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Game Preview: MIN @ TEX, 8:05pm, Monday, August 17, 2009 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Twins, 56-61, 3rd, 6 GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Francisco Liriano (25, LHP, 5-11, 5.39)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-11)			125.1	130	80	75	56	114	19	5.39
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	42.2	40	25	21	16	40	7	4.43	51
2009-08-12	KCR	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	8	1	91	74
2009-08-05	@CLE	L	5.0	8	4	4	4	4	0	96	35
2009-07-24	@LAA	L	5.1	8	6	6	2	3	3	87	29
2009-07-19	@TEX	ND	6.0	5	3	2	3	6	1	90	55
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

Last 5 v.TEX		1-0	13.0	9	3	2	6	14	1	1.38	65
2009-07-19	@TEX	ND	6.0	5	3	2	3	6	1	90	55
2006-07-08	@TEX	W	7.0	4	0	0	3	8	0	95	74

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

 Home:   33-27   Road:   23-34   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  38-37   vsLHP:  18-24   1-Run:  13-18
 vsEast:  6-19   vsCntrl:24-20   vsWest: 14-16 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Sun, Aug 16   CLE  L   4-7       56-61  3rd  6.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 15   CLE  L   3-7       56-60  3rd  6.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 14   CLE  W  11-0       56-59  3rd  5.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug 13   KCR  L   4-5       55-59  3rd  5.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug 12   KCR  W   7-1       55-58  3rd  4.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug 11   KCR  L   6-14      54-58  3rd  5.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  9  @DET  L   7-8       54-57  3rd  5.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  8  @DET  W  11-0       54-56  3rd  4.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  7  @DET  L   8-10      53-56  3rd  5.5 gb
108 Thu, Aug  6  @CLE  L   1-2       53-55  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Rangers, 66-50, 2nd, 4½ GB, ½ up in WC

SP: Tommy Hunter (22, RHP, 5-2, 2.26)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-2)			55.2	46	16	14	17	35	4	2.26
2008 (0-2)			11.0	23	20	20	3	9	4	16.36

Last 7 GS		5-1	44.0	32	11	9	14	31	2	1.84	61
2009-08-12	@CLE	W	7.2	6	0	0	0	5	0	98	72
2009-08-06	@OAK	W	7.0	3	3	2	2	4	0	94	63
2009-08-01	SEA	L	5.0	7	5	4	3	5	1	103	37
2009-07-27	DET	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	6	1	104	67
2009-07-21	BOS	W	6.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	85	61
2009-07-09	@SEA	ND	6.0	4	0	0	3	4	0	104	65
2009-07-03	TBR	W	5.1	3	1	1	3	5	0	90	60

Has never faced MIN.

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

 Home:   39-22   Road:   27-28   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  42-32   vsLHP:  24-18   1-Run:  16-11
 vsEast: 18-13   vsCntrl:15-15   vsWest: 24-13 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Sun, Aug 16   BOS  W   4-3       66-50  2nd  4.5 gb
115 Sat, Aug 15   BOS  W   7-2       65-50  2nd  4.5 gb
114 Fri, Aug 14   BOS  L   4-8       64-50  2nd  4.5 gb
113 Thu, Aug 13  @CLE  W   4-1       64-49  2nd  4.5 gb
112 Wed, Aug 12  @CLE  W   5-0       63-49  2nd  5.0 gb
111 Tue, Aug 11  @CLE  L   0-5       62-49  2nd  5.0 gb
110 Sun, Aug  9  @LAA  W   7-0       62-48  2nd  3.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  8  @LAA  L   2-3       61-48  2nd  4.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  7  @LAA  W  11-6       61-47  2nd  3.5 gb
107 Thu, Aug  6  @OAK  W   6-4       60-47  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 19, 2009 TEX  5  MIN  3 (12)   W:Dustin Nippert (1-0), L: Brian Duensing (0-1), S: none
Sat, Jul 18, 2009 MIN  4 @TEX  1        W:Scott Baker (8-7), L: Scott Feldman (8-3), S: Joe Nathan (25)
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
Season Series: 2009 - MIN leads 2-1; 2008 - Tied 5-5; 2007 - MIN won 7-2; All-Time - MIN leads 342-304

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

LAA 5.69

BAL 4.62

SDP 3.86

RA/G

SFG 3.72

NYY 4.64

WSN 5.42

J. Mauer .378

S. Choo .293

A. Casilla .182

OBP

A. Pujols .447

R. Davis .364

R. Cedeno .235

SLG

A. Pujols .684

S. Victorino .477

A. Casilla .227

OPS

A. Pujols 1.130

S. Rolen .839

A. Casilla .499

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.19

R. Oswalt 3.87

J. Moyer 5.47

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.71

A. Pettitte 6.90

N. Blackburn 3.68

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Twins Batters (4.99 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Hunter
G/S/vB 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB 45.Holland*
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 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/.000 13/.641 ··· 11/.182 11/.273 1/3.000 19/.954 ··· 95/.781 4/.833 ··· 8/.833 510/359 .284/.319/.379/.699 .653/.717 .678 113/.838 11/4 5/18

25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 6/.834 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 1/2.000 2/2.000 8/.500 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 200/133 .182/.271/.227/.499 .456/.525 .528 64/.599 8/0 0/5

24.Crede G/S/vP ··· 7/.858 ··· 4/.000 10/.650 ··· 1/.000 ··· 20/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 338/239 .235/.296/.436/.732 .570/.800 .701 52/.663 0/0 15/4

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 9/1.694 ··· 6/.200 5/.650 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 19/1.252 ··· 3/.666 6/.167 454/332 .270/.339/.498/.837 .945/.797 .788 96/.785 5/1 19/5

22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 4/1.500 7/.572 1/3.000 1/.000 2/.000 270/173 .234/.293/.365/.658 .661/.657 .748 54/.610 10/5 3/1

23.Harris G/S/vP ··· 7/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 2/1.000 3/1.000 1/.000 8/1.000 2/.000 3/.000 3/.333 349/230 .265/.307/.377/.683 .797/.624 .515 43/.573 0/1 6/8

16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 1/no AB 2/no AB 10/1.100 1/no AB 2/1.500 3/.333 401/301 .312/.382/.552/.933 .593/1.050 .924 93/.959 1/1 20/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 8/.750 ··· 2/.500 7/.858 3/.000 1/no AB 2/2.500 29/.928 2/1.500 ··· 10/.311 401/256 .378/.446/.630/1.077 .857/1.203 .983 105/1.212 2/1 22/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 11/.788 ··· 7/.453 6/.167 3/.667 4/1.500 2/1.000 22/1.608 2/2.500 2/.000 11/.773 510/324 .301/.388/.562/.950 .935/.958 .904 109/.894 0/0 28/2

8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.167 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/3.500 1/.000 1/2.000 20/1.029 ··· ··· 4/.500 304/217 .203/.304/.251/.555 .566/.543 .555 73/.453 8/2 1/7

55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 18/.583 ··· ··· 2/.000 125/83 .257/.328/.301/.629 .963/.464 .654 27/.782 0/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 468/327 .294/.380/.384/.765 .849/.729 .678 110/.828 19/7 6/4

21.Young G/S/vP ··· 8/.750 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 6/1.000 1/2.000 3/2.000 1/.000 261/168 .262/.287/.359/.646 .773/.576 .724 54/.645 2/3 6/2

IP 55.2 131.2 8.2 33.0 33.1 97.2 57.0 30.0 149.2 38.1 42.2 52.2 TOTAL .271/.343/.427/.770 .771/.769 .744 .795 59/21 129/60

ERA-K/9

2.26/5.7

3.90/4.9

1.04/16.6

3.55/10.4

4.32/4.6

4.88/7.3

3.63/6.6

3.00/4.8

3.31/5.6

3.52/7.8

1.69/8.2

3.08/10.1

4.14/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 226/.222 539/.250 29/.069 131/.221 143/.262 422/.270 250/.270 117/.229 633/.251 138/.230 166/.195 222/.232 .258

OPS .637 .695 .241 .685 .820 .796 .765 .594 .724 .615 .527 .670 .742

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 121/.765 296/.662 15/.467 66/.707 52/1.029 119/.746 110/.825 50/.600 307/.704 80/.570 51/.762 73/.451 .742

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 105/.494 243/.736 14/.000 65/.662 91/.698 303/.815 140/.719 67/.589 326/.742 58/.676 115/.420 149/.773 .743

Home 149/.728 277/.711 7/.286 62/.749 100/.946 220/.923 143/.696 87/.615 335/.680 38/.604 86/.403 115/.472

Last 28d days 130/.600 125/.770 29/.241 22/1.136 26/.998 131/.582 42/1.071 43/.636 82/.689 92/.520 34/.268 47/.607

HR/SB/CS 4/5/1 14/12/6 1/0/0 5/1/0 7/4/2 16/7/0 5/6/3 1/0/0 18/13/6 2/4/0 3/7/1 3/3/1 124/73/28

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

Rangers Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.91 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 28.Crain
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 48.Pavano
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 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 362/255 .266/.331/.376/.708 .746/.691 .818 85/.870 23/2 5/15

9.Blalock* G/S/vP 7/.286 8/.250 3/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 4/.833 2/.000 9/.730 ··· ··· 396/286 .243/.278/.492/.770 .741/.781 .694 103/.631 2/0 23/5

29.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/20 .389/.421/.444/.865 /.865 1.000 15/1.038 5/0 0/1

22.Byrd G/S/vP 3/1.334 7/.286 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 21/1.048 ··· 432/301 .280/.322/.465/.786 .752/.801 .859 107/.787 6/2 12/2

6.German G/S/vP 9/.875 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 14/10 .167/.286/.167/.452 .500/.425 14/.452 1/0 0/1

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.929 6/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/3.500 2/no AB ··· 279/194 .264/.315/.425/.741 .960/.645 .596 98/.773 7/2 8/1

25.Jones G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/no AB 1/2.000 7/.286 24/.458 ··· 282/158 .224/.340/.506/.847 .819/.860 .935 71/.800 5/1 17/0

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 6/.834 12/.606 7/1.286 3/.000 ··· 8/.500 5/.000 ··· 7/.143 2/3.500 ··· 450/327 .246/.318/.491/.810 1.127/.689 .954 40/.694 23/2 25/8

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/2.000 8/.393 6/.833 ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· ··· 8/.393 ··· ··· 325/263 .272/.351/.448/.799 .517/.866 .840 85/.763 6/4 11/1

2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 137/110 .187/.250/.341/.591 .973/.495 .555 50/.541 0/0 5/4

13.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 5/1.000 5/.200 ··· 148/118 .301/.350/.383/.733 1.085/.637 .778 57/.742 4/0 1/0

10.Young G/S/vP 7/.453 13/.693 7/1.000 10/.100 ··· 10/1.271 6/.334 ··· 10/.700 2/2.500 ··· 498/362 .317/.371/.526/.898 .891/.900 .955 108/1.101 7/2 20/7

IP 125.1 140.2 149.0 30.2 34.1 57.1 31.2 42.0 44.2 139.2 53.2 TOTAL .257/.318/.454/.772 .783/.767 .822 .788 106/20 174/77

ERA-K/9

5.39/8.2

4.54/7.3

4.29/3.7

6.75/7.9

5.24/5.8

2.20/6.0

4.83/5.7

2.36/7.7

1.61/11.7

5.16/6.4

5.87/5.0

4.67/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 550/.270 576/.246 633/.292 137/.304 154/.261 215/.187 142/.283 173/.228 165/.163 590/.290 242/.309 .273

OPS .805 .707 .767 .870 .735 .539 .819 .676 .474 .792 .842 .765

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 132/.631 290/.616 352/.831 57/1.211 53/.533 85/.403 75/.796 72/.460 81/.565 303/.728 130/.935 .769

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 418/.862 286/.797 281/.687 80/.629 101/.847 130/.625 67/.846 101/.833 84/.390 287/.856 112/.739 .762

Road 322/.829 276/.761 351/.819 65/.853 60/.655 108/.458 75/.755 82/.682 80/.675 320/.808 109/.716

Last 28d days 75/.824 125/.564 115/1.065 51/.819 100/.736 47/.410 79/1.061 46/.762 31/.587 136/.828 101/.987

HR/SB/CS 19/12/9 22/6/2 14/9/2 3/1/1 5/0/1 6/2/1 3/0/1 5/5/0 2/3/0 20/21/6 8/1/2 135/69/27

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