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Game Preview: COL @ MIN, 8:10pm, Tuesday, June 15, 2010 @Target Field

Rockies, 33-30, 33-304th, 3½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Aaron Cook (31, RHP, 2-3, 4.76)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-3)			70.0	75	41	37	30	31	4	4.76
2009 (11-6)			158.0	175	76	73	47	78	19	4.16
2008 (16-9)			211.1	236	102	93	48	96	13	3.96

Last 7 GS		1-0	40.2	45	22	19	14	15	1	4.20	46
2010-06-09	HOU	ND	7.0	5	2	2	1	0	0	86	58
2010-06-04	@ARI	ND	5.0	4	3	3	2	5	1	84	50
2010-05-29	LAD	W	6.1	6	3	1	2	1	0	92	52
2010-05-23	@KCR	ND	4.1	9	4	4	4	1	0	92	26
2010-05-17	@CHC	ND	7.0	7	2	1	1	3	0	84	59
2010-05-12	PHI	ND	6.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	86	45
2010-05-05	@SDP	ND	5.0	6	5	5	2	2	0	83	35

Last 5 v.MIN		0-1	4.0	11	6	6	3	2	0	13.50	15
2003-06-11	@MIN	L	4.0	11	6	6	3	2	0	80	15

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

 Home:   19-12   Road:   14-18   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  23-21   vsLHP:  10-9    1-Run:   9-12
 vsEast: 11-8    vsCntrl: 3-8    vsWest: 14-13 IL: 5-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 63 Sun, Jun 13   TOR  W  10-3       33-30  4th  4.0 gb
 62 Sat, Jun 12   TOR  W   1-0       32-30  4th  5.0 gb
 61 Fri, Jun 11   TOR  W   5-3  (6)  31-30  4th  5.0 gb
 60 Thu, Jun 10   HOU  L   4-5       30-30  4th  6.0 gb
 59 Wed, Jun  9   HOU  L   2-6 (10)  30-29  4th  5.5 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  8   HOU  L   3-4       30-28  4th  4.5 gb
 57 Mon, Jun  7   HOU  W   5-1       30-27  4th  4.0 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  6  @ARI  W   3-2       29-27  4th  4.0 gb
 55 Sat, Jun  5  @ARI  L   3-4       28-27  4th  4.0 gb
 54 Fri, Jun  4  @ARI  L   6-7       28-26  4th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Twins, 36-27, 36-271st, 2½ up

SP: Carl Pavano (34, RHP, 6-6, 3.92)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (6-6)			80.1	81	36	35	13	48	8	3.92
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		3-4	49.0	49	22	22	10	26	6	4.04	53
2010-06-09	KCR	W	8.0	6	2	2	2	1	0	98	61
2010-06-03	@SEA	L	7.0	8	4	4	2	5	1	109	48
2010-05-29	TEX	W	7.0	7	2	2	1	1	0	95	55
2010-05-23	MIL	L	8.0	6	4	4	1	5	2	103	58
2010-05-18	@TOR	L	4.0	10	6	6	0	2	2	70	20
2010-05-12	CHW	W	7.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	96	60
2010-05-06	BAL	L	8.0	6	2	2	3	8	1	97	67

Last 5 v.COL		3-2	35.0	39	18	17	4	16	6	4.37	50
2004-08-28	COL	W	8.0	7	3	3	1	4	1	112	59
2004-04-26	@COL	W	8.0	5	2	2	1	0	1	98	63
2003-08-19	@COL	L	6.0	10	7	6	1	3	2	106	28
2003-05-11	COL	W	7.0	12	2	2	0	6	0	106	51
2002-05-08	COL	L	6.0	5	4	4	1	3	2	85	48

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

 Home:   21-12   Road:   15-15   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  24-18   vsLHP:  12-9    1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:17-9    vsWest:  9-5  IL: 3-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 63 Sun, Jun 13   ATL  L   3-7       36-27  1st  2.5 up
 62 Sat, Jun 12   ATL  L   2-3       36-26  1st  3.5 up
 61 Fri, Jun 11   ATL  W   2-1       36-25  1st  4.5 up
 60 Thu, Jun 10   KCR  L   8-9       35-25  1st  4.5 up
 59 Wed, Jun  9   KCR  W   6-2       35-24  1st  4.5 up
 58 Tue, Jun  8   KCR  W   7-3       34-24  1st  3.5 up
 57 Sun, Jun  6  @OAK  L   4-5       33-24  1st  3.5 up
 56 Sat, Jun  5  @OAK  W   4-3       33-23  1st  3.5 up
 55 Fri, Jun  4  @OAK  W   5-4 (11)  32-23  1st  3.5 up
 54 Thu, Jun  3  @SEA  L   1-4       31-23  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 18, 2008 COL  6  MIN  2        W:Jeff Francis (1-4), L: Kevin Slowey (0-4), S: none
Sat, May 17, 2008 COL  3  MIN  2        W:Matt Herges (2-0), L: Livan Hernandez (6-2), S: Brian Fuentes (5)
Fri, May 16, 2008 MIN  4 @COL  2        W:Nick Blackburn (4-2), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (1-4), S: Joe Nathan (13)
Thu, Jun 12, 2003 MIN 15  COL  3        W:Kenny Rogers (5-2), L: Darren Oliver (3-5), S: none
Wed, Jun 11, 2003 MIN  7  COL  4        W:Kyle Lohse (6-4), L: Aaron Cook (2-6), S: Eddie Guardado (18)
Tue, Jun 10, 2003 COL  5 @MIN  0        W:Jason Jennings (5-5), L: Brad Radke (5-6), S: none
Season Series: 2010 -  0-0; 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - COL won 2-1; All-Time - Tied 3-3

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 5.63

NYM 4.49

BAL 3.23

RA/G

SDP 3.27

TEX 4.48

ARI 5.78

R. Cano .371

L. Scott .276

A. Ramirez .168

OBP

J. Morneau .460

S. Drew .347

A. Ramirez .232

SLG

M. Cabrera .652

R. Doumit .443

C. Izturis .244

OPS

J. Morneau 1.095

M. Kemp .798

A. Ramirez .517

ERA

U. Jimenez 1.16

J. Guthrie 3.83

R. Porcello 6.09

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 10.42

R. Nolasco 6.57

N. Blackburn 2.66

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Rockies Batters (4.62 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (3.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Pavano
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

12.Barmes G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 199/145 .227/.288/.370/.658 .676/.651 .606 81/.761 0/0 4/4

23.Giambi* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/1.000 5/.400 ··· 11/.273 1/.000 2/.500 77/57 .211/.377/.368/.745 .758/.737 .641 34/.723 1/0 2/2

5.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 246/174 .302/.329/.491/.821 .845/.811 .693 99/.776 8/4 10/0

11.Hawpe* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.200 181/131 .275/.365/.458/.822 .613/.906 .676 96/.644 1/1 4/1

17.Helton* G/S/vP 27/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 7/1.964 227/159 .255/.361/.323/.684 .669/.691 .750 86/.607 0/0 1/3

18.Herrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/18 .105/.150/.105/.255 .000/.284 .167 20/.255 0/0 0/1

20.Iannetta G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.167 59/41 .192/.288/.327/.615 .722/.568 .422 25/.678 1/0 2/2

6.Mora G/S/vP 11/.775 ··· 7/.143 6/1.000 3/.000 9/1.556 1/2.000 4/1.000 95/58 .291/.351/.395/.746 .793/.716 .783 33/.827 1/0 0/3

21.Olivo G/S/vP 10/.500 ··· 9/.583 5/.200 15/1.092 5/.200 2/.000 13/.154 179/136 .318/.388/.548/.935 1.057/.898 .590 68/.997 4/3 8/3

7.Smith* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 165/144 .262/.321/.517/.838 .554/.879 .599 65/.892 0/0 9/2

19.Spilborghs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.800 119/68 .291/.387/.544/.930 1.041/.854 .770 51/1.219 0/3 6/1

9.Stewart* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.417 221/173 .264/.344/.425/.769 .601/.815 .925 73/.628 5/1 7/5

2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 253/178 .307/.373/.489/.862 .759/.905 .854 93/1.014 7/2 8/5

IP 80.1 30.1 25.2 28.2 80.2 17.1 13.0 25.0 TOTAL .261/.336/.417/.753 .749/.754 .678 .751 38/19 62/42

ERA-K/9

3.92/5.4

2.37/7.1

5.26/7.0

1.88/5.3

2.90/9.7

4.67/8.8

2.77/6.2

2.52/7.2

3.72/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Iannetta (14-3-2)
Olivo (15-17-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 325/.266 121/.224 117/.278 109/.173 330/.248 74/.250 57/.308 101/.278 .269 Smith
Gonzalez
Spilborghs
Hawpe 39/0/0/3
15/33/18/2
24/0/13/1
0/0/43/0

OPS .705 .627 .815 .472 .632 .636 .896 .702 .726

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 142/.789 49/.664 46/.976 42/.502 63/.397 35/.441 25/.810 51/.722 .708

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 183/.641 72/.598 71/.709 67/.453 267/.690 39/.816 32/.956 50/.682 .739

Home 189/.682 71/.655 49/.820 46/.367 145/.577 34/.465 32/.810 48/.765

Last 28d days 119/.670 38/.379 46/.638 39/.319 134/.659 29/.734 30/.798 41/.841

HR/SB/CS 8/16/2 0/2/0 3/1/0 1/1/1 2/3/1 2/2/0 3/0/1 2/0/1 55/32/14

Usage ·····X·· ·o··X·X· ·X··X··· ··X·o·o· ···X···· ·X··X··· ·Xo···X· ···X·o··

Twins Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (3.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Cook
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 34.Belisle
G/S/vB 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB 45.Chacin
G/S/vB 60.Corpas
G/S/vB 31.Daley
G/S/vB 53.Flores*
G/S/vB 26.Francis*
G/S/vB 56.Morales*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/17 .135/.158/.162/.320 .372/.250 .563 16/.388 0/0 0/1

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 17/1.235 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.333 ··· 257/177 .277/.339/.450/.789 .992/.702 .813 85/.858 2/0 7/1

23.Harris G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· 118/72 .160/.237/.217/.454 .422/.476 .398 37/.246 0/0 1/0

16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 11/.741 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 224/156 .246/.348/.419/.767 .611/.831 .854 95/.872 0/0 8/2

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 8/.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 234/145 .319/.397/.451/.848 .783/.889 .832 103/.726 1/2 2/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 3/2.000 2/.000 ··· 17/.561 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 261/163 .350/.460/.636/1.095 1.040/1.130 .960 97/.960 0/0 13/1

24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/24 .130/.125/.174/.299 .000/.327 .299 26/.299 0/0 0/1

8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.733 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 151/101 .221/.295/.290/.585 .626/.531 .700 70/.559 5/0 0/3

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 292/194 .275/.349/.360/.710 .769/.680 .922 106/.703 13/1 1/1

25.Thome* G/S/vP 9/.333 2/.000 ··· 11/.182 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 126/92 .235/.373/.461/.834 .640/.913 .671 35/.639 0/0 5/0

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/24 .152/.194/.152/.346 .174/.432 .452 32/.325 0/1 0/1

19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/19 .286/.310/.286/.596 .600/.594 .714 29/.596 1/0 0/0

21.Young G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 9/.365 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· 206/139 .285/.325/.489/.814 .777/.832 .816 85/.887 3/1 8/2

IP 70.0 21.1 39.0 21.1 49.0 36.0 21.2 12.2 38.1 14.0 TOTAL .268/.344/.411/.756 .745/.761 .778 .712 29/7 52/27

ERA-K/9

4.76/4.0

0.84/3.8

3.23/10.2

5.48/11.4

4.04/9.7

2.50/5.8

3.74/7.1

3.55/5.7

3.29/4.5

3.21/7.7

3.60/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (4-5-1)
Mauer (24-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 311/.276 76/.183 159/.231 95/.315 212/.212 140/.183 99/.282 50/.209 151/.264 65/.235 .245 Cuddyer
Span
Young
Kubel 0/2/54/4
0/62/0/3
53/0/0/3
16/0/11/3

OPS .729 .508 .598 .783 .610 .522 .818 .692 .693 .693 .684

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 142/.793 38/.515 56/.551 37/.944 84/.568 54/.780 26/.721 31/.563 23/.699 18/.651 .691

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 169/.676 38/.502 103/.622 58/.687 128/.639 86/.365 73/.856 19/.871 128/.692 47/.707 .680

Road 171/.826 44/.727 81/.584 55/.729 110/.515 70/.570 41/.963 29/.803 46/.743 33/.742

Last 28d days 100/.700 23/.327 51/.517 31/.710 103/.664 38/.587 27/.750 14/.903 122/.704 12/.523

HR/SB/CS 4/1/0 1/0/0 3/1/0 2/4/1 3/6/0 2/0/0 2/1/2 1/0/1 2/1/3 1/1/0 40/30/20

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