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Game Preview: MIN @ CHC, 2:20pm, Sunday, June 14, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Twins, 32-32, 2nd, 3 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Scott Baker (27, RHP, 4-6, 5.59)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-6) 67.2 67 43 42 12 57 15 5.59
2008 (11-4) 172.1 161 66 66 42 141 20 3.45
2007 (9-9) 143.2 162 70 68 29 102 15 4.26
Last 7 GS 4-2 47.0 41 22 21 7 41 7 4.02 56
2009-06-09 @OAK W 8.0 4 3 3 1 8 0 116 69
2009-06-04 CLE W 7.0 6 3 2 1 10 1 106 64
2009-05-29 @TBR L 5.2 7 4 4 0 4 2 96 43
2009-05-24 MIL W 8.1 7 3 3 0 6 2 106 63
2009-05-19 @CHW L 5.0 5 4 4 4 4 2 105 41
2009-05-14 DET ND 6.0 7 5 5 1 4 0 98 41
2009-05-08 SEA W 7.0 5 0 0 0 5 0 102 72
Has never faced CHC.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-12   Road:   11-20   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  22-19   vsLHP:  10-13   1-Run:   8-8 
 vsEast:  6-16   vsCntrl:11-9    vsWest: 10-7  IL: 5-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 64 Sat, Jun 13  @CHC  W   2-0       32-32  2nd  3.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Cubs, 29-30, 4th, 3½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Ted Lilly (33, LHP, 7-4, 3.00)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (7-4) 78.0 62 28 26 20 63 11 3.00
2008 (17-9) 204.2 187 96 93 64 184 32 4.09
2007 (15-8) 207.0 181 91 88 55 174 28 3.83
Last 7 GS 4-2 46.1 37 16 15 14 37 5 2.91 59
2009-06-09 @HOU W 6.2 3 0 0 2 4 0 114 70
2009-06-03 @ATL ND 7.0 6 2 1 1 7 0 108 65
2009-05-29 LAD W 7.0 4 1 1 3 5 1 102 67
2009-05-24 @SDP L 6.1 8 5 5 2 4 0 95 39
2009-05-19 @STL L 7.0 4 3 3 3 5 1 104 59
2009-05-13 SDP W 6.1 8 3 3 0 7 2 86 52
2009-05-07 @HOU W 6.0 4 2 2 3 5 1 88 58
Last 5 v.MIN 3-1 32.2 23 14 13 8 33 5 3.58 59
2006-08-10 @MIN W 6.0 3 0 0 2 3 0 107 67
2004-05-17 MIN ND 5.2 7 5 5 0 8 2 102 43
2004-04-26 @MIN W 9.0 2 1 1 2 8 1 125 85
2003-07-20 @MIN L 5.0 6 6 6 3 5 2 107 33
2002-05-18 MIN W 7.0 5 2 1 1 9 0 114 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-12   Road:   13-18   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  24-23   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:   6-11
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl:17-17   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 0-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 59 Sat, Jun 13   MIN  L   0-2       29-30  4th  3.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 13, 2009 MIN  2 @CHC  0        W:Anthony Swarzak (2-2), L: Rich Harden (4-3), S: Joe Nathan (15)
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
Season Series: 2009 - MIN leads 2-0; 2008 -  0-0; 2007 -  0-0; All-Time - Tied 10-10

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  5.66

WSN  4.48

SEA  3.76

 RA/G

LAD  3.76

TBR  4.63

WSN  5.82

 BA

J. Mauer  .408

C. Kotchman  .277

C. Young  .192

 OBP

J. Mauer  .483

P. Konerko  .348

D. Navarro  .232

 SLG

J. Mauer  .748

A. Rios  .448

E. Burriss  .277

 OPS

J. Mauer  1.231

D. Lee  .800

D. Navarro  .550

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.72

J. Pineiro  3.99

M. Parra  7.52

 K/9IP

J. Vazquez  11.21

E. Jackson  6.63

J. Garland  3.55

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

Twins Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Lilly*
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 94/83 .192/.319/.282/.601 .673/.590 .600 37/.427 0/0 1/0
24.Crede G/S/vP 19/.541 1/2.000 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 7/.429 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 192/133 .228/.297/.456/.753 .628/.809 .721 84/.770 0/0 10/1
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 8/1.232 ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/3.000 3/1.667 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 242/174 .262/.343/.472/.815 .825/.810 .662 85/.937 4/1 9/3
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 141/89 .219/.279/.297/.575 .530/.601 .581 70/.548 4/4 0/0
23.Harris G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 187/115 .291/.342/.401/.743 .681/.783 .600 104/.742 0/0 3/2
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 1/no AB 1/5.000 1/2.000 2/.000 219/165 .313/.374/.556/.930 .507/1.066 .879 82/.935 0/0 11/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/3.500 176/105 .408/.483/.748/1.231 .928/1.439 1.019 108/1.168 0/1 13/0
58.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/46 .358/.424/.415/.839 1.084/.772 1.290 7/1.314 0/0 0/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 3/2.334 4/.833 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 282/177 .336/.408/.611/1.018 1.083/.973 .891 113/.992 0/0 16/1
8.Punto# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.334 3/.666 4/.833 ··· ··· 2/2.000 157/117 .202/.303/.225/.527 .408/.549 .551 37/.544 5/1 0/5
55.Redmond G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 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 90/.835 12/4 4/1
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 111/78 .183/.274/.247/.521 .674/.455 .581 62/.526 4/0 1/1
21.Young G/S/vP 3/2.667 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 152/100 .252/.283/.287/.570 .531/.590 .737 62/.459 2/2 1/2
IP 78.0 13.1 28.1 28.0 28.0 29.0 51.1 17.1 1.2 42.1 TOTAL .273/.346/.425/.771 .742/.785 .731 .790 33/13 69/23
ERA-K/9 3.00/7.3 2.70/10.8 4.13/9.5 2.57/8.0 4.50/7.1 3.41/9.3 4.56/6.0 6.23/7.8 5.40/10.6 2.55/6.8 3.87/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 311/.218 58/.224 129/.248 111/.194 127/.267 131/.147 223/.260 83/.261 8/.375 170/.242 .238
OPS .656 .660 .742 .562 .804 .617 .768 .776 .750 .606 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 61/.626 21/1.171 57/.678 47/.505 52/.742 60/.561 57/.650 34/.702 6/.667 71/.699 .749
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 250/.664 37/.378 72/.792 64/.603 75/.849 71/.666 166/.806 49/.816 2/1.000 99/.537 .680
Home 131/.514 30/.679 56/.704 49/.614 57/.892 57/.686 137/.741 43/.631 7/.857 70/.717
Last 28d days 135/.587 43/.663 50/.517 36/.540 53/.825 48/.430 90/.776 23/.785 8/.750 126/.616
HR/SB/CS 11/7/1 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 61/31/12
Usage ····X··· o·X···X· o·X···o· ···X··oX ·X··X·Xo ··X···oX oX··o··X ·o····X· ·o····o· ·X····X·
Cubs Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Baker
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 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB 39/32 .219/.286/.313/.598 .600/.618 .333 39/.598 0/1 0/1
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 6/.666 3/.666 3/.666 5/.800 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 7/.679 160/117 .226/.338/.380/.717 .819/.678 .891 67/.743 0/0 5/1
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 206/172 .240/.325/.402/.727 .410/.791 .631 79/.791 2/1 6/4
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· 2/.000 215/204 .272/.402/.439/.841 1.030/.831 .788 74/.556 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 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 120/104 .261/.308/.432/.741 .583/.765 .921 44/.437 0/0 4/1
9.Johnson G/S/vP 4/.250 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 ··· 9/.873 210/172 .273/.357/.443/.800 .770/.799 .852 90/.940 0/0 7/1
7.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 120/97 .205/.246/.259/.505 .713/.454 .520 29/.345 3/0 0/1
12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 4/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 5/1.200 270/224 .233/.300/.461/.761 .561/.801 .732 104/.504 6/2 14/5
18.Soto G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 180/142 .209/.322/.294/.616 .828/.563 .660 69/.652 0/0 3/2
2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 5/1.200 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 253/207 .278/.340/.427/.767 .900/.739 .945 98/.640 8/5 6/5
IP 67.2 28.1 17.1 34.2 29.2 10.1 19.1 25.1 TOTAL .246/.325/.398/.723 .736/.720 .757 .656 25/15 64/37
ERA-K/9 5.59/7.6 4.13/6.4 7.79/6.8 2.86/6.5 3.03/6.4 3.48/7.0 2.33/7.0 1.78/10.3 4.51/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 278/.253 122/.318 81/.279 152/.254 113/.184 40/.176 84/.222 97/.189 .265
OPS .763 .854 .860 .767 .552 .540 .673 .540 .758
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 138/.576 42/1.198 27/1.640 61/.573 37/.430 20/.794 35/.367 48/.693 .784
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 140/.944 80/.666 54/.498 91/.895 76/.611 20/.263 49/.893 49/.396 .740
Road 101/.891 45/.623 35/.870 76/.633 53/.320 21/.602 46/.667 41/.784
Last 28d days 135/.704 52/.727 30/.699 63/.522 33/.422 40/.540 37/.812 39/.373
HR/SB/CS 15/4/1 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· ······X· oooo·o·· ·oo··X·X ·o·oo·o· Xo·Xo···

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.