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Game Preview: MIN @ KCR, 7:10pm, Saturday, August 22, 2009 @Kauffman Stadium

Twins, 59-63, 3rd, 6½ GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Duensing (26, LHP, 0-1, 5.09)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (0-1)			35.1	36	22	20	17	22	5	5.09

Last 7 GS		0-0	5.0	3	2	2	1	2	2	3.60	54
2009-07-29	CHW	ND	5.0	3	2	2	1	2	2	64	54

Has never faced KCR.

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

 Home:   33-27   Road:   26-36   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  41-38   vsLHP:  18-25   1-Run:  15-18
 vsEast:  6-19   vsCntrl:25-20   vsWest: 16-18 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
122 Fri, Aug 21  @KCR  W   5-4 (10)  59-63  3rd  6.5 gb
121 Thu, Aug 20  @TEX  L   1-11      58-63  3rd  6.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 19  @TEX  W   5-4       58-62  3rd  5.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 18  @TEX  W   9-6       57-62  3rd  6.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 17  @TEX  L   5-8       56-62  3rd  6.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 16   CLE  L   4-7       56-61  3rd  6.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 15   CLE  L   3-7       56-60  3rd  6.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 14   CLE  W  11-0       56-59  3rd  5.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug 13   KCR  L   4-5       55-59  3rd  5.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug 12   KCR  W   7-1       55-58  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Royals, 47-74, 5th, 18 GB, 22 GB in WC

SP: Kyle Davies (25, RHP, 4-8, 5.92)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-8)			94.1	103	66	62	46	65	15	5.92
2008 (9-7)			113.0	121	57	51	43	71	10	4.06
2007 (7-15)			136.0	155	102	92	70	99	22	6.09

Last 7 GS		2-4	36.0	45	30	29	21	24	7	7.25	39
2009-08-16	@DET	ND	6.0	9	2	2	1	3	1	92	48
2009-08-11	@MIN	W	5.0	5	1	1	3	6	0	105	56
2009-08-05	SEA	L	3.2	8	8	8	1	2	0	88	14
2009-06-19	STL	L	2.2	9	8	7	2	2	3	58	10
2009-06-13	CIN	W	5.0	2	3	3	5	1	0	100	47
2009-06-07	@TOR	L	8.0	9	4	4	3	3	2	126	48
2009-06-02	@TBR	L	5.2	3	4	4	6	7	1	114	48

Last 5 v.MIN		2-3	24.0	24	13	11	14	23	0	4.12	49
2009-08-11	@MIN	W	5.0	5	1	1	3	6	0	105	56
2008-09-26	@MIN	W	6.0	4	1	1	2	8	0	101	66
2008-09-10	@MIN	L	5.2	8	4	4	1	3	0	105	39
2008-08-08	MIN	L	2.1	3	3	3	5	2	0	69	36
2007-09-11	MIN	L	5.0	4	4	2	3	4	0	98	48

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

 Home:   25-37   Road:   22-37   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  32-44   vsLHP:  15-30   1-Run:  12-19
 vsEast: 11-21   vsCntrl:21-28   vsWest:  7-15 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Fri, Aug 21   MIN  L   4-5 (10)  47-74  5th 18.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 19  @CHW  L   2-4       47-73  5th 16.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 18  @CHW  W   5-4       47-72  5th 16.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 17  @CHW  L   7-8       46-72  5th 16.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 16  @DET  W   3-2 (10)  46-71  5th 16.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 15  @DET  L   3-10      45-71  5th 17.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 14  @DET  L   0-1       45-70  5th 16.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug 13  @MIN  W   5-4       45-69  5th 15.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug 12  @MIN  L   1-7       44-69  5th 15.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug 11  @MIN  W  14-6       44-68  5th 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 13, 2009 KCR  5 @MIN  4        W:Gil Meche (5-9), L: Carl Pavano (10-9), S: Joakim Soria (19)
Wed, Aug 12, 2009 MIN  7  KCR  1        W:Francisco Liriano (5-11), L: Brian Bannister (7-9), S: none
Tue, Aug 11, 2009 KCR 14 @MIN  6        W:Kyle Davies (4-8), L: Nick Blackburn (8-7), S: none
Wed, Jul 01, 2009 MIN  5 @KCR  1        W:Glen Perkins (4-4), L: Gil Meche (4-8), S: Joe Nathan (21)
Tue, Jun 30, 2009 MIN  2 @KCR  1        W:Scott Baker (6-6), L: Brian Bannister (5-6), S: Joe Nathan (20)
Mon, Jun 29, 2009 KCR  4  MIN  2        W:Luke Hochevar (3-3), L: Nick Blackburn (6-4), S: Joakim Soria (10)
Sun, May 03, 2009 KCR  7 @MIN  5        W:Gil Meche (2-2), L: Scott Baker (0-4), S: Joakim Soria (6)
Sat, May 02, 2009 KCR 10 @MIN  7 (11)   W:Joakim Soria (1-0), L: Craig Breslow (0-1), S: none
Fri, May 01, 2009 MIN  7  KCR  5        W:Kevin Slowey (4-0), L: Sidney Ponson (0-4), S: Joe Nathan (4)

Sun, Sep 28, 2008 MIN  6  KCR  0        W:Scott Baker (11-4), L: Brandon Duckworth (3-3), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 5-5; 2008 - MIN won 12-6; 2007 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - MIN leads 320-294

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 5.76

DET 4.61

SDP 3.85

RA/G

SFG 3.66

PIT 4.65

BAL 5.41

J. Mauer .378

R. Davis .292

A. Casilla .179

OBP

J. Mauer .446

J. Damon .365

R. Cedeno .237

SLG

A. Pujols .668

V. Guerrero .481

A. Casilla .223

OPS

A. Pujols 1.110

G. Sheffield .843

A. Casilla .491

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.27

J. Weaver 3.89

F. Liriano 5.80

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.47

C. Lee 6.86

N. Blackburn 3.74

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Twins Batters (4.99 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Davies
G/S/vB 49.Bale*
G/S/vB 19.Bannister
G/S/vB 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 56.Colon
G/S/vB 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 23.Greinke
G/S/vB 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB 55.Meche
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 51.Tejeda
G/S/vB 34.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 15/.829 1/.000 18/.686 18/.653 1/no AB 15/.934 19/.579 12/.500 5/.400 36/.901 5/.000 16/.544 25/.240 529/370 .282/.315/.373/.689 .632/.712 .674 110/.748 11/4 5/18

25.Casilla# G/S/vP 15/.481 6/.334 15/.864 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 12/.450 3/1.667 4/1.500 9/.347 3/.333 1/no AB 3/.333 203/136 .179/.267/.223/.491 .456/.513 .513 48/.662 8/0 0/5

24.Crede G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 16/.850 6/1.166 3/.666 8/1.125 29/.985 3/4.000 5/.450 20/.400 4/.250 7/.143 6/1.467 358/255 .231/.296/.426/.722 .560/.788 .692 67/.584 0/0 15/4

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 12/.444 7/.762 18/.952 7/.572 2/2.000 9/.555 14/.786 6/.833 10/.543 19/1.214 6/.000 4/.250 3/.000 476/348 .273/.340/.499/.839 .952/.798 .791 94/.748 5/1 19/6

22.Gomez G/S/vP 5/.400 5/2.200 12/.349 ··· ··· 3/.666 6/.533 3/1.667 6/.334 12/.788 2/.000 5/.200 2/no AB 282/182 .235/.295/.361/.656 .661/.653 .736 57/.663 11/5 3/1

23.Harris G/S/vP 4/.250 1/2.000 12/.523 1/5.000 ··· 4/.500 3/1.000 6/.000 5/.400 14/.445 4/.500 2/1.000 4/.833 360/241 .263/.306/.371/.677 .797/.618 .512 40/.591 0/1 6/8

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 18/1.127 7/.629 20/.400 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 12/.962 6/.533 6/.334 27/.629 5/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 414/309 .308/.379/.541/.920 .596/1.033 .900 82/.876 1/1 20/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 19/.895 10/.775 21/.754 5/.000 3/1.334 6/.900 25/.507 6/.833 14/.368 30/1.233 7/.858 3/.333 3/.333 424/271 .378/.446/.643/1.089 .837/1.234 1.024 110/1.200 3/1 25/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 21/.349 11/.682 28/1.149 4/1.250 2/1.000 9/1.444 24/.417 6/.333 12/.834 41/.880 11/.182 4/1.250 3/.667 516/326 .298/.386/.555/.941 .923/.952 .897 92/.755 0/0 28/2

8.Punto# G/S/vP 9/.583 2/.500 13/.564 4/1.000 4/.500 5/1.250 17/.567 3/.000 5/1.600 29/.656 4/.000 5/.200 5/.400 323/231 .211/.314/.259/.574 .555/.573 .564 71/.627 9/2 1/7

55.Redmond G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.666 6/.334 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.667 5/1.200 ··· 2/.000 8/.250 3/.333 ··· 6/1.467 129/85 .256/.326/.299/.625 .916/.477 .645 25/.764 0/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 11/.673 3/.666 16/.804 ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.666 3/.333 2/1.000 20/.568 6/.167 4/.833 2/2.000 492/342 .304/.390/.392/.783 .862/.749 .713 114/.915 19/7 6/5

21.Young G/S/vP 9/.730 4/.000 16/.563 2/2.500 ··· 12/.417 8/1.300 3/.666 5/1.800 24/.212 5/.400 4/.000 7/.762 282/185 .265/.291/.396/.686 .846/.601 .779 62/.857 2/3 8/3

IP 94.1 25.2 140.0 48.0 30.1 25.0 173.1 99.2 41.0 118.0 38.2 37.1 58.2 TOTAL .272/.343/.428/.771 .769/.772 .748 .801 62/21 135/66

ERA-K/9

5.92/6.2

5.96/7.7

4.44/5.7

5.06/6.8

6.23/5.6

4.32/10.1

2.44/9.5

5.60/6.6

4.61/7.5

4.73/6.9

2.33/11.2

4.58/11.8

4.60/6.4

4.73/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 417/.286 120/.277 604/.268 210/.291 138/.287 102/.260 703/.244 406/.282 196/.302 532/.275 153/.193 167/.201 259/.264 .270

OPS .822 .821 .716 .851 .857 .648 .649 .831 .915 .790 .571 .603 .772 .767

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 174/.782 56/.657 314/.702 57/.673 54/.955 45/.630 325/.686 190/.805 83/.788 256/.737 75/.501 84/.772 113/.633 .741

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 243/.849 64/.978 290/.731 153/.921 84/.793 57/.661 378/.617 216/.853 113/1.015 276/.839 78/.641 83/.446 146/.876 .790

Home 212/1.013 70/1.026 289/.682 77/.795 81/.738 57/.595 370/.618 234/.745 105/.890 221/.797 57/.661 108/.658 154/.796

Last 28d days 69/.876 36/.922 134/.847 97/.813 44/1.022 4/.500 139/.753 136/.930 41/1.083 52/1.033 48/.672 51/.370 50/.680

HR/SB/CS 15/16/4 3/4/0 14/13/1 9/4/4 6/4/0 2/1/2 10/4/6 16/10/3 9/0/0 14/15/1 4/0/0 1/6/2 8/6/1 128/86/27

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

Royals Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 30.Baker
G/S/vB 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 38.Humber
G/S/vB 44.Keppel
G/S/vB 49.Manship
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 48.Pavano
G/S/vB 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Anderson* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 9/.444 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 207/173 .235/.272/.296/.568 .397/.600 .604 32/.412 15/4 0/3

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 2/2.000 18/.500 9/.347 10/1.400 11/.855 1/2.000 3/1.333 ··· ··· 10/.800 3/.666 ··· 359/262 .234/.266/.340/.607 .718/.566 .639 87/.643 3/2 4/11

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 4/.000 2/.500 7/.929 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 7/.572 ··· 360/215 .257/.300/.356/.656 .695/.630 .552 89/.611 18/4 4/8

14.Buck G/S/vP ··· 18/.528 4/.000 9/.347 15/.696 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 7/.619 8/.625 ··· 143/107 .209/.275/.419/.693 .732/.680 .910 35/.640 0/0 5/6

16.Butler G/S/vP 1/.000 19/.106 9/.666 5/.800 6/1.334 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 5/.400 12/1.084 ··· 491/324 .298/.352/.483/.836 .983/.763 .977 112/.973 0/0 15/7

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 2/.500 7/.000 7/1.262 2/1.000 6/.666 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 4/1.000 6/.000 11/1.545 ··· 462/307 .295/.346/.429/.776 .910/.705 .892 106/.691 1/1 7/16

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 1/2.000 17/.669 14/1.071 11/.899 17/.823 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 16/.321 16/.908 ··· 493/318 .264/.336/.415/.751 .569/.856 .802 103/.785 4/7 10/0

17.Jacobs* G/S/vP 1/2.000 5/1.200 5/.650 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 9/.555 ··· 354/258 .231/.302/.424/.726 .555/.790 .788 55/.808 0/0 16/2

35.Maier* G/S/vP 1/no AB 10/.600 4/1.250 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 211/154 .247/.332/.346/.678 .897/.599 .744 56/.903 6/1 0/0

21.Olivo G/S/vP 2/3.500 2/1.000 11/1.818 6/.533 4/.250 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.000 10/.500 ··· 313/184 .237/.269/.465/.734 .666/.783 .708 62/.766 3/1 16/7

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 107/64 .320/.352/.485/.837 .941/.770 .829 46/.912 0/0 4/0

24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· 28/.764 10/.700 8/.000 10/.900 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 4/.500 12/.705 15/.421 ··· 453/278 .281/.336/.429/.765 .750/.774 .804 85/.630 6/0 10/9

IP 35.1 146.0 156.0 32.0 59.1 7.0 35.0 4.1 46.1 48.2 143.2 59.0 TOTAL .253/.312/.399/.711 .715/.709 .756 .730 59/19 102/98

ERA-K/9

5.09/5.6

4.62/7.4

4.27/3.9

6.47/7.9

2.28/6.1

9.00/7.7

5.14/5.9

4.15/4.2

2.14/7.8

1.66/11.5

5.32/6.5

6.25/5.2

4.79/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 159/.261 603/.251 647/.296 151/.291 226/.196 39/.441 158/.289 20/.353 189/.213 176/.160 611/.293 268/.311 .275

OPS .740 .717 .788 .846 .558 1.042 .829 .753 .633 .463 .805 .879 .774

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 55/.536 302/.602 360/.850 64/1.198 90/.403 13/1.248 78/.777 10/.733 80/.427 86/.530 315/.741 139/.956 .772

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 104/.852 301/.830 287/.710 87/.590 136/.658 26/.943 80/.880 10/.775 109/.787 90/.400 296/.871 129/.799 .775

Road 65/.673 303/.776 351/.819 70/.806 115/.503 25/1.091 91/.784 10/1.056 94/.601 87/.634 341/.831 135/.815

Last 28d days 85/.729 127/.607 101/1.092 54/.775 47/.580 13/.825 88/.955 20/.753 51/.505 32/.460 134/.787 102/1.169

HR/SB/CS 5/0/1 22/7/2 17/9/2 3/2/1 6/2/1 1/1/0 3/0/1 0/1/0 5/5/0 2/3/0 21/26/6 12/1/2 143/78/27

Usage ····X·X· ··X····X X····X·· ···X·X·· o··ooo·· ·X·X···· ·o··X·X· ·X···Xo· o·X·Xo·· X·Xo·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.