MINNESOTA TWINS (59-74) AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES (76-56) FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2014 - 7:05 (ET) - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK Trevor May (R, 0-3, 8.79) vs. Miguel Gonzalez (R, 6-7, 3.75) GAME 134 ROAD GAME 68 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 8/30 at Baltimore Kyle Gibson (R, 11-10, 4.31) vs. Chris Tillman (R, 11-5, 3.41) 6:05 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN 8/31 at Baltimore Ricky Nolasco (R, 5-9, 5.62) vs. Wei-Yen Chen (L, 13-4, 3.74) 12:35 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN 9/1 at Baltimore Phil Hughes (R, 14-9, 3.70) vs. Kevin Gausman (R, 7-6, 3.84) 12:35 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 began their seven-game road trip by going 1-2 in Kansas City, win- STREAKS ning the series finale last night...tonight the Twins will make their first and only trip of 2014 Record: ..........................................59-74 to Baltimore, playing four here, through Monday...the Twins have gone 30-37 on the road Current Streak: ..................................1 win Home Record: ................................29-37 Last 5 games: ........................................1-4 Road Record: .................................30-37 this season, going 4-3 in their last seven and 12-10 in their last 22 away from Target Field. Record in series: ........................17-21-5 Last 10 games: ......................................4-6 Series Openers: .............................15-28 EXTRA! EXTRA! TWINS LOVE THE 10TH!: The Twins beat the Royals last night by a score of Last 15 games: ......................................6-9 Series Finales: ...............................23-20 11-5 in 10 innings, their fifth extra-innings win this season (5-5)...Tommy Milone made his Last 20 games: ....................................8-12 Rubber Games: ................................12-4 fourth start as a Twin, allowing four runs on nine hits in 5.1 innings pitched but did not Sweeps/Swept: .................................. 3/6 factor into the decision...the Twins scored six runs in the 10th inning, according to Elias, TWINS VS. BALTIMORE March/April: ...................................12-12 the Twins are 15-4 (.789) in extra inning games against the Royals over the last 10 seasons 2014 Record: .........................................2-1 May: ...............................................13-16 Current Streak: ................................. 2 wins June: ..............................................12-16 (2005 to date), the second-best record by one team against another in extra-inning games July: ................................................11-15 in that time frame, among teams that have played at least a dozen bonus-frame games; the 2014 at Home: .......................................2-1 August: ...........................................11-15 Orioles are 12-3 (.800) against the Red Sox in extras since 2005...Brian Dozier, Kurt Suzuki 2014 at Baltimore: ....................................... September: .............................................. and Jordan Schafer each had three hits, marking the fourth time this season the Twins have All-Time Record: ........................... 275-321 vs. American League East: ..............13-15 had three players with three-plus hits. All-Time at Home: ..........................148-152 vs. American League Central: .........28-30 All-Time at Baltimore:....................127-169 vs. American League West: .............11-19 LAND OF 10,000 JACKS: The Twins (since 1961)/Senators (since 1901) franchise has hit vs. National League: ..........................7-10 2014 Game Logs: Games vs. LH Starter:......................18-25 9,999 home runs, needing one to reach 10,000 and become the 16th franchise to ever reach Games vs. RH Starter: .....................41-49 that mark...Harmon Killebrew (1954-1974) tallied the most with 559 while Kent Hrbek’s Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Twins score first: .............................40-26 (1981-1994) 293 rank as the second highest total...the Twins have contributed 7,213 of 5/2 MIN 0-3 Jimenez/Nolasco/Hunter Opp. scores first: .............................19-48 those homers while the Senators hit 2,786. 5/3 MIN 6-1 Correia/Chen Come-from-behind wins: .....................29 The Twins have not hit a home run in six games, their last being last Friday against Detroit 5/4 MIN 5-2 Hughes/Gonzalez/Perkins Leading after 7/8 inn.: ..............41-4/44-3 A when Arcia and Plouffe hit back-to-back eighth inning homers...six games marks their longest 8/29 BAL Trailing after 7/8 inn.: .............8-64/6-64 drought since not homering in seven straight August 18-24, 2012. 8/30 BAL Tied after 7/8 inn.: ......................10-6/9-7 8/31 BAL Extra-innings: ......................................5-5 1-run games: ...................................17-20 DOUBLE DAYS: The Twins have hit 29 doubles in their last eight games, recording at least 9/1 BAL Twins out-hit opp.: ...........................35-10 four doubles in five of those eight...the Twins lead baseball this month with 66 doubles, Opp. out-hit Twins: .........................16-60 ahead of second-pace Pittsburgh (55)...the Twins have 264 doubles this season, second ROAD TRIP (1-2) Twins/Opp. have = hits: .......................8-4 most in baseball, trailing only Detroit (270). Batting Average ............ .231 (24-for-104) Twins get Quality Start: ...................41-14 Trevor Plouffe ranks second in the AL with 38 doubles and Eduardo Escobar ranks tied for Twins starter goes 6+ IP:................44-30 A Runs Per-Game ...................4.3 (13 R/3 G) sixth with 33, combining for 71...only two other pairs of teammates have combined for more Home Runs .............................................0 Most games over .500: ..................2, 5/23 doubles: Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera (42) and Ian Kinsler (33) who have 75 and Milwaukee’s Most games under .500: ..............16, 8/28 Jonathan Lucroy (44) and Khris Davis (34), who have 78. RISP .................................. .346 (9-for-26) Longest winning-streak: ......... 4, 6/19-22 Fielding Errors ........................................1 Longest losing-streak: ........5, 2x, 6/24-28 When Twins score 4+: .....................48-32 BIRD WATCHERS: Joe Mauer is a career .344 (67-for-195) hitter against the Orioles, with Team ERA .................4.50 (26.0 IP, 13 ER) When Twins score 3-: ......................11-42 15 doubles, five home runs, 31 RBI, 30 runs scored and a .405 on-base percentage in 52 Starters W-L ....................................... 0-1 Team-high hits: .................23, 8/3 at CWS games...his .344 batting average ranks fourth best all-time among actives, while his .405 Starters ERA ...............3.60 (20.0 IP, 8 ER) Team-high runs: ............. 20, 8/22 vs. DET on-base percentage ranks fifth...Trevor Plouffe is hitting .318 (21-for-66) in 18 career games Relievers W-L-S ...............................1-1-0 Opp.-high hits: .................... 19, 6/14 at DET against Baltimore. Opp.-high runs: ................ 14, 6/8 vs. HOU Relievers ERA ...............7.50 (6.0 IP, 5 ER) Twins get 10+ hits: ..........................28-20 Save/Opportunities ..............................0/2 Walk-Off W/L: ......................................5-6 YOU AGAIN: The Twins last played Baltimore in a three game series May 2-4 at Target Field, Shutouts W/L: ....................................7/10 winning the second and third games, out-scoring the O’s in those three games 11-6...Twins Complete Games: ..2, last 6/17 Hughes at BOS pitchers in that series posted a 2.00 ERA (27.0 IP, 6 ER) with two walks and 15 strikeouts; starters posted a 2.42 ERA (22.1 IP, 6 ER)... Target Field Sellouts (’14/All-Time): ....... -/152 Kurt Suzuki went 5-for-10 (.500) with three doubles and Brian Dozier went 5-for-11 (.455). RECENT TRANSACTIONS CHARM CITY: The Twins are making their first trip to Baltimore since April 5-7, 2013 when they opened their road schedule that season 7/24 RHP Pressly recalled from AAA — taking games two and three of the three-game series...in 2012, they opened their season in Baltimore...since 2002, the Twins have RHP Pryor acquired, reports to AAA a record of 24-21 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, out-scoring the Orioles 216-181 in that span. INF Morales traded to Seattle INF Polanco recalled from Single-A HEY ROOKIE: Danny Santana leads all rookies in baseball this month with 38 hits, ahead of teammate Kennys Vargas (34)...the 38 hits 7/25 RHP Darnell recalled from AAA tie Boston’s Brock Holt for most by a rookie in any month this season, Holt doing it in June...another hit for Santana will mark the most INF Polanco optioned to AA for any rookie since Yasiel Puig had 44 in June of 2013...Santana and Vargas have combined for 72 hits, the first rookie teammates to 7/31 LHP Milone acquired via trade with combine for 72 hits in one month since May of 2006 when Dan Uggla (42) and Hanley Ramirez (30) did it for Florida. OAK, in exchange for OF Fuld, Milone optioned to AAA AIR JORDAN: Jordan Schafer has hit safely in eight straight games, batting .444 (12-for-27) with three doubles, one triple, eight RBI, 1B Vargas recalled from AA eight runs scored, six walks and a .545 on-base percentage in that span...this streak ties his career-high, done April 22-30, 2012 with 8/3 OF Schafer claimed off waivers from ATL Houston...his streak is tied with Austin Jackson and Jose Abreu for third longest active streak in the AL, trailing Erick Aybar (13) and LHP optioned to AAA Steve Pearce (11)...Schafer is hitting .328 (21-for-64) with a .411 on-base percentage in 21 games as a Twin (claimed off waivers Darnell August 3); he was hitting .163 (13-for-80) with a .256 on-base percentage with Atlanta earlier this season. 8/9 RHP May recalled from AAA Since joining the Twins he is 10-for-11 in stolen base attempts...he is 25-for-28 on the season for a 89.3% success rate, the ninth highest 1B/DH Colabello optioned to AAA A in baseball.