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Game Preview: MIN @ KCR, 8:10pm, Wednesday, May 28, 2008 @Kauffman Stadium

Minnesota Twins, 26-25, 2nd, 2 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Livan Hernandez (33, RHP, 6-2, 4.22)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-2)             70.1  90  36  33  13  22  9    4.22      
 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         3-2  43.1  61  25  24   9  14  6    4.98   42 
 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 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      2-0  14    14   4   4   1   5  0    2.57   57 
 2008-04-11   @KCR   W   7     7   0   0   1   3  0      99   65 
 2008-04-05    KCR   W   7     7   4   4   0   2  0      74   49 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   16-12   Road:   10-13   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  21-18   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:  11-8 
 vsEast:  4-5    vsCntrl:16-9    vsWest:  5-9  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Tue, May 27  @KCR  W   4-3 (12)  26-25  2nd  2.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Kansas City Royals, 21-31, 4th, 7½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Zack Greinke (24, RHP, 5-2, 2.82)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-2)             67    66  22  21  17  45  7    2.82      
 2007 (7-7)            122   122  52  50  36 106 12    3.69      
 2006 (1-0)              6.1   7   3   3   3   5  1    4.26      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  43    49  20  19  12  36  6    3.98   51 
 2008-05-23   @TOR   L   5     9   6   6   2   2  0      93   25 
 2008-05-18   @FLA   W   6     9   3   3   1   5  1      94   46 
 2008-05-13    DET  ND   6     9   2   2   2   2  1      97   46 
 2008-05-07    LAA   W   7     5   3   3   2   8  1     107   61 
 2008-05-01   @TEX   L   7     4   2   2   0   9  2     105   70 
 2008-04-25    TOR  ND   7     5   1   1   1   4  1      93   66 
 2008-04-19   @OAK  ND   5     8   3   2   4   6  0     100   43 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      1-2  30.2  29  12  12  10  10  0    3.52   51 
 2007-04-26   @MIN  ND   7     4   0   0   4   1  0     108   66 
 2007-04-21    MIN  ND   5     9   4   4   1   2  0      89   34 
 2005-07-08    MIN   L   5.2   8   5   5   2   2  0      82   33 
 2005-06-27   @MIN   L   6     4   2   2   2   1  0      96   55 
 2004-07-15    MIN   W   7     4   1   1   1   4  0      93   68 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   10-13   Road:   11-18   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  12-23   vsLHP:   9-8    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  5-13   vsCntrl:10-8    vsWest:  4-9  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 52 Tue, May 27   MIN  L   3-4 (12)  21-31  4th  7.5 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
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 27, 2008 MIN  4 @KCR  3 (12)   W:Jesse Crain (2-2), L: Leo Nunez (3-1), S: Matt Guerrier (1)
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)
Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 5-2; 2007 - Tied 9-9; 2006 - MIN won 12-7; All-Time - MIN leads 308-285

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  5.65

OAK  4.52

SDP  3.51

RA/G

OAK  3.56

NYY  4.60

TEX  5.52

BA

C. Jones  .418

M. Teixeira  .267

R. Weeks  .202

OBP

C. Jones  .491

J. Crede  .333

K. Greene  .267

SLG

L. Berkman  .753

B. Roberts  .417

J. Bartlett  .284

OPS

L. Berkman  1.226

A. Huff  .758

M. Bourn  .575

ERA

E. Volquez  1.31

P. Byrd  4.10

J. Washburn  6.54

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.03

I. Snell  6.32

J. Garland  2.38

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Greinke
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 8/.661 3/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 42/35 .306/.366/.500/.866 1.286/.767 .900 42/.866 1/0 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 11/1.000 22/.777 6/.750 4/.833 6/.334 ··· 5/.000 ··· 148/111 .237/.304/.319/.623 .695/.599 .645 112/.594 4/1 1/
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/4.000 198/150 .277/.313/.415/.728 .962/.652 .638 98/.856 17/3 4/
23.Harris G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 186/137 .253/.326/.340/.665 .562/.703 .686 91/.593 1/1 2/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 6/.334 7/.929 3/.000 3/.667 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 2/.000 162/124 .247/.290/.413/.703 .413/.789 .620 65/.762 0/1 6/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 12/.962 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 160/137 .240/.275/.322/.597 .358/.638 .854 80/.660 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 18/.600 22/.739 10/.200 4/2.000 4/.750 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 192/136 .329/.414/.402/.816 .771/.835 .720 97/.869 0/1 0/
27.Monroe G/S/vP 20/1.289 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 17/.588 24/.841 8/1.250 5/1.000 6/1.666 ··· 6/.334 2/.500 216/154 .313/.384/.490/.874 .815/.897 .813 110/.922 0/0 8/
55.Redmond G/S/vP 5/1.200 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 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 211/162 .262/.318/.333/.651 .575/.674 .736 107/.671 8/2 0/
IP 67.0 15.0 23.0 21.0 16.2 21.0 21.1 20.0 TOTAL .266/.323/.379/.702 .659/.717 .695 .737 42/12 29/40
ERA-K/9 2.82/6.0 4.80/10.2 2.74/7.4 1.71/6.0 5.40/8.1 2.14/10.7 0.84/10.6 6.30/6.8 4.51/6.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 273/.258 66/.207 101/.273 83/.183 68/.250 86/.218 79/.100 97/.306 .263  Young
 Cuddyer
 Gomez
 Monroe
 Kubel
51/0/0/7
0/1/32/2
0/45/0/2
0/7/1/1
1/0/13/1
OPS .706 .667 .723 .523 .768 .547 .349 .909 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 115/.784 31/.267 40/.879 37/.658 31/.755 40/.728 36/.448 43/.572 .759
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 158/.651 35/1.049 61/.624 46/.408 37/.778 46/.385 43/.269 54/1.181 .712
Home 110/.699 27/.787 40/.597 42/.671 40/.863 40/.389 34/.273 44/1.077 .709
Last 28d days 130/.802 40/.653 43/.754 40/.517 41/.763 36/.624 41/.474 46/.762
HR/SB/CS 7/0/2 1/1/0 2/2/1 0/0/0 3/1/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 4/3/0 50/25/7
Usage ····X··· X·X·oXo· X···X·X· X·oo·o·· ·o··o·o· ··Xo···o Xo····X· ···o·X··
Kansas City Royals Batters (3.54 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.82 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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Buck G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 7/.453 13/.808 ··· 7/.619 ··· 12/.273 136/103 .248/.316/.347/.663 .838/.610 .578 62/.709 0/2 2/
16.Butler G/S/vP 6/.334 1/no AB 2/2.000 4/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 201/146 .265/.333/.343/.676 .896/.598 .676 95/.633 0/1 1/
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 75/60 .269/.347/.313/.660 .933/.586 .603 34/.431 0/1 0/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.944 14/.917 ··· 13/.398 5/.200 9/.000 158/101 .275/.335/.366/.702 .699/.703 .738 111/.653 3/4 3/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 7/.310 1/.000 2/2.000 6/.900 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 4/.000 143/103 .254/.300/.285/.585 .495/.616 .630 71/.640 13/2 0/
3.German G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 4/1.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 4/1.250 45/21 .132/.209/.132/.341 .483/.195 .400 27/.451 2/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 5/.800 6/.834 ··· 5/.650 7/1.071 6/.334 118/98 .245/.291/.282/.572 .450/.598 .633 36/.367 1/3 0/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 6/1.167 5/.000 5/3.050 217/152 .281/.364/.422/.786 .501/.909 .826 109/.761 2/2 5/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 59/.592 ··· 4/.000 7/.762 ··· 16/.474 10/.500 6/.167 171/124 .290/.349/.361/.710 .863/.656 .856 95/.671 1/1 0/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 12/.334 1/.000 6/.334 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 10/1.171 4/.250 202/148 .242/.272/.428/.700 .978/.600 .648 98/.827 0/0 6/
21.Olivo G/S/vP 14/.715 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 8/.375 106/69 .307/.330/.594/.924 1.084/.842 .817 61/1.032 2/0 6/
1.Pena G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 152/109 .164/.185/.205/.391 .483/.355 .493 76/.440 3/1 0/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 6/.000 8/.625 ··· 9/.722 8/.708 8/.536 202/144 .253/.342/.365/.707 .498/.795 .732 93/.640 1/1 3/
IP 70.1 31.1 18.2 29.2 9.0 20.2 14.2 22.0 TOTAL .255/.313/.357/.670 .705/.656 .682 .672 28/19 26/26
ERA-K/9 4.22/2.8 5.74/4.0 3.86/5.8 3.34/6.4 4.00/6.0 1.74/9.6 3.07/4.9 4.50/7.4 4.33/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (19-2-0)
 Olivo (6-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 305/.318 150/.306 84/.297 130/.261 36/.219 83/.244 61/.291 100/.232 .281  Guillen
 DeJesus
 Teahen
 Callaspo
 German
 Gload
 Gathright
17/0/20/3
15/20/5/3
20/0/26/2
3/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
0/39/0/0
OPS .837 .918 .867 .706 .712 .635 .732 .699 .771
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 140/.871 51/.861 31/.553 48/.711 17/.710 45/.726 37/.485 42/.929 .755
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 165/.807 99/.945 53/1.040 82/.703 19/.708 38/.533 24/1.119 58/.521 .783
Road 140/.784 74/.931 37/1.120 54/.838 25/.606 27/.893 26/.829 45/.715 .812
Last 28d days 151/.846 70/.908 50/.928 65/.614 25/.698 45/.699 32/1.055 59/.653
HR/SB/CS 9/0/2 7/1/2 3/2/1 3/4/1 1/2/0 2/4/0 0/1/1 2/4/1 57/27/11
Usage ·····X·· ···X·X·X o···oo·· o·o·XX·· ····X·X· o·o··X·· o··Xo··· ···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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