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Game Preview: MIN @ BAL, 1:35pm, Sunday, April 8, 2012 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Twins, 0-2, 0-2 4th, 2 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Anthony Swarzak (26, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (4-7) 102.0 111 53 49 26 55 9 4.32
2009 (3-7) 59.0 76 43 41 20 34 12 6.25
Last 7 GS 1-4 38.1 49 27 24 6 25 4 5.63 44
2011-09-27 KCR W 6.1 10 2 2 0 6 0 98 51
2011-09-22 SEA ND 6.0 9 2 2 2 4 0 97 48
2011-09-17 CLE L 1.2 7 7 7 1 0 1 54 12
2011-09-10 @DET ND 6.0 4 2 2 2 6 1 94 60
2011-09-05 CHW L 8.0 7 2 2 0 4 0 103 64
2011-08-30 @CHW L 4.1 6 8 6 1 1 1 80 23
2011-07-18 CLE L 6.0 6 4 3 0 4 1 96 50
Has never faced BAL as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-0    Road:    0-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   0-2    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  0-2    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  2 Sat, Apr  7  @BAL  L   2-8        0-2   4th  2.0 gb
  1 Fri, Apr  6  @BAL  L   2-4        0-1   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 0-2    Last 20: 0-2    Last 30: 0-2
Orioles, 2-0, 2-0 1st, Tied

SP: Jason Hammel (29, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (7-13) 170.1 175 100 90 68 94 21 4.76
2010 (10-9) 177.2 201 97 95 47 141 18 4.81
2009 (10-8) 176.2 203 94 85 42 133 17 4.33
Last 7 GS 2-2 38.2 37 25 24 17 22 4 5.59 46
2011-09-24 @HOU ND 7.0 3 2 2 1 3 1 98 65
2011-09-06 ARI ND 7.0 6 2 1 1 6 0 95 64
2011-08-19 LAD L 3.0 6 6 6 3 1 1 70 21
2011-08-13 @STL W 6.1 5 1 1 3 1 0 113 57
2011-08-08 @CIN ND 4.0 4 6 6 2 2 2 65 30
2011-08-03 PHI L 5.0 8 6 6 4 4 0 96 27
2011-07-29 @SDP W 6.1 5 2 2 3 5 0 115 57
Last 5 v.MIN 1-0 12.0 9 4 4 5 9 1 3.00 57
2008-04-17 @MIN W 6.0 6 3 3 2 5 0 101 51
2006-09-06 MIN ND 6.0 3 1 1 3 4 1 99 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-0    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-0    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  2 Sat, Apr  7   MIN  W   8-2        2-0   1st    Tied
  1 Fri, Apr  6   MIN  W   4-2        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 2-0    Last 20: 2-0    Last 30: 2-0 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 07, 2012 BAL  8  MIN  2        W:Tommy Hunter (1-0), L: Francisco Liriano (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 06, 2012 BAL  4  MIN  2        W:Jake Arrieta (1-0), L: Carl Pavano (0-1), S: Jim Johnson (1)

Thu, Aug 25, 2011 BAL  6 @MIN  1        W:Jo-Jo Reyes (7-10), L: Anthony Swarzak (3-4), S: none
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 BAL  6 @MIN  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (6-16), L: Kevin Slowey (0-2), S: none
Tue, Aug 23, 2011 BAL  8 @MIN  1        W:Alfredo Simon (4-6), L: Brian Duensing (8-13), S: none
Mon, Aug 22, 2011 BAL  4 @MIN  1        W:Zach Britton (7-9), L: Carl Pavano (6-10), S: Kevin Gregg (18)
Thu, Apr 21, 2011 MIN  3 @BAL  1        W:Scott Baker (1-2), L: Jeremy Guthrie (1-3), S: Matt Capps (3)
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 BAL  5  MIN  4        W:Zach Britton (3-1), L: Nick Blackburn (1-3), S: Kevin Gregg (2)
Tue, Apr 19, 2011 BAL 11  MIN  0        W:Jake Arrieta (2-1), L: Carl Pavano (1-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 18, 2011 MIN  5 @BAL  3        W:Francisco Liriano (1-3), L: Chris Tillman (0-2), S: Matt Capps (2)
Season Series: 2012 - BAL over 2-0; 2011 - BAL won 6-2; 2010 - MIN won 5-3; All-Time - BAL leads 951-935

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 2012 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 2011 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.40

CLE  4.35

SEA  3.43

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

FLA  4.33

BAL  5.31

 BA

M. Cabrera  .344

A. Ramirez  .269

V. Wells  .218

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .448

J. Bruce  .341

V. Wells  .248

 SLG

J. Bautista  .608

C. Lee  .446

J. Bartlett  .307

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.056

Y. Escobar  .782

A. Rios  .613

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.28

J. Vazquez  3.69

B. Penny  5.30

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.54

G. Floyd  7.02

B. Penny  3.67

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Twins Batters (2.00 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (2.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Hammel
G/S/vB		 38.Ayala
G/S/vB		 63.Gregg
G/S/vB		 29.Hunter
G/S/vB		 43.Johnson
G/S/vB		 27.Lindstrom
G/S/vB		 17.Matusz*
G/S/vB		 56.O'Day
G/S/vB		 40.Patton*
G/S/vB		 47.Strop
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
37.Burroughs* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.333 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 115/101 .273/.289/.336/.626 .643/.623 .556 1/.000 1/0 1/1
8.Carroll G/S/vP 16/1.458 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 3/.666 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 510/370 .290/.359/.347/.706 .751/.689 .791 8/.125 10/0 0/9
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 8/.453 ··· ··· 7/1.514 ··· ··· 1/.000 365/247 .260/.322/.368/.691 .579/.750 .611 5/.400 15/4 2/11
18.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 4/2.250 3/2.334 3/1.167 2/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 236/174 .303/.353/.477/.830 .912/.802 .703 4/.000 0/1 8/6
38.Hughes G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 317/214 .223/.289/.338/.627 .608/.636 .638 / 3/2 7/5
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 7/1.262 1/.000 4/.250 9/1.333 2/1.000 1/.000 9/.583 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/.000 333/207 .287/.360/.368/.729 .562/.829 .752 8/.542 0/0 3/5
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 6/1.667 2/.500 4/.250 8/.375 3/.000 ··· 5/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 288/193 .227/.285/.333/.618 .401/.728 .587 8/.875 0/0 4/1
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 88/66 .355/.443/.592/1.035 .935/1.069 .786 8/.393 0/0 4/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 320/236 .238/.305/.392/.697 .782/.665 .696 1/.000 3/3 8/12
11.Revere* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 481/317 .267/.310/.309/.619 .609/.624 .695 4/.500 34/9 0/7
2.Span* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 11/.764 1/.000 1/2.000 9/1.556 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 311/225 .264/.328/.359/.687 .657/.698 .660 8/.750 6/1 2/1
22.Valencia G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.500 4/.000 2/3.000 1/2.000 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 608/449 .246/.294/.383/.677 .822/.626 .649 8/.393 2/6 15/18
16.Willingham G/S/vP 10/1.100 11/.573 3/.000 8/.661 4/.500 4/.000 6/1.166 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 563/377 .246/.332/.477/.810 .783/.823 .750 8/1.089 4/1 29/2
IP 170.1 56.0 59.2 84.2 91.0 54.0 49.2 16.2 30.0 22.0 TOTAL .200/.268/.262/.529 2.667/.456 .529 .529 0/0 1/2
ERA-K/9 4.76/5.0 2.09/6.3 4.37/8.0 4.68/4.8 2.67/5.7 3.00/6.0 10.69/6.9 5.40/9.7 3.00/6.6 2.05/8.6 1.00/5.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (41-13-4)
 Mauer (28-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 739/.270 233/.256 275/.254 367/.291 366/.238 226/.256 245/.372 74/.262 119/.223 90/.197 .200  Willingham
 Revere
 Span
 Plouffe
 Mauer
96/0/0/3
13/89/5/3
0/67/0/1
3/0/11/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .777 .708 .773 .782 .628 .661 1.123 .929 .567 .519 .529
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 338/.808 121/.694 145/.855 198/.864 186/.567 92/.698 60/1.058 31/.900 56/.550 42/.515 .538
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 401/.751 112/.723 130/.684 169/.686 180/.690 134/.636 185/1.144 43/.938 63/.582 48/.521 .513
Home 387/.834 114/.681 156/.779 204/.737 195/.542 121/.690 103/1.227 64/.898 73/.606 35/.565
Last 28d days / 3/.000 / 28/.555 4/.833 5/.800 / / 3/2.667 4/.500
HR/SB/CS 21/16/6 5/4/0 7/6/2 12/6/4 5/4/2 3/10/2 18/8/2 7/4/0 2/1/0 0/3/0 1/0/0
Usage o······· X······· ·o······ ·X······ ·o······ o·······

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Orioles Batters (6.00 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (6.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB		 31.Burnett
G/S/vB		 61.Burton
G/S/vB		 55.Capps
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 60.Gray
G/S/vB		 62.Hendriks
G/S/vB		 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB		 44.Maloney*
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Andino G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 7/1.381 ··· 1/.000 511/350 .263/.327/.344/.670 .721/.647 .620 7/.857 13/3 5/10
24.Betemit# G/S/vP 6/1.500 7/.000 5/.600 2/.000 7/.786 21/.762 ··· ··· 17/.502 ··· 3/.000 359/263 .285/.343/.452/.795 .607/.865 .778 3/.667 4/1 8/11
9.Chavez* G/S/vP 1/.000 14/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 5/.400 274/228 .301/.323/.426/.749 .818/.735 .685 / 10/5 5/1
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 210/168 .266/.305/.402/.707 .906/.657 .748 3/.000 1/0 5/8
2.Hardy G/S/vP 2/1.000 7/1.286 1/2.000 5/.400 6/.967 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 8/.393 ··· 2/1.000 567/431 .269/.310/.491/.801 .794/.803 .856 8/.542 0/0 30/6
36.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 / /// / 4/.000 / /
10.Jones G/S/vP ··· 9/.708 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.750 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 9/1.333 ··· 7/.310 618/454 .280/.319/.466/.785 .665/.829 .873 8/1.000 12/4 25/8
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 2/1.000 12/.584 4/.833 1/5.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 9/.666 ··· 11/1.298 716/504 .284/.351/.406/.756 .628/.809 .708 8/2.607 12/3 15/0
28.Paulino G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.400 2/2.000 1/2.000 248/145 .268/.312/.351/.663 .752/.602 .592 4/2.250 0/0 2/7
14.Reimold G/S/vP 2/1.000 5/.800 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 7/1.381 ··· 2/.000 305/207 .247/.328/.453/.781 .680/.830 .896 9/.444 7/2 13/3
12.Reynolds G/S/vP 2/2.500 6/.000 2/.000 2/.000 8/.000 2/3.000 2/.500 ··· 6/.333 1/.000 ··· 620/467 .221/.323/.483/.806 .781/.814 .716 7/.143 6/4 37/31
32.Wieters# G/S/vP ··· 7/1.571 2/.500 1/5.000 4/.500 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 8/1.232 ··· 1/.000 551/405 .262/.328/.450/.778 1.124/.662 .844 7/1.229 1/0 22/5
IP 102.0 148.1 50.2 4.2 65.2 161.2 48.1 23.1 134.1 18.2 61.2 TOTAL .306/.368/.565/.932 .965/.912 .932 .932 0/0 4/1
ERA-K/9 4.32/4.9 4.49/4.6 5.51/5.9 3.86/5.7 4.25/4.7 5.23/6.4 4.28/4.3 6.17/6.2 5.09/7.5 9.16/6.3 2.48/9.5 6.19/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Paulino (47-12-6)
 Wieters (58-34-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 441/.275 670/.305 225/.263 23/.316 274/.262 711/.299 215/.275 100/.312 591/.249 96/.409 253/.244 .306  Jones
 Markakis
 Reimold
 Chavez
 Andino
0/148/0/16
0/0/157/14
73/0/8/5
12/66/6/3
3/0/0/0
OPS .724 .830 .749 .988 .726 .833 .758 .866 .726 1.182 .644 .932
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 244/.690 352/.794 91/.692 8/1.625 129/.765 187/.522 97/.695 58/.842 140/.669 28/1.162 101/.589 1.248
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 197/.766 318/.869 134/.789 15/.670 145/.689 524/.947 118/.811 42/.899 451/.744 68/1.190 152/.681 .770
Road 147/.641 332/.894 94/.810 4/.500 123/.737 346/.762 112/.788 48/.807 282/.778 50/1.371 103/.643
Last 28d days / / 8/.661 5/2.000 / 2/.000 3/1.167 / 20/1.167 / 4/.500
HR/SB/CS 9/3/3 19/11/9 4/7/1 1/2/0 10/2/0 21/6/6 4/3/3 3/0/0 14/9/5 7/0/0 2/3/2 4/0/0
Usage X······· o······· ·o······ ·o······ X······· 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.