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Minnesota Twins vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Target Field, July 28, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Target Field
Series:
Game #1 of a 2-game series
Average Temp:
79° (based on last ten years)
Pirates
Manager:
Game #:
99
On This Date:
50-66
Twins
Manager:
Game #:
100
On This Date:
51-59
Season Series
Tue, May 19, 2015 MIN  8 @PIT  5     
Wed, May 20, 2015 MIN  4 @PIT  3 (13)

Tue, Jul 28, 2015 PIT    @MIN  8:10pm
Wed, Jul 29, 2015 PIT    @MIN  1:10pm

                         All times ET
57-41, 2nd, 6½ GB, 2½ up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-17   Road:   22-24   ExtrInn: 6-7 
 vsRHP:  47-33   vsLHP:  10-8    1-Run:  20-13
 vsEast: 18-8    vsCntrl:17-24   vsWest: 11-2  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 98 Sun, Jul 26   WSN  W   3-1       57-41  2nd  6.0 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 25   WSN  L   3-9       56-41  2nd  7.0 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 24   WSN  W   7-5       56-40  2nd  6.0 gb
 95 Thu, Jul 23   WSN  W   7-3       55-40  2nd  6.0 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 22  @KCR  L   1-5       54-40  2nd  6.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 21  @KCR  L   1-3       54-39  2nd  5.0 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 20  @KCR  W  10-7       54-38  2nd  4.0 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 19  @MIL  L   1-6       53-38  2nd  4.5 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 18  @MIL  L   5-8       53-37  2nd  4.5 gb
 89 Fri, Jul 17  @MIL  L   1-4       53-36  2nd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
52-46, 2nd, 8 GB, 2 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-18   Road:   20-28   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  33-31   vsLHP:  19-15   1-Run:  13-13
 vsEast: 13-6    vsCntrl:23-22   vsWest:  8-8  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 98 Sun, Jul 26   NYY  L   2-7       52-46  2nd  7.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 25   NYY  L   5-8       52-45  2nd  6.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 24   NYY  W  10-1       52-44  2nd  5.5 gb
 95 Thu, Jul 23  @LAA  W   3-0       51-44  2nd  6.5 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 22  @LAA  L   2-5       50-44  2nd  7.5 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 21  @LAA  L   0-7       50-43  2nd  6.5 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 19  @OAK  L   1-14      50-42  2nd  6.0 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 18  @OAK  L   2-3 (10)  50-41  2nd  5.0 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 17  @OAK  W   5-0       50-40  2nd  4.0 gb
 89 Sun, Jul 12   DET  W   7-1       49-40  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 20, 2015 MIN  4 @PIT  3 (13)   W:Brian Duensing (2-0), L: Antonio Bastardo (0-1), S: Glen Perkins (15)
Tue, May 19, 2015 MIN  8 @PIT  5        W:Ricky Nolasco (4-1), L: Francisco Liriano (1-4), S: Glen Perkins (14)

Thu, Jun 21, 2012 PIT  9  MIN  1        W:James McDonald (6-3), L: Liam Hendriks (0-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 20, 2012 MIN  2 @PIT  1        W:Jared Burton (1-0), L: Jason Grilli (1-2), S: Glen Perkins (1)
Tue, Jun 19, 2012 PIT  7  MIN  2        W:Kevin Correia (3-6), L: Scott Diamond (5-3), S: none
Thu, Jun 18, 2009 MIN  5  PIT  1        W:Nick Blackburn (6-2), L: Zach Duke (7-5), S: none
Wed, Jun 17, 2009 PIT  8 @MIN  2        W:Ian Snell (2-7), L: Francisco Liriano (2-8), S: none
Tue, Jun 16, 2009 MIN  8  PIT  2        W:Glen Perkins (2-3), L: Paul Maholm (4-3), S: none
Sun, Jun 18, 2006 MIN  8 @PIT  2        W:Johan Santana (7-4), L: Oliver Perez (2-9), S: none
Sat, Jun 17, 2006 MIN  5 @PIT  3        W:Jesse Crain (1-4), L: Damaso Marte (0-5), S: Joe Nathan (10)
Season Series: 2015 - MIN over 2-0; 2014 -  0-0; 2013 -  0-0; All-Time - MIN leads 16-10

SP: Charlie Morton (31, RHP, 6-4, 4.59)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (6-4) 64.2 64 35 33 20 36 7 4.59
2014 (6-12) 157.1 143 76 65 57 126 9 3.72
2013 (7-4) 116.0 113 51 42 36 85 6 3.26
Last 7 GS 2-4 38.1 43 27 27 13 24 6 6.34 44
2015-07-22 @KCR L 6.2 7 5 5 1 4 2 95 43
2015-07-17 @MIL L 6.0 5 4 4 3 2 0 90 45
2015-07-08 SDP ND 6.0 5 2 2 4 5 1 104 55
2015-07-03 CLE L 6.0 4 3 3 3 3 1 104 52
2015-06-27 ATL W 6.0 10 4 4 0 6 0 101 42
2015-06-21 @WSN L 0.2 8 9 9 1 1 2 43 0
2015-06-16 CHW W 7.0 4 0 0 1 3 0 94 71
Has never faced MIN as starter.

SP: Mike Pelfrey (31, RHP, 5-7, 3.94)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (5-7) 105.0 121 50 46 33 50 7 3.94
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 0-5 38.0 58 31 29 14 16 4 6.87 36
2015-07-22 @LAA L 6.0 9 4 2 1 1 1 79 42
2015-07-09 DET L 7.2 8 4 4 0 4 1 110 51
2015-07-04 @KCR ND 4.0 7 3 3 3 3 0 75 36
2015-06-29 @CIN L 2.0 9 8 8 3 1 0 68 4
2015-06-23 CHW L 6.2 10 3 3 3 4 0 112 43
2015-06-18 STL ND 8.0 4 1 1 1 3 1 103 72
2015-06-13 @TEX L 3.2 11 8 8 3 0 1 65 4
Last 5 v.PIT 2-1 33.0 31 14 13 7 23 3 3.55 55
2015-05-20 @PIT ND 6.0 5 1 1 0 5 0 92 63
2011-06-13 @PIT L 7.0 4 2 2 0 6 1 81 67
2011-06-02 PIT ND 5.0 10 7 7 1 3 1 88 21
2010-09-16 PIT W 7.0 6 2 2 4 4 0 111 57
2010-08-20 @PIT W 8.0 6 2 1 2 5 1 119 67
Pirates Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.13 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
65.May
G/S/vB
61.O'Rourke*
G/S/vB
15.Perkins*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 9/.472 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 316/282 .232/.301/.430/.730 .454/.765 .730 67/.621 2/0 14/15
29.Cervelli G/S/vP 11/.282 3/1.000 5/.400 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 292/240 .295/.363/.406/.769 1.018/.716 .733 60/.780 1/1 5/3
14.Decker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/8 .143/.400/.429/.829 .000/1.100 .875 10/.829 0/0 0/1
23.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/7 .125/.125/.125/.250 .000/.286 .000 8/.250 0/0 0/1
30.Ishikawa* G/S/vP 5/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/33 .167/.265/.367/.631 .000/.652 .765 30/.674 0/0 1/1
27.Kang G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 292/233 .286/.363/.413/.776 .850/.758 .714 81/.934 5/3 5/8
6.Marte G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 381/312 .291/.338/.459/.796 .953/.761 .750 69/.884 19/8 13/1
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 17/.958 3/1.666 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 5/1.000 410/340 .292/.388/.488/.876 .837/.885 .771 91/.885 5/2 13/0
25.Polanco* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 380/321 .243/.316/.358/.674 .422/.720 .697 96/.793 17/7 4/5
17.Ramirez G/S/vP 12/.523 8/1.458 1/.000 4/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 309/247 .241/.288/.420/.708 .587/.737 .765 71/.823 1/0 11/5
3.Rodriguez G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 14/1.333 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.750 156/93 .204/.230/.306/.536 .582/.506 .533 51/.282 2/0 3/0
19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 116/100 .292/.333/.358/.692 .579/.710 .724 30/.687 0/0 0/5
18.Walker# G/S/vP 17/.588 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 382/321 .271/.327/.420/.747 .577/.780 .822 98/.843 3/0 9/5
IP 105.0 41.2 25.2 30.1 45.1 88.1 7.1 40.0 TOTAL .256/.315/.383/.699 .682/.703 .688 .726 67/27 76/72
ERA-K/9 3.94/4.3 2.81/4.1 4.91/4.9 4.15/4.8 3.38/7.4 4.38/7.7 1.23/9.9 2.25/8.3 3.88/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (59-21-6)
 Stewart (25-9-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 451/.297 174/.255 106/.242 126/.264 191/.264 383/.289 29/.125 158/.216 .269  Marte
 McCutchen
 Polanco
 Decker
 Rodriguez
 Ishikawa
83/14/0/8
0/90/0/4
8/2/86/4
2/0/0/0
10/0/10/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .768 .729 .674 .718 .769 .763 .500 .548 .738
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 202/.778 63/.440 45/.768 53/.876 83/.676 208/.754 14/.594 41/.759 .702
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 249/.758 111/.889 61/.604 73/.604 108/.843 175/.775 15/.421 117/.475 .766
Home 208/.631 92/.586 52/.807 63/.697 108/.710 222/.740 17/.473 91/.713
Last 28d days 76/.875 25/.720 23/.135 31/.941 39/.635 64/.758 29/.500 30/.667
HR/SB/CS 7/7/1 4/2/3 1/3/0 5/4/0 7/4/0 8/7/2 1/1/0 4/1/0 102/56/15
Usage ·····X·· ······o· ··oX···· ···X···· ·X······ ··o··X·· ·Xo···X· ··X·o···
Twins Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Morton
G/S/vB
59.Bastardo*
G/S/vB
37.Caminero
G/S/vB
64.Guerra
G/S/vB
48.Hughes
G/S/vB
35.Melancon
G/S/vB
44.Watson*
G/S/vB
46.Worley
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Dozier G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 428/299 .259/.332/.513/.845 .891/.825 .853 91/.747 9/3 21/4
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 227/151 .246/.280/.389/.669 .543/.733 .707 24/.625 2/3 4/4
26.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 16/12 .231/.375/.308/.683 .250/.817 1.292 16/.683 0/0 0/1
32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 173/119 .271/.335/.387/.722 .920/.632 .906 74/.908 8/3 4/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.500 4/.000 2/1.500 10/1.300 368/252 .251/.304/.438/.742 .723/.751 .710 78/.560 1/3 16/4
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 2/3.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 398/269 .277/.339/.394/.733 .758/.720 .719 81/.839 1/1 6/4
9.Nunez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 128/88 .277/.315/.445/.760 .661/.806 .740 24/.333 4/3 2/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 392/268 .255/.315/.457/.771 .735/.787 .845 87/.826 2/0 14/5
21.Robinson G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 1/.000 4/.833 1/.000 137/71 .246/.294/.317/.612 .570/.649 .595 16/.583 5/1 0/0
20.Rosario* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 236/171 .284/.308/.418/.725 .619/.764 .972 76/.726 8/5 4/4
22.Sano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/52 .283/.405/.517/.922 .427/1.156 1.160 74/.922 0/1 3/0
39.Santana# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 262/182 .219/.243/.300/.543 .633/.504 .614 57/.638 7/4 0/16
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 297/204 .229/.289/.301/.590 .539/.611 .655 58/.536 0/0 3/1
IP 64.2 30.0 44.1 14.1 43.1 46.0 45.1 69.0 TOTAL .252/.305/.397/.702 .695/.705 .771 .722 48/32 85/54
ERA-K/9 4.59/5.0 3.90/8.4 4.47/9.5 3.14/8.2 2.08/6.0 1.37/6.5 1.99/8.9 3.78/6.1 3.05/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fryer (0-0-0)
 Suzuki (48-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 277/.257 131/.241 194/.240 58/.309 179/.261 176/.211 176/.195 294/.279 .246  Hicks
 Rosario
 Escobar
 Robinson
 Hunter
 Nunez
 Santana
0/47/1/7
39/3/21/6
32/0/0/4
38/15/5/3
0/0/75/2
2/0/0/1
0/4/1/0
OPS .741 .728 .717 .890 .642 .521 .518 .746 .662
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 128/.896 35/.661 74/.693 18/.284 69/.680 83/.376 47/.615 112/.787 .658
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 149/.610 96/.754 120/.730 40/1.162 110/.619 93/.646 129/.483 182/.721 .665
Road 117/.880 58/.703 89/.578 27/.927 81/.818 75/.463 81/.703 170/.782
Last 28d days 109/.793 33/.971 51/1.056 40/.972 41/.639 31/.437 30/.452 47/.818
HR/SB/CS 7/5/0 4/7/0 6/7/0 3/1/0 1/4/3 2/0/2 3/1/0 6/3/2 69/86/31
Usage ·····X·· ····Xo·o ··X·X·o· ··X··X·· ···Xo··o ·o·o···X ·o·o···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

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.