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Game Preview: LAA @ MIN, 8:10pm, Friday, July 31, 2009 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Angels, 60-40, 1st, 3 up

SP: Ervin Santana (26, RHP, 3-6, 7.29)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-6)			58.0	77	49	47	22	45	11	7.29
2008 (16-7)			219.0	198	89	85	47	214	23	3.49
2007 (7-14)			150.0	174	103	96	58	126	26	5.76

Last 7 GS		3-4	40.0	46	30	28	13	34	8	6.30	44
2009-07-26	MIN	L	3.2	6	6	6	2	4	1	85	27
2009-07-21	@KCR	W	6.0	8	5	5	1	7	1	84	42
2009-07-16	@OAK	W	8.0	3	1	1	2	4	1	101	74
2009-07-08	TEX	L	4.0	7	5	5	1	4	3	79	31
2009-07-03	BAL	L	5.0	8	6	4	3	5	1	99	33
2009-06-11	@TBR	L	4.2	8	6	6	2	3	1	96	25
2009-06-05	@DET	W	8.2	6	1	1	2	7	0	109	73

Last 5 v.MIN		1-2	29.1	35	22	17	7	25	2	5.22	45
2009-07-26	MIN	L	3.2	6	6	6	2	4	1	85	27
2008-08-24	MIN	ND	7.0	9	3	3	0	10	1	105	57
2008-04-03	@MIN	W	6.0	4	2	2	2	3	0	102	57
2006-05-31	MIN	L	7.0	9	4	3	0	3	0	89	48
2006-04-19	@MIN	ND	5.2	7	7	3	3	5	0	99	37

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

 Home:   32-20   Road:   28-20   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  38-30   vsLHP:  22-10   1-Run:  19-9 
 vsEast: 17-9    vsCntrl:15-10   vsWest: 14-17 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Wed, Jul 29   CLE  W   9-3       60-40  1st  3.5 up
 99 Tue, Jul 28   CLE  W   7-6       59-40  1st  2.5 up
 98 Mon, Jul 27   CLE  L   6-8       58-40  1st  2.5 up
 97 Sun, Jul 26   MIN  L   1-10      58-39  1st  3.5 up
 96 Sat, Jul 25   MIN  W  11-5       58-38  1st  4.5 up
 95 Fri, Jul 24   MIN  W   6-3       57-38  1st  3.5 up
 94 Thu, Jul 23   MIN  W   6-5 (10)  56-38  1st  3.5 up
 93 Wed, Jul 22  @KCR  W   9-6       55-38  1st  3.0 up
 92 Tue, Jul 21  @KCR  W  10-2       54-38  1st  3.0 up
 91 Tue, Jul 21  @KCR  W   8-5       53-38  1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:22-8

Twins, 52-50, 2nd, 2 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (27, RHP, 8-5, 3.75)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (8-5)			132.0	148	63	55	30	54	13	3.75
2008 (11-11)			193.1	224	102	87	39	96	23	4.05
2007 (0-2)			11.2	19	12	10	2	8	2	7.71

Last 7 GS		3-3	47.2	62	27	24	6	17	6	4.53	45
2009-07-25	@LAA	L	3.2	6	6	6	1	0	1	70	24
2009-07-20	@OAK	ND	5.0	13	7	7	0	0	2	92	13
2009-07-10	CHW	W	7.0	9	4	4	1	3	0	99	45
2009-07-05	DET	W	9.0	7	2	1	1	6	1	109	72
2009-06-29	@KCR	L	6.0	10	3	2	1	4	2	103	45
2009-06-24	@MIL	L	8.0	11	4	3	1	2	0	97	47
2009-06-18	PIT	W	9.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	107	72

Has never faced ANA.

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

 Home:   31-20   Road:   21-30   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  35-31   vsLHP:  17-19   1-Run:  13-15
 vsEast:  6-19   vsCntrl:20-12   vsWest: 14-13 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
100 Mon, Jul 27   CHW  W   4-3       50-50  3rd  3.0 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 26  @LAA  W  10-1       49-50  3rd  4.0 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 25  @LAA  L   5-11      48-50  3rd  5.0 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 24  @LAA  L   3-6       48-49  3rd  4.0 gb
 96 Thu, Jul 23  @LAA  L   5-6 (10)  48-48  3rd  2.5 gb
 95 Wed, Jul 22  @OAK  L   1-16      48-47  3rd  2.5 gb
 94 Tue, Jul 21  @OAK  W   3-2 (10)  48-46  3rd  2.5 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 20  @OAK  L  13-14      47-46  3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 26, 2009 MIN 10 @LAA  1        W:Anthony Swarzak (3-3), L: Ervin Santana (3-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 25, 2009 LAA 11  MIN  5        W:Matt Palmer (8-1), L: Nick Blackburn (8-5), S: none
Fri, Jul 24, 2009 LAA  6  MIN  3        W:John Lackey (6-4), L: Francisco Liriano (4-10), S: none
Thu, Jul 23, 2009 LAA  6  MIN  5 (10)   W:Brian Fuentes (1-2), L: Jesse Crain (2-4), S: none
Sun, Apr 19, 2009 MIN  3  LAA  1        W:Glen Perkins (1-1), L: Shane Loux (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (3)
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 MIN  9  LAA  2        W:Kevin Slowey (2-0), L: Kevin Jepsen (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 MIN 11  LAA  9        W:Matt Guerrier (1-0), L: Jason Bulger (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (2)

Sun, Aug 24, 2008 LAA  5  MIN  3        W:Jose Arredondo (6-1), L: Jesse Crain (5-3), S: Francisco Rodriguez (50)
Sat, Aug 23, 2008 LAA  7  MIN  5        W:Darren Oliver (5-1), L: Nick Blackburn (9-8), S: Francisco Rodriguez (49)
Fri, Aug 22, 2008 MIN  9 @LAA  0        W:Glen Perkins (11-3), L: Joe Saunders (14-6), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - MIN leads 4-3; 2008 - LAA won 5-3; 2007 - LAA won 6-3; All-Time - LAA leads 336-315

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 5.56

CHW 4.51

SDP 3.66

RA/G

SFG 3.68

NYM 4.60

WSN 5.46

I. Suzuki .368

O. Hudson .290

R. Cedeno .167

OBP

M. Ramirez .455

W. Aybar .362

R. Cedeno .213

SLG

A. Pujols .680

Y. Escobar .471

A. Casilla .211

OPS

A. Pujols 1.123

V. Martinez .832

A. Casilla .474

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.08

C. Sabathia 3.83

J. Geer 5.96

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 11.08

C. Sabathia 6.63

J. Lannan 3.65

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Angels Batters (5.55 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB 30.Baker
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 39.Dickey
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 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 13/1.115 5/.200 5/1.267 2/1.000 ··· 7/.286 1/no AB 3/1.334 2/1.000 10/.500 12/1.467 3/1.167 413/295 .317/.414/.446/.860 .874/.853 .855 105/.918 22/5 7/5

2.Aybar# G/S/vP 11/.400 7/.971 2/1.500 3/.666 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/1.167 2/.000 3/.000 6/1.100 3/.000 319/217 .318/.357/.433/.789 .762/.804 .810 79/1.108 8/3 3/5

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 13/1.448 21/.850 8/1.125 18/.801 ··· 7/1.071 5/.800 7/.000 1/no AB 6/.167 8/.393 4/.500 455/320 .308/.392/.414/.806 .625/.882 .841 107/.809 31/11 3/11

13.Izturis# G/S/vP 5/.600 8/1.625 5/.650 8/.875 ··· 6/.334 2/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 268/225 .299/.346/.423/.769 1.063/.732 .742 75/.815 9/2 4/3

47.Kendrick G/S/vP 12/1.045 6/.334 2/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 4/1.417 1/2.000 3/1.667 ··· 4/.500 6/.000 3/.000 267/182 .267/.317/.401/.718 .781/.686 .656 66/.965 8/3 6/4

5.Mathis G/S/vP 3/1.000 4/.250 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 6/.000 ··· 173/131 .193/.298/.297/.594 .498/.623 .407 39/.652 2/1 4/2

24.Matthews# G/S/vP 5/.650 12/1.200 7/.857 5/.800 2/.000 5/.400 5/.400 7/.953 1/.000 6/1.467 3/.000 3/.666 237/175 .235/.304/.324/.628 .552/.654 .611 79/.646 3/0 2/2

19.Morales# G/S/vP 5/1.000 9/.000 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 4/.500 3/1.666 381/303 .294/.346/.563/.909 .661/.976 .860 86/1.090 1/3 20/6

44.Napoli G/S/vP 7/.629 6/.000 3/2.333 4/.833 2/.000 3/1.000 4/.250 3/1.666 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 297/216 .278/.364/.510/.873 1.192/.756 .870 85/.855 2/3 15/4

39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 4/1.833 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 85/29 .247/.282/.370/.653 .638/.681 .594 22/1.059 1/1 2/0

20.Rivera G/S/vP 6/.666 3/1.666 4/2.500 6/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· 4/.250 4/.500 ··· 336/254 .310/.351/.524/.875 1.090/.808 .867 53/.928 0/0 17/1

77.Willits# G/S/vP 1/.000 7/1.314 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/1.000 60/46 .214/.224/.232/.456 .297/.506 .541 50/.459 4/0 0/0

3.Wood G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/11 .154/.241/.269/.511 .652/.200 .397 20/.393 0/0 1/0

IP 132.0 120.1 23.0 60.0 23.0 49.2 19.2 113.1 35.0 40.2 91.1 45.2 TOTAL .286/.351/.445/.795 .784/.799 .774 .861 106/36 106/58

ERA-K/9

3.75/3.7

4.86/7.6

6.65/7.0

4.05/5.7

5.09/4.3

1.99/5.4

3.20/5.0

5.56/8.1

2.31/7.2

1.55/10.8

5.42/4.2

3.74/5.1

4.48/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 563/.280 498/.255 107/.300 269/.285 98/.247 189/.183 86/.225 499/.273 150/.225 153/.162 393/.290 194/.247 .267

OPS .743 .735 .868 .802 .742 .521 .693 .824 .672 .457 .768 .678 .754

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 301/.819 248/.664 39/1.319 118/.673 32/.429 69/.398 44/.650 115/.656 64/.449 76/.530 93/.851 102/.698 .757

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 262/.656 250/.804 68/.623 151/.900 66/.896 120/.592 42/.739 384/.874 86/.844 77/.387 300/.743 92/.656 .752

Home 238/.631 270/.709 52/.829 137/.832 57/.738 96/.613 32/.708 203/.817 74/.601 79/.313 249/.683 96/.819

Last 28d days 111/.866 124/.717 21/.739 73/1.005 87/.737 52/.277 60/.736 101/.872 49/.575 37/.395 86/.940 75/.648

HR/SB/CS 13/7/2 20/5/2 3/1/1 7/4/1 4/0/1 5/2/1 1/0/1 18/12/8 4/5/0 2/3/0 11/7/0 4/1/1 118/64/25

Usage ·····X·· ··X····X ·X··o·Xo ·····X·· ·X···XX· ·o·oo··o ··X··X·o ······X· ··X··X·X ·Xoo···X ···X···· ····X···

Twins Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Santana
G/S/vB 52.Bulger
G/S/vB 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB 65.Jepsen
G/S/vB 41.Lackey
G/S/vB 68.Loux
G/S/vB 60.Mosebach
G/S/vB 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB 32.Palmer
G/S/vB 51.Saunders*
G/S/vB 33.Speier
G/S/vB 36.Weaver
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Buscher* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 3/1.334 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 142/125 .229/.352/.314/.666 .710/.660 .692 30/.733 0/0 2/0

25.Casilla# G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 ··· ··· 11/.182 7/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 7/.900 172/113 .171/.263/.211/.474 .368/.531 .463 51/.484 7/0 0/5

24.Crede G/S/vP 14/.929 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 25/.640 ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· 5/.900 5/.450 7/.453 299/213 .236/.298/.446/.744 .637/.788 .756 53/.726 0/0 14/3

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 18/1.264 3/.666 1/.000 4/.250 2/.000 3/.666 5/.400 12/.166 404/296 .267/.344/.501/.845 .957/.805 .965 100/.767 4/1 17/4

22.Gomez G/S/vP 8/.250 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 3/1.334 7/1.142 1/no AB 3/2.000 ··· 5/1.400 1/.000 7/.929 241/157 .235/.295/.350/.646 .654/.641 .584 54/.731 9/5 2/0

23.Harris G/S/vP 5/.000 2/.000 2/no AB 1/2.000 6/.334 4/.500 ··· 5/.400 2/.000 3/.000 4/.250 6/.833 331/215 .264/.305/.371/.676 .755/.634 .828 75/.546 0/1 5/7

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 11/.364 3/2.667 1/.000 2/1.500 17/.568 6/.500 1/2.000 6/.900 3/2.667 3/.000 1/5.000 9/1.194 350/260 .307/.377/.553/.930 .533/1.071 .945 78/1.001 1/1 18/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 15/1.333 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 21/1.226 4/1.000 2/.000 4/.000 3/.666 6/.167 4/.500 13/1.045 336/213 .354/.426/.588/1.013 .855/1.106 1.123 96/.725 1/1 17/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 16/1.500 2/.500 2/.000 2/2.000 32/.648 8/1.125 1/2.000 7/.286 3/.333 9/.222 4/.500 15/.498 446/282 .309/.395/.584/.978 .967/.984 1.010 99/1.033 0/0 26/1

8.Punto# G/S/vP 11/1.000 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 21/.476 5/.400 1/3.000 6/.000 ··· 9/.666 4/1.000 8/.250 266/192 .208/.318/.250/.568 .619/.540 .542 76/.630 8/2 1/7

55.Redmond G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 8/.500 ··· ··· 6/.533 2/1.000 3/.000 3/.000 6/.167 108/72 .242/.306/.283/.588 .823/.474 .538 17/.665 0/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 7/.572 1/no AB ··· ··· 8/.453 8/1.750 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.000 3/1.334 2/1.000 4/.500 400/281 .287/.374/.384/.758 .948/.681 .882 102/.792 16/6 6/4

21.Young G/S/vP 10/.600 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 12/.500 5/.650 ··· 6/.666 ··· 6/1.333 4/.000 3/.666 220/142 .264/.291/.346/.637 .669/.619 .575 35/.843 2/2 3/2

IP 58.0 46.1 35.2 23.0 96.2 45.0 2.1 44.2 85.2 129.0 37.1 136.0 TOTAL .266/.341/.421/.761 .765/.760 .797 .757 53/19 112/49

ERA-K/9

7.29/7.0

3.88/8.7

4.29/9.3

7.04/6.7

4.00/7.3

5.40/3.0

7.71/7.8

2.62/6.6

4.52/5.3

5.02/4.9

4.82/8.9

3.71/7.6

4.75/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 269/.322 186/.214 153/.254 106/.354 413/.260 204/.330 15/.364 182/.255 368/.248 568/.276 168/.262 568/.237 .276

OPS .933 .718 .704 .812 .710 .853 1.079 .693 .714 .806 .725 .699 .779

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 134/.985 90/.854 48/.524 61/.975 235/.805 113/.947 11/1.045 76/.723 202/.790 150/.643 75/.949 312/.819 .827

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 135/.882 96/.590 105/.789 45/.586 178/.573 91/.732 4/1.167 106/.669 166/.625 418/.863 93/.552 256/.556 .735

Road 136/.694 77/.769 72/.480 48/.958 202/.713 137/.704 / 100/.734 142/.822 271/.820 82/.719 236/.820

Last 28d days 119/.908 47/.642 33/.899 44/.520 145/.575 30/.938 15/1.079 41/.522 70/.633 134/.960 39/.841 129/.853

HR/SB/CS 11/7/2 7/1/0 4/0/1 1/1/0 10/7/0 4/6/3 0/0/0 3/4/3 9/9/1 22/14/6 4/3/0 17/12/5 114/81/24

Usage ····X··· ··ooX··X ··Xo···o ···X··X· ·X····X· ·o··XX·· ·o·o·o·o ··X··X·· ···X···· ···o·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.