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Game Preview: MIN @ TBR, 7:10 pm, Friday, April 15, 2011 @Tropicana Field

Twins, 4-8, 4-8 5th, 4 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (29, RHP, 1-1, 0.77)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-1) 11.2 12 3 1 4 4 1 0.77
2010 (10-12) 161.0 194 101 97 40 68 25 5.42
2009 (11-11) 205.2 240 103 92 41 98 25 4.03
Last 7 GS 2-4 45.0 41 17 15 12 20 6 3.00 54
2011-04-09 OAK L 6.0 6 1 0 3 2 0 106 57
2011-04-03 @TOR W 5.2 6 2 1 1 2 1 93 52
2010-10-03 TOR L 7.0 3 2 2 1 6 2 96 68
2010-09-28 @KCR L 4.1 8 8 8 2 4 2 82 17
2010-09-22 CLE W 7.0 5 1 1 2 2 0 89 63
2010-09-17 OAK L 7.0 8 3 3 1 1 1 110 49
2010-09-11 @CLE ND 8.0 5 0 0 2 3 0 94 73
Last 5 v.TBR 2-2 20.2 30 17 14 7 7 3 6.10 39
2010-07-04 TBR L 6.1 9 7 4 2 3 1 104 34
2009-05-31 @TBR W 6.0 7 2 2 1 1 2 98 50
2009-04-29 TBR W 7.0 8 2 2 1 3 0 104 55
2008-09-19 @TBR L 1.1 6 6 6 3 0 0 42 15
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-3    Road:    2-5    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   0-6    vsLHP:   4-2    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  2-5    vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Thu, Apr 14  @TBR  L   3-4 (10)   4-8   5th  4.0 gb
 11 Wed, Apr 13   KCR  L   5-10       4-7   5th  3.5 gb
 10 Tue, Apr 12   KCR  W   4-3 (10)   4-6   4th  3.5 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 10   OAK  L   3-5        3-6   4th  4.0 gb
  8 Sat, Apr  9   OAK  L   0-1        3-5   4th  3.0 gb
  7 Fri, Apr  8   OAK  W   2-1        3-4   4th  2.0 gb
  6 Thu, Apr  7  @NYY  L   3-4        2-4   4th  2.0 gb
  5 Tue, Apr  5  @NYY  W   5-4 (10)   2-3   4th  2.0 gb
  4 Mon, Apr  4  @NYY  L   3-4        1-3   4th  2.0 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  3  @TOR  W   4-3        1-2   3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 4-8    Last 30: 4-8
Rays, 4-8, 4-8 4th, 3½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Wade Davis (25, RHP, 0-2, 4.38)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-2) 12.1 13 6 6 4 7 0 4.38
2010 (12-10) 168.0 165 77 76 62 113 24 4.07
2009 (2-2) 36.1 33 19 15 13 36 2 3.72
Last 7 GS 1-3 41.0 37 15 14 12 30 2 3.07 55
2011-04-09 @CHW L 6.0 5 2 2 3 4 0 103 55
2011-04-03 BAL L 6.1 8 4 4 1 3 0 89 43
2010-10-03 @KCR ND 7.0 3 2 2 2 6 1 104 67
2010-09-27 BAL L 6.1 7 3 3 1 2 0 89 48
2010-09-22 @NYY ND 2.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 31 57
2010-09-17 LAA ND 6.0 7 3 2 1 8 0 110 55
2010-09-11 @TOR W 7.0 7 1 1 3 6 1 108 62
Last 5 v.MIN 0-0 10.1 18 10 10 1 3 4 8.71 31
2010-08-05 MIN ND 6.0 10 6 6 1 2 1 81 29
2010-07-03 @MIN ND 4.1 8 4 4 0 1 3 73 32
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    1-5    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   2-7    vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   2-0 
 vsEast:  2-3    vsCntrl: 2-3    vsWest:  0-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Thu, Apr 14   MIN  W   4-3 (10)   4-8   4th  3.5 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 12  @BOS  W   3-2        3-8   4th  4.0 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 11  @BOS  W  16-5        2-8   4th  4.5 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 10  @CHW  L   1-6        1-8   5th  5.0 gb
  8 Sat, Apr  9  @CHW  L   2-4        1-7   4th  5.0 gb
  7 Fri, Apr  8  @CHW  W   9-7        1-6   4th  4.5 gb
  6 Thu, Apr  7  @CHW  L   1-5        0-6   4th  5.0 gb
  5 Wed, Apr  6   LAA  L   1-5        0-5   4th  4.0 gb
  4 Tue, Apr  5   LAA  L   3-5        0-4   4th  4.0 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  3   BAL  L   1-5        0-3   4th  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 4-8    Last 30: 4-8 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 TBR  4  MIN  3 (10)   W:Kyle Farnsworth (1-0), L: Matt Capps (1-1), S: none

Thu, Aug 05, 2010 MIN  8 @TBR  6        W:Matt Capps (4-3), L: Joaquin Benoit (0-1), S: none
Wed, Aug 04, 2010 MIN  2 @TBR  1 (13)   W:Matt Guerrier (2-6), L: Lance Cormier (3-3), S: none
Tue, Aug 03, 2010 TBR  6  MIN  4        W:Jeff Niemann (10-3), L: Matt Guerrier (1-6), S: Rafael Soriano (31)
Mon, Aug 02, 2010 TBR  4  MIN  2        W:Jeremy Hellickson (1-0), L: Carl Pavano (13-7), S: Dan Wheeler (3)
Sun, Jul 04, 2010 TBR  7 @MIN  4        W:James Shields (7-8), L: Nick Blackburn (7-6), S: Rafael Soriano (21)
Sat, Jul 03, 2010 TBR  8 @MIN  6        W:Randy Choate (1-2), L: Matt Guerrier (1-4), S: Rafael Soriano (20)
Fri, Jul 02, 2010 MIN  2  TBR  1        W:Scott Baker (7-7), L: David Price (11-4), S: Jon Rauch (18)
Thu, Jul 01, 2010 TBR  5 @MIN  4 (10)   W:Lance Cormier (3-1), L: Matt Guerrier (1-3), S: Rafael Soriano (19)
Sun, May 31, 2009 MIN  3 @TBR  2        W:Nick Blackburn (5-2), L: Matt Garza (4-4), S: Joe Nathan (9)
Season Series: 2011 - TBR over 1-0; 2010 - TBR won 5-3; 2009 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - MIN leads 56-45

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 2011 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

For the 2010 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

NYY  5.30

ARI  4.40

SEA  3.17

 RA/G

SDP  3.59

CHW  4.35

PIT  5.35

 BA

J. Hamilton  .359

M. Mora  .285

B. Wood  .146

 OBP

J. Morneau  .437

O. Infante  .359

B. Wood  .174

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .633

C. Granderson  .468

B. Wood  .208

 OPS

J. Morneau  1.055

A. Torres  .823

B. Wood  .382

 ERA

F. Hernandez  2.27

C. Pavano  3.75

J. Bonderman  5.53

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.79

M. Cain  7.13

K. Kendrick  4.18

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Twins Batters (3.00 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Davis
G/S/vB		 37.Cruz
G/S/vB		 43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB		 57.McGee*
G/S/vB		 62.Peralta
G/S/vB		 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB		 36.Russell
G/S/vB		 21.Sonnanstine
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 155/89 .197/.237/.296/.533 .453/.591 .528 13/.308 0/0 2/5
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.000 170/132 .276/.331/.395/.726 .813/.702 .751 26/.368 6/1 1/5
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 5/.400 5/1.800 11/1.064 ··· 7/.286 1/.000 ··· ··· 675/460 .271/.336/.417/.753 .875/.700 .722 45/.533 7/3 14/6
Holm G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
38.Hughes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/3 .286/.286/.714/1.000 .500/1.667 1.000 12/.500 0/1 1/0
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.500 5/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 582/399 .249/.323/.427/.750 .655/.792 .753 45/.742 0/1 21/5
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 2/2.500 3/.666 9/1.444 ··· 8/1.875 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 348/215 .345/.437/.618/1.055 .966/1.113 1.205 48/.619 0/0 18/1
18.Repko G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 146/89 .228/.324/.346/.671 .523/.767 .842 2/.000 3/2 3/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.666 6/1.667 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 705/462 .264/.331/.348/.679 .696/.670 .602 53/.778 26/4 3/4
25.Thome* G/S/vP 2/5.000 1/no AB 5/2.100 ··· 10/1.944 1/.000 ··· 12/.916 340/246 .283/.412/.627/1.039 .769/1.154 .958 30/.707 0/0 25/
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 100/79 .230/.293/.379/.672 .198/.797 .401 11/.818 1/1 1/2
19.Valencia G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 322/211 .311/.351/.448/.799 .967/.713 .658 48/.643 2/0 7/6
21.Young G/S/vP 5/1.200 6/.533 15/.333 ··· 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· 613/419 .298/.333/.493/.826 .927/.781 .841 47/.484 5/4 21/4
IP 168.0 5.1 64.2 5.0 49.0 8.1 15.2 81.0 TOTAL .242/.287/.314/.601 .542/.645 .576 .601 3/0 3/9
ERA-K/9 4.07/6.1 3.38/11.9 3.34/8.5 1.80/10.8 2.02/9.0 11.88/9.8 4.02/10.3 4.44/5.6 4.16/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (21-16-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 722/.255 28/.391 267/.230 20/.118 189/.170 47/.419 63/.255 355/.259 .266  Young
 Kubel
 Repko
 Cuddyer
 Span
 Casilla
 Tolbert
149/0/0/12
16/0/83/7
6/6/39/5
0/2/66/5
0/153/0/5
0/1/0/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .756 .960 .634 .426 .521 1.049 .602 .761 .761
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 402/.776 11/.899 126/.745 11/.697 72/.596 21/.697 25/.393 164/.738 .719
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 320/.732 17/1.000 141/.538 9/.111 117/.474 26/1.330 38/.734 191/.780 .789
Home 395/.762 18/.686 144/.660 9/.333 100/.526 23/.954 40/.627 149/.777
Last 28d days 54/.723 16/.466 20/.566 16/1.080 21/.762 15/.564 18/.590 24/.683
HR/SB/CS 24/13/5 0/0/0 4/5/5 0/0/0 5/3/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 11/6/0 11/15/3
Usage ·····X·· o····X·o o·oX··o· X····o·X ··oX··X· X··o··X· ···X·oo· ····X···

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Rays Batters (3.58 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB		 31.Burnett
G/S/vB		 55.Capps
G/S/vB		 56.Hughes*
G/S/vB		 49.Manship
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Brignac* G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 326/275 .256/.307/.385/.692 .609/.706 .635 28/.442 3/3 8/9
22.Damon* G/S/vP 23/1.030 1/2.000 3/2.667 5/.933 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 5/.800 613/475 .271/.355/.401/.756 .740/.760 .794 48/.663 11/1 8/2
5.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/28 .143/.226/.179/.404 .667/.374 .347 40/.943 0/0 0/0
28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 404/346 .263/.372/.378/.750 .610/.772 .613 25/.368 4/0 5/5
24.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 10/.000 ··· 140/117 .198/.343/.414/.757 .862/.738 .715 47/.419 1/0 7/2
9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 16/.732 / /
20.Joyce* G/S/vP 12/.584 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.750 3/2.000 261/233 .241/.360/.477/.837 .263/.910 .698 37/.600 2/2 10/3
11.Kotchman* G/S/vP 8/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 457/338 .217/.280/.336/.616 .460/.670 .587 6/.333 0/0 9/1
45.Lopez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 4/1.000 441/299 .233/.311/.345/.656 .718/.626 .749 24/.833 8/2 8/13
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 4/2.250 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/4.500 378/242 .251/.308/.397/.705 .817/.642 .716 22/.703 13/3 9/6
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 12/1.750 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.250 3/.000 4/.750 187/83 .196/.308/.342/.650 .830/.422 .710 20/.461 0/0 5/2
2.Upton G/S/vP 7/.858 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 3/1.000 610/413 .237/.322/.424/.745 .919/.664 .759 48/.807 42/9 18/5
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 4/2.417 1/3.000 655/445 .238/.346/.353/.699 .695/.688 .646 51/.608 24/3 10/4
IP 161.0 47.2 73.0 56.1 29.0 32.2 21.2 TOTAL .204/.267/.339/.606 .764/.558 .511 .606 13/3 10/6
ERA-K/9 5.42/3.8 5.29/7.0 2.47/7.3 3.83/5.4 5.28/6.5 3.31/7.7 /0.0 5.82/5.8 4.57/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Jaso (41-12-7)
 Shoppach (29-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 692/.302 211/.287 305/.265 252/.273 124/.293 139/.268 / 98/.337 .252  Zobrist
 Joyce
 Upton
 Damon
 Brignac
 Lopez
 Johnson
 Rodriguez
 Fuld
1/14/103/6
13/0/53/4
0/154/0/3
33/4/0/2
0/0/2/0
0/0/1/0
3/0/0/0
5/9/8/0
8/7/0/0
OPS .839 .847 .688 .730 .773 .768 .938 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 347/.843 76/.946 146/.654 115/.674 59/.676 62/.776 / 32/.657 .665
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 345/.836 135/.794 159/.719 137/.775 65/.861 77/.761 / 66/1.080 .785
Road 328/.968 97/.904 122/.639 125/.764 68/.790 65/.633 / 48/.983
Last 28d days 51/.697 11/.705 26/.533 23/1.035 15/1.000 17/.371 23/.769 21/.401
HR/SB/CS 25/5/4 6/2/0 6/3/2 3/3/1 3/1/1 4/1/1 // 3/2/1 14/9/3
Usage ·····X·· ·X··Xo·· o·X··o·· ·oo··o·o ·o··o··X ··o·Xo·o X·o···X· ·X··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.