@Twins l www.twinspressbox.com l #MNTwins MINNESOTA TWINS (3-1) VS. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (2-2) WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2020 - 7:10 PM (CT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH / RADIO: TIBN, WCCO, THE WOLF GAME 5 LHP Rich Hill vs. RHP Daniel Ponce de Leon HOME GAME 2 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 7/30 vs. Cleveland RHP José Berríos (0-0, 11.25) vs. RHP Shane Bieber (1-0, 0.00) 6:07 pm (CT) FOX TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None 7/31 vs. Cleveland TBA vs. RHP Mike Clevinger (0-0, 2.57) 7:10 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None 8/1 vs. Cleveland TBA vs. RHP Carlos Carrasco (1-0, 3.00) 6:10 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None 8/2 vs. Cleveland TBA vs. RHP Aaron Civale (1-0, 3.00) 1:10 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / twinsbeisbol.com SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: In their 60th season in Minnesota, the Twins have gone 3-1, taking two of three STREAKS in Chicago over the White Sox last weekend and one over St. Louis last night...tonight the Under Rocco Baldelli: ....................104-62 Current Streak 2 wins Home Record:.......................................1-0 Twins will continue their eight-game homestand with the second of two vs. the Cardinals, Road Record:........................................2-1 followed by four vs. Cleveland from Thursday-Sunday and two vs. Pittsburgh Monday-Tuesday. Last 5 games 0-0 Record in series: ..................................1-0 Original 2020 schedule would have the Twins in the second of two vs. the Dodgers Last 10 games 0-0 Series Openers: ....................................2-0 Aearlier this afternoon. Last 15 games 0-0 Series Finales:......................................1-0 Rubber Games: .....................................1-0 TWINS COUNTING CARDS: Twins opened their 11th season at Target Field last night with a Last 20 games 0-0 .......................................... Sweeps/Swept: 6-3 victory over the Cardinals, scoring five runs in the second inning...Homer Bailey made his TWINS VS. ST. LOUIS July:.......................................................3-1 Twins debut, earning the win, allowing two runs on four hits in 5.0 innings pitched...the offense August:....................................................... recorded seven hits, highlighted by homers from Jorge Polanco (1) and Josh Donaldson (1). 2020 Record: .........................................1-0 September/October:.................................. Current Streak: ...................................1 win Day Games:...........................................1-1 BETTER WITH AGE: Tonight's starter Rich Hill and DH Nelson Cruz gave the Twins their first 2020 at Home: .......................................1-0 Night Games: ........................................2-0 ......................................... vs. American League Central: ..............2-1 pair of 40 year-olds on an Opening Day roster...it is the first time since 2004 that Twins have 2020 at St. Louis: vs. National League Central: ................1-0 two 40-year-olds on their roster at the same time...below is the Twins/Senators franchise list All-Time Record: ................................14-13 Games vs. LH Starter:...........................0-1 of 40-year-olds to play for the team in the same season: All-Time at Home: ..................................8-3 Games vs. RH Starter: ..........................3-0 2020 DH Nelson Cruz (40) LHP Rich Hill (40) All-Time at St. Louis: ............................6-10 Twins score first: ..................................3-0 2004 C Pat Borders (41) LHP Terry Mulholland (41) Opponent scores first:..........................0-1 1913 P/OF Clark Griffith (43) C/1B Jack Ryan (44) 2020 Game Logs: Come-from-behind wins: .......................... 1912 P/OF Clark Griffith (42) C/1B Jack Ryan (43) Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save The last MLB team to have multiple 40-year-olds play for it in a single season was Leading after 7/8 inn.:...................3-0/3-0 ADDITIONAL NOTE: 7/28 MIN 6-3 Bailey/Martínez/Romo Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ...................0-1/0-1 the 2017 Atlanta Braves, which featured Bartolo Colon (age 44) and R.A. Dickey (age 42)...the last AL Tied after 7/8 inn.: .........................0-0/0-0 team was the 2016 Boston Red Sox, with David Ortiz (age 40) and Koji Uehara (age 41). 7/29 MIN Extra-innings: ............................................ 9/8 STL 1-run games: ............................................. RAIN OVER TARGET FIELD: Josh Donaldson went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI last 9/9 STL Twins out-hit opp.: ................................2-0 night and is now hitting .384 (33-for-86) with seven doubles, 11 home runs, 23 RBI, 13 Opp. out-hit Twins: ...............................0-1 walks, a .465 on-base percentage, a .849 slugging percentage and a 1.314 OPS in 23 career CURRENT HOMESTAND (1-0) Twins/Opp. have = hits: ........................1-0 games at Target Field...below are Target Field all-time ranks among players with at least .226 Run Differential: .....................+13 (33-20) Batting average 100 plate appearances: Runs Per Game 6.0 Twins get Quality Start: ............................. AVG OBP SLG OPS AB/HR Twins starter goes 6+ IP: ......................... Donaldson - .384 Donaldson - .465 Donaldson - .849 Donaldson - 1.314 Bautista - 7.29 Home Runs 2 Most games over .500: ............2, last 7/29 Canó - .358 Arraez - .415 Bautista - .794 Bautista - 1.204 Donaldson - 7.82 RISP .250 Most games under .500:............................ V. Martinez - .356 Encarnacion - .415 Cruz - .636 Encarnacion - 1.048 Encarnacion - 9.94 Errors 0 Longest win-streak: .......... 2, 7/26-current Longest losing-streak: ...................1, 7/25 When Twins score 4+: ..........................3-0 SANÓ KNOWS THE NL: Miguel Sanó has reached base safely in each of his last 26 starts in Team ERA 3.00 When Twins score 3-: ...........................0-1 IL Play, hitting .296 (29-for-98) with nine doubles, six home runs, 17 RBI, 16 walks, a .400 Starters W-L 1-0 Twins get 10+ hits: ...............................2-0 on-base percentage and a .971 OPS in that span...below are the longest IL on-base streaks Starters ERA 3.60 Days in First Place .................................. 4 in club history in which a player starts a game: Relievers W-L-S 0-0-1 Days in Second Place.............................. 1 PLAYER STREAK FROM TO Relievers ERA 2.25 Days in Third Place ................................... Matt Lawton ............................37 ..................................... June 5, 1999 ............................ July 12, 2001 Saves/Opps 1/1 Days in Fourth Place ................................. Justin Morneau ........................33 ..................................... June 12, 2007 .........................June 13, 2009 Days in Fifth Place .................................... Joe Mauer ................................31 ..................................... May 21, 2013 ..........................June 15, 2015 THROUGH GAMES OF THIS DATE IN 2019 Walk-Off W/L: ............................................ Miguel Sanó ............................26 ..................................... June 11, 2017 ...................................present Shutouts W/L: ............................................ Cristian Guzman .....................26 ..................................... June 7, 2000 .............................June 7, 2002 RECORD GAMES BACK/AHEAD Complete Games ....................................... 64-41 (.610) ................ +2.0 over Cleveland Target Field Sellouts - All-Time: ............... 173 INTERLEAGUE PLAY: The Twins went 8-12 in Interleague Play last season, going 1-2 at Philadelphia, 1-3 vs. New York, 2-2 vs. Milwaukee, 2-1 at Miami, 1-2 vs. Atlanta and 1-2 vs. Washington...this season and the next, GONE IN 60 they play the NL Central in Interleague...they have had just one winning season against the NL since 2010, that coming in 2017 (13-7). MIN/WAS FRANCHISE RECORDS OVER THE From 1997 (IL Play's inception) to 2009, the Twins went 132-96 in IL Play, second to only the Yankees (133-95) in wins during that Aspan...since then they have gone 88-107, tied for 24th most IL wins in baseball in that span. FIRST 60 GAMES OF A SEASON (SINCE 1901) Mitch Garver hit .333 (17-for-51) with a 1.260 OPS in 14 IL games last season...Garver's nine IL home runs last season tied him HITS .................102, Heinie Manush, 1934 Awith Nolan Arenado for most in baseball...the nine home runs tied him with Trevor Plouffe (2012) for most single-season IL home HOME RUNS .....22, Harmon Killebrew, 1959 runs in club history. Jorge Polanco is a career .307 hitter (55-for-179) with a .857 OPS in 51 career IL games. RBI ....................... 63, Kirby Puckett, 1994 AJosh Donaldson is hitting .312 (144-for-461) with 25 doubles, 29 home runs, 93 RBI and a .963 OPS in his last 122 Interleague XBH .................37, Eduardo Escobar, 2018 Agames, dating back to 2012...in that span his 29 home runs are tied with St. Louis' Matt Carpenter for eighth most in baseball...he RUNS .......................55, Cesar Tovar, 1970 enters tonight with a seven-game IL hitting streak. The Twins have homered in a major league record 24 straight IL games, dating back to July 4, 2018, hitting 44 in that span. DOUBLES ........28, Chuck Knoblauch, 1994 A WALKS .......................70, Eddie Yost, 1956 TWINS AND CARDS: Twins and Cardinals are playing each other for the second of four this season...Twins are 6-1 in their