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Game Preview: MIN @ LAA, 3:35pm, Wednesday, July 24, 2013 @Angel Stadium of Anaheim

Twins, 43-54, 43-54 4th, 11 GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Mike Pelfrey (29, RHP, 4-7, 5.40)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-7) 88.1 109 55 53 27 50 9 5.40
2012 (0-0) 19.2 24 5 5 4 13 0 2.29
2011 (7-13) 193.2 220 111 102 65 105 21 4.74
Last 7 GS 1-2 42.1 43 18 18 12 26 4 3.83 51
2013-07-19 CLE ND 5.2 4 2 2 3 5 0 113 55
2013-07-11 @TBR L 6.0 8 3 3 0 5 2 104 49
2013-07-06 @TOR W 6.0 3 0 0 3 2 0 97 65
2013-06-18 CHW ND 6.0 10 4 4 0 3 1 87 39
2013-06-12 PHI ND 7.0 5 3 3 1 7 0 112 61
2013-06-06 @KCR ND 6.1 7 3 3 1 2 0 97 48
2013-05-31 SEA L 5.1 6 3 3 4 2 1 101 42
Last 5 v.LAA 3-0 20.0 20 11 11 4 7 1 4.95 48
2013-04-16 LAA W 5.0 7 4 4 2 2 0 96 37
2011-06-18 LAA W 9.0 5 1 1 0 5 1 123 78
2008-06-16 @LAA W 6.0 8 6 6 2 0 0 113 30
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   23-24   Road:   20-30   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  34-44   vsLHP:   9-10   1-Run:  14-15
 vsEast:  9-18   vsCntrl:18-22   vsWest:  8-3  IL: 8-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 97 Tue, Jul 23  @LAA  W  10-3 (10)  43-54  4th 11.0 gb
 96 Mon, Jul 22  @LAA  W   4-3       42-54  4th 11.0 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 21   CLE  L   1-7       41-54  4th 11.0 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 20   CLE  W   3-2       41-53  4th 10.0 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 19   CLE  W   3-2       40-53  4th 11.0 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 14  @NYY  W  10-4       39-53  4th 12.0 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 13  @NYY  W   4-1       38-53  4th 12.0 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 12  @NYY  L   0-2       37-53  4th 13.0 gb
 89 Thu, Jul 11  @TBR  L   3-4       37-52  4th 12.0 gb
 88 Wed, Jul 10  @TBR  L   3-4 (13)  37-51  4th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Angels, 46-52, 46-52 4th, 11 GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Jered Weaver (30, RHP, 4-5, 3.30)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-5) 73.2 70 29 27 20 58 7 3.30
2012 (20-5) 188.2 147 63 59 45 142 20 2.81
2011 (18-8) 235.2 182 65 63 56 198 20 2.41
Last 7 GS 3-3 45.0 44 15 15 12 37 4 3.00 56
2013-07-19 OAK W 6.2 4 0 0 4 8 0 118 70
2013-07-13 @SEA L 5.2 9 4 4 0 3 1 107 38
2013-07-07 BOS W 6.2 5 0 0 2 6 0 114 68
2013-07-02 STL W 7.0 6 1 1 0 5 0 105 66
2013-06-27 @DET ND 7.0 4 1 1 2 6 0 102 69
2013-06-21 PIT L 6.0 9 4 4 0 3 2 97 41
2013-06-16 NYY L 6.0 7 5 5 4 6 1 103 40
Last 5 v.MIN 3-0 35.0 20 12 12 9 33 2 3.09 64
2012-05-07 @MIN W 6.0 3 1 1 2 2 0 89 62
2012-05-02 MIN W 9.0 0 0 0 1 9 0 121 95
2012-04-11 @MIN ND 6.0 7 5 5 1 7 1 110 44
2011-09-03 MIN W 5.0 8 6 6 3 8 1 111 32
2011-05-28 @MIN ND 9.0 2 0 0 2 7 0 128 88
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   26-28   Road:   20-24   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  36-38   vsLHP:  10-14   1-Run:  13-19
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:15-9    vsWest: 17-24 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 98 Tue, Jul 23   MIN  L   3-10(10)  46-52  4th 11.0 gb
 97 Mon, Jul 22   MIN  L   3-4       46-51  3rd 11.0 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 21   OAK  L   0-6       46-50  3rd 10.0 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 20   OAK  W   2-0       46-49  3rd  9.0 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 19   OAK  W   4-1       45-49  3rd 10.0 gb
 93 Sun, Jul 14  @SEA  L   3-4       44-49  3rd 11.0 gb
 92 Sat, Jul 13  @SEA  L   0-6       44-48  3rd 10.0 gb
 91 Fri, Jul 12  @SEA  L   3-8       44-47  3rd  9.0 gb
 90 Wed, Jul 10  @CHC  W  13-2       44-46  3rd  9.0 gb
 89 Tue, Jul  9  @CHC  L   2-7       43-46  3rd 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 23, 2013 MIN 10 @LAA  3 (10)   W:Glen Perkins (2-0), L: Ernesto Frieri (0-2), S: none
Mon, Jul 22, 2013 MIN  4 @LAA  3        W:Sam Deduno (6-4), L: Joe Blanton (2-13), S: Glen Perkins (24)
Tue, Apr 16, 2013 MIN  8  LAA  6        W:Mike Pelfrey (2-1), L: Jason Vargas (0-2), S: Glen Perkins (3)
Mon, Apr 15, 2013 MIN  8  LAA  2        W:Kevin Correia (1-1), L: Joe Blanton (0-3), S: none

Wed, May 09, 2012 LAA  6 @MIN  2        W:Ervin Santana (1-6), L: Carl Pavano (2-3), S: none
Tue, May 08, 2012 MIN  5  LAA  0        W:Scott Diamond (1-0), L: Dan Haren (1-3), S: none
Mon, May 07, 2012 LAA  8 @MIN  3        W:Jered Weaver (5-0), L: Francisco Liriano (0-5), S: none
Wed, May 02, 2012 LAA  9  MIN  0        W:Jered Weaver (4-0), L: Liam Hendriks (0-2), S: none
Tue, May 01, 2012 LAA  4  MIN  0        W:Jerome Williams (2-1), L: Francisco Liriano (0-4), S: none
Mon, Apr 30, 2012 LAA  4  MIN  3        W:C.J. Wilson (3-2), L: Nick Blackburn (0-3), S: Scott Downs (2)
Season Series: 2013 - MIN over 4-0; 2012 - LAA won 6-3; 2011 - LAA won 6-3; All-Time - LAA leads 353-330

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 2013 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

BOS  5.08

MIN  4.12

MIA  3.19

 RA/G

PIT  3.36

CHC  4.29

HOU  5.33

 BA

M. Cabrera  .358

W. Rosario  .268

B. Upton  .177

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .454

J. Morneau  .332

J. Arencibia  .258

 SLG

C. Davis  .701

J. Ellsbury  .426

E. Andrus  .285

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.120

M. Young  .760

J. Keppinger  .553

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.01

K. Medlen  3.78

E. Volquez  5.73

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.53

Y. Gallardo  7.20

J. Guthrie  4.55

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

Twins Batters (4.12 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Weaver
G/S/vB		 31.Buckner
G/S/vB		 65.De La Rosa
G/S/vB		 37.Downs*
G/S/vB		 49.Frieri
G/S/vB		 40.Jepsen
G/S/vB		 58.Kohn
G/S/vB		 43.Richards
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Bernier G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/6 .200/.333/.400/.733 /.733 .600 6/.733 0/0 0/0
8.Carroll G/S/vP 18/.278 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 5/.500 3/.333 ··· ··· 170/134 .223/.278/.255/.533 .725/.481 .453 28/.655 1/0 0/2
55.Colabello G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 31/23 .129/.129/.129/.258 .000/.348 .211 15/.267 0/0 0/0
9.Doumit# G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· 2/.500 3/.000 4/2.000 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 346/239 .238/.295/.390/.685 .721/.669 .669 83/.594 1/0 9/2
2.Dozier G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 345/267 .231/.304/.378/.682 .877/.627 .584 98/.706 8/6 8/3
25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 275/211 .235/.294/.352/.646 .319/.744 .724 70/.710 8/3 6/8
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 25/25 .409/.458/.727/1.186 /1.186 1.667 9/1.000 0/0 2/0
32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 282/216 .198/.266/.360/.626 .750/.583 .631 71/.779 7/3 8/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 31/.644 3/.333 1/2.000 15/.967 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· ··· 420/312 .324/.407/.474/.881 .867/.886 .910 96/.741 0/0 8/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 27/.671 2/.500 2/.000 18/.411 1/2.000 7/1.071 ··· ··· 388/271 .272/.332/.401/.734 .636/.777 .590 94/.804 0/0 7/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 11/.830 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 280/214 .257/.315/.427/.742 .985/.668 .700 85/.671 1/0 10/7
11.Thomas* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 141/98 .244/.319/.386/.705 .694/.710 .608 73/.695 0/3 4/3
IP 73.2 17.1 46.1 29.0 42.2 24.2 30.2 67.2 TOTAL .245/.316/.385/.701 .696/.702 .677 .675 30/20 89/43
ERA-K/9 3.30/7.1 4.67/3.6 3.50/8.4 1.24/6.5 3.80/13.5 4.01/9.8 2.35/9.7 4.66/6.4 4.27/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (19-7-1)
 Herrmann (1-0-0)
 Mauer (15-14-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 306/.250 73/.270 187/.237 118/.223 183/.192 109/.255 123/.150 292/.262 .260  Hicks
 Doumit
 Thomas
 Colabello
 Herrmann
0/73/0/9
1/0/18/4
10/21/4/3
0/0/1/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .703 .903 .588 .572 .636 .716 .606 .688 .738
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 182/.756 40/.833 88/.562 54/.479 97/.591 52/.875 53/.449 155/.655 .765
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 124/.628 33/.984 99/.610 64/.657 86/.686 57/.574 70/.721 137/.726 .716
Home 185/.689 31/.739 123/.713 69/.379 107/.684 63/.929 68/.686 147/.634
Last 28d days 131/.604 26/.948 42/.602 27/.514 40/.700 39/.801 32/.633 52/.664
HR/SB/CS 7/5/1 5/1/1 2/2/2 0/1/0 6/3/1 2/4/0 4/0/1 6/4/3 105/75/18
Usage ····X··· o······· XX··o··· oo··o··· X··oo··· oX··o··· ·Xo····· o·X·····
Angels Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Pelfrey
G/S/vB		 61.Burton
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 44.Gibson
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 57.Pressly
G/S/vB		 20.Roenicke
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 56.Thielbar*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.000 11/.384 ··· 2/.000 15/.690 ··· 3/.666 11/.364 ··· 317/229 .282/.304/.383/.686 .585/.724 .713 76/.696 4/4 4/8
6.Callaspo# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 15/.800 2/.000 3/.000 13/.802 ··· 1/.000 6/.333 ··· 310/218 .259/.322/.361/.684 .722/.668 .674 74/.603 0/2 5/11
16.Conger# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 139/121 .250/.309/.453/.762 .289/.827 .642 41/.831 0/1 6/5
19.Cowgill G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/30 .214/.247/.357/.604 .644/.546 .691 10/1.167 0/0 2/0
12.Field G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 6/.334 4/.000 16/.813 3/2.334 ··· 13/1.462 ··· 1/.000 15/.515 ··· 387/279 .223/.279/.409/.688 .415/.795 .730 75/.850 3/0 14/8
10.Hawpe* G/S/vP 17/.436 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/29 .185/.313/.185/.498 .667/.477 .619 18/.347 0/0 0/1
17.Iannetta G/S/vP 13/1.192 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 258/168 .213/.353/.343/.696 .775/.654 .655 32/.626 0/0 6/5
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· 13/1.282 3/.666 3/.666 14/.357 ··· 4/.250 6/.000 ··· 400/305 .306/.346/.460/.806 .898/.778 .872 80/.709 6/2 11/10
5.Pujols G/S/vP 12/.606 9/.583 3/.000 2/1.000 3/2.334 8/.375 ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 ··· 429/328 .254/.326/.439/.765 .690/.789 .780 85/.746 1/1 17/3
39.Shuck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 240/181 .289/.332/.367/.699 .894/.636 .683 73/.588 3/4 0/2
27.Trout G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/2.500 ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· 448/337 .324/.402/.563/.965 .972/.962 .945 83/1.144 22/4 16/2
44.Trumbo G/S/vP 5/1.800 2/.000 5/2.000 1/2.000 2/2.500 3/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· 416/315 .247/.313/.476/.789 .797/.786 .811 75/.774 2/2 22/6
IP 88.1 44.1 35.1 42.1 28.1 39.0 44.2 40.1 59.2 22.2 TOTAL .266/.328/.424/.752 .697/.771 .762 .754 46/22 108/73
ERA-K/9 5.40/5.1 3.45/8.1 4.58/7.6 2.98/9.6 5.72/4.8 1.85/11.8 3.22/6.0 3.57/6.3 3.47/6.2 0.79/8.3 4.36/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (18-12-1)
 Iannetta (57-6-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 387/.307 193/.240 163/.296 160/.197 125/.297 151/.188 190/.260 174/.233 241/.276 81/.099 .280  Shuck
 Hamilton
 Cowgill
 Trumbo
 Trout
 Kendrick
 Hawpe
60/0/5/5
3/1/78/3
10/19/4/1
8/0/19/1
38/66/0/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/5/0
OPS .825 .685 .764 .528 .782 .522 .677 .730 .713 .409 .767
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 218/.804 93/.656 84/.739 62/.588 68/.787 40/.588 83/.690 66/.953 114/.902 36/.263 .777
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 169/.853 100/.712 79/.790 98/.491 57/.776 111/.499 107/.666 108/.597 127/.544 45/.530 .760
Road 166/.817 96/.595 81/.805 88/.642 72/.672 83/.643 111/.673 85/.719 124/.683 54/.564
Last 28d days 70/.695 44/.590 42/1.035 39/.493 125/.782 43/.599 40/.796 31/.767 47/.939 28/.463
HR/SB/CS 9/6/2 3/9/1 1/2/1 4/2/1 2/2/1 2/0/0 1/1/0 5/1/1 5/0/3 2/1/0 94/35/21
Usage ····X··· o··oo··· ···oo··· oX·oX··· X······· XX·Xo··· ··X····· X·o····· ··o····· ··o·····

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.