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Minnesota Twins vs. St. Louis Cardinals, at Target Field, June 18, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Start Time:
12:10ct (local), 1:10et
Venue:
Target Field
Series:
Game #4 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
75° (based on last ten years)
Cardinals
Manager:
Mike Matheny
Game #:
68
On This Date:
60-60
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
67
On This Date:
46-47
Season Series
Mon, Jun 15, 2015 STL  3  MIN  2     
Tue, Jun 16, 2015 STL  3  MIN  2     
Wed, Jun 17, 2015 MIN  3  STL  1     

Thu, Jun 18, 2015 STL    @MIN  1:10pm

                         All times ET
St. Louis Cardinals
43-22, 1st, 5 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   26-7    Road:   17-15   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  36-14   vsLHP:   7-8    1-Run:  14-10
 vsEast:  7-4    vsCntrl:19-8    vsWest:  9-4  IL: 8-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 65 Wed, Jun 17  @MIN  L   1-3       43-22  1st  5.0 up
 64 Tue, Jun 16   MIN  W   3-2       43-21  1st  6.0 up
 63 Mon, Jun 15   MIN  W   3-2       42-21  1st  6.0 up
 62 Sat, Jun 13   KCR  W   3-2       41-21  1st  6.5 up
 61 Fri, Jun 12   KCR  W   4-0       40-21  1st  6.5 up
 60 Wed, Jun 10  @COL  W   4-2       39-21  1st  6.5 up
 59 Tue, Jun  9  @COL  L   3-4       38-21  1st  6.5 up
 58 Mon, Jun  8  @COL  L   3-11      38-20  1st  6.5 up
 57 Sun, Jun  7  @LAD  W   4-2       38-19  1st  6.5 up
 56 Sat, Jun  6  @LAD  L   0-2       37-19  1st  6.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Minnesota Twins
35-30, 2nd, 3½ GB, ½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-12   Road:   14-18   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  20-21   vsLHP:  15-9    1-Run:  12-9 
 vsEast:  9-4    vsCntrl:16-18   vsWest:  6-4  IL: 4-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 65 Wed, Jun 17   STL  W   3-1       35-30  2nd  3.5 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 16  @STL  L   2-3       34-30  2nd  3.5 gb
 63 Mon, Jun 15  @STL  L   2-3       34-29  2nd  2.5 gb
 62 Sun, Jun 14  @TEX  W   4-3       34-28  2nd  1.5 gb
 61 Sat, Jun 13  @TEX  L   7-11      33-28  2nd  2.0 gb
 60 Fri, Jun 12  @TEX  L   2-6       33-27  2nd  2.0 gb
 59 Wed, Jun 10   KCR  L   2-7       33-26  2nd  2.0 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  9   KCR  L   0-2       33-25  2nd  1.0 gb
 57 Mon, Jun  8   KCR  L   1-3       33-24  1st    Tied
 56 Sun, Jun  7   MIL  W   2-0       33-23  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 17, 2015 MIN  3  STL  1        W:Tommy Milone (3-1), L: Carlos Martinez (7-3), S: Glen Perkins (23)
Tue, Jun 16, 2015 STL  3  MIN  2        W:Michael Wacha (9-2), L: Kyle Gibson (4-5), S: Kevin Siegrist (3)
Mon, Jun 15, 2015 STL  3  MIN  2        W:John Lackey (5-4), L: Trevor May (4-5), S: Kevin Siegrist (2)

Sun, Jun 28, 2009 MIN  6 @STL  2        W:Francisco Liriano (4-8), L: Joel Pineiro (6-9), S: Joe Nathan (19)
Sat, Jun 27, 2009 STL  5  MIN  3        W:Josh Kinney (1-0), L: Kevin Slowey (10-3), S: Ryan Franklin (18)
Fri, Jun 26, 2009 MIN  3 @STL  1        W:Glen Perkins (3-4), L: Adam Wainwright (8-5), S: Joe Nathan (18)
Tue, Jul 17, 2001 STL  4  MIN  2        W:Darryl Kile (10-7), L: Kyle Lohse (3-1), S: Jason Christiansen (3)
Mon, Jul 16, 2001 STL  4  MIN  3        W:Steve Kline (2-3), L: Travis Miller (1-3), S: Jason Christiansen (2)
Sun, Jul 15, 2001 STL  5  MIN  1        W:Dustin Hermanson (7-7), L: Joe Mays (11-6), S: none
Tue, Jul 18, 2000 MIN  3  STL  2        W:Brad Radke (7-10), L: Andy Benes (10-4), S: LaTroy Hawkins (6)
Season Series: 2015 - STL over 2-1; 2014 -  0-0; 2013 -  0-0; All-Time - STL leads 12-9

SP: Jaime Garcia (28, LHP, 2-3, 2.06)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (2-3) 35.0 26 9 8 5 24 2 2.06
2014 (3-1) 43.2 39 20 20 7 39 6 4.12
2013 (5-2) 55.1 57 26 22 15 43 6 3.58
Last 7 GS 3-4 47.0 38 14 13 9 37 3 2.49 61
2015-06-12 KCR W 8.0 4 0 0 0 6 0 96 80
2015-06-06 @LAD L 7.0 6 2 2 0 6 0 92 63
2015-06-01 MIL L 7.0 3 1 1 0 4 0 86 71
2015-05-26 ARI W 6.0 8 4 3 0 5 1 91 47
2015-05-21 @NYM L 7.0 5 2 2 5 3 1 102 57
2014-06-20 PHI L 5.0 7 4 4 2 7 1 96 42
2014-06-15 WSN W 7.0 5 1 1 2 6 0 100 67
Has never faced MIN as starter.

SP: Mike Pelfrey (31, RHP, 5-3, 3.18)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (5-3) 70.2 74 27 25 22 34 4 3.18
2014 (0-3) 23.2 29 23 21 18 10 5 7.99
2013 (5-13) 152.2 184 92 88 53 101 13 5.19
Last 7 GS 3-3 43.1 51 18 17 11 18 2 3.53 49
2015-06-13 @TEX L 3.2 11 8 8 3 0 1 65 4
2015-06-07 MIL W 8.0 8 0 0 1 7 0 105 72
2015-06-02 @BOS L 7.0 6 1 1 2 1 0 99 60
2015-05-26 BOS W 7.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 100 66
2015-05-20 @PIT ND 6.0 5 1 1 0 5 0 92 63
2015-05-14 @DET L 4.2 10 5 4 2 1 1 95 25
2015-05-08 @CLE W 7.0 6 2 2 2 0 0 105 55
Last 5 v.STL 2-0 20.0 23 7 7 2 13 0 3.15 54
2011-09-20 @STL ND 6.0 10 5 5 0 2 0 100 34
2008-07-25 STL W 7.0 7 1 1 0 5 0 103 64
2008-07-03 @STL W 7.0 6 1 1 2 6 0 109 65

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Cardinals Batters (3.91 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Pelfrey
G/S/vB		 36.Boyer
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 62.Graham
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 57.Pressly
G/S/vB		 64.Thompson*
G/S/vB		 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Bourjos G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 8/1.250 1/3.000 ··· 4/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 119/78 .260/.339/.423/.762 .696/.796 .588 43/.712 4/6 2/1
13.Carpenter* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 264/184 .291/.379/.485/.863 .636/.966 .778 98/.704 1/1 8/6
48.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/31 .231/.286/.282/.568 .899/.459 .613 12/.664 0/0 0/0
23.Easley G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
15.Grichuk G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 113/78 .266/.283/.505/.788 .697/.829 .680 78/.735 2/0 3/0
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 15/.800 2/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 232/175 .259/.302/.384/.686 .865/.628 .601 72/.682 7/1 5/2
19.Jay* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 158/123 .226/.312/.277/.589 .458/.627 .576 43/.567 0/2 1/0
38.Kozma G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/36 .098/.164/.098/.262 .269/.258 .158 16/.125 1/0 0/1
4.Molina G/S/vP 9/1.334 5/1.200 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 235/179 .287/.333/.352/.685 .592/.712 .676 86/.664 0/1 1/3
27.Peralta G/S/vP 8/.804 4/.500 34/1.092 5/.900 ··· 17/.610 3/.666 ··· ··· 267/205 .311/.371/.502/.873 .833/.885 .927 96/.914 1/1 10/3
12.Reynolds G/S/vP 16/.698 5/1.000 3/2.667 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 179/128 .259/.330/.407/.737 .700/.751 .766 81/.717 2/1 5/3
16.Wong* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 264/190 .289/.341/.450/.791 .640/.852 .817 98/.739 5/4 7/9
IP 70.2 31.0 14.1 18.1 28.2 29.1 20.2 27.2 10.0 TOTAL .262/.326/.394/.719 .651/.743 .685 .690 26/18 49/38
ERA-K/9 3.18/4.3 2.32/3.8 8.79/4.4 2.45/5.9 3.45/6.6 1.53/8.0 3.05/7.8 3.90/4.9 4.50/8.1 3.89/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cruz (3-1-0)
 Easley (0-0-0)
 Molina (15-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 298/.277 121/.241 71/.345 70/.221 124/.283 117/.221 86/.227 114/.232 45/.282 .272  Heyward
 Jay
 Bourjos
 Grichuk
 Reynolds
 Kozma
0/0/57/4
12/32/4/2
0/41/0/1
15/11/8/1
5/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .718 .694 .957 .541 .820 .540 .581 .608 .868 .742
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 133/.688 43/.295 33/.966 25/.583 52/.787 32/.871 31/.725 50/.440 19/.963 .706
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 165/.737 78/.908 38/.949 45/.518 72/.844 85/.417 55/.499 64/.730 26/.794 .770
Home 120/.575 64/.481 33/1.209 34/.588 76/.730 71/.659 47/.308 55/.662 16/.976
Last 28d days 104/.768 34/.548 26/.700 29/.421 50/.847 41/.558 39/.514 25/.611 18/.889
HR/SB/CS 4/5/1 3/2/3 1/2/0 1/1/0 5/2/0 2/1/0 0/0/2 2/2/0 3/2/0 64/37/15
Usage ····X··· ·X······ ··X·oo·· o··X···· ····X··X X··o···· ·oX··o·· ·o··oo·· ··X·oo··
Twins Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (2.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Garcia*
G/S/vB		 37.Belisle
G/S/vB		 36.Choate*
G/S/vB		 40.Harris
G/S/vB		 61.Maness
G/S/vB		 44.Rosenthal
G/S/vB		 46.Siegrist*
G/S/vB		 63.Socolovich
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Buxton G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/13 .154/.154/.308/.462 /.462 .000 13/.462 0/1 0/0
2.Dozier G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 284/198 .263/.345/.530/.875 .953/.841 .871 106/.955 4/2 13/1
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 181/117 .234/.261/.363/.624 .535/.672 .735 71/.591 1/2 3/4
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/39 .196/.268/.353/.621 .289/.762 .586 23/.890 0/0 1/2
48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 8/1.232 246/167 .259/.317/.411/.728 .769/.708 .667 91/.614 1/2 8/3
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.536 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 7/.429 268/178 .253/.317/.349/.666 .734/.629 .685 98/.566 1/0 2/3
9.Nunez G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 4/.500 70/45 .323/.357/.538/.896 .657/1.032 .791 44/.855 1/2 1/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 255/170 .248/.314/.443/.757 .805/.734 .866 99/.672 0/0 9/5
21.Robinson G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 109/54 .250/.296/.320/.616 .574/.656 .605 42/.612 3/1 0/0
20.Rosario* G/S/vP ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 115/87 .278/.307/.426/.733 .721/.736 1.016 79/.793 4/1 3/3
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/.500 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 198/136 .225/.289/.298/.587 .574/.590 .563 71/.492 0/0 2/1
19.Vargas# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 135/89 .227/.267/.320/.587 .810/.473 .726 23/.261 0/0 3/0
IP 35.0 28.0 12.0 17.1 23.2 30.1 29.2 7.2 24.0 TOTAL .247/.300/.380/.681 .709/.667 .740 .651 25/18 48/39
ERA-K/9 2.06/6.2 2.25/7.7 3.00/6.0 3.63/4.7 3.42/6.1 0.59/9.8 1.52/12.1 1.17/9.4 0.75/7.9 2.63/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Herrmann (8-4-0)
 Suzuki (29-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 128/.213 121/.280 47/.209 81/.314 99/.330 117/.178 123/.204 29/.179 95/.190 .240  Escobar
 Rosario
 Robinson
 Hunter
 Nunez
 Herrmann
 Buxton
26/0/0/4
17/0/14/4
27/14/3/3
0/0/47/1
2/0/0/1
0/0/2/0
0/4/0/0
OPS .547 .681 .586 .814 .776 .453 .648 .421 .552 .649
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 27/.708 41/.686 40/.615 31/.727 26/.692 52/.428 46/.867 13/.397 41/.337 .673
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 101/.506 80/.679 7/.429 50/.865 73/.808 65/.465 77/.527 16/.438 54/.715 .633
Road 50/.690 47/.713 27/.781 37/.693 44/.749 46/.245 53/.507 13/.154 46/.661
Last 28d days 102/.490 42/.727 9/.222 31/.709 21/.474 41/.428 45/.681 / 25/.640
HR/SB/CS 2/0/2 0/1/1 1/0/0 2/1/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 2/0/2 0/1/0 1/2/2 41/18/10
Usage ·····X·· Xo··X··· oo··o··· ········ ·o··o··· ····X··X ·Xo·oX·X ········ ········

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 2015 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

TOR  5.51

MIN  4.15

PHI  3.04

 RA/G

STL  2.86

DET  4.14

COL  5.02

 BA

P. Goldschmidt  .363

A. Pagan  .269

S. Drew  .172

 OBP

P. Goldschmidt  .481

K. Calhoun  .326

O. Infante  .234

 SLG

B. Harper  .726

C. Blackmon  .416

M. Cabrera  .285

 OPS

B. Harper  1.204

D. Murphy  .749

O. Infante  .545

 ERA

S. Gray  1.60

N. Karns  3.67

K. Lohse  6.44

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  11.81

M. Gonzalez  7.27

M. Buehrle  4.22

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.