MIN @ TBR, Saturday, September 20, 2008 Game Preview

Minnesota Twins, 83-71, 2nd, 2½ GB, 7½ GB in WC	SP: Kevin Slowey (24, RHP, 12-10, 3.66) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (12-10) 152.1 147 63 62 20 117 21 3.66 2007 (4-1) 66.2 82 39 35 11 47 16 4.73 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-2 44 43 14 13 4 39 6 2.66 58 2008-09-15 @CLE L 6 7 3 3 1 6 2 98 51 2008-09-10 KCR W 7 4 1 1 1 2 0 94 66 2008-09-04 @TOR L 5.2 10 3 3 0 3 1 98 40 2008-08-29 @OAK W 6 6 2 2 1 10 1 96 61 2008-08-24 @LAA ND 6.1 8 2 2 0 5 1 91 54 2008-08-19 OAK W 7 5 2 1 0 12 1 110 73 2008-08-13 NYY W 6 3 1 1 1 1 0 87 62 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 49-26 Road: 34-45 ExtrInn: 7-10 vsRHP: 55-49 vsLHP: 28-22 1-Run: 24-25 vsEast: 12-21 vsCntrl:39-27 vsWest: 18-19 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 154 Fri, Sep 19 @TBR L 1-11 83-71 2nd 2.5 gb 153 Thu, Sep 18 @TBR W 11-8 83-70 2nd 1.5 gb 152 Wed, Sep 17 @CLE L 4-6 82-70 2nd 2.5 gb 151 Tue, Sep 16 @CLE L 9-12(11) 82-69 2nd 2.5 gb 150 Mon, Sep 15 @CLE L 1-3 82-68 2nd 1.5 gb 149 Sun, Sep 14 @BAL L 3-7 82-67 2nd 1.5 gb 148 Sat, Sep 13 @BAL W 12-6 82-66 1st Tied 147 Sat, Sep 13 @BAL W 12-2 81-66 1st Tied 146 Thu, Sep 11 KCR L 2-3 (10) 80-66 2nd 1.0 gb 145 Wed, Sep 10 KCR W 7-1 80-65 2nd 1.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:13-17
Tampa Bay Rays, 91-61, 1st, 1½ up	SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 11-7, 3.50) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (11-7) 141.1 112 57 55 67 153 19 3.50 2007 (13-9) 206.2 196 91 80 89 239 18 3.48 2006 (10-8) 144.2 132 59 52 52 163 15 3.24 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 37.1 25 18 18 23 39 9 4.34 54 2008-09-15 BOS L 3 6 9 9 4 2 4 72 9 2008-09-09 @BOS ND 6 5 2 2 3 4 1 108 55 2008-09-04 NYY W 6 1 0 0 5 7 0 98 72 2008-08-29 BAL W 5.1 3 0 0 3 6 0 102 65 2008-08-23 @CHW ND 6 4 3 3 2 7 2 108 57 2008-08-17 @TEX W 6 4 2 2 4 7 1 114 59 2008-08-12 @OAK L 5 2 2 2 2 6 1 97 59 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN 1-3 28 24 13 12 6 21 3 3.86 56 2007-04-13 @MIN W 8 6 2 2 0 6 1 113 68 2006-07-18 @MIN L 6 7 4 4 1 4 1 91 45 2005-07-03 @MIN L 7 4 3 2 2 6 1 111 63 2005-05-07 MIN L 7 7 4 4 3 5 0 107 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 56-23 Road: 35-38 ExtrInn: 9-6 vsRHP: 67-39 vsLHP: 24-22 1-Run: 28-17 vsEast: 39-29 vsCntrl:18-14 vsWest: 22-12 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 152 Fri, Sep 19 MIN W 11-1 91-61 1st 1.5 up 151 Thu, Sep 18 MIN L 8-11 90-61 1st 1.5 up 150 Wed, Sep 17 BOS W 10-3 90-60 1st 2.0 up 149 Tue, Sep 16 BOS W 2-1 89-60 1st 1.0 up 148 Mon, Sep 15 BOS L 5-13 88-60 1st Tied 147 Sun, Sep 14 @NYY L 4-8 88-59 1st 1.0 up 146 Sat, Sep 13 @NYY L 5-6 88-58 1st 2.0 up 145 Sat, Sep 13 @NYY W 7-1 88-57 1st 2.0 up 144 Wed, Sep 10 @BOS W 4-2 (14) 87-57 1st 2.5 up 143 Tue, Sep 9 @BOS W 5-4 86-57 1st 1.5 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Sep 19, 2008 TBR 11 MIN 1 W:Edwin Jackson (12-11), L: Nick Blackburn (10-10), S: none Thu, Sep 18, 2008 MIN 11 @TBR 8 W:Eddie Guardado (4-4), L: Dan Wheeler (5-6), S: Joe Nathan (37) Thu, Apr 17, 2008 TBR 7 @MIN 3 W:Jason Hammel (1-1), L: Boof Bonser (1-3), S: J.P. Howell (1) Wed, Apr 16, 2008 MIN 6 TBR 5 W:Juan Rincon (1-0), L: Dan Wheeler (0-2), S: Joe Nathan (5) Thu, May 03, 2007 TBD 6 MIN 4 W:James Shields (3-0), L: Ramon Ortiz (3-2), S: Al Reyes (10) Wed, May 02, 2007 TBD 4 MIN 3 (10) W:Al Reyes (1-0), L: Matt Guerrier (0-1), S: none Tue, May 01, 2007 MIN 9 @TBD 1 W:Sidney Ponson (2-3), L: Edwin Jackson (0-4), S: none Sun, Apr 15, 2007 TBD 6 @MIN 4 W:Brian Stokes (1-2), L: Joe Nathan (1-1), S: Al Reyes (4) Sat, Apr 14, 2007 MIN 12 TBD 5 W:Sidney Ponson (1-1), L: Edwin Jackson (0-2), S: none Fri, Apr 13, 2007 TBD 4 @MIN 2 W:Scott Kazmir (1-1), L: Johan Santana (2-1), S: Al Reyes (3) Season Series: 2008 - Tied 2-2; 2007 - TBR won 4-3; 2006 - MIN won 6-1; All-Time - MIN leads 49-35

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 5.53

ATL 4.62

SDP 3.94

RA/G

TOR 3.83

SFG 4.64

TEX 6.03

R. Furcal .366

G. Anderson .292

J. Towles .139

OBP

C. Jones .466

C. Lee .368

T. Pena .179

SLG

A. Pujols .641

M. Cameron .490

T. Pena .204

OPS

A. Pujols 1.098

J. Damon .844

T. Pena .383

ERA

C. Lee 2.41

A. Cook 4.00

N. Robertson 6.15

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.14

J. Shields 6.61

L. Hernandez 3.33

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Minnesota Twins Batters (5.16 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Kazmir*
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 53.Bradford
G/S/vB 49.Hammel
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 40.Percival
G/S/vB 14.Price*
G/S/vB 52.Salas
G/S/vB 51.Talbot
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 233/186 .306/.349/.407/.756 .460/.834 .792 60/.700 0/2 4/

25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 394/272 .293/.340/.397/.737 .657/.775 .686 110/.701 6/2 7/

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 9/.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.000 4/1.250 3/.333 4/.333 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 269/197 .251/.323/.370/.694 .665/.704 .592 10/.522 5/1 3/

12.Everett G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 146/109 .210/.271/.323/.594 .773/.539 .613 12/.523 0/0 2/

22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 580/420 .255/.293/.354/.647 .728/.616 .620 83/.714 31/11 7/

23.Harris G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/1.547 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 467/312 .263/.323/.393/.716 .696/.726 .731 40/.779 1/1 7/

44.Jorgensen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/

16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 491/382 .274/.338/.463/.802 .681/.835 .756 85/.781 0/1 18/

27.Macri G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/12 .324/.361/.441/.802 .917/.533 .780 4/.000 1/1 1/

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· ··· 6/1.500 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· 2/2.500 593/407 .328/.416/.448/.864 .964/.814 .773 108/.833 1/1 9/

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 9/1.111 ··· ··· 6/1.667 4/.500 5/2.000 3/2.667 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/.333 674/439 .311/.383/.518/.901 .798/.959 .918 116/.937 0/1 23/

11.Pridie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/5 .000/.200/.000/.200 /.000 .250 6/.200 0/0 0/

8.Punto# G/S/vP 10/.575 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 2/no AB ··· 4/.833 ··· 3/.333 ··· 5/.400 347/220 .285/.342/.391/.733 .749/.717 .701 100/.694 12/6 2/

55.Redmond G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/2.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 133/64 .280/.316/.328/.644 .627/.661 .559 22/.618 0/0 0/

56.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/31 .274/.338/.355/.693 .745/.633 .588 29/.584 0/0 1/

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 368/251 .301/.391/.436/.826 .923/.783 .820 130/.719 17/7 6/

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 122/83 .277/.317/.384/.701 .703/.700 .669 32/.861 7/1 0/

21.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.750 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 591/417 .289/.334/.403/.737 .773/.722 .727 98/.740 14/5 9/

IP 141.1 53.1 56.1 75.1 85.1 39.0 42.1 6.0 6.1 3.0 63.2 TOTAL .281/.341/.410/.751 .735/.759 .729 .747 95/42 108/107

ERA-K/9

3.50/9.7

1.52/12.5

2.08/2.7

4.54/5.1

2.32/9.3

4.62/8.8

4.89/8.1

3.00/9.0

7.11/11.4

12.00/6.0

3.25/7.1

3.80/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Jorgensen (0-0-0)
Mauer (48-27-4)
Redmond (18-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 596/.217 206/.144 230/.277 333/.276 355/.199 172/.259 179/.184 22/.182 27/.217 16/.417 253/.186 .246 Young
Gomez
Cuddyer
Span
Kubel
Pridie
Punto 143/0/0/11
0/142/0/8
0/1/58/7
0/19/76/6
17/0/32/2
3/0/3/0
0/3/0/0

OPS .712 .456 .651 .799 .592 .724 .720 .545 .681 1.646 .617 .714

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 129/.503 87/.391 77/.757 150/.851 132/.544 101/.646 90/.743 10/.400 13/.862 8/1.825 100/.676 .717

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 467/.773 119/.505 153/.601 183/.757 223/.619 71/.835 89/.695 12/.667 14/.522 8/1.500 153/.579 .711

Home 304/.681 96/.392 112/.691 140/.761 180/.528 97/.633 102/.623 3/.667 23/.654 16/1.646 118/.574 .668

Last 28d days 113/.806 47/.575 40/.565 42/1.131 59/.487 30/.831 21/1.336 22/.545 23/.654 16/1.646 40/.868

HR/SB/CS 19/7/3 2/2/1 2/3/4 11/10/1 6/10/3 2/0/2 9/7/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 10/1/1 154/71/29

Usage ····X··· ··Xo··X· ·oo···o· ····oo·· ··XX··X· ·o····X· ·X······ ·o···X·· ····X··· ····X··· ·o·o····

Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.73 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 59.Slowey
G/S/vB 26.Bonser
G/S/vB 49.Breslow*
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 38.Humber
G/S/vB 41.Korecky
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 37.Reyes*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 339/205 .261/.334/.426/.760 .832/.714 .762 94/.807 2/2 10/

5.Baldelli G/S/vP ··· 9/.944 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/5.000 67/26 .262/.328/.475/.804 .894/.669 .950 45/.799 0/0 3/

8.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· 468/333 .280/.320/.350/.669 .894/.578 .722 95/.804 19/6 1/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 13/1.371 265/253 .275/.355/.463/.818 .450/.835 .972 55/.864 1/0 10/

31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 172/60 .174/.279/.376/.655 .719/.536 .641 6/.000 8/1 8/

26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 373/303 .251/.346/.440/.785 .591/.833 .956 83/.887 4/2 13/

41.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/6 .167/.167/.167/.333 /.333 .000 6/.333 0/0 0/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 9/1.301 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 7/.453 410/355 .243/.329/.461/.791 .484/.838 .722 57/.422 9/3 19/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· 6/.750 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/.500 678/468 .276/.352/.383/.735 .674/.761 .785 114/.825 7/5 6/

28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .250/.250/.250/.500 /.500 .667 4/.500 0/0 0/

24.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/.333 6/1.133 ··· 2/.500 5/.400 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/.000 3/.000 12/10 .273/.333/.818/1.152 .000/1.400 1.250 11/1.264 0/0 2/

3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 4/.583 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/2.500 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 466/342 .281/.352/.545/.897 .890/.900 .888 31/1.069 7/0 25/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 6/1.500 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 442/324 .288/.344/.400/.744 .715/.764 .776 70/.684 0/4 7/

23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· 8/1.042 1/.000 3/1.666 6/.334 2/1.000 3/2.667 ··· ··· 9/.708 6/.000 574/372 .249/.376/.504/.881 .667/1.001 .910 113/1.002 1/1 31/

38.Perez# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 47/27 .244/.311/.415/.726 .450/.729 .690 47/.726 2/0 2/

10.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 74/29 .214/.257/.357/.614 .495/.806 .689 28/.560 2/0 2/

2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 6/1.167 ··· ··· 2/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 606/420 .274/.383/.398/.781 .779/.781 .790 69/.804 42/15 8/

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 199/118 .231/.322/.434/.755 .730/.765 .719 64/.775 3/0 8/

IP 152.1 116.1 44.2 59.2 55.2 71.2 9.2 15.2 5.0 62.1 43.1 TOTAL .262/.340/.423/.763 .720/.782 .800 .791 134/48 169/82

ERA-K/9

3.66/6.9

5.96/7.4

2.01/7.4

3.77/7.2

4.20/5.3

4.90/7.2

3.72/2.8

5.17/3.4

1.80/5.4

1.44/9.8

2.28/7.1

4.22/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hernandez (0-0-0)
Jaso (0-0-0)
Navarro (43-26-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 611/.253 521/.281 182/.211 256/.257 226/.246 323/.279 39/.206 68/.295 17/.118 243/.188 176/.238 .275 Upton
Gross
Hinske
Ruggiano
Gomes
Zobrist
Johnson
Baldelli
Perez 0/134/0/12
2/18/114/8
33/0/49/3
24/5/13/2
8/0/20/0
12/5/1/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/4/0
3/11/1/0

OPS .707 .772 .537 .750 .702 .797 .808 .843 .235 .548 .647 .759

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 283/.814 240/.869 83/.491 89/.730 89/.635 116/.748 20/.975 33/.842 7/.571 121/.595 96/.545 .769

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 328/.616 281/.692 99/.575 167/.759 137/.746 207/.823 19/.652 35/.843 10/.000 122/.503 80/.771 .751

Road 338/.776 208/.873 99/.537 130/.864 106/.765 168/.846 39/.808 57/.826 17/.235 106/.682 92/.663 .816

Last 28d days 129/.747 70/.790 44/.475 34/.944 37/1.033 39/.910 39/.808 28/1.064 17/.235 34/.762 29/.733

HR/SB/CS 21/4/3 16/11/0 1/2/5 6/5/1 4/3/0 10/8/1 3/0/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 5/5/0 3/4/2 175/66/31

Usage ····X··· X··X··X· X·ooo·X· ··X····· ·X·X··o· ··Xoo··· ·X···Xo· XXo·o·X· o·oo·Xo· ·o·X···· ··oXo·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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Game Preview: MIN @ TBR, 3:55pm, Saturday, September 20, 2008 @Tropicana Field

SP: Kevin Slowey (24, RHP, 12-10, 3.66)

SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 11-7, 3.50)

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