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Game Preview: MIN @ NYY, 7:05pm, Monday, May 18, 2009 @Yankee Stadium III

Twins, 18-20, 3rd, 3 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Glen Perkins (26, LHP, 1-2, 4.27)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-2)			46.1	43	22	22	12	26	4	4.27
2008 (12-4)			151.0	183	81	74	39	74	25	4.41
2007 (0-0)			28.2	23	10	10	12	20	2	3.14

Last 7 GS		1-2	46.1	43	22	22	12	26	4	4.27	52
2009-05-13	DET	ND	5.1	5	5	5	4	4	1	83	38
2009-05-07	@BAL	ND	6.0	5	4	4	2	2	2	101	46
2009-05-02	KCR	ND	6.0	10	5	5	0	4	1	84	36
2009-04-26	@CLE	L	5.0	7	4	4	2	4	0	92	39
2009-04-19	LAA	W	8.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	84	73
2009-04-14	TOR	ND	8.0	7	2	2	1	4	0	107	63
2009-04-09	SEA	L	8.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	106	70

Last 5 v.NYY		1-2	18.0	22	10	10	6	6	0	5.00	44
2008-08-11	NYY	W	8.0	4	0	0	3	4	0	107	75
2008-07-23	@NYY	L	6.0	8	5	5	1	2	0	85	37
2008-05-30	NYY	L	4.0	10	5	5	2	0	0	78	20

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

 Home:   14-9    Road:    4-11   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  13-15   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   5-3 
 vsEast:  3-11   vsCntrl: 8-6    vsWest:  7-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 38 Sun, May 17  @NYY  L   2-3 (10)  18-20  3rd  3.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Yankees, 20-17, 3rd, 4½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Andy Pettitte (37, LHP, 3-1, 4.00)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-1)			45.0	47	22	20	15	25	5	4.00
2008 (14-14)			204.0	233	112	103	55	158	19	4.54
2007 (15-9)			215.1	238	106	97	69	141	16	4.05

Last 7 GS		3-1	45.0	47	22	20	15	25	5	4.00	50
2009-05-13	@TOR	W	6.0	5	2	1	4	2	0	106	54
2009-05-07	TBR	ND	6.0	9	5	5	1	5	4	115	38
2009-05-01	LAA	ND	5.2	9	5	5	4	2	0	111	29
2009-04-26	@BOS	L	6.0	6	4	3	4	6	0	116	48
2009-04-21	OAK	W	7.0	9	2	2	0	0	0	105	51
2009-04-15	@TBR	ND	7.1	6	3	3	1	4	1	96	57
2009-04-10	@KCR	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	6	0	99	72

Last 5 v.MIN		3-0	34.1	34	14	13	8	24	1	3.41	55
2008-06-02	@MIN	ND	7.0	10	5	4	0	2	1	94	41
2007-04-10	@MIN	W	6.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	96	66
2003-04-19	@MIN	W	7.1	6	2	2	2	7	0	98	63
2003-04-08	MIN	W	5.2	5	3	3	3	2	0	84	46
2001-05-10	MIN	ND	8.1	9	4	4	2	10	0	114	57

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

 Home:    9-7    Road:   11-10   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  15-13   vsLHP:   5-4    1-Run:   6-2 
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl: 9-4    vsWest:  4-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 37 Sun, May 17   MIN  W   3-2 (10)  20-17  3rd  4.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 17, 2009 NYY  3  MIN  2 (10)   W:Alfredo Aceves (2-0), L: Jesse Crain (2-2), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2009 - NYY leads 3-0; 2008 - NYY won 6-4; 2007 - NYY won 5-2; All-Time - NYY leads 1097-764

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 5.78

STL 4.92

SDP 3.82

RA/G

LAD 3.90

CHW 4.89

WSN 6.35

A. Hill .345

A. Rios .265

OBP

M. Scutaro .411

A. Rios .328

SLG

A. Hill .569

A. Rios .422

OPS

A. Hill .954

A. Rios .750

ERA

Z. Greinke .60

G. Perkins 4.27

R. Nolasco 7.78

K/9IP

J. Verlander 12.35

C. Volstad 6.71

M. Pelfrey 2.41

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Twins Batters (4.82 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (5.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Pettitte*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 57/50 .217/.351/.370/.720 1.095/.665 .492 43/.668 0/0 1/0

24.Crede G/S/vP 4/2.083 ··· 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 11/.819 1/no AB 3/.000 1/no AB 2/2.500 5/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 157/124 .252/.350/.393/.743 .599/.780 .529 101/.803 4/1 3/2

22.Gomez G/S/vP 7/.286 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 7/.334 4/.000 71/50 .222/.286/.317/.603 .454/.667 .641 34/.690 3/3 0/0

23.Harris G/S/vP 13/1.000 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 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 3/.000 6/.900 5/1.400 ··· 137/112 .336/.372/.555/.927 .532/1.017 .914 90/.920 0/0 5/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 7/1.571 ··· 3/2.667 2/2.500 3/.333 5/1.200 8/.875 ··· 68/53 .429/.529/.804/1.333 .900/1.452 .973 68/1.333 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 6/.000 ··· 3/.667 2/2.500 3/.000 7/.572 7/.572 1/.000 169/120 .324/.402/.634/1.037 1.124/.998 1.030 109/1.150 0/0 12/0

8.Punto# G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 3/.000 120/94 .194/.308/.214/.522 .302/.554 .530 76/.464 4/0 0/2

55.Redmond G/S/vP 5/1.467 ··· 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 ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 6/.533 ··· 174/133 .284/.372/.358/.730 .915/.671 .681 115/.696 9/2 1/1

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 49/38 .179/.283/.231/.513 .450/.531 .423 49/.513 0/0 0/0

IP 45.0 18.2 40.2 15.2 16.2 16.1 2.1 16.0 TOTAL .270/.347/.411/.758 .713/.772 .712 .789 24/8 36/13

ERA-K/9

4.00/5.0

4.82/4.8

3.76/8.8

4.60/6.3

4.86/8.6

2.76/12.1

3.86/0.0

6.75/7.3

5.30/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 190/.272 83/.279 179/.270 63/.228 82/.258 68/.269 10/.444 74/.220 .271

OPS .744 .863 .795 .830 .883 .727 1.222 .751 .809

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 58/.738 42/.698 98/.768 32/.836 50/.798 38/.669 5/.400 35/.969 .827

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 132/.747 41/1.044 81/.823 31/.823 32/1.005 30/.800 5/2.250 39/.542 .795

Home 84/.898 31/.542 72/.806 28/.880 42/.824 41/.732 5/.500 50/.779

Last 28d days 138/.819 53/.898 130/.769 37/.716 51/.730 49/.848 10/1.222 47/.761

HR/SB/CS 5/8/4 3/3/2 5/4/2 4/0/0 5/3/1 4/0/0 1/0/0 2/1/0 51/37/17

Usage ····X··· X·X·X··· ·X·····X ·Xo····X ·oX····· oX·o···X o·o····· ·oo··o··

Yankees Batters (5.35 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 15.Perkins*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/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 8/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.833 1/.000 4/.250 2/2.000 3/1.334 112/84 .310/.369/.480/.849 .750/.881 .978 93/.815 3/1 4/1

24.Cano* G/S/vP 8/1.196 ··· 3/.666 4/.833 1/no AB 5/.400 2/.000 7/.286 162/113 .296/.333/.474/.807 .933/.753 .564 107/.669 1/0 6/2

17.Cash G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 10/7 .100/.100/.200/.300 1.000/.000 .429 10/.300 0/0 0/0

29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 24/16 .318/.348/.318/.666 1.000/.481 .400 24/.666 0/0 0/0

18.Damon* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/1.800 9/.444 6/1.167 ··· 2/.000 160/118 .324/.390/.627/1.017 .710/1.134 1.198 113/1.111 3/0 10/1

11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 10/.500 ··· 1/.000 9/.777 4/.000 8/.750 1/.000 5/.650 167/131 .270/.349/.412/.762 .920/.718 .838 111/.739 8/1 5/2

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 6/1.333 5/.933 2/.500 6/1.100 129/92 .261/.357/.459/.816 .941/.766 .922 89/.848 0/0 4/

19.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/55 .264/.316/.340/.655 .333/.668 .572 45/.699 1/0 0/3

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 9/1.306 2/1.500 4/2.750 9/.476 4/1.750 7/3.047 ··· 10/1.056 39/30 .172/.385/.483/.867 1.111/.801 1.571 39/.867 0/0 3/1

33.Swisher# G/S/vP 2/5.000 ··· 2/.000 5/1.000 3/.333 12/.777 2/.500 10/.800 147/104 .244/.377/.538/.915 1.098/.844 .529 98/.740 0/0 8/3

25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 3/.333 6/1.500 1/no AB 8/.804 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 11/1.636 158/120 .231/.354/.469/.824 .912/.796 .957 115/.804 0/0 8/0

IP 46.1 16.0 12.2 11.0 18.0 20.2 12.0 14.2 TOTAL .269/.349/.468/.817 .906/.787 .849 .817 24/3 56/20

ERA-K/9

4.27/5.1

5.63/5.6

7.11/6.4

9.00/6.5

4.50/7.5

3.92/6.1

2.25/9.0

3.07/9.2

5.13/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 190/.244 70/.359 58/.250 51/.279 89/.324 80/.189 47/.214 58/.208 .275

OPS .666 .946 .888 .954 .950 .602 .568 .653 .789

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 35/.877 23/1.288 26/.870 17/1.945 35/.659 28/.438 19/.505 28/.953 .840

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 155/.620 47/.778 32/.894 34/.472 54/1.138 52/.695 28/.613 30/.381 .757

Road 48/.819 12/.432 27/.930 14/1.274 37/.762 30/.240 23/.664 16/1.357

Last 28d days 100/.865 35/.819 44/.927 25/1.397 45/1.015 51/.537 47/.568 40/.742

HR/SB/CS 4/3/0 1/3/1 3/1/2 3/1/0 3/1/0 4/2/1 1/1/0 2/2/0 50/31/9

Usage ····X··· ····X··· ·o·o···X o·X·Xo·o ····X··· ·X·ooo·o X·X·Xo·o ··Xooo··

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.