@Twins l www.twinspressbox.com l #MNTwins MINNESOTA TWINS (4-2) VS. CLEVELAND INDIANS (5-2) FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2020 - 7:10 P.M. (CT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH / RADIO: TIBN, WCCO, THE WOLF GAME 7 RHP Randy Dobnak (0-1, 2.25) vs. RHP Mike Clevinger (0-0, 2.57) HOME GAME 4 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 8/1 vs. Cleveland RHP Kenta Maeda (1-0, 3.60) vs. RHP Carlos Carrasco (1-0, 3.00) 6:10 p.m. (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None 8/2 vs. Cleveland RHP Homer Bailey (1-0, 3.60) vs. RHP Aaron Civale (1-0, 3.00) 1:10 p.m. (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / twinsbeisbol.com SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 4-2 through six games in their 60th season in Minnesota, STREAKS going 2-1 at Chicago-AL, 2-0 vs. St. Louis and 0-1 vs. Cleveland...tonight they will play the Under Rocco Baldelli: ....................105-63 Current Streak 1 loss Home Record:.......................................2-1 second of four with Cleveland...they will wrap this series on Sunday afternoon then welcome Road Record:........................................2-1 Derek Shelton and the Pirates in for two games on Monday and Tuesday. Last 5 games 3-2 Record in series: ..................................2-0 Original 2020 schedule would have the Twins in the first of three vs. Houston. Last 10 games 0-0 Series Openers: ....................................2-1 A Last 15 games 0-0 Series Finales:......................................2-0 IS IT TOO LATE NOW TO SAY SORRY?: Twins lost to the Indians last night by a score of 2-0, Last 20 games 0-0 Rubber Games: .....................................1-0 snapping their three-game winning streak and were shut out for the first time since August Sweeps/Swept: .....................................1/0 TWINS VS. CLEVELAND July:.......................................................4-2 21, 2019 vs. Chicago-AL...José Berríos (0-1) was the starter and loser, allowing two runs August:....................................................... (Lindor 2-run homer) on three hits in 5.0 innings pitched...the offense recorded just three 2020 Record: ..................................... 1 loss September/October:.................................. hits, did not draw a walk and struck out 14 times - 13 by Cleveland starter Shane Bieber. Current Streak: ..........2 losses (since 2019) Day Games:...........................................1-1 2020 at Home: .......................................0-1 Night Games: ........................................3-1 TWINS-TRIBE: Twins and Cleveland are playing each other tonight for the second of 10 times 2020 at Cleveland: ....................................... vs. American League Central: ..............2-2 in 2020...six more games will be played at Target Field and three at Progressive Field...Twins All-Time Record: .........................421-451-1 ................2-0 vs. National League Central: will travel to Cleveland for three August 24-26 then the Tribe will come back to Minneapolis .......................227-209-1 Games vs. LH Starter:...........................0-1 All-Time at Home: for three September 11-13. All-Time at Cleveland:....................194-242 Games vs. RH Starter: ..........................4-1 Eddie Rosario is hitting .303 (97-for-320) with 15 doubles, four triples, 20 home runs, Twins score first: ..................................4-0 A 2020 Game Logs: Opponent scores first:..........................0-2 42 RBI and a .899 OPS in 84 career games vs. the Tribe...the hits and home runs are Come-from-behind wins: .......................... all his personal most vs. any opponent...97 hits vs. the Tribe are the most in baseball Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Leading after 7/8 inn.:...................4-0/4-0 since 2015. 7/30 MIN 0-2 Bieber/Berríos/Karinchak Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ...................0-2/0-2 Josh Donaldson is a career .319 (51-for-160) hitter vs. the Tribe with seven doubles, 11 7/31 MIN 7:10 pm (CT) Tied after 7/8 inn.: .........................0-0/0-0 Ahome runs, 40 RBI and a 1.014 OPS...is hitting .339 (21-for-62) with six homers and 8/1 MIN 6:10 pm (CT) Extra-innings: ............................................ a 1.163 OPS in last 15 vs. CLE. 8/2 MIN 1:10 pm (CT) 1-run games: ............................................. Other notable individuals vs. Cleveland pitching: Luis Arraez is hitting .320 (16-for-50)... 8/24 CLE 6:10 pm (CT) Twins out-hit opp.: ................................3-0 A 8/25 CLE 6:10 pm (CT) Opp. out-hit Twins: ...............................0-2 Jake Cave is hitting .313 (15-for-48). Twins/Opp. have = hits: ........................1-0 8/26 CLE 6:10 pm (CT) Run Differential: .....................+14 (36-22) RAIN OVER TARGET FIELD: Josh Donaldson is hitting .351 (33-for-94) with seven doubles, 11 9/11 MIN 7:10 pm (CT) Twins get Quality Start: ............................. home runs, 23 RBI, 13 walks, a .431 on-base percentage, a .777 slugging percentage and a 9/12 MIN 7:15 pm (CT) Twins starter goes 6+ IP: ......................... 1.208 OPS in 25 career games at Target Field...below are Target Field all-time ranks among 9/13 MIN 3:15 pm (CT) Most games over .500: ............3, last 7/30 players with at least 100 plate appearances: Most games under .500:............................ AVG OBP SLG OPS CURRENT HOMESTAND (2-1) Longest win-streak: ..................3, 7/26-29 Canó - .358 Donaldson - .431 Bautista - .794 Donaldson - 1.208 Batting average .167 .......2, 2x, last 7/30 Longest losing-streak: V. Martinez - .356 Arraez - .415 Donaldson - .777 Bautista - 1.204 Runs Per Game 3.0 When Twins score 4+: ..........................3-0 Donaldson - .351 Encarnación - .415 Cruz - .630 Encarnación - 1.048 When Twins score 3-: ...........................1-2 Home Runs 3 RISP .182 Twins get 10+ hits: ...............................2-0 Luis Arraez has hit safely in all five of his games this season, hitting Days in First Place .................................. 5 ARRAEZ...TYPICAL: Errors 1 Days in Second Place.............................. 2 .389 (7-for-18) in those five...for reference, top hit-streaks to start a season for the Twins Days in Third Place ................................... (since 1961) and Twins/Washington Senators franchise (since 1901) are: Sam Rice for the Team ERA 1.67 Days in Fourth Place ................................. Senators in 1930, hitting in 28 straight to start and Brian Dozier for the Twins in 2018, Starters W-L 2-1 Days in Fifth Place .................................... hitting in his first 17. Walk-Off W/L: ............................................ Starters ERA 2.40 Shutouts W/L: ............................................ Relievers W-L-S 0-0-2 Complete Games ....................................... BOMBA SQUAD 2020: Twins have hit 10 home runs this season, tied for sixth most in base- Relievers ERA 0.75 ball and tied for fourth most in the American League with Chicago, trailing Detroit (15), Los Saves/Opps 2/2 GONE IN 60 Angeles (11) and Toronto (11). MIN/WAS FRANCHISE RECORDS OVER THE THROUGH GAMES OF THIS DATE IN 2019 FIRST 60 GAMES OF A SEASON (SINCE 1901) 'PEN PALS: Twins bullpen has allowed a 3.60 ERA (25.0 IP, 10 ER) with 11 walks, 32 strikeouts, RECORD GAMES BACK/AHEAD HITS .................102, Heinie Manush, 1934 an opponent batting average of .247 and 11.5 strikeouts-per-9.0 innings pitched...aside from 66-41 (.617) ................ +3.0 over Cleveland HOME RUNS .....22, Harmon Killebrew, 1959 their outing on Saturday, July 25 at Chicago-AL in which the 'pen allowed nine runs on 11 RBI ....................... 63, Kirby Puckett, 1994 hits and five home runs in 4.0 innings pitched, they have allowed one run on 12 hits in 21.0 innings. .................37, Eduardo Escobar, 2018 XBH FOR STARTERS: Twins starting pitchers have gone 3-2, 3.86 ERA (28.0 IP, 12 ER) with four home runs allowed, nine walks, 22 strikeouts RUNS .......................55, Cesar Tovar, 1970 and a .219 opponent batting average...since José Berríos allowed five runs on seven hits in 4.0 innings to the White Sox on Opening DOUBLES ........28, Chuck Knoblauch, 1994 Day, they have gone one time through the rotation, combining to post a 2.63 ERA (24.0 IP, 7 ER) with a .184 opponent batting average. WALKS .......................70, Eddie Yost, 1956 STOLEN BASES ........36, Clyde Milan, 1912 A LOOK AT THE ROSTER: The Twins opened the 2020 season with 16 players on their 30-man roster who were not on the 2019 Opening --------------------------------------------- Day roster: pitchers (11) - Homer Bailey, Tyler Clippard, Randy Dobnak, Rich Hill, Zack Littell, Kenta Maeda, Sergio Romo, Devin Smeltzer, WINS ................. 14, Walter Johnson, 1913 Cody Stashak, Lewis Thorpe and Matt Wisler; catcher (1) - Alex Avila; infielders (2) - Luis Arraez and Josh Donaldson; and outfielders STRIKEOUTS .... 129, Walter Johnson, 1910 (2) - LaMonte Wade, Jr. and Aaron Whitefield...of the 30 players on the Twins active roster, 15 began their professional careers in the STARTS .......................................18, 2 Tied Twins organization...all 30 players have appeared for the Twins this season. GAMES .................38, Mike Marshall, 1979 SAVES .................... 21, Glen Perkins, 2015 ON THIS DAY IN TWINS HISTORY: in 1989, the Twins traded the previous season’s AL Cy Young Award winner, Frank Viola, to the Mets for five players, including pitchers Rick Aguilera, David West and minor leaguer Kevin Tapani...Viola became the first Cy Young Award RECENT TRANSACTIONS winner to be traded during the following season...in 2018, the Twins traded second baseman Brian Dozier to the Dodgers, in exchange 7/23 RHP Odorizzi placed on 10-day IL for second baseman Logan Forsythe, outfielder Luke Raley and left-handed pitcher Devin Smeltzer. LHP Thorpe recalled from minor leagues OF Wade recalled from minor leagues BIG HEAD MODE ACTIVATED: As of last night, the Twins have had over 1,000 photos submitted for fan “Big Heads” to be placed in Target OF Whitefield contract selected Field...a portion of the proceeds of each Big Head sold will benefit the Minnesota Twins Community Fund.