MIN @ CHW, Wednesday, May 7, 2008 Game Preview

Minnesota Twins, 16-15, 1st, 1 up	SP: Livan Hernandez (33, RHP, 4-1, 4.43) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-1) 42.2 53 23 21 9 17 7 4.43 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 4-1 42.2 53 23 21 9 17 7 4.43 46 2008-05-02 DET W 7 8 1 1 2 4 1 102 59 2008-04-27 @TEX L 2.2 9 7 7 1 2 2 74 13 2008-04-22 @OAK ND 6 7 4 4 2 3 1 109 43 2008-04-16 TBR ND 6 8 5 3 3 2 3 103 39 2008-04-11 @KCR W 7 7 0 0 1 3 0 99 65 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW Has never faced CHW.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 11-6 Road: 5-9 ExtrInn: 1-1 vsRHP: 13-11 vsLHP: 3-4 1-Run: 7-4 vsEast: 1-1 vsCntrl:12-7 vsWest: 3-7 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 31 Tue, May 6 @CHW L 1-7 16-15 1st 1.0 up 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:15-15
Chicago White Sox, 15-16, 2nd, 1 GB, 4 GB in WC	SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 1-3, 4.42) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-3) 36.2 43 21 18 8 23 3 4.42 2007 (10-9) 201 208 86 81 45 115 22 3.63 2006 (12-13) 204 247 124 113 48 98 36 4.99 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 42.2 52 25 22 11 26 3 4.64 47 2008-05-02 @TOR L 8 5 2 0 0 7 0 100 75 2008-04-26 BAL ND 6 3 3 3 2 5 1 111 57 2008-04-19 @TBR L 7 12 5 5 2 5 0 109 36 2008-04-14 OAK L 7 9 2 2 1 4 0 102 54 2008-04-06 @DET W 7 7 2 1 2 1 0 89 56 2008-03-31 @CLE ND 1.2 7 7 7 1 1 2 48 13 2007-09-21 @MIN W 6 9 4 4 3 3 0 97 38 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN 4-1 32.2 46 19 13 8 16 2 3.58 45 2007-09-21 @MIN W 6 9 4 4 3 3 0 97 38 2007-07-07 MIN W 8 6 0 0 2 1 0 111 69 2006-08-27 MIN W 7.1 9 1 1 0 6 0 105 62 2006-07-26 MIN L 5.1 10 7 7 1 3 2 93 22 2006-05-14 @MIN W 6 12 7 1 2 3 0 97 33
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 8-6 Road: 7-10 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 10-12 vsLHP: 5-4 1-Run: 3-5 vsEast: 6-9 vsCntrl: 8-6 vsWest: 1-1 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 32 Tue, May 6 MIN W 7-1 15-16 2nd 1.0 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 Last 10: 3-6 Last 20: 8-11 Last 30:15-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, May 06, 2008 CHW 7 MIN 1 W:Gavin Floyd (3-1), L: Nick Blackburn (2-2), S: none 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) Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 3-2; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1056-960

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 5.91

FLA 4.53

SDP 3.36

RA/G

OAK 3.54

KCR 4.44

PIT 5.84

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .96

B. Looper 3.95

C. Sabathia 7.51

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 11.75

T. Redding 6.18

J. Garland 2.03

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
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 66/.856 2/.000 12/.733 ··· 7/1.071 6/.750 7/.572 1/2.000 57/42 .259/.298/.370/.669 .708/.652 .575 39/.724 1/1 1/

12.Everett G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 39/33 .162/.184/.216/.400 .400/.401 .412 21/.476 0/0 0/

22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.600 1/.000 2/1.000 115/87 .261/.287/.360/.647 .876/.574 .547 81/.605 13/1 1/

23.Harris G/S/vP 7/1.238 3/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.750 2/.500 2/.000 116/91 .262/.313/.379/.691 .414/.771 .742 95/.684 0/0 2/

16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 4/.250 8/.696 6/.334 ··· 113/86 .241/.257/.389/.646 .389/.720 .587 90/.639 0/1 4/

24.Lamb* G/S/vP 7/1.262 4/.500 2/.500 2/.000 2/no AB 5/1.350 2/.000 ··· 96/82 .211/.229/.278/.507 .214/.559 .762 71/.512 0/0 0/

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 16/.580 ··· 9/.873 2/.000 6/.750 6/.900 12/.432 ··· 116/83 .337/.409/.446/.854 .846/.857 .732 86/.897 0/1 0/

27.Monroe G/S/vP 35/1.065 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 29/.601 2/2.500 12/.166 1/2.000 10/1.400 8/2.036 13/.308 ··· 127/91 .274/.346/.478/.824 .791/.837 .751 96/.841 0/0 6/

8.Punto# G/S/vP 26/.708 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 19/1.053 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 7/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/.933 4/.500 ··· 124/96 .256/.298/.299/.598 .399/.656 .656 93/.592 6/1 0/

IP 36.2 9.2 12.1 12.0 12.0 16.0 12.1 1.1 TOTAL .260/.305/.366/.671 .592/.698 .662 .676 29/7 16/21

ERA-K/9

4.42/5.6

4.66/13.0

2.19/5.1

2.25/5.2

3.75/6.8

4.50/9.0

3.65/13.9

6.75/0.0

3.45/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mauer (9-8-0)
Redmond (3-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 154/.301 50/.293 49/.256 50/.261 53/.306 71/.267 49/.116 7/.400 .242 Young
Gomez
Cuddyer
Kubel
Monroe
Punto 31/0/0/4
0/27/0/2
0/0/13/1
0/0/11/1
0/4/0/0
0/2/0/0

OPS .771 .823 .652 .711 .754 .788 .411 .900 .664

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 41/.703 14/1.227 24/.804 24/.619 29/.619 32/.819 24/.592 1/2.000 .754

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 113/.794 36/.671 25/.507 26/.788 24/.917 39/.762 25/.247 6/.650 .601

Home 54/.656 23/.837 27/.708 26/.945 20/1.000 33/.965 28/.500 1/ .669

Last 28d days 114/.684 37/.789 33/.733 35/.812 43/.870 57/.929 43/.344 7/.900

HR/SB/CS 3/1/2 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· o······· ···X···· ···o··Xo ······X· ·o····X· ···o··oo

Chicago White Sox Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.42 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 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 ··· 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 24/1.091 ··· 4/1.500 8/.393 1/.000 12/.166 2/1.000 10/1.125 8/.500 141/109 .214/.293/.262/.555 .655/.526 .623 108/.565 5/0 1/

24.Crede G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 7/.666 13/.385 1/3.000 11/1.100 6/.834 6/1.100 16/.838 116/93 .257/.319/.514/.833 .224/.978 .913 85/.737 0/1 7/

23.Dye G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 11/.191 10/.600 ··· 12/.973 6/.533 7/.929 12/.440 112/86 .265/.321/.471/.792 1.026/.725 .676 81/.611 0/1 4/

44.Hall G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 ··· 1/.000 11/.673 13/.160 ··· 13/.322 5/.600 7/.572 21/1.569 124/95 .220/.355/.410/.765 .849/.739 .911 93/.791 0/0 5/

38.Ozuna G/S/vP 4/.000 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/.000 2/.000 9/.708 12/.364 1/3.000 9/.347 6/1.133 7/.762 7/.572 111/86 .282/.333/.447/.780 .778/.780 .755 84/.590 0/0 3/

20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 122/99 .280/.410/.580/.990 .848/1.022 1.056 100/.990 2/2 8/

10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/27 .121/.147/.182/.329 .472/.280 .300 26/.333 0/1 0/

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 8/1.042 1/.000 6/.167 3/.666 6/.750 5/.900 138/106 .196/.341/.304/.644 .655/.637 .658 106/.572 1/2 3/

25.Thome* G/S/vP 21/.907 1/.000 5/1.000 7/.629 ··· 4/.500 ··· 11/1.455 12/1.750 132/95 .209/.341/.427/.768 .942/.689 .589 101/.781 0/0 6/

5.Uribe G/S/vP 17/.352 2/.000 12/1.273 14/.594 1/.000 9/.000 6/.000 4/1.833 12/.455 94/75 .195/.239/.322/.561 .544/.565 .566 68/.505 0/0 2/

IP 42.2 21.1 9.2 17.1 3.2 13.0 12.2 9.0 10.1 TOTAL .232/.321/.394/.715 .713/.716 .733 .670 8/7 39/18

ERA-K/9

4.43/3.6

3.80/3.4

5.59/6.5

3.63/5.7

4.91/4.9

0.69/9.7

4.26/9.9

0.00/5.0

4.35/9.6

4.16/5.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 184/.306 95/.273 41/.270 76/.265 16/.308 51/.208 53/.234 30/.143 44/.225 .272 Swisher
Quentin
Ramirez
Dye
Anderson 2/20/6/2
30/0/0/2
0/8/0/1
0/0/27/1
0/11/2/0

OPS .828 .838 .828 .730 .899 .547 .757 .379 .695 .747

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 91/.825 30/.756 12/.250 29/.625 10/.929 27/.630 21/.865 20/.250 19/.924 .735

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 93/.832 65/.871 29/1.088 47/.791 6/.833 24/.458 32/.683 10/.650 25/.513 .757

Road 74/.872 56/.849 26/1.075 38/.983 16/.899 16/.846 26/.955 11/.282 20/.744 .836

Last 28d days 131/.920 74/.766 33/.833 57/.738 16/.899 39/.562 37/.757 23/.269 30/.731

HR/SB/CS 7/0/2 4/1/1 2/0/1 2/1/1 0/0/0 1/2/0 2/0/0 0/1/1 2/0/0 33/12/8

Usage ····X··· ···X···· X··o···· ··X·o··· X······· ··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, Wednesday, May 7, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

SP: Livan Hernandez (33, RHP, 4-1, 4.43)

SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 1-3, 4.42)

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