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Game Preview: KCR @ MIN, 1:10pm, Thursday, August 13, 2009 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Royals, 44-69, 5th, 15 GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: Gil Meche (30, RHP, 4-9, 4.50)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-9)			108.0	113	62	54	49	87	11	4.50
2008 (14-11)			210.1	204	98	93	73	183	19	3.98
2007 (9-13)			216.0	218	98	88	62	156	22	3.67

Last 7 GS		2-4	39.2	39	26	23	22	37	9	5.22	47
2009-07-11	@BOS	L	3.2	6	8	6	3	6	2	87	24
2009-07-06	@DET	ND	5.2	5	2	2	5	5	2	114	51
2009-07-01	MIN	L	6.0	6	3	2	5	5	1	121	50
2009-06-26	@PIT	L	5.0	5	4	4	3	3	2	84	41
2009-06-21	STL	L	3.1	9	9	9	2	1	2	75	5
2009-06-16	ARI	W	9.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	132	84
2009-06-10	@CLE	W	7.0	4	0	0	3	11	0	115	77

Last 5 v.MIN		2-2	30.1	30	18	16	21	27	2	4.75	48
2009-07-01	MIN	L	6.0	6	3	2	5	5	1	121	50
2009-05-03	@MIN	W	6.0	7	4	4	2	3	0	116	43
2008-09-27	@MIN	W	6.0	7	2	1	3	7	0	99	56
2008-08-10	MIN	ND	6.1	5	4	4	7	6	0	117	46
2008-04-11	MIN	L	6.0	5	5	5	4	6	1	107	44

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

 Home:   25-36   Road:   19-33   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  29-41   vsLHP:  15-28   1-Run:   9-16
 vsEast: 11-21   vsCntrl:18-23   vsWest:  7-15 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Wed, Aug 12  @MIN  L   1-7       44-69  5th 15.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug 11  @MIN  W  14-6       44-68  5th 15.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 8-22

Twins, 55-58, 3rd, 4 GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Carl Pavano (33, RHP, 10-8, 5.09)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (10-8)			132.2	155	80	75	23	93	19	5.09
2008 (4-2)			34.1	41	23	22	10	15	5	5.77
2007 (1-0)			11.1	12	7	6	2	4	1	4.76

Last 7 GS		4-2	47.1	48	20	20	5	31	8	3.80	54
2009-08-08	@DET	W	7.0	5	0	0	0	5	0	90	72
2009-08-02	DET	W	8.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	100	69
2009-07-27	@LAA	ND	6.0	10	6	6	0	3	4	102	31
2009-07-22	@TOR	L	4.2	7	7	7	2	4	4	90	24
2009-07-11	@DET	W	8.0	7	2	2	0	6	0	101	66
2009-07-04	OAK	W	6.2	8	2	2	2	3	0	103	51
2009-06-29	CHW	L	7.0	5	2	2	0	6	0	100	65

Last 5 v.KCR		1-3	22.0	34	21	21	2	19	6	8.59	35
2009-06-10	KCR	L	4.2	11	9	9	1	1	3	92	6
2009-05-21	@KCR	W	6.0	6	3	3	1	8	0	101	55
2009-04-14	@KCR	L	6.0	8	4	4	0	8	1	80	48
2005-06-02	@KCR	L	5.1	9	5	5	0	2	2	92	32

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

 Home:   32-24   Road:   23-34   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  37-36   vsLHP:  18-22   1-Run:  13-17
 vsEast:  6-19   vsCntrl:23-17   vsWest: 14-16 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Wed, Aug 12   KCR  W   7-1       55-58  3rd  4.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug 11   KCR  L   6-14      54-58  3rd  5.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 11, 2009 KCR 14 @MIN  6        W:Kyle Davies (4-8), L: Nick Blackburn (8-7), S: none
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
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 4-4; 2008 - MIN won 12-6; 2007 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - MIN leads 319-293

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 5.66

OAK 4.58

SDP 3.82

RA/G

SFG 3.74

NYM 4.62

WSN 5.44

J. Mauer .369

S. Schumaker .292

A. Casilla .172

OBP

A. Pujols .445

H. Matsui .364

J. Gerut .239

SLG

A. Pujols .683

G. Beckham .479

A. Casilla .219

OPS

A. Pujols 1.128

S. Victorino .838

A. Casilla .485

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.20

D. Braden 3.89

T. Wellemeyer 5.67

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.89

B. Tallet 6.67

N. Blackburn 3.68

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Royals Batters (4.06 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Pavano
G/S/vB 30.Baker
G/S/vB 53.Blackburn
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 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 3/.000 ··· 9/.444 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 195/167 .234/.273/.299/.572 .486/.586 .537 31/.369 15/3 0/2

3.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· 18/.500 9/.347 9/1.111 2/2.000 10/.944 3/1.333 14/.142 ··· 10/.800 ··· 336/248 .239/.267/.337/.603 .701/.569 .564 91/.589 3/2 3/10

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

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

16.Butler G/S/vP 9/1.111 19/.106 9/.666 5/.800 1/.000 6/1.334 2/.000 12/1.017 3/.000 4/.500 ··· 456/301 .300/.355/.481/.836 1.013/.749 .671 109/.993 0/0 13/7

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 8/1.875 7/.000 7/1.262 2/1.000 2/.500 6/.666 2/2.000 6/.533 3/.666 5/.000 ··· 431/289 .306/.357/.451/.808 .942/.740 .711 104/.813 1/1 7/15

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 12/.750 17/.669 14/1.071 10/1.000 1/2.000 16/.884 3/.666 7/.453 2/.000 16/.321 ··· 462/297 .266/.335/.412/.747 .593/.835 .683 104/.811 3/7 8/0

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/.000 18/.528 6/1.100 2/.000 2/.000 4/.250 1/3.000 8/1.625 1/.000 6/1.167 ··· 95/59 .220/.326/.317/.643 .672/.627 .644 69/.692 4/0 2/4

17.Jacobs* G/S/vP 6/.833 5/1.200 5/.650 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 333/241 .236/.309/.432/.741 .580/.803 .678 49/.933 0/0 15/2

35.Maier* G/S/vP 2/1.000 10/.600 4/1.250 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 189/142 .244/.323/.341/.664 .850/.604 .562 34/.971 6/1 0/0

21.Olivo G/S/vP 10/.500 2/1.000 11/1.818 6/.533 2/3.500 4/.250 2/.000 11/1.355 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 298/179 .246/.279/.486/.765 .723/.794 .831 65/.849 3/1 16/6

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

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

IP 132.2 131.2 146.2 28.0 32.1 56.1 29.2 125.1 39.2 43.2 49.2 TOTAL .257/.316/.401/.717 .726/.712 .671 .744 58/17 93/90

ERA-K/9

5.09/6.3

4.85/7.4

3.99/3.7

7.07/7.1

5.01/5.6

2.24/6.1

5.16/4.8

5.39/8.2

2.50/7.7

1.65/11.7

5.44/5.1

4.73/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 561/.295 546/.256 633/.292 133/.306 143/.242 211/.186 134/.301 525/.278 169/.221 162/.167 222/.297 .275

OPS .796 .735 .767 .864 .718 .540 .861 .825 .668 .484 .803 .771

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 287/.722 273/.640 352/.831 55/1.261 48/.503 83/.388 71/.845 121/.674 70/.474 80/.573 119/.863 .777

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 274/.872 273/.829 281/.687 78/.589 95/.831 128/.635 63/.881 404/.871 99/.808 82/.400 103/.736 .767

Home 241/.781 270/.709 282/.703 68/.875 83/.766 103/.620 59/.992 203/.817 87/.654 82/.301 113/.885

Last 28d days 107/.861 126/.662 115/1.065 47/.798 94/.699 52/.430 83/1.027 75/.937 46/.715 36/.618 81/.916

HR/SB/CS 19/20/6 22/6/2 14/9/2 3/1/1 5/0/1 6/2/1 3/0/1 18/12/9 5/5/0 2/3/0 6/1/1 131/68/26

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

Twins Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 49.Bale*
G/S/vB 19.Bannister
G/S/vB 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 56.Colon
G/S/vB 28.Davies
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 33/.924 ··· 15/.619 18/.653 1/no AB 15/.829 19/.579 12/.500 5/.400 4/.000 16/.544 13/.441 24/.250 491/346 .286/.322/.383/.705 .653/.725 .741 112/.915 11/4 5/16

25.Casilla# G/S/vP 9/.347 6/.334 15/.864 1/.000 ··· 15/.481 12/.450 3/1.667 4/1.500 3/.333 1/no AB 1/no AB 3/.333 193/129 .172/.266/.219/.485 .445/.509 .428 72/.512 7/0 0/5

24.Crede G/S/vP 18/.445 ··· 13/.385 6/1.166 3/.666 3/1.666 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 15/4

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 16/1.471 6/.900 15/1.015 7/.572 2/2.000 12/.444 14/.786 6/.833 10/.543 6/.000 4/.250 3/.000 2/.000 437/320 .274/.346/.512/.857 .970/.815 .935 92/.844 5/1 19/5

22.Gomez G/S/vP 12/.788 5/2.200 12/.349 ··· ··· 5/.400 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 14/.445 1/2.000 12/.523 1/5.000 ··· 4/.250 3/1.000 6/.000 5/.400 3/.333 2/1.000 1/2.000 4/.833 347/228 .266/.305/.378/.683 .797/.624 .844 51/.535 0/1 6/8

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 24/.541 6/.750 17/.352 1/.000 ··· 18/1.127 12/.962 6/.533 6/.334 5/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 388/289 .305/.376/.545/.921 .599/1.035 .917 89/.945 1/1 19/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 27/.991 9/.873 18/.771 5/.000 3/1.334 19/.895 25/.507 6/.833 14/.368 6/1.000 3/.333 5/.650 2/.000 382/243 .369/.437/.613/1.050 .826/1.179 1.132 100/.997 1/1 20/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 38/.913 10/.756 25/1.213 4/1.250 2/1.000 21/.349 24/.417 6/.333 12/.834 10/.200 4/1.250 3/3.000 2/.500 492/312 .300/.386/.567/.954 .930/.968 1.006 105/.911 0/0 28/2

8.Punto# G/S/vP 27/.588 2/.500 10/.744 4/1.000 4/.500 9/.583 17/.567 3/.000 5/1.600 4/.000 5/.200 3/.333 3/.666 296/209 .206/.309/.251/.560 .566/.549 .564 73/.606 8/2 1/7

55.Redmond G/S/vP 6/.334 3/.666 6/.334 2/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 5/1.200 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB 5/1.400 121/79 .264/.331/.309/.640 .963/.472 .624 23/.863 0/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 17/.467 2/1.000 13/.802 ··· ··· 11/.673 3/.666 3/.333 2/1.000 5/.200 4/.833 1/3.000 1/2.000 449/313 .297/.381/.391/.772 .884/.724 .872 106/.779 18/7 6/4

21.Young G/S/vP 24/.212 4/.000 13/.462 2/2.500 ··· 9/.730 8/1.300 3/.666 5/1.800 5/.400 4/.000 1/2.000 7/.762 250/160 .265/.288/.361/.649 .760/.586 .583 48/.706 2/3 5/2

IP 108.0 23.2 133.0 46.0 28.2 88.1 159.1 88.2 39.0 32.2 34.1 5.1 54.2 TOTAL .270/.342/.428/.769 .773/.767 .796 .781 56/21 125/58

ERA-K/9

4.50/7.2

6.46/8.0

4.26/5.6

5.28/6.5

5.97/5.3

6.11/6.3

2.43/9.4

5.38/6.7

4.15/7.8

2.48/11.3

4.98/11.5

8.44/5.1

4.94/6.4

4.71/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 480/.268 111/.293 544/.258 200/.294 131/.291 391/.281 646/.250 383/.266 187/.305 135/.210 156/.216 28/.375 240/.275 .270

OPS .764 .875 .684 .868 .845 .813 .648 .798 .895 .616 .633 1.137 .792 .763

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 235/.693 50/.698 291/.693 53/.622 52/.995 168/.771 308/.685 177/.747 79/.744 67/.544 82/.794 16/.813 105/.646 .732

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 245/.833 61/1.033 253/.674 147/.961 79/.748 223/.843 338/.613 206/.841 108/1.014 68/.689 74/.470 12/1.583 135/.903 .790

Road 259/.737 41/.616 255/.687 123/.915 50/1.028 179/.573 276/.689 149/.880 82/.900 78/.583 48/.556 11/2.136 86/.786

Last 28d days / 48/1.037 127/.758 112/.846 62/.985 43/.831 140/.740 138/.803 51/.954 37/.842 46/.477 10/1.457 53/.777

HR/SB/CS 11/13/1 3/4/0 11/12/1 9/4/4 5/4/0 14/16/3 7/4/6 14/10/3 7/0/0 4/0/0 1/6/2 2/0/0 8/5/1 113/82/26

Usage o··X·X·· X····X·· ·o····X· ···o···X ·X·····X ····X··· ···X···· ·X·····X ····X··· ·····X·· ·X····o· X···o·o·

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.