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THE TWINS: The Twins began the post-All-Star break portion of their schedule with a win over the A’s last night...tonight, they continue their six-game seven-day road trip with the second of three in Oakland...after the series finale tomorrow afternoon, the Twins will enjoy an off-day, then play three at Los Angeles-AL from Tuesday-Thursday...the Twins are 31-16 at home compared to 19-24 on the road...they are 4-3 in their last seven road games, look- ing for consecutive wins away from Minnesota for the first time since winning two straight in Boston June 3-4. TWINS BEGIN SECOND HALF WITH A BANG: The Twins shutout the A’s last night by a score of 5-0, marking their eighth shutout of an opponent this season and their second of the A’s (also May 6 at Target Field, 13-0)...Ervin Santana earned his first win as a Twin, tossing 7.2 innings with five hits allowed, one walk and one strikeout...Brian Dozier and Trevor Plouffe accounted for all five of the Twins runs as Dozier hit his fifth leadoff homer of the season and Trevor Plouffe hit his second career grand slam. • ELIAS SAYS: Santana’s 1.93 career ERA at O.co Coliseum is the third-lowest among pitchers who have had at least 10 starts here, behind Pat Dobson (1.84) and Bret Saberhagen (1.89). LEADING MAN: Brian Dozier’s leadoff home run last night tied Dan Gladden for third on the Twins all-time leadoff homer list...below are Dozier’s five this year and the Twins all-time ranks: DOZIER’S FIVE PITCHER TWIN YEARS LEADOFF HR’S 5/10 at CLE Danny Salazar Jacque Jones 1999-05 20 5/24 at CWS Jose Quintana Chuck Knoblauch 1991-97 14 6/14 at TEX Nick Martinez Brian Dozier 2012- 12 6/26 at MIL Kyle Lohse Dan Gladden 1987-91 12 5/17 at OAK Sonny Gray Shannon Stewart 2003-06 7 THIS IS 40: Torii Hunter is celebrating his 40th birthday today...he has played 11 career games on his birthday, hitting .256 (10-for-39) with three doubles, two home runs, six RBI, five walks and seven runs scored...last year on his birthday, he went 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored for the Tigers vs. Cleveland...his last home run on his birthday came in 2002 at Cleveland, off Ryan Drese; in fact Jacque Jones hit a leadoff homer in that same game...the last three Twins to play in their 40’s were Jim Thome (40 in 2011), Ruben Sierra (40 in 2006) and Terry Mulholland (42 in 2005)...Hunter ranks in the top five in three cat- egories among actives: GAMES HITS AB Alex Rodriguez - 2,651 Alex Rodriguez - 3,022 Alex Rodriguez - 10,113 Adrian Beltre - 2,494 Ichiro Suzuki - 2,892 Adrian Beltre - 9,427 Torii Hunter - 2,314 Adrian Beltre - 2,677 Ichiro Suzuki - 9,151 Ichiro Suzuki - 2,289 Albert Pujols - 2,602 Jimmy Rollins - 8,944 Carlos Beltran - 2,239 Torii Hunter - 2,407 Torii Hunter - 8,645 Additional Note: Hunter ranks sixth in doubles (491) and total bases (4,011), eighth in runs (1,273), extra-base hits (875) and RBI (1,359), 10th in home runs (345) and 18th in stolen bases (194). WHAT’S ON THE LINE: A win tonight would give the Twins a five-game winning streak, which would tie their season-long, previously done twice: April 30-May 4 and May 23-27...a win would also match the Twins high-water mark this season of 11 games over .500, the other time being when they were 32-21 entering play of June 5. ELITE EIGHT: The Twins have gone 7-1 in their last eight games, out-scoring opponents 48-24 in those eight and out-hitting them 77-67...in that span, batters have hit .287 (77-for-268) with a .357 on-base percentage, 6.0 runs-per-game, homering at least twice in a game four times in that span (12 total). TWINS AND A’S: The Twins are now 4-1 against the A’s this season, out-scoring them 33-14...they are looking to beat the A’s for the fourth consecutive time, which would mark their longest winning streak against Oakland since winning five straight July 12, 2007-April 22, 2008...the last time they beat the A’s in four straight in a single season was in 2003, when they won eight straight...last night’s win secured the season series, marking the first time since going 6-3 against Oakland in 2010. FAST 50: The Twins reached 50 wins in their 90th game last night, marking the 11th time in club history to reach 50 wins in their first 90... it is the fewest total number of games for the Twins to reach 50 since 2008...their most ever wins through 90 was 59 (31 losses) in 1970. TORII, ALL ABOUT THOSE A’S: Torii Hunter is hitting .358 (39-for-109) with five doubles, one triple, 10 home runs, 27 RBI and 19 runs scored in his last 27 games against the A’s...in that same span he has 13 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games...among actives against Oakland, he ranks fourth in home runs (28), RBI (91), games (169) and at-bats (626). SERIES-LY SPEAKING: The Twins are seeking their 16th series win tonight, going 15-12-12...they have won each of their last two series’, a three-game series win over Baltimore July 6-8 and a four-game series win over Detroit July 9-12...their last series win over Oakland came in a three-game sweep at Target Field May 28-30, 2012...their last series win at O.co Coliseum came in a two-game sweep May 18-19, 2011. STREAKS Current Streak: ................................ 4 wins Last 5 games: ........................................ 4-1 Last 10 games: ...................................... 8-2 Last 15 games: .................................... 10-5 Last 20 games: .................................... 12-8 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 7/19 at Oakland Tommy Milone (L, 5-1, 2.84) vs. Jesse Chavez (R, 4-9, 3.40) 3:05 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / None Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. THE SKIPPER Paul Molitor was named Twins Manager No- vember 4, 2014 becoming the 13th Manager in club history and just the third since 1986 (Tom Kelly, Ron Gardenhire)...2015 marks his 15th minor league and major league professional coaching season...inducted into baseball HOF in 2004 and one of just six players in MLB history with 3,000 hits and 500 stolen bases... ranks ninth on baseball’s all-time hit list amassing 3,319 in 21-year career from 1978- 98...1974 graduate of Cretin High School in St. Paul, attended University of Minnesota from 1975-77 and played for Twins from 1996-98. ROAD TRIP (1-0) Batting Average ............... .229 (8-for-35) Runs Per-Game.....................5.0 (5 R/1 G) Home Runs ............................................. 2 RISP ................................. .100 (1-for-10) Fielding Errors ........................................ 1 Team ERA .....................0.00 (9.0 IP, 0 ER) Starters W-L ....................................... 1-0 Starters ERA .................0.00 (7.2 IP, 0 ER) Relievers W-L-S ............................... 0-0-0 Relievers ERA ...............0.00 (1.1 IP, 0 ER) Save/Opportunities ..............................0/0 TWINS AT A GLANCE Record: ......................................... 50-40 Home Record:............................... 31-16 Road Record:................................ 19-24 Record in series: ...................... 15-12-2 Series Openers: ............................ 14-16 Series Finales:.............................. 17-12 Rubber Games: ................................. 6-6 Sweeps/Swept: ................................. 5/3 April: ............................................. 10-12 May: ................................................ 20-7 June: ............................................. 11-17 July:................................................... 9-4 August:................................................... September/October:.............................. vs. American League East: ............. 12-4 vs. American League Central: ...... 23-22 vs. American League West: .............. 7-4 vs. National League: ....................... 8-10 Games vs. LH Starter:................... 19-12 Games vs. RH Starter: .................. 30-28 Twins score first: .......................... 34-14 Opp. scores first: .......................... 16-26 Come-from-behind wins: .................. 18 Leading after 7/8 inn.:........... 42-2/42-0 Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ........... 2-29/1-34 Tied after 7/8 inn.: ..................... 6-9/7-6 Extra-innings: ................................... 4-3 1-run games: ................................ 13-12 Twins out-hit opp.: .......................... 35-2 Opp. out-hit Twins:.......................... 9-36 Twins/Opp. have = hits: .................... 6-2 Twins get Quality Start: ................ 31-15 Twins starter goes 6+ IP:............. 35-21 Most games over .500: ......... 11, last 6/5 Most games under .500:............. 5, 4/15 Longest winning-streak: ..5, 2x, last 5/23-27 Longest losing-streak: ......... 5, last 6/8-13 When Twins score 4+: .................... 37-9 When Twins score 3-: ................... 13-31 Team-high hits:..............19, 5/3 vs. CWS Team-high runs: .. 13, 3x, last 6/22 vs. CWS Opp.-high hits: ............... 20, 5/14 at DET Opp.-high runs:.............. 13, 5/14 at DET Twins get 10+ hits: ......................... 29-3 Walk-Off W/L: ................................... 4/3 Shutouts W/L: ................................... 8/6 Complete Games: ..1, Hughes, 4/24 at SEA Target Field Sellouts (’15/All-Time): ... 4/156 MINNESOTA TWINS (50-40) AT OAKLAND ATHLETICS (41-51) SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2015 - 6:05 (PT) - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK Phil Hughes (R, 8-6, 4.32) vs. Scott Kazmir (L, 5-5, 2.49) GAME 91 ROAD GAME 44 UPCOMING MILESTONES PLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACH Torii Hunter ..........................206 home runs as Twin ..............Needs 1 to tie Kirby Puckett (207) for 6th on Twins all-time list 1,298 hits as Twin......................Needs 2 hits to reach 1,300 as Twin 491 doubles ...............................Needs 9 to reach 500 for career 345 home runs ...........................Needs 5 to reach 350 for career Joe Mauer ............................325 doubles ...............................Needs 4 to tie Tony Oliva (329) for 2nd on Twins all-time list 731 RBI ......................................Needs 2 to tie Rod Carew (733) for 8th on Twins all-time list Glen Perkins ........................116 saves ..................................Needs 1 to pass Eddie Guardado (116) and move into 3rd on Twins all-time list 377 games .................................Needs 1 to tie Brad Radke (378) for 7th on Twins all-time list RECENT TRANSACTIONS 6/26 RHP Meyer recalled from AAA OF Buxton placed on 15-day DL INF Santana recalled from AAA 7/1 1B/DH Vargas optioned to AA 7/2 IF Sano recalled from AA 7/3 OF Robinson placed on Family Emergency List OF Hicks reinstated from rehab and reinstated from 15-day DL RHP Meyer optioned to AAA 7/4 RHP Santana reinstated from restricted list 7/6 RHP Pressly placed on 15-day DL OF Robinson reinstated from Family Emergency List LHP Thompson optioned to AAA 7/7 LHP O’Rourke contract selected C Herrmann optioned to AAA 7/8 C Fryer contract selected RHP Nolasco moved to 60-day DL TWINS VS. OAKLAND 2015 Record: ......................................... 4-1 Current Streak:................................. 3 wins 2015 at Home: ....................................... 3-1 2015 at Oakland: ................................... 1-0 All-Time Record: ............................ 364-348 All-Time at Home: .......................... 202-158 All-Time at Oakland: ...................... 162-190 2015 Game Logs: Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save 5/4 MIN 8-7 Hughes/Hahn/Perkins 5/5 MIN 1-2 Chavez/May/Clippard 5/6 MIN 13-0 Gibson/Kazmir 5/7 MIN 6-5 Nolasco/Pomeranz/Perkins 7/17 OAK 5-0 Santana/Gray 7/18 OAK 7/19 OAK
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Page 1: MINNESOTA TWINS (50-40) AT OAKLAND ATHLETICS (41-51)mlb.mlb.com/documents/0/2/2/137205022/Twins_Notes_7_18_15_dt4kn8iz.pdf · innings with five hits allowed, one walk and one strikeout...Brian

THE TWINS: The Twins began the post-All-Star break portion of their schedule with a win over the A’s last night...tonight, they continue their six-game seven-day road trip with the second of three in Oakland...after the series finale tomorrow afternoon, the Twins will enjoy an off-day, then play three at Los Angeles-AL from Tuesday-Thursday...the Twins are 31-16 at home compared to 19-24 on the road...they are 4-3 in their last seven road games, look-ing for consecutive wins away from Minnesota for the first time since winning two straight in Boston June 3-4.

TWINS BEGIN SECOND HALF WITH A BANG: The Twins shutout the A’s last night by a score of 5-0, marking their eighth shutout of an opponent this season and their second of the A’s (also May 6 at Target Field, 13-0)...Ervin Santana earned his first win as a Twin, tossing 7.2 innings with five hits allowed, one walk and one strikeout...Brian Dozier and Trevor Plouffe accounted for all five of the Twins runs as Dozier hit his fifth leadoff homer of the season and Trevor Plouffe hit his second career grand slam.• ELIAS SAYS: Santana’s 1.93 career ERA at O.co Coliseum is the third-lowest among pitchers

who have had at least 10 starts here, behind Pat Dobson (1.84) and Bret Saberhagen (1.89).

LEADING MAN: Brian Dozier’s leadoff home run last night tied Dan Gladden for third on the Twins all-time leadoff homer list...below are Dozier’s five this year and the Twins all-time ranks:DOZIER’S FIVE PITCHER TWIN YEARS LEADOFF HR’S5/10 at CLE Danny Salazar Jacque Jones 1999-05 205/24 at CWS Jose Quintana Chuck Knoblauch 1991-97 146/14 at TEX Nick Martinez Brian Dozier 2012- 126/26 at MIL Kyle Lohse Dan Gladden 1987-91 125/17 at OAK Sonny Gray Shannon Stewart 2003-06 7

THIS IS 40: Torii Hunter is celebrating his 40th birthday today...he has played 11 career games on his birthday, hitting .256 (10-for-39) with three doubles, two home runs, six RBI, five walks and seven runs scored...last year on his birthday, he went 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored for the Tigers vs. Cleveland...his last home run on his birthday came in 2002 at Cleveland, off Ryan Drese; in fact Jacque Jones hit a leadoff homer in that same game...the last three Twins to play in their 40’s were Jim Thome (40 in 2011), Ruben Sierra (40 in 2006) and Terry Mulholland (42 in 2005)...Hunter ranks in the top five in three cat-egories among actives:GAMES HITS AB Alex Rodriguez - 2,651 Alex Rodriguez - 3,022 Alex Rodriguez - 10,113Adrian Beltre - 2,494 Ichiro Suzuki - 2,892 Adrian Beltre - 9,427Torii Hunter - 2,314 Adrian Beltre - 2,677 Ichiro Suzuki - 9,151Ichiro Suzuki - 2,289 Albert Pujols - 2,602 Jimmy Rollins - 8,944Carlos Beltran - 2,239 Torii Hunter - 2,407 Torii Hunter - 8,645Additional Note: Hunter ranks sixth in doubles (491) and total bases (4,011), eighth in runs (1,273), extra-base hits (875) and RBI (1,359), 10th in home runs (345) and 18th in stolen bases (194).

WHAT’S ON THE LINE: A win tonight would give the Twins a five-game winning streak, which would tie their season-long, previously done twice: April 30-May 4 and May 23-27...a win would also match the Twins high-water mark this season of 11 games over .500, the other time being when they were 32-21 entering play of June 5.

ELITE EIGHT: The Twins have gone 7-1 in their last eight games, out-scoring opponents 48-24 in those eight and out-hitting them 77-67...in that span, batters have hit .287 (77-for-268) with a .357 on-base percentage, 6.0 runs-per-game, homering at least twice in a game four times in that span (12 total).

TWINS AND A’S: The Twins are now 4-1 against the A’s this season, out-scoring them 33-14...they are looking to beat the A’s for the fourth consecutive time, which would mark their longest winning streak against Oakland since winning five straight July 12, 2007-April 22, 2008...the last time they beat the A’s in four straight in a single season was in 2003, when they won eight straight...last night’s win secured the season series, marking the first time since going 6-3 against Oakland in 2010.

FAST 50: The Twins reached 50 wins in their 90th game last night, marking the 11th time in club history to reach 50 wins in their first 90...it is the fewest total number of games for the Twins to reach 50 since 2008...their most ever wins through 90 was 59 (31 losses) in 1970.

TORII, ALL ABOUT THOSE A’S: Torii Hunter is hitting .358 (39-for-109) with five doubles, one triple, 10 home runs, 27 RBI and 19 runs scored in his last 27 games against the A’s...in that same span he has 13 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games...among actives against Oakland, he ranks fourth in home runs (28), RBI (91), games (169) and at-bats (626).

SERIES-LY SPEAKING: The Twins are seeking their 16th series win tonight, going 15-12-12...they have won each of their last two series’, a three-game series win over Baltimore July 6-8 and a four-game series win over Detroit July 9-12...their last series win over Oakland came in a three-game sweep at Target Field May 28-30, 2012...their last series win at O.co Coliseum came in a two-game sweep May 18-19, 2011.

STREAKSCurrent Streak: ................................ 4 winsLast 5 games: ........................................4-1 Last 10 games: ......................................8-2Last 15 games: ....................................10-5Last 20 games: ....................................12-8

UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULEDate Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio7/19 at Oakland Tommy Milone (L, 5-1, 2.84) vs. Jesse Chavez (R, 4-9, 3.40) 3:05 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / None

Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central.

THE SKIPPERPaul Molitor was named Twins Manager No-vember 4, 2014 becoming the 13th Manager in club history and just the third since 1986 (Tom Kelly, Ron Gardenhire)...2015 marks his 15th minor league and major league professional coaching season...inducted into baseball HOF in 2004 and one of just six players in MLB history with 3,000 hits and 500 stolen bases...ranks ninth on baseball’s all-time hit list amassing 3,319 in 21-year career from 1978-98...1974 graduate of Cretin High School in St. Paul, attended University of Minnesota from 1975-77 and played for Twins from 1996-98.

ROAD TRIP (1-0)

Batting Average ............... .229 (8-for-35)Runs Per-Game .....................5.0 (5 R/1 G)Home Runs .............................................2RISP ................................. .100 (1-for-10)Fielding Errors ........................................1

Team ERA .....................0.00 (9.0 IP, 0 ER)Starters W-L ....................................... 1-0Starters ERA .................0.00 (7.2 IP, 0 ER)Relievers W-L-S ...............................0-0-0Relievers ERA ...............0.00 (1.1 IP, 0 ER)Save/Opportunities ..............................0/0

TWINS AT A GLANCERecord: .........................................50-40 Home Record: ...............................31-16Road Record: ................................19-24Record in series: ...................... 15-12-2Series Openers: ............................14-16 Series Finales: ..............................17-12Rubber Games: .................................6-6Sweeps/Swept: ................................. 5/3April: .............................................10-12May: ................................................20-7June: .............................................11-17July: ...................................................9-4August: ...................................................September/October: ..............................vs. American League East: .............12-4vs. American League Central: ......23-22vs. American League West: ..............7-4vs. National League: .......................8-10Games vs. LH Starter: ...................19-12Games vs. RH Starter: ..................30-28Twins score first: ..........................34-14Opp. scores first: ..........................16-26Come-from-behind wins: .................. 18Leading after 7/8 inn.: ........... 42-2/42-0Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ........... 2-29/1-34Tied after 7/8 inn.: ..................... 6-9/7-6Extra-innings: ...................................4-31-run games: ................................13-12Twins out-hit opp.: ..........................35-2Opp. out-hit Twins:..........................9-36 Twins/Opp. have = hits: ....................6-2Twins get Quality Start: ................31-15Twins starter goes 6+ IP: .............35-21Most games over .500: .........11, last 6/5Most games under .500: ............. 5, 4/15Longest winning-streak: ..5, 2x, last 5/23-27 Longest losing-streak: .........5, last 6/8-13When Twins score 4+: ....................37-9When Twins score 3-: ...................13-31Team-high hits:..............19, 5/3 vs. CWSTeam-high runs: .. 13, 3x, last 6/22 vs. CWS Opp.-high hits: ...............20, 5/14 at DETOpp.-high runs: ..............13, 5/14 at DETTwins get 10+ hits: .........................29-3Walk-Off W/L: ................................... 4/3Shutouts W/L: ................................... 8/6Complete Games: ..1, Hughes, 4/24 at SEATarget Field Sellouts (’15/All-Time): ... 4/156

MINNESOTA TWINS (50-40) AT OAKLAND ATHLETICS (41-51)SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2015 - 6:05 (PT) - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK

Phil Hughes (R, 8-6, 4.32) vs. Scott Kazmir (L, 5-5, 2.49)GAME 91 ROAD GAME 44

UPCOMING MILESTONESPLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACHTorii Hunter ..........................206 home runs as Twin ..............Needs 1 to tie Kirby Puckett (207) for 6th on Twins all-time list 1,298 hits as Twin ......................Needs 2 hits to reach 1,300 as Twin 491 doubles ...............................Needs 9 to reach 500 for career 345 home runs ...........................Needs 5 to reach 350 for careerJoe Mauer ............................325 doubles ...............................Needs 4 to tie Tony Oliva (329) for 2nd on Twins all-time list 731 RBI ......................................Needs 2 to tie Rod Carew (733) for 8th on Twins all-time listGlen Perkins ........................116 saves ..................................Needs 1 to pass Eddie Guardado (116) and move into 3rd on Twins all-time list 377 games .................................Needs 1 to tie Brad Radke (378) for 7th on Twins all-time list

RECENT TRANSACTIONS6/26 RHP Meyer recalled from AAA OF Buxton placed on 15-day DL INF Santana recalled from AAA7/1 1B/DH Vargas optioned to AA7/2 IF Sano recalled from AA7/3 OF Robinson placed on Family Emergency List OF Hicks reinstated from rehab and reinstated from 15-day DL RHP Meyer optioned to AAA7/4 RHP Santana reinstated from restricted list7/6 RHP Pressly placed on 15-day DL OF Robinson reinstated from Family Emergency List LHP Thompson optioned to AAA7/7 LHP O’Rourke contract selected C Herrmann optioned to AAA7/8 C Fryer contract selected RHP Nolasco moved to 60-day DL

TWINS VS. OAKLAND2015 Record: .........................................4-1Current Streak: ................................. 3 wins2015 at Home: .......................................3-12015 at Oakland: ...................................1-0All-Time Record: ............................364-348All-Time at Home: ..........................202-158All-Time at Oakland: ......................162-190

2015 Game Logs:

Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save5/4 MIN 8-7 Hughes/Hahn/Perkins5/5 MIN 1-2 Chavez/May/Clippard5/6 MIN 13-0 Gibson/Kazmir5/7 MIN 6-5 Nolasco/Pomeranz/Perkins7/17 OAK 5-0 Santana/Gray7/18 OAK7/19 OAK

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• He is making his 19th start and appearance of 2015.• He is making his 233rd career appearance and 183rd career start.

W L ERA GS IP ER AVG H AB HR BB SO Home: 6 2 3.93 10 66.1 29 Vs. Left: .274 68 248 12 6 34 Road: 2 4 4.83 8 50.1 27 Vs. Right: .300 67 223 10 5 36 Day: 4 4 5.25 10 60.0 35 TOTALS: .287 135 471 22 11 70 Night: 4 2 3.34 8 56.2 21 Grass: 8 6 4.32 18 116.2 56 None On: .315 90 286 16 7 36 Turf: -- -- -.-- - --- - Runners On: .243 45 185 6 4 34

2015 MISC. NUMBERS

• Made first career Opening Day start April 6 at Detroit (6.0-8-4-4-1-6)...eighth different Twins pitcher to start Opening Day in nine seasons (since 2007).

• Signed a five-year extension with Minnesota, covering the 2015-2019 seasons December 22, 2014.• In his first season with the Twins, set the major league record for highest strikeout-to-walk ratio

at 11.63...became the sixth pitcher in baseball history to reach 200.0 innings pitched and walk less than 20 batters in a single season.

• Spent seven seasons with New York-AL, 2007-13, going 56-50, 4.53 ERA (780.2 IP, 393 ER) with 245 walks and 656 strikeouts.

• Made his major league debut April 26, 2007 for the Yankees against Toronto...allowed four runs on seven hits in 4.1 innings in that start...was the youngest Yankees pitcher (20 years, 306 days) to debut since Jose Rijo on April 5, 1984 (18 years, 328 days).

• Spent three-plus seasons in the minors for New York before being called up...went 32-8, 2.36 ERA (344.0 IP, 90 ER) with 85 walks and 385 strikeouts in 68 games (65 starts) in the minors.

• Drafted by the Yankees in the first round (23rd overall) of the 2004 First-Year Player Draft.• 2004 graduate of Foothill High School in Santa Ana, CA where he owns the school record for career

wins (23) and ranks third in school history with 182 strikeouts...was primarily a third baseman until his sophomore year when he transferred to the mound.

CAREER NOTES

LAST TIME OUT: July 11 vs. Detroit, Hughes recorded his fourth win in his last four decisions, going 5.0 innings and giving up four runs on eight hits with no walks and three strikeouts in the Twins 9-5 victory...after allowing just two singles in the first three innings, Hughes gave up three runs in the fourth inning, highlighted by a James McCann two-run single, and another in the fifth inning on a Yoenis Cespedes double...here is another note on his outing: • The four-game winning streak marks the fourth time Hughes has won four-or-more games in

a row as a Twin, and the second this year...Hughes had a Twins-best six-game winning streak from April 20-June 1, 2014, the longest for any Twins starter the last two seasons.

FIRST HALF RECAP: In Hughes' first 11 starts, he had a 4.96 ERA (69.0 IP, 38 ER), 1.35 WHIP and four quality starts...however, over his final seven starts, a stretch that began June 8, Hughes went 4-1, 3.40 ERA (47.2 IP, 18 ER) with four walks, 25 strikeouts, 1.11 WHIP and five quality starts...in his career, Hughes has a 4.44 ERA (642.1 IP, 317 ER) in 120 appearances (107 starts) before the All-Star break compared to a 4.14 ERA (464.1 IP, 214 ER) in 112 appearances (75 starts) post All-Star break...more on Hughes' first half:• In the fourth inning of his April 12th start at Chicago-AL, Hughes reached the 1,000.0 inning

plateau, becoming the 14th AL right-hander since his rookie season (2007) to do so. • Pitched his fourth career complete game April 24 at Seattle, but took the loss opposite Felix

Hernandez after giving up two runs (both on solo home runs) in 8.0 innings.• Recorded the win on his birthday, June 29, after allowing one run in 8.0 innings vs. Chicago-AL. • Over a two start stretch, June 19 vs. the Cubs and June 24 vs. the White Sox, held right-handers

to a .042 average (1-for-24). • Posted a stretch of 27.1 innings, a span of 103 plate appearances, without a walk from June

14-30.

AGAINST THE ATHLETICS: Hughes will be making his 11th start and 14th appearance against the Athletics...he is 5-2-1 with a 4.52 ERA (61.2 IP, 31 ER), 28 walks and 52 strikeouts...his first three appearances came in relief in 2009, where he recorded one of his three career saves...he was the winner in his only start against them this season, May 4 at Target Field, going 6.0 innings and allowing five runs on nine hits with a season-high two walks and two strikeouts...he gave up five hits and four runs (Vogt grand slam) in the first inning, but he held the A's scoreless for the next four innings until Mark Canha hit a one-out home run in the sixth inning...he has gone 7.0-or-more innings, allowing two-or-less earned runs in three of his four starts in Oakland.

QUALITY CONSISTENCY: Hughes has tossed quality starts in five of his last seven starts after having just four in his first 11 starts...in 50 starts as a Twin, Hughes has 29 quality starts (58.0 percent)...the Twins have gone 21-8 in those games...the 29 quality starts since last season are the most on the staff in that time...in fact, Hughes has gone at least 6.0 innings in 26 of his last 29 starts, and in one of the three starts he failed to go 6.0 innings he left after 5.0 innings with a mild stain of his hip flexor...the Twins have gone 26-15 when Hughes has worked at least 6.0 innings over the last two seasons.

NO CAKE-WALK: Through 18 starts this year, Hughes has walked just 11 batters, tied with Bartolo Colon for the fewest in baseball with a minimum of 75.0 innings pitched...Hughes hasn’t allowed a walk in eight of his starts, while allowing multiple walks just once (May 4 vs. OAK)...additionally, Hughes' 6.36 strikeout/walk ratio is the third best in the AL (Pineda – 8.54, Sale – 6.83), while his 0.85 walks-per-9.0 innings is the lowest in baseball...in 26 starts in his Twins career in which he hasn’t allowed a walk, the Twins are 19-8 compared to being 11-12 when he issues a walk.

YARD WORK: Hughes allowed a home run to Victor Martinez in his last start, his 22nd allowed on the season, the most in the AL and trailing on Kyle Kendricks' 23 for the most in baseball...in fact, he gave up only 16 home runs last season and didn’t give up his 16th until September 19...he has now surrendered a home run in 15 of his 18 starts this season, including one-or-more in each of his last seven...he has also given up a home run in 19 of his last 23 outings, a stretch in which he’s surrendered 26 total...in addition to the 22 home runs this season, Hughes has allowed 28 doubles and two triples, totaling 52 extra-base hits allowed, tied with Kyle Kendricks for the second most in baseball, trailing James Shields (53)...the 135 total hits Hughes has allowed this year are second most in the majors, trailing Jeff Samardzija (137).

Height: 6-5 Weight: 250 B/T: R/R Age: 29 (6/24/86 in Mission Viejo, CA)

2015: 8-6, 4.32 ERA CAREER: 80-66, 4.32 ERA

PHIL HUGHES #45

Year Starts 6+ IP QS2007 13 7 5 2008 8 2 22009 7 2 22010 29 18 15 2011 14 7 7

Year Starts 6+ IP QS2012 32 18 18 2013 29 13 112014 32 26 202015 18 15 9TOTALS 182 108 89

6.0-PLUS IP/QUALITY STARTS

INNING: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RUNS/HITS: 8/17 10/24 6/17 9/18 11/29 3/13 8/13 1/4 -/-

RUNS/HITS PER INNING

BASE RUNNERS PICK-OFFS SB-ATT GIDP HUGHES: 147 0 7-9 7

MORE MISCELLANEOUS NUMBERS

CG’s: 1, 4/24 at SEA CG’s: 4, last 4/24/15 at SEA SHO’s: - - SHO’s: - - CG Low Hit: 6, 4/24 at SEA CG Low-Hit: 4, 6/3/12 at DET Innings: 8.0, 3x, last 6/24 vs. CHC Innings: 9.0, 6/3/12 at DET SO: 9, 4/24 at SEA SO: 11, 9/13/14 at CWS Walks: 2, 5/4 vs. OAK Walks: 5, 6x, last 6/12/13 at OAK Hits: 11, 6/3 at BOS Hits: 11, 4x, last 6/3/15 at BOS Home Runs: 2, 7x, last 7/6 vs. BAL Home Runs: 4, 6/20/12 vs. ATL Win-Streak: 4, 2x, last 6/19-7/11 Win-Streak: 9, 8/14/09-5/12/10 Loss-Streak: 4, 4/6-4/24 Loss-Streak: 8, 7/8/13-4/15/14

2015 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS

2015 vs. Oakland (1 start): 1-0, 7.50 ERA (6.0 IP, 5 ER), 2 BB, 2 K2015 vs. Oakland at Home (1 start): 1-0, 7.50 ERA (6.0 IP, 5 ER), 2 BB, 2 K 2015 vs. Oakland at Oakland: - -Career vs. Oakland (10 starts, 3 relief): 5-2-1, 4.52 ERA (61.2 IP, 31 ER, 28 BB, 52 KCareer vs. Oakland at Home (6 starts, 2 relief): 3-0-1, 6.29 ERA (34.1 IP, 24 ER), 17 BB, 26 KCareer vs. Oakland at Oakland (4 starts, 1 relief): 2-2, 2.30 ERA (27.1 IP, 7 ER), 11 BB, 26 K

HUGHES VS. OAKLAND

Kazmir vs. the Twins PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SOHunter .267 30 8 1 0 5Suzuki .107 28 3 0 2 4Mauer .208 24 5 0 1 8Dozier .091 22 2 1 3 4Plouffe .381 21 8 0 3 3Hicks .333 6 2 1 1 0Santana .400 5 2 0 0 0Robinson .333 3 1 0 0 0Rosario .333 3 1 1 0 0Escobar 1.000 2 2 1 0 0Nunez .000 2 0 0 0 0Fryer 1.000 1 1 0 1 0

Hughes vs. the AthleticsPLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SOButler .273 33 9 1 1 3Lawrie .286 28 8 1 1 7Zobrist .050 20 1 0 2 3Reddick .125 16 2 0 5 4Sogard .071 14 1 0 2 2Davis .200 10 2 0 4 3Semien .143 7 1 0 0 2Vogt .429 7 3 1 0 1Fuld .200 5 1 0 1 1Burns .500 4 2 0 0 1Canha .333 3 1 1 0 0

BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPS

Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Left/Final Notes Pitches/K4/6 at DET L 6.0 8 4 4 2 1 6 0-4/0-4 First career Opening Day start 93/684/12 at CWS L 6.0 8 3 3 1 0 4 1-3/2-6 1st QS; 6.0+ IP in 13 straight starts 98/694/18 vs. CLE L 6.2 8 4 4 1 1 3 1-3/2-4 3rd straight start of at least 6.0 IP, 8 hits, 3 ER 86/584/24 at SEA L 8.0 6 2 2 2 0 9 0-2/0-2 1st CG since 6/17/14 at BOS; 4th of career 96/724/29 vs. DET ND 5.0 7 3 3 0 0 4 7-3/7-10 Shortest start since 7/24/14 vs. Chicago-AL 71/54 APRIL TOTALS 0-4 31.2 37 16 16 6 2 26 4.55 ERA5/4 vs. OAK W 6.0 9 5 5 2 2 2 8-5/8-7 Snapped four-game losing streak 101/645/9 vs. CLE W 6.1 10 4 4 1 0 4 7-4/7-4 Ninth career start with 10+ hits 94/645/15 vs. TB W 7.0 5 2 2 1 1 3 3-2/3-2 First win vs. TB since 8/13/11 100/745/22 at CWS ND 7.0 8 2 2 0 1 3 2-2/2-3 Consecutive QS for first time 89/725/27 BOS W 6.2 6 4 4 2 0 3 6-4/6-4 4th W in May; 7-0 in May in Twins career 89/68 MAY TOTALS 4-0 33.0 38 17 17 6 4 15 4.64 ERA6/3(2) at BOS L 4.1 11 5 5 0 1 4 1-5/3-6 Shortest start since 7/24/14 vs. CWS 77/566/8 vs. KC L 7.2 7 3 3 1 1 3 1-2/1-3 Most pitches since 9/13(1) vs. CWS (106) 104/716/14 at TEX ND 6.0 9 3 3 2 1 3 3-3/4-3 Rosario GW double in 9th, scoring Buxton 88/556/19 vs. CHC W 8.0 2 1 1 1 0 4 7-1/7-2 8th start in career allowing 2-or-fewer hits 95/656/24 vs. CWS W 8.0 6 1 1 1 0 5 6-1/6-1 8.0+ IP in consec. starts...first time since July 2012 95/716/30 at CIN W 6.2 8 4 4 2 1 4 7-2/8-5 Won 6 consecutive Interleague games 99/71 JUNE TOTALS 3-2 40.2 43 17 17 7 4 23 3.76 ERA7/6 vs. BAL ND 6.1 9 2 2 2 1 3 2-2/4-2(10) QS in five out of last 6 starts 99/677/11 vs. DET W 5.0 8 4 4 1 0 3 7-4/9-5 4 game win streak, tying season-high 74/50 JULY TOTALS 1-0 11.1 17 6 6 3 1 6 4.76 ERA---- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA2015 TOTALS 8-6 116.2 135 56 56 22 11 70 4.32PRE-ASG TOTALS 8-6 116.2 135 56 56 22 11 70 4.32 WITH TWINS 24-16 326.1 356 144 138 38 27 256 3.81CAREER TOTALS 80-66 1107.0 1143 563 531 150 272 912 4.32

2015 MAJOR LEAGUE DAY-BY-DAY

Milone will be making his 12th start of the year in the series finale Sunday afternoon...his last time out, July 8 vs. Baltimore, he got the win after going 7.0 innings and allowing one run on five hits with two walks and five strikeouts in the Twins 5-3 win...he has tossed six straight quality starts, and in that time, has a 1.62 ERA (39.0 IP, 7 ER); he is the first Twins pitcher to throw six straight quality starts since Phil Hughes did so in eight straight games from April 20-June 1, 2014...he is also 3-0 with a 1.74 ERA (31.0 IP, 6 ER) in five starts during the day this season...Milone will be making his first career start against the Athletics...in 35 appearances (34 starts) at O.co Coliseum from 2012-14, he went 15-8 with a 2.96 ERA (216.0 IP, 71 ER)...Milone is 37-24, 3.85 ERA (557.0 IP, 238 ER) with 138 walks and 398 strikeouts over parts of five big league seasons.

TOMORROW'S STARTER - TOMMY MILONE, LHP (SEASON: 5-1, 2.84 ERA ; CAREER: 37-24, 3.85 ERA)

Pitcher Last Start (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) Dec. Starts QS Team Rec. Run Supp. RS AVGHughes 7/11 vs. DET (5.0-8-4-4-0-3-1) W 18 9 10-8 69 5.32Pelfrey 7/9 vs. DET (7.2-8-4-4-0-4-1) L 17 9 10-7 46 4.18May 7/1 at CIN (6.1-6-2-1-3-6-0) L 15 7 6-9 36 4.03Gibson 7/12 vs. DET (7.0-4-1-1-2-6-0) W 18 11 10-8 54 4.28Milone 7/8 vs. BAL (7.0-5-1-1-2-5-0) W 11 7 6-5 41 5.54Nolasco 5/31 vs. TOR (1.0-3-2-2-0-1-0) ND 7 1 6-1 33 9.09Santana 7/17 at OAK (7.2-5-0-0-1-1-0) W 3 2 2-1 7 3.20Graham 6/6 vs. MIL (4.0-6-1-1-0-3-0) ND 1 0 0-1 0 0.00

TWINS STARTERS IN 2015

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2013 BULLPEN 1st Batter Faced

PITCHER H/AB BB K AVG SV/OPP HLD IR/IRS IRS % LAST RELIEF APPEARANCE LAST WIN LAST SAVE LAST LOSSBoyer 14/38 3 4 .368 1/ 3 15 18/ 9 50.0% 7/11/15 vs. DET H 6/18/15 vs. STL 5/30/15 vs. TOR 7/5/15 at KCDuensing 4/30 1 7 .133 1/ 1 3 26/ 5 19.2% 7/17/15 at OAK ND 7/4/15 at KC 4/10/15 at CWS 8/19/14 vs. CLEFien 4/25 2 4 .160 0/ 2 10 6/ 1 16.7% 7/11/15 vs. DET ND 6/14/15 at TEX 6/11/14 at TOR 6/28/15 at MILGraham 8/20 2 6 .400 0/ 0 0 11/ 6 54.5% 7/10/15 vs. DET ND ….. … ….. … ….. …May 2/3 0 0 .667 0/ 0 0 0/ 0 … 7/12/15 vs. DET ND 7/6/15 vs. BAL ….. … 7/1/15 at CINO’Rourke 0/3 0 2 0.000 0/ 0 0 0/ 0 … 7/10/15 vs. DET ND ….. … ….. … ….. …Perkins 5/37 1 12 .135 28/ 28 0 6/ 1 16.7% 7/11/15 vs. DET ND 9/16/14 vs. DET 7/8/15 vs. BAL 5/29/15 vs. TOROthers 23/91 8 12 .253 0/ 1 20 86/ 27 31.4%TEAM 60/247 17 47 .243 30/ 35 48 153/ 49 32.0%

The opposition has a .256 (259-for-1013) batting-average-against with 28 home runs vs. Twins relievers.

2015 BULLPEN info

First Half: 0-1-28, 1.21 (37.1 IP, 5 ER), 5BB, 36K Series at OAK: - - vs. Left: .333 vs. Right: .137

AHas allowed just one baserunner (walk) in last seven appearances, striking out eight in those seven outings (7.0 IP). AConverted 28th save in 28th opportunity 7/8 vs. BAL...28 saves are second most in MLB (PIT’s Mark Melancon - 29). A28 consecutive saves to start season is longest in club history, passing Joe Nathan (27 straight, 5/8-8/15/04). AHas a 0.63 ERA (28.2 IP, 2 ER) in 28 save opportunities, and a 3.12 ERA (8.2 IP, 3 ER) in nine non-save opportunities. AConverted 13 saves in the month of May, the most saves in a single month in Twins history (previous 11, multiple times). A116 career saves (2-2011, 16-2012, 36-2013, 34-2014, 28-2015) in 134 opps...passed Ron Davis (108) for fourth on Twins all-time saves list with save 6/7 vs. MIL...tied Guardado (116) for third on Twins all-time list with his save 7/8 vs. BAL...with next save will pass Guardado...needs 138 to tie Aguilera for 2nd on Twins list, Nathan leads with 260 career saves with MIN. AAppearance 4/17 vs. CLE was his 300th career relief appearance (also has 44 career starts)...career record as a reliever of 14-9-116, 2.71 ERA (346.0 IP, 104 ER) with 84 walks and 360 strikeouts in 333 relief appearances. ASixth closer in club history with back-to-back 30-plus save seasons...first since Nathan did so in five straight from 2005-09. ANamed to his third straight All-Star team in 2015...tossed 9th inning in AL win...earned the save in 2014 ASG with perfect 9th. ACollected 100th career save 5/15 vs. TB...became 17th active MLB pitcher to record 100 saves.

GLEN PERKINS - LHP #15Height: 6-0 Weight: 215 B/T: L/L Age: 32 (3/2/83 in St. Paul, MN) Drafted: 1st round (22nd overall), 2004 Draft

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO7/11 vs. DET ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 17/8 vs. BAL S28 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 17/6 vs. BAL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 27/4 at KC S27 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 27/2 at KC S26 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 16/30 at CIN S25 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 16/27 at MIL S24 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 06/20 vs. CHC ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 26/17 vs. STL S23 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 26/14 at TEX S22 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 06/7 vs. MIL S21 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 16/4 at BOS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 06/3 at BOS-2 S20 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 25/31 vs. TOR S19 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 05/29 vs. TOR L1 0.1 3 2 2 1 1 05/27 vs. BOS S18 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 05/26 vs. BOS S17 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 05/23 at CWS S16 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 2

First Half: 2-4-1, 2.75 (39.1 IP, 12 ER), 12BB, 18K Series at OAK: - - vs. Left: .167 vs. Right: .316

ACollected 15th hold 7/11 vs. DET...15 holds are career-high, passing the 14 holds he had with Atlanta in 2008. AEarned first save of 2015, third of career, 5/30 vs. TOR. A42 appearances are most since he made 54 appearances for the Diamondbacks in 2010. A2015 is his first season pitching in the American League...spent parts of eight previous seasons with Atlanta (2005-09), St. Louis (2009), Arizona (2009-10), the Mets (2011) and San Diego (2014)...all of his career outings have come in relief. APosted a 3.57 ERA (40.1 IP, 16 ER) in 32 outings in 2014, his lowest since 2007 (3.38)...2.75 ERA in 2015 is career-low. AWhen pitching at least 1.0 inning in his career has a 2.65 ERA (271.2 IP, 80 ER) with 71 walks and 180 strikeouts.

BLAINE BOYER - RHP #36Height: 6-3 Weight: 225 B/T: R/R Age: 34 (7/11/81 in Atlanta, GA) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 12/31/14

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO7/11 vs. DET H15 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 17/9 vs. DET ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 07/5 at KC L4 0.0 0 1 1 0 1 07/4 at KC H14 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 07/3 at KC H13 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 06/30 at CIN ND 0.1 2 1 0 0 0 06/28 at MIL BS2 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 16/27 at MIL H12 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 16/24 vs. CWS ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 06/22 vs. CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 16/20 vs. CHC L3 0.2 4 3 1 0 1 0

First Half: 0-0-0, 2.85 (41.0 IP, 13 ER), 12BB, 33K Series at OAK: - - vs. Left: .239 vs. Right: .284

A2nd among AL rookies relievers with 41.0 IP (2 starts or less)...41.0 IP pre-ASG 3rd most by Twins rookie reliever since 2003. AAllowed one run in last 11.1 innings over his last six appearances (0.79 ERA, 7 hits, 4 walks, 12 strikeouts). AMade first career start 6/6 vs. MIL, allowing one run on six hits with no walks, three strikeouts and one home run (Braun). AMade his major league debut Opening Day, tossing 2.0 scoreless innings with two hits and one walk. AJoined Twins after being selected in the Rule 5 Draft from Atlanta on 12/11/14...is the second Twins player in the last three years to be selected in the Rule 5 Draft and make the Twins Opening Day roster (Ryan Pressly in 2013). ASpent the entire 2014 season with Double-A Mississippi where he made 19 starts and eight relief appearances...eight relief outings were the first since making five relief outings in 2011, his first pro season (made 61 starts between relief outings). ACareer minor league record of 19-12, 3.37 ERA (312.2 IP, 117 ER) with 83 walks and 240 strikeouts in 74 outings (61 starts).

J.R. GRAHAM - RHP #62Height: 6-0 Weight: 210 B/T: R/R Age: 25 (1/14/90 in Livermore, CA) Obtained: Rule 5 Draft from Atlanta, 12/11/14

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO7/10 vs. DET ND 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 47/7 vs. BAL ND 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 17/1 at CIN ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 16/29 at CIN ND 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 26/26 at MIL ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 36/22 vs. CWS ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 16/19 vs. CHC ND 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 06/13 at TEX ND 1.1 3 3 3 1 1 06/10 vs. KC ND 3.0 3 2 0 0 0 16/6 vs. MIL(S) ND 4.0 6 1 1 1 0 35/31 vs. TOR ND 3.0 3 1 0 0 1 45/20 at PIT ND 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 25/17 vs. TB ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 1

First Half: 3-0-1, 5.64 (22.1 IP, 14 ER), 10BB, 13K Series at OAK: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.1 IP), K vs. Left: .297 vs. Right: .208

AIn last nine appearances has allowed just two hits, no runs and one walk while striking out nine in 11.2 innings, since 6/13...lefties are 1-for-last-15 (.067) with six strikeouts and one walk in that same span. AHas held left-handed hitters to a .236 (193-for-817) average in his career...only allowed nine of 60 total home runs to lefties. ACareer record of 17-12-2, 3.66 ERA (277.2 IP, 113 ER) in 270 relief outings and 23-24, 4.57 ERA (346.2 IP, 176 ER) in 61 starts. AEarned second career save with a scoreless 1.1 innings 4/10 at CWS...other save coming 5/28/13 at MIL (1.0 scoreless IP). AIs fourth on the Twins all-time appearances list by a left-hander with 331 outings...Guardado leads all with 648.

BRIAN DUENSING - LHP #52Height: 6-0 Weight: 200 B/T: L/L Age: 32 (2/22/83 in Marysville, KS) Drafted: 3rd Round, 2005 Draft

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO7/17 at OAK ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 17/11 vs. DET ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 27/7 vs. BAL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 17/6 vs. BAL ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 07/4 at KC W3 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 06/26 at MIL ND 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 16/21 vs. CHC ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 26/15 at STL ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 16/13 at TEX ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 16/12 at TEX ND 0.1 1 2 2 0 1 0

First Half: 2-3-0, 4.13 (28.1 IP, 13 ER), 3BB, 16K Series at OAK: - - vs. Left: .295 vs. Right: .221

ATossed 8.2 scoreless innings in his career vs. OAK...allowed just four hits, no walks and eight strikeouts in seven appearances. AEarned his 10th hold of the season with 1.0 scoreless 7/4 at KC...has 59 career holds, including career-high 26 in 2014. A5.33 K/BB (16 K/ 3 BB) rate in 2015...since 2013 has walked just 25 batters and struckout 140 (152.2 IP) for K/BB rate of 5.6. AFinished third in AL with 26 holds in 2014 (Wade Davis - 33 and Joba Chamberlain - 29)...26 holds were eighth most in MLB. AAppearance 4/28 vs. DET was 200th of his career. ACareer record of 14-13-1, 3.95 ERA (202.2 IP, 89 ER) with 181 strikeouts, 40 walks in 219 appearances.

CASEY FIEN - RHP #50Height: 6-2 Weight: 212 B/T: R/R Age: 31 (10/21/83 in Santa Rosa, CA) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 1/3/12

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO7/11 vs. DET ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 17/8 vs. BAL ND 1.0 2 2 2 2 0 07/6 vs. BAL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 17/4 at KC H10 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 07/3 at KC BS 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 06/30 at CIN H9 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 06/28 at MIL L3 0.0 3 4 4 2 1 06/27 at MIL H8 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 06/23 vs. CWS ND 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 06/20 vs. CHC ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2

First Half: 6-7-0, 4.16 (84.1 IP, 39 ER), 18BB, 72K Series at OAK: - - vs. Left: .295 vs. Right: .276

AHas three relief outings since moving to the bullpen 7/5 (Santana reinstated)...tossed 4.0 scoreless innings with five hits and no walks while striking out one in that span. AMade first relief appearance of 2015, and second of his career, with scoreless 10th inning to earn the win 7/6 vs. BAL... only prior career relief appearance coming August 12, 2014 at Houston, allowing three runs (2 earned) on three hits in 2.1 IP. AMade 15 starts for Twins this season, going 4-7, 4.37 ERA (80.1 IP, 39 ER). AOriginally acquired along with RHP Vance Worley from Philadelphia in exchange for OF Ben Revere on 12/6/12. ASelected by Philadelphia in the fourth round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft.

TREVOR MAY - RHP #65Height: 6-5 Weight: 240 B/T: R/R Age: 25 (9/23/89 in Longview, WAS) Obtained: Trade with Philadelphia, 12/6/12

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO7/12 vs. DET ND 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 07/10 vs. DET W6 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 07/6 vs. BAL W5 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 17/1 at CIN L7 6.1 6 2 1 0 3 66/26 at MIL L6 0.1 6 6 5 1 0 06/20 vs. CHC ND 6.0 7 1 1 0 2 76/15 at STL L5 5.0 5 3 3 1 1 36/9 vs. KC L4 6.0 7 1 1 0 3 56/3 at BOS W4 7.0 2 0 0 0 0 95/29 vs. TOR ND 6.0 8 4 4 1 1 5

First Half: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.2 IP), 3 K Series at OAK: - - vs. Left: .000 vs. Right: .000

AHas held opponents hitless in his first three major league outings (2.2 IP) with no walks and three strikeouts. AMade his major league debut with perfect ninth inning with one strikeout 7/7 vs. BAL...recalled 7/7 (Thompson optioned). AMade 22 relief appearances between Double-A Chattanooga and Triple-A Rochester to being the season, posting a 5.40 ERA (15.0 IP, 9 ER) with seven walks and 25 strikeouts. AHeld left-handed hitters to a .125 (3-for-24) average with five walks and 18 strikeouts with Triple-A Rochester this season. AIn six minor league seasons posted a record of 15-21, 4.15 ERA (329.1 IP, 152 ER) with 97 walks and 336 strikeouts in 192 appearances (24 starts). AWas originally drafted by the Twins in the 13th round of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft out of Merrimack College.

RYAN O’ROURKE - RHP #61Height: 6-3 Weight: 228 B/T: R/L Age: 27 (4/30/88 in Worcester, MA) Drafted: 13th round, 2010 Draft

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO7/10 vs. DET ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 27/9 vs. DET ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 07/7 vs. BAL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1

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MULTI-HIT GAMES MULTI-RBI GAMES LAST HOME RUN HIT AB SINCE

LAST GRAND SLAM PLAYER 2H 3H 4H 5H TOTAL 2RBI 3RBI 4RBI 5+RBI TOTAL DATE OPP. ON PITCHER DATE OPP. CAREER after HR on day Dozier 19 3 1 0 23 4 2 3 0 9 7/17/15 at OAK 0 Gray 3 …. … 0 3 ab 7/17 Escobar 6 4 1 0 11 4 1 0 1 6 6/27/15 at MIL 2 Garza 17 …. … 0 1 ab on 6/27 Fryer 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 8/4/14 at CWS 0 Rienzo 44 …. … 0 0 ab on 8/4 Hicks 8 0 0 0 8 2 0 0 0 2 7/6/15 vs. BAL 0 Chen 24 ….. … 0 3 ab on 7/6 Hunter 7 7 1 0 15 7 4 1 0 12 7/11/15 vs. DET 1 Farmer 9 4/7/08 vs. CLE 10 1 ab on 7/11 Mauer 16 3 1 0 20 5 5 0 0 10 7/8/15 vs. BAL 0 Norris 22 9/1/12 at KC 3 1 ab on 7/8 Nunez 8 1 0 0 9 3 0 0 0 3 6/22/15 vs. CWS 1 Danks 30 …. … 0 2 ab on 6/22 Plouffe 17 4 0 0 21 6 2 2 1 11 7/17/15 at OAK 3 Gray 1 7/17/15 at OAK 2 1 ab on 7/17 Robinson 7 1 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 1 6/11/13 at NYM 0 Aardsma 267 …. … 0 0 ab on 6/11/13 Rosario 15 1 0 0 16 4 0 0 0 4 6/23/15 vs. CWS 0 Samardzija 69 …. … 0 3 ab on 6/23 Sano 4 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 7/12/15 vs. DET 1 Greene 6 …. … 0 3 ab on 7/12 Santana 9 3 0 0 12 5 0 0 0 5 8/31/14 at BAL 1 Brach 323 …. … 0 0 ab on 8/31/14 Suzuki 12 3 0 0 15 3 0 0 0 3 6/20/15 vs. CHC 0 Lester 61 9/10/07 at SEA 1 3 ab on 6/20

BRIAN DOZIER - 2B #2 Height: 5-11 Weight: 198 B/T: R/R Age: 28 (5/15/87 in Tupelo, MS)

2015 Average: .256 Streak: 1g, .250 (1-4), HR, RBI Series at OAK: .250 (1-4), HR, RBIFirst Half: .256, 26 2B, 3 3B, 19 HR, 50 RBI, 34 BB, 9 SB, 67 runs Home Runs (20): Solo (14), 2-run (2), 3-run (4)

ANamed to his first All-Star team in 2015...hit a pinch-hit solo home run in the 8th inning to put the AL up 6-2, was third Twin (5th time) to homer in an ASG, joining Puckett (’93) and Killebrew (’61, ’65, ’71)...played two innings at second base. AHit second walk-off home run with 3-run shot 7/10 vs. DET, capping a 7-run 9th inning in the 6-run comeback Twins win...is the first Twin to ever hit two walk-off home runs in the same homestand...last in franchise history: Roy Sievers (‘58 with Senators). A49 extra-base hits are most in the AL and tied second most in MLB...48 extra-base hits pre-ASG were most in Twins history, passing Bob Allison (46 in 1964). AHit 18 of his 20 home runs from the leadoff spot, most by leadoff hitter in MLB...his .549 SLG from leadoff is third in the majors...his 21 doubles from leadoff spot are second most in MLB behind only Kipnis’ 27. AScored 69 runs in 89 games, tied most in MLB...on pace for 125 runs which would be 4th on the Twins all-time list...Knoblauch holds record (150 in 1996)...scored 112 runs in 2014, which were 7th most all-time by a Twin. ATwins are 33-19 when he scores in a game...13-6 when he homers. ASigned a four-year contract with the Twins 3/24/15 extending through 2018. ATied Dan Gladden for third on Twins all-time list with 12th career leadoff homer 7/17 at OAK off Gray (5 in 2015)...needs two to tie Knoblauch (14) for second.

EDUARDO ESCOBAR - INF #5 Height: 5-10 Weight: 185 B/T: S/R Age: 26 (1/5/89 in Villa de Cura, VZ)

2015 Average: .254 Streak: 3g, .364 (4-11), 2B, 3B, RBI Series at OAK: - -First Half: .254, 12 2B, 3 3B, 4 HR, 29 RBI, 17 runs Home Runs (4): Solo (1), 2-run (2), 3-run (1)

ASince 5/4 is hitting .291 (41-for-141) with 10 2B, 3 3B, 3 HR, 24 RBI in 45 games. AIn last 39 starts at Target Field is hitting .345 (49-for-142), 15 XBH, 22 RBI, 20 runs. AHit 35 doubles in 2014, second among Twins...also had career-high 6 HR, 37 RBI...35 doubles in 2014 were most by Twins middle infielder since Todd Walker (37 in 1999). APlayed in 166 career games as SS, 77 at third, 35 at second, 37 in OF and 12 as DH.

KURT SUZUKI - C #8Height: 5-11 Weight: 203 B/T: R/R Age: 31 (10/4/83 in Wailuku, HI)

2015 Average: .231 Streak: 0-for-last-7 Series at OAK: .000 (0-4)First Half: .235, 10 2B, 3 HR, 26 RBI, 17 BB, 21 runs Home Runs (3): Solo (2), 2-run (1)

ACareer .251 (321-for-1278) average at O.co with 36 HR, 178 RBI in 369 games. AHas a 3.83 catcher’s ERA in ‘15, lowest by a Twins C since Mauer (3.81 ERA in ‘10). A130 hits in 2014, which were 3rd most among all Twins and 5th among AL catchers. AWas one of two Twins (Perkins) to represent the AL at the 2014 ASG at Target Field. ASigned as a free agent 12/23/13...signed two-year extension thru 2016 on 7/31/14.

TREVOR PLOUFFE - 3B #24Height: 6-2 Weight: 216 B/T: R/R Age: 29 (6/15/86 in West Hills, CA)

2015 Average: .262 Streak: 3g, .500 (6-12), 2 HR, 5 RBI Series at OAK: .500 (2-4), HR, 4 RBIFirst Half: .259, 22 2B, 3 3B, 11 HR, 46 RBI, 29 BB, 43 runs Home Runs (12): Solo (5), 2-run (4), 3-run (1), GS (2)

AHit first career grand slam and set career-high with 5 RBI 5/3 vs. CWS...hit 2nd grand slam of 2015 with 6th inning homer 7/17 at OAK...has both Twins slams in 2015. AHas four doubles, a triple and two home runs in his last 10 games...batting .368 (14-for-38) in those 10 games. A.979 fielding percentage is tops among MLB third basemen. AHitting .324 (24-for-74) with RISP...has 5 HR, 40 RBI with RISP. AHit walk-off home run 4/17 vs. CLE...third career walk-off hit, first walk-off HR. ANeeds two home runs to tie his 2013 and 2014 total of 14. AHit 40 doubles in 2014, which were tied 4th most in the AL, tied 7th in MLB...40 doubles were most by Twins 3B in history passing Koskie (37, 2x)...has 122 career doubles. A43 home runs at Target Field are most in the ballpark’s history.

TORII HUNTER - RF #48Height: 6-2 Weight: 218 B/T: R/R Age: 40 (7/18/75 in Pine Bluff, AR)

2015 Average: .259 Streak: 1g, .400 (2-5) Series at OAK: .400 (2-5)First Half: .257, 15 2B, 14 HR, 49 RBI, 24 BB, 43 runs Home Runs (14): 3-run (3), 2-run (3), Solo (8)

AHit .304 post-ASG in 2014...career .285 hitter post-ASG compared to .273 pre-ASG. AThree home runs from tying his 2013 & 2014 total of 17. AIn Twins wins is hitting .328 (59-for-180), 12 2B, 13 HR, 40 RBI, 16 BB, 36 runs...in Twins losses is hitting .163 (21-for-129), 3 2B, HR, 9 RBI, 8 BB, 8 runs, 24 K. AHas 345 career home runs...hit 200th as a member of the Twins with 3-run shot 6/4 at BOS...became the eighth player in franchise history to hit 200 home runs. ARanks on Twins all-time lists: 1,315 games (8th - 46 to tie Gaetti), 1,298 hits (8th - needs 20 to tie Morneau), 274 doubles (7th - 15 to tie Morneau), 206 home runs (7th - 1 to tie Puckett for 6th), 760 RBI (6th - 100 to tie Morneau), 715 runs (7th - next: Mauer), 506 extra-base hits (6th - 20 to tie Morneau). ARanks among active MLB players: 2,314 games (3rd), 2,407 hits (5th), 491 doubles (6th), 345 home runs (10th), 1,359 RBI (8th), 1,273 runs (8th).

EDDIE ROSARIO - OF #20Height: 6-1 Weight: 180 B/T: L/R Age: 23 (9/28/91 in Guayama, PR)

2015 Average: .288 Streak: 4g, .563 (9-16), 3B, RBI Series at OAK: .500 (2-4), SBFirst Half: .284, 8 2B, 3 3B, 4 HR, 21 RBI, 8 BB, 7 SB, 25 runs Home Runs (4): Solo (4)

AFour straight multi-hit games...tied 2nd among AL rookies with 16 multi-hit games. AHitting .350 (36-for-103) average at Target Field is the second highest home batting average among MLB rookies...hit all 4 HR at Target Field. APlayed 34 games in left field, 17 games in right field and 3 in center field. AHit his first career HR in his 1st PA 5/6 vs. OAK, on the first pitch off Kazmir...first HR by Twin in 1st AB since L. Hughes on 4/28/10 at DET (6th time)...first MLB player since S. Marte on 7/26/12 to HR on first pitch...115th player in MLB history to HR in his first career AB and 109th to do so in their first career PA. AFirst Twin (since 1961) to have at least one RBI in first 4 MLB games. AStarted season with Triple-A Rochester where he hit .242 (23-for-95) with 2 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 12 RBI and 11 runs in 23 games for the Red Wings. AHit in first 14 home games to begin his career...was the fourth longest streak to begin an MLB career since 1914, and longest since Rocco Baldelli (20 straight in 2003).

JOE MAUER - 1B #7Height: 6-5 Weight: 225 B/T: L/R Age: 32 (4/19/83 in St. Paul, MN)

2015 Average: .271 Streak: 1g, .250 (1-4) Series at OAK: .250 (1-4)First Half: .271, 16 2B, 2 3B, 6 HR, 42 RBI, 33 BB, 38 runs Home Runs (6): Solo (4), 2-run (1), 3-run (1)

AIn last 11 road games is hitting .400 (16-for-40) with 2 extra-base hits and 4 RBI. APlayed in 89 of the 90 Twins games this season. AHas just three hitless starts since 6/17 (23 starts), batting .323 (30-for-93) with 4 doubles, 4 home runs, 7 walks, 14 runs and 7 RBI in that span. A42 RBI pre-ASG were most since career best 45 in 2006...career .320 hitter post-ASG. ANeeds 13 RBI to match his 2014 total (55)...only 36 hits from 2014 total (126). A7.9 AB/RBI this season is lowest since 2012 (6.41 AB/RBI). AHas 325 doubles, needs 4 to tie Tony Oliva (329) for second on Twins all-time list...is 9th on Twins XBH list with 464, needs 5 to tie Carew (469) for 8th. AMade 11th career Opening Day roster, tying Kirby Puckett for fourth most in Twins history (Killebrew, Carew and Hrbek tied for first with 12). ACollected 1,500th hit with single 8/15/14 at HOU...was the sixth Twin to record 1,500 hits joining Puckett (2,304), Carew (2,085), Oliva (1,917), Hrbek (1,749) and Killebrew (1,713).

DANNY SANTANA - INF/OF #39Height: 5-11 Weight: 185 B/T: S/R Age: 24 (11/7/90 in Monte Plata, DR)

2015 Average: .221 Streak: 0-for-last-5 Series at OAK: .000 (0-4)First Half: .225, 10 2B, 5 3B, 20 RBI, 4 BB, 6 SB, 27 runs Home Runs (0): - -

ACareer-high three straight multi-RBI games 7/10-12. AHad 128 hits in 2014, which were the most by Twins rookie since Rivas (150 in ‘01). ARookie notes from 2014: 27 2B and 41 XBH were most by Twins rookie since Cordova (27 2B and 55 XBH in ‘95)...7 3B most since Castino (8 in ‘79)... .319 average highest since Oliva (.323 in ‘64)...38 multi-hit games most since Rivas (38 in ‘01). AAL rookie ranks 2014: .319 AVG (1st), 7 3B (T2nd), .353 OBP (2nd), 20 SB (2nd), .472 SLG (2nd), 70 runs (2nd), 38 multi-hit games (2nd), 129 hits (4th), 41 XBH (T3rd), 27 2B (4th).

MIGUEL SANO - INF #22Height: 6-4 Weight: 262 B/T: R/R Age: 22 (5/11/93 in San Pedro de Macoris, DR)

2015 Average: .350 Streak: 0-for-last-7, BB Series at OAK: .000 (0-3), BB, runFirst Half: .378, 4 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 8 BB, 4 runs Home Runs (2): 2-run (2)

AHas a hit in 10 of first 12 MLB games...four with multiple hits. A4th Twins rookie to start career with 7-game hit-streak (last: Glenn Williams 13 in ‘05). ABegan the season at Double-A Chattanooga where he hit .274 (66-for-241) with 18 doubles, one triple, 15 home runs and 48 RBI in 66 games for the Lookouts. ARanked as the 11th best prospect in baseball by MLB.com and as the 2nd best prospect and best power hitter in the Twins system by Baseball America entering 2015. ACareer minor league average of .278 (450-for-1616) with 110 doubles, 18 triples, 105 home runs and 339 RBI in 445 games. AOriginally signed by Twins as a 16-year-old out of the Dominican Republic in 2009.

AARON HICKS - OF #32Height: 6-2 Weight: 210 B/T: S/R Age: 25 (10/2/89 in Long Beach, CA)

2015 Average: .260 Streak: 0-for-last-4, BB Series at OAK: .000 (0-4), BBFirst Half: .266, 4 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 13 BB, 7 SB, 15 runs Home Runs (3): Solo (2), 2-run (1)

ARecorded a hit in six of seven games on last homestand with multiple in two games. AHas walked in seven straight games...longest streak by a Twin since Dozier set team record with 12 straight last season. AHit his third home run of the season with a solo shot 7/6 vs. BAL...had a home run in back-to-back games for the second time in his career. AHad an RBI in a career-long four straight games 7/3-6. AHas a hit in 25 of his 39 games played this season, eight with multiple hits...started all 39 of his games as center fielder.

EDUARDO NUNEZ - INF #9Height: 6-0 Weight: 193 B/T: R/R Age: 28 (6/15/87 in Santo Domingo, DR)

2015 Average: .290 Streak: 1g, .250 (1-4) Series at OAK: - -First Half: .290, 12 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 11 RBI, 7 BB, 4 SB, 13 runs Home Runs (2): Solo (1), 2-run (1)

ASince 2014 is hitting .262 (73-for-279), 16 2B, 4 3B, 6 HR, 30 RBI in 72 games with 3+ AB...has at least one hit in 48 of those 72 games. AOver last 20 games is hitting .292 (18-for-61) with nine extra-base hits. AHas a hit in 21 of 34 games with an AB this season. AHitting .294 (15-for-51) with 7 2B, 3B, HR, 5 RBI in 19 road games in 2015. ACareer .143 (4-for-28) as a pinch-hitter with one triple and two runs. ACareer games at position: SS - 185; 3rd - 102; DH - 38; OF - 28; 2nd - 22. AHit .284 with all four of his home runs and 14 of his 24 RBI at Target Field in 2014.

SHANE ROBINSON - OF #21Height: 5-9 Weight: 165 B/T: R/R Age: 30 (10/30/84 in Tampa, FL)

2015 Average: .243 Streak: 0-for-last-5, BB, HBP, SB, 2 runs Series at OAK: - -First Half: .243, 3 2B, 2 3B, 12 RBI, 8 BB, 4 SB, 20 runs Home Runs (0): - -

AHit two triples 6/14 at TEX, first Twin since Alexi Casilla (2, May 1, 2011 at KC) to hit two triples in a single game...the two triples doubled his career total. ASpent five seasons with the Cardinals (2009, ’11-14) hitting .231 with 5 HR, 12 2B, 37 RBI in 268 games. A87 career games in center field, 82 games in left and 73 career games in right.

ERIC FRYER - C #26Height: 6-2 Weight: 215 B/T: R/R Age: 29 (8/26/85 in Columbus, OH)

2015 Average: .500 Streak: 2g, .500 (3-6), 2B, 2 RBI Series at OAK: - -First Half: .500, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 2 runs Home Runs (0): - -

AContract selected 7/8...went 2-for-3 with a 2B, 2 RBI that same day vs. BAL. AHit .299 (49-for-164) with six doubles, a home run and 16 RBI in 51 games for Triple-A Rochester this season. AHas a career major league average of .258 (32-for-124) with six doubles, two home runs and 11 RBI in 52 games with PIT (2011-12) and MIN (2013-15).

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................................................................. BATTING PITCHINGMONTH AVG R R/G H HR W-L IP H BB K ERAAPRIL .243 86 3.9 182 12 10-12 194.0 202 60 116 4.36MAY .269 139 5.1 244 27 20-7 244.1 264 57 165 3.57JUNE .240 103 3.7 220 25 11-17 244.0 261 68 169 3.98JULY .268 60 4.6 116 14 9-4 116.1 100 31 89 2.55AUGUST - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -SEPT/OCT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

TWINS MONTHLY BREAKDOWN

PITCHING BREAKDOWNW L S ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO

Starters 36 27 3.82 535.2 568 238 225 60 136 358Relievers 14 13 30 3.97 266.0 259 122 109 28 80 181TOTALS 50 40 30 3.75 801.2 827 360 334 88 216 539

TWINS/OPPONENTS SCORING BY INNINGS1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X-TRA TOTAL

TWINS 50 50 54 49 36 53 36 24 30 6 388 OPPONENTS 41 38 52 50 36 34 34 48 22 5 360

HOME RUNS BY POSITIONC 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH PH TOTAL4 8 20 12 2 7 3 14 8 0 78

RECORD WHEN…

Runs Scoring Allowing0 0 - 6 8 - 01 1 - 8 7 - 12 5 - 13 13 - 53 7 - 4 9 - 64 5 - 4 4 - 55 5 - 2 7 - 36 7 - 0 1 - 67 5 - 3 1 - 3 8 9 - 0 0 - 29 2 - 0 0 - 110+ 4 - 0 0 - 8

Totals 50 - 40 50 - 40

DATE PLAYER/MANAGER/COACH UMPIRE REASON6/10 vs. KC Torii Hunter Mark Ripperger Arguing balls and strikes6/10 vs. KC Paul Molitor Mark Ripperger Arguing balls and strikes

TWINS EJECTIONS

MULTI-HOMER GAME• Dozier, 5/24 at CWS• Hunter, 6/27 at MIL

BACK-TO-BACK• Dozier/Mauer, 7/8 vs. BAL

GRAND SLAM• Plouffe, 5/3 vs. CWS• Plouffe, 7/17 at OAK

WALK-OFF• Plouffe, 4/17 vs. CLE (11th inn.)• Vargas, 6/18 vs. STL (9th inn.)• Dozier, 7/6 vs. BAL (10th inn.)• Dozier, 7/10 vs. BAL (9th inn.)

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TWINS HOME RUN DATA

Hicks .................6 Hunter .................2Escobar .............4 Nunez ..................1Rosario ..............4 Schafer ...............1Robinson ...........3 Total .................23Buxton ...............2

TWINS OUTFIELD ASSISTS

TWINS BATTING INFO

SEASON-HIGHS GW BUNTPLAYER H HR RBI RBI HITS SEASON-HIGH HIT-STREAKDozier 4 2 4 (3x) 9 2 10, 5/8-19Escobar 4 1 (4x) 5 2 - 4, 6/4-8Fryer 2 - 2 - 1 2, 7/8-presentHicks 2 (8x) 1 (3x) 2 (2x) 1 2 5. 7/5-9Hunter 4 2 4 6 1 10, 5/20-6/2Mauer 4 1 (6x) 3 (5x) 6 2 8, 7/4-11Nunez 3 1 (2x) 2 (3x) 3 1 5, 4/8-26Plouffe 3 (4x) 1 (12x) 5 6 1 6, 4/17-24Robinson 3 - 2 (2x) - - 6, 4/16-26Rosario 3 1 (4x) 2 (4x) 3 - 8, 5/24-6/3Sano 2 (4x) 1 (2x) 3 - - 7, 7/2-8Santana 3 (3x) - 2 (5x) 1 4 6, 5/12-17Suzuki 3 (3x) 1 (3x) 2 (3x) 5 - 6, 6/14-20Others 5 1 TOTALS 47 15

C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Dozier 89 70 11 8 Escobar 1 17 4 27 6 2 6 21 13 13 Fryer 2 2 Hicks 39 11 19 9Hunter 68 11 50 3 14 13 Mauer 75 11 7 77 Nunez 13 2 2 11 2 7 9 7 2 1Plouffe 4 82 9 56 10 11 Robinson 15 14 1 6 7 8 9Rosario 32 3 17 9 1 14 16 8 4 Sano 1 11 7 2 3 Santana 59 3 1 18 1 2 43Suzuki 69 3 2 18 17 12 18 Others 19 11 1 1 14 31 4 29 2 3 20 13 31 22 28

STARTS BY POSITION STARTS BY BATTING ORDER

2015 DISABLED LIST LOG Player Injury Date On Retro Date Off Games Missed Ricky Nolasco ............Right Elbow Infl. ...............4/11 ......... 4/9 ........... 5/2 ..............................21 Brian Duensing .........Right Intercostal Strain ....4/17 .......................... 5/2 ..............................14 Casey Fien .................Right Shoulder Strain .......4/30 ......................... 5/29 .............................25 Tim Stauffer ..............Right Intercostal Strain .....5/1 ......... 4/30 ......... 4/22 .............................19 Oswaldo Arcia ...........Right Hip Flexor Strain .......5/4 ........................... 6/3 ..............................26 Eduardo Nunez .......... Left Oblique Strain .............5/5 ......... 4/30 ......... 5/19 .............................17 Jordan Schafer ..........Right MCL Sprain ..............5/16 ........ 5/11 ......... 6/18 .............................34 Ricky Nolasco# ........Right Ankle Impingement ..6/4 .......... 6/1 ...............................................41 Aaron Hicks ...............Right Forearm Strain ........6/14 ........ 6/13 .......... 7/3 ..............................19 Byron Buxton ............ Left Thumb Sprain ............6/26 ........ 6/25 ..............................................18 Ryan Pressly ............Right Lat Strain .................7/6 .......... 7/5 .................................................9

BOLD indicates currently on DL # - transferred to 60-day DL July 8

TWINS BULLPEN VS. Oakland Athletics

2015 CAREERPITCHER W L S ERA IP H ER W L S ERA IP H ERBoyer 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 1.2 2 0 0 - 1 - 0 2.45 3.2 5 1Duensing 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 2.1 4 0 3 - 1 - 0 3.86 37.1 43 16Fien 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 8.2 4 0Graham 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 2.0 0 0May 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 2 - 0 7.04 7.2 8 6O’Rourke 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0Perkins 0 - 0 - 2 3.86 2.1 2 1 1 - 1 - 3 5.52 14.2 13 9Others 0 - 0 - 0 2.84 6.1 4 2TEAM 0 - 0 - 2 1.84 14.2 12 3

TWINS HITTERS VS. Oakland Athletics

2015 CAREERPLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI AVG. AB H HR RBIDozier .222 18 4 1 4 .213 89 19 5 15Escobar .500 14 7 1 7 .341 41 14 1 8Fryer … 0 0 0 0 .222 9 2 1 1Hicks .000 3 0 0 0 .154 13 2 0 1Hunter .273 22 6 1 4 .259 626 162 28 91Mauer .188 16 3 0 1 .309 259 80 2 22Nunez … 0 0 0 0 .263 57 15 0 7Plouffe .278 18 5 1 6 .192 120 23 3 19Robinson .125 8 1 0 1 .100 10 1 0 1Rosario .364 11 4 1 3 .364 11 4 1 3Sano .000 3 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0Santana .235 17 4 0 1 .286 35 10 0 1Suzuki .067 15 1 0 0 .143 35 5 0 3Others .381 21 8 1 5TEAM .259 166 43 6 32

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TEAM BATTING:Most At-Bats, Game............................................................................47, 5/20 vs. PIT (13 inn.)Most Runs, Game............................................................................... 13, 3x, last 6/22 vs. CWSMost Runs, Inning................................................................7, 3x, last 9th inning 7/10 vs. DETMost Hits, Game ...............................................................................................19, 5/3 vs. CWSMost Hits, Inning ............................................................................ 8, 2nd inning 5/25 vs. BOSConsecutive Hits ...................................................................5, 3x, last 9th inning 6/13 at TEXConsecutive Batters Reached Base ................................................8, 3rd inning, 5/3 vs. CWSFewest Hits, Game.................................................................................................1, 6/9 vs. KCMost Doubles, Game........................................................................................... 7, 6/13 at TEXMost Triples, Game ............................................................................................. 4, 6/14 at TEXMost Home Runs, Game ...................................................................................4, 6/22 vs. CWSGrand Slams ...................................................................................1, last, Plouffe 7/17 at OAKMost Total Bases, Game .................................................................................30, 6/22 vs. CWSMost Extra Base Hits, Game ............................................................................... 9, 6/14 at TEXMost RBI, Game ................................................................................. 13, 2x, last 6/22 vs. CWSMost Walks ........................................................................................................ 9, 4/10 at CWSMost Strikeouts ................................................................................................ 16, 5/10 at CLEMost Stolen Bases, Game, Twins ....................................................................2, multiple timesMost Stolen Bases, Game, Opponent .....................................................4, 2x, last 6/13 at TEXMost Caught Stealing, Game .................................................................. 2, 4x, last 7/8 vs. BALMost Ground Into Doubleplay, Game...................................................................3, 6/30 at CINLeft On Base, Twins ......................................................................................... 13, 4/10 at CWSLeft On Base, Twins in Extra Innings ..................................................12, 4/26 at SEA (11 inn.)Consecutive Scoreless Innings..................................................................................24, 4/6-9

INDIVIDUAL BATTING:Most At-Bats, Game........................................................................................6, multiple timesMost Runs, Game.........................................................................3, 6x, last Mauer, 7/7 vs. BALMost Runs, Inning...........................................................................................1, multiple timesMost Hits, Game .............................................................................4, 5x, last Mauer, 7/4 at KCMost Hits, Inning ....................... 2, 3x, last Escobar & Nunez, both in 2nd inning 5/25 vs. BOSMost Doubles, Game.......................................................................................2, multiple timesMost Triples, Game .............................................................................2, Robinson, 6/14 at TEXMost Home Runs, Game .............................................................2, 2x, last Hunter, 6/27 at MILGrand Slams ................................................1, 2x, Plouffe, 5/3 vs. CWS & Plouffe, 7/17 at OAKMost Total Bases, Game ....................................................................... 10, Hunter, 6/27 at MILMost Extra Base Hits, Game ........................................................3, 2x, last Hunter 6/27 at MILMost RBI, Game ........................................................................5, 2x, last Escobar, 5/6 vs. OAKMost Walks, Game ....................................................................3, 3x, last Mauer, 6/20 vs. CHCMost Strikeouts, Game ............................................................4, 2x, last Buxton, 6/24 vs. CWSLongest Hitting-Streak .................................................................10, 2x, last Hunter, 5/20-6/2 Consecutive Hits .................................................................... 4, 2x, last Vargas, 6/22 vs. CWSConsecutive Hitless At-Bats.....................................................................21, Schafer, 4/12-24Most Stolen Bases, Game.........................................................................2, Dozier, 7/8 vs. BALMost Caught Stealing, Game ..........................................................................1, multiple timesMost Ground Into Doubleplay, Game..............................................................2, multiple times

TEAM PITCHING:Most Runs Allowed ........................................................................................... 13, 5/14 at DETMost Runs, Inning................................................................6, 4x, last first inning, 6/26 at MILMost Hits Allowed ............................................................................................. 20, 5/14 at DETMost Hits Allowed, Inning ..................................................................6, 1st inning, 6/26 at MILConsecutive Hits Allowed ................................................................5, 1st inning, 4/12 at CWSMost Home Runs Allowed, Game ............................................................4, 2x, last 5/14 at DET

TEAM PITCHING (cont.):Most Strikeouts .................................................................................. 11, 6x, last 7/10 vs. DETMost Walks ........................................................................................................... 7, 4/8 at DETFewest Hits Allowed .......................................................................................2, 6/3 at BOS (2)Pitchers Used .......................................................................................8, 5/20 vs. PIT (13 inn.)Consecutive Batters Retired.................................................. 19, 3rd-9th inning 6/3 at BOS-2Scoreless Innings Streak .............................................................16, 3rd inning, 7/12-presentWild Pitches .............................................................................................2, 5x, last 7/1 at CINMost Innings, Game, Relievers ......................................................................8.0, 5/31 vs. TORMost Hits, Game, Relievers ...............................................................................11, 4/17 vs. TBMost Runs, Game, Relievers .................................................................. 8, 2x, last 5/17 vs. TBMost Home Runs, Game, Relievers ...................................................................4, 4/29 vs. DETMost Walks, Game, Relievers................................................................... 4, 3x, last 6/6 at MILMost Strikeouts, Game, Relievers...................................................... 8, 4/17 vs. CLE (11 inn.)

INDIVIDUAL PITCHING:Most Innings, Game, Starter ...................................................8.0, 9x, last Santana, 7/5 at KCMost Innings, Game, Reliever .............................................3.0, 6x, last Graham, 7/10 vs. DETMost Hits, Starter .................................................................... 11, 2x, last Pelfrey, 6/13 at TEXMost Hits, Reliever ...............................................................................6, Graham, 5/14 at DETMost Runs, Starter .....................................................................8, 2x, last Pelfrey, 6/29 at CINMost Runs, Reliever .............................................................................5, Graham, 5/14 at DETMost Home Runs, Starter ......................................................3, 2x, last Santana, 7/10 vs. DETMost Home Runs, Reliever .............................................................2, 4x, last Fien, 7/8 vs. BALMost Walks, Starter................................................................................. 5, Gibson, 4/9 at DETMost Walks, Reliever..................................................................3, 2x, last Pressly, 6/6 vs. MILMost Strikeouts, Starter.............................................................9, 4x, last Gibson, 6/5 vs. MILMost Strikeouts, Reliever.......................................................4, 2x, last Graham, 7/10 vs. DETWin-Streak ...................................................................................................5, Nolasco, 5/2-25Losing-Streak .................................................................................4, 3x, last Pelfrey, 6/13-7/9 Low-Hit Complete Game....................................................................... 6, Hughes, 4/24 at SEAMost Consecutive Scoreless Innings ..........................................20, Gibson 4/26 (5th) to 5/12Most Consecutive Batters Retired ..................................18, Hughes, 6/19 (4th) to 6/24 (2nd)Wild Pitches .....................................................................................2, 2x, last May, 7/1 at CIN

TEAM & INDIVIDUAL FIELDING:Errors, Game, Team ...............................................................................3, 2x, last 6/10 vs. KCErrors, Game, Individual .................................................... 2, 3x, last Herrmann, 5/30 vs. TORErrors, Consecutive Games, Team .................................................................. 3, 3x, last 6/4-6Errors, Consecutive Games Without, Team ..........................................................10, 7/2-7/12Doubleplays, Game, Team ......................................................................4, 3x, last 6/13 at TEXOpponents Doubleplays, Game, Team ..................................................3, 2x, last 6/20 vs. CHC

TEAM MISCELLANEOUS:Longest Winning Streak .............................................................................. 5, 2x, last 5/22-27Longest Losing Streak................................................................................................5, 6/8-13 Longest Game, Innings................................................................................... 13.0, 5/20 at PITLongest Game, Time (9 Innings) ....................................................................3:34, 6/29 at CINLongest Game, Time (Extra Innings) ................................................3:56, 5/20 at PIT (13 inn.)Longest Delay .................................................................................................. 3:36, 4/9 at DETFastest Game, Time ....................................................................................... 2:03, 4/24 at SEALargest Margin, Victory..........................................................................13, 5/6 vs. OAK (13-0)Largest Margin, Loss .............................................................................12, 5/14 at DET (1-13)Largest Come From Behind Victory ................................6, trailing 0-6, win 8-6, 7/10 vs. DETLargest Home Attendance.......................................................................40,273, 6/21 vs. CHCHome Sellouts ...........................................................................................4, last 6/21 vs. CHCTimes Shut Out ..........................................................................................6, last 6/21 vs. CHC

LAST TIME IT HAPPENEDFOR THE TWINS

HITTING:Hit for the Cycle: Cuddyer, 5/22/09 vs. MILGrand Slam: Plouffe, 7/17/15 at OAK (2 as a team in 2015)Inside-the-Park Home Run: Suzuki, 5/20/14 at SD (1 as a team in 2014)Pinch-Hit Home Run: Arcia, 5/22/13 at ATL (1 as a team in 2013)Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: LeCroy (9th inning), 5/19/04 at TORFive-Hit Game: Escobar, 8/22/14 vs. DET (2 as a team in 2014)Six-Hit Game: Puckett, 5/23/91 vs. TEX (2 all-time, both Puckett)Two Hits, One Inning: Escobar/Nunez, 2nd inning, 5/25/15 vs. BOS (3 as a team in 2015)Two Home Runs, One Inning: Cuddyer, 8/23/09 at KCTwo-Home Run Game: Hunter, 6/27 at MIL (2 as a team in 2015)Three-Home Run Game: Morneau, 7/6/07 at CWS-2 (4 all-time)Back-to-Back Home Runs: Dozier/Mauer, 7/8/15 vs. BAL (1 as a team in 2015)3 Consecutive Home Runs: Parmelee/Arcia/Fryer, 8/3/14 at CWS (1 as a team in 2014)Three Home Runs, One Inning: Parmelee/Arcia/Fryer, 8/3/14 (1 as team in 2014)Four Home Runs, One Inning: Mack/Puckett/Hrbek/Bush, 5/2/92 at NYY

PITCHING (complete games only for low-hit games):No-Hitter: Liriano, 5/3/11 at CWS (6 all-time)One-Hitter: Baker, 8/31/07 vs. KC (13 all-time)Two-Hitter: Albers, 8/12/13 vs. CLE (41 all-time)10+ Innings Pitched: Radke (10.0 innings), 9/21/97 vs. MIL10+ Strikeouts: May, 9/14/14 at CWS (10 K)Complete Game Shutout: Albers, 8/12/13 vs. CLE Back-to-Back Complete Game Victories: Mays/Silva, 5/19-20/05 vs. TOR/vs. MILBack-to-Back Shutouts: 6/2/13 vs. SEA - 6/4/13 at KC

MISCELLANEOUS:Triple Play: Castillo/Morneau/Batista, 5/27/06 vs. SEA (Johjima hitting)Position Player Pitching: J. Carroll, 8/5/13 at KCThree-or-more Steals, One Game: D. Mastroianni (3), 7/5/12 at DETSteal of Home: C. Thomas, 8/2/13 vs. HOU Pure Steal of Home: R. Becker, 9/27/97 at CLEHome Run in First ML At-Bat: E. Rosario, 5/6/15 vs. OAK (1st PA, 1st pitch)Leadoff Home Run: B. Dozier, 7/17/15 at OAK (5 as team in 2015, all Dozier)

AGAINST THE TWINSHITTING:Hit for the Cycle: Beltre, 8/24/12 at TEXGrand Slam: Fowler, 6/21/15 vs. CHC off Tonkin (2 allowed in 2015)Inside-the-Park Home Run: J. McCann, 4/29/15 vs. DETPinch-Hit Home Run: Murphy, 5/9/15 at CLEPinch-Hit Grand Slam: Bartlett, 8/5/10 at TBFive-Hit Game: Blackmon, 7/12/14 at COLSix-Hit Game: Segura, 5/28/13 at MILTwo Hits, One Inning: Ishikawa, 5/20/12 at MILTwo Home Runs, One Inning: Nilsson, 5/17/96 vs. MILTwo-Home Run Game: Rizzo, 6/19/15 vs. CHC (4 allowed in 2015)Three-Home Run Game: Granderson, 4/19/12 at NYYBack-to-Back Home Runs: Machado/Davis, 7/8/15 vs. BAL3 Consecutive Home Runs: Jones/Castilla/Franco, 6/11/02 vs. ATLThree Home Runs, One Inning: Martinez/Infante/Jackson, 9/24/13 vs. DETFour Home Runs, One Inning: Everett/O’Leary/Varitek/Burkhart, 7/3/00 vs. BOS

PITCHING (complete games only for low-hit games):No-Hitter: Weaver, 5/2/12 at LAA (5 all-time)One-Hitter: Sanchez, 5/24/13 at DET (21 all-time)Two-Hitter: Halladay, 5/29/05 at TOR (49 all-time)10+ Innings Pitched: Fernandez (10.0 innings), 10/1/95 at CHC10+ Strikeouts: Sale, 6/24/15 vs. CWS (4 times in 2015)Complete Game Shutout: Arrieta, 6/21/15 vs. CHC (2 in 2015)Back-to-Back Complete Game Victories: Williams/Weaver, 5/1-2/12 at LAABack-to-Back Shutouts: 4/6-8/2015 (2 games, 0-4 and 0-11)

MISCELLANEOUS:Triple Play: Donaldson/Rosales/Carter, 8/21/12 at OAK (Plouffe hitting)Position Player Pitching: A. Romine, 8/22/14 vs. DET (1 faced in 2014)Three-or-more Steals, One Game: B. Hamilton, 6/29 at CINSteal of Home: B. Daubach, 4/27/03 at CHCPure Steal of Home: S. Green, 5/26/00 vs. TEXHome Run in First ML At-Bat: C. Richard, 7/17/00 vs. STLLeadoff Home Run: I. Kinsler, 7/9/15 vs. DET (4 allowed in 2015)

2015 TARGET FIELD WEATHER DELAYS AND POSTPONEMENTSDATE DELAYED/PPD NOTES 5/26 vs. Boston Delayed Originally scheduled game at 7:10 but was delayed due to rain all day. Rain subsided around 8 pm and game started at 8:31 (1 hour, 21 min. delay)5/29 vs. Toronto Delayed Originally scheduled game at 7:10 but was delayed due to rain throughout the day. Game started at 8:11 (1 hour, 1 minute delay).

** Target Field has experienced 20 delayed games and 11 postponed games in the park’s history (since 2010). Longest delay: 3:00. **

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DAY-BY-DAY PAGE 7 GA/ Daily TotalDate Opp. Score W/L Rcd. Pos. GB Attendance Hm Att. Date Winner/Loser/Save

APRIL (10-12) BATTING: .243 (182-FOR-749) PITCHING: 10-12-7, 4.36 (194.0 IP, 94 ER) 6----- --at DET 0-4 L 0-1 T3rd -1.0 45,030 Price/Hughes/Nathan 7------OFF DAY 0-1 T3rd -1.0 8----- --at DET 0-11 L 0-2 T4th -2.0 28,280 Sanchez/Nolasco 9----- --at DET 1-7 L 0-3 T4th -3.0 26,782 Greene/Gibson10 -----at CWS 6-0 W 1-3 4th -3.0 38,533 Milone/Noesi/Duensing11 -----at CWS 4-5 L 1-4 T4th -4.0 22,317 Duke/Boyer/Robertson 12 -----at CWS 2-6 L 1-5 5th -5.0 23,057 Sale/Hughes13 -----KC 3-12 L 1-6 5th -6.0 *40,123 40,123 1 Duffy/May14 -----OFF DAY 5th -6.015 -----KC 3-1 W 2-6 5th -5.5 21,362 61,485 2 Gibson/Volquez/Perkins16 -----KC 8-5 W 3-6 5th -5.0 17,449 78,934 3 Milone/Vargas/Perkins 17 -----CLE ^3-2 W 4-6 3rd -5.0 21,307 100,241 4 Boyer/Shaw18 -----CLE 2-4 L 4-7 5th -5.0 23,949 124,190 5 Salazar/Hughes/Allen19 -----CLE 7-2 W 5-7 3rd -5.0 17,923 142,113 6 May/House20 -----at KC 1-7 L 5-8 4th -6.0 20,393 Volquez/Gibson21 -----at KC 5-6 L 5-9 5th -6.0 20,990 Young/Fien/Davis22 -----at KC 3-0 W 6-9 4th -5.0 24,721 Pelfrey/Guthrie/Perkins23 -----OFF DAY 4th -5.5 24 -----at SEA 0-2 L 6-10 5th -6.0 25,215 Hernandez/Hughes25 -----at SEA 8-5 W 7-10 T4th -5.5 33,566 Stauffer/Paxton/Perkins26 -----at SEA ^4-2 W 8-10 T4th -4.5 35,242 Fien/Olson/Perkins27 -----DET 4-5 L 8-11 4th -5.5 18,054 160,167 7 Price/Milone/Soria28 -----DET 3-2 W 9-11 4th -5.0 18,169 178,336 8 Pelfrey/Sanchez/Perkins29 -----DET 7-10 L 9-12 4th -5.5 19,447 197,783 9 Gorzelanny/Fien/Soria30 -----CWS 12-2 W 10-12 3rd -5.0 20,736 218,519 10 May/SaleMAY (20-7) BATTING: .269 (244-FOR-906) PITCHING: 20-7-14, 3.57 (244.1 IP, 97 ER) 1------CWS 1-0 W 11-12 3rd -5.0 22,794 241,313 11 Gibson/Quintana/Perkins 2------CWS 5-3 W 12-12 3rd -4.0 30,551 271,864 12 Nolasco/Noesi/Perkins 3------CWS 13-3 W 13-12 3rd -3.5 22,423 294,287 13 Pressly/Danks 4------OAK 8-7 W 14-12 3rd -3.0 20,605 314,892 14 Hughes/Hahn/Perkins 5------OAK 1-2 L 14-13 3rd -3.5 18,135 333,027 15 Chavez/May/Clippard 6------OAK 13-0 W 15-13 3rd -2.5 18,866 351,893 16 Gibson/Kazmir 7------OAK 6-5 W 16-13 3rd -2.5 22,379 374,272 17 Nolasco/Pomeranz/Perkins 8------at CLE 9-3 W 17-13 3rd -2.0 19,102 Pelfrey/Bauer 9------at CLE 7-4 W 18-13 3rd -1.5 16,199 Hughes/Chen/Perkins10 -----at CLE 2-8 L 18-14 3rd -2.5 13,769 Salazar/May11 -----OFF DAY 3rd -2.012 -----at DET ^1-2 L 18-15 3rd -3.0 26,177 Nesbitt/Pressly13 -----at DET 6-2 W 19-15 3rd -2.0 27,163 Nolasco/Lobstein14 -----at DET 1-13 L 19-16 3rd -3.0 31,785 Sanchez/Pelfrey15 -----TB 3-2 W 20-16 3rd -3.0 24,018 398,290 18 Hughes/Odorizzi/Perkins16 -----TB 6-4 W 21-16 3rd -2.0 27,128 425,418 19 Duensing/Jepsen/Perkins17 -----TB 3-11 L 21-17 3rd -3.0 23,708 449,126 20 Archer/Gibson18 -----OFF DAY 3rd -3.019 -----at PIT 8-5 W 22-17 3rd -3.0 22,357 Nolasco/Liriano/Perkins20 -----at PIT ^4-3 W 23-17 3rd -3.0 21,718 Duensing/Bastardo/Perkins21 -----OFF DAY 3rd -3.022 -----at CWS 2-3 L 23-18 3rd -4.0 21,067 Samardzija/Thompson/Robertson23 -----at CWS 4-3 W 24-18 3rd -4.0 38,714 May/Sale/Perkins24 -----at CWS 8-1 W 25-18 2nd -3.0 30,180 Gibson/Quintana25 -----BOS 7-2 W 26-18 2nd -2.0 29,472 478,598 21 Nolasco/Kelly26 -----BOS 2-1 W 27-18 2nd -1.0 23,268 501,866 22 Pelfrey/Buchholz/Perkins27 -----BOS 6-4 W 28-18 T-1st - - 30,027 531,893 23 Hughes/Porcello/Perkins28 -----OFF DAY T-1st - -29 -----TOR 4-6 L 28-19 2nd -1.0 24,509 556,402 24 Buehrle/Perkins30 -----TOR 3-2 W 29-19 2nd -0.5 32,076 588,478 25 Pressly/Loup/Boyer31 -----TOR 6-4 W 30-19 1st +0.5 33,829 622,307 26 Pressly/Osuna/Perkins JUNE (11-17) BATTING: .240 (220-FOR-916) PITCHING: 11-17-6, 3.98 ERA (244.0 IP, 108 ER) 1------at BOS 1st +0.5 --Postponed, Inclement Weather --Scheduled makeup as DH 6/3-- 2------at BOS 0-1 L 30-20 1st +0.5 32,622 Buchholz/Pelfrey/Uehara 3------at BOS 3-6 L 30-21 T1st - - 31,704 Rodriguez/Hughes ------at BOS# 2-0 W 31-21 T1st - - 33,291 May/Porcello/Perkins 4------at BOS 8-4 W 32-21 1st +1.0 33,615 Thompson/Uehara 5------MIL 5-10 L 32-22 1st +1.0 29,398 651,705 27 Jeffress/Boyer 6------MIL 2-4 L 32-23 1st +1.0 *38,707 690,412 28 Garza/Pressly/Rodriguez 7------MIL 2-0 W 33-23 1st +1.0 31,911 722,323 29 Pelfrey/Fiers/Perkins 8------KC 1-3 L 33-24 T1st - - 22,796 745,119 30 Vargas/Hughes/Holland 9------KC 0-2 L 33-25 2nd -1.0 22,497 767,616 31 Young/May/Holland10 -----KC 2-7 L 33-26 2nd -2.0 28,434 796,050 32 Volquez/Gibson11 -----OFF DAY 2nd -2.012 -----at TEX 2-6 L 33-27 2nd -2.0 41,765 Scheppers/Thompson 13 -----at TEX 7-11 L 33-28 2nd -2.0 28,661 Lewis/Pelfrey14 -----at TEX 4-3 W 34-28 2nd -1.5 33,970 Fien/Tolleson/Perkins15 -----at STL 2-3 L 34-29 2nd -2.5 43,174 Lackey/May/Siegrist16 -----at STL 2-3 L 34-30 2nd -3.5 41,203 Wacha/Gibson/Siegrist17 -----STL 3-1 W 35-30 2nd -3.5 34,381 830,431 33 Milone/Martinez/Perkins18 -----STL 2-1 W 36-30 2nd -3.5 34,648 865,079 34 Boyer/Villanueva19 -----CUB 7-2 W 37-30 2nd -2.5 36,817 901,896 35 Hughes/Hendricks20 -----CUB ^1-4 L 37-31 2nd -3.5 *40,066 941,962 36 Motte/Boyer/Rondon21 -----CUB 0-8 L 37-32 2nd -3.5 *40,273 982,235 37 Arrieta/Gibson22 -----CWS 13-2 W 38-32 2nd -3.5 24,094 1,006,329 38 Milone/Danks23 -----CWS 2-6 L 38-33 2nd -3.5 27,349 1,033,678 39 Samardzija/Pelfrey/Petricka24 -----CWS 6-1 W 39-33 2nd -3.5 28,854 1,062,532 40 Hughes/Sale25 -----OFF DAY 2nd -3.5 26 -----at MIL 4-10 L 39-34 2nd -4.0 33,296 Lohse/May27 -----at MIL 5-2 W 40-34 2nd -4.0 39,977 Gibson/Garza/Perkins28 -----at MIL 3-5 L 40-35 2nd -5.5 38,958 Smith/Fien29 -----at CIN 7-11 L 40-36 2nd -5.5 28,904 Adcock/Pelfrey30 -----at CIN 8-5 W 41-36 2nd -4.5 28,556 Hughes/DeSclafani/PerkinsJULY (9-4) BATTING: .268 (116-FOR-433) PITCHING: 9-4-3, 2.55 ERA (116.1 IP, 33 ER) 1------at CIN 1-2 L 41-37 2nd -4.5 26,459 Cueto/May/Chapman 2------at KC 2-0 W 42-37 2nd -3.5 37,196 Gibson/Young/Perkins 3------at KC ^2-3 L 42-38 2nd -4.5 38,868 Davis/Thompson 4------at KC 5-3 W 43-38 2nd -3.5 37,917 Duensing/Blanton/Perkins 5------at KC 2-3 L 43-39 2nd -4.5 29,427 Holland/Boyer 6------BAL ^4-2 W 44-39 2nd -4.0 23,213 1,085,745 41 May/Hunter 7------BAL 8-3 W 45-39 2nd -4.5 25,091 1,110,836 42 Gibson/Gausman 8------BAL 5-3 W 46-39 2nd -4.5 29,289 1,140,125 43 Milone/Norris/Perkins 9------DET 2-4 L 46-40 2nd -5.5 29,724 1,169,849 44 Price/Pelfrey/Soria 10 -----DET 8-6 W 47-40 2nd -5.5 31,545 1,201,394 45 May/Soria11 -----DET 9-5 W 48-40 2nd -4.5 32,365 1,233,759 46 Hughes/Simon 12 -----DET 7-1 W 49-40 2nd -4.5 27,936 1,261,695 47 Gibson/Greene 13 -----ALL STAR BREAK14 -----at Great American Ball Park American League - 6, National League - 3 Price/Kershaw15 -----ALL STAR BREAK16 -----ALL STAR BREAK17 -----at OAK 5-0 W 50-40 2nd -4.0 23,462 Santana/Gray 18 -----at OAK 8:07 pm FSN/TIBN19 -----at OAK 3:05 pm FSN/TIBN20 -----OFF DAY21 -----at LAA 9:05 pm FSN/TIBN22 -----at LAA 9:05 pm FSN/TIBN23 -----at LAA 2:35 pm FSN/TIBN

GA/ Daily TotalDate Opp. Score W/L Rcd. Pos. GB Attendance Hm Att. Date Winner/Loser/Save

JULY CONTINUED24 -----NYY 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN25 -----NYY 6:10 pm FSN/TIBN26 -----NYY 1:10 pm FSN/TIBN27 -----OFF DAY28 -----PIT 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN29 -----PIT 12:10 pm TIBN30 -----SEA 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN31 -----SEA 7:10 pm FSN/TIBNAUGUST (- - -) BATTING: .--- (- -FOR- -) PITCHING: - - - - -, -.-- (-.- IP, - ER) 1------SEA 6:10 pm FSN/TIBN 2------SEA 1:10 pm FSN/TIBN 3------at TOR 12:07 pm FSN/TIBN 4------at TOR 6:07 pm FSN/TIBN 5------at TOR 6:07 pm FSN/TIBN 6------at TOR 6:07 pm FSN/TIBN 7------at CLE 6:10 pm FSN/TIBN 8------at CLE 6:10 pm FSN/TIBN 9------at CLE 12:10 pm FSN/TIBN10 -----OFF DAY11 -----TEX 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN12 -----TEX 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN13 -----TEX 12:10 pm TIBN14 -----CLE 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN15 -----CLE 6:10 pm FSN/TIBN16 -----CLE 1:10 pm FSN/TIBN17 -----at NYY 6:05 pm FSN/TIBN18 -----at NYY 6:05 pm FSN/TIBN19 -----at NYY 12:05 pm FSN/TIBN20 -----at BAL 6:05 pm FSN/TIBN21 -----at BAL 6:05 pm FSN/TIBN22 -----at BAL 6:05 pm FSN/TIBN23 -----at BAL 12:35 pm FSN/TIBN24 -----OFF DAY25 -----at TB 6:10 pm FSN/TIBN26 -----at TB 6:10 pm FSN/TIBN27 -----at TB 6:10 pm FSN/TIBN28 -----HOU 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN29 -----HOU 6:10 pm FSN/TIBN30 -----HOU 1:10 pm FSN/TIBN31 -----OFF DAYSEPT/OCT (- - -) BATTING: .--- (- -FOR- -) PITCHING: - - - - -, -.-- (-.- IP, - ER) 1------CWS 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 2------CWS 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 3------CWS 12:10 pm TIBN 4------at HOU 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 5------at HOU 6:10 pm FSN/TIBN 6------at HOU 1:10 pm FSN/TIBN 7------at KC 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 8------at KC 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 9------at KC 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN10 -----OFF DAY11 -----at CWS 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN12 -----at CWS 6:10 pm FSN/TIBN13 -----at CWS 1:10 pm FSN/TIBN14 -----DET 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN15 -----DET 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN16 -----DET 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN17 -----LAA 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN18 -----LAA 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN19 -----LAA 6:10 pm FSN/TIBN20 -----LAA 1:10 pm FSN/TIBN21 -----OFF DAY22 -----CLE 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN23 -----CLE 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN24 -----CLE 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN25 -----at DET 6:08 pm FSN/TIBN26 -----at DET 6:08 pm FSN/TIBN27 -----at DET 12:08 pm FSN/TIBN28 -----at CLE 6:10 pm FSN/TIBN29 -----at CLE 6:10 pm FSN/TIBN30 -----at CLE 6:10 pm FSN/TIBN 1 -----at CLE 6:10 pm FSN/TIBN 2 -----KC 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 3 -----KC 6:10 pm FSN/TIBN 4 -----KC 2:10 pm FSN/TIBN ALL GAME TIMES ARE LISTED AS CENTRAL * - Denotes Sellout ̂ - Denotes Extra-Innings (Twins are 4-3 in extra-innings) # - Makeup game from June 1 vs. BOS

2015 WALK-OFF VICTORIES DATE SCORE NOTES 4/17 vs. CLE 3-2 Plouffe solo home run to begin bottom of 11 off Bryan Shaw. 6/18 vs. STL 2-1 Vargas solo home run with two outs in bottom 9th off Carlos Villanueva. 7/6 vs. BAL 4-2 Dozier two-run home run with one out in bottom 10th off Tommy Hunter. 7/10 vs. DET 8-6 Dozier three-run homer with one out, capping a 7-run 9th and 6-run deficit

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2015 players (39)

Position Players: (20) Arcia, Oswaldo of*Bernier, Doug infBuxton, Byron ofDozier, Brian inf*Escobar, Eduardo inf*Fryer, Eric cHerrmann, Chris c/of*

Hicks, Aaron ofHunter, Torii of*Mauer, Joe inf*Nunez, Eduardo inf*Plouffe, Trevor inf*Polanco, Jorge infRobinson, Shane of*

Rosario, Eddie ofSano, Miguel infSantana, Danny inf*Schafer, Jordan of*Suzuki, Kurt c*Vargas, Kennys inf*

Pitchers: (19) Boyer, Blaine rhp*Duensing, Brian lhp*Fien, Casey rhp*Gibson, Kyle rhp*Graham, J.R. rhp*Hughes, Phil rhp*May, Trevor rhp

Meyer, Alex rhpMilone, Tommy lhp*Nolasco, Ricky rhp*O’Rourke, Ryan lhpPelfrey, Mike rhp*Perkins, Glen lhp*Pressly, Ryan rhp

Santana, Ervin rhpStauffer, Tim rhp*Thielbar, Caleb lhpThompson, Aaron lhp*Tonkin, Michael rhp

(* - on Opening Day 25-man Roster)


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