Major League Baseball season
The 2020 Minnesota Twins season was the 60th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota , their 11th season at Target Field and the 120th overall in the American League . It was the team's second year under manager Rocco Baldelli .
On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic , the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled.[1] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks.[2] On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day .[3] On the last day of the shortened 2020 season, the Twins clinched the American League Central division title for the second year in a row thanks to a loss by the Chicago White Sox .[4] On September 29, the Twins lost Game One of the 2020 American League Wild Card Series to the Houston Astros . The game was their seventeenth consecutive postseason loss, which broke the record for the longest postseason losing streak in North American sports, passing the 1975-79 Chicago Blackhawks .[5] The Twins were ultimately swept two games to zero in the best-of-three series, extending their record-breaking losing streak to eighteen games.
Season standings [ ]
AL Central
W
L
Pct.
GB
Home
Road
Minnesota Twins
36
24
0.600
—
24–7
12–17
Cleveland Indians
35
25
0.583
1
18–12
17–13
Chicago White Sox
35
25
0.583
1
18–12
17–13
Kansas City Royals
26
34
0.433
10
15–15
11–19
Detroit Tigers
23
35
0.397
12
12–15
11–20
Division Leaders
W
L
Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays
40
20
0.667
Oakland Athletics
36
24
0.600
Minnesota Twins
36
24
0.600
Division 2nd Place
W
L
Pct.
Cleveland Indians
35
25
0.583
New York Yankees
33
27
0.550
Houston Astros
29
31
0.483
Wild Card teams(Top two qualify for postseason)
W
L
Pct.
GB
Chicago White Sox
35
25
0.583
+3
Toronto Blue Jays
32
28
0.533
—
Seattle Mariners
27
33
0.450
5
Los Angeles Angels
26
34
0.433
6
Kansas City Royals
26
34
0.433
6
Baltimore Orioles
25
35
0.417
7
Boston Red Sox
24
36
0.400
8
Detroit Tigers
23
35
0.397
8
Texas Rangers
22
38
0.367
10
Records vs. Opponents [ ]
Source: AL Standings Head-to-head
Team
CWS
CLE
DET
KC
MIN
NL
Chicago
—
2–8
9–1
9–1
5–5
10–10
Cleveland
8–2
—
7–3
5–5
3–7
12–8
Detroit
1–9
3–7
—
4–6
4–6
11–7
Kansas City
1–9
5–5
6–4
—
5–5
9–11
Minnesota
5–5
7–3
6–4
5–5
—
13–7
Game log [ ]
Regular season [ ]
2020 game log: 36–24 (Home: 24–7 ; Away: 12–17)
July: 5–2 (Home: 3–1 ; Away: 2–1)
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Record
Streak
1
July 24
@ White Sox
10–5
May (1–0)
Giolito (0–1)
—
1–0
W1
2
July 25
@ White Sox
3–10
Keuchel (1–0)
Dobnak (0–1)
—
1–1
L1
3
July 26
@ White Sox
14–2
Maeda (1–0)
López (0–1)
—
2–1
W1
4
July 28
Cardinals
6–3
Bailey (1–0)
Martínez (0–1)
Romo (1)
3–1
W2
5
July 29
Cardinals
3–0
Hill (1–0)
Ponce de Leon (0–1)
Rogers (1)
4–1
W3
6
July 30
Indians
0–2
Bieber (2–0)
Berríos (0–1)
Karinchak (1)
4–2
L1
7
July 31
Indians
4–1
Dobnak (1–1)
Clevinger (0–1)
Rogers (2)
5–2
W1
August: 15–14 (Home: 9–3 ; Away: 6–11)
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Record
Streak
8
August 1
Indians
3–0
Maeda (2–0)
Carrasco (1–1)
Rogers (3)
6–2
W2
9
August 2
Indians
3–1
Smeltzer (1–0)
Civale (1–1)
Romo (2)
7–2
W3
10
August 3
Pirates
5–4
Rogers (1–0)
Burdi (0–1)
—
8–2
W4
11
August 4
Pirates
7–3
Berríos (1–1)
Musgrove (0–3)
May (1)
9–2
W5
12
August 5
@ Pirates
5–2
Dobnak (2–1)
Williams (0–3)
—
10–2
W6
13
August 6
@ Pirates
5–6
Howard (1–0)
Rogers (1–1)
—
10–3
L1
14
August 7
@ Royals
2–3
Holland (2–0)
Wisler (0–1)
Rosenthal (2)
10–4
L2
15
August 8
@ Royals
6–9
Zuber (1–1)
Thorpe (0–1)
Rosenthal (3)
10–5
L3
16
August 9
@ Royals
2–4
Singer (1–1)
Berríos (1–2)
Barlow (1)
10–6
L4
17
August 10
@ Brewers
4–2
Dobnak (3–1)
Houser (1–1)
Rogers (4)
11–6
W1
18
August 11
@ Brewers
4–6
Williams (1–1)
Rogers (1–2)
Hader (3)
11–7
L1
19
August 12
@ Brewers
12–2
Maeda (3–0)
Lauer (0–2)
—
12–7
W1
20
August 15 (1)
Royals
4–2 (7)
Duffey (1–0)
Speier (0–1)
Rogers (5)
13–7
W2
21
August 15 (2)
Royals
2–4 (7)
Duffy (1–2)
Berríos (1–3)
Rosenthal (5)
13–8
L1
22
August 16
Royals
4–2
Dobnak (4–1)
Singer (1–2)
Romo (3)
14–8
W1
23
August 17
Royals
4–1
Smeltzer (2–0)
Bubic (0–3)
—
15–8
W2
24
August 18
Brewers
4–3 (12)
Alcalá (1–0)
Phelps (2–2)
—
16–8
W3
25
August 19
Brewers
3–9
Anderson (1–2)
Hill (1–1)
—
16–9
L1
26
August 20
Brewers
7–1
Berríos (2–3)
Woodruff (1–2)
—
17–9
W1
27
August 21
@ Royals
2–7
Duffy (2–2)
Odorizzi (0–1)
—
17–10
L1
28
August 22
@ Royals
7–2
Dobnak (5–1)
Singer (1–3)
—
18–10
W1
29
August 23
@ Royals
5–4
Clippard (1–0)
Bubic (0–4)
Rogers (6)
19–10
W2
30
August 24
@ Indians
3–2
Maeda (4–0)
Civale (3–3)
Rogers (7)
20–10
W3
31
August 25
@ Indians
2–4
Bieber (6–0)
Alcalá (1–1)
Hand (8)
20–11
L1
32
August 26
@ Indians
3–6
Maton (2–0)
Romo (0–1)
Hand (9)
20–12
L2
—
August 27
@ Tigers
Postponed (strikes due to shooting of Jacob Blake ); Rescheduled to August 28
—
August 28 (1)
@ Tigers
Postponed (rain); Rescheduled to August 29
—
August 28 (2)
@ Tigers
Postponed (rain); Rescheduled to September 4
33
August 29 (1)
@ Tigers
2–8 (7)
Boyd (1–4)
Dobnak (5–2)
—
20–13
L3
34
August 29 (2)
@ Tigers
2–4 (7)
Skubal (1–1)
Duffey (1–1)
Soto (1)
20–14
L4
35
August 30
@ Tigers
2–3
Alexander (2–1)
Maeda (4–1)
Soto (2)
20–15
L5
36
August 31
White Sox
5–8
Foster (4–0)
Rogers (1–3)
Colomé (7)
20–16
L6
September: 16–8 (Home: 12–3 ; Away: 4–5)
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Record
Streak
37
September 1
White Sox
3–2
Thielbar (1–0)
Cordero (0–2)
Wisler (1)
21–16
W1
38
September 2
White Sox
8–1
Berríos (3–3)
López (0–2)
—
22–16
W2
39
September 4 (1)
Tigers
2–0 (7)
Dobnak (6–2)
Boyd (1–5)
Rogers (8)
23–16
W3
40
September 4 (2)
Tigers [a]
3–2 (8)
Romo (1–1)
Jiménez (1–3)
May (2)
24–16
W4
41
September 5
Tigers
4–3
Alcalá (2–1)
Cisnero (1–2)
—
25–16
W5
42
September 6
Tigers
8–10
Funkhouser (1–1)
Romo (1–2)
Garcia (1)
25–17
L1
43
September 7
Tigers
6–2
Pineda (1–0)
Fulmer (0–1)
—
26–17
W1
44
September 8 (1)
@ Cardinals
7–3 (7)
Berríos (4–3)
Martínez (0–2)
—
27–17
W2
45
September 8 (2)
@ Cardinals
4–6 (7)
Cabrera (3–1)
Dobnak (6–3)
Gallegos (4)
27–18
L1
46
September 11
Indians
3–1
Maeda (5–1)
Bieber (7–1)
Rogers (9)
28–18
W1
47
September 12
Indians
8–4
Hill (2–1)
Plesac (3–2)
—
29–18
W2
48
September 13
Indians
7–5
Thielbar (2–0)
McKenzie (2–1)
Romo (4)
30–18
W3
49
September 14
@ White Sox
1–3
Colomé (2–0)
Rogers (1–4)
—
30–19
L1
50
September 15
@ White Sox
2–6
Dunning (2–0)
Dobnak (6–4)
—
30–20
L2
51
September 16
@ White Sox
5–1
Stashak (1–0)
Giolito (4–3)
—
31–20
W1
52
September 17
@ White Sox
3–4
Heuer (3–0)
Clippard (1–1)
Colomé (12)
31–21
L1
53
September 18
@ Cubs
0–1
Hendricks (6–4)
Hill (2–2)
Jeffress (8)
31–22
L2
54
September 19
@ Cubs
8–1
Pineda (2–0)
Mills (5–4)
—
32–22
W1
55
September 20
@ Cubs
4–0
Berríos (5–3)
Darvish (7–3)
—
33–22
W2
56
September 22
Tigers
5–4 (10)
Rogers (2–4)
Garcia (2–1)
—
34–22
W3
57
September 23
Tigers
7–6
Maeda (6–1)
Mize (0–3)
—
35–22
W4
58
September 25
Reds
2–7
Lorenzen (3–1)
Berríos (5–4)
—
35–23
L1
59
September 26
Reds
7–3
Clippard (2–1)
Castillo (4–6)
—
36–23
W1
60
September 27
Reds
3–5
Iglesias (4–3)
Thielbar (2–1)
—
36–24
L1
Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Twins team member
Notes:
a The Tigers are designated the home team for the makeup game from August 28.[6]
Postseason [ ]
2020 Postseason: 0–2 (Home 0–2; Away 0–0)
American League Wild Card Series: 0−2 (Home 0–2; Away 0–0)
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Record
Streak
1
September 29
Astros
1–4
Valdez (1–0)
Romo (0–1)
—
0–1
L1
2
September 30
Astros
1–3
Javier (1–0)
Stashak (0–2)
Pressly (1)
0–2
L2
Roster [ ]
2020 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers
Catchers
64 Willians Astudillo
16 Alex Avila
8 Mitch Garver
39 Ryan Jeffers
Infielders
Outfielders
Other batters
Manager
Coaches
Farm system [ ]
See also: Minor League Baseball
References [ ]
^ Mark Feinsand (March 12, 2020). "Opening Day delayed at least 2 weeks; Spring Training games cancelled" . MLB.com . Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 14, 2020 .
^ "Opening of regular season to be pushed back" . MLB.com . Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020 .
^ Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season" . MLB.com . Retrieved June 24, 2020 .
^ "Twins clinch 2nd straight AL Central title after White Sox loss to Cubs" . Fox 9 . September 27, 2020. Archived from the original on October 10, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2020 .
^ https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/twins-record-postseason-losing-streak-hits-17-as-minnesota-throws-away-game-1-vs-astros-in-wild-card-series/
^ "Tigers, Twins have doubleheader postponed because of weather" . FoxSports.com . August 28, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2020 .
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