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Game Preview: MIN @ CHW, 8:10pm, Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @U.S. Cellular Field

Twins, 64-49, 64-49 1st, 1 up

SP: Glen Perkins (27, LHP, 0-0, undef)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-7)			96.1	120	64	63	23	45	13	5.89
2008 (12-4)			151.0	183	81	74	39	74	25	4.41
2007 (0-0)			28.2	23	10	10	12	20	2	3.14

Last 7 GS		4-3	35.1	53	30	29	8	14	6	7.39	37
2009-08-02	LAA	L	4.0	12	9	8	1	2	2	78	5
2009-07-27	CHW	W	7.0	6	3	3	1	3	2	102	55
2009-07-22	@OAK	L	1.0	6	8	8	3	0	1	41	6
2009-07-17	@TEX	W	5.0	7	3	3	1	4	1	102	44
2009-07-11	CHW	L	4.1	8	5	5	2	1	0	82	26
2009-07-01	@KCR	W	7.0	10	1	1	0	1	0	92	54
2009-06-26	@STL	W	7.0	4	1	1	0	3	0	82	68

Last 5 v.CHW		2-1	22.2	26	15	15	8	11	4	5.96	43
2009-07-27	CHW	W	7.0	6	3	3	1	3	2	102	55
2009-07-11	CHW	L	4.1	8	5	5	2	1	0	82	26
2008-07-29	CHW	W	6.0	7	4	4	2	4	1	98	44
2008-06-09	@CHW	ND	5.1	5	3	3	3	3	1	93	46

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   33-20   Road:   31-29   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  41-33   vsLHP:  23-16   1-Run:  19-17
 vsEast: 14-18   vsCntrl:30-16   vsWest: 12-5  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Tue, Aug 10  @CHW  W  12-6       64-49  1st  1.0 up
112 Sun, Aug  8  @CLE  W   5-4       63-49  2nd  0.5 gb
111 Sat, Aug  7  @CLE  W   7-2       62-49  2nd  1.5 gb
110 Fri, Aug  6  @CLE  L   6-7       61-49  2nd  1.5 gb
109 Thu, Aug  5  @TBR  W   8-6       61-48  2nd  1.5 gb
108 Wed, Aug  4  @TBR  W   2-1 (13)  60-48  2nd  1.5 gb
107 Tue, Aug  3  @TBR  L   4-6       59-48  2nd  1.5 gb
106 Mon, Aug  2  @TBR  L   2-4       59-47  2nd  1.0 gb
105 Sun, Aug  1   SEA  W   4-0       59-46  2nd  0.5 gb
104 Sat, Jul 31   SEA  W   4-0       58-46  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:19-11

WhiteSox, 63-50, 63-50 2nd, 1 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: John Danks (25, LHP, 11-8, 3.30)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (11-8)			147.1	120	56	54	46	114	8	3.30
2009 (13-11)			200.1	184	89	84	73	149	28	3.77
2008 (12-9)			195.0	182	74	72	57	159	15	3.32

Last 7 GS		4-2	50.1	36	15	15	13	39	1	2.68	62
2010-08-06	@BAL	ND	7.0	6	1	1	0	5	0	120	66
2010-07-31	OAK	L	6.2	7	5	5	2	8	1	103	46
2010-07-26	SEA	W	8.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	95	67
2010-07-20	@SEA	W	7.2	2	0	0	4	8	0	107	79
2010-07-15	@MIN	W	6.0	9	6	6	2	5	0	111	33
2010-07-08	LAA	W	9.0	2	0	0	0	7	0	111	90
2010-07-03	@TEX	L	6.0	4	2	2	4	4	0	103	56

Last 5 v.MIN		1-2	32.0	38	21	20	11	18	5	5.63	44
2010-07-15	@MIN	W	6.0	9	6	6	2	5	0	111	33
2010-05-12	@MIN	L	7.0	7	3	3	3	3	0	109	51
2010-04-09	MIN	ND	6.0	8	2	1	1	6	0	105	55
2009-09-22	MIN	L	6.0	8	7	7	3	2	3	98	27
2009-09-01	@MIN	ND	7.0	6	3	3	2	2	2	96	53

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   33-21   Road:   30-29   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  48-37   vsLHP:  15-13   1-Run:  19-15
 vsEast:  8-14   vsCntrl:20-22   vsWest: 20-11 IL:15-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Tue, Aug 10   MIN  L   6-12      63-50  2nd  1.0 gb
112 Mon, Aug  9  @BAL  L   2-3 (10)  63-49  1st    Tied
111 Sun, Aug  8  @BAL  L   3-4       63-48  1st  0.5 up
110 Sat, Aug  7  @BAL  W   4-2       63-47  1st  1.5 up
109 Fri, Aug  6  @BAL  L   1-2 (10)  62-47  1st  1.5 up
108 Thu, Aug  5  @DET  W   6-4 (11)  62-46  1st  1.5 up
107 Wed, Aug  4  @DET  W   4-1       61-46  1st  1.5 up
106 Tue, Aug  3  @DET  L   1-7       60-46  1st  1.5 up
105 Tue, Aug  3  @DET  W  12-2       60-45  1st  1.5 up
104 Sun, Aug  1   OAK  W   4-1       59-45  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 MIN 12 @CHW  6        W:Scott Baker (10-9), L: Freddy Garcia (10-5), S: none
Sun, Jul 18, 2010 MIN  7  CHW  6        W:Brian Duensing (3-1), L: Bobby Jenks (1-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 17, 2010 MIN  3  CHW  2        W:Carl Pavano (11-6), L: Mark Buehrle (8-8), S: none
Fri, Jul 16, 2010 MIN  7  CHW  4        W:Francisco Liriano (7-7), L: Gavin Floyd (5-8), S: Jesse Crain (1)
Thu, Jul 15, 2010 CHW  8 @MIN  7        W:John Danks (9-7), L: Alex Burnett (1-2), S: Bobby Jenks (20)
Wed, May 12, 2010 MIN  3  CHW  2        W:Carl Pavano (4-3), L: John Danks (3-2), S: Jon Rauch (9)
Tue, May 11, 2010 CHW  5 @MIN  2        W:Freddy Garcia (2-2), L: Kevin Slowey (4-3), S: Bobby Jenks (6)
Sun, Apr 11, 2010 CHW  5  MIN  4        W:Mark Buehrle (2-0), L: Nick Blackburn (1-1), S: Bobby Jenks (1)
Sat, Apr 10, 2010 MIN  2 @CHW  1        W:Scott Baker (1-1), L: Freddy Garcia (0-1), S: Jon Rauch (4)
Fri, Apr 09, 2010 MIN  4 @CHW  3 (11)   W:Brian Duensing (1-0), L: Tony Pena (0-1), S: Jon Rauch (3)
Season Series: 2010 - MIN over 7-3; 2009 - MIN won 12-6; 2008 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1072-986

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 2010 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 5.31

FLA 4.48

SEA 3.24

RA/G

SDP 3.45

TOR 4.34

ARI 5.50

C. Johnson .366

A. McCutchen .283

B. Wood .167

OBP

J. Morneau .437

A. Kearns .357

B. Wood .184

SLG

M. Cabrera .627

B. Butler .461

B. Wood .224

OPS

J. Morneau 1.055

G. Sanchez .813

B. Wood .408

ERA

J. Johnson 1.97

C. Billingsley 3.82

B. Bannister 5.95

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.68

A. Sanchez 6.92

M. Buehrle 3.73

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Twins Batters (4.99 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB 57.Pena
G/S/vB 40.Putz
G/S/vB 49.Sale*
G/S/vB 46.Santos
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB 68.Threets*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 102/56 .202/.240/.330/.570 .387/.722 .606 46/.746 0/0 2/3

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 15/.343 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 109/83 .287/.358/.426/.784 .855/.762 .866 62/.841 3/1 1/0

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 41/1.486 20/.739 8/.250 10/.967 4/1.167 ··· 1/.000 12/.432 1/.000 474/323 .274/.340/.433/.773 .910/.712 .742 115/.795 3/3 11/4

27.Hardy G/S/vP 6/.666 2/1.000 6/.333 8/.929 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 258/184 .270/.313/.402/.715 .569/.773 .761 89/.922 1/0 5/3

1.Hudson# G/S/vP 13/.633 3/.333 12/.349 7/.286 6/1.100 ··· ··· 5/.933 2/1.000 371/235 .284/.353/.390/.743 .771/.726 .673 49/.770 7/2 4/4

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 31/.874 11/.637 7/.714 5/1.800 4/.750 ··· ··· 12/.334 1/.000 420/286 .270/.350/.458/.808 .651/.881 .836 104/.871 0/1 16/4

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 40/.825 14/.884 5/.650 7/.762 7/.143 ··· ··· 23/.755 1/.000 428/264 .325/.397/.485/.883 .697/.998 .936 99/1.189 1/2 7/3

26.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/3 .000/.200/.000/.200 .000/.333 .200 5/.200 0/0 0/0

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 41/1.222 16/.192 6/.833 2/.500 6/.900 ··· 1/2.000 22/.272 ··· 348/215 .345/.437/.618/1.055 .966/1.113 1.205 / 0/0 18/1

24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/30 .138/.133/.276/.409 .000/.439 .833 6/.833 0/0 1/1

8.Punto# G/S/vP 26/.398 7/.486 5/.800 4/1.167 6/1.333 ··· 1/.000 17/.508 1/.000 265/178 .251/.326/.316/.642 .669/.610 .607 36/.746 6/2 1/5

18.Repko G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 58/35 .314/.386/.608/.994 .654/1.224 1.002 49/1.062 0/1 3/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 31/.932 6/.933 6/.333 6/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/.333 1/.000 505/334 .268/.336/.354/.690 .719/.675 .568 103/.570 18/3 3/3

25.Thome* G/S/vP 6/.334 4/1.250 3/.000 3/.333 5/.933 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 237/179 .267/.392/.579/.972 .738/1.056 .955 62/1.095 0/0 15/0

19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 149/93 .331/.383/.419/.802 1.069/.646 .719 85/.863 1/0 1/1

21.Young G/S/vP 29/.739 7/1.000 4/1.000 6/.500 2/.500 ··· 4/1.000 6/.666 ··· 420/288 .320/.350/.522/.872 1.000/.815 .855 117/.947 4/3 14/4

IP 147.1 41.1 39.1 61.2 41.1 1.0 36.1 44.0 9.1 TOTAL .282/.350/.438/.789 .759/.804 .784 .876 44/20 105/55

ERA-K/9

3.30/7.0

5.01/11.1

4.35/8.9

5.11/5.1

1.96/10.0

0.00/0.0

1.49/9.4

2.25/12.3

0.00/4.8

3.89/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (14-11-2)
Mauer (36-14-4)
Morales (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 593/.221 185/.268 170/.253 273/.267 158/.181 5/.333 158/.224 175/.204 35/.250 .257 Young
Span
Kubel
Cuddyer
Repko
Casilla 103/0/0/7
0/108/0/5
16/0/51/5
0/2/66/5
0/5/9/1
0/1/0/0

OPS .593 .709 .764 .768 .491 .933 .596 .554 .536 .702

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 175/.739 97/.662 84/.945 117/.536 66/.637 2/1.000 62/.474 82/.416 13/.825 .705

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 418/.532 88/.760 86/.579 156/.927 92/.385 3/.667 96/.678 93/.680 22/.372 .700

Home 330/.566 97/.669 93/.834 156/.743 75/.540 / 78/.476 82/.646 6/1.267

Last 28d days 141/.558 40/.776 39/.626 81/.868 32/.746 5/.933 36/.564 31/.545 28/.555

HR/SB/CS 8/3/6 3/8/0 8/5/0 8/2/3 3/3/1 0/0/0 0/1/1 1/3/0 0/1/0 87/65/29

Usage ····X··· X····Xo· X·o····X X···X··X ·o·o·oo· ·o··o··· ·o···X·· ·o·X·Xo· ········

WhiteSox Batters (4.58 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 60.Rauch
G/S/vB 39.Slama
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP 5/2.400 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 4/1.750 7/1.071 2/.000 4/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 390/292 .251/.308/.368/.676 .666/.679 .687 86/1.008 4/6 6/10

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 85/62 .303/.369/.566/.935 1.209/.837 .898 36/1.040 1/0 6/1

25.Jones G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 11/.384 5/1.600 4/1.000 9/.889 ··· 267/184 .201/.307/.437/.744 .830/.705 .823 47/.629 9/2 15/1

14.Konerko G/S/vP 15/.800 2/1.500 1/.000 16/.455 28/.637 17/1.269 9/.583 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 448/347 .304/.379/.578/.957 1.114/.912 1.142 110/1.003 0/1 28/4

7.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/4.000 4/2.000 5/.400 4/1.250 14/.357 1/.000 7/.572 ··· 286/264 .233/.308/.380/.688 .091/.738 .670 73/.626 1/2 7/0

18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.650 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 49/29 .292/.306/.521/.827 1.239/.552 .857 26/.385 2/1 1/0

1.Pierre* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 7/.453 2/1.000 1/no AB 8/.708 ··· 504/369 .266/.337/.304/.641 .685/.626 .664 120/.725 43/14 1/1

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 7/.000 2/1.500 3/1.667 11/.573 20/.210 9/.444 13/1.000 5/.400 6/.733 ··· 353/266 .233/.270/.345/.616 .523/.645 .674 71/.424 1/3 6/1

20.Quentin G/S/vP 9/.472 3/.333 3/.666 9/.365 9/.619 7/1.214 3/.333 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 390/299 .230/.328/.490/.818 .738/.841 .984 85/.640 2/1 23/4

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 12/.523 1/.000 ··· 7/.286 8/.750 12/1.219 3/.000 1/.000 5/1.800 ··· 424/310 .289/.320/.427/.747 .737/.750 .762 107/.847 8/6 11/14

51.Rios G/S/vP 10/1.400 3/.666 2/.000 11/.818 20/.900 12/.250 4/1.250 ··· 6/.334 ··· 447/338 .298/.347/.484/.831 .796/.842 .867 106/.679 24/13 17/2

24.Viciedo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 74/38 .297/.297/.500/.797 1.028/.579 1.100 34/.794 1/0 3/4

11.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 5/1.000 3/.000 5/.000 1/.000 11/.844 ··· 234/199 .287/.359/.342/.701 .561/.725 .692 77/.822 6/3 1/2

IP 41.0 51.0 46.1 52.1 140.2 32.0 25.2 42.1 4.2 TOTAL .262/.327/.421/.748 .744/.749 .807 .761 106/56 130/72

ERA-K/9

/0.0

4.39/6.6

2.65/8.1

3.11/7.8

3.27/5.5

3.33/10.0

3.66/6.8

2.81/7.4

2.98/7.0

7.71/9.6

3.95/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Castro (14-7-1)
Pierzynski (46-20-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 178/.293 220/.270 193/.225 210/.214 587/.247 132/.260 106/.253 180/.281 25/.300 .266 Jones
Pierre
Rios
Quentin
Kotsay
Lillibridge 11/11/43/7
101/0/0/3
1/103/0/2
0/0/75/1
0/0/6/1
1/4/0/0

OPS .835 .712 .657 .615 .635 .696 .730 .713 .990 .730

vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 67/.942 106/.646 74/.819 80/.680 120/.473 63/.563 49/.736 89/.768 12/1.389 .716

vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 111/.773 114/.773 119/.558 130/.575 467/.678 69/.818 57/.724 91/.660 13/.657 .741

Road / 81/.855 95/.730 116/.633 116/.582 273/.704 78/.832 50/.691 98/.661 21/1.101

Last 28d days / 9/1.583 44/.455 44/.364 48/.552 135/.546 25/.812 30/.748 42/.852 25/.990

HR/SB/CS // 4/2/0 5/2/1 3/3/0 5/1/1 2/8/2 5/3/1 3/0/1 3/0/1 1/1/0 103/54/25

Usage ········ ··o··XoX ···o·oXo X·o·o·XX ····X··· ·····o·o ····o·oo X··XX··· ····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.