MINNESOTA TWINS (56-102) AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS (81-77) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 - 6:15 PM (CT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH RADIO: TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK Kyle Gibson (R, 6-11, 5.04) vs. Danny Duffy (L, 12-3, 3.43) GAME 159 ROAD GAME 78 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 9/30 at Chicago-AL Tyler Duffey (R, 9-11, 6.18) vs. Carlos Rodon (L, 8-10, 4.08) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-Go 96.3 / None 10/1 at Chicago-AL Hector Santiago (L, 12-10, 4.87) vs. James Shields (R, 4-11, 6.79) 6:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-Go 96.3 / None 10/2 at Chicago-AL TBA vs. Chris Sale (L, 17-9, 3.21) 2:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-Go 96.3 / La Raza Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. TWINS AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: After completing their final homestand of 2016 by going 1-5 (0-3 vs. Detroit STREAKS and 1-2 vs. Seattle), the Twins began their final roadtrip with consecutive losses to the Record: .......................................56-102 Current Streak: ..............................3 losses Home Record: ...............................30-51 Royals the last two nights...tonight, the Twins will play the three-game series finale before ........................................1-4 traveling to Chicago post-game for three against the White Sox over the weekend...the Twins Last 5 games: Road Record: ................................26-51 Last 10 games: ......................................1-9 Record in series: ...................... 15-32-5 have lost their last five road games and 17 of their last 19...the Twins have gone 30-51 at ....................................3-12 home and 26-51 on the road. Last 15 games: Series Openers: ............................18-34 Last 20 games: ....................................5-15 Series Finales: ..............................18-33 Rubber Games: .................................6-7 ANOTHER LOSS IN KAUFFMAN: The Twins lost to the Royals last night by a score of 5-2, suf- TWINS VS. KANSAS CITY Sweeps/Swept: ...............................4/16 fering a three-run Royals eighth inning...Ervin Santana was the starter but did not factor into April: ...............................................7-17 the decision, allowing two runs on four hits in 5.0 innings pitched...Kennys Vargas recorded 2016 Record: .......................................3-15 May: ................................................8-19 both Twins RBI with a two-run homer in the third inning...John Ryan Murphy recorded his Current Streak: ...............................2 losses June: .............................................10-17 second multi-hit game of the season, going 2-for-4. 2016 at Home: .......................................3-6 July: ...............................................15-11 2016 at Kansas City: ..............................0-9 August: ............................................9-20 TWINS AND ROYALS, ON THE RECORD: The Twins are 3-15 against Kansas City this season All-Time Record: ............................383-368 September/October: .......................7-18 and 0-9 at Kauffman Stadium, they have never gone winless at Kansas City since the Royals All-Time at Home: ..........................202-172 vs. American League East: ...........10-24 were established in 1969...the Twins last win at Kansas City came in last year’s final game at All-Time at Kansas City: .................181-196 vs. American League Central: ......21-51 Kauffman Stadium on September 9...nine losses at Kauffman are their most in a single season. 2016 Game Logs: vs. American League West: ..........17-15 vs. National League: .......................8-12 KANSAS CITY COOKING: Brian Dozier has hit 11 home runs against the Royals this season, Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Games vs. LH Starter: ...................19-24 the most in one season all-time against Kansas City...11 home runs are the most for any 4/8 KC 3-4 Soria/Jepsen/Davis Games vs. RH Starter: ..................37-78 player against any single team in one season since Alex Rodriguez hit 11 against Los Ange- 4/9 KC 0-7 Kennedy/Milone Twins score first: ..........................32-35 les-AL in 2003; the last player with 12 against any team was Sammy Sosa in 1998 against 4/10 KC 3-4 (10 in) Davis/May Opponent scores first: ..................24-67 Milwaukee; the last with 13 was Roger Maris against Chicago-AL in 1961. 5/23 MIN 4-10 Moylan/Nolasco Come-from-behind wins: .................. 34 5/24 MIN 4-7 Volquez/Santana/Davis Leading after 7/8 inn.: ...........46-6/46-3 SECOND BASE POWER: Brian Dozier has 40 home runs as a second baseman (2 as DH), an AL 5/25 MIN 7-5 Duffey/Gee/Jepsen Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ...........4-81/1-85 record for home runs at the position, passing Alfonso Soriano’s (NYY) 2002 total of 39...he is 8/12 MIN 3-7 Ventura/Gibson Tied after 7/8 inn.: .................5-15/8-14 tied for third among all MLB second basemen with Ryne Sandberg: 8/13 MIN 5-3 Duffey/Gee/Kintzler Extra-innings: ...................................6-9 PLAYER YEAR HR 8/14 MIN 4-11 Volquez/Santiago/Young 1-run games: ................................14-29 1) Davey Johnson, ATL ............................................1973 ................................................................. 42 8/18 KC 1-8 Gee/Duffey Twins out-hit opp.: ........................40-15 Rogers Hornsby, STL ..........................................1922 ................................................................. 42 8/19 KC 4-5 (11 in) Wang/Chargois Opp. out-hit Twins:........................10-81 3) Brian Dozier, MIN ..............................................2016 ................................................................. 40 8/20 KC 0-10 Kennedy/Santiago Twins/Opp. have = hits: ....................6-6 Ryne Sandberg, CHC ..........................................1990 ................................................................. 40 8/21 KC 1-2 Duffy/Santana/Herrera Twins get Quality Start: ................35-24 ADDITIONALLY...Dozier is hitting .137 (7-for-51) with one home run and three RBI in his last 12 games 9/5 MIN 5-11 Kennedy/Berrios Twins starter goes 6+ IP: .............44-30 after hitting .375 (24-for-64) with 11 home runs and 18 RBI in his previous 15 games. 9/6 MIN 3-10 Herrera/Kintzler Most games over .500: ............................. 9/7 MIN 6-5 Wimmers/Soria/Kintzler Most games under .500:..............46, 9/29 THE DOZIER SHOW: Brian Dozier needs one RBI to become the 18th different Twin to reach 9/27 KC 3-4 (11 in) Milone/Pounders Longest winning-streak: .. 4, 3x, last 7/31-8/3 100 RBI in a season (last Willingham with 110 in 2012)...additionally, he has 42 homers 9/28 KC 2-5 Soria/Rogers/Davis Longest losing-streak: .............13, 8/18-31 and 102 runs scored; the only Twin with 40-plus homers, 100-plus RBI and 100-plus runs 9/29 KC When Twins score 4+: ..................50-41 was Harmon Killebrew, who did it in 1967 and 1969. When Twins score 3-: .....................6-61 Dozier has 18 stolen bases this season...the last player in baseball with 40-plus homers CURRENT ROADTRIP (0-2) Team-high hits: ...... 19, 2x, last 8/1 at CLE A and 20-plus steals was Ryan Braun who homered 41 times and stole 30 in 2012...no Batting Average ............. .219 (16-for-73) Team-high runs: .............17, 7/2 vs. TEX Twin has ever done it. Runs Per Game .....................2.5 (5 R/2 G) Opp.-high hits: ....... 19, 8/11 (1) vs. HOU Home Runs .............................................2 Opp.-high runs: ...............16, 5/4 at HOU GO DEEP!: The Twins have homered 43 times in their last 27 games since August 30, the most Twins get 10+ hits: .......................40-18 in baseball since that date...Twins have hit 195 homers this season, fifth-most in their history: RISP ................................. .125 (2-for-16) Walk-Off W/L: ...................................9/4 YEAR HOMERS TEAM LEADERS Fielding Errors ........................................1 Shutouts W/L: ...................................2/8 1963 ..........................225 .............................Harmon Killebrew (45), Bob Allison (35), Jimmie Hall (33) Team ERA ...................4.34 (18.2 IP, 9 ER) Complete Games: ..4, last Gibson 8/17 at ATL 1964 ..........................221 .............................Harmon Killebrew (49), Bob Allison (32), Tony Oliva (32) Starters W-L ....................................... 0-0 Target Field Sellouts (’16/All-Time): ...1/159 1987 ..........................196 .............................Kent Hrbek (34), Tom Brunansky (32), Gary Gaetti (31) 1986 ..........................196 .............................Gary Gaetti (34), Kirby Puckett (31), Kent Hrbek (29) Starters ERA .................4.66 (9.2 IP, 5 ER) RECENT TRANSACTIONS 2016 ..........................195 .............................Brian Dozier (42), Miguel Sano (24), Max Kepler (17) Relievers W-L-S ...............................0-2-0 8/12 LHP Milone placed on 15-day DL ADDITIONALLY...Nine players with double-digit home run totals marks the second time in club history the Relievers ERA ...............4.00 (9.0 IP, 4 ER) LHP Dean recalled from AAA Twins have had as many...Kennys Vargas has nine...only Chicago-NL, Seattle and St. Louis have as many Save/Opportunities ..............................0/0 players with double-digit homers this season (each with 9 also)...below are the two times in club history: 8/13 LHP Albers DFA or release 2016: Dozier (42), Sano (24), Kepler (17), Nunez (12), Park