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Game Preview: MIN @ CHW, 2:05pm, Monday, June 9, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

Minnesota Twins, 31-32, 2nd, 5½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Glen Perkins (25, LHP, 2-2, 4.50)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-2)             34    46  19  17   8  18  6    4.50      
 2007 (0-0)             28.2  23  10  10  12  20  2    3.14      
 2006 (0-0)              5.2   3   1   1   0   6  0    1.59      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  34    46  19  17   8  18  6    4.50   44 
 2008-06-04    BAL  ND   4     9   5   4   2   2  2      77   26 
 2008-05-30    NYY   L   4    10   5   5   2   0  0      78   20 
 2008-05-25   @DET   W   7.2   7   1   1   2   4  1     104   63 
 2008-05-20    TEX   W   6.1   6   3   2   0   3  0      96   54 
 2008-05-15    TOR  ND   6     5   2   2   2   6  0     102   58 
 2008-05-10    BOS   L   6     9   3   3   0   3  3      98   45 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW    Has never faced CHW.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-16   Road:   12-16   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  25-23   vsLHP:   6-9    1-Run:  13-11
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:18-12   vsWest:  5-9  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 63 Sun, Jun  8  @CHW  L   2-12      31-32  2nd  5.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Chicago White Sox, 36-26, 1st, 5½ up

SP: John Danks (23, LHP, 4-4, 2.88)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-4)             68.2  64  22  22  20  51  6    2.88      
 2007 (6-13)           139   160  92  85  54 109 28    5.50      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  38.2  43  12  12  13  31  5    2.79   53 
 2008-06-04    KCR  ND   5.2   6   2   2   2   1  2      96   48 
 2008-05-29   @TBR   W   6     6   1   1   1   8  0     102   63 
 2008-05-24    LAA   L   5     5   2   2   2   4  1      99   51 
 2008-05-18   @SFG  ND   6     6   3   3   3   3  1      98   48 
 2008-05-13   @LAA  ND   6.1   7   0   0   2   5  0      99   62 
 2008-05-08    MIN   W   5     6   2   2   2   5  0      89   50 
 2008-05-03   @TOR   L   4.2   7   2   2   1   5  1     107   46 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      2-3  23.1  29  19  19  14  17  3    7.33   40 
 2008-05-08    MIN   W   5     6   2   2   2   5  0      89   50 
 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:   19-9    Road:   17-17   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  26-19   vsLHP:  10-7    1-Run:   6-7 
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:20-8    vsWest:  6-6  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 63 Sun, Jun  8   MIN  W  12-2       36-26  1st  5.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:21-9 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 08, 2008 CHW 12  MIN  2        W:Gavin Floyd (7-3), L: Kevin Slowey (2-6), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 6-4; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1060-961

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

HOU  4.50

WSN  3.64

RA/G

CHW  3.65

SDP  4.57

TEX  5.85

BA

C. Jones  .420

P. Burrell  .277

A. Cabrera  .184

OBP

C. Jones  .504

J. Pierre  .347

R. Hernandez  .255

SLG

L. Berkman  .723

T. Hunter  .442

A. Cabrera  .247

OPS

C. Jones  1.184

L. Gonzalez  .794

A. Cabrera  .529

ERA

E. Volquez  1.32

J. Blanton  4.15

M. Batista  6.06

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.92

N. Robertson  6.15

L. Hernandez  2.82

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.65 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
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 91/71 .342/.393/.519/.912 1.100/.851 .954 91/.912 2/0 3/
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 11/1.303 4/.500 12/.733 1/.000 8/.929 7/.629 8/.500 201/152 .246/.299/.353/.651 .645/.653 .572 123/.624 4/1 3/
22.Gomez G/S/vP 5/.650 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 7/1.143 1/.000 256/194 .279/.310/.406/.716 .872/.665 .737 116/.740 17/7 5/
23.Harris G/S/vP 7/1.214 6/1.167 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.000 2/.500 222/165 .249/.319/.326/.646 .479/.706 .672 94/.587 1/1 2/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 4/3.250 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 4/.250 8/.696 6/.334 203/164 .242/.296/.403/.699 .402/.768 .634 81/.861 0/1 7/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.500 3/.333 3/.000 2/no AB 5/1.350 2/.000 201/174 .230/.269/.311/.580 .303/.624 .802 94/.602 0/1 1/
18.Macri G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 15/5 .429/.467/.500/.967 .900/1.100 1.045 15/.967 1/0 0/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 8/1.250 ··· 9/.873 3/.333 7/.629 6/.900 13/.398 234/170 .328/.408/.438/.846 .891/.826 .729 101/.859 0/1 2/
27.Monroe G/S/vP 12/.167 3/.000 9/.222 ··· 3/.333 4/1.750 5/.800 116/70 .234/.293/.439/.732 .315/1.003 .699 46/.536 0/0 5/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 14/1.671 3/2.334 12/.166 2/1.000 11/1.454 8/2.036 14/.286 269/191 .293/.361/.475/.836 .690/.898 .781 121/.867 0/0 10/
55.Redmond G/S/vP 6/.533 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/.666 5/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 6/.750 4/.500 257/199 .269/.319/.361/.680 .718/.669 .757 112/.772 9/4 1/
IP 68.2 28.1 25.1 26.0 23.0 26.1 23.2 TOTAL .269/.324/.390/.714 .672/.729 .710 .746 45/18 40/45
ERA-K/9 2.88/6.7 2.86/12.4 2.13/5.7 1.38/7.6 1.96/8.2 3.76/8.2 3.04/11.0 3.32/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (29-14-0)
 Redmond (8-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 286/.243 126/.210 98/.227 100/.200 93/.233 115/.258 95/.155 .240  Young
 Cuddyer
 Gomez
 Monroe
 Kubel
62/0/0/7
0/1/43/6
0/57/0/3
0/7/1/1
3/0/14/1
OPS .648 .592 .588 .556 .573 .775 .492 .670
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 76/.631 41/.739 48/.638 54/.424 47/.506 46/.966 42/.567 .718
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 210/.654 85/.523 50/.539 46/.705 46/.643 69/.650 53/.435 .637
Home 135/.724 60/.604 49/.587 49/.597 39/.686 58/1.022 45/.494 .654
Last 28d days 125/.767 59/.447 41/.447 39/.385 34/.335 31/.751 43/.572
HR/SB/CS 6/8/3 1/8/0 1/3/0 2/1/0 0/2/1 2/1/0 2/2/0 43/59/11
Usage ····X··· ··o·Xo·X ····XX·· ··X·X··· o···X··o ·X·oo··· ··oXo··o
Chicago White Sox Batters (4.73 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (5.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Perkins*
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 3/.333 2/.000 80/65 .250/.288/.382/.669 .557/.695 .730 32/.701 1/1 1/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 13/1.000 ··· 4/1.500 8/.393 12/.166 10/1.125 10/.600 282/219 .253/.307/.327/.634 .657/.627 .642 123/.703 9/1 3/
24.Crede G/S/vP 2/1.000 4/1.750 15/1.134 ··· 8/.572 14/.357 11/1.100 6/1.100 18/1.147 225/181 .295/.364/.565/.929 .333/1.074 1.021 89/1.106 0/2 14/
23.Dye G/S/vP 3/.000 1/5.000 16/.956 2/.000 11/.191 11/.664 12/.973 7/.929 14/.599 240/184 .295/.346/.500/.846 .676/.892 .922 111/.851 1/1 10/
44.Hall G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.167 4/.000 49/29 .348/.388/.413/.801 1.026/.644 .697 20/1.188 0/0 0/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/1.000 21/.992 2/.000 11/.673 14/.148 13/.322 7/.572 23/1.429 246/187 .216/.329/.365/.695 .686/.697 .862 100/.605 1/0 7/
38.Ozuna G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 4/.000 2/.000 1/.000 54/40 .255/.269/.275/.544 .890/.421 .583 22/.745 0/0 0/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.666 20/.821 1/.000 9/.708 13/.334 9/.347 8/.661 8/.750 224/180 .297/.344/.440/.784 .622/.824 .709 100/.755 1/0 4/
20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 5/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 4/1.750 256/202 .282/.387/.560/.947 .840/.974 .989 111/.878 4/3 16/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 131/98 .295/.326/.451/.776 .833/.756 .734 88/.994 2/1 4/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 11/.282 1/.000 3/.000 9/.904 6/.167 6/.750 7/1.096 250/191 .221/.332/.352/.684 .657/.688 .707 94/.746 1/2 6/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 20/1.032 2/3.500 5/1.000 8/.833 4/.500 12/1.500 14/1.589 238/180 .209/.328/.433/.761 .878/.717 .656 90/.712 1/0 12/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 3/.666 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 14/.516 0/0 3/
IP 34.0 39.1 72.0 14.0 25.2 35.0 25.2 19.1 28.0 TOTAL .258/.333/.426/.758 .694/.777 .785 .800 22/11 80/36
ERA-K/9 4.50/4.8 5.26/3.7 6.00/5.9 1.93/7.7 3.16/5.3 2.83/6.2 1.40/9.1 2.33/5.1 6.11/6.4 4.57/5.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 153/.326 181/.317 321/.277 60/.241 109/.276 148/.242 99/.234 78/.257 133/.292 .291  Swisher
 Quentin
 Ramirez
 Dye
 Anderson
5/40/9/2
60/0/0/2
0/9/0/1
0/0/56/1
0/31/2/0
OPS .891 .937 .752 .631 .778 .661 .592 .653 .867 .796
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 32/.848 68/.820 155/.775 22/.814 42/.587 56/.628 58/.628 48/.439 54/.944 .756
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 121/.902 113/1.005 166/.730 38/.525 67/.890 92/.680 41/.543 30/1.005 79/.813 .826
Road 31/.704 83/.990 84/.769 16/.607 42/1.026 57/.791 30/.800 30/.705 67/.971 .841
Last 28d days 126/.832 70/1.045 120/.830 22/.561 63/.744 56/.544 42/.562 38/.860 77/.996
HR/SB/CS 6/3/2 9/1/2 9/9/0 1/2/1 3/2/1 3/4/1 2/4/0 0/2/2 5/4/1 73/37/15
Usage ····X··· ··XX···o ·X··X··· o·oo·X·· o··o·X·X ·o··o·X· ····X·oX o···o·o· X·X··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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