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Game Preview: MIN @ DET, 7:05pm, Friday, August 7, 2009 @Comerica Park

Twins, 53-55, 3rd, 4½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Anthony Swarzak (23, RHP, 3-4, 4.25)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-4)			48.2	52	25	23	17	27	4	4.25

Last 7 GS		2-3	35.2	42	22	20	11	21	2	5.05	45
2009-08-01	LAA	L	3.0	9	6	4	0	1	0	62	22
2009-07-26	@LAA	W	6.2	4	1	1	3	4	1	122	63
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

Has never faced DET.

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

 Home:   31-23   Road:   22-32   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  35-34   vsLHP:  18-21   1-Run:  13-16
 vsEast:  6-19   vsCntrl:21-14   vsWest: 14-16 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
108 Thu, Aug  6  @CLE  L   1-2       53-55  3rd  4.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  5  @CLE  L   1-8       53-54  3rd  3.5 gb
106 Tue, Aug  4  @CLE  W  10-1       53-53  3rd  2.5 gb
105 Sun, Aug  2   LAA  L   4-13      52-53  3rd  3.0 gb
104 Sat, Aug  1   LAA  L   6-11      52-52  3rd  3.0 gb
103 Fri, Jul 31   LAA  L   5-11(11)  52-51  3rd  2.0 gb
102 Wed, Jul 29   CHW  W   3-2       52-50  2nd  2.0 gb
101 Tue, Jul 28   CHW  W   5-3       51-50  2nd  2.0 gb
100 Mon, Jul 27   CHW  W   4-3       50-50  3rd  3.0 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 26  @LAA  W  10-1       49-50  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Tigers, 57-50, 1st, 2 up

SP: Armando Galarraga (27, RHP, 5-10, 5.22)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-10)			119.0	128	71	69	50	76	20	5.22
2008 (13-7)			178.2	152	83	74	61	126	28	3.73
2007 (0-0)			8.2	8	6	6	7	6	2	6.23

Last 7 GS		2-3	45.1	40	23	23	17	31	5	4.57	51
2009-08-02	@CLE	L	5.2	11	8	8	2	3	2	107	16
2009-07-27	@TEX	L	7.0	6	4	4	1	5	1	100	53
2009-07-22	SEA	ND	7.1	1	1	1	4	3	0	111	71
2009-07-11	CLE	L	6.0	9	4	4	2	3	0	103	39
2009-07-06	KCR	ND	7.0	5	1	1	1	7	1	102	69
2009-06-30	@OAK	W	6.1	2	1	1	6	5	0	97	64
2009-06-25	CHC	W	6.0	6	4	4	1	5	1	90	48

Last 5 v.MIN		0-4	29.1	31	22	21	20	21	5	6.44	41
2009-05-12	@MIN	L	5.2	6	5	5	4	4	2	99	37
2008-09-05	@MIN	L	6.0	3	6	6	6	4	2	102	40
2008-07-11	MIN	L	5.2	6	2	2	4	5	0	113	50
2008-06-30	@MIN	ND	6.0	9	4	3	1	3	0	101	42
2008-05-23	MIN	L	6.0	7	5	5	5	5	1	96	38

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

 Home:   34-17   Road:   23-33   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  37-36   vsLHP:  20-14   1-Run:  17-17
 vsEast:  7-14   vsCntrl:23-18   vsWest: 17-10 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Thu, Aug  6   BAL  W   7-3       57-50  1st  2.0 up
106 Wed, Aug  5   BAL  W   4-2       56-50  1st  1.0 up
105 Tue, Aug  4   BAL  L   2-8       55-50  1st  1.0 up
104 Mon, Aug  3   BAL  W   6-5       55-49  1st  2.0 up
103 Sun, Aug  2  @CLE  L   1-11      54-49  1st  1.5 up
102 Sat, Aug  1  @CLE  W   4-3 (12)  54-48  1st  1.5 up
101 Fri, Jul 31  @CLE  L   5-6 (13)  53-48  1st  1.5 up
100 Wed, Jul 29  @TEX  W  13-5       53-47  1st  2.0 up
 99 Tue, Jul 28  @TEX  L   3-7       52-47  1st  2.0 up
 98 Mon, Jul 27  @TEX  L   2-5       52-46  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 05, 2009 MIN  6  DET  2        W:Nick Blackburn (7-4), L: Rick Porcello (8-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 04, 2009 MIN  4  DET  3        W:Matt Guerrier (4-0), L: Brandon Lyon (3-4), S: Joe Nathan (22)
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 DET 11 @MIN  9 (16)   W:Freddy Dolsi (1-0), L: R.A. Dickey (1-1), S: none
Thu, May 14, 2009 MIN  6  DET  5        W:Craig Breslow (1-1), L: Bobby Seay (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (6)
Wed, May 13, 2009 MIN 14  DET 10 (13)   W:Jesse Crain (2-1), L: Brandon Lyon (1-3), S: none
Tue, May 12, 2009 MIN  6  DET  2        W:Kevin Slowey (5-1), L: Armando Galarraga (3-3), S: none
Tue, May 05, 2009 DET  9  MIN  0        W:Rick Porcello (2-3), L: Nick Blackburn (2-2), S: none
Mon, May 04, 2009 MIN  7 @DET  2        W:Francisco Liriano (1-4), L: Edwin Jackson (1-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 07, 2008 DET  7 @MIN  5        W:Chris Lambert (1-1), L: Glen Perkins (12-4), S: Fernando Rodney (10)
Sat, Sep 06, 2008 DET  6 @MIN  4        W:Clay Rapada (3-0), L: Matt Guerrier (6-7), S: Fernando Rodney (9)
Season Series: 2009 - MIN leads 6-2; 2008 - MIN won 11-7; 2007 - DET won 12-6; All-Time - DET leads 1027-952

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

LAA 5.68

FLA 4.53

SDP 3.71

RA/G

SFG 3.64

PHI 4.60

WSN 5.45

I. Suzuki .365

B. Butler .291

A. Casilla .166

OBP

A. Pujols .446

C. Counsell .364

R. Cedeno .219

SLG

A. Pujols .687

V. Martinez .477

A. Casilla .204

OPS

A. Pujols 1.133

C. Crawford .838

A. Casilla .464

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.10

N. Blackburn 3.83

T. Wellemeyer 5.67

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.97

J. Happ 6.73

N. Blackburn 3.76

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Twins Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB 36.Jackson
G/S/vB 40.Lambert
G/S/vB 37.Lyon
G/S/vB 31.Miner
G/S/vB 59.Ni*
G/S/vB 45.Perry
G/S/vB 48.Porcello
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB 35.Verlander
G/S/vB 53.Washburn*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 7/.286 20/.718 1/.000 2/1.500 13/.923 ··· 1/.000 6/.334 6/.167 6/.000 31/.771 37/.675 466/327 .288/.325/.385/.711 .668/.727 .681 101/1.024 11/4 5/15

25.Casilla# G/S/vP 13/.871 7/.286 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 3/.666 5/1.200 3/1.334 9/.583 14/.786 178/119 .166/.260/.204/.464 .368/.513 .481 57/.450 7/0 0/5

24.Crede G/S/vP 3/1.666 8/1.232 ··· 6/1.333 10/2.267 1/.000 2/.000 5/.650 11/.964 3/1.666 28/.617 30/.633 318/222 .231/.289/.431/.720 .567/.787 .699 52/.662 0/0 14/4

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 11/.664 11/2.227 ··· 5/.650 10/.633 1/.000 2/.000 5/.200 12/.349 5/1.800 26/.523 18/.398 413/302 .269/.344/.497/.841 .948/.802 .729 81/.717 5/1 17/4

22.Gomez G/S/vP 17/.753 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 9/.472 6/.167 261/167 .236/.292/.371/.663 .683/.652 .745 64/.873 10/5 3/1

23.Harris G/S/vP 9/.222 5/.000 ··· 3/1.000 7/1.262 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.000 4/.000 13/.308 14/1.115 336/219 .263/.304/.369/.672 .748/.632 .522 53/.637 0/1 5/7

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 19/.879 12/.666 3/.666 1/2.000 7/.715 1/.000 1/.000 5/2.200 6/.334 8/1.071 19/.941 6/.000 368/272 .303/.372/.548/.921 .575/1.047 .920 77/.987 1/1 19/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 19/1.169 14/.829 3/1.334 2/.500 8/.875 2/no AB 2/1.000 4/.500 10/.856 16/.795 33/1.108 20/.681 359/226 .359/.429/.599/1.028 .839/1.142 .946 90/.791 1/1 18/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 20/.929 14/1.143 3/1.833 2/.500 8/1.625 2/.000 1/no AB 4/1.250 15/1.850 16/1.192 32/1.085 21/.380 469/295 .306/.388/.583/.971 .945/.987 .931 95/.964 0/0 28/1

8.Punto# G/S/vP 11/.884 11/.764 2/1.000 4/.500 12/.697 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.250 7/.750 5/.400 19/.551 15/.308 282/199 .207/.310/.254/.565 .569/.554 .559 70/.587 8/2 1/7

55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 14/.819 112/73 .255/.321/.304/.625 .932/.467 .639 18/.915 0/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 12/.817 11/.989 3/1.167 4/.666 3/2.167 1/2.000 3/1.334 6/.334 4/.500 5/2.000 9/.444 10/.400 423/293 .287/.373/.381/.754 .922/.681 .636 94/.761 17/7 6/4

21.Young G/S/vP 18/.461 4/.500 3/.000 3/2.500 5/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.833 3/.000 6/.367 12/.639 10/.400 234/149 .261/.286/.338/.624 .684/.589 .713 35/.501 2/2 3/2

IP 119.0 147.2 52.0 59.1 16.0 34.2 111.0 47.0 34.0 153.1 138.1 TOTAL .267/.339/.423/.762 .764/.761 .730 .769 55/20 118/54

ERA-K/9

5.22/5.7

2.62/7.1

/0.0

3.12/6.1

4.70/6.7

2.25/8.4

3.63/8.3

4.30/4.5

3.45/8.4

3.44/6.6

3.29/10.6

2.93/5.3

4.16/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 519/.279 598/.217 / 203/.210 269/.284 57/.250 149/.232 448/.277 195/.220 137/.210 632/.236 554/.226 .257

OPS .843 .646 .662 .806 .741 .713 .778 .655 .589 .659 .627 .750

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 279/.926 338/.632 / 88/.583 111/.687 33/.755 65/.849 241/.815 114/.669 85/.578 351/.695 146/.529 .771

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 240/.750 260/.664 / 115/.714 158/.889 24/.725 84/.609 207/.736 81/.636 52/.608 281/.614 408/.662 .729

Home 259/.780 283/.611 / 75/.624 130/.970 20/.600 77/.589 209/.845 108/.560 61/.611 285/.554 309/.583

Last 28d days 112/.792 141/.728 / 27/.269 52/.782 35/.752 25/.615 77/.738 37/.520 34/.803 154/.620 127/.569

HR/SB/CS 20/2/4 15/17/7 // 5/2/2 6/3/1 2/0/0 4/3/2 17/7/2 4/0/0 2/0/0 13/4/7 13/3/3 117/51/28

Usage ····X··· ·X····X· o·····X· ··X··XX· o·o·X·X· ·····oo· X····X·· ·X·o·oX· X····oo· ···X···· ··X·····

Tigers Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.83 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

24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 13/.608 13/1.077 3/1.666 11/1.255 1/.000 11/.717 1/3.000 9/.958 3/.000 5/.200 13/1.052 441/323 .333/.397/.551/.948 1.006/.926 1.155 99/1.019 1/2 21/7

4.Everett G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 2/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/2.000 9/.347 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 267/174 .246/.295/.326/.621 .740/.556 .646 50/.393 4/2 2/12

28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· 38/.912 14/1.100 16/1.081 11/.864 2/.500 18/1.038 1/.000 23/.673 2/.000 14/.742 15/.988 472/329 .254/.337/.464/.801 .513/.924 .671 94/.818 19/6 22/3

9.Guillen# G/S/vP ··· 22/1.028 11/.637 17/.643 13/1.162 ··· 14/.762 2/1.500 13/.616 ··· 15/.817 11/1.545 148/114 .220/.291/.295/.586 .465/.622 .535 47/.745 1/0 2/0

15.Inge G/S/vP ··· 29/.428 11/.455 18/.922 14/.786 1/.000 20/.261 2/.500 20/.550 1/.000 17/.378 9/1.158 415/309 .253/.348/.464/.812 1.068/.728 .793 81/.616 2/4 22/12

8.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 12/.717 2/.000 7/.572 2/2.500 4/.000 ··· 7/.453 1/.000 5/.400 1/no AB 325/250 .228/.308/.338/.646 .749/.616 .722 71/.473 2/0 4/3

30.Ordonez G/S/vP ··· 32/1.212 10/.800 14/.690 17/.820 ··· 15/.533 ··· 21/1.279 1/.000 11/.697 12/.788 343/237 .265/.332/.368/.700 .868/.623 .800 52/.846 3/0 6/2

14.Polanco G/S/vP ··· 27/.333 15/.481 15/1.071 13/.781 1/.000 16/.500 2/.000 24/.596 3/.000 10/.425 18/.292 432/305 .263/.317/.390/.707 .784/.672 .786 96/.683 4/1 7/1

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/2.500 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 8/.000 181/91 .264/.333/.448/.781 .750/.807 .899 56/.600 3/3 6/5

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 12/1.225 9/.555 3/1.666 8/.858 2/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 3/.000 182/158 .252/.303/.409/.712 .565/.735 .872 37/.512 0/2 6/6

33.Thames G/S/vP ··· 18/1.056 7/.000 8/.625 8/1.042 1/.000 10/.311 2/.000 8/2.125 ··· 6/.334 12/.969 197/123 .257/.330/.497/.827 .923/.772 .820 70/.825 0/2 11/0

34.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· 9/.222 12/1.583 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 5/.600 193/160 .269/.349/.462/.811 .764/.821 .858 62/1.011 1/0 7/2

IP 48.2 127.1 145.0 25.0 64.1 26.0 54.1 24.1 118.1 37.1 41.2 95.1 TOTAL .257/.327/.414/.741 .764/.732 .789 .722 53/26 120/78

ERA-K/9

4.25/5.0

4.59/7.5

3.79/3.7

7.20/6.8

4.62/5.9

5.19/4.5

1.99/6.0

5.18/4.4

5.63/8.1

2.65/7.7

1.51/11.2

5.95/4.2

4.65/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 211/.272 523/.248 594/.287 118/.313 293/.290 111/.221 200/.178 112/.283 525/.278 160/.226 156/.159 418/.304 .272

OPS .726 .715 .755 .880 .826 .687 .525 .855 .825 .687 .447 .803 .764

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 114/.780 265/.631 325/.809 47/1.295 135/.747 33/.415 77/.371 59/.819 121/.674 66/.454 77/.523 96/.867 .764

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 97/.664 258/.800 269/.689 71/.614 158/.891 78/.805 123/.620 53/.896 404/.871 94/.855 79/.377 322/.785 .763

Road 98/.534 253/.722 325/.825 59/.865 135/.812 41/.746 97/.417 64/.761 322/.829 79/.710 74/.612 144/.915

Last 28d days 70/.704 129/.578 106/1.014 32/.827 58/1.100 73/.708 52/.361 67/1.066 75/.937 44/.841 33/.409 111/1.037

HR/SB/CS 4/1/1 20/5/2 14/7/2 3/1/1 8/5/1 4/0/1 6/2/1 3/0/1 18/12/9 5/5/0 2/3/0 13/7/0 126/65/26

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