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Game Preview: MIN @ OAK, 10:05pm, Friday, June 4, 2010 @McAfee Coliseum

Twins, 31-23, 31-231st, 2½ up

SP: Scott Baker (28, RHP, 5-4, 4.48)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (5-4) 66.1 75 33 33 16 53 7 4.48
2009 (15-9) 200.0 190 99 97 48 162 28 4.37
2008 (11-4) 172.1 161 66 66 42 141 20 3.45
Last 7 GS 3-2 42.0 48 20 20 11 38 4 4.29 51
2010-05-30 TEX W 6.0 8 3 3 3 4 0 97 45
2010-05-25 NYY ND 5.0 3 0 0 1 2 0 50 62
2010-05-19 @BOS L 6.0 8 3 3 1 4 1 105 47
2010-05-14 @NYY L 6.0 10 5 5 1 9 1 100 40
2010-05-08 BAL W 8.0 3 1 1 0 8 1 97 80
2010-05-03 DET W 7.0 7 3 3 2 6 0 102 55
2010-04-28 @DET ND 4.0 9 5 5 3 5 1 80 26
Last 5 v.OAK 4-0 25.0 20 9 9 4 18 0 3.24 58
2009-06-09 @OAK W 8.0 4 3 3 1 8 0 116 69
2008-08-31 @OAK W 6.0 6 1 1 1 4 0 96 59
2007-07-12 OAK W 6.0 5 2 2 1 3 0 100 56
2005-09-21 @OAK W 5.0 5 3 3 1 3 0 103 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   18-9    Road:   13-14   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  20-16   vsLHP:  11-7    1-Run:   9-8 
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:15-8    vsWest:  7-4  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Thu, Jun  3  @SEA  L   1-4       31-23  1st  2.5 up
 53 Wed, Jun  2  @SEA  L   1-2 (10)  31-22  1st  3.5 up
 52 Tue, Jun  1  @SEA  L   1-7       31-21  1st  4.5 up
 51 Mon, May 31  @SEA  W   5-4       31-20  1st  4.5 up
 50 Sun, May 30   TEX  W   6-3       30-20  1st  3.5 up
 49 Sat, May 29   TEX  W   8-3       29-20  1st  3.5 up
 48 Fri, May 28   TEX  W   2-1       28-20  1st  2.5 up
 47 Thu, May 27   NYY  W   8-2       27-20  1st  1.5 up
 46 Wed, May 26   NYY  L   2-3       26-20  1st  1.0 up
 45 Tue, May 25   NYY  L   0-1       26-19  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Athletics, 29-26, 29-261st, Tied

SP: Dallas Braden (26, LHP, 4-5, 3.60)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (4-5) 70.0 64 29 28 12 44 8 3.60
2009 (8-9) 136.2 144 63 59 42 81 9 3.89
2008 (5-4) 71.2 77 36 33 25 41 8 4.14
Last 7 GS 1-5 44.0 46 21 20 8 26 4 4.09 51
2010-05-30 @DET L 6.0 11 5 5 1 5 2 95 34
2010-05-25 @BAL ND 4.0 3 1 0 2 4 0 62 56
2010-05-19 DET L 6.0 6 2 2 1 2 1 79 53
2010-05-14 @LAA L 8.0 7 4 4 1 5 1 98 56
2010-05-09 TBR W 9.0 0 0 0 0 6 0 109 93
2010-05-03 TEX L 7.0 11 3 3 0 3 0 97 46
2010-04-28 @TBR L 4.0 8 6 6 3 1 0 88 20
Last 5 v.MIN 0-1 25.2 24 9 8 11 16 1 2.81 55
2009-07-21 MIN ND 7.0 5 2 2 4 3 0 106 58
2009-06-10 MIN ND 7.0 6 2 2 2 4 0 96 59
2008-08-30 MIN ND 6.0 7 2 1 2 2 1 100 52
2008-08-20 @MIN L 5.2 6 3 3 3 7 0 102 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   18-9    Road:   11-17   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  19-19   vsLHP:  10-7    1-Run:  10-2 
 vsEast: 10-12   vsCntrl: 5-4    vsWest: 11-10 IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 55 Thu, Jun  3  @BOS  W   9-8       29-26  1st    Tied
 54 Wed, Jun  2  @BOS  L   4-6       28-26  2nd  1.0 gb
 53 Tue, Jun  1  @BOS  L   4-9       28-25  1st    Tied
 52 Mon, May 31  @DET  W   4-1       28-24  1st  1.0 up
 51 Sun, May 30  @DET  L   2-10      27-24  1st  0.5 up
 50 Sat, May 29  @DET  W   6-0       27-23  1st  0.5 up
 49 Fri, May 28  @DET  W   5-4       26-23  2nd  0.5 gb
 48 Thu, May 27  @BAL  W   7-5       25-23  2nd  1.5 gb
 47 Wed, May 26  @BAL  W   6-1       24-23  2nd  2.0 gb
 46 Tue, May 25  @BAL  L   1-5       23-23  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 13, 2009 MIN  8  OAK  0        W:Brian Duensing (3-1), L: Gio Gonzalez (5-6), S: none
Sat, Sep 12, 2009 OAK  4 @MIN  2        W:Brett Anderson (9-10), L: Jeff Manship (0-1), S: Andrew Bailey (24)
Fri, Sep 11, 2009 OAK 12 @MIN  5        W:Clayton Mortenson (1-2), L: Nick Blackburn (9-11), S: none
Wed, Jul 22, 2009 OAK 16  MIN  1        W:Trevor Cahill (6-8), L: Glen Perkins (5-6), S: none
Tue, Jul 21, 2009 MIN  3 @OAK  2 (10)   W:Matt Guerrier (5-0), L: Andrew Bailey (4-3), S: Joe Nathan (26)
Mon, Jul 20, 2009 OAK 14  MIN 13        W:Craig Breslow (3-4), L: Jose Mijares (0-2), S: Michael Wuertz (3)
Thu, Jun 11, 2009 OAK  4  MIN  3        W:Brad Ziegler (1-1), L: Sean Henn (0-2), S: none
Wed, Jun 10, 2009 MIN  6 @OAK  3        W:Matt Guerrier (3-0), L: Andrew Bailey (4-1), S: Joe Nathan (13)
Tue, Jun 09, 2009 MIN 10 @OAK  5        W:Scott Baker (4-6), L: Brett Anderson (3-6), S: Joe Nathan (12)
Mon, Jun 08, 2009 OAK  4  MIN  3        W:Josh Outman (4-0), L: Luis Ayala (1-2), S: Andrew Bailey (5)
Season Series: 2010 -  0-0; 2009 - OAK won 6-4; 2008 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - MIN leads 980-970

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  5.69

LAA  4.52

HOU  3.22

 RA/G

SDP  3.26

CHC  4.47

ARI  5.98

 BA

R. Cano  .373

J. Drew  .271

A. Ramirez  .162

 OBP

J. Morneau  .480

J. Hamilton  .341

A. Ramirez  .227

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .684

N. Markakis  .425

G. Beckham  .241

 OPS

J. Morneau  1.154

P. Sandoval  .778

A. Ramirez  .496

 ERA

U. Jimenez  .78

J. Verlander  3.75

G. Floyd  6.64

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.42

C. Richard  6.65

N. Blackburn  2.36

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

Twins Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Braden*
G/S/vB		 40.Bailey
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 66.Ross
G/S/vB		 15.Sheets
G/S/vB		 48.Wuertz
G/S/vB		 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/14 .179/.179/.214/.393 .467/.308 .133 15/.600 0/0 0/1
27.Hardy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 13/.398 ··· 143/103 .226/.275/.346/.621 .509/.662 .657 35/.382 0/0 3/1
23.Harris G/S/vP 10/.200 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 3/.666 104/63 .163/.250/.228/.478 .375/.550 .533 49/.312 0/0 1/0
1.Hudson# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 6/.833 3/1.334 222/145 .305/.377/.421/.799 .746/.826 .721 87/.889 4/0 3/2
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 6/.750 4/.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/1.167 3/2.667 2/.500 188/134 .228/.340/.380/.720 .566/.775 .696 84/.810 0/0 6/2
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 10/.800 3/.666 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· 3/2.667 194/121 .318/.392/.453/.845 .847/.843 .897 98/.785 1/1 2/3
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 13/.658 2/.500 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 2/1.000 229/140 .369/.480/.674/1.154 1.049/1.225 1.215 105/1.175 0/0 12/0
8.Punto# G/S/vP 9/.708 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 118/79 .208/.291/.267/.558 .493/.539 .371 67/.546 4/0 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 6/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 253/171 .277/.360/.364/.724 .784/.695 .519 112/.683 13/1 1/1
25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 4/.250 2/3.500 ··· 12/.834 1/.000 2/.000 115/85 .234/.365/.457/.823 .624/.900 .897 42/.598 0/0 5/0
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 12/9 .167/.167/.167/.333 .667/.222 .333 12/.333 0/1 0/0
21.Young G/S/vP 14/.715 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 3/.000 173/116 .265/.312/.445/.757 .753/.759 .765 85/.773 3/1 5/1
IP 70.0 23.0 18.2 23.0 28.2 68.1 8.2 26.2 TOTAL .270/.350/.418/.769 .771/.767 .746 .747 27/6 46/17
ERA-K/9 3.60/5.7 1.57/5.1 5.30/10.6 2.74/8.6 5.97/6.6 5.00/6.9 7.27/6.2 2.70/5.1 4.02/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (4-3-1)
 Mauer (23-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 277/.245 90/.195 91/.321 95/.205 125/.299 294/.271 41/.286 108/.213 .253  Span
 Kubel
 Young
0/54/0/3
15/0/7/3
44/0/0/2
OPS .672 .540 .876 .679 .755 .840 .889 .635 .727
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 64/.703 39/.402 35/.464 38/.443 59/.773 156/.758 13/1.715 36/1.031 .688
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 213/.662 51/.643 56/1.162 57/.841 66/.736 138/.921 28/.539 72/.451 .749
Home 154/.534 50/.437 41/.825 36/.641 64/.573 146/.664 18/.878 51/.391
Last 28d days 128/.631 50/.635 38/1.076 45/.523 61/.848 152/.631 35/.934 55/.747
HR/SB/CS 8/0/0 2/2/1 3/0/0 2/3/1 2/2/0 10/12/7 1/0/0 2/1/1 56/31/15
Usage ····X··· X··X··XX X·Xo···· ·XX··X·o ·oo····X ·X····X· ··Xo···o XX···Xo·
Athletics Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (3.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Baker
G/S/vB		 31.Burnett
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		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 6/.533 4/2.167 2/.500 1/.000 245/169 .282/.397/.441/.838 .818/.846 .889 116/.849 0/1 4/7
32.Cust* G/S/vP 9/.111 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 10/.700 5/.650 3/1.666 1/.000 61/52 .264/.361/.340/.700 1.056/.638 .723 61/.700 0/0 1/1
11.Davis G/S/vP 6/1.467 ··· 3/1.667 3/.666 9/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 200/139 .258/.302/.323/.624 .733/.578 .608 87/.688 23/3 1/1
14.Ellis G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 5/1.400 9/.666 9/1.381 7/1.071 1/.000 1/.000 78/63 .313/.403/.433/.835 .890/.823 .732 44/.891 0/0 1/0
50.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 92/40 .224/.272/.318/.589 .695/.447 .528 35/.648 0/0 1/1
18.Gross* G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/5.000 102/74 .309/.340/.415/.755 .522/.836 .607 55/.955 1/1 1/0
5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 5/1.200 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 221/159 .251/.290/.372/.662 .699/.647 .702 100/.659 0/0 5/4
1.Patterson* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 88/70 .222/.276/.481/.757 .284/.882 .793 32/.930 5/0 4/1
2.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/.400 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 214/157 .204/.287/.312/.599 .625/.588 .673 97/.379 7/2 3/5
35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 56/39 .261/.375/.370/.745 .983/.640 .583 37/.949 1/0 1/2
7.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 172/118 .273/.333/.390/.723 .796/.692 .587 83/.721 0/0 4/0
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· 4/1.500 5/.200 11/.697 5/.900 3/.333 ··· 140/104 .260/.329/.488/.817 .734/.838 .968 73/.786 0/0 7/3
21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· 3/.666 4/.000 3/.333 1/2.000 2/.500 210/159 .309/.352/.402/.754 .629/.792 .826 91/.799 0/1 1/0
IP 66.1 26.0 24.0 25.0 65.2 12.2 10.1 21.0 TOTAL .259/.323/.383/.706 .710/.704 .712 .734 38/9 37/34
ERA-K/9 4.48/7.2 2.42/7.6 4.88/7.1 1.80/5.8 3.29/9.0 6.39/10.6 2.61/7.0 3.00/6.0 3.77/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fox (1-1-0)
 Powell (7-5-0)
 Suzuki (19-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 282/.284 105/.228 101/.253 94/.176 275/.260 55/.260 42/.282 86/.293 .270  Sweeney
 Gross
 Cust
 Davis
 Patterson
 Fox
 Rosales
0/0/51/3
22/6/12/3
6/0/0/2
2/49/0/1
21/6/0/1
7/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .773 .654 .760 .480 .672 .689 .779 .757 .729
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 133/.769 42/.727 40/1.026 37/.540 50/.460 26/.439 16/.905 41/.803 .722
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 149/.777 63/.604 61/.590 57/.441 225/.722 29/.918 26/.708 45/.714 .734
Road 126/.869 46/.641 63/.745 56/.593 158/.707 33/.880 23/1.030 45/.675
Last 28d days 128/.696 53/.550 44/.783 36/.402 136/.793 26/1.032 26/.423 38/.909
HR/SB/CS 7/1/2 0/2/0 3/1/0 1/1/1 2/3/1 2/2/0 2/0/1 2/0/1 46/31/12
Usage ····X··· ··X·o··o oX·o·X·· ·X·oo·o· ···X···· ··X····· ·o··o·oX ···oX·o·

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.