minnesota twins (56-70) vs. detroit tigers...

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THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 2-5 through seven games during their 10-day, 11-game homestand, going 1-3 against Kansas City and 1-2 against Cleveland...tonight they begin a four-game series with Detroit, which includes a split double header tomorrow, the makeup game from April 27...the Twins are 27-35 at home this season, compared to 29-35 on the road. HUGHES HUGE OVER CLEVELAND: The Twins beat the Indians yesterday afternoon by a score of 4-1, snapping their four-game losing streak and winning their second game on the homestand...Phil Hughes (14-8) was the starter and winner, allowing one run on five hits in 7.0 innings pitched...he joined three other AL pitchers to record 14 victories (Kazmir, Porcello and Scherzer)...Glen Perkins recorded his 32nd save (36th opportunity), good for fourth most in the AL...the offense recorded eight hits, five from the rookies Danny Santana (2) and Kennys Vargas (3)...Vargas hit his fourth home run, a solo shot in the fourth inning. HOMER HAPPY: The Twins have hit 14 home runs in their last 11 games...they have 21 home runs this month tied for fourth most in baseball with Colorado and Washington, trail- ing Baltimore (32), Houston (22) and Chicago-NL...the Twins (since 1961)/Senators (since 1901) franchise has hit 9,995 home runs, needing five to reach 10,000 and become the 16th franchise to ever reach that mark. TWINS AND TIGERS: The Twins are hosting the Tigers for the first time since April 25-26, game three being postponed due to rain Sunday, April 27; Detroit won the first and Twins won the second...the Twins are 4-4 against Detroit this season...Eduardo Escobar is hitting .381 (8-for-21) against Tiger pitching this season and Chris Parmelee is hitting .357 (5-for-14). MAUER AND THE TIGERS: Joe Mauer is hitting .315 (168-for-534), with 25 doubles, 13 home runs, 71 RBI, 86 runs scored and 83 walks in 145 career games against Detroit...among all active players, he ranks second in walks (Konerko - 105) and third in on-base percentage (.406), fifth in runs and sixth in hits. JOE COOL: Joe Mauer has hit safely in 20 of his last 22 games, batting .341 (28-for-82) with nine doubles, two home runs, 16 RBI, 10 walks and a .413 on-base percentage in those 22... additionally, since June 10, he has reached base safely via hit or walk in 28 of 30 games. Since coming off the DL August 11 (strained right oblique), he is hitting .314 (11-for-35) with three doubles, two home runs, four RBI, four runs scored, seven walks and a .429 on-base percentage. PERKINS CLOSING IN: Glen Perkins saved his 86th career game yesterday, moving within two of tying Al Worthington for sixth on the Twins all-time list: PLAYER SAVES PLAYER SAVES 1) Joe Nathan....................................... 260 5) Jeff Reardon ...................................... 104 2) Rick Aguilera ................................... 254 6) Al Worthington .................................... 88 3) Eddie Guardado ............................... 116 7) Glen Perkins....................................... 86 4) Ron Davis ........................................ 108 VAR-GAS POWERED: Kennys Vargas is hitting .353 (12-for-34) with two doubles, three home runs, nine RBI and seven runs scored in his last nine games...among all rookies in baseball this month, he ranks first in RBI (17), third in hits (24), tied for third in home runs (4), and tied for fourth in runs (12)...between Minnesota and Double-A New Britain, he has combined to hit .287 (124-for-432) with 20 doubles, 21 home runs and 80 RBI. SANTANA SMOOTH: Danny Santana is hitting .345 (19-for-55) in his last 12 games...for the season, he is hitting .328 (62-for-189) against left-handed pitching, compared to .282 (22-for-78) against righties...he leads all rookies in baseball this month with 27 hits. TWINS ON A STICK: “The Great Minnesota Get Together” started yesterday in St. Paul and runs through Labor Day, September 1..the Minnesota Twins booth at the Minnesota State Fair is located on the south end of Cooper Street at Judson Avenue, next to the International Bazaar off the Como Avenue entrance...the exhibit will be open every day of the Fair from 9 am to 8 pm...the Twins area will feature an ongoing game of “Yardball” and popular Twins interactives...fans can learn more about ticket programs, Target Field tours and events, as well as shop for great deals on the latest Twins gear and close out items. THIS AND THAT: Paul Molitor is celebrating his 58th birthday today...he shares a birthday with fellow Hall of Famers Carl Yastrzemski and Pat Gillick. Chris Parmelee is hitting .317 (19-for-60) against left-handed pitching this season, which is tied for fourth best batting average in the AL among left-handed hitters with a minimum of 50 at-bats vs. lefties. Brian Dozier leads the AL with 85 runs scored...he is on pace to score 109 runs, which would tie him with Tony Oliva (1964) and Kirby Puckett (1988) for seventh most in club history. The Twins are 17-24 against left-handed starters and 39-46 against right-handed starters. The Twins rank second in baseball this month with 93 runs scored, trailing Kansas City (96). STREAKS Current Streak: .................................. 1 win Last 5 games: ........................................ 1-4 Last 10 games: ...................................... 4-6 Last 15 games: .................................... 5-10 Last 20 games: .................................... 8-12 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 8/23 vs. Detroit Yohan Pino (R, 1-5, 5.37) vs. Buck Farmer (R, 0-0, 7.20) 12:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN vs. Detroit Trevor May (R, 0-2, 9.00) vs. Justin Verlander (R, 10-11, 4.76) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN 8/24 vs. Detroit Kyle Gibson (R, 11-9, 4.13) vs. Max Scherzer (R, 14-4, 3.07) 1:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN / LMB: BOB FM Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. TWINSPRESSBOX.COM Get the latest Twins notes, stat packs, clips, press releases, minor league reports, 2014 official team media guide as well as other team related information at: www.twinspressbox.com Find us on Twitter: @Twins and #MNTwins HOMESTAND (2-5) Batting Average ............ .224 (51-for-228) Runs Per-Game...................4.0 (28 R/7 G) Home Runs ............................................. 8 RISP ................................ .182 (10-for-55) Fielding Errors ........................................ 4 Team ERA .................5.29 (63.0 IP, 37 ER) Starters W-L ....................................... 2-4 Starters ERA .............5.87 (38.1 IP, 25 ER) Relievers W-L-S ............................... 0-1-2 Relievers ERA ...........4.38 (24.2 IP, 12 ER) Save/Opportunities ..............................2/3 RECENT TRANSACTIONS 7/24 RHP Pressly recalled from AAA RHP Pryor acquired, reports to AAA INF Morales traded to Seattle INF Polanco recalled from Single-A 7/25 RHP Darnell recalled from AAA INF Polanco optioned to AA 7/31 LHP Milone acquired via trade with OAK, in exchange for OF Fuld, Milone optioned to AAA 1B Vargas recalled from AA 8/3 OF Schafer claimed off waivers from ATL LHP Darnell optioned to AAA 8/9 RHP May recalled from AAA 1B/DH Colabello optioned to AAA 8/9 Traded RHP Correia to Dodgers in exchange for PTBNL 8/11 RHP Adams acquired via trade with KC, in exchange for OF Willingham, Adams optioned AA 8/15 RHP Nolasco returned from rehab and reinstated from DL. RHP Pino optioned to AAA TWINS AT A GLANCE Record: .......................................... 56-70 Home Record:................................ 27-35 Road Record:................................. 29-35 Record in series: ........................17-20-4 Series Openers: ............................. 14-27 Series Finales:............................... 22-19 Rubber Games: ................................ 12-4 Sweeps/Swept: .................................. 3/6 March/April:................................... 12-12 May: ............................................... 13-16 June: .............................................. 12-16 July:................................................ 11-15 August:............................................. 8-11 September: .............................................. vs. American League East: ..............13-15 vs. American League Central: .........25-26 vs. American League West: .............11-19 vs. National League: ..........................7-10 Games vs. LH Starter:......................17-24 Games vs. RH Starter: .....................39-46 Twins score first: .............................38-24 Opp. scores first: .............................18-46 Come-from-behind wins: ..................... 27 Leading after 7/8 inn.:.............. 39-2/42-2 Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ............. 8-62/6-61 Tied after 7/8 inn.: ........................ 9-6/8-7 Extra-innings: ......................................4-5 1-run games: ...................................17-19 Twins out-hit opp.: ...........................32-10 Opp. out-hit Twins: ......................... 16-57 Twins/Opp. have = hits: .......................8-3 Twins get Quality Start: ...................41-13 Twins starter goes 6+ IP:................44-28 Most games over .500: .................. 2, 5/23 Most games under .500: .............. 15, 8/21 Longest winning-streak: ......... 4, 6/19-22 Longest losing-streak:........5, 2x, 6/24-28 When Twins score 4+: .....................45-30 When Twins score 3-: ......................11-40 Team-high hits: ................. 23, 8/3 at CWS Team-high runs: ................16, 8/3 at CWS Opp.-high hits: .................... 19, 6/14 at DET Opp.-high runs:................ 14, 6/8 vs. HOU Twins get 10+ hits: ..........................25-18 Walk-Off W/L: ......................................5-5 Shutouts W/L: .................................... 7/10 Complete Games: .. 2, last 6/17 Hughes at BOS Target Field Sellouts (’14/All-Time): ....... -/152 MINNESOTA TWINS (56-70) VS. DETROIT TIGERS (68-57) FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2014 - 7:10 (CT) - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK Tommy Milone (L, 6-4, 3.99) vs. Robbie Ray (L, 1-3, 5.33) GAME 127 HOME GAME 63 UPCOMING MILESTONES PLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACH Ron Gardenhire 1054 wins Needs 86 to tie Tom Kelly (1,140) for most wins in franchise history Joe Mauer 109 home runs Needs 1 to tie Roy Smalley (110) for 12th on Twins all-time list 1264 games Needs 14 to tie Justin Morneau (1278) for 7th on Twins all-time list 302 doubles Needs 3 to tie Carew (305) for 4th on Twins list Glen Perkins 86 saves Needs 2 to tie Al Worthington (88) for sixth on Twins all-time list Twins/Senators Franchise 9,995 home runs Need 5 to reach 10,000 franchise home runs TWINS VS. DETROIT 2014 Record: ......................................... 4-4 Current Streak:............................... 2 losses 2014 at Home: ...................................... 1-1 2014 at Detroit: ..................................... 3-3 All-Time Record: .........................403-364-1 All-Time at Home: .......................... 211-172 All-Time at Detroit: .....................192-192-1 2014 Game Logs: Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save 4/25 MIN 6-10 Porcello/Correia 4/26 MIN 5-3 Hughes/Ortega/Perkins 4/27 MIN PPD* 5/ 9 DET 2-1 Hughes/Verlander/Perkins 5/10 DET 3-9 Scherzer/Gibson 5/11 DET 4-3 Burton/Chamberlain/Perkins 6/13 DET 2-0 Gibson/Smyly/Perkins 6/14 DET 7-12 Sanchez/Deduno/Krol 6/15 DET 3-4 Nathan/Fien 8/22 MIN 8/23 MIN MIN* 8/24 MIN 9/15 MIN 9/16 MIN 9/17 MIN 9/25 DET 9/26 DET 9/27 DET 9/28 DET

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Page 1: MINNESOTA TWINS (56-70) VS. DETROIT TIGERS …mlb.mlb.com/documents/9/4/8/90881948/Twins_Notes_8_22_14...1901) franchise has hit 9,995 home runs, needing five to reach 10,000 and become

THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 2-5 through seven games during their 10-day, 11-game homestand, going 1-3 against Kansas City and 1-2 against Cleveland...tonight they begin a four-game series with Detroit, which includes a split double header tomorrow, the makeup game from April 27...the Twins are 27-35 at home this season, compared to 29-35 on the road.

HUGHES HUGE OVER CLEVELAND: The Twins beat the Indians yesterday afternoon by a score of 4-1, snapping their four-game losing streak and winning their second game on the homestand...Phil Hughes (14-8) was the starter and winner, allowing one run on five hits in 7.0 innings pitched...he joined three other AL pitchers to record 14 victories (Kazmir, Porcello and Scherzer)...Glen Perkins recorded his 32nd save (36th opportunity), good for fourth most in the AL...the offense recorded eight hits, five from the rookies Danny Santana (2) and Kennys Vargas (3)...Vargas hit his fourth home run, a solo shot in the fourth inning.

HOMER HAPPY: The Twins have hit 14 home runs in their last 11 games...they have 21 home runs this month tied for fourth most in baseball with Colorado and Washington, trail-ing Baltimore (32), Houston (22) and Chicago-NL...the Twins (since 1961)/Senators (since 1901) franchise has hit 9,995 home runs, needing five to reach 10,000 and become the 16th franchise to ever reach that mark.

TWINS AND TIGERS: The Twins are hosting the Tigers for the first time since April 25-26, game three being postponed due to rain Sunday, April 27; Detroit won the first and Twins won the second...the Twins are 4-4 against Detroit this season...Eduardo Escobar is hitting .381 (8-for-21) against Tiger pitching this season and Chris Parmelee is hitting .357 (5-for-14).

MAUER AND THE TIGERS: Joe Mauer is hitting .315 (168-for-534), with 25 doubles, 13 home runs, 71 RBI, 86 runs scored and 83 walks in 145 career games against Detroit...among all active players, he ranks second in walks (Konerko - 105) and third in on-base percentage (.406), fifth in runs and sixth in hits.

JOE COOL: Joe Mauer has hit safely in 20 of his last 22 games, batting .341 (28-for-82) with nine doubles, two home runs, 16 RBI, 10 walks and a .413 on-base percentage in those 22...additionally, since June 10, he has reached base safely via hit or walk in 28 of 30 games.

• Since coming off the DL August 11 (strained right oblique), he is hitting .314 (11-for-35) with three doubles, two home runs, four RBI, four runs scored, seven walks and a .429 on-base percentage.

PERKINS CLOSING IN: Glen Perkins saved his 86th career game yesterday, moving within two of tying Al Worthington for sixth on the Twins all-time list:PLAYER SAVES PLAYER SAVES1) Joe Nathan.......................................260 5) Jeff Reardon ...................................... 1042) Rick Aguilera ...................................254 6) Al Worthington .................................... 883) Eddie Guardado ...............................116 7) Glen Perkins ....................................... 864) Ron Davis ........................................108

VAR-GAS POWERED: Kennys Vargas is hitting .353 (12-for-34) with two doubles, three home runs, nine RBI and seven runs scored in his last nine games...among all rookies in baseball this month, he ranks first in RBI (17), third in hits (24), tied for third in home runs (4), and tied for fourth in runs (12)...between Minnesota and Double-A New Britain, he has combined to hit .287 (124-for-432) with 20 doubles, 21 home runs and 80 RBI.

SANTANA SMOOTH: Danny Santana is hitting .345 (19-for-55) in his last 12 games...for the season, he is hitting .328 (62-for-189) against left-handed pitching, compared to .282 (22-for-78) against righties...he leads all rookies in baseball this month with 27 hits.

TWINS ON A STICK: “The Great Minnesota Get Together” started yesterday in St. Paul and runs through Labor Day, September 1..the Minnesota Twins booth at the Minnesota State Fair is located on the south end of Cooper Street at Judson Avenue, next to the International Bazaar off the Como Avenue entrance...the exhibit will be open every day of the Fair from 9 am to 8 pm...the Twins area will feature an ongoing game of “Yardball” and popular Twins interactives...fans can learn more about ticket programs, Target Field tours and events, as well as shop for great deals on the latest Twins gear and close out items.

THIS AND THAT: • Paul Molitor is celebrating his 58th birthday today...he shares a birthday with fellow Hall of Famers Carl Yastrzemski and Pat Gillick. • Chris Parmelee is hitting .317 (19-for-60) against left-handed pitching this season, which is tied for fourth best batting average in the AL among left-handed hitters with a minimum of 50 at-bats vs. lefties. • Brian Dozier leads the AL with 85 runs scored...he is on pace to score 109 runs, which would tie him with Tony Oliva (1964) and Kirby Puckett (1988) for seventh most in club history. • The Twins are 17-24 against left-handed starters and 39-46 against right-handed starters. • The Twins rank second in baseball this month with 93 runs scored, trailing Kansas City (96).

STREAKSCurrent Streak: ..................................1 winLast 5 games: ........................................1-4Last 10 games: ......................................4-6Last 15 games: ....................................5-10Last 20 games: ....................................8-12

UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULEDate Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio8/23 vs. Detroit Yohan Pino (R, 1-5, 5.37) vs. Buck Farmer (R, 0-0, 7.20) 12:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN vs. Detroit Trevor May (R, 0-2, 9.00) vs. Justin Verlander (R, 10-11, 4.76) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN8/24 vs. Detroit Kyle Gibson (R, 11-9, 4.13) vs. Max Scherzer (R, 14-4, 3.07) 1:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN: KTWIN / LMB: BOB FM

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

TWINSPRESSBOX.COMGet the latest Twins notes, stat packs, clips, press releases, minor league reports, 2014 official team media guide as well as other team related information at:

www.twinspressbox.com Find us on Twitter: @Twins and #MNTwins

HOMESTAND (2-5)

Batting Average ............ .224 (51-for-228)Runs Per-Game ...................4.0 (28 R/7 G)Home Runs .............................................8RISP ................................ .182 (10-for-55)Fielding Errors ........................................4

Team ERA .................5.29 (63.0 IP, 37 ER)Starters W-L ....................................... 2-4 Starters ERA .............5.87 (38.1 IP, 25 ER)Relievers W-L-S ...............................0-1-2Relievers ERA ...........4.38 (24.2 IP, 12 ER)Save/Opportunities ..............................2/3

RECENT TRANSACTIONS7/24 RHP Pressly recalled from AAA RHP Pryor acquired, reports to AAA INF Morales traded to Seattle INF Polanco recalled from Single-A 7/25 RHP Darnell recalled from AAA INF Polanco optioned to AA7/31 LHP Milone acquired via trade with OAK, in exchange for OF Fuld, Milone optioned to AAA 1B Vargas recalled from AA8/3 OF Schafer claimed off waivers from ATL LHP Darnell optioned to AAA8/9 RHP May recalled from AAA 1B/DH Colabello optioned to AAA8/9 Traded RHP Correia to Dodgers in exchange for PTBNL8/11 RHP Adams acquired via trade with KC, in exchange for OF Willingham, Adams optioned AA8/15 RHP Nolasco returned from rehab and reinstated from DL. RHP Pino optioned to AAA

TWINS AT A GLANCERecord: .......................................... 56-70Home Record: ................................ 27-35Road Record: ................................. 29-35Record in series: ........................17-20-4Series Openers: ............................. 14-27 Series Finales: ............................... 22-19Rubber Games: ................................ 12-4Sweeps/Swept: .................................. 3/6March/April: ................................... 12-12May: ............................................... 13-16 June: .............................................. 12-16July: ................................................ 11-15August: ............................................. 8-11September: ..............................................vs. American League East: ..............13-15vs. American League Central: .........25-26vs. American League West: .............11-19vs. National League: ..........................7-10Games vs. LH Starter:......................17-24Games vs. RH Starter: .....................39-46Twins score first: .............................38-24Opp. scores first: .............................18-46Come-from-behind wins: ..................... 27Leading after 7/8 inn.: ..............39-2/42-2Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ............. 8-62/6-61Tied after 7/8 inn.: ........................9-6/8-7Extra-innings: ......................................4-51-run games: ...................................17-19Twins out-hit opp.: ...........................32-10Opp. out-hit Twins: ......................... 16-57 Twins/Opp. have = hits: .......................8-3Twins get Quality Start: ...................41-13Twins starter goes 6+ IP:................44-28Most games over .500: .................. 2, 5/23Most games under .500: ..............15, 8/21Longest winning-streak: ......... 4, 6/19-22Longest losing-streak: ........5, 2x, 6/24-28When Twins score 4+: .....................45-30When Twins score 3-: ......................11-40Team-high hits: ................. 23, 8/3 at CWSTeam-high runs: ................16, 8/3 at CWSOpp.-high hits: .................... 19, 6/14 at DETOpp.-high runs: ................ 14, 6/8 vs. HOUTwins get 10+ hits: ..........................25-18Walk-Off W/L: ......................................5-5Shutouts W/L: ....................................7/10Complete Games: ..2, last 6/17 Hughes at BOSTarget Field Sellouts (’14/All-Time): ....... -/152

MINNESOTA TWINS (56-70) VS. DETROIT TIGERS (68-57)FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2014 - 7:10 (CT) - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK

Tommy Milone (L, 6-4, 3.99) vs. Robbie Ray (L, 1-3, 5.33)GAME 127 HOME GAME 63

UPCOMING MILESTONES

PLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACHRon Gardenhire 1054 wins Needs 86 to tie Tom Kelly (1,140) for most wins in franchise historyJoe Mauer 109 home runs Needs 1 to tie Roy Smalley (110) for 12th on Twins all-time list 1264 games Needs 14 to tie Justin Morneau (1278) for 7th on Twins all-time list 302 doubles Needs 3 to tie Carew (305) for 4th on Twins listGlen Perkins 86 saves Needs 2 to tie Al Worthington (88) for sixth on Twins all-time listTwins/Senators Franchise 9,995 home runs Need 5 to reach 10,000 franchise home runs

TWINS VS. DETROIT2014 Record: .........................................4-4Current Streak: ...............................2 losses2014 at Home: ......................................1-12014 at Detroit: .....................................3-3All-Time Record: .........................403-364-1All-Time at Home: ..........................211-172All-Time at Detroit: .....................192-192-1

2014 Game Logs:

Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save4/25 MIN 6-10 Porcello/Correia4/26 MIN 5-3 Hughes/Ortega/Perkins4/27 MIN PPD*5/ 9 DET 2-1 Hughes/Verlander/Perkins5/10 DET 3-9 Scherzer/Gibson5/11 DET 4-3 Burton/Chamberlain/Perkins6/13 DET 2-0 Gibson/Smyly/Perkins6/14 DET 7-12 Sanchez/Deduno/Krol6/15 DET 3-4 Nathan/Fien8/22 MIN8/23 MIN MIN*8/24 MIN9/15 MIN9/16 MIN9/17 MIN9/25 DET9/26 DET9/27 DET9/28 DET

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• He will be making his 19th major league start of 2014...third as a Twin. • He will be making his 83rd career major league appearance and 81st career start.

W L ERA GS IP ER AVG H AB HR BB SO Home: 3 1 3.73 9 50.2 21 Vs. Left: .263 21 80 3 5 10 Road: 3 3 4.25 9 53.0 25 VS. RIGHT: .252 82 325 11 26 57 Day: 2 3 5.06 8 42.2 24 TOTALS: .254 103 405 14 31 67 Night: 4 1 3.25 10 61.0 22 Grass: 5 4 4.04 17 98.0 44 Turf: 1 0 3.18 1 5.2 2

2014 MISC. NUMBERS (WITH OAKLAND/MINNESOTA)

• • Spent entire 2011 season at Triple-A Syracuse before being called up by WAS in September 2011

making his major league debut 9/3 vs. the Mets...he did not factor into the decision allowing four runs in 4.1 IP.

• Named Baseball America Triple-A All-Star Team following 2011 season after going 12-6, 3.22 ERA in 24 starts for Syracuse.

• Named the Nationals’ Minor League Pitcher of the Year with Double-A Harrisburg in 2010…led the Eastern League in strikeouts (155).

• In three seasons at USC, went 16-17 with a 4.78 ERA…with his Major League debut, he became the 100th former Trojan to play in the big leagues, the most among all universities/colleges.

• Earned all-state, All-CIF and All-Foothill League honors in 2004 and 2005.

MILONE'S TRIPLE-A DAY-BY-DAY (Sacramento- OAK):DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER HR BB SO LEFT GAME NOTES PITCHES/K7/9 at FRE ND 4.0 4 1 1 0 2 0 First start without a strikeout all season 55/357/19 at ALB ND 5.0 8 7 6 2 4 3 88/537/24 at ELP W 6.0 6 2 2 1 1 8 Season-high strikeouts 109/657/29 vs. ALB L 6.0 10 6 6 2 2 6 109/64 JULY 1-1 21.0 28 16 15 5 9 17 6.43 ERA

(Rochester- MIN):DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER HR BB SO LEFT GAME NOTES PITCHES/K8/5 at LOU L 7.0 6 1 1 0 2 3 Debut in Twins system 94/62 AUGUST 0-1 7.0 6 1 1 0 2 3 1.29 ERA

DEADLINE TWIN: Milone will look to bounce back from the shortest start of his major league career, when he allowed seven runs (six earned) on four hits in 1.1 innings vs. Kansas City in his Target Field debut...with the loss, it snapped Milone's career-high six-game winning streak, which began May 9...tonight will mark the southpaw's third start with the Twins since being acquired from the Oakland A's in exchange for outfielder Sam Fuld on July 31.

VS. THE TIGERS: Milone will be making his fifth career start against Detroit tonight...he is 3-0 with a 2.31 ERA (23.1 IP, 6 ER) in four previous outings against the Tigers...he has won each of his last two starts vs. Detroit, including his lone start against them this season while with Oakland, going 6.2 innings allowing just four hits with two walks and six strikeouts on May 26, opposing Drew Smyly.

GONE STREAKIN': Milone went 6-0, 2.87 ERA (62.2 IP, 20 ER) allowing a .237 (56-for-236) opponent batting average over 10 major league starts from May 9-June 29...the six-game winning streak was a career-high (previous: 5, Sept. 19, 2012-April 15, 2013) and was an Athletics season-high before the trade...it matched the longest winning streak in the American League for the season and the longest active winning streak in the majors before July 4 (Kershaw, LAD and Morris, PIT/MIA)...went 0-3 with a 5.86 ERA and .274 opponents average over his first five starts...averaged 1.87 walks-per-9.0 innings during the winning streak (13 BB) after averaging 3.90 walks-per-nine innings over his first five starts (14 BB).• Won each of his first three starts to become the first pitcher on an A’s Opening Day roster to

win each of his first three starts since Dave Stewart had six wins in his first six starts in 1990.

NIGHT AND DAY: Is 4-1 with a 3.25 ERA (61.0 IP, 22 ER) in 10 night starts this season compared to 2-3 with a 5.06 ERA (42.2 IP, 24 ER) in eight day starts...has yielded seven home runs in 61.0 innings at night, seven home runs in 42.2 innings during the day.

RUN SUPPORT: Has received two runs of support-or-fewer in 10 of his 18 starts and is 0-4 in those games...is 6-0 in eight starts with support of three or more runs...is 6-20 in 38 career starts with support of two runs or fewer, 26-3 in 40 starts with support of three runs or more...has received one run of support in his four losses this year...last year, he received just 10 runs of support in his nine losses (1.78 RSA)...received just 22 runs of support in his 22 losses in three seasons with the A’s (124.2 IP, 1.59 RSA).

HOME AND AWAY: Was 3-0, 2.74 ERA (49.1 IP, 15 ER) in eight home starts in Oakland compared to 3-3 with a 4.40 ERA (47.0 IP, 23 ER) in nine starts on the road at the time of the trade...in three seasons with the A’s, he was 15-8 with a 3.04 ERA (210.0 IP, 71 ER) in 34 games in Oakland compared to 16-14 with a 4.69 ERA (226.2 IP, 118 ER) in 40 games on the road.

CAREER WITH OAKLAND (PITCHED 2012-2014):• Set an Oakland rookie record with 13 wins in 2012, a mark he shared with teammate Jarrod Parker.• Homered on the first pitch of his first ML at-bat Sept. 3, 2011 against New York (NL).• Was 37-22 with a 3.02 ERA (527.0 IP, 177 ER) in 93 games, 88 starts, in the minors...had 480

strikeouts and 85 walks for a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 5.65.• Went 13-10 with a 3.74 ERA in a team-leading 31 starts in 2012...also led the A’s in innings

pitched (190.0), had the only complete game and tied for the team-lead in wins.• Rated as the A’s 10th-best prospect by Baseball America following the trade.• Acquired by the A’s from Washington in the Gio Gonzalez trade following the 2011 season and

was 25-19 with a 3.92 ERA in 59 games, 57 starts, in two seasons with the A’s.

CAREER WITH WASHINGTON (PITCHED 2008-2011):• Spent the entire season at Triple-A Syracuse before being called up by Washington in September

2011 to make his Major League debut...went 1-0, 3.81 ERA in five starts for the Nationals.• Named to the Baseball America Triple-A All-Star Team following the 2011 season after going

12-6, 3.22 ERA in 24 starts for Syracuse.• Spent the entire season with Single-A Potomac in 2009, posting a 12-5 record and a 2.91 ERA

in 27 games, 25 starts...led the Carolina League with 12 wins, ranked second in innings pitched (151.1) and third in ERA.

Height: 6-0 Weight: 205 B/T: L/L Age: 27 (2/16/1987 in Saugus, Calif.)

2014: 6-4, 3.99 ERA CAREER: 32-23, 3.93 ERA

TOMMY MILONE #49

DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER HR BB SO LEFT GAME NOTES PITCHES/K4/11 at SEA L 5.0 9 5 3 1 0 7 Trailing 5-0 Pitched to two batters in the sixth inning 93/634/16 at LAA ND 6.0 6 3 2 0 2 1 Leading 4-1 Pitched to two batters in the seventh inning 95/574/22 vs. TEX ND 6.0 5 3 3 0 4 1 Leading 4-3 Tied career-high in walks allowed 85/504/27 at HOU L 6.2 5 4 4 0 2 2 Trailing 3-0 Pitched to five batters in the seventh inning 103/65 APRIL 0-2 23.2 25 15 12 1 8 11 4.56 ERA5/3 at BOS L 4.0 6 6 6 3 4 5 Trailing 6-0 Pitched to one batter in the fifth inning 77/495/9 vs. WAS W 8.0 2 0 0 0 3 7 Leading 8-0 Season-high innings pitched 108/715/14 vs. CWS ND 6.0 5 1 1 1 0 4 Leading 2-1 1 run allowed in last two starts (14.0 IP) 88/625/21 at TB W 5.2 5 2 2 0 1 3 Leading 3-1 Pitched to five batters in the sixth inning 89/525/26 vs. DET W 6.2 4 0 0 0 2 6 Leading 6-0 Pitched to three batters in seventh inning 105/655/31 vs. LAA ND 6.0 9 3 3 1 1 3 Trailing 3-1 Tied for most hits allowed this season 85/51 MAY 3-1 36.1 31 12 12 5 11 28 2.97 ERA6/6 at BAL: ND 6.0 8 3 3 2 0 3 Trailing 3-2 Two home runs allowed most since 5/3 94/656/11 at LAA W 6.2 6 1 1 0 2 4 Leading 4-1 Fourth consecutive quality start 95/626/17 vs. TEX W 5.2 5 3 3 1 1 3 Leading 8-3 Pitched to four batters in the sixth inning 87/536/22 vs. BOS ND 5.0 8 5 5 2 1 3 Trailing 5-1 Most earned runs allowed this season 95/556/29 at MIA W 7.0 4 3 2 1 2 3 Leading 4-3 Sixth consecutive win 95/59 JUNE 3-0 30.1 31 15 14 6 6 16 4.15 ERA7/4 vs. TOR ND 6.0 4 0 0 0 1 6 Tied 0-0 Optioned to Triple-A following day 100/61 JULY 0-0 6.0 4 0 0 0 1 6 0.00 ERA8/11 at HOU ND 6.0 8 2 2 2 3 5 Tied 2-2 Twins debut 97/588/17 vs. KC L 1.1 4 7 6 0 2 1 Trailing 6-1 Shortest start of his career 40/22 AUGUST 0-0 7.1 12 9 8 2 5 6 9.82 ERA RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ERAPRE-ASG TOTALS 6-3 96.1 91 42 38 12 26 61 3.55POST-ASG TOTALS 0-1 7.1 12 9 8 2 5 6 9.82SEASON TOTALS 6-4 103.2 103 51 46 14 31 67 3.99CAREER TOTALS 32-23 476.0 498 235 208 65 110 345 3.93

2014 MAJOR LEAGUE DAY-BY-DAY (WITH OAKLAND/MINNESOTA)

YEAR STARTS 6+ IP QS2011 5 1 12012 31 20 162013 26 15 11

2014 18 12 11TOTALS 80 48 39

6.0-PLUS IP/QUALITY STARTS

INNING: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RUNS/HITS: 12/20 9/21 5/17 6/15 4/11 6/12 5/7 0/0 - / -

BASE RUNNERS PICK-OFFS SB-ATT GIDP MILONE: 139 0 5-6 5

CG’s: - - CG’s: 2, last 8/27/13 at DET (5.0 innings) SHO’s: - - SHO’s: - -

Low Hit: - - Low-Hit: 3, 2x, last 8/27/13 at DET (5.0 innings) Innings: 8.0, 5/9 vs. WAS Innings: 9.0, 6/20/12 vs. LAD SO’s: 7, 2x, last 5/9 vs. WAS SO’s: 10, 3x, last 5/1/13 vs. LAA Walks: 4, 2x, last 5/3 at BOS Walks: 4, 6x, last 5/3 at BOS Hits: 9, 2x, last 5/31 vs. LAA Hits: 10, 2x, last 9/3/12 vs. LAA Home Runs: 3, 5/3 at BOS Home Runs: 3, 5x, last 5/3 at BOS Win-Streak: 6, 5/9-6/29 Win-Streak: 6, 5/9-6/29 Loss-Streak: 3, 4/11-5/3 Loss-Streak: 5, 4/21/13-5/12/13

2014 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS

Ray vs. the TwinsPLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SODozier .333 3 1 0 0 0Mauer .333 3 1 0 0 0Plouffe .000 3 0 0 0 0Escobar .500 2 1 0 0 0Nunez .500 2 1 0 0 0Parmelee .000 2 0 0 0 1

Milone vs. the TigersPLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SOKinsler .308 13 4 0 0 3Davis .364 11 4 0 0 4J. Martinez .273 11 3 1 0 0Cabrera .300 10 3 0 2 2Hunter .400 10 4 1 1 1V. Martinez .400 5 2 0 0 0Romine .200 5 1 0 0 1Holaday .000 3 0 0 0 0Avila .000 2 0 0 0 0Castellanos .000 1 0 0 2 0

BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPS

2014 vs. Detroit (1 start): 1-0, 0.00 (6.2 IP, 0 ER), 2 BB, 6 K2014 vs. Detroit at Home (1 start): 1-0, 0.00 (6.2 IP, 0 ER), 2 BB, 6 K2014 vs. Detroit at Detroit: - -Career vs. Detroit (4 starts): 3-0, 2.31 ERA (23.1 IP, 6 ER), 9 BB, 16 KCareer vs. Detroit at Home (2 starts): 2-0, 0.66 ERA (13.2 IP, 1 ER), 3 BB, 12 K Career vs. Detroit at Detroit (2 starts): 1-0, 4.66 ERA (9.2 IP, 5 ER), 6 BB, 4 K

MILONE VS. DETROIT (WITH OAKLAND)

TOMORROW'S STARTER - YOHAN PINO, RHP

CAREER NOTES

MORE MISCELLANEOUS NUMBERS

RUNS/HITS PER INNING

Pino will be recalled from Triple-A Rochester prior to Saturday's game to make his 11th start of the 2014 season as the "26th man"...he made his major league debut June 19 vs. Chicago-AL, becoming the oldest Twin to make his ML debut in the rotation (30 years, 175 days)...he took the loss in his last major league start August 12 in Houston, allowing seven runs on seven hits with a walk and seven strikeouts in 4.1 innings pitched...he will be making his first career start against the Tigers, and sixth at Target Field, where he is 0-2, 3.77 ERA (31.0 IP, 13 ER)...earned his first major league win July 10 at Seattle, allowing one run on seven hits over 5.0 innings, opposing Tom Wilhelmsen...he has a career record of 1-5, 5.37 ERA (55.1 IP, 33 ER) with 12 walks and 44 strikeouts in 10 appearances (all starts).

PITCHER LAST START (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) DEC. STARTS QS TEAM REC. RUN SUPP. RS AVGNolasco 8/20 vs. CLE (6.2-8-4-4-1-6-1) L 20 6 8-12 69 5.34Correia 8/6 vs. SD (6.0-5-3-3-1-3-0) ND 23 13 6-16 49 3.58Hughes 8/21 vs. CLE (7.0-5-1-1-0-8-1) W 26 16 17-9 78 4.25Gibson 8/19 vs. CLE (5.1-8-5-5-1-4-1) ND 24 13 12-12 85 5.49Pelfrey 5/1 vs. LAD-1 (4.0-7-5-5-3-2-0) L 5 0 2-3 10 3.80Johnson 7/21 vs. CLE (5.0-5-2-2-3-4-0) ND 3 0 1-2 5 3.38Deduno 6/14 at DET (2.2-7-7-7-2-3-2) L 8 2 3-5 16 3.72Pino 8/12 at HOU (4.1-7-7-7-1-7-3) L 10 3 5-5 15 2.44Swarzak 7/23 vs. CLE (5.0-2-1-1-1-3-0) W 1 0 1-0 2 3.60Darnell 8/1 at CWS (4.0-5-4-4-4-4-0) ND 2 0 0-2 7 5.25May 8/18 KC (4.2-7-3-3-4-1-0) L 2 0 0-2 1 9.00Milone 8/17 vs. KC (1.1-4-7-6-2-1-0) L 18 11 10-8 47 4.08

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Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP), K, BB Series vs. CLE: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP), BB vs. Left: .228 vs. Right: .243

ACollected first save of 2014 with a perfect 1.0 IP with 2 K 6/22 vs. CWS...has 8 career saves. AMade 300th career appearance 4/2 at CWS...had 164 apps with CIN (2007-11)...has 188 with Twins since 2012. AAppeared in 71 games for the Twins in 2013...was tied ninth in the AL among righties...led MLB relievers with nine losses. AHas tossed 177.1 innings over the past three seasons. AHas a career record of 17-16-8, 3.38 ERA (346.1 IP, 130 ER) with 130 walks, 296 strikeouts and 88 holds in 352 games.

JARED BURTON - RHP #61Height: 6-5 Weight: 225 B/T: R/R Age: 33 (6/2/81 in Westminster, SC) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 11/14/11

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO8/19 CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 08/17 KC ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 18/15 KC ND 1.1 1 1 1 0 0 28/8 @OAK ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 18/6 SD H 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 18/2 @CWS ND 0.1 2 1 1 0 1 08/1 @CWS ND 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 07/27 CWS W 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Homestand: 0-1-0, 13.50 (2.0 IP, 3 ER), K Series vs. CLE: - - vs. Left: .253 vs. Right: .264

AAllowed two runs in 19.0 IP (0.95 ERA) from 6/10-8/15...since then has allowed four runs in two outings, 1.2 IP (16.20 ERA). AWas the loser 5/31 at NYY giving up two runs in the 8th...two runs allowed snapped a 7.0 scoreless IP streak, since 5/5. AHad a career-high 15 holds in 2013...his 73 games tied for the Twins lead (also Fien)...his six relief wins were the most among all Twins and tied fourth among AL relievers...recorded first career save May 28, 2013 vs. Milwaukee with a scoreless 14th inning. ACareer record of 14-12-1, 3.42 ERA (244.2 IP, 93 ER) in 225 relief appearances and 23-24, 4.57 ERA (346.2 IP, 176 ER) in 61 starts.

BRIAN DUENSING - LHP #52Height: 6-0 Weight: 205 B/T: L/L Age: 31 (2/22/83 in Marysville, KS) Drafted: 3rd Round, 2005 Draft

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO8/19 CLE L 0.2 3 2 2 0 0 08/17 KC ND 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 18/15 KC ND 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 08/11 @HOU W 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 18/7 @OAK ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 18/6 SD ND 0.0 1 0 0 0 1 08/2 @CWS BS 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 08/1 @CWS ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.2 IP), BB, 3 K Series vs. CLE: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP), BB, 2 K vs. Left: .245 vs. Right: .223

AEarned his 24th hold of the season 8/21 vs. CLE...has a hold in nine of his last 12 outings...leads the Twins, and is second in the AL with 24 holds (Wade Davis - 26)...converted first career save 6/11 at TOR. AAllowed five runs in 26.1 IP (1.71 ERA) at Target Field this season...walked five and struckout 22 in 28 appearances. AHad 10.60 K/9.0 IP rate (73 K, 63.0 IP) in 2013, 2nd highest among Twins relievers behind Perkins’ 11.06 K/9.0 IP (77 K, 62.2 IP). ACareer record of 12-9-1, 3.51 ERA (164.1 IP, 64 ER) with 158 strikeouts, 36 walks in 178 apps with DET (2009-10) and MIN (2012-14).

CASEY FIEN - RHP #50Height: 6-2 Weight: 205 B/T: R/R Age: 30 (10/21/83 in Santa Rosa, CA) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 1/3/12

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO8/21 CLE H 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 18/19 CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 18/16 KC H 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 18/13 @HOU H 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 08/10 @OAK H 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 18/8 @OAK ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 28/5 SD H 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 18/2 @CWS H 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0

Homestand: 0-0-0, 3.38 (2.2 IP, 2 ER), K Series vs. CLE: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.1 IP) vs. Left: .277 vs. Right: .265

ASince 5/28 at Target Field has tossed 14.1 innings with three earned runs (1.88 ERA). APosted a 1.00 ERA (9.0 IP, 1 ER) and held opponents to a .200 average in June, both lowest among all Twins pitchers in June. AInherited bases loaded a MLB-high 6 times, and allowed only 3 of the 18 to score. AHeld opponents to a .154 average (24-for-156) and .222 on-base percentage in 2013, which were second lowest in the AL behind Koji Uehara (.130 AVG, .163 OBP)...the .154 opponent average is the lowest by a Twins reliever in the team’s history. AWas signed as a minor league free agent on August 18, 2011...originally drafted by Milwaukee in the 18th round of the 2009 Draft.

CALEB THIELBAR - LHP #56Height: 6-0 Weight: 200 B/T: R/L Age: 27 (1/31/87 in Northfield, MN) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 8/18/11

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO8/20 CLE ND 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 08/17 KC ND 2.0 3 2 2 1 0 18/15 KC ND 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 08/12 @HOU ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 08/8 @OAK ND 01 0 0 0 0 0 08/7 @OAK ND 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 18/5 SD H 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 18/1 @CWS ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 07/31 @KC L 0.1 1 2 2 0 1 07/25 CWS ND 2.0 4 1 1 0 0 2

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 LOSSBurton 8/48 3 15 .167 1/ 1 12 19/ 4 21.1% 8/19/14 CLE (ND) 7/27/14 CWS 6/22/14 CWS 5/28/14 TEXDeduno 7/15 3 3 .467 0/ 0 1 10/ 7 70.0% 8/20/14 CLE (ND) 6/3/14 @MIL ….. … 6/14/14 @DETDuensing 13/47 0 6 .277 0/ 3 5 28/ 11 39.3% 8/19/14 CLE (L) 8/11/14 @HOU 5/28/13 @MIL 8/19/14 CLEFien 18/55 3 10 .327 1/ 4 24 17/ 2 11.8% 8/21/14 CLE (H) 7/21/14 CLE 6/11/14 @TOR 8/1/14 @CWSPerkins 16/52 2 16 .308 32/ 36 0 1/ 0 0.0% 8/21/14 CLE (S) 6/20/14 CWS 8/21/14 CLE 4/15/12 TEXPressly 3/11 0 0 .273 0/ 0 0 9/ 3 33.3% 8/18/14 KC (ND) 8/2/14 @CWS ….. … 8/14/13 CLESwarzak 11/38 1 3 .289 0/ 1 3 27/ 12 44.4% 8/20/14 CLE (ND) 7/23/14 CLE ….. … 8/6/14 SDThielbar 11/41 2 5 .268 0/ 1 7 38/ 9 23.7% 8/20/14 CLE (ND) 5/5/14 @CLE ….. … 7/31/14 @KCOthers 9/38 4 4 .237 0/ 1 6 28/ 9 32.1%TEAM 96/345 18 62 .278 34/ 47 58 177/ 57 32.2%

The opposition has a .252 (391-for-1550) batting-average-against with 32 home runs vs. Twins relievers.

2014 BULLPEN info

Homestand: 0-0-2, 0.00 (3.0 IP), 4 K Series vs. CLE: 0-0-1, 0.00 (2.0 IP), 2 K vs. Left: .271 vs. Right: .221

AIs 6th closer in club history with back-to-back 30+ save seasons (36 in 2013)...first since Nathan did so in 5 straight (2005-09). ANamed to his second straight All-Star team in 2014...pitched a scoreless 9th to earn the save...fly out, strikeout and ground out. A32 saves are fourth most in the AL in 2014...68 saves since start of 2013 are the fourth most in the AL. AConverted 18 straight save opportunities on the road, since April 3 at CWS...since then has posted a 1.85 ERA (24.1 IP, 5 ER). AConverted 80 of his last 89 save opps (since 7/20/12)...36 saves in 40 opps in 2013 were most by a Twin since Nathan (47 in ’09). APassed Matt Guerrier with K 8/11 at HOU for 9th on Twins all-time relief K list...needs 16 to tie Juan Berenguer for eighth. AHas 86 career saves (2-2011, 16-2012, 36-2013, 32-2014) in 101 opps...86 saves are 7th on Twins all-time list, second among lefties (Guardado - 116), and eighth on the all-time franchise list (since 1901)...needs 2 to tie Al Worthington (88). ACareer record as a reliever of 13-5-86, 2.66 (301.1 IP, 89 ER) with 77 walks and 322 strikeouts in 276 appearances...was a starter for the Twins from 2008-09 when he went 18-12, 5.06 ERA (251.0 IP, 141 ER) with 121 strikeouts and 68 walks in 44 starts.

GLEN PERKINS - LHP #15Height: 6-0 Weight: 204 B/T: L/L Age: 31 (3/2/83 in St. Paul, MN) Drafted: 1st round (22nd overall), 2004 Draft

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO8/21 CLE S 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 18/19 CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 18/16 KC S 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 28/13 @HOU S 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 18/11 @HOU S 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 18/10 @OAK ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 18/6 SD BS 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 08/5 SD S 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 08/2 @CWS S 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 17/29 @KC S 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 07/27 CWS S 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 27/26 CWS ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 07/23 CLE S 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 27/21 CLE S 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 17/20 TB ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2

Homestand: 0-0-0, 2.45 (3.2 IP, ER), 2 K, BB Series vs. CLE: 0-0-0, 9.00 (1.0 IP, ER), K, BB vs. Left: .270 vs. Right: .255

AAllowed three earned runs in 22.2 relief innings over his eight appearances from 6/4 to 8/3 before giving up five runs in 3.0 IP on 8/9...pitched a career-long 4.2 innings in relief July 4...has pitched 4.0 innings in relief four times. AMade 8 straight starts 5/6-6/14 going 2-4, 6.52 ERA (38.2 IP, 28 ER) with 5 home runs, 19 walks and 23 strikeouts. AMade his first relief outing since 4/9/11 on 4/2 at CWS with 0.2 IP allowing a run in 11th for the loss. AHas a career record of 16-18, 4.19 ERA (279.1 IP, 130 ER)...has a 2.85 ERA (53.2 IP, 17 ER) with 52 strikeouts and 23 walks in 25 career relief appearances, and a 4.51 ERA (22.5.2 IP, 113 ER) with 147 strikeouts and 113 walks in 41 career starts.

SAMUEL DEDUNO - RHP #21Height: 6-3 Weight: 190 B/T: R/R Age: 31 (7/2/83 in La Romana, DR) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 11/16/11

RECENT RELIEF APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO8/20 CLE ND 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 18/17 KC ND 2.2 1 0 0 0 0 18/9 @OAK ND 3.0 5 5 5 2 3 48/3 @CWS ND 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 17/31 @KC ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 17/24 CWS ND 4.0 6 3 2 0 1 27/20 TB ND 3.0 3 1 1 0 3 57/13 @COL H 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 17/11 @COL ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 27/4 NYY ND 4.2 3 0 0 0 0 4

Homestand: 0-0-0, 13.50 (2.0 IP, 3 ER), BB, K Series vs. CLE: - - vs. Left: .167 vs. Right: .258

AEarned his first win of the season and 4th of career, 8/2 at CWS...previous win was 8/2/13 vs. HOU pitching 2.0 innings. ARecalled 7/24...has a 2.57 ERA (14.0 IP, 4 ER) in his first 11 appearances since recall. AWent 1-4, 2.98 ERA (60.1 IP, 20 ER) in 35 relief appearances for Triple-A Rochester this season. ASpent the entire 2013 with the Twins, going 3-3, 3.87 ERA (76.2 IP, 33 ER) in 49 relief outings...walked 27, struckout 49. A25 of his 49 appearances in 2013 were 1.1+ IP...converted to reliever for 2013 season...made 82 starts in minors 2008-12. ASelected by Twins in the Rule 5 Draft from Boston on 12/6/12...originally selected by Boston in the 11th round of the 2007 Draft.

RYAN PRESSLY - RHP #57Height: 6-3 Weight: 205 B/T: R/R Age: 25 (12/15/88 in Dallas, TX) Obtained: Selected in Rule 5 Draft from Boston, 12/6/12

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO8/18 KC ND 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 08/17 KC ND 1.0 4 2 2 1 0 18/15 KC ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 08/11 @HOU ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 18/9 @OAK ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 48/7 @OAK ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 08/2 @CWS W 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 07/31 @KC ND 0.2 2 2 1 0 0 17/30 @KC ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0

Homestand: 0-0-0, 2.08 (4.1 IP, 2 ER), 3 K Series vs. CLE: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP), K vs. Left: .252 vs. Right: .274

AMade spot start, first since 2012, with 5.0 IP allowing one run on two hits while striking out three in the win, 7/23 vs. CLE. ALeads majors with 154.1 relief innings pitched since start of 2013. AMade 10 3.0-plus IP outings in 2013 with a 1.80 ERA (35.0 IP, 7 ER)...has six in 2014 with a 3.26 ERA (19.1 IP, 7 ER). ALed all MLB relievers in innings in 2013 (96.0)...was the first Twin to lead MLB in relief innings since 1997 (Greg Swindell, 112.0). APosted an ERA of 1.91 (37.2 IP, 8 ER) with 10 walks and 28 strikeouts in 21 second-half appearances in 2013...his 1.91 ERA was the lowest ERA among AL relievers in the second-half and the fourth lowest among MLB relievers. ACareer record of 8-6-0, 3.69 (266.0 IP, 109 ER) in 141 career relief outings and 7-17, 5.66 (151.0 IP, 94 ER) in 29 career starts.

ANTHONY SWARZAK - RHP #51Height: 6-4 Weight: 209 B/T: R/R Age: 28 (9/10/85 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL) Obtained: 2nd round pick (61st overall), 2004 Draft

RECENT RELIEF APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO8/20 CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 18/18 KC ND 3.1 4 2 2 1 0 2 8/12 @HOU ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 08/9 @OAK ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 18/8 @OAK ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 18/6 SD L 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 18/1 @CWS ND 1.2 5 2 2 1 0 27/30 @KC ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 17/18 TB ND 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 07/12 @COL ND 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 07/10 @SEA H 1.1 1 1 1 0 0 1

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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 Arcia 14 2 0 0 16 3 3 2 0 8 8/19/14 CLE 2 Bauer 10 6/5/14 MIL 1 3 ab on 8/19 Dozier 18 8 0 0 26 9 2 0 0 11 8/10/14 @OAK 0 Hammel 38 …. … 0 3 ab on 8/10 Escobar 19 3 1 0 23 3 0 0 0 3 7/12/14 @COL 0 Matzek 97 …. … 0 3 ab on 7/12 Fryer 2 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 8/4/14 @CWS 0 Rienzo 18 …. … 0 0 ab on 8/4 Mauer 18 6 0 0 24 4 2 1 0 7 8/17/14 KC 0 Guthrie 15 9/1/12 @KC 3 1 ab on 8/17 Nunez 7 2 0 0 9 5 0 0 0 5 7/1/14 KC 0 Mariot 76 …. … 0 2 ab on 7/1 Parmelee 9 3 0 0 12 5 0 0 0 5 8/3/14 @CWS 0 Rienzo 36 …. … 0 0 ab on 8/4 Plouffe 16 6 1 0 23 14 3 0 0 17 8/18/14 KC 2 Crow 12 …. … 0 0 ab on 8/18 Santana 16 4 2 1 23 3 1 1 1 6 8/2/14 @CWS 0 Webb 76 …. … 0 0 ab on 8/2 Schafer 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6/23/13 @MIL 0 Figaro 237 4/22/12 LAD 1 2 ab on Suzuki 20 10 0 0 30 6 5 0 0 11 8/16/14 KC 0 Crow 12 9/10/07 @SEA 1 0 ab on 8/16’ Vargas 5 2 0 0 7 3 2 0 0 5 8/21/14 CLE 0 Kluber 2 …. … 0 2 ab on 8/21

BRIAN DOZIER - INF #2 Height: 5-11 Weight: 190 B/T: R/R Age: 27 (5/15/87 in Tupelo, MS)

2014 Average: .231 Streak: 0-for-last-5, BB Series vs. CLE: .125 (1-8), 3 BB, RBI, SBHomestand: .087 (2-23), 2B, 3 RBI, 4 BB, SB Home Runs (20): Solo (14), 2-run (3), 3-run (3)

AStole his 20th base of the season for his first career 20/20 season...first 20/20 season for a Twin since Hunter had 23 HR/21 SB in 2004...is 6th player (7th time) in club history to do so. ATurned 79 double plays in 2014...has 189 double plays since start of 2013, tied 2nd most among MLB 2Bs (Altuve - 201)...259 career double plays are eighth on the Twins all-time list by primary second baseman...needs 8 to tie Bernie Allen for seventh (267 from 1962-66).

AScored 85 of the Twins 528 runs (16.1%)...85 runs are most in the AL, tied second in MLB...16.1% of team runs scored leads the AL (next: Gardner - 15.5%)...Twins are 37-30 when he scores in a game. A85 runs scored by a Twins second baseman are most since Knoblauch had 117 in 1997...69 runs were 3rd most pre-ASG in Twins history, (Cesar Tovar - 71 in ‘70; Rod Carew - 70 in ‘77).

AFirst career two-homer game 7/13 at Colorado...20 homers in 2014 are most among Twins...38 homers since start of 2013 are tied most by MLB second baseman (also Robinson Cano). AHit 7th career leadoff homer 7/4...was his 4th of 2014, the others on 4/5 at CLE, 4/12 vs. KC, 4/17 vs. TOR...now tied for fourth on the Twins all-time leadoff homer list with Shannon Stewart.

ADrove in his first walk-off run since 8/2/13 vs. HOU in the bottom of the ninth 6/20 vs. CWS.

AHitting .232 (54-for-233) at Target Field and .230 (56-for-243) on the road...hitting .319 (22-for-69) with 3 HR, 8 2B, 9 RBI, 11 BB and 16 runs in last 17 road games.

EDUARDO ESCOBAR - INF #5 Height: 5-10 Weight: 173 B/T: S/R Age: 25 (1/5/89 in Villa de Cura, VZ)

2014 Average: .272 Streak: 2g, 3-8 (.375) Series vs. CLE: .375 (3-8)Homestand: .222 (4-18), HBP, BB, 2 runs Home Runs (3): Solo (3)

AHas 32 doubles in 106 games in 2014, which are tied seventh most in the American League and second among Twins...had nine doubles in 111 games from 2011-13.

AHitting .284 (29-for-102) as RHB and .267 (65-for-243) with 22 doubles as LHB...hitting .294 (10-for-34) against righties since August 5. AThird among all Twins players with 35 extra-base hits this season (Plouffe - 43, Dozier - 45).

AHas a hit in 33 of his last 42 starts at home, batting .306 (45-for-147) with 12 2B in those 42. ASnapped career-long eight-game hit-streak 5/20...hit .419 (13-for-31) with 6 2B in those eight.

AHas already set career-highs in hits, runs, doubles, RBI and walks in 2014...tied high in HR. A.986 fielding percentage is highest among AL primary shortstops (4th among MLB SS)...played in 129 career games as SS, 69 at third and 28 at second...33 of last 35 starts are at SS.

KURT SUZUKI - C #8Height: 5-11 Weight: 205 B/T: R/R Age: 30 (10/4/83 in Wailuku, HI)

2014 Average: .300 Streak: 0-for-last-12, HBP Series vs. CLE: .000 (0-7), HBPHomestand: .278 (5-18), 2B, HR, RBI, HBP, 2 BB, 3 runs Home Runs (3): Solo (3)

ASigned a two-year contract extension thru 2016, with vesting option for 2017, on July 31. A.300 average is second highest among MLB catchers (Lucroy, .303). AWas one of two Twins (Perkins) to represent the AL at the 2014 All-Star Game at Target Field...caught the ninth inning as Perkins pitched 1.0 scoreless inning, earning the save.

AAmong AL catchers: average and doubles are most...107 hits are 3rd (Perez-118, Gomes-109). AHitting .330 (58-for-176) at home, fifth best home average in AL and eighth in the MLB. ASet Twins record for RBI by a catcher in opening month of season (Butch Wynegar - 15 RBI, April ’79).

AHas five games with 3 RBI this season...has a team-high 10 games with a season-high three hits (4/2, 4/24, 5/4, 5/13, 5/15, 6/9, 6/20, 6/22, 8/15)...30 multi-hit games also leads Twins. AJuly ranks among all Twins: 24 hits (T1st), 10 RBI (T1st), .414 OBP (2nd), 11 BB (3rd).

AFirst career inside-the-park HR, 5/20 at SD...49th in Twins history, first since Mauer (7/21/07 at LAA).

ASigned as a free agent on 12/23/13...originally drafted by Oakland (2nd round 2004 Draft).

ERIC FRYER - C #26Height: 6-2 Weight: 215 B/T: R/R Age: 28 (8/26/85 in Columbus, OH)

2014 Average: .231 Streak: 0-for-last-6, BB Series vs. CLE: .000 (0-3), BBHomestand: .000 (0-6), BB Home Runs (1): Solo (1)

AHitting .306 (11-for-36) in 12 career games against AL Central opponents. AHas a multi-hit game in three of last seven games...batting .296 (8-for-27) with 2 2B, HR.

AHit 2nd career home run in ninth inning 8/3 at CWS as part of back-to-back-to-back. APlayed in six games for the Twins in 2013, hitting .385 (5-for-13) with a home run, a double, four RBI, three walks and two runs scored...had a hit in five of his six games played.

ABegan the season with Triple-A Rochester...hit .252 with 7 2B, 3B, 11 RBI, 12 BB, 5 SB in 36 games.

ACareer .255 (25-for-98) average in parts of four major league seasons with Pittsburgh (2011-12) and Minnesota (2013-14).

EDUARDO NUNEZ - INF #9Height: 6-0 Weight: 190 B/T: R/R Age: 27 (6/15/87 in Santo Domingo, DR)

2014 Average: .250 Streak: 1g, 1-1 (1.000), SB, run Series vs. CLE: 1.000 (1-1), SB, runHomestand: 1.000 (1-1), SB, run Home Runs (3): 2-run (1), Solo (2)

AHitting .252 (30-for-119) with 14 RBI and 18 runs scored in last 41 games.

AMissed 14 games with a strained right hamstring 6/14-29.

AHitting .277 (23-for-83) with all three of his home runs against RHP... .217 vs. LHP. AHas at least one hit in 21 of his 34 starts this season. ARecalled by Twins 5/8...started 34 games: 8 in LF, 1 in RF, 8 at 3B, 5 as DH, 12 at SS. AAcquired by the Twins from New York-AL in exchange for LHP Miguel Sulbaran on April 7.

AHit .267 (201-for-752) with 40 2B, 7 3B, 10 HR, 76 RBI in 270 games with Yankees from 2010-13.

TREVOR PLOUFFE - INF #24Height: 6-2 Weight: 203 B/T: R/R Age: 28 (6/15/86 in West Hills, CA)

2014 Average: .242 Streak: 2g, 2-8 (.250), 2B, 2 RBI Series vs. CLE: .167 (2-12), 2B, 2 RBIHomestand: .167 (4-24), 2 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 2 runs Home Runs (9): Solo (4), 2-run (4), 3-run (1)

AHitting .243 at home this season with 19 of his 33 doubles and 7 of his 9 home runs.

ATo tie single-season high’s, needs: 4 runs (56 in ‘12), 21 hits (121 in ‘13), 23 games (129 in ‘13). ASet career-high with 38th BB 8/5 vs. SD...set career-high in RBI with 3-run HR 8/18 (55 in 2012)...tied career-high with 44th extra-base hit 8/21 vs. CLE (44 in 2012).

AHit 33rd double of the season 8/21 vs. CLE...33 doubles are single-season high (22 in ‘13)...33 doubles are tied third most in the AL...has 92 doubles since 2011 (432 games)

ATied career-high with 4 hits 8/2 at CWS...one of six Twins with 4+hit game in 2014. ASnapped second 8-game hit-streak of the season, 5/1...hit .333 (11-33) with 7 2B, 8 RBI...previous eight-game hit-streak, to start the season, he hit .364 (12-for-33) with 3 2B and 7 RBI.

AHis 34 HR at Target Field are second most in the ballpark’s history (Willingham - 35)...his 47 home runs since start of 2012 are most among active Twins.

DANNY SANTANA - INF #39Height: 5-11 Weight: 160 B/T: S/R Age: 23 (11/7/90 in Monte Plata, DR)

2014 Average: .315 Streak: 5g, 6-22 (.273), 2B, 3B, SB, 2 runs Series vs. CLE: .308 (4-13), 2B, runHomestand: .194 (6-31), 2B, 3B, RBI, SB, 3 runs Home Runs (5): Solo (3), 2-run (2)

AHas a hit in 50 of his 68 career games, reached safely in 55 of 68, scored in 33 of 68. AHas 16 doubles, 4 triples, 5 HR, 28 RBI, 12 walks, 12 SB, 82 hits and 42 runs in first 67 games. ACollected 5 hits 8/3 at CWS...first Twin in 2014 with 5-hit game, and first since Mauer on 8/14/13 vs. Cleveland...had 4 RBI that game as well, one short of season-high 5 on 6/7...5 hits by a Twins tied the club record...last was Tim Teufel had 5 on 9/16/83 vs. TOR.

A12 stolen bases are 2nd among AL rookies, trailing only Seattle’s James Jones (20). AIn 51 games as the Twins leadoff hitter is hitting .292 (64-for-219) with 13 doubles, 3 triples, 4 home runs, 23 RBI, 33 runs and 11 stolen bases. ASet career mark with five RBI 6/7 vs. HOU...according to Elias, he is second Twin since 1961 to produce 5 RBI in one game with less than 6 career RBI (Koskie, 4/8/99).

ABegan 2014 with his first career stop at Triple-A with the Red Wings.

ACareer minor league stats: .273 (586-for-2149), 90 2B, 45 3B, 25 HR, 117 SB in 548 games.

CHRIS PARMELEE - OF #27Height: 6-1 Weight: 221 B/T: L/L Age: 26 (2/24/88 in Long Beach, CA)

2014 Average: .248 Streak: 0-for-last-7, BB Series vs. CLE: .000 (0-4), BBHomestand: .200 (3-15), RBI, BB Home Runs (6): Solo (4), 2-run (2)

AHitting .359 (14-for-39) with 4 doubles, HR, 5 RBI and 4 walks vs. lefties since June 14. AHitting .317 (19-for-60) against left-handed pitching this season... .219 vs. right-handers.

AHit in 22 of his last 31 starts (since June 24)...batting .264 (33-for-125) with 10 BB. AWalked a career-high three times on July 31 at KC...has seven career multi-walk games.

A16 of his 23 career home runs have come on the road...19 of the 23 vs. righties. ASnapped his career-high 13 game hit-streak going 0-for-5 7/4 vs. NYY...hit .440 (22-for-50) with 5 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 5 runs and raised average 126 points over current streak.

ATied career-high with 3 hits 6/26 at LAA...has three games with three hits this season.

ABegan season with Triple-A Rochester...hit .305 (36-for-118) with 7 2B, 7 HR, 23 RBI in 32 games.

AHas played in 104 career games (85 starts) at first base and 133 in the outfield (113 starts).

KENNYS VARGAS - 1B #19Height: 6-5 Weight: 275 B/T: S/R Age: 24 (8/1/90 in Canovanas, PR)

2014 Average: .316 Streak: 1g, 3-4 (.750), 2B, HR, RBI, 2 r Series vs. CLE: .333 (4-12), 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 3 rHomestand: .346 (9-26), 2 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, BB, 6 runs Home Runs (4): 3-run (1), Solo (2), 2-run (1)

ALeads AL rookies in RBI (17) since debut 8/1...is second in hits (24), home runs (4) and slugging (.513), third in average (.318), and fourth in OBP (.354). AHas a hit in 15 of his 19 games; multi-hit games in 7 of 19; RBI in 10 of 19; reached in 17 of 19.

AHas 3 hits in two games 8/17 vs. KC and 8/21 vs. CLE...hit 4th homer solo shot 8/21. AMade MLB debut 8/1 at CWS...hit his first major league HR with three-run go-ahead shot 8/5 vs. SD...was the 8th Twin in history to homer in his first home game...first since Pinto in 2013 (ELIAS). AHit .281 with 17 2B, 17 HR, 63 RBI, 32 BB, 68 K in 97 games for Double-A New Britain in 2014.

AStarted in the 2014 SiriusXM Futures Game at Target Field on July 13 as the cleanup hitter and first baseman...went 1-for-4 with a double and two strikeouts in the game.

ANamed a 2014 Eastern League Midseason All-Star after batting .291 (89-for-306) with 13 doubles, 15 home runs and 58 RBI in 83 first-half games. ACareer minors average of .288 (401-for-1392) with 93 2B, 3 3B, 59 HR, 269 RBI, 166 BB.

AOriginally signed by the Twins as a non-drafted free agent on February 25, 2009.

JORDAN SCHAFER - OF #1Height: 6-1 Weight: 205 B/T: L/L Age: 27 (9/4/86 in Hammond, IN)

2014 Average: .193 Streak: 1g, 1-2 (.500), 2B, BB Series vs. CLE: .143 (1-7), 2B, BBHomestand: .250 (4-16), 2B, 2 BB, run Home Runs (0): - -

AHas played five series with the Twins, stealing six bases in 14 games. AHitting .250 (10-for-40) with 3 2B, 2 RBI, 3 BB and 6 SB in 14 games since joining Twins 8/5. ABegan the season with the Braves and hit .163 (13-for-80) in 63 games for Atlanta.

AHas 42 career games (21 starts) in LF...259 games (238 starts) in CF...35 games (22 starts) in RF.

AHas a career average of .223 (252-for-1130) with 93 stolen bases in parts of five seasons with Atlanta (2009, 2011, 2013-14), Houston (2011-12) and Minnesota (2014). AAcquired off waivers by the Twins from Atlanta on August 3...originally drafted by the Braves in the 3rd round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft out of Winter Haven High School (Fla.).

JOE MAUER - 1B #7Height: 6-5 Weight: 231 B/T: L/R Age: 31 (4/19/83 in St. Paul, MN)

2014 Average: .275 Streak: 0-for-last-3, BB Series vs. CLE: .300 (3-10), 2B, RBI, 2 BB, runHomestand: .261 (6-23), 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 5 BB, 3 runs Home Runs (4): 3-run (2), Solo (2)

AReached base in 28 of his last 30 games since 6/10...batting .307 (35-for-114) with 12 2B, 2 HR, 17 RBI and a .383 OBP in span. ASnapped his career-tying 16-game hit-streak with 0-for-3, 8/17...hit .365 (23-for-63) with 8 doubles a home run, 14 RBI, 5 walks and 5 runs during streak...had multiple hits in six ganes and four multi-RBI games during streak.

AReinstated from the disabled list prior to 8/11 game...missed 34 games, Twins went 14-20.

AIs 9th on Twins all-time games list at 1,264...needs 14 to tie Morneau (1,278)...tied Hrbek for third on Twins all-time intentional BB list with 110th 8/17...needs 1 HR to tie Smalley (110) for 12th on Twins all-time list. AHas 302 career doubles...needs 3 to tie Rod Carew (305) for 4th on Twins all-time list. AHitting .282 (48-for-170) on the road and .268 (45-for-168) at home in 2014...24 of his 32 RBI in 2014 have been at Target Field. APlayed 131 career games at first base...five errors in 131 games at 1B for a .996 fielding %.

ASince 2005, his .320 average is second to only Miguel Cabrera’s .325 mark among MLB players.

ACollected 1,500th hit with first inning single 8/15 at HOU...is 6th Twin to record 1,500 hits joining Puckett (2,304), Carew (2,085), Oliva (1,917), Hrbek (1,749) and Killebrew (1,713). AIs only player in Twins/Senators history with career OBP above .400...career OBP is .401.

OSWALDO ARCIA - OF #31Height: 6-0 Weight: 220 B/T: L/R Age: 23 (5/9/91 in Anaco, Venezuela)

2014 Average: .232 Streak: 5g, 6-19 (.316), 2B, 3 HR, 7 RBI, BB, 5 r Series vs. CLE: .273 (3-11), 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 rHomestand: .269 (7-26), 2 2B, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 2 BB, 6 runs Home Runs (13): Solo (8), 2-run (2), 3-run (2), GS (1)

AHas eight home runs in his last 23 games, since 7/23, which are tied third most in the majors and second most in the AL in that span...had a HR in three straight games, since 8/17-19. AFirst career multi-HR game with a solo shot and 2-run shot 8/12 at HOU.

ATied season-high with 3 hits, 8/3 at CWS...was also his third game of 2014 with 3+ RBI.

AReached safely in 36 of last 44 since 6/25...has 9 HR, 24 RBI and 16 walks in those 44 games. A27 career HR...14 at home, 13 on the road...27 HR since 2013 are second most among Twins. AHit first career grand slam 6/5 vs. MIL...was first GS by Twin since Colabello 9/2/13...had a HR in back-to-back games for the second time in his career, other 8/9-10/13.

ARecalled 5/26...hit .312 with 7 2B, 5 HR and 18 RBI in 22 games for the Red Wings.

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................................................................. BATTING PITCHINGMONTH AVG R R/G H HR W-L IP H BB K ERAMAR./APR. .254 131 5.5 211 20 12-12 217.2 241 82 137 5.04MAY .230 92 3.2 226 22 13-16 258.2 266 68 184 3.97JUNE .246 113 4.0 233 18 12-16 242.1 247 65 175 4.20JULY .247 99 3.8 217 19 11-15 232.0 266 45 162 4.11 AUGUST .266 93 4.9 177 21 8-11 167.0 187 56 134 4.96SEPTEMBER - - - - - - - - - - -

TWINS MONTHLY BREAKDOWN

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

Starters 39 56 5.01 709.0 816 407 395 74 196 478Relievers 17 14 34 3.35 408.2 391 168 152 32 120 314TOTALS 56 70 34 4.40 1117.2 1207 575 547 106 316 792

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

TWINS 56 58 68 48 52 43 62 66 68 7 528 OPPONENTS 61 86 74 60 71 66 63 44 41 9 575

RECORD WHEN…

Runs Scoring Allowing0 0 - 10 7 - 01 1 - 8 14 - 22 6 - 12 8 - 43 4 - 10 14 - 44 14 - 16 5 - 55 5 - 7 3 - 126 7 - 4 2 - 157 5 - 1 2 - 88 5 - 1 0 - 59 3 - 1 1 - 910+ 6 - 0 0 - 6

Totals 56 - 70 56 - 70

HOME RUNS BY POSITIONC 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH PH TOTAL6 7 21 10 2 8 6 20 20 0 100

TWINS BATTING INFO

SEASON-HIGHS GW BUNTPLAYER H HR RBI RBI HITS SEASON-HIGH HIT-STREAKArcia 3 (2x) 2 4 (2x) 3 - 10, 4/3-6/2Dozier 3 (8x) 2 4 10 1 10, 5/9-20Escobar 4 1 (3x) 2 (4x) 2 1 8, 5/10-18Fryer 3 (2x) 1 2 - - 3, 7/31-6Mauer 3 (6x) 1 (4x) 4 4 1 16, 6/19-8/15Nunez 3 (2x) 1 (3x) 2 (5x) 1 - 4, 5/27-6/1Parmelee 3 (3x) 1 (6x) 2 (6x) 3 1 13, 6/14-7/3Plouffe 4 1 (9x) 3 (3x) 5 - 8, 2x, last 4/19-30Santana 5 1 (5x) 5 1 6 7, 6/5-11Schafer 3 - 1 (2x) - 1 2, 5x, last 8/15-16Suzuki 3 (10x) 1 (2x) 3 (5x) 4 - 9, 6/11-22Vargas 3 (2x) 1 (4x) 3 (3x) 1 - 5, 8/1-6Others 17 1 TOTALS 51 12

2014 DISABLED LIST LOG Player Injury Date On Retro Date Off Games Missed Jason Bartlett ............ Left Ankle Sprain ...............4/7 .................... Retired 4/20.......................13 Oswaldo Arcia ...........Right Wrist Strain ..............4/9 ..........4/5 .......... 5/14 .............................33 Josh Willingham ........ Left Wrist Fracture ............4/12 .........4/7 .......... 5/26 .............................41 Aaron Hicks ...............Concussion Symptoms .......5/2 ........................... 5/9 ................................6 Mike Pelfrey .............Groin Strain, Elbow Surgery .. 5/2 .............................................................101 Sam Fuld ...................Concussion Symptoms .......5/8 .......................... 6/13 .............................32 Aaron Hicks ...............Right Shoulder Strain .......6/13 ........6/10 ......... 6/25 .............................13 Trevor Plouffe ............Rib Injury ..........................6/15 ......................... 6/30 .............................14 Eduardo Nunez ..........Right Hamstring Strain .....6/19 ........6/15 ......... 6/30 .............................14 Danny Santana ......... Left Knee Deep Bone Bruise ..6/27 ......................... 7/18 .............................17 Joe Mauer ..................Strained Right Oblique ......7/2 .......................... 8/11 .............................34 Ricky Nolasco ............Right Elbow Soreness ........7/8 ..........7/7 .......... 8/15 .............................32 BOLD indicates currently on DL

Arcia .............8 Colabello .........2Hicks .............3 Schafer ............1Fuld ...............3 Mastroianni .....1Parmelee .......3 Total ..............31Santana ........3 Willingham ....3Escobar .........2Nunez ............2

TWINS OUTFIELD ASSISTS

DATE PLAYER/MANAGER/COACH UMPIRE REASON5/11 at DET Ron Gardenhire Joe West Not awarding Twins a double play on a grounder that hit the runner (Jackson), allowing hitter (Romine) safe at first base.6/22 vs. CWS Ron Gardenhire D.J. Reyburn Balls and strikes.7/5 vs. NYY Ron Gardenhire Marty Foster Wanted balk called on Phelps pick-off attempt of Fuld at first.7/29 at KC Ron Gardenhire Ted Barrett Gardenhire challenged Alex Gordon catch vs. trapped ball. Call was upheld as catch. (Video review)8/18 vs. KC Ron Gardenhire (72nd career) Chris Segal Balls and strikes after Mauer strikeout.

TWINS EJECTIONS

TOTAL STANDS OVERTURNED TWINS 29 14 15OPPONENTS 22 10 12

LAST TWINS CHALLENGE: Gardenhire challenged Schafer out call at second base on stolen base attempt 8/22 vs. CLE. Replay showed Schafer safe, call confirmed.

LAST OPPONENT CHALLENGE: Francona challenged whether Walters was hit by pitch on pitch throw in dirt by his feet 8/20 vs. CLE. Call stood and Walters was not hit by pitch.

MANAGER CHALLENGES

C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Arcia 67 1 6 28 27 8 Dozier 123 67 50 5 Escobar 3 68 19 1 1 4 18 39 32Fryer 17 16 1Mauer 75 11 47 39 Nunez 12 8 8 1 5 2 6 1 6 9 6 4Parmelee 14 11 1 25 8 7 3 7 19 6 Plouffe 99 6 62 5 14 16 9 Santana 19 44 2 51 1 2 10Schafer 9 2 1 13Suzuki 91 4 12 2 2 10 27 39 3 Vargas 3 16 14 3 2 Others 18 34 27 97 78 32 70 6 7 10 92 67 41 23 54 66

STARTS BY POSITION STARTS BY BATTING ORDER

MULTI-HOMER GAME • Dozier, 7/13 at COL • Arcia, 8/12 at HOU

BACK-TO-BACK • Santana/Dozier, 6/9 at TOR • Willingham/Morales, 6/24 at LAA • Parmelee/Arcia/Fryer, 8/3 at CWS

GRAND SLAM • Arcia, 6/5 vs. MIL

WALK-OFF • Parmelee, 5/14 vs. BOS

INSIDE-THE-PARK • Suzuki, 5/20 at SD

TWINS HOME RUN DATA

TWINS HITTERS VS. Detroit Tigers

2014 CAREERPLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI AVG. AB H HR RBIArcia .000 11 0 0 0 .147 34 5 0 1Dozier .261 23 6 3 6 .243 111 27 6 18Escobar .381 21 8 1 2 .290 62 18 1 6Fryer .600 5 3 0 1 .600 5 3 0 1Mauer .269 26 7 0 1 .315 534 168 13 71Nunez .294 17 5 0 2 .238 42 10 0 5Parmelee .357 14 5 0 0 .289 90 26 2 7Plouffe .125 16 2 0 4 .185 168 31 5 18Santana .250 24 6 0 4 .250 24 6 0 4Schafer … 0 0 0 0 .111 9 1 0 0Suzuki .278 18 5 0 5 .280 161 45 2 22Vargas … 0 0 0 0 … 0 0 0 0Others .194 93 18 1 6TEAM .243 268 65 5 31

TWINS BULLPEN VS. Detroit Tigers

2014 CAREERPITCHER W L S ERA IP H ER W L S ERA IP H ERBurton 1 - 0 - 0 0.00 4.0 3 0 3 - 2 - 0 1.37 19.2 14 3Deduno 0 - 1 - 0 10.38 8.2 13 10 2 - 3 - 0 8.31 30.1 41 28Duensing 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 1.0 2 0 2 - 5 - 0 4.46 80.2 89 40Fien 0 - 1 - 0 0.00 4.1 2 0 1 - 1 - 0 5.14 14.0 13 8Perkins 0 - 0 - 4 4.15 4.1 5 2 3 - 2 - 12 2.73 69.1 63 21Pressly 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 5.1 5 0Swarzak 0 - 0 - 0 5.19 8.2 12 5 2 - 2 - 0 5.40 40.0 47 24Thielbar 0 - 0 - 0 4.50 2.0 3 1 0 - 0 - 0 4.15 4.1 4 2Others 0 - 0 - 0 6.00 6.0 5 4TEAM 1 - 2 - 4 5.08 39.0 45 22

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TEAM BATTING:Most At-Bats, Game........................................................................................... 50, 8/3 at CWSMost Runs, Game............................................................................................... 16, 8/3 at CWSMost Runs, Inning..............................................................................9, 8th inning, 8/3 at CWSMost Hits, Game ................................................................................................ 23, 8/3 at CWSMost Hits, Inning ................................................................................................. 9, 8/3 at CWSConsecutive Hits .................................................................. 5, 4x, last 8th inning, 8/3 at CWSConsecutive Batters Reached Base .................................................... 7, 2x, last 4/26 vs. DETFewest Hits, Game................................................................................... 3, 4x, last 8/7 at OAKMost Doubles, Game..........................................................................................6, 5/16 vs. SEAMost Triples, Game ............................................................................ 1, many, last 8/17 vs. KCMost Home Runs, Game ..................................... 3, 4x, last 8/17 vs. KC (Mauer, Vargas, Arcia)Grand Slams .............................................................................................1, 6/5 vs. MIL (Arcia)Most Total Bases, Game .................................................................................... 37, 8/3 at CWSMost Extra Base Hits, Game ..............................................................................8, 5/16 vs. SEAMost RBI, Game ................................................................................................. 16, 8/3 at CWSMost Walks .................................................................................................12, 4/17 vs. TOR(2)Most Strikeouts ......................................................................................14, 3x, last 7/7 at SEAMost Stolen Bases, Game, Twins ..............................................................4, 2x, last 8/6 vs. SDMost Stolen Bases, Game, Opponent ...................................................... 3, 3x, last 7/31 at KCMost Caught Stealing, Game ................................................................ 2, 3x, last 8/21 vs. CLE Most Ground Into Doubleplay, Game.......................................................3, 4x, last 8/2 at CWSLeft On Base, Twins ........................................................................................... 15, 8/3 at CWSLeft On Base, Twins in Extra Innings ................................................................. 14, 4/2 at CWSConsecutive Scoreless Innings..............................................................................20, 8/19-21

INDIVIDUAL BATTING:Most At-Bats, Game......................................................................... 7, Willingham, 8/3 at CWSMost Runs, Game.............................................................3, 9x, last Fryer & Nunez, 8/3 at CWSMost Runs, Inning.................................................................. 2, Nunez, 8th inning, 8/3 at CWSMost Hits, Game ...................................................................................5, Santana, 8/3 at CWSMost Hits, Inning ................................................................2, Santana, 8th inning, 8/3 at CWSMost Doubles, Game...........................................................2, many, last Escobar, 8/11 at HOUMost Triples, Game .............................................................1, many, last Santana, 8/17 vs. KCMost Home Runs, Game ..............................................................2, 2x, last Arcia, 8/12 at HOUGrand Slams .............................................................................................. 1, Arcia, 6/5 vs. MILMost Total Bases, Game ........................................................................10, Dozier, 7/13 at COLMost Extra Base Hits, Game .......................................................3, 2x, last Dozier, 7/13 at COLMost RBI, Game ...................................................................................6, Colabello, 4/3 at CWSMost Walks, Game ......................................................................3, 6x, last Plouffe, 8/3 at CWSMost Strikeouts, Game ............................................................4, 5x, last Santana, 7/19 vs. TBLongest Hitting-Streak ............................................................................16, Mauer, 6/19-8/15Consecutive Hits .......................................................................................................... 3, manyConsecutive Hitless At-Bats.........................................................................31, Arcia, 6/11-22Most Stolen Bases, Game........................................................ 2, 6x, last Santana, 8/3 at CWSMost Caught Stealing, Game ........................................................................................ 1, manyMost Ground Into Doubleplay, Game......................................2, 2x, last Parmelee, 8/2 at CWS

TEAM PITCHING:Most Runs Allowed ...........................................................................................14, 6/8 vs. HOUMost Runs, Inning................................................................7, 3x, 2nd inning, last 8/17 vs. KCMost Hits Allowed ............................................................................................. 19, 6/14 at DETMost Hits Allowed, Inning .................................................... 7, 2x, last 3rd inning, 6/14 at DET Consecutive Hits Allowed ............................................................... 5, 6th inning, 4/15 vs. TORMost Home Runs Allowed, Game ........................................................................4, 6/8 vs. HOU

TEAM PITCHING (cont.):Most Strikeouts .................................................................................................13, 7/20 vs. TBMost Walks ........................................................................................................12, 5/1 vs. LADFewest Hits Allowed ................................................................................ 3, 2x, last 6/1 at NYYPitchers Used ................................................................................................ 8, 5/1 vs. LAD (2)Consecutive Batters Retired...........................................................................16, 4/26 vs. DETScoreless Innings Streak .............................................16, 2x, last 7/7(8th inn.)-7/9 (6th inn.)Wild Pitches ........................................................................................................ 3, 4/2 at CWS Most Innings, Game, Relievers ...........................................................7.2, 2x, last 8/17 vs. KCMost Hits, Game, Relievers ............................................................................... 12, 8/1 at CWSMost Runs, Game, Relievers ..................................................................5, 4x, last 8/17 vs. KCMost Home Runs, Game, Relievers ........................................................ 3, 2x, last 8/17 vs. KCMost Walks, Game, Relievers........................................................................ 6, 5/1 vs. LAD (2) Most Strikeouts, Game, Relievers.......................................................... 9, 2x, last 7/20 vs. TB

INDIVIDUAL PITCHING:Most Innings, Game, Starter ..............................................................9.0, Nolasco, 5/2 vs. BALMost Innings, Game, Reliever ............................................................4.2, Deduno, 7/4 vs. NYYMost Hits, Starter .................................................................11, 5x, last Darnell, 7/26 vs. CWSMost Hits, Reliever .............................................................................6, Swarzak, 4/25 vs. DETMost Runs, Starter ...............................................................................8, Correia, 4/25 vs. DETMost Runs, Reliever ...............................................................4, 4x, last Guerrier, 7/22 vs. CLEMost Home Runs, Starter .............................................................3, 2x, last Pino, 8/12 at HOUMost Home Runs, Reliever ............................................................2, Duensing, 5/1 vs. LAD (2)Most Walks, Starter......................................................................................7, May, 8/9 at OAKMost Walks, Reliever.............................................................3, 2x, last Tonkin, 5/1 vs. LAD (2)Most Strikeouts, Starter...........................................................................9, 3x, last 8/5 vs. SDMost Strikeouts, Reliever......................................................... 4, 2x, last Deduno, 7/4 vs. NYYWin-Streak ........................................................ 6, 2x, Milone (5/9-6/29) & Hughes (4/20-6/1)Losing-Streak ........................................................................ 6, 2x, last Pelfrey, 9/6/13-5/1/14 Low-Hit Complete Game........................................................................8, Hughes 6/18 at BOSMost Consecutive Scoreless Innings ....................................................... 22.0, Gibson, 6/2-23Most Consecutive Batters Retired ....................................................16, Hughes, 4/26 vs. DETWild Pitches .......................................................................................... 2, Deduno, 4/2 at CWS

TEAM & INDIVIDUAL FIELDING:Errors, Game, Team ...........................................................................2, many, last 8/1 at CWS Errors, Game, Individual .............................................................2, 2x, last Dozier, 6/30 vs. KCErrors, Consecutive Games, Team .............................................................. 5, 2x, last 4/23-30Errors, Consecutive Games Without, Team ...............................................................9, 7/6-18Doubleplays, Game, Team ...................................................................................5, 7/19 vs. TBOpponents Doubleplays, Game, Team ...................................................... 3, 3x, last 6/2 at MIL

TEAM MISCELLANEOUS:Longest Winning Streak ...........................................................................................4, 6/19-23Longest Losing Streak................................................................................. 5, 2x, last 6/24-28Longest Game, Innings....................................................................12, 2x, last 5/1 vs. LAD (2)Longest Game, Time (9 Innings) .................................................................... 4:01, 8/3 at CWSLongest Game, Time (Extra Innings) ........................................................ 5:11, 5/1 vs. LAD (2)Longest Delay .................................................................................................. 2:13, 4/4 at CLEFastest Game, Time ......................................................................................2:26, 5/17 vs. SEALargest Margin, Victory..................................................................................... 13, 8/3 at CWSLargest Margin, Loss ............................................................................................ 7, 5/25 at SFLargest Home Attendance..............................................................................................36,952Home Sellouts ...........................................................................................................................Times Shut Out ............................................................... 10, last 8/20 vs. CLE (House started)

LAST TIME IT HAPPENEDFOR THE TWINS

HITTING:Hit for the Cycle: Cuddyer, 5/22/09 vs. MILGrand Slam: Arcia, 6/5/14 vs. MIL off Peralta (1 as a team in 2014)Inside-the-Park Home Run: Suzuki, 5/20/14 at SD (1 as a team in 2014)Pinch-Hit Home Run: Arcia, 5/22/13 at ATL (1 as a team in 2013)Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: LeCroy (9th inning), 5/19/04 at TORFive-Hit Game: Santana, 8/3/14 at CWS (1 as a team in 2014)Six-Hit Game: Puckett, 5/23/91 vs. TEXTwo Hits, One Inning: Santana, 8th inning, 8/3/14 at CWS (1 as a team in 2014)Two Home Runs, One Inning: Cuddyer, 8/23/09 at KCTwo-Home Run Game: Arcia, 8/12/14 at HOU (2 as a team in 2014)Three-Home Run Game: Morneau, 7/6/07 at CWS (Game 2)Back-to-Back Home Runs: Willingham/Morales, 6/24/14 at LAA (2 as a team in 2014)3 Consecutive Home Runs: Parmelee/Arcia/Fryer, 8/3/14 at CWS (1 as a team in 2014)Three Home Runs, One Inning: Parmelee/Arcia/Fryer, 8/3/14 (1 as team in 2014)Four Home Runs, One Inning: Mack/Puckett/Hrbek/Bush, 5/2/92 at NYY

PITCHING (complete games only for low-hit games):No-Hitter: Liriano, 5/3/11 at CWSOne-Hitter: Baker, 8/31/07 vs. KCTwo-Hitter: Albers, 8/12/13 vs. CLE (1 as a team in 2013)10+ Innings Pitched: Radke (10.0 innings), 9/21/97 vs. MIL10+ Strikeouts: Liriano, 7/18/12 vs. BAL (two by Liriano - 15 and 10) Complete Game Shutout: Albers, 8/12/13 vs. CLE (1 as a team in 2013) Back-to-Back Complete Game Victories: Mays/Silva, 5/19-20/05 vs. TOR/vs. MILBack-to-Back Shutouts: 6/2/13 vs. SEA - 6/4/13 at KC (1 as a team in 2013)

MISCELLANEOUS:Triple Play: Castillo/Morneau/Batista, 5/27/06 vs. SEA (Johjima hitting)Position Player Pitching: Carroll, 8/5/13 at KCThree-or-more Steals, One Game: Mastroianni (3), 7/5/12 at DETSteal of Home: Thomas, 8/2/13 vs. HOU (1 as a team in 2013)Home run in first ML at-bat: Hughes, 4/28/10 at DETLeadoff Home Run: Santana, 7/31/14 at KC (5 as a team 2014)

AGAINST THE TWINSHITTING:Hit for the Cycle: Beltre, 8/24/12 at TEXGrand Slam: Singleton, 6/8/14 vs. HOU off Perkins (3 allowed in 2014)Inside-the-Park Home Run: Bourjos, 4/11/12 vs. LAAPinch-Hit Home Run: Betancourt, 7/22/12 at KCPinch-Hit Grand Slam: Bartlett, 8/5/10 at TBFive-Hit Game: Granderson, 4/19/12 at NYYSix-Hit Game: Segura, 5/28/13 at MIL (1 allowed in 2013)Two Hits, One Inning: Ishikawa, 5/20/12 at MILTwo Home Runs, One Inning: Nilsson, 5/17/96 vs. MILTwo-Home Run Game: Carter, 8/12/14 at HOU (4 allowed in 2014)Three-Home Run Game: Granderson, 4/19/12 at NYYBack-to-Back Home Runs: Martinez/Infante, 9/24/13 (8 allowed in 2013)3 Consecutive Home Runs: Jones/Castilla/Franco, 6/11/02 vs. ATLThree Home Runs, One Inning: Martinez/Infante/Jackson, 9/24/13 vs. DETFour Home Runs, One Inning: Everett/O’Leary/Varitek/Burkhart, 7/3/00 vs. BOS

PITCHING (complete games only for low-hit games):No-Hitter: Weaver, 5/2/12 at LAAOne-Hitter: Sanchez, 5/24/13 at DET (1 in 2013)Two-Hitter: Halladay, 5/29/05 at TOR10+ Innings Pitched: Fernandez (10.0 innings), 10/01/95 at CHC10+ Strikeouts: Sale, 7/26/14 vs. CWS (2 in 2014)Complete Game Shutout: Lester, 8/7/14 at OAK (1 in 2014)Back-to-Back Complete Game Victories: Williams/Weaver, 5/1-2/12 at LAABack-to-Back Shutouts: 5/1-2/12 at LAA

MISCELLANEOUS:Triple Play: Donaldson/Rosales/Carter, 8/21/12 at OAK (Plouffe hitting)Position Player Pitching: Halter, 10/1/00 at DETThree-or-more Steals, One Game: Borbon (3), 8/18/09 at TEXSteal of Home: Daubach, 4/27/03 at CHCHome run in first ML at-bat: Richard, 7/17/00 vs. STLLeadoff Home Run: De Aza, 6/19/13 vs. CWS (3 allowed in 2013)

2014 TARGET FIELD WEATHER DELAYS AND POSTPONEMENTSDATE DELAYED/PPD NOTES 4/16 vs. Toronto POSTPONED Scheduled to start at 7:10 pm. Game called at 11:50 am due to inclement weather (low temps/snow). Game scheduled as split DH on April 17.4/27 vs. Detroit POSTPONED Scheduled to start at 1:10 pm. Game called at 10:30 am due to inclement weather. The game will be made up on August 23.4/29 vs. Los Angeles-NL POSTPONED Scheduled to start at 7:10 pm. Game called at 12:45 pm due to cold and rain/snow. Game scheduled as split DH on Thursday, May 1.6/6 vs. Houston DELAYED Delayed one hour and 21 minutes prior to first pitch due to rain. Originally scheduled for 7:10 pm, game started at 8:31 pm.6/19 vs. Chicago-AL DELAYED Delayed two hours and six minutes prior to first pitch due to rain. Originally scheduled for 7:10 pm, game started at 9:16 pm.8/17 vs. Kansas City DELAYED Delayed one hour and 28 minutes (34 minutes prior, 54 minutes during game). Originally scheduled for 1:10 pm, game started at 1:44 pm.

** Target Field has experienced 15 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

MARCH/APRIL (12-12) Batting: .251 (211-for-832) Pitching: 12-12-6, 5.04 (217.2 IP, 122 ER) 31 -----at CWS 3-5 L 0-1 4 -1.0 37,422 Sale/Nolasco/Lindstrom 1 -----OFF DAY 2 -----at CWS^ 6-7 L 0-2 4 -2.0 10,625 Belisario/Deduno 3 -----at CWS 10-9 W 1-2 4 -1.5 11,056 Thielbar/Lindstrom/Perkins 4 -----at CLE 2-7 L 1-3 5 -2.5 41,274 Outman/Pelfrey 5 -----at CLE 7-3 W 2-3 T4 -2.5 14,153 Gibson/Carrasco 6 -----at CLE 10-7 W 3-3 2 -1.5 13,104 Swarzak/Wood/Perkins 7 -----OAK 3-8 L 3-4 T4 -2.0 35,837 35,837 1 Kazmir/Correia 8 -----OFF DAY T4 9 -----OAK^ 4-7 L 3-5 5 -2.5 22,973 58,810 2 Otero/Burton 10 -----OAK 1-6 L 3-6 5 -3.0 20,650 79,460 3 Straily/Pelfrey 11 -----KC 10-1 W 4-6 5 -2.0 24,338 103,920 4 Gibson/Chen 12 -----KC 7-1 W 5-6 4 -2.0 23,963 127,761 5 Nolasco/Shields 13 -----KC 4-3 W 6-6 3 -1.0 20,878 148,639 6 Fien/Crow/Perkins 14 -----OFF DAY 3 -1.0 15 -----TOR 3-9 L 6-7 3 -1.5 21,818 170,457 7 Loup/Hughes 16 -----TOR T4 -1.0 -- Postponed, Rain/Snow - Scheduled makeup as split DH 4/17 -- 17 -----TOR 7-0 W 7-7 2 -0.5 20,507 190,964 8 Gibson/Dickey -----TOR# 9-5 W 8-7 2 -0.5 20,698 211,662 9 Fien/Santos 18 -----at KC 0-5 L 8-8 3 -0.5 21,192 Vargas/Nolasco 19 -----at KC 4-5 L 8-9 3 -1.5 24,291 Chen/Correia/Holland 20 -----at KC 8-3 W 9-9 3 -1.5 17,710 Hughes/Ventura 21 -----OFF DAY T2 -1.0 22 -----at TB 3-7 L 9-10 T3 -2.0 11,785 Price/Gibson 23 -----at TB^ 6-4 W 10-10 T2 -1.0 11,993 Fien/Lueke/Perkins 24 -----at TB 9-7 W 11-10 2 -1.0 13,177 Nolasco/Bedard/Perkins 25 -----DET 6-10 L 11-11 T2 -2.0 27,558 239,220 10 Porcello/Correia 26 -----DET 5-3 W 12-11 2 -1.0 28,122 267,342 11 Hughes/Ortega/Perkins 27 -----DET 2 -1.0 --Postponed, Inclement Weather - Scheduled makeup 8/23 -- 28 -----OFF DAY T2 -1.0 29 -----LAD T2 -1.5 --Postponed, Inclement Weather - Scheduled makeup as split DH 5/1 -- 30 -----LAD 4-6 L 12-12 3 -2.5 24,588 291,930 12 Greinke/Gibson/JansenMAY (13-16) Batting: .230 (226-for-984) Pitching: 13-16-8, 3.97 (258.2 IP, 114 ER) 1 -----LAD 4-9 L 12-13 4 -3.5 23,306 315,236 13 Haren/Pelfrey/Perez -----LAD##^ 3-4 L 12-14 4 -3.5 24,053 339,289 14 Wright/Duensing/Jansen 2 -----BAL 0-3 L 12-15 4 -4.5 24,165 363,454 15 Jimenez/Nolasco/Hunter 3 -----BAL 6-1 W 13-15 3 -4.5 25,318 388,772 16 Correia/Chen 4 -----BAL 5-2 W 14-15 2 -4.5 25,559 414,331 17 Hughes/Gonzalez/Perkins 5 -----at CLE^ 1-0 W 15-15 2 -4.5 9,037 Thielbar/Axford/Perkins 6 -----at CLE 4-2 L 15-16 3 -5.5 9,621 Tomlin/Deduno/Shaw 7 -----at CLE 3-4 L 15-17 4 -6.5 10,742 Axford/Fien 8 -----at CLE 4-9 L 15-18 T4 -6.5 13,095 Masterson/Correia 9 -----at DET 2-1 W 16-18 T4 -5.5 35,814 Hughes/Verlander/Perkins 10 -----at DET 3-9 L 16-19 T4 -6.5 42,312 Scherzer/Gibson 11 -----at DET 4-3 W 17-19 T4 -5.5 40,468 Burton/Chamberlain/Perkins 12 -----OFF DAY T3 -6.0 13 -----BOS 8-6 W 18-19 3 -6.0 23,949 438,280 18 Perkins/Miller 14 -----BOS 4-9 L 18-20 5 -7.0 26,802 465,082 19 Doubront/Correia 15 -----BOS^ 4-3 W 19-20 3 -6.5 29,628 494,710 20 Duensing/Miller 16 -----SEA 5-4 W 20-20 2 -6.5 27,275 521,985 21 Gibson/Young/Perkins 17 -----SEA 4-3 W 21-20 2 -6.5 29,717 551,702 22 Deduno/Elias/Perkins 18 -----SEA 2-6 L 21-21 2 -6.5 32,511 584,213 23 Hernandez/Nolasco 19 -----OFF DAY T2 -7.0 20 -----at SD 5-3 W 22-21 2 -6.0 19,136 Correia/Kennedy/Perkins 21 -----at SD 2-0 W 23-21 2 -5.0 16,079 Hughes/Ross/Perkins 22 -----OFF DAY 2 -4.5 23 -----at SF 2-6 L 23-22 2 -5.5 41,514 Lincecum/Gibson/Machi 24 -----at SF 1-2 L 23-23 T2 -5.5 41,724 Vogelsong/Deduno/Romo 25 -----at SF 1-8 L 23-24 T2 -5.5 42,590 Bumgarner/Nolasco 26 -----TEX 2-7 L 23-25 T3 -5.5 30,571 614,784 24 Tepesch/Correia 27 -----TEX 4-3 W 24-25 T3 -5.5 22,702 637,486 25 Perkins/Soria 28 -----TEX 0-1 L 24-26 3 -5.5 26,472 663,958 26 Tolleson/Burton 29 -----TEX 4-5 L 24-27 T3 -6.5 28,170 692,128 27 Ogando/Fien/Soria 30 -----at NYY 6-1 W 25-27 T3 -6.5 42,245 Nolasco/Nuno 31 -----at NYY 1-3 L 25-28 T3 -6.5 44,346 Tanaka/Duensing/RobertsonJUNE (12-16) Batting: .246 (233-for-947) Pitching: 12-16-8, 4.20 (242.1 IP, 113 ER) 1 -----at NYY 7-2 W 26-28 3 -5.5 42,449 Hughes/Robertson 2 -----at MIL 2-6 L 26-29 T4 -6.0 28,708 Garza/Gibson 3 -----at MIL 6-4 W 27-29 T4 -5.0 25,634 Deduno/Gallardo/Perkins 4 -----MIL 6-4 W 28-29 4 -4.0 31,144 723,272 28 Nolasco/Wooten/Perkins 5 -----MIL 5-8 L 28-30 T4 -4.0 35,110 758,382 29 Peralta/Correia/Rodriguez 6 -----HOU 4-5 L 28-31 T4 -5.0 29,448 787,830 30 Keuchel/Hughes/Qualls 7 -----HOU 8-0 W 29-31 T4 -5.0 27,732 815,562 31 Gibson/Feldman 8 -----HOU 5-14 L 29-32 5 -5.0 31,576 847,138 32 Downs/Deduno 9 -----at TOR 4-5 L 29-33 5 -5.0 19,428 Janssen/Guerrier 10 -----at TOR 4-0 W 30-33 5 -4.5 20,681 Correia/Happ 11 -----at TOR 7-2 W 31-33 5 -3.5 45,080 Hughes/Stroman/Fien 12 -----OFF DAY 5 -4.0 13 -----at DET 2-0 W 32-33 3 -3.0 39,811 Gibson/Smyly/Perkins 14 -----at DET 9-12 L 32-34 4 -4.0 41,498 Sanchez/Deduno/Krol 15 -----at DET 3-4 L 32-35 4 -5.0 41,462 Nathan/Fien 16 -----at BOS 0-1 L 32-36 T4 -5.0 35,693 De La Rosa/Correia/Uehara 17 -----at BOS 1-2 L 32-37 5 -5.5 36,835 Lester/Hughes/Mujica 18 -----at BOS^ 1-2 L 32-38 5 -6.5 36,489 Uehara/Fien 19 -----CWS 4-2 W 33-38 5 -5.5 31,195 878,333 33 Fien/Petricka/Perkins 20 -----CWS 5-4 W 34-38 T5 -5.0 32,071 910,404 34 Perkins/Webb 21 -----CWS 4-3 W 35-38 4 -5.0 32,647 943,051 35 Correia/Rienzo/Perkins 22 -----CWS 6-5 W 36-38 T3 -5.0 30,491 973,542 36 Hughes/Danks/Burton 23 -----OFF DAY T3 -5.0 24 -----at LAA 6-8 L 36-39 T3 -6.0 37,086 Wilson/Gibson/Smith 25 -----at LAA 2-6 L 36-40 4 -7.0 39,082 Richards/Pino 26 -----at LAA 4-6 L 36-41 4 -8.0 32,209 Weaver/Nolasco/Smith 27 -----at TEX 4-5 L 36-42 4 -8.0 38,111 Tepesch/Correia 28 -----at TEX 0-5 L 36-43 5 -9.0 30,620 Darvish/Hughes 29 -----at TEX 3-2 W 37-43 5 -8.0 36,779 Gibson/Soria/Perkins 30 -----KC 1-6 L 37-44 5 -9.0 28,533 1,002,075 37 Duffy/PinoJULY (11-15) Batting: .247 (217-for-880) Pitching: 11-15-6, 4.11 (232.0 IP, 106 ER) 1 -----KC 10-2 W 38-44 4 -9.0 23,383 1,025,458 38 Nolasco/Shields 2 -----KC 0-4 L 38-45 5 -10.0 28,860 1,054,318 39 Vargas/Correia 3 -----NYY 4-7 L 38-46 5 -11.0 34,714 1,089,032 40 Tanaka/Hughes/Robertson 4 -----NYY 5-6 L 38-47 5 -11.0 36,952 1,125,984 41 Huff/Gibson/Robertson 5 -----NYY^ 2-1 W 39-47 5 -10.0 36,514 1,162,498 42 Duensing/Thornton 6 -----NYY 7-9 L 39-48 5 -10.0 31,171 1,193,669 43 Kuroda/Nolasco/Robertson 7 -----at SEA 0-2 L 39-49 5 -10.5 18,562 Iwakuma/Correia/Rodney 8 -----at SEA 2-0 W 40-49 5 -10.5 15,553 Hughes/Young/Perkins 9 -----at SEA 8-1 W 41-49 5 -10.5 16,460 Gibson/Elias 10 -----at SEA 4-2 W 42-49 5 -10.5 14,530 Pino/Wilhelmsen/Perkins 11 -----at COL 2-6 L 42-50 5 -11.5 36,110 De La Rosa/Johnson 12 -----at COL 9-3 W 43-50 5 -11.5 35,930 Correia/Matzek 13 -----at COL 13-5 W 44-50 5 -10.5 35,743 Hughes/Anderson 14 -----ALL STAR BREAK - Target Field 2014 Gatorade All-Star Workout Day featuring the Gillette Home Run Derby 15 -----at TARGET FIELD American League - 5, National League - 3 Scherzer/Neshek/Perkins 16 -----ALL STAR BREAK 17 -----ALL STAR BREAK

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

JULY CONTINUED 18 -----TB 2- 6 L 44-51 5 -10.5 31,058 1,224,727 44 Cobb/Gibson 19 -----TB 1- 5 L 44-52 5 -10.0 36,117 1,260,844 45 Price/Hughes/McGee 20 -----TB 3- 5 L 44-53 5 -11.0 26,821 1,287,665 46 Archer/Correia/Yates 21 -----CLE 4- 3 W 45-53 5 -11.0 25,109 1,312,774 47 Fien/Shaw/Perkins 22 -----CLE 2- 8 L 45-54 5 -11.0 28,291 1,341,065 48 Salazar/Pino 23 -----CLE 3- 1 W 46-54 5 -11.0 34,608 1,375,673 49 Swarzak/Bauer/Perkins 24 -----CWS 2- 5 L 46-55 5 -12.0 32,952 1,408,625 50 Noesi/Hughes/Petricka 25 -----CWS 5- 9 L 46-56 5 -12.0 28,728 1,437,353 51 Danks/Correia 26 -----CWS 0- 7 L 46-57 5 -12.0 33,005 1,470,358 52 Sale/Darnell 27 -----CWS 4- 3 W 47-57 5 -11.0 27,818 1,498,176 53 Burton/Belisario/Perkins 28 -----OFF DAY 5 -11.0 29 -----at KC 2- 1 W 48-57 5 -10.0 30,686 Gibson/Shields/Perkins 30 -----at KC 2- 3 L 48-58 5 -11.0 20,747 Frasor/Hughes/Holland 31 -----at KC 3- 6 L 48-59 5 -11.0 24,127 Ventura/Thielbar/HollandAUGUST (8-11) Batting: .266 (177-for-665) Pitching: 8-11-6, 4.96 (167.0 IP, 92 ER) 1 -----at CWS 8-10 L 48-60 5 -12.0 28,060 Guerra/Fien/Petricka 2 -----at CWS 8- 6 W 49-60 5 -12.0 27,446 Pressly/Belisario/Perkins 3 -----at CWS 16-3 W 50-60 5 -12.0 23,471 Gibson/Guerra 4 -----OFF DAY 5 -11.5 5 -----SD 3- 1 W 51-60 5 -11.5 34,495 1,532,671 54 Hughes/Hahn/Perkins 6 -----SD^ 4- 5 L 51-61 5 -11.5 34,567 1,567,238 55 Quackenbush/Swarzak/Benoit 7 -----at OAK 0- 3 L 51-62 5 -11.5 22,108 Lester/Pino 8 -----at OAK 5- 6 L 51-63 5 -12.5 20,196 Kazmir/Gibson/Doolittle 9 -----at OAK 4- 9 L 51-64 5 -12.5 32,074 Samardzija/May 10 -----at OAK 6-1 W 52-64 5 -11.5 25,598 Hughes/Gregerson 11 -----at HOU 4-2 W 53-64 5 -11.0 15,569 Duensing/Fields/Perkins 12 -----at HOU 4-10 L 53-65 5 -11.0 17,490 McHugh/Pino 13 -----at HOU 3-1 W 54-65 5 -11.0 16,480 Gibson/Oberholzer/Perkins 14 -----OFF DAY 5 -11.5 15 -----KC 5-6 L 54-66 5 -12.5 32,013 1,599,251 56 Duffy/Nolasco/Holland 16 -----KC 4-1 W 55-66 5 -11.5 35,575 1,634,826 57 Hughes/Ventura/Perkins 17 -----KC 6-12 L 55-67 5 -12.5 31,455 1,666,281 58 Guthrie/Milone 18 -----KC 4-6 L 55-68 5 -13.5 25,559 1,691,840 59 Vargas/May/Holland 19 -----CLE 5-7 L 55-69 5 -14.5 26,358 1,718,198 60 Crockett/Duensing/Allen 20 -----CLE 0-5 L 55-70 5 -14.5 28,943 1,747,141 61 House/Nolasco 21 -----CLE 4-1 W 56-70 5 -14.0 28,033 1,775,174 62 Hughes/Kluber/Perkins 22 -----DET 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 23 -----DET### 12:10 pm FSN/TIBN -----DET 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 24 -----DET 1:10 pm FSN/TIBN 25 -----OFF DAY 26 -----at KC 7:10 pm FS1/TIBN 27 -----at KC 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 28 -----at KC 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 29 -----at BAL 6:05 pm FSN/TIBN 30 -----at BAL 6:05 pm FSN/TIBN 31 -----at BAL 12:35 pm FSN/TIBNSEPTEMBER (- - -) Batting: .--- (- -for- -) Pitching: - - - - -, -.-- (-.- IP, - ER) 1 -----at BAL 12:35 pm FSN/TIBN 2 -----CWS 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 3 -----CWS 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 4 -----LAA 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 5 -----LAA 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 6 -----LAA 6:10 pm FSN/TIBN 7 -----LAA 1:10 pm FSN/TIBN 8 -----OFF DAY 9 -----at CLE 6:05 pm FSN/TIBN 10 -----at CLE 6:05 pm FSN/TIBN 11 -----at CLE 11:05 am TIBN 12 -----at CWS 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 13 -----at CWS 6:10 pm FSN/TIBN 14 -----at CWS 1:10 pm FSN/TIBN 15 -----DET 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 16 -----DET 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 17 -----DET 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 18 -----OFF DAY 19 -----CLE 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 20 -----CLE 6:10 pm FSN/TIBN 21 -----CLE 1:10 pm FSN/TIBN 22 -----ARI 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 23 -----ARI 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 24 -----ARI 12:10 pm TIBN 25 -----at DET 6:08 pm FSN/TIBN 26 -----at DET 6:08 pm FSN/TIBN 27 -----at DET 6:08 pm FSN/TIBN 28 -----at DET 12:08 pm FSN/TIBNAll game times are listed as Central * - Denotes Sellout^ - Denotes Extra-Innings# - Makeup game from April 16 vs. TOR## - Makeup game from April 29 vs. LAD### - Makeup game from April 27 vs. DET*Twins are 4-5 in extra-innings*

2014 WALK-OFF VICTORIES DATE SCORE NOTES May 13 vs. Red Sox 8-6 Parmelee two-run home run with two outs in bottom 9th May 15 vs. Red Sox 4-3 (10 inn) Hicks one-run single with two outs in bottom 10th May 27 vs. Rangers 4-3 Santana reached E1 scoring Nunez with two outs in bottom 9th June 20 vs. White Sox 5-4 Dozier one-run single with two-outs in bottom 9th July 5 vs. New York-AL 2-1 (11 inn) Plouffe hits come-backer with bases loaded, Thornton gets out at home, Cervelli attempts DP at first and commits throwing error in bottom 11th

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2014 players (44)

Position Players: (24) Arcia, Oswaldo, of*Bartlett, Jason, if*Colabello, Chris, if*Dozier, Brian, if*Escobar, Eduardo, if*Florimon, Pedro, if*Fryer, Eric, cFuld, Sam, of

Herrmann, Chris, cHicks, Aaron, of*Kubel, Jason, of*Mastroianni, Darin, ofMauer, Joe, c*Morales, Kendrys, dhNunez, Eduardo, ifParmelee, Chris, of

Pinto, Josmil, c*Plouffe, Trevor, if*Polanco, Jorge, ifSantana, Danny, ifSchafer, Jordan, ofSuzuki, Kurt, c*Vargas, Kennys, 1bWillingham, Josh, of*

Pitchers: (20) Burton, Jared, rhp*Correia, Kevin, rhp*Darnell, Logan, lhpDeduno, Samuel, rhp*Duensing, Brian, lhp*Fien, Casey, rhp*Gibson, Kyle, rhp*

Guerrier, Matt, rhpHughes, Phil, rhp*Johnson, Kris, lhpMay, Trevor, rhpMilone, Tommy, lhpNolasco, Ricky, rhp*Pelfrey, Mike, rhp*

Perkins, Glen, lhp*Pino, Yohan, rhpPressly, Ryan, rhpSwarzak, Anthony, rhp*Thielbar, Caleb, lhp*Tonkin, Michael, rhp*

(*, on Opening Day 25-man Roster)