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Game Preview: MIN @ COL, 3:05pm, Sunday, May 18, 2008 @Coors Field

Minnesota Twins, 21-21, 3rd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Kevin Slowey (24, RHP, 0-3, 5.79)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-3)             14    13   9   9   2  11  4    5.79      
 2007 (4-1)             66.2  82  39  35  11  47 16    4.73      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  37.2  33  17  16   2  33  5    3.82   54 
 2008-05-13    TOR   L   5.2   5   3   3   2   5  1     107   50 
 2008-05-08   @CHW   L   5     4   3   3   0   4  2      83   51 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.COL    Has never faced COL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-10   Road:    7-11   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  16-16   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   9-7 
 vsEast:  4-5    vsCntrl:13-8    vsWest:  3-7  IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 42 Sat, May 17  @COL  L   2-3       21-21  3rd  1.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Colorado Rockies, 16-27, 4th, 11 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Jeff Francis (27, LHP, 0-4, 6.27)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-4)             47.1  58  33  33  19  31  9    6.27      
 2007 (17-9)           215.1 234 103 101  63 165 25    4.22      
 2006 (13-11)          199   187 101  92  69 117 18    4.16      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-3  41    46  28  28  18  28  6    6.15   43 
 2008-05-13   @ARI   L   4.2  13   8   8   0   3  1      78    9 
 2008-05-07    STL  ND   5     6   3   3   5   4  1      98   42 
 2008-05-02    LAD   L   5.1   6   4   4   2   3  0     100   41 
 2008-04-27   @LAD  ND   7     5   2   2   3   6  0     112   62 
 2008-04-22    PHI  ND   7     6   4   4   4   3  1     109   48 
 2008-04-17   @SDP  ND   7     3   0   0   1   7  0     111   77 
 2008-04-11   @ARI   L   5     7   7   7   3   2  3      99   24 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN    Has never faced MIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-11   Road:    8-16   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  13-23   vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   8-8 
 vsEast:  3-2    vsCntrl: 6-6    vsWest:  6-18 IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Sat, May 17   MIN  W   3-2       16-27  4th 11.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 17, 2008 COL  3  MIN  2        W:Matt Herges (2-0), L: Livan Hernandez (6-2), S: Brian Fuentes (5)
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 - Tied 1-1; 2007 -  0-0; 2006 -  0-0; All-Time - MIN leads 3-2

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  5.84

OAK  4.45

SDP  3.36

RA/G

CLE  3.51

BOS  4.49

TEX  5.43

BA

L. Berkman  .399

  

R. Howard  .184

OBP

A. Pujols  .490

  

R. Zimmerman  .276

SLG

L. Berkman  .816

  

O. Cabrera  .262

OPS

L. Berkman  1.295

  

O. Cabrera  .543

ERA

C. Lee  .67

M. Cain  4.17

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 (4.31 RS/G) vs. Colorado Rockies Pitchers (5.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Francis*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 3/.000 0/0 0/
19.Clark* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / / / /
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/1.238 3/3.500 ··· 104/78 .240/.298/.323/.621 .732/.584 .553 86/.636 4/1 1/
12.Everett G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.800 ··· 6/1.167 ··· 70/58 .190/.221/.317/.538 1.056/.450 .465 41/.614 0/0 1/
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 159/118 .268/.296/.399/.694 1.040/.572 .689 80/.760 16/3 3/
23.Harris G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/no AB 3/1.334 1/2.000 ··· 152/115 .250/.324/.341/.665 .485/.723 .709 90/.619 1/1 2/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.400 ··· ··· 133/100 .244/.263/.409/.673 .442/.744 .567 70/.645 0/1 5/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 5/.800 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 128/109 .227/.258/.277/.535 .158/.604 .719 73/.610 0/0 0/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 156/109 .316/.394/.397/.791 .762/.803 .697 88/.858 0/1 0/
27.Monroe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 6/.667 1/.000 ··· 87/57 .259/.310/.494/.804 .343/1.048 .700 59/.859 0/0 4/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 6/1.000 2/.500 ··· 174/122 .308/.374/.494/.867 .739/.924 .739 102/.850 0/0 7/
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 8/.393 ··· 24/12 .190/.250/.286/.536 .733/.348 .762 18/.733 0/0 0/
21.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 170/131 .281/.324/.325/.649 .473/.701 .768 99/.690 8/1 0/
IP 47.1 4.1 21.2 21.2 18.2 22.1 25.1 6.2 TOTAL .263/.313/.371/.685 .633/.703 .677 .704 39/10 23/29
ERA-K/9 6.27/5.9 0.00/4.2 1.66/6.6 7.06/4.1 2.41/7.7 2.82/8.1 2.49/7.8 2.70/5.4 4.71/6.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 216/.301 17/.200 83/.147 103/.326 79/.206 95/.247 99/.211 33/.321 .271  Young
 Gomez
 Cuddyer
 Monroe
 Kubel
42/0/0/4
0/37/0/2
0/0/24/1
0/6/0/1
1/0/11/1
OPS .852 .494 .390 .916 .598 .728 .621 .960 .772
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 42/.720 4/.000 36/.288 49/.873 18/.284 32/.775 46/.410 9/.778 .699
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 174/.885 13/.657 47/.470 54/.949 61/.700 63/.706 53/.806 24/1.008 .816
Home 112/.918 8/.661 37/.513 54/1.090 39/.575 49/.790 46/.777 9/1.556 .798
Last 28d days 135/.819 17/.494 46/.414 62/1.083 44/.801 49/.585 52/.629 33/.960
HR/SB/CS 9/3/0 0/0/0 0/2/1 3/1/0 1/2/0 1/2/1 2/0/2 1/1/0 38/35/7
Usage ····X··· ··ooo·o· ···o···· ·X··o·X· X·X····· ·X··X··o X··o···o ··X·····
Colorado Rockies Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.40 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
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
39.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Atkins G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 185/158 .335/.357/.526/.883 1.435/.792 .854 110/.932 0/0 7/
10.Baker G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 58/47 .226/.276/.321/.597 .293/.662 .711 40/.750 0/0 0/
12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 119/100 .351/.390/.541/.930 .957/.926 1.000 83/.872 3/1 2/
11.Hawpe* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 162/135 .239/.352/.370/.721 .619/.742 .805 96/.744 0/0 3/
17.Helton* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 17/1.133 11/.282 1/2.000 189/155 .269/.381/.381/.762 .557/.809 .823 112/.714 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/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· 184/155 .315/.397/.525/.921 .879/.929 1.116 109/.906 7/1 6/
20.Iannetta G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/66 .308/.378/.585/.963 1.125/.942 1.037 48/.997 0/0 3/
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· 5/.400 13/.321 ··· 6/.334 3/.666 7/.572 62/59 .283/.387/.377/.764 .000/.807 .678 41/.850 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 84/67 .306/.381/.458/.839 .974/.802 .956 49/.858 3/0 1/
3.Taveras G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 150/126 .241/.313/.293/.606 .317/.658 .702 85/.611 16/1 0/
8.Torrealba G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 107/84 .227/.272/.351/.622 .749/.587 .734 61/.652 0/3 2/
IP 14.0 26.1 13.2 24.2 4.0 17.0 12.1 16.2 TOTAL .259/.328/.389/.717 .701/.720 .799 .739 38/9 28/20
ERA-K/9 5.79/7.1 3.76/3.4 4.61/6.6 3.65/6.2 4.50/6.8 1.59/9.5 0.73/4.4 3.24/7.5 4.17/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Iannetta (10-1-1)
 Torrealba (25-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 56/.241 120/.257 63/.304 108/.268 17/.286 68/.234 45/.214 70/.197 .274  Hawpe
 Taveras
 Spilborghs
 Holliday
 Podsednik
0/0/38/3
0/34/0/1
3/7/7/0
40/0/0/0
3/14/0/0
OPS .842 .827 .863 .728 .840 .592 .505 .611 .751
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 22/.968 38/.729 23/.461 39/.759 10/.929 35/.570 30/.407 29/.695 .735
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 34/.765 82/.868 40/1.089 69/.711 7/.714 33/.616 15/.708 41/.550 .763
Road 19/.842 63/.798 26/1.075 44/.962 16/.899 20/.850 13/.322 28/.774 .807
Last 28d days 42/.812 73/.875 40/.911 64/.652 17/.840 42/.652 33/.536 42/.510
HR/SB/CS 4/0/0 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··· o···X··X ··XX·o·· ··X·X·X· ·······o ·oXX··X· ·oo·o·oo ·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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