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Game Preview: TEX @ MIN, 8:05pm, Sunday, May 30, 2010 @Target Field

Rangers, 26-23, 26-232nd, ½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Derek Holland (23, LHP, 2-0, 2.95)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-0)			18.1	16	7	6	3	16	4	2.95
2009 (8-13)			138.1	160	98	94	47	107	26	6.12

Last 7 GS		3-3	40.1	43	24	23	9	29	9	5.13	48
2010-05-22	CHC	ND	6.0	4	3	2	0	5	2	103	59
2010-05-17	LAA	W	5.1	5	3	3	2	3	2	97	47
2010-05-12	OAK	W	6.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	103	68
2009-09-30	@LAA	L	6.1	8	4	4	0	3	0	85	44
2009-09-25	TBR	W	5.0	5	3	3	3	3	1	91	45
2009-09-20	LAA	L	5.2	8	6	6	1	5	3	93	33
2009-09-13	SEA	L	6.0	8	5	5	2	3	1	88	37

Last 5 v.MIN		1-0	9.1	12	4	4	4	7	2	3.86	47
2009-08-20	MIN	W	5.1	7	1	1	0	3	1	83	53
2009-07-19	MIN	ND	4.0	5	3	3	4	4	1	90	40

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

 Home:   18-9    Road:    8-14   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  18-15   vsLHP:   8-8    1-Run:  11-9 
 vsEast:  4-10   vsCntrl:11-7    vsWest: 10-4  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Sat, May 29  @MIN  L   3-8       26-23  2nd  0.5 gb
 48 Fri, May 28  @MIN  L   1-2       26-22  1st  0.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12

Twins, 29-20, 29-201st, 3½ up

SP: Scott Baker (28, RHP, 4-4, 4.48)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (4-4)			60.1	67	30	30	13	49	7	4.48
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	41.2	50	23	23	9	37	5	4.97	48
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
2010-05-08	BAL	W	8.0	3	1	1	0	8	1	97	80
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

Last 5 v.TEX		2-1	32.2	31	14	14	7	35	3	3.86	56
2009-08-30	TEX	ND	7.0	6	3	3	1	6	1	98	58
2009-08-19	@TEX	W	5.1	9	4	4	2	6	0	109	38
2009-07-18	@TEX	W	8.0	6	1	1	2	8	1	114	72
2008-07-20	TEX	L	8.0	2	1	1	1	8	1	106	81
2008-04-26	@TEX	ND	4.1	8	5	5	1	7	0	79	33

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

 Home:   17-9    Road:   12-11   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  19-15   vsLHP:  10-5    1-Run:   8-7 
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:15-8    vsWest:  5-1  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Sat, May 29   TEX  W   8-3       29-20  1st  3.5 up
 48 Fri, May 28   TEX  W   2-1       28-20  1st  2.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 29, 2010 MIN  8  TEX  3        W:Carl Pavano (5-5), L: C.J. Wilson (3-3), S: none
Fri, May 28, 2010 MIN  2  TEX  1        W:Kevin Slowey (6-3), L: Colby Lewis (4-3), S: Jon Rauch (11)

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
Season Series: 2010 - MIN leads 2-0; 2009 - MIN won 6-4; 2008 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - MIN leads 348-307

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 5.53

NYM 4.38

HOU 3.04

RA/G

SDP 3.27

CHC 4.46

ARI 6.20

J. Morneau .371

C. Rasmus .262

A. Ramirez .164

OBP

J. Morneau .493

D. Jeter .339

A. Ramirez .232

SLG

J. Morneau .671

D. Stubbs .410

G. Beckham .239

OPS

J. Morneau 1.163

H. Pence .755

A. Ramirez .508

ERA

U. Jimenez .88

F. Carmona 3.69

B. Morrow 6.66

K/9IP

B. Morrow 11.70

M. Cain 6.72

N. Blackburn 2.51

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Rangers Batters (4.71 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (3.84 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 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 9/.985 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 209/151 .309/.398/.349/.747 .688/.770 .825 105/.755 18/8 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 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 42/22 .211/.268/.211/.479 .440/.511 .399 9/.444 0/1 0/1

29.Borbon* G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 142/111 .235/.252/.272/.524 .343/.572 .478 62/.595 7/2 0/1

17.Cruz G/S/vP 6/2.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 126/82 .327/.405/.729/1.134 1.146/1.127 .835 52/1.074 7/2 10/1

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 18/.513 ··· 9/.833 6/.000 3/.000 7/1.314 ··· 4/1.000 203/148 .335/.365/.569/.934 1.108/.868 .703 104/1.020 4/2 12/0

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 13/.481 ··· 2/1.000 4/.750 5/.800 5/.000 3/.333 3/.000 206/142 .286/.341/.508/.849 .602/.957 .677 102/.847 3/1 9/1

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 18/.627 ··· 6/.000 11/.546 8/1.232 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 119/98 .283/.395/.384/.779 1.417/.650 .613 104/.775 4/3 1/0

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 11/.282 ··· 1/no AB 4/1.750 5/1.800 2/.000 3/.000 3/1.167 128/92 .252/.278/.395/.673 .452/.763 .606 77/.757 0/1 2/1

51.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/31 .229/.333/.429/.762 .773/.755 .850 36/.844 0/0 2/1

12.Smoak# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 130/92 .171/.285/.315/.600 .309/.722 .594 91/.572 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 58/.499 1/0 2/2

10.Young G/S/vP 19/.684 ··· 12/.349 13/.938 9/.730 2/.500 1/.000 3/.000 222/160 .312/.369/.452/.822 .918/.784 .651 110/1.033 2/1 5/8

IP 60.1 23.0 21.0 22.0 59.2 11.2 9.1 19.0 TOTAL .267/.332/.407/.739 .696/.756 .633 .798 49/21 47/35

ERA-K/9

4.48/7.3

2.74/7.4

5.57/6.9

1.64/5.7

3.17/8.9

5.40/10.0

2.89/5.8

2.84/6.6

3.74/6.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 253/.279 96/.253 91/.271 83/.176 249/.254 48/.244 38/.286 77/.274 .267 Hamilton
Murphy
Borbon
Cruz
Guerrero 40/13/0/4
17/1/22/2
0/42/0/1
1/0/29/1
0/0/6/0

OPS .766 .721 .825 .496 .674 .649 .810 .714 .733

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 121/.780 40/.769 34/1.157 34/.527 47/.447 24/.390 13/.970 38/.868 .735

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 132/.753 56/.682 57/.633 49/.474 202/.730 24/.899 25/.737 39/.561 .731

Home 127/.666 57/.688 38/.786 37/.314 117/.626 22/.385 16/.579 36/.829

Last 28d days 129/.658 52/.710 38/.859 31/.444 110/.828 19/1.035 22/.409 33/.896

HR/SB/CS 7/1/1 0/2/0 3/1/0 1/1/1 2/3/1 2/1/0 2/0/1 2/0/1 44/23/11

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

Twins Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Holland*
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 48.Lewis
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 15/.600 0/0 0/1

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 47/37 .256/.370/.333/.703 1.267/.539 .563 39/.750 0/1 0/0

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 8/.786 3/.000 1/.000 4/.500 4/.250 2/2.000 11/.382 217/150 .272/.332/.441/.773 .979/.685 .851 102/.731 2/0 5/0

27.Hardy G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 127/97 .244/.286/.378/.664 .528/.705 .593 27/.741 0/0 3/1

23.Harris G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 6/.334 3/.000 6/.533 100/63 .170/.260/.239/.499 .416/.550 .415 45/.341 0/0 1/0

1.Hudson# G/S/vP 3/1.500 ··· 2/.500 7/1.428 ··· 2/.000 5/2.000 4/.750 6/.834 217/144 .307/.381/.427/.808 .761/.832 .904 99/.821 4/0 3/2

16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 4/.000 2/no AB 3/1.000 6/.900 1/.000 8/.542 168/124 .225/.351/.370/.721 .520/.781 .719 76/.791 0/0 5/2

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/2.000 3/.333 3/1.167 2/1.500 1/no AB 5/.000 5/1.100 15/.204 173/111 .331/.405/.464/.868 .844/.882 .771 77/.821 1/0 2/2

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 8/.393 3/.667 2/2.500 2/.000 8/.250 6/.367 15/.750 209/131 .371/.493/.671/1.163 1.009/1.262 1.096 102/1.189 0/0 11/0

8.Punto# G/S/vP 4/1.750 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.667 1/.000 1/2.000 8/.000 ··· 6/.750 102/71 .213/.277/.281/.558 .352/.586 .693 65/.495 3/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 8/.500 232/161 .289/.371/.383/.754 .885/.697 .930 110/.808 13/1 1/1

25.Thome* G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 1/3.000 6/2.167 3/2.000 3/.666 33/1.073 2/no AB 5/.650 106/77 .235/.377/.482/.860 .575/.980 .719 45/.611 0/0 5/0

21.Young G/S/vP 4/1.750 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/1.467 6/.666 5/1.200 3/.000 153/105 .263/.314/.438/.752 .821/.721 .739 74/.724 2/1 4/1

IP 18.1 24.1 21.0 63.1 26.0 18.2 25.1 22.2 64.2 TOTAL .274/.357/.423/.779 .773/.782 .788 .756 25/4 41/16

ERA-K/9

2.95/7.9

2.96/9.3

4.29/11.1

3.41/8.4

4.85/8.7

1.93/6.3

1.42/9.6

3.57/4.8

3.48/6.5

4.18/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (4-3-1)
Mauer (15-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 74/.225 94/.193 93/.278 263/.204 120/.260 74/.258 95/.209 95/.205 270/.222 .249 Span
Cuddyer
Kubel
Young
Casilla 0/49/0/3
0/1/45/3
15/0/5/3
39/0/0/2
0/1/0/0

OPS .722 .574 .773 .628 .818 .679 .572 .691 .606 .728

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 11/.182 49/.313 35/.899 148/.684 56/.984 24/1.004 42/.463 42/.886 66/.303 .728

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 63/.819 45/.868 58/.697 115/.556 64/.683 50/.518 53/.666 53/.527 204/.704 .727

Road 5/1.200 27/.074 33/.918 155/.590 47/.740 33/.709 53/.746 41/.636 107/.574

Last 28d days 74/.722 42/.344 41/.678 130/.675 55/.870 43/.717 47/.440 52/.762 134/.642

HR/SB/CS 4/0/0 2/0/0 2/2/1 5/2/1 4/7/0 1/0/1 2/4/1 3/2/0 4/4/3 53/30/12

Usage ···X···X ····X·o· ·o····Xo ·X······ X······X ····X··o ·X··o··X X··oo·oo X·····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.