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Game Preview: MIN @ LAA, 10:05pm, Friday, August 10, 2007 @Angel Stadium

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Minnesota Twins, 58-56, 3rd, 6½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Scott Baker (25, RHP, 6-4, 4.43)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (6-4)             87.1  86  43  43  17  63  9    4.43      
 2006 (5-8)             83.1 114  63  59  16  62 17    6.37      
 2005 (3-3)             53.2  48  21  20  14  32  5    3.35      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  48.1  39  18  18   7  31  3    3.35   58 
 2007-08-05    CLE   W   8     4   0   0   2   4  0      93   76 
 2007-07-30    KCR   W   8     2   1   1   0   7  0      99   81 
 2007-07-24    TOR   L   7     6   4   4   1   5  1      94   53 
 2007-07-19    DET  ND   6.1  10   3   3   1   3  0     104   43 
 2007-07-12    OAK   W   6     5   2   2   1   3  0     100   56 
 2007-07-06    CHW   W   5     9   7   7   1   6  1      99   26 
 2007-07-01    DET   L   8     3   1   1   1   3  1      79   74 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAA    Has never faced LAA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-27   Road:   26-29   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  41-39   vsLHP:  17-17   1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast: 13-17   vsCntrl:21-26   vsWest: 13-6  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Thu, Aug  9  @KCR  L   0-1       58-56  3rd  6.5 gb
113 Wed, Aug  8  @KCR  W  11-4       58-55  3rd  5.5 gb
112 Tue, Aug  7  @KCR  L   1-5       57-55  3rd  6.5 gb
111 Mon, Aug  6   CLE  L   0-4       57-54  3rd  5.5 gb
110 Sun, Aug  5   CLE  W   1-0       57-53  3rd  4.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  4   CLE  W   3-2       56-53  3rd  5.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  3   CLE  L   2-5       55-53  3rd  6.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  1   KCR  L   3-5 (10)  55-52  3rd  6.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 31   KCR  W   5-3       55-51  3rd  6.0 gb
105 Mon, Jul 30   KCR  W   3-1       54-51  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 66-47, 1st, 2½ up

SP: Kelvim Escobar (31, RHP, 11-6, 2.79)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (11-6)           145   127  50  45  45 111  7    2.79      
 2006 (11-14)          189.1 192  93  76  50 147 17    3.61      
 2005 (3-2)             59.2  45  21  20  21  63  4    3.02      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  49    47  16  15  18  33  3    2.76   57 
 2007-08-04    OAK   L   7     2   2   1   7   2  0     112   62 
 2007-07-30    SEA   L   8     8   2   2   1   7  0     115   64 
 2007-07-24    OAK   L   7     9   3   3   2   3  1     113   48 
 2007-07-19    TBD   W   7.2   9   0   0   3   5  0     106   63 
 2007-07-13    TEX  ND   8     6   1   1   1   6  0     110   71 
 2007-07-05    TEX   W   7     3   1   1   3   8  0     104   72 
 2007-06-29    BAL  ND   4.1  10   7   7   1   2  2      82   16 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      3-1  38    28  11  11  10  37  3    2.61   65 
 2007-06-05    MIN   W   9     3   1   1   3   4  1     109   78 
 2006-04-18    MIN   W   6.2   7   2   2   2  10  0     105   60 
 2005-04-30    MIN   L   7     9   4   4   4   7  1     105   46 
 2004-08-29    MIN  ND   7     4   2   2   0   9  1      97   70 
 2001-08-20    MIN   W   8.1   5   2   2   1   7  0     108   71 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-17   Road:   29-30   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  51-33   vsLHP:  15-14   1-Run:  15-12
 vsEast: 14-10   vsCntrl:16-17   vsWest: 22-16 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Wed, Aug  8   BOS  L   6-9       66-47  1st  3.0 up
112 Tue, Aug  7   BOS  W  10-4       66-46  1st  4.0 up
111 Mon, Aug  6   BOS  W   4-2       65-46  1st  4.0 up
110 Sun, Aug  5  @OAK  W   4-3       64-46  1st  3.5 up
109 Sat, Aug  4  @OAK  L   1-2       63-46  1st  2.5 up
108 Fri, Aug  3  @OAK  L   4-8       63-45  1st  2.5 up
107 Thu, Aug  2  @OAK  W   6-4       63-44  1st  3.5 up
106 Wed, Aug  1  @SEA  L   7-8 (12)  62-44  1st  3.0 up
105 Tue, Jul 31  @SEA  W   8-0       62-43  1st  4.0 up
104 Mon, Jul 30  @SEA  L   0-2       61-43  1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 22, 2007 LAA  7 @MIN  2    W:Joe Saunders (4-0), L: Matt Garza (1-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 21, 2007 MIN  5  LAA  2    W:Pat Neshek (5-1), L: Scot Shields (2-3), S: Joe Nathan (20)
Fri, Jul 20, 2007 MIN  7  LAA  5    W:Carlos Silva (8-10), L: John Lackey (12-6), S: Joe Nathan (19)
Wed, Jun 06, 2007 MIN  8 @LAA  5    W:Kevin Slowey (1-0), L: John Lackey (9-4), S: Joe Nathan (13)
Tue, Jun 05, 2007 LAA  5  MIN  1    W:Kelvim Escobar (7-3), L: Scott Baker (1-1), S: none
Mon, Jun 04, 2007 LAA 16  MIN  3    W:Jered Weaver (5-3), L: Boof Bonser (4-2), S: none

Wed, May 31, 2006 MIN  7 @LAA  1    W:Francisco Liriano (4-0), L: Ervin Santana (4-3), S: none
Tue, May 30, 2006 LAA  6  MIN  3    W:Jeff Weaver (3-7), L: Scott Baker (2-5), S: Francisco Rodriguez (13)
Mon, May 29, 2006 LAA  4  MIN  3 (11)   W:Scot Shields (3-3), L: Jesse Crain (0-3), S: none
Thu, Apr 20, 2006 LAA  6 @MIN  4    W:Kevin Gregg (1-0), L: Jesse Crain (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (5)
Season Series: 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - LAA won 4-2; 2005 - LAA won 6-4; All-Time - LAA leads 325-308

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid.
OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2007 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.95

KCR  4.65

WSN  3.94

RA/G

SDP  3.81

WSN  4.68

TBD  6.18

BA

M. Ordonez  .351

J. Encarnacion  .290

R. Langerhans  .157

OBP

B. Bonds  .496

S. Taguchi  .361

M. Olivo  .252

SLG

R. Braun  .665

M. Mora  .463

N. Punto  .274

OPS

B. Bonds  1.076

G. Dobbs  .820

R. Langerhans  .549

ERA

C. Young  1.82

J. Francis  4.06

J. Contreras  6.49

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.20

J. Guthrie  6.31

S. Trachsel  3.15

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Escobar
G/S/vB
49.Bootcheck
G/S/vB
37.Jones
G/S/vB
38.Oliver*
G/S/vB
57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
62.Shields
G/S/vB
33.Speier
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Bartlett G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 397/288 .262/.330/.334/.664 .790/.617 .605 95/.690 20/1 3/19
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/22 .227/.292/.227/.519 .000/.568 .500 24/.519 0/0 0/2
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/41 .232/.264/.261/.525 .548/.505 .581 28/.555 5/0 0/4
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 11/.091 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.666 1/.000 418/293 .287/.366/.451/.817 .919/.772 .745 49/.986 3/0 11/3
48.Hunter G/S/vP 22/.432 ··· ··· 10/.522 10/.200 5/.000 3/.666 439/316 .294/.337/.547/.884 1.016/.831 .844 88/.818 11/6 23/1
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 329/273 .247/.302/.403/.705 .699/.706 .696 66/.703 3/0 9/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 7/.971 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 6/2.000 1/2.000 355/235 .301/.388/.435/.823 .667/.904 .950 101/.738 6/1 5/0
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 14/1.132 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 8/.250 5/.000 2/1.000 462/306 .290/.353/.560/.913 .680/1.036 .977 99/.802 1/0 28/4
8.Punto# G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.000 3/.666 2/.000 391/264 .210/.299/.274/.573 .496/.616 .649 69/.516 13/5 1/8
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 233/163 .287/.335/.352/.687 .860/.614 .700 31/.712 0/0 1/0
38.Rodriguez# G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 2/.000 1/5.000 115/89 .204/.281/.291/.572 .361/.633 .573 10/1.056 1/0 2/3
12.Tyner* G/S/vP 12/.432 2/.000 ··· 6/.334 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 225/181 .271/.321/.343/.664 .574/.685 .633 70/.729 7/3 1/1
24.White G/S/vP 23/1.043 ··· ··· 16/.580 4/.500 7/.629 6/.000 36/29 .156/.250/.188/.438 .143/.507 .523 25/.457 0/0 0/0
IP 145.0 53.2 5.1 40.0 48.0 60.0 29.1 TOTAL .267/.331/.398/.729 .724/.731 .740 83/21 89/60
ERA-K/9 2.79/6.9 4.36/6.2 8.44/6.8 4.50/6.8 2.63/11.6 2.85/8.0 2.15/8.9 4.16/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (14-19-2)
 Redmond (16-13-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 588/.238 226/.244 27/.333 177/.265 199/.202 242/.213 118/.173 .263  Cuddyer
 Hunter
 Kubel
 Tyner
 White
0/0/91/15
0/108/0/3
69/0/0/2
21/9/18/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .641 .700 .990 .720 .574 .612 .573 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 287/.708 96/.739 14/1.096 70/1.053 96/.598 116/.655 52/.699 .752
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 301/.578 130/.672 13/.885 107/.501 103/.552 126/.572 66/.472 .728
Home 317/.582 116/.630 8/.536 77/.657 99/.646 120/.627 70/.568 .706
Last 28d days 155/.662 54/.644 10/.744 44/.420 41/.505 63/.963 57/.656
HR/SB/CS 7/15/2 5/5/2 1/0/0 4/2/0 2/6/1 5/1/1 4/2/1 111/75/20
Usage ·····X·· ··X··Xo· ·o····o· ·Xo····X ···XX··o ·X·XX·X· ·X·oo·oo
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (5.08 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Baker
G/S/vB
56.Cali*
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
17.Neshek
G/S/vB
44.Ortiz
G/S/vB
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
39.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP 11/.955 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 9/.708 10/.000 260/194 .285/.312/.443/.755 .800/.739 .755 106/.823 0/0 6/1
32.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 176/134 .255/.301/.286/.587 .692/.554 .646 5/2.000 4/4 0/4
63.Brown G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1 .000/.333/.000/.333 .400/.000 .000 5/.400 1/0 0/0
48.Budde G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 9/1.000 ··· 6/.533 12/.166 1/2.000 7/.762 10/1.125 5/.400 495/382 .303/.344/.414/.758 .865/.727 .719 112/.577 12/3 7/8
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 11/.899 ··· 4/1.000 6/.167 ··· 2/1.000 4/.250 6/.533 373/285 .340/.395/.433/.828 .891/.808 .991 115/1.038 31/8 1/12
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 12/.500 ··· 3/.000 18/.833 ··· 5/1.350 12/1.306 10/.500 478/371 .329/.414/.551/.965 .950/.970 1.064 110/.975 2/2 18/6
13.Haynes* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 30/28 .241/.267/.310/.577 .000/.619 .706 5/.400 1/1 0/0
6.Izturis# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 209/155 .266/.316/.391/.707 .774/.667 .781 91/.761 3/0 3/2
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 6/1.133 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/no AB ··· 367/310 .304/.368/.485/.853 .739/.873 .957 89/.847 2/1 9/2
5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 63/50 .203/.238/.288/.526 .481/.538 .723 57/.584 0/0 0/0
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· 4/.000 5/1.350 2/.000 8/1.250 7/.143 8/1.167 452/336 .274/.336/.449/.785 .643/.839 .894 103/.815 12/4 14/4
39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/1.167 146/51 .256/.315/.383/.698 .681/.731 .741 37/.512 3/2 3/2
77.Willits# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 377/271 .304/.401/.356/.757 .866/.712 .785 95/.699 23/6 0/2
IP 87.1 7.1 64.1 51.0 54.2 88.2 26.2 39.0 TOTAL .286/.343/.417/.760 .772/.757 .822 104/38 80/70
ERA-K/9 4.43/6.5 4.91/4.9 1.68/6.3 1.94/9.0 1.98/10.4 5.18/4.2 4.39/6.7 6.23/8.3 4.12/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Budde (0-0-0)
 Mathis (14-2-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 356/.257 36/.267 246/.194 201/.234 204/.152 388/.298 124/.320 184/.298 .264  Matthews
 Anderson
 Willits
 Guerrero
 Haynes
 Quinlan
 Aybar
0/105/0/6
47/0/0/4
58/10/20/4
0/0/88/4
5/5/6/1
13/0/6/0
4/0/2/0
OPS .712 .856 .525 .589 .482 .797 .818 .880 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 163/.734 21/.807 100/.592 96/.573 83/.464 184/.808 74/.694 89/1.030 .773
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 193/.694 15/.922 146/.479 105/.604 121/.493 204/.788 50/1.000 95/.743 .714
Road 159/.748 26/1.033 107/.477 77/.618 90/.630 211/.903 56/.886 89/.913 .794
Last 28d days 135/.582 5/.600 43/.645 50/.517 46/.604 46/.683 29/.864 38/1.153
HR/SB/CS 9/4/2 1/0/0 3/3/2 2/2/0 5/1/1 11/7/2 1/1/3 8/1/1 126/38/32
Usage ····X··· ··X····· ·o···oo· ····oo·· ···X··X· ·X···Xo· ···o·oo· ··oo····

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.

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