@Twins l www.twinspressbox.com l #MNTwins KANSAS CITY ROYALS (11-15) VS. MINNESOTA TWINS (17-10) SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2020 - 6:05 P.M. (CT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH & FS 1 / RADIO: TIBN, WCCO, THE WOLF GAME 28 RHP Brady Singer (1-2, 4.56) vs. RHP Randy Dobnak (4-1, 1.42) ROAD GAME 13 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 8/23 at Kansas City TBA vs. LHP Kris Bubic (0-3, 5.12) 1:05 p.m. (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / twinsbeisbol.com 8/24 at Cleveland RHP Kenta Maeda (3-0, 2.27) vs. RHP Aaron Civale (3-2 2.91) 6:10 p.m. (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None 8/25 at Cleveland LHP Rich Hill (1-1, 4.70) vs. RHP Shane Bieber (5-0, 1.11) 6:10 p.m. (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None 8/26 at Cleveland RHP José Berríos (2-3, 4.75) vs. RHP Adam Plutko (1-2, 6.88) 6:10 p.m. (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: After completing their seven-game homestand with a record of 5-2 (3-1 vs. Kansas STREAKS City and 2-1 vs. Milwaukee), the Twins began their 10-game roadtrip with a loss in Kansas City Under Baldelli (since '19) ..............118-71 last night...tonight they will continue the trip with the second of three at Kauffman...after tomorrow Current Streak 1 loss Home Record:.....................................12-3 afternoon's series finale the Twins will travel to Cleveland for three from Monday-Wednesday, then Last 5 games 3-2 Road Record:........................................5-7 Detroit for four from August 27-30...Twins are 12-3 at home and 5-7 on the road this season. Record in series: .............................. 7-1-1 The Twins are currently 45% through their 2020 schedule, playing 27 of their 60 games. Last 10 games 6-4 Series Openers: ....................................7-3 A Last 15 games 7-8 Series Finales:......................................7-2 TWINS GET DOWN EARLY AT KAUFFMAN: The Twins lost to the Royals last night by a score of 7-2, Last 20 games 12-8 Rubber Games: .....................................2-0 falling to 7-3 in series openers in 2020...Jake Odorizzzi (0-1) was the starter and loser, allowing Sweeps/Swept: .....................................2/1 five runs on seven hits in 3.0 innings pitched...the offense recorded six hits, two coming from TWINS VS. ROYALS July:.......................................................5-2 Ildemaro Vargas...Miguel Sanó hit his eighth double of the season, giving him at least one double August:................................................12-8 in five straight games. 2020 Record: .........................................3-5 September/October:.................................. Twins are 14-29 (.326) at Kauffman Stadium since the start of 2016, the worst record by any Current Streak: .................................. 1 loss Day Games:...........................................5-4 Avisiting team during that time (min. 13 games)...during this five-season stretch, the Twins have had losing streaks of nine games (2016), eight games (2018) and now five games 2020 at Home: .......................................3-1 Night Games: ......................................12-6 2020 at Kansas City: ..............................0-4 ..............8-7 (since Sept. 29, 2019). vs. American League Central: Fell to 3-5 vs. the Royals in 2020 (14-5 vs. everyone else) and must win the next two games ............................421-396 vs. National League Central: ................9-3 All-Time Record: Ato salvage a season series split, after going 14-5 in 2019. All-Time at Home: ..........................226-180 Games vs. LH Starter:...........................3-5 Held hitless with runners in scoring position (0-for-7) for just the sixth time this season, three Games vs. RH Starter: ........................14-5 Aof which have come vs. the Royals (August 7 and August 15). All-Time at Kansas City: .................195-216 Twins score first: ................................14-5 Twins have surrendered 36 home runs in 27 games this season, including 13 home runs 2020 Game Logs: Opponent scores first:..........................3-5 A(36.1%) in eight games vs. Kansas City. Come-from-behind wins: ........................ 2 Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Leading after 7/8 inn.:...............15-1/15-1 TWINS AND ROYALS: The Twins are 3-5 against KC this season, getting swept in three August 7-9 8/7 KC 2-3 Holland/Wisler/Rosenthal Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ...................0-7/0-8 at Kansas City and winning three of four games last weekend at Target Field. 8/8 KC 6-9 Zuber/Thorpe/Rosenthal Tied after 7/8 inn.: .........................1-1/1-0 Miguel Sanó made his major league debut at Kauffman Stadium on July 2, 2015, going 1-for-4 8/9 KC 2-4 Singer/Berríos/Barlow Extra-innings: .......................................1-0 Awith two strikeouts, recording his first major league hit with an infield single off Greg Holland 1-run games: ........................................2-2 in the ninth inning of a Twins 2-0 victory. 8/14 MIN **Postponed to 8/15** Twins out-hit opp.: ..............................13-2 Luis Arraez is hitting .365 (19-for-52) with six walks and a .431 OBP in 14 career games vs. 8/15 MIN 4-2 Duffey/Speier/Rogers Opp. out-hit Twins: ...............................3-8 Athe Royals, hitting safely in 11 of 14. ** MIN 2-4 Duffy/Berríos/Rosenthal Twins/Opp. have = hits: ........................1-0 8/16 MIN 4-2 Dobnak/Singer/Romo KING CRUZ, ROYALTY: Nelson Cruz is hitting .400 (10-for-25) with one double, five home runs, six Run Differential: ...................+34 (128-94) RBI, a .464 on-base percentage, a 1.040 slugging percentage and a 1.504 OPS in eight games 8/17 MIN 4-1 Smeltzer/Bubic Twins get Quality Start: ........................6-1 vs. the Royals this season, homering at least once in four of those (homered twice 8/17)...since 8/21 KC 2-7 Duffy/Odorizzi Twins starter goes 6+ IP: ....................6-1 the start of 2019, he is hitting .379 (33-for-87) with seven doubles, 14 home runs, 34 RBI and a 8/22 KC 6:05 pm (CT) Most games over .500: .....................8, 8/6 1.409 OPS in 24 games vs. KC...in that span, his 14 home runs are the most in baseball against 8/23 KC 1:05 pm (CT) Most games under .500:............................ any single opponent, ahead of Gleyber Torres' 13 vs. the Orioles and Mike Trout's 12 vs. the Rangers. Longest win-streak: ................6, 7-31-8/5 Of Cruz's 50 home runs since joining the Twins last season, he has 33 against the AL Central, CURRENT ROADTRIP (0-1) Longest losing-streak: .............. 4, 8/6-8/9 Aahead of Jorge Soler's 32...Max Kepler is third with 23, then Miguel Sanó with 22. When Twins score 4+: ........................14-3 Batting average .188 When Twins score 3-: ...........................3-7 NELLYVILLE: Nelson Cruz has nine home runs on the season and has now hit 50 since joining the Twins Runs Per Game 2.00 Twins get 10+ hits: ...............................4-2 in 2019, seventh most in baseball in that span...he now has 410 career homers, passing Mark Teixeira, Home Runs 0 Days in First Place ................................ 26 moving into sole possession of 55th place on baseball's all-time list: RISP .000 Days in Second Place.............................. 2 PLAYER HOME RUNS PLAYER HOME RUNS Errors 0 Days in Third Place ................................... 47) Juan Gonzalez .................................434 52) Edwin Encarnación .......................... 415 Days in Fourth Place ................................. Andruw Jones ..................................434 53) Darrell Evans ................................... 414 7.88 Days in Fifth Place .................................... 49) Cal Ripken Jr. ..................................431 54) Alfonso Soriano ................................ 412 Team ERA Walk-Off W/L: .......................................2/1 50) Mike Piazza .....................................427 55) Nelson Cruz ..................................... 410 Starters W-L 0-1 Shutouts W/L: .......................................2/0 51) Billy Williams ..................................426 56) Mark Teixeira .................................... 409 Starters ERA 15.00 Complete Games ....................................... Relievers W-L-S 0-0-0 TENACIOUS D: The Twins have committed just four errors this season, fewest in MLB and half as Relievers ERA 3.60 GONE IN 60 many as the next-closest team with at least 20 games played (Houston – 8)...also lead the majors with a .996 fielding percentage...Twins’ 21 defensive runs saved lead the American League and Saves/Opps 0/0 MIN/WAS FRANCHISE RECORDS OVER THE rank second in MLB to Los Angeles-NL’s 25, per Fangraphs...Twins’ six outfield assists this season FIRST 60 GAMES OF A SEASON (SINCE 1901) are tied with Boston and Pittsburgh for tops in the majors...individually, Eddie Rosario is fourth THROUGH GAMES OF THIS DATE IN 2019 HITS .................102, Heinie Manush, 1934 in the AL and fifth in the majors with three outfield assists on the season. RECORD GAMES BACK/AHEAD HOME RUNS .....22, Harmon Killebrew, 1959 The Twins/Senators franchise record for single-season fielding percentage is .987 in 2010... ATwins’ current .996 mark would shatter that record...similarly, the MLB record for team fielding 77-50 (.606) ................ +3.5 over Cleveland RBI ....................... 63, Kirby Puckett, 1994 percentage in a 162-game season is .991 by the 2013 Baltimore Orioles (54 errors in 162 XBH .................37, Eduardo Escobar,