MIN @ TOR, Thursday, September 4, 2008 Game Preview

Minnesota Twins, 77-62, 2nd, 1 GB, 5 GB in WC	SP: Kevin Slowey (24, RHP, 11-8, 3.70) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (11-8) 133.2 126 56 55 18 106 18 3.70 2007 (4-1) 66.2 82 39 35 11 47 16 4.73 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-1 46 41 13 12 3 42 5 2.35 61 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 2008-08-08 @KCR W 5.2 7 1 1 0 2 0 98 53 2008-08-02 CLE L 6 6 5 5 0 7 2 100 47 2008-07-28 CHW W 9 6 0 0 1 5 0 102 79 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 0-1 10.2 11 8 7 2 10 3 5.91 46 2008-05-13 TOR L 5.2 5 3 3 2 5 1 107 50 2007-06-25 TOR ND 5 6 5 4 0 5 2 91 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 46-23 Road: 31-39 ExtrInn: 7-8 vsRHP: 50-43 vsLHP: 27-19 1-Run: 24-24 vsEast: 9-18 vsCntrl:36-21 vsWest: 18-19 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 139 Wed, Sep 3 @TOR L 4-5 (11) 77-62 2nd 1.0 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 Last 10: 3-7 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:16-14
Toronto Blue Jays, 72-66, 4th, 12½ GB, 9½ GB in WC	SP: Jesse Litsch (23, RHP, 9-8, 4.01) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (9-8) 134.2 151 68 60 24 68 19 4.01 2007 (7-9) 111 116 56 47 36 50 14 3.81 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 38 49 26 19 9 16 5 4.50 43 2008-08-28 @TBR L 6.2 10 3 3 0 2 2 104 44 2008-08-23 BOS W 6 3 0 0 3 4 0 105 67 2008-08-14 @DET ND 7 4 0 0 2 3 0 111 70 2008-07-21 @BAL L 4.2 7 6 6 2 1 1 80 25 2008-07-12 NYY L 2.2 7 8 3 1 3 1 80 24 2008-07-06 @LAA L 5.1 8 6 6 1 2 1 94 29 2008-07-01 @SEA ND 5.2 10 3 1 0 1 0 92 42 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN 2-0 17 17 6 6 2 6 2 3.18 52 2008-05-13 @MIN W 5.2 4 2 2 0 2 1 70 55 2007-07-25 MIN W 7 5 1 1 1 4 0 83 66 2007-05-25 @MIN ND 4.1 8 3 3 1 0 1 89 34
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 39-29 Road: 33-37 ExtrInn: 5-8 vsRHP: 56-46 vsLHP: 16-20 1-Run: 21-28 vsEast: 27-26 vsCntrl:20-11 vsWest: 17-19 IL: 8-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 138 Wed, Sep 3 MIN W 5-4 (11) 72-66 4th 12.5 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Sep 03, 2008 TOR 5 MIN 4 (11) W:Jesse Carlson (6-1), L: Eddie Guardado (3-4), S: none 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) Season Series: 2008 - TOR leads 5-0; 2007 - TOR won 6-4; 2006 - TOR won 5-2; All-Time - TOR leads 175-144

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 5.45

FLA 4.66

SDP 3.86

RA/G

TOR 3.88

CLE 4.59

TEX 5.93

A. Pujols .360

M. Cabrera .291

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .468

L. Overbay .365

T. Pena .188

SLG

A. Pujols .640

M. Aviles .486

T. Pena .213

OPS

A. Pujols 1.108

C. Floyd .842

T. Pena .400

ERA

C. Lee 2.32

G. Meche 4.07

C. Silva 6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.22

G. Floyd 6.41

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 51.Litsch
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 ··· 196/158 .303/.337/.416/.752 .323/.859 .795 61/.759 0/2 4/

25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.334 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 335/226 .294/.334/.405/.739 .656/.782 .694 62/.584 5/2 6/

12.Everett G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/106 .205/.271/.316/.587 .699/.556 .584 44/.659 0/0 2/

22.Gomez G/S/vP 3/2.334 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 525/380 .252/.289/.341/.630 .688/.608 .594 70/.557 28/10 6/

23.Harris G/S/vP 8/1.125 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 4/.750 1/2.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 448/302 .261/.319/.388/.707 .699/.712 .709 50/.621 1/1 6/

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

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 5/.650 4/.750 3/.666 1/.000 4/.250 3/.666 3/1.334 1/no AB 5/1.200 2/.000 447/346 .277/.338/.466/.804 .683/.838 .758 89/.808 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 3/.666 4/.500 4/.000 8/1.125 2/.500 1/3.000 4/.500 5/.733 5/.450 ··· 532/365 .323/.412/.445/.858 .969/.803 .730 106/.851 1/1 8/

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 7/.858 5/1.000 5/1.200 10/.425 3/.333 1/.000 8/.500 6/1.000 7/.286 ··· 608/396 .313/.390/.519/.909 .832/.952 .948 115/.926 0/1 21/

11.Pridie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1 /1.000// / 2/ 0/0 0/

8.Punto# G/S/vP 4/.500 5/1.400 1/.000 4/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 6/1.167 4/.000 5/.000 ··· 294/177 .287/.341/.400/.741 .770/.714 .680 114/.751 10/5 2/

55.Redmond G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 5/.650 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 3/.333 2/.000 121/56 .281/.314/.333/.647 .615/.685 .546 20/.771 0/0 0/

56.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 58/25 .302/.362/.396/.758 .733/.791 .681 49/.776 0/0 1/

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 293/197 .296/.378/.436/.814 .928/.760 .804 125/.742 14/6 4/

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 95/64 .276/.323/.368/.690 .645/.713 .613 5/1.600 5/1 0/

21.Young G/S/vP 10/.600 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 8/.250 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.750 4/.833 3/.666 533/375 .287/.333/.400/.733 .721/.738 .723 98/.769 14/4 8/

IP 134.2 38.0 49.2 66.0 44.0 27.0 30.2 50.0 46.0 18.0 TOTAL .279/.339/.410/.749 .725/.760 .723 .757 84/38 98/96

ERA-K/9

4.01/4.5

4.03/7.3

1.99/8.5

1.23/7.6

3.89/8.4

2.00/6.3

4.70/5.3

2.70/8.5

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 572/.281 158/.255 197/.200 267/.199 188/.201 114/.200 128/.288 211/.224 198/.246 72/.250 .246 Young
Gomez
Span
Kubel
Punto
Pridie 129/0/0/9
0/128/0/7
0/16/62/5
16/0/31/2
0/3/0/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .769 .676 .628 .544 .641 .622 .818 .648 .691 .706 .700

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 308/.787 60/.982 108/.528 111/.491 73/.814 55/.752 52/.905 66/.724 92/.706 32/.761 .749

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 264/.749 98/.488 89/.751 156/.583 115/.534 59/.505 76/.759 145/.616 106/.678 40/.661 .652

Home 259/.690 80/.630 87/.400 128/.497 99/.577 57/.661 89/.727 103/.479 118/.735 43/.730 .670

Last 28d days 81/.680 28/.757 29/.352 46/.502 38/.451 43/.440 31/.954 43/.610 32/.819 /

HR/SB/CS 19/3/6 2/3/0 5/1/2 2/2/0 3/5/2 2/0/0 4/2/1 3/2/0 4/4/1 2/0/0 125/73/32

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

Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.52 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 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/.821 346/238 .256/.303/.428/.732 .619/.784 .665 82/.698 0/0 11/

23.Bautista G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 389/285 .246/.324/.411/.735 .934/.668 .674 35/.757 1/1 13/

1.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 4/1.250 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 312/285 .301/.357/.423/.780 .724/.785 .929 84/.830 8/2 3/

26.Lind* G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 3/.000 264/187 .296/.335/.486/.820 .808/.825 .801 104/.744 1/0 9/

6.McDonald G/S/vP 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· 4/1.000 3/.000 7/.286 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 175/107 .217/.260/.280/.541 .636/.480 .495 80/.594 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 15/.667 2/0 0/

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 2/1.500 7/1.572 4/1.250 3/.667 ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 6/.167 7/.453 546/403 .273/.365/.418/.784 .573/.861 .769 98/.793 1/2 12/

15.Rios G/S/vP 6/.967 9/.555 3/1.167 4/1.750 5/.400 12/1.383 ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· 589/450 .294/.340/.457/.796 .736/.815 .828 109/.974 30/8 11/

33.Rolen G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/2.000 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 11/.955 380/284 .247/.345/.402/.747 .742/.748 .702 24/.796 5/0 8/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 4/.500 5/.400 1/.000 3/.666 3/.666 7/.572 ··· ··· 6/.334 4/.000 499/367 .264/.345/.345/.690 .712/.682 .716 98/.764 7/2 6/

45.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 12/11 .333/.333/.417/.750 2.000/.636 1.200 12/.750 0/0 0/

7.Thigpen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 8/6 .143/.250/.143/.393 .500/.333 .400 1/.000 0/0 0/

10.Wells G/S/vP 3/3.333 6/.334 1/.000 3/.666 4/.500 6/.533 ··· ··· 6/.533 5/.650 370/284 .298/.346/.485/.831 .895/.811 .886 93/.995 4/2 15/

35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 5/.000 3/2.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 6/.750 ··· ··· 8/.250 4/.833 297/246 .218/.311/.317/.628 .566/.640 .627 27/.388 3/5 3/

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 4/.000 8/.625 3/1.667 1/no AB 9/.000 4/1.750 ··· ··· 6/.167 3/.333 241/188 .222/.332/.340/.672 .615/.698 .791 18/.167 2/1 5/

IP 133.2 105.0 38.1 55.0 51.2 69.1 10.1 59.0 39.0 TOTAL .263/.334/.395/.730 .712/.736 .752 .770 76/27 103/65

ERA-K/9

3.70/7.1

6.17/7.2

2.35/7.5

3.93/6.9

4.35/5.2

4.54/7.0

/0.0

3.48/5.2

1.07/9.8

2.31/7.2

4.14/6.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (37-21-2)
Thigpen (1-0-0)
Zaun (35-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 534/.247 476/.284 152/.204 239/.270 210/.250 304/.265 / 40/.222 230/.189 159/.234 .275 Rios
Wells
Wilkerson
Lind
Scutaro
Mench
Inglett
Snider 0/56/78/13
0/83/0/5
23/3/64/4
61/0/0/2
3/0/0/1
18/0/12/1
22/1/12/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .698 .773 .519 .772 .706 .756 .689 .540 .629 .748

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 240/.789 219/.858 70/.489 85/.767 83/.593 108/.704 / 20/.703 117/.570 87/.503 .757

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 294/.626 257/.702 82/.542 154/.773 127/.780 196/.783 / 20/.671 113/.510 72/.783 .742

Road 286/.751 175/.871 78/.536 121/.862 95/.786 158/.806 / 29/.590 99/.635 81/.715 .797

Last 28d days 123/.599 60/.682 44/.452 43/.913 40/1.241 47/.862 / / 51/.567 37/.500

HR/SB/CS 18/3/3 14/11/0 1/2/4 5/5/1 3/3/0 9/8/1 // 1/2/0 4/5/0 2/4/2 145/65/29

Usage ·····X·· oX·X··o· ·o···Xo· ·o····o· o··X···o XX··o··o ········ X···o··o oo·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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Game Preview: MIN @ TOR, 7:07pm, Thursday, September 4, 2008 @Rogers Centre

SP: Kevin Slowey (24, RHP, 11-8, 3.70)

SP: Jesse Litsch (23, RHP, 9-8, 4.01)

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