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| 929 | MINNESOTA | +125 | Ov 10.5,-120 | +145 | Ov 10.5,+100 | | 930 | COLORADO | -135 | Un 10.5,+100 | -155 | Un 10.5,-120 |
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| All Games | 42-49 | +3.8 | 45-41 | 4.2 | 0.244 | 0.315 | 4.4 | 0.270 | 0.320 | | Road Games | 21-27 | +3.7 | 22-24 | 3.8 | 0.231 | 0.299 | 4.1 | 0.277 | 0.326 | | vs Left-handed Starters | 13-13 | +3.2 | 13-13 | 4.1 | 0.243 | 0.314 | 4.2 | 0.268 | 0.308 | | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | +1.8 | 3-4 | 4.0 | 0.250 | 0.309 | 3.0 | 0.272 | 0.303 | | Grass Games | 38-47 | -0.6 | 42-39 | 4.1 | 0.241 | 0.312 | 4.5 | 0.269 | 0.319 | | Night Games | 22-25 | +3.4 | 20-25 | 3.8 | 0.238 | 0.305 | 3.9 | 0.258 | 0.308 | | Interleague | 4-8 | -2.6 | 8-4 | 3.4 | 0.222 | 0.288 | 5.0 | 0.267 | 0.330 |
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| All Games | 4.2 | 0.244 | 0.315 | 91 | 3111 | 759 | 248 | 67 | 0.02 | 354 | 325 | 763 | 50 | 677 | 67 | 46 | 83 | 54 | | Road Games | 3.8 | 0.231 | 0.299 | 48 | 1646 | 381 | 122 | 33 | 0.02 | 174 | 159 | 437 | 24 | 341 | 36 | 20 | 45 | 27 | | Lefty Starters | 4.1 | 0.243 | 0.314 | 26 | 864 | 210 | 70 | 20 | 0.02 | 101 | 89 | 211 | 18 | 180 | 20 | 14 | 21 | 14 |
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| All Games | 3.24 | 1.197 | 291.7 | 118 | 105 | 260 | 19 | 89 | 217 | 13-10 | 24 | 8 | 75% | | Road Games | 3.10 | 1.152 | 142.3 | 52 | 49 | 123 | 6 | 41 | 107 | 5-6 | 15 | 4 | 78.9% |
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| All Games | 39-53 | -13.4 | 47-37 | 4.8 | 0.278 | 0.328 | 5.2 | 0.274 | 0.339 | | Home Games | 23-23 | -2.8 | 22-22 | 5.9 | 0.312 | 0.359 | 5.7 | 0.283 | 0.347 | | vs Left-handed Starters | 12-15 | -2.1 | 12-13 | 4.3 | 0.265 | 0.319 | 5.2 | 0.294 | 0.368 | | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -1.1 | 1-6 | 3.0 | 0.229 | 0.276 | 5.3 | 0.306 | 0.375 | | Grass Games | 39-53 | -13.4 | 47-37 | 4.8 | 0.278 | 0.328 | 5.2 | 0.274 | 0.339 | | Night Games | 25-37 | -13.4 | 30-26 | 4.5 | 0.274 | 0.323 | 5.2 | 0.276 | 0.340 | | Interleague | 5-7 | -2.4 | 6-6 | 5.4 | 0.297 | 0.343 | 4.7 | 0.269 | 0.345 |
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| All Games | 4.8 | 0.278 | 0.328 | 92 | 3148 | 876 | 304 | 109 | 0.03 | 420 | 232 | 683 | 55 | 590 | 86 | 60 | 91 | 52 | | Home Games | 5.9 | 0.312 | 0.359 | 46 | 1594 | 497 | 171 | 66 | 0.04 | 261 | 118 | 307 | 35 | 310 | 46 | 31 | 49 | 32 | | Lefty Starters | 4.3 | 0.265 | 0.319 | 27 | 879 | 233 | 90 | 30 | 0.03 | 109 | 70 | 201 | 16 | 163 | 35 | 21 | 34 | 21 |
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| All Games | 4.45 | 1.375 | 301 | 160 | 149 | 303 | 35 | 111 | 244 | 13-16 | 17 | 13 | 56.7% | | Home Games | 5.05 | 1.513 | 153.3 | 94 | 86 | 175 | 17 | 57 | 110 | 7-5 | 6 | 7 | 46.2% |
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| 6/27/2014 | CORREIA(R) | @ TEXAS | TEPESCH(R) | 4-5 | L | 125 | 9.5 un | U | 6 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | | 6/28/2014 | HUGHES(R) | @ TEXAS | DARVISH(R) | 0-5 | L | 150 | 7.5 un | U | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | | 6/29/2014 | GIBSON(R) | @ TEXAS | LEWIS(R) | 3-2 | W | 110 | 9 ov | U | 7 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | | 6/30/2014 | PINO(R) | KANSAS CITY | DUFFY(L) | 1-6 | L | +125 | 8 ov | U | 9 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | | 7/1/2014 | NOLASCO(R) | KANSAS CITY | SHIELDS(R) | 10-2 | W | +130 | 7.5 un | O | 15 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 2 | | 7/2/2014 | CORREIA(R) | KANSAS CITY | VARGAS(L) | 0-4 | L | +125 | 8 un | U | 4 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 0 | | 7/3/2014 | HUGHES(R) | NY YANKEES | TANAKA(R) | 4-7 | L | +135 | 6.5 ev | O | 9 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | | 7/4/2014 | GIBSON(R) | NY YANKEES | WHITLEY(R) | 5-6 | L | -110 | 8 un | O | 11 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | | 7/5/2014 | PINO(R) | NY YANKEES | PHELPS(R) | 2-1 | W | -105 | 8.5 un | U | 7 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | | 7/6/2014 | NOLASCO(R) | NY YANKEES | KURODA(R) | 7-9 | L | +120 | 8.5 ov | O | 13 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | | 7/7/2014 | CORREIA(R) | @ SEATTLE | IWAKUMA(R) | 0-2 | L | 195 | 7.5 un | U | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | | 7/8/2014 | HUGHES(R) | @ SEATTLE | YOUNG(R) | 2-0 | W | 100 | 7.5 un | U | 8 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | | 7/9/2014 | GIBSON(R) | @ SEATTLE | ELIAS(L) | 8-1 | W | 135 | 7.5 un | O | 9 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 1 | | 7/10/2014 | PINO(R) | @ SEATTLE | WILHELMSEN(R) | 4-2 | W | 150 | 7.5 ev | U | 9 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 1 | | 7/11/2014 | JOHNSON(L) | @ COLORADO | DE LA ROSA(L) | | | 7/12/2014 | CORREIA(R) | @ COLORADO | MATZEK(L) | | | 7/13/2014 | HUGHES(R) | @ COLORADO | ANDERSON(L) | | | 7/18/2014 | | TAMPA BAY | | |
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| 6/27/2014 | MATZEK(L) | @ MILWAUKEE | LOHSE(R) | 2-3 | L | 182 | 9 ov | U | 9 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | | 6/28/2014 | CHACIN(R) | @ MILWAUKEE | GARZA(R) | 4-7 | L | 135 | 8.5 ov | O | 10 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | | 6/29/2014 | DE LA ROSA(L) | @ MILWAUKEE | GALLARDO(R) | 10-4 | W | 145 | 8.5 un | O | 15 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | | 6/30/2014 | FLANDE(L) | @ WASHINGTON | ZIMMERMANN(R) | 3-7 | L | 220 | 8 ov | O | 9 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | | 7/1/2014 | FRIEDRICH(L) | @ WASHINGTON | STRASBURG(R) | 1-7 | L | 220 | 8 ov | P | 5 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0 | | 7/2/2014 | MATZEK(L) | @ WASHINGTON | FISTER(R) | 3-4 | L | 170 | 8.5 ev | U | 9 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | | 7/3/2014 | MORALES(L) | LA DODGERS | GREINKE(R) | 2-3 | L | +130 | 10.5 ov | U | 9 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | | 7/4/2014 | JURRJENS(R) | LA DODGERS | KERSHAW(L) | 0-9 | L | +195 | 9.5 un | U | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 1 | | 7/5/2014 | DE LA ROSA(L) | LA DODGERS | HAREN(R) | 8-7 | W | -105 | 10.5 ov | O | 12 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | | 7/6/2014 | FLANDE(L) | LA DODGERS | BECKETT(R) | 2-8 | L | +110 | 10.5 ov | U | 6 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 1 | | 7/7/2014 | MATZEK(L) | SAN DIEGO | KENNEDY(R) | 1-6 | L | -115 | 10.5 un | U | 6 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | | 7/8/2014 | MORALES(L) | SAN DIEGO | ROSS(R) | 2-1 | W | +105 | 10 un | U | 7 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | | 7/9/2014 | JURRJENS(R) | SAN DIEGO | STULTS(L) | 6-3 | W | -125 | 11.5 un | U | 8 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | | 7/11/2014 | DE LA ROSA(L) | MINNESOTA | JOHNSON(L) | | | 7/12/2014 | MATZEK(L) | MINNESOTA | CORREIA(R) | | | 7/13/2014 | ANDERSON(L) | MINNESOTA | HUGHES(R) | | | 7/18/2014 | | @ PITTSBURGH | | |
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| |  | MINNESOTA: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The number is staggering. In the past three years, the Minnesota Twins have lost 291 games. Ninety-nine in 2011. Ninety-six each of the last two seasons.
A team that was once viewed as a model for succeeding and competing with modest financial resources has been an afterthought for too long now. They have finished last in the AL Central twice and were fourth last season.
So the Twins shed their frugal ways in the offseason, shelling out $73 million to bring in Ricky Nolasco and Phil Hughes to bolster a lagging rotation. They also brought back manager Ron Gardenhire on a two-year deal and moved Joe Mauer from catcher to first base in an effort to protect their franchise player from injury.
''They made a statement: `We don't want to see this again. We don't want to go through this again this summer,''' Gardenhire said.
The Twins said goodbye to longtime first baseman Justin Morneau late last season when general manager Terry Ryan traded him to the Pirates in a stretch-run deal. There weren't many other changes to an offense that has struggled to score runs, but the upgrades to the rotation have given the holdovers some peace of mind that they won't have to score seven runs a game to have a chance to win.
''It's night and day to be honest with you. Terry went out and spent some money on some good arms in Nolasco and Hughes,'' second baseman Brian Dozier said. ''Hughes had a bad year last year but is an All-Star pitcher and I think moving to this park will help him a lot. I think just getting out of New York to be honest with you. ... So we needed to address our pitching staff and Terry did that, and I'm happy about it.''
| | COLORADO: DENVER (AP) - Justin Morneau wears Larry Walker's old number and is stepping in for Todd Helton.
Just so it's clear, though: He doesn't expect to be the next Walker and certainly isn't trying to make Colorado Rockies fans forget all about Helton, the everyday first baseman in the Mile High City since 1997.
Morneau can only be himself, a slick fielder who's a four-time All-Star and former AL MVP.
That's not too bad, either.
Still, the Rockies wouldn't mind if Morneau channeled a little bit of those two Colorado icons to help them get back to the postseason. But that's a lot of cleats to fill, especially when it comes to Helton, the franchise's leader in virtually every offensive category.
Morneau's goals are more modest: Slide seamlessly into to this potent lineup, one that includes good friend and reigning NL batting champion Michael Cuddyer, along with Carlos Gonzalez and Troy Tulowitzki.
The 32-year-old Morneau knows the comparisons to Helton are inevitable. No. 17 spent 17 seasons in purple pinstripes, endearing himself to the community. The team will honor Helton on Aug. 17 when they retire his number (although Helton's first send-off will be hard to top, when the club gave him a horse in his last home game).
''From the outside looking in, it looks like I'm coming in to replace him,'' said Morneau, who wears No. 33 because of Walker, his boyhood idol. ''But that's not my thought process. My thought process is to just come in and be me and do what I can do.''
Cuddyer thinks Morneau will fit in just fine.
''If you think about the guy you're replacing, you're already not doing yourself a good service,'' said Cuddyer, who was teammates with Morneau in Minnesota. ''He respects (Helton), but he also understands he has to go out there and be himself.''
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| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NL PREVIEW (MINNESOTA-COLORADO) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Twins-Rockies Preview* =======================
By JEFF BARTL STATS Writer
Minnesota (42-49) at Colorado (39-53), 8:40 p.m. EDT
Participating in Monday's Home Run Derby at Target Field should be a nice homecoming for Justin Morneau, who won an AL MVP during his 10-plus seasons with the Minnesota Twins.
Some memories from that stretch of his career likely will resurface before that, though, as the Colorado Rockies first baseman faces his former team for the first time Friday night at Coors Field.
Morneau helped guide the Twins to five AL Central titles before being traded to Pittsburgh on Aug. 31. He signed a two-year, $12.5 million deal with Colorado in the offseason and has had a solid first half, hitting .313 with 13 homers and 59 RBIs.
That earned him a chance to play in the All-Star game in Minnesota, but he lost out on the NL team's final spot to Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo via the fan vote.
Aside from his 2006 MVP season, Morneau finished second in the 2008 voting and was a four-time All-Star with the Twins.
"The last year and a half in Minnesota, I wasn't sure if I was leaving or staying," Morneau told MLB's official website. "When the trade was made, it was the best thing. It put an end to the uncertainty, but it was tough."
Morneau and his teammates also have found it tough to battle through a difficult time for the Rockies (39-53), who have one of the worst records in baseball. Colorado won its first home series in nearly two months with Wednesday's 6-3 victory over San Diego.
Troy Tulowitzki, hitting a majors-best .350, extended his hitting streak to eight and hit a pair of solo homers to give him 20 on the season. He hit two homers over his previous 28 games.
Tulowitzki played for Rockies teams that reached the World Series in 2007 and the playoffs two years later with second-half surges, and he's hoping this team can do the same.
"That's something I'm trying to preach to these guys. Anything can happen," Tulowitzki said. "It's been a rough first half but second halves here, those playoff-run years have been pretty good."
Making some sort of run should be more realistic with Carlos Gonzalez back. The Rockies outfielder, who hasn't played in the majors since June 3 after surgery for a benign tumor in his left index finger, is expected to return for this contest, playing in right field instead of his usual left.
The Rockies lost 18 of 21 prior to winning Tuesday and Wednesday, with Jorge De La Rosa earning each victory in that dismal stretch. Despite having a chance for a fourth straight win, he hasn't pitched up to his standards.
De La Rosa (9-6, 4.75 ERA) went 2-2 with an 8.03 ERA over his previous five starts before giving up two runs and three hits in six innings of Saturday's 8-7 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
"Every game is important for us," De La Rosa said. "I know the team has been struggling the last month, but we've got enough time to get out of this and be in a good place."
The left-hander will get his first look at Minnesota since 2007 while opposing Kris Johnson in this contest.
Johnson allowed four hits and walked six over 4 1-3 scoreless innings of Minnesota's 4-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in his only appearance this season May 1.
The left-hander, who is 8-4 with a 2.75 ERA in 16 starts for Triple-A Rochester, will be recalled after Ricky Nolasco went on the 15-day disabled list with a right elbow strain.
"I know last time he was up here his pitch count got high, but he has good stuff," manager Ron Gardenhire said.
The last-place Twins (42-49) will be seeking a season high-tying fourth straight victory after beating Seattle 4-2 on Thursday.
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| | Last Updated: 4/26/2024 8:57:52 AM EST. |
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