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Game Preview: TEX @ MIN, 8:10pm, Friday, May 28, 2010 @Target Field

Rangers, 26-21, 26-211st, 1½ up

SP: Colby Lewis (30, RHP, 4-2, 3.45)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (4-2)			57.1	42	22	22	24	58	5	3.45
2007 (0-2)			37.2	44	28	27	14	23	7	6.45
2006 (0-0)			3.0	8	1	1	1	5	1	3.00

Last 7 GS		2-2	45.0	34	19	19	16	45	5	3.80	57
2010-05-21	CHC	W	6.0	5	1	1	3	4	0	109	59
2010-05-16	@TOR	L	5.2	3	5	5	4	5	1	111	44
2010-05-11	OAK	ND	7.0	6	3	3	1	5	1	104	57
2010-05-05	@OAK	L	6.0	5	3	3	3	6	1	105	53
2010-04-30	@SEA	ND	9.0	3	0	0	1	10	0	116	90
2010-04-25	DET	W	6.1	7	4	4	2	10	1	106	51
2010-04-20	@BOS	ND	5.0	5	3	3	2	5	1	105	48

Last 5 v.MIN		0-0	4.2	3	3	3	3	1	1	5.79	44
2003-09-07	@MIN	ND	4.2	3	3	3	3	1	1	103	44

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

 Home:   18-9    Road:    8-12   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  18-13   vsLHP:   8-8    1-Run:  11-8 
 vsEast:  4-10   vsCntrl:11-5    vsWest: 10-4  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Wed, May 26  @KCR  L   2-5       26-21  1st  2.0 up
 46 Tue, May 25  @KCR  W   8-7       26-20  1st  3.0 up
 45 Sun, May 23   CHC  L   4-5       25-20  1st  2.0 up
 44 Sat, May 22   CHC  L   4-5 (10)  25-19  1st  3.0 up
 43 Fri, May 21   CHC  W   2-1       25-18  1st  4.0 up
 42 Thu, May 20   BAL  W  13-7       24-18  1st  4.0 up
 41 Wed, May 19   BAL  W   4-3       23-18  1st  3.0 up
 40 Tue, May 18   LAA  W   8-7       22-18  1st  2.0 up
 39 Mon, May 17   LAA  W   4-3       21-18  1st  2.0 up
 38 Sun, May 16  @TOR  L   2-5       20-18  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Twins, 27-20, 27-201st, 1½ up

SP: Kevin Slowey (26, RHP, 5-3, 4.53)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (5-3)			49.2	63	25	25	13	38	8	4.53
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		4-2	39.1	51	21	21	7	30	7	4.81	46
2010-05-22	MIL	ND	5.2	6	2	2	1	5	1	102	53
2010-05-17	@TOR	W	5.0	8	3	3	0	2	1	99	41
2010-05-11	CHW	L	4.2	8	5	5	1	3	0	75	30
2010-05-05	DET	W	5.2	7	3	3	2	3	3	97	44
2010-04-30	@CLE	W	5.0	9	3	3	0	6	0	102	43
2010-04-25	@KCR	L	5.1	8	4	4	3	2	1	104	35
2010-04-20	CLE	W	8.0	5	1	1	0	9	1	98	77

Last 5 v.TEX		0-0	6.0	4	1	1	0	7	0	1.50	67
2007-09-17	TEX	ND	6.0	4	1	1	0	7	0	105	67

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

 Home:   15-9    Road:   12-11   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  18-15   vsLHP:   9-5    1-Run:   7-7 
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:15-8    vsWest:  3-1  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Thu, May 27   NYY  W   8-2       27-20  1st  1.5 up
 46 Wed, May 26   NYY  L   2-3       26-20  1st  1.0 up
 45 Tue, May 25   NYY  L   0-1       26-19  1st  1.0 up
 44 Sun, May 23   MIL  L   3-4       26-18  1st  1.0 up
 43 Sat, May 22   MIL  W   8-7 (12)  26-17  1st  2.0 up
 42 Fri, May 21   MIL  W  15-3       25-17  1st  1.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 30, 2009 MIN  5  TEX  3        W:Jon Rauch (3-2), L: C.J. Wilson (4-6), S: Joe Nathan (34)
Sat, Aug 29, 2009 TEX  3 @MIN  0        W:Scott Feldman (14-4), L: Carl Pavano (11-10), S: Frank Francisco (19)
Fri, Aug 28, 2009 MIN  3  TEX  2        W:Brian Duensing (2-1), L: Tommy Hunter (6-3), S: Joe Nathan (33)
Thu, Aug 20, 2009 TEX 11  MIN  1        W:Derek Holland (7-7), L: Anthony Swarzak (3-7), S: none
Wed, Aug 19, 2009 MIN  5 @TEX  4        W:Scott Baker (11-7), L: Kevin Millwood (9-8), S: Joe Nathan (31)
Tue, Aug 18, 2009 MIN  9 @TEX  6        W:Jesse Crain (4-4), L: Jason Jennings (2-4), S: Joe Nathan (30)
Mon, Aug 17, 2009 TEX  8  MIN  5        W:Tommy Hunter (6-2), L: Francisco Liriano (5-12), S: Frank Francisco (18)
Sun, Jul 19, 2009 TEX  5  MIN  3 (12)   W:Dustin Nippert (1-0), L: Brian Duensing (0-1), S: none
Sat, Jul 18, 2009 MIN  4 @TEX  1        W:Scott Baker (8-7), L: Scott Feldman (8-3), S: Joe Nathan (25)
Fri, Jul 17, 2009 MIN  5 @TEX  3        W:Glen Perkins (5-5), L: Vicente Padilla (7-5), S: Joe Nathan (24)
Season Series: 2010 -  0-0; 2009 - MIN won 6-4; 2008 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - MIN leads 346-307

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 5.36

NYM 4.44

HOU 3.00

RA/G

SDP 3.26

CHC 4.50

ARI 6.10

J. Morneau .377

J. Upton .257

C. Pena .185

OBP

J. Morneau .493

J. Bartlett .328

C. Lee .236

SLG

J. Morneau .685

D. Eckstein .384

G. Beckham .239

OPS

J. Morneau 1.178

H. Matsui .705

J. Lopez .505

ERA

U. Jimenez .88

M. Talbot 3.73

B. Morrow 6.66

K/9IP

B. Morrow 11.70

C. Sabathia 6.75

B. Bergesen 2.42

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Rangers Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (3.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 59.Slowey
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

1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.333 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 201/143 .305/.399/.347/.746 .688/.771 .833 107/.764 17/7 0/6

14.Arias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/43 .304/.316/.357/.673 .786/.636 .613 4/.000 1/0 0/1

3.Blanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 42/22 .211/.268/.211/.479 .440/.511 .399 10/.400 0/1 0/1

29.Borbon* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 137/106 .229/.246/.267/.513 .343/.561 .447 65/.567 6/2 0/1

17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 125/82 .330/.408/.736/1.144 1.175/1.127 .851 51/1.097 7/2 10/1

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 8/.375 ··· 8/.946 6/.000 3/.000 7/1.314 ··· 3/1.334 195/140 .339/.369/.583/.953 1.108/.890 .725 102/1.040 4/2 12/0

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.750 5/.800 5/.000 3/.333 2/.000 198/135 .287/.345/.519/.865 .612/.978 .694 104/.881 3/1 9/1

5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.000 10/.600 8/1.232 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 111/90 .297/.414/.396/.810 1.417/.676 .656 106/.832 3/3 1/0

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/1.750 5/1.800 2/.000 3/.000 2/.500 120/85 .234/.263/.360/.623 .377/.730 .449 79/.669 0/1 2/1

51.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/25 .276/.371/.517/.889 .856/.900 1.403 31/1.019 0/0 2/1

12.Smoak# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 122/85 .173/.287/.317/.604 .318/.730 .604 91/.583 1/0 4/2

15.Treanor G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 3/.666 109/76 .207/.295/.283/.578 .659/.534 .534 63/.512 1/0 2/2

10.Young G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 11/.091 12/1.027 9/.730 2/.500 1/.000 3/.000 214/152 .319/.379/.461/.839 .918/.807 .676 112/1.022 2/1 5/8

IP 49.2 23.0 20.0 21.0 59.2 11.2 9.0 18.0 TOTAL .268/.334/.410/.745 .697/.765 .637 .801 46/20 47/35

ERA-K/9

4.53/6.9

2.74/7.4

5.85/6.8

1.71/5.6

3.17/8.9

5.40/10.0

3.00/6.0

3.00/6.5

3.83/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ramirez (8-3-0)
Treanor (17-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 222/.304 96/.253 86/.275 80/.183 249/.254 48/.244 37/.294 73/.275 .269 Hamilton
Murphy
Cruz
Borbon
Guerrero 38/12/0/4
16/1/20/2
1/0/29/1
0/40/0/1
0/0/5/0

OPS .845 .721 .838 .516 .674 .649 .833 .726 .739

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 110/.780 40/.769 33/1.194 34/.527 47/.447 24/.390 13/.970 35/.887 .731

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 112/.904 56/.682 53/.623 46/.507 202/.730 24/.899 24/.768 38/.577 .744

Home 123/.804 57/.688 33/.816 34/.344 117/.626 22/.385 15/.619 32/.874

Last 28d days 94/.896 61/.795 40/.906 34/.620 139/.823 23/.939 21/.429 32/.861

HR/SB/CS 8/2/1 0/2/0 3/1/0 1/1/1 2/3/1 2/1/0 2/0/1 2/0/1 44/20/10

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

Twins Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Lewis
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 58.Moscoso
G/S/vB 57.Nippert
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB 49.Ray
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/14 .179/.179/.214/.393 .467/.308 .692 20/.450 0/0 0/1

12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 47/37 .256/.370/.333/.703 1.267/.539 .563 41/.764 0/1 0/0

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/.167 ··· ··· 4/.500 4/.250 2/2.000 8/.125 209/145 .273/.335/.433/.768 .977/.680 .848 105/.711 2/0 5/0

27.Hardy G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 119/91 .243/.288/.387/.676 .493/.730 .608 29/.759 0/0 3/0

23.Harris G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 6/.334 2/.000 4/.833 97/62 .176/.268/.247/.515 .441/.560 .444 42/.365 0/0 1/0

1.Hudson# G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/2.000 3/.000 3/.000 209/140 .293/.372/.391/.763 .699/.795 .811 102/.752 4/0 2/2

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.000 6/.900 1/.000 5/.650 160/119 .233/.350/.383/.733 .533/.791 .743 72/.797 0/0 5/1

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· 2/1.500 1/no AB 4/.000 4/1.000 12/.258 165/107 .338/.406/.476/.882 .906/.869 .793 69/.848 1/0 2/2

33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.393 ··· 2/2.500 2/.000 7/.286 5/.000 12/.833 201/127 .377/.493/.685/1.178 1.047/1.259 1.121 105/1.219 0/0 11/0

8.Punto# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 7/.000 ··· 6/.750 98/68 .218/.268/.287/.555 .366/.574 .696 70/.490 3/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.400 224/157 .290/.376/.389/.764 .911/.702 .963 113/.896 13/1 1/1

25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/3.333 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/2.000 3/.666 32/1.110 2/no AB 5/.650 102/74 .235/.382/.481/.864 .596/.978 .712 50/.722 0/0 5/0

21.Young G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/1.467 6/.666 4/.750 1/.000 149/103 .263/.315/.436/.752 .861/.705 .738 77/.823 2/1 4/1

IP 57.1 24.1 20.2 0.2 24.2 18.2 23.2 22.0 58.2 TOTAL .275/.357/.423/.780 .785/.777 .790 .782 25/4 40/13

ERA-K/9

3.45/9.1

2.96/9.3

4.35/11.3

27.00/25.7

5.11/8.7

1.93/6.3

1.52/9.5

2.45/4.5

3.07/6.7

4.13/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (4-3-1)
Mauer (12-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 237/.201 94/.193 90/.273 7/.500 115/.271 74/.258 89/.213 88/.169 246/.226 .249 Span
Cuddyer
Young
Kubel
Casilla 0/47/0/3
0/1/44/3
37/0/0/2
14/0/4/2
0/1/0/0

OPS .618 .574 .734 1.464 .844 .679 .589 .610 .605 .727

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 128/.642 49/.313 34/.883 3/ 54/.996 24/1.004 38/.513 38/.804 54/.292 .727

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 109/.589 45/.868 56/.645 4/1.250 61/.719 50/.518 51/.652 50/.450 192/.693 .727

Road 129/.565 27/.074 30/.805 / 42/.802 33/.709 47/.806 34/.408 83/.561

Last 28d days 104/.664 45/.321 43/.575 7/1.464 54/.889 46/.669 44/.422 53/.609 139/.629

HR/SB/CS 5/2/1 2/0/0 2/2/1 0/0/0 4/7/0 1/0/1 2/4/1 3/2/0 3/4/3 52/30/12

Usage ······X· ··X·o·Xo ····XoX· ·······X ·····X·X ··X··oo· ··o··X·X ·oo·oo·· ····X···

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.