Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Game Previews > MIN @ OAK, Sunday, September 22, 2013

Game Preview: MIN @ OAK, 4:05pm, Sunday, September 22, 2013 @O.co Coliseum

Twins, 65-89, 65-89 4th, 25½ GB, 20 GB in WC

SP: Cole De Vries (28, RHP, 0-0, 7.88)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-0) 8.0 12 7 7 5 4 4 7.88
2012 (5-5) 87.2 88 48 40 18 58 16 4.11
Last 7 GS 3-3 35.2 38 19 17 8 22 4 4.29 49
2012-09-08 CLE W 6.0 3 0 0 1 2 0 84 67
2012-09-01 @KCR W 6.2 7 1 1 0 3 0 94 59
2012-08-26 @TEX W 5.0 3 2 1 0 5 0 98 60
2012-08-21 @OAK L 5.2 6 2 2 3 3 0 112 49
2012-08-15 DET L 4.0 8 4 4 2 3 2 84 31
2012-08-10 TBR L 1.1 7 8 7 0 1 1 40 11
2012-08-04 @BOS ND 7.0 4 2 2 2 5 1 109 64
Last 5 v.OAK 0-2 15.2 14 9 9 8 7 3 5.17 46
2012-08-21 @OAK L 5.2 6 2 2 3 3 0 112 49
2012-07-14 OAK L 5.0 6 7 7 0 3 3 85 30
2012-05-29 OAK ND 5.0 2 0 0 5 1 0 92 59
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-43   Road:   34-46   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  49-69   vsLHP:  16-20   1-Run:  23-23
 vsEast: 10-23   vsCntrl:28-41   vsWest: 19-13 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
154 Sat, Sep 21  @OAK  L   1-9       65-89  4th 25.5 gb
153 Fri, Sep 20  @OAK  L   0-11      65-88  4th 24.5 gb
152 Thu, Sep 19  @OAK  L   6-8       65-87  4th 23.5 gb
151 Wed, Sep 18  @CHW  W   4-3       65-86  4th 22.5 gb
150 Tue, Sep 17  @CHW  L   3-4       64-86  4th 23.5 gb
149 Mon, Sep 16  @CHW  L   1-12      64-85  4th 22.5 gb
148 Sun, Sep 15   TBR  W   6-4       64-84  4th 21.5 gb
147 Sat, Sep 14   TBR  L   0-7       63-84  4th 21.5 gb
146 Fri, Sep 13   TBR  L   0-3       63-83  4th 21.5 gb
145 Thu, Sep 12   OAK  L   2-8       63-82  4th 20.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20
Athletics, 92-63, 92-63 1st, 7½ up

SP: Sonny Gray (23, RHP, 3-3, 2.50)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-3) 54.0 41 18 15 15 56 3 2.50
Last 7 GS 3-2 44.0 35 14 13 11 45 2 2.66 61
2013-09-17 LAA ND 6.0 5 1 1 1 5 1 98 62
2013-09-11 @MIN W 5.0 4 2 2 3 7 0 91 55
2013-09-05 HOU L 8.0 7 3 2 1 7 0 95 64
2013-08-31 TBR W 6.2 5 0 0 1 7 0 102 70
2013-08-25 @BAL L 3.1 8 6 6 2 3 0 67 21
2013-08-20 SEA ND 7.0 2 2 2 2 7 1 94 70
2013-08-15 HOU W 8.0 4 0 0 1 9 0 118 82
Last 5 v.MIN 1-0 5.0 4 2 2 3 7 0 3.60 55
2013-09-11 @MIN W 5.0 4 2 2 3 7 0 91 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   51-29   Road:   41-34   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  60-42   vsLHP:  32-21   1-Run:  30-20
 vsEast: 17-15   vsCntrl:21-12   vsWest: 41-29 IL:13-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
155 Sat, Sep 21   MIN  W   9-1       92-63  1st  7.5 up
154 Fri, Sep 20   MIN  W  11-0       91-63  1st  7.5 up
153 Thu, Sep 19   MIN  W   8-6       90-63  1st  6.5 up
152 Wed, Sep 18   LAA  L   4-5 (11)  89-63  1st  6.5 up
151 Tue, Sep 17   LAA  W   2-1       89-62  1st  6.5 up
150 Mon, Sep 16   LAA  L   1-12      88-62  1st  6.5 up
149 Sun, Sep 15  @TEX  W   5-1       88-61  1st  6.5 up
148 Sat, Sep 14  @TEX  W   1-0       87-61  1st  5.5 up
147 Fri, Sep 13  @TEX  W   9-8       86-61  1st  4.5 up
146 Thu, Sep 12  @MIN  W   8-2       85-61  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:21-9 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 21, 2013 OAK  9  MIN  1        W:Jarrod Parker (12-7), L: Pedro Hernandez (3-2), S: none
Fri, Sep 20, 2013 OAK 11  MIN  0        W:Bartolo Colon (17-6), L: Andrew Albers (2-4), S: none
Thu, Sep 19, 2013 OAK  8  MIN  6        W:Sean Doolittle (5-5), L: Shairon Martis (0-1), S: none
Thu, Sep 12, 2013 OAK  8 @MIN  2        W:A.J. Griffin (14-9), L: Scott Diamond (5-11), S: none
Wed, Sep 11, 2013 OAK 18 @MIN  3        W:Sonny Gray (3-3), L: Mike Pelfrey (5-12), S: none
Tue, Sep 10, 2013 MIN  4  OAK  3        W:Anthony Swarzak (2-2), L: Ryan Cook (6-4), S: Glen Perkins (34)

Wed, Aug 22, 2012 OAK  5  MIN  1        W:Tommy Milone (10-9), L: Liam Hendriks (0-6), S: none
Tue, Aug 21, 2012 OAK  4  MIN  1        W:Brett Anderson (1-0), L: Cole De Vries (2-5), S: Grant Balfour (12)
Mon, Aug 20, 2012 MIN  7 @OAK  2        W:Brian Duensing (3-8), L: Brandon McCarthy (6-5), S: none
Sun, Jul 15, 2012 OAK  9 @MIN  4        W:Jarrod Parker (6-4), L: Brian Duensing (1-6), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - OAK over 5-1; 2012 - OAK won 5-4; 2011 - Tied 4-4; All-Time - MIN leads 995-987

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
Twins Batters (3.82 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Gray
G/S/vB
49.Anderson*
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
60.Chavez
G/S/vB
48.Cook
G/S/vB
62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB
65.Figueroa*
G/S/vB
47.Neshek
G/S/vB
61.Otero
G/S/vB
58.Scribner
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/5.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 368/252 .249/.302/.424/.726 .665/.755 .718 70/.665 1/2 13/2
17.Bernier G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 64/43 .226/.339/.283/.622 .770/.546 .657 10/.550 2/1 0/0
55.Colabello G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 171/121 .191/.281/.342/.623 .579/.640 .813 68/.618 0/1 7/2
9.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 511/357 .241/.309/.387/.696 .765/.666 .711 67/.665 1/0 13/3
2.Dozier G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 586/442 .244/.311/.417/.728 .982/.648 .718 101/.726 13/7 17/5
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 166/118 .222/.273/.333/.606 .670/.592 .510 23/.668 0/2 3/7
25.Florimon# G/S/vP 2/.500 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 427/318 .223/.282/.329/.611 .482/.657 .647 72/.535 14/5 8/17
54.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/2 .333/.333/.833/1.167 1.750/.000 .500 6/1.167 0/0 1/0
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 162/134 .210/.289/.343/.632 .531/.652 .752 47/.450 0/1 4/2
19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/37 .188/.231/.229/.460 .529/.422 .538 44/.445 2/1 0/0
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 307/244 .227/.313/.361/.673 .535/.710 .740 33/.653 1/1 8/2
43.Pinto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 57/40 .377/.421/.642/1.063 .790/1.180 1.135 57/1.063 0/0 3/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 6/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 491/372 .249/.302/.396/.698 .832/.655 .657 97/.796 2/1 14/12
1.Presley* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 158/118 .270/.297/.368/.666 .625/.681 .679 85/.668 0/4 3/1
11.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/4.000 ··· ··· 310/218 .214/.288/.307/.595 .533/.620 .548 43/.311 1/3 4/3
16.Willingham G/S/vP 2/2.000 4/.500 2/2.000 1/.000 3/1.000 3/2.667 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 451/340 .214/.353/.382/.735 .697/.747 .716 77/.704 1/0 14/1
IP 54.0 41.0 59.2 57.1 53.2 63.2 67.0 2.0 39.2 37.2 25.2 TOTAL .241/.311/.381/.693 .701/.690 .686 .666 49/32 146/76
ERA-K/9 2.50/9.3 6.37/9.2 2.72/9.9 3.30/7.9 4.19/8.4 2.69/8.8 3.22/7.9 18.00/9.0 3.40/6.3 1.43/6.2 3.86/6.0 3.57/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (28-7-3)
 Fryer (0-1-0)
 Herrmann (12-7-0)
 Pinto (5-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 217/.206 186/.291 249/.211 237/.226 237/.240 278/.245 260/.215 14/.455 175/.255 155/.284 109/.225 .243  Thomas
 Parmelee
 Willingham
 Arcia
 Doumit
 Herrmann
 Presley
 Mastroianni
 Colabello
 Escobar
23/50/10/6
0/1/68/6
71/0/0/5
55/0/29/5
1/0/29/4
3/0/18/3
12/20/12/2
15/3/7/1
0/0/11/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .550 .810 .619 .675 .643 .627 .579 1.662 .747 .629 .716 .679
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 124/.580 42/.960 127/.561 104/.764 128/.667 122/.760 89/.534 4/1.250 60/.922 79/.645 52/.563 .697
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 93/.510 144/.765 122/.682 133/.605 109/.614 156/.526 171/.602 10/1.886 115/.656 76/.613 57/.854 .664
Home 135/.471 114/.772 145/.578 114/.665 129/.737 159/.560 155/.587 10/2.200 82/.602 110/.586 48/.769
Last 28d days 102/.546 54/.879 49/.853 23/.824 21/.800 44/1.117 45/.410 14/1.662 9/.333 52/.800 23/.503
HR/SB/CS 3/1/1 5/2/0 7/0/1 7/2/2 3/1/0 2/15/1 4/6/2 2/0/0 6/2/1 0/1/0 3/6/0 155/85/26
Usage ····X··· ··Xo···· ···XX··X X··ooo·· ··oX··o· ··o·X·o· ··o·o·o· ·····X·· ···o·o·· X·oX··X· ·X···X··
Athletics Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.De Vries
G/S/vB
63.Albers*
G/S/vB
61.Burton
G/S/vB
52.Duensing*
G/S/vB
50.Fien
G/S/vB
64.Martis
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
59.Tonkin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 2/1.500 2/1.000 ··· 8/.125 ··· 1/no AB 4/.250 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 102/79 .256/.324/.333/.657 .542/.691 .678 79/.702 0/0 2/0
18.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 16/1.115 2/.000 2/.000 14/.742 1/2.000 1/.000 7/.286 1/.000 1/.000 492/329 .260/.335/.369/.704 .775/.669 .673 89/.768 0/2 9/16
52.Cespedes G/S/vP 6/1.700 3/1.666 2/1.000 5/1.800 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 560/381 .245/.300/.452/.752 .906/.683 .801 95/.923 7/7 26/4
35.Choice G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 17/9 .313/.353/.375/.728 .661/.778 .619 17/.728 0/0 0/0
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 6/1.100 3/.000 2/1.000 9/.444 1/.000 1/5.000 8/1.000 1/no AB 3/1.334 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 556/348 .255/.330/.437/.766 .635/.854 .685 108/.882 19/5 21/0
20.Donaldson G/S/vP 4/1.750 3/1.167 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 1/5.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 643/444 .306/.388/.511/.899 1.071/.822 .888 109/1.142 5/2 24/16
7.Freiman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 207/46 .275/.329/.392/.720 .810/.406 .846 33/.575 0/0 4/1
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 1/5.000 3/.666 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 4/2.000 1/.000 3/1.667 2/2.500 ··· ··· 635/405 .287/.343/.438/.781 .768/.784 .756 105/.824 1/0 13/18
37.Moss* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 2/2.500 1/.000 1/3.000 479/394 .258/.340/.513/.853 .668/.894 .799 73/1.249 4/2 27/8
36.Norris G/S/vP 3/.666 3/2.500 ··· 6/.900 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 297/130 .243/.341/.396/.737 .973/.429 .851 33/.783 5/0 8/3
12.Parrino# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 34/16 .094/.147/.125/.272 .458/.063 .063 8/.000 0/0 0/1
16.Reddick* G/S/vP 11/.899 2/1.000 1/.000 7/.714 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 2/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/no AB 413/276 .221/.303/.381/.685 .683/.685 .590 38/.944 9/1 12/5
15.Smith* G/S/vP 10/1.457 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 400/314 .248/.325/.382/.707 .628/.729 .663 34/1.078 0/0 8/0
28.Sogard* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 390/321 .264/.320/.367/.687 .619/.701 .687 47/.653 8/5 2/7
22.Suzuki G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 10/.425 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 315/246 .232/.291/.338/.629 .653/.622 .641 27/1.047 2/0 5/6
21.Vogt* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 130/115 .261/.297/.420/.717 .800/.705 .601 49/.880 0/1 4/1
19.Weeks# G/S/vP 7/.143 ··· 1/.000 5/1.200 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0
25.Young G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.667 4/1.500 ··· 3/1.333 ··· ··· 7/1.229 1/4.000 ··· 1/.000 362/193 .198/.279/.378/.657 .711/.610 .606 51/.657 8/3 12/2
IP 8.0 54.1 65.0 57.1 60.1 5.1 59.2 74.2 60.1 92.2 42.0 7.1 TOTAL .253/.326/.417/.744 .766/.732 .725 .872 68/27 177/93
ERA-K/9 7.88/4.5 3.98/3.8 3.88/8.3 4.08/8.5 3.73/10.3 5.06/10.2 2.41/11.3 3.86/5.8 4.03/6.7 3.01/6.6 1.93/7.3 0.00/9.9 4.51/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Norris (35-12-6)
 Suzuki (57-8-3)
 Vogt (18-8-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 41/.343 222/.269 278/.245 252/.282 234/.216 22/.111 230/.204 308/.249 269/.251 374/.252 158/.161 32/.233 .280  Cespedes
 Reddick
 Young
 Crisp
 Smith
 Moss
 Choice
 Weeks
93/18/0/10
0/0/106/5
20/53/26/2
0/104/0/2
46/0/9/1
6/2/27/1
2/1/3/0
0/1/0/0
OPS 1.215 .686 .696 .749 .604 .606 .576 .671 .750 .655 .563 .581 .768
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 28/1.107 57/.673 132/.731 123/.759 95/.712 10/.800 60/.554 146/.727 105/.900 180/.779 76/.521 18/.528 .778
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 13/1.448 165/.690 146/.665 129/.738 139/.531 12/.450 170/.584 162/.622 164/.656 194/.544 82/.602 14/.643 .759
Road 24/1.185 94/.842 142/.605 133/.757 128/.629 7/.952 121/.719 167/.737 129/.704 181/.695 96/.599 21/.586
Last 28d days 41/1.215 110/.822 38/.917 30/1.155 31/.670 22/.606 33/.565 49/.691 44/1.018 48/.685 37/.756 19/.433
HR/SB/CS 4/0/0 5/2/0 6/14/3 4/2/2 9/5/1 1/0/0 5/0/0 5/1/1 6/1/2 7/3/4 4/2/1 0/1/0 158/68/36
Usage ·····X·· ·X·····X ···XX·X· ··X·o·o· ···oX·o· ··X····X ···o··o· ·X···o·· ····X··X ··o···X· ··o··o·· ·X···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.