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Game Preview: MIN @ TBR, 7:38pm, Friday, May 29, 2009 @Tropicana Field

Twins, 24-25, 2nd, 3½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Scott Baker (27, RHP, 2-5, 6.32)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-5)			47.0	50	33	33	10	35	12	6.32
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		2-4	43.0	45	27	27	8	32	8	5.65	48
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
2009-04-27	TBR	L	6.0	6	4	4	1	7	0	99	50
2009-04-22	@BOS	L	4.2	10	6	6	1	2	3	92	21

Last 5 v.TBR		1-1	12.0	14	7	7	2	13	2	5.25	50
2009-04-27	TBR	L	6.0	6	4	4	1	7	0	99	50
2006-07-17	TBD	W	6.0	8	3	3	1	6	2	92	49

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

 Home:   19-11   Road:    5-14   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  17-17   vsLHP:   7-8    1-Run:   5-5 
 vsEast:  5-14   vsCntrl: 9-8    vsWest:  7-3  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 45 Sun, May 24   MIL  W   6-3       22-23  3rd  3.5 gb
 44 Sat, May 23   MIL  W   6-2       21-23  3rd  4.5 gb
 43 Fri, May 22   MIL  W  11-3       20-23  3rd  5.5 gb
 42 Thu, May 21  @CHW  W  20-1       19-23  3rd  5.5 gb
 41 Wed, May 20  @CHW  L   4-7       18-23  3rd  5.5 gb
 40 Tue, May 19  @CHW  L   2-6       18-22  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Rays, 23-27, 4th, 6 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: James Shields (27, RHP, 3-4, 3.63)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-4)			67.0	72	30	27	19	47	9	3.63
2008 (14-8)			215.0	208	94	85	40	160	24	3.56
2007 (12-8)			215.0	202	98	92	36	184	28	3.85

Last 7 GS		1-3	47.1	53	20	17	13	38	5	3.23	53
2009-05-24	@FLA	ND	6.2	12	4	4	2	7	1	102	39
2009-05-19	OAK	ND	8.1	4	0	0	2	5	0	98	78
2009-05-14	CLE	L	5.0	10	5	2	1	5	0	98	37
2009-05-08	@BOS	L	6.0	10	5	5	1	7	2	106	38
2009-05-03	BOS	W	7.1	6	2	2	2	6	0	102	62
2009-04-28	@MIN	ND	6.2	7	3	3	4	4	1	100	48
2009-04-23	@SEA	L	7.1	4	1	1	1	4	1	102	69

Last 5 v.MIN		1-1	29.2	40	22	19	11	21	2	5.76	41
2009-04-28	@MIN	ND	6.2	7	3	3	4	4	1	100	48
2008-09-18	MIN	ND	6.1	8	6	5	2	3	1	90	36
2008-04-16	@MIN	ND	5.0	8	5	3	1	5	0	96	39
2007-05-03	MIN	W	7.1	9	3	3	2	8	0	109	54
2006-07-20	@MIN	L	4.1	8	5	5	2	1	0	82	26

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

 Home:   11-10   Road:   12-17   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  17-14   vsLHP:   6-13   1-Run:   5-10
 vsEast: 12-10   vsCntrl: 5-10   vsWest:  4-6  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Thu, May 28  @CLE  L   1-2       23-27  4th  6.0 gb
 49 Wed, May 27  @CLE  L   7-12      23-26  4th  5.0 gb
 48 Tue, May 26  @CLE  L   1-5       23-25  4th  5.0 gb
 47 Mon, May 25  @CLE  L  10-11      23-24  4th  5.0 gb
 46 Sun, May 24  @FLA  L   4-5 (11)  23-23  4th  4.0 gb
 45 Sat, May 23  @FLA  W  10-3       23-22  4th  3.5 gb
 44 Fri, May 22  @FLA  W  15-2       22-22  4th  4.5 gb
 43 Thu, May 21   OAK  W   6-5       21-22  4th  5.5 gb
 42 Wed, May 20   OAK  L   6-7       20-22  4th  6.5 gb
 41 Tue, May 19   OAK  L   1-4 (11)  20-21  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 29, 2009 MIN  8  TBR  3        W:Nick Blackburn (2-1), L: Scott Kazmir (3-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 28, 2009 MIN  4  TBR  3        W:Joe Nathan (1-0), L: J.P. Howell (0-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 27, 2009 TBR  7 @MIN  1        W:Jeff Niemann (2-2), L: Scott Baker (0-3), S: none

Sun, Sep 21, 2008 MIN  4 @TBR  1        W:Francisco Liriano (6-3), L: Andy Sonnanstine (13-8), S: Joe Nathan (38)
Sat, Sep 20, 2008 TBR  7  MIN  2        W:Scott Kazmir (12-7), L: Kevin Slowey (12-11), S: none
Fri, Sep 19, 2008 TBR 11  MIN  1        W:Edwin Jackson (12-11), L: Nick Blackburn (10-10), S: none
Thu, Sep 18, 2008 MIN 11 @TBR  8        W:Eddie Guardado (4-4), L: Dan Wheeler (5-6), S: Joe Nathan (37)
Thu, Apr 17, 2008 TBR  7 @MIN  3        W:Jason Hammel (1-1), L: Boof Bonser (1-3), S: J.P. Howell (1)
Wed, Apr 16, 2008 MIN  6  TBR  5        W:Juan Rincon (1-0), L: Dan Wheeler (0-2), S: Joe Nathan (5)
Thu, May 03, 2007 TBD  6  MIN  4        W:James Shields (3-0), L: Ramon Ortiz (3-2), S: Al Reyes (10)
Season Series: 2009 - MIN leads 2-1; 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - TBR won 4-3; All-Time - MIN leads 52-37

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

LAD 5.67

MIL 4.64

SEA 3.75

RA/G

LAD 3.86

CHW 4.72

WSN 6.17

C. Beltran .367

C. Pena .239

B. Giles .190

OBP

C. Beltran .460

C. Ross .311

A. Beltre .245

SLG

R. Ibanez .707

J. Francoeur .346

B. Upton .282

OPS

R. Ibanez 1.109

W. Taveras .675

A. Beltre .562

ERA

Z. Greinke .84

R. Ohlendorf 4.20

A. Sonnanstine 7.66

K/9IP

J. Verlander 12.09

A. Galarraga 6.50

M. Pelfrey 3.19

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Twins Batters (5.16 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (5.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 36.Choate*
G/S/vB 31.Cormier
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 44.Isringhausen
G/S/vB 46.Nelson
G/S/vB 34.Niemann
G/S/vB 14.Price*
G/S/vB 59.Thayer
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Buscher* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/66 .183/.315/.300/.615 1.095/.562 .521 50/.566 0/0 1/0

24.Crede G/S/vP 9/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.750 ··· 2/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 4/.500 142/104 .240/.303/.504/.807 .783/.815 .754 68/.912 0/0 9/1

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 6/1.467 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/1.300 ··· 4/3.250 3/.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 203/154 .284/.374/.517/.891 1.042/.843 .773 111/1.090 4/1 8/3

22.Gomez G/S/vP 6/1.334 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 100/66 .225/.293/.326/.619 .531/.664 .648 52/.674 4/3 0/0

23.Harris G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 122/77 .274/.320/.372/.691 .682/.697 .282 75/.584 0/0 2/0

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 13/1.532 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 167/130 .331/.377/.519/.897 .479/1.015 .878 83/.908 0/0 5/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 13/.826 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.500 113/76 .407/.496/.824/1.320 .930/1.504 1.092 109/1.270 0/0 11/0

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 15/.805 ··· ··· 2/1.000 6/.334 ··· 4/.500 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 217/145 .342/.424/.658/1.082 1.266/.978 1.040 117/1.182 0/0 14/1

8.Punto# G/S/vP 15/.800 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.667 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 150/111 .187/.290/.211/.501 .421/.509 .497 77/.404 5/1 0/5

55.Redmond G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.333 3/1.667 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 61/40 .250/.311/.304/.615 .714/.564 .541 26/.668 0/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 11/.384 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 215/152 .311/.403/.411/.814 .980/.746 .797 117/.842 11/3 3/1

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 82/59 .200/.269/.271/.541 .627/.506 .629 82/.541 2/0 1/1

21.Young G/S/vP 6/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 110/80 .245/.291/.284/.575 .486/.609 .843 52/.558 2/2 1/2

IP 67.0 20.1 2.0 37.0 24.0 5.0 21.0 50.2 3.1 5.1 16.2 TOTAL .276/.352/.436/.788 .797/.784 .764 .839 30/10 55/19

ERA-K/9

3.63/6.3

5.75/8.4

4.50/9.0

2.19/4.1

2.63/10.1

3.60/3.6

6.43/8.6

4.44/5.3

5.40/16.4

5.06/0.0

4.86/7.0

4.81/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 281/.279 94/.256 8/.125 149/.210 98/.218 25/.211 106/.287 227/.283 19/.286 24/.348 68/.242 .270

OPS .773 .744 .625 .561 .599 .663 .986 .827 1.045 .766 .782 .785

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 143/.829 41/.762 4/.000 76/.539 31/.780 12/.639 68/1.009 121/.769 4/1.250 9/.583 24/1.071 .777

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 138/.714 53/.731 4/1.250 73/.583 67/.514 13/.685 38/.938 106/.885 15/.967 15/.867 44/.615 .792

Home 114/.665 50/.713 / 48/.776 37/.634 8/.393 46/1.125 77/.898 / / 30/1.145

Last 28d days 143/.804 57/.751 8/.625 72/.466 55/.511 25/.663 64/1.316 129/.870 19/1.045 24/.766 32/.693

HR/SB/CS 9/1/1 1/4/0 1/0/0 1/2/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 6/4/0 8/12/3 1/0/0 0/0/0 4/1/0 59/32/8

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

Rays Batters (5.64 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.94 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

16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 105/60 .284/.381/.443/.824 .717/.900 .762 75/.994 0/0 3/1

15.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/10 .200/.200/.267/.467 .400/.500 15/.467 0/0 0/1

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 6/.750 1/2.000 1/.000 6/1.000 5/.400 5/1.550 1/no AB 5/1.000 ··· 223/143 .317/.377/.416/.793 .668/.865 .651 116/.864 30/0 1/2

11.Dillon G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/ .000/.200/.000/.200 .200/ 5/.200 0/0 0/

26.Gross* G/S/vP 5/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 95/85 .250/.368/.413/.781 1.743/.684 .665 44/.802 2/1 3/0

41.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/26 .286/.318/.405/.723 .708/.731 .833 31/.517 2/1 1/0

27.Kapler G/S/vP 3/.666 3/2.667 2/1.000 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 78/25 .188/.269/.290/.559 .740/.203 .430 42/.427 2/0 0/1

3.Longoria G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 215/149 .324/.395/.622/1.018 1.061/.999 .867 118/.898 2/0 12/4

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 156/105 .215/.245/.299/.544 .594/.519 .470 78/.654 1/0 2/1

23.Pena* G/S/vP 6/.667 1/.000 3/1.666 10/1.189 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 9/.708 ··· 214/139 .239/.374/.574/.948 .872/.990 1.081 113/.907 0/1 16/5

2.Upton G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 4/1.417 4/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 204/143 .192/.291/.282/.573 .472/.614 .619 125/.587 15/3 2/0

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/3.500 ··· 135/90 .304/.407/.652/1.060 1.154/1.008 1.156 85/1.092 5/1 8/0

IP 47.0 22.2 13.1 26.1 24.0 4.1 15.1 18.1 13.0 TOTAL .273/.354/.449/.803 .824/.793 .786 .812 82/9 58/29

ERA-K/9

6.32/6.7

4.37/5.2

7.43/5.4

3.42/5.5

3.75/6.4

4.15/2.1

2.35/7.6

2.45/9.3

2.08/4.2

4.81/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 198/.266 97/.333 58/.245 120/.291 91/.188 18/.214 63/.214 72/.209 53/.213 .272

OPS .814 .890 .844 .845 .572 .690 .576 .607 .664 .777

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/.579 32/1.328 18/1.822 47/.552 32/.446 9/1.069 25/.427 35/.812 24/.792 .808

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 105/1.017 65/.671 40/.407 73/1.034 59/.643 9/.222 38/.675 37/.418 29/.550 .757

Road 49/1.181 30/.630 20/.910 52/.677 32/.225 7/.929 29/.665 21/1.213 /

Last 28d days 130/.656 48/.835 32/1.113 65/.737 45/.603 18/.690 48/.652 40/.545 53/.664

HR/SB/CS 12/2/0 2/3/1 3/1/0 4/1/1 4/2/1 0/1/0 1/1/0 2/2/0 2/0/0 63/39/12

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