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Game Preview: PIT @ MIN, 8:10pm, Wednesday, June 17, 2009 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Pirates, 30-34, 5th, 5½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Ian Snell (27, RHP, 1-7, 5.25)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-7) 72.0 78 44 42 38 49 7 5.25
2008 (7-12) 164.1 201 107 99 89 135 18 5.42
2007 (9-12) 208.0 209 94 87 68 177 22 3.76
Last 7 GS 0-3 38.0 45 25 25 15 27 2 5.92 44
2009-06-12 DET L 7.0 10 2 2 2 4 0 99 51
2009-06-07 @HOU ND 6.0 8 3 3 1 3 0 96 46
2009-06-01 NYM ND 6.0 6 5 5 5 2 0 104 37
2009-05-26 @CHC L 5.0 8 6 6 4 4 1 98 27
2009-05-21 @WSN ND 6.0 4 3 3 1 6 0 92 57
2009-05-16 COL ND 2.0 3 3 3 1 3 1 46 40
2009-05-10 @NYM L 6.0 6 3 3 1 5 0 102 52
Last 5 v.MIN 0-1 6.1 5 3 3 1 6 0 4.26 56
2006-06-16 MIN L 6.1 5 3 3 1 6 0 94 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-12   Road:   13-22   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  22-26   vsLHP:   8-8    1-Run:   4-8 
 vsEast: 13-7    vsCntrl:10-21   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 3-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 64 Tue, Jun 16  @MIN  L   2-8       30-34  5th  5.5 gb
 63 Sun, Jun 14   DET  W   6-3       30-33  5th  4.0 gb
 62 Sat, Jun 13   DET  W   9-3       29-33  5th  5.0 gb
 61 Fri, Jun 12   DET  L   1-3       28-33  5th  6.0 gb
 60 Thu, Jun 11  @ATL  W   3-1       28-32  5th  5.0 gb
 59 Wed, Jun 10  @ATL  W   3-2       27-32  5th  6.0 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  9  @ATL  L   3-4       26-32  5th  7.0 gb
 57 Mon, Jun  8  @ATL  L   6-7 (15)  26-31  5th  7.0 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  7  @HOU  L   4-6       26-30  5th  6.5 gb
 55 Sat, Jun  6  @HOU  W   6-4       26-29  5th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Twins, 33-33, 2nd, 2 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Francisco Liriano (25, LHP, 2-7, 5.99)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-7) 70.2 75 48 47 34 62 10 5.99
2008 (6-4) 76.0 74 40 33 32 67 7 3.91
2006 (12-3) 121.0 89 31 29 32 144 9 2.16
Last 7 GS 1-3 35.0 43 26 26 20 33 6 6.69 42
2009-06-10 @OAK ND 6.0 5 3 3 2 7 0 98 55
2009-06-05 @SEA ND 6.0 3 1 1 4 5 1 101 63
2009-05-30 @TBR L 4.0 7 4 4 3 3 1 93 32
2009-05-25 BOS L 4.0 11 5 5 0 7 0 84 27
2009-05-20 @CHW L 4.0 7 7 7 3 1 2 90 18
2009-05-15 @NYY ND 6.0 4 1 1 6 6 1 101 60
2009-05-09 SEA W 5.0 6 5 5 2 4 1 77 37
Last 5 v.PIT 1-0 7.0 5 2 2 1 11 1 2.57 69
2006-06-16 @PIT W 7.0 5 2 2 1 11 1 101 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   22-12   Road:   11-21   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  22-19   vsLHP:  11-14   1-Run:   8-9 
 vsEast:  6-16   vsCntrl:11-9    vsWest: 10-7  IL: 6-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 66 Tue, Jun 16   PIT  W   8-2       33-33  2nd  2.0 gb
 65 Sun, Jun 14  @CHC  L   2-3       32-33  2nd  3.0 gb
 64 Sat, Jun 13  @CHC  W   2-0       32-32  2nd  3.0 gb
 63 Fri, Jun 12  @CHC  W   7-4       31-32  2nd  4.0 gb
 62 Thu, Jun 11  @OAK  L   3-4       30-32  2nd  4.0 gb
 61 Wed, Jun 10  @OAK  W   6-3       30-31  2nd  4.0 gb
 60 Tue, Jun  9  @OAK  W  10-5       29-31  2nd  4.0 gb
 59 Mon, Jun  8  @OAK  L   3-4       28-31  2nd  4.0 gb
 58 Sun, Jun  7  @SEA  L   2-4       28-30  2nd  3.5 gb
 57 Sat, Jun  6  @SEA  L   1-2       28-29  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 16, 2009 MIN  8  PIT  2        W:Glen Perkins (2-3), L: Paul Maholm (4-3), S: none

Sun, Jun 18, 2006 MIN  8 @PIT  2        W:Johan Santana (7-4), L: Oliver Perez (2-9), S: none
Sat, Jun 17, 2006 MIN  5 @PIT  3        W:Jesse Crain (1-4), L: Damaso Marte (0-5), S: Joe Nathan (10)
Fri, Jun 16, 2006 MIN  4 @PIT  2        W:Francisco Liriano (6-1), L: Ian Snell (7-4), S: Joe Nathan (9)
Sun, Jun 10, 2001 PIT 11 @MIN  8        W:Scott Sauerbeck (1-2), L: Travis Miller (0-2), S: Mike Williams (11)
Sat, Jun 09, 2001 MIN  3  PIT  2        W:Joe Mays (8-3), L: Jimmy Anderson (3-6), S: LaTroy Hawkins (16)
Fri, Jun 08, 2001 MIN  8  PIT  6        W:Hector Carrasco (3-2), L: Omar Olivares (2-7), S: LaTroy Hawkins (15)
Sun, Jul 09, 2000 MIN  3 @PIT  2        W:Mark Redman (6-4), L: Jose Silva (5-3), S: LaTroy Hawkins (4)
Sat, Jul 08, 2000 PIT  4  MIN  1        W:Kris Benson (8-6), L: Eric Milton (8-4), S: Mike Williams (12)
Fri, Jul 07, 2000 PIT  8  MIN  6        W:Jason Christiansen (2-7), L: Bob Wells (0-6), S: Mike Williams (11)
Season Series: 2009 - MIN leads 1-0; 2008 -  0-0; 2007 -  0-0; All-Time - MIN leads 12-7

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

TBR  5.74

BAL  4.56

SEA  3.73

 RA/G

LAD  3.75

ATL  4.59

WSN  5.79

 BA

J. Mauer  .429

R. Theriot  .283

C. Young  .186

 OBP

J. Mauer  .497

J. Rivera  .354

D. Navarro  .232

 SLG

J. Mauer  .756

A. Rios  .457

E. Burriss  .267

 OPS

J. Mauer  1.254

K. Morales  .813

D. Navarro  .553

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.72

J. Beckett  4.15

M. Parra  7.52

 K/9IP

J. Vazquez  11.21

C. Pavano  6.50

S. Martis  3.45

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Pirates Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB		 18.Ayala
G/S/vB		 39.Dickey
G/S/vB		 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB		 60.Henn*
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 80/51 .297/.316/.392/.708 .609/.766 .832 27/.579 0/1 1/2
16.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 11/.697 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 103/84 .279/.398/.407/.805 .993/.763 .777 35/1.041 0/0 1/0
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 128/108 .281/.359/.404/.763 .671/.780 .711 65/.748 1/0 1/2
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 256/187 .256/.355/.466/.821 .639/.895 .605 90/.947 1/1 8/1
15.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 238/187 .284/.357/.385/.742 .715/.750 .739 93/.723 2/0 2/6
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 58/45 .333/.379/.444/.824 .862/.810 .769 58/.824 2/0 0/0
18.Monroe G/S/vP 13/.693 ··· 12/1.167 13/.231 ··· ··· 7/.143 87/38 .215/.287/.354/.642 .766/.488 .570 34/.467 0/0 3/0
3.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 272/208 .265/.341/.346/.687 .452/.760 .707 101/.580 15/7 1/0
44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/3.000 181/154 .243/.293/.343/.636 .499/.660 .490 61/.525 0/0 1/0
12.Sanchez G/S/vP 3/1.667 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 272/200 .312/.354/.482/.836 .799/.850 .777 102/.836 4/1 5/1
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.666 3/1.666 5/.200 ··· ··· 5/.400 95/82 .259/.358/.272/.629 1.115/.557 .619 22/.818 1/0 0/2
2.Wilson G/S/vP 3/2.334 8/.268 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 169/129 .265/.286/.383/.668 .720/.652 .676 79/.633 1/1 1/6
48.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/59 .365/.419/.447/.866 .757/.931 .800 51/.859 1/0 1/1
IP 70.2 29.1 36.2 29.2 10.1 20.1 25.1 TOTAL .266/.333/.393/.726 .691/.738 .676 .710 35/11 37/26
ERA-K/9 5.99/7.9 3.99/6.5 2.70/6.9 3.03/6.4 3.48/7.0 2.21/7.1 1.78/10.3 4.45/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 314/.277 125/.310 161/.252 113/.184 40/.176 89/.234 97/.189 .265
OPS .838 .832 .755 .552 .540 .680 .540 .756
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 74/.682 44/1.141 65/.586 37/.430 20/.794 36/.356 48/.693 .777
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 240/.885 81/.657 96/.867 76/.611 20/.263 53/.901 49/.396 .742
Home 122/.827 77/.986 85/.867 60/.748 19/.463 43/.689 56/.367
Last 28d days 91/.888 37/.642 57/.540 31/.452 33/.457 42/.810 39/.373
HR/SB/CS 10/9/5 3/3/1 5/1/1 4/2/1 0/1/1 2/1/0 2/2/0 79/43/17
Usage ······X· ··X·o·X· X······· ···oooo· ····oo·· o···o·oo ···Xo·Xo
Twins Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Snell
G/S/vB		 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB		 55.Capps
G/S/vB		 43.Chavez
G/S/vB		 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB		 58.Jackson
G/S/vB		 47.Meek
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/84 .192/.326/.282/.608 .673/.598 .601 36/.411 0/0 1/0
24.Crede G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 196/134 .234/.301/.463/.764 .681/.803 .804 75/.822 0/0 10/1
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 246/175 .266/.346/.477/.823 .862/.805 .983 76/.892 4/1 9/3
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 149/91 .235/.291/.338/.629 .695/.587 .594 67/.659 6/4 1/0
23.Harris G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 196/117 .283/.337/.389/.726 .661/.769 .873 100/.756 0/0 3/2
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 227/166 .312/.374/.546/.921 .515/1.070 .978 81/.975 0/0 11/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 185/107 .429/.497/.756/1.254 1.003/1.441 1.540 104/1.261 0/1 13/1
58.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/46 .358/.424/.415/.839 1.084/.772 .537 6/1.583 0/0 0/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 291/179 .329/.402/.595/.997 1.032/.970 1.130 109/.921 0/0 16/1
11.Pridie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
8.Punto# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 165/120 .213/.306/.235/.542 .462/.554 .507 38/.587 5/1 0/5
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/51 .271/.338/.329/.666 .916/.545 .597 21/.802 0/0 0/0
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 116/79 .175/.270/.237/.507 .594/.465 .467 64/.529 4/0 1/1
21.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 160/101 .258/.288/.291/.579 .570/.584 .454 70/.493 2/2 1/2
IP 72.0 27.2 21.2 27.1 29.0 7.0 22.2 TOTAL .275/.347/.426/.774 .754/.783 .818 .796 35/13 70/24
ERA-K/9 5.25/6.1 2.93/6.2 4.98/5.8 2.63/7.3 3.72/6.5 6.43/2.6 3.18/5.6 4.25/5.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 319/.284 115/.185 95/.305 111/.250 129/.264 33/.259 100/.215 .265
OPS .866 .641 .818 .674 .726 .653 .709 .757
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 156/.866 51/.624 44/.802 43/.435 34/.657 12/.639 37/.789 .764
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 163/.864 64/.652 51/.830 68/.827 95/.754 21/.659 63/.661 .752
Road 201/.903 71/.687 35/.641 62/.783 74/.717 15/.800 58/.799
Last 28d days 133/.853 31/.560 29/.511 40/.809 38/.459 33/.653 34/.838
HR/SB/CS 7/8/4 2/3/0 3/3/0 2/1/0 2/1/1 0/2/0 1/3/0 53/41/14
Usage ····X··· ··o·o·oo ··o··XX· ···X···o ··X·o·X· ··X·oo·· 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.