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Game Preview: MIN @ CHC, 2:20pm, Friday, June 12, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Twins, 30-32, 2nd, 4 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Kevin Slowey (25, RHP, 8-2, 4.21)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (8-2) 72.2 95 35 34 9 51 12 4.21
2008 (12-11) 160.1 161 74 71 24 123 22 3.99
2007 (4-1) 66.2 82 39 35 11 47 16 4.73
Last 7 GS 4-2 41.1 51 17 16 7 28 7 3.48 50
2009-06-07 @SEA L 4.2 10 4 4 2 2 3 95 28
2009-06-02 CLE W 6.2 6 2 2 2 5 0 102 57
2009-05-27 BOS W 6.0 6 2 2 1 5 1 99 56
2009-05-22 MIL W 7.1 8 3 2 0 4 0 91 56
2009-05-17 @NYY ND 7.2 7 2 2 0 8 1 97 65
2009-05-12 DET W 6.0 8 1 1 2 2 1 98 52
2009-05-06 @BAL L 3.0 6 3 3 0 2 1 54 37
Has never faced CHC.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-12   Road:    9-20   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  20-19   vsLHP:  10-13   1-Run:   8-8 
 vsEast:  6-16   vsCntrl:11-9    vsWest: 10-7  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 62 Thu, Jun 11  @OAK  L   3-4       30-32  2nd  4.0 gb
 61 Wed, Jun 10  @OAK  W   6-3       30-31  2nd  4.0 gb
 60 Tue, Jun  9  @OAK  W  10-5       29-31  2nd  4.0 gb
 59 Mon, Jun  8  @OAK  L   3-4       28-31  2nd  4.0 gb
 58 Sun, Jun  7  @SEA  L   2-4       28-30  2nd  3.5 gb
 57 Sat, Jun  6  @SEA  L   1-2       28-29  2nd  2.5 gb
 56 Fri, Jun  5  @SEA  W   2-1 (10)  28-28  2nd  1.5 gb
 55 Thu, Jun  4   CLE  W  11-3       27-28  2nd  2.5 gb
 54 Wed, Jun  3   CLE  L   1-10      26-28  2nd  3.5 gb
 53 Tue, Jun  2   CLE  W   4-3       26-27  2nd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Cubs, 29-28, 4th, 2½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Randy Wells (26, RHP, 0-2, 1.86)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-2) 38.2 31 9 8 8 31 1 1.86
2008 (0-0) 5.1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.00
Last 7 GS 0-2 38.2 31 9 8 8 31 1 1.86 62
2009-06-07 @CIN ND 6.2 7 2 2 1 4 0 91 55
2009-06-02 @ATL ND 7.0 2 2 1 0 4 1 83 71
2009-05-28 LAD L 7.0 8 2 2 1 7 0 111 59
2009-05-23 @SDP L 7.0 5 3 3 1 7 0 95 61
2009-05-16 HOU ND 6.0 4 0 0 3 4 0 97 65
2009-05-08 @MIL ND 5.0 5 0 0 2 5 0 84 60
Has never faced MIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-10   Road:   13-18   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  24-21   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:   6-11
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl:17-17   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 57 Thu, Jun 11  @HOU  L   1-2 (13)  29-28  4th  2.5 gb
 56 Wed, Jun 10  @HOU  L   1-2       29-27  4th  2.5 gb
 55 Tue, Jun  9  @HOU  W   7-1       29-26  2nd  2.5 gb
 54 Sun, Jun  7  @CIN  W   6-3 (14)  28-26  3rd  3.5 gb
 53 Sat, Jun  6  @CIN  L   3-4 (11)  27-26  4th  4.5 gb
 52 Fri, Jun  5  @CIN  W   2-1       27-25  3rd  3.5 gb
 51 Wed, Jun  3  @ATL  W   3-2 (11)  26-25  4th  4.0 gb
 50 Tue, Jun  2  @ATL  L   5-6 (12)  25-25  4th  4.0 gb
 49 Sun, May 31   LAD  L   2-8       25-24  4th  4.5 gb
 48 Sat, May 30   LAD  W   7-0       25-23  4th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 25, 2006 MIN  8  CHC  1        W:Brad Radke (6-7), L: Sean Marshall (4-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 24, 2006 MIN  3  CHC  0        W:Boof Bonser (2-1), L: Mark Prior (0-2), S: Joe Nathan (12)
Fri, Jun 23, 2006 MIN  7  CHC  2        W:Johan Santana (8-4), L: Carlos Marmol (1-2), S: none
Sun, Jun 17, 2001 CHC  5  MIN  4        W:Kerry Wood (7-4), L: Brad Radke (8-3), S: Tom Gordon (10)
Sat, Jun 16, 2001 CHC 11  MIN  4        W:Jon Lieber (7-4), L: Brad Thomas (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 15, 2001 CHC  5  MIN  3        W:Julian Tavarez (4-4), L: J.C. Romero (1-3), S: Tom Gordon (9)
Sat, Jul 15, 2000 CHC  8 @MIN  4        W:Kevin Tapani (6-7), L: Joe Mays (4-11), S: none
Fri, Jul 14, 2000 CHC  6 @MIN  2        W:Jon Lieber (9-5), L: Eric Milton (8-5), S: none
Thu, Jul 13, 2000 MIN  5  CHC  1        W:Brad Radke (6-10), L: Ismael Valdez (1-3), S: LaTroy Hawkins (5)
Sat, Jul 17, 1999 MIN  8 @CHC  0        W:Joe Mays (2-3), L: Terry Mulholland (4-6), S: none
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 -  0-0; 2007 -  0-0; All-Time - CHC leads 10-8

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

TBR  5.65

WSN  4.53

SEA  3.77

 RA/G

LAD  3.77

TBR  4.68

WSN  5.81

 BA

J. Bartlett  .373

J. Dye  .276

C. Young  .184

 OBP

K. Youkilis  .472

B. Phillips  .347

D. Navarro  .226

 SLG

B. Zobrist  .677

M. Holliday  .447

J. Kendall  .269

 OPS

B. Zobrist  1.108

M. Cabrera  .793

D. Navarro  .535

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.72

C. Volstad  4.07

F. Carmona  7.42

 K/9IP

J. Vazquez  11.21

C. Lee  6.44

J. Karstens  3.54

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Twins Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Wells
G/S/vB		 58.Ascanio
G/S/vB		 63.Gregg
G/S/vB		 37.Guzman
G/S/vB		 47.Heilman
G/S/vB		 49.Marmol
G/S/vB		 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB		 54.Patton
G/S/vB		 43.Waddell*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/83 .195/.323/.286/.608 .744/.590 .618 46/.488 0/0 1/0
24.Crede G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 5/.800 ··· ··· 2/.500 6/.500 ··· ··· 183/125 .233/.301/.472/.773 .639/.836 .758 75/.822 0/0 10/1
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/1.667 3/1.167 ··· ··· 237/170 .262/.342/.471/.813 .838/.803 .653 90/.865 4/1 9/3
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 138/86 .216/.277/.296/.573 .530/.599 .577 72/.561 4/3 0/0
23.Harris G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 178/108 .287/.337/.402/.740 .701/.764 .577 101/.689 0/0 3/2
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 210/158 .311/.371/.532/.903 .463/1.048 .818 83/.820 0/0 9/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 167/99 .410/.491/.748/1.239 .973/1.424 1.012 109/1.182 0/1 12/0
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/2.334 3/1.167 ··· ··· 273/170 .340/.414/.626/1.039 1.085/1.006 .926 114/1.092 0/0 16/1
8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 3/.666 3/1.167 ··· ··· 150/111 .187/.290/.211/.501 .421/.509 .497 40/.431 5/1 0/5
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 77/51 .271/.338/.329/.666 .916/.545 .742 28/.780 0/0 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 264/177 .291/.380/.386/.765 .882/.708 .657 101/.764 12/4 4/1
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 111/78 .183/.274/.247/.521 .674/.455 .581 67/.536 4/0 1/1
21.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 144/93 .252/.285/.289/.574 .501/.613 .769 54/.453 2/2 1/2
IP 38.2 12.1 27.1 28.0 26.1 29.0 48.0 16.1 1.1 TOTAL .272/.346/.425/.771 .746/.783 .729 .780 33/12 66/23
ERA-K/9 1.86/7.2 2.92/10.2 4.28/9.6 2.57/8.0 4.44/7.5 3.41/9.3 4.88/6.0 6.06/8.3 0.00/13.8 3.85/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 151/.221 55/.239 126/.255 111/.194 119/.253 131/.147 211/.269 79/.262 5/.200 .236
OPS .550 .700 .761 .562 .786 .617 .794 .746 .400 .704
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 63/.620 20/1.238 55/.705 47/.505 49/.738 60/.561 52/.692 33/.530 3/.000 .737
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.498 35/.402 71/.804 64/.603 70/.821 71/.666 159/.825 46/.874 2/1.000 .684
Home 51/.590 27/.762 53/.746 49/.614 49/.863 57/.686 125/.782 39/.552 4/.500
Last 28d days 130/.534 48/.691 52/.806 39/.495 49/.787 51/.402 79/.838 19/.656 5/.400
HR/SB/CS 1/2/0 1/2/1 5/0/0 2/1/2 3/3/1 1/1/0 8/2/1 2/4/0 0/0/0 58/31/11
Usage ····X··· X···X··· X···o·X· ·X··oXo· ··X·Xo·· X···oXX· ··o··X·· ····X··· ····o···
Cubs Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 59.Slowey
G/S/vB		 18.Ayala
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		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 38/31 .219/.286/.313/.598 .600/.618 .333 38/.598 0/1 0/1
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/.666 3/.666 5/.800 4/.250 ··· ··· 6/.583 ··· 152/110 .215/.329/.369/.698 .840/.642 .867 64/.675 0/0 5/0
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 199/165 .247/.327/.414/.740 .410/.809 .657 80/.762 2/1 6/4
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/no AB ··· ··· ··· 207/197 .285/.417/.461/.878 1.150/.864 .873 75/.626 4/4 5/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/59 .246/.358/.386/.744 .625/.761 .850 25/.566 0/0 2/0
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 118/102 .266/.314/.440/.754 .583/.781 .959 45/.585 0/0 4/1
9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 3/.666 3/1.000 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 113/71 .272/.327/.437/.764 .891/.691 .976 51/.925 1/0 3/0
25.Lee G/S/vP ··· 9/.472 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 8/.708 ··· 202/164 .269/.356/.446/.802 .770/.802 .861 91/1.046 0/0 7/1
7.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 113/90 .200/.243/.257/.500 .713/.444 .513 24/.261 3/0 0/1
24.Scales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/48 .228/.323/.456/.779 .798/.769 .841 46/.543 0/0 3/2
12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 5/1.200 ··· 262/216 .236/.305/.473/.778 .561/.822 .768 106/.585 6/2 14/5
18.Soto G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 173/135 .219/.335/.308/.643 .828/.594 .719 71/.760 0/0 3/2
2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 4/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 245/199 .283/.347/.434/.781 .900/.754 .993 99/.672 8/5 6/5
IP 72.2 27.1 17.1 34.2 28.1 10.0 19.0 23.1 20.2 TOTAL .248/.328/.404/.732 .739/.730 .781 .684 25/15 64/36
ERA-K/9 4.21/6.3 3.95/6.3 7.79/6.8 2.86/6.5 3.18/6.4 3.60/6.3 2.37/7.1 1.93/10.8 5.23/5.2 4.59/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 317/.317 118/.321 81/.279 152/.254 108/.184 39/.182 82/.225 89/.190 93/.277 .268
OPS .846 .867 .860 .767 .559 .555 .673 .545 .777 .768
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 158/.903 40/1.261 27/1.640 61/.573 35/.456 19/.839 35/.367 43/.727 39/.699 .794
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 159/.792 78/.657 54/.498 91/.895 73/.609 20/.263 47/.901 46/.378 54/.833 .750
Road 103/.909 41/.636 35/.870 76/.633 48/.311 20/.633 44/.669 33/.849 19/.754
Last 28d days 141/.777 48/.748 32/.832 63/.522 35/.369 39/.555 40/.822 31/.355 93/.777
HR/SB/CS 12/9/1 3/3/1 3/1/1 5/1/1 4/2/1 0/1/1 2/1/0 2/2/0 3/0/0 78/43/17
Usage ····X··· ·X·Xoo·· ··o·X·o· ····X··· oo·o··o· o··X·X·X ·oo·o·o· ·Xo···X· ···X····

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.