MIN @ CHW, Thursday, May 8, 2008 Game Preview

Minnesota Twins, 17-15, 1st, 1½ up	SP: Kevin Slowey (24, RHP, 0-1, 8.10) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-1) 3.1 4 3 3 0 2 1 8.10 2007 (4-1) 66.2 82 39 35 11 47 16 4.73 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 36.2 41 20 19 3 28 6 4.66 49 2008-04-03 LAA L 3.1 4 3 3 0 2 1 55 42 2007-09-28 @BOS L 5.2 7 4 4 0 3 0 104 42 2007-09-23 CHW W 7 4 1 1 0 9 0 99 74 2007-09-17 TEX ND 6 4 1 1 0 7 0 105 67 2007-09-04 CLE ND 5 5 2 1 0 3 1 89 54 2007-07-05 @NYY ND 3.2 8 5 5 2 2 2 91 25 2007-06-30 @DET W 6 9 4 4 1 2 2 91 39 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 1-0 7 4 1 1 0 9 0 1.29 74 2007-09-23 CHW W 7 4 1 1 0 9 0 99 74
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 11-6 Road: 6-9 ExtrInn: 1-1 vsRHP: 13-11 vsLHP: 4-4 1-Run: 7-4 vsEast: 1-1 vsCntrl:13-7 vsWest: 3-7 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 32 Wed, May 7 @CHW W 13-1 17-15 1st 1.5 up 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:16-14
Chicago White Sox, 15-17, 3rd, 2 GB, 2 GB in WC	SP: John Danks (23, LHP, 2-3, 3.12) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-3) 34.2 28 12 12 8 25 2 3.12 2007 (6-13) 139 160 92 85 54 109 28 5.50 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 37.1 31 15 15 12 28 3 3.62 54 2008-05-03 @TOR L 4.2 7 2 2 1 5 1 107 46 2008-04-26 BAL L 6.1 4 2 2 0 4 1 92 61 2008-04-20 @TBR W 7 3 0 0 0 8 0 96 79 2008-04-15 OAK W 7.2 5 0 0 2 4 0 97 71 2008-04-09 MIN L 2.1 7 7 7 3 2 0 69 14 2008-04-03 @CLE ND 6.2 2 1 1 2 2 0 87 66 2007-09-11 CLE ND 2.2 3 3 3 4 3 1 76 39 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN 1-3 18.1 23 17 17 12 12 3 8.35 37 2008-04-09 MIN L 2.1 7 7 7 3 2 0 69 14 2007-05-29 @MIN L 3.1 9 6 6 4 0 2 83 14 2007-05-09 @MIN W 6.2 3 1 1 3 4 0 86 65 2007-04-08 MIN L 6 4 3 3 2 6 1 97 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 8-7 Road: 7-10 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 10-13 vsLHP: 5-4 1-Run: 3-5 vsEast: 6-9 vsCntrl: 8-7 vsWest: 1-1 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 33 Wed, May 7 MIN L 1-13 15-17 3rd 2.0 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 Last 10: 2-7 Last 20: 7-12 Last 30:14-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, May 07, 2008 MIN 13 @CHW 1 W:Livan Hernandez (5-1), L: Mark Buehrle (1-4), S: none 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) Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 4-2; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1056-961

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 5.74

TEX 4.51

SDP 3.32

RA/G

TOR 3.54

TBR 4.45

PIT 5.70

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .81

H. Kuroda 3.95

C. Sabathia 7.51

K/9IP

E. Volquez 11.06

B. Backe 6.13

J. Garland 2.03

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Danks*
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 9/1.417 3/.000 12/.733 ··· 7/1.071 6/.750 7/.572 2/2.000 62/44 .271/.306/.390/.696 .764/.668 .670 44/.757 1/1 1/

12.Everett G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 39/33 .162/.184/.216/.400 .400/.401 .412 16/.625 0/0 0/

22.Gomez G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.333 1/.000 3/1.334 121/89 .282/.306/.427/.733 1.148/.584 .741 81/.727 13/1 2/

23.Harris G/S/vP 5/1.467 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.750 2/.500 3/.500 121/93 .255/.316/.368/.684 .410/.769 .723 95/.619 0/0 2/

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 4/3.250 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 4/.250 8/.696 6/.334 ··· 113/86 .241/.257/.389/.646 .389/.720 .587 85/.589 0/1 4/

24.Lamb* G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.500 2/.500 2/.000 2/no AB 5/1.350 2/.000 ··· 96/82 .211/.229/.278/.507 .214/.559 .762 67/.447 0/0 0/

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 5/1.200 ··· 9/.873 2/.000 6/.750 6/.900 12/.432 ··· 116/83 .337/.409/.446/.854 .846/.857 .732 81/.904 0/1 0/

27.Monroe G/S/vP 10/.200 2/.000 9/.222 ··· 3/.333 3/1.667 5/.800 1/2.000 62/36 .288/.323/.475/.797 .397/1.075 .843 44/.886 0/0 2/

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 11/2.298 3/2.334 12/.166 1/2.000 10/1.400 8/2.036 13/.308 1/.000 132/93 .280/.348/.475/.823 .781/.841 .754 96/.831 0/0 6/

8.Punto# G/S/vP 9/.111 1/.000 4/.583 ··· 3/.000 6/2.033 12/.750 1/2.000 54/34 .260/.315/.340/.655 .600/.686 .655 50/.668 3/1 0/

55.Redmond G/S/vP 6/.533 6/1.267 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 3/2.167 ··· ··· 19/8 .235/.263/.353/.616 .808/.375 .833 16/.741 0/0 0/

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 62/40 .298/.344/.368/.713 .683/.728 .500 45/.569 3/1 0/

21.Young G/S/vP 4/.500 4/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/.933 4/.500 1/2.000 129/98 .256/.302/.298/.600 .398/.663 .656 93/.592 6/1 0/

IP 34.2 11.0 12.1 12.0 13.0 16.2 12.1 1.2 TOTAL .265/.310/.377/.687 .632/.707 .695 .684 29/7 17/21

ERA-K/9

3.12/6.5

4.09/13.1

2.19/5.1

2.25/5.2

3.46/6.9

4.86/9.7

3.65/13.9

32.40/5.3

3.75/6.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 139/.217 55/.283 49/.256 50/.261 56/.288 75/.281 49/.116 13/.600 .247 Young
Gomez
Cuddyer
Kubel
Monroe
Punto 32/0/0/4
0/28/0/2
0/0/14/1
0/0/11/1
0/4/0/0
0/2/0/0

OPS .540 .780 .652 .711 .712 .847 .411 1.267 .680

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 42/.472 15/1.283 24/.804 24/.619 29/.619 34/.900 24/.592 2/1.000 .760

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 97/.568 40/.598 25/.507 26/.788 27/.810 41/.804 25/.247 11/1.325 .626

Home 67/.625 28/.750 27/.708 26/.945 23/.870 37/1.062 28/.500 7/1.657 .701

Last 28d days 98/.498 42/.737 33/.733 35/.812 46/.811 41/.880 36/.382 13/1.267

HR/SB/CS 2/1/2 1/2/0 0/3/0 1/1/0 0/0/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 18/23/6

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

Chicago White Sox Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 59.Slowey
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 36/35 .273/.333/.333/.667 .000/.687 .802 32/.654 0/0 0/

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 4/1.500 8/.393 1/.000 12/.166 2/1.000 10/1.125 8/.500 144/112 .209/.287/.256/.543 .655/.511 .595 108/.546 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/.838 119/96 .250/.311/.500/.811 .224/.946 .865 84/.643 0/1 7/

23.Dye G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· 11/.191 10/.600 ··· 12/.973 6/.533 7/.929 12/.440 116/90 .264/.319/.491/.810 1.026/.749 .727 83/.660 0/1 5/

44.Hall G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 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 11/.673 13/.160 ··· 13/.322 5/.600 7/.572 21/1.569 128/99 .223/.359/.417/.777 .849/.756 .925 93/.782 0/0 5/

38.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 32/26 .200/.200/.200/.400 .333/.417 .462 27/.400 0/0 0/

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 9/.708 12/.364 1/3.000 9/.347 6/1.133 7/.762 7/.572 115/90 .299/.348/.467/.815 .778/.825 .829 84/.652 0/0 3/

20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 126/103 .269/.397/.558/.955 .848/.978 .985 100/.990 2/2 8/

10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/29 .114/.139/.171/.310 .472/.259 .273 26/.333 0/1 0/

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 8/1.042 1/.000 6/.167 3/.666 6/.750 5/.900 142/110 .207/.345/.310/.655 .655/.652 .679 107/.553 1/2 3/

25.Thome* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.000 7/.629 ··· 4/.500 ··· 11/1.455 12/1.750 135/98 .212/.341/.425/.766 .942/.689 .594 100/.812 0/0 6/

5.Uribe G/S/vP 5/1.600 2/.000 12/1.273 14/.594 1/.000 9/.000 6/.000 4/1.833 12/.455 98/79 .187/.229/.308/.537 .544/.535 .513 68/.486 0/0 2/

IP 3.1 21.1 9.2 17.1 3.2 13.0 12.2 9.0 10.1 TOTAL .233/.319/.394/.714 .713/.713 .729 .666 8/7 40/19

ERA-K/9

8.10/5.5

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

4.06/5.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 14/.286 95/.273 41/.270 76/.265 16/.308 51/.208 53/.234 30/.143 44/.225 .271 Swisher
Quentin
Ramirez
Dye
Anderson 2/21/6/2
31/0/0/2
0/8/0/1
0/0/28/1
0/11/2/0

OPS .929 .838 .828 .730 .899 .547 .757 .379 .695 .744

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 8/1.250 30/.756 12/.250 29/.625 10/.929 27/.630 21/.865 20/.250 19/.924 .745

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 6/.500 65/.871 29/1.088 47/.791 6/.833 24/.458 32/.683 10/.650 25/.513 .744

Road / 56/.849 26/1.075 38/.983 16/.899 16/.846 26/.955 11/.282 20/.744 .825

Last 28d days / 58/.843 33/.833 57/.738 16/.899 39/.562 37/.757 23/.269 30/.731

HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 4/1/1 2/0/1 2/1/1 0/0/0 1/2/0 2/0/0 0/1/1 2/0/0 34/12/8

Usage ········ ····X··· ·X··o··· ···X·o·· ·X······ ···oX··X ····X··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 @ CHW, 2:05pm, Thursday, May 8, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

SP: Kevin Slowey (24, RHP, 0-1, 8.10)

SP: John Danks (23, LHP, 2-3, 3.12)

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