MIN @ BAL, Sunday, September 14, 2008 Game Preview

Minnesota Twins, 82-66, 1st, Tied	SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 10-8, 3.67) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-8) 176.2 197 87 72 31 89 17 3.67 2007 (0-2) 11.2 19 12 10 2 8 2 7.71 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 42.2 48 23 19 11 19 4 4.01 47 2008-09-09 KCR W 7 5 2 2 1 3 1 97 61 2008-09-03 @TOR ND 6.2 6 3 2 0 6 1 84 58 2008-08-28 @OAK ND 5.2 6 2 2 2 2 0 95 49 2008-08-23 @LAA L 4.2 10 6 3 2 0 0 79 24 2008-08-18 OAK L 8 6 3 3 2 2 1 99 58 2008-08-12 NYY ND 4.2 6 4 4 3 5 1 102 38 2008-08-06 @SEA W 6 9 3 3 1 1 0 101 42 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BAL Has never faced BAL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 49-26 Road: 33-40 ExtrInn: 7-9 vsRHP: 54-47 vsLHP: 28-19 1-Run: 24-25 vsEast: 11-19 vsCntrl:39-24 vsWest: 18-19 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 148 Sat, Sep 13 @BAL W 12-6 82-66 1st Tied 147 Sat, Sep 13 @BAL W 12-2 81-66 1st Tied 146 Thu, Sep 11 KCR L 2-3 (10) 80-66 2nd 1.0 gb 145 Wed, Sep 10 KCR W 7-1 80-65 2nd 1.0 gb 144 Tue, Sep 9 KCR W 7-2 79-65 2nd 1.0 gb 143 Sun, Sep 7 DET L 5-7 78-65 2nd 2.5 gb 142 Sat, Sep 6 DET L 4-6 78-64 2nd 2.5 gb 141 Fri, Sep 5 DET W 10-2 78-63 2nd 1.5 gb 140 Thu, Sep 4 @TOR L 0-9 77-63 2nd 1.5 gb 139 Wed, Sep 3 @TOR L 4-5 (11) 77-62 2nd 1.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:16-14
Baltimore Orioles, 65-82, 5th, 23½ GB, 16½ GB in WC	SP: Radhames Liz (25, RHP, 5-5, 7.75) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-5) 65 81 59 56 44 47 15 7.75 2007 (0-2) 24.2 25 21 19 23 24 3 6.93 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 31.2 47 35 34 25 21 8 9.66 31 2008-09-09 CLE L 4.2 8 4 3 3 5 0 102 36 2008-09-02 @BOS L 3.1 9 9 9 3 2 0 75 5 2008-08-27 CHW W 5.1 3 2 2 5 3 1 101 52 2008-08-22 NYY ND 4.2 9 3 3 1 4 2 83 37 2008-07-26 LAA L 5.2 7 6 6 4 1 2 103 28 2008-07-21 TOR W 5.2 5 3 3 6 4 0 89 45 2008-07-12 @BOS L 2.1 6 8 8 3 2 3 61 12 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN 1-1 11.1 8 7 7 4 9 1 5.56 51 2008-06-03 @MIN W 5.1 4 2 2 1 4 0 90 55 2007-08-25 MIN L 6 4 5 5 3 5 1 92 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 35-37 Road: 30-45 ExtrInn: 5-6 vsRHP: 50-53 vsLHP: 15-29 1-Run: 20-25 vsEast: 20-39 vsCntrl:19-18 vsWest: 15-18 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 147 Sat, Sep 13 MIN L 6-12 65-82 5th 23.5 gb 146 Sat, Sep 13 MIN L 2-12 65-81 5th 23.5 gb 145 Thu, Sep 11 CLE W 6-3 65-80 5th 22.5 gb 144 Wed, Sep 10 CLE L 1-7 64-80 5th 23.0 gb 143 Tue, Sep 9 CLE L 1-6 64-79 5th 22.0 gb 142 Mon, Sep 8 CLE W 14-3 64-78 5th 21.0 gb 141 Sat, Sep 6 OAK L 1-5 63-78 5th 22.5 gb 140 Fri, Sep 5 OAK L 2-11 63-77 5th 22.5 gb 139 Wed, Sep 3 @BOS L 4-5 63-76 5th 22.0 gb 138 Tue, Sep 2 @BOS L 2-14 63-75 5th 22.0 gb Last 10: 2-8 Last 20: 3-17 Last 30: 8-22
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Sep 13, 2008 MIN 12 @BAL 6 W:Bobby Korecky (2-0), L: Garrett Olson (9-8), S: none Sat, Sep 13, 2008 MIN 12 @BAL 2 W:Scott Baker (9-4), L: Daniel Cabrera (8-10), S: none Thu, Jun 05, 2008 BAL 3 @MIN 2 W:Garrett Olson (5-1), L: Brian Bass (2-2), S: George Sherrill (20) Wed, Jun 04, 2008 MIN 7 BAL 5 W:Boof Bonser (3-6), L: Daniel Cabrera (5-2), S: Joe Nathan (16) Tue, Jun 03, 2008 BAL 5 @MIN 3 W:Radhames Liz (1-0), L: Kevin Slowey (2-5), S: George Sherrill (19) Sun, Aug 26, 2007 MIN 11 @BAL 3 W:Scott Baker (7-6), L: Erik Bedard (13-5), S: none Sat, Aug 25, 2007 MIN 8 @BAL 1 W:Matt Garza (3-4), L: Radhames Liz (0-1), S: none Fri, Aug 24, 2007 MIN 7 @BAL 4 W:Johan Santana (14-9), L: James Hoey (1-2), S: Joe Nathan (28) Thu, Aug 23, 2007 MIN 5 @BAL 2 W:Boof Bonser (6-10), L: Steve Trachsel (6-8), S: Matt Guerrier (1) Wed, Apr 04, 2007 MIN 7 BAL 2 W:Ramon Ortiz (1-0), L: Jaret Wright (0-1), S: none Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 3-2; 2007 - MIN won 7-0; 2006 - MIN won 6-3; All-Time - BAL leads 936-926

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 2008 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

TEX 5.47

TBR 4.65

SDP 3.86

RA/G

TOR 3.83

CLE 4.61

TEX 5.89

R. Furcal .366

H. Ramirez .294

J. Towles .141

OBP

A. Pujols .464

A. Ethier .368

T. Pena .182

SLG

A. Pujols .649

J. Hardy .487

T. Pena .207

OPS

A. Pujols 1.114

L. Scott .843

T. Pena .388

ERA

C. Lee 2.36

E. Jackson 4.06

L. Hernandez 6.21

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.27

J. Shields 6.68

L. Hernandez 3.32

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Minnesota Twins Batters (5.18 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (5.46 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 62.Liz
G/S/vB 59.Bass
G/S/vB 51.Bierd
G/S/vB 56.Burres*
G/S/vB 23.Castillo*
G/S/vB 57.Cherry
G/S/vB 54.Cormier
G/S/vB 41.McCrory
G/S/vB 31.Mickolio
G/S/vB 25.Miller
G/S/vB 45.Sarfate
G/S/vB 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB 58.Simon
G/S/vB 32.Walker*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Buscher* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 221/180 .305/.344/.410/.754 .399/.838 .791 60/.785 0/2 4/

25.Casilla# G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 371/257 .295/.341/.395/.736 .644/.779 .679 98/.626 6/2 6/

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 8/1.250 260/194 .251/.323/.374/.698 .664/.708 .592 1/.000 5/1 3/

12.Everett G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.762 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 145/109 .203/.266/.309/.575 .696/.539 .568 22/.439 0/0 2/

22.Gomez G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 557/406 .256/.294/.351/.645 .708/.622 .614 76/.788 30/11 6/

23.Harris G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 8/1.071 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 457/308 .262/.324/.395/.719 .698/.729 .737 47/.790 1/1 7/

44.Jorgensen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 478/370 .276/.339/.461/.800 .688/.832 .751 91/.763 0/1 17/

27.Macri G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 34/11 .344/.382/.469/.851 .957/.586 .843 2/.000 1/1 1/

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/.393 1/.000 12/1.950 567/394 .322/.410/.436/.846 .955/.795 .730 107/.758 1/1 8/

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 5/.600 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.500 1/2.000 14/1.012 648/426 .314/.387/.528/.916 .818/.969 .949 117/1.044 0/1 23/

11.Pridie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .000/.333/.000/.333 /.000 .500 4/.333 0/0 0/

8.Punto# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 6/.900 326/205 .280/.339/.389/.728 .755/.703 .686 107/.776 11/6 2/

55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 133/64 .280/.316/.328/.644 .627/.661 .559 26/.679 0/0 0/

56.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/29 .283/.338/.367/.705 .727/.678 .601 47/.721 0/0 1/

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/no AB 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 338/233 .309/.393/.455/.848 .990/.786 .856 130/.880 17/7 6/

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/4.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/71 .274/.324/.400/.724 .646/.759 .704 14/1.262 6/1 0/

21.Young G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 9/.944 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 566/402 .286/.331/.401/.732 .746/.726 .715 96/.651 14/4 9/

IP 65.0 74.1 34.2 121.0 23.2 13.2 67.0 3.1 4.1 4.1 79.2 50.1 3.1 36.0 TOTAL .280/.340/.411/.752 .731/.761 .728 .783 92/41 104/100

ERA-K/9

7.75/6.5

4.84/4.1

4.93/6.0

6.32/4.5

3.80/7.2

5.27/8.5

3.90/5.8

21.60/5.5

8.31/12.6

0.00/12.6

4.74/9.7

4.47/9.7

8.10/5.5

6.25/5.8

5.19/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Jorgensen (0-0-0)
Mauer (47-27-4)
Redmond (18-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 312/.309 329/.297 168/.313 562/.319 110/.247 65/.245 292/.263 24/.467 20/.235 24/.300 359/.218 224/.238 16/.357 165/.316 .279 Young
Gomez
Cuddyer
Span
Kubel
Pridie
Punto 137/0/0/10
0/136/0/7
0/1/58/7
0/18/70/6
17/0/32/2
2/0/2/0
0/3/0/0

OPS .947 .846 .868 .875 .761 .860 .697 1.142 .644 .691 .707 .722 1.366 .979 .802

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 160/1.012 132/.755 74/.852 165/.894 42/.853 29/.795 131/.575 14/.946 7/.929 13/.833 169/.686 67/.577 10/1.200 90/.934 .798

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 152/.879 197/.906 94/.881 397/.866 68/.704 36/.896 161/.790 10/1.381 13/.490 11/.545 190/.725 157/.785 6/1.667 75/1.034 .806

Home 197/.912 185/.756 97/.996 317/.992 45/.510 34/.761 117/.626 15/1.381 20/.644 13/.558 140/.645 115/.689 16/1.366 65/.597 .810

Last 28d days 91/1.040 34/.556 58/.999 73/1.076 44/.963 45/.945 78/.560 16/1.000 20/.644 24/.691 60/.504 / 16/1.366 41/1.159

HR/SB/CS 15/9/2 11/1/2 3/0/0 17/9/2 3/2/0 2/0/1 4/5/2 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 8/6/2 6/3/0 2/1/0 12/1/1 173/119/33

Usage ····X··· ··X····· X··X···· X··o···· o·o·o··· X···o··· ··X··X·X X···o··· X··o···· ··X··X·o ····X··o ········ X······X ··o·o···

Baltimore Orioles Batters (5.04 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB 26.Bonser
G/S/vB 49.Breslow*
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 38.Humber
G/S/vB 41.Korecky
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 37.Reyes*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 152/100 .187/.233/.259/.492 .467/.504 .477 63/.488 0/0 2/

13.Cintron# G/S/vP ··· 11/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/1.000 ··· ··· 9/1.000 6/.666 127/86 .274/.309/.359/.668 .604/.696 .767 30/.586 0/2 1/

12.Fahey* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 102/78 .229/.260/.344/.604 .523/.628 .681 10/.533 0/0 0/

55.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· 6/.834 1/.000 2/.000 15/.445 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/.167 3/.000 467/333 .261/.313/.421/.734 .719/.742 .780 83/.773 0/0 15/

17.Huff* G/S/vP ··· 7/1.571 3/.333 1/.000 11/.273 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 11/1.091 613/423 .313/.369/.575/.944 .770/1.024 .973 96/1.163 4/0 31/

10.Jones G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 467/351 .276/.318/.411/.729 .655/.752 .749 37/.782 8/3 9/

21.Markakis* G/S/vP ··· 11/.808 3/.000 5/.400 3/1.000 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 3/.666 4/1.417 647/444 .301/.402/.484/.886 .859/.898 .792 97/.822 10/6 18/

15.Millar G/S/vP ··· 10/.543 2/1.000 4/.000 4/.250 5/.650 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 586/420 .237/.326/.402/.728 .741/.723 .783 85/.546 0/1 20/

3.Montanez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 84/41 .309/.333/.432/.765 .730/.803 .782 58/.692 0/0 1/

6.Mora G/S/vP ··· 11/.637 4/.000 6/.167 6/1.000 6/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 7/.000 6/2.667 544/387 .285/.345/.492/.837 1.013/.765 .900 58/1.114 3/7 23/

16.Payton G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 1/.000 3/.666 7/.143 9/.444 ··· ··· 6/.500 4/.500 347/238 .250/.296/.358/.654 .765/.601 .623 78/.667 7/1 7/

24.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 141/114 .181/.252/.260/.512 .755/.455 .545 21/.195 0/0 2/

1.Roberts# G/S/vP ··· 11/.364 4/.833 6/1.150 3/1.667 4/.500 ··· 2/2.000 7/.333 7/.167 651/457 .296/.376/.454/.830 .872/.812 .850 102/.733 37/10 9/

19.Salazar G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 50/23 .214/.320/.452/.772 .644/.927 .755 31/.688 0/0 3/

63.Santos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 2/.000 0/0 0/

30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 492/382 .266/.350/.493/.843 .688/.888 .923 82/.784 2/2 22/

IP 176.2 109.1 42.1 58.1 53.2 70.2 1.2 13.0 61.0 41.0 TOTAL .269/.336/.436/.771 .764/.774 .795 .757 75/35 164/89

ERA-K/9

3.67/4.5

6.09/7.4

2.13/7.7

3.86/7.1

4.19/5.2

4.84/7.0

5.40/0.0

5.54/4.2

1.03/9.9

2.41/6.8

4.13/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hernandez (91-24-9)
Quiroz (28-9-4)
Santos (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 743/.283 493/.280 170/.216 250/.261 218/.250 313/.271 8/.429 57/.294 236/.183 170/.247 .274 Markakis
Payton
Jones
Scott
Montanez 0/0/144/15
69/36/3/8
0/116/0/4
98/0/0/3
20/4/4/0

OPS .731 .768 .538 .758 .698 .775 1.071 .819 .526 .671 .748

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 333/.706 224/.862 78/.507 86/.758 86/.595 112/.716 1/3.000 27/.966 118/.565 94/.557 .760

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 410/.751 269/.691 92/.564 164/.756 132/.764 201/.807 7/.762 30/.693 118/.488 76/.814 .740

Road 401/.738 180/.875 87/.541 124/.883 98/.761 158/.806 8/1.071 46/.791 99/.635 86/.712 .799

Last 28d days 133/.690 55/.692 35/.423 36/.899 36/1.156 42/.746 8/1.071 17/1.129 40/.561 31/.938

HR/SB/CS 17/2/2 15/11/0 1/2/5 6/5/1 3/3/0 10/8/1 0/0/0 1/2/0 4/5/0 3/4/2 156/65/31

Usage ····X··· X··o··X· X··o··oo ··o·o··o o·····X· ··o····o o······· X······· ··o···o· o·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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Game Preview: MIN @ BAL, 1:35pm, Sunday, September 14, 2008 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 10-8, 3.67)

SP: Radhames Liz (25, RHP, 5-5, 7.75)

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