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Game Preview: MIN @ DET, 7:05pm, Tuesday, April 15, 2008 @Comerica Park

Minnesota Twins, 6-7, 3rd, 2 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Scott Baker (26, RHP, 2-0, 4.63)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-0)             11.2  12   6   6   1   9  3    4.63      
 2007 (9-9)            143.2 162  70  68  29 102 15    4.26      
 2006 (5-8)             83.1 114  63  59  16  62 17    6.37      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-3  40.1  47  19  18   6  32  4    4.02   51 
 2008-04-09    CHW   W   5     5   3   3   1   7  3      89   51 
 2008-04-04    KCR   W   6.2   7   3   3   0   2  0      84   50 
 2007-09-22    CHW   L   2     5   3   3   1   1  0      40   34 
 2007-09-16    DET   L   7     8   4   3   0   3  1      94   50 
 2007-09-11    KCR   W   5.2  10   3   3   1   4  0      85   40 
 2007-09-05    CLE   L   5    11   3   3   2   6  0      97   37 
 2007-08-31    KCR   W   9     1   0   0   1   9  0     111   93 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      0-3  32.1  37  17  16   2  16  6    4.45   49 
 2007-09-16    DET   L   7     8   4   3   0   3  1      94   50 
 2007-07-19    DET  ND   6.1  10   3   3   1   3  0     104   43 
 2007-07-01    DET   L   8     3   1   1   1   3  1      79   74 
 2006-09-07    DET   L   5     9   5   5   0   2  2      75   31 
 2006-05-06    DET  ND   6     7   4   4   0   5  2      96   47 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-4    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-6    vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 5-4    vsWest:  1-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Mon, Apr 14  @DET  L   9-11       6-7   3rd  2.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13  @KCR  L   1-5        6-6   3rd  1.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12  @KCR  W   2-0        6-5   2nd  0.5 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11  @KCR  W   5-0        5-5   3rd  1.0 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @CHW  W  12-5        4-5   3rd  2.5 gb
  8 Mon, Apr  7  @CHW  L   4-7        3-5   4th  2.5 gb
  7 Sun, Apr  6   KCR  L   1-3        3-4   4th  1.5 gb
  6 Sat, Apr  5   KCR  W   6-4        3-3   3rd  0.5 gb
  5 Fri, Apr  4   KCR  W   4-3        2-3   4th  1.5 gb
  4 Thu, Apr  3   LAA  L   4-5        1-3   4th  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-7    Last 30: 6-7 
Detroit Tigers, 3-10, 5th, 5 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Nate Robertson (30, LHP, 0-1, 7.84)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)             10.1  15   9   9   4  11  1    7.84      
 2007 (9-13)           177.2 199  98  94  63 119 22    4.76      
 2006 (13-13)          208.2 206  98  89  67 137 29    3.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  42.2  44  24  23  17  32  6    4.85   48 
 2008-04-10    BOS   L   5.1   8   4   4   2   6  0     107   40 
 2008-04-04    CHW  ND   5     7   5   5   2   5  1      91   36 
 2007-09-30    CHW   W   6.2   8   3   3   0   2  1     104   48 
 2007-09-24    MIN   L   7     3   1   1   4   6  0     111   69 
 2007-09-19    CLE   L   7     6   4   4   3   5  1     105   51 
 2007-09-14    MIN   W   7     5   2   2   3   5  1     106   61 
 2007-09-08    SEA  ND   4.2   7   5   4   3   3  2      83   32 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      2-2  35    22   8   7  12  24  2    1.80   65 
 2007-09-24    MIN   L   7     3   1   1   4   6  0     111   69 
 2007-09-14    MIN   W   7     5   2   2   3   5  1     106   61 
 2007-07-17    MIN   W   7     3   0   0   2   5  0     102   74 
 2007-04-27    MIN  ND   7     5   3   3   2   3  1      95   56 
 2006-09-09    MIN   L   7     6   2   1   1   5  0     101   63 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    1-6    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   2-9    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 2-8    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Mon, Apr 14   MIN  W  11-9        3-10  5th  5.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13  @CHW  L   0-11       2-10  5th  5.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12  @CHW  L   0-7        2-9   5th  4.5 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11  @CHW  W   5-2        2-8   5th  4.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 10  @BOS  L   6-12       1-8   5th  5.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr  9  @BOS  W   7-2        1-7   5th  5.0 gb
  7 Tue, Apr  8  @BOS  L   0-5        0-7   5th  5.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6   CHW  L   2-13       0-6   5th  4.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  5   CHW  L   3-5        0-5   5th  3.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  4   CHW  L   5-8        0-4   5th  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 3-10   Last 30: 3-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 14, 2008 DET 11  MIN  9        W:Francis Beltran (1-0), L: Pat Neshek (0-1), S: Todd Jones (2)

Wed, Sep 26, 2007 DET  9  MIN  4  (6)   W:Tim Byrdak , L: Nick Blackburn , S: none
Tue, Sep 25, 2007 DET  8  MIN  0        W:Yorman Bazardo , L: Matt Garza , S: none
Mon, Sep 24, 2007 MIN  2 @DET  0        W:Carlos Silva , L: Nate Robertson , S: Joe Nathan 
Sun, Sep 16, 2007 DET  6 @MIN  4        W:Jair Jurrjens , L: Scott Baker , S: Todd Jones 
Sat, Sep 15, 2007 DET  4 @MIN  3        W:Joel Zumaya , L: Johan Santana , S: Todd Jones 
Fri, Sep 14, 2007 DET  4 @MIN  2        W:Nate Robertson , L: Matt Garza , S: Todd Jones 
Thu, Jul 19, 2007 DET  4 @MIN  3 (10)   W:Zach Miner , L: Joe Nathan , S: Todd Jones 
Wed, Jul 18, 2007 DET  3 @MIN  2        W:Andrew Miller , L: Johan Santana , S: Todd Jones 
Tue, Jul 17, 2007 DET  1 @MIN  0        W:Nate Robertson , L: Matt Garza , S: Todd Jones 
Season Series: 2008 - DET leads 1-0; 2007 - DET won 12-6; 2006 - DET won 11-8; All-Time - DET leads 1019-935

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Minnesota Twins Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (6.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Robertson*
G/S/vB
52.Bautista
G/S/vB
62.Beltran
G/S/vB
49.Grilli
G/S/vB
59.Jones
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
31.Miner
G/S/vB
50.Rapada*
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Everett G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/1.500 ··· 5/.200 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/2.000 236/173 .232/.281/.318/.599 .558/.613 .619 / 4/2 2/8
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/77 .232/.288/.304/.592 .614/.569 .533 / 12/3 2/3
23.Harris G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 576/414 .286/.343/.434/.777 .897/.731 .799 / 4/1 12/13
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 10/.200 ··· ··· 5/1.400 4/.250 2/.000 6/.833 ··· 3/1.334 466/382 .273/.335/.450/.785 .667/.810 .801 / 5/0 13/2
24.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.334 ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 353/296 .289/.366/.453/.820 1.056/.777 .764 / 0/0 11/11
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 25/.440 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 6/.900 2/2.000 7/1.000 ··· 7/.629 471/312 .293/.382/.426/.808 .673/.877 .956 / 7/1 7/1
27.Monroe G/S/vP ··· 5/2.200 ··· 6/.667 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 427/287 .219/.268/.370/.638 .805/.555 .682 / 0/4 12/3
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 30/.634 ··· ··· 5/.933 7/.143 2/.500 5/1.600 ··· 7/1.143 668/445 .271/.343/.492/.834 .693/.907 .851 / 1/1 31/5
8.Punto# G/S/vP 24/.724 ··· ··· 6/1.300 6/.334 2/.500 8/.875 ··· 2/.000 536/364 .210/.291/.271/.562 .483/.599 .581 / 16/6 1/13
55.Redmond G/S/vP 20/.585 ··· ··· 2/.000 7/1.547 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 298/198 .294/.346/.353/.699 .853/.623 .678 / 0/0 1/0
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
21.Young G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 3/.666 681/509 .288/.316/.408/.723 .752/.714 .733 / 10/3 13/7
IP 177.2 8.2 79.2 61.1 17.1 53.2 2.2 46.1 TOTAL .260/.315/.358/.673 .677/.672 .703 .673 13/3 6/8
ERA-K/9 4.76/6.0 12.46/8.3 /0.0 4.74/7.0 4.26/4.8 5.19/3.6 3.02/5.7 10.13/13.3 2.33/7.4 5.95/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (21-24-4)
 Redmond (23-16-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 781/.283 48/.429 / 352/.263 265/.267 76/.273 232/.273 13/.273 189/.228 .279  Young
 Monroe
 Gomez
 Kubel
 Lamb
0/29/133/16
102/7/9/6
27/4/22/3
84/0/0/2
0/0/1/0
OPS .787 .989 .714 .702 .751 .727 1.294 .619 .800
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 204/.732 28/1.096 / 120/.702 151/.705 37/.803 92/.567 9/.905 101/.545 .880
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 577/.807 20/.833 / 232/.718 114/.696 39/.705 140/.834 4/2.000 88/.707 .757
Home 429/.765 21/1.303 / 184/.910 125/.626 35/.757 106/.712 12/1.417 99/.487 .802
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 22/7/4 0/1/0 // 5/1/2 3/1/0 2/0/0 3/4/6 2/0/0 1/1/1 10/6/3
Usage ····X··· ···o·X·· X·o·Xo·· ···X··X· o··o·X·· ···X··X· ·X··X··· ·X······ X····X··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Detroit Tigers Batters (3.38 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Baker
G/S/vB
60.Bass
G/S/vB
28.Crain
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
17.Neshek
G/S/vB
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
39.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/2.000 680/530 .320/.401/.565/.965 1.173/.910 1.026 / 2/1 34/23
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 12/.788 ··· 13/.762 9/1.238 12/.788 7/.715 9/.583 12/1.000 630/500 .296/.357/.502/.859 .921/.843 .863 / 13/8 21/25
15.Inge G/S/vP 19/.334 ··· 16/1.053 16/.331 12/.450 5/.000 5/.000 18/.301 577/447 .236/.312/.376/.688 .923/.621 .748 / 9/2 14/18
19.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 8/.500 ··· 495/408 .285/.335/.400/.735 .763/.729 .710 / 6/3 5/4
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 22/1.122 ··· 11/.531 9/.333 11/.697 9/.000 3/.333 18/1.007 679/531 .363/.434/.595/1.029 1.213/.980 1.129 / 4/1 28/1
14.Polanco G/S/vP 14/.643 ··· 8/1.071 10/.555 8/.542 4/.500 9/.888 6/.666 641/489 .341/.388/.458/.846 .813/.857 .871 / 7/3 9/0
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 148/84 .304/.340/.507/.847 .759/.912 .821 / 3/0 4/1
8.Renteria G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 9/.555 1/3.000 543/347 .332/.390/.470/.860 .918/.827 .854 / 11/2 12/11
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 14/.142 ··· 4/.666 14/1.000 9/1.069 7/1.453 4/1.250 19/.485 515/389 .281/.294/.420/.714 .746/.703 .744 / 2/2 11/6
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/1.467 74/62 .284/.324/.388/.712 1.117/.638 .449 / 3/0 0/2
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 10/.600 ··· 8/1.196 6/.567 18/1.056 5/.933 3/2.334 6/.900 593/460 .265/.378/.462/.839 .832/.841 .901 / 22/5 25/0
33.Thames G/S/vP 5/2.400 ··· 4/.500 6/.167 5/.400 5/.800 1/.000 4/.500 284/193 .242/.278/.498/.776 .927/.705 .844 / 2/1 18/4
36.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· / /// / / / /
IP 143.2 16.1 88.0 71.2 70.1 29.1 59.2 TOTAL .251/.329/.368/.697 .727/.691 .743 .697 8/0 8/10
ERA-K/9 4.26/6.4 /0.0 5.51/5.5 2.35/7.0 1.88/9.7 2.94/9.5 3.99/6.5 5.13/7.4 4.03/5.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Rodriguez (47-21-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 606/.287 / 71/.292 351/.220 282/.209 278/.183 139/.309 272/.273 .271  Jones
 Ordonez
 Sheffield
 Thames
 Raburn
2/84/67/8
0/0/143/4
7/0/7/1
37/0/9/1
10/13/16/1
OPS .763 .876 .618 .574 .591 .810 .793 .721
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 284/.848 / 30/.872 153/.742 138/.620 113/.618 82/.673 132/.915 .704
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 322/.689 / 41/.880 198/.523 144/.532 165/.573 57/1.009 140/.677 .737
Road 279/.783 / 33/1.140 157/.598 120/.607 123/.629 63/.862 134/.821 .759
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 15/11/4 // 4/0/1 9/6/2 4/7/0 7/1/2 1/1/3 9/3/1 11/5/2
Usage ·····X·· ·X···X·· ···o···· X·o····X ··oX···· X·o····X ········ ·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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