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Game Preview: MIN @ TEX, 8:05pm, Sunday, July 19, 2009 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Twins, 47-44, 3rd, 2 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Francisco Liriano (25, LHP, 4-9, 5.47)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-9)			102.0	106	66	62	46	93	14	5.47
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		2-2	43.1	39	22	19	18	43	5	3.95	54
2009-07-09	NYY	L	5.1	7	6	3	2	5	1	105	39
2009-07-04	DET	ND	7.0	5	3	3	2	8	1	103	61
2009-06-28	@STL	W	7.0	4	2	2	2	6	0	97	65
2009-06-23	@MIL	W	5.0	7	3	3	5	6	0	117	42
2009-06-17	PIT	L	7.0	8	4	4	1	6	2	106	50
2009-06-10	@OAK	ND	6.0	5	3	3	2	7	0	98	55
2009-06-05	@SEA	ND	6.0	3	1	1	4	5	1	101	63

Last 5 v.TEX		1-0	7.0	4	0	0	3	8	0	0.00	74
2006-07-08	@TEX	W	7.0	4	0	0	3	8	0	95	74

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

 Home:   28-20   Road:   19-24   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  33-27   vsLHP:  14-17   1-Run:  10-13
 vsEast:  6-19   vsCntrl:17-12   vsWest: 12-7  IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Sat, Jul 18  @TEX  W   4-1       47-44  3rd  2.0 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 17  @TEX  W   5-3       46-44  3rd  3.0 gb
 89 Sun, Jul 12   CHW  W  13-7       45-44  3rd  4.0 gb
 88 Sat, Jul 11   CHW  L   7-8       44-44  3rd  4.0 gb
 87 Fri, Jul 10   CHW  W   6-4       44-43  3rd  4.0 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  9   NYY  L   4-6       43-43  3rd  4.0 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  8   NYY  L   3-4       43-42  3rd  3.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  7   NYY  L   2-10      43-41  3rd  2.5 gb
 83 Sun, Jul  5   DET  W   6-2       43-40  2nd  2.0 gb
 82 Sat, Jul  4   DET  W   4-3       42-40  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Rangers, 48-41, 2nd, 3 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Derek Holland (22, LHP, 3-5, 5.97)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-5)			60.1	76	43	40	18	46	11	5.97

Last 7 GS		1-4	39.0	50	29	27	11	33	8	6.23	42
2009-07-04	TBR	W	6.0	7	4	4	1	4	2	92	45
2009-06-27	SDP	L	5.2	13	7	6	1	8	0	90	24
2009-06-20	@SFG	ND	7.0	4	1	1	1	5	1	95	69
2009-06-14	LAD	L	5.0	5	4	4	4	2	1	89	39
2009-06-06	@BOS	L	4.2	6	4	4	2	5	1	91	39
2009-05-27	NYY	L	5.0	10	6	5	2	5	2	88	28
2009-05-22	@HOU	ND	5.2	5	3	3	0	4	1	76	51

Has never faced MIN.

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

 Home:   28-19   Road:   20-22   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  30-27   vsLHP:  18-14   1-Run:  14-9 
 vsEast: 13-12   vsCntrl: 8-12   vsWest: 18-8  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Sat, Jul 18   MIN  L   1-4       48-41  2nd  3.0 gb
 88 Fri, Jul 17   MIN  L   3-5       48-40  2nd  2.0 gb
 87 Sun, Jul 12  @SEA  L   3-5       48-39  2nd  1.5 gb
 86 Sat, Jul 11  @SEA  L   1-4       48-38  2nd  0.5 gb
 85 Fri, Jul 10  @SEA  W   6-4       48-37  1st  0.5 up
 84 Thu, Jul  9  @SEA  L   1-3       47-37  1st  0.5 up
 83 Wed, Jul  8  @LAA  W   8-1       47-36  1st  1.0 up
 82 Tue, Jul  7  @LAA  W   8-5       46-36  1st    Tied
 81 Mon, Jul  6  @LAA  L   4-9       45-36  2nd  1.0 gb
 80 Sun, Jul  5   TBR  W   5-2       45-35  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 17, 2009 MIN  5 @TEX  3        W:Glen Perkins (5-5), L: Vicente Padilla (7-5), S: Joe Nathan (24)

Sun, Jul 20, 2008 TEX  1 @MIN  0        W:Vicente Padilla (11-5), L: Scott Baker (6-3), S: C.J. Wilson (23)
Sat, Jul 19, 2008 MIN 14  TEX  2        W:Livan Hernandez (10-6), L: Matt Harrison (1-1), S: none
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 MIN  6  TEX  0        W:Glen Perkins (7-2), L: Kevin Millwood (6-6), S: none
Thu, May 22, 2008 TEX  8 @MIN  7 (10)   W:Joaquin Benoit (3-1), L: Brian Bass (1-1), S: C.J. Wilson (9)
Wed, May 21, 2008 TEX 10 @MIN  1        W:Sidney Ponson (3-0), L: Nick Blackburn (4-3), S: none
Tue, May 20, 2008 MIN 11  TEX  4        W:Glen Perkins (1-1), L: Doug Mathis (1-1), S: none
Mon, May 19, 2008 MIN  7  TEX  6 (12)   W:Bobby Korecky (1-0), L: Franklyn German (1-3), S: none
Sun, Apr 27, 2008 TEX 10  MIN  0        W:Vicente Padilla (3-2), L: Livan Hernandez (3-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 26, 2008 MIN 12 @TEX  6        W:Dennys Reyes (1-0), L: Jamey Wright (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - MIN leads 2-0; 2008 - Tied 5-5; 2007 - MIN won 7-2; All-Time - MIN leads 342-303

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

SDP 3.76

RA/G

SFG 3.66

CHW 4.64

WSN 5.60

J. Mauer .371

K. Morales .288

R. Cedeno .180

OBP

A. Pujols .458

M. Young .362

R. Cedeno .236

SLG

A. Pujols .740

M. Lowell .470

N. Punto .223

OPS

A. Pujols 1.197

R. Zimmerman .823

N. Punto .543

ERA

D. Haren 2.01

U. Jimenez 3.82

J. Geer 6.02

K/9IP

J. Verlander 10.96

R. Wolf 6.79

J. Pineiro 3.75

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Twins Batters (4.85 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Holland*
G/S/vB 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 49.Grilli
G/S/vB 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB 35.Hunter
G/S/vB 28.Jennings
G/S/vB 52.Mathis
G/S/vB 33.Millwood
G/S/vB 57.Nippert
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 44.Padilla
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
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 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 5/.933 ··· 123/106 .210/.350/.310/.660 .710/.651 .598 20/.717 0/0 2/0

25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 8/.500 1/.000 ··· 9/.333 1/.000 125/82 .174/.234/.217/.451 .320/.522 .513 4/.000 3/0 0/5

24.Crede G/S/vP ··· 5/1.200 4/.000 6/.833 10/.650 ··· ··· ··· 20/.400 ··· 1/.000 14/.715 ··· 283/203 .238/.300/.453/.753 .581/.821 .729 74/.762 0/0 14/2

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 7/.953 6/.200 7/1.238 5/.650 ··· ··· 2/1.500 19/1.252 ··· 2/1.000 18/.804 5/.200 349/258 .269/.350/.500/.850 .974/.805 .689 87/.807 4/1 15/4

22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.167 7/.572 1/3.000 ··· 9/1.667 2/.000 208/136 .242/.296/.374/.670 .692/.659 .752 44/.912 8/5 2/0

23.Harris G/S/vP ··· 7/1.000 2/1.000 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 8/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 14/.814 3/.333 300/194 .274/.317/.390/.707 .740/.688 .554 87/.575 0/1 5/6

16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· 5/1.400 4/1.250 ··· ··· 2/no AB 10/1.100 ··· 2/1.500 15/.652 3/.333 303/225 .314/.370/.556/.926 .506/1.072 .875 60/.911 1/1 15/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.200 2/.500 2/.000 6/1.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 29/.928 1/3.000 ··· 16/.450 9/.347 286/180 .371/.444/.616/1.060 .954/1.123 .944 88/.690 1/1 15/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 8/.833 7/.453 6/1.000 5/.200 ··· 3/1.334 2/1.000 22/1.608 1/5.000 2/.000 21/.841 10/.856 391/249 .315/.394/.579/.972 .963/.977 .888 83/.989 0/0 21/1

8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 6/1.300 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 20/1.029 ··· ··· 8/.661 3/.667 223/165 .201/.319/.223/.543 .558/.528 .541 46/.465 8/1 0/5

55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 18/.583 ··· ··· 17/.368 2/.000 98/65 .236/.306/.281/.587 .773/.495 .649 17/.369 0/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 6/.533 ··· 347/243 .292/.379/.386/.766 .976/.678 .641 83/.767 16/5 5/3

21.Young G/S/vP ··· 8/.750 4/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 6/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 12/.666 1/.000 202/132 .266/.292/.344/.636 .630/.639 .721 30/.816 2/2 3/2

IP 60.1 102.1 27.2 32.1 26.2 23.0 48.2 16.2 130.0 8.0 32.0 96.1 38.2 TOTAL .270/.342/.424/.767 .766/.767 .718 .726 45/16 97/42

ERA-K/9

5.97/6.9

3.87/4.5

2.28/10.4

4.18/7.8

4.05/5.1

2.35/5.1

3.33/6.3

2.16/2.2

3.46/5.5

6.75/6.8

1.69/8.7

4.67/4.9

3.03/7.4

4.35/5.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 269/.306 392/.233 109/.180 145/.280 114/.270 96/.244 199/.250 68/.197 551/.249 36/.364 128/.221 424/.286 169/.247 .265

OPS .888 .672 .588 .780 .802 .688 .702 .591 .729 .932 .608 .762 .714 .764

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 81/.831 207/.669 53/.492 65/.764 41/1.099 51/.834 88/.703 26/.824 263/.725 20/.971 38/.930 242/.887 56/.541 .777

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 188/.913 185/.674 56/.680 80/.791 73/.632 45/.530 111/.701 42/.449 288/.732 16/.875 90/.469 182/.603 113/.794 .753

Home 141/1.091 212/.647 51/.509 86/.852 79/.976 72/.744 109/.635 51/.697 288/.690 / 65/.457 239/.867 83/.554

Last 28d days 78/.945 101/.597 30/1.000 25/.296 27/.443 70/.607 43/.591 33/.401 142/.836 36/.932 29/.656 108/.884 48/.670

HR/SB/CS 11/6/0 11/12/3 4/0/0 3/3/1 4/2/2 2/4/0 3/3/3 1/0/0 17/13/3 1/3/0 3/5/1 8/2/4 3/2/1 100/58/21

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

Rangers Batters (4.88 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB 30.Baker
G/S/vB 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB 39.Dickey
G/S/vB 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 44.Keppel
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 269/186 .253/.314/.349/.663 .771/.616 .749 66/.523 17/2 3/12

9.Blalock* G/S/vP 4/.500 5/.400 3/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 4/.833 1/.000 8/.833 6/.533 ··· 284/211 .260/.306/.542/.848 .636/.926 .803 70/.952 2/0 19/3

22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 8/.625 ··· 316/217 .282/.323/.467/.790 .728/.818 .909 86/.894 3/1 8/1

17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 3/.000 ··· 332/240 .259/.322/.532/.854 .680/.920 .881 62/.683 13/2 23/3

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.500 6/1.000 4/1.750 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 2/3.500 9/1.222 ··· 172/122 .256/.308/.455/.763 .905/.704 .727 34/.834 5/0 7/0

25.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 7/.286 3/.333 ··· 206/110 .233/.335/.534/.869 .812/.909 .926 64/.885 3/0 14/0

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 3/.000 8/.661 7/1.286 4/.000 ··· 7/.572 4/.000 ··· 7/.143 9/.222 ··· 400/283 .249/.326/.484/.810 1.098/.689 .941 92/.566 19/2 20/6

7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 6/.833 3/.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 7/.453 3/.000 ··· 231/192 .274/.358/.442/.800 .529/.855 .841 60/1.027 5/4 7/1

21.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 253/172 .244/.296/.368/.664 .674/.659 .753 57/.606 0/2 6/6

2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 87/69 .228/.279/.342/.621 .686/.603 .621 23/.672 0/0 1/3

13.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/.858 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 5/1.000 ··· ··· 91/76 .288/.352/.375/.727 1.000/.667 .755 20/.707 4/0 0/0

10.Young G/S/vP 4/.500 9/.778 7/1.000 4/.000 ··· 9/1.167 5/.400 ··· 10/.700 10/.522 ··· 381/275 .307/.362/.486/.848 .903/.827 .880 95/.771 6/2 11/6

IP 102.0 109.1 123.1 55.1 11.2 41.1 14.1 29.1 36.1 83.1 32.0 TOTAL .255/.317/.453/.770 .762/.773 .823 .739 76/14 133/59

ERA-K/9

5.47/8.2

5.10/7.4

3.06/3.9

3.25/6.2

5.40/3.1

2.40/5.9

0.63/5.7

1.84/8.0

1.24/11.2

4.75/4.3

4.50/5.1

4.32/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 450/.270 420/.258 518/.267 242/.269 49/.238 160/.197 57/.163 126/.220 130/.156 353/.285 141/.276 .265

OPS .807 .757 .701 .756 .755 .571 .526 .651 .447 .738 .737 .747

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 103/.641 206/.692 275/.795 103/.612 19/.498 56/.431 30/.653 53/.300 62/.602 82/.928 69/.680 .769

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 347/.856 214/.818 243/.594 139/.860 30/.927 104/.647 27/.389 73/.909 68/.314 271/.683 72/.790 .732

Road 247/.795 172/.799 280/.760 105/.660 11/.773 70/.458 32/.472 58/.678 60/.611 132/.833 45/.552

Last 28d days 107/.703 91/.827 132/.728 78/.791 38/.748 43/.629 57/.526 34/.472 29/.211 129/.713 22/.955

HR/SB/CS 14/12/7 18/4/1 10/6/2 5/3/1 2/0/1 5/2/1 0/0/1 3/3/0 2/3/0 8/7/0 3/1/0 99/59/22

Usage ········ X·····X· ········ ·······X ·······X ·o····X· ·X····o· ·o····oX oo······ ·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.