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Game Preview: MIN @ KCR, 2:10pm, Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @Kauffman Stadium

Twins, 55-46, 55-46 2nd, 1 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Brian Duensing (27, LHP, 3-1, 1.69)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (3-1)			48.0	37	9	9	12	30	3	1.69
2009 (5-2)			84.0	84	37	34	31	53	7	3.64

Last 7 GS		3-1	40.2	43	13	12	12	23	2	2.66	53
2010-07-23	@BAL	ND	5.0	4	1	1	0	3	0	66	58
2009-09-29	@DET	L	4.2	7	5	5	3	3	1	82	30
2009-09-23	@CHW	W	5.2	9	4	3	1	1	1	86	37
2009-09-18	DET	W	6.1	4	0	0	1	1	0	103	65
2009-09-13	OAK	W	7.0	8	0	0	3	6	0	109	64
2009-09-08	@TOR	ND	5.0	6	3	3	2	2	0	90	43
2009-09-02	CHW	ND	7.0	5	0	0	2	7	0	88	72

Last 5 v.KCR		1-0	5.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	3.60	49
2009-08-22	@KCR	W	5.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	80	49

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

 Home:   30-20   Road:   25-26   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  35-30   vsLHP:  20-16   1-Run:  17-16
 vsEast: 12-16   vsCntrl:26-15   vsWest:  9-5  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Tue, Jul 27  @KCR  W  11-2       55-46  2nd  1.0 gb
100 Mon, Jul 26  @KCR  W  19-1       54-46  2nd  1.0 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 25  @BAL  W  10-4       53-46  2nd  1.0 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 24  @BAL  W   7-2       52-46  2nd  2.0 gb
 97 Fri, Jul 23  @BAL  L   2-3       51-46  3rd  3.0 gb
 96 Thu, Jul 22  @BAL  W   5-0       51-45  2nd  2.0 gb
 95 Wed, Jul 21   CLE  W   6-0       50-45  2nd  2.5 gb
 94 Tue, Jul 20   CLE  L   3-4       49-45  2nd  3.5 gb
 93 Mon, Jul 19   CLE  L   4-10      49-44  2nd  2.5 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 18   CHW  W   7-6       49-43  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Royals, 42-58, 42-58 4th, 13½ GB, 19½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Bannister (29, RHP, 7-9, 5.73)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (7-9)			113.0	131	74	72	42	67	20	5.73
2009 (7-12)			154.0	161	94	81	50	98	15	4.73
2008 (9-16)			182.2	215	127	117	58	113	29	5.76

Last 7 GS		1-5	38.0	45	27	27	19	22	6	6.39	41
2010-07-23	@NYY	L	4.2	6	4	4	2	5	0	84	39
2010-07-18	OAK	L	6.1	6	5	5	6	2	2	102	37
2010-07-10	@CHW	L	6.0	7	5	5	2	2	3	104	38
2010-07-05	@SEA	ND	7.0	6	4	4	2	3	1	111	50
2010-06-29	CHW	L	4.0	8	4	4	2	4	0	90	32
2010-06-23	@WSN	W	6.0	5	0	0	2	4	0	84	64
2010-06-18	@ATL	L	4.0	7	5	5	3	2	0	83	27

Last 5 v.MIN		1-3	30.2	38	21	17	7	15	5	4.99	44
2010-04-25	MIN	W	6.1	9	2	2	2	0	1	106	45
2009-08-23	MIN	L	6.0	6	4	4	1	2	1	102	45
2009-08-12	@MIN	L	6.0	9	7	7	1	3	1	94	28
2009-06-30	MIN	L	7.0	6	2	1	1	6	1	98	64
2009-05-02	@MIN	ND	5.1	8	6	3	2	4	1	94	36

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

 Home:   20-27   Road:   22-31   ExtrInn: 7-2 
 vsRHP:  33-45   vsLHP:   9-13   1-Run:  14-18
 vsEast: 10-13   vsCntrl:16-21   vsWest:  8-14 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Tue, Jul 27   MIN  L   2-11      42-58  4th 13.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 26   MIN  L   1-19      42-57  4th 12.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 25  @NYY  L   6-12      42-56  4th 11.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 24  @NYY  W   7-4       42-55  4th 11.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 23  @NYY  L   1-7       41-55  4th 12.5 gb
 95 Thu, Jul 22  @NYY  L   4-10      41-54  4th 11.5 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 21   TOR  W   5-2       41-53  4th 11.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 20   TOR  L   1-13      40-53  4th 12.0 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 19   TOR  W   5-4 (10)  40-52  4th 11.0 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 18   OAK  L   6-9       39-52  4th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 27, 2010 MIN 11 @KCR  2        W:Carl Pavano (13-6), L: Bruce Chen (5-5), S: none
Mon, Jul 26, 2010 MIN 19 @KCR  1        W:Francisco Liriano (9-7), L: Zack Greinke (6-10), S: none
Thu, Jun 10, 2010 KCR  9 @MIN  8        W:Bruce Chen (3-0), L: Scott Baker (5-5), S: Joakim Soria (14)
Wed, Jun 09, 2010 MIN  6  KCR  2        W:Carl Pavano (6-6), L: Kyle Davies (4-5), S: none
Tue, Jun 08, 2010 MIN  7  KCR  3        W:Kevin Slowey (7-3), L: Zack Greinke (1-8), S: Matt Guerrier (1)
Sun, Apr 25, 2010 KCR  4  MIN  3        W:Brian Bannister (1-1), L: Kevin Slowey (2-2), S: Joakim Soria (5)
Sat, Apr 24, 2010 MIN  9 @KCR  7 (12)   W:Jon Rauch (1-0), L: Rob Tejeda (1-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 23, 2010 MIN  8 @KCR  3        W:Carl Pavano (3-1), L: Gil Meche (0-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 18, 2010 KCR 10 @MIN  5        W:Luke Hochevar (2-0), L: Carl Pavano (2-1), S: Joakim Soria (3)
Sat, Apr 17, 2010 MIN  6  KCR  5        W:Brian Duensing (2-0), L: John Parrish (1-1), S: Jon Rauch (6)
Season Series: 2010 - MIN over 8-3; 2009 - MIN won 12-6; 2008 - MIN won 12-6; All-Time - MIN leads 335-298

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.42

FLA 4.49

SEA 3.28

RA/G

SDP 3.47

FLA 4.39

ARI 5.69

B. Posey .366

J. Tabata .280

L. Valbuena .166

OBP

J. Morneau .437

A. Rios .357

B. Wood .185

SLG

M. Cabrera .651

B. Phillips .461

B. Wood .225

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.073

V. Martinez .809

B. Wood .411

ERA

J. Johnson 1.72

D. Braden 3.77

N. Blackburn 6.66

K/9IP

B. Morrow 9.96

J. Danks 6.80

N. Blackburn 3.03

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Twins Batters (4.94 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Bannister
G/S/vB 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 31.Hughes*
G/S/vB 47.Marte
G/S/vB 37.O'Sullivan
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 53.Texeira
G/S/vB 38.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/39 .192/.211/.301/.512 .406/.615 .492 29/.564 0/0 1/1

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 17/.746 2/.000 3/1.000 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 4/.833 1/2.000 ··· 66/49 .315/.406/.407/.814 .899/.786 1.077 19/1.100 1/1 0/0

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 24/1.099 14/.572 11/1.064 4/1.833 6/1.667 ··· 11/.182 1/.000 1/.000 420/281 .279/.348/.444/.792 .948/.719 .753 102/.940 2/2 10/3

27.Hardy G/S/vP 6/.666 3/.666 1/5.000 2/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 219/155 .262/.303/.388/.691 .576/.738 .707 71/.880 1/0 4/2

1.Hudson# G/S/vP 4/1.000 13/.154 3/1.167 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 362/229 .285/.356/.387/.743 .765/.729 .670 85/.721 7/2 4/3

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 23/.348 5/1.400 5/.000 5/.400 4/1.750 ··· 9/.000 1/.000 2/.000 372/248 .263/.341/.431/.773 .670/.823 .756 95/.677 0/0 12/2

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 27/.656 13/.672 10/.929 8/.000 3/2.667 ··· 13/1.282 2/3.000 ··· 380/227 .308/.374/.462/.835 .700/.927 .871 89/.914 1/2 6/3

26.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 31/1.267 8/1.089 9/1.444 5/.200 ··· ··· 15/.467 1/.000 ··· 348/215 .345/.437/.618/1.055 .966/1.113 1.205 25/.945 0/0 18/1

8.Punto# G/S/vP 13/.564 10/1.056 5/1.250 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 261/174 .247/.323/.313/.636 .669/.600 .594 55/.509 6/2 1/5

18.Repko G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.666 2/.500 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 35/21 .267/.371/.433/.805 .368/1.123 .799 30/.807 0/0 1/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 23/.637 10/1.450 6/1.667 4/.500 3/.666 ··· 9/.583 1/.000 ··· 457/296 .272/.347/.364/.711 .754/.688 .579 96/.575 18/2 3/3

25.Thome* G/S/vP 30/1.241 6/.833 5/2.100 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 9/.222 2/.500 ··· 214/160 .259/.393/.540/.933 .658/1.036 .884 70/.941 0/0 12/0

19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· 6/1.500 ··· 2/2.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 98/52 .400/.449/.511/.960 1.000/.924 .959 48/1.246 1/0 1/1

21.Young G/S/vP 22/.637 9/1.556 14/.357 1/2.000 6/1.500 ··· 8/.393 1/3.000 2/1.000 364/243 .330/.363/.539/.901 1.004/.852 .919 99/1.175 4/3 13/3

IP 113.0 69.0 42.1 37.2 27.2 18.0 40.0 45.0 28.2 TOTAL .282/.352/.433/.785 .761/.798 .774 .848 41/16 89/44

ERA-K/9

5.73/5.3

4.83/7.0

2.34/7.0

5.02/5.5

9.76/6.2

4.00/4.5

2.25/10.6

4.60/5.0

6.28/3.8

5.18/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (8-7-2)
Mauer (35-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 501/.289 304/.267 174/.236 174/.297 137/.319 71/.209 170/.245 202/.303 127/.315 .278 Young
Kubel
Cuddyer
Span
Repko
Casilla 91/0/0/7
16/0/41/5
0/2/66/5
0/97/0/4
0/3/5/1
0/1/0/0

OPS .843 .765 .625 .809 1.001 .671 .677 .759 .867 .794

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 237/.739 86/.791 81/.668 76/.669 57/.945 38/.704 88/.718 90/.806 60/1.103 .800

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 264/.935 218/.755 93/.588 98/.911 80/1.039 33/.636 82/.630 112/.722 67/.664 .789

Home 231/.816 151/.755 87/.628 86/.808 60/1.179 14/.445 88/.610 96/.739 68/.734

Last 28d days 107/.908 124/.868 38/.669 60/.904 63/1.468 44/.785 47/.728 59/.927 39/1.219

HR/SB/CS 20/12/7 7/5/4 2/4/3 3/1/1 8/1/0 3/1/0 4/0/0 1/2/2 3/7/2 116/84/31

Usage ····X··· X····X·· o··o···· XXX·Xo·X XXo·X··X ··X····X ···X··X· ·XX·o··X ·XX··X·X

Royals Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 60.Rauch
G/S/vB 39.Slama
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 3/1.000 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 87/65 .228/.287/.456/.743 .186/.932 .892 18/.922 1/0 4/2

30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 13/.846 ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 1/no AB 256/188 .289/.324/.372/.696 .631/.719 .667 69/.551 2/4 2/7

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 6/1.100 3/.666 12/1.492 17/.666 17/.412 9/.236 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· 359/279 .254/.275/.392/.667 .756/.642 .676 77/.658 0/1 7/12

46.Betemit# G/S/vP 1/5.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.666 6/.500 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 89/59 .350/.416/.613/1.028 1.227/.935 .959 57/.774 0/0 4/0

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 8/.804 12/.773 6/.167 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 110/55 .248/.287/.376/.663 .829/.506 .816 31/.645 6/3 2/2

16.Butler G/S/vP 4/.000 3/1.667 8/.750 14/.572 19/.616 2/1.500 5/.400 5/.800 1/.000 423/338 .314/.381/.458/.839 .743/.862 .816 86/.758 0/0 9/4

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 10/.650 2/.500 6/1.500 9/.666 10/1.000 2/.000 5/.800 6/.533 ··· 393/301 .274/.305/.402/.708 .645/.733 .718 66/.599 3/1 8/7

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 6/1.167 2/.000 12/1.000 20/.831 10/.522 8/.750 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 394/287 .318/.384/.443/.827 .725/.864 .857 64/.584 3/3 5/0

17.Getz* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 3/1.334 7/.286 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 143/114 .248/.317/.287/.604 .980/.512 .751 28/.742 11/1 0/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 6/.167 6/.900 10/1.250 6/1.667 4/1.250 2/.500 1/.000 58/49 .180/.293/.280/.573 1.333/.412 .618 20/.411 0/1 1/5

6.Guillen G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 13/.616 7/.000 15/.667 2/1.000 3/1.667 3/1.667 ··· 405/317 .272/.332/.459/.790 .674/.820 .765 74/.684 1/0 16/1

18.Kendall G/S/vP 3/1.334 4/.000 7/.143 13/.879 10/.700 5/.000 1/3.000 3/.500 ··· 388/305 .268/.333/.312/.645 .754/.615 .709 88/.642 9/7 0/10

12.Maier* G/S/vP 4/.250 2/1.000 4/.500 4/.500 8/.393 5/.400 4/.833 4/.500 1/no AB 252/202 .250/.324/.357/.681 .737/.666 .639 43/.622 0/1 3/3

27.Pena# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 43/31 .216/.302/.270/.573 .697/.521 .667 10/.700 2/0 0/1

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 8/.250 2/1.500 7/.286 18/.292 12/.697 10/.800 7/.143 3/1.334 ··· 430/321 .309/.352/.400/.752 .679/.779 .711 95/.916 30/12 5/3

IP 48.0 41.0 41.2 43.2 129.0 31.0 21.2 37.1 3.0 TOTAL .280/.334/.401/.734 .731/.735 .744 .694 68/34 66/79

ERA-K/9

1.69/5.6

4.39/6.6

3.24/7.8

2.68/6.0

3.35/9.7

3.48/6.7

2.91/7.1

3.13/6.3

9.00/6.0

4.02/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (79-31-4)
Pena (5-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 190/.214 178/.293 173/.228 178/.228 535/.251 127/.261 90/.253 159/.284 16/.357 .270 DeJesus
Maier
Bloomquist
Ankiel
Guillen
Gordon
Callaspo
Betemit
Podsednik 2/19/70/5
6/59/6/3
4/8/11/2
0/22/0/1
0/0/21/1
1/0/3/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
91/1/0/0

OPS .585 .835 .664 .625 .636 .672 .749 .721 1.080 .738

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 79/.371 67/.942 63/.806 68/.746 102/.478 59/.580 39/.747 81/.786 7/1.429 .733

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 111/.739 111/.773 110/.582 110/.548 433/.675 68/.752 51/.751 78/.655 9/.819 .742

Road 101/.528 81/.855 99/.642 91/.541 247/.684 73/.798 40/.662 80/.638 12/1.300

Last 28d days 57/.705 32/1.242 33/.277 34/.960 124/.577 36/.697 24/.701 39/.868 16/1.080

HR/SB/CS 3/1/0 4/2/0 3/1/0 3/1/1 2/8/2 4/3/1 3/0/1 3/0/1 1/0/0 96/47/19

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