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Minnesota Twins vs. Baltimore Orioles, at Target Field, July 28, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Start Time:

6:10ct (local), 7:10et

Venue:

Target Field

Series:

Game #1 of a 1-game series

Average Temp:

80° (based on last ten years)

Orioles

Manager:

Buck Showalter

Game #:

105

On This Date:

46-57

Twins

Manager:

Paul Molitor

Game #:

102

On This Date:

51-60

Season Series
Mon, Apr 04, 2016 BAL  3  MIN  2     
Wed, Apr 06, 2016 BAL  4  MIN  2     
Thu, Apr 07, 2016 BAL  4  MIN  2     
Tue, May 10, 2016 BAL  5 @MIN  3     
Wed, May 11, 2016 BAL  9 @MIN  2     

Thu, Jul 28, 2016 BAL    @MIN  7:10pm

                         All times ET

Baltimore Orioles

58-42, 1st, 2 up / Schedule

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

 Home:   37-16   Road:   21-26   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  42-31   vsLHP:  16-11   1-Run:  12-9 
 vsEast: 25-17   vsCntrl:19-6    vsWest:  8-15 IL: 6-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Wed, Jul 27   COL  L   1-3       58-42  1st  2.0 up
 99 Tue, Jul 26   COL  L   3-6       58-41  1st  2.0 up
 98 Mon, Jul 25   COL  W   3-2 (10)  58-40  1st  2.5 up
 97 Sun, Jul 24   CLE  W   5-3       57-40  1st  1.5 up
 96 Sat, Jul 23   CLE  W   5-2       56-40  1st  1.5 up
 95 Fri, Jul 22   CLE  W   5-1       55-40  1st  0.5 up
 94 Thu, Jul 21  @NYY  W   4-1       54-40  2nd  0.5 gb
 93 Wed, Jul 20  @NYY  L   0-5       53-40  2nd  0.5 gb
 92 Tue, Jul 19  @NYY  L   1-7       53-39  1st  0.5 up
 91 Mon, Jul 18  @NYY  L   1-2       53-38  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Minnesota Twins

37-63, 5th, 20½ GB, 19 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   20-31   Road:   17-32   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  25-48   vsLHP:  12-15   1-Run:  10-18
 vsEast:  7-20   vsCntrl: 9-24   vsWest: 15-10 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Wed, Jul 27   ATL  L   7-9       37-63  5th 20.5 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 26   ATL  L   0-2       37-62  5th 20.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 24  @BOS  L   7-8       37-61  5th 19.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 23  @BOS  W  11-9       37-60  5th 19.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 22  @BOS  W   2-1       36-60  5th 20.5 gb
 95 Thu, Jul 21  @BOS  L   2-13      35-60  5th 21.5 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 20  @DET  W   4-1       35-59  5th 21.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 19  @DET  W   6-2       34-59  5th 21.0 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 18  @DET  L   0-1       33-59  5th 21.0 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 17   CLE  L   1-6       33-58  5th 21.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 11, 2016 BAL  9 @MIN  2        W:Tyler Wilson (2-1), L: Phil Hughes (1-6), S: none
Tue, May 10, 2016 BAL  5 @MIN  3        W:Darren O'Day (2-0), L: Kevin Jepsen (2-4), S: Zach Britton (8)
Thu, Apr 07, 2016 BAL  4  MIN  2        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (1-0), L: Phil Hughes (0-1), S: Darren O'Day (1)
Wed, Apr 06, 2016 BAL  4  MIN  2        W:Yovani Gallardo (1-0), L: Kyle Gibson (0-1), S: Zach Britton (1)
Mon, Apr 04, 2016 BAL  3  MIN  2        W:Zach Britton (1-0), L: Kevin Jepsen (0-1), S: none

Sun, Aug 23, 2015 MIN  4 @BAL  3 (12)   W:Glen Perkins (2-4), L: Brian Matusz (1-3), S: Tommy Milone (1)
Sat, Aug 22, 2015 MIN  3 @BAL  2        W:Casey Fien (4-5), L: Chris Tillman (9-8), S: Kevin Jepsen (7)
Fri, Aug 21, 2015 MIN  4 @BAL  3        W:Casey Fien (3-5), L: Darren O'Day (5-2), S: Kevin Jepsen (6)
Thu, Aug 20, 2015 MIN 15 @BAL  2        W:Tyler Duffey (2-1), L: Miguel Gonzalez (9-9), S: none
Wed, Jul 08, 2015 MIN  5  BAL  3        W:Tommy Milone (5-1), L: Bud Norris (2-9), S: Glen Perkins (28)
Season Series: 2016 - BAL over 5-0; 2015 - MIN won 7-0; 2014 - BAL won 4-3; All-Time - BAL leads 966-950

SP: Ubaldo Jimenez (32, RHP, 5-9, 7.38)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (5-9)			81.2	111	72	67	50	72	10	7.38
2015 (12-10)			184.0	182	89	84	68	168	20	4.11
2014 (6-9)			125.1	113	68	67	77	116	14	4.81

Last 7 GS		3-3	27.0	39	25	25	18	23	3	8.33	38
2016-07-08	LAA	L	1.1	5	5	5	2	0	0	45	22
2016-07-03	@SEA	L	4.1	6	6	6	3	3	1	81	27
2016-06-28	@SDP	W	5.0	3	1	1	4	5	1	87	58
2016-06-22	SDP	W	6.0	4	2	2	4	7	0	104	59
2016-06-12	@TOR	L	0.1	6	5	5	0	1	0	30	20
2016-06-07	KCR	W	5.0	9	1	1	3	4	0	106	46
2016-06-02	BOS	ND	5.0	6	5	5	2	3	1	90	36

Last 5 v.MIN		3-1	32.0	28	5	4	8	47	1	1.13	67
2016-04-07	MIN	W	7.0	8	2	1	0	9	1	107	64
2015-07-08	@MIN	ND	5.0	7	0	0	3	5	0	110	55
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

SP: Kyle Gibson (28, RHP, 3-6, 4.67)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (3-6)			71.1	74	42	37	25	51	8	4.67
2015 (11-11)			194.2	186	88	83	65	145	18	3.84
2014 (13-12)			179.1	178	91	89	57	107	12	4.47

Last 7 GS		3-2	45.0	43	21	18	12	38	5	3.60	54
2016-07-22	@BOS	W	8.0	2	1	1	1	6	1	96	79
2016-07-17	CLE	L	6.0	10	4	4	1	4	1	97	39
2016-07-08	@TEX	ND	5.0	7	4	4	3	6	0	98	40
2016-07-03	TEX	W	6.2	5	4	2	2	6	1	106	56
2016-06-28	@CHW	W	7.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	107	73
2016-06-22	PHI	ND	6.0	8	5	4	2	5	2	98	41
2016-06-16	NYY	L	6.1	6	3	3	2	4	0	96	51

Last 5 v.BAL		1-1	21.2	23	9	9	13	18	2	3.74	50
2016-04-06	@BAL	L	5.0	7	4	4	5	3	1	105	35
2015-08-22	@BAL	ND	5.2	6	2	2	4	2	0	101	47
2015-07-07	BAL	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	7	1	108	58
2014-08-30	@BAL	ND	5.0	4	1	1	3	6	0	96	58

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

Orioles Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Gibson
G/S/vB 58.Abad*
G/S/vB 62.Boshers*
G/S/vB 27.Kintzler
G/S/vB 65.May
G/S/vB 57.Pressly
G/S/vB 55.Rogers*
G/S/vB 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 3/.333 7/.786 ··· 8/.393 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 230/204 .234/.296/.459/.755 .279/.816 .900 48/.750 1/0 12/3

19.Davis* G/S/vP 11/1.080 4/1.250 ··· 1/3.000 6/1.166 1/.000 ··· ··· 414/288 .223/.338/.461/.799 .780/.808 .872 82/.570 0/0 22/4

3.Flaherty* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 158/138 .223/.306/.331/.637 .650/.633 .422 27/.487 2/0 3/3

2.Hardy G/S/vP 10/1.500 4/.500 ··· ··· 4/.833 2/no AB ··· ··· 210/149 .279/.314/.411/.725 .734/.722 .785 76/.882 0/0 4/4

10.Jones G/S/vP 12/.349 4/1.750 ··· 3/2.334 6/.533 4/.000 ··· ··· 417/321 .266/.315/.444/.759 .600/.807 .663 94/.665 1/0 18/2

36.Joseph G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 105/85 .204/.257/.224/.482 .255/.536 .389 34/.544 0/0 0/2

25.Kim* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 181/167 .327/.409/.447/.855 .214/.905 .924 40/.649 1/2 3/0

13.Machado G/S/vP 9/.819 4/.000 ··· 3/1.334 4/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 425/321 .311/.369/.552/.921 .911/.924 .855 93/.636 0/3 21/7

14.Reimold G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 164/90 .243/.311/.412/.723 .641/.791 .618 34/.502 1/2 5/0

6.Schoop G/S/vP 8/1.143 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 5/1.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 400/310 .289/.320/.503/.823 .765/.839 .779 94/.760 1/1 17/6

45.Trumbo G/S/vP 8/.821 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 427/323 .273/.328/.549/.877 .730/.925 .852 92/.833 1/0 30/4

32.Wieters# G/S/vP 9/.873 3/1.334 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 270/199 .246/.300/.395/.695 .506/.760 .614 54/.342 1/0 9/4

IP 71.1 31.0 17.0 30.2 36.1 52.0 35.1 49.1 TOTAL .265/.325/.451/.776 .707/.799 .744 .672 13/9 150/50

ERA-K/9

4.67/6.4

2.61/8.1

3.18/9.5

2.05/5.9

5.45/12.6

3.81/8.3

2.80/9.2

4.01/11.3

4.94/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Joseph (17-9-2)
Wieters (21-12-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 308/.267 126/.216 71/.250 121/.239 161/.247 223/.253 149/.275 206/.243 .283 Trumbo
Jones
Reimold
Flaherty
Kim 1/0/54/6
0/95/0/4
43/0/23/2
2/0/2/0
46/0/0/0

OPS .741 .599 .664 .666 .776 .699 .710 .757 .801

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 157/.770 48/.497 32/.563 44/.531 56/.598 90/.715 53/.559 73/.993 .761

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 151/.708 78/.662 39/.752 77/.744 105/.864 133/.684 96/.794 133/.630 .828

Home 184/.756 68/.571 39/.606 74/.791 71/.730 102/.646 90/.668 124/.740

Last 28d days 105/.683 24/.733 23/.982 37/.631 38/.580 43/.836 50/.525 45/.699

HR/SB/CS 8/7/1 2/2/0 1/1/0 4/0/0 6/3/1 6/1/0 4/0/1 8/11/1 136/46/13

Usage ·····X·· ····X··· o···X·X· ····oX·X X··X··X· o···X··o X··XX··· X···o·X·

Twins Batters (4.42 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.42 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 43.Despaigne
G/S/vB 60.Givens
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 65.Roe
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

25.Buxton G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 198/133 .207/.256/.335/.592 .554/.609 .612 52/.674 7/1 1/2

37.Centeno* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 103/72 .265/.301/.398/.699 .525/.775 .447 33/.924 0/0 2/2

2.Dozier G/S/vP 20/.718 6/.666 8/.542 4/.500 3/.000 7/.000 ··· 410/318 .249/.330/.461/.791 1.082/.709 .702 97/.681 7/0 17/5

5.Escobar# G/S/vP 6/1.667 3/.333 4/.750 3/1.334 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· 207/153 .258/.282/.369/.650 .767/.610 .834 18/.667 1/2 3/8

36.Grossman# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 227/146 .274/.405/.441/.846 1.051/.727 .895 68/.751 1/3 6/3

26.Kepler* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 210/138 .237/.311/.489/.800 .716/.844 .808 91/.863 2/0 10/3

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 18/.575 7/1.738 11/.764 ··· 3/1.334 4/1.250 ··· 407/309 .260/.359/.369/.727 .559/.784 .766 84/.674 2/0 8/2

9.Nunez G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 10/.222 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 391/295 .300/.326/.444/.771 .856/.743 .742 101/.586 26/6 12/11

20.Rosario* G/S/vP 6/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.500 4/.000 1/3.000 190/146 .254/.271/.403/.675 .584/.699 .592 69/.923 3/1 5/2

22.Sano G/S/vP 6/.900 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 5/.600 3/.333 1/no AB 306/250 .245/.340/.457/.796 1.036/.747 .710 95/.790 1/0 15/13

39.Santana# G/S/vP 6/.900 3/2.334 1/.000 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 188/147 .246/.289/.349/.637 .437/.692 .741 38/.687 11/8 2/2

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 6/1.133 7/.486 10/.522 ··· ··· 10/.325 ··· 242/167 .292/.328/.447/.775 .872/.730 .735 56/.894 0/0 6/3

19.Vargas# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 65/52 .315/.415/.648/1.064 1.538/.943 .755 65/1.064 0/0 3/0

IP 81.2 54.0 42.2 21.0 46.0 22.0 8.0 TOTAL .251/.316/.413/.729 .768/.715 .731 .784 65/21 114/71

ERA-K/9

7.38/7.9

1.17/10.2

0.63/10.5

3.00/5.1

3.33/10.6

2.86/12.3

3.38/10.1

4.19/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Centeno (9-2-2)
Suzuki (33-10-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 400/.320 205/.170 159/.150 88/.253 196/.231 94/.226 36/.200 .260 Kepler
Grossman
Buxton
Santana
Rosario
Sano
Escobar 0/4/53/4
46/1/0/3
0/57/0/2
5/38/3/2
41/11/0/2
0/0/38/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .892 .495 .420 .739 .701 .773 .767 .756

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 171/1.000 102/.665 39/.439 42/.631 67/1.033 33/.762 16/1.167 .808

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 229/.811 103/.326 120/.414 46/.843 129/.537 61/.777 20/.478 .712

Road 142/.951 93/.455 67/.466 53/.861 92/.710 28/.726 20/1.067

Last 28d days 33/1.056 42/.544 35/.388 52/.784 41/.549 7/.286 36/.767

HR/SB/CS 10/16/3 3/2/1 1/1/0 1/1/0 5/6/3 5/1/0 2/0/0 111/41/24

Usage ········ ···XX·X· ··o·oooo ·····X·· X·X·o··· X··o···· X·o····o

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.66

SDP 4.44

ATL 3.43

RA/G

NYM 3.53

TBR 4.52

CIN 5.74

J. Altuve .357

D. Dietrich .272

D. Norris .199

OBP

M. Trout .427

J. Werth .339

D. Norris .259

SLG

D. Ortiz .658

D. Freese .453

A. Escobar .314

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.071

K. Calhoun .785

A. Ramirez .598

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.79

C. Sabathia 3.95

S. Gray 5.43

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 13.05

J. Hellickson 7.66

M. Pelfrey 3.92

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.