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Game Preview: LAA @ MIN, 7:10pm, Saturday, August 1, 2009 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Angels, 61-40, 1st, 3 up

SP: Joe Saunders (28, LHP, 8-6, 5.02)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (8-6)			129.0	140	76	72	49	70	22	5.02
2008 (17-7)			198.0	187	82	75	53	103	21	3.41
2007 (8-5)			107.1	129	56	53	34	69	11	4.44

Last 7 GS		1-2	36.2	51	35	33	21	19	9	8.10	34
2009-07-27	CLE	ND	5.0	10	4	4	2	2	0	79	31
2009-07-22	@KCR	ND	5.2	9	6	6	2	2	0	109	27
2009-07-17	@OAK	L	6.0	6	5	4	6	2	1	95	38
2009-07-10	NYY	ND	5.0	9	5	5	2	3	1	106	30
2009-07-05	BAL	ND	5.1	7	6	5	3	2	2	111	31
2009-06-30	@TEX	L	3.2	6	8	8	5	2	4	100	14
2009-06-24	COL	W	6.0	4	1	1	1	6	1	103	65

Last 5 v.MIN		2-1	20.1	19	8	8	2	9	1	3.54	55
2008-08-22	MIN	L	5.1	9	6	6	0	0	1	88	26
2008-04-02	@MIN	W	8.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	78	77
2007-07-22	@MIN	W	7.0	6	2	2	1	5	0	103	61

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

 Home:   32-20   Road:   29-20   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  39-30   vsLHP:  22-10   1-Run:  19-9 
 vsEast: 17-9    vsCntrl:16-10   vsWest: 14-17 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Fri, Jul 31  @MIN  W  11-5 (11)  61-40  1st  3.0 up
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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:22-8

Twins, 52-51, 3rd, 2 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Anthony Swarzak (23, RHP, 3-3, 3.74)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. ANA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-3)			45.2	43	19	19	17	26	4	3.74

Last 7 GS		2-3	38.2	38	19	19	15	23	4	4.42	49
2009-07-26	@LAA	W	6.2	4	1	1	3	4	1	122	63
2009-07-21	@OAK	ND	7.0	4	2	2	3	4	0	107	62
2009-07-08	NYY	L	4.1	8	4	4	1	0	0	91	30
2009-06-13	@CHC	W	7.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	100	74
2009-06-08	@OAK	ND	3.2	4	3	3	3	3	0	81	41
2009-06-03	CLE	L	4.0	9	6	6	0	3	1	83	23
2009-05-28	BOS	L	6.0	5	3	3	4	3	2	103	49

Has never faced ANA.

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

 Home:   31-21   Road:   21-30   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  35-32   vsLHP:  17-19   1-Run:  13-15
 vsEast:  6-19   vsCntrl:20-12   vsWest: 14-14 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
103 Fri, Jul 31   LAA  L   5-11(11)  52-51  3rd  2.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   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 - Tied 4-4; 2008 - LAA won 5-3; 2007 - LAA won 6-3; All-Time - LAA leads 337-315

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

LAA 5.55

CHW 4.50

SDP 3.69

RA/G

SFG 3.67

FLA 4.63

WSN 5.47

I. Suzuki .364

M. Cabrera .290

R. Cedeno .167

OBP

M. Ramirez .444

C. Blake .362

R. Cedeno .213

SLG

A. Pujols .678

C. Blake .472

A. Casilla .211

OPS

A. Pujols 1.121

V. Martinez .832

A. Casilla .474

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.08

A. Cook 3.87

J. Geer 5.96

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 11.08

C. Sabathia 6.63

J. Lannan 3.65

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Angels Batters (5.60 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

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

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 3/1.167 5/.200 13/1.115 5/1.267 2/1.000 ··· 7/.286 1/no AB 3/1.334 2/1.000 10/.500 12/1.467 413/295 .317/.414/.446/.860 .874/.853 .855 101/.942 22/5 8/5

2.Aybar# G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.971 11/.400 2/1.500 3/.666 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/1.167 2/.000 3/.000 6/1.100 319/217 .318/.357/.433/.789 .762/.804 .810 76/1.153 8/3 3/5

9.Figgins# G/S/vP 4/.500 21/.850 13/1.448 8/1.125 18/.801 ··· 7/1.071 5/.800 7/.000 1/no AB 6/.167 8/.393 455/320 .308/.392/.414/.806 .625/.882 .841 103/.829 31/11 3/11

13.Izturis# G/S/vP 3/.000 8/1.625 5/.600 5/.650 8/.875 ··· 6/.334 2/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 268/225 .299/.346/.423/.769 1.063/.732 .742 71/.759 9/2 4/3

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

5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 3/1.000 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 35/.673 2/1 4/2

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

19.Morales# G/S/vP 3/1.666 9/.000 5/1.000 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 4/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 4/.500 381/303 .294/.346/.563/.909 .661/.976 .860 82/1.059 1/3 20/6

44.Napoli G/S/vP 3/.000 6/.000 7/.629 3/2.333 4/.833 2/.000 3/1.000 4/.250 3/1.666 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 297/216 .278/.364/.510/.873 1.192/.756 .870 84/.866 2/3 16/4

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 ··· 3/1.666 6/.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 49/.901 0/0 17/1

77.Willits# G/S/vP 3/1.000 7/1.314 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.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 45.2 120.1 138.2 23.0 61.0 23.0 51.2 19.2 113.1 35.1 41.2 91.1 TOTAL .286/.351/.445/.795 .784/.799 .774 .868 106/36 106/58

ERA-K/9

3.74/5.1

4.86/7.6

3.83/3.8

7.83/7.0

3.98/5.9

5.09/4.3

2.09/5.7

4.58/5.0

5.56/8.1

2.29/7.1

1.51/11.2

5.42/4.2

4.48/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

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

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

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

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

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

Last 28d days 75/.648 124/.717 111/.866 21/.739 56/.949 74/.783 45/.276 54/.736 101/.872 42/.681 33/.409 86/.940

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

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

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

PA/OPS 51.Saunders*
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 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB 32.Palmer
G/S/vB 54.Santana
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 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 142/125 .229/.352/.314/.666 .710/.660 .692 29/.760 0/0 2/0

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

24.Crede G/S/vP 5/.900 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 25/.640 ··· 5/.200 ··· 14/.929 5/.450 7/.453 299/213 .236/.298/.446/.744 .637/.788 .756 45/.743 0/0 14/3

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 18/1.264 3/.666 4/.250 2/.000 5/.400 5/.400 12/.166 404/296 .267/.344/.501/.845 .957/.805 .965 92/.758 4/1 17/4

22.Gomez G/S/vP 5/1.400 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 3/1.334 7/1.142 3/2.000 ··· 8/.250 1/.000 7/.929 241/157 .235/.295/.350/.646 .654/.641 .584 50/.796 9/5 2/0

23.Harris G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/no AB 1/2.000 6/.334 4/.500 5/.400 2/.000 5/.000 4/.250 6/.833 331/215 .264/.305/.371/.676 .755/.634 .828 67/.551 0/1 5/7

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/2.667 1/.000 2/1.500 17/.568 6/.500 6/.900 3/2.667 11/.364 1/5.000 9/1.194 350/260 .307/.377/.553/.930 .533/1.071 .945 75/1.046 1/1 18/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 6/.167 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 21/1.226 4/1.000 4/.000 3/.666 15/1.333 4/.500 13/1.045 336/213 .354/.426/.588/1.013 .855/1.106 1.123 88/.726 1/1 18/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 9/.222 2/.500 2/.000 2/2.000 32/.648 8/1.125 7/.286 3/.333 16/1.500 4/.500 15/.498 446/282 .309/.395/.584/.978 .967/.984 1.010 91/1.030 0/0 26/1

8.Punto# G/S/vP 9/.666 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 21/.476 5/.400 6/.000 ··· 11/1.000 4/1.000 8/.250 266/192 .208/.318/.250/.568 .619/.540 .542 72/.631 8/2 1/7

55.Redmond G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 8/.500 ··· 6/.533 2/1.000 6/.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 3/1.334 1/no AB ··· ··· 8/.453 8/1.750 2/.000 3/.000 7/.572 2/1.000 4/.500 400/281 .287/.374/.384/.758 .948/.681 .882 94/.725 16/6 6/4

21.Young G/S/vP 6/1.333 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 12/.500 5/.650 6/.666 ··· 10/.600 4/.000 3/.666 220/142 .264/.291/.346/.637 .669/.619 .575 28/.632 2/2 3/2

IP 129.0 47.1 35.2 25.0 96.2 45.0 45.2 85.2 64.0 38.1 136.0 TOTAL .266/.341/.421/.761 .765/.760 .797 .751 53/19 112/49

ERA-K/9

5.02/4.9

3.80/8.8

4.29/9.3

6.48/7.2

4.00/7.3

5.40/3.0

2.56/6.5

4.52/5.3

7.31/7.2

4.70/8.7

3.71/7.6

4.75/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

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

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

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

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

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

Last 28d days 134/.960 47/.642 33/.899 39/.525 145/.575 30/.938 41/.522 64/.676 92/.866 39/.841 129/.853

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

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