MIN @ COL, Saturday, May 17, 2008 Game Preview

Minnesota Twins, 21-20, 2nd, ½ GB, 2 GB in WC	SP: Livan Hernandez (33, RHP, 6-1, 3.90) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-1) 57.2 72 27 25 11 21 9 3.90 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 4-1 43.2 58 21 19 11 18 9 3.92 47 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 2008-04-27 @TEX L 2.2 9 7 7 1 2 2 74 13 2008-04-22 @OAK ND 6 7 4 4 2 3 1 109 43 2008-04-16 TBR ND 6 8 5 3 3 2 3 103 39 2008-04-11 @KCR W 7 7 0 0 1 3 0 99 65 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.COL 1-0 35 33 7 6 14 20 0 1.54 60 2007-08-31 COL ND 7 9 0 0 1 2 0 114 60 2007-05-22 COL ND 8 9 1 1 1 8 0 124 67 2007-05-17 @COL W 7 4 1 1 4 2 0 116 63 2007-04-14 COL ND 6 6 3 2 6 4 0 114 48 2007-04-03 @COL ND 7 5 2 2 2 4 0 97 61
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 14-10 Road: 7-10 ExtrInn: 1-2 vsRHP: 16-15 vsLHP: 5-5 1-Run: 9-6 vsEast: 4-5 vsCntrl:13-8 vsWest: 3-7 IL: 1-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 41 Fri, May 16 @COL W 4-2 21-20 2nd 0.5 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:15-15
Colorado Rockies, 15-27, 5th, 12 GB, 8½ GB in WC	SP: Greg Reynolds (22, RHP, 0-1, 6.35) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-1) 5.2 6 4 4 2 1 2 6.35 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 0-1 5.2 6 4 4 2 1 2 6.35 40 2008-05-11 @SDP L 5.2 6 4 4 2 1 2 87 40 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN Has never faced MIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 7-11 Road: 8-16 ExtrInn: 1-4 vsRHP: 12-23 vsLHP: 3-4 1-Run: 7-8 vsEast: 3-2 vsCntrl: 6-6 vsWest: 6-18 IL: 0-1 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 42 Fri, May 16 MIN L 2-4 15-27 5th 12.0 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 Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 5-15 Last 30:10-20
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, May 16, 2008 MIN 4 @COL 2 W:Nick Blackburn (4-2), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (1-4), S: Joe Nathan (13) 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 - MIN leads 1-0; 2007 - 0-0; 2006 - 0-0; All-Time - MIN leads 3-1

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 5.83

OAK 4.44

SDP 3.40

RA/G

CLE 3.50

LAA 4.48

TEX 5.51

A. Pujols .347

R. Zimmerman .244

OBP

A. Pujols .492

R. Zimmerman .277

SLG

C. Utley .655

I. Suzuki .367

OPS

A. Pujols 1.070

C. Crawford .680

ERA

C. Lee .67

M. Mussina 3.99

K. Rogers 6.65

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.62

J. Weaver 6.20

J. Garland 2.01

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.37 RS/G) vs. Colorado Rockies Pitchers (5.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Reynolds
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 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/1.238 2/3.500 ··· 100/74 .247/.300/.333/.633 .732/.599 .583 82/.652 3/1 1/

12.Everett G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.800 ··· 5/.800 ··· 66/55 .183/.215/.300/.515 1.056/.419 .394 37/.580 0/0 1/

22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 159/118 .268/.296/.399/.694 1.040/.572 .689 84/.747 16/3 3/

23.Harris G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.334 ··· ··· 147/111 .248/.315/.341/.656 .465/.719 .693 89/.596 1/0 2/

16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.400 ··· ··· 133/100 .244/.263/.409/.673 .442/.744 .567 73/.646 0/1 5/

24.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/1.000 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 123/105 .228/.260/.281/.541 .167/.608 .753 71/.628 0/0 0/

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 152/105 .326/.404/.409/.813 .762/.837 .745 88/.897 0/1 0/

27.Monroe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 6/.667 ··· ··· 83/53 .273/.325/.519/.845 .343/1.131 .775 58/.963 0/0 4/

33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 6/1.000 1/no AB ··· 170/118 .307/.371/.497/.867 .739/.926 .733 102/.887 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 51/.450 4/1 0/

21.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 166/128 .276/.319/.321/.640 .431/.702 .755 99/.649 7/1 0/

IP 5.2 4.1 21.2 21.2 17.2 22.1 23.1 6.2 TOTAL .264/.313/.374/.687 .631/.708 .683 .712 37/9 23/29

ERA-K/9

6.35/1.6

0.00/4.2

1.66/6.6

7.06/4.1

2.55/7.6

2.82/8.1

1.93/8.5

2.70/5.4

4.77/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mauer (18-10-0)
Redmond (3-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 25/.273 17/.200 83/.147 103/.326 74/.200 95/.247 90/.193 33/.321 .272 Young
Gomez
Cuddyer
Monroe
Kubel 41/0/0/4
0/37/0/2
0/0/23/1
0/5/0/1
1/0/11/1

OPS .924 .494 .390 .916 .585 .728 .582 .960 .776

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 11/.573 4/.000 36/.288 49/.873 17/.301 32/.775 43/.440 9/.778 .705

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 14/1.218 13/.657 47/.470 54/.949 57/.676 63/.706 47/.708 24/1.008 .819

Home / 8/.661 37/.513 54/1.090 34/.546 49/.790 37/.715 9/1.556 .810

Last 28d days 25/.924 17/.494 46/.414 65/1.027 43/.764 55/.597 43/.550 33/.960

HR/SB/CS 2/0/0 0/0/0 0/2/1 3/1/0 1/1/0 1/2/1 2/0/1 1/1/0 38/33/6

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

Colorado Rockies Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 61.Hernandez
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 23/.611 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 182/155 .339/.363/.532/.895 1.435/.805 .883 112/.970 0/0 7/

10.Baker G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 55/44 .200/.255/.260/.515 .293/.565 .523 37/.637 0/0 0/

12.Barmes G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 115/96 .355/.395/.551/.946 .957/.944 1.045 84/.854 3/1 2/

11.Hawpe* G/S/vP 27/1.031 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 159/132 .244/.358/.378/.736 .619/.761 .847 98/.771 0/0 3/

17.Helton* G/S/vP 79/1.315 ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/1.133 11/.282 1/2.000 185/151 .269/.384/.385/.768 .557/.818 .841 113/.769 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 31/.677 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· 180/151 .316/.400/.525/.925 .879/.934 1.137 110/.882 7/1 6/

20.Iannetta G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/66 .308/.378/.585/.963 1.125/.942 1.037 52/.946 0/0 3/

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 11/.473 ··· 5/.400 13/.321 ··· 6/.334 3/.666 7/.572 61/58 .288/.393/.385/.778 .000/.822 .700 41/.850 6/0 0/

6.Quintanilla* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/36 .263/.263/.395/.658 .000/.714 1.000 39/.658 0/0 0/

19.Spilborghs G/S/vP 4/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 83/66 .296/.373/.451/.824 .974/.782 .917 53/.786 3/0 1/

3.Taveras G/S/vP 24/.604 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 146/122 .233/.308/.287/.595 .317/.646 .678 81/.590 16/1 0/

8.Torrealba G/S/vP 12/.606 ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 104/81 .229/.275/.354/.629 .749/.595 .752 58/.663 0/3 2/

IP 57.2 25.2 13.2 24.2 4.0 17.0 12.1 16.2 TOTAL .258/.329/.389/.718 .701/.721 .805 .737 38/9 28/19

ERA-K/9

3.90/3.3

3.86/3.5

4.61/6.6

3.65/6.2

4.50/6.8

1.59/9.5

0.73/4.4

3.24/7.5

4.18/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Iannetta (10-1-1)
Torrealba (23-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 249/.306 118/.262 63/.304 108/.268 17/.286 68/.234 45/.214 70/.197 .273 Hawpe
Taveras
Spilborghs
Holliday
Podsednik 0/0/37/3
0/33/0/1
3/7/7/0
39/0/0/0
3/14/0/0

OPS .820 .843 .863 .728 .840 .592 .505 .611 .753

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 121/.873 37/.751 23/.461 39/.759 10/.929 35/.570 30/.407 29/.695 .742

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 128/.770 81/.880 40/1.089 69/.711 7/.714 33/.616 15/.708 41/.550 .761

Road 111/.800 61/.826 26/1.075 44/.962 16/.899 20/.850 13/.322 28/.774 .814

Last 28d days 140/.894 71/.903 40/.911 64/.652 17/.840 45/.606 34/.520 42/.510

HR/SB/CS 9/0/2 5/1/2 2/1/1 3/3/1 0/0/0 1/3/0 0/1/1 2/3/1 44/21/10

Usage ····X··· ···X··X· ·XX·o··X ·X·X·X·X ······o· oXX··X·· oo·o·ooo X·o·X··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 @ COL, 8:05pm, Saturday, May 17, 2008 @Coors Field

SP: Livan Hernandez (33, RHP, 6-1, 3.90)

SP: Greg Reynolds (22, RHP, 0-1, 6.35)

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