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Minnesota Twins vs. Chicago White Sox, at Target Field, July 29, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Friday, July 29, 2016
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Target Field
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
79° (based on last ten years)
White Sox
Manager:
Robin Ventura
Game #:
105
On This Date:
58-53
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
103
On This Date:
48-56
Season Series
Mon, Apr 11, 2016 CHW  4 @MIN  1     
Wed, Apr 13, 2016 CHW  3 @MIN  0     
Thu, Apr 14, 2016 CHW  3 @MIN  1     
Fri, May 06, 2016 CHW 10  MIN  4     
Sat, May 07, 2016 CHW  7  MIN  2     
Sun, May 08, 2016 CHW  3  MIN  1     
Tue, Jun 28, 2016 MIN  4 @CHW  0     
Wed, Jun 29, 2016 CHW  9  MIN  6     
Thu, Jun 30, 2016 CHW  6  MIN  5     

Fri, Jul 29, 2016 CHW    @MIN  8:10pm
Sat, Jul 30, 2016 CHW    @MIN  7:10pm
Sun, Jul 31, 2016 CHW    @MIN  2:10pm
Thu, Sep 01, 2016 CHW    @MIN  8:10pm
Fri, Sep 02, 2016 CHW    @MIN  8:10pm
Sat, Sep 03, 2016 CHW    @MIN  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 04, 2016 CHW    @MIN  2:10pm
Fri, Sep 30, 2016 MIN    @CHW  8:10pm
Sat, Oct 01, 2016 MIN    @CHW  7:10pm
Sun, Oct 02, 2016 MIN    @CHW  3:10pm

                         All times ET
Chicago White Sox
50-52, 3rd, 8½ GB, 7 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   28-24   Road:   22-28   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  39-41   vsLHP:  11-11   1-Run:  18-18
 vsEast: 15-11   vsCntrl:16-21   vsWest: 13-13 IL: 6-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
102 Thu, Jul 28  @CHC  L   1-3       50-52  3rd  8.5 gb
101 Wed, Jul 27  @CHC  L   1-8       50-51  3rd  8.0 gb
100 Tue, Jul 26   CHC  W   3-0       50-50  3rd  8.0 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 25   CHC  W   5-4       49-50  3rd  8.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 24   DET  W   5-4       48-50  4th  8.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 23   DET  W   4-3       47-50  4th  9.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 22   DET  L   5-7       46-50  4th 10.5 gb
 95 Thu, Jul 21   DET  L   1-2  (7)  46-49  4th 10.5 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 20  @SEA  L   5-6 (11)  46-48  4th 10.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 19  @SEA  W   6-1       46-47  4th  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Minnesota Twins
38-63, 5th, 20 GB, 18½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-31   Road:   17-32   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  26-48   vsLHP:  12-15   1-Run:  10-18
 vsEast:  8-20   vsCntrl: 9-24   vsWest: 15-10 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Thu, Jul 28   BAL  W   6-2       38-63  5th 20.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 30, 2016 CHW  6  MIN  5        W:Nate Jones (4-2), L: Fernando Abad (1-2), S: David Robertson (21)
Wed, Jun 29, 2016 CHW  9  MIN  6        W:James Shields (3-9), L: Ricky Nolasco (3-6), S: Nate Jones (2)
Tue, Jun 28, 2016 MIN  4 @CHW  0        W:Kyle Gibson (1-5), L: Jose Quintana (5-8), S: none
Sun, May 08, 2016 CHW  3  MIN  1        W:Jose Quintana (5-1), L: Tyler Duffey (0-2), S: David Robertson (10)
Sat, May 07, 2016 CHW  7  MIN  2        W:Chris Sale (7-0), L: Ervin Santana (0-2), S: none
Fri, May 06, 2016 CHW 10  MIN  4        W:Mat Latos (5-0), L: Ricky Nolasco (1-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 14, 2016 CHW  3 @MIN  1        W:Mat Latos (2-0), L: Ervin Santana (0-1), S: David Robertson (5)
Wed, Apr 13, 2016 CHW  3 @MIN  0        W:Carlos Rodon (1-1), L: Phil Hughes (0-2), S: David Robertson (4)
Mon, Apr 11, 2016 CHW  4 @MIN  1        W:Jose Quintana (1-0), L: Kyle Gibson (0-2), S: David Robertson (3)

Sun, Sep 13, 2015 MIN  7 @CHW  0        W:Kyle Gibson (10-10), L: Chris Sale (12-9), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - CHW over 8-1; 2015 - MIN won 13-6; 2014 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1128-1040

SP: Jose Quintana (27, LHP, 8-8, 2.97)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (8-8) 130.1 112 44 43 32 116 13 2.97
2015 (9-10) 206.1 218 81 77 44 177 16 3.36
2014 (9-11) 200.1 197 87 74 52 178 10 3.32
Last 7 GS 3-1 45.2 37 18 18 15 35 8 3.55 56
2016-07-24 DET ND 6.2 3 0 0 1 4 0 117 71
2016-07-19 @SEA W 6.0 6 1 1 3 7 1 109 60
2016-07-09 ATL W 6.0 5 4 4 1 5 3 96 50
2016-07-03 @HOU W 7.0 2 1 1 2 4 1 101 71
2016-06-28 MIN L 7.0 6 4 4 1 8 2 100 56
2016-06-22 @BOS ND 5.1 8 6 6 6 1 1 111 23
2016-06-17 @CLE ND 7.2 7 2 2 1 6 0 111 62
Last 5 v.MIN 3-2 32.0 27 15 13 9 28 3 3.66 56
2016-06-28 MIN L 7.0 6 4 4 1 8 2 100 56
2016-05-08 MIN W 7.0 6 1 1 1 5 0 104 65
2016-04-11 @MIN W 6.0 4 1 1 3 5 0 100 62
2015-09-12 MIN W 6.0 4 2 1 3 5 0 120 60
2015-05-24 MIN L 6.0 7 7 6 1 5 1 101 36

SP: Ricky Nolasco (33, RHP, 4-8, 5.40)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (4-8) 116.2 136 76 70 28 87 17 5.40
2015 (5-2) 37.1 50 31 28 14 35 3 6.75
2014 (6-12) 159.0 203 96 95 38 115 22 5.38
Last 7 GS 1-4 39.1 49 27 26 14 19 8 5.95 42
2016-07-23 @BOS ND 2.0 6 6 6 3 2 1 65 19
2016-07-18 @DET L 6.0 3 1 1 3 0 1 100 59
2016-07-09 @TEX W 6.0 9 4 3 0 2 1 99 42
2016-07-04 OAK L 6.0 4 3 3 3 4 0 110 53
2016-06-29 @CHW L 5.2 9 7 7 1 5 3 95 27
2016-06-23 PHI L 6.2 10 4 4 4 1 1 106 35
2016-06-18 NYY ND 7.0 8 2 2 0 5 1 93 58
Last 5 v.CHW 1-3 27.0 42 24 22 8 21 8 7.33 36
2016-06-29 @CHW L 5.2 9 7 7 1 5 3 95 27
2016-05-06 @CHW L 5.0 9 7 5 2 6 1 92 29
2015-05-02 CHW W 5.0 8 3 3 1 4 0 76 42
2014-06-20 CHW ND 5.1 6 2 2 2 2 2 104 48
2014-03-31 @CHW L 6.0 10 5 5 2 4 2 93 34

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White Sox Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Nolasco
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
79.Abreu G/S/vP 15/1.257 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 17/.620 8/.661 ··· 3/.000 436/352 .273/.330/.421/.751 .598/.787 .691 92/.755 0/2 11/4
12.Anderson G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 182/148 .271/.279/.418/.697 .865/.660 .550 90/.595 4/1 5/5
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 25/1.080 3/.000 ··· 3/1.167 10/.600 3/1.167 ··· 3/1.667 392/318 .302/.350/.461/.811 .891/.791 .758 84/.825 1/0 9/1
1.Eaton* G/S/vP 21/.667 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 14/1.072 6/.400 1/.000 2/1.000 459/347 .272/.356/.403/.759 .785/.751 .752 97/.803 11/3 7/4
21.Frazier G/S/vP 12/.584 2/1.000 ··· 7/.000 7/.429 6/.500 ··· 1/.000 423/350 .212/.298/.473/.771 .863/.752 .775 89/.804 8/2 29/7
26.Garcia G/S/vP 11/.989 2/no AB ··· 4/.000 12/.697 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 292/227 .237/.308/.344/.652 .669/.647 .689 40/.573 3/3 6/1
44.Morneau* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/32 .233/.324/.367/.690 .000/.737 .641 34/.690 0/0 1/
38.Narvaez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/5 .400/.500/.600/1.100 /1.000 1.000 6/1.100 0/0 0/0
27.Navarro# G/S/vP 21/1.048 8/1.071 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 238/166 .199/.262/.338/.600 .680/.566 .493 71/.513 1/2 5/6
18.Saladino G/S/vP 5/1.800 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 147/105 .265/.306/.412/.718 .641/.749 .808 28/.742 5/2 5/4
5.Sanchez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 41/36 .132/.175/.184/.359 .400/.353 .381 12/.250 0/0 0/1
20.Shuck* G/S/vP 6/1.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 171/148 .228/.259/.340/.598 1.050/.529 .453 75/.591 2/2 3/1
IP 116.2 32.0 17.0 31.2 36.1 53.0 35.1 49.1 TOTAL .249/.313/.396/.709 .747/.699 .688 .690 49/23 100/57
ERA-K/9 5.40/6.7 2.53/7.9 3.18/9.5 1.99/5.7 5.45/12.6 3.74/8.3 2.80/9.2 4.01/11.3 4.91/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Narvaez (2-0-0)
 Navarro (28-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 500/.296 129/.211 71/.250 124/.242 161/.247 228/.252 149/.275 206/.243 .283  Eaton
 Cabrera
 Shuck
 Garcia
 Saladino
1/15/92/14
91/0/0/7
2/41/2/3
7/0/13/2
0/1/1/1
OPS .815 .584 .664 .666 .776 .703 .710 .757 .801
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 228/.754 49/.487 32/.563 46/.551 56/.598 91/.722 53/.559 73/.993 .763
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 272/.866 80/.644 39/.752 78/.734 105/.864 137/.686 96/.794 133/.630 .826
Home 237/.822 71/.546 39/.606 77/.786 71/.730 107/.657 90/.668 124/.740
Last 28d days 87/.815 22/.483 23/.982 36/.648 38/.580 44/.828 46/.528 45/.699
HR/SB/CS 17/5/1 2/2/0 1/1/0 4/0/0 6/3/1 6/1/0 4/0/1 8/11/1 137/46/13
Usage ·····X·· o····X·· ·o···X·X o····oX· ·X··X··X Xo···X·· ·X··XX·· ·X···o·X
Twins Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 62.Quintana*
G/S/vB		 34.Albers
G/S/vB		 33.Duke*
G/S/vB		 51.Fulmer
G/S/vB		 43.Jennings*
G/S/vB		 65.Jones
G/S/vB		 48.Kahnle
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 66.Ynoa
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Buxton G/S/vP 7/.143 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 202/137 .202/.251/.328/.579 .554/.590 .587 52/.632 7/1 1/2
37.Centeno* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 107/76 .265/.299/.392/.691 .525/.760 .451 37/.876 0/0 2/2
2.Dozier G/S/vP 43/.829 7/.714 3/2.000 ··· 3/.000 7/.821 1/.000 7/1.262 ··· 414/322 .251/.332/.464/.796 1.082/.716 .712 97/.715 7/0 17/5
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 20/.300 5/.400 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 211/157 .262/.286/.376/.662 .767/.626 .851 22/.773 1/2 3/8
36.Grossman# G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 232/151 .280/.414/.450/.864 1.051/.757 .924 69/.831 1/3 6/3
26.Kepler* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 214/142 .243/.319/.508/.827 .716/.884 .856 91/.931 2/0 11/3
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 37/.878 3/1.667 13/.693 ··· 6/.533 4/1.167 ··· 12/.533 1/.000 412/314 .263/.362/.376/.737 .559/.796 .784 85/.726 2/0 8/2
20.Rosario* G/S/vP 9/.819 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 194/150 .254/.271/.411/.682 .584/.707 .614 73/.928 3/1 5/2
22.Sano G/S/vP 9/.222 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.714 ··· 1/.000 ··· 306/250 .245/.340/.457/.796 1.036/.747 .710 91/.811 1/0 15/13
39.Santana# G/S/vP 12/.523 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 188/147 .246/.289/.349/.637 .437/.692 .741 38/.687 11/8 2/2
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 17/.669 14/.297 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 10/1.278 ··· 242/167 .292/.328/.447/.775 .872/.730 .735 52/.965 0/0 6/3
19.Vargas# G/S/vP 9/.819 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 65/52 .315/.415/.648/1.064 1.538/.943 .755 65/1.064 0/0 3/0
IP 130.1 37.1 36.2 3.2 44.1 47.0 9.1 41.1 9.1 TOTAL .252/.317/.416/.732 .768/.720 .738 .806 66/21 115/71
ERA-K/9 2.97/8.0 5.06/5.5 2.70/10.3 17.18/7.3 1.62/6.1 2.49/9.6 3.86/6.8 4.35/10.9 3.86/10.6 4.04/7.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 518/.233 170/.297 156/.230 20/.286 189/.250 186/.201 44/.278 181/.242 48/.275 .256  Kepler
 Grossman
 Buxton
 Santana
 Rosario
 Sano
 Escobar
0/4/54/5
46/1/0/3
0/58/0/2
5/38/3/2
42/11/0/2
0/0/38/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .652 .852 .666 .857 .678 .581 .826 .731 .800 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 118/.573 50/.949 75/.664 10/1.000 62/.688 72/.776 11/.705 86/.687 20/1.013 .702
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 400/.676 120/.814 81/.668 10/.667 127/.673 114/.461 33/.858 95/.770 28/.655 .760
Road 285/.682 87/1.010 58/.722 14/.792 71/.671 96/.710 24/.986 94/.756 18/.817
Last 28d days 99/.605 30/.933 43/.627 20/.857 44/.638 46/.687 21/.778 35/1.131 17/.953
HR/SB/CS 13/2/2 6/3/1 2/0/0 0/0/0 1/1/1 5/2/1 1/0/0 6/3/0 0/0/0 114/48/13
Usage ····X··· ···X·Xoo ·o·o·oX· ·X····X· o··X·Xo· X·o·XXo· o····Xo· ··o·XX·· ········

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  5.61

SDP  4.44

ATL  3.44

 RA/G

CHC  3.50

TBR  4.52

CIN  5.74

 BA

J. Altuve  .357

B. Crawford  .272

D. Norris  .199

 OBP

M. Trout  .425

J. Kipnis  .340

F. Galvis  .258

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .657

M. Semien  .455

A. Escobar  .311

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.073

Y. Escobar  .785

A. Escobar  .595

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.79

C. Sabathia  3.95

J. Locke  5.43

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.17

M. Wacha  7.64

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.