STREAKS. CURRENT ROADTRIP (1-3) Batting average.239 Runs Per Game 4.5 Home Runs 1 RISP.314 Errors 4

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1 MINNESOT TWINS (79-74) T DETROIT TIGERS (62-91) FRIDY, SEPTEMBER 22, :10 PM (ET) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH RDIO: TRESURE ISLND BSEBLL NETWORK Kyle Gibson (R, 11-10, 5.07) vs. Daniel Norris (L, 4-7, 5.38) GME 154 ROD GME 76 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 9/23 at Detroit Ervin Santana (R, 15-8, 3.34) vs. Matthew Boyd (L, 6-10, 5.33) 5:10 pm Fox Sports North Go 96.3-TIBN / None 9/24 at Detroit José Berríos (R, 12-8, 3.94) vs. Buck Farmer (R, 4-4, 7.11) 11:10 am Fox Sports North Go 96.3-TIBN / La Raza 9/25 OFF DY Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. ll game times are listed as Central. TWINS T GLNCE Record: Home Record: Road Record: Record in series: Series Openers: Series Finales: Rubber Games: Sweeps/Swept:... 10/5 pril: May: June: July: ugust: September/October: Day Games: Night Games: vs. merican League East: vs. merican League Central: vs. merican League West: vs. National League: Games vs. LH Starter: Games vs. RH Starter: Twins score first: Opponent scores first: Come-from-behind wins:...35 Leading after 7/8 inn.: /74-4 Trailing after 7/8 inn.: /3-66 Tied after 7/8 inn.: /2-4 Extra-innings: run games: Twins out-hit opp.: Opp. out-hit Twins: Twins/Opp. have = hits: Run Differential:...+8 ( ) Twins get Quality Start: Twins starter goes 6+ IP: Most games over.500:... 8, 9/15 Most games under.500:... 4, last 8/6 Longest win-streak:...6, 8/6-11 Longest losing-streak:...4, 3x, last 6/16-18 When Twins score 4+: When Twins score 3-: Twins get 10+ hits: Days in First Place...50 Days in Second Place...84 Days in Third Place...25 Days in Fourth Place...5 Days in Fifth Place... Walk-Off W/L:... 5/6 Shutouts W/L:... 11/2 CG s... 6, last, Colón, 8/4 vs. TEX Target Field Sellouts ( 17/ll-Time):... 1/160 RECENT TRNSCTIONS 9/14 IF Vielma claimed off waivers by SF 9/13 LHP Mejía returned from rehab and reinstated from DL 9/12 LHP Moya contract selected IF Vielma designated for release or assignment 9/5 OF Grossman returned from rehab and reinstated from DL RHP Tonkin contract selected RHP Chargois recalled from and transferred to 60-day DL LHP Enns returned from rehab assgn. and optioned to LHP Mejia rehab assgn. transf. to 9/4 RHP Slegers recalled from 9/3 C Castro reinstated from 7-day DL 9/1 IF/OF Goodrum contract selected LHP Santiago transferred to 60-day DL LHP Boshers recalled from LHP Turley recalled from 8/24 C Castro placed on 7-day DL OF Granite recalled from 8/23 RHP Curtiss contract selected RHP Melville designated for release or assignment THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 1-3 through four games on their 10-game, three-city roadtrip...tonight they will play the second of four at Comerica Park...following his series, the Twins will travel to Cleveland for three games in four days (off-day Monday)..the Twins are at home and on the road...they are in their last 44. TWINS CRUSH TIGERS, WIN 40TH ON ROD: The Twins beat the Tigers last night by a score of 12-1, marking their 40th road win, their second time reaching 40 road wins since 2010 (41-40)...dalberto Mejía was the starter but did not factor into the decision, allowing one run on four hits in 4.2 innings pitched...the offense recorded 14 hits and went 8-for-18 with runners in scoring position. Joe Mauer recorded his 400th career double in the sixth inning...he scored his 850th career run in the fourth inning, tying him with Rod Carew for third on the Twins all-time list; the club leaders are Kirby Puckett (1,071) and Harmon Killebrew (1,047). IT'S GETTING WILD: L Wild Card as of ugust 1 (left) and L Wild Card (right) now: W L PCT GB W L PCT GB New York New York Kansas City Minnesota Tampa Bay Los ngeles Seattle Texas Baltimore Kansas City Los ngeles Seattle Minnesota Tampa Bay NOTBLES: Los ngeles visits Houston for three games this weekend; ngels have lost four straight...texas visits Oakland for three over the weekend; Texas has won four straight...kansas City visits Chicago-L for three over the weekend; they are 2-4 at Chicago this season. MESURING THE METRICS - THEIR CSE FOR GOLD: Revised Zone Rating (RZR) measures the proportion of balls hit into a fielder s zone that he successfully converted into an out...rzr measures a player s range, taking three things into account: the amount of Balls In Zone a player receives, a player s total Plays Made, and a player s total amount of Out Of Zone Plays Made...it is, essentially, a simplified version of UZR and similar to Defensive Efficiency...for context: = Excellent, = Great, = bove verage, = verage...below are where Mauer, Dozier and Buxton rank in their respective positions in the L: FIRST BSE SECOND BSE OUTFIELD Danny Valencia Jose ltuve Byron Buxton Joe Mauer Jed Lowrie Mookie Betts Logan Morrison Ian Kinsler Jarrod Dyson José breu Brian Dozier Jackie Bradley, Jr Carlos Santana Jonathan Schoop Khris Davis BIG WHEELS: Byron Buxton is 27-for-28 in stolen base attempts this season and is successful in each of his last 22 chances...his 96.4 stolen base percentage leads baseball and is highest in Twins history (since 1961)...below are the longest successful stolen base streaks in Twins history: PLYER CONSECUTIVE STELS DTE Byron Buxton... 22*... May 24-current Matt Lawton June 8, 1999-May 5, 2000 Chuck Knoblauch... 22*... pril 20-July 4, 1994 * - Buxton and Knoblauch both span just a single-season. TWINS ND TIGERS: The Twins are playing the 14th of 19 games against the Tigers...they are 6-7 this season, going 4-3 at Comerica Park and 2-4 at Target Field...the Twins have gone just vs. Detroit since the start of 2016 and 6-10 in their last 16. The Twins are all-time at Comerica...they are 8-5 in their last 13 at Comerica. Brian Dozier is hitting.337 (32-for-95) with five doubles, eight home runs, 13 RBI, 101walks and a.406 on-base percentage...he has five home runs and 11 RBI in his last 13 games at Comerica Park. STREKS Current Streak 1 win Last 5 games 2-3 Last 10 games 5-5 Last 15 games 8-7 Last 20 games 9-11 TWINS VS. DETROIT 2017 Record: Current Streak:... 2 wins 2017 at Home: at Detroit: ll-time Record: ll-time at Home: ll-time at Detroit: Game Logs: Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save 4/11 DET 1-2 Boyd/Santiago/Rodriguez 4/12 DET 3-5 Fulmer/Gibson/. Wilson 4/13 DET 11-5 Hughes/Zimmermann/Haley 4/21 MIN 6-3 Santiago/Verlander/Kintzler 4/22 MIN 5-4 Hardy/Tonkin/Rodríguez 4/23 MIN 4-13 Fulmer/Gibson 7/21 MIN 3-6 Sanchez/Santana/Wilson 7/22 MIN 6-5 Gibson/Zimmermann/Kintzler 7/23 MIN 6-9 Boyd/Hildenberger/Wilson 8/11 DET 9-4 Pressly/Sanchez 8/12 DET Greene/Belisle 8/13 DET 6-4 Duffey/Rondon/Hildenberger 9/21 DET 12-1 Mejía/Zimmermann 9/22 DET 9/23 DET 9/24 DET 9/29 MIN 9/30 MIN 10/1 MIN CURRENT RODTRIP (1-3) Batting average.239 Runs Per Game 4.5 Home Runs 1 RISP.314 Errors 4 Team ER 4.91 Starters W-L 0-3 Starters ER 6.35 Relievers W-L-S Relievers ER 3.38 Saves/Opps 0/0 BOVE VERGE JOE: Joe Mauer enters tonight with a six-game hitting streak...he is hitting.404 (63-for-156) with a.447 on-base percentage in 40 games since ugust 10, second highest average in baseball since that date, trailing visail Garcia (.412)...his.311 batting average on the season ranks sixth in the L...he has finished in the top 10 in the L in batting average six times in his career... he has also finished over.310 six times in his career. DID YOU KNOW?: Twins have scored double digits in runs 16 times this season, their most since doing it 18 times in their 763 runs scored this season are their most since scoring 781 in LL SINTS DY: Tomorrow afternoon, the Twins will host a Saint John s vs. St. Thomas football game at 1:00 pm at Target Field...the NC Division III matchup, which will be a St. Thomas home game, will be the first-ever football game played at Target Field...the rivalry between the University of St. Thomas and Saint John s University football teams dates back to since then, the schools have met 86 times and continually set NC Division III record attendance marks...six of the top 14 all-time Division III attendance marks have involved the St. Thomas-Saint John s rivalry...the game tomorrow is expected to draw 35,000-plus. UPCOMING MILESTONES PLYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN RECH Brian Dozier home runs...needs 15 to tie Tom Brunansky (163) for 9th on Twins all-time list 89 stolen bases...needs 1 to pass Nick Punto (89) and tie Denard Span (90) for 10th on Twins all-time list Joe Mauer home runs...needs 4 to tie Michael Cuddyer (141) for 11th on Twins all-time list 400 doubles...needs 14 to tie Kirby Puckett (414) for 1st on Twins all-time list 950 runs...needs 1 to pass Rod Carew (950) and move into 3rd on Twins all-time list 1,981 hits...needs 19 to reach 2,000 for career 1,724 games...needs 23 games to tie Kent Hrbek (1,747) for 3rd on Twins all-time list Glen Perkins games...needs 12 to tie Matt Guerrier (420) for 5th on Twins all-time list

2 STRTING PITCHER PGE HIGHS CREER HIGHS KYLE GIBSON #44 Height: 6-6 Weight: 216 B/T: R/R ge: 29 (10/23/87 in Greenfield, IN) 2017: 11-10, 5.07 ER CREER: 42-49, 4.69 ER He is making his 28th start of He is making his 126th career start and appearance MJOR LEGUE DY-BY-DY Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Left/Final Notes Pitches/K 4/6 vs. KC ND /5-3 Opened season as Twins third starter 81/53 4/12 at DET L /3-5 Surrendered a grand slam in the fourth 63/42 4/17 vs. CLE L /1-3 llowed a homer for a third straight start 88/52 4/23 vs. DET L /1-3 Made his shortest start since /39 4/28 at KC ND /6-4 Matched his longest outing of the season 85/51 PRIL TOTLS ER 5/4 vs. OK L /5-8 Optioned to Triple- following the game 79/49 5/22 at BL W /14-7 Earned first win of the season 90/53 5/28 vs. TB ND /6-8 llowed a season-low two earned runs 88/50 MY TOTLS ER 6/2 at L W /11-5 Recorded a season-high six strikeouts 98/62 6/8 at SE W /2-1 Tossed 6.0 innings for the 1st time in '17 94/54 6/13 vs. SE W /20-7 llowed a career-high 12 hits 92/64 6/18 vs. CLE L /2-5 Snapped a four-game winning streak 98/53 6/24 at CLE ND /4-2 llowed a solo homer in the fourth 93/48 6/29 at BOS L /3-6 Second straight loss 88/53 JUNE TOTLS ER 7/4 vs. L W /5-4 Pitched a season-high 6.2 innings 102/67 7/9 vs. BL L /5-11 llowed a season-high 7 earned runs 82/52 7/16 at HOU L /3-5 Threw a season-high 107 pitches 107/64 7/22 vs. DET W /6-5 Recorded season-high 7.1 innings 102/68 JULY TOTLS ER 8/5 vs. TEX L /1-4 Surrendered first home run since July 9 97/57 8/11 at DET ND /9-4 Matched a season-high six strikeouts 96/60 8/17 vs. CLE L /3-9 First time walking one batter since 6/29 97/59 8/22 at CWS W /4-1 Recorded season-high eight strikeouts 91/63 8/27 at TOR W /7-2 Hasn't won two straight since 5/4-6/13 (4) 108/68 UG TOTLS ER 9/2 vs. KC W /17-0 Threw 6.0 scoreless innings 81/58 9/7 at KC ND /4-2 First start without a strikeout in /58 9/12 vs. SD W /16-0 Matched a career-long four-game win streak 74/53 9/17 vs.tor W /13-7 Recorded a career-long five-game win streak 96/54 SEPT TOTLS ER RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ER 2017 TOTLS PRE-SG TOTLS POST-SG TOTLS CREER TOTLS MINOR LEGUE DY-BY-DY Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Left/Final Notes Pitches/K 5/9 at LV L /15 vs. LV L MY TOTLS ER 7/27 at Ind. W JULY TOTLS RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ER 2017 MiLB TOTLS LST TIME OUT FOR TWINS: Gibson allowed five runs on just three hits in 6.0 innings with a season-high five walks and eight strikeouts, earning his 11th win of season in his last start on September 17 vs. Toronto...the first four runs came in the first inning, with two home runs...recorded a career-high five game win streak...has a record of 5-0, 2.33 ER (38.2 IP, 10 ER) with eight walks and 34 strikeouts in his last six starts. GINST THE TIGERS: Gibson is 5-7, 5.66 ER (76.1 IP, 48 ER) in 14 career starts vs. Detroit...allowed three runs on five hits in 4.2 innings but did not factor into the decision in his last start vs. the Tigers on ugust 11...last earned the win on July 22 vs. Detroit on ugust 22, allowing three runs on five hits in 7.1 innings...is 2-4, 5.15 ER (43.2 IP, 25 ER) in eight career starts vs. the Tigers at Comerica Park. THEY HVE HIS BCK: The Twins are giving Gibson 7.8 runs of support per start, the highest mark in the merican League among pitchers to make at least 26 starts...is the only pitcher in baseball this season to win multiple games in which he gave up six or more runs...minnesota is in Gibson's starts this season, including going 7-1 in his last eight starts. TROUBLE WITH THE LONG BLL: Gibson is allowing 1.28 home runs per 9.0 innings this season, up from his career average of has allowed 21 homers in his innings this season...seven of the 19 homers have come with runners on base...allowed a career-high 20 home runs in innings last season...has allowed five homers in his last nine starts (52.0 IP). NOT SO LUCKY: Opponents are hitting.327 on balls in play vs. Gibson this season, and.345 on balls in play at Target Field...Gibson fell victim to a.332 opponents average on balls in play last season, the fifth-highest mark in the merican League among pitchers to make at least 25 starts. DOUBLING THEM UP: Gibson has induced 19 groundball double plays in his last 20 starts (116.0 IP) after producing just four in his first seven starts (31.1 IP)...ranks tied for first in the merican League in double plays since May 28 (19)...his 23 double plays lead the Twins...ranked tied for fifth in the merican League with 21 double plays last season. PITCHING IN PTTERNS: Gibson began the season with an 0-4 record before winning four straight decisions from May 22-June 13...in winning his last start, Gibson recorded a new career-long five-game win streak...is 5-0, 2.33 ER (38.2 IP, 10 ER) during the streak. MR. 100: Gibson made his 100th career start on pril 12 at Detroit, all with Minnesota...is the first pitcher to make 100 starts for the Twins since Francisco Liriano from is the 25th pitcher in Twins history to make 100-plus starts for the club. PUTTING THE "K" IN KYLE: Gibson has tallied 100-plus strikeouts in three straight seasons, becoming the first Twins starter to do so since Scott Baker from his 494 strikeouts since 2013 lead the club...he racked up the most strikeouts by a Twin in his first four seasons since Kyle Lohse from ; he ranks 11th in club history for strikeouts in a player's first four seasons. CG s: - - CG s: 2, last 8/17/16 at TL SHO s: - - SHO s: - - CG Low Hit: - - CG Low-Hit: 6, 9/8/15 at KC Innings: 7.1, 7/22 vs. DET Innings: 9.0, 8/17/16 at TL SO s: 8, 2x, 9/17 vs. TOR SO s: 9, 2x, last 9/30/15 at CLE Walks: 5, 9/17 vs. TOR Walks: 5, 4x, last 9/17/17 vs. TOR Hits: 12, 6/13 vs. SE Hits: 12, 6/13/17 vs. SE Home Runs: 2, 5/x, last 9/17 vs. TOR Home Runs: 3, 6/5/15 vs. MIL Win-Streak: 5, 8/22-current Win-Streak: 5, 8/22/17-current Loss-Streak: 4, 4/6-5/4 Loss-Streak: 5, 4/6-6/16/16 CREER NOTES Given 2015 Joseph W. Haynes ward for Twins Pitcher of the Year voted on by the Twin Cities Chapter of the BBW. His 2.85 ER pre-sg in 2015 was the fourth-lowest for a Twins starter since 1992 with a minimum of 80.0 IP (Liriano in 2006, Santana in 2007, Radke in 1998). In 2014, his first full season in the majors, became one of three pitchers in Twins history to win each of their first three games while posting a sub-1.00 ER. Earned the win in his MLB debut 6/29/13 vs. KC allowing three runs on eight hits in 6.0 innings. Named the Twins Minor League Player of the Week for May 12, 2013 after tossing a CG SHO. Named an rizona Fall League Rising star in 2012 and the FL Player of the Week, 10/23/12. Selected to the 2011 Futures Game where he tossed 1.1 inning, allowing two hits. Named to the 2010 Eastern League Mid-Season ll-star Team. Named the Florida State League Pitcher of the Week, May 3, Selected in the first round (22nd overall) by the Twins in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Missouri as a senior...major was communications. Originally selected by Philadelphia in the 36th round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft out of Greenfield Central High School in Greenfield, IN. Named to the ll-big 12 honorable mention team in 2007 and 2008 and ll-big 12 First-Team in 2009 as the Tigers' Friday night starter MISC. NUMBERS W L ER GS IP ER VG H B HR BB SO Home: Vs. Left: Road: Vs. Right: Day: TOTLS: Night: Grass: None On: Turf: Runners On: PLUS IP/QULITY STRTS YER STRTS 6+ IP QS MORE MISCELLNEOUS NUMBERS 2017 RUNS/HITS PER INNING YER STRTS 6+ IP QS TOTLS BSE RUNNERS PICK-OFFS SB-TT GIDP GIBSON: INNING: RUNS/HITS: 18/31 21/39 8/21 14/28 15/26 7/19 1/4 3/2 -/- GIBSON VS. DETROIT 2017 vs. Detroit (4 starts): 1-2, 8.20 ER (18.2 IP, 17 ER), 8 BB, 16 K 2017 vs. Detroit at Home (2 starts): 1-1, 8.10 ER (10.0 IP, 9 ER), 5 BB, 8 K 2017 vs. Detroit at Detroit (2 starts): 0-1, 8.31 ER (8.2 IP, 8 ER), 3 BB, 8 K Career vs. Detroit (14 starts): 5-7, 5.66 ER (76.1 IP, 48 ER), 35 BB, 54 K Career vs. Detroit at Home (6 starts): 3-3, 6.34 ER (32.2 IP, 23 ER), 18 BB, 26 K Career vs. Detroit at Detroit (8 starts): 2-4, 5.15 ER (43.2 IP, 25 ER), 17 BB, 28 K BTTER-PITCHER MTCH-UPS Gibson vs. the Tigers PLYER VG B H HR BB SO Kinsler Martinez Castellanos Cabrera Iglesias Romine McCann Mahtook Collins Presley Holaday Navarro dduci Hicks TWINS STRTERS IN 2017 TOMORROW'S STRTER - ERVIN SNTN (SESON: 15-8, 3.34 ER ; CREER: , 4.03 ER) Norris vs. the Twins PLYER VG B H HR BB SO Dozier Escobar Grossman Kepler Rosario Gimenez Polanco Buxton Mauer Vargas ` Pitcher Last Start (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) Dec. Starts QS Team Rec. Run Supp. RS VG Santana 9/18 at NYY ( ) L Santiago 7/2 at KC ( ) L Gibson 9/17 vs. TOR ( ) W Mejía 9/21 at DET ( ) ND Berríos 9/19 at NYY ( ) L Hughes 5/16 vs. COL ( ) L Colón 9/20 at NYY ( ) L Turley 6/22 vs. CWS ( ) L Jorge 7/7 vs. BL ( ) ND Tepesch 5/6 vs. BOS ( ) L Wilk 6/17 vs. CLE ( ) L García 7/28 at OK ( ) W Enns 8/10 at MIL ( ) ND Melville 8/21 at CWS ( ) L Gee 9/1 vs. KC ( ) L Slegers 9/6 at TB ( ) ND Santana allowed two runs on seven hits in 5.2 innings with three strikeouts, suffering the loss in his most recent start on September 18 at New York-L...is 9-5, 3.37 ER (131.0 IP, 49 ER) in 21 career starts vs. the Tigers...allowed four runs (2 earned) on seven hits in 5.0 innings, but did not factor into the decision in his last start vs. Detroit on ugust 13...last earned a win against Detroit on September 27, 2015, allowing one run in 7.0 innings...ranks fourth in the merican League in opponent average (.224), sixth in ER (3.34) and seventh in wins (15).

3 BULLPEN NOTES PGE 3 MTT BELISLE - RHP #9 Height: 6-3 Weight: 230 B/T: R/R ge: 37 (6/6/80 in ustin, TX) Obtained: Signed as free agent, 2/2/17 Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP) Series at DET: (1.0 IP) vs. Left:.159 vs. Right:.255 Has allowed just 5 earned runs in last 28 appearances (29.0 IP, 1.55 ER)...59 appearances most since 66 in 2014 with COL. Converted 59 appearances 7th save in of /8 outings at KC...has without 12 an career earned saves...since run (44.2 IP)...allowed 2015, has all a earned ER (51.1 runs IP, in 8 12 ER) outings in 46 (8.0 post-sg IP). games. BUDDY BOSHERS - LHP (pronounced bo-sheers) #62 Height: 6-3 Weight: 205 B/T: L/L ge: 29 (5/9/88 in Huntsville, L) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 12/14/15 Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.1 IP) Series at DET: - - vs. Left:.222 vs. Right:.295 In 18 games for the Red Wings this season, he posted a 3.68 ER (14.2 IP, 6 ER) with eight walk and 15 strikeouts. Spent 2015 in the Independent tlantic League with Somerset and was named the tlantic League Reliever of the Year. LN BUSENITZ - RHP (pronounced BOO-seh-nitz) #67 Height: 6-1 Weight: 180 B/T: R/R ge: 27 (8/22/90 in Covington, G) Obtained: Trade with L for RHPs Nolasco and Meyer Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.2 IP) Series at DET: - - vs. Left:.222 vs. Right:.190 Pitched allowed 5 at hits least in last 1.0 innings 14 outings in 15 (13.2 of his IP)...since 24 appearances...has 6/22 has 1.07 ER allowed ( IP, baserunners 3 ER), 2nd best in his among last 13 MLB outings relievers (12.0 (min. IP), 25.0 and IP). has Snapped 12.2 scoreless inning streak 9/3...was 5th longest in the L...allowed 2 hits, 2 walks and 11 K during streak (9 games). JOHN CURTISS - RHP #27 Height: 6-4 Weight: 200 B/T: R/R ge: 24 (4/5/93 in Dallas, TX) Drafted: 6th Round, 2014 Draft Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.2 IP) Series at DET: - - vs. Left:.417 vs. Right:.308 Split Promoted season to between Roc. 6/ Double- apps Chat. for and Wings Triple- with Roc. a 1.85 going ER 2-0 (24.1 with IP, 19 5 saves, ER), 10 a 1.28 BB, 33 ER K (49.1,converting IP, 7 ER), 6 of 22 7 walks save and opportunities. 68 strikeouts. TYLER DUFFEY - RHP #56 Height: 6-3 Weight: 222 B/T: R/R ge: 26 (12/27/90 in Houston, TX) Drafted: 5th round, 2012 Draft Roadtrip: 0-0-0, (1.1 IP, 3 ER) Series at DET: - - vs. Left:.245 vs. Right:.284 Has 36 career starts, all with the Twins ( )...is 14-13, 5.42 ER (191.0 IP, 115 ER) with 52 walks and 167 K as a starter. Has 23 appearances in 2017 of 1.1+ IP, posting a 2.18 ER (45.1 IP, 11 ER) with 6 HR, 7 BB, 50 K. 5th round selection by the Twins in the 2012 First-Year Player Draft...was reliever at Rice from posting a 3.06 ER in 92 outings. DILLON GEE - RHP (pronounced jee) #35 Height: 6-1 Weight: 205 B/T: R/R ge: 31 (4/28/1986 in Cleburne, TX) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 6/22/17 Roadtrip: 1-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP) Series at DET: 1-0-0, 0.00 (1.1 IP) vs. Left:.312 vs. Right:.262 In posting last 9 a relief 2.47 appearances ER (76.2 IP, 21 has ER) allowed in those three earned of his runs 8 relief in 21.0 outings IP (1.29 in 2017 ER)...has have been 25 career at least relief 2.2 appearances IP. of 2.0+ IP, Made 3 starts for Twins 8/21-9/1 going 1-2, 7.11 ER (12.2 IP, 10 ER). TREVOR HILDENBERGER - RHP #39 Height: 6-2 Weight: 211 B/T: R/R ge: 26 (12/15/90 in San Jose, C) Drafted: 22nd Round, 2014 Draft Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP) Series at DET: - - vs. Left:.226 vs. Right:.261 Has 15 appearances of 1.1+ IP, posting a 1.44 ER (25.0 IP, 4 ER) with 4 BB, 28 K, 3 holds and 1 save. In his last 10 road appearances has a 0.93 ER (9.2 IP, ER) with one walk and 8 K...tossed 7.0 scoreless IP over last 7 road outings. GBRIEL MOY - LHP #58 Height: 6-0 Weight: 175 B/T: L/L ge: 22 (1/9/95 in Cabimas, VZ) Obtained: Trade with RI, 7/27/17 for C JR Murphy Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP) Series at DET: - - vs. Left:.000 vs. Right:.286 Contract selected 9/12...made MLB debut with 1.0 IP 9/12...acquired via trade with RI 7/27/17 for catcher John Ryan Murphy. 6-1, 0.77 ER (58.1 IP, 5 ER) in 47 outings in did not allowed a run in final 11 outings with Chat. (12.1 IP, 5 H, 4 BB, 16 K). GLEN PERKINS - LHP #15 Height: 6-0 Weight: 205 B/T: L/L ge: 34 (3/2/83 in St. Paul, MN) Drafted: 1st Round, 2004 Draft Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP) Series at DET: - - vs. Left:.375 vs. Right:.313 Reinstated left shoulder...had from disabled surgery list to prior repair to his 8/17 shoulder game...was June on 23, the 2016, disabled performed list since by Dr. pril Neal 2016 Elttrache. recovering from a torn labrum in his 3rd on the Twins all-time list with 120 saves behind only Rick guilera (254) and Joe Nathan (260). RYN PRESSLY - RHP #57 Height: 6-3 Weight: 210 B/T: R/R ge: 27 (12/15/88 in Dallas, TX) Obtained: Rule 5 Draft from Boston, 12/6/12 Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 3.00 (3.0 IP, ER) Series at DET: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP) vs. Left:.298 vs. Right:.187 Has walked just 7 batters in last 41.0 IP (37 K in that span)...righties are batting.137 (7-for-51) vs. Pressly since 8/3. 8 of the 9 home runs he has allowed have come at Target Field...has a 2.74 ER on the road, 6.00 ER at home. Most appearances (125, Rogers 122) over last 2 seasons among Twins. TYLOR ROGERS - LHP #55 Height: 6-3 Weight: 170 B/T: L/L ge: 26 (12/17/90 in Littleton, CO) Drafted: 11th round, 2012 Draft Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.2 IP) Series at DET: - - vs. Left:.183 vs. Right: outings holds in are 2017 career-high, are most in passing all of baseball in behind holds are only most Pressly by a Twin (124) since for most Guerrier appearances tied the Twins over record last 2 seasons with 33 in with Twins. If twin brother Tyler makes MLB debut (RHP in SFG system) would be 10th set of twins in MLB history to play at the same time. RON SLEGERS - RHP #50 Height: 6-10 Weight: 245 B/T: R/R ge: 25 (9/4/92 in Long Beach, C) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 12/9/16 Roadtrip: - - Series at DET: - - vs. Left:.160 vs. Right:.333 First relief appearance 9/17...made 2 starts for Twins (8/17 vs. CLE, 9/6 at TB) posting a 6.10 ER (10.1 IP, 7 ER) with 4 BB, 6 K. Spent majority of season with Triple- Roch going 15-4, 3.40 ER (148.1 IP, 56 ER) with 29 walks, 119 K in 24 starts. MICHEL TONKIN - RHP #59 Height: 6-7 Weight: 220 B/T: R/R ge: 28 (11/19/89 in Glendale, C) Drafted: 30th round, 2008 Draft Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.2 IP) Series at DET: - - vs. Left:.391 vs. Right:.209 Contract selected 9/5 from Triple- Rochester...began season with Twins, designated 5/7 and outrighted to minors 5/13. In Made last relief outings appearances with Red Wings for Triple- posted Rochester an ER of this 0.93 season (29.0 going IP, 3 4-2, ER) with ER hits, ( HR IP, allowed, 8 ER), 13 5 walks, walks 61 and strikeouts. 47 strikeouts. NIK TURLEY - LHP #66 Height: 6-4 Weight: 195 B/T: L/L ge: 28 (9/11/89 in La Cananda, C) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 10/21/16 Roadtrip: 0-0-0, (0.2 IP, 2 ER) Series at DET: - - vs. Left:.333 vs. Right:.417 Made first career relief appearance with 0.2 perfect innings 8/18 vs. RI...each of last 6 outings are relief appearances. Split minors season between Double- Chat. and Roc., going 5-5 with a 2.05 ER (92.0 IP, 21 ER), 29 walks and 124 strikeouts. BULLPEN INFO Player 1st Batter vg. BB/9 K/9 Saves Opps Holds IR IRS IRS% Matt Belisle Buddy Boshers lan Busenitz John Curtiss Tyler Duffey Dillon Gee Trevor Hildenberger Gabriel Moya Glen Perkins Ryan Pressly Taylor Rogers aron Slegers Michael Tonkin Nik Turley Last Relief ppearance 9/21/17 at DET (ND) 9/19/17 at NYY (ND) 9/19/17 at NYY (ND) 9/21/17 at DET (W) 9/18/17 at NYY (ND) 9/19/17 at NYY (ND) 9/21/17 at DET (ND) 9/18/17 at NYY (ND) 9/17/17 vs. TOR (ND) RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/21 at DET ND /14 vs. TOR BS /13 vs. SD W /8 at KC S /7 at KC S /6 at TB ND RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/19 at NYY ND /17 vs. TOR ND /14 vs. TOR H /9 at KC ND RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/19 at NYY ND /16 vs. TOR ND /14 vs. TOR H /13 vs. SD ND /9 at KC ND /5 at TB ND RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/20 at NYY ND /19 at NYY ND /10 at KC ND /4 at TB ND RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/20 at NYY ND /18 at NYY ND /15 vs. TOR ND /9 at KC ND /8 at KC H RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/21 at DET W /19 at NYY ND /16 vs. TOR ND /14 vs. TOR W /10 at KC ND RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/18 at NYY ND /16 vs. TOR ND /14 vs. TOR H /13 vs. SD BS RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/19 at NYY ND /16 vs. TOR ND /12 vs. SD ND RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/20 at NYY ND /12 vs. SD ND /4 at TB ND /30 vs. CWS ND /26 at TOR ND RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/21 at DET ND /19 at NYY ND /17 vs. TOR ND /15 vs. TOR ND /9 at KC L RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/18 at NYY ND /14 vs. TOR H /13 vs. SD ND /9 at KC ND /8 at KC ND RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/17 vs. TOR ND /6 at TB ND /17 vs. CLE ND RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/20 at NYY ND /13 vs. TOR ND /12 vs. SD ND /10 at KC ND /6 vs. BOS ND RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/20 at NYY ND /19 at NYY ND /10 at KC ND /2 vs. KC ND

4 HITTERS NOTES PGE 4 EHIRE DRINZ - INF #16 Height: 6-1 Weight: 170 B/T: S/R ge: 28 (8/21/89 in Miranda, VZ) 2017 verage:.264 Streak: 0-6, BB Series at DET: 0-1 Roadtrip: 0-3 HR (2): Solo (1), 3-run (1) Hit in 3 of his last 5 starts, batting.375 (6-for-16) over those 5. Started 23 games at shortstop...5 at 3B, 1 at 1B, 2 at 2B, and 8 in LF. BYRON BUXTON - OF #25 Height: 6-2 Weight: 189 B/T: R/R ge: 23 (12/19/93 in Baxley, G) 2017 verage:.252 Streak: 1g, 1-4 Series at DET: 1-4, 2 RBI, BB Roadtrip: 1-14, 2 RBI, 2 BB HR (16): Solo (13), 2-run (2), ITP (1) Snapped 0-for-11 last night...batting.105 (4-for-38) in last 10 road games. 20 of home his last run 42 of hits 2017 (4 with 2B, walk-off 5 3B, 11 in HR) 10th since 9/ /12 HR are in for last extra-bases. 37 games (29 RBI). Since 7/4 is hitting.320 (63-for-197) with 6 2B, 5 3B, 12 HR, 34 RBI. Named.324 L (34-for-105) Player of the in Week 29 ugust 8/28 after games...hit hitting in with July a and OPS. in June. 27 2nd SB career (1 CS) inside leads the Twins, park 7th HR in 8/18 L vs. RI...9th SB% leads Twin MLB, to have is best multiple in Twins ITP history. HRs. JSON CSTRO - C #21 Height: 6-3 Weight: 212 B/T: L/R ge: 30 (6/18/87 in Castro Valley, C) 2017 verage:.234 Streak: 2g, 2-6 Series at DET: 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI Roadtrip: 2-8, 2B, 2 RBI HR (9): Solo (7), 2-run (2) 11-for-37 (.297) in last 11 starts...4th career multi-hr game with 2 HR 9/12 vs. SD. RBI doubles in and 42 RBI in 2017 are his most since 35 doubles in 2013 and 56 Tied Signed career-high 3-year contract with 4 with hits the 6/13 Twins vs. SE on 11/30/16...spent as Twins collected 8 seasons franchise in best Houston 28 hits. org. BRIN DOZIER - 2B #2 Height: 5-11 Weight: 198 B/T: R/R ge: 30 (5/15/87 in Tupelo, MS) 2017 verage:.258 Streak: 0-6, 3 K Series at DET: 0-4, BB, 2 K Roadtrip: 2-13, 4 BB HR (31): Solo (23), 3-run (2), 2-run (4), ITP (1), GS (1) 11-game hit streak vs. DET was snapped on Thursday. Since Has hits is in 1 last of 5 47 Twins games, to hit including 31+ HR (Morneau 14 home 2x, runs Willingham, and 33 RBI. Cuddyer, Hunter). HR since MLB 2015 with are 46 T4th...Cruz HR post-sg (61), since K.Davis 2016 (59), (next: Encarnacion Sanchez/Upton (59), 39)...55 Donaldson post-sg (55). 148 HR are 10th in Twins history...needs 15 to tie Brunansky for 9th. 27 HR career lead with leadoff 21st 7/ HR...8 in leadoff passed HR since Jacque 2015 Jones are 2nd for in Twins MLB (Blackmon-22). all-time leadoff 07)...first second 30+HR baseman seasons, with 5th 30+ Twin in straight all-time seasons and first since since Uggla Morneau ('07-11). ('06- EDURDO ESCOBR - INF #5 Height: 5-10 Weight: 185 B/T: S/R ge: 28 (1/5/89 in Villa de Cura, VZ) 2017 verage:.251 Streak: 1g, 2-5 Series at DET: 2-5, 2B, RBI Roadtrip: 3-17, 2B, RBI HR (18): Solo (7), 2-run (8), 3-run (3) 2nd Played career catcher multi-hr for the game first 9/2 time vs. in KC...18 his career HR on is new June career-high 6 at Seattle, (12 doing HR in so 2015). in the 8th inning...only position he has not played in career is first base (has pitched). underprivileged schools in MN and provides resources for hometown in VZ. MITCH GRVER - C/INF #43 Height: 6-1 Weight: 220 B/T: R/R ge: 26 (1/15/91 in lbuquerque, NM) 2017 verage:.211 Streak: 1g, 1-3 Series at DET: 0-0 Roadtrip: 0-0 HR (0): for-4 as a pinch-hitter...0-for-last-7 over last seven road games. Recalled Hit.291 (93-for-320) 8/18...made with MLB 29 debut 2B, 17 with HR, PH 45 strikeout RBI in 88 8/19...1st games for hit Red (single) Wings 8/20. Ranked among International League leaders at time of recall in OPS (2nd, in.928), SLG (2nd,.541), OBP (4th,.387), VG (9th,.291), XBH (T3rd, 46) and 2B (T3rd, 29). MULTI-HOMER GMES (13x) Gimenez, 1x, 6/15 vs. SE (2) Dozier, 2x, last: 8/4 vs. TEX (2) Kepler, 1x, 8/8 vs. MIL (2) Rosario, 4x, last: 9/17 vs. TOR (2) Sano, 1x, 8/18 vs. RI (2) Buxton, 1x, 8/27 at TOR (3) Polanco, 1x, 8/29 vs. CWS (2) Escobar, 1x, 9/2 vs. KC (2) Castro, 1x, 9/12 vs. SD (2) BCK-TO-BCK (4x) Buxton/Dozier, 5/2 vs. OK Rosario/Dozier, 6/13 vs. SE Dozier/Kepler, 8/8 vs. MIL Rosario/Buxton, 9/17 vs. TOR CHRIS GIMENEZ - C #38 Height: 6-2 Weight: 230 B/T: R/R ge: 34 (12/27/82 in Gilroy, C) 2017 verage:.217 Streak: 4g, 6-13, 2B, RBI, 2 BB Series at DET: - - Roadtrip: 2-4, 2B HR (6): Solo (5), 3-run (1) Has last eight 15...hit walks in four in his straight last 10 starts, games...reached batting.462 in (6-for-13) 10 of last in 11 those games 4. and 13 of Made CWS...career 9th career 8.00 relief ER pitching (9.0 IP, 8 appearance, ER) with 1 K and and 6th no walks of 2017, as with pitcher. 1.0 IP 6/22 vs. Hit Cleveland...the.232 (55-for-237) teams had in 103 a combined games the last record two seasons in those games. between Texas and ROBBIE GROSSMN - OF #36 Height: 6-0 Weight: 215 B/T: S/L ge: 28 (9/16/89 in San Diego, C) 2017 verage:.246 Streak: 1g, 1-3, RBI Series at DET: 1-3, RBI Roadtrip: 1-9, 2 RBI HR (9): Solo (5), 2-run (3), 3-run (1) Has a hit in 9 of 11 games vs. DET this season. Hit Has in 20 8 HR of with 14 starts Twins since in 2 seasons reinstated (11 with from HOU)...hitting DL 9/ OBP was the highest pre-sg OBP by a Twin since Mauer's LHP at , OBP RHP in at Set and single-season runs (49) and career-highs tied career-high in 2016 in walks in hits (55). (93), doubles (19), home runs (11) MX KEPLER - OF #26 Height: 6-4 Weight: 220 B/T: L/L ge: 24 (2/10/93 in Berlin, Germany) 2017 verage:.242 Streak: 1g, 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI Series at DET: 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI Roadtrip: 3-13, HR, 2B, 3 RBI, BB HR (18): Solo(9), 2-run(7), 3-run(1), GS(1) 2 HR game 8/8 vs. MIL...3rd of his career...back-to-back with Dozier on 1st HR. Hit.280 in pril,.242 in May,.215 in June,.294 in July,.213 in ugust. 1st Originally HR vs. signed LHP 9/19 by the (Sabathia)...hitting Twins in July of from (21-for-82) Berlin...one in last of vs. German-born righties. players to play Major League Baseball entering fluent in 4 languages. 18 HR and 66 RBI are new career-high (17 and 63 in 2016). 3rd career walk-off with bases loaded HBP in 9th 8/31 vs. CWS. JOE MUER - 1B #7 Height: 6-5 Weight: 225 B/T: L/R ge: 34 (4/19/83 in St. Paul, MN) 2017 verage:.311 Streak: 6g, 11-25, 3 2B, HR, 8 RBI Series at DET: 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI Roadtrip: 7-16, 2B, 3 RBI HR (7): Solo (2), 2-run (4), GS (1) Hitting 2nd in majors.395 (30-for-76) with.404 this (63-for-156) month, highest average in since a month 8/10 since (. Garcia.397 in - June.412) rd in L in OBP (.388) and 6th in average (.311) this season. 33 hits, 9 walks and 10 strikeouts in last 96 plate appearances (since 8/29). 19 Hit hits in 26 from of last 2, starts. Twins have 2,000+ hits (Puckett - 2,304 & Carew - 2,085). First career walk-off HR 5/5 vs. BOS (6,010th career B)...4th GS 9/17 vs. TOR. average Ranks on (.309) Twins and all-time hits (1981), list (since T-3rd 1961): in runs 2nd (950, in 2B Carew), (400) 4th and in walks games (884), (1724), 3rd 5th in in total bases (2850), 5th in RBI (872), 12th in HR (137), and 13th in triples (29). 861st career RBI 9/8 at KC, passing Morneau for 5th on Twins all-time list. JORGE POLNCO - INF #11 Height: 5-11 Weight: 198 B/T: S/R ge: 24 (7/5/93 in S.Pedro de Macoris, DR) 2017 verage:.258 Streak: 4g, 7-15, 2B, 3 RBI Series at DET: 3-4, RBI, BB Roadtrip: 7-15, 2B, 3 RBI, BB HR (11): Solo (6), 2-run (3), 3-run (2) 119 starts at SS, most by Twin since Pedro Florimon (127) in Since hit in 26 8/17 of is 35 batting and reached.308 (41-for-133) safely in 28 with of 10 the 2B, 35. 3B, 8 HR, 33 RBI in 35 games... Hit From.373 July (38-for-102), 30 through end 10 2B, of '16 2 3B, season, 6 HR, ranked 23 RBI 3rd in 27 among ug. games...hit L rookies in in hits 24 of (63), 27. 4th in games (56) and batting average (.288), and T5th in doubles (12) and RBI (23). EDDIE ROSRIO - OF #20 Height: 6-0 Weight: 180 B/T: L/R ge: 25 (9/28/91 in Guayama, PR) 2017 verage:.289 Streak: 1g, 1-5, RBI Series at DET: 1-5, RBI Roadtrip: 2-17, RBI HR (26): Solo(16), 2-run(7), 3-run(2),GS(1) 6-game hitting streak vs. DET, batting.480 (12-for-25) with 3 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI. 15 of his HR, last 37 RBI 44 and in last in of games...has last 47 games...15 a hit in HR 12 since of last 8/1 15, are 18 T6th of last most 24, in in L 33 NIKO GOODRUM - OF #23 Height: 6-3 Weight: 198 B/T: S/R ge: 25 (2/28/92 in Fayetteville, G) Named doubles, L 4 Player HR, 9 RBI of the and Week 1 SB 8/14 over after 7 games...was hitting.444 his (12-for-27) first L POW with honor. 10 runs, verage:.083 Streak: 0-1, BB Series at DET: 0-0, BB Roadtrip: 0-1, BB HR (0): first HR 3-HR 6/13; game 1 of 8 by Twins a 9-hole (llison, hitter Killebrew, in MLB since Oliva, Trot Morneau, Nixon in Dozier, 1999 Kepler, for the Buxton)... Rangers. Hit 120 of his 26 HR in 2017 at Target Field...24 of 26 vs. right-handed pitchers. Made Hit.265 MLB (122-for-461), debut going 0-for B, 5 9/2 3B, vs. 13 KC...hit HR, (46-for-138) RBI in 127 games vs. for lefties Triple- at Roc. Roc. 2nd round pick in 2010 Draft by Twins career minor games in Twins system. KENNYS VRGS - INF #19 ZCK GRNITE - OF #8 Height: 6-5 Weight: 275 B/T: S/R ge: 27 (8/1/90 in Canovanas, PR) Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 B/T: L/L ge: 25 (9/17/92 in Staten Island, NY) 2017 verage:.256 Streak: 0-2, 2 K Series at DET: 0-1, K Roadtrip: 2-4, BB HR (11): Solo (5), 2-run (3), 3-run (3) 2017 verage:.225 Streak: 0-7, 3 BB Series at DET: 0-0, BB Roadtrip: Sac bunt, 2 BB HR (0): for-16 over last 8 games with 2 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 3 BB. Hit in 10 of last 14 starts with the Twins...career-high 3 hits 7/22 vs. DET. Recalled In 51 games prior for to Triple- 8/21 game Roc. (Sanó this season DL)...hit is in batting 10 of starts with since 8 2B, 9 recall..419 (13-for-31), 2 2B, HR, 4 RBI in 8 games with Roc. since last option HR, ugust 28 RBI. 9. Hit Career-long.360 (85-for-236), 9-game hit-streak 14 2B, 4 3B, 7/ hit 3 HR, 24 RBI,.412 in 59 (14-for-34), games for 7 Red RBI Wings over streak. in TWINS HOME RUN DT GRND SLMS (4x) Dozier, 8/8 vs. MIL Rosario, 8/20 vs. RI Kepler, 8/26 at TOR Mauer, 9/17 vs. TOR WLK-OFF (3x) Mauer, 5/5 vs. BOS (Barnes) Rosario, 9/13 vs. SD (Maton) Buxton, 9/14 vs. TOR (Santos) INSIDE-THE-PRK (2x) Dozier, 4/16 vs. CWS (Shields) Buxton, 8/18 vs. RI (Godley) RUNNERS ON Solo run run - 21 LEDOFF (8x) Dozier, 8x, last 9/12 vs. SD MULTI MULTI SESON SESON LST HOME RUN LST GRND SLM vs. DET 2017 vs. DET Career PLYER HIT RBI HIT-STREK HITS DTE OPP. ON PITCHER B DTE OPP. Career VG H B HR RBI VG H B HR RBI drianza , 6/21-7/23 3 9/6/17 at TB 2 Snell Buxton , 8/ /17/17 vs. TOR 0 Biagini 16 9/4/16 vs. CWS Castro , 5/22-6/9 4 9/12/17 vs. SD 0 Valdez 23 8/3/15 at TEX Dozier , 5/ /15/17 vs. TOR 0 Happ 23 8/8/17 vs. MIL Escobar , 6/ /16/17 vs. TOR 0 Estrada Garver 1 0 2, 8/ Gimenez 7 3 4, 9/6-Curr 3 8/20/17 vs. RI 0 Shipley Goodrum 0 0 1, 9/ Granite 4 2 9, 7/ Grossman , 2x, 8/17-9/8 3 9/7/17 at KC 0 Gaviglio Kepler , 5/29-6/7 4 9/19/17 at NYY 0 Sabathia 12 8/26/17 at TOR Mauer , 8/22-9/5 4, 3x 9/17/17 vs. TOR 3 Rowley 17 9/17/17 vs. TOR Polanco , 8/1-12 4, 2x 9/12/17 vs. SD 1 Wood Rosario , 4/17-5/5 5 9/17/17 vs. TOR 0 Rowley 18 8/20/17 vs. RI Vargas , 5/ /12/17 vs. SD 2 Mazzoni

5 ODDS & ENDS PGE 5 MIsc. Highs and Lows Most Runs, Game (Team)... 20, 6/13 vs. SE Most Runs, Inning (Team)...9, (1st inning), 8/20 vs. RI Most Hits, Game (Team)... 28, 6/13 vs. SE Most Hits, Inning (Team)... 8, 3x, last (7th inning), 6/13 vs. SE Most Strikeouts, Batters (Team)... 19, 8/17 vs. CLE Longest Hitting Streak (Individual)... 15, Rosario 4/17-5/5 Consecutive Hits (Individual)...6,Polanco, 8/6-8/8 Consecutive Hitless t-bats (Individual)... 22, Polanco, 7/4-15 Most Runs llowed (Team)... 17, 2x, last 5/31 vs. HOU Most Runs llowed, Inning (Team)...11, (8th inning) 5/29 vs. HOU Most Hits llowed (Team)...19, 2x, last 6/12 vs. SE Most Hits llowed, Inning (Team)... 8, 2x, last (8th inning) 5/29 vs. HOU Pitchers Used (Team)... 9, 5/28 vs. TB Cons. Batters Retired (Team)... 19, 8/19 vs. RI Scoreless Innings Streak (Team)... 18, 4/14-16 Most Runs, Starter...9, Mejía, 6/12 vs SE Most Home Runs, Starter...4, Santana, 5/7 vs. BOS Most Walks, Starter... 5, 4x, last Santana, 7/15 at HOU Most Strikeouts, Starter...11, 2x, last Berríos, 8/30 vs. CWS Most Strikeouts, Pitchers (Team)... 17, 5/28 vs. TB Most Walks, Pitchers (Team)...9, 2x, last 5/28 vs. TB Most Cons. Scoreless Innings (Individual)...22, Santana, 4/9-4/20 Most Cons. Batters Retired (Individual)...21, Santana, 4/15-4/20 Longest Game, Innings... 15, 5/28 vs. TB Longest Game, Time (9 Inn.)... 4:19, 7/23 vs. DET Longest Game, Time (X Inn.)... 6:26, 5/28 vs. TB Fastest Game, Time...2:23, 2x, 5/23 at BL & 8/1 at SD Largest Margin, Victory... 17, 9/2 vs. KC (17-0) Largest Margin, Loss... 11, 3x, last 5/7 vs. BOS Largest Home ttendance... 39,615, 4/3 vs. KC Home Sellouts... 1, 4/3 vs. KC STRTS BY POSITION C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DH drianza Buxton Castro Dozier Escobar Garver Gimenez Granite Grossman Goodrum Kepler Mauer Polanco Rosario Vargas Other FOR THE TWINS HITTING: Hit for the Cycle: Cuddyer, 5/22/09 vs. MIL (10 all-time) Grand Slam: M. Kepler, 8/26/17 at TOR (3 as a team in 2017) Inside-the-Park Home Run: B. Buxton, 8/18/17 vs. RI (2 as a team in 2017, 54 all-time) Pinch-Hit Home Run: Vargas, 5/19/17 vs. KC (2 as a team in 2017) Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: M. LeCroy, 9th inning, 5/19/04 at TOR (15 all-time) Five-Hit Game: E. Rosario, 7/2/17 at KC (2 in 2017) Six-Hit Game: Puckett, 5/23/91 vs. TEX (2 all-time, both Puckett) Two Hits, One Inning: Castro, 7th inning, 6/13/17 vs. SE (2 as a team in 2017) Two Home Runs, One Inning: Cuddyer, 8/23/09 at KC (1 all-time) Two-Home Run Game: E. Rosario 9/17/17 vs. TOR (13 as a team in 2017) Three-Home Run Game: B. Buxton, 8/27/17 at TOR (8 all-time) Back-to-Back Home Runs: Rosario/Buxton, 9/17/17 vs. TOR (4 as a team in 2017) Three Consecutive Home Runs: Dozier/Plouffe/Kepler, 6/26/16 at NYY (1 as a team in 2016) Three Home Runs, One Inning: Dozier/Plouffe/Kepler, 6/26/16 at NYY (1 as a team in 2016) Four Home Runs, One Inning: Mack/Puckett/Hrbek/Bush, 5/2/92 at NYY Walk-off Home Run: B. Buxton, 10th inning, 9/14/17 vs. TOR (3 as a team in 2017) Leadoff Home Run: B. Dozier, 9/13/17 vs. SD (7 as a team in 2017) Consecutive Home Runs to Leadoff Game: E. Nunez/B. Dozier, 5/25/16 vs. KC Last Pitcher to Hit Home Run: Jim Kaat, 6/11/72 at CLE PITCHING (complete games only for low-hit games): No-Hitter: Liriano, 5/3/11 at CWS (6 all-time) One-Hitter: E. Santana, 4/15/17 vs. CWS (14 all-time) Two-Hitter: E. Santana, 5/24/17 at BL (43 all-time) 10+ Innings Pitched: Radke (10.0 innings), 9/21/97 vs. MIL 10+ Strikeouts: 11, 2x, last Berríos, 8/30/17 vs. CWS (2 as team in 2017) Complete Game Shutout: E. Santana, 3x, last 6/9/17 at SF Back-to-Back Complete Game Victories: Mays/Silva, 5/19-20/05 vs. TOR/vs. MIL Back-to-Back Shutouts: 6/2/13 vs. SE - 6/4/13 at KC (2 games, 10-0 and 3-0) Four Strikeouts in an Inning: T. Duffey, 5/8/16 at CWS (7th inning) MISCELLNEOUS: Triple Play: Sanó/Dozier/Mauer, 6/1/17 at L (J. Marte hitting) Position Player Pitching: C. Gimenez, 6x, last 6/22/17 vs. CWS (6 as team in 2017) Three or more Steals, One Game: D. Mastroianni (3), 7/5/12 at DET Steal of Home: C. Thomas, 8/2/13 vs. HOU Pure Steal of Home: R. Becker, 9/27/97 at CLE Home Run in First ML t-bat: E. Rosario, 5/6/15 vs. OK (1st P, 1st pitch) Score by inning SCORE BY INNING EXTR TOTL TWINS OPPONENT DISBLED LIST PLYER INJURY DTE ON RETRO DTE OFF GMES MISSED Trevor May*... Torn Right Ulnar Collateral Ligament...3/ Ryan O Rourke*... Torn Left Ulnar Collateral Ligament...3/ Ehire drianza... Right Oblique Strain...3/30...5/ Glen Perkins*... Left Posterior Shoulder Strain...4/2...8/ Justin Haley... Right Biceps Tendinitis...4/22...5/ Phil Hughes... Right rm Soreness...5/22...6/ Justin Haley... Right Shoulder Soreness...5/28...7/ Hector Santiago... Left Shoulder Strain...6/7...6/ Ehire drianza... bdominal Issues...6/22...7/ Craig Breslow... Left Thoracic Rib Soreness...6/28...7/ Hector Santiago*.. Upper Thoracic Back Pain...7/5...7/ Joe Mauer... Left Side Low Back/Lumbar Strain...7/7...7/5...7/ Byron Buxton... Left Groin Strain...7/15...8/ Phil Hughes*... Thoracic Outlet Syndrome...7/ dalberto Mejía... Left rm Brachialis Strain...8/8...9/ Dietrich Enns... Left Shoulder Strain...8/17...8/ R. Grossman... Fractured Left Thumb...8/18...9/ Miguel Sanó... Left Shin Stress Reaction...8/21...8/ Jason Castro... Concussion symptoms...8/24...9/ J.T. Chargois*... Right Elbow Impingement...9/ BOLD indicates currently on DL.*60-day DL EJECTIONS DTE PLYER/MGR/CH UMPIRE RESON CREER 4/20 vs. Cleveland...Paul Molitor...lan Porter... rguing balls and strikes /22 vs. Detroit...Miguel Sanó...Jordan Baker... Contact with James McCann /30 at Oakland...Miguel Sanó...Phil Cuzzi... rguing balls and strikes /3 vs. Kansas City...Paul Molitor...Marty Foster... rguing a check swing by KC batter... 6 STRTS BY BTTING ORDER LST TIME IT HPPENED OUTFIELD SSISTS Ehire drianza 1 Byron Buxton 6 Zack Granite 1 Robbie Grossman 1 Max Kepler 6 Eddie Rosario 4 Danny Santana 1 Total 20 Joe Mauer 10 Brian Dozier 9 Eddie Rosario 8 Kennys Vargas 8 Byron Buxton 7 Max Kepler 6 Jorge Polanco 6 GINST THE TWINS HITTING: Hit for the Cycle: Beltre, 8/24/12 at TEX (5 allowed all-time) Grand Slam:. Pujols, 6/3/17 at L (3 allowed in 2017) Inside-the-Park Home Run: J. McCann, 4/29/15 vs. DET (42 allowed all-time) Pinch-Hit Home Run: V. Martinez, 9/22/16 vs. DET (3 allowed in 2016) Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: J. Sands, 8/8/15 at CLE (1 allowed in 2015) Five-Hit Game: D. Pedroia, 7/21/16 at BOS (2 allowed in 2016) Six-Hit Game: J. Segura, 5/28/13 at MIL (3 allowed all-time) Two Hits, One Inning: G. Springer, 7th inning (HR, 1B) 5/31/17 vs. HOU (3 allowed in 2017) Two Home Runs, One Inning: Nilsson, 5/17/96 vs. MIL Two-Home Run Game: B. Donaldson, 9/17/17 vs. TOR (16 allowed in 2017) Three-Home Run Game: J. Donaldson, 8/28/16 at TOR (1 allowed in 2016) Back-to-Back Home Runs: Y. Grandal/J. Pederson 7/24/17 at LD (8 allowed in 2017) Three Consecutive Home Runs: Jones/Castilla/Franco, 6/11/02 vs. TL Three Home Runs, One Inning: Martinez/Infante/Jackson, 9/24/13 vs. DET Four Home Runs, One Inning: Everett/O Leary/Varitek/Burkhart, 7/3/00 vs. BOS Walk-off Home Run: J. Upton 8/12 at DET (4 allowed in 2017) Leadoff Home Run: J. Kipnis, 5/14/17 at CLE (1 allowed in 2017) Consecutive Home Runs to Leadoff Game: S. Smith/M. Machado, 7/7/17 vs. BL (1 in 17) Last Pitcher to Hit Home Run: Scott Karl, 6/11/99 at MIL PITCHING (complete games only for low-hit games): No-Hitter: Weaver, 5/2/12 at L (5 all-time) One-Hitter: Kluber, 8/14/15 vs. CLE (23 all-time) Two-Hitter: Halladay, 5/29/05 at TOR (49 all-time) 10+ Innings Pitched: Fernandez (10.0 innings), 10/1/95 at CHC 10+ Strikeouts: 10, Z. Godley, 8/18/17, vs. RI (7 times in 2017) Complete Game Shutout: rrieta, 6/21/15 vs. CHC (2 in 2015) Back-to-Back Complete Game Victories: Williams/Weaver, 5/1-2/12 at L Back-to-Back Shutouts: 4/6/13-4/8/2015 (2 games, 0-4 and 0-11) Four Strikeouts in an Inning: F. Hernandez, 6/30/10 vs. SE (8th inning) MISCELLNEOUS: Triple Play: Donaldson/Rosales/Carter, 8/21/12 at OK (Plouffe hitting) Position Player Pitching: D. Descalso, 8/21/17 vs. RI Three or more Steals, One Game: B. Hamilton (4), 6/29/15 at CIN Steal of Home: C. Maybin, 7/6/17 vs. L Pure Steal of Home: S. Green, 5/26/00 vs. TEX Home Run in First ML t-bat: C. Richard, 7/17/00 vs. STL GME-WINNING RBI Miguel Sano 6 Jason Castro 5 Robbie Grossman 4 Eduardo Escobar 3 Ehire drianza 1 Chris Gimenez 1 Zack Granite 1 Ervin Santana TRGET FIELD WETHER DELYS ND POSTPONEMENTS DTE DELYED/PPD NOTES 4/14 vs. Chicago-L Delayed Delayed 36 minutes before the start of the game due to inclement weather. First pitch was scheduled for 7:10 pm and game started at 7:46 pm. 4/19 vs. Cleveland Postponed Postponed prior to the start of the game due to inclement weather. Makeup scheduled for night game of split day-night doubleheader at 7:10 on June 17. 5/17 vs. Colorado Postponed Postponed prior to the start of the game due to inclement weather. Makeup scheduled for night game of split day-night doubleheader at 6:10 on May 18. 5/20 vs. Kansas City Postponed Postponed prior to the start of the game due to inclement weather. Makeup scheduled for traditional doubleheader starting at 1:10 pm on May 21. 5/29 vs. Houston Delayed Delayed 10 minutes in the top of the 8th inning due to rain. 6/17 vs. Cleveland Delayed Delayed 1:15 in the top of the 5th inning due to rain. 6/22 vs. Chicago-L Delayed Delayed 4:50 before the start of the game due to inclement weather. First pitch was schedule for 12:10 pm and game started at 5:00 pm. 8/5 vs. Texas Delayed Delayed 45 minutes before the start of the game due to inclement weather. First pitch was schedule for 6:10 and game started at 6:55 pm. 8/6 vs. Texas Delayed Delayed 32 minutes in the bottom of the second inning due to inclement weather. 8/16 vs. Cleveland Postponed Postponed after the initial start time due to inclement weather. Makeup scheduled for night game of split day-night doubleheader at 6:10 pm on ug. 17. ** Target Field has experienced 38 delayed games and 19 postponed games in the park s history (since 2010). Longest delay: 4:50. **