MINNESOTA TWINS (39-47) VS. NEW YORK YANKEES (43-43) SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2014 - 1:10 (CT) - FOX SPORTS NORTH/ TBS / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK GAME 87 Ricky Nolasco (R, 5-6, 5.49) vs. Hiroki Kuroda (R, 5-6, 4.08) HOME GAME 43 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 7/7 at Seattle Kevin Correia (R, 4-10, 4.95) vs. Hisashi Iwakuma (R, 6-4, 3.33) 9:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN 7/8 at Seattle Phil Hughes (R, 8-5, 3.95) vs. Chris Young (R, 8-4, 3.11) 9:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN 7/9 at Seattle Kyle Gibson (R, 7-7, 4.17) vs. Roenis Elias (L, 7-7, 4.19) 9:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN 7/10 at Seattle Yohan Pino (R, 0-2, 4.98) vs. TBA 9:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN 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 are 2-4 through six games on their seven-game homestand, after STREAKS going 1-2 against the Royals and 1-2 against the Yankees...today they play the final game Record: ..........................................39-47 of the series and the final game at Target Field until the All-Star break...the Twins are 21-21 Current Streak: ..................................1 win Home Record: ................................21-21 at home this season, winning six of their last 10 here. Last 5 games: ........................................2-3 Road Record: .................................18-26 Last 10 games: ......................................3-7 Record in series: ........................12-13-3 Today’s game will be broadcast nationally on TBS...in the broadcast Last 15 games: ......................................6-9 Series Openers: .............................10-19 NATIONAL BROADCAST: booth, Ernie Johnson will provide play-by-play with veteran TBS MLB analysts Ron Darling Last 20 games: ....................................7-13 Series Finales: ...............................16-12 and Hall of Famer Cal Ripken. Rubber Games: ..................................8-3 TWINS VS. YANKEES Sweeps/Swept: .................................. 3/5 April: ..............................................12-12 IT’S A WALK-OFF: The Twins beat the Yankees yesterday afternoon in walk-off fashion by 2014 Record: ........................................3-3 May: ...............................................13-16 score of 2-1 in 11 innings...the win snapped a seven game losing streak to New York at Current Streak: ..................................1 win June: ..............................................12-16 Target Field...Yohan Pino was the starter as he and five relievers combined to allow just one 2014 at Home: ......................................1-2 July: ....................................................2-3 run on four hits and two walks...Josh Willingham scored the 11th inning run when Francisco 2014 at New York: ................................2-1 August: ..................................................... Cervelli attempted to double Plouffe at first but threw the ball away. All-Time Record: ........................252-346-1 September: .............................................. All-Time at Home: .........................137-167 vs. American League East: ..............13-11 EVERYONE LOVES A WALK-OFF: Yesterday’s walk-off victory marked the fifth of the season, All-Time at New York: ................115-179-1 vs. American League Central: .........17-14 below are the five...since moving into Target Field in 2010, the Twins have won 26 games via vs. American League West: ...............5-14 walk-off: four in 2010, seven in 2011, five in 2012 and five in 2013 (16 singles, 3 doubles, 2014 Game Logs: 1 triple, 4 home runs, two errors). vs. National League: ............................4-8 Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Games vs. LH Starter:......................12-13 DATE FINAL SCORE NOTE May 13 vs. BOS 8-6 Parmelee two-run homer with two outs in bottom of 9 5/30 NYY 6-1 Nolasco/Nuno Games vs. RH Starter: .....................27-34 5/31 NYY 1-3 Duensing/Tanaka/Robertson Twins score first: .............................25-16 May 15 vs. BOS 4-3 Hicks one-run single with two outs in bottom 10 Opp. scores first: .............................14-31 May 27 vs. TEX 4-3 Santana reached on E-1, scoring Nunez with two outs in bottom 9 6/1 NYY 7-2 Hughes/Robertson Come-from-behind wins: .....................20 June 20 vs. CWS 5-4 Dozier singles in Escobar from second with two out in bottom 9 7/3 MIN 4-7 Tanaka/Hughes/Robertson Leading after 7/8 inn.: ..............28-1/31-1 July 5 vs. NYY 2-1 Willingham scores on Cervelli throwing error in bottom 11 7/4 MIN 5-6 Huff/Gibson/Robertson Trailing after 7/8 inn.: .............5-41/3-42 7/5 MIN ^1-2 Duensing/Thornton Tied after 7/8 inn.: ........................6-5/5-4 TWINS-YANKEES: The Twins can win the season-series with victory today which would mark 7/6 MIN Extra-innings: ......................................4-5 their first since 2001 when they went 4-2...they have posted a 3.11 ERA (55.0 IP, 19 ER) 1-run games: ...................................14-15 against the Yankees this season. HOMESTAND (2-4) Twins out-hit opp.: .............................22-9 Batting Average ............ .256 (55-for-215) Opp. out-hit Twins: .........................11-36 SUZUKI STAR STATUS: Kurt Suzuki is hitting .308 (77-for-250), the eighth best average in Twins/Opp. have = hits: .......................6-2 the AL...below is where Suzuki ranks among AL catchers: Runs Per-Game ...................3.7 (22 R/6 G) Twins get Quality Start: .....................30-9 Hits Doubles RBI AVG OBP Home Runs .............................................4 Twins starter goes 6+ IP:................31-18 # & RANK: 77 - 2nd 17 - T1st 34 - T3rd .308 - 1st .366- 1st RISP ................................. .132 (7-for-53) Most games over .500: ..................2, 5/23 Fielding Errors ........................................3 Most games under .500:..................9, 7/5 DOZIER STAR STATUS: Brian Dozier has played in 84 of the Twins 86 games this season Team ERA .................3.70 (56.0 IP, 23 ER) Longest winning-streak: ......... 4, 6/19-22 (83 starts)...he has scored 62 runs this season, the most in the AL...below is where Dozier Longest losing-streak: ........5, 2x, 6/24-28 Starters W-L ....................................... 1-4 ranks among AL second basemen: Starters ERA .............5.63 (32.0 IP, 20 ER) When Twins score 4+: .....................33-19 Games HR RBI BB OBP When Twins score 3-: ........................6-28 # & RANK: 84 - 3rd 16 - 1st 39 - 4th 51 - 1st .344 - 5th Relievers W-L-S ...............................1-0-0 Team-high hits: ................16, 6/11 at TOR Relievers ERA .............1.13 (24.0 IP, 3 ER) Team-high runs: .... 10, 4x, last 7/1 vs. KC Save/Opportunities ..............................0/0 Opp.-high hits: .................... 19, 6/14 at DET SUZUKI NORTH COUNTRY: Kurt Suzuki has hit safely in safely in 12 straight home games (since June 4), hitting .457 (21-for-46) with six doubles and four RBI in that span...on the Opp.-high runs: ................ 14, 6/8 vs. HOU TWINSPRESSBOX.COM Twins get 10+ hits: ..........................18-15 season, he is hitting .349 (44-for-126) with 14 doubles at Target Field — fifth-best home Walk-Off W/L: ......................................5-5 average in baseball and third in the AL. Get the latest Twins notes, stat packs, clips, Shutouts W/L: ......................................6/6 press releases, minor league reports, 2014 Complete Games: ..2, last 6/17 Hughes at BOS THE ’PEN IS MIGHTIER: The Twins bullpen has posted a 1.63 ERA (60.2 IP, 11 ER) in their official team media guide as well as other Target Field Sellouts (’14/All-Time): ....... -/152 last 19 games with opponents hitting .197 (43-for-218) with just three home runs, 15 walks team related information at: and 48 strikeouts...their last runs allowed came in the ninth inning on Wednesday, 14.2 www.twinspressbox.com RECENT TRANSACTIONS scoreless IP since. Find us on Twitter: @Twins and #MNTwins 6/15 IF Plouffe placed on 15-day DL I AM SAM: Sam Fuld has hit in five straight games, which ties his season-high...he is hitting IF Florimon recalled from AAA .444 (8-for-18) during the streak...he is hitting .333 (14-for-42) in his last 13 games. 6/19 IF Nunez placed on 15-day DL RHP Pino contract selected from AAA COUNTDOWN: The Twins and Target Field are now nine days away from hosting the Major League Baseball’s 85th All-Star Game...the RHP Pelfrey transferred to 60-day DL teams will be unveiled on the “Taco Bell™ All-Star Selection Show” tonight on ESPN at 7:00 pm (ET)/6:00 pm (CT)...Minnesota previ- 6/25 OF Hicks reinstated from DL and ously hosted in 1965 at Metropolitan Stadium and in 1985 at H.H.H. Metrodome. optioned to AA 6/26 IF Polanco recalled from A (FTM) TWINS MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Triple-A Rochester (International League) infielderDoug Bernier is the Twins Minor League Player of the Week...the 34-year old played in seven games for the Red Wings, hitting .370 (10-for-27) with one double, two home runs, 10 RBI, five runs RHP Pino optioned to AAA scored and two walks...he was acquired by the Twins as a minor league free agent February 1, 2013...he appeared in 33 games for the Twins 6/27 IF Santana placed on DL last season, hitting .226 (12-for-53)...additionally, he played in the Yankees farm system in 2009 and 2011-12 with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. RHP Pino recalled from AAA 6/30 IF Plouffe reinstated from DL ARMED FORCED APPRECIATION DAY: Today the Twins and the Minnesota National Guard are celebrating the 11th annual Armed Forces IF Nunez returned from rehab and Appreciation Day to honor veterans and active service members from all five branches of the U.S. Armed Forces...this year the Twins will reinstated from DL commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day...Thomson Reuters has generously donated 1,000 tickets for active and retired members IF Polanco optioned to A of the U.S.