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Game Preview: MIN @ SEA, 4:40pm, Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @Safeco Field

Minnesota Twins, 74-58, 2nd, 2 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Glen Perkins (25, LHP, 11-3, 3.90)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (11-3)           124.2 142  56  54  31  60 16    3.90      
 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         5-1  46.1  47  18  18  12  17  5    3.50   52 
 2008-08-22   @LAA   W   8     5   0   0   2   3  0     107   73 
 2008-08-17    SEA   W   6     8   4   4   0   1  3     100   41 
 2008-08-11    NYY   W   8     4   0   0   3   4  0     107   75 
 2008-08-04   @SEA  ND   6.1  12   5   5   1   2  1      87   30 
 2008-07-29    CHW   W   6     7   4   4   2   4  1      98   44 
 2008-07-23   @NYY   L   6     8   5   5   1   2  0      85   37 
 2008-07-18    TEX   W   6     3   0   0   3   1  0      98   64 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.SEA      1-0  12.1  20   9   9   1   3  4    6.57   36 
 2008-08-17    SEA   W   6     8   4   4   0   1  3     100   41 
 2008-08-04   @SEA  ND   6.1  12   5   5   1   2  1      87   30 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   46-23   Road:   28-35   ExtrInn: 7-7 
 vsRHP:  50-42   vsLHP:  24-16   1-Run:  23-21
 vsEast:  9-16   vsCntrl:36-21   vsWest: 15-17 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Tue, Aug 26  @SEA  L   2-3       74-58  2nd  2.0 gb
131 Mon, Aug 25  @SEA  L   2-4 (11)  74-57  2nd  1.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 24  @LAA  L   3-5       74-56  1st    Tied
129 Sat, Aug 23  @LAA  L   5-7       74-55  1st  1.0 up
128 Fri, Aug 22  @LAA  W   9-0       74-54  1st  1.0 up
127 Thu, Aug 21  @LAA  W   2-1 (12)  73-54  1st    Tied
126 Wed, Aug 20   OAK  W   3-1       72-54  2nd  0.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 19   OAK  W  13-2       71-54  2nd  0.5 gb
124 Mon, Aug 18   OAK  L   2-3       70-54  2nd  0.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 17   SEA  W  11-8       70-53  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Seattle Mariners, 50-82, 4th, 30½ GB, 26½ GB in WC

SP: Ryan Feierabend (22, LHP, 0-1, 7.88)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)              8    15   7   7   1   6  1    7.88      
 2007 (1-6)             49.1  73  44  44  23  27 10    8.03      
 2006 (0-1)             17    15   7   7   7  11  3    3.71      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-5  24    50  33  33  10  12  5   12.38   28 
 2008-08-22    OAK  ND   5     5   1   1   0   5  1      93   58 
 2008-08-17   @MIN   L   3    10   6   6   1   1  0      54   15 
 2007-09-26    CLE   L   2.2   8   6   6   2   0  1      57   16 
 2007-09-20   @LAA   L   3     8   5   5   1   3  0      65   25 
 2007-07-24   @TEX   L   5     6   2   2   0   2  0      88   49 
 2007-07-08   @OAK  ND   4     5   3   3   4   1  1      90   37 
 2007-07-03   @KCR   L   1.1   8  10  10   2   0  2      61   -4 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      0-1   3    10   6   6   1   1  0   18.00   15 
 2008-08-17   @MIN   L   3    10   6   6   1   1  0      54   15 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-40   Road:   22-42   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  35-54   vsLHP:  15-28   1-Run:  14-24
 vsEast: 13-28   vsCntrl:12-23   vsWest: 16-22 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Tue, Aug 26   MIN  W   3-2       50-82  4th 30.5 gb
131 Mon, Aug 25   MIN  W   4-2 (11)  49-82  4th 30.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 24   OAK  W   8-4       48-82  4th 31.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 23   OAK  L   1-5       47-82  4th 31.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 22   OAK  W   7-5       47-81  4th 30.5 gb
127 Thu, Aug 21   OAK  L   0-2       46-81  4th 31.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 20  @CHW  L   3-15      46-80  4th 31.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 19  @CHW  L   0-5       46-79  4th 30.5 gb
124 Mon, Aug 18  @CHW  L   5-13      46-78  4th 30.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 17  @MIN  L   8-11      46-77  4th 30.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 26, 2008 SEA  3  MIN  2        W:Ryan Rowland-Smith (3-2), L: Scott Baker (7-4), S: Roy Corcoran (1)
Mon, Aug 25, 2008 SEA  4  MIN  2 (11)   W:R.A. Dickey (4-8), L: Jesse Crain (5-4), S: none
Sun, Aug 17, 2008 MIN 11  SEA  8        W:Glen Perkins (10-3), L: Ryan Feierabend (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (33)
Sat, Aug 16, 2008 MIN  7  SEA  6        W:Dennys Reyes (3-0), L: Cesar Jimenez (0-2), S: none
Fri, Aug 15, 2008 MIN  9  SEA  3        W:Francisco Liriano (3-3), L: Carlos Silva (4-14), S: none
Wed, Aug 06, 2008 MIN  7 @SEA  3        W:Nick Blackburn (9-6), L: Jarrod Washburn (5-11), S: none
Tue, Aug 05, 2008 SEA  8  MIN  7        W:J.J. Putz (4-4), L: Matt Guerrier (6-5), S: none
Mon, Aug 04, 2008 SEA 11  MIN  6        W:Roy Corcoran (2-0), L: Brian Bass (3-4), S: none

Wed, Aug 22, 2007 MIN  8  SEA  4        W:Carlos Silva (10-12), L: Miguel Batista (13-9), S: none
Tue, Aug 21, 2007 SEA  7 @MIN  2        W:Jarrod Washburn (9-10), L: Scott Baker (6-6), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 4-4; 2007 - MIN won 6-3; 2006 - MIN won 5-3; All-Time - SEA leads 189-179

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  5.56

PIT  4.63

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.91

CLE  4.63

TEX  6.02

BA

C. Jones  .357

A. Soriano  .291

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .466

J. Posada  .364

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .634

T. Glaus  .480

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.100

D. Pedroia  .835

T. Pena  .393

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

B. Looper  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.13

G. Floyd  6.40

L. Hernandez  3.49

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Minnesota Twins Batters (5.03 RS/G) vs. Seattle Mariners Pitchers (5.02 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Feierabend*
G/S/vB
43.Batista
G/S/vB
48.Corcoran
G/S/vB
41.Dickey
G/S/vB
54.Green
G/S/vB
36.Jimenez*
G/S/vB
26.Messenger
G/S/vB
20.Putz
G/S/vB
49.Woods*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· 5/.533 1/2.000 5/.400 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 183/152 .305/.333/.419/.752 .229/.864 .802 67/.654 0/2 4/
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 5/1.200 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 301/213 .301/.341/.413/.754 .641/.804 .711 28/.558 4/2 5/
12.Everett G/S/vP 2/1.000 12/1.042 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 137/105 .207/.267/.319/.586 .677/.561 .583 54/.630 0/0 2/
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 2/.000 4/1.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 510/374 .255/.291/.346/.637 .719/.607 .607 82/.608 27/10 6/
23.Harris G/S/vP 3/2.334 5/.400 1/2.000 4/.583 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/1.000 430/296 .261/.318/.386/.705 .704/.705 .704 64/.844 1/1 6/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 2/2.500 5/1.100 1/2.000 5/1.800 2/1.000 2/3.500 ··· 4/.750 6/.666 420/336 .272/.331/.464/.795 .610/.841 .736 87/.857 0/1 17/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 2/2.000 6/.334 2/.500 5/.650 4/3.000 3/.666 ··· 5/.200 8/.661 502/356 .318/.411/.443/.854 .997/.791 .706 103/.815 1/1 8/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 2/1.000 11/.974 2/.000 5/.200 3/.666 3/1.667 ··· 6/.900 10/.844 575/386 .307/.388/.510/.898 .816/.940 .930 117/.810 0/1 20/
8.Punto# G/S/vP 2/1.500 7/1.904 3/.000 7/.715 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.333 3/.000 264/169 .286/.338/.408/.746 .738/.742 .675 120/.741 8/4 2/
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 8/.250 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.400 111/53 .286/.315/.333/.649 .691/.602 .530 20/.650 0/0 0/
56.Ruiz G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 47/24 .318/.362/.432/.794 .848/.739 .722 47/.794 0/0 1/
2.Span* G/S/vP 2/2.000 6/.733 3/.000 7/.167 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 2/.500 257/186 .307/.392/.450/.842 1.003/.784 .852 125/.833 12/4 3/
21.Young G/S/vP 2/.000 10/.873 3/.000 6/.666 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.667 506/366 .284/.329/.399/.727 .697/.739 .710 98/.741 14/4 8/
IP 8.0 106.1 56.2 101.0 66.1 22.2 1.0 36.0 16.1 TOTAL .278/.337/.410/.747 .721/.758 .717 .761 77/35 95/92
ERA-K/9 7.88/6.8 6.26/5.6 3.34/5.2 5.44/5.0 3.66/7.3 3.97/6.3 0.00/9.0 4.00/10.0 6.06/5.0 4.69/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (46-25-4)
 Redmond (17-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 39/.405 517/.300 242/.231 456/.288 293/.235 94/.267 4/.250 170/.275 74/.286 .274  Young
 Gomez
 Span
 Kubel
 Punto
123/0/0/8
0/122/0/7
0/12/56/3
15/0/28/2
0/3/0/0
OPS 1.030 .905 .613 .817 .639 .718 .500 .783 .947 .776
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 15/1.105 286/.944 110/.647 233/.802 128/.734 51/.878 3/.000 91/.845 34/.805 .824
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 24/.984 231/.859 132/.584 223/.833 165/.564 43/.533 1/2.000 79/.711 40/1.081 .735
Home 21/.736 257/.911 129/.713 238/.816 177/.573 64/.686 4/.500 107/.698 35/.785 .743
Last 28d days 39/1.030 97/.876 77/.618 126/.881 46/.756 38/.962 4/.500 54/.779 74/.947
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 16/17/2 1/1/0 14/5/7 3/0/1 2/1/1 0/0/0 2/0/2 4/0/0 130/71/24
Usage ····X··· ·X····X· X·X·X·o· ·o·o··X· ·X··oX·X ··X·oo·X ·o······ ·oo·o·X· ···X··X·
Seattle Mariners Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB
26.Bonser
G/S/vB
49.Breslow*
G/S/vB
28.Crain
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
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
50.Balentien G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 195/139 .204/.256/.370/.627 .608/.633 .621 78/.649 0/0 7/
29.Beltre G/S/vP 6/1.500 7/.453 1/.000 9/.958 2/1.000 7/.762 25/.337 11/.989 552/401 .252/.319/.430/.749 .911/.690 .684 111/.677 8/1 21/
5.Betancourt G/S/vP 5/.800 7/1.571 1/2.000 7/1.428 3/.000 9/1.056 7/1.143 2/1.000 466/334 .265/.284/.364/.648 .624/.657 .729 88/.769 2/2 4/
15.Burke G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 89/51 .256/.307/.329/.636 .838/.475 .600 16/.267 0/1 1/
13.Cairo G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 3/.333 1/.000 5/1.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 189/112 .244/.317/.329/.646 .764/.568 .721 56/.709 4/2 0/
9.Clement* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 203/165 .227/.291/.368/.658 .763/.631 .640 67/.811 0/1 5/
23.Hulett* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/12 .182/.308/.273/.580 .000/.697 .829 11/.550 0/0 0/
28.Ibanez* G/S/vP 7/2.000 7/1.429 3/.666 5/.200 10/.600 11/1.245 5/.000 9/1.222 576/395 .301/.368/.505/.873 .899/.861 .885 115/1.113 1/3 20/
2.Johjima G/S/vP 6/1.833 5/.600 1/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 6/1.000 5/.200 2/1.500 334/233 .212/.258/.312/.570 .582/.565 .578 47/.763 2/0 5/
39.LaHair* G/S/vP 6/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/3.000 2/1.000 ··· 106/80 .268/.324/.361/.685 .335/.784 .482 80/.565 0/1 2/
4.Lopez G/S/vP 6/.666 6/.167 1/.000 4/1.000 3/.000 5/.650 7/.715 1/.000 564/402 .298/.323/.428/.750 .807/.727 .840 107/.707 5/1 11/
8.Reed* G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 223/201 .275/.321/.377/.699 .273/.748 .736 72/.836 1/2 2/
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 7/.762 8/1.625 2/2.000 6/.666 8/.000 6/1.167 8/.500 12/1.000 611/429 .310/.363/.384/.747 .651/.788 .781 124/.808 39/4 5/
IP 124.2 101.1 34.2 54.1 50.1 66.0 56.0 36.2 TOTAL .264/.319/.388/.707 .746/.691 .713 .763 80/24 102/86
ERA-K/9 3.90/4.3 6.22/7.1 2.34/7.3 3.98/7.0 3.58/5.0 4.64/7.1 1.13/10.0 2.45/6.6 4.17/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Burke (11-7-2)
 Clement (18-2-5)
 Johjima (42-15-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 535/.287 461/.286 140/.214 233/.262 197/.216 290/.266 213/.186 150/.241 .275  Suzuki
 Ibanez
 Balentien
 Reed
 Cairo
0/69/62/9
127/0/0/8
1/15/33/6
6/36/14/1
1/0/1/0
OPS .780 .774 .547 .755 .634 .764 .521 .638 .747
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 110/.890 214/.854 62/.513 84/.752 76/.506 106/.719 109/.570 82/.536 .757
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 425/.752 247/.705 78/.572 149/.755 121/.715 184/.788 104/.471 68/.763 .739
Road 217/.764 160/.881 66/.599 115/.831 82/.631 144/.827 82/.603 72/.746 .800
Last 28d days 115/.717 69/.684 40/.570 51/.729 44/.840 54/1.132 47/.507 38/.459
HR/SB/CS 16/3/4 13/11/0 1/2/4 5/5/1 3/3/0 9/8/1 4/5/0 2/4/2 137/63/29
Usage ····X··· ···X··X· o··o···· ·XX··oo· ·oo·X··· oo···X·· ·X···oX· ··o·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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