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Game Preview: MIN @ KCR, 8:10pm, Tuesday, May 27, 2008 @Kauffman Stadium

Minnesota Twins, 25-25, 2nd, 3 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 4-3, 3.55)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-3)             63.1  78  32  25  11  34  4    3.55      
 2007 (0-2)             11.2  19  12  10   2   8  2    7.71      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  45.2  58  25  18   8  23  4    3.55   48 
 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 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR    Has never faced KCR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   16-12   Road:    9-13   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  20-18   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:  10-8 
 vsEast:  4-5    vsCntrl:15-9    vsWest:  5-9  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Sun, May 25  @DET  W   6-1       25-25  2nd  2.5 gb
 49 Sat, May 24  @DET  L   3-19      24-25  2nd  2.5 gb
 48 Fri, May 23  @DET  W   9-4       24-24  2nd  2.5 gb
 47 Thu, May 22   TEX  L   7-8 (10)  23-24  2nd  3.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 21   TEX  L   1-10      23-23  2nd  2.5 gb
 45 Tue, May 20   TEX  W  11-4       23-22  2nd  1.5 gb
 44 Mon, May 19   TEX  W   7-6 (12)  22-22  2nd  1.5 gb
 43 Sun, May 18  @COL  L   2-6       21-22  3rd  2.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Kansas City Royals, 21-30, 4th, 7½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Bannister (27, RHP, 4-6, 4.94)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-6)             62    64  35  34  15  38  7    4.94      
 2007 (12-9)           165   156  76  71  44  77 15    3.87      
 2006 (2-1)             38    34  18  18  22  19  4    4.26      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-6  41    54  32  32  10  25  7    7.02   39 
 2008-05-22   @BOS   L   5.1  12   7   7   1   4  1     107   19 
 2008-05-17   @FLA   L   6.1   7   6   6   2   5  1     107   38 
 2008-05-11    BAL   W   8     2   0   0   2   5  0     110   81 
 2008-05-06    LAA   L   6.2  13   5   5   2   3  1     103   29 
 2008-04-30   @TEX   L   3     7   7   7   2   3  3      90   18 
 2008-04-24    CLE   L   6.2   4   2   2   0   4  1      87   62 
 2008-04-18   @OAK   L   5     9   5   5   1   1  0      86   29 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      3-0  31    23   6   5   3   7  0    1.45   65 
 2008-04-13    MIN   W   9     3   1   0   1   3  0     111   81 
 2007-09-02   @MIN   W   8     6   1   1   0   1  0     101   67 
 2007-08-07    MIN   W   7     6   1   1   1   1  0      98   61 
 2007-08-01   @MIN  ND   7     8   3   3   1   2  0     101   50 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   10-12   Road:   11-18   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  12-22   vsLHP:   9-8    1-Run:   5-5 
 vsEast:  5-13   vsCntrl:10-7    vsWest:  4-9  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Mon, May 26  @TOR  L   2-7       21-30  4th  7.5 gb
 50 Sun, May 25  @TOR  L   1-3       21-29  4th  6.5 gb
 49 Sat, May 24  @TOR  L   0-6       21-28  4th  5.5 gb
 48 Fri, May 23  @TOR  L   1-7       21-27  4th  5.5 gb
 47 Thu, May 22  @BOS  L   8-11      21-26  4th  5.5 gb
 46 Wed, May 21  @BOS  L   3-6       21-25  4th  4.5 gb
 45 Tue, May 20  @BOS  L   1-2       21-24  4th  3.5 gb
 44 Mon, May 19  @BOS  L   0-7       21-23  4th  2.5 gb
 43 Sun, May 18  @FLA  W   9-3       21-22  3rd  2.0 gb
 42 Sat, May 17  @FLA  L   3-7       20-22  4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 13, 2008 KCR  5  MIN  1        W:Brian Bannister (3-0), L: Francisco Liriano (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 12, 2008 MIN  2 @KCR  0        W:Boof Bonser (1-2), L: Brett Tomko (1-1), S: Joe Nathan (4)
Fri, Apr 11, 2008 MIN  5 @KCR  0        W:Livan Hernandez (3-0), L: Gil Meche (0-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 06, 2008 KCR  3 @MIN  1        W:Brett Tomko (1-0), L: Boof Bonser (0-2), S: Joakim Soria (3)
Sat, Apr 05, 2008 MIN  6  KCR  4        W:Livan Hernandez (2-0), L: Gil Meche (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (3)
Fri, Apr 04, 2008 MIN  4  KCR  3        W:Scott Baker (1-0), L: John Bale (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (2)

Wed, Sep 12, 2007 KCR  6  MIN  3        W:Gil Meche (8-12), L: Carlos Silva (11-14), S: none
Tue, Sep 11, 2007 MIN  6 @KCR  3        W:Scott Baker (9-7), L: Kyle Davies (6-13), S: Joe Nathan (32)
Mon, Sep 10, 2007 MIN  4 @KCR  2        W:Boof Bonser (7-12), L: Billy Buckner (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (31)
Sun, Sep 02, 2007 KCR  8 @MIN  1        W:Brian Bannister (12-7), L: Boof Bonser (6-12), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 4-2; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - MIN won 12-7; All-Time - MIN leads 307-285

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  5.71

MIN  4.54

SDP  3.50

RA/G

OAK  3.61

KCR  4.59

TEX  5.51

BA

C. Jones  .416

J. Damon  .265

P. Konerko  .204

OBP

C. Jones  .490

B. Butler  .330

K. Greene  .258

SLG

L. Berkman  .759

J. Mauer  .413

J. Bartlett  .283

OPS

L. Berkman  1.230

S. Schumaker  .755

M. Bourn  .580

ERA

E. Volquez  1.31

D. McGowan  3.90

J. Washburn  6.54

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.03

N. Robertson  6.33

J. Garland  2.38

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Bannister
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
46.Nunez
G/S/vB
57.Peralta
G/S/vB
56.Ramirez
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
27.Yabuta
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Casilla# G/S/vP 6/.533 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 36/31 .267/.343/.500/.843 1.400/.733 .857 36/.843 0/0 2/
19.Clark* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/5 .250/.250/.500/.750 1.000/.600 .600 8/.750 0/0 0/
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 6/.167 21/.818 6/.750 3/.333 6/.334 ··· 4/.000 ··· 142/106 .225/.296/.310/.606 .716/.570 .602 110/.596 4/1 1/
22.Gomez G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/4.000 192/146 .279/.313/.421/.733 .970/.657 .644 96/.837 17/3 4/
23.Harris G/S/vP 6/.167 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 181/134 .247/.318/.329/.647 .517/.693 .652 90/.523 1/1 2/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 10/.600 6/1.100 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 156/120 .255/.295/.428/.722 .438/.804 .656 63/.851 0/1 6/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 11/1.055 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 155/134 .248/.284/.333/.617 .393/.653 .925 78/.683 0/1 1/
18.Macri G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1 .667/.750/.667/1.417 1.333/ 1.417 4/1.417 1/0 0/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 6/.500 22/.739 9/.222 3/2.000 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 186/131 .338/.416/.413/.829 .786/.847 .743 95/.922 0/1 0/
27.Monroe G/S/vP 5/1.000 19/.269 3/.333 2/.500 9/.778 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 100/63 .226/.280/.430/.710 .307/.944 .587 50/.695 0/0 4/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 13/.846 23/.880 8/1.250 4/.750 6/1.666 ··· 5/.000 2/.500 210/149 .305/.376/.487/.863 .828/.875 .785 108/.868 0/0 8/
55.Redmond G/S/vP 6/.334 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.100 ··· 2/.500 ··· 34/18 .226/.265/.290/.555 .536/.572 .653 20/.633 0/0 0/
21.Young G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 205/158 .270/.327/.344/.671 .600/.692 .786 104/.746 8/2 0/
IP 62.0 13.0 21.0 20.0 16.2 21.0 19.1 20.0 TOTAL .266/.322/.382/.704 .667/.717 .699 .743 41/12 29/40
ERA-K/9 4.94/5.5 5.54/11.1 3.00/8.1 1.35/6.3 5.40/8.1 2.14/10.7 0.93/10.7 6.30/6.8 4.55/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (19-10-0)
 Redmond (8-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 261/.263 58/.216 94/.284 77/.164 68/.250 86/.218 71/.095 97/.306 .263  Young
 Cuddyer
 Gomez
 Monroe
 Kubel
50/0/0/7
0/1/31/2
0/44/0/2
0/7/1/1
1/0/13/1
OPS .703 .685 .758 .477 .768 .547 .344 .909 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 132/.788 28/.297 37/.959 33/.595 31/.755 40/.728 32/.441 43/.572 .765
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 129/.617 30/1.073 57/.633 44/.377 37/.778 46/.385 39/.269 54/1.181 .712
Home 140/.569 19/.892 33/.667 36/.596 40/.863 40/.389 26/.237 44/1.077 .714
Last 28d days 136/.898 35/.661 45/.766 34/.412 41/.763 43/.596 38/.457 46/.762
HR/SB/CS 7/0/2 1/1/0 2/1/1 0/0/0 3/1/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 4/3/0 50/24/7
Usage ····X··· ·X·oXo·· ···X·X·· ·oo·o··· o··o·o·o ·Xo···o· o····X·· ··o·X··o
Kansas City Royals Batters (3.55 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.86 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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Buck G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 6/.533 13/.808 ··· 6/.733 ··· 12/.273 131/98 .259/.328/.362/.690 .838/.643 .630 57/.774 0/2 2/
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/2.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 200/145 .261/.330/.339/.669 .896/.588 .660 99/.641 0/1 1/
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 72/57 .266/.347/.313/.660 .933/.581 .598 31/.406 0/1 0/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 9/.944 13/1.000 ··· 13/.398 4/.000 9/.000 152/96 .270/.329/.365/.694 .687/.698 .723 111/.646 3/4 3/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 2/2.000 5/1.100 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 4/.000 137/98 .256/.304/.288/.592 .495/.628 .652 65/.660 13/2 0/
3.German G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 4/1.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 4/1.250 43/19 .139/.220/.139/.358 .483/.217 .439 25/.492 2/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 5/.800 6/.834 ··· 5/.650 7/1.071 6/.334 118/98 .245/.291/.282/.572 .450/.598 .633 41/.371 1/3 0/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 6/1.167 4/.000 5/3.050 212/148 .287/.368/.431/.799 .509/.924 .860 110/.803 2/2 5/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 7/.762 ··· 16/.474 10/.500 6/.167 171/124 .290/.349/.361/.710 .863/.656 .856 101/.746 1/1 0/
11.Guillen G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.400 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 10/1.171 4/.250 197/143 .249/.279/.439/.718 .978/.622 .690 98/.916 0/0 6/
21.Olivo G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 8/.375 101/64 .292/.317/.594/.911 1.084/.814 .767 61/.931 2/0 6/
1.Pena G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 148/106 .162/.184/.204/.388 .495/.346 .492 77/.408 3/1 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 5/.000 8/.625 ··· 8/.125 8/.708 8/.536 197/139 .249/.340/.341/.681 .498/.762 .674 93/.630 1/1 2/
IP 63.1 31.1 17.2 28.2 9.0 20.0 13.2 22.0 TOTAL .255/.314/.358/.671 .707/.657 .686 .688 28/19 25/26
ERA-K/9 3.55/4.8 5.74/4.0 4.08/5.6 3.45/6.3 4.00/6.0 1.35/9.4 3.29/4.6 4.50/7.4 4.38/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (18-2-0)
 Olivo (6-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 270/.311 150/.306 80/.300 126/.261 36/.219 80/.240 57/.302 100/.232 .281  Guillen
 DeJesus
 Teahen
 Callaspo
 German
 Gload
 Gathright
16/0/20/3
15/20/4/3
20/0/26/2
3/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
0/38/0/0
OPS .779 .918 .888 .713 .712 .594 .747 .699 .775
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 118/.733 51/.861 30/.573 45/.762 17/.710 43/.636 34/.478 42/.929 .754
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 152/.813 99/.945 50/1.064 81/.686 19/.708 37/.548 23/1.172 58/.521 .790
Road 127/.774 74/.931 33/1.205 50/.868 25/.606 24/.788 22/.883 45/.715 .822
Last 28d days 140/.809 70/.908 46/.969 61/.622 25/.698 45/.579 29/1.075 59/.653
HR/SB/CS 4/0/1 7/1/2 3/2/1 3/4/1 1/2/0 1/4/0 0/1/1 2/4/1 56/27/11
Usage ·····X·· ··X·X·X· ···oo··X ·o·XX··X ···X·X·X ·o··X··o ··Xo···o ··X··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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