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Game Preview: TBR @ MIN, 8:10pm, Thursday, April 17, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Tampa Bay Rays, 6-9, 5th, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Jason Hammel (25, RHP, 0-1, 4.15)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)             13    13   6   6   2   8  1    4.15      
 2007 (3-5)             85   100  58  58  40  64 12    6.14      
 2006 (0-6)             44    61  38  38  21  32  7    7.77      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  41    44  20  20  11  28  3    4.39   50 
 2008-04-12    BAL  ND   7     5   2   2   1   6  0     103   64 
 2008-04-07    NYY   L   6     8   4   4   1   2  1      88   41 
 2007-09-30    TOR   W   5     7   4   4   2   6  0      96   41 
 2007-09-25    NYY  ND   5     7   5   5   3   4  1     101   34 
 2007-09-18    LAA   L   6     7   2   2   2   3  0      98   51 
 2007-09-13    SEA  ND   6     5   1   1   0   6  0      97   64 
 2007-09-08    TOR  ND   6     5   2   2   2   1  1      99   53 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      0-0   6     3   1   1   3   4  1    1.50   63 
 2006-09-06    MIN  ND   6     3   1   1   3   4  1      99   63 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-5    Road:    3-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-6    vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   0-4 
 vsEast:  5-6    vsCntrl: 0-1    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @MIN  L   5-6        6-9   5th  2.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-9    Last 30: 6-9 
Minnesota Twins, 7-8, 3rd, 2½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Boof Bonser (26, RHP, 1-2, 2.84)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-2)             19    19   7   6   2  12  1    2.84      
 2007 (8-12)           173   199 108  98  65 136 27    5.10      
 2006 (7-6)            100.1 104  50  47  24  84 18    4.22      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-4  37.2  42  21  19   9  26  5    4.54   49 
 2008-04-12    KCR   W   6     3   0   0   2   4  0      89   68 
 2008-04-06    KCR   L   7     8   3   3   0   4  0      91   53 
 2008-04-01    LAA   L   6     8   4   3   0   4  1      89   46 
 2007-09-27    BOS   W   5     6   3   3   2   2  1      97   43 
 2007-09-10    KCR   W   5     5   2   2   4   6  0      88   51 
 2007-09-02    KCR   L   1.2   7   5   5   0   0  1      43   21 
 2007-08-28    CLE   L   7     5   4   3   1   6  2      99   58 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-4    Road:    3-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-6    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  1-0    vsCntrl: 5-5    vsWest:  1-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Wed, Apr 16   TBR  W   6-5        7-8   3rd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-8    Last 30: 7-8 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 16, 2008 MIN  6  TBR  5        W:Juan Rincon (1-0), L: Dan Wheeler (0-2), S: Joe Nathan (5)

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
Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 1-0; 2007 - TBR won 4-3; 2006 - MIN won 6-1; All-Time - MIN leads 48-33

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 (5.20 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Bonser
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 570/415 .265/.339/.361/.699 .857/.641 .713 / 23/3 5/26
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 9/.985 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 4/1.250 2/.000 7/.000 7/.572 627/421 .315/.355/.466/.820 .837/.812 .874 / 50/10 11/4
20.Difelice G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 47/36 .250/.311/.350/.661 .682/.653 .761 / 0/0 0/2
31.Gomes G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.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 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 1/no AB 7/.453 5/.400 218/193 .204/.317/.398/.714 .760/.708 .519 / 3/0 6/3
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/.500 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / / / /
23.Pena* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 3/1.666 2/1.000 8/.804 ··· 6/.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 1/.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 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.333 548/404 .300/.386/.508/.894 .901/.892 .949 / 22/8 24/14
IP 173.0 16.1 88.0 71.2 70.1 29.1 59.2 TOTAL .256/.333/.419/.752 .808/.727 .730 .752 16/9 21/11
ERA-K/9 5.10/7.1 /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 4.12/5.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 772/.286 / 71/.292 351/.220 282/.209 278/.183 139/.309 272/.273 .270  Upton
 Gomes
 Crawford
 Hinske
 Haynes
 Ruggiano
0/79/0/11
26/0/32/5
139/0/0/3
24/0/12/1
8/12/13/1
1/3/1/0
OPS .819 .876 .618 .574 .591 .810 .793 .749
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 411/.970 / 30/.872 153/.742 138/.620 113/.618 82/.673 132/.915 .725
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 361/.645 / 41/.880 198/.523 144/.532 165/.573 57/1.009 140/.677 .769
Home 395/.820 / 38/.636 194/.634 162/.549 155/.560 76/.764 138/.764 .717
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 27/11/7 // 4/0/1 9/6/2 4/7/0 7/1/2 1/1/3 9/3/1 18/7/4
Usage ····X··· ···X···X ·X···o·· ··X·o··· o···oX·· ··X·o··· o······· 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 (4.20 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Hammel
G/S/vB
24.Birkins*
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
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Everett G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 236/173 .232/.281/.318/.599 .558/.613 .574 / 4/2 2/8
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/77 .232/.288/.304/.592 .614/.569 .641 / 12/3 2/3
23.Harris G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 576/414 .286/.343/.434/.777 .897/.731 .755 / 4/1 12/13
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 466/382 .273/.335/.450/.785 .667/.810 .771 / 5/0 13/2
24.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· ··· 5/1.000 1/no AB 353/296 .289/.366/.453/.820 1.056/.777 .888 / 0/0 11/11
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/2.667 1/no AB 2/no AB 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 471/312 .293/.382/.426/.808 .673/.877 .666 / 7/1 7/1
27.Monroe G/S/vP 2/.000 2/5.000 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 3/1.667 ··· 4/1.250 3/.333 3/.000 5/2.000 3/2.667 2/.000 668/445 .271/.343/.492/.834 .693/.907 .815 / 1/1 31/5
8.Punto# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 2/.000 2/2.000 2/no AB ··· 3/.333 5/.400 536/364 .210/.291/.271/.562 .483/.599 .544 / 16/6 1/13
55.Redmond G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 298/198 .294/.346/.353/.699 .853/.623 .715 / 0/0 1/0
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
21.Young G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 681/509 .288/.316/.408/.723 .752/.714 .714 / 10/3 13/7
IP 85.0 34.1 32.2 77.1 51.0 46.1 40.0 74.2 TOTAL .262/.312/.365/.677 .653/.685 .653 .677 18/3 7/10
ERA-K/9 6.14/6.8 8.13/7.9 3.31/7.2 4.89/5.9 7.59/8.6 4.86/8.9 1.80/8.1 5.30/9.9 4.26/6.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 384/.294 170/.340 136/.257 334/.288 244/.318 211/.249 150/.171 321/.256 .258  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 .866 .903 .749 .832 .882 .777 .505 .757 .720
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 199/.908 65/.846 66/.677 151/.845 59/.874 103/.653 63/.626 144/.773 .750
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 185/.820 105/.937 70/.815 183/.821 185/.884 108/.902 87/.418 177/.745 .686
Road 216/.891 89/.983 72/.867 154/.857 135/1.027 93/.782 73/.614 172/.720 .702
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 12/16/3 3/1/0 3/3/2 12/6/2 8/2/1 6/3/0 3/2/3 11/4/0 14/14/3
Usage ····X··· o······· ··X····· ·Xo··X·· ·X·oX··X ·o·oooo· ···o·o·· X··Xo···

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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