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Minnesota Twins, 58-55, 3rd, 5½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Matt Garza (23, RHP, 1-2, 1.78)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (1-2)             30.1  28   8   6  12  29  1    1.78      
 2006 (3-6)             50    62  33  32  23  38  6    5.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  36.2  40  15  13  17  35  4    3.19   51 
 2007-08-04    CLE  ND   4     6   2   2   2   5  0      93   45 
 2007-07-29    CLE  ND   6     5   1   1   3  11  0     109   66 
 2007-07-22    LAA   L   5.1   7   4   3   3   3  1     106   40 
 2007-07-17    DET   L   7     3   1   0   1   3  0      97   71 
 2007-07-06    CHW   W   6     5   0   0   3   6  0      92   65 
 2006-09-30    CHW   L   2.2   8   4   4   2   3  0      67   27 
 2006-09-24    BAL   W   5.2   6   3   3   3   4  3     100   46 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      0-1   7.2   5   2   2   1   7  0    2.35   67 
 2006-08-29    KCR   L   7.2   5   2   2   1   7  0      98   67 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-27   Road:   26-28   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  41-38   vsLHP:  17-17   1-Run:  17-14
 vsEast: 13-17   vsCntrl:21-25   vsWest: 13-6  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
106 Tue, Jul 31   KCR  W   5-3       55-51  3rd  6.0 gb
105 Mon, Jul 30   KCR  W   3-1       54-51  3rd  7.0 gb
104 Sun, Jul 29  @CLE  W   4-1       53-51  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Kansas City Royals, 49-63, 5th, 14 GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Kyle Davies (23, RHP, 4-8, 6.07)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (4-8)             89    98  66  60  47  61 13    6.07      
 2006 (3-7)             63.1  90  60  59  33  51 14    8.38      
 2005 (7-6)             87.2  98  51  48  49  62  8    4.93      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  26.1  33  25  23  18  21  3    7.86   40 
 2007-08-04    NYY  ND   3     6   5   5   3   2  1      80   26 
 2007-07-16    CIN   L   0     2   2   2   3   0  0      22   35 
 2007-07-08    SDP   W   6     4   1   1   2   6  0     100   64 
 2007-07-03    LAD  ND   2     6   5   5   2   2  1      57   24 
 2007-06-23    DET   L   6.1   3   2   2   3   6  1     101   62 
 2007-06-17    CLE   L   5.1   6   5   3   3   3  0      97   40 
 2007-06-12    MIN   L   3.2   6   5   5   2   2  0      85   29 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      0-1   3.2   6   5   5   2   2  0   12.27   29 
 2007-06-12    MIN   L   3.2   6   5   5   2   2  0      85   29 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-32   Road:   24-31   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  37-44   vsLHP:  12-19   1-Run:  15-13
 vsEast:  9-20   vsCntrl:15-24   vsWest: 15-11 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Wed, Aug  8   MIN  L   4-11      49-63  5th 14.0 gb
111 Tue, Aug  7   MIN  W   5-1       49-62  5th 14.0 gb
110 Sun, Aug  5  @NYY  L   5-8       48-62  5th 13.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  4  @NYY  L   8-16      48-61  5th 13.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  3  @NYY  L   1-7       48-60  5th 13.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  1  @MIN  W   5-3 (10)  48-59  4th 13.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 31  @MIN  L   3-5       47-59  5th 14.0 gb
105 Mon, Jul 30  @MIN  L   1-3       47-58  5th 14.0 gb
104 Sun, Jul 29   TEX  W  10-0       47-57  5th 13.0 gb
103 Sat, Jul 28   TEX  W   6-5       46-57  5th 14.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 08, 2007 MIN 11 @KCR  4    W:Johan Santana (12-9), L: Odalis Perez (6-11), S: none
Tue, Aug 07, 2007 KCR  5  MIN  1    W:Brian Bannister (8-6), L: Boof Bonser (5-8), S: none
Wed, Aug 01, 2007 KCR  5 @MIN  3 (10)   W:Zack Greinke (5-5), L: Juan Rincon (3-2), S: Joakim Soria (11)
Tue, Jul 31, 2007 MIN  5  KCR  3    W:Carlos Silva (9-11), L: Jorge de la Rosa (8-11), S: Joe Nathan (24)
Mon, Jul 30, 2007 MIN  3  KCR  1    W:Scott Baker (5-4), L: Gil Meche (7-8), S: Joe Nathan (23)
Thu, Apr 26, 2007 MIN  1  KCR  0 (11)   W:Juan Rincon (1-0), L: Todd Wellemeyer (0-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 25, 2007 KCR  4 @MIN  3    W:Odalis Perez (2-2), L: Sidney Ponson (1-3), S: Joakim Soria (3)
Sun, Apr 22, 2007 KCR  3  MIN  1    W:Jorge de la Rosa (2-1), L: Ramon Ortiz (3-1), S: Joakim Soria (2)
Sat, Apr 21, 2007 MIN  7 @KCR  5    W:Pat Neshek (2-0), L: Joel Peralta (0-2), S: Joe Nathan (6)
Fri, Apr 20, 2007 KCR 11  MIN  7    W:Odalis Perez (1-2), L: Sidney Ponson (1-2), S: David Riske (2)
Season Series: 2007 - Tied 5-5; 2006 - MIN won 12-7; 2005 - MIN won 13-6; All-Time - MIN leads 299-279

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  5.96

KCR  4.66

WSN  3.97

RA/G

SDP  3.82

MIL  4.63

TBD  6.22

BA

M. Ordonez  .351

M. Stairs  .290

R. Langerhans  .157

OBP

B. Bonds  .496

S. Spiezio  .360

M. Olivo  .252

SLG

R. Braun  .665

T. Buck  .462

N. Punto  .274

OPS

B. Bonds  1.076

O. Hudson  .818

R. Langerhans  .549

ERA

C. Young  1.82

G. Maddux  4.15

J. Contreras  6.49

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.20

B. Penny  6.28

S. Trachsel  3.15

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (5.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Davies
G/S/vB
49.Bale*
G/S/vB
47.Braun
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
G/S/vB
23.Greinke
G/S/vB
57.Peralta
G/S/vB
54.Riske
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Bartlett G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.800 7/.762 6/.500 5/.900 ··· 397/288 .262/.330/.334/.664 .790/.617 .605 95/.690 20/1 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 7/.453 2/1.000 2/2.000 1/.000 73/41 .232/.264/.261/.525 .548/.505 .581 28/.555 4/0 0/4
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 21/.818 11/1.000 4/.500 8/1.500 2/.000 418/293 .287/.366/.451/.817 .919/.772 .745 49/.986 3/0 11/3
48.Hunter G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 1/3.000 20/.871 20/1.087 5/.800 16/.875 3/1.334 439/316 .294/.337/.547/.884 1.016/.831 .844 88/.818 11/6 23/1
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 329/273 .247/.302/.403/.705 .699/.706 .696 66/.703 3/0 9/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 17/.782 18/.600 3/1.000 3/.666 ··· 355/235 .301/.388/.435/.823 .667/.904 .950 101/.738 6/1 5/0
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 22/.923 17/.588 3/2.000 5/1.000 2/.000 462/306 .290/.353/.560/.913 .680/1.036 .977 99/.802 1/0 28/4
8.Punto# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 12/.606 14/.539 8/.875 7/1.417 1/.000 391/264 .210/.299/.274/.573 .496/.616 .649 69/.516 13/5 1/8
55.Redmond G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 5/1.200 4/1.000 4/.500 2/.500 233/163 .287/.335/.352/.687 .860/.614 .700 31/.712 0/0 1/0
38.Rodriguez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 8/.625 5/.000 2/.000 ··· 115/89 .204/.281/.291/.572 .361/.633 .573 10/1.056 1/0 2/3
12.Tyner* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.500 5/.400 1/.000 6/1.633 1/.000 225/181 .271/.321/.343/.664 .574/.685 .633 70/.729 7/3 1/1
24.White G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· 10/.522 6/2.333 3/.000 8/.250 1/.000 36/29 .156/.250/.188/.438 .143/.507 .523 25/.457 0/0 0/0
IP 89.0 10.0 21.1 37.0 82.0 67.2 50.0 47.1 TOTAL .267/.331/.398/.729 .724/.731 .740 83/21 89/60
ERA-K/9 6.07/6.2 4.50/5.4 8.02/5.9 3.16/7.8 4.72/7.5 3.72/7.4 2.34/7.6 2.28/10.3 4.65/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (14-19-2)
 Redmond (16-13-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 407/.278 51/.333 97/.289 171/.313 349/.285 279/.262 207/.242 188/.189 .280  Cuddyer
 Hunter
 Kubel
 Tyner
 White
0/0/91/15
0/108/0/3
69/0/0/2
21/9/18/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .834 .821 .841 .883 .793 .740 .673 .515 .792
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 191/.811 20/.803 41/.939 91/.807 169/.789 108/.764 79/.492 68/.385 .774
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 216/.854 31/.833 56/.772 80/.970 180/.796 171/.726 128/.783 120/.590 .803
Home 185/.829 21/1.071 45/1.263 81/.798 200/.858 159/.683 107/.682 81/.519 .808
Last 28d days 23/1.433 51/.821 39/1.007 35/1.000 51/.622 56/.802 38/.583 40/.620
HR/SB/CS 13/10/2 0/0/0 3/1/0 4/1/0 8/4/1 7/8/0 4/1/1 2/0/0 118/49/16
Usage ····X··· ····X··· ·····X·· ····X··· ·X··X··X ····X··· ····o··· ·o··o··X
Kansas City Royals Batters (4.65 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Garza
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
35.Brown G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 9/1.158 9/.111 4/.000 ··· 4/1.417 9/.644 288/177 .237/.292/.332/.624 .745/.548 .646 57/.681 8/1 4/5
14.Buck G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/no AB 13/.808 5/.200 3/.333 9/.555 ··· 11/.300 284/224 .237/.324/.494/.818 .975/.777 .692 60/.621 0/0 16/8
21.Butler G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 184/128 .294/.342/.441/.783 .875/.745 .741 95/.798 0/0 4/1
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 12/.899 11/.473 4/.000 7/1.714 4/.000 9/.000 511/361 .284/.367/.410/.777 .735/.795 .804 105/.753 5/4 6/3
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 109/99 .362/.423/.426/.849 .777/.856 .617 28/.983 5/3 0/1
3.German G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 3/.000 5/.600 1/2.000 4/1.250 305/188 .285/.373/.403/.776 .825/.746 .945 47/.817 7/5 3/8
11.Gload* G/S/vP 2/2.500 1/.000 4/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 8/1.750 5/1.100 6/.334 204/172 .302/.324/.469/.793 .750/.801 .835 78/.974 2/1 4/2
7.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 2/5.000 423/320 .238/.314/.378/.692 .701/.688 .701 89/.731 10/3 8/10
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/1.100 14/.547 2/.500 17/.529 10/.500 5/.200 322/216 .306/.345/.445/.790 .744/.812 .794 90/.894 1/2 5/6
6.LaRue G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 144/102 .157/.245/.307/.552 .796/.451 .706 30/.292 1/0 4/3
1.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 402/305 .275/.290/.364/.654 .664/.651 .833 78/.596 3/4 1/19
26.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/1.400 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 83/73 .215/.253/.329/.582 .200/.636 .538 23/.695 0/0 2/1
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/.600 7/.143 3/1.000 3/.666 8/.708 7/.619 470/330 .289/.360/.409/.769 .724/.788 .845 102/.779 10/4 5/4
IP 30.1 7.1 64.1 51.0 53.2 88.2 26.1 39.0 TOTAL .266/.328/.398/.726 .742/.719 .763 52/29 74/76
ERA-K/9 1.78/8.6 4.91/4.9 1.68/6.3 1.94/9.0 2.01/10.4 5.18/4.2 4.44/6.8 6.23/8.3 4.12/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (30-7-3)
 LaRue (19-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 130/.246 36/.267 246/.194 201/.234 204/.152 388/.298 124/.320 184/.298 .264  Teahen
 Brown
 DeJesus
 German
 Gload
 Gathright
 Butler
0/4/103/13
64/0/7/6
0/111/0/4
5/0/0/2
7/0/0/1
27/4/0/1
6/0/0/0
OPS .656 .856 .525 .589 .482 .797 .818 .880 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 69/.874 21/.807 100/.592 96/.573 83/.464 184/.808 74/.694 89/1.030 .773
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 61/.424 15/.922 146/.479 105/.604 121/.493 204/.788 50/1.000 95/.743 .714
Road 57/.653 26/1.033 107/.477 77/.618 90/.630 211/.903 56/.886 89/.913 .794
Last 28d days 99/.659 5/.600 43/.645 50/.517 46/.604 46/.683 29/.864 38/1.153
HR/SB/CS 1/0/2 1/0/0 3/3/2 2/2/0 5/1/1 11/7/2 1/1/3 8/1/1 126/38/32
Usage ····X··· ·X······ ····oo·X ···oo··· ··X··X·o ····Xo·· ··o·oo·o ·oo····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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