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Game Preview: MIN @ BOS, 7:10pm, Saturday, August 4, 2012 @Fenway Park

Twins, 46-60, 46-60 4th, 12½ GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Cole De Vries (27, RHP, 2-2, 3.98)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-2)			52.0	50	29	23	10	36	12	3.98

Last 7 GS		2-1	40.0	39	21	18	4	30	8	4.05	52
2012-07-30	CHW	ND	5.0	7	5	4	1	3	1	100	37
2012-07-24	@CHW	ND	6.0	7	2	1	0	4	1	95	56
2012-07-19	BAL	ND	6.0	5	1	1	1	5	1	96	62
2012-07-14	OAK	L	5.0	6	7	7	0	3	3	85	30
2012-07-08	@TEX	ND	7.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	84	75
2012-06-30	KCR	W	6.0	5	1	1	1	6	1	94	63
2012-06-04	@KCR	W	5.0	6	5	4	0	4	1	80	41

Has never faced BOS as starter.

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

 Home:   23-32   Road:   23-28   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  30-44   vsLHP:  16-16   1-Run:  19-19
 vsEast:  9-14   vsCntrl:20-21   vsWest:  8-16 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Fri, Aug  3  @BOS  W   6-5 (10)  46-60  4th 12.5 gb
105 Thu, Aug  2  @BOS  W   5-0       45-60  4th 12.5 gb
104 Wed, Aug  1   CHW  L   2-3       44-60  4th 13.0 gb
103 Tue, Jul 31   CHW  L   3-4       44-59  4th 12.0 gb
102 Mon, Jul 30   CHW  W   7-6       44-58  4th 11.0 gb
101 Sun, Jul 29   CLE  W   5-1       43-58  4th 12.0 gb
100 Sat, Jul 28   CLE  W  12-5       42-58  4th 13.0 gb
 99 Fri, Jul 27   CLE  W  11-0       41-58  4th 13.0 gb
 98 Wed, Jul 25  @CHW  L   2-8       40-58  5th 13.0 gb
 97 Tue, Jul 24  @CHW  L   4-11      40-57  5th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

RedSox, 53-54, 53-54 4th, 10 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Clay Buchholz (27, RHP, 9-3, 4.75)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (9-3)			115.2	117	64	61	41	77	16	4.75
2011 (6-3)			82.2	76	34	32	31	60	10	3.48
2010 (17-7)			173.2	142	55	45	67	120	9	2.33

Last 7 GS		4-1	51.1	36	15	14	11	37	3	2.45	64
2012-07-30	DET	W	8.0	5	3	2	2	4	1	108	64
2012-07-24	@TEX	ND	7.0	4	1	1	3	1	0	105	63
2012-07-19	CHW	ND	8.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	107	71
2012-07-14	@TBR	L	6.1	3	4	4	1	8	0	87	58
2012-06-19	MIA	W	6.0	9	5	5	1	3	1	87	36
2012-06-12	@MIA	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	9	1	103	70
2012-06-07	BAL	W	9.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	125	84

Last 5 v.MIN		3-1	22.2	25	14	14	10	19	0	5.56	46
2012-04-25	@MIN	W	5.1	10	5	5	3	2	0	107	27
2011-05-07	MIN	W	5.0	2	0	0	1	6	0	61	68
2010-05-19	MIN	W	8.0	5	2	2	1	7	0	104	70
2008-05-12	@MIN	L	4.1	8	7	7	5	4	0	89	18

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

 Home:   27-31   Road:   26-23   ExtrInn: 2-6 
 vsRHP:  31-41   vsLHP:  22-13   1-Run:  11-13
 vsEast: 18-24   vsCntrl:18-12   vsWest:  6-11 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Fri, Aug  3   MIN  L   5-6 (10)  53-54  4th 10.0 gb
106 Thu, Aug  2   MIN  L   0-5       53-53  4th  9.0 gb
105 Wed, Aug  1   DET  L   5-7       53-52  4th  8.5 gb
104 Tue, Jul 31   DET  W   4-1  (6)  53-51  4th  7.5 gb
103 Mon, Jul 30   DET  W   7-3       52-51  4th  8.5 gb
102 Sun, Jul 29  @NYY  W   3-2 (10)  51-51  5th  9.5 gb
101 Sat, Jul 28  @NYY  W   8-6       50-51  5th 10.5 gb
100 Fri, Jul 27  @NYY  L   3-10      49-51  5th 11.5 gb
 99 Wed, Jul 25  @TEX  L   3-5       49-50  4th 10.5 gb
 98 Tue, Jul 24  @TEX  W   2-1       49-49  4th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 03, 2012 MIN  6 @BOS  5 (10)   W:Jeff Gray (6-1), L: Vicente Padilla (4-1), S: Jared Burton (4)
Thu, Aug 02, 2012 MIN  5 @BOS  0        W:Sam Deduno (3-0), L: Jon Lester (5-9), S: Glen Perkins (6)
Wed, Apr 25, 2012 BOS  7 @MIN  6        W:Clay Buchholz (2-1), L: Liam Hendriks (0-1), S: Alfredo Aceves (4)
Tue, Apr 24, 2012 BOS 11 @MIN  2        W:Josh Beckett (2-2), L: Nick Blackburn (0-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 23, 2012 BOS  6 @MIN  5        W:Daniel Bard (1-2), L: Matt Capps (0-1), S: Alfredo Aceves (3)

Wed, Aug 10, 2011 MIN  5  BOS  2        W:Glen Perkins (4-2), L: Jon Lester (11-6), S: Joe Nathan (9)
Tue, Aug 09, 2011 BOS  4 @MIN  3        W:Matt Albers (4-3), L: Matt Capps (3-6), S: Jonathan Papelbon (26)
Mon, Aug 08, 2011 BOS  8 @MIN  6        W:Alfredo Aceves (8-1), L: Glen Perkins (3-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (25)
Mon, May 09, 2011 BOS  2  MIN  1 (11)   W:Hideki Okajima (1-0), L: Jim Hoey (0-1), S: none
Sun, May 08, 2011 BOS  9  MIN  5        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (3-3), L: Carl Pavano (2-4), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - BOS over 3-2; 2011 - BOS won 5-2; 2010 - BOS won 3-2; All-Time - BOS leads 953-921

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

Stat Best Middle Worst	RS/G TEX 5.12 WSN 4.28 MIA 3.66	RA/G WSN 3.57 TEX 4.34 COL 5.79	BA A. McCutchen .373 C. Headley .271 J. Smoak .189	OBP J. Votto .465 C. Johnson .339 J. Smoak .253	SLG A. McCutchen .630 K. Morales .432 J. Carroll .289	OPS J. Votto 1.069 M. Bourn .770 J. Smoak .573	ERA J. Zimmermann 2.28 M. Moore 3.84 J. Guthrie 6.56	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.43 W. Chen 7.37 D. Lowe 3.10

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.12

WSN 4.28

MIA 3.66

RA/G

WSN 3.57

TEX 4.34

COL 5.79

A. McCutchen .373

C. Headley .271

J. Smoak .189

OBP

J. Votto .465

C. Johnson .339

J. Smoak .253

SLG

A. McCutchen .630

K. Morales .432

J. Carroll .289

OPS

J. Votto 1.069

M. Bourn .770

J. Smoak .573

ERA

J. Zimmermann 2.28

M. Moore 3.84

J. Guthrie 6.56

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.43

W. Chen 7.37

D. Lowe 3.10

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Twins Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 11.Buchholz
G/S/vB 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB 37.Melancon
G/S/vB 30.Miller*
G/S/vB 46.Morales*
G/S/vB 44.Padilla
G/S/vB 63.Tazawa
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 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 84/62 .218/.274/.321/.594 .139/.760 .721 17/.301 0/0 1/0

8.Carroll G/S/vP 6/.500 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 17/.888 1/3.000 377/279 .243/.327/.289/.616 .769/.563 .563 70/.674 6/3 0/6

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 3/2.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 10/.300 ··· 234/179 .223/.259/.293/.552 .687/.510 .422 46/.444 13/1 0/7

18.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· 341/238 .285/.337/.459/.796 .686/.845 .840 82/.785 0/0 10/1

20.Dozier G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 307/233 .240/.271/.333/.604 .742/.558 .570 88/.620 9/2 5/15

19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 101/63 .270/.350/.404/.754 .695/.791 .785 24/.879 12/2 2/2

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 9/1.127 3/.666 8/.929 ··· 8/.250 4/.500 16/.450 ··· 421/281 .321/.417/.436/.852 .869/.844 .859 95/.795 5/3 6/4

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 11/.910 5/.000 5/1.600 ··· 8/.700 2/.000 21/.841 ··· 356/226 .269/.331/.464/.796 .565/.933 .892 83/.924 1/0 13/3

11.Revere* G/S/vP 3/1.667 4/.000 3/.667 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 317/214 .319/.351/.380/.731 .798/.699 .658 96/.746 25/5 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 10/1.000 8/.500 4/.750 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 8/.393 ··· 439/294 .291/.354/.395/.749 .717/.764 .547 95/.851 12/6 3/4

22.Valencia G/S/vP 2/.000 6/.833 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 132/91 .198/.212/.310/.522 .537/.515 .360 29/.626 0/1 2/4

16.Willingham G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 3/.667 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 439/308 .264/.378/.549/.927 1.095/.857 .794 97/.949 2/1 27/3

IP 115.2 54.0 46.0 23.2 27.2 57.0 39.0 17.0 TOTAL .264/.331/.401/.732 .773/.715 .660 .762 86/27 91/67

ERA-K/9

4.75/6.0

3.83/8.0

2.54/8.6

7.99/6.5

2.93/10.7

3.32/9.5

3.92/9.9

1.06/7.9

4.31/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (15-5-2)
Doumit (17-5-2)
Mauer (32-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 495/.268 225/.226 190/.231 107/.295 108/.194 240/.221 168/.286 67/.254 .256 Willingham
Span
Revere
Mastroianni
Doumit 90/0/0/6
0/96/0/2
2/11/58/2
14/1/18/1
5/0/6/0

OPS .782 .643 .663 .881 .586 .652 .777 .589 .736

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 274/.866 125/.625 80/.648 49/1.088 69/.346 89/.475 80/.729 25/.612 .720

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 221/.676 100/.663 110/.673 58/.705 39/1.028 151/.755 88/.819 42/.576 .749

Home 287/.810 125/.701 110/.749 65/.971 60/.501 110/.859 76/.782 50/.563

Last 28d days 114/.538 47/.627 35/.485 45/.791 32/.717 45/.532 30/.902 40/.676

HR/SB/CS 16/4/1 5/3/0 5/0/2 6/0/1 3/0/0 6/3/2 3/1/1 0/2/1 113/74/24

Usage ····X··· ·X···Xo· X·X·o··X o·o····X X·X··XoX ···o···X X···X·o· o·X·····

RedSox Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.De Vries
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 61.Burton
G/S/vB 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 50.Fien
G/S/vB 60.Gray
G/S/vB 49.Manship
G/S/vB 67.Perdomo
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 64.Robertson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 6/.533 2/.000 20/.703 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 11/.864 ··· 404/280 .255/.279/.396/.676 .803/.620 .665 62/.608 10/4 10/10

77.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/51 .329/.338/.421/.759 .593/.849 .801 69/.712 6/0 0/1

13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 9/1.083 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 63/35 .254/.302/.458/.759 .860/.680 .879 63/.759 2/0 3/1

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 5/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 6/.400 1/.000 118/70 .259/.322/.352/.674 .618/.714 .766 88/.708 3/0 1/0

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.400 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 9/.347 ··· 448/283 .302/.346/.445/.791 .839/.762 .861 78/.998 0/0 10/4

55.Kalish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 70/58 .212/.243/.242/.485 .697/.442 .499 7/.452 1/1 0/2

60.Lavarnway G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/5 .125/.222/.250/.472 .000/.900 .472 9/.472 0/0 0/0

64.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 263/169 .290/.319/.504/.823 .932/.765 .799 78/.711 3/1 13/9

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 1/.000 4/1.417 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 7/.286 ··· 399/267 .264/.319/.402/.721 .726/.719 .707 61/.692 6/4 9/2

5.Punto# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/106 .210/.315/.286/.600 .426/.634 .501 10/.733 4/0 1/2

7.Ross G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 6/.334 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 307/209 .265/.337/.518/.855 1.075/.753 .957 82/.745 1/1 16/0

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 299/255 .233/.288/.502/.789 .591/.824 .771 55/.660 0/1 20/6

10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 13/.322 1/2.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 143/63 .264/.348/.504/.852 .816/.897 .977 35/.752 1/0 5/3

IP 52.0 51.0 43.0 65.2 13.1 43.0 10.2 0.2 47.2 10.2 TOTAL .266/.325/.434/.759 .778/.750 .796 .707 47/17 123/60

ERA-K/9

3.98/6.2

2.82/3.7

2.30/7.7

4.39/4.9

1.35/7.4

5.44/4.4

10.97/4.2

0.00/0.0

2.83/10.4

7.59/12.6

4.79/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lavarnway (0-0-0)
Saltalamacchia (57-14-5)
Shoppach (17-10-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 221/.245 209/.231 169/.196 279/.282 53/.184 197/.276 52/.375 7/.250 202/.257 46/.268 .277 Ross
Gonzalez
Ciriaco
Crawford
Kalish
Ellsbury 21/7/52/5
0/0/18/1
0/0/1/0
16/0/0/0
0/18/2/0
0/27/0/0

OPS .759 .609 .556 .748 .531 .804 1.078 .821 .684 .838 .781

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 98/.644 76/.493 64/.767 104/.567 17/.301 74/.949 25/.879 5/.600 71/.638 30/.698 .769

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 123/.848 133/.666 105/.434 175/.854 36/.641 123/.717 27/1.251 2/1.000 131/.708 16/1.115 .788

Road 105/.752 112/.698 73/.504 150/.753 29/.656 93/.879 14/1.654 / 86/.563 13/1.294

Last 28d days 121/.722 40/.796 29/.541 91/.895 53/.531 33/1.248 / 7/.821 45/.617 24/.815

HR/SB/CS 12/2/1 3/5/0 4/4/0 7/0/0 0/0/0 6/5/1 4/0/0 0/0/0 4/1/2 3/0/1 138/64/15

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