MINNESOTA TWINS (77-71) VS. TORONTO BLUE JAYS (70-79) SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 - 1:10 PM (CT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH RADIO: TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK / LA RAZA Kyle Gibson (R, 10-10, 4.97) vs. Joe Biagini (R, 3-10, 5.07) GAME 149 HOME GAME 78 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 9/18 at New York-AL Ervin Santana (R, 15-7, 3.35) vs. Jaime García (L, 5-9, 4.35) 6:05 pm Fox Sports North / ESPN Go 96.3-TIBN / None 9/19 at New York-AL José Berríos (R, 12-7, 3.84) vs. CC Sabathia (L, 11-5, 3.85) 6:05 pm Fox Sports North / ESPN Go 96.3-TIBN / La Raza 9/20 at New York-AL Bartolo Colón (R, 6-13, 6.39) vs. Masahiro Tanaka (R, 12-11, 4.73) 12:05 pm Fox Sports North 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: The Twins have gone 3-2 through five games on their current six-game homestand, STREAKS Record: ........................................... 77-71 going 2-0 vs. San Diego and 1-2 vs. Toronto...today the Twins will play the four-game series finale with the Blue Jays...after today's game, the Twins will begin their final roadtrip of Current Streak 2 losses Home Record: ................................. 38-39 Last 5 games 3-2 Road Record: .................................. 39-32 the season, an 11-day, 10 game trip, with three at New York, four at Detroit and three at Record in series: .........................22-20-5 Cleveland...the Twins are 38-39 at home and 39-32 on the road...they are 18-12 in their Last 10 games 6-4 Series Openers: .............................. 28-20 last 30 and 25-15 in their last 40. Last 15 games 7-8 Series Finales: ................................ 24-23 Last 20 games 11-9 Rubber Games: ................................... 5-9 SATURDAY'S ARE FOR THE JAYS: The Twins lost to the Blue Jays last night by a score of 7-2... Sweeps/Swept: ................................. 10/4 Adalberto Mejía was the starter and loser, allowing three runs on five hits in 3.0 innings TWINS VS. TORONTO April: ............................................... 12-11 pitched...the offense recorded just four hits, highlighted by home runs from Eduardo Escobar 2017 Record: .........................................3-3 May: ................................................ 14-12 (19) and Eddie Rosario (24). Current Streak: ...............................2 losses June: ............................................... 14-15 2017 at Home: .......................................1-2 July: ................................................. 10-15 BLACK AND BLUE JAYS: The Twins have gone 3-3 against the Blue Jays this season, their 2017 at Toronto: ....................................2-1 August: ............................................ 20-10 most wins over the Jays since going 4-2 in 2014...they are 164-218 all-time against the All-Time Record: ............................164-218 September/October: ........................... 7-8 Blue Jays...they have gone just 4-13 in their last 17 against the Blue Jays, dating back to All-Time at Home: ............................91-102 Day Games: ..................................... 24-32 August of 2015. All-Time at Toronto: .........................73-116 Night Games: .................................. 53-39 vs. American League East: ............. 14-15 HOMER HAPPY: The Twins have hit 70 home runs since August 8 (38 games), the most in 2017 Game Logs: vs. American League Central: ........ 34-32 baseball since that date...they have homered in 15 straight (since September 1), the third Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save vs. American League West: ............ 16-17 longest streak in club history: 8/25 TOR 6-1 Colón/Happ vs. National League: ......................... 13-7 DATES STREAK HOMERS DURING 8/26 TOR 9-10 Estrada/Gee/Osuna ..................... 23-22 Games vs. LH Starter: April 28-May 15, 1979 ...............................................16 ....................................................................28 8/27 TOR 7-2 Gibson/Biagini Games vs. RH Starter: .................... 54-49 April 25-May 16, 2017 ...............................................16 ....................................................................26 9/14 MIN 3-2 (10) Gee/Santos Twins score first: ............................ 48-29 September 1-current ...............................................15 ....................................................................27 Opponent scores first: .................... 29-42 9/15 MIN 3-4 Happ/Colón/Osuna Come-from-behind wins: .....................33 IT'S GETTING WILD: AL Wildcard as of August 1 (left) and AL Wildcard (right) now: 9/16 MIN 2-7 Estrada/Mejía Leading after 7/8 inn.: ............. 68-9/72-4 W L PCT GB W L PCT GB 9/17 MIN Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ............. 3-60/3-63 New York 57 48 .543 +2.0 New York 82 66 .554 +5.0 CURRENT HOMESTAND (3-2) Tied after 7/8 inn.: ....................... 6-2/2-4 Kansas City 55 50 .524 - - Minnesota 77 71 .520 - - Extra-innings: ..................................... 3-3 Tampa Bay 55 53 .509 -1.5 Los Angeles 76 72 .514 -1.0 Batting average .264 1-run games: .................................. 15-15 Seattle 55 53 .509 -1.5 Seattle 74 75 .497 -3.5 Runs Per Game 5.4 Twins out-hit opp.: ............................ 54-6 Baltimore 52 54 .491 -3.5 Kansas City 73 75 .493 -4.0 Home Runs 12 Los Angeles 52 55 .486 -4.0 Texas 72 76 .486 -5.0 RISP .265 Opp. out-hit Twins: ......................... 16-62 Minnesota 50 54 .481 -4.5 Baltimore 72 77 .483 -5.5 Twins/Opp. have = hits: ...................... 7-3 Errors 2 Run Differential: .................+3 (732-729) THE RUNNING MAN: Joe Mauer needs three runs scored to tie Rod Carew for third on the Twins get Quality Start: .................. 49-12 Twins all-time list (since 1961): Team ERA 2.68 Twins starter goes 6+ IP:............... 51-20 PLAYER GAMES RUNS Starters W-L 1-2 Most games over .500: ................. 8, 9/15 Kirby Puckett ........................................................1,783 ............................................................. 1,071 Starters ERA 2.70 Most games under .500: .......... 4, last 8/6 Harmon Killebrew .................................................1,939 ............................................................. 1,047 Relievers W-L-S 2-0-0 Longest win-streak: .....................6, 8/6-11 Rod Carew ............................................................1,635 ................................................................ 950 Relievers ERA 2.66 Longest losing-streak: ...4, 3x, last 6/16-18 Joe Mauer ............................................................1,719 ................................................................ 947 Saves/Opps 0/2 When Twins score 4+: .................... 67-24 Kent Hrbek ............................................................1,747 ................................................................ 903 When Twins score 3-: ..................... 10-45 Twins get 10+ hits: ......................... 42-12 WINN-ESOTA: The Twins are 11-4 in their last 15 at Target Field and 24-15 in Minnesota since June 20 after starting the season going Days in First Place ...............................50 14-24 at home...their .615 home winning percentage since June 20 ranks fifth best in baseball, trailing Cleveland (.690), Los Angeles-NL Days in Second Place ...........................79 (.667), Milwaukee (.639) and St. Louis (.632). Days in Third Place ..............................25 Days in Fourth Place ..............................5 THE REMAINS: The Twins have 14 games left and an off-day on Monday September 25...they play Toronto once, New York-AL three times, Days in Fifth Place ................................... Detroit seven times and Cleveland three times...among the remaining opponents - after today - the Twins are a combined 13-18 (2-1 Walk-Off W/L: ..................................... 5/6 vs. NYY, 5-7 vs. DET and 6-10 vs. CLE)...of the remaining 14 games, four are at Target Field and 10 are on the road. Shutouts W/L: ................................... 11/2 CG’s ................. 6, last, Colón, 8/4 vs. TEX BRING 'EM OUT, BRING 'EM OUT: The Twins have drawn 1,925,464 in attendance through 76 home dates this season, for an average of Target Field Sellouts (’17/All-Time): ..... 1/160 25,335...they are 38,448 shy of matching their 2016 total of 1,963,912 and 74,536 shy of reaching 2-million for the 18th time in club RECENT TRANSACTIONS history, last coming in 2015 (2,220,054). 9/14 IF Vielma claimed off waivers by SF 9/13 LHP Mejía returned from rehab and MEASURING MAUER'S METRICS - HIS CASE FOR THE GOLD: RngR (range runs): The number of runs above or below average a fielder reinstated from DL is, determined by how the fielder is able to get to balls hit in his vicinity...top five first basemen in the AL are: Joe Mauer (3.6), Logan 9/12 LHP Moya contract selected Morrison (3.4), Mitch Moreland (2.4), Carlos Santana (1.6) and José Abreu (1.3). IF Vielma designated for release or assignment 9/5 OF Grossman returned from rehab and ZACK'S TURN TO BLOW OUT THE CANDLES: Zack Granite is celebrating his 25th birthday today...he shares a birthday with José Ramirez reinstated from DL (25), Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda (80), hockey star Alexander Ovechkin (31), and Nascar Driver Jimmy Johnson (41) - who has been RHP Tonkin contract selected Danny Gladden's "keeper" in the last eight seasons of his Fantasy Nascar League. RHP Chargois recalled from