MINNESOTA TWINS (101-60) AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS (58-103) SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2019 - 2:15 PM (CT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH / RADIO: TIBN-WCCO / TWINSBEISBOL.COM GAME 162 LHP Martín Pérez (10-7, 5.13) vs. RHP Jorge López (4-9, 6.35) ROAD GAME 81 SEASON AT A GLANCE STREAKS THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 5-0 so far on their six-game roadtrip, after a three-game Record: ......................................... 101-60 sweep in Detroit and two wins over the Royals the last two days...today they will complete Current Streak 6 wins Home Record: ................................. 46-35 Road Record: .................................. 55-25 the 2019 regular season with the third of three games against the Royals...the Twins are Last 5 games 5-0 Record in series: .........................31-15-6 a season-high 41 games over .500, their best mark since ending the 1965 season a Last 10 games 8-2 Series Openers: .............................. 36-16 club-record 42 games over (102-60). Last 15 games 12-3 Series Finales: ................................ 26-26 Last 20 games 14-6 Rubber Games: ................................. 6-11 IF YOU SMELL WHAT THE ROC IS COOKING: Rocco Baldelli is the seventh manager in baseball Sweeps/Swept: ................................. 11/1 history to have won 100-plus games in his first season as MLB manager...below is the list TWINS VS. ROYALS March/April: .................................... 17-10 (credit Elias Sports Bureau): May: .................................................. 21-8 MANAGER YEAR RECORD 2019 Record: .......................................14-4 June: ............................................... 15-12 Ralph Houk, NYY ..............................................1961 ..................................................................109-53 Current Streak: ................................. 3 wins July: ................................................. 13-11 Alex Cora, BOS..................................................2018 ..................................................................108-54 2019 at Home: .......................................8-2 August: ............................................ 17-11 Dusty Baker, SF ................................................1993 ..................................................................103-59 2019 at Kansas City: ..............................6-2 September/October: ......................... 18-8 All-Time Record: ............................418-390 Day Games: ..................................... 34-23 Sparky Anderson, CIN .......................................1970 ..................................................................102-60 Night Games: .................................. 67-36 Rocco Baldelli, MIN .........................................2019 ..................................................................101-60 All-Time at Home: ..........................223-179 vs. American League East: ............. 20-12 Mickey Cochrane, DET ......................................1934 ..................................................................101-53 All-Time at Kansas City: .................195-211 Aaron Boone, NYY .............................................2018 ..................................................................100-62 vs. American League Central: ........ 50-25 2019 Game Logs: vs. American League West: ............ 23-11 vs. National League: ......................... 8-12 ROAD RULES: Below are baseball's all-time road wins leaders: Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Games vs. LH Starter:..................... 22-17 TEAM SEASON ROAD W-L 4/2 KC 5-4 Hildenberger/Boxberger/Parker Games vs. RH Starter: .................... 79-43 Seattle ............................................................2001 ................................................................... 59-22 4/3 KC 7-6 May/Peralta/Parker Twins score first: ............................ 78-22 Houston ..........................................................2018 ................................................................... 57-24 6/14 MIN 2-0 Gibson/Diekman/Rogers Opponent scores first: .................... 23-38 Minnesota ......................................................2019 ................................................................... 55-25 6/15 MIN 5-4 Odorizzi/Sparkman/Rogers Come-from-behind wins: .....................38 Oakland ..........................................................1971 ................................................................... 55-25 Leading after 7/8 inn.: ............. 87-7/91-3 6/16 MIN 6-8 López/Pérez/Kennedy Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ............. 7-48/3-51 WINNESOTA: Most single-season wins in club history: 6/20 KC 1-4 Sparkman/Odorizzi/Kennedy Tied after 7/8 inn.: ....................... 8-5/6-6 TEAM RECORD TEAM RECORD 6/21 KC 8-7 Harper/Diekman/Rogers Extra-innings: ..................................... 5-7 1) 1965 ........................................... 102-60 4) 1969 ...............................................97-65 6/22 KC 5-3 (10) May/Peralta/Parker 1-run games: .................................. 23-11 2) 2019 ........................................... 101-60 5) 2006 ...............................................96-66 6/23 KC 1-6 Bailey/Pineda/McCarthy Twins out-hit opp.: .......................... 74-11 3) 1970 ............................................. 98-64 6) 1991 ...............................................95-67 8/2 MIN 11-9 May/Lovelady/Romo Opp. out-hit Twins: ......................... 18-45 8/3 MIN 11-3 Gibson/Duffy Twins/Opp. have = hits: ...................... 8-4 8/4 MIN 3-0 Smeltzer/Keller/Rogers Run Differential: .............+186 (935-749) YEAR TO YEAR: Overall pitching and hitting comparisons over the last seven seasons: Twins get Quality Start: .................. 53-15 W-L IP H BB K ERA AVG H 2B HR R OBP SLG 9/19 MIN 8-5 Thorpe/Barnes/Rogers Twins starter goes 6+ IP:............... 58-22 2013 66-96 1450.1 1591 458 985 4.55 .242 1346 285 151 614 .312 .380 9/20 MIN 4-3 Dobnak/Skoglund/May Most games over .500: ............... 41, 9/29 2014 70-92 1435.0 1588 408 1031 4.57 .254 1412 316 128 715 .324 .389 9/21 MIN 5-12 Rosario/Rogers Most games under .500: ........................... 2015 83-79 1443.0 1506 413 1046 4.07 .247 1349 277 156 696 .305 .399 9/22 MIN 12-8 Littell/López Longest win-streak: . 6, 3x, last 9/22-now 2016 59-103 1443.0 1617 479 1191 5.08 .251 1409 288 200 722 .316 .421 9/27 KC 6-2 Berríos/Skoglund Longest losing-streak: ................4, 8/6-9 2017 85-77 1436.0 1487 483 1166 4.59 .260 1444 286 206 815 .334 .434 2018 77-84 1434.1 1418 570 1362 4.50 .250 1373 316 164 733 .318 .405 9/28 KC 4-3 Duffey/Barnes/Rogers When Twins score 4+: .................... 91-29 9/29 KC 2:15 pm (CT) When Twins score 3-: ..................... 10-31 2019 101-60 1455.0 1447 449 *1456 4.18 .270 1541 317 *304 935 .338 *.494 *- club records Twins get 10+ hits: ......................... 60-14 THIS ROADTRIP (5-0) Days in First Place .............................174 Days in Second Place .............................8 WORKOUT INFO: Minnesota Twins will hold a workout at Target Field on Tuesday, October 1 Batting average .284 Days in Third Place ................................4 starting at 4:30 p.m. CT...prior to the workout, the Twins will hold a press conference in the Runs Per Game 5.80 Days in Fourth Place ................................ Sid Hartman Press Conference Room with manager Rocco Baldelli, designated hitter Nelson Home Runs 7 Days in Fifth Place ................................... Cruz, catcher Mitch Garver, shortstop Jorge Polanco, and outfielder Eddie Rosario...additionally, RISP .300 Walk-Off W/L: ..................................... 4/1 the Twins Clubhouse will be open between 4:00-4:30 p.m. CT. Errors 2 Shutouts W/L: ................................... 10/3 Pre-ALDS Workout Day Schedule (Subject to change): Complete Games ................................ 1/0 Target Field Sellouts (’19/All-Time): ... 12/173 Tuesday, October 1 Team ERA 2.36 2:00 p.m. Media entrances open (Champions Club and Press Gate) Starters W-L 4-0 RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3:00 p.m. Rocco Baldelli media availability (Sid Hartman Press Conference Room) Starters ERA 2.52 9/16 RHP Diplan claimed off waivers by DET 3:20 p.m. Nelson Cruz & Mitch Garver media availability (Sid Hartman Press Conference Room) Relievers W-L-S 2-0-2 9/14 RHP Alcala contract selected 3:45 p.m. Jorge Polanco & Eddie Rosario media availability (Sid Hartman Press Conference Room) Relievers ERA 2.28 RHP Diplan designated for rel. or assgn. 4:00 p.m. Twins Clubhouse open Saves/Opps 2/3 9/10 OF Buxton placed on 60-day IL 4:30 p.m. Twins workout (Clubhouse closed) RHP Gibson reinstated from 10-day IL BOMBA COUNTER - MLB HR RECORD IF Torreyes contract selected TWINS POYS: The Twins announced today that outfielder Trevor Larnach has been named TEAM YEAR HR 9/8 OF LaMarre acquired via trade with the 2019 Sherry Robertson Award winner as the Twins Minor League Player of the Year and 1) New York-AL ............2019 .................305 ATL in exchange for cash right-handed pitcher Randy Dobnak has been named the 2019 Jim Rantz Award winner as 2) Minnesota ...............2019 .................304 the Twins Minor League Pitcher of the Year. 3) Houston ...................2019 .................285 9/7 RHP Pineda suspended 60 games Larnach, 22, split the season between Single-A Ft. Myers and Double-A Pensacola, 9/3 RHP Hildenberger recalled from AAA 4) Los Angeles-NL ........2019 .................278 Acombining to hit .309 (147-for-476)