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Game Preview: BAL @ MIN, 8:10pm, Saturday, May 8, 2010 @Target Field

Orioles, 8-21, 8-215th, 14 GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (31, RHP, 0-4, 4.78)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (0-4)			37.2	39	22	20	8	20	4	4.78
2009 (10-17)			200.0	224	120	112	60	110	35	5.04
2008 (10-12)			190.2	176	82	77	58	120	24	3.63

Last 7 GS		0-4	45.1	48	26	24	10	25	7	4.76	48
2010-05-03	@NYY	L	7.0	6	4	4	2	2	1	116	49
2010-04-28	NYY	L	4.2	6	7	6	1	4	1	98	29
2010-04-23	@BOS	ND	6.0	5	3	3	2	0	1	104	48
2010-04-17	@OAK	ND	6.2	6	2	1	1	3	0	99	58
2010-04-12	TBR	L	7.0	8	3	3	0	5	1	106	54
2010-04-07	@TBR	L	6.1	8	3	3	2	6	0	95	49
2009-10-04	TOR	ND	7.2	9	4	4	2	5	3	107	48

Last 5 v.MIN		1-0	13.2	15	4	4	1	6	2	2.63	55
2009-08-26	@MIN	W	7.0	6	1	1	0	5	0	112	66
2007-08-24	MIN	ND	6.2	9	3	3	1	1	2	93	44

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

 Home:    4-8    Road:    4-13   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:   7-13   vsLHP:   1-8    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  6-15   vsCntrl: 1-0    vsWest:  1-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Thu, May  6  @MIN  W   2-0        8-21  5th 13.5 gb
 28 Wed, May  5  @NYY  L   5-7        7-21  5th 13.5 gb
 27 Tue, May  4  @NYY  L   1-4        7-20  5th 12.5 gb
 26 Mon, May  3  @NYY  L   1-4        7-19  5th 11.5 gb
 25 Sun, May  2   BOS  W   3-2 (10)   7-18  5th 11.0 gb
 24 Sat, May  1   BOS  W  12-9        6-18  5th 11.0 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 30   BOS  W   5-4 (10)   5-18  5th 12.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 29   NYY  L   0-4        4-18  5th 13.0 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 28   NYY  L   3-8        4-17  5th 12.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 27   NYY  W   5-4        4-16  5th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 8-21

Twins, 19-10, 19-101st, 3 up

SP: Scott Baker (28, RHP, 3-2, 5.35)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (3-2)			35.1	43	21	21	10	26	4	5.35
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		3-2	41.1	49	24	24	12	28	5	5.23	46
2010-05-03	DET	W	7.0	7	3	3	2	6	0	102	55
2010-04-28	@DET	ND	4.0	9	5	5	3	5	1	80	26
2010-04-22	CLE	L	5.2	10	6	6	1	3	1	92	27
2010-04-16	KCR	W	7.0	7	2	2	0	6	1	92	61
2010-04-10	@CHW	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	99	65
2010-04-05	@LAA	L	4.2	5	4	4	3	3	1	92	38
2009-10-06	DET	ND	6.0	6	3	3	2	2	1	91	48

Last 5 v.BAL		3-0	27.2	27	11	9	6	13	1	2.93	52
2009-08-24	BAL	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	95	69
2008-09-13	@BAL	W	6.0	4	1	1	3	4	0	94	61
2008-06-05	BAL	ND	5.0	5	2	2	1	3	1	99	51
2007-08-26	@BAL	W	6.0	7	3	2	1	0	0	92	47
2006-09-23	@BAL	ND	3.2	7	4	3	0	1	0	62	34

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

 Home:    9-4    Road:   10-6    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  13-8    vsLHP:   6-2    1-Run:   5-3 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl:14-7    vsWest:  3-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Thu, May  6   BAL  L   0-2       19-10  1st  3.0 up
 28 Wed, May  5   DET  W   5-4       19-9   1st  3.5 up
 27 Tue, May  4   DET  W   4-3       18-9   1st  2.5 up
 26 Mon, May  3   DET  W  10-4       17-9   1st  1.5 up
 25 Sun, May  2  @CLE  W   8-3       16-9   1st  0.5 up
 24 Sat, May  1  @CLE  L   4-5 (11)  15-9   1st  0.5 up
 23 Fri, Apr 30  @CLE  W   9-3       15-8   1st  1.5 up
 22 Thu, Apr 29  @DET  L   0-3       14-8   1st  1.5 up
 21 Wed, Apr 28  @DET  L   6-11      14-7   1st  2.5 up
 20 Tue, Apr 27  @DET  W   2-0       14-6   1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 06, 2010 BAL  2 @MIN  0        W:Brad Bergesen (2-2), L: Carl Pavano (3-3), S: Alfredo Simon (3)

Wed, Aug 26, 2009 BAL  5 @MIN  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (9-12), L: Nick Blackburn (8-9), S: none
Tue, Aug 25, 2009 MIN  7  BAL  6        W:Jose Mijares (2-2), L: Kameron Mickolio (0-1), S: none
Mon, Aug 24, 2009 MIN  2  BAL  1        W:Scott Baker (12-7), L: Chris Tillman (1-2), S: Joe Nathan (32)
Thu, May 07, 2009 BAL  5  MIN  4        W:Jim Johnson (2-0), L: Jose Mijares (0-1), S: George Sherrill (5)
Wed, May 06, 2009 BAL  4  MIN  1  (6)   W:Brian Bass (1-1), L: Kevin Slowey (4-1), S: none
Sun, Sep 14, 2008 BAL  7  MIN  3        W:Radhames Liz (6-5), L: Nick Blackburn (10-9), S: none
Sat, Sep 13, 2008 MIN 12 @BAL  6        W:Bobby Korecky (2-0), L: Garrett Olson (9-8), S: none
Sat, Sep 13, 2008 MIN 12 @BAL  2        W:Scott Baker (9-4), L: Daniel Cabrera (8-10), S: none
Thu, Jun 05, 2008 BAL  3 @MIN  2        W:Garrett Olson (5-1), L: Brian Bass (2-2), S: George Sherrill (20)
Season Series: 2010 - BAL leads 1-0; 2009 - BAL won 3-2; 2008 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - BAL leads 941-928

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

TBR 5.93

SDP 4.55

HOU 2.76

RA/G

TBR 2.97

DET 4.66

PIT 6.34

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

U. Jimenez .87

K. Correia 3.97

R. Porcello 7.50

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 11.91

K. Davies 6.48

N. Blackburn 2.48

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Orioles Batters (3.41 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (3.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Baker
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

12.Andino G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 / /// / / / /

25.Atkins G/S/vP ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 84/57 .272/.298/.333/.631 .459/.709 .761 64/.560 0/0 0/1

3.Izturis# G/S/vP 3/.333 4/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.400 82/57 .221/.259/.247/.506 .523/.454 .512 68/.485 1/2 0/2

10.Jones G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 128/99 .218/.242/.355/.597 .286/.685 .562 105/.601 1/2 3/2

Lugo G/S/vP 8/.500 2/1.500 2/.000 4/.500 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 39/27 .194/.256/.194/.451 1.028/.222 .496 27/.459 2/1 0/1

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 14/.857 1/no AB 5/.400 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 5/.650 129/93 .312/.411/.486/.897 .979/.857 .826 106/.907 0/1 2/0

18.Pie* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 22/21 .400/.455/.650/1.105 .000/1.160 .536 18/1.188 0/0 1/0

14.Reimold G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 85/57 .192/.294/.342/.637 .815/.549 .817 69/.595 0/0 2/0

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 15/.971 1/no AB 7/.933 6/.334 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.267 16/16 .143/.250/.214/.464 /.464 .414 / 2/0 0/0

30.Scott* G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 87/70 .177/.253/.354/.607 .610/.606 .560 71/.592 0/0 3/0

65.Tatum G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/8 .077/.077/.077/.154 .000/.250 .333 13/.154 0/0 0/0

9.Tejada G/S/vP 8/.625 4/1.000 4/.000 9/1.556 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 8/.000 106/81 .320/.368/.495/.863 1.136/.778 .742 83/.912 0/0 4/5

32.Wieters# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 111/78 .277/.342/.426/.768 .697/.798 .845 91/.716 0/1 4/1

23.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/1.000 2/3.500 1/.000 102/71 .299/.386/.690/1.076 .855/1.180 1.015 98/1.125 0/1 10/5

IP 35.1 13.2 14.2 36.0 3.0 4.1 12.0 TOTAL .246/.309/.390/.699 .689/.703 .692 .699 7/8 29/23

ERA-K/9

5.35/6.6

/0.0

5.27/7.2

1.84/3.7

1.50/9.0

6.00/6.0

4.15/8.4

2.25/6.8

3.60/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Tatum (2-1-0)
Wieters (10-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 154/.299 / 57/.259 58/.216 139/.206 16/.462 18/.133 48/.244 .266 Markakis
Pie
Reimold
Scott
Jones 0/0/29/1
6/0/0/1
12/0/1/1
7/0/0/0
0/28/0/0

OPS .837 .743 .528 .550 1.456 .478 .632 .737

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 72/.789 / 22/.964 25/.678 30/.233 5/1.833 4/.000 23/.713 .703

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 82/.880 / 35/.610 33/.415 109/.643 11/1.345 14/.630 25/.554 .763

Home 83/.825 / 20/1.067 19/.336 57/.472 5/1.100 7/.143 15/.599

Last 28d days 106/.918 / 46/.883 45/.596 114/.537 6/1.267 11/.273 32/.603

HR/SB/CS 4/1/1 // 1/1/0 0/1/1 0/1/1 2/0/0 0/1/0 1/0/1 25/11/8

Usage ····X··· ··o··ooo ·oo···Xo ·····X·· ········ ········ ··o··X··

Twins Batters (5.14 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Guthrie
G/S/vB 37.Albers
G/S/vB 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 43.Johnson
G/S/vB 26.Meredith
G/S/vB 31.Mickolio
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/8 .077/.077/.077/.154 .000/.286 .667 10/.200 0/0 0/1

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 7/.286 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 17/15 .250/.294/.250/.544 1.000/.481 .397 16/.579 0/0 0/0

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 7/.858 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 131/92 .288/.336/.458/.794 1.083/.674 .940 104/.831 2/0 4/0

27.Hardy G/S/vP ··· 8/1.125 1/2.000 ··· 5/.800 ··· 108/83 .250/.299/.400/.699 .556/.741 .651 81/.648 0/0 3/0

23.Harris G/S/vP 10/.929 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 55/41 .200/.327/.311/.638 .368/.741 .600 46/.589 0/0 1/0

1.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 ··· 135/90 .280/.366/.373/.739 .684/.764 .693 107/.804 3/0 2/1

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 10/1.400 1/no AB ··· 3/1.167 1/no AB 1/no AB 104/77 .207/.337/.310/.647 .607/.655 .553 83/.607 0/0 2/1

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 7/1.071 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 96/65 .345/.406/.500/.906 1.112/.814 .793 74/.856 0/0 1/0

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 9/1.111 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 124/78 .357/.492/.643/1.135 1.020/1.210 1.015 97/1.108 0/0 6/0

8.Punto# G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 51/33 .222/.260/.311/.571 .226/.606 .684 37/.581 2/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 141/100 .274/.381/.376/.757 .792/.743 1.037 111/.864 7/1 1/1

25.Thome* G/S/vP 19/1.403 1/no AB ··· 9/.476 1/3.000 1/no AB 73/52 .250/.384/.567/.950 .707/1.057 .671 59/.990 0/0 5/0

21.Young G/S/vP 13/.398 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 88/61 .256/.318/.423/.741 .779/.724 .487 70/.689 2/1 3/1

IP 37.2 13.2 2.0 9.2 8.0 3.2 TOTAL .273/.359/.427/.787 .797/.782 .758 .795 16/3 29/9

ERA-K/9

4.78/4.8

5.93/5.3

18.00/13.5

6.52/8.4

2.25/5.6

7.36/9.7

4.49/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (2-3-0)
Mauer (7-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 159/.271 60/.235 15/.556 49/.349 32/.214 19/.313 .275 Span
Cuddyer
Young
Kubel 0/29/0/2
0/1/27/2
22/0/0/1
10/0/3/1

OPS .748 .723 1.532 .916 .722 1.046 .789

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 92/.947 25/.855 3/3.000 20/1.127 9/.708 9/.833 .885

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 67/.483 35/.625 12/1.117 29/.777 23/.727 10/1.250 .713

Road 110/.664 34/.627 11/1.386 32/.900 14/.685 19/1.046

Last 28d days 131/.750 48/.800 / 39/1.005 27/.579 19/1.046

HR/SB/CS 4/1/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 2/1/0 1/1/0 34/12/8

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

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.