MINNESOTA TWINS (36-50) VS. DETROIT TIGERS (40-48) FRIDAY, JULY 9, 2021 - 7:10 P.M. (CT) - TV: BALLY SPORTS NORTH / RADIO: TIBN, WCCO, THE WOLF RHP Kenta Maeda (4-3, 5.03) vs. RHP Matt Manning (1-2, 7.94) GAME 87 HOME GAME 45 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 7/10 vs. Detroit RHP Bailey Ober (1-1, 4.85) vs. TBA 1:10 pm (CT) Bally Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None 7/11 vs. Detroit RHP José Berríos (7-3, 3.36) vs. RHP Wily Peralta (2-1, 2.14) 1:10 pm (CT) Bally Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / twinsbeisbol.com SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 2-2 through four games on their seven-game homestand, STREAKS going 1-2 vs. the White Sox this week, followed by a win over the Tigers last night...tonight Under Baldelli (since '19): .............173-135 Current Streak 1 win Home Record: ....................................19-25 they will continue their final homestand leading up to the break...after this weekend, Major Road Record: .....................................17-25 League Baseball will hold the All-Star Break in Colorado from July 12-15...the Twins have Last 5 games 3-2 Record in series: .............................. 7-17-4 gone 19-25 at home this season and 17-25 on the road. Last 10 games 3-7 Record in home series: .................... 3-10-1 Record in road series: ....................... 4-7-3 TWINS TAKE TIGERS IN QUICK FASHION: The Twins beat the Tigers last night by a score of 5-3, Last 15 games 6-9 Series Openers: ..................................13-16 scoring all five runs in innings 5-7...J.A. Happ (5-4) was the starter and winner, allowing three Last 20 games 10-10 Series Finales: ...................................13-15 runs on eight hits in 7.0 innings pitched - one out short of his season-high for innings (7.1, Rubber Games: .......................................5-8 4/23 vs. PIT)...the offense recorded six hits, two being home runs from Ryan Jeffers and Miguel TWINS VS. TIGERS Sweeps/Swept: .......................................2/3 Sanó...Jeffers' homer broke up Tarik Skubal's perfect game in the fifth inning...the game was April: .....................................................9-15 2021 Record: .........................................4-2 May: ....................................................13-16 played in 2 hours and 23 minutes, their second-fastest game of 2021 (2:17, 4/23 vs. PIT). Current Streak: ...................................1 win June: ...................................................11-14 2021 at Home: .......................................1-0 July: ........................................................3-5 TWINS AND TIGERS: The Twins and Tigers are playing the seventh of 19 games in 2021... August: ........................................................ Twins have gone 4-2 this season, going 1-0 at Target Field and 3-2 at Comerica Park...the 2021 at Detroit: .....................................3-2 September/October: ................................... Twins have won 10 of their last 13 over the Tigers, 15 of their last 21 and 18 of their last 25. All-Time Record: .........................468-421-1 Day Games: ........................................19-26 Tonight marks the second of eight straight against the Tigers as the Twins will travel to All-Time at Home: ..........................244-201 Night Games: ......................................17-24 ADetroit after the All-Star Break for a four-game series at Comerica Park from July 16-18 All-Time at Detroit: .....................224-220-1 vs. American League East: .....................6-7 with a doubleheader on the 16th. vs. American League Central: ............17-23 Twins are 9-1 in their last 10 against the Tigers at Target Field and are 15-4 in their 2021 Game Logs: vs. American League West: ..................9-16 Alast 19 here. vs. National League: ...............................4-4 Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Games vs. LH Starter: ........................11-20 Nelson Cruz is hitting .299 (128-for-428) with 21 doubles, 26 home runs, 76 RBI, 48 Awalks, a .535 slugging percentage and a .906 OPS in 113 career games against the 4/5 DET 15-6 Shoemaker/Ureña/Dobnak Games vs. RH Starter: ........................25-30 4/6 DET 3-4 (10) Soto/Robles Twins score first: ................................24-24 Tigers...his 26 home runs are the most among actives...since joining the Twins in 2019, Opponent scores first: .......................12-26 he is hitting .353 (42-for-119) with four doubles, nine home runs, 23 RBI and a 1.010 4/7 DET 3-2 Maeda/Boyd/Colomé Come-from-behind wins: ........................ 14 OPS in 30 games vs. Detroit. 5/7 DET 7-3 Shoemaker/Skubal Leading after 7/8 inn.: ................29-4/29-4 Andrelton Simmons is hitting .330 (37-for-112) with eight doubles, one home run, 14 RBI, 5/8 DET 3-7 Fulmer/Duffey Trailing after 7/8 inn.: .................3-33/1-33 A14 walks, a .403 on-base percentage and an .832 OPS in 32 career games vs. the Tigers. 5/9 DET **PPD** Tied after 7/8 inn.: ...........................3-8/5-8 Extra-innings: .........................................4-8 7/8 MIN 5-3 Happ/Skubal/Rogers 1-run games: ......................................12-12 LUEY LEADOFF: Luis Arraez is hitting .331 (55-for-166) with eight doubles, four triples, 14 7/9 MIN 7:10 pm (CT) Twins out-hit opp.: ................................26-7 RBI, 30 runs scored, 16 walks and a .392 on-base percentage out of the leadoff spot...he leads the team with 41 starts out of that spot, including 11 of the Twins' last 16 games...among 7/10 MIN 1:10 pm (CT) Opp. out-hit Twins: ...............................7-37 7/11 MIN 1:10 pm (CT) Twins/Opp. have = hits: ..........................3-6 all American League players, he ranks first in batting average from the top spot in the lineup Run Differential: ....................-67 (396-463) and second in on-base percentage, trailing the Angels' Justin Upton (.417). 7/16 DET **1:10 pm (CT) Twins get Quality Start: ........................15-6 6:10 pm (CT) Twins starter goes 6+ IP: ....................19-8 I AM LEGEND: Nelson Cruz ranks third among actives in home runs, trailing Albert Pujols and 7/17 DET 5:10 pm (CT) Most games over .500: .......................3, 4/8 Miguel Cabrera...he also ranks fourth in RBI and sixth in hits: 7/18 DET 12:10 pm (CT) Most games under .500: ..... 15, 3x, last 7/8 Longest win-streak: ....................5, 6/16-21 HOME RUNS RBI HITS 7/26 MIN 7:10 pm (CT) Longest losing-streak: ... 5, 3x, last 6/29-7/3 1) Albert Pujols..................673 1) Albert Pujols ...............2,132 1) Albert Pujols ...........3,279 7/27 MIN 7:10 pm (CT) When Twins score 4+: ........................29-17 2) Miguel Cabrera ............494 2) Miguel Cabrera ..........1,761 2) Miguel Cabrera ......2,926 7/28 MIN 12:10 pm (CT) When Twins score 3-: ...........................7-33 3) Nelson Cruz ..................435 3) Robinson Canó ...........1,302 3) Robinson Canó .......2,624 9/28 MIN 6:40 pm (CT) Twins get 10+ hits: .............................15-14 4) Robinson Canó ..............334 4) Nelson Cruz ...............1,197 4) Yadier Molina..........2,062 Days in First Place .................................... 7 5) Giancarlo Stanton .........327 5) Evan Longoria.............1,073 5) Joey Votto ................1,962 9/29 MIN 6:40 pm (CT) Days in Second Place ............................... 2 6) Justin Upton ..................321 6) Ryan Zimmerman .......1,039 6) Nelson Cruz ...........1,856 9/30 MIN 6:40 pm (CT) Days in Third Place ................................... 7 Days in Fourth Place ............................... 54 KEPLER HEATING: Max Kepler has reached base safely in eight-straight games, hitting .296 CURRENT HOMESTAND (2-2) Days in Fifth Place .................................. 32 Batting average .234 Walk-Off W/L: .........................................4/5 (8-for-27) with two doubles, three home runs, five RBI, four walks, a .387 on-base percentage Shutouts W/L: .........................................3/3 and a 1.091 OPS in that span. Runs Per Game 3.75 Complete Games: ........................................ Home Runs 5 Attendance High: ......... 20,321, 7/5 vs. CWS FOR STARTERS: The last full time through the rotation (beginning with Kenta Maeda's start RISP .167 Attendance Total: ........................... 557,985 on July 4 at Kansas City), Twins starters have gone 3-2, 2.67 ERA (30.1 IP, 9 ER) with just Attendance Average: ........................ 12,976 two home runs allowed, eight walks, 39 strikeouts and a .227 opponent batting average. Errors 5 Target Field Sellouts - 2021/All-Time: ... 8/181 MIGGY TIME: Miguel Sanó is hitting .333 (11-for-33) with three doubles, two home runs, three Team ERA 4.00 RECENT TRANSACTIONS RBI, four walks, a .405 on-base percentage and a 1.011 OPS in his last 11 games, including Starters W-L 2-2 7/7 RHP Pineda returned from rehab just eight strikeouts (37 total plate appearances)...in that span (since June 21), he ranks Starters ERA 3.20 fourth in baseball in average exit velocity at 96.7 mph, trailing Yordan Alvarez (98.1), Vladimir assignment and reinstated from 10-day IL Guerrero Jr. (97.7) and Joey Gallo (97.4). Relievers W-L-S 0-0-2 RHP Jax optioned to AAA Relievers ERA 5.40 7/5 RHP Shoemaker cleared outright waivers YOUTH MOVEMENT: A pair of rookie numbers since June 4. Saves/Opps 2/2 and accepted AAA assignment Alex Kirilloff has hit safely in 21 of his last 26 games, hitting .289 (28-for-97) with five 7/1 RHP Shoemaker designated for release Adoubles, three home runs, 13 RBI, six walks and an .790 OPS in that span...since June 4, MLB TEAM HOME RUN LEADERS or assignment he ranks third among all rookies in baseball in average and fifth in OPS. Toronto ................................................128 RHP Law contract selected from AAA Trevor Larnach has hit safely in 20 of his last 28 games, hitting .287 (29-for-101) with San Francisco ......................................127 Afour doubles, four home runs, 13 RBI and an .800 OPS in that span...since June 4, he 6/25 RHP placed on 10-day IL Minnesota ...........................................124 Farrell ranks fifth in both batting average and OPS among MLB rookies.