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THE TWINS: The Twins have a record of 1-5 through six games on their seven-game homestand, going 1-3 against Toronto and 0-2 against Kansas City...today, the Twins will complete the homestand with the third of three against the Royals...the Twins will enjoy an off-day tomorrow and travel to Seattle in the evening to play three games over the weekend, then to Oakland for three games May 30-June 1...the Twins have gone 4-19 on the road this season, compared to 7-15 at home...Twins are looking to snap an eight-game losing streak to the Royals. TWINS FALL SHORT TO ROYALS: The Twins lost to the Royals last night by a score of 7-4... Ervin Santana (1-3) was the starter and loser, allowing six runs on nine hits in 3.2 innings pitched...the offense recorded seven hits, three from Eduardo Escobar and two from Oswaldo Arcia...the Twins went 3-for-10 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. ROSTER MOVE: The Twins announced today that they have selected the contract of left-handed pitcher Buddy Boshers from Triple-A Rochester...Boshers, who was signed by the Twins as a minor league free agent December 14, 2015, is 1-0, 1.42 ERA (19.0 IP, 3 ER), five walks and 21 strikeouts in 15 relief appearances for the Red Wings this season...to make room for Boshers on the 25-man roster, the Twins have placed outfielder Darin Mastroianni on the 15-day disabled list with a left oblique strain (retro to May 22)...to make room for Boshers on the 40-man roster, the Twins have transferred left-handed pitcher Glen Perkins to the 60-day disabled list...Perkins was placed on the disabled list April 13 (retro to April 11) with a left posterior shoulder strain. ROYALTY: Joe Mauer is hitting .331 (209-for-632) with 38 doubles, four triples, 14 home runs, 109 RBI and a .412 on-base percentage in 170 career games against the Royals...in his last 11 games against KC, he is hitting .435 (20-for-46), reaching base multiple times in 10 of those...he ranks fifth all-time in batting average against KC (minimum 500 at-bats), trailing Rod Carew (.345), Ivan Rodriguez (.337) and Wade Boggs (.332). MINNESOTA’S GREATEST HITS: Joe Mauer recorded one hit last night, moving him within nine of tying Kent Hrbek for fourth on the Twins all-time list (since 1961)...he also played in his 1,500th career game: PLAYER YEARS GAMES HITS Kirby Puckett......................... 1984-95 (12)................................ 1,783 ....................................... 2,304 Rod Carew ............................ 1967-78 (12)................................ 1,635 ....................................... 2,085 Tony Oliva ............................. 1962-76 (15)................................ 1,676 ....................................... 1,917 Kent Hrbek ............................ 1981-94 (14)................................ 1,747 ....................................... 1,749 Joe Mauer......................... 2004-present (13) ........................... 1,500 ....................................... 1,740 Harmon Killebrew.................. 1961-74 (14)................................ 1,939 ....................................... 1,713 ABAD’S BEEN AGREAT: 20 of 21 appearances for Fernando Abad have been scoreless...he has walked just five batters, allowed 11 hits and struck out 17...left-handed batters have gone 0-for-19 with one walk this season...he leads all MLB left-handed pitchers with a 0.51 ERA (minimum of 15.0 innings pitched) and is 13th in opponent batting average (.186). GRAND THEFT: The Twins have stolen 31 bases in 39 attempts for a 79.5 stolen base percentage, which is third highest percentage in baseball, trailing Boston (91.2%) and Cleveland (80.0)...they have been successful in 14 of their last 15 attempts. A They are tied for fourth in the AL in steals with Boston, and trailing Houston (39), Kansas City (34) and Cleveland (32). HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAT DEAN!: Pat Dean is celebrating his 27th birthday today...he has appeared in two professional games on his birthday: 2013 with Double-A New Britain and 2011 with Single-A Beloit, both starts...former Twins, Todd Walker (43) and Dave Hollins (50) are also celebrating birthdays, as well as actor Mike Myers and former football player Brian Urlacher. ON THIS DAY IN TWINS HISTORY: In 1997, the Twins retired Kirby Puckett’s number 34...it was the fifth number to be retired by the Twins and now one of eight: Harmon Killebrew (#3), Rod Carew (#29), Tony Oliva (#6), Kent Hrbek (#14), Bert Blyleven (#28), Tom Kelly (#10) and Jackie Robinson (#42)...Puckett is the Twins all-time leader in hits (2,304), doubles (414) and at-bats (7,244). MINOR MATTERS: Twins minor league notes: A Outfielder Max Kepler was placed on the 7-day disabled list yesterday at Rochester with a left groin strain...Kepler was hitting .471 (8-for-17) with three extra-base hits in his last five games prior to the injury. A Byron Buxton went 1-for-3 for Rochester last night with a leadoff home run against Indianapolis...in his last 10 games for the Red Wings, he is hitting .366 (15-for-41) with two doubles, two home runs, five RBI and 10 runs scored...additionally, he is hitting .358 (24-for-67) in 17 games this month for the Wings. A The Twins signed left-handed pitcher Sean Burnett to a minor league contract yesterday and assigned him to Rochester...he made his Wings debut last night against Indianapolis, pitching 2.0 shutout innings with one walk and one strikeout...Burnett has appeared in 370 career major league games, posting a 3.53 ERA (372.2 IP, 146 ER) with 147 walks and 274 strikeouts...he spent 2016 with Triple-A Oklahoma City and Triple-A Gwinnett, posting a 1.38 ERA (13.0 IP, 2 ER) in 13 games combined. HOMESTAND (1-5) Batting Average ........... .204 (40-for-196) Runs Per-Game...................3.2 (19 R/6 G) Home Runs ............................................. 3 RISP ............................... .244 (10-for-41) Fielding Errors ........................................ 4 Team ERA .................5.63 (56.0 IP, 35 ER) Starters W-L ....................................... 0-4 Starters ERA .............7.03 (32.0 IP, 25 ER) Relievers W-L-S ............................... 1-1-1 Relievers ERA ...........3.75 (24.0 IP, 10 ER) Save/Opportunities ..............................1/1 MINNESOTA TWINS (11-34) VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS (24-21) WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2016 - 12:10 PM CT - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK Tyler Duffey (R, 1-3, 3.30) vs. Dillon Gee (R, 1-0, 2.90) GAME 46 HOME GAME 23 UPCOMING MILESTONES PLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACH Joe Mauer ............................768 RBI ......................................Needs 25 to tie Torii Hunter (792) for 6th on Twins all-time list 1740 hits ...................................Needs 9 to tie Kent Hrbek (1749) for 4th on Twins all-time list 349 doubles ...............................Needs 1 to reach 350 for career Paul Molitor .........................94 wins ......................................Needs 6 to reach 100 career managerial wins Glen Perkins ........................401 games .................................Needs 19 to tie Matt Guerrier (420) for 5th on Twins all-time list Trevor Plouffe.......................87 home runs .............................Needs 13 to reach 100 career home runs RECENT TRANSACTIONS 5/4 RHP Graham recalled from AAA 5/6 RHP Santana reinstated from DL C Murphy optioned to AAA RHP Graham designated for release or assignment LHP O’Rourke designated for release or assignment OF Mastroianni contract selected C Centeno contract selected 5/7 RHP Fien claimed off waivers by LAD LHP Milone outrighted to AAA IF Escobar placed on 15-day DL IF Polanco recalled from AAA RHP Kintzler contract selected LHP Dean recalled from AAA 5/14 RHP Graham traded to NYY for cash or PTBNL 5/16 RHP Berrios optioned to AAA 5/17 LHP Rogers recalled from AAA 5/19 OF Grossman selected from AAA OF Rosario optioned to AAA 5/23 IF Escobar returned from rehab and reinstated from 15-day DL IF Polanco optioned to AAA 5/25 OF Mastroianni placed on DL LHP Boshers selected from AAA LHP Perkins transferred to 60-day DL Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 5/26 OFF DAY 5/27 at Seattle Pat Dean (L, 0-1, 3.86) vs. Felix Hernandez (R, 4-3, 2.21) 9:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-G0 96.3 5/28 at Seattle Phil Hughes (R, 1-7, 5.55) vs. Wade Miley (L, 5-2, 4.50) 9:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-G0 96.3 5/29 at Seattle Ricky Nolasco (R, 1-3, 5.54) vs. Taijuan Walker (R, 2-3, 2-4, 2.70) 3:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-G0 96.3 / La Raza Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. STREAKS Current Streak:............................... 3 losses Last 5 games: ........................................ 1-4 Last 10 games: ...................................... 2-8 Last 15 games: .................................... 3-12 Last 20 games: .................................... 4-16 TWINS AT A GLANCE Record: ......................................... 11-34 Home Record:................................. 7-15 Road Record:.................................. 4-19 Record in series: ........................ 3-11-2 Series Openers: .............................. 4-12 Series Finales:................................ 3-12 Rubber Games: ................................. 1-1 Sweeps/Swept: ................................. 1/8 April: ............................................... 7-17 May: ................................................ 4-17 June: ...................................................... July:........................................................ August:................................................... September/October:.............................. vs. American League East: ............... 1-8 vs. American League Central: ........ 4-19 vs. American League West: .............. 4-2 vs. National League: ......................... 2-5 Games vs. LH Starter:....................... 2-5 Games vs. RH Starter: .................... 9-29 Twins score first: ............................ 3-14 Opponent scores first:.................... 8-20 Come-from-behind wins: .................... 9 Leading after 7/8 inn.:............... 7-2/7-1 Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ........... 2-26/1-27 Tied after 7/8 inn.: ..................... 1-6/2-6 Extra-innings: ................................... 1-3 1-run games: .................................... 4-9 Twins out-hit opp.: ............................ 7-5 Opp. out-hit Twins:.......................... 4-28 Twins/Opp. have = hits: .................... 0-1 Twins get Quality Start: .................. 6-11 Twins starter goes 6+ IP:............... 9-11 Most games over .500: ............................. Most games under .500:........... 23, 5/25 Longest winning-streak: ......... 4, 4/15-18 Longest losing-streak: ................. 9, 4/4-14 When Twins score 4+: .................. 10-13 When Twins score 3-: ..................... 1-21 Team-high hits: ...14, 2x, last 4/26 vs. CLE Team-high runs: . 8, 2x, last 5/16 at DET Opp.-high hits: ..............18, 4/29 vs. DET Opp.-high runs:............... 16, 5/4 at HOU Twins get 10+ hits: ........................... 6-7 Walk-Off W/L: ................................... 3/3 Shutouts W/L: ................................... 0/3 Complete Games: ..1, Hughes 4/18 vs. MIL Target Field Sellouts (’16/All-Time): ... 1/159 TWINS VS. KANSAS CITY 2016 Record: ......................................... 0-5 Current Streak:.......... 8 losses (since 2014) 2016 at Home: ....................................... 0-2 2016 at Kansas City: .............................. 0-3 All-Time Record: ............................ 380-358 All-Time at Home: .......................... 199-168 All-Time at Kansas City: ................. 181-190 2016 Game Logs: Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save 4/8 KC 3-4 Soria/Jepsen/Davis 4/9 KC 0-7 Kennedy/Milone 4/10 KC 3-4 (10 in) Davis/May 5/23 MIN 4-10 Moylan/Nolasco 5/24 MIN 4-7 Volquez/Santana/Davis 5/25 MIN 8/12 MIN 8/13 MIN 8/14 MIN 8/18 KC 8/19 KC 8/20 KC 8/21 KC 9/5 MIN 9/6 MIN 9/7 MIN 9/27 KC 9/28 KC 9/29 KC

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THE TWINS: The Twins have a record of 1-5 through six games on their seven-game homestand, going 1-3 against Toronto and 0-2 against Kansas City...today, the Twins will complete the homestand with the third of three against the Royals...the Twins will enjoy an off-day tomorrow and travel to Seattle in the evening to play three games over the weekend, then to Oakland for three games May 30-June 1...the Twins have gone 4-19 on the road this season, compared to 7-15 at home...Twins are looking to snap an eight-game losing streak to the Royals.

TWINS FALL SHORT TO ROYALS: The Twins lost to the Royals last night by a score of 7-4...Ervin Santana (1-3) was the starter and loser, allowing six runs on nine hits in 3.2 innings pitched...the offense recorded seven hits, three from Eduardo Escobar and two from Oswaldo Arcia...the Twins went 3-for-10 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.

ROSTER MOVE: The Twins announced today that they have selected the contract of left-handed pitcher Buddy Boshers from Triple-A Rochester...Boshers, who was signed by the Twins as a minor league free agent December 14, 2015, is 1-0, 1.42 ERA (19.0 IP, 3 ER), five walks and 21 strikeouts in 15 relief appearances for the Red Wings this season...to make room for Boshers on the 25-man roster, the Twins have placed outfielder Darin Mastroianni on the 15-day disabled list with a left oblique strain (retro to May 22)...to make room for Boshers on the 40-man roster, the Twins have transferred left-handed pitcher Glen Perkins to the 60-day disabled list...Perkins was placed on the disabled list April 13 (retro to April 11) with a left posterior shoulder strain.

ROYALTY: Joe Mauer is hitting .331 (209-for-632) with 38 doubles, four triples, 14 home runs, 109 RBI and a .412 on-base percentage in 170 career games against the Royals...in his last 11 games against KC, he is hitting .435 (20-for-46), reaching base multiple times in 10 of those...he ranks fifth all-time in batting average against KC (minimum 500 at-bats), trailing Rod Carew (.345), Ivan Rodriguez (.337) and Wade Boggs (.332).

MINNESOTA’S GREATEST HITS: Joe Mauer recorded one hit last night, moving him within nine of tying Kent Hrbek for fourth on the Twins all-time list (since 1961)...he also played in his 1,500th career game:PLAYER YEARS GAMES HITSKirby Puckett ......................... 1984-95 (12) ................................ 1,783 ....................................... 2,304Rod Carew ............................ 1967-78 (12) ................................ 1,635 ....................................... 2,085Tony Oliva ............................. 1962-76 (15) ................................ 1,676 ....................................... 1,917Kent Hrbek ............................ 1981-94 (14) ................................ 1,747 ....................................... 1,749Joe Mauer ......................... 2004-present (13) ........................... 1,500 ....................................... 1,740Harmon Killebrew .................. 1961-74 (14) ................................ 1,939 ....................................... 1,713

ABAD’S BEEN AGREAT: 20 of 21 appearances for Fernando Abad have been scoreless...he has walked just five batters, allowed 11 hits and struck out 17...left-handed batters have gone 0-for-19 with one walk this season...he leads all MLB left-handed pitchers with a 0.51 ERA (minimum of 15.0 innings pitched) and is 13th in opponent batting average (.186).

GRAND THEFT: The Twins have stolen 31 bases in 39 attempts for a 79.5 stolen base percentage, which is third highest percentage in baseball, trailing Boston (91.2%) and Cleveland (80.0)...they have been successful in 14 of their last 15 attempts.

AThey are tied for fourth in the AL in steals with Boston, and trailing Houston (39), Kansas City (34) and Cleveland (32).

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAT DEAN!: Pat Dean is celebrating his 27th birthday today...he has appeared in two professional games on his birthday: 2013 with Double-A New Britain and 2011 with Single-A Beloit, both starts...former Twins, Todd Walker (43) and Dave Hollins (50) are also celebrating birthdays, as well as actor Mike Myers and former football player Brian Urlacher.

ON THIS DAY IN TWINS HISTORY: In 1997, the Twins retired Kirby Puckett’s number 34...it was the fifth number to be retired by the Twins and now one of eight: Harmon Killebrew (#3), Rod Carew (#29), Tony Oliva (#6), Kent Hrbek (#14), Bert Blyleven (#28), Tom Kelly (#10) and Jackie Robinson (#42)...Puckett is the Twins all-time leader in hits (2,304), doubles (414) and at-bats (7,244).

MINOR MATTERS: Twins minor league notes:

AOutfielder Max Kepler was placed on the 7-day disabled list yesterday at Rochester with a left groin strain...Kepler was hitting .471 (8-for-17) with three extra-base hits in his last five games prior to the injury.

AByron Buxton went 1-for-3 for Rochester last night with a leadoff home run against Indianapolis...in his last 10 games for the Red Wings, he is hitting .366 (15-for-41) with two doubles, two home runs, five RBI and 10 runs scored...additionally, he is hitting .358 (24-for-67) in 17 games this month for the Wings.

AThe Twins signed left-handed pitcher Sean Burnett to a minor league contract yesterday and assigned him to Rochester...he made his Wings debut last night against Indianapolis, pitching 2.0 shutout innings with one walk and one strikeout...Burnett has appeared in 370 career major league games, posting a 3.53 ERA (372.2 IP, 146 ER) with 147 walks and 274 strikeouts...he spent 2016 with Triple-A Oklahoma City and Triple-A Gwinnett, posting a 1.38 ERA (13.0 IP, 2 ER) in 13 games combined.

HOMESTAND (1-5)Batting Average ........... .204 (40-for-196)Runs Per-Game ...................3.2 (19 R/6 G)Home Runs .............................................3RISP ............................... .244 (10-for-41)Fielding Errors ........................................4

Team ERA .................5.63 (56.0 IP, 35 ER)Starters W-L ....................................... 0-4Starters ERA .............7.03 (32.0 IP, 25 ER)Relievers W-L-S ...............................1-1-1Relievers ERA ...........3.75 (24.0 IP, 10 ER)Save/Opportunities ..............................1/1

MINNESOTA TWINS (11-34) VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS (24-21)WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2016 - 12:10 PM CT - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK

Tyler Duffey (R, 1-3, 3.30) vs. Dillon Gee (R, 1-0, 2.90)GAME 46 HOME GAME 23

UPCOMING MILESTONESPLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACHJoe Mauer ............................768 RBI ......................................Needs 25 to tie Torii Hunter (792) for 6th on Twins all-time list 1740 hits ...................................Needs 9 to tie Kent Hrbek (1749) for 4th on Twins all-time list 349 doubles ...............................Needs 1 to reach 350 for careerPaul Molitor .........................94 wins ......................................Needs 6 to reach 100 career managerial winsGlen Perkins ........................401 games .................................Needs 19 to tie Matt Guerrier (420) for 5th on Twins all-time listTrevor Plouffe .......................87 home runs .............................Needs 13 to reach 100 career home runs

RECENT TRANSACTIONS5/4 RHP Graham recalled from AAA5/6 RHP Santana reinstated from DL C Murphy optioned to AAA RHP Graham designated for release or assignment LHP O’Rourke designated for release or assignment OF Mastroianni contract selected C Centeno contract selected5/7 RHP Fien claimed off waivers by LAD LHP Milone outrighted to AAA IF Escobar placed on 15-day DL IF Polanco recalled from AAA RHP Kintzler contract selected LHP Dean recalled from AAA5/14 RHP Graham traded to NYY for cash or PTBNL5/16 RHP Berrios optioned to AAA5/17 LHP Rogers recalled from AAA5/19 OF Grossman selected from AAA OF Rosario optioned to AAA5/23 IF Escobar returned from rehab and reinstated from 15-day DL IF Polanco optioned to AAA5/25 OF Mastroianni placed on DL LHP Boshers selected from AAA LHP Perkins transferred to 60-day DL

Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast ScheduleDate Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio5/26 OFF DAY5/27 at Seattle Pat Dean (L, 0-1, 3.86) vs. Felix Hernandez (R, 4-3, 2.21) 9:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-G0 96.35/28 at Seattle Phil Hughes (R, 1-7, 5.55) vs. Wade Miley (L, 5-2, 4.50) 9:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-G0 96.35/29 at Seattle Ricky Nolasco (R, 1-3, 5.54) vs. Taijuan Walker (R, 2-3, 2-4, 2.70) 3:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-G0 96.3 / La Raza

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

STREAKSCurrent Streak: ...............................3 lossesLast 5 games: ........................................1-4Last 10 games: ......................................2-8Last 15 games: ....................................3-12Last 20 games: ....................................4-16

TWINS AT A GLANCERecord: .........................................11-34 Home Record: .................................7-15Road Record: ..................................4-19Record in series: ........................ 3-11-2Series Openers: ..............................4-12 Series Finales: ................................3-12Rubber Games: .................................1-1Sweeps/Swept: ................................. 1/8April: ...............................................7-17May: ................................................4-17June: ......................................................July: ........................................................August: ...................................................September/October: ..............................vs. American League East: ...............1-8vs. American League Central: ........4-19vs. American League West: ..............4-2vs. National League: .........................2-5Games vs. LH Starter: .......................2-5Games vs. RH Starter: ....................9-29Twins score first: ............................3-14Opponent scores first: ....................8-20Come-from-behind wins: .................... 9Leading after 7/8 inn.: ............... 7-2/7-1Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ........... 2-26/1-27Tied after 7/8 inn.: ..................... 1-6/2-6Extra-innings: ...................................1-31-run games: ....................................4-9Twins out-hit opp.: ............................7-5Opp. out-hit Twins:..........................4-28 Twins/Opp. have = hits: ....................0-1Twins get Quality Start: ..................6-11Twins starter goes 6+ IP: ...............9-11Most games over .500: .............................Most games under .500: ........... 23, 5/25Longest winning-streak: ......... 4, 4/15-18 Longest losing-streak: ................. 9, 4/4-14When Twins score 4+: ..................10-13When Twins score 3-: .....................1-21Team-high hits: ...14, 2x, last 4/26 vs. CLETeam-high runs: . 8, 2x, last 5/16 at DETOpp.-high hits: ..............18, 4/29 vs. DETOpp.-high runs: ............... 16, 5/4 at HOUTwins get 10+ hits: ...........................6-7Walk-Off W/L: ................................... 3/3Shutouts W/L: ................................... 0/3Complete Games: ..1, Hughes 4/18 vs. MILTarget Field Sellouts (’16/All-Time): ...1/159

TWINS VS. KANSAS CITY2016 Record: .........................................0-5Current Streak: ..........8 losses (since 2014)2016 at Home: .......................................0-22016 at Kansas City: ..............................0-3All-Time Record: ............................380-358All-Time at Home: ..........................199-168All-Time at Kansas City: .................181-190

2016 Game Logs:

Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save4/8 KC 3-4 Soria/Jepsen/Davis4/9 KC 0-7 Kennedy/Milone4/10 KC 3-4 (10 in) Davis/May5/23 MIN 4-10 Moylan/Nolasco5/24 MIN 4-7 Volquez/Santana/Davis5/25 MIN8/12 MIN8/13 MIN8/14 MIN8/18 KC8/19 KC8/20 KC8/21 KC9/5 MIN9/6 MIN9/7 MIN9/27 KC9/28 KC9/29 KC

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• He is making his sixth start of the season.• He is making his 16th career start and appearance.

W L ERA G/GS IP ER AVG H AB HR BB SO Home: 0 2 5.25 2/2 12.0 7 Vs. Left: .345 19 55 1 3 14 Road: 1 1 2.00 3/3 18.0 4 Vs. Right: .185 12 65 2 3 11 Day: 1 2 1.85 4/4 24.1 5 TOTALS: .258 31 120 3 6 25 Night: 0 1 9.53 1/1 5.2 6 Grass: 1 3 3.30 5/5 30.0 11 None On: .233 17 73 1 4 16 Turf: - - - - - - - Runners On: .298 14 47 2 2 9

2016 MISC. NUMBERS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CAREER NOTES

LAST START: Duffy made his fifth major league start of the season May 20 vs. Toronto; the Blue Jays won 5-3...lasted 5.2 innings, his shortest outing since his season debut, and allowed a season-high six runs and nine hits with one walk and two strikeouts...exited in the sixth with two men on, who both scored on a Jose Bautista home run surrendered by Trevor May...is now 0-2, 14.09 ERA (7.2 IP, 12 ER) with three walks and three strikeouts in two career starts against the Blue Jays.

MEETING THE ROYALS: Today is Duffey's first career start against Kansas City...he has never faced any hitters on the Royals roster...he has faced every other team in the AL Central multiple times...Duffey has only faced different nine teams in his 15 career starts, eight of which are in the American League.• Duffey has made eight career starts against the AL Central; he is 4-2, 2.17 (49.2 IP,

12 ER) with 15 walks and 47 strikeouts against intra-division foes.

THE EARLY BIRD: Duffey is making his fifth day start of the season; he has only made one night start in 2016...he is 1-2, 1.85 ERA (24.1 IP, 5 ER) with five walks and 23 strikeouts in the daytime as opposed to 0-1, 9.53 ERA (5.2 IP, 6 ER) with one walk and two strikeouts in his only night start... 2-2, 1.66 ERA (38.0 IP, 7 ER) with seven walks and 38 strikeouts in six career day starts; 4-2, 4.32 (50.0 IP, 24 ER) with 19 walks and 40 strikeouts in nine career night starts.

GIMME FIVE: Duffey completed 5.0+ innings for the fourth time in five starts this season...he has failed to complete 5.0 innings in just three of his 15 career outings, including a career-low in his major league debut August 5 at Toronto...the only time he did not toss 5.0 innings this year was in his season debut April 24 at Washington when he left with no outs in the fifth inning after being struck by a line drive...Duffey has thrown 7.0+ innings four times in his career, including twice this season; his career-high 7.2 innings was August 20 at Baltimore...he has pitched the second most innings (88.0) by a Twins since his MLB debut August 5, 2015, trailing Ervin Santana (106.0).

RIGHT ON TARGET: Duffey is 3-2, 2.75 ERA (36.0 IP, 11 ER) with 12 walks, 32 strikeouts and a .211 (28-for-133) opponents' average in six career starts at Target Field; he has lost both of his home starts this year...in nine career road starts, is 3-2, 3.46 ERA (52.0 IP, 20 ER) with 14 walks and 46 strikeouts; 1-1, 2.00 ERA (18.0 IP, 4 ER) with five walks and 16 strikeouts in three starts away from Target Field this season.

EARN IT: Duffey surrendered six earned runs in his last start, only the second time in his career that he allowed more than three earned runs in a start...both starts came against the Blue Jays: August 5 at Toronto (Duffey's MLB debut) and May 20 vs. Toronto...Duffey has not allowed an earned run in three of his 15 career starts, and eight times has he allowed one or two runs.

STRIKING WHILE HOT: Duffey only registered two strikeouts last time out...he has struck out at least six batters in three of his five starts in 2016 nine of his 15 career starts...he has struck out eight-or-more three times, including a career-high nine May 8 at Chicago-AL...he is second on the Twins in strikeouts (78) since his MLB debut August 5, 2015, behind only Ervin Santana (88).

RIGHT APPROACH: Through his first 15 career starts, right-handers have hit just .229 (40-for-175) off Duffey with 31 strikeouts and a .278 on-base percentage...conversely, left-handers have hit .287 (47-for-164) with a .350 on-base percentage off Duffey.

SEVEN ISN'T HEAVEN: In his career, Duffey owns a 2.53 ERA (81.2 IP, 23 ER) and opponents hit just .231 (70-for-303) in the first six innings of the game...from the seventh inning on, though, Duffey's ERA is 11.37 (6.1 IP, 8 ER) and he has allowed a .472 (17-for-36) average against...Duffey's batting average against increased each time through the lineup (first time - .161, second time - .274, third time - .352, fourth time - .429).

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

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

2016: 1-3, 3.30 ERA CAREER: 6-4, 3.17 ERA

TYLER DUFFEY #56

YEAR STARTS 6+ IP QS2015 10 7 7

YEAR STARTS 6+ IP QS2016 5 3 3TOTALS 15 10 10

6.0-PLUS IP/QUALITY STARTS

Gee vs. the Twins PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SOSuzuki .444 9 4 0 0 1Dozier .200 5 1 0 0 2Mauer .500 4 2 0 1 1Nunez .750 4 3 0 0 0Arcia .000 3 0 0 0 2Plouffe .333 3 1 0 0 0Park .000 2 0 0 0 1Escobar .000 1 0 0 0 0

Duffey vs. the RoyalsPLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SOHas never faced the Royals.

BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPS

BASE RUNNERS PICK-OFFS SB-ATT GIDP DUFFEY: 39 0 1-1 3

MORE MISCELLANEOUS NUMBERS

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

2016 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS

2016 vs. Kansas City: - -2016 vs. Kansas City at Home: - -2016 vs. Kansas City at Kansas City: - -Career vs. Kansas City: - -Career vs. Kansas City at Home: - -Career vs. Kansas City at Kansas City: - -

DUFFEY VS. KANSAS CITY

Dean will be making his second career major league start Friday night at Seattle...made his first MLB start May 21 vs. Toronto, receiving a no-decision after he allowed just two runs on three hits and three walks with five strikeouts; both runs came on a Jose Bautista home run, and the Blue Jays won 5-3...has two career relief appearances, both coming this season, posting a record of 0-1 with a 4.50 ERA (8.0 IP, 4 ER) with two walks and seven strikeouts...made his major league debut May 11 vs. Baltimore after his contract was selected from Triple-A Rochester May 7...has a career minor league record of 47-53, 3.91 ERA (814.2 IP, 354 ER) with 155 walks and 478 strikeouts...selected by the Twins in the third round of 2010 First-Year Player Draft.

TOMORROW'S STARTER - PAT DEAN, LHP (SEASON: 0-1, 3.86 ERA // CAREER: 0-1, 3.86 ERA)

Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Left/Final Notes Pitches/K4/24 at WAS ND 4.0 5 1 1 1 2 1 1-1/5-6 Left after hit by line drive; 16 inning game 74/414/30 vs. DET L1 6.1 5 4 1 1 0 7 1-4/1-4 2nd career start allowing no walks 106/73APRIL TOTALS 0-1 10.1 10 5 2 2 2 8 1.74 ERA5/8 at CWS L2 7.0 6 3 3 0 2 9 1-3/1-3 Career-high in strikeouts 97/645/15 at CLE W1 7.0 6 0 0 0 1 6 3-0/5-1 Matched career high 7.0 shutout innings 110/675/20 vs. TOR L3 5.2 9 6 6 1 1 2 1-4/3-9 Left with 2 men on, both scored 103/65MAY TOTALS 1-2 19.2 21 9 9 1 4 17 4.12 ERA---- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA2016 TOTALS 1-3 30.0 31 14 11 3 6 25 30.0CAREER TOTALS 6-4 88.0 87 34 31 7 26 78 3.17

2016 MAJOR LEAGUE DAY-BY-DAY

INNING: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RUNS/HITS: 4/4 0/2 2/8 1/4 1/3 5/7 1/3 -/- -/-

2016 RUNS/HITS PER INNING

Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Left/Final Notes Pitches/K4/7 at SWB ND 4.0 2 0 0 0 2 3 1-0/3-0 Red Wings Opening Day starter 56/404/13 vs. LVH ND 4.2 6 2 2 0 4 4 2-0/7-6 Allowed a season-high four walks 96/504/18 vs. PAW ND 7.0 7 1 1 0 1 6 1-12/3-1 Longest outing of the season (7.0 IP) 104/69ROCH. TOTALS 0-0 15.2 15 3 3 0 7 13 1.72 ERA---- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA2016 MINORS TOTALS 0-0 15.2 15 3 3 0 7 13 1.72CAREER MINORS TOTALS 29-18 443.1 402 180 155 13 92 366 3.15

2016 MINOR LEAGUE DAY-BY-DAY

Pitcher Last Start (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) Dec. Starts QS Team Rec. Run Supp. RS AVGSantana 5/24 vs. KC (3.2-9-6-6-2-4-1) L 8 4 1-7 14 3.07Gibson 4/22 at WAS (3.0-7-7-7-2-1-0) L 4 1 1-3 5 2.18Hughes 5/22 vs TOR (6.0-3-1-1-2-3-2) L 9 6 1-8 18 3.33Milone 4/25 vs CLE (4.2-7-2-2-2-5-0) ND 4 0 2-2 5 1.93Nolasco 5/23 vs. KC (2.2-8-6-6-2-3-0) L 9 2 3-6 31 5.37Duffey 5/20 vs. TOR (5.2-9-6-6-1-2-1) L 5 3 1-4 7 2.10Berrios 5/16 at DET (0.2-3-7-7-4-1-1) ND 4 0 1-3 10 6.00Meyer 5/3 at HOU (2.2-3-3-3-3-4-1) L 1 0 0-1 2 4.93Dean 5/21 vs. TOR (6.0-3-2-2-3-5-1) ND 1 1 1-0 0 0.00

TWINS STARTERS IN 2016

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Homestand: 0-0-1, 9.00 (3.0 IP, 3 ER), 3 K Series vs. KC: 0-0-0, 18.00 (1.0 IP, 2 ER), K vs. Left: .300 vs. Right: .319

AEarned first save as a Twin on August 21, 2015 at Baltimore...became Twins primary closer and went 10-for-11 in save opportunities from August 21 thru end of the season...is 13-for-17 in career as Twins closer. ALed the AL in appearances (75) in 2015; 29 games for the Twins and 46 for Tampa Bay. AHas recorded 20-plus holds three times in his career (27 in 2010, 22 in 2014 and 24 in 2015)...has never allowed more than 14 extra-base hits in a season (11 2B, 3 HR)...has allowed 11 extra-base hits (6 2B, 3B, 4 HR) in 2016. AAt the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, he closed out the USA’s 8-4 win over Japan in the bronze medal-winning game...pitched in four Olympic games with one save, a 0.00 ERA (5.2 IP) and five strikeouts. AAcquired via trade July 31, 2015 in exchange for right-handed pitchers Chih-Wei Hu and Alexis Tapia.

KEVIN JEPSEN - RHP #49Height: 6-3 Weight: 235 B/T: R/R Age: 31 (7/26/84 in Anaheim, CA) Obtained: Trade with Tampa Bay, 7/31/15

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO5/23 vs. KC ND 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 15/21 vs. TOR S3 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 05/19 vs. TOR ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 15/15 at CLE ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 25/14 at CLE ND 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 05/10 vs. BAL L4 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 15/7 at CWS ND 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 05/2 at HOU ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 05/1 vs. DET ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 04/26 vs. CLE W2 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 04/25 vs. CLE W1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1st Batter FacedPITCHER H/AB BB K AVG SV/OPP HLD IR/IRS IRS % LAST RELIEF APPEARANCE LAST WIN LAST SAVE LAST LOSSAbad 5/ 18 3 3 .278 0/ 0 2 20/ 6 30.0% 5/24/16 vs. KC ND 5/21/16 vs. TOR ….. … 5/15/05 vs. CWSBoshers 0/ 0 0 0 … 0/ 0 0 0/ 0 … 9/28/13 at TEX ND ….. … ….. … ….. …Jepsen 4/ 18 1 5 .222 3/ 6 1 0/ 0 … 5/23/16 vs. KC ND 4/26/16 vs. CLE 5/21/16 vs. TOR 5/10/16 vs. BALKintzler 3/ 8 0 1 .375 0/ 0 0 5/ 0 0.0% 5/24/16 vs. KC ND 9/16/15 at STL ….. … 5/23/15 at ATLMay 6/ 20 2 7 .300 0/ 2 2 12/ 6 50.0% 5/23/16 vs. KC ND 8/7/15 at CLE ….. … 5/13/16 at CLEPressly 5/ 19 3 3 .263 0/ 1 1 3/ 0 0.0% 5/24/16 vs. KC ND 4/16/16 vs. LAA ….. … 5/19/16 vs. TORRogers 1/ 5 0 0 .200 0/ 0 0 0/ 0 … 5/23/16 vs. KC ND ….. … ….. … ….. …Tonkin 7/ 20 1 7 .350 0/ 2 1 12/ 6 50.0% 5/24/16 vs. KC ND 4/17/16 vs. LAA ….. … 5/17/18 at DETOthers 11/ 26 2 5 .423 0/ 1 1 17/ 5 29.4%TEAM 42/ 134 12 31 .313 3/ 12 8 69/ 23 33.3%

The opposition has a .286 (184-for-644) batting-average-against with 27 home runs vs. Twins relievers.

2016 BULLPEN INFO

Homestand: 0-0-0, 16.20 (1.2 IP, 3 ER), 2 K Series vs. TOR: 0-0-0, 13.50 (1.1 IP, 2 ER), 2 K vs. Left: .143 vs. Right: .317

ALeads Twins relievers in strikeouts (32) and is 3rd among all Twins pitchers. ASnapped scoreless inning streak at 9.0 innings 5/13 at CLE, was 2nd longest by a Twin in 2016 (longest by a Twin in 2016: Abad, 9.1). AHas thrown at least 1.0 inning in 13 of his last 16 appearances...allowed 10 runs in last 5 outings (3.1 IP). AIn 2015 finished second in strikeouts (110), behind only Kyle Gibson (145), among all Twins. AIn 2015 he led all AL rookies in K/BB (4.23- min. of 100.0 IP)...was 4th in strikeouts (110), T7th in games (48), T9th in holds (7). APrimarily a starter throughout his professional career...was moved to the bullpen in July 2015...had gone 4-7, 4.37 ERA (80.1 IP, 39 ER) with 18 walks and 71 strikeouts in 15 starts...had 2.87 ERA (31.1 IP, 10 ER) with eight walks and 37 strikeouts in 32 relief appearances. AAcquired at Winter Meetings in December of 2012 along with pitcher Vance Worley in exchange for outfielder Ben Revere.

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 SO5/23 vs, KC ND 1.1 4 2 2 0 0 25/20 vs. TOR ND 0.1 2 1 1 1 0 05/17 at DET ND 0.0 4 3 3 2 0 05/15 at CLE ND 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 15/13 at CLE L2 0.2 3 3 3 0 1 25/10 vs. BAL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 15/8 at CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 05/6 at CWS ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 25/4 at HOU ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 15/1 vs. DET ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 24/30 vs. DET ND 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 1

Homestand: 0-1-0, 4.15 (4.1 IP, 2 ER), 4 K Series vs. KC: 0-0-0, 4.50 (2.0 IP, ER), 2 K vs. Left: .263 vs. Right: .265

ALeads Twins relievers in innings (27.0) and third in strikeouts (26). ATossed 8.2 scoreless innings to begin the season...the scoreless streak ended in the bottom of the sixth on 4/20 at MIL. ADid not allow a home run in 2015 (27.2 IP), one of two pitchers in baseball with a minimum of 25.0 innings pitched to not allow a homer, St. Louis’ Adam Wainwright being the other...leads Twins in fewest home runs allowed (11) with a minimum 100.0 IP since 2013. AOriginally drafted by Red Sox in 11th round of 2007 First-Year Round Player Draft...is one of four Rule 5 selections for the Twins since 2010 (all pitchers - J.R. Graham 2014, Terry Doyle 2011, and Scott Diamond 2010).

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO5/24 vs. KC ND 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 25/22 vs. TOR ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 05/20 vs. TOR ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 15/19 vs. TOR L3 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 15/16 at DET ND 2.0 1 1 1 1 0 05/14 at CLE ND 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 25/13 at CLE ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 05/10 vs. BAL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1

Homestand: 0-0-0, 2.45 (3.2 IP, ER), 6 K Series vs. KC: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.1 IP), K vs. Left: .167 vs. Right: .238

ASecond among Twins relievers, and fourth overall among Twins pitchers, with 29 strikeouts this season. AEarned first major league win with 2.0 scoreless inning, striking out four in extra innings, 4/17 vs. LAA. AMade Opening Day roster for first time since 2014...made 7 appearances in spring, posting a 7.88 ERA (8.0 IP, 7 ER) with eight strikeouts. AHas appeared in 81 career major league games, going 1-2, 3.26 ERA (77.1 IP, 28 ER) with 25 walks and 74 strikeouts. ARecalled from Triple-A Rochester to Minnesota five times in 2015...combined to go 2-1, 1.96 ERA (64.1 IP, 1 ER) with 14 walks and 65 strikeouts in 59 games between both levels.

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO5/24 vs. KC ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 15/22 vs, TOR ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 35/20 vs. TOR ND 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 25/18 at DET ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 15/17 at DET L2 0.1 3 3 3 0 0 15/14 at CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 25/11 vs. BAL ND 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 25/7 at CWS ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 15/6 at CWS ND 1.2 2 2 2 0 0 0

Homestand: 1-0-0, 0.00 (3.0 IP), BB, 3 K Series vs. KC: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.2 IP), 2 K vs. Left: .000 vs. Right: .275

AHas 5.1 scoreless innings in 8 career outings vs. KC...struckout eight and held Royals to a .059 average (1-for-17) in his career. AHolding lefties hitless in 2016 (0-for-19, BB, 5 K)...only pitcher in the AL to hold lefties hitless (min. 10 ABs). ACareer record of 6-20, 3.49 ERA (245.0 IP, 95 ER) with 82 walks and 210 strikeouts in 279 career appearances. AHad his 9.1 scoreless inning streak snapped, after allowing an unearned run 4/27 vs. CLE; it is the longest by a Twin this season. A2016 is his first season pitching with the Twins...spent parts of six previous seasons with Houston (2010-12), Washington (2013) and Oakland (2014-15)...has made 265 career relief appearances (6 starts)...ranks T2nd in AL in games among lefties since 2014 (152). AHas allowed 11 hits and 5 walks while striking out 17 in his 21 appearances this season (17.2 IP)...all hits are singles. AHeld opponents to a .167 (5-for-30) batting average with runners in scoring position and two outs in 2015. ALed the Athletics in games (62) and was 10th among AL left-handed relievers in 2015.

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO5/24 vs. KC ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 05/23 vs. KC ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 25/21 vs. TOR W1 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 05/19 vs. TOR ND 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 15/13 at CLE ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 05/10 vs. BAL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 05/7 at CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 05/6 at CWS ND 0.1 2 1 1 0 1 05/2 at HOU ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 15/1 vs. DET ND 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 14/29 vs. DET ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 04/27 vs. CLE ND 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0

Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (4.2 IP), BB, 6 K Series vs. KC: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.1 IP), 4 K vs. Left: .375 vs. Right: .259

ARecalled 5/7...has 8 appearances since recall...tossed 6.1 scoreless innings in his last 6 outings (5 hits, BB, 6 K). AMade 2016 debut 5/7 at CWS...was first appearance in the major since May 25, 2015 vs. SF as a member of the Milwaukee Brewers. AMade 172 appearances with Milwaukee from 2010-15...posted a 6.43 ERA (7.0 IP, 5 ER) in seven appearances for the Brewers in 2015. ABetween 2013-14 for Brewers went 6-6, 2.93 ERA (135.1 IP, 44 ER) with 32 BB and 89 K and 35 holds in 135 relief appearances. ABegan the 2016 season with Triple-A Rochester where he went 4-1, 3.52 ERA (15.1 IP, 6 ER), three walks and 11 strikeouts in 10 relief appearances...career minor league record of 16-12, 2.94 ERA (251.1 IP, 82 ER), 60 walks and 225 strikeouts in 181 outings (7 starts). AOriginally selected by San Diego in the 40th round of the 2004 First-Year Player Draft out of Dixie State University (UT).

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO5/24 vs. KC ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 25/23 vs. KC ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 25/21 vs. TOR ND 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 25/19 vs. TOR ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 05/17 at DET ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 05/13 at CLE ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 05/11 vs. BAL ND 1.0 4 2 2 1 0 05/7 at CWS ND 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 1

Homestand: 0-0-0, 2.45 (3.2 IP, ER), 2 K Series vs. KC: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP) vs. Left: .429 vs. Right: .316

ARecalled 5/17 (Berrios optioned)...made major league debut with 0.2 scoreless inning, allowing one hit, 4/14 vs. CWS. AParticipated in Twins spring training in 2016...made six appearances going 0-1, 3.52 ERA (7.2 IP, 3 ER)...was optioned to Triple-A Rochester March 23...made one appearance for the Red Wings to start the season tossing 2.0 scoreless innings April 7. ACareer minor league record of 37-28 with a 3.27 ERA (525.0 IP, 191 ER), 135 walks and 407 strikeouts in 93 games (85 starts). ARanked by Baseball America as the 14th best prospect in the Twins system entering 2016.

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO5/23 vs. KC ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 05/22 vs. TOR ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 25/20 vs. TOR ND 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 05/18 at DET ND 2.0 4 2 2 1 0 24/14 vs. CWS ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0

AMinnesota’s bullpen has struckout 160 batters in 2016, the 2nd most in baseball behind only Houston (172). ATwins relievers have tossed 161.1 innings this season, fifth most in the majors and second most in the AL behind only Oakland’s 161.2 IP. AThe ‘pen has posted a 4.69 ERA, third highest in the majors and second highest in the AL behind only Texas’ 5.216 ERA...their .286 opponent average is highest among MLB teams. AMinnesota has used 14 different pitchers out of the bullpen this season. ATwins relievers are 6-12 this season, going 3-for-12 in save opportunities...Kevin Jepsen leads the Twins with all three of the teams’ saves.

TEAM BULLPEN NOTES

Homestand: - - Series vs. KC: - - vs. Left: .--- vs. Right: .---

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

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SOLooking to make 2016 debut

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

LAST GRAND SLAM PLAYER 2H 3H 4H 5H TOTAL 2RBI 3RBI 4RBI 5+RBI TOTAL DATE OPP. ON PITCHER DATE OPP. CAREER after HR on day Arcia 5 1 0 0 6 4 0 0 0 4 5/6/16 at CWS 1 Latos 26 6/5/14 vs. MIL 1 Centeno 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 5/14/16 at CLE 1 Kluber 17 …. … 0 Dozier 5 2 0 0 7 1 2 0 0 3 5/4/16 at HOU 2 Fiers 38 …. … 0 Escobar 5 2 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 1 9/26/15 at DET 1 Lobstein 122 …. … 0 Grossman 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 5/20/16 vs. TOR 0 Girodo 11 …. … 0 Mauer 8 3 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 5/23/16 vs. KC 0 Kennedy 8 9/1/12 at KC 3 Nunez 8 1 2 0 11 3 1 0 0 4 5/21/16 vs. TOR 2 Floyd 14 …. … 0 Park 7 0 0 0 7 2 1 0 0 3 5/13/16(2) at CLE 0/1 Tomlin/Tomlin 29 …. … 0 Plouffe 6 3 0 0 9 2 1 0 0 3 5/10/16 vs. BAL 1 Gausman 46 7/17/15 at OAK 2 Sano 8 1 0 0 9 2 0 0 0 2 5/17/16 at DET 0 Pelfrey 19 …. … 0 Santana 5 2 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 1 5/3/16 at HOU 0 McHugh 60 …. … 0 Suzuki 7 0 0 0 7 2 0 0 0 2 5/16/16 at DET 1 Zimmermann 15 9/10/07 at SEA 1

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

2016 Average: .199 Streak: 0-for-last-15, BB, run Series vs. KC: .000 (0-0), BBHomestand: .063 (1-16), BB, HBP, 2 runs HR (4): Solo (2), 3-run (2)

ALed MLB second basemen in home runs (28), runs (101), XBH (71) and games (157) in 2015...was second in RBI (77) and walks (61), and third in doubles (39). AAll 4 HR in 2016 have come on the road. ALeads Twins in games (353), hits (323), runs (231), HR (55) and walks (166) since 2014...5th in baseball in runs scored in same span. AScored 100-plus runs in consecutive seasons (112 in 2014 and 101 in 2015), becoming third Twin to score 100 runs in consecutive seasons (Knoblauch, 95-97 & Oliva, 64-65). ALeads baseball in innings played at second base since start of 2013. ATwins 8th round pick in 2009 Draft enters his 8th professional season. ARanks third on Twins all-time list in leadoff home runs (13), trailing Jacque Jones (20) and Chuck Knoblauch (14)...last leadoff HR came July 30, 2015 at SEA off Happ.

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

2016 Average: .221 Streak: 2g, .333 (2-6), RBI, HBP Series vs. KC: .250 (1-4)Homestand: .182 (2-11), RBI, HBP, BB HR (1): 2-run (1)

AHit first home run of 2016 with a 2-run shot in the 2nd inning 5/16 at DET. AMade eighth career Opening Day roster (3rd with Twins), hitting .310 (9-for-29) with 2B, 4 HR, 5 RBI and 8 runs in 13 spring games. AHit .290 (36-for-124) with RISP in 2015... .308 (16-for-52) with RISP and 2 outs. AHit .264 (234-for-885) with 51 2B, 8 HR and 111 RBI in 262 games with Twins in 2014-15. AEntered 2016 fifth among all actives in baseball in games caught (1,053). AOne of 40 Hawaiian natives to ever play in MLB, 3rd on that list in games (1,102), trailing Mike Lum (1,517) and Shane Victorino (1,299). ATwins are his 3rd org. (OAK 2004-13, WAS 2012-13)...in final year of 3-year contract.

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

2016 Average: .270 Streak: 2g, .444 (4-9), HR, 2 RBI, BB, run Series vs. KC: .444 (4-9), HR, 2 RBI, BB, rHomestand: .300 (6-20), HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, run HR (3): Solo (3)

ARanks third in the AL in walks (28), behind Jose Bautista (38) and Carlos Santana (29). AReached base safely in first 28 games to start the season, snapped with 0-for-4 5/6 at CWS...reached base safely in 43 straight games 8/7-9/24/15, setting club record. APassed Killebrew for 5th on Twins all-time hit list with single (hit 1,714) 4/18 vs. MIL. AIs 7th on Twins RBI list with 768...passed Gaetti (758) 4/20...needs 24 to tie Hunter (792). AHit .352 (44-for-125) with RISP last season, the 4th highest in AL and 11th best in MLB. AEntered season with most MLB service time among Twins (12 years) and enters as one of four players in baseball with 12-plus seasons with just one single team (David Wright - NYM, Ryan Howard - PHI, Yadier Molina - STL). ARanks on Twins all-time list (since 1961): 2nd in 2B (349), 3rd in average (.311) and BB (771), 5th in hits (1740), 6th in games (1500), runs (829), total bases (2505), and 7th in RBI (768).

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

2016 Average: .219 Streak: 0-for-last-12, 3 BB Series vs. KC: .000 (0-8), 2 BBHomestand: .111 (2-18), 2B, RBI, 3 BB, run HR (7): Solo (7)

ATied for lead in the majors with 66 strikeouts (Justin Upton and Trevor Story). AHit 7th home run of 2016 with a solo shot 5/17 at DET...all 7 HR in 2016 solo shots. ACareer .225 (52-for-231) with 8 2B, 13 HR, 36 RBI in 63 games on the road...compared to .279 (58-for-208) with 16 doubles, 12 HR, 35 RBI in 61 games at Target Field. AHit first career walk-off hit with RBI single in 9th, 4/26 vs. CLE. ACombined to hit .271 (141-for-520) with 35 doubles, 33 home runs, 100 RBI and 91 walks in 146 games between Chattanooga and Minnesota. 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. AGiven Calvin R. Griffith Award for Most Valuable Twin and Bill Boni Award for Twins Outstanding Rookie...2nd Twins rookie to ever win both awards (Tony Oliva in 1964). AFinished 3rd in AL Rookie of Year voting, behind Carlos Correa and Francisco Lindor. AHit 96 HR between four levels of Twins organization 2013-15 (avg 32 per season). ANamed AL Rookie of the Month in August after hitting 9 HR (1st among AL rookies) with 26 RBI (1st), 18 runs (T1st), 7 doubles (T3rd), 16 walks (1st), 27 hits (T5th)...9 HR were T6th in AL in August among all players...26 RBI were 3rd.

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

2016 Average: .233 Streak: 2g, .500 (3-6), 2 2B, HBP, 2 runs Series vs. KC: .667 (2-3), 2B, HBP, 2 runsHomestand: .300 (3-10), 2 2B, HBP, 2 runs HR (4): Solo (2), 2-run (2)

AHitting .269 (14-for-52) at home on the year compared to .161 (5-for-31) on the road. AHit first career walk-off HR with solo shot in the 9th, 4/25 vs. CLE...was Twins first walk-off HR of 2016...was second career walk-off hit, other coming 4/17/16 vs. LAA (1B). AHit 40th home run of his career with 2-run shot 5/6 at CWS. AHad first walk-off hit of 2016 with a single in the 12th inning, 4/17 vs. LAA AThird straight, Opening Day roster, after hitting .200 (11-for-55) with three doubles, two home runs, six RBI and six runs scored in 25 spring games. ASplit 2015 between Triple-A Rochester and Minnesota, combining to hit .212 (72-for-340) with 13 doubles, 14 home runs and 49 RBI in 98 games. ARanked third on Red Wings in home runs last season (12), despite 79 games played.

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

2016 Average: .303 Streak: 1g, .200 (1-5) Series vs. KC: .100 (1-10)Homestand: .154 (4-26), 2B, HR, 3 RBI, SB, run HR (3): Solo (2), 3-run (1)

AOver his last 31 games is hitting .286 (36-for-126) with 8 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 16 RBI, 7 SB, 16 r. AHis .373 average in April was highest by a Twin since Lew Ford hit .419 in 2004. AHas reached base safely 48 times (40 hits, 3 HBP, 5 BB) in his 31 starts this season. ALeads Twins in batting average (.303), 2nd in hits (40) and SB (8). AFifth career Opening Day roster, second with Minnesota, hitting .250 (13-for-52) with a triple and six runs scored in 23 spring games. ARanked fifth on Twins in stolen bases (7) in 2015, despite playing just 72 games. ACareer games at position: SS - 217; 3rd - 126; OF - 29; 2B - 28.

DANNY SANTANA - INF/OF #39Height: 5-11 Weight: 185 B/T: S/R Age: 25 (11/7/90 in Monte Plata, DR)

2016 Average: .252 Streak: 0-for-last-6, 2 BB, SB, run Series vs. KC: .000 (0-6), 2 BB, SB, runHomestand: .300 (6-20), 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 3 SB, 3 runs HR (1): Solo (1)

ASince 5/10 is hitting .265 (13-for-49) with 3 2B, 3B, 6 RBI, 5 SB, 7 runs in 14 games...all 14 games were starts as centerfielder. AHitting .263 (25-for-95) with 5 2B, 3B, HR, 9 RBI and 9 stolen bases in 26 games since return from the DL 4/25. AMissed 14 games due to a right hamstring strain...played in three rehab games with Single-A Ft. Myers hitting .200 (2-for-10), HR. AMade second career Opening Day roster, hitting .391 (25-for-64) with 7 XBH in 21 spring games...played games in CF, SS, 2B, 3B, RF and LF. ASplit 2015 between Triple-A Rochester and Minnesota, combining to hit .254 (105-for-413) with 20 doubles, nine triples, 36 RBI and 54 runs scored in 126 games.

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

2016 Average: .252 Streak: 0-for-last-5 Series vs. KC: .333 (3-9), 2 runsHomestand: .120 (3-25), 2 runs HR (3): Solo (2), 2-run (1)

AReinstated from DL prior to 5/3 game...hit .125 (1-for-8) in two rehab games with Ft. Myers. AHit 3rd HR of 2016 with game tying 2-run HR 5/10 vs. BAL. ALeads Twins in RBI (284) since 2012...leads Twins in doubles (81), 8th in AL since 2014. AFifth straight, Opening Day roster in 2016, after hitting .385 (20-for-52) with 3 2B, 4 HR, 14 RBI and 9 runs in 18 spring games...Opening Day 3B for fourth straight season. AHit 20-plus home runs in 2012 (24) and 2015 (22), one of three Twins 3B to hit 20-plus home runs in multiple seasons (Koskie, twice & Gaetti, 6 times). AHit .316 (43-for-136) with RISP in 2015, 15th best in the AL...set career-highs in 2015 in hits (140), RBI (86), runs scored (74), games (152), at-bats (573) and triples (4)...led Twins in RBI, 2nd in doubles (35) & 3rd in games and hits. ADrafted 20th overall by Twins in 2004, two picks ahead of Glen Perkins (Twins) and three ahead of Phil Hughes (Yankees).

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

2016 Average: .269 Streak: 0-for-last-12 Series vs. KC: .000 (0-3)Homestand: .000 (0-7) HR (1): 2-run (1)

AFirst career HR with 2-run shot 5/14 at CLE off Kluber. AHad contract selected by the Twins prior to 5/6 game vs. CWS...was hitting .245 (12-for-49) at Triple-A Rochester prior to joining Twins. AHit .375 (9-for-24) in 19 games this spring, with a home run, 2 runs scored and 8 RBI. ASigned by the Twins as minor league free agent November 30, 2015. APlayed in 10 games (5 starts) for the Brewers last season.

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

2016 Average: .223 Streak: 1g, .333 (1-3), HBP Series vs. KC: .333 (1-3), HBPHomestand: .071 (1-14), HBP HR (9): Solo (8), 2-run (1)

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

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

2016 Average: .400 Streak: 0-for-last-4, BB, run Series vs. KC: .333 (2-6), 2B, RBI, 2 BB, rHomestand: .400 (6-15), 2 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 3 BB, 5 runs HR (1): Solo (1)

AMade Twins debut 5/20 vs. TOR with three hits, including a double, a HR and 3 RBI. AContract selected prior to 5/19 game (Rosario optioned). AHas a career average of .244 (166-for-681) with 32 doubles, 2 triples, 12 home runs, 67 RBI and 15 stolen bases in 195 games with Houston (2012-15) and Minnesota (2016). ABegan the season with Triple-A Columbus (Cleveland) and hit .256 (31-for-121) with 5 doubles, 6 HR and 21 RBI in 35 games...opted out of his minor league contract May 16...signed by the Twins to a minor league contract May 16 and reported to Triple-A Rochester. APlayed in one game for Triple-A Rochester before having contract selected, going 1-for-4 with a stolen base May 17.

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: .267 Streak: 2g, .625 (5-8), 2B, 2 RBI Series vs. KC: .625 (5-8), 2B, 2 RBIHomestand: .625 (5-8), 2B, 2 RBI HR (0): - -

AReinstated from DL prior to 5/23 game...hit .364 (4-for-11) in three rehab games with Single-A Ft. Myers. AHitting .381 (8-for-21) as a righty vs. .238 (20-for-84) as a lefty. A4th Opening Day roster, hit .232 (13-for-56) with 2 2B, 2 3B, HR, 7 RBI in 20 spring games. AHit .286 (53-for-185) with 18 doubles, eight home runs and 27 RBI in final 56 games of 2015, ranking in top five among AL shortstops in all aforementioned categories. ASet career-highs last season in home runs (12), RBI (58) and walks (28). ARecorded 30-plus doubles in consecutive seasons (35 in 2014 and 31 in 2015), becoming first Twins switch hitter to ever to do so in consecutive seasons.

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BATTING PITCHINGMONTH AVG R R/G H HR W-L IP H BB K ERAAPRIL .239 80 3.3 198 21 7-17 215.1 219 75 192 3.97MAY .224 80 3.8 158 20 4-17 182.0 230 58 159 6.38JUNE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -JULY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -AUGUST - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -SEPT/OCT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

TWINS MONTHLY BReAKDOWN

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

Starters 5 22 5.34 236.0 265 155 140 36 78 191Relievers 6 12 3 4.69 161.1 184 88 84 27 55 160TOTALS 11 34 3 5.07 397.1 449 243 224 63 133 351

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

TWINS 20 17 14 21 19 20 13 23 11 2 160 OPPONENTS 39 24 26 26 31 25 30 21 17 4 243

HOME RUNS BY POSITIONC 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH PH TOTAL2 6 5 4 2 6 2 7 6 1 41

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RECORD WHEN…Runs Scoring Allowing0 0 - 3 0 - 01 0 - 5 2 - 02 0 - 8 2 - 13 1 - 5 3 - 64 1 - 6 3 - 65 3 - 5 1 - 16 4 - 1 0 - 67 1 - 0 0 - 5 8 1 - 1 0 - 19 0 - 0 0 - 310+ 0 - 0 0 - 5

Totals 11 - 34 11 - 34

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

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

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

GRAND SLAM (3 in 2015)• - -

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

INSIDE-THE-PARK (0 in 2015)• - -

RUNNERS ON• Solo - 31 // 2-run - 7 // 3-run - 3

TWINS HOME RUN DATA

TWINS BATTING INFO

SEASON-HIGHS GW BUNTPLAYER H HR RBI RBI HITS SEASON-HIGH HIT-STREAKArcia 3 1 (4x) 2 (4x) 3 - - 3, 2x, last 4/27-5/1Centeno 2 (3x) 1 2 1 - - 4, 5/8-15Dozier 3 (2x) 1 (4x) 3 (2x) - - 1 6, 4/16-22Escobar 3 (2x) - - 2 1 - - 5, 2x, last 4/26-5/2Grossman 3 1 3 - - - - 2, 5/20-21Mauer 3 (3x) 1 (2x) 1 (11x) - - - - 9, 4/9-18Nunez 4 (2x) 1 (3x) 3 2 - - 9, 4/27-5/10Park 2 (7x) 2 2 (2x) 2 - - 6, 4/30-5/6Plouffe 3 (3x) 1 (3x) 3 - - - - 4, 5/7-11Sano 3 1 (7x) 2 2 - - 6, 4/17-22Santana 3 (2x) 1 2 - - 5 4, 3x, last 5/19-22Suzuki 2 (8x) 1 2 (2x) - - - - 3, 4/26-29Others - - 1 TOTALS 11 7

C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Arcia 14 9 8 9 6 Centeno 7 7 Dozier 37 1 14 17 2 5 Escobar 27 10 15 1 1Grossman 5 1 3 1 Mauer 31 10 8 7 26 Nunez 4 17 10 12 13 4 2Park 14 22 5 15 14 3 Plouffe 29 17 12 Sano 5 32 6 17 23 3 Santana 1 26 1 9 3 16Suzuki 27 1 23 3Other 11 4 1 1 26 19 3 2 5 6 4 15 14 23

STARTS BY POSITION STARTS BY BATTING ORDER

Rosario ......... 2 Mastroianni .. 0Arcia ............ 2 Sano ............. 0Kepler ........... 1 Santana........ 0Buxton .......... 0 Total ............ 5

44 team assists in 2015

TWINS Outfield ASSISTS

TWINS HITTERS VS. Kansas City Royals

2016 CAREERPLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI AVG. AB H HR RBIArcia .333 6 2 0 0 .216 88 19 3 12Centeno .000 3 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0Dozier .364 11 4 1 1 .231 234 54 4 23Escobar .421 19 8 0 3 .274 117 32 1 10Grossman .333 6 2 0 1 .242 33 8 0 1Mauer .444 18 8 0 2 .331 632 209 13 110Nunez .333 15 5 0 1 .247 93 23 1 8Park .200 15 3 1 1 .200 15 3 1 1Plouffe .235 17 4 0 0 .216 287 62 12 57Sano .059 17 1 0 1 .217 46 10 1 4Santana .000 14 0 0 0 .220 100 22 1 5Suzuki .273 11 3 0 1 .255 259 66 6 26Others .148 27 4 0 0TEAM .246 179 44 2 11

TWINS BULLPEN VS. Kansas City Royals

2016 CAREERPITCHER W L S ERA IP H ER W L S ERA IP H ERAbad 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 5.1 1 0Boshers 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0Jepsen 0 - 1 - 0 12.00 3.0 6 4 3 - 2 - 2 2.86 28.1 29 9Kintzler 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 2.1 2 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 2.1 2 0May 0 - 0 - 0 9.00 2.0 4 2 0 - 3 - 0 4.91 22.0 31 12Pressly 0 - 0 - 0 3.38 2.2 3 1 0 - 0 - 0 6.26 23.0 31 16Rogers 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 2.0 1 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 2.0 1 0Tonkin 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 2.2 2 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 7.0 3 0Others 0 - 0 - 0 15.00 3.0 8 5TEAM 0 - 1 - 0 5.49 19.2 26 12

2016 DISABLED LIST LOG PLAYER INJURY DATE ON RETRO DATE OFF GAMES MISSED Danny Santana ........................ Right Hamstring Strain .................................................................................. 4/9..................................................................4/25 .......................................14 Glen Perkins ............................ Left Posterior Shoulder Strain ..................................................................... 4/13.........................4/11 ...............................................................................38 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 ...............................................................................27 Eduardo Escobar ...................... Left Groin Strain ............................................................................................. 5/7..................................................................5/23 .......................................13 Darin Mastroianni ................... Left Oblique Strain ........................................................................................ 5/25.........................5/22 .................................................................................3

BOLD indicates current on DL

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LAST TIME IT HAPPENED

FOR THE TWINSHITTING:Hit for the Cycle: Cuddyer, 5/22/09 vs. MIL (10 all-time)Grand Slam: Rosario, 9/3/15 vs. CWS (3 as a team in 2015)Inside-the-Park Home Run: Suzuki, 5/20/14 at SD (1 as a team in 2014)Pinch-Hit Home Run: Rosario, 4/19/16 vs. MIL (1 as a team in 2016)Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: LeCroy, (9th inning), 5/19/04 at TORFive-Hit Game: Escobar, 8/22/14 vs. DETSix-Hit Game: Puckett, 5/23/91 vs. TEX (2 all-time, both Puckett)Two Hits, One Inning: Escobar/Nunez, 2nd inning, 5/25/15 vs. BOS (3 as a team in 2015)Two Home Runs, One Inning: Cuddyer, 8/23/09 at KCTwo-Home Run Game: Park, 5/13/16 at CLE (1 as a team in 2016)Three-Home Run Game: Morneau, 7/6/07 at CWS-2 (4 all-time)Back-to-Back Home Runs: Arcia/Park, 4/16/16 vs. LAA (1 as a team in 2016)Three Consecutive Home Runs: Parmelee/Arcia/Fryer, 8/3/14 at CWSThree Home Runs, One Inning: Parmelee/Arcia/Fryer, 8/3/14 at CWSFour Home Runs, One Inning: Mack/Puckett/Hrbek/Bush, 5/2/92 at NYYWalk-off Home Run: Arcia, 9th inning, 4/25/16 vs. CLE (1 as a team in 2016)Leadoff Home Run: D. Santana, 5/3/16 at HOU (1 total in 2016)Consecutive Home Runs to Leadoff Game: D. Santana/B. Dozier, 6/9/14 at TOR

PITCHING (complete games only for low-hit games):No-Hitter: Liriano, 5/3/11 at CWS (6 all-time)One-Hitter: Baker, 8/31/07 vs. KC (13 all-time)Two-Hitter: Albers, 8/12/13 vs. CLE (41 all-time)10+ Innings Pitched: Radke (10.0 innings), 9/21/97 vs. MIL10+ Strikeouts: E. Santana, 9/5/15 at HOU (2 as team in 2015 - both Santana)Complete Game Shutout: Albers, 8/12/13 vs. CLE Back-to-Back Complete Game Victories: Mays/Silva, 5/19-20/05 vs. TOR/vs. MILBack-to-Back Shutouts: 6/2/13 vs. SEA - 6/4/13 at KC (2 games, 10-0 and 3-0)

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

AGAINST THE TWINSHITTING:Hit for the Cycle: Beltre, 8/24/12 at TEXGrand Slam: Trout, 9/18/15 vs. LAA (9 allowed in 2015)Inside-the-Park Home Run: J. McCann, 4/29/15 vs. DETPinch-Hit Home Run: Bandy, 9/20/15 vs. LAA (2 in 2015)Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: Sands, 8/8/15 at CLE (1 in 2015)Five-Hit Game: S.Perez, 5/23/16 vs. KC (1 in 2015) Six-Hit Game: Segura, 5/28/13 at MILTwo Hits, One Inning: T. Thompson, 4th inning (2B, 1B) 9/12/15 at CWS (1 allowed in 2015)Two Home Runs, One Inning: Nilsson, 5/17/96 vs. MILTwo-Home Run Game: Trout, 9/17/15 vs. LAA (7 allowed in 2015)Three-Home Run Game: A. Rodriguez, 7/25/15 vs. NYY (1 allowed in 2015)Back-to-Back Home Runs: Bautista/Donaldson, 5/22/16 vs. TOR (5 allowed in 2016)Three Consecutive Home Runs: Jones/Castilla/Franco, 6/11/02 vs. ATLThree Home Runs, One Inning: Martinez/Infante/Jackson, 9/24/13 vs. DETFour Home Runs, One Inning: Everett/O’Leary/Varitek/Burkhart, 7/3/00 vs. BOSWalk-off Home Run: C. Heisey, 16th inning, 4/24/16 at WAS (1 allowed in 2016)Leadoff Home Run: Bautista, 5/22/16 vs. TOR (4 allowed in 2016)Consecutive Home Runs to Leadoff Game: J. Bautista/J. Donaldson, 5/22 vs. TOR

PITCHING (complete games only for low-hit games):No-Hitter: Weaver, 5/2/12 at LAA (5 all-time)One-Hitter: Kluber, 8/14/15 vs. CLE (23 all-time)Two-Hitter: Halladay, 5/29/05 at TOR (49 all-time)10+ Innings Pitched: Fernandez (10.0 innings), 10/1/95 at CHC10+ Strikeouts: Roark (15), 4/23/16 at WAS (3 times in 2016)Complete Game Shutout: Arrieta, 6/21/15 vs. CHC (2 in 2015)Back-to-Back Complete Game Victories: Williams/Weaver, 5/1-2/12 at LAABack-to-Back Shutouts: 4/6/13 - 4/8/2015 (2 games, 0-4 and 0-11)

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

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

** Target Field has experienced 24 delayed games and 13 postponed games in the park’s history (since 2010). Longest delay: 3:00. **

TEAM BATTING:Most At-Bats, Game...........................................................................57, 4/24 at WAS (16 inn.)Most Runs, Game....................................................................................8, 2x, last 5/16 at DETMost Runs, Inning............................................................................... 5, 8th inn., 5/21 vs. TORMost Hits, Game ................................................................................. 14, 2x, last 4/26 vs. CLEMost Hits, Inning ................................................................................................ 6, 5/16 at DETConsecutive Hits ........................................................... 4, 2x, last last 4th inning, 5/6 at CWSConsecutive Batters Reached Base ...............................................5, 4/25 5th inning, vs. CLEFewest Hits, Game............................................................................................. 2, 4/23 at WASMost Doubles, Game..........................................................................................6, 4/26 vs. CLEMost Triples, Game .........................................................................................1, multiple timesMost Home Runs, Game ..................................................................................... 4, 5/13 at CLEGrand Slams ..............................................................................................................................Most Total Bases, Game ......................................................................25, 4/18 vs. MIL (6 inn.)Most Extra Base Hits, Game ..............................................................................7, 4/26 vs. CLEMost RBI, Game ...................................................................................................8, 4/21 at MILMost Walks ..........................................................................................................9, 4/21 at MILMost Strikeouts .................................................................................20, 4/24 at WAS (16 inn.)Most Stolen Bases, Game, Twins ............................................................2, 4x, last 5/16 at DETMost Stolen Bases, Game, Opponent ..................................................... 2, 2x, last 5/23 vs. KCMost Caught Stealing, Game ................................................................................ 2, 4/7 at BALMost Ground Into Doubleplay, Game...................................................................3, 5/23 vs. KCLeft On Base, Twins ...........................................................................13, 4/17 vs. LAA (12 inn.)Left On Base, Twins in Extra Innings ................................................... 11, 4/10 at KC (10 inn.)Consecutive Scoreless Innings............................................... 15, 9th inn. 4/8 - 5th inn., 4/10

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

TEAM PITCHING:Most Runs Allowed ............................................................................................ 16, 5/4 at HOUMost Runs, Inning.............................................................................8, 1st inning, 5/16 at DETMost Hits Allowed ............................................................................................18, 4/29 vs. DETMost Hits Allowed, Inning .................................................................8, 7th inning, 5/17 at DETConsecutive Hits Allowed .................................................... 4, 3x, last 7th inning, 5/17 at DETMost Home Runs Allowed, Game ..........................................................4, 2x, last 5/20 vs. TORMost Strikeouts ............................................................................................... 12, 4/24 at WAS

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

INDIVIDUAL PITCHING:Most Innings, Game, Starter .........................................8.0, E.Santana, 5/19 vs. TOR (11 inn.)Most Innings, Game, Reliever ...............................................................5.1, Dean, 5/16 at DETMost Hits, Starter ..................................................................9, 5x, last E.Santana, 5/24 vs KCMost Hits, Reliever .................................................................................10, Dean, 5/16 at DETMost Runs, Starter ................................................................... 7, 3x, last Berrios, 5/16 at DETMost Runs, Reliever ...............................................................................4, Pressly, 4/20 at MILMost Home Runs, Starter ....................................................................3, Hughes, 5/11 vs. BALMost Home Runs, Reliever ............................................................ 2, 4x, last May, 5/17 at DETMost Walks, Starter....................................................................5, 2x, last Berrios, 5/2 at HOUMost Walks, Reliever..................................................................3, 2x, last Pressly, 5/7 at CWSMost Strikeouts, Starter..............................................................9, 2x, last Duffey, 5/8 at CWSMost Strikeouts, Reliever...............................................................................4, multiple timesWin-Streak .................................................................................................. 2, Jepsen, 4/25-26Losing-Streak ..........................................................................................5, Hughes, 4/23-5/22Low-Hit Complete Game..........................................................6, Hughes, 4/18 vs. MIL (6 inn.)Most Consecutive Scoreless Innings ............................................................9.1, Abad, 4/4-25Most Consecutive Batters Retired ..................................................... 13, Hughes, 5/17 at DETWild Pitches .............................................................................2, 3x, last Milone, 4/25 vs. CLE

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

TEAM MISCELLANEOUS:Longest Winning Streak .......................................................................................... 4, 4/15-18Longest Losing Streak................................................................................................9, 4/4-14Longest Game, Innings.................................................................................... 16, 4/24 at WASLongest Game, Time (9 Innings) ....................................................................3:33, 5/1 vs. DETLongest Game, Time (Extra Innings) ..............................................5:56, 4/34 at WAS (16 inn.)Longest Delay ...................................................................................2:06, 4/18 vs. MIL (6 inn.)Fastest Game, Time ......................................................................................2:19, 5/21 vs. TOR Largest Margin, Victory.......................................................................................7, 4/21 at MILLargest Margin, Loss ......................................................................................... 12, 5/4 at HOULargest Home Attendance...................................................................... 40,638, 4/11 vs. CWSHome Sellouts ......................................................................................................4/11 vs. CWSTimes Shut Out ........................................................................................... 3, last 4/23 at WAS

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

APRIL (7-17) Batting: .239 (198-for-827) Pitching: 7-17-2, 3.97 ERA (215.1 IP, 95 ER) 4----- --at BAL 2-3 L 0-1 T4th -1.5 45,785 Britton/Jepsen 5-------OFF DAY 6----- --at BAL 2-4 L 0-2 5th -2.0 12,622 Gallardo/Gibson/Britton 7----- --at BAL 2-4 L 0-3 5th -2.5 11,142 Jimenez/Hughes/O’Day 8------at KC 3-4 L 0-4 5th -3.5 27,166 Soria/Jepsen/Davis 9------at KC 0-7 L 0-5 5th -3.5 31,001 Kennedy/Milone10 -----at KC ^3-4 L 0-6 5th -4.5 35,317 Davis/May11 -----CWS 1-4 L 0-7 5th -5.0 *40,638 40,638 1 Quintana/Gibson/Robertson12 -----OFF DAY 5th -5.013 -----CWS 0-3 L 0-8 5th -6.0 21,008 61,646 2 Rodon/Hughes/Robertson14 -----CWS 1-3 L 0-9 5th -7.0 19,736 81,382 3 Latos/Santana/Robertson 15 -----LAA 5-4 W 1-9 5th -7.0 22,461 103,843 4 Fien/Salas/Jepsen 16 -----LAA 6-4 W 2-9 5th -6.0 27,464 131,307 5 Pressly/Smith/Jepsen 17 -----LAA ^3-2 W 3-9 5th -5.0 25,932 157,239 6 Tonkin/Rasmus 18 -----MIL #7-4 W 4-9 5th -4.5 21,078 178,317 7 Hughes/Anderson 19 -----MIL 5-6 L 4-10 5th -5.5 17,597 195,914 8 Thornburg/Jepsen/Jeffress 20 -----at MIL 5-10 L 4-11 5th -6.0 21,078 Nelson/Pressly21 -----at MIL 8-1 W 5-11 5th -5.5 30,107 Nolasco/Jungmann 22 -----at WAS 4-8 L 5-12 5th -6.5 27,684 Gonzalez/Gibson 23 -----at WAS 0-2 L 5-13 5th -7.0 35,974 Roark/Hughes/Papelbon24 -----at WAS ^6-5 L 5-14 5th -8.0 35,397 Perez/Tonkin25 -----CLE 4-3 W 6-14 5th -8.0 17,503 213,417 9 Jepsen/McAllister 26 -----CLE 6-5 W 7-14 5th -8.0 17,493 230,910 10 Jepsen/Allen27 -----CLE 5-6 L 7-15 5th -9.0 17,746 248,656 11 Tomlin/Berrios/Allen28 -----OFF DAY 5th -8.529 -----DET 2-9 L 7-16 5th -8.5 23,049 271,705 12 Fulmer/Hughes30 -----DET 1-4 L 7-17 5th -9.5 31,109 302,814 13 Zimmermann/Duffey/RodriguezMAY (4-17) Batting: .224 (158-for-704) Pitching: 4-17-1, 6.38 ERA (182.0 IP, 129 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 12:10 PM FSN/TIBN26 -----OFF DAY27 -----at SEA 9:10 PM FSN/TIBN28 -----at SEA 9:10 PM FSN/TIBN29 -----at SEA 3:10 PM FSN/TIBN30 -----at OAK 3:05 PM ESPN/TIBN31 -----at OAK 9:05 PM FSN/TIBNJUNE (- - -) Batting: .--- (- -for- -) Pitching: - - - - -, -.-- ERA (-.- IP, - ER) 1------at OAK 2:35 PM FSN/TIBN 2------TB 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 3------TB 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 4------TB 3:10 PM FS1/TIBN 5------TB 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN 6------OFF DAY 7------MIA 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 8------MIA 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 9------MIA 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN10 -----BOS 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN11 -----BOS 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN12 -----BOS 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN13 -----at LAA 9:05 PM FSN/TIBN14 -----at LAA 9:05 PM FSN/TIBN15 -----at LAA 9:05 PM FSN/TIBN16 -----NYY 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN17 -----NYY 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN18 -----NYY 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN19 -----NYY 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN20 -----OFF DAY21 -----PHI 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN22 -----PHI 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN23 -----PHI 12:10 PM FSN/TIBN24 -----at NYY 6:05 PM FSN/TIBN25 -----at NYY 12:05 PM FSN/TIBN 26 -----at NYY 12:05 PM FSN/TIBN27 -----OFF DAY28 -----at CWS 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN29 -----at CWS 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN30 -----at CWS 1:10 PM FSN/TIBNJULY (- - -) Batting: .--- (- -for- -) Pitching: - - - - -, -.-- ERA (-.- IP, - ER) 1------TEX 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 2------TEX 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN 3------TEX 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN 4------OAK 1:10 PM TIBN 5------OAK 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 6------OAK 12:10 PM TIBN 7------at TEX 7:05 PM FSN/TIBN 8------at TEX 7:05 PM FSN/TIBN 9------at TEX 8:05 PM FSN/TIBN 10 -----at TEX 2:05 PM FSN/TIBN11 -----ALL STAR BREAK 12 -----ALL STAR BREAK 13 -----ALL STAR BREAK14 -----ALL STAR BREAK15 -----CLE 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN16 -----CLE 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN17 -----CLE 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN 18 -----at DET 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN19 -----at DET 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN 20 -----at DET 12:10 pm TIBN21 -----at BOS 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN22 -----at BOS 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN

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

JULY CONTINUED (- - -) Batting: .--- (- -for- -) Pitching: - - - - -, -.-- ERA (-.- IP, - ER)23 -----at BOS 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN24 -----at BOS 12:35 PM FSN/TIBN 25 -----OFF DAY26 -----ATL 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN27 -----ATL 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN28 -----BAL## 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN29 -----CWS 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN30 -----CWS 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN 31 -----CWS 1:10 PM FSN/TIBNAUGUST (- - -) Batting: .--- (- -for- -) Pitching: - - - - -, -.-- ERA (-.- IP, - ER) 1------at CLE 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN 2------at CLE 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN 3------at CLE 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN 4------at CLE 11:10 AM TIBN 5------at TB 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN 6------at TB 5:10 PM FSN/TIBN 7------at TB 12:10 PM FSN/TIBN 8------HOU 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 9------HOU 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN10 -----HOU 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 11 -----HOU 12:10 PM TIBN 12 -----KC 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN13 -----KC 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN14 -----KC 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN15 -----OFF DAY16 -----at ATL 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN17 -----at ATL 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN18 -----at KC 7:15 PM FSN/TIBN19 -----at KC 7:15 PM FSN/TIBN20 -----at KC 6:15 PM FSN/TIBN21 -----at KC 1:15 PM FSN/TIBN22 -----OFF DAY23 -----DET 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN24 -----DET 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN25 -----DET 12:10 PM TIBN26 -----at TOR 6:07 PM FSN/TIBN27 -----at TOR 12:07 PM FSN/TIBN28 -----at TOR 12:07 PM FSN/TIBN29 -----at CLE 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN30 -----at CLE 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN31 -----at CLE 6:10 PM FSN/TIBNSEPT/OCT (- - -) Batting: .--- (- -for- -) Pitching: - - - - -, -.-- (-.- IP, - ER) 1------CWS 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 2------CWS 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 3------CWS 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN 4------CWS 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN 5------KC 1:10 PM TIBN 6------KC 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 7------KC 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 8------OFF DAY 9------CLE 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN10 -----CLE 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN11 -----CLE 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN12 -----at DET 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN13 -----at DET 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN14 -----at DET 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN15 -----at DET 12:10 PM TIBN16 -----at NYM 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN17 -----at NYM 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN18 -----at NYM 12:10 PM FSN/TIBN19 -----OFF DAY20 -----DET 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 21 -----DET 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN22 -----DET 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN23 -----SEA 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN24 -----SEA 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN25 -----SEA 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN26 -----OFF DAY27 -----at KC 6:15 PM FSN/TIBN28 -----at KC 6:15 PM FSN/TIBN29 -----at KC 6:15 PM FSN/TIBN30 -----at CWS 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 1 -----at CWS 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN 2 -----at CWS 2:10 PM FSN/TIBN All game times are listed as Central * - Denotes Sellout (1 in 2016) ̂ - Denotes Extra-Innings (Twins are 1-3 in extra-innings)# - Rain shortened game ended after 6.0 innings.## - Makeup game from May 9 vs. BAL

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

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2016 players (38)

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

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

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

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

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

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

(* - on Opening Day 25-man Roster)