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Game Preview: KCR @ MIN, 8:10pm, Tuesday, August 11, 2009 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Royals, 43-68, 5th, 16 GB, 20 GB in WC

SP: Kyle Davies (25, RHP, 3-8, 6.37)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-8)			83.1	89	63	59	42	56	14	6.37
2008 (9-7)			113.0	121	57	51	43	71	10	4.06
2007 (7-15)			136.0	155	102	92	70	99	22	6.09

Last 7 GS		1-6	36.2	44	37	33	21	23	8	8.10	36
2009-08-05	SEA	L	3.2	8	8	8	1	2	0	88	14
2009-06-19	STL	L	2.2	9	8	7	2	2	3	58	10
2009-06-13	CIN	W	5.0	2	3	3	5	1	0	100	47
2009-06-07	@TOR	L	8.0	9	4	4	3	3	2	126	48
2009-06-02	@TBR	L	5.2	3	4	4	6	7	1	114	48
2009-05-27	DET	L	5.2	10	8	5	2	1	2	91	22
2009-05-22	@STL	L	6.0	3	2	2	2	7	0	105	63

Last 5 v.MIN		2-3	24.0	23	15	12	12	22	1	4.50	48
2008-09-26	@MIN	W	6.0	4	1	1	2	8	0	101	66
2008-09-10	@MIN	L	5.2	8	4	4	1	3	0	105	39
2008-08-08	MIN	L	2.1	3	3	3	5	2	0	69	36
2007-09-11	MIN	L	5.0	4	4	2	3	4	0	98	48
2007-08-31	@MIN	W	5.0	4	3	2	1	5	1	91	53

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

 Home:   25-36   Road:   18-32   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  28-41   vsLHP:  15-27   1-Run:   9-16
 vsEast: 11-21   vsCntrl:17-22   vsWest:  7-15 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
111 Sun, Aug  9   OAK  L   3-6       43-68  5th 16.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  8   OAK  W  12-6       43-67  5th 15.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  7   OAK  L   4-9       42-67  5th 16.5 gb
108 Thu, Aug  6   SEA  W   8-2       42-66  5th 15.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  5   SEA  L   6-11      41-66  5th 15.5 gb
106 Tue, Aug  4   SEA  L   6-7       41-65  5th 14.5 gb
105 Mon, Aug  3  @TBR  L   4-10      41-64  5th 14.5 gb
104 Sun, Aug  2  @TBR  W   4-1       41-63  5th 13.5 gb
103 Sat, Aug  1  @TBR  L   1-7       40-63  5th 14.5 gb
102 Fri, Jul 31  @TBR  L   2-8       40-62  5th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 8-22

Twins, 54-57, 3rd, 5 GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (27, RHP, 8-6, 3.79)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (8-6)			145.0	167	69	61	32	60	14	3.79
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		2-3	43.2	64	28	26	6	19	7	5.36	41
2009-08-06	@CLE	L	6.1	7	2	2	2	2	0	102	51
2009-07-31	LAA	ND	6.2	12	4	4	0	4	1	106	38
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

Last 5 v.KCR		1-1	21.1	23	7	6	2	11	3	2.53	56
2009-06-29	@KCR	L	6.0	10	3	2	1	4	2	103	45
2008-09-09	KCR	W	7.0	5	2	2	1	3	1	97	61
2008-05-27	@KCR	ND	8.1	8	2	2	0	4	0	92	63

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

 Home:   31-23   Road:   23-34   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  36-35   vsLHP:  18-22   1-Run:  13-17
 vsEast:  6-19   vsCntrl:22-16   vsWest: 14-16 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
111 Sun, Aug  9  @DET  L   7-8       54-57  3rd  5.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  8  @DET  W  11-0       54-56  3rd  4.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  7  @DET  L   8-10      53-56  3rd  5.5 gb
108 Thu, Aug  6  @CLE  L   1-2       53-55  3rd  4.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  5  @CLE  L   1-8       53-54  3rd  3.5 gb
106 Tue, Aug  4  @CLE  W  10-1       53-53  3rd  2.5 gb
105 Sun, Aug  2   LAA  L   4-13      52-53  3rd  3.0 gb
104 Sat, Aug  1   LAA  L   6-11      52-52  3rd  3.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 01, 2009 MIN  5 @KCR  1        W:Glen Perkins (4-4), L: Gil Meche (4-8), S: Joe Nathan (21)
Tue, Jun 30, 2009 MIN  2 @KCR  1        W:Scott Baker (6-6), L: Brian Bannister (5-6), S: Joe Nathan (20)
Mon, Jun 29, 2009 KCR  4  MIN  2        W:Luke Hochevar (3-3), L: Nick Blackburn (6-4), S: Joakim Soria (10)
Sun, May 03, 2009 KCR  7 @MIN  5        W:Gil Meche (2-2), L: Scott Baker (0-4), S: Joakim Soria (6)
Sat, May 02, 2009 KCR 10 @MIN  7 (11)   W:Joakim Soria (1-0), L: Craig Breslow (0-1), S: none
Fri, May 01, 2009 MIN  7  KCR  5        W:Kevin Slowey (4-0), L: Sidney Ponson (0-4), S: Joe Nathan (4)

Sun, Sep 28, 2008 MIN  6  KCR  0        W:Scott Baker (11-4), L: Brandon Duckworth (3-3), S: none
Sat, Sep 27, 2008 KCR  4 @MIN  2        W:Gil Meche (14-11), L: Matt Guerrier (6-9), S: Joakim Soria (42)
Fri, Sep 26, 2008 KCR  8 @MIN  1        W:Kyle Davies (9-7), L: Francisco Liriano (6-4), S: none
Thu, Sep 11, 2008 KCR  3 @MIN  2 (10)   W:Ramon Ramirez (3-2), L: Matt Guerrier (6-8), S: Joakim Soria (36)
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 3-3; 2008 - MIN won 12-6; 2007 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - MIN leads 318-292

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 5.63

WSN 4.62

SDP 3.73

RA/G

SFG 3.69

PHI 4.63

WSN 5.42

J. Mauer .365

R. Davis .293

A. Casilla .176

OBP

A. Pujols .447

H. Matsui .364

R. Cedeno .232

SLG

A. Pujols .684

G. Sheffield .478

A. Casilla .224

OPS

A. Pujols 1.131

M. Scutaro .841

A. Casilla .492

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.20

J. Lackey 3.88

T. Wellemeyer 5.67

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.89

J. Happ 6.73

N. Blackburn 3.72

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Royals Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.86 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 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 48.Pavano
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

1.Anderson* G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 189/163 .240/.277/.307/.584 .478/.600 .560 25/.414 14/3 0/2

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 8/.393 18/.500 8/1.250 ··· 10/.944 2/.000 14/.142 ··· 10/.800 ··· 12/.819 ··· 331/245 .236/.262/.328/.590 .677/.559 .533 86/.535 3/2 3/10

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 4/.000 6/.334 2/.500 ··· 6/1.100 1/.000 5/.250 1/no AB 3/.666 3/.666 10/1.100 ··· 329/194 .257/.304/.350/.654 .669/.641 .785 90/.495 18/3 3/7

14.Buck G/S/vP 4/.000 18/.528 8/.393 ··· 15/.696 ··· 4/.250 2/.000 7/.619 5/1.000 8/1.000 ··· 131/96 .222/.292/.427/.720 .754/.707 .514 28/.730 0/0 4/5

16.Butler G/S/vP 7/.572 19/.106 4/1.000 ··· 6/1.334 1/.000 12/1.017 2/.000 4/.500 9/1.111 8/1.125 ··· 450/297 .302/.358/.485/.843 1.027/.753 .682 103/1.035 0/0 13/6

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 6/1.166 7/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 1/no AB 6/.533 2/1.000 5/.000 8/1.875 9/.777 ··· 425/286 .304/.353/.450/.803 .951/.728 .698 98/.792 1/1 7/15

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 12/.955 17/.669 9/.944 ··· 16/.884 1/.000 7/.453 2/.000 16/.321 12/.750 9/.666 ··· 456/292 .261/.328/.409/.737 .584/.826 .660 98/.768 3/7 8/0

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 5/.650 18/.528 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 8/1.625 ··· 6/1.167 3/.000 5/1.600 ··· 89/56 .211/.326/.289/.615 .741/.546 .579 63/.658 4/0 2/4

17.Jacobs* G/S/vP 3/.333 5/1.200 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.833 ··· ··· 327/237 .231/.306/.431/.736 .547/.809 .663 43/.925 0/0 15/2

35.Maier* G/S/vP 3/1.000 10/.600 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.650 ··· 184/138 .236/.315/.335/.650 .836/.589 .524 29/.928 6/1 0/0

21.Olivo G/S/vP 10/1.600 2/1.000 5/.400 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 11/1.355 1/.000 5/.000 10/.500 3/2.000 ··· 292/176 .240/.271/.466/.737 .680/.776 .772 59/.714 3/1 15/6

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 95/59 .314/.351/.465/.816 .991/.712 .802 40/.813 0/0 2/0

24.Teahen* G/S/vP 10/.700 28/.764 8/.000 ··· 10/.900 1/3.000 13/.616 3/.666 12/.705 12/.533 6/.334 ··· 428/266 .282/.339/.425/.764 .735/.782 .713 88/.633 6/0 9/8

IP 145.0 131.2 26.1 30.2 55.1 27.0 118.1 38.1 42.2 132.2 96.1 49.2 TOTAL .255/.314/.398/.712 .721/.707 .659 .723 57/17 92/89

ERA-K/9

3.79/3.7

4.85/7.4

6.84/7.2

4.40/5.3

2.28/6.0

4.67/4.3

5.63/8.1

2.58/7.8

1.69/11.4

5.09/6.3

5.89/4.2

5.44/5.1

4.66/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 620/.287 546/.256 124/.308 130/.219 211/.186 123/.291 525/.278 163/.221 162/.167 561/.295 423/.304 222/.297 .273

OPS .754 .735 .873 .653 .540 .842 .825 .673 .484 .796 .802 .803 .767

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 343/.818 273/.640 49/1.306 42/.449 83/.388 63/.832 121/.674 67/.446 80/.573 287/.722 97/.873 119/.863 .772

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 277/.675 273/.829 75/.596 88/.754 128/.635 60/.853 404/.871 96/.836 82/.400 274/.872 326/.781 103/.736 .764

Home 269/.669 270/.709 59/.894 70/.652 103/.620 48/.974 203/.817 81/.662 82/.301 241/.781 274/.744 113/.885

Last 28d days 102/1.021 126/.662 38/.812 81/.593 52/.430 72/1.020 75/.937 40/.741 36/.618 107/.861 93/1.050 81/.916

HR/SB/CS 14/8/2 22/6/2 3/1/1 4/0/1 6/2/1 3/0/1 18/12/9 5/5/0 2/3/0 19/20/6 13/7/0 6/1/1 130/67/26

Usage ····X··· ·X····X· ···X··o· ···X···· ·X··oX·· ·X···XX· ·····X·· ··o··o·· ···X···· ··X····· ··X····· ···X····

Twins Batters (4.95 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Davies
G/S/vB 49.Bale*
G/S/vB 19.Bannister
G/S/vB 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 56.Colon
G/S/vB 23.Greinke
G/S/vB 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 51.Tejeda
G/S/vB 45.Waechter
G/S/vB 34.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 12/.872 ··· 15/.619 18/.653 1/no AB 19/.579 12/.500 4/.500 4/.000 16/.544 12/.447 24/.250 486/342 .287/.323/.384/.707 .658/.727 .748 107/.935 11/4 5/15

25.Casilla# G/S/vP 13/.558 6/.334 15/.864 ··· ··· 12/.450 3/1.667 3/2.000 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 188/126 .176/.267/.224/.492 .461/.512 .442 67/.536 7/0 0/5

24.Crede G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 13/.385 6/1.166 3/.666 29/.985 3/4.000 5/.450 3/.333 6/.000 2/.000 5/1.350 322/226 .231/.289/.432/.721 .567/.786 .740 43/.542 0/0 14/4

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 10/.543 6/.900 15/1.015 6/.666 2/2.000 14/.786 6/.833 8/.700 6/.000 4/.250 3/.000 2/.000 432/318 .277/.350/.518/.868 .998/.821 .961 87/.894 5/1 19/5

22.Gomez G/S/vP 5/.400 5/2.200 12/.349 ··· ··· 6/.533 3/1.667 6/.334 2/.000 5/.200 ··· 1/no AB 265/171 .238/.295/.371/.666 .683/.657 .584 60/.725 10/5 3/1

23.Harris G/S/vP 2/.500 1/2.000 12/.523 ··· ··· 3/1.000 6/.000 4/.000 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· 4/.833 342/225 .261/.301/.365/.666 .748/.623 .815 46/.396 0/1 5/7

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 15/1.236 6/.750 17/.352 ··· ··· 12/.962 6/.533 5/.000 5/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 383/286 .304/.376/.547/.923 .590/1.040 .921 84/.955 1/1 19/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 16/.688 9/.873 18/.771 5/.000 3/1.334 25/.507 6/.833 13/.398 6/1.000 3/.333 5/.650 2/.000 378/240 .365/.434/.611/1.045 .832/1.168 1.123 96/.975 1/1 20/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 18/.289 10/.756 25/1.213 4/1.250 2/1.000 24/.417 6/.333 11/.909 10/.200 4/1.250 3/3.000 2/.500 488/309 .302/.385/.570/.955 .935/.967 1.010 101/.918 0/0 28/2

8.Punto# G/S/vP 9/.583 2/.500 10/.744 3/1.334 4/.500 17/.567 3/.000 5/1.600 4/.000 5/.200 3/.333 3/.666 295/209 .207/.310/.252/.562 .573/.549 .568 72/.615 8/2 1/7

55.Redmond G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.666 6/.334 2/.000 1/2.000 5/1.200 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 5/1.400 120/78 .264/.325/.309/.634 .963/.463 .612 22/.838 0/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 8/.750 2/1.000 13/.802 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.333 1/2.000 5/.200 4/.833 ··· 1/2.000 444/309 .297/.381/.389/.770 .891/.719 .872 101/.773 17/7 6/4

21.Young G/S/vP 7/.971 4/.000 13/.462 1/5.000 ··· 8/1.300 3/.666 4/1.000 5/.400 4/.000 ··· 7/.762 245/157 .262/.286/.348/.633 .719/.584 .549 43/.622 2/3 4/2

IP 83.1 22.2 127.0 44.1 28.2 159.1 88.2 37.0 32.2 34.1 5.0 53.2 TOTAL .270/.341/.427/.768 .771/.767 .795 .777 56/21 123/57

ERA-K/9

6.37/6.1

6.75/7.9

3.97/5.7

5.28/6.5

5.97/5.3

2.43/9.4

5.38/6.7

4.14/8.3

2.48/11.3

4.98/11.5

3.60/5.4

5.03/6.4

4.70/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 368/.283 111/.293 544/.258 194/.299 131/.291 646/.250 383/.266 177/.305 135/.210 156/.216 22/.286 240/.275 .270

OPS .827 .875 .684 .868 .845 .648 .798 .894 .616 .633 .937 .792 .762

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 154/.762 50/.698 291/.693 52/.634 52/.995 308/.685 177/.747 75/.757 67/.544 82/.794 14/.599 105/.646 .730

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 214/.872 61/1.033 253/.674 142/.959 79/.748 338/.613 206/.841 102/1.002 68/.689 74/.470 8/1.500 135/.903 .790

Road 156/.570 41/.616 255/.687 117/.918 50/1.028 276/.689 149/.880 72/.898 78/.583 48/.556 5/2.000 86/.786

Last 28d days 20/1.082 48/1.037 127/.758 106/.845 62/.985 140/.740 138/.803 41/.963 37/.842 46/.477 4/.750 53/.777

HR/SB/CS 14/16/3 3/4/0 11/12/1 8/4/4 5/4/0 7/4/6 14/10/3 6/0/0 4/0/0 1/6/2 2/0/0 8/5/1 111/82/26

Usage ·····X·· ·X·X··o· ···X···· ····X··· ·o···X·o ··X····X ·X····X· ·····Xoo ··X····· ···X··XX ····o··· ··o·o·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.