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Game Preview: MIN @ BAL, 1:35pm, Sunday, August 26, 2007 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

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Minnesota Twins, 66-63, 3rd, 5½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Scott Baker (25, RHP, 6-6, 4.50)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (6-6)            106   117  53  53  23  76 13    4.50      
 2006 (5-8)             83.1 114  63  59  16  62 17    6.37      
 2005 (3-3)             53.2  48  21  20  14  32  5    3.35      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  48    53  18  18  10  32  5    3.38   53 
 2007-08-21    SEA   L   6.2  14   3   3   1   2  2     101   35 
 2007-08-15    SEA  ND   6.2   8   1   1   2   7  1      86   59 
 2007-08-10    LAA   L   5.1   9   6   6   3   4  1      83   27 
 2007-08-05    CLE   W   8     4   0   0   2   4  0      93   76 
 2007-07-30    KCR   W   8     2   1   1   0   7  0      99   81 
 2007-07-24    TOR   L   7     6   4   4   1   5  1      94   53 
 2007-07-19    DET  ND   6.1  10   3   3   1   3  0     104   43 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BAL      0-0   3.2   7   4   3   0   1  0    7.36   34 
 2006-09-23    BAL  ND   3.2   7   4   3   0   1  0      62   34 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-30   Road:   31-33   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  46-44   vsLHP:  20-19   1-Run:  19-17
 vsEast: 16-17   vsCntrl:21-26   vsWest: 18-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Sat, Aug 25  @BAL  W   8-1       66-63  3rd  5.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 24  @BAL  W   7-4       65-63  3rd  5.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Baltimore Orioles, 58-70, 4th, 20 GB, 15½ GB in WC

SP: Erik Bedard (28, LHP, 13-4, 2.97)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (13-4)           176   135  60  58  52 218 19    2.97      
 2006 (15-11)          196.1 196  92  82  69 171 16    3.76      
 2005 (6-8)            141.2 139  66  63  57 125 10    4.00      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-0  47.1  31  12  12  14  62  5    2.28   67 
 2007-08-21    TEX   W   7     5   2   2   0  11  0     104   70 
 2007-08-15    NYY  ND   7     4   0   0   2   8  0     113   75 
 2007-08-10    BOS  ND   7.2   4   3   3   2   7  0     114   64 
 2007-08-05    TBD   W   6.2   9   3   3   0  11  2     115   55 
 2007-07-31    BOS   W   6     2   2   2   5   6  1     112   61 
 2007-07-25    TBD   W   6     6   1   1   2   8  1     109   62 
 2007-07-20    OAK   W   7     1   1   1   3  11  1     105   79 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      0-3  27.1  34  17  12  11  28  4    3.95   47 
 2007-04-02    MIN   L   4.2  10   6   6   2   3  2      80   21 
 2006-09-23    MIN   L   4.2  12   6   3   2   4  1      89   24 
 2006-06-11    MIN   L   5     5   2   2   3   9  1     115   55 
 2005-07-18    MIN  ND   6     4   0   0   2   7  0      91   69 
 2005-05-10    MIN  ND   7     3   3   1   2   5  0     104   66 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-33   Road:   28-37   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  40-50   vsLHP:  18-20   1-Run:  10-24
 vsEast: 27-20   vsCntrl:15-18   vsWest: 10-20 IL: 6-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Sat, Aug 25   MIN  L   1-8       58-70  4th 20.0 gb
127 Fri, Aug 24   MIN  L   4-7       58-69  4th 19.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 25, 2007 MIN  8 @BAL  1    W:Matt Garza (3-4), L: Radhames Liz (0-1), S: none
Fri, Aug 24, 2007 MIN  7 @BAL  4    W:Johan Santana (14-9), L: James Hoey (1-2), S: Joe Nathan (28)
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
Season Series: 2007 - MIN leads 6-0; 2006 - MIN won 6-3; 2005 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - BAL leads 934-922

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  5.98

TBD  4.60

WSN  3.94

RA/G

SDP  3.91

COL  4.78

TBD  5.97

BA

M. Ordonez  .358

K. Johnson  .292

R. Langerhans  .153

OBP

B. Bonds  .495

C. Jackson  .363

J. Hairston  .253

SLG

R. Braun  .640

J. Hardy  .471

N. Punto  .260

OPS

B. Bonds  1.093

C. Figgins  .829

R. Langerhans  .535

ERA

C. Young  2.12

A. Wainwright  3.97

A. Eaton  6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.15

D. Davis  6.44

S. Trachsel  2.81

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Bedard*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Baker G/S/vP ··· 6/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 / 0/0 0/0
18.Bartlett G/S/vP 7/.286 442/323 .275/.339/.370/.709 .881/.645 .702 83/.931 21/2 4/19
26.Bonser G/S/vP ··· 5/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 / 0/0 0/0
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· 28/25 .200/.286/.200/.486 .000/.547 .432 20/.476 0/0 0/2
56.Cali* G/S/vP ··· / /// / / / /
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 140/82 .234/.272/.273/.545 .564/.532 .593 95/.565 8/1 0/6
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 15/.515 485/339 .275/.353/.434/.787 .917/.731 .688 91/.633 3/0 13/3
51.DePaula G/S/vP ··· / /// / / / /
21.Garza G/S/vP ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 / 0/0 0/0
54.Guerrier G/S/vP ··· 0/ /// / / 0/0 0/0
41.Heintz G/S/vP ··· 27/20 .240/.296/.240/.536 .571/.522 .701 / 0/0 0/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 16/1.433 508/361 .301/.344/.549/.893 .972/.861 .874 108/.945 13/7 26/1
50.Jones* G/S/vP ··· 42/34 .128/.190/.205/.396 .375/.399 .237 14/.143 0/1 0/0
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 362/297 .256/.313/.418/.731 .656/.746 .741 53/.874 3/0 10/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 12/.606 420/277 .294/.388/.419/.807 .643/.892 .937 107/.694 7/1 5/1
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 14/1.642 530/349 .287/.353/.536/.889 .701/.989 .905 107/.695 1/0 29/4
36.Nathan G/S/vP ··· 0/ /// / / 0/0 0/0
17.Neshek# G/S/vP ··· 0/ /// / / 0/0 0/0
8.Punto# G/S/vP 13/.962 442/296 .200/.291/.260/.550 .462/.599 .621 71/.356 15/6 1/9
55.Redmond G/S/vP 3/1.667 265/177 .288/.343/.350/.693 .851/.618 .688 49/.810 0/0 1/0
37.Reyes G/S/vP ··· 0/ /// / / 0/0 0/0
39.Rincon G/S/vP ··· 0/ /// / / 0/0 0/0
57.Santana* G/S/vP ··· 8/7 .286/.375/.714/1.089 .000/1.262 1.089 / 0/0 0/0
52.Silva G/S/vP ··· 6/6 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 / 0/0 0/0
12.Tyner* G/S/vP ··· 250/200 .283/.333/.357/.690 .701/.687 .668 64/.739 7/3 1/1
24.White G/S/vP 13/1.038 69/49 .138/.188/.215/.404 .466/.378 .525 44/.346 0/0 1/0
IP 176.0 TOTAL .266/.331/.395/.726 .724/.727 .737 94/25 98/65
ERA-K/9 2.97/11.1 4.68/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Heintz (8-0-0)
 Mauer (18-22-3)
 Redmond (21-14-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 1410/.210 .257  Cuddyer
 Hunter
 Tyner
 Kubel
 White
 Jones
0/0/107/16
0/124/0/5
28/10/18/3
73/0/0/2
11/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
OPS .609 .735
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 294/.710 .798
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 1116/.583 .697
Home 614/.580 .753
Last 28d days 270/.542
HR/SB/CS 38/8/4 122/77/26
Usage
Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Baker
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Baez G/S/vP ··· 0/ /// / / 0/0 0/0
9.Bako* G/S/vP 3/.000 160/133 .210/.289/.266/.555 .499/.567 .579 28/.618 0/1 1/3
45.Bedard* G/S/vP ··· 6/ .400/.400/.400/.800 .800/ / 0/0 0/0
30.Bell G/S/vP ··· 0/ /// / / 0/0 0/0
53.Bradford G/S/vP ··· 0/ /// / / 0/0 0/0
56.Burres* G/S/vP ··· 3/3 .500/.500/.500/1.000 /1.000 / 0/0 0/0
3.Bynum* G/S/vP ··· 53/40 .260/.302/.500/.802 1.045/.724 .417 3/.000 4/1 2/1
35.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 / 0/0 0/0
46.Guthrie G/S/vP ··· 7/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 / 0/0 0/0
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 2/.000 313/226 .234/.323/.333/.656 .660/.655 .725 69/.392 1/2 5/7
39.Hoey G/S/vP ··· / /// / / / /
40.House G/S/vP ··· 13/7 .250/.308/.500/.808 .333/1.262 .143 13/.808 0/0 1/0
19.Huff* G/S/vP ··· 481/360 .265/.314/.422/.736 .755/.730 .766 92/1.025 0/0 12/4
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 2/1.000 562/386 .290/.357/.450/.807 .738/.838 .806 110/.862 16/5 13/1
15.Millar G/S/vP 2/1.500 428/293 .265/.379/.426/.805 .715/.847 .834 99/.718 0/1 12/1
6.Mora G/S/vP ··· 414/309 .263/.333/.430/.763 .797/.751 .760 76/.653 8/2 13/8
17.Patterson* G/S/vP 2/2.000 461/313 .276/.314/.390/.704 .804/.656 .837 109/.773 36/9 7/3
16.Payton G/S/vP 2/1.000 378/267 .259/.299/.368/.667 .796/.614 .636 72/.535 4/2 5/6
13.Redman* G/S/vP ··· 24/22 .348/.375/.478/.853 .000/.933 .733 24/.853 0/1 0/0
1.Roberts# G/S/vP 3/1.667 577/397 .308/.391/.457/.849 .736/.896 .833 114/.818 37/6 10/6
23.Shuey G/S/vP ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/0
10.Tejada G/S/vP 2/1.500 429/319 .299/.355/.445/.800 .950/.749 .859 108/.872 2/1 14/11
41.Trachsel G/S/vP ··· 5/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 / 0/0 0/0
32.Walker* G/S/vP ··· 0/ /// / / 0/0 0/0
IP 106.0 TOTAL .271/.335/.407/.742 .751/.737 .759 111/34 104/63
ERA-K/9 4.50/6.5 4.09/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bako (25-5-6)
 Hernandez (43-17-7)
 House (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 886/.282 .264  Markakis
 Patterson
 Payton
 Bynum
 Redman
 Millar
0/0/128/10
0/123/0/7
100/17/3/2
13/4/0/0
7/3/0/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .768 .743
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 398/.833 .782
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 488/.714 .712
Road 424/.785 .784
Last 28d days 278/.746
HR/SB/CS 26/12/8 147/47/36
Usage

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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