THE TWINS: The Twins completed their seven-game road trip with a record of 3-4, going 1-3 in Oakland and 2-1 in Houston...tonight they begin a 10-day, 11-game homestand, hosting Kansas City for four, tonight through Monday, then Cleveland for three August 19-21, and Detroit for four August 22-24...the Twins are 25-30 at home this season and have won two of their last three. MAUER POWERS TWINS: The Twins beat the Astros Wednesday afternoon by a score of 3-1, winning their 17th series this season...Kyle Gibson (11-9) was the starter and winner, allowing one run on six hits in 7.2 innings pitched...Glen Perkins earned his 30th save (34th chance) with a scoreless ninth...the offense recorded 11 hits, their eighth game this month with double-digit hit totals (12 games played)...Joe Mauer broke a 0-0 tie with a sixth inning home run, the third of his season and first since May 3...Kennys Vargas hit the game-winning two-run single in the eighth inning...Danny Santana had four hits, his third game this season with four-plus hits. MAUER STREAKING: Mauer enters tonight with a 15-game hitting streak, batting .373 (22- for-59) with seven doubles and 14 RBI during the streak...it is the longest on the Twins this season...a hit tonight would tie his career-high of 16, done August 4-24, 2008...below are the four longest streaks of his career: STREAK TO-FROM #’S DURING STREAK 16 August 4-24, 2008 .349 (22-for-63), 0 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 10 RBI, 11 BB 15 June 19-current .373 (22-for-59), 7 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 14 RBI, 5 BB 15 April 30-May 18, 2013 .443 (27-for-61), 12 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 5 RBI, 11 BB 15 August 2-18, 2009 .524 (33-for-63), 6 2B, 0 3B, 7 HR, 19 RBI, 6 BB ACTIVE STREAKS: Below are baseball’s top active hitting streaks...Mauer is one of 20 players in baseball to hit in 15 straight at some point this season...the highest in baseball was Nolan Arenado’s 28-gamer April 9-May 8, while the best in the AL was Jose Abreu’s 21-gamer July 6-August 1: PLAYER TEAM STREAK SINCE Joe Mauer Minnesota 15 June 19 Ender Inciarte Arizona 14 July 29 Starlin Castro Chicago-NL 13 August 1 David Wright New York-NL 13 August 2 20/20 VISION: Brian Dozier needs one stolen base to become the sixth player in club history to have a 20-20 season...the previous five were: Larry Hisle (28 HR/21 SB in 1977), Kirby Puckett (31 HR/20 SB in 1986), Marty Cordova (24 HR/20 SB in 1995), Corey Koskie (26 HR/27 SB in 2001), Torii Hunter (29 HR/23 SB in 2002) and Hunter again (23 HR/21 SB in 2004). • This season, no players in baseball have yet to reach the 20/20 plateau, Todd Frazier (20 HR/17 SB), Carlos Gomez (18 HR/27 SB) and Andrew McCutchen (17 HR/17 SB) are the three closest. TWINS AND ROYALS: The Twins are 6-6 against Kansas City this season, out-scoring them 51-40...they are 4-2 at Target Field, out-scoring the Royals 32-17...the Twins are 24-19 against the Royals all-time at Target Field, winning four of their last six head-to-head here. ROYALTY: Joe Mauer is hitting .334 (175-for-524) with 34 doubles, 11 home runs, 97 RBI, 74 runs scored, 81 walks and a .415 on-base percentage in 140 career games against the Royals...he has hit safely in 12 of his last 14 games against KC and reached base via hit or walk in each of his last nine. SANTANA SMOOTH: Danny Santana leads all rookies in baseball (minimum 200 plate appear- ances) in batting average .331 (78-for-236) and on-base percentage at .369. • He is hitting .389 (21-for-54) in 12 games this month, his 21 hits are tied for third most in baseball. • He has hit safely in six straight games, hitting .500 (14-for-28) during the streak...a hit would tie his season/career-high, his seven- game hit-streak came June 5-11. AUGUST RUSH: The Twins are hitting .288 (126-for-437) with 29 doubles, a .350 on-base percentage and 65 runs scored in 12 games this month...they lead baseball in batting average and rank second in on-base percentage and runs scored. PERKINS CLOSING TIME: Glen Perkins enters today fourth in the AL with 30 saves (34 opportunities)...he has 84 career saves and is within four of tying Al Worthington (88) for sixth on the Twins all-time list...Wednesday he became the sixth closer in Twins history to save 30 games in consecutive seasons: Ron Perranoski (1969-70), Jeff Reardon (1987-89), Rick Aguilera (1990-93), Eddie Guardado (2002-03), Joe Nathan (2005-09). ON THIS DAY IN TWINS HISTORY: In 2011, Jim Thome hit two home runs, giving him 599 (off Porcello) and 600 (off Schlereth) for his career, as he became the eighth player in baseball history to reach 600 career home runs. STREAKS Current Streak: .................................. 1 win Last 5 games: ........................................ 3-2 Last 10 games: ...................................... 5-5 Last 15 games: ...................................... 7-8 Last 20 games: .................................... 9-11 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 8/16 vs. Kansas City Phil Hughes (R, 12-8, 3.88) vs. Yordano Ventura (R, 9-8, 3.45) 6:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN 8/17 vs. Kansas City Tommy Milone (L, 6-3, 3.52) vs. Jeremy Guthrie (R, 8-10, 4.45) 1:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN / LMB: BOB FM 8/18 vs. Kansas City Trevor May (R, 0-1, 12.46) vs. Jason Vargas (L, 9-5, 3.27) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. TWINSPRESSBOX.COM Get the latest Twins notes, stat packs, clips, press releases, minor league reports, 2014 official team media guide as well as other team related information at: www.twinspressbox.com Find us on Twitter: @Twins and #MNTwins ROAD TRIP (3-4) Batting Average ............ .253 (62-for-245) Runs Per-Game...................3.7 (26 R/7 G) Home Runs ............................................. 6 RISP ................................ .258 (17-for-66) Fielding Errors ........................................ 6 Team ERA .................4.58 (59.0 IP, 30 ER) Starters W-L ....................................... 2-4 Starters ERA .............5.50 (37.2 IP, 23 ER) Relievers W-L-S ............................... 1-0-2 Relievers ERA .............2.95 (21.1 IP, 7 ER) Save/Opportunities ..............................2/2 RECENT TRANSACTIONS 7/23 RHP Guerrier designated for asgn. 7/24 RHP Pressly recalled from AAA RHP Pryor acquired, reports to AAA INF Morales traded to Seattle INF Polanco recalled from Single-A 7/25 RHP Darnell recalled from AAA INF Polanco optioned to AA 7/31 LHP Milone acquired via trade with OAK, in exchange for OF Fuld, Milone optioned to AAA 1B Vargas recalled from AA 8/3 OF Schafer claimed off waivers from ATL LHP Darnell optioned to AAA 8/9 RHP May recalled from AAA 1B/DH Colabello optioned to AAA 8/9 Traded RHP Correia to Dodgers in exchange for PTBNL 8/11 RHP Adams acquired via trade with KC, in exchange for OF Willingham, Adams optioned AA TWINS AT A GLANCE Record: .......................................... 54-65 Home Record:................................ 25-30 Road Record:................................. 29-35 Record in series: ........................17-18-4 Series Openers: ............................. 14-25 Series Finales:............................... 21-18 Rubber Games: ................................ 12-4 Sweeps/Swept: .................................. 3/6 March/April:................................... 12-12 May: ............................................... 13-16 June: .............................................. 12-16 July:................................................ 11-15 August:............................................... 6-6 September: .............................................. vs. American League East: ..............13-15 vs. American League Central: .........23-21 vs. American League West: .............11-19 vs. National League: ..........................7-10 Games vs. LH Starter:......................17-21 Games vs. RH Starter: .....................37-44 Twins score first: .............................37-21 Opp. scores first: .............................17-44 Come-from-behind wins: ..................... 26 Leading after 7/8 inn.:.............. 38-2/42-2 Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ............. 7-57/5-57 Tied after 7/8 inn.: ........................ 9-6/7-6 Extra-innings: ......................................4-5 1-run games: ...................................17-18 Twins out-hit opp.: ...........................31-10 Opp. out-hit Twins: ......................... 15-52 Twins/Opp. have = hits: .......................8-3 Twins get Quality Start: ...................39-13 Twins starter goes 6+ IP:................42-26 Most games over .500: .................. 2, 5/23 Most games under .500:.............. 13, 8/10 Longest winning-streak: ......... 4, 6/19-22 Longest losing-streak:........5, 2x, 6/24-28 When Twins score 4+: .....................43-26 When Twins score 3-: ......................11-39 Team-high hits: ................. 23, 8/3 at CWS Team-high runs: ................16, 8/3 at CWS Opp.-high hits: .................... 19, 6/14 at DET Opp.-high runs:................ 14, 6/8 vs. HOU Twins get 10+ hits: ..........................25-18 Walk-Off W/L: ......................................5-5 Shutouts W/L: ...................................... 7/9 Complete Games: .. 2, last 6/17 Hughes at BOS Target Field Sellouts (’14/All-Time): ....... -/152 MINNESOTA TWINS (54-65) VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS (66-54) FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2014 - 7:10 (CT) - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK Ricky Nolasco (R, 5-7, 5.90) vs. Danny Duffy (L, 7-10, 2.57) GAME 120 HOME GAME 56 UPCOMING MILESTONES PLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACH Ron Gardenhire 1052 wins Needs 88 to tie Tom Kelly (1,140) for most wins in franchise history Joe Mauer 108 home runs Needs 2 to tie Roy Smalley (110) for 12th on Twins all-time list 1257 games Needs 21 to tie Justin Morneau (1278) for 7th on Twins all-time list 300 doubles Needs 5 to tie Carew (305) for 4th on Twins list Glen Perkins 84 saves Needs 4 to tie Al Worthington (88) for sixth on Twins all-time list TWINS VS. KANSAS CITY 2014 Record: ......................................... 6-6 Current Streak:............................... 2 losses 2014 at Home: ....................................... 4-2 2014 at Kansas City: .............................. 2-4 All-Time Record: ............................ 371-336 All-Time at Home: .......................... 196-156 All-Time at Kansas City: ................. 175-180 2014 Game Logs: Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save 4/11 MIN 10-1 Gibson/Chen 4/12 MIN 7-1 Nolasco/Shields 4/13 MIN 4-3 Fien/Crow/Perkins 4/18 KC 0-5 Vargas/Nolasco 4/19 KC 4-5 Chen/Correia/Holland 4/20 KC 8-3 Hughes/Ventura 6/30 MIN 1-6 Duffy/Pino 7/1 MIN 10-2 Nolasco/Shields 7/2 MIN 0-4 Vargas/Correia 7/29 KC 2-1 Gibson/Shields/Perkins 7/30 KC 2-3 Frasor/Hughes/Holland 7/31 KC 3-6 Ventura/Thielbar/Holland 8/15 MIN 8/16 MIN 8/17 MIN 8/18 MIN 8/26 KC 8/27 KC 8/28 KC
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THE TWINS: The Twins completed their seven-game road trip with a record of 3-4, going 1-3 in Oakland and 2-1 in Houston...tonight they begin a 10-day, 11-game homestand, hosting Kansas City for four, tonight through Monday, then Cleveland for three August 19-21, and Detroit for four August 22-24...the Twins are 25-30 at home this season and have won two of their last three.
MAUER POWERS TWINS: The Twins beat the Astros Wednesday afternoon by a score of 3-1, winning their 17th series this season...Kyle Gibson (11-9) was the starter and winner, allowing one run on six hits in 7.2 innings pitched...Glen Perkins earned his 30th save (34th chance) with a scoreless ninth...the offense recorded 11 hits, their eighth game this month with double-digit hit totals (12 games played)...Joe Mauer broke a 0-0 tie with a sixth inning home run, the third of his season and first since May 3...Kennys Vargas hit the game-winning two-run single in the eighth inning...Danny Santana had four hits, his third game this season with four-plus hits.
MAUER STREAKING: Mauer enters tonight with a 15-game hitting streak, batting .373 (22-for-59) with seven doubles and 14 RBI during the streak...it is the longest on the Twins this season...a hit tonight would tie his career-high of 16, done August 4-24, 2008...below are the four longest streaks of his career:STREAK TO-FROM #’S DURING STREAK16 August 4-24, 2008 .349 (22-for-63), 0 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 10 RBI, 11 BB15 June 19-current .373 (22-for-59), 7 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 14 RBI, 5 BB15 April 30-May 18, 2013 .443 (27-for-61), 12 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 5 RBI, 11 BB15 August 2-18, 2009 .524 (33-for-63), 6 2B, 0 3B, 7 HR, 19 RBI, 6 BB
ACTIVE STREAKS: Below are baseball’s top active hitting streaks...Mauer is one of 20 players in baseball to hit in 15 straight at some point this season...the highest in baseball was Nolan Arenado’s 28-gamer April 9-May 8, while the best in the AL was Jose Abreu’s 21-gamer July 6-August 1:PLAYER TEAM STREAK SINCEJoe Mauer Minnesota 15 June 19Ender Inciarte Arizona 14 July 29Starlin Castro Chicago-NL 13 August 1David Wright New York-NL 13 August 2
20/20 VISION: Brian Dozier needs one stolen base to become the sixth player in club history to have a 20-20 season...the previous five were: Larry Hisle (28 HR/21 SB in 1977), Kirby Puckett (31 HR/20 SB in 1986), Marty Cordova (24 HR/20 SB in 1995), Corey Koskie (26 HR/27 SB in 2001), Torii Hunter (29 HR/23 SB in 2002) and Hunter again (23 HR/21 SB in 2004).
• This season, no players in baseball have yet to reach the 20/20 plateau, Todd Frazier (20 HR/17 SB), Carlos Gomez (18 HR/27 SB) and Andrew McCutchen (17 HR/17 SB) are the three closest.
TWINS AND ROYALS: The Twins are 6-6 against Kansas City this season, out-scoring them 51-40...they are 4-2 at Target Field, out-scoring the Royals 32-17...the Twins are 24-19 against the Royals all-time at Target Field, winning four of their last six head-to-head here.
ROYALTY: Joe Mauer is hitting .334 (175-for-524) with 34 doubles, 11 home runs, 97 RBI, 74 runs scored, 81 walks and a .415 on-base percentage in 140 career games against the Royals...he has hit safely in 12 of his last 14 games against KC and reached base via hit or walk in each of his last nine.
SANTANA SMOOTH: Danny Santana leads all rookies in baseball (minimum 200 plate appear-ances) in batting average .331 (78-for-236) and on-base percentage at .369.
• He is hitting .389 (21-for-54) in 12 games this month, his 21 hits are tied for third most in baseball. • He has hit safely in six straight games, hitting .500 (14-for-28) during the streak...a hit would tie his season/career-high, his seven-game hit-streak came June 5-11.
AUGUST RUSH: The Twins are hitting .288 (126-for-437) with 29 doubles, a .350 on-base percentage and 65 runs scored in 12 games this month...they lead baseball in batting average and rank second in on-base percentage and runs scored.
PERKINS CLOSING TIME: Glen Perkins enters today fourth in the AL with 30 saves (34 opportunities)...he has 84 career saves and is within four of tying Al Worthington (88) for sixth on the Twins all-time list...Wednesday he became the sixth closer in Twins history to save 30 games in consecutive seasons: Ron Perranoski (1969-70), Jeff Reardon (1987-89), Rick Aguilera (1990-93), Eddie Guardado (2002-03), Joe Nathan (2005-09).
ON THIS DAY IN TWINS HISTORY: In 2011, Jim Thome hit two home runs, giving him 599 (off Porcello) and 600 (off Schlereth) for his career, as he became the eighth player in baseball history to reach 600 career home runs.
UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULEDate Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio8/16 vs. Kansas City Phil Hughes (R, 12-8, 3.88) vs. Yordano Ventura (R, 9-8, 3.45) 6:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN8/17 vs. Kansas City Tommy Milone (L, 6-3, 3.52) vs. Jeremy Guthrie (R, 8-10, 4.45) 1:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN / LMB: BOB FM8/18 vs. Kansas City Trevor May (R, 0-1, 12.46) vs. Jason Vargas (L, 9-5, 3.27) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN
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Team ERA .................4.58 (59.0 IP, 30 ER)Starters W-L ....................................... 2-4 Starters ERA .............5.50 (37.2 IP, 23 ER)Relievers W-L-S ...............................1-0-2Relievers ERA .............2.95 (21.1 IP, 7 ER)Save/Opportunities ..............................2/2
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
7/23 RHP Guerrier designated for asgn.7/24 RHP Pressly recalled from AAA RHP Pryor acquired, reports to AAA INF Morales traded to Seattle INF Polanco recalled from Single-A7/25 RHP Darnell recalled from AAA INF Polanco optioned to AA7/31 LHP Milone acquired via trade with OAK, in exchange for OF Fuld, Milone optioned to AAA 1B Vargas recalled from AA8/3 OF Schafer claimed off waivers from ATL LHP Darnell optioned to AAA8/9 RHP May recalled from AAA 1B/DH Colabello optioned to AAA8/9 Traded RHP Correia to Dodgers in exchange for PTBNL8/11 RHP Adams acquired via trade with KC, in exchange for OF Willingham, Adams optioned AA
TWINS AT A GLANCERecord: .......................................... 54-65Home Record: ................................ 25-30Road Record: ................................. 29-35Record in series: ........................17-18-4Series Openers: ............................. 14-25 Series Finales: ............................... 21-18Rubber Games: ................................ 12-4Sweeps/Swept: .................................. 3/6March/April: ................................... 12-12May: ............................................... 13-16 June: .............................................. 12-16July: ................................................ 11-15August: ............................................... 6-6September: ..............................................vs. American League East: ..............13-15vs. American League Central: .........23-21vs. American League West: .............11-19vs. National League: ..........................7-10Games vs. LH Starter:......................17-21Games vs. RH Starter: .....................37-44Twins score first: .............................37-21Opp. scores first: .............................17-44Come-from-behind wins: ..................... 26Leading after 7/8 inn.: ..............38-2/42-2Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ............. 7-57/5-57Tied after 7/8 inn.: ........................9-6/7-6Extra-innings: ......................................4-51-run games: ...................................17-18Twins out-hit opp.: ...........................31-10Opp. out-hit Twins: ......................... 15-52 Twins/Opp. have = hits: .......................8-3Twins get Quality Start: ...................39-13Twins starter goes 6+ IP:................42-26Most games over .500: .................. 2, 5/23Most games under .500:..............13, 8/10Longest winning-streak: ......... 4, 6/19-22Longest losing-streak: ........5, 2x, 6/24-28When Twins score 4+: .....................43-26When Twins score 3-: ......................11-39Team-high hits: ................. 23, 8/3 at CWSTeam-high runs: ................16, 8/3 at CWSOpp.-high hits: .................... 19, 6/14 at DETOpp.-high runs: ................ 14, 6/8 vs. HOUTwins get 10+ hits: ..........................25-18Walk-Off W/L: ......................................5-5Shutouts W/L: ......................................7/9Complete Games: ..2, last 6/17 Hughes at BOSTarget Field Sellouts (’14/All-Time): ....... -/152
MINNESOTA TWINS (54-65) VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS (66-54)FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2014 - 7:10 (CT) - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK
Ricky Nolasco (R, 5-7, 5.90) vs. Danny Duffy (L, 7-10, 2.57)GAME 120 HOME GAME 56
UPCOMING MILESTONES
PLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACHRon Gardenhire 1052 wins Needs 88 to tie Tom Kelly (1,140) for most wins in franchise historyJoe Mauer 108 home runs Needs 2 to tie Roy Smalley (110) for 12th on Twins all-time list 1257 games Needs 21 to tie Justin Morneau (1278) for 7th on Twins all-time list 300 doubles Needs 5 to tie Carew (305) for 4th on Twins listGlen Perkins 84 saves Needs 4 to tie Al Worthington (88) for sixth on Twins all-time list
TWINS VS. KANSAS CITY2014 Record: .........................................6-6Current Streak: ...............................2 losses2014 at Home: .......................................4-22014 at Kansas City: ..............................2-4All-Time Record: ............................371-336All-Time at Home: ..........................196-156All-Time at Kansas City: .................175-180
2014 Game Logs:
Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save4/11 MIN 10-1 Gibson/Chen4/12 MIN 7-1 Nolasco/Shields4/13 MIN 4-3 Fien/Crow/Perkins4/18 KC 0-5 Vargas/Nolasco4/19 KC 4-5 Chen/Correia/Holland4/20 KC 8-3 Hughes/Ventura6/30 MIN 1-6 Duffy/Pino7/1 MIN 10-2 Nolasco/Shields7/2 MIN 0-4 Vargas/Correia7/29 KC 2-1 Gibson/Shields/Perkins7/30 KC 2-3 Frasor/Hughes/Holland7/31 KC 3-6 Ventura/Thielbar/Holland8/15 MIN8/16 MIN8/17 MIN8/18 MIN8/26 KC8/27 KC8/28 KC
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• He is making his 19th start of 2014.• He is making his 248th career appearance and 231st career start.
W L ERA GS IP ER AVG H AB HR BB SO Home: 3 3 4.28 8 48.1 23 Vs. Left: .351 74 211 8 22 30 Road: 2 4 7.32 10 55.1 45 VS. RIGHT: .310 66 213 8 6 42 Day: 2 5 8.04 9 47.0 42 TOTALS: .330 140 424 16 28 72 Night: 3 2 4.13 9 56.2 26 Grass: 4 7 5.67 16 92.0 58 None On: .332 78 235 8 12 43 Turf: 1 0 7.71 2 11.2 10 Runners On: .328 62 189 8 16 29
2014 MISC. NUMBERS
• • Signed a four-year contract with the Twins as a free agent on December 3, 2013.• Has seven seasons of at least 10 wins in his eight-year career. • Traded by the Marlins, along with cash, to the Dodgers for Angel Sanchez, Steve Ames and Josh
Wall on July 6, 2013.• Made his major league debut on April 5, 2006 at Houston with 3.0 innings of scoreless relief...
made his first start on May 17, 2006 at Atlanta and picked up his first win on May 22, 2006 vs. Chicago, allowing one run in 7.0 innings.
• Was acquired by the Marlins from the Cubs in 2005 as part of a four-player deal that sent Juan Pierre to the Cubs.
• Was originally selected by Chicago in the fourth round of the 2001 First-Year Player Draft.• Is a native of Corona, CA, native and attended Rialto High School.
CAREER NOTES
CEDAR RAPIDS: Was sent to Cedar Rapids on rehab assignment appearing in two games for the Kernels...Nolasco pitching 3.2 scoreless innings in his first outing, August 5 vs. Wisconsin, allowing only two hits with one walk and two strikeouts...his second outing, August 10, Nolasco allowed three runs on eight hits with six strikeouts in 5.2 innings pitched...he was returned from rehab assignment and reinstated from the 15-day disabled list prior to tonight's game.
SENT TO THE DL: Nolasco was placed on the 15-day disabled list July 8 with a right elbow strain retroactive to July 7 (Chris Herrmann recalled).
PREVIOUS START: He was the loser in his last start July 6 vs. New York-AL opposite Hiroki Kuroda allowing six runs on seven hits with one walk in just 2.0 innings pitched...it was his shortest start of the season and shortest since tossing 1.1 innings September 14, 2013 vs. San Francisco...Nolasco threw 42 pitches, 25 strikes.
FACING THE ROYALS: Nolasco will be facing the Royals for the fourth time in his career...he was the winner in his last start July 1 vs. Kansas City at Target Field allowing one run on eight hits with three strikeouts in 6.0 innings pitched...he is 2-1, 3.20 ERA (19.2 IP, 7 ER) with one walk and 10 strikeouts in three career starts against the Royals...he is 3-3, 5.04 ERA (64.1 IP, 36 ER) with 13 walks and 44 strikeouts in 11 career starts against the AL Central.
HOME SWEET HOME: Nolasco is making his ninth start at Target Field this season...he has tossed at least 6.0 inning in five of his eight home starts...opponents are hitting .277 with seven home runs against him at Target Field...in those eight starts, Nolasco has struckout 31 while walking just nine...the Twins are 5-3 when Ricky starts at Target Field.
NINE FOR NOLASCO: Was issued the loss in his 10th career complete game May 2 vs. Baltimore, op-posite Ubaldo Jimenez...allowed three runs on nine hits, one home run and one walk in six strikeouts over 9.0 innings...was the Twins first complete game of the season and first since Andew Albers on August 12, 2013 vs. Cleveland...Twins were unable to put up a run of support, getting shutout 3-0.• Nolasco threw 110 pitches, 80 for strikes...it was the ninth time in his career he threw at least
80 strikes in a game, and just the second time to throw 80 strikes when throwing 110 pitches or less...the other time being July 21, 2010 vs. Colorado when he tossed 109 pitches, 80 for strikes.
OPENING DAY STARTER: Nolasco made his third career Opening Day start March 31 vs. Chicago-AL and second straight Opening Day start...he started the first game of the season in 2013 for the Marlins, allowing two runs on three hits and two walks while striking out five in 6.0 innings April 1 at Washington, being issued the loss in the Marlins 2-0 defeat...his other Opening Day start came in 2009 with the Marlins when he faced the Nationals at home...in that start he allowed five runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out six and giving up one home run in 6.0 innings...the Marlins scored 12 runs behind him as he earned the win...also made an Opening Day relief appearance for the Marlins in 2008, tossing 3.0 scoreless innings.
2013 RECAP: Nolasco finished 2013, his eighth big league season, with a record of 13-11 and a 3.70 ERA in 34 games (33 starts) between the Marlins and Dodgers...he went 8-3 with a 3.52 ERA (87.0 IP, 34 ER) in 16 games (15 starts) as a Dodger...Nolasco was Miami’s Opening Day starter and made 18 starts for the Marlins on the year, going 5-8 with a 3.85 ERA (112.1 IP, 48 ER).• Was acquired by the Dodgers on July 6 in exchange for minor leaguers RHP Josh Wall, RHP Steven
Ames and RHP Angel Sanchez and an international signing bonus slot.• Won a career-high seven consecutive decisions from August 1-September 9, going 7-0 with a
1.59 ERA (51.0 IP, 9 ER) in eight starts.• Had the best month of his career in August, going 5-0 with a 1.64 ERA (38.1 IP, 7 ER) in six starts.• Made one Postseason start for LA, was dealt the loss in Game 4 at Dodger Stadium after allowing
three runs on three hits, one home run, one walk and striking out four in 4.0 innings.
WINNING RICKY: Nolasco is one of just 10 pitchers to post double-digit wins each year since 2008, joining Zack Greinke, Jered Weaver, Justin Verlander, James Shields, CC Sabathia, Tim Lincecum, Dan Haren, A.J. Burnett and Mark Buehrle...from 2008-13, Nolasco ranked among the NL leaders in wins 77 (77-62, 5th), strikeouts (966, 6th), complete games (9, T-8th), shutouts (4, T-10th) and innings pitched (1151.1, 6th) in 186 starts (5th) in that span.
DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER HR BB SO LEFT GAME NOTES PITCHES/K3/31 at CWS L 6.0 10 5 5 2 2 4 Trailing 5-2 Third career Opening Day start 93/594/6 at CLE ND 4.0 7 5 5 1 4 1 Leading 6-5 Allowed 4 walks, two came around to score 91/524/12 vs. KC W 8.0 5 1 1 0 1 4 Leading 7-1 Allowed just one hit thru first 4.0 innings 106/58 4/18 at KC L 5.2 11 5 5 1 0 3 Trailing 5-0 Third start to allow at least five runs 108/75 4/24 at TB W 6.0 10 6 6 1 2 1 Leading 9-4 Six runs allowed were most since 9/25/13 96/58 MARCH/APRIL 2-2 29.2 43 22 22 5 9 13 6.67 ERA5/2 vs. BAL L 9.0 9 3 3 1 1 6 First CG 10th career CG, 1st since 9/9/12 at WAS 110/80 5/7 at CLE ND 6.0 6 3 3 1 1 9 Trailing 3-1 Indians walked off in bottom of 9th 96/61 5/13 vs. BOS ND 6.0 6 3 3 2 1 6 Leading 6-3 'Pen allowed 3 runs, Twins walked off in 9th 102/64 5/18 vs. SEA L 5.0 6 3 3 0 3 3 Trailing 3-2 'Pen allowed 3 runs in final 4.0 innings 100/63 5/25 at SF L 4.2 9 7 7 1 1 3 Trailing 7-1 Most runs allowed since 9/14/13 vs. SF (7) 88/57 5/30 at NYY W 6.0 7 1 1 0 4 3 Leading 4-1 First win since 4/24 at TB, span of 5 starts 107/59 MAY 1-3 36.2 43 20 20 5 11 30 4.91 ERA6/4 vs. MIL W 7.0 6 4 4 1 0 7 Leading 6-4 Twins scored 2 in bottom 7th to take lead 98/62 6/9 at TOR ND 5.2 7 4 4 2 2 6 Trailing 4-2 Twins scored 2 in 9th, lost 5-4 114/71 6/15 at DET ND 5.1 9 3 3 0 2 5 Tied 3-3 Tigers would walk off in bottom 9th 103/62 6/20 vs. CWS ND 5.1 6 2 2 2 2 2 Leading 4-2 Twins walked off in bottom 9th, 5-4 104/61 6/26 at LAA L 6.0 11 6 6 0 1 6 Trailing 4-1 Fourth loss on the road, fourth day loss 107/67 JUNE 1-1 29.1 39 19 19 5 7 26 5.83 ERA 7/1 vs. KC W 6.0 8 1 1 0 0 3 Leading 10-1 First win since 6/4, first quality since 5/30 100/687/6 vs. NYY L 2.0 7 6 6 1 1 0 Trailing 6-0 Shortest appearance of the season 42/25JULY 1-1 8.0 15 7 7 1 1 3 5.07 ERA ---- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA2013 TOTALS 13-11 199.1 195 90 82 17 46 165 3.70PRE-ASG TOTALS 5-7 103.2 140 68 68 16 28 72 5.90POST-ASG TOTALS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -. - -SEASON TOTALS 5-7 103.2 140 68 68 16 28 72 5.90AL TOTALS 5-7 103.2 140 68 68 16 28 72 5.90NL TOTALS 89-75 1312.2 1385 690 638 153 306 1076 4.37CAREER TOTALS 94-82 1416.1 1525 758 706 169 334 1148 4.49
BASE RUNNERS PICK-OFFS SB-ATT GIDP NOLASCO: 168 1 9-13 10
MORE MISCELLANEOUS NUMBERS
CG’s: 1, 5/2 vs. BAL CG’s: 10, last 5/2/14 vs. BAL SHO’s: - - SHO’s: 4, last 9/9/12 at WAS Low Hit: 9, 5/2 vs. BAL Low-Hit: 2, 8/19/08 at SF Innings: 9.0, 5/2 vs. BAL Innings: 9.0, 8x, last 5/2/14 vs. BAL SO: 9, 5/7 at CLE SO: 16, 9/30/09 at ATL Walks: 4, 4/6 at CLE Walks: 5, 7/28/06 at PHI Hits: 11, 2x, last 6/26 at LAA Hits: 15, 5/29/11 at LAD Home Runs: 2, 3x, last 6/9 at TOR Home Runs: 4, 4/17/08 vs. ATL Win-Streak: 2, 5/30-6/4 Win-Streak: 7, 8/1/13-9/13/13 Loss-Streak: 3, 5/2-25 Loss-Streak: 5, 7/15/12-8/5/12
2014 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS
2014 vs. Kansas City (3 starts): 2-1, 3.20 (19.2 IP, 7 ER), 1 BB, 10 K2014 vs. Kansas City at Minnesota (2 starts): 2-0, 1.29 (14.0 IP, 2 ER), BB, 7 K2014 vs. Kansas City at Kansas City (1 start): 0-1, 7.94 (5.2 IP, 5 ER), 3KCareer vs. Kansas City (3 starts): 2-1, 3.20 (19.2 IP, 7 ER), 1 BB, 10 KCareer vs. Kansas City at Home (2 starts): 2-0, 1.29 (14.0 IP, 2 ER), BB, 7 KCareer vs. Kansas City at Kansas City (1 start): 0-1, 7.94 (5.2 IP, 5 ER), 3 K
Hughes will be making his 25th start of the 2014 season...he will be facing the Royals for the 12th time (10 starts) in his career, third time this season...Hughes was the winner in his last start August 10 at Oakland allowing one run on four hits with one walk and seven strikeouts in 7.0 innings pitched...he will be making his 13th start at Target Field this season, going 4-5 with a 5.17 ERA (69.2 IP, 40 ER), stiriking out 61 and walking just eight...he has a career record of 68-58 with a 4.43 ERA (931.1 IP, 458 ER) with 260 walks and 790 strikeouts in 206 games (156 starts).
TOMORROW'S STARTER - PHIL HUGHES, RHP
PITCHER LAST START (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) DEC. STARTS QS TEAM REC. RUN SUPP. RS AVGNolasco 7/6 vs. NYY (2.0-7-6-6-1-0-1) L 18 6 8-10 66 5.73Correia 8/6 vs. SD (6.0-5-3-3-1-3-0) ND 23 13 6-16 49 3.58Hughes 8/10 at OAK (7.0-4-1-1-1-7-0) W 24 14 15-9 72 4.30Gibson 8/13 at HOU (7.2-6-1-1-2-4-0) W 23 13 12-11 80 5.37Pelfrey 5/1 vs. LAD-1 (4.0-7-5-5-3-2-0) L 5 0 2-3 10 3.80Johnson 7/21 vs. CLE (5.0-5-2-2-3-4-0) ND 3 0 1-2 5 3.38Deduno 6/14 at DET (2.2-7-7-7-2-3-2) L 8 2 3-5 16 3.72Pino 8/12 at HOU (4.1-7-7-7-1-7-3) L 10 3 5-5 15 2.44Swarzak 7/23 vs. CLE (5.0-2-1-1-1-3-0) W 1 0 1-0 2 3.60Darnell 8/1 at CWS (4.0-5-4-4-4-4-0) ND 2 0 0-2 7 5.25May 8/9 at OAK (2.0-3-4-4-7-0-0) L 1 0 0-1 1 4.50Milone 8/11 at HOU (6.0-8-2-2-3-5-2) ND 17 11 10-7 46 4.05
TWINS STARTERS IN 2014
BULLPEN NOTES PAGE 3
Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.2 IP), K Series at HOU: - - vs. Left: .221 vs. Right: .263
ACollected first save of 2014 with a perfect 1.0 IP with 2 K 6/22 vs. CWS...has 8 career saves. AMade 300th career appearance 4/2 at CWS...had 164 apps with CIN (2007-11)...has 184 with Twins since 2012. AAppeared in 71 games for the Twins in 2013...was tied ninth in the AL among righties...led MLB relievers with nine losses. AHas tossed 174.0 innings over the past three seasons. AHas a career record of 17-16-8, 3.38 ERA (343.0 IP, 129 ER) with 129 walks, 293 strikeouts and 88 holds in 349 games.
JARED BURTON - RHP #61Height: 6-5 Weight: 225 B/T: R/R Age: 33 (6/2/81 in Westminster, SC) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 11/14/11
RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO8/8 @OAK ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 18/6 SD H 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 18/2 @CWS ND 0.1 2 1 1 0 1 08/1 @CWS ND 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 07/27 CWS W 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 07/25 CWS ND 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 17/23 CLE H 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 27/21 CLE H 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Roadtrip: 1-0-0, 0.00 (1.2 IP), BB, 2 K Series at HOU: - - vs. Left: .233 vs. Right: .244
AHas a 0.96 ERA (18.2 IP, 2 ER) over last 22 outings, since 6/10 at TOR...allowed 15 hits, two extra-base hits (2-2B), since then. AWas the loser 5/31 at NYY giving up two runs in the 8th...two runs allowed snapped a 7.0 scoreless IP streak, since 5/5. AHad a career-high 15 holds in 2013...his 73 games tied for the Twins lead (also Fien)...his six relief wins were the most among all Twins and tied fourth among AL relievers...recorded first career save May 28, 2013 vs. Milwaukee with a scoreless 14th inning. ACareer record of 14-11-1, 3.34 ERA (242.2 IP, 90 ER) in 222 relief appearances and 23-24, 4.57 ERA (346.2 IP, 176 ER) in 61 starts.
Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.1 IP), 3 K Series at HOU: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.1 IP) vs. Left: .256 vs. Right: .232
AEarned his 22nd hold of the season 8/13 at HOU...has a hold in seven of his last 10 outings...leads the Twins, and is tied second in the AL with 22 holds (Wade Davis - 25, Joba Chamberlain - 22)...converted first career save 6/11 at TOR. AAllowed five runs in 23.2 IP (1.90 ERA) at Target Field this season...walked four and struckout 19 in 25 appearances. AHad 10.60 K/9.0 IP rate (73 K, 63.0 IP) in 2013, 2nd highest among Twins relievers behind Perkins’ 11.06 K/9.0 IP (77 K, 62.2 IP). ACareer record of 12-9-1, 3.56 ERA (161.2 IP, 64 ER) with 155 strikeouts, 35 walks in 175 apps with DET (2009-10) and MIN (2012-14).
CASEY FIEN - RHP #50Height: 6-2 Weight: 205 B/T: R/R Age: 30 (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 SO8/13 @HOU H 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 08/10 @OAK H 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 18/8 @OAK ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 28/5 SD H 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 18/2 @CWS H 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 08/1 @CWS L 0.1 4 4 4 0 0 17/29 @KC H 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 17/27 CWS H 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0
Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.1 IP), BB, K Series at HOU: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.2 IP) vs. Left: .267 vs. Right: .242
ASince 5/28 at Target Field has tossed 11.2 innings with just one earned run (0.77 ERA). APosted a 1.00 ERA (9.0 IP, 1 ER) and held opponents to a .200 average in June, both lowest among all Twins pitchers in June. AInherited bases loaded a MLB-high 6 times, and allowed only 3 of the 18 to score. AHeld opponents to a .154 average (24-for-156) and .222 on-base percentage in 2013, which were second lowest in the AL behind Koji Uehara (.130 AVG, .163 OBP)...the .154 opponent average is the lowest by a Twins reliever in the team’s history. AWas signed as a minor league free agent on August 18, 2011...originally drafted by Milwaukee in the 18th round of the 2009 Draft.
CALEB THIELBAR - LHP #56Height: 6-0 Weight: 200 B/T: R/L Age: 27 (1/31/87 in Northfield, MN) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 8/18/11
The opposition has a .251 (364-for-1452) batting-average-against with 26 home runs vs. Twins relievers.
2014 BULLPEN info
Roadtrip: 0-0-2, 0.00 (3.0 IP), 3 K Series at HOU: 0-0-2, 0.00 (2.0 IP), 2 K vs. Left: .268 vs. Right: .232
AIs 6th closer in club history with back-to-back 30+ save seasons (36 in 2013)...first since Nathan did so in 5 straight (2005-09). ANamed to his second straight All-Star team in 2014...pitched a scoreless 9th to earn the save...fly out, strikeout and ground out. A30 saves are fourth most in the AL in 2014...66 saves since start of 2013 are the fourth most in the AL. AConverted 18 straight save opportunities on the road, since April 3 at CWS...since then has posted a 1.85 ERA (24.1 IP, 5 ER). AConverted 78 of his last 87 save opps (since 7/20/12)...36 saves in 40 opps in 2013 were most by a Twin since Nathan (47 in ’09). APassed Matt Guerrier with K 8/11 at HOU for 9th on Twins all-time relief K list...needs 20 to tie Juan Berenguer for eighth. AHas 84 career saves (2-2011, 16-2012, 36-2013, 30-2014) in 99 opps...84 saves are 7th on Twins all-time list, second among lefties (Guardado - 116), and eighth on the all-time franchise list (since 1901)...needs 4 to tie Al Worthington (88). ACareer record as a reliever of 13-5-84, 2.68 (298.1 IP, 89 ER) with 77 walks and 318 strikeouts in 273 appearances...was a starter for the Twins from 2008-09 when he went 18-12, 5.06 ERA (251.0 IP, 141 ER) with 121 strikeouts and 68 walks in 44 starts.
RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO8/13 @HOU S 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 18/11 @HOU S 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 18/10 @OAK ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 18/6 SD BS 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 08/5 SD S 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 08/2 @CWS S 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 17/29 @KC S 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 07/27 CWS S 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 27/26 CWS ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 07/23 CLE S 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 27/21 CLE S 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 17/20 TB ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 27/13 @COL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 17/10 @SEA S 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 07/8 @SEA S 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 15.00 (3.0 IP, 5 ER), 3 BB, 4 K Series at HOU: - - vs. Left: .281 vs. Right: .250
AAllowed three earned runs in 22.2 relief innings over his last eight appearances from 6/4 to 8/3 before giving up five runs in 3.0 IP on 8/9...pitched a career-long 4.2 innings in relief July 4...has pitched 4.0 innings in relief four times. AMade 8 straight starts 5/6-6/14 going 2-4, 6.52 ERA (38.2 IP, 28 ER) with 5 home runs, 19 walks and 23 strikeouts. AMade his first relief outing since 4/9/11 on 4/2 at CWS with 0.2 IP allowing a run in 11th for the loss. AHas a career record of 16-18, 4.21 ERA (275.2 IP, 129 ER)...has a 2.88 ERA (50.0 IP, 16 ER) with 50 strikeouts and 22 walks in 23 career relief appearances, and a 4.51 ERA (22.5.2 IP, 113 ER) with 147 strikeouts and 113 walks in 41 career starts.
SAMUEL DEDUNO - RHP #21Height: 6-3 Weight: 190 B/T: R/R Age: 31 (7/2/83 in La Romana, DR) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 11/16/11
Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (4.1 IP), 2 BB, 5 K Series at HOU: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.1 IP), K vs. Left: .133 vs. Right: .174
AEarned his first win of the season and 4th of career, 8/2 at CWS...previous win was 8/2/13 vs. HOU pitching 2.0 innings. ARecalled 7/24 (Guerrier DFA)...pitched 5.2 scoreless innings in first three appearances following recall. AWent 1-4, 2.98 ERA (60.1 IP, 20 ER) in 35 relief appearances for Triple-A Rochester this season. ASpent the entire 2013 with the Twins, going 3-3, 3.87 ERA (76.2 IP, 33 ER) in 49 relief outings...walked 27, struckout 49. A25 of his 49 appearances in 2013 were 1.1+ IP...converted to reliever for 2013 season...made 82 starts in minors 2008-12. ASelected by Twins in the Rule 5 Draft from Boston on 12/6/12...originally selected by Boston in the 11th round of the 2007 Draft.
RYAN PRESSLY - RHP #57Height: 6-3 Weight: 205 B/T: R/R Age: 25 (12/15/88 in Dallas, TX) Obtained: Selected in Rule 5 Draft from Boston, 12/6/12
Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.2 IP), BB, 2 K Series at HOU: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.2 IP) vs. Left: .263 vs. Right: .267
AMade spot start, first since 2012, with 5.0 IP allowing one run on two hits while striking out three in the win, 7/23 vs. CLE. ALeads majors with 150.0 relief innings pitched since start of 2013. AMade 10 3.0-plus IP outings in 2013 with a 1.80 ERA (35.0 IP, 7 ER)...has five in 2014 with a 2.81 ERA (16.0 IP, 5 ER). ALed all MLB relievers in innings in 2013 (96.0)...was the first Twin to lead MLB in relief innings since 1997 (Greg Swindell, 112.0). APosted an ERA of 1.91 (37.2 IP, 8 ER) with 10 walks and 28 strikeouts in 21 second-half appearances in 2013...his 1.91 ERA was the lowest ERA among AL relievers in the second-half and the fourth lowest among MLB relievers. ACareer record of 8-6-0, 3.68 (261.2 IP, 107 ER) in 139 career relief outings and 7-17, 5.66 (151.0 IP, 94 ER) in 29 career starts.
ANTHONY SWARZAK - RHP #51Height: 6-4 Weight: 209 B/T: R/R Age: 28 (9/10/85 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL) Obtained: 2nd round pick (61st overall), 2004 Draft
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 Arcia 13 2 0 0 15 2 2 2 0 6 8/12/14 @HOU 1 Foltynewicz 4 6/5/14 MIL 1 0 ab on 8/12 Dozier 18 8 0 0 26 9 2 0 0 11 8/10/14 @OAK 0 Hammel 15 …. … 0 3 ab on 8/10 Escobar 18 3 1 0 22 3 0 0 0 3 7/12/14 @COL 0 Matzek 79 …. … 0 3 ab on 7/12 Fryer 2 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 8/4/14 @CWS 0 Rienzo 12 …. … 0 0 ab on 8/4 Mauer 17 6 0 0 23 4 2 1 0 7 8/13/14 @HOU 0 Oberholtzer 1 9/1/12 @KC 3 1 ab on 8/13 Nunez 7 2 0 0 9 5 0 0 0 5 7/1/14 KC 0 Mariot 75 …. … 0 2 ab on 7/1 Parmelee 9 3 0 0 12 5 0 0 0 5 8/3/14 @CWS 0 Rienzo 20 …. … 0 0 ab on 8/4 Plouffe 16 6 1 0 23 13 2 0 0 15 8/6/14 SD 1 Despaigne 28 …. … 0 3 ab on 8/6 Santana 15 4 2 1 22 3 1 1 1 6 8/2/14 @CWS 0 Webb 45 …. … 0 0 ab on 8/2 Schafer 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6/23/13 @MIL 0 Figaro 221 4/22/12 LAD 1 2 ab on Suzuki 19 9 0 0 28 6 5 0 0 11 5/20/14 @SD 0 Vincent 210 9/10/07 @SEA 1 0 ab on 5/20 Vargas 5 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 4 8/12/14 @HOU 0 Foltynewicz 4 …. … 0 0 ab on 8/12
BRIAN DOZIER - INF #2 Height: 5-11 Weight: 190 B/T: R/R Age: 27 (5/15/87 in Tupelo, MS)
2014 Average: .238 Streak: 1g, 1-5 (.200), 2B, run Series at HOU: .167 (2-12), 2 2B, BB, 2 rRoadtrip: .160 (4-25), 3 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 5 BB, SB, 3 runs Home Runs (20): Solo (14), 2-run (3), 3-run (3)
AIs one stolen base away from first career 20/20 season...would be first 20/20 season for a Twin since Torii Hunter had 23 HR/21 SB in 2004...would be 6th player in club history to do so. ATurned 77 double plays in 2014...has 187 double plays since start of 2013, 2nd most among MLB 2Bs (Altuve - 197)...257 career double plays are eighth on the Twins all-time list by primary second baseman...needs 10 to tie Bernie Allen for seventh (267 from 1962-66).
AScored 84 of the Twins 500 runs (16.8%)...84 runs are most in the majors...16.8% of team runs scored leads the AL and is third in the majors (Pence - 17.3%; Carpenter - 17.1%)...Twins are 37-29 when he scores in a game. A84 runs scored by a Twins second baseman are most since Luis Castillo had 84 in 2006...69 runs were 3rd most pre-ASG in Twins history, (Cesar Tovar - 71 in ‘70; Rod Carew - 70 in ‘77).
AFirst career two-homer game 7/13 at Colorado...20 homers in 2014 are most among Twins. AHit 7th career leadoff homer 7/4...was his 4th of 2014, the others on 4/5 at CLE, 4/12 vs. KC, 4/17 vs. TOR...now tied for fourth on the Twins all-time leadoff homer list with Shannon Stewart.
ADrove in his first walk-off run since 8/2/13 vs. HOU in the bottom of the ninth 6/20 vs. CWS.
AHitting .248 (52-for-210) at Target Field and .230 (56-for-243) on the road...hitting .319 (22-for-69) with 3 HR, 8 2B, 9 RBI, 11 BB and 16 runs in last 17 road games.
EDUARDO ESCOBAR - INF #5 Height: 5-10 Weight: 173 B/T: S/R Age: 25 (1/5/89 in Villa de Cura, VZ)
2014 Average: .275 Streak: 1g, 1-3 (.333), 2B Series at HOU: .300 (3-10), 3 2B, BB, runRoadtrip: .300 (6-20), 5 2B, 2 BB, 2 runs Home Runs (3): Solo (3)
AHas 32 doubles in 100 games in 2014, which are tied fourth most in the American League and lead the Twins...had nine doubles in 111 games from 2011-13. AHitting .278 (27-for-97) as RHB and .274 (63-for-230) with 22 doubles as LHB...hitting 8-for-21 (.381) in his last six games from the left side of the plate...has 4 doubles and 2 walks in that span.
AThird among all Twins players with 35 extra-base hits this season (Plouffe - 41, Dozier - 44).
AHas a hit in 30 of his last 37 starts at home, batting .315 (41-for-130) with 12 2B in those 37. ASnapped career-long eight-game hit-streak 5/20...hit .419 (13-for-31) with 6 2B in those eight.
AHas already set career-highs in hits, runs, doubles, RBI and walks in 2014...tied high in HR. APlayed in 124 career games at shortstop, 68 at third and 28 at second...29 of last 30 starts are at SS...14 straight starts at 3rd 6/15-29...20 straight starts at SS 5/23-6/10.
KURT SUZUKI - C #8Height: 5-11 Weight: 205 B/T: R/R Age: 30 (10/4/83 in Wailuku, HI)
2014 Average: .301 Streak: 1g, 1-4 (.250), 2B Series at HOU: .125 (1-8), 2BRoadtrip: .200 (4-20), 2 2B, 2 RBI, run Home Runs (2): Solo (2)
ASigned a two-year contract extension thru 2016, with vesting option for 2017, on July 31. A.301 average is second highest among MLB catchers (Lucroy, .303). AJuly ranks among all Twins: 24 hits (T1st), 10 RBI (T1st), .414 OBP (2nd), 11 BB (3rd).
AWas one of two Twins (Perkins) to represent the AL at the 2014 All-Star Game at Target Field...caught the ninth inning as Perkins pitched 1.0 scoreless inning, earning the save.
AAmong AL catchers: average and doubles rank first...102 hits are 3rd, 48 RBI are 6th. AHitting .335 (53-for-158) at home, fifth best home average in AL and ninth in the MLB. ASet Twins record for RBI by a catcher in opening month of season (Butch Wynegar - 15 RBI, April ’79).
AHas five games with three RBI this season...has a team-high nine games with a season-high three hits (4/2, 4/24, 5/4, 5/13, 5/15, 6/9, 6/20, 6/22)...28 multi-hit games also leads Twins. AFirst career inside-the-park HR, 5/20 at SD...49th in Twins history, first since Mauer (7/21/07 at LAA).
ASigned as a free agent on 12/23/13...originally drafted by Oakland (2nd round 2004 Draft).
ERIC FRYER - C #26Height: 6-2 Weight: 215 B/T: R/R Age: 28 (8/26/85 in Columbus, OH)
2014 Average: .245 Streak: 1g, 1-4 (.250) Series at HOU: .250 (1-4)Roadtrip: .125 (1-8) Home Runs (1): Solo (1)
AHas a multi-hit game in three of last five games...batting .381 (8-for-21) with 2 2B, HR. AHit 2nd career home run in ninth inning 8/3 at CWS as part of back-to-back-to-back. APlayed in six games for the Twins in 2013, hitting .385 (5-for-13) with a home run, a double, four RBI, three walks and two runs scored...had a hit in five of his six games played.
ABegan the season with Triple-A Rochester...hit .252 with 7 2B, 3B, 11 RBI, 12 BB, 5 SB in 36 games.
ACareer .272 (25-for-92) average in parts of four major league seasons with Pittsburgh (2011-12) and Minnesota (2013-14).
2014 Average: .245 Streak: 0-for-last-5 Series at HOU: .000 (0-4)Roadtrip: .182 (2-11), 2B, RBI, SB Home Runs (3): 2-run (1), Solo (2)
AHitting .245 (25-for-102) with 10 RBI and 14 runs scored in last 32 games.
AMissed 14 games with a strained right hamstring 6/14-29.
AHitting .277 (23-for-83) with all three of his home runs against RHP... .206 vs. LHP. AHas at least one hit in 21 of his 34 starts this season. ARecalled by Twins 5/8...started 34 games: 8 in LF, 1 in RF, 8 at 3B, 5 as DH, 12 at SS. AAcquired by the Twins from New York-AL in exchange for LHP Miguel Sulbaran on April 7.
AHit .267 (201-for-752) with 40 2B, 7 3B, 10 HR, 76 RBI in 270 games with Yankees from 2010-13.
TREVOR PLOUFFE - INF #24Height: 6-2 Weight: 203 B/T: R/R Age: 28 (6/15/86 in West Hills, CA)
2014 Average: .246 Streak: 0-for-last-4 Series at HOU: .167 (2-12), RBI, runRoadtrip: .160 (4-25), 4 RBI, 2 runs Home Runs (8): Solo (4), 2-run (4)
AHitting .253 at home this season with 17 of his 31 doubles and 6 of his 8 home runs. ATo tie single-season high’s, needs: 6 runs (56 in 2012), 25 hits (121 in 2013), 3 extra-base hits (44 in 2012), 29 games (129 in 2013). ASet career-high with 38th BB 8/5 vs. SD...tied RBI high with 55th on 8/11 (55 in 2012).
AHit 30th and 31st doubles of the season 8/2 at CWS...31 doubles are single-season high (22 in ‘13)...31 doubles are tied 7th most in the AL...has 90 doubles since 2011 (428 games)
ATied 20th on Twins all-time single-season doubles list...needs 12 to break top 10 and 16 to tie Morneau for all-time lead (47 in 2008). ATied career-high with 4 hits 8/2 at CWS...one of six Twins with 4+hit game in 2014. ASnapped second 8-game hit-streak of the season, 5/1...hit .333 (11-33) with 7 2B, 8 RBI...previous eight-game hit-streak, to start the season, he hit .364 (12-for-33) with 3 2B and 7 RBI.
AHis 33 HR at Target Field are second most in TF history (Willingham - 34)...his 46 home runs since start of 2012 are most among active Twins.
DANNY SANTANA - INF #39Height: 5-11 Weight: 160 B/T: S/R Age: 23 (11/7/90 in Monte Plata, DR)
2014 Average: .331 Streak: 6g, 14-28 (.500), 2 2B, 2 SB, 6 runs Series at HOU: .571 (8-14), 2B, SB, 2 runsRoadtrip: .438 (14-32), 2 2B, 2 SB, 6 runs Home Runs (5): Solo (3), 2-run (2)
A.571 AVG in series at HOU was highest in series by Twins rookie since 2010 (Valencia - .615). AHas a hit in 45 of his 61 career games, reached base in 50 of 61, scored in 29 of 60. AHas 15 doubles, 3 triples, 5 HR, 27 RBI, 11 walks, 10 SB, 78 hits and 39 runs in first 61 games. ACollected 5 hits 8/3 at CWS...first Twin in 2014 with 5-hit game, and first since Mauer on 8/14/13 vs. Cleveland...had 4 RBI that game as well, one short of season-high 5 on 6/7...5 hits by a Twins tied the club record...last was Tim Teufel had 5 on 9/16/83 vs. TOR.
A11 stolen bases are 2nd among AL rookies, trailing only Seattle’s James Jones (20). AIn 44 games as the Twins leadoff hitter is hitting .309 (58-for-188) with 13 doubles, 2 triples, 4 home runs, 22 RBI, 30 runs and 10 stolen bases. ASet career mark with five RBI 6/7 vs. HOU...according to Elias, he is second Twin since 1961 to produce 5 RBI in one game with less than 6 career RBI (Koskie, 4/8/99).
ABegan 2014 with his first career stop at Triple-A with the Red Wings.
ACareer minor league stats: .273 (586-for-2149), 90 2B, 45 3B, 25 HR, 117 SB in 548 games.
CHRIS PARMELEE - OF #27Height: 6-1 Weight: 221 B/T: L/L Age: 26 (2/24/88 in Long Beach, CA)
2014 Average: .253 Streak: 1g, 1-4 (.250) Series at HOU: .250 (1-4)Roadtrip: .188 (3-16), 2B, 2 RBI, run Home Runs (6): Solo (4), 2-run (2)
AHitting .361 (13-for-36) with 4 doubles, HR, 5 RBI and 4 walks vs. lefties since June 14. AHitting .316 (18-for-57) against left-handed pitching this season... .226 vs. right-handers.
AHit in 20 of his last 28 starts (since June 24)...batting .273 (30-for-110) with 9 BB in that span. AWalked a career-high three times on July 31 at KC...has seven career multi-walk games.
A16 of his 23 career home runs have come on the road...19 of the 23 vs. righties. ASnapped his career-high 13 game hit-streak going 0-for-5 7/4 vs. NYY...hit .440 (22-for-50) with 5 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 5 runs and raised average 126 points over current streak.
ATied career-high with 3 hits 6/26 at LAA...has three games with three hits this season.
ABegan season with Triple-A Rochester...hit .305 (36-for-118) with 7 2B, 7 HR, 23 RBI in 32 games.
AHas played in 104 career games (85 starts) at first base and 129 in the outfield (109 starts).
2014 Average: .300 Streak: 3g, 4-13 (.308), HR, 3 RBI, run Series at HOU: .308 (4-13), HR, 3 RBI, runRoadtrip: .286 (8-28), HR, HBP, 4 RBI, BB, run Home Runs (2): 3-run (1), Solo (1)
AHas a hit in 10 of his 12 games...multi-hit games in 5 of the 12...reached base in 11 of the 12. AMade MLB debut 8/1 at CWS...hit his first major league HR with three-run go-ahead shot 8/5 vs. SD...was the 8th Twin in history to homer in his first home game...first since Pinto in 2013 (ELIAS). AHit .281 (100-for-356) with 17 doubles, 17 home runs, 63 RBI, 32 walks and 68 strikeouts in 97 games for Double-A New Britain this season.
AStarted in the 2014 SiriusXM Futures Game at Target Field on July 13 as the cleanup hitter and first baseman...went 1-for-4 with a double and two strikeouts in the game.
ANamed a 2014 Eastern League Midseason All-Star after batting .291 (89-for-306) with 13 doubles, 15 home runs and 58 RBI in 83 first-half games. ACareer minor league average of .288 (401-for-1392) with 93 doubles, three triples, 59 home runs, 269 RBI, 166 walks and 338 strikeouts in 381 games in parts of six seasons.
AOriginally signed by the Twins as a non-drafted free agent on February 25, 2009.
JORDAN SCHAFER - OF #1Height: 6-1 Weight: 205 B/T: L/L Age: 27 (9/4/86 in Hammond, IN)
2014 Average: .184 Streak: 0-for-last-3 Series at HOU: .143 (1-7), BB, 2 SB, runRoadtrip: .235 (4-17), 2 2B, RBI, 2 BB, 4 SB, 2 runs Home Runs (0): - -
AHas played three series with the Twins, stealing two bases in each of the series for six stolen bases in eight games since joining Minnesota 8/5. AHitting .250 (6-for-24) with 2 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB and 6 SB in eight games since joining Twins 8/5. ABegan the season with the Braves and hit .163 (13-for-80) in 63 games for Atlanta.
AHas 37 career games (17 starts) in LF...257 games (236 starts) in CF...35 games (22 starts) in RF.
AHas a career average of .223 (248-for-1114) with 93 stolen bases in parts of five seasons with Atlanta (2009, 2011, 2013-14), Houston (2011-12) and Minnesota (2014). AAcquired off waivers by the Twins from Atlanta on August 3...originally drafted by the Braves in the 3rd round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft out of Winter Haven High School (Fla.).
JOE MAUER - 1B #7Height: 6-5 Weight: 231 B/T: L/R Age: 31 (4/19/83 in St. Paul, MN)
2014 Average: .276 Streak: 15g, 22-59 (.373), 7 2B, HR, 5 BB, 14 RBI, 5 r Series at HOU: .417 (5-12), 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB, rRoadtrip: .417 (5-12), 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB, run Home Runs (3): 3-run (2), Solo (1)
AHas a hit in season-high 15 straight games, with multiple hits in six of those...also has four multi-RBI games during his 15-game hit-streak...has 15 RBI in his last 17 games. AReinstated from the disabled list prior to 8/11 game...missed 34 games, Twins went 14-20. AReached base in 21 of his last 23 games since 6/10...batting .319 with a .380 OBP in span. APassed Torii Hunter for 9th on Twins all-time games list 6/10, needs 21 to tie Morneau (1,278)...is 3rd on Twins all-time walks list.
AHas 300 career doubles...needs five to tie Rod Carew (305) for 4th on Twins all-time list. AHitting .282 (48-for-170) on the road and .269 (39-for-145) at home in 2014...22 of his 30 RBI in 2014 have been at Target Field. APlayed 124 career games at first base...four errors in 124 games at 1B for a .996 fielding %...only primary first baseman in majors without an error in 2014. ASince 2005, his .320 average is second to only Miguel Cabrera’s .325 mark among MLB players.
ACollected 1,500th hit with first inning single 8/15 at HOU...is 6th Twin to record 1,500 hits joining Puckett (2,304), Carew (2,085), Oliva (1,917), Hrbek (1,749) and Killebrew (1,713).
OSWALDO ARCIA - OF #31Height: 6-0 Weight: 220 B/T: L/R Age: 23 (5/9/91 in Anaco, Venezuela)
2014 Average: .227 Streak: 0-for-last-4 Series at HOU: .250 (2-9), 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 rRoadtrip: .267 (4-15), 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 runs Home Runs (10): Solo (7), 2-run (1), 3-run (1), GS (1)
AFirst career multi-HR game with a solo shot and 2-run shot 8/12 at HOU. ATied season-high with 3 hits, 8/3 at CWS...was also his third game of 2014 with 3+ RBI. AReached safely in 27 of last 37... .247 hitter at home compared to .214 on the road in 2014. A24 career HR...11 at home, 13 on the road...24 HR since 2013 are third most among Twins. AHit 4th HR with his first career grand slam 6/5 vs. MIL...was first GS by Twin since Colabello 9/2/13...had a HR in back-to-back games for the second time in his career, other 8/9-10/13.
ARecalled prior to game 5/26...hit .312 (24-for-77) with 7 doubles, 5 homers and 18 RBI in 22 games for the Red Wings after being optioned following reinstatement from the DL.
DATE PLAYER/MANAGER/COACH UMPIRE REASON5/11 at DET Ron Gardenhire Joe West Not awarding Twins a double play on a grounder that hit the runner (Jackson), allowing hitter (Romine) safe at first base.6/22 vs. CWS Ron Gardenhire D.J. Reyburn Balls and strikes.7/5 vs. NYY Ron Gardenhire Marty Foster Wanted balk called on Phelps pick-off attempt of Fuld at first.7/29 at KC Ron Gardenhire (71st career) Ted Barrett Gardenhire challenged Alex Gordon catch vs. trapped ball. Call was upheld as catch. (Video review)
TWINS EJECTIONS
TOTAL STANDS OVERTURNED TWINS 27 13 14OPPONENTS 19 8 11
LAST TWINS CHALLENGE: Gardenhire challenged Nunez being called out at first base on a infield ball hit to the shortstop 8/12 at HOU. Replay showed that Nunez was out and call stood.
LAST OPPONENT CHALLENGE: Porter challenged Altuve out call at first base on dribbler to third baseman Plouffe 8/13 at HOU. Call stands Altuve out a first base.
TEAM BATTING:Most At-Bats, Game........................................................................................... 50, 8/3 at CWSMost Runs, Game............................................................................................... 16, 8/3 at CWSMost Runs, Inning..............................................................................9, 8th inning, 8/3 at CWSMost Hits, Game ................................................................................................ 23, 8/3 at CWSMost Hits, Inning ................................................................................................. 9, 8/3 at CWSConsecutive Hits .................................................................. 5, 4x, last 8th inning, 8/3 at CWSConsecutive Batters Reached Base .................................................... 7, 2x, last 4/26 vs. DETFewest Hits, Game................................................................................... 3, 4x, last 8/7 at OAKMost Doubles, Game..........................................................................................6, 5/16 vs. SEAMost Triples, Game ......................................................................... 1, many, last 7/27 vs. CWSMost Home Runs, Game ...................................................3, 3x, last 8/12 (Arcia/Vargas/Arcia)Grand Slams .............................................................................................1, 6/5 vs. MIL (Arcia)Most Total Bases, Game .................................................................................... 37, 8/3 at CWSMost Extra Base Hits, Game ..............................................................................8, 5/16 vs. SEAMost RBI, Game ................................................................................................. 16, 8/3 at CWSMost Walks .................................................................................................12, 4/17 vs. TOR(2)Most Strikeouts ......................................................................................14, 3x, last 7/7 at SEAMost Stolen Bases, Game, Twins ..............................................................4, 2x, last 8/6 vs. SDMost Stolen Bases, Game, Opponent ...................................................... 3, 3x, last 7/31 at KCMost Caught Stealing, Game ................................................................ 2, 2x, last 7/23 vs. CLEMost Ground Into Doubleplay, Game.......................................................3, 4x, last 8/2 at CWSLeft On Base, Twins ........................................................................................... 15, 8/3 at CWSLeft On Base, Twins in Extra Innings ................................................................. 14, 4/2 at CWSConsecutive Scoreless Innings..................................................................................19, 8/6-8
INDIVIDUAL BATTING:Most At-Bats, Game......................................................................... 7, Willingham, 8/3 at CWSMost Runs, Game.............................................................3, 9x, last Fryer & Nunez, 8/3 at CWSMost Runs, Inning.................................................................. 2, Nunez, 8th inning, 8/3 at CWSMost Hits, Game ...................................................................................5, Santana, 8/3 at CWSMost Hits, Inning ................................................................2, Santana, 8th inning, 8/3 at CWSMost Doubles, Game...........................................................2, many, last Escobar, 8/11 at HOUMost Triples, Game ............................................................. 1, many, last Santana, 8/3 at CWSMost Home Runs, Game ..............................................................2, 2x, last Arcia, 8/12 at HOUGrand Slams .............................................................................................. 1, Arcia, 6/5 vs. MILMost Total Bases, Game ........................................................................10, Dozier, 7/13 at COLMost Extra Base Hits, Game .......................................................3, 2x, last Dozier, 7/13 at COLMost RBI, Game ...................................................................................6, Colabello, 4/3 at CWSMost Walks, Game ......................................................................3, 6x, last Plouffe, 8/3 at CWSMost Strikeouts, Game ............................................................4, 5x, last Santana, 7/19 vs. TBLongest Hitting-Streak ........................................................................15, Mauer, 6/19-currentConsecutive Hits .......................................................................................................... 3, manyConsecutive Hitless At-Bats.........................................................................31, Arcia, 6/11-22Most Stolen Bases, Game........................................................ 2, 6x, last Santana, 8/3 at CWSMost Caught Stealing, Game ........................................................................................ 1, manyMost Ground Into Doubleplay, Game......................................2, 2x, last Parmelee, 8/2 at CWS
TEAM PITCHING:Most Runs Allowed ...........................................................................................14, 6/8 vs. HOUMost Runs, Inning...................................................................................7, 2x, last 6/14 at DETMost Hits Allowed ............................................................................................. 19, 6/14 at DETMost Hits Allowed, Inning .................................................... 7, 2x, last 3rd inning, 6/14 at DET Consecutive Hits Allowed ............................................................... 5, 6th inning, 4/15 vs. TORMost Home Runs Allowed, Game ........................................................................4, 6/8 vs. HOU
TEAM PITCHING (cont.):Most Strikeouts .................................................................................................13, 7/20 vs. TBMost Walks ........................................................................................................12, 5/1 vs. LADFewest Hits Allowed ................................................................................ 3, 2x, last 6/1 at NYYPitchers Used ................................................................................................ 8, 5/1 vs. LAD (2)Consecutive Batters Retired...........................................................................16, 4/26 vs. DETScoreless Innings Streak .............................................16, 2x, last 7/7(8th inn.)-7/9 (6th inn.)Wild Pitches ........................................................................................................ 3, 4/2 at CWS Most Innings, Game, Relievers .................................................................. 7.2, 5/1 vs. LAD (2)Most Hits, Game, Relievers ............................................................................... 12, 8/1 at CWSMost Runs, Game, Relievers ....................................................................5, 3x, last 5/8 at CLEMost Home Runs, Game, Relievers ............................................................... 3, 5/1 vs. LAD (2)Most Walks, Game, Relievers........................................................................ 6, 5/1 vs. LAD (2) Most Strikeouts, Game, Relievers.......................................................... 9, 2x, last 7/20 vs. TB
INDIVIDUAL PITCHING:Most Innings, Game, Starter ..............................................................9.0, Nolasco, 5/2 vs. BALMost Innings, Game, Reliever ............................................................4.2, Deduno, 7/4 vs. NYYMost Hits, Starter .................................................................11, 5x, last Darnell, 7/26 vs. CWSMost Hits, Reliever .............................................................................6, Swarzak, 4/25 vs. DETMost Runs, Starter ...............................................................................8, Correia, 4/25 vs. DETMost Runs, Reliever ...............................................................4, 4x, last Guerrier, 7/22 vs. CLEMost Home Runs, Starter .............................................................3, 2x, last Pino, 8/12 at HOUMost Home Runs, Reliever ............................................................2, Duensing, 5/1 vs. LAD (2)Most Walks, Starter......................................................................................7, May, 8/9 at OAKMost Walks, Reliever.............................................................3, 2x, last Tonkin, 5/1 vs. LAD (2)Most Strikeouts, Starter...........................................................................9, 3x, last 8/5 vs. SDMost Strikeouts, Reliever......................................................... 4, 2x, last Deduno, 7/4 vs. NYYWin-Streak .................................................... 6, 2x, Milone (5/9-current) & Hughes (4/20-6/1)Losing-Streak ........................................................................ 6, 2x, last Pelfrey, 9/6/13-5/1/14 Low-Hit Complete Game........................................................................8, Hughes 6/18 at BOSMost Consecutive Scoreless Innings ....................................................... 22.0, Gibson, 6/2-23Most Consecutive Batters Retired ....................................................16, Hughes, 4/26 vs. DETWild Pitches .......................................................................................... 2, Deduno, 4/2 at CWS
TEAM & INDIVIDUAL FIELDING:Errors, Game, Team ...........................................................................2, many, last 8/1 at CWS Errors, Game, Individual .............................................................2, 2x, last Dozier, 6/30 vs. KCErrors, Consecutive Games, Team .............................................................. 5, 2x, last 4/23-30Errors, Consecutive Games Without, Team ...............................................................9, 7/6-18Doubleplays, Game, Team ...................................................................................5, 7/19 vs. TBOpponents Doubleplays, Game, Team ...................................................... 3, 3x, last 6/2 at MIL
TEAM MISCELLANEOUS:Longest Winning Streak ...........................................................................................4, 6/19-23Longest Losing Streak................................................................................. 5, 2x, last 6/24-28Longest Game, Innings....................................................................12, 2x, last 5/1 vs. LAD (2)Longest Game, Time (9 Innings) .................................................................... 4:01, 8/3 at CWSLongest Game, Time (Extra Innings) ........................................................ 5:11, 5/1 vs. LAD (2)Longest Delay .................................................................................................. 2:13, 4/4 at CLEFastest Game, Time ......................................................................................2:26, 5/17 vs. SEALargest Margin, Victory..................................................................................... 13, 8/3 at CWSLargest Margin, Loss ............................................................................................ 7, 5/25 at SFLargest Home Attendance..............................................................................................36,952Home Sellouts ...........................................................................................................................Times Shut Out .................................................................... 9, last 8/7 at OAK (Lester started)
LAST TIME IT HAPPENEDFOR THE TWINS
HITTING:Hit for the Cycle: Cuddyer, 5/22/09 vs. MILGrand Slam: Arcia, 6/5/14 vs. MIL off Peralta (1 as a team in 2014)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: Santana, 8/3/14 at CWS (1 as a team in 2014)Six-Hit Game: Puckett, 5/23/91 vs. TEXTwo Hits, One Inning: Santana, 8th inning, 8/3/14 at CWS (1 as a team in 2014)Two Home Runs, One Inning: Cuddyer, 8/23/09 at KCTwo-Home Run Game: Arcia, 8/12/14 at HOU (2 as a team in 2014)Three-Home Run Game: Morneau, 7/6/07 at CWS (Game 2)Back-to-Back Home Runs: Willingham/Morales, 6/24/14 at LAA (2 as a team in 2014)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 CWSOne-Hitter: Baker, 8/31/07 vs. KCTwo-Hitter: Albers, 8/12/13 vs. CLE (1 as a team in 2013)10+ Innings Pitched: Radke (10.0 innings), 9/21/97 vs. MIL10+ Strikeouts: Liriano, 7/18/12 vs. BAL (two by Liriano - 15 and 10) Complete Game Shutout: Albers, 8/12/13 vs. CLE (1 as a team in 2013) 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 (1 as a team in 2013)
MISCELLANEOUS:Triple Play: Castillo/Morneau/Batista, 5/27/06 vs. SEA (Johjima hitting)Position Player Pitching: Carroll, 8/5/13 at KCThree-or-more Steals, One Game: Mastroianni (3), 7/5/12 at DETSteal of Home: Thomas, 8/2/13 vs. HOU (1 as a team in 2013)Home run in first ML at-bat: Hughes, 4/28/10 at DETLeadoff Home Run: Santana, 7/31/14 at KC (5 as a team 2014)
AGAINST THE TWINSHITTING:Hit for the Cycle: Beltre, 8/24/12 at TEXGrand Slam: Singleton, 6/8/14 vs. HOU off Perkins (3 allowed in 2014)Inside-the-Park Home Run: Bourjos, 4/11/12 vs. LAAPinch-Hit Home Run: Betancourt, 7/22/12 at KCPinch-Hit Grand Slam: Bartlett, 8/5/10 at TBFive-Hit Game: Granderson, 4/19/12 at NYYSix-Hit Game: Segura, 5/28/13 at MIL (1 allowed in 2013)Two Hits, One Inning: Ishikawa, 5/20/12 at MILTwo Home Runs, One Inning: Nilsson, 5/17/96 vs. MILTwo-Home Run Game: Carter, 8/12/14 at HOU (4 allowed in 2014)Three-Home Run Game: Granderson, 4/19/12 at NYYBack-to-Back Home Runs: Martinez/Infante, 9/24/13 (8 allowed in 2013)3 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 LAAOne-Hitter: Sanchez, 5/24/13 at DET (1 in 2013)Two-Hitter: Halladay, 5/29/05 at TOR10+ Innings Pitched: Fernandez (10.0 innings), 10/01/95 at CHC10+ Strikeouts: Sale, 7/26/14 vs. CWS (2 in 2014)Complete Game Shutout: Lester, 8/7/14 at OAK (1 in 2014)Back-to-Back Complete Game Victories: Williams/Weaver, 5/1-2/12 at LAABack-to-Back Shutouts: 5/1-2/12 at LAA
MISCELLANEOUS:Triple Play: Donaldson/Rosales/Carter, 8/21/12 at OAK (Plouffe hitting)Position Player Pitching: Halter, 10/1/00 at DETThree-or-more Steals, One Game: Borbon (3), 8/18/09 at TEXSteal of Home: Daubach, 4/27/03 at CHCHome run in first ML at-bat: Richard, 7/17/00 vs. STLLeadoff Home Run: De Aza, 6/19/13 vs. CWS (3 allowed in 2013)
2014 TARGET FIELD WEATHER DELAYS AND POSTPONEMENTSDATE DELAYED/PPD NOTES 4/16 vs. Toronto POSTPONED Scheduled to start at 7:10 pm. Game called at 11:50 am due to inclement weather (low temps/snow). Game scheduled as split DH on April 17.4/27 vs. Detroit POSTPONED Scheduled to start at 1:10 pm. Game called at 10:30 am due to inclement weather. The game will be made up on August 23.4/29 vs. Los Angeles-NL POSTPONED Scheduled to start at 7:10 pm. Game called at 12:45 pm due to cold and rain/snow. Game scheduled as split DH on Thursday, May 1.6/6 vs. Houston DELAYED Delayed one hour and 21 minutes prior to first pitch due to rain. Originally scheduled for 7:10 pm, game started at 8:31 pm.6/19 vs. Chicago-AL DELAYED Delayed two hours and six minutes prior to first pitch due to rain. Originally scheduled for 7:10 pm, game started at 9:16 pm.
** Target Field has experienced 14 delayed games and 11 postponed games in the park’s history (since 2010). Longest delay: 3:00. **
JULY CONTINUED 18 -----TB 2- 6 L 44-51 5 -10.5 31,058 1,224,727 44 Cobb/Gibson 19 -----TB 1- 5 L 44-52 5 -10.0 36,117 1,260,844 45 Price/Hughes/McGee 20 -----TB 3- 5 L 44-53 5 -11.0 26,821 1,287,665 46 Archer/Correia/Yates 21 -----CLE 4- 3 W 45-53 5 -11.0 25,109 1,312,774 47 Fien/Shaw/Perkins 22 -----CLE 2- 8 L 45-54 5 -11.0 28,291 1,341,065 48 Salazar/Pino 23 -----CLE 3- 1 W 46-54 5 -11.0 34,608 1,375,673 49 Swarzak/Bauer/Perkins 24 -----CWS 2- 5 L 46-55 5 -12.0 32,952 1,408,625 50 Noesi/Hughes/Petricka 25 -----CWS 5- 9 L 46-56 5 -12.0 28,728 1,437,353 51 Danks/Correia 26 -----CWS 0- 7 L 46-57 5 -12.0 33,005 1,470,358 52 Sale/Darnell 27 -----CWS 4- 3 W 47-57 5 -11.0 27,818 1,498,176 53 Burton/Belisario/Perkins 28 -----OFF DAY 5 -11.0 29 -----at KC 2- 1 W 48-57 5 -10.0 30,686 Gibson/Shields/Perkins 30 -----at KC 2- 3 L 48-58 5 -11.0 20,747 Frasor/Hughes/Holland 31 -----at KC 3- 6 L 48-59 5 -11.0 24,127 Ventura/Thielbar/HollandAUGUST (6-6) Batting: .288 (126-for-437) Pitching: 6-6-4, 4.76 (104.0 IP, 55 ER) 1 -----at CWS 8-10 L 48-60 5 -12.0 28,060 Guerra/Fien/Petricka 2 -----at CWS 8- 6 W 49-60 5 -12.0 27,446 Pressly/Belisario/Perkins 3 -----at CWS 16-3 W 50-60 5 -12.0 23,471 Gibson/Guerra 4 -----OFF DAY 5 -11.5 5 -----SD 3- 1 W 51-60 5 -11.5 34,495 1,532,671 54 Hughes/Hahn/Perkins 6 -----SD^ 4- 5 L 51-61 5 -11.5 34,567 1,567,238 55 Quackenbush/Swarzak/Benoit 7 -----at OAK 0- 3 L 51-62 5 -11.5 22,108 Lester/Pino 8 -----at OAK 5- 6 L 51-63 5 -12.5 20,196 Kazmir/Gibson/Doolittle 9 -----at OAK 4- 9 L 51-64 5 -12.5 32,074 Samardzija/May 10 -----at OAK 6-1 W 52-64 5 -11.5 25,598 Hughes/Gregerson 11 -----at HOU 4-2 W 53-64 5 -11.0 15,569 Duensing/Fields/Perkins 12 -----at HOU 4-10 L 53-65 5 -11.0 17,490 McHugh/Pino 13 -----at HOU 3-1 W 54-65 5 -11.0 16,480 Gibson/Oberholzer/Perkins 14 -----OFF DAY 5 -11.5 15 -----KC 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 16 -----KC 6:10 pm FSN/TIBN 17 -----KC 1:10 pm FSN/TIBN 18 -----KC 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 19 -----CLE 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 20 -----CLE 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 21 -----CLE 12:10 pm TIBN 22 -----DET 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 23 -----DET### 12:10 pm FSN/TIBN -----DET 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 24 -----DET 1:10 pm FSN/TIBN 25 -----OFF DAY 26 -----at KC 7:10 pm FS1/TIBN 27 -----at KC 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 28 -----at KC 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 29 -----at BAL 6:05 pm FSN/TIBN 30 -----at BAL 6:05 pm FSN/TIBN 31 -----at BAL 12:35 pm FSN/TIBNSEPTEMBER (- - -) Batting: .--- (- -for- -) Pitching: - - - - -, -.-- (-.- IP, - ER) 1 -----at BAL 12:35 pm FSN/TIBN 2 -----CWS 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 3 -----CWS 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 4 -----LAA 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 5 -----LAA 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 6 -----LAA 6:10 pm FSN/TIBN 7 -----LAA 1:10 pm FSN/TIBN 8 -----OFF DAY 9 -----at CLE 6:05 pm FSN/TIBN 10 -----at CLE 6:05 pm FSN/TIBN 11 -----at CLE 11:05 am TIBN 12 -----at CWS 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 13 -----at CWS 6:10 pm FSN/TIBN 14 -----at CWS 1:10 pm FSN/TIBN 15 -----DET 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 16 -----DET 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 17 -----DET 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 18 -----OFF DAY 19 -----CLE 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 20 -----CLE 6:10 pm FSN/TIBN 21 -----CLE 1:10 pm FSN/TIBN 22 -----ARI 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 23 -----ARI 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 24 -----ARI 12:10 pm TIBN 25 -----at DET 6:08 pm FSN/TIBN 26 -----at DET 6:08 pm FSN/TIBN 27 -----at DET 6:08 pm FSN/TIBN 28 -----at DET 12:08 pm FSN/TIBNAll game times are listed as Central * - Denotes Sellout^ - Denotes Extra-Innings# - Makeup game from April 16 vs. TOR## - Makeup game from April 29 vs. LAD### - Makeup game from April 27 vs. DET*Twins are 4-5 in extra-innings*
2014 WALK-OFF VICTORIES DATE SCORE NOTES May 13 vs. Red Sox 8-6 Parmelee two-run home run with two outs in bottom 9th May 15 vs. Red Sox 4-3 (10 inn) Hicks one-run single with two outs in bottom 10th May 27 vs. Rangers 4-3 Santana reached E1 scoring Nunez with two outs in bottom 9th June 20 vs. White Sox 5-4 Dozier one-run single with two-outs in bottom 9th July 5 vs. New York-AL 2-1 (11 inn) Plouffe hits come-backer with bases loaded, Thornton gets out at home, Cervelli attempts DP at first and commits throwing error in bottom 11th
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Position Players: (24) Arcia, Oswaldo, of*Bartlett, Jason, if*Colabello, Chris, if*Dozier, Brian, if*Escobar, Eduardo, if*Florimon, Pedro, if*Fryer, Eric, cFuld, Sam, of
