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Game Preview: MIN @ MIL, 7:05pm, Saturday, June 14, 2008 @Miller Park

Minnesota Twins, 33-35, 2nd, 5½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Glen Perkins (25, LHP, 2-2, 4.58)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-2)             39.1  51  22  20  11  21  7    4.58      
 2007 (0-0)             28.2  23  10  10  12  20  2    3.14      
 2006 (0-0)              5.2   3   1   1   0   6  0    1.59      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  39.1  51  22  20  11  21  7    4.58   45 
 2008-06-09   @CHW  ND   5.1   5   3   3   3   3  1      93   46 
 2008-06-04    BAL  ND   4     9   5   4   2   2  2      77   26 
 2008-05-30    NYY   L   4    10   5   5   2   0  0      78   20 
 2008-05-25   @DET   W   7.2   7   1   1   2   4  1     104   63 
 2008-05-20    TEX   W   6.1   6   3   2   0   3  0      96   54 
 2008-05-15    TOR  ND   6     5   2   2   2   6  0     102   58 
 2008-05-10    BOS   L   6     9   3   3   0   3  3      98   45 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL    Has never faced MIL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-16   Road:   14-19   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  27-23   vsLHP:   6-12   1-Run:  13-12
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest:  5-9  IL: 2-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 68 Fri, Jun 13  @MIL  W  10-2       33-35  2nd  5.5 gb
 67 Thu, Jun 12  @CLE  L   2-12      32-35  2nd  5.5 gb
 66 Wed, Jun 11  @CLE  W   8-5       32-34  2nd  5.5 gb
 65 Tue, Jun 10  @CLE  L   0-1       31-34  2nd  6.5 gb
 64 Mon, Jun  9  @CHW  L   5-7       31-33  2nd  6.5 gb
 63 Sun, Jun  8  @CHW  L   2-12      31-32  2nd  5.5 gb
 62 Sat, Jun  7  @CHW  L   2-11      31-31  2nd  4.5 gb
 61 Fri, Jun  6  @CHW  L   6-10      31-30  2nd  3.5 gb
 60 Thu, Jun  5   BAL  L   2-3       31-29  2nd  2.5 gb
 59 Wed, Jun  4   BAL  W   7-5       31-28  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Milwaukee Brewers, 35-32, 3rd, 7½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Jeff Suppan (33, RHP, 4-4, 3.78)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-4)             78.2  81  41  33  36  42  9    3.78      
 2007 (12-12)          206.2 243 113 106  68 114 18    4.62      
 2006 (12-7)           190   207 100  87  69 104 21    4.12      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  44    41  18  13  25  30  4    2.66   53 
 2008-06-08   @COL   W   5.1   4   2   1   5   3  0      99   52 
 2008-06-02    ARI  ND   7     7   3   3   2   6  1      96   55 
 2008-05-28    ATL   W   8     4   0   0   5   7  0     113   76 
 2008-05-23   @WSN   L   5.2   3   5   1   3   4  1      89   52 
 2008-05-17   @BOS   L   6     9   4   4   2   1  1      97   37 
 2008-05-11    STL   W   7     6   1   1   5   4  0     110   60 
 2008-05-06   @FLA   L   5     8   3   3   3   5  1     108   41 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      1-3  32    44  25  24  10  18  2    6.75   38 
 2007-06-17   @MIN  ND   4.2  10   9   9   3   2  0      94    7 
 2002-08-23    MIN   L   5    10   9   9   5   0  0     101    6 
 2002-08-02   @MIN   L   7     8   2   2   1   6  1     124   58 
 2002-05-14    MIN   W   8     9   1   0   0   6  0     110   68 
 2002-04-18   @MIN   L   7.1   7   4   4   1   4  1      94   51 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-11   Road:   16-21   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  22-26   vsLHP:  13-6    1-Run:  13-6 
 vsEast:  8-10   vsCntrl:19-14   vsWest:  8-4  IL: 0-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 67 Fri, Jun 13   MIN  L   2-10      35-32  3rd  7.5 gb
 66 Thu, Jun 12  @HOU  W   9-6       35-31  3rd  7.5 gb
 65 Wed, Jun 11  @HOU  W  10-6       34-31  3rd  7.5 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 10  @HOU  L   1-6       33-31  3rd  7.5 gb
 63 Sun, Jun  8  @COL  W   3-2       33-30  3rd  6.5 gb
 62 Sat, Jun  7  @COL  L   2-7       32-30  3rd  6.5 gb
 61 Fri, Jun  6  @COL  L   4-6       32-29  3rd  6.5 gb
 60 Wed, Jun  4   ARI  W  10-1       32-28  3rd  6.0 gb
 59 Tue, Jun  3   ARI  W   7-1       31-28  3rd  7.0 gb
 58 Mon, Jun  2   ARI  W   4-3       30-28  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 13, 2008 MIN 10 @MIL  2        W:Kevin Slowey (3-6), L: David Bush (2-7), S: none

Sun, Jun 17, 2007 MIN 10  MIL  9        W:Joe Nathan (3-1), L: Chris Spurling (1-1), S: none
Sat, Jun 16, 2007 MIL  5 @MIN  2        W:David Bush (4-6), L: Boof Bonser (5-3), S: Francisco Cordero (25)
Fri, Jun 15, 2007 MIL 11 @MIN  3        W:Claudio Vargas (5-1), L: Scott Baker (1-2), S: Brian Shouse (1)
Sun, May 20, 2007 MIL  6  MIN  5        W:Matt Wise (1-1), L: Dennys Reyes (0-1), S: Francisco Cordero (17)
Sat, May 19, 2007 MIN  5 @MIL  2        W:Scott Baker (1-0), L: David Bush (3-4), S: none
Fri, May 18, 2007 MIN  8 @MIL  1        W:Boof Bonser (2-1), L: Chris Capuano (5-2), S: none
Sun, Jul 02, 2006 MIN  8  MIL  0        W:Francisco Liriano (9-1), L: Zach Jackson (1-1), S: none
Sat, Jul 01, 2006 MIN 10  MIL  7        W:Juan Rincon (3-0), L: Derrick Turnbow (4-4), S: Joe Nathan (14)
Fri, Jun 30, 2006 MIN  8  MIL  2        W:Brad Radke (7-7), L: Carlos Villanueva (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 1-0; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - MIN won 5-1; All-Time - MIN leads 211-201

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

TEX  5.57

HOU  4.51

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.68

NYY  4.57

TEX  5.84

BA

C. Jones  .414

J. Rollins  .278

A. Cabrera  .184

OBP

C. Jones  .500

L. Gonzalez  .348

R. Cano  .260

SLG

L. Berkman  .711

F. Thomas  .444

A. Cabrera  .247

OPS

C. Jones  1.165

S. Drew  .800

A. Cabrera  .529

ERA

E. Volquez  1.56

J. Moyer  4.12

B. Bonser  6.35

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.67

E. Jackson  6.14

L. Hernandez  2.82

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Suppan
G/S/vB
45.DiFelice
G/S/vB
48.Dillard
G/S/vB
58.Mota
G/S/vB
51.Shouse*
G/S/vB
50.Tavarez
G/S/vB
16.Torres
G/S/vB
12.Villanueva
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 9/5 .250/.333/.375/.708 .500/.900 .650 / 0/0 0/
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 114/83 .323/.378/.475/.853 .774/.885 .830 111/.878 3/0 3/
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· ··· 2/1.500 3/.333 5/1.300 2/.500 5/.000 218/159 .244/.303/.353/.656 .666/.652 .595 118/.675 4/1 3/
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 280/207 .278/.312/.398/.710 .786/.683 .722 121/.732 18/8 5/
23.Harris G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 242/177 .235/.301/.305/.606 .450/.666 .598 95/.530 1/1 2/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.833 ··· 2/1.500 220/174 .252/.305/.436/.740 .434/.819 .725 87/.848 0/1 9/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP 20/.411 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.500 4/.000 5/.800 9/.666 2/2.500 211/184 .226/.265/.305/.571 .303/.611 .760 88/.615 0/1 1/
18.Macri G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/8 .360/.385/.520/.905 1.000/.661 .933 26/.905 1/1 1/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 5/.400 3/.333 1/3.000 3/.333 256/182 .329/.412/.438/.850 .870/.840 .758 104/.906 0/1 2/
27.Monroe G/S/vP 5/.600 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 2/1.000 4/.250 1/2.000 5/1.000 125/74 .216/.272/.405/.677 .283/.947 .604 42/.346 0/0 5/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 3/2.667 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 5/.200 7/1.238 1/3.000 4/1.250 290/202 .304/.366/.490/.856 .760/.900 .830 120/.840 0/0 10/
55.Redmond G/S/vP 5/1.100 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 49/23 .311/.347/.400/.747 .763/.729 .711 26/.903 0/0 0/
21.Young G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 268/207 .273/.321/.361/.682 .681/.683 .754 102/.754 9/4 1/
IP 78.2 7.2 7.2 26.2 23.1 18.2 37.0 59.1 TOTAL .269/.324/.391/.714 .662/.734 .711 .753 47/20 43/48
ERA-K/9 3.78/4.8 5.87/10.5 1.17/3.5 4.73/9.1 2.31/5.8 5.79/6.7 2.68/6.3 5.46/6.8 4.24/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (29-15-0)
 Redmond (8-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 339/.272 31/.258 34/.233 116/.250 93/.212 94/.342 156/.235 263/.295 .263  Young
 Cuddyer
 Gomez
 Kubel
 Monroe
65/0/0/8
0/1/48/6
0/62/0/5
6/0/15/2
0/7/1/1
OPS .777 .806 .624 .690 .634 .816 .626 .857 .762
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 175/.671 11/1.727 16/.404 50/.920 43/.488 41/1.120 74/.612 129/.613 .740
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 164/.888 20/.300 18/.801 66/.512 50/.765 53/.566 82/.637 134/1.091 .779
Home 142/.606 10/.500 18/.764 51/.739 45/.398 40/.850 63/.563 143/.694 .702
Last 28d days 137/.697 31/.806 34/.624 38/.722 43/.664 30/.787 48/.562 58/.665
HR/SB/CS 9/2/5 3/0/0 0/0/1 2/4/0 4/1/1 0/3/0 2/1/2 12/3/2 83/36/25
Usage ·····X·· X·····X· X·····X· ·XX····X ···o·o·o ···X··o· ·o···X·· ··X··X·o
Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (5.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB
60.Bass
G/S/vB
26.Bonser
G/S/vB
49.Breslow*
G/S/vB
28.Crain
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Branyan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 58/52 .292/.397/.750/1.147 .000/1.299 1.483 58/1.147 0/0 6/
8.Braun G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 288/219 .290/.323/.563/.885 .756/.925 1.111 111/.901 6/3 17/
25.Cameron G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 161/127 .217/.292/.455/.746 .690/.761 .378 97/.815 3/1 9/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.400 ··· ··· 5/.000 6/.367 16/1.458 100/89 .236/.320/.337/.657 .282/.704 .505 43/.694 1/0 0/
27.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/33 .268/.412/.341/.753 1.453/.393 .566 26/.804 1/0 0/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.777 ··· 1/5.000 3/.333 5/1.400 5/1.200 287/200 .283/.376/.475/.851 .703/.918 .953 113/.964 1/0 11/
2.Hall G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.536 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 6/.334 4/.250 229/164 .217/.285/.391/.676 1.027/.540 .808 64/.656 3/4 9/
7.Hardy G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/.500 236/173 .248/.323/.352/.676 .625/.689 .683 80/.756 1/0 4/
1.Hart G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 275/210 .295/.338/.500/.838 .775/.859 .694 111/.940 10/3 10/
26.Iribarren* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/8 .222/.222/.333/.556 .000/.625 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/
33.Kapler G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 107/60 .337/.364/.564/.929 .941/.918 .969 37/1.134 3/0 5/
18.Kendall G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.200 1/.000 3/.333 10/.800 9/1.431 11/.788 230/172 .248/.322/.347/.668 .737/.645 .625 84/.537 3/2 1/
11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/33 .333/.368/.444/.813 .400/.878 .928 18/.742 1/0 1/
IP 39.1 42.2 73.2 15.1 27.2 37.1 26.2 20.1 TOTAL .251/.322/.421/.743 .749/.740 .754 .804 47/17 80/44
ERA-K/9 4.58/4.8 5.48/4.0 6.35/6.2 1.76/8.2 3.25/6.2 3.38/6.0 1.35/9.1 2.66/4.9 4.66/5.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (23-21-4)
 Rivera (13-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 176/.317 196/.313 332/.284 64/.224 118/.267 163/.257 103/.235 82/.260 .293  Braun
 Hart
 Kapler
 Cameron
 Iribarren
 Dillon
64/0/0/5
0/0/66/3
4/20/6/0
0/36/0/0
0/1/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .880 .917 .768 .590 .787 .715 .588 .703 .802
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 35/.908 71/.804 158/.782 24/.742 44/.687 62/.627 60/.606 50/.528 .775
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 141/.872 125/.980 174/.755 40/.497 74/.844 101/.764 43/.565 32/.987 .822
Road 54/.743 98/.943 95/.826 20/.478 51/1.006 72/.889 34/.763 34/.828 .848
Last 28d days 124/.894 78/1.026 105/.916 26/.472 55/.699 55/.686 35/.581 37/.965
HR/SB/CS 7/3/2 9/1/2 9/9/0 1/2/1 4/2/1 4/4/1 2/4/0 1/2/2 80/37/16
Usage ····X··· ·X··X··X ·Xo···X· ·X···o·o ··X·oo·· o··oX·o· ··o····· ·oo··o··

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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