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Game Preview: MIN @ CHW, 1:05pm, Saturday, April 10, 2010 @U.S. Cellular Field

Twins, 4-1, 4-11st, ½ up

SP: Scott Baker (28, RHP, 0-1, 7.71)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (0-1) 4.2 5 4 4 3 3 1 7.71
2009 (15-9) 200.0 190 99 97 48 162 28 4.37
2008 (11-4) 172.1 161 66 66 42 141 20 3.45
Last 7 GS 2-3 38.2 40 22 21 16 30 5 4.89 47
2010-04-05 @LAA L 4.2 5 4 4 3 3 1 92 38
2009-10-06 DET ND 6.0 6 3 3 2 2 1 91 48
2009-10-01 @DET W 5.0 5 1 0 3 3 0 106 55
2009-09-26 @KCR W 6.1 6 4 4 1 5 2 91 49
2009-09-20 DET L 4.2 8 4 4 1 5 0 86 36
2009-09-15 CLE ND 5.1 5 3 3 2 5 0 101 49
2009-09-10 @TOR L 6.2 5 3 3 4 7 1 104 55
Last 5 v.CHW 2-1 30.1 25 15 15 9 26 5 4.45 54
2009-07-28 CHW ND 6.0 4 1 1 0 6 1 115 66
2009-07-12 CHW W 6.1 6 5 5 1 4 1 97 44
2009-05-19 @CHW L 5.0 5 4 4 4 4 2 105 41
2008-09-23 CHW W 7.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 102 66
2008-07-31 CHW ND 6.0 5 4 4 3 8 1 102 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-0    Road:    4-1    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   2-1    vsLHP:   2-0    1-Run:   1-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-0    vsWest:  3-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  5 Fri, Apr  9  @CHW  W   4-3 (11)   4-1   1st  0.5 up
  4 Thu, Apr  8  @LAA  W  10-1        3-1   1st  0.5 up
  3 Wed, Apr  7  @LAA  W   4-2        2-1   1st  0.5 up
  2 Tue, Apr  6  @LAA  W   5-3        1-1   3rd  0.5 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  5  @LAA  L   3-6        0-1   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-1    Last 20: 4-1    Last 30: 4-1
WhiteSox, 1-3, 1-35th, 2½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Freddy Garcia (35, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-4) 56.0 56 27 27 12 37 4 4.34
2008 (1-1) 15.0 11 8 7 6 12 3 4.20
2007 (1-5) 58.0 74 39 38 19 50 12 5.90
Last 7 GS 3-3 45.1 44 19 19 10 29 3 3.77 54
2009-10-03 @DET W 7.0 6 1 1 1 7 0 95 67
2009-09-26 DET L 6.1 10 7 7 0 3 1 87 28
2009-09-20 KCR L 8.0 5 2 2 1 3 0 94 66
2009-09-15 @SEA W 6.0 7 3 3 1 1 1 97 46
2009-09-09 OAK ND 6.0 5 2 2 3 5 0 87 56
2009-09-04 BOS W 6.0 7 1 1 1 5 0 84 58
2009-08-30 @NYY L 6.0 4 3 3 3 5 1 96 54
Last 5 v.MIN 4-1 35.0 33 12 12 4 15 3 3.09 56
2006-09-29 @MIN W 7.1 5 1 1 0 3 0 81 67
2006-08-18 @MIN L 6.1 10 5 5 0 4 1 105 37
2006-05-15 @MIN W 6.2 7 3 3 1 3 1 112 50
2006-04-22 MIN W 6.2 7 2 2 1 3 1 113 54
2005-09-24 MIN W 8.0 4 1 1 2 2 0 105 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    1-3    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   1-2    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  4 Fri, Apr  9   MIN  L   3-4 (11)   1-3   5th  2.5 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  8   CLE  L   3-5 (11)   1-2   4th  1.5 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  7   CLE  L   3-5        1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  5   CLE  W   6-0        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 1-3    Last 20: 1-3    Last 30: 1-3 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 09, 2010 MIN  4 @CHW  3 (11)   W:Brian Duensing (1-0), L: Tony Pena (0-1), S: Jon Rauch (3)

Wed, Sep 23, 2009 MIN  8 @CHW  6        W:Brian Duensing (5-1), L: Mark Buehrle (12-10), S: Joe Nathan (44)
Tue, Sep 22, 2009 MIN  8 @CHW  6        W:Jesse Crain (7-4), L: John Danks (12-10), S: Joe Nathan (43)
Mon, Sep 21, 2009 MIN  7 @CHW  0        W:Nick Blackburn (11-11), L: Daniel Hudson (0-1), S: none
Wed, Sep 02, 2009 CHW  4 @MIN  2        W:D. J. Carrasco (5-1), L: Joe Nathan (2-2), S: Bobby Jenks (28)
Tue, Sep 01, 2009 MIN  4  CHW  3        W:Jon Rauch (4-2), L: Matt Thornton (6-3), S: none
Mon, Aug 31, 2009 MIN  4  CHW  1        W:Nick Blackburn (9-9), L: Gavin Floyd (10-9), S: Joe Nathan (35)
Wed, Jul 29, 2009 MIN  3  CHW  2        W:Jesse Crain (3-4), L: Jose Contreras (4-10), S: Joe Nathan (29)
Tue, Jul 28, 2009 MIN  5  CHW  3        W:Jose Mijares (1-2), L: Mark Buehrle (11-4), S: Joe Nathan (28)
Mon, Jul 27, 2009 MIN  4  CHW  3        W:Glen Perkins (6-6), L: John Danks (8-7), S: Joe Nathan (27)
Season Series: 2010 - MIN leads 1-0; 2009 - MIN won 12-6; 2008 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1069-980

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 2010 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

For the 2009 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

NYY  5.65

DET  4.56

SDP  3.94

 RA/G

SFG  3.77

NYM  4.67

BAL  5.41

 BA

J. Mauer  .365

Y. Torrealba  .291

A. Miles  .185

 OBP

J. Mauer  .444

W. Harris  .364

A. Miles  .224

 SLG

A. Pujols  .658

J. Thome  .481

A. Miles  .242

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.101

B. McCann  .834

A. Miles  .466

 ERA

Z. Greinke  2.16

J. Niemann  3.94

L. Hernandez  5.44

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.43

J. Cueto  6.94

J. Lannan  3.88

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Twins Batters (5.20 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (3.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Garcia
G/S/vB		 45.Jenks
G/S/vB		 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB		 57.Pena
G/S/vB		 40.Putz
G/S/vB		 46.Santos
G/S/vB		 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB		 49.Williams*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 256/178 .202/.280/.259/.538 .488/.565 .560 0/ 11/0 0/5
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 23/.577 17/.753 5/.000 8/.125 3/1.667 ··· 10/.522 1/no AB 650/468 .276/.342/.520/.862 1.013/.803 .817 23/.772 6/1 32/6
27.Hardy G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· 465/364 .229/.302/.357/.659 .539/.689 .614 23/1.010 0/1 11/8
23.Harris G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 4/.666 4/.500 2/1.500 1/no AB 6/.733 ··· 453/292 .261/.310/.362/.672 .751/.628 .529 9/.905 0/2 6/12
1.Hudson# G/S/vP 10/.322 1/.000 11/.382 4/.250 5/.650 ··· 5/.933 ··· 631/469 .283/.357/.417/.774 .854/.747 .745 24/.469 8/1 9/8
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 3/1.000 8/.625 4/.000 3/1.667 4/.750 ··· 9/.444 3/.000 578/414 .300/.369/.539/.907 .643/1.014 .862 17/.371 1/1 28/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 24/.988 12/.633 4/.250 4/.833 6/.167 ··· 21/.731 3/.667 606/383 .365/.444/.587/1.031 .910/1.103 .959 18/1.044 4/1 28/3
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 30/.587 16/.192 6/.833 2/.500 6/.900 ··· 21/.286 3/1.000 590/364 .274/.363/.516/.878 .836/.906 .840 23/1.300 0/0 30/3
8.Punto# G/S/vP 20/.316 6/.583 4/1.000 3/1.167 6/1.333 ··· 17/.508 ··· 440/308 .228/.337/.284/.621 .642/.608 .642 10/.800 16/3 1/7
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.500 4/.500 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· 5/.333 1/no AB 676/462 .311/.392/.415/.807 .877/.774 .765 25/.367 23/10 8/5
25.Thome* G/S/vP 20/.667 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 434/329 .249/.366/.481/.847 .743/.881 .804 11/.873 0/0 23/
21.Young G/S/vP 3/2.667 5/1.000 3/1.334 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 6/.666 ··· 416/282 .284/.308/.425/.733 .833/.685 .757 18/.925 2/5 12/5
IP 56.0 53.1 56.0 70.0 29.1 72.1 17.2 TOTAL .250/.332/.449/.781 .874/.740 .781 .781 4/1 9/0
ERA-K/9 4.34/5.9 3.71/8.3 4.66/8.8 3.99/7.1 5.22/5.8 /0.0 2.74/10.8 4.58/11.2 2.92/9.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (54-19-9)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 229/.259 228/.250 259/.304 312/.283 135/.257 / 291/.217 80/.206 .236  Span
 Cuddyer
 Young
 Kubel
74/84/39/6
0/3/117/5
98/0/0/4
29/0/30/1
OPS .690 .725 .875 .748 .739 .599 .688 .611
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 111/.576 105/.862 117/.880 135/.878 70/.887 / 109/.596 43/.549 .630
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 118/.795 123/.611 142/.871 177/.654 65/.588 / 182/.601 37/.868 .588
Home 126/.717 115/.677 130/.860 170/.723 70/.668 / 150/.542 43/.640
Last 28d days / 10/.476 3/.667 16/.583 12/1.000 6/.200 14/.445 10/.775
HR/SB/CS 4/10/1 9/9/0 9/11/1 7/7/2 1/4/1 // 5/4/5 2/5/2 0/5/2
Usage

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

WhiteSox Batters (3.75 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (3.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Baker
G/S/vB		 55.Condrey
G/S/vB		 28.Crain
G/S/vB		 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB		 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 17.Neshek
G/S/vB		 60.Rauch
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.750 4/.750 4/1.000 ··· ··· 430/309 .270/.347/.460/.808 .890/.774 .691 19/.769 7/4 14/14
27.Castro G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 171/110 .219/.292/.406/.699 .811/.638 .590 / 0/0 7/5
25.Jones G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 8/.542 3/.666 1/.000 9/.889 331/181 .214/.323/.459/.782 .762/.793 .858 10/.300 5/1 17/0
14.Konerko G/S/vP 27/1.000 ··· 14/.522 26/.689 13/1.294 1/.000 6/.500 ··· 621/447 .277/.353/.489/.842 1.009/.777 .877 17/1.162 1/0 28/4
7.Kotsay* G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.000 4/2.000 4/.500 4/1.250 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 206/173 .278/.327/.390/.717 .469/.766 .781 8/.250 3/2 4/0
5.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.333 2/1.500 ··· ··· 290/155 .224/.308/.408/.716 .822/.621 .608 / 10/2 12/13
1.Pierre* G/S/vP ··· 8/1.125 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 7/.619 425/305 .308/.365/.392/.757 .814/.736 .688 19/.328 30/12 0/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 20/.600 ··· 11/.573 20/.210 6/.666 5/.400 6/1.133 4/.750 535/402 .300/.331/.425/.755 .680/.781 .729 15/.400 1/1 13/5
20.Quentin G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 7/.486 8/.708 7/1.214 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 399/288 .236/.323/.456/.779 .716/.802 .870 18/1.222 3/0 21/2
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 14/.445 ··· 5/.400 8/.750 8/1.339 1/.000 1/3.000 3/1.167 606/462 .277/.333/.389/.723 .960/.649 .735 16/.438 14/5 15/20
51.Rios G/S/vP 11/.282 3/.667 9/.778 16/1.009 8/.375 ··· 4/1.833 5/.400 633/457 .247/.296/.395/.691 .723/.679 .848 18/.800 24/5 17/5
23.Teahen* G/S/vP 28/.764 1/.000 8/.000 11/.819 18/.470 5/.800 4/.666 ··· 571/369 .271/.325/.408/.734 .743/.728 .733 13/.308 8/1 12/12
11.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 4/1.250 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 11/.844 195/160 .266/.316/.345/.660 1.029/.577 .658 5/.400 4/0 1/0
IP 200.0 42.0 51.2 76.1 136.2 61.2 70.0 TOTAL .185/.323/.308/.630 .622/.635 .630 .630 3/3 4/4
ERA-K/9 4.37/7.3 3.00/5.4 4.70/7.5 2.36/5.5 5.80/8.0 2.34/8.0 /0.0 3.60/6.3 2.93/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (31-17-0)
 Pierzynski (99-30-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 828/.247 174/.233 230/.250 304/.207 609/.279 253/.224 / 299/.262 .253  Quentin
 Rios
 Pierre
 Kotsay
 Teahen
 Nix
 Jones
89/0/0/6
0/42/110/4
94/15/0/1
4/5/12/1
0/0/32/0
3/0/4/0
12/0/5/0
OPS .709 .645 .722 .598 .830 .649 .722 .667
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 407/.607 65/.537 94/.954 120/.525 155/.631 114/.480 / 138/.724 .517
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 421/.805 109/.707 136/.571 184/.645 454/.899 139/.791 / 161/.718 .768
Road 405/.766 81/.637 100/.709 156/.531 362/.865 120/.595 / 123/.736
Last 28d days 22/.785 / 9/.222 13/.308 25/.610 8/1.500 7/.714 12/.750
HR/SB/CS 28/10/3 4/2/0 3/4/1 10/4/2 21/15/9 7/5/0 // 6/5/0 4/1/3
Usage

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.