MIN @ BAL, Friday, August 24, 2007 Game Preview

Minnesota Twins, 64-63, 3rd, 6½ GB, 9 GB in WC	SP: Johan Santana (28, LHP, 13-9, 2.88) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (13-9) 175 138 62 56 39 191 24 2.88 2006 (19-6) 233.2 186 79 72 47 245 24 2.77 2005 (16-7) 231.2 180 77 74 45 238 22 2.87 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 47 39 21 19 8 58 7 3.64 60 2007-08-19 TEX W 8 2 0 0 0 17 0 112 95 2007-08-13 SEA ND 7 7 3 3 0 4 0 107 55 2007-08-08 KCR W 6 8 2 2 2 6 0 95 52 2007-08-03 CLE L 6 6 5 3 2 8 1 113 50 2007-07-28 CLE ND 7 4 2 2 1 12 1 114 72 2007-07-23 TOR L 5 7 6 6 2 4 4 92 31 2007-07-18 DET L 8 5 3 3 1 7 1 118 66 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BAL 3-0 32.2 34 13 13 3 44 3 3.58 59 2007-04-02 BAL W 6 7 4 4 2 6 1 83 46 2005-05-11 BAL ND 6 9 4 4 1 8 0 97 45 2004-09-19 BAL W 8 7 0 0 0 14 0 103 82 2004-09-08 BAL W 7 5 0 0 0 9 0 103 76 2003-07-29 BAL ND 5.2 6 5 5 0 7 2 99 44
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 35-30 Road: 29-33 ExtrInn: 5-5 vsRHP: 44-44 vsLHP: 20-19 1-Run: 19-17 vsEast: 14-17 vsCntrl:21-26 vsWest: 18-13 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 127 Thu, Aug 23 @BAL W 5-2 64-63 3rd 6.5 gb 126 Wed, Aug 22 SEA W 8-4 63-63 3rd 6.5 gb 125 Tue, Aug 21 SEA L 2-7 62-63 3rd 6.5 gb 124 Mon, Aug 20 SEA L 4-9 62-62 3rd 6.5 gb 123 Sun, Aug 19 TEX W 1-0 62-61 3rd 6.0 gb 122 Sat, Aug 18 TEX L 0-5 61-61 3rd 7.0 gb 121 Fri, Aug 17 TEX W 2-1 (10) 61-60 3rd 6.0 gb 120 Wed, Aug 15 @SEA W 6-1 60-60 3rd 6.0 gb 119 Tue, Aug 14 @SEA W 11-3 59-60 3rd 7.0 gb 118 Mon, Aug 13 @SEA L 3-4 58-60 3rd 7.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:13-17
Baltimore Orioles, 58-68, 4th, 17½ GB, 14½ GB in WC	SP: Jeremy Guthrie (28, RHP, 7-4, 3.44) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (7-4) 146.2 127 61 56 36 103 19 3.44 2006 (0-0) 19.1 24 15 15 15 14 2 6.98 2005 (0-0) 6 9 4 4 2 3 2 6.00 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 41 43 21 20 15 28 8 4.39 49 2007-08-19 TOR ND 8 3 2 2 0 6 1 115 74 2007-08-13 NYY ND 4.2 9 6 6 2 3 2 96 23 2007-08-08 SEA L 4 8 6 5 0 3 2 88 27 2007-08-02 BOS ND 5.1 9 3 3 4 3 2 105 37 2007-07-27 NYY W 6 6 2 2 3 4 0 101 53 2007-07-22 OAK W 7 2 0 0 3 6 0 99 76 2007-07-17 SEA W 6 6 2 2 3 3 1 94 52 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN Has never faced MIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 30-31 Road: 28-37 ExtrInn: 7-6 vsRHP: 40-49 vsLHP: 18-19 1-Run: 10-24 vsEast: 27-20 vsCntrl:15-16 vsWest: 10-20 IL: 6-12 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 126 Thu, Aug 23 MIN L 2-5 58-68 4th 17.5 gb 125 Wed, Aug 22 TEX L 7-9 58-67 4th 17.0 gb 124 Wed, Aug 22 TEX L 3-30 58-66 4th 17.0 gb 123 Tue, Aug 21 TEX W 6-2 58-65 4th 16.5 gb 122 Sun, Aug 19 @TOR L 2-3 (10) 57-65 4th 16.0 gb 121 Sat, Aug 18 @TOR W 5-3 57-64 4th 16.0 gb 120 Fri, Aug 17 @TOR L 2-5 56-64 4th 16.0 gb 119 Wed, Aug 15 @NYY W 6-3 (10) 56-63 4th 15.5 gb 118 Tue, Aug 14 @NYY W 12-0 55-63 4th 16.5 gb 117 Mon, Aug 13 @NYY L 6-7 54-63 4th 16.5 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Aug 23, 2007 MIN 5 @BAL 2 W:Boof Bonser (6-10), L: Steve Trachsel (6-8), S: Matt Guerrier (1) Wed, Apr 04, 2007 MIN 7 BAL 2 W:Ramon Ortiz (1-0), L: Jaret Wright (0-1), S: none Tue, Apr 03, 2007 MIN 3 BAL 2 W:Pat Neshek (1-0), L: Daniel Cabrera (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (2) Mon, Apr 02, 2007 MIN 7 BAL 4 W:Johan Santana (1-0), L: Erik Bedard (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (1) Sun, Sep 24, 2006 MIN 6 @BAL 3 W:Matt Garza (3-5), L: Adam Loewen (6-6), S: Joe Nathan (35) Sat, Sep 23, 2006 MIN 8 @BAL 5 W:Matt Guerrier (1-0), L: Erik Bedard (15-10), S: Joe Nathan (34) Fri, Sep 22, 2006 BAL 7 MIN 3 W:Daniel Cabrera (8-10), L: Carlos Silva (10-14), S: none Thu, Aug 24, 2006 MIN 11 @BAL 2 W:Boof Bonser (3-4), L: Kris Benson (10-10), S: none Wed, Aug 23, 2006 MIN 4 @BAL 1 W:Matt Garza (1-2), L: Rodrigo Lopez (9-13), S: Joe Nathan (26) Tue, Aug 22, 2006 BAL 6 MIN 3 W:Adam Loewen (4-4), L: Carlos Silva (8-11), S: Chris Ray (29) Season Series: 2007 - MIN leads 4-0; 2006 - MIN won 6-3; 2005 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - BAL leads 934-920

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 5.97

BAL 4.65

WSN 3.93

RA/G

SDP 3.90

BAL 4.79

TBD 5.98

M. Ordonez .352

J. Pierre .291

R. Langerhans .153

OBP

B. Bonds .493

C. Jackson .363

J. Hairston .253

SLG

R. Braun .643

J. Hermida .473

N. Punto .258

OPS

B. Bonds 1.081

K. Youkilis .830

R. Langerhans .535

ERA

C. Young 2.12

S. Mitre 4.02

A. Eaton 6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard 11.15

D. Willis 6.33

S. Trachsel 2.97

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.46 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (4.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Guthrie
G/S/vB 28.Baez
G/S/vB 30.Bell
G/S/vB 53.Bradford
G/S/vB 56.Burres*
G/S/vB 39.Hoey
G/S/vB 23.Shuey
G/S/vB 32.Walker*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Bartlett G/S/vP 2/.500 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 427/309 .266/.330/.357/.687 .862/.619 .657 72/.819 21/1 4/19

25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 130/73 .242/.283/.283/.567 .569/.564 .652 85/.600 8/1 0/6

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 1/2.000 5/.800 8/.375 2/no AB 2/1.000 ··· ··· 8/1.250 471/326 .276/.355/.441/.795 .923/.738 .699 77/.654 3/0 13/3

48.Hunter G/S/vP 1/3.000 15/.740 17/.368 5/.400 ··· 1/no AB 8/.250 6/1.667 493/348 .299/.343/.537/.880 .974/.840 .847 101/.841 13/7 24/1

50.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/30 .143/.211/.229/.439 .375/.456 .347 10/.200 0/1 0/0

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 4/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 349/287 .255/.310/.406/.716 .662/.728 .710 48/.794 3/0 9/1

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 1/.000 4/2.750 3/1.334 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 10/1.800 406/264 .295/.386/.421/.807 .648/.894 .947 101/.649 7/1 5/1

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 3/.666 6/.533 5/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 12/1.053 516/337 .287/.351/.533/.884 .701/.985 .897 101/.658 1/0 28/4

8.Punto# G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.000 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/.900 431/286 .199/.290/.258/.548 .457/.600 .621 64/.287 15/6 1/9

55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 263/177 .289/.342/.351/.693 .854/.618 .689 47/.816 0/0 1/0

12.Tyner* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 8/.393 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 240/193 .282/.335/.355/.689 .679/.691 .664 62/.851 7/3 1/1

61.Watkins G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/16 .357/.438/.357/.795 .795/.795 .500 32/.795 1/0 0/0

24.White G/S/vP 1/.000 8/.250 4/1.000 7/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 69/49 .138/.188/.215/.404 .466/.378 .525 50/.368 0/0 1/0

IP 146.2 43.1 29.1 51.2 87.2 9.0 24.2 47.1 TOTAL .265/.330/.392/.722 .723/.722 .731 94/24 94/65

ERA-K/9

3.44/6.3

5.82/5.4

6.14/5.5

3.31/4.7

5.24/7.5

6.00/5.0

9.49/8.0

3.04/5.9

4.66/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mauer (17-20-3)
Redmond (21-14-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 590/.234 187/.234 134/.282 225/.286 397/.273 38/.233 120/.306 199/.259 .256 Cuddyer
Hunter
Kubel
Tyner
White
Jones 0/0/104/16
0/121/0/5
72/0/0/2
26/10/18/1
11/0/0/0
1/0/1/0

OPS .679 .745 .836 .644 .774 .609 .908 .653 .733

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 300/.749 72/.981 50/1.105 67/.750 101/.820 15/.583 41/1.303 92/.654 .801

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 290/.607 115/.598 84/.687 158/.600 296/.758 23/.626 79/.725 107/.653 .691

Home 261/.743 103/.663 68/.834 120/.709 187/.748 27/.671 55/.959 103/.702 .748

Last 28d days 128/.897 38/.707 60/1.039 56/.797 75/.995 32/.531 60/.956 42/.907

HR/SB/CS 19/3/3 6/5/0 4/5/0 0/2/1 9/10/5 0/1/0 3/2/1 3/2/1 118/77/25

Usage ····X··· ··o··o·· ·X····X· ·X··o··· ·X······ ·Xo··X·· ·X····X· ·o··o···

Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 57.Santana*
G/S/vB 56.Cali*
G/S/vB 51.DePaula
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 17.Neshek
G/S/vB 37.Reyes*
G/S/vB 39.Rincon
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Bako* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 2/.000 160/133 .210/.289/.266/.555 .499/.567 .579 32/.640 0/1 1/3

3.Bynum* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 51/38 .271/.314/.521/.835 1.045/.763 .500 1/.000 4/1 2/1

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 12/.606 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.167 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 304/220 .242/.332/.345/.677 .685/.674 .780 68/.571 1/2 5/7

40.House G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/6 .250/.250/.500/.750 .333/1.167 .000 12/.750 0/0 1/0

19.Huff* G/S/vP 19/1.105 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 9/1.333 2/1.000 471/353 .265/.310/.418/.728 .763/.716 .750 93/.942 0/0 12/4

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 549/377 .294/.359/.452/.811 .725/.851 .817 110/.875 16/5 12/1

15.Millar G/S/vP 14/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.267 416/284 .266/.377/.431/.809 .716/.852 .843 100/.775 0/1 12/1

6.Mora G/S/vP 17/.352 ··· ··· 5/.800 6/.000 1/.000 5/3.000 4/.500 403/301 .268/.339/.441/.780 .823/.766 .795 65/.740 8/2 13/8

17.Patterson* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 4/.000 2/.500 9/.444 2/1.000 448/305 .267/.307/.377/.685 .766/.647 .807 110/.675 36/8 6/3

16.Payton G/S/vP 11/.000 1/2.000 ··· 7/.572 6/.500 1/2.000 4/.500 4/.500 371/263 .258/.300/.367/.666 .790/.616 .632 73/.534 4/2 5/6

13.Redman* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/21 .364/.391/.500/.891 .000/.979 .819 23/.891 0/1 0/0

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 16/.376 ··· ··· 2/1.000 6/.400 1/.000 6/.200 5/.900 564/388 .312/.397/.465/.862 .742/.912 .861 115/.957 37/6 10/6

10.Tejada G/S/vP 29/.831 ··· ··· 6/1.167 12/.614 2/.000 3/.000 7/1.914 416/309 .298/.354/.430/.784 .898/.745 .830 103/.797 2/1 13/11

IP 175.0 12.2 2.0 72.0 56.0 59.1 29.1 44.0 TOTAL .272/.336/.407/.743 .745/.741 .762 110/32 99/63

ERA-K/9

2.88/9.8

4.97/7.1

31.50/4.5

2.00/6.1

1.77/9.3

2.58/10.2

3.99/6.5

6.34/8.2

4.13/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bako (25-5-6)
Hernandez (43-16-7)
House (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 693/.214 60/.240 18/.583 269/.204 219/.217 231/.164 139/.309 206/.282 .265 Markakis
Patterson
Payton
Bynum
Redman
Millar 0/0/125/10
0/120/0/6
97/17/3/2
12/4/0/0
6/3/0/0
3/0/0/0

OPS .643 .747 1.806 .549 .554 .535 .810 .845 .745

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 174/.583 28/.745 7/1.214 109/.598 103/.557 92/.532 82/.673 97/.994 .781

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 519/.662 32/.740 11/2.102 160/.515 116/.550 139/.537 57/1.009 109/.714 .714

Road 365/.639 31/1.026 16/1.771 113/.497 84/.581 105/.629 63/.862 96/.912 .788

Last 28d days 133/.587 29/.607 / 41/.668 39/.380 43/.769 27/.756 42/.786

HR/SB/CS 24/5/4 1/0/0 2/0/0 4/5/2 2/3/0 6/1/1 1/1/3 8/2/1 142/46/34

Usage ····X··· ···X·X·· ········ ··oX··o· ·o··o·o· ·oX···o· ··oX··o· ··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.

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SP: Johan Santana (28, LHP, 13-9, 2.88)

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (28, RHP, 7-4, 3.44)

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