MIN @ TOR, Wednesday, September 3, 2008 Game Preview

Minnesota Twins, 77-61, 1st, Tied	SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 9-8, 3.75) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (9-8) 163 186 82 68 30 80 15 3.75 2007 (0-2) 11.2 19 12 10 2 8 2 7.71 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 43 47 20 17 12 15 2 3.56 49 2008-08-28 @OAK ND 5.2 6 2 2 2 2 0 95 49 2008-08-23 @LAA L 4.2 10 6 3 2 0 0 79 24 2008-08-18 OAK L 8 6 3 3 2 2 1 99 58 2008-08-12 NYY ND 4.2 6 4 4 3 5 1 102 38 2008-08-06 @SEA W 6 9 3 3 1 1 0 101 42 2008-08-01 CLE W 7 6 1 1 1 2 0 93 62 2008-07-27 @CLE ND 7 4 1 1 1 3 0 99 67 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR Has never faced TOR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 46-23 Road: 31-38 ExtrInn: 7-7 vsRHP: 50-42 vsLHP: 27-19 1-Run: 24-23 vsEast: 9-17 vsCntrl:36-21 vsWest: 18-19 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 138 Tue, Sep 2 @TOR L 5-7 77-61 1st Tied 137 Sun, Aug 31 @OAK W 12-4 77-60 2nd 0.5 gb 136 Sat, Aug 30 @OAK L 2-3 76-60 2nd 0.5 gb 135 Fri, Aug 29 @OAK W 12-2 76-59 2nd 0.5 gb 134 Thu, Aug 28 @OAK L 2-3 75-59 2nd 1.5 gb 133 Wed, Aug 27 @SEA W 6-5 75-58 2nd 1.0 gb 132 Tue, Aug 26 @SEA L 2-3 74-58 2nd 2.0 gb 131 Mon, Aug 25 @SEA L 2-4 (11) 74-57 2nd 1.0 gb 130 Sun, Aug 24 @LAA L 3-5 74-56 1st Tied 129 Sat, Aug 23 @LAA L 5-7 74-55 1st 1.0 up Last 10: 3-7 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Toronto Blue Jays, 71-66, 4th, 13½ GB, 5½ GB in WC	SP: A.J. Burnett (31, RHP, 16-10, 4.48) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (16-10) 186.2 186 99 93 74 193 19 4.48 2007 (10-8) 165.2 131 74 69 66 176 23 3.75 2006 (10-8) 135.2 138 67 60 39 118 14 3.98 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-1 47.2 46 21 20 14 54 7 3.78 57 2008-08-29 @NYY L 8 7 2 2 1 8 0 108 67 2008-08-24 BOS ND 7 7 5 5 3 7 2 109 47 2008-08-19 NYY W 8 5 1 1 1 13 0 120 80 2008-08-12 @DET W 6 8 4 4 1 6 3 106 45 2008-08-07 OAK W 6 7 4 4 2 6 2 110 46 2008-08-02 @TEX W 5.2 6 4 4 2 4 0 103 43 2008-07-28 TBR W 7 6 1 0 4 10 0 110 69 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN 1-1 19 15 10 9 5 24 3 4.26 57 2007-06-28 @MIN ND 4 6 5 5 0 6 2 75 36 2007-05-27 @MIN L 8 3 4 3 3 8 1 125 67 2006-08-11 @MIN W 7 6 1 1 2 10 0 111 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 38-29 Road: 33-37 ExtrInn: 4-8 vsRHP: 55-46 vsLHP: 16-20 1-Run: 20-28 vsEast: 27-26 vsCntrl:19-11 vsWest: 17-19 IL: 8-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 137 Tue, Sep 2 MIN W 7-5 71-66 4th 13.5 gb 136 Sun, Aug 31 @NYY W 6-2 70-66 4th 14.5 gb 135 Sat, Aug 30 @NYY W 7-6 69-66 4th 14.5 gb 134 Fri, Aug 29 @NYY L 1-2 68-66 4th 14.5 gb 133 Thu, Aug 28 @TBR L 2-3 68-65 4th 13.5 gb 132 Wed, Aug 27 @TBR L 0-1 68-64 4th 12.5 gb 131 Tue, Aug 26 @TBR W 6-2 68-63 4th 11.5 gb 130 Sun, Aug 24 BOS L 5-6 (11) 67-63 4th 12.5 gb 129 Sat, Aug 23 BOS W 11-0 67-62 4th 12.5 gb 128 Fri, Aug 22 BOS L 4-8 66-62 4th 12.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Sep 02, 2008 TOR 7 MIN 5 W:Jesse Carlson (5-1), L: Boof Bonser (3-7), S: B.J. Ryan (26) Thu, May 15, 2008 TOR 3 @MIN 2 (11) W:Shawn Camp (1-1), L: Jesse Crain (1-2), S: B.J. Ryan (7) Wed, May 14, 2008 TOR 6 @MIN 5 W:Roy Halladay (4-5), L: Boof Bonser (2-5), S: Scott Downs (5) Tue, May 13, 2008 TOR 5 @MIN 3 W:Jesse Litsch (5-1), L: Kevin Slowey (0-3), S: B.J. Ryan (6) Wed, Jul 25, 2007 TOR 13 MIN 1 W:Jesse Litsch (3-4), L: Carlos Silva (8-11), S: none Tue, Jul 24, 2007 TOR 7 MIN 0 W:Dustin McGowan (7-5), L: Scott Baker (4-4), S: none Mon, Jul 23, 2007 TOR 6 MIN 4 W:Shaun Marcum (6-4), L: Johan Santana (11-8), S: Jeremy Accardo (16) Thu, Jun 28, 2007 MIN 8 TOR 5 W:Carlos Silva (6-8), L: Jason Frasor (1-3), S: Joe Nathan (15) Wed, Jun 27, 2007 TOR 5 @MIN 4 W:Josh Towers (3-5), L: Boof Bonser (5-4), S: Jeremy Accardo (10) Tue, Jun 26, 2007 MIN 2 TOR 1 (12) W:Juan Rincon (3-1), L: Brian Tallet (2-2), S: none Season Series: 2008 - TOR leads 4-0; 2007 - TOR won 6-4; 2006 - TOR won 5-2; All-Time - TOR leads 174-144

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 5.49

FLA 4.65

SFG 3.84

RA/G

TOR 3.88

CLE 4.59

TEX 5.97

A. Pujols .361

M. DeRosa .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .469

J. Reyes .365

T. Pena .188

SLG

A. Pujols .643

J. Reyes .487

T. Pena .213

OPS

A. Pujols 1.112

V. Wells .839

T. Pena .400

ERA

C. Lee 2.32

O. Perez 3.90

C. Silva 6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.22

M. Mussina 6.42

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Minnesota Twins Batters (5.09 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Burnett
G/S/vB 57.Camp
G/S/vB 39.Carlson*
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 22.League
G/S/vB 31.Parrish*
G/S/vB 52.Ryan*
G/S/vB 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB 40.Wolfe
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 193/155 .309/.342/.423/.765 .323/.877 .822 58/.802 0/2 4/

25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 329/221 .299/.338/.412/.749 .662/.794 .709 56/.626 5/2 6/

12.Everett G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/106 .205/.271/.316/.587 .699/.556 .584 48/.707 0/0 2/

22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 523/378 .253/.290/.342/.632 .688/.612 .598 72/.559 28/10 6/

23.Harris G/S/vP 9/.778 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 4/.750 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 446/302 .259/.318/.388/.706 .694/.712 .707 53/.693 1/1 6/

44.Jorgensen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 8/.375 4/.750 2/1.000 ··· 4/.250 3/.666 3/1.334 ··· 5/1.200 2/.000 441/343 .278/.338/.470/.808 .691/.840 .763 87/.811 0/1 17/

27.Macri G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/10 .355/.394/.484/.878 .957/.650 .878 1/.000 1/1 1/

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 5/.650 4/.500 3/.000 7/.858 2/.500 1/3.000 4/.500 4/1.000 5/.450 ··· 526/362 .323/.413/.445/.858 .969/.804 .727 100/.852 1/1 8/

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 9/.958 5/1.000 4/1.500 9/.347 3/.333 1/.000 8/.500 5/.600 7/.286 ··· 602/393 .311/.387/.517/.904 .822/.950 .940 114/.858 0/1 21/

8.Punto# G/S/vP 5/.400 5/1.400 1/.000 3/.666 4/.000 1/.000 6/1.167 3/.000 5/.000 ··· 289/174 .287/.340/.402/.743 .766/.719 .681 114/.733 10/5 2/

55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.650 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 3/.333 2/.000 121/56 .281/.314/.333/.647 .615/.685 .546 25/.777 0/0 0/

56.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 58/25 .302/.362/.396/.758 .733/.791 .681 54/.779 0/0 1/

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 287/192 .299/.382/.443/.825 .939/.771 .822 124/.803 14/5 4/

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 90/60 .265/.307/.337/.644 .667/.632 .500 / 4/1 0/

21.Young G/S/vP 9/.444 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 8/.250 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.750 4/.833 3/.666 532/374 .285/.331/.397/.729 .721/.732 .714 98/.736 14/4 8/

IP 186.2 38.0 48.2 64.2 44.0 26.0 30.2 49.0 46.0 18.0 TOTAL .279/.338/.410/.749 .724/.760 .723 .758 83/37 98/93

ERA-K/9

4.48/9.3

4.03/7.3

2.03/8.7

1.25/7.7

3.89/8.4

2.08/6.6

4.70/5.3

2.57/8.6

3.13/8.0

3.00/5.5

3.61/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mauer (47-25-4)
Redmond (18-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 812/.258 158/.255 194/.203 259/.196 188/.201 110/.196 128/.288 205/.219 198/.246 72/.250 .246 Young
Gomez
Span
Kubel
Punto 129/0/0/9
0/127/0/7
0/15/61/5
15/0/31/2
0/3/0/0

OPS .744 .676 .638 .531 .641 .621 .818 .635 .691 .706 .699

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 449/.794 60/.982 105/.544 106/.461 73/.814 51/.758 52/.905 63/.685 92/.706 32/.761 .749

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 363/.683 98/.488 89/.751 153/.581 115/.534 59/.505 76/.759 142/.614 106/.678 40/.661 .652

Home 396/.749 80/.630 84/.415 120/.466 99/.577 53/.661 89/.727 97/.441 118/.735 43/.730 .668

Last 28d days 144/.776 28/.757 26/.394 41/.377 38/.451 39/.423 31/.954 41/.512 32/.819 /

HR/SB/CS 19/18/7 2/3/0 5/1/2 2/2/0 3/5/2 2/0/0 4/2/1 3/2/0 4/4/1 2/0/0 125/72/31

Usage ····X··· ········ X······o o·oo···o ···X·o·· ··oo···o ···X···· X··X···X X··X·o·· ········

Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
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 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

20.Barajas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.600 6/.167 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 8/.821 343/235 .256/.303/.429/.732 .619/.786 .665 83/.729 0/0 11/

23.Bautista G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 388/285 .246/.322/.411/.733 .928/.668 .671 34/.737 1/1 13/

1.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 4/1.250 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 309/282 .301/.358/.413/.771 .724/.775 .912 81/.795 8/2 2/

26.Lind* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.000 259/182 .297/.333/.490/.823 .808/.829 .806 102/.765 1/0 9/

6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/1.000 3/.000 7/.286 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 173/105 .213/.257/.277/.535 .636/.470 .484 81/.561 3/1 1/

36.Mench G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.000 8/.750 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 4/.500 112/34 .235/.313/.357/.670 .721/.555 .892 18/.556 2/0 0/

17.Overbay* G/S/vP ··· 7/1.572 4/1.250 3/.667 ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 4/.250 7/.453 541/398 .273/.367/.421/.788 .573/.867 .777 97/.827 1/2 12/

15.Rios G/S/vP ··· 9/.555 3/1.167 4/1.750 5/.400 11/1.525 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 584/445 .293/.339/.452/.791 .736/.808 .817 108/.945 30/8 11/

33.Rolen G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 11/.955 375/280 .248/.347/.402/.749 .715/.760 .705 22/.784 5/0 8/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 1/.000 3/.666 3/.666 6/.666 ··· ··· 5/.400 4/.000 494/362 .267/.349/.349/.698 .712/.692 .733 97/.788 7/2 6/

45.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/7 .143/.143/.286/.429 /.429 7/.429 0/0 0/

7.Thigpen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/5 .167/.286/.167/.452 .500/.400 .500 / 0/0 0/

10.Wells G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 1/.000 3/.666 4/.500 5/.650 ··· ··· 5/.400 5/.650 365/279 .301/.348/.491/.839 .895/.821 .903 88/1.037 4/2 15/

35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 6/.750 ··· ··· 8/.250 4/.833 297/246 .218/.311/.317/.628 .566/.640 .627 28/.374 3/5 3/

9.Zaun# G/S/vP ··· 8/.625 3/1.667 1/no AB 9/.000 4/1.750 ··· ··· 5/.000 3/.333 240/187 .222/.329/.340/.669 .615/.694 .786 17/.118 2/1 5/

IP 163.0 105.0 38.1 55.0 51.2 68.0 10.1 57.0 39.0 TOTAL .263/.334/.395/.729 .708/.737 .752 .764 76/27 102/65

ERA-K/9

3.75/4.4

6.17/7.2

2.35/7.5

3.93/6.9

4.18/5.2

4.63/7.1

/0.0

3.48/5.2

1.11/9.8

2.31/7.2

4.16/6.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (36-20-2)
Thigpen (1-0-0)
Zaun (35-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 691/.288 475/.282 152/.204 239/.270 208/.242 300/.269 / 40/.222 219/.186 158/.234 .275 Rios
Wells
Wilkerson
Lind
Scutaro
Mench
Inglett
Snider 0/56/77/13
0/82/0/5
23/3/64/4
60/0/0/2
3/0/0/1
18/0/12/1
22/1/12/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .741 .771 .519 .772 .688 .767 .689 .521 .624 .748

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 311/.715 219/.858 70/.489 85/.767 82/.574 107/.711 / 20/.703 112/.554 87/.503 .755

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 380/.762 256/.697 82/.542 154/.773 126/.761 193/.796 / 20/.671 107/.489 71/.774 .743

Road 374/.749 174/.864 78/.536 121/.862 93/.747 154/.828 / 29/.590 88/.599 80/.707 .798

Last 28d days 129/.789 59/.658 44/.452 47/.828 38/1.166 43/.948 / / 43/.487 39/.494

HR/SB/CS 15/2/2 14/11/0 1/2/4 5/5/1 3/3/0 9/8/1 // 1/2/0 4/5/0 2/4/2 144/65/29

Usage ·····X·· X·X··o·· o···Xo·o o····o·· ··X···o· X··o··oo ········ ···o··o· o·o··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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SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 9-8, 3.75)

SP: A.J. Burnett (31, RHP, 16-10, 4.48)

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