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Game Preview: KCR @ MIN, 2:10pm, Sunday, April 18, 2010 @Target Field

Royals, 4-7, 4-74th, 4½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (26, RHP, 1-0, 2.84)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-0)			12.2	11	5	4	4	7	1	2.84
2009 (7-13)			143.0	167	109	104	46	106	23	6.55
2008 (6-12)			129.0	143	84	79	47	72	12	5.51

Last 7 GS		2-4	40.2	45	31	30	16	27	7	6.64	42
2010-04-12	@DET	W	5.0	6	5	4	3	5	1	98	39
2010-04-07	DET	ND	7.2	5	0	0	1	2	0	89	70
2009-10-04	@MIN	L	3.0	4	7	7	3	2	3	58	22
2009-09-28	@NYY	L	6.0	12	8	8	2	2	2	93	16
2009-09-23	BOS	L	5.0	8	6	6	3	5	0	94	29
2009-09-18	@CHW	W	9.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	105	85
2009-09-12	@CLE	L	5.0	7	5	5	3	6	1	98	36

Last 5 v.MIN		1-2	22.1	20	15	15	10	10	3	6.04	45
2009-10-04	@MIN	L	3.0	4	7	7	3	2	3	58	22
2009-08-21	MIN	ND	7.0	5	3	3	0	3	0	94	58
2009-06-29	MIN	W	7.0	2	0	0	4	2	0	102	71
2008-05-29	MIN	L	5.1	9	5	5	3	3	0	90	30

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

 Home:    2-4    Road:    2-3    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   4-5    vsLHP:   0-2    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 3-5    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Sat, Apr 17  @MIN  L   5-6        4-7   4th  4.5 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 16  @MIN  L   3-10       4-6   3rd  3.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr 14  @DET  W   7-3        4-5   3rd  2.0 gb
  8 Tue, Apr 13  @DET  L   5-6        3-5   3rd  3.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 12  @DET  W  10-5        3-4   3rd  2.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 11   BOS  L   6-8        2-4   3rd  3.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 10   BOS  L   3-8        2-3   3rd  2.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  9   BOS  W   4-3        2-2   3rd  1.5 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  8   DET  L   3-7        1-2   4th  1.5 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  7   DET  W   3-2 (11)   1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 4-7    Last 30: 4-7

Twins, 9-3, 9-31st, 2½ up

SP: Carl Pavano (34, RHP, 2-0, 1.38)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-0)			13.0	10	2	2	1	10	0	1.38
2009 (14-12)			199.1	235	119	113	39	147	26	5.10
2008 (4-2)			34.1	41	23	22	10	15	5	5.77

Last 7 GS		4-1	42.1	50	22	22	6	34	5	4.68	49
2010-04-12	BOS	W	6.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	95	63
2010-04-07	@LAA	W	7.0	6	1	1	0	6	0	102	67
2009-10-04	KCR	W	5.2	8	4	4	1	7	1	93	43
2009-09-30	@DET	L	4.2	7	7	7	2	4	0	83	24
2009-09-25	@KCR	W	6.0	8	4	4	1	5	2	91	44
2009-09-19	DET	ND	7.0	11	2	2	0	4	0	101	51
2009-09-14	CLE	ND	6.0	6	3	3	1	4	2	95	51

Last 5 v.KCR		3-2	30.1	40	24	24	6	21	7	7.12	40
2009-10-04	KCR	W	5.2	8	4	4	1	7	1	93	43
2009-09-25	@KCR	W	6.0	8	4	4	1	5	2	91	44
2009-08-23	@KCR	W	7.0	8	2	2	0	2	0	108	55
2009-08-13	KCR	L	7.0	5	5	5	3	6	1	112	50
2009-06-10	KCR	L	4.2	11	9	9	1	1	3	92	6

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

 Home:    4-1    Road:    5-2    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   6-2    vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   3-1 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 4-1    vsWest:  3-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 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
  9 Wed, Apr 14   BOS  L   3-6        6-3   1st    Tied
  8 Mon, Apr 12   BOS  W   5-2        6-2   1st  0.5 up
  7 Sun, Apr 11  @CHW  L   4-5        5-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  6 Sat, Apr 10  @CHW  W   2-1        5-1   1st  0.5 up
  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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20: 9-3    Last 30: 9-3

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 17, 2010 MIN  6  KCR  5        W:Brian Duensing (2-0), L: John Parrish (1-1), S: Jon Rauch (6)
Fri, Apr 16, 2010 MIN 10  KCR  3        W:Scott Baker (2-1), L: Zack Greinke (0-2), S: none

Sun, Oct 04, 2009 MIN 13  KCR  4        W:Carl Pavano (14-12), L: Luke Hochevar (7-13), S: none
Sat, Oct 03, 2009 MIN  5  KCR  4        W:Jon Rauch (7-3), L: Dusty Hughes (0-2), S: Joe Nathan (47)
Fri, Oct 02, 2009 MIN 10  KCR  7        W:Jeff Manship (1-1), L: Lenny DiNardo (0-3), S: Joe Nathan (46)
Sun, Sep 27, 2009 KCR  4  MIN  1        W:Zack Greinke (16-8), L: Francisco Liriano (5-13), S: Joakim Soria (29)
Sat, Sep 26, 2009 MIN 11 @KCR  6        W:Scott Baker (14-9), L: Lenny DiNardo (0-2), S: none
Fri, Sep 25, 2009 MIN  9 @KCR  4        W:Carl Pavano (13-11), L: Rob Tejeda (4-2), S: none
Sun, Aug 23, 2009 MIN 10 @KCR  3        W:Carl Pavano (11-9), L: Brian Bannister (7-10), S: none
Sat, Aug 22, 2009 MIN  8 @KCR  7        W:Brian Duensing (1-1), L: Kyle Davies (4-9), S: Matt Guerrier (1)
Season Series: 2010 - MIN leads 2-0; 2009 - MIN won 12-6; 2008 - MIN won 12-6; All-Time - MIN leads 329-295

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

LAD 3.77

NYM 4.67

BAL 5.41

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.

Royals Batters (4.82 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (3.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Pavano
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 8/.268 5/.200 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· 231/156 .243/.328/.347/.674 .615/.700 .728 / 3/6 4/2

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 404/306 .231/.285/.387/.672 .563/.708 .691 43/.964 4/3 11/5

30.Aviles G/S/vP 5/.700 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 10/1.100 2/1.500 ··· ··· 127/80 .183/.208/.250/.458 .535/.416 .403 1/.000 1/0 1/4

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 9/.666 ··· 10/1.400 13/.879 17/.412 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 508/376 .245/.274/.351/.625 .772/.573 .559 43/.857 3/3 6/18

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 13/.308 ··· 3/.333 8/.804 10/.958 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 468/283 .265/.308/.355/.663 .666/.661 .766 15/.200 25/6 4/10

16.Butler G/S/vP 21/1.286 ··· 6/1.000 12/.666 16/.742 4/.500 3/1.667 3/.666 672/466 .301/.362/.492/.853 .966/.805 .679 48/.714 1/0 21/10

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 20/1.389 1/.000 4/.833 8/.750 10/1.000 4/1.000 1/.000 4/.833 634/442 .300/.356/.457/.813 .913/.768 .740 45/.638 2/1 11/17

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 20/1.011 1/2.000 11/.899 18/.769 10/.522 3/.666 4/.000 1/.000 627/407 .281/.347/.434/.781 .690/.832 .743 49/.847 4/9 13/0

11.Fields G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 5/.400 8/.393 5/1.350 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 268/186 .222/.301/.347/.648 .774/.595 .657 / 2/3 7/8

17.Getz* G/S/vP 8/.536 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 415/344 .261/.324/.347/.670 .650/.675 .694 33/.488 25/2 2/7

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 12/.977 1/.000 5/.200 4/.250 8/1.625 3/1.666 3/.000 1/no AB 189/132 .232/.324/.378/.703 .635/.731 .703 1/ 5/0 6/10

6.Guillen G/S/vP 12/1.383 3/.666 10/.400 6/.000 13/.770 2/1.000 4/1.500 2/1.000 312/210 .242/.314/.367/.681 .554/.743 .635 47/1.156 1/0 9/4

18.Kendall G/S/vP 29/.799 1/.000 3/.333 11/.728 8/.875 1/3.000 3/1.334 2/.000 526/432 .241/.331/.305/.636 .635/.636 .612 45/.848 7/2 2/8

12.Maier* G/S/vP 11/.473 ··· 3/.666 3/.666 7/.453 3/.666 1/2.000 2/.000 397/289 .243/.333/.331/.665 .839/.603 .609 10/.222 9/2 3/0

27.Pena# G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 183/112 .273/.318/.442/.761 .668/.817 .797 1/.000 0/0 6/0

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 16/.625 1/no AB 5/.400 16/.331 9/.583 7/.143 1/2.000 1/.000 587/426 .304/.353/.412/.764 .723/.780 .759 51/.984 30/13 7/2

IP 199.1 42.0 51.2 76.1 136.2 61.2 70.0 TOTAL .301/.353/.455/.808 .853/.791 .886 .808 13/1 13/8

ERA-K/9

5.10/6.6

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

3.08/6.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kendall (64-16-4)
Pena (17-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 854/.294 174/.233 230/.250 304/.207 609/.279 253/.224 / 299/.262 .249 DeJesus
Maier
Podsednik
Ankiel
Guillen
Anderson
Bloomquist 139/3/2/13
17/85/36/11
78/50/3/6
25/66/27/5
4/0/65/4
4/67/17/3
9/22/61/3

OPS .795 .645 .722 .598 .830 .649 .722 .695

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 442/.743 65/.537 94/.954 120/.525 155/.631 114/.480 / 138/.724 .632

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 412/.849 109/.707 136/.571 184/.645 454/.899 139/.791 / 161/.718 .736

Home 377/.781 93/.651 130/.732 148/.668 247/.779 133/.694 / 176/.712

Last 28d days 50/.532 / 17/.669 24/.303 52/.511 16/1.456 14/.445 24/.623

HR/SB/CS 26/33/6 4/2/0 3/4/1 10/4/2 21/15/9 7/5/0 // 6/5/0 11/2/5

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.

Twins Batters (5.33 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (6.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB 56.Colon
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 31.Hughes*
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 4/.000 / /

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 5/1.600 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 4/.833 256/178 .202/.280/.259/.538 .488/.565 .515 2/.000 11/0 0/5

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 11/.455 4/1.500 5/1.800 11/1.064 2/2.500 7/.286 650/468 .276/.342/.520/.862 1.013/.803 .910 54/.870 6/1 32/6

27.Hardy G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· 465/364 .229/.302/.357/.659 .539/.689 .709 52/.702 0/1 11/8

23.Harris G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 ··· 4/.500 453/292 .261/.310/.362/.672 .751/.628 .809 20/.800 0/2 6/12

1.Hudson# G/S/vP 4/1.750 1/5.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 631/469 .283/.357/.417/.774 .854/.747 .807 55/.753 8/1 9/8

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 11/1.455 1/.000 2/.500 5/.000 3/.666 7/.000 578/414 .300/.369/.539/.907 .643/1.014 .956 43/.801 1/1 28/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 11/.899 4/1.417 3/.333 8/1.125 3/.000 10/.944 606/383 .365/.444/.587/1.031 .910/1.103 1.111 50/.977 4/1 28/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 6/.333 2/1.000 3/.666 9/1.444 1/.000 11/.182 590/364 .274/.363/.516/.878 .836/.906 .914 55/1.018 0/0 30/3

8.Punto# G/S/vP 4/.000 5/.400 4/.250 5/1.250 ··· 5/.000 440/308 .228/.337/.284/.621 .642/.608 .599 28/.709 16/3 1/7

2.Span* G/S/vP 8/.875 2/.000 3/.666 5/2.133 ··· 8/.393 676/462 .311/.392/.415/.807 .877/.774 .848 58/.670 23/10 8/5

25.Thome* G/S/vP 9/.778 2/1.500 1/no AB 5/2.100 ··· 6/.334 434/329 .249/.366/.481/.847 .743/.881 .890 25/.931 0/0 23/

21.Young G/S/vP 8/.875 2/2.000 6/.533 13/.385 ··· 6/.533 416/282 .284/.308/.425/.733 .833/.685 .709 34/.890 2/5 12/5

IP 143.0 50.1 50.1 37.1 14.0 53.0 TOTAL .280/.366/.454/.820 .894/.788 .908 .820 8/1 15/2

ERA-K/9

6.55/6.7

4.83/5.2

5.72/6.8

4.58/10.1

5.14/9.6

2.21/11.7

5.69/6.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 631/.290 220/.256 219/.246 168/.287 63/.245 222/.219 .291 Span
Cuddyer
Young
Kubel 74/84/39/6
0/3/117/5
98/0/0/4
29/0/30/1

OPS .852 .758 .760 .727 .742 .614 .863

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 315/.902 94/.713 106/.738 77/.753 15/.533 116/.560 .842

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 316/.804 126/.792 113/.781 91/.706 48/.817 106/.674 .877

Road 297/.923 96/.796 95/.572 72/.712 42/.905 126/.529

Last 28d days 51/.742 14/1.208 28/.960 19/.849 20/.817 15/.747

HR/SB/CS 23/19/4 7/7/1 6/2/3 3/2/2 2/0/1 5/0/1 14/4/3

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.