MINNESOTA TWINS (2-3) VS. PITTSBURGH PIRATES (3-2) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 2017 – 1:05 PM (ET) – TIBN/GO 96.3 Kyle Gibson (R) vs. Josh Lindblom (R) Spring Game 6 Spring Home Game 4 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE TODAY’S PITCHERS DATE OPP. PITCHERS TIME (ET) RADIO / TV Minnesota: Kyle Gibson (R), Ryan Vogelsong (R), 3/2 at BAL Phil Hughes (R) vs. Kevin Gausman (R) 1:05 pm None/None Craig Breslow (L), Stephen Gonsalves (L), Aaron 3/3 at PHI TBA vs. TBA 1:05 pm None/None Slegers (R), Felix Jorge (R), Fernando Romero (R) All games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. Pittsburgh: Josh Lindblom (R), Jared Hughes (R), Dovydas Neverauskas (R), Dan Runzler (L), Edgar THE TWINS: The Twins lost to Tampa Bay 19-0 on their first of three trips to Port Charlotte..Twins pitchers combined to give up 23 Santana (R), Jared Lakind (L), Cody Dickson (L) hits, 19 runs, 15 earned runs, and five strikeouts to the Rays...Bengie Gonález got the first Twins base hit in 8th inning to break up the Rays combined-perfect game...Chris Gimenez and Leonardo Reginatto had the other two hits for the Twins. TWINS VS. PITTSBURGH: Today marks the first of three meetings between the Twins and Pirates this spring...the Twins were 2-1-1 STREAKS against the Pirates last spring...winning their last two meetings March 26 by a score 3-0 at Hammond Stadium and March 28 by a score of 6-4 in Bradenton...the Twins are 16-12 all-time vs. the Pirates in the regular season. Current Streak: ...................................... 1 loss Last 5 games: ................................................... TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: Kyle Gibson will be making his second start of the spring today...his last outing came February 24 Last 10 games: ................................................. vs. Tampa Bay in the Hammond Stadium opener, pitching 1.2 scoreless innings...last spring he made six starts in the Grapefruit League, going 3-1, 2.78 ERA (22.2 IP, 7 ER) with seven walks and 22 strikeouts, leading the club in innings and strikeouts...made TWINS AT A GLANCE the Twins 2016 Opening Day roster for the third time in his career...ranked second on the Twins staff in innings pitched (147.1), third in starts (25) and strikeouts (104) and tied for third in wins (6)...he is in his fourth major league spring training...since Spring Record: ............................................2-3 2014, he has induced 70 ground ball double plays, second most in baseball, trailing only Dallas Keuchel (73). Home Record:..............................................2-1 GIBSON’S SPRING DAY-BY-DAY: Road Record:...............................................0-2 Date Team W-L IP H R ER HR BB SO Vs. AL Teams: ...............................................0-3 2/24 vs. TB 0-0 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 2 Vs. NL Teams: ..............................................2-0 SPRING TOTALS 0-0 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 ERA / .250 BAA Decisions vs. RHP starter: ..........................2-2 Decisions vs. LHP starter: ...........................0-1 VETERAN MAUER: Joe Mauer enters his 14th season with Minnesota and is in his 16th spring training...his first ever spring When Twins score first: ...............................2-0 training was in 2002 as a non-roster invite, wearing number 71...that spring he hit .417 (5-for-12) with two RBI and two runs When opponent scores first: .......................0-3 scored in seven games...he started his 12th career Opening Day in 2016, tying Rod Carew and Kent Hrbek for most in club his- Come-from-behind wins: ................................. tory...if he starts Opening Day he will tie Harmon Killebrew for most in club history. When leading after 7/8 inn.: .......................2-0 When trailing after 7/8 inn.:........................0-3 THE NEW GUY: Jason Castro signed with Minnesota as a free agent on November 30, 2016...the Twins mark his second organiza- When tied after 7/8 inn.: .............................0-1 tion as he played six season with the Houston Astros (2010-2016)...appeared in 113 games for the Astros last season, hitting Extra-innings: ................................................... .210 with 11 home runs, 32 RBI and 45 walks...Finished las season first among AL catchers in triples (3), second in walks (43), 1-run games: ...............................................0-1 fifth in on-base percentage (.309) and tied for fifth in doubles (16). When Twins out-hit opponent: ....................2-0 When opponent out-hit Twins: ....................0-3 WHO’S ZACK GRANITE?: Outfielder Zack Granite is in his 1st career spring training, he was drafted in the 14th round of 2013 When Twins/opponent have = hits: .................. First-Year Player Draft....Spent entire season with Double-A Chatanooga in 2016, his first at that level...recorded one stolen base Most games over .500: ..................................... in 41 of 127 games and multiple stolen bases in 11 games, including season-high of four in April 20 at Mississippi...tied for first Most games under .500:........................2, 2/26 in all of minor league baseball in stolen bases (56) last season...went 56-for-70 (80%) in steal attempts. Longest winning-streak: ................................2 Longest losing-streak: ...................................2 MR. TWIN: Brian Dozier is in his sixth spring training with the Twins (first was 2012 as an invite)...last season he joined Harmon When Twins score 4+: .................................2-1 Killebrew as the only players in club history to reach 40 home runs, finishing with 42...he hit 40 as a second baseman, setting When Twins score 3-: ..................................0-2 an American League record and tied for third most in baseball history at the position with Ryne Sandberg (1990), trailing Davey Team-high hits: ..........11, 2x, last 2/26 vs. MIA Johnson (1973) and Rogers Hornsby (1922)...after the season, he earned three awards voted on by the Twins Cities Chapter Team-high runs: ........................9, 2/27 vs. MIA of the BBWAA: Calvin R. Griffith Award for Most Valuable Twin, Charles O. Johnson Award for Most Improved Twin and the Bob Opponent-high hits:....................23, 2/28 at TB Allison Award for Twins Leadership. Opponent-high runs: ................19, 2/228 at TB When Twins get 10+ hits: ............................1-1 EVEN STEPHEN: Left-handed pitcher Stephen Gonsalves is in his first spring training with the Twins and is a non-roster invite... he split the 2017 season between Single-A Ft. Myers and Double-A Chattanooga, combining to go 13-5, 2.06 ERA (140.0 IP, 32 ROSTER BREAKDOWN ER) with 57 walks and 155 strikeouts in 24 starts...was the winner of the Jim Rantz Award for minor league Pitcher of the Year... 62 players in camp (22 non-roster): he enters 2017 as the second best prospect in the Twins system by Baseball America...the 22-year-old was drafted by the Twins 31 pitchers (9 non-roster) in the fourth round of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft. 6 catchers (3 non-roster) 16 infielders (8 non-roster) BITS ON BRESLOW: Left-handed pitcher Craig Breslow was signed as a minor league free agent February 7th...this spring marks 9 outfielders (2 non-roster) his second with the Twins as he spent 2009 with the club...pitched for the Twins from 2008-09; claimed by the Twins from Cleve- land on May 29, 2008 and released by the Twins in May of 2009...has a 2-2 record with a 4.43 (63.0 IP, 31 ER) 33 walks and 51 strikeouts in his spring career...made Miami’s Opening Day roster in 2016 after being signed to a minor league contract with a TOMORROW’S TWINS PITCHERS spring invite...he graduated from Yale University in 2002 with a degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry. at Baltimore: Phil Hughes (R), Brandon Kintzler (R), Taylor Rogers (L), Nick Tepesch (R), Justin Haley (R), Michael Tonkin (R), Randy Rosario (L) TWINS 2017 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE/RESULTS DATE OPPONENT SCORE WINNER LOSER SAVE ATTENDANCE DATE OPPONENT SCORE WINNER LOSER SAVE ATTENDANCE 2/24 TAMPA BAY 1-3 Pruitt Kintzler Walters 6,127 3/14 OFF DAY 2/5 Boston 7-8 Olmos Chargois Maddox 9,882 3/15 ST. LOUIS 2/26 WASHINGTON 5-2 Jorge Cole - - 5,314 3/16 St. Louis 2/27 MIAMI 9-6 Santana Urena Boshers 4,294 3/17 Tampa Bay 2/28 Tampa Bay 0-19 Cobb Santiago - - 2,653 3/18 BOSTON 3/1 PITTSBURGH 3/19 Boston 3/2 Baltimore 3/20 Toronto 3/3 PHILADELPHIA 3/21 PHILADELPHIA 3/4 TORONTO 3/22 Houston 3/5 Washington 3/23 Philadelphia 3/6 ST. LOUIS 3/24 BALTIMORE 3/7 OFF DAY 3/25 Baltimore 3/8 UNITED STATES 3/26 Boston 3/9 COLOMBIA 3/27 Pittsburgh 3/10 Miami 3/28 TAMPA BAY 3/11 BOSTON 3/29 Boston 3/12 BALTIMORE (ss) 3/30 Tampa Bay Pittsburgh (ss) 3/31 ROCHESTER 3/13 TAMPA BAY Bold - Denotes Home Game | * - Denotes Sellout | # - Denotes Extra Innings | ^ - Rain Shortened #9 - BELISLE’S SPRING DAY-BY-DAY #76 - JORGE’S SPRING DAY-BY-DAY #77 - ROMEROS’ SPRING DAY-BY-DAY DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER HR BB SO DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER HR BB SO 2/24 vs. TB ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER HR BB SO 2/28 at TB ND 1.0 3 3 3 0 1 1 2/26 vs. WSH W 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2/28 at TB ND 0.1 2 2 2 1 0 1 2/26 vs. WSH ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOTALS 0-0 2.0 3 3 3 0 2 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOTALS 1-0 0.2 2 2 2 1 0 1 TOTALS 0-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #17 - BERRÍOS’ SPRING DAY-BY-DAY DATE OPP.