| Breaking News |  | Wednesday, September 6th, 1995: Twins Chill Dascenzo's Hot Streak
It was the best of both worlds for the Minnesota Twins today at Oakland-Alameda Coliseum as they defeated the Oakland Athletics 3-1 and also ended Doug Dascenzo's 22-game hitting streak. The 31-year-old Oakland right fielder failed to get a hit in 4 at-bats.
"Nothing personal against Doug, we just wanted to win the game," said the victorious Twins skipper. "We did a great job keeping him off-balance and guessing."
When asked by reporters about his streak coming to an end, Dascenzo frowned and said, "I won't lie and say that I'm not disappointed about my streak ending, but I would feel much better about things if we had won the game."
Thus far this year Dascenzo has hit .353 with 12 home runs and 71 RBIs. |
 | Sunday, September 3rd, 1995: Injury Takes Toll, Trombley Out
Minnesota fans will be disappointed to learn that Mike Trombley developed dead arm syndrome while throwing a pitch in today's game. After the doctor informed the Minnesota Twins manager that Trombley was expected to miss 1-2 weeks, the manager told the press that the rest of the team would have to step up their play until the starting pitcher could return. "You can't make excuses in baseball, because there's always a game tomorrow," said the team's skipper.
Over the season Trombley has thrown 184 innings and dished out 228 strikeouts with a 18-6 mark and a 2.84 ERA. |
| Friday, September 1st, 1995: Trombley - August's Starter of the Month
The American League scribes have selected August's Pitcher of the Month and have awarded the honor to Mike Trombley of Minnesota. He was outstanding on the hill last month and has the numbers to prove it -- a 5-0 record.
The Twins star performer made 6 starts with a 1.90 ERA and surrendered 29 hits in 42.2 innings. He struck out 54 and walked 9.
This year Trombley has a 18-6 mark in 28 starts with a 2.85 ERA. He has given up 139 hits in 183.1 innings, struck out 227 and issued 62 walks. Opposing clubs have compiled a .207 batting average against him.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 88-65, .575 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 47-28, .627 PCT | | Record on the road | 41-37, .526 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 6-5, .545 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 16-17, .485 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 28-16, .636 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 60-49, .550 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 5-5, .500 PCT | | Record in April | 16-12, .571 PCT | | Record in May | 16-13, .552 PCT | | Record in June | 15-10, .600 PCT | | Record in July | 15-14, .517 PCT | | Record in August | 18-10, .643 PCT | | Record in September | 8-6, .571 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .276 - 10th in AL | | On-Base Percentage | .345 - 8th in AL | | Slugging Percentage | .441 - 3rd in AL | | On-Base + Slugging | .786 - 3rd in AL | | Runs Scored | 808 - 6th in AL | | Hits | 1477 - 10th in AL | | Extra-Base Hits | 502 - 2nd in AL | | Home Runs | 180 - 1st in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 559 - 6th in AL | | Strikeouts | 818 - 4th in AL | | Stolen Bases | 73 - tied for 11th in AL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.31 - 6th in AL | | Starters' ERA | 4.12 - 5th in AL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.74 - 11th in AL | | Runs allowed | 706 - 5th in AL | | Hits allowed | 1440 - 7th in AL | | Opponents AVG | .270 - 6th in AL | | BABIP | .314 - 8th in AL | | Home Runs allowed | 134 - 8th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 449 - 2nd in AL | | Strikeouts | 1041 - 1st in AL |
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