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Minnesota Twins, 11-13, 3rd, 2½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Livan Hernandez (33, RHP, 3-0, 3.55)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-0)             33    36  15  13   6  11  4    3.55      
 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         4-1  43    56  22  20  10  15  5    4.19   45 
 2008-04-22   @OAK  ND   6     7   4   4   2   3  1     109   43 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      3-0  21    27  16  16   7  17  3    6.86   41 
 2003-06-06    TEX   W   7     9   5   5   3   6  1     119   42 
 2001-07-15   @TEX   W   7    10   6   6   3   6  1     124   36 
 2000-07-17    TEX   W   7     8   5   5   1   5  1     108   45 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-6    Road:    5-7    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   9-9    vsLHP:   2-4    1-Run:   5-4 
 vsEast:  1-1    vsCntrl: 7-6    vsWest:  3-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 24 Sat, Apr 26  @TEX  W  12-6       11-13  3rd  2.5 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 25  @TEX  L   5-6 (10)  10-13  3rd  3.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 24  @OAK  L   2-11      10-12  2nd  2.5 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 23  @OAK  L   0-3       10-11  2nd  1.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 22  @OAK  W   5-4       10-10  2nd  1.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:11-13
Texas Rangers, 8-17, 4th, 7 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Vicente Padilla (30, RHP, 2-2, 4.97)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-2)             29    39  18  16  10  17  5    4.97      
 2007 (6-10)           120.1 146  88  77  50  71 16    5.76      
 2006 (15-10)          200   206 108 100  70 156 21    4.50      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  34    43  23  20  15  19  6    5.29   44 
 2008-04-22   @DET   L   3     8   7   7   1   2  3      69   16 
 2008-04-17   @TOR   W   7     7   1   1   3   2  0     112   58 
 2008-04-11    TOR   L   6     7   5   4   3   5  0      97   42 
 2008-04-06   @LAA   W   7     9   4   3   0   4  2     108   49 
 2008-04-01   @SEA  ND   6     8   1   1   3   4  0     110   53 
 2007-09-19   @MIN   L   5     3   3   3   5   2  1      97   46 
 2007-09-16   @OAK  ND   0     1   2   1   0   0  0      10   42 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      1-2  16.2  11   8   8  10  11  1    4.32   52 
 2007-09-19   @MIN   L   5     3   3   3   5   2  1      97   46 
 2007-05-21    MIN   W   5.2   5   2   2   2   4  0      99   53 
 2006-05-10    MIN   L   6     3   3   3   3   5  0      89   56 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-7    Road:    5-10   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   7-13   vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  4-8    vsCntrl: 1-4    vsWest:  3-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 25 Sat, Apr 26   MIN  L   6-12       8-17  4th  7.0 gb
 24 Fri, Apr 25   MIN  W   6-5 (10)   8-16  4th  7.0 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 24  @DET  L   2-8        7-16  4th  7.0 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 23  @DET  L   6-19       7-15  4th  6.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 22  @DET  L   2-10       7-14  4th  5.0 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 21  @BOS  L   3-8        7-13  4th  5.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20  @BOS  L   5-6        7-12  4th  4.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19  @BOS  L   3-5        7-11  4th  4.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18  @BOS  L   3-11       7-10  4th  3.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17  @TOR  W   4-1        7-9   4th  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 8-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 26, 2008 MIN 12 @TEX  6        W:Dennys Reyes (1-0), L: Jamey Wright (1-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 25, 2008 TEX  6  MIN  5 (10)   W:Joaquin Benoit (2-1), L: Juan Rincon (2-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 19, 2007 MIN  4  TEX  2        W:Matt Garza (4-6), L: Vicente Padilla (6-10), S: Joe Nathan (34)
Tue, Sep 18, 2007 MIN  4  TEX  2        W:Carlos Silva (12-14), L: Kevin Millwood (9-13), S: Joe Nathan (33)
Mon, Sep 17, 2007 MIN  5  TEX  4        W:Joe Nathan (4-2), L: Joaquin Benoit (7-4), S: none
Sun, Aug 19, 2007 MIN  1  TEX  0        W:Johan Santana (13-9), L: Kevin Millwood (8-10), S: Joe Nathan (27)
Sat, Aug 18, 2007 TEX  5 @MIN  0        W:Kameron Loe (6-9), L: Boof Bonser (5-10), S: none
Fri, Aug 17, 2007 MIN  2  TEX  1 (10)   W:Matt Guerrier (2-4), L: Jamey Wright (3-5), S: none
Wed, May 23, 2007 MIN  5 @TEX  3        W:Boof Bonser (3-1), L: Robinson Tejeda (4-4), S: Joe Nathan (9)
Tue, May 22, 2007 MIN  7 @TEX  1        W:Johan Santana (5-4), L: Kameron Loe (1-4), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - MIN won 7-2; 2006 - TEX won 5-4; All-Time - MIN leads 336-299

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 (3.96 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (6.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Padilla
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
39.Feldman
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
54.German
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
G/S/vB
59.Rupe
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
45.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP 2/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 94/82 .244/.323/.329/.652 .450/.681 .710 / 1/0 2/4
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 8/1.089 5/2.100 4/1.833 4/.000 3/1.666 5/.650 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 623/442 .276/.356/.433/.790 .865/.759 .722 / 5/0 16/4
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/77 .232/.288/.304/.592 .614/.569 .533 / 12/3 2/3
23.Harris G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/2.500 4/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 576/414 .286/.343/.434/.777 .897/.731 .799 / 4/1 12/13
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 5/.200 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 3/.333 ··· 466/382 .273/.335/.450/.785 .667/.810 .801 / 5/0 13/2
24.Lamb* G/S/vP 11/.964 3/.000 3/1.667 1/3.000 1/2.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 9/.873 353/296 .289/.366/.453/.820 1.056/.777 .764 / 0/0 11/11
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 6/.167 3/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 2/3.000 4/1.500 ··· 7/.000 1/.000 471/312 .293/.382/.426/.808 .673/.877 .956 / 7/1 7/1
27.Monroe G/S/vP 6/1.000 12/.523 5/.000 3/.666 1/.000 6/1.166 1/2.000 1/.000 8/.250 427/287 .219/.268/.370/.638 .805/.555 .682 / 0/4 12/3
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 8/1.071 8/.500 5/.800 4/.833 ··· 4/.000 ··· 8/1.089 1/no AB 668/445 .271/.343/.492/.834 .693/.907 .851 / 1/1 31/5
8.Punto# G/S/vP 8/.661 4/.250 2/.500 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.667 3/.666 536/364 .210/.291/.271/.562 .483/.599 .581 / 16/6 1/13
55.Redmond G/S/vP 15/.277 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 298/198 .294/.346/.353/.699 .853/.623 .678 / 0/0 1/0
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / / / /
21.Young G/S/vP 3/1.334 4/.500 5/.400 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.650 681/509 .288/.316/.408/.723 .752/.714 .733 / 10/3 13/7
IP 120.1 82.0 39.0 59.1 13.2 68.1 77.0 TOTAL .263/.303/.364/.668 .599/.692 .700 .668 23/6 13/18
ERA-K/9 5.76/5.3 2.85/9.5 5.77/4.4 4.55/7.4 /0.0 7.24/5.3 /0.0 3.03/8.3 3.62/4.6 5.55/4.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 553/.299 337/.225 192/.284 268/.258 / 62/.286 / 285/.208 330/.259 .301  Cuddyer
 Young
 Monroe
 Gomez
 Kubel
 Lamb
0/0/140/19
0/29/133/16
102/7/9/6
27/4/22/3
84/0/0/2
0/0/1/0
OPS .810 .641 .831 .755 .857 .602 .743 .839
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 266/.877 146/.489 76/.930 120/.701 / 14/1.179 / 115/.381 144/.848 .847
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 287/.749 191/.760 116/.769 148/.796 / 48/.767 / 170/.754 186/.666 .832
Home 245/.663 185/.584 89/.574 153/.754 / 38/.900 / 163/.635 151/.639 .783
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 16/3/3 6/2/2 3/6/2 3/4/4 // 2/0/0 // 4/2/0 6/4/4 24/20/9
Usage ····X··· ·o·X·o·X X······· ···X···· o·o··X·· oo······ ····X··· ·X·o··X· Xo·X··oo

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

Texas Rangers Batters (4.16 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.50 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
41.Korecky
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
9.Blalock* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 8/.833 1/.000 7/.572 10/1.450 232/178 .293/.358/.543/.901 .796/.932 .999 / 4/1 10/6
29.Botts# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 190/143 .240/.326/.335/.662 .833/.605 .664 / 1/0 2/0
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 17/.371 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.833 1/.000 5/.400 7/1.262 244/166 .306/.402/.545/.947 .966/.937 .930 / 5/2 13/2
23.Broussard* G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.661 5/.000 1/.000 8/2.054 4/.000 4/.250 13/.322 264/245 .275/.330/.404/.734 .618/.742 .733 / 2/0 7/2
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 15/.650 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 3/.000 11/.384 377/358 .260/.337/.444/.781 .606/.788 .943 / 2/1 11/0
6.Duran G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 337/256 .292/.368/.554/.922 .588/1.028 .989 / 3/3 19/4
5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 5/.200 5/.650 1/.000 4/.250 566/431 .263/.355/.441/.796 .999/.732 .921 / 23/2 20/17
15.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.334 448/329 .224/.278/.349/.627 .691/.603 .663 / 6/2 9/12
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 112/89 .343/.384/.552/.936 1.071/.901 .776 / 0/0 2/1
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 329/206 .266/.310/.422/.732 .625/.796 .733 / 0/0 11/14
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 18/.287 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 3/.333 5/.400 345/257 .230/.300/.373/.674 .483/.739 .608 / 1/0 8/7
10.Young G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 7/.143 7/.971 ··· 9/.777 6/.500 4/1.500 14/1.000 692/524 .315/.366/.418/.783 .797/.779 .808 / 13/3 9/19
IP 204.1 16.1 88.0 71.2 70.1 29.1 59.2 TOTAL .264/.341/.406/.747 .773/.740 .725 .747 12/2 21/27
ERA-K/9 4.93/4.0 /0.0 5.51/5.5 2.35/7.0 /0.0 1.88/9.7 2.94/9.5 3.99/6.5 5.13/7.4 4.25/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (59-39-9)
 Saltalamacchia (37-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 913/.308 / 71/.292 351/.220 / 282/.209 278/.183 139/.309 272/.273 .271  Hamilton
 Murphy
 Bradley
 Botts
 Catalanotto
 Laird
 Broussard
9/71/10/7
32/10/15/4
40/15/4/3
28/0/0/2
64/0/0/2
1/0/0/0
10/0/12/0
OPS .870 .876 .618 .574 .591 .810 .793 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 465/.854 / 30/.872 153/.742 / 138/.620 113/.618 82/.673 132/.915 .704
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 448/.885 / 41/.880 198/.523 / 144/.532 165/.573 57/1.009 140/.677 .772
Road 468/.881 / 33/1.140 157/.598 / 120/.607 123/.629 63/.862 134/.821 .797
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 24/9/6
Usage ····X··· ··X····· o·X····· Xo·X··X· X······· ····X··o Xo··o·X· ooo···Xo ·oo·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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