MINNESOTA TWINS (84-77) VS. DETROIT TIGERS (64-97) SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2017 - 2:10 PM (CT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH RADIO: TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK / LA RAZA GAME 162 Bartolo Colón (R, 6-14, 6.72) vs. Anibal Sanchez (R, 3-6, 6.46) HOME GAME 81 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 10/2 at New York-AL Team Workout at Yankee Stadium - - - - - - 10/3 at New York-AL Ervin Santana (R) vs. Luis Severino (R) 7:00 pm ESPN Go 96.3-TIBN / None Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. TWINS AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: After completing their 10-game roadtrip with a record of 5-5 (0-3 in New York-AL, STREAKS Record: ........................................... 84-77 4-0 in Detroit and 1-2 in Cleveland), the Twins began their final homestand of the season with a win and a loss to the Tigers...today they will play the regular season finale before Current Streak 1 loss Home Record: ................................. 40-40 Last 5 games 3-2 Road Record: .................................. 44-37 traveling to New York for a workout tomorrow afternoon, followed by a one-game AL Wild Record in series: .........................23-22-6 Card playoff game with the Yankees on Tuesday night. Last 10 games 6-4 Series Openers: .............................. 31-21 Last 15 games 7-8 Series Finales: ................................ 26-25 TOMORROW: Timing for tomorrow's workout at Yankee Stadium: press room availability for Last 20 games 10-10 Rubber Games: ................................... 5-9 Paul Molitor will be at 2 pm, Ervin Santana at 2:15 pm and Joe Mauer & Brian Dozier will be Sweeps/Swept: ................................. 11/5 at 2:30 pm...Twins clubhouse will be open at 2:15 pm...Twins will work out from 3-4:30 pm. TWINS VS. DETROIT April: ............................................... 12-11 2017 Record: .......................................10-8 May: ................................................ 14-12 LET'S PARTY LIKE IT'S 2010: On Tuesday the Twins will be playing in the postseason for the Current Streak: .................................. 1 loss June: ............................................... 14-15 12th time in club history...they will travel to New York to play a one-game playoff...below 2017 at Home: ......................................3-5 July: ................................................. 10-15 are the final results from previous postseasons (since 1961): 2017 at Detroit: .....................................7-3 August: ............................................ 20-10 YEAR CLINCHED FINISHED YEAR CLINCHED FINISHED All-Time Record: .........................431-403-1 September/October: ....................... 14-14 1965 AL (102-60) Lost 4-3 to LAD in WS 2003 AL-C (90-72) Lost 3-1 to NYY in ALDS All-Time at Home: ..........................223-194 1969 AL-W (97-65) Swept in 3 by BAL in ALCS 2004 AL-C (92-70) Lost 3-1 to NYY in ALDS** Day Games: ..................................... 27-33 All-Time at Detroit: .....................208-209-1 Night Games: .................................. 57-44 1970 AL-W (98-64) Swept in 3 by BAL in ALCS 2006 AL-C (96-66) Swept in 3 by OAK in ALDS vs. American League East: ............. 15-18 1987 AL-W (85-77) Beat STL 4-3 in WS 2009 AL-C (87-76) Swept in 3 by NYY in ALDS 2017 Game Logs: vs. American League Central: ........ 40-35 1991 AL-W (95-67) Beat ATL 4-3 in WS 2010 AL-C (94-68) Swept in 3 by NYY in ALDS 2002 AL-C (94-67) Lost 4-1 to ANA in ALCS* 2017 AL-WC (- -) - - Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save vs. American League West: ............ 16-17 *Twins last postseason series win came in five games over Oakland in the 2002 ALDS. 4/11 DET 1-2 Boyd/Santiago/Rodriguez vs. National League: ......................... 13-7 **Twins last postseason win came in Game 1 October 5, 2004 at New York (Santana/Mussina)...0-12 since. 4/12 DET 3-5 Fulmer/Gibson/A. Wilson Games vs. LH Starter:..................... 26-23 4/13 DET 11-5 Hughes/Zimmermann/Haley .................... 58-54 Games vs. RH Starter: TWINS AND TIGERS: The Twins are 10-8 this season, going 7-3 at Comerica Park and 3-5 at 4/21 MIN 6-3 Santiago/Verlander/Kintzler Twins score first: ............................ 51-32 Target Field...they haven't won 11 games vs. Detroit since going 12-7 in 2009. 4/22 MIN 5-4 Hardy/Tonkin/Rodríguez Opponent scores first: .................... 33-45 Come-from-behind wins: .....................40 FEELING MINNESOTA: Number comparisons at home over the last five seasons: 4/23 MIN 4-13 Fulmer/Gibson Leading after 7/8 inn.: ............. 73-9/79-4 W-L IP H BB K ERA AVG H 2B HR R OBP 7/21 MIN 3-6 Sanchez/Santana/Wilson Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ............. 5-66/3-69 2013 32-49 740.0 812 202 502 4.54 .248 676 141 68 303 .315 7/22 MIN 6-5 Gibson/Zimmermann/Kintzler Tied after 7/8 inn.: ....................... 6-2/2-4 2014 35-46 741.0 842 206 517 4.71 .260 716 159 67 368 .333 7/23 MIN 6-9 Boyd/Hildenberger/Wilson Extra-innings: ..................................... 3-3 2015 46-34 732.0 735 189 525 3.63 .264 703 134 85 372 .322 8/11 DET 9-4 Pressly/Sanchez 1-run games: .................................. 15-18 2016 30-51 747.0 864 227 603 5.12 .251 696 143 98 348 .313 8/12 DET 11-12 Greene/Belisle Twins out-hit opp.: ............................ 60-7 2017 40-40 730.0 782 254 617 4.80 .268 730 141 *108 415 .347 8/13 DET 6-4 Duffey/Rondon/Hildenberger *108 homers are fourth most in club history, trailing 116 in 1986, 115 in 1964 and 112 in 1963. Opp. out-hit Twins: ......................... 16-67 9/21 DET 12-1 Mejía/Zimmermann Twins/Opp. have = hits: ...................... 8-3 9/22 DET 7-3 Gibson/Norris FANS ON TARGET: Twins surpassed 2 million in attendance last night for the 18th time in 9/23 DET 10-4 Santana/Stumpf Run Differential: ...............+23 (810-787) club history...12th time in their last 13 seasons. Twins get Quality Start: .................. 51-12 9/24 DET 10-4 Berríos/Farmer Twins starter goes 6+ IP:............... 54-20 MONTHLY COMPARISONS: Below are the batting and pitching monthly comparisons: 9/29 MIN 6-3 Berríos/Boyd/Belisle Most games over .500: ................. 9, 9/27 AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG 9/30 MIN 2-3 Slegers/Farmer/Greene Most games under .500: .......... 4, last 8/6 APRIL .242 101 186 39 2 20 98 102 179 .331 .375 10/1 MIN Longest win-streak: .....................6, 8/6-11 MAY .260 125 236 51 5 37 120 103 235 .337 .449 Longest losing-streak: ...4, 3x, last 6/16-18 JUNE .243 123 241 44 0 37 118 83 239 .305 .400 TWINS MOST IMPROVED When Twins score 4+: .................... 74-26 JULY .264 115 218 51 4 16 106 94 210 .345 .393 WIN JUMPS IN CONSECUTIVE YEARS When Twins score 3-: ..................... 10-51 AUGUST .280 177 284 49 11 50 170 106 228 .351 .498 YEARS WINS IMPROVEMENT Twins get 10+ hits: ......................... 48-12 SEPT/OCT .268 164 261 48 9 52 159 95 225 .337 .466 2016-17 ....... 59 to 84..................... 25 wins Days in First Place ...............................50 W L S IP H R ER HR BB K ERA 1964-65 ...... 79 to 102 .................... 23 wins Days in Second Place ...........................92 APRIL 12 11 8 204.0 184 97 89 26 69 153 3.93 1990-91 ....... 74 to 95 ..................... 21 wins Days in Third Place ..............................25 MAY 14 12 6 240.0 247 152 140 49 110 193 5.25 1961-62 ....... 70 to 91 ..................... 21 wins Days in Fourth Place ..............................5 JUNE 14 15 8 253.2 291 155 142 41 92 198 5.04 Days in Fifth Place ................................... JULY 10 14 7 208.2 254 131 120 34 63 162 5.18 TWINS MOST SEASONS OVER .300 Walk-Off W/L: ..................................... 5/6 AUGUST 20 10 8 264.1 239 120 111 36 70 248 3.78 SEPT/OCT 14 14 4 245.0 252 126 123 35 76 196 4.52 PLAYER .300 SEASONS Shutouts W/L: ................................... 11/2 Rod Carew ................................................10 CG’s ................. 6, last, Colón, 8/4 vs. TEX Tony Oliva ...................................................9 Target Field Sellouts (’17/All-Time): ..... 1/160 20-20: Four Twins have reached the 20-homer mark (Brian Dozier - 34, Miguel Sanó - 28, Kirby Puckett ..............................................8 Eddie Rosario - 27 and Eduardo Escobar - 21)...Max Kepler needs one home run to join, Joe Mauer ................................................*7 RECENT TRANSACTIONS which would mark the third time in club history for five players to reach 20 in a season: *Excludes 2017 9/29 IF Sanó reinstated from DL YEAR NO. PLAYERS 9/14 IF Vielma claimed off waivers by SF 1964 .............6 ..............Killebrew (49), Allison (32), Oliva (32), Hall (25), Mincher (23), Versalles (20) TWINS ALL-TIME RUNS RECORDS 1986 .............5 ..............Gaetti (34), Puckett (31), Hrbek (29), Brunansky (23), Smalley (20) 9/13 LHP Mejía returned from rehab and 1996 .......................................................877 reinstated from DL DID YOU KNOW?: The Twins are the first team since 2008 to have a winning record and/or 1977 .......................................................867 9/12 LHP Moya contract selected 2008 .......................................................829 IF Vielma designated for release make the postseason following a season in which they had the worst record in baseball... 2009 .......................................................817 or assignment the '08 Rays went from 66-96 as "The Devil Rays" in 2007 to 97-65 the next, losing to 9/5 OF Grossman returned from rehab and Philadelphia in the World Series.