MIN @ COL, Friday, May 16, 2008 Game Preview

Minnesota Twins, 20-20, 2nd, 1½ GB, 2½ GB in WC	SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 3-2, 3.93) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-2) 50.1 62 23 22 10 25 2 3.93 2007 (0-2) 11.2 19 12 10 2 8 2 7.71 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 43.1 57 22 21 9 19 2 4.36 45 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 2008-04-25 @TEX ND 6 11 5 5 1 3 0 90 32 2008-04-19 CLE W 7.2 8 0 0 0 1 0 102 64 2008-04-14 @DET ND 5.2 8 4 4 0 0 0 89 37 2008-04-07 @CHW ND 5 7 2 2 2 5 0 90 48 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.COL Has never faced COL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 14-10 Road: 6-10 ExtrInn: 1-2 vsRHP: 15-15 vsLHP: 5-5 1-Run: 9-6 vsEast: 4-5 vsCntrl:13-8 vsWest: 3-7 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 40 Thu, May 15 TOR L 2-3 (11) 20-20 2nd 1.5 gb 39 Wed, May 14 TOR L 5-6 20-19 2nd 0.5 gb 38 Tue, May 13 TOR L 3-5 20-18 1st 0.5 up 37 Mon, May 12 BOS W 7-3 20-17 1st 1.5 up 36 Sun, May 11 BOS W 9-8 19-17 1st 1.0 up 35 Sat, May 10 BOS L 2-5 18-17 1st Tied 34 Fri, May 9 BOS W 7-6 18-16 1st 1.0 up 33 Thu, May 8 @CHW L 2-6 17-16 1st 1.0 up 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:15-15
Colorado Rockies, 15-26, 4th, 11 GB, 8½ GB in WC	SP: Ubaldo Jimenez (24, RHP, 1-3, 5.53) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-3) 40.2 46 30 25 28 38 3 5.53 2007 (4-4) 82 70 46 39 37 68 10 4.28 2006 (0-0) 7.2 5 4 3 3 3 1 3.52 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-2 35.2 39 27 22 23 34 3 5.55 44 2008-05-10 @SDP L 6.2 5 3 3 3 11 1 116 60 2008-05-05 STL ND 5 7 4 3 3 4 0 81 40 2008-04-30 @SFG ND 5.1 3 2 2 2 4 1 74 56 2008-04-25 @LAD ND 2.1 7 6 6 3 1 0 56 17 2008-04-20 @HOU ND 5.2 5 3 3 5 6 0 95 48 2008-04-15 @SDP L 4.2 6 6 2 3 5 0 102 38 2008-04-08 ATL W 6 6 3 3 4 3 1 93 47 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN Has never faced MIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 7-10 Road: 8-16 ExtrInn: 1-4 vsRHP: 12-22 vsLHP: 3-4 1-Run: 7-8 vsEast: 3-2 vsCntrl: 6-6 vsWest: 6-18 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 41 Thu, May 15 @ARI L 5-8 15-26 4th 11.0 gb 40 Wed, May 14 @ARI L 3-4 15-25 4th 10.0 gb 39 Tue, May 13 @ARI L 4-8 15-24 4th 9.0 gb 38 Sun, May 11 @SDP L 1-6 15-23 4th 8.0 gb 37 Sat, May 10 @SDP L 2-3 15-22 3rd 8.0 gb 36 Fri, May 9 @SDP W 4-2 15-21 3rd 8.0 gb 35 Thu, May 8 STL W 9-3 14-21 3rd 9.0 gb 34 Wed, May 7 STL W 4-3 13-21 4th 9.0 gb 33 Tue, May 6 STL L 5-6 12-21 4th 10.0 gb 32 Mon, May 5 STL L 5-6 12-20 4th 9.0 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 6-14 Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Jun 12, 2003 MIN 15 COL 3 W:Kenny Rogers (5-2), L: Darren Oliver (3-5), S: none Wed, Jun 11, 2003 MIN 7 COL 4 W:Kyle Lohse (6-4), L: Aaron Cook (2-6), S: Eddie Guardado (18) Tue, Jun 10, 2003 COL 5 @MIN 0 W:Jason Jennings (5-5), L: Brad Radke (5-6), S: none Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - 0-0; 2006 - 0-0; All-Time - MIN leads 2-1

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 5.80

CHW 4.51

SDP 3.33

RA/G

CLE 3.49

BOS 4.49

TEX 5.45

A. Pujols .357

R. Weeks .187

OBP

A. Pujols .503

R. Zimmerman .268

SLG

C. Utley .665

R. Weeks .335

OPS

A. Pujols 1.097

R. Weeks .651

ERA

C. Lee .67

N. Blackburn 3.93

K. Rogers 6.65

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.62

S. Chacon 6.18

J. Garland 2.01

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Colorado Rockies Pitchers (5.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Jimenez
G/S/vB 41.Arias
G/S/vB 35.Buchholz
G/S/vB 60.Corpas
G/S/vB 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB 49.Grilli
G/S/vB 34.Herges
G/S/vB 45.Newman*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 3/.000 0/0 0/

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.467 2/3.500 ··· 95/69 .261/.316/.352/.668 .732/.644 .696 77/.696 3/1 1/

12.Everett G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.800 ··· 5/.800 ··· 62/51 .190/.230/.310/.540 1.056/.442 .450 33/.630 0/0 1/

22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 154/113 .270/.299/.405/.704 1.040/.580 .713 83/.732 16/3 3/

23.Harris G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· ··· 142/106 .248/.312/.344/.656 .465/.721 .697 87/.570 0/0 2/

16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.400 ··· ··· 132/99 .246/.265/.413/.678 .442/.752 .577 75/.628 0/1 5/

24.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 119/101 .225/.252/.279/.531 .167/.599 .745 67/.616 0/0 0/

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 147/100 .331/.411/.417/.828 .762/.861 .777 86/.919 0/1 0/

27.Monroe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 6/.667 ··· ··· 83/53 .273/.325/.519/.845 .343/1.131 .775 61/.914 0/0 4/

33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.933 1/no AB ··· 165/113 .302/.364/.497/.860 .739/.919 .707 100/.849 0/0 7/

55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 8/.393 ··· 23/12 .200/.261/.300/.561 .808/.348 .833 17/.782 0/0 0/

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 90/60 .265/.307/.337/.644 .667/.632 .500 55/.454 4/1 0/

21.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 162/124 .263/.309/.296/.605 .431/.658 .678 98/.583 7/1 0/

IP 40.2 4.1 21.2 20.2 17.2 21.1 23.1 6.2 TOTAL .264/.313/.375/.688 .631/.710 .685 .700 36/9 23/29

ERA-K/9

5.53/8.4

0.00/4.2

1.66/6.6

7.40/4.3

2.55/7.6

2.95/8.0

1.93/8.5

2.70/5.4

4.81/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mauer (17-10-0)
Redmond (3-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 192/.286 17/.200 83/.147 97/.329 74/.200 90/.247 90/.193 33/.321 .272 Young
Gomez
Cuddyer
Monroe
Kubel 40/0/0/4
0/36/0/2
0/0/22/1
0/5/0/1
1/0/11/1

OPS .795 .494 .390 .933 .585 .732 .582 .960 .779

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 104/.776 4/.000 36/.288 46/.855 17/.301 30/.783 43/.440 9/.778 .705

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.818 13/.657 47/.470 51/.998 57/.676 60/.708 47/.708 24/1.008 .824

Home 50/.842 8/.661 37/.513 48/1.140 34/.546 44/.803 37/.715 9/1.556 .819

Last 28d days 116/.776 17/.494 49/.387 59/1.066 43/.764 50/.591 50/.497 33/.960

HR/SB/CS 3/6/0 0/0/0 0/2/1 3/1/0 1/1/0 1/1/1 2/0/1 1/1/0 38/32/6

Usage ·····X·· ooo·o··· ·o····oo ··o·X··X X·····o· ··X··o·· ·o···o·o X·······

Colorado Rockies Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
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 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

27.Atkins G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 178/151 .335/.360/.533/.892 1.435/.800 .876 113/.990 0/0 7/

10.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 51/40 .213/.255/.277/.531 .293/.591 .572 38/.639 0/0 0/

12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 111/92 .340/.382/.515/.896 .957/.885 .925 85/.831 3/1 2/

11.Hawpe* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 155/128 .252/.368/.389/.757 .619/.787 .910 94/.806 0/0 3/

17.Helton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/1.133 10/.311 1/2.000 181/148 .276/.392/.395/.787 .575/.836 .889 109/.800 0/0 3/

21.Herrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/20 .320/.370/.360/.730 .929/.649 .667 28/.730 1/1 0/

5.Holliday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· 180/151 .316/.400/.525/.925 .879/.934 1.137 110/.882 7/1 6/

20.Iannetta G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/66 .308/.378/.585/.963 1.125/.942 1.037 57/.943 0/0 3/

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 13/.321 ··· 6/.334 3/.666 6/.666 60/57 .294/.400/.392/.792 .000/.838 .723 45/.836 6/0 0/

6.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/36 .263/.263/.395/.658 .000/.714 1.000 39/.658 0/0 0/

19.Spilborghs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 79/62 .309/.380/.471/.850 .974/.813 1.011 54/.852 3/0 1/

3.Taveras G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 142/118 .230/.302/.286/.588 .317/.640 .666 82/.565 15/1 0/

8.Torrealba G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 100/77 .228/.276/.359/.634 .749/.600 .780 54/.676 0/3 2/

IP 50.1 25.2 13.2 24.2 4.0 16.0 12.0 16.0 TOTAL .259/.329/.391/.720 .704/.724 .815 .747 37/9 28/17

ERA-K/9

3.93/4.5

3.86/3.5

4.61/6.6

3.65/6.2

4.50/6.8

1.69/10.1

0.75/4.5

3.38/7.3

4.24/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Iannetta (10-1-1)
Torrealba (22-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 215/.313 118/.262 63/.304 108/.268 17/.286 64/.230 44/.220 66/.203 .275 Hawpe
Taveras
Spilborghs
Holliday
Podsednik 0/0/36/3
0/32/0/1
2/7/7/0
39/0/0/0
2/14/0/0

OPS .776 .843 .863 .728 .840 .577 .517 .610 .756

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 99/.782 37/.751 23/.461 39/.759 10/.929 34/.587 29/.421 28/.721 .752

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 116/.771 81/.880 40/1.089 69/.711 7/.714 30/.567 15/.708 38/.528 .759

Road 101/.818 61/.826 26/1.075 44/.962 16/.899 16/.846 12/.350 24/.788 .825

Last 28d days 139/.841 71/.903 46/.784 64/.652 17/.840 41/.584 33/.536 45/.542

HR/SB/CS 2/0/1 5/1/2 2/1/1 3/3/1 0/0/0 1/3/0 0/1/1 2/2/1 44/20/10

Usage ····X··· ··X··X·X XX·o··X· X·X·X·XX ·····o·· XX··X··· o·o·oooo ·o·X··XX

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 @ COL, 9:05pm, Friday, May 16, 2008 @Coors Field

SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 3-2, 3.93)

SP: Ubaldo Jimenez (24, RHP, 1-3, 5.53)

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