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Game Preview: MIN @ CHW, 8:11pm, Tuesday, May 6, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

Minnesota Twins, 16-14, 1st, 2 up

SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 2-1, 3.52)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-1)             38.1  47  15  15   6  19  1    3.52      
 2007 (0-2)             11.2  19  12  10   2   8  2    7.71      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-1  38.1  47  15  15   6  19  1    3.52   50 
 2008-04-30    CHW   W   7     8   3   3   2   4  1      88   51 
 2008-04-25   @TEX  ND   6    11   5   5   1   3  0      90   32 
 2008-04-19    CLE   W   7.2   8   0   0   0   1  0     102   64 
 2008-04-14   @DET  ND   5.2   8   4   4   0   0  0      89   37 
 2008-04-07   @CHW  ND   5     7   2   2   2   5  0      90   48 
 2008-04-02    LAA   L   7     5   1   1   1   6  0      86   68 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      1-0  12    15   5   5   4   9  1    3.75   50 
 2008-04-30    CHW   W   7     8   3   3   2   4  1      88   51 
 2008-04-07   @CHW  ND   5     7   2   2   2   5  0      90   48 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-6    Road:    5-8    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  13-10   vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   7-4 
 vsEast:  1-1    vsCntrl:12-6    vsWest:  3-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 30 Sun, May  4   DET  W   7-6       16-14  1st  1.5 up
 29 Sat, May  3   DET  W   4-1       15-14  1st  0.5 up
 28 Fri, May  2   DET  W  11-1       14-14  2nd  0.5 gb
 27 Wed, Apr 30   CHW  W   4-3       13-14  2nd  1.5 gb
 26 Tue, Apr 29   CHW  W   3-1       12-14  2nd  2.5 gb
 25 Sun, Apr 27  @TEX  L   0-10      11-14  3rd  3.5 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 26  @TEX  W  12-6       11-13  3rd  2.5 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 25  @TEX  L   5-6 (10)  10-13  3rd  3.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 24  @OAK  L   2-11      10-12  2nd  2.5 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 23  @OAK  L   0-3       10-11  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Chicago White Sox, 14-16, 2nd, 2 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Gavin Floyd (25, RHP, 2-1, 3.16)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-1)             31.1  19  13  11  15  15  4    3.16      
 2007 (1-5)             70    85  45  41  19  49 17    5.27      
 2006 (4-3)             54.1  70  48  44  32  34 14    7.29      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  44    32  18  16  18  24  6    3.27   55 
 2008-04-29   @MIN   L   6     5   3   3   3   1  1      99   48 
 2008-04-24    NYY  ND   6     5   5   5   4   4  1      90   42 
 2008-04-17   @BAL  ND   6     2   2   0   2   4  1      81   66 
 2008-04-12    DET   W   7.1   1   0   0   4   4  0     107   76 
 2008-04-05   @DET   W   6     6   3   3   2   2  1      87   48 
 2007-09-29    DET  ND   7     6   1   1   0   2  1      92   63 
 2007-09-23   @MIN   L   5.2   7   4   4   3   7  1     101   43 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      0-3  17.1  20  13  13  10  10  6    6.75   39 
 2008-04-29   @MIN   L   6     5   3   3   3   1  1      99   48 
 2007-09-23   @MIN   L   5.2   7   4   4   3   7  1     101   43 
 2007-07-06    MIN   L   5.2   8   6   6   4   2  4     107   27 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    7-6    Road:    7-10   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   9-12   vsLHP:   5-4    1-Run:   3-5 
 vsEast:  6-9    vsCntrl: 7-6    vsWest:  1-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Mon, May  5  @TOR  L   0-1       14-16  2nd  2.0 gb
 30 Sun, May  4  @TOR  L   3-4       14-15  2nd  1.5 gb
 29 Sat, May  3  @TOR  L   2-5       14-14  2nd  0.5 gb
 28 Fri, May  2  @TOR  L   0-2       14-13  1st  0.5 up
 27 Wed, Apr 30  @MIN  L   3-4       14-12  1st  1.5 up
 26 Tue, Apr 29  @MIN  L   1-3       14-11  1st  2.5 up
 25 Mon, Apr 28   BAL  -   3-3 (11)  14-10  1st  3.0 up
 24 Sun, Apr 27   BAL  W   6-1       14-10  1st  2.5 up
 23 Sat, Apr 26   BAL  W   6-5       13-10  1st  1.5 up
 22 Sat, Apr 26   BAL  L   1-5       12-10  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 2-7    Last 20: 7-12   Last 30:14-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 30, 2008 MIN  4  CHW  3        W:Nick Blackburn (2-1), L: Ehren Wassermann (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (9)
Tue, Apr 29, 2008 MIN  3  CHW  1        W:Boof Bonser (2-4), L: Gavin Floyd (2-1), S: Joe Nathan (8)
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 (4-0), L: Gavin Floyd (1-5), S: none
Sat, Sep 22, 2007 CHW  8 @MIN  3        W:Javier Vazquez (14-8), L: Scott Baker (9-9), S: none
Fri, Sep 21, 2007 CHW  6 @MIN  4        W:Mark Buehrle (10-9), L: Johan Santana (15-13), S: Bobby Jenks (39)
Sun, Sep 09, 2007 MIN  5 @CHW  2        W:Johan Santana (15-11), L: Jon Garland (9-11), S: Joe Nathan (30)
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
Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 3-1; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1055-960

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

CHC  6.00

NYM  4.53

SFG  3.31

RA/G

TOR  3.55

TBR  4.42

TEX  5.88

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

C. Lee  .96

J. Lester  3.94

B. Arroyo  8.63

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  11.75

B. Backe  6.13

J. Garland  2.03

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Floyd
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
71.Linebrink
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
46.Masset
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
43.Wassermann
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 9/1.319 2/.000 11/.808 ··· 7/1.071 6/.750 7/.572 1/2.000 53/38 .280/.321/.400/.721 .708/.722 .747 35/.812 1/1 1/
12.Everett G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 36/30 .176/.200/.235/.435 .400/.441 .500 18/.556 0/0 0/
22.Gomez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.600 1/.000 2/1.000 111/83 .271/.297/.374/.671 .876/.602 .595 77/.638 13/1 1/
23.Harris G/S/vP 5/.200 3/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.750 2/.500 2/.000 112/87 .270/.315/.390/.705 .414/.792 .776 91/.701 0/0 2/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 9/1.194 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 4/.250 8/.696 6/.334 ··· 110/83 .245/.264/.396/.660 .389/.741 .613 87/.657 0/1 4/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 2/.500 2/.000 2/no AB 5/1.350 2/.000 ··· 93/79 .218/.237/.287/.524 .214/.581 .819 68/.536 0/0 0/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 9/.833 ··· 9/.873 2/.000 6/.750 6/.900 12/.432 ··· 112/79 .333/.396/.434/.831 .846/.824 .673 82/.867 0/1 0/
27.Monroe G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 9/.222 ··· 3/.333 3/1.667 5/.800 ··· 57/34 .278/.316/.481/.797 .360/1.079 .851 44/.899 0/0 2/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 9/1.569 2/2.500 11/.182 1/2.000 10/1.400 8/2.036 13/.308 ··· 123/87 .284/.358/.495/.853 .791/.879 .810 92/.880 0/0 6/
8.Punto# G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 4/.583 ··· 2/.000 5/1.550 12/.750 1/2.000 49/33 .244/.306/.267/.573 .563/.575 .461 46/.566 3/1 0/
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 6/1.267 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 14/7 .154/.214/.231/.445 .929/.000 .619 11/.573 0/0 0/
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/39 .302/.339/.377/.717 .647/.748 .475 40/.558 3/1 0/
21.Young G/S/vP 3/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/.933 4/.500 ··· 121/93 .263/.306/.307/.613 .399/.678 .693 90/.612 6/1 0/
IP 31.1 9.2 11.2 12.0 12.0 16.0 12.1 1.1 TOTAL .266/.310/.374/.684 .592/.717 .690 .695 29/7 16/19
ERA-K/9 3.16/4.3 4.66/13.0 2.31/4.6 2.25/5.2 3.75/6.8 4.50/9.0 3.65/13.9 6.75/0.0 3.57/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (9-6-0)
 Redmond (3-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 126/.176 50/.293 47/.268 50/.261 53/.306 71/.267 49/.116 7/.400 .248  Young
 Gomez
 Cuddyer
 Kubel
 Monroe
 Punto
30/0/0/4
0/26/0/2
0/0/12/1
0/0/11/1
0/4/0/0
0/2/0/0
OPS .620 .823 .682 .711 .754 .788 .411 .900 .677
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 59/.845 14/1.227 23/.841 24/.619 29/.619 32/.819 24/.592 1/2.000 .764
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 67/.438 36/.671 24/.530 26/.788 24/.917 39/.762 25/.247 6/.650 .616
Home 52/.525 23/.837 25/.769 26/.945 20/1.000 33/.965 28/.500 1/ .697
Last 28d days 101/.585 37/.789 31/.783 35/.812 43/.870 57/.929 43/.344 7/.900
HR/SB/CS 4/7/1 1/2/0 0/3/0 1/1/0 0/0/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 17/23/6
Usage ······X· ··X··o·· ·······X ··X····X ··o··Xo· ·····X·· o····X·· ··o··oo·
Chicago White Sox Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB
60.Bass
G/S/vB
28.Crain
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
41.Korecky
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
17.Neshek
G/S/vB
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
39.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/1.500 3/.000 6/.367 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 35/34 .281/.343/.344/.687 .000/.708 .844 33/.730 0/0 0/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 3/1.334 8/.393 ··· 12/.166 2/1.000 10/1.125 8/.500 136/104 .213/.289/.262/.551 .655/.520 .621 103/.561 5/0 1/
24.Crede G/S/vP 5/.600 2/1.500 7/.666 13/.385 ··· 11/1.100 6/.834 6/1.100 16/.838 112/89 .248/.313/.505/.817 .224/.966 .887 81/.710 0/0 7/
23.Dye G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 10/.211 10/.600 ··· 12/.973 6/.533 7/.929 12/.440 108/82 .253/.306/.434/.740 1.026/.656 .526 77/.530 0/1 3/
44.Hall G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.167 3/.000 21/15 .286/.286/.333/.619 .333/.733 .667 17/.765 0/0 0/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 10/.600 13/.160 ··· 13/.322 5/.600 7/.572 21/1.569 120/91 .227/.358/.423/.781 .849/.760 .953 89/.814 0/0 5/
38.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 31/25 .172/.172/.172/.345 .333/.348 .333 28/.385 0/0 0/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 9/.708 12/.364 ··· 9/.347 6/1.133 7/.762 7/.572 107/82 .273/.327/.434/.761 .778/.756 .713 80/.556 0/0 3/
20.Quentin G/S/vP 5/1.400 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 118/95 .271/.407/.583/.990 .848/1.024 1.062 96/.991 2/1 8/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 7/1.464 ··· 2/.000 8/1.042 ··· 6/.167 3/.666 6/.750 5/.900 134/102 .204/.351/.315/.666 .655/.665 .706 102/.596 1/2 3/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 6/1.167 1/.000 4/1.250 7/.629 ··· 4/.500 ··· 11/1.455 12/1.750 128/91 .215/.344/.439/.783 .942/.708 .613 97/.802 0/0 6/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/.000 11/1.200 14/.594 ··· 9/.000 6/.000 4/1.833 12/.455 90/71 .181/.227/.313/.541 .544/.540 .516 64/.473 0/0 2/
IP 38.1 21.1 8.2 17.1 2.2 13.0 12.2 9.0 10.1 TOTAL .229/.318/.391/.710 .713/.708 .722 .661 8/5 38/17
ERA-K/9 3.52/4.5 3.80/3.4 5.19/7.2 3.63/5.7 3.38/3.3 0.69/9.7 4.26/9.9 0.00/5.0 4.35/9.6 4.11/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (6-2-0)
 Pierzynski (17-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 159/.315 95/.273 35/.219 76/.265 11/.250 51/.208 53/.234 30/.143 44/.225 .270  Swisher
 Quentin
 Dye
 Anderson
2/19/6/2
29/0/0/2
0/0/26/1
0/11/2/0
OPS .766 .838 .754 .730 .705 .547 .757 .379 .695 .743
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 73/.797 30/.756 11/.273 29/.625 8/.700 27/.630 21/.865 20/.250 19/.924 .740
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 86/.740 65/.871 24/.994 47/.791 3/.667 24/.458 32/.683 10/.650 25/.513 .745
Road 75/.845 56/.849 20/1.017 38/.983 11/.705 16/.846 26/.955 11/.282 20/.744 .832
Last 28d days 107/.839 74/.766 27/.739 57/.738 11/.705 39/.562 37/.757 23/.269 30/.731
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 4/1/1 2/0/0 2/1/1 0/0/0 1/2/0 2/0/0 0/1/1 2/0/0 32/12/6
Usage ·····X·· ··X····· ··o····· ·X·o···· ········ ·oX··Xo· ··X··oo· ·····oo· ···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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