minnesota twins (40-35) at cincinnati reds...

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THE TWINS: After finishing their recent eight-game homestand with a record of 5-3 (2-0 vs. St. Louis, 1-2 vs. the Cubs and 2-1 vs. the White Sox), the Twins began their 10-game road trip by going 1-2 in Milwaukee...today, they resume Interleague Play with the first of three in Cincinnati...the trip will continue with four at Kansas City from Thursday-Sunday. COLD MILWAUKEE: The Twins lost to the Brewers yesterday afternoon by a score of 5-3, losing their 11th series of the season (13-11-1)...Tommy Milone was the starter but did not factor into the decision, tossing 6.0 shutout innings with two hits allowed, three walks and seven strikeouts...the bullpen combined to allow five runs in the final 2.0 innings...Torii Hunter hit his 11th home run, a two-run shot in the ninth inning; it marked his third in the last two games. REVISITING THE QUEEN CITY: The Twins are 10-8 all-time against Cincinnati, going 7-2 in Minnesota (all at Metrodome) and 3-6 in Cincinnati — 2-1 at Great American Ball Park and 1-5 at Cinergy Field...the Twins last trip to Great American Ball Park came in 2012 as the Twins took two of three...just five Twins on the current roster played in that series: Joe Mauer, Brian Dozier, Trevor Plouffe, Brian Duensing and Glen Perkins. • Joe Mauer went 3-for-8 with two doubles and a walk...Trevor Plouffe homered off Mike Leake in game three. • Among Twins on current roster, Shane Robinson has played the most games at Great Ameri- can Ball Park, playing 19 games here, all with St. Louis...Blaine Boyer ranks second among Twins in games played in this park, appearing in eight games (’05 with ATL, ’08 with ATL, & ‘09 with ARI). FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING: Torii Hunter is making his first career trip to Great American Ball Park, the only current stadium in which he has yet to play in...he played in six career games against the Reds, coming in 1999 and 2001 at Cinergy Field, hitting .409 (9-for-22) with five doubles, one triple, one home run, five RBI and seven runs scored in those six. INTERLEAGUE INFO: The Twins are 7-8 in Interleague Play this season, tied for fifth most IL wins in baseball...they are 181-156 all-time, the seventh most wins in IL history...they are 100-68 all-time in Interleague play at home and 81-88 on the road. • Joe Mauer is a career .329 (225-for-683) hitter in 185 IL games — seventh best average all-time and third among actives with a minimum of 500 at-bats (Markakis - .336 & Pedroia - .336)...since 2012, he leads baseball in IL batting average (.369) and OBP (.448). • Torii Hunter is hitting .296 (287-for-969) with 67 doubles, 49 home runs and 187 RBI in 265 career IL games...his 121 extra-base hits are the most all-time and his 67 doubles are second-most all-time, trailing Adrian Beltre (71). • Hunter has 105 IL RBI as a Twin, two away from tying Justin Morneau for most in club history. #VOTEDOZIER: Brian Dozier has 41 extra-base hits this season, the most in the AL and tied for third most in baseball with Bryce Harper, trailing Todd Frazier (47) and Nolan Arenado (44)...he ranks third in baseball in runs scored with 57, trailing Josh Donaldson (58) and Brett Gardner (58)...additionally, he leads all MLB second basemen in home runs (15), RBI (37), second in doubles (23) and tied for fourth in walks (30)...he ranks first among AL second basemen in fielding percentage (.995), while his 652.1 innings played at second base lead baseball. DON’T WALK: The Twins pitching staff has issued an American League-low 177 walks this season...only Washington (170) and the Mets (177) have issued as many-or-fewer...starters rank fifth in baseball with just 107 walks allowed while relievers rank sixth with 70 walks allowed. THE STARTING LINE: Twins starting pitchers have posted a 2.53 ERA (67.2 IP, 19 ER) in their last 11 games, since June 17...their 3.82 ERA (441.0 IP, 187 ER) on the season is the third lowest in the AL (Tampa Bay - 3.11 & Oakland - 3.13) and eighth lowest in baseball... the starting staff has finished in the bottom three in baseball in terms of ERA in each of the previous four seasons (since 2011). ON THIS DAY IN TWINS HISTORY: • In 1969, Tony Oliva collected eight straight hits in the Twins double header with Kansas City...Oliva flied out his first at-bat, followed by three singles...in game two, Oliva hit two homers, a double and two singles, driving in five runs. • In 1984, Twins rookie Andre David hit a two-run home run off Detroit’s Jack Morris in his first major league at bat...it was the only home run David hit in the majors. • In 1991, Kirby Puckett collected his 1,500th career hit, doubling off White Sox starter Greg Hibbard. • In 2010, Denard Span tied a modern major league record with three triples in the Twins 11-4 win over Detroit...the last player to do so was Rafael Furcal in 2002; Ken Landreaux is the only member of the Twins to have done it, in 1980. THIS AND THAT: • Glen Perkins has converted 24 straight save opportunities, tied for second longest save streak in club history and the second-longest ever for a Twins closer in a single-season, the record holder being Joe Nathan, who converted 27 straight from May 8-August 15...the last pitcher to convert at least their first 24 to start a season were Grant Balfour, who saved his first 26 in 2013 and Jason Grilli, who saved his first 25 in 2013. • Torii Hunter has 754 career RBI as a Twin and needs four to tie Gary Gaetti (758) for sixth on the Twins all-time list...Hunter has 709 career runs scored as a Twin, needing four to tie Chuck Knoblauch (713) for seventh on Twins all-time list. • Eddie Rosario is tied for seventh among AL rookies in hits (38). • Twins outfielders have 21 assists, tied with Chicago-AL for second most in baseball, trailing Baltimore (22). STREAKS Current Streak: ................................. 1 loss Last 5 games: ........................................ 2-3 Last 10 games: ...................................... 5-5 Last 15 games: ...................................... 7-8 Last 20 games: .................................... 8-12 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 6/30 at Cincinnati Phil Hughes (R, 6-6, 4.20) vs. Anthony DeSclafani (R, 5-5, 3.35) 6:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / BOB FM 7/1 at Cincinnati Trevor May (R, 4-6, 4.62) vs. Johnny Cueto (R, 4-5, 2.98) 11:35 am Fox Sports North TIBN / None Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. THE SKIPPER Paul Molitor was named Twins Manager No- vember 4, 2014 becoming the 13th Manager in club history and just the third since 1986 (Tom Kelly, Ron Gardenhire)...2015 marks his 15th minor league and major league professional coaching season...inducted into baseball HOF in 2004 and one of just six players in MLB history with 3,000 hits and 500 stolen bases... ranks ninth on baseball’s all-time hit list amassing 3,319 in 21-year career from 1978- 98...1974 graduate of Cretin High School in St. Paul, attended University of Minnesota from 1975-77 and played for Twins from 1996-98. ROAD TRIP (1-2) Batting Average ............. .219 (21-for-96) Runs Per-Game...................4.0 (12 R/3 G) Home Runs ............................................. 6 RISP ................................... .143 (1-for-7) Fielding Errors ........................................ 2 Team ERA .................5.76 (25.0 IP, 16 ER) Starters W-L ....................................... 1-1 Starters ERA ...............4.85 (13.0 IP, 7 ER) Relievers W-L-S ............................... 0-1-1 Relievers ERA .............6.75 (12.0 IP, 9 ER) Save/Opportunities ..............................1/1 TWINS AT A GLANCE Record: ......................................... 40-35 Home Record:............................... 25-15 Road Record:................................ 15-20 Record in series: ...................... 13-11-1 Series Openers: ............................ 11-14 Series Finales:.............................. 15-10 Rubber Games: ................................. 6-5 Sweeps/Swept: ................................. 4/3 April: ............................................. 10-12 May: ................................................ 20-7 June: ............................................. 10-16 July:........................................................ August:................................................... September/October:.............................. vs. American League East: ............... 9-4 vs. American League Central: ...... 18-19 vs. American League West: .............. 6-4 vs. National League: ......................... 7-8 Games vs. LH Starter:................... 18-10 Games vs. RH Starter: .................. 22-25 Twins score first: .......................... 27-12 Opp. scores first: .......................... 13-23 Come-from-behind wins: .................. 15 Leading after 7/8 inn.:........... 34-1/34-0 Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ........... 1-27/0-31 Tied after 7/8 inn.: ..................... 5-7/6-4 Extra-innings: ................................... 3-2 1-run games: .................................. 13-9 Twins out-hit opp.: .......................... 26-2 Opp. out-hit Twins:.......................... 9-30 Twins/Opp. have = hits: .................... 5-3 Twins get Quality Start: ................ 25-12 Twins starter goes 6+ IP:............. 28-17 Most games over .500: ......... 11, last 6/5 Most games under .500:............. 5, 4/15 Longest winning-streak: ..5, 2x, last 5/23-27 Longest losing-streak: ......... 5, last 6/8-13 When Twins score 4+: .................... 28-8 When Twins score 3-: ................... 12-27 Team-high hits:..............19, 5/3 vs. CWS Team-high runs: .. 13, 3x, last 6/22 vs. CWS Opp.-high hits: ............... 20, 5/14 at DET Opp.-high runs:.............. 13, 5/14 at DET Twins get 10+ hits: ......................... 22-3 Walk-Off W/L: ................................... 2/1 Shutouts W/L: ................................... 6/6 Complete Games: ..1, Hughes, 4/24 at SEA Target Field Sellouts (’15/All-Time): ... 4/156 MINNESOTA TWINS (40-35) AT CINCINNATI REDS (34-40) MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2015 - 7:10 (ET) - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK Mike Pelfrey (R, 5-4, 3.06) vs. Mike Leake (R, 5-4, 3.91) GAME 76 ROAD GAME 36 UPCOMING MILESTONES PLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACH Torii Hunter ..........................754 RBI as Twin .........................Needs 4 to tie Gary Gaetti (758) for 6th on Twins all-time list 709 runs as Twin........................Needs 4 to tie Chuck Knoblauch (713) for 7th on Twins all-time list 489 doubles ...............................Needs 11 to reach 500 for career 342 home runs ...........................Needs 8 to reach 350 for career Joe Mauer ............................323 doubles ...............................Needs 6 to tie Tony Oliva (329) for 2nd on Twins all-time list 726 RBI ......................................Needs 7 to tie Rod Carew (733) for 8th on Twins all-time list Glen Perkins ........................112 saves ..................................Needs 4 to tie Eddie Guardado (116) for 3rd on Twins all-time list RECENT TRANSACTIONS 6/4 RHP Tonkin optioned to AAA LHP Milone recalled from AAA RHP Nolasco placed on 15-day DL 6/7 INF Santana optioned to AAA 6/8 1B/DH Vargas recalled from AAA 6/9 OF Rosario placed on Paternity List 6/10 IF Polanco recalled from AA IF Polanco optioned to AA RHP Stauffer designated for release or assignment 6/12 RHP Tonkin recalled from AAA OF Rosario reinstated from Pat. List 6/14 OF Buxton selected from AA OF Hicks placed on 15-day DL 6/17 RHP Stauffer released 6/18 OF Schafer released 6/24 RHP Tonkin optioned to AAA 6/26 RHP Meyer recalled from AAA OF Buxton placed on 15-day DL INF Santana recalled from AAA TWINS VS. CINCINNATI 2012 Record: ......................................... 2-1 Current Streak:................................... 1 win 2001 at Home: ....................................... 3-0 2012 at Cincinnati: ................................ 2-1 All-Time Record: .................................. 10-8 All-Time at Home: .................................. 7-2 All-Time at Cincinnati: ........................... 3-6 2012 Game Logs: Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save 6/29 CIN 5-4 Blackburn/Bailey/Perkins 6/30 CIN 0-6 Cueto/Duensing 7/1 CIN 4-3 Diamond/Chapman/Burton

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Page 1: MINNESOTA TWINS (40-35) AT CINCINNATI REDS (34-40)mlb.mlb.com/.../Twins_Notes_6_29_15_cdk3w4c0.pdf · • In 1991, Kirby Puckett collected his 1,500th career hit, doubling off White

THE TWINS: After finishing their recent eight-game homestand with a record of 5-3 (2-0 vs. St. Louis, 1-2 vs. the Cubs and 2-1 vs. the White Sox), the Twins began their 10-game road trip by going 1-2 in Milwaukee...today, they resume Interleague Play with the first of three in Cincinnati...the trip will continue with four at Kansas City from Thursday-Sunday.

COLD MILWAUKEE: The Twins lost to the Brewers yesterday afternoon by a score of 5-3, losing their 11th series of the season (13-11-1)...Tommy Milone was the starter but did not factor into the decision, tossing 6.0 shutout innings with two hits allowed, three walks and seven strikeouts...the bullpen combined to allow five runs in the final 2.0 innings...Torii Hunter hit his 11th home run, a two-run shot in the ninth inning; it marked his third in the last two games.

REVISITING THE QUEEN CITY: The Twins are 10-8 all-time against Cincinnati, going 7-2 in Minnesota (all at Metrodome) and 3-6 in Cincinnati — 2-1 at Great American Ball Park and 1-5 at Cinergy Field...the Twins last trip to Great American Ball Park came in 2012 as the Twins took two of three...just five Twins on the current roster played in that series: Joe Mauer, Brian Dozier, Trevor Plouffe, Brian Duensing and Glen Perkins.• Joe Mauer went 3-for-8 with two doubles and a walk...Trevor Plouffe homered off Mike

Leake in game three.• Among Twins on current roster, Shane Robinson has played the most games at Great Ameri-

can Ball Park, playing 19 games here, all with St. Louis...Blaine Boyer ranks second among Twins in games played in this park, appearing in eight games (’05 with ATL, ’08 with ATL, & ‘09 with ARI).

FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING: Torii Hunter is making his first career trip to Great American Ball Park, the only current stadium in which he has yet to play in...he played in six career games against the Reds, coming in 1999 and 2001 at Cinergy Field, hitting .409 (9-for-22) with five doubles, one triple, one home run, five RBI and seven runs scored in those six.

INTERLEAGUE INFO: The Twins are 7-8 in Interleague Play this season, tied for fifth most IL wins in baseball...they are 181-156 all-time, the seventh most wins in IL history...they are 100-68 all-time in Interleague play at home and 81-88 on the road.• Joe Mauer is a career .329 (225-for-683) hitter in 185 IL games — seventh best average

all-time and third among actives with a minimum of 500 at-bats (Markakis - .336 & Pedroia - .336)...since 2012, he leads baseball in IL batting average (.369) and OBP (.448).

• Torii Hunter is hitting .296 (287-for-969) with 67 doubles, 49 home runs and 187 RBI in 265 career IL games...his 121 extra-base hits are the most all-time and his 67 doubles are second-most all-time, trailing Adrian Beltre (71).

• Hunter has 105 IL RBI as a Twin, two away from tying Justin Morneau for most in club history.

#VOTEDOZIER: Brian Dozier has 41 extra-base hits this season, the most in the AL and tied for third most in baseball with Bryce Harper, trailing Todd Frazier (47) and Nolan Arenado (44)...he ranks third in baseball in runs scored with 57, trailing Josh Donaldson (58) and Brett Gardner (58)...additionally, he leads all MLB second basemen in home runs (15), RBI (37), second in doubles (23) and tied for fourth in walks (30)...he ranks first among AL second basemen in fielding percentage (.995), while his 652.1 innings played at second base lead baseball.

DON’T WALK: The Twins pitching staff has issued an American League-low 177 walks this season...only Washington (170) and the Mets (177) have issued as many-or-fewer...starters rank fifth in baseball with just 107 walks allowed while relievers rank sixth with 70 walks allowed.

THE STARTING LINE: Twins starting pitchers have posted a 2.53 ERA (67.2 IP, 19 ER) in their last 11 games, since June 17...their 3.82 ERA (441.0 IP, 187 ER) on the season is the third lowest in the AL (Tampa Bay - 3.11 & Oakland - 3.13) and eighth lowest in baseball...the starting staff has finished in the bottom three in baseball in terms of ERA in each of the previous four seasons (since 2011).

ON THIS DAY IN TWINS HISTORY: • In 1969, Tony Oliva collected eight straight hits in the Twins double header with Kansas City...Oliva flied out his first at-bat, followed

by three singles...in game two, Oliva hit two homers, a double and two singles, driving in five runs.• In 1984, Twins rookie Andre David hit a two-run home run off Detroit’s Jack Morris in his first major league at bat...it was the only

home run David hit in the majors. • In 1991, Kirby Puckett collected his 1,500th career hit, doubling off White Sox starter Greg Hibbard. • In 2010, Denard Span tied a modern major league record with three triples in the Twins 11-4 win over Detroit...the last player to do

so was Rafael Furcal in 2002; Ken Landreaux is the only member of the Twins to have done it, in 1980.

THIS AND THAT: • Glen Perkins has converted 24 straight save opportunities, tied for second longest save streak in club history and the second-longest

ever for a Twins closer in a single-season, the record holder being Joe Nathan, who converted 27 straight from May 8-August 15...the last pitcher to convert at least their first 24 to start a season were Grant Balfour, who saved his first 26 in 2013 and Jason Grilli, who saved his first 25 in 2013.

• Torii Hunter has 754 career RBI as a Twin and needs four to tie Gary Gaetti (758) for sixth on the Twins all-time list...Hunter has 709 career runs scored as a Twin, needing four to tie Chuck Knoblauch (713) for seventh on Twins all-time list.

• Eddie Rosario is tied for seventh among AL rookies in hits (38).• Twins outfielders have 21 assists, tied with Chicago-AL for second most in baseball, trailing Baltimore (22).

STREAKSCurrent Streak: ................................. 1 lossLast 5 games: ........................................2-3 Last 10 games: ......................................5-5Last 15 games: ......................................7-8Last 20 games: ....................................8-12

UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULEDate Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio6/30 at Cincinnati Phil Hughes (R, 6-6, 4.20) vs. Anthony DeSclafani (R, 5-5, 3.35) 6:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / BOB FM7/1 at Cincinnati Trevor May (R, 4-6, 4.62) vs. Johnny Cueto (R, 4-5, 2.98) 11:35 am Fox Sports North TIBN / None

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

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

ROAD TRIP (1-2)

Batting Average ............. .219 (21-for-96)Runs Per-Game ...................4.0 (12 R/3 G)Home Runs .............................................6RISP ................................... .143 (1-for-7)Fielding Errors ........................................2

Team ERA .................5.76 (25.0 IP, 16 ER)Starters W-L ....................................... 1-1Starters ERA ...............4.85 (13.0 IP, 7 ER)Relievers W-L-S ...............................0-1-1Relievers ERA .............6.75 (12.0 IP, 9 ER)Save/Opportunities ..............................1/1

TWINS AT A GLANCERecord: .........................................40-35 Home Record: ...............................25-15Road Record: ................................15-20Record in series: ...................... 13-11-1Series Openers: ............................11-14 Series Finales: ..............................15-10Rubber Games: .................................6-5Sweeps/Swept: ................................. 4/3April: .............................................10-12May: ................................................20-7June: .............................................10-16July: ........................................................August: ...................................................September/October: ..............................vs. American League East: ...............9-4vs. American League Central: ......18-19vs. American League West: ..............6-4vs. National League: .........................7-8Games vs. LH Starter: ...................18-10Games vs. RH Starter: ..................22-25Twins score first: ..........................27-12Opp. scores first: ..........................13-23Come-from-behind wins: .................. 15Leading after 7/8 inn.: ........... 34-1/34-0Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ........... 1-27/0-31Tied after 7/8 inn.: ..................... 5-7/6-4Extra-innings: ...................................3-21-run games: ..................................13-9Twins out-hit opp.: ..........................26-2Opp. out-hit Twins:..........................9-30 Twins/Opp. have = hits: ....................5-3Twins get Quality Start: ................25-12Twins starter goes 6+ IP: .............28-17Most games over .500: .........11, last 6/5Most games under .500: ............. 5, 4/15Longest winning-streak: ..5, 2x, last 5/23-27 Longest losing-streak: .........5, last 6/8-13When Twins score 4+: ....................28-8When Twins score 3-: ...................12-27Team-high hits:..............19, 5/3 vs. CWSTeam-high runs: .. 13, 3x, last 6/22 vs. CWS Opp.-high hits: ...............20, 5/14 at DETOpp.-high runs: ..............13, 5/14 at DETTwins get 10+ hits: .........................22-3Walk-Off W/L: ................................... 2/1Shutouts W/L: ................................... 6/6Complete Games: ..1, Hughes, 4/24 at SEATarget Field Sellouts (’15/All-Time): ... 4/156

MINNESOTA TWINS (40-35) AT CINCINNATI REDS (34-40)MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2015 - 7:10 (ET) - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK

Mike Pelfrey (R, 5-4, 3.06) vs. Mike Leake (R, 5-4, 3.91)GAME 76 ROAD GAME 36

UPCOMING MILESTONESPLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACHTorii Hunter ..........................754 RBI as Twin .........................Needs 4 to tie Gary Gaetti (758) for 6th on Twins all-time list 709 runs as Twin ........................Needs 4 to tie Chuck Knoblauch (713) for 7th on Twins all-time list 489 doubles ...............................Needs 11 to reach 500 for career 342 home runs ...........................Needs 8 to reach 350 for careerJoe Mauer ............................323 doubles ...............................Needs 6 to tie Tony Oliva (329) for 2nd on Twins all-time list 726 RBI ......................................Needs 7 to tie Rod Carew (733) for 8th on Twins all-time listGlen Perkins ........................112 saves ..................................Needs 4 to tie Eddie Guardado (116) for 3rd on Twins all-time list

RECENT TRANSACTIONS6/4 RHP Tonkin optioned to AAA LHP Milone recalled from AAA RHP Nolasco placed on 15-day DL6/7 INF Santana optioned to AAA6/8 1B/DH Vargas recalled from AAA6/9 OF Rosario placed on Paternity List6/10 IF Polanco recalled from AA IF Polanco optioned to AA RHP Stauffer designated for release or assignment6/12 RHP Tonkin recalled from AAA OF Rosario reinstated from Pat. List6/14 OF Buxton selected from AA OF Hicks placed on 15-day DL6/17 RHP Stauffer released6/18 OF Schafer released6/24 RHP Tonkin optioned to AAA6/26 RHP Meyer recalled from AAA OF Buxton placed on 15-day DL INF Santana recalled from AAA

TWINS VS. CINCINNATI2012 Record: .........................................2-1Current Streak: ...................................1 win2001 at Home: .......................................3-02012 at Cincinnati: ................................2-1All-Time Record: ..................................10-8All-Time at Home: ..................................7-2All-Time at Cincinnati: ...........................3-6

2012 Game Logs:

Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save6/29 CIN 5-4 Blackburn/Bailey/Perkins6/30 CIN 0-6 Cueto/Duensing7/1 CIN 4-3 Diamond/Chapman/Burton

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STARTING PITCHER PAGE 2

• He is making his 15th start and appearance of 2015. • He is making his 202nd career major league appearance and 198th career start.

W L ERA GS IP ER AVG H AB HR BB SO Home: 3 1 1.80 7 45.0 9 Vs. Left: .252 35 139 3 22 19 Road: 2 3 4.46 7 40.1 20 Vs. Right: .288 53 184 2 4 22 Day: 1 2 5.23 6 32.2 19 TOTALS: .272 88 323 5 26 41 Night: 4 2 1.71 8 52.2 10 Grass: 5 4 3.06 14 85.1 29 None On: .280 52 186 4 10 31 Turf: -- -- -.-- - --.-- -- Runners On: .263 36 137 1 16 10

2015 MISC. NUMBERS

CG’s: - - CG’s: 5, last 7/27/11 at CIN SHO’s: - - SHO’s: - - CG Low Hit: - - CG Low-Hit: 3, 8/20/08 vs. ATL Innings: 8.0, 2x, last 6/18 vs. STL Innings: 9.0, 5x, last 7/27/11 at CIN SO’s: 7, 2x, last 6/7 vs. MIL SO’s: 8, 3x, last 4/9/12 vs. WAS Walks: 4, 4/17 vs. CLE Walks: 6, 8/25/13 at CLE Hits: 11, 6/13 at TEX Hits: 12, 2x, last 7/10/10 vs. ATL Home Runs: 2, 4/11 at CWS Home Runs: 3, 3x, last 5/10/11 at COL Win-Streak: 3, 4/22-5/8 Win-Streak: 7, 6/16-7/25/08 Loss-Streak: 1, 4x, last 6/23 Loss-Streak: 8, 7/23/06-7/6/07

2015 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS

• • Resigned to two-year contact with Twins December 23, 2013 after spending that season with

Minnesota, his first with the club after seven years with the Mets. • Made first career Opening Day start April 1, 2011 at Florida, suffering the loss, allowing five

runs in 4.1 innings pitched...made 33 starts and pitched 193.2 innings in 2011, becoming the third Mets pitcher since 1980 to start at least 31 games and throw at least 175.0 in-nings in at least four straight seasons: Ron Darling (1984-89) and Tom Glavine (2003-07).

• Started the first ever regular season game at Citi Field April 13, 2009 vs. San Diego, throwing the first pitch at 7:11 pm to Jody Gerut who homered later in the at-bat; allowed five runs on eight hits in 5.0 innings and did not factor in the decision.

• Selected by the Mets in the first round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft...originally selected by Tampa Bay in the 15th round of the 2002 First-Year Player Draft.

CAREER NOTES

INNING: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RUNS/HITS: 4/18 4/16 7/16 10/13 2/11 1/7 3/6 0/1 -/-

RUNS/HITS PER INNING

BASE RUNNERS PICK-OFFS SB-ATT GIDP PELFREY: 121 0 5-6 16

MORE MISCELLANEOUS NUMBERS

LAST TIME OUT: Pelfrey was dealt his fourth loss of the season June 23 against Chicago-AL after allowing three runs on 10 hits with three walks and four strikeouts in 6.2 innings...the three runs came on two RBI singles from Geovany Soto and one RBI single from Melky Cabrera...the two RBI for Soto boosted his total career RBI against Pelfrey to five, which is the most he has against any active pitcher in all of baseball (tied with three other pitchers).

TWO STARTS AGO: Pelfrey threw his second 8.0 inning game this season, allowing one run on four hits with one walk and three strikeouts, but did not factor into the decision of the Twins 2-1 victory June 18 vs. St. Louis...the only run for the Cardinals came from a Jason Heyward home run in the top of the seventh inning to the give St. Louis a 1-0 lead...Joe Mauer would tie the game with a home run in the eighth inning, and Kennys Vargas won the game with a home run in the ninth inning...it marked the 14th time of Pelfrey's career lasting 8.0-or-more innings.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN: This will be Pelfrey's eighth road start this season...he is 2-3, 4.46 ERA (40.1 IP, 20 ER), 12 walks and 13 strikeouts in seven road games compared to 3-1 with a 1.80 ERA (45.0 IP, 9 ER), 14 walks and 28 strikeouts at home...in fact, his 1.80 home ERA is the third best in the American League and eighth best in all of baseball.

TIME TRAVELING: Pelfrey's current 3.06 ERA would mark the best ERA of his career...in 2010, he had a career-high 15 wins and 3.66 ERA...here's how his numbers stack up from his first 14 starts that in 2010 compared to this year:

Record ERA IP HITS HR BB K AVG

2010 9-2 2.69 93.2 82 5 34 61 .244

2015 5-4 3.06 85.1 88 5 26 41 .272

AGAINST THE REDS: Pelfrey will be making his eighth career start and ninth career appearance against the Reds...his last faced them July 27, 2011 as a member of the New York Mets...he earned the win after throwing a complete game with two runs on seven hits...it marked one of five career complete games for Pelfrey...one of the runs came from a solo home run from Joey Votto in the fourth inning...Votto has hit three home runs against Pelfrey, which is tied for second most by any active player in baseball (Chase Utley - 4).

SUCCESS LIES ON THE GROUND: Pelfrey has induced 16 double plays this season which is second most in baseball behind teammate Kyle Gibson's 17...Pelfrey has induced 155 ground balls in the season, second most on the team (Gibson - 159) and tied for seventh most in the AL...on the season, his 2.31 ground ball/fly ball ratio is fifth best in the AL, while his 55.8 ground ball percentage is third in the AL.

SAY IT AIN'T MAY: In five May starts, Pelfrey went 2-1, 3.21 ERA (28.0 IP, 10 ER), seven walks and 11 strikeouts...he hadn't had a winning May since his 2011, his final season with the Mets...his 3.21 ERA trailed only Kyle Gibson's league-leading 1.36 mark in May...as a Twin, Pelfrey is 3-5, 5.02 ERA (61.0 IP, 34 ER), 22 walks and 32 strikeouts in May compared to going 7-11, 3.92 ERA (163.0 IP, 71 ER), 57 walks and 86 strikeouts in his previous 26 career May starts with the Mets...in his career, Pelfrey's 4.22 ERA (224.0 IP, 105 ER) in May is the second-best of any month (August - 3.70 ERA)...since April 22, a span of seven starts, his 2.36 ERA (42.0 IP, 11 ER) is second-best on the staff (Gibson, 1.54 ERA) and seventh-best in the AL.

2014 RECAP: Pelfrey missed most of 2014 following a season-ending surgery June 10 on his right elbow...he started only five games, going 0-3 with a 7.99 ERA (23.2 IP, 21 ER) before being placed on the 15-day disabled list May 3...he made two rehab starts with Triple-A Rochester May 16-23, going 1-0 with a 0.90 ERA before his season ended for surgery...his nine hits al-lowed vs. Oakland April 10 were the most since September 11, 2013, also against Oakland...ended the season with the birth of his third child, daughter Avery Lane, born the day after the Twins final regular-season game.

Leake vs. the TwinsPLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SOSuzuki .200 5 1 0 0 1Dozier .000 3 0 0 0 1Mauer .333 3 1 0 0 1Nunez .000 3 0 0 0 0Plouffe .333 3 1 1 0 1Robinson .000 2 0 0 0 0

Pelfrey vs. the RedsPLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SOPhillips .368 19 7 1 1 1Votto .357 14 5 3 1 3Bruce .308 13 4 0 0 2Byrd .167 6 1 0 0 2Schumaker .000 6 0 0 1 0Boesch .333 3 1 0 0 1Pena .333 3 1 0 0 1Marquis .000 2 0 0 0 0Bourgeois 1.000 1 1 0 0 0Frazier .000 1 0 0 0 0

BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPS

Height: 6-7 Weight: 240 B/T: R/R Age: 31 (1/14/84 in Wright-Patterson AFB, OH)

2015: 5-4, 3.06 ERA CAREER: 60-74, 4.45 ERA

MIKE PELFREY #37

Year Starts 6+ IP QS2006 4 2 12007 13 4 32008 32 21 192009 31 18 15 2010 33 21 20

Year Starts 6+ IP QS2011 33 21 152012 3 2 22013 29 13 112014 5 0 02015 14 9 9TOTALS 197 111 95

6.0-PLUS IP/QUALITY STARTS

Hughes will be making his team-leading 16th start of the season in the second of three games against the Reds Tuesday night...he was the winner in his last start, June 24 vs. the White Sox, after tying a season-high of 8.0 innings (doen two other times) and allowing one run on six hits with no walks and five strikeouts in the Twins 6-1 victory...the only run came on an Adam LaRoche solo home run in the second inning...Hughes will be making his first career start against the Reds...this will be the 25th of the 30 major league teams he's faced...this will be his 16th career Interleague start...he is 9-4 with a 3.82 ERA (99.0 IP, 42 ER) in Interleague play with 14 homers, 17 walks and 93 strikeouts...this will be his second start against an NL Central opponent this year, the first being June 19 against the Cubs...he earned the win after allowing one run on two hits in 8.0 innings of work.

TOMORROW'S STARTER - PHIL HUGHES, RHP (SEASON: 6-6, 4.20 ERA ; CAREER: 78-66, 4.31 ERA)

2015 MAJOR LEAGUE DAY-BY-DAY (score)Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Exited/Final Notes Pitches/K4/11 at CWS ND 5.0 7 4 4 2 1 2 4-4/4-5 First ML start since 5/1/14 vs. LAD 80/524/17 vs. CLE ND 5.0 3 1 1 0 4 2 0-1/3-2 (11) Plouffe walk-off solo HR in 11th 88/504/22 at KC W 7.0 5 0 0 0 2 4 3-0/3-0 First win of the season 99/634/28 vs. DET W 7.0 3 2 1 0 2 7 3-2/3-2 Consec. 7.0+ IP starts; first since 6/13/11-6/18 109/69 APRIL TOTALS 2-0 24.0 18 7 6 2 9 15 2.25 ERA5/3 vs. CWS ND 3.1 5 2 2 0 2 1 7-2/13-3 Shortest outing since 9/11/13 vs. OAK 61/355/8 at CLE W 7.0 6 2 2 0 2 0 8-2/9-3 First time with 0 K in a W since 5/7/09 105/645/14 at DET L 4.2 10 5 4 1 2 1 1-5/1-13 Season-highs in hits and runs 95/595/20 at PIT ND 6.0 5 1 1 0 0 5 3-1/4-3 (13) 4th QS in last 6 starts 92/615/26 vs. BOS W 7.0 5 1 1 0 1 4 2-1/2-1 First career win vs. BOS 100/67MAY TOTALS 2-1 28.0 31 11 10 1 7 11 3.21 ERA6/2 at BOS L 7.0 6 1 1 0 2 1 0-1/0-1 Twins lose 1-0 in series opener 99/676/7 vs. MIL W 8.0 8 0 0 0 1 7 2-0/2-0 First start with 8.0 IP, 0 ER since 8/27/10 105/726/13 at TEX L 3.2 11 8 8 1 3 0 3-8/7-11 Most runs given up since 9/12/09 at PHI 65/376/18 vs. STL ND 8.0 4 1 1 1 1 3 0-1/2-1 Kennys Vargas walk-off HR 103/666/23 vs. CWS L 6.2 10 3 3 0 3 4 2-3/2-6 Season-high 112 pitches 112/73JUNE TOTALS 1-3 33.1 39 13 13 2 10 115 3.51 ERA-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA2015 TOTALS 5-4 85.1 88 31 29 5 26 341 3.06AL TOTALS 10-20 261.2 301 146 138 23 97 152 4.75NL TOTALS 50-54 896.1 989 463 434 70 318 506 4.36CAREER TOTALS 60-74 1158.0 1290 609 572 93 415 658 4.45

2015 vs. Cincinnati: - - 2015 vs. Cincinnati at Home: - - 2015 vs. Cincinnati at Cincinnati: - -Career vs. Cincinnati (7 starts, 1 relief): 4-2, 5.09 ERA (46.0 IP, 26 ER), 16 BB, 21 KCareer vs. Cincinnati at Home (3 starts, 1 relief): 1-2, 6.16 ERA (19.0 IP, 13 ER), 8 BB, 9 KCareer vs. Cincinnati at Cincinnati (4 starts): 3-0, 4.33 ERA (27.0 IP, 13 ER), 8 BB, 12 K

PELFREY VS. CINCINNATI

Pitcher Last Start (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) Dec. Starts QS Team Rec. Run Supp. RS AVGHughes 6/24 vs CWS (8.0-6-1-1-0-5-1) W 15 8 7-8 53 4.83Pelfrey 6/23 vs. CWS (6.2-10-3-3-3-4-0) L 14 9 9-5 39 4.11May 6/26 at MIL (0.1-6-6-5-0-0-1) L 14 6 6-8 35 4.26Gibson 6/27 at MIL (6.2-6-2-2-1-3-0) W 15 8 7-8 37 3.59Milone 6/28 vs. MIL (6.0-2-0-0-3-7-0) ND 9 5 5-4 34 5.70Nolasco 5/31 vs. TOR (1.0-3-2-2-0-1-0) ND 7 1 6-1 33 9.09Graham 6/6 vs. MIL (4.0-6-1-1-0-3-0) ND 1 0 0-1 0 0.00

TWINS STARTERS IN 2015

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2013 BULLPEN 1st Batter Faced

PITCHER H/AB BB K AVG SV/OPP HLD IR/IRS IRS % LAST RELIEF APPEARANCE LAST WIN LAST SAVE LAST LOSSBoyer 12/34 1 4 .353 1/ 3 12 13/ 6 46.2% 6/28/15 at MIL BS 6/18/15 vs. STL 5/30/15 vs. TOR 6/20/15 vs. CHCDuensing 4/25 1 6 .160 1/ 1 3 18/ 3 16.7% 6/26/15 at MIL ND 5/20/15 at PIT 4/10/15 at CWS 8/19/14 vs. CLEFien 3/19 2 3 .158 0/ 1 8 6/ 1 16.7% 6/28/15 at MIL L 6/14/15 at TEX 6/11/14 at TOR 6/28/15 at MILGraham 8/17 1 4 .471 0/ 0 0 9/ 6 66.7% 6/26/15 at MIL ND ….. … ….. … ….. …Meyer 0/1 0 0 .000 0/ 0 0 2/ 0 0.0% 6/26/15 at MIL ND ….. … ….. … ….. …Perkins 5/31 1 8 .161 24/ 24 0 6/ 1 16.7% 6/27/15 at MIL S 9/16/14 vs. DET 6/27/15 at MIL 5/29/15 vs. TORPressly 3/21 3 3 .143 0/ 0 3 13/ 2 15.4% 6/28/15 at MIL ND 5/31/15 vs. TOR ….. … 6/615 vs. MILThompson 8/30 2 4 .267 0/ 1 8 27/ 9 33.3% 6/26/15 at MIL ND 6/4/15 at BOS ….. … 6/12/15 at TEXOthers 9/31 3 4 .290 0/ 0 7 36/ 14 38.9%TEAM 52/209 14 36 .249 26/ 30 41 130/ 42 32.3%

The opposition has a .263 (226-for-859) batting-average-against with 26 home runs vs. Twins relievers.

2015 BULLPEN info

Road Trip: 0-0-1, 0.00 (1.0 IP) Series at MIL: 0-0-1, 0.00 (1.0 IP) vs. Left: .364 vs. Right: .161

AConverted 24th save in 24th opportunity 6/27 at MIL...24 saves are tied most in MLB (Melancon) and is one of four closers with 100% save opportunities. AHas a 0.73 ERA (24.2 IP, 2 ER) in 24 save opportunities, and a 4.05 ERA (6.2 IP, 3 ER) in eight non-save opportunities. A24 consecutive save streak is second longest in single-season for a Twin behind only Nathan’s 27 straight, May 8-August 15, 2004...converted 13 saves in the month of May, the most saves in a single month in Twins history (previous 11, multiple times). A112 career saves (2-2011, 16-2012, 36-2013, 34-2014, 24-2015) in 130 opps...passed Ron Davis (108) for fourth on Twins all-time saves list with save 6/7 vs. MIL...needs 4 to tie Guardado (116) for third on Twins all-time list. AAppearance 4/17 vs. CLE was his 300th career relief appearance (also has 44 career starts)...career record as a reliever of 14-9-112, 2.75 ERA (340.0 IP, 104 ER) with 83 walks and 352 strikeouts in 327 relief appearances. ASixth closer in club history with back-to-back 30-plus save seasons...first since Nathan did so in five straight from 2005-09. ANamed to his second straight All-Star team in 2014...pitched a scoreless 9th to earn the save: fly out, strikeout and ground out. ACollected 100th career save 5/15 vs. TB...became 17th active MLB pitcher to record 100 saves.

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO6/27 at MIL S24 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 06/20 vs. CHC ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 26/17 vs. STL S23 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 26/14 at TEX S22 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 06/7 vs. MIL S21 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 16/4 at BOS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 06/3 at BOS-2 S20 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 25/31 vs. TOR S19 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 05/29 vs. TOR L1 0.1 3 2 2 1 1 05/27 vs. BOS S18 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 05/26 vs. BOS S17 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 05/23 at CWS S16 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 25/20 at PIT S15 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 15/19 at PIT S14 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 25/16 vs. TB S13 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 25/15 vs. TB S12 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Road Trip: 0-0-0, 6.75 (1.1 IP, ER), 2 K Series at MIL: 0-0-0, 6.75 (1.1 IP, ER), 2 K vs. Left: .160 vs. Right: .310

AMade his 300th appearance, earning his 12th hold of the season, 6/27 at MIL with one strikeout. ACareer ERA of 2.88 (34.1 IP, 11 ER) with 13 walks and 23 strikeouts in 30 Interleague apperances. AEarned first save of 2015, third of career, 5/30 vs. TOR. A2015 is his first season pitching in the American League...spent parts of eight previous seasons with Atlanta (2005-09), St. Louis (2009), Arizona (2009-10), the Mets (2011) and San Diego (2014)...all of his career outings have come in relief. APosted a 3.57 ERA (40.1 IP, 16 ER) in 32 appearances in 2014, his lowest full season ERA since posting a 3.38 ERA in 2007. AWhen pitching at least 1.0 inning in his career has a 2.64 ERA (269.2 IP, 79 ER).

BLAINE BOYER - RHP #36Height: 6-3 Weight: 225 B/T: R/R Age: 33 (7/11/81 in Atlanta, GA) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 12/31/14

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO6/28 at MIL BS2 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 16/27 at MIL H12 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 16/24 vs. CWS ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 06/22 vs. CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 16/20 vs. CHC L3 0.2 4 3 1 0 1 06/18 vs. STL W2 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 16/16 at STL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 06/9 vs. KC ND 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 06/6 vs. MIL ND 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 16/5 vs. MIL L2 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 1

Road Trip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP), 2 BB, 3 K Series at MIL: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP), 2 BB, 3 K vs. Left: .273 vs. Right: .284

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

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO6/26 at MIL ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 36/22 vs. CWS ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 16/19 vs. CHC ND 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 06/13 at TEX ND 1.1 3 3 3 1 1 06/10 vs. KC ND 3.0 3 2 0 0 0 16/6 vs. MIL(S) ND 4.0 6 1 1 1 0 35/31 vs. TOR ND 3.0 3 1 0 0 1 45/20 at PIT ND 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 25/17 vs. TB ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 15/14 at DET ND 2.0 6 5 5 2 0 3

Road Trip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP) Series at MIL: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP) vs. Left: .258 vs. Right: .207

ATossed 13.2 innings in his last 15 appearances, allowing 10 hits and two runs (1.31 ERA) with nine strikeouts, since 5/27. AHolding right-handers to a .200 (10-for-50) average since 5/20, a span of 16 games with 7 BB and 9 K. AFirst outing tossed a perfect 2.2 IP, striking out three 5/3 vs. CWS to earn the win...inherited bases loaded in the fourth. A98 relief appearances over the past 3 seasons with the Twins...has a 3.41 ERA (129.1 IP, 49 ER), 45 walks and 83 strikeouts. AWent 0-2 with a 4.50 ERA (10.0 IP, 4 ER) in seven relief appearances this season for Triple-A Rochester. AAllowed one ER in first 9 outings of 2014, posting a 0.75 ERA (12.0 IP, ER) with .167 (7-for-42) average against and 1 XBH.

RYAN PRESSLY - RHP #57Height: 6-3 Weight: 210 B/T: R/R Age: 32 (12/15/88 in Dallas, TX) Obtained: Rule 5 Draft from Boston, 12/6/12

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO6/28 at MIL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 06/23 vs. CWS ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 16/21 vs. CHC ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 16/16 at STL ND 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 06/15 at STL ND 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 16/12 at TEX ND 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 06/9 vs. KC ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 06/8 vs. KC ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 16/6 vs. MIL ND 2.0 2 1 1 0 3 1

Road Trip: 0-0-0, (1.0 IP) Series at MIL: 0-0-0, (1.0 IP) vs. Left: .191 vs. Right: .317

AEarned first career win with 1.0 inning 6/4 at BOS...has eight holds on the season, second most among Twins (Boyer - 12). A3-3, 3.98 ERA (52.0 IP, 23 ER) in 46 outings for Rochester in 2014...lefties hit .200 (12-for-60)...righties hit .272 (37-for-136). AWas 41-71, 4.33 ERA (979.2 IP, 471 ER) in 271 career minor league games (157 starts) in parts of 10 minor league seasons. AOriginally selected 22nd overall in the 2005 Draft by the Marlins...made MLB debut with Pirates in 2011. AWent 1-1, 1.93 ERA (9.1 IP, 2 ER) with seven hits, three walks and 10 strikeouts in eight spring appearances.

AARON THOMPSON - LHP #64Height: 6-3 Weight: 195 B/T: L/L Age: 28 (2/28/87 in Santa Fe) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent,12/9/11

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO6/26 at MIL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 06/23 vs. CWS ND 0.1 2 2 1 0 0 06/21 vs. CHC ND 0.0 3 4 4 0 1 06/20 vs. CHC ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 06/16 at STL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 06/13 at TEX ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 06/12 at TEX L 0.1 0 1 1 0 1 06/8 vs. KC ND 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 1

Road Trip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (3.0 IP), K Series at MIL: 0-0-0, 0.00 (3.0 IP), K vs. Left: .344 vs. Right: .263

ALefties are 1-for-last-10 with four strikeouts and one walk against Duensing. AHas held left-handed hitters to a .238 (193-for-812) average in his career...only allowed nine of 60 total home runs to lefties. ACareer record of 16-12-2, 3.73 ERA (272.1 IP, 113 ER) in 265 relief outings and 23-24, 4.57 ERA (346.2 IP, 176 ER) in 61 starts. AEarned second career save with a scoreless 1.1 innings 4/10 at CWS...other save coming 5/28/13 at MIL (1.0 scoreless IP).

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO6/26 at MIL ND 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 16/21 vs. CHC ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 26/15 at STL ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 16/13 at TEX ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 16/12 at TEX ND 0.1 1 2 2 0 1 06/9 vs. KC ND 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 06/5 vs. MIL ND 0.1 2 3 3 0 1 0

Road Trip: 0-1-0, 36.00 (1.0 IP, 4 ER), 2 HR Series at MIL: 0-1-0, 36.00 (1.0 IP, 4 ER), 2 HR vs. Left: .323 vs. Right: .196

AReturned from the DL 5/29...tossed 11.2 innings, allowing one run prior to four-run outing 6/28 at MIL (2 HR). AHas a 7.00 K/BB (14 K/ 2 BB) rate in 2015...since 2013 has walked just 24 batters and struckout 138 (149.0 IP) for K/BB rate of 5.75. AFinished third in AL with 26 holds in 2014 (Wade Davis - 33 and Joba Chamberlain - 29)...26 holds were eighth most in MLB. AAppearance 4/28 vs. DET was 200th of his career...career record of 14-13-1, 3.93 ERA (197.0 IP, 86 ER) with 179 strikeouts, 39 walks in 213 appearances with Detroit (2009-10) and Minnesota (2012-15).

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO6/28 at MIL L3 0.0 3 4 4 2 1 06/27 at MIL H8 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 06/23 vs. CWS ND 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 06/20 vs. CHC ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 26/17 vs. STL H7 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 16/14 at TEX W2 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 36/9 vs. KC ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 16/5 vs. MIL ND 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 06/4 at BOS ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0

Road Trip: 0-0-0, 21.60 (1.2 IP, 4 ER), BB, 2 K Series at MIL: 0-0-0, 21.60 (1.2 IP, 4 ER), BB, 2 K vs. Left: .333 vs. Right: .400

ARecalled prior to 6/26 game at MIL and pitched 1.2 innings that night (4 earned runs)...first career strikeout was Jean Segura. AStarted the season making eight straight starts for the Red Wings, going 2-3, 7.09 ERA (39.1 IP, 31 ER)...moved to the bullpen May 25 and in nine outings posted a 0.53 ERA (17.0 IP, 1 ER) with six walks and 20 strikeouts, holding opponents to a .188 average...overall with the Red Wings made 17 appearances (8 starts), going 3-3, 5.11 ERA (56.1 IP, 32 ER) with 30 walks and 61 strikeouts. APitched in the 2014 Futures Game at Target Field, tossing a scoreless fifth inning with one hit allowed. ANamed the 29th best prospect in baseball by MLB.com entering 2015.

ALEX MEYER - RHP #51Height: 6-9 Weight: 225 B/T: R/R Age: 25 (1/3/90 in Greensburg, IN) Acquired: Trade with Washington, 11/29/12

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO6/26 at MIL ND 1.2 3 4 4 2 1 2

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

LAST GRAND SLAM PLAYER 2H 3H 4H 5H TOTAL 2RBI 3RBI 4RBI 5+RBI TOTAL DATE OPP. ON PITCHER DATE OPP. CAREER after HR on day Dozier 16 3 1 0 20 2 1 2 0 5 6/26/15 at MIL 0 Lohse 11 …. … 0 0 ab 6/22 Escobar 5 4 1 0 10 4 1 0 1 6 6/3/15 at BOS-1 1 Ogando 47 …. … 0 0 ab 6/3-1 Herrmann 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 5/30/15 vs. TOR 0 Sanchez 19 7/23/13 at LAA 1 2 ab on 5/30 Hunter 5 6 1 0 12 6 4 1 0 11 6/28/15 at MIL 1 Rodriguez 0 4/7/08 vs. CLE 10 0 ab on 6/28 Mauer 12 3 0 0 15 3 5 0 0 8 6/22/15 vs. CWS 0 Danks 20 9/1/12 at KC 3 1 ab on 6/22 Nunez 8 0 0 0 8 3 0 0 0 3 6/22/15 vs. CWS 1 Danks 13 …. … 0 2 ab on 6/22 Plouffe 14 2 0 0 16 6 2 1 1 10 6/26/15 at MIL 1 Lohse 8 5/3/15 vs. CWS 1 0 ab on 6/10 Robinson 7 1 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 1 6/11/13 at NYM 0 Aardsma 262 …. … 0 0 ab on 6/11/13 Rosario 9 0 0 0 9 3 0 0 0 3 6/23/15 vs. CWS 0 Samardzija 14 …. … 0 3 ab on 6/23 Santana 5 3 0 0 8 2 0 0 0 2 8/31/14 at BAL 1 Brach 278 …. … 0 0 ab on 8/31/14 Suzuki 10 2 0 0 12 1 0 0 0 1 6/20/15 vs. CHC 0 Lester 20 9/10/07 at SEA 1 3 ab on 6/20 Vargas 11 0 1 0 12 1 1 1 0 3 6/22/15 vs. CWS 2 Danks 10 …. … 0 1 ab on 6/22

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

2015 Average: .267 Streak: 0-for-last-5 Series at MIL: .417 (5-12), HR, RBIRoad Trip: .417 (5-12), HR, RBI Home Runs (15): Solo (13), 3-run (2)

AHas 19 extra-base hits (12 2B, 3B, 6 HR) in his last 32 games...41 extra-base hits are most in the AL and tied for third most in MLB (Bryce Harper). AHit 13 of his 15 home runs from the leadoff spot, most by leadoff hitter in the AL and second most by a leadoff hitter in MLB (Joc Pederson, LAD - 14)...his 18 doubles from leadoff spot are also second most in MLB behind only Kipnis’ 24. AHit two homers in game for the second time in his career 5/24 at CWS (Solo, 3-run). AScored 57 runs, third most in MLB...on pace for 124 runs (0.77/game) in 2015. A112 runs in ‘14 were 7th most all-time by a Twin...most since Knoblauch (117 in ‘97). ALeads the Twins with 15 HR and 23 doubles this season. A20 XBH, 20 RBI in 39 home games in 2015...reached in 34 of 39. AStole 21 bases in 2014 for his first career 20/20 season...first 20/20 for a Twin since Hunter had 23 HR/21 SB in 2004...is 6th player (7th time) in club history to do so. ASigned a four-year contract with the Twins 3/24/15 extending through 2018. AHit 11th career leadoff homer 6/26 at MIL (4 in 2015)...is fourth on the Twins all-time leadoff home run list, one shy of tying Dan Gladden (12) for third.

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

2015 Average: .246 Streak: 2g, .400 (2-5), HR, 4 RBI Series at MIL: .400 (2-5), HR, 4 RBIRoad Trip: .400 (2-5), HR, 4 RBI Home Runs (4): Solo (1), 2-run (2), 3-run (1)

AThird among all Twins since start of 2014 with 59 XBH (Dozier - 97, Plouffe - 84). AIn last 38 starts at Target Field is hitting .348 (48-for-138), 15 XBH, 22 RBI, 20 runs. AHit 35 doubles in 2014, second among Twins...also had career-high 6 HR, 37 RBI...35 doubles in 2014 were most by Twins middle infielder since Todd Walker (37 in 1999). APlayed in 164 career games as SS, 77 at third, 34 at second, 34 in OF and 12 as DH...made 15 starts at SS in 2015, including eight of his last 13 starts.

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

2015 Average: .228 Streak: 0-for-last-7 Series at MIL: .000 (0-7), BBRoad Trip: .000 (0-7), BB Home Runs (3): Solo (2), 2-run (1)

APlayed in 10 career games vs. CIN, batting .243 (9-for-37) with five extra-base hits...is 3-for-8 with 2 2B, 1 HR in three games at Great American Ball Park. ASnapped a personal 0-for-last-20 with 8th inning single 6/14 at TEX. A130 hits in 2014, which were 3rd most among all Twins and 5th among AL catchers. AWas one of two Twins (Perkins) to represent the AL at the 2014 ASG at Target Field...caught the 9th inning as Perkins pitched 1.0 scoreless, earning the save. ASigned as a free agent 12/23/13...signed two-year extension thru 2016 on 7/31/14.

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

2015 Average: .250 Streak: 1g, .333 (1-3) Series at MIL: .273 (3-11), HR, 2 RBIRoad Trip: .273 (3-11), HR, 2 RBI, 2 runs Home Runs (10): Solo (4), 2-run (4), 3-run (1), GS (1)

ASecond among Twins with 29 extra-base hits, trailing only Dozier (41). AHitting .308 (20-for-65) with RISP...has 4 HR, 32 RBI with RISP. APlayed in 3 career games vs. Cincinnati, batting .167 (2-for-12) with 1 HR. AHit walk-off home run 4/17 vs. CLE...third career walk-off hit, first walk-off HR. AHit first career grand slam and set career-high with 5 RBI 5/3 vs. CWS. AHit 40 doubles in 2014, which were tied 4th most in the AL, tied 7th in MLB...40 doubles were most by Twins 3B in history passing Koskie (37, 2x)...has 116 doubles since 2011. AHis 62 home runs since start of 2012 are tied most among active Twins (Dozier). A43 home runs at Target Field are most in the ballpark’s history.

TORII HUNTER - RF #48Height: 6-2 Weight: 218 B/T: R/R Age: 39 (7/18/75 in Pine Bluff, AR)

2015 Average: .266 Streak: 2g, .500 (4-8), 2B, 3 HR, 4 RBI Series at MIL: .333 (4-12), 2B, 3 HR, 4 RBIRoad Trip: .333 (4-12), 2B, 3 HR, 4 RBI Home Runs (11): 3-run (3), 2-run (2), Solo (6)

ACareer .296 (287-for-969) with 67 2B, 49 HR, 187 RBI in 265 Interleague games...has hit .409 (9-for-22) with 5 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI in 6 career games vs. Cincinnati. AHitting .328 (21-for-64) with 7 2B, 4 HR, 34 RBI, 10 BB, 12 K with RISP. AIn Twins wins is hitting .350 (50-for-143), 11 2B, 10 HR, 35 RBI, 14 BB, 30 runs...in Twins losses is hitting .159 (18-for-113), 2 2B, 1 HR, 8 RBI, 7 BB, 7 runs, 24 K. AHas 342 career home runs...hit 200th as a member of the Twins with 3-run shot 6/4 at BOS...became the eighth player in franchise history to hit 200 HR. ARanks on Twins all-time lists: 1,301 games (8th), 1,286 hits (8th - needs 42 to tie Morneau for 7th), 272 doubles (7th - 17 to tie Morneau for 6th), 203 home runs (7th - 4 to tie Puckett for 6th), 754 RBI (7th - 4 to tie Gaetti for 6th), 709 runs (8th - 4 to tie Knoblauch for 7th). ARanks among active MLB players: 2,300 games (3rd), 2,395 hits (5th), 489 doubles

CHRIS HERRMANN - C/OF #12Height: 6-0 Weight: 198 B/T: L/R Age: 27 (11/24/87 in Tomball, TX)

2015 Average: .172 Streak: 0-for-last-7, BB, run Series at MIL: .000 (0-3), BB, runRoad Trip: .000 (0-3), BB, run Home Runs (1): Solo (1)

ACaught 4-of-8 attempted base stealers in 2015. AOver the last three seasons with the Twins has played in 113 games, batting .200 (58-for-290) with 13 doubles, 5 HR and 30 RBI. AIn 17 games as starting catcher hitting .164 (9-for-55) with 2 2B, 3B, HR, 6 RBI. APlayed in 48 career games as catcher, 36 in right, 17 in left, 3 as DH, 1 at 1B. ACareer .227 (5-for-22) with a double and five RBI as a pinch-hitter.

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

2015 Average: .266 Streak: 1g, .333 (1-3) Series at MIL: .091 (1-11), RBIRoad Trip: .091 (1-11), BB, RBI Home Runs (3): Solo (3)

AHit in first 14 home games to begin his career, snapping streak with 0-for-3 6/9 vs. KC...was the fourth longest streak to begin an MLB career since 1914, and longest since Rocco Baldelli hit in 20 straight home games to begin his career in 2003. AHas hit .245 (12-for-49) with 2 2B, 2 3B, 2 RBI in 14 career Interleague games. APlayed 23 games in left field, 16 games in right field and two in center field. AHit his first career HR in his 1st PA 5/6 vs. OAK, on the first pitch off Kazmir...first HR by Twin in 1st AB since L. Hughes on 4/28/10 at DET (6th time in Twins history)...first MLB player since S. Marte on 7/26/12 to HR on first pitch...115th player in MLB history to HR in his first career AB and 109th to do so in their first career PA. AFirst Twin (since 1961) to have at least one RBI in first 4 MLB games. AStarted season with Triple-A Rochester where he hit .242 (23-for-95) with 2 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 12 RBI and 11 runs in 23 games for the Red Wings. AWife, Milany, had the couple’s third child, a boy named Lucas, born June 11 weighing in at 8 pounds and 21 inches long.

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

2015 Average: .255 Streak: 1g, 1.000 (1-1) Series at MIL: .167 (1-6)Road Trip: .167 (1-6) Home Runs (0): - -

AHit two triples 6/14 at TEX, first Twin since Alexi Casilla (2, May 1, 2011 at KC) to hit two triples in a single game...the two triples doubled his career total. ASpent five seasons with the Cardinals (2009, ’11-14) hitting .231 with 5 HR, 12 2B, 37 RBI in 268 games. ACollected seventh multi-hit game, 6/14 at TEX, with two triples and his 11th RBI. AMade third outfield assist of 2015, getting Ramirez (CWS) at home 4/30. A87 career games in center field, 78 games in left and 73 career games in right.

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

2015 Average: .289 Streak: 0-for-last-6 Series at MIL: .000 (0-4), BBRoad Trip: .000 (0-4), BB Home Runs (2): Solo (1), 2-run (1)

AHitting .289 (11-for-38) with 6 2B, 3B, HR, 4 RBI in 15 road games in 2015. ASince 2014 is hitting .259 (68-for-263), 15 2B, 4 3B, 6 HR, 29 RBI in 68 games with 3+ AB...has at least one hit in 45 of those 68 games. AOver last 15 games is hitting .292 (14-for-48) with eight extra-base hits. AHas a hit in 18 of 29 games with a PA this season...has 14 extra-base hits and 11 runs in those 29. ACareer .148 (4-for-27) as a pinch-hitter with one triple and two runs. ACareer games at position: SS - 181; 3rd - 102; DH - 37; OF - 28; 2nd - 22. AHit .284 with all four of his home runs and 14 of his 24 RBI at Target Field in 2014.

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

2015 Average: .260 Streak: 3g, .364 (4-11) Series at MIL: .364 (4-11)Road Trip: .364 (4-11), BB, 3 runs Home Runs (4): Solo (3), 3-run (1)

A.329 (225-for-683) average in 185 career Interleague games is third highest among active players...has a career average of .375 (3-for-8) with 2 2B in 3 games against the Reds. AHitting .400 (26-for-65) with RISP, 3rd best in the AL...also hitting .339 (37-for-109) with runners on and .207 (34-for-164) with bases empty. APlayed in 74 of the 75 Twins games this season. AHit fourth homer of the season with game-tying solo shot 6/22 vs. CWS. AHas 323 doubles, needs 6 to tie Tony Oliva (329) for second on Twins all-time list...is 6th on Twins all-time games played list (1,372)...is 12th on Twins HR list (113)...is 9th on Twins XBH list with 460, needs 9 to tie Carew (469) for 8th. AMade 11th career Opening Day roster, tying Kirby Puckett for fourth most in Twins history (Killebrew, Carew and Hrbek tied for first with 12). ACollected 1,500th hit with single 8/15/14 at HOU...6th Twin to record 1,500 hits joining Puckett (2,304), Carew (2,085), Oliva (1,917), Hrbek (1,749) and Killebrew (1,713). A37 RBI in 74 pre-ASG games are most since 41 RBI in 77 pre-ASG games in 2012.

KENNYS VARGAS - 1B/DH #19Height: 6-5 Weight: 289 B/T: S/R Age: 24 (8/1/90 in Canovanas, PR)

2015 Average: .247 Streak: 0-for-last-2 Series at MIL: .000 (0-1)Road Trip: .000 (0-1) Home Runs (5): Solo (2), 2-run (1), 3-run (2)

AHad first career 4-hit game 6/22 vs. CWS, hitting a three-run homer and driving in four on the day...was second career game with 4-plus RBI (5 RBI, 8/23/14 vs. DET)...had one RBI in previous 15 games prior to 6/22 (48 at-bats). AHit walk-off solo home run in bottom 9th 6/18 vs. STL...was first career walk-off hit...was second Twins walk-off hit (Plouffe’s walk-off homer April 17 vs. CLE). AWas optioned May 17 to Triple-A Rochester where he hit .308 (16-for-52) with 2 2B, 3 HR, 8 RBI in 16 games for the Red Wings. AFrom 8/1 to end of 2014 season had 38 RBI, which was tied fourth most in the AL, and 7th in MLB, behind Victor Martinez (45), Jose Bautista (40) and Chris Carter (39). ALed MLB rookies post-ASG in RBI (38), tied 6th in hits (59) and tied 7th in doubles (10). A5.66 RBI/AB ratio in 2014 was 2nd highest in Twins history by a rookie (Buscher 4.64 in 2008). AHas hit all five home runs in 2015 at Target Field, and 13 of his 14 career HR. AHit in 63 of 97 games; multi-hit in 28 of 97; RBI in 32 of 97; reached in 71 of 97.

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

2015 Average: .215 Streak: 1g, .333 (1-3) Series at MIL: .143 (1-7), BBRoad Trip: .143 (1-7), BB Home Runs (0): - -

ARecalled prior to 6/26 game at MIL...made Opening Day roster for the Twins. AHad 128 hits in 2014, which were the most by Twins rookie since Rivas (150 in ‘01). AOther rookie notes from 2014: 27 2B and 41 XBH were most by Twins rookie since Cordova (27 2B and 55 XBH in ‘95)...7 3B most since Castino (8 in ‘79)... .319 average highest since Oliva (.323 in ‘64)...38 multi-hit games most since Rivas (38 in ‘01). AAL rookie ranks 2014: .319 AVG (1st), 7 3B (T2nd), .353 OBP (2nd), 20 SB (2nd), .472 SLG (2nd), 70 runs (2nd), 38 multi-hit games (2nd), 129 hits (4th), 41 XBH (T3rd), 27 2B (4th). AHas hit in 104 of his 153 career games, reached in 111 of 153, scored in 70 of 153.

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................................................................. BATTING PITCHINGMONTH AVG R R/G H HR W-L IP H BB K ERAAPRIL .243 86 3.9 182 12 10-12 194.0 202 60 116 4.36MAY .269 139 5.1 244 27 20-7 244.1 264 57 165 3.57JUNE .233 88 3.4 196 23 10-16 227.0 234 60 158 3.77JULY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AUGUST - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -SEPT/OCT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

TWINS MONTHLY BREAKDOWN

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

Starters 29 24 3.82 441.0 473 198 187 49 107 290Relievers 11 11 26 3.97 224.1 226 111 99 26 70 149TOTALS 40 35 26 3.87 665.1 699 309 286 75 177 439

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

TWINS 39 42 48 35 29 43 29 22 22 4 313 OPPONENTS 36 36 41 42 28 31 28 42 21 4 309

HOME RUNS BY POSITIONC 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH PH TOTAL4 7 15 10 2 7 1 11 5 0 62

RECORD WHEN…

Runs Scoring Allowing0 0 - 6 6 - 01 1 - 7 6 - 12 4 - 10 12 - 43 7 - 4 6 - 44 4 - 4 4 - 45 2 - 2 5 - 36 7 - 0 0 - 67 4 - 2 1 - 38 6 - 0 0 - 29 1 - 0 0 - 110+ 4 - 0 0 - 7

Totals 40 - 35 40 - 35

TOTAL STANDS CONFIRMED OVERTURNEDTWINS 16 5 - - 11OPPONENTS 15 6 - - 9

LAST TWINS CHALLENGE: Molitor challenged Escobar out call on pick-off at first base 6/28 at MIL. Replay showed Escobar out, call stood.

LAST OPPONENT CHALLENGE: Counsell challenged Plouffe safe call at first on GIDP 6/27 at MIL. Replay showed 1B Lind dropped ball and picked it up with barehand to record out. Call overturned.

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

TWINS EJECTIONS

MANAGER CHALLENGES

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

BACK-TO-BACK• - -

GRAND SLAM• Plouffe, 5/3 vs. CWS

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

INSIDE-THE-PARK• - -

TWINS HOME RUN DATA

Escobar .............4 Hunter .................2Hicks .................4 Nunez ..................1Rosario ..............4 Schafer ...............1Robinson ...........3 Total .................21Buxton ...............2

TWINS OUTFIELD ASSISTS

TWINS BATTING INFO

SEASON-HIGHS GW BUNTPLAYER H HR RBI RBI HITS SEASON-HIGH HIT-STREAKDozier 4 2 4 (2x) 5 2 10, 5/8-19Escobar 4 1 (2x) 5 2 - 4, 6/4-8Herrmann 2 1 2 1 - 3, 5/27-6/3Hunter 4 2 4 5 1 10, 5/20-6/2Mauer 3 (3x) 1 (3x) 3 (5x) 5 - 7, 5/5-13Nunez 2 (8x) 1 (2x) 2 (3x) 3 1 5, 4/8-26Plouffe 3 (2x) 1 (10x) 5 5 1 6, 4/17-24Robinson 3 - 2 (2x) - - 6, 4/16-26Rosario 2 (8x) 1 (3x) 2 (2x) 3 - 8, 5/24-6/3Santana 3 (3x) - 2 (2x) - 3 6, 5/12-17Suzuki 3 (2x) 1 (3x) 2 4 - 6, 6/14-20Vargas 4 1 (5x) 4 2 - 5, 5/6-12Others 2 5 TOTALS 37 10

C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Dozier 74 55 11 8 Escobar 1 15 4 25 6 2 6 20 12 11 Herrmann 17 3 8 6 Hunter 55 11 41 14 11 Mauer 62 10 3 69 Nunez 9 2 2 11 1 7 7 6 2 1Plouffe 3 68 6 48 6 11 Robinson 13 14 1 6 7 7 8Rosario 21 2 15 8 8 9 8 4 Santana 50 1 18 1 32Suzuki 58 3 2 18 16 9 11 Vargas 10 29 3 18 7 7 4 Others 1 1 14 59 4 2 1 2 18 29 34

STARTS BY POSITION STARTS BY BATTING ORDER

2015 DISABLED LIST LOG Player Injury Date On Retro Date Off Games Missed Ricky Nolasco ............Right Elbow Infl. ...............4/11 ......... 4/9 ........... 5/2 ..............................21 Brian Duensing .........Right Intercostal Strain ....4/17 .......................... 5/2 ..............................14 Casey Fien .................Right Shoulder Strain .......4/30 ......................... 5/29 .............................25 Tim Stauffer ..............Right Intercostal Strain .....5/1 ......... 4/30 ......... 4/22 .............................19 Oswaldo Arcia ...........Right Hip Flexor Strain .......5/4 ........................... 6/3 ..............................26 Eduardo Nunez .......... Left Oblique Strain .............5/5 ......... 4/30 ......... 5/19 .............................17 Jordan Schafer ..........Right MCL Sprain ..............5/16 ........ 5/11 ......... 6/18 .............................34 Ricky Nolasco ..........Right Ankle Impingement ..6/4 .......... 6/1 ...............................................26 Aaron Hicks ..............Right Forearm Strain .......6/14 ........ 6/13 ..............................................15 Byron Buxton ............ Left Thumb Sprain ............6/26 ........ 6/25 ................................................3

BOLD indicates currently on DL

TWINS BULLPEN VS. Cincinnati Reds

2015 CAREERPITCHER W L S ERA IP H ER W L S ERA IP H ERBoyer 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 1.59 17.0 9 3Duensing 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 1 - 0 12.00 3.0 4 4Fien 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0Graham 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0Meyer 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0Perkins 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 1 0.00 1.0 2 0Pressly 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0Thompson 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0Others 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0TEAM 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0

TWINS HITTERS VS. Cincinnati Reds

2015 CAREERPLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI AVG. AB H HR RBIDozier … 0 0 0 0 .000 10 0 0 0Escobar … 0 0 0 0 … 0 0 0 0Herrmann … 0 0 0 0 … 0 0 0 0Hunter … 0 0 0 0 .409 22 9 1 5Mauer … 0 0 0 0 .375 8 3 0 0Nunez … 0 0 0 0 .200 10 2 0 0Plouffe … 0 0 0 0 .167 12 2 1 1Robinson … 0 0 0 0 .220 41 9 0 3Rosario … 0 0 0 0 … 0 0 0 0Santana … 0 0 0 0 … 0 0 0 0Suzuki … 0 0 0 0 .243 37 9 2 5Vargas … 0 0 0 0 … 0 0 0 0Others … 0 0 0 0TEAM … 0 0 0 0

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

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

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

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

INDIVIDUAL PITCHING:Most Innings, Game, Starter ...............................................8.0, 7x, last Hughes, 6/24 vs. CWSMost Innings, Game, Reliever ...............................................3.0, 4x, last Graham, 6/10 vs. KCMost Hits, Starter .................................................................... 11, 2x, last Pelfrey, 6/13 at TEXMost Hits, Reliever ...............................................................................6, Graham, 5/14 at DETMost Runs, Starter .................................................................................8, Pelfrey, 6/13 at TEXMost Runs, Reliever .............................................................................5, Graham, 5/14 at DETMost Home Runs, Starter ........................................................................3, Gibson, 6/5 vs. MILMost Home Runs, Reliever ..............................................................2, 3x, last Fien 6/28 at MILMost Walks, Starter................................................................................. 5, Gibson, 4/9 at DETMost Walks, Reliever..................................................................3, 2x, last Pressly, 6/6 vs. MILMost Strikeouts, Starter.............................................................9, 4x, last Gibson, 6/5 vs. MILMost Strikeouts, Reliever...................................................................4, Graham, 5/31 vs. TORWin-Streak ...................................................................................................5, Nolasco, 5/2-25Losing-Streak ............................................................................................... 4, Hughes, 4/6-24 Low-Hit Complete Game....................................................................... 6, Hughes, 4/24 at SEAMost Consecutive Scoreless Innings ..........................................20, Gibson 4/26 (5th) to 5/12Most Consecutive Batters Retired ......................................................16, Milone, 4/10 at CWSWild Pitches ................................................................................................. 2, May, 6/9 vs. KC

TEAM & INDIVIDUAL FIELDING:Errors, Game, Team ...............................................................................3, 2x, last 6/10 vs. KCErrors, Game, Individual .................................................... 2, 3x, last Herrmann, 5/30 vs. TORErrors, Consecutive Games, Team .................................................................. 3, 3x, last 6/4-6Errors, Consecutive Games Without, Team .............................................................8, 6/12-19Doubleplays, Game, Team ......................................................................4, 3x, last 6/13 at TEXOpponents Doubleplays, Game, Team ..................................................3, 2x, last 6/20 vs. CHC

TEAM MISCELLANEOUS:Longest Winning Streak .............................................................................. 5, 2x, last 5/22-27Longest Losing Streak................................................................................................5, 6/8-13 Longest Game, Innings................................................................................... 13.0, 5/20 at PITLongest Game, Time (9 Innings) ..................................................................3:33, 4/29 vs. DETLongest Game, Time (Extra Innings) ................................................3:56, 5/20 at PIT (13 inn.)Longest Delay .................................................................................................. 3:36, 4/9 at DETFastest Game, Time ....................................................................................... 2:03, 4/24 at SEALargest Margin, Victory..........................................................................13, 5/6 vs. OAK (13-0)Largest Margin, Loss .............................................................................12, 5/14 at DET (1-13)Largest Home Attendance.......................................................................40,273, 6/21 vs. CHCHome Sellouts ...........................................................................................4, last 6/21 vs. CHCTimes Shut Out ..........................................................................................6, last 6/21 vs. CHC

LAST TIME IT HAPPENEDFOR THE TWINS

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

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

MISCELLANEOUS:Triple Play: Castillo/Morneau/Batista, 5/27/06 vs. SEA (Johjima hitting)Position Player Pitching: J. Carroll, 8/5/13 at KCThree-or-more Steals, One Game: D. Mastroianni (3), 7/5/12 at DETSteal of Home: C. Thomas, 8/2/13 vs. HOU Pure Steal of Home: R. Becker, 9/27/97 at CLEHome Run in First ML At-Bat: E. Rosario, 5/6/15 vs. OAK (1st PA, 1st pitch)Leadoff Home Run: B. Dozier, 6/26/15 at MIL (4 as team in 2015, all Dozier)

AGAINST THE TWINSHITTING:Hit for the Cycle: Beltre, 8/24/12 at TEXGrand Slam: Fowler, 6/21/15 vs. CHC off Tonkin (2 allowed in 2015)Inside-the-Park Home Run: J. McCann, 4/29/15 vs. DETPinch-Hit Home Run: Murphy, 5/9/15 at CLEPinch-Hit Grand Slam: Bartlett, 8/5/10 at TBFive-Hit Game: Blackmon, 7/12/14 at COLSix-Hit Game: Segura, 5/28/13 at MILTwo Hits, One Inning: Ishikawa, 5/20/12 at MILTwo Home Runs, One Inning: Nilsson, 5/17/96 vs. MILTwo-Home Run Game: Rizzo, 6/19/15 vs. CHC (3 allowed in 2015)Three-Home Run Game: Granderson, 4/19/12 at NYYBack-to-Back Home Runs: Reynolds/Molina, 6/15/15 at STL3 Consecutive Home Runs: Jones/Castilla/Franco, 6/11/02 vs. ATLThree Home Runs, One Inning: Martinez/Infante/Jackson, 9/24/13 vs. DETFour Home Runs, One Inning: Everett/O’Leary/Varitek/Burkhart, 7/3/00 vs. BOS

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

MISCELLANEOUS:Triple Play: Donaldson/Rosales/Carter, 8/21/12 at OAK (Plouffe hitting)Position Player Pitching: A. Romine, 8/22/14 vs. DET (1 faced in 2014)Three-or-more Steals, One Game: C. Crisp, 7/31/11 at OAKSteal of Home: B. Daubach, 4/27/03 at CHCPure Steal of Home: S. Green, 5/26/00 vs. TEXHome Run in First ML At-Bat: C. Richard, 7/17/00 vs. STLLeadoff Home Run: G. Parra, 6/26/15 at MIL (2 allowed in 2015)

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

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

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

APRIL (10-12) BATTING: .243 (182-FOR-749) PITCHING: 10-12-7, 4.36 (194.0 IP, 94 ER) 6----- --at DET 0-4 L 0-1 T3rd -1.0 45,030 Price/Hughes/Nathan 7------OFF DAY 0-1 T3rd -1.0 8----- --at DET 0-11 L 0-2 T4th -2.0 28,280 Sanchez/Nolasco 9----- --at DET 1-7 L 0-3 T4th -3.0 26,782 Greene/Gibson10 -----at CWS 6-0 W 1-3 4th -3.0 38,533 Milone/Noesi/Duensing11 -----at CWS 4-5 L 1-4 T4th -4.0 22,317 Duke/Boyer/Robertson 12 -----at CWS 2-6 L 1-5 5th -5.0 23,057 Sale/Hughes13 -----KC 3-12 L 1-6 5th -6.0 *40,123 40,123 1 Duffy/May14 -----OFF DAY 5th -6.015 -----KC 3-1 W 2-6 5th -5.5 21,362 61,485 2 Gibson/Volquez/Perkins16 -----KC 8-5 W 3-6 5th -5.0 17,449 78,934 3 Milone/Vargas/Perkins 17 -----CLE ^3-2 W 4-6 3rd -5.0 21,307 100,241 4 Boyer/Shaw18 -----CLE 2-4 L 4-7 5th -5.0 23,949 124,190 5 Salazar/Hughes/Allen19 -----CLE 7-2 W 5-7 3rd -5.0 17,923 142,113 6 May/House20 -----at KC 1-7 L 5-8 4th -6.0 20,393 Volquez/Gibson21 -----at KC 5-6 L 5-9 5th -6.0 20,990 Young/Fien/Davis22 -----at KC 3-0 W 6-9 4th -5.0 24,721 Pelfrey/Guthrie/Perkins23 -----OFF DAY 4th -5.5 24 -----at SEA 0-2 L 6-10 5th -6.0 25,215 Hernandez/Hughes25 -----at SEA 8-5 W 7-10 T4th -5.5 33,566 Stauffer/Paxton/Perkins26 -----at SEA ^4-2 W 8-10 T4th -4.5 35,242 Fien/Olson/Perkins27 -----DET 4-5 L 8-11 4th -5.5 18,054 160,167 7 Price/Milone/Soria28 -----DET 3-2 W 9-11 4th -5.0 18,169 178,336 8 Pelfrey/Sanchez/Perkins29 -----DET 7-10 L 9-12 4th -5.5 19,447 197,783 9 Gorzelanny/Fien/Soria30 -----CWS 12-2 W 10-12 3rd -5.0 20,736 218,519 10 May/SaleMAY (20-7) BATTING: .269 (244-FOR-906) PITCHING: 20-7-14, 3.57 (244.1 IP, 97 ER) 1------CWS 1-0 W 11-12 3rd -5.0 22,794 241,313 11 Gibson/Quintana/Perkins 2------CWS 5-3 W 12-12 3rd -4.0 30,551 271,864 12 Nolasco/Noesi/Perkins 3------CWS 13-3 W 13-12 3rd -3.5 22,423 294,287 13 Pressly/Danks 4------OAK 8-7 W 14-12 3rd -3.0 20,605 314,892 14 Hughes/Hahn/Perkins 5------OAK 1-2 L 14-13 3rd -3.5 18,135 333,027 15 Chavez/May/Clippard 6------OAK 13-0 W 15-13 3rd -2.5 18,866 351,893 16 Gibson/Kazmir 7------OAK 6-5 W 16-13 3rd -2.5 22,379 374,272 17 Nolasco/Pomeranz/Perkins 8------at CLE 9-3 W 17-13 3rd -2.0 19,102 Pelfrey/Bauer 9------at CLE 7-4 W 18-13 3rd -1.5 16,199 Hughes/Chen/Perkins10 -----at CLE 2-8 L 18-14 3rd -2.5 13,769 Salazar/May11 -----OFF DAY 3rd -2.012 -----at DET ^1-2 L 18-15 3rd -3.0 26,177 Nesbitt/Pressly13 -----at DET 6-2 W 19-15 3rd -2.0 27,163 Nolasco/Lobstein14 -----at DET 1-13 L 19-16 3rd -3.0 31,785 Sanchez/Pelfrey15 -----TB 3-2 W 20-16 3rd -3.0 24,018 398,290 18 Hughes/Odorizzi/Perkins16 -----TB 6-4 W 21-16 3rd -2.0 27,128 425,418 19 Duensing/Jepsen/Perkins17 -----TB 3-11 L 21-17 3rd -3.0 23,708 449,126 20 Archer/Gibson18 -----OFF DAY 3rd -3.019 -----at PIT 8-5 W 22-17 3rd -3.0 22,357 Nolasco/Liriano/Perkins20 -----at PIT ^4-3 W 23-17 3rd -3.0 21,718 Duensing/Bastardo/Perkins21 -----OFF DAY 3rd -3.022 -----at CWS 2-3 L 23-18 3rd -4.0 21,067 Samardzija/Thompson/Robertson23 -----at CWS 4-3 W 24-18 3rd -4.0 38,714 May/Sale/Perkins24 -----at CWS 8-1 W 25-18 2nd -3.0 30,180 Gibson/Quintana25 -----BOS 7-2 W 26-18 2nd -2.0 29,472 478,598 21 Nolasco/Kelly26 -----BOS 2-1 W 27-18 2nd -1.0 23,268 501,866 22 Pelfrey/Buchholz/Perkins27 -----BOS 6-4 W 28-18 T-1st - - 30,027 531,893 23 Hughes/Porcello/Perkins28 -----OFF DAY T-1st - -29 -----TOR 4-6 L 28-19 2nd -1.0 24,509 556,402 24 Buehrle/Perkins30 -----TOR 3-2 W 29-19 2nd -0.5 32,076 588,478 25 Pressly/Loup/Boyer31 -----TOR 6-4 W 30-19 1st +0.5 33,829 622,307 26 Pressly/Osuna/Perkins JUNE (10-16) BATTING: .233 (196-FOR-843) PITCHING: 10-16-4, 3.77 ERA (227.0 IP, 95 ER) 1------at BOS 1st +0.5 --Postponed, Inclement Weather --Scheduled makeup as DH 6/3-- 2------at BOS 0-1 L 30-20 1st +0.5 32,622 Buchholz/Pelfrey/Uehara 3------at BOS 3-6 L 30-21 T1st - - 31,704 Rodriguez/Hughes ------at BOS# 2-0 W 31-21 T1st - - 33,291 May/Porcello/Perkins 4------at BOS 8-4 W 32-21 1st +1.0 33,615 Thompson/Uehara 5------MIL 5-10 L 32-22 1st +1.0 29,398 651,705 27 Jeffress/Boyer 6------MIL 2-4 L 32-23 1st +1.0 *38,707 690,412 28 Garza/Pressly/Rodriguez 7------MIL 2-0 W 33-23 1st +1.0 31,911 722,323 29 Pelfrey/Fiers/Perkins 8------KC 1-3 L 33-24 T1st - - 22,796 745,119 30 Vargas/Hughes/Holland 9------KC 0-2 L 33-25 2nd -1.0 22,497 767,616 31 Young/May/Holland10 -----KC 2-7 L 33-26 2nd -2.0 28,434 796,050 32 Volquez/Gibson11 -----OFF DAY 2nd -2.012 -----at TEX 2-6 L 33-27 2nd -2.0 41,765 Scheppers/Thompson 13 -----at TEX 7-11 L 33-28 2nd -2.0 28,661 Lewis/Pelfrey14 -----at TEX 4-3 W 34-28 2nd -1.5 33,970 Fien/Tolleson/Perkins15 -----at STL 2-3 L 34-29 2nd -2.5 43,174 Lackey/May/Siegrist16 -----at STL 2-3 L 34-30 2nd -3.5 41,203 Wacha/Gibson/Siegrist17 -----STL 3-1 W 35-30 2nd -3.5 34,381 830,431 33 Milone/Martinez/Perkins18 -----STL 2-1 W 36-30 2nd -3.5 34,648 865,079 34 Boyer/Villanueva19 -----CUB 7-2 W 37-30 2nd -2.5 36,817 901,896 35 Hughes/Hendricks20 -----CUB ^1-4 L 37-31 2nd -3.5 *40,066 941,962 36 Motte/Boyer/Rondon21 -----CUB 0-8 L 37-32 2nd -3.5 *40,273 982,235 37 Arrieta/Gibson22 -----CWS 13-2 W 38-32 2nd -3.5 24,094 1,006,329 38 Milone/Danks23 -----CWS 2-6 L 38-33 2nd -3.5 27,349 1,033,678 39 Samardzija/Pelfrey/Petricka24 -----CWS 6-1 W 39-33 2nd -3.5 28,854 1,062,532 40 Hughes/Sale25 -----OFF DAY 2nd -3.5 26 -----at MIL 4-10 L 39-34 2nd -4.0 33,296 Lohse/May27 -----at MIL 5-2 W 40-34 2nd -4.0 39,977 Gibson/Garza/Perkins28 -----at MIL 3-5 L 40-35 2nd -5.5 38,958 Smith/Fien29 -----at CIN 6:10 pm FSN/TIBN30 -----at CIN 6:10 pm FSN/TIBNJULY (- - -) BATTING: .--- (- -FOR- -) PITCHING: - - - - -, -.-- (-.- IP, - ER) 1------at CIN 11:35 am FSN/TIBN 2------at KC 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 3------at KC 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 4------at KC 6:15 pm FOX/TIBN Independence Day 5------at KC 1:10 pm FSN/TIBN 6------BAL 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 7------BAL 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 8------BAL 12:10 pm TIBN 9------DET 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN10 -----DET 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN11 -----DET 3:05 pm FS1/TIBN12 -----DET 1:10 pm FSN/TIBN13 -----ALL STAR BREAK - Cincinnati All-Star Workout Day featuring the Home Run Derby14 -----ALL STAR BREAK - Cincinnati MLB All-Star Game15 -----ALL STAR BREAK16 -----ALL STAR BREAK17 -----at OAK 9:05 pm FSN/TIBN 18 -----at OAK 8:07 pm FSN/TIBN19 -----at OAK 3:05 pm FSN/TIBN20 -----OFF DAY21 -----at LAA 9:05 pm FSN/TIBN22 -----at LAA 9:05 pm FSN/TIBN23 -----at LAA 2:35 pm FSN/TIBN

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

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

2015 WALK-OFF VICTORIES DATE SCORE NOTES 4/17 vs. CLE 3-2 Plouffe solo home run to begin bottom of 11 off Bryan Shaw. 6/18 vs. STL 2-1 Vargas solo home run with two outs in bottom 9th off Carlos Villanueva.

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2015 players (35)

Position Players: (18) Arcia, Oswaldo of*Bernier, Doug infBuxton, Byron ofDozier, Brian inf*Escobar, Eduardo inf*Herrmann, Chris c/of*Hicks, Aaron of

Hunter, Torii of*Mauer, Joe inf*Nunez, Eduardo inf*Plouffe, Trevor inf*Polanco, Jorge infRobinson, Shane of*Rosario, Eddie of

Santana, Danny inf*Schafer, Jordan of*Suzuki, Kurt c*Vargas, Kennys inf*

Pitchers: (17) Boyer, Blaine rhp*Duensing, Brian lhp*Fien, Casey rhp*Gibson, Kyle rhp*Graham, J.R. rhp*Hughes, Phil rhp*

May, Trevor rhpMeyer, Alex rhpMilone, Tommy lhp*Nolasco, Ricky rhp*Pelfrey, Mike rhp*Perkins, Glen lhp*

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

(* - on Opening Day 25-man Roster)