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Game Preview: MIN @ TEX, 8:05pm, Tuesday, August 18, 2009 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Twins, 56-62, 3rd, 6½ GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Carl Pavano (33, RHP, 10-9, 5.16)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (10-9)			139.2	160	85	80	26	99	20	5.16
2008 (4-2)			34.1	41	23	22	10	15	5	5.77
2007 (1-0)			11.1	12	7	6	2	4	1	4.76

Last 7 GS		4-2	47.1	48	23	23	8	31	9	4.37	52
2009-08-13	KCR	L	7.0	5	5	5	3	6	1	112	50
2009-08-08	@DET	W	7.0	5	0	0	0	5	0	90	72
2009-08-02	DET	W	8.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	100	69
2009-07-27	@LAA	ND	6.0	10	6	6	0	3	4	102	31
2009-07-22	@TOR	L	4.2	7	7	7	2	4	4	90	24
2009-07-11	@DET	W	8.0	7	2	2	0	6	0	101	66
2009-07-04	OAK	W	6.2	8	2	2	2	3	0	103	51

Last 5 v.TEX		0-1	1.0	6	9	9	3	1	2	81.00	3
2009-04-09	@TEX	L	1.0	6	9	9	3	1	2	39	3

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

 Home:   33-27   Road:   23-35   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  38-38   vsLHP:  18-24   1-Run:  13-18
 vsEast:  6-19   vsCntrl:24-20   vsWest: 14-17 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
118 Mon, Aug 17  @TEX  L   5-8       56-62  3rd  6.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Rangers, 67-50, 2nd, 4½ GB, 1 up in WC

SP: Scott Feldman (26, RHP, 12-4, 3.90)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (12-4)			131.2	122	58	57	43	71	14	3.90
2008 (6-8)			151.1	161	103	89	56	74	22	5.29
2007 (1-2)			39.0	44	26	25	32	19	3	5.77

Last 7 GS		5-2	42.0	46	18	18	13	26	3	3.86	51
2009-08-13	@CLE	W	6.0	7	1	1	2	6	0	108	58
2009-08-07	@LAA	W	6.0	8	4	4	3	7	0	121	44
2009-08-02	SEA	W	7.0	5	2	2	2	4	0	101	61
2009-07-29	DET	L	2.1	10	6	6	2	1	2	71	12
2009-07-24	@KCR	W	8.0	4	0	0	3	2	0	110	73
2009-07-18	MIN	L	6.0	5	3	3	0	5	1	108	55
2009-07-10	@SEA	W	6.2	7	2	2	1	1	0	102	52

Last 5 v.MIN		0-1	12.0	12	8	8	2	7	2	6.00	47
2009-07-18	MIN	L	6.0	5	3	3	0	5	1	108	55
2008-05-19	@MIN	ND	6.0	7	5	5	2	2	1	101	38

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

 Home:   40-22   Road:   27-28   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  42-32   vsLHP:  25-18   1-Run:  16-11
 vsEast: 18-13   vsCntrl:16-15   vsWest: 24-13 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Mon, Aug 17   MIN  W   8-5       67-50  2nd  4.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

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 - Tied 2-2; 2008 - Tied 5-5; 2007 - MIN won 7-2; All-Time - MIN leads 342-305

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 5.79

DET 4.62

SDP 3.87

RA/G

SFG 3.72

NYY 4.69

WSN 5.41

J. Mauer .377

N. Schierholtz .293

A. Casilla .182

OBP

A. Pujols .446

M. Bourn .364

R. Cedeno .235

SLG

A. Pujols .680

P. Konerko .478

A. Casilla .227

OPS

A. Pujols 1.126

V. Martinez .840

A. Casilla .499

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.19

J. Blanton 3.88

J. Guthrie 5.66

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.71

A. Pettitte 6.90

N. Blackburn 3.74

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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 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 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 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 13/.641 ··· 11/.182 11/.273 1/3.000 3/.000 19/.954 ··· 95/.781 4/.833 ··· 8/.833 515/360 .281/.316/.375/.692 .635/.715 .678 112/.771 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 60/.621 8/0 0/5

24.Crede G/S/vP 7/.858 ··· 4/.000 10/.650 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 20/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 342/241 .232/.295/.432/.728 .572/.793 .701 56/.639 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/.167 458/334 .270/.341/.499/.839 .968/.792 .788 94/.703 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 38/.515 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/.333 405/301 .312/.383/.550/.932 .602/1.050 .924 91/.861 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/.311 405/256 .377/.444/.626/1.071 .846/1.203 .983 108/1.176 3/1 23/3

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/.773 514/324 .299/.387/.558/.945 .923/.958 .904 107/.774 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/.500 308/219 .209/.310/.260/.570 .577/.559 .555 71/.543 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 22/.778 0/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 473/328 .296/.383/.386/.768 .849/.734 .678 109/.856 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/.000 265/170 .262/.287/.369/.656 .810/.569 .724 53/.707 2/3 6/2

IP 131.2 10.0 34.0 33.1 97.2 61.1 57.2 30.0 149.2 38.1 42.2 53.0 TOTAL .271/.343/.427/.770 .772/.769 .744 .770 60/21 130/61

ERA-K/9

3.90/4.9

0.90/14.4

3.44/10.6

4.32/4.6

4.88/7.3

2.64/5.9

3.59/6.6

3.00/4.8

3.31/5.6

3.52/7.8

1.90/8.2

3.06/10.0

4.13/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 539/.250 29/.069 134/.216 143/.262 422/.270 226/.222 250/.270 121/.232 633/.251 165/.234 166/.195 227/.232 .258

OPS .695 .241 .669 .820 .796 .637 .765 .629 .724 .639 .527 .670 .743

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 296/.662 15/.467 68/.686 52/1.029 119/.746 121/.765 110/.825 52/.603 307/.704 92/.649 51/.762 75/.454 .743

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 243/.736 14/.000 66/.651 91/.698 303/.815 105/.494 140/.719 69/.648 326/.742 73/.626 115/.420 152/.771 .742

Home 277/.711 7/.286 65/.713 100/.946 220/.923 149/.728 143/.696 91/.661 335/.680 65/.670 86/.403 120/.480

Last 28d days 125/.770 29/.241 25/1.000 23/1.141 131/.582 130/.600 42/1.071 47/.719 59/.698 119/.576 30/.169 48/.667

HR/SB/CS 14/12/6 1/0/0 5/1/0 7/4/2 16/7/0 4/5/1 5/6/3 2/0/0 18/13/6 3/4/0 3/7/1 3/3/1 126/73/28

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

Rangers Batters (4.82 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Pavano
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 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB 49.Manship
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

1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 366/259 .269/.333/.381/.714 .746/.701 .828 85/.916 23/2 5/15

9.Blalock* G/S/vP ··· 8/.250 3/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 4/.833 7/.286 ··· 2/.000 9/.730 ··· 400/290 .241/.275/.487/.762 .741/.770 .681 103/.583 2/0 23/5

29.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/24 .429/.478/.476/.954 /.954 1.110 20/1.118 5/0 0/1

22.Byrd G/S/vP 21/1.048 7/.286 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 436/304 .280/.321/.465/.786 .746/.803 .857 107/.817 7/2 12/2

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

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 2/no AB 7/.929 6/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/3.500 ··· 283/197 .264/.314/.426/.741 .948/.651 .600 98/.773 7/2 8/1

25.Jones G/S/vP 24/.458 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/no AB 3/.333 ··· 1/2.000 7/.286 ··· 283/158 .223/.339/.504/.843 .811/.860 .928 68/.817 5/1 17/0

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 2/3.500 12/.606 7/1.286 3/.000 ··· 8/.500 5/.000 6/.834 ··· ··· 7/.143 ··· 454/330 .249/.322/.500/.822 1.117/.710 .975 40/.925 23/2 25/8

7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 8/.393 6/.833 ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· 8/.393 ··· 328/266 .270/.348/.443/.791 .517/.856 .823 84/.681 6/4 11/1

2.Teagarden G/S/vP 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 141/114 .198/.264/.373/.637 .973/.555 .644 54/.666 0/0 5/4

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

10.Young G/S/vP 2/2.500 13/.693 7/1.000 10/.100 ··· 10/1.271 6/.334 7/.453 ··· ··· 10/.700 ··· 503/366 .317/.374/.525/.899 .896/.900 .956 109/1.043 7/2 20/7

IP 139.2 140.2 149.0 30.2 35.1 57.2 35.0 127.1 2.2 43.1 44.2 53.2 TOTAL .258/.319/.455/.774 .781/.771 .826 .791 106/20 176/78

ERA-K/9

5.16/6.4

4.54/7.3

4.29/3.7

6.75/7.9

5.09/5.6

2.34/5.9

4.37/5.9

5.80/8.1

0.00/3.3

2.28/7.7

1.61/11.7

5.87/5.0

4.69/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 590/.290 576/.246 647/.296 146/.301 154/.261 219/.188 142/.283 550/.270 10/.125 177/.229 169/.166 242/.309 .273

OPS .792 .707 .788 .867 .735 .538 .819 .805 .425 .672 .475 .842 .768

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 303/.728 290/.616 360/.850 62/1.212 53/.533 87/.393 75/.796 132/.631 6/.167 74/.447 84/.544 130/.935 .771

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 287/.856 286/.797 287/.710 84/.613 101/.847 132/.631 67/.846 418/.862 4/.833 103/.837 85/.410 112/.739 .765

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

Last 28d days 136/.828 125/.564 101/1.092 60/.821 91/.689 51/.418 76/.967 75/.824 10/.425 44/.593 35/.576 101/.987

HR/SB/CS 20/21/6 22/6/2 17/9/2 3/1/1 5/0/1 6/2/1 3/0/1 19/12/9 0/1/0 5/5/0 2/3/0 8/1/2 138/70/27

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