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Game Preview: MIN @ NYY, 1:05pm, Wednesday, July 23, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

Minnesota Twins, 55-45, 2nd, 1½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Glen Perkins (25, LHP, 7-2, 3.84)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-2)             84.1  98  38  36  22  44 11    3.84      
 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         5-0  45    47  16  16  11  23  4    3.20   53 
 2008-07-18    TEX   W   6     3   0   0   3   1  0      98   64 
 2008-07-11   @DET   W   6.2   6   2   2   2   2  0      85   54 
 2008-07-06    CLE   W   7     7   3   3   1   3  1      97   53 
 2008-06-30    DET  ND   6.1   7   2   2   1   7  1      91   57 
 2008-06-25   @SDP   W   5     6   3   3   2   2  0      91   43 
 2008-06-19    WSN   W   8    10   3   3   1   2  1     107   51 
 2008-06-14   @MIL  ND   6     8   3   3   1   6  1      93   49 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYY      0-1   4    10   5   5   2   0  0   11.25   20 
 2008-05-30    NYY   L   4    10   5   5   2   0  0      78   20 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-19   Road:   21-26   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  41-31   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  20-16
 vsEast:  7-14   vsCntrl:27-17   vsWest:  7-10 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Tue, Jul 22  @NYY  L   2-8       55-45  2nd  1.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 21  @NYY  L   4-12      55-44  2nd  0.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 20   TEX  L   0-1       55-43  2nd  0.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 19   TEX  W  14-2       55-42  2nd  0.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 18   TEX  W   6-0       54-42  2nd  1.5 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 13  @DET  L   2-4       53-42  2nd  1.5 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 12  @DET  W   6-5       53-41  2nd  1.5 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 11  @DET  W   3-2       52-41  2nd  1.5 gb
 92 Thu, Jul 10  @DET  W   7-6 (11)  51-41  2nd  2.5 gb
 91 Wed, Jul  9  @BOS  L   5-18      50-41  2nd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:21-9 
New York Yankees, 55-45, 3rd, 3½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Mike Mussina (39, RHP, 12-6, 3.49)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (12-6)           113.1 125  53  44  16  74 12    3.49      
 2007 (11-10)          152   188  90  87  35  91 14    5.15      
 2006 (15-7)           197.1 184  88  77  35 172 22    3.51      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  46    50  14  14   5  35  3    2.74   57 
 2008-07-18    OAK   W   6     9   1   1   0   6  0      93   56 
 2008-07-10   @PIT  ND   6     9   2   2   0   5  0      98   51 
 2008-07-05    BOS   W   6     4   0   0   1   5  0      88   68 
 2008-06-30    TEX   L   6     5   2   2   2   8  0     103   60 
 2008-06-20    CIN   L   8    10   4   4   2   4  1     108   48 
 2008-06-14   @HOU   W   6     6   3   3   0   4  1      89   52 
 2008-06-09    KCR  ND   8     7   2   2   0   3  1      89   63 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      1-3  26.2  28  17  14   6  15  3    4.73   47 
 2008-05-30   @MIN   W   6     6   4   2   1   4  0     109   51 
 2007-07-04    MIN   L   6     5   4   3   0   5  1      93   53 
 2007-04-11   @MIN  ND   2     3   0   0   1   0  0      40   49 
 2006-04-14   @MIN   L   6.2   6   3   3   2   5  0     116   53 
 2005-06-03   @MIN   L   6     8   6   6   2   1  2      78   31 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-22   Road:   23-23   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  39-30   vsLHP:  16-15   1-Run:  19-11
 vsEast: 20-19   vsCntrl:13-15   vsWest: 12-3  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Tue, Jul 22   MIN  W   8-2       55-45  3rd  3.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 21   MIN  W  12-4       54-45  3rd  4.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 20   OAK  W   2-1       53-45  3rd  4.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 19   OAK  W   4-3 (12)  52-45  3rd  5.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 18   OAK  W   7-1       51-45  3rd  5.5 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 13  @TOR  L   1-4       50-45  3rd  6.0 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 12  @TOR  W   9-4       50-44  3rd  5.5 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 11  @TOR  L   0-5       49-44  3rd  6.5 gb
 92 Thu, Jul 10  @PIT  L   2-4       49-43  3rd  6.5 gb
 91 Wed, Jul  9   TBR  W   2-1 (10)  49-42  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 NYY  8  MIN  2        W:David Robertson (2-0), L: Kevin Slowey (6-7), S: none
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 NYY 12  MIN  4        W:Sidney Ponson (6-1), L: Nick Blackburn (7-6), S: none
Mon, Jun 02, 2008 MIN  6  NYY  5        W:Matt Guerrier (3-1), L: Kyle Farnsworth (0-2), S: Joe Nathan (15)
Sun, Jun 01, 2008 MIN  5  NYY  1        W:Brian Bass (2-1), L: Darrell Rasner (3-2), S: none
Sat, May 31, 2008 NYY  7 @MIN  6 (12)   W:Ross Ohlendorf (1-1), L: Juan Rincon (2-2), S: Mariano Rivera (15)
Fri, May 30, 2008 NYY  6 @MIN  5        W:Mike Mussina (8-4), L: Glen Perkins (2-2), S: Mariano Rivera (14)

Thu, Jul 05, 2007 NYY  7  MIN  6        W:Kyle Farnsworth (1-1), L: Pat Neshek (3-1), S: Mariano Rivera (12)
Wed, Jul 04, 2007 MIN  6 @NYY  2        W:Johan Santana (10-6), L: Mike Mussina (4-6), S: none
Tue, Jul 03, 2007 NYY  8  MIN  0        W:Chien-Ming Wang (8-4), L: Carlos Silva (6-9), S: none
Mon, Jul 02, 2007 NYY  5  MIN  1        W:Roger Clemens (2-3), L: Boof Bonser (5-5), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - NYY leads 4-2; 2007 - NYY won 5-2; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - NYY leads 1092-762

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  5.44

CLE  4.55

SDP  3.75

RA/G

OAK  3.63

NYM  4.54

TEX  5.84

BA

C. Jones  .371

A. Huff  .285

T. Pena  .152

OBP

A. Pujols  .468

M. Grudzielanek  .359

T. Pena  .174

SLG

L. Berkman  .628

R. Vazquez  .470

O. Vizquel  .200

OPS

A. Pujols  1.073

B. Giles  .825

T. Pena  .375

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.87

M. Cain  4.08

M. Hendrickson  6.01

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.81

G. Floyd  6.19

L. Hernandez  3.31

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Mussina
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
38.Giese
G/S/vB
22.Hawkins
G/S/vB
36.Ramirez
G/S/vB
42.Rivera
G/S/vB
30.Robertson
G/S/vB
41.Veras
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 108/87 .320/.352/.430/.782 .340/.891 .766 67/.730 0/2 2/
25.Casilla# G/S/vP 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 251/181 .320/.358/.432/.790 .687/.834 .763 97/.822 4/2 4/
22.Gomez G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 421/307 .248/.282/.348/.629 .684/.609 .581 100/.493 21/9 5/
23.Harris G/S/vP 8/.708 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 348/248 .260/.316/.370/.686 .620/.713 .711 72/.781 1/1 5/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 10/.700 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 320/259 .260/.328/.453/.781 .514/.840 .720 70/.837 0/1 13/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP 19/.842 8/1.917 ··· 6/1.500 ··· 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 230/202 .220/.257/.292/.548 .292/.585 .676 17/.353 0/1 1/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 10/.200 6/.900 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 382/276 .319/.415/.456/.871 .979/.826 .727 89/.976 0/1 6/
27.Monroe G/S/vP 8/.500 1/2.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 8/.125 ··· ··· 169/83 .203/.278/.412/.690 .442/.943 .566 35/.728 0/0 8/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 15/.900 9/1.444 ··· 4/1.167 2/.000 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 433/296 .318/.390/.512/.902 .814/.945 .959 103/1.068 0/1 15/
8.Punto# G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.500 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 121/75 .308/.367/.449/.815 .792/.830 .821 53/.928 4/2 1/
55.Redmond G/S/vP 8/.625 3/.667 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 74/34 .290/.324/.348/.672 .624/.728 .585 18/.667 0/0 0/
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 105/78 .341/.437/.466/.903 1.227/.794 .983 71/1.072 5/3 0/
21.Young G/S/vP 15/.481 10/.500 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.000 1/.000 5/.650 383/283 .297/.339/.401/.740 .725/.745 .726 85/.907 11/4 4/
IP 113.1 43.0 24.1 40.1 36.1 44.1 11.1 33.1 TOTAL .278/.337/.408/.745 .705/.761 .719 .826 56/30 69/66
ERA-K/9 3.49/5.9 3.35/8.6 2.59/6.3 5.58/4.9 2.48/10.7 1.22/10.8 1.59/11.2 2.97/8.4 4.01/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (37-18-1)
 Redmond (10-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 472/.282 177/.252 99/.198 167/.264 145/.165 162/.169 44/.179 138/.211 .261  Young
 Gomez
 Kubel
 Span
 Monroe
 Punto
92/0/0/8
0/93/0/6
11/0/20/2
0/3/27/2
1/7/2/1
0/2/0/0
OPS .735 .818 .527 .710 .560 .433 .455 .625 .718
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 221/.548 83/.958 59/.504 74/.938 77/.596 84/.378 24/.382 71/.683 .701
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 251/.898 94/.707 40/.558 93/.539 68/.519 78/.492 20/.550 67/.569 .733
Home 303/.760 96/.841 90/.522 90/.678 93/.581 93/.510 28/.374 81/.611 .696
Last 28d days 100/.671 33/.152 45/.619 30/.555 44/.259 38/.618 44/.455 51/.669
HR/SB/CS 12/7/4 10/5/6 1/5/1 3/1/2 3/1/3 2/5/1 0/2/0 4/3/1 84/74/40
Usage ····X··· X··o···· o······· ·X··o··· ·o·Xo··· ··oX···· oo·Xo··· o··X····
New York Yankees Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.71 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
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 3/3.000 1/4.000 11/1.255 3/.333 2/1.500 4/.500 7/.429 17/.567 421/295 .277/.349/.443/.792 .777/.799 .816 100/.843 13/6 11/
14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.500 123/87 .250/.279/.414/.692 .669/.702 .738 55/.649 0/1 4/
28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/.000 9/1.112 1/.000 3/.833 3/.333 2/1.000 6/1.000 381/254 .244/.302/.346/.648 .589/.683 .656 91/.549 7/1 8/
24.Cano* G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.666 9/1.792 2/1.000 3/.666 4/.500 3/.000 6/.666 393/275 .263/.298/.390/.689 .854/.619 .780 93/.938 1/3 8/
17.Christian G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 21/6 .222/.333/.278/.611 .785/.167 .250 17/.437 2/1 0/
18.Damon* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 11/1.233 ··· 4/1.000 4/1.250 2/.000 7/.286 360/248 .319/.388/.469/.857 .771/.895 .868 43/.767 13/6 6/
11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 65/55 .161/.238/.179/.417 .000/.491 .359 65/.417 5/0 0/
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.666 7/.453 3/1.000 3/.666 5/.400 4/.833 6/.167 341/233 .256/.399/.533/.932 .916/.940 1.006 79/.809 2/1 20/
2.Jeter G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 11/.818 1/.000 7/1.000 6/1.000 5/.650 3/2.333 417/287 .283/.345/.400/.745 .776/.732 .718 103/.834 5/2 6/
19.Moeller G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 78/53 .232/.321/.348/.668 .598/.698 .515 9/.111 0/0 1/
26.Molina G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/1.000 6/.334 1/2.000 5/1.200 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 195/131 .226/.265/.305/.570 .533/.587 .590 50/.626 0/0 0/
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/.333 10/.856 3/.667 6/.533 5/2.600 6/1.500 4/.500 343/242 .319/.399/.594/.993 1.001/.990 1.144 99/.970 15/1 21/
39.Sexson G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.500 1/3.000 6/.500 9/1.587 8/.375 13/1.838 299/222 .219/.321/.379/.700 1.029/.587 .537 52/.833 1/0 11/
IP 84.1 60.2 86.0 23.2 40.0 52.0 40.2 27.1 TOTAL .269/.342/.417/.759 .742/.766 .782 .728 63/23 97/52
ERA-K/9 3.84/4.7 5.04/4.2 6.59/6.9 2.28/8.0 3.38/6.8 3.46/6.6 1.11/10.2 2.63/5.3 4.32/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Moeller (12-7-0)
 Molina (27-26-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 367/.292 271/.300 392/.293 97/.209 173/.265 222/.242 156/.193 109/.245 .278  Abreu
 Cabrera
 Damon
 Gardner
 Christian
0/0/95/8
0/96/1/5
68/6/0/1
15/1/0/1
4/0/3/0
OPS .793 .868 .789 .555 .755 .695 .526 .682 .763
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 70/.885 99/.783 188/.822 40/.591 64/.714 82/.708 86/.564 61/.536 .755
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 297/.772 172/.916 204/.758 57/.524 109/.776 140/.687 70/.482 48/.872 .768
Road 131/.778 138/.956 131/.925 44/.559 83/.875 104/.880 57/.636 52/.788 .829
Last 28d days 129/.692 58/.837 51/.865 27/.551 36/.816 44/.663 36/.411 18/.748
HR/SB/CS 11/3/3 11/1/2 11/10/0 1/2/2 4/2/1 5/6/1 3/5/0 2/4/2 111/47/20
Usage ····X··· X··o···· ·X··o··· ·X··o··· X···o··· ·o······ ··X····· o··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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