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Game Preview: MIN @ NYY, 7:05pm, Friday, May 15, 2009 @Yankee Stadium III

Twins, 18-17, 1st, Tied

SP: Francisco Liriano (25, LHP, 2-4, 5.75)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-4) 40.2 38 27 26 16 33 5 5.75
2008 (6-4) 76.0 74 40 33 32 67 7 3.91
2006 (12-3) 121.0 89 31 29 32 144 9 2.16
Last 7 GS 2-4 40.2 38 27 26 16 33 5 5.75 47
2009-05-09 SEA W 5.0 6 5 5 2 4 1 77 37
2009-05-04 @DET W 7.1 4 2 2 3 9 1 103 68
2009-04-28 TBR ND 6.2 7 2 2 2 3 0 96 53
2009-04-22 @BOS L 4.0 4 7 7 4 6 1 74 28
2009-04-16 TOR L 6.0 7 2 1 1 5 0 104 56
2009-04-11 @CHW L 4.2 6 5 5 4 3 0 85 31
2009-04-06 SEA L 7.0 4 4 4 0 3 2 93 56
Has never faced NYY.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-9    Road:    4-8    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  13-12   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   5-1 
 vsEast:  3-8    vsCntrl: 8-6    vsWest:  7-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 35 Thu, May 14   DET  W   6-5       18-17  1st    Tied
 34 Wed, May 13   DET  W  14-10(13)  17-17  3rd  1.0 gb
 33 Tue, May 12   DET  W   6-2       16-17  3rd  2.0 gb
 32 Sun, May 10   SEA  L   3-5       15-17  3rd  3.0 gb
 31 Sat, May  9   SEA  W   9-6       15-16  3rd  3.0 gb
 30 Fri, May  8   SEA  W  11-0       14-16  3rd  4.0 gb
 29 Thu, May  7  @BAL  L   4-5       13-16  4th  5.0 gb
 28 Wed, May  6  @BAL  L   1-4  (6)  13-15  3rd  4.0 gb
 27 Tue, May  5  @DET  L   0-9       13-14  3rd  3.0 gb
 26 Mon, May  4  @DET  W   7-2       13-13  3rd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Yankees, 17-17, 3rd, 4½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Philip Hughes (23, RHP, 1-2, 8.49)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-2) 11.2 17 12 11 8 8 2 8.49
2008 (0-4) 34.0 43 26 25 15 23 3 6.62
2007 (5-3) 72.2 64 39 36 29 58 8 4.46
Last 7 GS 1-3 29.1 35 21 20 13 21 5 6.14 44
2009-05-09 @BAL L 1.2 8 8 8 2 0 1 53 5
2009-05-04 BOS L 4.0 7 4 3 4 2 1 94 32
2009-04-28 @DET W 6.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 99 72
2008-09-24 @TOR ND 8.0 5 2 2 0 6 1 100 70
2008-09-17 CHW ND 4.0 4 1 1 2 4 0 89 52
2008-04-29 DET L 3.2 8 6 6 3 2 2 82 20
2008-04-24 @CHW ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 23 55
Has never faced MIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-7    Road:   11-10   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  13-13   vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   4-2 
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  4-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 34 Thu, May 14  @TOR  W   3-2       17-17  3rd  4.5 gb
 33 Wed, May 13  @TOR  W   8-2       16-17  3rd  5.5 gb
 32 Tue, May 12  @TOR  L   1-5       15-17  3rd  6.5 gb
 31 Sun, May 10  @BAL  W   5-3       15-16  3rd  5.5 gb
 30 Sat, May  9  @BAL  L   5-12      14-16  3rd  5.5 gb
 29 Fri, May  8  @BAL  W   4-0       14-15  3rd  4.5 gb
 28 Thu, May  7   TBR  L   6-8       13-15  3rd  5.5 gb
 27 Wed, May  6   TBR  L   3-4 (10)  13-14  3rd  5.5 gb
 26 Tue, May  5   BOS  L   3-7       13-13  3rd  4.5 gb
 25 Mon, May  4   BOS  L   4-6       13-12  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Mon, Jun 02, 2008 MIN  6  NYY  5        W:Matt Guerrier (3-1), L: Kyle Farnsworth (0-2), S: Joe Nathan (15)
Sun, Jun 01, 2008 MIN  5  NYY  1        W:Brian Bass (2-1), L: Darrell Rasner (3-2), S: none
Sat, May 31, 2008 NYY  7 @MIN  6 (12)   W:Ross Ohlendorf (1-1), L: Juan Rincon (2-2), S: Mariano Rivera (15)
Fri, May 30, 2008 NYY  6 @MIN  5        W:Mike Mussina (8-4), L: Glen Perkins (2-2), S: Mariano Rivera (14)
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - NYY won 6-4; 2007 - NYY won 5-2; All-Time - NYY leads 1094-764

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

TOR  5.76

DET  5.06

ARI  3.69

RA/G

LAD  3.81

DET  4.88

WSN  6.12

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

Z. Greinke  .51

S. Richmond  4.28

J. Moyer  8.15

K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.35

B. Tallet  6.60

M. Pelfrey  2.31

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Twins Batters (4.94 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (5.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· 47/41 .211/.362/.368/.730 .733/.729 .250 33/.667 0/0 1/0
24.Crede G/S/vP ··· 106/82 .237/.302/.454/.755 .897/.713 .821 65/.816 0/0 5/1
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 142/110 .268/.359/.415/.774 .578/.830 .556 91/.830 3/1 3/2
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 62/41 .214/.274/.321/.596 .454/.668 .631 32/.851 3/3 0/0
23.Harris G/S/vP 3/.000 75/48 .309/.360/.441/.801 .730/.843 .229 56/.737 0/0 2/0
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 122/99 .333/.369/.579/.948 .579/1.035 .971 84/.958 0/0 5/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 53/40 .455/.547/.795/1.343 .585/1.571 .606 53/1.343 0/0 4/0
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 154/107 .313/.383/.582/.965 1.062/.920 .806 103/1.007 0/0 9/0
8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· 106/80 .193/.308/.216/.524 .302/.561 .536 70/.447 3/0 0/2
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 49/32 .250/.327/.273/.599 .697/.548 .465 25/.547 0/0 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· 158/118 .299/.372/.380/.751 .939/.687 .732 103/.716 8/2 1/1
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· 39/28 .200/.306/.267/.572 .450/.619 .571 39/.572 0/0 0/0
21.Young G/S/vP 6/.733 90/63 .277/.322/.325/.648 .542/.693 .843 63/.754 2/2 1/2
IP 11.2 TOTAL .274/.346/.413/.759 .690/.783 .703 .792 21/8 31/13
ERA-K/9 8.49/6.2 5.53/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 61/.340 .274
OPS 1.003 .815
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 28/1.333 .820
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 33/.747 .812
Home 22/1.222
Last 28d days 61/1.003
HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 46/34/17
Usage
Yankees Batters (5.41 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB
18.Ayala
G/S/vB
49.Breslow*
G/S/vB
28.Crain
G/S/vB
39.Dickey
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
50.Mijares*
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
IP 40.2 16.0 12.1 10.0 18.0 18.2 9.1 14.0 TOTAL .270/.348/.464/.812 .909/.781 .844 .811 23/2 50/20
ERA-K/9 5.75/7.3 5.63/5.6 5.84/6.6 8.10/7.2 4.50/7.5 4.34/6.3 2.89/10.6 1.29/9.0 5.19/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 175/.250 70/.359 55/.238 44/.243 89/.324 73/.206 36/.206 51/.167 .277
OPS .768 .946 .801 .746 .950 .644 .544 .528 .782
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 38/.686 23/1.288 25/.916 14/1.318 35/.659 24/.513 15/.557 22/.768 .841
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 137/.790 47/.778 30/.718 30/.497 54/1.138 49/.710 21/.536 29/.352 .748
Road 75/.798 12/.432 24/.748 7/.310 37/.762 23/.267 12/.667 9/1.111
Last 28d days 100/.799 35/.819 45/.777 18/1.095 45/1.015 44/.595 36/.544 37/.537
HR/SB/CS 5/4/3 1/3/1 2/1/2 1/1/0 3/1/0 4/2/1 1/1/0 2/2/0 44/30/8
Usage ·····X·· ·X···X·· o···X··· ·Xo·o·o· ·X······ ooo·oX·o ·Xo·o··X ooo··oX·

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.