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Game Preview: MIN @ LAA, 3:35pm, Sunday, July 26, 2009 @Angel Stadium

Twins, 48-50, 3rd, 5 GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Anthony Swarzak (23, RHP, 2-3, 4.15)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-3)			39.0	39	18	18	14	22	3	4.15

Last 7 GS		2-3	39.0	39	18	18	14	22	3	4.15	50
2009-07-21	@OAK	ND	7.0	4	2	2	3	4	0	107	62
2009-07-08	NYY	L	4.1	8	4	4	1	0	0	91	30
2009-06-13	@CHC	W	7.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	100	74
2009-06-08	@OAK	ND	3.2	4	3	3	3	3	0	81	41
2009-06-03	CLE	L	4.0	9	6	6	0	3	1	83	23
2009-05-28	BOS	L	6.0	5	3	3	4	3	2	103	49
2009-05-23	MIL	W	7.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	98	68

Has never faced ANA.

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   28-20   Road:   20-30   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  33-31   vsLHP:  15-19   1-Run:  11-15
 vsEast:  6-19   vsCntrl:17-12   vsWest: 13-13 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 98 Sat, Jul 25  @LAA  L   5-11      48-50  3rd  5.0 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 24  @LAA  L   3-6       48-49  3rd  4.0 gb
 96 Thu, Jul 23  @LAA  L   5-6 (10)  48-48  3rd  2.5 gb
 95 Wed, Jul 22  @OAK  L   1-16      48-47  3rd  2.5 gb
 94 Tue, Jul 21  @OAK  W   3-2 (10)  48-46  3rd  2.5 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 20  @OAK  L  13-14      47-46  3rd  2.5 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 19  @TEX  L   3-5 (12)  47-45  3rd  2.0 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 18  @TEX  W   4-1       47-44  3rd  2.0 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 17  @TEX  W   5-3       46-44  3rd  3.0 gb
 89 Sun, Jul 12   CHW  W  13-7       45-44  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Angels, 58-38, 1st, 4½ up

SP: Ervin Santana (26, RHP, 3-5, 6.79)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-5)			54.1	71	43	41	20	41	10	6.79
2008 (16-7)			219.0	198	89	85	47	214	23	3.49
2007 (7-14)			150.0	174	103	96	58	126	26	5.76

Last 7 GS		3-3	41.2	50	32	30	14	32	9	6.48	42
2009-07-21	@KCR	W	6.0	8	5	5	1	7	1	84	42
2009-07-16	@OAK	W	8.0	3	1	1	2	4	1	101	74
2009-07-08	TEX	L	4.0	7	5	5	1	4	3	79	31
2009-07-03	BAL	L	5.0	8	6	4	3	5	1	99	33
2009-06-11	@TBR	L	4.2	8	6	6	2	3	1	96	25
2009-06-05	@DET	W	8.2	6	1	1	2	7	0	109	73
2009-05-31	SEA	ND	5.1	10	8	8	3	2	2	97	15

Last 5 v.MIN		2-1	30.2	34	17	12	7	24	1	3.52	51
2008-08-24	MIN	ND	7.0	9	3	3	0	10	1	105	57
2008-04-03	@MIN	W	6.0	4	2	2	2	3	0	102	57
2006-05-31	MIN	L	7.0	9	4	3	0	3	0	89	48
2006-04-19	@MIN	ND	5.2	7	7	3	3	5	0	99	37
2005-07-05	MIN	W	5.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	90	54

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   30-18   Road:   28-20   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  38-28   vsLHP:  20-10   1-Run:  18-9 
 vsEast: 17-9    vsCntrl:13-8    vsWest: 14-17 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 96 Sat, Jul 25   MIN  W  11-5       58-38  1st  4.5 up
 95 Fri, Jul 24   MIN  W   6-3       57-38  1st  3.5 up
 94 Thu, Jul 23   MIN  W   6-5 (10)  56-38  1st  3.5 up
 93 Wed, Jul 22  @KCR  W   9-6       55-38  1st  3.0 up
 92 Tue, Jul 21  @KCR  W  10-2       54-38  1st  3.0 up
 91 Tue, Jul 21  @KCR  W   8-5       53-38  1st  3.0 up
 90 Sun, Jul 19  @OAK  W   1-0 (10)  52-38  1st  3.0 up
 89 Sat, Jul 18  @OAK  W  11-6       51-38  1st  3.0 up
 88 Fri, Jul 17  @OAK  L   3-7       50-38  1st  2.0 up
 87 Thu, Jul 16  @OAK  W   6-2       50-37  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:22-8

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 24, 2009 LAA  6  MIN  3        W:John Lackey (6-4), L: Francisco Liriano (4-10), S: none
Thu, Jul 23, 2009 LAA  6  MIN  5 (10)   W:Brian Fuentes (1-2), L: Jesse Crain (2-4), S: none
Sun, Apr 19, 2009 MIN  3  LAA  1        W:Glen Perkins (1-1), L: Shane Loux (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (3)
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 MIN  9  LAA  2        W:Kevin Slowey (2-0), L: Kevin Jepsen (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 MIN 11  LAA  9        W:Matt Guerrier (1-0), L: Jason Bulger (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (2)

Sun, Aug 24, 2008 LAA  5  MIN  3        W:Jose Arredondo (6-1), L: Jesse Crain (5-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (50)
Sat, Aug 23, 2008 LAA  7  MIN  5        W:Darren Oliver (5-1), L: Nick Blackburn (9-8), S: Francisco Rodriguez (49)
Fri, Aug 22, 2008 MIN  9 @LAA  0        W:Glen Perkins (11-3), L: Joe Saunders (14-6), S: none
Thu, Aug 21, 2008 MIN  2 @LAA  1 (12)   W:Jesse Crain (5-2), L: Justin Speier (1-7), S: Joe Nathan (35)
Thu, Apr 03, 2008 LAA  5 @MIN  4        W:Ervin Santana (1-0), L: Kevin Slowey (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (2)
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 3-3; 2008 - LAA won 5-3; 2007 - LAA won 6-3; All-Time - LAA leads 336-314

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 2009 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

NYY 5.54

FLA 4.51

SDP 3.67

RA/G

SFG 3.71

FLA 4.64

WSN 5.54

J. Mauer .365

Y. Molina .288

R. Cedeno .182

OBP

M. Ramirez .470

M. Cameron .362

R. Cedeno .232

SLG

A. Pujols .706

M. Byrd .465

N. Punto .241

OPS

A. Pujols 1.155

M. Cameron .823

A. Gonzalez .547

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.04

U. Jimenez 3.85

J. Geer 5.84

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.82

B. Tallet 6.77

J. Lannan 3.74

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Twins Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Santana
G/S/vB 52.Bulger
G/S/vB 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB 65.Jepsen
G/S/vB 41.Lackey
G/S/vB 68.Loux
G/S/vB 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB 32.Palmer
G/S/vB 51.Saunders*
G/S/vB 33.Speier
G/S/vB 36.Weaver
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 132/115 .213/.348/.306/.654 .710/.646 .596 26/.673 0/0 2/0

25.Casilla# G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 11/.182 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 7/.900 155/102 .164/.240/.200/.440 .367/.481 .475 34/.339 5/0 0/5

24.Crede G/S/vP 14/.929 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 25/.640 ··· 5/.200 ··· 5/.900 5/.450 7/.453 291/208 .239/.299/.455/.754 .636/.800 .731 58/.707 0/0 14/3

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 18/1.264 ··· 4/.250 ··· 3/.666 4/.000 12/.166 382/280 .272/.351/.512/.863 .948/.831 .741 95/.822 4/1 16/4

22.Gomez G/S/vP 6/.334 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 3/1.334 5/1.200 3/2.000 ··· 5/1.400 1/.000 7/.929 225/147 .235/.296/.358/.654 .672/.645 .709 47/.793 8/5 2/0

23.Harris G/S/vP 5/.000 2/.000 2/no AB 1/2.000 6/.334 3/.666 5/.400 ··· 3/.000 3/.333 6/.833 320/210 .267/.309/.378/.688 .760/.650 .535 79/.561 0/1 5/7

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 9/.444 2/2.500 1/.000 2/1.500 17/.568 3/.000 6/.900 ··· 3/.000 1/5.000 9/1.194 332/246 .309/.377/.554/.930 .559/1.063 .891 72/.967 1/1 18/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 13/1.384 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 21/1.226 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· 6/.167 4/.500 13/1.045 314/199 .365/.436/.613/1.049 .891/1.141 .943 92/.792 1/1 17/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 14/1.156 1/no AB 2/.000 2/2.000 32/.648 5/.800 7/.286 ··· 9/.222 4/.500 15/.498 424/267 .313/.396/.585/.981 .989/.975 .918 93/1.107 0/0 24/1

8.Punto# G/S/vP 9/1.000 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 21/.476 4/.500 6/.000 ··· 9/.666 4/1.000 8/.250 252/184 .202/.316/.241/.557 .614/.528 .568 72/.524 8/1 1/6

55.Redmond G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 8/.500 ··· 5/.650 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 6/.167 104/69 .242/.308/.284/.592 .848/.465 .651 16/.579 0/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 8/.453 6/1.166 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 2/1.000 4/.500 378/267 .283/.372/.371/.743 .962/.655 .616 99/.702 16/6 5/3

21.Young G/S/vP 10/.600 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 12/.500 5/.650 6/.666 ··· 6/1.333 4/.000 3/.666 220/142 .264/.291/.346/.637 .669/.619 .709 39/.806 2/2 3/2

IP 54.1 43.0 35.2 21.2 89.2 41.1 43.0 82.2 124.0 36.1 131.0 TOTAL .267/.341/.423/.764 .776/.758 .720 .748 49/18 107/46

ERA-K/9

6.79/6.8

4.19/9.4

2.78/9.3

7.48/6.6

4.22/7.0

5.23/3.1

2.72/6.5

4.68/5.2

4.94/4.9

4.95/9.2

3.57/7.7

4.69/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 250/.320 177/.219 145/.219 100/.356 384/.269 181/.321 172/.259 335/.257 544/.268 160/.255 544/.230 .273

OPS .932 .738 .583 .821 .725 .819 .706 .732 .793 .724 .677 .771

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 119/.973 85/.892 46/.475 59/.975 215/.833 96/.891 73/.710 181/.802 145/.628 72/.931 297/.816 .823

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 131/.895 92/.595 99/.635 41/.595 169/.576 85/.736 99/.700 154/.652 399/.852 88/.561 247/.514 .726

Home 114/1.224 100/.713 73/.689 52/.699 182/.736 44/1.175 72/.666 193/.664 273/.766 78/.726 308/.572

Last 28d days 100/.899 42/.721 35/.237 48/.650 145/.556 7/.286 34/.541 71/.808 132/1.040 43/.859 132/.796

HR/SB/CS 10/7/2 7/1/0 2/0/1 1/1/0 10/6/0 2/6/3 3/4/3 8/8/1 22/13/5 4/3/0 15/12/4 106/78/22

Usage ····X··· ··X····X ··oXX·X· ·X·XX··o ·X····X· X···X··· o·o·X··X X···o··X ···X···· X··Xo··· ··X····X

Angels Batters (5.54 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB 30.Baker
G/S/vB 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 39.Dickey
G/S/vB 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 44.Keppel
G/S/vB 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 11/1.136 5/1.267 1/.000 ··· 7/.286 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 10/.500 12/1.467 393/284 .304/.399/.439/.838 .846/.835 .822 108/.895 20/5 7/5

2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 7/.971 9/.500 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 3/.000 6/1.100 302/206 .316/.357/.430/.787 .734/.813 .758 82/1.023 8/3 3/5

9.Figgins# G/S/vP ··· 21/.850 11/1.236 8/1.125 17/.728 ··· 7/1.071 4/1.000 7/.000 ··· 6/.167 8/.393 433/306 .310/.391/.412/.803 .623/.879 .760 109/.776 31/9 3/10

13.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 8/1.625 3/.000 5/.650 7/.286 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 249/211 .308/.352/.424/.776 1.071/.743 .809 77/.938 8/2 4/3

47.Kendrick G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 10/1.056 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 4/1.417 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 4/.500 6/.000 252/174 .262/.312/.391/.703 .742/.683 .755 51/.963 8/3 5/4

5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 3/1.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 6/.000 169/129 .197/.299/.303/.602 .494/.634 .757 42/.704 2/1 4/2

24.Matthews# G/S/vP ··· 12/1.200 3/.666 6/1.000 5/.800 1/.000 5/.400 4/.500 7/.953 1/.000 6/1.467 3/.000 217/163 .231/.300/.313/.612 .493/.651 .614 65/.640 3/0 2/2

19.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 9/.000 3/.666 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 360/291 .290/.344/.537/.881 .605/.951 .903 87/1.029 1/3 17/6

44.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 5/.400 3/2.333 4/.833 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.333 3/1.666 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 280/204 .284/.371/.519/.890 1.225/.767 .916 81/.890 2/3 14/4

39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 4/1.833 ··· ··· 4/.000 81/28 .247/.284/.377/.661 .637/.706 .804 18/1.194 1/1 2/0

20.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 6/.666 4/2.500 6/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· 4/.250 4/.500 324/249 .309/.352/.522/.873 1.171/.787 .881 64/.976 0/0 16/1

77.Willits# G/S/vP ··· 7/1.314 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 43/33 .256/.268/.256/.525 .422/.557 .500 33/.548 4/0 0/0

3.Wood G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 29/10 .160/.250/.280/.530 .652/.222 .651 19/.417 0/0 1/0

IP 39.0 114.1 132.0 20.0 60.0 18.0 46.1 18.2 113.1 33.1 38.1 84.1 TOTAL .286/.350/.442/.792 .779/.797 .813 .869 100/34 98/55

ERA-K/9

4.15/5.1

5.04/7.6

3.75/3.7

7.65/7.2

4.05/5.7

5.50/4.5

2.14/5.6

2.41/5.3

5.56/8.1

2.43/7.6

1.64/10.8

5.55/4.3

4.50/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 166/.262 476/.258 546/.277 97/.300 264/.274 74/.270 179/.194 70/.207 499/.273 138/.225 144/.164 365/.295 .269

OPS .696 .746 .732 .888 .772 .753 .552 .664 .824 .681 .463 .774 .758

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 80/.686 239/.672 288/.805 35/1.395 113/.597 27/.514 65/.424 35/.634 115/.656 59/.453 72/.561 86/.925 .763

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 86/.704 237/.819 258/.651 62/.619 151/.900 47/.891 114/.624 35/.694 384/.874 79/.853 72/.369 279/.728 .754

Road 70/.519 228/.766 308/.810 51/.920 127/.709 36/.759 89/.443 45/.707 296/.827 70/.733 74/.612 144/.915

Last 28d days 47/.695 123/.746 124/.855 11/.775 86/.947 63/.748 47/.400 53/.663 128/.790 45/.622 33/.345 86/.955

HR/SB/CS 3/1/1 19/5/2 12/7/2 3/1/1 6/3/1 2/0/1 5/2/1 1/0/1 18/12/8 4/3/0 2/3/0 9/7/0 110/61/25

Usage ····X··· ··X····X X····X·· ·Xo····· X··X··o· XX·X·XX· ··o·X·X· X·o··oX· ·X····X· X·X··Xo· ··X·o··o ···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.