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Game Preview: MIN @ SDP, 3:35pm, Thursday, June 26, 2008 @Petco Park

Minnesota Twins, 42-36, 2nd, ½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Scott Baker (26, RHP, 3-2, 3.47)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. SDP Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-2)             57    58  22  22  10  49  9    3.47      
 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         1-2  38.1  41  13  13   7  37  3    3.05   55 
 2008-06-20    ARI   W   6     7   1   1   1   7  1     112   60 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.SDP    Has never faced SDP.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-16   Road:   17-20   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  34-24   vsLHP:   8-12   1-Run:  14-12
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest:  5-9  IL:11-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 78 Wed, Jun 25  @SDP  W   9-3       42-36  2nd  0.5 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 24  @SDP  W   3-1       41-36  2nd  1.5 gb
 76 Sun, Jun 22   ARI  W   5-3       40-36  2nd  1.5 gb
 75 Sat, Jun 21   ARI  W   6-1       39-36  2nd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
San Diego Padres, 32-47, 4th, 8 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Josh Banks (25, RHP, 2-1, 1.62)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-1)             33.1  28   7   6   6  20  2    1.62      
 2007 (0-0)              7.1  11   6   6   2   2  1    7.36      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-1  30.2  29  12  11   1  16  3    3.23   55 
 2008-06-19   @NYY   L   5.1   4   2   2   1   3  0     102   54 
 2008-06-13   @CLE  ND   5     5   3   3   0   4  2      81   49 
 2008-06-05    NYM  ND   6     5   1   1   0   3  0      71   61 
 2008-05-31   @SFG   W   9     6   1   0   0   5  0     101   78 
 2007-09-27   @BAL  ND   5.1   9   5   5   0   1  1      81   31 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN    Has never faced MIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   21-22   Road:   11-25   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  24-29   vsLHP:   8-18   1-Run:  11-14
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl: 8-12   vsWest: 13-16 IL: 3-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Wed, Jun 25   MIN  L   3-9       32-47  4th  8.0 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 24   MIN  L   1-3       32-46  4th  8.0 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 22   DET  L   3-5       32-45  5th  7.5 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 21   DET  L   5-7       32-44  5th  7.5 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 20   DET  W   6-2       32-43  4th  7.5 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 19  @NYY  L   1-2       31-43  5th  8.5 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 18  @NYY  L   5-8       31-42  3rd  7.5 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 17  @NYY  L   0-8       31-41  3rd  6.5 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 15  @CLE  L   3-7       31-40  3rd  6.5 gb
 70 Sat, Jun 14  @CLE  W   8-3 (10)  31-39  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 25, 2008 MIN  9 @SDP  3        W:Glen Perkins (4-2), L: Greg Maddux (3-6), S: none
Tue, Jun 24, 2008 MIN  3 @SDP  1        W:Dennys Reyes (2-0), L: Trevor Hoffman (1-5), S: Joe Nathan (20)

Sun, Jun 19, 2005 SDP  5 @MIN  1        W:Darrell May (1-1), L: Johan Santana (7-3), S: none
Sat, Jun 18, 2005 SDP  7 @MIN  2        W:Brian Lawrence (4-6), L: Brad Radke (5-6), S: none
Fri, Jun 17, 2005 MIN  5  SDP  4 (11)   W:Juan Rincon (4-2), L: Dennys Reyes (3-1), S: none
Sun, Jun 08, 2003 SDP  9  MIN  4        W:Brian Lawrence (4-7), L: LaTroy Hawkins (4-1), S: none
Sat, Jun 07, 2003 MIN  6 @SDP  2        W:Johan Santana (3-1), L: Carlton Loewer (1-2), S: Mike Nakamura (1)
Fri, Jun 06, 2003 MIN  7 @SDP  5 (11)   W:J.C. Romero (2-0), L: Rod Beck (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 2-0; 2007 -  0-0; 2006 -  0-0; All-Time - MIN leads 5-3

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

OAK  4.51

WSN  3.65

RA/G

OAK  3.70

BAL  4.61

TEX  5.62

BA

C. Jones  .394

F. Catalanotto  .281

T. Pena  .154

OBP

C. Jones  .485

Y. Molina  .353

T. Pena  .177

SLG

L. Berkman  .701

M. Kemp  .450

T. Pena  .189

OPS

L. Berkman  1.145

T. Hunter  .803

T. Pena  .366

ERA

E. Volquez  1.71

C. Sabathia  4.06

B. Arroyo  6.52

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.42

V. Padilla  6.20

L. Hernandez  2.96

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. San Diego Padres Pitchers (4.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Banks
G/S/vB
37.Adams
G/S/vB
21.Bell
G/S/vB
40.Corey
G/S/vB
58.Guevara
G/S/vB
45.Hampson*
G/S/vB
51.Hoffman
G/S/vB
43.Meredith
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 45/38 .375/.400/.500/.900 .286/1.023 1.010 36/.948 0/1 1/
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 159/120 .301/.353/.419/.772 .718/.791 .785 113/.763 4/1 3/
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 251/186 .254/.323/.382/.704 .675/.713 .620 98/.867 5/1 3/
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 326/245 .272/.306/.379/.684 .770/.655 .698 123/.608 20/8 5/
23.Harris G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 2/1.000 280/209 .250/.310/.359/.669 .455/.745 .629 90/.652 1/1 4/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 255/205 .260/.318/.446/.764 .422/.845 .732 88/.877 0/1 10/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 2/1.000 214/187 .223/.262/.301/.562 .303/.601 .736 50/.366 0/1 1/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 298/215 .323/.407/.429/.837 .898/.810 .715 101/.922 0/1 2/
27.Monroe G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 135/77 .216/.274/.440/.714 .359/.977 .651 34/.590 0/0 7/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 335/235 .305/.364/.480/.844 .779/.873 .829 114/.781 0/1 11/
8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/44 .283/.343/.383/.727 .812/.673 .655 14/1.062 4/1 0/
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 56/26 .275/.321/.353/.674 .704/.641 .632 22/.859 0/0 0/
21.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 298/230 .275/.326/.366/.691 .669/.698 .774 82/.803 9/4 1/
IP 33.1 20.0 43.2 26.2 8.1 7.2 26.0 38.0 TOTAL .272/.327/.396/.722 .666/.743 .711 .761 51/23 50/54
ERA-K/9 1.62/5.4 3.15/9.9 2.27/7.4 4.73/4.4 6.48/8.7 8.22/9.4 4.85/10.4 4.50/5.0 4.16/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (29-17-0)
 Redmond (10-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 129/.239 81/.222 173/.201 111/.265 40/.242 36/.375 108/.248 160/.283 .257  Young
 Cuddyer
 Gomez
 Kubel
 Monroe
 Punto
72/0/0/8
0/1/56/7
0/72/0/6
9/0/16/2
0/7/2/1
0/2/0/0
OPS .596 .685 .549 .714 .744 .920 .725 .747 .720
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 65/.530 38/.736 87/.373 51/.477 19/.449 18/.528 52/.938 59/.875 .750
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 64/.662 43/.640 86/.717 60/.910 21/.992 18/1.313 56/.542 101/.674 .702
Home 56/.639 57/.762 89/.470 53/.597 21/.607 27/.870 77/.679 87/.755 .662
Last 28d days 95/.554 53/.583 53/.565 50/.697 40/.744 36/.920 37/.736 54/.780
HR/SB/CS 2/8/0 3/3/0 2/7/1 3/2/1 1/3/0 1/1/1 5/1/0 4/7/0 74/103/16
Usage ······X· X···X··· ·o·X·oo· ·o··o·oX o······· X···o·Xo ·o·o···· X··X·o·X
San Diego Padres Batters (3.71 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.76 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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Barrett G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 7/1.262 6/.334 93/66 .185/.261/.284/.545 1.026/.367 .687 74/.568 0/0 2/
1.Carlin# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/55 .172/.262/.259/.520 .422/.538 .611 23/.455 0/0 0/
7.Clark# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 95/64 .234/.379/.312/.691 .762/.651 .663 39/.682 0/0 1/
33.Gerut* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 6/1.000 4/.250 174/141 .290/.368/.406/.774 .926/.735 .730 91/.910 5/3 3/
24.Giles* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/no AB 8/1.625 17/.643 335/217 .297/.400/.435/.835 .799/.852 .775 101/.868 1/2 5/
23.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 347/222 .294/.366/.552/.918 .706/1.040 .842 112/.965 0/0 21/
2.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 113/64 .305/.354/.419/.773 .763/.779 .914 95/.774 0/0 1/
3.Greene G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.833 318/238 .228/.277/.349/.626 .554/.650 .688 97/.684 5/1 7/
12.Hairston G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 239/156 .230/.284/.419/.703 .673/.719 .860 65/.616 2/1 9/
16.Headley# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 32/22 .250/.250/.469/.719 1.000/.591 .550 32/.719 0/0 2/
5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 316/228 .263/.310/.423/.733 .918/.662 .700 81/.717 0/0 10/
18.McAnulty* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 157/151 .211/.350/.352/.702 .167/.723 .724 51/.690 0/0 3/
11.Stansberry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 11/6 .364/.364/.455/.818 .000/1.500 1.400 11/.818 0/0 0/
IP 57.0 49.1 76.0 18.0 32.2 41.0 31.2 23.0 TOTAL .245/.318/.378/.696 .690/.699 .702 .745 24/9 69/38
ERA-K/9 3.47/7.7 4.74/3.8 6.39/6.6 1.50/8.5 3.03/6.6 3.07/5.9 1.42/9.7 2.35/4.7 4.32/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barrett (35-5-2)
 Carlin (22-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 234/.260 220/.296 346/.291 73/.197 137/.254 178/.248 120/.211 91/.247 .287  Hairston
 Gerut
 McAnulty
 Giles
 Gonzalez
 Headley
45/28/0/4
0/42/1/1
34/0/12/1
0/2/72/1
2/0/1/1
3/0/0/0
OPS .716 .857 .772 .532 .738 .703 .557 .668 .778
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 113/.757 81/.750 164/.790 28/.632 51/.682 66/.655 69/.620 53/.496 .758
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 121/.678 139/.917 182/.755 45/.467 86/.769 112/.729 51/.475 38/.916 .792
Road 126/.808 111/.859 104/.832 25/.377 62/.916 80/.895 41/.755 40/.727 .826
Last 28d days 102/.761 70/.729 74/.890 33/.248 51/.518 48/.693 34/.419 29/.556
HR/SB/CS 9/2/1 9/1/2 9/10/0 1/2/1 4/2/1 4/4/1 3/4/0 1/3/2 86/39/18
Usage ·····X·· X····X·o X······o o·····X· ·X·X···X ·X··o··· ·o·o·o·· ·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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