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Game Preview: NYY @ MIN, 8:10pm, Tuesday, August 12, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

New York Yankees, 63-56, 3rd, 9 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Mike Mussina (39, RHP, 15-7, 3.27)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (15-7)           140.1 149  61  51  20  96 14    3.27      
 2007 (11-10)          152   188  90  87  35  91 14    5.15      
 2006 (15-7)           197.1 184  88  77  35 172 22    3.51      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-1  45    46  11  10   5  38  2    2.00   60 
 2008-08-07   @TEX   W   7     8   0   0   1   6  0      99   66 
 2008-08-02    LAA   W   7     2   2   1   2   5  0      89   70 
 2008-07-28    BAL   L   5     8   6   6   1   4  2      95   30 
 2008-07-23    MIN   W   8     6   0   0   0   7  0     105   77 
 2008-07-18    OAK   W   6     9   1   1   0   6  0      93   56 
 2008-07-10   @PIT  ND   6     9   2   2   0   5  0      98   51 
 2008-07-05    BOS   W   6     4   0   0   1   5  0      88   68 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      2-2  28.2  26  11   8   4  21  1    2.51   57 
 2008-07-23    MIN   W   8     6   0   0   0   7  0     105   77 
 2008-05-30   @MIN   W   6     6   4   2   1   4  0     109   51 
 2007-07-04    MIN   L   6     5   4   3   0   5  1      93   53 
 2007-04-11   @MIN  ND   2     3   0   0   1   0  0      40   49 
 2006-04-14   @MIN   L   6.2   6   3   3   2   5  0     116   53 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-26   Road:   27-30   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  46-37   vsLHP:  17-19   1-Run:  20-14
 vsEast: 23-22   vsCntrl:14-16   vsWest: 16-10 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Mon, Aug 11  @MIN  L   0-4       63-56  3rd  9.0 gb
118 Sun, Aug 10  @LAA  L   3-4       63-55  3rd  8.5 gb
117 Sat, Aug  9  @LAA  L   4-11      63-54  3rd  7.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug  8  @LAA  L   5-10      63-53  3rd  6.5 gb
115 Thu, Aug  7  @TEX  W   3-0       63-52  3rd  5.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug  6  @TEX  W   5-3       62-52  3rd  6.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug  5  @TEX  L   6-8       61-52  3rd  6.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug  4  @TEX  L   5-9       61-51  3rd  5.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  3   LAA  W  14-9       61-50  3rd  5.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  2   LAA  W   8-2       60-50  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Minnesota Twins, 66-52, 1st, ½ up

SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 9-6, 3.60)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-6)            140   158  67  56  21  71 13    3.60      
 2007 (0-2)             11.2  19  12  10   2   8  2    7.71      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  42.1  40  16  12   6  17  2    2.55   55 
 2008-08-06   @SEA   W   6     9   3   3   1   1  0     101   42 
 2008-08-01    CLE   W   7     6   1   1   1   2  0      93   62 
 2008-07-27   @CLE  ND   7     4   1   1   1   3  0      99   67 
 2008-07-21   @NYY   L   1.2   7   6   3   0   1  1      50   24 
 2008-07-13   @DET   L   7     5   3   2   2   4  1     108   59 
 2008-07-08   @BOS  ND   6.2   6   2   2   0   2  0      85   56 
 2008-07-02    DET   W   7     3   0   0   1   4  0     104   74 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYY      0-1   6    12   7   4   3   4  2    6.00   37 
 2008-07-21   @NYY   L   1.2   7   6   3   0   1  1      50   24 
 2008-06-01    NYY  ND   4.1   5   1   1   3   3  1      71   49 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   40-21   Road:   26-31   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  46-37   vsLHP:  20-15   1-Run:  21-19
 vsEast:  8-15   vsCntrl:36-21   vsWest:  8-12 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Mon, Aug 11   NYY  W   4-0       66-52  1st  0.5 up
117 Sun, Aug 10  @KCR  L   4-5 (12)  65-52  2nd  0.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug  9  @KCR  W   7-3       65-51  1st  0.5 up
115 Fri, Aug  8  @KCR  W   4-1       64-51  2nd  0.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug  6  @SEA  W   7-3       63-51  2nd  1.0 gb
113 Tue, Aug  5  @SEA  L   7-8       62-51  2nd  1.0 gb
112 Mon, Aug  4  @SEA  L   6-11      62-50  1st    Tied
111 Sun, Aug  3   CLE  W   6-2       62-49  1st  0.5 up
110 Sat, Aug  2   CLE  L   1-5       61-49  2nd  0.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  1   CLE  W   4-1       61-48  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 11, 2008 MIN  4  NYY  0        W:Glen Perkins (9-3), L: Sidney Ponson (7-3), S: none
Wed, Jul 23, 2008 NYY  5  MIN  1        W:Mike Mussina (13-6), L: Glen Perkins (7-3), S: Mariano Rivera (25)
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 NYY  8  MIN  2        W:David Robertson (2-0), L: Kevin Slowey (6-7), S: none
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 NYY 12  MIN  4        W:Sidney Ponson (6-1), L: Nick Blackburn (7-6), S: none
Mon, Jun 02, 2008 MIN  6  NYY  5        W:Matt Guerrier (3-1), L: Kyle Farnsworth (0-2), S: Joe Nathan (15)
Sun, Jun 01, 2008 MIN  5  NYY  1        W:Brian Bass (2-1), L: Darrell Rasner (3-2), S: none
Sat, May 31, 2008 NYY  7 @MIN  6 (12)   W:Ross Ohlendorf (1-1), L: Juan Rincon (2-2), S: Mariano Rivera (15)
Fri, May 30, 2008 NYY  6 @MIN  5        W:Mike Mussina (8-4), L: Glen Perkins (2-2), S: Mariano Rivera (14)

Thu, Jul 05, 2007 NYY  7  MIN  6        W:Kyle Farnsworth (1-1), L: Pat Neshek (3-1), S: Mariano Rivera (12)
Wed, Jul 04, 2007 MIN  6 @NYY  2        W:Johan Santana (10-6), L: Mike Mussina (4-6), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - NYY leads 5-3; 2007 - NYY won 5-2; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - NYY leads 1093-763

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  5.61

MIL  4.69

WSN  3.74

RA/G

TOR  3.95

MIN  4.62

TEX  5.93

BA

C. Jones  .370

C. Utley  .290

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .467

M. Aviles  .360

T. Pena  .178

SLG

A. Pujols  .613

S. Drew  .481

T. Pena  .204

OPS

A. Pujols  1.073

J. Willingham  .832

T. Pena  .382

ERA

C. Lee  2.45

S. Olsen  4.04

I. Snell  6.06

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.99

G. Floyd  6.33

L. Hernandez  3.48

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New York Yankees Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.62 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
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 5/1.100 1/4.000 11/1.255 3/.333 2/1.500 5/.400 8/.375 17/.567 504/355 .289/.359/.467/.826 .801/.837 .756 107/.995 14/7 15/
14.Betemit# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.500 153/114 .253/.276/.411/.687 .615/.711 .638 41/.710 0/1 5/
28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 9/1.112 1/.000 3/.833 3/.333 2/1.000 6/1.000 438/297 .243/.297/.338/.636 .587/.663 .639 79/.581 9/2 8/
24.Cano* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.666 9/1.792 2/1.000 3/.666 4/.500 4/.000 6/.666 464/322 .264/.302/.398/.700 .818/.649 .649 94/.923 1/4 10/
17.Christian G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 43/14 .250/.302/.325/.627 .824/.220 .534 23/.668 6/1 0/
18.Damon* G/S/vP 5/.600 1/no AB 11/1.233 ··· 4/1.000 5/1.000 2/.000 7/.286 443/312 .322/.392/.459/.852 .803/.872 .852 92/.833 18/6 7/
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.666 7/.453 3/1.000 3/.666 5/.400 4/.833 6/.167 397/285 .252/.393/.517/.910 .919/.907 .883 73/.889 2/1 23/
2.Jeter G/S/vP 5/2.467 2/.000 11/.818 1/.000 7/1.000 7/.858 5/.650 3/2.333 503/350 .281/.343/.394/.738 .731/.740 .760 112/.728 7/3 7/
26.Molina G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/1.000 6/.334 1/2.000 5/1.200 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 237/159 .230/.278/.315/.593 .510/.633 .537 56/.654 0/0 1/
22.Nady G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/2.000 422/322 .332/.386/.556/.942 .926/.946 .950 85/1.103 1/1 18/
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 4/2.250 3/.333 10/.856 3/.667 6/.533 5/2.600 8/1.125 4/.500 424/303 .315/.403/.597/1.001 .975/1.010 .863 105/1.089 16/2 26/
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 2/.000 2/2.000 10/.700 2/.500 5/.500 16/.875 12/.788 6/1.500 350/264 .291/.334/.415/.749 .692/.768 .650 56/.799 6/1 6/
39.Sexson G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.500 1/3.000 6/.500 9/1.587 9/.333 13/1.838 325/227 .223/.323/.385/.708 1.004/.583 .875 33/.817 1/0 12/
IP 140.0 64.2 93.1 29.0 47.2 60.1 49.1 32.1 TOTAL .271/.344/.423/.767 .739/.779 .739 .829 78/29 122/57
ERA-K/9 3.60/4.6 5.01/4.3 6.36/7.0 2.48/7.4 3.21/6.8 4.33/7.2 1.09/9.9 2.51/5.6 4.28/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Molina (32-27-6)
 Rodriguez (40-20-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 589/.285 288/.300 426/.288 121/.224 204/.258 263/.267 188/.193 130/.237 .278  Nady
 Abreu
 Cabrera
 Christian
 Damon
11/0/84/12
0/0/112/9
0/114/1/6
8/3/4/1
75/8/0/1
OPS .732 .863 .779 .585 .722 .743 .534 .641 .755
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 256/.696 104/.794 200/.838 51/.587 74/.684 98/.712 100/.590 73/.529 .764
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 333/.759 184/.902 226/.727 70/.580 130/.742 165/.760 88/.474 57/.788 .749
Home 265/.728 144/.767 276/.727 57/.548 103/.651 134/.603 113/.480 65/.539 .699
Last 28d days 95/.660 28/.593 54/.803 35/.633 39/.625 46/.996 37/.586 27/.459
HR/SB/CS 13/2/1 11/1/2 12/10/0 1/2/3 4/3/1 7/7/1 4/5/0 2/4/2 125/56/23
Usage ·····X·· ·······o ··X···XX ·X·o··oo ·o·X·oo· ·o·X··oX X··o·oX· ·oXo·o··
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Mussina
G/S/vB
33.Bruney
G/S/vB
38.Giese
G/S/vB
34.Marte*
G/S/vB
36.Ramirez
G/S/vB
42.Rivera
G/S/vB
30.Robertson
G/S/vB
61.Traber*
G/S/vB
41.Veras
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 147/122 .316/.347/.426/.773 .285/.876 .720 58/.815 0/2 3/
12.Everett G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 110/86 .213/.276/.351/.627 .753/.598 .621 27/.867 0/0 2/
22.Gomez G/S/vP 6/.334 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 468/343 .255/.292/.345/.637 .710/.611 .682 69/.631 24/10 5/
23.Harris G/S/vP 11/.697 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.500 403/279 .265/.322/.390/.712 .709/.714 .697 70/.816 1/1 6/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 10/.700 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 4/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· 376/298 .264/.327/.466/.793 .536/.859 .817 71/.795 0/1 16/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP 22/.955 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 254/223 .237/.272/.328/.599 .263/.647 .453 25/1.025 0/1 1/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 10/.200 ··· ··· 9/.555 2/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 446/316 .316/.409/.444/.853 .963/.803 .970 86/.769 0/1 7/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 18/.745 ··· ··· 9/1.194 2/.000 5/.400 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 513/345 .308/.388/.508/.896 .829/.930 .847 101/.864 0/1 18/
8.Punto# G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 200/125 .254/.316/.373/.689 .704/.673 .740 83/.468 6/3 2/
55.Redmond G/S/vP 11/.637 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 101/48 .274/.307/.316/.623 .622/.624 .723 28/.545 0/0 0/
56.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/2 .333/.333/.333/.667 .571/1.000 .500 9/.667 0/0 0/
2.Span* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 188/134 .314/.401/.459/.860 1.025/.797 .837 102/.866 8/3 2/
21.Young G/S/vP 18/.398 6/.900 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.650 452/330 .285/.332/.388/.719 .684/.733 .730 88/.733 12/4 5/
IP 140.1 16.0 38.1 53.2 42.0 50.1 17.1 12.0 40.0 TOTAL .276/.336/.408/.744 .707/.759 .762 .747 65/33 83/78
ERA-K/9 3.27/6.2 2.81/9.0 2.35/5.9 4.19/9.7 3.86/10.7 1.43/10.9 6.75/12.0 6.00/6.0 2.93/9.4 4.27/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (43-20-4)
 Redmond (13-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 575/.275 72/.203 155/.191 225/.222 174/.190 186/.181 78/.254 55/.277 170/.220 .266  Young
 Gomez
 Span
 Kubel
 Punto
110/0/0/8
0/109/0/7
0/8/43/2
13/0/24/2
0/3/0/0
OPS .725 .689 .521 .633 .634 .465 .704 .829 .681 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 277/.570 33/.538 88/.556 70/.714 96/.659 97/.434 39/.569 32/1.180 84/.740 .721
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 298/.866 39/.780 67/.477 155/.595 78/.603 89/.499 39/.844 23/.399 86/.628 .745
Road 196/.695 47/.869 50/.569 105/.684 72/.637 83/.345 35/.671 31/1.151 72/.771 .759
Last 28d days 129/.690 24/.785 60/.509 44/.886 41/.762 32/.700 46/.827 / 42/.895
HR/SB/CS 14/7/4 2/0/0 2/7/1 5/3/1 5/2/3 3/5/1 2/3/0 2/3/1 6/4/1 108/88/43
Usage ····X··· ···Xo·XX ··X····· ·X··oo·X o·o··X·o ·o··oo·· ··X···X· ········ ··X··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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