Phil Hughes (1-6, 5.70 ERA) and Marcus Stroman (4-1, 4.23 ERA) take the hill in the last of a four-game series between the Minnesota Twins (11-31) and the Toronto Blue Jays (21-24) at Target Field. The Twins won the last game 5-3, and Toronto leads the series 2-1. Action begins at 2:10 p.m. ET on Sunday, May. 22 and can be seen on FSN and RSN.
Hughes pitched 6.1 innings in his most recent start, surrendering one run and striking out one in a 7-2 defeat to the Tigers. Eduardo Nunez (.331, 16 Rs, 3 HRs, 17 RBIs, 8 SBs) had another good game yesterday, going 2 for 4 with one run, one home run, and three RBIs. Stroman went 5.2 innings, surrendering seven runs, striking out two and walking two in a 12-2 defeat to the Rays in his last outing. Michael Saunders (.315, 22 Rs, 8 HRs, 15 RBIs) went 1 for 4 yesterday with one run, one home run, and one RBI.
Notes
The Twins managed to give up four walks in their last game. They’ll have to pick it up against the Blue Jays who are coming in with an 11-14 record against opponents who give up that many walks or more.
When they are outhit, the Twins are 4-25. The Blue Jays have a 4-16 record when opponents outhit them.
Ranking 19th in home runs, Minnesota has hit 40 this season. Toronto ranks sixth with 56 home runs.
Ranking 20th, Minnesota is in the bottom half of the league in walks, notching 124 this season. Toronto ranks in the top 10 at sixth with 162.
The Twins are 9-19 in games where they hit one or more home runs. The Blue Jays are 18-14 when they hit at least one homer.
