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

Twins, 29-31, 2nd, 4 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Francisco Liriano (25, LHP, 2-7, 6.12)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-7)			64.2	70	45	44	32	55	10	6.12
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		2-3	36.1	42	25	25	21	35	7	6.19	44
2009-06-05	@SEA	ND	6.0	3	1	1	4	5	1	101	63
2009-05-30	@TBR	L	4.0	7	4	4	3	3	1	93	32
2009-05-25	BOS	L	4.0	11	5	5	0	7	0	84	27
2009-05-20	@CHW	L	4.0	7	7	7	3	1	2	90	18
2009-05-15	@NYY	ND	6.0	4	1	1	6	6	1	101	60
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

Last 5 v.OAK		1-2	18.1	22	14	13	9	19	1	6.38	45
2008-08-30	@OAK	ND	7.0	5	1	1	0	6	1	98	69
2008-08-20	OAK	W	5.0	5	1	0	3	5	0	107	57
2008-04-24	@OAK	L	0.2	5	6	6	3	0	0	35	15
2006-09-13	OAK	ND	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	27	56
2005-09-20	@OAK	L	3.2	6	6	6	3	6	0	93	28

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

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

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 60 Tue, Jun  9  @OAK  W  10-5       29-31  2nd  4.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Athletics, 26-31, 4th, 6½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Dallas Braden (25, LHP, 5-5, 3.41)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-5)			74.0	80	30	28	20	50	6	3.41
2008 (5-4)			71.2	77	36	33	25	41	8	4.14
2007 (1-8)			72.1	91	59	54	26	55	9	6.72

Last 7 GS		2-3	44.0	51	23	21	8	32	4	4.30	50
2009-06-05	BAL	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	7	1	101	70
2009-05-31	@TEX	ND	6.0	5	2	2	2	6	0	82	58
2009-05-26	SEA	W	7.0	9	3	3	1	1	0	96	47
2009-05-21	@TBR	ND	7.0	6	3	3	2	4	1	97	55
2009-05-16	@DET	L	5.0	9	6	6	2	5	1	107	28
2009-05-10	TOR	L	6.0	9	3	3	0	3	1	84	45
2009-05-05	LAA	L	6.0	8	5	3	1	6	0	103	45

Last 5 v.MIN		0-1	11.2	13	5	4	5	9	1	3.09	51
2008-08-30	MIN	ND	6.0	7	2	1	2	2	1	97	52
2008-08-20	@MIN	L	5.2	6	3	3	3	7	0	102	49

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

 Home:   15-14   Road:   11-17   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  18-19   vsLHP:   8-12   1-Run:   6-10
 vsEast: 11-10   vsCntrl: 6-5    vsWest:  8-14 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 57 Tue, Jun  9   MIN  L   5-10      26-31  4th  6.5 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 09, 2009 MIN 10 @OAK  5        W:Scott Baker (4-6), L: Brett Anderson (3-6), S: Joe Nathan (12)
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
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 1-1; 2008 - Tied 5-5; 2007 - MIN won 5-2; All-Time - MIN leads 977-965

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 5.62

FLA 4.57

SEA 3.72

RA/G

LAD 3.78

MIN 4.77

WSN 5.91

J. Bartlett .373

C. Kotchman .277

C. Young .179

OBP

K. Youkilis .474

J. Dye .349

D. Navarro .226

SLG

R. Ibanez .682

A. LaRoche .450

J. Kendall .273

OPS

K. Youkilis 1.101

H. Matsui .795

D. Navarro .516

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.55

B. Bergesen 4.04

F. Carmona 7.42

K/9IP

J. Verlander 11.29

J. Cueto 6.44

J. Garland 3.65

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Twins Batters (4.92 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Braden*
G/S/vB 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 3/.000 ··· 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 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 121/78 .180/.242/.225/.467 .320/.550 .551 29/.572 2/0 0/5

24.Crede G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 175/120 .232/.303/.452/.754 .676/.791 .715 73/.737 0/0 9/1

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 229/165 .272/.354/.490/.844 .880/.829 .704 91/.926 4/1 9/3

22.Gomez G/S/vP 4/.666 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 135/86 .221/.284/.303/.587 .565/.599 .606 73/.580 4/3 0/0

23.Harris G/S/vP 7/.286 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.400 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 169/102 .290/.343/.413/.756 .734/.770 .594 94/.721 0/0 3/2

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 3/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.334 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 204/152 .305/.358/.513/.871 .463/1.009 .747 86/.815 0/0 8/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 7/.829 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 158/94 .415/.500/.777/1.277 .972/1.486 1.057 109/1.230 0/1 12/0

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 6/.533 3/2.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/1.286 1/2.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/2.000 265/166 .339/.415/.634/1.049 1.109/1.007 .940 115/1.143 0/0 16/1

55.Redmond G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 73/50 .254/.315/.313/.629 .791/.557 .667 24/.683 0/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 6/1.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 264/177 .291/.380/.386/.765 .882/.708 .657 111/.788 12/4 4/1

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 103/73 .184/.265/.241/.507 .588/.472 .558 69/.452 4/0 1/1

21.Young G/S/vP 8/.750 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 136/88 .244/.279/.283/.563 .534/.578 .772 46/.400 2/2 1/2

IP 74.0 60.0 37.1 23.0 66.1 20.2 13.0 13.2 21.1 27.1 24.1 TOTAL .273/.347/.426/.773 .755/.781 .728 .788 33/12 64/23

ERA-K/9

3.41/6.1

5.25/5.4

1.93/10.6

4.70/7.4

4.21/4.3

7.40/6.5

4.85/7.6

0.00/3.3

6.33/10.6

2.30/8.9

4.07/5.6

4.30/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 317/.274 266/.296 148/.155 94/.215 285/.265 98/.262 61/.288 51/.170 104/.333 103/.174 109/.309 .264

OPS .715 .827 .480 .681 .811 .867 .707 .406 .911 .535 .772 .736

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 72/.458 85/.926 65/.641 48/.589 138/.990 43/.936 34/.941 23/.270 44/1.167 38/.446 52/.939 .792

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 245/.792 181/.780 83/.356 46/.765 147/.646 55/.814 27/.396 28/.500 60/.739 65/.587 57/.625 .703

Home 158/.696 129/.808 60/.334 50/.709 170/.769 33/.823 35/.581 27/.370 52/.694 46/.155 60/.849

Last 28d days 133/.743 145/.851 65/.634 45/.547 115/.740 54/1.348 61/.707 51/.406 35/1.329 39/.659 49/.814

HR/SB/CS 6/0/2 11/4/0 3/0/0 3/1/2 9/7/6 5/2/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 4/2/0 1/2/2 1/0/0 57/26/12

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

Athletics Batters (4.46 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
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 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 5/3 .000/.200/.000/.200 .500/.000 .200 5/.200 0/0 0/0

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 8/1.250 10/1.600 10/.633 2/1.500 1/.000 15/.134 3/2.000 256/175 .238/.290/.303/.593 .459/.650 .643 110/.644 2/3 2/8

7.Crosby G/S/vP 8/.536 1/.000 8/.750 13/1.212 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 149/94 .205/.304/.307/.611 .792/.505 .761 69/.471 2/0 2/5

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

32.Cust* G/S/vP 6/1.166 1/5.000 1/no AB 6/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 222/144 .236/.333/.424/.757 .632/.825 .804 91/.600 1/0 10/1

11.Davis G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 70/34 .222/.300/.270/.570 .490/.657 .551 41/.641 7/3 0/0

Denorfia G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0

16.Giambi* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 2/.500 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 5/.650 2/.500 228/148 .210/.346/.376/.723 .882/.631 .783 103/.747 0/0 8/3

22.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 92/74 .183/.264/.293/.556 .222/.645 .728 65/.518 0/0 1/0

5.Holliday G/S/vP ··· 6/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 241/159 .279/.378/.452/.830 .707/.892 .791 108/1.003 4/1 8/0

29.Kennedy* G/S/vP 1/2.000 4/.500 6/1.267 14/.972 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 5/1.200 2/.000 132/89 .336/.408/.517/.925 .422/1.168 .931 116/.951 6/3 4/6

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 7/.453 1/2.000 3/1.667 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 2/.000 218/150 .275/.323/.385/.708 .724/.701 .665 91/.509 1/1 2/1

IP 64.2 26.1 17.1 34.2 27.2 10.0 18.1 22.1 20.2 TOTAL .238/.316/.359/.675 .597/.713 .686 .694 30/15 47/37

ERA-K/9

6.12/7.7

4.10/6.2

7.79/6.8

2.86/6.5

3.25/6.5

2.70/6.3

2.45/7.4

2.01/10.5

5.23/5.2

4.62/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 289/.281 115/.330 81/.279 152/.254 104/.177 38/.182 80/.232 85/.188 93/.277 .269

OPS .856 .891 .860 .767 .543 .536 .691 .535 .777 .770

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 66/.739 39/1.295 27/1.640 61/.573 34/.456 18/.804 33/.391 41/.687 39/.699 .792

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 223/.888 76/.675 54/.498 91/.895 70/.587 20/.263 47/.901 44/.396 54/.833 .755

Road 167/.877 38/.691 35/.870 76/.633 44/.259 19/.596 42/.705 29/.863 19/.754

Last 28d days 114/.992 45/.802 37/.997 63/.522 32/.291 38/.536 44/.824 37/.500 93/.777

HR/SB/CS 10/7/5 3/3/1 3/1/1 5/1/1 4/2/1 0/1/1 2/1/0 2/2/0 3/0/0 77/41/17

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