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THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 2-2 through four games on their seven-game roadtrip (won games two and four in Detroit this week)...tonight, the Twins will continue the roadtrip with the first of three at Citi Field against the Mets...the Twins have gone 29-46 at home and 26-46 on the road...they are seeking their first back-to-back wins since August 16-17 at Atlanta. TWINS JUMP ON TIGERS EARLY, SPLIT IN COMERICA: The Twins beat the Tigers yesterday afternoon by a score of 5-1, scoring four runs in the second inning...Hector Santiago (12-8) was the starter and winner, allowing one run on six hits in 5.2 innings pitched...J.T. Chargois (0.1), Alex Wimmers (2.0) and Brandon Kintzler (1.0) combined to pitch 3.1 scoreless innings of relief...the offense recorded 11 hits, three coming from Eddie Rosario - all singles. INTERLEAGUE PLAY: The Twins are playing their 18th Interleague game of the season...they are 8-9 in Interleague play so far this season...they are 190-169 all-time in Interleague play, ninth most wins in MLB since IL began in 1997...this season, they have gone 2-2 against Milwaukee, 0-3 against Washington, 2-1 against Miami, 2-1 against Philadelphia and 2-2 against Atlanta...they last posted a .500 win-percentage against the NL in 2012, going 9-9; their last season over .500 against the NL came in 2009, going 12-6. A Joe Mauer is hitting .325 (248-for-763) in 206 career IL games, fourth among actives and 12th best in baseball history. A Kurt Suzuki is hitting .381 (16-for-42) with six doubles, two home runs and 11 RBI in 12 Interleague games this season...he has a hit in six-straight IL games. A Robbie Grossman has hit in nine straight IL games, batting .314 (11-for-35) with three doubles, one home run and four RBI. A Tommy Milone is the only Twins pitcher to record a hit this season, going 2-for-2 April 20 at Milwaukee...Twins pitchers are 2-for-19 this season at the plate...last Twins pitcher to hit a home run was Jim Kaat on June 11, 1972 at Cleveland. TWINS AND METS: The Twins are 7-8 all-time against the Mets, going 1-2 at Citi Field, 0-3 at Target Field, 3-0 at Metrodome and 3-3 at Shea Stadium...they last met in 2013 at Target Field as the Mets swept in three games and out-scored the Twins 26-8...their only games at Citi Field came June 25-27, 2010 going 1-2, wining the middle game. DOZIER’S STREAK: Brian Dozier enters tonight with a career-high 19-game hitting streak...it is the second longest active streak in baseball, trailing only Freddie Freeman (20)...the last Twin with a streak of 19-plus was Ben Revere July 16-August 7, 2012, who hit in 21 straight... below are the Twins last four streaks of 19-or-more: PLAYER STREAK FROM-TO NUMBERS DURING STREAK Brian Dozier .......... 19 ............ August 27-present ............ .375 (30-for-80), 6 2B, 11 HR, 22 RBI, 19 R Ben Revere............. 21 ............ July 16-August 7, 2012 ...... .378 (34-for-90), 5 2B, 3B, 13 RBI, 17 R Torii Hunter ............ 23 ............ April 11-May 9, 2007 ......... .372 (35-for-94), 12 2B, 5 HR, 19 RBI, 17 R Nick Punto ............. 19 ............ July 4-29, 2006 .................. .400 (30-for-75), 6 2B, 2 3B, 12 RBI, 12 R SECOND BASE POWER: Brian Dozier has hit 39 of his 41 home runs as a second baseman (2 as DH)...according to Elias, he is now tied for fourth in baseball history and tied for AL-lead with Alfonso Soriano’s 2002 total with New York-AL: PLAYER HR PLAYER HR 1) Davey Johnson, ATL - 1973 ................ 42 4) Alfonso Soriano, NYY - 2002 ............... 39 Rogers Hornsby, STL - 1922 ............... 42 Rogers Hornsby, STL - 1925 ................ 39 3) Ryne Sandberg, CHC - 1990 .............. 40 Rogers Hornsby, CHC - 1929 ............... 39 4) Brian Dozier, MIN - 2016 ................ 39* * - Dozier hit a home run August 10 vs. Houston in a game that was delayed (rain) in the third inning only to be postponed and made-up August 11. RUNNING MAN: Brian Dozier has scored 99 runs and needs one more to become the second player in club history to score 100-plus runs in three straight season (112 in 2014 and 101 in 2015); the other was Chuck Knoblauch who did it from 1995-97 (107, 140 & 117)...additionally, he has over 40 homers and 98 RBI; the only Twin with 40-plus homers, 100-plus RBI and 100-plus runs was Harmon Killebrew, who did it in 1967 and 1969. ON THIS DAY IN TWINS HISTORY: In 1970, Bert Blyleven, a 19-year-old rookie, ties an American League record by striking out the first six batters and strikes out 10 in 6.2 innings...in 1991, Kevin Tapani (15-8) becomes the Twins third 15-game winner (Morris & Erickson), pitching a three-hitter for 7.2 innings against the Royals...in 1993, Dave Winfield becomes the 19th player (30 now) to collect 3,000 hits as he singles to left off Dennis Eckersley in the Metrodome...in 1996, Paul Molitor records his 3,000th hit, tripling at Kauffman Stadium... he finished his career with 3,319 hits which ranks ninth on baseball’s all-time list. THIS AND THAT: A Brian Dozier has 41 home runs, trailing Mark Trumbo (42) for most in baseball...since June 18, has 34 home runs; Kris Bryant second (22). A Lifetime against Bartolo Colon: Kurt Suzuki is 5-for-13 (.385) with two doubles and Joe Mauer is 3-for-4 with a double. A The Twins have hit 31 home runs in 16 games since August 30, the most in baseball since that date. A Kennys Vargas is hitting .467 (7-for-15) with one double, one home run and two RBI in his last four games. A Double-A Chattanooga Manager Doug Mientkiewicz (#16) has joined the Twins coaching staff for the remainder of the season, replacing Triple-A Rochester hitting coach Chad Allen. CURRENT ROADTRIP (2-2) Batting Average ........... .259 (35-for-135) Runs Per Game ...................5.3 (21 R/4 G) Home Runs ............................................. 6 RISP ............................... .400 (10-for-25) Fielding Errors ........................................ 0 Team ERA .................3.44 (34.0 IP, 13 ER) Starters W-L ....................................... 2-0 Starters ERA ...............3.63 (22.1 IP, 9 ER) Relievers W-L-S ............................... 0-2-0 Relievers ERA .............3.09 (11.2 IP, 4 ER) Save/Opportunities ..............................0/1 MINNESOTA TWINS (55-92) AT NEW YORK METS (77-69) FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2016 - 7:10 PM (ET) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH RADIO: TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK Jose Berrios (R, 2-6, 9.27) vs. Bartolo Colon (R, 13-7, 3.27) GAME 148 ROAD GAME 73 UPCOMING MILESTONES PLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACH Brian Dozier .........................99 runs ......................................Needs 1 to reach 100 for third straight season which would join Chuck Knoblauch as only Twins to ever score 100-plus in three straight seasons 98 RBI ........................................Needs 2 to reach 100 RBI for season Joe Mauer ............................130 home runs ...........................Needs 2 to tie Jacque Jones (132) for 11th on Twins all-time list 818 walks ..................................Needs 20 to tie Kent Hrbek (838) for 2nd on Twins all-time list 885 runs ....................................Needs 18 to tie Kent Hrbek (903) for 4th on Twins all-time list Needs 15 to reach 900 for career RECENT TRANSACTIONS 8/12 LHP Milone placed on 15-day DL LHP Dean recalled from AAA 8/13 LHP Albers DFA or release LHP O’Rourke contract selected from AAA 8/14 LHP Albers optioned to AAA 8/20 LHP Mejia contract selected from AAA 1B/DH Vargas optioned to AAA LHP Mejia optioned to AAA 8/21 RHP Light recalled from AAA 8/25 RHP Duffey optioned to AAA RHP Berrios optioned to AAA 8/26 LHP Albers recalled from AAA RHP Wimmers contract selected from AAA 8/28 IF/OF Santana placed on 15-day DL 8/29 OF Schafer contract selected from AAA 9/1 OF Buxton recalled from AAA 9/2 LHP Boshers returned from rehab and reinstated from 15-day DL 9/3 C Murphy recalled from AAA 9/5 RHP Berrios recalled from AAA 9/6 1B/DH Vargas recalled from AAA RHP Duffey recalled from AAA IF Beresford contract selected from AAA OF/IF Santana transferred to 60-day DL 9/9 RHP May reinstated from 15-day DL LHP Milone reinstated from 15-day DL 9/10 IF Plouffe placed on 15-day DL 9/12 RHP May placed on 15-day DL Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 9/17 at New York-NL Ervin Santana (R, 7-10, 3.53) vs. Seth Lugo (R, 4-2, 2.40) 6:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-Go 96.3 / None 9/18 at New York-NL Kyle Gibson (R, 6-9, 5.08) vs. TBA 12:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-Go 96.3 / La Raza 9/19 OFF DAY Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. STREAKS Current Streak: .................................. 1 win Last 5 games: ........................................ 2-3 Last 10 games: ...................................... 4-6 Last 15 games: ...................................... 6-9 Last 20 games: .................................... 6-14 TWINS AT A GLANCE Record: ......................................... 55-92 Home Record:............................... 29-46 Road Record:................................ 26-46 Record in series: ...................... 15-28-5 Series Openers: ............................ 18-30 Series Finales:.............................. 18-30 Rubber Games: ................................. 6-6 Sweeps/Swept: ............................... 4/14 April: ............................................... 7-17 May: ................................................ 8-19 June: ............................................. 10-17 July:............................................... 15-11 August:............................................ 9-20 September/October:......................... 6-8 vs. American League East: ........... 10-24 vs. American League Central: ...... 21-46 vs. American League West: .......... 16-13 vs. National League: ......................... 8-9 Games vs. LH Starter:................... 18-21 Games vs. RH Starter: .................. 37-71 Twins score first: .......................... 31-33 Opponent scores first:.................. 24-59 Come-from-behind wins: .................. 34 Leading after 7/8 inn.:........... 45-5/45-3 Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ........... 4-73/1-77 Tied after 7/8 inn.: ................. 5-14/8-12 Extra-innings: ................................... 6-8 1-run games: ................................ 13-25 Twins out-hit opp.: ........................ 40-12 Opp. out-hit Twins:.......................... 9-75 Twins/Opp. have = hits: .................... 6-5 Twins get Quality Start: ................ 34-22 Twins starter goes 6+ IP:............. 43-28 Most games over .500: ............................. Most games under .500:...37, 9/7 (51-88) Longest winning-streak: .. 4, 3x, last 7/31-8/3 Longest losing-streak: ............. 13, 8/18-31 When Twins score 4+: .................. 50-41 When Twins score 3-: ..................... 5-50 Team-high hits: ...... 19, 2x, last 8/1 at CLE Team-high runs: ............. 17, 7/2 vs. TEX Opp.-high hits: ....... 19, 8/11 (1) vs. HOU Opp.-high runs:............... 16, 5/4 at HOU Twins get 10+ hits: ....................... 40-18 Walk-Off W/L: ................................... 9/3 Shutouts W/L: ................................... 2/7 Complete Games: ..4, last Gibson 8/17 at ATL Target Field Sellouts (’16/All-Time): ... 1/159 TWINS SINGLE-SEASON HOME RUN LEADERS PLAYER HR 1) Harmon Killebrew - 1969 ............ 49 Harmon Killebrew - 1964............. 49 3) Harmon Killebrew - 1962 ............ 48 4) Harmon Killebrew - 1961 ............ 46 5) Harmon Killebrew - 1963 ............ 45 6) Harmon Killebrew - 1967 ............ 44 7) Brian Dozier - 2016 ................... 41 Harmon Killebrew - 1970 ............ 41 TWINS SINGLE-SEASON XBH LEADERS PLAYER XBH 1) Tony OIiva - 1964 ........................ 84 2) Brian Dozier - 2016 ................... 81 3) Zoilo Versalles - 1965 ................. 76 TWINS VS. METS 2013 Record: ........................................ 0-3 Current Streak: ......... 4 losses (since 2010) 2013 at Home: ...................................... 0-3 2010 at New York: ................................ 1-2 All-Time Record: ................................... 7-8 All-Time at Home: ................................. 3-3 All-Time at New York: ........................... 4-5 2013 Game Logs: Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save 4/12 MIN 5-16 Niese/Worley 4/13 MIN 2-4 Harvey/Diamond/Parnell 4/14 MIN RAIN OUT 8/19 MIN 1-6 Gee/Gibson

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THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 2-2 through four games on their seven-game roadtrip (won games two and four in Detroit this week)...tonight, the Twins will continue the roadtrip with the first of three at Citi Field against the Mets...the Twins have gone 29-46 at home and 26-46 on the road...they are seeking their first back-to-back wins since August 16-17 at Atlanta.

TWINS JUMP ON TIGERS EARLY, SPLIT IN COMERICA: The Twins beat the Tigers yesterday afternoon by a score of 5-1, scoring four runs in the second inning...Hector Santiago (12-8) was the starter and winner, allowing one run on six hits in 5.2 innings pitched...J.T. Chargois (0.1), Alex Wimmers (2.0) and Brandon Kintzler (1.0) combined to pitch 3.1 scoreless innings of relief...the offense recorded 11 hits, three coming from Eddie Rosario - all singles.

INTERLEAGUE PLAY: The Twins are playing their 18th Interleague game of the season...they are 8-9 in Interleague play so far this season...they are 190-169 all-time in Interleague play, ninth most wins in MLB since IL began in 1997...this season, they have gone 2-2 against Milwaukee, 0-3 against Washington, 2-1 against Miami, 2-1 against Philadelphia and 2-2 against Atlanta...they last posted a .500 win-percentage against the NL in 2012, going 9-9; their last season over .500 against the NL came in 2009, going 12-6.

AJoe Mauer is hitting .325 (248-for-763) in 206 career IL games, fourth among actives and 12th best in baseball history.

AKurt Suzuki is hitting .381 (16-for-42) with six doubles, two home runs and 11 RBI in 12 Interleague games this season...he has a hit in six-straight IL games.

ARobbie Grossman has hit in nine straight IL games, batting .314 (11-for-35) with three doubles, one home run and four RBI.

ATommy Milone is the only Twins pitcher to record a hit this season, going 2-for-2 April 20 at Milwaukee...Twins pitchers are 2-for-19 this season at the plate...last Twins pitcher to hit a home run was Jim Kaat on June 11, 1972 at Cleveland.

TWINS AND METS: The Twins are 7-8 all-time against the Mets, going 1-2 at Citi Field, 0-3 at Target Field, 3-0 at Metrodome and 3-3 at Shea Stadium...they last met in 2013 at Target Field as the Mets swept in three games and out-scored the Twins 26-8...their only games at Citi Field came June 25-27, 2010 going 1-2, wining the middle game.

DOZIER’S STREAK: Brian Dozier enters tonight with a career-high 19-game hitting streak...it is the second longest active streak in baseball, trailing only Freddie Freeman (20)...the last Twin with a streak of 19-plus was Ben Revere July 16-August 7, 2012, who hit in 21 straight...below are the Twins last four streaks of 19-or-more:PLAYER STREAK FROM-TO NUMBERS DURING STREAKBrian Dozier ..........19 ............August 27-present ............ .375 (30-for-80), 6 2B, 11 HR, 22 RBI, 19 RBen Revere.............21 ............ July 16-August 7, 2012 ...... .378 (34-for-90), 5 2B, 3B, 13 RBI, 17 RTorii Hunter ............23 ............April 11-May 9, 2007 ......... .372 (35-for-94), 12 2B, 5 HR, 19 RBI, 17 RNick Punto .............19 ............ July 4-29, 2006 .................. .400 (30-for-75), 6 2B, 2 3B, 12 RBI, 12 R

SECOND BASE POWER: Brian Dozier has hit 39 of his 41 home runs as a second baseman (2 as DH)...according to Elias, he is now tied for fourth in baseball history and tied for AL-lead with Alfonso Soriano’s 2002 total with New York-AL:PLAYER HR PLAYER HR1) Davey Johnson, ATL - 1973 ................42 4) Alfonso Soriano, NYY - 2002 ............... 39 Rogers Hornsby, STL - 1922 ...............42 Rogers Hornsby, STL - 1925 ................ 393) Ryne Sandberg, CHC - 1990 ..............40 Rogers Hornsby, CHC - 1929 ............... 394) Brian Dozier, MIN - 2016 ................39** - Dozier hit a home run August 10 vs. Houston in a game that was delayed (rain) in the third inning only to be postponed and made-up August 11.

RUNNING MAN: Brian Dozier has scored 99 runs and needs one more to become the second player in club history to score 100-plus runs in three straight season (112 in 2014 and 101 in 2015); the other was Chuck Knoblauch who did it from 1995-97 (107, 140 & 117)...additionally, he has over 40 homers and 98 RBI; the only Twin with 40-plus homers, 100-plus RBI and 100-plus runs was Harmon Killebrew, who did it in 1967 and 1969.

ON THIS DAY IN TWINS HISTORY: In 1970, Bert Blyleven, a 19-year-old rookie, ties an American League record by striking out the first six batters and strikes out 10 in 6.2 innings...in 1991, Kevin Tapani (15-8) becomes the Twins third 15-game winner (Morris & Erickson), pitching a three-hitter for 7.2 innings against the Royals...in 1993, Dave Winfield becomes the 19th player (30 now) to collect 3,000 hits as he singles to left off Dennis Eckersley in the Metrodome...in 1996, Paul Molitor records his 3,000th hit, tripling at Kauffman Stadium...he finished his career with 3,319 hits which ranks ninth on baseball’s all-time list.

THIS AND THAT:

ABrian Dozier has 41 home runs, trailing Mark Trumbo (42) for most in baseball...since June 18, has 34 home runs; Kris Bryant second (22).

ALifetime against Bartolo Colon: Kurt Suzuki is 5-for-13 (.385) with two doubles and Joe Mauer is 3-for-4 with a double.

AThe Twins have hit 31 home runs in 16 games since August 30, the most in baseball since that date.

AKennys Vargas is hitting .467 (7-for-15) with one double, one home run and two RBI in his last four games.

ADouble-A Chattanooga Manager Doug Mientkiewicz (#16) has joined the Twins coaching staff for the remainder of the season, replacing Triple-A Rochester hitting coach Chad Allen.

CURRENT ROADTRIP (2-2)Batting Average ........... .259 (35-for-135)Runs Per Game ...................5.3 (21 R/4 G)Home Runs .............................................6RISP ............................... .400 (10-for-25)Fielding Errors ........................................0

Team ERA .................3.44 (34.0 IP, 13 ER)Starters W-L ....................................... 2-0Starters ERA ...............3.63 (22.1 IP, 9 ER)Relievers W-L-S ...............................0-2-0Relievers ERA .............3.09 (11.2 IP, 4 ER)Save/Opportunities ..............................0/1

MINNESOTA TWINS (55-92) AT NEW YORK METS (77-69)FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2016 - 7:10 PM (ET) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH RADIO: TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK

Jose Berrios (R, 2-6, 9.27) vs. Bartolo Colon (R, 13-7, 3.27)GAME 148 ROAD GAME 73

UPCOMING MILESTONESPLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACHBrian Dozier .........................99 runs ......................................Needs 1 to reach 100 for third straight season which would join Chuck Knoblauch as only Twins to ever score 100-plus in three straight seasons 98 RBI ........................................Needs 2 to reach 100 RBI for seasonJoe Mauer ............................130 home runs ...........................Needs 2 to tie Jacque Jones (132) for 11th on Twins all-time list 818 walks ..................................Needs 20 to tie Kent Hrbek (838) for 2nd on Twins all-time list 885 runs ....................................Needs 18 to tie Kent Hrbek (903) for 4th on Twins all-time list Needs 15 to reach 900 for career

RECENT TRANSACTIONS8/12 LHP Milone placed on 15-day DL LHP Dean recalled from AAA 8/13 LHP Albers DFA or release LHP O’Rourke contract selected from AAA8/14 LHP Albers optioned to AAA8/20 LHP Mejia contract selected from AAA 1B/DH Vargas optioned to AAA LHP Mejia optioned to AAA8/21 RHP Light recalled from AAA8/25 RHP Duffey optioned to AAA RHP Berrios optioned to AAA8/26 LHP Albers recalled from AAA RHP Wimmers contract selected from AAA8/28 IF/OF Santana placed on 15-day DL8/29 OF Schafer contract selected from AAA9/1 OF Buxton recalled from AAA9/2 LHP Boshers returned from rehab and reinstated from 15-day DL9/3 C Murphy recalled from AAA9/5 RHP Berrios recalled from AAA9/6 1B/DH Vargas recalled from AAA RHP Duffey recalled from AAA IF Beresford contract selected from AAA OF/IF Santana transferred to 60-day DL9/9 RHP May reinstated from 15-day DL LHP Milone reinstated from 15-day DL9/10 IF Plouffe placed on 15-day DL9/12 RHP May placed on 15-day DL

Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast ScheduleDate Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio9/17 at New York-NL Ervin Santana (R, 7-10, 3.53) vs. Seth Lugo (R, 4-2, 2.40) 6:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-Go 96.3 / None9/18 at New York-NL Kyle Gibson (R, 6-9, 5.08) vs. TBA 12:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-Go 96.3 / La Raza9/19 OFF DAY

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

STREAKSCurrent Streak: ..................................1 winLast 5 games: ........................................2-3Last 10 games: ......................................4-6Last 15 games: ......................................6-9Last 20 games: ....................................6-14

TWINS AT A GLANCERecord: .........................................55-92 Home Record: ...............................29-46Road Record: ................................26-46Record in series: ...................... 15-28-5Series Openers: ............................18-30 Series Finales: ..............................18-30Rubber Games: .................................6-6Sweeps/Swept: ............................... 4/14April: ...............................................7-17May: ................................................8-19June: .............................................10-17July: ...............................................15-11August: ............................................9-20September/October: .........................6-8vs. American League East: ...........10-24vs. American League Central: ......21-46vs. American League West: ..........16-13vs. National League: .........................8-9Games vs. LH Starter: ...................18-21Games vs. RH Starter: ..................37-71Twins score first: ..........................31-33Opponent scores first: ..................24-59Come-from-behind wins: .................. 34Leading after 7/8 inn.: ........... 45-5/45-3Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ........... 4-73/1-77Tied after 7/8 inn.: ................. 5-14/8-12Extra-innings: ...................................6-81-run games: ................................13-25Twins out-hit opp.: ........................40-12Opp. out-hit Twins:..........................9-75 Twins/Opp. have = hits: ....................6-5Twins get Quality Start: ................34-22Twins starter goes 6+ IP: .............43-28Most games over .500: .............................Most games under .500:...37, 9/7 (51-88)Longest winning-streak: .. 4, 3x, last 7/31-8/3Longest losing-streak: .............13, 8/18-31When Twins score 4+: ..................50-41When Twins score 3-: .....................5-50Team-high hits: ...... 19, 2x, last 8/1 at CLETeam-high runs: .............17, 7/2 vs. TEXOpp.-high hits: ....... 19, 8/11 (1) vs. HOUOpp.-high runs: ............... 16, 5/4 at HOUTwins get 10+ hits: .......................40-18Walk-Off W/L: ................................... 9/3Shutouts W/L: ................................... 2/7Complete Games: ..4, last Gibson 8/17 at ATLTarget Field Sellouts (’16/All-Time): ...1/159

TWINS SINGLE-SEASON HOME RUN LEADERS PLAYER HR 1) Harmon Killebrew - 1969 ............49 Harmon Killebrew - 1964.............49 3) Harmon Killebrew - 1962 ............48 4) Harmon Killebrew - 1961 ............46 5) Harmon Killebrew - 1963 ............45 6) Harmon Killebrew - 1967 ............44 7) Brian Dozier - 2016 ...................41 Harmon Killebrew - 1970 ............41

TWINS SINGLE-SEASON XBH LEADERS PLAYER XBH 1) Tony OIiva - 1964 ........................84 2) Brian Dozier - 2016 ...................81 3) Zoilo Versalles - 1965 .................76

TWINS VS. METS2013 Record: ........................................0-3Current Streak: .........4 losses (since 2010)2013 at Home: ......................................0-32010 at New York: ................................1-2All-Time Record: ...................................7-8All-Time at Home: .................................3-3All-Time at New York: ...........................4-5

2013 Game Logs:

Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save4/12 MIN 5-16 Niese/Worley4/13 MIN 2-4 Harvey/Diamond/Parnell4/14 MIN RAIN OUT 8/19 MIN 1-6 Gee/Gibson

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• He is making his 12th career start and appearance.

W L ERA GS IP ER AVG H AB HR BB SO Home: 0 5 9.89 6 23.2 26 Vs. Left: .313 30 96 3 14 24 Road: 2 1 8.57 5 21.0 20 Vs. Right: .348 32 92 7 14 18 Day: 0 4 11.05 4 14.2 18 TOTALS: .330 62 188 10 28 42 Night: 2 2 8.40 7 30.0 28 Grass: 2 5 9.53 10 39.2 42 None On: .343 34 99 7 11 24 Turf: 0 1 7.20 1 5.0 4 Runners On: .315 28 89 3 17 18

2016 MISC. NUMBERS

• Made MLB debut April 27 vs. Cleveland.• Named Twins second best prospect entering 2016, as well as best curveball, best changeup, and

best control in Twins system by Baseball America.• Named 20th best prospect in baseball by MLB.com entering 2016.• Started for the World Team in the SirusXM Futures Games in consecutive seasons, 2014 at Target

Field and 2015 at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.• Led all of minor league baseball in strikeouts (175) in 2015.• Named Southern Pitcher of the Week May 18, 2015, making one start vs. Birmingham, pitching 9.0

shutout innings, allowing two hits and eight strikeouts. • Named Midseason All-Star in each of the last three seasons: 2015 with Chattanooga, 2014 with

Ft. Myers and 2013 with Cedar Rapids.• Appeared in first career spring training in 2015 with the Twins; reassigned March 15.• Set minor league career-high with 13 strikeouts while with Fort Myers June 1 vs. Tampa.• In 2013 played for Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic, making two appearances.• Selected by the Twins in the first compensation round (32nd overall) of 2012 First-Year Player Draft.• 2012 graduate of Papa Juan XXIII High School (PR).

CAREER NOTES

LAST START: Berrios lost his last start September 11 vs. Cleveland, his fifth straight major league loss...surrendered five runs, three earned, on three hits with four walks and one strikeout over 2.2 innings...left the game in the third inning with two outs and a runner on second; Pat Dean came on in relief and gave up a single to Tyler Naquin, allowing the inherited runner to score...the 2.2 innings tossed is his third shortest outing of the season (0.2 innings May 16 at Detroit; 2.0 innings August 11 vs. Houston)...walked at least four batters in a start for the fifth time this season...the three hits allowed ties a season-low...threw 65 pitches, 30 strikes...is 1-2 in three starts vs. the Indians.

BRING ON THE BIG APPLE: Berrios is making his first career start against New York-NL and his first career Interleague start...Berrios has never had an official major league or minor league at-bat in his career...he has never faced any batters on the Mets roster...he is 2-1, 8.57 ERA (21.0 IP, 20 ER) with 14 walks and 20 strikeouts in five road starts this season.

WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK: Berrios' 6.04 run support average is second on the Twins pitching staff (minimum three starts) behind only Tyler Duffey's 6.39...the Twins have scored five-or-more runs in seven of his 11 starts...his run support average ranks 11th highest in the American League among pitchers who have made at least 10 starts.

HOMER HAPPY: Berrios has thrown 44.2 innings in the major leagues this season, allowing a total of 10 home runs...in 111.1 innings thrown at Rochester this season, he surrendered a total of eight home runs...the most home runs he has allowed in a single season is 12 in 166.1 innings in 2015 between Double-A Chattanooga and Triple-A Rochester.

EARLY WOES: In the first two innings of the game, Berrios has an 11.76 ERA (20.2 IP, 27 ER) with 16 walks, 13 strikeouts and a .352 (32-for-91) opponents' batting average...after the first two innings, his ERA lowers to 7.23 (23.2 IP, 19 ER) with 12 walks, 29 strikeouts and an opponents' average of .309 (30-for-97).

TROUBLE UNDER PRESSURE: Berrios has allowed a batting average against of .315 (28-for-89) with runners on base, a .370 (20-for-54) average with runners in scoring position and a .440 (11-for-25) average with runners in scoring position and two outs...in Triple-A this year, opponents hit .236 with runners in scoring position.

BACK IN THE BIGS: Berrios is now in his third stint with the Twins this season after being recalled from Triple-A Rochester September 5...was optioned August 25 after making five August starts...he first had his contract selected April 26 and made his MLB debut April 27 vs. Cleveland...made four major league starts before being optioned back to Triple-A May 17...went 1-1, 10.20 ERA (15.0 IP, 17 ER) with 12 walks and 20 strikeouts in his first stint...did not factor into the decision in his last major league start May 16 at Detroit after allowing seven runs on three hits, a home run and four walks in the first inning; only got two outs...earned his first MLB win May 2 at Houston.

ROCHESTER RECAP: Berrios made one start during his most recent stint in Triple-A Roch-ester, receiving a no-decision in a 4-3 win vs. Syracuse on August 31...gave up three runs on five hits in 8.0 innings while striking out a career-high 14 batters...made 13 starts in Triple-A Rochester after first being optioned May 17 and went 8-5, 2.71 ERA (86.1 IP, 26 ER) with 27 walks and 91 strikeouts...he was 7-3, 2.05 ERA (70.1 IP, 16 ER) with 18 walks and 76 strikeouts in his final 10 starts...made three scoreless starts, including back-to-back outings June 23 at Columbus and June 28 vs. Pawtucket...tossed his only complete game July 3 at Syracuse...went 10-5, 2.51 ERA (111.1 IP, 31 ER) with 36 walks and 125 strikeouts in 17 total starts over his three stints in Triple-A.

FIRST CAREER W: Berrios picked up his first major league win May 2 at Houston in his second career start...allowed two runs on three hits with five walks and eight strikeouts over 5.1 innings; both runs came on solo home runs by Preston Tucker and George Springer...he was the youngest Twin (21 years, 341 days) to win a road start since Pat Mahomes (21 years, 284 days) May 19, 1992 at Toronto, and youngest Twin to win a road game, starting or in relief, since Johan Santana (21 years, 85 days) June 6, 2000 at Houston.

PRESTIGIOUS HONOR: Berrios is the highest-drafted pitcher ever born in Puerto Rico (32nd overall in 2012)...the previous being Luis Atilano by the Braves in the first supplemental round (35th overall) in the 2003 First-Year Player Draft.

Height: 6-0 Weight: 187 B/T: R/R Age: 22 (5/27/94 in Bayamon, PR)

2016: 2-6, 9.27 ERA CAREER: 2-6, 9.27 ERA

JOSE BERRIOS #17

YEAR STARTS 6+ IP QS2016 11 1 1TOTALS 11 1 1

6.0-PLUS IP/QUALITY STARTS

Colon vs. the Twins PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SOSuzuki .385 13 5 0 0 3Grossman .333 6 2 0 0 0Mauer .750 4 3 0 0 1Dozier .000 3 0 0 0 1Santana .000 3 0 0 0 1Escobar 1.000 2 2 0 0 0Schafer .000 2 0 0 0 1

Berrios vs. the MetsPLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SOHas never faced any Mets batters.

BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPS

BASE RUNNERS PICK-OFFS SB-ATT GIDP Berrios: 93 1 4-5 3

MORE MISCELLANEOUS NUMBERS

CG’s: - - CG’s: - - SHO’s: - - SHO’s: - - CG Low Hit: - - CG Low-Hit: - - Innings: 6.0, 8/1 at CLE Innings: 6.0, 8/1/16 at CLE SO’s: 8, 5/2 at HOU SO’s: 8, 5/2/16 at HOU Walks: 5, 2x, last 8/25 vs. DET Walks: 5, 2x, last 8/25/16 vs. DET Hits: 9, 9/5 vs. KC Hits: 9, 9/5/16 vs. KC Home Runs: 2, 3x, last 8/6 at TB Home Runs: 2, 3x, last 8/6/16 at TB Win-Streak: 2, 5/2-8/1 Win-Streak: 2, 5/2-8/1/16 Loss-Streak: 5, 8/6-Current Loss-Streak: 5, 8/6/16-Current

2016 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS

INNING: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RUNS/HITS: 13/14 16/18 8/11 2/6 10/10 1/3 -/- -/- -/-

2016 RUNS/HITS PER INNING

Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Left/Final Notes Pitches/K4/27 vs. CLE L1 4.0 6 5 5 0 2 5 3-3/5-6 Major league debut 93/56APRIL TOTALS 0-1 4.0 6 5 5 0 2 5 11.25 ERA5/2 at HOU W1 5.1 3 2 2 2 5 8 5-2/6-2 First major league win 96/545/10 vs. BAL ND 5.0 8 3 3 2 1 6 1-3/3-5 BAL scored two runs in top of the 9th 93/615/16 at DET ND 0.2 3 7 7 1 4 1 0-6/8-10 Final start before being optioned to Triple-A 39/18MAY TOTALS 1-0 11.0 14 12 12 5 10 15 9.82 ERA8/1 at CLE W2 6.0 5 3 3 0 0 5 10-3/12-5 First start after being recalled from Triple-A 99/628/6 at TB L2 5.0 6 4 4 2 1 4 1-4/3-7 First road loss of his career 97/608/11 vs. HOU L3 2.0 8 6 5 0 1 1 1-6/7-15 Eight hits allowed tied a season-high 43/298/19 at KC ND 4.0 5 4 4 0 4 2 4-4/4-5 3:15 rain delay in the top of the 5th inning 77/418/25 vs. DET L4 5.0 6 6 5 1 5 3 0-6/5-8 Final start before being optioned to Triple-A 97/55AUG. TOTALS 1-3 22.0 30 23 21 3 11 15 8.59 ERA9/5 vs. KC L5 5.0 9 5 5 1 1 6 4-5/5-11 First start after being recalled from Triple-A 95/569/11 vs. CLE L6 2.2 3 5 3 1 4 1 0-4/1-7 Fifth straight loss 65/30SEPT. TOTALS 0-2 7.2 12 10 8 2 5 7 9.39 ERA---- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA2016 TOTALS 2-6 44.2 62 50 46 10 28 42 9.27PRE-ASG TOTALS 1-1 15.0 20 17 17 5 12 20 10.20POST-ASG TOTALS 1-5 29.2 42 33 29 5 16 22 8.80CAREER TOTALS 2-6 44.2 62 50 46 10 28 42 9.27

2016 MAJOR LEAGUE DAY-BY-DAY

2016 vs. New York-NL: - -2016 vs. New York-NL at Home: - -2016 vs. New York-NL at New York-NL: - -Career vs. New York-NL: - -Career vs. New York-NL at Home: - -Career vs. New York-NL at New York-NL: - -

BERRIOS VS. NEW YORK-NL

7Santana will be making his 28th start of the season tomorrow night in the second game of the three-game series at Citi Field...took a no-decision in his last start September 12 at Detroit after allowing one run and three hits with two walks and four strikeouts over 5.0 innings of work...left the game with a 2-1 lead, but the bullpen was unable to hold the lead, and the Twins lost 4-2...will be making his first start against the Mets this season and the sixth of his career; is 3-2, 3.00 ERA (33.0 IP, 11 ER) with nine walks and 26 strikeouts in his five career starts...will be his fifth Interleague start of the season; is 1-2, 2.96 ERA (27.1 IP, 9 ER) with five walks and 16 strikeouts in four Interleague starts....in his second year of a four-year contract with the Twins; 14-15, 3.71 ERA (271.1 IP, 112 ER) with 82 walks and 211 strikeouts in 44 starts.

TOMORROW'S STARTER - ERVIN SANTANA (SEASON: 7-10, 3.53 ERA ; CAREER: 133-115, 4.11 ERA)

Pitcher Last Start (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) Dec. Starts QS Team Rec. Run Supp. RS AVGSantana 9/12 at DET (5.0-3-1-1-2-4-1) ND 27 15 8-19 70 3.86Gibson 9/13 at DET (8.0-5-1-1-3-4-0) W 22 8 11-11 81 5.56Hughes 6/2 vs. TB (4.0-8-4-4-1-2-1) ND 11 6 3-8 26 4.08Milone 8/11 vs. HOU (3.0-5-5-5-2-1-2) L 12 2 5-7 31 4.70Nolasco 7/29 vs. CWS (8.0-3-1-1-1-6-1) ND 21 10 9-12 72 5.20Duffey 9/14 at DET (3.2-8-6-6-1-4-0) ND 24 7 10-14 88 6.39Berrios 9/11 vs. CLE (2.2-3-5-3-4-1-1) L 11 1 2-9 30 6.04Meyer 5/3 at HOU (2.2-3-3-3-3-4-1) L 1 0 0-1 2 6.75Dean 8/31 at CLE (4.1-7-6-6-3-0-2) L 8 3 4-4 20 4.70Santiago 9/15 at DET (5.2-6-1-1-2-3-0) W 8 3 3-5 25 5.11Albers 9/4 vs. CWS (4.2-6-5-3-1-6-4) ND 2 0 0-2 14 8.40

TWINS STARTERS IN 2016

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1st Batter FacedPITCHER H/AB BB K AVG SV/OPP HLD IR/IRS IRS % LAST RELIEF APPEARANCE LAST WIN LAST SAVE LAST LOSSAlbers 1/ 3 0 0 .333 0/ 0 0 0/ 0 … 9/11/16 vs. CLE ND 8/12/13 vs. CLE ….. … 9/26/13 vs. CLEBoshers 3/ 29 1 8 .103 0/ 0 2 11/ 2 18.2% 9/13/16 at DET ND 6/21/16 vs. PHI ….. … ….. …Chargois 7/ 16 3 3 .438 0/ 0 2 12/ 6 50.0% 9/15/16 at DET H 9/10/16 vs. CLE ….. … 8/19/16 at KCDean 4/ 8 0 0 .500 0/ 0 0 4/ 4 100.0% 9/11/16 vs. CLE ND 5/27/16 at SEA ….. … 9/4/16 vs. CWSKintzler 11/ 48 1 7 .229 14/ 16 1 18/ 2 11.1% 9/15/16 at DET ND 9/16/15 at STL 9/7/16 vs. KC 9/6//16 vs. KCLight 4/ 9 2 1 .444 0/ 1 0 10/ 5 50.0% 9/14/16 at DET ND ….. … ….. … 8/28/16 at TORMay 8/ 38 6 13 .211 0/ 2 6 26/ 11 42.3% 9/11/16 vs. CLE ND 7/29/16 vs. CWS ….. … 5/13/16 at CLEMilone 0/ 4 0 0 .000 0/ 0 1 2/ 0 0.0% 9/11/16 vs. CLE ND 7/19/16 at DET 9/23/15 at BAL 7/24/16 at BOSO’Rourke 3/ 17 1 6 .176 0/ 0 0 14/ 2 14.3% 9/11/16 vs. CLE ND ….. … ….. … 7/26/14 vs. CWSPressly 15/ 64 4 11 .234 1/ 5 14 33/ 14 42.4% 9/14/16 at DET L 8/2/16 at CLE 7/31/16 vs. CWS 9/14/16 at TORRogers 8/ 44 5 12 .182 0/ 0 8 16/ 10 62.5% 9/12/16 at DET ND 6/22/16 vs. PHI ….. … ….. …Tonkin 12/ 53 5 16 .226 0/ 2 2 38/ 12 31.6% 9/14/16 at DET ND 6/12/16 vs. BOS ….. … 5/17/18 at DETWimmers 3/ 9 1 3 .333 0/ 1 1 4/ 0 0.0% 9/15/16 at DET H 9/7/16 vs. KC ….. … 9/12/16 at DETOthers 30/ 92 8 18 .326 8/ 14 9 55/ 20 36.4%TEAM 109/ 434 37 98 .251 23/ 41 46 243/ 88 36.2%

The opposition has a .278 (563-for-2027) batting-average-against with 71 home runs vs. Twins relievers.

2016 BULLPEN INFO

Last Homestand: 0-0-0, 3.60 (5.0 IP, 2 ER), 3 BB, 3 K Series at DET: 0-1-0,. 9.00 (1.0 IP, ER), K vs. Left: .254 vs. Right: .277

ALeads Twins and is 3rd in the AL in relief innings pitched (72.2 IP)...also tied for AL lead in appearances (69)...69 appearances most by a Twin since Casey Fien (73 in 2014) ...his 44 outings pre-ASG were most by a Twins reliever since Casey Fien made 44 appearances pre-ASG in 2014. ATossed 8.2 scoreless innings to begin the season...the scoreless streak ended in the bottom of the sixth on 4/20 at MIL. ADid not allow a HR in 2015 (27.2 IP), one of two pitchers in MLB (min 25.0 IP) to not allow a homer, STL’s Adam Wainwright being other. AIs one of four Rule 5 selections for the Twins since 2010 (all pitchers - J.R. Graham 2014, Terry Doyle 2011, and Scott Diamond 2010).

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO9/14 at DET L7 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 19/10 vs. CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 19/9 vs. CLE ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 09/7 vs. KC H14 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 09/6 vs. KC BS4 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 09/4 vs. CWS H13 0.2 1 1 1 0 1 09/1 vs. CWS ND 1.1 1 1 1 0 1 2

Last Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (0.2 IP) Series at DET: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.1 IP), 3 K vs. Left: .308 vs. Right: .259

AEarned first major league win with 2.0 scoreless inning, striking out four in extra innings, 4/17 vs. LAA. ARecalled from Triple-A Rochester to MIN five times in 2015...combined to go 2-1, 1.96 ERA (64.1 IP, 1 ER), 14 BB, 65 K in 59 games between both levels. AFinished 2015 tied for team lead in saves at Rochester (14)...saved 60 minor league games in eight professional seasons.

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO9/14 at DET ND 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 39/12 at DET ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 09/11 vs. CLE ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 08/26 at TOR ND 0.2 4 4 4 0 0 18/25 vs. DET ND 1.0 1 2 2 0 1 0

Last Homestand: 0-1-2, 12.60 (5.0 IP, 7 ER), 4 BB, 4 K Series at DET: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP) vs. Left: .238 vs. Right: .289

AMade 2016 debut 5/7 at CWS...was first appearance in the majors since May 25, 2015 vs. SF as a member of the Milwaukee Brewers. AMade 172 appearances with Milwaukee from 2010-15...posted a 6.43 ERA (7.0 IP, 5 ER) in seven appearances for the Brewers in 2015. ABetween 2013-14 for Brewers went 6-6, 2.93 ERA (135.1 IP, 44 ER) with 32 BB and 89 K and 35 holds in 135 relief appearances.

BRANDON KINTZLER - RHP #27Height: 6-0 Weight: 190 B/T: R/R Age: 32 (8/1/84 in Las Vegas, NV) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent, 12/15/15

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO9/15 at DET ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 09/10 vs. CLE ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 09/7 vs. KC S14 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 09/6 vs. KC L2 0.2 3 4 4 0 1 09/4 vs. CWS BS2 1.1 2 2 2 0 2 3

Last Homestand: 0-0-0, 13.50 (4.2 IP, 7 ER), 2 BB, 5 K Series at DET: 0-0-0, 13.50 (0.2 IP, ER), K vs. Left: .208 vs. Right: .299

AHis 54.0 IP is ranked 10th and 54 strikeouts this season is tied 8th among AL rookie relievers. ASnapped his career-long scoreless streak at 17.0 innings (6/17-7/23)...walked one with 13 hits allowed and 18 strikeouts during streak. ACareer minor league record of 37-28 with a 3.27 ERA (525.0 IP, 191 ER), 135 walks and 407 strikeouts in 93 games (85 starts).

TAYLOR ROGERS - LHP #55Height: 6-3 Weight: 170 B/T: L/L Age: 29 (2/28/87 in Santa Fe) Drafted: 11th round, 2012 Draft

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO9/12 at DET ND 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 19/9 vs. CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 29/7 vs. KC H8 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 19/5 vs. KC ND 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 09/4 vs. CWS ND 1.0 3 3 3 1 0 0

AThe ‘pen has posted a 4.57 ERA, 2nd highest in the AL...highest bullpen ERA by Twins since 2001 (4.64). AThe ‘pen’s .278 opponent average is highest in MLB, highest by a Twins bullpen since 1994 (.296), and highest by any MLB team since the Astros (.280) and Dbacks (.282) in 2010. AMinnesota has used 23 different pitchers out of the bullpen this season...Twins relievers are 21-28 this season, going 23-for-41 in save opportunities.

TEAM BULLPEN NOTES

Last Homestand: 1-0-0, 5.79 (4.2 IP, 3 ER), 2 BB, 5 K Series at DET: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.2 IP), BB, 3 K vs. Left: .296 vs. Right: .293

APosted a 1.35 ERA (46.2 IP, 7 ER) with 13 walks and 55 strikeouts in 39 appearances between Triple-A Rochester and Double-A Chattanooga this season...selected to Sirius XM Futures Game July 10 at PETCO Park (0.0 IP, 3 R, 2 H)...first MLB win with perfect 12th inning 9/10/16 vs. CLE. A36-for-36 in save opps in minor league career; 16-for-16 in 2016...16 saves tied with Trevor Hildenberger for most in Twins organization (including MN)...career minor league record of 4-2, 1.95 ERA (110.2 IP, 24 ER), 43 BB, 130 K in 99 appearances.

J.T. CHARGOIS - RHP (pronounced shag-wa) #60Height: 6-3 Weight: 200 B/T: S/R Age: 25 (12/3/90 in Sulphur, LA) Obtained: 2nd Round, 2012 Draft

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO9/15 at DET H2 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 09/14 at DET ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 29/12 at DET H1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 19/10 vs. CLE W1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 19/9 vs. CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 09/6 vs. KC ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (3.2 IP), 4 K Series at DET: - - vs. Left: .000 vs. Right: .278

AHad contract selected 8/13...in 33 games for Triple-A Rochester this went 1-1 with a save, 1.93 ERA (28.0 IP, 6 ER), 6 BB and 29 K. AHolding left-handed batters to a .123 (7-for-57) batting average with nine walks and 26 strikeouts in his MLB career. AOriginally selected by the Twins in the 13th round of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft out of Merrimack College.

RYAN O’ROURKE - LHP #61Height: 6-3 Weight: 228 B/T: R/L Age: 28 (4/30/88 in Worcester, MA) Drafted: 13th round, 2010

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO9/11 vs. CLE ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 09/10 vs. CLE ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 09/6 vs. KC ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 09/4 vs. CWS ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 29/3 vs. CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Last Homestand: 0-0-0, 11.25 (4.0 IP, 5 ER), 5 BB, 3 K Series at DET: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP) vs. Left: .222 vs. Right: .381

ARecalled August 21...made Twins debut with scoreless 0.2 innings 8/23 vs. DET. AAcquired in a trade with Boston August 1, 2016 in exchange for left-handed pitcher Fernando Abad. ACareer minor league record of 14-18, 4.35 ERA (297.2 IP, 144 ER) with 114 walks and 246 strikeouts in 128 outings (49 starts).

PAT LIGHT - RHP #53Height: 6-5 Weight: 220 B/T: R/R Age: 25 (3/29/91 in Colts Neck, NJ) Obtained: Trade with Boston, 8/1/16

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO9/14 at DET ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 09/11 vs. CLE ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 09/6 vs. KC ND 0.0 3 3 3 1 1 09/5 vs. KC ND 0.2 2 2 2 0 2 09/3 vs. CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Last Homestand: 1-0-0, 7.36 (3.2 IP, 3 ER), 5 BB, 3 K Series at DET: 0-1-0, 6.00 (3.0 IP, 2 ER), BB, K vs. Left: .286 vs. Right: .286

ARecord of 2-1 with 11 saves, a 3.62 ERA (49.2 IP, 20 ER), 24 walks and 50 strikeouts in 39 outings for Triple-A Rochester this season. ABegan minor league career as a starter from 2010-14...in August 2015 switched to bullpen at Double-A...since has made 59 straight relief appearances, going 4-3 with a 3.68 ERA (78.1 IP, 32 ER), 31 walks and 79 strikeouts.

ALEX WIMMERS - RHP #51Height: 6-2 Weight: 212 B/T: L/R Age: 27 (11/1/88 in Cincinnati, OH) Drafted: 1st round (21st overall), 2010 Draft

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO9/15 at DET H1 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 09/12 at DET L2 1.0 1 2 2 0 1 19/10 vs. CLE ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 09/9 vs. CLE ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 09/7 vs. KC W1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2

Last Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (4.2 IP), 6 K, BB Series at DET: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0), K vs. Left: .240 vs. Right: .264

ABegan season with Triple-A Rochester, going 1-0 with 2 saves, a 1.42 ERA (19.0 IP, 3 ER), five walks and 21 strikeouts in 15 relief appearances...held opposing hitters to a .206 average for the Red Wings. ASpent 2015 in the Independent Atlantic League with Somerset and was named the Atlantic League Reliever of the Year.

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO9/13 at DET ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 19/10 vs. CLE ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 19/9 vs. CLE ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 09/6 vs. KC ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 29/4 vs. CWS ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 2

Last Homestand: 0-0-0, 7.71 (4.2 IP, 4 ER), 2 BB, 3 K Series at DET: - - vs. Left: .280 vs. Right: .340

AHas 15 appearances (8 starts) for the Twins this season...1-4, 7.51 ERA (38.1 IP, 32 ER) in his 8 starts...0-2, 5.49 ERA (19.2 IP, 12 ER) in eight relief. AMade 16 starts for Triple-A Rochester this season, going 5-7 with a 5.56 ERA (87.1 IP, 54 ER), 19 walks and 49 strikeouts. ACareer minor league record of 51-57 with a 4.12 ERA (866.0 IP, 396 ER) with 167 walks and 507 strikeouts in 154 appearances (150 starts).

PAT DEAN - LHP #64Height: 6-1 Weight: 195 B/T: L/L Age: 27 (5/25/89 in Waterbury, CT) Obtained: 3rd round, 2010 Draft

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO9/11 vs. CLE ND 1.2 4 0 0 0 1 29/5 vs. KC ND 1.0 2 2 2 1 1 19/4 vs. CWS L6 2.0 3 2 2 0 0 08/31 at CLE L5 4.1 7 6 6 2 3 08/26 at TOR L4 3.0 8 6 6 2 1 1

Last Homestand: 0-0-0, 4.76 (5.2 IP, 3 ER), BB, 7 K Series at DET: - - vs. Left: .200 vs. Right: .283

AHas five appearances (2 starts) with Twins in 2016...9.45 ERA (6.2 IP, 7 ER) as starter; 3.86 ERA (9.1 IP, 4 ER) in relief.

ANDREW ALBERS - LHP #58Height: 6-1 Weight: 200 B/T: R/L Age: 30 (10/6/85 in N. Battleford, SAS, CAN) Obtained: Signed as minor league free agent

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO9/11 vs. CLE ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 19/4 vs. CWS ND 4.2 6 5 3 1 1 68/30 at CLE ND 2.0 6 4 4 2 3 28/26 at TOR ND 2.1 1 2 1 1 0 1

Last Homestand: 0-0-0, 54.00 (0.1 IP, 2 ER), BB, K Series at DET: - - vs. Left: .153 vs. Right: .275

AReinstated from DL 9/9...snapped 8.2 scoreless inning streak 8/6 at TB...allowed one hit and two walks in that span (7 games) while striking out 13. AHas allowed 2+ ER in 7 appearances (19 ER, 5.1 IP, 32.06 ERA)...in his other 37 appearances has allowed 6 ER (37.1 IP, 1.45 ERA).

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO9/11 vs. CLE ND 0.1 2 2 2 0 1 18/6 at TB ND 1.0 1 1 1 1 2 18/4 at CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 28/3 at CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 18/1 at CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3

Last Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP), K Series at DET: - - vs. Left: .278 vs. Right: .309

AReinstated from DL 9/9...Made 11 starts for the Twins this season going 3-3, 4.95 ERA (56.1 IP, 31 ER) with 15 walks and 37 strikeouts. A0-0-1, 4.63 ERA (11.2 IP, 6 ER) with two walks and 15 strikeouts in eight career relief appearances...earned his first career save September 23, 2015 at Baltimore in his only relief appearance of that season.

TOMMY MILONE - LHP #33Height: 6-0 Weight: 220 B/T: L/L Age: 29 (2/16/87 in Saugus, CA) Acquired: Trade with Oakland, 7/31/14

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO9/11 vs. CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 18/11 vs. HOU L4 3.0 5 5 5 2 2 18/7 at TB H1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 28/4 at CLE ND 1.1 3 2 2 1 1 17/30 vs. CWS ND 5.1 9 4 4 1 0 3

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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 Beresford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ….. … … ….. 8 …. … 0 Buxton 9 3 0 0 12 3 1 1 0 5 9/9/16 vs. CLE 1 Salazar 21 9/4/16 vs. CWS 1 2 ab 9/9 Centeno 10 1 0 0 11 4 1 0 0 5 6/26/16 at NYY 0 Yates 93 …. … 0 0 ab 6/26 Dozier 29 11 0 0 40 20 5 2 0 27 9/16/16 at DET 0 Sanchez 5 …. … 0 2 ab 9/16 Escobar 16 4 0 0 20 7 1 0 0 8 8/2/16 at CLE 1 Adams 91 …. … 0 0 ab 8/2 Grossman 15 5 0 0 20 8 1 0 0 9 9/13/16 at DET 0 Mantiply 9 …. … 0 0 ab 9/13 Kepler 14 2 1 0 17 9 3 1 2 15 8/31/16 at CLE 0 Kluber 49 7/10/16 at TEX 1 2 ab 8/31 Mauer 30 5 2 0 37 4 0 1 0 5 9/9/16 vs. CLE 0 Salazar 13 9/1/12 at KC 3 3 ab 9/9 Murphy 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 9/4/16 vs. CWS 0 Ranaudo 13 …. …. 0 1 ab 9/4 Polanco 11 3 0 0 14 3 1 1 0 5 9/13/16 at DET 0 Boyd 11 …. … 0 2 ab 9/13 Rosario 11 5 3 0 19 6 1 0 0 7 9/6/16 vs. KC 0 Gee 16 9/3/15 vs. CWS 1 2 ab 9/6 Sano 18 5 0 0 23 8 4 1 0 13 9/10/16 vs. CLE 0 Clevinger 6 …. … 0 3 ab 9/10 Schafer 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9/19/15 vs. CIN 0 J. Smith 68 …. … 0 2 ab 9/19 Suzuki 23 1 1 0 25 7 3 0 1 11 9/16/16 at DET 2 Sanchez 2 9/10/07 at SEA 1 2 ab 9/16 Vargas 8 1 0 0 9 3 1 0 0 4 8/11/16-1 vs. HOU 1 Sipp 22 7/17/15 at OAK 2 1 ab 8/11-1

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

2016 Average: .282 Streak: 19g, 30-80 (.375), 5 2B, 11 HR, 22 RBI, 19 r Series at DET: 7-15, 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 4 BB, 4 rLast Homestand: 16-44, 2 2B, 7 HR, 12 RBI, 2 BB, 3 SB, 10 runs, HBP HR (41): Solo (29), 2-run (7), 3-run (5)

A19 game active hit-streak is career-high...set career-high with 16-gamer 7/22-8/7/16...hit in 49 of last 52 games, at .342 (76-for-222), 17 2B, 25 HR, 49 RBI since 7/22. AHas 100+ runs in consecutive seasons (112-2014; 101-2015)...3rd Twin to score 100+ in consecutive seasons (Knoblauch ‘95-97; Oliva ‘64-65)...has 99 runs in 2016, needs one to become only second Twin to have 100+ in three straight seasons (Knoblauch). A41 HR most by Twin since Killebrew (41 in 1970); 2nd most in MLB (Trumbo - 42). A39 HR as 2nd baseman (2 as DH) most since A. Soriano (39 in ‘02)...next: Sandberg (40 in ‘90). AHas 24 HR in last 44 games; 25 HR as 2B post-ASG is AL record, passing Joe Gordon (21 in 1940 for NYY: Elias); 27 HR overall post-ASG are 3rd most in Twins history behind Killebrew (30 in 1962 & 28 in 1963)... .749 SLG post-ASG highest in Twins history. A116 career HR are 13th in Twins history, next: Mauer (130)...9 HR in September are most since Hunter hit 9 in 2006...last with 10+ HR in Sept.: Killebrew (10 in 1971). AHit 13 HR in August, most in a single month by a Twin since Harmon Killebrew set a single-month record with 14 home runs in June 1964 (2 others had 13 HR in a month). ALeads MLB with 33 HR and 69 RBI since 6/25, 12 more HR than any other player. A3rd straight 20+ HR season...4th straight 60+ RBI season...HR in 3 straight 8/2-4 for 3rd time in career (last: 6/25-28/16)...3 HR game 9/5 vs. KC, 6th player in Twins history. ALeads majors with .677 SLG since May 26 (next: Votto - .611)...hitting .314 (127-for-405), 29 2B, 5 3B, 36 HR, 83 RBI in that span...from 4/4-5/25 hit .200, 6 2B, 5 HR, 15 RBI. ALeads Twins in games (455), hits (451), runs (312), doubles (106), HR (92), RBI (246)and walks (208) since the start of 2014...3rd in baseball in runs scored in same span. ARanks 2nd on Twins all-time list in leadoff HR (18), trailing only Jacque Jones (20)...last leadoff HR came September 6, 2016 vs. KC off Gee...leads MLB with 5 leadoff HR since ASG, all of which have come in last 25 games.

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

2016 Average: .271 Streak: 3g, 3-12, 2 HR, 5 RBI Series at DET: 3-12, 2 HR, 5 RBILast Homestand: 5-23, 2 2B, 3 RBI, BB, run HR (8): Solo (3), 2-run (3), 3-run (2)

AHitting .381 (16-for-42) in 12 Interleauge games this season, highest among Twins. AHas hit in 24 of his last 36 games...also has a hit in 49 of his last 67 games, batting .299 (70-for-234) in that span. AHas 37 RBI with a .295 (61-for-207) average and 20 doubles in his last 60 games. AOne of 40 Hawaii natives to play in MLB, 3rd in games trailing Lum and Victorino. A8 home runs in 2016 are most since hitting 14 in 2011 with Oakland.

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

2016 Average: .267 Streak: 0-4 Series at DET: 0-4Last Homestand: 5-30, 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 4 BB, 3 runs HR (11): Solo (10), 2-run (1)

AHitting .290 (40-for-138) with 18 XBH, 19 RBI, 21 BB in last 37 games. A12 hits in 4-game series at CLE 8/1-4 were most hits in a 3- or 4-game series in Twins history...reached 15 times in series, only other Twin to do so was Steve Braun in 1976. ARanks T6th in the AL in walks (75)...75 walks most since walking 90 times in 2012. AReached base safely in 28 straight games two times this season, 5/17-6/17 and 4/4-5/6...reached base safely in 43 straight games 8/7-9/24/15, setting club record. ARanks on Twins all-time list (since 1961): 2nd in 2B (365), 3rd in average (.309) and walks (818), 4th in hits (1826), 5th in runs (885), 6th in games (1586), total bases (2637) and RBI (804), 12th in HR (130), and 13th in triples (28)...needs 91 hits to tie Oliva for 3rd, 18 runs to tie Hrbek for 4th and 20 walks to tie Hrbek for 2nd.

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

2016 Average: .244 Streak: 0-6 Series at DET: 0-2Last Homestand: 2-11, run HR (2): Solo (1), 2-run (1)

AHitting .250 (37-for-148) with 9 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 19 RBI in 42 starts this season. AHas a hit in 9 of his last 16 starts...also at least one hit in 14 of last 22 starts. AFirst career HR with 2-run shot 5/14/16 at CLE off Kluber...2nd with solo shot 6/26 at NYY. AHad contract selected by the Twins prior to 5/6 game vs. CWS. APlayed in 10 games (5 starts) for the Brewers last season.

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

2016 Average: .271 Streak: 0-7 Series at DET: 3-14, 2 2B, 2 RBILast Homestand: 3-6, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, run HR (10): Solo (9), 2-run (1)

AHas a hit in 53 of 86 games with Twins in 2016...reached in 69 of the 86. ABegan the season with Triple-A Columbus (Cleveland) and hit .256 (31-for-121) with 5 doubles, 6 HR and 21 RBI in 35 games...opted out of his minor league contract May 16...signed by the Twins to a minor league contract May 16 and reported to Triple-A Rochester. AHitting .298 (45-for-151) in 48 home games this season...hit in 18 of last 22 with AB.

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

2016 Average: .250 Streak: 1g, 1-4, RBI, run Series at DET: 1-16, BB, RBI, runLast Homestand: 4-21, 2 RBI, 2 BB, run HR (5): Solo (2), 2-run (2), 3-run (1)

AHit .269 with 8 HR, 29 RBI post-ASG in 2015...from 7/31/15 to end of season he led AL shortstops with 18 2B, 2nd in slugging (.524), T3rd in HR and T4th in runs (31). ASet career-highs last season in home runs (12), RBI (58) and walks (28). ARecorded 30-plus doubles in consecutive seasons (35 in 2014 and 31 in 2015), becoming first Twins switch hitter to ever to do so in consecutive seasons. AIn last 18 games at Target Field is hitting .277 (18-for-65) with 2 2B, HR, 8 RBI...in last 26 games at Target Field hitting .315 (28-for-89) with 3 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, 18 RBI.

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

2016 Average: .242 Streak: 2g, 3-7, RBI. BB, 2 runs Series at DET: 3-11, RBI, BB, 2 runsLast Homestand: 8-36, 2 2B, BB, 3 runs HR (16): Solo (7), 3-run (3), 2-run (5), GS (1)

AAL rookie leader in RBI (59) and walks (39), and 2nd in HR (16). AHad 10 RBI and 4 HR in 4-game series at CLE 8/1-4...most by a Twin in a single series since Morneau had 11 RBI and 4 HR in a four-game series in July 2007 at CWS. AFirst career multi-HR game 7/2 vs. TEX...also set Twins rookie record with 7 RBI...first career 3-HR game 8/1 at CLE...5th Twin and first since 2007 with 3-HR game (Morneau). AHit first career HR with a 3-run, walk-off homer 6/12 vs. BOS in the bottom of the 10th. ANamed 2015 Southern League MVP after hitting .322 (131-for-407) with 32 doubles, 13 triples, nine home runs, 71 RBI and 76 runs scored in 112 games. AHas a hit in 12 of last 14 at games at Target Field with an AB, and in 14 of his last 17.

MIGUEL SANO - INF #22Height: 6-4 Weight: 262 B/T: R/R Age: 23 (5/11/93 in S.Pedro de Macoris, DR)

2016 Average: .236 Streak: 0-6, BB Series at DET: 0-3Last Homestand: 7-31, 2 2B, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 5 BB, 6 runs HR (23): Solo (16), 2-run (4), 3-run (3)

AHit in 9 of 11 career Interleague games, batting .295 (13-for-44), 3 HR, 9 RBI. A19 of his 23 HR in 2016 have come off RHPs. A4th in AL with 161 strikeout, most strikeouts in Twins history. AHit 16 HR with 44 RBI in 69 post-ASG games in 2015...has 9 post-ASG HR in 2016. AReinstated prior to 7/1 game...missed 27 games with a left hamstring strain...played in 8 rehab games with Triple-A Rochester, hitting .160 (4-for-25) with 2B, 2 HR, 2 RBI. AHad 10-game hitting streak from 7/5-7/19...went 13-for-44 with 3 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI. AHomered in four straight games for first time in his career from 5/25-29. AHit first career walk-off hit with RBI single in 9th, 4/26 vs. CLE. AHit 18 home runs last season, fifth most among rookies in baseball...18 were most for Twins rookie since Marty Cordova hit 24 HR in 1995.

EDDIE ROSARIO - OF #20Height: 6-1 Weight: 180 B/T: L/R Age: 24 (9/28/91 in Guayama, PR)

2016 Average: .271 Streak: 3g, 5-13, 2 runs Series at DET: 4-8, 2 runsLast Homestand: 6-26, 2B, HR, RBI, 2 BB, 4 runs HR (9): Solo (5), 2-run (4)

ASince recall 7/3 is hitting .310 (66-for-213) with 13 2B, 2 3B, 6 HR and 22 RBI. A3rd career 4-hit game 7/23 at BOS, all 3 have come in 2016. AHit HRs in back-to-back games for first time in career, 4/19 vs. MIL & 4/20 at MIL. AHit first career HR in his first plate appearance 5/6 vs. OAK, on the first pitch off Kazmir. ALed baseball in triples last season with 15, also third most in Twins history. A’15 AL Rookie Ranks: 15 3B (1st), 208 total bases (1st), 46 XBH (1st), 122 games (3rd), 34 multi-hit games (3rd), 121 hits (3rd), 60 runs (4th), 13 HR (T5th) and 50 RBI (5th).

JORGE POLANCO - INF #11Height: 5-11 Weight: 198 B/T: S/R Age: 23 (7/5/93 in Santo Domingo, DR)

2016 Average: .289 Streak: 0-7 Series at DET: 4-13, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BBLast Homestand: 8-36, 2 2B, 4 BB, 3 RBI, 3 runs, HBP Home Runs (2): Solo (1), 2-run (1)

ABatting .299 (55-for-184) with 12 2B, 4 3B, 2 HR, 20 RBI when starting in 2016...batting .303 (59-for-195) with 13 2B, 4 3B, 2 HR, 22 RBI in 50 career starts. AHit .276 (81-for-293) with 13 2B, 6 3B, 9 HR, 39 RBI for Triple-A Rochester this season. AIn 592 career minor league games has hit .286 (650-for-2272) with 122 doubles, 30 triples, 34 HR, 293 RBI, 216 walks and 60 stolen bases.

LOGAN SCHAFER - OF #32Height: 6-1 Weight: 200 B/T: L/L Age: 30 (8/1/86 in San Jose, CA)

2016 Average: .258 Streak: 0-5 Series at DET: 1-7, 3B, HBP, runLast Homestand: 4-15, 2 2B, 2 BB, 2 runs, HBP HR (0): - -

ARecalled from Triple-A Rochester 8/29. ASigned by the Twins as a minor league free agent June 1...was Spring Training invite with Washington, released March 19 and signed with Independent Lancaster. APlayed five MLB seasons with Milwaukee from 2011-15, hitting .212 (119-for-562) with 31 2B, 7 3B, 5 HR, 52 RBI in 292 games.

JAMES BERESFORD - INF #30Height: 6-1 Weight: 170 B/T: L/R Age: 27 (1/19/89 in Mt. Waverly, AUS)

2016 Average: .250 Streak: 2g, 2-8, 2B Series at DET: - -Last Homestand: 2-8, 2B HR (0): - -

ARecalled 9/6...made MLB debut 9/10...first MLB hit single off Armstrong. AHit .269 (125-for-465) with 14 doubles, three triples and 35 RBI in 122 games for Triple-A Rochester this season...hit at least .266 in each of last eight minor league seasons. APlayed 10 seasons in minor leagues, all in Twins system after signing with Minnesota as an undrafted free agent 8/13/05...in those 10 seasons, hit .283 (1116-for-3939) with 136 doubles, 17 triples, four home runs and 368 RBI in 1,070 games.

JOHN RYAN MURPHY - C #12Height: 5-11 Weight: 205 B/T: R/R Age: 25 (5/13/91 in Bradenton, FL)

2016 Average: .143 Streak: 0-5, 2 BB, run Series at DET: 0-3, 2 BB, runLast Homestand: 5-13, HR, 2 RBI, 2 runs HR (1): Solo (1)

ARecalled 9/3...hit .386 (17-for-44) with 2 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI in final 13 games for Wings. AHit .237 (62-for-262) with 14 2B, 3 HR, 39 RBI in 82 games for Rochester this season. AAcquired by Twins via trade with New York-AL 11/11/15, in exchange for outfielder Aaron Hicks...originally drafted by Yankees in 2nd round of 2009 Draft. ACaught 65 games for Yankees in 2015 (43 starts). ABorn in Bradenton, FL; attended IMG Academy in Bradenton, FL.

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

2016 Average: .224 Streak: 1g, 2-4, 3B, RBI Series at DET: 2-12, 3B, RBI, 2 BB, HBP, rLast Homestand: 15-37, 4 2B, 5 HR, 13 RBI, 2 BB, 12 runs HR (6): Solo (2), 3-run (1), 2-run (2), GS (1)

AHitting .347 (17-for-49) with 4 2B, 3B, 5 HR, 14 RBI since recall 9/1 (14 games). AOptioned to Triple-A 8/7 and hit .257 (19-for-74) with 2 2B, 3B, 5 HR, 10 RBI in 20 games for the Red Wings...2x 2016 IL Player of the Week, 7/4 & 8/29. AEntered 2016 as top prospect, best hitter for average, fastest baserunner, best athlete, best defensive outfielder and best outfield arm in Twins system by Baseball America. A2012 2nd overall pick by Twins (Carlos Correa)...2nd best prospect by Baseball America in 2016 (Corey Seager - 1st), 2nd best in 2015 (Kris Bryant - 1st) and top prospect in 2014.

KENNYS VARGAS - INF #19Height: 6-5 Weight: 289 B/T: S/R Age: 26 (8/1/90 in Canovanas, PR)

2016 Average: .280 Streak: 4g, 7-15, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB Series at DET: 7-15, HR, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BBLast Homestand: 1-7, 2 BB HR (7): 2-run (3), Solo (4)

AHit HRs from both sides of the plate 8/11 (Game 1), 4th Twins player in team history to do so and the first since Ryan Doumit did so in 2012. A17 of his 30 hits this season are for extra-bases (10 2B, 7 HR). ARecalled 9/6...hit .233 (77-for-330) with 16 doubles, one triple, 15 home runs and 58 RBI in 96 games for the Red Wings this season.

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C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Beresford 1 1 1 1 Buxton 74 1 73Centeno 42 1 41 Dozier 138 2 61 24 7 35 9 5 Escobar 65 14 2 2 37 34 1 2Grossman 65 13 2 33 7 10 11 8 2 4Kepler 1 89 18 1 34 16 21 Mauer 90 32 8 49 65 Murphy 15 3 9 3Polanco 5 32 9 1 1 19 2 2 10 8 3 Rosario 49 29 3 15 9 32 9 10Sano 35 37 32 40 48 9 6 Schafer 5 3 3 1 3 4 3Suzuki 91 2 8 3 6 71 3Vargas 19 11 1 13 5 10 1 Others 38 4 51 89 29 40 19 48 76 17 7 51 53 39 27 4 47

STARTS BY POSITION STARTS BY BATTING ORDER

BATTING PITCHINGMONTH AVG R R/G H HR W-L IP H BB K ERAAPRIL .239 80 3.3 198 21 7-17 215.1 219 75 192 3.97MAY .239 111 4.1 218 31 8-19 234.0 286 72 212 5.96JUNE .257 126 4.7 239 36 10-17 239.0 289 64 178 5.50JULY .269 144 5.5 247 31 15-11 237.0 237 63 175 3.80AUGUST .270 142 4.9 278 36 9-20 252.1 310 97 191 6.21SEPT/OCT .263 76 5.4 132 28 6-8 130.0 152 57 113 5.33

TWINS MONTHLY BReAKDOWN

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

Starters 34 64 5.51 796.0 930 532 487 133 252 589Relievers 21 28 23 4.57 511.2 563 286 260 71 176 472TOTALS 55 92 23 5.14 1307.2 1493 818 747 204 428 1061

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

TWINS 74 71 101 74 91 66 72 70 50 10 679 OPPONENTS 99 91 82 94 109 89 91 92 61 10 818

HOME RUNS BY POSITIONC 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH PH TOTAL10 23 40 20 12 17 11 27 19 4 183

RECORD WHEN…

Runs Scoring Allowing0 0 - 7 2 - 01 0 - 14 11 - 22 3 - 18 7 - 43 2 - 12 7 - 94 5 - 17 13 - 95 8 - 12 11 - 86 14 - 5 2 - 107 7 - 4 0 - 14 8 4 - 2 0 - 99 1 - 0 1 - 910+ 11 - 1 1 - 18

Totals 55 - 92 55 - 92

TWINS BATTING INFO

SEASON-HIGHS GW BUNTPLAYER H HR RBI RBI HITS SEASON-HIGH HIT-STREAKBeresford - - - - - - - - - - - -Buxton 3 (2x) 1 (6x) 3 2 4 7, 4/24-6/5Centeno 3 1 (2x) 3 2 1 5, 7/16-28Dozier 3 (9x) 3 4 (2x) 7 2 16, 7/22-8/7Escobar 3 (4x) 1 (5X) 3 2 - - 7, 6/17-24Grossman 3 (5x) 1 (10x) 3 3 - - 8, 6/29-7/8Kepler 4 3 7 7 1 9, 6/14-24Mauer 4 (2x) 1 (11x) 4 3 - - 9, 4/9-18Murphy 3 1 2 - - - - 2, 9/7-9Polanco 3 (3x) 1 (2x) 4 - - - - 13, 5/20-8/11Rosario 4 (3x) 1 (9x) 3 (2x) 5 1 7, 2x, last 8/26-9/1Sano 3 (5x) 2 4 6 - - 10, 7/5-20Schafer 2 (2x) - - - - - - - - 3, 8/30-9/2Suzuki 4 1 (7x) 6 1 - - 9, 2x, last 8/6-21Vargas 2 (7x) 2 3 1 - - 7, 7/21-31Others 13 8 TOTALS 52 17

2016 DISABLED LIST LOG PLAYER INJURY DATE ON RETRO DATE OFF GAMES MISSED Danny Santana ..........Right Hamstring Strain .................................................................4/9 ...................................4/25 .......................... 14 Glen Perkins .............Left Posterior Shoulder Strain (transferred to 60-day May 25) .........4/13 ......... 4/11 ................................................. 141 Trevor Plouffe .............Right Intercostal Strain ................................................................4/19 ......... 4/18 ..................5/3 ........................... 13 Ervin Santana ............Lower Back Strain ........................................................................4/26 ......... 4/20 ..................5/6 ........................... 14 Kyle Gibson ................Right Shoulder Strain ...................................................................4/26 ......... 4/23 .................6/10 .......................... 42 Eduardo Escobar .......Left Groin Strain ............................................................................5/7 ...................................5/23 .......................... 13 Darin Mastroianni ......Left Oblique Strain .......................................................................5/25 ......... 5/22 ..................7/4 ........................... 40 Danny Santana ..........Left Hamstring Strain ..................................................................5/30 ..................................6/17 .......................... 16 Miguel Sano ...............Left Hamstring Strain ..................................................................5/31 ...................................7/1 ........................... 27 Phil Hughes ...............Left Knee Contusion (transferred to 60-day June 12)* ..............6/10 .................................................................... 88 Trevor May .................Lower Back Spasms .....................................................................6/10 ...................................7/5 ........................... 23 Trevor Plouffe .............Fractured Left Rib .........................................................................7/4 ........... 7/2 ...................8/8 ........................... 32 Trevor May .................Low Back Strain ...........................................................................8/10 .......... 8/7 ...................9/9 ........................... 29 Buddy Boshers ...........Left Elbow Inflammation ..............................................................8/11 ...................................9/2 ........................... 20 Tommy Milone ............Left Biceps Tendinitis ...................................................................8/12 ...................................9/9 ........................... 24 Danny Santana ..........Left Shoulder AC Joint Sprain (transferred to 60-day Sept. 6) ....8/28 .................................................................... 17 Trevor Plouffe ...........Left Hamstring Strain ..................................................................9/10 .......... 9/7 ...................................................... 8 Trevor May ................Low Back Strain ..........................................................................9/12 ...................................................................... 4

BOLD indicates current on DL * - Hughes injury later diagnosed as non-displaced fracture of left femur

MULTI-HOMER GAME (5 in 2015)• Park, 5/13 at CLE• Nunez, 6/7 vs. MIA• Dozier, 6/28 at CWS• Kepler, 7/2 vs. TEX• Dozier, 7/31 vs. CWS• Kepler (3), 8/1 at CLE• Sano, 8/7 at TB• Vargas, 8/11 vs. HOU (both sides)• Dozier (3), 9/5 vs. KC

BACK-TO-BACK (2 in 2015)• Arcia/Park, 4/16 vs. LAA• Nunez/Dozier, 5/25 vs. KC• Mauer/Sano, 5/29 at SEA• Park/Grossman, 6/5 vs. TB• Escobar/Suzuki, 6/18 vs. NYY• Dozier/Plouffe/Kepler, 6/26 at NYY• Grossman/Dozier, 6/30 at CWS• Vargas/Kepler, 7/5 vs. OAK• Escobar/Dozier, 7/10 at TEX• Grossman/Dozier, 8/9 vs. HOU• Rosario/Dozier, 8/13 vs. KC

GRAND SLAM (3 in 2015)• Kepler, 7/10 at TEX• Buxton, 9/4 vs. CWS

WALK-OFF (4 in 2015)• Arcia, 4/25 vs. CLE• Kepler, 6/12 vs. BOS

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

RUNNERS ON• Solo - 119 // 2-run - 44 // 3-run - 18

TWINS HOME RUN DATA

DATE PLAYER/MGR/CH UMPIRE REASON4/10 at Kansas City ....Miguel Sano ................John Hirschbeck ....... Arguing Balls and Strikes5/2 at Houston ............ John Ryan Murphy .......Jerry Layne ............... Arguing Balls and Strikes5/4 at Houston ............Ryan Pressly ...............Scott Barry ............... Arguing Balls and Strikes5/4 at Houston ............Paul Molitor ................Scott Barry ............... Arguing Balls and Strikes

TWINS EJECTIONS

Rosario ........... 10 Santana........ 2Kepler ............. 9 Buxton .......... 2Grossman ....... 4 Schafer ......... 2Arcia .............. 2 Total ........... 31

TWINS Outfield ASSISTS

TWINS HITTERS VS. NEW YORK METS

2016 CAREERPLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI AVG. AB H HR RBIBeresford … 0 0 0 0 … 0 0 0 0Buxton … 0 0 0 0 … 0 0 0 0Centeno … 0 0 0 0 .250 4 1 0 0Dozier … 0 0 0 0 .182 11 2 0 0Escobar … 0 0 0 0 0.000 4 0 0 0Grossman … 0 0 0 0 … 12 3 0 0Kepler … 0 0 0 0 … 0 0 0 0Mauer … 0 0 0 0 .286 42 12 0 5Murphy … 0 0 0 0 .333 6 2 0 0Polanco … 0 0 0 0 … 0 0 0 0Rosario … 0 0 0 0 … 0 0 0 0Sano … 0 0 0 0 … 0 0 0 0Schafer … 0 0 0 0 .300 10 3 0 3Suzuki … 0 0 0 0 .203 59 12 32 9Vargas … 0 0 0 0 … 0 0 0 0Others … 0 0 0 0TEAM … 0 0 0 0

TWINS BULLPEN VS. NEW YORK METS

2016 CAREERPITCHER W L S ERA IP H ER W L S ERA IP H ERAlbers 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0Boshers 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0Chargois 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0Dean 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0Kintzler 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 1 - 1 - 0 0.77 11.2 8 1Light 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0May 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0Milone 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 1 - 0 - 0 4.50 10.0 9 5O’Rourke 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0Pressly 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 1.2 2 0Rogers 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0Tonkin 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0Wimmers 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0Others 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0TEAM 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0

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LAST TIME IT HAPPENED

FOR THE TWINSHITTING:Hit for the Cycle: Cuddyer, 5/22/09 vs. MIL (10 all-time)Grand Slam: Buxton, 9/4/16 vs. CWS (2 as a team in 2016)Inside-the-Park Home Run: Nunez, 6/2/16 vs. TB (1 as a team in 2016)Pinch-Hit Home Run: Rosario, 8/5/16 at TB (4 as a team in 2016)Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: LeCroy, (9th inning), 5/19/04 at TORFive-Hit Game: Escobar, 8/22/14 vs. DETSix-Hit Game: Puckett, 5/23/91 vs. TEX (2 all-time, both Puckett)Two Hits, One Inning: Escobar/Nunez, 2nd inning, 5/25/15 vs. BOS (3 as a team in 2015)Two Home Runs, One Inning: Cuddyer, 8/23/09 at KCTwo-Home Run Game: Sano, 8/7/16 at TB (6 as a team in 2016 and 2 3-HR game)Three-Home Run Game: Dozier, 9/5/16 vs. KC (6 all-time)Back-to-Back Home Runs: Rosario/Dozier, 8/13/16 vs. KC (11 as a team in 2016)Three Consecutive Home Runs: Dozier/Plouffe/Kepler, 6/26/16 at NYY (1 as a team in 2016)Three Home Runs, One Inning: Dozier/Plouffe/Kepler, 6/26/16 at NYY (1 as a team in 2016)Four Home Runs, One Inning: Mack/Puckett/Hrbek/Bush, 5/2/92 at NYYWalk-off Home Run: Kepler, 10th inning, 6/12/16 vs. BOS (3 as a team in 2016)Leadoff Home Run: Dozier, 9/6/16 vs. KC (10 total in 2016)Consecutive Home Runs to Leadoff Game: E. Nunez/B. Dozier, 5/25/16 vs. KC

PITCHING (complete games only for low-hit games):No-Hitter: Liriano, 5/3/11 at CWS (6 all-time)One-Hitter: Baker, 8/31/07 vs. KC (13 all-time)Two-Hitter: E.Santana, 7/6/16 vs. OAK (42 all-time)10+ Innings Pitched: Radke (10.0 innings), 9/21/97 vs. MIL10+ Strikeouts: 10, E. Santana, 8/21/16 vs. KC (1 as team in 2016)Complete Game Shutout: E. Santana, 7/6/16 vs. OAKBack-to-Back Complete Game Victories: Mays/Silva, 5/19-20/05 vs. TOR/vs. MILBack-to-Back Shutouts: 6/2/13 vs. SEA - 6/4/13 at KC (2 games, 10-0 and 3-0)

MISCELLANEOUS:Triple Play: Castillo/Morneau/Batista, 5/27/06 vs. SEA (Johjima hitting)Position Player Pitching: E. Escobar, 8/11/16 vs. HOU (1 in 2016)Three or more Steals, One Game: D. Mastroianni (3), 7/5/12 at DETSteal of Home: C. Thomas, 8/2/13 vs. HOU Pure Steal of Home: R. Becker, 9/27/97 at CLEHome Run in First ML At-Bat: E. Rosario, 5/6/15 vs. OAK (1st PA, 1st pitch)

AGAINST THE TWINSHITTING:Hit for the Cycle: Beltre, 8/24/12 at TEX (5 all-time)Grand Slam: Gordon, 8/18/16 at KC (1 allowed in 2016)Inside-the-Park Home Run: J. McCann, 4/29/15 vs. DETPinch-Hit Home Run: Johnson, 6/9/16 vs. MIA (2 in 2016)Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: Sands, 8/8/15 at CLE (1 in 2015)Five-Hit Game: Pedroia, 7/21/16 at BOS (2 in 2016) Six-Hit Game: Segura, 5/28/13 at MILTwo Hits, One Inning: T. Thompson, 4th inning (2B, 1B) 9/12/15 at CWS (1 allowed in 2015)Two Home Runs, One Inning: Nilsson, 5/17/96 vs. MILTwo-Home Run Game: Morales, 9/6/16 vs. KC (7 allowed in 2016)Three-Home Run Game: J. Donaldson, 8/28/16 at TOR (1 allowed in 2016)Back-to-Back Home Runs: Joseph/Rupp, 6/21/16 vs. PHI (6 allowed in 2016)Three Consecutive Home Runs: Jones/Castilla/Franco, 6/11/02 vs. ATLThree Home Runs, One Inning: Martinez/Infante/Jackson, 9/24/13 vs. DETFour Home Runs, One Inning: Everett/O’Leary/Varitek/Burkhart, 7/3/00 vs. BOSWalk-off Home Run: C. Heisey, 16th inning, 4/24/16 at WAS (1 allowed in 2016)Leadoff Home Run: Kinsler, 9/12/16 at DET (14 allowed in 2016)Consecutive Home Runs to Leadoff Game: J. Bautista/J. Donaldson, 5/22 vs. TOR

PITCHING (complete games only for low-hit games):No-Hitter: Weaver, 5/2/12 at LAA (5 all-time)One-Hitter: Kluber, 8/14/15 vs. CLE (23 all-time)Two-Hitter: Halladay, 5/29/05 at TOR (49 all-time)10+ Innings Pitched: Fernandez (10.0 innings), 10/1/95 at CHC10+ Strikeouts: 11, Norris, 9/12/16 at DET (9 times in 2016)Complete Game Shutout: Arrieta, 6/21/15 vs. CHC (2 in 2015)Back-to-Back Complete Game Victories: Williams/Weaver, 5/1-2/12 at LAABack-to-Back Shutouts: 4/6/13 - 4/8/2015 (2 games, 0-4 and 0-11)

MISCELLANEOUS:Triple Play: Donaldson/Rosales/Carter, 8/21/12 at OAK (Plouffe hitting)Position Player Pitching: J. Hoying, 7/7/16 at TEX (2 in 2016)Three or more Steals, One Game: B. Hamilton (4), 6/29/15 at CINSteal of Home: B. Daubach, 4/27/03 at CHCPure Steal of Home: S. Green, 5/26/00 vs. TEXHome Run in First ML At-Bat: C. Richard, 7/17/00 vs. STL

2016 TARGET FIELD WEATHER DELAYS AND POSTPONEMENTSDATE DELAYED/PPD NOTES 4/18 vs. Milwaukee Delayed Delayed two hours and six minutes in the sixth inning due to rain. Game was called as the Twins won 7-4 in six innings.4/27 vs. Cleveland Delayed Delayed 35 minutes before the start of the game due to rain. First pitch was scheduled for 7:10 pm and game started at 7:45 pm5/9 vs. Baltimore Postponed Postponed due to inclement weather prior to the start of the game. Game to be made up on July 28, a previously scheduled mutual off day for both clubs.5/23 vs. Kansas City Delayed Delayed for 41 minutes in the third inning due to rain. 5/25 vs. Kansas City Delayed Delayed 25 minutes to start due to rain. Game scheduled for 12:10 but started at 12:35.6/4 vs. Tampa Bay Delayed Delayed for one hour and 10 minutes in the sixth inning due to rain. 6/17 vs. New York-AL Delayed Delayed 35 minutes before the start of the game due to potential rain. First pitch was scheduled for 7:10 pm and game started at 7:45 pm6/22 vs. Philadelphia Delayed Delayed for one hour and 10 minutes to start the game due to rain. First pitch was scheduled for 7:10 pm and game started at 8:20 pm7/5 vs. Oakland Delayed Delayed for two hours and 42 minutes marking the latest start in Target Field history with a 9:52 pm first pitch. 7/16 vs. Cleveland Delayed Delayed for two hours and five minutes in the 11th inning due to rain. Game delayed at 10:14 pm and resumed at 12:15 am8/10 vs. Houston Postponed Postponed due to inclement weather during the third inning. Game to be made up on August 11 as part of a split day-night doubleheader.8/13 vs. Kansas City Delayed Delayed 50 minutes before the start of the game due to rain. First pitch was scheduled for 7:10 pm and game started at 8:00 pm

** Target Field has experienced 31 delayed games and 14 postponed games in the park’s history (since 2010). Longest delay: 3:00. **

TEAM BATTING:Most At-Bats, Game...........................................................................57, 4/24 at WAS (16 inn.)Most Runs, Game............................................................................................... 17, 7/2 vs. TEXMost Runs, Inning.............................................................................8, 3rd inning, 9/3 vs. CWSMost Hits, Game .....................................................................................19, 2x, last 8/1 at CLEMost Hits, Inning ................................................................................ 7, 8th inning, 7/7 at TEXConsecutive Hits ................................................................................ 6, 8th inning, 7/7 at TEXConsecutive Batters Reached Base ..................................6, 2x, Last 7th inning, 7/23 at BOSFewest Hits, Game............................................................................................. 2, 4/23 at WASMost Doubles, Game.................................................................................6, 3x, last 8/2 at CLEMost Triples, Game ...................................................................................2, 5x, last 8/3 at CLEMost Home Runs, Game .....................................................................................6, 6/26 at NYYGrand Slams ..........................................................................................1, 2x, Last 9/4 vs. CWSMost Total Bases, Game ..................................................................................... 41, 8/1 at CLEMost Extra Base Hits, Game ............................................................................... 10, 8/1 at CLEMost RBI, Game ................................................................................................. 17, 7/2 vs. TEXMost Walks ............................................................................................. 9, 2x, last 8/17 at ATLMost Strikeouts .................................................................................20, 4/24 at WAS (16 inn.)Most Stolen Bases, Game, Twins ...................................................................... 4, 6/12 vs. BOSMost Stolen Bases, Game, Opponent ....................................................... 3, 4x, last 9/6 vs. KCMost Caught Stealing, Game ................................................................................ 2, 4/7 at BALMost Ground Into Doubleplay, Game...................................................................3, 5/23 vs. KCLeft On Base, Twins ............................................................................................ 19, 8/3 at CLELeft On Base, Twins in Extra Innings .................................................13, 4/17 vs. LAA (12 inn.)Consecutive Scoreless Innings............................................... 15, 9th inn. 4/8 - 5th inn., 4/10

INDIVIDUAL BATTING:Most At-Bats, Game........................................7, 5x, Last Kepler, Rosario 9/4 vs. CWS (12 inn.)Most Runs, Game..........................................................................4, 2x, last Mauer, 8/1 at CLEMost Runs, Inning..................................................................................2, Plouffe, 9/3 vs. CWSMost Hits, Game .........................................................................4, 11x, last Mauer, 8/3 at CLEMost Hits, Inning ............................................................................................1, multiple timesMost Doubles, Game.........................................................................3, Grossman, 5/31 at OAKMost Triples, Game .................................................................................2, Polanco, 8/1 at CLEMost Home Runs, Game ................................................................3, 2x, last Dozier, 9/5 vs. KCGrand Slams .............................................................................1, 2x, last, Buxton, 9/4 vs. CWSMost Total Bases, Game ..........................................................................13, Kepler, 8/1 at CLEMost Extra Base Hits, Game ..........................................................3, 8x, last Dozier, 9/5 vs. KCMost RBI, Game ........................................................................................7, Kepler, 7/2 vs. TEXMost Walks, Game ........................................................................3, 5x, last Kepler, 8/2 at CLE Most Strikeouts, Game ........................................................................... 5, Kepler, 9/4 vs. CWSLongest Hitting Streak ............................................................................ 19, Dozier, 8/27-9/15Consecutive Hits ............................................................ 5, Rosario, 4/21 at MIL - 4/22 at WASConsecutive Hitless At-Bats.............................................................24, 2x, last Sano, 8/13-24 Most Stolen Bases, Game...........................................................2, 6x, last Dozier, 9/3 vs. CWSMost Caught Stealing, Game ..........................................................................1, multiple timesMost Ground Into Doubleplay, Game.....................................2, 2x, last Centeno, 8/11 vs. HOU

TEAM PITCHING:Most Runs Allowed ............................................................................................ 16, 5/4 at HOUMost Runs, Inning.............................................................................8, 1st inning, 5/16 at DETMost Hits Allowed ..................................................................................18, 2x, last 6/9 vs. MIAMost Hits Allowed, Inning ..................................................... 8, 2x, last 7th inning, 6/9 vs. MIAConsecutive Hits Allowed ...................................................... 6, 2x, last 5th inning, 8/2 at CLEMost Home Runs Allowed, Game ........................................................... 4, 6x, last 8/26 at TORMost Strikeouts ................................................................................. 13, 9/4 vs. CWS (12 inn.)

TEAM PITCHING (CONT.):Most Walks ......................................................................................................... 8, 8/30 at CLEFewest Hits Allowed ...............................................................................2, 2x, last 7/6 vs. OAKPitchers Used ....................................................................................... 8, 3x, last 9/11 vs. CLEConsecutive Batters Retired........................................... 17, 1st inning 6/26- 6th inning 6/26Scoreless Innings Streak .................................................... 17, 1st inning 7/6- 8th inning 7/7Wild Pitches ......................................................................................... 3, 3x, last 8/23 vs. DETMost Innings, Game, Relievers ......................................................11.0, 4/24 at WAS (16 inn.)Most Hits, Game, Relievers ................................................................11, 4x, last 8/11 vs. HOUMost Runs, Game, Relievers ..............................................................10, 2x, last 6/11 vs. BOSMost Home Runs, Game, Relievers .......................................................3, 2x, last 5/20 vs TORMost Walks, Game, Relievers...........................................................................6, 8/11 vs. HOUMost Strikeouts, Game, Relievers.....................................................11, 4/24 at WAS (16 inn.)

INDIVIDUAL PITCHING:Most Innings, Game, Starter ......................................................... 9.0, 3x, Gibson, 8/17 at ATLMost Innings, Game, Reliever ........................................................... 6.0, Albers, 8/11 vs. HOUMost Hits, Starter .................................................................11, 2x, Last Santiago, 8/20 at KCMost Hits, Reliever ...............................................................................11, Albers, 8/11 vs HOYMost Runs, Starter ..................................................................8, 2x, Last Santiago, 8/20 at KCMost Runs, Reliever .................................................................5, 2x, last Albers, 8/11 vs. HOUMost Home Runs, Starter ........................................................ 3, 7x, last Santiago, 8/20 at KCMost Home Runs, Reliever ....................................................... 2, 6x, last Tonkin, 8/23 vs. DETMost Walks, Starter................................................................. 5, 3x, last Berrios, 8/25 vs. DETMost Walks, Reliever.............................................................3, 6x, last Wimmers, 9/2 vs. CWSMost Strikeouts, Starter...................................................................10, E.Santana, 8/21 at KCMost Strikeouts, Reliever...........................................................................6, Dean 8/12 vs. KCWin-Streak ...............................................................................................4, Pressly, 7/20-8/02Losing-Streak ..............5, 3x, Gibson (4/6-6/16), Hughes (4/23-5/22), E. Santana (5/24-6/14)Low-Hit Complete Game.................................................................. 2, E. Santana, 7/6 vs. OAKMost Consecutive Scoreless Innings ..................................................17.0, Rogers, 6/17-7/23Most Consecutive Batters Retired .......................................................17, Duffey, 6/26 at NYYWild Pitches .............................................................................2, 6x, last Gibson, 8/23 vs. DET

TEAM & INDIVIDUAL FIELDING:Errors, Game, Team ............................................................................. 4, 3x, last 9/11 vs. CLEErrors, Game, Individual .........................................2, 5x, last Grossman, Polanco 8/14 vs. KCErrors, Consecutive Games, Team ...........................................................................8, 8/21-29Errors, Consecutive Games Without, Team .............................................................4, 5/14-17Doubleplays, Game, Team ....................................................................4, 2x, last 6/12 vs. BOSOpponents Doubleplays, Game, Team ................................................... 3, 3x, last 9/2 vs. CWS

TEAM MISCELLANEOUS:Longest Winning Streak ............................................................................. 4, 3x, last 7/31-8/3Longest Losing Streak............................................................................................13, 8/18-31Longest Game, Innings................................................................................. 16.0, 4/24 at WASLongest Game, Time (9 Innings) ...................................................................4:11, 7/23 at BOSLongest Game, Time (Extra Innings) ..............................................5:56, 4/34 at WAS (16 inn.)Longest Delay ..................................................................................................3:15, 8/19 at KCFastest Game, Time .........................................................................................2:15, 8/18 at KC Largest Margin, Victory..................................................................................... 12, 7/2 vs. TEXLargest Margin, Loss ......................................................................................... 12, 5/4 at HOULargest Home Attendance.......................................................................40,638, 4/11 vs. CWSHome Sellouts ......................................................................................................4/11 vs. CWSTimes Shut Out ............................................................................................7, last 8/29 at CLE

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APRIL (7-17) Batting: .239 (198-for-827) Pitching: 7-17-2, 3.97 ERA (215.1 IP, 95 ER) 4----- --at BAL 2-3 L 0-1 T4th -1.5 45,785 Britton/Jepsen 5-------OFF DAY 6----- --at BAL 2-4 L 0-2 5th -2.0 12,622 Gallardo/Gibson/Britton 7----- --at BAL 2-4 L 0-3 5th -2.5 11,142 Jimenez/Hughes/O’Day 8------at KC 3-4 L 0-4 5th -3.5 27,166 Soria/Jepsen/Davis 9------at KC 0-7 L 0-5 5th -3.5 31,001 Kennedy/Milone10 -----at KC ^3-4 L 0-6 5th -4.5 35,317 Davis/May11 -----CWS 1-4 L 0-7 5th -5.0 *40,638 40,638 1 Quintana/Gibson/Robertson12 -----OFF DAY 5th -5.013 -----CWS 0-3 L 0-8 5th -6.0 21,008 61,646 2 Rodon/Hughes/Robertson14 -----CWS 1-3 L 0-9 5th -7.0 19,736 81,382 3 Latos/Santana/Robertson 15 -----LAA 5-4 W 1-9 5th -7.0 22,461 103,843 4 Fien/Salas/Jepsen 16 -----LAA 6-4 W 2-9 5th -6.0 27,464 131,307 5 Pressly/Smith/Jepsen 17 -----LAA ^3-2 W 3-9 5th -5.0 25,932 157,239 6 Tonkin/Rasmus 18 -----MIL #7-4 W 4-9 5th -4.5 21,078 178,317 7 Hughes/Anderson 19 -----MIL 5-6 L 4-10 5th -5.5 17,597 195,914 8 Thornburg/Jepsen/Jeffress 20 -----at MIL 5-10 L 4-11 5th -6.0 21,078 Nelson/Pressly21 -----at MIL 8-1 W 5-11 5th -5.5 30,107 Nolasco/Jungmann 22 -----at WAS 4-8 L 5-12 5th -6.5 27,684 Gonzalez/Gibson 23 -----at WAS 0-2 L 5-13 5th -7.0 35,974 Roark/Hughes/Papelbon24 -----at WAS ^6-5 L 5-14 5th -8.0 35,397 Perez/Tonkin25 -----CLE 4-3 W 6-14 5th -8.0 17,503 213,417 9 Jepsen/McAllister 26 -----CLE 6-5 W 7-14 5th -8.0 17,493 230,910 10 Jepsen/Allen27 -----CLE 5-6 L 7-15 5th -9.0 17,746 248,656 11 Tomlin/Berrios/Allen28 -----OFF DAY 5th -8.529 -----DET 2-9 L 7-16 5th -8.5 23,049 271,705 12 Fulmer/Hughes30 -----DET 1-4 L 7-17 5th -9.5 31,109 302,814 13 Zimmermann/Duffey/RodriguezMAY (8-19) Batting: .239 (218-for-912) Pitching: 8-19-4, 5.96 ERA (234.0 IP, 155 ER) 1------DET 5-6 L 7-18 5th -10.5 24,749 327,563 14 Lowe/Pressly/Rodriguez 2------at HOU 6-2 W 8-18 5th -10.0 18,243 Berrios/Keuchel 3------at HOU 4-6 L 8-19 5th -11.0 21,153 McHugh/Meyer/Gregerson 4------at HOU 4-16 L 8-20 5th -11.0 20,847 Feldman/Hughes 5------OFF DAY 5th -10.5 6------at CWS 4-10 L 8-21 5th -11.5 23,054 Latos/Nolasco 7------at CWS 2-7 L 8-22 5th -12.5 28,049 Sale/E.Santana 8------at CWS 1-3 L 8-23 5th -13.5 23,801 Quintana/Duffey/Robertson 9------BAL 5th -14.0 --Postponed, Inclement Weather -- Scheduled makeup 7/28 --10 -----BAL 3-5 L 8-24 5th -14.0 21,586 349,149 15 O’Day/Jepsen/Britton 11 -----BAL 2-9 L 8-25 5th -14.0 25,094 374,243 16 Wilson/Hughes 12 -----OFF DAY 5th -14.013 -----at CLE 6-7 L 8-26 5th -15.0 17,803 McAllister/May/Allen14 -----at CLE 6-3 W 9-26 5th -14.0 15,428 Santana/Kluber15 -----at CLE 5-1 W 10-26 5th -13.0 13,236 Duffey/Bauer16 -----at DET 8-10 L 10-27 5th -13.5 25,925 Zimmermann/Dean/Rodriguez17 -----at DET 2-7 L 10-28 5th -13.5 27,652 Ryan/Tonkin18 -----at DET 3-6 L 10-29 5th -13.5 29,035 Verlander/Nolasco/Rodriguez19 -----TOR ^2-3 L 10-30 5th -14.5 25,435 399,678 17 Osuna/Pressly/Biagini20 -----TOR 3-9 L 10-31 5th -14.5 29,396 429,074 18 Sanchez/Duffey21 -----TOR 5-3 W 11-31 5th -13.5 30,460 459,534 19 Abad/Happ/Jepsen22 -----TOR 1-3 L 11-32 5th -14.5 33,421 492,955 20 Stroman/Hughes/Osuna23 -----KC 4-10 L 11-33 5th -15.0 17,886 510,841 21 Moylan/Nolasco24 -----KC 4-7 L 11-34 5th -15.0 23,541 534,382 22 Volquez/Santana/Davis 25 -----KC 7-5 W 12-34 5th -14.0 27,233 561,615 23 Duffey/Gee/Jepsen 26 -----OFF DAY 5th -14.027 -----at SEA 7-2 W 13-34 5th -13.0 40,921 Dean/Hernandez28 -----at SEA 6-5 W 14-34 5th -12.5 28,309 Pressly/Vincent/Jepsen29 -----at SEA 5-4 W 15-34 5th -12.0 33,748 Nolasco/Walker/Jepsen 30 -----at OAK 2-3 L 15-35 5th -13.0 17,248 Graveman/Santana/Madson31 -----at OAK 4-7 L 15-36 5th -14.0 12,767 Dull/Duffey/AxfordJUNE (10-17) Batting: .257 (239-for-931) Pitching: 10-17-5, 5.50 ERA (239.0 IP, 146 ER) 1------at OAK 1-5 L 15-37 5th -15.0 11,345 Manaea/Dean 2------TB 6-4 W 16-37 5th -14.0 20,193 581,808 24 Rogers/Ramirez/Jepsen 3------TB 2-4 L 16-38 5th -14.0 21,134 602,942 25 Ramirez/Nolasco/Colome 4------TB 4-7 L 16-39 5th -14.5 26,613 629,555 26 Andriese/E.Santana/Colome 5------TB 5-7 L 16-40 5th -16.0 25,510 655,065 27 Cedeno/Jepsen/Colome 6------OFF DAY 7------MIA ^6-4 W 17-40 5th -15.0 19,020 674,085 28 Boshers/McGowan 8------MIA 7-5 W 18-40 5th -14.0 21,527 695,612 29 Rogers/Wittgren/Kintzler 9------MIA 3-10 L 18-41 5th -15.0 18,792 714,404 30 Koehler/Santana10 -----BOS 1-8 L 18-42 5th -16.0 22,786 737,190 31 Wright/Duffey 11 -----BOS 4-15 L 18-43 5th -16.0 28,633 765,823 32 Hembree/Gibson12 -----BOS ^7-4 W 19-43 5th -16.0 26,087 791,910 33 Tonkin/Barnes13 -----at LAA 9-4 W 20-43 5th -15.0 36,424 Nolasco/Weaver 14 -----at LAA 4-5 L 20-44 5th -15.0 36,272 Chacin/Santana/Street15 -----at LAA 2-10 L 20-45 5th -15.0 36,717 Santiago/Duffey16 -----NYY 1-4 L 20-46 5th -15.5 23,751 815,661 34 Sabathia/Gibson/Chapman17 -----NYY 2-8 L 20-47 5th -16.5 23,161 838,822 35 Tanaka/Dean 18 -----NYY 6-7 L 20-48 5th -16.5 30,760 869,582 36 Miller/Abad/Chapman19 -----NYY 7-4 W 21-48 5th -17.5 29,553 899,135 37 E.Santana/Eovaldi/Kintzler20 -----OFF DAY 5th -18.021 -----PHI 14-10 W 22-48 5th -18.0 25,714 924,849 38 Boshers/Nola/Kintzler22 -----PHI 6-5 W 23-48 5th -18.0 25,032 949,881 39 Rogers/D.Hernandez/Abad23 -----PHI 3-7 L 23-49 5th -18.5 30,012 979,893 40 Eickhoff/Nolasco24 -----at NYY 3-5 L 23-50 5th -19.5 44,808 Tanaka/Milone/Chapman25 -----at NYY 1-2 L 23-51 5th -20.5 40,075 Miller/Pressly/Chapman26 -----at NYY 7-1 W 24-51 5th -21.0 38,673 Duffey/Eovaldi27 -----OFF DAY28 -----at CWS 4-0 W 25-51 5th -21.0 22,072 Gibson/Quintana29 -----at CWS 6-9 L 25-52 5th -22.0 18,571 Shields/Nolasco/Jones30 -----at CWS 5-6 L 25-53 5th -23.0 26,158 Jones/Abad/RobertsonJULY (15-11) Batting: .269 (247-for-918) Pitching: 15-11-6, 3.80 ERA (237.0 IP, 100 ER) 1------TEX ^2-3 L 25-54 5th -24.0 25,530 1,005,423 41 Bush/Abad/Dyson 2------TEX 17-5 W 26-54 5th -23.0 21,466 1,026,889 42 Duffey/Gonzalez 3------TEX 5-4 W 27-54 5th -22.0 26,942 1,053,831 43 Gibson/Hamels/Kintzler 4------OAK 1-3 L 27-55 5th -23.0 23,100 1,076,931 44 Graveman/Nolasco/Madson 5------OAK 11-4 W 28-55 5th -23.0 16,938 1,093,869 45 Milone/Manaea 6------OAK 4-0 W 29-55 5th -22.0 27,657 1,121,526 46 Santana/Gray 7------at TEX 10-1 W 30-55 5th -21.0 43,934 Duffey/Gonzalez 8------at TEX 5-6 L 30-56 5th -21.5 40,330 Barnette/Pressley/Dyson 9------at TEX 8-6 W 31-56 5th -21.0 37,708 Nolasco/Loshe/Kintzler 10 -----at TEX 15-5 W 32-56 5th -20.0 31,978 Milone/Griffin 11 ----- HR Derby Champion: Giancarlo Stanton12 ----- A.L 4, N.L. 2 - Petco Park in San Diego, CA - Kluber/Cueto/Britton13 -----ALL STAR BREAK 32-56 5th -20.014 -----ALL STAR BREAK 32-56 5th -20.015 -----CLE 2-5 L 32-57 5th -21.0 27,074 1,148,600 47 Carrasco/Santana/Allen 16 -----CLE ^5-4 W 33-57 5th -20.0 29,447 1,178,047 48 May/Colon 17 -----CLE 1-6 L 33-58 5th -21.0 25,692 1,203,739 49 Tomlin/Gibson18 -----at DET 0-1 L 33-59 5th -21.0 29,290 Boyd/Nolasco/Rodriguez19 -----at DET 6-2 W 34-59 5th -21.0 32,030 Milone/Sanchez20 -----at DET 4-1 W 35-59 5th -21.0 35,020 Pressly/Rodriguez/Kintzler21 -----at BOS 2-13 L 35-60 5th -21.5 37,566 Wright/Duffey22 -----at BOS 2-1 W 36-50 5th 20.5 37,001 Gibson/Rodriguez/Kintzler

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

JULY (15-11) Batting: .269 (247-for-918) Pitching: 15-11-6, 3.80 ERA (237.0 IP, 100 ER)23 -----at BOS 11-9 W 37-60 5th -19.5 37,600 Pressly/Layne/Kintzler24 -----at BOS 7-8 L 37-61 5th -19.5 36,806 Porcello/Milone/Ziegler25 -----OFF DAY26 -----ATL 0-2 L 37-62 5th -20.5 26,990 1,230,729 50 Harrell/Santana/Johnson27 -----ATL 7-9 L 37-63 5th -20.5 29,482 1,260,211 51 Foltynewicz/Duffey/Johnson 28 -----BAL## 6-2 W 38-63 5th -20.0 22,569 1,282,480 52 Pressly/Despaigne29 -----CWS ^2-1 W 39-63 5th -20.0 23,983 1,306,463 53 May/Jennings30 -----CWS ^5-6 L 39-64 5th -21.0 27,914 1,334,377 54 Ynoa/Abad/Robertson31 -----CWS 6-4 W 40-64 5th -21.0 29,670 1,364,047 55 Santana/Rodon/PresslyAUGUST (9-20) Batting: .270 (278-for-1031) Pitching: 9-20-4, 6.21 ERA (252.1 IP, 174 ER) 1------at CLE 12-5 W 41-64 5th -20.0 15,018 Berrios/Salazar 2------at CLE 10-6 W 42-64 5th -19.0 15,835 Pressly/Carrasco 3------at CLE 13-5 W 43-64 5th -18.0 17,176 Duffey/Bauer 4------at CLE 2-9 L 43-65 5th -19.0 19.193 Otero/Santiago 5------at TB 6-2 W 44-65 5th -18.0 12,161 Santana/Ramirez 6------at TB 3-7 L 44-66 5th -19.0 15,603 Archer/Berrios/Colome 7------at TB 6-3 W 45-66 5th -18.0 12,649 Gibson/Andriese/Kintzler 8------HOU 3-1 W 46-66 5th -17.5 20,978 1,385,025 56 Duffey/McHugh/Kintzler 9------HOU 5-7 L 46-67 5th -18.5 22,261 1,407,286 57 Fiers/Santiago/Giles10 -----HOU 5th -18.0 -- Postponed, Inclement Weather -- DH Scheduled for 8/11 --11 -----HOU 7-15 L 46-68 5th -19.0 25,960 1,433,246 58 Fister/Berrios -----HOU### 2-10 L 46-69 5th -19.5 24,935 1,458,181 59 Devenski/Milone12 -----KC 3-7 L 46-70 5th -20.5 24,617 1,482,798 60 Ventura/Gibson13 -----KC 5-3 W 47-70 5th -20.5 30,147 1,512,945 61 Duffey/Gee/Kintzler14 -----KC 4-11 L 47-71 5th -21.0 31,730 1,544,675 62 Volquez/Santiago/Young15 -----OFF DAY 5th -21.016 -----at ATL 4-2 W 48-71 5th -21.0 17,611 Santana/De La Cruz/Kintzler17 -----at ATL 10-3 W 49-71 5th -20.0 19,304 Gibson/O’Flaherty18 -----at KC 1-8 L 49-72 5th -21.0 30,599 Gee/Duffey19 -----at KC ^4-5 L 49-73 5th -20.0 28,403 Wang/Chargois 20 -----at KC 0-10 L 49-74 5th -22.0 29,268 Kennedy/Santiago21 -----at KC 1-2 L 49-75 5th -23.0 32,996 Duffy/Santana/Herrera 22 -----OFF DAY -23.523 -----DET 3-8 L 49-76 5th -23.5 24,379 1,569,054 63 Sanchez/Gibson24 -----DET 4-9 L 49-77 5th -23.5 24,309 1,593,363 64 Boyd/Duffey25 -----DET 5-8 L 49-78 5th -23.5 26,437 1,619,800 65 Norris/Berrios/Rodriguez26 -----at TOR 8-15 L 49-79 5th -24.5 42,534 Liriano/Dean 27 -----at TOR 7-8 L 49-80 5th -24.5 47,485 Grilli/Pressly/Osuna28 -----at TOR 6-9 L 49-81 5th -24.5 47,444 Feldman/Light29 -----at CLE ^0-1 L 49-82 5th -25.5 11,327 McAllister/Kintzler30 -----at CLE 4-5 L 49-83 5th -26.5 11,937 Otero/Wimmers/Miller31 -----at CLE 4-8 L 49-84 5th -27.5 11,811 Kluber/Dean/ShawSEPT/OCT (6-8) Batting: .263 (132-for-502) Pitching: 6-8-2, 5.33 (130.0 IP, 77 ER) 1------CWS 8-5 W 50-84 5th -27.0 20,329 1,640,129 66 Santana/Quintana/Kintzler 2------CWS 4-11 L 50-85 5th -28.0 20,806 1,660,935 67 Rodon/Gibson 3------CWS 11-3 W 51-85 5th -28.0 22,274 1,683,209 68 Santiago/Shields 4------CWS 11-13 L 51-86 5th -29.0 22,595 1,705,804 69 Minaya/Dean/Kahale 5------KC 5-11 L 51-87 5th -29.0 20,992 1,726,796 70 Kennedy/Berrios 6------KC 3-10 L 51-88 5th -29.0 22,194 1,748,990 71 Herrera/Kintzler 7------KC 6-5 W 52-88 5th -29.5 17,972 1,766,962 72 Wimmers/Soria/Kintzler 8------OFF DAY -29.5 9------CLE 4-5 L 52-89 5th -30.5 20,173 1,787,135 73 Colon/Duffey/Allen10 -----CLE ^2-1 W 53-89 5th -29.5 23,584 1,810,719 74 Chargois/Colon 11 -----CLE 1-7 L 53-90 5th -30.5 20,301 1,831,020 75 Kluber/Berrios12 -----at DET 2-4 L 53-91 5th -30.5 28,093 Greene/Wimmers/Rodriguez13 -----at DET 8-1 W 54-91 5th -29.5 26,393 Gibson/Boyd14 -----at DET 9-6 L 54-92 5th -30.5 27,953 Greene/Pressly/Rodriguez15 -----at DET 5-1 W 55-92 5th -29.5 26,932 Santiago/Pelfrey16 -----at NYM 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN17 -----at NYM 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN18 -----at NYM 12:10 PM FSN/TIBN19 -----OFF DAY20 -----DET 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 21 -----DET 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN22 -----DET 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN23 -----SEA 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN Twins stocking cap giveaway24 -----SEA 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN Twins stocking cap giveaway25 -----SEA 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN T.C. Cap giveaway26 -----OFF DAY27 -----at KC 6:15 PM FSN/TIBN28 -----at KC 6:15 PM FSN/TIBN29 -----at KC 6:15 PM FSN/TIBN30 -----at CWS 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 1 -----at CWS 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN 2 -----at CWS 2:10 PM FSN/TIBN All game times are listed as Central * - Denotes Sellout (1 in 2016) ̂ - Denotes Extra-Innings (Twins are 6-8 in extra-innings)# - Rain shortened game ended after 6.0 innings.## - Makeup game from May 9 vs. BAL ### - Makeup game from August 10 vs. HOU

2016 WALK-OFF VICTORIES DATE SCORE NOTES 4/17 vs. LAA 3-2 Arcia singles into left field corner, scoring Buxton in bottom 12. 4/25 vs. CLE 4-3 Arcia solo home run in bottom 9 with no outs. 4/26 vs. CLE 6-5 Sano singles to center field, scoring Dozier from second in bottom 9. 6/7 vs. MIA 6-4 Dozier two-run homer in bottom 11 with two outs. 6/12 vs. BOS 7-4 Kepler three-run homer in bottom 10 with one out - Kepler’s first MLB homerun. 7/16 vs. CLE 5-4 Kepler fielder’s choice E2 with bases loaded in 11th scores Mauer from 3rd. 7/29 vs. CWS 2-1 Mauer draws bases loaded walk with one out in 12th inning scoring Rosario. 9/11 vs. CLE 2-1 Mauer singles to center field, scoring Dozier in bottom 12.

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Position Players: (21) Arcia, Oswaldo of*Beresford, James infBuxton, Byron of*Centeno, Juan cDozier, Brian inf*Escobar, Eduardo inf*Grossman, Robbie of

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

Polanco, Jorge infRosario, Eddie of*Sano, Miguel inf*Santana, Danny inf*Schafer, Logan of Suzuki, Kurt c*Vargas, Kennys inf

(* - on Opening Day 25-man Roster)

Pitchers: (28) Abad, Fernando lhp*Albers, Andrew lhpBerrios, Jose rhpBoshers, Buddy lhpChargois, J.T. rhpDean, Pat lhpDuffey, Tyler rhpFien, Casey rhp*Gibson, Kyle rhp*Graham, J.R. rhp

Hughes, Phil rhp*Jepsen, Kevin rhp*Kintzler, Brandon rhpLight, Pat rhpMay, Trevor rhp*Mejia, Adalberto lhpMeyer, Alex rhp Milone, Tommy lhp*Nolasco, Ricky rhp*O’Rourke, Ryan lhp

Perkins, Glen lhp*Pressly, Ryan rhp*Ramirez, Neil rhpRogers, Taylor lhpSantana, Ervin rhp*Santiago, Hector lhpTonkin, Michael rhp*Wimmers, Alex rhp