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Game Preview: TBR @ MIN, 8:10pm, Wednesday, April 16, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Tampa Bay Rays, 6-8, 5th, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 1-1, 3.00)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)             18    20   9   6   5  11  1    3.00      
 2007 (12-8)           215   202  98  92  36 184 28    3.85      
 2006 (6-8)            124.2 141  69  67  38 104 18    4.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  48    45  20  14  10  33  3    2.63   57 
 2008-04-11    BAL  ND   6     7   5   2   1   4  0      95   47 
 2008-04-06    NYY   L   5     8   2   2   1   5  1      96   47 
 2008-03-31    BAL   W   7     5   2   2   3   2  0      85   58 
 2007-09-14    SEA  ND   8     4   1   1   2   5  0      99   73 
 2007-09-09    TOR   W   7     4   2   2   0   5  1     106   66 
 2007-09-03    BAL   W   7     7   4   1   1   6  0      97   58 
 2007-08-29    BAL  ND   8    10   4   4   2   6  1     112   50 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      1-1  11.2  17   8   8   4   9  0    6.17   40 
 2007-05-03    MIN   W   7.1   9   3   3   2   8  0     109   54 
 2006-07-20    MIN   L   4.1   8   5   5   2   1  0      82   26 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-5    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-5    vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   0-3 
 vsEast:  5-6    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Tue, Apr 15   NYY  L   3-5        6-8   5th  2.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14   NYY  L   7-8        6-7   5th  2.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13   BAL  W   6-2        6-6   4th  1.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12   BAL  L   2-3        5-6   5th  2.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11   BAL  W  10-5        5-5   3rd  1.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 10   SEA  W   7-0        4-5   4th  2.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr  9   SEA  L   1-7        3-5   5th  3.5 gb
  7 Tue, Apr  8   SEA  L   5-6        3-4   5th  3.0 gb
  6 Mon, Apr  7  @NYY  L   1-6        3-3   4th  2.0 gb
  5 Sun, Apr  6  @NYY  L   0-2        3-2   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-8    Last 30: 6-8 
Minnesota Twins, 6-8, 3rd, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Livan Hernandez (33, RHP, 3-0, 2.57)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-0)             21    21   6   6   1   6  0    2.57      
 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         4-2  43    55  21  21  11  17  5    4.40   46 
 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 
 2008-03-31    LAA   W   7     7   2   2   0   1  0      84   56 
 2007-09-26    PIT   L   4    10   4   4   3   3  1      93   26 
 2007-09-21    LAD   W   6    10   3   3   1   1  0     104   40 
 2007-09-15    LAD   L   6     6   5   5   3   3  2     103   40 
 2007-09-10    SFG  ND   6     8   3   3   3   4  2      92   45 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-4    Road:    3-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-6    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 5-5    vsWest:  1-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @DET  L   5-6        6-8   3rd  2.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14  @DET  L   9-11       6-7   3rd  2.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13  @KCR  L   1-5        6-6   3rd  1.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12  @KCR  W   2-0        6-5   2nd  0.5 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11  @KCR  W   5-0        5-5   3rd  1.0 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @CHW  W  12-5        4-5   3rd  2.5 gb
  8 Mon, Apr  7  @CHW  L   4-7        3-5   4th  2.5 gb
  7 Sun, Apr  6   KCR  L   1-3        3-4   4th  1.5 gb
  6 Sat, Apr  5   KCR  W   6-4        3-3   3rd  0.5 gb
  5 Fri, Apr  4   KCR  W   4-3        2-3   4th  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-8    Last 30: 6-8 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 03, 2007 TBD  6  MIN  4        W:James Shields (3-0), L: Ramon Ortiz (3-2), S: Al Reyes (10)
Wed, May 02, 2007 TBD  4  MIN  3 (10)   W:Al Reyes (1-0), L: Matt Guerrier (0-1), S: none
Tue, May 01, 2007 MIN  9 @TBD  1        W:Sidney Ponson (2-3), L: Edwin Jackson (0-4), S: none
Sun, Apr 15, 2007 TBD  6 @MIN  4        W:Brian Stokes (1-2), L: Joe Nathan (1-1), S: Al Reyes (4)
Sat, Apr 14, 2007 MIN 12  TBD  5        W:Sidney Ponson (1-1), L: Edwin Jackson (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 13, 2007 TBD  4 @MIN  2        W:Scott Kazmir (1-1), L: Johan Santana (2-1), S: Al Reyes (3)
Thu, Apr 12, 2007 MIN  3  TBD  2        W:Joe Nathan (1-0), L: Brian Stokes (0-2), S: none
Wed, Sep 06, 2006 TBD  4  MIN  2        W:Shawn Camp (7-2), L: Pat Neshek (3-1), S: Seth McClung (5)
Tue, Sep 05, 2006 MIN  8 @TBD  0        W:Johan Santana (17-5), L: Jae Weong Seo (3-10), S: none
Mon, Sep 04, 2006 MIN  2 @TBD  1        W:Boof Bonser (4-5), L: Tim Corcoran (4-7), S: Joe Nathan (29)
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 - TBR won 4-3; 2006 - MIN won 6-1; All-Time - MIN leads 47-33

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Tampa Bay Rays Batters (5.21 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.36 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
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
17.Neshek
G/S/vB
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
39.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 570/415 .265/.339/.361/.699 .857/.641 .713 / 23/3 5/26
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 8/1.500 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 6/.000 7/.572 627/421 .315/.355/.466/.820 .837/.812 .874 / 50/10 11/4
20.Difelice G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 47/36 .250/.311/.350/.661 .682/.653 .761 / 0/0 0/2
31.Gomes G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 394/285 .244/.322/.460/.782 .918/.730 .812 / 12/4 17/0
37.Haynes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 48/46 .267/.313/.311/.624 .000/.652 .414 / 1/2 0/0
32.Hinske* G/S/vP 18/.572 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 1/no AB 7/.453 4/.000 218/193 .204/.317/.398/.714 .760/.708 .519 / 3/0 6/3
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 559/383 .285/.359/.411/.770 .862/.728 .762 / 12/8 7/7
43.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
23.Pena* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/1.666 2/1.000 8/.804 ··· 5/.000 12/.500 612/452 .282/.411/.627/1.037 .953/1.068 .978 / 1/0 46/8
9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/9 .100/.100/.100/.200 2.000/.000 .400 / 0/0 0/2
10.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/15 .214/.267/.214/.481 /.481 .432 / 0/0 0/0
2.Upton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 3/.333 548/404 .300/.386/.508/.894 .901/.892 .949 / 22/8 24/14
IP 204.1 16.1 88.0 71.2 70.1 29.1 59.2 TOTAL .254/.332/.408/.740 .828/.698 .699 .740 15/7 18/10
ERA-K/9 4.93/4.0 /0.0 5.51/5.5 2.35/7.0 1.88/9.7 2.94/9.5 3.99/6.5 5.13/7.4 4.20/5.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 913/.308 / 71/.292 351/.220 282/.209 278/.183 139/.309 272/.273 .269  Upton
 Gomes
 Crawford
 Haynes
 Hinske
 Ruggiano
0/79/0/11
26/0/32/5
139/0/0/3
8/12/13/1
24/0/12/1
1/3/1/0
OPS .870 .876 .618 .574 .591 .810 .793 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 465/.854 / 30/.872 153/.742 138/.620 113/.618 82/.673 132/.915 .710
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 448/.885 / 41/.880 198/.523 144/.532 165/.573 57/1.009 140/.677 .760
Home 445/.858 / 38/.636 194/.634 162/.549 155/.560 76/.764 138/.764 .689
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 34/20/5 // 4/0/1 9/6/2 4/7/0 7/1/2 1/1/3 9/3/1 15/6/2
Usage ····X··· ··X···X· X···o··· ·X·o···· ···oX··· ·X·o···· ········ ··o·····

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Minnesota Twins Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB
27.Dohmann
G/S/vB
47.Glover
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
57.Miller*
G/S/vB
40.Percival
G/S/vB
28.Reyes
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Everett G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 5/1.067 1/.000 236/173 .232/.281/.318/.599 .558/.613 .574 / 4/2 2/8
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/77 .232/.288/.304/.592 .614/.569 .641 / 12/3 2/3
23.Harris G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 576/414 .286/.343/.434/.777 .897/.731 .755 / 4/1 12/13
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 4/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 466/382 .273/.335/.450/.785 .667/.810 .771 / 5/0 13/2
24.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· ··· 5/1.000 2/.000 ··· 353/296 .289/.366/.453/.820 1.056/.777 .888 / 0/0 11/11
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 7/.453 2/no AB 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 471/312 .293/.382/.426/.808 .673/.877 .666 / 7/1 7/1
27.Monroe G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 4/.500 7/.762 2/.500 5/.400 ··· 2/3.000 427/287 .219/.268/.370/.638 .805/.555 .592 / 0/4 12/3
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 6/.000 4/1.250 3/.333 3/.000 5/2.000 3/2.667 3/1.000 1/.000 668/445 .271/.343/.492/.834 .693/.907 .815 / 1/1 31/5
8.Punto# G/S/vP 7/1.657 2/.000 2/2.000 2/no AB ··· 3/.333 ··· 4/.500 536/364 .210/.291/.271/.562 .483/.599 .544 / 16/6 1/13
55.Redmond G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· ··· 3/2.333 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 298/198 .294/.346/.353/.699 .853/.623 .715 / 0/0 1/0
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
21.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 681/509 .288/.316/.408/.723 .752/.714 .714 / 10/3 13/7
IP 215.0 32.2 77.1 51.0 46.1 40.0 60.2 74.2 TOTAL .258/.310/.364/.674 .673/.674 .643 .674 15/3 7/9
ERA-K/9 3.85/7.7 3.31/7.2 4.89/5.9 7.59/8.6 4.86/8.9 1.80/8.1 4.90/10.4 5.30/9.9 4.24/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (21-24-4)
 Redmond (23-16-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 874/.247 136/.257 334/.288 244/.318 211/.249 150/.171 254/.215 321/.256 .253  Young
 Monroe
 Gomez
 Kubel
 Lamb
0/29/133/16
102/7/9/6
27/4/22/3
84/0/0/2
0/0/1/0
OPS .697 .749 .832 .882 .777 .505 .714 .757 .720
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 413/.673 66/.677 151/.845 59/.874 103/.653 63/.626 136/.796 144/.773 .755
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 461/.718 70/.815 183/.821 185/.884 108/.902 87/.418 118/.622 177/.745 .681
Road 387/.712 72/.867 154/.857 135/1.027 93/.782 73/.614 115/.812 172/.720 .699
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 28/9/6 3/3/2 12/6/2 8/2/1 6/3/0 3/2/3 13/2/0 11/4/0 14/11/3
Usage ····X··· ·X·····X Xo··X··X X·oX··X· o·oooo·· ··o·o··o ·XX·o··X ··Xo···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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