YESTERDAY’S RECAP: The Twins beat the Yankees yesterday afternoon by a score of 3-1 at Hammond Stadium...Tommy Milone (1-1) was the starter and winner, allowing one run on four hits in 6.0 innings pitched with two walks and five strikeouts...Glen Perkins, Mike Pelfrey and Casey Fien combined for 3.0 scoreless innings...the offense recorded eight hits, two coming from Eduardo Escobar, who hit his fourth home run this spring.

TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: Phil Hughes is making his fifth and final official start of the spring...he is slated to be the Opening Day starter for the Twins April 6 at Detroit, opposite David Price...he made a start in a minor league game against Tampa Bay’s Single-A club (pitching line below)...his last official start was on March 22 at Miami in Jupiter, allowing three runs on six hits in 4.2 innings pitched with two walks and four strikeouts, earning the win...in 2014, he set career-highs in innings pitched (209.2) and strikeouts (186) last season while being the recipient of the Calvin R. Griffith award for Most Valuable Twin and the Joseph W. Haynes award for Twins Pitcher of the Year...additionally, he set an MLB record for highest strikeout-to-walk ratio at 11.63...became the sixth pitcher (7th time) in baseball history to reach 200.0 innings pitched and issue less than 20 walks, first since Cliff Lee in 2010 (212.1 IP and 18 walks)...Hughes made five starts last spring, going 0-2, 4.74 ERA (19.0 IP, 10 ER).HUGHES’ SPRING DAY-BY-DAY:Date Team W-L IP H R ER HR BB SO3/7 at BOS ND 1.0 3 0 0 0 1 13/12 MIA ND 1.2 3 4 4 1 1 33/17 at BAL W 4.0 1 1 1 1 1 23/22 at MIA W 4.2 6 3 3 0 2 43/27 TB (High-A) - - 6.0 5 3 3 1 0 7 69 pitchesOFFICIAL SPRING TOTALS 2-0 11.1 13 8 8 2 5 10 6.35 ERA / .283 BAA***Totals do not include March 27 minor league game***

CROSS TOWN RIVALS: Today marks the sixth of nine spring meetings between the Twins and Red Sox - the second at Hammond Stadium...the Twins are 1-4 against the Sox this spring, losing their last meeting March 30 at jetBlue Park by a score of 14-2...the Twins went 3-3 against the Sox last spring...the Twins last won the Governor’s Cup in 2011, with a 3-2 overall spring training record vs. the Sox...since the Mayor’s/Governor’s Cup series began in 1993, the Twins hold a 66-65-2 advantage over the Red Sox, winning the Cup 11 of the 22 years...the Twins and Sox will face off for the first time in the regular season May 25-27 at Target Field for three games...they will travel to Boston for a four-game series June 1-4.

REST IN PEACE, RICCARDO INGRAM: Long-time Twins minor league coach Riccardo Ingram passed away yesterday in Atlanta, Georgia after suffering from Brain Cancer...born September 10, 1966...wife, Allison...daughters, Kacey and Kristen...resided in Lilburn, GA...2015 would have marked his 18th season in the organization, his third as coach for the GCL Twins...spent the previous three seasons as Triple-A and Double-A hitting instructor...was a coach at Rochester from 2008-09...spent 2007 managing New Britain, 2006 managing Ft. Myers and 2004 managing GCL Twins...coach at New Britain (2003), Ft. Myers (2000-02), Quad City (1999) and Ft. Wayne (1998)...ended playing career as an outfielder following the 1996 season...selected by Detroit in fourth round of the 1987 First-Year Player Draft out of Georgia Tech...played seven seasons in Detroit organization, 1988-94...played for Salt Lake in Minnesota’s organization in 1995...made appearances in major leagues for Detroit in 1994 and Minnesota in 1995.

EVERYDAY EDDIE: Eduardo Escobar has hit safely in 12 of 16 games this spring and is hitting .315 (17-for-54) with three doubles, four home runs, 15 RBI and 10 runs scored...he ranks second this spring among all AL players in RBI...in 2014, Escobar set career-highs in hits (119), doubles (35), home runs (6), RBI (37), walks (24), runs scored (52) and games (133)...his 35 doubles were tied for 10th most in the AL and tied for most among switch hitters in all of baseball...he was originally acquired by the Twins from Chicago-AL in exchange for Francisco Liriano July 28, 2012 (along with left-handed pitcher Pedro Hernandez)...he was the recipient the Charles O. Johnson Award in 2014 for Twins Most Improved Player.

LEADERBOARD LOVE: Here is where some Twins rank among AL players this spring (both Grapefruit and Cactus League): Eduardo Nunez is tied for sixth in stolen bases (4)...Eduardo Escobar is second in RBI (15)...Kyle Gibson ranks sixth in ERA (2.75)...Ervin Santana is tied for first in wins (3)...Tommy Milone ranks eighth in innings (20.0), while Gibson and Ricky Nolasco are tied for ninth in innings pitched (19.2).

TWINS SPRING LEADERS: Below are the Twins batting and pitching spring leaders, among current players in camp:Games: Bernier/Herrmnn, 21 Hits: Santana/Escobar, 17 BB: 4 tied, 5 RBI: Escobar, 15 HR: Varg./Escb., 4Games: 5 tied, 8 ERA(10.0+ IP): Pelfrey, 1.15 IP: Milone, 20.0 BB: Gibson, 7 SO: Gibson, 17

THIS IS TWINS TERRITORY: Through 13 home dates, the Twins have drawn 98,577 (7,583 average) making them 1,423 away from reaching 100,000 for the 14th consecutive season (since 2002).

MINOR LEAGUERS IN UNIFORM TODAY: LHP Wil Ledezma (#99)...RHP’s Cole Johnson (#97) and DJ Johnson (#98)...INF’s Brock Peterson (#82), Heiker Meneses (#78), Levi Michael (#95) and Jose Martinez (#66)...OF’s Eric Farris (#53), Danny Ortiz (#77) and Travis Harrison (#96).

MISC. TWINS:

DATE OPPONENT SCORE WINNER LOSER SAVE ATTENDANCE3/4 University of MN 3-1 Berrios Anderson Tonkin 5,4153/5 BOSTON 9-8 Fien Johnson Thompson *8,3243/6 Tampa Bay 1-2 Norberto Achter Montgomery 4,1583/7 Boston 2-4 Buchholz Pelfrey Ramirez 9,7473/8 BALTIMORE 2-1 Santana Jimenez Hamburger *8,6103/9 Pittsburgh 1-1 - - - - - - 6,1053/10 Toronto 5-3 Stauffer Lopez Pryor 4,3653/11 TAMPA BAY 2-5 Dominguez Thielbar Zarate 7,4543/12 MIAMI 7-6 Thompson McKirahan Hamburger 7,5013/13 Pittsburgh 8-3 Santana Sadler - - 6,3633/14 St. Louis 6-3 Meyer Lyons - - 7,0093/15 ST. LOUIS 6-6 - - - - - - *8,9513/16 OFF DAY3/17 Baltimore 10-9 Hughes Norris Boyer 7,615 3/18 BALTIMORE 2-3 Jimenez Santana Wilson 7,618 Boston 2-3 Rodriguez Thompson Hembree 9,9503/19 Tampa Bay 2-4 Karns Nolasco Norberto 4,418

DATE OPPONENT SCORE WINNER LOSER SAVE ATTENDANCE3/20 PITTSBURGH 2-4 Cole Gibson LaFromboise 7,8763/21 BALTIMORE 3-5 Gonzalez Milone Verrett 6,443 Tampa Bay 2-4 Beliveau Achter - - 4,3583/22 Miami 5-3 Hughes Cosart Fien 4,2923/23 Philadelphia 0-3 Buchanan Pelfrey Giles 6,6543/24 TORONTO 5-3 Hamburger Korecky - - 7,8203/25 TAMPA BAY 1-2 Riefenhauser Thielbar Geltz 6,1643/26 Boston 4-5# Tazawa Reed - - 10,0033/27 PITTSBURGH 2-4^ Locke May Bastardo 6,1983/28 PHILADELPHIA 7-1 Santana Williams - - 7,1763/29 Baltimore 6-5 Nolasco Gonzalez Thompson 6,9143/30 Boston 2-14 Masterson C. Johnson - - 10,0643/31 NEW YORK-AL 3-1 Milone Tanaka Fien 8,4424/1 BOSTON - -4/2 BOSTON TIBN/Go 96.3 -- FS North4/3 Boston TIBN/Go 96.34/4 BOSTON TIBN/Go 96.3 -- FS North

Bold - Denotes Home Game | * - Denotes Sellout | # - Denotes Extra Innings | ^ - Rain Shortened

TWINS 2015 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE/RESULTS

Current Streak: ....................................... 1 winLast 5 games: ............................................. 3-2Last 10 games: ........................................... 5-5

STREAKS

MINNESOTA TWINS (12-14-2) VS. BOSTON RED SOX (15-10-1)WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2015 – 1:05 PM (ET)

Phil Hughes (R, 2-0, 6.35) vs. Clay Buchholz (R, 2-2, 3.60)Spring Game 29 Spring Home Game 14

DATE OPP. PITCHERS TIME RADIO/TV4/2 BOS Ervin Santana (R, 3-1, 2.57) vs. Rick Porcello (R, 0-0, 2.70) 7:05 pm (ET) TIBN/Go96.3/FSNorth4/3 at BOS Ricky Nolasco (R, 1-1, 4.12) vs. Brian Johnson (L, 1-1, 2.93) 7:05 pm (ET) TIBN/Go96.3/None4/4 BOS Kyle Gibson (R, 0-1, 2.75) vs. Justin Masterson (R, 2-1, 3.50) 1:05 pm (ET) TIBN/Go96.3/FSNorth

All games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com.

UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE

Minnesota Twins: Phil Hughes (R), Glen Perkins (L), Tim Stauffer (R), Casey Fien (R)

Boston Red Sox: Clay Buchholz (R), Alexi Ogando (R), Dana Eveland (L)

TODAY’S PITCHERS

Spring Record: ............................12-14-2Home Record: ..................................6-6-1Road Record: ...................................6-8-1Vs. AL Teams: .................................... 7-12Vs. NL Teams: ...................................5-2-2Decisions vs. RHP starter: ..........12-12-2Decisions vs. LHP starter: .................. 0-2When Twins score first: ...................8-6-1When Opp. scores first: ...................4-8-1Come-from-behind wins: .......................6When leading after 7/8 inn.: .11-2-1/12-1-1 When trailing after 7/8 inn.: .... 0-10/0-10 When tied after 7/8 inn.: ..... 1-2-1/0-2-1 Extra-innings: ..................................... 0-11-run games: ...................................... 6-5When Twins out-hit opp.: .................... 9-3When Opp. out-hit Twins: .................3-9-2When Twins/Opp. have = hits: ............ 0-2Most games over .500: ................. 4, 3/18Most games under .500: ............... 4, 3/28Longest winning-streak: .........4, 3/12-17Longest losing-streak: .................6, 3/18-21When Twins score 4+: ...................10-1-1When Twins score 3-: ....................2-13-1Team-high hits: ................ 15, 3/17 at BALTeam-high runs: .............. 10, 3/17 at BALOpp.-high hits: .................19, 3/30 at BOSOpp.-high runs: ................ 14, 3/30 at BALWhen Twins get 10+ hits: ................... 7-3

TWINS AT A GLANCE

29 players in camp (3 non-roster): 13 pitchers (0 non-roster) 4 catchers (1 non-roster) 8 infielders (1 non-roster) 4 outfielders (1 non-roster)

ROSTER BREAKDOWN

vs. Boston: Ervin Santana (R), Tim Stauffer (R), J.R. Graham (R), Brian Duensing (L)

TOMORROW’S TWINS PITCHERS

DECEMBER 1: Named Butch Davis first base coach.DECEMBER 3: Signed outfielder Torii Hunter to a one-year contract.DECEMBER 8: Toronto claimed infield/outfielder Chris Colabello off waivers.DECEMBER 11: Selected pitcher J.R. Graham in the major league phase of the Rule 5 Draft.DECEMBER 12: Signed pitcher Ervin Santana to a four-year contract.DECEMBER 22: Signed pitcher Phil Hughes to a new five-year contract.DECEMBER 23: Signed pitcher Tim Stauffer to a one-year contract; outrighted catcher Eric Fryer and outfielder Chris Parmelee to Triple-A Rochester.DECEMBER 24: Outfielder Chris Parmelee elected free agency.JANUARY 16: Agree to terms with pitchers Tommy Milone and Casey Fien, and infielders Eduardo Nunez and Trevor Plouffe on one-year contracts, avoiding arbitration.JANUARY 23: Agree to terms with outfielder Jordan Schafer on a one-year contract, avoiding arbitration.JANUARY 24: Agree to terms with pitcher Brian Duensing on a one-year contract, avoiding arbitration.MARCH 3: Agreed to terms with pitchers A.J. Achter, Logan Darnell, Kyle Gibson, J.R. Graham, Trevor May, Alex Meyer, Lester Oliveros, Ryan Pressly, Stephen Pryor, Caleb Thiel- bar, Aaron Thompson, Michael Tonkin and Jason Wheeler; catchers Chris Herrmann and Josmil Pinto; infielders Brian Dozier, Eduardo Escobar, Jorge Polanco, Miguel Sano, Danny Santana and Kennys Vargas; outfielders Oswaldo Arcia, Aaron Hicks, Max Kepler and Eddie Rosario.MARCH 15: Optioned outfielder Max Kepler to Double-A Chattanooga; reassigned pitchers Ryan O’Rourke, Taylor Rogers, Jose Berrios, Adrian Salcedo and Tyler Duffey, catchers Mitch Garver and Stuart Turner, infielders Heiker Meneses and Argenis Diaz, and outfielder Byron Buxton to minor league camp.MARCH 16: Optioned left-handed pitcher Jason Wheeler and right-handed pitcher Lester Oliveros to Triple-A Rochester, and infielder Miguel Sano to Double-A Chattanooga.MARCH 20: Optioned right-handed pitchers Alex Meyer and Michael Tonkin to Triple-A Rochester.MARCH 21: Optioned right-handed pitcher Ryan Pressly to Triple-A Rochester.MARCH 23: Optioned right-handed pitcher Stephen Pryor to Triple-A Rochester.MARCH 24: Optioned right-handed pitcher A.J. Achter to Triple-A Rochester; reassigned catcher Tyler Grimes, infielders James Beresford and Jose Martinez, and outfielders Eric Farris and Danny Ortiz to minor league camp. Signed Brian Dozier to a four-year contract.MARCH 27: Outrighted right-handed pitcher Lester Oliveros to Triple-A Rochester.MARCH 28: Optioned right-handed pitcher Trevor May and outfielders Aaron Hicks and Eddie Rosario to Triple-A Rochester; reassigned right-handed pitcher Mark Hamburger to minor league camp. Reassigned catcher Dan Rohlfing to minor league camp.MARCH 30: Selected contract of right-handed pitcher Blaine Boyer.MARCH 31: Optioned left-handed pitcher Aaron Thompson to Triple-A Rochester.

MOST RECENT TRANSACTIONS

DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER HR BB SO3/5 BOS W 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 03/8 BAL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 13/11 TB ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 03/15 STL ND 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 13/18 BAL ND 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 03/22 at MIA S 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 03/25 TB ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 13/31 NYY S 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1-------------------------------------------------------------------------1.00 ERA 1-0-2 9.0 7 1 1 0 1 4

#50 - FIEN’S SPRING DAY-BY-DAY

DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER HR BB SO3/8 BAL W 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 33/13 at PIT W 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 23/18 BAL L 4.0 4 3 3 1 0 33/28 PHI W 6.0 5 1 1 0 0 2-------------------------------------------------------------------------2.57 ERA 3-1 14.0 13 4 4 1 2 10

#54 - SANTANA’S SPRING DAY-BY-DAY

DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER HR BB SO3/5 BOS ND 1.0 5 6 5 1 2 03/10 at TOR W 2.2 5 2 1 0 1 23/15 STL ND 2.1 6 4 4 1 1 03/19 at TB ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 13/22 at MIA ND 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 03/26 at BOS ND 1.2 4 1 1 0 1 23/29 at BAL ND 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 2-------------------------------------------------------------------------9.82 ERA 1-0 11.0 23 14 12 3 5 7

#22 - STAUFFER’S SPRING DAY-BY-DAY

DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER HR BB SO3/5 BOS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 13/8 BAL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 13/12 MIA ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 13/17 at BAL ND 1.2 2 2 2 0 1 23/21 BAL ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 03/24 TOR ND 0.0 2 0 0 0 1 03/27 PIT ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 13/30 at BOS ND 1.0 8 6 6 0 0 1-------------------------------------------------------------------------8.00 ERA 0-0 9.0 13 8 8 0 2 7

#52 - DUENSING’S SPRING DAY-BY-DAY

DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER HR BB SO3/5 BOS ND 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 23/10 at TOR ND 3.0 3 1 1 0 1 03/15 STL ND 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 43/20 PIT L 4.2 4 3 3 2 3 43/25 TB ND 6.0 2 1 1 1 2 7-------------------------------------------------------------------------2.75 ERA 0-1 19.2 13 6 6 3 7 17

#44 - GIBSON’S SPRING DAY-BY-DAY

DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER HR BB SO3/6 at TB ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 03/11 TB ND 3.0 3 0 0 0 0 33/21 BAL L 4.0 5 4 4 1 2 23/26 at BOS ND 5.0 6 3 3 0 2 33/31 NYY W 6.0 4 1 1 0 2 5-------------------------------------------------------------------------3.60 ERA 1-1 20.0 19 8 8 1 6 13

#33 - MILONE’S SPRING DAY-BY-DAY

DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER HR BB SO3/5 BOS ND 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 13/9 at PIT ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 13/12 MIA ND 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 13/17 at BAL S 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 03/20 PIT ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 13/23 at PHI ND 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 13/28 PHI ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 03/30 at BOS ND 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 1-------------------------------------------------------------------------1.46 ERA 0-0-1 12.1 6 2 2 0 1 6

#36 - BOYER’S SPRING DAY-BY-DAYDATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER HR BB SO3/6 at TB ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 03/10 at TOR ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 13/14 at STL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 13/18 at BOS ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 03/21 BAL ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 33/24 TOR ND 1.2 3 2 1 0 0 13/27 PIT ND 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 13/30 at BOS ND 2.0 1 2 2 0 3 0-------------------------------------------------------------------------2.13 ERA 0-0 12.2 11 4 3 0 6 7

#62 - GRAHAM’S SPRING DAY-BY-DAY

DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER HR BB SO3/7 at BOS ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 13/11 TB L 1.0 4 2 2 1 0 23/15 STL ND 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 13/18 BAL ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 13/22 at MIA ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 23/25 TB L 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 13/28 PHI ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 03/30 at BOS ND 2.0 6 4 3 0 0 2-------------------------------------------------------------------------5.73 ERA 0-2 11.0 19 8 7 1 3 10

#56 - THIELBAR’S SPRING DAY-BY-DAY

DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER HR BB SO3/7 at BOS ND 1.0 3 0 0 0 1 13/12 MIA ND 1.2 3 4 4 1 1 33/17 at BAL W 4.0 1 1 1 1 1 23/22 at MIA W 4.2 6 3 3 0 2 4-------------------------------------------------------------------------6.35 ERA 2-0 11.1 13 8 8 2 5 10

#45 - HUGHES’ SPRING DAY-BY-DAY

DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER HR BB SO3/4 U of M ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 13/21 BAL ND 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 23/24 TOR ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 13/28 PHI ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 03/31 NYY ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1-------------------------------------------------------------------------2.25 ERA 0-0 5.0 1 1 1 1 0 5

#15 - PERKINS’ SPRING DAY-BY-DAY

DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER HR BB SO3/7 at BOS L 2.0 3 1 0 0 0 03/12 MIA ND 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 23/18 at BOS ND 4.0 3 1 1 0 0 33/23 at PHI L 4.2 7 2 1 1 2 23/29 at BAL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 03/31 NYY ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0-------------------------------------------------------------------------1.15 ERA 0-2 15.2 17 4 2 1 2 7

#37 - PELFREY’S SPRING DAY-BY-DAY

DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER HR BB SO3/9 at PIT ND 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 33/14 at STL ND 3.0 4 1 1 1 1 23/19 at TB L 3.2 4 3 3 1 1 23/24 TOR ND 5.0 3 1 1 1 1 63/29 at BAL W 6.0 5 4 3 2 2 3-------------------------------------------------------------------------4.12 ERA 1-1 19.2 18 10 9 5 5 16

#47 - NOLASCO’S SPRING DAY-BY-DAY