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Game Preview: MIN @ CHW, 8:11pm, Friday, June 6, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

Minnesota Twins, 31-29, 2nd, 2½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 4-3, 3.32)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-3)             76    91  35  28  14  41  5    3.32      
 2007 (0-2)             11.2  19  12  10   2   8  2    7.71      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  44.2  52  23  16  10  26  5    3.22   50 
 2008-06-01    NYY  ND   4.1   5   1   1   3   3  1      71   49 
 2008-05-27   @KCR  ND   8.1   8   2   2   0   4  0      92   63 
 2008-05-21    TEX   L   6    10   7   1   1   4  2      88   39 
 2008-05-16   @COL   W   7     6   2   2   0   5  0      88   62 
 2008-05-11    BOS   W   6     9   4   4   1   5  0      93   42 
 2008-05-06   @CHW   L   6     6   4   3   3   1  1      92   44 
 2008-04-30    CHW   W   7     8   3   3   2   4  1      88   51 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      1-1  18    21   9   8   7  10  2    4.00   48 
 2008-05-06   @CHW   L   6     6   4   3   3   1  1      92   44 
 2008-04-30    CHW   W   7     8   3   3   2   4  1      88   51 
 2008-04-07   @CHW  ND   5     7   2   2   2   5  0      90   48 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-16   Road:   12-13   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  25-21   vsLHP:   6-8    1-Run:  13-11
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:18-9    vsWest:  5-9  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 60 Thu, Jun  5   BAL  L   2-3       31-29  2nd  2.5 gb
 59 Wed, Jun  4   BAL  W   7-5       31-28  2nd  1.5 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  3   BAL  L   3-5       30-28  2nd  1.5 gb
 57 Mon, Jun  2   NYY  W   6-5       30-27  2nd  0.5 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  1   NYY  W   5-1       29-27  2nd  1.0 gb
 55 Sat, May 31   NYY  L   6-7 (12)  28-27  2nd  2.0 gb
 54 Fri, May 30   NYY  L   5-6       28-26  2nd  2.0 gb
 53 Thu, May 29  @KCR  W   5-1       28-25  2nd  2.0 gb
 52 Wed, May 28  @KCR  W   9-8 (10)  27-25  2nd  2.0 gb
 51 Tue, May 27  @KCR  W   4-3 (12)  26-25  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Chicago White Sox, 33-26, 1st, 2½ up

SP: Javier Vazquez (31, RHP, 5-4, 3.43)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-4)             78.2  78  31  30  17  77  7    3.43      
 2007 (15-8)           216.2 197  95  90  50 213 29    3.74      
 2006 (11-12)          202.2 206 116 109  56 184 23    4.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  48    45  16  15   8  47  7    2.81   60 
 2008-05-31   @TBR   L   7     5   2   2   2  10  1     108   67 
 2008-05-26   @CLE  ND   6     9   3   3   2   2  2     103   42 
 2008-05-21    CLE   W   7     4   2   2   1   7  1     101   67 
 2008-05-15   @LAA  ND   6.2   9   3   2   0   6  0     111   52 
 2008-05-10   @SEA   W   5.2   6   4   4   1   6  1      87   46 
 2008-05-05   @TOR   L   7.2   8   1   1   1   9  1     121   67 
 2008-04-28    BAL  ND   8     4   1   1   1   7  1     100   76 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      3-0  36    35  13  13   5  42  3    3.25   61 
 2008-04-07    MIN   W   7     7   3   3   1   8  0      98   58 
 2007-09-22   @MIN   W   7     5   2   2   2  11  1     119   68 
 2007-09-07    MIN  ND   6    11   4   4   1   8  0     106   41 
 2007-07-08    MIN   W   9     8   3   3   0   8  1     120   67 
 2007-05-08   @MIN  ND   7     4   1   1   1   7  1     107   71 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   16-9    Road:   17-17   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  23-19   vsLHP:  10-7    1-Run:   6-7 
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:17-8    vsWest:  6-6  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 60 Thu, Jun  5   KCR  W   6-2       33-26  1st  2.5 up
 59 Wed, Jun  4   KCR  W   6-4 (15)  32-26  1st  1.5 up
 58 Tue, Jun  3   KCR  W   9-5       31-26  1st  1.5 up
 57 Sun, Jun  1  @TBR  L   3-4 (10)  30-26  1st  1.0 up
 56 Sat, May 31  @TBR  L   0-2       30-25  1st  2.0 up
 55 Fri, May 30  @TBR  L   1-2       30-24  1st  2.0 up
 54 Thu, May 29  @TBR  W   5-1       30-23  1st  2.0 up
 53 Wed, May 28  @CLE  W   6-5       29-23  1st  2.0 up
 52 Tue, May 27  @CLE  L   2-8       28-23  1st  2.0 up
 51 Mon, May 26  @CLE  W   6-3 (12)  28-22  1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 08, 2008 CHW  6  MIN  2        W:John Danks (3-3), L: Kevin Slowey (0-2), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 4-3; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1057-961

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  5.67

MIL  4.48

KCR  3.63

RA/G

TOR  3.66

SDP  4.66

TEX  5.81

BA

C. Jones  .418

F. Lewis  .273

P. Konerko  .199

OBP

C. Jones  .498

J. Pierre  .345

K. Greene  .255

SLG

L. Berkman  .732

J. Castillo  .439

J. Bartlett  .269

OPS

L. Berkman  1.197

M. Reynolds  .784

J. Bartlett  .557

ERA

E. Volquez  1.32

T. Redding  4.15

N. Robertson  6.03

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.92

O. Perez  6.15

J. Garland  2.58

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.65 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
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
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 82/66 .343/.400/.500/.900 1.250/.801 .934 82/.900 2/0 2/
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 36/.886 4/.500 12/.733 1/.000 7/1.071 6/.750 7/.572 188/144 .253/.309/.351/.659 .723/.640 .577 122/.634 4/1 2/
22.Gomez G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.333 1/.000 242/184 .276/.306/.397/.702 .863/.651 .707 116/.683 17/6 4/
23.Harris G/S/vP 10/.777 5/.933 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.750 2/.500 210/157 .249/.324/.326/.649 .517/.696 .682 85/.615 1/1 2/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 21/.453 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 4/.250 8/.696 6/.334 195/156 .246/.297/.397/.694 .402/.765 .617 81/.772 0/1 6/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP 14/1.071 4/.500 3/.333 2/.000 2/no AB 5/1.350 2/.000 193/166 .239/.275/.324/.598 .303/.648 .870 96/.699 0/1 1/
18.Macri G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/1 .429/.500/.571/1.071 1.000/ 1.417 8/1.071 1/0 0/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 25/.520 ··· 9/.873 3/.333 6/.750 6/.900 12/.432 225/163 .328/.411/.432/.843 .920/.809 .711 105/.809 0/1 2/
27.Monroe G/S/vP 15/.734 3/.000 9/.222 ··· 3/.333 3/1.667 5/.800 112/69 .231/.286/.442/.728 .311/.988 .688 47/.684 0/0 5/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 42/1.396 3/2.334 12/.166 2/1.000 10/1.400 8/2.036 13/.308 256/184 .297/.367/.485/.852 .721/.905 .812 120/.914 0/0 10/
55.Redmond G/S/vP 19/.737 6/1.267 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 3/2.167 ··· 42/23 .289/.333/.395/.728 .728/.729 .653 23/.820 0/0 0/
21.Young G/S/vP 12/.697 5/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/.933 4/.500 245/190 .265/.318/.345/.664 .662/.664 .726 112/.726 9/4 0/
IP 78.2 27.2 25.1 25.0 22.0 25.1 22.2 TOTAL .269/.325/.387/.712 .682/.723 .705 .746 45/17 35/44
ERA-K/9 3.43/8.8 2.93/12.3 2.13/5.7 1.44/7.2 2.05/8.2 3.55/8.5 3.18/11.1 3.34/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (28-14-0)
 Redmond (8-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 328/.257 123/.206 98/.227 97/.207 89/.232 109/.242 92/.160 .238  Young
 Cuddyer
 Gomez
 Monroe
 Kubel
59/0/0/7
0/1/41/6
0/54/0/3
0/7/1/1
3/0/13/1
OPS .718 .590 .588 .574 .577 .762 .509 .666
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 171/.847 40/.760 48/.638 52/.441 45/.483 46/.966 40/.599 .719
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 157/.579 83/.511 50/.539 45/.721 44/.674 63/.613 52/.444 .629
Home 135/.636 57/.601 49/.587 46/.638 35/.708 52/1.026 42/.532 .642
Last 28d days 136/.756 61/.451 45/.525 43/.442 33/.345 34/.562 43/.621
HR/SB/CS 7/3/1 1/8/0 1/3/0 2/1/0 0/2/1 2/1/0 2/2/0 38/59/10
Usage ·····X·· ·Xo·X··X ·XX····· ·X····o· ·X··oo·o oo······ Xo··o·XX
Chicago White Sox Batters (4.42 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB
60.Bass
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
39.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 6/.367 4/.500 2/.500 2/.000 78/64 .243/.282/.378/.660 .599/.674 .713 42/.653 1/1 1/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 10/.311 ··· ··· 4/1.500 8/.393 12/.166 10/1.125 8/.500 269/206 .246/.303/.320/.623 .657/.612 .616 125/.714 9/1 3/
24.Crede G/S/vP 8/.625 3/1.667 ··· 7/.666 14/.357 11/1.100 6/1.100 16/.838 213/169 .271/.347/.489/.837 .333/.969 .823 90/.856 0/2 10/
23.Dye G/S/vP 10/1.067 ··· 1/.000 11/.191 11/.664 12/.973 7/.929 12/.440 229/174 .286/.336/.481/.817 .690/.852 .858 109/.775 0/1 9/
44.Hall G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.167 4/.000 48/29 .356/.396/.422/.818 1.082/.644 .733 23/1.165 0/0 0/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 7/.000 1/.000 1/.000 11/.673 14/.148 13/.322 7/.572 21/1.569 234/176 .199/.321/.337/.657 .699/.644 .793 102/.543 1/0 7/
38.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 52/39 .265/.280/.286/.566 .962/.432 .636 20/.821 0/0 0/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.000 ··· 9/.708 12/.364 9/.347 7/.762 7/.572 209/167 .292/.340/.441/.781 .652/.814 .688 94/.739 1/0 4/
20.Quentin G/S/vP 8/1.089 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 242/189 .287/.397/.564/.961 .858/.989 1.026 111/.951 4/3 15/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 119/86 .261/.291/.405/.696 .833/.641 .565 76/.904 2/1 3/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 10/.929 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 9/.904 6/.167 6/.750 5/.900 238/179 .204/.324/.318/.642 .657/.634 .617 92/.650 1/2 5/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 9/.944 1/.000 2/3.500 5/1.000 8/.833 4/.500 12/1.500 12/1.750 227/169 .212/.330/.446/.776 .878/.736 .681 88/.787 1/0 12/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 8/1.000 3/.333 ··· 12/1.273 14/.594 9/.000 4/1.833 13/.417 128/107 .198/.262/.328/.589 .554/.597 .606 26/.619 0/0 3/
IP 76.0 37.1 12.1 24.2 34.0 25.2 18.1 24.2 TOTAL .249/.327/.408/.736 .705/.745 .734 .759 21/11 72/35
ERA-K/9 3.32/4.9 5.30/3.9 2.19/8.8 3.28/5.5 2.91/6.1 1.40/9.1 2.45/5.4 4.74/6.6 4.23/5.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (18-3-0)
 Pierzynski (41-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 323/.303 172/.303 55/.265 106/.284 145/.248 99/.234 75/.269 115/.260 .285  Swisher
 Quentin
 Ramirez
 Dye
 Anderson
4/37/8/2
57/0/0/2
0/9/0/1
0/0/53/1
0/29/2/0
OPS .767 .908 .692 .802 .675 .592 .681 .736 .776
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 148/.711 65/.828 21/.855 41/.603 55/.640 58/.628 47/.448 49/.905 .750
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 175/.815 107/.955 34/.590 65/.919 90/.696 41/.543 28/1.083 66/.606 .796
Road 159/.733 74/.931 11/.919 39/1.112 54/.838 30/.800 27/.794 49/.695 .798
Last 28d days 138/.773 72/1.026 26/.708 65/.785 63/.600 48/.639 44/.880 67/.742
HR/SB/CS 5/0/1 8/1/2 1/2/1 3/2/1 3/4/1 2/4/0 0/2/2 2/4/1 65/36/15
Usage ····X··· X···ooX· o·X··X·· o·X·XX·· ·o·X·oX· ·X·oXo·· ·o·o·oX· ··o··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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