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THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 2-3 through five games on their 10-game road trip, going 1-2 in Milwaukee and 1-1 in Cincinnati...today, they resume Interleague Play with the third of three in Cincinnati...the trip will continue with four at Kansas City, tomorrow-Sunday... the Twins have gone 16-21 on the road this season...they are 15-10 in series finales and 6-6 in road finales...they are 6-5 in rubber games. TWINS SEE RED, EVEN SERIES: The Twins beat the Reds last night by a score of 8-5 after the game experienced a two hour and one minute delay to start...Phil Hughes (7-6) was the starter and winner, allowing four runs (2 earned) on seven hits in 6.2 innings pitched...the offense collected 15 hits as six different Twins recorded multiple hits...Torii Hunter homered for the fourth time in his last four games. JUNE SWOON: Here are the Twins hitting and pitching numbers through the first three months and how they compare: AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG APRIL .243 86 182 34 2 12 81 58 177 .301 .342 MAY .269 139 244 50 8 27 131 60 197 .316 .432 JUNE .240 103 220 48 9 25 97 70 188 .295 .394 W L S IP H R ER HR BB K ERA APRIL 10 12 7 194.0 202 100 94 24 60 116 4.36 MAY 20 7 14 244.1 263 104 97 23 57 165 3.57 JUNE 11 17 6 244.0 261 121 108 30 68 169 3.98 MR. TWIN: Torii Hunter is closing in on Gary Gaetti on the Twins all-time RBI list and Chuck Knoblauch on the Twins all-time runs scored list: PLAYER RBI PLAYER RUNS 1) Harmon Killebrew ......................... 1,325 1) Kirby Puckett .................................. 1,071 2) Kent Hrbek.................................... 1,086 2) Harmon Killebrew ........................... 1,047 3) Kirby Puckett ................................ 1,085 3) Rod Carew......................................... 950 4) Tony Oliva ........................................ 947 4) Kent Hrbek ........................................ 903 5) Justin Morneau ................................ 860 5) Tony Oliva.......................................... 870 6) Gary Gaetti ...................................... 758 6) Joe Mauer .......................................... 778 7) Torii Hunter..................................... 755 7) Chuck Knoblauch .............................. 713 8) Rod Carew ....................................... 733 8) Torii Hunter ...................................... 712 *Additionally, Hunter’s home run last night gave him 204 as a Twin, moving him three from Puckett (6th). INTERLEAGUE INFO: The Twins are 8-9 in Interleague Play this season..they are 182-157 all-time, the seventh most wins in IL history...they are 100-68 all-time in Interleague play at home and 82-89 on the road...following today, they have two IL games remaining this season, two against Pittsburgh at Target Field on July 28 and 29. • Torii Hunter is hitting .298 (291-for-978) with 69 doubles, 50 home runs and 188 RBI in 267 career IL games...his 124 extra-base hits are the most all-time and his 69 doubles are second-most all-time, trailing Adrian Beltre (71). • Hunter has 106 IL RBI as a Twin, one away from tying Justin Morneau for most in club history. • The Twins are 11-9 all-time against Cincinnati, going 7-2 in Minnesota (all at Metrodome) and 4-7 in Cincinnati — 3-2 at Great American Ball Park and 1-5 at Cinergy Field...the Twins are 4-2 all-time against the Reds in series play, winning their last two, in 2012 and 2001, with their last series loss in 2000 at Cinergy Field. MAUER, NATIONAL TREASURE: Joe Mauer is a career .330 (228-for-691) hitter in 187 IL games — seventh best average all-time and third among actives with a minimum of 500 at-bats (Markakis - .336 & Pedroia - .336)...since 2012, he leads baseball in IL batting average (.369) and OBP (.446)...he has reached base safely via hit, walk or HBP in 42 of his last 43 games against the National League, the only game in which he did not coming June 16 at St. Louis, going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts, a fly out and ground out. OFF TARGET: the Twins have gone 16-21 on the road and 25-15 at Target Field...pitchers have posted a 4.48 ERA (319.1 IP, 159 ER) in 37 road games compared to 3.47 ERA (363.0 IP, 140 ER) in 40 home games...hitters have hit .226 (285-for-1261) on the road compared to .276 (361-for-1310) at home. DAY AND NIGHT: The Twins have gone 21-18 in day games compared to 20-18 in night games...the 39 day games are the most in baseball...their 21 day wins are tied with Detroit for most in baseball...they are 12-6 in their last 18 day games. SERIES-LY SPEAKING: The Twins are looking for their 14th series victory today, going 13-11-1 in series play...they are 2-6-1 in series play in their last nine after starting the season 11-5 in series play...they are 2-4 in series play against the National League this season, compared to 11-7-1 vs. the American League. ON THIS DAY IN TWINS HISTORY: In 1973, at California, Jim Kaat pitched a one-hitter to beat the Angels, 2-1...Frank Robinson’s home run in the second was the only hit...it is one of 16 one-hitters in Twins history and one of 13 thrown by a starting pitcher himself (Blyleven - 3). WHAT REALLY MATTERS: Twins radio stud Dan Gladden played against the Reds from 1983-86, while with the San Francisco Giants, hitting .301 (41-for-136) with five doubles, two triples, three home runs, 18 RBI, 24 runs scored and 10 stolen bases in 36 career games against Cincinnati...he is one of six California-born right-handed hitting outfielders to ever record 40-plus hits, five-plus doubles, two- plus triples, three-plus homers, 15-plus RBI, 20-plus runs and 10-plus stolen bases against the Reds, the others being Gary Matthews Sr., Irish Meusel, Vince DiMaggio, Bobby Bonds and Chick Hafey; BUT ONLY Meusel, Hafey and Gladden hit over .300 among those six. STREAKS Current Streak: .................................. 1 win Last 5 games: ........................................ 2-3 Last 10 games: ...................................... 4-6 Last 15 games: ...................................... 7-8 Last 20 games: .................................... 7-13 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 7/2 at Kansas City Kyle Gibson (R, 5-6, 3.30) vs. Chris Young (R, 7-3, 2.71) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / None 7/3 at Kansas City Tommy Milone (L, 4-1, 3.19) vs. Jeremy Guthrie (R, 6-5, 5.68) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / None 7/4 at Kansas City Mike Pelfrey (R, 5-5, 3.81) vs. Joe Blanton (R, 2-1, 3.14) 6:15 pm FOX TIBN / None 7/5 at Kansas City TBA vs. Danny Duffy (L, 2-4, 5.44) 1:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / None Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. THE SKIPPER Paul Molitor was named Twins Manager No- vember 4, 2014 becoming the 13th Manager in club history and just the third since 1986 (Tom Kelly, Ron Gardenhire)...2015 marks his 15th minor league and major league professional coaching season...inducted into baseball HOF in 2004 and one of just six players in MLB history with 3,000 hits and 500 stolen bases... ranks ninth on baseball’s all-time hit list amassing 3,319 in 21-year career from 1978- 98...1974 graduate of Cretin High School in St. Paul, attended University of Minnesota from 1975-77 and played for Twins from 1996-98. ROAD TRIP (2-3) Batting Average ........... .266 (45-for-169) Runs Per-Game...................5.4 (27 R/5 G) Home Runs ............................................. 8 RISP ................................. .273 (9-for-33) Fielding Errors ........................................ 5 Team ERA .................6.21 (42.0 IP, 29 ER) Starters W-L ....................................... 2-2 Starters ERA .............7.06 (21.2 IP, 17 ER) Relievers W-L-S ............................... 0-1-2 Relievers ERA ...........5.31 (20.1 IP, 12 ER) Save/Opportunities ..............................2/3 TWINS AT A GLANCE Record: ......................................... 41-36 Home Record:............................... 25-15 Road Record:................................ 16-21 Record in series: ...................... 13-11-1 Series Openers: ............................ 11-15 Series Finales:.............................. 15-10 Rubber Games: ................................. 6-5 Sweeps/Swept: ................................. 4/3 April: ............................................. 10-12 May: ................................................ 20-7 June: ............................................. 11-17 July:........................................................ August:................................................... September/October:.............................. vs. American League East: ............... 9-4 vs. American League Central: ...... 18-19 vs. American League West: .............. 6-4 vs. National League: ......................... 8-9 Games vs. LH Starter:................... 18-10 Games vs. RH Starter: .................. 23-26 Twins score first: .......................... 28-12 Opp. scores first: .......................... 13-24 Come-from-behind wins: .................. 15 Leading after 7/8 inn.:........... 35-1/35-0 Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ........... 1-28/0-32 Tied after 7/8 inn.: ..................... 5-7/6-4 Extra-innings: ................................... 3-2 1-run games: .................................. 13-9 Twins out-hit opp.: .......................... 27-2 Opp. out-hit Twins:.......................... 9-31 Twins/Opp. have = hits: .................... 5-3 Twins get Quality Start: ................ 26-12 Twins starter goes 6+ IP:............. 29-17 Most games over .500: ......... 11, last 6/5 Most games under .500:............. 5, 4/15 Longest winning-streak: ..5, 2x, last 5/23-27 Longest losing-streak: ......... 5, last 6/8-13 When Twins score 4+: .................... 29-9 When Twins score 3-: ................... 12-27 Team-high hits:..............19, 5/3 vs. CWS Team-high runs: .. 13, 3x, last 6/22 vs. CWS Opp.-high hits: ............... 20, 5/14 at DET Opp.-high runs:.............. 13, 5/14 at DET Twins get 10+ hits: ......................... 23-3 Walk-Off W/L: ................................... 2/1 Shutouts W/L: ................................... 6/6 Complete Games: ..1, Hughes, 4/24 at SEA Target Field Sellouts (’15/All-Time): ... 4/156 MINNESOTA TWINS (41-36) AT CINCINNATI REDS (35-41) WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2015 - 12:35 (ET) - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK Trevor May (R, 4-6, 4.62) vs. Johnny Cueto (R, 4-5, 2.98) GAME 78 ROAD GAME 38 UPCOMING MILESTONES PLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACH Torii Hunter ..........................755 RBI as Twin .........................Needs 3 to tie Gary Gaetti (758) for 6th on Twins all-time list 712 runs as Twin........................Needs 1 to tie Chuck Knoblauch (713) for 7th on Twins all-time list 491 doubles ...............................Needs 9 to reach 500 for career 204 home runs as Twin ..............Needs 3 to tie Kirby Puckett (207) for 6th on Twins all-time list 343 home runs ...........................Needs 7 to reach 350 for career Joe Mauer ............................323 doubles ...............................Needs 6 to tie Tony Oliva (329) for 2nd on Twins all-time list 728 RBI ......................................Needs 5 to tie Rod Carew (733) for 8th on Twins all-time list Glen Perkins ........................113 saves ..................................Needs 3 to tie Eddie Guardado (116) for 3rd on Twins all-time list RECENT TRANSACTIONS 6/7 INF Santana optioned to AAA 6/8 1B/DH Vargas recalled from AAA 6/9 OF Rosario placed on Paternity List 6/10 IF Polanco recalled from AA IF Polanco optioned to AA RHP Stauffer designated for release or assignment 6/12 RHP Tonkin recalled from AAA OF Rosario reinstated from Pat. List 6/14 OF Buxton selected from AA OF Hicks placed on 15-day DL 6/17 RHP Stauffer released 6/18 OF Schafer released 6/24 RHP Tonkin optioned to AAA 6/26 RHP Meyer recalled from AAA OF Buxton placed on 15-day DL INF Santana recalled from AAA TWINS VS. CINCINNATI 2015 Record: ......................................... 1-1 Current Streak:................................... 1 win 2001 at Home: ....................................... 3-0 2015 at Cincinnati: ................................ 1-1 All-Time Record: .................................. 11-9 All-Time at Home: .................................. 7-2 All-Time at Cincinnati: ........................... 4-7 2015 Game Logs: Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save 6/29 CIN 7-11 Adcock/Pelfrey 6/30 CIN 8-5 Hughes/Desclafani/Perkins 7/1 CIN

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THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 2-3 through five games on their 10-game road trip, going 1-2 in Milwaukee and 1-1 in Cincinnati...today, they resume Interleague Play with the third of three in Cincinnati...the trip will continue with four at Kansas City, tomorrow-Sunday...the Twins have gone 16-21 on the road this season...they are 15-10 in series finales and 6-6 in road finales...they are 6-5 in rubber games.

TWINS SEE RED, EVEN SERIES: The Twins beat the Reds last night by a score of 8-5 after the game experienced a two hour and one minute delay to start...Phil Hughes (7-6) was the starter and winner, allowing four runs (2 earned) on seven hits in 6.2 innings pitched...the offense collected 15 hits as six different Twins recorded multiple hits...Torii Hunter homered for the fourth time in his last four games.

JUNE SWOON: Here are the Twins hitting and pitching numbers through the first three months and how they compare: AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLGAPRIL .243 86 182 34 2 12 81 58 177 .301 .342MAY .269 139 244 50 8 27 131 60 197 .316 .432JUNE .240 103 220 48 9 25 97 70 188 .295 .394 W L S IP H R ER HR BB K ERAAPRIL 10 12 7 194.0 202 100 94 24 60 116 4.36MAY 20 7 14 244.1 263 104 97 23 57 165 3.57JUNE 11 17 6 244.0 261 121 108 30 68 169 3.98

MR. TWIN: Torii Hunter is closing in on Gary Gaetti on the Twins all-time RBI list and Chuck Knoblauch on the Twins all-time runs scored list:PLAYER RBI PLAYER RUNS1) Harmon Killebrew .........................1,325 1) Kirby Puckett .................................. 1,0712) Kent Hrbek ....................................1,086 2) Harmon Killebrew ........................... 1,0473) Kirby Puckett ................................1,085 3) Rod Carew ......................................... 9504) Tony Oliva ........................................947 4) Kent Hrbek ........................................ 9035) Justin Morneau ................................860 5) Tony Oliva .......................................... 8706) Gary Gaetti ......................................758 6) Joe Mauer .......................................... 7787) Torii Hunter.....................................755 7) Chuck Knoblauch .............................. 7138) Rod Carew .......................................733 8) Torii Hunter ...................................... 712*Additionally, Hunter’s home run last night gave him 204 as a Twin, moving him three from Puckett (6th).

INTERLEAGUE INFO: The Twins are 8-9 in Interleague Play this season..they are 182-157 all-time, the seventh most wins in IL history...they are 100-68 all-time in Interleague play at home and 82-89 on the road...following today, they have two IL games remaining this season, two against Pittsburgh at Target Field on July 28 and 29.• Torii Hunter is hitting .298 (291-for-978) with 69 doubles, 50 home runs and 188 RBI in 267 career IL games...his 124 extra-base

hits are the most all-time and his 69 doubles are second-most all-time, trailing Adrian Beltre (71).• Hunter has 106 IL RBI as a Twin, one away from tying Justin Morneau for most in club history. • The Twins are 11-9 all-time against Cincinnati, going 7-2 in Minnesota (all at Metrodome) and 4-7 in Cincinnati — 3-2 at Great

American Ball Park and 1-5 at Cinergy Field...the Twins are 4-2 all-time against the Reds in series play, winning their last two, in 2012 and 2001, with their last series loss in 2000 at Cinergy Field.

MAUER, NATIONAL TREASURE: Joe Mauer is a career .330 (228-for-691) hitter in 187 IL games — seventh best average all-time and third among actives with a minimum of 500 at-bats (Markakis - .336 & Pedroia - .336)...since 2012, he leads baseball in IL batting average (.369) and OBP (.446)...he has reached base safely via hit, walk or HBP in 42 of his last 43 games against the National League, the only game in which he did not coming June 16 at St. Louis, going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts, a fly out and ground out.

OFF TARGET: the Twins have gone 16-21 on the road and 25-15 at Target Field...pitchers have posted a 4.48 ERA (319.1 IP, 159 ER) in 37 road games compared to 3.47 ERA (363.0 IP, 140 ER) in 40 home games...hitters have hit .226 (285-for-1261) on the road compared to .276 (361-for-1310) at home.

DAY AND NIGHT: The Twins have gone 21-18 in day games compared to 20-18 in night games...the 39 day games are the most in baseball...their 21 day wins are tied with Detroit for most in baseball...they are 12-6 in their last 18 day games.

SERIES-LY SPEAKING: The Twins are looking for their 14th series victory today, going 13-11-1 in series play...they are 2-6-1 in series play in their last nine after starting the season 11-5 in series play...they are 2-4 in series play against the National League this season, compared to 11-7-1 vs. the American League.

ON THIS DAY IN TWINS HISTORY: In 1973, at California, Jim Kaat pitched a one-hitter to beat the Angels, 2-1...Frank Robinson’s home run in the second was the only hit...it is one of 16 one-hitters in Twins history and one of 13 thrown by a starting pitcher himself (Blyleven - 3).

WHAT REALLY MATTERS: Twins radio stud Dan Gladden played against the Reds from 1983-86, while with the San Francisco Giants, hitting .301 (41-for-136) with five doubles, two triples, three home runs, 18 RBI, 24 runs scored and 10 stolen bases in 36 career games against Cincinnati...he is one of six California-born right-handed hitting outfielders to ever record 40-plus hits, five-plus doubles, two-plus triples, three-plus homers, 15-plus RBI, 20-plus runs and 10-plus stolen bases against the Reds, the others being Gary Matthews Sr., Irish Meusel, Vince DiMaggio, Bobby Bonds and Chick Hafey; BUT ONLY Meusel, Hafey and Gladden hit over .300 among those six.

STREAKSCurrent Streak: ..................................1 winLast 5 games: ........................................2-3 Last 10 games: ......................................4-6Last 15 games: ......................................7-8Last 20 games: ....................................7-13

UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULEDate Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio7/2 at Kansas City Kyle Gibson (R, 5-6, 3.30) vs. Chris Young (R, 7-3, 2.71) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / None7/3 at Kansas City Tommy Milone (L, 4-1, 3.19) vs. Jeremy Guthrie (R, 6-5, 5.68) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / None7/4 at Kansas City Mike Pelfrey (R, 5-5, 3.81) vs. Joe Blanton (R, 2-1, 3.14) 6:15 pm FOX TIBN / None7/5 at Kansas City TBA vs. Danny Duffy (L, 2-4, 5.44) 1:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / None

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

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

ROAD TRIP (2-3)

Batting Average ........... .266 (45-for-169)Runs Per-Game ...................5.4 (27 R/5 G)Home Runs .............................................8RISP ................................. .273 (9-for-33)Fielding Errors ........................................5

Team ERA .................6.21 (42.0 IP, 29 ER)Starters W-L ....................................... 2-2Starters ERA .............7.06 (21.2 IP, 17 ER)Relievers W-L-S ...............................0-1-2Relievers ERA ...........5.31 (20.1 IP, 12 ER)Save/Opportunities ..............................2/3

TWINS AT A GLANCERecord: .........................................41-36 Home Record: ...............................25-15Road Record: ................................16-21Record in series: ...................... 13-11-1Series Openers: ............................11-15 Series Finales: ..............................15-10Rubber Games: .................................6-5Sweeps/Swept: ................................. 4/3April: .............................................10-12May: ................................................20-7June: .............................................11-17July: ........................................................August: ...................................................September/October: ..............................vs. American League East: ...............9-4vs. American League Central: ......18-19vs. American League West: ..............6-4vs. National League: .........................8-9Games vs. LH Starter: ...................18-10Games vs. RH Starter: ..................23-26Twins score first: ..........................28-12Opp. scores first: ..........................13-24Come-from-behind wins: .................. 15Leading after 7/8 inn.: ........... 35-1/35-0Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ........... 1-28/0-32Tied after 7/8 inn.: ..................... 5-7/6-4Extra-innings: ...................................3-21-run games: ..................................13-9Twins out-hit opp.: ..........................27-2Opp. out-hit Twins:..........................9-31 Twins/Opp. have = hits: ....................5-3Twins get Quality Start: ................26-12Twins starter goes 6+ IP: .............29-17Most games over .500: .........11, last 6/5Most games under .500: ............. 5, 4/15Longest winning-streak: ..5, 2x, last 5/23-27 Longest losing-streak: .........5, last 6/8-13When Twins score 4+: ....................29-9When Twins score 3-: ...................12-27Team-high hits:..............19, 5/3 vs. CWSTeam-high runs: .. 13, 3x, last 6/22 vs. CWS Opp.-high hits: ...............20, 5/14 at DETOpp.-high runs: ..............13, 5/14 at DETTwins get 10+ hits: .........................23-3Walk-Off W/L: ................................... 2/1Shutouts W/L: ................................... 6/6Complete Games: ..1, Hughes, 4/24 at SEATarget Field Sellouts (’15/All-Time): ... 4/156

MINNESOTA TWINS (41-36) AT CINCINNATI REDS (35-41)WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2015 - 12:35 (ET) - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK

Trevor May (R, 4-6, 4.62) vs. Johnny Cueto (R, 4-5, 2.98)GAME 78 ROAD GAME 38

UPCOMING MILESTONESPLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACHTorii Hunter ..........................755 RBI as Twin .........................Needs 3 to tie Gary Gaetti (758) for 6th on Twins all-time list 712 runs as Twin ........................Needs 1 to tie Chuck Knoblauch (713) for 7th on Twins all-time list 491 doubles ...............................Needs 9 to reach 500 for career 204 home runs as Twin ..............Needs 3 to tie Kirby Puckett (207) for 6th on Twins all-time list 343 home runs ...........................Needs 7 to reach 350 for careerJoe Mauer ............................323 doubles ...............................Needs 6 to tie Tony Oliva (329) for 2nd on Twins all-time list 728 RBI ......................................Needs 5 to tie Rod Carew (733) for 8th on Twins all-time listGlen Perkins ........................113 saves ..................................Needs 3 to tie Eddie Guardado (116) for 3rd on Twins all-time list

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

6/7 INF Santana optioned to AAA6/8 1B/DH Vargas recalled from AAA6/9 OF Rosario placed on Paternity List6/10 IF Polanco recalled from AA IF Polanco optioned to AA RHP Stauffer designated for release or assignment6/12 RHP Tonkin recalled from AAA OF Rosario reinstated from Pat. List6/14 OF Buxton selected from AA OF Hicks placed on 15-day DL6/17 RHP Stauffer released6/18 OF Schafer released6/24 RHP Tonkin optioned to AAA6/26 RHP Meyer recalled from AAA OF Buxton placed on 15-day DL INF Santana recalled from AAA

TWINS VS. CINCINNATI2015 Record: .........................................1-1Current Streak: ...................................1 win2001 at Home: .......................................3-02015 at Cincinnati: ................................1-1All-Time Record: ..................................11-9All-Time at Home: ..................................7-2All-Time at Cincinnati: ...........................4-7

2015 Game Logs:

Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save6/29 CIN 7-11 Adcock/Pelfrey6/30 CIN 8-5 Hughes/Desclafani/Perkins7/1 CIN

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• He will be making his 15th start and appearance of the 2015 season. • He will be making his 24th career start and 25th career major league appearance.

W L ERA GS IP ER AVG H AB HR BB SO Home: 2 3 3.61 8 47.1 19 Vs. Left: .293 49 167 3 9 36 Road: 2 3 6.41 6 26.2 19 Vs. Right: .282 37 131 4 6 29 Day: 2 2 4.89 6 35.0 19 TOTALS: .289 86 298 7 15 65 Night: 2 4 4.38 8 39.0 19 Grass: 4 6 4.62 14 74.0 38 None On: .249 44 177 4 7 43 Turf: - - - - -.-- - - - - - - Runners On: .347 42 121 3 8 22

2015 MISC. NUMBERS

Height: 6-5 Weight: 240 B/T: R/R Age: 25 (9/23/1989 in Longview, WA)

2015: 4-6, 4.62 ERA CAREER: 7-12, 5.87 ERA

TREVOR MAY #65

Year Starts 6+ IP QS2014 9 2 22015 14 7 6TOTALS 23 9 8

6.0-PLUS IP/QUALITY STARTS

INNING: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RUNS/HITS: 11/19 3/8 8/23 8/18 3/9 4/7 2/2 - - - -

RUNS/HITS PER INNING AS A STARTER

BASE RUNNERS PICK-OFFS SB-ATT GIDP MAY: 103 1 7-9 4

MORE MISCELLANEOUS NUMBERS

CG’s: - - CG’s: - - SHO’s: - - SHO’s: - - CG Low Hit: - - CG Low-Hit: - - Innings: 7.0, 2x, last 6/3 at BOS Innings: 7.0, 2x, last 6/3/15 at BOS SO’s: 9, 2x, last 6/3 at BOS SO’s: 10, 9/14/14 at CWS Walks: 3, 2x, last 6/9 vs. KC Walks: 7, 8/9/14 at OAK Hits: 10, 4/25 vs. CWS Hits: 11, 8/23 vs. DET Home Runs: 2, 6/15 at STL Home Runs: 2, 2x, last 9/25 at DET Win-Streak: 2, 2x, last 5/23-6/3 Win-Streak: 3, 9/3-14/14 Loss-Streak: 3, 6/9-6/26 Loss-Streak: 4, 8/9-29/14

2015 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS

Cueto vs. the TwinsPLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SOSuzuki .400 5 2 1 1 0Dozier .000 3 0 0 0 1Mauer .333 3 1 0 0 0Plouffe .000 3 0 0 0 3Nunez .000 2 0 0 0 0Boyer .000 1 0 0 0 1Duensing .000 1 0 0 0 1

May vs. the RedsPLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SOSuarez .200 5 1 0 0 2

BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPS

2014 vs. Cincinnati: - -2014 vs. Cincinnati at Home: - -2014 vs. Cincinnati at Cincinnati: - -Career vs. Cincinnati: - -Career vs. Cincinnati at Home: - -Career vs. Cincinnati at Cincinnati: - -

MAY VS. CINCINNATI

• • Earned first major league win September 3 vs. the White Sox, allowing three runs on six hits in

5.0 innings pitched, with one walk and six strikeouts in the Twins 11-4 win. • Made his major league debut August 9 at Oakland and took the loss after giving up four earned

runs on three hits and seven walks in 2.0 innings. • Selected to participate in the 2014 SirusXM Futures Game at Target Field, but could not play

because of a right calf strain; replaced by teammate Alex Meyer. • Named to Eastern League All-Star East team but did not play in 2013...named eighth-best prospect

with the best changeup in the Twins system by Baseball America entering 2014.• Named Twins minor league Player of the Week for June 21, 2013, tossing 7.2 innings with four

hits allowed, one walk and nine strikeouts, earning the win June 18 at Erie.• Acquired via trade December 12 along with Vance Worley from Philadelphia in exchange for

outfielder Ben Revere. • Named to the Florida State League All-Star team in 2011, earning the win (1.0 IP)...given Paul

Owens Award as best pitcher in Phillies minor league system...named the top prospect in Phillies minor league system by Baseball America entering 2012.

• Fourth-round draft pick in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft by the Philadelphia Phillies.• 2008 graduate of Kelso (WA) High School...went 11-1 his senior year to help team to Class 3A

state championship game.

CAREER NOTES

Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Exited/Final Notes Pitches/K4/13 vs KC L 5.1 8 5 5 1 1 4 1-4/3-12 Twins home opener, lost by score of 12-3 78/544/19 vs CLE W 6.0 4 1 1 0 0 4 7-1/7-2 Retired eight of first nine batters 97/60 4/25 at SEA ND 3.1 3 2 2 0 1 5 2-2/8-5 Left game after getting hit in forearm 51/364/30 vs. CWS W 5.2 10 2 2 0 1 4 9-2/12-1 Became third Twins pitcher with two wins 97/62APRIL TOTALS 2-1 20.1 25 10 10 1 3 17 4.43 ERA5/5 vs. OAK L 5.2 5 2 2 0 2 3 0-1/1-2 100+ pitches for second time in career 101/615/10 at CLE L 4.0 9 6 6 1 3 4 1-6/2-8 Most runs allowed since 9/20/15 vs. CLE (7) 89/585/16 vs. TB ND 6.2 7 3 3 1 0 3 3-3/6-4 Most pitches thrown in career 104/715/23 at CWS W 7.0 6 3 3 0 0 9 4-3/4-3 Longest outing of career 80/595/29 vs. TOR ND 6.0 8 4 4 1 1 5 4-4/6-4 Four of his six innings were scoreless 86/49MAY TOTALS 1-2 29.1 35 18 18 3 6 24 5.52 ERA6/3(2) at BOS W 7.0 2 0 0 0 0 9 2-0/2-0 First scoreless start of his career 98/706/9 vs KC L 6.0 7 1 1 0 3 5 0-1/0-2 Retired seven of his final eight batters 103/606/15 at STL L 5.0 5 3 3 2 1 3 0-3/2-3 Shortest outing since 5/10 at CLE 83/546/20 vs CHC ND 6.0 7 1 1 0 2 7 1-1/1-4(10) Retired the first eight batters 101/736/26 at MIL L 0.1 6 6 5 1 0 0 0-6/4-10 Shortest outing by a Twins starter since 6/13/12 30/20JUNE TOTALS 1-3 24.1 27 11 10 3 6 24 3.70 ERA---- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA2015 TOTALS 6-5 74.0 86 39 38 7 15 65 4.62PRE-ASG TOTALS 6-5 74.0 86 39 38 7 15 65 4.62CAREER TOTALS 7-12 119.2 145 80 78 14 37 109 5.87

2015 MAJOR LEAGUE DAY-BY-DAY

LAST TIME OUT: Was dealt his third loss in June after tying a season-high six runs allowd (5 earned) on six hits in just 0.1 innings, the shortest outing of his career, in the Twins 10-4 loss June 26 against the Brewers...he surrendered four consecutive hits to start the game, including a lead-off homer by Gerardo Parra.

• It marked the shortest outing by a Twins starting pitcher since P.J. Walters allowed four runs on four hits in 0.0 innings June 13, 2012...there have only been 41 times since 1961 that the Twins starting pitcher did not last longer than 0.1 innings...it was the fourth time since 2000.

• May faced nine batters and threw 30 pitches, both marking career-lows in any outing, including relief appearances...it also marked the second time in 24 career appearances in which he did not record a strikeout, the first being his MLB debut August 9, 2014 when he pitched 2.0 innings of relief against Oakland.

IN INTERLEAGUE PLAY: This will be May’s fourth career Interleague start, all of which have been consecutive starts against NL Central opponents...he is 0-2 with a 7.15 ERA (11.1 IP, 9 ER) with three homers, three walks and 10 strikeouts in Interleague play.

AT THE PLATE: May's only career plate appearance came in his start June 15 at Busch Stadium...he struck out against John Lackey in the top of the third...May made 22 plate appearances in seven minor league seasons, all coming in 2012 with Double-A Reading, going 3-for-20 with one double, one RBI and 14 strikeouts.

HOME VS. AWAY: This will be May’s seventh road start this season...he is 2-3 with a 6.41 ERA (26.2 IP, 19 ER) on the road compared to 2-3 with a 3.61 ERA (47.1 IP, 19 ER) at Target Field...his road ERA is the highest among Twins starting pitchers...however, he has allowed only 30 hits on the road, as opposed to 56 hits at home...he has allowed a season-high six runs in two of his six road starts this season.

MISLEADING JUNE: Three of May's five losses this season came in the month of June...despite having three losses, he ended the month with an ERA of 3.70 (24.1 IP, 10 ER), the lowest ERA of any month of his career...through his first four June starts, he posted a 1.88 ERA (24.0 IP, 5 ER) which was the fifth best in the AL and the eighth best in the major leagues leading into his last start.

RISPY BUSINESS: Opposing batters are hitting .338 with RISP (24-for-80) against May this season, the highest among Twins starters...in the month of June, opposing batters have an on-base percentage of .330 compared to .322 in his first two months.

THOU SHALL NOT WALK: May has issued 15 walks this season, second fewest amongst Twins starters behind Phil Hughes (9)...he has issued multiple walks in just four of his 13 starts this season, and in seven career starts in which he hasn't issued a walk, the Twins are 5-2.

MAY'S K'S: May leads all Twins pitchers with 65 strikeouts this season, a total that ranks fourth among major league rookies (Karns - 84, Heston - 79, DeSclafani - 68)...his 7.90 strikeouts-per-9.0 innings leads the rotation.

2014 RECAP: May began the season in the Triple-A Rochester starting rotation...set season-high with 11 strikeouts May 1 vs. Louisville (6.0 IP), a total he matched June 16 vs. Pawtucket...went 4-2, 1.47 ERA (36.2 IP, 6 ER) with 34 strikeouts in six May starts...selected to participate in the Sirius XM Futures Game at Target Field but did not play after being placed on the disabled list June 26 with a right calf strain; replaced by teammate Alex Meyer...recalled to Minnesota August 8, and finished the year with the Twins...made his major league debut August 9 at Oakland, taking the loss after allowing four earned runs on three hits and seven walks in 2.0 innings pitched...after a win-less first five ap-pearances (four starts), he recorded his first major league victory September 3 against Chicago-AL, giving up three runs on six hits in 5.0 innings pitched, with one walk and six strikeouts in the Twins 11-4 win...combined to go 11-12, 4.44 ERA (144.0 IP, 71 ER) with 61 walks and 138 strikeouts on the year.• Finished third in the Twins organization in strikeouts behind Phil Hughes (186) and

Alex Meyer (153).• Ranked ninth best prospect and best changeup in Twins system by Baseball America

entering 2015.

Pitcher Last Start (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) Dec. Starts QS Team Rec. Run Supp. RS AVGHughes 6/30 at CIN (6.2-7-4-2-1-4-2) W 16 9 8-8 60 5.13Pelfrey 6/23 vs. CWS (6.2-10-3-3-3-4-0) L 14 9 9-5 39 4.11May 6/20 vs. CHC (6.0-7-1-1-2-7-0) ND 13 6 6-7 34 4.15Gibson 6/21 at vs. CHC (5.0-6-2-2-3-6-1) L 14 7 6-8 33 3.45Milone 6/23 vs. CWS (6.0-10-2-2-2-2-0) W 8 4 5-3 33 6.23Nolasco 5/31 vs. TOR (1.0-3-2-2-0-1-0) ND 7 1 6-1 33 9.09Graham 6/6 vs. MIL (4.0-6-1-1-0-3-0) ND 1 0 0-1 0 0.00

TWINS STARTERS IN 2015

Gibson will be making his 16th start of the season and seventh career start against the Kansas City...he is 4-2, 2.68 ERA (37.0 IP, 11 ER) with 12 walks and 24 strikeouts in six career starts against the Royals...Gibson snapped a three-game losing streak with his win June 27 over the Brewers at Miller Park...he allowed two runs on six hits with one walk and three strikeouts in 6.2 innings...his season ERA of 3.30 is second among Twins starters, behind Tommy Milone (3.19).

TOMORROW'S STARTER - KYLE GIBSON, RHP (SEASON: 5-6, 3.30 ERA ; CAREER: 20-22, 4.46 ERA)

AGAINST THE REDS: This will be May's first career start against the Reds...he has only faced one member of Cincinnati's roster: Eugenio Suarez, as a member of the Detroit Tigers last season...Suarez is 1-for-5 against May with a single and two strikeouts.

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2013 BULLPEN 1st Batter Faced

PITCHER H/AB BB K AVG SV/OPP HLD IR/IRS IRS % LAST RELIEF APPEARANCE LAST WIN LAST SAVE LAST LOSSBoyer 13/35 1 4 .371 1/ 3 12 15/ 8 53.3% 6/30/15 at CIN ND 6/18/15 vs. STL 5/30/15 vs. TOR 6/20/15 vs. CHCDuensing 4/25 1 6 .160 1/ 1 3 18/ 3 16.7% 6/26/15 at MIL ND 5/20/15 at PIT 4/10/15 at CWS 8/19/14 vs. CLEFien 3/20 2 3 .150 0/ 1 9 6/ 1 16.7% 6/30/15 at CIN H 6/14/15 at TEX 6/11/14 at TOR 6/28/15 at MILGraham 8/18 1 5 .444 0/ 0 0 9/ 6 66.7% 6/29/15 at CIN ND ….. … ….. … ….. …Meyer 0/1 0 0 .000 0/ 0 0 3/ 1 33.3% 6/29/15 at CIN ND ….. … ….. … ….. …Perkins 5/32 1 8 .156 25/ 25 0 6/ 1 16.7% 6/30/15 at CIN S 9/16/14 vs. DET 6/30/15 at CIN 5/29/15 vs. TORPressly 3/22 3 3 .136 0/ 0 3 13/ 2 15.4% 6/29/15 at CIN ND 5/31/15 vs. TOR ….. … 6/615 vs. MILThompson 9/31 2 4 .290 0/ 1 8 27/ 9 33.3% 6/29/15 at CIN ND 6/4/15 at BOS ….. … 6/12/15 at TEXOthers 9/31 3 4 .290 0/ 0 7 36/ 14 38.9%TEAM 54/215 14 37 .251 27/ 31 42 133/ 45 33.8%

The opposition has a .265 (237-for-895) batting-average-against with 26 home runs vs. Twins relievers.

2015 BULLPEN info

Road Trip: 0-0-2, 0.00 (2.0 IP), BB, K Series at CIN: 0-0-1, 0.00 (1.0 IP), BB, K vs. Left: .364 vs. Right: .156

AConverted 25th save in 25th opportunity 6/30 at CIN...25 saves are most in MLB and is one of four closers with 100% save opportunities. AHas a 0.70 ERA (25.2 IP, 2 ER) in 25 save opportunities, and a 4.05 ERA (6.2 IP, 3 ER) in eight non-save opportunities. A25 consecutive save streak is second longest in single-season for a Twin behind only Nathan’s 27 straight, May 8-August 15, 2004...converted 13 saves in the month of May, the most saves in a single month in Twins history (previous 11, multiple times). A113 career saves (2-2011, 16-2012, 36-2013, 34-2014, 25-2015) in 131 opps...passed Ron Davis (108) for fourth on Twins all-time saves list with save 6/7 vs. MIL...needs 3 to tie Guardado (116) for third on Twins all-time list. AAppearance 4/17 vs. CLE was his 300th career relief appearance (also has 44 career starts)...career record as a reliever of 14-9-113, 2.75 ERA (341.0 IP, 104 ER) with 84 walks and 353 strikeouts in 328 relief appearances. ASixth closer in club history with back-to-back 30-plus save seasons...first since Nathan did so in five straight from 2005-09. ANamed to his second straight All-Star team in 2014...pitched a scoreless 9th to earn the save: fly out, strikeout and ground out. ACollected 100th career save 5/15 vs. TB...became 17th active MLB pitcher to record 100 saves.

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO6/30 at CIN S25 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 16/27 at MIL S24 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 06/20 vs. CHC ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 26/17 vs. STL S23 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 26/14 at TEX S22 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 06/7 vs. MIL S21 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 16/4 at BOS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 06/3 at BOS-2 S20 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 25/31 vs. TOR S19 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 05/29 vs. TOR L1 0.1 3 2 2 1 1 05/27 vs. BOS S18 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 05/26 vs. BOS S17 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 05/23 at CWS S16 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 25/20 at PIT S15 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 15/19 at PIT S14 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 25/16 vs. TB S13 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 2

Road Trip: 0-0-0, 5.40 (1.2 IP, ER), 2 K Series at CIN: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.1 IP) vs. Left: .176 vs. Right: .314

AMade his 300th appearance, earning his 12th hold of the season, 6/27 at MIL with one strikeout. ACareer ERA of 2.86 (34.2 IP, 11 ER) with 13 walks and 23 strikeouts in 31 Interleague apperances. AEarned first save of 2015, third of career, 5/30 vs. TOR. A2015 is his first season pitching in the American League...spent parts of eight previous seasons with Atlanta (2005-09), St. Louis (2009), Arizona (2009-10), the Mets (2011) and San Diego (2014)...all of his career outings have come in relief. APosted a 3.57 ERA (40.1 IP, 16 ER) in 32 appearances in 2014, his lowest full season ERA since posting a 3.38 ERA in 2007. AWhen pitching at least 1.0 inning in his career has a 2.64 ERA (269.2 IP, 79 ER).

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO6/30 at CIN ND 0.1 2 1 0 0 0 06/28 at MIL BS2 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 16/27 at MIL H12 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 16/24 vs. CWS ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 06/22 vs. CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 16/20 vs. CHC L3 0.2 4 3 1 0 1 06/18 vs. STL W2 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 16/16 at STL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 06/9 vs. KC ND 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 06/6 vs. MIL ND 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 1

Road Trip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (4.0 IP), 2 BB, 5 K Series at CIN: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP), 2 K vs. Left: .276 vs. Right: .278

AHas tossed 6.0 scoreless innings over his last three appearances (3 hits, 3 walks, 6 K). AMade first career start 6/6 vs. MIL, allowing one run on six hits with no walks, three strikeouts and one home run (Braun). AMade his major league debut Opening Day, tossing 2.0 scoreless innings with two hits and one walk. AJoined Twins after being selected in the Rule 5 Draft from Atlanta on 12/11/14...is the second Twins player in the last three years to be selected in the Rule 5 Draft and make the Twins Opening Day roster (Ryan Pressly in 2013). ASpent the entire 2014 season with Double-A Mississippi where he made 19 starts and eight relief appearances...eight relief outings were the first since making five relief outings in 2011, his first pro season (made 61 starts between relief outings). ACareer minor league record of 19-12, 3.37 ERA (312.2 IP, 117 ER) with 83 walks and 240 strikeouts in 74 outings (61 starts).

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO6/29 at CIN ND 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 26/26 at MIL ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 36/22 vs. CWS ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 16/19 vs. CHC ND 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 06/13 at TEX ND 1.1 3 3 3 1 1 06/10 vs. KC ND 3.0 3 2 0 0 0 16/6 vs. MIL(S) ND 4.0 6 1 1 1 0 35/31 vs. TOR ND 3.0 3 1 0 0 1 45/20 at PIT ND 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 25/17 vs. TB ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 15/14 at DET ND 2.0 6 5 5 2 0 3

Road Trip: 0-0-0, 6.00 (3.0 IP, 2 ER), BB, K Series at CIN: 0-0-0, 9.00 (2.0 IP, 2 ER), BB, K vs. Left: .270 vs. Right: .226

ATossed 15.2 innings in his last 16 appearances, allowing 14 hits and four runs (2.30 ERA) with 10 strikeouts, since 5/27. AFirst outing tossed a perfect 2.2 IP, striking out three 5/3 vs. CWS to earn the win...inherited bases loaded in the fourth. A99 relief appearances over the past 3 seasons with the Twins...has a 3.50 ERA (131.1 IP, 51 ER), 46 walks and 84 strikeouts. AWent 0-2 with a 4.50 ERA (10.0 IP, 4 ER) in seven relief appearances this season for Triple-A Rochester. AAllowed one ER in first 9 outings of 2014, posting a 0.75 ERA (12.0 IP, ER) with .167 (7-for-42) average against and 1 XBH.

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO6/29 at CIN ND 2.0 4 2 2 0 1 16/28 at MIL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 06/23 vs. CWS ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 16/21 vs. CHC ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 16/16 at STL ND 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 06/15 at STL ND 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 16/12 at TEX ND 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 06/9 vs. KC ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Road Trip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP), K Series at CIN: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP), K vs. Left: .191 vs. Right: .313

ASince 4/21 is holding lefties to a .182 (6-for-33) average with two extra-base hits. AEarned first career win with 1.0 inning 6/4 at BOS. A3-3, 3.98 ERA (52.0 IP, 23 ER) in 46 outings for Rochester in 2014...lefties hit .200 (12-for-60)...righties hit .272 (37-for-136). AWas 41-71, 4.33 ERA (979.2 IP, 471 ER) in 271 career minor league games (157 starts) in parts of 10 minor league seasons. AOriginally selected 22nd overall in the 2005 Draft by the Marlins...made MLB debut with Pirates in 2011. AWent 1-1, 1.93 ERA (9.1 IP, 2 ER) with seven hits, three walks and 10 strikeouts in eight spring appearances.

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO6/29 at CIN ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 16/26 at MIL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 06/23 vs. CWS ND 0.1 2 2 1 0 0 06/21 vs. CHC ND 0.0 3 4 4 0 1 06/20 vs. CHC ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 06/16 at STL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 06/13 at TEX ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 06/12 at TEX L 0.1 0 1 1 0 1 06/8 vs. KC ND 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 1

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

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

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

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

Road Trip: 0-1-0, 18.00 (2.0 IP, 4 ER), 2 HR Series at CIN: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP) vs. Left: .294 vs. Right: .207

AEarned his ninth hold of the season with 1.0 scoreless 6/30 at CIN...has 58 career holds, including career-high 26 in 2014. AReturned from the DL 5/29...tossed 11.2 innings, allowing one run prior to four-run outing 6/28 at MIL (2 HR). A7.00 K/BB (14 K/ 2 BB) rate in 2015...since 2013 has walked just 24 batters and struckout 138 (150.0 IP) for K/BB rate of 5.75. AFinished third in AL with 26 holds in 2014 (Wade Davis - 33 and Joba Chamberlain - 29)...26 holds were eighth most in MLB. AAppearance 4/28 vs. DET was 200th of his career...career record of 14-13-1, 3.91 ERA (198.0 IP, 86 ER) with 179 strikeouts, 39 walks in 214 appearances with Detroit (2009-10) and Minnesota (2012-15).

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO6/30 at CIN H9 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 06/28 at MIL L3 0.0 3 4 4 2 1 06/27 at MIL H8 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 06/23 vs. CWS ND 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 06/20 vs. CHC ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 26/17 vs. STL H7 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 16/14 at TEX W2 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 36/9 vs. KC ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 16/5 vs. MIL ND 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Road Trip: 0-0-0, 16.88 (2.2 IP, 5 ER), 3 BB, 4 K Series at CIN: 0-0-0, 9.00 (1.0 IP, ER), 2 BB, K vs. Left: .400 vs. Right: .333

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

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO6/29 at CIN ND 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 16/26 at MIL ND 1.2 3 4 4 2 1 2

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

LAST GRAND SLAM PLAYER 2H 3H 4H 5H TOTAL 2RBI 3RBI 4RBI 5+RBI TOTAL DATE OPP. ON PITCHER DATE OPP. CAREER after HR on day Dozier 17 3 1 0 21 2 2 2 0 6 6/29/15 at CIN 2 Leake 7 …. … 0 2 ab on 6/29 Escobar 5 4 1 0 10 4 1 0 1 6 6/3/15 at BOS-1 1 Ogando 49 …. … 0 0 ab 6/3-1 Herrmann 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 5/30/15 vs. TOR 0 Sanchez 19 7/23/13 at LAA 1 2 ab on 5/30 Hunter 5 7 1 0 13 6 4 1 0 11 6/30/15 at CIN 0 DeScalfini 4 4/7/08 vs. CLE 10 4 ab on 6/30 Mauer 13 3 0 0 16 4 5 0 0 9 6/22/15 vs. CWS 0 Danks 28 9/1/12 at KC 3 1 ab on 6/22 Nunez 8 1 0 0 9 3 0 0 0 3 6/22/15 vs. CWS 1 Danks 18 …. … 0 2 ab on 6/22 Plouffe 15 2 0 0 17 6 2 1 1 10 6/26/15 at MIL 1 Lohse 17 5/3/15 vs. CWS 1 0 ab on 6/10 Robinson 7 1 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 1 6/11/13 at NYM 0 Aardsma 263 …. … 0 0 ab on 6/11/13 Rosario 11 0 0 0 11 3 0 0 0 3 6/23/15 vs. CWS 0 Samardzija 22 …. … 0 3 ab on 6/23 Santana 5 3 0 0 8 2 0 0 0 2 8/31/14 at BAL 1 Brach 285 …. … 0 0 ab on 8/31/14 Suzuki 11 2 0 0 13 2 0 0 0 2 6/20/15 vs. CHC 0 Lester 28 9/10/07 at SEA 1 3 ab on 6/20 Vargas 11 0 1 0 12 1 1 1 0 3 6/22/15 vs. CWS 2 Danks 12 …. … 0 1 ab on 6/22

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

2015 Average: .268 Streak: 2g, .300 (3-10), 2B, HR, 3 RBI Series at CIN: .300 (3-10), 2B, HR, 3 RBIRoad Trip: .364 (8-22), 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI, BB, 4 runs Home Runs (16): Solo (13), 3-run (3)

AHas 21 extra-base hits (13 2B, 3B, 7 HR) in his last 34 games...43 extra-base hits are most in the AL and third most in MLB (Frazier - 48, Arenado - 44). AHit 14 of his 16 home runs from the leadoff spot, most by leadoff hitter in the AL and second most by a leadoff hitter in MLB (Joc Pederson, LAD - 15)...his 19 doubles from leadoff spot are also second most in MLB behind only Kipnis’ 25. AHit two homers in game for the second time in his career 5/24 at CWS (Solo, 3-run). AScored 60 runs, most in MLB...on pace for 127 runs (0.78/game) in 2015. A112 runs in ‘14 were 7th most all-time by a Twin...most since Knoblauch (117 in ‘97). ALeads the Twins with 16 HR and 24 doubles this season. A20 XBH, 20 RBI in 39 home games in 2015...reached in 34 of 39. AStole 21 bases in 2014 for his first career 20/20 season...first 20/20 for a Twin since Hunter had 23 HR/21 SB in 2004...is 6th player (7th time) in club history to do so. ASigned a four-year contract with the Twins 3/24/15 extending through 2018. AHit 11th career leadoff homer 6/26 at MIL (4 in 2015)...is fourth on the Twins all-time leadoff home run list, one shy of tying Dan Gladden (12) for third.

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

2015 Average: .249 Streak: 3g, .429 (3-7), 2B, HR, 5 RBI Series at CIN: .500 (1-2), 2B, RBIRoad Trip: .429 (3-7), 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 3 BB, 2 runs Home Runs (4): Solo (1), 2-run (2), 3-run (1)

AThird among all Twins since start of 2014 with 60 XBH (Dozier - 99, Plouffe - 85). AIn last 38 starts at Target Field is hitting .348 (48-for-138), 15 XBH, 22 RBI, 20 runs. AHit 35 doubles in 2014, second among Twins...also had career-high 6 HR, 37 RBI...35 doubles in 2014 were most by Twins middle infielder since Todd Walker (37 in 1999). APlayed in 164 career games as SS, 77 at third, 34 at second, 35 in OF and 12 as DH...15 starts at SS in 2015, hitting .327 (18-for-55) with seven extra-base hits.

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

2015 Average: .229 Streak: 1g, .500 (2-4), 2 RBI Series at CIN: .250 (2-8), 2 RBIRoad Trip: .133 (2-15), 2 RBI, 2 BB Home Runs (3): Solo (2), 2-run (1)

AHas a catcher’s ERA of 3.96 in 2015, the lowest single-season ERA by a Twins catcher since Mauer’s 3.81 ERA in 2010. APlayed in 12 career games vs. CIN, batting .244 (11-for-45) with five extra-base hits...is 5-for-16 (.313) with 2 2B, HR in five games at Great American Ball Park. ASnapped a personal 0-for-last-20 with 8th inning single 6/14 at TEX. A130 hits in 2014, which were 3rd most among all Twins and 5th among AL catchers. AWas one of two Twins (Perkins) to represent the AL at the 2014 ASG at Target Field...caught the 9th inning as Perkins pitched 1.0 scoreless, earning the save. ASigned as a free agent 12/23/13...signed two-year extension thru 2016 on 7/31/14.

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

2015 Average: .253 Streak: 3g, .333 (4-12), 2B, 2 RBI Series at CIN: .333 (3-9), 2B, 2 RBIRoad Trip: .300 (6-20), 2B, HR, 4 RBI, BB, SB, 5 runs Home Runs (10): Solo (4), 2-run (4), 3-run (1), GS (1)

ASecond among Twins with 30 extra-base hits, trailing only Dozier (43). AHitting .313 (21-for-67) with RISP...has 4 HR, 34 RBI with RISP...in last nine games, since 6/16, is hitting 364 (4-for-11) with 3 doubles, 7 RBI with RISP. APlayed in 5 career games vs. Cincinnati, batting .238 (5-for-21) with a HR. AHit walk-off home run 4/17 vs. CLE...third career walk-off hit, first walk-off HR. AHit first career grand slam and set career-high with 5 RBI 5/3 vs. CWS. AHit 40 doubles in 2014, which were tied 4th most in the AL, tied 7th in MLB...40 doubles were most by Twins 3B in history passing Koskie (37, 2x)...has 117 doubles since 2011. AHis 62 home runs since start of 2012 are tied most among active Twins (Dozier). A43 home runs at Target Field are most in the ballpark’s history.

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

2015 Average: .272 Streak: 4g, .471 (8-17), 3 2B, 4 HR, 5 RBI Series at CIN: .444 (4-9), 2 2B, HR, RBIRoad Trip: .313 (5-16), 2 2B, 3 HR, 4 RBI, 5 runs Home Runs (12): 3-run (3), 2-run (2), Solo (7)

ACareer .298 (291-for-978) with 69 2B, 50 HR, 188 RBI in 267 Interleague games...has hit .420 (13-for-31) with 7 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI in 8 career games vs. Cincinnati. AHitting .323 (21-for-65) with 7 2B, 4 HR, 34 RBI, 10 BB, 13 K with RISP. AIn Twins wins is hitting .358 (53-for-148), 12 2B, 11 HR, 36 RBI, 14 BB, 32 runs...in Twins losses is hitting .162 (19-for-117), 3 2B, HR, 8 RBI, 7 BB, 8 runs, 24 K. AHas 343 career home runs...hit 200th as a member of the Twins with 3-run shot 6/4 at BOS...became the eighth player in franchise history to hit 200 HR. ARanks on Twins all-time lists: 1,303 games (8th), 1,290 hits (8th - needs 38 to tie Morneau for 7th), 274 doubles (7th - 15 to tie Morneau for 6th), 204 home runs (7th - 3 to tie Puckett for 6th), 755 RBI (7th - 3 to tie Gaetti for 6th), 712 runs (8th - 1 to tie Knoblauch for 7th), 504 extra-base hits (2nd - 22 to tie Morneau). ARanks among active MLB players: 2,302 games (3rd), 2,399 hits (5th), 491 doubles (5th), 343 home runs (10th), 1,354 RBI (8th), 1,269 runs (8th).

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

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

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

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

2015 Average: .278 Streak: 3g, .455 (5-11) Series at CIN: .500 (4-8)Road Trip: .262 (5-19), RBI, BB, SB, 2 runs Home Runs (4): Solo (4)

AHas hit .291 (16-for-55) with 2 2B, 2 3B, 2 RBI in 16 career Interleague games. AHit in first 14 home games to begin his career, snapping streak with 0-for-3 6/9 vs. KC...was the fourth longest streak to begin an MLB career since 1914, and longest since Rocco Baldelli hit in 20 straight home games to begin his career in 2003. APlayed 24 games in left field, 16 games in right field and 3 in center field. AHit his first career HR in his 1st PA 5/6 vs. OAK, on the first pitch off Kazmir...first HR by Twin in 1st AB since L. Hughes on 4/28/10 at DET (6th time in Twins history)...first MLB player since S. Marte on 7/26/12 to HR on first pitch...115th player in MLB history to HR in his first career AB and 109th to do so in their first career PA. AFirst Twin (since 1961) to have at least one RBI in first 4 MLB games. AStarted season with Triple-A Rochester where he hit .242 (23-for-95) with 2 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 12 RBI and 11 runs in 23 games for the Red Wings. AWife, Milany, had the couple’s third child, a boy named Lucas, born June 11 weighing in at 8 pounds and 21 inches long.

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

2015 Average: .252 Streak: 0-for-last-1, BB, SB Series at CIN: .000 (0-1), BB, SBRoad Trip: .143 (1-7), BB, SB Home Runs (0): - -

AHit two triples 6/14 at TEX, first Twin since Alexi Casilla (2, May 1, 2011 at KC) to hit two triples in a single game...the two triples doubled his career total. ASpent five seasons with the Cardinals (2009, ’11-14) hitting .231 with 5 HR, 12 2B, 37 RBI in 268 games. ACollected seventh multi-hit game, 6/14 at TEX, with two triples and his 11th RBI. AMade third outfield assist of 2015, getting Ramirez (CWS) at home 4/30. A87 career games in center field, 79 games in left and 73 career games in right.

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

2015 Average: .305 Streak: 1g, .750 (3-4), 2B, RBI Series at CIN: .600 (3-5), 2B, RBIRoad Trip: .333 (3-9), 2B, RBI, 2 BB, 2 SB, 2 runs Home Runs (2): Solo (1), 2-run (1)

AHitting .326 (14-for-43) with 7 2B, 3B, HR, 5 RBI in 17 road games in 2015. ASince 2014 is hitting .266 (71-for-267), 16 2B, 4 3B, 6 HR, 30 RBI in 69 games with 3+ AB...has at least one hit in 46 of those 69 games. AOver last 17 games is hitting .321 (17-for-53) with nine extra-base hits. AHas a hit in 19 of 31 games with a PA this season...has 15 extra-base hits and 13 runs in those 31. ACareer .143 (4-for-28) as a pinch-hitter with one triple and two runs. ACareer games at position: SS - 182; 3rd - 102; DH - 37; OF - 28; 2nd - 22. AHit .284 with all four of his home runs and 14 of his 24 RBI at Target Field in 2014.

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

2015 Average: .263 Streak: 5g, .368 (7-19), 2 RBI Series at CIN: .375 (3-8), 2 RBIRoad Trip: .368 (7-19), 2 RBI, 2 BB, 3 runs Home Runs (4): Solo (3), 3-run (1)

A.330 (228-for-691) average in 188 career Interleague games is third highest among active players...has a career average of .375 (6-for-16) with 2 2B in five games against the Reds. AHitting .403 (27-for-67) with RISP is 3rd best in the AL...also hitting .342 (38-for-111) with runners on and .212 (36-for-170) with bases empty. APlayed in 76 of the 77 Twins games this season. AHit fourth homer of the season with game-tying solo shot 6/22 vs. CWS. AHas 323 doubles, needs 6 to tie Tony Oliva (329) for second on Twins all-time list...is 6th on Twins all-time games played list (1,374)...is 12th on Twins HR list (113)...is 9th on Twins XBH list with 460, needs 9 to tie Carew (469) for 8th. AMade 11th career Opening Day roster, tying Kirby Puckett for fourth most in Twins history (Killebrew, Carew and Hrbek tied for first with 12). ACollected 1,500th hit with single 8/15/14 at HOU...6th Twin to record 1,500 hits joining Puckett (2,304), Carew (2,085), Oliva (1,917), Hrbek (1,749) and Killebrew (1,713). A39 RBI in 76 pre-ASG games are most since 41 RBI in 77 pre-ASG games in 2012.

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

2015 Average: .244 Streak: 0-for-last-4 Series at CIN: .000 (0-2)Road Trip: .000 (0-3) Home Runs (5): Solo (2), 2-run (1), 3-run (2)

AHad first career 4-hit game 6/22 vs. CWS, hitting a three-run homer and driving in four on the day...was second career game with 4-plus RBI (5 RBI, 8/23/14 vs. DET)...had one RBI in previous 15 games prior to 6/22 (48 at-bats). AHit walk-off solo home run in bottom 9th 6/18 vs. STL...was first career walk-off hit...was second Twins walk-off hit (Plouffe’s walk-off homer April 17 vs. CLE). AWas optioned May 17 to Triple-A Rochester where he hit .308 (16-for-52) with 2 2B, 3 HR, 8 RBI in 16 games for the Red Wings. AFrom 8/1 to end of 2014 season had 38 RBI, which was tied fourth most in the AL, and 7th in MLB, behind Victor Martinez (45), Jose Bautista (40) and Chris Carter (39). ALed MLB rookies post-ASG in RBI (38), tied 6th in hits (59) and tied 7th in doubles (10). A5.66 RBI/AB ratio in 2014 was 2nd highest in Twins history by a rookie (Buscher 4.64 in 2008). AHas hit all five home runs in 2015 at Target Field, and 13 of his 14 career HR. AHit in 63 of 99 games; multi-hit in 28 of 99; RBI in 32 of 99; reached in 71 of 99.

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

2015 Average: .212 Streak: 0-for-last-5, RBI, BB, SB Series at CIN: .143 (1-7), 2 RBI, BB, SBRoad Trip: .143 (2-14), 2 RBI, 2 BB, SB, run Home Runs (0): - -

ARecalled prior to 6/26 game at MIL...made Opening Day roster for the Twins. AHad 128 hits in 2014, which were the most by Twins rookie since Rivas (150 in ‘01). AOther rookie notes from 2014: 27 2B and 41 XBH were most by Twins rookie since Cordova (27 2B and 55 XBH in ‘95)...7 3B most since Castino (8 in ‘79)... .319 average highest since Oliva (.323 in ‘64)...38 multi-hit games most since Rivas (38 in ‘01). AAL rookie ranks 2014: .319 AVG (1st), 7 3B (T2nd), .353 OBP (2nd), 20 SB (2nd), .472 SLG (2nd), 70 runs (2nd), 38 multi-hit games (2nd), 129 hits (4th), 41 XBH (T3rd), 27 2B (4th). AHas hit in 105 of his 155 career games, reached in 113 of 155, scored in 71 of 155.

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................................................................. BATTING PITCHINGMONTH AVG R R/G H HR W-L IP H BB K ERAAPRIL .243 86 3.9 182 12 10-12 194.0 202 60 116 4.36MAY .269 139 5.1 244 27 20-7 244.1 264 57 165 3.57JUNE .240 103 3.7 220 25 11-17 244.0 261 68 169 3.98JULY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AUGUST - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -SEPT/OCT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

TWINS MONTHLY BREAKDOWN

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

Starters 30 25 3.82 449.2 489 210 197 51 111 295Relievers 11 11 27 3.97 232.2 237 115 102 26 74 155TOTALS 41 36 27 3.94 682.1 726 325 299 77 185 450

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

TWINS 40 44 48 41 30 43 33 23 22 4 328 OPPONENTS 39 37 47 42 28 32 33 42 21 4 325

HOME RUNS BY POSITIONC 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH PH TOTAL4 7 16 10 2 7 1 12 5 0 64

RECORD WHEN…

Runs Scoring Allowing0 0 - 6 6 - 01 1 - 7 6 - 12 4 - 10 12 - 43 7 - 4 6 - 44 4 - 4 4 - 45 2 - 2 6 - 36 7 - 0 0 - 67 4 - 3 1 - 38 7 - 0 0 - 29 1 - 0 0 - 110+ 4 - 0 0 - 8

Totals 41 - 36 41 - 36

TOTAL STANDS CONFIRMED OVERTURNEDTWINS 17 5 - - 12OPPONENTS 15 6 - - 9

LAST TWINS CHALLENGE: Molitor challenged Rosario out call at second base on stolen base attempt 6/29 at CIN. Replay showed safe, call overturned.

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

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

TWINS EJECTIONS

MANAGER CHALLENGES

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

BACK-TO-BACK• - -

GRAND SLAM• Plouffe, 5/3 vs. CWS

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

INSIDE-THE-PARK• - -

TWINS HOME RUN DATA

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

TWINS OUTFIELD ASSISTS

TWINS BATTING INFO

SEASON-HIGHS GW BUNTPLAYER H HR RBI RBI HITS SEASON-HIGH HIT-STREAKDozier 4 2 4 (2x) 5 2 10, 5/8-19Escobar 4 1 (2x) 5 2 - 4, 6/4-8Herrmann 2 1 2 1 - 3, 5/27-6/3Hunter 4 2 4 5 1 10, 5/20-6/2Mauer 3 (3x) 1 (3x) 3 (5x) 5 - 7, 5/5-13Nunez 3 1 (2x) 2 (3x) 3 1 5, 4/8-26Plouffe 3 (2x) 1 (10x) 5 5 1 6, 4/17-24Robinson 3 - 2 (2x) - - 6, 4/16-26Rosario 2 (11x) 1 (3x) 2 (2x) 3 - 8, 5/24-6/3Santana 3 (3x) - 2 (2x) - 3 6, 5/12-17Suzuki 3 (2x) 1 (3x) 2 (2x) 5 - 6, 6/14-20Vargas 4 1 (5x) 4 2 - 5, 5/6-12Others 2 5 TOTALS 38 10

C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Dozier 76 57 11 8 Escobar 1 15 4 26 6 2 6 20 13 11 Herrmann 17 3 8 6 Hunter 57 11 42 1 14 11 Mauer 64 10 4 70 Nunez 10 2 2 11 1 7 8 6 2 1Plouffe 3 70 6 50 6 11 Robinson 14 14 1 6 7 8 8Rosario 21 4 15 8 10 9 8 4 Santana 51 1 18 1 33Suzuki 60 3 2 18 17 10 11 Vargas 10 29 3 18 7 7 4 Others 1 1 14 59 4 2 1 2 18 30 35

STARTS BY POSITION STARTS BY BATTING ORDER

2015 DISABLED LIST LOG Player Injury Date On Retro Date Off Games Missed Ricky Nolasco ............Right Elbow Infl. ...............4/11 ......... 4/9 ........... 5/2 ..............................21 Brian Duensing .........Right Intercostal Strain ....4/17 .......................... 5/2 ..............................14 Casey Fien .................Right Shoulder Strain .......4/30 ......................... 5/29 .............................25 Tim Stauffer ..............Right Intercostal Strain .....5/1 ......... 4/30 ......... 4/22 .............................19 Oswaldo Arcia ...........Right Hip Flexor Strain .......5/4 ........................... 6/3 ..............................26 Eduardo Nunez .......... Left Oblique Strain .............5/5 ......... 4/30 ......... 5/19 .............................17 Jordan Schafer ..........Right MCL Sprain ..............5/16 ........ 5/11 ......... 6/18 .............................34 Ricky Nolasco ..........Right Ankle Impingement ..6/4 .......... 6/1 ...............................................28 Aaron Hicks ..............Right Forearm Strain .......6/14 ........ 6/13 ..............................................17 Byron Buxton ............ Left Thumb Sprain ............6/26 ........ 6/25 ................................................5

BOLD indicates currently on DL

TWINS BULLPEN VS. Cincinnati Reds

2015 CAREERPITCHER W L S ERA IP H ER W L S ERA IP H ERBoyer 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 0.1 2 0 0 - 0 - 0 1.56 17.1 11 3Duensing 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 1 - 0 12.00 3.0 4 4Fien 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 1.0 1 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 1.0 1 0Graham 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 2.0 2 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 2.0 2 0Meyer 0 - 0 - 0 9.00 1.0 1 1 0 - 0 - 0 9.00 1.0 1 1Perkins 0 - 0 - 1 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 2 0.00 2.0 2 0Pressly 0 - 0 - 0 9.00 2.0 4 2 0 - 0 - 0 9.00 2.0 4 2Thompson 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 1.0 1 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 1.0 1 0Others 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0TEAM 0 - 0 - 1 3.24 8.1 11 3

TWINS HITTERS VS. Cincinnati Reds

2015 CAREERPLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI AVG. AB H HR RBIDozier .300 10 3 1 3 .150 20 3 1 3Escobar .500 2 1 0 1 .500 2 1 0 1Herrmann … 0 0 0 0 … 0 0 0 0Hunter .444 9 4 1 1 .419 31 13 2 6Mauer .375 8 3 0 2 .375 16 6 0 2Nunez .600 5 3 0 1 .333 15 5 0 1Plouffe .333 9 3 0 2 .238 21 5 1 3Robinson .000 1 0 0 0 .214 42 9 0 3Rosario .500 8 4 0 0 .500 8 4 0 0Santana .143 7 1 0 2 .143 7 1 0 2Suzuki .250 8 2 0 2 .244 45 11 2 7Vargas .000 2 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0Others .000 4 0 0 0TEAM .329 73 24 2 14

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

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

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

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

INDIVIDUAL PITCHING:Most Innings, Game, Starter ...............................................8.0, 7x, last Hughes, 6/24 vs. CWSMost Innings, Game, Reliever ...............................................3.0, 4x, last Graham, 6/10 vs. KCMost Hits, Starter .................................................................... 11, 2x, last Pelfrey, 6/13 at TEXMost Hits, Reliever ...............................................................................6, Graham, 5/14 at DETMost Runs, Starter .....................................................................8, 2x, last Pelfrey, 6/29 at CINMost Runs, Reliever .............................................................................5, Graham, 5/14 at DETMost Home Runs, Starter ........................................................................3, Gibson, 6/5 vs. MILMost Home Runs, Reliever ..............................................................2, 3x, last Fien 6/28 at MILMost Walks, Starter................................................................................. 5, Gibson, 4/9 at DETMost Walks, Reliever..................................................................3, 2x, last Pressly, 6/6 vs. MILMost Strikeouts, Starter.............................................................9, 4x, last Gibson, 6/5 vs. MILMost Strikeouts, Reliever...................................................................4, Graham, 5/31 vs. TORWin-Streak ...................................................................................................5, Nolasco, 5/2-25Losing-Streak ............................................................................................... 4, Hughes, 4/6-24 Low-Hit Complete Game....................................................................... 6, Hughes, 4/24 at SEAMost Consecutive Scoreless Innings ..........................................20, Gibson 4/26 (5th) to 5/12Most Consecutive Batters Retired ..................................18, Hughes, 6/19 (4th) to 6/24 (2nd)Wild Pitches ................................................................................................. 2, May, 6/9 vs. KC

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

TEAM MISCELLANEOUS:Longest Winning Streak .............................................................................. 5, 2x, last 5/22-27Longest Losing Streak................................................................................................5, 6/8-13 Longest Game, Innings................................................................................... 13.0, 5/20 at PITLongest Game, Time (9 Innings) ....................................................................3:34, 6/29 at CINLongest Game, Time (Extra Innings) ................................................3:56, 5/20 at PIT (13 inn.)Longest Delay .................................................................................................. 3:36, 4/9 at DETFastest Game, Time ....................................................................................... 2:03, 4/24 at SEALargest Margin, Victory..........................................................................13, 5/6 vs. OAK (13-0)Largest Margin, Loss .............................................................................12, 5/14 at DET (1-13)Largest Home Attendance.......................................................................40,273, 6/21 vs. CHCHome Sellouts ...........................................................................................4, last 6/21 vs. CHCTimes Shut Out ..........................................................................................6, last 6/21 vs. CHC

LAST TIME IT HAPPENEDFOR THE TWINS

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

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

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

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

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

MISCELLANEOUS:Triple Play: Donaldson/Rosales/Carter, 8/21/12 at OAK (Plouffe hitting)Position Player Pitching: A. Romine, 8/22/14 vs. DET (1 faced in 2014)Three-or-more Steals, One Game: B. Hamilton, 6/29 at CINSteal of Home: B. Daubach, 4/27/03 at CHCPure Steal of Home: S. Green, 5/26/00 vs. TEXHome Run in First ML At-Bat: C. Richard, 7/17/00 vs. STLLeadoff Home Run: G. Parra, 6/26/15 at MIL (2 allowed in 2015)

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

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

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

APRIL (10-12) BATTING: .243 (182-FOR-749) PITCHING: 10-12-7, 4.36 (194.0 IP, 94 ER) 6----- --at DET 0-4 L 0-1 T3rd -1.0 45,030 Price/Hughes/Nathan 7------OFF DAY 0-1 T3rd -1.0 8----- --at DET 0-11 L 0-2 T4th -2.0 28,280 Sanchez/Nolasco 9----- --at DET 1-7 L 0-3 T4th -3.0 26,782 Greene/Gibson10 -----at CWS 6-0 W 1-3 4th -3.0 38,533 Milone/Noesi/Duensing11 -----at CWS 4-5 L 1-4 T4th -4.0 22,317 Duke/Boyer/Robertson 12 -----at CWS 2-6 L 1-5 5th -5.0 23,057 Sale/Hughes13 -----KC 3-12 L 1-6 5th -6.0 *40,123 40,123 1 Duffy/May14 -----OFF DAY 5th -6.015 -----KC 3-1 W 2-6 5th -5.5 21,362 61,485 2 Gibson/Volquez/Perkins16 -----KC 8-5 W 3-6 5th -5.0 17,449 78,934 3 Milone/Vargas/Perkins 17 -----CLE ^3-2 W 4-6 3rd -5.0 21,307 100,241 4 Boyer/Shaw18 -----CLE 2-4 L 4-7 5th -5.0 23,949 124,190 5 Salazar/Hughes/Allen19 -----CLE 7-2 W 5-7 3rd -5.0 17,923 142,113 6 May/House20 -----at KC 1-7 L 5-8 4th -6.0 20,393 Volquez/Gibson21 -----at KC 5-6 L 5-9 5th -6.0 20,990 Young/Fien/Davis22 -----at KC 3-0 W 6-9 4th -5.0 24,721 Pelfrey/Guthrie/Perkins23 -----OFF DAY 4th -5.5 24 -----at SEA 0-2 L 6-10 5th -6.0 25,215 Hernandez/Hughes25 -----at SEA 8-5 W 7-10 T4th -5.5 33,566 Stauffer/Paxton/Perkins26 -----at SEA ^4-2 W 8-10 T4th -4.5 35,242 Fien/Olson/Perkins27 -----DET 4-5 L 8-11 4th -5.5 18,054 160,167 7 Price/Milone/Soria28 -----DET 3-2 W 9-11 4th -5.0 18,169 178,336 8 Pelfrey/Sanchez/Perkins29 -----DET 7-10 L 9-12 4th -5.5 19,447 197,783 9 Gorzelanny/Fien/Soria30 -----CWS 12-2 W 10-12 3rd -5.0 20,736 218,519 10 May/SaleMAY (20-7) BATTING: .269 (244-FOR-906) PITCHING: 20-7-14, 3.57 (244.1 IP, 97 ER) 1------CWS 1-0 W 11-12 3rd -5.0 22,794 241,313 11 Gibson/Quintana/Perkins 2------CWS 5-3 W 12-12 3rd -4.0 30,551 271,864 12 Nolasco/Noesi/Perkins 3------CWS 13-3 W 13-12 3rd -3.5 22,423 294,287 13 Pressly/Danks 4------OAK 8-7 W 14-12 3rd -3.0 20,605 314,892 14 Hughes/Hahn/Perkins 5------OAK 1-2 L 14-13 3rd -3.5 18,135 333,027 15 Chavez/May/Clippard 6------OAK 13-0 W 15-13 3rd -2.5 18,866 351,893 16 Gibson/Kazmir 7------OAK 6-5 W 16-13 3rd -2.5 22,379 374,272 17 Nolasco/Pomeranz/Perkins 8------at CLE 9-3 W 17-13 3rd -2.0 19,102 Pelfrey/Bauer 9------at CLE 7-4 W 18-13 3rd -1.5 16,199 Hughes/Chen/Perkins10 -----at CLE 2-8 L 18-14 3rd -2.5 13,769 Salazar/May11 -----OFF DAY 3rd -2.012 -----at DET ^1-2 L 18-15 3rd -3.0 26,177 Nesbitt/Pressly13 -----at DET 6-2 W 19-15 3rd -2.0 27,163 Nolasco/Lobstein14 -----at DET 1-13 L 19-16 3rd -3.0 31,785 Sanchez/Pelfrey15 -----TB 3-2 W 20-16 3rd -3.0 24,018 398,290 18 Hughes/Odorizzi/Perkins16 -----TB 6-4 W 21-16 3rd -2.0 27,128 425,418 19 Duensing/Jepsen/Perkins17 -----TB 3-11 L 21-17 3rd -3.0 23,708 449,126 20 Archer/Gibson18 -----OFF DAY 3rd -3.019 -----at PIT 8-5 W 22-17 3rd -3.0 22,357 Nolasco/Liriano/Perkins20 -----at PIT ^4-3 W 23-17 3rd -3.0 21,718 Duensing/Bastardo/Perkins21 -----OFF DAY 3rd -3.022 -----at CWS 2-3 L 23-18 3rd -4.0 21,067 Samardzija/Thompson/Robertson23 -----at CWS 4-3 W 24-18 3rd -4.0 38,714 May/Sale/Perkins24 -----at CWS 8-1 W 25-18 2nd -3.0 30,180 Gibson/Quintana25 -----BOS 7-2 W 26-18 2nd -2.0 29,472 478,598 21 Nolasco/Kelly26 -----BOS 2-1 W 27-18 2nd -1.0 23,268 501,866 22 Pelfrey/Buchholz/Perkins27 -----BOS 6-4 W 28-18 T-1st - - 30,027 531,893 23 Hughes/Porcello/Perkins28 -----OFF DAY T-1st - -29 -----TOR 4-6 L 28-19 2nd -1.0 24,509 556,402 24 Buehrle/Perkins30 -----TOR 3-2 W 29-19 2nd -0.5 32,076 588,478 25 Pressly/Loup/Boyer31 -----TOR 6-4 W 30-19 1st +0.5 33,829 622,307 26 Pressly/Osuna/Perkins JUNE (11-17) BATTING: .240 (220-FOR-916) PITCHING: 11-17-6, 3.98 ERA (244.0 IP, 108 ER) 1------at BOS 1st +0.5 --Postponed, Inclement Weather --Scheduled makeup as DH 6/3-- 2------at BOS 0-1 L 30-20 1st +0.5 32,622 Buchholz/Pelfrey/Uehara 3------at BOS 3-6 L 30-21 T1st - - 31,704 Rodriguez/Hughes ------at BOS# 2-0 W 31-21 T1st - - 33,291 May/Porcello/Perkins 4------at BOS 8-4 W 32-21 1st +1.0 33,615 Thompson/Uehara 5------MIL 5-10 L 32-22 1st +1.0 29,398 651,705 27 Jeffress/Boyer 6------MIL 2-4 L 32-23 1st +1.0 *38,707 690,412 28 Garza/Pressly/Rodriguez 7------MIL 2-0 W 33-23 1st +1.0 31,911 722,323 29 Pelfrey/Fiers/Perkins 8------KC 1-3 L 33-24 T1st - - 22,796 745,119 30 Vargas/Hughes/Holland 9------KC 0-2 L 33-25 2nd -1.0 22,497 767,616 31 Young/May/Holland10 -----KC 2-7 L 33-26 2nd -2.0 28,434 796,050 32 Volquez/Gibson11 -----OFF DAY 2nd -2.012 -----at TEX 2-6 L 33-27 2nd -2.0 41,765 Scheppers/Thompson 13 -----at TEX 7-11 L 33-28 2nd -2.0 28,661 Lewis/Pelfrey14 -----at TEX 4-3 W 34-28 2nd -1.5 33,970 Fien/Tolleson/Perkins15 -----at STL 2-3 L 34-29 2nd -2.5 43,174 Lackey/May/Siegrist16 -----at STL 2-3 L 34-30 2nd -3.5 41,203 Wacha/Gibson/Siegrist17 -----STL 3-1 W 35-30 2nd -3.5 34,381 830,431 33 Milone/Martinez/Perkins18 -----STL 2-1 W 36-30 2nd -3.5 34,648 865,079 34 Boyer/Villanueva19 -----CUB 7-2 W 37-30 2nd -2.5 36,817 901,896 35 Hughes/Hendricks20 -----CUB ^1-4 L 37-31 2nd -3.5 *40,066 941,962 36 Motte/Boyer/Rondon21 -----CUB 0-8 L 37-32 2nd -3.5 *40,273 982,235 37 Arrieta/Gibson22 -----CWS 13-2 W 38-32 2nd -3.5 24,094 1,006,329 38 Milone/Danks23 -----CWS 2-6 L 38-33 2nd -3.5 27,349 1,033,678 39 Samardzija/Pelfrey/Petricka24 -----CWS 6-1 W 39-33 2nd -3.5 28,854 1,062,532 40 Hughes/Sale25 -----OFF DAY 2nd -3.5 26 -----at MIL 4-10 L 39-34 2nd -4.0 33,296 Lohse/May27 -----at MIL 5-2 W 40-34 2nd -4.0 39,977 Gibson/Garza/Perkins28 -----at MIL 3-5 L 40-35 2nd -5.5 38,958 Smith/Fien29 -----at CIN 7-11 L 40-36 2nd -5.5 28,904 Adcock/Pelfrey30 -----at CIN 8-5 W 41-36 2nd -4.5 28,556 Hughes/DeSclafani/PerkinsJULY (- - -) BATTING: .--- (- -FOR- -) PITCHING: - - - - -, -.-- (-.- IP, - ER) 1------at CIN 11:35 am FSN/TIBN 2------at KC 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 3------at KC 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 4------at KC 6:15 pm FOX/TIBN Independence Day 5------at KC 1:10 pm FSN/TIBN 6------BAL 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 7------BAL 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 8------BAL 12:10 pm TIBN 9------DET 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN10 -----DET 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN11 -----DET 3:05 pm FS1/TIBN12 -----DET 1:10 pm FSN/TIBN13 -----ALL STAR BREAK - Cincinnati All-Star Workout Day featuring the Home Run Derby14 -----ALL STAR BREAK - Cincinnati MLB All-Star Game15 -----ALL STAR BREAK16 -----ALL STAR BREAK17 -----at OAK 9:05 pm FSN/TIBN 18 -----at OAK 8:07 pm FSN/TIBN19 -----at OAK 3:05 pm FSN/TIBN20 -----OFF DAY21 -----at LAA 9:05 pm FSN/TIBN22 -----at LAA 9:05 pm FSN/TIBN23 -----at LAA 2:35 pm FSN/TIBN

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

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

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

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2015 players (35)

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

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

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

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

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

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

(* - on Opening Day 25-man Roster)