MINNESOTA TWINS (65-88) AT OAKLAND ATHLETICS (91-63) SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 @ 1:05 - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK Pedro Hernandez (L, 3-1, 5.26) vs. Jarrod Parker (R, 11-7, 3.81) UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 9/22 at Oakland Cole De Vries (R, 0-0, 7.88) vs. Sonny Gray (R, 3-3, 2.50) 3:05 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN / LMB: HOPE FM Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. TWINS AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 1-4 through five games on their seven-game roadtrip, going STREAKS 1-2 in Chicago and 0-2 in Oakland...today, they play the third of four against the Athletics... Record: ......................................65-88 Current Streak: ..............................2 losses Home Record: ............................31-43 after tomorrow’s game, they will complete their 2013 road season...after tomorrow’s matinee, Last 5 games: ........................................2-3 Road Record: .............................34-45 the Twins travel home to play the Tigers for three and the Indians for four...the Twins have Last 10 games: ......................................3-7 Record in series: .....................18-26-4 gone 34-45 on the road, compared to 31-43 at home. Last 15 games: ....................................4-11 Sweeps/Swept: ............................. 6/10 Last 20 games: ....................................8-12 April: ..........................................11-12 TWINS BLOWN OUT IN OAKLAND: The Twins lost to the Athletics last night by a score of May: ...........................................12-17 11-0...Andrew Albers was the starter and loser, allowing eight runs (3 earned) on eight hits TWINS VS. OAKLAND June: .........................................13-13 in 4.2 innings pitched...the bullpen allowed three runs in 3.1 innings pitched...the offense 2013 Record: ........................................1-4 July: .............................................9-17 recorded six hits, including two from Josh Willingham and two from Eduardo Escobar...the Current Streak: ..............................4 losses 2013 at Home: ......................................1-2 August: .......................................13-17 offense went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position and were shutout for the 14th time this September: ..................................7-12 2013 at Oakland: ..................................0-2 season...the Twins defense committed four errors, their most since October 1, 2009 at Detroit. ...........................290-282 vs. American League East: ..........10-23 All-Time Record: All-Time at Home: .........................164-126 .....28-41 vs. American League Central: WILD WILD WEST The Twins have gone 19-12 against the AL West this season...they went All-Time at Oakland: .....................126-156 .........19-12 vs. American League West: 5-1 against the Angels, 5-1 against Houston, 4-3 against Seattle, 4-3 against Texas, and vs. National League: .....................8-12 2013 Game Logs: Games vs. LH Starter: .................16-20 1-4 against Oakland with two games remaining. The 19 wins are tied for sixth most for the Twins in a single-season, since the 1994 three Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Games vs. RH Starter: .................49-68 • 9/10 MIN 4-3 Swarzak/Cook/Perkins Twins score first: ........................36-25 division per league realignment...20 wins would tie their 2003 total for fifth most in a 9/11 MIN 3-18 Gray/Pelfrey Opp. scores first: ........................29-63 single-season and two wins would tie their 2007 total for fourth most...their most ever 9/12 MIN 2-8 Griffin/Diamond Come-from-behind wins: ..................38 came in 1996 when they went 27-22. 9/19 OAK 6-8 Doolittle/Martis Leading after 7/8 inn.: ......... 49-6/55-1 9/20 OAK 0-11 Colon/Albers Trailing after 7/8 inn.: .......... 9-75/2-82 CALIFORNIA LOVE: Since the start of 2012, Josh Willingham has hit .396 (19-for-48) with 9/21 OAK Tied after 7/8 inn.: ................... 7-7/8-5 three doubles, seven home runs and 17 RBI against the Athletics, including an on-base 9/22 OAK Extra-innings: .................................8-7 percentage of .473, reaching base safely in 13 of 14 games in that span...only Victor Martinez ROADTRIP (1-4) 1-run games:..............................23-23 has a higher batting average against the A’s in that span, hitting .464 in seven games. Twins out-hit opp.: ........................42-8 Batting Average ........... .239 (42-for-176) Runs Per-Game ..............2.8 (14 runs/5 G) Opp. out-hit Twins: ......................16-74 WRAPPING UP THE ROAD: The Twins have two road games remaining, going 34-45 away from Home Runs .............................................1 Twins/Opp. have = hits: ...................7-6 Target Field this season...below are the Twins home and road pitching and hitting numbers Twins get Quality Start: ...............40-19 RISP ................................ .229 (11-for-48) Twins starter goes 6+ IP: ............43-29 this season and how their road numbers previous three seasons compare: Fielding Errors ........................................5 W-L IP H BB K ERA AVG H 2B HR R Most games over .500: ................ 2, 4/8 Team ERA .................7.02 (41.0 IP, 32 ER) Most games under .500: ............23, 9/21 HOME 31-43 675.0 738 184 457 4.53 .248 615 134 64 284 AWAY 34-45 694.1 752 248 470 4.41 .235 652 141 81 303 Starters W-L ....................................... 1-4 Longest winning-streak: ...5, 4/15-23 (1) Starters ERA .............7.71 (21.0 IP, 18 ER) Longest losing-streak: .........10, 5/14-24 Relievers W-L-S ...............................0-1-1 2012 35-46 700.2 772 234 442 4.79 .247 698 133 62 335 When Twins score 4+: ................52-25 Relievers ERA ..........6.430(20.0 IP, 14 ER) ..................13-63 30-51 687.2 773 245 441 4.74 .243 680 130 57 329 When Twins score 3-: 2011 Save/Opportunities ..............................1/2 Team-high hits: .............19, 5/8 at BOS 2010 41-40 713.2 745 194 518 4.39 .265 765 152 90 382 Team-high runs: ............15, 5/8 at BOS TWINSPRESSBOX.COM Opp.-high hits: ............22, 9/11 vs. OAK COUNTING DOWN FROM THREE: Manager Ron Gardenhire is just three wins away from Get the latest Twins notes, stat packs, clips, Opp.-high runs: ..........18, 9/11 vs. OAK becoming the eighth active manager to reach 1,000 victories and 60th all-time...below is Twins get 10+ hits: .....................28-22 press releases, minor league reports, 2013 a list of his milestone wins: official team media guide as well as other Walk-Off W/L: .......4/6, last 9/4 at HOU (L) 1: April 1, 2002 at Kansas City 500: July 6, 2007 at Chicago-AL Shutouts W/L: ............................... 7/14 team related information at: April 13, 2003 at Toronto August 11, 2008 vs. New York-AL Complete Games: .. 1, 8/13 vs. CLE (Albers) 100: 600: www.twinspressbox.com Target Field Sellouts (’13/All-Time): ...6/152 200: May 5, 2004 at Seattle 700: September 22, 2009 at Chicago-AL Find us on Twitter: @Twins and #MNTwins 300: May 20, 2005 vs. Milwaukee 800: September 21, 2010 vs. Cleveland RECENT TRANSACTIONS 400: June 27, 2006 vs. Los Angeles-NL 900: July 2, 2012 at Detroit 8/21 1B/OF Colabello recalled from AAA 8/23 RHP Tonkin optioned to AAA ON THIS DAY IN TWINS HISTORY: In 2010, the Twins clinched the AL Central with a 6-4 victory over Cleveland at Target Field...Glen 8/24 RHP Hendriks recalled from AAA Perkins was the winner, pitching 1.0 inning of scoreless relief as Matt Capps earned his 15th save, giving Ron Gardenhire his 800th 8/28 RHP Wood unconditionally released career victory...it was the sixth time the Twins won the division under Gardy. In 1963, Harmon Killebrew tied an American League 8/30 RHP Deduno placed on 15-day DL record with four home runs in a doubleheader, a split with the Red Sox...the Twins lost won game one 13-4 and lost game two 2-11... OF Ramirez placed on 15-day DL Killer had three homers in game one. LHP Hernandez recalled from AAA OF Mastroianni recalled from AAA CONGRATS TO DICK BREMER!: Twins play-by-play man Dick Bremer will be receiving a Silver Circle Award from NATAS on Saturday 8/31 1B Morneau traded to Pittsburgh in September 28 at the regional Emmy Awards banquet in Minneapolis...he is being inducted into the Minnesota Broadcasters Hall of exchange for OF Presley Fame the following evening. C Pinto recalled from AAA 9/1 OF Presley recalled from AAA THIS AND THAT: The Twins are seeking their first win in Oakland since August 20, 2012. 9/4 C Mauer transferred to 15-day DL UPCOMING MILESTONES 9/9 RHP Deduno transferred to 60-day DL OF Ramirez transferred to 60-day DL PLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACH IF Escobar recalled from AAA Ron Gardenhire 997 wins Needs 3 wins to reach 1,000 managerial victories OF Parmelee recalled from AAA Jared Burton 298 games Needs 2 games to reach 300 for his career RHP De Vries recalled from AAA Ryan Doumit 98 home runs Needs 2 home runs to reach 100 for his career LHP Diamond recalled from AAA Joe Mauer 105 home runs Needs 5 home runs to tie Roy Smalley for 12th on the Twins all-time list RHP Tonkin recalled from AAA 688 runs Needs 25 runs to tie Chuck Knoblauch (713) for 6th on the Twins all-time list C Fryer contract purchased from AAA Glen Perkins 54 saves Needs 1 save to pass Mike Marshall for sole possession of 8th on the Twins all-time list RHP Martis contract purchased from AAA Josh Willingham 592 RBI Needs 8 RBI to reach 600 for his career STARTING PITCHER PAGE 2 2013 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS #60 PEDRO HERNANDEZ CG’s: - - CG’s: - - Height: 5-10 Weight: 208 B/T: L/L Age: 24 (4/12/89 in Barquisimeto, Venezuela) SHO’s: - - SHO’s: - - Low Hit: - - Low-Hit: - - 2013: 3-1, 5.26 CAREER: 3-2, 6.16 Innings: 6.0, 9/3 at HOU Innings: 6.0, 9/3/13 at HOU Hits: 9, 5/19 vs.