MIN @ CHW, Tuesday, May 6, 2008 Game Preview

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

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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/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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Game Preview: MIN @ CHW, 8:11pm, Tuesday, May 6, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

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

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

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