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THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 4-5 through nine games on their 10-game road trip, going 1-2 in Milwaukee, 1-2 in Cincinnati, and 2-1 in Kansas City...today, they play they fourth of four at Kansas City...after today’s game, the Twins will travel to Minnesota for a seven- game homestand with three against Baltimore, Monday-Wednesday and four with Detroit, Thursday-Sunday...the last time the Twins had five wins on a road trip was July 7-13, 2014, winning three of four in Seattle and two of three in Colorado. TWINS BBQ ROYALS : The Twins beat the Royals last night by a score of 5-3...Mike Pelfrey was the starter but did not factor into the decision as the bullpen combined for 5.0 scoreless innings...the offense recorded 13 hits, four from Joe Mauer (season-high) and three from Trevor Plouffe...three of the Twins five runs were scored in the first inning. HE’S BACK: Ervin Santana was reinstated from the restricted list on Saturday...he is making his Twins debut today...2015 marks his 11th major league season, after signing a four-year contract December 13, 2014...in his nine years in the American League from 2005-13, he ranked fourth in the AL in starts (265), fifth in innings (1686.2) and strikeouts (1328), and tied for fifth in wins (105)...he spent 2013 in Kansas City and made 17 starts at Kauffman that season, going 4-4, 3.28 ERA (112.2 IP, 41 ER) with 24 walks and 81 strikeouts. TWINS AND ROYALS, FOR THE RECORD: The Twins have gone 5-7 against the Royals this season, including a record of 3-3 in Kansas City...since 2001, the Twins have won 77 games in this park (59 losses), the most of any opponent in baseball in that span...there are seven more games between these two...after today’s game, the next meeting between these two teams will come at Kauffman Stadium September 7-9...the Twins will need to go 5-2 against KC to win the season series. THE OFFICIAL HALF-WAY MARK: Here are the Twins hitting and pitching numbers through the first 81 games over the previous two seasons and how they compare with 2015: AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG 2013 .248 338 687 146 9 75 326 281 637 .321 .388 2014 .243 336 671 153 8 60 316 295 682 .319 .369 2015 .251 338 678 141 22 65 319 192 593 .302 .391 W L S IP H R ER HR BB K ERA 2013 36 45 23 721.2 801 377 354 79 215 478 4.41 2014 37 44 22 718.2 754 370 349 66 215 496 4.37 2015 43 38 29 717.2 756 333 308 77 199 477 3.86 AFTERNOON DELIGHT: The Twins have gone 21-19 in day games and 21-19 in night games... the 40 day games are the most in baseball...their 21 day wins are second most in baseball, trailing Detroit (22)...they are 12-7 in their last 19 day games...since 2014, Brian Dozier leads baseball in day games played with 107 (Anthony Rizzo second at 94). PERKINS CLOSING TIME: Glen Perkins has converted 27 straight save opportunities, tied for longest save streak in club history with Joe Nathan (below)...the last pitcher to convert their first 27 to start a season was Jose Valverde, who converted his first and all 49 with Detroit in 2011. PLAYER STREAK FROM TO Joe Nathan.............................. 27 .............................. May 8, 2004 ................................ August 15, 2004 Glen Perkins .......................... 27 .............................. April 15, 2015 ............................. present TWINS MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Triple-A Rochester right-handed pitcher A.J. Achter is the Twins Minor League Player of the Week...Achter appeared in three games for the Red Wings, tossing 5.0 shutout innings with two hits, four walks and seven strikeouts... he has gone 3-2, 2.15 ERA (37.2 IP, 9 ER) with 13 saves in 33 games for the Red Wings this season...earlier this week he was named an International League All-Star for the second straight season...he was originally acquired by the Twins in the 46th round of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft from Michigan State University. 50TH ANNY: The Twins recently announced plans to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the 1965 AL Championship team with special events on Friday, July 31 and a special pregame ceremony on Saturday, August 1 vs. Seattle...a number of Twins 1965 AL Championship alumni are scheduled to appear throughout the course of the weekend. HOPE WEEK: Twins Hope Week week will be taking place July 6-12...Twins Hope Week is an effort by the entire Twins organization to reach out to Twins Territory and make a difference in people’s lives...during each day of Hope Week, different Twins players lead groups of teammates, former Twins, front-office staff, and fans in participating in various volunteer activities...this year’s activities include the annual Field Day with children from local homeless shelters, a “Picnic in the Park” with kids from Gillette Children’s, an on-site employee volunteer event building furniture for people transitioning out of homelessness, and more. THIS AND THAT: • Twins minor leaguer Jorge Polanco is celebrating his 22nd birthday today. • Twins radio ace Dan Gladden played in 65 career games against Kansas City...in his final nine games against the Royals, all coming from 1992-93, he hit four home runs with 11 RBI...in that two-year span, his four home runs against KC were tied for fourth in baseball with Chili Davis, Ken Griffey Jr., Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro, Ruben Sierra, Frank Thomas, Greg Vaughn, Robin Ventura and Lou Whitaker. STREAKS Current Streak: .................................. 1 win Last 5 games: ........................................ 3-2 Last 10 games: ...................................... 5-5 Last 15 games: ...................................... 7-8 Last 20 games: .................................. 10-10 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 7/6 vs. Baltimore Phil Hughes (R, 7-6, 4.27) vs. Wei-Yin Chen (L, 4-4, 2.84) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / None 7/7 vs. Baltimore Kyle Gibson (R, 6-6, 3.04) vs. Kevin Gausman (R, 1-0, 3.09) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / BOB FM 7/8 vs. Baltimore Tommy Milone (L, 4-1, 3.02) vs. Ubaldo Jimenez (R, 7-4, 2.96) 12:10 pm None TIBN / None Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. THE SKIPPER Paul Molitor was named Twins Manager No- vember 4, 2014 becoming the 13th Manager in club history and just the third since 1986 (Tom Kelly, Ron Gardenhire)...2015 marks his 15th minor league and major league professional coaching season...inducted into baseball HOF in 2004 and one of just six players in MLB history with 3,000 hits and 500 stolen bases... ranks ninth on baseball’s all-time hit list amassing 3,319 in 21-year career from 1978- 98...1974 graduate of Cretin High School in St. Paul, attended University of Minnesota from 1975-77 and played for Twins from 1996-98. ROAD TRIP (4-5) Batting Average ........... .253 (77-for-304) Runs Per-Game...................4.1 (37 R/9 G) Home Runs ............................................. 9 RISP ............................... .219 (14-for-64) Fielding Errors ........................................ 6 Team ERA .................4.42 (77.1 IP, 38 ER) Starters W-L ....................................... 3-3 Starters ERA .............4.70 (46.0 IP, 24 ER) Relievers W-L-S ............................... 0-2-3 Relievers ERA ...........4.02 (31.1 IP, 14 ER) Save/Opportunities ..............................3/5 TWINS AT A GLANCE Record: ......................................... 43-38 Home Record:............................... 25-15 Road Record:................................ 18-23 Record in series: ...................... 13-12-1 Series Openers: ............................ 12-15 Series Finales:.............................. 15-11 Rubber Games: ................................. 6-6 Sweeps/Swept: ................................. 4/3 April: ............................................. 10-12 May: ................................................ 20-7 June: ............................................. 11-17 July:................................................... 2-2 August:................................................... September/October:.............................. vs. American League East: ............... 9-4 vs. American League Central: ...... 20-20 vs. American League West: .............. 6-4 vs. National League: ....................... 8-10 Games vs. LH Starter:................... 18-10 Games vs. RH Starter: .................. 25-28 Twins score first: .......................... 30-13 Opp. scores first: .......................... 13-25 Come-from-behind wins: .................. 15 Leading after 7/8 inn.:........... 37-2/37-0 Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ........... 1-29/0-33 Tied after 7/8 inn.: ..................... 5-7/6-5 Extra-innings: ................................... 3-3 1-run games: ................................ 12-11 Twins out-hit opp.: .......................... 29-2 Opp. out-hit Twins:.......................... 9-33 Twins/Opp. have = hits: .................... 5-3 Twins get Quality Start: ................ 27-14 Twins starter goes 6+ IP:............. 30-19 Most games over .500: ......... 11, last 6/5 Most games under .500:............. 5, 4/15 Longest winning-streak: ..5, 2x, last 5/23-27 Longest losing-streak: ......... 5, last 6/8-13 When Twins score 4+: .................... 30-9 When Twins score 3-: ................... 13-29 Team-high hits:..............19, 5/3 vs. CWS Team-high runs: .. 13, 3x, last 6/22 vs. CWS Opp.-high hits: ............... 20, 5/14 at DET Opp.-high runs:.............. 13, 5/14 at DET Twins get 10+ hits: ......................... 25-3 Walk-Off W/L: ................................... 2/2 Shutouts W/L: ................................... 7/6 Complete Games: ..1, Hughes, 4/24 at SEA Target Field Sellouts (’15/All-Time): ... 4/156 MINNESOTA TWINS (43-38) AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS (45-33) SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2015 - 1:10 (CT) - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK Ervin Santana (R) vs. Danny Duffy (L, 2-4, 5.44) GAME 82 ROAD GAME 42 UPCOMING MILESTONES PLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACH Torii Hunter ..........................756 RBI as Twin .........................Needs 2 to tie Gary Gaetti (758) for 6th on Twins all-time list 712 runs as Twin........................Needs 1 to tie Chuck Knoblauch (713) for 7th on Twins all-time list 491 doubles ...............................Needs 9 to reach 500 for career 204 home runs as Twin ..............Needs 3 to tie Kirby Puckett (207) for 6th on Twins all-time list 343 home runs ...........................Needs 7 to reach 350 for career Joe Mauer ............................324 doubles ...............................Needs 5 to tie Tony Oliva (329) for 2nd on Twins all-time list 730 RBI ......................................Needs 3 to tie Rod Carew (733) for 8th on Twins all-time list Glen Perkins ........................115 saves ..................................Needs 1 to tie Eddie Guardado (116) for 3rd on Twins all-time list RECENT TRANSACTIONS 6/10 IF Polanco recalled from AA IF Polanco optioned to AA RHP Stauffer designated for release or assignment 6/12 RHP Tonkin recalled from AAA OF Rosario reinstated from Pat. List 6/14 OF Buxton selected from AA OF Hicks placed on 15-day DL 6/17 RHP Stauffer released 6/18 OF Schafer released 6/24 RHP Tonkin optioned to AAA 6/26 RHP Meyer recalled from AAA OF Buxton placed on 15-day DL INF Santana recalled from AAA 7/1 1B/DH Vargas optioned to AA 7/2 IF Sano recalled from AA 7/3 OF Robinson placed on Family Emergency List OF Hicks reinstated from rehab and reinstated from 15-day DL RHP Meyer optioned to AAA 7/4 RHP Santana reinstated from restricted list TWINS VS. KANSAS CITY 2015 Record: ......................................... 5-7 Current Streak:................................... 1 win 2015 at Home: ....................................... 2-4 2015 at Kansas City: .............................. 3-3 All-Time Record: ............................ 378-348 All-Time at Home: .......................... 199-163 All-Time at Kansas City: ................. 179-185 2015 Game Logs: Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save 4/13 MIN 3-12 Duffy/May 4/15 MIN 3-1 Gibson/Volquez/Perkins 4/16 MIN 8-5 Milone/Vargas/Perkins 4/20 KC 1-7 Volquez/Gibson 4/21 KC 5-6 Young/Fien/Davis 4/22 KC 3-0 Pelfrey/Guthrie/Perkins 6/8 MIN 1-3 Vargas/Hughes/Holland 6/9 MIN 0-2 Young/May/Holland 6/10 MIN 2-7 Volquez/Gibson 7/2 KC 2-0 Gibson/Young/Perkins 7/3 KC ^2-3 Davis/Thompson 7/4 KC 5-3 Duensing/Blanton/Perkins 7/5 KC 9/7 KC 9/8 KC 9/9 KC 10/2 MIN 10/3 MIN 10/4 MIN

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THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 4-5 through nine games on their 10-game road trip, going 1-2 in Milwaukee, 1-2 in Cincinnati, and 2-1 in Kansas City...today, they play they fourth of four at Kansas City...after today’s game, the Twins will travel to Minnesota for a seven-game homestand with three against Baltimore, Monday-Wednesday and four with Detroit, Thursday-Sunday...the last time the Twins had five wins on a road trip was July 7-13, 2014, winning three of four in Seattle and two of three in Colorado.

TWINS BBQ ROYALS : The Twins beat the Royals last night by a score of 5-3...Mike Pelfrey was the starter but did not factor into the decision as the bullpen combined for 5.0 scoreless innings...the offense recorded 13 hits, four from Joe Mauer (season-high) and three from Trevor Plouffe...three of the Twins five runs were scored in the first inning.

HE’S BACK: Ervin Santana was reinstated from the restricted list on Saturday...he is making his Twins debut today...2015 marks his 11th major league season, after signing a four-year contract December 13, 2014...in his nine years in the American League from 2005-13, he ranked fourth in the AL in starts (265), fifth in innings (1686.2) and strikeouts (1328), and tied for fifth in wins (105)...he spent 2013 in Kansas City and made 17 starts at Kauffman that season, going 4-4, 3.28 ERA (112.2 IP, 41 ER) with 24 walks and 81 strikeouts.

TWINS AND ROYALS, FOR THE RECORD: The Twins have gone 5-7 against the Royals this season, including a record of 3-3 in Kansas City...since 2001, the Twins have won 77 games in this park (59 losses), the most of any opponent in baseball in that span...there are seven more games between these two...after today’s game, the next meeting between these two teams will come at Kauffman Stadium September 7-9...the Twins will need to go 5-2 against KC to win the season series.

THE OFFICIAL HALF-WAY MARK: Here are the Twins hitting and pitching numbers through the first 81 games over the previous two seasons and how they compare with 2015: AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG2013 .248 338 687 146 9 75 326 281 637 .321 .3882014 .243 336 671 153 8 60 316 295 682 .319 .3692015 .251 338 678 141 22 65 319 192 593 .302 .391

W L S IP H R ER HR BB K ERA2013 36 45 23 721.2 801 377 354 79 215 478 4.412014 37 44 22 718.2 754 370 349 66 215 496 4.372015 43 38 29 717.2 756 333 308 77 199 477 3.86

AFTERNOON DELIGHT: The Twins have gone 21-19 in day games and 21-19 in night games...the 40 day games are the most in baseball...their 21 day wins are second most in baseball, trailing Detroit (22)...they are 12-7 in their last 19 day games...since 2014, Brian Dozier leads baseball in day games played with 107 (Anthony Rizzo second at 94).

PERKINS CLOSING TIME: Glen Perkins has converted 27 straight save opportunities, tied for longest save streak in club history with Joe Nathan (below)...the last pitcher to convert their first 27 to start a season was Jose Valverde, who converted his first and all 49 with Detroit in 2011.PLAYER STREAK FROM TOJoe Nathan .............................. 27 .............................. May 8, 2004 ................................August 15, 2004Glen Perkins .......................... 27 .............................. April 15, 2015 .............................present

TWINS MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Triple-A Rochester right-handed pitcher A.J. Achter is the Twins Minor League Player of the Week...Achter appeared in three games for the Red Wings, tossing 5.0 shutout innings with two hits, four walks and seven strikeouts...he has gone 3-2, 2.15 ERA (37.2 IP, 9 ER) with 13 saves in 33 games for the Red Wings this season...earlier this week he was named an International League All-Star for the second straight season...he was originally acquired by the Twins in the 46th round of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft from Michigan State University.

50TH ANNY: The Twins recently announced plans to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the 1965 AL Championship team with special events on Friday, July 31 and a special pregame ceremony on Saturday, August 1 vs. Seattle...a number of Twins 1965 AL Championship alumni are scheduled to appear throughout the course of the weekend.

HOPE WEEK: Twins Hope Week week will be taking place July 6-12...Twins Hope Week is an effort by the entire Twins organization to reach out to Twins Territory and make a difference in people’s lives...during each day of Hope Week, different Twins players lead groups of teammates, former Twins, front-office staff, and fans in participating in various volunteer activities...this year’s activities include the annual Field Day with children from local homeless shelters, a “Picnic in the Park” with kids from Gillette Children’s, an on-site employee volunteer event building furniture for people transitioning out of homelessness, and more.

THIS AND THAT: • Twins minor leaguer Jorge Polanco is celebrating his 22nd birthday today.• Twins radio ace Dan Gladden played in 65 career games against Kansas City...in his final nine games against the Royals, all coming from

1992-93, he hit four home runs with 11 RBI...in that two-year span, his four home runs against KC were tied for fourth in baseball with Chili Davis, Ken Griffey Jr., Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro, Ruben Sierra, Frank Thomas, Greg Vaughn, Robin Ventura and Lou Whitaker.

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

UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULEDate Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio7/6 vs. Baltimore Phil Hughes (R, 7-6, 4.27) vs. Wei-Yin Chen (L, 4-4, 2.84) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / None7/7 vs. Baltimore Kyle Gibson (R, 6-6, 3.04) vs. Kevin Gausman (R, 1-0, 3.09) 7:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN / BOB FM7/8 vs. Baltimore Tommy Milone (L, 4-1, 3.02) vs. Ubaldo Jimenez (R, 7-4, 2.96) 12:10 pm None TIBN / None

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

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

ROAD TRIP (4-5)

Batting Average ........... .253 (77-for-304)Runs Per-Game ...................4.1 (37 R/9 G)Home Runs .............................................9RISP ............................... .219 (14-for-64)Fielding Errors ........................................6

Team ERA .................4.42 (77.1 IP, 38 ER)Starters W-L ....................................... 3-3Starters ERA .............4.70 (46.0 IP, 24 ER)Relievers W-L-S ...............................0-2-3Relievers ERA ...........4.02 (31.1 IP, 14 ER)Save/Opportunities ..............................3/5

TWINS AT A GLANCERecord: .........................................43-38 Home Record: ...............................25-15Road Record: ................................18-23Record in series: ...................... 13-12-1Series Openers: ............................12-15 Series Finales: ..............................15-11Rubber Games: .................................6-6Sweeps/Swept: ................................. 4/3April: .............................................10-12May: ................................................20-7June: .............................................11-17July: ...................................................2-2August: ...................................................September/October: ..............................vs. American League East: ...............9-4vs. American League Central: ......20-20vs. American League West: ..............6-4vs. National League: .......................8-10Games vs. LH Starter: ...................18-10Games vs. RH Starter: ..................25-28Twins score first: ..........................30-13Opp. scores first: ..........................13-25Come-from-behind wins: .................. 15Leading after 7/8 inn.: ........... 37-2/37-0Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ........... 1-29/0-33Tied after 7/8 inn.: ..................... 5-7/6-5Extra-innings: ...................................3-31-run games: ................................12-11Twins out-hit opp.: ..........................29-2Opp. out-hit Twins:..........................9-33 Twins/Opp. have = hits: ....................5-3Twins get Quality Start: ................27-14Twins starter goes 6+ IP: .............30-19Most games over .500: .........11, last 6/5Most games under .500: ............. 5, 4/15Longest winning-streak: ..5, 2x, last 5/23-27 Longest losing-streak: .........5, last 6/8-13When Twins score 4+: ....................30-9When Twins score 3-: ...................13-29Team-high hits:..............19, 5/3 vs. CWSTeam-high runs: .. 13, 3x, last 6/22 vs. CWS Opp.-high hits: ...............20, 5/14 at DETOpp.-high runs: ..............13, 5/14 at DETTwins get 10+ hits: .........................25-3Walk-Off W/L: ................................... 2/2Shutouts W/L: ................................... 7/6Complete Games: ..1, Hughes, 4/24 at SEATarget Field Sellouts (’15/All-Time): ... 4/156

MINNESOTA TWINS (43-38) AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS (45-33)SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2015 - 1:10 (CT) - FOX SPORTS NORTH / TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK

Ervin Santana (R) vs. Danny Duffy (L, 2-4, 5.44)GAME 82 ROAD GAME 42

UPCOMING MILESTONESPLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACHTorii Hunter ..........................756 RBI as Twin .........................Needs 2 to tie Gary Gaetti (758) for 6th on Twins all-time list 712 runs as Twin ........................Needs 1 to tie Chuck Knoblauch (713) for 7th on Twins all-time list 491 doubles ...............................Needs 9 to reach 500 for career 204 home runs as Twin ..............Needs 3 to tie Kirby Puckett (207) for 6th on Twins all-time list 343 home runs ...........................Needs 7 to reach 350 for careerJoe Mauer ............................324 doubles ...............................Needs 5 to tie Tony Oliva (329) for 2nd on Twins all-time list 730 RBI ......................................Needs 3 to tie Rod Carew (733) for 8th on Twins all-time listGlen Perkins ........................115 saves ..................................Needs 1 to tie Eddie Guardado (116) for 3rd on Twins all-time list

RECENT TRANSACTIONS6/10 IF Polanco recalled from AA IF Polanco optioned to AA RHP Stauffer designated for release or assignment6/12 RHP Tonkin recalled from AAA OF Rosario reinstated from Pat. List6/14 OF Buxton selected from AA OF Hicks placed on 15-day DL6/17 RHP Stauffer released6/18 OF Schafer released6/24 RHP Tonkin optioned to AAA6/26 RHP Meyer recalled from AAA OF Buxton placed on 15-day DL INF Santana recalled from AAA7/1 1B/DH Vargas optioned to AA7/2 IF Sano recalled from AA7/3 OF Robinson placed on Family Emergency List OF Hicks reinstated from rehab and reinstated from 15-day DL RHP Meyer optioned to AAA7/4 RHP Santana reinstated from restricted list

TWINS VS. KANSAS CITY2015 Record: .........................................5-7Current Streak: ...................................1 win2015 at Home: .......................................2-42015 at Kansas City: ..............................3-3All-Time Record: ............................378-348All-Time at Home: ..........................199-163All-Time at Kansas City: .................179-185

2015 Game Logs:

Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save4/13 MIN 3-12 Duffy/May4/15 MIN 3-1 Gibson/Volquez/Perkins4/16 MIN 8-5 Milone/Vargas/Perkins4/20 KC 1-7 Volquez/Gibson4/21 KC 5-6 Young/Fien/Davis4/22 KC 3-0 Pelfrey/Guthrie/Perkins6/8 MIN 1-3 Vargas/Hughes/Holland6/9 MIN 0-2 Young/May/Holland6/10 MIN 2-7 Volquez/Gibson7/2 KC 2-0 Gibson/Young/Perkins7/3 KC ^2-3 Davis/Thompson7/4 KC 5-3 Duensing/Blanton/Perkins7/5 KC9/7 KC9/8 KC9/9 KC10/2 MIN 10/3 MIN10/4 MIN

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• He is making his first start of 2015 and his Twins debut. • He is making his 300th career appearance and 297th career start.

W L ERA GS IP ER AVG H AB HR BB SO Home: 10 4 3.75 16 103.1 43 Vs. Left: .291 116 398 8 27 83 Road: 4 6 4.18 15 92.2 43 Vs. Right: .235 77 328 8 36 96 Day: 4 3 5.33 8 49.0 29 TOTALS: .266 193 726 16 63 179 Night: 10 7 3.49 23 147.0 57 Grass: 14 10 3.95 31 196.0 86 None On: .268 111 414 8 34 99 Turf: -- -- -.-- -- -- -- Runners On: .263 82 312 8 29 80

2014 MISC. NUMBERS

• • Signed a four-year contract with the Twins December 13, 2014.• Signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves March 12, 2014, spending his only season in the

National League...his 14 wins tied for the team-lead with Julio Teheran. • Recorded his 100th career win, June 8, 2013 vs. Houston, in his only season in Kansas City. • Traded to Kansas City October 31, 2011...left the Angels organization in the club's all-time top

10 in wins (7th, 96), innings (6th, 1,475.2) and strikeouts (6th, 1,167).• Pitched no-hitter July 27, 2011 at Cleveland, allowing an unearned run and a walk with 10

strikeouts, marking the eighth individual no-hitter in Angels history• In 2010, set career-highs in wins (17) and innings (222.2), while recording the second-best

ERA of his career (3.92). • Selected to his only career All-Star Game in 2008...gave up a run in 1.0 inning (5th) in the AL's

4-3, 15-inning win at New York-AL...finished year second in AL in strikeouts (214), fourth in innings pitched (219.0) and tied seventh in wins (16).

• Started Game 5 of 2005 ALDS at Yankee Stadium in his rookie season...recorded the win after allowing three runs on five hits in 5.1 innings...became sixth rookie to win decisive postseason series game.

• Signed by the Anaheim Angels as an undrafted free agent September 2, 2000.

CAREER NOTES

Height: 6-2 Weight: 175 B/T: R/R Age: 32 (12/12/82 in San Cristobal, DR)

2015: ---, -.-- CAREER: 119-100, 4.17 ERA

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2014 MAJOR LEAGUE DAY-BY-DAY

Year Starts 6+ IP QS2005 23 14 132006 33 24 18 2007 26 16 122008 32 28 222009 23 15 112010 33 28 21

Year Starts 6+ IP QS2011 33 30 212012 30 19 152013 32 29 232014 31 25 192015 -- -- --TOTALS 296 228 175

6.0-PLUS IP/QUALITY STARTS

Duffy vs. the Twins PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SODozier .286 21 6 0 1 3Plouffe .158 19 3 1 0 7Suzuki .286 14 4 0 2 1Mauer .154 13 2 0 1 1Santana .091 11 1 0 0 4Hunter .000 9 0 0 3 3Nunez .250 8 2 0 0 0Escobar .333 3 1 0 1 1Herrmann .333 3 1 0 0 0Robinson .000 2 0 0 0 0

Santana vs. the RoyalsPLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SORios .242 33 8 0 1 8Gordon .222 27 6 1 3 3Escobar .357 14 5 0 0 1Hosmer .444 9 4 2 1 1Infante .111 9 1 0 1 4Morales .400 5 2 0 0 0Moustakas .200 5 1 0 1 0Butera .667 3 2 0 0 0Cain .000 2 0 0 1 1

BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPS

INNING: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 HITS/RUNS: 32/18 31/11 24/8 30/11 24/12 34/15 15/10 3/1 -/-

HITS/RUNS PER INNING (2014 SEASON)

BASE RUNNERS PICK-OFFS SB-ATT GIDP SANTANA: 260 1 7-13 19

MORE MISCELLANEOUS NUMBERS (2014 SEASON)

CG’s: - - CG’s: 14, last 6/16/12 vs. ARI SHO’s: - - SHO’s: 7, last 6/16/12 vs. ARI CG Low Hit: - - CG Low-Hit: 0, 7/27/11 at CLE Innings: 8.0, 2x, last 7/28 vs. SD Innings: 9.0, 13x, last 6/16/12 vs. ARI SO’s: 11, 2x, last 7/28 vs. SD SO’s: 11, 4x, last 7/28/14 vs. SD Walks: 4, 4x, last 9/9 at WAS Walks: 8, 7/20/06 at KC Hits: 9, 4x, last 8/18 at PIT Hits: 14, 7/17/07 vs. TB Home Runs: 3, 8/18 at PIT Home Runs: 4, 2x, last 5/23/13 vs. LAA Win-Streak: 6, 7/18-8/18 Win-Streak: 7, 6/6-7/20/06 Loss-Streak: 3, 2x, last 9/9-9/21 Loss-Streak: 9, 9/6/11-5/4/12

2014 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS

2014 vs. Kansas City: - - 2014 vs. Kansas City at Home: - - 2014 vs. Kansas City at Kansas City: - -Career vs. Kansas City (14 starts): 5-6, 5.00 ERA (90.0 IP, 50 ER), 31 BB, 66 KCareer vs. Kansas City at Home (6 starts): 2-4, 5.54 ERA (39.0 IP, 24 ER), 13 BB, 18 KCareer vs. Kansas City at Kansas City (8 starts): 3-2, 4.59 ERA (51.0 IP, 26 ER), 18 BB, 48 K

SANTANA VS. KANSAS CITY

Hughes will be making his team-leading 17th start of year in the series opener against Baltimore Monday night...he was the winner his last start, June 30 at Cincinnati, going 6.2 innings and allowing four runs on eight hits with one walk and four strikeouts in the Twins 8-5 win...two of the runs came on a pair of solo home runs from Eu-genio Suarez and Marlon Byrd...Hughes finished June with a 3.76 ERA (40.2 IP, 17 ER) in six starts, his best monthly ERA of the season...he will be making his 23rd career appearance and 20th start against the Orioles...he won both of his starts against them last season (1 at Target Field, 1 at Camden Yards), giving up just two earned runs in 14.1 innings with no walks and eight strikeouts...Hughes is 79-66 with a 4.31 ERA (1095.2 IP, 525 ER), 271 walks and 906 strikeouts over nine big league seasons.

TOMORROW'S STARTER - PHIL HUGHES, RHP (SEASON: 7-6, 4.27 ERA ; CAREER: 79-66, 4.31 ERA)

Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Left/Final Notes Pitches/K4/9 NYM W 8.0 3 0 0 0 0 6 4-0/4-3 Braves debut...first W in team debut in career 88/654/14 at PHI ND 6.0 4 1 1 1 2 11 2-1/9-6 Third career 11-strikeout game 96/634/19 at NYM W 7.0 6 1 1 0 2 7 4-1/7-5 Worked 6+ innings 11 of last 12 outings 106/644/25 CIN W 6.2 9 4 4 0 1 7 5-3/5-4 3rd straight game with 7+ K's 95/65 APRIL TOTALS 3-0 27.2 22 6 6 1 5 31 1.95 ERA5/1 at MIA ND 6.0 5 3 3 1 3 5 4-3/4-5 MIA scored 2 runs in 7th to win 5-4 92/575/10 CHC W 7.0 5 0 0 0 1 7 2-0/2-0 Won 1st 4 dec. to start season for 2nd time ('08) 88/565/16 at STL L 5.0 9 5 5 0 1 3 2-5/2-5 First NL loss 99/615/21 MIL L 7.0 9 6 6 2 4 2 1-6/1-6 Back-to back losses for 1st time of season 100/605/26 BOS ND 5.0 5 6 6 1 3 6 6-6/6-8 Third straight start of at least 5 ER 95/595/31 at MIA W 6.0 7 3 3 0 2 4 6-3/9-5 Quality starts in both career outings at MIA 87/51 MAY TOTALS 2-2 36.0 40 23 23 4 14 27 5.75 ERA6/7 at ARI ND 7.0 6 1 0 0 2 1 2-1/3-4(11) ARI scored 1 run in 9th, 10th, 11th 100/586/12 at COL L 6.1 7 6 6 2 2 8 0-4/3-10 13 ER over 12 IP in 2 career starts at COL 90/576/17 PHI L 6.0 8 4 3 1 3 5 1-4/2-5 16 BB last 37.1 IP 110/696/22 at WAS L 6.0 6 3 3 0 1 9 1-3/1-4 Season-high three straight losses 92/626/28(1) at PHI W 6.2 7 2 2 0 1 5 4-2/10-3 Faced 4 hitters in the 7th 97/63 JUNE TOTALS 1-3 32.0 34 16 14 3 9 28 3.94 ERA7/4 ARI W 7.1 6 2 2 0 1 6 5-1/5-2 4th straight quality start 108/67 7/9 at NYM L 7.0 6 4 4 1 2 4 1-4/1-4 Retired 15 in a row; 3 runs allowed in 7th 88/557/18 PHI W 6.0 6 4 3 0 3 1 6-4/6-4 6th game with less than 2 K's since '13 104/647/23 MIA W 7.1 6 1 1 0 3 10 5-1/6-1 Tied season-high with 110 pitches 110/767/28 SD W 8.0 5 0 0 0 0 11 2-0/2-0 10+ K in consecutive games; 1st time in career 102/77 JULY TOTALS 4-1 35.2 29 11 10 1 9 32 2.52 ERA8/2 at SD ND 6.2 6 2 2 0 4 6 1-1/2-3(12) Tied a season-high with 4 BB 105/658/8 WAS W 6.0 4 4 4 1 2 4 7-4/7-6 All 4 runs allowed in 6th inning 82/548/13 LAD W 6.0 8 2 2 0 2 9 3-2/3-2 14th consecutive 6.0 inning outing 103/648/18 at PIT W 5.1 9 3 3 3 2 4 6-3/7-3 Tied a season-high with 9 hits allowed 88/558/23 at CIN L 7.0 4 1 1 0 1 7 0-1/0-1 5.14 career ERA vs. NL Central is worst of division 106/718/29 MIA ND 6.0 5 1 1 0 4 7 2-1/5-2 9th start of at least 6.0 IP, 1 ER or less 104/66 AUG. TOTALS 3-1 37.0 36 13 13 4 15 37 3.16 ERA9/3 PHI W 6.0 7 4 4 1 1 4 7-4/7-4 14th win; 4th time in career achieving that 84/559/9 at WAS L 5.0 8 6 5 0 4 5 4-6/4-6 Tied for shortest outing of the year 99/589/15 WAS L 6.0 3 2 2 1 2 6 0-2/2-4 Bethancourt walk-off single 92/559/21 NYM L 5.0 6 5 5 1 2 4 1-5/2-10 10th loss; fifth consecutive year 81/489/26 at PHI ND 5.2 8 4 4 0 2 5 4-4/4-5 3 runs allowed in 6th; PHI scored 1 in 7th 96/59SEPT. TOTALS 1-3 27.2 32 21 20 3 11 24 6.51 ERA---- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA2014 TOTALS 14-10 196.0 193 90 86 16 63 179 3.952014 PRE-ASG TOTALS 7-6 110.0 108 51 49 9 31 96 4.012014 POST-ASG TOTALS 7-4 86.0 85 39 37 7 32 83 3.87AL TOTALS 105-90 1686.2 1634 847 786 229 526 1328 4.19NL TOTALS 14-10 196.0 193 90 86 16 63 179 3.95CAREER TOTALS 119-100 1882.2 1827 937 872 245 589 1507 4.17

GET TO KNOW 'EM: Santana is beginning his first season with the Twins -- his 11th major league season -- after signing a four-year contract December 13, 2014...in his nine years in the American League from 2005-13, he ranked fourth in the AL in starts (265), fifth in innings (1686.2) and strikeouts (1328), and tied for fifth in wins (105)...he has won 10-plus games in six seasons, including a career-high 17 in 2010...Santana originally signed as an undrafted free agent with the Angels as a 17-year-old in 2000.

WITH TRIPLE-A ROCHESTER: Santana made three rehab starts with Rochester...he won each start, and had a 1.74 ERA (20.2 IP, 4 ER) with four walks and 11 strikeouts...here is a closer look at each of his outings:

IP H R ER HR BB SO PIT-S June 20 5.2 5 1 1 0 2 3 88-53 June 25 7.0 7 3 3 2 2 3 97-65 June 30 8.0 5 0 0 0 0 5 99-70

AGAINST THE ROYALS: Santana will be making his 15th career start against the Royals...he is 5-6 with a 5.00 ERA (90.0 IP, 50 ER), 31 walks and 66 strikeouts...he last faced them in his first start of the 2012 season, April 8, going 5.2 innings and allowing six runs (5 earned) on seven hits with two home runs, two walks and two strikeouts, taking the loss in the Angels 7-3 defeat...two of the runs came on an Eric Hosmer fifth inning home run...Santana has made 25 career starts at Kauffman Stadium, including 17 in 2013 when he pitched for Kansas City...he is 7-6 here with a 3.68 ERA (163.2 IP, 67 ER), 42 walks and 129 strikeouts...15 of those 25 starts have been quality starts.

FIREWORKS IN JULY: Santana had a season-best four wins in July last season...in fact, from 2010-14, a total of 24 July starts, Santana has gone 12-6 with a 3.51 ERA (159.0 IP, 62 ER), 43 walks, 121 strikeouts, and a .234 opponents average.

SPRING RECAP: In five Grapefruit League starts, Santana went 3-1 with a 1.89 ERA (19.0 IP, 4 ER), three walks and 12 strikeouts...he allowed one run over his final 11.0 innings, including 5.0 shutout innings in his final start April 2 vs. the Red Sox...Santana surrendered only one home run during spring, a two-run blast to Jonathan Schoop March 18 vs. Baltimore.

2014 RECAP: In his only season in the National League, Santana went 14-10 with a 3.95 ERA (196.0 IP, 86 ER) for the Braves...tied for the club lead with 14 wins (Julio Teheran), the fourth time in his career he's reached that plateau...the durable right-hander fell four innings shy of 200.0, a total he's reached five other times in his career...started 31 games, the fifth consecutive season he's made at least 30 starts.• Earned the win in his NL debut after tossing 8.0 shutout innings with no walks and six strikeouts

against the Mets April 9...had a 1.95 ERA (27.2 IP, 6 ER) in four April starts, his best mark of any month last season.

• Recorded 10-plus strikeouts in consecutive starts -- July 23 vs. Miami and July 28 vs. San Diego -- for the first time in his career.

• Finished season with a 6.51 ERA (27.2 IP, 20 ER) in five September starts, the worst September ERA of his career.

• Went 10-4, 3.75 ERA (103.1 IP, 43 ER) in 16 home starts, tied for second most home wins in NL and third most in baseball (Greinke, Hernandez, Kluber, Peralta, Weaver).

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Pitcher Last Start (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) Dec. Starts QS Team Rec. Run Supp. RS AVGHughes 6/30 at CIN (6.2-7-4-2-1-4-2) W 16 9 8-8 60 5.13Pelfrey 7/4 at KC (4.0-7-3-3-3-3-0) ND 16 9 10-6 44 4.34May 7/1 at CIN (6.1-6-2-1-3-6-0) L 15 7 6-9 36 4.03Gibson 7/2 at KC (8.0-4-0-0-4-7-0) W 16 9 8-8 39 3.49Milone 7/3 at KC (6.0-5-1-1-2-5-0) ND 10 6 5-5 36 5.43Nolasco 5/31 vs. TOR (1.0-3-2-2-0-1-0) ND 7 1 6-1 33 9.09Graham 6/6 vs. MIL (4.0-6-1-1-0-3-0) ND 1 0 0-1 0 0.00

TWINS STARTERS IN 2015

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2013 BULLPEN 1st Batter Faced

PITCHER H/AB BB K AVG SV/OPP HLD IR/IRS IRS % LAST RELIEF APPEARANCE LAST WIN LAST SAVE LAST LOSSBoyer 13/36 2 4 .361 1/ 3 14 15/ 8 53.3% 7/4/15 at KC ND 6/18/15 vs. STL 5/30/15 vs. TOR 6/20/15 vs. CHCDuensing 4/26 1 6 .154 1/ 1 3 20/ 4 20.0% 7/4/15 at KC W 7/4/15 at KC 4/10/15 at CWS 8/19/14 vs. CLEFien 3/22 2 3 .136 0/ 2 10 6/ 1 16.7% 7/4/15 at KC ND 6/14/15 at TEX 6/11/14 at TOR 6/28/15 at MILGraham 8/19 1 5 .421 0/ 0 0 11/ 6 54.5% 7/1/15 at CIN ND ….. … ….. … ….. …May 0/0 0 0 … 0/ 0 0 0/ 0 … 8/12/14 @HOU ND 6/3/15 at BOS ….. … 7/1/15 at CINPerkins 5/34 1 10 .147 27/ 27 0 6/ 1 16.7% 7/4/15 at KC S 9/16/14 vs. DET 7/4/15 at KC 5/29/15 vs. TORPressly 4/24 3 4 .167 0/ 0 4 13/ 2 15.4% 7/4/15 at KC ND 5/31/15 vs. TOR ….. … 6/615 vs. MILThompson 9/34 2 4 .265 0/ 1 9 33/ 9 27.3% 7/4/15 at KC ND 6/4/15 at BOS ….. … 7/3/15 at KCOthers 9/32 3 4 .281 0/ 0 7 39/ 15 38.5%TEAM 55/227 15 40 .242 29/ 34 47 143/ 46 32.2%

2015 BULLPEN info

Road Trip: 0-0-4, 0.00 (4.0 IP), BB, 4 K Series at KC: 0-0-2, 0.00 (2.0 IP), 3 K vs. Left: .343 vs. Right: .149

AConverted 27th save in 27th opportunity 7/4 at KC...27 saves are most in MLB. A27 consecutive saves to start season is longest in club history and ties Joe Nathan (5/8-8/15/04) for longest in club history at any part of a season. AHas a 0.65 ERA (27.2 IP, 2 ER) in 27 save opportunities, and a 4.05 ERA (6.2 IP, 3 ER) in eight non-save opportunities. AConverted 13 saves in the month of May, the most saves in a single month in Twins history (previous 11, multiple times). A115 career saves (2-2011, 16-2012, 36-2013, 34-2014, 27-2015) in 133 opps...passed Ron Davis (108) for fourth on Twins all-time saves list with save 6/7 vs. MIL...needs 1 to tie Guardado (116) for third on Twins all-time list. AAppearance 4/17 vs. CLE was his 300th career relief appearance (also has 44 career starts)...career record as a reliever of 14-9-115, 2.73 ERA (343.0 IP, 104 ER) with 84 walks and 356 strikeouts in 330 relief appearances. ASixth closer in club history with back-to-back 30-plus save seasons...first since Nathan did so in five straight from 2005-09. ANamed to his second straight All-Star team in 2014...pitched a scoreless 9th to earn the save: fly out, strikeout and ground out. ACollected 100th career save 5/15 vs. TB...became 17th active MLB pitcher to record 100 saves.

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO7/4 at KC S27 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 27/2 at KC S26 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 16/30 at CIN S25 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 16/27 at MIL S24 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 06/20 vs. CHC ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 26/17 vs. STL S23 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 26/14 at TEX S22 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 06/7 vs. MIL S21 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 16/4 at BOS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 06/3 at BOS-2 S20 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 25/31 vs. TOR S19 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 05/29 vs. TOR L1 0.1 3 2 2 1 1 05/27 vs. BOS S18 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 05/26 vs. BOS S17 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 05/23 at CWS S16 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 25/20 at PIT S15 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1

Road Trip: 0-0-0, 3.00 (3.0 IP, ER), BB, 2 K Series at KC: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.1 IP), BB vs. Left: .173 vs. Right: .303

AMade his 300th appearance, earning his 12th hold of the season, 6/27 at MIL with one strikeout. A39 appearances are third most in the AL and second most on Twins (Thompson - 40). AEarned first save of 2015, third of career, 5/30 vs. TOR. A2015 is his first season pitching in the American League...spent parts of eight previous seasons with Atlanta (2005-09), St. Louis (2009), Arizona (2009-10), the Mets (2011) and San Diego (2014)...all of his career outings have come in relief. APosted a 3.57 ERA (40.1 IP, 16 ER) in 32 appearances in 2014, his lowest full season ERA since posting a 3.38 ERA in 2007. AWhen pitching at least 1.0 inning in his career has a 2.63 ERA (270.2 IP, 79 ER).

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO7/4 at KC H 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 07/3 at KC H13 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 06/30 at CIN ND 0.1 2 1 0 0 0 06/28 at MIL BS2 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 16/27 at MIL H12 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 16/24 vs. CWS ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 06/22 vs. CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 16/20 vs. CHC L3 0.2 4 3 1 0 1 06/18 vs. STL W2 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 16/16 at STL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Road Trip: 0-0-0, 0.00 (5.1 IP), 2 BB, 6 K Series at KC: - - vs. Left: .267 vs. Right: .272

AHas tossed 7.1 scoreless innings over his last four appearances (3 hits, 3 walks, 7 strikeouts). AMade first career start 6/6 vs. MIL, allowing one run on six hits with no walks, three strikeouts and one home run (Braun). AMade his major league debut Opening Day, tossing 2.0 scoreless innings with two hits and one walk. AJoined Twins after being selected in the Rule 5 Draft from Atlanta on 12/11/14...is the second Twins player in the last three years to be selected in the Rule 5 Draft and make the Twins Opening Day roster (Ryan Pressly in 2013). ASpent the entire 2014 season with Double-A Mississippi where he made 19 starts and eight relief appearances...eight relief outings were the first since making five relief outings in 2011, his first pro season (made 61 starts between relief outings). ACareer minor league record of 19-12, 3.37 ERA (312.2 IP, 117 ER) with 83 walks and 240 strikeouts in 74 outings (61 starts).

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO7/1 at CIN ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 16/29 at CIN ND 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 26/26 at MIL ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 36/22 vs. CWS ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 16/19 vs. CHC ND 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 06/13 at TEX ND 1.1 3 3 3 1 1 06/10 vs. KC ND 3.0 3 2 0 0 0 16/6 vs. MIL(S) ND 4.0 6 1 1 1 0 35/31 vs. TOR ND 3.0 3 1 0 0 1 45/20 at PIT ND 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 25/17 vs. TB ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 1

Road Trip: 0-0-0, 4.15 (4.1 IP, 2 ER), 2 BB, 2 K Series at KC: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.1 IP), BB, K vs. Left: .270 vs. Right: .250

ATossed 17.0 innings in his last 18 appearances with 11 strikeouts, since 5/27. AFirst outing tossed a perfect 2.2 IP, striking out three 5/3 vs. CWS to earn the win...inherited bases loaded in the fourth. A101 relief appearances over the past 3 seasons with the Twins...has a 3.46 ERA (132.2 IP, 51 ER), 47 walks and 85 strikeouts. AWent 0-2 with a 4.50 ERA (10.0 IP, 4 ER) in seven relief appearances this season for Triple-A Rochester. AAllowed one ER in first 9 outings of 2014, posting a 0.75 ERA (12.0 IP, ER) with .167 (7-for-42) average against and 1 XBH.

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO7/4 at KC H 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 17/3 at KC ND 0.1 2 0 0 0 1 06/29 at CIN ND 2.0 4 2 2 0 1 16/28 at MIL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 06/23 vs. CWS ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 16/21 vs. CHC ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 16/16 at STL ND 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 06/15 at STL ND 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 1

Road Trip: 0-0-0, 2.25 (4.0 IP, ER), 2 K Series at KC: 0-0-0, 5.40 (1.2 IP, ER), 2 K vs. Left: .173 vs. Right: .324

ALeads all AL left-handed relievers in appearances with 40. ASince 4/21 is holding lefties to a .158 (6-for-38) average with two extra-base hits. AEarned first career win with 1.0 inning 6/4 at BOS. A3-3, 3.98 ERA (52.0 IP, 23 ER) in 46 outings for Rochester in 2014...lefties hit .200 (12-for-60)...righties hit .272 (37-for-136). AWas 41-71, 4.33 ERA (979.2 IP, 471 ER) in 271 career minor league games (157 starts) in parts of 10 minor league seasons. AOriginally selected 22nd overall in the 2005 Draft by the Marlins...made MLB debut with Pirates in 2011.

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO7/4 at KC H 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 07/3 at KC L 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 17/1 at CIN ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 06/29 at CIN ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 16/26 at MIL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 06/23 vs. CWS ND 0.1 2 2 1 0 0 06/21 vs. CHC ND 0.0 3 4 4 0 1 06/20 vs. CHC ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 06/16 at STL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Road Trip: 1-0-0, 0.00 (4.0 IP), K Series at KC: 1-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP) vs. Left: .324 vs. Right: .256

ALefties are 1-for-last-12 with four strikeouts and one walk against Duensing. AHas held left-handed hitters to a .237 (193-for-814) average in his career...only allowed nine of 60 total home runs to lefties. ACareer record of 17-12-2, 3.72 ERA (273.1 IP, 113 ER) in 266 relief outings and 23-24, 4.57 ERA (346.2 IP, 176 ER) in 61 starts. AEarned second career save with a scoreless 1.1 innings 4/10 at CWS...other save coming 5/28/13 at MIL (1.0 scoreless IP).

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO7/4 at KC W 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 06/26 at MIL ND 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 16/21 vs. CHC ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 26/15 at STL ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 16/13 at TEX ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 16/12 at TEX ND 0.1 1 2 2 0 1 06/9 vs. KC ND 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0

Road Trip: 0-1-0, 11.25 (4.0 IP, 5 ER), 2 HR Series at KC: 0-0-0, 4.50 (2.0 IP, ER) vs. Left: .300 vs. Right: .213

AEarned his 10th hold of the season with 1.0 scoreless 7/4 at KC...has 59 career holds, including career-high 26 in 2014. AReturned from the DL 5/29...tossed 11.2 innings, allowing one run prior to four-run outing 6/28 at MIL (2 HR). A7.00 K/BB (14 K/ 2 BB) rate in 2015...since 2013 has walked just 24 batters and struckout 138 (152.0 IP) for K/BB rate of 5.75. AFinished third in AL with 26 holds in 2014 (Wade Davis - 33 and Joba Chamberlain - 29)...26 holds were eighth most in MLB. AAppearance 4/28 vs. DET was 200th of his career...career record of 14-13-1, 3.91 ERA (198.0 IP, 86 ER) with 179 strikeouts, 39 walks in 214 appearances with Detroit (2009-10) and Minnesota (2012-15).

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO7/4 at KC H 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 07/3 at KC BS 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 06/30 at CIN H9 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 06/28 at MIL L3 0.0 3 4 4 2 1 06/27 at MIL H8 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 06/23 vs. CWS ND 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 06/20 vs. CHC ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 26/17 vs. STL H7 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 16/14 at TEX W2 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 3

Road Trip: 0-2-0, 8.10 ERA (6.2 IP, 6 ER), 3 BB, 6 K Series at KC: - - vs. Left: .295 vs. Right: .274

AMoved to bullpen upon Ervin Santana arrival...made 15 starts for Twins this season, going 4-7, 4.37 ERA (80.1 IP, 39 ER). AOnly career relief appearance coming August 12, 2014 at Houston, allowing three runs (2 earned) on three hits in 2.1 IP. AOriginally acquired along with RHP Vance Worley from Philadelphia in exchange for OF Ben Revere on 12/6/12. ASelected by Philadelphia in the fourth round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft.

TREVOR MAY - RHP #65Height: 6-5 Weight: 240 B/T: R/R Age: 25 (9/23/89 in Longview, WAS) Obtained: Trade with Philadelphia, 12/6/12

RECENT APPEARANCESDate DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO7/1 at CIN L 6.1 6 2 1 0 3 66/26 at MIL L 0.1 6 6 5 1 0 06/20 vs. CHC ND 6.0 7 1 1 0 2 76/15 at STL L 5.0 5 3 3 1 1 36/9 vs. KC L 6.0 7 1 1 0 3 5Italics indicates starts

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

LAST GRAND SLAM PLAYER 2H 3H 4H 5H TOTAL 2RBI 3RBI 4RBI 5+RBI TOTAL DATE OPP. ON PITCHER DATE OPP. CAREER after HR on day Dozier 17 3 1 0 21 2 2 2 0 6 6/29/15 at CIN 2 Leake 25 …. … 0 2 ab on 6/29 Escobar 6 4 1 0 11 4 1 0 1 6 6/3/15 at BOS-1 1 Ogando 57 …. … 0 0 ab 6/3-1 Herrmann 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 5/30/15 vs. TOR 0 Sanchez 25 7/23/13 at LAA 1 2 ab on 5/30 Hicks 5 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 5/27/15 vs. BOS 1 Porcello 47 ….. … 0 1 ab on 5/27 Hunter 5 7 1 0 13 6 4 1 0 11 6/30/15 at CIN 0 DeScalfini 17 4/7/08 vs. CLE 10 4 ab on 6/30 Mauer 14 3 1 0 18 5 5 0 0 10 7/4/15 at KC 1 Blanton 4 9/1/12 at KC 3 4 ab on 7/4 Nunez 8 1 0 0 9 3 0 0 0 3 6/22/15 vs. CWS 1 Danks 22 …. … 0 2 ab on 6/22 Plouffe 15 3 0 0 18 6 2 1 1 10 6/26/15 at MIL 1 Lohse 31 5/3/15 vs. CWS 1 0 ab on 6/10 Robinson 7 1 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 1 6/11/13 at NYM 0 Aardsma 264 …. … 0 0 ab on 6/11/13 Rosario 12 0 0 0 12 3 0 0 0 3 6/23/15 vs. CWS 0 Samardzija 38 …. … 0 3 ab on 6/23 Sano 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ….. … … … 12 …. … 0 Santana 7 3 0 0 10 2 0 0 0 2 8/31/14 at BAL 1 Brach 296 …. … 0 0 ab on 8/31/14 Suzuki 11 2 0 0 13 2 0 0 0 2 6/20/15 vs. CHC 0 Lester 36 9/10/07 at SEA 1 3 ab on 6/20

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

2015 Average: .259 Streak: 1g, .200 (1-5) Series at KC: .071 (1-14)Road Trip: .250 (10-40), 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI, BB, 6 runs Home Runs (16): Solo (13), 3-run (3)

A44 extra-base hits are most in the AL and fourth most in MLB...24 extra-base hits on the road are tied second in MLB (Rizzo - 27). AHit 14 of his 16 home runs from the leadoff spot, most by leadoff hitter in the AL and second most by a leadoff hitter in MLB (Joc Pederson, LAD - 15)...his 20 doubles from leadoff spot are also second most in MLB behind only Kipnis’ 26. AScored 62 runs in 80 games, most in MLB...on pace for 125 runs (0.78/game) in 2015...had 60 runs thru 80 games in 2014. A112 runs in ‘14 were 7th most all-time by a Twin...most since Knoblauch (117 in ‘97). ALeads the Twins with 16 HR and 25 doubles this season. A20 XBH, 20 RBI in 39 home games in 2015...reached in 34 of 39. AStole 21 bases in 2014 for his first career 20/20 season...first 20/20 for a Twin since Hunter had 23 HR/21 SB in 2004...is 6th player (7th time) in club history to do so. ASigned a four-year contract with the Twins 3/24/15 extending through 2018. AHit 11th career leadoff homer 6/26 at MIL (4 in 2015)...is fourth on the Twins all-time leadoff home run list, one shy of tying Dan Gladden (12) for third.

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

2015 Average: .254 Streak: 2g, .429 (3-7), 2B, 3B, RBI Series at KC: .429 (3-7), 2B, 3B, RBIRoad Trip: .400 (6-15), 2 2B, 3B, HR, 6 RBI, 3 BB, 2 runs Home Runs (4): Solo (1), 2-run (2), 3-run (1)

ASince 5/4 is hitting .292 (40-for-137) with 10 2B, 3 3B, 3 HR, 24 RBI in 43 games. AThird among all Twins since start of 2014 with 61 XBH (Dozier - 100, Plouffe - 87). AIn last 38 starts at Target Field is hitting .348 (48-for-138), 15 XBH, 22 RBI, 20 runs. AHit 35 doubles in 2014, second among Twins...also had career-high 6 HR, 37 RBI...35 doubles in 2014 were most by Twins middle infielder since Todd Walker (37 in 1999). APlayed in 166 career games as SS, 77 at third, 34 at second, 36 in OF and 12 as DH...16 starts at SS in 2015, hitting .339 (21-for-62) with nine extra-base hits.

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

2015 Average: .225 Streak: 0-for-last-5 Series at KC: .143 (1-7), 2BRoad Trip: .130 (3-23), 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB Home Runs (3): Solo (2), 2-run (1)

AHas a catcher’s ERA of 3.90 in 2015, the lowest by a Twins catcher since Mauer’s 3.81 ERA in 2010. AHitting .128 (5-for-39) against the Royals in 2015...hit .328 (21-for-64) with seven doubles, two homers and 11 RBI in 19 games vs. KC in 2014. ACareer .257 (27-for-105) hitter in 30 games at Kauffman Stadium. ASnapped a personal 0-for-last-20 with 8th inning single 6/14 at TEX. A130 hits in 2014, which were 3rd most among all Twins and 5th among AL catchers. AWas one of two Twins (Perkins) to represent the AL at the 2014 ASG at Target Field...caught the 9th inning as Perkins pitched 1.0 scoreless, earning the save. ASigned as a free agent 12/23/13...signed two-year extension thru 2016 on 7/31/14.

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

2015 Average: .254 Streak: 1g, .750 (3-4), 2B, 3B, RBI Series at KC: .300 (3-10), 2B, 3B, RBIRoad Trip: .294 (10-34), 2 2B, 3B, HR, 5 RBI, 2 BB, 6 runs Home Runs (10): Solo (4), 2-run (4), 3-run (1), GS (1)

ASecond among Twins with 32 extra-base hits, trailing only Dozier (44). AHitting .313 (21-for-67) with RISP...has 4 HR, 34 RBI with RISP...in last 13 games, since 6/16, is hitting 364 (4-for-11) with 3 doubles, 7 RBI with RISP. AHit walk-off home run 4/17 vs. CLE...third career walk-off hit, first walk-off HR. ATied season-high with three hits 7/4 at KC, falling a HR shy of the cycle. AHit first career grand slam and set career-high with 5 RBI 5/3 vs. CWS. AHit 40 doubles in 2014, which were tied 4th most in the AL, tied 7th in MLB...40 doubles were most by Twins 3B in history passing Koskie (37, 2x)...has 117 doubles since 2011. AHis 62 home runs since start of 2012 are tied most among active Twins (Dozier). A43 home runs at Target Field are most in the ballpark’s history.

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

2015 Average: .266 Streak: 0-for-last-4, RBI Series at KC: .167 (2-12), RBIRoad Trip: .294 (10-34), 3 2B, 4 HR, 6 RBI, 7 runs Home Runs (12): 3-run (3), 2-run (2), Solo (7)

ACareer .268 (222-for-829) vs. KC...34 HR vs. KC are 2nd most among actives (A. Rodriguez - 50)...has hit .272 (124-for-456) at Kauffman with 17 HR, 75 RBI. AIn Twins wins is hitting .346 (54-for-156), 12 2B, 11 HR, 37 RBI, 14 BB, 32 runs...in Twins losses is hitting .164 (20-for-122), 3 2B, HR, 8 RBI, 7 BB, 8 runs, 24 K. AHas 343 career home runs...hit 200th as a member of the Twins with 3-run shot 6/4 at BOS...became the eighth player in franchise history to hit 200 HR. ARanks on Twins all-time lists: 1,307 games (8th), 1,292 hits (8th - needs 36 to tie Morneau for 7th), 274 doubles (7th - 15 to tie Morneau for 6th), 204 home runs (7th - 3 to tie Puckett for 6th), 756 RBI (7th - 2 to tie Gaetti for 6th), 712 runs (8th - 1 to tie Knoblauch for 7th), 504 extra-base hits (2nd - 22 to tie Morneau). ARanks among active MLB players: 2,305 games (3rd), 2,401 hits (5th), 491 doubles (5th), 343 home runs (10th), 1,355 RBI (8th), 1,269 runs (8th).

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

2015 Average: .156 Streak: 0-for-last-13, 2 BB, run Series at KC: .000 (0-4)Road Trip: .000 (0-9), 2 BB, run Home Runs (1): Solo (1)

ACaught 4-of-8 attempted base stealers in 2015. AOver the last three seasons with the Twins has played in 115 games, batting .196 (58-for-296) with 13 doubles, 5 HR and 30 RBI. AIn 19 games as starting catcher hitting .148 (9-for-61) with 2 2B, 3B, HR, 6 RBI. APlayed in 51 career games as catcher, 36 in right, 17 in left, 3 as DH, 1 at 1B.

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

2015 Average: .275 Streak: 3g, .333 (4-12), 2 2B Series at KC: .333 (4-12), 2 2BRoad Trip: .257 (9-35), 2 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, SB, 3 runs Home Runs (4): Solo (4)

AHit in first 14 home games to begin his career, snapping streak with 0-for-3 6/9 vs. KC...was the fourth longest streak to begin an MLB career since 1914, and longest since Rocco Baldelli hit in 20 straight home games to begin his career in 2003. APlayed 27 games in left field, 17 games in right field and 3 in center field. AHit his first career HR in his 1st PA 5/6 vs. OAK, on the first pitch off Kazmir...first HR by Twin in 1st AB since L. Hughes on 4/28/10 at DET (6th time in Twins history)...first MLB player since S. Marte on 7/26/12 to HR on first pitch...115th player in MLB history to HR in his first career AB and 109th to do so in their first career PA. AFirst Twin (since 1961) to have at least one RBI in first 4 MLB games. AStarted season with Triple-A Rochester where he hit .242 (23-for-95) with 2 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 12 RBI and 11 runs in 23 games for the Red Wings. AWife, Milany, had the couple’s third child, a boy named Lucas, born June 11 weighing in at 8 pounds and 21 inches long.

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

2015 Average: .272 Streak: 1g, .800 (4-5), 2B, HR, 2 RBI Series at KC: .500 (6-12), 2B, HR, 2 RBIRoad Trip: .406 (13-32), 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 3 BB, 5 runs Home Runs (5): Solo (3), 2-run (1), 3-run (1)

AHitting .365 (65-for-178) with 11 2B, 8 HR vs. Royals pitchers on active roster. ACareer average of .327 (193-for-591) with 37 doubles, 4 triples, 13 HR, 105 RBI in 159 games vs. KC...hitting .338 (97-for-287) in 76 career games at Kauffman. APlayed in 80 of the 81 Twins games this season. AHad 23rd career four-plus hit game 7/4 at KC...first sicne 8/14/13 (5). AHit fifth homer of the season with two-run shot in the first inning, 7/4 at KC...five homers are most in a season since hitting 11 in 2013. AHas 324 doubles, needs 5 to tie Tony Oliva (329) for second on Twins all-time list...is 6th on Twins all-time games played list (1,377)...is 12th on Twins HR list (114)...is 9th on Twins XBH list with 461, needs 8 to tie Carew (469) for 8th. AMade 11th career Opening Day roster, tying Kirby Puckett for fourth most in Twins history (Killebrew, Carew and Hrbek tied for first with 12). ACollected 1,500th hit with single 8/15/14 at HOU...6th Twin to record 1,500 hits joining Puckett (2,304), Carew (2,085), Oliva (1,917), Hrbek (1,749) and Killebrew (1,713). A41 RBI pre-ASG are most since 41 RBI pre-ASG in 2012...career best: 45 in 2006.

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

2015 Average: .221 Streak: 2g, .500 (4-8), 2B, 3B, RBI Series at KC: .500 (4-8), 2B, 3B, RBIRoad Trip: .240 (6-25), 2B, 3B, 3 RBI, 2 BB, SB, 2 runs Home Runs (0): - -

AHas back-to-back multi-hit games for the third time this season. ARecalled prior to 6/26 game at MIL...made Opening Day roster for the Twins. AHad 128 hits in 2014, which were the most by Twins rookie since Rivas (150 in ‘01). AOther rookie notes from 2014: 27 2B and 41 XBH were most by Twins rookie since Cordova (27 2B and 55 XBH in ‘95)...7 3B most since Castino (8 in ‘79)... .319 average highest since Oliva (.323 in ‘64)...38 multi-hit games most since Rivas (38 in ‘01). AAL rookie ranks 2014: .319 AVG (1st), 7 3B (T2nd), .353 OBP (2nd), 20 SB (2nd), .472 SLG (2nd), 70 runs (2nd), 38 multi-hit games (2nd), 129 hits (4th), 41 XBH (T3rd), 27 2B (4th). AHas hit in 107 of his 158 career games, reached in 115 of 158, scored in 73 of 158.

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

2015 Average: .333 Streak: 3g, .333 (4-12), 2B, RBI Series at KC: .333 (4-12), 2B, RBIRoadtrip: .333 (4-12), 2B, RBI, run Home Runs (0): - -

ARecorded first extra-base hit (2B) and RBI, 7/3 at KC. ABegan the season at Double-A Chattanooga where he hit .274 (66-for-241) with 18 doubles, one triple, 15 home runs and 48 RBI in 66 games for the Lookouts. AWas ranked as the 11th best prospect in baseball by MLB.com and as the second best prospect and best power hitter in the Twins system by Baseball America entering 2015. AHas a career minor league average of .278 (450-for-1616) with 110 doubles, 18 triples, 105 home runs and 339 RBI in 445 games. AOriginally signed by the Twins as a 16-year-old out of the Dominican Republic in 2009.

AARON HICKS - OF #32Height: 6-2 Weight: 210 B/T: S/R Age: 25 (10/2/89 in Long Beach, CA)

2015 Average: .232 Streak: 0-for-last-12, 2 RBI, BB Series at KC: .000 (0-6), 2 RBI, BBRoad Trip: .000 (0-6), 2 RBI, BB Home Runs (1): 2-run (1)

AReturned from rehab assignment prior to 7/3 game. AHit first home run of 2015, and first since 4/24/14, with two-run shot 5/27 vs. BOS...was his third homer of the season between Triple-A and MLB. AHas a hit in 18 of his 30 games played this season, five with multiple hits. AHad 10 multi-hit games (including five three-hit games) in 27 games at Triple-A. AAppeared in 13 2015 Spring Training games hitting .206 (7-for-34) with 2 triples.

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

2015 Average: .303 Streak: 2g, .500 (4-8), 2B, RBI Series at KC: - -Road Trip: .308 (4-13), 2B, RBI, 2 BB, 2 SB, 2 runs Home Runs (2): Solo (1), 2-run (1)

AHitting .319 (15-for-47) with 7 2B, 3B, HR, 5 RBI in 18 road games in 2015. ASince 2014 is hitting .266 (72-for-271), 16 2B, 4 3B, 6 HR, 30 RBI in 70 games with 3+ AB...has at least one hit in 47 of those 70 games. AOver last 18 games is hitting .316 (18-for-57) with nine extra-base hits. AHas a hit in 20 of 32 games with a PA this season...has 15 extra-base hits and 13 runs in those 32. ACareer .143 (4-for-28) as a pinch-hitter with one triple and two runs. ACareer games at position: SS - 183; 3rd - 102; DH - 37; OF - 28; 2nd - 22. AHit .284 with all four of his home runs and 14 of his 24 RBI at Target Field in 2014.

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................................................................. BATTING PITCHINGMONTH AVG R R/G H HR W-L IP H BB K ERAAPRIL .243 86 3.9 182 12 10-12 194.0 202 60 116 4.36MAY .269 139 5.1 244 27 20-7 244.1 264 57 165 3.57JUNE .240 103 3.7 220 25 11-17 244.0 261 68 169 3.98JULY .237 10 2.5 32 1 2-2 35.1 29 14 27 1.78AUGUST - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -SEPT/OCT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

TWINS MONTHLY BREAKDOWN

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

Starters 31 26 3.82 474.0 512 216 204 51 123 316Relievers 12 12 29 3.97 243.2 244 117 104 26 76 161TOTALS 43 38 29 3.86 717.2 756 333 308 77 199 477

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

TWINS 43 45 48 41 33 44 34 23 23 4 338 OPPONENTS 39 37 49 42 32 32 33 43 21 5 333

HOME RUNS BY POSITIONC 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH PH TOTAL4 8 16 10 2 7 1 12 5 0 65

RECORD WHEN…

Runs Scoring Allowing0 0 - 6 7 - 01 1 - 8 6 - 12 5 - 11 12 - 53 7 - 4 7 - 54 4 - 4 4 - 45 3 - 2 6 - 36 7 - 0 0 - 67 4 - 3 1 - 38 7 - 0 0 - 29 1 - 0 0 - 110+ 4 - 0 0 - 8

Totals 43 - 38 43 - 38

TOTAL STANDS CONFIRMED OVERTURNEDTWINS 17 5 - - 12OPPONENTS 16 6 - - 10

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

LAST OPPONENT CHALLENGE: Yost challenged Escobar safe call at first base on 3-1 ground out 7/3 at KC and whether Guthrie touched first. Replay showed Guthrie toe touched corner of base, call overturned.

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

TWINS EJECTIONS

MANAGER CHALLENGES

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

BACK-TO-BACK• - -

GRAND SLAM• Plouffe, 5/3 vs. CWS

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

INSIDE-THE-PARK• - -

TWINS HOME RUN DATA

Hicks .................5 Hunter .................2Escobar .............4 Nunez ..................1Rosario ..............4 Schafer ...............1Robinson ...........3 Total .................22Buxton ...............2

TWINS OUTFIELD ASSISTS

TWINS BATTING INFO

SEASON-HIGHS GW BUNTPLAYER H HR RBI RBI HITS SEASON-HIGH HIT-STREAKDozier 4 2 4 (2x) 5 2 10, 5/8-19Escobar 4 1 (2x) 5 2 - 4, 6/4-8Herrmann 2 1 2 1 - 3, 5/27-6/3Hicks 2 (5x) 1 2 - 1 4, 2x, last 6/3(1)-5Hunter 4 2 4 5 1 10, 5/20-6/2Mauer 4 1 (4x) 3 (5x) 5 - 7, 5/5-13Nunez 3 1 (2x) 2 (3x) 3 1 5, 4/8-26Plouffe 3 (2x) 1 (10x) 5 6 1 6, 4/17-24Rosario 2 (11x) 1 (3x) 2 (2x) 3 - 8, 5/24-6/3Sano 2 - 1 - - 3, 7/2-presentSantana 3 (3x) - 2 (2x) 1 4 6, 5/12-17Suzuki 3 (2x) 1 (3x) 2 (2x) 5 - 6, 6/14-20Others 4 1 TOTALS 40 11

C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Dozier 80 61 11 8 Escobar 1 17 4 26 6 2 6 20 13 13 Herrmann 19 4 8 7 Hicks 30 3 19 9Hunter 60 11 44 2 14 11 Mauer 67 10 5 72 Nunez 11 2 2 11 2 7 8 6 2 1Plouffe 3 74 6 54 6 11 Rosario 25 3 16 8 1 13 9 8 4 Sano 3 3 Santana 52 3 1 18 1 2 35Suzuki 62 3 2 18 17 12 11 Others 11 1 1 28 45 5 29 2 6 3 20 9 30 23 36

STARTS BY POSITION STARTS BY BATTING ORDER

2015 DISABLED LIST LOG Player Injury Date On Retro Date Off Games Missed Ricky Nolasco ............Right Elbow Infl. ...............4/11 ......... 4/9 ........... 5/2 ..............................21 Brian Duensing .........Right Intercostal Strain ....4/17 .......................... 5/2 ..............................14 Casey Fien .................Right Shoulder Strain .......4/30 ......................... 5/29 .............................25 Tim Stauffer ..............Right Intercostal Strain .....5/1 ......... 4/30 ......... 4/22 .............................19 Oswaldo Arcia ...........Right Hip Flexor Strain .......5/4 ........................... 6/3 ..............................26 Eduardo Nunez .......... Left Oblique Strain .............5/5 ......... 4/30 ......... 5/19 .............................17 Jordan Schafer ..........Right MCL Sprain ..............5/16 ........ 5/11 ......... 6/18 .............................34 Ricky Nolasco ..........Right Ankle Impingement ..6/4 .......... 6/1 ...............................................32 Aaron Hicks ..............Right Forearm Strain .......6/14 ........ 6/13 ..............................................21 Byron Buxton ............ Left Thumb Sprain ............6/26 ........ 6/25 ................................................9

BOLD indicates currently on DL

TWINS BULLPEN VS. Kansas City royals

2015 CAREERPITCHER W L S ERA IP H ER W L S ERA IP H ERBoyer 0 - 0 - 0 1.93 4.2 2 1 0 - 0 - 0 1.93 4.2 2 1Duensing 0 - 0 - 0 13.50 2.0 4 3 6 - 3 - 0 3.97 79.1 96 35Fien 0 - 1 - 0 3.52 7.2 7 3 2 - 1 - 0 4.74 24.2 25 13Graham 0 - 0 - 0 2.70 3.1 4 1 0 - 0 - 0 2.70 3.1 4 1May 0 - 2 - 0 4.76 11.1 15 6 0 - 3 - 0 5.06 16.0 22 9Perkins 0 - 0 - 5 1.50 6.0 3 1 3 - 1 - 13 3.07 58.2 61 20Pressly 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 2.2 3 0 0 - 2 - 0 4.15 13.0 18 6Thompson 0 - 1 - 0 2.08 4.1 2 1 0 - 1 - 0 2.08 4.1 2 1Others 0 - 0 - 0 15.00 3.0 6 5TEAM 0 - 4 - 5 4.20 45.0 46 21

TWINS HITTERS VS. Kansas City Royals

2015 CAREERPLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI AVG. AB H HR RBIDozier .182 44 8 0 2 .230 200 46 3 20Escobar .350 20 7 0 1 .244 78 19 1 4Herrmann .000 4 0 0 0 .094 32 3 0 1Hicks .200 15 3 0 2 .145 62 9 0 4Hunter .227 44 10 0 2 .268 829 222 34 130Mauer .304 46 14 1 6 .327 591 193 13 105Nunez … 0 0 0 0 .242 66 16 1 7Plouffe .273 44 12 2 5 .216 250 54 12 27Rosario .316 19 6 1 1 .316 19 6 1 1Sano .333 12 4 0 1 .333 12 4 0 1Santana .308 39 12 0 1 .238 84 20 1 4Suzuki .097 31 3 1 3 .256 223 57 5 24Others .211 76 16 2 7TEAM .241 394 95 7 31

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

INDIVIDUAL BATTING:Most At-Bats, Game........................................................................................6, multiple timesMost Runs, Game.....................................................................3, 4x, last Buxton, 6/22 vs. CWSMost Runs, Inning...........................................................................................1, multiple timesMost Hits, Game .............................................................................4, 5x, last Mauer, 7/4 at KCMost Hits, Inning ....................... 2, 3x, last Escobar & Nunez, both in 2nd inning 5/25 vs. BOSMost Doubles, Game.......................................................................................2, multiple timesMost Triples, Game .............................................................................2, Robinson, 6/14 at TEXMost Home Runs, Game .............................................................2, 2x, last Hunter, 6/27 at MILGrand Slams ..........................................................................................1, Plouffe, 5/3 vs. CWSMost Total Bases, Game ....................................................................... 10, Hunter, 6/27 at MILMost Extra Base Hits, Game ........................................................3, 2x, last Hunter 6/27 at MILMost RBI, Game ........................................................................5, 2x, last Escobar, 5/6 vs. OAKMost Walks, Game ....................................................................3, 3x, last Mauer, 6/20 vs. CHCMost Strikeouts, Game ............................................................4, 2x, last Buxton, 6/24 vs. CWSLongest Hitting-Streak .................................................................10, 2x, last Hunter, 5/20-6/2 Consecutive Hits .................................................................... 4, 2x, last Vargas, 6/22 vs. CWSConsecutive Hitless At-Bats.....................................................................21, Schafer, 4/12-24Most Stolen Bases, Game...............................................................................1, multiple timesMost Caught Stealing, Game ..........................................................................1, multiple timesMost Ground Into Doubleplay, Game...................................... 2, 6x, last Plouffe, 6/20 vs. CHC

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

TEAM PITCHING (cont.):Most Strikeouts ..................................................................................11, 5x, last 6/20 vs. CHCMost Walks ........................................................................................................... 7, 4/8 at DETFewest Hits Allowed .......................................................................................2, 6/3 at BOS (2)Pitchers Used .......................................................................................8, 5/20 vs. PIT (13 inn.)Consecutive Batters Retired.................................................. 19, 3rd-9th inning 6/3 at BOS-2Scoreless Innings Streak ......................................................12, 2x, last 5/5 (7th) to 5/6 (9th)Wild Pitches .............................................................................................2, 4x, last 7/1 at CINMost Innings, Game, Relievers ......................................................................8.0, 5/31 vs. TORMost Hits, Game, Relievers ...............................................................................11, 4/17 vs. TBMost Runs, Game, Relievers .................................................................. 8, 2x, last 5/17 vs. TBMost Home Runs, Game, Relievers ...................................................................4, 4/29 vs. DETMost Walks, Game, Relievers..............................................................................5, 6/29 at CINMost Strikeouts, Game, Relievers...................................................... 8, 4/17 vs. CLE (11 inn.)

INDIVIDUAL PITCHING:Most Innings, Game, Starter ......................................................8.0, 8x, last Gibson, 7/2 at KCMost Innings, Game, Reliever ............................................ 3.0, 5x, last Duensing, 6/26 at MILMost Hits, Starter .................................................................... 11, 2x, last Pelfrey, 6/13 at TEXMost Hits, Reliever ...............................................................................6, Graham, 5/14 at DETMost Runs, Starter .....................................................................8, 2x, last Pelfrey, 6/29 at CINMost Runs, Reliever .............................................................................5, Graham, 5/14 at DETMost Home Runs, Starter ........................................................................3, Gibson, 6/5 vs. MILMost Home Runs, Reliever ..............................................................2, 3x, last Fien 6/28 at MILMost Walks, Starter................................................................................. 5, Gibson, 4/9 at DETMost Walks, Reliever..................................................................3, 2x, last Pressly, 6/6 vs. MILMost Strikeouts, Starter.............................................................9, 4x, last Gibson, 6/5 vs. MILMost Strikeouts, Reliever...................................................................4, Graham, 5/31 vs. TORWin-Streak ...................................................................................................5, Nolasco, 5/2-25Losing-Streak .....................................................................................4, 2x, last May, 6/15-7/1 Low-Hit Complete Game....................................................................... 6, Hughes, 4/24 at SEAMost Consecutive Scoreless Innings ..........................................20, Gibson 4/26 (5th) to 5/12Most Consecutive Batters Retired ..................................18, Hughes, 6/19 (4th) to 6/24 (2nd)Wild Pitches ................................................................................................. 2, May, 7/1 at CIN

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

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

LAST TIME IT HAPPENEDFOR THE TWINS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

APRIL (10-12) BATTING: .243 (182-FOR-749) PITCHING: 10-12-7, 4.36 (194.0 IP, 94 ER) 6----- --at DET 0-4 L 0-1 T3rd -1.0 45,030 Price/Hughes/Nathan 7------OFF DAY 0-1 T3rd -1.0 8----- --at DET 0-11 L 0-2 T4th -2.0 28,280 Sanchez/Nolasco 9----- --at DET 1-7 L 0-3 T4th -3.0 26,782 Greene/Gibson10 -----at CWS 6-0 W 1-3 4th -3.0 38,533 Milone/Noesi/Duensing11 -----at CWS 4-5 L 1-4 T4th -4.0 22,317 Duke/Boyer/Robertson 12 -----at CWS 2-6 L 1-5 5th -5.0 23,057 Sale/Hughes13 -----KC 3-12 L 1-6 5th -6.0 *40,123 40,123 1 Duffy/May14 -----OFF DAY 5th -6.015 -----KC 3-1 W 2-6 5th -5.5 21,362 61,485 2 Gibson/Volquez/Perkins16 -----KC 8-5 W 3-6 5th -5.0 17,449 78,934 3 Milone/Vargas/Perkins 17 -----CLE ^3-2 W 4-6 3rd -5.0 21,307 100,241 4 Boyer/Shaw18 -----CLE 2-4 L 4-7 5th -5.0 23,949 124,190 5 Salazar/Hughes/Allen19 -----CLE 7-2 W 5-7 3rd -5.0 17,923 142,113 6 May/House20 -----at KC 1-7 L 5-8 4th -6.0 20,393 Volquez/Gibson21 -----at KC 5-6 L 5-9 5th -6.0 20,990 Young/Fien/Davis22 -----at KC 3-0 W 6-9 4th -5.0 24,721 Pelfrey/Guthrie/Perkins23 -----OFF DAY 4th -5.5 24 -----at SEA 0-2 L 6-10 5th -6.0 25,215 Hernandez/Hughes25 -----at SEA 8-5 W 7-10 T4th -5.5 33,566 Stauffer/Paxton/Perkins26 -----at SEA ^4-2 W 8-10 T4th -4.5 35,242 Fien/Olson/Perkins27 -----DET 4-5 L 8-11 4th -5.5 18,054 160,167 7 Price/Milone/Soria28 -----DET 3-2 W 9-11 4th -5.0 18,169 178,336 8 Pelfrey/Sanchez/Perkins29 -----DET 7-10 L 9-12 4th -5.5 19,447 197,783 9 Gorzelanny/Fien/Soria30 -----CWS 12-2 W 10-12 3rd -5.0 20,736 218,519 10 May/SaleMAY (20-7) BATTING: .269 (244-FOR-906) PITCHING: 20-7-14, 3.57 (244.1 IP, 97 ER) 1------CWS 1-0 W 11-12 3rd -5.0 22,794 241,313 11 Gibson/Quintana/Perkins 2------CWS 5-3 W 12-12 3rd -4.0 30,551 271,864 12 Nolasco/Noesi/Perkins 3------CWS 13-3 W 13-12 3rd -3.5 22,423 294,287 13 Pressly/Danks 4------OAK 8-7 W 14-12 3rd -3.0 20,605 314,892 14 Hughes/Hahn/Perkins 5------OAK 1-2 L 14-13 3rd -3.5 18,135 333,027 15 Chavez/May/Clippard 6------OAK 13-0 W 15-13 3rd -2.5 18,866 351,893 16 Gibson/Kazmir 7------OAK 6-5 W 16-13 3rd -2.5 22,379 374,272 17 Nolasco/Pomeranz/Perkins 8------at CLE 9-3 W 17-13 3rd -2.0 19,102 Pelfrey/Bauer 9------at CLE 7-4 W 18-13 3rd -1.5 16,199 Hughes/Chen/Perkins10 -----at CLE 2-8 L 18-14 3rd -2.5 13,769 Salazar/May11 -----OFF DAY 3rd -2.012 -----at DET ^1-2 L 18-15 3rd -3.0 26,177 Nesbitt/Pressly13 -----at DET 6-2 W 19-15 3rd -2.0 27,163 Nolasco/Lobstein14 -----at DET 1-13 L 19-16 3rd -3.0 31,785 Sanchez/Pelfrey15 -----TB 3-2 W 20-16 3rd -3.0 24,018 398,290 18 Hughes/Odorizzi/Perkins16 -----TB 6-4 W 21-16 3rd -2.0 27,128 425,418 19 Duensing/Jepsen/Perkins17 -----TB 3-11 L 21-17 3rd -3.0 23,708 449,126 20 Archer/Gibson18 -----OFF DAY 3rd -3.019 -----at PIT 8-5 W 22-17 3rd -3.0 22,357 Nolasco/Liriano/Perkins20 -----at PIT ^4-3 W 23-17 3rd -3.0 21,718 Duensing/Bastardo/Perkins21 -----OFF DAY 3rd -3.022 -----at CWS 2-3 L 23-18 3rd -4.0 21,067 Samardzija/Thompson/Robertson23 -----at CWS 4-3 W 24-18 3rd -4.0 38,714 May/Sale/Perkins24 -----at CWS 8-1 W 25-18 2nd -3.0 30,180 Gibson/Quintana25 -----BOS 7-2 W 26-18 2nd -2.0 29,472 478,598 21 Nolasco/Kelly26 -----BOS 2-1 W 27-18 2nd -1.0 23,268 501,866 22 Pelfrey/Buchholz/Perkins27 -----BOS 6-4 W 28-18 T-1st - - 30,027 531,893 23 Hughes/Porcello/Perkins28 -----OFF DAY T-1st - -29 -----TOR 4-6 L 28-19 2nd -1.0 24,509 556,402 24 Buehrle/Perkins30 -----TOR 3-2 W 29-19 2nd -0.5 32,076 588,478 25 Pressly/Loup/Boyer31 -----TOR 6-4 W 30-19 1st +0.5 33,829 622,307 26 Pressly/Osuna/Perkins JUNE (11-17) BATTING: .240 (220-FOR-916) PITCHING: 11-17-6, 3.98 ERA (244.0 IP, 108 ER) 1------at BOS 1st +0.5 --Postponed, Inclement Weather --Scheduled makeup as DH 6/3-- 2------at BOS 0-1 L 30-20 1st +0.5 32,622 Buchholz/Pelfrey/Uehara 3------at BOS 3-6 L 30-21 T1st - - 31,704 Rodriguez/Hughes ------at BOS# 2-0 W 31-21 T1st - - 33,291 May/Porcello/Perkins 4------at BOS 8-4 W 32-21 1st +1.0 33,615 Thompson/Uehara 5------MIL 5-10 L 32-22 1st +1.0 29,398 651,705 27 Jeffress/Boyer 6------MIL 2-4 L 32-23 1st +1.0 *38,707 690,412 28 Garza/Pressly/Rodriguez 7------MIL 2-0 W 33-23 1st +1.0 31,911 722,323 29 Pelfrey/Fiers/Perkins 8------KC 1-3 L 33-24 T1st - - 22,796 745,119 30 Vargas/Hughes/Holland 9------KC 0-2 L 33-25 2nd -1.0 22,497 767,616 31 Young/May/Holland10 -----KC 2-7 L 33-26 2nd -2.0 28,434 796,050 32 Volquez/Gibson11 -----OFF DAY 2nd -2.012 -----at TEX 2-6 L 33-27 2nd -2.0 41,765 Scheppers/Thompson 13 -----at TEX 7-11 L 33-28 2nd -2.0 28,661 Lewis/Pelfrey14 -----at TEX 4-3 W 34-28 2nd -1.5 33,970 Fien/Tolleson/Perkins15 -----at STL 2-3 L 34-29 2nd -2.5 43,174 Lackey/May/Siegrist16 -----at STL 2-3 L 34-30 2nd -3.5 41,203 Wacha/Gibson/Siegrist17 -----STL 3-1 W 35-30 2nd -3.5 34,381 830,431 33 Milone/Martinez/Perkins18 -----STL 2-1 W 36-30 2nd -3.5 34,648 865,079 34 Boyer/Villanueva19 -----CUB 7-2 W 37-30 2nd -2.5 36,817 901,896 35 Hughes/Hendricks20 -----CUB ^1-4 L 37-31 2nd -3.5 *40,066 941,962 36 Motte/Boyer/Rondon21 -----CUB 0-8 L 37-32 2nd -3.5 *40,273 982,235 37 Arrieta/Gibson22 -----CWS 13-2 W 38-32 2nd -3.5 24,094 1,006,329 38 Milone/Danks23 -----CWS 2-6 L 38-33 2nd -3.5 27,349 1,033,678 39 Samardzija/Pelfrey/Petricka24 -----CWS 6-1 W 39-33 2nd -3.5 28,854 1,062,532 40 Hughes/Sale25 -----OFF DAY 2nd -3.5 26 -----at MIL 4-10 L 39-34 2nd -4.0 33,296 Lohse/May27 -----at MIL 5-2 W 40-34 2nd -4.0 39,977 Gibson/Garza/Perkins28 -----at MIL 3-5 L 40-35 2nd -5.5 38,958 Smith/Fien29 -----at CIN 7-11 L 40-36 2nd -5.5 28,904 Adcock/Pelfrey30 -----at CIN 8-5 W 41-36 2nd -4.5 28,556 Hughes/DeSclafani/PerkinsJULY (2-2) BATTING: .237 (32-FOR-135) PITCHING: 2-2-2, 1.78 ERA (35.1 IP, 7 ER) 1------at CIN 1-2 L 41-37 2nd -4.5 26,459 Cueto/May/Chapman 2------at KC 2-0 W 42-37 2nd -3.5 37,196 Gibson/Young/Perkins 3------at KC ^2-3 L 42-38 2nd -4.5 38,868 Davis/Thompson 4------at KC 5-3 W 43-38 2nd -3.5 37,917 Duensing/Blanton/Perkins 5------at KC 1:10 pm FSN/TIBN 6------BAL 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 7------BAL 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN 8------BAL 12:10 pm TIBN 9------DET 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN10 -----DET 7:10 pm FSN/TIBN11 -----DET 3:05 pm FS1/TIBN12 -----DET 1:10 pm FSN/TIBN13 -----ALL STAR BREAK - Cincinnati All-Star Workout Day featuring the Home Run Derby14 -----ALL STAR BREAK - Cincinnati MLB All-Star Game15 -----ALL STAR BREAK16 -----ALL STAR BREAK17 -----at OAK 9:05 pm FSN/TIBN 18 -----at OAK 8:07 pm FSN/TIBN19 -----at OAK 3:05 pm FSN/TIBN20 -----OFF DAY21 -----at LAA 9:05 pm FSN/TIBN22 -----at LAA 9:05 pm FSN/TIBN23 -----at LAA 2:35 pm FSN/TIBN

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

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

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

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Position Players: (19) Arcia, Oswaldo of*Bernier, Doug infBuxton, Byron ofDozier, Brian inf*Escobar, Eduardo inf*Herrmann, Chris c/of*Hicks, Aaron of

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

Sano, Miguel infSantana, Danny inf*Schafer, Jordan of*Suzuki, Kurt c*Vargas, Kennys inf*

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

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

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

(* - on Opening Day 25-man Roster)