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Minnesota Twins, 42-39, 3rd, 7½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Carlos Silva (28, RHP, 6-8, 4.15)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (6-8)             99.2 112  46  46  22  43  7    4.15      
 2006 (11-15)          180.1 246 130 119  32  70 38    5.94      
 2005 (9-8)            188.1 212  83  72   9  71 25    3.44      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-3  47.1  48  20  20   8  19  3    3.80   52 
 2007-06-28    TOR   W   7     6   5   5   2   5  1     104   48 
 2007-06-23    FLA   W   7     4   1   1   0   5  0      90   70 
 2007-06-18    NYM   L   6    10   4   4   2   1  1      99   35 
 2007-06-13    ATL   W   9     8   0   0   0   2  0     108   73 
 2007-06-08    WSN   L   3     9   7   7   2   1  0      62   12 
 2007-06-02    OAK   L   8     5   1   1   1   2  0     101   69 
 2007-05-27    TOR   W   7.1   6   2   2   1   3  1      97   60 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYY      1-1  16    25  15  13   2   9  3    7.31   36 
 2006-09-01    NYY   L   4     9   6   4   1   4  1      82   27 
 2005-06-05    NYY   W   7     7   2   2   0   1  1      82   56 
 2004-08-19    NYY  ND   5     9   7   7   1   4  1      75   24 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-20   Road:   20-19   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  30-28   vsLHP:  12-11   1-Run:  12-10
 vsEast: 12-12   vsCntrl:12-15   vsWest:  7-5  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 81 Mon, Jul  2  @NYY  L   1-5       42-39  3rd  7.5 gb
 80 Sun, Jul  1  @DET  L   0-1       42-38  3rd  6.5 gb
 79 Sat, Jun 30  @DET  W   8-5       42-37  3rd  5.5 gb
 78 Fri, Jun 29  @DET  W  11-1       41-37  3rd  5.5 gb
 77 Thu, Jun 28   TOR  W   8-5       40-37  3rd  6.0 gb
 76 Wed, Jun 27   TOR  L   4-5       39-37  3rd  6.0 gb
 75 Tue, Jun 26   TOR  W   2-1 (12)  39-36  3rd  5.5 gb
 74 Mon, Jun 25   TOR  L   5-8       38-36  3rd  6.5 gb
 73 Sun, Jun 24  @FLA  W   7-4       38-35  3rd  6.5 gb
 72 Sat, Jun 23  @FLA  W  11-1       37-35  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
New York Yankees, 38-41, 3rd, 11 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Chien-Ming Wang (27, RHP, 7-4, 3.86)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (7-4)             91    89  39  39  21  42  6    3.86      
 2006 (19-6)           218   233  92  88  52  76 12    3.63      
 2005 (8-5)            116.1 113  58  52  32  47  9    4.02      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-1  51    46  16  16  13  28  2    2.82   58 
 2007-06-23    SFG  ND   6.1   6   4   4   2   0  1      86   43 
 2007-06-17    NYM   W   8.2   6   2   2   1  10  0     113   73 
 2007-06-12    ARI   W   7     6   1   1   0   2  1      95   63 
 2007-06-06    CHW   W   9     5   1   1   1   4  0     104   76 
 2007-06-01    BOS   W   5.2  10   3   3   2   1  0     110   36 
 2007-05-26    LAA   L   8     6   3   3   4   6  0     109   60 
 2007-05-21    BOS   W   6.1   7   2   2   3   5  0     114   53 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      1-0  14    12   5   4   1   9  1    2.57   60 
 2006-04-16    MIN   W   7     7   2   1   0   8  0      97   65 
 2005-06-04    MIN  ND   7     5   3   3   1   1  1      93   55 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-16   Road:   16-25   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  29-28   vsLHP:   9-13   1-Run:   5-13
 vsEast:  8-17   vsCntrl:10-4    vsWest: 10-12 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Mon, Jul  2   MIN  W   5-1       38-41  3rd 11.0 gb
 78 Sun, Jul  1   OAK  L   5-11      37-41  3rd 11.0 gb
 77 Sat, Jun 30   OAK  L   0-7       37-40  3rd 11.0 gb
 76 Fri, Jun 29   OAK  W   2-1       37-39  3rd 11.0 gb
 75 Wed, Jun 27  @BAL  L   0-4       36-39  3rd 11.0 gb
 74 Tue, Jun 26  @BAL  L   2-3       36-38  3rd 11.0 gb
 73 Sun, Jun 24  @SFG  L   2-7       36-37  3rd 11.5 gb
 72 Sat, Jun 23  @SFG  L   5-6 (13)  36-36  2nd 10.5 gb
 71 Fri, Jun 22  @SFG  W   7-3       36-35  2nd 10.5 gb
 70 Thu, Jun 21  @COL  L   3-4       35-35  2nd 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jul 02, 2007 NYY  5  MIN  1    W:Roger Clemens (2-3), L: Boof Bonser (5-5), S: none
Wed, Apr 11, 2007 MIN  5  NYY  1    W:Ramon Ortiz (2-0), L: Kyle Farnsworth (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 10, 2007 NYY 10 @MIN  1    W:Andy Pettitte (1-0), L: Boof Bonser (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 09, 2007 NYY  8 @MIN  2    W:Carl Pavano (1-0), L: Sidney Ponson (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 03, 2006 NYY 10  MIN  1    W:Darrell Rasner (1-0), L: Matt Garza (1-4), S: none
Sat, Sep 02, 2006 MIN  6 @NYY  1 (8)   W:Scott Baker (4-7), L: Jeff Karstens (1-1), S: Jesse Crain (1)
Fri, Sep 01, 2006 NYY  8  MIN  1    W:Cory Lidle (11-9), L: Carlos Silva (8-13), S: none
Sun, Apr 16, 2006 NYY  9 @MIN  3    W:Chien-Ming Wang (1-0), L: Brad Radke (2-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 15, 2006 MIN  6  NYY  5    W:Juan Rincon (1-0), L: Mariano Rivera (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 14, 2006 MIN  5  NYY  1    W:Scott Baker (1-1), L: Mike Mussina (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - NYY leads 3-1; 2006 - Tied 3-3; 2005 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - NYY leads 1086-759

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  5.90

COL  4.60

WSN  3.72

RA/G

SDP  3.39

CLE  4.65

TBD  5.95

BA

M. Ordonez  .369

J. Hardy  .283

D. Navarro  .182

OBP

B. Bonds  .516

R. Garko  .358

D. Navarro  .243

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .678

T. Wigginton  .453

A. Kennedy  .256

OPS

B. Bonds  1.119

M. DeRosa  .815

D. Navarro  .506

ERA

B. Penny  2.00

C. Silva  4.15

K. Wells  6.30

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.70

B. Arroyo  6.09

A. Cook  2.84

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Wang
G/S/vB
33.Bruney
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
36.Myers*
G/S/vB
43.Proctor
G/S/vB
42.Rivera
G/S/vB
47.Villone*
G/S/vB
52.Vizcaino
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 268/202 .257/.340/.325/.665 .741/.638 .639 92/.730 16/0 2/14
1.Castillo# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 10/.100 5/1.000 2/2.000 4/.500 10/.929 5/.400 301/225 .296/.342/.329/.671 .515/.731 .671 105/.520 7/3 0/2
27.Cirillo G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 13/1.698 8/2.350 ··· 7/.762 8/1.000 2/.000 133/92 .265/.331/.359/.690 .804/.640 .730 51/.796 2/0 1/2
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 5/.400 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.167 4/.000 337/239 .287/.371/.451/.822 .790/.835 .776 111/.787 3/0 9/2
20.Ford G/S/vP 6/.900 2/1.000 5/1.850 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 2/.000 91/62 .250/.308/.381/.689 .791/.639 .679 44/.889 2/0 2/0
21.Garza G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
48.Hunter G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 9/.833 1/.000 7/.762 7/.453 4/.833 7/1.000 323/238 .299/.341/.545/.886 1.108/.803 .794 102/.829 11/5 17/0
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 239/197 .240/.290/.380/.670 .743/.655 .676 63/.660 2/0 5/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/1.167 4/.250 3/.667 1/2.000 2/.500 7/.000 224/147 .302/.392/.464/.856 .720/.925 1.059 101/.771 5/0 4/0
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 5/1.600 9/.444 4/.250 5/.400 3/2.667 ··· 332/222 .277/.352/.545/.897 .724/.987 .845 85/.816 0/0 20/1
8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/.500 295/199 .207/.307/.266/.573 .543/.595 .651 78/.473 13/3 1/4
55.Redmond G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 3/.667 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 8/.762 2/.000 194/141 .289/.335/.356/.691 .835/.637 .667 43/.523 0/0 1/0
38.Rodriguez# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 94/74 .169/.258/.229/.487 .311/.536 .460 19/.158 1/0 1/2
12.Tyner* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 7/.286 ··· ··· 145/123 .286/.333/.338/.671 .417/.718 .653 38/.821 5/1 0/1
IP 91.0 34.0 31.1 30.1 43.0 31.0 17.1 39.0 TOTAL .265/.332/.391/.723 .709/.727 .721 71/12 63/37
ERA-K/9 3.86/4.2 2.12/7.1 4.88/6.0 2.67/3.9 3.98/5.7 3.77/8.7 3.63/3.6 5.54/5.8 4.42/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (11-11-0)
 Redmond (13-8-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 341/.253 148/.220 146/.281 128/.243 191/.244 126/.254 72/.222 177/.234 .263  Cuddyer
 Hunter
 Kubel
 Ford
 Tyner
0/0/72/14
0/78/0/3
48/0/0/2
23/5/2/1
13/6/8/0
OPS .667 .642 .761 .701 .713 .650 .592 .766 .749
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 163/.747 55/.811 74/.897 62/.872 86/.832 59/.586 29/.789 74/.796 .791
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 178/.593 93/.548 72/.632 66/.547 105/.616 67/.709 43/.446 103/.744 .719
Home 201/.683 61/.458 61/.671 75/.555 81/.715 59/.714 32/.259 82/.934 .734
Last 28d days 116/.555 38/.782 44/.830 22/.732 67/.738 45/.551 25/.163 42/.539
HR/SB/CS 5/5/1 1/4/5 3/7/1 3/3/2 4/3/3 3/1/1 1/0/0 3/4/1 77/74/20
Usage ········ ·X···o·· ···o··X· ·oo····· ·oo···X· ···X·o·· ·XX····· ·Xo·····
New York Yankees Batters (5.25 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Silva
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
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 6/1.334 1/2.000 7/.429 1/.000 6/1.500 15/.650 ··· 351/245 .255/.345/.364/.709 .609/.753 .769 105/.824 12/3 5/4
28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 6/.000 3/.666 ··· 265/177 .263/.327/.371/.698 .618/.724 .612 97/.773 5/1 3/1
41.Cairo G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 10/.222 1/2.000 4/.250 93/57 .253/.308/.301/.609 .559/.641 .668 74/.662 5/1 0/1
24.Cano* G/S/vP 5/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 2/1.000 6/1.100 2/.000 5/1.200 322/204 .268/.307/.397/.704 .703/.706 .640 100/.644 2/4 3/6
18.Damon* G/S/vP 10/.400 3/1.667 1/.000 2/.000 34/.749 6/.334 7/.429 281/195 .248/.338/.358/.696 .700/.694 .845 80/.678 13/0 5/1
2.Jeter G/S/vP 6/1.200 2/1.000 4/.833 1/.000 32/.962 3/2.333 5/1.750 361/268 .338/.411/.470/.881 .980/.848 .916 106/.954 7/7 5/12
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.500 3/2.500 ··· 9/1.181 ··· 4/1.500 284/180 .265/.342/.430/.772 .694/.815 .754 104/.665 1/1 8/1
26.Nieves G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/39 .125/.160/.125/.285 .334/.269 .459 17/.423 0/0 0/1
12.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 23/13 .238/.304/.286/.590 .311/.802 .742 23/.590 0/0 1/0
20.Posada# G/S/vP 8/1.214 4/1.167 4/.250 2/.000 28/.855 4/.000 7/1.071 302/202 .331/.401/.519/.920 .900/.929 .871 98/.766 1/0 9/2
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 9/1.445 3/3.334 4/1.750 2/5.000 66/1.255 3/.333 13/.975 353/252 .325/.425/.678/1.103 .920/1.174 1.080 107/1.284 9/2 28/5
14.Thompson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 12/5 .273/.333/.455/.788 .929/.600 .000 4/.833 0/0 0/0
IP 99.2 49.1 35.1 39.1 73.1 18.0 28.2 TOTAL .278/.354/.431/.785 .731/.811 .810 55/19 79/42
ERA-K/9 4.15/3.9 1.82/6.4 2.29/10.2 1.37/10.8 5.40/3.8 4.50/6.5 4.40/7.5 4.13/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Nieves (16-5-0)
 Posada (58-15-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 421/.286 190/.185 145/.261 146/.124 322/.298 84/.333 132/.278 .266  Cabrera
 Matsui
 Abreu
 Damon
 Thompson
 Cairo
17/52/4/5
62/0/0/4
0/0/78/2
0/40/0/1
3/1/2/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .734 .513 .639 .426 .799 .850 .829 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 206/.823 77/.501 65/.768 57/.353 150/.813 47/.649 64/.949 .759
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 215/.650 113/.522 80/.539 89/.473 172/.787 37/1.095 68/.716 .737
Road 207/.768 81/.478 60/.678 69/.585 161/.923 38/1.040 56/.895 .773
Last 28d days 134/.725 62/.641 39/.573 41/.416 58/.707 23/.573 42/1.048
HR/SB/CS 7/4/2 2/2/2 1/2/0 4/0/0 10/7/2 1/0/2 5/1/0 95/32/19
Usage ····X··· ···X·X·X ··o·o·X· ··X··oo· ···X···o ··o··ooo ····o·oX

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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