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Game Preview: MIN @ MIL, 8:10pm, Tuesday, June 22, 2010 @Miller Park

Twins, 40-29, 40-29 1st, 1½ up

SP: Scott Baker (28, RHP, 6-5, 4.41)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (6-5)			85.2	91	42	42	19	70	11	4.41
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	42.1	45	20	20	9	36	6	4.25	52
2010-06-16	COL	W	7.0	2	0	0	1	12	0	108	84
2010-06-10	KCR	L	5.0	8	5	5	1	2	2	93	32
2010-06-04	@OAK	ND	7.1	6	4	4	1	3	2	90	52
2010-05-30	TEX	W	6.0	8	3	3	3	4	0	97	45
2010-05-25	NYY	ND	5.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	50	62
2010-05-19	@BOS	L	6.0	8	3	3	1	4	1	105	47
2010-05-14	@NYY	L	6.0	10	5	5	1	9	1	100	40

Last 5 v.MIL		3-2	33.1	31	17	17	6	31	8	4.59	54
2009-06-25	@MIL	W	6.0	4	3	3	3	5	2	91	54
2009-05-24	MIL	W	8.1	7	3	3	0	6	2	106	63
2008-06-15	@MIL	L	6.0	7	3	3	2	9	1	101	53
2007-06-15	MIL	L	4.2	7	6	6	1	6	1	90	31
2007-05-19	@MIL	W	8.1	6	2	2	0	5	2	96	68

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

 Home:   23-13   Road:   17-16   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  27-20   vsLHP:  13-9    1-Run:  13-11
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:17-9    vsWest:  9-5  IL: 7-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 69 Sun, Jun 20  @PHI  W   4-1       40-29  1st  1.5 up
 68 Sat, Jun 19  @PHI  W  13-10(11)  39-29  1st  1.5 up
 67 Fri, Jun 18  @PHI  L   5-9       38-29  1st  0.5 up
 66 Thu, Jun 17   COL  L   1-5       38-28  1st  1.5 up
 65 Wed, Jun 16   COL  W   2-1       38-27  1st  2.5 up
 64 Tue, Jun 15   COL  W   9-3       37-27  1st  2.5 up
 63 Sun, Jun 13   ATL  L   3-7       36-27  1st  2.5 up
 62 Sat, Jun 12   ATL  L   2-3       36-26  1st  3.5 up
 61 Fri, Jun 11   ATL  W   2-1       36-25  1st  4.5 up
 60 Thu, Jun 10   KCR  L   8-9       35-25  1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Brewers, 29-40, 29-40 4th, 9 GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Chris Narveson (28, LHP, 5-4, 5.79)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (5-4)			65.1	76	43	42	30	54	9	5.79
2009 (2-0)			47.0	45	22	20	16	46	7	3.83
2006 (0-0)			9.1	6	5	5	5	12	1	4.82

Last 7 GS		2-4	38.2	47	27	27	17	31	6	6.28	42
2010-06-16	@LAA	L	4.1	7	5	5	2	2	2	88	29
2010-06-11	TEX	W	7.0	6	2	2	2	4	1	91	59
2010-06-05	@STL	ND	6.0	5	4	4	5	4	1	105	45
2010-05-31	@FLA	L	5.2	6	5	5	2	8	1	104	43
2010-05-26	HOU	L	4.0	8	4	4	2	2	0	89	30
2010-05-20	@PIT	W	6.0	7	3	3	1	2	0	112	47
2010-05-15	PHI	L	5.2	8	4	4	3	9	1	130	43

Has never faced MIN as starter.

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

 Home:   11-19   Road:   18-21   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  20-29   vsLHP:   9-11   1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast:  4-12   vsCntrl:12-16   vsWest:  9-7  IL: 4-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 69 Sun, Jun 20  @COL  W   6-1       29-40  4th  9.0 gb
 68 Sat, Jun 19  @COL  L   7-8       28-40  4th 10.0 gb
 67 Fri, Jun 18  @COL  L   0-2       28-39  4th  9.0 gb
 66 Wed, Jun 16  @LAA  L   1-5       28-38  4th  8.0 gb
 65 Tue, Jun 15  @LAA  W   7-1       28-37  4th  8.0 gb
 64 Mon, Jun 14  @LAA  W  12-2       27-37  4th  9.0 gb
 63 Sun, Jun 13   TEX  L   2-7       26-37  4th  9.5 gb
 62 Sat, Jun 12   TEX  L   3-4       26-36  4th  9.5 gb
 61 Fri, Jun 11   TEX  W   6-2       26-35  4th  8.5 gb
 60 Thu, Jun 10   CHC  W   5-4 (10)  25-35  4th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 23, 2010 MIL  4 @MIN  3        W:Manny Parra (1-3), L: Carl Pavano (4-5), S: John Axford (1)
Sat, May 22, 2010 MIN  8  MIL  7 (12)   W:Jesse Crain (1-0), L: Manny Parra (0-3), S: none
Fri, May 21, 2010 MIN 15  MIL  3        W:Nick Blackburn (5-1), L: David Bush (1-5), S: none

Thu, Jun 25, 2009 MIN  6 @MIL  4        W:Scott Baker (5-6), L: Mike Burns (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (17)
Wed, Jun 24, 2009 MIL  4  MIN  3        W:Todd Coffey (3-1), L: Nick Blackburn (6-3), S: Trevor Hoffman (17)
Tue, Jun 23, 2009 MIN  7 @MIL  3        W:Francisco Liriano (3-8), L: Jeff Suppan (5-5), S: none
Sun, May 24, 2009 MIN  6  MIL  3        W:Scott Baker (2-5), L: David Bush (3-1), S: none
Sat, May 23, 2009 MIN  6  MIL  2        W:Anthony Swarzak (1-0), L: Braden Looper (4-3), S: none
Fri, May 22, 2009 MIN 11  MIL  3        W:Kevin Slowey (6-1), L: Manny Parra (3-5), S: none
Sun, Jun 29, 2008 MIN  5  MIL  0        W:Kevin Slowey (5-6), L: Ben Sheets (9-2), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - MIN leads 2-1; 2009 - MIN won 5-1; 2008 - MIN won 4-2; All-Time - MIN leads 221-205

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

BOS 5.49

KCR 4.52

BAL 3.26

RA/G

SDP 3.32

SEA 4.38

ARI 5.76

R. Cano .365

J. Drew .276

A. Ramirez .168

OBP

J. Morneau .448

Y. Escobar .352

A. Ramirez .232

SLG

M. Cabrera .632

K. Fukudome .449

C. Izturis .241

OPS

J. Morneau 1.070

F. Lewis .797

C. Izturis .513

ERA

U. Jimenez 1.15

Z. Greinke 3.94

K. Davies 6.15

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.29

C. Richard 6.67

N. Blackburn 2.84

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Twins Batters (4.77 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (5.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Narveson*
G/S/vB 59.Axford
G/S/vB 13.Braddock*
G/S/vB 39.Capuano*
G/S/vB 60.Coffey
G/S/vB 51.Hoffman
G/S/vB 50.Loe
G/S/vB 54.Riske
G/S/vB 12.Villanueva
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/21 .175/.214/.275/.489 .372/.618 .358 17/.761 0/0 1/1

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 12/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 6/.750 9/1.319 9/.819 282/195 .269/.333/.431/.764 .967/.679 .718 81/.779 2/0 7/1

23.Harris G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/2.500 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 120/73 .157/.233/.213/.446 .413/.469 .488 26/.154 0/0 1/0

1.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/3.000 5/.400 4/.500 6/.800 1/5.000 3/.000 4/.833 237/156 .292/.362/.401/.763 .734/.777 .665 37/.754 5/0 3/2

16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 5/1.000 3/.000 5/1.350 246/174 .255/.350/.434/.784 .655/.833 .703 90/.981 0/0 9/2

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 10/1.000 ··· 2/.500 9/.222 5/.400 6/.333 259/162 .304/.382/.436/.818 .714/.882 .842 103/.695 1/2 3/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 12/.733 ··· 1/.000 10/1.600 5/1.000 7/1.143 288/182 .340/.448/.622/1.070 1.028/1.095 1.262 95/.835 0/0 15/1

8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/1.000 1/.000 ··· 12/.166 10/.873 7/.619 173/118 .255/.333/.336/.669 .655/.646 .594 75/.822 5/0 1/3

2.Span* G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 320/216 .282/.353/.370/.723 .756/.707 .538 105/.681 14/1 2/1

25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 8/2.125 1/.000 1/no AB 129/95 .250/.388/.510/.897 .640/1.001 1.028 31/.947 0/0 6/0

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 50/37 .227/.286/.341/.627 .160/.799 .384 46/.639 0/1 1/1

19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/28 .317/.349/.341/.690 .619/.728 .377 43/.690 1/0 0/0

21.Young G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/1.750 2/1.000 3/1.667 230/158 .306/.343/.502/.846 .810/.862 .855 85/1.025 3/1 8/2

IP 65.1 16.0 10.0 4.2 25.1 22.0 11.0 4.2 35.2 TOTAL .272/.348/.419/.767 .739/.780 .748 .751 31/7 61/27

ERA-K/9

5.79/7.4

2.81/10.7

7.20/13.5

7.71/9.6

3.91/5.7

9.00/5.7

0.82/8.2

0.00/7.7

4.04/11.8

5.07/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (5-5-1)
Mauer (25-9-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 297/.295 66/.220 49/.318 24/.409 107/.264 103/.311 40/.189 16/.071 158/.239 .281 Young
Cuddyer
Kubel
Span 59/0/0/4
0/2/59/4
16/0/14/3
0/68/0/3

OPS .859 .557 .830 1.026 .754 1.064 .441 .259 .685 .806

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 83/.552 29/.595 12/.817 7/.900 34/.828 43/1.121 13/.321 3/.000 82/.717 .824

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 214/.982 37/.527 37/.832 17/1.059 73/.719 60/1.022 27/.499 13/.322 76/.652 .796

Home 123/.928 20/.522 21/1.029 5/.800 50/.544 64/1.165 12/.432 10/.100 63/.719

Last 28d days 119/.923 41/.556 41/.886 24/1.026 10/.000 34/.665 40/.441 16/.259 51/.864

HR/SB/CS 9/2/3 0/0/0 0/3/0 0/0/0 2/2/0 7/1/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 4/6/0 74/50/14

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

Brewers Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (3.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Baker
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 60.Rauch
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Braun G/S/vP 13/.308 1/.000 1/.000 8/.625 3/.667 ··· 1/.000 304/227 .304/.366/.495/.861 .796/.882 .640 107/.706 11/1 10/1

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 15/.414 ··· 1/.000 8/.125 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 118/99 .280/.336/.364/.701 .721/.697 .733 42/.661 1/0 1/4

15.Edmonds* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/.382 1/.000 144/119 .264/.340/.434/.774 .798/.769 .684 39/.643 1/0 3/1

21.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 248/182 .250/.302/.351/.653 .733/.625 .635 83/.584 5/1 2/9

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 19/1.356 ··· 3/2.667 7/1.371 8/.250 2/.500 4/.500 312/215 .260/.397/.453/.850 .739/.904 .884 110/.862 1/0 13/1

27.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/.572 1/2.000 178/124 .232/.272/.366/.638 .597/.655 .600 75/.466 8/1 4/3

1.Hart G/S/vP 9/.555 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 6/.167 1/no AB 3/.000 249/179 .269/.337/.587/.925 1.132/.843 1.045 104/.985 3/2 18/1

2.Inglett* G/S/vP 7/1.096 ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 56/52 .340/.411/.520/.931 .000/1.008 .764 12/.817 1/0 0/0

16.Kottaras* G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 132/98 .216/.371/.451/.822 1.075/.741 .640 62/.649 2/0 5/4

20.Lucroy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/39 .341/.341/.364/.705 1.800/.564 .667 38/.711 2/1 0/1

14.McGehee G/S/vP 7/1.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 3/1.667 ··· 1/3.000 285/214 .272/.333/.463/.796 1.008/.730 .767 95/.571 1/0 11/7

23.Weeks G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/no AB 3/1.333 3/.000 6/.167 ··· 3/1.000 329/251 .254/.356/.424/.780 .933/.733 .812 114/.856 4/3 10/8

IP 85.2 33.1 28.0 32.0 87.2 19.1 28.0 TOTAL .259/.336/.430/.766 .811/.750 .736 .711 40/10 83/52

ERA-K/9

4.41/7.4

2.70/7.0

4.82/7.1

1.69/5.9

2.98/9.5

4.66/7.9

2.57/6.8

3.80/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kottaras (26-4-1)
Lucroy (5-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 358/.271 136/.233 124/.263 125/.189 359/.245 83/.273 112/.269 .265 Hart
Braun
Edmonds
Gomez
Inglett 0/0/60/4
66/0/0/3
0/25/10/2
1/40/0/2
4/0/5/1

OPS .756 .661 .779 .518 .633 .703 .705 .728

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 175/.748 55/.691 49/.913 50/.615 74/.408 39/.528 58/.775 .719

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 183/.764 81/.636 75/.688 75/.454 285/.694 44/.861 54/.630 .735

Road 154/.851 55/.591 75/.752 76/.562 185/.676 45/.890 61/.695

Last 28d days 105/.733 43/.484 38/.639 49/.503 141/.591 35/.778 43/.767

HR/SB/CS 11/1/2 1/2/0 3/1/0 1/1/1 2/3/1 3/3/0 3/0/1 67/34/14

Usage ·····X·· ···XX·X· ···X···· ··XX·o·· ····X··· ···Xo··· ··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.