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Game Preview: MIN @ NYY, 7:05pm, Thursday, April 19, 2012 @Yankee Stadium III

Twins, 4-8, 4-8 4th, 5 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Anthony Swarzak (26, RHP, 0-2, 3.75)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (0-2)			12.0	13	5	5	2	4	2	3.75
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	40.0	50	20	20	7	24	4	4.50	48
2012-04-13	TEX	L	7.0	9	4	4	0	3	1	97	46
2012-04-08	@BAL	L	5.0	4	1	1	2	1	1	83	54
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

Last 5 v.NYY		0-1	4.1	8	4	4	1	0	0	8.31	30
2009-07-08	NYY	L	4.1	8	4	4	1	0	0	91	30

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

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

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Wed, Apr 18  @NYY  W   6-5        4-8   4th  5.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 4-8    Last 30: 4-8

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

SP: Phil Hughes (26, RHP, 0-2, 9.00)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (0-2)			8.0	13	8	8	4	11	3	9.00
2011 (5-5)			74.2	84	48	48	27	47	9	5.79
2010 (18-8)			176.1	162	83	82	58	146	25	4.19

Last 7 GS		2-3	36.0	40	24	24	13	30	6	6.00	45
2012-04-14	LAA	L	3.1	8	6	6	2	6	2	84	24
2012-04-08	@TBR	L	4.2	5	2	2	2	5	1	99	49
2011-09-12	@SEA	W	6.0	5	1	1	3	3	0	99	58
2011-09-06	BAL	ND	6.0	5	2	2	1	5	1	106	58
2011-08-31	@BOS	L	5.2	8	6	6	2	4	1	100	31
2011-08-25	OAK	ND	2.2	7	6	6	0	5	0	78	25
2011-08-19	@MIN	W	7.2	2	1	1	3	2	1	106	70

Last 5 v.MIN		1-0	12.2	8	4	4	7	4	3	2.84	56
2011-08-19	@MIN	W	7.2	2	1	1	3	2	1	106	70
2009-05-15	MIN	ND	5.0	6	3	3	4	2	2	93	41

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

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

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Wed, Apr 18   MIN  L   5-6        6-6   3rd  1.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 6-6    Last 30: 6-6

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 18, 2012 MIN  6 @NYY  5        W:Jason Marquis (1-0), L: Hiroki Kuroda (1-2), S: Matt Capps (3)
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)
Season Series: 2012 - MIN over 2-1; 2011 - NYY won 6-2; 2010 - NYY won 4-2; All-Time - NYY leads 1112-770

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 R. Wolf 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

R. Wolf 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 (3.67 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 65.Hughes
G/S/vB Eppley
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 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 115/101 .273/.289/.336/.626 .643/.623 .556 10/.311 1/0 1/1

8.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 510/370 .290/.359/.347/.706 .751/.689 .791 52/.594 10/0 0/9

12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.500 ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 365/247 .260/.322/.368/.691 .579/.750 .611 32/.667 15/4 2/11

18.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 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

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 12/.958 ··· 5/.800 8/.750 6/.900 6/.900 ··· 333/207 .287/.360/.368/.729 .562/.829 .752 52/.807 0/0 3/5

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 6/1.666 ··· 15/1.319 ··· 5/.400 9/.444 4/.250 6/.167 1/.000 288/193 .227/.285/.333/.618 .401/.728 .587 47/.945 0/0 4/1

27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 88/66 .355/.443/.592/1.035 .935/1.069 .786 32/.713 0/0 4/2

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 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 3/1.167 ··· 5/.250 ··· 4/.500 6/.000 3/1.167 5/.800 1/2.000 311/225 .264/.328/.359/.687 .657/.698 .660 50/.848 6/1 2/1

36.Thomas* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 5/1.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 / /// / 14/.824 / /

22.Valencia G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 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 5/.650 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 3/1.167 8/.804 5/.600 563/377 .246/.332/.477/.810 .783/.823 .750 51/1.187 4/1 29/2

IP 74.2 9.0 41.2 16.1 61.1 66.2 39.1 39.2 TOTAL .267/.323/.411/.734 .640/.771 .657 .734 6/2 11/9

ERA-K/9

5.79/5.7

8.00/6.0

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

4.36/9.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 334/.283 43/.306 185/.261 / 69/.230 233/.215 272/.170 164/.229 157/.221 .269 Willingham
Plouffe
Span
Mauer 96/0/0/3
3/0/11/1
0/67/0/1
0/0/1/0

OPS .799 1.016 .746 .747 .534 .506 .645 .624 .803

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 205/.841 16/1.115 118/.789 / 53/.336 109/.595 142/.466 76/.850 67/.730 .849

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 129/.729 27/.955 67/.673 / 16/2.212 124/.480 130/.549 88/.477 90/.541 .767

Home 156/.930 33/.978 94/.639 / 40/.649 120/.435 129/.570 94/.745 79/.621

Last 28d days 41/1.144 / 28/.590 28/.261 20/.754 17/.945 24/.519 21/.876 30/.517

HR/SB/CS 9/7/0 3/1/1 4/3/2 // 3/0/1 3/5/1 1/16/2 4/6/2 5/2/2 16/7/2

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

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 (5.17 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Swarzak
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 21.Marquis
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 5/.650 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 12/.583 6/.000 2/1.500 6/2.167 10/1.267 681/458 .302/.349/.533/.882 .879/.884 .885 56/.779 8/2 28/10

12.Chavez* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 175/152 .263/.320/.356/.676 .609/.687 .559 6/.667 0/0 2/0

14.Granderson* G/S/vP 5/1.550 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 16/.713 5/1.400 2/.000 7/.143 16/1.063 691/472 .262/.364/.552/.916 .944/.902 .921 56/.780 25/10 41/3

27.Ibanez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.000 25/1.108 11/1.727 575/437 .245/.289/.419/.707 .585/.747 .833 34/.778 2/0 20/1

2.Jeter G/S/vP 6/1.167 2/1.000 1/.000 2/3.500 11/1.155 3/.666 2/1.500 8/.625 11/.637 607/439 .297/.355/.388/.743 .946/.666 .783 58/1.089 16/6 6/12

22.Jones G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.500 4/2.750 9/1.555 3/.333 2/2.500 14/2.637 4/.250 222/76 .247/.356/.495/.851 .923/.709 .916 22/.799 0/0 13/1

55.Martin G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.650 8/.417 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 19/.498 ··· 476/343 .237/.324/.408/.732 .684/.750 .780 39/.558 8/2 18/11

26.Nunez G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.500 4/.500 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 338/217 .265/.313/.385/.698 .742/.673 .679 17/.812 22/6 5/20

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 8/.417 4/.500 2/.000 7/.629 10/1.711 428/319 .276/.362/.461/.823 .750/.848 .862 52/.660 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 5/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 9/1.413 6/1.500 2/.000 6/.666 4/1.833 635/437 .260/.374/.449/.822 .957/.763 .853 56/.798 2/2 23/1

25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· 3/.667 4/.000 12/1.783 5/.400 ··· 3/.666 5/1.400 684/464 .248/.341/.494/.835 .967/.779 .862 51/.686 4/1 39/4

IP 102.0 50.2 4.2 65.2 161.2 48.1 18.2 132.0 61.2 TOTAL .267/.352/.433/.784 .770/.792 .818 .784 10/2 15/3

ERA-K/9

4.32/4.9

5.51/5.9

3.86/5.7

4.25/4.7

5.23/6.4

4.28/4.3

9.16/6.3

4.43/5.2

2.48/9.5

5.37/5.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 441/.275 225/.263 23/.316 274/.262 711/.299 215/.275 96/.409 587/.294 253/.244 .284 Granderson
Swisher
Ibanez
Jones
Nunez 0/155/0/11
0/0/141/9
134/0/0/5
39/0/19/1
1/0/3/0

OPS .724 .749 .988 .726 .833 .758 1.182 .779 .644 .798

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 244/.690 91/.692 8/1.625 129/.765 187/.522 97/.695 28/1.162 266/.840 101/.589 .763

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 197/.766 134/.789 15/.670 145/.689 524/.947 118/.811 68/1.190 321/.729 152/.681 .817

Road 147/.641 94/.810 4/.500 123/.737 346/.762 112/.788 50/1.371 339/.772 103/.643

Last 28d days 52/.697 24/.534 19/.711 21/.762 24/.606 20/.694 30/.711 23/.985 21/1.137

HR/SB/CS 9/3/3 4/7/1 1/2/0 10/2/0 21/6/6 4/3/3 7/0/0 11/6/1 2/3/2 16/10/0

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