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Game Preview: KCR @ MIN, 8:10 pm, Wednesday, September 28, 2011 @Target Field

Royals, 71-90, 71-90 4th, 23 GB, 19 GB in WC

SP: Bruce Chen (34, LHP, 12-8, 3.98)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (12-8) 147.0 144 71 65 48 93 18 3.98
2010 (12-7) 140.1 136 68 65 57 98 17 4.17
2009 (1-6) 62.1 74 42 40 25 45 12 5.78
Last 7 GS 4-3 47.2 38 20 19 11 32 4 3.59 57
2011-09-23 @CHW W 8.0 2 1 1 1 4 1 102 77
2011-09-18 CHW L 5.1 9 4 4 2 2 0 98 34
2011-09-13 MIN W 8.0 2 0 0 1 8 0 119 85
2011-09-07 @OAK L 5.1 8 6 5 3 2 0 108 29
2011-09-02 CLE L 6.0 8 5 5 1 3 2 115 38
2011-08-28 @CLE W 7.1 5 1 1 2 4 0 104 66
2011-08-23 @TOR W 7.2 4 3 3 1 9 1 92 67
Last 5 v.MIN 2-2 30.0 40 18 18 10 19 3 5.40 43
2011-09-13 MIN W 8.0 2 0 0 1 8 0 119 85
2011-07-14 @MIN L 5.0 9 4 4 3 2 1 102 32
2011-04-29 MIN ND 5.1 8 3 3 2 1 1 101 39
2010-07-27 MIN L 5.1 11 6 6 3 1 0 113 20
2010-06-10 @MIN W 6.1 10 5 5 1 7 1 99 39
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   40-41   Road:   31-49   ExtrInn:10-8 
 vsRHP:  55-64   vsLHP:  16-26   1-Run:  25-31
 vsEast: 16-21   vsCntrl:32-39   vsWest: 18-17 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
161 Tue, Sep 27  @MIN  L   4-7       71-90  4th 23.0 gb
160 Mon, Sep 26  @MIN  W   7-3       71-89  4th 22.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 25  @CHW  W   2-1       70-89  4th 22.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 24  @CHW  L   3-6       69-89  4th 22.0 gb
157 Fri, Sep 23  @CHW  W  11-1       69-88  4th 22.0 gb
156 Wed, Sep 21   DET  L   3-6       68-88  4th 22.5 gb
155 Tue, Sep 20   DET  W  10-2       68-87  4th 21.5 gb
154 Sun, Sep 18   CHW  L   5-10      67-87  4th 22.5 gb
153 Sat, Sep 17   CHW  W  10-3       67-86  4th 21.5 gb
152 Fri, Sep 16   CHW  W   7-6       66-86  4th 22.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Twins, 62-99, 62-99 5th, 32 GB, 28 GB in WC

SP: Carl Pavano (35, RHP, 8-13, 4.48)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (8-13) 213.0 257 123 106 40 99 23 4.48
2010 (17-11) 221.0 227 95 92 37 117 24 3.75
2009 (14-12) 199.1 235 119 113 39 147 26 5.10
Last 7 GS 2-4 45.2 61 30 22 7 26 8 4.34 44
2011-09-23 @CLE ND 6.1 10 5 5 1 3 1 103 35
2011-09-18 CLE L 6.2 5 4 1 1 6 1 105 59
2011-09-13 @KCR L 7.0 11 4 3 1 5 2 105 45
2011-09-07 CHW W 5.1 10 3 1 1 1 0 99 40
2011-09-02 @LAA W 6.2 7 4 3 0 4 0 118 50
2011-08-27 DET L 6.2 9 6 5 1 4 2 101 37
2011-08-22 BAL L 7.0 9 4 4 2 3 2 117 44
Last 5 v.KCR 2-2 33.1 43 17 15 6 14 4 4.05 47
2011-09-13 @KCR L 7.0 11 4 3 1 5 2 105 45
2011-07-16 KCR ND 7.0 6 3 3 1 3 1 97 55
2011-06-03 @KCR W 9.0 9 2 2 1 4 0 112 64
2011-05-01 @KCR L 5.1 12 7 6 0 0 1 88 18
2010-07-27 @KCR W 5.0 5 1 1 3 2 0 98 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-48   Road:   30-51   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  42-73   vsLHP:  20-26   1-Run:  26-32
 vsEast: 10-29   vsCntrl:29-42   vsWest: 15-18 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
161 Tue, Sep 27   KCR  W   7-4       62-99  5th 32.0 gb
160 Mon, Sep 26   KCR  L   3-7       61-99  5th 32.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 25  @CLE  W   6-4 (10)  61-98  5th 31.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 24  @CLE  L   6-7       60-98  5th 31.0 gb
157 Sat, Sep 24  @CLE  L   2-8       60-97  5th 31.0 gb
156 Fri, Sep 23  @CLE  L   5-6       60-96  5th 30.5 gb
155 Thu, Sep 22   SEA  W   3-2       60-95  5th 29.5 gb
154 Wed, Sep 21   SEA  L   4-5       59-95  5th 30.5 gb
153 Tue, Sep 20   SEA  L   4-5       59-94  5th 29.5 gb
152 Mon, Sep 19  @NYY  L   4-6       59-93  5th 29.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 7-23
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 27, 2011 MIN  7  KCR  4        W:Anthony Swarzak (4-7), L: Sean O'Sullivan (2-6), S: none
Mon, Sep 26, 2011 KCR  7 @MIN  3        W:Felipe Paulino (4-10), L: Kevin Slowey (0-8), S: none
Wed, Sep 14, 2011 KCR  7  MIN  3        W:Luke Hochevar (11-11), L: Liam Hendriks (0-2), S: Greg Holland (3)
Tue, Sep 13, 2011 KCR  4  MIN  0        W:Bruce Chen (11-7), L: Carl Pavano (8-12), S: none
Sun, Jul 17, 2011 MIN  4  KCR  3        W:Brian Duensing (7-7), L: Felipe Paulino (1-7), S: Joe Nathan (5)
Sat, Jul 16, 2011 MIN  4  KCR  3        W:Glen Perkins (1-1), L: Jeff Francis (3-11), S: Joe Nathan (4)
Fri, Jul 15, 2011 KCR  2 @MIN  1        W:Tim Collins (4-4), L: Matt Capps (2-5), S: Joakim Soria (16)
Thu, Jul 14, 2011 MIN  8  KCR  4        W:Francisco Liriano (6-7), L: Bruce Chen (5-3), S: none
Sun, Jun 05, 2011 MIN  6 @KCR  0        W:Brian Duensing (3-5), L: Jeff Francis (2-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 04, 2011 MIN  7 @KCR  2        W:Nick Blackburn (5-4), L: Luke Hochevar (3-6), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - MIN over 9-8; 2010 - MIN won 13-5; 2009 - MIN won 12-6; All-Time - MIN leads 349-308

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 2011 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
Royals Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Pavano
G/S/vB
31.Burnett
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
58.Diamond*
G/S/vB
54.Dumatrait*
G/S/vB
62.Hendriks
G/S/vB
37.Hoey
G/S/vB
50.Mijares*
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
17.Oliveros
G/S/vB
15.Perkins*
G/S/vB
51.Swarzak
G/S/vB
Vasquez
G/S/vB
57.Waldrop
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 47/1.157 8/1.000 6/.334 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 2/.000 6/.334 10/.900 1/.000 11/.819 6/.733 1/2.000 ··· 669/497 .292/.362/.460/.822 .917/.790 .782 103/.778 2/1 19/0
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 11/.819 2/.000 6/.833 ··· 3/1.667 3/.000 5/.000 5/1.417 4/1.000 ··· 12/.834 3/1.000 ··· ··· 706/485 .305/.339/.470/.809 .788/.818 .871 101/.798 20/10 18/3
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 20/14 .316/.350/.368/.718 .167/.929 .718 20/.718 0/0 0/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 49/45 .175/.292/.200/.492 .333/.499 .411 14/.558 11/0 0/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP 16/.750 5/.900 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 4/.750 1/3.000 1/.000 6/.533 1/.000 1/2.000 595/444 .255/.291/.345/.636 .576/.656 .715 78/.860 26/9 4/15
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 20/.600 5/1.600 11/.282 ··· 2/2.000 2/2.000 2/1.500 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 656/488 .285/.329/.476/.805 .934/.762 .788 87/.945 22/10 20/5
17.Getz* G/S/vP 17/.388 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 5/.400 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 429/319 .255/.313/.287/.600 .636/.588 .561 21/.669 21/7 0/7
9.Giavotella G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/4.000 1/no AB ··· 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 183/138 .253/.279/.385/.664 .740/.639 .594 85/.702 5/2 2/5
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 32/.884 3/.333 3/1.334 ··· 3/.666 3/.666 2/2.500 9/.722 7/1.000 ··· 11/1.011 3/.666 ··· ··· 690/478 .303/.376/.502/.879 .829/.901 .817 90/.854 17/8 23/4
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 11/.455 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 3/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 6/.666 ··· ··· 560/397 .294/.336/.467/.803 .585/.893 .802 108/.943 11/5 19/8
12.Maier* G/S/vP 17/.853 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 2/.000 1/.000 5/.650 3/.666 ··· ··· 110/69 .239/.355/.348/.702 .627/.748 .658 17/.437 1/0 0/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 6/.834 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 362/264 .260/.306/.358/.664 .494/.726 .696 89/.924 1/0 5/11
24.Navarro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/35 .250/.303/.350/.653 .704/.605 .516 17/.485 0/0 1/2
27.Pena# G/S/vP 13/.481 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.666 1/5.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 240/168 .248/.288/.338/.625 .600/.636 .770 20/.300 0/0 3/2
13.Perez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/2.000 155/120 .338/.368/.483/.851 1.285/.729 .831 82/.947 0/0 3/3
28.Pina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/12 .214/.267/.357/.624 1.000/.523 .250 / 0/0 0/0
IP 213.0 50.2 65.2 39.0 41.1 23.1 24.2 49.0 44.2 21.1 61.2 102.0 30.1 11.0 TOTAL .276/.329/.416/.745 .733/.750 .747 .824 152/57 129/95
ERA-K/9 4.48/4.2 5.51/5.9 4.25/4.7 5.08/4.4 3.92/6.3 6.17/6.2 5.47/5.1 4.59/5.5 4.84/8.7 4.64/5.5 2.48/9.5 4.32/4.9 4.15/5.9 5.73/4.1 4.63/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (48-27-4)
 Perez (26-7-2)
 Pina (1-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 925/.298 225/.263 274/.262 181/.317 196/.276 100/.312 118/.330 228/.275 191/.222 91/.269 253/.244 441/.275 132/.239 50/.233 .281  Gordon
 Francoeur
 Cabrera
 Maier
 Navarro
 Dyson
 Cain
148/0/0/20
0/0/153/16
12/144/2/13
10/9/10/2
3/0/0/0
0/16/0/0
0/2/3/0
OPS .785 .749 .726 .821 .822 .866 .942 .797 .705 .672 .644 .724 .687 .652 .777
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 504/.753 91/.692 129/.765 39/.996 85/.627 58/.842 50/.860 97/.698 97/.620 37/.618 101/.589 244/.690 54/.728 22/.302 .729
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 421/.824 134/.789 145/.689 142/.777 111/.985 42/.899 68/1.005 131/.874 94/.791 54/.706 152/.681 197/.766 78/.660 28/.909 .816
Home 416/.719 131/.706 151/.717 83/.797 96/.823 52/.919 61/.942 114/.740 105/.601 43/.678 150/.644 294/.766 66/.715 17/.567
Last 28d days 146/.831 20/.538 35/.900 100/.881 40/1.051 100/.866 45/.711 31/.688 28/.750 34/.668 33/.906 121/.858 / 50/.652
HR/SB/CS 23/23/4 4/7/1 10/2/0 3/2/0 7/5/1 3/0/0 4/3/1 4/2/3 7/8/0 0/0/0 2/3/2 9/3/3 2/1/0 1/1/0 161/95/43
Usage ····X··· ···o··o· o··oo··X ···X···· ·X··X·o· ··X····X ·X·o···· ···X·o·· X·o··o·· ··o····· o·o··X·X X····X·· ········ ··Xo····
Twins Batters (3.84 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Chen*
G/S/vB
47.Adcock
G/S/vB
57.Chavez
G/S/vB
46.Coleman
G/S/vB
55.Collins*
G/S/vB
43.Crow
G/S/vB
23.Duffy*
G/S/vB
40.Herrera
G/S/vB
56.Holland
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
61.Teaford*
G/S/vB
38.Wood
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
63.Benson G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 70/55 .224/.257/.343/.600 .067/.743 .603 70/.600 2/2 0/2
41.Butera G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 251/182 .163/.206/.236/.443 .547/.403 .416 41/.419 0/0 2/5
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 23/.542 2/.000 5/1.600 3/.666 2/.500 4/2.250 3/5.000 1/.000 2/no AB 14/.142 ··· 6/.167 580/408 .284/.347/.461/.808 1.006/.728 .835 83/.661 11/1 20/7
26.Dinkelman* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 76/67 .310/.355/.324/.679 .667/.681 .753 59/.672 2/0 0/0
38.Hughes G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 1/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 315/214 .225/.291/.340/.631 .620/.636 .625 73/.474 3/2 7/5
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 11/1.091 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 11/.000 ··· 4/.000 401/267 .273/.332/.434/.766 .731/.783 .690 36/.556 1/1 12/1
64.Parmelee* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 84/66 .351/.429/.581/1.010 .804/1.069 1.222 84/1.010 0/0 4/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 6/1.166 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/no AB 315/235 .238/.307/.395/.702 .823/.659 .707 111/.691 3/3 8/12
18.Repko G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 144/92 .226/.270/.286/.555 .633/.512 .638 17/.301 7/2 2/1
11.Revere* G/S/vP 6/.334 2/1.500 2/.000 1/.000 5/.650 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/2.000 476/316 .267/.311/.310/.621 .611/.626 .555 106/.725 34/9 0/7
32.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 114/84 .144/.211/.202/.412 .555/.360 .301 26/.279 0/0 1/3
2.Span* G/S/vP 13/1.215 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.000 ··· 3/2.334 ··· 1/.000 11/.473 1/.000 ··· 310/224 .261/.326/.353/.679 .657/.687 .708 17/.765 6/1 2/1
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.000 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 226/167 .198/.252/.266/.518 .493/.511 .509 22/.483 3/2 0/6
23.Tosoni* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 185/159 .202/.276/.345/.621 .846/.584 .600 59/.768 0/2 5/3
19.Valencia G/S/vP 15/1.457 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.200 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 5/.000 604/449 .246/.295/.384/.679 .831/.626 .710 84/.580 2/6 15/18
IP 147.0 60.1 7.2 59.2 67.0 62.0 105.1 2.0 60.0 60.1 44.0 69.0 TOTAL .247/.306/.360/.666 .671/.664 .670 .660 92/39 103/119
ERA-K/9 3.98/5.7 4.62/5.4 10.57/9.4 2.87/9.6 3.63/8.1 2.76/9.4 5.64/7.4 13.50/0.0 1.80/11.1 4.03/9.0 3.27/5.7 3.65/8.1 4.47/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (47-21-7)
 Rivera (15-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 620/.258 265/.272 39/.353 244/.207 295/.216 266/.237 474/.287 9/.286 233/.175 256/.259 175/.231 299/.250 .267  Kubel
 Cuddyer
 Tosoni
 Revere
 Repko
 Plouffe
 Span
 Dinkelman
 Benson
9/0/50/9
0/0/76/6
38/0/4/4
13/88/5/3
24/5/27/2
3/0/11/1
0/67/0/1
5/0/5/0
10/2/7/0
OPS .733 .765 1.112 .685 .681 .711 .864 1.232 .521 .709 .710 .708 .763
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 181/.677 116/.732 17/.924 89/.803 135/.683 120/.919 126/.811 2/2.500 106/.522 137/.631 73/.570 144/.725 .768
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 439/.756 149/.790 22/1.250 155/.619 160/.678 146/.537 348/.882 7/.733 127/.519 119/.793 102/.799 155/.692 .759
Road 278/.703 157/.862 8/.661 103/.661 146/.597 126/.747 260/.863 3/.000 129/.676 114/.889 70/.578 158/.860
Last 28d days 135/.639 25/.711 32/1.049 29/.829 37/.668 26/1.005 49/.745 9/1.232 36/.454 18/.284 84/.561 46/.673
HR/SB/CS 18/12/6 5/5/1 3/1/0 9/2/4 5/7/1 8/6/1 15/11/9 1/0/0 3/1/0 7/0/1 8/3/1 5/6/3 163/115/49
Usage ····X··· ········ ········ ······o· ·o····o· ·o····o· ········ ·X····o· ··X···o· ········ ···X···· ···X···X

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.