MIN @ CHW, Thursday, April 10, 2008 Game Preview

Minnesota Twins, 4-5, 3rd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC	SP: Livan Hernandez (33, RHP, 2-0, 3.86) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-0) 14 14 6 6 0 3 0 3.86 2007 (11-11) 204.1 247 116 112 79 90 34 4.93 2006 (13-13) 216 246 125 116 78 128 29 4.83 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-2 41 55 26 26 12 15 6 5.71 41 2008-04-05 KCR W 7 7 4 4 0 2 0 74 49 2008-03-31 LAA W 7 7 2 2 0 1 0 84 56 2007-09-26 PIT L 4 10 4 4 3 3 1 93 26 2007-09-21 LAD W 6 10 3 3 1 1 0 104 40 2007-09-15 LAD L 6 6 5 5 3 3 2 103 40 2007-09-10 SFG ND 6 8 3 3 3 4 2 92 45 2007-09-05 SDP W 5 7 5 5 2 1 1 84 32 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW Has never faced CHW.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 3-4 Road: 1-1 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 2-4 vsLHP: 2-1 1-Run: 2-2 vsEast: 0-0 vsCntrl: 3-2 vsWest: 1-3 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 9 Wed, Apr 9 @CHW W 12-5 4-5 3rd 0.5 gb 8 Mon, Apr 7 @CHW L 4-7 3-5 5th 1.0 gb 7 Sun, Apr 6 KCR L 1-3 3-4 1st Tied 6 Sat, Apr 5 KCR W 6-4 3-3 1st Tied 5 Fri, Apr 4 KCR W 4-3 2-3 1st Tied 4 Thu, Apr 3 LAA L 4-5 1-3 1st Tied 3 Wed, Apr 2 LAA L 0-1 1-2 1st Tied 2 Tue, Apr 1 LAA L 1-9 1-1 1st Tied 1 Mon, Mar 31 LAA W 3-2 1-0 1st Tied Last 10: 4-5 Last 20: 4-5 Last 30: 4-5
Chicago White Sox, 5-3, 1st, Tied	SP: Jose Contreras (36, RHP, 0-0, 7.20) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-0) 5 10 5 4 4 2 0 7.20 2007 (10-17) 189 232 134 117 62 113 21 5.57 2006 (13-9) 196 194 101 93 55 134 20 4.27 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 45.2 58 25 20 15 23 4 3.94 46 2008-04-04 DET ND 5 10 5 4 4 2 0 92 27 2007-09-30 DET L 6.1 9 5 5 1 2 1 86 36 2007-09-25 KCR ND 6.1 6 5 4 1 3 1 86 45 2007-09-19 KCR W 9 5 0 0 1 6 0 100 82 2007-09-14 LAA W 7.1 11 3 3 1 3 0 103 46 2007-09-08 MIN ND 5 13 7 4 1 2 2 97 20 2007-09-02 CLE W 6.2 4 0 0 6 5 0 110 65 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN 1-2 29 42 23 20 9 16 4 6.21 39 2007-09-08 MIN ND 5 13 7 4 1 2 2 97 20 2007-05-28 MIN L 5.1 10 7 7 3 4 0 114 21 2007-05-10 MIN W 9 5 0 0 1 4 0 98 80 2006-08-26 MIN ND 2.2 7 5 5 2 1 0 73 23 2006-07-25 MIN L 7 7 4 4 2 5 2 99 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 1-1 Road: 4-2 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 3-2 vsLHP: 2-1 1-Run: 1-0 vsEast: 0-0 vsCntrl: 5-3 vsWest: 0-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 8 Wed, Apr 9 MIN L 5-12 5-3 1st Tied 7 Mon, Apr 7 MIN W 7-4 5-2 1st Tied 6 Sun, Apr 6 @DET W 13-2 4-2 1st Tied 5 Sat, Apr 5 @DET W 5-3 3-2 1st Tied 4 Fri, Apr 4 @DET W 8-5 2-2 1st Tied 3 Thu, Apr 3 @CLE W 2-1 1-2 1st Tied 2 Wed, Apr 2 @CLE L 2-7 0-2 1st Tied 1 Mon, Mar 31 @CLE L 8-10 0-1 1st Tied Last 10: 5-3 Last 20: 5-3 Last 30: 5-3
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Apr 09, 2008 MIN 12 @CHW 5 W:Scott Baker (2-0), L: John Danks (0-1), S: Brian Bass (1) Mon, Apr 07, 2008 CHW 7 MIN 4 W:Javier Vazquez (1-1), L: Matt Guerrier (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (4) Sun, Sep 23, 2007 MIN 7 CHW 1 W:Kevin Slowey , L: Gavin Floyd , S: none Sat, Sep 22, 2007 CHW 8 @MIN 3 W:Javier Vazquez , L: Scott Baker , S: none Fri, Sep 21, 2007 CHW 6 @MIN 4 W:Mark Buehrle , L: Johan Santana , S: Bobby Jenks Sun, Sep 09, 2007 MIN 5 @CHW 2 W:Johan Santana , L: Jon Garland , S: Joe Nathan Sat, Sep 08, 2007 CHW 8 MIN 7 W:Mike Myers , L: Carmen Cali , S: Matt Thornton Fri, Sep 07, 2007 CHW 11 MIN 10 (13) W:Heath Phillips , L: Juan Rincon , S: none Sun, Jul 08, 2007 CHW 6 MIN 3 W:Javier Vazquez , L: Carlos Silva , S: none Sat, Jul 07, 2007 CHW 3 MIN 1 W:Mark Buehrle , L: Boof Bonser , S: Bobby Jenks Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1055-958

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.98

BAL 4.67

WSN 4.15

RA/G

BOS 4.06

KCR 4.80

TBD 5.83

M. Ordonez .363

J. Francoeur .293

J. LaRue .148

OBP

B. Bonds .480

J. Varitek .367

J. LaRue .240

SLG

C. Ross .653

T. Tulowitzki .479

A. Gonzalez .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez 1.067

G. Sheffield .839

J. LaRue .512

ERA

J. Peavy 2.54

A. Pettitte 4.05

S. Olsen 5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

G. Meche 6.50

A. Cook 3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Minnesota Twins Batters (3.89 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (5.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Contreras
G/S/vB 26.Dotel
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB 57.Logan*
G/S/vB 47.MacDougal
G/S/vB 46.Masset
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

12.Everett G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 236/173 .232/.281/.318/.599 .558/.613 .619 / 4/2 2/8

22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 139/77 .232/.288/.304/.592 .614/.569 .533 / 12/3 2/3

23.Harris G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.667 2/1.500 2/.500 576/414 .286/.343/.434/.777 .897/.731 .799 / 4/1 12/13

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 12/1.417 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 6/.967 5/.400 466/382 .273/.335/.450/.785 .667/.810 .801 / 5/0 13/2

24.Lamb* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.666 2/.500 2/.000 2/no AB 1/.000 3/2.500 1/.000 353/296 .289/.366/.453/.820 1.056/.777 .764 / 0/0 11/11

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 23/1.004 ··· 9/.873 2/.000 4/1.250 1/no AB 4/1.000 11/.473 471/312 .293/.382/.426/.808 .673/.877 .956 / 7/1 7/1

27.Monroe G/S/vP 43/.852 1/.000 9/.222 ··· 3/.333 8/.375 3/1.667 5/.800 427/287 .219/.268/.370/.638 .805/.555 .682 / 0/4 12/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 28/.333 2/2.500 11/.182 1/2.000 8/1.375 5/1.000 6/2.433 12/.334 668/445 .271/.343/.492/.834 .693/.907 .851 / 1/1 31/5

8.Punto# G/S/vP 32/.886 ··· 4/.583 ··· 2/.000 8/.750 3/1.334 11/.830 536/364 .210/.291/.271/.562 .483/.599 .581 / 16/6 1/13

55.Redmond G/S/vP 6/.533 6/1.267 3/.333 ··· ··· 4/1.000 2/1.500 ··· 298/198 .294/.346/.353/.699 .853/.623 .678 / 0/0 1/0

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

20.Tolbert G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

21.Young G/S/vP 3/2.334 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.167 3/1.167 3/.666 681/509 .288/.316/.408/.723 .752/.714 .733 / 10/3 13/7

IP 189.0 30.2 65.0 70.1 50.2 42.1 39.1 56.1 TOTAL .269/.320/.376/.695 .650/.716 .849 .695 9/2 4/6

ERA-K/9

5.57/5.4

4.11/12.0

2.77/7.8

3.71/6.4

4.97/6.2

6.80/8.3

7.09/4.8

4.79/8.8

5.40/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mauer (21-24-4)
Redmond (23-16-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 858/.304 138/.242 249/.198 295/.253 226/.298 208/.291 193/.323 249/.269 .280 Young
Monroe
Gomez
Kubel
Lamb 0/29/133/16
102/7/9/6
27/4/22/3
84/0/0/2
0/0/1/0

OPS .814 .748 .488 .742 .802 .839 .851 .783 .756

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 466/.887 58/.756 108/.541 136/.706 99/.587 57/.910 79/.844 104/.800 .990

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 392/.729 80/.740 141/.449 159/.773 127/.968 151/.812 114/.857 145/.771 .634

Home 444/.835 84/.804 134/.472 145/.603 120/.874 102/.814 95/.906 131/.867 .849

Last 28d days / / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 21/25/6 4/2/0 2/5/0 12/6/3 7/7/1 3/9/0 2/8/1 4/1/1 4/3/1

Usage ·····X·· ·····oo· ··o·oXo· ··X·ooX· ····oo·· o··X···X X······· X······X

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Chicago White Sox Batters (6.25 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 61.Hernandez
G/S/vB 60.Bass
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 17.Neshek
G/S/vB 37.Reyes*
G/S/vB 39.Rincon
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 6/.367 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 19/10 .118/.211/.176/.387 .111/.633 .619 / 0/0 0/1

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 24/1.091 ··· 3/1.334 8/.393 12/.166 1/2.000 10/1.125 8/.500 701/550 .301/.345/.397/.742 .843/.715 .716 / 20/4 8/11

24.Crede G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 7/.666 13/.385 10/1.222 6/.834 6/1.100 16/.838 178/139 .216/.258/.317/.576 .514/.590 .541 / 0/1 4/4

23.Dye G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 10/.211 10/.600 11/1.080 5/.650 7/.929 12/.440 561/413 .254/.317/.486/.804 .925/.761 .801 / 2/1 28/3

44.Hall G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.167 3/.000 120/64 .207/.225/.241/.466 .668/.297 .433 / 0/0 0/3

14.Konerko G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 10/.600 13/.160 12/.350 5/.600 7/.572 21/1.569 636/461 .259/.351/.490/.841 .988/.784 .863 / 0/1 31/5

38.Ozuna G/S/vP 4/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 85/46 .244/.280/.282/.563 .590/.533 .686 / 3/0 0/4

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 9/.708 12/.364 7/.286 6/1.133 7/.762 7/.572 509/393 .263/.309/.403/.712 .716/.710 .678 / 1/1 14/2

20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 263/187 .214/.298/.349/.647 .589/.670 .862 / 2/2 5/1

10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 8/1.042 5/.200 2/.000 6/.750 5/.900 659/457 .262/.381/.455/.836 .921/.799 .820 / 3/2 22/5

25.Thome* G/S/vP 21/.907 1/.000 4/1.250 7/.629 4/.500 ··· 9/1.842 12/1.750 536/367 .275/.410/.563/.973 .663/1.123 .991 / 0/1 35/0

5.Uribe G/S/vP 17/.352 2/.000 11/1.200 14/.594 9/.000 6/.000 4/1.833 12/.455 563/412 .234/.284/.394/.678 .757/.648 .783 / 1/9 20/17

IP 204.1 16.1 88.0 71.2 70.1 29.1 59.2 TOTAL .268/.356/.496/.853 .875/.846 .798 .853 1/0 14/5

ERA-K/9

4.93/4.0

/0.0

5.51/5.5

2.35/7.0

1.88/9.7

2.94/9.5

3.99/6.5

5.13/7.4

4.05/5.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hall (26-3-5)
Pierzynski (62-20-14)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 913/.308 / 71/.292 351/.220 282/.209 278/.183 139/.309 272/.273 .267 Dye
Swisher
Quentin
Anderson
Ozuna 0/0/135/9
0/60/57/3
3/0/75/2
5/3/0/0
7/0/0/0

OPS .870 .876 .618 .574 .591 .810 .793 .713

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 465/.854 / 30/.872 153/.742 138/.620 113/.618 82/.673 132/.915 .665

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 448/.885 / 41/.880 198/.523 144/.532 165/.573 57/1.009 140/.677 .763

Road 468/.881 / 33/1.140 157/.598 120/.607 123/.629 63/.862 134/.821 .798

Last 28d days / / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 34/20/5 // 4/0/1 9/6/2 4/7/0 7/1/2 1/1/3 9/3/1 9/4/2

Usage ····X··· X·····X· ···X···· ··X·X·Xo ····oX·· ··X··o·o ···o··oo ··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 @ CHW, 8:11pm, Thursday, April 10, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

NOTE: Some stats are only updated through Tuesday, April 8, 2008. Site will be updated with yesterday's stats by 11:30am ET.

SP: Livan Hernandez (33, RHP, 2-0, 3.86)

SP: Jose Contreras (36, RHP, 0-0, 7.20)

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