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| 973 | TORONTO | -135 | Ov 8,-115 | -125 | Ov 8,+105 | | 974 | MINNESOTA | +125 | Un 8,-105 | +115 | Un 8,-125 |
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| All Games | 7-6 | +1.2 | 7-6 | 4.0 | 0.228 | 0.298 | 3.6 | 0.249 | 0.318 | | Road Games | 4-3 | +2.4 | 3-4 | 3.6 | 0.221 | 0.296 | 3.3 | 0.235 | 0.306 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 5-3 | +3 | 4-4 | 4.2 | 0.227 | 0.299 | 3.0 | 0.248 | 0.303 | | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | +0.2 | 4-3 | 4.9 | 0.243 | 0.316 | 3.1 | 0.222 | 0.276 | | Grass Games | 2-1 | +1.4 | 1-2 | 4.7 | 0.241 | 0.309 | 1.7 | 0.204 | 0.239 | | Night Games | 4-4 | -0.2 | 4-4 | 3.4 | 0.199 | 0.285 | 3.4 | 0.248 | 0.311 |
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| All Games | 4.0 | 0.228 | 0.298 | 13 | 439 | 100 | 40 | 16 | 0.04 | 49 | 44 | 89 | 6 | 85 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 13 | | Road Games | 3.6 | 0.221 | 0.296 | 7 | 244 | 54 | 17 | 8 | 0.03 | 24 | 26 | 45 | 4 | 50 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | | Righty Starters | 4.2 | 0.227 | 0.299 | 8 | 273 | 62 | 24 | 9 | 0.03 | 32 | 28 | 54 | 6 | 50 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
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| All Games | 3.56 | 1.372 | 43 | 17 | 17 | 39 | 4 | 20 | 50 | 0-1 | 5 | 0 | 100% | | Road Games | 5.40 | 1.600 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
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| All Games | 6-6 | +2 | 10-2 | 5.6 | 0.240 | 0.335 | 5.3 | 0.267 | 0.339 | | Home Games | 3-3 | +0.6 | 4-2 | 4.8 | 0.220 | 0.322 | 4.3 | 0.231 | 0.298 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 3-4 | +0.4 | 6-1 | 5.3 | 0.247 | 0.332 | 5.4 | 0.264 | 0.348 | | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | +2.2 | 5-2 | 5.6 | 0.228 | 0.337 | 4.7 | 0.254 | 0.325 | | Grass Games | 6-6 | +2 | 10-2 | 5.6 | 0.240 | 0.335 | 5.3 | 0.267 | 0.339 | | Night Games | 1-0 | +1.2 | 1-0 | 10.0 | 0.306 | 0.419 | 1.0 | 0.161 | 0.257 |
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| All Games | 5.6 | 0.240 | 0.335 | 12 | 416 | 100 | 33 | 10 | 0.02 | 59 | 59 | 112 | 8 | 91 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 2 | | Home Games | 4.8 | 0.220 | 0.322 | 6 | 200 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 0.03 | 25 | 30 | 50 | 4 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | | Righty Starters | 5.3 | 0.247 | 0.332 | 7 | 251 | 62 | 18 | 7 | 0.03 | 32 | 32 | 69 | 3 | 57 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
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| All Games | 4.79 | 1.330 | 41.3 | 22 | 22 | 39 | 3 | 16 | 37 | 3-2 | 3 | 3 | 50% | | Home Games | 2.37 | 0.737 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
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| 4/1/2014 | HUTCHISON(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | COBB(R) | 4-2 | W | 160 | 7.5 ev | U | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | | 4/2/2014 | BUEHRLE(L) | @ TAMPA BAY | MOORE(L) | 3-0 | W | 135 | 7.5 ov | U | 9 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | | 4/3/2014 | MORROW(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | ARCHER(R) | 2-7 | L | 140 | 8 un | O | 5 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | | 4/4/2014 | MCGOWAN(R) | NY YANKEES | TANAKA(R) | 3-7 | L | +120 | 8.5 un | O | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 1 | | 4/5/2014 | DICKEY(R) | NY YANKEES | PINEDA(R) | 4-0 | W | -140 | 9 un | U | 8 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | | 4/6/2014 | HUTCHISON(R) | NY YANKEES | SABATHIA(L) | 4-6 | L | -120 | 8.5 un | O | 9 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | | 4/8/2014 | BUEHRLE(L) | HOUSTON | OBERHOLTZER(L) | 5-2 | W | -210 | 9.5 un | U | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 0 | | 4/9/2014 | MORROW(R) | HOUSTON | HARRELL(R) | 7-3 | W | -205 | 9 ov | O | 10 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | | 4/10/2014 | DICKEY(R) | HOUSTON | KEUCHEL(L) | 4-6 | L | -200 | 9 un | O | 8 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | | 4/11/2014 | MCGOWAN(R) | @ BALTIMORE | TILLMAN(R) | 2-0 | W | 140 | 8.5 un | U | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 2 | | 4/12/2014 | HUTCHISON(R) | @ BALTIMORE | NORRIS(R) | 1-2 | L | 100 | 9 un | U | 7 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | | 4/13/2014 | BUEHRLE(L) | @ BALTIMORE | JIMENEZ(R) | 11-3 | W | -110 | 9 un | O | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | | 4/15/2014 | MORROW(R) | @ MINNESOTA | HUGHES(R) | | | 4/16/2014 | DICKEY(R) | @ MINNESOTA | PELFREY(R) | | | 4/17/2014 | MCGOWAN(R) | @ MINNESOTA | GIBSON(R) | | | 4/18/2014 | HUTCHISON(R) | @ CLEVELAND | KLUBER(R) | | | 4/19/2014 | BUEHRLE(L) | @ CLEVELAND | CARRASCO(R) | | | 4/20/2014 | MORROW(R) | @ CLEVELAND | MCALLISTER(R) | | | 4/22/2014 | | BALTIMORE | | |
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| 4/2/2014 | CORREIA(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | PAULINO(R) | 6-7 | L | 120 | 8 un | O | 12 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 2 | | 4/3/2014 | HUGHES(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | QUINTANA(L) | 10-9 | W | 125 | 7.5 ev | O | 9 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 1 | | 4/4/2014 | PELFREY(R) | @ CLEVELAND | SALAZAR(R) | 2-7 | L | 165 | 7.5 un | O | 9 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | | 4/5/2014 | GIBSON(R) | @ CLEVELAND | CARRASCO(R) | 7-3 | W | 150 | 8 ov | O | 10 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | | 4/6/2014 | NOLASCO(R) | @ CLEVELAND | MASTERSON(R) | 10-7 | W | 165 | 7.5 un | O | 9 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 1 | | 4/7/2014 | CORREIA(R) | OAKLAND | KAZMIR(L) | 3-8 | L | +130 | 8 un | O | 6 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | | 4/9/2014 | HUGHES(R) | OAKLAND | CHAVEZ(R) | 4-7 | L | +125 | 8.5 un | O | 13 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | | 4/10/2014 | PELFREY(R) | OAKLAND | STRAILY(R) | 1-6 | L | +125 | 8.5 un | U | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 0 | | 4/11/2014 | GIBSON(R) | KANSAS CITY | CHEN(L) | 10-1 | W | +115 | 8 un | O | 11 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | | 4/12/2014 | NOLASCO(R) | KANSAS CITY | SHIELDS(R) | 7-1 | W | +130 | 7.5 un | O | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | | 4/13/2014 | CORREIA(R) | KANSAS CITY | VARGAS(L) | 4-3 | W | +115 | 8 un | U | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | | 4/15/2014 | HUGHES(R) | TORONTO | MORROW(R) | | | 4/16/2014 | PELFREY(R) | TORONTO | DICKEY(R) | | | 4/17/2014 | GIBSON(R) | TORONTO | MCGOWAN(R) | | | 4/18/2014 | NOLASCO(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | SHIELDS(R) | | | 4/19/2014 | CORREIA(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | VARGAS(L) | | | 4/20/2014 | HUGHES(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | VENTURA(R) | | | 4/22/2014 | | @ TAMPA BAY | | |
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| |  | TORONTO: TORONTO (AP) - All winter long, the Blue Jays' primary concern was upgrading the starting pitching. The biggest story in Toronto this spring, though, is the one about the free agent arm that got away.
After months of inaction, the Blue Jays thought they'd landed right-hander Ervin Santana on a one-year deal in early March. But when injury concerns flared up in Atlanta, Santana signed a similar deal with the Braves instead.
''I think it's pretty obvious we were involved, it didn't work out. I'm trying to take the high road here,'' general manager Alex Anthopoulos said after Santana turned him down, saying he'd rather pitch in a spacious National League park than face AL East foes in Toronto's hitter-friendly dome.
Anthopoulos, who'd previously come ''extremely close'' to acquiring a starter through trade, must now start the season with almost the same staff he took north last year. Right-handed knuckleballer R.A. Dickey, the 2012 NL Cy Young winner, will be the opening-day starter again, while left-hander Mark Buehrle gets the third slot.
But none of the other three leading contenders, right-handers Brandon Morrow and Drew Hutchison, and left-hander J.A. Happ, have ever pitched 200 innings, and all three are coming off injuries. Morrow was limited to 10 starts last year by a nerve problem in his forearm, Hutchison hasn't pitched in the majors since elbow surgery in 2012, and Happ missed most of 2013 after being hit in the head by a line drive. Happ dimmed his own chances with an awful spring.
Santana, who has topped the 200-inning mark five times, would have given the Blue Jays valuable depth. Without him, there's more chance they'll need starts from touted but untested youngsters like Kyle Drabek, Sean Nolin, and Marcus Stroman.
Still, a confident Dickey insisted Santana would have been more ''bonus'' than ''necessity'' to Toronto. ''I feel like we have what we need,'' he said.
| | 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.''
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| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER AL PREVIEW (TORONTO-MINNESOTA) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(UPDATES Izturis injunry)
*Blue Jays-Twins Preview* =========================
By ALAN FERGUSON STATS Writer
Toronto (7-6) at Minnesota (6-6), 8:10 p.m. EDT
The Minnesota Twins will seek to continue their turnaround when they finish their first homestand, but they haven't fared well in recent matchups with the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Twins look for just their sixth win in 26 meetings with the Blue Jays on Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game series.
Minnesota dropped six of its first nine and was swept in three by Oakland in the opening series of a nine-game homestand. The Twins, though, followed with three straight wins over Kansas City, including 4-3 on Sunday.
"One of our goals this season is to win at home and get our fans back to watching good baseball at home," manager Ron Gardenhire told the team's official website. "We want to play well here. We owe it to our fans."
Gardenhire's club, though, has lost 20 of 25 to Toronto (7-6) and 17 of 21 home matchups since the beginning of the 2008 season. The Twins (6-6) were swept in three games during the only visit from the Blue Jays last season Sept. 6-8 and dropped five of six overall meetings.
The Blue Jays head into this series after nearly sweeping Baltimore to open a nine-game road trip. Toronto fell 2-1 in 12 innings Saturday before responding with season highs in runs and hits in Sunday's 11-3 rout.
Melky Cabrera extended his season-opening hitting streak to a franchise-record 13 games by getting two of the Blue Jays' 17 hits. Jose Bautista, who has reached base in all 13 games, and Colby Rasmus each homered and drove in three runs.
Rasmus, though, left after the sixth inning because of a tight left hamstring, and second baseman Maicer Izturis needs surgery for a tear in his left knee and could be out for the rest of the season.
Cabrera has hit .328 with four home runs during his hit streak, but the Blue Jays were batting .209 before Sunday. They're now hitting .228.
"We figured it was a matter of time and we knew it was going to happen," manager John Gibbons said. "We know we have a good lineup."
The Blue Jays are scheduled to face Phil Hughes, who is seeking his first win with Minnesota. Hughes (0-0, 7.20 ERA) has given up four runs over five innings in each of his two starts and allowed all of those runs Wednesday in the first inning of a 7-4 loss to Oakland in 11.
While with the New York Yankees, Hughes went 5-6 with a 5.02 ERA in 20 starts against Toronto. He was 0-1 with a 4.05 ERA in four outings last season while receiving just four runs of support.
Former teammate Cabrera is 1 for 3 against Hughes while Moises Sierra is 7 for 12. Edwin Encarnacion, who went 3 for 4 with two RBIs on Sunday, is 12 for 34 (.353).
The Blue Jays will send out Brandon Morrow (1-1, 5.73), who earned his first win Wednesday against Houston. The right-hander gave up three runs over six innings and struck out nine in a 7-3 victory.
Morrow is 2-0 with a 2.77 ERA in two starts against Minnesota, with the most recent Oct. 3, 2012.
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