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Game Preview: MIN @ CHC, 1:05pm, Saturday, June 13, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Twins, 31-32, 2nd, 4 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Anthony Swarzak (23, RHP, 1-2, 5.23)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-2) 20.2 23 12 12 9 12 3 5.23
Last 7 GS 1-2 20.2 23 12 12 9 12 3 5.23 45
2009-06-08 @OAK ND 3.2 4 3 3 3 3 0 81 41
2009-06-03 CLE L 4.0 9 6 6 0 3 1 83 23
2009-05-28 BOS L 6.0 5 3 3 4 3 2 103 49
2009-05-23 MIL W 7.0 5 0 0 2 3 0 98 68
Has never faced CHC.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-12   Road:   10-20   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  21-19   vsLHP:  10-13   1-Run:   8-8 
 vsEast:  6-16   vsCntrl:11-9    vsWest: 10-7  IL: 4-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 63 Fri, Jun 12  @CHC  W   7-4       31-32  2nd  4.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Cubs, 29-29, 4th, 3½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Rich Harden (27, RHP, 4-2, 4.74)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-2) 43.2 39 24 23 21 53 8 4.74
2008 (10-2) 148.0 96 38 34 61 181 11 2.07
2007 (1-2) 25.2 18 7 7 11 27 3 2.45
Last 7 GS 4-2 37.2 36 22 22 19 43 7 5.26 50
2009-05-17 HOU L 6.0 6 4 4 3 7 1 112 48
2009-05-12 SDP W 6.0 4 2 2 1 5 1 101 60
2009-05-06 @HOU W 7.0 8 3 3 3 4 1 99 50
2009-05-01 FLA ND 3.2 6 5 5 4 2 0 86 27
2009-04-26 @STL W 6.0 4 2 2 2 9 2 107 63
2009-04-21 CIN W 6.0 3 2 2 2 8 1 92 64
2009-04-15 COL L 3.0 5 4 4 4 8 1 92 37
Last 5 v.MIN 1-0 25.1 15 6 6 13 24 4 2.13 62
2006-06-04 MIN ND 4.0 4 1 1 3 6 1 79 53
2005-08-14 MIN ND 8.0 1 1 1 4 9 1 115 81
2005-08-03 @MIN ND 6.2 3 2 2 2 7 1 102 65
2004-08-09 @MIN W 6.2 7 2 2 4 2 1 111 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-11   Road:   13-18   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  24-22   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:   6-11
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl:17-17   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 0-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 58 Fri, Jun 12   MIN  L   4-7       29-29  4th  3.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 12, 2009 MIN  7 @CHC  4        W:Kevin Slowey (9-2), L: Randy Wells (0-3), S: Joe Nathan (14)

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)
Season Series: 2009 - MIN leads 1-0; 2008 -  0-0; 2007 -  0-0; All-Time - CHC leads 10-9

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  5.62

WSN  4.50

SEA  3.77

 RA/G

LAD  3.81

TBR  4.65

WSN  5.78

 BA

J. Bartlett  .373

J. Hermida  .277

C. Young  .191

 OBP

K. Youkilis  .468

A. Hill  .348

D. Navarro  .232

 SLG

R. Ibanez  .675

M. Holliday  .450

J. Kendall  .276

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.105

C. Figgins  .800

D. Navarro  .550

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.72

C. Volstad  4.07

A. Sonnanstine  7.00

 K/9IP

J. Vazquez  11.21

B. Myers  6.50

J. Karstens  3.54

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Twins Batters (4.94 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
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		 36.Wells
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 41/.435 0/0 1/0
24.Crede G/S/vP 14/.368 1/2.000 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 7/.429 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 188/129 .232/.298/.464/.762 .628/.824 .738 80/.793 0/0 10/1
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 10/1.214 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/3.000 3/1.667 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 242/174 .262/.343/.472/.815 .825/.810 .662 90/.901 4/1 9/3
22.Gomez G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 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 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 183/112 .296/.344/.408/.753 .691/.791 .613 100/.759 0/0 3/2
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 1/no AB 1/5.000 1/2.000 2/.000 215/161 .314/.377/.546/.923 .507/1.061 .863 83/.881 0/0 10/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 8/.625 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/3.500 172/102 .413/.488/.762/1.251 .942/1.466 1.044 109/1.193 0/1 13/0
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 11/.282 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 3/2.334 4/.833 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 278/173 .338/.410/.617/1.027 1.083/.986 .904 114/1.011 0/0 16/1
8.Punto# G/S/vP 7/.167 ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.334 3/.666 4/.833 ··· ··· 2/2.000 154/114 .198/.302/.222/.524 .408/.545 .546 39/.523 5/1 0/5
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 77/51 .271/.338/.329/.666 .916/.545 .742 25/.795 0/0 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 264/177 .291/.380/.386/.765 .882/.708 .657 95/.802 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 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 149/97 .257/.289/.293/.581 .531/.608 .771 59/.483 2/2 1/2
IP 43.2 12.1 27.1 28.0 28.0 29.0 50.1 17.1 1.2 42.1 TOTAL .274/.348/.427/.775 .745/.789 .738 .791 33/12 68/23
ERA-K/9 4.74/10.9 2.92/10.2 4.28/9.6 2.57/8.0 4.50/7.1 3.41/9.3 4.65/6.1 6.23/7.8 5.40/10.6 2.55/6.8 3.90/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 191/.236 55/.239 126/.255 111/.194 127/.267 131/.147 220/.264 83/.261 8/.375 170/.242 .239
OPS .760 .700 .761 .562 .804 .617 .779 .776 .750 .606 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 86/.955 20/1.238 55/.705 47/.505 52/.742 60/.561 55/.676 34/.702 6/.667 71/.699 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 105/.605 35/.402 71/.804 64/.603 75/.849 71/.666 165/.811 49/.816 2/1.000 99/.537 .685
Home 111/.805 27/.762 53/.746 49/.614 57/.892 57/.686 134/.759 43/.631 7/.857 70/.717
Last 28d days 27/.792 48/.691 47/.551 36/.540 53/.825 48/.430 87/.806 23/.785 8/.750 126/.616
HR/SB/CS 8/1/0 1/2/1 5/0/0 2/1/2 3/3/1 1/1/0 8/2/1 3/4/0 0/0/0 2/2/0 60/31/11
Usage ·X···X·· ·X···o·X ··X··oXo X··X·Xo· ·X···oXX X··o··X· o····X·· o····o·· X····X··
Cubs Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Swarzak
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		 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/.666 3/.666 5/.800 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 6/.583 156/113 .224/.333/.381/.714 .819/.673 .893 68/.711 0/0 5/1
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 202/168 .244/.327/.409/.736 .410/.802 .648 79/.791 2/1 6/4
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 211/200 .278/.410/.450/.859 1.030/.850 .829 75/.608 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 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 119/103 .264/.311/.436/.747 .583/.773 .940 43/.447 0/0 4/1
9.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 3/.666 3/1.000 3/.666 3/.666 1/no AB 1/.000 114/71 .272/.333/.437/.770 .905/.691 .988 51/.957 1/0 3/0
25.Lee G/S/vP ··· 9/.472 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 8/.708 206/168 .268/.354/.441/.796 .770/.794 .846 91/1.027 0/0 7/1
7.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 117/94 .202/.243/.257/.500 .713/.447 .512 27/.296 3/0 0/1
24.Scales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/49 .241/.333/.466/.799 .798/.796 .879 43/.603 0/0 3/2
12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 4/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 5/1.200 266/220 .237/.305/.469/.773 .561/.816 .758 105/.571 6/2 14/5
18.Soto G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 177/139 .213/.328/.300/.628 .828/.576 .684 71/.682 0/0 3/2
2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 5/1.200 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 249/203 .278/.341/.426/.767 .900/.738 .953 99/.633 8/5 6/5
IP 20.2 28.1 17.1 34.2 28.2 10.1 19.1 24.1 TOTAL .247/.326/.401/.727 .736/.725 .768 .673 25/15 64/37
ERA-K/9 5.23/5.2 4.13/6.4 7.79/6.8 2.86/6.5 3.14/6.3 3.48/7.0 2.33/7.0 1.85/10.4 4.58/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 93/.277 122/.318 81/.279 152/.254 110/.190 40/.176 84/.222 92/.184 .266
OPS .777 .854 .860 .767 .568 .540 .673 .527 .763
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 39/.699 42/1.198 27/1.640 61/.573 35/.456 20/.794 35/.367 45/.694 .792
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 54/.833 80/.666 54/.498 91/.895 75/.620 20/.263 49/.893 47/.370 .743
Road 19/.754 45/.623 35/.870 76/.633 50/.340 21/.602 46/.667 36/.776
Last 28d days 93/.777 52/.727 32/.832 63/.522 30/.468 40/.540 42/.814 34/.324
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 3/3/1 3/1/1 5/1/1 4/2/1 0/1/1 2/1/0 2/2/0 78/43/17
Usage ····X··· o·X·Xoo· ···o·X·o ·····X·· ooo·o··o oo··X·X· o·oo·o·o o·Xo···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.