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Game Preview: MIN @ NYY, 1:05pm, Sunday, May 17, 2009 @Yankee Stadium III

Twins, 18-19, 3rd, 2 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Kevin Slowey (25, RHP, 5-1, 4.91)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (5-1) 40.1 58 22 22 4 27 7 4.91
2008 (12-11) 160.1 161 74 71 24 123 22 3.99
2007 (4-1) 66.2 82 39 35 11 47 16 4.73
Last 7 GS 5-1 40.1 58 22 22 4 27 7 4.91 45
2009-05-12 DET W 6.0 8 1 1 2 2 1 98 52
2009-05-06 @BAL L 3.0 6 3 3 0 2 1 54 37
2009-05-01 KCR W 5.0 8 5 5 0 4 0 76 35
2009-04-25 @CLE W 8.0 8 1 1 0 7 0 114 69
2009-04-18 LAA W 7.0 6 2 2 1 5 1 114 61
2009-04-13 TOR ND 5.1 13 5 5 1 2 2 88 23
2009-04-08 SEA W 6.0 9 5 5 0 5 2 100 39
Last 5 v.NYY 1-1 15.0 16 10 10 5 6 3 6.00 43
2008-08-13 NYY W 6.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 87 62
2008-07-22 @NYY L 5.1 5 4 4 2 3 1 96 43
2007-07-05 @NYY ND 3.2 8 5 5 2 2 2 91 25
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-9    Road:    4-10   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  13-14   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   5-2 
 vsEast:  3-10   vsCntrl: 8-6    vsWest:  7-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 37 Sat, May 16  @NYY  L   4-6 (11)  18-19  3rd  2.0 gb
 36 Fri, May 15  @NYY  L   4-5       18-18  3rd  1.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Yankees, 19-17, 3rd, 4½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: A.J. Burnett (32, RHP, 2-1, 5.36)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-1) 45.1 42 27 27 19 36 7 5.36
2008 (18-10) 221.1 211 109 100 86 231 19 4.07
2007 (10-8) 165.2 131 74 69 66 176 23 3.75
Last 7 GS 2-1 45.1 42 27 27 19 36 7 5.36 49
2009-05-12 @TOR L 7.2 7 5 5 4 3 1 110 44
2009-05-06 TBR ND 6.0 6 3 3 2 8 0 114 54
2009-04-30 LAA ND 7.0 8 4 4 1 5 1 108 49
2009-04-25 @BOS ND 5.0 8 8 8 3 3 2 91 19
2009-04-19 CLE ND 6.1 3 3 3 7 2 2 111 50
2009-04-14 @TBR W 8.0 3 2 2 1 9 0 103 76
2009-04-09 @BAL W 5.1 7 2 2 1 6 1 98 51
Last 5 v.MIN 1-1 25.2 21 13 12 9 32 3 4.21 57
2008-09-03 MIN ND 6.2 6 3 3 4 8 0 113 54
2007-06-28 @MIN ND 4.0 6 5 5 0 6 2 75 36
2007-05-27 @MIN L 8.0 3 4 3 3 8 1 125 67
2006-08-11 @MIN W 7.0 6 1 1 2 10 0 111 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-7    Road:   11-10   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  14-13   vsLHP:   5-4    1-Run:   5-2 
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl: 8-4    vsWest:  4-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 36 Sat, May 16   MIN  W   6-4 (11)  19-17  3rd  4.5 gb
 35 Fri, May 15   MIN  W   5-4       18-17  3rd  4.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 16, 2009 NYY  6  MIN  4 (11)   W:Alfredo Aceves (1-0), L: Craig Breslow (1-2), S: none
Fri, May 15, 2009 NYY  5  MIN  4        W:Jose Veras (2-1), L: Joe Nathan (1-1), S: none

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
Season Series: 2009 - NYY leads 2-0; 2008 - NYY won 6-4; 2007 - NYY won 5-2; All-Time - NYY leads 1096-764

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

TEX  5.72

LAA  5.00

SDP  3.84

 RA/G

LAD  3.87

OAK  4.82

WSN  6.31

 BA

M. Scutaro  .285

  

M. Scutaro  .285

 OBP

M. Scutaro  .412

  

M. Scutaro  .412

 SLG

M. Scutaro  .457

  

M. Scutaro  .457

 OPS

M. Scutaro  .869

  

M. Scutaro  .869

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .60

K. Lohse  4.25

A. Eaton  7.93

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.35

M. Hampton  6.69

J. Pineiro  2.78

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Twins Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (5.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Burnett
G/S/vB		 63.Albaladejo
G/S/vB		 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB		 48.Coke*
G/S/vB		 36.Ramirez
G/S/vB		 42.Rivera
G/S/vB		 28.Tomko
G/S/vB		 41.Veras
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 52/45 .220/.365/.390/.756 1.095/.698 .530 38/.709 0/0 1/0
24.Crede G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 8/.125 1/.000 ··· 108/84 .232/.296/.444/.741 .897/.695 .778 62/.832 0/0 5/1
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 9/.873 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 2/2.500 4/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 152/119 .260/.355/.405/.760 .599/.802 .555 96/.833 3/1 3/2
22.Gomez G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 7/.334 4/.000 66/45 .207/.277/.310/.587 .454/.652 .602 29/.669 3/3 0/0
23.Harris G/S/vP 9/.778 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 6/1.500 2/.500 83/55 .289/.337/.408/.745 .703/.767 .237 55/.615 0/0 2/0
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 11/.455 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 3/.000 5/1.100 5/1.400 ··· 132/107 .341/.379/.569/.948 .532/1.048 .966 85/.952 0/0 5/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 8/.661 ··· 3/2.667 2/2.500 3/.333 4/1.000 8/.875 ··· 63/48 .423/.524/.827/1.351 .900/1.488 .943 63/1.351 0/0 6/0
58.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 52/40 .333/.385/.396/.780 1.000/.718 1.278 29/.821 0/0 0/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 12/1.017 ··· 3/.667 2/2.500 3/.000 6/.666 7/.572 1/.000 164/115 .324/.396/.641/1.037 1.124/.997 1.029 104/1.156 0/0 12/0
8.Punto# G/S/vP 8/.393 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 3/.000 115/89 .200/.304/.221/.525 .302/.559 .536 71/.464 4/0 0/2
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 52/35 .255/.327/.277/.604 .697/.558 .496 24/.606 0/0 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/no AB 3/.333 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 5/.650 ··· 169/128 .292/.377/.368/.745 .915/.689 .718 110/.718 9/2 1/1
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 3/2.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 44/33 .171/.268/.229/.497 .450/.513 .333 44/.497 0/0 0/0
IP 45.1 18.0 40.2 15.2 16.2 15.1 1.2 16.0 TOTAL .272/.347/.417/.763 .713/.780 .723 .799 23/8 36/13
ERA-K/9 5.36/7.2 5.00/4.5 3.76/8.8 4.60/6.3 4.86/8.6 2.93/12.4 5.40/0.0 6.75/7.3 5.41/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 191/.256 78/.277 179/.270 63/.228 82/.258 64/.270 8/.571 74/.220 .272
OPS .782 .856 .795 .830 .883 .742 1.571 .751 .816
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 97/.776 39/.719 98/.768 32/.836 50/.798 35/.669 3/.667 35/.969 .840
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 94/.789 39/1.002 81/.823 31/.823 32/1.005 29/.828 5/2.250 39/.542 .799
Home 83/.810 26/.470 72/.806 28/.880 42/.824 37/.757 3/1.000 50/.779
Last 28d days 113/.882 48/.891 130/.769 37/.716 51/.730 45/.879 8/1.571 47/.761
HR/SB/CS 7/7/3 3/2/2 5/4/2 4/0/0 5/3/1 4/0/0 1/0/0 2/1/0 51/36/17
Usage ····X··· ·X·X···X X·····X· Xo····X· oX·····X X·o···X· ·o·····o oo··o···
Yankees Batters (5.42 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 59.Slowey
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
14.Berroa G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 ··· 6/.334 8/1.482 10/.708 ··· 9/.708 13/10 .167/.167/.167/.333 .000/.444 .000 13/.333 0/0 0/2
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 7/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.833 1/.000 4/.250 1/2.000 3/1.334 108/81 .316/.380/.490/.869 .750/.909 1.024 89/.839 3/1 4/1
24.Cano* G/S/vP 6/1.166 ··· 3/.666 4/.833 1/no AB 5/.400 1/.000 7/.286 160/112 .300/.338/.480/.818 .953/.760 .581 105/.682 1/0 6/2
17.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/5 .125/.125/.250/.375 1.000/.000 .600 8/.375 0/0 0/0
29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/16 .286/.318/.286/.604 .857/.481 .000 23/.604 0/0 0/0
18.Damon* G/S/vP 9/.730 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 9/.444 6/1.167 ··· 2/.000 155/113 .312/.381/.601/.982 .710/1.091 1.130 108/1.066 3/0 9/1
11.Gardner* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/4.000 95/76 .244/.315/.402/.718 .978/.657 .816 45/.854 6/1 2/0
2.Jeter G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 1/.000 8/.875 4/.000 8/.750 1/.000 5/.650 162/126 .266/.348/.413/.760 .920/.714 .842 106/.736 7/1 5/2
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 6/1.333 5/.933 1/no AB 6/1.100 125/89 .262/.360/.458/.818 .970/.756 .935 85/.853 0/0 4/
19.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/52 .280/.333/.360/.693 .333/.708 .632 42/.752 1/0 0/3
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 6/1.333 2/1.500 4/2.750 9/.476 4/1.750 7/3.047 ··· 10/1.056 35/26 .154/.371/.385/.756 1.111/.646 1.400 35/.756 0/0 2/1
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 10/.856 ··· 2/.000 5/1.000 3/.333 12/.777 1/.000 10/.800 143/101 .239/.371/.538/.909 1.085/.841 .498 94/.727 0/0 8/3
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 3/2.334 6/1.500 1/no AB 8/.804 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 11/1.636 154/116 .238/.364/.484/.848 .912/.826 1.017 111/.837 0/0 8/0
IP 40.1 16.0 12.2 10.2 18.0 20.2 10.2 14.2 TOTAL .269/.350/.467/.817 .906/.786 .851 .817 23/3 54/20
ERA-K/9 4.91/6.0 5.63/5.6 7.11/6.4 8.44/6.7 4.50/7.5 3.92/6.1 2.53/9.3 3.07/9.2 5.20/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 176/.337 70/.359 58/.250 49/.268 89/.324 80/.189 42/.205 58/.208 .275
OPS .899 .946 .888 .880 .950 .602 .544 .653 .789
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 90/1.101 23/1.288 26/.870 16/1.716 35/.659 28/.438 17/.569 28/.953 .848
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 86/.691 47/.778 32/.894 33/.487 54/1.138 52/.695 25/.530 30/.381 .753
Road 46/.804 12/.432 27/.930 12/1.033 37/.762 30/.240 18/.627 16/1.357
Last 28d days 95/.831 35/.819 44/.927 23/1.292 45/1.015 51/.537 42/.544 40/.742
HR/SB/CS 7/6/0 1/3/1 3/1/2 2/1/0 3/1/0 4/2/1 1/1/0 2/2/0 48/30/9
Usage ····X··· ···X···X o·o···X· ·X·Xo·o· ···X···· X·ooo·oX ·X·Xo·o· ·Xooo··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.