangers, 2000 Blue Jays and 1996 Starters ERA 5.79 8/19 DH Cruz reinstated from 10-day IL Orioles...additionally, Jonathan Schoop has 17 homers and Marwin Gonzalez has 14. (credit Elias Sports Bureau) Relievers W-L-S 0-0-0 RHP Littell optioned to AAA Relievers ERA 1.80 8/16 LHP Thorpe recalled from AAA TWINS ON A STICK: Earlier today, Tyler Duffey and Trevor May visited the Minnesota State Saves/Opps 0/0 LHP Smeltzer optioned to AAA Fair...they went to the Minnesota Twins Experience booth...they also interacted with farm BOMBA COUNTER - MLB HR RECORD babies from the CHS Miracle of Birth and the Moo Booth...the Minnesota Twins Experience 8/15 RHP Pineda reinstated from 10-day IL TEAM YEAR HR'S RHP Dobnak optioned to AAA booth at the Minnesota State Fair is located on the south end of Cooper Street at Judson 1) New York-AL...... 2018...... 267 Avenue, next to the International Bazaar. 8/13 RHP Dyson reinstated from 10-day IL 2) Seattle...... 1997...... 264 3) Texas...... 2005...... 260 RHP Stashak optioned to AAA MWL STARS: The Midwest League has announced the 2019 Post Season All-Star Roster...the . . . 8/10 OF Miller acquired via trade with SEA team was selected by the Field Managers of the sixteen Midwest League member clubs... T11) Minnesota...... 2019...... 244 in exchange for cash Gabe Snyder was selected to the Post Season All-Star Roster at first base...Snyder has hit New York-AL...... 2009...... 244 Seattle...... 1999...... 244 8/9 DH Cruz placed on 10-day IL .258 (100-for-387) with 21 doubles, three triples, 16 home runs and 51 RBI in 105 games for the Kernels. Toronto...... 2000...... 244 RHP Stashak recalled from AAA *Previous club record: 225 (1963), passed on 8/9* 8/8 RHP Stewart optioned to AAA ON THIS DAY IN TWINS HISTORY: In 1977, Dave Goltz one-hit the Red Sox to give the Twins a 7-0 win, Jim Rice was the only Red Sox RHP Dobnak contract selected from AAA player to record a hit...in 2001, in a 6-2 loss to the Blue Jays, Torii Hunter throws out consecutive runners Darrin Fletcher and Homer 8/7 RHP Stashak optioned to AAA Bush, both trying to stretch singles...in 2009, Michael Cuddyer hits two home runs in the same inning, becoming the first member of RHP Stewart recalled from AAA the Twins and the 53rd major league player to do so as the Twins defeat Kansas City, 10-3...Carl Pohlad was born on this day in 1915... the late owner passed away on January 5, 2009. 8/4 RHP Dyson placed on 10-day IL LHP Smeltzer recalled from AAA UPCOMING MILESTONES PLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACH TWINSPRESSBOX.COM Nelson Cruz...... 393 home runs...... Needs 3 to tie Joe Carter for 62nd on MLB all-time list. Get the latest Twins notes, stat packs, clips, Needs 7 to become 57th MLB player to reach 400 homers. press releases, minor league reports, 2019 592 walks...... Needs 8 to reach 600 for career. official team media guide as well as other Marwin Gonzalez...... 90 home runs...... Needs 10 to reach 100 for career. team related information at: Jorge Polanco...... 97 doubles...... Needs 3 to reach 100 for career. www.twinspressbox.com Eddie Rosario...... 27 home runs in 2019...... Needs 1 to set single-season career-high (27 in 2017). STARTING 2019 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS JOSÉ BERRíOS #17 CG’s: - - CG’s: 2, last 6/7/18 vs. CWS Height: 6-0 Weight: 205 B/T: R/R Age: 25 (5/27/94 in Bayamón, PR) SHO’s: - - SHO’s: 1, 4/1/18 at BAL CG Low Hit: - - CG Low-Hit: 3, 4/1/17 at BAL 2019: 10-6, 3.37 ERA CAREER: 39-32, 4.16 ERA Innings: 8.0, 6/17 vs. BOS Innings: 9.0, 2x, last 6/7/18 vs. CWS SO’s: 11, 7/31 at MIA SO’s: 12, 6/24/18 vs. TEX • He is making his 26th start and appearance of 2019. 4, 8/6 vs. ATL 6, 8/9/18 at CLE • He is making his 97th career start and 98th career appearance. Walks: Walks: Hits: 12, 5/13 vs. LAA Hits: 12, 5/13/19 vs. LAA 2019 MAJOR LEAGUE DAY-BY-DAY Home Runs: 3, 4/20 at BAL-G1 Home Runs: 3, 5x, last 4/20/19-G1 at BAL Win-Streak: 5, 4/14-5/7 Win-Streak: 5, 4/14-5/7/19 Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Left/Final Notes Pitches/K Loss-Streak: 3, 6/17-7/20 Loss-Streak: 6, 8/6-9/27/16 3/28 vs. CLE W1 7.2 2 0 0 0 1 10 2-0/2-0 Club record strikeouts by OD starter 96/67 (70.0%) 4/2 at KC ND 7.0 7 3 3 1 0 4 3-3/5-4 7.0+ IP in third straight start 86/59 (68.6%) 4/7 at PHI L1 6.0 2 2 2 1 3 7 1-2/1-2 Fewest IP since Sept. 21 98/64 (65.3%) CAREER NOTES 4/14 vs. DET W2 6.2 4 2 2 1 1 7 5-2/6-4 5th consecutive QS 98/66 (67.3%) 4/20 at BAL W3 6.0 8 4 4 3 3 5 6-4/6-5 Tied career high for HR's allowed 104/63 (60.6%) • Teamed with Jake Odorizzi (11 Ks on March 30 against the Indians) to become just 4/27 vs. BAL W4 6.0 7 2 2 0 0 8 1-2/9-2 2nd game in '19 w/ 0 BB 101/70 (69.3%) the second pair of pitchers in baseball history (since 1893 - when the mound was MAR/APR TOTALS 4-1 39.1 30 13 13 6 8 41 2.97 ERA placed at its current distance to home plate) to start a team's season with consec- 5/2 vs. HOU W5 7.0 7 2 2 1 0 5 8-2/8-2 Tied career-high winning streak 88/68 (77.3%) utive double-digit totals...the only others to ever do it were Hall of Famer 5/7 at TOR W6 7.0 4 0 0 0 0 5 3-0/3-0 Set career-high win streak 92/65 (74.0%) Randy Johnson, along with Curt Schilling, for the 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks. 5/13 vs. LAA L2 5.2 12 5 5 2 3 3 4-5/4-5 Career-high for hits allowed 101/63 (62.4%) • Finished 2018 with 32 starts, his fifth-straight season with at least 28 starts; along 5/18 at SEA ND 4.2 8 4 4 0 0 6 15-4/18-4 Season-low for innings pitched 105/70 (66.7%) 5/24 vs. CWS W7 6.2 9 4 1 0 0 4 10-4/11-4 First QS since May 7 98/74 (75.5%) with Kyle Gibson (32) and José Berríos (32), they became the first trio of Twins with 5/31 at TB ND 6.2 3 3 3 1 3 8 3-3/5-3 Fewest hits allowed since April 7 99/64 (64.6%) 30-plus starts in the same season since 2007 (Johan Santana - 33, Carlos Silva - MAY TOTALS 3-1 37.2 43 18 15 4 6 31 3.58 ERA 33, and Boof Bonser - 30). 6/6 at CLE W8 6.0 2 2 1 1 1 6 5-1/5-4 9th start w/ 1-or-less walks 107/74 (69.2%) • Given 2018 Joseph W. Haynes Award for Twins Pitcher of the Year, voted on by the 6/12 vs. SEA ND 6.2 7 1 1 1 2 6 1-1/6-9 Fourth consecutive QS 107/71 (66.4%) Twin Cities Chapter of the BBWAA...also awarded with the Carl R. Pohlad Community 6/17 vs. BOS L3 8.0 5 1 1 0 0 10 0-1/0-2 Lost, but lowered ERA to 2.84 109/83 (76.1%) Service Award. 6/22 at KC ND 7.0 5 2 2 0 3 3 3-2/5-3 Left in 8th w/ blister on ring finger 90/55 (61.1%) 6/28 at CWS L4 7.1 9 6 3 2 0 5 2-6/4-6 QS, but allowed six total runs 105/78 (74.3%) JUNE TOTALS 1-2 35.0 28 12 8 4 6 30 2.06 ERA 7/4 at OAK L5 5.0 6 3 3 1 3 2 2-3/2-7 Snapped 7-game QS streak 92/54 (58.7%) 2019 MISC. NUMBERS 7/14 at CLE ND 5.0 6 3 3 0 3 6 0-3/3-4 Fourth straight start on road 92/60 (65.2%) W L ERA G/GS IP ER AVG H AB HR BB SO 7/20 vs. OAK ND 5.2 5 0 0 0 3 4 2-0/4-5 Bullpen allowed 5 runs in 3.1 IP 113/74 (65.5%) 7/25 at CWS W9 7.0 6 3 2 1 1 8 10-3/10-3 Snapped 7-start winless streak 106/80 (75.5%) Home: 5 3 3.27 11/11 71.2 26 Vs. Left: .257 80 311 11 18 75 7/31 at MIA W10 7.0 2 0 0 0 0 11 7-0/7-4 Season-high 11 strikeouts 81/56 (69.1%) Road: 5 3 3.45 14/14 86.0 33 Vs. Right: .227 68 299 10 20 75 JULY TOTALS 2-1 29.2 25 9 8 2 10 31 2.43 ERA Day: 4 2 3.04 9/9 56.1 19 TOTALS: .243 148 610 21 38 150 8/6 vs. ATL L6 5.2 9 9 9 2 4 7 0-9/7-12 Career-high 9 earned runs 97/63 (64.9%) 8/11 vs. CLE ND 6.0 6 3 3 1 1 4 1-3/3-7 17th QS of season, ties career-high 96/66 (68.8%) Night: 6 4 3.55 16/16 101.1 40 8/17 at TEX ND 4.1 7 7 3 2 3 6 8-7/12-7 Shortest start of 2019 92/57 (62.0%) Grass: 9 6 3.50 23/23 144.0 56 None On: .226 81 358 11 28 88 AUG TOTALS 0-1 16.0 22 19 15 5 8 17 8.44 ERA Turf: 1 0 1.98 2/2 13.2 3 Runners On: .266 67 252 10 10 62 RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 2019 TOTALS 10-6 157.2 148 71 59 21 38 150 3.37 CAREER TOTALS 39-32 554.0 512 281 256 73 182 540 4.16 6.0-PLUS IP/QUALITY STARTS BERRÍOS SCUFFLES, BUT OFFENSE TRIUMPHS IN TEXAS: Amidst a 97 degree starting temperature YEAR STARTS 6+ IP QS YEAR STARTS 6+ IP QS down in Arlington last Saturday, 2019 All-Star José Berríos fought his command and struggled through 2016 14 1 1 2018 32 20 17 4.1 innings of seven-run ball, but fortunately for him only three of those runs were earned, in lieu of 2017 25 13 12 2019 25 18 17 a Miguel Sanó error in the second inning...the Twins overcame the right-hander's off-night, scoring TOTALS 96 52 47 12 runs in a 12-7 win...over his last three starts, he owns an 8.44 ERA (16.0 IP, 15 ER) following a 12-start stretch in which he went 4-3 with a 2.31 ERA (78.0 IP, 20 ER), from May 24-July 31. After being handed a 6-0 lead in the top of the first inning, Berríos immediately returned the MORE MISCELLANEOUS NUMBERS Afavor in the bottom half as Danny Santana hit his first of two home runs on the night, a two- BASE RUNNERS PICK-OFFS SB-ATT GIDP run homer to right...was stung for four more runs in the second frame, following an error by BERRÍOS: 173 2 12-13 8 Sanó, as a single by Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Santana's second two-run home run brought the Rangers to within two runs...he settled down for the third and fourth innings, allowing just one hit, but issued a bases-loaded walk in the fourth inning, bumping him from the game. 2019 RUNS/HITS PER INNING Marked the shortest start of the season for Berríos, and his shortest since going just 4.0 Ainnings back on Sept. 1, 2018, also in Arlington (29 starts in between). INNING: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RUNS/HITS: 11/21 13/18 11/27 5/23 14/29 11/16 2/10 4/4 -/- THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BATTERY: Over his 25 starts, Berríos has thrown to each of the three this season: Astudillo (3 games), Castro (12 games) and Garver (10 games)...below is a breakdown how La Makina has fared, depending on who's calling his pitches, courtesy of Baseball Reference: BERRíOS VS. DETROIT GAMES ERA IP/ER HITS/AB BAA XBH (HR) 2019 vs. Detroit (1 game, 1 start): 1-0, 2.70 ERA (6.2 IP, 2 ER), 1 BB, 7 SO Astudillo...... 3...... 2.75...... 19.2/6...... 10/69...... 145...... 5 (2) 2019 vs. Detroit at Home (1 game, 1 start): 1-0, 2.70 ERA (6.2 IP, 2 ER), 1 BB, 7 SO Castro...... 12...... 3.51...... 77.0/30...... 82/305...... 269...... 23 (11) Garver...... 10...... 3.39...... 61.0/23...... 56/236...... 237...... 20 (8) 2019 vs. Detroit on Road (0 games, 0 starts): - - Career vs. Detroit (8 games, 7 starts): 4-1, 6.25 ERA (36.0 IP, 25 ER), 17 BB, 34 SO ATTACKING A LINEUP: Below is how Berríos has fared each time through the lineup in his starts this Career vs. Detroit at Home (4 games, 3 starts): 3-1, 3.86 ERA (21.0 IP, 9 ER), 8 BB, 20 SO season, courtesy of FanGraphs: Career vs. Detroit on Road (4 games, 4 starts): 1-0, 9.60 ERA (15.0 IP, 16 ER), 9 BB, 14 SO TIME THRU LINEUP ERA IP/ER H/XBH BAA SLG 1st time ...... 2.45...... 55.0/15...... 40/21...... 196...... 377 2nd time...... 3.17...... 54.0/19...... 57/16...... 268...... 404 BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPS 3rd time ...... 3.83...... 44.2/19...... 44/7...... 254...... 353 4th time ...... 13.50...... 4.0/6...... 7/4...... 350...... 800 Berríos vs. the Tigers VerHagen vs. the Twins PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SO PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SO TURNING THE CORNER: Berríos owns a 3.37 ERA through 25 starts this season, and has seen an Hicks .222 9 2 0 0 4 Schoop .600 5 3 0 0 1 uptick in performance in a myriad of different pitching categories between 2017-18 and 2019. Cabrera .143 7 1 0 2 1 Sanó .500 4 2 0 0 2 2017-18 - 58 GAMES 2019 - 25 GAMES Beckham .333 6 2 1 0 1 Cron .000 2 0 0 0 1 26-19 RECORD 10-6 Goodrum .333 6 2 1 0 3 Garver .000 2 0 0 0 0 338.0 INNINGS PITCHED 157.2 Reyes .333 3 1 0 0 0 Gonzalez .500 2 1 0 0 0 7.7% WALK % 5.7% Rodríguez .500 2 1 0 1 0 Kepler .000 2 0 0 1 1 3.86 ERA 3.37 Adrianza .000 1 0 0 0 1 3.13 SO/BB 3.95 Cave .000 1 0 0 0 1 29 QUALITY STARTS* 17 Castro .000 0 0 0 1 0 3.29 BB/9* 2.17 Berríos is tied for fifth in the American League (T-10th in MLB) with 17 quality starts, while 18 Aout of his 25 starts have gone at least 6.0 innings (including nine 7.0+ inning efforts)...not only TWINS STARTERS IN 2019 that, but in 96 career starts, Berríos has thrown 47 quality starts (49.0 percent). Pitcher Last Start (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) Dec. Starts QS Team Rec. Run Supp. RS AVG Berríos 8/17 at TEX (4.1-7-7-3-3-6-2) ND 25 17 15-10 104 5.94 MOTOWN MAKINA: José is making his eighth career start (2nd this season), against the Tigers...enters Gibson 8/19 vs. CWS (6.2-6-5-5-1-4-0) L6 25 9 15-10 106 6.91 with a lifetime 6.25 ERA (36.0 IP, 25 ER) against them, but a large part those earned runs came in Odorizzi 8/21 vs. CWS (5.0-8-4-3-1-6-0) L6 25 7 17-8 89 6.11 his first two career starts in Detroit (0.2 IP-7 ER & 3.1 IP-6 ER). Pérez 8/18 at TEX (5.0-5-2-2-4-2-0) ND 22 9 13-9 102 7.36 Faced these Tigers back on April 14 here at Target Field, earning his second win of the season Pineda 8/20 vs. CWS (7.0-6-4-4-0-4-2) W9 23 11 14-9 93 6.49 Aafter tossing 6.2 IP, allowing two runs (both on a Gordon Beckham home run) on four hits Smeltzer 8/9 vs. CLE (4.1-7-6-6-3-4-0) L2 4 2 2-2 3 1.19 with seven strikeouts in a 6-4 victory. Stewart 5/11 vs. DET-G2 (6.0-6-3-3-2-2-1) W1 2 1 1-1 9 6.75 The aforementioned 0.2 IP, 7 ER start against the Tigers was his fourth big league appearance Thorpe 6/30 at CWS (5.0-5-2-2-2-7-1) L1 1 0 0-1 0 0.00 Aback on May 16, 2016...also made his lone career appearance out of the bullpen against the Tigers on Sept. 29, 2017 here at home, throwing 1.1 IP and scattering two hits. STRIKEOUTS FOR GOOD: Berríos will donate $50 per strikeout in 2019 to Fundación CAP...Fundación CAP is a non-profit organization that since 1989 has been working RANKING LA MAKINA: Below is a chart of where he ranks among all American League pitchers: for children with cancer at Hospital Pediátrico, the leading public pediatric hospital STAT______NUMBER______AL RANK (ML RANK) in Puerto Rico and the only one that treats certain types of cancer...the mission of CAP First-Pitch Strike Percentage...... 65.8...... T-3rd (T-10th) is to ensure that all children with cancer, regardless of their financial resources, have Walks/Batters Faced...... 0.57...... 5th (T-15th) access to first-rate cancer treatment in Puerto Rico, close to their family and home... Quality Starts...... 17...... T-5th (T-10th) entering today's start, Berríos is set to donate $7,500. Walks/9.0 innings...... 2.17...... 6th (17th) PITCH SELECTION: Below is the breakdown of his 2019 repertoire, according to Baseball Savant: Pitches Per Inning...... 15.6...... 8th (T-18th) PITCH NUMBER (vs. RHB-LHB)/AVG MPH PERCENTAGE ERA...... 3.37...... 8th (20th) ...... 737 pitches (428-309)/81.1...... 30.0 Pitching WAR...... 3.2...... 9th (T-23rd) ...... 734 pitches (283-451)/93.0...... 29.9 Innings Pitched...... 157.2...... 9th (18th) Sinker...... 618 pitches (374-244)/92.0...... 25.2 Strikeouts/Walks...... 3.95...... 10th (22nd) ...... 364 pitches (112-252)/82.6...... 14.8 Strikeouts ...... 150...... 11th (T-26th) TOMORROW'S STARTER - KYLE GIBSON RHP (SEASON: 11-6, 4.40 ERA ; CAREER: 65-67, 4.46 ERA) Gibson is having his next start bumped up a day, and will take the ball in game two tomorrow night...Gibson last threw here on Monday against the White Sox, allowing five runs on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts in a 6-4 Twins loss...the offense supplied 15 hits in the defeat...Gibby has seen the Tigers once this year, back on June 8 in Detroit, when he allowed five runs on eight hits with eight strikeouts over just 5.0 innings of work in a 9-3 loss...since that game, the Tigers have gone 14-50...the Indiana-native hasn't had a ton of success against the Tigers, going 8-9 with a 5.30 ERA (112.0 IP, 66 ER) in 20 starts against them, including a 4-4 record with a 5.84 ERA (49.1 IP, 32 ER) here at Target Field. BULLPEN TEAM BULLPEN NOTES Twins ‘pen is 25-18-37 with a 4.35 ERA (430.0 IP, 208 ER), 69 holds, 149 walks & 447 strikeouts this season (127 games)...allowing a .259 opp. batting average (435-for-1679). ARelievers are 1-1-3 with six holds with a 3.62 ERA (27.1 IP, 11 ER) with 12 walks & 36 strikeouts in 9 games vs. DET this season...3.12 ERA with five holds in 17.1 IP vs. the Tigers at home in ‘19. AFor the season, Twins ‘pen ranks 7th in the AL and 11th in the majors in save percentage (67.3%, 37-for-55)...Twins have fourth-fewest relief innings pitched in the AL (430.0 IP), behind Cleveland A(402.0 IP), Chicago-Al (428.1 IP) & Kansas City (429.2). Since the All-Star break, Twins pen’ has gone 9-8-11 with a 4.47 ERA (131.0 IP, 65 ER)...that is the eighth-highest bullpen ERA in the AL (ahead of only Baltimore, Detroit, Kansas City, Los AAngeles-AL, Chicago- AL, Seattle & Texas) also 16th-lowest ERA in MLB...Twins bullpen also has 12 blown saves in the second half, most in baseball. TYLER DUFFEY - RHP #21 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 222 B/T: R/R Age: 28 (12/27/90 in Houston, TX) Drafted: 5th round, 2012 Draft DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 8/21 vs. CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.2 IP, 0 ER), 3 K, 0 BB Series vs CWS: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.2 IP, 0ER), 3 K, 0 BB vs. Left .205 vs. Right .209 8/20 vs. CWS H8 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 8/17 at TEX W4 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Has allowed two earned runs over his last 17 games (13.2 IP, 1.32 ERA) with 20 strikeouts and an opponents’ batting average of .093 (4-for-43). 8/16 at TEX W3 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 AHas made three appearances against the Tigers this season (3 scoreless) with 3.0 IP with five strikeouts...Twins have gone 3-0 in those games. 8/13 at MIL W2 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 ACareer 4-3 with three holds & a 3.88 ERA (46.1 IP, 20 ER) with 10 walks & 38 strikeouts in 20 games vs. Detroit...1.34 WHIP in those games. 8/11 vs. CLE ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 A..only 1.0 IP at home vs. DET this season (scoreless inning on 5/11 with three strikeouts). 8/9 vs. CLE ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 1 Is now 4-1 with eight holds, a 2.95 ERA (42.2 IP, 14 ER), 13 walks and 55 strikeouts over 43 relief appearances this season, while holding 8/5 vs. ATL BS1 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Aopponents to a .207/.272/.354 slash line (34-for-164). 8/4 vs. KC H7 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4-0 with a 2.86 ERA (22.0 IP, 7 ER) with 5 BB & 23 SO on the road vs. 0-1 with a 3.05 ERA (20.2 IP, 7 ER), 8 BB & 32 SO at home in 2019. 8/1 at MIA H6 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3 ARelies on 5 pitches: four seamer (51.9%), slider (35.7%), curve (9.8%), sinker (2.0%) & changeup (0.5%). 7/30 at MIA H5 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 ASAM DYSON - RHP #49 RECENT APPEARANCES DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO Height: 6-1 Weight: 221 B/T: R/R Age: 29 (5/7/88 in Tampa, FL) Acquired: via trade with SF, 7/31/19 8/21 vs. CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP, 0 ER), 1 K, 0 BB Series vs CWS: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP, 0ER), 1 K, 0 BB vs. Left .250 vs. Right .533 8/18 at TEX W5 1.0 3 1 1 1 0 1 Has two saves and three holds with a 2.61 ERA (10.1 IP, 3 ER) with eight strikeouts in nine games against the Tigers, but hasn’t faced them since 2017. 8/16 at TEX ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 AEarned his fifth win this season (1st as a Twin) on 8/18 despite allowing one run on three hits in Texas...since joining the Twins, he has allowed seven 8/14 at MIL H19 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8/13 at MIL H18 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Aruns in 5.2 IP...missed nine games with right biceps tendinitis (8/3-11), and has since allowed just one run over 5.0 innings with five strikeouts. 8/2 vs. KC ND 0.2 4 3 3 0 0 1 Career 24-23 with 59 saves, a 3.40 ERA (381.0 IP, 144 ER), 126 walks and 308 strikeouts in 371 games with TOR, MIA, TEX, SF & MIN. 8/1 at MIA ND 0.0 2 3 3 0 2 0 AAcquired from San Francisco on 7/31 for outfielder Jaylin Davis and right-handed pitchers Prelander Berroa and Kai-Wei Teng. ------Traded to MIN from SF------APosted a 4-1-2 record in a team-high 49 games with the Giants, including a 2.47 ERA (51.0 IP, 14 ER) with 47 strikeouts to just 7 walks... 7/28 at SD H17 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Awas unscored upon in 15 of his last 17 appearances with SF, allowing three runs in 17.0 innings (1.59 ERA). 7/26 at SD ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relies on 5 pitches: sinker (44.2%), cutter (28.2%), changeup (11.2%), four seamer (10.4%) and slider (6.0%). 7/22 vs. CHC S2 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 ARYNE HARPER - RHP #19 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 215 B/T: R/R Age: 30 (3/27/89 in Nashville, TN) Acquired: Signed as minor league free agent, 1/31/18 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 8/21 vs. CWS ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.1 IP, 0 ER), 1 K, 1 BB Series vs CWS: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.1 IP, 0ER), 1 K, 1 BB vs. Left .261 vs. Right .228 8/19 vs. CWS ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career 1-0 with 2.2 IP (1 H, 1 BB, 5 SO) in two against DET (both games this season) last on 6/7 at DET...opp batting avg. .111 (1-for-9). 8/17 at TEX H11 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 AHas pitched in a team-high 55 games this season, tied for third-most among ML rookies behind Los Angeles-AL’s Ty Buttrey (58) and Arizo- 8/13 at MIL BS3 0.0 3 4 3 1 0 0 Ana’s Yoan López (57)...only seven Twins rookies have ever pitched in more games: Jesse Crain (75 in 2005), Doug Corbett (73 in 1980), José 8/11 vs. CLE ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mijares (71 in 2009), Rick Lysander (61 in 1983), Gary Wayne (60 in 1989), Len Whitehouse (60 in 1983) and Taylor Rogers (57 in 2016). 8/8 vs. CLE ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8/5 vs. ATL H10 0.2 2 2 1 0 0 1 Is 3-2-1 with a 3.38 ERA (48.0 IP, 18 ER), nine walks and 44 strikeouts...among qualifying Twins relievers, is fourth in ERA (3.38), fourth in 8/3 vs. KC ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Astrikeouts (44), tied for first in holds (11) and third in innings pitched (48.0 IP). 8/1 at MIA ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Throws his curveball 59.0% of the time...also throws a four seamer (38.3%), changeup (2.6%) and cutter (0.1%). 7/28 at CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AWith a 2.92 pre-ASG ERA, became the fifth Twins rookie to post a sub-3.00 ERA before the All-Star break (min. 30 games), joining José Mijares 7/23 vs. NYY BS2 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 A(1.88 in 2009), Doug Corbett (2.15 in 1980), Jesse Crain (2.43 in 2005) and Len Whitehouse (2.55 in 1983). 7/22 vs. NYY H9 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 TREVOR MAY - RHP #65 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-5 Weight: 240 B/T: R/R Age: 29 (9/23/89 in Longview, WA) Acquired: Trade with PHI, 12/6/12 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP, 0 ER), 2 K, 0 BB Series vs CWS: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP, 0ER), 2 K, 0 BB vs. Left .189 vs. Right .205 8/21 vs. CWS ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8/20 vs. CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Career 2-2 (2 starts), a 4.73 ERA (26.2 IP, 14 ER) with six walks & 23 strikeouts in 17 games vs. DET (1.2 IP, 10.80 ERA in 3 games in ‘19). 8/17 at TEX H11 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AIs 5-3-1 with 11 holds, a 3.35 ERA (48.1 IP, 18 ER), 23 walks and 56 strikeouts, while holding opponents to a .197 batting average (35-for- 8/14 at MIL H10 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 A178) this season...38 of 50 appearances have been scoreless. 8/11 vs. CLE ND 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Is 3-2-1 with five holds, a 4.85 ERA (26.0 IP, 14 ER), 11 walks and 31 strikeouts at home vs. 2-1 with six holds and a 1.61 ERA (22.1 IP, 4 8/8 vs. CLE ND 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 2 AER), with 12 walks and 25 strikeouts on the road this season. 8/5 vs. ATL W5 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 2 8/2 vs. KC W4 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Induced an inning-ending double play on 8/5, 2nd of the season, first since April...12th of his career, fifth as a reliever. 7/27 at CWS ND 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1 AThe pitch he threw to induce the double play on 8/5 was clocked at 99.8 MPH, according to Statcast, was the fastest pitch of his career... 7/21 vs. OAK BS2 1.2 2 3 2 0 3 3 Aonly three Twins pitches since data is available (2008) have been faster (all 100.0-plus by Juan Morillo to Akinori Iwamura in April, 2009). 7/17 vs. NYML3/BS1 1.0 3 3 3 1 0 1 Relies on 5 pitches: four seamer (60.9%), curve (15.1%), slider (13.9%), changeup (9.8%) and sinker (0.2%). 7/14 at CLE L2 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 2 ATAYLOR ROGERS - LHP #55 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 170 B/T: L/L Age: 28 (12/17/90 in Denver, CO) Drafted: 11th round, 2012 Draft DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 8/18 at TEX S19 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0 ER), 0 K, 0 BB Series vs CWS: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.0 IP, 0ER), 0 K, 0 BB vs. Left .273 vs. Right .228 8/16 at TEX H10 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2.0 scoreless innings with three strikeouts in two games vs. DET this season...career 2.81 ERA (16.0 IP, 5 ER) with one save, four walks & 8/11 vs. CLE L3 0.1 3 4 4 1 1 1 A12 strikeouts in 17 games vs DET...with one more save, he will become the fourth left-handed Twin in history with 20+ in a season (Glen 8/10 vs. CLE S18 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8/4 vs. KC S17 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Perkins-3x, Eddie Guardado-2x and Ron Perranoski-2x), first since Perkins in 2015 (32). 8/1 at MIA BS6 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 3 Is 2-3 with 19 saves, 10 holds, a team-best 2.59 ERA (55.2 IP, 16 ER), 10 walks (2 IBB) & 72 strikeouts in 47 games this season...among 7/31 at MIA ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 ATwins relievers, ranks tied for fourth in wins (2), third in games (47), first in innings pitched (55.2 IP) and first in strikeouts (72). 7/30 at MIA S16 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Leads Twins in saves (19)...19 saves ranks 7th in the AL...also ranks 3rd among AL relievers (6th ML) with a 7.20 strikeout-to-walk ratio. 7/23 vs. NYY BS5 1.0 2 2 2 1 1 1 AWhen pitching on back-to-back days: 0-2-2 with a 7.82 ERA (12.2 IP, 11 ER)...at least one day of rest: 2-1-16 with a 1.05 ERA (43.0 IP, 5 ER). 7/22 vs. NYY S15 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 ARecorded his seventh save of the season that necessitated six outs (2.0 + innings) 8/10 vs. CLE, first since 7/18 vs. Oakland...is the first 7/20 vs. OAKBS4/L2 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 1 AMinnesota reliever with five-or-more such saves in a single season since Rick Aguilera saved six 2.0+ IP games in 1990...the last Twin to 7/18 vs. OAK S14 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 have at least seven 2.0-inning saves in a single season was Jeff Reardon (also 7) back in 1987. 7/13 at CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Relies on 4 pitches: sinker (49.0%), slider (31.8%), curve (19.1%) and four seamer (0.1%). 7/12 at CLE S13 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 3 AIs 0-3 with nine saves and a 3.49 ERA (28.1 IP, 11 ER) with five walks and 36 strikeouts at home vs. 2-0 with 10 saves and a 1.65 ERA 7/6 vs. TEX S12 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 5 ASERGIO ROMO - RHP #54 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 5-10 Weight: 180 B/T: R/R Age: 36 (3/4/1983 in Brawley, CA) Acquired: Trade with MIA, 7/27/19 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 CWS: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.1 IP, 0ER), 1 K, 0 BB vs. Left .077 vs. Right .174 8/20 vs. CWS H7 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8/18 at TEX H6 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 On the season, has held right-handed hitters to 19 hits in 98 at-bats (.194/.238/.378 slash line)...allowed just 4 hits to RHB with Twins (23 AB). 8/16 at TEX S20 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 AHas made 10 appearances with the Twins (8 scoreless), going 0-1 with three saves (4 opps.), a 2.79 ERA (9.2 IP, 3 ER) and nine strikeouts. 8/14 at MIL L2/BS2 0.2 2 3 2 1 0 1 AAcquired on 7/27 from Marlins along with Chris Vallimont and a player to be named later, in exchange for first baseman Lewin Diaz. 8/13 at MIL S19 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AHas played parts of 12 seasons in the major leagues with San Francisco, Los Angeles-NL, Tampa Bay and Miami, going 40-32 with a 2.91 8/10 vs. CLE H5 1.1 1 1 1 1 0 2 8/4 vs. KC H4 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AERA (610.0 IP, 197 ER), 129 saves, 142 walks and 674 strikeouts in 691 games. 8/2 vs. KC S18 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 2 AThrows his slider 57.1% of the time, along with a changeup (16.1%), a sinker (15.7%) and a four seamer (11.1%). 8/1 at MIA H3 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LEWIS THORPE - LHP #43 RECENT APPEARANCES Height: 6-1 Weight: 218 B/T: R/L Age: 23 (11/23/95 in Melbourne, AU) Acquired: Signed as minor league free agent, 7/12/12 DATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 8/19 vs. CWS ND 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 3 Homestand: 0-0-0, 4.50 (2.0 IP, 1 ER), 3 K, 1 BB Series vs CWS: 0-0-0, 4.50 (2.0 IP, 1ER), 3 K, 1 BB vs. Left .429 vs. Right .295 8/2 vs. KC BS1 1.2 3 1 1 0 0 1 Career 1-1 (1 start) with a 3.38 ERA (13.1 IP, 5 ER) with three walks & 13 strikeouts in five games with the Twins this season...made his big league 7/26 at CWS ND 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Adebut on June 30 tossing 5.0 innings of two-run ball with seven strikeouts. 7/22 vs. NYY W1 2.2 4 1 1 0 0 2 6/30 at CWS L1 5.0 5 2 2 1 2 7 Has never faced DET...0-1 with a 3.38 ERA (10.2 IP, 4 ER) with three walks & 11 strikeouts in four games vs. AL Central teams (all this season). *Italics indicates start ARecalled from AAA Rochester on 8/16 for 3rd time this season...last 2 appearances w/ ROCH: 3.0 IP 8/13 at INDY (42 pitches) & 6.0 IP 8/7 vs. GWIN. AAppeared in 19 games (18 starts) this season for the Red Wings, going 5-4 with a 4.63 ERA (93.1 IP, 48 ER), 25 walks and 113 strikeouts. ASeven previous Australians have played for the Twins: James Beresford (2016), Liam Hendriks (2013), Luke Hughes (2012), Justin Huber A2009), Glenn Williams (2005), Grant Balfour (2004) and Brad Thomas (2004). 2018 Jim Rantz Award winner as Twins minor league Pitcher of the Year. A 2019 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 Tyler Duffey .195 2.74 11.60 0/1 8 15.0% (3/20) 1.10 7 1.0 IP (12) 0.2 IP (11) 0.0 IP (0) Sam Dyson .333 4.76 9.53 0/1 3 0.0% (0/0) 2.47 1 1.0 IP (10) 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) Ryne Harper .283 1.69 8.25 1/3 13 37.5% (15/40) 1.13 6 1.0 IP (27) 0.0 IP (0) 0.1 IP (4) Trevor May .154 4.28 10.43 1/3 10 6.3% (1/16) 1.20 5 1.0 IP (24) 1.0 IP (13) 0.0 IP (0) Taylor Rogers .205 1.62 11.64 19/25 7 40.0% (6/15) 1.10 6 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) Sergio Romo .100 0.93 8.38 3/4 3 0.0% (0/2) 0.62 2 0.0 IP (0) 0.1 IP (3) 0.0 IP (0) Lewis Thorpe .750 2.03 8.77 0/1 1 0.0% (0/0) 1.43 1 0.0 IP (0) 0.0 IP (0) 2.0 IP (41) HITTERS EHIRE ADRIANZA - INF #13 MARWIN GONZALEZ - INF/OF #9 Height: 6-1 Weight: 195 B/T: S/R Age: 30 (8/21/89 in Guarenas, VZ) Height: 6-1 Weight: 205 B/T: S/R Age: 30 (3/14/1989 in Puerto Ordaz, VZ) 2019 Average: .294 Streak: 0-1 Series vs CWS:0-1 2019 Average: .265 Streak: 0-10 Series vs CWS:0-7 Homestand: 0-1 Home Runs: 4 (3 1-run, 1 3-run) Homestand: 0-7 Home Runs: 14 (8 1-run, 5 2-run, 1 3-run) AA Career .346 (29-for-81) with 18 R, 10 2B, 3 HR & 15 RBI in 29 games vs. DET...batting .385 AA Matched his career-high (5th time, 2nd as Twin) w/ 4 hits on 8/15 (4-for-5 w/ 2B & 2 RBI)... (5-for-13) with 5 runs, 2 XBH, RBI and a 1.248 OPS in 5 games against the Tigers this season. also 3-for-5 on 8/17 with a 2B & 2 R...hitting career .308 (41-for-133) with 17 R, 11 2B, 3 AA Hitting .348 (24-for-69) with 16 R, 3 2B, 3B, 3 HR & 11 RBI in 35 games at home this season. HR, 16 RBI, & a .817 OPS in 41 games vs. Detroit. AA Is hitting .287 (37-for-129) vs. RHP and .317 (13-for-41) vs. LHP this season (2 HR vs. each). AA Has hit safely in 10 of his last 13 games (6 multi-hit effort), going 20-for-52 (.385) w/ 8 R, AA In 68 G in field (45 starts) - at SS (21 games), 3B (20), 1B (17), 2B (7), RF (3), LF (1) & P (1). 4 2B, 2 HR, 12 RBI & a .955 OPS. AA Career games played: 161 at SS, 73 at 2B, 68 at 3B, 33 at 1B, 23 in LF, 3 in RF and 1 as P. AA Posted 3+ hits in 3 consecutive games for the 1st time in his career (8/15-17), 1st Twins batter with such a streak since Danny Valencia had 3+ hits in 4 straight, 7/24-27/10…is LUIS ARRAEZ - INF #2 career 1-for-2 off Drew VerHagen. Height: 5-10 Weight: 177 B/T: L/R Age: 22 (4/9/97 in San Felipe, VZ) AA Recorded his team-leading 7th outfield assist on 8/7 which ranks T-15th in all of baseball 2019 Average: .341 Streak: 0-3 Series vs CWS:4-12, 2B (T-9th AL)...has done so over 53 games (44 starts) in the outfield. Homestand: 4-12, 2B Home Runs: 3 (2 1-run, 1 2-run) MAX KEPLER - OF #26 AA Facing Detroit for the first time...is hitting .338 (27-for-80) with 14 runs, five doubles, 3B, nine Height: 6-4 Weight: 220 B/T: L/L Age: 26 (2/10/93 in Berlin, Germany) walks & a .825 OPS in 25 games vs. AL Central opponents this season. AA Has reached base safely in 51 of 60 ML games (hit in 35) .341 (72-for-211) w/ 37 R, 24 BB, 2019 Average: .254 Streak: 0-4 Series vs CWS: 2-9, HR, 2B, 3 RBI 16 SO, 11 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 20 RBI, .445 SLG & .853 OPS...has 19 multi-hit games (6 with 3+). Homestand: 2-9, HR, 2B, 3 RBI Home Runs: 34 (23 1-run, 8 2-run, 3 3-run) AA Hitting .395 (15-for-38) with .900 OPS in "close and late" situations...is 14-for-36 (.389) with AA Career .198 (35-for-177) w/ 8 2B, 8 HR & 24 RBI in 56 games vs. DET. RISP and 8-for-20 (.400) with RISP and 2 outs. AA Set single-season, Major League record for the most HR by a European born player on 8/16 AA Is now hitting .357 (55-for-154) with 11 doubles and 15 RBI against right handed pitchers. (Bobby Thomson from Scotland, hit 32 for NY Giants in 1951). T-4th in AL w/ 12 HR since ASG. AA Has started 53 of 61 ML games...has already made starts at four different defensive positions: AA The Twins are 26-5 (.839) this season in games in which Max Kepler hits a home run...in 2B (29), 3B (12), SS (2) and LF (7), with 3 more starts at DH. wins this season, Kepler is batting .305 (86-for-282) with 29 home runs -- in losses he is batting .177 with five home runs. JASON CASTRO - C #15 AA His 31 HR as leadoff hitter are 1st in baseball...among AL leadoff hitters, also ranks 2nd in RBI Height: 6-3 Weight: 215 B/T: L/R Age: 32 (6/18/87 in Castro Valley, CA) (69), 3rd in SLG (.554), T-2nd in runs (78), 4th in OPS (.887), T-5th in 2B (24) & 8th in hits (98). AA Overall AL ranks: 3rd in HR (34), 10th in RBI (84), T-8th in runs (87), 14th in total bases 2019 Average: .238 Streak: 0-5 Series vs CWS:0-5 (249), T-17th in 2B (28), 16th in SLG (.532) & 21st in OPS (.866). Homestand: 0-5 Home Runs: 12 (9 1-run, 3 2-run) AA Hit 5th leadoff HR of season (& career) 8/1 at MIA...5 this season rank T-3rd in AL & T-5th in AA Career .216 (29-for-134) w/ 15 R, 5 2B, 5 HR, 18 RBI & a .651 OPS in 41 games vs. DET. Twins history...already ranked T-7th in Twins history for career leadoff HR. AA Tied for 9th in AL w/ 12 HR as catcher...also 10th in 2B (9) and 14th in RBI (27). AA Hitting .250 (24-for-96) on the road this year, 16 points higher than at home (.227, 22-for-97). JORGE POLANCO - SS #11 AA Has 760 career games as a catcher (721 starts) - total of 6336.1 innings behind home plate... Height: 5-11 Weight: 200 B/T: R/R Age: 26 (7/5/93 in San Pedro de Macorís, DR) has played a total of 808 games (any position). 2019 Average: .295 Streak: 5g, 9-22, 2 HR, 3B, 2 2B, 7 RBI Series vs CWS:4-13, 2 HR, 2B, 4 RBI JAKE CAVE - OF #60 Homestand: 4-13, 2 HR, 2B, 4 RBI Home Runs: 19 (10 1-run, 8 2-run, 1 3-run) Height: 6-0 Weight: 200 B/T: L/L Age: 26 (12/4/92 in Hampton, VA) AA Hitting .280 (52-for-186) w/ 13 2B, 3 3B & 4 HR in 49 games vs. DET...hitting .269 (25-for-93) 2019 Average: .258 Streak: 0-3 Series vs CWS:3-9, 2B with 6 R, 8 2B, 3 3B, HR, 18 RBI & a .752 OPS in his career vs. DET at Target Field. Homestand: 3-9, 2B Home Runs: 2 (2 1-run) AA Has established career highs in: runs (81), hits (149), 2B (33), 3B (6), HR (19) & BB (48). AA Connected for his 19th home run of the season on 8/20 and just his 5th vs. LHP this season. AA Career .224 (11-for-49) with 8 R, 2 2B, 1 HR & 4 RBI in 17 games vs. DET...hitting .333 (2- AA AL ranks: 19th in wOBA (.379), 6th in hits (150), T-9th in 2B (33), T-7th in 3B (6), 13th in for-6) with 2 R, 2B and a 1.000 OPS in 2 games vs. the Tigers this season. AVG (.295) & T-8th in total bases (252)...owns team-leading 43 multi-hit games (T-5th in AA Snapped a career-long tying 8-game hitting streak on 8/21 vs. CWS...hit .500 (14-for-28) AL), including 11 w/ 3+ hits. with 5 R, 4 2B, & 2 RBI over that span. AA Hitting .333 (35-for-105) & .971 OPS w/ RISP...is 15-for-46 (.326) & 1.067 OPS w/ RISP & 2 outs. AA Recalled from Triple-A Rochester on 8/3 for 5th stint with Twins this season...is slashing AA Started at SS for the AL in the 2019 MLB All-Star Game, going 1-for-2 with an RBI. .405/.436/.514 since recall, going 15-for-37 w/ 5 R, 4 2B, 2 RBI & a .949 OPS. AA Polanco's pre-ASG ranks among Twins' shortstops in history: 111 hits (2nd), .312 AVG (2nd), 13 C.J. CRON - 1B #24 HR (3rd), .514 SLG (3rd)...his full-season WAR is 4.8, currently 4th highest in Twins SS history. Height: 6-4 Weight: 235 B/T: R/R Age: 29 (1/5/90 in Fullerton, CA) EDDIE ROSARIO - OF #20 2019 Average: .258 Streak:2g, 2-6, 2B, 3 RBI Series vs CWS:2-6, 2B, 3 RBI Height: 6-1 Weight: 180 B/T: L/R Age: 27 (9/28/91 in Guayama, PR) Homestand: 2-6, 2B, 3 RBI Home Runs: 20 (12 1-run, 6 2-run, 2 3-run) 2019 Average: .282 Streak: 0-2 Series vs CWS: 5-12, 3 RBI AA Reached the 20-HR mark for the 2nd straight season on 8/17...20 doubles on the year, third Homestand: 5-12, 3 RBI Home Runs: 27 (16 1-run, 6 2-run, 5 3-run) season with 20+ doubles...went 1-for-2 with 2B & 3 RBI last night vs. CWS. AA Career .214 (28-for-131) with 10 R, 6 2B, HR, & 17 RBI in 37 games vs. Chicago-AL. AA Career .283 (65-for-230) with 40 R, 10 2B, 11 HR, 36 RBI & a .800 OPS in 62 games vs. DET... AA Reinstated from 10-day IL on 8/3, now 13-for-55 w/ 2 HR, 11 RBI & .675 OPS in 16 games since. .364 (12-for-33) in 8 games in '19 vs. DET. AA Has played in 99 games for the Twins this season, hitting .259 (97-for-375) w/ 42 R, 21 2B, AA Tied his career high on 8/15 with his 27th HR in his 102nd game, matching 2017 total (151 20 HR, 66 RBI, 25 walks and a .793 OPS. games)...also has career-high 85 RBI (surpassing 78 in 2017). AA Owns a .982 OPS w/ RISP, going 28-for-88 (.318) w/ 10 2B, 5 HR & 47 RBI. AA Is T-8th in the AL with those 85 RBI and T-16th for HR (27)...hitting .336 (40-for-119) w/ 8 AA Is slashing .324/.381/.627 vs. LHP, going 33-for-102 w/ 7 2B, 8 HR, 24 RBI & a 1.008 OPS. HR & .920 OPS w/ RISP, and .339 (19-for-56) & a .814 OPS w/RISP & 2 outs. AA Has 5 XBH over his last 10 games...is slashing .296/.307/.531 with 9 XBH (4 2B, 5 HR), 17 NELSON CRUZ - DH #23 R, 17 RBI and a .838 OPS since July 31. Height: 6-2 Weight: 230 B/T: R/R Age: 39 (7/1/80 in Las Matas de Santa Cruz, DR) AA Is 37-for-131 (.282) w/ 5 2B, 7 HR & 25 RBI in 33 games (hitting safely in 24) since being 2019 Average: .304 Streak: 3g, 7-14, HR, 3 2B, 4 RBI Series vs CWS:7-14, HR, 3 2B, 4 RBI activated from 10-day IL on 7/16 (missed 13 games w/ a left ankle sprain). Homestand: 7-14, HR, 3 2B, 4 RBI Home Runs: 33 (20 1-run, 12 2-run, 1 3-run) MIGUEL SANÓ - INF #22 AA Career .284 (97-for-342) with 50 R,18 2B, 20 HR & 59 RBI in 92 career games against the Height: 6-4 Weight: 272 B/T: R/R Age: 26 (5/11/93 in S.Pedro de Macorís, DR) Tigers... slashing .333/.425/.636 w/ 2B, 3 HR, 6 RBI in 9 games games vs. DET this season. 2019 Average: .242 Streak: 0-3 Series vs CWS: 3-13, 2B, RBI AA Hitting .313 (62-for-198) with 17 2B, 17 HR & 44 RBI in 53 home games this season. Homestand: 3-13, 2B, RBI Home Runs: 23 (10 1-run, 10 2-run, 3 3-run) AA Has 33 HR, most ever in single season by a Twins designated hitter (Chili Davis had 29 in 1991). AA 8/20 vs. CWS was the first game of his career with four extra-base hits (1 HR, 3 2B), becoming AA Lifetime vs. DET, slashing .239/.322/.451 (44-for-184) with 22 XBH (8 HR) and 25 RBI...batting just the seventh player this season to do so...he became the sixth Twin (7th occurrence), to .77 (26-for-94) with a .850 OPS over 27 games here at Target Field vs. DET. have a 4-XBH game, first since Michael Cuddyer on Sept. 21, 2005 at Oakland. AA Career .500 (2-for-4) vs. Drew VerHagen. AA AL ranks overall: 4th in HR (33) & 11th in RBI (80)...T-10th in the Major Leagues in HR (33). AA 40 of his 68 hits this season (77 games) have gone for extra bases (16 2B, 1 3B, 23 HR)... AA 1st Twin in history to have multiple 3 home run games in the same season (7/25 vs. CWS and (278 AB)...has homered in three of his last eight games (10 R, & 5 RBI in that span). 8/3 vs. KC) and 1st in MLB history with multiple after turning 39...became 3rd player ever AA Ranks 2nd in MLB with 56.1% hard-hit rate (95 MPH+ exit velocity), trailing only NYY's Aaron with multiple 3-HR game within 10 days (DeCinces, 8/3 &8, 1982 & Mize, 7/13 & 20, 1938). Judge (57.8%)...is 3rd in majors with 113.8 MPH avg. exit velocity (behind Judge & Cruz). AA His 393 career home runs are tied with Jim Edmonds for the 61st most on in baseball history... AA Rolled into his first double play of the season last Tuesday...snapped a streak of 97 games five-time All-Star Joe Carter (396) is next. without a DP, dating back to August 1, 2018...was 9th-longest streak by any Twin in history. MITCH GARVER - C #18 AA Delivered pinch-hit, walk-off HR w/ 2 outs in 9th on 8/5, 443-foot blast that was 109.4 MPH off bat...was 9th pinch-hit, walk-off HR in Twins history (since 1961). Height: 6-1 Weight: 220 B/T: R/R Age: 28 (1/15/91 in Albuquerque, NM) 2019 Average: .263 Streak: 1g, 1-4, 2B Series vs CWS:1-5, 2B JONATHAN SCHOOP - 2B #16 Homestand: 1-5, 2B Home Runs: 23 (13 1-run, 8 2-run, 2 3-run) Height: 6-1 Weight: 225 B/T: R/R Age: 27 (10/16/91 in Willemstad, Curacao) AA Lifetime .308 (16-for-52) with 12 R, 4 2B, 2 3B, 12 RBI and 1.056 OPS vs. DET (21 games). 2019 Average: .254 Streak: 3g, 3-10, HR, 2 2B, 2 RBI Series vs CWS:1-3, 2B AA Hit his 2nd leadoff HR of the season last Wednesday at MIL (off Gio Gonzalez)...becomes the Homestand: 1-3, 2B Home Runs: 17 (5 1-run, 8 2-run, 4 3-run) 4th catcher in baseball history w/ multiple leadoff HR in a single season, joining Paul Lo AA Career .233 (31-for-133) with 14 R, 8 2B, 6 HR, 24 RBI, 7 BB & a .715 OPS in 35 games vs. the Duca (4 in 2001), Buck Ewing (3 in 1883) and John Jaso (2 in 2010). Tigers...only four career games vs. DET at Target Field (2-for-18) with R, 2B & 2 BB. AA Leads majors with 23 HR as a catcher...tied Joe Mauer (2009) for the second-most homers by AA Career .600 (3-for-5) vs. Drew Verhagen. a Twins catcher in a single season, trailing only Earl Battey (26 in 1963)...they are the only AA Ranks 3rd in AL w/ 17 HR as second baseman...is also 2nd in 2B (21), 4th in hits (89), 2nd in three Twins catchers to reach 20 homers in a season. SLG (.472), 2nd in OPS (.775), 3rd in AVG (.261) and 5th in RBI (45). AA Is 4th in RBI (51) and T-3rd in runs scored (50) among AL catchers...also T-14th in hits (64). AA 14 pre-ASG HR tied for 4th among Twins 2B's with Brian Dozier (2016)...has played only AA Batting .321 (17-for-53) with 25 RBI with runners in scoring position...is 25-for-82 (.408) vs. 18 games since All-Star break, slashing .217/.250/.400 (13-for-60 w/ 2 2B, 3 HR & 7 RBI). LHP and 40-for-165 (.242) against RHP. AA All 92 of his games in the field (90 starts) this season have come at 2B (.965 fielding pct.). TWINS HOME RUN DATA MULTI-HOMER GAMES (24x) • Schoop, 5/18 at SEA • Garver, 7/22 vs. NYY • Cruz/Rosario/Cron, 4/26 vs BAL INSIDE-THE-PARK (0x) LEADOFF (7x) • Garver, 4/9 at NYM • Cron, 5/18 at SEA • Sanó, 7/23 vs. NYY • Castro/Kepler, 4/27 vs BAL • None • Kepler, 4/7 at PHI • Sanó/Schoop, 5/23 at LAA • Kepler, 4/28 vs. BAL • Schoop, 4/9 at NYM • Sanó, 5/23 at LAA • Cruz, 7/25 at CWS (3 HR) RUNNERS ON • Rosario, 4/18 vs. TOR • Schoop, 5/23 at LAA • Cruz, 8/3 vs. KC (3 HR) • Schoop/Castro, 6/11 vs. SEA • Kepler, 6/6 at CLE • Kepler, 6/6 at CLE (3 HR) • Cruz, 8/6 vs. ATL • Polanco/Cruz, 7/22 vs. NYY • Solo - 139 • Kepler, 7/13 at CLE • Cruz, 4/20-G1 at BAL • Garver, 7/20 vs. OAK • Garver, 4/20-G2 at BAL • Sanó, 6/28 at CWS • Polanco/Cruz, 7/23 vs. NYY • 2-run - 78 • Kepler, 6/29 at CWS BACK-TO-BACK (10x) • Polanco/Cruz, 8/3 vs. KC • Kepler, 8/1 at MIA • Rosario, 4/20-G1 at BAL • Kepler/Astudillo, 4/6 at PHI • 3-run - 26 • Garver, 8/14 at MIL • Schoop, 4/20-G2 at BAL • Cruz, 6/29 at CWS • Castro, 7/2 at OAK • Rosario/Garver, 4/9 at NYM WALK-OFF (1x) • Grand Slam - 1 • Cruz, 4/26 vs. BAL • Rosario/Astudillo, 4/20 at BAL GRAND SLAM (1x) • Kepler, 4/27 vs. BAL • Kepler 7/13 at CLE • Sanó, 8/5 vs. ATL • Buxton, 5/18 at SEA HITTERS INFO LAST HOME RUN LAST GRAND SLAM VS. CURRENT OPPONENT 2019 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 Ehire Adrianza 16 5 5, 8/7-8/14 3, 7/21 5/25/19 vs. CWS 2 Herrera 6/12/18 at DET 1 .385 5 13 1 1 .346 28 81 3 15 Luis Arraez 19 7 12, 7/2-7/19 4, 6/23 8/15/19 at TEX 1 Payano 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Jason Castro 10 7 5, 5/24-6/1 3, 7/2 8/09/19 vs. CLE 0 Bieber 8/03/15 at TEX 3 .375 3 8 1 1 .216 29 134 5 18 Jake Cave 8 1 8, 8/6-8/20 4, 7/30 7/13/19 at CLE 0 Bauer 8/05/18 vs. KC 1 .333 2 6 0 0 .224 11 49 1 4 C.J. Cron 24 17 7, 6/15-6/22 5, 5/23 8/17/19 at TEX 1 Jurado 5/21/17 at NYM 2 .324 12 37 4 11 .325 39 120 9 30 Nelson Cruz 26 22 10, 7/17-7/26 4, 8/20 8/20/19 vs. CWS 0 Lopez 7/23/16 at TOR 9 .333 11 33 3 6 .284 97 342 20 59 Mitch Garver 16 16 6, 6/6-6/15 4, 4/9 8/14/19 at MIL 0 Gonzalez 0 .444 8 18 2 7 .308 16 52 3 12 Marwin Gonzalez 27 14 11, 5/7-5/21 4, 8/15 8/13/19 at MIL 2 Hader 8/24/18 at LAA 2 .370 10 27 1 3 .308 41 133 3 16 Max Kepler 33 21 10, 5/16-5/28 4, 6/16 8/20/19 vs. CWS 1 Lopez 8/26/17 at TOR 2 .161 5 31 1 2 .198 35 177 8 24 Jorge Polanco 43 18 14, 5/27-6/13 5, 5/8 8/20/19 vs. CWS 1 Santiago 0 .257 9 35 0 6 .280 52 186 4 27 Eddie Rosario 35 25 8, 7/30-8/7 4, 6/25 8/15/19 at TEX 0 Guerrieri 4/20/18 at TB 3 .364 12 33 2 7 .283 65 230 11 36 Miguel Sano 21 14 11, 6/28-7/14 4, 5/2 8/17/19 at TEX 1 Sampson 0 .222 2 9 1 1 .239 44 184 8 25 Jonathan Schoop 22 11 8, 6/29-7/13 3, 7/5 8/16/19 at TEX 1 Minor 9/09/18 vs. SF 3 .077 2 26 0 1 .233 31 133 6 24 MISCELLANEOUS MIsc. Highs and Lows Score by Inning SCORE BY INNING Most Runs, Game (Team)...... 18, 5/18 at SEA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 XTRA TOTAL Most Runs, Inning (Team)...... 7, 2x, last: 8th inning, 8/20 vs. CWS OPPONENT 48 53 72 57 80 52 81 89 43 17 592 Most Hits, Game (Team)...... 20, 7/5 vs. TEX Most Hits, Inning (Team)...... 8, 2x, last: 8th inning, 8/20 vs. CWS TWINS 78 90 102 100 87 60 79 94 44 6 740 Most Home Runs, Game (Team)...... 8, 2x, last: 5/23 at LAA injured LIST Most Strikeouts, Batters (Team)...... 22, 6/27 vs. TB Longest Hitting Streak (Individual)...... 14, Polanco, 5/27-6/13 PLAYER INJURY DATE ON RETRO DATE OFF GAMES MISSED .... 5, 3x: Cron 5/23 at LAA, Polanco 2x, last: 5/8 at TOR Matt Magill...... Right Shoulder Tendinitis...... 3/27...... 4/26...... 23 Consecutive Hits (Individual) Gabriel Moya...... Left Shoulder Tendinitis...... 3/27...... 4/24...... 22 Consecutive Hitless At-Bats (Individual)...... 28, Rosario, 4/26-5/4 Miguel Sanó...... Right Heel Laceration...... 3/27...... 5/15...... 42 Most Runs Allowed (Team)...... 14, 3x, last: 7/23 vs. NYY Willians Astudillo...Left Hamstring Strain...... 4/28...... 5/12...... 15 Most Runs Allowed, Inning (Team)...... 6, 4x, last: 6th inning, 8/6 vs. ATL *Adalberto Mejía....Right Calf Strain...... 5/2...... 5/1...... 7/2...... 56.. Most Hits Allowed (Team)...... 20, 7/23 vs. NYY Mitch Garver...... High Left Ankle Sprain...... 5/15...... 6/2...... 16 Most Hits Allowed, Inning (Team)...... 6, 4x, last: 5th inning, 8/9 vs. CLE Nelson Cruz...... Left Wrist Strain...... 5/17...... 5/14...... 6/3...... 15 Pitchers Used (Team)...... 10, 6/27 vs. TB Michael Pineda...... Right Knee Tendinitis...... 5/28...... 6/6...... 8 Byron Buxton...... Right Wrist Contusion...... 6/18...... 6/15...... 6/29...... 13 Cons. Batters Retired (Team)...... 23, 5/10 vs. DET Ehire Adrianza...... Abdominal Issues...... 6/18...... 6/17...... 6/28...... 10 Scoreless Innings Streak (Team/Pitchers)....25, (5th inn. 5/5-4th inn. 5/8) Marwin Gonzalez....Right Hamstring Strain...... 6/19...... 6/29...... 9 Most Runs, Starter...... 9, 2x, last: Berríos, 8/6 vs. ATL Willians Astudillo...Left Oblique Strain...... 6/27...... 47 Most Home Runs, Starter...... 4, Smeltzer, 6/4 at CLE Eddie Rosario...... Left Ankle Sprain...... 6/28...... 6/27...... 7/16...... 13 Most Walks, Starter...... 6, Gibson, 8/9 vs. CLE Jake Odorizzi...... Right Middle Finger Blister...... 7/3...... 7/13...... 6 Most Strikeouts, Starter...... 11, 3x, last: Berríos, 7/31 at MIA C.J. Cron...... Right Thumb Inflammation...... 7/6...... 7/16...... 5 LaMonte Wade Jr.. Right Thumb Dislocation...... 7/7...... 39 Most Strikeouts, Pitchers (Team)...... 17, 2x, last: 6/27 vs. TB Byron Buxton...... Concussion-like Symptoms...... 7/16...... 7/14...... 7/25...... 10 Most Walks, Pitchers (Team)...... 10, 2x, last: 6/19 vs. BOS C.J. Cron...... Right Thumb Inflammation...... 7/22...... 7/21...... 8/3...... 12 Most Cons. Scoreless Innings (Individual)...... 22.1, Odorizzi, 4/29-5/15 Byron Buxton...... Left Shoulder Subluxation...... 8/3...... 8/2...... 19 Most Cons. Batters Retired (Individual)...... 20, Odorizzi, 5/10 vs. DET Michael Pineda...... Right Triceps Strain...... 8/3...... 8/2...... 8/15...... 12 Longest Game, Innings...... 18, 6/27 vs. TB Sam Dyson...... Right Biceps Tendinitis...... 8/4...... 8/3...... 8/13...... 9 Longest Game, Time (9 Inn.)...... 4:08, 4/9 at NYM Nelson Cruz...... Left Wrist Strain...... 8/9...... 8/19...... 9 BOLD indicates currently on IL *60-day IL REHAB UPDATE: Astudillo has played in 5 games for AA Pensacola, going 6-for-...... Longest Game, Time (X Inn.)...... 5:45, 6/18 vs. BOS (17 inn.) 17...LaMonte Wade has played in 4 games for A Cedar Rapids, going 2-for-15...Byron Buxton is working out at Target Field. Fastest Game, Time...... 2:18, 3/28 vs. CLE Largest Margin, Victory...... 14, 5/18 at SEA EJECTIONS Largest Margin, Loss...... 11, 2x, last: 5/30 at TB DATE PLAYER/MGR/CH UMPIRE REASON CAREER Largest Home Attendance...... 40,127, 7/24 vs. NYY 4/15 vs. TOR...... Rocco Baldelli...... Mike Estabrook...... Arguing Possible HBP...... First Home Sellouts...... 9, last: 8/11 vs. CLE 7/23 vs. NYY...... Rocco Baldelli...... Ramon De Jesus...... Arguing Balls and Strikes...... Second Different Lineups Used...... 113 7/23 vs. NYY...... James Rowson...... Ramon De Jesus...... Arguing Balls and Strikes...... Second STARTS BY POSITION STARTS BY BATTING ORDER MOST USED LINEUP (7X) C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Player Pos. Ehire Adrianza Ehire Adrianza Kepler RF 0 10 7 15 11 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 18 16 7 Polanco SS Luis Arraez 0 0 29 2 12 8 0 0 3 Luis Arraez 3 3 0 5 3 28 5 3 4 Cruz DH Willians Astudillo 13 4 1 0 8 1 0 3 2 Willians Astudillo 1 2 5 1 6 3 8 3 3 Rosario LF Tyler Austin Tyler Austin Cron 1B 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Gonzalez 3B Byron Buxton 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 0 0 Byron Buxton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 71 Schoop 2B Jason Castro 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jason Castro 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 44 8 Castro C Jake Cave 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 22 0 Jake Cave 0 0 0 0 1 7 4 10 11 Buxton CF C.J. Cron 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 C.J. Cron 0 4 5 8 57 6 9 3 1 Nelson Cruz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 Nelson Cruz 0 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 OUTFIELD ASSISTS Mitch Garver 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Mitch Garver 16 7 6 5 13 1 8 1 0 Gonzalez...... 7 Marwin Gonzalez 0 14 2 1 35 13 0 31 2 Marwin Gonzalez 0 6 7 8 16 48 8 5 0 Rosario...... 6 Max Kepler 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 68 2 Max Kepler 92 1 0 0 1 13 4 1 0 Buxton...... 5 Jorge Polanco 0 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 11 Jorge Polanco 15 97 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kepler...... 4 Eddie Rosario 0 0 0 0 0 99 1 0 3 Eddie Rosario 0 0 5 98 0 0 0 0 0 Cave...... 2 Adrianza...... 1 Miguel Sano 0 8 0 0 61 0 0 0 3 Miguel Sano 0 3 4 2 27 6 24 5 1 Astudillo...... 1 Jonathan Schoop 0 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 2 Jonathan Schoop 0 4 3 0 3 7 35 29 9 Arraez...... 1 LaMonte Wade Jr 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 LaMonte Wade Jr 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 TOTALS...... 27 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: B. Buxton, 5/18/19 at SEA (1 as a team in 2019) Grand Slam: C. Santana, 8/11/19 vs. CLE (4 allowed as team in 2019) Inside-the-Park Home Run: B. Buxton, 8/18/17 vs. ARI (2 as a team in 2017, 54 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: D. Smith, 7/17/19 vs. NYM (2 allowed in 2019) 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: C. Cron, 5/23/19 at LAA (3 in 2019) 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: N. Cruz, 8th inning, 8/20/19 vs. CWS (1 as a team in 2019) Two Hits, One Inning: J. Profar, 6th inning, 9/2/18 at TEX (6 allowed in 2018) 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: N. Cruz, 8/6/19 vs. ATL (20 as a team in 2019-excludes 3 HR games) Two-Home Run Game: D. Santana, 8/17/19 at TEX (10 allowed in 2019) Three-Home Run Game: N. Cruz, 8/3/19 vs. KC (3 as a team in 2019, 12 all-time) Three-Home Run Game: J. Donaldson, 8/28/16 at TOR Back-to-Back Home Runs: J. Polanco/N. Cruz, 8/3/19 vs. KC (10 as a team in 2019) Back-to-Back Home Runs: O. Albies/F. Freeman, 8/7/19 vs. ATL (6 allowed in 2019) 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: R. Chirinos/N. Mazara/J. Profar, 9/2/18 at TEX 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, 8/5/19 vs. ATL (1 as a team in 2019) Walk-off Home Run: H. Ramirez, 8/1/19 at MIA (1 allowed in 2019) 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: M. Garver, 8/14/19 at MIL (7 as a team in 2019) Leadoff Home Run: R. Acuña Jr., 8/6/19 vs. ATL (2 allowed in 2019) Consecutive Home Runs to Lead Off Game: E. Núñez/B. Dozier, 5/25/16 vs. KC 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: 12, L. Giolito, 8/21/19 vs. CWS (5 times in 2019) 10+ Strikeouts: 11, J. Berríos, 7/31/19 at MIA (5 as a team in 2019) Complete Game Shutout: L. Giolito, 8/21/19 vs. CWS (1 time in 2019) 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: 4/6/15 - 4/8/2015 vs. DET (2 games, 0-4 and 0-11) Back-to-Back Shutouts: 5/6-7/19 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) 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/J. Schoop/C.J. Cron, 8/7 vs. ATL - T. Flowers hitting (14 all-time) Position Player Pitching: A. Reed, 7/28/19 at CWS (2 in 2019) Position Player Pitching: E. Adrianza, 7/17/19 vs. NYM (1 in 2019) 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: Thomas, 8/2/13 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) 2019 TARGET FIELD WEATHER DELAYS AND POSTPONEMENTS DATE DELAYED/PPD NOTES 4/12 vs. DET POSTPONED Game called on previous day’s afternoon due to blizzard like conditions/sleet/rain. Game scheduled to be made up as part of split DH on May 11. 4/17 vs. TOR DELAYED Game delayed 54 minutes due to rain showers all day, first pitch was scheduled for 6:40 p.m. start. First pitch was 7:34 p.m. 6/27 vs. TB DELAYED Game delayed 57 minutes due to rain showers all day, first pitch was scheduled for 12:10 p.m. start. First pitch was 1:07 p.m. 7/5 vs. TEX DELAYED Game delayed 1:12 minutes due to rain showers, first pitch was scheduled for 7:10 p.m. start. First pitch was 8:22 p.m. 7/17 vs. NYM DELAYED Game delayed 32 minutes due to inclement weather, first pitch was scheduled for 12:10 p.m. start. First pitch was 12:47 p.m. 8/3 vs. KC DELAYED Game delayed 1:22 minutes due to inclement weather/Hall of Fame celebration, first pitch was scheduled for 6:38 p.m. start. First pitch was 8:00 p.m. 8/10 vs. CLE DELAYED Game delayed 1:51 minutes due to rain showers, first pitch was scheduled for 6:10 p.m. start, First pitch was 8:01 p.m. 2010: 1 PPD / 1 DEL 2012: 1 PPD/ 4 DEL 2014: 3 PPD / 6 DEL 2016: 3 PPD / 11 DEL 2018: 4 PPD / 5 DEL 2011: 3 PPD / 3 DEL 2013: 3 PPD / 4 DEL 2015: 1 PPD / 3 DEL 2017: 4 PPD / 7 DEL 2019: 1 PPD / 6 DEL 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 MARCH/APRIL (17-10) Batting: .257 (233-for-907) Pitching: 17-10-10, 4.37 ERA (239.0 IP, 116 ER) JULY (13-11) Batting: .270 (230-for-852) Pitching: 13-11-6, 4.42 ERA (218.0 IP, 107 ER) 28 ------CLE 2-0 W 1-0 T1st +1.0 *39,519 39,519 1 Berríos/Kluber/Rogers 14 ------at CLE 3-4 L 58-34 1st +6.5 25,194 Cimber/May/Hand 29------OFF DAY T1st +0.5 15 ------OFF DAY +6.0 30 ------CLE 1-2 L 1-1 T2nd -1.0 15,271 54,790 2 Edwards/Parker/Hand 16 ------NYM 2-3 L 58-35 1st +5.0 28,712 1,135,864 44 Avilán/Pineda/Díaz 31 ------CLE 9-3 W 2-1 T1st - - 15,613 70,403 3 Pérez/Carrasco 17 ------NYM 4-14 L 58-36 1st +4.0 35,124 1,170,988 45 Vargas/May 1 ------OFF DAY T1st - - 18 ------OAK 6-3 W 59-36 1st +4.0 28,432 1,199,420 46 Gibson/Petit/Rogers 2 ------at KC ^5-4 W 3-1 1st +1.0 10,024 Hildenberger/Boxberger/Parker 19 ------OAK 3-5 L 59-37 1st +3.0 31,082 1,230,502 47 Bassitt/Harper/Hendriks 3 ------at KC 7-6 W 4-1 1st +1.0 10,575 May/Peralta/Parker 20 ------OAK 4-5 L 59-38 1st +3.0 32,270 1,262,772 48 Treinen/Rogers/Hendriks 4 ------OFF DAY 1st +0.5 21 ------OAK 7-6 W 60-38 1st +3.0 34,070 1,296,842 49 Stewart/Hendriks 5 ------at PHI 4-10 L 4-2 T1st - - 28,021 Pivetta/Odorizzi 22 ------NYY 8-6 W 61-38 1st +3.0 34,627 1,331,469 50 Thorpe/Sabathia/Rogers 6 ------at PHI 6-2 W 5-2 T1st - - 44,693 Pineda/Arrieta 23 ------NYY ^12-14 L 61-39 1st +3.0 32,470 1,363,939 51 Chapman/Stewart/Green 7 ------at PHI 1-2 L 5-3 3rd -1.0 39,735 Eflin/Berríos 24 ------NYY 7-10 L 61-40 1st +2.0 *40,127 1,404,066 52 Cortes Jr./Odorizzi/Chapman 8 ------OFF DAY 3rd -1.0 25 ------at CWS 10-3 W 62-40 1st +2.0 22,087 Berríos/Giolito 9 ------at NYM 14-8 W 6-3 2nd -0.5 22,126 Hildenberger/deGrom 26 ------at CWS 6-2 W 63-40 1st +2.0 22,602 Pineda/Cease 10 ------at NYM 6-9 L 6-4 3rd -1.0 20,946 Syndergaard/Odorizzi 27 ------at CWS 1-5 L 63-41 1st +1.0 34,085 Nova/Pérez 11 ------OFF DAY 3rd -1.0 28 ------at CWS 11-1 W 64-41 1st +2.0 27,595 Gibson/Covey 12 ------DET 3rd -0.5 PPD due to rain; Make-up set for May 11 29 ------OFF DAY +2.0 13 ------DET 4-3 W 7-4 1st +0.5 16,484 86,887 4 Pineda/Ross/Parker 30 ------at MIA 2-1 W 65-41 1st +3.0 8,064 Odorizzi/Gallen/Rogers 14 ------DET 6-4 W 8-4 1st +1.5 14,774 101,661 5 Berríos/Zimmermann/Hildenberger 31 ------at MIA 7-4 W 66-41 1st +3.0 8,567 Berríos/Alcantara 15 ------TOR 3-5 L 8-5 1st +0.5 11,727 113,388 6 Gaviglio/Mejía/Biagini AUGUST (11-9) Batting: .276 (199-for-721) Pitching: 11-9-7, 4.80 ERA (182.0 IP, 97 ER) 16 ------TOR 5-6 L 8-6 2nd -0.5 13,365 126,753 7 Sanchez/May/Giles 1 ------at MIA ^4-5 L 66-42 1st +3.0 10,390 Brigham/Stashak 17 ------TOR 4-1 W 9-6 2nd -0.5 11,465 138,218 8 Odorizzi/Thornton/Parker 2 ------KC 11-9 W 67-42 1st +3.0 32,431 1,436,497 53 May/Lovelady/Romo 18 ------TOR 4-7 L 9-7 2nd -1.0 12,523 150,741 9 Biagini/Pineda/Giles 3 ------KC 11-3 W 68-42 1st +3.0 36,823 1,473,320 54 Gibson/Duffy 19 ------at BAL 2nd -1.0 PPD due to rain/sleet; Make-up set for April 20 4 ------KC 3-0 W 69-42 1st +3.0 30,171 1,503,491 55 Smeltzer/Keller/Rogers 20 ------at BAL 6-5 W 10-7 2nd -1.0 - - Berríos/Straily/Rogers 5 ------ATL 5-3 W 70-42 1st +4.0 26,722 1,530,213 56 May/Martin ------at BAL### 16-7 W 11-7 T1st - - 28,409 Pérez/Cobb 6 ------ATL 7-12 L 70-43 1st +3.5 36,721 1,566,934 57 Foltynewicz/Berríos 21 ------at BAL 4-3 W 12-7 1st +1.0 11,018 Gibson/Bundy/Rogers 7 ------ATL 7-11 L 70-44 1st +2.0 35,682 1,602,616 58 Fried/Pérez 22 ------at HOU 9-6 W 13-7 1st +1.5 34,518 Odorizzi/Peacock 8 ------CLE 5-7 L 70-45 1st +1.0 32,517 1,635,133 59 Clevinger/Gibson/Hand 23 ------at HOU 4-10 L 13-8 1st +1.5 29,409 Rondón/Hildenberger 9 ------CLE 2-6 L 70-46 T1st - - 36,641 1,671,774 60 Bieber/Smeltzer 24 ------at HOU 1-7 L 13-9 1st +0.5 26,582 Verlander/Stewart 10 ------CLE 4-1 W 71-46 1st +1.0 35,268 1,707,042 61 Odorizzi/Plutko/Rogers 25 ------OFF DAY T1st - - 11 ------CLE ^3-7 L 71-47 T1st - - *37,849 1,744,891 62 Hand/Rogers 26 ------BAL 6-1 W 14-9 T1st - - 23,658 174,399 10 Pérez/Cobb 12 ------OFF DAY 2nd -0.5 27 ------BAL 9-2 W 15-9 1st +1.0 18,878 193,277 11 Berríos/Fry 13 ------at MIL 7-5 W 72-47 1st +0.5 44,331 Duffey/Pomeranz/Romo 28 ------BAL 4-1 W 16-9 1st +2.0 20,034 213,311 12 Gibson/Bundy/Parker 14 ------at MIL 5-6 L 72-48 1st +0.5 41,077 Guerra/Romo/Albers 29 ------HOU 1-0 W 17-9 1st +2.5 12,615 225,926 13 Odorizzi/Verlander/Parker 15 ------at TEX 13-6 W 73-48 1st +0.5 20,494 Pineda/Payano/Smeltzer 30 ------HOU 0-11 L 17-10 1st +1.5 12,181 238,107 14 Cole/Pineda 16 ------at TEX 4-3 W 74-48 1st +1.5 24,742 Duffey/Minor/Romo MAY (21-8) Batting: .286 (292-for-1020) Pitching: 21-8-5, 3.45 ERA (256.0 IP, 98 ER) 17 ------at TEX 12-7 W 75-48 1st +2.5 30,136 Duffey/Jurado 1 ------HOU 6-2 W 18-10 1st +2.5 14,115 252,222 15 Pérez/McHugh 18 ------at TEX 6-3 W 76-48 1st +2.5 18,500 Dyson/Clase/Rogers 2 ------HOU 8-2 W 19-10 1st +3.0 17,271 269,493 16 Berríos/Peacock 19 ------CWS 4-6 L 76-49 1st +2.0 25,564 1,770,455 63 Nova/Gibson/Colomé 3 ------at NYY 3-6 L 19-11 1st +2.0 35,911 Holder/Gibson/Chapman 20 ------CWS 14-4 W 77-49 1st +3.0 26,798 1,797,253 64 Pineda/López 4 ------at NYY 7-3 W 20-11 1st +2.0 43,123 Odorizzi/Happ 21 ------CWS 0-4 L 77-50 1st +3.5 31,389 1,828,642 65 Giolito/Odorizzi 5 ------at NYY 1-4 L 20-12 1st +2.0 38,603 Germán/Pineda/Chapman 22 ------OFF DAY 6 ------at TOR 8-0 W 21-12 1st +3.0 12,292 Pérez/Stroman 23 ------DET 7:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN Wine, Women & Baseball No. 3/Twins Tote Bag 7 ------at TOR 3-0 W 22-12 1st +4.0 14,039 Berríos/Sanchez/Rogers 24 ------DET 6:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN Joe Mauer Bobblehead Night (No. 3) 8 ------at TOR 9-1 W 23-12 1st +4.0 14,372 Gibson/Thornton 25 ------DET 1:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 9 ------OFF DAY 1st +3.5 26 ------OFF DAY 10`------DET 6-0 W 24-12 1st +4.5 26,789 296,282 17 Odorizzi/Ross 27 ------at CWS 7:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 11 ------DET 3-5 L 24-13 1st +4.5 28,840 325,122 18 Jiménez/Hildenberger/Greene 28 ------at CWS 7:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN ------DET## 8-3 W 25-13 1st +5.0 20,724 345,846 19 Stewart/Soto 29 ------at CWS 1:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 12------DET 3-5 L 25-14 1st +4.0 27,373 373,219 20 Norris/Pérez/Greene 30 ------at DET 6:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 13------LAA 4-5 L 25-15 1st +4.0 21,359 394,578 21 Skaggs/Berríos/Robles 31 ------at DET 5:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 14------LAA 4-3 W 26-15 1st +4.0 26,747 421,325 22 Gibson/Bedrosian/Parker SEPTEMBER (0-0) Batting: .000 (0-for-0) Pitching: 0-0, 0.00 ERA (0.0 IP, 0 ER) 15------LAA 8-7 W 27-15 1st +4.5 31,919 453,244 23 Odorizzi/Cahill/Morin 1 ------at DET 12:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 16------at SEA 11-6 W 28-15 1st +4.5 16,397 Pineda/Swanson 2 ------at DET 12:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 17------at SEA 7-1 W 29-15 1st +5.5 20,268 Pérez/Gonzales 3 ------at BOS 6:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 18------at SEA 18-4 W 30-15 1st +5.5 34,433 Duffey/LeBlanc 4 ------at BOS 6:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 19------at SEA 4-7 L 30-16 1st +4.5 31,068 Kikuchi/Gibson 5 ------at BOS 6:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 20------at LAA 3-1 W 31-16 1st +5.5 34,177 Rogers/Buttrey/Parker 6 ------CLE 7:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 21------at LAA 8-3 W 32-16 1st +6.5 32,316 Pineda/Bard 7 ------CLE 6:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN Joe Mauer Bobblehead Night (No. 4) 22------at LAA 1st +7.0 PPD due to rain; Make-up set for May 23 8 ------CLE 1:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 23------at LAA# 16-7 W 33-16 1st +8.0 30,992 Pérez/Harvey 9 ------OFF DAY 24------CWS 11-4 W 34-16 1st +8.0 29,638 482,882 24 Berríos/López 10 ------WAS 6:40 P.M. FSN/TIBN Minnesota Wild Night/Co-Branded Wild-Twins Cap 25------CWS 8-1 W 35-16 1st +9.0 *39,139 522,021 25 Gibson/Bañuelos 11 ------WAS 6:40 P.M. FSN/TIBN 26------CWS 7-0 W 36-16 1st +10.0 *39,913 561,934 26 Odorizzi/Covey 12 ------WAS 6:40 P.M. FSN/TIBN PEANUTS™ Night/Twins-Themed Snoopy Bobblehead 27------MIL 4-5 L 36-17 1st +10.0 29,167 591,101 27 Burnes/Rogers/Hader 13 ------at CLE 6:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 28------MIL 5-3 W 37-17 1st +10.0 27,120 618,221 28 Magill/Claudio/Harper 14 ------at CLE 6:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 29------OFF DAY 1st +9.5 15 ------at CLE 12:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 30------at TB 3-14 L 37-18 1st +9.5 8,076 Morton/Pérez 16 ------CWS 6:40 P.M. FSN/TIBN 31------at TB 5-3 W 38-18 1st +10.5 14,375 Rogers/Castillo 17 ------CWS 6:40 P.M. FSN/TIBN Minnesota Timberwolves Night/Co-Branded Timberwolves-Twins cap JUNE (15-12) Batting: .266 (268-for-1009) Pitching: 15-12-9, 3.95 ERA (255.0 IP, 112 ER) 18 ------CWS 6:40 P.M. FSN/TIBN 1 ------at TB 6-2 W 39-18 1st +10.5 14,381 Gibson/Chirinos 19 ------KC 6:40 P.M. FSN/TIBN Love Your Melon Night/5th Anniversary Twins-Themed Beanie 2 ------at TB 9-7 W 40-18 1st +11.5 14,616 Odorizzi/Yarbrough/Rogers 20 ------KC 7:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN Zubazpalooza Night/Twins Zubaz 3 ------OFF DAY 1st +11.5 21 ------KC 6:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN Twins Stocking Cap courtesy of Caribou Coffee 4 ------at CLE 2-5 L 40-19 1st +10.5 15,814 Bieber/Smeltzer/Hand 22 ------KC 1:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN Kids Appreciation Day/T.C. Stocking Cap 5 ------at CLE 7-9 L 40-20 1st +9.5 16,962 Wittgren/Parker/Hand 23 ------OFF DAY 6 ------at CLE 5-4 W 41-20 1st +10.5 15,350 Berríos/Bauer/Rogers 24 ------at DET 5:40 P.M. FSN/TIBN 7 ------at DET 6-3 W 42-20 1st +10.5 21,551 Harper/Jiménez/Parker 25 ------at DET 5:40 P.M. FSN/TIBN 8 ------at DET 3-9 L 42-21 1st +9.5 26,818 Ramirez/Gibson 26 ------at DET 12:10 P.M. FSN/TIBN 9 ------at DET 12-2 W 43-21 1st +10.5 20,127 Odorizzi/Carpenter 27 ------at KC 7:15 P.M. FSN/TIBN 10 ------OFF DAY +10.5 28 ------at KC 6:15 P.M. FSN/TIBN 11 ------SEA 6-5 W 44-21 1st +10.5 23,046 641,267 29 Magill/Brennan/May 29 ------at KC 2:15 P.M. FSN/TIBN HOME GAMES ROAD GAMES 12 ------SEA ^6-9 L 44-22 1st +10.5 25,909 667,176 30 Bass/Duffey/Elias 30 ------OFF DAY 13 ------SEA 10-5 W 45-22 1st +11.0 31,912 699,088 31 Harper/Brennan All game times are listed as Central 14 ------KC 2-0 W 46-22 1st +11.0 *38,898 737,986 32 Gibson/Diekman/Rogers * - Denotes Sellout (9 in 2019) ^ - Denotes Extra-Innings (Twins are 4-6 in extra-innings) 15 ------KC 5-4 W 47-22 1st +11.0 *39,267 777,253 33 Odorizzi/Sparkman/Rogers ## - PPD game from 4/12 vs. DET ### - PPD game from 4/19 at BAL # - PPD game from 5/22 at LAA 16 ------KC 6-8 L 47-23 1st +10.0 *38,886 816,139 34 López/Pérez/Kennedy 17 ------BOS 0-2 L 47-24 1st +10.0 27,970 844,109 35 Porcello/Berríos/Brasier 2019 WALK-OFF VICTORIES (3) 18 ------BOS ^4-3 W 48-24 1st +10.0 25,741 869,850 36 Littell/Johnson DATE SCORE NOTES 6/18 vs. BOS 4-3 Kepler singles in 17th inning, scoring Arraez. 19 ------BOS 4-9 L 48-25 1st +9.0 31,835 901,685 37 Rodriguez/Gibson 7/21 vs. OAK 7-6 Kepler singles in 9th inning, scoring Adrianza. 20 ------at KC 1-4 L 48-26 1st +9.0 22,683 Sparkman/Odorizzi/Kennedy 8/5 vs. ATL 5-3 Sanó pinch-hit homers in 9th inning, scoring Arraez and Sanó. 21 ------at KC 8-7 W 49-26 1st +9.0 27,418 Harper/Diekman/Rogers 22 ------at KC ^5-3 W 50-26 1st +9.0 28,504 May/Peralta/Parker 2019 players on Roster (46) 23 ------at KC 1-6 L 50-27 1st +8.0 21,257 Bailey/Pineda/McCarthy 24 ------OFF DAY 1st +7.5 Pitchers: (30) 25 ------TB 9-4 W 51-27 1st +8.5 31,963 933,648 38 Gibson/Snell Adams, Austin rhp Littell, Zack rhp Poppen, Sean rhp 26 ------TB 6-4 W 52-27 1st +8.5 31,650 965,298 39 May/Morton/Rogers Berríos, José rhp* Magill, Matt rhp Rogers, Taylor lhp* 27 ------TB ^2-5 L 52-28 1st +8.0 31,317 996,615 40 Yarbrough/Harper 28 ------at CWS 4-6 L 52-29 1st +8.0 28,218 Detwiler/Berríos/Colomé De Jong, Chase rhp May, Trevor rhp* Romero, Fernando rhp 29 ------at CWS 10-3 W 53-29 1st +9.0 27,908 Pineda/Nova Dobnak, Randy rhp Mejía, Adalberto lhp* Romo, Sergio rhp 30 ------at CWS 3-4 L 53-30 1st +8.0 27,244 Giolito/Thorpe/Colomé Duffey, Tyler rhp Morin, Mike rhp Stashak, Cody rhp JULY (13-11) Batting: .270 (230-for-852) Pitching: 13-11-6, 4.42 ERA (218.0 IP, 107 ER) Dyson, Sam rhp Moya, Gabriel lhp Stewart, Kohl rhp 1 ------OFF DAY 1st +8.0 Eades, Ryan rhp Odorizzi, Jake rhp* Smeltzer, Devin lhp 2 ------at OAK 6-8 L 53-31 1st +7.0 13,926 Mengden/Odorizzi/Hendriks Gibson, Kyle rhp* Parker, Blake rhp* Thorpe, Lewis lhp 3 ------at OAK ^4-3 W 54-31 1st +7.0 31,570 Parker/Treinen/Rogers Harper, Ryne rhp* Pérez, Martín lhp* Torres, Carlos rhp 4 ------at OAK 2-7 L 54-32 1st +6.0 20,836 Wang/Berríos Hildenberger, Trevor rhp* Pineda, Michael rhp* Vasquez, Andrew lhp 5 ------TEX 15-6 W 55-32 1st +6.5 *38,073 1,034,688 41 Pérez/Sampson 6 ------TEX 7-4 W 56-32 1st +6.5 36,969 1,071,657 42 Pineda/Chavez/Rogers Position Players: (16) 7 ------TEX ^1-4 L 56-33 1st +5.5 35,495 1,107,152 43 Kelley/Mejía Arraez, Luis inf Cron, C.J. inf* Rosario, Eddie of* 8 ------ALL STAR BREAK Adrianza, Ehire inf* Cruz, Nelson of* Sanó, Miguel inf 9 ------ALL STAR BREAK Progressive Field in Cleveland - American League won 4-3. Astudillo, Willians c/inf/of* Garver, Mitch c* Schoop, Jonathan inf* 10 ------ALL STAR BREAK Buxton, Byron of* Gonzalez, Marwin inf/of* Wade Jr., LaMonte of 11 ------ALL STAR BREAK Castro, Jason c* Kepler, Max of* 12 ------at CLE 5-3 W 57-33 1st +6.5 30,857 Littell/Pérez/Rogers Cave, Jake of* Polanco, Jorge inf* 13 ------at CLE 6-2 W 58-33 1st +7.5 32,277 Odorizzi/Bauer (* - on Opening Day roster)