minnesota twins (54-50) at toronto blue jays...

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THE TWINS: The Twins completed their nine-game homestand with a record of 3-6, going 1-2 against New York-AL, 0-2 against Pittsburgh and 2-2 against Seattle...today they begin a seven-game road trip with four at Toronto through Thursday and three at Cleveland from Friday-Sunday...the Twins have gone 20-28 on the road compared to 34-22 at home. BATS STAY COLD, TWINS LOSE FINALE: The Twins lost to the Mariners yesterday afternoon by a score of 4-1 in 11 innings...Mike Pelfrey was the starter but did not factor into the decision, tossing 8.0 shutout innings with four hits allowed, one walk and three strikeouts... the offense recorded four hits, one coming from Brian Dozier, a solo home run in the ninth inning, his 23rd this season, tying a single-season career-high. TWINS AND JAYS: The Twins are 2-1 against the Blue Jays this season, winning the second two of three May 29-31 at Target Field, each game was decided by two runs-or-less...the Twins hit .381 (8-for-21) with runners in scoring position in that series...in that three-game series, Brian Dozier went 5-for-12 (.417) with three doubles, Aaron Hicks went 3-for-8 (.375), Trevor Plouffe went 5-for-12 (.417) with a home run and three RBI and Eddie Rosario went 3-for-7 (.429). NO, CANADA: The Twins last series in Toronto came June 9-11, 2014, winning the second two of three...they are 9-22 in their last 31 games at Toronto but have won each of their last two, seeking their first three-game win streak in Rogers Centre since winning May 19, 2004-May 27-28, 2005. • Torii Hunter is hitting .400 (12-for-30) in his last six games at Rogers Centre. RISING IN THE EAST: The Twins have gone 13-6 against AL East opponents this season... one more win would already match their win total for 2014, when they went 14-18...they have gone 2-1 against Tampa Bay, 5-2 against Boston, 2-1 against Toronto, 3-0 against Baltimore and 1-2 against New York...this series marks just their second trip to an AL East city, the other being Boston June 2-4 (2-2)...they play 13 more games against this division: four at Toronto, three at New York August 17-19, four at Baltimore August 20-23 and three at Tampa Bay August 25-27. MAUER DOUBLE VISION: Joe Mauer has 329 career doubles and needs one to pass Tony Oliva and move into sole possession of second on the Twins all-time list...he has 468 career extra-base hits and needs one to tie Rod Carew for eighth on that same list: PLAYER DOUBLES PLAYER XBH 1) Kirby Puckett ................................... 414 5) Justin Morneau.................................. 526 2) Joe Mauer ....................................... 329 6) Torii Hunter ...................................... 508 Tony Oliva ........................................ 329 7) Gary Gaetti ........................................ 478 4) Kent Hrbek....................................... 312 8) Rod Carew......................................... 469 5) Rod Carew ....................................... 305 9) Joe Mauer ......................................... 468 ROCKY ROAD: The Twins have gone 20-28 on the road this season compared to 34-22 at Target Field...they have been out-scored on the road 168-212 and out-hit 361-439...they are hitting .223 (361-for-1620) with 32 home runs on the road and .274 (509-for-1858) with 58 home runs at home...pitchers have posted a 4.24 ERA (413.2 IP, 195 ER) in road games compared to 3.71 ERA (510.0 IP, 210 ER) at Target Field. BULL DOZIER: Brian Dozier hit his 23rd home run yesterday afternoon, tying a single-season career-high, done last season...he has 28 doubles and needs five to tie his career-high of 33, done in both 2013 and 2014...he needs one home run to tie Roy Smalley’s 24 in 1979 for most homers by a Twins middle infielder in club history...he enters today tied with Josh Donaldson for first in the AL in extra- base hits with 54. SANO STORM: Miguel Sano has hit safely in eight of his last nine games...he has reached base in 21 of 24 games since his recall... since July 1, he leads all AL rookies in on-base percentage (.410) and walks (18) and tied for first with Carlos Correa in times on base (41)...in 90 games between Minnesota and Double-A Chattanooga this season, he is hitting .276 (89-for-322) with 25 doubles, 19 home runs and 62 RBI. HEY, I REMEMBER YOU: Paul Molitor played three seasons for the Blue Jays from 1993-95, hitting .315 (508-for-1615) with 98 doubles, 11 triples, 51 home runs, 246 RBI, 270 runs scored and 54 stolen bases (4 caught stealing) in 405 games...he was named AL All-Star in 1993 and ’94, Silver Slugger in ’93 and AL MVP runner-up in ’93 (Frank Thomas)...he led the AL in plate appearances (725) and hits (211) in 1993 and games (115) in 1994...he hit .447 (21-for-47) in 12 games during the 1993 postseason...he hit .500 (12-for-24) with two doubles, two triples, two home runs, eight RBI and 10 runs scored in the World Series and was named MVP. THIS AND THAT: • Moves made official today: left-handed pitcher Tommy Milone was placed on the 15-day disabled list with left elbow strain, right- handed pitcher Tyler Duffey had his contract selected from Triple-A Rochester and right-handed pitcher Ryan Pressly was transferred to the 60-day disabled list. STREAKS Current Streak: ................................. 1 loss Last 5 games: ........................................ 2-3 Last 10 games: ...................................... 4-6 Last 15 games: .................................... 5-10 Last 20 games: .................................... 9-11 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 8/4 at Toronto Phil Hughes (R, 10-6, 4.11) vs. Marco Estrada (R, 8-6, 3.53) 6:07 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / BOB FM 8/5 at Toronto Tyler Duffey (R) vs. Drew Hutchison (R, 9-2, 5.42) 6:07 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / None 8/6 at Toronto Kyle Gibson (R, 8-8, 3.37) vs. Mark Buehrle (L, 11-5, 3.32) 6:07 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / None 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. HOMESTAND (3-6) Batting Average ........... .251 (79-for-315) Runs Per-Game...................4.7 (42 R/9 G) Home Runs ........................................... 11 RISP ............................... .274 (20-for-73) Fielding Errors ........................................ 7 Team ERA .................5.10 (83.0 IP, 47 ER) Starters W-L ....................................... 2-3 Starters ERA .............4.72 (55.1 IP, 29 ER) Relievers W-L-S ............................... 1-3-0 Relievers ERA ...........5.86 (27.2 IP, 18 ER) Save/Opportunities ..............................0/1 TWINS AT A GLANCE Record: ......................................... 54-50 Home Record:............................... 34-22 Road Record:................................ 20-28 Record in series: ...................... 15-16-3 Series Openers: ............................ 16-18 Series Finales:.............................. 18-16 Rubber Games: ................................. 6-8 Sweeps/Swept: ................................. 5/4 April: ............................................. 10-12 May: ................................................ 20-7 June: ............................................. 11-17 July:............................................... 12-13 August:.............................................. 1-1 September/October:.............................. vs. American League East: ............. 13-6 vs. American League Central: ...... 23-22 vs. American League West: .......... 10-10 vs. National League: ....................... 8-12 Games vs. LH Starter:................... 21-16 Games vs. RH Starter: .................. 33-34 Twins score first: .......................... 36-17 Opp. scores first: .......................... 18-33 Come-from-behind wins: .................. 20 Leading after 7/8 inn.:........... 46-3/45-1 Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ........... 3-36/2-42 Tied after 7/8 inn.: ................... 5-11/7-7 Extra-innings: ................................... 4-5 1-run games: ................................ 14-14 Twins out-hit opp.: .......................... 38-4 Opp. out-hit Twins:.......................... 9-44 Twins/Opp. have = hits: .................... 7-2 Twins get Quality Start: ................ 34-18 Twins starter goes 6+ IP:............. 38-26 Most games over .500: ......... 11, last 6/5 Most games under .500:............. 5, 4/15 Longest winning-streak: ..5, 2x, last 5/23-27 Longest losing-streak: ......... 5, last 6/8-13 When Twins score 4+: .................. 39-12 When Twins score 3-: ................... 15-38 Team-high hits:..............19, 5/3 vs. CWS Team-high runs: .. 13, 3x, last 6/22 vs. CWS Opp.-high hits: ............... 20, 5/14 at DET Opp.-high runs:..............14, 7/19 at OAK Twins get 10+ hits: ......................... 31-6 Walk-Off W/L: ................................... 5/4 Shutouts W/L: ................................... 9/7 Complete Games: ..1, Hughes, 4/24 at SEA Target Field Sellouts (’15/All-Time): ... 5/157 MINNESOTA TWINS (54-50) AT TORONTO BLUE JAYS (54-52) MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2015 - 1:07 (ET) - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK Ervin Santana (R, 2-1, 3.78) vs. David Price (L, 9-4, 2.53) GAME 105 AWAY GAME 49 UPCOMING MILESTONES PLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACH Torii Hunter ..........................208 home runs as Twin ..............Needs 3 to tie Bob Allison (211) for 5th on Twins all-time list 491 doubles ...............................Needs 9 to reach 500 for career 347 home runs ...........................Needs 3 to reach 350 for career Joe Mauer ............................329 doubles ...............................Needs 1 to pass Tony Oliva (329) and move into 2nd on Twins all-time list 733 RBI ......................................Needs 1 to pass Rod Carew (733) and move into 8th on Twins all-time list 468 extra-base hits....................Needs 1 to tie Rod Carew (469) for 8th on Twins all-time list Glen Perkins ........................383 games .................................Needs 3 to tie Juan Rincon (386) for 6th on Twins all-time list 483 strikeouts ............................Needs 17 to reach 500 for career Brian Dozier .........................489 games .................................Needs 11 to reach 500 for career Kurt Suzuki ..........................197 doubles ...............................Needs 3 to reach 200 for career RECENT TRANSACTIONS 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 7/29 IF Plouffe placed on Paternity List IF Polanco recalled from AAA 7/31 RHP Jepsen acquired via trade in exchange for RHP Hu and RHP Tapia IF Santana optioned to AAA IF Polanco optioned to AA 8/1 IF Plouffe reinstated from Paternity List 8/3 LHP Milone placed on 15-day DL RHP Duffey contract selected RHP Pressly transferred to 60-day DL TWINS VS. TORONTO 2015 Record: ......................................... 2-1 Current Streak:................................. 2 wins 2015 at Home: ....................................... 2-1 2015 at Toronto: .......................................... All-Time Record: ............................ 160-205 All-Time at Home: .............................. 89-97 All-Time at Toronto: ......................... 71-108 2015 Game Logs: Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save 5/29 MIN 4-6 Buehrle/Perkins 5/30 MIN 3-2 Pressly/Loup/Boyer 5/31 MIN 6-5 Pressly/Osuna/Perkins 8/3 TOR 8/4 TOR 8/5 TOR 8/6 TOR

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Page 1: MINNESOTA TWINS (54-50) AT TORONTO BLUE JAYS (54-52)minnesota.twins.mlb.com/documents/2/9/8/140874298/Twins... · 2015-08-13 · ARTINGST PITCHER GE A2 P • He is making his sixth

THE TWINS: The Twins completed their nine-game homestand with a record of 3-6, going 1-2 against New York-AL, 0-2 against Pittsburgh and 2-2 against Seattle...today they begin a seven-game road trip with four at Toronto through Thursday and three at Cleveland from Friday-Sunday...the Twins have gone 20-28 on the road compared to 34-22 at home.

BATS STAY COLD, TWINS LOSE FINALE: The Twins lost to the Mariners yesterday afternoon by a score of 4-1 in 11 innings...Mike Pelfrey was the starter but did not factor into the decision, tossing 8.0 shutout innings with four hits allowed, one walk and three strikeouts...the offense recorded four hits, one coming from Brian Dozier, a solo home run in the ninth inning, his 23rd this season, tying a single-season career-high.

TWINS AND JAYS: The Twins are 2-1 against the Blue Jays this season, winning the second two of three May 29-31 at Target Field, each game was decided by two runs-or-less...the Twins hit .381 (8-for-21) with runners in scoring position in that series...in that three-game series, Brian Dozier went 5-for-12 (.417) with three doubles, Aaron Hicks went 3-for-8 (.375), Trevor Plouffe went 5-for-12 (.417) with a home run and three RBI and Eddie Rosario went 3-for-7 (.429).

NO, CANADA: The Twins last series in Toronto came June 9-11, 2014, winning the second two of three...they are 9-22 in their last 31 games at Toronto but have won each of their last two, seeking their first three-game win streak in Rogers Centre since winning May 19, 2004-May 27-28, 2005.• Torii Hunter is hitting .400 (12-for-30) in his last six games at Rogers Centre.

RISING IN THE EAST: The Twins have gone 13-6 against AL East opponents this season...one more win would already match their win total for 2014, when they went 14-18...they have gone 2-1 against Tampa Bay, 5-2 against Boston, 2-1 against Toronto, 3-0 against Baltimore and 1-2 against New York...this series marks just their second trip to an AL East city, the other being Boston June 2-4 (2-2)...they play 13 more games against this division: four at Toronto, three at New York August 17-19, four at Baltimore August 20-23 and three at Tampa Bay August 25-27.

MAUER DOUBLE VISION: Joe Mauer has 329 career doubles and needs one to pass Tony Oliva and move into sole possession of second on the Twins all-time list...he has 468 career extra-base hits and needs one to tie Rod Carew for eighth on that same list:PLAYER DOUBLES PLAYER XBH1) Kirby Puckett ...................................414 5) Justin Morneau .................................. 5262) Joe Mauer .......................................329 6) Torii Hunter ...................................... 508 Tony Oliva ........................................329 7) Gary Gaetti ........................................ 4784) Kent Hrbek.......................................312 8) Rod Carew ......................................... 4695) Rod Carew .......................................305 9) Joe Mauer ......................................... 468

ROCKY ROAD: The Twins have gone 20-28 on the road this season compared to 34-22 at Target Field...they have been out-scored on the road 168-212 and out-hit 361-439...they are hitting .223 (361-for-1620) with 32 home runs on the road and .274 (509-for-1858) with 58 home runs at home...pitchers have posted a 4.24 ERA (413.2 IP, 195 ER) in road games compared to 3.71 ERA (510.0 IP, 210 ER) at Target Field.

BULL DOZIER: Brian Dozier hit his 23rd home run yesterday afternoon, tying a single-season career-high, done last season...he has 28 doubles and needs five to tie his career-high of 33, done in both 2013 and 2014...he needs one home run to tie Roy Smalley’s 24 in 1979 for most homers by a Twins middle infielder in club history...he enters today tied with Josh Donaldson for first in the AL in extra-base hits with 54.

SANO STORM: Miguel Sano has hit safely in eight of his last nine games...he has reached base in 21 of 24 games since his recall...since July 1, he leads all AL rookies in on-base percentage (.410) and walks (18) and tied for first with Carlos Correa in times on base (41)...in 90 games between Minnesota and Double-A Chattanooga this season, he is hitting .276 (89-for-322) with 25 doubles, 19 home runs and 62 RBI.

HEY, I REMEMBER YOU: Paul Molitor played three seasons for the Blue Jays from 1993-95, hitting .315 (508-for-1615) with 98 doubles, 11 triples, 51 home runs, 246 RBI, 270 runs scored and 54 stolen bases (4 caught stealing) in 405 games...he was named AL All-Star in 1993 and ’94, Silver Slugger in ’93 and AL MVP runner-up in ’93 (Frank Thomas)...he led the AL in plate appearances (725) and hits (211) in 1993 and games (115) in 1994...he hit .447 (21-for-47) in 12 games during the 1993 postseason...he hit .500 (12-for-24) with two doubles, two triples, two home runs, eight RBI and 10 runs scored in the World Series and was named MVP.

THIS AND THAT: • Moves made official today: left-handed pitcher Tommy Milone was placed on the 15-day disabled list with left elbow strain, right-

handed pitcher Tyler Duffey had his contract selected from Triple-A Rochester and right-handed pitcher Ryan Pressly was transferred to the 60-day disabled list.

STREAKSCurrent Streak: ................................. 1 lossLast 5 games: ........................................2-3 Last 10 games: ......................................4-6Last 15 games: ....................................5-10Last 20 games: ....................................9-11

UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULEDate Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio8/4 at Toronto Phil Hughes (R, 10-6, 4.11) vs. Marco Estrada (R, 8-6, 3.53) 6:07 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / BOB FM8/5 at Toronto Tyler Duffey (R) vs. Drew Hutchison (R, 9-2, 5.42) 6:07 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / None8/6 at Toronto Kyle Gibson (R, 8-8, 3.37) vs. Mark Buehrle (L, 11-5, 3.32) 6:07 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / None 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.

HOMESTAND (3-6)

Batting Average ........... .251 (79-for-315)Runs Per-Game ...................4.7 (42 R/9 G)Home Runs ...........................................11RISP ............................... .274 (20-for-73)Fielding Errors ........................................7

Team ERA .................5.10 (83.0 IP, 47 ER)Starters W-L ....................................... 2-3Starters ERA .............4.72 (55.1 IP, 29 ER)Relievers W-L-S ...............................1-3-0Relievers ERA ...........5.86 (27.2 IP, 18 ER)Save/Opportunities ..............................0/1

TWINS AT A GLANCERecord: .........................................54-50 Home Record: ...............................34-22Road Record: ................................20-28Record in series: ...................... 15-16-3Series Openers: ............................16-18 Series Finales: ..............................18-16Rubber Games: .................................6-8Sweeps/Swept: ................................. 5/4April: .............................................10-12May: ................................................20-7June: .............................................11-17July: ...............................................12-13August: ..............................................1-1September/October: ..............................vs. American League East: .............13-6vs. American League Central: ......23-22vs. American League West: ..........10-10vs. National League: .......................8-12Games vs. LH Starter: ...................21-16Games vs. RH Starter: ..................33-34Twins score first: ..........................36-17Opp. scores first: ..........................18-33Come-from-behind wins: .................. 20Leading after 7/8 inn.: ........... 46-3/45-1Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ........... 3-36/2-42Tied after 7/8 inn.: ................... 5-11/7-7Extra-innings: ...................................4-51-run games: ................................14-14Twins out-hit opp.: ..........................38-4Opp. out-hit Twins:..........................9-44 Twins/Opp. have = hits: ....................7-2Twins get Quality Start: ................34-18Twins starter goes 6+ IP: .............38-26Most 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+: ..................39-12When Twins score 3-: ...................15-38Team-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: ..............14, 7/19 at OAKTwins get 10+ hits: .........................31-6Walk-Off W/L: ................................... 5/4Shutouts W/L: ................................... 9/7Complete Games: ..1, Hughes, 4/24 at SEATarget Field Sellouts (’15/All-Time): ... 5/157

MINNESOTA TWINS (54-50) AT TORONTO BLUE JAYS (54-52)MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2015 - 1:07 (ET) - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK

Ervin Santana (R, 2-1, 3.78) vs. David Price (L, 9-4, 2.53)GAME 105 AWAY GAME 49

UPCOMING MILESTONESPLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACHTorii Hunter ..........................208 home runs as Twin ..............Needs 3 to tie Bob Allison (211) for 5th on Twins all-time list 491 doubles ...............................Needs 9 to reach 500 for career 347 home runs ...........................Needs 3 to reach 350 for careerJoe Mauer ............................329 doubles ...............................Needs 1 to pass Tony Oliva (329) and move into 2nd on Twins all-time list 733 RBI ......................................Needs 1 to pass Rod Carew (733) and move into 8th on Twins all-time list 468 extra-base hits ....................Needs 1 to tie Rod Carew (469) for 8th on Twins all-time listGlen Perkins ........................383 games .................................Needs 3 to tie Juan Rincon (386) for 6th on Twins all-time list 483 strikeouts ............................Needs 17 to reach 500 for careerBrian Dozier .........................489 games .................................Needs 11 to reach 500 for careerKurt Suzuki ..........................197 doubles ...............................Needs 3 to reach 200 for career

RECENT TRANSACTIONS7/4 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 DL7/29 IF Plouffe placed on Paternity List IF Polanco recalled from AAA7/31 RHP Jepsen acquired via trade in exchange for RHP Hu and RHP Tapia IF Santana optioned to AAA IF Polanco optioned to AA8/1 IF Plouffe reinstated from Paternity List8/3 LHP Milone placed on 15-day DL RHP Duffey contract selected RHP Pressly transferred to 60-day DL

TWINS VS. TORONTO2015 Record: .........................................2-1Current Streak: ................................. 2 wins2015 at Home: .......................................2-12015 at Toronto: ..........................................All-Time Record: ............................160-205All-Time at Home: ..............................89-97All-Time at Toronto: .........................71-108

2015 Game Logs:

Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save5/29 MIN 4-6 Buehrle/Perkins5/30 MIN 3-2 Pressly/Loup/Boyer5/31 MIN 6-5 Pressly/Osuna/Perkins8/3 TOR8/4 TOR8/5 TOR8/6 TOR

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• He is making his sixth start of 2015. • He is making his 305th career appearance and 302nd career start.

W L ERA GS IP ER AVG H AB HR BB SO Home: 0 1 11.17 2 9.2 12 Vs. Left: .150 9 60 2 7 9 Road: 2 0 0.76 3 23.2 2 Vs. Right: .284 19 67 4 4 15 Day: 1 1 3.32 3 21.2 8 TOTALS: .220 28 127 6 11 24 Night: 1 0 4.63 2 11.2 6 Grass: 2 1 3.87 5 33.1 14 None On: .207 18 87 3 4 18 Turf: -- -- -.-- -- -- -- Runners On: .250 10 40 3 7 6

2015 MISC. NUMBERS

• • Signed a four-year contract with the Twins December 13, 2014.• Signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves March 12, 2014, spending his only season in

the National League...his 14 wins tied for the team-lead with Julio Teheran. • In his nine years in the American League from 2005-13, he ranked fourth in the AL in starts (265),

fifth in innings (1686.2) and strikeouts (1328), and tied for fifth in wins (105)• Recorded his 100th career win, June 8, 2013 vs. Houston, in his only season in Kansas City. • Traded to Kansas City October 31, 2011...left the Angels organization in the club's all-time

top 10 in wins (7th, 96), innings (6th, 1,475.2) and strikeouts (6th, 1,167).• Pitched no-hitter July 27, 2011 at Cleveland, allowing an unearned run and a walk with 10

strikeouts, marking the eighth individual no-hitter in Angels history• Selected to his only career All-Star Game in 2008...gave up a run in 1.0 inning (5th) in the

AL's 4-3, 15-inning win at New York-AL...finished year second in AL in strikeouts (214), fourth in innings pitched (219.0) and tied seventh in wins (16).

• Started Game 5 of 2005 ALDS at Yankee Stadium in his rookie season...recorded the win after allowing three runs on five hits in 5.1 innings...became sixth rookie to win decisive postseason series game.

• Signed by the Anaheim Angels as an undrafted free agent September 2, 2000.

CAREER NOTES

Height: 6-2 Weight: 175 B/T: R/R Age: 32 (12/12/82 in San Cristobal, DR)

2015: 2-1, 3.78 ERA CAREER: 121-101, 4.16 ERA

ERVIN SANTANA #54

Year Starts 6+ IP QS2005 23 14 132006 33 24 18 2007 26 16 122008 32 28 222009 23 15 112010 33 28 21

Year Starts 6+ IP QS2011 33 30 212012 30 19 152013 32 29 232014 31 25 192015 5 3 3TOTALS 301 231 178

6.0-PLUS IP/QUALITY STARTS

Price vs. the Twins PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SONunez .244 41 10 1 3 5Mauer .176 34 6 0 4 8Hunter .281 32 9 1 3 8Suzuki .200 30 6 1 1 10Dozier .222 27 6 2 2 4Plouffe .364 22 8 0 1 4Hicks .400 10 4 0 2 4Escobar .333 9 3 0 0 0Robinson .000 5 0 0 1 3Sano .000 4 0 0 0 3

Santana vs. the Blue JaysPLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SOBautista .308 26 8 2 8 8Martin .273 22 6 0 4 2Smoak .333 21 7 1 5 2Encarnacion .222 18 4 1 3 4Revere .462 13 6 0 0 1Donaldson .273 11 3 1 1 2Navarro .333 9 3 0 2 2Kawasaki .429 7 3 0 1 0Colabello .000 3 0 0 0 0Goins .333 3 1 0 0 0Pillar .000 2 0 0 0 2

BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPS

INNING: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RUNS/HITS: 0/3 1/3 3/6 4/4 3/4 5/5 0/1 0/2 -/-

RUNS/HITS PER INNING

BASE RUNNERS PICK-OFFS SB-ATT GIDP SANTANA: 40 0 3-3 1

MORE MISCELLANEOUS NUMBERS

CG’s: - - CG’s: 14, last 6/16/12 vs. ARI SHO’s: - - SHO’s: 7, last 6/16/12 vs. ARI CG Low Hit: - - CG Low-Hit: 0, 7/27/11 at CLE Innings: 8.0, 2x, last 7/23 at LAA Innings: 9.0, 13x, last 6/16/12 vs. ARI SO’s: 8, 7/5 at KC SO’s: 11, 4x, last 7/28/14 vs. SD Walks: 4, 7/29 vs. PIT Walks: 8, 7/20/06 at KC Hits: 8, 2x, last 7/29 vs. PIT Hits: 14, 7/17/07 vs. TB Home Runs: 3, 7/10 vs. DET Home Runs: 4, 2x, last 5/23/13 vs. LAA Win-Streak: 2, 7/17-7/23 Win-Streak: 7, 6/6-7/20/06 Loss-Streak: 1, 7/29 Loss-Streak: 9, 9/6/11-5/4/12

2015 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS

2014 vs. Toronto: - -2014 vs. Toronto at Home: - - 2014 vs. Toronto at Toronto: - -Career vs. Toronto (16 starts): 6-6, 3.66 ERA (110.2 IP, 45 ER), 36 BB, 82 KCareer vs. Toronto at Home (8 starts): 3-3, 3.22 ERA (58.2 IP, 21 ER) 14 BB, 43 KCareer vs. Toronto at Toronto (8 starts): 3-3, 4.15 ERA (52.0 IP, 24 ER), 22 BB, 39 K

SANTANA VS. TORONTO

Hughes will be making his team-leading 22nd start tomorrow night...he earned the win in his last start, July 30 against Seattle, after allowing five runs on 10 hits with no walks and five strikeouts in 5.0 innings...the outing increased his win-streak to six games, which is tied for the longest active streak in baseball...tomorrow will be his 23rd career start and 30th career appearance against the Blue Jays, his most against any other club...he is 6-7 with a 4.69 ERA (128.2 IP, 67 ER) in his previous 27 outings against them...he last faced Toronto on June 11, 2014 and earned the win after tossing 7.0 shutout innings with seven hits, no walks and nine strikeouts...he has made five starts against AL East opponents this season, going 3-1 with a 3.73 ERA (31.1 IP, 13 ER), five home runs, three walks and 16 strikeouts.

TOMORROW'S STARTER - PHIL HUGHES, RHP (SEASON: 10-6, 4.11 ERA ; CAREER: 82-66, 4.29 ERA)

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2015 MAJOR LEAGUE DAY-BY-DAY (score when...)Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Left/Final Notes Pitches/K7/5 at KC ND 8.0 3 2 2 1 3 8 2-2/2-3 Twins debut...Eric Hosmer walk-off double 93/587/10 DET ND 4.0 8 6 6 3 3 5 0-6/8-6 Twins scored seven runs in the 9th to win 8-6 81/497/17 at OAK W 7.2 5 0 0 0 1 1 5-0/5-0 First win as a Twin; 1st shutout since 7/28/14 103/697/23 at LAA W 8.0 4 0 0 0 0 7 3-0/3-0 Back-to-back shutouts for 1st time of career 91/657/29 PIT L 5.2 8 8 6 2 4 3 3-8/4-10 First loss of seaon and Twins career 107/65JULY TOTALS 2-1 33.1 28 16 14 6 11 24 3.78 ERA---- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA2015 TOTALS 2-1 33.1 28 16 14 6 11 24 3.78 PRE-ASG TOTALS 0-0 12.0 11 8 8 4 6 13 6.00POST-ASG TOTALS 2-1 21.2 17 8 6 2 5 11 2.53WITH TWINS 2-1 33.1 28 16 14 6 11 24 3.78 CAREER TOTALS 121-101 1916.0 1855 953 886 251 600 1531 4.16

LAST TIME OUT: Was dealt his first loss of the season, and first as a Twin, July 29 against Pitts-burgh...he allowed eight runs (6 earned) on eight hits with a season-high four walks in 5.2 innings pitched...three of the eight runs came on a pair of homers from Jung Ho Kang (solo, 2nd inning) and Andrew McCutchen (two-run, 5th)...Santana has surrendered six home runs in five starts this season.• Prior to the loss, Santana had posted back-to-back shutout starts for the first time in his 11-year

career...Kang’s homer in the second inning snapped a 16.2-inning scoreless streak.• The four walks marked a season-high and the most since September 9, 2014 at WAS (also 4)...

four walks was his season high in 2014, done in four of his 31 starts last year.• The eight runs allowed doubled his season total...prior to this start, he had allowed eight total

runs in his first four starts of the year (all earned). AGAINST THE BLUE JAYS: Today will be Santana's 17th career start and appearance against Toronto...he is 6-6 with a 3.66 ERA (110.2 IP, 45 ER), 13 home runs, 36 walks and 82 strikeouts against them in his previous 16 starts...he last faced the Blue Jays on August 30, 2013 as a member of the Kansas City Royals and was dealt the loss after allowing three runs (2 earned) on four hits in 7.0 innings...12 of his 16 career starts against them have been quality starts, including three complete games, his most against any club...two of his three complete games against them have been at Rogers Centre...he is 3-3 with a 4.15 ERA (52.0 IP, 24 ER) in eight previous starts here.

EAST COAST BLUES: This will be Santana’s first start against an AL East opponent this season...in his career, he has made 74 starts against this division, going 25-28 with a 4.93 ERA (462.1 IP, 253 ER)...he has allowed three-or-more earned runs in 46 of his 74 career starts against AL East opponents.

JULY HEAT: Santana made five starts in July, finishing 2-1 with a 3.78 ERA (33.1 IP, 16 ER)...prior to his last start, he had posted a 2.61 ERA, which ranked as the 13th best ERA in the American League that month...last season, Santana had a season-best four wins in July with a 2.52 ERA (35.2 IP, 10 ER), the 14th best mark in the National League...in fact, from 2010-14, a total of 24 July starts, Santana went 12-6 with a 3.51 ERA (159.0 IP, 62 ER), 43 walks, 121 strikeouts, and a .234 opponents average. LOOKING AHEAD TO AUGUST: Santana has made 53 career starts in the month of August...he owns a record of 24-12 in those starts, his best career winning percentage of any month...he owns a career 3.82 ERA (337.0 IP, 143 ER) in August...last year, he made six starts in the month of August, going 3-1 with a 3.16 ERA (37.0 IP, 13 ER).

HOME AND AWAY: Three of Santana's five starts this year have been on the road, all of which were quality starts...he is 2-0 with a 0.76 ERA on the road compared to 0-1 with an 11.17 ERA at Target Field...five of his six home runs this season were surrendered at home...he has failed to pitch into the sixth inning in each of his starts at Target Field, but has lasted 7.0-or-more in all three of his road starts.

AMERICAN LEAGUE DOMINATION: Santana spent eight seasons in the American League with the Los Angeles Angels and the Kansas City Royals from 2005-2013 before moving to the National League in 2014 with the Braves...in those eight seasons, Santana ranked in the top five for several pitching categories...below are his numbers and ranks in the AL from 2005-13:

CATEGORY NUMBER RANKINGWins 105 T-5thGames Started 265 4thInnings 1686.2 5thStrikeouts 1328 5th

FIRST HALF RECAP: Santana made his Twins debut July 5 at Kansas City after serving an 80-game suspension to start the season...he made two starts for the Twins prior to the break, with back-to-back no decisions, going 0-0, 6.00 ERA (12.0 IP, 8 ER)...a few more notes about his first half:• In his season debut, he went 8.0 innings, allowing two runs on three hits with one walk and eight

strikeouts...his eight strikeouts matched the second most in a Twins debut since 1961, tying him with Boof Bonser's eight on May 21, 2006, trailing only Camilo Pascual's 12 on April 14, 1961.

• Allowed six earned runs in his second start, all of which were scored on three home runs: a pair of a pair of homers by J.D. Martinez in the third and fourth innings, and a three-run shot by Yoenis Cespedes in the fourth...since the start of 2014, Santana has only allowed three home runs in an outing one other time (8/18/14 at PIT)...it tied Kyle Gibson for the most allowed in a game by a Twins pitcher this season (June 5 vs. MIL).

2014 RECAP: In his only season in the National League, Santana went 14-10 with a 3.95 ERA (196.0 IP, 86 ER) for the Braves...tied for the club lead with 14 wins (Julio Teheran), the fourth time in his career he's reached that plateau...the durable right-hander fell four innings shy of 200.0, a total he's reached five other times in his career...started 31 games, the fifth consecutive season he's made at least 30 starts.• Went 10-4, 3.75 ERA (103.1 IP, 43 ER) in 16 home starts, tied for second most home wins in NL

and third most in baseball (Greinke, Hernandez, Kluber, Peralta, Weaver).

Pitcher Last Start (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) Dec. Starts QS Team Rec. Run Supp. RS AVGHughes 7/30 vs. SEA (5.0-10-5-5-0-5-2) W 21 11 12-9 83 5.51Pelfrey 8/2 vs. SEA (8.0-4-0-0-1-3-0) ND 20 11 10-10 50 3.80May 7/1 at CIN (6.1-6-2-1-3-6-0) L 15 7 6-9 36 4.03Gibson 8/1 vs. SEA (7.0-6-2-2-1-4-1) ND 21 12 11-10 56 3.85Milone 7/31 vs. SEA (6.0-11-4-4-0-4-1) L 14 7 6-8 47 5.20Nolasco 5/31 vs. TOR (1.0-3-2-2-0-1-0) ND 7 1 6-1 33 9.09Graham 6/6 vs. MIL (4.0-6-1-1-0-3-0) ND 1 0 0-1 0 0.00Santana 7/29 vs. PIT (5.2-8-8-6-4-3-2) L 5 3 3-2 13 3.51

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 15/41 4 4 .366 1/ 3 15 22/ 12 54.5% 7/31/15 vs. SEA ND 6/18/15 vs. STL 5/30/15 vs. TOR 7/5/15 at KCDuensing 5/34 1 8 .147 1/ 1 4 31/ 9 29.0% 8/2/15 vs. SEA ND 7/4/15 at KC 4/10/15 at CWS 8/19/14 vs. CLEFien 6/32 2 5 .188 0/ 2 11 9/ 3 33.3% 8/2/15 vs. SEA ND 6/14/15 at TEX 6/11/14 at TOR 7/18/15 at OAKGraham 9/24 2 8 .375 0/ 0 0 12/ 7 58.3% 7/31/15 vs. SEA ND ….. … ….. … ….. …Jepsen 9/40 5 10 .225 10/ 26 22 14/ 6 42.9% 8/2/15 vs. SEA L 7/18/15 at TOR 6/14/15 vs. CWS 8/2/15 vs. SEAMay 4/10 0 1 .400 0/ 0 1 1/ 0 0.0% 8/2/15 vs. SEA ND 8/1/15 vs. SEA ….. … 7/1/15 at CINO’Rourke 0/10 0 7 .000 0/ 0 0 8/ 2 25.0% 8/1/15 vs. SEA ND ….. … ….. … ….. …Perkins 5/41 2 12 .122 29/ 31 0 6/ 1 16.7% 8/2/15 vs. SEA ND 9/16/14 vs. DET 7/23/15 at LAA 7/28/15 vs. PITOthers 23/91 8 12 .253 0/ 1 20 86/ 27 31.4%TEAM 67/283 20 57 .237 31/ 38 51 175/ 61 34.9%

The opposition has a .259 (305-for-1177) batting-average-against with 37 home runs vs. Twins relievers.

2015 BULLPEN info

Homestand: 0-2-0, 14.73 (3.2 IP, 6 ER), BB, K, 4 HR Series vs. SEA: 0-0-0, 4.50 (2.0 IP, ER), BB, K vs. Left: .349 vs. Right: .180

ALeads the AL with 29 saves. AWas issued first blown save of the season 7/18 at OAK...second blown save in last three outings 7/25 vs. NYY. A28 consecutive saves (snapped 7/18) to start season is longest in club history, passing Joe Nathan (27 straight, 5/8-8/15/04). AConverted 13 saves in the month of May, the most saves in a single month in Twins history (previous 11, multiple times). A117 career saves (2-2011, 16-2012, 36-2013, 34-2014, 29-2015) in 137 opps...passed Eddie Guardado (116) for third on Twins all-time list with his save 7/23 at LAA...needs 137 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 14-11-117, 2.84 ERA (351.2 IP, 111 ER) with 85 walks and 362 strikeouts in 339 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 SO8/2 vs. SEA ND 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 17/30 vs. SEA ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 07/28 vs. PIT L3 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 07/25 vs. NYY L2 0.2 5 4 4 2 0 07/23 at LAA S29 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 07/18 at OAK BS1 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 17/11 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 1

Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP), BB, 2 K Series vs. SEA: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP), 2 K vs. Left: .158 vs. Right: .315

ACollected 15th hold 7/11 vs. DET...15 holds are career-high, passing the 14 holds he had with Atlanta in 2008. A47 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)...2.68 ERA in 2015 is career-low. AWhen pitching at least 1.0 inning in his career has a 2.64 ERA (275.2 IP, 81 ER) with 72 walks and 182 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 SO7/31 vs. SEA ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 27/29 vs. PIT ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 07/21 at LAA ND 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 07/19 at OAK ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 07/18 at OAK ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 17/11 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 0

Homestand: 0-0-0, 6.35 (5.2 IP, 4 ER), HR, BB, 5 K Series vs. SEA: 0-0-0, 9.00 (2.0 IP, 2 ER), HR, BB, 2 K vs. Left: .217 vs. Right: .302

ASecond among AL rookies relievers with 49.0 IP (2 starts or less)...41.0 IP pre-ASG 3rd most by Twins rookie reliever since 2003. AAllowed one run in 12.2 inning stretch 6/22-7/19 until fifth inning grand slam at OAK on 7/19. 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). 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 SO7/31 vs. SEA ND 2.0 1 2 2 1 1 27/29 vs. PIT ND 1.2 3 2 2 0 0 07/26 vs. NYY ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 37/19 at OAK ND 2.1 5 4 4 1 0 17/10 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 0

Homestand: 0-0-0, 11.57 (2.1 IP, 3 ER), 2 BB, K Series vs. SEA: 0-0-0, INF (0.0 IP, ER), BB vs. Left: .308 vs. Right: .218

AIn last 13 appearances has allowed six hits, three runs (1.93 ERA) and four walks while striking out 10 in 14.0 innings, since 6/13...lefties are 3-for-last-18 (.167) with six strikeouts and four walks in that same span. AHas held left-handed hitters to a .237 (194-for-819) average in his career...only allowed nine of 60 total home runs to lefties. ACareer record of 17-12-2, 3.73 ERA (280.0 IP, 116 ER) in 274 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 335 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 SO8/2 vs. SEA ND 0.0 1 1 1 0 1 07/28 vs. PIT ND 0.1 2 2 2 0 1 17/25 vs. NYY H4 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 07/24 vs. NYY ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 07/17 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 1

Homestand: 0-0-0, 3.60 (5.0 IP, 2 ER), 3 K Series vs. SEA: 0-0-0, 0.00 (3.0 IP), 2 K vs. Left: .327 vs. Right: .210

A25 of his 34 appearances this season have been at least 1.0 inning...has four outings of 2.0 innings. 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. A6.3 K/BB (19 K/ 3 BB) rate in 2015...since 2013 has walked just 25 batters and struckout 143 (158.2 IP) for K/BB rate of 5.7. AFinished third in AL with 26 holds in 2014 (Wade Davis - 33 and Joba Chamberlain - 29)...26 holds were eighth most in MLB. ACareer record of 14-14-1, 3.97 ERA (208.2 IP, 92 ER) with 184 strikeouts, 40 walks in 226 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 SO8/2 vs. SEA ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 18/1 vs. SEA ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 07/30 vs. SEA H11 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 17/28 vs. PIT ND 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 17/24 vs. NYY ND 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 07/19 at OAK ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 07/18 at OAK L4 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 07/11 vs. DET ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 1

Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (4.1 IP), BB, 6 K Series vs. SEA: 0-0-0, 0.00 (3.0 IP), BB, 5 K vs. Left: .294 vs. Right: .276

AHas 10 relief outings since moving to the bullpen 7/5...tossed 11.1 innings allowing four runs (3.18 ERA) with 13 hits and two walks while striking out 10 in that span...allowed three hits, no runs, one walk with six strikeouts in last five outings (4.1 IP). 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).

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 SO8/2 vs. SEA ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 28/1 vs. SEA W7 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 17/30 vs. SEA ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 27/28 vs. PIT ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 07/25 vs. NYY H1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 17/22 at LAA ND 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 27/19 at OAK ND 1.0 2 3 3 1 0 17/12 vs. DET ND 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Homestand: 0-0-0, 2.08 (4.1 IP, ER), 2 BB, 7 K Series vs. SEA: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.2 IP), K vs. Left: .059 vs. Right: .143

AHolding opponents to a .097 (3-for-31) average in 10 career appearances with four walks and 13 strikeouts (10.0 IP). 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 SO8/1 vs. SEA ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 17/29 vs. PIT ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 27/28 vs. PIT ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 27/26 vs. NYY ND 1.2 1 1 1 1 2 27/25 vs. NYY ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 07/21 at LAA ND 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 27/18 at OAK ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 17/10 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

Homestand: 0-1-0, 54.00 (0.1 IP, 2 ER), 2 BB, K Series vs. SEA: 0-1-0, 54.00 (0.1 IP, 2 ER), 2 BB, K vs. Left: .260 vs. Right: .189

AAcquired from Tampa Bay on July 31 in exchange for two minor league pitchers. AMade 46 appearances for the Rays in 2015, posting a record of 2-5 with five saves, a 2.81 ERA (41.2 IP, 13 ER), four home runs allowed, 20 walks and 34 strikeouts...held opponents to a .227 (34-for-150) average. ASpent parts of eight seasons in the majors with Los Angeles-AL (2008-14) and Tampa Bay (2015). APosted a 1.50 ERA (6.0 IP, ER) in seven appearances against the AL Central this season.

KEVIN JEPSEN - RHP #49Height: 6-3 Weight: 235 B/T: R/R Age: 31 (7/26/84 in Anaheim, CA) Obtained: Trade with Tampa Bay, 7/31/15

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO8/2 vs. SEA L6 0.1 0 2 2 0 2 1Traded to Minnesota on July 317/27 vs. DET H22 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 07/22 at PHI ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 07/21 at PHI H21 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 27/18 at TOR W2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 07/12 vs. HOU H20 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 17/11 vs. HOU H19 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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 21 3 1 0 25 6 2 3 0 11 8/2/15 vs. SEA 0 Iwakuma 1 …. … 0 1 ab on 8/2 Escobar 7 4 1 0 12 4 1 0 1 6 6/27/15 at MIL 2 Garza 47 …. … 0 1 ab on 6/27 Fryer 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 8/4/14 at CWS 0 Rienzo 53 …. … 0 0 ab on 8/4 Hicks 12 2 0 0 14 4 1 0 0 5 7/30/15 vs. SEA 0 Happ 16 ….. … 0 3 ab on 7.30 Hunter 9 7 1 0 17 7 5 1 0 13 7/25/15 vs. NYY 2 Sabathia 23 4/7/08 vs. CLE 10 2 ab on 7/25 Mauer 18 3 1 0 22 5 5 0 0 10 7/8/15 vs. BAL 0 Norris 73 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 49 …. … 0 2 ab on 6/22 Plouffe 18 5 0 0 23 6 3 2 1 12 7/24/15 vs. NYY 0 Capuano 21 7/17/15 at OAK 2 0 ab on 7/24 Robinson 7 1 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 1 6/11/13 at NYM 0 Aardsma 284 …. … 0 0 ab on 6/11/13 Rosario 17 3 0 0 20 4 1 0 0 5 7/30/15 vs. SEA 2 Happ 13 …. … 0 4 ab on 7.30 Sano 5 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 4 7/31/15 vs. SEA 0 Walker 8 …. … 0 1 ab on 7/31 Suzuki 14 3 0 0 17 5 0 0 0 5 6/20/15 vs. CHC 0 Lester 100 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: .253 Streak: 2g, .250 (2-8), HR, RBI Series vs. SEA: .188 (3-16), 2 HR, 2 RBIHomestand: .222 (8-36), 2B, 3 HR, 4 RBI, 6 BB, 5 runs Home Runs (23): Solo (16), 2-run (3), 3-run (4)

ATied career-high with 23rd HR 8/2 vs. SEA...needs one home run to tie Roy Smalley (24 in 1979) for most HR in a single-season by a Twins middle infielder. A54 extra-base hits are tied most in the AL...48 extra-base hits pre-ASG were most in Twins history, passing Bob Allison (46 in 1964). ANamed to his first All-Star team in 2015...hit a pinch-hit solo HR in 8th putting AL up 6-2...3rd Twin (5x) to homer in ASG (Puckett-’93, Killebrew-’61, ’65, ’71). 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). AHit 21 of his 23 home runs from leadoff spot, most by MLB leadoff hitter...his .538 SLG from leadoff is 2nd best in the AL (Machado - .550). AScored 75 runs in 102 games, 2nd most in MLB...on pace for 119 runs which would be fifth on the Twins all-time list...Knoblauch holds record (150 in 1996)...Dozier scored 112 runs in 2014, which were 7th most all-time by a Twin. ATwins are 35-23 when he scores in a game...15-7 when he homers. ASigned a four-year contract with the Twins 3/24/15 extending through 2018. APassed Dan Gladden for sole possesion of third on Twins all-time leadoff HR list with 13th 7/30 vs SEA off Happ (6 in 2015)...needs one 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: .242 Streak: 1g, .500 (2-4), 2 2B Series vs. SEA: .167 (2-12), 2 2B, RBIHomestand: .167 (4-24), 3 2B, 2 RBI Home Runs (4): Solo (1), 2-run (2), 3-run (1)

ABatting .305 (25-for-82) with 9 2B, 2 3B, HR in 23 games as Twins shortstop. ASince 5/4 is hitting .269 (46-for-171) with 13 2B, 3 3B, 3 HR, 26 RBI in 54 games. 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 172 career games as SS, 78 at third, 36 at second, 38 in OF and 13 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-4 Series vs. SEA: .250 (3-12), RBIHomestand: .258 (8-31), 2B, 5 RBI, BB Home Runs (3): Solo (2), 2-run (1)

ABatting .200 on the road...has one hit in his last six road games. AHit in 10 of last 12 at home...batting .314 (22-for-70) in last 19 games at home. ACollected first walk-off hit as a member of the Twins with a ninth inning single 8/1 vs. SEA...was his sixth game-winning RBI of the season (most since 2010). 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: .255 Streak: 0-for-last-5 Series vs. SEA: .143 (1-7), 3BHomestand: .280 (7-25), 2B, 3B, HR, 2 RBI, BB, 4 runs Home Runs (14): Solo (6), 2-run (4), 3-run (2), GS (2)

AMissed the three games due to the birth of his first child, a baby boy named Theodore “Teddy” Winston James Plouffe, on Wednesday night just before midnight. 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 six doubles, two triples, four home runs and 13 RBI in his last 21 games...batting .281 (23-for-82) in those 21 games. AHitting .313 (26-for-83) with RISP...has 6 HR, 44 RBI with RISP. AHit walk-off home run 4/17 vs. CLE...third career walk-off hit, first walk-off HR. ATied his ‘13 and ‘14 HR total of 14 with solo shot 7/24...hit 24 HR in 2012. 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 124 career doubles. A44 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: .248 Streak: 0-for-last-12 Series vs. SEA: .077 (1-13), RBIHomestand: .200 (6-30), 2 HR, 6 RBI, BB, 4 runs Home Runs (16): Solo (9), 2-run (3), 3-run (4)

AHit .304 post-ASG in 2014...career .285 hitter post-ASG compared to .273 pre-ASG. AOne home runs from tying his 2013 & 2014 total of 17. AIn Twins wins is hitting .320 (62-for-194), 12 2B, 14 HR, 42 RBI, 16 BB, 39 runs...in Twins losses is hitting .162 (26-for-161), 3 2B, 2 HR, 13 RBI, 9 BB, 9 runs, 33 K. AHas 347 career home runs, 208 as a Twin...passed Puckett for sixth on Twins all-time home run list with 208th HR 7/25 vs. NYY. ARanks on Twins all-time lists: 1,327 games (8th - 34 to tie Gaetti), 1,306 hits (8th - needs 12 to tie Morneau), 274 doubles (7th - 15 to tie Morneau), 208 HR (6th - 3 to tie Allison for 5th), 766 RBI (6th - 94 to tie Morneau), 718 runs (7th - next: Mauer), 508 extra-base hits (6th - 18 to tie Morneau). ARanks among active MLB players: 2,326 games (3rd), 2,415 hits (5th), 491 doubles (6th), 347 home runs (10th), 1,365 RBI (8th), 1,277 runs (8th).

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

2015 Average: .283 Streak: 0-for-last-11 Series vs. SEA .214 (3-14), 2B, 3B, HR, 3 RBIHomestand: .367 (11-30), 4 2B, 3 3B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, SB, 10 runs Home Runs (5): Solo (4), 3-run (1)

AOne of four Twins with 20-plus multi-hit games this season. AHitting .353 (47-for-133) average at Target Field, the highest home average among MLB qualified rookies...minimum 100 PA, Rosario is second in the majors in home average. AHas multiple hits in 7 of his last 11 games at Target Field (hit in 8 of 11)...collected three doubles 7/24 vs. LAA, first Twin since Pinto in 2013 to have three doubles...single shy of the cycle with a 2B, 3B, HR 7/30 vs. SEA. 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. 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: .269 Streak: 1g, .200 (1-5) Series vs. SEA: .125 (2-16), RBIHomestand: .182 (6-33), 2B, RBI, 3 BB, 2 runs Home Runs (6): Solo (4), 2-run (1), 3-run (1)

AIn last 16 road games is hitting .397 (23-for-58) with 5 extra-base hits and 5 RBI. ASnapped season-high 11-game hit-streak 7/31...longest since 16-gamer 6/19-8/15/14. APlayed in 103 of the 104 Twins games this season. AHas 329 doubles, tied Tony Oliva (329) for second on Twins all-time list with double 7/24 vs. NYY...is 9th on Twins XBH list with 468, needs 1 to tie Carew (469) for 8th. AHas five hitless starts in last 40 games, since 6/17...batting .295 (43-for-146) with 8 doubles, 4 home runs, 14 walks, 17 runs and 9 RBI in that span. A42 RBI pre-ASG were most since career best 45 in 2006...career .320 hitter post-ASG. ANeeds 11 RBI to match his 2014 total (55)...only 23 hits from 2014 total (126). 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).

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: .284 Streak: 0-for-last-4 Series vs. SEA: .214 (3-14), HR, RBIHomestand: .281 (9-32), 3 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 6 BB, 6 runs Home Runs (4): Solo (1), 2-run (3)

AReached base in 21 of first 24 MLB games...five multi-hit games. AHas a hit in 14 of his 16 games at home... .315 (17-for-54), 5 2B, 4 HR. 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: .283 Streak: 0-for-last-7 Series vs. SEA: .235 (4-17), HR, RBIHomestand: .389 (14-36), 3B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 2 BB, SB, 8 runs Home Runs (5): Solo (3), 2-run (2)

AHas reached base in 21 of last 24, since 7/4...in that span is hitting .333 (28-for-84)...also has two doubles, two triples, four home runs, 15 RBI, 11 walks, 15 runs in that span. AHitting .333 (9-for-27) with 2 HR, 4 RBI in five games as Twins No. 2 hitter. AHas 12 RBI in his last 11 games at Target Field...snapped career-high 6-game hit-streak 7/31 vs. SEA...has multiple hits in five of last six games. ARecorded a hit in 13 of last 16 home games, eight with multiple hits. AHas a hit in 35 of his 53 games played this season, 14 with multiple hits...started all 53 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: .270 Streak: 0-for-last-4 Series vs. SEA: .000 (0-3)Homestand: .182 (2-11), RBI Home Runs (2): Solo (1), 2-run (1)

ASince 2014 is hitting .256 (76-for-297), 16 2B, 4 3B, 6 HR, 31 RBI in 77 games with 3+ AB...has at least one hit in 51 of those 77 games. AOver last 26 games is hitting .262 (22-for-84) with nine extra-base hits. AHas a hit in 24 of 40 games with an AB this season. AHitting .271 (16-for-59) with 7 2B, 3B, HR, 5 RBI in 22 road games in 2015. ACareer .143 (4-for-28) as a pinch-hitter with one triple and two runs. ACareer games at position: SS - 186; 3rd - 105; DH - 40; OF - 28; 2nd - 23. 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: .242 Streak: 0-for-last-4, run Series vs. SEA: .000 (0-3), runHomestand: .200 (2-10), 2B, run 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...hit third triple of season 7/19 at OAK. ASpent five seasons with the Cardinals (2009, ’11-14) hitting .231 with 5 HR, 12 2B, 37 RBI in 268 games. A88 career games in left field, 87 games in center and 74 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: .200 Streak: 0-for-last-11 Series vs. SEA: .000 (0-2)Homestand: .000 (0-2) 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 6 2B, HR, 16 RBI in 52 games for Triple-A Rochester in 2015. AHas a career major league average of .241 (32-for-133) with six doubles, two home runs and 11 RBI in 56 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 .255 106 4.2 214 25 12-13 221.1 226 55 163 3.98AUGUST .147 4 2.0 10 1 1-1 20.0 15 5 14 2.70SEPT/OCT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

TWINS MONTHLY BREAKDOWN

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

Starters 39 33 3.87 616.2 663 288 267 74 150 411Relievers 15 17 31 3.91 307.0 305 152 138 37 95 216TOTALS 54 50 31 3.95 923.2 968 440 405 111 245 627

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

TWINS 60 53 63 57 37 54 38 32 38 6 438 OPPONENTS 44 44 61 55 46 53 39 55 34 9 440

HOME RUNS BY POSITIONC 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH PH TOTAL4 8 23 15 2 8 5 16 9 0 90

RECORD WHEN…

Runs Scoring Allowing0 0 - 7 9 - 01 1 - 11 8 - 12 5 - 16 14 - 53 9 - 4 9 - 74 5 - 5 4 - 65 5 - 3 8 - 46 7 - 0 1 - 77 5 - 4 1 - 5 8 9 - 0 0 - 49 3 - 0 0 - 110+ 5 - 0 0 - 10

Totals 54 - 50 54 - 50

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 strikes7/25 vs. NYY Paul Molitor Jeff Nelson 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.)

TWINS HOME RUN DATA

Hicks .................7 Buxton.................2Rosario ..............6 Nunez ..................1Escobar .............4 Schafer ...............1Robinson ...........3 Total .................27Hunter ...............3

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, 7/8-12Hicks 3 (2x) 1 (5x) 3 (2x) 1 2 6, 7/24-30Hunter 4 2 4 6 1 10, 5/20-6/2Mauer 4 1 (6x) 3 (5x) 6 2 11, 7/17-30Nunez 3 1 (2x) 2 (3x) 3 1 5, 4/8-26Plouffe 3 (5x) 1 (14x) 5 7 1 6, 4/17-24Robinson 3 - 2 (2x) - - 6, 4/16-26Rosario 3 (3x) 1 (5x) 3 4 - 8, 5/24-6/3Sano 2 (4x) 1 (3x) 3 1 - 8, 7/24-8/1Suzuki 3 (3x) 1 (3x) 2 (5x) 6 - 6, 6/14-20Others 6 5 TOTALS 51 15

C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Dozier 102 83 11 8 Escobar 1 23 5 27 7 2 6 22 15 13 5 Fryer 5 5 Hicks 53 1 6 1 16 19 10Hunter 79 12 55 3 15 16 1 Mauer 88 11 9 90 Nunez 1 14 3 2 13 3 7 11 9 2 1Plouffe 5 92 10 57 19 11Robinson 20 14 1 6 11 8 10Rosario 41 3 20 10 1 16 25 9 4 Sano 3 21 19 2 3 Suzuki 80 2 2 18 17 12 29 Others 19 11 67 1 14 34 4 30 20 3 20 13 31 20 77

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 (transferred to 60-day DL on July 8) ...................... 6/4...........................6/1 ................................................................................55 Aaron Hicks .............................. Right Forearm Strain ..................................................................................... 6/14.........................6/13 .................................7/3 ........................................19 Byron Buxton ........................... Left Thumb Sprain ........................................................................................ 6/26.........................6/25 ...............................................................................32 Ryan Pressly ........................... Right Lat Strain (transferred to 60-day DL on August 2) .............................. 7/6...........................7/5 ................................................................................23 Tommy Milone ......................... Left Elbow strain ............................................................................................ 8/3...........................8/1 ..................................................................................2

BOLD indicates currently on DL

TWINS HITTERS VS. Toronto Blue Jays

2015 CAREERPLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI AVG. AB H HR RBIDozier .417 12 5 0 1 .293 75 22 5 10Escobar .000 6 0 0 1 .188 32 6 0 2Fryer … 0 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0Hicks .375 8 3 0 0 .214 28 6 1 2Hunter .250 8 2 0 3 .244 451 110 16 68Mauer .273 11 3 0 3 .258 194 50 1 15Nunez .000 7 0 0 0 .209 115 24 0 10Plouffe .417 12 5 1 3 .269 93 25 5 17Robinson .250 4 1 0 0 .267 75 20 0 8Rosario .429 7 3 0 0 .429 7 3 0 0Sano … 0 0 0 0 … 0 0 0 0Suzuki .167 6 1 0 1 .226 155 35 1 9Others .091 11 1 1 1TEAM .261 92 24 2 13

TWINS BULLPEN VS. Toronto Blue Jays

2015 CAREERPITCHER W L S ERA IP H ER W L S ERA IP H ERBoyer 0 - 0 - 1 0.00 2.0 1 0 0 - 0 - 1 0.00 3.0 2 0Duensing 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 0.2 0 0 0 - 2 - 0 7.52 20.1 26 17Fien 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 2.0 1 0 0 - 1 - 0 6.23 8.2 9 6Graham 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 3.0 3 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 3.0 3 0Jepsen 1 - 0 - 0 0.00 4.0 0 0 1 - 0 - 0 1.59 11.1 8 2May 0 - 0 - 0 6.00 6.0 8 4 0 - 0 - 0 6.00 6.0 8 4O’Rourke 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0Perkins 0 - 1 - 1 13.50 1.1 4 2 0 - 2 - 1 3.44 34.0 36 13Others 2 - 0 - 0 3.38 5.1 5 2TEAM 3 - 1 - 2 2.96 24.1 22 8

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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, 4x, last 8th inning 7/28 vs. PITConsecutive Batters Reached Base ................................................8, 3rd inning, 5/3 vs. CWSFewest Hits, Game................................................................................ 1, 2x, last 7/31 vs. SEAMost Doubles, Game........................................................................................... 7, 6/13 at TEXMost Triples, Game ............................................................................................. 4, 6/14 at TEXMost Home Runs, Game .......................................................................4, 2x, last 7/24 vs. NYYGrand Slams ............................................................................. 1, 2x, last Plouffe, 7/17 at OAKMost Total Bases, Game ..................................................................................31, 7/24 vs. NYYMost Extra Base Hits, Game .................................................................9, 2x, last 7/24 vs. NYYMost 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, 4x, last 7/28 vs. PITLeft 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, multiple timesMost 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............................................................................3, Rosario, 7/24 vs. NYYMost 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, 4x, last Rosario, 7/30 vs. SEAMost 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 ............................................................................... 11, Mauer, 7/17-31Consecutive 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 ...........................................................................................14, 7/19 at OAKMost Runs, Inning...............................................................6, 5x, last 6th inning, 7/26 vs. NYYMost Hits Allowed ............................................................................................. 20, 5/14 at DETMost Hits Allowed, Inning ..................................................................6, 1st inning, 6/26 at MILConsecutive Hits Allowed ....................................................5, 2x, last 3rd inning, 7/19 at OAKMost Home Runs Allowed, Game ........................................................................5, 7/19 at OAK

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 ............................................... 22, 3rd inning, 7/12-6th inning, 7/18Wild Pitches ...........................................................................................2, 6x, last 7/29 vs. PITMost 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, 11x, last Pelfrey, 8/2 vs. SEAMost Innings, Game, Reliever ............................................................4.0, Graham, 6/6 vs. MILMost Hits, Starter ...................................................................11, 3x, last Milone, 7/31 vs. SEAMost Hits, Reliever ................................................................... 6, 2x, last Graham, 6/6 vs. MILMost Runs, Starter ................................................................. 8, 3x, last Santana, 7/29 vs. PITMost Runs, Reliever .............................................................................5, Graham, 5/14 at DETMost Home Runs, Starter ..........................................................3, 3x, last Milone, 7/19 at OAKMost Home Runs, Reliever ......................................................2, 5x, last Perkins, 7/25 vs. NYYMost 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 ......................................................................................... 6, Hughes, 6/19-presentLosing-Streak ........................................................................................... 5, Pelfrey, 6/13-7/22 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, 4x, last 7/30 vs. PITErrors, Game, Individual ....................................................2, 4x, last D. Santana, 7/19 at OAKErrors, Consecutive Games, Team .............................................................. 3, 4x, last 7/28-31Errors, Consecutive Games Without, Team ..........................................................10, 7/2-7/12Doubleplays, Game, Team ......................................................................4, 3x, last 6/13 at TEXOpponents Doubleplays, Game, Team .................................................. 3, 3x, last 7/28 vs. SEA

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 .............................................................................13, 7/19 at OAK (1-14)Largest Come From Behind Victory ................................6, trailing 0-6, win 8-6, 7/10 vs. DETLargest Home Attendance........................................................................40,660, 7/25 vs. NYYHome Sellouts ............................................................................................5, last 7/25 vs. NYYTimes Shut Out ..........................................................................................6, last 6/21 vs. CHC

LAST TIME IT HAPPENEDFOR THE TWINS

HITTING:Hit for the Cycle: Cuddyer, 5/22/09 vs. MIL (10 all-time)Grand 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, 7/30/15 vs. SEA (6 as team in 2015, all Dozier)

AGAINST THE TWINSHITTING:Hit for the Cycle: Beltre, 8/24/12 at TEXGrand Slam: Reddick, 7/19/15 at OAK off Graham (3 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: Smolinski, 7/19/15 at OAK (5 allowed in 2015)Three-Home Run Game: A. Rodriguez, 7/25/15 vs. NYYBack-to-Back Home Runs: Butler/Smolinski, 7/19/15 at OAK3 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: Walker, 7/31/15 vs. SEA (22 all-time)Two-Hitter: Halladay, 5/29/05 at TOR (49 all-time)10+ Innings Pitched: Fernandez (10.0 innings), 10/1/95 at CHC10+ Strikeouts: Walker, 7/31/15 vs. SEA (5 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 (12-13) BATTING: .255 (214-FOR-839) PITCHING: 12-13-4, 3.98 ERA (221.1 IP, 98 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 ^2-3 L 50-41 2nd -5.0 30,778 Pomeranz/Fien19 -----at OAK 1-14 L 50-42 2nd -6.0 20,286 Chavez/Milone 20 -----OFF DAY21 -----at LAA 0-7 L 50-43 2nd -6.5 38,937 Shoemaker/Gibson 22 -----at LAA 2-5 L 50-44 2nd -7.5 40,239 Wilson/Pelfrey/Street23 -----at LAA 3-0 W 51-44 2nd -6.5 36,134 Santana/Richards/Perkins

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

JULY CONTINUED (12-13) BATTING: .255 (214-FOR-839) PITCHING: 12-13-4, 3.98 ERA (221.1 IP, 98 ER)24 -----NYY 10-1 W 52-44 2nd -5.5 34,334 1,296,029 48 Hughes/Pineda 25 -----NYY 5-8 L 52-45 2nd -6.5 *40,660 1,336,689 49 Warren/Perkins/Miller26 -----NYY 2-7 L 52-46 2nd -7.5 37,391 1,374,080 50 Eovaldi/Gibson27 -----OFF DAY 2nd -8.028 -----PIT 7-8 L 52-47 2nd -9.0 30,795 1,404,875 51 Melancon/Perkins 29 -----PIT 4-10 L 52-48 2nd -9.0 37,273 1,442,148 52 Liriano/Santana30 -----SEA 9-5 W 53-48 2nd -8.0 30,534 1,472,682 53 Hughes/Happ 31 -----SEA 1-6 L 53-49 2nd -8.0 27,643 1,500,325 54 Walker/MiloneAUGUST (1-1) BATTING: .147 (10-FOR-68) PITCHING: 1-1-0, 2.70 ERA (20.0 IP, 6 ER) 1------SEA 3-2 W 54-49 2nd -8.0 36,901 1,537,226 55 May/Smith 2------SEA 1-4 L 54-50 2nd -8.0 30,325 1,567,551 56 Rodney/Jepsen/Wilhelmsen 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 (5 in 2015) ̂ - Denotes Extra-Innings (Twins are 4-4 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 8/1 vs. SEA 3-2 Suzuki RBI single scores Rosario from third base in bottom 9th

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2015 players (40)

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: (20) Boyer, Blaine rhp*Duensing, Brian lhp*Fien, Casey rhp*Gibson, Kyle rhp*Graham, J.R. rhp*Hughes, Phil rhp*Jepsen, Kevin rhp

May, Trevor rhpMeyer, Alex rhpMilone, Tommy lhp*Nolasco, Ricky rhp*O’Rourke, Ryan lhpPelfrey, Mike rhp*Perkins, Glen lhp*

Pressly, Ryan rhpSantana, Ervin rhpStauffer, Tim rhp*Thielbar, Caleb lhpThompson, Aaron lhp*Tonkin, Michael rhp

(* - on Opening Day 25-man Roster)