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Minnesota Twins vs. Texas Rangers, at Target Field, May 29, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Start Time:
12:10ct (local), 1:10et
Venue:
Target Field
Tickets:
Tickets for games at Target Field
Series:
Game #4 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
71° (based on last ten years)
Rangers
Manager:
Ron Washington
Game #:
54
On This Date:
23-23
Twins
Manager:
Ron Gardenhire
Game #:
51
On This Date:
45-55
Season Series
Mon, May 26, 2014 TEX  7 @MIN  2     
Tue, May 27, 2014 MIN  4  TEX  3     
Wed, May 28, 2014 TEX  1 @MIN  0     

Thu, May 29, 2014 TEX    @MIN  1:10pm
Fri, Jun 27, 2014 MIN    @TEX  8:05pm
Sat, Jun 28, 2014 MIN    @TEX  4:05pm
Sun, Jun 29, 2014 MIN    @TEX  3:05pm

                         All times ET
Texas Rangers
27-26, 3rd, 5 GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-13   Road:   14-13   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  19-17   vsLHP:   8-9    1-Run:   9-6 
 vsEast:  4-8    vsCntrl: 7-3    vsWest: 13-11 IL: 3-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 53 Wed, May 28  @MIN  W   1-0       27-26  3rd  5.0 gb
 52 Tue, May 27  @MIN  L   3-4       26-26  3rd  5.0 gb
 51 Mon, May 26  @MIN  W   7-2       26-25  3rd  5.0 gb
 50 Sun, May 25  @DET  W  12-4       25-25  3rd  5.0 gb
 49 Sat, May 24  @DET  W  12-2       24-25  4th  6.0 gb
 48 Fri, May 23  @DET  L   2-7       23-25  4th  7.0 gb
 47 Thu, May 22  @DET  W   9-2       23-24  4th  7.0 gb
 46 Wed, May 21   SEA  W   4-3       22-24  4th  8.0 gb
 45 Tue, May 20   SEA  L   2-6       21-24  4th  8.0 gb
 44 Sun, May 18   TOR  W   6-2       21-23  4th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Minnesota Twins
24-26, 3rd, 5½ GB, 4 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-13   Road:   11-13   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  17-18   vsLHP:   7-8    1-Run:   9-6 
 vsEast:  8-4    vsCntrl:11-10   vsWest:  3-6  IL: 2-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Wed, May 28   TEX  L   0-1       24-26  3rd  5.5 gb
 49 Tue, May 27   TEX  W   4-3       24-25  3rd  5.5 gb
 48 Mon, May 26   TEX  L   2-7       23-25  3rd  5.5 gb
 47 Sun, May 25  @SFG  L   1-8       23-24  2nd  5.5 gb
 46 Sat, May 24  @SFG  L   1-2       23-23  2nd  5.5 gb
 45 Fri, May 23  @SFG  L   2-6       23-22  2nd  5.5 gb
 44 Wed, May 21  @SDP  W   2-0       23-21  2nd  5.0 gb
 43 Tue, May 20  @SDP  W   5-3       22-21  2nd  6.0 gb
 42 Sun, May 18   SEA  L   2-6       21-21  3rd  7.5 gb
 41 Sat, May 17   SEA  W   4-3       21-20  2nd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 28, 2014 TEX  1 @MIN  0        W:Shawn Tolleson (1-1), L: Jared Burton (1-2), S: Joakim Soria (9)
Tue, May 27, 2014 MIN  4  TEX  3        W:Glen Perkins (2-0), L: Joakim Soria (1-2), S: none
Mon, May 26, 2014 TEX  7 @MIN  2        W:Nick Tepesch (2-0), L: Kevin Correia (2-6), S: none

Sun, Sep 01, 2013 MIN  4 @TEX  2        W:Kevin Correia (9-10), L: Travis Blackley (2-2), S: Glen Perkins (32)
Sat, Aug 31, 2013 TEX  2  MIN  1        W:Joe Nathan (5-2), L: Caleb Thielbar (2-2), S: none
Fri, Aug 30, 2013 MIN  3 @TEX  2        W:Liam Hendriks (1-2), L: Yu Darvish (12-6), S: Glen Perkins (31)
Sun, Apr 28, 2013 MIN  5  TEX  0        W:Kevin Correia (3-1), L: Alexi Ogando (2-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 27, 2013 MIN  7  TEX  2        W:Pedro Hernandez (1-0), L: Derek Holland (1-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 26, 2013 TEX  4 @MIN  3        W:Justin Grimm (2-0), L: Scott Diamond (1-2), S: Joe Nathan (8)
Thu, Apr 25, 2013 TEX  2 @MIN  1        W:Nick Tepesch (2-1), L: Vance Worley (0-3), S: Joe Nathan (7)
Season Series: 2014 - TEX over 2-1; 2013 - MIN won 4-3; 2012 - TEX won 8-2; All-Time - MIN leads 365-326

SP: Nick Martinez (23, RHP, 1-1, 2.14)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-1) 33.2 33 10 8 15 18 3 2.14
Last 7 GS 1-0 22.0 22 9 7 10 9 3 2.86 50
2014-05-24 @DET W 6.0 8 1 1 1 2 0 91 53
2014-05-18 TOR ND 5.0 4 1 1 3 3 1 84 55
2014-04-22 @OAK ND 5.0 6 4 2 3 1 0 92 41
2014-04-05 @TBR ND 6.0 4 3 3 3 3 2 85 52
Has never faced MIN as starter.

SP: Sam Deduno (30, RHP, 1-3, 3.48)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-3) 41.1 38 17 16 17 33 2 3.48
2013 (8-8) 108.0 105 48 46 41 67 7 3.83
2012 (6-5) 79.0 69 40 39 53 57 10 4.44
Last 7 GS 2-4 36.2 33 20 19 13 28 3 4.66 50
2014-05-24 @SFG L 5.2 4 2 2 3 4 1 92 54
2014-05-17 SEA W 6.0 2 2 2 2 4 0 95 62
2014-05-11 @DET ND 6.0 6 3 3 1 5 1 97 52
2014-05-06 @CLE L 5.0 6 4 3 2 2 0 77 41
2013-08-29 KCR L 3.0 4 3 3 1 4 0 71 42
2013-08-23 @CLE W 6.0 3 1 1 4 6 0 95 64
2013-08-18 CHW L 5.0 8 5 5 0 3 1 95 34
Last 5 v.TEX 0-1 10.1 17 10 10 4 3 3 8.71 30
2012-08-24 @TEX L 5.0 11 7 7 1 0 1 85 16
2012-07-07 @TEX ND 5.1 6 3 3 3 3 2 83 44

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

Rangers Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Deduno
G/S/vB		 61.Burton
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 56.Thielbar*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 6/.533 3/1.334 15/1.038 7/.334 6/1.000 8/.500 12/.819 ··· 230/161 .256/.313/.348/.661 .790/.608 .649 110/.719 13/4 2/8
29.Beltre G/S/vP 6/3.166 6/.500 6/1.100 4/.000 11/1.155 16/1.349 11/1.000 ··· 165/115 .287/.352/.447/.798 .857/.773 .870 108/.856 0/0 5/6
61.Chirinos G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 109/71 .222/.280/.333/.614 .594/.624 .754 45/.592 0/0 2/2
15.Choice G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 131/75 .200/.282/.304/.587 .566/.596 .632 66/.585 1/0 3/0
17.Choo* G/S/vP 9/.476 5/.650 29/.631 2/.000 7/.858 8/.708 8/1.667 1/.000 208/134 .292/.418/.458/.877 .981/.819 .995 111/.851 3/3 6/2
60.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 6/.666 ··· 22/17 .429/.455/.524/.978 .800/1.033 1.111 22/.978 0/0 0/0
2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.500 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 188/131 .276/.324/.347/.671 .583/.708 .463 85/.577 11/4 2/3
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 3/1.334 3/1.000 10/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 4/.000 1/.000 150/127 .272/.318/.404/.722 .449/.767 .722 73/.735 0/0 2/2
16.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 92/68 .218/.304/.333/.638 .633/.639 .721 24/.702 0/0 2/0
73.Odor* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 51/38 .292/.306/.479/.785 .077/1.028 1.054 51/.785 0/3 1/0
51.Rios G/S/vP 5/.600 8/.542 19/.387 3/1.667 25/.795 22/1.091 9/.888 1/3.000 220/157 .329/.359/.493/.852 1.215/.712 .920 104/.916 10/6 3/2
19.Robertson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/16 .150/.227/.150/.377 .333/.393 .473 19/.328 0/2 0/0
3.Sardinas# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/14 .280/.308/.320/.628 .801/.462 .523 23/.591 0/1 0/0
IP 41.1 21.0 19.1 21.0 7.1 23.1 23.2 17.0 TOTAL .267/.332/.390/.722 .779/.698 .756 .742 39/23 34/36
ERA-K/9 3.48/7.2 6.43/6.0 1.40/3.7 1.71/5.6 3.68/0.0 3.09/12.0 4.94/5.3 4.24/7.4 4.54/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chirinos (15-13-3)
 Gimenez (0-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 177/.247 91/.263 78/.246 77/.169 28/.192 95/.220 106/.274 67/.241 .271  Martin
 Choo
 Rios
 Choice
 Robertson
 Moreland
0/49/0/4
35/0/0/2
0/0/48/2
19/7/5/1
4/2/0/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .653 .803 .703 .422 .491 .572 .728 .717 .737
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 106/.703 41/.847 31/.563 37/.581 15/.600 24/.542 47/.758 35/.726 .739
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 71/.580 50/.767 47/.793 40/.282 13/.348 71/.583 59/.704 32/.704 .735
Home 80/.588 49/1.063 41/.906 31/.334 15/.220 46/.639 55/.668 32/.683
Last 28d days 94/.641 43/.661 26/.718 36/.447 28/.491 46/.565 37/.658 33/.725
HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 4/3/0 2/0/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 40/26/4
Usage ····X··· o·X·X··· ··o·o··· ·o··o··o o··X·o·· ·o·····X ···X···· o····X··
Twins Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Martinez
G/S/vB		 56.Cotts*
G/S/vB		 44.Frasor
G/S/vB		 41.Ogando
G/S/vB		 46.Ross*
G/S/vB		 28.Soria
G/S/vB		 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 31/19 .200/.226/.433/.659 .258/.895 1.083 12/1.083 0/1 1/1
2.Dozier G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.334 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 236/171 .247/.352/.449/.801 .797/.802 .953 107/.813 12/4 11/3
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 117/84 .336/.374/.505/.879 .709/.949 .895 79/.933 1/1 1/2
32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 138/89 .195/.328/.257/.585 .741/.500 .666 49/.604 2/1 1/1
13.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 8/.661 1/.000 ··· 12/.000 2/.500 163/124 .243/.331/.319/.651 .636/.655 .755 67/.441 1/0 1/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 7/1.000 7/1.238 4/.000 4/1.167 14/1.310 ··· 202/128 .277/.356/.356/.712 .525/.823 .721 76/.656 2/0 2/0
9.Nunez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.200 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 42/23 .256/.293/.359/.652 .474/.814 .848 37/.631 1/1 1/1
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 56/39 .192/.232/.365/.598 .765/.519 .675 56/.598 0/1 3/1
43.Pinto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 134/87 .241/.351/.455/.806 .635/.895 .703 42/.797 0/0 7/3
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 218/158 .244/.326/.409/.735 .611/.784 .726 98/.636 0/0 4/4
39.Santana# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 39/30 .324/.395/.412/.807 1.238/.681 .489 39/.807 0/0 0/0
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 8/.125 6/.733 1/.000 8/.625 2/2.000 173/124 .291/.360/.397/.758 .846/.720 .721 91/.734 0/0 2/3
16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 5/1.933 8/.875 6/.900 4/.500 1/.000 35/26 .231/.400/.269/.669 .984/.557 .444 12/.444 0/0 0/0
IP 33.2 22.0 17.0 23.1 52.1 18.1 27.0 TOTAL .241/.322/.368/.689 .646/.709 .713 .652 29/11 38/28
ERA-K/9 2.14/4.8 3.68/9.4 2.12/9.5 6.17/7.7 4.82/6.0 2.45/11.8 3.00/7.3 4.22/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pinto (8-0-3)
 Suzuki (18-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 142/.266 96/.259 70/.217 111/.309 241/.310 71/.149 104/.202 .270  Hicks
 Escobar
 Arcia
 Parmelee
 Willingham
 Kubel
 Santana
 Nunez
0/37/0/3
2/1/0/2
0/0/7/1
3/0/14/1
7/0/0/0
34/0/3/0
0/5/0/0
7/0/0/0
OPS .760 .718 .617 .772 .834 .407 .719 .755
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 79/.839 37/.788 29/.545 52/.736 75/.788 40/.514 39/.749 .745
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 63/.665 59/.674 41/.670 59/.804 166/.855 31/.267 65/.701 .763
Road 98/.792 55/.860 37/.847 62/.803 89/.912 39/.468 50/.775
Last 28d days 76/.790 47/.631 36/.785 45/.853 91/.936 30/.441 50/.643
HR/SB/CS 3/0/2 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/2/0 6/1/2 0/0/0 6/2/2 43/24/16
Usage ····X··· o·X·X··o o·o···o· ·X···X·· ···X···o oX·o···o X···X·o·

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 2014 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

OAK  5.02

BOS  4.10

SDP  3.24

 RA/G

OAK  3.11

DET  4.27

ARI  5.04

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .369

N. Aoki  .264

C. Santana  .159

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .471

C. Yelich  .330

J. Gyorko  .218

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .702

J. Smoak  .406

W. Venable  .263

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.174

D. Pedroia  .738

J. Gyorko  .506

 ERA

A. Wainwright  1.67

T. Milone  3.50

K. Correia  6.34

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  10.67

P. Hughes  7.34

C. Young  3.77

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.