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Game Preview: ARI @ MIN, 7:10pm, Saturday, June 21, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Arizona Diamondbacks, 39-35, 1st, 4½ up

SP: Micah Owings (25, RHP, 6-5, 5.18)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-5)             81.2  86  51  47  26  70 11    5.18      
 2007 (8-8)            152.2 146  81  73  50 106 20    4.30      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-4  38    50  29  26  12  33  4    6.16   42 
 2008-06-15    KCR   L   5.1   8   7   7   2   4  1      98   26 
 2008-06-10   @NYM  ND   4.1   8   5   4   3   2  1      85   28 
 2008-06-04   @MIL   L   3     8   5   4   1   3  0      67   27 
 2008-05-30    WSN   L   6.1   8   6   6   0   6  1      81   39 
 2008-05-25   @ATL   W   6     6   3   2   2   3  0     104   51 
 2008-05-20   @FLA   L   7     7   3   3   2  10  1     113   59 
 2008-05-14    COL   W   6     5   0   0   2   5  0     100   65 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN    Has never faced MIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-15   Road:   15-20   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  23-23   vsLHP:  16-12   1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast:  9-11   vsCntrl: 5-11   vsWest: 20-8  IL: 5-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 74 Fri, Jun 20  @MIN  L   2-7       39-35  1st  4.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-19
Minnesota Twins, 38-36, 2nd, 3½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 5-4, 3.87)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-4)             86   106  44  37  15  46  7    3.87      
 2007 (0-2)             11.2  19  12  10   2   8  2    7.71      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  41.2  53  25  19   6  26  5    4.10   47 
 2008-06-11   @CLE   W   6     7   2   2   1   5  1      94   54 
 2008-06-06   @CHW   L   4     8   7   7   0   0  1      56   18 
 2008-06-01    NYY  ND   4.1   5   1   1   3   3  1      71   49 
 2008-05-27   @KCR  ND   8.1   8   2   2   0   4  0      92   63 
 2008-05-21    TEX   L   6    10   7   1   1   4  2      88   39 
 2008-05-16   @COL   W   7     6   2   2   0   5  0      88   62 
 2008-05-11    BOS   W   6     9   4   4   1   5  0      93   42 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ARI    Has never faced ARI.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-16   Road:   15-20   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  30-24   vsLHP:   8-12   1-Run:  14-12
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest:  5-9  IL: 7-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 74 Fri, Jun 20   ARI  W   7-2       38-36  2nd  3.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 20, 2008 MIN  7  ARI  2        W:Scott Baker (3-2), L: Randy Johnson (4-5), S: none

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 - MIN leads 1-0; 2007 -  0-0; 2006 -  0-0; All-Time - MIN leads 6-4

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  5.48

TBR  4.55

WSN  3.68

RA/G

OAK  3.73

SDP  4.59

TEX  5.76

BA

C. Jones  .390

D. Eckstein  .278

A. Cabrera  .184

OBP

C. Jones  .483

J. Votto  .352

C. Patterson  .227

SLG

L. Berkman  .701

D. Murphy  .452

A. Cabrera  .247

OPS

L. Berkman  1.147

J. Upton  .799

A. Cabrera  .529

ERA

E. Volquez  1.71

D. McGowan  4.15

B. Bonser  6.48

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.42

R. Nolasco  6.13

L. Hernandez  2.71

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Arizona Diamondbacks Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
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 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 282/195 .264/.304/.471/.775 .753/.784 .741 103/.592 2/1 10/
1.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.367 278/179 .302/.366/.480/.846 .776/.886 .796 109/.882 2/1 7/
34.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 262/173 .304/.397/.491/.888 1.048/.811 .892 81/.896 4/1 7/
26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 83/61 .243/.313/.338/.651 .714/.628 .521 39/.434 0/0 0/
11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 91/55 .308/.396/.372/.767 .689/.817 .713 27/.551 0/0 0/
27.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 281/189 .251/.335/.502/.837 .963/.777 .780 98/1.042 5/0 16/
28.Romero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/20 .250/.242/.313/.555 .154/.824 .486 23/.545 0/0 0/
12.Salazar* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 106/98 .227/.352/.375/.727 .500/.748 .758 54/.620 0/2 2/
19.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.000 204/137 .243/.332/.457/.788 .707/.829 .764 67/.636 0/0 7/
18.Tracy* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.250 60/54 .250/.300/.446/.746 .000/.833 .397 60/.746 0/0 3/
10.Upton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 278/189 .246/.360/.440/.799 .939/.735 .544 84/.653 1/3 9/
24.Young G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 332/224 .238/.310/.440/.750 .933/.664 .764 115/.632 4/1 13/
IP 86.0 47.1 75.0 17.0 30.2 39.1 29.2 21.2 TOTAL .249/.327/.422/.748 .776/.735 .687 .687 25/12 81/52
ERA-K/9 3.87/4.8 4.94/4.0 6.48/6.4 1.59/8.5 2.93/7.0 3.20/6.0 1.52/9.7 2.49/5.0 4.47/5.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 366/.311 213/.302 341/.292 70/.206 130/.252 170/.252 114/.222 87/.247 .290  Upton
 Salazar
 Young
 Burke
 Jackson
 Romero
0/0/68/6
20/2/9/3
0/72/0/2
12/0/1/1
5/0/0/0
8/1/1/0
OPS .793 .877 .777 .556 .748 .709 .587 .676 .791
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 161/.712 79/.770 161/.793 26/.683 47/.699 64/.677 66/.650 51/.517 .775
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 205/.856 134/.938 180/.763 44/.478 83/.773 106/.726 48/.505 36/.911 .803
Home 164/.802 109/.854 242/.746 48/.612 72/.618 94/.561 76/.472 48/.624 .748
Last 28d days 96/.832 74/.914 88/.993 30/.274 50/.529 45/.679 38/.562 35/.544
HR/SB/CS 7/0/1 9/1/2 9/10/0 1/2/1 4/2/1 4/4/1 3/4/0 1/3/2 86/39/16
Usage ········ X·o··oo· ··o··o·· ·X···o·· ··X···X· ···o··oo o··X··X· ·····Xo·
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Owings
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/22 .346/.345/.385/.729 .286/.883 .762 20/.739 0/0 0/
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 142/103 .298/.350/.421/.772 .718/.794 .760 115/.760 4/1 3/
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 234/171 .251/.325/.379/.704 .698/.705 .766 100/.821 4/1 3/
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 309/228 .276/.308/.388/.696 .770/.670 .702 127/.610 18/8 5/
23.Harris G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 266/195 .243/.304/.328/.632 .455/.699 .682 93/.567 1/1 2/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 238/190 .263/.315/.461/.776 .415/.866 .793 86/.945 0/1 10/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP 4/.000 7/.143 3/.666 1/no AB 7/.714 ··· ··· 1/.000 212/185 .225/.264/.304/.568 .303/.608 .416 61/.524 0/1 1/
18.Macri G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/10 .367/.406/.500/.906 1.000/.650 .875 32/.906 1/1 1/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 281/199 .335/.418/.444/.861 .909/.839 .972 103/.921 0/1 2/
27.Monroe G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 133/75 .211/.271/.415/.685 .359/.933 .788 37/.540 0/0 6/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 318/220 .306/.365/.486/.851 .775/.886 .866 116/.817 0/0 11/
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/26 .275/.321/.353/.674 .704/.641 .717 23/.911 0/0 0/
21.Young G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 290/222 .275/.324/.364/.688 .669/.694 .617 93/.711 9/4 1/
IP 81.2 27.0 47.0 29.2 33.2 35.0 1.2 22.2 TOTAL .272/.326/.394/.720 .668/.740 .733 .750 48/21 46/51
ERA-K/9 5.18/7.7 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 3.92/7.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 363/.266 112/.159 218/.307 122/.248 138/.228 145/.184 11/.444 100/.233 .247  Young
 Cuddyer
 Gomez
 Kubel
 Monroe
70/0/0/8
0/1/52/7
0/68/0/6
7/0/16/2
0/7/2/1
OPS .760 .608 .886 .670 .615 .532 1.101 .760 .701
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 193/.823 52/.577 101/.810 55/.580 63/.659 71/.438 4/1.750 38/.502 .684
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 170/.687 60/.632 117/.947 67/.737 75/.580 74/.623 7/.857 62/.926 .713
Road 167/.711 60/.536 102/.803 61/.711 62/.594 69/.510 / 48/.744 .680
Last 28d days 123/.891 30/.475 72/.824 42/.838 49/.434 41/.393 11/1.101 37/1.018
HR/SB/CS 11/3/2 2/4/3 8/2/1 4/1/1 1/1/0 2/1/0 0/0/0 3/0/0 65/43/11
Usage ·····X·· ··X··oo· ···X··X· ·o·X···· ·o·X···o ·oo····o ·····X·· ···X·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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