MIN @ CHW, Saturday, June 7, 2008 Game Preview

Minnesota Twins, 31-30, 2nd, 3½ GB, 5 GB in WC	SP: Livan Hernandez (33, RHP, 6-2, 4.81) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-2) 82.1 116 49 44 14 25 10 4.81 2007 (11-11) 204.1 247 116 112 79 90 34 4.93 2006 (13-13) 216 246 125 116 78 128 29 4.83 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 46.2 71 27 24 7 12 4 4.63 41 2008-06-02 NYY ND 6 13 5 5 1 1 1 107 26 2008-05-28 @KCR ND 6 13 8 6 0 2 0 101 20 2008-05-22 TEX ND 5.1 10 6 5 2 1 0 94 25 2008-05-17 @COL L 7.1 8 3 3 0 0 0 101 50 2008-05-12 BOS W 6 10 3 3 1 1 1 92 40 2008-05-07 @CHW W 9 9 1 1 1 3 1 121 67 2008-05-02 DET W 7 8 1 1 2 4 1 102 59 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 1-0 9 9 1 1 1 3 1 1.00 67 2008-05-07 @CHW W 9 9 1 1 1 3 1 121 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 19-16 Road: 12-14 ExtrInn: 4-4 vsRHP: 25-22 vsLHP: 6-8 1-Run: 13-11 vsEast: 7-9 vsCntrl:18-10 vsWest: 5-9 IL: 1-2 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 61 Fri, Jun 6 @CHW L 6-10 31-30 2nd 3.5 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:15-15
Chicago White Sox, 34-26, 1st, 3½ up	SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 2-6, 5.20) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-6) 72.2 86 48 42 23 42 6 5.20 2007 (10-9) 201 208 86 81 45 115 22 3.63 2006 (12-13) 204 247 124 113 48 98 36 4.99 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 44 48 29 24 15 26 3 4.91 46 2008-06-01 @TBR ND 6 7 3 3 2 5 0 99 49 2008-05-27 @CLE L 5 8 7 6 2 1 1 106 24 2008-05-22 CLE ND 7 2 1 1 4 2 0 104 67 2008-05-17 @SFG W 6.2 7 1 1 3 1 0 102 54 2008-05-12 @LAA L 5.2 10 8 6 1 6 1 102 26 2008-05-07 MIN L 5.2 9 7 7 3 4 1 93 24 2008-05-02 @TOR L 8 5 2 0 0 7 0 100 75 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN 3-2 32.1 43 19 19 9 17 3 5.29 43 2008-05-07 MIN L 5.2 9 7 7 3 4 1 93 24 2007-09-21 @MIN W 6 9 4 4 3 3 0 97 38 2007-07-07 MIN W 8 6 0 0 2 1 0 111 69 2006-08-27 MIN W 7.1 9 1 1 0 6 0 105 62 2006-07-26 MIN L 5.1 10 7 7 1 3 2 93 22
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 17-9 Road: 17-17 ExtrInn: 2-2 vsRHP: 24-19 vsLHP: 10-7 1-Run: 6-7 vsEast: 7-12 vsCntrl:18-8 vsWest: 6-6 IL: 3-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 61 Fri, Jun 6 MIN W 10-6 34-26 1st 3.5 up 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Jun 06, 2008 CHW 10 MIN 6 W:Javier Vazquez (6-4), L: Nick Blackburn (4-4), S: none 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 Season Series: 2008 - Tied 4-4; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1058-961

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 5.58

CHW 4.51

KCR 3.61

RA/G

CHW 3.70

SDP 4.60

TEX 5.90

C. Jones .421

T. Hunter .274

A. Cabrera .188

OBP

C. Jones .504

P. Polanco .344

R. Hernandez .256

SLG

L. Berkman .722

A. Ethier .442

A. Cabrera .253

OPS

L. Berkman 1.184

J. Ellsbury .785

A. Cabrera .541

ERA

E. Volquez 1.32

J. Sanchez 4.08

N. Robertson 6.03

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.92

Z. Greinke 6.22

J. Garland 2.58

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

25.Casilla# G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 87/71 .347/.400/.533/.933 1.250/.851 1.012 87/.933 2/0 3/

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 69/.863 4/.500 12/.733 1/.000 7/1.071 6/.750 8/.500 193/148 .251/.306/.363/.669 .706/.657 .609 123/.655 4/1 3/

22.Gomez G/S/vP 4/3.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.333 1/.000 247/189 .274/.304/.405/.709 .863/.661 .722 116/.698 17/6 5/

23.Harris G/S/vP 10/1.000 6/1.167 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.750 2/.500 214/161 .249/.322/.324/.646 .517/.691 .674 86/.582 1/1 2/

16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.000 4/.250 8/.696 6/.334 199/160 .242/.296/.390/.687 .402/.755 .604 81/.791 0/1 6/

24.Lamb* G/S/vP 7/1.262 4/.500 3/.333 3/.000 2/no AB 5/1.350 2/.000 197/170 .235/.274/.318/.593 .303/.640 .843 98/.677 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 16/.580 ··· 9/.873 3/.333 6/.750 6/.900 13/.398 230/167 .335/.415/.447/.862 .905/.842 .760 106/.865 0/1 2/

27.Monroe G/S/vP 38/1.032 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 32/.607 3/2.334 12/.166 2/1.000 10/1.400 8/2.036 14/.286 261/188 .299/.368/.487/.855 .711/.913 .821 121/.950 0/0 10/

55.Redmond G/S/vP 22/1.026 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 10/.844 5/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.933 4/.500 249/194 .270/.321/.348/.669 .662/.671 .737 112/.726 9/4 0/

IP 72.2 28.1 25.1 26.0 22.0 25.1 23.2 TOTAL .270/.326/.391/.717 .678/.730 .715 .754 45/17 38/44

ERA-K/9

5.20/5.2

2.86/12.4

2.13/5.7

1.38/7.6

2.05/8.2

3.55/8.5

3.04/11.0

3.37/7.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 313/.304 126/.210 98/.227 100/.200 89/.232 109/.242 95/.155 .240 Young
Cuddyer
Gomez
Monroe
Kubel 60/0/0/7
0/1/42/6
0/55/0/3
0/7/1/1
3/0/13/1

OPS .826 .592 .588 .556 .577 .762 .492 .671

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 65/.740 41/.739 48/.638 54/.424 45/.483 46/.966 42/.567 .727

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 248/.849 85/.523 50/.539 46/.705 44/.674 63/.613 53/.435 .632

Home 107/.718 60/.604 49/.587 49/.597 35/.708 52/1.026 45/.494 .655

Last 28d days 131/.828 64/.463 41/.447 43/.442 33/.345 34/.562 46/.578

HR/SB/CS 6/2/3 1/8/0 1/3/0 2/1/0 0/2/1 2/1/0 2/2/0 41/59/10

Usage ·····X·· o·Xo·X·· ··XX···· X·X····o ··X··oo· ·oo····· oXo··o·X

Chicago White Sox Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 61.Hernandez
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 6/.367 4/.500 2/.500 2/.000 78/64 .243/.282/.378/.660 .599/.674 .713 38/.669 1/1 1/

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 27/.964 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.500 8/.393 12/.166 10/1.125 9/.666 274/211 .253/.309/.325/.634 .657/.627 .643 125/.747 9/1 3/

24.Crede G/S/vP 3/.000 4/1.750 ··· 7/.666 14/.357 11/1.100 6/1.100 17/1.096 217/173 .286/.359/.531/.891 .333/1.033 .944 90/1.012 0/2 12/

23.Dye G/S/vP 7/.714 1/5.000 1/.000 11/.191 11/.664 12/.973 7/.929 13/.404 233/178 .285/.335/.491/.825 .690/.862 .876 109/.781 0/1 10/

44.Hall G/S/vP ··· 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 4/1.167 2/1.000 1/.000 11/.673 14/.148 13/.322 7/.572 22/1.496 238/180 .205/.324/.340/.664 .699/.652 .802 102/.532 1/0 7/

38.Ozuna G/S/vP 5/.500 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 7/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 9/.708 12/.364 9/.347 7/.762 7/.572 214/171 .296/.346/.447/.793 .637/.833 .721 95/.779 1/0 4/

20.Quentin G/S/vP 4/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/3.500 247/193 .290/.397/.575/.972 .840/1.007 1.046 112/.978 4/3 16/

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 123/90 .261/.289/.400/.689 .833/.634 .560 80/.883 2/1 3/

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 7/.572 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 9/.904 6/.167 6/.750 6/.733 242/183 .205/.322/.317/.639 .657/.630 .612 96/.643 1/2 5/

25.Thome* G/S/vP 24/.875 2/.000 2/3.500 5/1.000 8/.833 4/.500 12/1.500 13/1.769 231/173 .209/.329/.439/.768 .878/.726 .666 88/.724 1/0 12/

5.Uribe G/S/vP 21/.286 3/.333 ··· 12/1.273 14/.594 9/.000 4/1.833 13/.417 128/107 .198/.262/.328/.589 .554/.597 .606 22/.641 0/0 3/

IP 82.1 39.1 13.0 24.2 34.0 25.2 18.1 26.0 TOTAL .252/.329/.415/.745 .703/.757 .755 .778 21/11 76/36

ERA-K/9

4.81/2.7

5.26/3.7

2.08/8.3

3.28/5.5

2.91/6.1

1.40/9.1

2.45/5.4

5.19/6.2

4.33/5.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 366/.339 181/.317 57/.255 106/.284 145/.248 99/.234 75/.269 123/.272 .287 Swisher
Quentin
Ramirez
Dye
Anderson 4/38/8/2
58/0/0/2
0/9/0/1
0/0/54/1
0/29/2/0

OPS .868 .937 .667 .802 .675 .592 .681 .807 .784

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 178/.896 68/.820 22/.814 41/.603 55/.640 58/.628 47/.448 51/.896 .750

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 188/.841 113/1.005 35/.572 65/.919 90/.696 41/.543 28/1.083 72/.743 .810

Road 170/.814 83/.990 13/.762 39/1.112 54/.838 30/.800 27/.794 57/.860 .816

Last 28d days 145/.975 81/1.076 28/.656 60/.784 58/.655 48/.639 41/.844 67/.902

HR/SB/CS 10/1/2 9/1/2 1/2/1 3/2/1 3/4/1 2/4/0 0/2/2 4/4/1 69/36/15

Usage ····X··· XX···ooX oo·X··X· ·o·X·XX· ··o·X·oX ··X·oXo· ··o·o·oX X··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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Game Preview: MIN @ CHW, 7:05pm, Saturday, June 7, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

SP: Livan Hernandez (33, RHP, 6-2, 4.81)

SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 2-6, 5.20)

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