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Game Preview: MIN @ DET, 7:05pm, Wednesday, September 26, 2007 @Comerica Park

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Minnesota Twins, 77-80, 3rd, 16½ GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Johan Santana (28, LHP, 15-13, 3.29)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (15-13)          216   181  85  79  49 231 33    3.29      
 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         3-4  49    45  23  23  10  57  9    4.22   58 
 2007-09-21    CHW   L   7     8   6   6   1  11  3     106   47 
 2007-09-15    DET   L   8     6   4   4   2   7  0     107   59 
 2007-09-09    CHW   W   7     5   1   1   2  10  0     116   71 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      1-3  34    30  13  13   9  32  5    3.44   58 
 2007-09-15    DET   L   8     6   4   4   2   7  0     107   59 
 2007-07-18    DET   L   8     5   3   3   1   7  1     118   66 
 2007-06-29    DET   W   6     5   1   1   1   6  1      88   63 
 2007-05-11    DET   L   6     6   2   2   2   6  1      99   56 
 2007-04-29    DET  ND   6     8   3   3   3   6  2     114   47 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   41-40   Road:   36-40   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  55-56   vsLHP:  22-24   1-Run:  20-22
 vsEast: 17-17   vsCntrl:28-43   vsWest: 21-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
157 Tue, Sep 25  @DET  L   0-8       77-80  3rd 16.5 gb
156 Mon, Sep 24  @DET  W   2-0       77-79  3rd 15.5 gb
155 Sun, Sep 23   CHW  W   7-1       76-79  3rd 16.0 gb
154 Sat, Sep 22   CHW  L   3-8       75-79  3rd 16.0 gb
153 Fri, Sep 21   CHW  L   4-6       75-78  3rd 16.0 gb
152 Wed, Sep 19   TEX  W   4-2       75-77  3rd 15.0 gb
151 Tue, Sep 18   TEX  W   4-2       74-77  3rd 15.0 gb
150 Mon, Sep 17   TEX  W   5-4       73-77  3rd 15.0 gb
149 Sun, Sep 16   DET  L   4-6       72-77  3rd 15.0 gb
148 Sat, Sep 15   DET  L   3-4       72-76  3rd 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Detroit Tigers, 86-72, 2nd, 8 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Jair Jurrjens (21, RHP, 3-1, 3.90)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (3-1)             27.2  19  12  12   8  13  4    3.90      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  27.2  19  12  12   8  13  4    3.90   53 
 2007-09-21    KCR  ND   2.1   6   4   4   0   0  1      43   29 
 2007-09-16    MIN   W   5.1   2   1   1   1   6  0      90   65 
 2007-09-11    TEX   W   5     3   1   1   1   1  0      72   57 
 2007-08-26    NYY  ND   1.1   2   1   1   0   2  1      23   48 
 2007-08-21    CLE   W   6.2   1   1   1   4   1  1      78   65 
 2007-08-15    CLE   L   7     5   4   4   2   3  1     104   52 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      1-0   5.1   2   1   1   1   6  0    1.69   65 
 2007-09-16    MIN   W   5.1   2   1   1   1   6  0      90   65 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   44-36   Road:   42-36   ExtrInn: 8-10
 vsRHP:  59-57   vsLHP:  27-15   1-Run:  27-18
 vsEast: 20-15   vsCntrl:34-34   vsWest: 18-19 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
158 Tue, Sep 25   MIN  W   8-0       86-72  2nd  8.0 gb
157 Mon, Sep 24   MIN  L   0-2       85-72  2nd  8.0 gb
156 Sun, Sep 23   KCR  W   7-2       85-71  2nd  7.5 gb
155 Sat, Sep 22   KCR  L   4-7       84-71  2nd  7.5 gb
154 Fri, Sep 21   KCR  W   5-4       84-70  2nd  7.5 gb
153 Wed, Sep 19  @CLE  L   2-4       83-70  2nd  7.5 gb
152 Tue, Sep 18  @CLE  L   4-7       83-69  2nd  6.5 gb
151 Mon, Sep 17  @CLE  L   5-6 (11)  83-68  2nd  5.5 gb
150 Sun, Sep 16  @MIN  W   6-4       83-67  2nd  4.5 gb
149 Sat, Sep 15  @MIN  W   4-3       82-67  2nd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 25, 2007 DET  8  MIN  0    W:Yorman Bazardo (2-1), L: Matt Garza (4-7), S: none
Mon, Sep 24, 2007 MIN  2 @DET  0    W:Carlos Silva (13-14), L: Nate Robertson (8-13), S: Joe Nathan (35)
Sun, Sep 16, 2007 DET  6 @MIN  4    W:Jair Jurrjens (3-1), L: Scott Baker (9-8), S: Todd Jones (37)
Sat, Sep 15, 2007 DET  4 @MIN  3    W:Joel Zumaya (2-3), L: Johan Santana (15-12), S: Todd Jones (36)
Fri, Sep 14, 2007 DET  4 @MIN  2    W:Nate Robertson (8-11), L: Matt Garza (3-6), S: Todd Jones (35)
Thu, Jul 19, 2007 DET  4 @MIN  3 (10)   W:Zach Miner (1-1), L: Joe Nathan (3-2), S: Todd Jones (26)
Wed, Jul 18, 2007 DET  3 @MIN  2    W:Andrew Miller (5-3), L: Johan Santana (11-7), S: Todd Jones (25)
Tue, Jul 17, 2007 DET  1 @MIN  0    W:Nate Robertson (6-6), L: Matt Garza (1-1), S: Todd Jones (24)
Sun, Jul 01, 2007 DET  1  MIN  0    W:Jeremy Bonderman (9-1), L: Scott Baker (2-3), S: Todd Jones (20)
Sat, Jun 30, 2007 MIN  8 @DET  5    W:Kevin Slowey (3-0), L: Andrew Miller (3-2), S: Joe Nathan (16)
Season Series: 2007 - DET leads 11-6; 2006 - DET won 11-8; 2005 - MIN won 11-8; All-Time - DET leads 1017-935

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  5.88

CHC  4.65

WSN  4.17

RA/G

SDP  4.02

NYY  4.76

TBD  5.82

BA

M. Ordonez  .359

J. Pierre  .294

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .483

T. Glaus  .366

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .659

R. Ibanez  .477

A. Gonzalez  .250

OPS

C. Ross  1.067

C. Kotchman  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.36

C. Zambrano  4.08

A. Eaton  6.33

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

D. Lowe  6.55

A. Cook  3.31

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.46 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Jurrjens
G/S/vB
40.Bazardo
G/S/vB
34.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
41.Capellan
G/S/vB
49.Grilli
G/S/vB
59.Jones
G/S/vB
31.Miner
G/S/vB
50.Rapada*
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
54.Zumaya
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 ··· 3/.000 7/.286 5/.650 6/.333 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 5/.200 557/403 .266/.341/.362/.703 .863/.642 .721 101/.541 22/3 5/26
32.Buscher* G/S/vP 2/.500 3/.333 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 81/70 .246/.338/.348/.685 .495/.714 .804 49/.658 0/0 2/4
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 198/109 .228/.259/.266/.525 .616/.451 .583 49/.500 11/1 0/8
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 2/.000 5/2.000 2/1.500 4/.250 5/1.800 8/.750 6/.500 ··· 12/.349 4/1.750 9/.333 604/425 .276/.358/.431/.789 .863/.757 .716 106/.759 4/0 15/4
20.Ford G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 6/1.166 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 1/5.000 2/.000 129/80 .235/.318/.365/.683 .766/.633 .660 6/1.000 3/1 3/1
41.Heintz G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/45 .236/.276/.236/.512 .533/.504 .644 33/.491 0/0 0/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.400 1/.000 2/.000 8/1.071 14/.572 5/.400 ··· 9/.347 4/.500 8/.125 632/454 .289/.337/.512/.849 .905/.827 .840 110/.669 18/8 28/2
50.Jones* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/61 .194/.250/.299/.549 .273/.600 .407 30/.762 1/1 1/1
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 2/.000 6/.900 1/.000 1/2.000 5/1.400 3/.000 6/.833 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 2/.000 454/371 .270/.331/.444/.775 .675/.796 .779 84/.980 5/0 13/2
23.LeCroy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 10/4 .200/.200/.200/.400 .333/.500 .333 10/.400 0/0 0/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.250 2/.000 1/.000 6/.900 7/1.000 ··· 6/1.166 6/.533 6/.334 466/307 .287/.377/.414/.791 .664/.860 .930 46/.648 7/1 6/1
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.200 2/.500 3/2.500 5/.933 6/.167 5/1.600 ··· 11/2.136 6/1.000 8/1.625 650/429 .273/.346/.495/.841 .707/.911 .865 106/.624 1/1 30/5
8.Punto# G/S/vP 2/1.500 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 6/1.300 5/.400 8/.875 ··· 6/.650 2/.000 5/.400 524/351 .213/.293/.273/.567 .489/.610 .593 71/.702 16/6 1/12
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 7/1.547 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 297/197 .295/.347/.354/.701 .853/.626 .678 20/.950 0/0 1/0
38.Rodriguez# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 5/1.150 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 1/no AB 166/132 .227/.280/.313/.594 .536/.608 .502 46/.716 1/0 2/4
12.Tyner* G/S/vP 3/1.333 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 10/.400 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 324/256 .287/.332/.357/.689 .616/.707 .707 61/.565 8/3 1/1
24.White G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 10/.800 3/.000 ··· 6/.666 ··· 2/1.000 111/66 .158/.225/.277/.502 .564/.461 .670 36/.578 0/0 3/0
IP 27.2 23.2 43.0 25.0 77.0 61.1 52.1 2.1 50.1 46.0 33.2 TOTAL .265/.331/.391/.722 .715/.725 .736 109/29 113/91
ERA-K/9 3.90/4.2 2.28/5.7 3.35/10.3 5.76/7.2 4.91/6.8 4.26/4.8 3.10/5.7 11.57/15.7 4.11/9.5 2.35/7.2 4.28/7.2 4.59/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Heintz (13-1-1)
 LeCroy (3-0-0)
 Mauer (20-24-4)
 Redmond (23-16-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 106/.198 96/.218 192/.231 112/.277 343/.268 265/.267 227/.270 12/.300 219/.236 188/.229 142/.189 .266  Cuddyer
 Hunter
 Tyner
 Kubel
 Ford
 Jones
 White
0/0/135/18
0/150/0/5
45/16/18/3
81/0/0/2
35/13/3/1
5/0/1/0
15/0/0/0
OPS .681 .638 .701 .884 .728 .702 .726 1.417 .692 .623 .586 .765
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 61/.873 48/.844 81/.697 36/1.159 118/.696 151/.705 90/.581 8/1.042 100/.705 100/.551 57/.795 .754
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 45/.435 48/.420 111/.706 76/.760 225/.742 114/.696 137/.822 4/2.000 119/.681 88/.707 85/.450 .773
Home 60/.728 62/.540 94/.686 79/.968 183/.916 125/.626 106/.712 12/1.417 132/.710 99/.487 85/.426 .767
Last 28d days 50/.686 66/.625 38/.304 19/1.640 42/.590 40/.762 63/.699 11/1.566 56/.616 28/.445 51/.450
HR/SB/CS 4/2/0 2/1/0 3/2/1 7/3/1 5/1/2 3/1/0 3/4/5 2/0/0 5/6/2 1/1/1 3/3/0 170/73/30
Usage ····X··· X······· ····X··· ········ ···o···X ····o··· ···X···· ···X···· ·X··X··· ··Xo··o· o·X·····
Detroit Tigers Batters (5.45 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.45 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
60.Perkins*
G/S/vB
39.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
21.Casey* G/S/vP 8/.625 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 10/.400 2/.500 2/.000 5/.400 484/415 .297/.355/.397/.752 .927/.724 .794 47/1.151 2/2 4/2
27.Clevlen G/S/vP 11/.964 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 8/4 .125/.125/.125/.250 .500/.000 .000 8/.250 0/0 0/0
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 14/.077 ··· ··· 3/1.333 13/1.205 8/.625 4/.833 2/.000 6/1.000 662/533 .301/.358/.554/.912 .473/1.017 .863 99/1.020 23/1 23/5
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 47/.566 ··· ··· 1/2.000 8/1.125 12/.788 7/.715 2/1.500 12/1.000 614/486 .295/.357/.494/.850 .918/.839 .865 107/.662 13/8 19/25
24.Hessman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/29 .213/.283/.404/.687 .519/.836 .820 20/.879 0/0 3/0
20.Infante G/S/vP 18/.111 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.572 8/.000 3/.666 ··· 9/.000 174/104 .268/.301/.348/.648 .786/.559 .597 8/.250 4/1 2/4
15.Inge G/S/vP 48/.768 ··· ··· 2/1.000 16/.331 12/.450 5/.000 3/.333 18/.301 562/434 .239/.315/.381/.696 .909/.634 .752 87/.640 9/2 14/18
4.Maybin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/39 .149/.216/.277/.492 .000/.653 .536 25/.247 5/0 1/0
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 53/1.342 ··· ··· 1/5.000 8/.000 11/.697 9/.000 2/.500 18/1.007 667/523 .359/.429/.591/1.021 1.210/.971 1.129 104/.977 4/1 28/1
19.Perez* G/S/vP 4/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 4/.250 1/3.000 ··· 4/.500 88/82 .415/.455/.573/1.028 1.333/1.004 .994 75/1.122 1/1 0/2
14.Polanco G/S/vP 24/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 9/.625 8/.542 3/.000 1/.000 6/.666 627/478 .340/.389/.459/.848 .830/.853 .875 115/.848 7/3 9/0
58.Rabelo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 177/148 .242/.285/.323/.608 .597/.610 .462 31/.237 0/0 0/5
25.Raburn G/S/vP 8/.804 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 139/78 .302/.341/.496/.837 .764/.891 .808 35/.651 3/0 4/1
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 38/.543 ··· ··· 1/.000 13/.693 9/1.069 6/.967 ··· 19/.485 507/381 .279/.292/.419/.712 .746/.700 .744 77/.717 2/2 11/6
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 19/.329 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.467 67/56 .300/.344/.417/.760 1.232/.674 .449 52/.717 2/0 0/1
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 31/.737 ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/.000 18/1.056 4/1.250 1/.000 6/.900 586/455 .266/.379/.465/.844 .846/.843 .904 74/.593 22/5 25/0
33.Thames G/S/vP 34/.389 ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 5/.400 5/.800 ··· 4/.500 276/188 .240/.275/.489/.764 .882/.708 .851 46/.671 2/1 17/4
IP 216.0 8.2 21.0 19.0 85.2 69.1 70.1 27.1 58.1 TOTAL .286/.344/.456/.800 .826/.793 .822 99/30 172/98
ERA-K/9 3.29/9.6 2.08/5.2 4.71/6.0 9.00/3.3 2.21/6.7 1.95/9.5 2.94/9.5 3.29/6.6 5.25/7.6 4.15/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Rabelo (26-10-3)
 Rodriguez (47-20-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 863/.226 33/.258 101/.265 96/.370 340/.215 269/.208 278/.183 110/.234 267/.275 .268  Granderson
 Ordonez
 Raburn
 Sheffield
 Perez
 Thames
 Clevlen
 Infante
 Maybin
 Hessman
2/154/0/10
0/0/140/3
10/12/14/1
7/0/7/1
19/0/4/1
35/0/9/1
7/1/3/0
1/12/6/0
10/5/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .680 .561 .794 1.082 .595 .559 .591 .671 .801 .752
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 222/.650 19/.885 53/.744 47/1.051 146/.691 130/.577 113/.618 38/.672 130/.930 .804
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 641/.690 14/.143 48/.847 49/1.113 194/.523 139/.542 165/.573 72/.669 137/.678 .709
Road 447/.685 11/.855 53/.996 50/1.300 146/.544 107/.573 123/.629 46/.621 129/.840 .794
Last 28d days 143/.785 33/.561 30/.913 63/1.090 52/.791 47/.620 40/.976 13/.385 52/.629
HR/SB/CS 33/6/5 0/0/1 2/0/0 5/0/0 7/6/2 4/5/0 7/1/2 2/1/1 9/3/1 178/59/41
Usage ····X··· ····X··· ········ X··X···o ··X····X ·Xo···oX ········ ·o·o··oo o··o··o·

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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