| Breaking News |  | Sunday, October 22nd, 2017: Twins Reliever Hurt Off-Field
The Minnesota Twins are reporting that John Burness will be out for about one week with a fractured finger. It happened when he fell down inline skating.
This season Burness has earned 8 saves, tossed 65.2 innings, made 55 relief appearances, fanned 60 hitters and posted an ERA of 5.62. Teams are hitting .311 against him.
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 | Monday, September 11th, 2017: Tampa Bay Comes up Empty Against Reyes
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays struggled at the plate today against Twins hurler Anthony Reyes, who shackled them on 5 hits while hurling a complete game 3-0 shutout.
"What can you say? We didn't hit well," said the Devil Rays skipper in his postgame comments.
"Hopefully we shake this off and bounce back tomorrow."
Reyes finished the game with 9 strikeouts and no walks in an excellent mound performance.
"He pitched real well," his manager said. "Anthony made pitches when he had to. He hit his spots and did a great job of mixing in his changeup and using his fastball effectively."
This season Reyes has compiled a 15-8 record with a 4.23 ERA in 29 starts.
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 | Sunday, August 13th, 2017: 5-Hits Blitz by Minnesota's Acevedo!
It was a big day with the bat for Manuel Acevedo of the Minnesota Twins at Hubert H.Humphrey Metrodome as he bashed out hit after hit after hit to defeat Baltimore 11-6.
To the press after the ballgame he modestly said, "Guys, it's just one game in a long season. I hit it hard and found some holes today -- Bingo! -- 5 hits in 5 tries! But my hits are not the big thing in the game. The victory is the important thing. That's the story."
At the end of the game Acevedo had collected 5 hits in 5 at-bats and a small mention in the record book. He was happy. He had a big day with the bat. And the Twins had won.
The beat writers were happy, too. They had their big story -- they could write about his big day with the bat.
M. Acevedo singled in the 1st, singled in the 3rd, doubled in the 5th, hit a two-run double in the 6th and hit a solo-shot off G. Ruberio in the 8th.
So far this season Acevedo is hitting .317 with 13 home runs.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | P John Burness | fractured finger | 6 days | Not on DL | | P B. P. Woody | torn labrum (Shoulder) | one week | On DL, eligible for return (60-day DL) |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 80-82, .494 PCT | | Position in Division | 3rd, 3.0 GB | | Record at home | 36-45, .444 PCT | | Record on the road | 44-37, .543 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 9-12, .429 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 27-15, .643 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 27-11, .711 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 53-71, .427 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 3-7, .300 PCT | | Record in April | 15-10, .600 PCT | | Record in May | 15-14, .517 PCT | | Record in June | 17-10, .630 PCT | | Record in July | 10-14, .417 PCT | | Record in August | 13-15, .464 PCT | | Record in September | 10-18, .357 PCT | | Record in October | 0-1, .000 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .256 - 10th in AL | | On-Base Percentage | .325 - 11th in AL | | Slugging Percentage | .387 - 14th in AL | | On-Base + Slugging | .712 - 14th in AL | | Runs Scored | 715 - 13th in AL | | Hits | 1464 - 8th in AL | | Extra-Base Hits | 430 - 14th in AL | | Home Runs | 144 - 10th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 541 - 8th in AL | | Strikeouts | 1339 - 8th in AL | | Stolen Bases | 72 - 10th in AL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.43 - 8th in AL | | Starters' ERA | 4.05 - 5th in AL | | Bullpen ERA | 5.32 - 14th in AL | | Runs allowed | 792 - 9th in AL | | Hits allowed | 1481 - 10th in AL | | Opponents AVG | .260 - 9th in AL | | BABIP | .307 - 6th in AL | | Home Runs allowed | 193 - 12th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 541 - 7th in AL | | Strikeouts | 1304 - 6th in AL |
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