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Game Preview: MIN @ SEA, 10:10pm, Friday, June 5, 2009 @Safeco Field

Twins, 27-28, 2nd, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Francisco Liriano (25, LHP, 2-7, 6.60)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-7)			58.2	67	44	43	28	50	9	6.60
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	37.0	46	26	26	19	33	6	6.32	42
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
2009-04-28	TBR	ND	6.2	7	2	2	2	3	0	96	53

Last 5 v.SEA		2-2	31.0	24	15	13	7	18	3	3.77	54
2009-05-09	SEA	W	5.0	6	5	5	2	4	1	77	37
2009-04-06	SEA	L	7.0	4	4	4	0	3	2	93	56
2008-08-25	@SEA	ND	6.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	95	60
2008-08-15	SEA	W	7.0	2	2	0	2	5	0	98	72
2006-06-06	@SEA	L	6.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	91	47

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

 Home:   21-12   Road:    6-16   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  19-18   vsLHP:   8-10   1-Run:   7-5 
 vsEast:  6-16   vsCntrl:11-9    vsWest:  7-3  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 49 Thu, May 28   BOS  L   1-3       24-25  2nd  3.5 gb
 48 Wed, May 27   BOS  W   4-2       24-24  2nd  3.5 gb
 47 Tue, May 26   BOS  W   5-2       23-24  3rd  3.5 gb
 46 Mon, May 25   BOS  L   5-6       22-24  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Mariners, 26-28, 3rd, 5½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Felix Hernandez (23, RHP, 5-3, 3.41)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-3)			71.1	71	32	27	20	72	6	3.41
2008 (9-11)			200.2	198	85	77	80	175	17	3.45
2007 (14-7)			190.1	209	88	83	53	165	20	3.92

Last 7 GS		2-3	45.1	48	23	18	11	45	5	3.57	53
2009-05-30	@LAA	ND	6.2	6	1	0	1	6	0	113	65
2009-05-24	SFG	W	8.0	7	4	1	1	10	1	112	67
2009-05-19	LAA	L	5.2	11	6	6	3	3	0	107	23
2009-05-14	@TEX	ND	7.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	110	73
2009-05-09	@MIN	L	4.0	6	6	5	3	2	2	81	27
2009-05-04	TEX	L	6.0	10	6	6	0	9	2	97	37
2009-04-28	@CHW	W	8.0	4	0	0	1	9	0	100	82

Last 5 v.MIN		2-2	25.1	23	12	11	12	19	2	3.91	52
2009-05-09	@MIN	L	4.0	6	6	5	3	2	2	81	27
2009-04-06	@MIN	W	8.0	5	1	1	3	6	0	97	71
2007-08-13	MIN	ND	6.0	4	1	1	2	6	0	110	64
2007-04-18	MIN	L	0.1	2	3	3	2	0	0	25	33
2006-06-06	MIN	W	7.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	100	64

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

 Home:   14-13   Road:   12-15   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  16-21   vsLHP:  10-7    1-Run:  14-11
 vsEast:  6-3    vsCntrl: 5-10   vsWest: 13-14 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Wed, Jun  3   BAL  W   3-2       26-28  3rd  6.0 gb
 53 Tue, Jun  2   BAL  W   8-2       25-28  3rd  6.0 gb
 52 Mon, Jun  1   BAL  L   0-1       24-28  3rd  7.0 gb
 51 Sun, May 31  @LAA  L   8-9       24-27  3rd  6.5 gb
 50 Sat, May 30  @LAA  W   4-3 (10)  24-26  3rd  6.5 gb
 49 Fri, May 29  @LAA  W   5-2       23-26  3rd  6.5 gb
 48 Wed, May 27  @OAK  W   6-1       22-26  3rd  6.0 gb
 47 Tue, May 26  @OAK  L   3-4       21-26  3rd  7.0 gb
 46 Mon, May 25  @OAK  L   1-6       21-25  3rd  6.0 gb
 45 Sun, May 24   SFG  W   5-4       21-24  3rd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 10, 2009 SEA  5 @MIN  3        W:Miguel Batista (2-0), L: Jesse Crain (1-1), S: Brandon Morrow (6)
Sat, May 09, 2009 MIN  9  SEA  6        W:Francisco Liriano (2-4), L: Felix Hernandez (4-2), S: Joe Nathan (5)
Fri, May 08, 2009 MIN 11  SEA  0        W:Scott Baker (1-4), L: Chris Jakubauskas (1-4), S: none
Thu, Apr 09, 2009 SEA  2 @MIN  0        W:Jarrod Washburn (1-0), L: Glen Perkins (0-1), S: Brandon Morrow (1)
Wed, Apr 08, 2009 MIN  6  SEA  5        W:Kevin Slowey (1-0), L: Carlos Silva (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (1)
Tue, Apr 07, 2009 MIN  6  SEA  5        W:Luis Ayala (1-0), L: Brandon Morrow (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 06, 2009 SEA  6 @MIN  1        W:Felix Hernandez (1-0), L: Francisco Liriano (0-1), S: none

Wed, Aug 27, 2008 MIN  6 @SEA  5        W:Glen Perkins (12-3), L: Sean Green (3-4), S: Joe Nathan (36)
Tue, Aug 26, 2008 SEA  3  MIN  2        W:Ryan Rowland-Smith (3-2), L: Scott Baker (7-4), S: Roy Corcoran (1)
Mon, Aug 25, 2008 SEA  4  MIN  2 (11)   W:R.A. Dickey (4-8), L: Jesse Crain (5-4), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - MIN leads 4-3; 2008 - MIN won 5-4; 2007 - MIN won 6-3; All-Time - SEA leads 192-184

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 5.74

MIL 4.70

SEA 3.85

RA/G

LAD 3.77

TBR 4.71

WSN 6.09

J. Bartlett .373

R. Hernandez .276

C. Young .172

OBP

A. Pujols .470

C. Granderson .347

C. Young .216

SLG

R. Ibanez .699

M. Scutaro .439

J. Kendall .260

OPS

A. Pujols 1.168

D. Uggla .787

C. Young .515

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.10

U. Jimenez 4.11

F. Carmona 7.42

K/9IP

J. Verlander 11.69

B. Myers 6.50

J. Pineiro 3.45

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Twins Batters (5.04 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Hernandez
G/S/vB 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB 43.Batista
G/S/vB 41.Jakubauskas
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 46.White
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Buscher* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/no AB 6/1.583 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 82/72 .176/.305/.279/.584 .744/.560 .546 43/.474 0/0 1/0

25.Casilla# G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 6/1.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 107/70 .163/.226/.204/.430 .318/.492 .488 15/.414 2/0 0/4

24.Crede G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 14/.643 ··· 1/.000 ··· 157/112 .232/.293/.472/.765 .686/.796 .734 66/.823 0/0 9/1

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 19/.269 6/.167 7/.714 4/1.250 ··· 3/2.334 212/159 .276/.363/.514/.877 .957/.849 .751 94/1.029 4/1 9/3

22.Gomez G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 6/.334 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 121/78 .218/.275/.300/.575 .463/.637 .583 67/.559 4/3 0/0

23.Harris G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 6/.666 2/2.500 4/1.750 4/.833 147/91 .279/.327/.404/.731 .698/.752 .458 87/.673 0/0 3/1

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 11/.546 3/.000 7/.829 3/1.667 4/1.750 2/.000 187/142 .322/.374/.532/.906 .464/1.046 .803 81/.895 0/0 7/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 19/1.872 2/2.000 8/.500 3/1.666 2/.000 3/3.000 135/86 .436/.519/.845/1.364 1.070/1.528 1.171 107/1.392 0/0 12/0

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 22/.589 4/.500 12/1.012 4/2.500 4/1.250 3/1.167 242/158 .348/.426/.657/1.083 1.202/1.010 .999 112/1.280 0/0 15/1

55.Redmond G/S/vP 3/1.000 4/.750 8/.250 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 69/48 .250/.304/.297/.601 .714/.553 .607 30/.533 0/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 7/1.667 ··· 9/.708 4/.500 3/.666 ··· 243/167 .307/.395/.410/.805 .975/.728 .727 112/.872 12/3 4/1

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 2/.500 3/1.000 1/no AB ··· 93/68 .179/.261/.244/.505 .631/.459 .568 80/.474 2/0 1/1

21.Young G/S/vP 9/.222 2/1.000 11/.775 2/2.000 2/.000 4/.000 125/85 .231/.272/.265/.537 .412/.596 .749 42/.217 2/2 1/2

IP 71.1 26.1 26.1 48.1 26.0 27.1 TOTAL .274/.348/.434/.782 .769/.787 .741 .831 31/10 62/21

ERA-K/9

3.41/9.1

2.05/9.2

3.76/7.9

5.96/3.7

4.50/6.9

1.65/3.6

3.88/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 303/.257 111/.174 126/.288 210/.265 115/.279 111/.177 .254

OPS .667 .559 .756 .768 .743 .542 .716

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 151/.783 53/.614 63/.805 106/.983 55/.892 46/.451 .805

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 152/.558 58/.508 63/.706 104/.564 60/.602 65/.599 .656

Home 145/.711 54/.502 69/.664 123/.733 66/.720 66/.431

Last 28d days 137/.712 59/.567 51/.725 80/.675 58/.759 60/.470

HR/SB/CS 6/6/3 1/2/1 1/5/0 5/2/1 2/2/1 2/2/2 51/32/19

Usage ·····X·· ·o··XoX· ····XX·· ·X·X···· ·o···oo· ··X·X·o·

Mariners Batters (3.85 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.91 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

25.Balentien G/S/vP 9/.000 2/2.500 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 107/60 .235/.280/.357/.638 .610/.658 .525 61/.460 1/0 1/0

29.Beltre G/S/vP 17/.791 7/.858 12/.878 4/.500 9/1.194 ··· ··· 26/.323 ··· 229/160 .244/.275/.355/.630 .674/.611 .501 101/.770 6/2 4/8

7.Betancourt G/S/vP 14/.142 3/.000 8/1.250 3/.666 10/.944 1/no AB ··· 10/.800 ··· 192/139 .249/.277/.329/.607 .695/.573 .599 83/.515 3/0 2/9

30.Branyan* G/S/vP 5/.200 3/1.167 2/2.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 198/131 .319/.421/.614/1.036 .965/1.071 1.134 97/1.121 2/0 12/5

3.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 62/48 .164/.220/.327/.548 .368/.603 .856 30/.607 1/1 2/1

10.Chavez* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 4/.250 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 156/123 .283/.331/.355/.686 .557/.721 .683 41/.729 8/1 2/1

24.Griffey* G/S/vP 3/1.666 3/.000 ··· 2/3.500 2/2.500 2/.000 2/2.500 6/1.000 ··· 165/129 .223/.333/.403/.736 .954/.679 .866 77/.810 0/0 6/0

21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 11/.773 2/2.000 5/.650 1/.000 9/.222 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 191/141 .270/.348/.368/.716 .765/.700 .893 86/.652 3/3 3/1

32.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 102/79 .196/.250/.293/.543 .178/.656 .594 44/.569 0/1 0/1

4.Lopez G/S/vP 17/.376 3/.000 5/.800 5/1.600 8/.661 ··· 1/no AB 9/.555 ··· 216/149 .231/.272/.362/.634 .761/.578 .494 94/.618 0/2 5/8

55.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .250/.250/.250/.500 /.500 5/.500 0/0 0/0

51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 16/.838 3/.666 7/.572 9/.444 6/1.167 ··· 1/.000 10/.600 ··· 216/155 .353/.386/.480/.866 .785/.899 .824 112/.966 9/4 5/1

5.Sweeney G/S/vP 8/.821 1/.000 7/.286 6/1.000 7/1.881 ··· ··· 9/.958 ··· 92/40 .230/.272/.368/.640 .617/.668 .553 31/.461 0/0 2/2

IP 58.2 24.1 16.0 32.1 25.1 7.0 17.1 20.2 17.0 TOTAL .259/.313/.392/.705 .706/.704 .696 .735 35/14 47/43

ERA-K/9

6.60/7.7

4.07/5.6

7.88/6.2

3.06/6.1

3.55/7.1

2.57/5.1

2.60/7.3

2.18/9.6

4.76/4.8

4.76/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 264/.293 107/.337 72/.279 143/.262 97/.180 27/.182 74/.242 80/.200 74/.279 .273

OPS .875 .891 .874 .795 .563 .569 .694 .570 .779 .779

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 60/.736 36/1.260 23/1.574 57/.593 34/.456 11/.864 28/.379 38/.744 31/.739 .798

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 204/.914 71/.696 49/.554 86/.927 63/.622 16/.333 46/.888 42/.415 43/.808 .765

Road 142/.917 30/.630 26/.911 67/.671 37/.253 8/.804 36/.715 24/1.053 /

Last 28d days 112/1.055 49/.790 40/1.262 62/.575 37/.684 27/.569 51/.795 41/.531 74/.779

HR/SB/CS 9/7/5 2/3/1 3/1/1 5/1/1 4/2/1 0/1/1 2/1/0 2/2/0 3/0/0 72/40/15

Usage ·····X·· ·X·····o ·X····Xo ·X···X·· ··o·X·o· X···o·oo ··X·X·o· ··X·o··· ·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.