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Game Preview: MIN @ DET, 7:05pm, Tuesday, April 27, 2010 @Comerica Park

Twins, 13-6, 13-61st, 2½ up

SP: Francisco Liriano (26, LHP, 2-0, 1.29)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (2-0) 21.0 14 3 3 9 17 0 1.29
2009 (5-13) 136.2 147 93 88 65 122 21 5.80
2008 (6-4) 76.0 74 40 33 32 67 7 3.91
Last 7 GS 3-3 36.2 35 18 18 19 31 2 4.42 51
2010-04-21 CLE W 8.0 6 0 0 2 6 0 102 74
2010-04-15 BOS W 7.0 4 0 0 2 8 0 96 75
2010-04-09 @CHW ND 6.0 4 3 3 5 3 0 92 50
2009-09-27 @KCR L 1.2 3 3 3 3 1 1 45 35
2009-08-17 @TEX L 2.0 7 7 7 2 1 0 61 13
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
Last 5 v.DET 2-1 33.1 27 13 13 9 43 5 3.51 61
2009-07-04 DET ND 7.0 5 3 3 2 8 1 103 61
2009-05-04 @DET W 7.1 4 2 2 3 9 1 103 68
2008-09-05 DET W 7.0 5 2 2 1 9 2 99 67
2006-08-07 @DET L 4.0 10 4 4 0 5 1 67 31
2006-07-28 DET ND 8.0 3 2 2 3 12 0 104 77
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-3    Road:    7-3    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:   9-5    vsLHP:   4-1    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 8-4    vsWest:  3-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Sun, Apr 25  @KCR  L   3-4       13-6   1st  3.0 up
 18 Sat, Apr 24  @KCR  W   9-7 (12)  13-5   1st  3.0 up
 17 Fri, Apr 23  @KCR  W   8-3       12-5   1st  3.0 up
 16 Thu, Apr 22   CLE  L   1-8       11-5   1st  2.0 up
 15 Wed, Apr 21   CLE  W   6-0       11-4   1st  3.0 up
 14 Tue, Apr 20   CLE  W   5-1       10-4   1st  3.0 up
 13 Sun, Apr 18   KCR  L   5-10       9-4   1st  1.5 up
 12 Sat, Apr 17   KCR  W   6-5        9-3   1st  2.5 up
 11 Fri, Apr 16   KCR  W  10-3        8-3   1st  1.5 up
 10 Thu, Apr 15   BOS  W   8-0        7-3   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-6    Last 30:13-6
Tigers, 11-9, 11-92nd, 2½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Justin Verlander (27, RHP, 1-1, 6.95)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (1-1) 22.0 24 17 17 9 19 3 6.95
2009 (19-9) 240.0 219 99 92 63 269 20 3.45
2008 (11-17) 201.0 195 119 108 87 163 18 4.84
Last 7 GS 4-1 44.2 45 26 26 13 43 3 5.24 50
2010-04-22 @LAA W 5.0 6 4 4 4 4 1 125 39
2010-04-17 @SEA L 7.0 7 3 3 1 6 0 103 56
2010-04-11 CLE ND 5.0 5 6 6 3 3 1 96 33
2010-04-05 @KCR ND 5.0 6 4 4 1 6 1 93 44
2009-10-04 CHW W 7.2 6 3 3 2 5 0 120 58
2009-09-29 MIN W 8.0 8 4 4 0 8 0 129 58
2009-09-24 @CLE W 7.0 7 2 2 2 11 0 126 64
Last 5 v.MIN 1-2 33.1 37 20 20 11 37 2 5.40 49
2009-09-29 MIN W 8.0 8 4 4 0 8 0 129 58
2009-09-19 @MIN L 7.1 9 5 5 2 6 1 128 44
2009-08-08 MIN L 6.0 7 5 5 2 6 1 88 42
2009-05-14 @MIN ND 6.1 5 2 2 3 13 0 122 65
2008-09-06 @MIN ND 5.2 8 4 4 4 4 0 114 37
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-2    Road:    7-7    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   8-7    vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 6-3    vsWest:  5-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Mon, Apr 26  @TEX  W   8-6       11-9   2nd  2.5 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 25  @TEX  L   4-8       10-9   2nd  3.0 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 24  @TEX  W   8-4       10-8   2nd  3.0 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 23  @TEX  L   4-5        9-8   2nd  3.0 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 22  @LAA  W   5-4        9-7   2nd  2.0 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 21  @LAA  W   4-3        8-7   2nd  3.0 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 20  @LAA  L   5-6        7-7   2nd  3.0 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 19  @LAA  L   0-2        7-6   2nd  2.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 18  @SEA  W   4-2        7-5   2nd  1.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 17  @SEA  L   2-4        6-5   2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:11-9 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Oct 06, 2009 MIN  6  DET  5 (12)   W:Bobby Keppel (1-1), L: Fernando Rodney (2-5), S: none
Thu, Oct 01, 2009 MIN  8 @DET  3        W:Scott Baker (15-9), L: Nate Robertson (2-3), S: none
Wed, Sep 30, 2009 DET  7  MIN  2        W:Eddie Bonine (1-1), L: Carl Pavano (13-12), S: none
Tue, Sep 29, 2009 DET  6  MIN  5        W:Justin Verlander (18-9), L: Brian Duensing (5-2), S: Fernando Rodney (36)
Tue, Sep 29, 2009 MIN  3 @DET  2 (10)   W:Jon Rauch (6-3), L: Brandon Lyon (6-5), S: Joe Nathan (45)
Sun, Sep 20, 2009 DET  6 @MIN  2        W:Nate Robertson (2-2), L: Scott Baker (13-9), S: none
Sat, Sep 19, 2009 MIN  6  DET  2        W:Jesse Crain (6-4), L: Justin Verlander (16-9), S: none
Fri, Sep 18, 2009 MIN  3  DET  0        W:Brian Duensing (4-1), L: Rick Porcello (13-9), S: Joe Nathan (42)
Sun, Aug 09, 2009 DET  8  MIN  7        W:Brandon Lyon (5-4), L: Matt Guerrier (5-1), S: Fernando Rodney (23)
Sat, Aug 08, 2009 MIN 11 @DET  0        W:Carl Pavano (10-8), L: Justin Verlander (12-6), S: none
Season Series: 2010 -  0-0; 2009 - MIN won 12-7; 2008 - MIN won 11-7; All-Time - DET leads 1032-958

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 (5.32 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Verlander
G/S/vB		 38.Bonderman
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 59.Ni*
G/S/vB		 45.Perry
G/S/vB		 36.Thomas*
G/S/vB		 46.Valverde
G/S/vB		 54.Zumaya
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 7/.333 / /
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 11/.495 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 256/178 .202/.280/.259/.538 .488/.565 .560 6/.333 11/0 0/5
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 36/.459 31/.907 2/.500 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 13/.385 650/468 .276/.342/.520/.862 1.013/.803 .817 86/.880 6/1 32/6
27.Hardy G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.286 ··· 465/364 .229/.302/.357/.659 .539/.689 .614 78/.643 0/1 11/8
23.Harris G/S/vP 13/.308 5/1.150 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 453/292 .261/.310/.362/.672 .751/.628 .529 44/.684 0/2 6/12
1.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· 12/.258 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 631/469 .283/.357/.417/.774 .854/.747 .745 88/.749 8/1 9/8
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 30/.953 16/.767 4/.000 4/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 6/1.133 578/414 .300/.369/.539/.907 .643/1.014 .862 72/.608 1/1 28/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 44/1.180 31/1.049 4/3.000 3/no AB 4/1.417 ··· 3/.000 11/.384 606/383 .365/.444/.587/1.031 .910/1.103 .959 80/1.009 4/1 28/3
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 35/1.033 31/.623 5/1.000 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 12/1.500 590/364 .274/.363/.516/.878 .836/.906 .840 88/1.158 0/0 30/3
8.Punto# G/S/vP 27/.426 20/.721 ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 440/308 .228/.337/.284/.621 .642/.608 .642 28/.709 16/3 1/7
2.Span* G/S/vP 20/1.000 4/1.000 1/.000 2/2.000 5/.800 ··· ··· 3/1.334 676/462 .311/.392/.415/.807 .877/.774 .765 92/.639 23/10 8/5
25.Thome* G/S/vP 51/1.148 24/1.137 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 7/.453 434/329 .249/.366/.481/.847 .743/.881 .804 40/.938 0/0 23/
21.Young G/S/vP 21/.659 10/1.056 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 416/282 .284/.308/.425/.733 .833/.685 .757 58/.710 2/5 12/5
IP 240.0 10.1 60.0 31.0 61.2 54.0 31.0 TOTAL .270/.362/.433/.795 .830/.781 .802 .795 11/1 20/3
ERA-K/9 3.45/10.1 8.71/4.4 4.50/7.3 2.61/6.1 3.79/8.8 /0.0 2.33/9.3 4.94/8.7 4.57/6.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 982/.243 53/.364 238/.209 121/.187 273/.246 / 219/.207 149/.274 .277  Span
 Cuddyer
 Young
 Kubel
74/84/39/6
0/3/117/5
98/0/0/4
29/0/30/1
OPS .665 1.176 .668 .603 .738 .626 .829 .754
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 547/.684 20/.961 133/.584 72/.469 124/.841 / 102/.772 77/1.080 .795
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 435/.640 33/1.315 105/.778 49/.791 149/.653 / 117/.500 72/.577 .717
Home 463/.616 19/1.068 137/.614 49/.517 147/.631 / 119/.585 68/.767
Last 28d days 95/.809 92/.666 48/.708 40/.618 37/.844 57/.846 34/.526 50/.540
HR/SB/CS 20/9/16 4/1/1 10/2/2 3/1/1 7/10/3 // 5/5/3 5/2/0 16/17/7
Usage ····X··· X····X·· Xo··oo·· ·X·X··X· ···oX··· ··X····· o·X·oo·· o·X·X·X·

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

Tigers Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (3.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB		 55.Condrey
G/S/vB		 28.Crain
G/S/vB		 54.Guerrier
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
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/61 .279/.375/.590/.965 1.255/.910 1.179 33/.385 0/0 5/0
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 10/1.178 6/.167 6/.834 14/.547 4/.000 1/5.000 12/1.017 685/508 .324/.396/.547/.942 .958/.935 1.019 92/1.108 6/2 34/7
18.Damon* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 6/1.500 6/1.167 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 626/438 .282/.365/.489/.854 .776/.889 .915 84/.861 12/0 24/5
4.Everett G/S/vP 9/.347 ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 4/.000 390/247 .238/.288/.325/.613 .726/.546 .706 34/.517 5/2 3/14
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 13/.616 ··· 19/.754 16/.833 ··· 7/.715 3/1.167 322/269 .242/.339/.419/.757 .805/.757 .727 69/.834 1/3 11/2
15.Inge G/S/vP 21/.588 ··· 24/.967 21/.248 1/.000 6/.000 4/.000 637/471 .230/.314/.406/.720 .854/.675 .747 83/.822 2/5 27/20
14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 91/.854 / /
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 62/54 .250/.311/.339/.651 .375/.694 .739 20/.618 1/0 0/0
8.Laird G/S/vP 8/.542 ··· 5/.400 7/.429 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.334 477/354 .225/.306/.320/.626 .730/.591 .695 52/.507 5/0 4/3
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 22/1.219 ··· 16/.586 17/.764 1/.000 9/.000 2/.000 518/358 .310/.376/.428/.804 .937/.745 .869 89/.911 3/1 9/2
25.Raburn G/S/vP 7/1.262 ··· 3/1.667 5/.200 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 291/133 .291/.359/.533/.891 .976/.800 .860 36/.761 5/4 16/9
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 5/1.250 6/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 296/258 .267/.318/.385/.704 .622/.716 .800 45/.781 1/2 7/6
20.Sizemore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 63/.641 / /
IP 136.2 42.0 51.2 76.1 61.2 70.0 TOTAL .280/.369/.426/.795 .768/.802 .804 .795 6/5 14/22
ERA-K/9 5.80/8.0 3.00/5.4 4.70/7.5 2.36/5.5 2.34/8.0 /0.0 3.60/6.3 3.59/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (11-4-4)
 Laird (59-42-9)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 609/.279 174/.233 230/.250 304/.207 253/.224 / 299/.262 .263  Raburn
 Damon
 Ordonez
 Kelly
 Guillen
70/7/14/9
133/0/0/6
0/0/104/6
18/0/2/1
42/0/0/0
OPS .830 .645 .722 .598 .649 .722 .731
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 155/.631 65/.537 94/.954 120/.525 114/.480 / 138/.724 .710
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 454/.899 109/.707 136/.571 184/.645 139/.791 / 161/.718 .749
Road 362/.865 81/.637 100/.709 156/.531 120/.595 / 123/.736
Last 28d days 82/.513 / 32/.779 42/.400 16/1.456 16/.388 37/.629
HR/SB/CS 21/15/9 4/2/0 3/4/1 10/4/2 7/5/0 // 6/5/0 17/7/7
Usage ·····X·· ··o··X·· ··XXo··· ········ ··o····· ··X·o···

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.