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Game Preview: COL @ MIN, 8:10pm, Wednesday, June 16, 2010 @Target Field

Rockies, 33-31, 33-314th, 4½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Jhoulys Chacin (22, RHP, 3-5, 4.04)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (3-5)			49.0	39	24	22	21	53	3	4.04
2009 (0-1)			11.0	6	6	6	11	13	1	4.91

Last 7 GS		2-5	41.0	38	24	22	18	44	3	4.83	50
2010-06-10	HOU	L	6.0	4	5	4	3	8	1	97	51
2010-06-05	@ARI	L	5.2	6	4	3	3	9	0	113	49
2010-05-30	LAD	L	5.1	7	4	4	2	6	0	89	42
2010-05-25	ARI	W	6.0	4	2	2	2	5	0	99	59
2010-05-18	@CHC	L	5.2	5	3	3	5	6	0	101	48
2010-05-13	WSN	L	5.0	6	6	6	1	3	2	84	33
2010-05-08	@LAD	W	7.1	6	0	0	2	7	0	117	71

Has never faced MIN as starter.

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

 Home:   19-12   Road:   14-19   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  23-22   vsLHP:  10-9    1-Run:   9-12
 vsEast: 11-8    vsCntrl: 3-8    vsWest: 14-13 IL: 5-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 64 Tue, Jun 15  @MIN  L   3-9       33-31  4th  4.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Twins, 37-27, 37-271st, 2½ up

SP: Scott Baker (28, RHP, 5-5, 4.81)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (5-5)			78.2	89	42	42	18	58	11	4.81
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	43.1	46	21	21	8	32	7	4.36	51
2010-06-10	KCR	L	5.0	8	5	5	1	2	2	93	32
2010-06-04	@OAK	ND	7.1	6	4	4	1	3	2	90	52
2010-05-30	TEX	W	6.0	8	3	3	3	4	0	97	45
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

Has never faced COL as starter.

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

 Home:   22-12   Road:   15-15   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  25-18   vsLHP:  12-9    1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:17-9    vsWest:  9-5  IL: 4-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 64 Tue, Jun 15   COL  W   9-3       37-27  1st  2.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 15, 2010 MIN  9  COL  3        W:Carl Pavano (7-6), L: Aaron Cook (2-4), S: none

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 - MIN leads 1-0; 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - COL won 2-1; All-Time - MIN leads 4-3

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 5.67

NYM 4.53

PIT 3.25

RA/G

SDP 3.25

CHC 4.45

ARI 5.78

R. Cano .368

K. Johnson .277

A. Ramirez .168

OBP

J. Morneau .455

C. Snyder .349

A. Ramirez .232

SLG

M. Cabrera .652

C. Blake .446

C. Izturis .239

OPS

J. Morneau 1.079

O. Hudson .799

C. Izturis .511

ERA

U. Jimenez 1.16

E. Santana 3.91

M. Scherzer 6.14

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 10.42

K. Slowey 6.60

N. Blackburn 2.66

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Rockies Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (3.88 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

12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 202/148 .230/.294/.377/.671 .676/.668 .631 80/.762 0/0 4/4

23.Giambi* G/S/vP 8/.125 1/.000 4/1.000 5/.400 ··· 11/.273 1/.000 2/.500 81/61 .197/.358/.344/.702 .758/.682 .578 37/.658 1/0 2/2

5.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 250/177 .301/.328/.496/.824 .833/.820 .702 98/.827 8/4 10/0

11.Hawpe* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.200 181/131 .275/.365/.458/.822 .613/.906 .676 92/.636 1/1 4/1

17.Helton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 7/1.964 231/162 .255/.359/.337/.696 .658/.712 .769 86/.615 0/0 2/3

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 9/.222 ··· 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 29/.948 1/0 0/3

21.Olivo G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 9/.583 5/.200 15/1.092 5/.200 2/.000 13/.154 183/140 .311/.379/.534/.913 1.057/.871 .562 68/.941 4/3 8/3

7.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 169/148 .268/.325/.516/.842 .554/.883 .619 67/.854 0/0 9/2

19.Spilborghs G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.800 123/72 .280/.374/.523/.897 1.041/.805 .717 55/1.125 0/3 6/2

9.Stewart* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.417 224/176 .260/.339/.418/.758 .601/.800 .897 76/.601 5/1 7/5

2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 257/181 .306/.371/.498/.869 .748/.919 .866 93/1.050 7/2 9/5

IP 78.2 31.1 25.2 28.2 80.2 17.1 13.0 25.0 TOTAL .260/.334/.418/.752 .745/.754 .677 .753 38/19 64/44

ERA-K/9

4.81/6.6

2.30/7.5

5.26/7.0

1.88/5.3

2.90/9.7

4.67/8.8

2.77/6.2

2.52/7.2

3.71/6.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 334/.284 125/.225 117/.278 109/.173 330/.248 74/.250 57/.308 101/.278 .267 Smith
Gonzalez
Spilborghs
Hawpe 40/0/0/3
15/34/18/2
24/0/14/1
0/0/43/0

OPS .796 .623 .815 .472 .632 .636 .896 .702 .725

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 161/.794 51/.680 46/.976 42/.502 63/.397 35/.441 25/.810 51/.722 .707

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 173/.798 74/.581 71/.709 67/.453 267/.690 39/.816 32/.956 50/.682 .738

Home 180/.749 75/.646 49/.820 46/.367 145/.577 34/.465 32/.810 48/.765

Last 28d days 98/.810 38/.325 46/.638 39/.319 134/.659 29/.734 30/.798 41/.841

HR/SB/CS 11/1/2 0/2/0 3/1/0 1/1/1 2/3/1 2/2/0 3/0/1 2/0/1 57/32/14

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

Twins Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Chacin
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 34.Belisle
G/S/vB 63.Betancourt
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 ··· 18/1.166 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.333 1/no AB 262/180 .281/.344/.455/.799 .986/.719 .830 86/.903 2/0 7/1

23.Harris G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· 118/72 .160/.237/.217/.454 .422/.476 .398 35/.261 0/0 1/0

16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 11/.741 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/5.000 228/158 .246/.346/.431/.777 .676/.819 .870 96/.920 0/0 9/2

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 9/.644 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 239/148 .316/.393/.445/.838 .764/.884 .813 104/.707 1/2 2/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 18/.528 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 266/166 .344/.455/.624/1.079 1.018/1.117 .934 98/.927 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 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 155/103 .231/.307/.299/.606 .626/.562 .731 71/.612 5/0 0/3

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 297/197 .278/.350/.361/.712 .774/.680 .918 107/.687 13/1 1/1

25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 11/.182 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 126/92 .235/.373/.461/.834 .640/.913 .671 31/.735 0/0 5/0

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 41/28 .167/.244/.250/.494 .160/.655 .768 37/.493 0/1 1/1

19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 33/21 .323/.364/.323/.686 .780/.633 .856 33/.686 1/0 0/0

21.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 9/.365 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/2.334 1/3.000 210/141 .295/.333/.500/.833 .800/.849 .852 88/.939 3/1 8/2

IP 49.0 21.1 39.0 22.1 36.0 21.2 14.2 38.1 15.2 TOTAL .270/.347/.415/.761 .750/.767 .789 .737 29/7 54/27

ERA-K/9

4.04/9.7

0.84/3.8

3.23/10.2

5.64/11.3

2.50/5.8

3.74/7.1

3.07/4.9

3.29/4.5

4.60/7.5

3.69/7.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 212/.212 76/.183 159/.231 99/.312 140/.183 99/.282 58/.200 151/.264 74/.259 .248 Cuddyer
Span
Young
Kubel 0/2/55/4
0/63/0/3
54/0/0/3
16/0/11/3

OPS .610 .508 .598 .803 .522 .818 .650 .693 .797 .691

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 84/.568 38/.515 56/.551 40/1.004 54/.780 26/.721 35/.493 23/.699 22/.889 .699

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 128/.639 38/.502 103/.622 59/.675 86/.365 73/.856 23/.872 128/.692 52/.754 .686

Road 110/.515 44/.727 81/.584 59/.769 70/.570 41/.963 37/.711 46/.743 42/.930

Last 28d days 103/.664 19/.272 51/.517 35/.771 38/.587 27/.750 22/.707 122/.704 21/.937

HR/SB/CS 3/6/0 1/0/0 3/1/0 3/4/1 2/0/0 2/1/2 1/0/1 2/1/3 2/1/0 42/30/20

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