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Game Preview: MIN @ CHW, 2:05pm, Sunday, June 8, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

Minnesota Twins, 31-31, 2nd, 4½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Kevin Slowey (24, RHP, 2-5, 3.76)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-5)             40.2  37  17  17   6  26  8    3.76      
 2007 (4-1)             66.2  82  39  35  11  47 16    4.73      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-5  40.2  37  17  17   6  26  8    3.76   53 
 2008-06-03    BAL   L   6     7   4   4   0   2  2      94   44 
 2008-05-29   @KCR   W   9     6   1   1   0   6  0     101   77 
 2008-05-23   @DET   W   6     4   0   0   3   2  0     104   63 
 2008-05-18   @COL   L   5.2   7   3   3   1   5  2     109   47 
 2008-05-13    TOR   L   5.2   5   3   3   2   5  1     107   50 
 2008-05-08   @CHW   L   5     4   3   3   0   4  2      83   51 
 2008-04-03    LAA   L   3.1   4   3   3   0   2  1      55   42 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      1-1  12     8   4   4   0  13  2    3.00   63 
 2008-05-08   @CHW   L   5     4   3   3   0   4  2      83   51 
 2007-09-23    CHW   W   7     4   1   1   0   9  0      99   74 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-16   Road:   12-15   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  25-22   vsLHP:   6-9    1-Run:  13-11
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:18-11   vsWest:  5-9  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 62 Sat, Jun  7  @CHW  L   2-11      31-31  2nd  4.5 gb
 61 Fri, Jun  6  @CHW  L   6-10      31-30  2nd  3.5 gb
 60 Thu, Jun  5   BAL  L   2-3       31-29  2nd  2.5 gb
 59 Wed, Jun  4   BAL  W   7-5       31-28  2nd  1.5 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  3   BAL  L   3-5       30-28  2nd  1.5 gb
 57 Mon, Jun  2   NYY  W   6-5       30-27  2nd  0.5 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  1   NYY  W   5-1       29-27  2nd  1.0 gb
 55 Sat, May 31   NYY  L   6-7 (12)  28-27  2nd  2.0 gb
 54 Fri, May 30   NYY  L   5-6       28-26  2nd  2.0 gb
 53 Thu, May 29  @KCR  W   5-1       28-25  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Chicago White Sox, 35-26, 1st, 4½ up

SP: Gavin Floyd (25, RHP, 6-3, 3.15)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-3)             71.1  50  31  25  27  36  8    3.15      
 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         4-3  46    36  21  17  15  22  5    3.33   55 
 2008-06-03    KCR   W   7     6   4   2   0   4  1      97   57 
 2008-05-28   @CLE   W   6     8   5   4   0   7  1     107   45 
 2008-05-23    LAA   L   9     3   3   3   4   3  1     115   68 
 2008-05-16   @SFG   W   6     4   0   0   3   3  0      98   64 
 2008-05-11   @SEA   L   3.2   9   5   5   2   0  1      74   21 
 2008-05-06    MIN   W   8.1   1   1   0   3   4  0     105   80 
 2008-04-29   @MIN   L   6     5   3   3   3   1  1      99   48 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      1-3  25.2  21  14  13  13  14  6    4.56   50 
 2008-05-06    MIN   W   8.1   1   1   0   3   4  0     105   80 
 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:   18-9    Road:   17-17   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  25-19   vsLHP:  10-7    1-Run:   6-7 
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:19-8    vsWest:  6-6  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 62 Sat, Jun  7   MIN  W  11-2       35-26  1st  4.5 up
 61 Fri, Jun  6   MIN  W  10-6       34-26  1st  3.5 up
 60 Thu, Jun  5   KCR  W   6-2       33-26  1st  2.5 up
 59 Wed, Jun  4   KCR  W   6-4 (15)  32-26  1st  1.5 up
 58 Tue, Jun  3   KCR  W   9-5       31-26  1st  1.5 up
 57 Sun, Jun  1  @TBR  L   3-4 (10)  30-26  1st  1.0 up
 56 Sat, May 31  @TBR  L   0-2       30-25  1st  2.0 up
 55 Fri, May 30  @TBR  L   1-2       30-24  1st  2.0 up
 54 Thu, May 29  @TBR  W   5-1       30-23  1st  2.0 up
 53 Wed, May 28  @CLE  W   6-5       29-23  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 07, 2008 CHW 11  MIN  2        W:Mark Buehrle (3-6), L: Livan Hernandez (6-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 06, 2008 CHW 10  MIN  6        W:Javier Vazquez (6-4), L: Nick Blackburn (4-4), S: none
Thu, May 08, 2008 CHW  6  MIN  2        W:John Danks (3-3), L: Kevin Slowey (0-2), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 5-4; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1059-961

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

TEX  5.55

TBR  4.52

SDP  3.59

RA/G

CHW  3.68

SDP  4.55

TEX  5.89

BA

C. Jones  .420

J. Pierre  .276

A. Cabrera  .188

OBP

C. Jones  .504

R. Johnson  .344

R. Hernandez  .256

SLG

L. Berkman  .718

B. DeWitt  .444

A. Cabrera  .253

OPS

C. Jones  1.184

J. Ellsbury  .785

A. Cabrera  .541

ERA

E. Volquez  1.32

J. Beckett  4.07

M. Batista  6.06

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.92

S. Chacon  6.18

L. Hernandez  2.82

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Minnesota Twins Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.68 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
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Casilla# G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 91/71 .342/.393/.519/.912 1.100/.851 .954 91/.912 2/0 3/
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 12/.969 4/.500 12/.733 1/.000 7/1.071 7/.629 8/.500 197/149 .246/.299/.355/.655 .659/.653 .576 123/.644 4/1 3/
22.Gomez G/S/vP 7/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 7/1.143 1/.000 252/190 .277/.306/.405/.711 .872/.658 .725 117/.715 17/7 5/
23.Harris G/S/vP 9/.222 6/1.167 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.000 2/.500 218/162 .249/.321/.323/.644 .488/.699 .668 90/.578 1/1 2/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 12/.933 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 4/.250 8/.696 6/.334 199/160 .242/.296/.390/.687 .402/.755 .604 77/.836 0/1 6/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP 6/.000 4/.500 3/.333 3/.000 2/no AB 5/1.350 2/.000 197/170 .235/.274/.318/.593 .303/.640 .843 94/.639 0/1 1/
18.Macri G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 12/2 .455/.500/.545/1.045 .900/2.000 1.196 12/1.045 1/0 0/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 13/1.062 ··· 9/.873 3/.333 6/.750 6/.900 13/.398 230/167 .335/.415/.447/.862 .905/.842 .760 102/.887 0/1 2/
27.Monroe G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.000 9/.222 ··· 3/.333 4/1.750 5/.800 116/70 .234/.293/.439/.732 .315/1.003 .699 50/.712 0/0 5/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 12/1.151 3/2.334 12/.166 2/1.000 10/1.400 8/2.036 14/.286 265/188 .294/.362/.479/.841 .673/.913 .791 121/.915 0/0 10/
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 6/1.267 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 3/2.167 ··· 46/23 .310/.348/.405/.753 .776/.729 .718 27/.847 0/0 0/
21.Young G/S/vP 6/.900 5/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 6/.750 4/.500 253/195 .269/.320/.359/.679 .718/.668 .757 112/.756 9/4 1/
IP 71.1 28.1 25.1 26.0 22.0 26.1 23.2 TOTAL .270/.325/.391/.716 .673/.731 .713 .759 45/18 39/45
ERA-K/9 3.15/4.5 2.86/12.4 2.13/5.7 1.38/7.6 2.05/8.2 3.76/8.2 3.04/11.0 3.34/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (28-14-0)
 Redmond (8-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 292/.196 126/.210 98/.227 100/.200 89/.232 115/.258 95/.155 .240  Young
 Cuddyer
 Gomez
 Monroe
 Kubel
61/0/0/7
0/1/43/6
0/56/0/3
0/7/1/1
3/0/13/1
OPS .642 .592 .588 .556 .577 .775 .492 .671
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 139/.762 41/.739 48/.638 54/.424 45/.483 46/.966 42/.567 .723
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 153/.538 85/.523 50/.539 46/.705 44/.674 69/.650 53/.435 .635
Home 144/.469 60/.604 49/.587 49/.597 35/.708 58/1.022 45/.494 .655
Last 28d days 136/.756 59/.447 41/.447 39/.385 33/.345 40/.636 43/.572
HR/SB/CS 8/12/1 1/8/0 1/3/0 2/1/0 0/2/1 2/1/0 2/2/0 42/59/11
Usage ····X··· ·o·Xo·X· ···XX··· ·X·X···· ···X··oo X·oo···· ·oXo··o·
Chicago White Sox Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 59.Slowey
G/S/vB
60.Bass
G/S/vB
26.Bonser
G/S/vB
49.Breslow*
G/S/vB
28.Crain
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
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 ··· 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 6/.367 4/.500 2/.500 2/.000 79/65 .253/.291/.387/.678 .599/.695 .753 35/.639 1/1 1/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/2.000 13/1.000 ··· 4/1.500 8/.393 12/.166 10/1.125 9/.666 278/215 .253/.308/.328/.636 .657/.629 .647 124/.747 9/1 3/
24.Crede G/S/vP 2/1.500 4/1.750 15/1.134 ··· 7/.666 14/.357 11/1.100 6/1.100 17/1.096 221/177 .291/.362/.561/.923 .333/1.070 1.012 90/1.076 0/2 14/
23.Dye G/S/vP 6/1.333 1/5.000 16/.956 1/.000 11/.191 11/.664 12/.973 7/.929 13/.404 236/181 .292/.343/.495/.839 .690/.878 .908 107/.835 0/1 10/
44.Hall G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.167 4/.000 48/29 .356/.396/.422/.818 1.082/.644 .733 19/1.257 0/0 0/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 6/.000 2/1.000 21/.992 1/.000 11/.673 14/.148 13/.322 7/.572 22/1.496 242/184 .211/.326/.353/.679 .699/.673 .833 101/.568 1/0 7/
38.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 53/40 .260/.275/.280/.555 .962/.421 .609 21/.781 0/0 0/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 20/.821 1/.000 9/.708 13/.334 9/.347 7/.762 7/.572 219/176 .294/.342/.441/.784 .637/.820 .704 100/.759 1/0 4/
20.Quentin G/S/vP 2/1.500 4/.000 5/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/3.500 252/198 .283/.389/.561/.950 .840/.979 .997 112/.878 4/3 16/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 127/94 .280/.312/.415/.727 .833/.688 .638 84/.931 2/1 3/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 5/.650 1/.000 11/.282 1/.000 2/.000 9/.904 6/.167 6/.750 6/.733 246/187 .215/.329/.330/.659 .657/.656 .656 95/.661 1/2 5/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 20/1.032 2/3.500 5/1.000 8/.833 4/.500 12/1.500 13/1.769 235/177 .211/.328/.437/.765 .878/.723 .663 92/.718 1/0 12/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 7/1.857 3/.333 14/.539 ··· 12/1.273 14/.594 9/.000 4/1.833 13/.417 128/107 .198/.262/.328/.589 .554/.597 .606 18/.646 0/0 3/
IP 40.2 39.1 72.0 13.0 24.2 35.0 25.2 18.1 26.0 TOTAL .255/.332/.420/.752 .703/.766 .771 .785 21/11 78/36
ERA-K/9 3.76/5.7 5.26/3.7 6.00/5.9 2.08/8.3 3.28/5.5 2.83/6.2 1.40/9.1 2.45/5.4 5.19/6.2 4.45/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (18-3-0)
 Pierzynski (41-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 160/.243 181/.317 321/.277 57/.255 106/.284 148/.242 99/.234 75/.269 123/.272 .290  Swisher
 Quentin
 Ramirez
 Dye
 Anderson
4/39/9/2
59/0/0/2
0/9/0/1
0/0/55/1
0/30/2/0
OPS .768 .937 .752 .667 .802 .661 .592 .681 .807 .790
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 73/.667 68/.820 155/.775 22/.814 41/.603 56/.628 58/.628 47/.448 51/.896 .752
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 87/.853 113/1.005 166/.730 35/.572 65/.919 92/.680 41/.543 28/1.083 72/.743 .820
Road 99/.688 83/.990 84/.769 13/.762 39/1.112 57/.791 30/.800 27/.794 57/.860 .830
Last 28d days 127/.737 70/1.045 120/.830 19/.652 60/.784 61/.621 48/.639 38/.917 67/.902
HR/SB/CS 8/1/1 9/1/2 9/9/0 1/2/1 3/2/1 3/4/1 2/4/0 0/2/2 4/4/1 71/36/15
Usage ····X··· ·XX···oo X··X···X ·oo·X··X ··o·X·XX o··o·X·o ···X·oXo ···o·o·o ·X··o··X

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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