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Minnesota Twins, 43-40, 3rd, 7½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Kevin Slowey (23, RHP, 3-0, 5.13)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (3-0)             33.1  45  22  19   7  17 11    5.13      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-0  33.1  45  22  19   7  17 11    5.13   43 
 2007-06-30    DET   W   6     9   4   4   1   2  2      91   39 
 2007-06-25    TOR  ND   5     6   5   4   0   5  2      91   42 
 2007-06-17    MIL  ND   5.1   8   4   4   4   4  3      97   36 
 2007-06-12    ATL   W   6     7   3   2   0   1  2      79   49 
 2007-06-06    LAA   W   5    10   5   4   0   2  1      87   31 
 2007-06-01    OAK  ND   6     5   1   1   2   3  1      99   59 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYY    Has never faced NYY.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-20   Road:   21-20   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  31-29   vsLHP:  12-11   1-Run:  12-10
 vsEast: 13-13   vsCntrl:12-15   vsWest:  7-5  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Wed, Jul  4  @NYY  W   6-2       43-40  3rd  7.5 gb
 82 Tue, Jul  3  @NYY  L   0-8       42-40  3rd  8.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
New York Yankees, 39-42, 3rd, 12 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Kei Igawa (27, LHP, 2-2, 6.91)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (2-2)             41.2  45  33  32  20  30 11    6.91      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  35.2  43  33  32  16  24 11    8.07   37 
 2007-06-30    OAK   L   6.1   5   4   4   3   4  3      88   48 
 2007-06-22    SFG  ND   4.2   5   2   2   3   5  0      79   48 
 2007-05-04    SEA  ND   4     9   8   8   1   2  3      78   13 
 2007-04-23    TBD   L   4.1   8   7   7   3   3  2      97   19 
 2007-04-18    CLE   W   6     5   2   2   1   5  0      92   58 
 2007-04-13    OAK  ND   5.1   3   3   2   2   3  1      95   53 
 2007-04-07    BAL  ND   5     8   7   7   3   2  2      97   22 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN    Has never faced MIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   23-17   Road:   16-25   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  30-28   vsLHP:   9-14   1-Run:   5-13
 vsEast:  8-17   vsCntrl:11-5    vsWest: 10-12 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 81 Wed, Jul  4   MIN  L   2-6       39-42  3rd 12.0 gb
 80 Tue, Jul  3   MIN  W   8-0       39-41  2nd 11.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 04, 2007 MIN  6 @NYY  2    W:Johan Santana (10-6), L: Mike Mussina (4-6), S: none
Tue, Jul 03, 2007 NYY  8  MIN  0    W:Chien-Ming Wang (8-4), L: Carlos Silva (6-9), S: none
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
Season Series: 2007 - NYY leads 4-2; 2006 - Tied 3-3; 2005 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - NYY leads 1087-760

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  5.88

NYM  4.58

WSN  3.69

RA/G

SDP  3.35

CLE  4.63

TBD  5.99

BA

I. Suzuki  .368

T. Tulowitzki  .285

D. Navarro  .179

OBP

B. Bonds  .517

S. Casey  .359

D. Navarro  .240

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .660

A. Gonzalez  .455

A. Kennedy  .256

OPS

B. Bonds  1.131

A. Gonzalez  .814

D. Navarro  .499

ERA

C. Young  2.00

D. Wells  4.16

K. Wells  6.06

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.70

B. Arroyo  6.09

A. Cook  2.72

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Igawa*
G/S/vB
33.Bruney
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
36.Myers*
G/S/vB
43.Proctor
G/S/vB
31.Ramirez
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 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.167 276/210 .254/.337/.320/.657 .741/.628 .624 93/.701 17/1 2/15
1.Castillo# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 10/.100 5/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 5/.400 10/.929 5/.400 304/228 .296/.342/.329/.671 .515/.730 .671 99/.498 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 46/.810 2/0 1/2
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 5/.400 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 4/.000 345/247 .280/.365/.440/.805 .790/.811 .745 110/.694 3/0 9/2
20.Ford G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 5/1.850 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 2/.000 92/63 .247/.304/.376/.680 .791/.630 .663 45/.868 2/0 2/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 9/.833 1/.000 7/.762 ··· 7/.453 4/.833 7/1.000 330/245 .299/.339/.545/.884 1.108/.805 .798 102/.824 11/5 17/1
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 246/204 .242/.294/.392/.686 .743/.674 .710 63/.768 2/0 6/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 4/.250 4/.500 ··· 2/2.000 2/.500 7/.000 232/155 .298/.391/.455/.846 .720/.907 1.026 109/.757 5/0 4/0
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.600 9/.444 4/.250 1/.000 5/.400 3/2.667 ··· 340/230 .283/.356/.550/.906 .724/.997 .866 84/.929 0/0 20/1
8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 2/.500 302/206 .202/.303/.260/.563 .543/.580 .626 81/.402 13/3 1/4
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 3/.667 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 8/.762 2/.000 198/145 .283/.328/.348/.676 .835/.619 .634 43/.476 0/0 1/0
38.Rodriguez# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 99/79 .182/.265/.273/.538 .311/.596 .545 21/.453 1/0 2/2
12.Tyner* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.286 ··· ··· 148/126 .279/.327/.331/.658 .417/.701 .626 37/.787 5/1 0/1
IP 41.2 35.0 32.1 30.1 44.0 1.0 31.0 17.1 40.0 TOTAL .264/.331/.390/.721 .709/.725 .718 72/13 65/39
ERA-K/9 6.91/6.5 2.57/6.9 4.73/6.1 2.67/3.9 3.89/5.9 0.00/27.0 3.77/8.7 3.63/3.6 5.40/5.8 4.37/5.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (11-12-0)
 Redmond (13-8-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 191/.268 153/.230 149/.282 128/.243 195/.244 3/.000 126/.254 72/.222 181/.229 .262  Cuddyer
 Hunter
 Kubel
 Ford
 Tyner
0/0/74/14
0/80/0/3
50/0/0/2
23/6/2/1
13/6/8/0
OPS .886 .690 .759 .701 .708 .000 .650 .592 .756 .747
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 60/.792 58/.900 76/.900 62/.872 89/.825 1/.000 59/.586 29/.789 76/.792 .792
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 131/.928 95/.572 73/.624 66/.547 106/.609 2/.000 67/.709 43/.446 105/.728 .714
Home 122/.898 66/.582 64/.671 75/.555 85/.704 3/.000 59/.714 32/.259 86/.905 .729
Last 28d days 48/.833 39/.922 41/.807 22/.732 64/.742 3/.000 43/.570 25/.163 46/.515
HR/SB/CS 11/1/0 2/4/5 3/7/1 3/3/2 4/3/3 0/0/0 3/1/1 1/0/0 3/4/1 79/75/21
Usage ····X··· X··X···o o····o·· ···oo··· ·o·oo··· ·o······ ··o··X·o ···XX··· X··Xo···
New York Yankees Batters (5.24 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 59.Slowey
G/S/vB
21.Garza
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 ··· 4/2.000 1/2.000 7/.429 1/.000 7/1.571 15/.650 ··· 355/249 .262/.352/.370/.722 .609/.772 .795 100/.818 12/4 5/4
28.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 7/.000 3/.666 2/2.000 274/183 .266/.327/.369/.696 .620/.722 .616 98/.741 5/1 3/1
41.Cairo G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 11/.200 1/2.000 4/.250 97/58 .244/.298/.291/.589 .527/.630 .627 70/.590 5/1 0/1
24.Cano* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 2/1.000 2/.000 2/1.000 7/.929 2/.000 6/1.267 329/208 .266/.307/.403/.710 .684/.724 .652 99/.665 2/4 4/6
18.Damon* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 2/.000 35/.727 6/.334 9/.472 287/201 .246/.334/.353/.687 .700/.682 .821 76/.563 13/0 5/1
2.Jeter G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 3/1.334 4/.833 1/.000 33/1.034 3/2.333 6/1.800 370/274 .340/.411/.475/.886 .982/.855 .926 106/.986 7/7 5/13
55.Matsui* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 3/2.500 ··· 10/1.267 ··· 4/1.500 292/185 .270/.346/.445/.791 .738/.821 .796 103/.753 1/1 9/1
26.Nieves G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/39 .120/.154/.120/.274 .286/.269 .426 19/.378 0/0 0/1
12.Phillips G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 31/18 .241/.290/.276/.566 .398/.686 .651 31/.566 0/0 1/0
20.Posada# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.417 5/1.267 4/.250 2/.000 29/.823 4/.000 7/1.071 307/206 .328/.397/.513/.910 .890/.920 .854 94/.731 1/0 9/2
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 4/2.500 4/1.750 2/5.000 66/1.255 3/.333 14/.901 361/257 .317/.416/.660/1.076 .891/1.148 1.024 106/1.144 9/2 28/5
14.Thompson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 15/5 .231/.333/.385/.718 .775/.600 .250 7/.629 0/0 0/0
IP 33.1 2.0 49.1 36.1 40.1 75.1 18.0 29.1 TOTAL .277/.353/.431/.784 .727/.810 .805 55/20 81/43
ERA-K/9 5.13/4.6 0.00/4.5 1.82/6.4 2.23/10.2 1.34/10.9 5.26/3.8 4.50/6.5 4.30/7.4 4.12/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Nieves (17-5-0)
 Posada (58-16-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 153/.310 8/.250 190/.185 148/.255 149/.121 331/.299 84/.333 137/.286 .266  Cabrera
 Matsui
 Abreu
 Damon
 Thompson
 Cairo
17/54/4/5
64/0/0/4
0/0/79/2
0/40/0/1
4/1/3/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .933 .500 .513 .625 .417 .798 .850 .839 .745
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 77/.885 5/.400 77/.501 66/.755 59/.340 156/.807 47/.649 67/.959 .763
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 76/.978 3/.666 113/.522 82/.525 90/.468 175/.791 37/1.095 70/.723 .731
Road 78/.893 8/.500 81/.478 63/.645 72/.559 170/.914 38/1.040 61/.912 .769
Last 28d days 102/.978 8/.500 52/.731 39/.573 41/.416 67/.716 23/.573 45/1.059
HR/SB/CS 11/0/0 0/0/0 2/2/2 1/2/0 4/0/0 10/7/2 1/0/2 5/1/1 97/32/20
Usage ····X··· ··X····· ··o··X·X o···o·o· o···X··o ·X···X·· ····o··o ·Xo···o·

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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