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Game Preview: MIN @ CHW, 8:11pm, Wednesday, May 20, 2009 @U.S. Cellular Field

Twins, 18-22, 3rd, 4½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Francisco Liriano (25, LHP, 2-4, 5.21)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-4) 46.2 42 28 27 22 39 6 5.21
2008 (6-4) 76.0 74 40 33 32 67 7 3.91
2006 (12-3) 121.0 89 31 29 32 144 9 2.16
Last 7 GS 2-3 39.2 38 24 23 22 36 4 5.22 48
2009-05-15 @NYY ND 6.0 4 1 1 6 6 1 101 60
2009-05-09 SEA W 5.0 6 5 5 2 4 1 77 37
2009-05-04 @DET W 7.1 4 2 2 3 9 1 103 68
2009-04-28 TBR ND 6.2 7 2 2 2 3 0 96 53
2009-04-22 @BOS L 4.0 4 7 7 4 6 1 74 28
2009-04-16 TOR L 6.0 7 2 1 1 5 0 104 56
2009-04-11 @CHW L 4.2 6 5 5 4 3 0 85 31
Last 5 v.CHW 0-2 10.2 11 9 9 7 11 1 7.59 41
2009-04-11 @CHW L 4.2 6 5 5 4 3 0 85 31
2005-09-25 @CHW L 6.0 5 4 4 3 8 1 98 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-9    Road:    4-13   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  13-15   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:   5-4 
 vsEast:  3-12   vsCntrl: 8-7    vsWest:  7-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Tue, May 19  @CHW  L   2-6       18-22  3rd  4.5 gb
 39 Mon, May 18  @NYY  L   6-7       18-21  3rd  3.5 gb
 38 Sun, May 17  @NYY  L   2-3 (10)  18-20  3rd  3.0 gb
 37 Sat, May 16  @NYY  L   4-6 (11)  18-19  3rd  2.0 gb
 36 Fri, May 15  @NYY  L   4-5       18-18  3rd  1.0 gb
 35 Thu, May 14   DET  W   6-5       18-17  1st    Tied
 34 Wed, May 13   DET  W  14-10(13)  17-17  3rd  1.0 gb
 33 Tue, May 12   DET  W   6-2       16-17  3rd  2.0 gb
 32 Sun, May 10   SEA  L   3-5       15-17  3rd  3.0 gb
 31 Sat, May  9   SEA  W   9-6       15-16  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
WhiteSox, 16-22, 4th, 5½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: John Danks (24, LHP, 2-3, 4.82)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-3) 37.1 40 20 20 11 34 5 4.82
2008 (12-9) 195.0 182 74 72 57 159 15 3.32
2007 (6-13) 139.0 160 92 85 54 109 28 5.50
Last 7 GS 2-3 37.1 40 20 20 11 34 5 4.82 49
2009-05-15 @TOR L 3.0 9 7 7 1 3 1 62 15
2009-05-09 TEX ND 6.0 4 1 1 1 10 0 98 69
2009-05-03 @TEX L 5.1 10 5 5 1 3 1 105 30
2009-04-28 SEA L 4.0 8 5 5 1 2 1 74 27
2009-04-22 @BAL W 7.0 4 1 1 0 3 1 103 68
2009-04-16 @TBR W 6.0 2 1 1 4 8 1 101 68
2009-04-09 KCR ND 6.0 3 0 0 3 5 0 95 68
Last 5 v.MIN 2-1 27.1 31 18 17 13 19 1 5.60 45
2008-09-30 MIN W 8.0 2 0 0 3 4 0 103 79
2008-07-31 @MIN ND 6.0 8 4 4 2 4 1 102 42
2008-06-09 MIN ND 6.0 8 5 4 3 4 0 97 39
2008-05-08 MIN W 5.0 6 2 2 2 5 0 89 50
2008-04-09 MIN L 2.1 7 7 7 3 2 0 69 14
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-8    Road:    7-14   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  11-17   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   4-6 
 vsEast:  5-9    vsCntrl: 7-8    vsWest:  4-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 38 Tue, May 19   MIN  W   6-2       16-22  4th  5.5 gb
 37 Mon, May 18  @TOR  L   2-3       15-22  4th  5.5 gb
 36 Sun, May 17  @TOR  L   2-8       15-21  4th  5.0 gb
 35 Sat, May 16  @TOR  L   1-2       15-20  4th  4.0 gb
 34 Fri, May 15  @TOR  L   3-8       15-19  4th  3.0 gb
 33 Wed, May 13  @CLE  L   0-4       15-18  4th  2.5 gb
 32 Tue, May 12  @CLE  W   7-4       15-17  4th  2.5 gb
 31 Mon, May 11  @CLE  L   4-9       14-17  4th  3.5 gb
 30 Sun, May 10   TEX  L   1-7       14-16  3rd  3.0 gb
 29 Sat, May  9   TEX  W   3-2       14-15  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 19, 2009 CHW  6  MIN  2        W:Mark Buehrle (6-1), L: Scott Baker (1-5), S: none
Sun, Apr 12, 2009 CHW  6  MIN  1        W:Mark Buehrle (1-0), L: Nick Blackburn (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (2)
Sat, Apr 11, 2009 CHW  8  MIN  0        W:Bartolo Colon (1-0), L: Francisco Liriano (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 10, 2009 MIN 12 @CHW  5        W:R.A. Dickey (1-0), L: Jose Contreras (0-1), S: none

Tue, Sep 30, 2008 CHW  1  MIN  0        W:John Danks (12-9), L: Nick Blackburn (11-11), S: Bobby Jenks (30)
Thu, Sep 25, 2008 MIN  7  CHW  6 (10)   W:Joe Nathan (1-2), L: Bobby Jenks (3-1), S: none
Wed, Sep 24, 2008 MIN  3  CHW  2        W:Nick Blackburn (11-10), L: Mark Buehrle (14-12), S: Joe Nathan (39)
Tue, Sep 23, 2008 MIN  9  CHW  3        W:Scott Baker (10-4), L: Javier Vazquez (12-15), S: none
Thu, Jul 31, 2008 MIN 10  CHW  6        W:Jesse Crain (4-2), L: Matt Thornton (4-3), S: none
Wed, Jul 30, 2008 CHW  8 @MIN  3        W:Gavin Floyd (11-6), L: Livan Hernandez (10-8), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - CHW leads 3-1; 2008 - MIN won 10-9; 2007 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1066-968

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 2009 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

PHI  5.70

CHC  4.92

SDP  3.77

 RA/G

LAD  3.83

TEX  4.82

WSN  6.54

 BA

R. Zimmerman  .358

  

G. Sizemore  .215

 OBP

R. Zimmerman  .416

  

G. Sizemore  .295

 SLG

R. Zimmerman  .624

  

D. Span  .385

 OPS

R. Zimmerman  1.040

  

G. Sizemore  .688

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .60

J. Verlander  4.29

R. Nolasco  7.78

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.35

K. Uehara  6.60

M. Pelfrey  2.41

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Twins Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB		 41.Broadway
G/S/vB		 53.Carrasco
G/S/vB		 26.Dotel
G/S/vB		 39.Gobble*
G/S/vB		 45.Jenks
G/S/vB		 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB		 54.Richard*
G/S/vB		 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 58/51 .213/.345/.362/.707 1.095/.650 .463 40/.725 0/0 1/0
24.Crede G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.888 4/.250 11/.764 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 117/85 .224/.291/.421/.711 .777/.686 .700 68/.786 0/0 5/1
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 17/1.321 ··· 7/.453 5/.400 22/.777 13/.672 2/.000 1/no AB 10/.522 166/126 .259/.355/.420/.775 .766/.778 .629 103/.912 4/1 4/2
22.Gomez G/S/vP 14/.453 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 1/no AB 5/1.000 2/.000 3/2.000 1/.000 79/51 .232/.308/.319/.627 .577/.653 .686 39/.691 4/3 0/0
23.Harris G/S/vP 16/1.178 ··· 1/.000 8/1.025 2/2.500 3/.000 3/.000 3/1.167 4/1.167 92/56 .282/.326/.400/.726 .686/.753 .323 60/.650 0/0 2/0
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 10/1.500 ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 8/1.071 5/.400 3/.000 2/.500 7/.286 142/112 .326/.366/.538/.904 .483/1.017 .862 88/.900 0/0 5/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 17/1.121 ··· 8/.750 ··· 26/.786 12/.633 3/.333 5/.800 18/.513 77/54 .406/.506/.781/1.288 .898/1.460 .970 77/1.288 0/0 7/0
58.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 52/40 .333/.385/.396/.780 1.000/.718 1.278 26/.920 0/0 0/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 23/1.425 ··· 12/.750 3/2.334 27/.742 15/.204 3/1.667 6/2.167 18/.334 178/121 .338/.410/.649/1.059 1.142/1.017 1.085 110/1.151 0/0 12/0
8.Punto# G/S/vP 15/.277 ··· 10/.400 2/.500 12/.606 5/.733 2/1.000 5/.800 16/.544 127/95 .202/.306/.221/.528 .396/.548 .540 77/.474 4/1 0/3
55.Redmond G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 1/.000 8/.929 5/.400 3/.333 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 56/35 .255/.321/.294/.616 .714/.558 .541 25/.708 0/0 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 7/.429 ··· 2/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 3/2.167 2/.500 5/.200 2/no AB 183/134 .295/.381/.385/.766 .917/.709 .772 116/.729 9/2 2/1
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 49/38 .179/.283/.231/.513 .450/.531 .423 49/.513 0/0 0/0
IP 37.1 12.2 27.0 13.1 2.1 13.0 14.0 27.0 14.2 TOTAL .272/.348/.417/.765 .737/.775 .734 .810 25/9 39/14
ERA-K/9 4.82/8.2 2.84/5.0 3.00/5.3 0.68/10.2 3.86/19.6 2.77/9.0 1.93/8.4 4.33/5.0 2.45/13.5 4.65/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 161/.274 57/.245 118/.303 57/.174 9/.222 56/.216 61/.268 120/.296 63/.255 .278
OPS .752 .619 .742 .543 .444 .678 .685 .821 .749 .770
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 45/.701 22/.742 54/.829 15/.582 4/.000 27/.813 27/.816 40/.782 29/.472 .831
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 116/.771 35/.544 64/.672 42/.525 5/.800 29/.549 34/.588 80/.841 34/.993 .730
Home 68/.647 23/.846 51/.842 23/.366 / 32/.669 29/.618 36/.955 25/.414
Last 28d days 88/.987 57/.619 83/.732 34/.532 9/.444 38/.557 41/.755 83/.809 39/.598
HR/SB/CS 5/6/0 0/1/0 1/1/0 0/7/0 0/0/0 2/4/0 0/4/0 3/0/1 1/0/2 33/37/3
Usage ····X··· ····X··· ····X··X ·X·X···o ··X····· ··X····o X··X··X· ·X·····X o··X···X
WhiteSox Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB		 18.Ayala
G/S/vB		 49.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 28.Crain
G/S/vB		 39.Dickey
G/S/vB		 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB		 60.Henn*
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 7/.310 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 64/46 .268/.359/.304/.663 .600/.687 .613 29/.607 2/3 0/1
15.Betemit# G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 40/25 .250/.325/.389/.714 .695/.724 .741 22/.687 0/0 0/2
23.Dye G/S/vP 7/.453 1/.000 2/.000 14/.148 13/1.385 15/1.082 2/.500 ··· 15/1.300 143/109 .275/.329/.511/.840 .580/.912 .811 85/.736 0/2 9/1
7.Fields G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/1.167 7/.286 2/.000 ··· ··· 143/106 .217/.294/.310/.604 .497/.633 .594 87/.454 0/2 2/6
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 119/93 .231/.294/.296/.590 .644/.575 .630 75/.483 3/1 0/2
14.Konerko G/S/vP 7/.953 2/.000 3/.666 12/.614 11/1.555 19/.564 ··· 1/.000 15/.277 153/114 .319/.373/.514/.887 .998/.850 .823 96/.874 0/0 5/0
44.Miller G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 32/19 .207/.281/.276/.557 1.045/.217 .517 23/.356 0/0 0/0
5.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/15 .241/.324/.483/.806 .806/.805 1.229 34/.806 2/0 2/0
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 3/.000 11/.573 9/1.556 14/.308 ··· 1/.000 12/.432 118/91 .265/.297/.416/.713 .568/.755 .513 71/.723 1/0 4/2
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 5/.650 3/.000 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 13/.321 1/2.000 ··· 6/.334 55/36 .269/.291/.346/.637 .810/.546 .182 55/.637 2/1 0/2
20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 3/.833 5/.600 5/.900 ··· ··· 1/.000 138/106 .229/.333/.466/.799 .697/.829 .821 75/.564 1/0 8/1
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 3/2.667 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 130/95 .215/.254/.273/.527 .705/.461 .584 79/.616 6/1 1/2
25.Thome* G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.333 2/3.500 7/1.000 4/.250 12/.750 1/3.000 1/.000 6/.334 124/98 .252/.379/.515/.894 1.371/.765 .703 74/.905 0/0 7/
IP 46.2 17.1 14.1 12.0 22.1 21.1 1.1 12.0 14.2 TOTAL .245/.315/.386/.701 .741/.687 .652 .644 22/12 38/26
ERA-K/9 5.21/7.5 5.71/6.2 6.28/6.9 8.25/6.0 3.63/6.5 3.80/5.9 13.50/0.0 2.25/9.0 3.07/9.2 5.23/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 201/.244 78/.371 64/.220 54/.267 104/.307 82/.184 7/.333 47/.214 58/.208 .277
OPS .771 1.000 .791 .914 .877 .587 .929 .568 .653 .798
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 47/.619 28/1.385 28/.791 18/1.822 45/.578 29/.422 3/1.667 19/.505 28/.953 .840
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 154/.817 50/.774 36/.785 36/.457 59/1.106 53/.681 4/.250 28/.613 30/.381 .770
Road 101/.795 20/.839 33/.741 17/1.098 52/.677 32/.225 7/.929 23/.664 16/1.357
Last 28d days 105/.744 40/.979 46/.835 28/1.287 57/.813 46/.529 7/.929 44/.610 40/.742
HR/SB/CS 6/4/3 2/3/1 3/1/2 3/1/0 3/1/1 4/2/1 0/1/0 1/1/0 2/2/0 55/32/10
Usage ····X··· ·X····X· oX·o·o·· ·oo·X·Xo ·X····X· o··X·ooo X······· ··X·X·Xo ····Xooo

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.