minnesota twins (16-39) vs. tampa bay rays...

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THE TWINS: The Twins began their 10-game, 11-day homestand with one win and two losses to the Rays...today, the Twins will play the four-game series-finale with the Rays...the Twins will enjoy an off-day tomorrow, and continue the homestand with three against Miami Tues- day-Thursday and three against Boston next weekend...the Twins will play 17 home games this month and 10 road games...Paul Molitor needs one win to reach 100 managerial victories. RAYS TAKE SERIES-LEAD ON SOGGY SATURDAY: The Twins lost to the Rays yesterday afternoon/ evening by a score of 7-4...Ervin Santana (1-5) was the starter and loser, allowing five runs on six hits in 6.0 innings pitched, including three home runs (Longoria, Souza, Conger)...the offense recorded 11 hits as the top three in the Twins lineup - Nunez, Mauer and Dozier - combined to go 6-for-13...the game experienced a 70-minute rain delay in the sixth inning, the fifth weather-affected game at Target Field this season (4th delay). MAUER AND THE RAYS: Joe Mauer has reached safely via hit or walk in 17 straight against the Rays...he is a career .362 (79-for-218) hitter against Tampa Bay with 13 doubles, two triples, three home runs, 38 walks, 32 runs scored and 32 strikeouts in 59 games...his .362 average and .456 on-base percentage both rank as the highest against the Rays all-time. MAUER DOUBLE TAKE: Joe Mauer currently has 349 career doubles, just one away from being the 19th active player to reach the 350-doubles plateau, the last being Dustin Pedroia, who reached that mark last week...the only other Twin to hit as many as 350 doubles in their career was Kirby Puckett, who hit 414 from 1984-95...Mauer has six doubles on the season and hasn’t hit one in his last 29 games, since May 1 (he has 5 home runs since that date)... his previous long for a doubles-drought was 27 games July 26-August 28, 2008. THIEVERY: The Twins set a season-high with three stolen bases yesterday (Nunez - 2, Buxton), giving them 36 stolen bases in 47 attempts for a 76.6 stolen base percentage, the sixth highest percentage in baseball...the 36 steals are tied for eighth most in baseball. A Eduardo Nunez has stole 11 bases on the season (14 attempts), tied for fifth best in the AL and tied for ninth best in baseball. NUNEZ NUGGETS: Eduardo Nunez has hit safely in 10 of his last 11 games, hitting .392 (20-for-51) in that span...for the season, he is hitting .331 (59-for-178) with 10 doubles, six home runs, 21 RBI and a team-leading 18 multi-hit games...his .331 batting average ranks fourth in the AL and seventh in baseball...Nunez is hitting .313 (10-for-32) against left-handed pitching and .336 (49-for-146) against right-handed pitching. INFIELD HITS: The Twins recorded two more bunt hits yesterday (Nunez and Dozier) and now have 10 on the season, third most in baseball, trailing Houston (15) and Colorado (12)... additionally, the Twins have 45 infield hits, tied for fifth most in the AL - Danny Santana (DL) has 11 of the Twins infield hits and Nunez has 10. BIG BUX: Byron Buxton has hit safely in eight of his last 10 major league games and enters today with a career-high six-game hit-streak, which dates back to April 24 — his previous stint with Minnesota...since being recalled May 31, he is hitting .368 (7-for-19) with one double and one triple...in his last 20 games between Triple-A Rochester and Minnesota combined, he is hitting .377 (29-for-77) with six doubles, one triple, four home runs, 11 RBI and 19 runs scored. ON THIS DAY IN TWINS HISTORY: In 1994, in Detroit, Chuck Knoblauch led off the game with a homer off Mike Moore, then added a second homer in the seventh...Tigers lead-off hitter, Tony Phillips went deep off Scott Erickson in his first at-bat, and added a homer, in the eighth...it marked the first time in MLB history for this to happen, then August 13, 2013, Tampa Bay’s Ben Zobrist and Seattle’s Brad Miller (now with TB) did it...in 2014, the Twins selected infielder Nick Gordon with the fifth overall pick in the MLB First-Year Player Draft...Gordon was selected recently to play in the Florida State League All-Star Game in mid-June. TWINS MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Double-A Chattanooga right-handed pitcher Trevor Hildenberger is the Twins minor league Player of the Week...Hildenberger appeared in three games for the Lookouts, pitching 3.0 scoreless innings, with no hits allowed, no walks, two strikeouts and two saves...he was drafted by the Twins in the 22nd round of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Cal-Berkeley...he has appeared in 20 games between Chattanooga and Single-A Ft. Myers this season, posting a 1.32 ERA (27.1 IP, 3 ER) with three walks, 25 strikeouts and 10 saves...previous 2016 winners of this award: infielder Nick Gordon, left-handed pitcher Stephen Gonsalves, outfielder Daniel Palka, right-handed pitcher Yorman Landa, catcher A.J. Murray, infielder Kennys Vargas and outfielder Byron Buxton. HOPE WEEK: The Twins players, wives and front office staff will take part in the organization’s sixth annual Hope Week — tomor- row-Sunday, June 12 — a week dedicated to giving back to the community...during each day of Hope Week, different Twins players will lead groups of teammates in participating in various volunteer activities...Hope Week is an effort by the ball club to reach into the community and make a difference in peoples’ lives...certain events will take place, such as Glen Perkins’ and Kyle Gibson hosting a celebrity fishing tournament benefitting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Joe Mauer and others visiting patients at Gillette Children’s Hospital, gift bags put together by players’ wives dropped off at food shelves and homeless shelters, and many more. HOMESTAND (1-2) Batting Average ........... .324 (34-for-105) Runs Per-Game...................4.0 (12 R/3 G) Home Runs ............................................. 2 RISP ................................. .222 (8-for-36) Fielding Errors ........................................ 2 Team ERA .................4.67 (27.0 IP, 14 ER) Starters W-L ....................................... 0-2 Starters ERA .............5.60 (17.2 IP, 11 ER) Relievers W-L-S ............................... 1-0-1 Relievers ERA ...............2.89 (9.1 IP, 3 ER) Save/Opportunities ..............................1/1 MINNESOTA TWINS (16-39) VS. TAMPA BAY RAYS (24-30) SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2016 - 1:10 PM CT - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK Tyler Duffey (R, 2-4, 4.57) vs. Drew Smyly (L, 2-7, 4.77) GAME 56 HOME GAME 27 UPCOMING MILESTONES PLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACH Joe Mauer ............................775 RBI ......................................Needs 17 to tie Torii Hunter (792) for 6th on Twins all-time list 125 home runs ...........................Needs 7 to tie Jacque Jones (132) for 11th on Twins all-time list 349 doubles ...............................Needs 1 to reach 350 for career Paul Molitor .........................99 wins ......................................Needs 1 to reach 100 career managerial wins Glen Perkins ........................401 games .................................Needs 19 to tie Matt Guerrier (420) for 5th on Twins all-time list Trevor Plouffe.......................87 home runs .............................Needs 13 to reach 100 career home runs RECENT TRANSACTIONS 5/6 RHP Santana reinstated from DL C Murphy optioned to AAA RHP Graham designated for release or assignment LHP O’Rourke designated for release or assignment OF Mastroianni contract selected C Centeno contract selected 5/7 RHP Fien claimed off waivers by LAD LHP Milone outrighted to AAA IF Escobar placed on 15-day DL IF Polanco recalled from AAA RHP Kintzler contract selected LHP Dean recalled from AAA 5/14 RHP Graham traded to NYY for cash or PTBNL 5/16 RHP Berrios optioned to AAA 5/17 LHP Rogers recalled from AAA 5/19 OF Grossman selected from AAA OF Rosario optioned to AAA 5/23 IF Escobar returned from rehab and reinstated from 15-day DL IF Polanco optioned to AAA 5/25 OF Mastroianni placed on DL LHP Boshers selected from AAA LHP Perkins transferred to 60-day DL 5/31 OF Santana placed on 15-day DL OF Buxton recalled from AAA 6/1 OF Sano placed on 15-day DL OF Kepler recalled from AAA Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 6/6 OFF DAY 6/7 vs. Miami Pat Dean (L, 1-2, 4.15) vs. Adam Conley (L, 3-3, 3.72) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-G0 96.3 / La Raza 6/8 vs. Miami Ricky Nolasco (R, 2-4, 4.93) vs. Wei-Yin Chen (L, 3-2, 4.25) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-G0 96.3 6/9 vs. Miami Ervin Santana (R, 1-5, 4.50) vs. Tom Koehler (R, 3-6, 4.50) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-G0 96.3 Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. STREAKS Current Streak:............................... 2 losses Last 5 games: ........................................ 1-4 Last 10 games: ...................................... 5-5 Last 15 games: ...................................... 6-9 Last 20 games: .................................... 7-13 TWINS AT A GLANCE Record: ......................................... 16-39 Home Record:................................. 9-17 Road Record:.................................. 7-22 Record in series: ........................ 4-12-2 Series Openers: .............................. 6-13 Series Finales:................................ 5-13 Rubber Games: ................................. 1-1 Sweeps/Swept: ................................. 2/9 April: ............................................... 7-17 May: ................................................ 8-19 June: ................................................. 1-3 July:........................................................ August:................................................... September/October:.............................. vs. American League East: ............. 2-10 vs. American League Central: ........ 5-19 vs. American League West: .............. 7-5 vs. National League: ......................... 2-5 Games vs. LH Starter:....................... 4-7 Games vs. RH Starter: .................. 12-32 Twins score first: ............................ 6-16 Opponent scores first:.................. 10-23 Come-from-behind wins: .................. 14 Leading after 7/8 inn.:........... 12-2/12-1 Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ........... 2-30/1-32 Tied after 7/8 inn.: ..................... 1-7/2-6 Extra-innings: ................................... 1-3 1-run games: .................................. 6-10 Twins out-hit opp.: .......................... 10-7 Opp. out-hit Twins:.......................... 5-29 Twins/Opp. have = hits: .................... 1-3 Twins get Quality Start: .................. 8-13 Twins starter goes 6+ IP:............. 12-15 Most games over .500: ............................. Most games under .500:............. 24, 6/5 Longest winning-streak: ...4, 2x, last 5/25-29 Longest losing-streak: ................. 9, 4/4-14 When Twins score 4+: .................. 15-15 When Twins score 3-: ..................... 1-24 Team-high hits: .................... 15, 6/2 vs. TB Team-high runs: . 8, 2x, last 5/16 at DET Opp.-high hits: ..............18, 4/29 vs. DET Opp.-high runs:............... 16, 5/4 at HOU Twins get 10+ hits: ......................... 11-9 Walk-Off W/L: ................................... 3/3 Shutouts W/L: ................................... 0/3 Complete Games: ..1, Hughes 4/18 vs. MIL Target Field Sellouts (’16/All-Time): ... 1/159 TWINS VS. TAMPA BAY 2016 Record: ......................................... 1-2 Current Streak:............................... 2 losses 2016 at Home: ....................................... 1-2 2016 at Tampa Bay: ..................................... All-Time Record: ................................ 68-70 All-Time at Home: .............................. 38-35 All-Time at Tampa Bay: ...................... 30-35 2016 Game Logs: Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save 6/2 MIN 6-4 Rogers/Ramirez/Jepsen 6/3 MIN 2-4 Ramirez/Nolasco/Colome 6/4 MIN 3-7 Andriese/Santana/Colome 6/5 MIN 8/5 TB 8/6 TB 8/7 TB

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Page 1: MINNESOTA TWINS (16-39) VS. TAMPA BAY RAYS (24-30)mlb.mlb.com/documents/7/4/2/182253742/Twins_Notes... · Eduardo Nunez has stole 11 bases on the season (14 attempts), tied for fifth

THE TWINS: The Twins began their 10-game, 11-day homestand with one win and two losses to the Rays...today, the Twins will play the four-game series-finale with the Rays...the Twins will enjoy an off-day tomorrow, and continue the homestand with three against Miami Tues-day-Thursday and three against Boston next weekend...the Twins will play 17 home games this month and 10 road games...Paul Molitor needs one win to reach 100 managerial victories.

RAYS TAKE SERIES-LEAD ON SOGGY SATURDAY: The Twins lost to the Rays yesterday afternoon/evening by a score of 7-4...Ervin Santana (1-5) was the starter and loser, allowing five runs on six hits in 6.0 innings pitched, including three home runs (Longoria, Souza, Conger)...the offense recorded 11 hits as the top three in the Twins lineup - Nunez, Mauer and Dozier - combined to go 6-for-13...the game experienced a 70-minute rain delay in the sixth inning, the fifth weather-affected game at Target Field this season (4th delay).

MAUER AND THE RAYS: Joe Mauer has reached safely via hit or walk in 17 straight against the Rays...he is a career .362 (79-for-218) hitter against Tampa Bay with 13 doubles, two triples, three home runs, 38 walks, 32 runs scored and 32 strikeouts in 59 games...his .362 average and .456 on-base percentage both rank as the highest against the Rays all-time.

MAUER DOUBLE TAKE: Joe Mauer currently has 349 career doubles, just one away from being the 19th active player to reach the 350-doubles plateau, the last being Dustin Pedroia, who reached that mark last week...the only other Twin to hit as many as 350 doubles in their career was Kirby Puckett, who hit 414 from 1984-95...Mauer has six doubles on the season and hasn’t hit one in his last 29 games, since May 1 (he has 5 home runs since that date)...his previous long for a doubles-drought was 27 games July 26-August 28, 2008.

THIEVERY: The Twins set a season-high with three stolen bases yesterday (Nunez - 2, Buxton), giving them 36 stolen bases in 47 attempts for a 76.6 stolen base percentage, the sixth highest percentage in baseball...the 36 steals are tied for eighth most in baseball.

AEduardo Nunez has stole 11 bases on the season (14 attempts), tied for fifth best in the AL and tied for ninth best in baseball.

NUNEZ NUGGETS: Eduardo Nunez has hit safely in 10 of his last 11 games, hitting .392 (20-for-51) in that span...for the season, he is hitting .331 (59-for-178) with 10 doubles, six home runs, 21 RBI and a team-leading 18 multi-hit games...his .331 batting average ranks fourth in the AL and seventh in baseball...Nunez is hitting .313 (10-for-32) against left-handed pitching and .336 (49-for-146) against right-handed pitching.

INFIELD HITS: The Twins recorded two more bunt hits yesterday (Nunez and Dozier) and now have 10 on the season, third most in baseball, trailing Houston (15) and Colorado (12)...additionally, the Twins have 45 infield hits, tied for fifth most in the AL - Danny Santana (DL) has 11 of the Twins infield hits and Nunez has 10.

BIG BUX: Byron Buxton has hit safely in eight of his last 10 major league games and enters today with a career-high six-game hit-streak, which dates back to April 24 — his previous stint with Minnesota...since being recalled May 31, he is hitting .368 (7-for-19) with one double and one triple...in his last 20 games between Triple-A Rochester and Minnesota combined, he is hitting .377 (29-for-77) with six doubles, one triple, four home runs, 11 RBI and 19 runs scored.

ON THIS DAY IN TWINS HISTORY: In 1994, in Detroit, Chuck Knoblauch led off the game with a homer off Mike Moore, then added a second homer in the seventh...Tigers lead-off hitter, Tony Phillips went deep off Scott Erickson in his first at-bat, and added a homer, in the eighth...it marked the first time in MLB history for this to happen, then August 13, 2013, Tampa Bay’s Ben Zobrist and Seattle’s Brad Miller (now with TB) did it...in 2014, the Twins selected infielder Nick Gordon with the fifth overall pick in the MLB First-Year Player Draft...Gordon was selected recently to play in the Florida State League All-Star Game in mid-June.

TWINS MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Double-A Chattanooga right-handed pitcher Trevor Hildenberger is the Twins minor league Player of the Week...Hildenberger appeared in three games for the Lookouts, pitching 3.0 scoreless innings, with no hits allowed, no walks, two strikeouts and two saves...he was drafted by the Twins in the 22nd round of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Cal-Berkeley...he has appeared in 20 games between Chattanooga and Single-A Ft. Myers this season, posting a 1.32 ERA (27.1 IP, 3 ER) with three walks, 25 strikeouts and 10 saves...previous 2016 winners of this award: infielder Nick Gordon, left-handed pitcher Stephen Gonsalves, outfielder Daniel Palka, right-handed pitcher Yorman Landa, catcher A.J. Murray, infielder Kennys Vargas and outfielder Byron Buxton.

HOPE WEEK: The Twins players, wives and front office staff will take part in the organization’s sixth annual Hope Week — tomor-row-Sunday, June 12 — a week dedicated to giving back to the community...during each day of Hope Week, different Twins players will lead groups of teammates in participating in various volunteer activities...Hope Week is an effort by the ball club to reach into the community and make a difference in peoples’ lives...certain events will take place, such as Glen Perkins’ and Kyle Gibson hosting a celebrity fishing tournament benefitting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Joe Mauer and others visiting patients at Gillette Children’s Hospital, gift bags put together by players’ wives dropped off at food shelves and homeless shelters, and many more.

HOMESTAND (1-2)Batting Average ........... .324 (34-for-105)Runs Per-Game ...................4.0 (12 R/3 G)Home Runs .............................................2RISP ................................. .222 (8-for-36)Fielding Errors ........................................2

Team ERA .................4.67 (27.0 IP, 14 ER)Starters W-L ....................................... 0-2Starters ERA .............5.60 (17.2 IP, 11 ER)Relievers W-L-S ...............................1-0-1Relievers ERA ...............2.89 (9.1 IP, 3 ER)Save/Opportunities ..............................1/1

MINNESOTA TWINS (16-39) VS. TAMPA BAY RAYS (24-30)SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2016 - 1:10 PM CT - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK

Tyler Duffey (R, 2-4, 4.57) vs. Drew Smyly (L, 2-7, 4.77)GAME 56 HOME GAME 27

UPCOMING MILESTONESPLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACHJoe Mauer ............................775 RBI ......................................Needs 17 to tie Torii Hunter (792) for 6th on Twins all-time list 125 home runs ...........................Needs 7 to tie Jacque Jones (132) for 11th on Twins all-time list 349 doubles ...............................Needs 1 to reach 350 for careerPaul Molitor .........................99 wins ......................................Needs 1 to reach 100 career managerial winsGlen Perkins ........................401 games .................................Needs 19 to tie Matt Guerrier (420) for 5th on Twins all-time listTrevor Plouffe .......................87 home runs .............................Needs 13 to reach 100 career home runs

RECENT TRANSACTIONS5/6 RHP Santana reinstated from DL C Murphy optioned to AAA RHP Graham designated for release or assignment LHP O’Rourke designated for release or assignment OF Mastroianni contract selected C Centeno contract selected5/7 RHP Fien claimed off waivers by LAD LHP Milone outrighted to AAA IF Escobar placed on 15-day DL IF Polanco recalled from AAA RHP Kintzler contract selected LHP Dean recalled from AAA5/14 RHP Graham traded to NYY for cash or PTBNL5/16 RHP Berrios optioned to AAA5/17 LHP Rogers recalled from AAA5/19 OF Grossman selected from AAA OF Rosario optioned to AAA5/23 IF Escobar returned from rehab and reinstated from 15-day DL IF Polanco optioned to AAA5/25 OF Mastroianni placed on DL LHP Boshers selected from AAA LHP Perkins transferred to 60-day DL5/31 OF Santana placed on 15-day DL OF Buxton recalled from AAA6/1 OF Sano placed on 15-day DL OF Kepler recalled from AAA

Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast ScheduleDate Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio6/6 OFF DAY6/7 vs. Miami Pat Dean (L, 1-2, 4.15) vs. Adam Conley (L, 3-3, 3.72) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-G0 96.3 / La Raza6/8 vs. Miami Ricky Nolasco (R, 2-4, 4.93) vs. Wei-Yin Chen (L, 3-2, 4.25) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-G0 96.36/9 vs. Miami Ervin Santana (R, 1-5, 4.50) vs. Tom Koehler (R, 3-6, 4.50) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-G0 96.3

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

STREAKSCurrent Streak: ...............................2 lossesLast 5 games: ........................................1-4Last 10 games: ......................................5-5Last 15 games: ......................................6-9Last 20 games: ....................................7-13

TWINS AT A GLANCERecord: .........................................16-39 Home Record: .................................9-17Road Record: ..................................7-22Record in series: ........................ 4-12-2Series Openers: ..............................6-13 Series Finales: ................................5-13Rubber Games: .................................1-1Sweeps/Swept: ................................. 2/9April: ...............................................7-17May: ................................................8-19June: .................................................1-3July: ........................................................August: ...................................................September/October: ..............................vs. American League East: .............2-10vs. American League Central: ........5-19vs. American League West: ..............7-5vs. National League: .........................2-5Games vs. LH Starter: .......................4-7Games vs. RH Starter: ..................12-32Twins score first: ............................6-16Opponent scores first: ..................10-23Come-from-behind wins: .................. 14Leading after 7/8 inn.: ........... 12-2/12-1Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ........... 2-30/1-32Tied after 7/8 inn.: ..................... 1-7/2-6Extra-innings: ...................................1-31-run games: ..................................6-10Twins out-hit opp.: ..........................10-7Opp. out-hit Twins:..........................5-29 Twins/Opp. have = hits: ....................1-3Twins get Quality Start: ..................8-13Twins starter goes 6+ IP: .............12-15Most games over .500: .............................Most games under .500: ............. 24, 6/5Longest winning-streak: ...4, 2x, last 5/25-29Longest losing-streak: ................. 9, 4/4-14When Twins score 4+: ..................15-15When Twins score 3-: .....................1-24Team-high hits: .................... 15, 6/2 vs. TBTeam-high runs: . 8, 2x, last 5/16 at DETOpp.-high hits: ..............18, 4/29 vs. DETOpp.-high runs: ............... 16, 5/4 at HOUTwins get 10+ hits: .........................11-9Walk-Off W/L: ................................... 3/3Shutouts W/L: ................................... 0/3Complete Games: ..1, Hughes 4/18 vs. MILTarget Field Sellouts (’16/All-Time): ...1/159

TWINS VS. TAMPA BAY2016 Record: .........................................1-2Current Streak: ...............................2 losses2016 at Home: .......................................1-22016 at Tampa Bay: .....................................All-Time Record: ................................68-70All-Time at Home: ..............................38-35All-Time at Tampa Bay: ......................30-35

2016 Game Logs:

Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save6/2 MIN 6-4 Rogers/Ramirez/Jepsen6/3 MIN 2-4 Ramirez/Nolasco/Colome6/4 MIN 3-7 Andriese/Santana/Colome6/5 MIN8/5 TB8/6 TB8/7 TB

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STARTING PITCHER PAGE 2

• He is making his eighth start of the season.• He is making his 18th career start and appearance.

W L ERA G/GS IP ER AVG H AB HR BB SO Home: 1 2 5.79 3/3 18.2 12 Vs. Left: .338 25 74 1 3 19 Road: 1 2 3.57 4/4 22.2 9 Vs. Right: .258 25 97 3 6 17 Day: 2 2 2.90 5/5 31.0 10 TOTALS: .292 50 171 4 9 36 Night: 0 2 9.58 2/2 10.1 11 Grass: 2 4 4.57 7/7 41.1 21 None On: .278 27 97 1 5 23 Turf: - - - - - - - Runners On: .311 23 74 3 4 13

2016 MISC. NUMBERS

• • Earned first major league win in his second career start, August 15, 2015 vs. Cleveland, allowing

one hit with seven strikeouts in 6.0 shutout innings.• Major league debut August 5, 2015 at Toronto.• Named International League Pitcher of the Week June 30, 2015, making two starts for the Red

Wings, going 2-0, 0.00 ERA (14.1 IP) with two walks and 10 strikeouts, including a 7.0-inning complete game June 28 vs. Charlotte.

• Appeared in first career spring training in 2015 with the Twins; reassigned March 15.• Named 16th best prospect in Twins system by Baseball America entering 2015.• Named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week July 28, 2014, going 2-0, 1.29 ERA (14.0 IP, 2 ER) with

no walks and 16 strikeouts in two starts.• 2009 graduate of Bellaire (TX) High School.• Attended Rice University from 2010-12, where he went 11-5, 3.06 ERA (153.0 IP, 52 ER) with 55

walks and 189 strikeouts in 92 career games (1 start)...named MVP of the 2011 Conference USA championship...finished third in the league with 30 appearances and eighth with 76 strikeouts in 2011...led Rice with four saves as a freshman in 2010.

• Selected by the Twins in the fifth round of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft; signed by scout Greg Runser.

CAREER NOTES

LAST START: Duffy made his sixth start of the season May 31 at Oakland...tossed 4.2 innings, allowing five runs on a season-high 10 hits with one walk and six strikeouts...left in the fifth with a man on base; Buddy Boshers got Jake Smolinski to ground out for the last out of the inning...with his fourth loss, Duffey is tied with Kevin Jepsen for second most on the Twins, behind only Phil Hughes (7)...threw 103 pitches, 61 strikes.

AGAINST TAMPA BAY: Today is Duffey's second career start against the Rays...he went 5.1 innings, allowing two runs on seven hits with four walks, four strikeouts and home run in a no-decision August 26, 2015 at Tampa Bay• Duffey has made four career starts against the AL East, three last year, including his

major league debut August 5, 2015 at Toronto, and one this season...he is 1-2, 6.97 (20.2 IP, 16 ER) with seven walks and 15 strikeouts vs. the AL East in his career...his ERA is the highest against any division.

THE EARLY BIRD: Duffey is making his sixth day start of the season; 2-2, 2.90 ERA (31.0 IP, 10 ER) with seven walks and 28 strikeouts in his first five outings...he only has two night starts in 2016 and is 0-2, 9.58 ERA (10.1 IP, 11 ER) with two walks and eight strikeouts...in seven career day games, Duffey is 3-2, 2.42 ERA (44.2 IP, 12 ER) with nine walks and 43 strikeouts, as opposed to 4-3, 4.77 ERA (54.2 IP, 29 ER) with 20 walks and 46 strikeouts in 10 night starts.

GIMME FIVE: Last time out, Duffey failed to complete 5.0 innings for just the second time this season and first time since his season debut April 24 at Washington, when he left with no outs in the fifth inning after being struck by a line drive...he has failed to complete 5.0 innings in just four of his 17 career outings, including a career-low 2.0 innings in his major league debut August 5, 2015 at Toronto...Duffey has thrown 7.0 plus innings four times in his career, including twice this season; his career-high 7.2 innings was August 20, 2015 at Baltimore...he has pitched the second most innings (99.1) by a Twins starter since his MLB debut August 5, 2015, trailing Ervin Santana (122.2).

RIGHT ON TARGET: Duffey is 4-2, 3.38 ERA (42.2 IP, 16 ER) with 14 walks, 37 strikeouts and a .231 (37-for-160) opponent batting average in seven career starts at Target Field...1-2, 5.79 ERA (18.2 IP, 12 ER) with three walks and 14 strikeouts...in 10 career road starts, is 3-3, 3.97 ERA (56.2 IP, 25 ER) with 15 walks and 52 strikeouts; 1-2, 3.57 ERA (22.2 IP, 9 ER) with six walks and 22 strikeouts in four starts away from Target Field this season.

EARN IT: Duffey has allowed five or more earned runs in three straight starts for the first time in his career; only the fourth time in his career that he allowed more than three earned runs in a start...two of the three starts have come against the Blue Jays: August 5, 2015 at Toronto (Duffey's MLB debut) and May 20 vs. Toronto...Duffey has not allowed an earned run in three of his 16 career starts, and eight times he has allowed one or two runs.

STRIKING WHILE HOT: Duffey recorded six strikeouts last time out...he has struck out at least five batters in five of his seven starts in 2016 and 11 of his 17 career starts...he has struck out eight-or-more three times, including a career-high nine May 8 at Chicago-AL...he is second on the Twins in strikeouts (89) since his MLB debut August 5, 2015, behind only Ervin Santana (101).

RIGHT APPROACH: Through his first 17 career starts, right-handers have hit just .256 (53-for-207) off Duffey with 37 strikeouts and a .306 on-base percentage...conversely, left-handers have hit .290 (53-for-183) with a .347 on-base percentage off Duffey.

SEVEN ISN'T HEAVEN: In his career, Duffey owns a 3.22 ERA (92.1 IP, 33 ER) and opponents hit just .236 (87-for-350) in the first six innings of the game...from the seventh inning on, though, Duffey's ERA is 10.29 (7.0 IP, 8 ER) and he has allowed a .475 (19-for-40) average against...Duffey's batting average against increased each time through the lineup (first time - .179, second time - .291, third time - .346, fourth time - .556).

ROCHESTER RECAP: Duffy made three starts for Triple-A Rochester where he did not allow more than two runs in any start...he went winless but posted a 1.72 ERA (15.2 IP, 3 ER) with seven walks and 13 strikeouts...April 18 vs. Pawtucket was his longest start of the year, pitching 7.0 IP, allowing seven hits, one earned run, one walk and a season-high six strikeouts...Duffey was recalled by the Twins April 23, starting in place of previously scheduled starter Ervin Santana who was placed on the disabled list April 26 (retroactive April 20) due to lower back pain.

Height: 6-3 Weight: 222 B/T: R/R Age: 25 (12/27/90 in Houston, TX)

2016: 2-4, 4.57 ERA CAREER: 7-5, 3.71 ERA

TYLER DUFFEY #56

YEAR STARTS 6+ IP QS2015 10 7 7

YEAR STARTS 6+ IP QS2016 7 4 3TOTALS 17 11 10

6.0-PLUS IP/QUALITY STARTS

Smyly vs. the Twins PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SOMauer .188 16 3 0 1 2Plouffe .222 9 2 0 3 1Escobar .667 6 4 2 1 0Suzuki .600 5 3 0 0 0Arcia .000 4 0 0 0 0Dozier .250 4 1 0 2 0Nunez .000 4 0 0 0 1Buxton .000 3 0 0 0 3Sano .667 3 2 0 0 1Grossman 1.000 1 1 0 0 0

Duffey vs. the RaysPLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SOForsythe .000 3 0 0 0 1Kiermaier .667 3 2 0 0 0Longoria .333 3 1 0 0 0Conger .000 2 0 0 0 1

BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPS

BASE RUNNERS PICK-OFFS SB-ATT GIDP DUFFEY: 61 0 1-1 5

MORE MISCELLANEOUS NUMBERS

CG’s: - - CG’s: - - SHO’s: - - SHO’s: CG Low Hit: - - CG Low-Hit: - - Innings: 7.0, 2x, last 5/15 at CLE Innings: 7.2, 8/20/15 at BAL SO’s: 9, 5/8 at CWS SO’s: 9, 5/8/16 at CWS Walks: 2, 3x, last 5/25 vs. KC Walks: 5, 8/15/15 vs. CLE Hits: 10, 5/31 at OAK Hits: 10, 8/20/15 at BAL Home Runs: 1, 3x, last 5/20 vs. TOR Home Runs: 2, 8/5/15 at TOR Win-Streak: 1, 5/25 Win-Streak: 5, 8/15-9/26/15 Loss-Streak: 2, 4/30-5/8 Loss-Streak: 2, 4/30-5/8/15

2016 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS

2015 vs. Tampa Bay (1 start): 0-0, 3.38 ERA (5.1 IP, 2 ER), 4 BB, 4 K2015 vs. Tampa Bay at Home: - -2015 vs. Tampa Bay at Tampa Bay (1 start): 0-0, 3.38 ERA (5.1 IP, 2 ER), 4 BB, 4 KCareer vs. Tampa Bay (1 start): 0-0, 3.38 ERA (5.1 IP, 2 ER), 4 BB, 4 KCareer vs. Tampa Bay at Home: - -Career vs. Tampa Bay at Tampa Bay (1 start): 0-0, 3.38 ERA (5.1 IP, 2 ER), 4 BB, 4 K

DUFFEY VS. TAMPA BAY

Dean will be making his fourth career major league start Tuesday vs. Miami...in his last start, June 1 at Oakland, he took his second loss after allowing four runs, nine hits and two walks while striking out three over 5.0 innings of work...he has never faced the Marlins; all five career appearances have come against AL opponents...has two career relief appearances, both coming this season, posting a record of 0-1 with a 4.50 ERA (8.0 IP, 4 ER), two walks and seven strikeouts...made his major league debut May 11 vs. Baltimore after his contract was selected from Triple-A Rochester May 7...has a career minor league record of 47-53, 3.91 ERA (814.2 IP, 354 ER) with 155 walks and 478 strikeouts...selected by the Twins in the third round of 2010 First-Year Player Draft.

TUESDAY'S STARTER - PAT DEAN, LHP (SEASON: 1-2, 4.15 ERA // CAREER: 1-2, 4.15 ERA)

Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Left/Final Notes Pitches/K4/24 at WAS ND 4.0 5 1 1 1 2 1 1-1/5-6 Left after hit by line drive; 16 inning game 74/414/30 vs. DET L1 6.1 5 4 1 1 0 7 1-4/1-4 2nd career start allowing no walks 106/73APRIL TOTALS 0-1 10.1 10 5 2 2 2 8 1.74 ERA5/8 at CWS L2 7.0 6 3 3 0 2 9 1-3/1-3 Career-high in strikeouts 97/645/15 at CLE W1 7.0 6 0 0 0 1 6 3-0/5-1 Matched career high 7.0 shutout innings 110/675/20 vs. TOR L3 5.2 9 6 6 1 1 2 1-4/3-9 Left with 2 men on, both scored 103/655/25 vs. KC W2 6.2 9 5 5 0 2 5 6-5/7-5 First Twins starter to record two wins 102/655/31 at OAK L4 4.2 10 5 5 1 1 6 3-5/4-7 Just second time of season not lasting 5.0 IP 103/61MAY TOTALS 2-3 31.0 40 19 19 2 7 28 5.52 ERA---- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA2016 TOTALS 2-4 41.1 50 24 21 4 9 36 4.57PRE-ASG TOTALS 2-4 41.1 50 24 21 4 9 36 4.57CAREER TOTALS 7-5 99.1 106 44 41 8 29 89 3.71

2016 MAJOR LEAGUE DAY-BY-DAY

INNING: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RUNS/HITS: 4/7 1/4 4/10 6/9 3/7 5/8 1/5 -/- -/-

2016 RUNS/HITS PER INNING

Pitcher Last Start (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) Dec. Starts QS Team Rec. Run Supp. RS AVGSantana 6/4 vs. TB (6.0-6-5-5-3-4-3) L 10 5 1-9 19 3.17Gibson 4/22 at WAS (3.0-7-7-7-2-1-0) L 4 1 1-3 5 2.18Hughes 6/2 vs. TB (4.0-8-4-4-1-2-1) ND 11 6 3-8 26 4.08Milone 4/25 vs CLE (4.2-7-2-2-2-5-0) ND 4 0 2-2 5 1.93Nolasco 6/4 vs. TB (7.2-6-3-2-0-7-1) L 11 4 4-7 38 5.21Duffey 5/31 at OAK (4.2-10-5-5-1-6-1) L 7 3 2-5 16 3.48Berrios 5/16 at DET (0.2-3-7-7-4-1-1) ND 4 0 1-3 10 6.00Meyer 5/3 at HOU (2.2-3-3-3-3-4-1) L 1 0 0-1 2 4.93Dean 6/1 at OAK (5.0-9-4-4-2-3-1) L 3 2 2-1 17 5.88

TWINS STARTERS IN 2016

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Last Roadtrip: 0-0-2, 9.00 (2.0 IP, 2 ER), BB, K Series vs. TB: 0-0-1, 0.00 (1.0 IP) vs. Left: .353 vs. Right: .310

AFormer Ray led the AL in appearances (75) in 2015; 29 games for the Twins and 46 for Tampa Bay...acquired via trade July 31, 2015 in exchange for right-handed pitchers Chih-Wei Hu and Alexis Tapia. AEarned first save as a Twin on August 21, 2015 at Baltimore...became Twins primary closer and went 10-for-11 in save opportunities from August 21 thru end of the season...is 17-for-21 in career as Twins closer. AHas recorded 20-plus holds three times in his career (27 in 2010, 22 in 2014 and 24 in 2015)...has never allowed more than 14 extra-base hits in a season (11 2B, 3 HR)...has allowed 13 extra-base hits (7 2B, 3B, 5 HR) in 2016. AAt the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, he closed out the USA’s 8-4 win over Japan in the bronze medal-winning game...pitched in four Olympic games with one save, a 0.00 ERA (5.2 IP) and five strikeouts.

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 SO6/2 vs. TB S7 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 05/29 at SEA S6 1.0 3 2 2 1 0 15/28 at SEA S5 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 05/25 vs. KC S4 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 15/23 vs. KC ND 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 15/21 vs. TOR S3 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 05/19 vs. TOR ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 15/15 at CLE ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 25/14 at CLE ND 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 05/10 vs. BAL L4 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 15/7 at CWS ND 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 0

1st Batter FacedPITCHER H/AB BB K AVG SV/OPP HLD IR/IRS IRS % LAST RELIEF APPEARANCE LAST WIN LAST SAVE LAST LOSSAbad 6/ 21 3 3 .286 0/ 0 4 21/ 7 33.3% 5/31/16 at OAK ND 5/21/16 vs. TOR ….. … 5/15/05 vs. CWSBoshers 1/ 3 0 0 .333 0/ 0 1 1/ 0 0.0% 6/4/16 vs. TB ND ….. … ….. … ….. …Jepsen 5/ 21 2 5 .238 7/ 10 1 0/ 0 … 6/2/16 vs. TB S 4/26/16 vs. CLE 6/2/16 vs. TB 5/10/16 vs. BALKintzler 3/ 12 0 1 .250 0/ 0 1 8/ 0 0.0% 6/3/16 vs. TB ND 9/16/15 at STL ….. … 5/23/15 at ATLMay 6/ 25 2 10 .240 0/ 2 5 15/ 6 40.0% 6/1/16 at OAK ND 8/7/15 at CLE ….. … 5/13/16 at CLEPressly 6/ 23 3 5 .261 0/ 1 2 5/ 0 0.0% 6/2/16 vs. TB H 5/28/16 at SEA ….. … 5/19/16 vs. TORRogers 1/ 8 1 3 .125 0/ 0 1 2/ 0 0.0% 6/2/16 vs. TB W 6/2/16 vs. TB ….. … ….. …Tonkin 8/ 23 1 7 .348 0/ 2 1 12/ 6 50.0% 6/4/16 vs. TB ND 4/17/16 vs. LAA ….. … 5/17/18 at DETOthers 11/ 26 2 5 .423 0/ 1 1 17/ 5 29.4%TEAM 47/ 162 14 39 .290 7/ 16 17 81/ 24 29.6%

The opposition has a .279 (207-for-743) batting-average-against with 31 home runs vs. Twins relievers.

2016 BULLPEN INFO

Last Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 2.45 (3.2 IP, ER), BB, 7 K Series vs. TB: - - vs. Left: .147 vs. Right: .301

ALeads Twins relievers in strikeouts (40) and is 3rd among all Twins pitchers. AHas not allowed a hit in his last five appearances (4.0 IP)...allowed one walk and struckout 8 in that span since 5/25. ASnapped scoreless inning streak at 9.0 innings 5/13 at CLE, was 2nd longest by a Twin in 2016 (longest by a Twin in 2016: Abad, 9.1). AAllowed 10 runs in 5 outings (3.1 IP) from May 13-23. AIn 2015 finished second in strikeouts (110), behind only Kyle Gibson (145), among all Twins. AIn 2015 he led all AL rookies in K/BB (4.23- min. of 100.0 IP)...was 4th in strikeouts (110), T7th in games (48), T9th in holds (7). APrimarily a starter throughout his professional career...was moved to the bullpen in July 2015...had gone 4-7, 4.37 ERA (80.1 IP, 39 ER) with 18 walks and 71 strikeouts in 15 starts...had 2.87 ERA (31.1 IP, 10 ER) with eight walks and 37 strikeouts in 32 relief appearances.

TREVOR MAY - RHP #65Height: 6-5 Weight: 240 B/T: R/R Age: 26 (9/23/89 in Longview, WA) Obtained: Trade with Philadelphia, 12/6/12

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO6/1 at OAK ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 35/31 at OAK ND 0.2 0 1 1 0 1 25/29 at SEA H5 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 05/28 at SEA H4 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 25/25 vs. KC H3 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 15/23 vs, KC ND 1.1 4 2 2 0 0 25/20 vs. TOR ND 0.1 2 1 1 1 0 05/17 at DET ND 0.0 4 3 3 2 0 05/15 at CLE ND 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 15/13 at CLE L2 0.2 3 3 3 0 1 25/10 vs. BAL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1

Last Roadtrip: 1-0-0, 3.38 (2.2 IP, ER), 3 K Series vs. TB: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP), 2 K vs. Left: .250 vs. Right: .257

ALeads Twins relievers in innings (30.2) and third in strikeouts (31). ATossed 8.2 scoreless innings to begin the season...the scoreless streak ended in the bottom of the sixth on 4/20 at MIL. ADid not allow a home run in 2015 (27.2 IP), one of two pitchers in baseball with a minimum of 25.0 innings pitched to not allow a homer, St. Louis’ Adam Wainwright being the other...leads Twins in fewest home runs allowed (11) with a minimum 100.0 IP since 2013. AOriginally drafted by Red Sox in 11th round of 2007 First-Year Round Player Draft...is one of four Rule 5 selections for the Twins since 2010 (all pitchers - J.R. Graham 2014, Terry Doyle 2011, and Scott Diamond 2010).

RYAN PRESSLY - RHP #57Height: 6-3 Weight: 210 B/T: R/R Age: 27 (12/15/88 in Dallas, TX) Obtained: Rule 5 Draft from Boston, 12/6/12

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO6/2 vs. TB H2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 26/1 at OAK ND 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 15/28 at SEA W2 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 05/27 at SEA ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 25/24 vs. KC ND 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 25/22 vs. TOR ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 05/20 vs. TOR ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 15/19 vs. TOR L3 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 1

Last Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.2 IP), 2 BB, 2 K Series vs. TB: 0-0-0, 9.00 (2.0 IP, 2 ER), K vs. Left: .259 vs. Right: .219

ASecond among Twins relievers, and sixth overall among Twins pitchers, with 32 strikeouts this season. AEarned first major league win with 2.0 scoreless inning, striking out four in extra innings, 4/17 vs. LAA. AMade Opening Day roster for first time since 2014...made 7 appearances in spring, posting a 7.88 ERA (8.0 IP, 7 ER) with eight strikeouts. AHas appeared in 84 career major league games, going 1-2, 3.33 ERA (81.0 IP, 30 ER) with 27 walks and 77 strikeouts. ARecalled from Triple-A Rochester to Minnesota five times in 2015...combined to go 2-1, 1.96 ERA (64.1 IP, 1 ER) with 14 walks and 65 strikeouts in 59 games between both levels.

MICHAEL TONKIN - RHP #59Height: 6-7 Weight: 220 B/T: R/R Age: 26 (11/19/89 in Glendale,CA) Obtained: 30th round, 2008 Draft

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO6/4 vs. TB ND 2.0 4 2 2 1 0 16/1 at OAK ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 15/31 at OAK ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 15/24 vs. KC ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 15/22 vs, TOR ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 35/20 vs. TOR ND 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 25/18 at DET ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 15/17 at DET L2 0.1 3 3 3 0 0 15/14 at CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Last Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 5.40 (1.2 IP, ER), K Series vs. TB: - - vs. Left: .083 vs. Right: .295

AHeld lefties hitless in first 21 at-bats to start the season...lefties are 2-for-24 with BB, 5 K vs. Abad. ACareer record of 6-20, 3.50 ERA (246.2 IP, 96 ER) with 82 walks and 211 strikeouts in 282 career appearances. AHad his 9.1 scoreless inning streak snapped, after allowing an unearned run 4/27 vs. CLE; it is the longest by a Twin this season. A2016 is his first season pitching with the Twins...spent parts of six previous seasons with Houston (2010-12), Washington (2013) and Oakland (2014-15)...has made 265 career relief appearances (6 starts). ARanks third in the AL in games among lefties since 2014 (155), behind only Zach Britton and Andrew Miller. AHas allowed 14 hits and 5 walks while striking out 18 in his 24 appearances this season (19.1 IP). AHeld opponents to a .167 (5-for-30) batting average with runners in scoring position and two outs in 2015. AFormer Athletic led Oakland in games (62) and was 10th among AL left-handed relievers in 2015.

FERNANDO ABAD - LHP #58Height: 6-1 Weight: 220 B/T: L/L Age: 30 (12/17/85 In La Romana, DR) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 12/16/15

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO5/31 at OAK ND 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 05/29 at SEA H4 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 15/28 at SEA H3 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 05/24 vs. KC ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 05/23 vs. KC ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 25/21 vs. TOR W1 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 05/19 vs. TOR ND 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 15/13 at CLE ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 05/10 vs. BAL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 05/7 at CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 05/6 at CWS ND 0.1 2 1 1 0 1 05/2 at HOU ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 1

Last Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.1 IP), K Series vs. TB: 0-0-0, 3.86 (2.1 IP, ER) vs. Left: .333 vs. Right: .229

ARecalled 5/7...has 12 appearances since recall, walking one and striking out 10...tossed 8.2 scoreless innings 5/13-6/2. AMade 2016 debut 5/7 at CWS...was first appearance in the major since May 25, 2015 vs. SF as a member of the Milwaukee Brewers. AMade 172 appearances with Milwaukee from 2010-15...posted a 6.43 ERA (7.0 IP, 5 ER) in seven appearances for the Brewers in 2015. ABetween 2013-14 for Brewers went 6-6, 2.93 ERA (135.1 IP, 44 ER) with 32 BB and 89 K and 35 holds in 135 relief appearances. ABegan the 2016 season with Triple-A Rochester where he went 4-1, 3.52 ERA (15.1 IP, 6 ER), three walks and 11 strikeouts in 10 relief appearances...career minor league record of 16-12, 2.94 ERA (251.1 IP, 82 ER), 60 walks and 225 strikeouts in 181 outings (7 starts). AOriginally selected by San Diego in the 40th round of the 2004 First-Year Player Draft out of Dixie State University (UT).

BRANDON KINTZLER - RHP #27Height: 6-0 Weight: 190 B/T: R/R Age: 31 (8/1/84 in Las Vegas, NV) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 12/15/15

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO6/3 vs. TB ND 1.1 1 1 1 1 0 26/2 vs. TB H1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 05/31 at OAK ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 05/27 at SEA ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 15/24 vs. KC ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 25/23 vs. KC ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 25/21 vs. TOR ND 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 25/19 vs. TOR ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 05/17 at DET ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 05/13 at CLE ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 5.40 (1.2 IP, ER), BB, 3 K Series vs. TB: 1-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP), 2 K vs. Left: .286 vs. Right: .286

ARecalled 5/17 (Berrios optioned)...made major league debut 4/14 vs. CWS...earned first career MLB win with 2.0 perfect IP 6/2 vs. TB. AParticipated in Twins spring training in 2016...made six appearances going 0-1, 3.52 ERA (7.2 IP, 3 ER)...was optioned to Triple-A Rochester March 23...made one appearance for the Red Wings to start the season tossing 2.0 scoreless innings April 7. ACareer minor league record of 37-28 with a 3.27 ERA (525.0 IP, 191 ER), 135 walks and 407 strikeouts in 93 games (85 starts). ARanked by Baseball America as the 14th best prospect in the Twins system entering 2016.

TAYLOR ROGERS - LHP #55Height: 6-3 Weight: 170 B/T: L/L Age: 28 (2/28/87 in Santa Fe) Obtained: 11th round, 2012 Draft

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO6/2 vs. TB W1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 25/30 at OAK ND 1.0 7 3 3 0 1 25/28 at SEA ND 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 15/25 vs. KC H1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 15/23 vs. KC ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 05/22 vs. TOR ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 25/20 vs. TOR ND 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0

ASince 5/24, the Twins bullpen has a 2.67 ERA (33.2 IP, 10 ER) with 6 BB and 37 K...holding opponents to a .227 (27-for-119) average. AMinnesota’s bullpen has struckout 192 batters in 2016, 7th most in baseball. ATwins relievers have tossed 189.2 innings this season, tied 7th most in the majors and 3rd most in the AL. AThe ‘pen has posted a 4.41 ERA, 5th highest in the majors and 3rd highest in the AL...their .279 opponent average is 3rd highest among MLB teams. AMinnesota has used 15 different pitchers out of the bullpen this season. ATwins relievers are 8-12 this season, going 7-for-16 in save opportunities...Kevin Jepsen leads the Twins with all seven of the teams’ saves.

TEAM BULLPEN NOTES

Last Roadtrip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP), 3 K Series vs. TB: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP), BB, K vs. Left: .000 vs. Right: .286

AContract selected prior to 5/25 game...made first appearance in majors since September 28, 2013 with a scoreless 0.1 IP 5/28. ABegan season with Triple-A Rochester, going 1-0 with 2 saves, a 1.42 ERA (19.0 IP, 3 ER), five walks and 21 strikeouts in 15 relief appear-ances...held opposing hitters to a .206 average for the Red Wings. AAppeared in 25 games for the Angels in 2013, posting a 4.70 ERA (15.1 IP, 8 ER) with eight walks and 13 strikeouts. ASpent 2015 in the Independent Atlantic League with Somerset, being named the Atlantic League Reliever of the Year.

BUDDY BOSHERS - LHP #62Height: 6-3 Weight: 205 B/T: L/L Age: 28 (5/9/88 in Huntsville, AL) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 12/14/15

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO6/4 vs. TB ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 15/31 at OAK ND 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 35/28 at SEA H1 0.1 1 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 Arcia 5 1 0 0 6 4 0 0 0 4 5/6/16 at CWS 1 Latos 32 6/5/14 vs. MIL 1 Buxton 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9/30/15-1 at CLE 0 Armstrong 68 …. … 0 Centeno 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 5/14/16 at CLE 1 Kluber 35 …. … 0 Dozier 6 2 0 0 8 3 2 0 0 5 6/2/16 vs. TB 0 Moore 11 …. … 0 Escobar 5 2 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 1 9/26/15 at DET 1 Lobstein 143 …. … 0 Grossman 3 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 3 5/29/16 at SEA 0 Walker 24 …. … 0 Kepler 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 ….. … … … 35 ….. … 0 Mauer 13 3 0 0 16 3 0 0 0 3 5/29/16 at SEA 0 Walker 22 9/1/12 at KC 3 Nunez 13 2 3 0 18 4 1 0 0 5 6/2/16 (ITP) vs. TB 0 Moore 13 …. … 0 Park 7 1 0 0 8 2 1 0 0 3 5/13/16(2) at CLE 0/1 Tomlin/Tomlin 60 …. … 0 Plouffe 7 3 0 0 10 2 1 0 0 3 5/10/16 vs. BAL 1 Gausman 69 7/17/15 at OAK 2 Suzuki 9 0 0 0 9 2 0 0 0 2 5/16/16 at DET 1 Zimmermann 35 9/10/07 at SEA 1

BRIAN DOZIER - 2B #2 Height: 5-11 Weight: 198 B/T: R/R Age: 29 (5/15/87 in Tupelo, MS)

2016 Average: .212 Streak: 4g, .313 (5-16), 3 2B, HR, 5 RBI Series vs. TB: .308 (4-13), 2 2B, HR, 5 RBILast Roadtrip: .238 (5-21), 2 2B, 2 RBI, 3 BB, 2 HBP, SB, 3 runs HR (6): Solo (4), 3-run (2)

AHas a hit in 9 of last 10 games...has an active 9-game hit-streak vs. Rays. ALed MLB second basemen in home runs (28), runs (101), XBH (71) and games (157) in 2015...was second in RBI (77) and walks (61), and third in doubles (39). ALeads Twins in games (363), runs (236), HR (57) and walks (170) since the start of 2014...5th in baseball in runs scored in same span. AScored 100-plus runs in consecutive seasons (112 in 2014 and 101 in 2015), becoming third Twin to score 100 runs in consecutive seasons (Knoblauch, 95-97 & Oliva, 64-65). ALeads baseball in innings played at second base since start of 2013. ATwins 8th round pick in 2009 Draft enters his 8th professional season. ARanks third on Twins all-time list in leadoff home runs (13), trailing Jacque Jones (20) and Chuck Knoblauch (14)...last leadoff HR came July 30, 2015 at SEA off Happ.

KURT SUZUKI - C #8Height: 5-11 Weight: 203 B/T: R/R Age: 32 (10/4/83 in Wailuku, HI)

2016 Average: .226 Streak: 3g, .455 (5-11), RBI Series vs. TB: .429 (3-7)Last Roadtrip: .222 (2-9), RBI HR (1): 2-run (1)

ACareer .292 (47-for-161) with 13 2B, 3 HR, 27 RBI vs. the Rays...hitting .250 (5-for-20) in seven games vs. TB at Target Field. AHit first home run of 2016 with a 2-run shot in the 2nd inning 5/16 at DET. AMade eighth career Opening Day roster (3rd with Twins), hitting .310 (9-for-29) with 2B, 4 HR, 5 RBI and 8 runs in 13 spring games. AHit .290 (36-for-124) with RISP in 2015... .308 (16-for-52) with RISP and 2 outs. AHit .264 (234-for-885) with 51 2B, 8 HR and 111 RBI in 262 games with Twins in 2014-15. AEntered 2016 fifth among all actives in baseball in games caught (1,053). AOne of 40 Hawaii natives to play in MLB, third on that list in games trailing Mike Lum and Shane Victorino. ATwins are his third organization (OAK 2004-13, WAS 2012-13)...in final year of three-year contract.

JOE MAUER - 1B #VOTEMAUER #7Height: 6-5 Weight: 225 B/T: L/R Age: 33 (4/19/83 in St. Paul, MN)

2016 Average: .282 Streak: 1g, .500 (2-4), 2 RBI Series vs. TB: .250 (3-12), 2 BB, 2 RBILast Roadtrip: .350 (7-20), 3 HR, 5 RBI, 4 BB, 5 runs HR (6): Solo (5), 2-run (1)

ACareer .364 (79-for-217) vs. Rays...since 7/9/13 is hitting .356 (21-for-59) vs. TB. ACollected 1,750th career hit 6/2 vs. TB, passing Kent Hrbek for sole possession of 4th on Twins all-time hit list...passed Killebrew for 5th with single 4/18 vs. MIL. AHit a HR in 3 straight games 5/27-29 at SEA...2nd time with HR in three straight in his career, also May 23-25, 2009. AHas six multi-hit games in his last 12 games. ATied 3rd in the AL in walks (34). ARanks 7th on the Twins all-time RBI list at 775...passed Gary Gaetti (758) for sole possession of 7th on 4/20...needs 17 to tie Hunter (792) for 6th. AReached base safely in first 28 games to start 2016, snapped with 0-for-4 5/6 at CWS...reached base safely in 43 straight games 8/7-9/24/15, setting club record. AHit .352 (44-for-125) with RISP last season, the 4th highest in AL and 11th best in MLB. AEntered season with most MLB service time among Twins (12 years) and entered as one of four players in baseball with 12-plus seasons with just one single team (David Wright - NYM, Ryan Howard - PHI, Yadier Molina - STL). ARanks on Twins all-time list (since 1961): 2nd in 2B (349), 3rd in average (.312) and BB (777), 5th in hits (1752), 6th in games (1510), runs (836), total bases (2526), and 7th in RBI (775).

OSWALDO ARCIA - OF #31Height: 6-0 Weight: 225 B/T: L/R Age: 25 (5/9/91 in Anaco, VZ)

2016 Average: .217 Streak: 0-7 Series vs. TB: - -Last Roadtrip: .000 (0-6), BB HR (4): Solo (2), 2-run (2)

ACareer .030 (1-for-33) vs. the Rays...0-for-last-31 vs. the Rays. AHitting .269 (14-for-52) at home... .135 (5-for-37) on the road. AHit first career walk-off HR with solo shot in the 9th, 4/25 vs. CLE...was Twins first walk-off HR of 2016...was second career walk-off hit, other coming 4/17/16 vs. LAA (1B). AHit 40th home run of his career with 2-run shot 5/6 at CWS. AHad first walk-off hit of 2016 with a single in the 12th inning, 4/17 vs. LAA A3rd straight, Opening Day roster...hit .200 (11-for-55), 3 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI this spring.

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

2016 Average: .331 Streak: 3g, .357 (5-14), HR, RBI, 2 SB, 2 r Series vs. TB: .357 (5-14), HR, RBI, 2 SBLast Roadtrip: .407 (11-27), 2B, HR, RBI, SB, 5 runs HR (6): Solo (4), 3-run (1), ITP (1)

ALeads Twins with 18 multi-hit games, including 7 in his last 10 games. AHit the Twins first leadoff inside-the-park home run in team history (since 1961) 6/2 vs. TB, and first in franchise history since 1949...was 50th Twins inside-the-park HR. ACollected third 4-hit game 5/28...first Twin since 2012 to have 4-or-more 4+ hit games. AOver last 11 games is hitting .392 (20-for-51) with 2 2B, 3 HR, 4 RBI, 9 runs, 3 SB. AHis .373 average in April was highest by a Twin since Lew Ford hit .419 in 2004. AHas reached base safely 68 times (59 hits, 3 HBP, 6 BB) in his 41 starts this season. ALeads Twins in batting average (.331), hits (59), runs (25) and stolen bases (11). AFifth career Opening Day roster, second with Minnesota, hitting .250 (13-for-52) with a triple and six runs scored in 23 spring games. ARanked fifth on Twins in stolen bases (7) in 2015, despite playing just 72 games. ACareer games at position: SS - 222; 3rd - 129; DH - 45; OF - 29; 2B - 28.

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

2016 Average: .254 Streak: 5g, .300 (6-20), 2B, RBI, BB, run Series vs. TB: .308 (4-13), 2B, RBILast Roadtrip: .200 (2-10), HBP, BB, run HR (3): Solo (2), 2-run (1)

AReinstated from DL prior to 5/3 game...hit .125 (1-for-8) in 2 rehab games with Ft. Myers. AHit 3rd HR of 2016 with game tying 2-run HR 5/10 vs. BAL. ALeads Twins in RBI (285) since 2012...leads Twins in doubles (82), 9th in AL since 2014. AFifth straight, Opening Day roster in 2016, after hitting .385 (20-for-52) with 3 2B, 4 HR, 14 RBI and 9 runs in 18 spring games...Opening Day 3B for fourth straight season. AHit 20-plus home runs in 2012 (24) and 2015 (22), one of three Twins 3B to hit 20-plus home runs in multiple seasons (Koskie, twice & Gaetti, 6 times). AHit .316 (43-for-136) with RISP in 2015, 15th best in the AL...set career-highs in 2015 in hits (140), RBI (86), runs scored (74), games (152), at-bats (573) and triples (4)...led Twins in RBI, 2nd in doubles (35) & 3rd in games and hits. ADrafted 20th overall by Twins in 2004, two picks ahead of Glen Perkins (Twins) and three ahead of Phil Hughes (Yankees).

JUAN CENTENO - C #37Height: 5-9 Weight: 195 B/T: L/R Age: 26 (11/16/89 in Arecibo, PR)

2016 Average: .273 Streak: 4g, .333 (5-15), 2B, 2 RBI Series vs. TB: .250 (1-4)Last Roadtrip: .286 (4-14), 2B, 2 RBI HR (1): 2-run (1)

AHas 4 multi-hit games in 13 total games...hitting .321 (9-for-28) against right-handers. AFirst career HR with 2-run shot 5/14 at CLE off Kluber. AHad contract selected by the Twins prior to 5/6 game vs. CWS...was hitting .245 (12-for-49) at Triple-A Rochester prior to joining Twins. AHit .375 (9-for-24) in 19 games this spring, with a home run, 2 runs scored and 8 RBI. APlayed in 10 games (5 starts) for the Brewers last season.

BYUNG HO PARK - 1B/DH #52Height: 6-1 Weight: 220 B/T: R/R Age: 29 (7/10/86 in Seoul, South Korea)

2016 Average: .217 Streak: 0-6, 2 BB Series vs. TB: .333 (3-9), 2 2B, 3 BBLast Roadtrip: .111 (2-18), 2B, 2 RBI, HBP, 2 BB, run HR (9): Solo (8), 2-run (1)

AHit 8th and 9th home runs 5/14 at CLE, his first career multi-homer game...second among AL rookies in HR, and 4th among MLB rookies. AIs first Twin to ever hit 9 HR in his first 29 games to start a season (Cordova 8 in 1995). AHit 2nd HR in 8th 4/16 vs. LAA...462 feet to CF 5th longest in Target Field history. AMade MLB debut 4/4, going 1-for-3 with his first hit being a single to center off Tyler Wilson...hit .259 (15-for-58) with 3 2B, 3 HR, 13 RBI in 20 spring games. ASigned 4-year contract with the Twins 12/1/15. ALed KBO in home runs (53), total bases (377) and RBI (146), including setting a league record for RBI...ranked second in runs (129) and slugging percentage (.714). AHit .324 (320-for-987) with 51 doubles, 105 HR and 270 RBI in last two seasons combined in KBO...53 home runs in 2015 and 52 in 2014. AEntered 2016 7th best prospect in Twins organization according to Baseball America.

ROBBIE GROSSMAN - OF #36Height: 6-0 Weight: 215 B/T: S/L Age: 26 (9/16/89 in San Diego, CA)

2016 Average: .327 Streak: 0-7, 3 BB Series vs. TB: .200 (2-10), 3 BB, runLast Roadtrip: .286 (6-21), 4 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 3 BB, 3 runs HR (2): Solo (2)

AMade Twins debut 5/20 vs. TOR...since that date he leads the Twins in doubles (6), walks (10), tied for lead in RBI (9), and is 2nd in hits (16) and runs (9). AHas a hit in 9 of 15 games with Twins in 2016. AContract selected prior to 5/19 game (Rosario optioned). AHas a career average of .246 (176-for-715) with 36 doubles, 2 triples, 13 home runs, 73 RBI and 15 stolen bases in 205 games with Houston (2012-15) and Minnesota (2016). ABegan the season with Triple-A Columbus (Cleveland) and hit .256 (31-for-121) with 5 doubles, 6 HR and 21 RBI in 35 games...opted out of his minor league contract May 16...signed by the Twins to a minor league contract May 16 and reported to Triple-A Rochester. APlayed in one game for Triple-A Rochester before having contract selected.

EDUARDO ESCOBAR - INF #5 Height: 5-10 Weight: 185 B/T: S/R Age: 27 (1/5/89 in Villa de Cura, VZ)

2016 Average: .254 Streak: 2g, .286 (2-7), RBI Series vs. TB: - -Last Roadtrip: .176 (3-17), RBI HR (0): - -

AHitting .321 (17-for-53) in 16 home games...has a hit in seven straight home games, batting .429 (12-for-28)...career .417 (20-for-48) hitter in 15 games vs. the Rays. AReinstated from DL prior to 5/23 game...hitting .310 (9-for-29) in nine games since return...hit .364 (4-for-11) in three rehab games with Single-A Ft. Myers. AHitting .345 (10-for-29) as a righty vs. .227 (22-for-97) as a lefty. AHit .286 (53-for-185) with 18 doubles, eight home runs and 27 RBI in final 56 games of 2015, ranking in top five among AL shortstops in all aforementioned categories. ASet career-highs last season in home runs (12), RBI (58) and walks (28). ARecorded 30-plus doubles in consecutive seasons (35 in 2014 and 31 in 2015), becoming first Twins switch hitter to ever to do so in consecutive seasons. AScored in 12 straight games 8/20-9/3/15, tied for third longest streak in Twins history.

BYRON BUXTON - OF #25Height: 6-2 Weight: 189 B/T: R/R Age: 22 (12/19/93 in Baxley, GA)

2016 Average: .219 Streak: 6g, .333 (8-24), 2 2B, 3B, RBI, 4 r Series vs. TB: .455 (5-11), 3B, RBI, 3 runsLast Roadtrip: .250 (2-8), 2B HR (0): - -

AHas an active career-long 6-game hit-streak...has a hit in 8 of his last 10 games. AHit .156 (7-for-45) in 17 games during first stint with Twins, optioned late April to Triple-A Rochester and hit .336 (39-for-116) with 9 2B, 2 3B, 6 HR, 11 BB in 29 games. ANamed IL Batter of the Week on 5/30, hitting .372 (32-for-86) with 7 2B and 14 RBI. AFirst career Opening Day roster...hit .268 (15-for-56) with 3 2B in 19 spring games. AEntered 2016 as top prospect, best hitter for average, fastest baserunner, best athlete, best defensive outfielder and best outfield arm in Twins system by Baseball America. A2012 second overall pick by Twins (behind Carlos Correa), named second best prospect in baseball by Baseball America in 2016 (Corey Seager - 1st), second best in 2015 (Kris Bryant - 1st) and top prospect in 2014. ASplit 2015 between Double-A Chattanooga, Triple-A Rochester and MIN, combining to hit .276 (116-for-421) with 17 2B, 14 3B, 9 HR, 51 RBI, 24 SB in 118 games.

MAX KEPLER - OF #26Height: 6-4 Weight: 207 B/T: L/L Age: 23 (2/10/93 in Berlin, Germany)

2016 Average: .214 Streak: 3g, .333 (4-12), 2B, 2 RBI Series vs. TB: .333 (4-12), 2B, 2 RBILast Roadtrip: .000 (0-4) HR (0): - -

ARecalled 6/1 (Sano DL)...is his second stint with the Twins this season. AFirst career extra-base hit with 2B 4/20 at MIL...1st career RBI with 2B 6/2 vs. TB. ANamed 2015 Southern League MVP after hitting .322 (131-for-407) with 32 doubles, 13 triples, nine home runs, 71 RBI and 76 runs scored in 112 games AOriginally signed by the Twins in July of 2009 and spent six seasons in the Twins minors, hitting .281 (448-for-1594) with 98 doubles, 34 home runs and 254 RBI.

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BATTING PITCHINGMONTH AVG R R/G H HR W-L IP H BB K ERAAPRIL .239 80 3.3 198 21 7-17 215.1 219 75 192 3.97MAY .239 111 4.1 218 31 8-19 234.0 286 72 212 5.96JUNE .294 13 3.3 40 2 1-3 35.0 38 4 25 4.89JULY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -AUGUST - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -SEPT/OCT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

TWINS MONTHLY BReAKDOWN

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

Starters 8 27 5.38 294.2 336 192 176 47 93 241Relievers 8 12 7 4.41 189.2 207 97 93 31 61 192TOTALS 16 39 7 5.00 484.1 543 289 269 78 154 433

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

TWINS 26 22 24 27 28 22 17 24 12 2 204 OPPONENTS 44 28 32 38 39 28 32 24 20 4 289

HOME RUNS BY POSITIONC 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH PH TOTAL2 8 7 6 3 7 2 11 7 1 54

RECORD WHEN…Runs Scoring Allowing0 0 - 3 0 - 01 0 - 6 2 - 02 1 - 10 2 - 13 1 - 5 3 - 74 1 - 8 5 - 75 4 - 5 3 - 26 6 - 1 0 - 67 2 - 0 1 - 7 8 1 - 1 0 - 19 0 - 0 0 - 310+ 0 - 0 0 - 5

Totals 16 - 39 16 - 39

DATE PLAYER/MANAGER/COACH UMPIRE REASON4/10 at Kansas City ..............Miguel Sano .......................................... John Hirschbeck .........................Arguing Balls and Strikes5/2 at Houston ...................... John Ryan Murphy ................................. Jerry Layne ..................................Arguing Balls and Strikes5/4 at Houston ......................Ryan Pressly ......................................... Scott Barry .................................Arguing Balls and Strikes5/4 at Houston ......................Paul Molitor .......................................... Scott Barry .................................Arguing Balls and Strikes 5 ejections in 2015

TWINS EJECTIONS MULTI-HOMER GAME (5 in 2015)• Park, 5/13 at CLE

BACK-TO-BACK (2 in 2015)• Arcia/Park, 4/16 vs. LAA

GRAND SLAM (3 in 2015)• - -

WALK-OFF (4 in 2015)• Arcia, 4/25 vs. CLE

INSIDE-THE-PARK (0 in 2015)• Nunez, 6/2 vs. TB

RUNNERS ON• Solo - 41 // 2-run - 10 // 3-run - 3

TWINS HOME RUN DATA

TWINS BATTING INFO

SEASON-HIGHS GW BUNTPLAYER H HR RBI RBI HITS SEASON-HIGH HIT-STREAKArcia 3 1 (4x) 2 (4x) 3 - - 3, 2x, last 4/27-5/1Buxton 2 (3x) - - 1 (2x) - - - - 6, 4/24-presentCenteno 2 (4x) 1 2 1 - - 4, 5/8-15Dozier 3 (2x) 1 (6x) 3 (2x) 2 2 6, 4/16-22Escobar 3 (2x) - - 2 - - - - 5, 2x, last 4/26-5/2Grossman 3 (2x) 1 (2x) 3 - - - - 3, 5/31-6/2Kepler 2 - - 2 - - - - 3, 6/2-presentMauer 3 (3x) 1 (6x) 2 (2x) - - - - 9, 4/9-18Nunez 4 (3x) 1 (5x) 3 1 2 9, 4/27-5/10Park 3 2 2 (2x) 2 - - 6, 4/30-5/6Plouffe 3 (3x) 1 (3x) 3 - - - - 4, 5/7-11Suzuki 2 (9x) 1 2 (2x) - - - - 3, 2x, last 5/31-presentOthers 7 1 TOTALS 16 10

C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Arcia 14 10 8 10 6 Buxton 17 17Centeno 11 11 Dozier 47 1 14 23 6 5 Escobar 32 11 19 1 1Grossman 15 1 7 6 1 Kepler 1 4 6 Mauer 37 13 8 10 32 Nunez 4 22 14 1 22 13 4 2Park 18 27 5 17 19 5 Plouffe 35 21 14 Suzuki 33 1 29 3Others 11 4 1 6 27 37 41 7 11 8 17 29 9 4 13 14 32

STARTS BY POSITION STARTS BY BATTING ORDER

Rosario ......... 2 Mastroianni .. 0Arcia ............ 2 Sano ............. 0Kepler ........... 2 Buxton .......... 0Grossman ..... 1 Total ............ 8Santana ....... 1 44 team assists in 2015

TWINS Outfield ASSISTS

TWINS HITTERS VS. Tampa Bay Rays

2016 CAREERPLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI AVG. AB H HR RBIArcia … 0 0 0 0 .030 33 1 0 0Buxton .455 11 5 0 1 .375 24 9 0 2Centeno .250 4 1 0 0 .250 4 1 0 0Dozier .308 13 4 1 5 .207 92 19 6 15Escobar … 0 0 0 0 .417 48 20 3 7Grossman .200 10 2 0 0 .111 18 2 0 0Kepler .333 12 4 0 2 .333 12 4 0 2Mauer .250 12 3 0 2 .362 218 79 3 34Nunez .357 14 5 1 1 .260 127 33 4 10Park .333 9 3 0 0 .333 9 3 0 0Plouffe .308 13 4 0 1 .244 90 22 1 5Suzuki .429 7 3 0 0 .292 161 47 3 27Others … 0 0 0 0TEAM .324 105 34 2 12

TWINS BULLPEN VS. Tampa Bay Rays

2016 CAREERPITCHER W L S ERA IP H ER W L S ERA IP H ERAbad 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 1.59 5.2 7 1Boshers 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 1.0 1 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 4.0 2 0Jepsen 0 - 0 - 1 0.00 1.0 1 0 1 - 1 - 2 1.96 18.1 13 4Kintzler 0 - 0 - 0 3.86 2.1 1 1 0 - 0 - 0 3.86 2.1 1 1May 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 3.52 7.2 7 3Pressly 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 - 1 - 0 3.00 6.0 5 2Rogers 1 - 0 - 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 1 - 0 - 0 0.00 2.0 0 0Tonkin 0 - 0 - 0 9.00 2.0 4 2 0 - 0 - 4 5.68 6.1 7 4Others 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0TEAM 1 - 0 - 1 2.89 9.1 7 3

2016 DISABLED LIST LOG PLAYER INJURY DATE ON RETRO DATE OFF GAMES MISSED Danny Santana ........................ Right Hamstring Strain .................................................................................. 4/9..................................................................4/25 .......................................14 Glen Perkins ............................ Left Posterior Shoulder Strain ..................................................................... 4/13.........................4/11 ...............................................................................48 Trevor Plouffe ........................... Right Intercostal Strain ................................................................................. 4/19.........................4/18 .................................5/3 ........................................13 Ervin Santana .......................... Lower Back Strain .......................................................................................... 4/26.........................4/20 .................................5/6 ........................................14 Kyle Gibson .............................. Right Shoulder Strain ................................................................................... 4/26.........................4/23 ...............................................................................37 Eduardo Escobar ...................... Left Groin Strain ............................................................................................. 5/7..................................................................5/23 .......................................13 Darin Mastroianni ................... Left Oblique Strain ........................................................................................ 5/25.........................5/22 ...............................................................................13 Danny Santana ........................ Left Hamstring Strain ................................................................................... 5/30..................................................................................................................5 Miguel Sano ............................. Left Hamstring Strain ................................................................................... 5/31..................................................................................................................4

BOLD indicates current on DL

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LAST TIME IT HAPPENED

FOR THE TWINSHITTING:Hit for the Cycle: Cuddyer, 5/22/09 vs. MIL (10 all-time)Grand Slam: Rosario, 9/3/15 vs. CWS (3 as a team in 2015)Inside-the-Park Home Run: Nunez, 6/2/16 vs. TB (1 as a team in 2016)Pinch-Hit Home Run: Rosario, 4/19/16 vs. MIL (1 as a team in 2016)Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: LeCroy, (9th inning), 5/19/04 at TORFive-Hit Game: Escobar, 8/22/14 vs. DETSix-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: Park, 5/13/16 at CLE (1 as a team in 2016)Three-Home Run Game: Morneau, 7/6/07 at CWS-2 (4 all-time)Back-to-Back Home Runs: Mauer/Sano, 5/29 at SEA (3 as a team in 2016)Three Consecutive Home Runs: Parmelee/Arcia/Fryer, 8/3/14 at CWSThree Home Runs, One Inning: Parmelee/Arcia/Fryer, 8/3/14 at CWSFour Home Runs, One Inning: Mack/Puckett/Hrbek/Bush, 5/2/92 at NYYWalk-off Home Run: Arcia, 9th inning, 4/25/16 vs. CLE (1 as a team in 2016)Leadoff Home Run: Nunez, 6/2/16 vs. TB (3 total in 2016)Consecutive Home Runs to Leadoff Game: E. Nunez/B. Dozier, 5/25/16 vs. KC

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: E. Santana, 9/5/15 at HOU (2 as team in 2015 - both Santana)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 (2 games, 10-0 and 3-0)

MISCELLANEOUS:Triple Play: Castillo/Morneau/Batista, 5/27/06 vs. SEA (Johjima hitting)Position Player Pitching: S. Robinson, 8/8/15 at CLEThree-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)

AGAINST THE TWINSHITTING:Hit for the Cycle: Beltre, 8/24/12 at TEXGrand Slam: Trout, 9/18/15 vs. LAA (9 allowed in 2015)Inside-the-Park Home Run: J. McCann, 4/29/15 vs. DETPinch-Hit Home Run: Bandy, 9/20/15 vs. LAA (2 in 2015)Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: Sands, 8/8/15 at CLE (1 in 2015)Five-Hit Game: S.Perez, 5/23/16 vs. KC (1 in 2015) Six-Hit Game: Segura, 5/28/13 at MILTwo Hits, One Inning: T. Thompson, 4th inning (2B, 1B) 9/12/15 at CWS (1 allowed in 2015)Two Home Runs, One Inning: Nilsson, 5/17/96 vs. MILTwo-Home Run Game: Trout, 9/17/15 vs. LAA (7 allowed in 2015)Three-Home Run Game: A. Rodriguez, 7/25/15 vs. NYY (1 allowed in 2015)Back-to-Back Home Runs: Bautista/Donaldson, 5/22/16 vs. TOR (5 allowed in 2016)Three 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. BOSWalk-off Home Run: C. Heisey, 16th inning, 4/24/16 at WAS (1 allowed in 2016)Leadoff Home Run: Bautista, 5/22/16 vs. TOR (4 allowed in 2016)Consecutive Home Runs to Leadoff Game: J. Bautista/J. Donaldson, 5/22 vs. TOR

PITCHING (complete games only for low-hit games):No-Hitter: Weaver, 5/2/12 at LAA (5 all-time)One-Hitter: Kluber, 8/14/15 vs. CLE (23 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: Roark (15), 4/23/16 at WAS (3 times in 2016)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: 4/6/13 - 4/8/2015 (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. DETThree-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. STL

2016 TARGET FIELD WEATHER DELAYS AND POSTPONEMENTSDATE DELAYED/PPD NOTES 4/18 vs. Milwaukee Delayed Delayed two hours and six minutes in the sixth inning due to rain. Game was called as the Twins won 7-4 in six innings.4/27 vs. Cleveland Delayed Delayed 35 minutes before the start of the game due to rain. First pitch was scheduled for 7:10 p.m. and game started at 7:45 p.m.5/9 vs. Baltimore Postponed Postponed due to inclement weather prior to the start of the game. Game to be made up on July 28, a previously scheduled mutual off day for both clubs.5/23 vs. Kansas City Delayed Delayed for 41 minutes in the third inning due to rain. 6/4 vs. Tampa Bay Delayed Delayed for one hour and 10 minutes in the sixth inning due to rain.

** Target Field has experienced 25 delayed games and 13 postponed games in the park’s history (since 2010). Longest delay: 3:00. **

TEAM BATTING:Most At-Bats, Game...........................................................................57, 4/24 at WAS (16 inn.)Most Runs, Game....................................................................................8, 2x, last 5/16 at DETMost Runs, Inning................................................................ 5, 2x, last 3rd inning, 5/27 at SEAMost Hits, Game ..................................................................................................15, 6/2 vs. TBMost Hits, Inning ................................................................................................ 6, 5/16 at DETConsecutive Hits ................................................................. 4, 3x, last 3rd inning, 5/27 at SEAConsecutive Batters Reached Base ................................... 5, 2x, last 3rd inning, 5/27 at SEAFewest Hits, Game............................................................................................. 2, 4/23 at WASMost Doubles, Game..........................................................................................6, 4/26 vs. CLEMost Triples, Game .........................................................................................1, multiple timesMost Home Runs, Game ..................................................................................... 4, 5/13 at CLEGrand Slams ..............................................................................................................................Most Total Bases, Game ......................................................................25, 4/18 vs. MIL (6 inn.)Most Extra Base Hits, Game ..............................................................................7, 4/26 vs. CLEMost RBI, Game ...................................................................................................8, 4/21 at MILMost Walks ..........................................................................................................9, 4/21 at MILMost Strikeouts .................................................................................20, 4/24 at WAS (16 inn.)Most Stolen Bases, Game, Twins ...........................................................................3, 6/4 vs. TBMost Stolen Bases, Game, Opponent ..................................................... 2, 2x, last 5/23 vs. KCMost Caught Stealing, Game ................................................................................ 2, 4/7 at BALMost Ground Into Doubleplay, Game...................................................................3, 5/23 vs. KCLeft On Base, Twins .............................................................................................11, 6/2 vs. TBLeft On Base, Twins in Extra Innings .................................................13, 4/17 vs. LAA (12 inn.)Consecutive Scoreless Innings............................................... 15, 9th inn. 4/8 - 5th inn., 4/10

INDIVIDUAL BATTING:Most At-Bats, Game.................................. 7, 3x, Nunez, Rosario, Sano, 4/24 at WASH (16 inn.)Most Runs, Game............................................................................................2, multiple times Most Runs, Inning...........................................................................................1, multiple timesMost Hits, Game .........................................................................4, 4x, last Nunez, 5/28 at SEAMost Hits, Inning ............................................................................................1, multiple timesMost Doubles, Game.........................................................................3, Grossman, 5/31 at OAKMost Triples, Game .........................................................................................1, multiple timesMost Home Runs, Game ............................................................................2, Park, 5/13 at CLEGrand Slams ..............................................................................................................................Most Total Bases, Game ............................................................................8, Park, 5/13 at CLEMost Extra Base Hits, Game .............................................................3, Grossman, 5/31 at OAKMost RBI, Game ............................................................................3, 7x, last Sano, 5/28 at SEAMost Walks, Game ........................................................................ 3, 2x, last Sano, 4/21 at MIL Most Strikeouts, Game ......................................4, 4x, last Buxton, Rosario, Sano, 4/24 at WASLongest Hitting-Streak .............................................................. 9, 2x, last Nunez, 4/4/27-5/10Consecutive Hits ............................................................ 5, Rosario, 4/21 at MIL - 4/22 at WASConsecutive Hitless At-Bats..........................................................................21, Park, 5/17-23Most Stolen Bases, Game..............................................................2, 2x, last Nunez, 6/4 vs. TBMost Caught Stealing, Game ..........................................................................1, multiple timesMost Ground Into Doubleplay, Game..................................................... 2, Dozier, 5/20 vs. TOR

TEAM PITCHING:Most Runs Allowed ............................................................................................ 16, 5/4 at HOUMost Runs, Inning.............................................................................8, 1st inning, 5/16 at DETMost Hits Allowed ............................................................................................18, 4/29 vs. DETMost Hits Allowed, Inning .................................................................8, 7th inning, 5/17 at DETConsecutive Hits Allowed .................................................... 4, 3x, last 7th inning, 5/17 at DETMost Home Runs Allowed, Game ..........................................................4, 2x, last 5/20 vs. TORMost Strikeouts ................................................................................... 12, 2x, last 5/31 at OAK

TEAM PITCHING (CONT.):Most Walks .......................................................................................................... 7, 5/4 at HOUFewest Hits Allowed ............................................................................4, 4/17 vs. LAA (12 inn.)Pitchers Used .................................................................................................... 8, 4/24 at WASConsecutive Batters Retired........................................... 14, 8th inning 4/17- 1st inning 4/18Scoreless Innings Streak ................................................11, 2nd inning 4/17- 1st inning 4/18Wild Pitches ...................................................................................................... 3, 4/19 vs. MILMost Innings, Game, Relievers ......................................................11.0, 4/24 at WAS (16 inn.)Most Hits, Game, Relievers ..................................................................11, 3x, last 5/16 at DETMost Runs, Game, Relievers ............................................................................. 10, 5/4 at HOUMost Home Runs, Game, Relievers .......................................................3, 2x, last 5/20 vs TORMost Walks, Game, Relievers.............................................................................. 5, 5/4 at HOUMost Strikeouts, Game, Relievers................................................................... 11, 4/24 at WAS

INDIVIDUAL PITCHING:Most Innings, Game, Starter ........................................8.0, E. Santana, 5/19 vs. TOR (11 inn.)Most Innings, Game, Reliever ...............................................................5.1, Dean, 5/16 at DETMost Hits, Starter .................................................................................10, Duffey, 5/31 at OAKMost Hits, Reliever .................................................................................10, Dean, 5/16 at DETMost Runs, Starter ................................................................... 7, 3x, last Berrios, 5/16 at DETMost Runs, Reliever ...............................................................................4, Pressly, 4/20 at MILMost Home Runs, Starter ..........................................................3, 2x, last Santana, 6/4 vs. TBMost Home Runs, Reliever ............................................................ 2, 4x, last May, 5/17 at DETMost Walks, Starter....................................................................5, 2x, last Berrios, 5/2 at HOUMost Walks, Reliever..................................................................3, 2x, last Pressly, 5/7 at CWSMost Strikeouts, Starter..............................................................9, 2x, last Duffey, 5/8 at CWSMost Strikeouts, Reliever...............................................................................4, multiple timesWin-Streak .................................................................................................. 2, Jepsen, 4/25-26Losing-Streak ..........................................................................................5, Hughes, 4/23-5/22Low-Hit Complete Game..........................................................6, Hughes, 4/18 vs. MIL (6 inn.)Most Consecutive Scoreless Innings ............................................................9.1, Abad, 4/4-25Most Consecutive Batters Retired ..................................................... 13, Hughes, 5/17 at DETWild Pitches .............................................................................2, 3x, last Milone, 4/25 vs. CLE

TEAM & INDIVIDUAL FIELDING:Errors, Game, Team ........................................................................................... 3, 5/18 at DETErrors, Game, Individual ...........................................................2, 2x, last Nunez, 4/30 vs. DETErrors, Consecutive Games, Team .............................................................. 4, 2x, last 4/17-20Errors, Consecutive Games Without, Team .............................................................4, 5/14-17Doubleplays, Game, Team .................................................................................4, 4/29 vs. DETOpponents Doubleplays, Game, Team ............................................................2, multiple times

TEAM MISCELLANEOUS:Longest Winning Streak ............................................................................. 4, 2x, last 5/25-29Longest Losing Streak................................................................................................9, 4/4-14Longest Game, Innings.................................................................................... 16, 4/24 at WASLongest Game, Time (9 Innings) ....................................................................3:33, 5/1 vs. DETLongest Game, Time (Extra Innings) ..............................................5:56, 4/34 at WAS (16 inn.)Longest Delay ...................................................................................2:06, 4/18 vs. MIL (6 inn.)Fastest Game, Time ......................................................................................2:19, 5/21 vs. TOR Largest Margin, Victory.......................................................................................7, 4/21 at MILLargest Margin, Loss ......................................................................................... 12, 5/4 at HOULargest Home Attendance.......................................................................40,638, 4/11 vs. CWSHome Sellouts ......................................................................................................4/11 vs. CWSTimes Shut Out ........................................................................................... 3, last 4/23 at WAS

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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 (7-17) Batting: .239 (198-for-827) Pitching: 7-17-2, 3.97 ERA (215.1 IP, 95 ER) 4----- --at BAL 2-3 L 0-1 T4th -1.5 45,785 Britton/Jepsen 5-------OFF DAY 6----- --at BAL 2-4 L 0-2 5th -2.0 12,622 Gallardo/Gibson/Britton 7----- --at BAL 2-4 L 0-3 5th -2.5 11,142 Jimenez/Hughes/O’Day 8------at KC 3-4 L 0-4 5th -3.5 27,166 Soria/Jepsen/Davis 9------at KC 0-7 L 0-5 5th -3.5 31,001 Kennedy/Milone10 -----at KC ^3-4 L 0-6 5th -4.5 35,317 Davis/May11 -----CWS 1-4 L 0-7 5th -5.0 *40,638 40,638 1 Quintana/Gibson/Robertson12 -----OFF DAY 5th -5.013 -----CWS 0-3 L 0-8 5th -6.0 21,008 61,646 2 Rodon/Hughes/Robertson14 -----CWS 1-3 L 0-9 5th -7.0 19,736 81,382 3 Latos/Santana/Robertson 15 -----LAA 5-4 W 1-9 5th -7.0 22,461 103,843 4 Fien/Salas/Jepsen 16 -----LAA 6-4 W 2-9 5th -6.0 27,464 131,307 5 Pressly/Smith/Jepsen 17 -----LAA ^3-2 W 3-9 5th -5.0 25,932 157,239 6 Tonkin/Rasmus 18 -----MIL #7-4 W 4-9 5th -4.5 21,078 178,317 7 Hughes/Anderson 19 -----MIL 5-6 L 4-10 5th -5.5 17,597 195,914 8 Thornburg/Jepsen/Jeffress 20 -----at MIL 5-10 L 4-11 5th -6.0 21,078 Nelson/Pressly21 -----at MIL 8-1 W 5-11 5th -5.5 30,107 Nolasco/Jungmann 22 -----at WAS 4-8 L 5-12 5th -6.5 27,684 Gonzalez/Gibson 23 -----at WAS 0-2 L 5-13 5th -7.0 35,974 Roark/Hughes/Papelbon24 -----at WAS ^6-5 L 5-14 5th -8.0 35,397 Perez/Tonkin25 -----CLE 4-3 W 6-14 5th -8.0 17,503 213,417 9 Jepsen/McAllister 26 -----CLE 6-5 W 7-14 5th -8.0 17,493 230,910 10 Jepsen/Allen27 -----CLE 5-6 L 7-15 5th -9.0 17,746 248,656 11 Tomlin/Berrios/Allen28 -----OFF DAY 5th -8.529 -----DET 2-9 L 7-16 5th -8.5 23,049 271,705 12 Fulmer/Hughes30 -----DET 1-4 L 7-17 5th -9.5 31,109 302,814 13 Zimmermann/Duffey/RodriguezMAY (8-19) Batting: .239 (218-for-912) Pitching: 8-19-4, 5.96 ERA (234.0 IP, 155 ER) 1------DET 5-6 L 7-18 5th -10.5 24,749 327,563 14 Lowe/Pressly/Rodriguez 2------at HOU 6-2 W 8-18 5th -10.0 18,243 Berrios/Keuchel 3------at HOU 4-6 L 8-19 5th -11.0 21,153 McHugh/Meyer/Gregerson 4------at HOU 4-16 L 8-20 5th -11.0 20,847 Feldman/Hughes 5------OFF DAY 5th -10.5 6------at CWS 4-10 L 8-21 5th -11.5 23,054 Latos/Nolasco 7------at CWS 2-7 L 8-22 5th -12.5 28,049 Sale/E.Santana 8------at CWS 1-3 L 8-23 5th -13.5 23,801 Quintana/Duffey/Robertson 9------BAL 5th -14.0 --Postponed, Inclement Weather -- Scheduled makeup 7/28 --10 -----BAL 3-5 L 8-24 5th -14.0 21,586 349,149 15 O’Day/Jepsen/Britton 11 -----BAL 2-9 L 8-25 5th -14.0 25,094 374,243 16 Wilson/Hughes 12 -----OFF DAY 5th -14.013 -----at CLE 6-7 L 8-26 5th -15.0 17,803 McAllister/May/Allen14 -----at CLE 6-3 W 9-26 5th -14.0 15,428 Santana/Kluber15 -----at CLE 5-1 W 10-26 5th -13.0 13,236 Duffey/Bauer16 -----at DET 8-10 L 10-27 5th -13.5 25,925 Zimmermann/Dean/Rodriguez17 -----at DET 2-7 L 10-28 5th -13.5 27,652 Ryan/Tonkin18 -----at DET 3-6 L 10-29 5th -13.5 29,035 Verlander/Nolasco/Rodriguez19 -----TOR ^2-3 L 10-30 5th -14.5 25,435 399,678 17 Osuna/Pressly/Biagini20 -----TOR 3-9 L 10-31 5th -14.5 29,396 429,074 18 Sanchez/Duffey21 -----TOR 5-3 W 11-31 5th -13.5 30,460 459,534 19 Abad/Happ/Jepsen22 -----TOR 1-3 L 11-32 5th -14.5 33,421 492,955 20 Stroman/Hughes/Osuna23 -----KC 4-10 L 11-33 5th -15.0 17,886 510,841 21 Moylan/Nolasco24 -----KC 4-7 L 11-34 5th -15.0 23,541 534,382 22 Volquez/Santana/Davis 25 -----KC 7-5 W 12-34 5th -14.0 27,233 561,615 23 Duffey/Gee/Jepsen 26 -----OFF DAY 5th -14.027 -----at SEA 7-2 W 13-34 5th -13.0 40,921 Dean/Hernandez28 -----at SEA 6-5 W 14-34 5th -12.5 28,309 Pressly/Vincent/Jepsen29 -----at SEA 5-4 W 15-34 5th -12.0 33,748 Nolasco/Walker/Jepsen 30 -----at OAK 2-3 L 15-35 5th -13.0 17,248 Graveman/Santana/Madson31 -----at OAK 4-7 L 15-36 5th -14.0 12,767 Dull/Duffey/AxfordJUNE (1-3) Batting: .294 (40-for-156) Pitching: 1-3-1, 4.89 ERA (35.0 IP, 19 ER) 1------at OAK 1-5 L 15-37 5th -15.0 11,345 Manaea/Dean 2------TB 6-4 W 16-37 5th -14.0 20,193 581,808 24 Rogers/Ramirez/Jepsen 3------TB 2-4 L 16-38 5th -14.0 21,134 602,942 25 Ramirez/Nolasco/Colome 4------TB 4-7 L 16-39 5th -14.5 26,613 629,555 26 Andriese/E.Santana/Colome 5------TB 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN 6------OFF DAY 7------MIA 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 8------MIA 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 9------MIA 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN10 -----BOS 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN Fireworks Friday - Salute to music of the 80s11 -----BOS 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN Brian Dozier Adult Jersey giveaway - presented by CenturyLink12 -----BOS 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN13 -----at LAA 9:05 PM FSN/TIBN14 -----at LAA 9:05 PM FSN/TIBN15 -----at LAA 9:05 PM FSN/TIBN16 -----NYY 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN LED Energy Efficient Light Bulb giveaway - presented by Xcel Energy17 -----NYY 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN Fireworks Friday - Salute to songs from the British Invasion18 -----NYY 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN Miguel Sano Bobblehead giveaway 19 -----NYY 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN Twins Socks giveaway - presnted by Sheboygan Sausage Company20 -----OFF DAY21 -----PHI 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN Twins Travel Bag giveaway - presented by Delta Air lines22 -----PHI 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN23 -----PHI 12:10 PM FSN/TIBN Glen Perkins Baseball Card giveaway - presented by Topps24 -----at NYY 6:05 PM FSN/TIBN25 -----at NYY 12:05 PM FSN/TIBN 26 -----at NYY 12:05 PM FSN/TIBN27 -----OFF DAY28 -----at CWS 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN29 -----at CWS 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN30 -----at CWS 1:10 PM FSN/TIBNJULY (- - -) Batting: .--- (- -for- -) Pitching: - - - - -, -.-- ERA (-.- IP, - ER) 1------TEX 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN Fireworks Friday - Salute to America 2------TEX 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN Ervin Santana Bobblehead giveaway 3------TEX 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN 4------OAK 1:10 PM TIBN 5------OAK 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 6------OAK 12:10 PM TIBN 7------at TEX 7:05 PM FSN/TIBN 8------at TEX 7:05 PM FSN/TIBN 9------at TEX 8:05 PM FSN/TIBN 10 -----at TEX 2:05 PM FSN/TIBN11 -----ALL STAR BREAK 12 -----ALL STAR BREAK 13 -----ALL STAR BREAK14 -----ALL STAR BREAK15 -----CLE 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN Fireworks Friday - Salute to Alternative Pop Music & Twins Cap #2 giveaway16 -----CLE 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN Twins HOF Induction - Torii Hunter & Torii Hunter Bobblehead giveaway17 -----CLE 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN Twins HOF Induction - John Gordon & HOF Pins giveaway18 -----at DET 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN19 -----at DET 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN 20 -----at DET 12:10 pm TIBN21 -----at BOS 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN22 -----at BOS 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN

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

JULY CONTINUED (- - -) Batting: .--- (- -for- -) Pitching: - - - - -, -.-- ERA (-.- IP, - ER)23 -----at BOS 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN24 -----at BOS 12:35 PM FSN/TIBN 25 -----OFF DAY26 -----ATL 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN27 -----ATL 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN Twins 1991 World Championship Stein giveaway - presented by Budweiser28 -----BAL## 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN29 -----CWS 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN Fireworks Friday - Saluting music from 199130 -----CWS 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN Sano Globe giveaway31 -----CWS 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN Twins vintage Bobblehead giveawayAUGUST (- - -) Batting: .--- (- -for- -) Pitching: - - - - -, -.-- ERA (-.- IP, - ER) 1------at CLE 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN 2------at CLE 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN 3------at CLE 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN 4------at CLE 11:10 AM TIBN 5------at TB 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN 6------at TB 5:10 PM FSN/TIBN 7------at TB 12:10 PM FSN/TIBN 8------HOU 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 9------HOU 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN10 -----HOU 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN Twins Umbrella giveaway - presented by Pentair11 -----HOU 12:10 PM TIBN 12 -----KC 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN Fireworks Friday - Salute to country music13 -----KC 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN Back to School item giveaway - presented by Target14 -----KC 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN Back to School item giveaway - presented by Target15 -----OFF DAY16 -----at ATL 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN17 -----at ATL 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN18 -----at KC 7:15 PM FSN/TIBN19 -----at KC 7:15 PM FSN/TIBN20 -----at KC 6:15 PM FSN/TIBN21 -----at KC 1:15 PM FSN/TIBN22 -----OFF DAY23 -----DET 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN Twins Diversity Day item giveaway - presented by Treasure Island Resort & Casino24 -----DET 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN25 -----DET 12:10 PM TIBN26 -----at TOR 6:07 PM FSN/TIBN27 -----at TOR 12:07 PM FSN/TIBN28 -----at TOR 12:07 PM FSN/TIBN29 -----at CLE 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN30 -----at CLE 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN31 -----at CLE 6:10 PM FSN/TIBNSEPT/OCT (- - -) Batting: .--- (- -for- -) Pitching: - - - - -, -.-- (-.- IP, - ER) 1------CWS 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 2------CWS 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN Fireworks Friday - Saluting Latin pop music 3------CWS 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN 4------CWS 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN 5------KC 1:10 PM TIBN 6------KC 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 7------KC 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 8------OFF DAY 9------CLE 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN10 -----CLE 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN11 -----CLE 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN12 -----at DET 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN13 -----at DET 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN14 -----at DET 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN15 -----at DET 12:10 PM TIBN16 -----at NYM 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN17 -----at NYM 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN18 -----at NYM 12:10 PM FSN/TIBN19 -----OFF DAY20 -----DET 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 21 -----DET 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN22 -----DET 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN23 -----SEA 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN Twins stocking cap giveaway24 -----SEA 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN Twins stocking cap giveaway25 -----SEA 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN T.C. Cap giveaway26 -----OFF DAY27 -----at KC 6:15 PM FSN/TIBN28 -----at KC 6:15 PM FSN/TIBN29 -----at KC 6:15 PM FSN/TIBN30 -----at CWS 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 1 -----at CWS 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN 2 -----at CWS 2:10 PM FSN/TIBN All game times are listed as Central * - Denotes Sellout (1 in 2016) ̂ - Denotes Extra-Innings (Twins are 1-3 in extra-innings)# - Rain shortened game ended after 6.0 innings.## - Makeup game from May 9 vs. BAL

2016 WALK-OFF VICTORIES DATE SCORE NOTES 4/17 vs. LAA 3-2 Arcia singles into left field corner, scoring Buxton in bottom 12. 4/25 vs. CLE 4-3 Arcia solo home run in bottom 9 with no outs. 4/26 vs. CLE 6-5 Sano singles to center field, scoring Dozier from second in bottom 9.

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2016 players (38)

Position Players: (18) Arcia, Oswaldo of*Buxton, Byron of*Centeno, Juan cDozier, Brian inf*Escobar, Eduardo inf*Grossman, Robbie of

Kepler, Max ofMastroianni, Darin ofMauer, Joe inf*Murphy, John Ryan c*Nunez, Eduardo inf*Park, Byung Ho inf*

Polanco, Jorge infPlouffe, Trevor inf*Rosario, Eddie of*Sano, Miguel inf*Santana, Danny inf*Suzuki, Kurt c*

Pitchers: (21) Abad, Fernando lhp*Berrios, Jose rhpBoshers, Buddy, lhpDean, Pat lhpDuffey, Tyler rhpFien, Casey rhp*Gibson, Kyle rhp*

Graham, J.R. rhpHughes, Phil rhp*Jepsen, Kevin rhp*Kintzler, Brandon rhpMay, Trevor rhp*Milone, Tommy lhp*Nolasco, Ricky rhp*

O’Rourke, Ryan lhpPerkins, Glen lhp*Pressly, Ryan rhp*Rogers, Taylor lhpSantana, Ervin rhp*Meyer, Alex rhp Tonkin, Michael rhp*

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