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Game Preview: NYY @ MIN, 8:10pm, Wednesday, July 8, 2009 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Yankees, 49-34, 2nd, 1 GB

SP: A.J. Burnett (32, RHP, 7-4, 3.83)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (7-4)			101.0	88	46	43	49	99	14	3.83
2008 (18-10)			221.1	211	109	100	86	231	19	4.07
2007 (10-8)			165.2	131	74	69	66	176	23	3.75

Last 7 GS		5-2	43.0	32	12	9	22	49	4	1.88	62
2009-07-03	TOR	W	7.0	6	2	2	2	7	1	112	62
2009-06-27	@NYM	W	7.0	1	0	0	3	10	0	108	82
2009-06-20	@FLA	L	6.1	5	2	1	3	8	1	98	62
2009-06-14	NYM	W	7.0	4	0	0	4	8	0	111	73
2009-06-09	@BOS	L	2.2	5	5	3	5	1	1	84	28
2009-06-02	TEX	W	7.0	8	3	3	1	8	1	111	56
2009-05-27	@TEX	W	6.0	3	0	0	4	7	0	118	69

Last 5 v.MIN		1-1	32.1	27	15	14	15	39	3	3.90	56
2009-05-17	MIN	ND	6.2	6	2	2	6	7	0	123	55
2008-09-03	MIN	ND	6.2	6	3	3	4	8	0	113	54
2007-06-28	@MIN	ND	4.0	6	5	5	0	6	2	75	36
2007-05-27	@MIN	L	8.0	3	4	3	3	8	1	125	67
2006-08-11	@MIN	W	7.0	6	1	1	2	10	0	111	69

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

 Home:   26-16   Road:   23-18   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  33-25   vsLHP:  16-9    1-Run:  11-10
 vsEast: 15-17   vsCntrl:14-5    vsWest: 10-4  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Tue, Jul  7  @MIN  W  10-2       49-34  2nd  1.0 gb
 82 Mon, Jul  6   TOR  L   6-7       48-34  2nd  1.0 gb
 81 Sun, Jul  5   TOR  W  10-8       48-33  2nd  1.0 gb
 80 Sat, Jul  4   TOR  W   6-5 (12)  47-33  2nd  1.0 gb
 79 Fri, Jul  3   TOR  W   4-2       46-33  2nd  2.0 gb
 78 Thu, Jul  2   SEA  L   4-8       45-33  2nd  3.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jul  1   SEA  W   4-2       45-32  2nd  2.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 30   SEA  W   8-5       44-32  2nd  2.5 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 28  @NYM  W   4-2       43-32  2nd  3.0 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 27  @NYM  W   5-0       42-32  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:18-12

Twins, 43-41, 3rd, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Glen Perkins (26, LHP, 4-4, 4.38)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-4)			74.0	80	36	36	14	35	7	4.38
2008 (12-4)			151.0	183	81	74	39	74	25	4.41
2007 (0-0)			28.2	23	10	10	12	20	2	3.14

Last 7 GS		3-2	39.0	47	23	23	8	15	6	5.31	45
2009-07-01	@KCR	W	7.0	10	1	1	0	1	0	92	54
2009-06-26	@STL	W	7.0	4	1	1	0	3	0	82	68
2009-06-21	HOU	L	7.0	9	4	4	1	1	0	91	43
2009-06-16	PIT	W	6.0	7	2	2	1	4	1	87	53
2009-05-18	@NYY	L	0.2	7	6	6	0	0	2	34	14
2009-05-13	DET	ND	5.1	5	5	5	4	4	1	83	38
2009-05-07	@BAL	ND	6.0	5	4	4	2	2	2	101	46

Last 5 v.NYY		1-3	18.2	29	16	16	6	6	2	7.71	37
2009-05-18	@NYY	L	0.2	7	6	6	0	0	2	34	14
2008-08-11	NYY	W	8.0	4	0	0	3	4	0	107	75
2008-07-23	@NYY	L	6.0	8	5	5	1	2	0	85	37
2008-05-30	NYY	L	4.0	10	5	5	2	0	0	78	20

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

 Home:   26-17   Road:   17-24   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  31-24   vsLHP:  12-17   1-Run:  10-11
 vsEast:  6-17   vsCntrl:15-11   vsWest: 10-7  IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Tue, Jul  7   NYY  L   2-10      43-41  3rd  2.5 gb
 83 Sun, Jul  5   DET  W   6-2       43-40  2nd  2.0 gb
 82 Sat, Jul  4   DET  W   4-3       42-40  3rd  3.0 gb
 81 Fri, Jul  3   DET  L   9-11(16)  41-40  3rd  4.0 gb
 80 Wed, Jul  1  @KCR  W   5-1       41-39  2nd  3.0 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 30  @KCR  W   2-1       40-39  2nd  4.0 gb
 78 Mon, Jun 29  @KCR  L   2-4       39-39  2nd  4.0 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 28  @STL  W   6-2       39-38  2nd  4.0 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 27  @STL  L   3-5       38-38  2nd  4.0 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 26  @STL  W   3-1       38-37  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 18, 2009 NYY  7  MIN  6        W:Andy Pettitte (4-1), L: Glen Perkins (1-3), S: Phil Coke (1)
Sun, May 17, 2009 NYY  3  MIN  2 (10)   W:Alfredo Aceves (2-0), L: Jesse Crain (2-2), S: none
Sat, May 16, 2009 NYY  6  MIN  4 (11)   W:Alfredo Aceves (1-0), L: Craig Breslow (1-2), S: none
Fri, May 15, 2009 NYY  5  MIN  4        W:Jose Veras (2-1), L: Joe Nathan (1-1), S: none

Wed, Aug 13, 2008 MIN  4  NYY  2        W:Kevin Slowey (9-8), L: Darrell Rasner (5-9), S: Joe Nathan (32)
Tue, Aug 12, 2008 NYY  9 @MIN  6 (12)   W:Jose Veras (3-1), L: Matt Guerrier (6-6), S: Edwar Ramirez (1)
Mon, Aug 11, 2008 MIN  4  NYY  0        W:Glen Perkins (9-3), L: Sidney Ponson (7-3), S: none
Wed, Jul 23, 2008 NYY  5  MIN  1        W:Mike Mussina (13-6), L: Glen Perkins (7-3), S: Mariano Rivera (25)
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 NYY  8  MIN  2        W:David Robertson (2-0), L: Kevin Slowey (6-7), S: none
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 NYY 12  MIN  4        W:Sidney Ponson (6-1), L: Nick Blackburn (7-6), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - NYY leads 5-0; 2008 - NYY won 6-4; 2007 - NYY won 5-2; All-Time - NYY leads 1099-764

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

NYY 5.57

CHW 4.45

SDP 3.84

RA/G

SFG 3.70

TEX 4.62

WSN 5.58

J. Mauer .389

K. Morales .285

B. Giles .191

OBP

J. Mauer .465

A. Cabrera .361

D. Navarro .244

SLG

A. Pujols .739

M. Kemp .474

N. Punto .244

OPS

A. Pujols 1.200

R. Cano .825

B. Giles .548

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.00

B. Bannister 3.87

B. Arroyo 5.85

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.70

C. Sabathia 6.75

J. Garland 3.46

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Yankees Batters (5.63 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.45 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 39.Dickey
G/S/vB 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 44.Keppel
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 9/1.112 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 2/2.000 3/1.334 ··· 260/181 .280/.339/.435/.774 .855/.740 .722 83/.738 5/2 8/2

24.Cano* G/S/vP 9/1.417 3/1.167 ··· 5/.400 1/no AB 2/.000 7/.286 ··· 352/244 .303/.335/.489/.825 .926/.780 .791 101/.857 4/4 13/3

29.Cervelli G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 80/54 .257/.276/.324/.601 .760/.521 .669 27/.644 0/2 1/1

18.Damon* G/S/vP 4/.500 11/.473 ··· 6/1.167 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 338/234 .284/.368/.530/.898 .740/.973 .805 92/.870 8/0 16/4

11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· 196/152 .278/.356/.402/.758 .690/.777 .779 55/.831 17/2 3/1

14.Hinske* G/S/vP 1/.000 11/.697 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 131/100 .264/.382/.400/.782 .932/.736 .718 34/.729 0/0 2/0

2.Jeter G/S/vP 11/.637 6/.334 ··· 8/.750 2/1.000 1/.000 5/.650 ··· 357/265 .314/.393/.457/.850 1.203/.730 .789 96/.895 17/3 10/3

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 2/1.000 6/1.333 ··· 5/.933 ··· 2/.500 6/1.100 ··· 257/180 .267/.362/.520/.882 .989/.837 .918 62/1.172 0/0 13/

20.Posada# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 6/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 209/148 .282/.364/.514/.877 .858/.887 .770 77/.764 1/0 11/4

12.Ransom G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/40 .180/.231/.311/.542 .327/.680 .553 12/.523 1/0 0/3

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 10/1.711 6/1.167 ··· 7/3.047 1/no AB ··· 10/1.056 ··· 226/172 .244/.412/.517/.929 1.001/.907 .877 95/.977 2/0 14/4

33.Swisher# G/S/vP 3/2.667 5/.200 ··· 12/.777 ··· 2/.500 10/.800 ··· 315/217 .242/.367/.484/.852 .811/.864 .998 90/.670 0/0 14/5

25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 4/1.833 3/.000 ··· 4/.833 4/1.000 ··· 11/1.636 ··· 361/261 .273/.382/.546/.928 1.009/.876 .845 113/.759 1/0 20/1

IP 74.0 52.0 9.1 38.1 7.2 25.0 33.1 27.2 TOTAL .274/.357/.472/.828 .883/.807 .806 .823 59/14 125/53

ERA-K/9

4.38/4.3

2.94/6.1

6.75/3.9

2.58/6.1

0.00/7.0

2.16/7.6

1.35/11.6

3.90/5.8

4.23/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 307/.276 213/.273 24/.136 147/.200 32/.154 108/.223 123/.157 119/.252 .262

OPS .721 .763 .617 .587 .620 .669 .457 .696 .746

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 68/.904 87/.617 9/.347 51/.475 17/.782 44/.362 59/.634 53/.623 .775

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 239/.670 126/.858 15/.771 96/.646 15/.433 64/.879 64/.302 66/.753 .726

Home 198/.655 108/.866 13/.487 78/.688 6/.733 53/.653 67/.323 74/.779

Last 28d days 108/.677 61/.754 13/.487 43/.694 32/.620 28/.606 38/.278 26/.408

HR/SB/CS 7/4/0 5/2/1 2/0/1 5/2/1 0/0/0 3/1/0 2/3/0 3/0/0 96/51/20

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

Twins Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Burnett
G/S/vB 63.Albaladejo
G/S/vB 38.Bruney
G/S/vB 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 48.Coke*
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB 28.Tomko
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Buscher* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 117/100 .198/.333/.302/.635 .710/.623 .654 28/.675 0/0 2/0

24.Crede G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/no AB 8/.125 ··· 1/.000 258/186 .234/.302/.446/.748 .620/.797 .777 83/.735 0/0 12/2

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 12/.633 1/no AB 1/no AB 3/.000 2/.500 5/.000 ··· 3/1.667 320/237 .278/.359/.516/.875 .958/.846 1.047 91/.956 4/1 14/4

22.Gomez G/S/vP 5/.400 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 7/.334 191/123 .224/.280/.328/.608 .607/.608 .506 56/.657 7/4 1/0

23.Harris G/S/vP 9/.778 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 6/1.500 273/178 .270/.311/.373/.684 .669/.692 .811 104/.569 0/0 4/5

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 14/.500 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 3/.000 6/.900 1/.000 5/1.400 283/210 .302/.360/.531/.891 .470/1.039 .935 79/.945 0/1 13/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 12/.717 ··· ··· 3/2.667 2/2.500 5/1.200 1/.000 8/.875 256/163 .389/.465/.648/1.113 .974/1.193 1.304 98/.862 1/1 14/2

58.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 69/55 .349/.406/.413/.818 1.000/.774 .583 10/.700 0/0 0/2

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 16/1.083 ··· ··· 3/.667 3/1.666 7/.572 1/.000 7/.572 363/234 .323/.399/.601/1.000 1.001/.998 1.127 98/.869 0/0 21/1

8.Punto# G/S/vP 11/.384 2/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/2.000 202/151 .220/.323/.244/.567 .593/.548 .590 52/.761 7/1 0/5

55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 91/60 .229/.297/.277/.574 .757/.482 .505 18/.347 0/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 8/.393 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 6/.533 315/222 .291/.379/.384/.763 .931/.693 .882 51/.750 13/5 4/2

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 7/1.371 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 148/108 .184/.275/.232/.507 .599/.470 .420 45/.506 4/0 1/1

21.Young G/S/vP 10/.700 ··· 7/.762 1/.000 ··· 6/.834 2/.000 7/.572 196/131 .269/.296/.349/.645 .648/.644 .589 60/.825 2/2 3/2

IP 101.0 23.1 15.1 84.2 36.1 34.2 20.1 19.1 TOTAL .271/.343/.424/.766 .754/.772 .817 .750 40/15 88/37

ERA-K/9

3.83/8.8

5.40/5.4

4.11/10.0

4.04/7.9

2.97/6.9

2.60/10.9

2.66/12.9

5.12/5.1

4.45/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 432/.238 105/.300 66/.204 378/.273 139/.172 135/.220 85/.178 71/.234 .253

OPS .738 .931 .572 .803 .591 .601 .609 .769 .757

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 235/.669 51/.847 32/.262 213/.752 74/.585 70/.552 32/.674 30/.456 .743

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 197/.817 54/1.012 34/.882 165/.863 65/.593 65/.652 53/.569 41/.999 .768

Road 203/.695 52/1.040 33/.316 181/.755 61/.683 44/.530 36/.821 34/.825

Last 28d days 108/.537 10/.700 34/.885 122/.905 45/.253 31/.262 45/.648 28/.940

HR/SB/CS 14/13/8 5/3/2 0/0/0 11/14/5 5/1/1 5/1/0 2/0/1 4/3/0 105/75/35

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