MINNESOT TWINS (56-99) VS. SETTLE MRINERS (81-73) SUNDY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2016-1:10 PM (CT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH RDIO: TRESURE ISLND BSEBLL NETWORK / L RZ Hector Santiago (L, 12-9, 4.82) vs. Taijuan Walker (R, 6-11, 4.32) GME 156 HOME GME 81 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 9/26 OFF DY 9/27 at Kansas City Jose Berrios (R, 2-7, 8.88) vs. Ian Kennedy (R, 11-10, 3.64) 6:15 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-Go 96.3 / La Raza 9/28 at Kansas City Ervin Santana (R, 7-11, 3.37) vs. Jason Vargas (L, 0-0, 3.86) 6:15 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-Go 96.3 /None 9/29 at Kansas City Kyle Gibson (R, 6-11, 5.04) vs. Danny Duffy (L, 12-3, 3.43) 6:15 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-Go 96.3 / None Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. ll game times are listed as Central. TWINS T GLNCE Record:...56-99 Home Record:...30-50 Road Record:...26-49 Record in series:... 15-30-5 Series Openers:...18-33 Series Finales:...18-32 Rubber Games:...6-6 Sweeps/Swept:...4/16 pril:...7-17 May:...8-19 June:...10-17 July:...15-11 ugust:...9-20 September/October:...7-15 vs. merican League East:...10-24 vs. merican League Central:...21-49 vs. merican League West:...17-14 vs. National League:...8-12 Games vs. LH Starter:...19-23 Games vs. RH Starter:...37-76 Twins score first:...32-34 Opponent scores first:...24-65 Come-from-behind wins:... 34 Leading after 7/8 inn.:...46-6/46-3 Trailing after 7/8 inn.:...4-79/1-83 Tied after 7/8 inn.:...5-14/8-13 Extra-innings:...6-9 1-run games:...14-27 Twins out-hit opp.:...40-13 Opp. out-hit Twins:...10-81 Twins/Opp. have = hits:...6-5 Twins get Quality Start:...35-24 Twins starter goes 6+ IP:...44-30 Most games over.500:... Most games under.500:...44, 9/24 Longest winning-streak:... 4, 3x, last 7/31-8/3 Longest losing-streak:...13, 8/18-31 When Twins score 4+:...50-41 When Twins score 3-:...7-57 Team-high hits:... 19, 2x, last 8/1 at CLE Team-high runs:...17, 7/2 vs. TEX Opp.-high hits:... 19, 8/11 (1) vs. HOU Opp.-high runs:...16, 5/4 at HOU Twins get 10+ hits:...40-18 Walk-Off W/L:...9/3 Shutouts W/L:...2/8 Complete Games:...4, last Gibson 8/17 at TL Target Field Sellouts ( 16/ll-Time):...1/159 RECENT TRNSCTIONS 8/12 LHP Milone placed on 15-day DL LHP Dean recalled from 8/13 LHP lbers DF or release LHP O Rourke contract selected from 8/14 LHP lbers optioned to 8/20 LHP Mejia contract selected from 1B/DH Vargas optioned to LHP Mejia optioned to 8/21 RHP Light recalled from 8/25 RHP Duffey optioned to RHP Berrios optioned to 8/26 LHP lbers recalled from RHP Wimmers contract selected from 8/28 IF/OF Santana placed on 15-day DL 8/29 OF Schafer contract selected from 9/1 OF Buxton recalled from 9/2 LHP Boshers returned from rehab and reinstated from 15-day DL 9/3 C Murphy recalled from 9/5 RHP Berrios recalled from 9/6 1B/DH Vargas recalled from RHP Duffey recalled from IF Beresford contract selected from OF/IF Santana transferred to 60-day DL 9/9 RHP May reinstated from 15-day DL LHP Milone reinstated from 15-day DL 9/10 IF Plouffe placed on 15-day DL 9/12 RHP May placed on 15-day DL THE TWINS: The Twins began their final homestand of 2016 by getting swept in three games by Detroit, followed by a loss and a win against the Mariners the last two nights...today, they will play the third of three against the Mariners...the Twins will enjoy an off-day tomorrow, then begin a six-game roadtrip with three games in Kansas City Tuesday-Thursday and three in Chicago-L next weekend, to finish the season...the Twins have gone 30-50 at home and 26-49 on the road. TWINS TKE M S IN TWO: The Twins beat the Mariners last night by a score of 3-2 in two hours and six minutes, the shortest time of game this season...tyler Duffey (9-11) was the starter and winner, allowing two runs on four hits in 7.0 innings pitched...taylor Rogers earned the hold and Brandon Kintzler earned the save, each pitching 1.0 scoreless inning of relief...the Twins recorded just three hits, two being solo home runs by Jorge Polanco and Miguel Sano. NOT FEELING MINNESOT: Number comparisons at home over the last five seasons: W-L IP H BB K ER VG H 2B HR R OBP 2012 31-50 738.0 764 231 501 4.74.274 750 137 69 366.343 2013 32-49 740.0 812 202 502 4.54.248 676 141 68 303.315 2014 35-46 741.0 842 206 517 4.71.260 716 159 67 368.333 2015 46-34 732.0 735 189 525 3.63.264 703 134 85 372.322 2016* 30-50 738.0 858 225 598 5.13.251 687 141 97 345.312 * - One home game left to play in 2016 SECOND BSE POWER: Brian Dozier hit his 40th home run as a second baseman on Thursday (2 as DH), setting an L record for home runs at the position, passing lfonso Soriano s (NYY) 2002 total of 39...he is now tied for third among all MLB second basemen with Ryne Sandberg: PLYER YER HR 1) Davey Johnson, TL...1973... 42 Rogers Hornsby, STL...1922... 42 3) Brian Dozier, MIN...2016... 40 Ryne Sandberg, CHC...1990... 40 GO DEEP!: The Twins have homered 40 times in their last 24 games since ugust 30, second-most in baseball since that date, trailing Tampa Bay (41)...Twins have hit 192 homers this season, fifth-most in their history: YER HOMERS TEM LEDERS 1963...225... Harmon Killebrew (45), Bob llison (35), Jimmie Hall (33) 1964...221... Harmon Killebrew (49), Bob llison (32), Tony Oliva (32) 1987...196... Kent Hrbek (34), Tom Brunansky (32), Gary Gaetti (31) 1986...196... Gary Gaetti (34), Kirby Puckett (31), Kent Hrbek (29) 2016...192... Brian Dozier (42), Miguel Sano (24), Max Kepler (16) DDITIONLLY...Nine players with double-digit home run totals marks the second time in club history the Twins have had as many: 2016: Dozier (42), Sano (24), Kepler (16), Nunez (12), Park (12), Plouffe (12), Grossman (11), Mauer (11), Rosario (10) 2004: Koskie (25), Jones (24), Hunter (23), Morneau (19), Ford (15), Cuddyer (12), Stewart (11), Blanco (10), Rivas (10) TWINS ND M S: The Twins are 4-1 against the Mariners this season and have secured the season series over the M s, the 10th time in the last 13 seasons (since 2004), including four straight...the Twins are 5-0-2 against Seattle in series play since the start of 2013, their last series loss coming ugust 27-30, 2012, losing three of four at home...lastly, the Twins have won 11 of their last 15 against Seattle. KIDS PLYER PPRECITION DY: Below are highlighted events taking place at Target Field today: First 10,000 kids 14 and under will receive a TC cap. Kids zone of interactive games on the plaza. ll kids 14 and under will receive a scratch off card with various prizes courtesy of the Twins and several corporate partners. Jersey Off Our Backs - Several kids will win the opportunity to receive a player s jersey postgame. STREKS Current Streak:...1 win Last 5 games:...1-4 Last 10 games:...2-8 Last 15 games:...4-11 Last 20 games:...6-15 TWINS VS. SETTLE 2016 Record:...4-1 Current Streak:...1 win 2016 at Home:...1-1 2016 at Seattle:...3-0 ll-time Record:...213-220-1 ll-time at Home:...116-101-1 ll-time at Seattle:...97-119 2016 Game Logs: Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save 5/27 SE 7-2 Dean/Hernandez 5/28 SE 6-5 Pressly/Vincent/Jepsen 5/29 SE 5-4 Nolasco/Walker/Jepsen 9/23 MIN 1-10 Paxton/Gibson 9/24 MIN 3-2 Duffey/Miranda/Kintzler 9/25 MIN CURRENT HOMESTND (1-4) Batting verage....135 (20-for-148) Runs Per Game...1.8 (9 R/5 G) Home Runs...6 RISP....059 (1-for-17) Fielding Errors...7 Team ER...5.80 (45.0 IP, 29 ER) Starters W-L... 1-3 Starters ER...4.13 (28.1 IP, 13 ER) Relievers W-L-S...0-1-1 Relievers ER...8.64 (16.2 IP, 16 ER) Save/Opportunities...1/1 TWINS SINGLE-SESON HOME RUN LEDERS PLYER HR 1) Harmon Killebrew - 1969...49 Harmon Killebrew - 1964...49 3) Harmon Killebrew - 1962...48 4) Harmon Killebrew - 1961...46 5) Harmon Killebrew - 1963...45 6) Harmon Killebrew - 1967...44 7) Brian Dozier - 2016...42 TWINS SINGLE-SESON XBH LEDERS XBH 1) Tony OIiva - 1964...84 2) Brian Dozier - 2016...82 3) Zoilo Versalles - 1965...76 Twins Say Thanks - Throughout the game, lucky rows of fans will receive food items or merchandise courtesy of the players. Kids autographs pregame at the Digital Clubhouse. Postgame run the bases (following jerseys off our backs presentation). ON THIS DY IN TWINS HISTORY: In 1965, the Twins Mudcat Grant one-hits the Senators to win, 5-0...Don Blasingame s double in the third is the only hit for Washington; it is the 4th time that Blasingame has collected the only hit for his team. THIS ND THT: The Minnesota Twins thoughts are with the Miami Marlins organization and family/friends of Jose Fernandez. Twins have seven games remaining and one off-day (Monday)...they play Seattle once, Kansas City three times and Chicago-L The three times...they play six more road games and one more home game...two are day games while five are night games. Brian Dozier needs one RBI to become the 18th different Twin to reach 100 RBI in a season (last Willingham with 110 in 2012). Miguel Sano is 2-for-5 lifetime against Taijuan Walker, both hits being home runs. UPCOMING MILESTONES PLYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN RECH Brian Dozier...99 RBI...Needs 1 to reach 100 RBI for season Joe Mauer...130 home runs...needs 2 to tie Jacque Jones (132) for 11th on Twins all-time list 821 walks...needs 17 to tie Kent Hrbek (838) for 2nd on Twins all-time list 885 runs...needs 18 to tie Kent Hrbek (903) for 4th on Twins all-time list Needs 15 to reach 900 for career
STRTING PITCHER PGE 2 HECTOR SNTIGO #66 Height: 6-0 Weight: 215 B/T: R/L ge: 28 (12/16/1987 in Newark, NJ) 2016: 12-9, 4.82 ER CREER: 35-37, 3.86 ER He is making his 32nd start of 2016. He is making his 173rd career appearance and 115th career start. 2016 DY-BY-DY Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Left/Final Notes Pitches/K 4/7 vs. TEX ND 6.0 4 3 2 1 2 7 3-2/4-3 Opened season as ngels' third starter 95/60 4/12 at OK ND 7.2 7 4 4 2 1 3 3-4/5-4 ngels win 5-4 108/73 4/18 at CWS W1 7.0 2 0 0 0 3 10 7-0/7-0 Tied career-high in strikeouts (3rd time) 106/67 4/23 vs. SE W2 6.0 4 2 2 1 2 7 3-2/4-2 ngels win 4th straight started by Santiago 106/68 4/29 at TEX L1 5.2 8 4 4 1 1 1 2-4/2-4 ngels lose 4-2 99/62 PRIL TOTLS 2-1 32.1 25 13 12 5 9 28 3.34 ER 5/4 at MIL ND 5.1 8 3 3 1 4 4 2-2/7-2 ngels win 7-3 116/73 5/10 vs. STL L2 4.1 7 4 4 1 2 2 0-3/1-8 ngels lose 8-1 83/50 5/15 at SE W3 8.0 2 0 0 0 1 5 3-0/3-0 Season-high in innings pitched 115/77 5/20 vs. BL ND 2.2 3 4 4 3 3 2 1-4/4-9 ngels lose 9-4 56/33 5/25 at TEX L3 2.1 5 6 5 1 2 2 4-4/9-15 ngels lose 15-9, season-low in IP 57/36 5/31 vs. DET ND 6.2 5 6 6 3 2 9 9-4/11-9 One K short of tying career-high 107/70 MY TOTLS 1-2 29.1 30 23 22 9 14 24 6.75 ER 6/5 at PIT ND 4.0 4 3 3 0 4 4 1-3/5-4 ngels win 5-4 90/55 6/10 vs. CLE L4 1.1 7 6 5 0 1 2 1-6/2-6 ngels lose 6-2 54/34 6/15 vs. MIN W4 6.0 2 1 1 0 2 5 10-1/10-2 Supported with 10 runs, opposite Duffey 99/62 6/21 at HOU ND 6.1 3 1 1 1 2 4 2-1/2-3 ngels lose 3-2 80/46 6/26 vs. OK ND 6.0 7 6 6 2 4 6 2-6/7-6 Tied season-high in runs allowed 116/70 JUNE TOTLS 1-1 23.2 23 17 16 3 13 21 6.08 ER 7/2 at BOS W5 6.0 4 1 0 0 4 4 20-1/21-2 Supported with 20 runs 112/60 7/7 at TB W6 7.0 3 0 0 0 4 9 4-0/5-1 One K short of tying career-high, 2nd time 111/72 7/15 vs. CWS W7 7.0 5 0 0 0 0 7 7-0/7-0 Scoreless innings streak extended to 22.0 94/71 7/20 vs. TEX W8 5.0 5 3 3 1 3 3 7-3/7-4 24.0 scoreless inning streak snapped 100/63 7/25 at KC W9 5.1 5 2 2 1 4 5 4-2/6-2 5th straight quality start 100/62 7/30 vs. BOS W10 5.0 4 2 2 1 6 6 4-2/5-2 6th straight quality start 119/72 JULY TOTLS 6-0 35.1 26 8 7 3 21 34 1.78 ER 8/4 at CLE L5 5.0 5 4 4 2 2 4 2-4/2-9 First start as a Minnesota Twin 99/65 8/9 vs. HOU L6 5.1 7 5 4 1 1 4 4-5/5-7 Lost consecutive starts for first time this season 83/51 8/14 vs. KC L7 4.0 9 7 7 1 0 2 3-7/4-11 Surrendered six runs in the fourth inning 78/53 8/20 at KC L8 4.2 11 8 8 3 0 2 0-8/0-10 llowed a career-high eight runs 80/50 8/29 at CLE ND 6.1 3 0 0 0 4 2 0-0/0-1 Longest outing since joining the Twins 93/53 UG. TOTLS 0-4 25.1 35 24 23 7 7 14 8.17 ER 9/3 vs. CWS W11 6.0 4 3 3 2 3 6 11-3/11-3 First win as a Minnesota Twin 110/75 9/10 vs. CLE ND 7.0 5 1 1 0 4 2 1-1/2-1 Most innings pitched as a Twin 101/62 9/15 at DET W12 5.2 6 1 1 0 2 3 4-1/5-1 Second straight start not allowing a home run 103/67 9/20 vs. DET L9 5.1 7 6 6 1 2 5 0-6/1-8 llowed 3-run HR to the last batter he faced 95/63 SEP. TOTLS 2-1 24.0 22 11 11 3 11 16 4.13 ER --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ER 2016 TOTLS 12-9 170.0 154 96 91 30 75 137 4.82 2016 TWINS TOTLS 2-5 49.1 57 35 34 10 18 30 6.20 2016 NGELS TOTLS 10-4 120.2 104 61 57 20 57 107 4.25 PRE-SG TOTLS 6-4 98.1 85 54 50 17 44 86 4.58 POST-SG TOTL 6-5 71.2 76 42 41 13 31 51 5.15 CREER TOTLS 35-37 702.2 629 334 301 101 312 625 3.86 LST STRT: Santiago lost his last start September 20 vs. Detroit after allowing six runs on seven hits and two walks with five strikeouts over 5.1 innings...faced the minimum through the first two innings... surrendered four runs in the sixth inning, including a three-run homer to Justin Upton, the last batter he faced...gave up his first home run since September 3 vs. Chicago-L...threw 95 pitches, 63 strikes. SILING GINST SETTLE: Santiago is making his third start this season and seventh career start against the Mariners; is 2-0, 1.29 ER (14.0 IP, 2 ER) with three walks and 12 strikeouts this season against Seattle...won his last start May 15 at Seattle, tossing 8.0 shutout innings and allowing just two hits and one walk with five strikeouts...in 14 career appearances (six starts), Santiago is 4-2-1, 2.72 ER (49.2 IP, 15 ER) with 15 walks and 47 strikeouts; is 3-0, 1.29 ER (28.0 IP, 4 ER) with five walks and 25 strikeouts in four starts since the beginning of 2015...Nelson Cruz is the only current Mariner with a home run off of Santiago. WINNING WYS: Santiago has set a career-high with 12 wins this season; his previous high was nine, set in 2015...earned his 10th win of the season July 30 vs. Boston...six of his 12 victories came in the month of ugust; he has never won more than three games in any other month of his career... he is 2-5 in nine starts since joining the Twins on ugust 1. BETTER UNDER PRESSURE: Santiago has held batters to a.228 (33-for-145) batting average with runners in scoring position this season...opponents are batting.200 (13-for-65) with runners in scoring position and two outs...opponents are batting.182 (2-for-11) against Santiago with the bases loaded this season...has a career batting average against of.198 (112-for-566) with runners in scoring position. WLK THIS WY: Santiago is tied for the second in the merican League with 75 walks; he is tied with Yordano Ventura, trailing only Cole Hamels (77)...he has issued 15 walks over his last five starts for a 4.45 walks-per-9.0 innings; he walked just three batters in 19.0 innings over his first four starts with the Twins for a 1.42 BB/9...he did not walk a batter in his two starts ugust 14 vs. Kansas City and ugust 20 at Kansas City; he had done so only once prior this season...santiago has walked four-or-more in nine starts this year, including a season-high six walks in his final start with Los ngeles-l July 30 vs. Boston...his 3.97 BB/9 this season is actually lower than his career mark of 4.00. TURN THE CLENDR PGE: Santiago is 7-4, 4.55 ER (99.0 IP, 50 ER) with 59 walks and 71 strikeouts in 23 outings (20 starts) in the month of September; his seven wins is his second-highest career total in a single month, behind only his 12 victories in July...he made five starts in the month of ugust, going 0-4, 8.17 ER (25.1 IP, 23 ER) with seven walks and 14 strikeouts; his 8.17 ER is his second highest ER of any month he has pitched in for his career; had a 8.53 ER in pril 2012 as a member of the White Sox...his career 4.90 ER in the month of ugust is his highest monthly ER. MISSING THE TRGET: Santiago is 1-3, 6.83 ER (27.2 IP, 21 ER) with 10 walks and 19 strikeouts in five starts at Target Field since joining the Twins ugust 1...in 10 career games (nine starts), he is 2-4, 6.95 ER (45.1 IP, 35 ER) with 19 walks and 30 strikeouts at Target Field...in 15 road starts this season, Santiago is 6-4, 3.65 ER (86.1 IP, 35 ER) with 38 walks and 62 strikeouts. GET TO KNOW 'EM: Santiago joined the Twins organization Monday, ugust 1 just prior to the non-waiver trade deadline...minnesota sent RHP Ricky Nolasco, RHP lex Meyer and cash to Los ngeles-l in exchange for Santiago and RHP lan Busenitz...previously played for the ngels from 2014-16 and Chicago-L from 2011-13...named a 2015 ll-star, one of three ngels representatives along with Mike Trout and lbert Pujols...debuted July 6, 2011 vs. Kansas City in relief; made two relief appearances in 2011...began 2012 season as the White Sox closer before making his first career start September 3, 2012 vs. the Twins...twice nominated for annual Roberto Clemente ward, in 2013 with Chicago and in 2015 with Los ngeles...has hosted "Santiago's Soldiers" inner-city baseball teams in Chicago and Los ngeles. 2016 HIGHS CREER HIGHS CG s: - - CG s: - - SHO s: - - SHO s: - - Low Hit: - - Low-Hit: - - Innings: 8.0, 5/15 at SE Innings: 8.0, 2x, last 5/15/16 at SE SO: 10, 4/18 at CWS SO: 10, 3x, last 4/18/16 at CWS Walks: 6, 7/30 vs. BOS Walks: 6, 3x, last 7/30/16 vs. BOS Hits: 11, 8/20 at KC Hits: 11, 8/20/16 at KC Home Runs: 3, 3x, last 8/20 at KC Home Runs: 3, 4x, last 8/20/16 at KC Win-Streak: 7, 6/15-7/30 Win-Streak: 7, 6/15/16-7/30/16 Loss-Streak: 4, 8/4-8/20 Loss-Streak: 9, 8/30/13-6/15/14 CREER NOTES cquired by the Twins ugust 1, 2016 in a trade with Los ngeles-l...was traded with RHP lan Busenitz for RHPs Ricky Nolasco, lex Meyer and cash. Named ngels nominee for 2015 Roberto Clemente ward in recognition for his positive contributions to community both on and off the field. Named to 2015 merican League ll-star Team as a member of the ngels...had a 6-4 record and 2.33 ER in 2015's first half...did not pitch in ll-star Game in Cincinnati. Made one relief appearance for the ngels in the 2014 LDS vs. KC...pitched 1.1 innings in Game 3 at Kauffman Stadium and allowed two earned runs on one hit (Hosmer HR) with two walks. Traded to Los ngeles-l December 10, 2013 with LHP Tyler Skaggs in three-team deal which sent OF Mark Trumbo and RHP.J. Schugel to rizona and OF dam Eaton to Chicago-L. On October 1, 2012 at Cleveland, became second rookie since 2000 to record 10-or-more strikeouts while allowing two-or-fewer baserunners in a start (also, Johnny Cueto). Made Major League debut July 6, 2011 for Chicago-L vs. Kansas City with 1.0 scoreless inning of relief...began 2012 season as White Sox closer...converted four of six opportunities. Was originally drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 30th round of the 2006 First Year Player Draft out of Okaloosa-Walton College in Niceville, FL. 2016 MISC. NUMBERS W L ER G IP ER VG H B HR BB SO Home: 6 5 6.02 16 83.2 56 Vs. Left:.260 34 131 7 21 29 Road: 6 4 3.65 15 86.1 35 Vs. Right:.247 127 514 23 54 108 Day: 3 3 5.51 9 47.1 29 TOTLS:.250 161 645 30 75 137 Night: 9 6 4.55 22 122.2 62 Grass: 11 9 5.02 30 163.0 91 None On:.265 102 385 21 39 85 Turf: 1 0 0.00 1 7.0 0 Runners On:.227 59 260 9 36 52 6.0-PLUS IP/QULITY STRTS YER STRTS 6+ IP QS 2011 0 0 0 2012 4 1 1 2013 23 12 12 MORE MISCELLNEOUS NUMBERS 2016 RUNS/HITS PER INNING 2014 24 6 5 2015 32 15 15 2016 31 15 12 TOTLS 114 49 45 BSE RUNNERS PICK-OFFS SB-TT GIDP SNTIGO: 241 4 9-15 11 INNING: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RUNS/HITS: 20/30 13/22 16/27 16/27 11/23 16/25 4/7 0/1 -/- SNTIGO VS. SETTLE 2016 vs. Seattle (2 starts): 2-0, 1.29 (14.0 IP, 2 ER), 3 BB, 12 K 2016 vs. Seattle at Home (1 start): 1-0, 3.00 ER (6.0 IP, 2 ER), 2 BB, 7 K 2016 vs. Seattle at Seattle (1 start): 1-0, 0.00 ER (8.0 IP), 1 BB, 5 K Career vs. Seattle (6 starts, 8 relief): 4-2-1, 2.72 ER (49.2.0 IP, 15 ER), 15 BB, 47 K Career vs. Seattle at Home (3 starts, 3 relief): 2-1, 3.20 ER (25.1 IP, 9 ER), 9 BB, 22 K Career vs. Seattle at Seattle (3 starts, 5 relief): 2-1-1, 2.22 ER (24.1 IP, 6 ER) 6 BB, 25 K BTTER-PITCHER MTCH-UPS Santiago vs. the Mariners PLYER VG B H HR BB SO Martin.273 22 6 0 0 4 Cano.143 21 3 0 5 3 Seager.111 18 2 0 1 3 Cruz.200 15 3 1 1 3 Gutierrez.333 12 4 0 0 2 Zunino.182 11 2 0 0 4 oki.250 8 2 0 0 2 Marte.167 6 1 0 0 1 Robertson.167 6 1 0 0 0 Iannetta.500 4 2 0 3 0 Lee.000 4 0 0 1 2 O'Malley.333 3 1 0 0 2 Romero.333 3 1 0 0 0 Lind.000 1 0 0 1 0 Smith 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 TWINS STRTERS IN 2016 Boyd vs. the Twins PLYER VG B H HR BB SO Grossman.286 7 2 1 1 1 Dozier.167 6 1 0 0 1 Mauer.167 6 1 1 1 4 Sano.400 5 2 2 1 2 Polanco.000 3 0 0 0 1 Rosario.000 3 0 0 0 1 Centeno.500 2 1 0 0 0 Escobar.000 2 0 0 0 0 Murphy.000 2 0 0 0 2 Pitcher Last Start (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) Dec. Starts QS Team Rec. Run Supp. RS VG Santana 9/22 vs. DET (6.0-5-4-2-4-8-0) L 29 17 8-21 73 3.73 Gibson 9/23 vs. SE (5.0-5-2-2-4-2-0) L 24 8 11-13 82 5.23 Hughes 6/2 vs. TB (4.0-8-4-4-1-2-1) ND 11 6 3-8 26 4.08 Milone 8/11 vs. HOU (3.0-5-5-5-2-1-2) L 12 2 5-7 31 4.70 Nolasco 7/29 vs. CWS (8.0-3-1-1-1-6-1) ND 21 10 9-12 72 5.20 Duffey 9/24 vs. SE (7.0-4-2-2-0-4-1) W 25 8 11-14 91 6.25 Berrios 9/16 at NYM (4.0-4-2-2-3-4-2) L 12 1 2-10 30 5.55 Meyer 5/3 at HOU (2.2-3-3-3-3-4-1) L 1 0 0-1 2 6.75 Dean 9/22 vs. DET (5.0-3-1-1-1-5-0) ND 9 3 4-5 21 4.36 Santiago 9/20 vs. DET (5.1-7-6-6-2-5-1) L 9 3 3-6 25 4.56 lbers 9/4 vs. CWS (4.2-6-5-3-1-6-4) ND 2 0 0-2 14 8.40 TUESDY'S STRTER - JOSE BERRIOS (SESON: 2-7, 8.88 ER ; CREER: 2-7, 8.88 ER) Berrios will be making his 13th start of the season Tuesday night in the series opener at Kansas City...pitched 3.0 scoreless innings September 21 vs. Detroit before rain caused the game to be replayed...last time out, September 16 at New York-NL, he surrendered two runs on four hits with three walks and four strikeouts in 4.0 innings; he received the loss as the Twins lost the game 3-0...the two runs allowed tied a season-low; also surrendered two runs in his start May 2 at Houston...this will be his third start of the season against the Royals; he is 0-1, 9.00 ER (9.0 IP, 9 ER) with five walks and eight strikeouts in his first two starts...berrios is 2-7, 8.88 ER (48.2 IP, 48 ER) with 31 walks and 46 strikeouts this season.
BULLPEN NOTES PGE 3 TEM BULLPEN NOTES The The pen pen s has.277 posted opponent a 4.67 average ER, highest is highest in the in MLB, L and highest 4th highest by a Twins in MLB...highest bullpen since bullpen 1994 (.296), ER by and Twins highest since by 1996 any (4.97). Minnesota has used 23 different pitchers out of the bullpen this season...twins relievers are 21-30 this season, going 24-for-44 MLB team in since save the opportunities. stros (.280) and Dbacks (.282) in 2010. NDREW LBERS - LHP #58 Height: 6-1 Weight: 200 B/T: R/L ge: 30 (10/6/85 in N. Battleford, SS, CN) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP), BB, K Series vs. SE: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP), BB, K vs. Left:.176 vs. Right:.387 Has Career five record appearances of 2-5, (2 4.41 starts) ER with (79.2 Twins IP, 39 in ER) 2016...9.45 in 17 appearances ER (6.2 IP, (12 7 ER) starts) as starter; with Twins 3.86 in ER 2013, (9.1 2015 IP, 4 and ER) in 2016. relief. BUDDY BOSHERS - LHP #62 Height: 6-3 Weight: 205 B/T: L/L ge: 28 (5/9/88 in Huntsville, L) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 12/14/15 Homestand: 0-0-0, 9.00 (1.0 IP, ER), 2 BB, 2 K Series vs. SE: 0-0-0, 27.00 (0.1 IP, ER), BB, K vs. Left:.245 vs. Right:.266 Began opposing season hitters with to Triple- a.206 average Rochester, for the going Red 1-0 Wings. with 2 saves, a 1.42 ER (19.0 IP, 3 ER), five walks and 21 strikeouts in 15 relief appearances...held Spent 2015 in the Independent tlantic League with Somerset and was named the tlantic League Reliever of the Year. J.T. CHRGOIS - RHP (pronounced shag-wa) #60 Height: 6-3 Weight: 200 B/T: S/R ge: 25 (12/3/90 in Sulphur, L) Obtained: 2nd Round, 2012 Draft Homestand: 0-0-0, 4.50 (2.0 IP, ER), 2 K Series vs. SE: 0-0-0, INF (0.0 IP, ER) vs. Left:.267 vs. Right:.292 Posted season...selected a 1.35 ER to (46.2 Sirius IP, XM 7 Futures ER) with Game 13 walks July 10 and at 55 PETCO strikeouts Park (0.0 in 39 IP, appearances 3 R, 2 H)...first between MLB win Triple- with perfect Rochester 12th and inning Double- 9/10/16 Chattanooga vs. CLE. this 36-for-36 MN)...career in save minor opps league in minor record league of 4-2, career; 1.95 16-for-16 ER (110.2 in IP, 2016...16 24 ER), saves 43 BB, tied 130 with K in Trevor 99 appearances. Hildenberger for most in Twins organization (including PT DEN - LHP #64 Height: 6-1 Weight: 195 B/T: L/L ge: 27 (5/25/89 in Waterbury, CT) Obtained: 3rd round, 2010 Draft Homestand: 0-0-0, 1.80 (5.0 IP, ER), BB, 5 K Series vs. SE: - - vs. Left:.288 vs. Right:.325 Has Made 18 appearances (9 starts) for the Twins this season...1-4, 685 ER (43.1 IP, 33 ER) in his 9 starts...0-2, 5.23 ER (20.2 IP, 12 ER) in nine relief.. Career 16 minor starts league for Triple- record Rochester of 51-57 this with season, a 4.12 going ER (866.0 5-7 with IP, a 396 5.56 ER) ER with (87.1 167 IP, walks 54 ER), and 19 507 walks strikeouts and 49 in strikeouts. 154 appearances (150 starts). BRNDON KINTZLER - RHP #27 Height: 6-0 Weight: 190 B/T: R/R ge: 32 (8/1/84 in Las Vegas, NV) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 12/15/15 Homestand: 0-0-1, 0.00 (1.0 IP) Series vs. SE: 0-0-1, 0.00 (1.0 IP) vs. Left:.253 vs. Right:.291 Made Made 2016 172 appearances debut 5/7 at with CWS...was Milwaukee first from appearance 2010-15...posted in the majors a 6.43 since ER May (7.0 25, IP, 2015 5 ER) vs. in SF seven as a appearances member of the for Milwaukee the Brewers Brewers. Between 2013-14 for Brewers went 6-6, 2.93 ER (135.1 IP, 44 ER) with 32 BB and 89 K and 35 holds in 135 relief appearances. in 2015. PT LIGHT - RHP #53 Height: 6-5 Weight: 220 B/T: R/R ge: 25 (3/29/91 in Colts Neck, NJ) Obtained: Trade with Boston, 8/1/16 Homestand: 0-0-0, 16.20 (1.2 IP, 3 ER), 4 BB, 3 K Series vs. SE: - - vs. Left:.227 vs. Right:.362 Recalled cquired in ugust a trade 21...made with Boston Twins ugust debut 1, with 2016 scoreless in exchange 0.2 innings for left-handed 8/23 vs. pitcher DET. Career minor league record of 14-18, 4.35 ER (297.2 IP, 144 ER) with 114 walks and Fernando 246 strikeouts bad. in 128 outings (49 starts). TOMMY MILONE - LHP #33 Height: 6-0 Weight: 220 B/T: L/L ge: 29 (2/16/87 in Saugus, C) cquired: Trade with Oakland, 7/31/14 Homestand: 0-0-0, 7.71 (2.1 IP, 2 ER), 4 K Series vs. SE: 0-0-0, 10.80 (1.2 IP, 2 ER), 4 K vs. Left:.276 vs. Right:.305 Reinstated 0-0-1, 5.02 from ER (14.1 DL 9/9...Made IP, 8 ER) 11 with starts two walks for the and Twins 16 this strikeouts season in going 10 career 3-3, 4.95 relief ER appearances...earned (56.1 IP, 31 ER) with his 15 walks first career and 37 save strikeouts. at Baltimore in his only relief appearance of that season. September 23, 2015 RYN O ROURKE - LHP #61 Height: 6-3 Weight: 228 B/T: R/L ge: 28 (4/30/88 in Worcester, M) Drafted: 13th round, 2010 Homestand: 0-0-0, 27.00 (1.0 IP, 3 ER), BB Series vs. SE: 0-0-0, 27.00 (1.0 IP, 3 ER), BB vs. Left:.095 vs. Right:.281 Had Holding contract selected 8/13...in 33 games for Triple- Rochester this went 1-1 with a save, 1.93 ER (28.0 IP, 6 ER), 6 BB and 29 K. Originally left-handed selected by batters the Twins to a in.145 the 13th (9-for-62) round batting of the 2010 average First-Year with nine Player walks Draft and out 26 of strikeouts Merrimack in College. his MLB career. 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 Homestand: - - Series vs. SE: - - vs. Left:.259 vs. Right:.282 Leads Casey Twins Fien (73 and in is 2014) 4th in...his the L 44 in outings relief innings pre-sg pitched were most (73.0 by IP)...also a Twins reliever tied 3rd since in L Casey in appearances Fien made (70)...70 44 appearances appearances pre-sg most in 2014. by a Twin since Tossed Did not 8.2 allow scoreless a HR in innings 2015 (27.2 to begin IP), one the of season...the two pitchers scoreless in MLB (min streak 25.0 ended IP) in to the not bottom allow a of homer, the sixth STL s on dam 4/20 Wainwright at MIL. Is one of four Rule 5 selections for the Twins since 2010 (all pitchers - J.R. Graham 2014, Terry Doyle 2011, and Scott Diamond being other. 2010). TYLOR ROGERS - LHP #55 Height: 6-3 Weight: 170 B/T: L/L ge: 29 (2/28/87 in Santa Fe) Drafted: 11th round, 2012 Draft Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP), 5 K Series vs. SE: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP), 3 K vs. Left:.192 vs. Right:.283 Snapped Career minor his career-long league record scoreless of 37-28 streak with at a 3.27 17.0 ER innings (525.0 (6/17-7/23)...walked IP, 191 ER), 135 walks one with and 407 13 hits strikeouts allowed in and 93 18 games strikeouts (85 starts). during streak. Ranked by Baseball merica as the 14th best prospect in the Twins system entering 2016. MICHEL TONKIN - RHP #59 Height: 6-7 Weight: 220 B/T: R/R ge: 26 (11/19/89 in Glendale,C) Drafted: 30th round, 2008 Draft Homestand: 0-0-0, 10.80 (2.1 IP, 5 ER), 2 BB, 3 K Series vs. SE: - - vs. Left:.309 vs. Right:.269 Earned Recalled first from major Triple- league Rochester win with to 2.0 MIN scoreless five times inning, in 2015...combined striking out four to go in 2-1, extra 1.96 innings, ER (64.1 4/17 IP, vs. 1 L. Finished 2015 tied for team lead in saves at Rochester (14)...saved 60 minor league games in eight ER), professional 14 BB, 65 seasons. K in 59 games between both levels. LEX WIMMERS - RHP #51 Height: 6-2 Weight: 212 B/T: L/R ge: 27 (11/1/88 in Cincinnati, OH) Drafted: 1st round (21st overall), 2010 Draft Homestand: 0-1-0, 4.50 (2.0 IP, ER), K Series vs. SE: - - vs. Left:.250 vs. Right:.267 Record Began minor of 2-1 with league 11 career saves, a as 3.62 a starter ER (49.2 from IP, 2010-14...in 20 ER), 24 walks ugust and 2015 50 strikeouts switched in to 39 bullpen outings at for Double-...since Triple- Rochester has this made season. appearances, going 4-3 with a 3.68 ER (78.1 IP, 32 ER), 31 walks and 79 strikeouts. 59 straight relief RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/23 vs. SE ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 9/11 vs. CLE ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 9/4 vs. CWS ND 4.2 6 5 3 1 1 6 8/30 at CLE ND 2.0 6 4 4 2 3 2 RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/23 vs. SE ND 0.1 2 2 1 0 1 1 9/22 vs. DET-1 ND 0.2 1 1 0 0 1 1 9/18 at NYM ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/16 at NYM ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9/13 at DET ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/23 vs. SE ND 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 9/22 vs. DET-2 ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9/17 at NYM ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9/15 at DET H2 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9/14 at DET ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 2 9/12 at DET H1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/22 vs. DET-1 ND 5.0 3 1 1 0 1 5 9/16 at NYM ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9/11 vs. CLE ND 1.2 4 0 0 0 1 2 9/5 vs. KC ND 1.0 2 2 2 1 1 1 9/4 vs. CWS L6 2.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/24 vs. SE S15 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9/17 at NYM BS3 1.0 3 1 1 1 0 1 9/15 at DET ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9/10 vs. CLE ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 9/7 vs. KC S14 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/22 vs. DET-1 ND 0.2 0 3 3 0 3 0 9/20 vs. DET ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 9/16 at NYM ND 0.1 2 1 1 0 1 1 9/14 at DET ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/11 vs. CLE ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/23 vs. SE ND 1.2 2 2 2 1 0 4 9/20 vs. DET ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9/11 vs. CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8/11 vs. HOU L4 3.0 5 5 5 2 2 1 8/7 at TB H1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/23 vs. SE ND 1.0 2 3 3 0 1 0 9/17 at NYM L1 0.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 9/16 at NYM ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/11 vs. CLE ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/10 vs. CLE ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/17 at NYM BS5 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 9/14 at DET L7 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 1 9/10 vs. CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9/9 vs. CLE ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 9/7 vs. KC H14 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/6 vs. KC BS4 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9/4 vs. CWS H13 0.2 1 1 1 0 1 0 RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/24 vs. SE H9 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9/22 vs. DET-2 ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9/18 at NYM ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9/17 at NYM ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 9/12 at DET ND 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 1 RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/22 vs. DET-1 ND 0.2 3 3 3 1 2 1 9/20 vs. DET ND 1.2 4 2 2 1 0 2 9/17 at NYM ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/16 at NYM ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9/14 at DET ND 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 3 RECENT PPERNCES DTE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 9/22 vs. DET-1 L3 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 1 9/17 at NYM ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 9/15 at DET H1 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9/12 at DET L2 1.0 1 2 2 0 1 1 9/10 vs. CLE ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2016 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 lbers 1/ 4 0 0.250 0/ 0 0 0/ 0 9/23/16 vs. SE ND 8/12/13 vs. CLE.. 9/26/13 vs. CLE Boshers 4/ 33 1 10.121 0/ 0 2 15/ 3 20.0% 9/23/16 vs. SE ND 6/21/16 vs. PHI.... Chargois 9/ 19 3 3.474 0/ 0 2 15/ 8 53.3% 9/23/16 vs. SE ND 9/10/16 vs. CLE.. 8/19/16 at KC Dean 4/ 9 0 0.444 0/ 0 0 4/ 4 100.0% 9/16/16 at NYM ND 5/27/16 at SE.. 9/4/16 vs. CWS Kintzler 13/ 50 1 7.260 15/ 18 1 18/ 2 11.1% 9/24/16 vs. SE S 9/16/15 at STL 9/24/16 vs. SE 9/6//16 vs. KC Light 5/ 12 2 2.417 0/ 1 0 11/ 5 45.5% 9/22/16-1 vs. DET ND.... 8/28/16 at TOR Milone 0/ 6 0 1.000 0/ 0 1 3/ 0 0.0% 9/23/16 vs. SE ND 7/19/16 at DET 9/23/15 at BL 7/24/16 at BOS O Rourke 4/ 20 1 6.200 0/ 0 0 16/ 2 12.5% 9/23/16 vs. SE ND.... 9/17/16 at NYM Pressly 16/ 65 4 11.246 1/ 6 14 33/ 14 42.4% 9/17/16 at NYM BS 8/2/16 at CLE 7/31/16 vs. CWS 9/14/16 at TOR Rogers 8/ 48 5 15.167 0/ 0 9 17/ 10 58.8% 9/24/16 vs. SE H 6/22/16 vs. PHI.... Tonkin 14/ 56 6 16.250 0/ 2 2 40/ 14 35.0% 9/22/16-1 vs. DET ND 6/12/16 vs. BOS.. 5/17/18 at DET Wimmers 3/ 11 1 4.273 0/ 1 1 4/ 0 0.0% 9/22/16-1 vs. DET L 9/7/16 vs. KC.. 9/22/16-1 vs. DET Others 38/ 130 14 31.292 8/ 16 15 81/ 31 38.3% TEM 119/ 463 38 106.257 24/ 44 47 257/ 93 36.2% The opposition has a.277 batting-average-against with 77 home runs vs. Twins relievers.
HITTERS NOTES PGE 4 JMES BERESFORD - INF #30 Height: 6-1 Weight: 170 B/T: L/R ge: 27 (1/19/89 in Mt. Waverly, US) 2016 verage:.214 Streak: 0-5, BB Series vs. SE: - - Homestand: 0-3, BB HR (0): - - Recalled 9/6...made MLB debut 9/10...first MLB hit single off rmstrong. Hit Rochester.269 (125-for-465) this season...hit with 14 at doubles, least.266 three in each triples of and last 35 eight RBI minor in 122 league games seasons. for Triple- Played as an undrafted 10 seasons free in agent minor 8/13/05...in leagues, all those in Twins 10 seasons, system hit after.283 signing (1116-for-3939) with Minnesota with 136 doubles, 17 triples, four home runs and 368 RBI in 1,070 games. BYRON BUXTON - OF #25 Height: 6-2 Weight: 189 B/T: R/R ge: 22 (12/19/93 in Baxley, G) 2016 verage:.220 Streak: 0-5 Series vs. SE: 1-6 Homestand: 3-15, HR, RBI, BB, 2 runs HR (8): Solo (4), 3-run (1), 2-run (2), GS (1) Hitting.290 (22-for-76) with 4 2B, 3B, 7 HR, 16 RBI since recall 9/1 (22 games). Optioned for the Red to Wings...2x Triple- 8/7 2016 and hit IL Player.257 (19-for-74) of the Week, with 7/4 2 2B, & 8/29. 3B, 5 HR, 10 RBI in 20 games Entered best defensive 2016 as outfielder top prospect, and best best outfield hitter for arm average, in Twins fastest system baserunner, by Baseball best merica. athlete, 2012 2016 2nd (Corey overall Seager pick - by 1st), Twins 2nd (Carlos best in Correa)...2nd 2015 (Kris Bryant best prospect - 1st) and by top Baseball prospect merica in 2014. in JUN CENTENO - C #37 Height: 5-9 Weight: 195 B/T: L/R ge: 26 (11/16/89 in recibo, PR) 2016 verage:.247 Streak: 1g, 1-2, HR, RBI, run Series vs. SE: - - Homestand: 1-3, HR, RBI, run HR (3): Solo (2), 2-run (1) Hitting.255 (39-for-153) with 9 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 20 RBI in 44 starts this season. Has First a career hit in HR 10 with of his 2-run last shot 17 starts...also 5/14/16 at CLE at least off Kluber...2nd one hit in with 15 of solo last shot 23 6/26 starts. Had contract selected by the Twins prior to 5/6 game vs. CWS. at NYY. Played in 10 games (5 starts) for the Brewers last season. BRIN DOZIER - 2B #2 Height: 5-11 Weight: 198 B/T: R/R ge: 29 (5/15/87 in Tupelo, MS) 2016 verage:.275 Streak: 0-15 Series vs. SE: 0-8 Homestand: 2-19, HR, RBI, run HR (42): Solo (30), 2-run (7), 3-run (5) 40 only HR Davey as 2nd Johnson baseman (43 (2 in as 1973) DH) most and in Rogers L history Hornsby and 3rd (42 most in 1922). in MLB history behind Has to score 100+ 100+ runs in in consecutive three straight seasons seasons (Knoblauch (112-2014; 95-97). 101-2015; 100-2016)...2nd Twin Snapped Twin since 24 Brian game Harper s hit-streak 25-game in 2nd streak game in doubleheader 1990. 9/22...was longest streak by Hit 42 HR in most 54 of by last Twin 60 since games Killebrew at.318 (49 (81-for-255), in 1969)...he 18 and 2B, Killebrew 26 HR, only 50 RBI Twins since ever with 7/22. Has 25 HR in last 52 games; 28 HR as 2B post-sg is new L record (Joe Gordon, 40+. in 1940 for NYY); 28 HR overall post-sg are tied 2nd most in Twins history behind/ 21 with Killebrew (30 in 1962; 28 in 1963)....689 SLG post-sg highest in Twins history. 117 career HR are 13th in Twins history, next: Mauer (130). Has 1963)...hit 10 HR 13 in HR September, in ugust, 3rd most in in Twins a single history month behind by a Twin Killebrew since Harmon (13 in Killebrew 1962, 12 set in a single-month record with 14 home runs in June 1964 (2 others had 13 HR in a month). Leads MLB with 34 HR and 70 RBI since 6/25, 10 more HR than any other player. 3rd 3rd time straight in career 20+ HR (last: season...4th 6/25-28/16)...3 straight HR 60+ game RBI 9/5 season...hr vs. KC, 6th player in 3 straight in Twins 8/2-4 history. for Leads 438), 29 majors 2B, 5 with 3B, 37.644 HR, SLG 84 since RBI in May that 26 span...from (next: Freeman 4/4-5/25 -.622)...hitting hit.200, 6 2B,.301 5 HR, (132-for- 15 RBI. Leads Twins in games (462), hits (455), runs (313), doubles (107), HR (93), RBI (247) and walks (209) since the start of 2014...3rd in baseball in runs scored in same span. Ranks 2nd on Twins all-time list in leadoff HR (19), trailing only Jacque Jones (20)... last leadoff HR came September 22, Game 1 vs. DET off nibal Sanchez...leads MLB with 6 leadoff HR since SG. EDURDO ESCOBR - INF #5 Height: 5-10 Weight: 185 B/T: S/R ge: 27 (1/5/89 in Villa de Cura, VZ) 2016 verage:.236 Streak: 0-22, HBP Series vs. SE: 0-3 Homestand: 0-9, HBP HR (5): Solo (2), 2-run (2), 3-run (1) Hit L shortstops.269 with 8 with HR, 18 29 2B, RBI 2nd post-sg in slugging in 2015...from (.524), T3rd 7/31/15 in HR and to end T4th of in season runs (31). he led Set career-highs last season in home runs (12), RBI (58) and walks (28). Recorded first Twins 30-plus switch doubles hitter to in ever consecutive to do so in seasons consecutive (35 in 2014 seasons. and 31 in 2015), becoming Scored in 12 straight games 8/20-9/3/15, tied for third longest streak in Twins history. ROBBIE GROSSMN - OF #36 Height: 6-0 Weight: 215 B/T: S/L ge: 27 (9/16/89 in San Diego, C) 2016 verage:.272 Streak: 0-9 Series vs. SE: 0-7 Homestand: 2-16, HR, RBI, 2 BB, run HR (11): Solo (10), 2-run (1) JOE MUER - 1B #7 Height: 6-5 Weight: 225 B/T: L/R ge: 33 (4/19/83 in St. Paul, MN) 2016 verage:.263 Streak: 0-12, 3 BB, 3 K Series vs. SE: - - Homestand: - - HR (11): Solo (10), 2-run (1) Hitting.224 (26-for-116) vs. LHP and.275 (103-for-375) vs. RHP. 12 history...reached hits in 4-game 15 series times at in CLE series, 8/1-4 only were other most Twin hits to in do a so 3- was or 4-game Steve Braun series in in 1976. Twins Ranks Reached tied base 7th safely in the in L 28 in straight walks (78)...78 games two walks times most this since season, walking 5/17-6/17 90 times and 4/4-5/6... in 2012. reached base safely in 43 straight games 8/7-9/24/15, setting club record. Ranks walks (818), on Twins 4th all-time in hits list (1826), (since 5th 1961): in runs 2nd (885), in 2B 6th (365), in games 3rd in (1587), average total (.309) bases and (2637) and RBI (804), 12th in HR (130), and 13th in triples (28)...needs 91 hits to tie Oliva for 3rd, 18 runs to tie Hrbek for 4th and 17 walks to tie Hrbek for 2nd. JOHN RYN MURPHY - C #12 Height: 5-11 Weight: 205 B/T: R/R ge: 25 (5/13/91 in Bradenton, FL) 2016 verage:.134 Streak: 0-5 Series vs. SE: 0-3 Homestand: 1-8 HR (1): Solo (1) Recalled Hit.237 (62-for-262) 9/3...hit.386 with (17-for-44) 14 2B, 3 HR, with 39 2 2B, RBI 2 in HR, 82 8 games RBI in for final Rochester 13 games this for season. Wings. cquired by Twins via trade with New York-L 11/11/15, in exchange for outfielder aron Hicks...originally drafted by Yankees in 2nd round of 2009 Draft. Caught 65 games for Yankees in 2015 (43 starts). Born in Bradenton, FL; attended IMG cademy in Bradenton, FL. JORGE POLNCO - INF #11 Height: 5-11 Weight: 198 B/T: S/R ge: 23 (7/5/93 in Santo Domingo, DR) 2016 verage:.283 Streak: 1g, 1-3, HR, RBI, run Series vs. SE: 1-7, HR, RBI, run Homestand: 4-18, 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI, BB, run Home Runs (3): Solo (2), 2-run (1) Batting.295 (66-for-224).290 (62-for-214) with 16 with 2B, 15 4 3B, 2B, 3 4 HR, 3B, 24 3 HR, RBI 22 in RBI 58 when career starting starts. in 2016...batting Hitting.339 (19-for-56) vs. LHP and.264 (43-for-163) vs. RHP. Hit In 592.276 career (81-for-293) minor league with 13 games 2B, 6 3B, has 9 hit HR,.286 39 RBI (650-for-2272) for Triple- Rochester with 122 this doubles, season. 30 triples, 34 HR, 293 RBI, 216 walks and 60 stolen bases. EDDIE ROSRIO - OF #20 Height: 6-1 Weight: 180 B/T: L/R ge: 24 (9/28/91 in Guayama, PR) 2016 verage:.269 Streak: 1g, 1-4 HR, RBI Series vs. SE: - - Homestand: - - HR (9): Solo (5), 2-run (4) Out for remainder of the season with a broken thumb. 3rd Hit HRs career in back-to-back 4-hit game 7/23 games at BOS, for first all 3 time have in come career, in 2016. Hit first career HR in his first plate appearance 5/6 vs. OK, 4/19 on vs. the MIL first & pitch 4/20 at off MIL. Led baseball in triples last season with 15, also third most in Twins history. Kazmir. 15 34 multi-hit L Rookie games Ranks: (3rd), 15 3B 121 (1st), hits 208 (3rd), total 60 bases runs (1st), (4th), 46 13 XBH HR (T5th) (1st), and 122 50 games RBI (5th). (3rd), MIGUEL SNO - INF #22 Height: 6-4 Weight: 262 B/T: R/R ge: 23 (5/11/93 in S.Pedro de Macoris, DR) 2016 verage:.240 Streak: 3g, 4-10, 2B, 3B, HR, RBI, BB Series vs. SE: 3-6, 3B, HR, RBI, BB Homestand: 4-10, 2B, 3B, HR, RBI, BB, 2 runs HR (23): Solo (16), 2-run (4), 3-run (3) Missed New York-NL series after flying back to MN (lower back tightness). 19 of his 24 HR in 2016 have come off RHPs. 5th Hit 16 in L HR with with 166 44 RBI strikeout, in 69 post-sg most strikeouts games in in 2015...has Twins history. Reinstated prior to 7/1 game...missed 27 games with a left 10 hamstring post-sg strain...played HR in 2016. in 8 rehab games with Triple- Rochester, hitting.160 (4-for-25) with 2B, 2 HR, 2 RBI. Had 10-game hitting streak from 7/5-7/19...went 13-for-44 with 3 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI. Homered in four straight games for first time in his career from 5/25-29. Hit first career walk-off hit with RBI single in 9th, 4/26 vs. CLE. Hit for 18 Twins home rookie runs since last season, Marty Cordova fifth most hit among 24 HR in rookies 1995. in baseball...18 were most LOGN SCHFER - OF #32 Height: 6-1 Weight: 200 B/T: L/L ge: 30 (8/1/86 in San Jose, C) 2016 verage:.217 Streak: 0-4, RBI Series vs. SE: 1-6, RBI Homestand: 1-9, 2 BB, RBI HR (0): - - Recalled from Triple- Rochester 8/29. Signed with Washington, by the Twins released as a minor March league 19 and free signed agent with June Independent 1...was Spring Lancaster. Training invite Played 31 2B, five 7 3B, MLB 5 HR, seasons 52 RBI with in 292 Milwaukee games. from 2011-15, hitting.212 (119-for-562) with KURT SUZUKI - C #8 Height: 5-11 Weight: 203 B/T: R/R ge: 32 (10/4/83 in Wailuku, HI) 2016 verage:.259 Streak: 0-17, 2 BB Series vs. SE: 0-3 Homestand: 0-11, BB HR (8): Solo (3), 2-run (3), 3-run (2) Has a hit in 56 of 93 games with Twins in 2016...reached in 73 of the 93. doubles, the 6 HR season and with 21 RBI Triple- in 35 games...opted Columbus (Cleveland) out of his and minor hit league.256 (31-for-121) contract May with 16... 5 signed by the Twins to a minor league contract May 16 and reported to Triple- Rochester. Has.281 hit (70-for-249) in 24 of his in last that 42 span. games...also has a hit in 49 of his last 73 games, batting MX KEPLER - OF #26 One of 40 Hawaii natives to play in MLB, 3rd in games trailing Lum and Victorino. 8 home runs in 2016 are most since hitting 14 in 2011 with Oakland. Height: 6-4 Weight: 207 B/T: L/L ge: 23 (2/10/93 in Berlin, Germany) 2016 verage:.233 Streak: 1g, 1-3 Series vs. SE: 1-3 Homestand: 1-12, BB HR (16): Solo (7), 3-run (3), 2-run (5), GS (1) KENNYS VRGS - INF #19 L Rookie Ranks: 40 walks (1st), 60 RBI (2nd), 16 HR (3rd). Height: 6-5 Weight: 289 B/T: S/R ge: 26 (8/1/90 in Canovanas, PR) 2016 verage:.252 Streak: 0-3, BB, run Series vs. SE: 1-6, RBI, BB, run since Morneau had 11 RBI and 4 HR in a four-game series in July 2007 at CWS. Homestand: 1-15, RBI, BB, run HR (8): 2-run (3), Solo (5) career 3-HR game 8/1 at CLE...5th Twin and first since 2007 with 3-HR game (Morneau). to do HRs so from and the both first sides since of the Ryan plate Doumit 8/11 did (Game so in 1), 2012. 4th Twins player in team history Named 2015 Southern League MVP after hitting.322 (131-for-407) with 32 doubles, 13 triples, nine home runs, 71 RBI and 76 runs scored in 112 games. 18 RBI in 96 9/6...hit games for.233 the (77-for-330) Red Wings this with season. 16 doubles, one triple, 15 home runs and 58 Has a hit in 15 of last 21 at games at Target Field with an B. 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 Beresford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.... 14. 0 Buxton 10 3 0 0 13 3 1 1 0 5 9/22/16-2 vs. DET 0 Verlander 8 9/4/16 vs. CWS 1 Centeno 10 1 0 0 11 4 1 0 0 5 9/22/16-2 vs. DET 0 Verlander 1. 0 Dozier 29 11 0 0 40 20 5 2 0 27 9/22/16-1 vs. DET 0 Sanchez 15. 0 Escobar 16 4 0 0 20 7 1 0 0 8 8/2/16 at CLE 1 dams 110. 0 Grossman 15 5 1 0 21 8 1 0 0 9 9/20/16 vs. DET 0 Boyd 13. 0 Kepler 14 2 1 0 17 9 3 1 2 15 8/31/16 at CLE 0 Kluber 71 7/10/16 at TEX 1 Mauer 30 5 2 0 37 4 0 1 0 5 9/9/16 vs. CLE 0 Salazar 21 9/1/12 at KC 3 Murphy 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 9/4/16 vs. CWS 0 Ranaudo 24.. 0 Polanco 13 3 0 0 16 3 1 1 0 5 9/24/16 vs. SE 0 Miranda 2. 0 Rosario 11 5 3 0 19 6 1 0 0 7 9/17/16 at NYM 0 Lugo 3 9/3/15 vs. CWS 1 Sano 19 5 0 0 24 8 4 1 0 13 9/24/16 vs. SE 0 Miranda 1. 0 Schafer 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9/19/15 vs. CIN 0 J. Smith 83. 0 Suzuki 23 1 1 0 25 7 3 0 1 11 9/16/16 at DET 2 Sanchez 17 9/10/07 at SE 1 Vargas 8 1 0 0 9 3 1 0 0 4 9/18/16 at NYM 0 Salas 15 7/17/15 at OK 2
ODDS & ENDS PGE 5 TWINS HITTERS VS. Seattle Mariners 2016 CREER PLYER VG. B H HR RBI VG. B H HR RBI Beresford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Buxton.167 6 1 0 0.167 6 1 0 0 Centeno.143 7 1 0 1.143 7 1 0 1 Dozier.150 20 3 0 1.245 106 26 6 14 Escobar.077 13 1 0 0.176 68 12 1 4 Grossman.118 17 2 1 4.211 71 15 1 4 Kepler.333 3 1 0 0.333 3 1 0 0 Mauer.417 12 5 3 5.327 278 91 9 43 Murphy.000 3 0 0 0.231 13 3 0 0 Polanco.143 7 1 1 1.231 13 3 1 2 Sano.471 17 8 4 6.355 31 11 5 7 Schafer.167 6 1 0 1.100 10 1 0 1 Suzuki.091 11 1 0 0.224 371 83 7 44 Vargas.167 6 1 0 0.067 15 1 0 0 Others.286 35 10 1 2 TEM.221 163 36 10 21 TWINS BTTING INFO SESON-HIGHS GW BUNT PLYER H HR RBI RBI HITS SESON-HIGH HIT-STREK Beresford - - - - - - - - - - - - Buxton 3 (2x) 1 (8x) 3 2 4 7, 4/24-6/5 Centeno 3 1 (3x) 3 2 1 5, 7/16-28 Dozier 3 (9x) 3 4 (2x) 7 2 25, 8/27-9/22 (1) Escobar 3 (4x) 1 (5X) 3 2 - - 7, 6/17-24 Grossman 4 1 (11x) 3 3 - - 8, 6/29-7/8 Kepler 4 3 7 7 1 9, 6/14-24 Mauer 4 (2x) 1 (11x) 4 3 - - 9, 4/9-18 Murphy 3 1 2 - - - - 2, 9/7-9 Polanco 3 (3x) 1 (2x) 4 - - - - 13, 5/20-8/11 Sano 3 (5x) 2 4 7 - - 10, 7/5-20 Schafer 2 (2x) - - - - - - - - 3, 8/30-9/2 Suzuki 4 1 (7x) 6 1 - - 9, 2x, last 8/6-21 Vargas 2 (7x) 2 3 1 - - 7, 7/21-31 Others 18 9 TOTLS 53 17 TWINS BULLPEN VS. Seattle Mariners 2016 CREER PITCHER W L S ER IP H ER W L S ER IP H ER lbers 0-0 - 0 0.00 1.0 1 0 0-0 - 0 0.00 1.0 1 0 Boshers 0-0 - 0 13.50 0.2 3 1 0-0 - 0 3.00 3.0 4 1 Chargois 0-0 - 0 INF 0.0 1 1 0-0 - 0 0.0 1 1 Dean 1-0 - 0 2.57 7.0 4 2 1-0 - 0 2.57 7.0 4 2 Kintzler 0-0 - 1 0.00 2.0 2 0 0-0 - 1 0.00 3.0 2 0 Light 0-0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0-0 - 0 0.0 0 0 Milone 0-0 - 0 10.80 1.2 2 2 3-5 - 0 3.92 62.0 71 27 O Rourke 0-0 - 0 27.00 1.0 2 3 0-0 - 0 16.20 1.2 2 3 Pressly 1-0 - 0 0.00 1.2 0 0 1-0 - 0 3.18 5.2 3 2 Rogers 0-0 - 0 5.40 1.2 2 1 0-0 - 0 5.40 1.2 2 1 Tonkin 0-0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0-0 - 0 0.00 1.0 1 0 Wimmers 0.0 0-0 - 0 0.0 0 0 Others 0-0 - 0 0.0 0 0 TEM 2-0 - 1 5.40 16.2 17 10 TWINS MONTHLY BReKDOWN BTTING PITCHING MONTH VG R R/G H HR W-L IP H BB K ER PRIL.239 80 3.3 198 21 7-17 215.1 219 75 192 3.97 MY.239 111 4.1 218 31 8-19 234.0 286 72 212 5.96 JUNE.257 126 4.7 239 36 10-17 239.0 289 64 178 5.50 JULY.269 144 5.5 247 31 15-11 237.0 237 63 175 3.80 UGUST.270 142 4.9 278 36 9-20 252.1 310 97 191 6.21 SEPT/OCT.226 89 4.0 171 37 7-15 202.2 220 88 189 5.11 TWINS EJECTIONS DTE PLYER/MGR/CH UMPIRE RESON 4/10 at Kansas City...Miguel Sano...John Hirschbeck... rguing Balls and Strikes 5/2 at Houston...John Ryan Murphy...Jerry Layne... rguing Balls and Strikes 5/4 at Houston...Ryan Pressly...Scott Barry... rguing Balls and Strikes 5/4 at Houston...Paul Molitor...Scott Barry... rguing Balls and Strikes PITCHING BREKDOWN W L S ER IP H R ER HR BB SO Starters Relievers 35 21 69 30 24 5.41 4.67 840.1 540.0 969 592 552 308 505 280 138 77 270 189 630 507 TOTLS 56 99 24 5.12 1380.1 1561 860 785 215 459 1137 TWINS/OPPONENTS SCORING BY INNINGS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X-TR TOTL TWINS 76 73 102 76 92 66 74 72 50 11 692 OPPONENTS 102 93 87 98 109 95 101 96 67 12 860 HOME RUNS BY POSITION C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH PH TOTL 11 24 41 21 13 19 13 27 19 4 192 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 Beresford 2 2 2 1 1 Buxton 82 1 1 3 77 Centeno 44 2 42 Dozier 146 2 69 24 7 35 9 5 Escobar 65 19 2 3 39 36 1 2 Grossman 69 15 2 33 10 12 11 9 2 4 Kepler 1 95 19 4 34 18 21 Mauer 92 32 8 51 65 Murphy 19 4 12 3 Polanco 5 40 9 1 1 23 6 2 10 8 3 Rosario 51 29 3 15 10 33 9 10 Sano 37 37 33 40 51 9 6 Schafer 7 3 5 3 3 6 3 Suzuki 93 4 10 5 6 71 3 Vargas 24 11 1 15 8 10 1 Others 38 4 51 89 29 40 19 48 76 17 7 51 53 39 27 4 50 2016 DISBLED LIST LOG PLYER INJURY DTE ON RETRO DTE OFF GMES MISSED Danny Santana...Right Hamstring Strain...4/9...4/25... 14 Glen Perkins...Left Posterior Shoulder Strain (transferred to 60-day May 25)...4/13... 4/11... 149 Trevor Plouffe...Right Intercostal Strain...4/19... 4/18...5/3... 13 Ervin Santana...Lower Back Strain...4/26... 4/20...5/6... 14 Kyle Gibson...Right Shoulder Strain...4/26... 4/23...6/10... 42 Eduardo Escobar...Left Groin Strain...5/7...5/23... 13 Darin Mastroianni...Left Oblique Strain...5/25... 5/22...7/4... 40 Danny Santana...Left Hamstring Strain...5/30...6/17... 16 Miguel Sano...Left Hamstring Strain...5/31...7/1... 27 Phil Hughes...Left Knee Contusion (transferred to 60-day June 12)*...6/10... 96 Trevor May...Lower Back Spasms...6/10...7/5... 23 Trevor Plouffe...Fractured Left Rib...7/4... 7/2...8/8... 32 Trevor May...Low Back Strain...8/10... 8/7...9/9... 29 Buddy Boshers...Left Elbow Inflammation...8/11...9/2... 20 Tommy Milone...Left Biceps Tendinitis...8/12...9/9... 24 Danny Santana...Left Shoulder C Joint Sprain (transferred to 60-day Sept. 6)...8/28... 25 Trevor Plouffe...Left Hamstring Strain...9/10... 9/7... 14 Trevor May...Low Back Strain...9/12... 12 BOLD indicates current on DL * - Hughes injury later diagnosed as non-displaced fracture of left femur RECORD WHEN Runs Scoring llowing 0 0-8 2-0 1 0-17 11-2 2 3-21 7-4 3 2-12 8-12 4 6-17 13-10 5 8-12 11-8 6 14-5 2-10 7 7-4 0-14 8 4-2 0-10 9 1-0 1-10 10+ 11-1 1-19 Totals 56-99 56-99 TWINS HOME RUN DT MULTI-HOMER GME (5 in 2015) Park, 5/13 at CLE Nunez, 6/7 vs. MI Dozier, 6/28 at CWS Kepler, 7/2 vs. TEX Dozier, 7/31 vs. CWS Kepler (3), 8/1 at CLE Sano, 8/7 at TB Vargas, 8/11 vs. HOU (both sides) Dozier (3), 9/5 vs. KC BCK-TO-BCK (2 in 2015) rcia/park, 4/16 vs. L Nunez/Dozier, 5/25 vs. KC Mauer/Sano, 5/29 at SE Park/Grossman, 6/5 vs. TB Escobar/Suzuki, 6/18 vs. NYY Dozier/Plouffe/Kepler, 6/26 at NYY Grossman/Dozier, 6/30 at CWS Vargas/Kepler, 7/5 vs. OK Escobar/Dozier, 7/10 at TEX Grossman/Dozier, 8/9 vs. HOU Rosario/Dozier, 8/13 vs. KC GRND SLM (3 in 2015) Kepler, 7/10 at TEX Buxton, 9/4 vs. CWS WLK-OFF (4 in 2015) rcia, 4/25 vs. CLE Kepler, 6/12 vs. BOS INSIDE-THE-PRK (0 in 2015) Nunez, 6/2 vs. TB RUNNERS ON Solo - 128 // 2-run - 44 // 3-run - 18 TWINS Outfield SSISTS Rosario... 10 Santana...2 Kepler... 9 Buxton...2 Grossman... 4 Schafer...2 rcia... 2 Total...31