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Minnesota Twins vs. Baltimore Orioles, at Target Field, July 8, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Start Time:
12:10ct (local), 1:10et
Venue:
Target Field
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
78° (based on last ten years)
Orioles
Manager:
Buck Showalter
Game #:
88
On This Date:
48-46
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
86
On This Date:
37-53
Season Series
Mon, Jul 06, 2015 MIN  4  BAL  2 (10)
Tue, Jul 07, 2015 MIN  8  BAL  3     

Wed, Jul 08, 2015 BAL    @MIN  1:10pm
Thu, Aug 20, 2015 MIN    @BAL  7:05pm
Fri, Aug 21, 2015 MIN    @BAL  7:05pm
Sat, Aug 22, 2015 MIN    @BAL  7:05pm
Sun, Aug 23, 2015 MIN    @BAL  1:35pm

                         All times ET
Baltimore Orioles
43-41, 2nd, 1½ GB, 2½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   26-16   Road:   17-25   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  32-33   vsLHP:  11-8    1-Run:  11-13
 vsEast: 24-20   vsCntrl: 8-6    vsWest:  7-10 IL: 4-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Tue, Jul  7  @MIN  L   3-8       43-41  2nd  1.5 gb
 83 Mon, Jul  6  @MIN  L   2-4 (10)  43-40  2nd  1.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  5  @CHW  W   9-1       43-39  2nd  1.0 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  4  @CHW  L   2-3       42-39  2nd  2.0 gb
 80 Fri, Jul  3  @CHW  L   0-1       42-38  2nd  1.0 gb
 79 Thu, Jul  2   TEX  L   0-2       42-37  1st    Tied
 78 Wed, Jul  1   TEX  W   4-2       42-36  1st  0.5 up
 77 Tue, Jun 30   TEX  L   6-8       41-36  1st    Tied
 76 Mon, Jun 29   TEX  L   1-8       41-35  1st    Tied
 75 Sun, Jun 28   CLE  W   8-0       41-34  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12
Minnesota Twins
45-39, 2nd, 4½ GB, ½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   27-15   Road:   18-24   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  26-28   vsLHP:  19-11   1-Run:  13-12
 vsEast: 11-4    vsCntrl:20-21   vsWest:  6-4  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Tue, Jul  7   BAL  W   8-3       45-39  2nd  4.5 gb
 83 Mon, Jul  6   BAL  W   4-2 (10)  44-39  2nd  4.0 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  5  @KCR  L   2-3       43-39  2nd  4.5 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  4  @KCR  W   5-3       43-38  2nd  3.5 gb
 80 Fri, Jul  3  @KCR  L   2-3 (10)  42-38  2nd  4.5 gb
 79 Thu, Jul  2  @KCR  W   2-0       42-37  2nd  3.5 gb
 78 Wed, Jul  1  @CIN  L   1-2       41-37  2nd  4.5 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 30  @CIN  W   8-5       41-36  2nd  4.5 gb
 76 Mon, Jun 29  @CIN  L   7-11      40-36  2nd  5.5 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 28  @MIL  L   3-5       40-35  2nd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 07, 2015 MIN  8  BAL  3        W:Kyle Gibson (7-6), L: Kevin Gausman (1-1), S: none
Mon, Jul 06, 2015 MIN  4  BAL  2 (10)   W:Trevor May (5-7), L: Tommy Hunter (2-2), S: none

Mon, Sep 01, 2014 MIN  6 @BAL  4        W:Phil Hughes (15-9), L: Kevin Gausman (7-7), S: Glen Perkins (33)
Sun, Aug 31, 2014 BAL 12  MIN  8        W:Wei-Yin Chen (14-4), L: Ricky Nolasco (5-10), S: Zach Britton (31)
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 BAL  3  MIN  2        W:Andrew Miller (5-5), L: Jared Burton (2-3), S: Zach Britton (30)
Fri, Aug 29, 2014 BAL  9  MIN  1        W:Miguel Gonzalez (7-7), L: Trevor May (0-4), S: none
Sun, May 04, 2014 MIN  5  BAL  2        W:Phil Hughes (3-1), L: Miguel Gonzalez (1-3), S: Glen Perkins (7)
Sat, May 03, 2014 MIN  6  BAL  1        W:Kevin Correia (1-3), L: Wei-Yin Chen (3-2), S: none
Fri, May 02, 2014 BAL  3 @MIN  0        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (1-4), L: Ricky Nolasco (2-3), S: Tommy Hunter (8)
Sun, May 12, 2013 BAL  6 @MIN  0        W:Wei-Yin Chen (3-3), L: Scott Diamond (3-3), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - MIN over 2-0; 2014 - BAL won 4-3; 2013 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - BAL leads 961-945

SP: Ubaldo Jimenez (31, RHP, 7-4, 2.96)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (7-4) 94.1 87 34 31 29 93 8 2.96
2014 (6-9) 125.1 113 68 67 77 116 14 4.81
2013 (13-9) 182.2 163 75 67 80 194 16 3.30
Last 7 GS 4-1 42.2 40 14 13 15 46 4 2.74 58
2015-07-03 @CHW L 7.0 6 1 1 2 4 1 106 63
2015-06-28 CLE W 8.0 4 0 0 0 7 0 109 81
2015-06-23 @BOS W 5.0 6 3 3 3 8 0 101 48
2015-06-17 @PHI W 6.2 8 4 3 0 8 1 98 52
2015-06-12 NYY W 5.0 6 3 3 2 6 1 104 47
2015-06-06 @CLE ND 5.0 6 1 1 6 5 0 107 50
2015-06-01 @HOU ND 6.0 4 2 2 2 8 1 91 62
Last 5 v.MIN 3-2 32.2 24 11 9 11 43 1 2.48 63
2014-05-02 @MIN W 7.1 3 0 0 1 10 0 118 81
2013-09-29 @MIN W 6.2 5 1 1 1 13 0 106 72
2013-08-23 MIN L 6.0 5 2 2 3 10 0 114 61
2012-07-29 @MIN L 6.1 6 5 5 3 6 1 104 44
2011-09-16 @MIN W 6.1 5 3 1 3 4 0 106 56

SP: Tommy Milone (28, LHP, 4-1, 3.02)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (4-1) 59.2 56 22 20 20 40 8 3.02
2014 (6-4) 118.0 128 63 55 37 75 16 4.19
2013 (12-9) 156.1 160 83 72 39 126 25 4.14
Last 7 GS 2-1 41.0 42 15 13 11 29 5 2.85 54
2015-07-03 @KCR ND 6.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 105 61
2015-06-28 @MIL ND 6.0 2 0 0 3 7 0 99 72
2015-06-22 CHW W 6.0 10 2 2 2 2 0 98 44
2015-06-17 STL W 7.0 5 1 1 0 5 0 102 68
2015-06-12 @TEX ND 7.0 3 2 2 1 8 1 101 70
2015-06-04 @BOS ND 5.0 9 4 2 1 0 2 97 36
2015-04-27 DET L 4.0 8 5 5 2 2 2 83 26
Last 5 v.BAL 1-1 19.0 20 6 4 3 10 3 1.89 55
2014-06-06 @BAL ND 6.0 8 3 3 0 3 2 94 47
2013-04-26 BAL L 6.2 6 1 0 1 5 0 105 64
2012-09-14 BAL W 6.1 6 2 1 2 2 1 92 55

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Orioles Batters (4.46 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Milone*
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		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Davis* G/S/vP 9/1.333 ··· 7/.143 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 340/254 .234/.321/.464/.785 .844/.764 .609 109/.808 0/0 18/2
3.Flaherty* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 179/134 .250/.328/.385/.712 .713/.712 .773 89/.625 0/0 3/1
2.Hardy G/S/vP 9/1.000 4/.500 7/.929 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 210/151 .232/.263/.338/.602 .448/.663 .538 104/.690 0/0 5/1
10.Jones G/S/vP 9/.555 ··· 6/.334 4/1.500 1/3.000 7/.310 308/247 .288/.334/.477/.812 .975/.772 .831 73/.710 3/1 11/1
36.Joseph G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 204/151 .238/.312/.376/.688 .745/.667 .662 44/.702 0/0 5/1
9.Lough* G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 112/99 .233/.275/.359/.634 .717/.623 .543 49/.758 1/4 4/0
13.Machado G/S/vP 8/1.750 ··· 1/.000 4/.666 1/no AB 1/.000 362/283 .302/.361/.529/.890 .879/.894 .830 117/1.129 13/2 18/12
38.Paredes# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 264/224 .300/.330/.484/.814 .608/.851 .756 78/.867 3/2 10/2
41.Parmelee* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 68/58 .234/.279/.531/.811 .633/.839 .682 68/.811 0/1 4/1
28.Pearce G/S/vP 6/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 177/117 .231/.299/.381/.681 .759/.641 .608 33/.878 1/1 6/0
14.Reimold G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/5.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 47/19 .244/.340/.463/.804 .957/.566 .686 44/.828 0/0 2/0
6.Schoop G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 39/27 .243/.282/.595/.877 .583/1.013 .516 10/.700 1/0 4/0
23.Snider* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 203/170 .261/.330/.380/.710 .788/.693 .795 62/.772 1/0 3/1
32.Wieters# G/S/vP 6/.333 ··· 5/1.800 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 80/62 .243/.275/.473/.748 .389/.858 .808 63/.651 0/0 3/3
IP 59.2 37.2 21.0 26.2 38.0 35.1 TOTAL .257/.311/.421/.733 .722/.736 .675 .784 27/13 102/38
ERA-K/9 3.02/6.0 2.63/4.1 6.00/4.7 3.71/5.1 3.08/6.9 1.27/8.7 3.82/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Joseph (25-9-4)
 Wieters (5-2-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 249/.248 155/.255 90/.273 107/.240 161/.269 137/.197 .270  Jones
 Snider
 Davis
 Reimold
 Parmelee
 Lough
 Pearce
 Paredes
0/70/0/6
30/0/19/5
0/0/11/1
12/2/7/1
0/0/8/1
35/18/2/1
16/0/5/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .698 .719 .760 .630 .786 .484 .735
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 79/.454 58/.476 42/.794 43/.738 68/.754 39/.746 .719
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 170/.812 97/.861 48/.731 64/.557 93/.810 98/.382 .749
Home 99/.850 83/.548 40/.972 49/.531 92/.784 78/.624
Last 28d days 125/.551 37/.776 30/.310 47/.721 45/.843 29/.245
HR/SB/CS 8/7/2 3/2/3 1/2/0 3/3/0 6/4/0 2/1/0 81/51/15
Usage ····X··· ··ooo··o Xo·o···· ·o·Xo··X o·····X· ·o·o·o·X
Twins Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (3.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Jimenez
G/S/vB		 35.Brach
G/S/vB		 53.Britton*
G/S/vB		 29.Hunter
G/S/vB		 17.Matusz*
G/S/vB		 56.O'Day
G/S/vB		 65.Roe
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Dozier G/S/vP 13/.962 3/1.334 6/.167 6/1.166 2/.500 4/.000 ··· 369/258 .258/.331/.512/.843 .867/.833 .837 111/.816 7/3 17/3
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 216/148 .254/.285/.403/.688 .579/.739 .734 50/.936 2/3 4/4
255.Fryer G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· / /// / / / /
32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 118/82 .239/.288/.349/.637 .760/.583 .743 22/.754 7/1 3/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 22/.838 ··· 6/.533 21/.933 13/1.045 13/.462 ··· 312/212 .262/.314/.451/.765 .714/.789 .701 82/.787 1/3 13/4
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 12/.258 3/2.334 9/.944 14/1.071 10/.522 3/.667 ··· 344/226 .278/.346/.389/.735 .767/.716 .747 101/.877 1/1 5/4
9.Nunez G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 10/.222 2/.000 8/.000 1/2.000 ··· 112/77 .291/.333/.485/.819 .699/.874 .776 59/.837 4/3 2/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 13/.154 4/1.250 5/1.800 7/.929 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 333/227 .252/.316/.442/.758 .764/.755 .828 103/.744 1/0 10/5
21.Robinson G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 123/63 .250/.303/.313/.616 .594/.635 .635 26/.926 4/1 0/0
20.Rosario* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 188/137 .266/.296/.395/.691 .611/.718 .884 97/.658 6/3 4/3
22.Sano G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 24/15 .450/.542/.700/1.242 .873/1.446 1.950 24/1.242 0/0 1/
39.Santana# G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/2.500 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 224/153 .217/.239/.292/.531 .638/.482 .601 36/.560 5/4 0/13
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 6/1.133 4/.500 7/.762 23/.652 15/.800 9/.111 ··· 259/179 .227/.284/.309/.593 .611/.584 .641 77/.574 0/0 3/1
IP 94.1 42.2 35.2 35.2 27.2 32.2 24.0 TOTAL .251/.303/.393/.697 .706/.692 .751 .741 39/27 70/46
ERA-K/9 2.96/8.9 3.16/10.1 1.77/10.3 4.29/6.3 2.28/9.7 1.10/11.8 2.25/9.8 3.72/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Suzuki (43-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 394/.242 169/.219 139/.221 147/.275 119/.206 129/.151 96/.198 .246  Hicks
 Escobar
 Rosario
 Robinson
 Hunter
 Nunez
 Santana
0/33/1/5
32/0/0/4
29/3/18/4
33/15/4/3
0/0/63/2
2/0/0/1
0/4/1/0
OPS .650 .643 .549 .690 .643 .494 .576 .713
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 212/.641 88/.554 37/.276 73/.659 55/.456 46/.762 42/.696 .708
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 182/.660 81/.745 102/.648 74/.721 64/.824 83/.357 54/.477 .717
Road 208/.759 90/.787 62/.520 71/.519 70/.580 65/.447 39/.289
Last 28d days 132/.643 57/.606 42/.573 42/.868 38/.405 37/.459 50/.728
HR/SB/CS 8/12/1 4/2/1 1/0/0 3/6/2 2/0/1 4/0/0 2/0/1 89/34/14
Usage ····X··· X···o··X o·····oo ·X···o·· o·X··o·· ·o·o·X·· ··X··X·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  5.40

SFG  4.11

CHW  3.41

 RA/G

STL  2.87

MIA  4.08

COL  5.17

 BA

P. Goldschmidt  .351

B. Belt  .268

S. Drew  .176

 OBP

B. Harper  .471

B. Dozier  .331

O. Infante  .246

 SLG

B. Harper  .709

K. Seager  .422

B. Hamilton  .290

 OPS

B. Harper  1.181

T. Plouffe  .758

O. Infante  .555

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.48

T. Ross  3.56

K. Lohse  6.29

 K/9IP

C. Sale  11.78

A. Burnett  7.49

M. Pelfrey  4.44

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.