@Twins l www.twinspressbox.com l #MNTwins MINNESOTA TWINS (10-3) AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS (4-10) FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2020 - 7:05 P.M. (CT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH / RADIO: TIBN, WCCO, THE WOLF LHP Devin Smeltzer (1-0, 11.57) vs. RHP Jakob Junis (0-0, 4.15) GAME 14 ROAD GAME 6 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 8/8 at Kansas City RHP Jake Odorizzi (2020 Debut) vs. LHP Danny Duffy (0-2, 4.11) 6:05 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None 8/9 at Kansas City TBA vs. RHP Brady Singer (0-1, 4.80) 1:05 pm (CT) Fox Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / twinsbeisbol.com SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 1-1 through two games on their current eight-game roadtrip... STREAKS tonight they will begin a three-game series at Kauffman Stadium...after this series the Twins Under Baldelli (since '19) ..............111-64 Current Streak 1 loss Home Record:.......................................7-1 will travel to Milwaukee for three against the Brewers from Monday-Wednesday. Road Record:........................................3-2 The original 2020 schedule would have the Twins in the second of four at Kansas City. Last 5 games 4-1 Record in series: .............................. 4-0-1 A Last 10 games 8-2 Series Openers: ....................................4-1 TWINS GET BEAT IN THE 'BURGH: The Twins lost to the Pirates yesterday afternoon by a score Last 15 games Series Finales:......................................4-1 of 6-5, suffering their first walk-off loss of the season...Kenta Maeda was the starter but Last 20 games Rubber Games: .....................................1-0 did not factor into the decision, allowing three runs on three hits in 6.0 innings pitched... Sweeps/Swept: .....................................2/0 July:.......................................................5-2 Taylor Rogers blew the save, allowing two runs on three hits in the ninth inning...the offense TWINS VS. ROYALS August:..................................................5-1 recorded nine hits, three from Jorge Polanco...Miguel Sanó (3), Eddie Rosario (3) and Byron 2019 Record: .......................................14-5 September/October:.................................. Buxton (1) each homered. Current Streak: .................................. 1 loss Day Games:...........................................3-2 Yesterday marked the first time since the advent of Interleague Play that the Twins hit 2019 at Home: .......................................8-2 Night Games: ........................................7-1 A three-or-more homers in a road IL game and lost. 2019 at Kansas City: ..............................6-3 vs. American League Central: ..............5-2 All-Time Record: ............................418-391 vs. National League Central: ................5-1 HOT START: The Twins are 10-3 through 13 games, marking the sixth time in Twins/Senators Games vs. LH Starter:...........................1-1 All-Time at Home: ..........................223-179 franchise history (since 1901) that they have won 10 games in their first 13: All-Time at Kansas City: .................195-212 Games vs. RH Starter: ..........................9-2 TEAM RECORD Twins score first: ..................................9-1 Minnesota, 2020 .............................................................................................................................10-3 2019 Game Logs: Opponent scores first:..........................1-2 Washington, 1930 ...........................................................................................................................10-3 Come-from-behind wins: ........................ 1 Washington, 1925 ...........................................................................................................................10-3 Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Leading after 7/8 inn.:...................9-1/9-1 Washington, 1951 ...........................................................................................................................10-3 4/2 KC 5-4 Hildenberger/Boxberger/Parker Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ...................0-2/0-2 Minnesota, 1972 .............................................................................................................................10-3 4/3 KC 7-6 May/Peralta/Parker Tied after 7/8 inn.: .........................1-0/1-0 Minnesota, 2001 .............................................................................................................................10-3 6/14 MIN 2-0 Gibson/Diekman/Rogers Extra-innings: ............................................ NOTE: Twins have gone 11-3 in their first 14 three times in Twins/Senators franchise history, doing so 1-run games: ........................................1-1 6/15 MIN 5-4 Odorizzi/Sparkman/Rogers in 1930, 1972, 2001. They’ve gone 10-4 in their first 14 games seven times, doing so in 1913, 1925, 6/16 MIN 6-8 López/Pérez/Kennedy Twins out-hit opp.: ................................7-1 1932, 1951, 1970, 1987 and 2010. Opp. out-hit Twins: ...............................2-2 6/20 KC 1-4 Sparkman/Odorizzi/Kennedy Twins/Opp. have = hits: ........................1-0 6/21 KC 8-7 Harper/Diekman/Rogers Run Differential: .....................+29 (68-39) MINNESOTA WINS: Below are the win leaders/win percentage in Major League Baseball: 6/22 KC 5-3 (10) May/Peralta/Parker Twins get Quality Start: ........................3-1 TEAM W-L WINNING % 6/23 KC 1-6 Bailey/Pineda/McCarthy Twins starter goes 6+ IP: ....................3-1 Miami ....................................................................6-1 ................................................................... .857 Minnesota ............................................................10-3 .................................................................. .769 8/2 MIN 11-9 May/Lovelady/Romo Most games over .500: .....................8, 8/6 8/3 MIN 11-3 Gibson/Duffy Most games under .500:............................ Chicago-NL ..........................................................10-3 .................................................................. .769 Longest win-streak: ................6, 7-31-8/5 Colorado ................................................................9-3 ................................................................... .750 8/4 MIN 3-0 Smeltzer/Keller/Rogers Longest losing-streak: .........1, 3x, last 8/6 New York-AL ..........................................................9-3 ................................................................... .750 9/19 MIN 8-5 Thorpe/Barnes/Rogers When Twins score 4+: ..........................7-1 9/20 MIN 4-3 Dobnak/Skoglund/May When Twins score 3-: ...........................3-2 TWINS AND ROYALS: The Twins are playing the Royals for the first of 10 times in 2020...after 9/21 MIN 5-12 Rosario/Rogers Twins get 10+ hits: ...............................2-0 these three at Kauffman, they will host the Royals at Target Field for three August 14-16 9/22 MIN 12-8 Littell/López Days in First Place ................................ 12 then come back to KC for three August 21-23...the Twins went 14-5 against the Royals last 9/27 KC 6-2 Berríos/Skoglund Days in Second Place.............................. 2 season...14 wins tied their best mark in a single season over the Royals, matching their 9/28 KC 4-3 Duffey/Barnes/Rogers Days in Third Place ................................... 2002 total of 14-5. 9/29 KC 4-5 Kennedy/Graterol Days in Fourth Place ................................. Max Kepler is hitting .325 (25-for-77) with three home runs, 13 RBI, 16 walks and a Days in Fifth Place .................................... A.436 OBP in his last 22 games vs. the Royals...he is hitting .333 (6-for-18) with one CURRENT ROADTRIP (1-1) Walk-Off W/L: .......................................1/1 double, one triple, one home run and two RBI off Jakob Junis. Batting average .232 Shutouts W/L: .......................................2/0 Nelson Cruz has 10 career home runs and 32 career RBI in 41 games at Kauffman Complete Games ....................................... AStadium..he has eight homers and 20 RBI in his last 10 vs. KC. Runs Per Game 5.00 Home Runs 4 GONE IN 60 Byron Buxton is hitting .429 (3-for-7) with a home run, one RBI and one walk vs. Junis. ATwins have homered 16 of their last 17 against the Royals, including each of their last RISP .364 MIN/WAS FRANCHISE RECORDS OVER THE Afive, dating back to June 14, 2019...totaling 33 homers in that span. Errors 0 FIRST 60 GAMES OF A SEASON (SINCE 1901) Twins have 178 wins at Kauffman Stadium, the most for any single opponent in the HITS .................102, Heinie Manush, 1934 Aballpark's history. Team ERA 4.15 HOME RUNS .....22, Harmon Killebrew, 1959 Starters W-L 1-0 RBI ....................... 63, Kirby Puckett, 1994 SOCIAL DISTANCING BASEBALLS: Twins have homered in 10 of 13 games this season...only Starters ERA 2.08 XBH .................37, Eduardo Escobar, 2018 non-homer games came on July 30 vs. Cleveland, August 3 vs. Pittsburgh and August 4 Relievers W-L-S 0-1-0 RUNS .......................55, Cesar Tovar, 1970 vs. Pittsburgh...they have hit 20 bombas this season, fourth most in baseball, trailing New Relievers ERA 8.44 DOUBLES ........28, Chuck Knoblauch, 1994 York-AL (24), Los Angeles-AL (22) and Los Angeles-NL (22). Saves/Opps 0/1 WALKS .......................70, Eddie Yost, 1956 20 homers are the club record for the first 13 games in a season, passing 17, done in A2004, 2019 and 1982. STOLEN BASES ........36,