MIN @ DET, Saturday, July 12, 2008 Game Preview

Minnesota Twins, 52-41, 2nd, 1½ GB, 2 GB in WC	SP: Scott Baker (26, RHP, 5-2, 3.32) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-2) 76 76 28 28 14 64 11 3.32 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 3-2 43 45 13 13 9 35 5 2.72 56 2008-07-07 @BOS ND 7 5 0 0 2 7 0 94 72 2008-07-01 DET W 6 7 3 3 0 5 1 100 51 2008-06-26 @SDP W 6 6 3 3 2 3 1 101 49 2008-06-20 ARI W 6 7 1 1 1 7 1 112 60 2008-06-15 @MIL L 6 7 3 3 2 9 1 101 53 2008-06-10 @CLE L 7 8 1 1 1 1 0 95 57 2008-06-05 BAL ND 5 5 2 2 1 3 1 99 51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET 1-1 29.1 31 13 12 3 16 5 3.68 52 2008-07-01 DET W 6 7 3 3 0 5 1 100 51 2008-05-03 DET ND 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 43 59 2008-04-15 @DET ND 7 5 3 3 2 3 3 91 56 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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 32-18 Road: 20-23 ExtrInn: 6-4 vsRHP: 40-27 vsLHP: 12-14 1-Run: 19-15 vsEast: 7-12 vsCntrl:26-16 vsWest: 5-9 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 93 Fri, Jul 11 @DET W 3-2 52-41 2nd 1.5 gb 92 Thu, Jul 10 @DET W 7-6 (11) 51-41 2nd 2.5 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:15-5 Last 30:21-9
Detroit Tigers, 46-46, 3rd, 7 GB, 7½ GB in WC	SP: Nate Robertson (30, LHP, 6-7, 5.19) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-7) 109.1 133 64 63 32 70 13 5.19 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 3-2 44 53 21 20 13 26 4 4.09 48 2008-07-06 @SEA ND 9 4 1 1 2 1 0 100 74 2008-07-01 @MIN L 4 11 6 6 2 3 1 73 17 2008-06-26 STL ND 6.1 11 1 0 2 5 0 92 52 2008-06-21 @SDP W 6 7 5 5 2 5 1 97 41 2008-06-15 LAD W 6 4 0 0 0 3 0 66 67 2008-06-10 CHW W 6.1 8 3 3 2 4 1 86 47 2008-06-04 @OAK L 6.1 8 5 5 3 5 1 109 39 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN 2-2 30.2 32 16 16 12 23 4 4.70 49 2008-07-01 @MIN L 4 11 6 6 2 3 1 73 17 2008-05-24 MIN W 6.1 7 3 3 2 4 1 99 49 2008-04-15 MIN ND 6.1 6 4 4 1 5 1 94 49 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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 27-19 Road: 19-27 ExtrInn: 2-4 vsRHP: 28-39 vsLHP: 18-7 1-Run: 12-13 vsEast: 8-8 vsCntrl:13-23 vsWest: 12-10 IL:13-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 92 Fri, Jul 11 MIN L 2-3 46-46 3rd 7.0 gb 91 Thu, Jul 10 MIN L 6-7 (11) 46-45 3rd 7.0 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Jul 11, 2008 MIN 3 @DET 2 W:Glen Perkins (6-2), L: Armando Galarraga (7-3), S: Joe Nathan (26) Thu, Jul 10, 2008 MIN 7 @DET 6 (11) W:Matt Guerrier (5-4), L: Freddy Dolsi (1-3), S: none 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) Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 9-4; 2007 - DET won 12-6; 2006 - DET won 11-8; All-Time - DET leads 1022-944

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 5.52

CLE 4.49

WSN 3.68

RA/G

OAK 3.62

NYM 4.53

TEX 5.73

C. Jones .373

N. McLouth .284

T. Pena .155

OBP

C. Jones .470

D. Eckstein .356

T. Pena .176

SLG

L. Berkman .656

B. Hawpe .467

T. Pena .204

OPS

L. Berkman 1.100

M. Cameron .815

T. Pena .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.78

J. Beckett 3.94

M. Hendrickson 6.24

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 9.47

G. Floyd 6.04

L. Hernandez 3.36

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.Robertson*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 81/67 .320/.346/.413/.759 .286/.863 .884 72/.765 0/1 1/

25.Casilla# G/S/vP 13/.769 1/.000 6/.400 2/1.000 3/1.000 3/.666 2/2.000 1/.000 219/157 .314/.358/.440/.798 .712/.835 .743 105/.739 4/1 4/

22.Gomez G/S/vP 9/.944 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 5/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 390/284 .257/.291/.357/.648 .675/.638 .609 110/.489 21/9 5/

23.Harris G/S/vP 14/.895 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 4/1.750 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 325/231 .254/.310/.361/.671 .561/.718 .671 83/.850 1/1 4/

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 13/.154 1/.000 6/.666 6/.533 3/.666 4/.500 5/1.100 2/.000 300/239 .265/.330/.466/.796 .514/.864 .753 80/.961 0/1 13/

24.Lamb* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 225/197 .225/.262/.299/.561 .292/.601 .704 14/.429 0/1 1/

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 31/.581 1/no AB 10/.650 8/1.000 3/2.000 8/1.089 11/.788 7/.286 351/253 .323/.417/.449/.866 .898/.852 .726 95/.912 0/1 4/

27.Monroe G/S/vP 8/1.125 ··· 10/.400 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 160/80 .207/.281/.428/.709 .450/.959 .585 35/.832 0/0 8/

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 39/.820 1/5.000 10/.400 7/.143 3/1.667 13/2.192 11/1.323 8/1.625 403/274 .324/.390/.514/.904 .815/.947 .981 113/1.030 0/1 14/

8.Punto# G/S/vP 26/.668 1/no AB 6/.833 7/.572 3/.333 6/.650 4/.500 5/.400 117/71 .320/.379/.466/.845 .792/.883 .895 49/1.010 4/2 1/

55.Redmond G/S/vP 23/.691 ··· ··· 7/1.547 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 73/33 .279/.315/.338/.653 .624/.688 .585 24/.467 0/0 0/

2.Span* G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/2.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 79/58 .359/.468/.469/.936 1.475/.754 .985 45/1.248 5/3 0/

21.Young G/S/vP 14/.286 2/.000 2/3.000 3/2.000 2/1.000 2/.000 6/.367 1/2.000 359/266 .284/.329/.386/.715 .658/.735 .736 91/.810 9/4 3/

IP 109.1 28.0 13.2 35.1 37.0 9.1 28.2 9.1 TOTAL .279/.336/.408/.745 .690/.767 .726 .828 54/28 63/59

ERA-K/9

5.19/5.8

3.21/4.2

7.24/7.2

5.09/3.1

2.68/6.6

7.71/4.8

2.83/7.2

1.93/7.7

4.42/5.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mauer (35-17-1)
Redmond (10-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 475/.304 122/.250 63/.339 159/.303 155/.250 44/.237 122/.260 45/.297 .267 Young
Gomez
Kubel
Span
Monroe
Punto 86/0/0/8
0/86/0/6
10/0/20/2
0/3/20/2
0/7/2/1
0/2/0/0

OPS .829 .669 .856 .801 .652 .841 .688 .774 .754

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 143/.845 43/.878 29/.667 73/.878 55/.911 22/1.159 66/.791 18/.533 .803

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 332/.821 79/.559 34/1.022 86/.736 100/.504 22/.495 56/.571 27/.936 .720

Home 212/.815 66/.638 31/.647 94/.832 87/.558 21/.348 70/.778 16/.771 .748

Last 28d days 131/.772 51/.686 52/.824 55/.955 13/.231 44/.841 36/.722 45/.774

HR/SB/CS 13/6/4 2/5/1 0/0/0 3/2/0 2/1/0 2/1/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 76/38/20

Usage ·····X·· ·X···X·o ··X····· ·Xo··o·· o··X·X·· XX····X· Xo······ ··X··X··

Detroit Tigers Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Baker
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 4/.250 3/.000 8/.875 2/.000 2/2.500 6/.167 4/.250 1/.000 382/299 .291/.356/.500/.856 .849/.858 .922 101/.966 1/0 16/

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 28/.893 3/1.334 13/1.154 2/.000 14/.819 16/1.199 11/.819 7/.000 297/241 .296/.355/.481/.836 .725/.861 .851 111/1.020 6/4 9/

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 19/1.088 4/.500 11/.364 2/.000 16/.606 13/.826 15/.817 10/.733 364/281 .284/.365/.435/.800 .858/.788 .921 109/.662 8/2 8/

15.Inge G/S/vP 20/.316 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 9/.625 1/1 6/

20.Joyce* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/3.500 2/.000 ··· 96/88 .264/.323/.609/.932 1.167/.912 1.090 37/1.170 0/0 7/

19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 50/49 .239/.300/.348/.648 2.000/.619 .846 15/1.292 0/0 1/

14.Polanco G/S/vP 21/.428 5/1.000 8/1.071 1/.000 13/1.083 13/.455 9/.476 11/.910 356/263 .307/.353/.396/.749 .930/.685 .730 103/.740 2/0 3/

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 98/55 .239/.309/.466/.775 .935/.637 .903 30/.977 1/0 4/

8.Renteria G/S/vP 6/1.000 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 6/.666 6/.000 10/.700 333/252 .254/.301/.326/.627 .809/.570 .707 86/.497 3/2 5/

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 19/.269 2/2.000 10/.700 2/.500 5/.500 16/.875 12/.788 6/1.500 294/222 .288/.330/.410/.739 .784/.725 .829 79/.971 6/1 4/

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 2/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 3/.333 59/49 .333/.464/.556/1.020 .873/1.047 .960 12/.697 0/0 1/

3.Sheffield G/S/vP 17/.764 5/1.800 6/.333 1/.000 10/1.489 8/.679 18/1.056 4/1.750 225/180 .222/.329/.345/.674 .413/.744 .737 62/.670 3/0 5/

33.Thames G/S/vP 12/1.584 3/.666 6/.334 1/2.000 7/.715 9/.111 5/.400 1/.000 196/118 .275/.337/.601/.938 .957/.926 1.048 82/1.108 0/3 17/

36.Thomas* G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 129/107 .277/.362/.366/.728 .902/.693 .904 57/.726 2/0 0/

IP 76.0 56.1 81.2 20.2 38.1 51.0 38.2 25.2 TOTAL .273/.339/.433/.772 .800/.764 .860 .835 33/16 100/69

ERA-K/9

3.32/7.6

5.27/4.0

6.50/6.7

2.18/8.7

2.58/6.6

3.35/6.7

1.16/10.0

2.81/5.3

4.33/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Inge (7-1-2)
Rodriguez (29-18-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 313/.256 255/.309 372/.292 86/.211 162/.260 217/.241 147/.196 102/.250 .283 Thomas
Granderson
Inge
Thames
Sheffield
Joyce
Guillen
Raburn 24/16/3/4
0/70/0/3
2/11/0/2
40/0/6/1
6/0/0/0
15/0/13/0
2/0/0/0
17/4/12/0

OPS .698 .884 .775 .565 .738 .689 .528 .697 .770

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 153/.664 91/.756 174/.810 35/.619 59/.675 79/.709 81/.558 57/.515 .754

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 160/.731 164/.954 198/.745 51/.523 103/.772 138/.677 66/.492 45/.935 .781

Road 180/.754 125/.975 114/.877 36/.536 75/.819 99/.875 53/.660 48/.783 .828

Last 28d days 132/.699 59/.778 40/.834 22/.485 44/.613 54/.613 44/.382 20/.671

HR/SB/CS 11/2/1 10/1/2 9/10/0 1/2/2 4/2/1 5/6/1 3/5/0 2/3/2 101/45/19

Usage ····X··· ··X·o··o ··X···X· ·Xo····· oX··o··X oX·X·ooX oX···oX· ·ooo····

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 @ DET, 3:55pm, Saturday, July 12, 2008 @Comerica Park

SP: Scott Baker (26, RHP, 5-2, 3.32)

SP: Nate Robertson (30, LHP, 6-7, 5.19)

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