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Game Preview: TOR @ MIN, 8:10pm, Wednesday, April 15, 2009 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Last 5 v.MIN Has never faced MIN.
, 6-3, 2nd, ½ GB, 1 up in WC

SP: Scott Richmond (29, RHP, 0-0, 6.75)

   2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA GSc
2009 (0-0) 4.0 5 3 3 2 4 1
2008 (1-3) 27.0 32 12 12 2 20 2
Last 7 GS 1-3 31.0 37 15 15 4 24 3 4.3548387090 49
2009-04-10 CLE ND 4.0 5 3 3 2 4 1 42
2008-09-26 BAL W 6.0 4 0 0 0 3 0 67
2008-09-21 BOS L 5.0 5 3 3 1 4 1 48
2008-08-10 CLE L 5.0 9 3 3 0 5 0 42
2008-08-05 OAK ND 5.2 7 3 3 1 4 0 46
2008-07-30 TBR L 5.1 7 3 3 0 4 1 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-1    Road:    3-2    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   4-2    vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 6-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 Last 10: 6-3    Last 20: 6-3    Last 30: 6-3
, 4-5, 4th, 1½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Scott Baker (27, RHP, 0-0, undef)

   2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA GSc
2008 (11-4) 172.1 161 66 66 42 141 20
2007 (9-9) 143.2 162 70 68 29 102 15
2006 (5-8) 83.1 114 63 59 16 62 17
Last 7 GS 4-1 44.2 39 13 13 14 34 2 2.6194029850 58
2008-09-28 KCR W 7.0 4 0 0 1 9 0 77
2008-09-23 CHW W 7.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 66
2008-09-17 CLE ND 4.2 6 4 4 1 5 2 40
2008-09-13 BAL W 6.0 4 1 1 3 4 0 61
2008-09-06 DET ND 7.1 4 3 3 4 5 0 59
2008-08-31 OAK W 6.0 6 1 1 1 4 0 59
2008-08-26 SEA L 6.2 10 3 3 3 3 0 42
Last 5 v.TOR 0-1 19.1 15 8 8 6 16 2 3.7241379310 57
2007-07-24 TOR L 7.0 6 4 4 1 5 1 53
2007-06-26 TOR ND 7.0 4 1 1 1 9 0 73
2007-05-25 TOR ND 5.1 5 3 3 4 2 1 44
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-3    Road:    1-2    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   2-3    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   3-0 
 vsEast:  1-1    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  2-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 Last 10: 4-5    Last 20: 4-5    Last 30: 4-5 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 14, 2009 MIN  3  TOR  2 (11)   W:Jesse Crain (1-0), L: Jesse Carlson (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 13, 2009 TOR  8 @MIN  6        W:Jason Frasor (1-0), L: Luis Ayala (1-1), S: B.J. Ryan (1)

Thu, Sep 04, 2008 TOR  9  MIN  0        W:Jesse Litsch (10-8), L: Kevin Slowey (11-9), S: none
Wed, Sep 03, 2008 TOR  5  MIN  4 (11)   W:Jesse Carlson (6-1), L: Eddie Guardado (3-4), S: none
Tue, Sep 02, 2008 TOR  7  MIN  5        W:Jesse Carlson (5-1), L: Boof Bonser (3-7), S: B.J. Ryan (26)
Thu, May 15, 2008 TOR  3 @MIN  2 (11)   W:Shawn Camp (1-1), L: Jesse Crain (1-2), S: B.J. Ryan (7)
Wed, May 14, 2008 TOR  6 @MIN  5        W:Roy Halladay (4-5), L: Boof Bonser (2-5), S: Scott Downs (5)
Tue, May 13, 2008 TOR  5 @MIN  3        W:Jesse Litsch (5-1), L: Kevin Slowey (0-3), S: B.J. Ryan (6)
Wed, Jul 25, 2007 TOR 13  MIN  1        W:Jesse Litsch (3-4), L: Carlos Silva (8-11), S: none
Tue, Jul 24, 2007 TOR  7  MIN  0        W:Dustin McGowan (7-5), L: Scott Baker (4-4), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 1-1; 2008 - TOR won 6-0; 2007 - TOR won 6-4; All-Time - TOR leads 177-145

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

For the 2008 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  5.56

ATL  4.65

SDP  3.93

 RA/G

TOR  3.77

HOU  4.61

TEX  5.97

 BA

C. Jones  .364

R. Ibanez  .293

J. Towles  .137

 OBP

C. Jones  .470

C. Lee  .368

T. Pena  .189

 SLG

A. Pujols  .653

G. Dobbs  .491

T. Pena  .209

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.114

J. Cust  .851

T. Pena  .398

 ERA

J. Santana  2.53

A. Cook  3.96

N. Robertson  6.35

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.51

V. Padilla  6.68

L. Hernandez  3.35

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Batters (6.22 RS/G) vs. Pitchers (5.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Baker
G/S/vB		 18.Ayala
G/S/vB		 49.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 28.Crain
G/S/vB		 39.Dickey
G/S/vB		 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB		 38.Humber
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Barajas G/S/vP 2/.500 2/3.000 ··· 6/.600 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 377/264 .249/.294/.410/.704 .591/.754 .755 / 0/0 11/
5.Barrett G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 8/1.089 107/74 .202/.274/.298/.571 .987/.398 .395 / 0/0 2/
23.Bautista G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 424/295 .238/.313/.405/.718 .885/.648 .753 / 1/1 15/
2.Hill G/S/vP 8/1.000 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 10/.600 ··· 9/.555 229/174 .263/.324/.361/.685 .807/.648 .676 / 4/2 2/
26.Lind* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.833 2/.000 1/3.000 4/.833 349/250 .282/.316/.439/.755 .688/.781 .786 / 2/0 9/
6.McDonald G/S/vP 7/.600 ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/3.000 7/.286 ··· 2/.000 207/125 .210/.255/.269/.524 .623/.460 .549 / 3/1 1/
30.Millar G/S/vP 10/.600 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 8/.393 5/.650 ··· 5/.000 610/437 .234/.323/.394/.717 .736/.709 .671 / 0/1 20/
35.Overbay* G/S/vP 6/.533 4/.500 4/1.250 3/.667 8/.250 6/.666 ··· 6/.167 630/463 .270/.358/.419/.777 .540/.865 .815 / 1/2 15/
15.Rios G/S/vP 9/.347 4/.500 3/1.167 6/1.166 10/1.625 13/1.265 1/2.000 3/2.000 687/525 .291/.337/.461/.798 .735/.818 .766 / 32/8 15/
33.Rolen G/S/vP ··· 5/1.850 ··· 3/2.000 10/1.725 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 467/348 .262/.349/.431/.780 .760/.787 .810 / 5/0 11/
19.Scutaro G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 7/.858 8/.661 1/.000 6/.334 592/433 .267/.341/.356/.697 .732/.684 .717 / 7/2 7/
45.Snider* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 80/64 .301/.338/.466/.803 .732/.820 .641 / 0/0 2/
10.Wells G/S/vP 9/.889 1/2.000 1/.000 5/1.400 12/1.227 7/.762 1/2.000 6/.533 466/357 .300/.343/.496/.840 .849/.837 .830 / 4/2 20/
IP 172.1 75.2 47.0 62.2 112.1 76.1 11.2 67.2 TOTAL .303/.358/.508/.865 .788/.895 .872 .865 5/0 13/3
ERA-K/9 3.45/7.4 5.71/5.9 1.91/7.5 3.59/7.2 5.21/4.6 5.19/7.0 4.63/4.6 1.33/9.8 5.00/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (42-22-2)
 Barrett (43-6-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 703/ 335/ 189/ 268/ 500/ 344/ 50/ 261/ .277  Rios
 Wells
 Lind
 Snider
 Scutaro
0/62/93/14
0/100/0/5
71/0/0/2
13/0/7/2
3/0/0/1
OPS .764
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 361/ 156/ 88/ 93/ 265/ 126/ 25/ 133/ .852
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 342/ 179/ 101/ 175/ 235/ 218/ 25/ 128/ .730
Home 287/ 200/ 90/ 138/ 265/ 169/ 11/ 150/
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 20/8/5 9/2/1 1/2/5 6/6/1 15/6/7 12/8/1 4/0/0 5/5/0 12/9/1
Usage ·X·o·o·o ·oo···o· X·oo··X· ·X··X··· ·X·X···X ···XX··X o·X···o·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Batters (3.89 RS/G) vs. Pitchers (4.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Richmond
G/S/vB		 57.Camp
G/S/vB		 39.Carlson*
G/S/vB		 37.Downs*
G/S/vB		 54.Frasor
G/S/vB		 22.League
G/S/vB		 Murphy*
G/S/vB		 24.Romero*
G/S/vB		 52.Ryan*
G/S/vB		 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 245/197 .294/.340/.390/.730 .455/.799 .689 / 0/2 4/
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.000 3/.000 437/298 .281/.333/.374/.707 .638/.741 .773 / 7/2 7/
24.Crede G/S/vP ··· 11/1.064 1/3.000 4/1.167 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/1.000 4/1.750 5/1.400 373/281 .248/.314/.460/.773 .353/.910 .878 / 0/3 17/
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 1/.000 6/.167 7/.629 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 6/.933 279/198 .249/.330/.369/.699 .694/.700 .778 / 5/1 3/
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 614/445 .258/.296/.360/.657 .712/.636 .689 / 33/11 7/
23.Harris G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 4/.750 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 490/326 .265/.327/.394/.721 .714/.725 .718 / 1/1 7/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 3/.666 1/.000 5/.650 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.500 6/1.000 517/402 .272/.335/.471/.805 .704/.833 .876 / 0/1 20/
58.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 / /// / / / /
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 6/1.333 10/.425 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 7/1.143 8/.625 712/459 .300/.374/.499/.873 .778/.928 .847 / 0/1 23/
8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· 5/1.400 2/.000 5/.800 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.000 7/.000 377/245 .284/.344/.382/.726 .701/.739 .767 / 15/6 2/
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 5/.650 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 3/.333 137/68 .287/.321/.333/.655 .627/.682 .738 / 0/0 0/
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 2/1.000 2/3.000 411/281 .294/.387/.432/.819 .873/.795 .849 / 18/7 6/
21.Young G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 8/.250 ··· ··· 3/.666 4/1.750 6/.533 623/437 .290/.336/.405/.741 .791/.720 .764 / 14/5 10/
IP 27.0 39.1 60.0 70.2 47.1 33.0 58.0 56.1 TOTAL .251/.312/.375/.686 .616/.739 .677 .686 6/1 6/5
ERA-K/9 4.00/6.7 4.12/7.1 2.25/8.2 1.78/7.3 4.18/8.0 2.18/6.3 /0.0 /0.0 2.95/9.0 2.88/7.5 4.63/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Redmond (18-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 113/ 166/ 237/ 290/ 208/ 141/ / / 249/ 240/ .265  Young
 Gomez
 Cuddyer
 Span
 Kubel
 Punto
151/0/0/11
0/151/0/9
0/1/58/7
0/19/85/6
18/0/32/2
0/3/0/0
OPS .818
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 64/ 65/ 127/ 119/ 81/ 67/ / / 76/ 113/ .997
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 49/ 101/ 110/ 171/ 127/ 74/ / / 173/ 127/ .721
Road 22/ 81/ 123/ 154/ 101/ 70/ / / 122/ 98/
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 2/1/1 2/3/0 6/1/3 3/2/0 4/5/2 2/0/0 // // 4/4/0 4/6/1 13/8/2
Usage ····X··· ··X·X··X X·X·oo·· oX·X·X·· ·o·o··X· ··X·oo·· X····X·· ·o·X···o ·X··X·o·

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.