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Game Preview: MIN @ DET, 1:05pm, Sunday, August 9, 2009 @Comerica Park

Twins, 54-56, 3rd, 4½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Scott Baker (27, RHP, 9-7, 4.59)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (9-7)			127.1	122	66	65	27	106	20	4.59
2008 (11-4)			172.1	161	66	66	42	141	20	3.45
2007 (9-9)			143.2	162	70	68	29	102	15	4.26

Last 7 GS		4-1	40.1	40	15	15	11	33	3	3.35	54
2009-08-04	@CLE	W	7.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	109	74
2009-07-28	CHW	ND	6.0	4	1	1	0	6	1	115	66
2009-07-23	@LAA	ND	5.0	7	2	2	3	6	0	104	48
2009-07-18	@TEX	W	8.0	6	1	1	2	8	1	114	72
2009-07-12	CHW	W	6.1	6	5	5	1	4	1	97	44
2009-07-07	NYY	L	3.0	9	5	5	2	4	0	86	23
2009-06-30	@KCR	W	5.0	5	1	1	2	1	0	111	52

Last 5 v.DET		2-0	29.1	25	15	15	5	20	3	4.60	53
2009-05-14	DET	ND	6.0	7	5	5	1	4	0	98	41
2008-09-06	DET	ND	7.1	4	3	3	4	5	0	101	59
2008-07-12	@DET	W	7.0	6	4	4	0	4	2	102	53
2008-07-01	DET	W	6.0	7	3	3	0	5	1	100	51
2008-05-03	DET	ND	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	43	59

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

 Home:   31-23   Road:   23-33   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  36-35   vsLHP:  18-21   1-Run:  13-16
 vsEast:  6-19   vsCntrl:22-15   vsWest: 14-16 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Sat, Aug  8  @DET  W  11-0       54-56  3rd  4.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  7  @DET  L   8-10      53-56  3rd  5.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Tigers, 58-51, 1st, 2 up

SP: Jarrod Washburn (34, LHP, 8-7, 2.93)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (8-7)			138.1	115	48	45	35	81	13	2.93
2008 (5-14)			153.2	174	87	80	50	87	19	4.69
2007 (10-15)			193.2	201	102	93	67	114	23	4.32

Last 7 GS		4-2	49.0	34	13	13	10	21	5	2.39	61
2009-08-04	BAL	L	5.1	6	6	6	2	2	2	90	32
2009-07-28	TOR	ND	7.0	5	1	1	3	1	0	102	61
2009-07-23	@DET	W	7.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	93	74
2009-07-18	@CLE	W	6.2	8	1	1	0	3	0	105	57
2009-07-11	TEX	W	7.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	93	66
2009-07-06	BAL	W	9.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	110	88
2009-07-01	@NYY	L	7.0	8	4	4	1	6	3	100	50

Last 5 v.MIN		2-2	33.0	29	9	7	9	25	1	1.91	60
2009-06-06	MIN	ND	6.0	7	1	1	1	6	0	96	59
2009-04-09	@MIN	W	8.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	96	75
2008-08-06	MIN	L	6.0	5	4	3	3	6	0	102	51
2007-08-21	@MIN	W	6.0	5	2	2	2	4	0	100	56
2007-08-15	MIN	L	7.0	7	2	1	2	5	1	102	60

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

 Home:   35-18   Road:   23-33   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  38-37   vsLHP:  20-14   1-Run:  17-17
 vsEast:  7-14   vsCntrl:24-19   vsWest: 17-10 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Sat, Aug  8   MIN  L   0-11      58-51  1st  2.0 up
108 Fri, Aug  7   MIN  W  10-8       58-50  1st  3.0 up
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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 07, 2009 DET 10  MIN  8        W:Armando Galarraga (6-10), L: Anthony Swarzak (3-5), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2009 - MIN leads 7-3; 2008 - MIN won 11-7; 2007 - DET won 12-6; All-Time - DET leads 1028-953

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 5.71

WSN 4.57

SDP 3.77

RA/G

SFG 3.70

NYM 4.63

WSN 5.48

I. Suzuki .365

C. Blake .291

A. Casilla .163

OBP

A. Pujols .447

J. Bautista .364

R. Cedeno .227

SLG

A. Pujols .686

I. Stewart .479

A. Casilla .200

OPS

A. Pujols 1.133

S. Rolen .839

A. Casilla .456

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.20

M. Buehrle 3.89

T. Wellemeyer 5.67

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.89

R. Wolf 6.73

N. Blackburn 3.72

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Twins Batters (4.93 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Washburn*
G/S/vB 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 PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 37/.675 10/.200 20/.718 1/.000 3/1.000 13/.923 ··· 2/1.000 6/.334 7/.143 6/.000 31/.771 476/336 .289/.326/.384/.710 .663/.728 .681 102/.973 11/4 5/15

25.Casilla# G/S/vP 14/.786 13/.871 7/.286 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 3/.666 5/1.200 3/1.334 9/.583 181/122 .163/.256/.200/.456 .368/.500 .466 60/.426 7/0 0/5

24.Crede G/S/vP 30/.633 3/1.666 8/1.232 ··· 6/1.333 10/2.267 1/.000 2/.000 5/.650 11/.964 3/1.666 28/.617 322/226 .231/.289/.432/.721 .567/.786 .701 48/.569 0/0 14/4

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 18/.398 14/.517 11/2.227 ··· 5/.650 10/.633 1/.000 3/.000 5/.200 13/.481 5/1.800 26/.523 422/311 .271/.346/.497/.843 .948/.806 .738 82/.764 5/1 17/4

22.Gomez G/S/vP 6/.167 20/.812 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 9/.472 265/171 .238/.295/.371/.666 .683/.657 .748 64/.847 10/5 3/1

23.Harris G/S/vP 14/1.115 12/.334 5/.000 ··· 3/1.000 7/1.262 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 5/.000 4/.000 13/.308 342/225 .261/.301/.365/.666 .748/.623 .515 51/.575 0/1 5/7

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 6/.000 22/.893 12/.666 3/.666 1/2.000 7/.715 1/.000 2/1.500 5/2.200 7/.453 8/1.071 19/.941 377/280 .304/.377/.548/.924 .590/1.044 .927 78/.966 1/1 19/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 20/.681 22/1.473 14/.829 3/1.334 3/.333 8/.875 2/no AB 3/1.334 4/.500 10/.856 16/.795 33/1.108 368/234 .364/.432/.607/1.040 .832/1.160 .971 91/.892 1/1 20/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 21/.380 23/.865 14/1.143 3/1.833 3/.333 8/1.625 2/.000 2/2.000 4/1.250 15/1.850 16/1.192 32/1.085 478/303 .303/.387/.575/.962 .939/.976 .916 96/.953 0/0 28/2

8.Punto# G/S/vP 15/.308 14/.762 11/.764 2/1.000 4/.500 12/.697 1/2.000 3/.000 4/.250 8/.679 5/.400 19/.551 287/204 .204/.308/.251/.559 .569/.547 .549 68/.611 8/2 1/7

55.Redmond G/S/vP 14/.819 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 116/77 .245/.310/.292/.603 .932/.442 .593 22/.745 0/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 10/.400 15/1.071 11/.989 3/1.167 4/.666 3/2.167 1/2.000 5/.800 6/.334 5/.800 5/2.000 9/.444 434/303 .290/.375/.382/.756 .914/.690 .648 96/.780 17/7 6/4

21.Young G/S/vP 10/.400 18/.461 4/.500 3/.000 3/2.500 5/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.833 4/.500 6/.367 12/.639 235/150 .265/.289/.341/.630 .684/.599 .725 33/.595 2/3 3/2

IP 138.1 124.0 147.2 1.2 53.0 60.2 16.0 36.2 111.0 48.0 34.0 159.1 TOTAL .268/.340/.422/.762 .763/.762 .731 .770 56/20 119/55

ERA-K/9

2.93/5.3

5.23/5.7

2.62/7.1

32.40/5.3

3.06/6.1

4.60/6.7

2.25/8.4

3.93/8.6

4.30/4.5

3.75/8.6

3.44/6.6

3.45/10.5

4.18/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 554/.226 546/.283 598/.217 / 212/.205 269/.284 61/.232 159/.244 471/.274 202/.231 141/.220 632/.236 .258

OPS .627 .850 .646 .647 .806 .689 .726 .768 .672 .611 .659 .750

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 146/.529 294/.953 338/.632 / 94/.579 111/.687 35/.709 71/.880 256/.784 117/.684 87/.588 351/.695 .773

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 408/.662 252/.735 260/.664 / 118/.695 158/.889 26/.668 88/.603 215/.748 85/.655 54/.650 281/.614 .727

Home 309/.583 286/.798 283/.611 / 84/.591 130/.970 24/.500 87/.632 232/.817 115/.593 65/.659 285/.554

Last 28d days 100/.598 111/.797 114/.773 / 36/.288 52/.782 35/.661 35/.697 100/.699 38/.662 33/.910 154/.620

HR/SB/CS 13/3/3 21/2/4 15/17/7 // 5/2/2 6/3/1 2/0/0 4/3/2 17/7/2 4/0/0 2/0/0 13/4/7 118/51/28

Usage ····X··· ·X····X· ···X···· X······· ·oo····· o···X··X ··o·o·X· ·X·····o ··X····X ·X·X·o·o ··X····o X····X··

Tigers Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Baker
G/S/vB 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB 28.Crain
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 48.Pavano
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 8/6 .500/.500/1.125/1.625 1.500/1.667 1.625 8/1.625 0/0 1/0

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 13/.608 13/1.077 4/1.250 3/.666 11/.717 1/3.000 9/.958 3/.000 6/.167 9/.222 13/1.052 1/5.000 451/331 .331/.395/.551/.946 1.006/.924 1.141 101/1.013 1/2 22/7

4.Everett G/S/vP 2/1.000 4/.500 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 9/.347 ··· 3/.000 19/.722 2/1.000 1/.000 271/176 .242/.290/.321/.611 .724/.549 .624 48/.344 4/2 2/12

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 38/.912 14/1.100 16/1.081 4/.250 18/1.038 1/.000 23/.673 2/.000 15/.971 11/.728 15/.988 2/2.000 482/337 .261/.344/.474/.818 .505/.952 .714 99/.925 19/6 22/3

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 22/1.028 11/.637 18/.801 2/.000 14/.762 2/1.500 13/.616 ··· 16/.855 6/.000 11/1.545 1/4.000 158/122 .234/.304/.326/.630 .465/.687 .626 57/.839 1/0 2/0

15.Inge G/S/vP 29/.428 11/.455 19/.954 3/.000 20/.261 2/.500 20/.550 1/.000 17/.378 9/.944 9/1.158 1/2.000 423/315 .256/.351/.471/.822 1.046/.749 .816 82/.692 2/4 22/12

8.Laird G/S/vP ··· 12/.717 2/.000 2/2.500 4/.000 ··· 7/.453 1/.000 5/.400 9/.222 1/no AB ··· 325/250 .228/.308/.338/.646 .749/.616 .722 64/.458 2/0 4/3

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 32/1.212 10/.800 15/.633 2/.000 15/.533 ··· 21/1.279 1/.000 11/.697 5/1.000 12/.788 1/.000 351/243 .261/.328/.362/.689 .851/.616 .770 57/.769 3/0 6/2

14.Polanco G/S/vP 27/.333 15/.481 15/1.071 3/.666 16/.500 2/.000 24/.596 3/.000 11/.697 36/.520 18/.292 2/2.000 442/313 .271/.323/.398/.721 .787/.692 .812 98/.765 4/1 7/2

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.533 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.000 8/.000 ··· 183/93 .261/.330/.442/.772 .750/.789 .878 50/.578 3/3 6/5

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 12/1.225 9/.555 3/1.666 2/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 4/.000 3/.000 ··· 186/162 .252/.302/.417/.719 .565/.743 .879 41/.573 0/2 6/6

33.Thames G/S/vP 18/1.056 7/.000 8/.625 1/.000 10/.311 2/.000 8/2.125 ··· 6/.334 3/.666 12/.969 ··· 197/123 .257/.330/.497/.827 .923/.772 .820 62/.815 0/2 11/0

34.Thomas* G/S/vP 9/.222 12/1.583 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 7/.858 5/.600 1/.000 203/167 .268/.351/.458/.810 .755/.822 .851 67/.945 1/0 7/4

IP 127.1 145.0 26.1 30.2 54.1 24.1 118.1 38.1 42.2 132.2 96.1 49.2 TOTAL .259/.329/.419/.747 .758/.743 .800 .754 53/26 123/81

ERA-K/9

4.59/7.5

3.79/3.7

6.84/7.2

4.40/5.3

1.99/6.0

5.18/4.4

5.63/8.1

2.58/7.8

1.69/11.4

5.09/6.3

5.89/4.2

5.44/5.1

4.67/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 523/.248 620/.287 124/.308 130/.219 205/.179 112/.283 525/.278 160/.226 162/.167 534/.299 418/.304 222/.297 .273

OPS .715 .754 .873 .653 .521 .855 .825 .687 .484 .811 .803 .803 .767

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 265/.631 343/.818 49/1.306 42/.449 80/.382 59/.819 121/.674 66/.454 80/.573 278/.739 96/.867 119/.863 .773

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 258/.800 277/.675 75/.596 88/.754 125/.609 53/.896 404/.871 94/.855 82/.400 256/.887 322/.785 103/.736 .762

Road 253/.722 351/.819 65/.853 60/.655 102/.417 64/.761 322/.829 79/.710 80/.675 293/.837 144/.915 109/.716

Last 28d days 129/.578 102/1.021 38/.812 81/.593 54/.385 67/1.066 75/.937 39/.833 36/.618 80/.982 88/1.070 81/.916

HR/SB/CS 20/5/2 14/8/2 3/1/1 4/0/1 6/2/1 3/0/1 18/12/9 5/5/0 2/3/0 19/20/6 13/7/0 6/1/1 128/66/26

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