@Twins l www.twinspressbox.com l #MNTwins MINNESOTA TWINS (4-1) VS. CLEVELAND INDIANS (4-2) THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2020 - 6:07 P.M. (CT) - TV: FOX / RADIO: TIBN, WCCO, THE WOLF RHP José Berríos (0-0, 11.25) vs. RHP Shane Bieber (1-0, 0.00) GAME 6 HOME GAME 3 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 7/31 vs. Cleveland RHP Randy Dobnak (0-1, 2.25) vs. RHP Mike Clevinger (0-0, 2.57) 7:10 p.m. (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None 8/1 vs. Cleveland RHP Kenta Maeda (1-0, 3.60) vs. RHP Carlos Carrasco (1-0, 3.00) 6:10 p.m. (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None 8/2 vs. Cleveland RHP Homer Bailey (1-0, 3.60) vs. RHP Aaron Civale (1-0, 3.00) 1:10 p.m. (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 4-1, taking two of three STREAKS in Chicago over the White Sox last weekend and sweeping the Cardinals in two at Target Under Rocco Baldelli: ....................105-62 Current Streak 3 wins Home Record:.......................................2-0 Field over the last two nights...tonight the Twins will continue their eight-game homestand Road Record:........................................2-1 with the first of four vs. Cleveland through Sunday, then two vs. Pittsburgh Monday-Tuesday. Last 5 games 4-1 Record in series: ..................................2-0 Original 2020 schedule would have the Twins in an off-day during the middle of eight- Last 10 games 0-0 Series Openers: ....................................2-0 Agame homestand against Los Angeles-NL, Houston and Cleveland. Last 15 games 0-0 Series Finales:......................................2-0 Last 20 games 0-0 Rubber Games: .....................................1-0 KING OF THE HILL LEADS TWINS TO SWEEP: Twins beat the Cardinals last night by a score of .....................................1/0 Sweeps/Swept: 3-0, led by Rich Hill who earned his first win in his Twins debut, pitching 5.0 shutout innings TWINS VS. CLEVELAND July:.......................................................4-1 with two hits allowed an a walk...the bullpen retired 11 of 12 batters faced and combined for August:....................................................... seven strikeouts...the offense recorded five hits, highlighted by an Eddie Rosario solo homer. 2019 Record: .......................................9-10 September/October:.................................. Current Streak: .................................. 1 loss Day Games:...........................................1-1 2019 at Home: .......................................4-6 Night Games: ........................................3-0 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK: Twins starters have gone 3-0, 2.40 ERA (15.0 IP, 4 ER) with four vs. American League Central: ..............2-1 walks, 12 strikeouts and a .185 opponent batting average in their last three outings...the 2019 at Cleveland: .................................5-4 vs. National League Central: ................2-0 games were started by Kenta Maeda (7/26 at CWS), Homer Bailey (7/28 vs. STL) and Rich Hill All-Time Record: .........................421-450-1 Games vs. LH Starter:...........................0-1 (7/29 vs. STL), all of whom were acquired in the off-season...in fact, according to Elias, the All-Time at Home: .......................227-209-1 Games vs. RH Starter: ..........................4-0 last time in the MLB that three pitchers all making their team debut, started and won their All-Time at Cleveland:....................194-241 Twins score first: ..................................4-0 start all within the team’s first five games of the season was the San Diego Padres in 1969 Opponent scores first:..........................0-1 when Dick Selma, Johnny Podres, and Dick Kelley (04/08/1969 - 04/10/1969) all won the first 2019 Game Logs: Come-from-behind wins: .......................... three games of the season, which were the Padres first three games in franchise history...the Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Leading after 7/8 inn.:...................4-0/4-0 Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ...................0-1/0-1 only time the Twins franchise has done this was, too, their first season of existence: Washing- 3/28 MIN 2-0 Berríos/Kluber/Rogers Tied after 7/8 inn.: .........................0-0/0-0 ton Senators in 1901 - Bill Carrick, Win Mercer, and Watty Lee (04/26/1901 - 04/30/1901). 3/30 MIN 1-2 Edwards/Parker/Hand Extra-innings: ............................................ 3/31 MIN 9-3 Pérez/Carrasco 1-run games: ............................................. ADJUST YOUR TV: Tonight's game can be seen on FOX, one of two games carried by FOX this 6/4 CLE 2-5 Bieber/Smeltzer/Hand Twins out-hit opp.: ................................3-0 season, the other will be between these two teams again on September 12 at Target Field at 6/5 CLE 7-9 Wittgren/Parker/Hand Opp. out-hit Twins: ...............................0-1 7:15 pm...broadcasters tonight will be Adam Admin and A.J. Pierzynski...additionally, FOX 6/6 CLE 5-4 Berríos/Bauer/Rogers Twins/Opp. have = hits: ........................1-0 National will be using Virtual Fans tonight. 7/12 CLE 5-3 Littell/Pérez/Rogers Run Differential: .....................+16 (36-20) Twins get Quality Start: ............................. 7/13 CLE 6-2 Odorizzi/Bauer TWINS-TRIBE: Twins and Cleveland are playing each other tonight for the first of 10 times in 7/14 CLE 3-4 Cimber/May/Hand Twins starter goes 6+ IP: ......................... 2020...seven of those games will be played at Target Field and three at Progressive Field...Twins will Most games over .500: ............3, last 7/30 travel to Cleveland August 24-26 then the Tribe will come back to Minneapolis September 11-13. 8/8 MIN 5-7 Clevinger/Gibson/Hand Most games under .500:............................ 8/9 MIN 2-6 Bieber/Smeltzer Longest win-streak: .......... 3, 7/26-current Eddie Rosario is hitting .306 (97-for-317) with 15 doubles, four triples, 20 home runs, A42 RBI and a .907 OPS in 83 career games vs. the Tribe...the hits and home runs are 8/10 MIN 4-1 Odorizzi/Plutko/Rogers Longest losing-streak: ...................1, 7/25 8/11 MIN 5-6 Hand/Rogers When Twins score 4+: ..........................3-0 all his personal most vs. any opponent...97 hits vs. the Tribe are the most in baseball When Twins score 3-: ...........................1-1 since 2015. 9/6 MIN 2-6 Clippard/Thorpe Twins get 10+ hits: ...............................2-0 Josh Donaldson played just 16 games for Cleveland in 2018...he began that season 9/7 MIN 5-3 Littell/Cimber/Rogers Days in First Place .................................. 5 Awith Toronto and was traded to the Tribe along with cash at the deadline, in exchange 9/8 MIN 2-5 Clevinger/Dobnak/Hand Days in Second Place.............................. 1 for a player to be named later (RHP Julian Merryweather)...was limited during time in 9/13 CLE **PPD** Days in Third Place ................................... Cleveland due to left calf strain...is a career .327 (51-for-156) hitter vs. the Tribe with 9/14 CLE 2-0 Littell/Clevinger/Rogers Days in Fourth Place ................................. seven doubles, 11 home runs, 40 RBI and a 1.038 OPS...is hitting .362 (21-for-58) with ** CLE 9-5 Graterol/Pérez Days in Fifth Place .................................... six homers and a 1.237 OPS in last 14 vs. CLE. 9/15 CLE 5-10 Wittgren/Romero/Pérez Walk-Off W/L: ............................................ ............................................ Other notable individuals vs. Cleveland pitching: Luis Arraez is hitting .319 (15-for-47)... Shutouts W/L: AJake Cave is hitting .313 (15-for-48). CURRENT HOMESTAND (2-0) Complete Games ....................................... Target Field Sellouts - All-Time: ............... 173 Batting average .200 REVISITING RIVALRY: Last season the Twins went 50-26 vs. the AL Central, while the Tribe Runs Per Game 4.5 GONE IN 60 went 48-28...since 2015, the Tribe have a record of 232-151 inside the AL Central, while the Home Runs 3 Twins have the second-most wins at 199-184...last season the Twins went 9-10 head-to-head .222 MIN/WAS FRANCHISE RECORDS OVER THE RISP vs. the Tribe, going 4-6 at Target Field and 5-4 at Progressive...below was the AL Central Errors 0 FIRST 60 GAMES OF A SEASON (SINCE 1901) race during the 2019 season: HITS .................102, Heinie Manush, 1934 THRU GAMES OF JUNE 3 THRU GAMES OF AUGUST 12 END OF SEASON Team ERA 1.50 HOME RUNS .....22, Harmon Killebrew, 1959 Minnesota 40-18 - - Cleveland 72-47 - - Minnesota 101-61 - - Starters W-L 2-0 Cleveland 29-30 -11.5 Minnesota 71-47 -0.5 Cleveland 93-63 -8.0 RBI ....................... 63, Kirby Puckett, 1994 Starters ERA 1.80 XBH .................37, Eduardo Escobar, 2018 CASE OF THE RUNS: Twins have scored 36 runs on the season...below are the Twins/Senators Relievers W-L-S 0-0-2 RUNS .......................55, Cesar Tovar, 1970 franchise runs scored records through the fist five games of the season (since 1901): Relievers ERA 1.13 DOUBLES ........28, Chuck Knoblauch, 1994 YEAR RUNS YEAR RUNS Saves/Opps 2/2 1) 1902 (WAS) .....................................49 4) 2020 (MIN) ...........................................36 WALKS .......................70, Eddie Yost, 1956 THROUGH GAMES OF THIS DATE IN 2019 STOLEN BASES ........36, Clyde Milan, 1912 2) 1996 (MIN) ......................................39 1970 (MIN)............................................36 3) 1901 (WAS) .....................................37 1964 (MIN)............................................36