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Game Preview: MIN @ OAK, 10:05pm, Tuesday, June 9, 2009 @McAfee Coliseum

Twins, 28-31, 2nd, 4 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Scott Baker (27, RHP, 3-6, 5.88)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-6)			59.2	63	40	39	11	49	15	5.88
2008 (11-4)			172.1	161	66	66	42	141	20	3.45
2007 (9-9)			143.2	162	70	68	29	102	15	4.26

Last 7 GS		3-3	45.0	42	24	23	7	37	8	4.60	53
2009-06-04	CLE	W	7.0	6	3	2	1	10	1	106	64
2009-05-29	@TBR	L	5.2	7	4	4	0	4	2	96	43
2009-05-24	MIL	W	8.1	7	3	3	0	6	2	106	63
2009-05-19	@CHW	L	5.0	5	4	4	4	4	2	105	41
2009-05-14	DET	ND	6.0	7	5	5	1	4	0	98	41
2009-05-08	SEA	W	7.0	5	0	0	0	5	0	102	72
2009-05-03	KCR	L	6.0	5	5	5	1	4	1	104	45

Last 5 v.OAK		3-0	17.0	16	6	6	3	10	0	3.18	54
2008-08-31	@OAK	W	6.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	96	59
2007-07-12	OAK	W	6.0	5	2	2	1	3	0	100	56
2005-09-21	@OAK	W	5.0	5	3	3	1	3	0	103	47

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

 Home:   21-12   Road:    7-19   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  20-18   vsLHP:   8-13   1-Run:   8-7 
 vsEast:  6-16   vsCntrl:11-9    vsWest:  8-6  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 59 Mon, Jun  8  @OAK  L   3-4       28-31  2nd  4.0 gb
 58 Sun, Jun  7  @SEA  L   2-4       28-30  2nd  3.5 gb
 57 Sat, Jun  6  @SEA  L   1-2       28-29  2nd  2.5 gb
 56 Fri, Jun  5  @SEA  W   2-1 (10)  28-28  2nd  1.5 gb
 55 Thu, Jun  4   CLE  W  11-3       27-28  2nd  2.5 gb
 54 Wed, Jun  3   CLE  L   1-10      26-28  2nd  3.5 gb
 53 Tue, Jun  2   CLE  W   4-3       26-27  2nd  3.5 gb
 52 Sun, May 31  @TBR  W   3-2       25-27  3rd  4.5 gb
 51 Sat, May 30  @TBR  L   2-5       24-27  3rd  4.5 gb
 50 Fri, May 29  @TBR  L   3-5       24-26  2nd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Athletics, 26-30, 4th, 6½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Brett Anderson (21, LHP, 3-5, 4.97)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-5)			54.1	63	40	30	15	31	10	4.97

Last 7 GS		3-3	36.0	42	27	18	9	22	6	4.50	45
2009-06-04	@CHW	W	7.0	6	0	0	0	4	0	109	69
2009-05-30	@TEX	L	4.0	8	6	6	2	3	2	83	23
2009-05-25	SEA	W	6.0	6	1	1	2	4	1	105	58
2009-05-20	@TBR	W	6.0	4	4	2	0	5	2	80	57
2009-05-15	@DET	L	3.1	6	9	3	2	1	1	87	23
2009-05-04	LAA	L	4.2	9	5	5	1	0	0	72	25
2009-04-28	@TEX	ND	5.0	3	2	1	2	5	0	81	58

Has never faced MIN.

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

 Home:   15-13   Road:   11-17   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  18-18   vsLHP:   8-12   1-Run:   6-10
 vsEast: 11-10   vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  8-14 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 56 Mon, Jun  8   MIN  W   4-3       26-30  4th  6.5 gb
 55 Sun, Jun  7   BAL  W   3-0       25-30  4th  7.5 gb
 54 Sat, Jun  6   BAL  W   9-4       24-30  4th  7.5 gb
 53 Fri, Jun  5   BAL  W   9-1       23-30  4th  8.5 gb
 52 Thu, Jun  4  @CHW  W   7-0       22-30  4th  8.5 gb
 51 Wed, Jun  3  @CHW  W   5-3       21-30  4th  9.5 gb
 50 Tue, Jun  2  @CHW  W   5-0       20-30  4th  9.5 gb
 49 Mon, Jun  1  @CHW  L   2-6       19-30  4th 10.5 gb
 48 Sun, May 31  @TEX  W   5-4       19-29  4th 10.0 gb
 47 Sat, May 30  @TEX  L   1-14      18-29  4th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 08, 2009 OAK  4  MIN  3        W:Josh Outman (4-0), L: Luis Ayala (1-2), S: Andrew Bailey (5)

Sun, Aug 31, 2008 MIN 12 @OAK  4        W:Scott Baker (8-4), L: Greg Smith (6-14), S: none
Sat, Aug 30, 2008 OAK  3  MIN  2        W:Huston Street (5-5), L: Joe Nathan (0-1), S: none
Fri, Aug 29, 2008 MIN 12 @OAK  2        W:Kevin Slowey (11-8), L: Dan Meyer (0-3), S: Craig Breslow (1)
Thu, Aug 28, 2008 OAK  3  MIN  2        W:Joey Devine (4-0), L: Craig Breslow (0-2), S: none
Wed, Aug 20, 2008 MIN  3  OAK  1        W:Francisco Liriano (4-3), L: Dallas Braden (3-3), S: Joe Nathan (34)
Tue, Aug 19, 2008 MIN 13  OAK  2        W:Kevin Slowey (10-8), L: Sean Gallagher (4-6), S: none
Mon, Aug 18, 2008 OAK  3 @MIN  2        W:Kirk Saarloos (1-0), L: Nick Blackburn (9-7), S: Brad Ziegler (3)
Thu, Apr 24, 2008 OAK 11  MIN  2        W:Greg Smith (2-0), L: Francisco Liriano (0-3), S: none
Wed, Apr 23, 2008 OAK  3  MIN  0        W:Chad Gaudin (2-1), L: Boof Bonser (1-4), S: Huston Street (6)
Season Series: 2009 - OAK leads 1-0; 2008 - Tied 5-5; 2007 - MIN won 5-2; All-Time - MIN leads 976-965

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

NYY 5.72

FLA 4.58

SEA 3.77

RA/G

LAD 3.78

KCR 4.71

WSN 5.96

J. Bartlett .373

C. Kotchman .277

C. Young .178

OBP

K. Youkilis .470

N. Markakis .349

D. Navarro .231

SLG

R. Ibanez .676

C. Crawford .449

J. Kendall .265

OPS

A. Pujols 1.116

H. Matsui .795

D. Navarro .528

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.55

J. Beckett 4.09

F. Carmona 7.42

K/9IP

J. Verlander 11.29

B. Myers 6.50

J. Garland 3.65

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Twins Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Anderson*
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 53.Cahill
G/S/vB 44.Casilla
G/S/vB 59.Gonzalez
G/S/vB 54.Mazzaro
G/S/vB 36.Springer
G/S/vB 48.Wuertz
G/S/vB 31.Ziegler
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 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 89/79 .203/.326/.297/.623 .744/.606 .660 46/.535 0/0 1/0

25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 121/78 .180/.242/.225/.467 .320/.550 .551 29/.572 2/0 0/4

24.Crede G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 170/118 .237/.300/.461/.761 .718/.779 .728 75/.778 0/0 9/1

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 224/163 .274/.357/.497/.855 .892/.840 .720 93/.945 4/1 9/3

22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 131/84 .220/.285/.297/.581 .520/.614 .594 72/.566 4/3 0/0

23.Harris G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 164/100 .278/.329/.397/.727 .683/.755 .513 95/.713 0/0 3/2

16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 199/150 .302/.357/.500/.857 .449/.988 .708 84/.836 0/0 7/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 6/.733 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 153/92 .413/.497/.786/1.282 .990/1.475 1.054 111/1.202 0/1 12/0

33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.166 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/2.000 260/164 .329/.408/.617/1.025 1.069/.993 .878 117/1.099 0/0 15/1

55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 73/50 .254/.315/.313/.629 .791/.557 .667 30/.679 0/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 262/177 .294/.383/.389/.772 .905/.708 .669 116/.811 12/4 4/1

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 97/70 .185/.272/.247/.519 .661/.462 .598 70/.504 4/0 1/1

21.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 131/86 .236/.275/.268/.543 .456/.589 .738 41/.321 2/2 1/2

IP 54.1 37.1 23.0 66.1 20.1 11.0 13.2 20.1 27.1 24.1 TOTAL .270/.345/.422/.768 .747/.777 .715 .791 33/12 62/22

ERA-K/9

4.97/5.1

1.93/10.6

4.70/7.4

4.21/4.3

5.75/6.7

4.91/7.4

0.00/3.3

6.64/10.2

2.30/8.9

4.07/5.6

4.20/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 238/.286 148/.155 94/.215 285/.265 93/.247 51/.279 51/.170 100/.333 103/.174 109/.309 .261

OPS .812 .480 .681 .811 .801 .702 .406 .912 .535 .772 .729

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 74/.914 65/.641 48/.589 138/.990 39/.800 29/.894 23/.270 44/1.167 38/.446 52/.939 .779

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 164/.766 83/.356 46/.765 147/.646 54/.801 22/.439 28/.500 56/.729 65/.587 57/.625 .701

Home 101/.767 60/.334 50/.709 170/.769 28/.601 25/.518 27/.370 48/.681 46/.155 60/.849

Last 28d days 117/.828 69/.675 45/.547 115/.740 49/1.260 51/.702 51/.406 35/1.267 42/.606 49/.814

HR/SB/CS 10/4/0 3/0/0 3/1/2 9/7/6 4/2/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 4/2/0 1/2/2 1/0/0 55/26/12

Usage ····X··· oXX··o·· ooo···oX ··X····X ····o··X ···X···· ·X····X· ···o···· Xo··oo·· o·o···X·

Athletics Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.76 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Baker
G/S/vB 18.Ayala
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 39.Dickey
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 60.Henn*
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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 21/.905 ··· 8/1.250 10/1.600 10/.633 2/1.500 1/.000 15/.134 3/2.000 253/172 .241/.293/.307/.600 .459/.662 .660 112/.650 2/3 2/8

7.Crosby G/S/vP 7/.715 1/.000 8/.750 13/1.212 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 148/93 .198/.299/.302/.601 .792/.487 .740 72/.439 2/0 2/5

57.Cunningham G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 47/35 .159/.213/.273/.485 .523/.473 .633 47/.485 0/0 1/1

32.Cust* G/S/vP 6/.167 1/5.000 ··· 6/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 218/140 .239/.335/.431/.766 .632/.840 .821 91/.624 1/0 10/1

11.Davis G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 66/30 .217/.288/.250/.538 .490/.596 .483 37/.591 6/3 0/0

16.Giambi* G/S/vP 5/.200 1/.000 4/1.000 2/.500 5/.400 ··· ··· 5/.650 2/.500 224/145 .214/.353/.385/.737 .894/.646 .817 103/.781 0/0 8/3

22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 88/70 .179/.264/.295/.559 .222/.654 .748 61/.519 0/0 1/0

5.Holliday G/S/vP ··· 6/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 238/156 .283/.382/.459/.841 .707/.911 .813 109/1.029 4/1 8/0

29.Kennedy* G/S/vP 6/.000 4/.500 5/1.100 14/.972 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 5/1.200 2/.000 128/85 .327/.397/.513/.910 .422/1.156 .900 116/.961 6/2 4/6

2.Petit G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/18 .226/.226/.258/.484 .615/.389 .000 11/.364 0/0 0/1

35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/37 .213/.283/.426/.709 .607/.752 .715 20/1.017 0/0 2/2

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/2.000 3/1.667 3/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 214/147 .279/.324/.391/.715 .713/.716 .679 91/.532 1/1 2/1

IP 59.2 26.1 17.1 34.2 27.2 10.0 18.0 21.2 20.2 TOTAL .239/.316/.362/.678 .596/.719 .693 .701 29/14 47/37

ERA-K/9

5.88/7.4

4.10/6.2

7.27/6.8

2.86/6.5

3.25/6.5

2.70/6.3

2.50/7.0

2.08/10.0

5.23/5.2

4.64/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 250/.264 115/.330 78/.273 152/.254 104/.177 38/.182 77/.235 83/.192 93/.277 .271

OPS .802 .891 .848 .767 .543 .536 .683 .549 .777 .774

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 123/.604 39/1.295 25/1.610 61/.573 34/.456 18/.804 31/.379 40/.705 39/.699 .798

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 127/.990 76/.675 53/.508 91/.895 70/.587 20/.263 46/.888 43/.406 54/.833 .759

Road 73/1.076 38/.691 32/.841 76/.633 44/.259 19/.596 39/.692 27/.930 19/.754

Last 28d days 132/.764 50/.856 41/.958 71/.546 35/.572 38/.536 47/.748 38/.520 93/.777

HR/SB/CS 15/3/0 3/3/1 3/1/1 5/1/1 4/2/1 0/1/1 2/1/0 2/2/0 3/0/0 77/40/16

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