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Game Preview: NYY @ MIN, 1:10pm, Wednesday, August 13, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

New York Yankees, 64-56, 3rd, 8 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Darrell Rasner (27, RHP, 5-8, 5.28)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-8)             87   107  53  51  28  54  9    5.28      
 2007 (1-3)             24.2  29  14  11   8  11  4    4.01      
 2006 (3-1)             20.1  18  10  10   5  11  2    4.43      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  35.2  54  30  29  17  19  5    7.32   35 
 2008-08-03    LAA  ND   4     7   5   5   3   1  0      79   26 
 2008-07-29    BAL   L   6     8   4   4   3   1  1     106   38 
 2008-07-22    MIN  ND   5.2   4   2   2   4   2  0      92   51 
 2008-07-12   @TOR   W   5     7   4   3   1   6  0     108   44 
 2008-07-04    BOS   L   5    10   6   6   3   2  1     100   22 
 2008-06-29   @NYM   L   5     8   2   2   3   3  1     102   43 
 2008-06-24   @PIT   L   5    10   7   7   0   4  2      87   23 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      1-1  17    16   7   7   6   9  1    3.71   51 
 2008-07-22    MIN  ND   5.2   4   2   2   4   2  0      92   51 
 2008-06-01   @MIN   L   5.1   8   4   4   2   5  0     111   39 
 2006-09-03    MIN   W   6     4   1   1   0   2  1      81   62 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-26   Road:   28-30   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  47-37   vsLHP:  17-19   1-Run:  20-14
 vsEast: 23-22   vsCntrl:15-16   vsWest: 16-10 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
120 Tue, Aug 12  @MIN  W   9-6 (12)  64-56  3rd  8.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Minnesota Twins, 66-53, 2nd, ½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Kevin Slowey (24, RHP, 8-8, 4.07)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-8)            108.1 104  49  49  16  78 15    4.07      
 2007 (4-1)             66.2  82  39  35  11  47 16    4.73      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  44.2  41  21  21   7  32  5    4.23   54 
 2008-08-08   @KCR   W   5.2   7   1   1   0   2  0      98   53 
 2008-08-02    CLE   L   6     6   5   5   0   7  2     100   47 
 2008-07-28    CHW   W   9     6   0   0   1   5  0     102   79 
 2008-07-22   @NYY   L   5.1   5   4   4   2   3  1      96   43 
 2008-07-10   @DET  ND   3.2   9   6   6   2   1  1      77   18 
 2008-07-05    CLE   W   6     5   5   5   2   6  1      92   46 
 2008-06-29    MIL   W   9     3   0   0   0   8  0     109   89 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYY      0-1   9    13   9   9   4   5  3    9.00   34 
 2008-07-22   @NYY   L   5.1   5   4   4   2   3  1      96   43 
 2007-07-05   @NYY  ND   3.2   8   5   5   2   2  2      91   25 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   40-22   Road:   26-31   ExtrInn: 6-6 
 vsRHP:  46-38   vsLHP:  20-15   1-Run:  21-19
 vsEast:  8-16   vsCntrl:36-21   vsWest:  8-12 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Tue, Aug 12   NYY  L   6-9 (12)  66-53  2nd  0.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 12, 2008 NYY  9 @MIN  6 (12)   W:Jose Veras (3-1), L: Matt Guerrier (6-6), S: Edwar Ramirez (1)
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)
Season Series: 2008 - NYY leads 6-3; 2007 - NYY won 5-2; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - NYY leads 1094-763

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  5.70

MIL  4.69

WSN  3.73

RA/G

TOR  3.95

CLE  4.63

TEX  6.04

BA

C. Jones  .370

D. Mientkiewicz  .289

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .467

T. Wigginton  .361

T. Pena  .178

SLG

A. Pujols  .608

E. Hinske  .483

T. Pena  .204

OPS

C. Jones  1.066

R. Ibanez  .832

T. Pena  .382

ERA

C. Lee  2.45

S. Olsen  4.04

I. Snell  6.06

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.11

G. Floyd  6.33

L. Hernandez  3.48

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New York Yankees Batters (4.82 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.66 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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 5/1.600 1/4.000 11/1.255 4/.250 2/1.500 6/.334 8/.375 18/.533 510/359 .290/.361/.466/.827 .790/.843 .759 113/.990 14/8 15/
14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.500 159/120 .250/.272/.401/.673 .615/.692 .609 47/.660 0/1 5/
28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 5/1.400 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 4/1.750 4/1.000 10/1.600 2/1.000 4/.833 4/.500 5/.000 6/.666 470/328 .264/.303/.395/.698 .818/.647 .646 100/.902 1/4 10/
17.Christian G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 43/14 .250/.302/.325/.627 .824/.220 .534 23/.668 7/1 0/
18.Damon* G/S/vP 6/1.167 1/no AB 12/1.300 ··· 4/1.000 6/1.167 2/.000 8/.250 449/317 .325/.394/.468/.861 .796/.888 .871 98/.878 19/6 8/
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 2/.500 3/.666 8/.542 3/1.000 4/1.000 5/.400 4/.833 6/.167 401/289 .257/.399/.520/.919 .919/.920 .902 77/.937 2/1 23/
2.Jeter G/S/vP 6/.533 2/.000 12/.916 1/.000 7/1.000 7/.858 5/.650 4/2.250 508/354 .284/.346/.396/.742 .740/.743 .769 117/.750 7/3 7/
26.Molina G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 7/.286 1/2.000 6/1.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 242/164 .226/.277/.309/.585 .510/.621 .525 61/.619 0/0 1/
22.Nady G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 5/.000 1/2.000 428/328 .332/.388/.564/.952 .926/.958 .969 91/1.139 1/1 19/
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/.333 11/.773 3/.667 7/.453 6/3.000 9/1.000 4/.500 430/309 .313/.400/.598/.998 .975/1.007 .863 111/1.076 16/2 27/
12.Rodriguez G/S/vP 7/.572 2/2.000 10/.700 2/.500 5/.500 17/1.000 13/.725 6/1.500 352/266 .292/.335/.418/.754 .692/.774 .659 58/.825 6/1 6/
39.Sexson G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.500 1/3.000 6/.500 10/1.400 9/.333 13/1.838 326/228 .222/.322/.384/.706 1.004/.580 .869 34/.790 1/0 12/
IP 108.1 65.1 94.2 29.1 49.1 61.2 50.2 33.0 TOTAL .272/.344/.425/.769 .738/.783 .744 .837 80/30 125/57
ERA-K/9 4.07/6.5 4.96/4.3 6.37/7.0 2.45/7.4 3.28/6.8 4.67/7.1 1.07/9.8 2.45/6.0 4.31/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Molina (34-28-6)
 Rodriguez (40-20-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 434/.252 290/.302 434/.289 122/.222 210/.262 271/.275 192/.189 133/.240 .279  Nady
 Abreu
 Cabrera
 Christian
 Damon
12/0/84/12
0/0/113/9
0/114/1/6
8/3/4/1
75/9/0/1
OPS .722 .864 .780 .580 .727 .779 .523 .642 .758
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 186/.854 106/.798 204/.838 52/.575 77/.729 101/.710 101/.584 75/.515 .767
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 248/.625 184/.902 230/.729 70/.580 133/.724 170/.818 91/.458 58/.811 .751
Home 200/.679 146/.770 284/.731 58/.538 109/.665 142/.680 117/.463 68/.545 .705
Last 28d days 102/.638 30/.621 62/.809 36/.615 45/.661 54/1.138 41/.527 30/.481
HR/SB/CS 15/3/2 11/1/2 12/10/0 1/2/3 4/4/1 9/8/1 4/5/0 2/4/2 128/58/24
Usage ····X··· o······· X··X···X o·X·o··o X·o·X·oo X·o·X··o oX··o·oX X·oXo·o·
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Rasner
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 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 152/127 .307/.336/.414/.750 .285/.844 .678 63/.754 0/2 3/
12.Everett G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 115/91 .214/.273/.347/.620 .753/.590 .609 32/.796 0/0 2/
22.Gomez G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.000 473/348 .254/.291/.344/.635 .710/.608 .676 74/.615 25/10 5/
23.Harris G/S/vP 2/.000 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 6/.333 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 4/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· 379/301 .265/.327/.465/.792 .536/.857 .815 74/.789 0/1 16/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP 2/.000 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 5/.000 ··· ··· 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 8/1.625 ··· ··· 10/1.067 2/.000 5/.400 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 518/349 .305/.386/.503/.889 .824/.922 .836 106/.832 0/1 18/
8.Punto# G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 206/131 .257/.317/.377/.694 .704/.682 .746 89/.495 6/3 2/
55.Redmond G/S/vP 5/.600 3/.333 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 107/53 .277/.308/.327/.635 .668/.602 .736 34/.597 0/0 0/
56.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 11/3 .364/.364/.364/.727 .750/.667 .667 11/.727 0/0 0/
2.Span* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 194/140 .309/.394/.448/.842 1.025/.775 .796 108/.833 8/4 2/
21.Young G/S/vP 7/.286 6/.900 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.834 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 457/335 .288/.335/.400/.734 .684/.753 .757 93/.807 13/4 6/
IP 87.0 16.0 38.1 54.0 43.0 52.0 17.1 12.0 42.0 TOTAL .276/.335/.408/.743 .709/.757 .760 .743 67/34 84/79
ERA-K/9 5.28/5.6 2.81/9.0 2.35/5.9 4.50/9.7 3.77/10.7 1.56/10.6 6.75/12.0 6.00/6.0 2.79/9.4 4.28/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (43-20-4)
 Redmond (15-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 392/.304 72/.203 155/.191 228/.228 177/.186 193/.185 78/.254 55/.277 176/.212 .266  Young
 Gomez
 Span
 Kubel
 Punto
111/0/0/8
0/110/0/7
0/8/44/2
13/0/24/2
0/3/0/0
OPS .829 .689 .521 .647 .622 .485 .704 .829 .656 .733
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 233/.788 33/.538 88/.556 71/.704 98/.645 100/.442 39/.569 32/1.180 86/.720 .717
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 159/.884 39/.780 67/.477 157/.621 79/.594 93/.533 39/.844 23/.399 90/.599 .747
Road 188/.885 47/.869 50/.569 108/.714 75/.610 90/.398 35/.671 31/1.151 78/.708 .757
Last 28d days 91/.842 24/.785 60/.509 47/.943 44/.706 39/.755 46/.827 / 48/.772
HR/SB/CS 9/3/3 2/0/0 2/7/1 5/3/1 5/2/3 4/5/1 2/3/0 2/3/1 6/4/1 109/90/44
Usage ····X··· ····Xo·X ···X···· X·X··oo· oo·o··X· X·o··oo· ···X···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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