@Twins l www.twinspressbox.com l #MNTwins MINNESOTA TWINS (30-20) AT CHICAGO WHITE SOX (32-16) WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 - 7:10 P.M. (CT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH / RADIO: TIBN, WCCO, THE WOLF RHP Jake Odorizzi (0-1, 8.10) vs. RHP Lucas Giolito (4-2, 3.43) GAME 51 ROAD GAME 25 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 9/17 at Chicago-AL RHP Kenta Maeda (5-1, 2.43) vs. TBA 1:10 p.m. (CT) FOX Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None 9/18 at Chicago-NL LHP Rich Hill (2-1, 3.81) vs. RHP Kyle Hendricks (5-4, 3.29) 7:15 p.m. (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None 9/19 at Chicago-NL RHP Michael Pineda (1-0, 3.57) vs. RHP Alec Mills (5-3, 3.93) 7:15 p.m. (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None 9/20 at Chicago-NL RHP José Berríos (4-3, 4.15) vs. RHP Yu Darvish (7-2, 1.86) 1:20 p.m. (CT) ESPN TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / twinsbeisbol.com SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: Opened their final roadtrip of the 2020 regular season, a seven-game stay in Chicago, STREAKS with consecutive losses to the White Sox...they will play two more at Guaranteed Rate Field tonight Under Baldelli (since '19): .............131-81 and tomorrow, followed by three at the Cubs this weekend...the Twins will complete the regular Current Streak 2 losses Home Record:.....................................21-5 season after this trip with an off day on September 21, two with Detroit on September 22-23, an Last 5 games 3-2 Road Record:......................................9-15 off day on September 24, then three against Cincinnati from September 25-27. Last 10 games 6-4 Record in series: ............................ 11-3-2 The Twins have won 10 of their last 14 games overall but have lost eight of their last nine Series Openers: ..................................11-6 Aaway from Target Field. Last 15 games 10-5 Series Finales:....................................11-5 Last 20 games 10-10 Rubber Games: .....................................5-1 TWINS DUN IN AT GUARANTEED RATE: The Twins lost to Dane Dunning and the White Sox last Sweeps/Swept: .....................................3/2 night by a score of 6-2 at Guaranteed Rate Field...Randy Dobnak (6-4) was the starter and loser, TWINS VS. WHITE SOX July:.......................................................5-2 allowing four runs on eight hits in 4.1 innings pitched...the offense was held to just four hits, August:..............................................15-14 two from Byron Buxton, who hit his second career inside-the-park home run (previous, August 18, 2020 Record: .........................................4-4 September/October:...........................10-4 2017 vs. Arizona)...it marked the 55th in club history and third for Buxton, matching Tony Oliva, Current Streak: ...............................2 losses Day Games:.........................................10-9 Tom Brunansky and Greg Gagne for most in Twins history (since 1961). 2020 at Home: ......................................2-1 Night Games: ....................................20-11 2020 at Chicago ....................................2-3 vs. American League Central: ..........20-16 TWINS AND SOX: The Twins and White Sox are playing each other for the ninth of 10 times in 2020... All-Time Record: .........................502-442-3 vs. National League Central: ..............10-4 Twins are 4-4 vs. Chicago this season, going 2-3 at Guaranteed Rate Field and 2-1 at Target Field... All-Time at Home: .......................270-202-2 Games vs. LH Starter:...........................8-7 the Twins are 9-5 in the last 14 vs. the Sox, dating back to last August...additionally, the Twins have Games vs. RH Starter: ......................22-13 gone 41-24 vs. the White Sox since the start of 2017, their most wins vs. any opponent in that span. All-Time at Chicago: ...................232-240-1 Twins score first: ................................23-9 Twins have hit 51 home runs vs. the Sox since the start of 2019, their most against any 2020 Game Logs: Opponent scores first:........................7-11 Aopponent during that time...they have homers in six of eight games vs. Chicago this season. Come-from-behind wins: ........................ 6 Nelson Cruz still boasts a .422 batting average (38-for-90) with eight doubles, 11 home runs, Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Leading after 7/8 inn.:...............24-1/25-1 A34 RBI, 16 walks a .509 OBP, an .878 slugging percentage and a 1.387 OPS in 24 games vs. 7/24 CHI 10-5 May/Giolito Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ...............1-11/1-14 the Sox while in a Minnesota uniform (since 2019). 7/25 CHI 3-10 Keuchel/Dobnak Tied after 7/8 inn.: .........................2-5/1-1 7/26 CHI 14-2 Maeda/López Extra-innings: .......................................2-0 US AND THEM: Twins and White Sox offense rankings this season in the American League: 8/31 MIN 5-8 Foster/Rogers/Colomé 1-run games: ........................................7-3 TWINS AL RANKS WHITE SOX 9/1 MIN 3-2 Thielbar/Cordero/Wisler Twins out-hit opp.: ..............................20-3 AVG .244 8th // 1st .275 Opp. out-hit Twins: .............................7-16 HR 75 T-2nd // 1st 80 9/2 MIN 8-1 Berríos/López Twins/Opp. have = hits: ........................3-1 SLG .426 7th // 1st .473 9/14 CHI 1-3 Colomé/Rogers Run Differential: .................+42 (225-183) OPS .745 8th // 1st .811 9/15 CHI 2-6 Dunning/Dobnak Twins get Quality Start: ......................11-2 ISO POW. .182 6th // 2nd .197 9/16 CHI 7:10 pm (CT) Twins starter goes 6+ IP: ..................11-2 NOTE: This time last season -- AL ranks: Twins ranked second in batting average (.270)...first in home 9/17 CHI 1:10 pm (CT) Most games over .500: .................12, 9/14 runs (287)...first in slugging percentage (.495)...third in OPS (.832)...first in isolated power (.224). Most games under .500:............................ CURRENT ROADTRIP (0-2) Longest win-streak: ................6, 7-31-8/5 CRUSH 22: Miguel Sanó needs one double to reach 100 for his career...along with his 129 home Batting average .188 Longest losing-streak: ..............6, 8/25-31 runs, his next double will make him one of 14 players in Twins history (since 1961) with 100-plus Runs Per Game 1.5 When Twins score 4+: ........................22-6 doubles and 125-plus homers: Home Runs 1 When Twins score 3-: .........................8-14 PLAYER HR/2B PLAYER HR/2B Twins get 10+ hits: .............................11-4 Bob Allison* .................................. 211/167 Torii Hunter* ....................................214/281 RISP .095 Days in First Place ................................ 35 Tom Brunansky .............................. 163/154 Jacque Jones ...................................132/189 Errors 1 Days in Second Place.............................. 9 Michael Cuddyer*.......................... 141/239 Harmon Killebrew* ..........................475/232 Days in Third Place ................................. 9 Brian Dozier................................... 167/202 Joe Mauer ........................................143/428 Team ERA 5.06 Days in Fourth Place ................................. Gary Gaetti* .................................. 201/252 Tony Oliva* ......................................220/329 Starters W-L 0-1 Days in Fifth Place .................................... Kent Hrbek*................................... 293/312 Kirby Puckett* .................................207/414 Starters ERA 4.82 Walk-Off W/L: .......................................2/1 * - Twins Hall of Famer Shutouts W/L: .......................................3/1 Relievers W-L-S 0-1-0 Complete Games ....................................... RISP REWARD: Twins are 2-for-21 (.095) with RISP in these last two games vs. the White Sox... Relievers ERA 5.40 however, they are still second in the American League with a .274 (87-for-318) RISP average and Saves/Opps 0/0 GONE IN 60 fifth in baseball, trailing San Diego (.316), Los Angeles-NL (.280), Miami (.276) and Detroit (.275). MIN/WAS FRANCHISE RECORDS OVER THE THE AMAZING RACE FIRST 60 GAMES OF A SEASON (SINCE 1901) ON THIS DAY IN TWINS HISTORY: In 1970, Bert Blyleven, a 19-year-old rookie, ties an American AL CENTRAL STANDINGS HITS .................102, Heinie Manush, 1934 League record by striking out the first six batters and strikes out 10 in 6.2 innings...in 1991, Kevin Tapani (15-8) becomes the Twins' third 15-game winner (Morris & Erickson), pitching a three-hitter TEAM W-L % HOME RUNS .....22, Harmon Killebrew, 1959 Chicago ......................32-16 ............... .667 RBI ....................... 63, Kirby Puckett, 1994 for 7.2 innings against the Royals...in 1993, Dave Winfield becomes the 19th player to collect 3,000 hits as he singles to left off Dennis Eckersley in the Metrodome...in 1996, Paul Molitor records his Minnesota ..................30-20 ............... .600 XBH .................37, Eduardo Escobar, 2018 3,000th hit, tripling at Kauffman Stadium. Cleveland ...................26-22 ............... .542 RUNS .......................55, Cesar Tovar, 1970 Detroit ........................21-26 ............... .447 DOUBLES ........28, Chuck Knoblauch, 1994 HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH: As part of the variety of player and community-centric digital Kansas City ................20-29 ............... .408 WALKS .......................70, Eddie Yost, 1956 programming in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Twins' many Hispanic players will STOLEN BASES ........36, Clyde Milan, 1912 be featured in profiles that highlight both their