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Game Preview: MIN @ NYY, 7:05pm, Wednesday, April 18, 2012 @Yankee Stadium III

Twins, 3-8, 3-8 4th, 5 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Jason Marquis (33, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (8-6)			132.0	154	74	65	43	76	11	4.43
2010 (2-9)			58.2	76	47	43	24	31	9	6.60
2009 (15-13)			216.0	218	104	97	80	115	15	4.04

Last 7 GS		1-4	32.2	46	30	25	13	17	4	6.89	38
2011-08-14	NYM	ND	3.1	3	1	1	1	2	1	46	51
2011-08-09	HOU	ND	4.0	9	7	4	2	2	2	82	22
2011-08-03	@SFG	L	4.0	10	8	7	1	1	0	80	12
2011-07-24	@LAD	L	6.0	5	3	3	4	2	0	108	48
2011-07-18	@HOU	W	8.0	6	2	2	1	9	0	102	70
2011-07-09	COL	L	6.0	5	2	2	4	1	1	90	51
2011-07-03	PIT	L	1.1	8	7	6	0	0	0	42	12

Last 5 v.NYY		1-0	8.0	6	1	1	2	3	0	1.13	67
2005-06-10	NYY	W	8.0	6	1	1	2	3	0	113	67

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

 Home:    2-4    Road:    1-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   3-5    vsLHP:   0-3    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  1-4    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Tue, Apr 17  @NYY  L   3-8        3-8   4th  5.0 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 16  @NYY  W   7-3        3-7   4th  4.0 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 15   TEX  L   3-4        2-7   5th  4.0 gb
  8 Sat, Apr 14   TEX  L   2-6        2-6   5th  3.5 gb
  7 Fri, Apr 13   TEX  L   1-4        2-5   5th  3.0 gb
  6 Thu, Apr 12   LAA  W  10-9        2-4   4th  3.0 gb
  5 Wed, Apr 11   LAA  W   6-5        1-4   4th  3.0 gb
  4 Mon, Apr  9   LAA  L   1-5        0-4   5th  3.5 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  8  @BAL  L   1-3        0-3   5th  3.0 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  7  @BAL  L   2-8        0-2   4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 3-8    Last 30: 3-8

Yankees, 6-5, 6-5 3rd, 1 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Hiroki Kuroda (37, RHP, 1-1, 2.63)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (1-1)			13.2	13	6	4	6	8	1	2.63
2011 (13-16)			202.0	196	77	69	49	161	24	3.07
2010 (11-13)			196.1	180	87	74	48	159	15	3.39

Last 7 GS		3-3	43.1	44	18	15	9	36	8	3.12	54
2012-04-13	LAA	W	8.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	109	76
2012-04-07	@TBR	L	5.2	8	6	4	4	2	1	95	31
2011-09-27	@ARI	ND	6.0	5	0	0	0	5	0	101	67
2011-09-22	SFG	W	7.0	5	2	2	0	4	2	92	63
2011-09-16	PIT	W	6.0	5	2	1	2	7	1	95	61
2011-09-11	@SFG	L	4.2	8	3	3	1	3	0	94	38
2011-09-05	@WSN	L	6.0	8	5	5	0	9	4	114	45

Has never faced MIN as starter.

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

 Home:    3-2    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:   3-3    vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  3-3    vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Tue, Apr 17   MIN  W   8-3        6-5   3rd  1.0 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 16   MIN  L   3-7        5-5   3rd  1.0 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 15   LAA  W  11-5        5-4   1st    Tied
  8 Sat, Apr 14   LAA  L   1-7        4-4   2nd  1.0 gb
  7 Fri, Apr 13   LAA  W   5-0        4-3   1st    Tied
  6 Wed, Apr 11  @BAL  W   6-4 (10)   3-3   3rd  1.5 gb
  5 Tue, Apr 10  @BAL  W   5-4 (12)   2-3   4th  1.5 gb
  4 Mon, Apr  9  @BAL  W   6-2        1-3   4th  2.5 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  8  @TBR  L   0-3        0-3   4th  3.0 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  7  @TBR  L   6-8        0-2   4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 6-5    Last 30: 6-5

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 17, 2012 NYY  8  MIN  3        W:CC Sabathia (1-0), L: Francisco Liriano (0-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 16, 2012 MIN  7 @NYY  3        W:Carl Pavano (1-1), L: Freddy Garcia (0-1), S: none

Mon, Sep 19, 2011 NYY  6  MIN  4        W:Cory Wade (6-1), L: Scott Diamond (1-5), S: Mariano Rivera (43)
Sun, Aug 21, 2011 NYY  3 @MIN  0        W:Ivan Nova (13-4), L: Phil Dumatrait (1-2), S: Mariano Rivera (33)
Sat, Aug 20, 2011 MIN  9  NYY  4        W:Francisco Liriano (9-9), L: A.J. Burnett (9-10), S: none
Fri, Aug 19, 2011 NYY  8 @MIN  1        W:Phil Hughes (4-4), L: Kevin Slowey (0-1), S: none
Thu, Aug 18, 2011 NYY  8 @MIN  4        W:CC Sabathia (17-7), L: Brian Duensing (8-12), S: none
Thu, Apr 07, 2011 NYY  4  MIN  3        W:A.J. Burnett (2-0), L: Francisco Liriano (0-2), S: Mariano Rivera (4)
Tue, Apr 05, 2011 MIN  5 @NYY  4 (10)   W:Matt Capps (1-0), L: Boone Logan (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (2)
Mon, Apr 04, 2011 NYY  4  MIN  3        W:Ivan Nova (1-0), L: Scott Baker (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (3)
Season Series: 2012 - tied 1-1; 2011 - NYY won 6-2; 2010 - NYY won 4-2; All-Time - NYY leads 1112-769

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

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

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

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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 (3.45 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Kuroda
G/S/vB 48.Logan*
G/S/vB 41.Phelps
G/S/vB 39.Rapada*
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB 29.Soriano
G/S/vB 53.Wade
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

37.Burroughs* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 115/101 .273/.289/.336/.626 .643/.623 .556 6/.167 1/0 1/1

8.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 510/370 .290/.359/.347/.706 .751/.689 .791 47/.590 10/0 0/9

12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 365/247 .260/.322/.368/.691 .579/.750 .611 28/.509 15/4 2/11

18.Doumit# G/S/vP 13/.398 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.500 2/1.000 236/174 .303/.353/.477/.830 .912/.802 .703 33/.461 0/1 8/6

38.Hughes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 317/214 .223/.289/.338/.627 .608/.636 .638 11/.382 3/2 7/5

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 11/.920 ··· 5/.800 8/.750 6/.900 5/1.100 ··· 333/207 .287/.360/.368/.729 .562/.829 .752 47/.798 0/0 3/5

33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 14/1.417 ··· 5/.400 9/.444 4/.250 5/.000 1/.000 288/193 .227/.285/.333/.618 .401/.728 .587 42/.722 0/0 4/1

27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 88/66 .355/.443/.592/1.035 .935/1.069 .786 27/.605 0/0 4/2

24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 320/236 .238/.305/.392/.697 .782/.665 .696 11/.382 3/3 8/12

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· 4/.333 ··· 3/.666 6/.000 3/1.167 5/.800 1/2.000 311/225 .264/.328/.359/.687 .657/.698 .660 45/.900 6/1 2/1

36.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· 4/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 / /// / 10/1.178 / /

22.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/.500 3/1.667 608/449 .246/.294/.383/.677 .822/.626 .649 40/.539 2/6 15/18

16.Willingham G/S/vP 9/.222 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 3/1.167 7/.453 5/.600 563/377 .246/.332/.477/.810 .783/.823 .750 46/1.257 4/1 29/2

IP 202.0 41.2 16.1 61.1 66.2 39.1 39.2 TOTAL .259/.317/.389/.706 .652/.727 .577 .706 5/2 9/9

ERA-K/9

3.07/7.2

3.46/9.9

/0.0

6.06/9.9

1.91/8.8

1.08/13.5

4.12/8.2

2.04/6.8

4.22/9.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 838/.254 185/.261 / 69/.230 233/.215 272/.170 164/.229 157/.221 .263 Willingham
Plouffe
Span
Mauer 96/0/0/3
3/0/11/1
0/67/0/1
0/0/1/0

OPS .716 .746 .747 .534 .506 .645 .624 .783

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 408/.767 118/.789 / 53/.336 109/.595 142/.466 76/.850 67/.730 .819

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 430/.667 67/.673 / 16/2.212 124/.480 130/.549 88/.477 90/.541 .759

Home 445/.721 94/.639 / 40/.649 120/.435 129/.570 94/.745 79/.621

Last 28d days 57/.706 20/.613 28/.261 14/.862 17/.945 24/.519 16/.864 30/.517

HR/SB/CS 24/9/5 4/3/2 // 3/0/1 3/5/1 1/16/2 4/6/2 5/2/2 14/6/2

Usage ····X··· ·XX···Xo ···X···X ·o·o···o ······XX o·X·o··X ··X···X· oX·····X

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

Yankees Batters (5.18 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 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 44.Maloney*
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Cano* G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 11/.637 6/.000 2/1.500 10/1.267 681/458 .302/.349/.533/.882 .879/.884 .885 52/.675 8/2 28/10

12.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 175/152 .263/.320/.356/.676 .609/.687 .559 4/.500 0/0 2/0

11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.000 2/3.000 1/3.000 ··· 588/464 .259/.345/.369/.713 .616/.738 .731 34/.817 49/13 7/5

14.Granderson* G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 15/.762 5/1.400 2/.000 16/1.063 691/472 .262/.364/.552/.916 .944/.902 .921 51/.833 25/10 41/3

27.Ibanez* G/S/vP 23/1.118 ··· ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 11/1.727 575/437 .245/.289/.419/.707 .585/.747 .833 30/.748 2/0 20/1

2.Jeter G/S/vP 5/.600 2/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 10/1.067 3/.666 2/1.500 11/.637 607/439 .297/.355/.388/.743 .946/.666 .783 53/1.017 16/6 6/12

22.Jones G/S/vP 12/2.833 2/.000 3/.666 4/2.750 8/1.750 3/.333 2/2.500 4/.250 222/76 .247/.356/.495/.851 .923/.709 .916 18/.903 0/0 13/1

55.Martin G/S/vP 17/.485 1/2.000 5/.650 8/.417 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 476/343 .237/.324/.408/.732 .684/.750 .780 36/.577 8/2 18/11

26.Nunez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.500 3/.666 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 338/217 .265/.313/.385/.698 .742/.673 .679 15/.928 22/6 5/20

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 7/.629 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 8/.417 4/.500 2/.000 10/1.711 428/319 .276/.362/.461/.823 .750/.848 .862 51/.674 4/1 16/6

19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 183/132 .204/.283/.309/.592 .801/.511 .514 7/.571 0/0 3/7

33.Swisher# G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 9/1.413 6/1.500 2/.000 4/1.833 635/437 .260/.374/.449/.822 .957/.763 .853 52/.823 2/2 23/1

25.Teixeira# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.667 3/.000 11/1.767 5/.400 ··· 5/1.400 684/464 .248/.341/.494/.835 .967/.779 .862 46/.673 4/1 39/4

IP 132.0 50.2 4.2 65.2 161.2 48.1 18.2 61.2 TOTAL .264/.351/.426/.778 .771/.781 .810 .778 10/2 13/3

ERA-K/9

4.43/5.2

5.51/5.9

3.86/5.7

4.25/4.7

5.23/6.4

4.28/4.3

9.16/6.3

2.48/9.5

5.31/5.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martin (95-40-4)
Stewart (34-22-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 587/.294 225/.263 23/.316 274/.262 711/.299 215/.275 96/.409 253/.244 .280 Granderson
Swisher
Gardner
Ibanez
Jones
Nunez 0/155/0/11
0/0/141/9
149/18/0/7
134/0/0/5
39/0/19/1
1/0/3/0

OPS .779 .749 .988 .726 .833 .758 1.182 .644 .787

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 266/.840 91/.692 8/1.625 129/.765 187/.522 97/.695 28/1.162 101/.589 .748

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 321/.729 134/.789 15/.670 145/.689 524/.947 118/.811 68/1.190 152/.681 .806

Road 339/.772 94/.810 4/.500 123/.737 346/.762 112/.788 50/1.371 103/.643

Last 28d days / 24/.534 15/.910 17/.647 16/.527 20/.694 30/.711 21/1.034

HR/SB/CS 11/6/1 4/7/1 1/2/0 10/2/0 21/6/6 4/3/3 7/0/0 2/3/2 14/10/0

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