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Game Preview: MIN @ NYY, 7:05pm, Monday, July 21, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

Minnesota Twins, 55-43, 2nd, ½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 7-5, 3.65)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-5)            118.1 132  56  48  18  64 12    3.65      
 2007 (0-2)             11.2  19  12  10   2   8  2    7.71      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  42.1  41  21  20   4  23  7    4.25   51 
 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 
 2008-06-27    MIL  ND   4.2   9   6   6   0   5  4      90   27 
 2008-06-21    ARI   W   7     3   1   1   0   3  0      89   70 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYY      0-0   4.1   5   1   1   3   3  1    2.08   49 
 2008-06-01    NYY  ND   4.1   5   1   1   3   3  1      71   49 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-19   Road:   21-24   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  41-29   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  20-16
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:27-17   vsWest:  7-10 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 98 Sun, Jul 20   TEX  L   0-1       55-43  2nd  0.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 19   TEX  W  14-2       55-42  2nd  0.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 18   TEX  W   6-0       54-42  2nd  1.5 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 13  @DET  L   2-4       53-42  2nd  1.5 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 12  @DET  W   6-5       53-41  2nd  1.5 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 11  @DET  W   3-2       52-41  2nd  1.5 gb
 92 Thu, Jul 10  @DET  W   7-6 (11)  51-41  2nd  2.5 gb
 91 Wed, Jul  9  @BOS  L   5-18      50-41  2nd  3.5 gb
 90 Tue, Jul  8  @BOS  L   5-6       50-40  2nd  2.5 gb
 89 Mon, Jul  7  @BOS  L   0-1       50-39  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:22-8 
New York Yankees, 53-45, 3rd, 4½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Sidney Ponson (31, RHP, 5-1, 3.96)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-1)             72.2  90  44  32  25  34  6    3.96      
 2007 (2-5)             37.2  54  31  29  17  23  7    6.93      
 2006 (4-5)             85   108  62  59  36  48 10    6.25      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  42    54  24  20  16  20  5    4.29   45 
 2008-07-09    TBR  ND   6     5   1   1   2   4  1      83   60 
 2008-07-02    TEX  ND   5     9   7   7   3   1  2      83   19 
 2008-06-27   @NYM   W   6     5   0   0   4   4  0      93   62 
 2008-06-04    CLE  ND   4     8   6   2   3   1  1      90   28 
 2008-05-31    OAK   W   7     9   4   4   0   4  0     101   47 
 2008-05-26   @TBR   L   5    12   5   5   3   1  1      94   21 
 2008-05-21   @MIN   W   9     6   1   1   1   5  0     110   75 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      4-0  36.1  28  14   8  10  15  1    1.98   59 
 2008-05-21   @MIN   W   9     6   1   1   1   5  0     110   75 
 2008-04-26    MIN  ND   5.1   7   5   1   1   4  0      93   45 
 2005-05-11    MIN   W   8     6   4   2   2   0  0      93   56 
 2004-09-17   @MIN   W   7     5   2   2   2   4  1     100   61 
 2004-07-24    MIN   W   7     4   2   2   4   2  0     105   59 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-22   Road:   23-23   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  37-30   vsLHP:  16-15   1-Run:  19-11
 vsEast: 20-19   vsCntrl:11-15   vsWest: 12-3  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 98 Sun, Jul 20   OAK  W   2-1       53-45  3rd  4.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 19   OAK  W   4-3 (12)  52-45  3rd  5.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 18   OAK  W   7-1       51-45  3rd  5.5 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 13  @TOR  L   1-4       50-45  3rd  6.0 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 12  @TOR  W   9-4       50-44  3rd  5.5 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 11  @TOR  L   0-5       49-44  3rd  6.5 gb
 92 Thu, Jul 10  @PIT  L   2-4       49-43  3rd  6.5 gb
 91 Wed, Jul  9   TBR  W   2-1 (10)  49-42  3rd  6.5 gb
 90 Tue, Jul  8   TBR  W   5-0       48-42  3rd  7.5 gb
 89 Sun, Jul  6   BOS  W   5-4 (10)  47-42  3rd  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Tue, Jul 03, 2007 NYY  8  MIN  0        W:Chien-Ming Wang (8-4), L: Carlos Silva (6-9), S: none
Mon, Jul 02, 2007 NYY  5  MIN  1        W:Roger Clemens (2-3), L: Boof Bonser (5-5), S: none
Wed, Apr 11, 2007 MIN  5  NYY  1        W:Ramon Ortiz (2-0), L: Kyle Farnsworth (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 10, 2007 NYY 10 @MIN  1        W:Andy Pettitte (1-0), L: Boof Bonser (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 2-2; 2007 - NYY won 5-2; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - NYY leads 1090-762

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  5.46

CLE  4.57

SDP  3.74

RA/G

OAK  3.65

NYM  4.51

TEX  5.85

BA

C. Jones  .373

K. Suzuki  .284

T. Pena  .154

OBP

A. Pujols  .472

T. Wigginton  .357

T. Pena  .176

SLG

L. Berkman  .638

B. Francisco  .469

O. Vizquel  .191

OPS

A. Pujols  1.082

J. Werth  .820

T. Pena  .379

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.87

M. Cain  4.08

M. Hendrickson  6.09

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.81

G. Floyd  6.19

L. Hernandez  3.31

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.94 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Ponson
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
38.Giese
G/S/vB
22.Hawkins
G/S/vB
36.Ramirez
G/S/vB
42.Rivera
G/S/vB
30.Robertson
G/S/vB
41.Veras
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 100/79 .333/.360/.452/.812 .340/.939 .834 63/.840 0/2 2/
25.Casilla# G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 242/172 .313/.353/.430/.783 .687/.825 .746 92/.803 4/2 4/
22.Gomez G/S/vP 4/.750 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 413/299 .250/.285/.349/.634 .684/.615 .590 96/.482 21/9 5/
23.Harris G/S/vP 6/1.167 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 344/244 .260/.314/.370/.684 .620/.711 .708 72/.805 1/1 5/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 7/.572 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 312/251 .264/.333/.462/.795 .514/.860 .746 66/.860 0/1 13/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP 24/.942 8/1.917 ··· 6/1.500 ··· 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 230/202 .220/.257/.292/.548 .292/.585 .676 18/.333 0/1 1/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 11/.546 5/1.100 ··· 1/4.000 2/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 373/267 .324/.419/.465/.884 .979/.843 .747 84/.996 0/1 6/
27.Monroe G/S/vP 11/1.091 1/2.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 8/.125 ··· ··· 168/82 .204/.280/.414/.694 .442/.955 .573 35/.728 0/0 8/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 16/.544 8/1.625 ··· 4/1.167 2/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 425/288 .322/.391/.519/.909 .814/.956 .976 99/1.127 0/1 15/
8.Punto# G/S/vP 8/.500 3/.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 117/71 .320/.379/.466/.845 .792/.883 .895 49/1.010 4/2 1/
55.Redmond G/S/vP 2/.500 3/.667 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 74/34 .290/.324/.348/.672 .624/.728 .585 18/.667 0/0 0/
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 97/70 .309/.411/.407/.818 1.227/.665 .842 63/.959 5/3 0/
21.Young G/S/vP 11/1.445 10/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 5/.650 376/276 .299/.340/.405/.745 .725/.752 .738 78/.944 11/4 4/
IP 72.2 42.0 23.1 38.1 36.0 44.1 10.0 32.1 TOTAL .279/.337/.411/.748 .705/.765 .724 .840 56/30 69/62
ERA-K/9 3.96/4.2 3.43/8.1 2.70/6.2 5.63/4.7 2.50/10.5 1.22/10.8 1.80/11.7 3.06/8.4 4.04/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (36-18-1)
 Redmond (10-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 326/.306 173/.257 95/.195 160/.270 144/.167 162/.169 40/.200 135/.217 .261  Young
 Gomez
 Kubel
 Span
 Monroe
 Punto
90/0/0/8
0/91/0/6
11/0/20/2
0/3/25/2
0/7/2/1
0/2/0/0
OPS .807 .829 .528 .723 .564 .433 .504 .640 .720
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 177/.886 79/.993 56/.533 70/.949 76/.605 84/.378 21/.438 69/.705 .702
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 149/.720 94/.707 39/.520 90/.558 68/.519 78/.492 19/.582 66/.578 .735
Home 208/.856 92/.861 86/.523 83/.700 92/.588 93/.510 24/.440 78/.637 .699
Last 28d days 74/.897 29/.138 41/.631 36/.846 46/.386 38/.618 40/.504 48/.714
HR/SB/CS 6/1/4 10/5/6 1/5/1 3/1/2 3/1/3 2/5/1 0/2/0 4/3/1 84/74/40
Usage ········ ·o······ ·······X ··o····· ·Xo····· oX······ ·Xo····X ·X······
New York Yankees Batters (4.58 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.60 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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/4.000 9/1.319 3/.333 1/.000 4/.500 7/.429 17/.567 413/287 .272/.346/.431/.778 .777/.778 .790 97/.808 13/6 10/
14.Betemit# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 121/85 .246/.275/.412/.687 .669/.695 .731 54/.623 0/1 4/
28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 7/1.142 ··· 3/.833 2/.500 2/1.000 5/1.200 372/247 .245/.304/.349/.654 .599/.686 .666 87/.558 7/1 8/
24.Cano* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 7/1.547 1/.000 3/.666 3/.666 3/.000 5/.400 384/268 .258/.295/.381/.676 .833/.609 .760 88/.946 1/3 7/
17.Christian G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/5 .222/.300/.278/.578 .785/.000 .000 20/.578 2/1 0/
11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/48 .163/.236/.184/.420 .000/.496 .353 57/.420 5/0 0/
25.Giambi* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 5/.400 2/1.500 3/.666 5/.400 4/.833 5/.000 333/227 .257/.396/.540/.936 .920/.943 1.017 75/.787 2/1 20/
2.Jeter G/S/vP 3/5.000 1/.000 9/.444 ··· 6/.666 6/1.000 5/.650 3/2.333 407/278 .282/.347/.392/.738 .782/.718 .704 98/.817 5/2 5/
19.Moeller G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 75/51 .242/.333/.364/.697 .625/.727 .566 6/.167 0/0 1/
26.Molina G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· 5/1.200 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 190/127 .215/.255/.297/.552 .508/.573 .557 46/.542 0/0 0/
20.Posada# G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· 2/.000 6/1.000 4/.250 5/.000 195/134 .268/.364/.411/.775 .733/.793 .745 78/.582 0/0 3/
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.500 9/.958 2/.500 6/.533 5/2.600 6/1.500 4/.500 335/235 .313/.394/.581/.975 .995/.966 1.115 96/.848 14/1 20/
39.Sexson G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.500 1/3.000 6/.500 8/1.518 8/.375 13/1.838 298/221 .219/.319/.379/.698 1.029/.584 .532 60/.822 1/0 11/
IP 118.1 58.2 82.2 21.2 39.2 51.0 40.2 27.0 TOTAL .267/.340/.413/.754 .742/.759 .773 .707 62/23 93/50
ERA-K/9 3.65/4.9 5.22/4.0 6.42/6.9 2.08/8.3 2.72/6.8 3.35/6.7 1.11/10.2 2.67/5.3 4.23/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Moeller (12-7-0)
 Molina (27-26-6)
 Posada (34-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 494/.284 263/.304 375/.289 89/.203 168/.258 217/.241 156/.193 106/.240 .277  Abreu
 Cabrera
 Gardner
 Christian
0/0/93/9
0/94/1/5
13/1/0/1
4/0/2/0
OPS .746 .882 .769 .545 .731 .689 .526 .669 .758
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 215/.708 94/.789 176/.800 37/.585 60/.686 79/.709 86/.564 59/.497 .750
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 279/.774 169/.934 199/.741 52/.512 108/.754 138/.677 70/.482 47/.892 .764
Road 258/.739 130/.990 114/.877 36/.536 78/.832 99/.875 57/.636 49/.765 .821
Last 28d days 105/.683 50/.903 34/.681 19/.503 35/.737 43/.646 39/.378 16/.625
HR/SB/CS 12/0/1 11/1/2 9/10/0 1/2/2 4/2/1 5/6/1 3/5/0 2/3/2 107/46/20
Usage ·······X ·o·····X ··o····· ··o····· ··o····· ········ 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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