MIN @ SDP, Tuesday, June 24, 2008 Game Preview

Minnesota Twins, 40-36, 2nd, 1½ GB, 4½ GB in WC	SP: Kevin Slowey (24, RHP, 4-6, 4.37) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. SDP Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-6) 57.2 59 28 28 9 39 10 4.37 2007 (4-1) 66.2 82 39 35 11 47 16 4.73 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-3 43.2 46 19 19 7 28 6 3.92 52 2008-06-18 WSN W 6 7 1 1 2 4 1 90 56 2008-06-13 @MIL W 8 5 2 2 0 5 0 99 69 2008-06-08 @CHW L 3 10 8 8 1 4 1 68 10 2008-06-03 BAL L 6 7 4 4 0 2 2 94 44 2008-05-29 @KCR W 9 6 1 1 0 6 0 101 77 2008-05-23 @DET W 6 4 0 0 3 2 0 104 63 2008-05-18 @COL L 5.2 7 3 3 1 5 2 109 47 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.SDP Has never faced SDP.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 25-16 Road: 15-20 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 32-24 vsLHP: 8-12 1-Run: 14-12 vsEast: 7-9 vsCntrl:19-15 vsWest: 5-9 IL: 9-3 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 76 Sun, Jun 22 ARI W 5-3 40-36 2nd 1.5 gb 75 Sat, Jun 21 ARI W 6-1 39-36 2nd 2.5 gb 74 Fri, Jun 20 ARI W 7-2 38-36 2nd 3.5 gb 73 Thu, Jun 19 WSN W 9-3 37-36 2nd 4.5 gb 72 Wed, Jun 18 WSN W 11-2 36-36 2nd 4.5 gb 71 Tue, Jun 17 WSN W 2-1 35-36 2nd 4.5 gb 70 Sun, Jun 15 @MIL L 2-4 34-36 2nd 4.5 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 Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
San Diego Padres, 32-45, 4th, 8 GB, 12 GB in WC	SP: Jake Peavy (27, RHP, 5-4, 2.88) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-4) 68.2 57 23 22 22 68 7 2.88 2007 (19-6) 223.1 169 67 63 68 240 13 2.54 2006 (11-14) 202.1 187 93 92 62 215 23 4.09 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 38.2 39 19 18 13 41 6 4.19 52 2008-06-18 @NYY L 4 6 4 3 2 4 1 93 38 2008-06-12 LAD W 6 3 0 0 0 4 0 72 70 2008-05-14 @CHC L 4 7 4 4 2 8 1 87 38 2008-05-09 COL L 6 7 3 3 2 6 0 107 50 2008-05-03 @FLA W 5.2 5 2 2 2 8 1 112 57 2008-04-27 ARI L 7 4 2 2 3 9 1 116 67 2008-04-22 @HOU ND 6 7 4 4 2 2 2 112 42 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN 0-0 6.2 8 3 3 3 5 0 4.05 48 2003-06-06 MIN ND 6.2 8 3 3 3 5 0 107 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 21-20 Road: 11-25 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 24-28 vsLHP: 8-17 1-Run: 11-14 vsEast: 8-8 vsCntrl: 8-12 vsWest: 13-16 IL: 3-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 77 Sun, Jun 22 DET L 3-5 32-45 5th 7.5 gb 76 Sat, Jun 21 DET L 5-7 32-44 5th 7.5 gb 75 Fri, Jun 20 DET W 6-2 32-43 4th 7.5 gb 74 Thu, Jun 19 @NYY L 1-2 31-43 5th 8.5 gb 73 Wed, Jun 18 @NYY L 5-8 31-42 3rd 7.5 gb 72 Tue, Jun 17 @NYY L 0-8 31-41 3rd 6.5 gb 71 Sun, Jun 15 @CLE L 3-7 31-40 3rd 6.5 gb 70 Sat, Jun 14 @CLE W 8-3 (10) 31-39 3rd 6.5 gb 69 Fri, Jun 13 @CLE L 5-9 30-39 4th 7.5 gb 68 Thu, Jun 12 LAD W 9-0 30-38 4th 6.5 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Jun 19, 2005 SDP 5 @MIN 1 W:Darrell May (1-1), L: Johan Santana (7-3), S: none Sat, Jun 18, 2005 SDP 7 @MIN 2 W:Brian Lawrence (4-6), L: Brad Radke (5-6), S: none Fri, Jun 17, 2005 MIN 5 SDP 4 (11) W:Juan Rincon (4-2), L: Dennys Reyes (3-1), S: none Sun, Jun 08, 2003 SDP 9 MIN 4 W:Brian Lawrence (4-7), L: LaTroy Hawkins (4-1), S: none Sat, Jun 07, 2003 MIN 6 @SDP 2 W:Johan Santana (3-1), L: Carlton Loewer (1-2), S: Mike Nakamura (1) Fri, Jun 06, 2003 MIN 7 @SDP 5 (11) W:J.C. Romero (2-0), L: Rod Beck (0-1), S: none Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - 0-0; 2006 - 0-0; All-Time - Tied 3-3

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

OAK 4.56

WSN 3.64

RA/G

OAK 3.72

BAL 4.57

TEX 5.69

C. Jones .393

C. Quentin .280

T. Pena .157

OBP

C. Jones .485

J. Thome .353

T. Pena .180

SLG

L. Berkman .683

M. Cabrera .453

T. Pena .193

OPS

L. Berkman 1.121

J. Rollins .802

T. Pena .373

ERA

E. Volquez 1.71

R. Wolf 4.09

I. Snell 5.99

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.42

N. Robertson 6.10

L. Hernandez 2.96

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. San Diego Padres Pitchers (4.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Peavy
G/S/vB 37.Adams
G/S/vB 21.Bell
G/S/vB 40.Corey
G/S/vB 58.Guevara
G/S/vB 45.Hampson*
G/S/vB 51.Hoffman
G/S/vB 43.Meredith
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/30 .353/.351/.412/.763 .286/.881 .690 28/.780 0/1 0/

25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 150/111 .302/.352/.419/.770 .718/.790 .783 114/.748 4/1 3/

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 242/178 .256/.326/.384/.710 .687/.717 .626 100/.859 4/1 3/

22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 317/236 .269/.302/.379/.680 .770/.649 .690 125/.598 18/8 5/

23.Harris G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 272/201 .250/.312/.338/.650 .455/.721 .590 91/.654 1/1 2/

16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 246/197 .265/.321/.457/.779 .431/.862 .759 90/.879 0/1 10/

24.Lamb* G/S/vP 11/.705 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 2/1.000 212/185 .225/.264/.304/.568 .303/.608 .752 57/.431 0/1 1/

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 289/206 .331/.417/.437/.853 .898/.833 .742 103/.900 0/1 2/

27.Monroe G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 133/75 .211/.271/.415/.685 .359/.933 .595 33/.609 0/0 6/

33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 326/227 .305/.362/.485/.847 .787/.873 .834 116/.818 0/0 11/

55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 56/26 .275/.321/.353/.674 .704/.641 .632 22/.859 0/0 0/

21.Young G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 298/230 .275/.326/.366/.691 .669/.698 .774 93/.736 9/4 1/

IP 68.2 19.0 42.2 25.2 7.2 6.2 25.0 37.1 TOTAL .272/.327/.394/.721 .668/.740 .707 .752 48/22 46/53

ERA-K/9

2.88/8.9

2.37/10.4

2.32/7.6

4.91/4.6

7.04/9.4

9.45/9.4

4.32/10.1

4.58/5.1

4.13/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mauer (29-16-0)
Redmond (10-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 278/.228 76/.206 170/.199 108/.273 37/.258 33/.414 103/.240 157/.287 .257 Young
Cuddyer
Gomez
Kubel
Monroe 72/0/0/8
0/1/54/7
0/70/0/6
7/0/16/2
0/7/2/1

OPS .656 .615 .547 .735 .771 1.010 .659 .753 .718

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 127/.809 35/.762 84/.361 49/.498 16/.466 16/.598 50/.867 58/.865 .753

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 151/.528 41/.490 86/.717 59/.926 21/.992 17/1.396 53/.477 99/.689 .698

Home 159/.448 52/.663 86/.463 50/.635 18/.634 24/.988 72/.584 84/.767 .656

Last 28d days 41/.679 59/.630 54/.516 50/.726 37/.771 33/1.010 35/.479 60/.786

HR/SB/CS 7/9/2 2/3/0 2/7/0 3/2/1 1/2/0 1/1/1 3/1/0 4/7/0 70/100/15

Usage ·····X·· ··X···X· ·X·oo··· ··o·oX·· ······X· ··o·Xo·· ·o······ ·X·o·X··

San Diego Padres Batters (3.75 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 59.Slowey
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Barrett G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/1.262 6/.334 86/61 .187/.259/.293/.552 1.032/.379 .714 71/.575 0/0 2/

1.Carlin# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/55 .172/.262/.259/.520 .422/.538 .611 27/.551 0/0 0/

7.Clark# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 95/64 .234/.379/.312/.691 .762/.651 .663 41/.729 0/0 1/

33.Gerut* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 6/1.000 4/.250 168/135 .289/.369/.409/.778 .926/.738 .733 94/.879 5/2 3/

24.Giles* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/no AB 8/1.625 16/.688 327/214 .297/.401/.438/.839 .805/.855 .780 101/.846 1/2 5/

23.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 339/218 .294/.366/.558/.924 .718/1.041 .850 112/.992 0/0 21/

2.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 105/59 .309/.362/.433/.795 .770/.812 .976 89/.799 0/0 1/

3.Greene G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.833 311/233 .234/.283/.358/.641 .569/.665 .717 98/.728 5/1 7/

12.Hairston G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 235/155 .225/.280/.413/.693 .661/.710 .847 66/.639 2/1 9/

16.Headley# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/16 .292/.292/.583/.875 1.000/.813 .750 24/.875 0/0 2/

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 308/223 .263/.312/.421/.733 .902/.669 .697 81/.723 0/0 10/

18.McAnulty* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 155/149 .214/.355/.357/.712 .167/.734 .740 54/.673 0/0 3/

11.Stansberry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/5 .300/.300/.400/.700 .000/1.400 1.250 10/.700 0/0 0/

IP 57.2 47.1 75.0 17.0 31.2 40.1 30.2 22.2 TOTAL .246/.319/.381/.700 .690/.704 .709 .763 24/8 69/36

ERA-K/9

4.37/6.1

4.94/4.0

6.48/6.4

1.59/8.5

2.84/6.8

3.12/5.8

1.47/9.7

2.38/4.8

4.38/5.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barrett (32-4-2)
Carlin (22-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 235/.267 213/.302 341/.292 70/.206 133/.246 174/.247 117/.216 90/.250 .288 Hairston
Gerut
McAnulty
Giles
Gonzalez
Headley 45/27/0/4
0/40/1/1
34/0/11/1
0/2/70/1
2/0/1/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .805 .877 .777 .556 .730 .700 .572 .676 .784

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 102/.851 79/.770 161/.793 26/.683 49/.668 65/.666 67/.640 52/.506 .765

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 133/.770 134/.938 180/.763 44/.478 84/.763 109/.718 50/.485 38/.916 .797

Road 147/.768 104/.901 99/.856 22/.432 58/.911 76/.897 38/.817 39/.748 .841

Last 28d days 130/.796 63/.780 69/.927 30/.274 53/.497 48/.664 37/.523 33/.541

HR/SB/CS 10/2/1 9/1/2 9/10/0 1/2/1 4/2/1 4/4/1 3/4/0 1/3/2 86/39/17

Usage ·····X·· ···X·o·· ·····o·· ····X··· ·X···X·· ··o···o· ·o·o··X· ··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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Game Preview: MIN @ SDP, 10:05pm, Tuesday, June 24, 2008 @Petco Park

SP: Kevin Slowey (24, RHP, 4-6, 4.37)

SP: Jake Peavy (27, RHP, 5-4, 2.88)

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