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Game Preview: MIN @ SEA, 4:10pm, Saturday, June 6, 2009 @Safeco Field

Twins, 28-28, 2nd, 1½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (27, RHP, 5-2, 3.50)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-2)			69.1	74	32	27	20	33	6	3.50
2008 (11-11)			193.1	224	102	87	39	96	23	4.05
2007 (0-2)			11.2	19	12	10	2	8	2	7.71

Last 7 GS		4-1	45.0	46	19	15	14	24	5	3.00	53
2009-05-31	@TBR	W	6.0	7	2	2	1	1	2	98	50
2009-05-26	BOS	W	7.0	8	2	1	2	7	0	111	60
2009-05-21	@CHW	W	7.0	4	0	0	3	2	0	82	68
2009-05-16	@NYY	ND	7.2	6	4	4	3	4	1	111	52
2009-05-10	SEA	ND	7.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	99	72
2009-05-05	@DET	L	3.1	8	9	6	3	1	2	77	12
2009-04-29	TBR	W	7.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	104	55

Last 5 v.SEA		1-0	18.0	22	7	7	5	8	0	3.50	49
2009-05-10	SEA	ND	7.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	99	72
2009-04-07	SEA	ND	5.0	8	4	4	3	1	0	85	33
2008-08-06	@SEA	W	6.0	9	3	3	1	1	0	101	42

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

 Home:   21-12   Road:    7-16   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  20-18   vsLHP:   8-10   1-Run:   8-5 
 vsEast:  6-16   vsCntrl:11-9    vsWest:  8-3  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Mariners, 26-29, 3rd, 6½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Jarrod Washburn (34, LHP, 3-4, 3.22)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-4)			64.1	59	24	23	17	44	5	3.22
2008 (5-14)			153.2	174	87	80	50	87	19	4.69
2007 (10-15)			193.2	201	102	93	67	114	23	4.32

Last 7 GS		0-4	43.1	45	20	19	13	27	4	3.95	51
2009-06-01	BAL	L	7.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	102	63
2009-05-26	@OAK	ND	6.0	6	0	0	1	4	0	97	63
2009-05-18	LAA	L	5.0	7	6	6	2	4	1	95	31
2009-05-13	@TEX	ND	6.0	7	4	4	4	5	1	110	43
2009-05-07	@KCR	L	7.0	6	2	1	0	5	0	95	64
2009-05-02	OAK	ND	7.0	5	1	1	2	6	0	101	67
2009-04-26	@LAA	L	5.1	8	6	6	3	0	2	99	25

Last 5 v.MIN		2-3	33.1	30	12	10	10	24	1	2.70	57
2009-04-09	@MIN	W	8.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	96	75
2008-08-06	MIN	L	6.0	5	4	3	3	6	0	102	51
2007-08-21	@MIN	W	6.0	5	2	2	2	4	0	100	56
2007-08-15	MIN	L	7.0	7	2	1	2	5	1	102	60
2007-04-19	MIN	L	6.1	8	4	4	2	5	0	99	44

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

 Home:   14-14   Road:   12-15   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  16-21   vsLHP:  10-8    1-Run:  14-12
 vsEast:  6-3    vsCntrl: 5-11   vsWest: 13-14 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 55 Fri, Jun  5   MIN  L   1-2 (10)  26-29  3rd  6.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 05, 2009 MIN  2 @SEA  1 (10)   W:Matt Guerrier (2-0), L: Mark Lowe (0-3), S: Joe Nathan (11)
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)
Season Series: 2009 - MIN leads 5-3; 2008 - MIN won 5-4; 2007 - MIN won 6-3; All-Time - SEA leads 192-185

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

BAL 4.65

SEA 3.80

RA/G

LAD 3.75

TEX 4.76

WSN 6.04

J. Bartlett .373

M. Cuddyer .276

C. Young .181

OBP

K. Youkilis .475

S. Victorino .349

C. Young .232

SLG

A. Pujols .704

M. DeRosa .441

J. Kendall .266

OPS

A. Pujols 1.170

C. Barmes .794

C. Young .554

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.55

A. Harang 4.11

F. Carmona 7.42

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 11.42

C. Lee 6.48

J. Pineiro 3.45

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Twins Batters (4.98 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 56.Washburn*
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 ··· 1/no AB 6/1.583 2/.500 2/.000 2/1.000 86/76 .197/.326/.296/.621 .744/.603 .658 43/.525 0/0 1/0

25.Casilla# G/S/vP 12/.750 2/.000 6/1.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 111/74 .176/.236/.216/.452 .318/.520 .534 19/.541 2/0 0/4

24.Crede G/S/vP 27/.555 ··· 14/.643 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 161/116 .228/.292/.462/.754 .686/.780 .710 70/.795 0/0 9/1

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 15/.343 6/.167 7/.714 4/1.250 ··· 3/2.334 212/159 .276/.363/.514/.877 .957/.849 .751 90/.993 4/1 9/3

22.Gomez G/S/vP 6/.167 3/.000 6/.334 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 125/82 .219/.274/.298/.572 .463/.630 .576 71/.556 4/3 0/0

23.Harris G/S/vP 11/1.245 3/.000 6/.666 2/2.500 5/1.267 5/.650 152/96 .284/.329/.404/.733 .698/.755 .488 88/.712 0/0 3/1

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.000 7/.829 3/1.667 5/1.400 3/.000 192/147 .313/.365/.517/.882 .464/1.009 .753 82/.883 0/0 7/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 17/.744 2/2.000 8/.500 3/1.666 3/1.000 3/3.000 140/91 .430/.514/.833/1.348 1.070/1.494 1.149 107/1.316 0/1 12/0

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 18/.444 4/.500 12/1.012 4/2.500 5/1.400 3/1.167 247/163 .344/.425/.651/1.076 1.202/1.000 .984 113/1.203 0/0 15/1

55.Redmond G/S/vP 12/.697 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/.572 1/no AB 9/.708 4/.500 3/.666 ··· 248/172 .303/.393/.404/.796 .975/.718 .711 112/.845 12/4 4/1

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.500 3/1.000 2/.500 ··· 94/69 .177/.258/.241/.499 .631/.451 .550 76/.484 3/0 1/1

21.Young G/S/vP 8/.250 2/1.000 11/.775 2/2.000 2/.000 4/.000 125/85 .231/.272/.265/.537 .412/.596 .749 38/.240 2/2 1/2

IP 64.1 27.1 26.1 48.1 27.0 28.1 TOTAL .273/.348/.431/.779 .769/.783 .735 .816 32/12 62/21

ERA-K/9

3.22/6.2

1.98/9.6

3.76/7.9

5.96/3.7

4.33/6.7

1.59/3.8

3.82/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 263/.242 114/.170 126/.288 210/.265 120/.278 115/.182 .253

OPS .667 .554 .756 .768 .749 .552 .714

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 73/.435 55/.614 63/.805 106/.983 59/.908 48/.477 .800

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 190/.759 59/.499 63/.706 104/.564 61/.591 67/.600 .655

Home 128/.643 57/.495 69/.664 123/.733 71/.732 70/.453

Last 28d days 103/.756 58/.578 48/.777 80/.675 63/.770 58/.394

HR/SB/CS 5/3/2 1/2/2 1/5/0 5/2/1 2/2/2 2/3/2 51/33/21

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

Mariners Batters (3.80 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
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 8/.661 2/2.500 3/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 111/61 .235/.279/.363/.642 .636/.647 .542 61/.511 1/0 1/1

29.Beltre G/S/vP 9/.944 7/.858 12/.878 4/.500 10/1.278 ··· ··· 26/.323 ··· 233/161 .245/.279/.355/.634 .663/.620 .512 101/.703 6/2 4/8

7.Betancourt G/S/vP 8/.393 3/.000 8/1.250 3/.666 10/.944 1/no AB ··· 10/.800 ··· 192/139 .249/.277/.329/.607 .695/.573 .599 79/.545 3/0 2/9

30.Branyan* G/S/vP 8/.875 3/1.167 2/2.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 202/131 .320/.423/.609/1.032 .959/1.071 1.122 97/1.121 2/0 12/5

3.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 66/50 .155/.222/.310/.533 .393/.576 .794 34/.571 1/1 2/1

10.Chavez* G/S/vP 6/1.500 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 11/1.344 3/.000 ··· 2/3.500 2/2.500 2/.000 2/2.500 7/.829 ··· 166/130 .221/.331/.400/.731 .954/.673 .853 78/.798 0/0 6/0

21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 15/.667 2/2.000 6/.533 1/.000 9/.222 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 194/142 .267/.344/.364/.708 .748/.695 .872 85/.636 3/3 3/1

32.Johnson G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 106/80 .188/.240/.281/.522 .157/.647 .546 48/.517 0/1 0/1

4.Lopez G/S/vP 9/.111 3/.000 5/.800 5/1.600 9/.583 ··· 1/no AB 9/.555 ··· 220/150 .227/.267/.355/.622 .726/.574 .476 93/.591 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 6/.666 3/.666 7/.572 9/.444 6/1.167 ··· 2/.000 11/.546 ··· 221/156 .346/.382/.471/.853 .758/.893 .802 112/.929 9/4 5/1

5.Sweeney G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 7/.286 6/1.000 8/1.625 ··· ··· 9/.958 ··· 96/41 .231/.271/.396/.666 .678/.652 .607 31/.461 0/0 3/2

IP 69.1 24.1 16.2 32.1 27.0 7.0 18.0 21.2 17.0 TOTAL .256/.312/.389/.701 .701/.701 .689 .717 35/14 48/44

ERA-K/9

3.50/4.3

4.07/5.6

7.56/6.5

3.06/6.1

3.33/6.7

2.57/5.1

2.50/7.0

2.08/10.0

4.76/4.8

4.68/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 296/.271 107/.337 74/.270 143/.262 102/.181 27/.182 76/.235 83/.192 74/.279 .271

OPS .715 .891 .848 .795 .554 .569 .674 .549 .779 .773

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 161/.857 36/1.260 23/1.574 57/.593 34/.456 11/.864 30/.352 40/.705 31/.739 .794

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 135/.541 71/.696 51/.530 86/.927 68/.605 16/.333 46/.888 43/.406 43/.808 .760

Road 156/.754 30/.630 28/.838 67/.671 42/.272 8/.804 38/.675 27/.930 /

Last 28d days 138/.654 42/.847 42/1.196 62/.575 37/.540 27/.569 53/.762 41/.481 74/.779

HR/SB/CS 6/5/2 2/3/1 3/1/1 5/1/1 4/2/1 0/1/1 2/1/0 2/2/0 3/0/0 73/40/15

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