MINNESOTA TWINS (43-49) VS. TAMPA BAY RAYS (48-46) SATURDAY, JULY 14, 2018 - 1:10 PM (CT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH RADIO: TIBN-WCCO RHP José Berríos (9-7, 3.41) vs. RHP Chris Archer (3-4, 4.41) GAME 93 HOME GAME 50 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 7/15 vs. Tampa Bay TBA vs. TBA 1:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-WCCO / La Raza 7/16-19 All-Star Break in Washington D.C. Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 8-1 thus far on their 11-game homestand, going 4-0 vs. the STREAKS Record: ........................................... 43-49 Orioles, 2-1 vs. the Royals and 2-0 vs. the Rays...today they will play the third of four games with Tampa Bay, leading up to the break...the Twins have gone 28-21 at home this season, going Current Streak 3 wins Home Record: ................................. 28-21 Last 5 games 4-1 Road Record: .................................. 15-28 12-4 in their last 16 here and 9-1 in their last 10 (only loss July 10 vs. KC by a score of 4-9). Record in series: .........................10-13-6 Last 10 games 8-2 Series Openers: .............................. 12-18 TWINS ROLL ON: The Twins beat the Rays last night a Target Field by a score of 11-8, scoring Last 15 games 8-7 Series Finales: ................................ 15-14 eight runs in the first three innings...Jake Odorizzi was the starter but did not factor into the Last 20 games 10-10 Rubber Games: ................................... 3-3 decision, allowing six runs (5 earned) on eight hits in 4.1 innings pitched vs. his former club... Sweeps/Swept: ................................... 2/5 the Twins used six relievers, who combined for 4.2 innings and two runs allowed...the offense TWINS VS. RAYS March/April: ...................................... 9-15 recorded 15 hits, their second time with 15 hits in their last three days...Joe Mauer had four RBI, 2018 Record: .........................................2-3 May: ................................................ 13-15 eclipsing the 900 RBI mark for his career...Jake Cave and Robbie Grossman each added three hits. June: ............................................... 13-14 Current Streak: ................................. 2 wins July: ..................................................... 8-5 2018 at Home: .......................................2-0 August: ...................................................... BREAK TIME: Below are Twins hitting and pitching numbers pre-All-Star break since 2014: 2018 at Tampa Bay: ...............................0-3 September/October: ................................. AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG All-Time Record: ................................74-79 Day Games: ..................................... 19-21 2014 .248 402 800 183 10 70 376 336 782 .322 .376 2015 .254 383 754 155 25 76 363 219 647 .307 .400 All-Time at Home: ..............................41-38 Night Games: .................................. 24-28 All-Time at Tampa Bay: ......................33-41 vs. American League East: ............. 11-11 2016 .253 395 767 152 18 105 376 282 743 .320 .419 vs. American League Central: ........ 19-14 2017 .253 403 764 154 10 100 386 323 735 .328 .410 2018 Game Logs: 2018 .243 #407 766 **194 15 96 385 309 763 .313 .406 vs. American League West: .............. 7-12 Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save vs. National League: ......................... 6-12 W L S IP H R ER HR BB K ERA Games vs. LH Starter:..................... 11-15 2014 44 50 24 835.2 888 418 396 76 233 570 4.25 4/20 TB 7-8 (10) Colomé/Duke Games vs. RH Starter: .................... 32-34 2015 49 40 30 789.2 822 360 334 88 215 537 3.81 4/21 TB 1-10 Snell/Gibson Twins score first: ............................ 25-19 2016 32 56 13 778.1 873 466 430 119 239 658 4.97 4/22 TB 6-8 Colome/Reed Opponent scores first: .................... 17-30 2017 45 43 25 785.2 833 463 427 135 291 606 4.89 7/12 MIN 5-1 Gibson/Snell/Rodney Come-from-behind wins: .....................19 2018 43 49 21 830.1 817 421 400 116 308 *830 4.34 7/13 MIN 11-8 Hildenberger/Eovaldi Leading after 7/8 inn.: ............. 37-4/39-2 * - 830 strikeouts are a club record pre-ASG...next best is 658 in 2016. 7/14 MIN Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ............. 2-40/1-40 ** - 194 doubles are the third most in club history pre-ASG...199 in 2002 and 195 in 1994. 7/15 MIN Tied after 7/8 inn.: ....................... 4-5/3-7 # - 407 runs are the most since 2010 when the Twins scored 408...club record is 504 in 1977. Extra-innings: ..................................... 3-6 CURRENT HOMESTAND (8-1) 1-run games: .................................... 5-16 MAUER DOUBLES UP: Joe Mauer has 414 career doubles...he needs just one to pass Kirby Batting average .311 Twins out-hit opp.: ............................ 27-9 Puckett and move into first place on the Twins all-time list (since 1961): Runs Per Game 6.33 Opp. out-hit Twins: ......................... 10-34 PLAYER GAMES DOUBLES Home Runs 11 Twins/Opp. have = hits: ...................... 6-6 Joe Mauer ..............................................................1,794 ...............................................................414 Run Differential: ................ -14 (407-421) Kirby Puckett ..........................................................1,783 ...............................................................414 RISP .364 Twins get Quality Start: .................. 28-14 Tony Oliva ...............................................................1,676 ...............................................................329 Errors 4 Twins starter goes 6+ IP:............... 30-17 Most games over .500: .....3, 2x, last 4/20 TWINS AND RAYS: The Twins have gone 2-3 vs. the Rays this season...they are just 3-6 in Team ERA 3.44 Most games under .500: ............... 13, 7/5 their last nine vs. the Rays...a win today would secure the series victory, their first over the Starters W-L 7-1 Longest win-streak: ...... 5, 2x, last, 7/5-9 Rays since taking two of three August 5-7, 2016 at Tropicana Field...the last time the Twins Starters ERA 3.55 Longest losing-streak: ............8, 4/20-27 won a four-game series over Tampa Bay was July 17-20, 2006 at the Metrodome, earning Relievers W-L-S 2-1-4 When Twins score 4+: .................... 37-21 the four-game sweep. Relievers ERA 4.06 When Twins score 3-: ....................... 6-28 Eddie Rosario has hit safely in six straight vs. TB and in 17 of 19 career games against Twins get 10+ hits: ......................... 14-12 Athe Rays, hitting .373 (25-for-67) with five doubles, five home runs, 12 RBI, a .417 on- Saves/Opps 4/4 Days in First Place .............. 18, last 4/20 base percentage and a 1.118 OPS. Days in Second Place ...........................37 Joe Mauer has reached safely via hit or walk in 30 of his last 31 against the Rays...he is a career .352 (94-for-267) hitter against Days in Third Place ..............................49 ATampa Bay with 17 doubles, two triples, five home runs, 52 walks, 40 runs scored a .455 on-base percentage and just 41 strikeouts Days in Fourth Place ................................ in 73 games...among players with at least 250 career at-bats against the Rays, he ranks first all-time in both average and on-base Days in Fifth Place ................................... percentage...additionally, his batting average is his personal best vs. any AL team. Walk-Off W/L: ..................................... 3-9 Shutouts W/L: ..................................... 5-3 CG’s ..............2, last, Berríos, 6/7 vs. CWS TWINS ARE ON TARGET: The Twins are 8-1 through nine games on their current homestand...misc. notes during the homestand: Target Field Sellouts (’18/All-Time): .. 1/161 The last time the Twins won eight games on a homestand came June 9-19, 2011, taking eight of nine (3-1 vs. Texas, 2-0 vs. AChicago-AL and 3-0 vs. San Diego)...the last time they won nine was June 23-July 2, 2006, taking all nine scheduled games (3-0 RECENT TRANSACTIONS vs. Chicago-NL, 3-0 vs. Los Angeles-NL and 3-0 vs. Milwaukee). Twins have out-scored opponents 57-33 and out-hit 96-81. 7/12 1B/DH Morrison placed on 10-day DL ATwins are hitting .311 (96-for-309) with 14 doubles, 11 home runs and 6.3 runs-per-game... .364 (28-for-77) with runners in IF Adrianza reinstated from DL Ascoring position. 7/11 RHP Reed placed on 10-day DL Since the homestand started on July 5, the Twins rank second in baseball in batting average (.311), hits (96), runs (57), and RHP Busenitz recalled from AAA Aaverage with RISP (.364), third in slugging percentage (.502), and sixth in on-base percentage (.360). 7/9 OF LaMarre claimed off waivers by CWS Notable individuals over the homestand: Jake Cave is 13-for-25 (.520), Robbie Grossman is 8-for-19 (.421), Joe Mauer is 13-for-33 A(.394), Brian Dozier is 11-for-35 (.314) and Max Kepler is 10-for-33 (.303). RHP Jorge released and resigned to minor league contract ON THIS DAY IN TWINS HISTORY: In 2014, Target Field hosted the Home Run Derby as part of the 85th Midsummer classic...Yoenis 7/6 IF/OF Motter reinstated from DL and Cespedes was the winner hitting a total of 28 home runs...second place Todd Frazier hit 10 total, Jose Bautista hit 14, Giancarlo Stanton optioned to AAA hit six, Adam Jones hit seven, Troy Tulowitzki hit six, Josh Donaldson hit three, Justin Morneau hit two, Brian Dozier hit two and Yasiel 7/4 RHP Slegers recalled from AAA Puig hit none...the contest started late due to rain. LHP Moya optioned to AAA 7/3 RHP Littell optioned to AAA THE STREAKS: LHP Moya recalled from AAA Jake Cave has hit safely in a career-high eight straight games, hitting .520 (13-for-25) with a .538 on-base percentage in that span.