MINNESOTA TWINS (98-60) AT DETROIT TIGERS (46-111) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 - 1:10 PM (ET) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH / RADIO: TIBN-WCCO LHP Devin Smeltzer (1-2, 3.68) vs. RHP Jordan Zimmermann (1-12, 6.85) GAME 159 ROAD GAME 78 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 9/27 at Kansas City TBA vs. LHP Eric Skoglund (0-2, 7.50) 7:15 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / None 9/28 at Kansas City TBA vs. RHP Glenn Sparkman (4-11, 6.11) 6:15 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / None 9/29 at Kansas City RHP Jake Odorizzi (15-7, 3.51) vs. RHP Jorge López (4-9, 6.35) 2:15 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / twinsbeisbol.com SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 2-0 so far on their six-game roadtrip...they will play the STREAKS three-game series finale this afternoon in Detroit...post-game they will travel to Kansas City Record: ........................................... 98-60 Current Streak 3 wins Home Record: ................................. 46-35 for three games at Kauffman Stadium over the weekend...the Twins are a season-high 38 Road Record: .................................. 52-25 games over .500, their best mark since ending the 1965 season a club-record 42 games Last 5 games 4-1 Record in series: .........................30-15-6 over (102-60). Last 10 games 7-3 Series Openers: .............................. 35-16 Last 15 games 10-5 TWINS TAKE SERIES WITH TIGERS: The Twins beat the Tigers last night by a score of 5-1... Series Finales: ................................ 25-26 Last 20 games 12-8 Rubber Games: ................................. 6-11 Randy Dobnak (2-1) was the starter and winner, allowing one unearned run on one hit in 6.0 Sweeps/Swept: ................................. 10/1 innings pitched...Tyler Duffey, Trevor May and Zack Littell combined to pitch 3.0 scoreless TWINS VS. TIGERS March/April: .................................... 17-10 innings of relief...the offense recorded nine hits, highlighted by home runs from Luis Arraez May: .................................................. 21-8 (4) and Eddie Rosario (32). 2019 Record: .......................................13-5 June: ............................................... 15-12 Dobnak (6 IP, 1 H, 0 BB, 0 HBP) was the second rookie in Twins franchise history to throw Current Streak: ................................. 4 wins July: ................................................. 13-11 Aat least 6.0 innings in a game while allowing no more than one batter to reach safely via 2019 at Home: ......................................6-3 August: ............................................ 17-11 hit, walk, or hit-by-pitch...on September 14, 1954, Camilo Pascual gave up one hit and 2019 at Detroit: .....................................7-2 September/October: ......................... 15-8 nothing else over seven relief innings in a 4-2 Washington Senators loss at Cleveland All-Time Record: .........................457-415-1 Day Games: ..................................... 32-23 (courtesy: Elias Sports Bureau). All-Time at Home: ..........................237-200 Night Games: .................................. 66-36 All-Time at Detroit: .....................220-215-1 vs. American League East: ............. 20-12 LET'S PARTY LIKE ITS 2010: The Twins won the AL Central for the seventh time last night and vs. American League Central: ........ 47-25 first time since 2010...below are the final results from previous postseasons (since 1961): 2019 Game Logs: vs. American League West: ............ 23-11 YEAR CLINCHED FINISHED YEAR CLINCHED FINISHED Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save vs. National League: ......................... 8-12 1965 AL (102-60) Lost 4-3 to LAD in WS 2003 AL-C (90-72) Lost 3-1 to NYY in ALDS Games vs. LH Starter:..................... 21-17 4/12 MIN **PPD** Games vs. RH Starter: .................... 77-43 1969 AL-W (97-65) Swept in 3 by BAL in ALCS 2004 AL-C (92-70) Lost 3-1 to NYY in ALDS** 1970 AL-W (98-64) Swept in 3 by BAL in ALCS 2006 AL-C (96-66) Swept in 3 by OAK in ALDS 4/13 MIN 4-3 Pineda/Ross/Parker Twins score first: ............................ 76-22 4/14 MIN 6-4 Berrios/Zimmermann/Hildenberger Opponent scores first: .................... 22-38 1987 AL-W (85-77) Beat STL 4-3 in WS 2009 AL-C (87-76) Swept in 3 by NYY in ALDS 1991 AL-W (95-67) Beat ATL 4-3 in WS 2010 AL-C (94-68) Swept in 3 by NYY in ALDS 5/10 MIN 6-0 Odorizzi/Ross Come-from-behind wins: .....................36 5/11 MIN 3-5 Jiménez/Hildenberger/Greene Leading after 7/8 inn.: ............. 84-7/89-3 2002 AL-C (94-67) Lost 4-1 to ANA in ALCS* 2017 AL-WC (85-77) Lost 8-4 in 1 game at NYY Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ............. 7-48/3-51 *Twins last postseason series win came in five games over Oakland in the 2002 ALDS. *** MIN 8-3 Stewart/Soto Tied after 7/8 inn.: ....................... 7-5/6-6 **Twins last postseason win came in Game 1 October 5, 2004 at New York (Santana/Mussina) 5/12 MIN 3-5 Norris/Pérez/Greene Extra-innings: ..................................... 5-7 ALL-TIME AL CENTRAL DIVISION WINNERS: Cleveland - 10, Minnesota - 7, Detroit - 4, Chicago - 3, Kansas 6/7 DET 6-3 Harper/Jiménez/Parker 1-run games: .................................. 22-11 City - 1 6/8 DET 3-9 Ramirez/Gibson Twins out-hit opp.: .......................... 72-11 6/9 DET 12-2 Odorizzi/Carpenter Opp. out-hit Twins: ......................... 18-45 IF YOU SMELL WHAT THE ROC IS COOKING: Rocco Baldelli needs one more win to tie Joe Cronin 8/23 MIN 6-9 VerHagen/Berríos Twins/Opp. have = hits: ...................... 7-4 for most for most wins for a rookie manager in Twins/Senators franchise history (since 1901)... 8/24 MIN 8-5 Gibson/Jackson/Rogers Run Differential: .............+175 (915-740) he needs one win to pass Bill Rigney for the most by a Twins rookie manager (since 1961): 8/25 MIN 7-4 Pérez/Boyd Twins get Quality Start: .................. 52-15 MANAGER YEAR RECORD 8/30 DET 13-5 Gibson/Jackson Twins starter goes 6+ IP:............... 57-22 Joe Cronin.........................................................1933 ....................................................................99-53 8/31 DET 7-10 Boyd/Pérez Most games over .500: ............... 38, 9/26 Rocco Baldelli .................................................2019 ....................................................................98-60 Most games under .500: ........................... Bill Rigney ........................................................1970 ....................................................................98-64 9/1 DET 8-3 Pineda/Turnbull Longest win-streak: ... 6, 2x, last 8/24-30 Billy Martin.......................................................1969 ....................................................................97-65 9/2 DET 4-3 Littell/Farmer/Rogers Longest losing-streak: ................4, 8/6-9 Ron Gardenhire ................................................2002 ....................................................................94-67 9/24 DET 4-2 Odorizzi/Turnbull/Rogers When Twins score 4+: .................... 88-29 9/25 DET 5-1 Dobnak/VerHagen When Twins score 3-: ..................... 10-31 9/26 DET 12:10 pm (CT) Twins get 10+ hits: ......................... 58-14 ROAD RULES: The Twins have won 13 of their last 16 away from Target Field and have gone Days in First Place .............................171 52-25 (.675) on the road this season, marking the most road wins and highest road winning percentage in baseball...Twins have outscored opponents on the road 473-346...52 road wins THIS ROADTRIP (2-0) Days in Second Place .............................8 Batting average .246 Days in Third Place ................................4 surpassed the Twins' single-season record set back in 1965 (51)...the Twins are 23-11 (.676) Days in Fourth Place ................................ against AL Central foes, their best in-division road record since joining the Central in 1994, Runs Per Game 4.50 Days in Fifth Place ................................... and their second-best in Minnesota history (the 1970 Twins went 31-14, .689 on the road Home Runs 2 Walk-Off W/L: ..................................... 4/1 against AL West opponents)...below are the Twins all-time best road seasons (since 1961): RISP .231 Shutouts W/L: ................................... 10/3 SEASON MLB RANK ROAD W-L Errors 2 Complete Games ...................................... 2019 .................................................................1st .................................................................... 52-25 Target Field Sellouts (’19/All-Time): ... 12/173 1965 .................................................................1st .................................................................... 51-30 Team ERA 1.00 1970 .................................................................3rd .................................................................... 47-34 Starters W-L 2-0 RECENT TRANSACTIONS Note: They are just the seventh team since 2000 to record at least 52 road wins in a season...over that Starters ERA 1.29 9/16 RHP Diplan claimed off waivers by DET span, only two other teams in the AL Central have done so: 2017 Cleveland Indians (53-28) and 2005 1-0-1 9/14 RHP Alcala contract selected Chicago White Sox (52-29)...in fact, of the other six teams to win at least 52 road games in a season, Relievers W-L-S RHP Diplan designated for rel. or assgn. three of them made it to the World Series, including two winners: CWS (2005) and HOU (2017). 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