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Game Preview: MIN @ CHW, 2:05pm, Sunday, September 9, 2007 @U.S. Cellular Field

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Minnesota Twins, 69-73, 3rd, 13 GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Johan Santana (28, LHP, 14-11, 3.15)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (14-11)          194   162  74  68  44 203 30    3.15      
 2006 (19-6)           233.2 186  79  72  47 245 24    2.77      
 2005 (16-7)           231.2 180  77  74  45 238 22    2.87      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  46    47  22  20   9  47  7    3.91   55 
 2007-09-03    CLE   L   6     6   4   4   3   3  1     105   44 
 2007-08-29    CLE   L   6    10   4   4   1   2  2     104   37 
 2007-08-24    BAL   W   7     8   4   4   1   7  3     103   51 
 2007-08-19    TEX   W   8     2   0   0   0  17  0     112   95 
 2007-08-13    SEA  ND   7     7   3   3   0   4  0     107   55 
 2007-08-08    KCR   W   6     8   2   2   2   6  0      95   52 
 2007-08-03    CLE   L   6     6   5   3   2   8  1     113   50 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      4-0  36    27  11  10   5  31  6    2.50   64 
 2007-05-28    CHW   W   8     7   4   4   1   7  2     106   58 
 2007-04-08    CHW   W   7     1   0   0   3   9  0      97   81 
 2006-08-26    CHW  ND   7     6   3   2   1   4  2      95   58 
 2006-08-20    CHW   W   7     6   1   1   0   5  0      99   66 
 2006-07-25    CHW   W   7     7   3   3   0   6  2     106   57 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-35   Road:   32-38   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  48-51   vsLHP:  21-22   1-Run:  19-21
 vsEast: 17-17   vsCntrl:23-36   vsWest: 18-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
142 Sat, Sep  8  @CHW  L   7-8       69-73  3rd 13.0 gb
141 Fri, Sep  7  @CHW  L  10-11(13)  69-72  3rd 12.0 gb
140 Wed, Sep  5   CLE  L   2-6       69-71  3rd 12.5 gb
139 Tue, Sep  4   CLE  L   5-7 (11)  69-70  3rd 11.5 gb
138 Mon, Sep  3   CLE  L   0-5       69-69  3rd 10.5 gb
137 Sun, Sep  2   KCR  L   1-8       69-68  3rd  9.5 gb
136 Sat, Sep  1   KCR  W   6-4       69-67  3rd  9.5 gb
135 Fri, Aug 31   KCR  W   5-0       68-67  3rd  9.5 gb
134 Fri, Aug 31   KCR  L   4-9       67-67  3rd  9.5 gb
133 Wed, Aug 29  @CLE  L   3-4       67-66  3rd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Chicago White Sox, 61-81, 5th, 21 GB, 19 GB in WC

SP: Jon Garland (27, RHP, 9-10, 4.75)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (9-10)           176.1 196 104  93  51  82 18    4.75      
 2006 (18-7)           211.1 247 112 106  41 112 26    4.51      
 2005 (18-10)          221   212  92  86  47 115 26    3.50      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  36.2  55  35  29   7  21  7    7.12   37 
 2007-09-04    DET   W   7     7   1   1   0   4  0     105   63 
 2007-08-29    TEX  ND   6     8   3   3   2   2  0     111   44 
 2007-08-24    BOS   L   7     9   6   5   1   5  0     110   41 
 2007-08-19    SEA   L   2.2  10  10   5   1   1  2      77    8 
 2007-08-14    OAK   L   5.2   6   4   4   3   3  3     104   41 
 2007-08-08    CLE  ND   7     6   3   3   0   5  1     101   58 
 2007-08-02    NYY  ND   1.1   9   8   8   0   1  1      56    5 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      2-2  30.2  38  29  26  11  12  5    7.63   35 
 2007-07-06    MIN   L   3.1  11  12  11   3   0  2      90  -11 
 2007-05-30    MIN  ND   6     5   6   6   5   2  0     103   35 
 2006-09-30    MIN   W   8.1   6   3   2   0   4  1     101   65 
 2006-08-19    MIN   W   7.2   5   1   0   1   5  0     112   71 
 2006-05-12    MIN   L   5.1  11   7   7   2   1  2     103   17 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-37   Road:   30-44   ExtrInn: 6-7 
 vsRHP:  48-55   vsLHP:  13-26   1-Run:  15-24
 vsEast: 17-23   vsCntrl:30-25   vsWest: 10-19 IL: 4-14

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
142 Sat, Sep  8   MIN  W   8-7       61-81  5th 21.0 gb
141 Fri, Sep  7   MIN  W  11-10(13)  60-81  5th 21.0 gb
140 Thu, Sep  6  @DET  L   2-3       59-81  5th 22.0 gb
139 Wed, Sep  5  @DET  L   1-2 (11)  59-80  5th 22.0 gb
138 Tue, Sep  4  @DET  W   3-1       59-79  5th 21.0 gb
137 Sun, Sep  2  @CLE  W   8-0       58-79  5th 20.5 gb
136 Sat, Sep  1  @CLE  L   0-7       57-79  5th 21.5 gb
135 Fri, Aug 31  @CLE  L   5-8       57-78  5th 20.5 gb
134 Thu, Aug 30  @TEX  L   1-5       57-77  5th 19.5 gb
133 Wed, Aug 29  @TEX  L   4-5 (11)  57-76  5th 18.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 9-21
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 08, 2007 CHW  8  MIN  7    W:Mike Myers (4-0), L: Carmen Cali (0-1), S: Matt Thornton (2)
Fri, Sep 07, 2007 CHW 11  MIN 10 (13)   W:Heath Phillips (1-1), L: Juan Rincon (3-3), S: none
Sun, Jul 08, 2007 CHW  6  MIN  3    W:Javier Vazquez (6-5), L: Carlos Silva (6-10), S: none
Sat, Jul 07, 2007 CHW  3  MIN  1    W:Mark Buehrle (6-4), L: Boof Bonser (5-6), S: Bobby Jenks (23)
Fri, Jul 06, 2007 MIN 12 @CHW  0    W:Matt Garza (1-0), L: Gavin Floyd (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jul 06, 2007 MIN 20 @CHW 14    W:Scott Baker (3-3), L: Jon Garland (6-6), S: none
Wed, May 30, 2007 MIN  7  CHW  6    W:Joe Nathan (2-1), L: Mike MacDougal (1-2), S: none
Tue, May 29, 2007 MIN  9  CHW  2    W:Boof Bonser (4-1), L: John Danks (3-5), S: none
Mon, May 28, 2007 MIN 10  CHW  4    W:Johan Santana (6-4), L: Jose Contreras (4-5), S: none
Thu, May 10, 2007 CHW  3 @MIN  0    W:Jose Contreras (3-3), L: Carlos Silva (2-3), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - Tied 7-7; 2006 - MIN won 10-9; 2005 - CHW won 11-7; All-Time - CHW leads 1052-955

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  5.90

BAL  4.64

WSN  3.94

RA/G

BOS  4.03

KCR  4.79

TBD  5.89

BA

M. Ordonez  .354

B. Giles  .293

J. LaRue  .141

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

A. Rios  .365

J. LaRue  .236

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .669

S. Hatteberg  .474

N. Punto  .257

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.093

R. Cano  .832

J. LaRue  .505

ERA

J. Peavy  2.43

I. Snell  4.00

A. Eaton  6.28

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.31

S. Trachsel  2.94

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (5.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 20.Garland
G/S/vB
41.Broadway
G/S/vB
63.Bukvich
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
47.MacDougal
G/S/vB
36.Myers*
G/S/vB
43.Phillips*
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
62.Wassermann
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Bartlett G/S/vP 24/.382 ··· 1/.000 7/.000 1/.000 10/1.200 ··· ··· 5/1.000 ··· 497/360 .276/.346/.379/.725 .855/.675 .752 88/.999 21/3 5/24
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 52/46 .277/.346/.404/.750 .533/.776 .872 28/.953 0/0 2/4
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 170/96 .244/.279/.288/.567 .720/.450 .629 84/.591 9/1 0/7
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 34/.763 ··· 1/.000 11/.808 4/1.000 8/.661 4/.833 1/2.000 6/.666 ··· 543/378 .280/.357/.435/.792 .874/.757 .728 113/.774 3/0 13/4
20.Ford G/S/vP 26/.431 ··· ··· 7/.619 1/.000 6/1.467 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 123/78 .232/.301/.366/.667 .758/.615 .660 / 3/0 3/1
41.Heintz G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 46/33 .220/.273/.220/.492 .308/.573 .664 19/.423 0/0 0/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 57/.797 ··· 2/.500 6/.583 3/.666 14/.917 1/.000 1/.000 6/.900 ··· 568/405 .292/.336/.531/.868 .905/.852 .861 117/.824 15/7 28/2
50.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/41 .196/.245/.261/.506 .375/.531 .321 21/.476 0/1 0/0
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 15/1.203 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 ··· 393/324 .263/.321/.424/.745 .710/.752 .741 56/.952 3/0 10/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 21/.611 ··· 1/.000 8/1.000 4/1.250 1/no AB 4/.250 ··· 9/.583 ··· 421/278 .294/.387/.418/.805 .643/.889 .937 54/.704 7/1 5/1
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 35/.867 ··· ··· 11/.182 7/1.286 5/1.000 11/.364 1/.000 11/.364 ··· 590/387 .280/.347/.509/.856 .691/.945 .868 116/.697 1/1 29/4
8.Punto# G/S/vP 24/.565 ··· 3/.333 4/.583 1/.000 6/1.000 3/.666 ··· 11/.830 ··· 484/324 .200/.286/.257/.543 .463/.587 .599 86/.438 15/6 1/10
55.Redmond G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 297/197 .295/.347/.354/.701 .853/.626 .678 61/.723 0/0 1/0
38.Rodriguez# G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 140/111 .222/.281/.302/.582 .468/.612 .527 21/.754 1/0 2/4
12.Tyner* G/S/vP 19/.526 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 301/236 .299/.344/.363/.708 .626/.729 .729 76/.836 8/3 1/1
24.White G/S/vP 24/.825 ··· 2/.500 4/1.000 1/5.000 4/.500 5/.200 ··· 2/.000 ··· 98/61 .146/.214/.281/.495 .599/.431 .683 51/.566 0/0 3/0
IP 176.1 0.2 34.2 60.0 45.0 35.2 49.1 1.2 51.0 20.0 TOTAL .268/.332/.395/.727 .718/.732 .748 98/27 105/80
ERA-K/9 4.75/4.2 0.00/12.9 4.93/4.7 2.85/8.0 4.80/5.6 6.56/9.3 3.83/4.4 5.40/0.0 4.76/8.5 2.70/5.0 4.91/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Heintz (10-1-1)
 Mauer (18-22-3)
 Redmond (23-16-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 759/.281 2/.000 161/.254 230/.197 199/.297 176/.278 217/.272 8/.429 225/.273 80/.225 .278  Cuddyer
 Hunter
 Tyner
 Kubel
 Ford
 Jones
 White
0/0/120/18
0/136/0/5
39/13/18/3
74/0/0/2
33/11/3/1
3/0/1/0
13/0/0/0
OPS .770 .000 .794 .494 .805 .799 .753 1.071 .791 .582 .782
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 388/.736 1/.000 52/.682 97/.562 88/.598 46/.867 106/.788 3/.667 92/.850 17/1.339 .803
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 371/.803 1/.000 109/.843 133/.445 111/.968 130/.775 111/.720 5/1.350 133/.750 63/.396 .767
Home 367/.740 2/.000 89/.916 118/.468 102/.877 75/.665 144/.692 3/.667 113/.888 32/.483 .786
Last 28d days 132/.884 2/.000 48/.750 35/.436 45/1.080 44/.723 42/1.009 8/1.071 63/.748 43/.714
HR/SB/CS 18/1/5 0/0/0 5/1/0 2/5/0 6/5/1 2/5/0 5/4/2 0/0/0 4/1/1 0/2/0 160/85/19
Usage ····X··· ·o······ ··oo···X ·XX·X·o· ·ooX··X· oo·o···· XX·o···· ·o·o···· XX·Xo··X ··ooo·o·
Chicago White Sox Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Santana*
G/S/vB
53.Blackburn
G/S/vB
56.Cali*
G/S/vB
51.DePaula
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
17.Neshek
G/S/vB
39.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Cintron# G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 7/1.000 8/1.125 4/.250 5/.000 178/160 .232/.275/.315/.591 .646/.585 .543 21/.933 1/1 2/8
23.Dye G/S/vP 55/.567 ··· 1/.000 ··· 10/.600 9/1.111 4/.250 12/.440 493/362 .247/.312/.485/.798 .931/.751 .786 84/.741 2/1 26/3
17.Erstad* G/S/vP 36/.528 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 8/.804 ··· 8/.000 311/225 .260/.320/.347/.667 .457/.745 .735 76/.710 7/2 3/2
27.Fields G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/3.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 345/248 .237/.291/.452/.743 1.042/.627 .835 108/.675 1/1 18/9
26.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 182/92 .204/.309/.280/.590 .578/.601 .695 54/.451 1/5 2/5
44.Hall G/S/vP 11/.473 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 100/55 .204/.210/.235/.445 .614/.309 .306 24/.292 0/0 0/3
14.Konerko G/S/vP 58/.616 ··· ··· ··· 12/.000 12/.350 5/.600 20/1.650 569/413 .262/.355/.493/.848 .980/.797 .838 96/.790 0/1 28/5
55.Lucy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/ .500/.500/.500/1.000 1.000/ 2/1.000 0/0 0/0
7.Owens* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 315/256 .247/.308/.296/.604 .519/.623 .582 113/.650 24/6 1/2
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 18/.118 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 12/.364 7/.286 5/1.400 6/.666 462/355 .268/.319/.416/.735 .721/.740 .704 84/.795 0/1 14/2
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 10/.311 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 13/.321 5/.400 1/2.000 6/.666 187/126 .260/.321/.379/.699 .828/.639 .663 46/.622 11/5 2/4
1.Richar* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 131/105 .214/.287/.376/.663 .931/.603 .663 92/.686 1/2 4/3
30.Terrero G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 131/71 .236/.354/.382/.736 .752/.734 .711 3/2.000 3/3 5/1
25.Thome* G/S/vP 30/.767 ··· 3/2.334 1/5.000 6/.533 4/.500 ··· 10/1.400 466/318 .270/.408/.516/.924 .628/1.070 .967 98/.964 0/1 25/0
5.Uribe G/S/vP 47/.426 ··· 1/.000 ··· 13/.539 9/.000 5/.000 12/.455 487/358 .227/.279/.376/.655 .820/.595 .756 104/.691 1/7 16/15
IP 194.0 4.0 19.2 12.2 79.1 61.1 68.0 52.0 TOTAL .245/.318/.399/.717 .733/.711 .742 66/40 163/95
ERA-K/9 3.15/9.4 4.50/6.8 5.03/5.9 10.66/2.8 2.38/6.0 2.05/9.4 2.78/9.8 5.54/7.3 4.20/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (20-2-5)
 Lucy (5-0-0)
 Pierzynski (58-17-12)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 774/.226 15/.214 97/.278 65/.377 311/.213 239/.212 268/.179 240/.280 .268  Dye
 Podsednik
 Gonzalez
 Erstad
 Terrero
 Owens
 Fields
0/0/117/9
44/1/0/2
18/10/10/2
9/44/7/2
4/36/10/2
11/66/0/1
11/0/0/0
OPS .679 .481 .830 1.129 .596 .559 .574 .819 .753
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 198/.627 10/.733 51/.775 34/1.084 131/.651 114/.604 108/.574 116/.948 .795
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 576/.697 5/.000 46/.890 31/1.180 180/.554 125/.520 160/.573 124/.699 .719
Road 419/.698 / 50/1.064 36/1.302 141/.549 92/.577 121/.629 119/.837 .793
Last 28d days 135/.753 15/.481 57/.786 47/.906 63/.895 38/.397 56/.811 51/.593
HR/SB/CS 30/5/5 0/0/0 2/0/0 4/0/0 7/6/2 3/4/0 7/1/2 8/2/1 166/51/39
Usage ·····X·· ···X·o·· oo··o·X· ·o··X·X· oX··XX·· ·X··X··X XX·Xo·Xo ·X··oX·X

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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