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Game Preview: MIN @ OAK, 10:05pm, Tuesday, April 22, 2008 @McAfee Coliseum

Minnesota Twins, 9-10, 2nd, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Livan Hernandez (33, RHP, 3-0, 3.00)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-0)             27    29  11   9   4   8  3    3.00      
 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  23  21  11  15  6    4.40   45 
 2008-04-16    TBR  ND   6     8   5   3   3   2  3     103   39 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      2-2  28.1  30  15  15  11  17  2    4.76   48 
 2005-06-09    OAK   W   8     8   2   2   1   5  0     127   62 
 2002-06-28   @OAK   L   4.2   8   6   6   3   3  0     108   24 
 2001-06-16    OAK   W   8     4   1   1   4   6  0     121   72 
 2001-06-10   @OAK   L   7.2  10   6   6   3   3  2     120   35 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-6    Road:    3-4    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   7-7    vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  1-1    vsCntrl: 7-6    vsWest:  1-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Sun, Apr 20   CLE  W   2-1 (10)   9-10  2nd  2.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19   CLE  W   3-0        8-10  3rd  2.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18   CLE  L   0-4        7-10  3rd  3.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17   TBR  L   3-7        7-9   3rd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-10   Last 30: 9-10
Oakland Athletics, 12-8, 1st, Tied

SP: Joe Blanton (27, RHP, 1-3, 4.24)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-3)             34    41  16  16   7  11  1    4.24      
 2007 (14-10)          230   240 106 101  40 140 16    3.95      
 2006 (16-12)          194.1 241 111 104  58 107 17    4.82      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  44.2  62  25  25  13  19  3    5.04   42 
 2008-04-16    SEA   L   8    12   4   4   0   2  0     101   44 
 2008-04-11   @CLE   W   7.2   8   5   5   1   1  1     111   43 
 2008-04-06    CLE   L   6.2   7   2   2   4   2  0     107   50 
 2008-04-01    BOS   L   6     7   2   2   1   3  0      99   52 
 2008-03-25    BOS  ND   5.2   7   3   3   1   3  0      94   45 
 2007-09-26   @BOS  ND   5    11   5   5   3   4  0      93   26 
 2007-09-21   @CLE   L   5.2  10   4   4   3   4  2     106   34 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      2-3  34    38  20  19   9  15  4    5.03   46 
 2007-07-14   @MIN   L   7.2  10   4   4   1   2  0     106   44 
 2007-06-02    MIN   W   9     3   0   0   0   6  0     108   87 
 2006-09-11   @MIN   L   5.1   9   6   5   3   1  2     108   26 
 2006-04-13   @MIN   L   6    11   7   7   2   4  1      98   24 
 2005-09-20    MIN   W   6     5   3   3   3   2  1     103   49 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-6    Road:    6-2    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   8-4    vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl: 8-3    vsWest:  0-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Sun, Apr 20   KCR  W   7-1       12-8   1st    Tied
 19 Sat, Apr 19   KCR  W   6-5       11-8   2nd  1.0 gb
 18 Fri, Apr 18   KCR  W  13-2       10-8   2nd  1.0 gb
 17 Thu, Apr 17   SEA  L   1-8        9-8   2nd  1.0 gb
 16 Wed, Apr 16   SEA  L   2-4        9-7   1st    Tied
 15 Tue, Apr 15  @CHW  L   1-4        9-6   1st    Tied
 14 Mon, Apr 14  @CHW  W   2-1        9-5   1st  1.0 up
 13 Sun, Apr 13  @CLE  L   1-7        8-5   1st  1.0 up
 12 Sat, Apr 12  @CLE  W   7-3        8-4   1st  2.0 up
 11 Fri, Apr 11  @CLE  W   9-7        7-4   1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:12-8 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 15, 2007 MIN  4  OAK  3        W:Pat Neshek (4-1), L: Joe Kennedy (2-8), S: none
Sat, Jul 14, 2007 MIN  4  OAK  3        W:Carlos Silva (7-10), L: Joe Blanton (8-6), S: Joe Nathan (18)
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 MIN  5  OAK  3        W:Johan Santana (11-6), L: Lenny DiNardo (3-6), S: Joe Nathan (17)
Thu, Jul 12, 2007 MIN  6  OAK  2        W:Scott Baker (4-3), L: Chad Gaudin (8-4), S: none
Sun, Jun 03, 2007 OAK  4  MIN  2        W:Chad Gaudin (6-1), L: Johan Santana (6-5), S: Alan Embree (4)
Sat, Jun 02, 2007 OAK  1  MIN  0        W:Joe Blanton (5-3), L: Carlos Silva (3-6), S: none
Fri, Jun 01, 2007 MIN  3 @OAK  2 (10)   W:Pat Neshek (3-0), L: Kiko Calero (0-4), S: Joe Nathan (12)
Wed, Sep 13, 2006 OAK  1 @MIN  0        W:Danny Haren (14-11), L: Matt Garza (1-5), S: Huston Street (32)
Tue, Sep 12, 2006 MIN  7  OAK  5        W:Dennys Reyes (5-0), L: Joe Kennedy (4-1), S: Joe Nathan (32)
Mon, Sep 11, 2006 MIN  9  OAK  4        W:Carlos Silva (9-13), L: Joe Blanton (15-11), S: Joe Nathan (31)
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 - MIN won 5-2; 2006 - MIN won 6-4; All-Time - MIN leads 971-959

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.

Minnesota Twins Batters (3.74 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Blanton
G/S/vB
59.Brown
G/S/vB
33.Devine
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
21.Saarloos
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 94/82 .244/.323/.329/.652 .450/.681 .710 / 1/0 2/4
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/77 .232/.288/.304/.592 .614/.569 .533 / 12/3 2/3
23.Harris G/S/vP 5/1.550 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 576/414 .286/.343/.434/.777 .897/.731 .799 / 4/1 12/13
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 466/382 .273/.335/.450/.785 .667/.810 .801 / 5/0 13/2
24.Lamb* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 353/296 .289/.366/.453/.820 1.056/.777 .764 / 0/0 11/11
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 13/.749 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.000 9/.347 3/.666 471/312 .293/.382/.426/.808 .673/.877 .956 / 7/1 7/1
27.Monroe G/S/vP 12/1.394 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 10/1.289 2/.000 427/287 .219/.268/.370/.638 .805/.555 .682 / 0/4 12/3
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 19/.737 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/1.250 10/1.500 2/.000 668/445 .271/.343/.492/.834 .693/.907 .851 / 1/1 31/5
8.Punto# G/S/vP 15/.696 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 7/.453 3/.000 536/364 .210/.291/.271/.562 .483/.599 .581 / 16/6 1/13
55.Redmond G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/2.000 3/1.000 298/198 .294/.346/.353/.699 .853/.623 .678 / 0/0 1/0
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
21.Young G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 4/.250 681/509 .288/.316/.408/.723 .752/.714 .733 / 10/3 13/7
IP 230.0 41.2 8.1 68.0 50.2 42.2 50.0 TOTAL .257/.302/.356/.658 .591/.684 .700 .658 19/6 9/12
ERA-K/9 3.95/5.5 4.54/9.3 1.08/7.6 3.97/6.8 4.44/9.2 7.17/5.7 2.88/11.3 3.36/6.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 950/.269 178/.245 39/.241 284/.258 219/.224 201/.305 199/.190 .236  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 .679 .691 .636 .681 .676 .907 .543 .650
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 452/.714 75/.667 13/.762 80/.581 79/.695 77/.960 97/.702 .623
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 498/.647 103/.709 26/.571 204/.720 140/.665 124/.874 102/.400 .664
Home 429/.564 93/.665 23/.703 141/.575 102/.516 120/.852 99/.505 .632
Last 28d days / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 16/19/4 1/3/0 0/0/0 5/4/1 6/9/0 8/2/0 5/5/2 13/7/5
Usage ·····X·· ·X·o·o·· ··X·o·o· ··o····o ·o·o···o ····X·X· ··X····X

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

Oakland Athletics Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.11 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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 84/50 .347/.429/.639/1.067 1.034/1.087 .860 / 1/0 4/0
18.Bowen# G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 188/132 .231/.344/.372/.716 .774/.690 .488 / 1/2 4/5
8.Brown G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/1.096 9/1.158 9/.111 5/.000 4/1.417 9/.644 397/237 .257/.300/.347/.647 .823/.529 .639 / 12/2 6/6
6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 334/260 .288/.377/.474/.850 1.005/.805 .784 / 4/1 7/0
7.Crosby G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 6/1.000 2/.000 5/.000 2/.000 3/.666 6/.583 374/268 .226/.278/.341/.619 .647/.608 .649 / 10/2 8/14
32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 507/344 .256/.408/.504/.912 .786/.971 1.047 / 0/2 26/4
19.Denorfia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
14.Ellis G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 3/1.666 7/.858 5/.200 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 642/470 .276/.336/.441/.777 .984/.704 .743 / 9/4 19/5
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 169/130 .278/.369/.424/.793 1.050/.712 .805 / 1/0 3/3
12.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 132/85 .220/.290/.441/.731 .968/.595 .660 / 1/0 6/5
24.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 248/187 .249/.327/.408/.735 .623/.772 .713 / 0/0 7/2
5.Sweeney G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 6/1.267 8/.821 4/.500 3/1.167 16/.905 289/198 .260/.315/.404/.719 .822/.672 .686 / 0/0 7/1
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 49/43 .200/.265/.333/.599 .500/.612 .516 / 0/1 1/0
IP 204.1 16.1 88.0 71.2 70.1 29.1 59.2 TOTAL .257/.338/.364/.702 .662/.725 .696 .702 5/2 7/17
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 3.80/5.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (34-5-3)
 Suzuki (29-7-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 913/.308 / 71/.292 351/.220 282/.209 278/.183 139/.309 272/.273 .262  Brown
 Buck
 Sweeney
 Cust
78/0/21/8
18/5/65/3
11/3/0/1
14/0/48/1
OPS .870 .876 .618 .574 .591 .810 .793 .721
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 465/.854 / 30/.872 153/.742 138/.620 113/.618 82/.673 132/.915 .709
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 448/.885 / 41/.880 198/.523 144/.532 165/.573 57/1.009 140/.677 .731
Road 468/.881 / 33/1.140 157/.598 120/.607 123/.629 63/.862 134/.821 .786
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 20/7/6
Usage ·····X·· ····o··· ···X··X· ·X··X··X ··o··o·· ·X··o··X ·Xo··o·· ···X·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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