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Game Preview: ARI @ MIN, 8:10pm, Friday, June 20, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Arizona Diamondbacks, 39-34, 1st, 4½ up

SP: Randy Johnson (44, LHP, 4-4, 4.76)

   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    75  44  36  20  70  8    4.76      
 2007 (4-3)             56.2  52  26  24  13  72  7    3.81      
 2006 (17-11)          205   194 125 114  60 172 28    5.00      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  41.1  48  24  21   9  42  4    4.57   49 
 2008-06-14    KCR   L   4.1  10   8   7   0   3  1      80   16 
 2008-06-09   @PIT   L   5.2   6   5   4   5   3  0     106   37 
 2008-06-03   @MIL   L   6.1   6   4   3   1   8  1     100   54 
 2008-05-29    SFG  ND   7     6   2   2   2   9  1     103   64 
 2008-05-24   @ATL  ND   6     5   1   1   0  10  0      82   68 
 2008-05-18    DET   W   7     6   0   0   1   5  0      98   69 
 2008-05-13    COL   W   5     9   4   4   0   4  1      90   37 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      3-0  39    19   9   8   7  51  2    1.85   75 
 2005-07-26    MIN   W   8     2   0   0   0  11  0      97   89 
 2004-07-04    MIN   W   9     5   2   1   0  10  0     108   81 
 1998-07-16    MIN   W   9     1   0   0   3  11  0     136   93 
 1995-09-13    MIN  ND   7     6   4   4   2  13  1     122   60 
 1995-08-16   @MIN  ND   6     5   3   3   2   6  1     123   54 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-15   Road:   15-19   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  23-22   vsLHP:  16-12   1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast:  9-11   vsCntrl: 5-11   vsWest: 20-8  IL: 5-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 73 Thu, Jun 19   OAK  W   2-1       39-34  1st  4.5 up
 72 Wed, Jun 18   OAK  W  11-1       38-34  1st  4.5 up
 71 Tue, Jun 17   OAK  L   1-15      37-34  1st  4.5 up
 70 Sun, Jun 15   KCR  L   3-8       37-33  1st  5.5 up
 69 Sat, Jun 14   KCR  L   3-12      37-32  1st  5.5 up
 68 Fri, Jun 13   KCR  W   1-0 (10)  37-31  1st  5.5 up
 67 Thu, Jun 12  @NYM  W   5-4 (10)  36-31  1st  4.5 up
 66 Wed, Jun 11  @NYM  L   3-5 (13)  35-31  1st  3.5 up
 65 Tue, Jun 10  @NYM  W   9-5       35-30  1st  3.5 up
 64 Mon, Jun  9  @PIT  L   3-5       34-30  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Minnesota Twins, 37-36, 2nd, 4½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Scott Baker (26, RHP, 2-2, 3.71)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-2)             51    51  21  21   9  42  8    3.71      
 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         0-2  39.1  39  15  15   8  33  5    3.43   54 
 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 
 2008-05-03    DET  ND   3     1   0   0   0   2  0      43   59 
 2008-04-26   @TEX  ND   4.1   8   5   5   1   7  0      79   33 
 2008-04-20    CLE  ND   7     5   1   1   1   8  0     100   70 
 2008-04-15   @DET  ND   7     5   3   3   2   3  3      91   56 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ARI    Has never faced ARI.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-16   Road:   15-20   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  30-24   vsLHP:   7-12   1-Run:  14-12
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest:  5-9  IL: 6-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 73 Thu, Jun 19   WSN  W   9-3       37-36  2nd  4.5 gb
 72 Wed, Jun 18   WSN  W  11-2       36-36  2nd  4.5 gb
 71 Tue, Jun 17   WSN  W   2-1       35-36  2nd  4.5 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 15  @MIL  L   2-4       34-36  2nd  4.5 gb
 69 Sat, Jun 14  @MIL  W   9-4 (12)  34-35  2nd  4.5 gb
 68 Fri, Jun 13  @MIL  W  10-2       33-35  2nd  5.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 09, 2005 ARI  4  MIN  3        W:Javier Vazquez (6-4), L: Kyle Lohse (5-4), S: Brian Bruney (6)
Wed, Jun 08, 2005 MIN 10 @ARI  0        W:Johan Santana (7-2), L: Claudio Vargas (0-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 07, 2005 MIN  9 @ARI  8        W:Juan Rincon (3-2), L: Jose Valverde (1-3), S: Joe Nathan (17)
Sun, Jul 04, 2004 ARI  6  MIN  2        W:Randy Johnson (10-6), L: Carlos Silva (8-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 03, 2004 MIN  8 @ARI  4        W:Terry Mulholland (1-3), L: Andrew Good (0-2), S: Juan Rincon (2)
Fri, Jul 02, 2004 MIN  6 @ARI  5        W:J.C. Romero (4-1), L: Stephen Randolph (2-2), S: Joe Nathan (23)
Sun, Jun 15, 2003 ARI 12 @MIN  8        W:Mike Koplove (3-0), L: LaTroy Hawkins (4-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 14, 2003 ARI  9 @MIN  2        W:Miguel Batista (4-3), L: Joe Mays (7-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 13, 2003 MIN  3  ARI  1        W:Johan Santana (4-1), L: Brandon Webb (3-2), S: Eddie Guardado (19)
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 -  0-0; 2006 -  0-0; All-Time - MIN leads 5-4

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  5.51

MIL  4.56

WSN  3.68

RA/G

OAK  3.69

KCR  4.59

TEX  5.78

BA

C. Jones  .394

K. Johnson  .278

A. Cabrera  .184

OBP

C. Jones  .485

K. Johnson  .352

C. Patterson  .230

SLG

L. Berkman  .706

C. Guzman  .449

A. Cabrera  .247

OPS

L. Berkman  1.155

R. Howard  .804

A. Cabrera  .529

ERA

E. Volquez  1.64

R. Wolf  4.16

B. Bonser  6.48

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.74

R. Nolasco  6.13

L. Hernandez  2.71

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Arizona Diamondbacks Batters (4.71 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.95 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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Burke G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 120/56 .168/.283/.198/.481 .398/.577 .407 44/.382 3/0 0/
6.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 278/191 .268/.308/.479/.787 .753/.801 .765 104/.656 2/1 10/
1.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.367 274/175 .295/.360/.475/.836 .776/.871 .775 109/.824 2/1 7/
34.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 258/169 .305/.399/.495/.895 1.048/.819 .907 82/.946 4/1 7/
26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 79/57 .243/.316/.329/.645 .714/.618 .490 35/.394 0/0 0/
11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 91/55 .308/.396/.372/.767 .689/.817 .713 28/.530 0/0 0/
27.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 277/185 .251/.336/.494/.830 .963/.766 .764 98/1.060 5/0 15/
28.Romero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/20 .250/.242/.313/.555 .154/.824 .486 23/.545 0/0 0/
12.Salazar* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 102/94 .235/.356/.388/.745 .500/.768 .805 50/.649 0/2 2/
19.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.000 204/137 .243/.332/.457/.788 .707/.829 .764 71/.664 0/0 7/
18.Tracy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.250 56/50 .250/.304/.462/.765 .000/.862 .377 56/.765 0/0 3/
10.Upton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 274/185 .250/.365/.447/.812 .939/.752 .563 85/.678 1/3 9/
24.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 328/220 .238/.311/.439/.750 .933/.662 .764 116/.662 4/1 13/
IP 51.0 45.1 75.0 17.0 30.2 39.1 28.2 21.2 TOTAL .249/.328/.422/.750 .776/.737 .689 .705 25/12 80/51
ERA-K/9 3.71/7.4 5.16/4.0 6.48/6.4 1.59/8.5 2.93/7.0 3.20/6.0 1.57/9.1 2.49/5.0 4.52/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Montero (11-1-0)
 Snyder (26-9-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 208/.258 206/.308 341/.292 70/.206 130/.252 170/.252 111/.229 87/.247 .291  Upton
 Young
 Salazar
 Burke
 Jackson
 Romero
0/0/67/6
0/71/0/2
19/2/9/2
12/0/1/1
5/0/0/0
8/1/1/0
OPS .707 .898 .777 .556 .748 .709 .604 .676 .793
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 99/.759 75/.786 161/.793 26/.683 47/.699 64/.677 64/.671 51/.517 .777
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 109/.660 131/.961 180/.763 44/.478 83/.773 106/.726 47/.516 36/.911 .805
Home 82/.556 102/.895 242/.746 48/.612 72/.618 94/.561 73/.492 48/.624 .751
Last 28d days 76/.751 67/.982 88/.993 30/.274 54/.647 49/.649 35/.611 38/.771
HR/SB/CS 8/2/1 9/1/2 9/10/0 1/2/1 4/2/1 4/4/1 3/4/0 1/3/2 85/39/16
Usage ····X··· ·o··oo·X ·o··o··X X···o··X ·X···X·· ··o··oo· ··X··X·· ····Xo·o
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Johnson*
G/S/vB
37.Cruz
G/S/vB
31.Gonzalez
G/S/vB
38.Lyon
G/S/vB
56.Pena
G/S/vB
50.Qualls
G/S/vB
47.Rosales
G/S/vB
45.Slaten*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/22 .375/.370/.417/.787 .400/.883 .885 18/.826 0/0 0/
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 138/103 .291/.346/.419/.765 .686/.794 .744 117/.752 4/1 3/
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 7/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 234/171 .251/.325/.379/.704 .698/.705 .766 105/.828 4/1 3/
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 305/228 .272/.306/.383/.689 .744/.670 .687 129/.592 18/8 5/
23.Harris G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 263/195 .241/.304/.323/.627 .429/.699 .673 95/.543 1/1 2/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 238/190 .263/.315/.461/.776 .415/.866 .793 91/.913 0/1 10/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· 7/.143 3/.666 1/no AB 7/.714 ··· ··· 1/.000 212/185 .225/.264/.304/.568 .303/.608 .416 66/.674 0/1 1/
18.Macri G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/10 .345/.387/.483/.870 .952/.650 .714 31/.870 1/1 1/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 277/199 .335/.420/.441/.861 .910/.839 .975 105/.936 0/1 2/
27.Monroe G/S/vP 8/.661 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 129/75 .208/.264/.392/.655 .267/.933 .728 33/.408 0/0 5/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 314/220 .306/.366/.489/.856 .787/.886 .876 117/.846 0/0 11/
55.Redmond G/S/vP 20/.563 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/26 .292/.327/.375/.702 .763/.641 .784 19/1.029 0/0 0/
21.Young G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 286/222 .272/.322/.362/.684 .648/.694 .607 94/.696 9/4 1/
IP 68.0 27.0 47.0 29.2 33.2 35.0 1.2 22.2 TOTAL .271/.326/.392/.718 .656/.740 .728 .754 48/21 45/50
ERA-K/9 4.76/9.3 2.67/13.7 6.13/5.6 2.43/6.4 2.94/6.9 2.31/9.5 5.40/10.6 4.37/5.2 3.87/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (29-15-0)
 Redmond (10-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 303/.275 112/.159 218/.307 122/.248 138/.228 145/.184 11/.444 100/.233 .246  Young
 Cuddyer
 Gomez
 Kubel
 Monroe
69/0/0/8
0/1/52/7
0/67/0/6
7/0/16/2
0/7/1/1
OPS .772 .608 .886 .670 .615 .532 1.101 .760 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 48/.564 52/.577 101/.810 55/.580 63/.659 71/.438 4/1.750 38/.502 .686
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 255/.808 60/.632 117/.947 67/.737 75/.580 74/.623 7/.857 62/.926 .707
Road 124/.591 60/.536 102/.803 61/.711 62/.594 69/.510 / 48/.744 .674
Last 28d days 131/.720 30/.475 72/.824 42/.838 49/.434 41/.393 11/1.101 42/.937
HR/SB/CS 8/7/1 2/4/3 8/2/1 4/1/1 1/1/0 2/1/0 0/0/0 3/0/0 64/43/11
Usage ·····X·· ·X··oo·· ··X··X·X o·X····X o·X···o· oo····o· ····X··· ··X·o··X

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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