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Minnesota Twins vs. Chicago White Sox, at Target Field, September 3, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Start Time:
12:10ct (local), 1:10et
Venue:
Target Field
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
75° (based on last ten years)
White Sox
Manager:
Robin Ventura
Game #:
137
On This Date:
48-63
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
134
On This Date:
57-57
Season Series
Fri, Apr 10, 2015 MIN  6 @CHW  0     
Sat, Apr 11, 2015 CHW  5  MIN  4     
Sun, Apr 12, 2015 CHW  6  MIN  2     
Thu, Apr 30, 2015 MIN 12  CHW  2     
Fri, May 01, 2015 MIN  1  CHW  0     
Sat, May 02, 2015 MIN  5  CHW  3     
Sun, May 03, 2015 MIN 13  CHW  3     
Fri, May 22, 2015 CHW  3  MIN  2     
Sat, May 23, 2015 MIN  4 @CHW  3     
Sun, May 24, 2015 MIN  8 @CHW  1     
Mon, Jun 22, 2015 MIN 13  CHW  2     
Tue, Jun 23, 2015 CHW  6 @MIN  2     
Wed, Jun 24, 2015 MIN  6  CHW  1     
Tue, Sep 01, 2015 MIN  8  CHW  6     
Wed, Sep 02, 2015 MIN  3  CHW  0     

Thu, Sep 03, 2015 CHW    @MIN  1:10pm
Fri, Sep 11, 2015 MIN    @CHW  8:10pm
Sat, Sep 12, 2015 MIN    @CHW  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 13, 2015 MIN    @CHW  2:10pm

                         All times ET
Chicago White Sox
61-70, 4th, 19½ GB, 12½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   33-32   Road:   28-38   ExtrInn:12-3 
 vsRHP:  48-55   vsLHP:  13-15   1-Run:  24-26
 vsEast: 13-16   vsCntrl:20-33   vsWest: 19-10 IL: 9-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Wed, Sep  2  @MIN  L   0-3       61-70  4th 19.5 gb
130 Tue, Sep  1  @MIN  L   6-8       61-69  4th 18.5 gb
129 Sun, Aug 30   SEA  W   6-5 (11)  61-68  4th 18.5 gb
128 Sat, Aug 29   SEA  L   6-7       60-68  4th 19.5 gb
127 Fri, Aug 28   SEA  L   0-2       60-67  4th 18.5 gb
126 Thu, Aug 27   SEA  W   4-2       60-66  3rd 17.5 gb
125 Wed, Aug 26   BOS  L   0-3       59-66  5th 17.5 gb
124 Tue, Aug 25   BOS  W   5-4       59-65  3rd 17.5 gb
123 Mon, Aug 24   BOS  L   4-5       58-65  4th 17.5 gb
122 Sun, Aug 23  @SEA  L   6-8       58-64  4th 16.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Minnesota Twins
69-63, 2nd, 12 GB, 5 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   42-25   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  44-43   vsLHP:  25-20   1-Run:  19-18
 vsEast: 19-14   vsCntrl:28-25   vsWest: 14-12 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Wed, Sep  2   CHW  W   3-0       69-63  2nd 12.0 gb
131 Tue, Sep  1   CHW  W   8-6       68-63  2nd 12.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 30   HOU  W   7-5       67-63  2nd 13.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 29   HOU  L   1-4       66-63  2nd 14.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 28   HOU  W   3-0       66-62  2nd 13.0 gb
127 Thu, Aug 27  @TBR  L   4-5       65-62  2nd 13.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 26  @TBR  W   5-3       65-61  2nd 12.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 25  @TBR  W  11-7       64-61  2nd 13.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 23  @BAL  W   4-3 (12)  63-61  2nd 12.5 gb
123 Sat, Aug 22  @BAL  W   3-2       62-61  2nd 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 02, 2015 MIN  3  CHW  0        W:Tommy Milone (7-4), L: Carlos Rodon (6-6), S: Kevin Jepsen (10)
Tue, Sep 01, 2015 MIN  8  CHW  6        W:Kevin Jepsen (3-6), L: Zach Duke (3-5), S: Glen Perkins (32)
Wed, Jun 24, 2015 MIN  6  CHW  1        W:Phil Hughes (6-6), L: Chris Sale (6-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 23, 2015 CHW  6 @MIN  2        W:Jeff Samardzija (5-4), L: Mike Pelfrey (5-4), S: Jake Petricka (2)
Mon, Jun 22, 2015 MIN 13  CHW  2        W:Tommy Milone (4-1), L: John Danks (3-8), S: none
Sun, May 24, 2015 MIN  8 @CHW  1        W:Kyle Gibson (4-3), L: Jose Quintana (2-5), S: none
Sat, May 23, 2015 MIN  4 @CHW  3        W:Trevor May (3-3), L: Chris Sale (3-2), S: Glen Perkins (16)
Fri, May 22, 2015 CHW  3  MIN  2        W:Jeff Samardzija (4-2), L: Aaron Thompson (0-1), S: David Robertson (9)
Sun, May 03, 2015 MIN 13  CHW  3        W:Ryan Pressly (1-0), L: John Danks (1-3), S: none
Sat, May 02, 2015 MIN  5  CHW  3        W:Ricky Nolasco (1-1), L: Hector Noesi (0-3), S: Glen Perkins (8)
Season Series: 2015 - MIN over 11-4; 2014 - MIN won 10-9; 2013 - MIN won 11-8; All-Time - CHW leads 1118-1037

SP: Jeff Samardzija (30, RHP, 8-11, 4.85)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (8-11) 182.0 195 102 98 40 142 23 4.85
2014 (7-13) 219.2 191 86 73 43 202 20 2.99
2013 (8-13) 213.2 210 109 103 78 214 25 4.34
Last 7 GS 1-6 41.2 54 37 37 14 34 9 7.99 37
2015-08-29 SEA L 5.2 8 5 5 3 8 1 119 38
2015-08-24 BOS L 5.2 8 5 5 2 7 1 102 38
2015-08-19 @LAA L 7.0 8 1 1 2 7 1 116 62
2015-08-14 CHC L 6.0 9 6 6 2 5 3 110 33
2015-08-08 @KCR L 4.2 6 7 7 2 1 0 79 23
2015-08-02 NYY L 4.2 8 9 9 2 3 2 101 13
2015-07-28 @BOS W 8.0 7 4 4 1 3 1 115 54
Last 5 v.MIN 3-1 31.2 35 18 18 5 28 1 5.12 50
2015-06-23 @MIN W 7.0 8 2 2 1 7 1 105 59
2015-05-22 MIN W 8.0 3 2 2 1 9 0 118 76
2015-04-11 MIN ND 7.0 8 4 4 0 6 0 113 51
2014-08-09 MIN W 6.0 7 2 2 2 5 0 109 53
2012-06-09 @MIN L 3.2 9 8 8 1 1 0 78 11

SP: Kyle Gibson (27, RHP, 9-9, 3.82)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (9-9) 158.0 154 72 67 55 111 16 3.82
2014 (13-12) 179.1 178 91 89 57 107 12 4.47
2013 (2-4) 51.0 69 38 37 20 29 7 6.53
Last 7 GS 1-2 39.1 42 26 26 18 27 5 5.95 44
2015-08-28 HOU W 5.2 4 0 0 3 4 0 111 62
2015-08-22 @BAL ND 5.2 6 2 2 4 2 0 101 47
2015-08-17 @NYY ND 5.0 4 6 6 3 2 1 108 34
2015-08-11 TEX ND 6.0 7 2 2 2 7 1 106 55
2015-08-06 @TOR L 4.2 9 8 8 3 4 1 97 15
2015-08-01 SEA ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 4 1 104 60
2015-07-26 NYY L 5.1 6 6 6 2 4 1 94 34
Last 5 v.CHW 3-0 28.2 18 7 7 5 22 4 2.20 66
2015-05-24 @CHW W 8.0 4 1 1 0 8 1 106 78
2015-05-01 CHW W 8.0 4 0 0 1 4 0 94 77
2014-08-03 @CHW W 7.0 6 3 3 0 6 1 105 59
2013-08-09 @CHW ND 5.2 4 3 3 4 4 2 105 49

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

White Sox Batters (3.81 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Gibson
G/S/vB		 58.Achter
G/S/vB		 36.Boyer
G/S/vB		 55.Cotts*
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 49.Jepsen
G/S/vB		 65.May
G/S/vB		 61.O'Rourke*
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
79.Abreu G/S/vP 9/.555 ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 4/.500 3/.000 13/.616 ··· 10/1.475 ··· 542/415 .288/.343/.500/.843 .692/.889 .865 111/.797 0/0 24/7
15.Beckham G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 1/5.000 2/.500 27/.491 11/.182 6/.900 ··· ··· 23/.964 ··· 213/131 .199/.259/.304/.563 .503/.601 .564 21/.611 0/1 4/4
36.Brantly* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 11/.000 ··· 3/.666 7/.286 19/.684 2/1.000 10/.733 6/.666 ··· 12/.834 1/.000 558/413 .274/.315/.393/.708 .585/.751 .695 107/.644 2/0 9/5
1.Eaton* G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· ··· 3/1.334 4/1.500 8/.875 1/2.000 14/1.072 ··· 5/2.200 ··· 557/405 .269/.347/.407/.753 .606/.812 .799 109/.692 13/5 10/5
21.Flowers G/S/vP 12/.166 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 8/1.292 8/.583 ··· 7/.286 ··· 9/.347 2/.500 309/245 .218/.274/.337/.610 .775/.569 .676 61/.639 0/1 8/3
26.Garcia G/S/vP 5/1.350 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 5/1.400 3/.000 9/.944 ··· 9/.111 3/.666 495/383 .265/.313/.380/.694 .738/.681 .672 105/.697 6/7 12/3
27.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 6/5 .333/.333/.333/.667 2.000/.400 1.000 1/2.000 0/0 0/0
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 6/.833 2/1.500 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 6/.500 ··· 6/.666 ··· 452/360 .215/.301/.358/.658 .391/.730 .781 63/.695 0/0 12/1
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 13/.769 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 27/.795 20/.426 10/.800 12/.667 ··· 35/.779 3/2.000 507/395 .243/.273/.345/.618 .678/.601 .539 98/.664 15/5 8/15
18.Saladino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 201/153 .235/.273/.326/.599 .664/.580 .557 97/.511 5/2 3/5
5.Sanchez# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 5/.200 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 340/262 .236/.272/.336/.608 .501/.641 .734 87/.656 1/1 3/4
20.Shuck* G/S/vP 9/.111 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/no AB 127/112 .275/.347/.349/.695 .729/.690 .601 15/.650 5/4 0/0
58.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.750 ··· 3/1.334 2/.500 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 178/130 .241/.326/.443/.769 .910/.716 .673 30/.559 0/1 8/4
28.Thompson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 39/10 .417/.462/.750/1.212 1.270/1.000 .977 38/1.245 1/0 2/0
IP 158.0 7.1 52.0 55.1 39.1 52.2 57.1 105.2 15.0 50.1 11.2 TOTAL .250/.304/.379/.683 .636/.698 .685 .688 52/34 106/82
ERA-K/9 3.82/6.3 7.36/11.1 2.77/4.5 3.25/8.8 4.35/4.8 3.25/5.0 2.35/7.5 3.92/8.5 7.20/11.4 2.68/8.2 6.17/7.7 4.14/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Brantly (0-0-0)
 Flowers (45-14-11)
 Soto (20-9-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 670/.257 32/.214 213/.258 233/.234 165/.245 210/.248 235/.201 452/.276 67/.200 207/.246 55/.313 .271  Garcia
 Eaton
 Cabrera
 Shuck
 Thompson
 Garcia
0/0/113/16
0/121/0/8
129/0/0/7
7/9/20/4
2/6/5/0
2/1/0/0
OPS .713 .741 .720 .725 .706 .645 .557 .746 .642 .637 .965 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 352/.668 15/1.012 75/.467 97/.553 66/.813 89/.766 125/.669 239/.737 39/.562 54/.915 24/1.148 .739
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 318/.763 17/.529 138/.855 136/.849 99/.635 121/.556 110/.432 213/.756 28/.756 153/.540 31/.810 .751
Home 361/.698 13/.154 105/.582 146/.790 79/.791 102/.679 117/.479 260/.750 33/.564 126/.757 26/1.143
Last 28d days 99/.697 32/.741 16/.563 54/.844 45/.602 62/.598 48/.316 52/.686 23/1.051 36/.830 4/1.250
HR/SB/CS 16/5/1 2/1/0 5/3/4 10/7/0 3/3/0 6/4/1 4/3/2 10/8/2 2/1/0 6/1/0 4/4/0 139/68/19
Usage ·····X·· ········ ····X·oX ·X··X·X· ····Xo·X ·X·oo·X· oo···X·o oo·o·o·· ···X···· ·X···o·· ········
Twins Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB		 34.Albers
G/S/vB		 33.Duke*
G/S/vB		 43.Jennings*
G/S/vB		 45.Johnson
G/S/vB		 65.Jones
G/S/vB		 52.Petricka
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 40.Webb
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Buxton G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 93/62 .195/.239/.264/.503 .262/.628 .399 54/.505 1/2 0/0
2.Dozier G/S/vP 17/.548 4/1.250 3/2.000 3/.000 ··· 6/1.000 8/.750 5/1.400 5/.933 576/401 .244/.316/.478/.794 .801/.790 .826 103/.710 10/4 26/6
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 9/.873 3/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 3/.333 335/221 .263/.309/.442/.751 .752/.750 .734 78/1.043 2/3 8/5
26.Fryer G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 21/17 .167/.286/.222/.508 .250/.561 1.000 / 0/0 0/1
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP 3/1.333 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 99/77 .165/.224/.308/.532 .234/.612 .582 27/.556 0/0 2/3
48.Hunter G/S/vP 6/.900 9/.889 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/1.096 6/.533 10/.200 6/.167 467/317 .230/.289/.397/.686 .692/.683 .618 69/.458 2/4 18/4
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 11/.637 3/1.667 8/.750 4/.000 ··· 4/1.167 4/1.750 10/.650 1/.000 537/364 .269/.333/.378/.711 .721/.706 .687 99/.765 1/1 8/4
9.Nunez G/S/vP 4/1.167 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 4/1.000 175/116 .268/.305/.433/.738 .624/.796 .761 32/.877 5/4 4/3
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 14/.748 7/1.428 4/.833 3/.000 2/2.000 6/.367 5/.800 7/.000 10/1.500 517/357 .244/.300/.436/.737 .765/.724 .804 96/.591 2/1 18/9
21.Robinson G/S/vP 8/.929 ··· 7/.453 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 187/108 .259/.310/.335/.645 .608/.672 .613 40/.785 6/1 0/1
20.Rosario* G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 366/261 .271/.291/.440/.731 .683/.750 .908 92/.744 10/5 8/6
22.Sano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 215/150 .296/.405/.620/1.025 .904/1.081 1.184 99/1.133 1/1 15/0
39.Santana# G/S/vP 11/.637 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 1/5.000 263/183 .218/.242/.298/.541 .633/.501 .609 / 7/4 0/16
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 11/.673 12/.350 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 6/1.300 8/1.357 7/1.000 395/262 .244/.298/.320/.618 .676/.590 .630 69/.783 0/0 4/1
19.Vargas# G/S/vP 9/.583 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 166/109 .245/.277/.365/.642 .885/.516 .798 / 0/0 5/0
IP 182.0 27.2 52.2 45.1 10.1 44.1 52.0 24.2 TOTAL .249/.304/.402/.706 .723/.698 .755 .754 57/36 126/70
ERA-K/9 4.85/7.0 1.63/7.5 3.59/9.7 4.57/7.5 /0.0 2.61/14.0 3.65/6.1 2.60/12.3 2.55/6.2 3.97/8.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fryer (1-0-0)
 Herrmann (8-6-0)
 Suzuki (59-13-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 773/.275 117/.248 223/.226 198/.257 / 38/.176 190/.302 203/.183 110/.284 .261  Rosario
 Robinson
 Hunter
 Escobar
 Buxton
 Nunez
 Herrmann
 Santana
62/4/33/13
51/15/10/5
0/0/99/4
34/0/1/4
0/23/0/2
3/0/0/1
0/0/2/0
0/4/1/0
OPS .760 .679 .733 .677 .596 .754 .519 .794 .731
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 387/.824 42/.899 83/.630 82/.654 / 15/.599 52/.876 91/.386 36/.808 .695
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 386/.697 75/.564 140/.792 116/.694 / 23/.594 138/.709 112/.624 74/.787 .747
Road 406/.763 45/.515 106/.908 77/.715 / 14/.708 97/.746 70/.805 49/.629
Last 28d days 137/.983 50/.587 44/.781 43/.518 / 38/.596 36/.787 28/.393 11/.606
HR/SB/CS 23/12/4 3/4/0 8/2/1 3/1/0 // 2/0/1 2/2/0 4/2/0 3/3/1 124/65/23
Usage ····X··· ···X·X·· ·o·X··o· o···XX·· ·X·X··Xo o···o·o· ···X··o· oo··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  5.49

OAK  4.14

ATL  3.60

 RA/G

STL  3.02

LAA  4.14

COL  5.28

 BA

B. Harper  .331

E. Longoria  .268

L. Valbuena  .209

 OBP

B. Harper  .460

E. Longoria  .329

O. Infante  .231

 SLG

B. Harper  .627

D. Fowler  .427

B. Hamilton  .290

 OPS

B. Harper  1.086

D. Murphy  .755

O. Infante  .537

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.59

C. Hamels  3.70

K. Lohse  6.27

 K/9IP

C. Sale  12.10

S. Miller  7.69

M. Buehrle  4.21

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.