MINNESOTA TWINS (59-76) AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES (78-56) SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2014 - 1:35 (ET) - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK Ricky Nolasco (R, 5-9, 5.62) vs. Wei-Yen Chen (L, 13-4, 3.74) GAME 136 ROAD GAME 70 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 9/1 at Baltimore Phil Hughes (R, 14-9, 3.70) vs. Kevin Gausman (R, 7-6, 3.84) 12:35 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN 9/2 vs. Chicago Tommy Milone (L, 6-4, 4.21) vs. Hector Noesi (R, 8-9, 4.79) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN 9/3 vs. Chicago Trevor May (R, 0-4, 10.42) vs. John Danks (L, 9-9, 4.88) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. TWINS AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: The Twins began their seven-game road trip by going 1-2 in Kansas City, fol- STREAKS lowed by back-to-back losses here in Baltimore...tonight the Twins will continue their first Record: ..........................................59-76 and only trip of 2014 to Baltimore, playing the third of four here at Camden Yards...the Twins Current Streak: ..............................2 losses Home Record: ................................29-37 Last 5 games: ........................................1-4 Road Record: .................................30-39 have gone 30-39 on the road this season, going 4-5 in their last nine and 12-12 in their Record in series: ........................17-21-5 last 24 away from Target Field. Last 10 games: ......................................4-6 Series Openers: .............................15-29 Last 15 games: ....................................5-10 Series Finales: ...............................23-20 TWINS LOSE TO BALTIMORE: The Twins lost last night to the Orioles by a score of 3-2...Kyle Last 20 games: ....................................8-12 Rubber Games: ................................12-4 Gibson was the starter but did not factor into the decision as he worked 5.0 innings allow- Sweeps/Swept: .................................. 3/6 TWINS VS. BALTIMORE March/April: ...................................12-12 ing one run on four hits...he walked three and struck out six...Brian Duensing allowed a run May: ...............................................13-16 (home run) as he pitched the sixth inning while Jared Burton (2-3) suffered the loss as he 2014 Record: .........................................2-3 June: ..............................................12-16 allowed a run in the seventh inning...the Twins did scatter 10 hits but were just 1-for-12 Current Streak: ...............................2 losses July: ................................................11-15 with runners in scoring position...Danny Santana, Kennys Vargas and Trevor Plouffe each 2014 at Home: .......................................2-1 August: ...........................................11-17 had a pair of hits while Joe Mauer went 1-for-4 with an RBI single. 2014 at Baltimore: .................................0-2 September: .............................................. All-Time Record: ........................... 275-323 vs. American League East: ..............13-17 TWINS MAKE ROSTER MOVE: The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have selected vs. American League Central: .........28-30 All-Time at Home: ..........................148-152 vs. American League West: .............11-19 the contract of left-handed pitcher Aaron Thompson from Triple-A Rochester. Thompson had All-Time at Baltimore:....................127-171 a record of 3-3, with a 3.98 ERA (52.0 IP, 23 ER), 26 walks, 51 strikeouts and three saves in vs. National League: ..........................7-10 2014 Game Logs: Games vs. LH Starter:......................18-25 46 appearances with the Red Wings this season. The 27-year-old, who was originally drafted Games vs. RH Starter: .....................41-51 by the Florida Marlins in the first round (22nd overall) of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft, Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Twins score first: .............................40-26 signed with the Twins as a minor league free agent prior to the 2012 season. 5/2 MIN 0-3 Jimenez/Nolasco/Hunter Opp. scores first: .............................19-50 Thompson, who will replace the recently claimed Samuel Deduno on the 25-man roster, will 5/3 MIN 6-1 Correia/Chen Come-from-behind wins: .....................29 5/4 MIN 5-2 Hughes/Gonzalez/Perkins Leading after 7/8 inn.: ..............41-4/44-3 wear uniform number 64. Trailing after 7/8 inn.: .............8-66/6-66 8/29 BAL 1-9 Gonzalez/May Tied after 7/8 inn.: ......................10-6/9-7 RARE COMPANY FOR VARGAS: According to the Elias Sports Bureau, only three players 8/30 BAL 2-3 Miller/Burton/Britton Extra-innings: ......................................5-5 in major league baseball history have recorded at least 34 hits and 24 RBI in their debut 8/31 BAL 1-run games: ...................................17-21 month...the list includes Joe DiMaggio, Albert Pujols and Kennys Vargas. 9/1 BAL Twins out-hit opp.: ...........................35-11 Opp. out-hit Twins: .........................16-61 - DiMaggio had 48 hits and 28 RBI in May of 1936 ROAD TRIP (1-3) Twins/Opp. have = hits: .......................8-4 - Pujols had 34 hits and 27 RBI in April of 2001 Twins get Quality Start: ...................41-14 - Vargas has 37 hits and 24 RBI in August of 2014 Batting Average ............ .222 (38-for-171) Twins starter goes 6+ IP:................44-30 Runs Per-Game ...................3.2 (16 R/5 G) Most games over .500: ..................2, 5/23 OBJECT OF THE GAME: Brian Dozier has scored 95 runs this season - the highest total in Home Runs .............................................1 Most games under .500: ..............17, 8/31 the American League and the most by a Twins player since Denard Span scored 97 in 2009... Longest winning-streak: ......... 4, 6/19-22 RISP ................................ .256 (10-for-39) Longest losing-streak: ........5, 2x, 6/24-28 the last Twins player to score 100 runs in a season was Michael Cuddyer when he scored Fielding Errors ........................................1 When Twins score 4+: .....................48-32 102 times in 2006...Dozier is on pace to score 113 runs this season, which would be the When Twins score 3-: ......................11-44 most since Chuck Knoblauch scored 117 in 1997...Knoblauch owns the Twins record with Team ERA .................5.36 (42.0 IP, 25 ER) Team-high hits: .................23, 8/3 at CWS 140 runs scored in 1996. Starters W-L ....................................... 0-2 Team-high runs: ............. 20, 8/22 vs. DET Starters ERA .............5.16 (29.2 IP, 17 ER) Opp.-high hits: .................... 19, 6/14 at DET AIR JORDAN: Jordan Schafer has hit safely in 10 straight games, batting .412 (14-for-34) Relievers W-L-S ...............................1-2-0 Opp.-high runs: ................ 14, 6/8 vs. HOU Relievers ERA .............5.84 (12.1 IP, 8 ER) Twins get 10+ hits: ..........................28-20 with three doubles, one triple, eight RBI, eight runs scored, six walks and a .500 on-base Walk-Off W/L: ......................................5-6 percentage in that span...the streak is a new career-long for Schafer...Schafer is hitting .324 Save/Opportunities ..............................0/2 Shutouts W/L: ....................................7/10 (23-for-71) with a .400 on-base percentage in 23 games as a Twin (claimed off waivers Complete Games: ..2, last 6/17 Hughes at BOS August 3); he was hitting .163 (13-for-80) with a .256 on-base percentage with Atlanta earlier this season. Target Field Sellouts (’14/All-Time): ....... -/152 Since joining the Twins he is 10-for-11 in stolen base attempts...he is 25-for-28 on the season for a 89.3% success rate. A RECENT TRANSACTIONS ROOKIE TEAMMATES RECORDING HITS: Kennys Vargas and Danny Santana have recorded a combined 77 hits this month...dating back 7/24 RHP Pressly recalled from AAA to the 1962 season, their 77 combined hits are tied for the second highest total by rookies in a calendar month, also the second high- RHP Pryor acquired, reports to AAA est total in Twins history...here are the last few pairs of rookies who combined for 77-or-more hits in a calendar month (credit STATS): INF Morales traded to Seattle INF Polanco recalled from Single-A 84 1962 MINNESOTA ~ Bernie Allen 44 ~ Rich Rollins 40 (August) 7/25 RHP Darnell recalled from AAA 77 1975 BOSTON ~ Fred Lynn 40 ~ Jim Rice 37 (June) INF Polanco optioned to AA 77 2014 MINNESOTA ~ Danny Santana 40 ~ Kennys Vargas 37 (August) 7/31 LHP Milone acquired via trade with OAK, in exchange for OF Fuld, Milone Dating back to the 1914 season - the record for most hits by a pair of rookies in a calendar month is 93 done by rookies Jeff Heath (58) optioned to AAA and Ken Keltner (35) in August of 1938 for the Indians. 1B Vargas recalled from AA 8/3 OF Schafer claimed off waivers from ATL ROOKIE BALL: Danny Santana leads all rookies in baseball this month with 40 hits, ahead of teammate Kennys Vargas (37)...40 hits LHP Darnell optioned to AAA 8/9 RHP May recalled from AAA are the most for any rookie since Yasiel Puig had 44 in June of 2013...Santana is hitting .315 (40-for-127) with 21 runs scored this 1B/DH Colabello optioned to AAA month while Vargas is hitting .314 (37-for-118) with 17 runs scored. 8/9 Traded RHP Correia to Dodgers in exchange for PTBNL TWINS MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Single-A Ft. Myers catcher Stuart Turner is the Twins Minor League Player of the Week... 8/11 RHP Adams acquired via trade with Turner played in four games for the Miracle and went 6-for-13 (.462) with three doubles, a home run and five RBI...the Twins third round pick KC, in exchange for OF Willingham, in the 2013 First-Year Player Draft is in just his second year of professional baseball after being drafted out of the University of Mississippi..