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Game Preview: TOR @ MIN, 8:10pm, Friday, September 6, 2013 @Target Field

Blue Jays, 64-76, 64-76 5th, 20 GB, 16 GB in WC

SP: R.A. Dickey (38, RHP, 11-12, 4.30)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (11-12) 190.2 178 99 91 64 149 29 4.30
2012 (20-6) 233.2 192 78 71 54 230 24 2.73
2011 (8-13) 208.2 202 85 76 54 134 18 3.28
Last 7 GS 3-1 50.0 45 18 15 14 41 5 2.70 59
2013-08-31 KCR W 8.0 7 2 2 2 6 0 100 64
2013-08-26 NYY W 6.1 6 2 1 3 6 1 95 58
2013-08-21 @NYY L 8.0 6 4 4 2 9 1 122 61
2013-08-16 @TBR ND 7.0 6 4 4 2 6 1 102 53
2013-08-11 OAK ND 7.0 6 3 3 2 6 1 109 57
2013-08-05 @SEA W 7.2 8 1 1 2 5 1 104 62
2013-07-31 @OAK ND 6.0 6 2 0 1 3 0 95 58
Last 5 v.MIN 0-2 21.1 29 20 19 11 12 4 8.02 35
2013-07-06 MIN L 7.0 7 6 6 2 3 1 109 40
2008-08-05 MIN ND 7.0 8 3 3 2 3 1 104 50
2003-09-06 @MIN L 2.2 6 5 5 3 2 1 76 25
2003-08-31 MIN ND 4.2 8 6 5 4 4 1 103 26
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   35-34   Road:   29-42   ExtrInn: 7-9 
 vsRHP:  47-57   vsLHP:  17-19   1-Run:  17-23
 vsEast: 23-38   vsCntrl:13-15   vsWest: 17-14 IL:11-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
140 Wed, Sep  4  @ARI  L   3-4 (10)  64-76  5th 19.5 gb
139 Tue, Sep  3  @ARI  W  10-4       64-75  5th 18.5 gb
138 Mon, Sep  2  @ARI  W   4-1       63-75  5th 18.5 gb
137 Sun, Sep  1   KCR  L   0-5       62-75  5th 19.5 gb
136 Sat, Aug 31   KCR  W   4-2       62-74  5th 18.5 gb
135 Fri, Aug 30   KCR  W   3-2       61-74  5th 18.5 gb
134 Wed, Aug 28   NYY  W   7-2       60-74  5th 19.0 gb
133 Tue, Aug 27   NYY  L   1-7       59-74  5th 19.0 gb
132 Mon, Aug 26   NYY  W   5-2       59-73  5th 18.0 gb
131 Sun, Aug 25  @HOU  W   2-1       58-73  5th 18.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Twins, 61-77, 61-77 4th, 19 GB, 18 GB in WC

SP: Mike Pelfrey (29, RHP, 5-10, 4.86)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-10) 133.1 155 75 72 46 81 12 4.86
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 39.0 41 19 18 18 26 3 4.15 48
2013-08-31 @TEX ND 7.0 6 1 1 0 7 0 98 68
2013-08-25 @CLE ND 5.0 2 1 1 6 3 0 94 56
2013-08-20 @DET W 6.2 7 3 3 1 2 1 96 49
2013-08-15 CHW ND 6.1 7 3 3 1 4 0 88 50
2013-08-10 @CHW L 5.0 4 5 4 5 2 1 98 38
2013-08-04 HOU ND 5.0 7 2 2 3 4 0 104 46
2013-07-30 KCR L 4.0 8 4 4 2 4 1 93 32
Last 5 v.TOR 1-0 6.0 3 0 0 3 2 0 0.00 65
2013-07-06 @TOR W 6.0 3 0 0 3 2 0 97 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   28-36   Road:   33-41   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  47-60   vsLHP:  14-17   1-Run:  21-21
 vsEast:  9-18   vsCntrl:27-39   vsWest: 17-8  IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
138 Wed, Sep  4  @HOU  L   5-6       61-77  4th 19.0 gb
137 Tue, Sep  3  @HOU  W   9-6 (12)  61-76  4th 19.0 gb
136 Mon, Sep  2  @HOU  W  10-6       60-76  4th 20.0 gb
135 Sun, Sep  1  @TEX  W   4-2       59-76  4th 20.0 gb
134 Sat, Aug 31  @TEX  L   1-2       58-76  4th 21.0 gb
133 Fri, Aug 30  @TEX  W   3-2       58-75  4th 20.0 gb
132 Thu, Aug 29   KCR  L   1-3       57-75  4th 20.0 gb
131 Wed, Aug 28   KCR  L   1-8       57-74  4th 19.0 gb
130 Tue, Aug 27   KCR  L   1-6       57-73  4th 19.0 gb
129 Sun, Aug 25  @CLE  L   1-3       57-72  4th 19.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 07, 2013 TOR 11  MIN  5        W:Todd Redmond (1-1), L: Scott Diamond (5-8), S: none
Sat, Jul 06, 2013 MIN  6 @TOR  0        W:Mike Pelfrey (4-6), L: R.A. Dickey (8-9), S: none
Fri, Jul 05, 2013 TOR  4  MIN  0        W:Mark Buehrle (5-5), L: Kevin Correia (6-6), S: none

Wed, Oct 03, 2012 TOR  2  MIN  1        W:Brandon Morrow (10-7), L: Scott Diamond (12-9), S: Brandon Lyon (1)
Tue, Oct 02, 2012 TOR  4  MIN  3        W:Chad Jenkins (1-3), L: Anthony Swarzak (3-6), S: Casey Janssen (22)
Mon, Oct 01, 2012 TOR  6  MIN  5 (10)   W:Brandon Lyon (4-2), L: Brian Duensing (4-12), S: none
Sun, May 13, 2012 MIN  4  TOR  3        W:Scott Diamond (2-0), L: Ricky Romero (4-1), S: Matt Capps (7)
Sat, May 12, 2012 TOR  2 @MIN  1        W:Drew Hutchison (2-1), L: P.J. Walters (0-1), S: Casey Janssen (2)
Fri, May 11, 2012 MIN  7  TOR  6        W:Nick Blackburn (1-4), L: Kyle Drabek (2-4), S: Matt Capps (6)
Thu, May 10, 2012 TOR  6 @MIN  2        W:Henderson Alvarez (3-2), L: Jason Marquis (2-2), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - TOR over 2-1; 2012 - TOR won 5-2; 2011 - TOR won 5-1; All-Time - TOR leads 199-154

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  5.13

NYY  4.08

MIA  3.25

 RA/G

ATL  3.40

CLE  4.27

HOU  5.28

 BA

M. Cabrera  .355

B. Gardner  .274

D. Uggla  .184

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .446

C. Rasmus  .335

J. Arencibia  .242

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .676

J. Lowrie  .431

A. Escobar  .295

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.121

M. Machado  .771

A. Escobar  .553

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.89

M. Leake  3.51

E. Volquez  6.05

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.02

J. Shields  7.39

B. Colon  4.77

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

Blue Jays Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Pelfrey
G/S/vB		 63.Albers*
G/S/vB		 61.Burton
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Arencibia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 442/318 .207/.242/.390/.632 .620/.636 .461 69/.581 0/2 20/10
11.Davis G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 11/.955 1/.000 3/3.000 1/.000 3/.667 5/.800 1/.000 301/196 .264/.313/.372/.685 .941/.549 .650 85/.702 40/4 4/1
16.DeRosa G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· 7/1.881 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 203/74 .217/.310/.411/.722 .781/.620 .711 33/.495 0/0 7/4
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 14/.650 ··· 1/2.000 8/1.375 ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 599/471 .279/.376/.548/.923 .854/.943 .984 106/.948 7/1 36/8
17.Goins* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/34 .295/.311/.341/.652 .364/.747 .500 45/.652 0/0 0/0
8.Gose* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· 78/59 .230/.269/.311/.580 .649/.558 .585 52/.486 3/1 0/2
66.Kawasaki* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 241/193 .219/.316/.303/.620 .405/.673 .685 25/.639 7/1 1/6
13.Lawrie G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 346/269 .255/.313/.414/.727 .635/.754 .716 101/.716 7/4 10/9
26.Lind* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 6/.334 ··· 11/.546 1/.000 1/.000 4/.750 1/.000 453/370 .284/.355/.475/.831 .591/.888 .915 74/.861 1/0 17/5
15.Nickeas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
22.Pillar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/42 .173/.246/.269/.515 .464/.533 .613 58/.515 0/1 1/0
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 322/251 .295/.348/.420/.768 .787/.762 .687 99/.607 13/5 9/7
14.Sierra G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 43/31 .243/.326/.432/.758 .970/.669 .731 43/.758 0/0 1/1
30.Thole* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 106/94 .141/.240/.217/.458 .311/.474 .424 26/.631 0/0 1/3
IP 133.1 38.2 60.1 53.0 55.2 54.2 69.1 55.2 86.1 37.0 TOTAL .251/.318/.411/.729 .690/.743 .703 .668 100/35 164/97
ERA-K/9 4.86/5.5 3.96/3.5 3.73/8.4 3.74/8.7 4.04/10.2 2.63/11.2 3.50/5.7 2.91/6.5 2.92/6.7 1.22/8.3 4.27/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (59-19-13)
 Thole (21-7-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 586/.294 154/.255 256/.234 234/.282 218/.227 213/.210 284/.244 238/.217 350/.255 141/.150 .276  Davis
 Pillar
 Gose
 Sierra
52/14/27/3
19/0/0/1
10/18/0/1
0/0/14/0
OPS .776 .670 .678 .727 .635 .594 .651 .681 .656 .510 .755
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 321/.755 44/.737 127/.675 115/.741 90/.754 57/.585 133/.670 91/.838 168/.803 69/.470 .765
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 265/.802 110/.644 129/.681 119/.711 128/.552 156/.597 151/.634 147/.586 182/.524 72/.550 .747
Home 294/.816 84/.564 122/.746 107/.717 96/.616 95/.417 128/.566 115/.666 171/.650 51/.389
Last 28d days 129/.636 125/.753 44/.807 32/.601 38/1.259 34/.713 54/.451 34/.686 69/.597 30/.693
HR/SB/CS 12/9/2 4/1/0 6/13/2 2/2/2 9/4/1 5/0/0 3/1/1 6/1/2 6/3/4 2/2/0 135/63/30
Usage ·····X·· ···X···· ··X·X·o· ·oo··oX· ··oo·o·· ··X·o·oo ·X·····X ··XX·oo· ···X···· ··X··X·X
Twins Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Dickey
G/S/vB		 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB		 50.Delabar
G/S/vB		 4.Drabek
G/S/vB		 44.Janssen
G/S/vB		 33.Jeffress
G/S/vB		 62.Loup*
G/S/vB		 29.McGowan
G/S/vB		 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB		 47.Perez*
G/S/vB		 32.Rogers
G/S/vB		 21.Santos
G/S/vB		 45.Wagner
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 306/209 .248/.307/.422/.729 .668/.759 .725 48/.664 1/2 10/1
17.Bernier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/39 .245/.351/.306/.657 .812/.574 .527 21/.714 2/1 0/0
55.Colabello G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 136/97 .207/.294/.372/.666 .576/.701 .263 56/.676 0/1 6/1
9.Doumit# G/S/vP 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/.777 ··· ··· 467/329 .241/.310/.387/.697 .745/.677 .681 67/.686 1/0 12/3
2.Dozier G/S/vP 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 525/400 .243/.311/.433/.744 1.005/.664 .780 116/.829 10/6 17/4
25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 384/293 .225/.282/.337/.619 .462/.667 .545 75/.601 13/5 8/13
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 141/118 .221/.312/.377/.689 .656/.694 .462 65/.597 0/1 4/1
19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 36/31 .219/.235/.281/.517 1.000/.429 .400 26/.513 2/1 0/0
43.Pinto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/5 .700/.727/.900/1.627 1.667/1.550 11/1.627 0/0 0/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 3/.000 1/5.000 2/3.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 429/328 .243/.301/.404/.705 .859/.659 .746 99/.771 2/1 14/11
1.Presley* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 93/76 .289/.312/.433/.745 .765/.741 .732 26/.885 0/3 3/1
11.Thomas* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 291/205 .229/.303/.328/.632 .573/.655 .699 83/.597 1/3 4/3
16.Willingham G/S/vP 6/1.167 6/2.667 1/no AB 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.800 4/.250 5/.650 3/.333 ··· 410/311 .207/.341/.370/.711 .717/.709 .711 102/.578 1/0 12/0
IP 190.2 59.2 52.1 46.0 1.0 65.2 19.0 44.1 0.2 117.1 17.0 33.2 TOTAL .242/.313/.387/.700 .713/.696 .706 .723 45/29 135/62
ERA-K/9 4.30/7.0 3.02/10.4 2.75/13.3 /0.0 2.74/7.8 9.00/9.0 2.47/6.8 1.89/9.0 4.06/7.3 13.50/25.7 4.76/6.2 2.12/8.5 3.21/7.5 4.34/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (28-7-3)
 Herrmann (10-5-0)
 Pinto (2-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 808/.245 246/.205 224/.224 / 185/.202 9/.429 265/.253 84/.178 186/.259 3/.333 510/.285 62/.161 139/.250 .260  Willingham
 Thomas
 Doumit
 Arcia
 Herrmann
 Presley
 Colabello
 Mastroianni
65/0/0/5
20/49/5/5
1/0/27/4
48/0/22/4
2/0/16/3
12/4/12/1
0/0/11/1
10/2/4/1
OPS .734 .604 .650 .562 1.413 .661 .601 .768 .667 .803 .495 .725 .755
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 436/.768 120/.452 103/.705 / 115/.631 3/.333 105/.463 42/.648 71/1.013 3/.667 282/.883 22/.392 58/.732 .771
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 372/.695 126/.760 121/.606 / 70/.450 6/1.867 160/.787 42/.539 115/.609 / 228/.707 40/.549 81/.719 .742
Road 392/.666 115/.542 122/.684 / 75/.386 2/2.000 128/.646 36/.434 103/.770 3/.667 269/.788 34/.349 71/.603
Last 28d days 149/.651 29/.929 8/.500 / 45/.887 2/2.000 38/.659 8/.375 35/.898 3/.667 81/.667 30/.497 39/.635
HR/SB/CS 29/8/3 4/6/2 3/5/2 // 2/0/1 1/3/0 5/3/6 2/2/1 6/3/1 0/0/0 18/2/1 1/5/0 5/0/1 171/83/26
Usage ·····X·· ······o· ·X·o···· ···o·XX· ·o······ ··oo···· ··X·X··· ··o····· ·o······ ···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.