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Game Preview: MIN @ MIL, 8:05pm, Friday, June 13, 2008 @Miller Park

Minnesota Twins, 32-35, 2nd, 5½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Kevin Slowey (24, RHP, 2-6, 5.15)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-6)             43.2  47  25  25   7  30  9    5.15      
 2007 (4-1)             66.2  82  39  35  11  47 16    4.73      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-5  40.1  43  22  22   7  28  8    4.91   49 
 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 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      0-0   5.1   8   4   4   4   4  3    6.75   36 
 2007-06-17    MIL  ND   5.1   8   4   4   4   4  3      97   36 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-16   Road:   13-19   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  26-23   vsLHP:   6-12   1-Run:  13-12
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest:  5-9  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 67 Thu, Jun 12  @CLE  L   2-12      32-35  2nd  5.5 gb
 66 Wed, Jun 11  @CLE  W   8-5       32-34  2nd  5.5 gb
 65 Tue, Jun 10  @CLE  L   0-1       31-34  2nd  6.5 gb
 64 Mon, Jun  9  @CHW  L   5-7       31-33  2nd  6.5 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Milwaukee Brewers, 35-31, 3rd, 7½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: David Bush (28, RHP, 2-6, 5.85)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-6)             64.2  65  44  42  21  35 15    5.85      
 2007 (12-10)          186.1 217 110 106  44 134 27    5.12      
 2006 (12-11)          210   201 111 103  38 166 26    4.41      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  41    38  26  25   9  18 11    5.49   47 
 2008-06-07   @COL   L   4     5   5   5   2   3  2      69   33 
 2008-06-01    HOU   W   7     4   1   1   0   5  1     103   70 
 2008-05-27    ATL  ND   7     6   2   2   1   3  2      91   59 
 2008-05-22   @PIT   L   5     9   6   6   0   1  2      75   26 
 2008-05-17   @BOS  ND   6     5   5   4   2   2  1     102   44 
 2008-05-12    STL   W   6     4   1   1   2   1  1      87   59 
 2008-05-07   @FLA   L   6     5   6   6   2   3  2      81   39 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      1-3  26.1  26  14  12   4  14  5    4.10   51 
 2007-06-16   @MIN   W   6.1   5   2   2   2   4  0     104   57 
 2007-05-19    MIN   L   7.1   8   5   5   1   4  1      96   45 
 2005-05-28    MIN   L   4.2   6   4   2   1   1  2      77   40 
 2005-05-18   @MIN   L   8     7   3   3   0   5  2     106   61 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-10   Road:   16-21   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  22-25   vsLHP:  13-6    1-Run:  13-6 
 vsEast:  8-10   vsCntrl:19-14   vsWest:  8-4  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 66 Thu, Jun 12  @HOU  W   9-6       35-31  3rd  7.5 gb
 65 Wed, Jun 11  @HOU  W  10-6       34-31  3rd  7.5 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 10  @HOU  L   1-6       33-31  3rd  7.5 gb
 63 Sun, Jun  8  @COL  W   3-2       33-30  3rd  6.5 gb
 62 Sat, Jun  7  @COL  L   2-7       32-30  3rd  6.5 gb
 61 Fri, Jun  6  @COL  L   4-6       32-29  3rd  6.5 gb
 60 Wed, Jun  4   ARI  W  10-1       32-28  3rd  6.0 gb
 59 Tue, Jun  3   ARI  W   7-1       31-28  3rd  7.0 gb
 58 Mon, Jun  2   ARI  W   4-3       30-28  3rd  7.0 gb
 57 Sun, Jun  1   HOU  W  10-1       29-28  4th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 17, 2007 MIN 10  MIL  9        W:Joe Nathan (3-1), L: Chris Spurling (1-1), S: none
Sat, Jun 16, 2007 MIL  5 @MIN  2        W:David Bush (4-6), L: Boof Bonser (5-3), S: Francisco Cordero (25)
Fri, Jun 15, 2007 MIL 11 @MIN  3        W:Claudio Vargas (5-1), L: Scott Baker (1-2), S: Brian Shouse (1)
Sun, May 20, 2007 MIL  6  MIN  5        W:Matt Wise (1-1), L: Dennys Reyes (0-1), S: Francisco Cordero (17)
Sat, May 19, 2007 MIN  5 @MIL  2        W:Scott Baker (1-0), L: David Bush (3-4), S: none
Fri, May 18, 2007 MIN  8 @MIL  1        W:Boof Bonser (2-1), L: Chris Capuano (5-2), S: none
Sun, Jul 02, 2006 MIN  8  MIL  0        W:Francisco Liriano (9-1), L: Zach Jackson (1-1), S: none
Sat, Jul 01, 2006 MIN 10  MIL  7        W:Juan Rincon (3-0), L: Derrick Turnbow (4-4), S: Joe Nathan (14)
Fri, Jun 30, 2006 MIN  8  MIL  2        W:Brad Radke (7-7), L: Carlos Villanueva (0-1), S: none
Sun, May 21, 2006 MIL  5  MIN  3        W:Chris Capuano (5-3), L: Jesse Crain (0-2), S: Derrick Turnbow (14)
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - MIN won 5-1; All-Time - MIN leads 210-201

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  5.63

TBR  4.53

WSN  3.65

RA/G

CHW  3.70

MIL  4.55

TEX  5.82

BA

C. Jones  .414

P. Fielder  .278

A. Cabrera  .184

OBP

C. Jones  .500

K. Matsui  .349

R. Hernandez  .259

SLG

L. Berkman  .720

T. Glaus  .445

A. Cabrera  .247

OPS

L. Berkman  1.171

R. Durham  .805

A. Cabrera  .529

ERA

E. Volquez  1.56

D. Lowe  4.15

B. Bonser  6.35

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.67

O. Perez  6.15

L. Hernandez  2.82

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Bush
G/S/vB
45.DiFelice
G/S/vB
48.Dillard
G/S/vB
58.Mota
G/S/vB
51.Shouse*
G/S/vB
50.Tavarez
G/S/vB
16.Torres
G/S/vB
12.Villanueva
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 9/5 .250/.333/.375/.708 .500/.900 .650 / 0/0 0/
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 109/78 .319/.377/.468/.845 .774/.876 .813 106/.872 3/0 3/
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 12/1.401 ··· ··· 2/1.500 3/.333 5/1.300 2/.500 5/.000 217/158 .244/.300/.353/.653 .666/.647 .588 122/.641 4/1 3/
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 274/201 .276/.308/.398/.706 .786/.677 .714 120/.709 18/8 5/
23.Harris G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 237/172 .240/.307/.313/.620 .450/.687 .622 95/.566 1/1 2/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.833 ··· 2/1.500 215/169 .249/.302/.421/.724 .434/.800 .691 83/.798 0/1 8/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP 10/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.500 4/.000 5/.800 9/.666 2/2.500 206/179 .226/.262/.306/.569 .303/.610 .765 87/.623 0/1 1/
18.Macri G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/8 .360/.385/.520/.905 1.000/.661 .933 26/.905 1/1 1/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 7/.619 ··· ··· 4/1.000 5/.400 3/.333 1/3.000 3/.333 251/177 .327/.412/.435/.847 .870/.834 .746 104/.873 0/1 2/
27.Monroe G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· 3/1.334 2/1.000 4/.250 1/2.000 5/1.000 124/73 .217/.274/.409/.683 .283/.960 .613 41/.355 0/0 5/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 11/.364 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.200 7/1.238 1/3.000 4/1.250 285/197 .306/.368/.488/.857 .760/.902 .831 120/.852 0/0 10/
55.Redmond G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 49/23 .311/.347/.400/.747 .763/.729 .711 26/.903 0/0 0/
21.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 264/203 .265/.314/.355/.669 .681/.666 .729 102/.775 9/4 1/
IP 64.2 5.2 6.2 26.2 23.1 18.2 37.0 59.1 TOTAL .268/.322/.388/.711 .662/.729 .703 .741 47/20 42/48
ERA-K/9 5.85/4.9 6.35/7.9 1.35/4.0 4.73/9.1 2.31/5.8 5.79/6.7 2.68/6.3 5.46/6.8 4.25/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (29-15-0)
 Redmond (8-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 278/.261 24/.292 25/.136 116/.250 93/.212 94/.342 156/.235 263/.295 .262  Young
 Cuddyer
 Gomez
 Kubel
 Monroe
64/0/0/8
0/1/47/6
0/61/0/4
5/0/14/2
0/7/1/1
OPS .833 .833 .422 .690 .634 .816 .626 .857 .759
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 131/.849 8/1.750 11/.182 50/.920 43/.488 41/1.120 74/.612 129/.613 .734
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 147/.818 16/.375 14/.593 66/.512 50/.765 53/.566 82/.637 134/1.091 .778
Home 126/.768 3/.000 9/.347 51/.739 45/.398 40/.850 63/.563 143/.694 .692
Last 28d days 121/.836 24/.833 25/.422 38/.722 43/.664 30/.787 48/.562 58/.665
HR/SB/CS 15/8/3 2/0/0 0/0/1 2/4/0 4/1/1 0/3/0 2/1/2 12/3/2 82/36/25
Usage ·····X·· ·····X·· ·····X·· XX····X· ··o·o·o· ··X··o·· o···X··· ·X··X·o·
Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (5.15 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
14.Branyan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 54/48 .273/.389/.727/1.116 .000/1.280 1.480 54/1.116 0/0 6/
8.Braun G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 284/215 .294/.327/.569/.896 .756/.940 1.141 107/.930 6/3 17/
25.Cameron G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 158/124 .220/.297/.461/.758 .690/.777 .397 94/.837 3/1 9/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 5/1.400 ··· ··· 4/.000 6/.367 16/1.458 96/85 .235/.323/.318/.641 .282/.688 .445 39/.657 1/0 0/
27.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/32 .275/.420/.350/.770 1.453/.406 .600 25/.840 1/0 0/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 9/.777 ··· 1/5.000 2/.000 5/1.400 5/1.200 283/196 .278/.371/.468/.839 .703/.902 .928 109/.937 1/0 11/
2.Hall G/S/vP 3/2.500 ··· 9/.536 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 6/.334 4/.250 226/161 .221/.289/.397/.686 1.027/.551 .837 61/.690 3/4 9/
7.Hardy G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· 6/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/.500 236/173 .248/.323/.352/.676 .625/.689 .683 80/.756 1/0 4/
1.Hart G/S/vP 4/1.750 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 271/206 .300/.343/.508/.851 .775/.876 .719 107/.977 10/3 10/
26.Iribarren* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/7 .250/.250/.375/.625 .000/.714 2/.000 0/0 0/
33.Kapler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 107/60 .337/.364/.564/.929 .941/.918 .969 37/1.134 3/0 5/
18.Kendall G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 5/.200 1/.000 3/.333 10/.800 9/1.431 11/.788 227/169 .251/.326/.352/.678 .737/.657 .645 81/.559 3/2 1/
11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/33 .333/.368/.444/.813 .400/.878 .928 18/.742 1/0 1/
IP 43.2 42.2 73.2 15.1 27.2 36.1 26.2 20.1 TOTAL .252/.324/.422/.745 .749/.744 .760 .813 47/17 80/42
ERA-K/9 5.15/6.2 5.48/4.0 6.35/6.2 1.76/8.2 3.25/6.2 3.47/6.0 1.35/9.1 2.66/4.9 4.70/5.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (23-21-4)
 Rivera (13-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 180/.275 196/.313 332/.284 64/.224 118/.267 159/.262 103/.235 82/.260 .295  Braun
 Hart
 Kapler
 Cameron
 Iribarren
 Dillon
63/0/0/5
0/0/65/3
4/20/6/0
0/35/0/0
0/1/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .844 .917 .768 .590 .787 .725 .588 .703 .806
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 80/.716 71/.804 158/.782 24/.742 44/.687 59/.639 60/.606 50/.528 .769
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 100/.944 125/.980 174/.755 40/.497 74/.844 100/.772 43/.565 32/.987 .832
Road 119/.815 98/.943 95/.826 20/.478 51/1.006 68/.922 34/.763 34/.828 .856
Last 28d days 124/.844 78/1.026 105/.916 26/.472 55/.699 51/.717 39/.606 38/.937
HR/SB/CS 9/2/1 9/1/2 9/9/0 1/2/1 4/2/1 4/4/1 2/4/0 1/2/2 80/37/16
Usage ····X··· X··X··XX Xo···X·· X···o·oo ·X·oo··o ··oX·o·· ·o······ oo··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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