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Game Preview: MIN @ LAA, 10:05pm, Friday, August 22, 2008 @Angel Stadium

Minnesota Twins, 73-54, 2nd, ½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Glen Perkins (25, LHP, 10-3, 4.17)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-3)           116.2 137  56  54  29  57 16    4.17      
 2007 (0-0)             28.2  23  10  10  12  20  2    3.14      
 2006 (0-0)              5.2   3   1   1   0   6  0    1.59      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-1  45    48  20  20  12  16  5    4.00   49 
 2008-08-17    SEA   W   6     8   4   4   0   1  3     100   41 
 2008-08-11    NYY   W   8     4   0   0   3   4  0     107   75 
 2008-08-04   @SEA  ND   6.1  12   5   5   1   2  1      87   30 
 2008-07-29    CHW   W   6     7   4   4   2   4  1      98   44 
 2008-07-23   @NYY   L   6     8   5   5   1   2  0      85   37 
 2008-07-18    TEX   W   6     3   0   0   3   1  0      98   64 
 2008-07-11   @DET   W   6.2   6   2   2   2   2  0      85   54 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ANA    Has never faced ANA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   46-23   Road:   27-31   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  50-39   vsLHP:  23-15   1-Run:  23-20
 vsEast:  9-16   vsCntrl:36-21   vsWest: 14-13 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Thu, Aug 21  @LAA  W   2-1 (12)  73-54  2nd  0.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 20   OAK  W   3-1       72-54  2nd  1.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 19   OAK  W  13-2       71-54  2nd  1.0 gb
124 Mon, Aug 18   OAK  L   2-3       70-54  2nd  1.0 gb
123 Sun, Aug 17   SEA  W  11-8       70-53  1st    Tied
122 Sat, Aug 16   SEA  W   7-6       69-53  1st    Tied
121 Fri, Aug 15   SEA  W   9-3       68-53  1st    Tied
120 Wed, Aug 13   NYY  W   4-2       67-53  2nd  0.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 12   NYY  L   6-9 (12)  66-53  2nd  0.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 11   NYY  W   4-0       66-52  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:18-12
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 77-49, 1st, 15 up

SP: Joe Saunders (27, LHP, 14-5, 3.14)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (14-5)           157.2 142  62  55  46  78 17    3.14      
 2007 (8-5)            107.1 129  56  53  34  69 11    4.44      
 2006 (7-3)             70.2  71  42  37  29  51  6    4.71      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-1  45.1  43  18  17  15  20  4    3.38   52 
 2008-08-17   @CLE  ND   5     8   3   3   2   2  0     101   39 
 2008-08-10    NYY  ND   7     6   3   3   3   6  0     112   56 
 2008-08-04    BAL  ND   6     6   1   1   2   2  0      98   56 
 2008-07-30   @BOS   W   6     5   2   2   3   2  1     103   53 
 2008-07-25   @BAL   W   6.2   6   4   3   2   2  1     103   48 
 2008-07-19    BOS  ND   6.2   6   2   2   3   1  1     111   52 
 2008-07-08   @TEX   L   8     6   3   3   0   5  1     109   63 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      2-0  15    10   2   2   2   9  0    1.20   69 
 2008-04-02   @MIN   W   8     4   0   0   1   4  0      78   77 
 2007-07-22   @MIN   W   7     6   2   2   1   5  0     103   61 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-24   Road:   40-25   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  54-39   vsLHP:  23-10   1-Run:  25-16
 vsEast: 28-15   vsCntrl:19-13   vsWest: 20-13 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Thu, Aug 21   MIN  L   1-2 (12)  77-49  1st 15.0 up
125 Wed, Aug 20  @TBR  W   5-4       77-48  1st 15.5 up
124 Tue, Aug 19  @TBR  L   2-4       76-48  1st 15.5 up
123 Mon, Aug 18  @TBR  L   4-6       76-47  1st 15.5 up
122 Sun, Aug 17  @CLE  L   3-4       76-46  1st 15.5 up
121 Sat, Aug 16  @CLE  W   4-3       76-45  1st 15.5 up
120 Fri, Aug 15  @CLE  L   2-3       75-45  1st 15.5 up
119 Wed, Aug 13   SEA  L   7-10(12)  75-44  1st 15.0 up
118 Tue, Aug 12   SEA  W   7-3       75-43  1st 15.0 up
117 Sun, Aug 10   NYY  W   4-3       74-43  1st 14.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 21, 2008 MIN  2 @LAA  1 (12)   W:Jesse Crain (5-2), L: Justin Speier (1-7), S: Joe Nathan (35)
Thu, Apr 03, 2008 LAA  5 @MIN  4        W:Ervin Santana (1-0), L: Kevin Slowey (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (2)
Wed, Apr 02, 2008 LAA  1 @MIN  0        W:Joe Saunders (1-0), L: Nick Blackburn (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (1)
Tue, Apr 01, 2008 LAA  9 @MIN  1        W:Jon Garland (1-0), L: Boof Bonser (0-1), S: none
Mon, Mar 31, 2008 MIN  3  LAA  2        W:Livan Hernandez (1-0), L: Jered Weaver (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (1)

Sun, Aug 12, 2007 LAA  6  MIN  2        W:Jered Weaver (8-5), L: Boof Bonser (5-9), S: none
Sat, Aug 11, 2007 LAA  4  MIN  3        W:John Lackey (15-6), L: Pat Neshek (6-2), S: Francisco Rodriguez (29)
Fri, Aug 10, 2007 LAA 10  MIN  1        W:Kelvim Escobar (12-6), L: Scott Baker (6-5), S: none
Sun, Jul 22, 2007 LAA  7 @MIN  2        W:Joe Saunders (4-0), L: Matt Garza (1-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 21, 2007 MIN  5  LAA  2        W:Pat Neshek (5-1), L: Scot Shields (2-3), S: Joe Nathan (20)
Season Series: 2008 - LAA leads 3-2; 2007 - LAA won 6-3; 2006 - LAA won 4-2; All-Time - LAA leads 331-310

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 2008 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

TEX  5.58

ARI  4.65

WSN  3.67

RA/G

TOR  3.91

MIN  4.57

TEX  6.07

BA

C. Jones  .360

M. Cabrera  .291

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .462

R. Winn  .365

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .613

J. Lowrie  .482

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.069

D. Pedroia  .834

T. Pena  .393

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

O. Perez  3.93

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.18

D. Lowe  6.48

L. Hernandez  3.46

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Minnesota Twins Batters (5.06 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Saunders*
G/S/vB
66.Arredondo
G/S/vB
68.Loux
G/S/vB
38.Oliver*
G/S/vB
57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
62.Shields
G/S/vB
33.Speier
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 173/143 .312/.341/.433/.774 .237/.892 .859 65/.762 0/2 4/
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 279/198 .309/.347/.418/.765 .672/.805 .724 24/.426 4/2 4/
12.Everett G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/1.200 ··· ··· 2/.000 130/100 .211/.274/.330/.604 .651/.592 .634 47/.692 0/0 2/
22.Gomez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 493/363 .252/.287/.344/.631 .697/.607 .591 69/.642 26/10 6/
23.Harris G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 2/2.000 ··· 2/.500 427/296 .263/.321/.389/.710 .721/.705 .715 76/.827 1/1 6/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 406/323 .273/.333/.473/.805 .618/.852 .751 85/.903 0/1 17/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/.971 5/.200 257/226 .237/.280/.328/.608 .263/.657 .741 23/1.014 0/1 1/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.833 7/2.047 4/.500 480/341 .323/.418/.455/.873 1.024/.805 .731 98/.880 1/1 8/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· 3/.000 8/.250 6/.000 4/.500 553/371 .307/.391/.506/.897 .831/.931 .931 116/.891 0/1 19/
8.Punto# G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 5/.000 3/.666 3/1.333 243/156 .281/.339/.415/.754 .752/.740 .677 119/.711 8/4 2/
55.Redmond G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 111/53 .286/.315/.333/.649 .691/.602 .530 33/.616 0/0 0/
56.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 35/18 .344/.400/.406/.806 .728/.882 .667 35/.806 0/0 0/
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 233/169 .318/.403/.460/.862 1.003/.812 .897 124/.858 11/4 2/
21.Young G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 488/355 .285/.329/.395/.724 .672/.743 .699 101/.691 13/4 7/
IP 157.2 42.2 5.0 55.0 53.1 49.1 53.0 TOTAL .280/.339/.412/.751 .722/.764 .723 .782 74/35 90/86
ERA-K/9 3.14/4.5 1.27/7.2 1.80/1.8 2.95/5.2 2.70/9.8 2.74/9.3 5.26/7.0 3.87/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (45-22-4)
 Redmond (17-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 639/.244 171/.195 20/.235 226/.270 224/.201 208/.243 239/.263 .259  Young
 Gomez
 Span
 Kubel
 Punto
118/0/0/8
0/117/0/7
0/12/51/2
14/0/28/2
0/3/0/0
OPS .677 .541 .551 .715 .630 .670 .834 .726
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 154/.623 81/.449 11/.875 92/.805 113/.708 107/.586 109/.999 .737
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 485/.694 90/.626 9/.222 134/.655 111/.553 101/.758 130/.692 .716
Home 321/.711 83/.585 7/.143 119/.590 102/.660 106/.703 110/.849 .728
Last 28d days 132/.720 64/.613 20/.551 47/.633 36/.933 51/.729 54/.825
HR/SB/CS 17/12/6 2/2/2 0/0/0 3/4/2 4/6/0 4/6/1 11/7/1 125/87/27
Usage ····X··· ·X··X·X· ···X··X· ooX··X·· oo···X·· X·X··X·· X···X·X·
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB
26.Bonser
G/S/vB
49.Breslow*
G/S/vB
28.Crain
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 12/.916 ··· 3/.000 3/.333 5/.400 12/.697 474/373 .285/.319/.428/.747 .667/.768 .797 100/.906 6/3 13/
2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 316/223 .277/.318/.388/.706 .713/.702 .624 77/.667 6/2 3/
9.Figgins# G/S/vP ··· 13/1.000 ··· 6/1.167 5/1.100 6/.167 5/.400 409/306 .277/.371/.316/.687 .700/.683 .678 120/.692 25/9 0/
27.Guerrero G/S/vP ··· 12/1.401 ··· 7/.453 6/.000 18/.833 12/1.306 495/370 .288/.354/.497/.850 .784/.873 .829 106/.940 4/3 23/
48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 7/.929 491/367 .276/.340/.478/.818 .772/.833 .890 102/.918 11/5 19/
47.Kendrick G/S/vP ··· 6/.833 ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 322/235 .310/.339/.439/.777 .760/.784 .789 103/.565 11/3 3/
5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 285/206 .207/.296/.353/.649 .831/.583 .648 75/.520 2/1 9/
24.Matthews# G/S/vP ··· 12/.666 ··· 5/.400 5/.400 5/1.350 7/.143 382/280 .224/.306/.330/.637 .700/.613 .618 25/.335 7/2 7/
19.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/7 .143/.143/.143/.286 /.286 .000 6/.333 0/0 0/
44.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 6/1.666 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 187/149 .217/.321/.490/.811 .649/.850 .793 18/1.111 4/1 13/
39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/3.000 118/65 .266/.314/.321/.635 .666/.609 .684 12/.833 2/1 1/
21.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 2/1.500 3/.333 3/.000 200/131 .240/.285/.426/.711 .671/.733 .752 88/.738 1/0 9/
18.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 80/60 .174/.278/.232/.510 .476/.521 .720 7/.333 1/0 1/
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP ··· 6/1.667 ··· 7/.453 4/.833 10/1.600 4/1.250 541/356 .295/.401/.523/.924 .888/.942 1.001 108/1.074 2/0 25/
IP 116.2 98.2 33.2 52.0 64.0 55.0 35.0 TOTAL .263/.326/.403/.729 .731/.729 .743 .777 96/33 122/73
ERA-K/9 4.17/4.4 6.29/7.1 2.41/7.2 3.46/6.8 4.78/7.0 0.98/10.0 2.31/6.7 4.20/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mathis (48-19-3)
 Napoli (39-8-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 505/.294 451/.287 138/.218 222/.259 284/.273 209/.185 143/.238 .274  Anderson
 Guerrero
 Hunter
 Matthews
 Rivera
 Quinlan
67/0/0/6
0/0/83/6
0/109/0/4
32/19/32/4
26/1/14/3
1/0/3/0
OPS .800 .770 .555 .722 .781 .516 .634 .748
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 108/.887 210/.838 61/.522 81/.708 106/.719 108/.576 82/.536 .753
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 397/.776 241/.712 77/.580 141/.729 178/.817 101/.455 61/.768 .743
Road 187/.816 150/.877 64/.619 104/.770 138/.866 78/.594 65/.749 .807
Last 28d days 112/.821 59/.643 41/.556 49/.612 58/1.135 50/.518 34/.483
HR/SB/CS 16/3/4 12/11/0 1/2/3 4/5/1 9/8/1 4/5/0 2/4/2 134/62/26
Usage ····X··· ·X··X·o· ···o·X·· oo·o·o·· X···X··· oX··X··· ·o··oo··

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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