MINNESOTA TWINS (47-70) VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS...

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THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 2-4 through six games on their seven-game homestand, going 1-3 against Houston and 1-1 against Kansas City...today, the Twins will play the three-game series finale with the Royals...they will enjoy an off-day tomorrow before traveling to Atlanta for two games Tuesday-Wednesday, then Kansas City for four games Thursday-Sunday...the Twins have gone 25-36 at home and 22-34 on the road. SATURDAY NIGHT’S ALRIGHT: The Twins beat the Royals last night by a score of 5-2, snapping their four-game losing streak...Tyler Duffey (8-8) was the starter and winner, allowing two runs on six hits in 7.0 innings pitched...Ryan Pressly and Brandon Kintzler combined for 2.0 innings of relief with no earned runs...Robbie Grossman had three of the Twins 12 hits, including a home run...Eddie Rosario and Brian Dozier also homered. ROYALTY: Joe Mauer is hitting .330 (212-for-643) with 38 doubles, four triples, 14 home runs, 110 RBI and a .411 on-base percentage in 173 career games against the Royals... in his last 15 games against KC, he is hitting .404 (23-for-57), reaching base multiple times in 12 of those...he ranks fourth all-time in batting average against KC (minimum 500 at-bats), trailing Rod Carew (.345), Ivan Rodriguez (.337) and Wade Boggs (.332); also fourth in on-base percentage, trailing Alex Rodriguez (.432), Boggs (.418) and Jim Thome (.414). POWER RANKINGS: The Twins have hit 138 home runs on the season, tied 13th most in baseball...since June 26, the Twins have hit 66 home runs, which leads baseball...since that date, Brian Dozier (16) leads baseball in home runs...Max Kepler (13) ranks tied for third. CENTURY MARK: Brian Dozier hit his 100th career home run last night, joining seven other active second basemen to have reached the 100-home run plateau: Robinson Cano (265), Chase Utley (244), Ian Kinsler (205), Brandon Phillips (194), Ben Zobrist (140), Dustin Pedroia (130) and Neil Walker (113)...he leads all MLB second basemen in homers since 2013 (94)...he also becomes the 16th Twin to reach 100 home runs (first second baseman) and first since Joe Mauer did it June 8, 2013 at Washington off Gio Gonzalez... he needs three home runs to tie his single-season career-high of 28, done last season... he has hit 17 home runs since June 25, the most in baseball since that date. A Since May 26, Dozier leads the AL and trails only Colorado’s Carlos Gonzalez (.663) with a .632 slugging percentage. IT’S THE HEAT, AND THE HUMIDITY: The Twins have gone 22-16 since July 2, tied for second most wins in baseball with Chicago-NL (22-13), trailing only Toronto (23-12)...in that span, they have outscored opponents 219-188 and out-hit opponents 383-363...since that date, the Twins are hitting .282 (383-for-1357) with 88 doubles, 15 triples, 54 home runs, 219runs scored, 132 walks, and a .346 on-base percentage...in that span, they lead baseball in runs scored, hits, doubles, triples, batting average and on-base percentage. MAUER’S MONTH: Joe Mauer is hitting .396 (19-for-48) with seven doubles, one triple, one home run, nine RBI, 10 runs scored, seven walks and a .473 on-base percentage in 12 games this month...his 19 hits this month are tied for fourth most in baseball for August... his .473 on-base percentage this month ranks eight in MLB. TOUCH ’EM ALL, LITTLE FALLS: WYRQ-FM is the 2016 recipient of the John Gordon Award as Twins Radio affiliate of the Year...located in Little Falls, MN, they have been a part of the Twins network for 27 seasons...they will receive a $5,000 grant from the Twins Community Fund to support their community’s Youth Baseball/Softball Associations...previous winners of this award include: WJON (St. Cloud) in 2015, KROC (Rochester) in 2014, WELY (Ely) in 2013 and KMGM (Montevideo) in 2012. ON THIS DAY IN TWINS HISTORY: In 1991, St. Paul native Dave Winfield hit his 400th career home run while playing for California, becoming the 23rd player in history to reach the milestone, in a 7-4 win over the Twins...the homer came off of left-handed pitcher David West. DINNER’S ON DOZIER: The 10th Annual Grand Slam Dinner, where Twins players wait on tables to raise money for The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities takes place tonight from 6-9 at The Capital Grille...the event, which has raised more than $475,000 to date, will be hosted by Brian Dozier and his wife Renee...many current and past Twins players will be in attendance to assist in the event. TWINS MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Single-A Ft. Myers right-handed pitcher Fernando Romero is the Twins minor league Player of the Week...Romero made one start for the Miracle, coming Friday vs. Charlotte, pitching 7.0 shutout innings with six hits allowed, no walks and 11 strikeouts...the 21-year-old has made nine starts for the Miracle this season, going 3-2, 2.39 ERA (49.0 IP, 13 ER) with eight walks and 48 strikeouts...he was signed by the Twins out of the Dominican Republic on November 4, 2011 and has a career minor league record of 10-7, 2.56 ERA (165.0 IP, 47 ER) with 45 walks and 157 strikeouts. HOMESTAND (2-4) Batting Average ........... .281 (59-for-210) Runs Per Game ...................4.2 (25 R/6 G) Home Runs ........................................... 10 RISP ............................... .204 (10-for-49) Fielding Errors ........................................ 8 Team ERA .................6.00 (54.0 IP, 36 ER) Starters W-L ....................................... 2-4 Starters ERA .............6.99 (28.1 IP, 22 ER) Relievers W-L-S ............................... 2-0-2 Relievers ERA ...........4.91 (25.2 IP, 14 ER) Save/Opportunities ..............................2/2 MINNESOTA TWINS (47-70) VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS (56-60) SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016 - 1:10 PM (CT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH RADIO: TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK / LA RAZA Hector Santiago (L, 10-6, 4.47) vs. Edinson Volquez (R, 8-10, 5.03) GAME 118 HOME GAMES 62 UPCOMING MILESTONES PLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACH Joe Mauer ............................797 RBI ......................................Needs 3 to reach 800 for career 128 home runs ...........................Needs 4 to tie Jacque Jones (132) for 11th on Twins all-time list 808 walks ..................................Needs 30 to tie Kent Hrbek (838) for 2nd on Twins all-time list 876 runs ....................................Needs 27 to tie Kent Hrbek (903) for 4th on Twins all-time list Trevor Plouffe.......................91 home runs .............................Needs 9 to reach 100 for career RECENT TRANSACTIONS 7/5 RHP May returned from rehab and reinstated from 15-day DL 7/11 RHP Jepsen released 7/20 RHP Ramirez outrighted to AAA 7/21 LHP Boshers recalled from AAA 7/28 LHP Mejia acquired via trade with SF in exchange for IF Nunez 7/29 IF Polanco recalled from AAA 8/1 RHP Light acquired via trade with BOS in exchange for LHP Abad RHP Berrios recalled from AAA LHP Santiago and RHP Busenitz acquired via trade with LAA in exchange for RHP Nolasco and RHP Meyer 8/7 OF Buxton optioned to AAA 8/8 IF Plouffe returned from rehab and reinstated from 15-day DL 8/10 RHP May placed on 15-day DL RHP Chargois recalled from AAA 8/11 LHP Boshers placed on 15-day DL LHP Albers contract selected from AAA 8/12 LHP Milone placed on 15-day DL LHP Dean recalled from AAA 8/13 LHP Albers designated for release or assignment LHP O’Rourke contract selected from AAA Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 8/15 OFF DAY 8/16 at Atlanta Ervin Santana (R, 5-9, 3.62) vs. Joel De La Cruz (R, 0-5, 4.09) 6:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-Go 96.3 / La Raza 8/17 at Atlanta Kyle Gibson (R, 4-6, 4.86) vs. Mike Foltynewicz (R, 6-5, 4.50) 6:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-Go 96.3 / None Games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com. All game times are listed as Central. STREAKS Current Streak:................................... 1 win Last 5 games: ........................................ 1-4 Last 10 games: ...................................... 4-6 Last 15 games: ...................................... 8-7 Last 20 games: .................................. 10-10 TWINS AT A GLANCE Record: ......................................... 47-70 Home Record:............................... 25-36 Road Record:................................ 22-34 Record in series: ...................... 15-21-3 Series Openers: ............................ 15-23 Series Finales:.............................. 14-23 Rubber Games: ................................. 6-4 Sweeps/Swept: ............................... 3/10 April: ............................................... 7-17 May: ................................................ 8-19 June: ............................................. 10-17 July:............................................... 15-11 August:.............................................. 7-6 September/October:.............................. vs. American League East: ........... 10-21 vs. American League Central: ...... 15-27 vs. American League West: .......... 16-13 vs. National League: ......................... 6-9 Games vs. LH Starter:................... 15-15 Games vs. RH Starter: .................. 32-55 Twins score first: .......................... 26-27 Opponent scores first:.................. 21-43 Come-from-behind wins: .................. 29 Leading after 7/8 inn.:........... 38-3/38-2 Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ........... 4-56/1-59 Tied after 7/8 inn.: ................... 4-11/7-9 Extra-innings: ................................... 5-5 1-run games: ................................ 11-19 Twins out-hit opp.: .......................... 31-7 Opp. out-hit Twins:.......................... 9-58 Twins/Opp. have = hits: .................... 5-5 Twins get Quality Start: ................ 28-19 Twins starter goes 6+ IP:............. 36-24 Most games over .500: ............................. Most games under .500:............. 29, 7/2 Longest winning-streak: ...4, 2x, last 5/25-29 Longest losing-streak: ................. 9, 4/4-14 When Twins score 4+: .................. 42-27 When Twins score 3-: ..................... 4-43 Team-high hits: ...... 19, 2x, last 8/1 at CLE Team-high runs: ............. 17, 7/2 vs. TEX Opp.-high hits: ....... 19, 8/11 (1) vs. HOU Opp.-high runs:............... 16, 5/4 at HOU Twins get 10+ hits: ....................... 35-13 Walk-Off W/L: ................................... 7/3 Shutouts W/L: ................................... 2/5 Complete Games: .. 3, last Santana, 7/26 vs. ATL Target Field Sellouts (’16/All-Time): ... 1/159 TWINS VS. KANSAS CITY 2016 Record: ......................................... 2-6 Current Streak:................................... 1 win 2016 at Home: ....................................... 2-3 2016 at Kansas City: .............................. 0-3 All-Time Record: ............................ 382-359 All-Time at Home: .......................... 201-169 All-Time at Kansas City: ................. 181-190 2016 Game Logs: Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save 4/8 KC 3-4 Soria/Jepsen/Davis 4/9 KC 0-7 Kennedy/Milone 4/10 KC 3-4 (10 in) Davis/May 5/23 MIN 4-10 Moylan/Nolasco 5/24 MIN 4-7 Volquez/Santana/Davis 5/25 MIN 7-5 Duffey/Gee/Jepsen 8/12 MIN 3-7 Ventura/Gibson 8/13 MIN 5-2 Duffey/Gee/Kintzler 8/14 MIN 8/18 KC 8/19 KC 8/20 KC 8/21 KC 9/5 MIN 9/6 MIN 9/7 MIN 9/27 KC 9/28 KC 9/29 KC

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THE TWINS: The Twins have gone 2-4 through six games on their seven-game homestand, going 1-3 against Houston and 1-1 against Kansas City...today, the Twins will play the three-game series finale with the Royals...they will enjoy an off-day tomorrow before traveling to Atlanta for two games Tuesday-Wednesday, then Kansas City for four games Thursday-Sunday...the Twins have gone 25-36 at home and 22-34 on the road.

SATURDAY NIGHT’S ALRIGHT: The Twins beat the Royals last night by a score of 5-2, snapping their four-game losing streak...Tyler Duffey (8-8) was the starter and winner, allowing two runs on six hits in 7.0 innings pitched...Ryan Pressly and Brandon Kintzler combined for 2.0 innings of relief with no earned runs...Robbie Grossman had three of the Twins 12 hits, including a home run...Eddie Rosario and Brian Dozier also homered.

ROYALTY: Joe Mauer is hitting .330 (212-for-643) with 38 doubles, four triples, 14 home runs, 110 RBI and a .411 on-base percentage in 173 career games against the Royals...in his last 15 games against KC, he is hitting .404 (23-for-57), reaching base multiple times in 12 of those...he ranks fourth all-time in batting average against KC (minimum 500 at-bats), trailing Rod Carew (.345), Ivan Rodriguez (.337) and Wade Boggs (.332); also fourth in on-base percentage, trailing Alex Rodriguez (.432), Boggs (.418) and Jim Thome (.414).

POWER RANKINGS: The Twins have hit 138 home runs on the season, tied 13th most in baseball...since June 26, the Twins have hit 66 home runs, which leads baseball...since that date, Brian Dozier (16) leads baseball in home runs...Max Kepler (13) ranks tied for third.

CENTURY MARK: Brian Dozier hit his 100th career home run last night, joining seven other active second basemen to have reached the 100-home run plateau: Robinson Cano (265), Chase Utley (244), Ian Kinsler (205), Brandon Phillips (194), Ben Zobrist (140), Dustin Pedroia (130) and Neil Walker (113)...he leads all MLB second basemen in homers since 2013 (94)...he also becomes the 16th Twin to reach 100 home runs (first second baseman) and first since Joe Mauer did it June 8, 2013 at Washington off Gio Gonzalez...he needs three home runs to tie his single-season career-high of 28, done last season...he has hit 17 home runs since June 25, the most in baseball since that date.

ASince May 26, Dozier leads the AL and trails only Colorado’s Carlos Gonzalez (.663) with a .632 slugging percentage.

IT’S THE HEAT, AND THE HUMIDITY: The Twins have gone 22-16 since July 2, tied for second most wins in baseball with Chicago-NL (22-13), trailing only Toronto (23-12)...in that span, they have outscored opponents 219-188 and out-hit opponents 383-363...since that date, the Twins are hitting .282 (383-for-1357) with 88 doubles, 15 triples, 54 home runs, 219runs scored, 132 walks, and a .346 on-base percentage...in that span, they lead baseball in runs scored, hits, doubles, triples, batting average and on-base percentage.

MAUER’S MONTH: Joe Mauer is hitting .396 (19-for-48) with seven doubles, one triple, one home run, nine RBI, 10 runs scored, seven walks and a .473 on-base percentage in 12 games this month...his 19 hits this month are tied for fourth most in baseball for August...his .473 on-base percentage this month ranks eight in MLB.

TOUCH ’EM ALL, LITTLE FALLS: WYRQ-FM is the 2016 recipient of the John Gordon Award as Twins Radio affiliate of the Year...located in Little Falls, MN, they have been a part of the Twins network for 27 seasons...they will receive a $5,000 grant from the Twins Community Fund to support their community’s Youth Baseball/Softball Associations...previous winners of this award include: WJON (St. Cloud) in 2015, KROC (Rochester) in 2014, WELY (Ely) in 2013 and KMGM (Montevideo) in 2012.

ON THIS DAY IN TWINS HISTORY: In 1991, St. Paul native Dave Winfield hit his 400th career home run while playing for California, becoming the 23rd player in history to reach the milestone, in a 7-4 win over the Twins...the homer came off of left-handed pitcher David West.

DINNER’S ON DOZIER: The 10th Annual Grand Slam Dinner, where Twins players wait on tables to raise money for The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities takes place tonight from 6-9 at The Capital Grille...the event, which has raised more than $475,000 to date, will be hosted by Brian Dozier and his wife Renee...many current and past Twins players will be in attendance to assist in the event.

TWINS MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Single-A Ft. Myers right-handed pitcher Fernando Romero is the Twins minor league Player of the Week...Romero made one start for the Miracle, coming Friday vs. Charlotte, pitching 7.0 shutout innings with six hits allowed, no walks and 11 strikeouts...the 21-year-old has made nine starts for the Miracle this season, going 3-2, 2.39 ERA (49.0 IP, 13 ER) with eight walks and 48 strikeouts...he was signed by the Twins out of the Dominican Republic on November 4, 2011 and has a career minor league record of 10-7, 2.56 ERA (165.0 IP, 47 ER) with 45 walks and 157 strikeouts.

HOMESTAND (2-4)Batting Average ........... .281 (59-for-210)Runs Per Game ...................4.2 (25 R/6 G)Home Runs ...........................................10RISP ............................... .204 (10-for-49)Fielding Errors ........................................8

Team ERA .................6.00 (54.0 IP, 36 ER)Starters W-L ....................................... 2-4Starters ERA .............6.99 (28.1 IP, 22 ER)Relievers W-L-S ...............................2-0-2Relievers ERA ...........4.91 (25.2 IP, 14 ER)Save/Opportunities ..............................2/2

MINNESOTA TWINS (47-70) VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS (56-60)SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016 - 1:10 PM (CT) - TV: FOX SPORTS NORTH RADIO: TREASURE ISLAND BASEBALL NETWORK / LA RAZA

Hector Santiago (L, 10-6, 4.47) vs. Edinson Volquez (R, 8-10, 5.03)GAME 118 HOME GAMES 62

UPCOMING MILESTONESPLAYER CURRENT NO. MILESTONE WITHIN REACHJoe Mauer ............................797 RBI ......................................Needs 3 to reach 800 for career 128 home runs ...........................Needs 4 to tie Jacque Jones (132) for 11th on Twins all-time list 808 walks ..................................Needs 30 to tie Kent Hrbek (838) for 2nd on Twins all-time list 876 runs ....................................Needs 27 to tie Kent Hrbek (903) for 4th on Twins all-time listTrevor Plouffe .......................91 home runs .............................Needs 9 to reach 100 for career

RECENT TRANSACTIONS7/5 RHP May returned from rehab and reinstated from 15-day DL7/11 RHP Jepsen released7/20 RHP Ramirez outrighted to AAA7/21 LHP Boshers recalled from AAA7/28 LHP Mejia acquired via trade with SF in exchange for IF Nunez7/29 IF Polanco recalled from AAA8/1 RHP Light acquired via trade with BOS in exchange for LHP Abad RHP Berrios recalled from AAA LHP Santiago and RHP Busenitz acquired via trade with LAA in exchange for RHP Nolasco and RHP Meyer8/7 OF Buxton optioned to AAA8/8 IF Plouffe returned from rehab and reinstated from 15-day DL8/10 RHP May placed on 15-day DL RHP Chargois recalled from AAA8/11 LHP Boshers placed on 15-day DL LHP Albers contract selected from AAA8/12 LHP Milone placed on 15-day DL LHP Dean recalled from AAA8/13 LHP Albers designated for release or assignment LHP O’Rourke contract selected from AAA

Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast ScheduleDate Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio8/15 OFF DAY8/16 at Atlanta Ervin Santana (R, 5-9, 3.62) vs. Joel De La Cruz (R, 0-5, 4.09) 6:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-Go 96.3 / La Raza8/17 at Atlanta Kyle Gibson (R, 4-6, 4.86) vs. Mike Foltynewicz (R, 6-5, 4.50) 6:10 pm Fox Sports North TIBN-Go 96.3 / None

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

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

TWINS AT A GLANCERecord: .........................................47-70 Home Record: ...............................25-36Road Record: ................................22-34Record in series: ...................... 15-21-3Series Openers: ............................15-23 Series Finales: ..............................14-23Rubber Games: .................................6-4Sweeps/Swept: ............................... 3/10April: ...............................................7-17May: ................................................8-19June: .............................................10-17July: ...............................................15-11August: ..............................................7-6September/October: ..............................vs. American League East: ...........10-21vs. American League Central: ......15-27vs. American League West: ..........16-13vs. National League: .........................6-9Games vs. LH Starter: ...................15-15Games vs. RH Starter: ..................32-55Twins score first: ..........................26-27Opponent scores first: ..................21-43Come-from-behind wins: .................. 29Leading after 7/8 inn.: ........... 38-3/38-2Trailing after 7/8 inn.: ........... 4-56/1-59Tied after 7/8 inn.: ................... 4-11/7-9Extra-innings: ...................................5-51-run games: ................................11-19Twins out-hit opp.: ..........................31-7Opp. out-hit Twins:..........................9-58 Twins/Opp. have = hits: ....................5-5Twins get Quality Start: ................28-19Twins starter goes 6+ IP: .............36-24Most games over .500: .............................Most games under .500: ............. 29, 7/2Longest winning-streak: ...4, 2x, last 5/25-29Longest losing-streak: ................. 9, 4/4-14When Twins score 4+: ..................42-27When Twins score 3-: .....................4-43Team-high hits: ...... 19, 2x, last 8/1 at CLETeam-high runs: .............17, 7/2 vs. TEXOpp.-high hits: ....... 19, 8/11 (1) vs. HOUOpp.-high runs: ............... 16, 5/4 at HOUTwins get 10+ hits: .......................35-13Walk-Off W/L: ................................... 7/3Shutouts W/L: ................................... 2/5Complete Games: .. 3, last Santana, 7/26 vs. ATLTarget Field Sellouts (’16/All-Time): ...1/159

TWINS VS. KANSAS CITY2016 Record: .........................................2-6Current Streak: ...................................1 win2016 at Home: .......................................2-32016 at Kansas City: ..............................0-3All-Time Record: ............................382-359All-Time at Home: ..........................201-169All-Time at Kansas City: .................181-190

2016 Game Logs:

Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save4/8 KC 3-4 Soria/Jepsen/Davis4/9 KC 0-7 Kennedy/Milone4/10 KC 3-4 (10 in) Davis/May5/23 MIN 4-10 Moylan/Nolasco5/24 MIN 4-7 Volquez/Santana/Davis5/25 MIN 7-5 Duffey/Gee/Jepsen8/12 MIN 3-7 Ventura/Gibson8/13 MIN 5-2 Duffey/Gee/Kintzler8/14 MIN8/18 KC8/19 KC8/20 KC8/21 KC9/5 MIN9/6 MIN9/7 MIN9/27 KC9/28 KC9/29 KC

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• He is making his 25th start of 2016.• He is making his 166th career appearance and 108th career start.

W L ERA G IP ER AVG H AB HR BB SO Home: 5 3 5.72 12 61.1 39 Vs. Left: .234 26 111 4 18 26 Road: 5 3 3.36 12 69.2 26 Vs. Right: .238 90 378 19 42 89 Day: 2 2 5.02 7 37.2 21 TOTALS: .237 116 489 23 60 115 Night: 8 4 4.24 17 93.1 44 Grass: 9 6 4.72 23 124.0 65 None On: .252 75 298 17 32 72 Turf: 1 0 0.00 1 7.0 0 Runners On: .215 41 191 6 28 43

2016 MISC. NUMBERS

• • Acquired by the Twins August 1, 2016 in a trade with Los Angeles-AL...was traded with RHP Alan

Busenitz for RHPs Ricky Nolasco, Alex Meyer and cash.• Named Angels nominee for 2015 Roberto Clemente Award in recognition for his positive contributions

to community both on and off the field.• Named to 2015 American League All-Star Team as a member of the Angels...had a 6-4 record and

2.33 ERA in 2015's first half...did not pitch in All-Star Game in Cincinnati.• Made one relief appearance for the Angels in the 2014 ALDS vs. KC...pitched 1.1 innings in Game

3 at Kauffman Stadium and allowed two earned runs on one hit (Hosmer HR) with two walks.• Traded to Los Angeles-AL December 10, 2013 with LHP Tyler Skaggs in three-team deal which sent

OF Mark Trumbo and RHP A.J. Schugel to Arizona and OF Adam Eaton to Chicago-AL.• On October 1, 2012 at Cleveland, became second rookie since 2000 to record 10-or-more strikeouts

while allowing two-or-fewer baserunners in a start (also, Johnny Cueto).• Made Major League debut July 6, 2011 for Chicago-AL vs. Kansas City with 1.0 scoreless inning of

relief...began 2012 season as White Sox closer...converted four of six opportunities.• Was originally drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 30th round of the 2006 First Year Player Draft

out of Okaloosa-Walton College in Niceville, FL.

CAREER NOTES

GET TO KNOW 'EM: Santiago joined the Twins organization Monday, August 1 just prior to the non-waiver trade deadline...Minnesota sent RHP Ricky Nolasco, RHP Alex Meyer and cash to Los Angeles-AL in exchange for Santiago and RHP Alan Busenitz...previously played for the Angels from 2014-16 and Chicago-AL from 2011-13...named a 2015 All-Star, one of three Angels representatives along with Mike Trout and Albert Pujols...debuted July 6, 2011 vs. Kansas City in relief; made two relief appearances in 2011...began 2012 season as the White Sox closer before making his first career start September 3, 2012 vs. the Twins...twice nominated for annual Roberto Clemente Award, in 2013 with Chicago and in 2015 with Los Angeles...has hosted "Santiago's Soldiers" inner-city baseball teams in Chicago and Los Angeles.

LAST START: Santiago made his second start as a Twin and was dealt his sixth loss of the season August 9 vs. Houston...tossed 5.1 innings, surrendering five runs, four earned, on seven hits, one home run, with one walk and four strikeouts...the seven hits allowed are the most surrendered in a start since July 26 vs. Oakland (8 starts) when he also surrendered seven hits...fifth start this season issuing one walk; has 18 starts where he has issued multiple walks and has only started one game in 2016 where he did not walk a batter; tied for the American League lead in walks with Martin Perez (60)...threw 83 pitches, 51 strikes.

ROYAL FEELING: Santiago is making his second start against Kansas City this season and his eighth career start and 14th career appearance...is 2-1, 1.89 ERA (47.2 IP, 10 ER) with 19 walks and 43 strikeouts in his career...faced the Royals July 25 in Kansas City and tossed 5.1 innings, allowing two runs on five hits with four walks and five strikeouts; earned the win as the Angels won the game 6-2...Santiago has made three career starts at home, six apperances, against Kansas City...he is 0-1, 2.14 ERA (21.0 IP, 5 ER) with nine walks and 23 strikeouts in his six career outings...his lone career loss at home came April 10, 2015 when he was a member of the Angels; tossed 5.1 innings, allowing three runs on six hits, one home run, with one walk and four strikeouts.

RIGHT ON: Right-handed batters are hitting .238 (90-for-378) against Santiago this season while left-handed batters are hitting .234 (26-for-111); his .238 opponents average against righties ranks fifth in the AL amongst left-handed pitchers...in his career Santiago has held right-handed batters to a .236 (425-for-1799) average, fourth in baseball among active left-handed pitchers with more than 900 batters faced...the best such mark belongs to Aroldis Chapman (.165), followed by Clayton Kershaw (.210) and Chris Sale (.228).

BETTER UNDER PRESSURE: Santiago has held batters to a .196 (20-for-102) batting average with runners in scoring position this season...opponents are batting .174 (8-for-46) with runners in scoring position and two outs...has a career batting average against of .189 (99-for-523) with runners in scoring position.

PICKING HIS SPOTS: Santiago is tied for third in all of baseball with four pickoffs this season...Ricky Nolasco leads the Twins with three pickoffs in 2016...Tommy Milone, Michael Tonkin and Kyle Gibson are the only other active Twins with more than one pickoff this season with two each.

HOTTER THAN JULY: Santiago went 6-0, 1.78 ERA (35.1 IP, 7 ER) with 21 walks and 34 strikeouts in six starts in July, the most wins in baseball during that stretch and the fourth-best ERA in the American League...became the first Angels pitcher to go 6-0 in any calendar month since Jered Weaver in July 2012...just the second Angels lefty to go at least 6-0 in a calendar month, joining Chuck Finley, who went 7-0 in July 1997...also, the first AL lefty to go 6-0 in a calendar month since Andy Pettitte for the Yankees in August 2007...a Twin has won at least six games in a month 16 different times, and eight of those instances were also undefeated months...the most recent six-game winner for the Twins was Johan Santana, who was 6-0 with a 2.08 ERA (43.1 IP, 10 ER) in August 2004.

HECTOR ON YOUR SIDE: Santiago was 3-2 with a 4.19 ERA (34.1 IP, 16 ER) in 10 career appearances (six starts) against the Twins...beat the Twins 10-2 on June 15 in Anaheim, scattering two hits and two walks over 6.0 innings of one-run ball...among current Twins, Joe Mauer has the most at-bats against Santiago with 16 and is tied with Brian Dozier and Kurt Suzuki for most hits with five...John Ryan Murphy is the only member of the Twins 40-man roster with a home run off Santiago.

YOU'VE GOT TWO SIXES: Santiago is the first player in Twins history to wear number 66...only worn by one other player in franchise history, Senators pitcher Ray Scarborough in 1942...was previously worn by interim coaches Steve Liddle (1999), Jake Mauer (2015) and Eric Rasmussen (2016).

Height: 6-0 Weight: 215 B/T: R/L Age: 28 (12/16/1987 in Newark, NJ)

2016: 10-6, 4.47 ERA CAREER: 33-34, 3.73 ERA

HECTOR SANTIAGO #66

YEAR STARTS 6+ IP QS 2011 0 0 02012 4 1 1 2013 23 12 12

2014 24 6 52015 32 15 152016 24 12 9TOTALS 107 46 42

6.0-PLUS IP/QUALITY STARTS

INNING: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RUNS/HITS: 17/25 12/20 12/16 8/16 7/14 10/17 4/7 0/1 -/-

2016 RUNS/HITS PER INNING

BASE RUNNERS PICK-OFFS SB-ATT GIDP SANTIAGO: 180 4 8-13 9

MORE MISCELLANEOUS NUMBERS

CG’s: - - CG’s: - - SHO’s: - - SHO’s: - - Low Hit: - - Low-Hit: - - Innings: 8.0, 5/15 at SEA Innings: 8.0, 2x, last 5/15/16 at SEA SO: 10, 4/18 at CWS SO: 10, 3x, last 4/18/16 at CWS Walks: 6, 7/30 vs. BOS Walks: 6, 3x, last 7/30/16 vs. BOS Hits: 8, 2x, last 5/4 at MIL Hits: 10, 4/27/13 vs. TB Home Runs: 3, 2x, last 5/31 vs. DET Home Runs: 3, 3x, last 5/31/16 vs. DET Win-Streak: 7, 6/15-7/30 Win-Streak: 7, 6/15/16-7/30/16 Loss-Streak: 2, 3x, last 8/4-8/9 Loss-Streak: 9, 8/30/13-6/15/14

2016 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS

Volquez vs. the Twins PLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SOMauer .409 22 9 1 1 5Plouffe .267 15 4 0 0 3Suzuki .077 13 1 0 0 2Dozier .083 12 1 0 2 2Escobar .250 12 3 0 1 2Santana .182 11 2 0 1 4Sano .143 7 1 0 0 5Vargas .286 7 2 0 0 2Rosario .167 6 1 0 0 1Centeno .000 3 0 0 0 1Grossman .000 2 0 0 1 1Polanco .500 2 1 0 1 0Kepler .000 1 0 0 0 0

Santiago vs. the RoyalsPLAYER AVG AB H HR BB SOHosmer .300 20 6 1 2 6Escobar .333 18 6 0 1 3Perez .125 16 2 1 1 4Gordon .133 15 2 0 3 5Moustakas .000 14 0 0 1 2Cain .154 13 2 0 0 3Burns .500 10 5 0 2 2Morales .222 9 2 1 2 3Orlando .200 5 1 0 0 2Cuthbert .333 3 1 0 0 1Dyson .000 3 0 0 1 1Butera .000 2 0 0 0 0Colon .000 1 0 0 1 0

BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPS

2016 DAY-BY-DAY

Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB SO Left/Final Notes Pitches/K4/7 vs. TEX ND 6.0 4 3 2 1 2 7 3-2/4-3 Opened season as Angels' third starter 95/604/12 at OAK ND 7.2 7 4 4 2 1 3 3-4/5-4 Angels win 5-4 108/734/18 at CWS W1 7.0 2 0 0 0 3 10 7-0/7-0 Tied career-high in strikeouts (3rd time) 106/674/23 vs. SEA W2 6.0 4 2 2 1 2 7 3-2/4-2 Angels win 4th straight started by Santiago 106/684/29 at TEX L1 5.2 8 4 4 1 1 1 2-4/2-4 Angels lose 4-2 99/62APRIL TOTALS 2-1 32.1 25 13 12 5 9 28 3.34 ERA5/4 at MIL ND 5.1 8 3 3 1 4 4 2-2/7-2 Angels win 7-3 116/735/10 vs. STL L2 4.1 7 4 4 1 2 2 0-3/1-8 Angels lose 8-1 83/505/15 at SEA W3 8.0 2 0 0 0 1 5 3-0/3-0 Season-high in innings pitched 115/775/20 vs. BAL ND 2.2 3 4 4 3 3 2 1-4/4-9 Angels lose 9-4 56/335/25 at TEX L3 2.1 5 6 5 1 2 2 4-4/9-15 Angels lose 15-9, season-low in IP 57/365/31 vs. DET ND 6.2 5 6 6 3 2 9 9-4/11-9 One K short of tying career-high 107/70MAY TOTALS 1-2 29.1 30 23 22 9 14 24 6.75 ERA6/5 at PIT ND 4.0 4 3 3 0 4 4 1-3/5-4 Angels win 5-4 90/556/10 vs. CLE L4 1.1 7 6 5 0 1 2 1-6/2-6 Angels lose 6-2 54/346/15 vs. MIN W4 6.0 2 1 1 0 2 5 10-1/10-2 Supported with 10 runs, opposite Duffey 99/626/21 at HOU ND 6.1 3 1 1 1 2 4 2-1/2-3 Angels lose 3-2 80/466/26 vs. OAK ND 6.0 7 6 6 2 4 6 2-6/7-6 Tied season-high in runs allowed 116/70JUNE TOTALS 1-1 23.2 23 17 16 3 13 21 6.08 ERA7/2 at BOS W5 6.0 4 1 0 0 4 4 20-1/21-2 Supported with 20 runs 112/607/7 at TB W6 7.0 3 0 0 0 4 9 4-0/5-1 One K short of tying career-high, 2nd time 111/727/15 vs. CWS W7 7.0 5 0 0 0 0 7 7-0/7-0 Scoreless innings streak extended to 22.0 94/717/20 vs. TEX W8 5.0 5 3 3 1 3 3 7-3/7-4 24.0 scoreless inning streak snapped 100/637/25 at KC W9 5.1 5 2 2 1 4 5 4-2/6-2 5th straight quality start 100/627/30 vs. BOS W10 5.0 4 2 2 1 6 6 4-2/5-2 6th straight quality start 119/72JULY TOTALS 6-0 35.1 26 8 7 3 21 34 1.78 ERA8/4 at CLE L5 5.0 5 4 4 2 2 4 2-4/2-9 First start as a Minnesota Twin 99/658/9 vs. HOU L6 5.1 7 5 4 1 1 4 4-5/5-7 Lost consecutive starts for first time this season 83/51AUGUST TOTALS 0-2 10.1 12 9 8 3 3 8 6.97 ERA--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECORD IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA2016 TOTALS 10-6 131.0 116 70 65 23 60 115 4.47 PRE-ASG TOTALS 6-4 98.1 85 54 50 17 44 86 4.58POST-ASG TOTAL 4-2 32.2 31 16 15 6 16 29 4.13CAREER TOTALS 33-34 663.2 584 308 275 94 297 603 3.73

2016 vs. Kansas City (1 start): 1-0, 3.38 ERA (5.1 IP, 2 ER), 4 BB, 5 K2016 vs. Kansas City at Home: - -2016 vs. Kansas City at Kansas City (1 start): 1-0, 3.38 ERA (5.1 IP, 2 ER), 4 BB, 5 KCareer vs. Kansas City (7 starts, 6 relief): 2-1, 1.89 ERA (47.2 IP, 10 ER), 19 BB, 43 KCareer vs. Kansas City at Home (3 starts, 3 relief): 0-1, 2.14 ERA (21.0 IP, 5 ER), 9 BB, 23 KCareer vs. Kansas City at Kansas City (4 starts, 3 relief): 2-0, 1.69 ERA (26.2 IP, 5 ER), 10 BB, 20 K

SANTIAGO VS. KANSAS CITY

Pitcher Last Start (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) Dec. Starts QS Team Rec. Run Supp. RS AVGSantana 8/5 at TB (6.1-6-2-2-0-8-1) W 21 12 6-15 47 3.34Gibson 8/12 vs. KC (5.0-10-6-5-2-4-0) L 16 6 8-8 48 4.70Hughes 6/2 vs. TB (4.0-8-4-4-1-2-1) ND 11 6 3-8 26 4.08Milone 8/11 vs. HOU (3.0-5-5-5-2-1-2) L 12 2 5-7 34 4.71Nolasco 7/29 vs. CWS (8.0-3-1-1-1-6-1) ND 21 10 9-12 72 5.20Duffey 8/13 vs. KC (7.0-6-2-2-1-6-1) W 20 7 10-10 76 6.29Berrios 8/11 vs. HOU (2.0-8-6-5-1-1-0) L 7 1 2-5 22 7.07Meyer 5/3 at HOU (2.2-3-3-3-3-4-1) L 1 0 0-1 2 4.93Dean 6/17 vs. NYY (2.1-8-7-7-3-0-1) L 6 3 4-2 24 5.45Santiago 8/9 vs. HOU (5.1-7-5-4-1-4-1) L 2 0 0-2 6 5.23

TWINS STARTERS IN 2016

Santana will be making his 22nd start of the season Tuesday night in the opener of the two-game series in Atlanta...picked up his second straight win his last time out, pitching 6.1 innings and surrendering two runs on six hits with no walks and eight strikeouts as the Twins beat Tampa Bay 6-2 at Tropiciana Field...the eight strikeouts tied a season-high, which he also accomplished July 6 vs. Oakland...making his second start against Atlanta this season and the fifth of his career...faced the Braves July 26 at Target Field, tossing his second complete game of the season after going 9.0 innings, allowing two runs on seven hits, one home run, with no walks and five strikeouts; the Twins lost the game 2-0; it was Santana's second career complete game loss and his first 9.0 inning complete game loss...in four career starts against the Braves, Santana is 1-2, 3.34 ERA (29.2 IP, 11 ER) with five walks and 25 strikeouts; played for the Braves in 2014...in his second year of a four-year contract with the Twins; 12-14, 3.80 ERA (234.2 IP, 99 ER) with 67 walks and 175 strikeouts in 38 starts.

TUESDAY'S STARTER - ERVIN SANTANA (SEASON: 5-9, 3.62 ERA ; CAREER: 131-114, 4.13 ERA)

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1st Batter FacedPITCHER H/AB BB K AVG SV/OPP HLD IR/IRS IRS % LAST RELIEF APPEARANCE LAST WIN LAST SAVE LAST LOSSChargois 0/ 3 0 0 .000 0/ 0 0 3/ 1 33.3% 8/12/16 vs. KC ND ….. … ….. … ….. …Dean 1/ 3 0 0 .333 0/ 0 0 1/ 1 100.0% 8/12/16 vs. KC ND 5/27/16 at SEA ….. … 6/17/16 vs. NYYKintzler 8/ 38 1 5 .211 11/ 12 1 16/ 2 12.5% 8/13/16 vs. KC S 9/16/15 at STL 8/13/16 vs. KC 5/23/15 at ATLO’Rourke 3/ 7 1 1 .429 0/ 0 0 4/ 0 0.0% 5/4/16 at HOU ND ….. … ….. … 7/26/14 vs. CWSPressly 11/ 51 4 9 .216 1/ 3 11 23/ 8 34.8% 8/13/16 vs. KC H 8/2/16 at CLE 7/31/16 vs. CWS 7/8/16 at TEXRogers 5/ 33 5 9 .152 0/ 0 6 12/ 8 66.7% 8/11/16-1 vs. HOU ND 6/22/16 vs. PHI ….. … ….. …Tonkin 11/ 46 4 13 .239 0/ 2 2 29/ 9 31.0% 8/11/16-1 vs. HOU ND 6/12/16 vs. BOS ….. … 5/17/18 at DETOthers 40/ 156 14 36 .256 8/ 16 18 90/ 33 36.7%TEAM 79/ 337 29 73 .234 20/ 33 38 178/ 62 34.8%

The opposition has a .268 (422-for-1572) batting-average-against with 59 home runs vs. Twins relievers.

2016 BULLPEN INFO

Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (2.0 IP) Series vs. KC: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP, 1 H) vs. Left: .267 vs. Right: .229

AEarned first career save with scoreless 9th 7/31 vs. CWS...leads Twins with 11 holds. ARighties are hitting .183 (15-for-82) with one walk and 15 strikeouts since May 20 vs. Pressly. ALeads Twins and is 2nd in the AL in relief innings pitched (59.2 IP)...also tied for AL lead in appearances (56), which is career-high...his 44 outings pre-ASG were most by a Twins reliever since Casey Fien made 44 appearances pre-ASG in 2014. ATossed 8.2 scoreless innings to begin the season...the scoreless streak ended in the bottom of the sixth on 4/20 at MIL. ADid not allow a home run in 2015 (27.2 IP), one of two pitchers in baseball with a minimum of 25.0 innings pitched to not allow a homer, St. Louis’ Adam Wainwright being the other. AOriginally drafted by Red Sox in 11th round of 2007 First-Year Round Player Draft. AIs one of four Rule 5 selections for the Twins since 2010 (all pitchers - J.R. Graham 2014, Terry Doyle 2011, and Scott Diamond 2010).

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO8/14 vs. KC H11 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 08/8 vs. HOU H10 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 08/7 at TB H9 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 18/5 at TB H8 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 18/2 at CLE W6 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 17/31 vs. CWS S1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 17/28 vs. BAL W5 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 17/27 vs. ATL ND 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 27/23 at BOS W4 1.1 3 1 1 0 1 17/20 at DET W3 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 17/16 vs. CLE ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 07/15 vs. CLE ND 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0

Homestand: 0-0-0, 2.45 (3.2 IP, ER), 2 BB, 3 K Series vs. KC: - - vs. Left: .277 vs. Right: .241

ALeads Twins relievers with 68 K this season...has 52 K in last 38 appearances (44.1 IP) and 35 K in last 24 appearances (29.2 IP). ARanks 5th among AL relievers in strikeouts...2nd among Twins relievers and tied 4th in the AL in relief innings pitched. AEarned first major league win with 2.0 scoreless inning, striking out four in extra innings, 4/17 vs. LAA. AMade Opening Day roster for first time since 2014...made 7 appearances in spring, posting a 7.88 ERA (8.0 IP, 7 ER) with eight strikeouts. ARecalled from Triple-A Rochester to Minnesota five times in 2015...combined to go 2-1, 1.96 ERA (64.1 IP, 1 ER) with 14 walks and 65 strikeouts in 59 games between both levels. AFinished 2015 tied for team lead in saves at Rochester (14)...saved 60 minor league games in eight professional seasons. AIs brother-in-law of former Twins outfielder Jason Kubel.

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO8/11-1 vs. HOU ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 38/9 vs. HOU ND 1.2 3 1 1 0 1 08/6 at TB ND 1.2 2 1 0 0 0 28/4 at CLE ND 0.2 3 3 3 1 1 08/2 at CLE ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 17/31 vs. CWS H2 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 07/30 vs. CWS ND 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 07/27 vs. ATL ND 2.1 2 2 2 1 1 47/23 at BOS ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 07/21 at BOS ND 2.1 2 1 1 1 0 47/16 vs. CLE ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0

Homestand: 0-0-2, 0.00 (3.0 IP), K Series vs. KC: 0-0-1, 0.00 (1.0 IP, 1 R, 0 ER), 1 K vs. Left: .193 vs. Right: .267

AFirst blown save allowing tying run to score in 9th 7/30 vs. CWS...11-for-12 in save opportunities this season. AIn last 37 appearances has a 1.50 ERA (36.0 IP, 6 ER) with 3 BB, 23 K and a .221 (30-for-136) opponent average. AHas 39 appearances this season, walking three and striking out 24. AMade 2016 debut 5/7 at CWS...was first appearance in the majors since May 25, 2015 vs. SF as a member of the Milwaukee Brewers. AMade 172 appearances with Milwaukee from 2010-15...posted a 6.43 ERA (7.0 IP, 5 ER) in seven appearances for the Brewers in 2015. ABetween 2013-14 for Brewers went 6-6, 2.93 ERA (135.1 IP, 44 ER) with 32 BB and 89 K and 35 holds in 135 relief appearances. ABegan the 2016 season with Triple-A Rochester where he went 4-1, 3.52 ERA (15.1 IP, 6 ER), three walks and 11 strikeouts in 10 relief appearances...career minor league record of 16-12, 2.94 ERA (251.1 IP, 82 ER), 60 walks and 225 strikeouts in 181 outings (7 starts). AOriginally selected by San Diego in the 40th round of the 2004 First-Year Player Draft out of Dixie State University (UT).

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO8/13 vs. KC S11 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 18/8 vs. HOU S10 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 18/7 at TB S9 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 08/5 at TB ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 08/2 at CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 17/30 vs. CWS BS1 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 17/29 vs. CWS ND 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 07/28 vs. BAL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 07/23 at BOS S8 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 07/22 at BOS S7 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 07/20 at DET S6 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 17/19 at DET ND 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 2

Homestand: 0-0-0, 18.00 (1.0 IP, 2 ER), BB Series vs. KC: - - vs. Left: .207 vs. Right: .295

AIn 24 career appearances at Target Field is 3-0, 1.90 ERA (23.2 IP, 5 ER), 6 BB, 22 K. ASnapped his career-long scoreless streak at 17.0 innings (6/17-7/23)...walked one with 13 hits allowed and 18 strikeouts during streak...longest scoreless streak by a Twin since Gibson (20.0 IP, 4/25-5/12/15). ARecalled 5/17...made major league debut 4/14 vs. CWS...earned first career MLB win with 2.0 perfect IP 6/2 vs. TB. AParticipated in Twins spring training in 2016...made six appearances going 0-1, 3.52 ERA (7.2 IP, 3 ER)...was optioned to Triple-A Rochester March 23...made one appearance for the Red Wings to start the season tossing 2.0 scoreless innings April 7. ACareer minor league record of 37-28 with a 3.27 ERA (525.0 IP, 191 ER), 135 walks and 407 strikeouts in 93 games (85 starts). ARanked by Baseball America as the 14th best prospect in the Twins system entering 2016. AOriginally selected in the 11th round of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft by the Twins out of the University of Kentucky.

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO8/11-1 vs. HOU ND 0.0 1 3 2 0 2 08/8 vs. HOU H6 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 08/7 at TB H5 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 18/5 at TB H4 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 08/3 at CLE ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 18/2 at CLE H3 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 07/31 vs. CWS H2 0.1 1 1 0 0 1 17/29 vs. CWS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 17/27 vs. ATL ND 1.2 3 1 1 0 1 17/24 at BOS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 17/23 at BOS ND 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 17/18 at DET ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2

AThe ‘pen has posted a 4.30 ERA, 3rd highest in the AL...their .268 opponent average is 2nd highest among AL teams. AMinnesota has used 18 different pitchers out of the bullpen this season. ATwins relievers are 19-19 this season, going 20-for-33 in save opportunities.

TEAM BULLPEN NOTES

Homestand: 0-0-0, 0.00 (3.2 IP), BB, 2 K Series vs. KC: 0-0-0, 0.00 (1.0 IP), K vs. Left: .273 vs. Right: .375

AJon Thomas Chargois (pronounced shag-wa)...made major league debut 6/11 vs. BOS...recalled 8/10 for second stint. APosted a 1.35 ERA (46.2 IP, 7 ER) with 13 walks and 55 strikeouts in 39 appearances between Triple-A Rochester and Double-A Chattanooga this season...selected to Sirius XM Future’s Game July 10 at PETCO Park (0.0 IP, 3 R, 2 H). AHad a 0.71 ERA (12.2 IP, 1 ER) with three walks and 11 strikeouts in his last nine appearances with Rochester. AOriginally drafted by the Twins in the second round of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft out of Rice...was teammates at Rice University with current Twins starter Tyler Duffey. A36-for-36 in save opps in minor league career; 16-for-16 in 2016...16 saves tied with Trevor Hildenberger for most in Twins organization (including MN)...career minor league record of 4-2, 1.95 ERA (110.2 IP, 24 ER), 43 BB, 130 K in 99 appearances.

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO8/12 vs. KC ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 18/11-1 vs. HOU ND 2.2 2 0 0 0 1 16/11 vs. BOS ND 0.2 3 5 5 0 2 0

Homestand: 0-0-0, 3.00 (3.0 IP, ER), 6 K Series vs. KC: 0-0-0, 3.00 (3.0 IP, ER), 6 K vs. Left: .235 vs. Right: .313

ARecalled 8/12 for second stint of 2016...made major league debut with 2.2 IP (2 ER) 5/11 vs. BAL. AHas 9 appearances (6 starts) for the Twins this season...1-2, 5.81 ERA (31.0 IP, 20 ER) in his six starts for the Twins...0-1, 4.09 ERA (11.0 IP, 5 ER) in three relief appearances. AMade 16 starts for Triple-A Rochester this season, going 5-7 with a 5.56 ERA (87.1 IP, 54 ER), 19 walks and 49 strikeouts. APitched in Twins spring training, making three relief appearances and posting a 5.40 ERA (3.1 IP, 2 ER) before being optioned March 14. ACareer minor league record of 51-57 with a 4.12 ERA (866.0 IP, 396 ER) with 167 walks and 507 strikeouts in 154 appearances (150 starts), including nine complete games and four shutouts.

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO8/12 vs. KC ND 3.0 1 1 1 1 0 66/17 vs. NYY L3 2.1 8 7 7 1 3 06/12 vs. BOS ND 6.1 3 1 1 1 4 36/7 vs. MIA ND 4.1 7 4 4 0 1 26/1 at OAK L2 5.0 9 4 4 1 2 35/27 at SEA W1 7.0 4 2 2 1 0 85/21 vs. TOR ND 6.0 3 2 2 1 3 55/16 at DET L1 5.1 10 2 2 1 0 4

Homestand: - - Series vs. KC: - - vs. Left: .000 vs. Right: .316

AHad contract selected 8/13 (Albers DFA)...appeared in 33 games for Triple-A Rochester this season going 1-1 with a save, 1.93 ERA (28.0 IP, 6 ER), six walks and 29 strikeouts...14 scoreless apps (12.1 IP) since 7/1. AHolding left-handed batters to a .149 (7-for-47) batting average with eight walks and 21 strikeouts in his career. AHas 8 appearances with the Twins this season, allowing runs in just 2 outings and hits in just four outings. AMade major league debut July 7, 2015 vs. Baltimore, tossing 1.0 shutout inning, including fist career strikeout, fanning Steve Pearce. AOriginally selected by the Twins in the 13th round of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft out of Merrimack College.

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

RECENT APPEARANCESDATE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO5/4 at HOU ND 0.1 1 3 3 0 2 04/30 vs. DET ND 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 04/29 vs. DET ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 04/24 at WAS ND 3.2 2 1 0 0 1 14/22 at WAS ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 24/20 at MIL ND 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 04/19 vs. MIL ND 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 24/17 vs. LAA ND 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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 Centeno 9 1 0 0 10 3 1 0 0 4 6/26/16 at NYY 0 Yates 53 …. … 0 Dozier 22 7 0 0 29 14 4 1 0 19 8/13/16 vs. KC 0 Gee 1 …. … 0 Escobar 12 4 0 0 16 6 1 0 0 7 8/2/16 at CLE 1 Adams 26 …. … 0 Grossman 11 4 0 0 15 5 1 0 0 6 8/13/16 vs. KC 0 Gee 2 …. … 0 Kepler 12 1 1 0 14 7 3 1 2 13 8/2/16 at CLE 1 Carrasco 44 7/10/16 at TEX 1 Mauer 26 4 2 0 32 4 0 1 0 5 8/1/16 at CLE 0 Miller 44 9/1/12 at KC 3 Plouffe 10 5 0 0 15 4 3 0 0 7 7/1/16 vs. TEX 1 Perez 16 7/17/15 at OAK 2 Polanco 8 0 0 0 8 1 1 0 0 2 5/15/16 at CLE 0 Bauer 66 …. … 0 Rosario 7 3 3 0 13 5 1 0 0 6 8/13/16 vs. KC 1 Gee 1 9/3/15 vs. CWS 1 Sano 15 4 0 0 19 5 4 1 0 10 8/12/16 vs. KC 0 Ventura 6 …. … 0 Santana 9 4 0 0 13 1 0 0 0 1 6/26/16 at NYY 0 Eovaldi 78 …. … 0 Suzuki 21 1 1 0 23 6 1 0 1 8 7/27/16 vs. ATL 1 Foltynewicz 45 9/10/07 at SEA 1 Vargas 7 0 0 0 7 3 1 0 0 4 8/11/16-1 vs. HOU 1 Sipp 1 7/17/15 at OAK 2

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

2016 Average: .266 Streak: 5g, 7-19, 3 2B, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 3 BB Series vs. KC: 4-8, 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBIHomestand: 7-23, 3 2B, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 3 BB, 5 runs HR (25): Solo (16), 2-run (5), 3-run (4)

ALeads MLB with 17 HR since 6/25...3rd in MLB with 40 RBI in that same span (44 games). ANeeds 3 HR, 8 RBI to tie career highs (2015: 28 HR, 77 RBI)...100th career HR 8/13. AHomered in 3 straight games 8/2-4...third time in his career (last: 6/25-28/16). A3rd straight 20-plus HR season for Dozier...4th straight 60-plus RBI season. ASince May 26 is hitting .303 (84-for-277) with 21 2B, 5 3B, 20 HR, 54 RBI, 50 runs...his .632 SLG since 5/26 is 2nd highest in MLB (C. Gonazalez - .663)...from April 4-May 25 hit .200 (31-for-155) with 6 2B, 5 HR, 15 RBI in 41 games. ASnapped career-long 16-game hitting streak (7/22-8/7). ALed MLB second basemen in home runs (28), runs (101), XBH (71) and games (157) in 2015...was second in RBI (77) and walks (61), and third in doubles (39). ALeads Twins in games (425), hits (408), runs (282), doubles (99), HR (76), RBI (217)and walks (195) since the start of 2014...4th in baseball in runs scored in same span. AScored 100-plus runs in consecutive seasons (112 in 2014 and 101 in 2015), becoming third Twin to score 100 runs in consecutive seasons (Knoblauch, 95-97 & Oliva, 64-65).

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

2016 Average: .283 Streak: 5g, 6-17, 4 2B, RBI, 2 BB Series vs. KC: 2-7, 2B, 2 runsHomestand: 5-14, 4 2B, RBI, BB, 4 runs HR (6): Solo (2), 2-run (3), 3-run (1)

AHit in 13 of his last 17 games. AHas a hit in 37 of his last 47 games, batting .331 (56-for-170) in that span. AHas 25 RBI with a .329 (47-for-143) average and 17 doubles in his last 41 games. AMade eighth career Opening Day roster (3rd with Twins), hitting .310 (9-for-29) with 2B, 4 HR, 5 RBI and 8 runs in 13 spring games. AHit .264 (234-for-885) with 51 2B, 8 HR and 111 RBI in 262 games with Twins in 2014-15. AEntered 2016 fifth among all actives in baseball in games caught (1,053). AOne of 40 Hawaii natives to play in MLB, third on that list in games trailing Mike Lum and Shane Victorino. ATwins are his 3rd team (OAK 2004-13, WAS 2012-13)...in final year of three-year contract.

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

2016 Average: .277 Streak: 1g, 1-3, BB Series vs. KC: 1-7, BBHomestand: 5-23, 2B, 2 BB, 2 runs HR (9): Solo (8), 2-run (1)

AHitting .383 (23-for-60) with 11 XBH, 12 RBI, 11 BB in last 17 games. A12 hits in 4-game series at CLE 8/1-4 were most hits in a 3- or 4-game series in Twins history...reached 15 times in series, only other Twin to do so was Steve Braun in 1976. ARanks 4th in the AL and 9th in MLB in walks (65). A9th HR of 2016 with solo shot off Andrew Miller 8/1 at CLE...hit a HR in 3 straight games 5/27-29 at SEA...2nd time with HR in three straight in his career, also May 23-25, 2009. AReached base safely in 28 straight games two times this season, 5/17-6/17 and 4/4-5/6...reached base safely in 43 straight games 8/7-9/24/15, setting club record. AEntered season with most MLB service time among Twins (12 years) and entered as one of four players in baseball with 12-plus seasons with just one single team (David Wright - NYM, Ryan Howard - PHI, Yadier Molina - STL). ARanks on Twins all-time list (since 1961): 2nd in 2B (360), 3rd in average (.311) and BB (808), 4th in hits (1809), 6th in games (1566), runs (876), total bases (2608), 6th in RBI (797) and 13th in triples (28)...needs 108 hits to tie Oliva for 3rd...needs 27 runs to tie Hrbek for 4th...with 30 strikeouts will tie Gaetti for 4th.

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

2016 Average: .275 Streak: 4g, 6-15, 3B, RBI, BB, 4 r Series vs. KC: - -Homestand: 3-7, 3B, RBI, 3 runs HR (2): Solo (1), 2-run (1)

AHas 10 multi-hit games in 29 starts...snapped career-best 5-game hit-streak 7/31. AFirst career HR with 2-run shot 5/14/16 at CLE off Kluber...2nd with solo shot 6/26 at NYY. AHad contract selected by the Twins prior to 5/6 game vs. CWS...was hitting .245 (12-for-49) at Triple-A Rochester prior to joining Twins.

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

2016 Average: .270 Streak: 1g, 3-5, HR, 2 RBI Series vs. KC: 3-8, HR, 2 RBIHomestand: 5-16, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 runs HR (8): Solo (7), 2-run (1)

AHitting .293 (39-for-133) in 40 home games this season...has a hit in 15 of last 19. AJoined Twins 5/20...since that date he is 5th in MLB with 44 walks. AHas a hit in 43 of 67 games with Twins in 2016...reached in 58 of the 67. AHas 20 games this season with both a walk and a hit. ABegan the season with Triple-A Columbus (Cleveland) and hit .256 (31-for-121) with 5 doubles, 6 HR and 21 RBI in 35 games...opted out of his minor league contract May 16...signed by the Twins to a minor league contract May 16 and reported to Triple-A Rochester.

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

2016 Average: .259 Streak: 1g, 1-4 Series vs. KC: 1-4Homestand: 3-10 HR (5): Solo (2), 2-run (2), 3-run (1)

ALast 16 games at Target Field hitting .375 (21-for-56) with 3 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, 13 RBI. AHit .269 with 8 HR, 29 RBI post-ASG in 2015...from 7/31/15 to end of season he led AL shortstops with 18 2B, 2nd in slugging (.524), T3rd in HR and T4th in runs (31). ASet career-highs last season in home runs (12), RBI (58) and walks (28). ARecorded 30-plus doubles in consecutive seasons (35 in 2014 and 31 in 2015), becoming first Twins switch hitter to ever to do so in consecutive seasons.

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

2016 Average: .258 Streak: 2g, 2-8 Series vs. KC: 2-8Homestand: 6-24, 2B, 3 RBI HR (15): Solo (6), 3-run (3), 2-run (5), GS (1)

AOver last 18 games vs. RHPs is hitting .357 with 5 HR, 16 RBI and a 1.162 OPS. AHad 10 RBI and 4 HR in 4-game series at CLE 8/1-4...most by a Twin in a single series since Morneau had 11 RBI and 4 HR in a four-game series in July 2007 at CWS. AHas 14 home runs in his last 48 games, since 6/19, tied 2nd most in MLB behind Dozier...45 RBI in that same span is 3rd most among MLB players. AFirst career multi-HR game 7/2 vs. TEX...also set Twins rookie record with 7 RBI...first career 3-HR game 8/1 at CLE...5th Twin and first since 2007 with 3-HR game (Morneau). AHit first career HR with a 3-run, walk-off homer 6/12 vs. BOS in the bottom of the 10th. ANamed 2015 Southern League MVP after hitting .322 (131-for-407).

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

2016 Average: .256 Streak: 0-4 Series vs. KC: - -Homestand: 2-7, RBI HR (2): Solo (2)

AHitting .298 (31-for-104) with 7 XBH in 31 home games in 2016. AHit .295 with 17 2B, 7 3B, 5 HR, 25 RBI post-ASG from 2014-15. AReinstated from disabled list 6/17...missed 16 games with a left hamstring strain...was 2nd trip to DL, having also been on the DL with a right hamstring strain April 10-25. AMade three rehab appearances with Triple-A Rochester hitting .364 (4-for-11) with three runs for the Red Wings AMade second career Opening Day roster, hitting .391 (25-for-64) with 7 XBH in 21 spring games...played games in CF, SS, 2B, 3B, RF and LF. ASplit 2015 between Triple-A Rochester and Minnesota, combining to hit .254 (105-for-413) with 20 doubles, nine triples, 36 RBI and 54 runs scored in 126 games. A2014 Bill Boni Award winner for Twins Outstanding Rookie...7th in AL ROY voting.

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

2016 Average: .250 Streak: 0-6 Series vs. KC: 1-7Homestand: 5-19, 2 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBI, BB, 2 runs HR (20): Solo (14), 2-run (3), 3-run (3)

A5 HR in last eight games...16 of his 20 HR in 2016 have come off RHPs. ARanks tied 5th in AL with 126 strikeouts. AHit 16 HR with 44 RBI in 69 post-ASG games in 2015...has 6 post-ASG HR in 2016. AReinstated prior to 7/1 game...missed 27 games with a left hamstring strain...played in 8 rehab games with Triple-A Rochester, hitting .160 (4-for-25) with 2B, 2 HR, 2 RBI. AHad 10-game hitting streak from 7/5-7/19...went 13-for-44 with 3 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI. AHomered in four straight games for first time in his career from 5/25-29. AHit first career walk-off hit with RBI single in 9th, 4/26 vs. CLE. ACombined to hit .271 (141-for-520) with 35 doubles, 33 home runs, 100 RBI and 91 walks in 146 games between Chattanooga and Minnesota in 2015. AHit 18 home runs last season, fifth most among rookies in baseball...18 were most for Twins rookie since Marty Cordova hit 24 HR in 1995. AReceived Calvin R. Griffith Award for Most Valuable Twin and Bill Boni Award for Twins Outstanding Rookie...2nd Twins rookie to ever win both awards (Tony Oliva in 1964). AFinished 3rd in AL Rookie of Year voting 2015, behind Carlos Correa and Francisco Lindor.

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

2016 Average: .268 Streak: 1g, 2-4, HR, 2 RBI Series vs. KC: 2-8, HR, 2 RBIHomestand: 6-24, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 runs HR (8): Solo (4), 2-run (4)

AMade 11 starts in CF since 8/1...hitting .354 (17-for-48) with 2 HR, 8 RBI in those 11. ASince recall 7/3 is hitting .317 (38-for-120) with 8 doubles, 2 triples, 5 home runs and 18 RBI...3rd career 4-hit game 7/23 at BOS, all 3 have come in 2016. AHit HRs in back-to-back games for first time in career, 4/19 vs. MIL & 4/20 at MIL. AHit first career HR in his first plate appearance 5/6 vs. OAK, on the first pitch off Kazmir. AWon Jim Kaat Award for Twins Defensive Player of the Year in 2015...led all rookies in OF assists (16) and tied Twins rookie record (Puckett in 1984). ALed baseball in triples last season with 15, also third most in Twins history. A’15 AL Rookie Ranks: 15 3B (1st), 208 total bases (1st), 46 XBH (1st), 122 games (3rd), 34 multi-hit games (3rd), 121 hits (3rd), 60 runs (4th), 13 HR (T5th) and 50 RBI (5th).

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

2016 Average: .286 Streak: 1g, 2-5, 2 HR, 3 RBI Series vs. KC: - -Homestand: 2-5, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 runs HR (6): 2-run (3), Solo (3)

AHit HRs from both sides of the plate 8/11 (Game 1), 4th Twins player in team history to do so and the first since Ryan Doumit did so in 2012. A15 of his 22 hits this season are for extra-bases (9 2B, 6 HR). AFirst home run of 2016 was a two-run shot 7/5 vs. OAK off Manaea. ARecalled prior to 7/4 game vs. TEX (Plouffe DL)...hit .259 (101-for-390) with 14 doubles, 14 home runs and 55 RBI in 111 games for the Twins from 2014-15. AHit .235 (67-for-285) with 13 doubles, one triple, 14 home runs and 53 RBI in 82 games for the Red Wings this season. A14 of his 20 career home runs have come against RHPs...17 of his 20 at Target Field.

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

2016 Average: .321 Streak: 0-4 Series vs. KC: 0-3Homestand: 7-19, 2 runs Home Runs (1): Solo (1)

ARecalled 7/29 (4th stint in ‘16)...hitting .365 (19-for-52) with 3 2B, 2 3B and 6 RBI since recall. A11 of 30 career hits are for extra bases (7 2B, 3 3B, HR)...1st career HR 5/15 at CLE. AHit .276 (81-for-293) with 13 2B, 6 3B, 9 HR, 39 RBI for Triple-A Rochester this season. AAttended Twins spring training this year, hitting .286 (8-for-28) with a double, a home run, three RBI and three walks...was optioned to Triple-A Rochester March 18. AIn 592 career minor league games has hit .286 (650-for-2272) with 122 doubles, 30 triples, 34 HR, 293 RBI, 216 walks and 60 stolen bases.

TREVOR PLOUFFE - 3B #24Height: 6-2 Weight: 216 B/T: R/R Age: 30 (6/15/86 in West Hills, CA)

2016 Average: .245 Streak: 0-4 Series vs. KC: 0-4Homestand: 2-15, 2 BB HR (7): Solo (3), 2-run (3), 3-run (1)

AReinstated from DL 8/8...missed 32 games with a fractured rib after being hit by a pitch June 29...hit .316 (6-for-19) in five rehab assignment games with Triple-A Roch. AHit 7th HR of 2016 with a 2-run HR 7/1 vs. TEX. ALeads Twins in RBI (299) since 2012...84 doubles are 9th in AL since 2014. AFifth straight, Opening Day roster in 2016, after hitting .385 (20-for-52) with 3 2B, 4 HR, 14 RBI and 9 runs in 18 spring games...Opening Day 3B for fourth straight season. AHit 20-plus home runs in 2012 (24) and 2015 (22), one of three Twins 3B to hit 20-plus home runs in multiple seasons (Koskie, twice & Gaetti, 6 times). AHit .316 (43-for-136) with RISP in 2015, 15th best in the AL...set career-highs in 2015 in hits (140), RBI (86), runs scored (74), games (152), at-bats (573) and triples (4)...led Twins in RBI, 2nd in doubles (35) and 3rd in games and hits.

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C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Centeno 31 30 Dozier 109 2 31 24 7 35 9 5 Escobar 61 1 2 1 26 30 1 2Grossman 54 10 2 29 5 9 11 5 3Kepler 1 64 13 21 12 19 Mauer 77 25 8 41 54 Polanco 5 6 10 1 1 2 7 8 3 Plouffe 4 49 5 32 27 1 Rosario 38 20 3 11 7 23 6 8Sano 28 37 19 38 40 6 Santana 2 1 12 37 3 9 4 4 1 36Suzuki 76 4 1 2 68 3Vargas 11 10 1 5 4 10 1 Others 11 25 4 49 29 14 60 14 41 67 13 6 26 38 25 9 64

STARTS BY POSITION STARTS BY BATTING ORDER

BATTING PITCHINGMONTH AVG R R/G H HR W-L IP H BB K ERAAPRIL .239 80 3.3 198 21 7-17 215.1 219 75 192 3.97MAY .239 111 4.1 218 31 8-19 234.0 286 72 212 5.96JUNE .257 126 4.7 239 36 10-17 239.0 289 64 178 5.50JULY .269 144 5.5 247 31 15-11 237.0 237 63 175 3.80AUGUST .303 77 5.9 143 24 7-6 115.0 134 33 97 5.63SEPT/OCT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

TWINS MONTHLY BReAKDOWN

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

Starters 28 51 5.30 640.2 743 413 377 102 180 474Relievers 19 19 20 4.30 399.2 422 207 191 59 127 380TOTALS 47 70 20 4.91 1040.1 1165 620 568 161 307 854

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

TWINS 57 51 69 53 78 61 63 58 39 9 538 OPPONENTS 84 65 61 69 92 64 64 68 46 6 619

HOME RUNS BY POSITIONC 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH PH TOTAL8 17 27 17 11 14 7 26 14 2 143

RECORD WHEN…

Runs Scoring Allowing0 0 - 5 2 - 01 0 - 12 8 - 12 3 - 16 4 - 33 2 - 10 5 - 94 4 - 10 14 - 85 7 - 9 9 - 66 13 - 4 2 - 97 6 - 3 1 - 13 8 2 - 1 0 - 49 1 - 0 1 - 610+ 9 - 0 1 - 11

Totals 47 - 70 47 - 70

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

TWINS EJECTIONS

TWINS BATTING INFO

SEASON-HIGHS GW BUNTPLAYER H HR RBI RBI HITS SEASON-HIGH HIT-STREAKCenteno 3 1 (2x) 3 1 - - 5, 7/16-28Dozier 3 (5x) 2 (2x) 4 8 2 16, 7/22-8/7Escobar 3 (4x) 1 (5X) 3 1 - - 7, 6/17-24Grossman 3 (4x) 1 (8x) 3 1 - - 8, 6/29-7/8Kepler 4 3 7 6 1 9, 6/14-24Mauer 4 (2x) 1 (9x) 4 2 - - 9, 4/9-18Polanco 2 (6x) 1 3 - - - - 13, 5/20-8/11Plouffe 3 (5x) 1 (7x) 3 (3x) 2 - - 4, 5/7-11Rosario 4 (3x) 1 (8x) 3 (2x) 5 - - 5, 4/17-22Sano 3 (4x) 2 4 6 - - 10, 7/5-20Santana 3 (4x) 1 (2x) 2 1 5 7, 7/27-8/6Suzuki 4 1 (6x) 6 1 - - 9, 6/18-6/30Vargas 2 (6x) 2 3 1 - - 7, 7/21-31Others 10 6 TOTALS 45 14

Kepler .........................................7Rosario .......................................5Grossman ...................................3Arcia ..........................................2Santana .....................................2Buxton ........................................2Total ........................................21 44 team assists in 2015

TWINS Outfield ASSISTS

TWINS BULLPEN VS. Kansas City Royals

2016 CAREERPITCHER W L S ERA IP H ER W L S ERA IP H ERAlbers 0 - 0 - 0 … 0.0 0 0 1 - 1 - 0 1.17 15.1 10 2Chargois 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 1.0 0 0Dean 0 - 0 - 0 3.00 3.0 1 1 0 - 0 - 0 3.00 3.0 1 1Kintzler 0 - 0 - 1 0.00 3.1 3 0 0 - 0 - 1 0.00 3.1 3 0Pressly 0 - 0 - 0 2.45 3.2 4 1 0 - 0 - 0 6.00 24.0 32 16Rogers 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 3.0 2 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 3.0 2 0Tonkin 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 2.2 2 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.00 7.0 3 0Others 0 - 2 - 1 8.74 11.1 19 11TEAM 0 - 2 - 2 4.18 28.0 31 13

2016 DISABLED LIST LOG PLAYER INJURY DATE ON RETRO DATE OFF GAMES MISSED Danny Santana ..........Right Hamstring Strain .................................................................4/9 .................................. 4/25 ........................14 Glen Perkins .............Left Posterior Shoulder Strain (transferred to 60-day May 25) .........4/13 ..........4/11 ..............................................111 Trevor Plouffe .............Right Intercostal Strain ................................................................4/19 ..........4/18 ................ 5/3 .........................13 Ervin Santana ............Lower Back Strain ........................................................................4/26 ..........4/20 ................ 5/6 .........................14 Kyle Gibson ................Right Shoulder Strain ...................................................................4/26 ..........4/23 ............... 6/10 ........................42 Eduardo Escobar .......Left Groin Strain ............................................................................5/7 .................................. 5/23 ........................13 Darin Mastroianni ......Left Oblique Strain .......................................................................5/25 ..........5/22 ................ 7/4 .........................40 Danny Santana ..........Left Hamstring Strain ..................................................................5/30 ................................. 6/17 ........................16 Miguel Sano ...............Left Hamstring Strain ..................................................................5/31 .................................. 7/1 .........................27 Phil Hughes ...............Left Knee Contusion (transferred to 60-day June 12)* ..............6/10 ..................................................................58 Trevor May .................Lower Back Spasms .....................................................................6/10 .................................. 7/5 .........................23 Trevor Plouffe .............Fractured Left Rib .........................................................................7/4 ............7/2 ................. 8/8 .........................32 Trevor May ................Low Back Strain ..........................................................................8/10 ...........8/7 ...................................................7

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

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

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

GRAND SLAM (3 in 2015)• Kepler, 7/10 at TEX

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

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

RUNNERS ON• Solo - 93 // 2-run - 36 // 3-run - 14

TWINS HOME RUN DATA

TWINS HITTERS VS. Kansas City Royals

2016 CAREERPLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI AVG. AB H HR RBICenteno .000 3 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0Dozier .391 23 9 4 5 .240 246 59 7 27Escobar .270 37 10 0 3 .252 135 34 1 10Grossman .412 17 7 1 3 .295 44 13 1 3Kepler .250 8 2 0 0 .231 13 3 0 0Mauer .379 29 11 1 2 .330 643 212 14 110Plouffe .190 21 4 0 0 .213 291 62 12 57Polanco .143 7 1 0 0 .200 10 2 0 0Rosario .250 16 4 1 2 .207 58 12 2 3Sano .111 27 3 2 4 .214 56 12 3 7Santana .059 17 1 0 1 .223 103 23 1 6Suzuki .227 22 5 0 1 .252 270 68 6 26Vargas … 0 0 0 0 .242 66 16 2 9Others .254 59 15 2 5TEAM .252 286 72 11 26

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LAST TIME IT HAPPENED

FOR THE TWINSHITTING:Hit for the Cycle: Cuddyer, 5/22/09 vs. MIL (10 all-time)Grand Slam: Kepler, 7/10/16 at TEX (1 as a team in 2016)Inside-the-Park Home Run: Nunez, 6/2/16 vs. TB (1 as a team in 2016)Pinch-Hit Home Run: Rosario, 8/5/16 at TB (4 as a team in 2016)Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: LeCroy, (9th inning), 5/19/04 at TORFive-Hit Game: Escobar, 8/22/14 vs. DETSix-Hit Game: Puckett, 5/23/91 vs. TEX (2 all-time, both Puckett)Two Hits, One Inning: Escobar/Nunez, 2nd inning, 5/25/15 vs. BOS (3 as a team in 2015)Two Home Runs, One Inning: Cuddyer, 8/23/09 at KCTwo-Home Run Game: Sano, 8/7/16 at TB (6 as a team in 2016 and 1 3-HR game)Three-Home Run Game: Kepler, 8/1/16 at CLE (5 all-time)Back-to-Back Home Runs: Rosario/Dozier, 8/13/16 vs. KC (11 as a team in 2016)Three Consecutive Home Runs: Dozier/Plouffe/Kepler, 6/26/16 at NYY (1 as a team in 2016)Three Home Runs, One Inning: Dozier/Plouffe/Kepler, 6/26/16 at NYY (1 as a team in 2016)Four Home Runs, One Inning: Mack/Puckett/Hrbek/Bush, 5/2/92 at NYYWalk-off Home Run: Kepler, 10th inning, 6/12/16 vs. BOS (3 as a team in 2016)Leadoff Home Run: Nunez, 6/29/16 at CWS (5 total in 2016)Consecutive Home Runs to Leadoff Game: E. Nunez/B. Dozier, 5/25/16 vs. KC

PITCHING (complete games only for low-hit games):No-Hitter: Liriano, 5/3/11 at CWS (6 all-time)One-Hitter: Baker, 8/31/07 vs. KC (13 all-time)Two-Hitter: E.Santana, 7/6/16 vs. OAK (42 all-time)10+ Innings Pitched: Radke (10.0 innings), 9/21/97 vs. MIL10+ Strikeouts: E. Santana, 9/5/15 at HOU (2 as team in 2015 - both Santana)Complete Game Shutout: E. Santana, 7/6/16 vs. OAKBack-to-Back Complete Game Victories: Mays/Silva, 5/19-20/05 vs. TOR/vs. MILBack-to-Back Shutouts: 6/2/13 vs. SEA - 6/4/13 at KC (2 games, 10-0 and 3-0)

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

AGAINST THE TWINSHITTING:Hit for the Cycle: Beltre, 8/24/12 at TEX (5 all-time)Grand Slam: Trout, 9/18/15 vs. LAA (9 allowed in 2015)Inside-the-Park Home Run: J. McCann, 4/29/15 vs. DETPinch-Hit Home Run: Johnson, 6/9/16 vs. MIA (2 in 2016)Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: Sands, 8/8/15 at CLE (1 in 2015)Five-Hit Game: Pedroia, 7/21/16 at BOS (2 in 2016) Six-Hit Game: Segura, 5/28/13 at MILTwo Hits, One Inning: T. Thompson, 4th inning (2B, 1B) 9/12/15 at CWS (1 allowed in 2015)Two Home Runs, One Inning: Nilsson, 5/17/96 vs. MILTwo-Home Run Game: Longoria, 6/5/16 vs. TB (1 allowed in 2016)Three-Home Run Game: A. Rodriguez, 7/25/15 vs. NYY (1 allowed in 2015)Back-to-Back Home Runs: Joseph/Rupp, 6/21/16 vs. PHI (6 allowed in 2016)Three Consecutive Home Runs: Jones/Castilla/Franco, 6/11/02 vs. ATLThree Home Runs, One Inning: Martinez/Infante/Jackson, 9/24/13 vs. DETFour Home Runs, One Inning: Everett/O’Leary/Varitek/Burkhart, 7/3/00 vs. BOSWalk-off Home Run: C. Heisey, 16th inning, 4/24/16 at WAS (1 allowed in 2016)Leadoff Home Run: Eaton, 7/29/16 vs. CWS (12 allowed in 2016)Consecutive Home Runs to Leadoff Game: J. Bautista/J. Donaldson, 5/22 vs. TOR

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

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

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

** Target Field has experienced 30 delayed games and 14 postponed games in the park’s history (since 2010). Longest delay: 3:00. **

TEAM BATTING:Most At-Bats, Game...........................................................................57, 4/24 at WAS (16 inn.)Most Runs, Game............................................................................................... 17, 7/2 vs. TEXMost Runs, Inning............................................................................7, 7th inning, 7/10 vs. TEXMost Hits, Game .....................................................................................19, 2x, last 8/1 at CLEMost Hits, Inning ................................................................................ 7, 8th inning, 7/7 at TEXConsecutive Hits ................................................................................ 6, 8th inning, 7/7 at TEXConsecutive Batters Reached Base ..................................6, 2x, Last 7th inning, 7/23 at BOSFewest Hits, Game............................................................................................. 2, 4/23 at WASMost Doubles, Game.................................................................................6, 3x, last 8/2 at CLEMost Triples, Game ...................................................................................2, 5x, last 8/3 at CLEMost Home Runs, Game .....................................................................................6, 6/26 at NYYGrand Slams ....................................................................................................... 1, 7/10 at TEXMost Total Bases, Game ..................................................................................... 41, 8/1 at CLEMost Extra Base Hits, Game ............................................................................... 10, 8/1 at CLEMost RBI, Game ................................................................................................. 17, 7/2 vs. TEXMost Walks ..........................................................................................................9, 4/21 at MILMost Strikeouts .................................................................................20, 4/24 at WAS (16 inn.)Most Stolen Bases, Game, Twins ...................................................................... 4, 6/12 vs. BOSMost Stolen Bases, Game, Opponent ..................................................... 3, 3x, last 8/12 vs. KCMost Caught Stealing, Game ................................................................................ 2, 4/7 at BALMost Ground Into Doubleplay, Game...................................................................3, 5/23 vs. KCLeft On Base, Twins ............................................................................................ 19, 8/3 at CLELeft On Base, Twins in Extra Innings .................................................13, 4/17 vs. LAA (12 inn.)Consecutive Scoreless Innings............................................... 15, 9th inn. 4/8 - 5th inn., 4/10

INDIVIDUAL BATTING:Most At-Bats, Game.................................... 7, 3x, Nunez, Rosario, Sano, 4/24 at WAS (16 inn.)Most Runs, Game..........................................................................4, 2x, last Mauer, 8/1 at CLEMost Runs, Inning...........................................................................................1, multiple timesMost Hits, Game .........................................................................4, 11x, last Mauer, 8/3 at CLEMost Hits, Inning ............................................................................................1, multiple timesMost Doubles, Game.........................................................................3, Grossman, 5/31 at OAKMost Triples, Game .................................................................................2, Polanco, 8/1 at CLEMost Home Runs, Game ............................................................................3, Kepler, 8/1 at CLEGrand Slams ............................................................................................1, Kepler, 7/10 at TEXMost Total Bases, Game ..........................................................................13, Kepler, 8/1 at CLEMost Extra Base Hits, Game .........................................................3, 6x, last Mauer, 8/3 at CLEMost RBI, Game ........................................................................................7, Kepler, 7/2 vs. TEXMost Walks, Game ........................................................................3, 5x, last Kepler, 8/2 at CLE Most Strikeouts, Game ............................................................. 4, 9x, last Rosario, 8/12 vs. KCLongest Hitting Streak .............................................................................. 16, Dozier, 7/22-8/7Consecutive Hits ............................................................ 5, Rosario, 4/21 at MIL - 4/22 at WASConsecutive Hitless At-Bats..........................................................................24, Park, 6/17-23Most Stolen Bases, Game.......................................................... 2, 5x, last Nunez, 7/26 vs. ATLMost Caught Stealing, Game ..........................................................................1, multiple timesMost Ground Into Doubleplay, Game..................................................... 2, Dozier, 5/20 vs. TOR

TEAM PITCHING:Most Runs Allowed ............................................................................................ 16, 5/4 at HOUMost Runs, Inning.............................................................................8, 1st inning, 5/16 at DETMost Hits Allowed ..................................................................................18, 2x, last 6/9 vs. MIAMost Hits Allowed, Inning ..................................................... 8, 2x, last 7th inning, 6/9 vs. MIAConsecutive Hits Allowed ...................................................... 6, 2x, last 5th inning, 8/2 at CLEMost Home Runs Allowed, Game ...........................................................4, 5x, last 6/21 vs. PHIMost Strikeouts ......................................................................12, 3x, last 6/7 vs. MIA (11 inn.)

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

INDIVIDUAL PITCHING:Most Innings, Game, Starter .........................9.0, 2x, E. Santana, 7/6 at OAK and 7/26 vs. ATLMost Innings, Game, Reliever ........................................................... 6.0, Albers, 8/11 vs. HOUMost Hits, Starter ................................................................................11, Nolasco, 6/8 vs. MIAMost Hits, Reliever ...............................................................................11, Albers, 8/11 vs HOYMost Runs, Starter ................................................................................ 8, Milone, 7/24 at BOSMost Runs, Reliever .................................................................5, 2x, last Albers, 8/11 vs. HOUMost Home Runs, Starter ..........................................................3, 6x, last Milone, 7/24 at BOSMost Home Runs, Reliever .................................................... 2, 5x, last Ramirez, 7/17 vs. CLEMost Walks, Starter....................................................................5, 2x, last Berrios, 5/2 at HOUMost Walks, Reliever...............................................................3, 3x, last Ramirez, 7/10 at TEXMost Strikeouts, Starter...............................................................9, 3x, last Duffey, 7/7 at TEXMost Strikeouts, Reliever...........................................................................6, Dean 8/12 vs. KCWin-Streak ...............................................................................................4, Pressly, 7/20-8/02Losing-Streak ..................5, 3x, Gibson (4/6-6/16), Hughes (4/23-5/22), Santana (5/24-6/14)Low-Hit Complete Game.................................................................. 2, E. Santana, 7/6 vs. OAKMost Consecutive Scoreless Innings ..................................................17.0, Rogers, 6/17-7/23Most Consecutive Batters Retired .......................................................17, Duffey, 6/26 at NYYWild Pitches .................................................................................. 2, 5x, last E. May, 8/6 at TB

TEAM & INDIVIDUAL FIELDING:Errors, Game, Team ..........................................................................................4, 7/31 vs CWSErrors, Game, Individual .........................................................2, 3x, last Escobar, 6/25 at NYYErrors, Consecutive Games, Team ................................................................ 5, 4x, last 8/9-13Errors, Consecutive Games Without, Team ............................................................6, 8/01-8/8Doubleplays, Game, Team ....................................................................4, 2x, last 6/12 vs. BOSOpponents Doubleplays, Game, Team .....................................................3, 2x, last 7/1 vs. TEX

TEAM MISCELLANEOUS:Longest Winning Streak ............................................................................. 4, 3x, last 7/31-8/3Longest Losing Streak................................................................................................9, 4/4-14Longest Game, Innings................................................................................. 16.0, 4/24 at WASLongest Game, Time (9 Innings) ...................................................................4:11, 7/23 at BOSLongest Game, Time (Extra Innings) ..............................................5:56, 4/34 at WAS (16 inn.)Longest Delay .................................................................................................2:42, 7/5 vs. OAKFastest Game, Time .......................................................................................2:18, 8/8 vs. HOU Largest Margin, Victory..................................................................................... 12, 7/2 vs. TEXLargest Margin, Loss ......................................................................................... 12, 5/4 at HOULargest Home Attendance.......................................................................40,638, 4/11 vs. CWSHome Sellouts ......................................................................................................4/11 vs. CWSTimes Shut Out ........................................................................................... 5, last 7/26 vs. ATL

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

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

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

JULY (15-11) Batting: .269 (247-for-918) Pitching: 15-11-6, 3.80 ERA (237.0 IP, 100 ER)23 -----at BOS 11-9 W 37-60 5th -19.5 37,600 Pressly/Layne/Kintzler24 -----at BOS 7-8 L 37-61 5th -19.5 36,806 Porcello/Milone/Ziegler25 -----OFF DAY26 -----ATL 0-2 L 37-62 5th -20.5 26,990 1,230,729 50 Harrell/Santana/Johnson27 -----ATL 7-9 L 37-63 5th -20.5 29,482 1,260,211 51 Foltynewicz/Duffey/Johnson 28 -----BAL## 6-2 W 38-63 5th -20.0 22,569 1,282,480 52 Pressly/Despaigne29 -----CWS ^2-1 W 39-63 5th -20.0 23,983 1,306,463 53 May/Jennings30 -----CWS ^5-6 L 39-64 5th -21.0 27,914 1,334,377 54 Ynoa/Abad/Robertson31 -----CWS 6-4 W 40-64 5th -21.0 29,670 1,364,047 55 Santana/Rodon/PresslyAUGUST (7-6) Batting: .303 (143-for-472) Pitching: 7-6-3, 5.63 ERA (115.0 IP, 72 ER) 1------at CLE 12-5 W 41-64 5th -20.0 15,018 Berrios/Salazar 2------at CLE 10-6 W 42-64 5th -19.0 15,835 Pressly/Carrasco 3------at CLE 13-5 W 43-64 5th -18.0 17,176 Duffey/Bauer 4------at CLE 2-9 L 43-65 5th -19.0 19.193 Otero/Santiago 5------at TB 6-2 W 44-65 5th -18.0 12,161 Santana/Ramirez 6------at TB 3-7 L 44-66 5th -19.0 15,603 Archer/Berrios/Colome 7------at TB 6-3 W 45-66 5th -18.0 12,649 Gibson/Andriese/Kintzler 8------HOU 3-1 W 46-66 5th -17.5 20,978 1,385,025 56 Duffey/McHugh/Kintzler 9------HOU 5-7 L 46-67 5th -18.5 22,261 1,407,286 57 Fiers/Santiago/Giles10 -----HOU 5th -18.0 -- Postponed, Inclement Weather -- DH Scheduled for 8/11 --11 -----HOU 7-15 L 46-68 5th -19.0 25,960 1,433,246 58 Fister/Berrios -----HOU### 2-10 L 46-69 5th -19.5 24,935 1,458,181 59 Devenski/Milone12 -----KC 3-7 L 46-70 5th -20.5 24,617 1,482,798 60 Ventura/Gibson13 -----KC 5-3 W 47-70 5th -20.5 30,147 1,512,945 61 Duffey/Gee/Kintzler14 -----KC 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN Back to School item giveaway - presented by Target15 -----OFF DAY16 -----at ATL 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN17 -----at ATL 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN18 -----at KC 7:15 PM FSN/TIBN19 -----at KC 7:15 PM FSN/TIBN20 -----at KC 6:15 PM FSN/TIBN21 -----at KC 1:15 PM FSN/TIBN22 -----OFF DAY23 -----DET 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN Twins Diversity Day item giveaway - presented by Treasure Island Resort & Casino24 -----DET 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN25 -----DET 12:10 PM MLBN/TIBN26 -----at TOR 6:07 PM FSN/TIBN27 -----at TOR 12:07 PM FSN/TIBN28 -----at TOR 12:07 PM FSN/TIBN29 -----at CLE 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN30 -----at CLE 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN31 -----at CLE 6:10 PM FSN/TIBNSEPT/OCT (- - -) Batting: .--- (- -for- -) Pitching: - - - - -, -.-- (-.- IP, - ER) 1------CWS 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 2------CWS 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN Fireworks Friday - Saluting Latin pop music 3------CWS 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN 4------CWS 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN 5------KC 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN 6------KC 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 7------KC 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 8------OFF DAY 9------CLE 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN10 -----CLE 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN11 -----CLE 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN12 -----at DET 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN13 -----at DET 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN14 -----at DET 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN15 -----at DET 12:10 PM TIBN16 -----at NYM 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN17 -----at NYM 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN18 -----at NYM 12:10 PM FSN/TIBN19 -----OFF DAY20 -----DET 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 21 -----DET 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN22 -----DET 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN23 -----SEA 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN Twins stocking cap giveaway24 -----SEA 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN Twins stocking cap giveaway25 -----SEA 1:10 PM FSN/TIBN T.C. Cap giveaway26 -----OFF DAY27 -----at KC 6:15 PM FSN/TIBN28 -----at KC 6:15 PM FSN/TIBN29 -----at KC 6:15 PM FSN/TIBN30 -----at CWS 7:10 PM FSN/TIBN 1 -----at CWS 6:10 PM FSN/TIBN 2 -----at CWS 2:10 PM FSN/TIBN All game times are listed as Central * - Denotes Sellout (1 in 2016) ̂ - Denotes Extra-Innings (Twins are 5-5 in extra-innings)# - Rain shortened game ended after 6.0 innings.## - Makeup game from May 9 vs. BAL ### - Makeup game from August 10 vs. HOU

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

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2016 players (44)

Position Players: (19) Arcia, Oswaldo of*Buxton, Byron of*Centeno, Juan cDozier, Brian inf*Escobar, Eduardo inf*Grossman, Robbie ofKepler, Max of

Mastroianni, Darin ofMauer, Joe inf*Murphy, John Ryan c*Nunez, Eduardo inf*Park, Byung Ho inf*Polanco, Jorge infPlouffe, Trevor inf*

Rosario, Eddie of*Sano, Miguel inf*Santana, Danny inf*Suzuki, Kurt c*Vargas, Kennys inf

(* - on Opening Day 25-man Roster)

Pitchers: (25) Abad, Fernando lhp*Albers, Andrew lhpBerrios, Jose rhpBoshers, Buddy lhpChargois, J.T. rhpDean, Pat lhpDuffey, Tyler rhpFien, Casey rhp*Gibson, Kyle rhp*

Graham, J.R. rhpHughes, Phil rhp*Jepsen, Kevin rhp*Kintzler, Brandon rhpMay, Trevor rhp*Meyer, Alex rhp Milone, Tommy lhp*Nolasco, Ricky rhp*O’Rourke, Ryan lhp

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