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Minnesota Twins, 58-58, 3rd, 6½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Boof Bonser (25, RHP, 5-8, 4.63)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (5-8)            134   149  78  69  46 112 17    4.63      
 2006 (7-6)            100.1 104  50  47  24  84 18    4.22      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-4  43    49  24  22  10  27  4    4.60   48 
 2007-08-07    KCR   L   7     9   4   4   0   3  0      93   46 
 2007-08-01    KCR  ND   7     8   2   2   0   4  0      95   57 
 2007-07-27    CLE   L   2.2   9   6   4   2   3  1      71   21 
 2007-07-21    LAA  ND   7.2   5   2   2   0   1  0      99   62 
 2007-07-15    OAK  ND   6.1   5   3   3   3   6  1     101   54 
 2007-07-07    CHW   L   7     4   3   3   2   4  1     105   59 
 2007-07-02    NYY   L   5.1   9   4   4   3   6  1     101   37 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAA    Has never faced LAA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-27   Road:   26-31   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  41-41   vsLHP:  17-17   1-Run:  17-16
 vsEast: 13-17   vsCntrl:21-26   vsWest: 13-8  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Sat, Aug 11  @LAA  L   3-4       58-58  3rd  6.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug 10  @LAA  L   1-10      58-57  3rd  6.5 gb
114 Thu, Aug  9  @KCR  L   0-1       58-56  3rd  6.5 gb
113 Wed, Aug  8  @KCR  W  11-4       58-55  3rd  5.5 gb
112 Tue, Aug  7  @KCR  L   1-5       57-55  3rd  6.5 gb
111 Mon, Aug  6   CLE  L   0-4       57-54  3rd  5.5 gb
110 Sun, Aug  5   CLE  W   1-0       57-53  3rd  4.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  4   CLE  W   3-2       56-53  3rd  5.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  3   CLE  L   2-5       55-53  3rd  6.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  1   KCR  L   3-5 (10)  55-52  3rd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 68-47, 1st, 3½ up

SP: Jered Weaver (24, RHP, 7-5, 3.94)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (7-5)            107.1 120  53  47  37  75 12    3.94      
 2006 (11-2)           123    94  36  35  33 105 15    2.56      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  43.1  49  22  20  10  24  5    4.15   49 
 2007-08-06    BOS  ND   6     6   2   2   2   4  1     107   54 
 2007-08-01    SEA  ND   6    12   6   6   1   1  0     106   24 
 2007-07-27    DET   W   5.1  11   6   6   1   3  2     100   24 
 2007-07-21    MIN  ND   7     5   2   2   1   2  2     101   60 
 2007-07-15    TEX  ND   7     4   2   0   2   6  0      96   69 
 2007-07-04    TEX   L   5     7   3   3   2   2  0     105   41 
 2007-06-27    KCR   L   7     4   1   1   1   6  0     109   70 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      1-0  14    10   3   3   2   6  3    1.93   63 
 2007-07-21    MIN  ND   7     5   2   2   1   2  2     101   60 
 2007-06-04    MIN   W   7     5   1   1   1   4  1      91   66 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   39-17   Road:   29-30   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  53-33   vsLHP:  15-14   1-Run:  16-12
 vsEast: 14-10   vsCntrl:18-17   vsWest: 22-16 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Sat, Aug 11   MIN  W   4-3       68-47  1st  3.5 up
114 Fri, Aug 10   MIN  W  10-1       67-47  1st  3.5 up
113 Wed, Aug  8   BOS  L   6-9       66-47  1st  3.0 up
112 Tue, Aug  7   BOS  W  10-4       66-46  1st  4.0 up
111 Mon, Aug  6   BOS  W   4-2       65-46  1st  4.0 up
110 Sun, Aug  5  @OAK  W   4-3       64-46  1st  3.5 up
109 Sat, Aug  4  @OAK  L   1-2       63-46  1st  2.5 up
108 Fri, Aug  3  @OAK  L   4-8       63-45  1st  2.5 up
107 Thu, Aug  2  @OAK  W   6-4       63-44  1st  3.5 up
106 Wed, Aug  1  @SEA  L   7-8 (12)  62-44  1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 11, 2007 LAA  4  MIN  3    W:John Lackey (15-6), L: Pat Neshek (6-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (29)
Fri, Aug 10, 2007 LAA 10  MIN  1    W:Kelvim Escobar (12-6), L: Scott Baker (6-5), S: none
Sun, Jul 22, 2007 LAA  7 @MIN  2    W:Joe Saunders (4-0), L: Matt Garza (1-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 21, 2007 MIN  5  LAA  2    W:Pat Neshek (5-1), L: Scot Shields (2-3), S: Joe Nathan (20)
Fri, Jul 20, 2007 MIN  7  LAA  5    W:Carlos Silva (8-10), L: John Lackey (12-6), S: Joe Nathan (19)
Wed, Jun 06, 2007 MIN  8 @LAA  5    W:Kevin Slowey (1-0), L: John Lackey (9-4), S: Joe Nathan (13)
Tue, Jun 05, 2007 LAA  5  MIN  1    W:Kelvim Escobar (7-3), L: Scott Baker (1-1), S: none
Mon, Jun 04, 2007 LAA 16  MIN  3    W:Jered Weaver (5-3), L: Boof Bonser (4-2), S: none

Wed, May 31, 2006 MIN  7 @LAA  1    W:Francisco Liriano (4-0), L: Ervin Santana (4-3), S: none
Tue, May 30, 2006 LAA  6  MIN  3    W:Jeff Weaver (3-7), L: Scott Baker (2-5), S: Francisco Rodriguez (13)
Season Series: 2007 - LAA leads 5-3; 2006 - LAA won 4-2; 2005 - LAA won 6-4; All-Time - LAA leads 327-308

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 2007 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

NYY  5.99

NYM  4.66

WSN  3.90

RA/G

SDP  3.88

WSN  4.68

TBD  6.09

BA

M. Ordonez  .355

R. Winn  .292

R. Langerhans  .155

OBP

B. Bonds  .497

J. Hermida  .361

M. Olivo  .254

SLG

R. Braun  .661

M. Reynolds  .464

N. Punto  .269

OPS

B. Bonds  1.087

X. Nady  .820

R. Langerhans  .543

ERA

C. Young  2.02

J. Blanton  4.10

A. Eaton  6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.06

J. Guthrie  6.31

A. Cook  3.31

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Weaver
G/S/vB
49.Bootcheck
G/S/vB
37.Jones
G/S/vB
38.Oliver*
G/S/vB
57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
62.Shields
G/S/vB
33.Speier
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Bartlett G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 409/300 .262/.330/.338/.668 .790/.623 .615 94/.712 21/1 3/19
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/22 .227/.292/.227/.519 .000/.568 .500 24/.519 0/0 0/2
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 86/54 .238/.282/.263/.545 .548/.541 .607 41/.587 5/0 0/5
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.666 2/.000 430/305 .280/.358/.439/.797 .919/.746 .710 49/.605 3/0 11/3
48.Hunter G/S/vP 6/2.000 ··· ··· 11/.473 10/.200 5/.000 3/.666 451/327 .294/.337/.542/.879 1.007/.829 .836 88/.813 12/6 23/1
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 337/281 .248/.307/.405/.712 .699/.714 .710 67/.793 3/0 9/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 6/2.000 2/1.000 367/246 .301/.389/.430/.819 .661/.898 .935 101/.748 6/1 5/1
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 6/.833 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 8/.250 5/.000 2/1.000 474/317 .284/.346/.547/.893 .675/1.004 .933 99/.736 1/0 28/4
8.Punto# G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 3/.666 2/.000 398/271 .206/.296/.269/.565 .496/.604 .631 64/.492 13/5 1/8
55.Redmond G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 236/166 .292/.339/.356/.695 .860/.627 .719 34/.769 0/0 1/0
38.Rodriguez# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 2/.000 1/5.000 119/93 .196/.271/.280/.551 .361/.604 .543 14/.742 1/0 2/3
12.Tyner* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.334 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 225/181 .271/.321/.343/.664 .574/.685 .633 67/.684 7/3 1/1
61.Watkins G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 1/.000 0/0 0/
24.White G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 16/.580 4/.500 7/.629 6/.000 47/40 .163/.234/.186/.420 .143/.466 .468 36/.428 0/0 0/0
IP 107.1 53.2 6.1 41.0 49.0 60.0 30.1 TOTAL .265/.330/.394/.724 .721/.725 .729 86/21 89/62
ERA-K/9 3.94/6.3 4.36/6.2 7.11/5.7 4.39/6.8 2.57/11.8 2.85/8.0 2.08/8.6 4.11/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (16-20-2)
 Redmond (16-13-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 473/.281 226/.244 30/.296 180/.259 204/.203 242/.213 121/.168 .263  Cuddyer
 Hunter
 Kubel
 Tyner
 White
0/0/94/15
0/111/0/4
70/0/0/2
21/9/18/0
5/0/0/0
OPS .760 .700 .886 .706 .576 .612 .557 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 245/.746 96/.739 16/.946 71/1.037 97/.592 116/.655 53/.685 .747
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 228/.776 130/.672 14/.819 109/.491 107/.563 126/.572 68/.457 .727
Home 227/.737 116/.630 11/.382 80/.629 104/.647 120/.627 73/.544 .702
Last 28d days 137/.813 54/.644 13/.564 47/.392 42/.545 58/.988 57/.656
HR/SB/CS 12/11/1 5/5/2 1/0/0 4/2/0 2/7/1 5/1/1 4/2/1 111/77/20
Usage ·····X·· ····X··X ·o·o···· ·o·Xo··· X····XX· ···X·XX· ·o·X·oo·
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (5.11 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Bonser
G/S/vB
56.Cali*
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
17.Neshek
G/S/vB
44.Ortiz
G/S/vB
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
39.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP 6/.500 3/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 9/.708 10/.000 267/200 .281/.307/.435/.742 .787/.727 .729 104/.794 0/0 6/1
32.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 177/135 .253/.299/.284/.583 .692/.550 .639 6/1.633 4/4 0/4
63.Brown G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/2 .000/.286/.000/.286 .400/.000 .000 6/.333 1/0 0/0
48.Budde G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 6/.533 12/.166 1/2.000 7/.762 10/1.125 6/.334 503/390 .304/.345/.413/.758 .865/.728 .720 111/.597 12/3 7/8
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 4/1.000 6/.167 ··· 3/.833 4/.250 7/.453 382/293 .339/.394/.430/.824 .898/.800 .973 115/1.049 32/8 1/12
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 3/.000 18/.833 ··· 5/1.350 12/1.306 11/.573 486/379 .324/.409/.542/.951 .950/.952 1.033 109/.911 2/2 18/7
13.Haynes* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 30/28 .241/.267/.310/.577 .000/.619 .706 5/.400 1/1 0/0
6.Izturis# G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 216/161 .269/.324/.421/.745 .787/.718 .859 91/.865 3/0 5/2
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 6/1.166 3/1.167 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/no AB ··· 374/316 .307/.372/.488/.860 .763/.876 .969 88/.913 2/1 9/2
5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 70/57 .200/.243/.277/.520 .481/.529 .677 64/.571 0/0 0/1
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 9/.666 1/no AB 4/.000 5/1.350 2/.000 8/1.250 7/.143 8/1.167 459/342 .275/.338/.448/.786 .650/.836 .891 101/.754 12/4 14/4
39.Quinlan G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 3/1.167 147/52 .254/.313/.381/.694 .681/.716 .730 38/.498 3/2 3/2
77.Willits# G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 384/278 .307/.406/.358/.764 .866/.723 .799 93/.678 24/7 0/2
IP 134.0 7.2 65.0 51.0 55.0 90.1 26.2 39.2 TOTAL .285/.344/.417/.761 .774/.756 .820 106/39 82/72
ERA-K/9 4.63/7.5 8.22/5.8 1.66/6.4 1.94/9.0 2.29/10.5 5.08/4.2 4.39/6.7 6.35/8.4 4.14/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Budde (0-0-0)
 Mathis (16-2-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 590/.279 40/.281 248/.192 201/.234 212/.157 395/.298 127/.324 189/.294 .264  Matthews
 Anderson
 Willits
 Guerrero
 Haynes
 Quinlan
 Aybar
0/105/0/6
49/0/0/4
58/12/20/4
0/0/90/4
5/5/7/1
14/0/6/0
4/0/2/0
OPS .772 .894 .521 .589 .510 .794 .826 .880 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 305/.874 23/.824 100/.592 96/.573 88/.555 187/.809 76/.704 91/1.024 .773
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 285/.661 17/.984 148/.473 105/.604 124/.480 208/.781 51/1.010 98/.749 .711
Road 249/.829 30/1.065 109/.468 77/.618 98/.678 218/.894 59/.900 94/.910 .788
Last 28d days 131/.721 9/.917 40/.695 41/.558 47/.773 53/.675 28/.850 39/1.012
HR/SB/CS 17/7/5 1/0/0 3/5/2 2/2/0 6/1/1 11/7/2 1/1/3 8/1/1 128/40/33
Usage ····X··· ·X··X··· o··o···o ······oo X·o··X·· ·X·X···X o·o··o·o ·X··oo··

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.

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