MIN @ FLA, Sunday, June 24, 2007 Game Preview

Minnesota Twins, 37-35, 3rd, 6½ GB, 5½ GB in WC	SP: Johan Santana (28, LHP, 7-6, 2.91) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. FLA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (7-6) 102 81 36 33 26 106 14 2.91 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 3-3 51 36 16 14 11 50 7 2.47 65 2007-06-19 NYM W 9 4 0 0 0 1 0 92 80 2007-06-14 ATL ND 7 5 2 2 3 9 1 109 65 2007-06-09 WSN L 7 7 3 2 0 5 1 98 58 2007-06-03 OAK L 6 5 4 3 4 4 0 101 48 2007-05-28 CHW W 8 7 4 4 1 7 2 106 58 2007-05-22 TEX W 7 4 1 1 2 13 1 103 76 2007-05-17 CLE L 7 4 2 2 1 11 2 103 71 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.FLA 1-0 5.1 4 1 1 2 8 1 1.69 62 2002-06-07 FLA W 5.1 4 1 1 2 8 1 94 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 20-18 Road: 17-17 ExtrInn: 3-3 vsRHP: 26-24 vsLHP: 11-11 1-Run: 11-8 vsEast: 10-9 vsCntrl:10-14 vsWest: 7-5 IL:10-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 72 Sat, Jun 23 @FLA W 11-1 37-35 3rd 6.5 gb 71 Fri, Jun 22 @FLA L 4-5 36-35 3rd 6.5 gb 70 Wed, Jun 20 @NYM W 6-2 36-34 3rd 5.5 gb 69 Tue, Jun 19 @NYM W 9-0 35-34 3rd 5.5 gb 68 Mon, Jun 18 @NYM L 1-8 34-34 3rd 6.5 gb 67 Sun, Jun 17 MIL W 10-9 34-33 3rd 5.5 gb 66 Sat, Jun 16 MIL L 2-5 33-33 3rd 5.5 gb 65 Fri, Jun 15 MIL L 3-11 33-32 3rd 5.5 gb 64 Thu, Jun 14 ATL W 3-2 33-31 3rd 5.5 gb 63 Wed, Jun 13 ATL W 6-0 32-31 3rd 5.5 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:17-13
Florida Marlins, 36-39, 4th, 5½ GB, 5½ GB in WC	SP: Byung-Hyun Kim (28, RHP, 3-3, 5.22) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (3-3) 39.2 38 28 23 27 31 6 5.22 2006 (8-12) 155 179 103 96 61 129 18 5.57 2005 (5-12) 148 156 82 80 71 115 17 4.86 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 34 32 24 19 24 29 6 5.03 46 2007-06-13 CLE L 5.2 4 4 1 4 8 0 107 55 2007-06-08 TBD ND 2.2 7 7 6 4 2 0 82 16 2007-06-02 MIL ND 6 3 1 1 2 3 1 91 63 2007-05-28 CHC W 6 3 0 0 3 5 0 105 68 2007-05-23 PHI ND 5.1 5 4 4 6 4 1 108 40 2007-05-18 TBD W 5.1 6 3 2 3 5 2 85 48 2007-04-15 ARI L 3 4 5 5 2 2 2 64 31 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN Has never faced MIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 15-20 Road: 21-19 ExtrInn: 1-4 vsRHP: 24-28 vsLHP: 12-11 1-Run: 10-10 vsEast: 17-18 vsCntrl: 7-9 vsWest: 3-4 IL: 9-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 75 Sat, Jun 23 MIN L 1-11 36-39 4th 5.5 gb 74 Fri, Jun 22 MIN W 5-4 36-38 4th 4.5 gb 73 Wed, Jun 20 @CHW W 5-4 35-38 4th 4.5 gb 72 Tue, Jun 19 @CHW W 7-5 34-38 4th 5.5 gb 71 Mon, Jun 18 @CHW L 6-10 33-38 4th 6.5 gb 70 Sun, Jun 17 @KCR L 4-5 33-37 4th 5.5 gb 69 Sat, Jun 16 @KCR W 9-8 33-36 4th 5.5 gb 68 Fri, Jun 15 @KCR L 2-6 32-36 4th 6.5 gb 67 Thu, Jun 14 CLE L 2-3 32-35 4th 5.5 gb 66 Wed, Jun 13 CLE L 3-7 32-34 4th 5.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Jun 23, 2007 MIN 11 @FLA 1 W:Carlos Silva (5-8), L: Josh Johnson (0-2), S: none Fri, Jun 22, 2007 FLA 5 MIN 4 W:Armando Benitez (2-3), L: Juan Rincon (2-1), S: Kevin Gregg (14) Sun, Jun 09, 2002 FLA 6 @MIN 3 W:Julian Tavarez (4-3), L: Rick Reed (6-3), S: Vladimir Nunez (15) Sat, Jun 08, 2002 MIN 5 FLA 3 W:Matt Kinney (2-5), L: Kevin Olsen (0-4), S: Eddie Guardado (18) Fri, Jun 07, 2002 MIN 12 FLA 7 W:Johan Santana (1-0), L: Ryan Dempster (3-6), S: none Season Series: 2007 - Tied 1-1; 2006 - 0-0; 2005 - 0-0; All-Time - MIN leads 3-2

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

DET 6.11

NYM 4.57

WSN 3.89

RA/G

SDP 3.38

CLE 4.68

TBD 6.08

M. Ordonez .381

J. Hardy .285

D. Navarro .172

OBP

B. Bonds .494

J. Morneau .354

D. Navarro .242

SLG

A. Rodriguez .707

B. Hall .454

A. Kennedy .257

OPS

A. Rodriguez 1.139

C. Beltran .812

D. Navarro .501

ERA

D. Haren 1.78

J. Washburn 4.09

K. Wells 6.75

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.89

B. Sheets 6.09

A. Cook 2.86

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Florida Marlins Pitchers (5.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Kim
G/S/vB 49.Benitez
G/S/vB 63.Gregg
G/S/vB 22.Lindstrom
G/S/vB 32.Miller
G/S/vB 41.Obermueller
G/S/vB 37.Pinto*
G/S/vB 57.Tankersley*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 ··· 227/165 .249/.335/.303/.638 .741/.598 .622 79/.656 9/0 1/13

1.Castillo# G/S/vP 11/.311 13/.398 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· 7/1.267 ··· ··· 269/198 .305/.353/.337/.690 .478/.775 .702 106/.609 7/3 0/2

27.Cirillo G/S/vP 16/.938 11/.191 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 ··· 117/79 .284/.351/.392/.743 .775/.728 .828 58/.820 1/0 1/0

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 4/.833 1/2.000 1/.000 298/206 .288/.369/.454/.823 .699/.880 .773 109/.801 2/0 8/1

20.Ford G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.167 ··· 5/.200 8/1.339 ··· ··· 77/52 .254/.312/.352/.664 .715/.640 .617 37/.849 2/0 1/0

41.Heintz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 27/20 .240/.296/.240/.536 .572/.522 .702 13/.462 0/0 0/0

48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 8/1.125 ··· 6/.334 10/.633 1/.000 1/.000 283/204 .311/.353/.564/.917 1.194/.806 .872 94/.874 10/5 15/0

16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 208/167 .250/.300/.396/.696 .762/.679 .707 60/.841 2/0 5/1

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 10/1.178 1/.000 ··· 183/116 .314/.403/.449/.852 .751/.909 .983 60/.706 4/0 1/0

33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 311/205 .278/.354/.560/.914 .733/1.012 .860 100/.880 0/0 20/1

8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 264/172 .217/.313/.283/.596 .569/.620 .687 82/.557 12/3 1/4

55.Redmond G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 180/128 .299/.344/.371/.715 .823/.672 .676 54/.601 0/0 1/0

38.Rodriguez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 85/65 .187/.274/.253/.527 .311/.595 .474 15/.421 0/0 1/1

12.Tyner* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 129/108 .271/.320/.322/.642 .438/.683 .672 39/.728 5/1 0/1

IP 39.2 27.1 42.2 30.2 18.0 53.1 33.1 21.0 TOTAL .270/.336/.396/.732 .706/.744 .732 58/12 55/32

ERA-K/9

5.22/7.0

3.62/8.9

2.74/8.6

3.52/8.5

3.50/8.5

5.06/5.1

4.59/8.9

5.57/6.0

4.50/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Heintz (8-0-0)
Mauer (8-9-0)
Redmond (12-8-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 189/.247 117/.223 179/.201 128/.246 75/.221 238/.279 147/.264 93/.269 .277 Cuddyer
Hunter
Kubel
Ford
Tyner 0/0/67/14
0/69/0/3
41/0/0/2
20/5/0/1
13/6/5/0

OPS .776 .702 .608 .596 .608 .821 .812 .772 .774

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 108/.932 63/.829 81/.438 54/.639 24/1.222 116/.868 52/.659 40/.532 .748

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 81/.578 54/.561 98/.756 74/.563 51/.343 122/.771 95/.889 53/.960 .793

Home 80/.853 62/.601 83/.603 59/.490 33/.692 103/1.040 90/.760 44/.540 .784

Last 28d days 108/.660 43/.683 57/.716 37/.548 60/.563 97/.906 51/1.113 31/.817

HR/SB/CS 6/6/1 4/2/0 3/1/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 6/6/2 6/1/2 3/0/3 68/42/15

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

Florida Marlins Batters (4.85 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 57.Santana*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

4.Amezaga# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/1.045 ··· 1/.000 241/221 .258/.311/.341/.652 .700/.647 .529 97/.704 8/3 1/2

8.Boone G/S/vP 17/.364 3/1.334 11/.473 2/.000 6/.000 1/2.000 4/.750 227/168 .287/.389/.426/.815 .617/.880 .766 97/.850 2/0 5/4

21.Borchard# G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 4/1.250 178/147 .192/.292/.321/.613 .472/.643 .673 25/.520 3/0 4/2

24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 12/.781 ··· 1/2.000 307/239 .327/.395/.592/.987 1.397/.875 .966 105/1.108 0/1 16/13

25.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 17/14 .200/.250/.200/.450 .000/.558 .000 17/.450 0/0 0/2

27.Hermida* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.619 ··· ··· 151/113 .223/.318/.415/.733 .856/.686 .480 100/.691 1/1 6/3

17.Jacobs* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/.800 ··· ··· 111/93 .290/.360/.490/.850 .977/.825 .734 4/1.000 0/0 4/2

30.Olivo G/S/vP 11/.637 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.857 2/2.500 7/.429 258/203 .247/.264/.386/.650 1.141/.522 .866 83/.704 2/1 5/5

2.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/.800 ··· 1/5.000 330/253 .322/.381/.503/.884 1.205/.784 .931 113/.785 22/5 10/14

20.Treanor G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 55/37 .229/.315/.292/.607 .656/.581 .545 23/.772 0/0 0/2

6.Uggla G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/.125 ··· 1/.000 346/270 .259/.329/.505/.834 1.001/.789 .814 116/.803 2/0 14/5

14.Willingham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.833 ··· ··· 309/233 .261/.366/.458/.824 .516/.926 .676 106/.751 4/0 9/2

28.Wood G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 63/39 .241/.290/.431/.721 .499/.849 .735 23/.777 0/0 2/1

IP 102.0 42.2 30.1 34.2 71.1 15.2 25.2 TOTAL .262/.332/.434/.766 .858/.738 .744 52/12 82/66

ERA-K/9

2.91/9.4

1.48/7.0

2.37/9.5

1.04/9.9

5.55/3.8

5.17/6.9

4.56/7.7

4.20/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Olivo (28-12-8)
Treanor (14-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 404/.218 161/.162 127/.276 130/.123 315/.302 76/.349 121/.302 .270 Amezaga
Willingham
Hermida
Borchard
Carroll 0/47/0/5
68/0/0/4
0/0/36/3
12/0/33/1
1/4/1/0

OPS .655 .439 .676 .395 .812 .900 .884 .753

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 112/.490 68/.441 59/.815 53/.378 148/.824 42/.709 58/1.000 .759

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 292/.716 93/.438 68/.560 77/.407 167/.799 34/1.136 63/.778 .748

Road 184/.559 66/.444 51/.659 60/.495 158/.941 35/1.078 54/.873 .778

Last 28d days 143/.585 46/.406 33/.618 35/.177 64/.757 15/.690 38/1.148

HR/SB/CS 14/2/3 1/2/2 1/2/0 2/0/0 10/6/2 1/0/1 5/1/0 82/28/17

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

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, 7-6, 2.91)

SP: Byung-Hyun Kim (28, RHP, 3-3, 5.22)

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