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Game Preview: MIN @ MIL, 2:05pm, Sunday, June 15, 2008 @Miller Park

Minnesota Twins, 34-35, 2nd, 4½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Scott Baker (26, RHP, 2-1, 3.60)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-1)             45    44  18  18   7  33  7    3.60      
 2007 (9-9)            143.2 162  70  68  29 102 15    4.26      
 2006 (5-8)             83.1 114  63  59  16  62 17    6.37      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-1  38.1  37  15  15   7  31  7    3.52   54 
 2008-06-10   @CLE   L   7     8   1   1   1   1  0      95   57 
 2008-06-05    BAL  ND   5     5   2   2   1   3  1      99   51 
 2008-05-03    DET  ND   3     1   0   0   0   2  0      43   59 
 2008-04-26   @TEX  ND   4.1   8   5   5   1   7  0      79   33 
 2008-04-20    CLE  ND   7     5   1   1   1   8  0     100   70 
 2008-04-15   @DET  ND   7     5   3   3   2   3  3      91   56 
 2008-04-09   @CHW   W   5     5   3   3   1   7  3      89   51 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIL      2-1  18    19  12  12   2  19  5    6.00   48 
 2007-06-15    MIL   L   4.2   7   6   6   1   6  1      90   31 
 2007-05-19   @MIL   W   8.1   6   2   2   0   5  2      96   68 
 2006-05-20   @MIL   W   5     6   4   4   1   8  2     107   46 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-16   Road:   15-19   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  28-23   vsLHP:   6-12   1-Run:  13-12
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest:  5-9  IL: 3-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 69 Sat, Jun 14  @MIL  W   9-4 (12)  34-35  2nd  4.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Milwaukee Brewers, 35-33, 3rd, 8½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Seth McClung (27, RHP, 3-3, 4.07)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-3)             42    36  19  19  20  34  5    4.07      
 2007 (0-1)             12    11   9   5   5  11  0    3.75      
 2006 (6-12)           103   120  77  72  68  59 14    6.29      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-5  35.2  42  28  26  15  21  6    6.56   40 
 2008-06-10   @HOU   L   6     3   2   2   1   5  1      87   62 
 2008-06-03    ARI   W   6     6   1   1   0   4  0      79   60 
 2008-05-29    ATL   L   4.2   8   6   6   6   1  1      85   19 
 2008-05-24   @WSN   W   5     4   2   2   0   4  1      68   55 
 2006-06-18   @PHI   L   4.2   8   6   6   2   4  1      86   26 
 2006-06-13   @DET   L   4     7   6   5   3   2  0      96   25 
 2006-06-07    LAA   L   5.1   6   5   4   3   1  2      74   36 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      0-2   7.1  12  10  10   3   9  2   12.27   34 
 2005-07-02   @MIN   L   6     6   4   4   3   8  1     100   49 
 2003-04-30   @MIN   L   1.1   6   6   6   0   1  1      29   19 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-12   Road:   16-21   ExtrInn: 6-5 
 vsRHP:  22-26   vsLHP:  13-7    1-Run:  13-6 
 vsEast:  8-10   vsCntrl:19-14   vsWest:  8-4  IL: 0-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 68 Sat, Jun 14   MIN  L   4-9 (12)  35-33  3rd  8.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 14, 2008 MIN  9 @MIL  4 (12)   W:Brian Bass (3-2), L: Julian Tavarez (0-2), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 2-0; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - MIN won 5-1; All-Time - MIN leads 212-201

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

CLE  4.54

WSN  3.71

RA/G

OAK  3.66

SFG  4.59

TEX  5.84

BA

C. Jones  .409

D. Young  .278

A. Cabrera  .184

OBP

C. Jones  .498

B. Abreu  .348

R. Cano  .263

SLG

L. Berkman  .704

C. Guzman  .444

A. Cabrera  .247

OPS

C. Jones  1.155

J. Loney  .795

A. Cabrera  .529

ERA

E. Volquez  1.64

J. Garland  4.13

B. Bonser  6.35

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.74

E. Jackson  6.14

L. Hernandez  2.82

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Milwaukee Brewers Pitchers (4.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 73.McClung
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.500 1/2.000 ··· 15/11 .385/.400/.462/.862 .500/1.010 .899 6/1.100 0/0 0/
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 120/89 .327/.379/.471/.850 .774/.879 .827 117/.875 3/0 3/
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 1/4.000 ··· 2/1.500 3/.333 5/1.300 2/.500 5/.000 219/160 .248/.306/.366/.672 .666/.674 .632 115/.719 4/1 3/
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 287/214 .272/.308/.390/.697 .786/.667 .696 128/.701 18/8 5/
23.Harris G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 1/no AB ··· 248/183 .234/.298/.303/.600 .450/.656 .589 96/.500 1/1 2/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 5/1.933 1/.000 2/1.500 226/179 .256/.310/.435/.745 .425/.827 .734 93/.851 0/1 9/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.500 4/.000 5/.800 10/.600 2/2.500 212/185 .225/.264/.304/.568 .303/.608 .752 84/.621 0/1 1/
18.Macri G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 27/9 .360/.407/.520/.927 1.000/.730 .959 27/.927 1/1 1/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 5/.400 4/.833 2/1.500 4/.500 262/188 .326/.410/.433/.843 .870/.830 .748 106/.923 0/1 2/
27.Monroe G/S/vP 8/.250 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 2/1.000 4/.250 1/2.000 5/1.000 126/75 .214/.270/.402/.672 .283/.933 .595 39/.374 0/0 5/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 6/.533 8/1.292 2/2.500 4/1.250 296/207 .307/.372/.491/.862 .774/.902 .843 122/.855 0/0 10/
55.Redmond G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 49/23 .311/.347/.400/.747 .763/.729 .711 25/.940 0/0 0/
21.Young G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 1/.000 ··· 274/213 .278/.325/.369/.693 .681/.697 .774 104/.769 9/4 1/
IP 42.0 8.1 7.2 26.2 23.2 20.0 39.1 59.2 TOTAL .271/.325/.391/.716 .663/.735 .714 .760 47/20 43/48
ERA-K/9 4.07/7.3 5.40/9.8 1.17/3.5 4.73/9.1 2.28/6.1 7.20/7.2 2.52/6.2 5.58/6.8 4.26/6.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 179/.231 34/.265 34/.233 116/.250 95/.218 105/.356 165/.236 266/.295 .264  Young
 Cuddyer
 Gomez
 Kubel
 Monroe
66/0/0/8
0/1/48/6
0/63/0/5
6/0/16/2
0/7/1/1
OPS .697 .853 .624 .690 .642 .849 .618 .862 .763
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 78/.815 11/1.727 16/.404 50/.920 45/.511 47/1.174 80/.617 131/.619 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 101/.605 23/.435 18/.801 66/.512 50/.765 58/.573 85/.618 135/1.096 .779
Home 77/.962 13/.692 18/.764 51/.739 47/.426 51/.910 72/.552 146/.704 .705
Last 28d days 95/.696 34/.853 34/.624 38/.722 43/.638 41/.879 48/.558 61/.689
HR/SB/CS 5/4/1 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··· XX·····X ·X·····X ··XX···· o···o·o· X···X··o X·o···X· o··X··X·
Milwaukee Brewers Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (5.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Baker
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 2/2.500 3/.000 60/53 .300/.400/.800/1.200 .000/1.383 1.561 60/1.200 0/0 7/
8.Braun G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 293/221 .289/.321/.567/.888 .797/.917 1.107 106/.906 6/3 18/
25.Cameron G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 166/129 .216/.289/.446/.735 .688/.749 .380 92/.792 3/1 9/
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 5/1.400 ··· ··· 5/.000 7/.310 16/1.458 105/91 .234/.314/.330/.644 .368/.688 .493 44/.590 1/0 0/
27.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 56/34 .289/.418/.356/.774 1.324/.445 .648 26/.890 1/0 0/
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 9/.944 ··· 9/.777 ··· 2/2.500 4/1.500 5/1.400 5/1.200 292/202 .286/.377/.482/.858 .701/.931 .964 108/.932 1/0 11/
2.Hall G/S/vP 9/1.444 1/.000 9/.536 ··· 3/.000 3/.333 6/.334 4/.250 234/166 .217/.283/.392/.675 1.026/.533 .797 60/.662 3/4 9/
7.Hardy G/S/vP 7/1.000 ··· 6/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/.500 236/173 .248/.323/.352/.676 .625/.689 .683 76/.798 1/0 4/
1.Hart G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 281/212 .288/.331/.488/.819 .729/.850 .660 108/.876 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 108/61 .333/.361/.559/.920 .941/.902 .950 33/1.215 3/0 5/
18.Kendall G/S/vP 5/.600 1/.000 5/.200 1/.000 3/.333 10/.800 10/1.278 11/.788 235/174 .248/.323/.345/.668 .757/.637 .626 85/.556 3/2 1/
11.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 39/34 .324/.359/.432/.791 .400/.851 .866 14/.813 1/0 1/
IP 45.0 43.2 73.2 15.1 29.2 38.1 27.2 21.1 TOTAL .251/.321/.421/.742 .750/.739 .752 .801 47/17 82/46
ERA-K/9 3.60/6.6 5.36/3.9 6.35/6.2 1.76/8.2 3.03/6.7 3.29/5.9 1.63/9.1 2.53/4.6 4.63/5.5

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 181/.254 199/.307 332/.284 64/.224 125/.259 167/.257 107/.235 85/.250 .292  Braun
 Hart
 Kapler
 Cameron
 Iribarren
 Dillon
65/0/0/5
0/0/67/3
4/20/6/0
0/37/0/0
0/1/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .698 .903 .768 .590 .757 .722 .614 .677 .801
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 85/.786 72/.792 158/.782 24/.742 45/.670 63/.689 62/.671 51/.517 .779
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 96/.620 127/.963 174/.755 40/.497 80/.803 104/.741 45/.539 34/.924 .816
Road 99/.818 101/.914 95/.826 20/.478 58/.911 76/.897 38/.817 37/.753 .843
Last 28d days 49/.740 79/1.012 105/.916 26/.472 62/.649 59/.712 39/.651 40/.885
HR/SB/CS 7/2/1 9/1/2 9/9/0 1/2/1 4/2/1 4/4/1 3/4/0 1/2/2 82/37/16
Usage ····X··· o·X··X·· ··Xo···X ··X···o· X··X·oo· oo··oX·o X··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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