MINNESOT TWINS (50-54) T SN DIEGO PDRES (48-58) WEDNESDY, UGUST 2, 2017-12:40 PM (PT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH RDIO: TRESURE ISLND BSEBLL NETWORK Ervin Santana (R, 11-7, 3.37) vs. Luis Perdomo (R, 5-5, 4.76) GME 104 ROD GME 50 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 8/3 vs. Texas dalberto Mejía (L, 4-4, 4.07) vs. TB 7:10 pm Fox Sports North Go 96.3-TIBN / La Raza 8/4 vs. Texas Bartolo Colón (R, 2-9, 7.70) vs. TB 7:10 pm Fox Sports North Go 96.3-TIBN / None 8/5 vs. Texas TB vs. TB 6:10 pm Fox Sports North Go 96.3-TIBN / None 8/6 vs. Texas José Berríos (R, 9-5, 3.57) vs. TB 1:10 pm Fox Sports North Go 96.3-TIBN / La Raza Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. ll game times are listed as Central. TWINS T GLNCE Record:... 50-54 Home Record:... 23-31 Road Record:... 27-23 Record in series:...15-16-2 Series Openers:... 19-15 Series Finales:... 13-20 Rubber Games:... 3-7 Sweeps/Swept:... 5/4 pril:... 12-11 May:... 14-12 June:... 14-15 July:... 10-15 ugust:... 0-1 September/October:... Day Games:... 18-27 Night Games:... 32-27 vs. merican League East:... 10-10 vs. merican League Central:... 23-22 vs. merican League West:... 14-15 vs. National League:... 3-7 Games vs. LH Starter:... 12-17 Games vs. RH Starter:... 38-37 Twins score first:... 30-23 Opponent scores first:... 20-31 Come-from-behind wins:...24 Leading after 7/8 inn.:... 44-7/48-3 Trailing after 7/8 inn.:... 2-46/2-48 Tied after 7/8 inn.:... 4-1/0-3 Extra-innings:... 1-3 1-run games:... 11-8 Twins out-hit opp.:... 34-4 Opp. out-hit Twins:... 11-48 Twins/Opp. have = hits:... 5-2 Run Differential:... -75 (469-544) Twins get Quality Start:... 31-9 Twins starter goes 6+ IP:... 32-15 Most games over.500:... 7, 5/28 Most games under.500:... 4, 8/2 Longest win-streak:...4, 4x, last 5/21-5/24 Longest losing-streak:...4, 3x, last 6/16-18 When Twins score 4+:... 42-19 When Twins score 3-:... 8-34 Twins get 10+ hits:... 25-10 Days in First Place...50 Days in Second Place...46 Days in Third Place...16 Days in Fourth Place...5 Days in Fifth Place... Walk-Off W/L:... 2/4 Shutouts W/L:... 7/2 CG s...4, all Santana, last 7/5 vs. L Target Field Sellouts ( 17/ll-Time):... 1/160 RECENT TRNSCTIONS 8/1 OF Buxton returned from rehab and reinstated from disabled list RHP Gee recalled from 7/31 LHP Watson acquired via trade with WS, in exchange for RHP Kintzler 7/30 LHP Enns and RHP Littell acquired via trade with NYY, in exchange for LHP García 7/27 LHP Moya acquired from RI in exchange for C Murphy 7/24 RHP Gibson optioned to LHP Garcia and C Recker acquired via trade with TL, in exchange for RHP Ynoa RHP Haley outrighted and returned to Boston (Rule 5) 7/23 LHP Breslow designated for release or assignment RHP Busenitz recalled from RHP Tepesch traded to TOR in exchange for cash considerations 7/18 RHP Colón contract selected LHP Breslow returned from rehab and reinstated from DL RHP Hughes placed on 10-day DL 1B/DH Vargas optioned to THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 1-6 through seven games on their eight-game 10-day roadtrip, going 0-3 at Los ngeles-nl, 1-2 at Oakland and 0-1 at San Diego...today they will play the two-game series finale at Petco Park...after today's game, they will travel back to Minneapolis to begin a six-game homestand with four against Texas from Thursday-Sunday and two against Milwaukee from Monday-Tuesday...the Twins are 23-31 at home and 27-23 on the road...they are 1-7 in their last eight and 5-13 in their last 18. BTS CN'T BCK BERRÍOS: The Twins lost to the Padres last night by a score of 3-0, suffering their second shutout of the season (June 22 vs. CWS, 9-0 - Quintana)...José Berríos (9-5) was the starter and loser, allowing one run on just two hits in 7.0 innings pitched...the offense recorded just three hits, tying their season-low (June 30 at KC)...the offense reached a total of five times, three from Eduardo Escobar, who went 1-for-2 and drew two walks. MR. MILESTONE: Joe Mauer played in his 1,677th career game last night, passing Tony Oliva and moving into sole possession of fourth on the Twins all-time list (since 1961)...he is also just two hits away from tying Oliva for third on the Twins hit-list: PLYER GMES PLYER HITS 1) Harmon Killebrew... 1,939 1) Kirby Puckett... 2,304 2) Kirby Puckett... 1,783 2) Rod Carew... 2,085 3) Kent Hrbek... 1,747 3) Tony Oliva... 1,917 4) Joe Mauer... 1,677 4) Joe Mauer... 1,915 5) Tony Oliva... 1,676 5) Kent Hrbek... 1,749 NOTE: Twins communication staff and clubhouse staff secured the lineup card and Mauer's hat to signify the event. MUER'S OUT OF THEIR LEGUE: Joe Mauer is hitting.319 (254-or-797) with 56 doubles, five triples, 21 home runs, 108 RBI, 129 runs scored, 108 walks and a.399 on-base percentage in 218 games against the National League...below are Joe Mauer's ranks in Interleague Play among actives: VG WLKS DOUBLES OBP ltuve -.338 Pujols - 123 Beltre - 84 Carpenter -.414 Pedroia -.337 Beltran - 114 Beltran - 58 Goldschmidt -.407 Carpenter -.330 Mauer - 108 Pujols - 58 Votto -.405 Mauer -.319 3 tied - 103 Canó - 57 Mauer -.399 C. Gonzalez -.319 Mauer - 56 Trout -.399 TWINS-PDRES: The Twins and Padres are playing a series for the first time since 2014 as the Twins took two at Petco Park May 20-21 and split a two-game series at Target Field ugust 5-6...the Twins are 12-5 all-time against the Padres, posting a.706 winning percentage, their highest vs. any NL opponent...they are 5-1 all-time at Petco Park...they are 9-2 in their last 11 overall, dating back to June of 2008. STREKS Current Streak 3 losses Last 5 games 1-4 Last 10 games 2-8 Last 15 games 5-10 Last 20 games 7-13 TWINS VS. SN DIEGO 2017 Record:...0-1 Current Streak:...2 losses 2017 at Home:... 2017 at San Diego:...0-1 ll-time Record:...12-5 ll-time at Home:...5-3 ll-time at San Diego:...7-2 2014 Game Logs: Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save 8/1 SD 0-3 Chacin/Berríos/Hand 8/2 SD 9/12 MIN 9/13 MIN CURRENT RODTRIP (1-6) Batting average.216 Runs Per Game 3.7 Home Runs 4 RISP.267 Errors 2 Team ER 5.16 Starters W-L 1-2 Starters ER 4.43 Relievers W-L-S 0-4-1 Relievers ER 6.64 Saves/Opps 1/5 IL PLY: The Twins have gone 3-7 in Interleague Play this season, going 1-2 vs. Colorado, 2-1 at San Francisco, 0-3 at Los ngeles-nl and 0-1 at San Diego...this season they play mostly the NL West, with 10 remaining games: one at San Diego, two vs. Milwaukee (Target Field), two at Milwaukee, three vs. rizona and two vs. San Diego (Target Field)...they are 193-179 all-time in Interleague play, ninth most wins in MLB since IL began in 1997...they are 87-102 all-time in road IL games and 106-77 at home. CLI UNKIND: The Twins have gone 1-6 thus far on their eight-game roadtrip...they have had a lead in six of seven games, including a 5-0 lead on Wednesday in LD (loss) and a 4-1 lead on Saturday in OK (loss)...they have yet to score past the fifth inning in each of their last six games, scoring a total of 22 runs in the first four innings of those four games combined. THE BUCK STRTS HERE: Byron Buxton has hit safely in seven straight games, hitting.458 (11-for-24) with one double, one home run, six runs scored, three stolen bases and a.500 on-base percentage those games...his seven-game hit-streak ties a career-high, previously done pril 24-June 5, 2016. SUMMER STROLLS: Joe Mauer has drawn nine walks in 33 plate appearances through seven games on this roadtrip (multiple walks in four of those)...in 16 games during July, he drew 17 walks and posted a.418 on-base percentage...his 17 walks ranked tied for fifth most in the L and his.418 OBP ranked seventh...he is six walks away from reaching 50 in a season for the 12th time in his career. s a team, the Twins drew 102 walks during July, the fourth most in baseball. ON THIS DY IN FRNCHISE HISTORY: In 1907, Senators rookie Walter Johnson made his major league debut, losing to the Tigers, 3-2...Ty Cobb got the first hit off of the future Hall of Famer with a bunt single...in 1925, Walter Johnson who has been ailing with the flu recovered to give the Senators a 5-1 win over the Tigers on the 18th anniversary of his first appearance also against the Tigers. ICYMI: The Midwest League and MiLB.com announced Monday that Kernels pitcher Clark Beeker has been named the Midwest League Player of the Week for the period ending July 30th...Beeker threw a complete game shutout on July 29th vs. Clinton, allowing just five hits and striking out seven while issuing no walks...the Twins selected Beeker in the 33rd round of the 2016 First Year Player Draft out of Davidson College...Beeker is the fourth Kernel this season to receive Midwest League weekly honors, joining Travis Blankenhorn (June 21), Lewin Diaz (May 7) and Jermaine Palacios (pril 23). UPCOMING MILESTONES PLYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN RECH Brian Dozier...134 home runs...needs 1 to tie Joe Mauer (135) for sole possession of 11th on Twins all-time list Eduardo Escobar...98 doubles...needs 2 to reach 100 for career Joe Mauer...135 home runs...needs 6 to tie Michael Cuddyer (141) for 10th on Twins all-time list 1,915 hits...needs 2 to tie Tony Oliva (1,917) for 3rd on Twins all-time list 384 doubles...needs 30 to tie Kirby Puckett (414) for 1st on Twins all-time list Needs 16 to reach 400 for career
STRTING PITCHER PGE 2 2017 HIGHS CREER HIGHS ERVIN SNTN #54 Height: 6-2 Weight: 175 B/T: R/R ge: 34 (12/12/82 in San Cristobal, DR) 2017: 11-7, 3.37 ER CREER: 144-123, 4.05 ER He is making his 22nd start of 2017. He is making his 368th career appearance and 365th career start. 2017 DY-BY-DY Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Left/Final Notes Pitches/K 4/3 vs. KC W1 7.0 2 1 1 1 2 3 7-1/7-1 Second career Opening Day start 91/52 4/9 at CWS W2 6.0 2 0 0 0 2 4 1-0/4-1 Pitched 6.0 scoreless innings 87/57 4/15 vs. CWS W3 9.0 1 0 0 0 1 8 6-0/6-0 Tossed ninth career shutout 107/72 4/20 vs. CLE ND 6.0 4 1 1 0 3 5 2-1/6-2 Snapped a 22.0 scoreless inning streak 113/66 4/25 at TEX W4 7.0 4 1 1 1 2 6 8-1/8-1 Lowest ER through 5 starts in team history 102/64 PRIL TOTLS 4-0 35.0 13 3 3 2 10 26 0.77 ER 5/2 vs. OK W5 6.0 3 0 0 0 3 7 4-0/9-1 Pitched 6.0 scoreless innings 96/61 5/7 vs. BOS L1 6.0 5 6 6 4 3 4 4-6/6-17 llowed four home runs 93/56 5/12 at CLE W6 7.0 2 0 0 0 5 4 1-0/1-0 Pitched 7.0 scoreless innings 99/69 5/18 vs. COL L2 7.0 6 5 5 1 4 3 1-5/1-5 llowed season-high 6 hits 101/62 5/23 at BL W7 9.0 2 0 0 0 2 6 2-0/2-0 Tossed second shutout of the season 105/69 5/29 vs.hou ND 7.0 5 2 1 1 2 6 8-2/8-16 llowed 1 ER or less for a 9th start 114/67 MY TOTLS 3-2 42.0 23 13 12 6 19 30 2.57 ER 6/3 at L L3 4.0 7 7 7 3 3 2 1-7/2-7 Snapped a streak of 33 straight 5.0+ IP 82/48 6/9 at SF W8 9.0 4 0 0 0 1 5 4-0/4-0 Tossed third shutout of the season 91/66 6/14 vs. SE L4 5.0 9 5 5 2 1 5 2-5/4-6 llowed a season-high nine hits 98/67 6/20 vs. CWS W9 5.0 10 6 6 2 2 6 7-6/9-7 llowed a season-high 10 hits 106/66 6/25 at CLE W10 6.0 9 0 0 0 0 7 2-0/4-0 10th win of the season 108/70 6/30 at KC L5 5.1 8 7 5 2 2 5 1-5/1-8 Just his second road loss of the season 100/64 JUNE TOTLS 3-3 34.1 47 25 23 9 9 30 6.03 ER 7/5 vs. L L6 9.0 7 2 2 1 2 5 1-2/1-2 Fourth complete game of the season 117/80 7/15 at HOU W11 6.0 5 2 2 1 5 3 4-2/4-2 Tied season-high with 5 walks 110/64 7/21 vs. DET L7 3.1 7 5 5 2 2 3 0-5/3-6 Pitched season-low 3.1 innings 95/55 7/26 at LD ND 6.2 7 4 4 2 0 7 5-4/5-6 llowed two runs in the seventh 101/68 JULY TOTLS 1-2 25.0 26 13 13 6 9 18 4.68 ER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ER 2017 TOTLS 11-7 136.1 109 54 51 23 47 104 3.37 PRE-SG TOTLS 10-6 120.1 90 43 40 18 40 91 2.99 L CREER TOTLS 130-113 2112.1 2015 1029 953 283 662 1663 4.06 NL CREER TOTLS 14-10 196.0 193 90 86 16 63 179 3.95 CREER TOTLS 144-123 2308.1 2208 1119 1039 299 725 1842 4.05 LST TIME OUT: Santana allowed four runs on seven hits in 6.2 innings, but did not factor into the decision in his last start on July 26 at Los ngeles-nl...was his longest outing since July 5 vs. Los ngeles-l (9.0 IP)...surrendered a home run to Joc Pederson in the fourth inning and another to Yasiel Puig in the fifth. GINST THE PDRES: Santana is 2-0, 1.69 ER (26.2 IP, 5 ER) in four career starts vs. San Diego, posting quality starts in each game...last faced the Padres on ugust 2, 2014 allowing two runs on six hits in 6.2 innings with six strikeouts, but did not factor into the decision...last earned the win against San Diego on July 28, 2014, throwing 8.0 shutout innings...will be his first start against San Diego as a Twin. ON THE LEDERBORD: Santana currently ranks first in all of baseball in shutouts (3) and complete games (4), eighth in opponents average (.217) and in hits per nine innings (7.20) and tied for ninth in wins (11). CG s: 4, last 7/5 vs. L CG s: 20, last 7/5/17 vs. L SHO s: 3, last 6/9 at SF SHO s: 11, last 6/9/17 at SF CG Low Hit: 1, 4/15 vs. CWS CG Low-Hit: 0, 7/27/11 at CLE Innings: 9.0, 4x, last 7/5 vs. L Innings: 9.0, 19x, last 7/5/17 vs. L SO s: 8, 4/15 vs. CWS SO s: 11, 5x, last 9/5/15 at HOU Walks: 5, 2x, last 7/15 at HOU Walks: 8, 7/20/06 at KC Hits: 10, 6/20 vs. CWS Hits: 14, 7/17/07 vs. TB Home Runs: 4, 5/7 vs. BOS Home Runs: 4, 3x, last 5/7/17 vs. BOS Win-Streak: 5, 4/3-5/2 Win-Streak: 7, 6/6-7/20/06 Loss-Streak: 2, 6/30-7/5 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. Recorded his 100th career win, June 8, 2013 vs. Houston, in his only season in Kansas City. Traded to Kansas City October 31, 2012...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...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. 2017 MISC. NUMBERS W L ER GS IP ER VG H B HR BB SO Home: 4 5 4.09 11 70.1 32 Vs. Left:.211 51 242 11 13 40 Road: 7 2 2.59 10 66.0 19 Vs. Right:.223 58 260 12 34 64 Day: 4 2 2.33 8 54.0 14 TOTLS:.217 109 502 23 47 104 Night: 7 5 4.04 13 82.1 37 Grass: 11 7 3.37 21 136.1 51 None On:.227 71 313 14 33 62 Turf: - - - - - - - - - - - - Runners On:.201 38 189 9 14 42 6.0-PLUS IP/QULITY STRTS YER STRTS 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 2011 33 30 21 MORE MISCELLNEOUS NUMBERS YER STRTS 6+ IP QS 2012 30 19 15 2013 32 29 23 2014 31 25 19 2015 17 13 11 2016 30 20 17 2017 21 16 13 TOTLS 362 277 216 BSE RUNNERS PICK-OFFS SB-TT GIDP SNTN: 160 0 6-6 6 ON ROLL: Santana is 17-11, 2.92 ER (252.1 IP, 82 ER) with opponents hitting.215 in his last 39 starts dating back to June 19, 2016...since that date, he ranks fifth in all of baseball in opponent average (.218), sixth in ER (3.04), and 10th in WHIP (1.14) among qualified pitchers in that span. FINISHING WHT HE STRTED: Santana leads the major leagues with three shutouts this season...shutout San Francisco on June 9 at T&T Park, Baltimore on May 23 at Camden Yards and Chicago-L on pril 15, allowing just one hit...is one of two pitchers in baseball with multiple shutouts this season (Corey Kluber has 2)...Santana's four shutouts since the beginning of the 2016 season are tied with Kluber for the most in baseball...is the first Twin to throw three or more shutouts in a season since Rich Robertson in 1996 (3)...is the first pitcher to throw three or more shutouts with four-or-fewer hits allowed in each since Max Scherzer (3x) in 2015, and is one of just five pitchers to do so since 2000...is the first Twin to do so since Scott Erickson in 1992 (3x)...has thrown 20 complete games in his career (6 with Minnesota). HE'S BEEN HIT: Santana has allowed 109 hits this season, the ninth-lowest mark in baseball among pitchers to make at least 21 starts...has thrown 6.0-plus innings and allowed four-orfewer hits in nine games this season, second most starts in the merican League behind Chris Sale (13)...had just seven such starts last season and is already tied with his career-high for such games in a season (9 in 2012)...Santana pitched 6.0-plus innings and allowed four or fewer hits in each of his first six starts this season, matching Nolan Ryan (1971) for the longest streak to begin a season in history...was the second-longest overall streak in Twins history (10 straight by Johan Santana in 2004). MODEL OF CONSISTENCY: Santana has pitched 6.0-plus innings and allowed one or fewer runs in 10 of his 21 starts this season, one behind Clayton Kershaw (11) for the most such starts in baseball...santana had five such starts all of last season...10 such starts matches a career-high (2008 and 2013). T THE DISH: Santana is a career.120 hitter (12-for-100)...he is 1-for-7 at the plate this season. WINNING WYS: His 11 wins this season already surpass his respective season totals from the 2016 and 2015 seasons (7 wins)...11 wins are his most since winning 14 games in 2014 with tlanta...santana has won 10-plus games seven times in his career...began the season 5-0 (in decisions) for the second time in his career (started 6-0 with Los ngeles-l in 2008)...is the first Twin to start a season 5-0 since Carlos Silva started 5-0 in 2004 (Brian Duensing started 5-0 in 2009 after joining the rotation in ugust). KEEPING THE DEFENSE BUSY: Santana is averaging just 6.87 strikeouts per nine innings so far this season, his lowest mark since 2015 (6.83)...opponents are hitting just.229 on batted balls in play so far this season vs. Santana, the fourth lowest mark in baseball. HEY NOW, HE'S N LL STR: Santana pitched the sixth inning for the merican League in the ll- Star Game on July 11...allowed a solo home run to Yadier Molina, tying the game...also recorded a strikeout (Josh Harrison)...was his second career ll-star Game selection and appearance (2008). RUNS/HITS PER INNING INNING: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RUNS/HITS: 7/18 2/16 15/21 17/26 6/10 5/12 2/4 0/1 0/1 SNTN VS. SN DIEGO 2017 vs. San Diego: - - 2017 vs. San Diego at Home: - - 2017 vs. San Diego at San Diego: - - Career vs. San Diego (4 starts): 2-0, 1.69 ER (26.2 IP, 5 ER), 9 BB, 30 K Career vs. San Diego at Home (2 starts): 2-0, 0.64 ER (14.0 IP, 1 ER), 3 BB, 18 K Career vs. San Diego at San Diego (2 starts): 0-0, 2.84 ER (12.2 IP, 4 ER), 6 BB, 12 K BTTER-PITCHER MTCH-UPS Santana vs. the Padres PLYER VG B H HR BB SO Solarte.125 8 1 0 0 2 d'rnaud.000 3 0 0 0 1 Chacin.500 2 1 0 0 1 Coleman.000 2 0 0 0 1 Friedrich - 0 0 0 1 0 TWINS STRTERS IN 2017 Perdomo vs. the Twins PLYER VG B H HR BB SO Colón.000 1 0 0 0 0 Pitcher Last Start (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) Dec. Starts QS Team Rec. Run Supp. RS VG Santana 7/26 at LD (6.2-7-4-4-0-7-2) ND 21 13 11-10 75 5.0 Santiago 7/2 at KC (3.1-4-4-4-1-2-0) L 15 5 5-10 32 4.1 Gibson 7/22 vs. DET (7.1-5-3-3-3-5-0) W 18 4 9-9 69 6.6 Mejía 7/29 at OK (5.0-8-2-2-2-2-0) L 16 3 7-9 46 5.2 Berríos 8/1 at SD (7.0-2-1-1-2-4-0) L 15 9 9-6 50 5.0 Hughes 5/16 vs. COL (5.0-8-5-5-1-3-1) L 8 3 6-2 37 7.7 Colón 7/30 at OK (6.1-8-3-3-0-2-2) ND 3 1 0-3 11 6.5 Turley 6/22 vs. CWS (0.2-6-5-5-0-0-2) L 3 0 0-3 5 4.9 Jorge 7/7 vs. BL (2.2-7-6-6-1-2-3) ND 2 0 2-0 7 8.2 Tepesch 5/6 vs. BOS (1.2-5-7-1-2-2-1) L 1 0 0-1 0 0.0 Wilk 6/17 vs. CLE (3.1-8-6-6-3-2-1) L 1 0 0-1 1 2.7 García 7/28 at OK (6.2-8-3-3-3-7-0) W 1 1 1-0 6 6.0 TOMORROW'S STRTER - DLBERTO HECTOR SNTIGO MEJÍ (SESON: 4-4, 0-0, 4.07 0.00 ER ;// CREER: 4-4, ---, 4.17 -.-- ER) Mejía allowed two runs on eight hits in 5.0 innings with two strikeouts but did not factor into the decision in his last start on July 29 at Oakland...owns a 2.91 ER (34.0 IP, 11 ER) in his last six starts...made three starts with Minnesota to begin the season before being optioned to Triple- Rochester on pril 23...recalled on May 21 to be the 26th man on the roster for a straight doubleheader with Kansas City and made the start in the second game, earning his first major league win...recalled again on May 26 and made the start the following afternoon, allowing two runs in 5.0 innings with six strikeouts vs. Tampa Bay...Mejía will be making his first career start vs. Texas.
BULLPEN NOTES PGE 3 TEM BULLPEN NOTES Twins The pen bullpen has allowed has a 4.82 a.278 ER opponent (364.0 IP, average 195 ER) with this 127 season, walks which and 300 ranks strikeouts. 14th among L teams...highest Twins team bullpen ER since 1995 (5.17), and 5th highest all-time. MTT BELISLE - RHP #9 RECENT PPERNCES 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 DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 7/30 at OK H17 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (3.0 IP) Series at OK: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP) vs. Left:.170 vs. Right:.268 7/28 at OK H16 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7/26 at LD ND 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ctive 12.1 scoreless inning streak is tied 4th longest in the m L (Sale leads with 21.2). Has 44 appearances not allowed an in 2017...35 earned run outings in last without 13 appearances an earned (14.1 run (37.0 IP)...has IP)...allowed allowed just all 22 1 ER earned in last runs 20.2 in IP 8 of (18 the games 44 outings since (4.2 6/14). 7/24 at LD H15 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Twins mark his sixth organization (tlanta 1999-03, Cincinnati 2003-08, Colorado 2009-14, St. Louis 2015, Washington 2016). IP). 7/21 vs. DET ND 2.2 1 0 0 0 0 3 7/18 vs. NYY ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7/14 at HOU ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Combined to go 0-1, 2.04 (53.0 IP, 12 ER) with seven walks and 38 K in 46 games between Washington, Syracuse, Harrisburg in 2016. 7/8 vs. BL ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 BUDDY BOSHERS - LHP #62 RECENT PPERNCES 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 DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 7/29 at OK H2 0.2 1 1 1 1 1 0 Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 5.40 (1.2 IP, ER) Series at OK: 0-0-0, 13.50 (0.2 IP, ER) vs. Left:.200 vs. Right:.292 7/24 at LD ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7/23 vs. DET ND 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 0 Lefties are 1-for-last-8 vs. Boshers...has walked just one left-handed hitter in 36 chances this season. Has a 4.38 ER (12.1 IP, 6 ER) with three walks and 12 strikeouts in 14 outings with Triple- Rochester this season...in nine 7/21 vs. DET ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 appear- 7/16 at HOU ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 ances since option 5/2 had a 3.12 ER (8.2 IP, 3 ER) with two walks and nine strikeouts for the Red Wings. Spent Was drafted 2015 in by the the Independent ngels in the tlantic 4th round League in 2008...made with Somerset his and major was league named debut the in tlantic 2013 with League Los Reliever ngeles of and the went Year. 7/14 at HOU ND 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 1 7/8 vs. BL ND 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 1 in 25 games that year, posting a 4.70 ER (15.1 IP, 8 ER). on to appear 7/1 at KC-2 ND 0.2 2 2 2 1 0 0 6/29 at BOS ND 0.2 3 1 1 0 1 0 LN BUSENITZ - RHP #67 Height: 6-1 Weight: 180 B/T: R/R ge: 26 (26, 8/22/90 in Covington, G) Obtained: Trade with L for RHPs Nolasco and Meyer Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 9.00 (2.0 IP, 2 ER) Series at SD: 0-0-0, 18.00 (1.0 IP, 2 ER) vs. Left:.286 vs. Right:.321 Recalled prior to 7/24 game...made MLB debut with 2.0 innings 6/17 (game 2) during his first stint with the Twins in 2017. Began his last season nine appearances with Triple- for Rochester, the Red going Wings 3-0 posted with a a 1.78 0.75 ER ER (35.1 (12.0 IP, IP, 7 1 ER), ER), 10 two walks walks and and 39 12 strikeouts strikeouts. in 24 appearances...in cquired from the ngels in 2016 with LHP Hector Santiago for RHPs Ricky Nolasco and lex Meyer. 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: 0-1-0, 2.70 (3.1 IP, ER) Series at OK: 0-1-0, 2.70 (3.1 IP, ER) vs. Left:.228 vs. Right:.295 Has Has a 36 2.55 career ER starts, (24.2 IP, all 7 with ER) the in 17 Twins road (2015-16)...is appearances 14-13, this season...18 5.42 ER (191.0 of his 25 IP, earned 115 ER) runs with allowed 52 walks have and come 167 K at as home a starter. in 2017. Made his first career Opening Day roster...started 2016 at Triple- Rochester. Has 5th round 18 appearances selection by the of 1.1+ Twins IP, in posting the 2012 a First-Year 2.10 ER Player (34.1 Draft...was IP, 8 ER) with reliever 3 HR, at 4 Rice BB, from 38 K. 2010-12 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: - - Series at OK: - - vs. Left:.385 vs. Right:.259 Recalled for a 2nd stint with Twins 8/1. In Signed 5 starts by Twins with Red as minor Wings league since free being agent optioned June 22...reported June 26 is 3-1, to Triple- 2.00 ER Rochester (27.0 IP, but 6 ER), did 3 not BB, make 20 K. contract selected by the Twins June 23...optioned back to Rochester without making an appearance an June appearance 26...went 3-4, before 3.88 having ER (51.0 IP, 22 ER) in 9 starts for Round Rock this season. Made (817.1 four IP, 375 appearances ER) in 151 (1 appearances start) for the (125 Rangers starts) in in 2017, eight posting seasons a 4.15 with ER the Mets (13.0 (2010-15), IP, 6 ER)...career Royals MLB (2016) record and of Rangers 48-46, 4.13 (2017). ER RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 8/1 at SD ND 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 1 7/25 at LD ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6/30 at KC ND 2.2 2 1 0 0 0 0 6/27 at BOS ND 1.0 3 1 0 0 0 0 6/26 at BOS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6/22 vs. CWS ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 1 6/20 vs. CWS H1 0.2 3 1 1 1 1 1 RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 7/30 at OK L3 1.1 2 1 1 1 0 1 7/29 at OK H9 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7/23 vs. DET ND 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7/21 vs. DET ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7/19 vs. NYY ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7/17 vs. NYY BS 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 3 7/15 at HOU H8 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 7/9 vs. BL ND 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO ppearances below with TEX...signed by Twins 6/22. 6/14 at HOU ND 3.0 4 2 2 0 1 3 6/6 vs. NYM ND 3.1 8 4 4 3 4 2 6/2 vs. HOU ND 4.0 2 4 0 1 1 4 5/30 vs. TB ND 2.2 3 0 0 0 0 1 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, 2.70 (3.1 IP, 1 ER) Series at OK: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP) vs. Left:.231 vs. Right:.250 Made his major league debut with 1.0 scoreless IP 6/23...struckout 1st batter faced. Career Selected minor by Twins league in record 22nd round of 9-11, of 1.57 2014 ER draft (171.2 out of IP, Cal, 30 ER) first with Twin 26 from walks 2014 and draft 200 strikeouts to make majors...climbed in 124 relief outings. spending 2014 in GCL/E-Town, 2015 in Cedar Rapids/Ft. Myers, 2016 in Ft. Myers/Chattanooga and 2017 in Rochester. minors quickly RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 7/30 at OK ND 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 5 7/25 at LD ND 1.1 0 1 1 0 0 1 7/23 vs. DET L1 1.2 4 2 2 1 0 2 7/23 vs. DET L1 1.2 4 2 2 1 0 2 7/19 vs. NYY ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7/18 vs. NYY ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7/16 at HOU ND 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 0 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, 4.50 (2.0 IP, 1 ER) Series at OK: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.1 IP) vs. Left:.396 vs. Right:.217 Has not walked a batter in last 15.2 IP (17 K in that span). Recalled ER (6.0 IP, 7/1...was 1 ER) with optioned three hits, to Triple- three walks Rochester and eight June strikeouts...7 17...made 4 appearances outings for Red for Wings the Red in 2017 Wings with since a 0.90 option, ER (10.0 posting IP, a 1 1.50 ER). Struckout 5 batters in 2.0 IP 5/18 vs. COL, the 6th Twin to strikeout 5 in 2.0 IP or less and first since Joe Nathan (5/23/06). Led Twins in games (72) and holds (14) and tied for third in wins (6) in 2016. Set career highs last season in games (72), inning pitched (75.1), wins (6), and strikeouts (67). 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: 0-2-0, 27.00 (2.2 IP, 8 ER) Series at OK: 0-1-0, 36.00 (1.0 IP, 4 ER) vs. Left:.224 vs. Right:.267 Has allowed 10 runs in last 5 appearances...had allowed 8 runs in first 42 appearances to start the season. 24 most holds by a in Twin 2017 in are a full most season in all since of baseball...21 Casey Fien holds had 26 pre-sg in 2014 were (Guerrier s most by 33 a Twin in 2009, since Romero s JC Romero 33 had in 2002 22 in are 02...24 Twins holds record). are Snapped 12.1 scoreless inning streak 7/4...is 5th longest scoreless streak by a Twin in 2017...has allowed just seven hits, two walks and struckout eight in 11 appearances during the streak. Last Held season, left-handed ranked hitters 5th among to a.202 L (17-for-84) rookies in games average (57), and 1st right-handers among left-handers...tied to a.291 (46-for-158) for 9th in average games among with Twins all L last lefties. Originally selected in the 11th round of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft by the Twins out of the University of Kentucky. season. Twin on 40-man brother, roster) Tyler, would is a right-handed be 10th set pitcher of twins in in the MLB Giants history system to play playing in majors at Triple- at the Sacramento...if same time. Tyler makes MLB debut (not RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 7/30 at OK BS 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 1 7/25 at LD ND 1.2 3 1 1 0 0 3 7/23 vs. DET ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 3 7/18 vs. NYY ND 1.1 3 2 2 1 0 1 7/16 at HOU ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7/14 at HOU ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7/9 vs. BL ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7/7 vs. BL H6 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7/1 at KC-1 ND 2.0 4 3 2 1 0 1 RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 7/30 at OK H24 0.2 1 2 2 0 1 1 7/29 at OK BS/L3 0.1 1 2 2 1 1 0 7/26 at LD H23 0.2 0 1 1 0 1 1 7/24 at LD BS/L2 1.0 3 3 3 1 0 3 7/22 vs. DET ND 0.1 2 2 1 1 1 0 7/19 vs. NYY ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7/17 vs. NYY W5 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 7/15 at HOU H22 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7/7 vs. BL H21 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7/6 vs. BL H20 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7/4 vs. L H19 1.1 3 1 1 1 0 2 7/1 at KC-2 H18 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6/28 at BOS H17 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6/24 at CLE W4 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 2 BULLPEN INFO Player 1st Batter vg. BB/9 K/9 Saves Opps Holds IR IRS IRS% Matt Belisle.231 4.01 7.38 0 3 17 23 4 17.4 Buddy Boshers.176 2.73 7.18 0 0 2 10 5 50.0 lan Busenitz.167 2.53 4.22 0 0 1 3 1 33.3 Tyler Duffey.263 2.16 8.82 0 2 9 25 9 36.0 Trevor Hildenberger.167 1.56 9.87 0 0 0 6 1 16.7 Dillon Gee - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Ryan Pressly.379 2.14 10.69 0 1 6 18 5 27.8 Taylor Rogers.318 2.90 7.14 0 3 24 25 4 16.0 Last Relief ppearance 7/30/17 at OK (H) 7/29/17 at OK (H) 8/1/17 at SD (ND) 7/30/17 at OK (L) 7/30/17 at OK (ND) 6/14/17 at HOU (ND) 7/30/17 at OK (BS) 7/30/17 at OK (H)
HITTERS NOTES PGE 4 EHIRE DRINZ - INF #16 Height: 6-1 Weight: 170 B/T: S/R ge: 27 (8/21/89 in Miranda, VZ) 2017 verage:.294 Streak: 2g, 3-6, RBI, 3 BB, SB Series at SD: - - Roadtrip: 3-13, RBI, 3 BB, SB HR (1): Solo (1) Started 20 games at shortstop this season...1 at 3B and 2 at 2B. Pronounced Y-ree ah-dree-hn-zah. Reinstated for-10) in 3 from rehab DL games 7/4...missed with Triple- 12 games Rochester. with abdominal issues...hit.100 (1- BYRON BUXTON - OF #25 Height: 6-2 Weight: 189 B/T: R/R ge: 23 (12/19/93 in Baxley, G) 2017 verage:.219 Streak: 7g, 11-24, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 3 SB Series at SD: 1-3, SB Roadtrip: 1-3, SB HR (5): Solo (5) migraines...went from DL 5-for-12 8/1...missed with 2 HR 14 games in 3 games with on a left rehab groin assignment strain, followed with. by Hit.387 (12-for-31) in 10 July games with 1 2B, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 4 BB and.457 OBP. Leads Twins in stolen bases with 17. Given by the 2016 Twin Cities Jim Kaat Chapter ward of for the Twins BBW...4 Defensive errors Player in 249 of total the Year chances as voted in 2016. on 2nd overall pick in 2012, behind Houston s Carlos Correa. JSON CSTRO - C #21 Height: 6-3 Weight: 212 B/T: L/R ge: 30 (6/18/87 in Castro Valley, C) 2017 verage:.227 Streak: 0-3 Series at SD: 0-3 Roadtrip: 7-21, 5 2B, 3 RBI, 2 BB HR (6): Solo (5), 2-Run (1) 7 of last 11 hits are doubles. Tied Snapped career-high 11-game with hit-streak 4 hits 6/13 6/11...was vs. SE longest as Twins streak collected since franchise career-high best 12-game 28 hits. streak from 7/31-8/14/2013...was the 2nd longest by Twin in 2017 (Rosario - 15). BRIN DOZIER - 2B #2 Height: 5-11 Weight: 198 B/T: R/R ge: 30 (5/15/87 in Tupelo, MS) 2017 verage:.244 Streak: 0-4 Series at SD: 0-4 Roadtrip: 5-33, 2B, HR, 4 RBI HR (17): Solo (14), 2-run (2), ITP (1) Hitting road games...has.248 on the 5 road HR, 19 compared RBI in last to 25.241 road at games. home...has a hit in 11 of last 14 Edwin Encarnacion, 2016 tied for trailing third Mark in baseball Trumbo in (47) home and runs Nelson (42) Cruz with (43); Khris became Davis just and the second Twin to ever finish among top three in any season (Killebrew, 6 times: 1961-64, 66 and 69)...joined Killebrew as only Twins in history with 40-plus HR. (564), career hits (556), HR are runs 12th (366), in Twins 2B (128), history HR (next: (110), Mauer RBI (299), -135)...leads walks (256) Twins since in games 2014. First career inside-the-park homer 4/16 vs. CWS of Shields...52nd in MN history. Has HR lead 23 career with 21st leadoff 7/14 home at HOU. runs...passed Jacque Jones for Twins all-time leadoff 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:.271 Streak: 5g, 6-21, HR, 3 RBI, SB, 2 BB Series at SD: 1-2, 2 BB Roadtrip: 6-24, HR, 3 RBI, 3 BB, SB HR (10): Solo (3), 2-run (5), 3-run (2) 10 HR most since career-high 12 HR in 2015. Tied career-high with 5 hits 6/13 vs. SE. Career-long Hitting.303 9-game (27-for-89) hit-streak vs. lefties, 6/13-22,.253 batting (41-for-162).472 (17-for-36) vs. righties with in 2017. 4 2B, 2 HR. 8th inning...only catcher for position the first he time has in not his played career in on career June is 6 at first Seattle, base (has doing pitched). so in the CHRIS GIMENEZ - C #38 Height: 6-2 Weight: 230 B/T: R/R ge: 34 (12/27/82 in Gilroy, C) 2017 verage:.197 Streak: 1g, 1-5 Series at SD: - - Roadtrip: 1-5 HR (5): Solo (4), 3-run (1) Hit 5th HR of 2017 6/26 at BOS, tying his career-high (5 in 2015 with TEX). Twins are 5th org (CLE 2004-10, 14, 16; SE 2011; TB 2012-13; TEX 2014-16). vs. CWS...career 8.00 ER (9.0 IP, 8 ER) with 1 K and no walks as pitcher. IP 6/22 Hometown of Gilroy, C is considered the "Garlic Capital of the World." Cleveland...the.232 (55-for-237) teams had in 103 a combined games the 62-41 last record two seasons in those games. between Texas and ZCK GRNITE - OF #8 Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 B/T: L/L ge: 24 (9/17/92 in Staten Island, NY) 2017 verage:.254 Streak: 0-7, BB Series at SD: 0-3 Roadtrip: 4-22, 2B, 4 RBI, 2 BB HR (0): - - Career-long 9-game hit-streak 7/19-29...hit.412 (14-for-34),7 RBI over streak. 49) with 4 walks, 5 runs, 7 RBI and 2 SB in those 13. Recalled First MLB 7/8...made hit with a 3rd MLB inning debut double that day 7/14 as at PH, HOU...came flying out to in right 7th P. in only P. MULTI-HOMER GMES Dozier, 5/2 vs. OK (2) Rosario, 6/13 vs. SE (3) Gimenez, 6/15 vs. SE (2) BCK-TO-BCK Buxton/Dozier, 5/2 vs. OK Rosario/Dozier, 6/13 vs. SE GRND SLM None TWINS HOME RUN DT ROBBIE GROSSMN - OF #36 Height: 6-0 Weight: 215 B/T: S/L ge: 27 (9/16/89 in San Diego, C) 2017 verage:.249 Streak: 0-3, RBI, 3 BB Series at SD: 0-1 Roadtrip: 3-13, RBI, 6 BB HR (6): Solo (3), 2-run (3) Batting.286 (24-for-84) with 19 walks in his last 26 road games. Leads Twins with a.379 on-base percentage...6th in L in OBP and walks (57). In has 77 reached starts this safely season in 63 is of batting his 77.252 starts. (69-for-274) with 16 2B, 6 HR, 29 RBI... 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:.253 Streak: 0-4 Series at SD: 0-4 Roadtrip: 4-23, 3 2B, 2 BB HR (10): Solo (5), 2-run (4), 3-run (1) Hit.294 (25-for-85) with 9 2B, 3B, HR, 8 RBI, 10 BB in 24 July games. Hit 3 HR 8/1/16; one of 7 Twins (llison, Killebrew, Oliva, Morneau, Dozier, Rosario). players to play Major League Baseball entering 2017...speaks fluent German. 17 Is 1-for-last-28 HR in 2016 were against ninth left-handed among all-time pitch, Twins since rookies, 6/22. 63 RBI were 10th most. JOE MUER - 1B #7 Height: 6-5 Weight: 225 B/T: L/R ge: 34 (4/19/83 in St. Paul, MN) 2017 verage:.278 Streak: 0-4 Series at SD: 0-4 Roadtrip: 5-23, 2B, 3 RBI, 9 BB HR (5): Solo (2), 2-run (3) Hit for-797) in 6 of in 8 Interleague starts in Interleague play, which play ranks this season...career 6th among active average players. of.319 (254- (8-for-26).286 in in last career 13 games vs. LHP, vs. lefties, 5th best since VG 6/20. among active LHB s...batting.308 Hit first career from walk-off DL 7/15...missed home run 5/5 six games vs. BOS on (6,010th the DL with career lower at-bat). back strain. Ranked 9th in L in walks (79) in 2016...ranks 7th among actives in walks. average on (.307), Twins 4th all-time in hits list (1915) (since and 1961): runs 2nd (926), in 2B 4th (384) in games and (1677), walks (866), 6th in 3rd total in bases (2760) and RBI (844), 11th in HR (135), and 13th in triples (28). Needs 2 hits to tie Oliva (1,917) for 3rd on Twins all-time hit 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:.213 Streak: 0-12 Series at SD: - - Roadtrip: 0-5, BB HR (3): Solo (2), 2-run (1) 1-for-34 (.029) with 4 walks, 4 runs in last 13 games...0-for-last-16 vs. lefties. in games July 30 (56) through and batting end of average season, (.288), ranked and 3rd T5th among in doubles L rookies (12) in and hits RBI (63), (23). 4th Hit.309 (21-for-68) vs. LHP in 2016, and.271 (48-for-177) vs. RHP. and nine stolen bases in 144 games between Rochester and Minnesota in 2016. EDDIE ROSRIO - OF #20 Height: 6-0 Weight: 180 B/T: L/R ge: 25 (9/28/91 in Guayama, PR) 2017 verage:.288 Streak: 0-4, 2 BB Series at SD: - - Roadtrip: 6-23, 3 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 3 BB HR (11): Solo (8), 2-run (2), 3-run (1), Batting.351 (20-for-57) in last 15 road starts. 3 first HR 3-HR 6/13; game 7th Twin by a to 9-hole do so hitter (llison, in MLB Killebrew, since Trot Oliva, Nixon Morneau, in 1999 Dozier, for the Kepler)... Rangers. Hit 9 of his 11 HR in 2017 at Target Field...10 of 11 vs. right-handed pitchers. Snapped career-long 15 game hit-streak with 0-for-3 on 5/6. Played for Puerto Rico in WBC, hitting.316 (6-for-19), 2 2B, 3B, 5 RBI in 6 games. MIGUEL SNÓ - INF #22 Height: 6-4 Weight: 262 B/T: R/R ge: 24 (5/11/93 in S.Pedro de Macoris, DR) 2017 verage:.267 Streak: 4g, 4-20, HR, 2 RBI Series at SD: 1-4 Roadtrip: 5-25, HR, 2 RBI HR (24): Solo (10), 2-run (9), 3-run (5) Had 6 HR, 16 RBI in 24 July games. In career-high 97 games of in 25 2017 HR has in 116 24 games HR and in career-high 2016. 70 RBI...needs 1 HR to tie his 18 First of Twin 24 home to hit runs 21+ have HR, 62+ come RBI vs. pre-sg RHPs...14 since of Morneau 24 HR have in 2009 been (21 in road HR, 70 games. Runner-up to aron Judge in 2017 T-Mobile Home Run Derby, beating Moustakas RBI). (11-10) in 1st round, Sanchez (11-10) in 2nd round. Was the fourth a reserve at third for the base 2017 and ll-star drove in Game the L's in Miami...entered first run with a game single. in the bottom of Tied L Player career-long of the Week with 5/1...hit 10-game.524 hit-streak (11-for-21), 6/30-7/8/17 2B, 3 HR, (also 11 RBI from in 7/5-7/19/16). 5 games. Hit 7 HR in pril, 3rd time to have 7-plus home runs in a single month (also: 9-ug '15, 8-May '16)...fastest Twin to 10 HR (32 g) since Puckett (12 in 1987). WLK-OFF 1, Mauer 5/5 vs. BOS (Barnes) INSIDE-THE-PRK 1, Dozier 4/16 vs. CWS (Shields) RUNNERS ON Solo - 66 2-run - 32 3-run - 12 MULTI MULTI SESON SESON LST HOME RUN LST GRND SLM vs. SD 2017 vs. SD 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 4 7, 6/21-7/23 2, 5x 7/16/17 at HOU 0 Fiers 23.. 0 0 0 0 0.211 8 38 0 3 Buxton 12 2 7, 7/4-Curr 3, 3x 7/4/17 vs. L 0 Parker 21 9/4/16 vs. CWS 1.333 1 3 0 0.333 1 3 0 0 Castro 13 8 11, 5/22-6/9 4 6/8/17 at SE 0 Bergman 117 8/3/15 at TEX 3.000 0 3 0 0.185 5 27 2 3 Dozier 25 9 10, 5/19-29 3, 2x 7/30/17 at OK 0 Cotton 9. 0.000 0 4 0 0.250 5 20 0 0 Escobar 15 11 9, 6/13-22 5 7/30/17 at OK 1 Cotton 7. 0.500 1 2 0 0.308 4 13 0 1 Gimenez 3 2 3, 6/10-16 2, 3x 6/26/17 at BOS 0 Sale 30. 0 0 0 0 0.200 1 5 1 1 Granite 4 2 9, 7/19-29 3 63. 0.000 0 3 0 0.000 0 3 0 0 Grossman 20 7 5, 6/29-7/4 3 6/2/17 at L 1 Ramirez 153. 0.000 0 1 0 0.000 0 2 0 0 Kepler 24 11 9, 5/29-6/7 4 7/3/17 vs. L 0 Meyer 74 7/10/16 at TEX 1.000 0 4 0 0.000 0 4 0 0 Mauer 19 11 10, 5/9-22 4, 2x 7/3/17 vs. L 1 Meyer 48 9/1/12 at KC 3.000 0 4 0 0.125 5 40 0 4 Polanco 14 7 6, 5/28-6/2 4 6/23/17 at CLE 1 Bauer 77. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rosario 23 6 15, 4/17-5/5 5 7/24/17 at LD 0 Dayton 17 9/2/15 vs. CWS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sanó 23 19 10, 6/30-7/8 4 7/29/17 at OK 1 Smith 12. 0.250 1 4 0 0.250 1 4 0 0
ODDS & ENDS PGE 5 MIsc. Highs and Lows Most Runs, Game (Team)... 20, 6/13 vs. SE Most Runs, Inning (Team)... 7, 4x, last (7th inning), 6/13 vs. SE Most Hits, Game (Team)... 28, 6/13 vs. SE Most Hits, Inning (Team)... 8, 3x, last (7th inning), 6/13 vs. SE Longest Hitting Streak (Individual)... 15, Rosario 4/17-5/5 Consecutive Hits (Individual)...5, 3x, last Rosario, 7/1 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)... 18, 4/15 vs. CWS 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, Berríos, 5/18 vs. COL 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... 8, 4/5 vs. KC Largest Margin, Loss... 13, 6/13 vs. SE Largest Home ttendance... 39,615, 4/3 vs. KC Home Sellouts... 1, 4/3 vs. KC Score by inning SCORE BY INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 EXTR TOTL TWINS 51 55 69 61 73 55 44 39 20 2 469 OPPONENT 50 61 70 83 56 64 39 62 53 6 544 DISBLED LIST PLYER INJURY DTE ON RETRO DTE OFF GMES MISSED Trevor May*... Torn Right Ulnar Collateral Ligament...3/11... 104 Ryan O Rourke*... Torn Left Ulnar Collateral Ligament...3/30... 104 Ehire drianza... Right Oblique Strain...3/30...5/5... 26 Glen Perkins*... Left Posterior Shoulder Strain...4/2... 104 Justin Haley... Right Biceps Tendinitis...4/22...5/7... 11 Phil Hughes... Right rm Soreness...5/22...6/28... 35 Justin Haley... Right Shoulder Soreness...5/28...7/24... 51 Hector Santiago... Left Shoulder Strain...6/7...6/27... 20 Ehire drianza... bdominal Issues...6/22...7/4... 12 Craig Breslow... Left Thoracic Rib Soreness...6/28...7/18... 17 Hector Santiago... Upper Thoracic Back Pain...7/5...7/3... 23 Joe Mauer... Left Side Low Back/Lumbar Strain...7/7...7/5...7/15... 6 Byron Buxton... Left Groin Strain...7/15...8/1... 14 Phil Hughes*... Thoracic Outlet Syndrome...7/18... 12 BOLD indicates currently on DL *60-day DL EJECTIONS DTE PLYER/MGR/CH UMPIRE RESON 4/20 vs. Cleveland...Paul Molitor... lan Porter...rguing balls and strikes 4/22 vs. Detroit...Miguel Sanó... Jordan Baker...Contact with James McCann 7/30 at Oakland...Miguel Sanó... Phil Cuzzi...rguing balls and strikes 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 Buxton 77 4 7 20 46 drianza 2 20 1 4 10 9 Castro 71 4 18 12 19 18 Dozier 96 96 Escobar 6 11 33 11 10 4 16 21 8 1 Gimenez 33 2 1 1 5 19 8 3 Granite 2 14 7 1 1 4 3 Grossman 17 23 37 5 33 4 17 11 5 1 1 Kepler 8 79 1 17 3 26 29 6 3 1 2 Mauer 74 6 2 29 26 21 2 Polanco 72 1 1 8 1 2 6 19 26 11 Rosario 80 5 1 1 7 20 22 28 10 Sanó 7 70 17 65 26 3 Other 21 4 2 23 1 8 25 9 1 2 6 OUTFIELD SSISTS Byron Buxton 4 Max Kepler 3 Eddie Rosario 3 Ehire drianza 1 Zack Granite 1 Robbie Grosman 1 Danny Santana 1 Total 14 Joe Mauer 8 Brian Dozier 6 Miguel Sano 6 Kennys Vargas 6 Eddie Rosario 5 Max Kepler 4 Jason Castro 4 GME-WINNING RBI Eduardo Escobar 3 Robbie Grossman 2 Byron Buxton 1 Chris Gimenez 1 Zack Granite 1 Ehire drianza 1 Jorge Polanco 1 FOR THE TWINS HITTING: Hit for the Cycle: Cuddyer, 5/22/09 vs. MIL (10 all-time) Grand Slam: Buxton, 9/4/16 vs. CWS (2 as a team in 2016) Inside-the-Park Home Run: Dozier, 4/16 vs. CWS (1 as a team in 2017, 53 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: C. Gimenez, 6/15/17 vs. SE (2 as a team in 2017, 1 3 HR game) Three-Home Run Game: E. Rosario, 6/13/17 vs. SE (7 all-time) Back-to-Back Home Runs: Rosario/Dozier, 6/13/17 vs. SE (1 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: Mauer, 9th inning, 5/5/17 vs. BOS (1 as a team in 2017) Leadoff Home Run: Dozier, 7/15/17 at HOU (3 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, Berríos, 5/18/17 vs. COL (1 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) LST TIME IT HPPENED 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: V. Martinez, 7/22/17 vs. DET (13 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: lonso, 7/30 at OK (3 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, C. Morton, 7/15/17, at HOU (4 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: C. Ruiz, 6/13/17 vs. SE 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 2017 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. 4/14 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. 5/17 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. ** Target Field has experienced 36 delayed games and 18 postponed games in the park s history (since 2010). Longest delay: 4:50. **