@Twins l www.twinspressbox.com l #MNTwins MINNESOTA TWINS (32-22) AT CHICAGO CUBS (31-21) SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2020 - 6:08 P.M. (CT) - TV: ESPN / RADIO: TIBN, WCCO, THE WOLF / TWINSBEISBOL.COM RHP José Berríos (4-3, 4.15) vs. RHP Yu Darvish (7-2, 1.86) GAME 55 ROAD GAME 29 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 9/21 OFF DAY 9/22 vs. Detroit TBA vs. LHP Tarik Skubal (1-3, 6.17) 6:40 p.m. (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / twinsbeisbol.com 9/23 vs. Detroit RHP Kenta Maeda (5-1, 2.52) vs. RHP Casey Mize (0-2, 6.08) 6:40 p.m. (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: Have gone 2-4 through six games on their seven-game roadtrip, losing three of four STREAKS Under Baldelli (since '19): .............133-83 on the South Side, followed by a loss and a win the last two nights on the North Side...tonight they will complete their road schedule with the three-game series finale at Wrigley Field...following Current Streak 1 win Home Record:.....................................21-5 Last 5 games 2-3 Road Record:....................................11-17 tonight's finale, the Twins will travel home to complete the regular season...they will enjoy an off day tomorrow, followed by two with Detroit Tuesday-Wednesday, another off day on Thursday, then Last 10 games 5-5 Record in series: ............................ 11-4-2 three against Cincinnati next weekend. Series Openers: ..................................11-7 The Twins have won 12 of their last 18 games overall but have lost 10 of their last 13 away Last 15 games 9-6 Series Finales:....................................11-6 Afrom Target Field. Last 20 games 12-8 Rubber Games: .....................................5-1 Sweeps/Swept: .....................................3/2 TWINS EARN IT: The Twins beat the Cubs last night at Wrigley Field by a score of 8-1...Michael TWINS VS. CUBS July:.......................................................5-2 Pineda (2-0) was the starter and winner, allowing one run on four hits in 5.0 innings pitched...the August:..............................................15-14 bullpen of Tyler Duffey, Matt Wisler and Tyler Clippard combined to pitch 4.0 scoreless innings...the 2020 Record: .........................................1-1 September/October:...........................12-6 offense recorded 10 hits, three going for home runs by Eddie Rosario (12), Miguel Sanó (13) and Current Streak: ...................................1 win Day Games:.......................................11-10 Josh Donaldson (6)...the win secured them a playoff berth for the second-straight season, marking 2015 at Home: .......................................1-2 Night Games: ....................................21-12 the first time since winning the AL Central in 2009 and 2010 (see chart below). 2020 at Chicago: ...................................1-1 vs. American League Central: ..........21-17 TWINS ARE IN!: The Twins secured a playoff berth last night...below are the final results from All-Time Record: ............................... 14-18 vs. National League Central: ..............11-5 All-Time at Home: ..................................9-6 ...........................8-7 previous postseasons (since 1961): Games vs. LH Starter: All-Time at Chicago: ........................... 5-12 Games vs. RH Starter: ......................24-15 YEAR CLINCHED FINISHED YEAR CLINCHED FINISHED Twins score first: ..............................25-10 1965 AL (102-60) Lost 4-3 to LAD in WS 2004 AL-C (92-70) Lost 3-1 to NYY in ALDS** 2020 Game Logs: Opponent scores first:........................7-12 1969 AL-W (97-65) Swept in 3 by BAL in ALCS 2006 AL-C (96-66) Swept in 3 by OAK in ALDS Come-from-behind wins: ........................ 8 1970 AL-W (98-64) Swept in 3 by BAL in ALCS 2009 AL-C (87-76) Swept in 3 by NYY in ALDS Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Leading after 7/8 inn.:...............26-1/26-1 1987 AL-W (85-77) Beat STL 4-3 in WS 2010 AL-C (94-68) Swept in 3 by NYY in ALDS 9/18 CHI 0-1 Hendricks/Hill/Jeffress Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ...............1-12/1-16 1991 AL-W (95-67) Beat ATL 4-3 in WS 2017 AL-WC (85-77) Lost 8-4 in 1 game at NYY 9/19 CHI 8-1 Pineda/Mills Tied after 7/8 inn.: .........................2-5/1-1 2002 AL-C (94-67) Lost 4-1 to ANA in ALCS* 2019 AL-C (101-61) Swept in 3 by NYY in ALDS 9/20 CHI 6:08 p.m. (CT) Extra-innings: .......................................2-0 2003 AL-C (90-72) Lost 3-1 to NYY in ALDS 2020 Postseason - - 1-run games: ........................................7-5 *Twins last postseason series win came in five games over Oakland in the 2002 ALDS. CURRENT ROADTRIP (2-4) ..............................22-3 Twins out-hit opp.: **Twins last postseason win came in Game 1 October 5, 2004 at New York (Santana/Mussina) Batting average .207 Opp. out-hit Twins: .............................7-17 ALL-TIME AL CENTRAL DIVISION WINNERS: Cleveland - 10, Minnesota - 7, Detroit - 4, Chicago - 3, Kansas City - 1 Twins/Opp. have = hits: ........................3-2 Runs Per Game 3.2 Home Runs 10 Run Differential: .................+51 (241-190) ROCKY ROAD: With one road game remaining in 2020, below are the offense and pitching com- Twins get Quality Start: ......................11-3 parisons on the road since 2017...bottom figures are projected totals over an 81-game road pace: RISP .184 Twins starter goes 6+ IP: ..................11-3 Errors 2 Most games over .500: .................12, 9/14 AVG R/G H 2B 3B HR BB K OBP SLG OPS 2017 .252 4.9 705 143 8 96 280 700 .322 .411 .733 Most games under .500:............................ Team ERA 2.88 Longest win-streak: ................6, 7-31-8/5 2018 .239 4.2 677 152 8 80 255 688 .305 .383 .687 Longest losing-streak: ..............6, 8/25-31 2019 .276 6.1 810 150 11 170 242 690 .339 .508 .847 Starters W-L 1-2 When Twins score 4+: ........................24-6 2020 .240 4.5 223 32 0 47 89 237 .314 .427 .741 Starters ERA 3.00 When Twins score 3-: .........................8-16 PROJ: .240 4.5 645 92 0 135 257 685 .314 .427 .741 Relievers W-L-S 1-2-0 Twins get 10+ hits: .............................12-4 W L S IP H R ER HR BB K ERA Relievers ERA 2.70 Days in First Place ................................ 35 Saves/Opps 0/1 Days in Second Place............................ 13 2017 44 37 24 697.0 699 370 342 102 228 543 4.42 2018 29 52 14 705.1 712 414 377 110 294 682 4.81 Days in Third Place ................................. 9 THROUGH GAMES OF THIS DATE IN 2019 Days in Fourth Place ................................. 2019 55 26 26 707.1 686 360 317 100 225 687 4.03 Days in Fifth Place .................................... 2020 11 17 3 227.1 226 116 115 36 79 233 4.55 RECORD GAMES BACK/AHEAD Walk-Off W/L: .......................................2/1 PROJ: 31 49 8 657.2 653 335 332 109 228 674 4.55 95-59 (.617) ................ +4.0 over Cleveland .......................................3/2 Shutouts W/L: LA MAKINA Y EL MAGO: Tonight's starter José Berríos and Cubs infielder Javier Báez are brothers- Complete Games ....................................... in-law, as their wives are sisters...Berríos, who is from Bayamón, Puerto Rico, married his wife, Jannieliz in December of 2014...Jannieliz is the younger sister of Irmarie, who married Báez, also a Bayamón native, in January of 2019 (Berríos was part of the wedding party)...Berríos and GONE IN 60 Báez have never faced each other in the regular season but faced one another in back-to-back All-Star Games...in 2018, at Nationals Park, MIN/WAS FRANCHISE RECORDS OVER THE Berríos got Báez to fly out to rightfield in the fifth inning...in 2019, at Progressive Field, Berríos got Báez to fly out to leftfield in the third inning. FIRST 60 GAMES OF A SEASON (SINCE 1901) WE'RE OUT OF THEIR LEAGUE: The Twins are 11-5 this season in Interleague Play, going 3-1 vs. St. Louis, 3-1 vs. Pittsburgh, 4-2 vs. Milwaukee HITS .................102, Heinie Manush, 1934 and 1-1 vs. Chicago...last night's win marked the first for the Twins at Wrigley since June 13, 2009. HOME RUNS .....22, Harmon Killebrew, 1959 Remaining IL schedule (4 games): one at Wrigley Field and three at home vs. Cincinnati September 25-27...last night's victory secured the RBI ....................... 63, Kirby Puckett, 1994 ATwins a winning season vs. the National League, their first since 2017 (13-7)...also marked their second winning season in IL play since 2010. XBH .................37, Eduardo Escobar, 2018 Eddie Rosario has six home runs and 15 RBI in 15 games vs. NL opponents this season...since the start of last season, he has 12 home runs RUNS .......................55, Cesar Tovar, 1970 Aand 30 RBI...the 12 homers are tied for third most in baseball while his 30 RBI are tied for seventh. DOUBLES ........28, Chuck Knoblauch, 1994 Josh Donaldson is hitting .312 (149-for-477) with 26 doubles, 31 home runs, 97 RBI, 98 runs scored and a .969 OPS in 127 career IL games... Ain his last 11 IL games, he is hitting .386 (17-for-44) with five doubles, five home runs and 16 RBI. WALKS .......................70, Eddie Yost, 1956 STOLEN BASES ........36, Clyde Milan, 1912 THE WORLDWIDE LEADER: Twins are playing on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball for the first time since August 22, 2010 when they hosted the --------------------------------------------- Los Angeles Angels, winning by a score of 4-0...Scott Baker was the starter and winner, pitching 7.0 shutout innings with just five hits allowed.