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Game Preview: MIN @ TOR, 7:07pm, Wednesday, October 3, 2012 @Rogers Centre

Twins, 66-95, 66-95 5th, 21 GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: Scott Diamond (25, LHP, 12-8, 3.54)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (12-8) 168.0 179 74 66 30 87 17 3.54
2011 (1-5) 39.0 51 25 22 17 19 3 5.08
Last 7 GS 2-3 40.0 44 25 24 12 17 4 5.40 45
2012-09-28 DET ND 7.1 6 2 1 0 1 1 86 61
2012-09-23 @DET W 7.0 4 2 2 3 5 0 104 63
2012-09-16 CHW L 5.1 7 6 6 1 2 2 94 31
2012-09-11 KCR L 6.0 10 4 4 3 2 0 98 35
2012-09-04 @CHW W 5.0 7 4 4 2 4 0 90 39
2012-08-28 SEA L 7.0 7 5 5 1 2 1 96 44
2012-08-23 @TEX ND 2.1 3 2 2 2 1 0 53 42
Last 5 v.TOR 1-0 7.0 5 0 0 0 4 0 0.00 71
2012-05-13 TOR W 7.0 5 0 0 0 4 0 101 71
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-50   Road:   35-45   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  44-66   vsLHP:  22-29   1-Run:  26-27
 vsEast: 11-22   vsCntrl:35-37   vsWest: 11-27 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
161 Tue, Oct  2  @TOR  L   3-4       66-95  5th 21.0 gb
160 Mon, Oct  1  @TOR  L   5-6 (10)  66-94  5th 21.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 30   DET  L   1-2       66-93  5th 20.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 29   DET  L   4-6       66-92  4th 19.0 gb
157 Fri, Sep 28   DET  W   4-2       66-91  4th 18.0 gb
156 Wed, Sep 26   NYY  L   2-8       65-91  4th 18.5 gb
155 Tue, Sep 25   NYY  W   5-4       65-90  4th 17.5 gb
154 Mon, Sep 24   NYY  L   3-6       64-90  4th 18.5 gb
153 Sun, Sep 23  @DET  W   2-1 (10)  64-89  4th 17.5 gb
152 Sun, Sep 23  @DET  W  10-4       63-89  4th 17.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17
Blue Jays, 72-89, 72-89 4th, 22 GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Brandon Morrow (27, RHP, 9-7, 3.09)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (9-7) 116.2 95 44 40 38 97 12 3.09
2011 (11-11) 179.1 162 103 94 69 203 21 4.72
2010 (10-7) 146.1 136 76 73 66 178 11 4.49
Last 7 GS 2-3 39.0 41 16 14 14 30 5 3.23 51
2012-09-27 NYY W 7.0 4 0 0 3 3 0 96 69
2012-09-22 @TBR L 4.0 5 5 5 4 2 2 96 30
2012-09-16 BOS ND 6.0 4 0 0 1 3 0 102 66
2012-09-11 SEA L 4.2 11 4 4 1 4 1 93 29
2012-09-05 BAL ND 6.0 3 2 2 3 6 1 92 61
2012-08-31 TBR W 6.2 8 1 1 1 5 1 102 58
2012-08-25 @BAL L 4.2 6 4 2 1 7 0 88 46
Last 5 v.MIN 1-0 5.0 5 3 3 2 8 0 5.40 51
2011-05-15 @MIN W 5.0 5 3 3 2 8 0 106 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   40-40   Road:   32-49   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  52-62   vsLHP:  20-27   1-Run:  14-25
 vsEast: 29-43   vsCntrl:20-16   vsWest: 14-21 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
161 Tue, Oct  2   MIN  W   4-3       72-89  4th 22.0 gb
160 Mon, Oct  1   MIN  W   6-5 (10)  71-89  4th 22.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 30   NYY  L   6-9       70-89  4th 22.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 29   NYY  W   3-2       70-88  4th 21.0 gb
157 Fri, Sep 28   NYY  L   4-11      69-88  4th 22.0 gb
156 Thu, Sep 27   NYY  W   6-0       69-87  4th 21.0 gb
155 Wed, Sep 26  @BAL  L   2-12      68-87  5th 22.0 gb
154 Tue, Sep 25  @BAL  W   4-0       68-86  5th 21.0 gb
153 Mon, Sep 24  @BAL  W   9-5       67-86  5th 22.0 gb
152 Mon, Sep 24  @BAL  L   1-4       66-86  5th 22.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Oct 02, 2012 TOR  4  MIN  3        W:Chad Jenkins (1-3), L: Anthony Swarzak (3-6), S: Casey Janssen (22)
Mon, Oct 01, 2012 TOR  6  MIN  5 (10)   W:Brandon Lyon (4-2), L: Brian Duensing (4-12), S: none
Sun, May 13, 2012 MIN  4  TOR  3        W:Scott Diamond (2-0), L: Ricky Romero (4-1), S: Matt Capps (7)
Sat, May 12, 2012 TOR  2 @MIN  1        W:Drew Hutchison (2-1), L: P.J. Walters (0-1), S: Casey Janssen (2)
Fri, May 11, 2012 MIN  7  TOR  6        W:Nick Blackburn (1-4), L: Kyle Drabek (2-4), S: Matt Capps (6)
Thu, May 10, 2012 TOR  6 @MIN  2        W:Henderson Alvarez (3-2), L: Jason Marquis (2-2), S: none

Sun, May 15, 2011 TOR 11 @MIN  3        W:Brandon Morrow (2-2), L: Brian Duensing (2-3), S: none
Sat, May 14, 2011 TOR  9 @MIN  3 (11)   W:Jon Rauch (2-2), L: Glen Perkins (0-1), S: none
Fri, May 13, 2011 TOR  2 @MIN  0        W:Ricky Romero (3-4), L: Alex Burnett (0-2), S: Frank Francisco (3)
Sun, Apr 03, 2011 MIN  4 @TOR  3        W:Nick Blackburn (1-0), L: Brett Cecil (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (1)
Season Series: 2012 - TOR over 4-2; 2011 - TOR won 5-1; 2010 - TOR won 6-3; All-Time - TOR leads 196-153

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 2012 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
Twins Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Morrow
G/S/vB
58.Beck
G/S/vB
39.Carpenter
G/S/vB
34.Carreno
G/S/vB
27.Cecil*
G/S/vB
50.Delabar
G/S/vB
54.Frasor
G/S/vB
45.Hill
G/S/vB
44.Janssen
G/S/vB
64.Jenkins
G/S/vB
20.Korecky
G/S/vB
49.Lincoln
G/S/vB
62.Loup*
G/S/vB
31.Lyon
G/S/vB
38.Oliver*
G/S/vB
33.Villanueva
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 119/82 .204/.277/.287/.564 .336/.668 .637 19/.516 0/0 1/1
8.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 4/1.417 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 8/.542 4/1.000 6/.000 537/383 .268/.343/.317/.660 .839/.588 .676 57/.790 9/5 1/12
22.Carson G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 65/42 .242/.262/.258/.520 .590/.482 .624 30/.400 0/0 0/0
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 3/.333 1/4.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 3/.000 2/no AB 325/247 .238/.280/.319/.598 .704/.565 .495 30/1.075 20/1 1/9
18.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/.555 1/.000 13/.490 528/361 .275/.320/.461/.781 .690/.823 .791 72/.662 0/0 18/5
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 142/103 .220/.286/.268/.553 .844/.436 .519 36/.469 3/0 0/2
25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 147/95 .224/.278/.313/.591 .619/.576 .626 80/.511 3/1 1/7
23.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/13 .056/.105/.056/.161 .000/.237 .063 19/.161 0/0 0/0
19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 186/109 .252/.328/.350/.678 .710/.653 .651 21/.452 21/3 3/3
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/no AB 7/.000 1/.000 6/1.100 5/1.100 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 11/.091 7/.429 637/415 .320/.415/.448/.863 .754/.920 .847 85/.928 8/4 10/5
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 6/1.417 ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 5/.200 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 9/.222 8/1.232 570/356 .267/.333/.440/.773 .569/.902 .820 87/.649 1/0 19/6
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB 206/147 .234/.296/.388/.684 .681/.686 .806 52/.502 0/0 5/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/no AB ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/3.000 6/1.166 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 462/320 .236/.301/.457/.758 .911/.693 .658 83/.739 1/3 24/19
11.Revere* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 549/369 .290/.330/.339/.669 .676/.665 .685 100/.575 40/9 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 6/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 5/.200 3/2.667 ··· ··· ··· 8/1.167 7/.000 1/.000 564/388 .285/.345/.398/.743 .739/.745 .602 76/.746 17/6 4/4
16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 6/2.667 1/no AB 4/1.833 15/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 5/.400 5/.800 12/.917 615/427 .260/.366/.524/.890 .920/.877 .770 65/.814 3/2 35/4
IP 116.2 15.2 32.1 22.0 61.1 66.0 43.2 3.0 63.2 32.0 1.0 88.0 30.2 60.0 56.2 125.1 TOTAL .261/.325/.392/.717 .722/.715 .678 .665 134/37 131/107
ERA-K/9 3.09/7.5 6.32/5.2 8.07/8.6 6.14/6.5 5.72/7.5 3.82/12.5 4.12/10.9 0.00/0.0 2.54/9.5 4.50/4.5 18.00/0.0 3.68/9.0 2.64/6.2 3.15/9.4 2.06/8.3 4.16/8.8 4.67/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (22-7-4)
 Doumit (31-8-2)
 Herrmann (1-0-1)
 Mauer (56-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 474/.221 72/.318 163/.357 97/.265 270/.294 274/.193 191/.256 11/.000 242/.195 136/.260 5/.250 362/.241 117/.232 254/.240 221/.214 521/.242 .262  Revere
 Willingham
 Span
 Carson
 Plouffe
 Mastroianni
 Parmelee
 Herrmann
 Doumit
 Escobar
5/39/83/8
119/0/0/6
0/124/0/6
14/0/9/3
2/0/15/2
25/4/34/2
1/0/18/1
2/0/0/0
16/0/6/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .655 .891 .953 .961 .855 .687 .799 .182 .564 .749 1.400 .727 .547 .662 .575 .758 .775
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 256/.575 33/1.049 65/1.123 50/.810 64/.603 118/.551 82/.915 5/.200 124/.467 66/.832 3/2.667 163/.621 60/.462 86/.657 105/.644 262/.816 .767
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 218/.749 39/.766 98/.842 47/1.090 206/.934 156/.795 109/.715 6/.167 118/.666 70/.669 2/.000 199/.816 57/.638 168/.663 116/.514 259/.703 .781
Home 284/.698 42/.960 64/.938 15/.767 159/.815 143/.494 98/.790 11/.182 129/.604 85/.741 5/1.400 135/.585 56/.606 120/.574 113/.656 275/.667
Last 28d days 94/.810 30/.885 13/1.295 22/.890 41/.753 48/.840 37/.858 11/.182 41/.584 62/.723 5/1.400 46/.839 27/.589 35/.921 36/.753 89/1.103
HR/SB/CS 12/3/1 2/2/1 5/3/0 7/3/2 11/3/2 12/2/2 6/6/2 0/0/0 7/3/2 5/2/0 1/0/0 14/9/2 0/3/3 5/15/2 3/8/4 23/6/5 204/86/43
Usage ·····X·· ·oo·X·X· ······X· ····X·X· ·Xo·X··o X·Xo···X ··X·X··· ···X···· oo·o···X X···X··· ····X··· ·X·o·o·· o·ooo··· ·oo···oo o·o··X·X ······X·
Blue Jays Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Diamond*
G/S/vB
31.Burnett
G/S/vB
61.Burton
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
52.Duensing*
G/S/vB
50.Fien
G/S/vB
67.Perdomo
G/S/vB
15.Perkins*
G/S/vB
64.Robertson*
G/S/vB
51.Swarzak
G/S/vB
57.Waldrop
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Arencibia G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 369/276 .235/.277/.439/.716 .791/.690 .699 70/.589 1/0 18/4
11.Davis G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.000 3/.666 3/.000 11/.955 ··· 1/.000 3/3.000 ··· 5/.800 ··· 483/321 .257/.309/.379/.688 .785/.640 .705 87/.703 45/13 8/8
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.000 1/2.000 10/.500 7/.953 ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 644/476 .280/.384/.557/.941 1.086/.892 1.006 80/.916 13/3 42/4
5.Escobar G/S/vP 3/.000 4/1.167 7/.286 4/1.167 6/1.100 1/.000 3/1.167 5/.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 608/441 .253/.300/.344/.644 .644/.643 .653 78/.659 5/1 9/12
68.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 108/61 .211/.271/.379/.650 .733/.577 .885 18/1.188 0/0 4/1
43.Gose* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 186/153 .221/.302/.307/.609 .621/.606 .653 90/.679 15/3 1/1
3.Hechavarria G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 133/86 .254/.281/.369/.650 .572/.694 .618 56/.770 0/0 2/3
2.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 10/1.300 4/1.750 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 581/423 .225/.313/.365/.678 .607/.705 .727 61/.658 14/2 16/11
13.Lawrie G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 4/.250 1/2.000 533/391 .275/.326/.407/.733 .825/.699 .822 106/.696 13/8 11/17
26.Lind* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 2/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 10/.600 2/1.500 3/.000 1/no AB 350/256 .254/.311/.414/.725 .529/.799 .775 91/.852 0/0 11/5
6.Mathis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 9/.889 ··· 4/.000 ··· 227/158 .218/.249/.393/.642 .660/.635 .819 24/.792 1/0 8/2
18.McCoy G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/32 .173/.232/.250/.482 .642/.375 .504 3/.000 2/1 1/0
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/no AB 5/.650 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 625/452 .223/.289/.400/.689 .554/.740 .633 86/.611 4/3 23/6
14.Sierra G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 154/96 .222/.273/.375/.648 .809/.551 .556 60/.625 1/0 6/0
17.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 6/.000 7/.286 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 3/.000 ··· 160/114 .233/.264/.280/.544 .534/.549 .608 22/.723 3/2 0/3
IP 168.0 69.2 62.0 29.1 109.0 35.0 16.0 70.1 25.0 96.2 21.1 TOTAL .245/.310/.407/.717 .721/.715 .742 .714 122/41 198/101
ERA-K/9 3.54/4.7 3.62/4.3 2.18/8.0 3.68/5.5 5.12/5.7 2.06/8.2 3.38/4.5 2.56/10.0 5.40/9.4 5.03/5.8 2.53/3.0 4.78/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (52-22-9)
 Gomes (0-0-0)
 Mathis (29-20-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 695/.274 302/.260 245/.186 120/.241 472/.288 141/.195 75/.250 281/.222 111/.223 413/.284 94/.318 .274  Davis
 Rasmus
 Sierra
 Gose
 McCoy
 Vizquel
 Encarnacion
 Gomes
113/6/24/8
0/145/0/7
0/0/38/3
15/21/24/2
4/4/3/1
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
4/0/0/0
OPS .732 .676 .549 .672 .759 .578 .737 .631 .700 .798 .795 .776
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 187/.768 112/.575 99/.748 59/.449 178/.678 59/.491 39/.630 106/.488 72/.585 190/.771 43/.562 .764
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 508/.718 190/.727 146/.421 61/.887 294/.808 82/.638 36/.852 175/.721 39/.920 223/.821 51/.985 .784
Road 310/.761 164/.710 112/.484 40/.381 254/.780 79/.452 27/.697 127/.585 50/.902 220/.851 46/.889
Last 28d days 110/.784 41/.917 40/.545 5/.800 60/.565 37/.606 37/.701 42/.509 28/.422 77/.849 44/.771
HR/SB/CS 17/14/4 4/9/0 5/6/0 5/3/0 10/5/1 3/3/0 0/2/0 8/2/3 4/3/2 15/1/1 2/2/0 198/110/24
Usage ····X··· ·X·o···· ·Xo·o··X ········ ·o·X··X· oo·X···o o··X··X· ·oo·o··X oo······ X·····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.