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Game Preview: MIN @ DET, 1:05pm, Thursday, July 10, 2008 @Comerica Park

Minnesota Twins, 50-41, 2nd, 3½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Kevin Slowey (24, RHP, 6-6, 3.78)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-6)             78.2  71  33  33  11  60 11    3.78      
 2007 (4-1)             66.2  82  39  35  11  47 16    4.73      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  44    41  20  20   5  36  5    4.09   55 
 2008-07-05    CLE   W   6     5   5   5   2   6  1      92   46 
 2008-06-29    MIL   W   9     3   0   0   0   8  0     109   89 
 2008-06-24   @SDP  ND   6     4   0   0   0   7  0      92   71 
 2008-06-18    WSN   W   6     7   1   1   2   4  1      90   56 
 2008-06-13   @MIL   W   8     5   2   2   0   5  0      99   69 
 2008-06-08   @CHW   L   3    10   8   8   1   4  1      68   10 
 2008-06-03    BAL   L   6     7   4   4   0   2  2      94   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      2-0  12    13   4   4   4   4  2    3.00   51 
 2008-05-23   @DET   W   6     4   0   0   3   2  0     104   63 
 2007-06-30   @DET   W   6     9   4   4   1   2  2      91   39 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-18   Road:   18-23   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  39-27   vsLHP:  11-14   1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:24-16   vsWest:  5-9  IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Wed, Jul  9  @BOS  L   5-18      50-41  2nd  3.5 gb
 90 Tue, Jul  8  @BOS  L   5-6       50-40  2nd  2.5 gb
 89 Mon, Jul  7  @BOS  L   0-1       50-39  2nd  1.5 gb
 88 Sun, Jul  6   CLE  W   4-3       50-38  2nd  1.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  5   CLE  W   9-6       49-38  2nd  1.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  4   CLE  W  12-3       48-38  2nd  1.0 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  2   DET  W   7-0       47-38  2nd  2.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  1   DET  W   6-4       46-38  2nd  2.5 gb
 83 Mon, Jun 30   DET  L   4-5       45-38  2nd  2.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jun 29   MIL  W   5-0       45-37  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:19-11
Detroit Tigers, 46-44, 3rd, 7 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Kenny Rogers (43, LHP, 6-6, 4.60)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-6)            107.2 120  61  55  43  43 11    4.60      
 2007 (3-4)             63    65  36  31  25  36  8    4.43      
 2006 (17-8)           204   195  97  87  62  99 23    3.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  48    43  19  16  15  16  4    3.00   54 
 2008-07-04   @SEA   L   7.2   6   4   4   2   3  1     104   52 
 2008-06-29    COL   W   6     8   3   3   2   2  1      98   44 
 2008-06-24    STL   L   5.1   9   5   5   3   2  1      98   29 
 2008-06-17   @SFG   W   7     5   1   1   1   2  0      90   64 
 2008-06-12    CHW  ND   8     4   1   0   1   1  0      96   72 
 2008-06-07    CLE  ND   7     5   3   1   2   3  0     105   60 
 2008-06-02   @OAK  ND   7     6   2   2   4   3  1     107   56 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      3-0  31    31  19  13   7  16  2    3.77   49 
 2008-05-04   @MIN  ND   6.2   6   5   3   0   6  0      96   52 
 2006-05-18    MIN   W   5.2   5   2   0   2   4  0      82   57 
 2006-05-05   @MIN   W   5     8   5   5   2   0  1      86   29 
 2006-04-30    MIN   W   8     2   0   0   1   4  0      90   81 
 2005-09-06   @MIN  ND   5.2  10   7   5   2   2  1     102   25 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-17   Road:   19-27   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  28-38   vsLHP:  18-6    1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl:13-21   vsWest: 12-10 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Wed, Jul  9   CLE  W   8-6       46-44  3rd  7.0 gb
 89 Tue, Jul  8   CLE  W   9-2       45-44  3rd  7.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul  6  @SEA  W   2-1 (15)  44-44  3rd  7.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  5  @SEA  L   2-3       43-44  3rd  7.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  4  @SEA  L   1-4       43-43  3rd  6.0 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  3  @SEA  W   8-4       43-42  3rd  6.0 gb
 84 Wed, Jul  2  @MIN  L   0-7       42-42  3rd  7.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  1  @MIN  L   4-6       42-41  3rd  6.0 gb
 82 Mon, Jun 30  @MIN  W   5-4       42-40  3rd  5.0 gb
 81 Sun, Jun 29   COL  W   4-3       41-40  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:22-8 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 02, 2008 MIN  7  DET  0        W:Nick Blackburn (7-4), L: Eddie Bonine (2-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 01, 2008 MIN  6  DET  4        W:Scott Baker (5-2), L: Nate Robertson (6-7), S: Joe Nathan (23)
Mon, Jun 30, 2008 DET  5 @MIN  4        W:Casey Fossum (1-0), L: Matt Guerrier (4-3), S: Joel Zumaya (1)
Sun, May 25, 2008 MIN  6 @DET  1        W:Glen Perkins (2-1), L: Francisco Cruceta (0-2), S: none
Sat, May 24, 2008 DET 19  MIN  3        W:Nate Robertson (2-5), L: Boof Bonser (2-6), S: none
Fri, May 23, 2008 MIN  9 @DET  4        W:Kevin Slowey (1-4), L: Armando Galarraga (3-2), S: none
Sun, May 04, 2008 MIN  7  DET  6        W:Matt Guerrier (2-1), L: Zach Miner (1-2), S: Joe Nathan (11)
Sat, May 03, 2008 MIN  4  DET  1        W:Brian Bass (1-0), L: Justin Verlander (1-5), S: Joe Nathan (10)
Fri, May 02, 2008 MIN 11  DET  1        W:Livan Hernandez (4-1), L: Armando Galarraga (2-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 15, 2008 DET  6  MIN  5        W:Clay Rapada (1-0), L: Jesse Crain (0-1), S: Todd Jones (3)
Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 7-4; 2007 - DET won 12-6; 2006 - DET won 11-8; All-Time - DET leads 1022-942

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  5.46

COL  4.53

WSN  3.60

RA/G

OAK  3.66

NYM  4.58

TEX  5.72

BA

C. Jones  .375

M. DeRosa  .285

T. Pena  .155

OBP

C. Jones  .472

O. Hudson  .356

T. Pena  .176

SLG

L. Berkman  .661

J. Bowker  .461

T. Pena  .204

OPS

L. Berkman  1.107

J. Crede  .814

T. Pena  .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.78

J. Sanchez  3.97

M. Hendrickson  6.24

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.47

A. Wainwright  6.09

L. Hernandez  3.36

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

Minnesota Twins Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Rogers*
G/S/vB
34.Dolsi
G/S/vB
49.Fossum*
G/S/vB
59.Jones
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
54.Zumaya
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 78/64 .306/.333/.389/.722 .286/.823 .804 69/.724 0/1 1/
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.400 1/2.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 1/.000 208/150 .309/.358/.436/.795 .720/.827 .729 103/.722 4/1 4/
22.Gomez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 381/280 .263/.298/.366/.664 .709/.647 .642 111/.533 21/9 5/
23.Harris G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 4/1.750 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 319/229 .256/.313/.361/.675 .552/.725 .678 86/.807 1/1 4/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.666 5/.200 3/.666 3/.666 4/1.000 2/.000 293/233 .266/.328/.471/.799 .502/.872 .757 82/.964 0/1 13/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 223/195 .228/.265/.302/.567 .292/.607 .718 18/.528 0/1 1/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 13/.641 ··· 10/.650 7/1.071 3/2.000 7/1.000 10/.875 7/.286 344/247 .328/.420/.455/.875 .908/.860 .740 97/.968 0/1 4/
27.Monroe G/S/vP 16/.688 ··· 10/.400 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 156/79 .211/.282/.437/.719 .453/.972 .599 36/.762 0/0 8/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 18/.411 ··· 10/.400 7/.143 3/1.667 11/2.136 9/1.222 8/1.625 392/268 .314/.378/.494/.872 .767/.923 .916 110/.944 0/1 13/
8.Punto# G/S/vP 10/.700 ··· 6/.833 6/.334 3/.333 6/.650 3/.666 5/.400 108/66 .299/.355/.443/.798 .772/.816 .775 40/.916 4/2 1/
55.Redmond G/S/vP 14/1.000 ··· ··· 7/1.547 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 69/33 .297/.333/.359/.693 .697/.688 .658 20/.563 0/0 0/
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 70/53 .316/.426/.404/.830 1.332/.680 .799 36/1.106 4/2 0/
21.Young G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/3.000 3/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.400 1/2.000 348/259 .293/.339/.398/.737 .684/.756 .791 84/.948 9/4 3/
IP 107.2 25.2 13.2 34.2 36.2 7.1 26.2 9.1 TOTAL .278/.335/.408/.743 .687/.765 .721 .824 53/27 62/58
ERA-K/9 4.60/3.6 3.16/4.6 7.24/7.2 4.93/3.1 2.45/6.6 8.59/3.7 3.04/6.7 1.93/7.7 4.43/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (34-17-1)
 Redmond (10-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 476/.291 111/.253 63/.339 154/.290 153/.246 35/.233 113/.273 45/.297 .266  Young
 Gomez
 Kubel
 Span
 Monroe
 Punto
84/0/0/8
0/84/0/6
10/0/19/2
0/2/18/2
0/7/2/1
0/2/0/0
OPS .817 .646 .856 .784 .640 .876 .706 .774 .752
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 130/.756 35/.787 29/.667 68/.845 54/.871 17/1.103 61/.788 18/.533 .785
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 346/.840 76/.582 34/1.022 86/.736 99/.509 18/.619 52/.612 27/.936 .729
Home 208/.841 55/.586 31/.647 89/.805 85/.535 12/.083 61/.821 16/.771 .745
Last 28d days 138/.738 46/.542 52/.824 53/.903 11/.000 35/.876 27/.804 45/.774
HR/SB/CS 11/1/1 1/4/1 0/0/0 3/2/0 2/1/0 2/1/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 75/37/19
Usage ·····X·· ···X·o·· X······X o··o··X· ·X·X···· ····X·oX ······o· X··X··o·
Detroit Tigers Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.74 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
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/.000 8/.875 1/.000 1/5.000 5/.200 3/.000 1/.000 373/294 .292/.357/.503/.860 .828/.868 .932 100/.992 1/0 16/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 6/1.166 3/1.334 13/1.154 1/.000 14/.819 15/1.300 11/.819 6/.000 287/237 .302/.357/.489/.845 .760/.863 .871 105/1.051 6/4 9/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 6/.900 4/.500 11/.364 2/.000 14/.702 12/.900 14/.774 10/.733 354/274 .285/.364/.440/.804 .866/.791 .935 107/.682 7/2 8/
15.Inge G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/1.400 1/no AB 16/1.053 16/.331 13/.413 5/.000 171/136 .215/.311/.417/.728 .408/.812 .922 12/.455 1/1 6/
20.Joyce* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 86/82 .247/.314/.558/.872 .500/.878 .997 27/1.074 0/0 6/
19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/44 .200/.273/.300/.573 /.573 .744 13/.916 0/0 1/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 6/.833 5/1.000 8/1.071 1/.000 12/1.183 12/.500 9/.476 10/1.000 346/258 .311/.358/.403/.760 .962/.691 .752 97/.789 2/0 3/
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 97/54 .241/.313/.471/.784 .935/.650 .927 35/1.101 1/0 4/
8.Renteria G/S/vP 2/no AB 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 6/.666 6/.000 10/.700 333/252 .254/.301/.326/.627 .809/.570 .707 90/.497 3/2 5/
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 5/.400 2/2.000 10/.700 1/.000 4/.666 16/.875 10/.956 6/1.500 285/217 .289/.330/.414/.744 .780/.733 .845 73/1.027 6/1 4/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/.500 51/46 .350/.469/.575/1.044 1.350/1.010 .990 4/.500 0/0 1/
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 3/.000 5/1.800 6/.333 1/.000 10/1.489 7/.786 18/1.056 4/1.750 221/179 .226/.335/.353/.687 .443/.748 .764 58/.718 3/0 5/
33.Thames G/S/vP 3/1.666 3/.666 6/.334 ··· 6/.833 8/.125 5/.400 1/.000 188/114 .271/.335/.612/.947 .984/.924 1.081 80/1.126 0/2 17/
36.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 127/105 .279/.360/.369/.729 .902/.694 .912 55/.730 2/0 0/
IP 78.2 56.1 81.2 19.1 36.0 48.0 36.2 24.2 TOTAL .273/.339/.434/.773 .805/.764 .866 .838 32/15 99/68
ERA-K/9 3.78/6.9 5.27/4.0 6.50/6.7 2.33/8.9 2.75/6.8 3.56/6.6 1.23/9.8 2.92/4.7 4.35/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (7-1-2)
 Rodriguez (28-17-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 311/.241 255/.309 372/.292 79/.197 154/.268 207/.249 138/.205 99/.258 .283  Thomas
 Granderson
 Inge
 Thames
 Sheffield
 Joyce
 Guillen
 Raburn
23/16/3/4
0/68/0/3
2/11/0/2
38/0/6/1
6/0/0/0
15/0/11/0
2/0/0/0
17/4/12/0
OPS .714 .884 .775 .532 .758 .709 .535 .720 .771
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 128/.830 91/.756 174/.810 32/.615 55/.668 74/.716 75/.569 56/.525 .748
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 183/.634 164/.954 198/.745 47/.472 99/.805 133/.704 63/.496 43/.982 .787
Road 168/.718 125/.975 114/.877 29/.438 67/.875 89/.945 44/.702 45/.841 .833
Last 28d days 131/.536 68/.797 47/.927 19/.217 36/.667 48/.657 35/.378 20/.744
HR/SB/CS 11/3/2 10/1/2 9/10/0 1/2/1 4/2/1 5/6/1 3/4/0 2/3/2 100/44/18
Usage ····X··· X·o··o·· X···X··o o······· ··o··X·X ·X·ooX·· ···oX··· oo······

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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