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Game Preview: MIL @ MIN, 8:10pm, Friday, May 21, 2010 @Target Field

Brewers, 16-25, 16-255th, 7½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: David Bush (30, RHP, 1-4, 4.27)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-4)			46.1	50	26	22	22	24	8	4.27
2009 (5-9)			114.1	131	84	81	37	89	19	6.38
2008 (9-10)			185.0	163	92	86	48	109	29	4.18

Last 7 GS		1-4	40.2	46	23	19	20	18	7	4.20	46
2010-05-16	PHI	L	6.0	9	3	3	4	2	0	99	40
2010-05-11	ATL	L	6.0	7	3	3	3	3	1	102	46
2010-05-06	@LAD	ND	5.0	4	3	1	3	4	0	95	52
2010-04-30	@SDP	L	7.0	6	3	3	4	3	1	108	52
2010-04-25	CHC	L	3.2	10	9	7	2	2	4	87	9
2010-04-20	@PIT	W	7.0	3	0	0	4	2	0	96	69
2010-04-14	@CHC	ND	6.0	7	2	2	0	2	1	77	52

Last 5 v.MIN		1-4	31.0	34	19	16	9	16	5	4.65	46
2009-05-24	@MIN	L	6.2	5	4	4	4	4	2	116	48
2008-06-13	MIN	L	6.0	10	4	3	1	3	0	88	40
2007-06-16	@MIN	W	6.1	5	2	2	2	4	0	104	57
2007-05-19	MIN	L	7.1	8	5	5	1	4	1	96	45
2005-05-28	MIN	L	4.2	6	4	2	1	1	2	77	40

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

 Home:    4-14   Road:   12-11   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  11-16   vsLHP:   5-9    1-Run:   5-4 
 vsEast:  1-8    vsCntrl: 7-12   vsWest:  8-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 41 Thu, May 20  @PIT  W   4-3       16-25  5th  7.5 gb
 40 Wed, May 19  @PIT  L   4-6       15-25  5th  8.0 gb
 39 Tue, May 18  @CIN  L   4-5       15-24  5th  8.0 gb
 38 Mon, May 17  @CIN  L   3-6       15-23  5th  7.0 gb
 37 Sun, May 16   PHI  L   2-4       15-22  5th  6.0 gb
 36 Sat, May 15   PHI  L   6-10      15-21  4th  5.5 gb
 35 Fri, May 14   PHI  L   5-9       15-20  3rd  5.5 gb
 34 Wed, May 12   ATL  L   2-9       15-19  3rd  5.0 gb
 33 Tue, May 11   ATL  L   3-11      15-18  3rd  5.0 gb
 32 Mon, May 10   ATL  L   2-8       15-17  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Twins, 24-17, 24-171st, Tied

SP: Nick Blackburn (28, RHP, 4-1, 4.63)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (4-1)			46.2	57	25	24	12	13	7	4.63
2009 (11-11)			205.2	240	103	92	41	98	25	4.03
2008 (11-11)			193.1	224	102	87	39	96	23	4.05

Last 7 GS		4-1	46.2	57	25	24	12	13	7	4.63	45
2010-05-16	@NYY	W	7.0	9	3	3	1	4	0	104	50
2010-05-09	BAL	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	0	0	100	67
2010-05-04	DET	W	9.0	11	3	3	1	2	1	95	54
2010-04-24	@KCR	ND	4.1	10	6	5	2	0	0	75	19
2010-04-17	KCR	ND	5.0	7	5	5	1	3	2	73	35
2010-04-11	@CHW	L	7.2	8	5	5	1	0	3	98	42
2010-04-06	@LAA	W	6.2	8	3	3	4	4	1	103	46

Last 5 v.MIL		0-1	12.2	20	10	9	1	7	4	6.39	37
2009-06-24	@MIL	L	8.0	11	4	3	1	2	0	97	47
2008-06-27	MIL	ND	4.2	9	6	6	0	5	4	90	27

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

 Home:   12-6    Road:   12-11   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  15-13   vsLHP:   9-4    1-Run:   6-4 
 vsEast:  6-8    vsCntrl:15-8    vsWest:  3-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 41 Thu, May 20  @BOS  L   2-6       24-17  1st    Tied
 40 Wed, May 19  @BOS  L   2-3       24-16  1st  1.0 up
 39 Tue, May 18  @TOR  L   2-11      24-15  1st  2.0 up
 38 Mon, May 17  @TOR  W   8-3       24-14  1st  2.0 up
 37 Sun, May 16  @NYY  W   6-3       23-14  1st  1.5 up
 36 Sat, May 15  @NYY  L   1-7       22-14  1st  1.5 up
 35 Fri, May 14  @NYY  L   4-8       22-13  1st  2.5 up
 34 Wed, May 12   CHW  W   3-2       22-12  1st  3.0 up
 33 Tue, May 11   CHW  L   2-5       21-12  1st  2.5 up
 32 Sun, May  9   BAL  W   6-0       21-11  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Sat, Jun 28, 2008 MIL  5 @MIN  1        W:Manny Parra (8-2), L: Livan Hernandez (8-5), S: none
Fri, Jun 27, 2008 MIN  7  MIL  6        W:Matt Guerrier (4-2), L: Guillermo Mota (2-5), S: Joe Nathan (22)
Sun, Jun 15, 2008 MIL  4  MIN  2        W:Seth McClung (4-3), L: Scott Baker (2-2), S: Salomon Torres (8)
Season Series: 2010 -  0-0; 2009 - MIN won 5-1; 2008 - MIN won 4-2; All-Time - MIN leads 219-204

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 5.78

CHC 4.57

HOU 2.98

RA/G

SDP 3.10

TEX 4.55

ARI 6.00

I. Suzuki .349

C. Figgins .190

OBP

K. Youkilis .459

A. Jones .275

SLG

M. Cabrera .603

C. Figgins .252

OPS

K. Youkilis 1.053

C. Figgins .562

ERA

U. Jimenez .99

A. Burnett 3.86

M. Scherzer 7.29

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 11.01

A. Sanchez 6.57

N. Blackburn 2.51

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Brewers Batters (5.22 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
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 PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Braun G/S/vP 7/1.428 ··· 1/.000 7/.714 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· 179/125 .333/.413/.551/.965 .864/1.007 1.200 106/.843 9/0 7/1

30.Counsell* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 8/.125 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.833 68/57 .281/.324/.422/.745 .764/.742 .754 45/.683 0/0 1/2

21.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 149/104 .241/.293/.394/.687 .726/.670 .758 91/.631 1/1 2/7

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 2/2.500 6/1.300 8/.250 2/.500 ··· 3/.333 184/119 .272/.375/.430/.805 .704/.862 .727 111/.825 1/0 6/1

22.Gerut* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 9/1.889 70/51 .194/.229/.373/.602 .980/.462 .541 57/.550 0/1 2/0

1.Hart G/S/vP 7/1.429 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 6/.167 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 127/78 .270/.354/.541/.895 1.190/.713 .804 86/.934 3/2 7/1

2.Inglett* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 37/35 .343/.378/.514/.893 .000/.945 .959 28/.765 1/0 0/0

16.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/45 .244/.450/.585/1.035 1.500/.884 1.166 43/1.075 1/0 3/0

14.McGehee G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 172/123 .325/.395/.570/.965 1.095/.917 .978 102/.914 1/0 9/6

11.Stern* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 6/.000 0/0 0/0

23.Weeks G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/1.333 2/.000 6/.167 ··· ··· 2/.000 200/146 .243/.345/.382/.727 .926/.659 .813 121/.521 3/2 5/5

9.Zaun# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 5/1.800 ··· 6/.167 ··· 1/no AB 117/80 .265/.350/.392/.743 .523/.840 .774 65/1.017 0/0 2/2

IP 46.2 20.0 17.0 18.0 52.2 11.2 6.1 16.0 TOTAL .269/.348/.447/.795 .826/.782 .831 .758 27/6 50/34

ERA-K/9

4.63/2.5

3.15/8.6

6.88/6.4

2.00/5.5

3.25/8.9

3.09/10.0

4.26/5.7

1.69/6.8

3.94/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kottaras (8-2-0)
Zaun (19-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 199/.311 87/.267 76/.310 70/.206 218/.251 45/.209 27/.333 63/.233 .272 Gerut
Hart
Braun
Inglett
Stern 5/10/4/3
0/0/32/2
39/0/0/2
2/0/5/1
0/1/0/0

OPS .867 .760 .933 .557 .660 .571 1.010 .575 .746

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 94/.873 36/.870 28/1.352 31/.540 41/.317 22/.279 9/1.232 31/.723 .717

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 105/.861 51/.683 48/.690 39/.571 177/.745 23/.850 18/.918 32/.427 .766

Home 83/.769 48/.752 23/1.135 24/.399 86/.575 19/.164 5/1.100 22/.490

Last 28d days 117/.789 64/.788 49/.976 37/.736 136/.746 31/.710 11/.455 36/.593

HR/SB/CS 7/0/1 0/2/0 3/1/0 1/1/1 2/3/1 2/1/0 2/0/1 1/0/1 38/19/10

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

Twins Batters (4.73 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (5.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Bush
G/S/vB 59.Axford
G/S/vB 60.Coffey
G/S/vB 45.Estrada
G/S/vB 51.Hoffman
G/S/vB 57.Stetter*
G/S/vB 46.Vargas
G/S/vB 12.Villanueva
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/13 .136/.136/.136/.273 .200/.333 .571 16/.250 0/0 0/1

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 38/30 .273/.351/.364/.715 1.375/.516 .534 33/.835 0/1 0/0

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 16/1.143 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 8/1.089 7/.453 180/123 .265/.322/.426/.748 .924/.671 .830 105/.646 2/0 5/0

23.Harris G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 86/58 .200/.291/.280/.571 .555/.579 .561 49/.548 0/0 1/0

1.Hudson# G/S/vP 13/.154 ··· 3/.666 ··· 6/.800 2/2.500 10/.522 4/.833 181/119 .281/.358/.369/.726 .697/.741 .731 105/.691 3/0 2/2

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 2/2.500 3/1.667 135/99 .217/.333/.322/.655 .540/.691 .568 70/.671 0/0 3/1

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 14/1.198 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/2.500 7/.286 5/.400 139/87 .344/.410/.500/.910 .937/.894 .825 71/.902 1/0 2/1

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 17/.548 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 8/1.208 5/1.000 172/105 .362/.477/.681/1.158 1.058/1.227 1.056 96/1.239 0/0 11/0

8.Punto# G/S/vP 9/.708 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 8/.750 6/.733 87/58 .234/.279/.299/.578 .382/.601 .783 59/.511 3/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 194/133 .271/.365/.367/.732 .866/.670 .961 114/.736 9/1 1/1

25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 16/1.165 ··· 95/68 .241/.368/.494/.862 .619/.967 .697 61/.797 0/0 5/0

21.Young G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 125/84 .250/.304/.438/.742 .803/.713 .708 77/.794 2/1 4/1

IP 46.1 4.0 18.2 4.0 13.0 3.1 15.2 21.2 TOTAL .270/.350/.419/.769 .789/.759 .767 .759 20/4 38/12

ERA-K/9

4.27/4.7

2.25/11.2

4.82/4.3

2.25/9.0

13.15/5.5

10.80/8.2

8.04/8.6

2.91/11.2

5.25/7.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (3-3-1)
Mauer (12-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 204/.286 14/.083 85/.314 14/.143 66/.356 16/.333 76/.353 90/.177 .288 Span
Cuddyer
Young
Kubel 0/41/0/3
0/1/38/2
32/0/0/2
13/0/4/2

OPS .887 .298 .886 .500 1.306 .908 .957 .531 .832

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 96/.871 5/.200 27/1.107 5/1.400 32/1.321 12/.917 31/.647 45/.635 .838

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 108/.894 9/.347 58/.798 9/.000 34/1.289 4/.833 45/1.175 45/.435 .828

Road 102/.685 10/.100 50/1.095 14/.500 19/1.127 1/.000 36/.708 53/.376

Last 28d days 131/1.021 14/.298 51/.943 14/.500 38/1.349 14/1.044 49/.917 57/.680

HR/SB/CS 8/6/1 0/0/0 2/2/0 1/0/0 7/0/0 1/0/0 3/1/0 2/4/0 51/27/8

Usage ····X··· Xo···X·· ·o·XX·o· ··X····· ··o·o··· ····ooX· ·····Xo· o···oX··

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.