MINNESOTA TWINS (50-56) at OAKLAND ATHLETICS (47-59) SATURDAY, JULY 30, 2011 @ 6:07 PM - FS NORTH/TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK Nick Blackburn (R, 7-7, 4.21) vs. Guillermo Moscoso (R, 3-5, 3.47) GAME 107 ROAD GAME 56 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE TWINSPRESSBOX.COM Date Opp. Probable Pitchers Time TV/Radio For the second straight season, the Twins offer 7/31 at Oak. Carl Pavano (R, 6-7, 4.60) vs. Brandon McCarthy (R, 3-5, 3.52) 3:07 pm FSN/TIBN twinspressbox.com for easy media access to 8/ 1 OFF DAY game notes, media clips, stats, audio/video clips, the 2011 media guide, and more. Please register 8/ 2 at LAA. Brian Duensing (L, 8-8, 4.35) vs. Ervin Santana (R, 6-8, 3.47) 9:05 pm FSN/TIBN on the site to acquire login information. The Twins 8/ 3 at LAA. Scott Baker (R, 8-6, 2.86) vs. Joel Pineiro (R, 5-5, 4.91) 9:05 pm FSN/TIBN and Target Field with LEED® Silver Certification 8/ 4 at LAA. Francisco Liriano (L, 7-8, 4.67) vs. Tyler Chatwood (R, 6-7, 3.93) 9:05 pm FSN/TIBN continue to promote environmentally friendly All times Central - games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. practices and long-term sustainability. TWINS AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: The Twins are 3-2 on this 11-day, 10-game road trip after splitting a STREAKS Record: 50-56 four-game series at Texas and winning in Oakland last night...tonight, the Twins Current Streak: 1 Win Home Record: 26-25 will continue the trip with the second of a three-game series in Oakland...the Last 5 games: 3-2 Road Record: 24-31 Twins have won three in a row vs. the A’s...following this series, the Twins have a Last 10 games: 5-5 Record in series: 13-16-5 scheduled off day on Monday before starting a three-game series in Anaheim on Last 15 games: 8-7 Sweeps/Swept: 6/7 Tuesday...they are 5-1-2 in their last eight series. Last 20 games: 11-9 April: 9-17, May: 8-19, June: 17-9, July: 16-11, Aug.: - -, Sept./Oct.: - - LIRIANO SETTLES IN, TWINS OFFENSE ROLLS: The Twins beat the A’s 9-5 last night TWINS VS. OAKLAND Vs. East: 8-19 in Oakland...Francisco Liriano (7-8) was the starter and winner, allowing two runs 2011 Record: 4-2 Vs. Central: 22-17 (both in the first inning) on six hits, with two walks and four strikeouts in 7.0 Current Streak: 3 Wins 2011 at Home: 1-2 Vs. West: 12-10 innings...Jose Mijares allowed a three-run homer in the eighth inning before Alex Burnett (0.1 ip) and Glen Perkins (0.2 ip) combined for a scoreless ninth inning... 2011 at Oakland: 2-1 Vs. N.L.: 8-10 All-Time Record: 285-271 Mon: 3-9, Tue: 10-4, Wed: 7-8, Trevor Plouffe was 2-for-6 with two rbi and three runs scored...Joe Mauer was 2-for-4 with two runs scored...Michael Cuddyer added a three-run homer and Jason Kubel All-Time at Home: 160-121 Thu: 7-7, Fri: 7-10, Sat: 7-10, Sun: 9-8 All-Time at Oakland: 125-150 Decisions vs. RHP: 32-42 had a two-run double...the Twins were 4-for-14 with runners in scoring position Decisions vs. LHP: 18-14 and left 11 runners on base. 2011 Game Logs: When Twins score first: 42-18 Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save When Opp. scores first: 8-38 TWINS VS. OAKLAND: The Twins have won their last three games vs. the A’s and 4/ 8 Min. 2- 1 Pavano/Anderson/Nathan Come-from-behind wins: 17 11 of their last 16 games overall, dating back to September 13, 2009...over the 4/ 9 Min. 0- 1 Gonzalez/Blackburn/Fuentes 16 game stretch the Twins pitching staff has posted a 2.40 ERA (146.0 ip, 39 er), 4/10 Min. 3- 5 McCarthy/Baker/Fuentes When leading after 7/8 inn.: 41-10/42-5 5/18 Oak. 4- 3 Nathan/Fuentes/Capps When trailing after 7/8 inn.: 4-43/2-46 with the A’s hitting just .236 (127-for-537) vs. the Twins...the Twins have won three games in a row in Oakland and five of their last six...the last time the Twins 5/19 Oak. 11- 1 Blackburn/Ross When tied after 7/8 inn.: 5-3/6-5 7/29 Oak. 9- 5 Liriano/Gonzalez Extra-innings: 5-4 won four straight games in Oakland in one season, was a five-game streak from 7/30 Oak. 1-run games: 22-21 May 26-August 15, 1993. 7/31 Oak. When Twins out-hit opp.: 40-11 When Opp. out-hit Twins: 8-41 PERK PITCHING PERFECT: Glen Perkins has allowed just one earned run over his LONGEST HR AT TARGET FIELD When Twins/Opp. have = hits: 2-4 last 18 appearances (dating back to June 26), going 3-0, 0.59 ERA (15.1 ip, 1 er) Player Distance: Date Opp. When Twins get Quality Start: 40-18 with two saves...he has allowed just five hits, two walks (both intentional) while Jim Thome 490 ft 7/17/11 KC Jim Thome 480 ft 9/6/10 KC 42-30 recording 20 strikeouts...over that span, he has held opponents to a .102 (5-for-49) When Twins starter goes 6+ inn.: Jim Thome 465 ft 5/23/11 Sea Most games over .500: - - batting average...35 of his 43 appearances this season have been scoreless and he has yet to allow more than one run in an appearance. Jason Kubel 460 ft 5/11/11 Det Most games under .500: 20, 6/1 Jim Thome 452 ft 9/7/10 KC Longest winning-streak: 8, 6/11-21 NATHAN FINDING HIS GROOVE: Since coming back from the disabled list on June 24, Nelson Cruz 450 ft 6/9/11 Min Longest losing-streak: 9, 5/7-5/16 Jim Thome 449 ft 9/4/10 Cle Joe Nathan has pitched in 13 games, allowing just two runs in 12.1 innings (1.46 Jim Thome 445 ft 8/17/10 CWS When Twins score 4+: 38-14 ERA)...he has allowed just seven hits and struck out 10 without allowing a walk... When Twins score 3-: 12-42 opponents are batting just .159 (7-for-44) off him during the 13-game stretch. Team-high hits: 16, 5/19 at Oak. Team-high runs: 11, 5/19 at Oak. COMPANY AT THE TOP: Joe Nathan’s save Tuesday night was the 255th of his career, and his 254th as a member of the Opp.-high hits: 27, 7/25 at Tex. Twins...he tied Rick Aguilera for first on the Twins All-Time saves list Wednesday night...additionally, Nathan has converted Opp.-high runs: 20, 7/25 at Tex. five consecutive save opportunities since moving back into the closer’s role. When Twins get 10+ hits: 26-15 Walk-Off W/L: 5-4 (last, WIN - 7/19 vs.Cle) THOME LOOKING TO CATCH SOME LEGENDS: Jim Thome has 1,706 career walks, just two shy of tying Mel Ott for eighth Shutouts W/L: 7-7 on baseball’s all-time list...additionally, Thome has 1,750 runs batted in, just two shy of tying Tony Perez for 27th on Complete Games: 6, Duensing (7/4 vs. TB) baseball’s all-time list...Thome has a career .557 slugging percentage, tying him with Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle. Target Field Sellouts: 43 MAUER PASSES PUCKETT ON TWINS ALL-TIME WALKS LIST: After recording a walk last night, Joe Mauer (451) passed Kirby TWINS ON THE ROAD TRIP Puckett (450) to move into sole possession of seventh on the Twins All-Time list...comparatively, Puckett played 12 seasons Games ..........................................................5 for the Twins with a career .360 on-base percentage, while Mauer, currently in his eighth season, has a career .405 OBP. Record .......................................................3-2 Average ................................293 (56-for-191) HITTERS THAT GET TO OAKLAND - AND HIT WELL AT OAKLAND COLISEUM: Joe Mauer has a career .330 (63-for-191) batting Runs Per-Game ..........................6.4 (32 runs) average vs. Oakland, including hitting .324 (34-for-105) in Oakland...additionally, Delmon Young has hit .329 (27-for-82) Home Runs ...................................................4 in Oakland while Jason Kubel owns a career .313 (26-for-83) average in Oakland. RISP ..................................... .306 (19-for-62) Fielding Errors ..............................................6 GETTING A GOOD JUMP: The Twins recorded two stolen bases last night and now rank 10th in the American League with ERA ..................................6.91 (43.0 ip, 33 er) 60 stolen bases this season...however, their 73.2% success rate (22 caught stealing) is tied for the fifth best percentage Starters W-L .............................................2-2 in the league...it was their 14th game of the season with two-or-more stolen bases. Starters ERA ....................6.04 (28.1 ip, 19 er) REVERE AND THE STOLEN BASE: Ben Revere stole his 17th base of the season last night (he has been caught Relievers W-L-S .....................................1-0-1 five times)...his 17 stolen bases are the sixth highest total by a Twins rookie...Denard Span (2008) sits sixth Relievers ERA .................8.59 (14.2 ip, 14 er) on that list with 18, while Luis Rivas (2001) holds the club record for stolen bases by a rookie with 31 in 2001.