MINNESOT TWINS (54-50) T TORONTO BLUE JYS (54-52) MONDY, UGUST 3, 2015-1:07 (ET) - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TRESURE ISLND BSEBLL NETWORK Ervin Santana (R, 2-1, 3.78) vs. David Price (L, 9-4, 2.53) GME 105 WY GME 49 UPCOMING PROBBLE PITCHERS & BRODCST SCHEDULE Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 8/4 at Toronto Phil Hughes (R, 10-6, 4.11) vs. Marco Estrada (R, 8-6, 3.53) 6:07 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / BOB FM 8/5 at Toronto Tyler Duffey (R) vs. Drew Hutchison (R, 9-2, 5.42) 6:07 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / None 8/6 at Toronto Kyle Gibson (R, 8-8, 3.37) vs. Mark Buehrle (L, 11-5, 3.32) 6:07 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / None TWINS T GLNCE Record:...54-50 Home Record:...34-22 Road Record:...20-28 Record in series:... 15-16-3 Series Openers:...16-18 Series Finales:...18-16 Rubber Games:...6-8 Sweeps/Swept:...5/4 pril:...10-12 May:...20-7 June:...11-17 July:...12-13 ugust:...1-1 September/October:... vs. merican League East:...13-6 vs. merican League Central:...23-22 vs. merican League West:...10-10 vs. National League:...8-12 Games vs. LH Starter:...21-16 Games vs. RH Starter:...33-34 Twins score first:...36-17 Opp. scores first:...18-33 Come-from-behind wins:... 20 Leading after 7/8 inn.:...46-3/45-1 Trailing after 7/8 inn.:...3-36/2-42 Tied after 7/8 inn.:...5-11/7-7 Extra-innings:...4-5 1-run games:...14-14 Twins out-hit opp.:...38-4 Opp. out-hit Twins:...9-44 Twins/Opp. have = hits:...7-2 Twins get Quality Start:...34-18 Twins starter goes 6+ IP:...38-26 Most games over.500:...11, last 6/5 Most games under.500:...5, 4/15 Longest winning-streak:...5, 2x, last 5/23-27 Longest losing-streak:...5, last 6/8-13 When Twins score 4+:...39-12 When Twins score 3-:...15-38 Team-high hits:...19, 5/3 vs. CWS Team-high runs:... 13, 3x, last 6/22 vs. CWS Opp.-high hits:...20, 5/14 at DET Opp.-high runs:...14, 7/19 at OK Twins get 10+ hits:...31-6 Walk-Off W/L:...5/4 Shutouts W/L:...9/7 Complete Games:...1, Hughes, 4/24 at SE Target Field Sellouts ( 15/ll-Time):... 5/157 RECENT TRNSCTIONS 7/4 RHP Santana reinstated from restricted list 7/6 RHP Pressly placed on 15-day DL OF Robinson reinstated from Family Emergency List LHP Thompson optioned to 7/7 LHP O Rourke contract selected C Herrmann optioned to 7/8 C Fryer contract selected RHP Nolasco moved to 60-day DL 7/29 IF Plouffe placed on Paternity List IF Polanco recalled from 7/31 RHP Jepsen acquired via trade in exchange for RHP Hu and RHP Tapia IF Santana optioned to IF Polanco optioned to 8/1 IF Plouffe reinstated from Paternity List 8/3 LHP Milone placed on 15-day DL RHP Duffey contract selected RHP Pressly transferred to 60-day DL THE SKIPPER Paul Molitor was named Twins Manager November 4, 2014 becoming the 13th Manager in club history and just the third since 1986 (Tom Kelly, Ron Gardenhire)...2015 marks his 15th minor league and major league professional coaching season...inducted into baseball HOF in 2004 and one of just six players in MLB history with 3,000 hits and 500 stolen bases... ranks ninth on baseball s all-time hit list amassing 3,319 in 21-year career from 1978-98...1974 graduate of Cretin High School in St. Paul, attended University of Minnesota from 1975-77 and played for Twins from 1996-98. Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. ll game times are listed as Central. THE TWINS: The Twins completed their nine-game homestand with a record of 3-6, going 1-2 against New York-L, 0-2 against Pittsburgh and 2-2 against Seattle...today they begin a seven-game road trip with four at Toronto through Thursday and three at Cleveland from Friday-Sunday...the Twins have gone 20-28 on the road compared to 34-22 at home. BTS STY COLD, TWINS LOSE FINLE: The Twins lost to the Mariners yesterday afternoon by a score of 4-1 in 11 innings...mike Pelfrey was the starter but did not factor into the decision, tossing 8.0 shutout innings with four hits allowed, one walk and three strikeouts... the offense recorded four hits, one coming from Brian Dozier, a solo home run in the ninth inning, his 23rd this season, tying a single-season career-high. TWINS ND JYS: The Twins are 2-1 against the Blue Jays this season, winning the second two of three May 29-31 at Target Field, each game was decided by two runs-or-less...the Twins hit.381 (8-for-21) with runners in scoring position in that series...in that three-game series, Brian Dozier went 5-for-12 (.417) with three doubles, aron Hicks went 3-for-8 (.375), Trevor Plouffe went 5-for-12 (.417) with a home run and three RBI and Eddie Rosario went 3-for-7 (.429). NO, CND: The Twins last series in Toronto came June 9-11, 2014, winning the second two of three...they are 9-22 in their last 31 games at Toronto but have won each of their last two, seeking their first three-game win streak in Rogers Centre since winning May 19, 2004-May 27-28, 2005. Torii Hunter is hitting.400 (12-for-30) in his last six games at Rogers Centre. RISING IN THE EST: The Twins have gone 13-6 against L East opponents this season... one more win would already match their win total for 2014, when they went 14-18...they have gone 2-1 against Tampa Bay, 5-2 against Boston, 2-1 against Toronto, 3-0 against Baltimore and 1-2 against New York...this series marks just their second trip to an L East city, the other being Boston June 2-4 (2-2)...they play 13 more games against this division: four at Toronto, three at New York ugust 17-19, four at Baltimore ugust 20-23 and three at Tampa Bay ugust 25-27. MUER DOUBLE VISION: Joe Mauer has 329 career doubles and needs one to pass Tony Oliva and move into sole possession of second on the Twins all-time list...he has 468 career extra-base hits and needs one to tie Rod Carew for eighth on that same list: PLYER DOUBLES PLYER XBH 1) Kirby Puckett...414 5) Justin Morneau... 526 2) Joe Mauer...329 6) Torii Hunter... 508 Tony Oliva...329 7) Gary Gaetti... 478 4) Kent Hrbek...312 8) Rod Carew... 469 5) Rod Carew...305 9) Joe Mauer... 468 STREKS Current Streak:... 1 loss Last 5 games:...2-3 Last 10 games:...4-6 Last 15 games:...5-10 Last 20 games:...9-11 TWINS VS. TORONTO 2015 Record:...2-1 Current Streak:... 2 wins 2015 at Home:...2-1 2015 at Toronto:... ll-time Record:...160-205 ll-time at Home:...89-97 ll-time at Toronto:...71-108 2015 Game Logs: Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save 5/29 MIN 4-6 Buehrle/Perkins 5/30 MIN 3-2 Pressly/Loup/Boyer 5/31 MIN 6-5 Pressly/Osuna/Perkins 8/3 TOR 8/4 TOR 8/5 TOR 8/6 TOR HOMESTND (3-6) Batting verage....251 (79-for-315) Runs Per-Game...4.7 (42 R/9 G) Home Runs...11 RISP....274 (20-for-73) Fielding Errors...7 Team ER...5.10 (83.0 IP, 47 ER) Starters W-L... 2-3 Starters ER...4.72 (55.1 IP, 29 ER) Relievers W-L-S...1-3-0 Relievers ER...5.86 (27.2 IP, 18 ER) Save/Opportunities...0/1 ROCKY ROD: The Twins have gone 20-28 on the road this season compared to 34-22 at Target Field...they have been out-scored on the road 168-212 and out-hit 361-439...they are hitting.223 (361-for-1620) with 32 home runs on the road and.274 (509-for-1858) with 58 home runs at home...pitchers have posted a 4.24 ER (413.2 IP, 195 ER) in road games compared to 3.71 ER (510.0 IP, 210 ER) at Target Field. BULL DOZIER: Brian Dozier hit his 23rd home run yesterday afternoon, tying a single-season career-high, done last season...he has 28 doubles and needs five to tie his career-high of 33, done in both 2013 and 2014...he needs one home run to tie Roy Smalley s 24 in 1979 for most homers by a Twins middle infielder in club history...he enters today tied with Josh Donaldson for first in the L in extrabase hits with 54. SNO STORM: Miguel Sano has hit safely in eight of his last nine games...he has reached base in 21 of 24 games since his recall... since July 1, he leads all L rookies in on-base percentage (.410) and walks (18) and tied for first with Carlos Correa in times on base (41)...in 90 games between Minnesota and Double- Chattanooga this season, he is hitting.276 (89-for-322) with 25 doubles, 19 home runs and 62 RBI. HEY, I REMEMBER YOU: Paul Molitor played three seasons for the Blue Jays from 1993-95, hitting.315 (508-for-1615) with 98 doubles, 11 triples, 51 home runs, 246 RBI, 270 runs scored and 54 stolen bases (4 caught stealing) in 405 games...he was named L ll-star in 1993 and 94, Silver Slugger in 93 and L MVP runner-up in 93 (Frank Thomas)...he led the L in plate appearances (725) and hits (211) in 1993 and games (115) in 1994...he hit.447 (21-for-47) in 12 games during the 1993 postseason...he hit.500 (12-for-24) with two doubles, two triples, two home runs, eight RBI and 10 runs scored in the World Series and was named MVP. THIS ND THT: Moves made official today: left-handed pitcher Tommy Milone was placed on the 15-day disabled list with left elbow strain, righthanded pitcher Tyler Duffey had his contract selected from Triple- Rochester and right-handed pitcher Ryan Pressly was transferred to the 60-day disabled list. UPCOMING MILESTONES PLYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN RECH Torii Hunter...208 home runs as Twin...Needs 3 to tie Bob llison (211) for 5th on Twins all-time list 491 doubles...needs 9 to reach 500 for career 347 home runs...needs 3 to reach 350 for career Joe Mauer...329 doubles...needs 1 to pass Tony Oliva (329) and move into 2nd on Twins all-time list 733 RBI...Needs 1 to pass Rod Carew (733) and move into 8th on Twins all-time list 468 extra-base hits...needs 1 to tie Rod Carew (469) for 8th on Twins all-time list Glen Perkins...383 games...needs 3 to tie Juan Rincon (386) for 6th on Twins all-time list 483 strikeouts...needs 17 to reach 500 for career Brian Dozier...489 games...needs 11 to reach 500 for career Kurt Suzuki...197 doubles...needs 3 to reach 200 for career
STRTING PITCHER PGE 2 ERVIN SNTN #54 Height: 6-2 Weight: 175 B/T: R/R ge: 32 (12/12/82 in San Cristobal, DR) 2015: 2-1, 3.78 ER CREER: 121-101, 4.16 ER He is making his sixth start of 2015. He is making his 305th career appearance and 302nd career start. 2015 MJOR LEGUE DY-BY-DY (score when...) Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Left/Final Notes Pitches/K 7/5 at KC ND 8.0 3 2 2 1 3 8 2-2/2-3 Twins debut...eric Hosmer walk-off double 93/58 7/10 DET ND 4.0 8 6 6 3 3 5 0-6/8-6 Twins scored seven runs in the 9th to win 8-6 81/49 7/17 at OK W 7.2 5 0 0 0 1 1 5-0/5-0 First win as a Twin; 1st shutout since 7/28/14 103/69 7/23 at L W 8.0 4 0 0 0 0 7 3-0/3-0 Back-to-back shutouts for 1st time of career 91/65 7/29 PIT L 5.2 8 8 6 2 4 3 3-8/4-10 First loss of seaon and Twins career 107/65 JULY TOTLS 2-1 33.1 28 16 14 6 11 24 3.78 ER --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ER 2015 TOTLS 2-1 33.1 28 16 14 6 11 24 3.78 PRE-SG TOTLS 0-0 12.0 11 8 8 4 6 13 6.00 POST-SG TOTLS 2-1 21.2 17 8 6 2 5 11 2.53 WITH TWINS 2-1 33.1 28 16 14 6 11 24 3.78 CREER TOTLS 121-101 1916.0 1855 953 886 251 600 1531 4.16 LST TIME OUT: Was dealt his first loss of the season, and first as a Twin, July 29 against Pittsburgh...he allowed eight runs (6 earned) on eight hits with a season-high four walks in 5.2 innings pitched...three of the eight runs came on a pair of homers from Jung Ho Kang (solo, 2nd inning) and ndrew McCutchen (two-run, 5th)...Santana has surrendered six home runs in five starts this season. Prior to the loss, Santana had posted back-to-back shutout starts for the first time in his 11-year career...kang s homer in the second inning snapped a 16.2-inning scoreless streak. The four walks marked a season-high and the most since September 9, 2014 at WS (also 4)... four walks was his season high in 2014, done in four of his 31 starts last year. The eight runs allowed doubled his season total...prior to this start, he had allowed eight total runs in his first four starts of the year (all earned). GINST THE BLUE JYS: Today will be Santana's 17th career start and appearance against Toronto... he is 6-6 with a 3.66 ER (110.2 IP, 45 ER), 13 home runs, 36 walks and 82 strikeouts against them in his previous 16 starts...he last faced the Blue Jays on ugust 30, 2013 as a member of the Kansas City Royals and was dealt the loss after allowing three runs (2 earned) on four hits in 7.0 innings...12 of his 16 career starts against them have been quality starts, including three complete games, his most against any club...two of his three complete games against them have been at Rogers Centre... he is 3-3 with a 4.15 ER (52.0 IP, 24 ER) in eight previous starts here. EST COST BLUES: This will be Santana s first start against an L East opponent this season...in his career, he has made 74 starts against this division, going 25-28 with a 4.93 ER (462.1 IP, 253 ER)... he has allowed three-or-more earned runs in 46 of his 74 career starts against L East opponents. JULY HET: Santana made five starts in July, finishing 2-1 with a 3.78 ER (33.1 IP, 16 ER)...prior to his last start, he had posted a 2.61 ER, which ranked as the 13th best ER in the merican League that month...last season, Santana had a season-best four wins in July with a 2.52 ER (35.2 IP, 10 ER), the 14th best mark in the National League...in fact, from 2010-14, a total of 24 July starts, Santana went 12-6 with a 3.51 ER (159.0 IP, 62 ER), 43 walks, 121 strikeouts, and a.234 opponents average. LOOKING HED TO UGUST: Santana has made 53 career starts in the month of ugust...he owns a record of 24-12 in those starts, his best career winning percentage of any month...he owns a career 3.82 ER (337.0 IP, 143 ER) in ugust...last year, he made six starts in the month of ugust, going 3-1 with a 3.16 ER (37.0 IP, 13 ER). HOME ND WY: Three of Santana's five starts this year have been on the road, all of which were quality starts...he is 2-0 with a 0.76 ER on the road compared to 0-1 with an 11.17 ER at Target Field...five of his six home runs this season were surrendered at home...he has failed to pitch into the sixth inning in each of his starts at Target Field, but has lasted 7.0-or-more in all three of his road starts. MERICN LEGUE DOMINTION: Santana spent eight seasons in the merican League with the Los ngeles ngels and the Kansas City Royals from 2005-2013 before moving to the National League in 2014 with the Braves...in those eight seasons, Santana ranked in the top five for several pitching categories...below are his numbers and ranks in the L from 2005-13: CTEGORY NUMBER RNKING Wins 105 T-5th Games Started 265 4th Innings 1686.2 5th Strikeouts 1328 5th FIRST HLF RECP: Santana made his Twins debut July 5 at Kansas City after serving an 80-game suspension to start the season...he made two starts for the Twins prior to the break, with backto-back no decisions, going 0-0, 6.00 ER (12.0 IP, 8 ER)...a few more notes about his first half: In his season debut, he went 8.0 innings, allowing two runs on three hits with one walk and eight strikeouts...his eight strikeouts matched the second most in a Twins debut since 1961, tying him with Boof Bonser's eight on May 21, 2006, trailing only Camilo Pascual's 12 on pril 14, 1961. llowed six earned runs in his second start, all of which were scored on three home runs: a pair of a pair of homers by J.D. Martinez in the third and fourth innings, and a three-run shot by Yoenis Cespedes in the fourth...since the start of 2014, Santana has only allowed three home runs in an outing one other time (8/18/14 at PIT)...it tied Kyle Gibson for the most allowed in a game by a Twins pitcher this season (June 5 vs. MIL). 2014 RECP: In his only season in the National League, Santana went 14-10 with a 3.95 ER (196.0 IP, 86 ER) for the Braves...tied for the club lead with 14 wins (Julio Teheran), the fourth time in his career he's reached that plateau...the durable right-hander fell four innings shy of 200.0, a total he's reached five other times in his career...started 31 games, the fifth consecutive season he's made at least 30 starts. Went 10-4, 3.75 ER (103.1 IP, 43 ER) in 16 home starts, tied for second most home wins in NL and third most in baseball (Greinke, Hernandez, Kluber, Peralta, Weaver). 2015 HIGHS CREER HIGHS CG s: - - CG s: 14, last 6/16/12 vs. RI SHO s: - - SHO s: 7, last 6/16/12 vs. RI CG Low Hit: - - CG Low-Hit: 0, 7/27/11 at CLE Innings: 8.0, 2x, last 7/23 at L Innings: 9.0, 13x, last 6/16/12 vs. RI SO s: 8, 7/5 at KC SO s: 11, 4x, last 7/28/14 vs. SD Walks: 4, 7/29 vs. PIT Walks: 8, 7/20/06 at KC Hits: 8, 2x, last 7/29 vs. PIT Hits: 14, 7/17/07 vs. TB Home Runs: 3, 7/10 vs. DET Home Runs: 4, 2x, last 5/23/13 vs. L Win-Streak: 2, 7/17-7/23 Win-Streak: 7, 6/6-7/20/06 Loss-Streak: 1, 7/29 Loss-Streak: 9, 9/6/11-5/4/12 CREER NOTES Signed a four-year contract with the Twins December 13, 2014. Signed as a free agent with the tlanta Braves March 12, 2014, spending his only season in the National League...his 14 wins tied for the team-lead with Julio Teheran. In his nine years in the merican League from 2005-13, he ranked fourth in the L in starts (265), fifth in innings (1686.2) and strikeouts (1328), and tied for fifth in wins (105) Recorded his 100th career win, June 8, 2013 vs. Houston, in his only season in Kansas City. Traded to Kansas City October 31, 2011...left the ngels organization in the club's all-time top 10 in wins (7th, 96), innings (6th, 1,475.2) and strikeouts (6th, 1,167). Pitched no-hitter July 27, 2011 at Cleveland, allowing an unearned run and a walk with 10 strikeouts, marking the eighth individual no-hitter in ngels history Selected to his only career ll-star Game in 2008...gave up a run in 1.0 inning (5th) in the L's 4-3, 15-inning win at New York-L...finished year second in L in strikeouts (214), fourth in innings pitched (219.0) and tied seventh in wins (16). Started Game 5 of 2005 LDS at Yankee Stadium in his rookie season...recorded the win after allowing three runs on five hits in 5.1 innings...became sixth rookie to win decisive postseason series game. Signed by the naheim ngels as an undrafted free agent September 2, 2000. 2015 MISC. NUMBERS W L ER GS IP ER VG H B HR BB SO Home: 0 1 11.17 2 9.2 12 Vs. Left:.150 9 60 2 7 9 Road: 2 0 0.76 3 23.2 2 Vs. Right:.284 19 67 4 4 15 Day: 1 1 3.32 3 21.2 8 TOTLS:.220 28 127 6 11 24 Night: 1 0 4.63 2 11.2 6 Grass: 2 1 3.87 5 33.1 14 None On:.207 18 87 3 4 18 Turf: -- -- -.-- -- -- -- Runners On:.250 10 40 3 7 6 6.0-PLUS IP/QULITY STRTS Year Starts 6+ IP QS 2005 23 14 13 2006 33 24 18 2007 26 16 12 2008 32 28 22 2009 23 15 11 2010 33 28 21 MORE MISCELLNEOUS NUMBERS RUNS/HITS PER INNING BTTER-PITCHER MTCH-UPS Santana vs. the Blue Jays PLYER VG B H HR BB SO Bautista.308 26 8 2 8 8 Martin.273 22 6 0 4 2 Smoak.333 21 7 1 5 2 Encarnacion.222 18 4 1 3 4 Revere.462 13 6 0 0 1 Donaldson.273 11 3 1 1 2 Navarro.333 9 3 0 2 2 Kawasaki.429 7 3 0 1 0 Colabello.000 3 0 0 0 0 Goins.333 3 1 0 0 0 Pillar.000 2 0 0 0 2 Year Starts 6+ IP QS 2011 33 30 21 2012 30 19 15 2013 32 29 23 2014 31 25 19 2015 5 3 3 TOTLS 301 231 178 BSE RUNNERS PICK-OFFS SB-TT GIDP SNTN: 40 0 3-3 1 INNING: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RUNS/HITS: 0/3 1/3 3/6 4/4 3/4 5/5 0/1 0/2 -/- SNTN VS. TORONTO 2014 vs. Toronto: - - 2014 vs. Toronto at Home: - - 2014 vs. Toronto at Toronto: - - Career vs. Toronto (16 starts): 6-6, 3.66 ER (110.2 IP, 45 ER), 36 BB, 82 K Career vs. Toronto at Home (8 starts): 3-3, 3.22 ER (58.2 IP, 21 ER) 14 BB, 43 K Career vs. Toronto at Toronto (8 starts): 3-3, 4.15 ER (52.0 IP, 24 ER), 22 BB, 39 K TWINS STRTERS IN 2015 Price vs. the Twins PLYER VG B H HR BB SO Nunez.244 41 10 1 3 5 Mauer.176 34 6 0 4 8 Hunter.281 32 9 1 3 8 Suzuki.200 30 6 1 1 10 Dozier.222 27 6 2 2 4 Plouffe.364 22 8 0 1 4 Hicks.400 10 4 0 2 4 Escobar.333 9 3 0 0 0 Robinson.000 5 0 0 1 3 Sano.000 4 0 0 0 3 Pitcher Last Start (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) Dec. Starts QS Team Rec. Run Supp. RS VG Hughes 7/30 vs. SE (5.0-10-5-5-0-5-2) W 21 11 12-9 83 5.51 Pelfrey 8/2 vs. SE (8.0-4-0-0-1-3-0) ND 20 11 10-10 50 3.80 May 7/1 at CIN (6.1-6-2-1-3-6-0) L 15 7 6-9 36 4.03 Gibson 8/1 vs. SE (7.0-6-2-2-1-4-1) ND 21 12 11-10 56 3.85 Milone 7/31 vs. SE (6.0-11-4-4-0-4-1) L 14 7 6-8 47 5.20 Nolasco 5/31 vs. TOR (1.0-3-2-2-0-1-0) ND 7 1 6-1 33 9.09 Graham 6/6 vs. MIL (4.0-6-1-1-0-3-0) ND 1 0 0-1 0 0.00 Santana 7/29 vs. PIT (5.2-8-8-6-4-3-2) L 5 3 3-2 13 3.51 TOMORROW'S STRTER - PHIL HUGHES, RHP (SESON: 10-6, 4.11 ER ; CREER: 82-66, 4.29 ER) Hughes will be making his team-leading 22nd start tomorrow night...he earned the win in his last start, July 30 against Seattle, after allowing five runs on 10 hits with no walks and five strikeouts in 5.0 innings...the outing increased his win-streak to six games, which is tied for the longest active streak in baseball...tomorrow will be his 23rd career start and 30th career appearance against the Blue Jays, his most against any other club...he is 6-7 with a 4.69 ER (128.2 IP, 67 ER) in his previous 27 outings against them... he last faced Toronto on June 11, 2014 and earned the win after tossing 7.0 shutout innings with seven hits, no walks and nine strikeouts...he has made five starts against L East opponents this season, going 3-1 with a 3.73 ER (31.1 IP, 13 ER), five home runs, three walks and 16 strikeouts.
BULLPEN NOTES PGE 3 BLINE BOYER - RHP #36 RECENT PPERNCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 225 B/T: R/R ge: 34 (7/11/81 in tlanta, G) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 12/31/14 7/31 vs. SE ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP), BB, 2 K Series vs. SE: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP), 2 K vs. Left:.158 vs. Right:.315 7/29 vs. PIT ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 7/21 at L ND 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 Collected 15th hold 7/11 vs. DET...15 holds are career-high, passing the 14 holds he had with tlanta in 2008. 7/19 at OK ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 appearances are most since he made 54 appearances for the Diamondbacks in 2010. 7/18 at OK ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 1 7/11 vs. DET H15 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 St. Louis (2009), rizona (2009-10), the Mets (2011) and San Diego (2014)...all of his career outings have come in relief. 7/9 vs. DET ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7/5 at KC L4 0.0 0 1 1 0 1 0 Posted a 3.57 ER (40.1 IP, 16 ER) in 32 outings in 2014, his lowest since 2007 (3.38)...2.68 ER in 2015 is career-low. 7/4 at KC H14 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 When pitching at least 1.0 inning in his career has a 2.64 ER (275.2 IP, 81 ER) with 72 walks and 182 strikeouts. BRIN DUENSING - LHP #52 RECENT PPERNCES Height: 6-0 Weight: 200 B/T: L/L ge: 32 (2/22/83 in Marysville, KS) Drafted: 3rd Round, 2005 Draft 8/2 vs. SE ND 0.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 Homestand: 0-0-0, 11.57 (2.1 IP, 3 ER), 2 BB, K Series vs. SE: 0-0-0, INF (0.0 IP, ER), BB vs. Left:.308 vs. Right:.218 7/28 vs. PIT ND 0.1 2 2 2 0 1 1 7/25 vs. NYY H4 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7/24 vs. NYY ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6/13...lefties are 3-for-last-18 (.167) with six strikeouts and four walks in that same span. 7/17 at OK ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7/11 vs. DET ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Career record of 17-12-2, 3.73 ER (280.0 IP, 116 ER) in 274 relief outings and 23-24, 4.57 ER (346.2 IP, 176 ER) in 61 starts. 7/7 vs. BL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7/6 vs. BL ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Earned second career save with a scoreless 1.1 innings 4/10 at CWS...other save coming 5/28/13 at MIL (1.0 scoreless IP). 7/4 at KC W3 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Is fourth on the Twins all-time appearances list by a left-hander with 335 outings...guardado leads all with 648. 6/26 at MIL ND 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 CSEY FIEN - RHP #50 RECENT PPERNCES Height: 6-2 Weight: 212 B/T: R/R ge: 31 (10/21/83 in Santa Rosa, C) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 1/3/12 8/2 vs. SE ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 1 Homestand: 0-0-0, 3.60 (5.0 IP, 2 ER), 3 K Series vs. SE: 0-0-0, 0.00 (3.0 IP), 2 K vs. Left:.327 vs. Right:.210 8/1 vs. SE ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7/30 vs. SE H11 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25 of his 34 appearances this season have been at least 1.0 inning...has four outings of 2.0 innings. 7/28 vs. PIT ND 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 1 6.3 K/BB (19 K/ 3 BB) rate in 2015...since 2013 has walked just 25 batters and struckout 143 (158.2 IP) for K/BB rate of 5.7. 7/24 vs. NYY ND 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 7/19 at OK ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Finished third in L with 26 holds in 2014 (Wade Davis - 33 and Joba Chamberlain - 29)...26 holds were eighth most in MLB. 7/18 at OK L4 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 7/11 vs. DET ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 1 Career record of 14-14-1, 3.97 ER (208.2 IP, 92 ER) with 184 strikeouts, 40 walks in 226 appearances. J.R. GRHM - RHP #62 RECENT PPERNCES Height: 6-0 Weight: 210 B/T: R/R ge: 25 (1/14/90 in Livermore, C) Obtained: Rule 5 Draft from tlanta, 12/11/14 7/31 vs. SE ND 2.0 1 2 2 1 1 2 Homestand: 0-0-0, 6.35 (5.2 IP, 4 ER), HR, BB, 5 K Series vs. SE: 0-0-0, 9.00 (2.0 IP, 2 ER), HR, BB, 2 K vs. Left:.217 vs. Right:.302 7/29 vs. PIT ND 1.2 3 2 2 0 0 0 Second among L rookies relievers with 49.0 IP (2 starts or less)...41.0 IP pre-sg 3rd most by Twins rookie reliever since 2003. 7/26 vs. NYY ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7/19 at OK ND 2.1 5 4 4 1 0 1 llowed one run in 12.2 inning stretch 6/22-7/19 until fifth inning grand slam at OK on 7/19. 7/10 vs. DET ND 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 4 7/7 vs. BL ND 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 Made his major league debut Opening Day, tossing 2.0 scoreless innings with two hits and one walk. 7/1 at CIN ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6/29 at CIN ND 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 2 6/26 at MIL ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 3 years to be selected in the Rule 5 Draft and make the Twins Opening Day roster (Ryan Pressly in 2013). 6/22 vs. CWS ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 6/19 vs. CHC ND 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 KEVIN JEPSEN - RHP #49 RECENT PPERNCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 235 B/T: R/R ge: 31 (7/26/84 in naheim, C) Obtained: Trade with Tampa Bay, 7/31/15 8/2 vs. SE L6 0.1 0 2 2 0 2 1 Homestand: 0-1-0, 54.00 (0.1 IP, 2 ER), 2 BB, K Series vs. SE: 0-1-0, 54.00 (0.1 IP, 2 ER), 2 BB, K vs. Left:.260 vs. Right:.189 Traded to Minnesota on July 31 7/27 vs. DET H22 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 cquired from Tampa Bay on July 31 in exchange for two minor league pitchers. 7/22 at PHI ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 7/21 at PHI H21 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 runs allowed, 20 walks and 34 strikeouts...held opponents to a.227 (34-for-150) average. 7/18 at TOR W2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Spent parts of eight seasons in the majors with Los ngeles-l (2008-14) and Tampa Bay (2015). 7/12 vs. HOU H20 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7/11 vs. HOU H19 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Posted a 1.50 ER (6.0 IP, ER) in seven appearances against the L Central this season. TREVOR MY - RHP #65 RECENT PPERNCES Height: 6-5 Weight: 240 B/T: R/R ge: 25 (9/23/89 in Longview, WS) Obtained: Trade with Philadelphia, 12/6/12 8/2 vs. SE ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (4.1 IP), BB, 6 K Series vs. SE: 0-0-0, 0.00 (3.0 IP), BB, 5 K vs. Left:.294 vs. Right:.276 8/1 vs. SE W7 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7/30 vs. SE ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 2 7/28 vs. PIT ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 walks while striking out 10 in that span...allowed three hits, no runs, one walk with six strikeouts in last five outings (4.1 IP). 7/25 vs. NYY H1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Made first relief appearance of 2015, and second of his career, with scoreless 10th inning to earn the win 7/6 vs. BL... only 7/22 at L ND 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 2 prior career relief appearance coming ugust 12, 2014 at Houston, allowing three runs (2 earned) on three hits in 2.1 IP. 7/19 at OK ND 1.0 2 3 3 1 0 1 7/12 vs. DET ND 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Made 15 starts for Twins this season, going 4-7, 4.37 ER (80.1 IP, 39 ER). RYN O ROURKE - RHP #61 RECENT PPERNCES Height: 6-3 Weight: 228 B/T: R/L ge: 27 (4/30/88 in Worcester, M) Drafted: 13th round, 2010 Draft 8/1 vs. SE ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Homestand: 0-0-0, 2.08 (4.1 IP, ER), 2 BB, 7 K Series vs. SE: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.2 IP), K vs. Left:.059 vs. Right:.143 7/29 vs. PIT ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 7/28 vs. PIT ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Holding opponents to a.097 (3-for-31) average in 10 career appearances with four walks and 13 strikeouts (10.0 IP). Made his major league debut with perfect ninth inning with one strikeout 7/7 vs. BL...recalled 7/7 (Thompson optioned). 7/26 vs. NYY ND 1.2 1 1 1 1 2 2 7/25 vs. NYY ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7/21 at L ND 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 2 (15.0 IP, 9 ER) with seven walks and 25 strikeouts. 7/18 at OK ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 1 Held left-handed hitters to a.125 (3-for-24) average with five walks and 18 strikeouts with Triple- Rochester this season. 7/10 vs. DET ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7/9 vs. DET ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 In six minor league seasons posted a record of 15-21, 4.15 ER (329.1 IP, 152 ER) with 97 walks and 336 strikeouts in 192 7/7 vs. BL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 appearances (24 starts). GLEN PERKINS - LHP #15 RECENT PPERNCES Height: 6-0 Weight: 215 B/T: L/L ge: 32 (3/2/83 in St. Paul, MN) Drafted: 1st round (22nd overall), 2004 Draft 8/2 vs. SE ND 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 1 Homestand: 0-2-0, 14.73 (3.2 IP, 6 ER), BB, K, 4 HR Series vs. SE: 0-0-0, 4.50 (2.0 IP, ER), BB, K vs. Left:.349 vs. Right:.180 7/30 vs. SE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7/28 vs. PIT L3 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 Leads the L with 29 saves. 7/25 vs. NYY L2 0.2 5 4 4 2 0 0 Converted 13 saves in the month of May, the most saves in a single month in Twins history (previous 11, multiple 5/8-8/15/04). 7/23 at L S29 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7/18 at OK BS1 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 times). 7/11 vs. DET ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 on Twins career all-time saves list (2-2011, with his 16-2012, save 7/23 36-2013, at L...needs 34-2014, 137 29-2015) to tie guilera in 137 opps...passed for 2nd on Twins Eddie list, Guardado Nathan leads (116) with for third 7/8 vs. BL S28 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7/6 vs. BL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 260 7/4 at KC S27 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 career saves with MIN. 7/2 at KC S26 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14-11-117, 2.84 4/17 ER vs. CLE (351.2 was IP, his 111 300th ER) career with 85 relief walks appearance and 362 strikeouts (also has 44 in career 339 relief starts)...career appearances. record as a reliever of 6/30 at CIN S25 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6/27 at MIL S24 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sixth closer in club history with back-to-back 30-plus save seasons...first since Nathan did so in five straight from 2005-09. 6/20 vs. CHC ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Collected 100th career save 5/15 vs. TB...became 17th active MLB pitcher to record 100 saves. 9th. 6/17 vs. STL S23 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 2 6/14 at TEX S22 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6/7 vs. MIL S21 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2015 2013 BULLPEN BULLPEN info 1st Batter Faced PITCHER H/B BB K VG SV/OPP HLD IR/IRS IRS % LST RELIEF PPERNCE LST WIN LST SVE LST LOSS Boyer 15/41 4 4.366 1/ 3 15 22/ 12 54.5% 7/31/15 vs. SE ND 6/18/15 vs. STL 5/30/15 vs. TOR 7/5/15 at KC Duensing 5/34 1 8.147 1/ 1 4 31/ 9 29.0% 8/2/15 vs. SE ND 7/4/15 at KC 4/10/15 at CWS 8/19/14 vs. CLE Fien 6/32 2 5.188 0/ 2 11 9/ 3 33.3% 8/2/15 vs. SE ND 6/14/15 at TEX 6/11/14 at TOR 7/18/15 at OK Graham 9/24 2 8.375 0/ 0 0 12/ 7 58.3% 7/31/15 vs. SE ND...... Jepsen 9/40 5 10.225 10/ 26 22 14/ 6 42.9% 8/2/15 vs. SE L 7/18/15 at TOR 6/14/15 vs. CWS 8/2/15 vs. SE May 4/10 0 1.400 0/ 0 1 1/ 0 0.0% 8/2/15 vs. SE ND 8/1/15 vs. SE.. 7/1/15 at CIN O Rourke 0/10 0 7.000 0/ 0 0 8/ 2 25.0% 8/1/15 vs. SE ND...... Perkins 5/41 2 12.122 29/ 31 0 6/ 1 16.7% 8/2/15 vs. SE ND 9/16/14 vs. DET 7/23/15 at L 7/28/15 vs. PIT Others 23/91 8 12.253 0/ 1 20 86/ 27 31.4% TEM 67/283 20 57.237 31/ 38 51 175/ 61 34.9% The opposition has a.259 (305-for-1177) batting-average-against with 37 home runs vs. Twins relievers.
HITTERS NOTES PGE 4 BRIN DOZIER - 2B #2 Height: 5-11 Weight: 198 B/T: R/R ge: 28 (5/15/87 in Tupelo, MS) 2015 verage:.253 Streak: 2g,.250 (2-8), HR, RBI Series vs. SE:.188 (3-16), 2 HR, 2 RBI Homestand:.222 (8-36), 2B, 3 HR, 4 RBI, 6 BB, 5 runs Home Runs (23): Solo (16), 2-run (3), 3-run (4) Tied career-high with 23rd HR 8/2 vs. SE...needs one home run to tie Roy Smalley (24 in 1979) for most HR in a single-season by a Twins middle infielder. 54 extra-base hits are tied most in the L...48 extra-base hits pre-sg were most in Twins history, passing Bob llison (46 in 1964). Named L up 6-2...3rd to his first Twin ll-star (5x) to homer team in in 2015...hit SG (Puckett- 93, a pinch-hit Killebrew- 61, solo HR in 8th 65, putting 71). Hit in the second 6-run walk-off comeback home Twins run win...is with 3-run the first shot Twin 7/10 to vs. ever DET, hit capping two walk-off a 7-run home 9th inning runs in the same homestand...last in franchise history: Roy Sievers ( 58 with Senators). Hit.538 21 SLG of from his 23 leadoff home is runs 2nd from best leadoff in the L spot, (Machado most by -.550). MLB leadoff hitter...his Scored be fifth 75 on runs the Twins in 102 all-time games, list...knoblauch 2nd most in MLB...on holds pace record for (150 119 runs in 1996)...Dozier which would scored 112 runs in 2014, which were 7th most all-time by a Twin. Twins Signed are a four-year 35-23 when contract he scores with the in a Twins game...15-7 3/24/15 when extending he homers. Passed Dan Gladden for sole possesion of third on Twins all-time through leadoff 2018. 13th 7/30 vs SE off Happ (6 in 2015)...needs one to tie Knoblauch (14) for HR second. list with EDURDO ESCOBR - INF #5 Height: 5-10 Weight: 185 B/T: S/R ge: 26 (1/5/89 in Villa de Cura, VZ) 2015 verage:.242 Streak: 1g,.500 (2-4), 2 2B Series vs. SE:.167 (2-12), 2 2B, RBI Homestand:.167 (4-24), 3 2B, 2 RBI Home Runs (4): Solo (1), 2-run (2), 3-run (1) Batting.305 (25-for-82) with 9 2B, 2 3B, HR in 23 games as Twins shortstop. Since Hit 35 5/4 doubles is hitting in 2014,.269 second (46-for-171) among Twins...also with 13 2B, had 3 3B, career-high 3 HR, 26 RBI 6 HR, in 37 54 RBI...35 games. doubles in 2014 were most by Twins middle infielder since Todd Walker (37 in 1999). Played in 172 career games as SS, 78 at third, 36 at second, 38 in OF and 13 as DH. ERIC FRYER - C #26 Height: 6-2 Weight: 215 B/T: R/R ge: 29 (8/26/85 in Columbus, OH) 2015 verage:.200 Streak: 0-for-last-11 Series vs. SE:.000 (0-2) Homestand:.000 (0-2) Home Runs (0): - - Contract selected 7/8...went 2-for-3 with a 2B, 2 RBI that same day vs. BL. Hit Has.299 a career (49-for-164) major league with 6 2B, average HR, 16 of RBI.241 in (32-for-133) 52 games for with Triple- six doubles, Rochester two in 2015. home runs and 11 RBI in 56 games with PIT (2011-12) and MIN (2013-15). RON HICKS - OF #32 Height: 6-2 Weight: 210 B/T: S/R ge: 25 (10/2/89 in Long Beach, C) 2015 verage:.283 Streak: 0-for-last-7 Series vs. SE:.235 (4-17), HR, RBI Homestand:.389 (14-36), 3B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 2 BB, SB, 8 runs Home Runs (5): Solo (3), 2-run (2) Has reached base in 21 of last 24, since 7/4...in that span is hitting.333 (28- for-84)...also has two doubles, two triples, four home runs, 15 RBI, 11 walks, 15 runs in that span. Hitting.333 (9-for-27) with 2 HR, 4 RBI in five games as Twins No. 2 hitter. Has hit-streak 12 RBI 7/31 in his vs. last SE...has 11 games multiple at Target hits in Field...snapped five of last six games. career-high 6-game Recorded a hit in 13 of last 16 home games, eight with multiple hits. Has all 53 a hit of his in 35 games of his as 53 center games fielder. played this season, 14 with multiple hits...started TORII HUNTER - RF #48 Height: 6-2 Weight: 218 B/T: R/R ge: 40 (7/18/75 in Pine Bluff, R) 2015 verage:.248 Streak: 0-for-last-12 Series vs. SE:.077 (1-13), RBI Homestand:.200 (6-30), 2 HR, 6 RBI, BB, 4 runs Home Runs (16): Solo (9), 2-run (3), 3-run (4) Hit.304 post-sg in 2014...career.285 hitter post-sg compared to.273 pre-sg. One home runs from tying his 2013 & 2014 total of 17. In in Twins Twins losses wins is is hitting hitting.320.162 (62-for-194), (26-for-161), 12 3 2B, 2B, 2 14 HR, HR, 13 42 RBI, RBI, 9 16 BB, BB, 9 runs, 39 runs... 33 K. Has 347 career home runs, 208 as a Twin...passed Puckett for sixth on Twins all-time home run list with 208th HR 7/25 vs. NYY. Ranks - needs on 12 Twins to tie all-time Morneau), lists: 274 1,327 doubles games (7th (8th - 15-34 to tie to tie Morneau), Gaetti), 208 1,306 HR hits (6th (8th - 3 to tie llison for 5th), 766 RBI (6th - 94 to tie Morneau), 718 runs (7th - next: Mauer), 508 extra-base hits (6th - 18 to tie Morneau). Ranks (6th), 347 among home active runs MLB (10th), players: 1,365 2,326 RBI games (8th), 1,277 (3rd), 2,415 runs (8th). hits (5th), 491 doubles JOE MUER - 1B #7 Height: 6-5 Weight: 225 B/T: L/R ge: 32 (4/19/83 in St. Paul, MN) 2015 verage:.269 Streak: 1g,.200 (1-5) Series vs. SE:.125 (2-16), RBI Homestand:.182 (6-33), 2B, RBI, 3 BB, 2 runs Home Runs (6): Solo (4), 2-run (1), 3-run (1) In last 16 road games is hitting.397 (23-for-58) with 5 extra-base hits and 5 RBI. Snapped Played in season-high 103 of the 104 11-game Twins hit-streak games this 7/31...longest season. since 16-gamer 6/19-8/15/14. Has 7/24 329 vs. NYY...is doubles, 9th tied on Tony Twins Oliva XBH (329) list with for second 468, needs on Twins 1 to all-time tie Carew list (469) with for double 8th. Has five hitless starts in last 40 games, since 6/17...batting.295 (43-for-146) with 8 doubles, 4 home runs, 14 walks, 17 runs and 9 RBI in that span. 42 Needs RBI pre-sg 11 RBI to were match most his since 2014 career total best (55)...only 45 in 2006...career 23 hits from.320 2014 hitter total post-sg. (126). Made history 11th (Killebrew, career Opening Carew and Day Hrbek roster, tied tying for Kirby first with Puckett 12). for fourth most in Twins Collected 1,500 hits 1,500th joining hit Puckett with single (2,304), 8/15/14 Carew at (2,085), HOU...was Oliva the (1,917), sixth Twin Hrbek to (1,749) record and Killebrew (1,713). EDURDO NUNEZ - INF #9 Height: 6-0 Weight: 193 B/T: R/R ge: 28 (6/15/87 in Santo Domingo, DR) 2015 verage:.270 Streak: 0-for-last-4 Series vs. SE:.000 (0-3) Homestand:.182 (2-11), RBI Home Runs (2): Solo (1), 2-run (1) Since 2014 is hitting.256 (76-for-297), 16 2B, 4 3B, 6 HR, 31 RBI in 77 games with 3+ B...has at least one hit in 51 of those 77 games. Over Has a last hit in 26 24 games of 40 is games hitting with.262 an (22-for-84) B this season. with nine extra-base hits. Hitting Career.143.271 (4-for-28) (16-for-59) as with a pinch-hitter 7 2B, 3B, HR, with 5 one RBI triple in 22 and road two games runs. in 2015. Career Hit.284 games with all at four position: of his home SS - 186; runs 3rd and - 14 105; of his DH 24-40; RBI OF at - Target 28; 2nd Field - 23. in 2014. TREVOR PLOUFFE - 3B #24 Height: 6-2 Weight: 216 B/T: R/R ge: 29 (6/15/86 in West Hills, C) 2015 verage:.255 Streak: 0-for-last-5 Series vs. SE:.143 (1-7), 3B Homestand:.280 (7-25), 2B, 3B, HR, 2 RBI, BB, 4 runs Home Runs (14): Solo (6), 2-run (4), 3-run (2), GS (2) Missed the three games due to the birth of his first child, a baby boy named Theodore Teddy Winston James Plouffe, on Wednesday night just before midnight. Hit slam first of career 2015 with grand 6th slam inning and set homer career-high 7/17 at OK...has with 5 RBI both 5/3 vs. Twins CWS...hit slams 2nd in 2015. grand Has batting six.281 doubles, (23-for-82) two triples, in those four 21 home games. runs and 13 RBI in his last 21 games... Hitting Hit walk-off.313 home (26-for-83) run 4/17 with vs. RISP...has CLE...third 6 HR, career 44 RBI walk-off with hit, RISP. Tied his 13 and 14 HR total of 14 with solo shot 7/24...hit 24 first HR walk-off in 2012. HR. Hit were 40 most doubles by Twins in 2014, 3B which in history were passing tied 4th Koskie most in (37, the 2x)...has L, tied 7th 124 in career MLB...40 doubles. doubles 44 home runs at Target Field are most in the ballpark s history. SHNE ROBINSON - OF #21 Height: 5-9 Weight: 165 B/T: R/R ge: 30 (10/30/84 in Tampa, FL) 2015 verage:.242 Streak: 0-for-last-4, run Series vs. SE:.000 (0-3), run Homestand:.200 (2-10), 2B, run Home Runs (0): - - Hit two triples 6/14 at TEX, first Twin since lexi Casilla (2, May 1, 2011 at KC) to hit two triples in a single game...hit third triple of season 7/19 at OK. Spent 2B, 37 five RBI seasons in 268 games. with the Cardinals (2009, 11-14) hitting.231 with 5 HR, 12 88 career games in left field, 87 games in center and 74 career games in right. EDDIE ROSRIO - OF #20 Height: 6-1 Weight: 180 B/T: L/R ge: 23 (9/28/91 in Guayama, PR) 2015 verage:.283 Streak: 0-for-last-11 Series vs. SE.214 (3-14), 2B, 3B, HR, 3 RBI Homestand:.367 (11-30), 4 2B, 3 3B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, SB, 10 runs Home Runs (5): Solo (4), 3-run (1) One of four Twins with 20-plus multi-hit games this season. Hitting MLB qualified.353 (47-for-133) rookies...minimum average 100 at Target P, Rosario Field, the is second highest in home the majors average in among home average. Has three multiple doubles hits 7/24 in vs. 7 of L, his last first 11 Twin games since at Pinto Target in Field 2013 (hit to have in 8 of three 11)...collected doubles... single shy of the cycle with a 2B, 3B, HR 7/30 vs. SE. Hit HR by his Twin first in career 1st B HR since in his L. Hughes 1st P 5/6 on 4/28/10 vs. OK, at on DET the (6th first time)...first pitch off Kazmir...first MLB player since S. Marte on 7/26/12 to HR on first pitch...115th player in MLB history to HR in his first career B and 109th to do so in their first career P. First Hit in Twin first 14 (since home 1961) games to to have begin at his least career...was one RBI in the first fourth 4 MLB longest games. an MLB career since 1914, and longest since Rocco Baldelli (20 straight streak in to 2003). begin MIGUEL SNO - INF #22 Height: 6-4 Weight: 262 B/T: R/R ge: 22 (5/11/93 in San Pedro de Macoris, DR) 2015 verage:.284 Streak: 0-for-last-4 Series vs. SE:.214 (3-14), HR, RBI Homestand:.281 (9-32), 3 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 6 BB, 6 runs Home Runs (4): Solo (1), 2-run (3) Reached base in 21 of first 24 MLB games...five multi-hit games. Has 4th Twins a hit rookie in 14 of to start his 16 career games with at 7-game home... hit-streak.315 (17-for-54), (last: Glenn 5 Williams 2B, 4 HR. Began the season at Double- Chattanooga where he hit.274 (66-for-241) 13 in 05). 18 doubles, one triple, 15 home runs and 48 RBI in 66 games for the Lookouts. with Ranked as the 11th best prospect in baseball by MLB.com and as the 2nd best prospect and best power hitter in the Twins system by Baseball merica entering 2015. Career 105 home minor runs league and 339 average RBI in of 445.278 games. (450-for-1616) with 110 doubles, 18 triples, Originally signed by Twins as a 16-year-old out of the Dominican Republic in 2009. KURT SUZUKI - C #8 Height: 5-11 Weight: 203 B/T: R/R ge: 31 (10/4/83 in Wailuku, HI) 2015 verage:.231 Streak: 0-for-last-4 Series vs. SE:.250 (3-12), RBI Homestand:.258 (8-31), 2B, 5 RBI, BB Home Runs (3): Solo (2), 2-run (1) Batting.200 on the road...has one hit in his last six road games. Hit Collected in 10 of first last walk-off 12 at home...batting hit as a member.314 of (22-for-70) the Twins in with last a 19 ninth games inning at home. 8/1 vs. SE...was his sixth game-winning RBI of the season (most since 2010). single 130 Was hits one in of 2014, two Twins which (Perkins) were 3rd to most represent among the all L Twins at the and 2014 5th SG among at Target L catchers. Signed as a free agent 12/23/13...signed two-year extension thru 2016 on 7/31/14. Field. MULTI-HIT GMES MULTI-RBI GMES LST HOME RUN HIT B LST GRND SLM PLYER 2H 3H 4H 5H TOTL 2RBI 3RBI 4RBI 5+RBI TOTL DTE OPP. ON PITCHER SINCE DTE OPP. CREER Dozier 21 3 1 0 25 6 2 3 0 11 8/2/15 vs. SE 0 Iwakuma 1. 0 Escobar 7 4 1 0 12 4 1 0 1 6 6/27/15 at MIL 2 Garza 47. 0 Fryer 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 8/4/14 at CWS 0 Rienzo 53. 0 Hicks 12 2 0 0 14 4 1 0 0 5 7/30/15 vs. SE 0 Happ 16.. 0 Hunter 9 7 1 0 17 7 5 1 0 13 7/25/15 vs. NYY 2 Sabathia 23 4/7/08 vs. CLE 10 Mauer 18 3 1 0 22 5 5 0 0 10 7/8/15 vs. BL 0 Norris 73 9/1/12 at KC 3 Nunez 8 1 0 0 9 3 0 0 0 3 6/22/15 vs. CWS 1 Danks 49. 0 Plouffe 18 5 0 0 23 6 3 2 1 12 7/24/15 vs. NYY 0 Capuano 21 7/17/15 at OK 2 Robinson 7 1 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 1 6/11/13 at NYM 0 ardsma 284. 0 Rosario 17 3 0 0 20 4 1 0 0 5 7/30/15 vs. SE 2 Happ 13. 0 Sano 5 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 4 7/31/15 vs. SE 0 Walker 8. 0 Suzuki 14 3 0 0 17 5 0 0 0 5 6/20/15 vs. CHC 0 Lester 100 9/10/07 at SE 1
ODDS & ENDS PGE 5 TWINS HITTERS VS. Toronto Blue Jays 2015 CREER PLYER VG. B H HR RBI VG. B H HR RBI Dozier.417 12 5 0 1.293 75 22 5 10 Escobar.000 6 0 0 1.188 32 6 0 2 Fryer 0 0 0 0.000 3 0 0 0 Hicks.375 8 3 0 0.214 28 6 1 2 Hunter.250 8 2 0 3.244 451 110 16 68 Mauer.273 11 3 0 3.258 194 50 1 15 Nunez.000 7 0 0 0.209 115 24 0 10 Plouffe.417 12 5 1 3.269 93 25 5 17 Robinson.250 4 1 0 0.267 75 20 0 8 Rosario.429 7 3 0 0.429 7 3 0 0 Sano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Suzuki.167 6 1 0 1.226 155 35 1 9 Others.091 11 1 1 1 TEM.261 92 24 2 13 TWINS BTTING INFO SESON-HIGHS GW BUNT PLYER H HR RBI RBI HITS SESON-HIGH HIT-STREK Dozier 4 2 4 (3x) 9 2 10, 5/8-19 Escobar 4 1 (4x) 5 2-4, 6/4-8 Fryer 2-2 - 1 2, 7/8-12 Hicks 3 (2x) 1 (5x) 3 (2x) 1 2 6, 7/24-30 Hunter 4 2 4 6 1 10, 5/20-6/2 Mauer 4 1 (6x) 3 (5x) 6 2 11, 7/17-30 Nunez 3 1 (2x) 2 (3x) 3 1 5, 4/8-26 Plouffe 3 (5x) 1 (14x) 5 7 1 6, 4/17-24 Robinson 3-2 (2x) - - 6, 4/16-26 Rosario 3 (3x) 1 (5x) 3 4-8, 5/24-6/3 Sano 2 (4x) 1 (3x) 3 1-8, 7/24-8/1 Suzuki 3 (3x) 1 (3x) 2 (5x) 6-6, 6/14-20 Others 6 5 TOTLS 51 15 TWINS BULLPEN VS. Toronto Blue Jays 2015 CREER PITCHER W L S ER IP H ER W L S ER IP H ER Boyer 0-0 - 1 0.00 2.0 1 0 0-0 - 1 0.00 3.0 2 0 Duensing 0-0 - 0 0.00 0.2 0 0 0-2 - 0 7.52 20.1 26 17 Fien 0-0 - 0 0.00 2.0 1 0 0-1 - 0 6.23 8.2 9 6 Graham 0-0 - 0 0.00 3.0 3 0 0-0 - 0 0.00 3.0 3 0 Jepsen 1-0 - 0 0.00 4.0 0 0 1-0 - 0 1.59 11.1 8 2 May 0-0 - 0 6.00 6.0 8 4 0-0 - 0 6.00 6.0 8 4 O Rourke 0-0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0-0 - 0 0.0 0 0 Perkins 0-1 - 1 13.50 1.1 4 2 0-2 - 1 3.44 34.0 36 13 Others 2-0 - 0 3.38 5.1 5 2 TEM 3-1 - 2 2.96 24.1 22 8... TWINS MONTHLY BREKDOWN BTTING PITCHING MONTH VG R R/G H HR W-L IP H BB K ER PRIL.243 86 3.9 182 12 10-12 194.0 202 60 116 4.36 MY.269 139 5.1 244 27 20-7 244.1 264 57 165 3.57 JUNE.240 103 3.7 220 25 11-17 244.0 261 68 169 3.98 JULY.255 106 4.2 214 25 12-13 221.1 226 55 163 3.98 UGUST.147 4 2.0 10 1 1-1 20.0 15 5 14 2.70 SEPT/OCT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PITCHING BREKDOWN W L S ER IP H R ER HR BB SO Starters Relievers 39 15 33 17 31 3.87 3.91 616.2 307.0 663 305 288 152 267 138 74 37 150 95 411 216 TOTLS 54 50 31 3.95 923.2 968 440 405 111 245 627 TWINS/OPPONENTS SCORING BY INNINGS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X-TR TOTL TWINS 60 53 63 57 37 54 38 32 38 6 438 OPPONENTS 44 44 61 55 46 53 39 55 34 9 440 HOME RUNS BY POSITION C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH PH TOTL 4 8 23 15 2 8 5 16 9 0 90 RECORD WHEN Runs Scoring llowing 0 0-7 9-0 1 1-11 8-1 2 5-16 14-5 3 9-4 9-7 4 5-5 4-6 5 5-3 8-4 6 7-0 1-7 7 5-4 1-5 8 9-0 0-4 9 3-0 0-1 10+ 5-0 0-10 Totals 54-50 54-50 STRTS BY POSITION STRTS BY BTTING ORDER C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Dozier 102 83 11 8 Escobar 1 23 5 27 7 2 6 22 15 13 5 Fryer 5 5 Hicks 53 1 6 1 16 19 10 Hunter 79 12 55 3 15 16 1 Mauer 88 11 9 90 Nunez 1 14 3 2 13 3 7 11 9 2 1 Plouffe 5 92 10 57 19 11 Robinson 20 14 1 6 11 8 10 Rosario 41 3 20 10 1 16 25 9 4 Sano 3 21 19 2 3 Suzuki 80 2 2 18 17 12 29 Others 19 11 67 1 14 34 4 30 20 3 20 13 31 20 77 TWINS HOME RUN DT MULTI-HOMER GME Dozier, 5/24 at CWS Hunter, 6/27 at MIL BCK-TO-BCK Dozier/Mauer, 7/8 vs. BL GRND SLM Plouffe, 5/3 vs. CWS Plouffe, 7/17 at OK WLK-OFF Plouffe, 4/17 vs. CLE (11th inn.) Vargas, 6/18 vs. STL (9th inn.) Dozier, 7/6 vs. BL (10th inn.) Dozier, 7/10 vs. BL (9th inn.) TWINS EJECTIONS DTE PLYER/MNGER/COCH UMPIRE RESON 6/10 vs. KC Torii Hunter Mark Ripperger rguing balls and strikes 6/10 vs. KC Paul Molitor Mark Ripperger rguing balls and strikes 7/25 vs. NYY Paul Molitor Jeff Nelson rguing balls and strikes TWINS OUTFIELD SSISTS Hicks...7 Buxton...2 Rosario...6 Nunez...1 Escobar...4 Schafer...1 Robinson...3 Total...27 Hunter...3 2015 DISBLED LIST LOG Player Injury Date On Retro Date Off Games Missed Ricky Nolasco... Right Elbow Infl... 4/11...4/9...5/2...21 Brian Duensing... Right Intercostal Strain... 4/17...5/2...14 Casey Fien... Right Shoulder Strain... 4/30...5/29...25 Tim Stauffer... Right Intercostal Strain... 5/1...4/30...4/22...19 Oswaldo rcia... Right Hip Flexor Strain... 5/4...6/3...26 Eduardo Nunez... Left Oblique Strain... 5/5...4/30...5/19...17 Jordan Schafer... Right MCL Sprain... 5/16...5/11...6/18...34 Ricky Nolasco... Right nkle Impingement (transferred to 60-day DL on July 8)... 6/4...6/1...55 aron Hicks... Right Forearm Strain... 6/14...6/13...7/3...19 Byron Buxton... Left Thumb Sprain... 6/26...6/25...32 Ryan Pressly... Right Lat Strain (transferred to 60-day DL on ugust 2)... 7/6...7/5...23 Tommy Milone... Left Elbow strain... 8/3...8/1...2 BOLD indicates currently on DL
HIGHS ND LOWS PGE 6 TEM BTTING: Most t-bats, Game...47, 5/20 vs. PIT (13 inn.) Most Runs, Game... 13, 3x, last 6/22 vs. CWS Most Runs, Inning...7, 3x, last 9th inning 7/10 vs. DET Most Hits, Game...19, 5/3 vs. CWS Most Hits, Inning... 8, 2nd inning 5/25 vs. BOS Consecutive Hits... 5, 4x, last 8th inning 7/28 vs. PIT Consecutive Batters Reached Base...8, 3rd inning, 5/3 vs. CWS Fewest Hits, Game... 1, 2x, last 7/31 vs. SE Most Doubles, Game... 7, 6/13 at TEX Most Triples, Game... 4, 6/14 at TEX Most Home Runs, Game...4, 2x, last 7/24 vs. NYY Grand Slams... 1, 2x, last Plouffe, 7/17 at OK Most Total Bases, Game...31, 7/24 vs. NYY Most Extra Base Hits, Game...9, 2x, last 7/24 vs. NYY Most RBI, Game... 13, 2x, last 6/22 vs. CWS Most Walks...9, 4/10 at CWS Most Strikeouts...16, 5/10 at CLE Most Stolen Bases, Game, Twins...2, multiple times Most Stolen Bases, Game, Opponent...4, 2x, last 6/13 at TEX Most Caught Stealing, Game... 2, 4x, last 7/8 vs. BL Most Ground Into Doubleplay, Game...3, 4x, last 7/28 vs. PIT Left On Base, Twins...13, 4/10 at CWS Left On Base, Twins in Extra Innings...12, 4/26 at SE (11 inn.) Consecutive Scoreless Innings...24, 4/6-9 INDIVIDUL BTTING: Most t-bats, Game...6, multiple times Most Runs, Game...3, multiple times Most Runs, Inning...1, multiple times Most Hits, Game...4, 5x, last Mauer, 7/4 at KC Most Hits, Inning... 2, 3x, last Escobar & Nunez, both in 2nd inning 5/25 vs. BOS Most Doubles, Game...3, Rosario, 7/24 vs. NYY Most Triples, Game...2, Robinson, 6/14 at TEX Most Home Runs, Game...2, 2x, last Hunter, 6/27 at MIL Grand Slams...1, 2x, Plouffe, 5/3 vs. CWS & Plouffe, 7/17 at OK Most Total Bases, Game... 10, Hunter, 6/27 at MIL Most Extra Base Hits, Game...3, 4x, last Rosario, 7/30 vs. SE Most RBI, Game...5, 2x, last Escobar, 5/6 vs. OK Most Walks, Game...3, 3x, last Mauer, 6/20 vs. CHC Most Strikeouts, Game...4, 2x, last Buxton, 6/24 vs. CWS Longest Hitting-Streak... 11, Mauer, 7/17-31 Consecutive Hits... 4, 2x, last Vargas, 6/22 vs. CWS Consecutive Hitless t-bats...21, Schafer, 4/12-24 Most Stolen Bases, Game...2, Dozier, 7/8 vs. BL Most Caught Stealing, Game...1, multiple times Most Ground Into Doubleplay, Game...2, multiple times TEM PITCHING: Most Runs llowed...14, 7/19 at OK Most Runs, Inning...6, 5x, last 6th inning, 7/26 vs. NYY Most Hits llowed...20, 5/14 at DET Most Hits llowed, Inning...6, 1st inning, 6/26 at MIL Consecutive Hits llowed...5, 2x, last 3rd inning, 7/19 at OK Most Home Runs llowed, Game...5, 7/19 at OK HITTING: FOR THE TWINS Hit for the Cycle: Cuddyer, 5/22/09 vs. MIL (10 all-time) Grand Slam: Plouffe, 7/17/15 at OK (2 as a team in 2015) Inside-the-Park Home Run: Suzuki, 5/20/14 at SD (1 as a team in 2014) Pinch-Hit Home Run: rcia, 5/22/13 at TL (1 as a team in 2013) Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: LeCroy (9th inning), 5/19/04 at TOR Five-Hit Game: Escobar, 8/22/14 vs. DET (2 as a team in 2014) Six-Hit Game: Puckett, 5/23/91 vs. TEX (2 all-time, both Puckett) Two Hits, One Inning: Escobar/Nunez, 2nd inning, 5/25/15 vs. BOS (3 as a team in 2015) Two Home Runs, One Inning: Cuddyer, 8/23/09 at KC Two-Home Run Game: Hunter, 6/27 at MIL (2 as a team in 2015) Three-Home Run Game: Morneau, 7/6/07 at CWS-2 (4 all-time) Back-to-Back Home Runs: Dozier/Mauer, 7/8/15 vs. BL (1 as a team in 2015) 3 Consecutive Home Runs: Parmelee/rcia/Fryer, 8/3/14 at CWS (1 as a team in 2014) Three Home Runs, One Inning: Parmelee/rcia/Fryer, 8/3/14 (1 as team in 2014) Four Home Runs, One Inning: Mack/Puckett/Hrbek/Bush, 5/2/92 at NYY PITCHING (complete games only for low-hit games): No-Hitter: Liriano, 5/3/11 at CWS (6 all-time) One-Hitter: Baker, 8/31/07 vs. KC (13 all-time) Two-Hitter: lbers, 8/12/13 vs. CLE (41 all-time) 10+ Innings Pitched: Radke (10.0 innings), 9/21/97 vs. MIL 10+ Strikeouts: May, 9/14/14 at CWS (10 K) Complete Game Shutout: lbers, 8/12/13 vs. CLE 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 MISCELLNEOUS: Triple Play: Castillo/Morneau/Batista, 5/27/06 vs. SE (Johjima hitting) Position Player Pitching: J. Carroll, 8/5/13 at KC 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) Leadoff Home Run: B. Dozier, 7/30/15 vs. SE (6 as team in 2015, all Dozier) LST TIME IT HPPENED TEM PITCHING (cont.): Most Strikeouts... 11, 6x, last 7/10 vs. DET Most Walks...7, 4/8 at DET Fewest Hits llowed...2, 6/3 at BOS (2) Pitchers Used...8, 5/20 vs. PIT (13 inn.) Consecutive Batters Retired...19, 3rd-9th inning 6/3 at BOS-2 Scoreless Innings Streak...22, 3rd inning, 7/12-6th inning, 7/18 Wild Pitches...2, 6x, last 7/29 vs. PIT Most Innings, Game, Relievers...8.0, 5/31 vs. TOR Most Hits, Game, Relievers...11, 4/17 vs. TB Most Runs, Game, Relievers... 8, 2x, last 5/17 vs. TB Most Home Runs, Game, Relievers...4, 4/29 vs. DET Most Walks, Game, Relievers...4, 3x, last 6/6 at MIL Most Strikeouts, Game, Relievers... 8, 4/17 vs. CLE (11 inn.) INDIVIDUL PITCHING: Most Innings, Game, Starter...8.0, 11x, last Pelfrey, 8/2 vs. SE Most Innings, Game, Reliever...4.0, Graham, 6/6 vs. MIL Most Hits, Starter...11, 3x, last Milone, 7/31 vs. SE Most Hits, Reliever... 6, 2x, last Graham, 6/6 vs. MIL Most Runs, Starter... 8, 3x, last Santana, 7/29 vs. PIT Most Runs, Reliever...5, Graham, 5/14 at DET Most Home Runs, Starter...3, 3x, last Milone, 7/19 at OK Most Home Runs, Reliever...2, 5x, last Perkins, 7/25 vs. NYY Most Walks, Starter... 5, Gibson, 4/9 at DET Most Walks, Reliever...3, 2x, last Pressly, 6/6 vs. MIL Most Strikeouts, Starter...9, 4x, last Gibson, 6/5 vs. MIL Most Strikeouts, Reliever...4, 2x, last Graham, 7/10 vs. DET Win-Streak... 6, Hughes, 6/19-present Losing-Streak... 5, Pelfrey, 6/13-7/22 Low-Hit Complete Game... 6, Hughes, 4/24 at SE Most Consecutive Scoreless Innings...20, Gibson 4/26 (5th) to 5/12 Most Consecutive Batters Retired...18, Hughes, 6/19 (4th) to 6/24 (2nd) Wild Pitches...2, 2x, last May, 7/1 at CIN TEM & INDIVIDUL FIELDING: Errors, Game, Team...3, 4x, last 7/30 vs. PIT Errors, Game, Individual...2, 4x, last D. Santana, 7/19 at OK Errors, Consecutive Games, Team... 3, 4x, last 7/28-31 Errors, Consecutive Games Without, Team...10, 7/2-7/12 Doubleplays, Game, Team...4, 3x, last 6/13 at TEX Opponents Doubleplays, Game, Team... 3, 3x, last 7/28 vs. SE TEM MISCELLNEOUS: Longest Winning Streak... 5, 2x, last 5/22-27 Longest Losing Streak...5, 6/8-13 Longest Game, Innings... 13.0, 5/20 at PIT Longest Game, Time (9 Innings)...3:34, 6/29 at CIN Longest Game, Time (Extra Innings)...3:56, 5/20 at PIT (13 inn.) Longest Delay...3:36, 4/9 at DET Fastest Game, Time...2:03, 4/24 at SE Largest Margin, Victory...13, 5/6 vs. OK (13-0) Largest Margin, Loss...13, 7/19 at OK (1-14) Largest Come From Behind Victory...6, trailing 0-6, win 8-6, 7/10 vs. DET Largest Home ttendance...40,660, 7/25 vs. NYY Home Sellouts...5, last 7/25 vs. NYY Times Shut Out...6, last 6/21 vs. CHC HITTING: GINST THE TWINS Hit for the Cycle: Beltre, 8/24/12 at TEX Grand Slam: Reddick, 7/19/15 at OK off Graham (3 allowed in 2015) Inside-the-Park Home Run: J. McCann, 4/29/15 vs. DET Pinch-Hit Home Run: Murphy, 5/9/15 at CLE Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: Bartlett, 8/5/10 at TB Five-Hit Game: Blackmon, 7/12/14 at COL Six-Hit Game: Segura, 5/28/13 at MIL Two Hits, One Inning: Ishikawa, 5/20/12 at MIL Two Home Runs, One Inning: Nilsson, 5/17/96 vs. MIL Two-Home Run Game: Smolinski, 7/19/15 at OK (5 allowed in 2015) Three-Home Run Game:. Rodriguez, 7/25/15 vs. NYY Back-to-Back Home Runs: Butler/Smolinski, 7/19/15 at OK 3 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 PITCHING (complete games only for low-hit games): No-Hitter: Weaver, 5/2/12 at L (5 all-time) One-Hitter: Walker, 7/31/15 vs. SE (22 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: Walker, 7/31/15 vs. SE (5 times in 2015) 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: 4/6-8/2015 (2 games, 0-4 and 0-11) MISCELLNEOUS: Triple Play: Donaldson/Rosales/Carter, 8/21/12 at OK (Plouffe hitting) Position Player Pitching:. Romine, 8/22/14 vs. DET (1 faced in 2014) Three-or-more Steals, One Game: B. Hamilton, 6/29 at CIN Steal of Home: B. Daubach, 4/27/03 at CHC 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 Leadoff Home Run: I. Kinsler, 7/9/15 vs. DET (4 allowed in 2015) 2015 TRGET FIELD WETHER DELYS ND POSTPONEMENTS DTE DELYED/PPD NOTES 5/26 vs. Boston Delayed Originally scheduled game at 7:10 but was delayed due to rain all day. Rain subsided around 8 pm and game started at 8:31 (1 hour, 21 min. delay) 5/29 vs. Toronto Delayed Originally scheduled game at 7:10 but was delayed due to rain throughout the day. Game started at 8:11 (1 hour, 1 minute delay). ** Target Field has experienced 20 delayed games and 11 postponed games in the park s history (since 2010). Longest delay: 3:00. **