MINNESOTA TWINS AT MILWAUKEE BREWERS THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2021 - 1:10 P.M. (CT) - TV: BALLY SPORTS NORTH / RADIO: TIBN, WCCO, THE WOLF / TWINSBEISBOL.COM RHP Kenta Maeda vs. RHP Brandon Woodruff GAME 1 ROAD GAME 1 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 4/2 OFF DAY 4/3 at Milwaukee RHP José Berríos vs. RHP Corbin Burnes 6:10 p.m. (CT) Bally Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None 4/4 at Milwaukee RHP Michael Pineda vs. RHP Adrian Houser 1:10 p.m. (CT) Bally Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / twinsbeisbol.com 4/5 at Detroit RHP Matt Shoemaker vs. RHP José Ureña 12:10 p.m. (CT) Bally Sports North / ESPN TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None 4/6 at Detroit LHP J.A. Happ vs. RHP Casey Mize 12:10 p.m. (CT) Bally Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None 4/7 at Detroit RHP Kenta Maeda vs. LHP Matthew Boyd 12:10 p.m. (CT) Bally Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: The Twins will open their 61st season with a three-game series at American Family Field STREAKS in Milwaukee today through Sunday (off-day Friday)...today marks the third time in Twins history Under Baldelli (since '19): ...............137-85 Current Streak - - Home Record: ............................................. (since 1961) that they have opened against the Brewers (1971 & '92) and second time in Milwaukee Road Record: .............................................. (1992)...following this series, the Twins will travel to Detroit to begin a three-game series vs. the Last 5 games 0-0 Record in series: ......................................... Tigers from Monday-Wednesday...the Twins went 24-7 last season at home and 12-17 on the road. Last 10 games 0-0 Series Openers: ........................................... Series Finales: ............................................ WRAP ON SPRING: The Twins finished their 31st Spring Training in Fort Myers, FL with a record of Last 15 games 0-0 Rubber Games: ............................................ 11-15-2...Willians Astudillo led the club in hits (15) while Kyle Garlick led the club in home runs (5) Last 20 games 0-0 Sweeps/Swept: ............................................ and RBI (13)...Kenta Maeda led the club in innings pitched (18.1) and strikeouts (22)...additionally, April: ............................................................ the Twins drew 34,586 over 14 openings for an average of 2,043-per-game...their overall attendance TWINS VS. BREWERS May: ............................................................. was fourth in all of baseball and second in the Grapefruit League, trailing New York-AL (35,215). June: ............................................................ 2020 Record: .........................................4-2 July: ............................................................. 2020 IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE: The Twins completed the 2020 regular season with a record of Current Streak: ...................................1 win August: ........................................................ 36-24, winning the American League Central on September 27 after losing to Cincinnati while 2020 at Home: .......................................2-1 September/October: ................................... the White Sox also lost to the Cubs...the Twins went on to host Houston in the best-of-three AL Wild Card Series, getting swept in two games by scores of 1-4 and 1-3. 2020 at Milwaukee: ...............................2-1 Day Games: ................................................. All-Time Record: ............................235-226 Night Games: ............................................... GRAND OPENING: The Twins opened last season vs. the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field, vs. American League East: .......................... All-Time at Home: ..........................125-105 vs. American League Central: ..................... winning by a score of 10-5, the start of what would be a 10-2 stretch to begin the season... All-Time at Milwaukee: ..................110-121 vs. American League West: ......................... Minnesota is 27-33 all-time in season openers and 16-21 in road openers...this marks the vs. National League: .................................... ninth time the Twins have opened on the road in the last 12 seasons, dating back to 2010... 2020 Game Logs: Games vs. LH Starter: ................................. they have won four of their last five openers and are looking to win three straight for the first Games vs. RH Starter: ................................. time since winning four straight from 2001-04. Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save 8/10 MIL 4-2 Dobnak/Houser/Rogers Twins score first: ......................................... ROC SOLID: Rocco Baldelli is entering his third season as the skipper, and enters with a career Opponent scores first: ................................ managerial record of 137-85 (.617) following two consecutive AL Central Division titles... 8/11 MIL 4-6 Williams/Rogers/Hader Come-from-behind wins: ............................ the 2019 AL Manager of the Year has amassed the best winning percentage in MLB history 8/12 MIL 12-2 Maeda/Lauer Leading after 7/8 inn.: ................................ 8/18 MIN 4-3 (12) Alcala/Phelps Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ................................. among managers with at least 200 career games...since 2019, Baldelli has led the Twins to Tied after 7/8 inn.: ....................................... the second-most wins in baseball, trailing only the reigning Los Angeles Dodgers (149-73). 8/19 MIN 3-9 Anderson/Hill Extra-innings: .............................................. Designated hitter Nelson Cruz was re-signed to a one-year con- 8/20 MIN 7-1 Berríos/Woodruff 1-run games: ............................................... ANOTHER YEAR OF NELLIE: Twins out-hit opp.: ....................................... tract on February 10...in 53 games for the Twins last season, he hit .303 (56-for-185) with CONSECUTIVE OPENING DAY STARTS Opp. out-hit Twins: ...................................... six doubles, 16 home runs, 33 RBI, 25 walks, a .397 on-base percentage, a .595 slugging percentage and a .992 OPS...he finished third in the AL in OBP, fourth in OPS, fifth in SLG, Albert Pujols ..........20 Ryan Braun# .......... 13 Twins/Opp. have = hits: ............................... Miguel Cabrera ......17 Nelson Cruz ........... 12 Run Differential: .......................................... tied for fifth in home runs and seventh in batting average...the 40-year-old finished sixth in American League MVP voting last season, totaling 128 voting points...he also earned his Yadier Molina .........16 Elvis Andrus ........... 12 Twins get Quality Start: ............................... Robinson Canó* ....15 Jay Bruce$ ............. 12 Twins starter goes 6+ IP: ........................... fourth Louisville Slugger® Silver Slugger Award, the Marvin Miller Award as part of the 2020 Edwin Encarnación# ...15 Joey Votto ............... 12 Most games over .500: ................................ Players Choice Awards, the Twins Most Valuable Player Award, the Bob Allison Award (Twins Asdrubal Cabrera ..13 (courtesy of Elias) Most games under .500: ............................. leadership) and was named to the MLB All-Second Team as DH. * - Suspended Longest win-streak: .................................... Cruz entered today with 12 consecutive Opening Day starts and will have that streak snapped Longest losing-streak: ................................ # - Not currently on MLB roster Athis afternoon...he started each Opening Day since 2009: 2009-13 with Texas, 2014 with $ - On 60-day IL When Twins score 4+: ................................. Baltimore, 2015-18 with Seattle and 2019-20 with Minnesota...rankings in chart to the right. When Twins score 3-: .................................. Cruz's four Opening Day home runs are tied for second most among actives with Khris Davis, Evan Longoria, Yadier Molina, Mike Mous- Twins get 10+ hits: ...................................... Atakas and Giancarlo Stanton, while trailing Bryce Harper (5) and Albert Pujols (5)...his nine Opening Day RBI are tied for seventh most. Days in First Place ...................................... Days in Second Place ................................. With Cruz on the bench, this will mark the first time the Twins have fielded an Opening Day lineup without a designated hitter since the Days in Third Place ..................................... Aposition was established in 1973...the last Twins pitcher to bat for himself on Opening Day was Bert Blyleven in Oakland on April 15, 1972. Days in Fourth Place ................................... BORDER BATTLE: The Twins are 235-226 all-time against the Brewers (games since 1970) and are 69-57 against them in IL Play, since their Days in Fifth Place ...................................... Walk-Off W/L: .............................................. move to the NL in '98...last season they went 4-2 against Milwaukee, going 2-1 at American Family Field from August 10-12 and 2-1 at Target Shutouts W/L: .............................................. Field from August 18-20...during their last three-game series in Milwaukee, the Twins outscored the Brewers 20-10 and hit seven home runs. Complete Games ......................................... WE'RE OUT OF THEIR LEAGUE: The Twins went 13-7 in Interleague Play last season, going 3-1 vs. St. Louis, 3-1 vs. Pittsburgh, 4-2 vs. Target Field Sellouts (All-Time):............ 173 Milwaukee, 2-1 vs. Chicago