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Game Preview: MIN @ TBR, 1:40pm, Sunday, September 21, 2008 @Tropicana Field

Minnesota Twins, 83-72, 2nd, 2½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Francisco Liriano (24, LHP, 5-3, 3.62)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-3)             64.2  58  33  26  27  55  6    3.62      
 2006 (12-3)           121    89  31  29  32 144  9    2.16      
 2005 (1-2)             23.2  19  15  15   7  33  4    5.70      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-0  42.2  34  17  10   9  38  5    2.11   60 
 2008-09-16   @CLE  ND   2.2   6   8   4   2   4  2      72   24 
 2008-09-11    KCR  ND   8     6   2   2   0   6  0      95   68 
 2008-09-05    DET   W   7     5   2   2   1   9  2      99   67 
 2008-08-30   @OAK  ND   7     5   1   1   0   6  1      99   69 
 2008-08-25   @SEA  ND   6     5   1   1   1   3  0      96   60 
 2008-08-20    OAK   W   5     5   1   0   3   5  0     107   57 
 2008-08-15    SEA   W   7     2   2   0   2   5  0      98   72 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   49-26   Road:   34-46   ExtrInn: 7-10
 vsRHP:  55-49   vsLHP:  28-23   1-Run:  24-25
 vsEast: 12-22   vsCntrl:39-27   vsWest: 18-19 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
155 Sat, Sep 20  @TBR  L   2-7       83-72  2nd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Tampa Bay Rays, 92-61, 1st, 2½ up

SP: Andy Sonnanstine (25, RHP, 13-7, 4.33)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (13-7)           181   200  96  87  32 113 19    4.33      
 2007 (6-10)           130.2 151  87  85  26  97 18    5.85      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-1  40    39  21  18   8  27  6    4.05   51 
 2008-09-16    BOS  ND   6     3   1   0   2   5  0      93   67 
 2008-09-10   @BOS  ND   7     4   1   0   0   7  0      96   74 
 2008-09-05   @TOR   L   6     5   4   4   1   3  1      80   48 
 2008-08-30    BAL  ND   3.1   7   6   5   1   2  2      91   25 
 2008-08-24   @CHW  ND   6.1   9   4   4   1   1  2      81   39 
 2008-08-18    LAA   W   5.1   5   3   3   2   3  1     104   47 
 2008-08-13   @OAK   W   6     6   2   2   1   6  0      91   57 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN    Has never faced MIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   57-23   Road:   35-38   ExtrInn: 9-6 
 vsRHP:  68-39   vsLHP:  24-22   1-Run:  28-17
 vsEast: 39-29   vsCntrl:19-14   vsWest: 22-12 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
153 Sat, Sep 20   MIN  W   7-2       92-61  1st  2.5 up
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 20, 2008 TBR  7  MIN  2        W:Scott Kazmir (12-7), L: Kevin Slowey (12-11), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 3-2; 2007 - TBR won 4-3; 2006 - MIN won 6-1; All-Time - MIN leads 49-36

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  5.52

ATL  4.61

SDP  3.95

RA/G

TOR  3.83

MIN  4.65

TEX  6.04

BA

R. Furcal  .366

D. Lee  .293

J. Towles  .139

OBP

C. Jones  .466

R. Ludwick  .368

T. Pena  .179

SLG

A. Pujols  .637

N. Markakis  .490

T. Pena  .204

OPS

A. Pujols  1.093

T. Glaus  .846

T. Pena  .383

ERA

C. Lee  2.41

A. Cook  3.96

N. Robertson  6.15

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.14

M. Mussina  6.70

L. Hernandez  3.33

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Minnesota Twins Batters (5.14 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Sonnanstine
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 233/186 .306/.349/.407/.756 .460/.834 .792 56/.715 0/2 4/
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 399/272 .293/.341/.395/.736 .657/.775 .686 111/.663 6/2 7/
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.000 5/1.300 3/.333 4/.333 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 273/197 .250/.330/.369/.699 .681/.704 .604 14/.629 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 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 584/422 .255/.294/.354/.648 .718/.621 .623 84/.680 31/11 7/
23.Harris G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 7/1.547 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 471/314 .261/.323/.390/.713 .687/.726 .724 44/.736 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 81/.797 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 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.500 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· 2/2.500 598/407 .329/.415/.448/.863 .959/.814 .774 109/.844 1/1 9/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/1.667 5/.400 5/2.000 3/2.667 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/.333 678/439 .310/.382/.518/.900 .797/.959 .916 116/.964 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 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 2/no AB ··· 5/.650 ··· 3/.333 ··· 5/.400 351/222 .282/.338/.386/.724 .736/.710 .685 100/.652 12/6 2/
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 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 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 373/253 .300/.388/.432/.820 .897/.785 .809 130/.733 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 ··· 1/.000 8/.750 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 595/418 .289/.333/.402/.735 .771/.720 .723 98/.762 14/5 9/
IP 181.0 54.1 56.1 75.1 86.1 39.2 42.2 6.0 6.1 3.0 63.2 TOTAL .280/.341/.409/.750 .732/.758 .728 .746 95/42 108/107
ERA-K/9 4.33/5.6 1.49/12.6 2.08/2.7 4.54/5.1 2.29/9.3 4.54/8.6 4.85/8.0 3.00/9.0 7.11/11.4 12.00/6.0 3.25/7.1 3.78/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Jorgensen (0-0-0)
 Mauer (48-28-4)
 Redmond (18-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 765/.280 211/.147 230/.277 333/.276 360/.197 174/.255 183/.187 22/.182 27/.217 16/.417 253/.186 .246  Young
 Gomez
 Cuddyer
 Span
 Kubel
 Punto
 Pridie
144/0/0/11
0/143/0/8
0/1/58/7
0/19/77/6
17/0/32/2
0/3/0/0
3/0/3/0
OPS .758 .461 .651 .799 .591 .715 .723 .545 .681 1.646 .617 .713
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 356/.733 89/.382 77/.757 150/.851 134/.535 102/.639 92/.749 10/.400 13/.862 8/1.825 100/.676 .716
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 409/.779 122/.519 153/.601 183/.757 226/.623 72/.822 91/.695 12/.667 14/.522 8/1.500 153/.579 .711
Home 372/.752 101/.405 112/.691 140/.761 185/.527 99/.619 106/.631 3/.667 23/.654 16/1.646 118/.574 .667
Last 28d days 121/.752 48/.606 37/.615 42/1.131 64/.486 32/.777 25/1.257 22/.545 23/.654 16/1.646 37/.942
HR/SB/CS 19/1/3 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··· X··Xo··X ··oo···o ·····oo· X··XX··X o·o····X X·X····· ··o···X· ·····X·· ·····X·· ··o·o···
Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 339/205 .261/.334/.426/.760 .832/.714 .762 90/.846 2/2 10/
5.Baldelli G/S/vP 4/.500 9/.944 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/5.000 69/27 .258/.333/.468/.801 .909/.644 .925 46/.814 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 1/.000 472/336 .280/.319/.351/.670 .888/.582 .723 95/.760 19/6 1/
15.Floyd* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 13/1.371 269/257 .280/.361/.478/.839 .450/.857 1.006 56/1.015 1/0 11/
31.Gomes G/S/vP 3/.000 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/.000 375/305 .249/.344/.437/.781 .591/.827 .944 81/.891 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/.453 412/357 .245/.330/.462/.792 .484/.839 .725 55/.477 9/3 19/
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· 6/.750 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 3/.333 683/472 .276/.352/.382/.734 .671/.762 .783 114/.825 7/6 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 1/.000 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 2/1.000 2/2.500 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 470/346 .281/.351/.545/.896 .890/.898 .885 35/1.030 7/0 25/
30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 6/1.500 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 446/328 .292/.348/.406/.754 .715/.777 .796 70/.758 0/4 7/
23.Pena* G/S/vP 2/.000 8/1.042 1/.000 3/1.666 6/.334 2/1.000 3/2.667 ··· ··· 9/.708 7/.000 578/375 .249/.377/.505/.882 .663/1.006 .913 113/1.030 1/1 31/
38.Perez# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 51/30 .244/.306/.467/.773 .732/.646 .797 51/.773 2/0 3/
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 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 608/421 .273/.382/.396/.778 .774/.779 .784 67/.765 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 64.2 116.1 44.2 59.2 55.2 73.2 9.2 15.2 5.0 62.1 45.0 TOTAL .262/.340/.425/.765 .721/.784 .803 .810 134/49 171/84
ERA-K/9 3.62/7.7 5.96/7.4 2.01/7.4 3.77/7.2 4.20/5.3 4.89/7.1 3.72/2.8 5.17/3.4 1.80/5.4 1.44/9.8 2.40/7.4 4.24/6.1

 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 277/.236 521/.281 182/.211 256/.257 226/.246 330/.276 39/.206 68/.295 17/.118 243/.188 182/.236 .276  Upton
 Gross
 Hinske
 Ruggiano
 Perez
 Gomes
 Zobrist
 Johnson
 Baldelli
0/135/0/12
2/18/115/8
34/0/49/3
24/5/13/2
4/12/1/1
8/0/20/0
12/5/1/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/5/0
OPS .679 .772 .537 .750 .702 .795 .808 .843 .235 .548 .661 .760
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 66/.561 240/.869 83/.491 89/.730 89/.635 120/.768 20/.975 33/.842 7/.571 121/.595 98/.533 .772
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 211/.716 281/.692 99/.575 167/.759 137/.746 210/.810 19/.652 35/.843 10/.000 122/.503 84/.815 .752
Road 126/.850 208/.873 99/.537 130/.864 106/.765 175/.841 39/.808 57/.826 17/.235 106/.682 98/.690 .819
Last 28d days 123/.676 60/.765 43/.487 34/.944 37/1.033 46/.882 39/.808 28/1.064 17/.235 34/.762 35/.798
HR/SB/CS 6/6/1 16/11/0 1/2/5 6/5/1 4/3/0 11/8/1 3/0/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 5/5/0 4/4/2 177/66/32
Usage ····X··· ·X··X··X ·X·ooo·X ···X···· ··X·X··o X··Xoo·· ··X···Xo ·XXo·o·X ·o·oo·Xo ··o·X··· 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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