MINNESOTA TWINS (63-86) VS. DETROIT TIGERS (83-66) MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 - 7:10 (CT) - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK Anthony Swarzak (R, 3-1, 3.95) vs. Max Scherzer (R, 16-5, 3.19) GAME 150 HOME GAME 73 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 9/16 vs. Detroit Ricky Nolasco (R, 5-11, 5.64) vs. Rick Porcello (R, 15-11, 3.23) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN / LMB: BOB FM 9/17 vs. Detroit Kyle Gibson (R, 11-11, 4.58) vs. David Price (L, 14-11, 3.26) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN 9/18 OFF DAY Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. TWINS AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: Finished their six-game road trip with a win in the series finale in Chicago, STREAKS ending with a 2-4 record...today they begin their final homestand of the season with the first Record: .........................................63-86 of three against Detroit, thru Wednesday...the Twins will then have their final scheduled off Current Streak: ..................................1 win Home Record: ...............................30-42 Last 5 games: ........................................1-4 Road Record: ................................33-44 day on Thursday followed by three with Cleveland (Friday-Sunday) and three with Arizona Record in series: ...................... 17-25-6 (Monday-Wednesday)...the Twins are 30-42 at home this season, losing each of their last Last 10 games: ......................................2-8 Series Openers: ............................16-32 four here and seven of their last eight. Last 15 games: ....................................4-11 Series Finales: ..............................26-22 Last 20 games: ....................................5-15 Rubber Games: ...............................12-5 ROAD TRIP FINALE WIN: The Twins took the series finale against the White Sox with a 6-4 Sweeps/Swept: .................................3/7 win...they finished their six-game road trip with a 2-4 record and finished the season series TWINS VS. DETROIT March/April: ..................................12-12 with the White Sox with a 10-9 record, their second straight winning season series against the 2014 Record: .........................................6-6 May: ..............................................13-16 White Sox...Trevor May (3-4) was the starter and winner allowing three runs in 6.0 innings... June: .............................................12-16 Current Streak: ...............................3 losses July: ...............................................11-15 Casey Fien recorded his 26th hold, Jared Burton recorded his 14th hold and Glen Perkins 2014 at Home: ......................................3-3 August: ..........................................11-18 converted his 34th save of the season...four Twins had multi-hit games, while Trevor Plouffe 2014 at Detroit: .....................................3-3 September: .......................................4-9 and Jordan Schafer each homered. All-Time Record: .........................405-366-1 vs. American League East: ...........14-18 All-Time at Home: ..........................213-174 vs. American League Central: ......31-35 SINCE AUGUST 1: The Twins have scored 217 runs, the most in baseball, ahead of Detroit .....................192-192-1 vs. American League West: ..........11-23 (212)...additionally, since that date, they lead baseball in doubles (94), rank third in batting All-Time at Detroit: vs. National League: .......................7-10 average (.271) and hits (401) and tied for third in on-base percentage (.333) with Detroit. 2014 Game Logs: Games vs. LH Starter: ...................20-30 • Danny Santana ranks second in the AL with 32 runs scored and sixth in batting average (.320). Games vs. RH Starter: ..................43-56 Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Twins score first: ..........................43-29 • Joe Mauer ranks fifth in the AL in on-base percentage (.396) and Brian Dozier ranks 10th (.374). • Kennys Vargas ranks third in the AL in RBI (35), trailing Victor Martinez (40) and Chris 4/25 MIN 6-10 Porcello/Correia Opp. scores first: ..........................20-57 4/26 MIN 5-3 Hughes/Ortega/Perkins Come-from-behind wins: .................. 30 Carter (36)...Trevor Plouffe and Oswaldo Arcia are tied for sixth (31). Leading after 7/8 inn.: ...........47-6/53-3 • Brian Dozier ranks second in the AL in doubles (13) and Trevor Plouffe is tied for seventh (11). 4/27 MIN PPD* Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ...........6-70/3-75 • Oswaldo Arcia is tied for third in the AL in home runs (10). 5/ 9 DET 2-1 Hughes/Verlander/Perkins Tied after 7/8 inn.: .................10-10/7-8 • Dozier is tied with Carlos Santana for most walks in the AL (29) and Mauer ranks sixth (22). 5/10 DET 3-9 Scherzer/Gibson Extra-innings: ...................................5-7 5/11 DET 4-3 Burton/Chamberlain/Perkins 1-run games: ................................18-24 PERKINS CLOSING IN: Glen Perkins saved his 88th career game yesterday, tying him with 6/13 DET 2-0 Gibson/Smyly/Perkins Twins out-hit opp.: ........................37-12 6/14 DET 7-12 Sanchez/Deduno/Krol Opp. out-hit Twins:........................18-70 Al Worthington for sixth most saves in club history: Twins/Opp. have = hits: ....................8-4 PLAYER SAVES PLAYER SAVES 6/15 DET 3-4 Nathan/Fien Twins get Quality Start: ................43-17 1) Joe Nathan ......................................260 5) Jeff Reardon ...................................... 104 8/22 MIN 20-6 Pressly/Ray Twins starter goes 6+ IP: .............46-33 2) Rick Aguilera ...................................254 6) Glen Perkins ....................................... 88 8/23 MIN 12-4 Pino/Farmer Most games over .500: ............... 2, 5/23 3) Eddie Guardado ...............................116 Al Worthington ..................................... 88 MIN* 6-8 Verlander/May/Nathan Most games under .500: ...........24, 9/14 4) Ron Davis ........................................108 8/24 MIN 4-13 Scherzer/Gibson Longest winning-streak: ......... 4, 6/19-22 Longest losing-streak: ......5, 2x, 6/24-28 9/15 MIN TWINS AND TIGERS: The Twins are hosting the Tigers for the third time this season; they split 9/16 MIN When Twins score 4+: ..................52-38 their first meeting at Target Field April 25-26 (postponed game April 27)...they split their When Twins score 3-: ...................11-48 second meeting 2-2 here August 22-24...overall on the season, they are 6-6 against Detroit... 9/17 MIN Team-high hits:...............23, 8/3 at CWS 9/25 DET Against Tiger pitching this season: Jordan Schafer hitting .429 (6-for-14), Kennys Vargas Team-high runs: ...........20, 8/22 vs. DET • 9/26 DET Opp.-high hits: ... 19, 2x, last 9/7 vs. LAA hitting .421 (8-for-19), Eduardo Escobar hitting .410 (16-for-39), Danny Santana hitting Opp.-high runs: ..............14, 6/8 vs. HOU .341 (15-for-44), Trevor Plouffe hitting .333 (10-for-30), Brian Dozier hitting .314 (11-for-35). 9/27 DET Twins get 10+ hits: .......................29-24 • The Twins have scored 76 runs against the Tigers this season for an average of 6.33 9/28 DET Walk-Off W/L: ...................................5-7 runs-per-game, their most against any AL opponent. Shutouts W/L: .................................7/11 ROAD TRIP (2-4) Complete Games: ..2, last 6/17 Hughes at BOS Target Field Sellouts (’14/All-Time): .......-/152 MAUER AND THE TIGERS: Joe Mauer is hitting .315 (173-for-550), with 27 doubles, 13 home Batting Average ............ .219 (42-for-192) runs, 78 RBI, 90 runs scored and 86 walks in 149 career games against Detroit...among Runs Per-Game ...................3.2 (19 R/6 G) RECENT TRANSACTIONS all active players, he ranks second in walks (Konerko - 105), third in on-base percentage Home Runs .............................................5 (.406), fourth in hits and runs. RISP ................................ .297 (11-for-37) 8/9 RHP May recalled from AAA Fielding Errors ........................................3 1B/DH Colabello optioned to AAA BATS ON TARGET: The Twins are hitting .258 (633-for-2454) with 4.58 runs-per-game at 8/9 Traded RHP Correia to Dodgers in home this season, compared to .246 (656-for-2667) with 4.18 runs-per-game on the road...in Team ERA .................4.65 (50.1 IP, 26 ER) exchange for PTBNL their last 10 home games, the Twins are hitting .324 (122-for-377) with 7.5 runs-per-game... Starters W-L ....................................... 2-3 8/11 RHP Adams acquired via trade with Danny Santana is hitting .387 (24-for-62) in his last 14 home games...Kennys Vargas is Starters ERA .............5.29 (32.1 IP, 19 ER) KC, in exchange for OF Willingham, hitting .347 (17-for-49) with 14 RBI in his last 11 home games. Relievers W-L-S ...............................0-1-2 Adams optioned AA Relievers ERA .............3.50 (18.0 IP, 7 ER) 8/15 RHP returned from rehab PLOUFFE, THERE IT IS: Trevor Plouffe is hitting .290 (42-for-145) with 11 doubles, seven Save/Opportunities ..............................2/4 Nolasco home runs, 31 RBI, 16 walks and a .364 on-base percentage in his last 38 games...ad- and reinstated from DL. ditionally, he is hitting .375 (15-for-40) with runners in scoring position in his last 30 games. RHP Pino optioned to AAA 8/23 RHP Pino recalled from AAA (26th man) ON THIS DAY IN TWINS HISTORY: In 2002, the Twins clinched the American League Central Division title with a 5-0 win at Progressive RHP Pino optioned to AAA (26th man) Field, marking the Twins first playoff appearance since 1991. 8/30 RHP Deduno claimed by Astros 8/31 LHP Thompson selected from AAA WHAT REMAINS: After today, the Twins will have 12 games remaining on their 2014 regular season schedule...the remaining games are 8/31 LHP Ibarra outrighted to AA as follows: hosting Detroit for two more // off day September 18 // hosting Cleveland for three September 19-21 // hosting Arizona for 9/2 IF Bernier contract selected from AAA three September 22-24 // at Detroit for four September 25-28 >> in all, nine home games, four road games and one off-day yet to go.