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Game Preview: MIN @ CHW, 2:05pm, Thursday, May 8, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

Minnesota Twins, 17-15, 1st, 1½ up

SP: Kevin Slowey (24, RHP, 0-1, 8.10)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)              3.1   4   3   3   0   2  1    8.10      
 2007 (4-1)             66.2  82  39  35  11  47 16    4.73      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  36.2  41  20  19   3  28  6    4.66   49 
 2008-04-03    LAA   L   3.1   4   3   3   0   2  1      55   42 
 2007-09-28   @BOS   L   5.2   7   4   4   0   3  0     104   42 
 2007-09-23    CHW   W   7     4   1   1   0   9  0      99   74 
 2007-09-17    TEX  ND   6     4   1   1   0   7  0     105   67 
 2007-09-04    CLE  ND   5     5   2   1   0   3  1      89   54 
 2007-07-05   @NYY  ND   3.2   8   5   5   2   2  2      91   25 
 2007-06-30   @DET   W   6     9   4   4   1   2  2      91   39 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      1-0   7     4   1   1   0   9  0    1.29   74 
 2007-09-23    CHW   W   7     4   1   1   0   9  0      99   74 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-6    Road:    6-9    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  13-11   vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   7-4 
 vsEast:  1-1    vsCntrl:13-7    vsWest:  3-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 32 Wed, May  7  @CHW  W  13-1       17-15  1st  1.5 up
 31 Tue, May  6  @CHW  L   1-7       16-15  1st  1.0 up
 30 Sun, May  4   DET  W   7-6       16-14  1st  1.5 up
 29 Sat, May  3   DET  W   4-1       15-14  1st  0.5 up
 28 Fri, May  2   DET  W  11-1       14-14  2nd  0.5 gb
 27 Wed, Apr 30   CHW  W   4-3       13-14  2nd  1.5 gb
 26 Tue, Apr 29   CHW  W   3-1       12-14  2nd  2.5 gb
 25 Sun, Apr 27  @TEX  L   0-10      11-14  3rd  3.5 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 26  @TEX  W  12-6       11-13  3rd  2.5 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 25  @TEX  L   5-6 (10)  10-13  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Chicago White Sox, 15-17, 3rd, 2 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: John Danks (23, LHP, 2-3, 3.12)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-3)             34.2  28  12  12   8  25  2    3.12      
 2007 (6-13)           139   160  92  85  54 109 28    5.50      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  37.1  31  15  15  12  28  3    3.62   54 
 2008-05-03   @TOR   L   4.2   7   2   2   1   5  1     107   46 
 2008-04-26    BAL   L   6.1   4   2   2   0   4  1      92   61 
 2008-04-20   @TBR   W   7     3   0   0   0   8  0      96   79 
 2008-04-15    OAK   W   7.2   5   0   0   2   4  0      97   71 
 2008-04-09    MIN   L   2.1   7   7   7   3   2  0      69   14 
 2008-04-03   @CLE  ND   6.2   2   1   1   2   2  0      87   66 
 2007-09-11    CLE  ND   2.2   3   3   3   4   3  1      76   39 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      1-3  18.1  23  17  17  12  12  3    8.35   37 
 2008-04-09    MIN   L   2.1   7   7   7   3   2  0      69   14 
 2007-05-29   @MIN   L   3.1   9   6   6   4   0  2      83   14 
 2007-05-09   @MIN   W   6.2   3   1   1   3   4  0      86   65 
 2007-04-08    MIN   L   6     4   3   3   2   6  1      97   56 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-7    Road:    7-10   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  10-13   vsLHP:   5-4    1-Run:   3-5 
 vsEast:  6-9    vsCntrl: 8-7    vsWest:  1-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 33 Wed, May  7   MIN  L   1-13      15-17  3rd  2.0 gb
 32 Tue, May  6   MIN  W   7-1       15-16  2nd  1.0 gb
 31 Mon, May  5  @TOR  L   0-1       14-16  2nd  2.0 gb
 30 Sun, May  4  @TOR  L   3-4       14-15  2nd  1.5 gb
 29 Sat, May  3  @TOR  L   2-5       14-14  2nd  0.5 gb
 28 Fri, May  2  @TOR  L   0-2       14-13  1st  0.5 up
 27 Wed, Apr 30  @MIN  L   3-4       14-12  1st  1.5 up
 26 Tue, Apr 29  @MIN  L   1-3       14-11  1st  2.5 up
 25 Mon, Apr 28   BAL  -   3-3 (11)  14-10  1st  3.0 up
 24 Sun, Apr 27   BAL  W   6-1       14-10  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 2-7    Last 20: 7-12   Last 30:14-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 07, 2008 MIN 13 @CHW  1        W:Livan Hernandez (5-1), L: Mark Buehrle (1-4), S: none
Tue, May 06, 2008 CHW  7  MIN  1        W:Gavin Floyd (3-1), L: Nick Blackburn (2-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 30, 2008 MIN  4  CHW  3        W:Nick Blackburn (2-1), L: Ehren Wassermann (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (9)
Tue, Apr 29, 2008 MIN  3  CHW  1        W:Boof Bonser (2-4), L: Gavin Floyd (2-1), S: Joe Nathan (8)
Wed, Apr 09, 2008 MIN 12 @CHW  5        W:Scott Baker (2-0), L: John Danks (0-1), S: Brian Bass (1)
Mon, Apr 07, 2008 CHW  7  MIN  4        W:Javier Vazquez (1-1), L: Matt Guerrier (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (4)

Sun, Sep 23, 2007 MIN  7  CHW  1        W:Kevin Slowey (4-0), L: Gavin Floyd (1-5), S: none
Sat, Sep 22, 2007 CHW  8 @MIN  3        W:Javier Vazquez (14-8), L: Scott Baker (9-9), S: none
Fri, Sep 21, 2007 CHW  6 @MIN  4        W:Mark Buehrle (10-9), L: Johan Santana (15-13), S: Bobby Jenks (39)
Sun, Sep 09, 2007 MIN  5 @CHW  2        W:Johan Santana (15-11), L: Jon Garland (9-11), S: Joe Nathan (30)
Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 4-2; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1056-961

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

CHC  5.74

TEX  4.51

SDP  3.32

RA/G

TOR  3.54

TBR  4.45

PIT  5.70

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

C. Lee  .81

H. Kuroda  3.95

C. Sabathia  7.51

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.06

B. Backe  6.13

J. Garland  2.03

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
71.Linebrink
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
46.Masset
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
43.Wassermann
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 9/1.417 3/.000 12/.733 ··· 7/1.071 6/.750 7/.572 2/2.000 62/44 .271/.306/.390/.696 .764/.668 .670 44/.757 1/1 1/
12.Everett G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 39/33 .162/.184/.216/.400 .400/.401 .412 16/.625 0/0 0/
22.Gomez G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.333 1/.000 3/1.334 121/89 .282/.306/.427/.733 1.148/.584 .741 81/.727 13/1 2/
23.Harris G/S/vP 5/1.467 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.750 2/.500 3/.500 121/93 .255/.316/.368/.684 .410/.769 .723 95/.619 0/0 2/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 4/3.250 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 4/.250 8/.696 6/.334 ··· 113/86 .241/.257/.389/.646 .389/.720 .587 85/.589 0/1 4/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.500 2/.500 2/.000 2/no AB 5/1.350 2/.000 ··· 96/82 .211/.229/.278/.507 .214/.559 .762 67/.447 0/0 0/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 5/1.200 ··· 9/.873 2/.000 6/.750 6/.900 12/.432 ··· 116/83 .337/.409/.446/.854 .846/.857 .732 81/.904 0/1 0/
27.Monroe G/S/vP 10/.200 2/.000 9/.222 ··· 3/.333 3/1.667 5/.800 1/2.000 62/36 .288/.323/.475/.797 .397/1.075 .843 44/.886 0/0 2/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 11/2.298 3/2.334 12/.166 1/2.000 10/1.400 8/2.036 13/.308 1/.000 132/93 .280/.348/.475/.823 .781/.841 .754 96/.831 0/0 6/
8.Punto# G/S/vP 9/.111 1/.000 4/.583 ··· 3/.000 6/2.033 12/.750 1/2.000 54/34 .260/.315/.340/.655 .600/.686 .655 50/.668 3/1 0/
55.Redmond G/S/vP 6/.533 6/1.267 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 3/2.167 ··· ··· 19/8 .235/.263/.353/.616 .808/.375 .833 16/.741 0/0 0/
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 62/40 .298/.344/.368/.713 .683/.728 .500 45/.569 3/1 0/
21.Young G/S/vP 4/.500 4/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/.933 4/.500 1/2.000 129/98 .256/.302/.298/.600 .398/.663 .656 93/.592 6/1 0/
IP 34.2 11.0 12.1 12.0 13.0 16.2 12.1 1.2 TOTAL .265/.310/.377/.687 .632/.707 .695 .684 29/7 17/21
ERA-K/9 3.12/6.5 4.09/13.1 2.19/5.1 2.25/5.2 3.46/6.9 4.86/9.7 3.65/13.9 32.40/5.3 3.75/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (9-8-0)
 Redmond (3-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 139/.217 55/.283 49/.256 50/.261 56/.288 75/.281 49/.116 13/.600 .247  Young
 Gomez
 Cuddyer
 Kubel
 Monroe
 Punto
32/0/0/4
0/28/0/2
0/0/14/1
0/0/11/1
0/4/0/0
0/2/0/0
OPS .540 .780 .652 .711 .712 .847 .411 1.267 .680
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 42/.472 15/1.283 24/.804 24/.619 29/.619 34/.900 24/.592 2/1.000 .760
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 97/.568 40/.598 25/.507 26/.788 27/.810 41/.804 25/.247 11/1.325 .626
Home 67/.625 28/.750 27/.708 26/.945 23/.870 37/1.062 28/.500 7/1.657 .701
Last 28d days 98/.498 42/.737 33/.733 35/.812 46/.811 41/.880 36/.382 13/1.267
HR/SB/CS 2/1/2 1/2/0 0/3/0 1/1/0 0/0/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 18/23/6
Usage ····X··· X···X··o ·o······ ····X··· o···o··X o······X ··o····X X···o··o
Chicago White Sox Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 59.Slowey
G/S/vB
60.Bass
G/S/vB
28.Crain
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
41.Korecky
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
17.Neshek
G/S/vB
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
39.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 6/.367 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 36/35 .273/.333/.333/.667 .000/.687 .802 32/.654 0/0 0/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 4/1.500 8/.393 1/.000 12/.166 2/1.000 10/1.125 8/.500 144/112 .209/.287/.256/.543 .655/.511 .595 108/.546 5/0 1/
24.Crede G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 7/.666 13/.385 1/3.000 11/1.100 6/.834 6/1.100 16/.838 119/96 .250/.311/.500/.811 .224/.946 .865 84/.643 0/1 7/
23.Dye G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· 11/.191 10/.600 ··· 12/.973 6/.533 7/.929 12/.440 116/90 .264/.319/.491/.810 1.026/.749 .727 83/.660 0/1 5/
44.Hall G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.167 3/.000 21/15 .286/.286/.333/.619 .333/.733 .667 17/.765 0/0 0/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 11/.673 13/.160 ··· 13/.322 5/.600 7/.572 21/1.569 128/99 .223/.359/.417/.777 .849/.756 .925 93/.782 0/0 5/
38.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 32/26 .200/.200/.200/.400 .333/.417 .462 27/.400 0/0 0/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 9/.708 12/.364 1/3.000 9/.347 6/1.133 7/.762 7/.572 115/90 .299/.348/.467/.815 .778/.825 .829 84/.652 0/0 3/
20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 126/103 .269/.397/.558/.955 .848/.978 .985 100/.990 2/2 8/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/29 .114/.139/.171/.310 .472/.259 .273 26/.333 0/1 0/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 8/1.042 1/.000 6/.167 3/.666 6/.750 5/.900 142/110 .207/.345/.310/.655 .655/.652 .679 107/.553 1/2 3/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.000 7/.629 ··· 4/.500 ··· 11/1.455 12/1.750 135/98 .212/.341/.425/.766 .942/.689 .594 100/.812 0/0 6/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 5/1.600 2/.000 12/1.273 14/.594 1/.000 9/.000 6/.000 4/1.833 12/.455 98/79 .187/.229/.308/.537 .544/.535 .513 68/.486 0/0 2/
IP 3.1 21.1 9.2 17.1 3.2 13.0 12.2 9.0 10.1 TOTAL .233/.319/.394/.714 .713/.713 .729 .666 8/7 40/19
ERA-K/9 8.10/5.5 3.80/3.4 5.59/6.5 3.63/5.7 4.91/4.9 0.69/9.7 4.26/9.9 0.00/5.0 4.35/9.6 4.06/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (6-2-0)
 Pierzynski (17-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 14/.286 95/.273 41/.270 76/.265 16/.308 51/.208 53/.234 30/.143 44/.225 .271  Swisher
 Quentin
 Ramirez
 Dye
 Anderson
2/21/6/2
31/0/0/2
0/8/0/1
0/0/28/1
0/11/2/0
OPS .929 .838 .828 .730 .899 .547 .757 .379 .695 .744
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 8/1.250 30/.756 12/.250 29/.625 10/.929 27/.630 21/.865 20/.250 19/.924 .745
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 6/.500 65/.871 29/1.088 47/.791 6/.833 24/.458 32/.683 10/.650 25/.513 .744
Road / 56/.849 26/1.075 38/.983 16/.899 16/.846 26/.955 11/.282 20/.744 .825
Last 28d days / 58/.843 33/.833 57/.738 16/.899 39/.562 37/.757 23/.269 30/.731
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 4/1/1 2/0/1 2/1/1 0/0/0 1/2/0 2/0/0 0/1/1 2/0/0 34/12/8
Usage ········ ····X··· ·X··o··· ···X·o·· ·X······ ···oX··X ····X··o ·······o ·····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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