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Minnesota Twins vs. Detroit Tigers, at Target Field, April 30, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Saturday, April 30, 2016

Start Time:

1:10ct (local), 2:10et

Venue:

Target Field

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

57° (based on last ten years)

Tigers

Manager:

Brad Ausmus

Game #:

On This Date:

48-45

Twins

Manager:

Paul Molitor

Game #:

On This Date:

42-52

Season Series
Fri, Apr 29, 2016 DET  9 @MIN  2     

Sat, Apr 30, 2016 DET    @MIN  2:10pm
Sun, May 01, 2016 DET    @MIN  2:10pm
Mon, May 16, 2016 MIN    @DET  7:10pm
Tue, May 17, 2016 MIN    @DET  7:10pm
Wed, May 18, 2016 MIN    @DET  1:10pm
Mon, Jul 18, 2016 MIN    @DET  7:10pm
Tue, Jul 19, 2016 MIN    @DET  7:10pm
Wed, Jul 20, 2016 MIN    @DET  1:10pm
Tue, Aug 23, 2016 DET    @MIN  8:10pm
Wed, Aug 24, 2016 DET    @MIN  8:10pm
Thu, Aug 25, 2016 DET    @MIN  1:10pm
Mon, Sep 12, 2016 MIN    @DET  7:10pm
Tue, Sep 13, 2016 MIN    @DET  7:10pm
Wed, Sep 14, 2016 MIN    @DET  7:10pm
Thu, Sep 15, 2016 MIN    @DET  1:10pm
Tue, Sep 20, 2016 DET    @MIN  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 21, 2016 DET    @MIN  8:10pm
Thu, Sep 22, 2016 DET    @MIN  8:10pm

                         All times ET

Detroit Tigers

12-10, 2nd, 3 GB, ½ GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    5-6    Road:    7-4    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  11-6    vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  1-1    vsCntrl: 2-5    vsWest:  4-3  IL: 5-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Fri, Apr 29  @MIN  W   9-2       12-10  2nd  3.0 gb
 21 Thu, Apr 28   OAK  W   7-3       11-10  3rd  4.0 gb
 20 Wed, Apr 27   OAK  W   9-4       10-10  4th  5.0 gb
 19 Tue, Apr 26   OAK  L   1-5        9-10  4th  5.0 gb
 18 Mon, Apr 25   OAK  W   7-3        9-9   4th  4.0 gb
 17 Sun, Apr 24   CLE  L   3-6        8-9   4th  4.0 gb
 16 Sat, Apr 23   CLE  L   1-10       8-8   4th  3.0 gb
 15 Fri, Apr 22   CLE  L   1-2        8-7   3rd  2.5 gb
 14 Thu, Apr 21  @KCR  L   0-4        8-6   3rd  1.5 gb
 13 Wed, Apr 20  @KCR  W   3-2        8-5   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:12-10

Minnesota Twins

7-16, 5th, 8½ GB, 6 GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    6-6    Road:    1-10   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   7-13   vsLHP:   0-3    1-Run:   4-6 
 vsEast:  0-3    vsCntrl: 2-8    vsWest:  3-0  IL: 2-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 23 Fri, Apr 29   DET  L   2-9        7-16  5th  8.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 27   CLE  L   5-6        7-15  5th  9.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 26   CLE  W   6-5        7-14  5th  8.0 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 25   CLE  W   4-3        6-14  5th  8.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 24  @WSN  L   5-6 (16)   5-14  5th  8.0 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 23  @WSN  L   0-2        5-13  5th  7.0 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 22  @WSN  L   4-8        5-12  5th  6.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 21  @MIL  W   8-1        5-11  5th  5.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 20  @MIL  L   5-10       4-11  5th  6.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 19   MIL  L   5-6        4-10  5th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 7-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 29, 2016 DET  9 @MIN  2        W:Michael Fulmer (1-0), L: Phil Hughes (1-4), S: none

Sun, Sep 27, 2015 MIN  7 @DET  1        W:Ervin Santana (7-4), L: Randy Wolf (0-5), S: none
Sat, Sep 26, 2015 MIN  6 @DET  2        W:Tyler Duffey (5-1), L: Alfredo Simon (13-11), S: none
Fri, Sep 25, 2015 DET  6  MIN  4        W:Alex Wilson (3-3), L: Glen Perkins (2-5), S: Neftali Feliz (9)
Wed, Sep 16, 2015 DET  7 @MIN  4 (12)   W:Ian Krol (2-3), L: Brian Duensing (4-1), S: none
Tue, Sep 15, 2015 DET  5 @MIN  4        W:Alfredo Simon (13-9), L: Phil Hughes (10-9), S: Bruce Rondon (5)
Mon, Sep 14, 2015 MIN  7  DET  1        W:Tyler Duffey (3-1), L: Kyle Lobstein (3-8), S: none
Sun, Jul 12, 2015 MIN  7  DET  1        W:Kyle Gibson (8-6), L: Shane Greene (4-7), S: none
Sat, Jul 11, 2015 MIN  9  DET  5        W:Phil Hughes (8-6), L: Alfredo Simon (8-6), S: none
Fri, Jul 10, 2015 MIN  8  DET  6        W:Trevor May (6-7), L: Joakim Soria (3-1), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - DET over 1-0; 2015 - DET won 11-8; 2014 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - DET leads 1097-1005

SP: Jordan Zimmermann (30, RHP, 4-0, 0.35)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (4-0)			26.0	22	3	1	7	16	0	0.35
2015 (13-10)			201.2	204	89	82	39	164	24	3.66
2014 (14-5)			199.2	185	67	59	29	182	13	2.66

Last 7 GS		5-2	43.0	40	13	11	11	30	3	2.30	57
2016-04-25	OAK	W	6.2	7	3	1	1	1	0	102	52
2016-04-20	@KCR	W	6.1	7	0	0	1	8	0	105	66
2016-04-14	@PIT	W	6.0	6	0	0	2	4	0	107	62
2016-04-08	NYY	W	7.0	2	0	0	3	3	0	100	73
2015-09-30	@ATL	L	6.0	6	2	2	1	1	0	82	52
2015-09-25	PHI	L	5.0	6	6	6	2	6	3	79	35
2015-09-19	MIA	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	7	0	95	58

Last 5 v.MIN		1-0	7.0	2	0	0	2	8	0	0.00	79
2013-06-09	MIN	W	7.0	2	0	0	2	8	0	111	79

SP: Tyler Duffey (25, RHP, 0-0, 2.25)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (0-0)			4.0	5	1	1	2	1	1	2.25
2015 (5-1)			58.0	56	20	20	20	53	4	3.10

Last 7 GS		3-0	41.0	38	11	11	11	34	2	2.41	57
2016-04-24	@WSN	ND	4.0	5	1	1	2	1	1	74	47
2015-10-01	@CLE	ND	6.1	6	2	2	1	6	1	102	58
2015-09-26	@DET	W	6.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	112	50
2015-09-20	LAA	W	7.0	3	0	0	1	7	0	101	77
2015-09-14	DET	W	6.1	7	1	1	2	7	0	96	60
2015-09-06	@HOU	ND	6.2	6	2	2	1	8	0	97	61
2015-09-01	CHW	ND	4.2	3	3	3	3	2	0	61	45

Last 5 v.DET		2-0	12.1	15	3	3	3	10	0	2.19	55
2015-09-26	@DET	W	6.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	112	50
2015-09-14	DET	W	6.1	7	1	1	2	7	0	96	60

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2016 season. Player Stats for the 2015 season. We will switch to 2016 stats on May 1st.

Tigers Batters (4.77 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Duffey
G/S/vB 58.Abad*
G/S/vB 50.Fien
G/S/vB 49.Jepsen
G/S/vB 65.May
G/S/vB 51.Meyer
G/S/vB 61.O'Rourke*
G/S/vB 57.Pressly
G/S/vB 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

14.Aviles G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 12/.500 9/.778 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 5/1.350 317/146 .231/.282/.317/.599 .650/.542 .633 23/.473 3/1 5/10

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 16/1.571 6/.334 7/.714 1/.000 ··· 6/.733 5/1.350 511/408 .338/.440/.534/.974 1.016/.964 .948 94/.811 1/1 18/4

9.Castellanos G/S/vP 6/1.333 2/.500 6/1.166 4/.500 9/.222 1/2.000 ··· 5/.200 5/.400 595/470 .255/.303/.419/.721 .970/.656 .688 81/.936 0/3 15/12

12.Gose* G/S/vP 7/.453 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 1/3.000 ··· 535/454 .254/.321/.367/.688 .546/.713 .667 67/.611 23/11 5/4

1.Iglesias G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 454/341 .300/.347/.370/.717 .889/.661 .727 75/.659 11/8 2/11

3.Kinsler G/S/vP 6/.334 1/no AB 11/1.364 15/.277 9/1.000 1/no AB ··· 7/.715 3/.000 675/534 .296/.342/.428/.770 .798/.763 .757 98/.910 10/6 11/13

28.Martinez G/S/vP 6/1.467 1/no AB 6/.000 2/.000 10/.522 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 657/519 .282/.344/.535/.879 .915/.870 .867 96/.822 3/2 38/2

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.000 12/.667 9/.583 10/1.700 1/3.000 ··· 4/1.000 5/1.850 485/387 .245/.301/.366/.667 .870/.616 .659 80/1.013 0/0 11/1

17.Romine# G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 203/166 .255/.307/.315/.622 .640/.617 .710 13/.408 10/5 2/7

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/.000 6/.333 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 227/181 .225/.310/.435/.745 .979/.684 .597 59/.995 0/0 9/3

8.Upton G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 620/499 .251/.336/.454/.790 .558/.848 .714 95/.539 19/5 26/3

46.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 147/104 .189/.255/.250/.505 .296/.590 .445 15/.354 0/1 1/2

IP 58.0 47.2 63.1 69.2 114.2 2.2 22.0 27.2 23.1 TOTAL .268/.325/.430/.755 .705/.772 .792 .755 5/3 28/12

ERA-K/9

3.10/8.2

4.15/8.5

3.55/5.8

2.33/7.6

4.00/8.6

16.88/10.0

6.14/9.8

2.93/7.1

3.47/7.3

4.10/7.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Saltalamacchia (22-5-0)
Wilson (28-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 242/.256 205/.251 257/.250 285/.206 492/.279 15/.364 97/.200 119/.257 99/.239 .266 Martinez
Upton
Gose
Aviles
Romine 0/0/148/15
146/0/0/9
0/137/0/4
34/5/1/1
2/0/0/0

OPS .702 .813 .648 .560 .752 1.409 .660 .645 .699 .758

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 122/.664 110/.859 109/.717 156/.653 257/.759 6/1.500 49/.560 42/.678 40/1.011 .766

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 120/.738 95/.753 148/.597 129/.449 235/.743 9/1.333 48/.764 77/.626 59/.485 .753

Home 95/.489 109/.630 129/.672 140/.510 273/.734 / 51/.655 57/.344 50/.735

Last 28d days 19/.839 37/.368 52/.976 40/.800 55/.684 9/1.417 27/.630 64/.762 49/.854

HR/SB/CS 4/0/0 11/0/3 6/5/1 5/4/2 11/10/2 2/2/0 3/1/0 0/1/2 4/4/1 26/9/3

Usage ·····X·· o·o·oX·· X·Xo·oX· ···ooX·· ··X·XX·· X······· o····X·o ····XX·o o·X··X·X

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2016 season. Player Stats for the 2015 season. We will switch to 2016 stats on May 1st.

Twins Batters (3.43 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 27.Zimmermann
G/S/vB 45.Farmer
G/S/vB 65.Hardy*
G/S/vB 21.Lowe
G/S/vB 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 56.Ryan*
G/S/vB 54.VerHagen
G/S/vB 30.Wilson
G/S/vB 38.Wilson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 65/40 .276/.338/.379/.718 .624/.779 .993 51/.720 0/0 2/1

2.Dozier G/S/vP 3/.000 5/1.300 2/3.000 1/no AB 4/1.000 4/.250 1/.000 6/.666 3/.000 704/498 .236/.307/.444/.751 .762/.746 .789 102/.643 12/4 28/8

5.Escobar# G/S/vP 3/.333 2/1.000 4/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 5/2.550 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 446/308 .262/.309/.445/.754 .789/.737 .734 83/.572 2/3 12/6

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 6/.900 4/1.167 8/.393 5/1.000 1/no AB 4/.500 3/.666 666/457 .265/.338/.380/.718 .720/.718 .696 102/.888 2/1 10/5

12.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 172/86 .277/.327/.406/.734 .770/.696 .761 35/.246 0/0 3/3

9.Nunez G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 204/139 .282/.327/.431/.758 .649/.809 .763 61/.881 8/4 4/3

52.Park G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· / /// / 69/.822 / /

11.Polanco# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/9 .300/.417/.300/.717 1.333/.476 .717 9/.508 1/0 0/2

20.Rosario* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 474/354 .267/.289/.459/.748 .811/.727 .907 77/.601 11/6 13/7

22.Sano G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 1/2.000 335/244 .269/.385/.530/.916 .881/.929 1.065 97/.779 1/1 18/0

39.Santana# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 277/196 .215/.241/.291/.532 .624/.494 .593 29/.759 8/4 0/16

8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 11/.273 9/.250 5/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 479/324 .240/.296/.314/.610 .658/.587 .625 54/.604 0/0 5/3

IP 201.2 40.1 61.1 55.0 57.0 56.1 26.1 70.0 61.0 TOTAL .241/.312/.382/.694 .596/.712 .734 .694 14/5 20/16

ERA-K/9

3.66/7.3

7.36/5.4

3.08/8.1

1.96/10.0

2.21/9.8

4.47/4.8

2.05/4.4

2.19/4.9

3.10/9.7

3.81/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Murphy (21-8-7)
Suzuki (80-14-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 831/.264 186/.323 265/.260 215/.231 216/.189 237/.282 106/.200 273/.238 244/.223 .269 Rosario
Escobar
Nunez
Arcia
Santana 86/4/34/16
35/0/1/4
3/0/0/1
15/0/4/0
0/5/1/0

OPS .699 .986 .704 .612 .547 .795 .559 .609 .602 .747

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 432/.776 84/1.067 128/.631 97/.724 109/.538 61/.817 39/.691 124/.566 83/.629 .759

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 399/.617 102/.920 137/.770 118/.523 107/.558 176/.788 67/.487 149/.645 161/.588 .735

Road 348/.796 167/.999 124/.663 106/.547 81/.566 134/.836 52/.612 130/.611 103/.602

Last 28d days 105/.531 25/.598 23/.733 29/.649 33/.940 47/.646 54/.977 22/.318 37/.472

HR/SB/CS 24/7/7 10/1/2 2/1/0 4/1/3 6/2/2 9/2/2 1/2/0 5/3/4 3/6/1 18/16/9

Usage ····X··· o······· ·X··X·X· ····o··· ·oo····· ·o·o··X· o·X··X·o o·oo··X· X·o·o··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 2016 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

For the 2015 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TOR 5.50

CHC 4.25

ATL 3.54

RA/G

STL 3.24

NYY 4.31

COL 5.21

M. Cabrera .338

E. Longoria .270

J. Pederson .210

OBP

B. Harper .460

M. Duffy .334

W. Ramos .258

SLG

B. Harper .649

E. Longoria .435

A. Escobar .320

OPS

B. Harper 1.109

J. Pederson .763

C. Owings .587

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.66

J. Zimmermann 3.66

A. Simon 5.05

K/9IP

C. Sale 11.82

J. Teheran 7.67

M. Buehrle 4.12

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.