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Game Preview: MIN @ TOR, 7:07pm, Wednesday, September 9, 2009 @Rogers Centre

Twins, 69-69, 2nd, 6½ GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Carl Pavano (33, RHP, 11-11, 5.09)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (11-11) 162.2 189 98 92 32 118 21 5.09
2008 (4-2) 34.1 41 23 22 10 15 5 5.77
2007 (1-0) 11.1 12 7 6 2 4 1 4.76
Last 7 GS 3-3 45.0 45 19 18 10 34 2 3.60 54
2009-09-04 @CLE L 6.0 8 4 3 2 6 0 101 46
2009-08-29 TEX L 6.0 6 2 2 1 7 0 98 58
2009-08-23 @KCR W 7.0 8 2 2 0 2 0 108 55
2009-08-18 @TEX ND 4.0 7 5 5 3 4 1 99 29
2009-08-13 KCR L 7.0 5 5 5 3 6 1 112 50
2009-08-08 @DET W 7.0 5 0 0 0 5 0 90 72
2009-08-02 DET W 8.0 6 1 1 1 4 0 100 69
Last 5 v.TOR 2-2 27.1 34 21 20 6 11 6 6.59 40
2009-07-22 @TOR L 4.2 7 7 7 2 4 4 90 24
2008-09-25 @TOR L 3.2 8 5 5 2 1 1 79 24
2008-08-29 TOR W 6.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 72 62
2005-05-01 TOR ND 5.0 9 6 6 1 2 1 90 26
2005-04-20 @TOR W 8.0 7 2 1 0 3 0 92 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   39-30   Road:   30-39   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  49-40   vsLHP:  20-29   1-Run:  20-18
 vsEast:  9-21   vsCntrl:30-23   vsWest: 18-19 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
138 Tue, Sep  8  @TOR  L   3-6       69-69  2nd  6.5 gb
137 Mon, Sep  7  @TOR  W   6-3       69-68  2nd  6.5 gb
136 Sun, Sep  6  @CLE  L   1-3       68-68  2nd  7.0 gb
135 Sat, Sep  5  @CLE  W   4-1       68-67  2nd  6.0 gb
134 Fri, Sep  4  @CLE  L   2-5       67-67  2nd  6.0 gb
133 Wed, Sep  2   CHW  L   2-4       67-66  2nd  4.5 gb
132 Tue, Sep  1   CHW  W   4-3       67-65  2nd  3.5 gb
131 Mon, Aug 31   CHW  W   4-1       66-65  2nd  3.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 30   TEX  W   5-3       65-65  2nd  4.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 29   TEX  L   0-3       64-65  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-14
Blue Jays, 62-76, 4th, 27 GB, 18 GB in WC

SP: Roy Halladay (32, RHP, 14-8, 2.98)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (14-8) 199.0 194 74 66 28 174 19 2.98
2008 (20-11) 246.0 220 88 76 39 206 18 2.78
2007 (16-7) 225.1 232 101 93 48 139 15 3.71
Last 7 GS 3-4 51.0 55 27 22 8 45 8 3.88 54
2009-09-04 NYY W 9.0 1 0 0 3 9 0 111 91
2009-08-30 @BOS L 6.0 7 4 4 1 6 1 103 47
2009-08-24 TBR L 6.0 12 8 7 1 8 1 113 25
2009-08-19 BOS L 5.0 8 5 4 2 7 2 103 38
2009-08-14 @TBR W 8.0 8 2 1 0 6 1 111 66
2009-08-09 BAL W 8.0 9 3 2 1 4 0 107 57
2009-08-04 NYY L 9.0 10 5 4 0 5 3 103 54
Last 5 v.MIN 5-0 37.1 30 13 12 3 34 3 2.89 63
2009-04-16 @MIN W 7.0 8 1 1 0 8 0 101 65
2008-05-14 @MIN W 6.2 9 4 4 0 8 1 105 48
2007-06-25 @MIN W 7.0 6 5 5 3 4 0 112 46
2006-04-04 MIN W 7.2 5 3 2 0 4 2 88 63
2005-05-29 MIN W 9.0 2 0 0 0 10 0 99 93
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-35   Road:   25-41   ExtrInn: 5-11
 vsRHP:  43-50   vsLHP:  19-26   1-Run:  16-24
 vsEast: 19-39   vsCntrl:20-12   vsWest: 16-14 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
138 Tue, Sep  8   MIN  W   6-3       62-76  4th 27.0 gb
137 Mon, Sep  7   MIN  L   3-6       61-76  4th 27.0 gb
136 Sun, Sep  6   NYY  W  14-8       61-75  4th 25.5 gb
135 Sat, Sep  5   NYY  L   4-6       60-75  4th 26.5 gb
134 Fri, Sep  4   NYY  W   6-0       60-74  4th 25.5 gb
133 Thu, Sep  3   NYY  L   5-10      59-74  4th 26.5 gb
132 Wed, Sep  2  @TEX  L   4-6       59-73  4th 25.5 gb
131 Tue, Sep  1  @TEX  L   2-5       59-72  4th 24.5 gb
130 Tue, Sep  1  @TEX  L   2-5       59-71  4th 24.5 gb
129 Mon, Aug 31  @TEX  W  18-10      59-70  4th 23.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 07, 2009 MIN  6 @TOR  3        W:Jesse Crain (5-4), L: Scott Richmond (6-9), S: Joe Nathan (37)
Thu, Apr 16, 2009 TOR  9 @MIN  2        W:Roy Halladay (3-0), L: Francisco Liriano (0-3), S: none
Wed, Apr 15, 2009 TOR 12 @MIN  2        W:Scott Richmond (1-0), L: Scott Baker (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 14, 2009 MIN  3  TOR  2 (11)   W:Jesse Crain (1-0), L: Jesse Carlson (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 13, 2009 TOR  8 @MIN  6        W:Jason Frasor (1-0), L: Luis Ayala (1-1), S: B.J. Ryan (1)

Thu, Sep 04, 2008 TOR  9  MIN  0        W:Jesse Litsch (10-8), L: Kevin Slowey (11-9), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2009 - TOR leads 4-2; 2008 - TOR won 6-0; 2007 - TOR won 6-4; All-Time - TOR leads 180-146

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

NYY  5.77

CHW  4.57

SDP  3.90

RA/G

SFG  3.69

NYY  4.70

WSN  5.46

BA

J. Mauer  .369

G. Parra  .291

A. Miles  .174

OBP

A. Pujols  .448

M. Kemp  .363

A. Miles  .217

SLG

A. Pujols  .683

A. Jones  .482

A. Miles  .235

OPS

A. Pujols  1.131

N. Reimold  .834

A. Miles  .451

ERA

C. Carpenter  2.16

M. Garza  3.85

L. Hernandez  5.44

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.47

C. Lee  6.93

J. Lannan  3.73

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

Twins Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Halladay
G/S/vB
57.Camp
G/S/vB
39.Carlson*
G/S/vB
27.Cecil*
G/S/vB
37.Downs*
G/S/vB
54.Frasor
G/S/vB
58.Hayhurst
G/S/vB
44.Janssen
G/S/vB
22.League
G/S/vB
48.Richmond
G/S/vB
33.Roenicke
G/S/vB
24.Romero*
G/S/vB
34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB
56.Tallet*
G/S/vB
40.Wolfe
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 148/131 .221/.351/.303/.655 .710/.647 .631 5/.400 0/0 2/0
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 36/.592 7/.572 4/1.167 4/.000 11/.573 4/.500 ··· 9/.111 5/.200 4/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 7/.143 2/.000 590/410 .273/.308/.361/.669 .640/.681 .668 99/.490 13/4 5/21
25.Casilla# G/S/vP 7/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.900 ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 249/172 .195/.275/.249/.524 .495/.542 .544 56/.655 10/0 0/5
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 12/.639 5/.200 2/.000 ··· 6/.167 7/.629 ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 3/.000 ··· 6/.933 ··· 541/395 .268/.335/.499/.834 .924/.800 .796 104/.737 5/1 24/6
22.Gomez G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 316/207 .237/.293/.348/.641 .654/.634 .736 51/.514 11/6 3/1
23.Harris G/S/vP 5/1.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 5/.600 ··· 4/.750 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 410/275 .265/.308/.365/.673 .751/.638 .510 63/.613 0/2 6/10
19.Huber G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 12/.250 4/.750 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 5/.650 ··· ··· 3/.666 6/.500 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.000 2/.000 477/351 .309/.382/.542/.924 .691/1.010 .904 89/.937 1/1 22/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 10/.200 4/.500 5/.000 ··· 9/1.223 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 5/.450 ··· 494/313 .369/.435/.606/1.041 .827/1.168 1.011 112/1.013 4/1 26/3
58.Morales# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 79/65 .356/.405/.411/.816 1.000/.778 1.081 6/1.000 0/0 0/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 12/.750 5/1.000 7/1.143 ··· 11/.384 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 6/.833 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 8/.625 ··· 571/356 .279/.368/.521/.889 .867/.903 .848 79/.488 0/0 29/3
8.Punto# G/S/vP 7/.572 5/1.400 2/.000 ··· 6/.666 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 7/.453 ··· 3/.000 ··· 7/.000 ··· 344/245 .221/.319/.277/.597 .575/.598 .597 48/.812 10/2 1/7
55.Redmond G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 5/.650 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 136/89 .250/.316/.306/.623 .854/.502 .645 15/.486 0/0 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 4/.250 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.762 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 563/391 .310/.395/.408/.804 .845/.786 .716 114/.930 21/9 6/5
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 153/113 .178/.272/.225/.497 .599/.459 .575 / 5/0 1/2
21.Young G/S/vP 15/1.110 2/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 9/.222 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 6/.533 3/.666 313/210 .264/.288/.381/.669 .855/.577 .716 63/.745 2/3 8/3
IP 199.0 69.1 59.0 87.1 42.0 48.1 17.2 34.0 65.0 117.1 25.2 147.2 61.1 139.0 12.0 TOTAL .270/.341/.423/.763 .762/.764 .742 .737 70/25 144/75
ERA-K/9 2.98/7.9 3.50/6.4 4.58/7.3 5.46/6.8 3.00/8.8 2.23/8.9 1.53/4.6 6.35/5.6 5.12/9.3 4.76/7.8 3.86/9.1 4.14/7.0 3.67/8.8 5.31/6.7 7.50/6.8 4.43/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 800/.256 292/.250 253/.258 397/.309 177/.244 184/.205 77/.277 163/.351 274/.261 504/.257 109/.247 606/.276 261/.225 622/.262 58/.392 .267
OPS .665 .719 .728 .893 .680 .550 .779 .962 .757 .786 .609 .789 .682 .778 1.107 .768
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 451/.656 145/.753 108/.770 128/.910 51/.844 96/.679 36/.901 77/.974 133/.840 309/.880 51/.827 183/.919 56/.651 187/.916 27/1.016 .795
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 349/.678 147/.684 145/.698 269/.883 126/.612 88/.408 41/.670 86/.950 141/.677 195/.643 58/.427 423/.729 205/.691 435/.719 31/1.167 .748
Home 476/.642 159/.688 130/.743 217/.907 108/.565 95/.539 39/.649 97/1.117 154/.800 251/.771 63/.611 297/.765 118/.582 308/.739 32/1.165
Last 28d days 143/.770 64/.909 37/.378 89/1.081 28/.748 26/.846 7/.429 40/.867 64/.872 109/.892 40/.475 125/.906 101/.636 99/1.022 17/1.096
HR/SB/CS 19/16/5 6/0/1 6/2/1 16/4/4 3/1/1 3/4/2 1/0/0 5/0/1 8/7/1 19/5/3 0/5/0 16/5/6 7/7/3 17/7/4 4/0/0 154/73/42
Usage ····X··· ·oo··X·X oX·o··o· ···X···· oX·X···· X··X·X·· ·······X ···X··X· ··o··X·X ·X····X· ········ X····X·· ·······X ··X····X ··X···oo
Blue Jays Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Pavano
G/S/vB
30.Baker
G/S/vB
53.Blackburn
G/S/vB
28.Crain
G/S/vB
52.Duensing*
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
44.Keppel
G/S/vB
37.Mahay*
G/S/vB
49.Manship
G/S/vB
50.Mijares*
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
60.Rauch
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Barajas G/S/vP 4/1.250 2/.500 3/.666 7/.500 ··· 6/.334 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 391/293 .241/.272/.416/.689 .861/.632 .629 70/.802 1/0 16/8
23.Bautista G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/5.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 295/173 .221/.352/.325/.677 .810/.577 .737 65/.627 4/0 4/4
13.Chavez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 150/107 .273/.293/.371/.663 .568/.699 .708 35/.678 1/1 2/2
7.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 241/192 .197/.299/.332/.630 .872/.570 .698 40/.397 1/1 6/8
2.Hill G/S/vP 3/2.667 10/1.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 11/.728 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 9/.555 2/.000 629/467 .286/.326/.495/.821 .918/.787 .832 109/.773 4/2 31/7
1.Inglett* G/S/vP 6/.666 3/2.000 3/1.666 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 91/86 .293/.356/.366/.721 .400/.733 .754 26/1.003 2/1 0/2
26.Lind* G/S/vP 7/.929 4/.833 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 4/.833 ··· 573/412 .304/.368/.553/.921 .810/.967 .925 101/.996 1/1 28/1
6.McDonald G/S/vP ··· 7/.600 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 84/51 .244/.262/.341/.603 .667/.561 .544 39/.554 0/1 2/3
15.Millar G/S/vP 16/.864 10/.600 ··· 5/.000 ··· 5/.650 ··· 6/.167 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 5/.200 249/115 .215/.297/.354/.651 .726/.564 .628 36/.351 0/0 6/4
35.Overbay* G/S/vP 12/.667 8/.393 3/.666 4/.500 ··· 6/.666 ··· 3/2.667 3/1.667 ··· 6/.167 1/5.000 418/345 .271/.380/.476/.856 .559/.923 .874 77/.801 0/0 14/2
3.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/69 .296/.398/.563/.961 1.012/.951 .899 79/.942 1/1 6/0
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 12/.818 2/.500 3/.000 6/.334 ··· 9/1.194 ··· 7/.453 3/1.000 ··· 7/.286 ··· 634/469 .282/.378/.410/.789 .855/.766 .743 113/.606 11/5 11/7
45.Snider* G/S/vP 4/1.750 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 185/155 .222/.311/.377/.688 .526/.718 .678 77/.687 1/1 6/4
10.Wells G/S/vP 15/1.266 11/1.182 3/.000 5/1.400 ··· 9/.819 1/2.000 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 6/.533 3/.000 582/436 .250/.302/.392/.694 .607/.723 .627 106/.618 15/3 13/0
IP 162.2 166.0 175.1 40.0 59.1 66.1 42.0 43.0 16.1 53.1 55.1 59.0 TOTAL .265/.332/.429/.761 .775/.756 .765 .727 63/21 162/77
ERA-K/9 5.09/6.5 4.34/7.3 4.16/4.0 5.63/7.9 3.94/6.4 2.31/6.0 4.93/5.8 4.60/7.5 4.41/5.0 2.19/7.9 2.28/12.0 4.27/5.9 4.60/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 694/.291 681/.243 758/.294 180/.260 230/.248 258/.201 180/.288 208/.310 75/.303 213/.215 218/.176 250/.263 .272
OPS .787 .698 .775 .757 .676 .565 .825 .909 .815 .638 .551 .725 .761
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 364/.732 343/.582 423/.836 76/1.012 75/.560 103/.443 91/.842 89/.756 37/.745 94/.440 107/.538 122/.729 .755
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 330/.846 338/.812 335/.699 104/.572 155/.733 155/.644 89/.807 119/1.032 38/.884 119/.797 111/.563 128/.721 .766
Road 399/.805 328/.764 408/.802 82/.765 88/.699 131/.486 105/.779 96/.912 37/1.038 104/.619 103/.653 101/.693
Last 28d days 133/.746 135/.546 125/.816 47/.469 87/.609 47/.676 46/.723 21/1.031 75/.815 44/.525 56/.753 38/.795
HR/SB/CS 21/30/6 24/8/3 20/11/2 3/2/1 5/1/2 7/3/2 3/0/1 9/0/0 2/2/0 6/5/0 5/4/0 5/5/0 155/89/30
Usage ····X··· ···X···· ··X····· ·Xo·X··X X·····X· ·o·o··oX Xo··o··· ·o··o··· ·X·····X o·X····o ·o·o··X· X··X··oX

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.