SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2013 – TARGET FIELD – MINNEAPOLIS, MN

WINNING PITCHER:  Fister (6-4, 3.21)

LOSING PITCHER:  Walters (2-2, 3.23)

SAVE:  Benoit (4)

FIRST PITCH:  1:11 pm                   GAME TIME TEMP:   82 degrees, wind NW at 9 mph                      TIME OF GAME:  2:42                      ATTENDANCE: 39,317

HOME RUNS:    Hunter (3, 1^st inning off Walters, one on, no outs, 2-0 pitch, 367 feet to left field)

                                    Jackson (3, 4^th inning off Walters, one on, two outs, 3-2 pitch, 410 feet to left field)

                                    Dozier (4, 6^th inning off Fister, none on, no outs, 1-0 pitch, 385 feet to left field)

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TIGERS NOTES:

·    The Tigers defeated the Twins today to ensure the series win against Minnesota…Detroit is now 16-10 against American League Central opponents this season…the Tigers have won 18 of their last 25 games at Target Field since September 2, 2010…the Tigers have won each of the last four series against the Twins after losing the Opening Series April 1-4 (1-2).

·    Doug Fister allowed two runs on two hits and two walks while striking out seven in 7.2 innings…it is the third straight start in which Fister has worked into the eighth inning…it was also his fifth straight quality start…today was the third time in his career to toss at least 7.0 innings and allow just two hits with the others being September 11, 2012 at Chicago-AL (7.0 IP) and July 18, 2012 vs. Los Angeles-AL (8.0 IP).

·    Torii Hunter (2-for-5) hit his third home run of the season with a two-run homer in the first inning…it was his 300^th career home run…Hunter hit his first career home run as a member of the Twins at Tiger Stadium on April 15, 1999…192 of his 300 career homers came as a member of the Twins…he hit more at the Metrodome (87) than any other ball park but it was his first at Target Field…it was his eighth career homer against the Twins, he has hit the most home runs against the Royals (31)…the home run for Hunter snapped a personal four-game hitless streak (13 at-bats)…with three RBI today he tied his season-high, also April 11 vs. Toronto.

·    Austin Jackson (2-for-5) hit his third home run of the season with a two-run shot off Walters in the fourth inning…it was his first home since April 28 vs. Atlanta, a span of 13 games since his last home run…he has back-to-back multi-hit games for the first time since April 14-16…today was his first multi-RBI game since having three RBI on April 28.

·    Alex Avila (2-for-3) snapped a personal 0-for-last-19 with a double in the second inning…his last hit was a single in the fourth inning on June 6 vs. Tampa Bay…today was his first multi-hit game since having two hits on June 5 vs. Tampa Bay.

TWINS NOTES: ­

·    The Twins lost to the Tigers in the series finale today, and lost the series against Detroit…the Twins are now 5-8 against the Tigers this season, including 3-3 at Target Field…Minnesota is 10-17 against the American League Central this season…the Twins are now 3-5 this season in rubber games…the series loss is their third in their last four series, despite having a record of 5-7 in those four series…Minnesota turned three double plays today, they came into today and now have 78 on the season…coming into today their 76 DP were third most in the majors (St. Louis-78; Houston-81).

·    The Twins will donate a total of $70,000 to the Prostate Cancer Foundation Home Run Challenge after the Twins hit three home runs and struckout 51 batters over the eight-day challenge…additionally, P.J. Walters will donate a total of $4,000 after striking out four batters today…Walters pledged an additional $1,000 for each strikeout he recorded in today’s game.

·    P.J. Walters allowed four runs on nine hits and three walks while striking out four in 5.1 innings today…the four earned runs tie his season-high, also May 30 vs. Milwaukee…the three walks also tie his season-high, also June 5 at Kansas City.

·    Trevor Plouffe (0-for-3) snapped his nine-game hit-streak today…during his current streak he hit .375 (12-for-32).

·    Brian Dozier (2-for-3) hit his fourth home run of the season to lead off the sixth inning today…the home run was the first hit by the Twins today off Doug Fister…Dozier also turned his 49^th and 50^th double-plays of the season, which leads the Twins and entered today second-most among all active second baseman (Jose Altuve-54)…Dozier collected his 10^th multi-hit game of the season when he doubled in the eighth inning today.

SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 – TARGET FIELD – MINNEAPOLIS, MN

WINNING PITCHER:  Samuel Deduno (3-1, 3.26)

LOSING PITCHER:  Darin Downs (0-2, 3.91)

SAVE:  Glen Perkins (16)

FIRST PITCH:  6:15 pm                   GAME TIME TEMP:   68 degrees, wind N-NE at 8 mph                    TIME OF GAME:  2:42                      ATTENDANCE: 35,017

HOME RUNS:    Plouffe (5, 4^th inning off Sanchez, 1 on, 1 out, 0-1 pitch, 415 feet to left-center)

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TIGERS NOTES:

·    The Tigers lost to the Twins tonight for just the third time in the last nine games…despite the loss the Tigers have won four of their last six games against the Twins, since May 23…Detroit is now 15-10 against American League Central opponents this season…the Tigers have won 17 of their last 24 games at Target Field since September 2, 2010.

·    Anibal Sanchez allowed two runs on five hits with four walks and three strikeouts…he gave up a two-run home run to Trevor Plouffe in the 4^th inning…that home run was just his fourth home run given up in his last 15 starts…he is 0-1, 3.54 ERA (20.1 IP, 8 ER) in four career starts at Target Field.

·    Prince Fielder (2-for-4) has reached base safely in 48 of his last 52 games, since April 18 at Seattle…he singled in his second at-bat and doubled in his third at-bat…his double in the sixth inning marked his 18^th of the season…he now has 30 extra-base hits this season…he has 169 extra-base hits since the start of the 2011 season, fifth-most in the MLB over that span.

·    Austin Jackson went 2-for-4 tonight…his 32 hits at Target Field rank tied for fifth with Juan Pierre for an opponent for most in park’s history.

·    Johnny Peralta (1-for-3) has an active nine-game hit-streak against the Twins dating back to April 4…over the nine games he is hitting .353 (12-for-34) with a home run, four doubles and five RBI.

TWINS NOTES: ­

·    The Twins beat the Tigers tonight, snapping their two game losing streak…the Twins are now 5-7 against the Tigers this season, including 3-2 at Target Field…Minnesota is 10-16 against the American League Central this season…14 hits by the Twins tonight is fourth most this season…three of the four top hit games have been at Target Field.

·    Samuel Deduno allowed two runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out two in 7.0 innings pitched…the 7.0 innings pitched ties a season high…retired the first six batters faced and eight of the first 11…Alex Avila reached on a fielder’s choice when Don Kelly was thrown out at home by Pedro Florimon in the third inning…Deduno is now 2-0, 1.93 ERA (14.0 IP, 3 ER) in two start at Target Field this season…he is also 1-2, 7.48 ERA (21.2 IP, 18 ER) in four starts against the Tigers in his career.

·    Trevor Plouffe went 3-for-3 with three RBI in his first game back from the 15-day DL (strained left calf)…he hit a 2-run home run in the fourth inning off Anibal Sanchez…the 2-run shot is just his ninth multi-run homer in the last two seasons…second three-hit game of the season, first coming May 8 at Boston…Plouffe extended his current hit streak to nine games, second longest of his career…during his current streak he is hitting .375 (12-for-32).

·    Brian Dozier turned his 48^th double-play of the season which leads the Twins and entered today second-most among all active second baseman.

·    Chris Parmelee (2-for-4) recorded his sixth outfield assist of the season in the fifth inning throwing out Prince Fielder at home plate…he is second on the team behind Aaron Hicks (7) in the respected category…Twins outfielders have 22 this season, the most in baseball.

·    Justin Morneau went 2-for-4 with two singles…marked his 21^st multi-hit game of the season…is hitting .339 (38-for-112) with 19 RBI in 28 games at Target Field this season…is hitting .356 (21-for-59) with 12 RBI at home since May 11 (15 games).

·    Joe Mauer went 1-for-4 with two RBI and one walk tonight…he is hitting .319 (161-for-504) all-time against the Tigers (137 games), the eighth best average among actives.

·    Glen Perkins recorded his 16^th save, tying his single-season career-high, done last season…he has converted six straight.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013 – TARGET FIELD – MINNEAPOLIS, MN

WINNING PITCHER:  Duensing (2-1, 3.70)

LOSING PITCHER: Bastardo (2-2, 3.18)

SAVE:  Perkins (15)

FIRST PITCH:  7:11 pm                   GAME TIME TEMP:   74 degrees, wind 10 mph from S                   TIME OF GAME:  2:55                      ATTENDANCE:  28,910

HOME RUNS:                                                                                              None

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PHILLIES NOTES:

·    The Phillies lost to the Twins today, 4-3, for their fifth straight loss overall…the Phillies failed to hit a home run tonight for the second straight game after homering in 14 straight coming into the series at Target Field…the Phillies are 6-18 when failing to hit a home run this season…Philadelphia is 4-9 in their last 13 games against American League opponents and are now 6-8 all-time against the Twins.

·    Tyler Cloyd allowed one run on six hit and three walks while striking out two in 5.0 innings…the 5.0 innings are the fewest since going 2.1 innings on May 27 at Boston, a span of three starts…Cloyd has allowed three runs-or-less in nine of his 12 career starts, including seven of his eight road starts…he has walked eight batters over his last two starts (11.2 IP).

·    Domonic Brown (0-for-3) was held hitless tonight for the third straight game…it was the first time with three hitless games since going hitless in four straight games April 16-20…despite not collecting a hit, Brown drove in his 48^th run of the season in the first inning and now needs just two to become one of five NL players to reach 50 RBI this season…he has 28 RBI in his last 22 games (since May 20).

·    Ben Revere (3-for-4) is now a career .265 (139-for-525) hitter in 135 games at Target Field…he is hitting .297 (33-for-111) with three doubles and two RBI in his last 34 games…he has a hit in three straight games…the multi-hit game tonight marked his first since June 3…the three hits tonight tie his season high (four times).

·    Michael Young (1-for-4) has at least one hit in six of his last seven games on the road, all on this current road trip…in the seven games on this current road trip he is hitting .379 (11-for-29) with a home run and three RBI…with the RBI tonight he now needs just four RBI to reach 1,000 in his career.

TWINS NOTES: ­

·    The Twins improved their season record at home to 15-14 and have improved to 6-4 in the month of June…Minnesota is now 8-6 all-time against the Phillies, including 5-4 at home…Minnesota is now 20-0 when out-hitting an opponent this season…the Twins collected 12 hits tonight, the 19^th time this season they have had at least 10 hits in a game…the Twins have had 10-plus hits in six of their last eight games against the Phillies…the Twins 5-6-7 hitters finished the night going a combined  9-for-11 (.818) with all four runs and two RBI…Twins are 11-9 in one-run games this season, including 6-1 in their last seven one-run games.

·    Mike Pelfrey allowed three runs on five hits and one walk while striking out seven in 7.0 innings…the 7.0 innings are a season-high and the most since going 8.0 innings on April 21, 2012 vs. San Francisco as a Met…the seven strikeouts tied his season-high, also seven on May 5 at Cleveland…the 116 pitches thrown by Pelfrey are the most since also throwing 116 on August 30, 2011 vs. Florida as a member of the Mets…tonight marked his fourth quality start of the season.

·    Josh Willingham (1-for-4) hit his 12^th double of the season in the first inning tonight…his 22nd extra-base hit of the season and second straight game with an XBH.

·    Joe Mauer (1-for-2) has at least one hit in each of his last seven games at Target Field, hitting .375 (9-for-24) in those seven games…he also has at least one hit in 14 of his last 15 games at Target Field (since May 10 vs. BAL), hitting .429 (24-for-56) over those 15 games with a .522 on-base percentage…Mauer reached base safely three times tonight, and has now reached base 112 times this season…coming into today his .377 batting average at home was the third best in baseball.

·    Oswaldo Arcia (3-for-4) collected his first multi-hit game since going 2-for-5 on May 10 vs. Baltimore, a span of 12 games…he has six multi-hit games this season…with a double in the eighth inning he now has 12 extra-base hits this season…four of his last seven hits are for extra-bases.

·    Clete Thomas (4-for-4) collected a career-high four hits tonight…his eighth inning double tied the game at 3-3 driving in Arcia from second and he would later score the winning run…he has had three hits eight other times in his career with the last coming on August 30, 2009 vs. Tampa Bay as a member of the Tigers…his double in the fourth inning tonight was his first double since April 17, 2012 at New York-AL…Thomas has started 17 career games in center field, including three starts this season.

·    Eduardo Escobar (2-for-3) recorded his first career bunt hit in the eighth inning…the Twins have 10 bunt hits this season, joining three other teams with at least 10 bunt hits…Florimon leads the Twins with his five bunt hits.

·    Brian Duensing earned his second win in as many days today…it is the first time in his career as a reliever to earn wins in back-to-back outings, and the first time since winning back-to-back starts June 28-July 4, 2011.

TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013 – TARGET FIELD – MINNEAPOLIS, MN

WINNING PITCHER:  Duensing (1-1, 3.80)

LOSING PITCHER: Adams (1-4, 4.22)

SAVE:  Perkins (14)

FIRST PITCH:  7:10 pm                   GAME TIME TEMP:   77 degrees, wind 4 mph from NW                TIME OF GAME:  2:31                      ATTENDANCE:  30,104

HOME RUNS:                                                                                              None

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PHILLIES NOTES:

·    The Phillies lost to the Twins today, 3-2, for their fourth straight loss overall…the Phillies failed to hit a home run tonight, snapping their 14-game home run streak…the Phillies are 6-17 when failing to hit a home run this season…Philadelphia is 4-8 in their last 12 games against American League opponents and are now 6-7 all-time against the Twins.

·    Cole Hamels allowed two runs on seven hits while striking out five in 6.0 innings tonight…it marked his second straight quality start…improved his ERA at Target Field to 6.00 (12.0 IP, 8 ER) after giving up six runs in 6.0 innings in his first career TF start (June 13, 2012)…over his two June starts, Hamels is 1-0, 2.08 (13.0 IP, 3 ER) with 16 strikeouts and one walk…the Phillies are 2-12 in his 14 starts this season.

·    Domonic Brown (0-for-4) was held hitless tonight for the second straight game…it was the first time with back-to-back hitless games since May 15-17, a span of 21 games without going hitless in back-to-back games…it marked just the eighth time this season he has gone hitless in back-to-back games.

·    Ben Revere (1-for-4) singled in his fourth at-bat on the night in his return to Target Field…Revere is a career .261 (136-for-521) hitter in 134 games at Target Field.

·    Ryan Howard (2-for-4) has a hit in each of his last three starts…he is now a career .444 (8-for-18) hitter against the Twins in four games…he drove in the tying run in the eighth inning with a single to right field, he now has 31 RBI on the season, second most among all Phillies.

·    Michael Young (1-for-4) has at least one hit in five of his last six games on the road, all on this current road trip…in the six games on this current road trip he is hitting .400 (10-for-25) with a home run and two RBI.

·    Kevin Frandsen (1-for-1) singled as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning…he is a career .277 (18-for-65) as a pinch-hitter.

TWINS NOTES: ­

·    The Twins drew 30,104 fans to tonight’s game, passing the 10,000,000-fan mark in Target Field’s history…the Twins came into tonight having drawn 9,983,735 fans, 16,252 fans shy of 10 million…10,013,839 fans have now come thru the gates at Target Field in three-plus seasons…the Twins even their season record at home to 14-14 and have improved to 5-4 in the month of June…Minnesota is now 7-6 all-time against the Phillies, including 3-4 at home.

·    P.J. Walters allowed two runs, one earned, on six hits and one walk while striking out five in 7.1 innings tonight…the 7.1 innings set a season-high…it marked his third quality start in four outings this season…the five strikeouts also set a season-high, and were the most since also striking out five on September 29, 2012 vs. Detroit.

·    Josh Willingham (1-for-4) hit his 11^th double of the season in the fourth inning tonight, his 21^st extra-base hit of the season despite being his first since a home run on June 2 vs. Seattle…Willingham would later score the tying run on a Morneau double…tonight marked his 1,000^th career game played.

·    Joe Mauer (1-for-4) has at least one hit in each of his last six games at Target Field, hitting .364 (8-for-22) in those six games…he also has at least one hit in 13 of his last 14 games at Target Field (since May 10 vs. BAL) hitting .426 (23-for-54) over those 14 games.

·    Justin Morneau (3-for-4) collected his 20^th multi-hit game of the season tonight, and his fourth three-hit game of the season tying his season-high…13 of his multi-hit efforts have come in his last 30 games…he has multi-hit games in five of his last nine games at Target Field…with his eighth inning, Morneau drove in his 36^th run of the season to put the Twins up 3-2…tonight marked his first multi-RBI game since driving in four runs on May 13 vs. Chicago-AL.

·    Oswaldo Arcia (1-for-3) doubled in his second at-bat in his first game after being recalled prior to today’s game…seven of his last 13 hits are for extra-bases.

·    Jamey Carroll (2-for-3) singled to lead off the game, snapping a personal 0-for-last-24…it was the Twins first hit from the leadoff spot since Eduardo Escobar on June 2 vs. Seattle and first hit for a Twins leadoff hitter to start a game since May 30 vs. Milwaukee (Carroll)…tonight marked his seventh multi-hit game of the season, and first since having three hits on May 23 at Detroit.

To replace Hicks on the 25-man roster, the Twins will recall outfielder Oswaldo Arcia from Triple-A Rochester prior to tomorrow’s game with Philadelphia. Arcia has appeared in 30 games in two previous stints with the Twins this season, hitting .255 (25-for-98) with four home runs and 14 RBI.

TWINS 2013 FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT

JUNE 6, 2013

ROUND    PLAYER                     POS       B/T     HT      WT      DOB              HOMETOWN               SCHOOL                                                SCOUT

1 (4)        Kohl Stewart             RHP      R/R     6-3      208     10/07/94    Tomball, Tex.               St. Pius X High School                      G. Runser

2 (43)      Ryan Eades                RHP      R/R     6-3      195     12/15/91    Slidell, La.                     Louisiana State University              G. Runser

JUNE 7, 2013

ROUND    PLAYER                     POS      B/T     HT      WT      DOB              HOMETOWN               SCHOOL                                                SCOUT

3 (78)      Stuart Turner            C           R/R      6-3      215     12/27/91    Eunice, La.                    University of Mississippi            A. Sandberg

4 (110)   Stephen Gonsalves   LHP      L/L      6-5      195     07/08/94    San Marcos, Calif.        Cathedral Catholic High School        J. Leavitt

5 (140)   Aaron Slegers            RHP      R/R      6-9      250     09/04/92    Scottsdale, Ariz.           Indiana University                                J. Pohl

6 (170)   Brian Navarreto        C           R/R      6-3      215     12/29/94    Jacksonville, Fla.           Arlington Country Day School       B. Shelton

7 (200)   Brian Gilbert              RHP      R/R      6-1      215     08/09/92    Toms River, N.J.           Seton Hall University                        J. Wilson

8 (230)   Dustin DeMuth         3B         L/R      6-3      200     07/30/91    Bloomington, Ind.        Indiana University                                J. Pohl

9 (260)   Mitchell Garver         C           R/R      6-1      210     01/15/91    Albuquerque, N.M.     University of New Mexico             T. Williams

10 (290) Charles Irby              RHP      R/R      6-2      200     05/06/92    Florence, Ala.               Samford University                           J. Powell

The 18-year-old was the top ranked high school pitching prospect in the country according to Baseball America.  The 6-foot-3, 208-pound First-Team Rawlings All-American made eight starts for St. Pius X, posting a record of 5-1 with a 0.18 ERA in 40.0 innings pitched with 59 strikeouts and 16 walks.  He was named Texas All-Region First-Team in 2013.  In 2012, as a junior, the right-hander went 8-0 with 72 strikeouts in 54.0 innings pitched, helping guide St. Pius to the TAPPS 5A Title.

A native of Tomball, Texas, Stewart was a two-sport athlete and was recruited to pitch, and play quarterback, at Texas A&M.  As a senior, he threw for 2,560 yards and 28 touchdowns.

This marked the second time the Twins have had the number four overall pick, previously selecting left-handed pitcher Bryan Oelkers with the fourth pick in the 1982 Draft out of Wichita State University.

Kohl Stewart was recommended by Twins scout Greg Runser.

With their second selection on day one, the Twins selected right-handed pitcher Ryan Eades out of Louisiana State University with the 43rd overall selection.  Eades went 8-1 with a 2.81 ERA (96.0 IP, 30 ER) with 30 walks and 77 strikeouts in 16 starts for Tigers this season.  The 6-for-3, 195-pounder went 17-5 with a 3.59 ERA (233.0 IP, 93 ER), 76 walks and 171 strikeouts in 51 career appearances (39 starts) over three seasons.

The Slidell, Louisiana native was originally selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 19^th round of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft.

Eades was recommended by Twins scout Greg Runser.

Additionally, left-handed pitcher Tyler Robertson was designated for release or assignment, making room for Thomas on the 40-man roster. Robertson, who was drafted by the Twins in the third round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft, made the Twins Opening Day roster before being optioned to Triple-A on April 6.

Thomas will join the team in Kansas City and wear uniform number 11.

To replace Colabello on the 25-man roster, the Twins will make a corresponding roster prior to Tuesday’s game in Kansas City.