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Minnesota Twins vs. New York Yankees, at Target Field, July 3, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Target Field
Tickets:
Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Target Field
Series:
Game #1 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
81° (based on last ten years)
Yankees
Manager:
Joe Girardi
Game #:
85
On This Date:
54-47
Twins
Manager:
Ron Gardenhire
Game #:
84
On This Date:
53-49
Season Series
Fri, May 30, 2014 MIN  6 @NYY  1     
Sat, May 31, 2014 NYY  3  MIN  1     
Sun, Jun 01, 2014 MIN  7 @NYY  2     

Thu, Jul 03, 2014 NYY    @MIN  8:10pm
Fri, Jul 04, 2014 NYY    @MIN  3:10pm
Sat, Jul 05, 2014 NYY    @MIN  2:10pm
Sun, Jul 06, 2014 NYY    @MIN  2:10pm

                         All times ET
New York Yankees
41-42, 3rd, 4½ GB, 6 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   18-23   Road:   23-19   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  27-28   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:   9-10
 vsEast: 17-18   vsCntrl: 4-6    vsWest: 10-11 IL:10-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Wed, Jul  2   TBR  L   3-6       41-42  3rd  4.5 gb
 82 Tue, Jul  1   TBR  L   1-2       41-41  3rd  3.5 gb
 81 Mon, Jun 30   TBR  L   3-4 (12)  41-40  3rd  2.5 gb
 80 Sun, Jun 29   BOS  L   5-8       41-39  3rd  2.0 gb
 79 Sat, Jun 28   BOS  L   1-2       41-38  3rd  2.0 gb
 78 Fri, Jun 27   BOS  W   6-0       41-37  3rd  2.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 25  @TOR  W   5-3       40-37  3rd  2.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 24  @TOR  L   6-7       39-37  3rd  3.5 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 23  @TOR  L   3-8       39-36  3rd  2.5 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 22   BAL  L   0-8       39-35  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Minnesota Twins
38-45, 5th, 10 GB, 9 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-19   Road:   18-26   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  26-32   vsLHP:  12-13   1-Run:  13-14
 vsEast: 12-9    vsCntrl:17-14   vsWest:  5-14 IL: 4-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Wed, Jul  2   KCR  L   0-4       38-45  5th 10.0 gb
 82 Tue, Jul  1   KCR  W  10-2       38-44  4th  9.0 gb
 81 Mon, Jun 30   KCR  L   1-6       37-44  5th  9.0 gb
 80 Sun, Jun 29  @TEX  W   3-2       37-43  5th  8.0 gb
 79 Sat, Jun 28  @TEX  L   0-5       36-43  5th  9.0 gb
 78 Fri, Jun 27  @TEX  L   4-5       36-42  4th  8.0 gb
 77 Thu, Jun 26  @LAA  L   4-6       36-41  4th  8.0 gb
 76 Wed, Jun 25  @LAA  L   2-6       36-40  4th  7.0 gb
 75 Tue, Jun 24  @LAA  L   6-8       36-39  3rd  6.0 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 22   CHW  W   6-5       36-38  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 01, 2014 MIN  7 @NYY  2        W:Phil Hughes (6-1), L: David Robertson (0-2), S: none
Sat, May 31, 2014 NYY  3  MIN  1        W:Masahiro Tanaka (8-1), L: Brian Duensing (1-2), S: David Robertson (12)
Fri, May 30, 2014 MIN  6 @NYY  1        W:Ricky Nolasco (3-5), L: Vidal Nuno (1-2), S: none

Sun, Jul 14, 2013 MIN 10 @NYY  4        W:Kyle Gibson (2-2), L: CC Sabathia (9-8), S: none
Sat, Jul 13, 2013 MIN  4 @NYY  1        W:Sam Deduno (5-4), L: Phil Hughes (4-9), S: Glen Perkins (21)
Fri, Jul 12, 2013 NYY  2  MIN  0        W:Hiroki Kuroda (8-6), L: Ryan Pressly (2-2), S: Mariano Rivera (30)
Thu, Jul 04, 2013 NYY  9 @MIN  5        W:David Phelps (6-5), L: Kyle Gibson (1-1), S: none
Wed, Jul 03, 2013 NYY  3 @MIN  2        W:CC Sabathia (9-6), L: P.J. Walters (2-5), S: Mariano Rivera (28)
Tue, Jul 02, 2013 NYY  7 @MIN  3        W:Phil Hughes (4-7), L: Sam Deduno (4-3), S: Mariano Rivera (27)
Mon, Jul 01, 2013 NYY 10 @MIN  4        W:Joba Chamberlain (1-0), L: Jared Burton (1-6), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - MIN over 2-1; 2013 - NYY won 5-2; 2012 - NYY won 4-3; All-Time - NYY leads 1121-775

SP: Masahiro Tanaka (25, RHP, 11-3, 2.10)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (11-3) 115.2 92 30 27 18 127 13 2.10
Last 7 GS 5-2 51.2 38 11 10 10 54 6 1.74 68
2014-06-28 BOS L 9.0 7 2 2 1 8 2 116 72
2014-06-22 BAL L 7.0 6 3 3 1 6 1 106 58
2014-06-17 TOR W 6.0 5 1 1 2 10 1 104 66
2014-06-11 @SEA W 9.0 6 2 2 1 11 1 110 77
2014-06-05 OAK W 6.0 5 1 1 1 4 1 104 61
2014-05-31 MIN W 8.0 4 1 0 2 9 0 106 79
2014-05-25 @CHW W 6.2 5 1 1 2 6 0 118 64
Last 5 v.MIN 1-0 8.0 4 1 0 2 9 0 0.00 79
2014-05-31 MIN W 8.0 4 1 0 2 9 0 106 79

SP: Phil Hughes (28, RHP, 8-4, 3.58)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (8-4) 103.0 110 42 41 10 88 7 3.58
2013 (4-14) 145.2 170 91 84 42 121 24 5.19
2012 (16-13) 191.1 196 101 89 46 165 35 4.19
Last 7 GS 3-3 48.2 51 22 22 4 41 3 4.07 55
2014-06-28 @TEX L 7.2 11 5 5 1 6 0 98 42
2014-06-22 CHW W 5.0 8 5 5 1 4 0 87 34
2014-06-17 @BOS L 8.0 8 2 2 0 6 0 105 64
2014-06-11 @TOR W 7.0 7 0 0 0 9 0 101 72
2014-06-06 HOU L 6.0 6 5 5 0 7 3 99 47
2014-06-01 @NYY W 8.0 3 2 2 2 6 0 100 72
2014-05-27 TEX ND 7.0 8 3 3 0 3 0 98 52
Last 5 v.NYY 1-0 8.0 3 2 2 2 6 0 2.25 72
2014-06-01 @NYY W 8.0 3 2 2 2 6 0 100 72

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

Yankees Batters (3.98 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Hughes
G/S/vB		 61.Burton
G/S/vB		 21.Deduno
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
36.Beltran# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 238/148 .221/.277/.406/.683 .563/.758 .558 95/.657 1/0 8/2
29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· 28/16 .192/.250/.269/.519 .167/.804 .839 11/.573 0/0 0/0
22.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 23/.952 1/.000 3/.000 9/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 8/.453 5/.000 1/.000 346/221 .288/.357/.395/.752 .865/.687 .711 100/.720 23/3 4/1
11.Gardner* G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/no AB 7/.286 7/.310 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 5/.800 3/.000 351/237 .288/.359/.434/.793 .745/.816 .676 110/.924 15/3 8/0
2.Jeter G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 13/1.098 1/.000 8/.750 12/.583 10/.900 2/.000 324/211 .271/.325/.329/.654 .658/.652 .743 98/.718 5/1 2/6
33.Johnson* G/S/vP 19/.669 11/1.363 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 3/.333 2/.000 4/1.250 ··· 185/151 .218/.297/.388/.685 .772/.666 .656 52/.676 2/1 5/8
34.McCann* G/S/vP 5/.400 4/.250 ··· 3/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/3.500 1/.000 291/212 .224/.285/.373/.658 .902/.567 .595 84/.650 0/0 10/1
14.Roberts# G/S/vP 21/.245 ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 7/.572 10/.700 ··· ··· 273/194 .237/.309/.355/.664 .646/.671 .745 82/.695 7/4 4/6
17.Ryan G/S/vP 8/.542 5/.900 ··· 7/1.143 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 38/28 .306/.342/.306/.648 .200/.813 .844 9/.730 0/1 0/3
26.Solarte# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 278/177 .260/.343/.393/.736 .603/.812 .718 61/.455 0/0 6/9
12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· 7/1.771 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 2/2.500 4/.000 ··· 234/142 .225/.248/.374/.622 .692/.576 .551 33/.394 1/0 6/2
31.Suzuki* G/S/vP 21/.701 3/1.167 7/.929 11/.864 2/1.000 6/1.167 14/.814 7/1.100 2/2.500 178/143 .286/.345/.323/.668 .816/.632 .707 73/.589 5/2 0/0
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.667 ··· 12/1.783 1/.000 4/.833 5/1.400 8/1.232 ··· 257/176 .239/.342/.468/.810 .724/.846 .776 90/.766 0/1 15/5
IP 103.0 34.0 62.1 31.2 34.2 21.0 34.1 38.2 27.0 TOTAL .251/.316/.381/.696 .703/.693 .673 .684 60/16 71/46
ERA-K/9 3.58/7.7 5.29/6.6 4.91/6.6 2.84/5.1 2.60/6.7 3.00/4.3 3.41/12.1 3.96/4.9 3.00/6.3 4.34/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (3-1-0)
 McCann (24-21-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 420/.273 148/.242 277/.268 132/.250 135/.210 87/.237 146/.244 169/.257 104/.220 .270  Gardner
 Suzuki
 Ellsbury
 Soriano
 Beltran
 Johnson
73/10/1/3
6/4/53/2
0/78/0/2
10/0/26/2
0/0/24/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .684 .734 .730 .716 .595 .605 .681 .687 .666 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 201/.557 63/.758 146/.785 54/.596 63/.763 34/.590 36/.791 66/.644 52/.704 .738
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 219/.798 85/.714 131/.671 78/.800 72/.452 53/.615 110/.643 103/.714 52/.628 .730
Home 193/.692 75/.899 126/.683 64/.945 59/.547 36/.325 78/.840 88/.557 44/.665
Last 28d days 139/.741 45/.535 52/.928 41/.747 41/.858 51/.702 39/1.013 42/.583 28/.780
HR/SB/CS 7/4/1 5/6/0 5/7/0 3/1/1 4/1/0 0/1/0 2/2/0 1/1/0 2/1/1 67/52/9
Usage ····X··· ·oX····X ·o······ ·X···o·X o···o·o· X·o··Xo· X··o···· ··X····X ··o···o·
Twins Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Tanaka
G/S/vB		 68.Betances
G/S/vB		 55.Huff*
G/S/vB		 27.Kelley
G/S/vB		 53.Miller
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 48.Thornton*
G/S/vB		 43.Warren
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 3/.666 1/.000 146/104 .205/.281/.371/.652 .425/.744 .881 82/.430 0/2 5/2
20.Colabello G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 161/114 .232/.280/.377/.657 .647/.661 .563 / 0/2 4/2
2.Dozier G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 3/1.000 371/273 .232/.346/.416/.762 .846/.730 .891 97/.639 15/4 15/7
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 237/176 .273/.315/.405/.719 .719/.719 .783 88/.630 1/1 2/4
26.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/11 .176/.176/.176/.353 .333/.364 .000 17/.353 0/0 0/0
1.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 150/114 .216/.289/.336/.624 .747/.583 .644 61/.545 8/0 1/2
17.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.500 5/1.400 1/.000 4/.250 9/.944 ··· 93/63 .227/.258/.318/.576 .443/.641 .427 93/.576 0/0 1/0
9.Nunez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 87/48 .305/.337/.463/.801 .538/1.032 .961 35/1.065 1/2 3/3
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.750 2/.500 ··· 115/80 .287/.322/.435/.757 .871/.705 .769 53/1.013 0/3 4/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 6/1.167 ··· ··· 5/.000 4/.250 2/1.500 290/212 .241/.317/.397/.714 .702/.719 .725 39/.499 0/0 5/6
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 8/1.071 6/.000 ··· 5/1.600 3/2.667 ··· 266/189 .304/.362/.392/.755 .816/.728 .842 77/.758 0/0 2/3
16.Willingham G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 9/.619 ··· 1/.000 5/1.850 8/.375 ··· 158/112 .236/.386/.455/.841 .822/.849 .757 89/.660 0/0 7/0
IP 115.2 48.0 32.1 23.1 27.2 17.2 44.2 TOTAL .243/.320/.369/.689 .685/.690 .723 .669 43/16 61/44
ERA-K/9 2.10/9.9 1.50/14.2 4.73/5.9 4.63/10.4 /0.0 2.93/15.6 2.55/7.6 2.62/8.5 3.98/8.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fryer (5-0-0)
 Suzuki (31-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 450/.217 180/.130 147/.290 103/.250 / 111/.188 79/.235 187/.250 .256  Arcia
 Fuld
 Parmelee
 Escobar
 Colabello
 Willingham
 Nunez
0/0/34/5
3/33/4/5
10/2/21/3
2/1/0/2
0/0/18/2
35/0/0/1
7/0/2/1
OPS .611 .409 .752 .723 .588 .576 .661 .729
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 234/.569 84/.366 62/.650 54/.647 / 63/.428 47/.508 90/.592 .673
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 216/.657 96/.447 85/.831 49/.807 / 48/.807 32/.677 97/.723 .777
Road 196/.613 97/.391 71/.687 38/.647 / 65/.531 33/.416 97/.630
Last 28d days 119/.645 51/.398 55/.678 39/.940 / 28/.454 22/.325 51/.645
HR/SB/CS 13/3/1 1/3/2 3/2/2 2/0/0 // 3/4/1 0/4/1 2/1/2 92/35/24
Usage ····X··· ··XX·X·· Xo·X···· X·Xo···o ··X····X ···X·o·o X·X··o·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  5.06

PIT  4.08

SDP  2.99

 RA/G

SEA  3.40

TBR  4.16

COL  5.20

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .351

A. Gordon  .267

C. Carter  .181

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .443

J. Rollins  .332

E. Cabrera  .256

 SLG

J. Abreu  .624

P. Alvarez  .411

E. Cabrera  .290

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.056

A. Ramirez  .748

E. Cabrera  .546

 ERA

A. Wainwright  1.89

J. Lackey  3.62

R. Nolasco  5.49

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.05

C. Morton  7.54

K. Correia  4.49

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.