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Game Preview: MIN @ KCR, 8:10pm, Monday, September 27, 2010 @Kauffman Stadium

Twins, 92-63, 92-63 1st, 9 up

SP: Kevin Slowey (26, RHP, 13-6, 4.18)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (13-6)			153.0	165	74	71	29	115	20	4.18
2009 (10-3)			90.2	113	50	49	15	75	15	4.86
2008 (12-11)			160.1	161	74	71	24	123	22	3.99

Last 7 GS		4-1	41.1	32	14	12	8	36	4	2.61	59
2010-09-18	OAK	W	6.2	5	2	2	1	8	1	97	63
2010-09-12	@CLE	W	5.0	6	2	0	0	5	0	88	56
2010-09-06	KCR	ND	4.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	77	41
2010-08-21	LAA	L	3.0	7	4	4	2	2	2	69	29
2010-08-15	OAK	W	7.0	0	0	0	3	5	0	106	79
2010-08-05	@TBR	ND	7.2	4	4	4	1	9	1	114	63
2010-07-31	SEA	W	8.0	3	0	0	0	5	0	103	81

Last 5 v.KCR		3-1	28.1	30	12	12	5	13	1	3.81	50
2010-09-06	KCR	ND	4.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	77	41
2010-06-08	KCR	W	7.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	102	74
2010-04-25	@KCR	L	5.1	8	4	4	3	2	1	104	35
2009-05-01	KCR	W	5.0	8	5	5	0	4	0	76	35
2008-09-10	KCR	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	94	66

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

 Home:   52-25   Road:   40-38   ExtrInn: 9-5 
 vsRHP:  60-41   vsLHP:  32-22   1-Run:  30-22
 vsEast: 14-18   vsCntrl:46-23   vsWest: 24-12 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
155 Sun, Sep 26  @DET  L   1-5       92-63  1st  9.0 up
154 Sat, Sep 25  @DET  L  10-11(13)  92-62  1st 10.0 up
153 Fri, Sep 24  @DET  L   1-10      92-61  1st 11.0 up
152 Wed, Sep 22   CLE  W   5-1       92-60  1st 12.0 up
151 Tue, Sep 21   CLE  W   6-4       91-60  1st 12.0 up
150 Mon, Sep 20   CLE  W   9-3       90-60  1st 11.0 up
149 Sun, Sep 19   OAK  L   2-6       89-60  1st 10.0 up
148 Sat, Sep 18   OAK  W   4-2       89-59  1st 10.0 up
147 Fri, Sep 17   OAK  L   1-3       88-59  1st  9.0 up
146 Thu, Sep 16  @CHW  W   8-5       88-58  1st  9.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10

Royals, 63-92, 63-92 5th, 29 GB, 29½ GB in WC

SP: Kyle Davies (26, RHP, 8-11, 5.05)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-11)			174.2	192	103	98	74	121	19	5.05
2009 (8-9)			123.0	122	76	72	66	86	18	5.27
2008 (9-7)			113.0	121	57	51	43	71	10	4.06

Last 7 GS		2-4	45.1	52	24	23	13	35	3	4.57	49
2010-09-22	@DET	L	8.0	7	4	4	1	6	0	112	57
2010-09-17	CLE	L	5.0	8	5	5	3	4	1	92	32
2010-09-11	@CHW	W	6.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	102	61
2010-09-05	DET	W	6.0	3	1	1	3	4	1	115	63
2010-08-30	TEX	L	8.1	10	3	2	1	6	0	112	58
2010-08-24	@DET	L	4.2	12	7	7	3	5	1	108	14
2010-08-19	CLE	ND	7.1	7	3	3	0	5	0	108	57

Last 5 v.MIN		2-3	29.0	29	17	16	14	24	2	4.97	47
2010-06-09	@MIN	L	6.2	8	5	4	5	1	1	100	36
2009-08-22	MIN	L	5.2	4	6	6	3	6	1	93	40
2009-08-11	@MIN	W	5.0	5	1	1	3	6	0	105	56
2008-09-26	@MIN	W	6.0	4	1	1	2	8	0	101	66
2008-09-10	@MIN	L	5.2	8	4	4	1	3	0	105	39

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

 Home:   34-40   Road:   29-52   ExtrInn:10-7 
 vsRHP:  51-68   vsLHP:  12-24   1-Run:  26-29
 vsEast: 15-16   vsCntrl:27-42   vsWest: 13-24 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
155 Sun, Sep 26  @CLE  L   3-5       63-92  5th 29.0 gb
154 Sat, Sep 25  @CLE  L   1-7       63-91  5th 29.0 gb
153 Fri, Sep 24  @CLE  L   3-7       63-90  4th 29.0 gb
152 Thu, Sep 23  @CLE  W   4-2       63-89  4th 29.0 gb
151 Wed, Sep 22  @DET  L   2-4       62-89  4th 29.5 gb
150 Tue, Sep 21  @DET  W   9-6       62-88  4th 28.5 gb
149 Mon, Sep 20  @DET  L   5-7       61-88  5th 28.5 gb
148 Sun, Sep 19   CLE  W   6-4       61-87  5th 27.5 gb
147 Sat, Sep 18   CLE  L   4-6       60-87  5th 28.5 gb
146 Fri, Sep 17   CLE  L   4-11      60-86  5th 27.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 MIN  4  KCR  3        W:Brian Duensing (8-2), L: Zack Greinke (8-12), S: Matt Capps (37)
Tue, Sep 07, 2010 MIN 10  KCR  3        W:Francisco Liriano (13-7), L: Brian Bannister (7-12), S: none
Mon, Sep 06, 2010 MIN  5  KCR  4        W:Jeff Manship (2-0), L: Sean O'Sullivan (2-5), S: Matt Capps (36)
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 MIN  6 @KCR  4        W:Brian Duensing (4-1), L: Brian Bannister (7-10), S: Jon Rauch (21)
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)
Season Series: 2010 - MIN over 12-3; 2009 - MIN won 12-6; 2008 - MIN won 12-6; All-Time - MIN leads 339-298

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 5.31

ARI 4.48

SEA 3.17

RA/G

SFG 3.65

LAA 4.38

PIT 5.39

J. Hamilton .361

H. Pence .286

B. Wood .149

OBP

J. Morneau .437

T. Hunter .360

B. Wood .177

SLG

J. Hamilton .635

C. Santana .467

B. Wood .212

OPS

J. Morneau 1.055

M. Stanton .820

B. Wood .389

ERA

J. Johnson 2.30

E. Santana 3.77

K. Millwood 5.29

K/9IP

Y. Gallardo 9.71

M. Cain 7.10

K. Kendrick 4.20

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Twins Batters (4.88 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Davies
G/S/vB 41.Bullington
G/S/vB 57.Chavez
G/S/vB 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 31.Hughes*
G/S/vB 59.Humber
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 141/76 .194/.232/.302/.534 .461/.596 .516 23/.547 0/0 2/4

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 17/.544 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 5/.650 1/2.000 ··· 158/120 .277/.331/.404/.735 .813/.712 .788 21/.571 6/1 1/4

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 19/.768 1/.000 2/4.000 14/.572 ··· 5/1.400 ··· 3/.666 12/.166 1/.000 1/.000 651/442 .269/.335/.414/.749 .895/.683 .714 103/.655 7/3 14/5

27.Hardy G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 3/1.334 3/.666 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 3/.667 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 364/253 .276/.327/.406/.733 .643/.772 .768 73/.887 1/1 6/11

1.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 13/.154 ··· 5/.650 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 535/330 .268/.336/.371/.707 .712/.704 .653 88/.435 9/3 6/8

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 25/1.210 1/no AB 2/.000 5/1.400 ··· 6/.334 ··· 3/1.666 10/.000 1/.000 2/.000 556/377 .248/.322/.426/.748 .647/.795 .757 65/.502 0/1 20/4

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 26/.962 ··· ··· 13/.672 ··· 9/.254 ··· 3/.666 14/1.310 2/3.000 ··· 573/349 .331/.407/.473/.880 .711/.990 .923 70/.864 1/4 9/3

26.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 35/30 .214/.314/.250/.564 .450/.583 .167 30/.625 0/0 0/0

24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/36 .114/.111/.229/.340 .000/.360 .556 6/.000 0/0 1/1

8.Punto# G/S/vP 12/.432 1/2.000 1/.000 10/1.056 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 279/186 .246/.320/.311/.631 .645/.607 .589 12/.348 6/2 1/7

18.Repko G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 139/85 .230/.319/.352/.671 .554/.747 .821 53/.603 3/2 3/0

37.Revere* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/14 .200/.259/.200/.459 .397/.516 .400 27/.459 0/1 0/1

2.Span* G/S/vP 18/.545 1/.000 ··· 10/1.450 1/.000 6/.666 ··· 3/.000 9/.583 1/.000 ··· 675/441 .271/.337/.359/.696 .716/.685 .610 94/.743 25/4 3/4

25.Thome* G/S/vP 17/1.279 3/.000 1/.000 6/.833 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/3.300 9/.222 2/.500 ··· 335/244 .280/.412/.631/1.043 .773/1.155 .958 56/1.399 0/0 25/0

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 89/69 .237/.307/.408/.715 .209/.861 .379 32/.882 1/1 1/2

19.Valencia G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 6/1.500 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 294/189 .324/.364/.471/.835 1.026/.731 .661 78/.942 2/0 7/6

21.Young G/S/vP 15/.795 1/.000 ··· 9/1.556 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.667 9/.583 1/3.000 2/1.000 585/397 .298/.333/.486/.820 .918/.775 .825 99/.766 5/4 19/4

IP 174.2 42.2 59.2 131.1 16.2 53.0 19.0 71.2 62.2 61.1 46.2 TOTAL .276/.344/.426/.770 .748/.781 .752 .726 66/28 138/87

ERA-K/9

5.05/6.2

6.12/6.1

6.03/6.5

4.45/6.2

7.56/9.2

4.08/4.9

4.26/7.1

6.28/4.9

1.58/9.9

4.84/4.8

5.40/5.0

5.08/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (20-14-2)
Mauer (52-19-4)
Morales (1-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 770/.279 196/.297 267/.280 577/.265 80/.324 241/.282 84/.276 317/.285 257/.211 277/.304 211/.300 .279 Young
Kubel
Repko
Cuddyer
Span
Tolbert
Revere
Casilla 143/0/0/10
16/0/76/6
4/6/37/5
0/2/66/5
0/146/0/5
0/0/1/0
1/5/2/0
0/1/0/0

OPS .779 .846 .844 .763 .914 .752 .636 .836 .561 .777 .835 .786

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 398/.826 107/.902 111/.887 154/.794 38/.910 106/.724 38/.630 181/.814 145/.565 130/.797 107/.862 .795

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 372/.730 89/.778 156/.813 423/.752 42/.917 135/.772 46/.641 136/.865 112/.557 147/.759 104/.806 .778

Home 347/.742 121/.863 117/.879 273/.843 40/.874 116/.738 45/.517 110/.862 151/.529 136/.771 127/.721

Last 28d days 107/.636 59/.865 39/.899 124/.682 21/.857 35/.671 37/.606 110/1.026 29/.212 / 39/1.067

HR/SB/CS 19/16/3 6/7/4 11/1/1 17/5/7 3/1/0 3/2/1 0/2/0 15/14/1 4/0/1 3/4/3 6/10/3 172/131/55

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

Royals Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 59.Slowey
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 44.Flores*
G/S/vB 51.Fuentes*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Aviles G/S/vP 13/.770 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 1/3.000 3/1.667 3/.666 16/.688 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 415/294 .307/.335/.414/.749 .653/.787 .784 90/.994 10/4 8/14

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 9/1.223 3/.666 4/.500 13/1.371 ··· 6/.000 17/.666 20/.550 2/1.000 1/no AB 5/.400 560/424 .258/.286/.406/.692 .768/.668 .676 98/.648 2/2 16/17

46.Betemit# G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 3/1.667 3/.666 2/2.000 3/.000 5/.650 9/.333 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 302/216 .312/.394/.536/.930 .954/.921 1.043 98/.813 0/0 13/9

7.Blanco* G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 5/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 254/192 .270/.353/.347/.700 .456/.780 .736 82/.681 11/4 1/1

16.Butler G/S/vP 16/.250 3/1.667 1/.000 8/.750 ··· 4/.500 16/.626 20/.583 5/.400 4/1.250 6/.666 646/513 .320/.390/.473/.864 .739/.895 .885 100/1.053 0/0 15/6

1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 35/26 .250/.294/.375/.669 .333/.795 .923 35/.669 6/1 0/1

11.Fields G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 8/.393 8/1.768 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 34/16 .273/.294/.364/.658 .833/.450 .544 34/.658 0/0 1/4

17.Getz* G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 248/196 .237/.302/.277/.579 .699/.548 .713 20/.649 15/2 0/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 13/.581 2/.000 1/2.000 7/.286 4/1.000 2/.500 6/.900 13/.930 4/1.250 3/.000 2/.500 256/191 .217/.315/.353/.668 .741/.643 .684 86/.659 1/5 7/7

25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 177/136 .203/.288/.323/.611 .679/.588 .610 86/.686 0/1 5/2

12.Maier* G/S/vP 8/.679 2/1.000 3/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.500 8/.393 4/.833 1/2.000 4/.500 412/330 .258/.328/.373/.701 .650/.713 .674 66/.650 2/2 5/5

22.May G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 27/19 .115/.148/.115/.264 .250/.269 .111 27/.264 0/0 0/0

26.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· 49/23 .250/.327/.364/.690 .776/.594 .778 34/.831 1/0 1/1

27.Pena# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 6/.167 1/.000 6/.334 4/.666 ··· 1/.000 158/106 .259/.312/.343/.655 .519/.723 .632 75/.858 2/0 1/3

IP 153.0 45.0 70.0 66.0 30.1 45.2 67.1 186.1 30.0 8.1 57.2 TOTAL .274/.331/.397/.728 .698/.738 .748 .767 107/47 114/133

ERA-K/9

4.18/6.8

5.00/7.0

2.57/7.1

2.59/8.2

2.97/5.9

2.96/8.7

3.34/4.7

3.48/9.4

3.00/7.5

4.32/8.7

3.12/7.2

3.83/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
May (6-2-4)
Pena (24-12-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 646/.275 199/.297 295/.270 267/.207 135/.267 188/.184 275/.224 783/.251 126/.267 39/.194 245/.268 .266 Blanco
Maier
Gordon
Dyson
Betemit
Miller 8/66/0/4
7/65/42/4
49/0/3/2
0/8/0/1
2/0/0/0
3/0/13/0

OPS .757 .869 .701 .604 .822 .617 .644 .659 .752 .585 .671 .726

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 337/.708 74/.944 143/.644 111/.619 70/.908 52/.394 100/.663 169/.514 59/.792 9/.730 120/.739 .723

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 309/.810 125/.824 152/.753 156/.594 65/.728 136/.700 175/.632 614/.700 67/.717 30/.542 125/.607 .728

Road 272/.815 91/.952 115/.650 149/.573 81/.829 76/.585 149/.625 368/.704 63/.655 21/.649 118/.603

Last 28d days 67/.683 21/1.207 43/.577 44/.635 15/1.319 26/.279 38/.698 117/.745 19/.806 21/.679 40/.436

HR/SB/CS 20/5/4 6/2/0 6/3/2 4/7/1 5/0/2 5/3/1 7/1/1 6/12/3 3/1/1 0/1/1 3/0/1 139/77/35

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