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Game Preview: TEX @ MIN, 4:10pm, Saturday, September 4, 2010 @Target Field

Rangers, 75-59, 75-59 1st, 9 up

SP: Colby Lewis (30, RHP, 9-11, 3.56)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (9-11)			167.0	146	70	66	53	163	17	3.56
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		0-5	44.1	47	20	18	12	46	4	3.65	54
2010-08-29	OAK	L	5.2	8	7	5	3	7	2	92	33
2010-08-24	MIN	ND	6.1	7	3	3	0	2	0	99	49
2010-08-19	@BAL	L	6.2	9	4	4	1	4	0	92	43
2010-08-14	BOS	L	6.2	6	1	1	2	9	0	117	65
2010-08-08	@OAK	ND	6.0	3	1	1	3	7	0	106	66
2010-08-03	@SEA	L	6.0	9	3	3	1	9	1	105	50
2010-07-28	OAK	L	7.0	5	1	1	2	8	1	116	69

Last 5 v.MIN		0-1	17.0	15	8	8	7	4	1	4.24	48
2010-08-24	MIN	ND	6.1	7	3	3	0	2	0	99	49
2010-05-28	@MIN	L	6.0	5	2	2	4	1	0	111	51
2003-09-07	@MIN	ND	4.2	3	3	3	3	1	1	103	44

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

 Home:   43-26   Road:   32-33   ExtrInn: 9-5 
 vsRHP:  53-38   vsLHP:  22-21   1-Run:  24-19
 vsEast: 14-23   vsCntrl:23-16   vsWest: 24-16 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Fri, Sep  3  @MIN  L   3-4       75-59  1st  9.0 up
133 Wed, Sep  1  @KCR  W   4-3       75-58  1st  9.5 up
132 Tue, Aug 31  @KCR  L   9-10      74-58  1st  8.5 up
131 Mon, Aug 30  @KCR  W   3-0       74-57  1st  8.5 up
130 Sun, Aug 29   OAK  L   2-8       73-57  1st  7.5 up
129 Sat, Aug 28   OAK  L   0-5       73-56  1st  8.5 up
128 Fri, Aug 27   OAK  W   7-3       73-55  1st  9.5 up
127 Thu, Aug 26   MIN  L   4-6       72-55  1st  8.5 up
126 Wed, Aug 25   MIN  W   4-3       72-54  1st  8.5 up
125 Tue, Aug 24   MIN  W   4-3       71-54  1st  8.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Twins, 78-57, 78-57 1st, 4 up

SP: Carl Pavano (34, RHP, 15-10, 3.52)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (15-10)			189.0	185	76	74	32	107	17	3.52
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	45.1	59	22	22	13	26	2	4.37	47
2010-08-29	@SEA	L	7.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	99	60
2010-08-24	@TEX	L	8.0	8	4	4	2	5	1	102	53
2010-08-19	CHW	L	6.0	15	7	7	0	3	1	87	17
2010-08-13	OAK	W	6.1	10	2	2	1	4	0	99	48
2010-08-07	@CLE	W	7.0	7	2	2	4	6	0	108	57
2010-08-02	@TBR	L	6.0	9	4	4	2	4	0	104	40
2010-07-27	@KCR	W	5.0	5	1	1	3	2	0	98	52

Last 5 v.TEX		1-3	26.0	34	22	22	10	18	4	7.62	40
2010-08-24	@TEX	L	8.0	8	4	4	2	5	1	102	53
2010-05-29	TEX	W	7.0	7	2	2	1	1	0	95	55
2009-08-29	TEX	L	6.0	6	2	2	1	7	0	98	58
2009-08-18	@TEX	ND	4.0	7	5	5	3	4	1	99	29
2009-04-09	@TEX	L	1.0	6	9	9	3	1	2	39	3

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

 Home:   43-23   Road:   35-34   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  50-37   vsLHP:  28-20   1-Run:  26-21
 vsEast: 14-18   vsCntrl:35-19   vsWest: 21-10 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Fri, Sep  3   TEX  W   4-3       78-57  1st  4.0 up
134 Thu, Sep  2   DET  L   9-10(13)  77-57  1st  3.5 up
133 Wed, Sep  1   DET  W   2-1 (10)  77-56  1st  4.0 up
132 Tue, Aug 31   DET  W   4-3       76-56  1st  4.0 up
131 Sun, Aug 29  @SEA  L   1-2       75-56  1st  4.5 up
130 Sat, Aug 28  @SEA  W   1-0       75-55  1st  4.5 up
129 Fri, Aug 27  @SEA  W   6-3       74-55  1st  3.5 up
128 Thu, Aug 26  @TEX  W   6-4       73-55  1st  3.5 up
127 Wed, Aug 25  @TEX  L   3-4       72-55  1st  3.5 up
126 Tue, Aug 24  @TEX  L   3-4       72-54  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 03, 2010 MIN  4  TEX  3        W:Alex Burnett (2-2), L: Derek Holland (2-3), S: Matt Capps (34)
Thu, Aug 26, 2010 MIN  6 @TEX  4        W:Francisco Liriano (12-7), L: Cliff Lee (10-8), S: Matt Capps (32)
Wed, Aug 25, 2010 TEX  4  MIN  3        W:C.J. Wilson (13-5), L: Brian Duensing (7-2), S: Matt Harrison (2)
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 TEX  4  MIN  3        W:Darren Oliver (1-1), L: Carl Pavano (15-9), S: Neftali Feliz (32)
Mon, Aug 23, 2010 TEX  4  MIN  0        W:Rich Harden (5-4), L: Nick Blackburn (7-8), S: none
Sun, May 30, 2010 MIN  6  TEX  3        W:Scott Baker (5-4), L: Derek Holland (2-1), S: Jon Rauch (12)
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)
Season Series: 2010 - MIN over 5-3; 2009 - MIN won 6-4; 2008 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - MIN leads 351-310

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 5.43

STL 4.53

SEA 3.22

RA/G

SDP 3.54

FLA 4.35

PIT 5.43

J. Hamilton .362

C. McGehee .285

B. Wood .162

OBP

J. Morneau .437

J. Upton .359

B. Wood .188

SLG

J. Hamilton .638

J. Mauer .472

R. Tejada .213

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.066

D. Young .818

B. Wood .404

ERA

C. Buchholz 2.21

B. Cecil 3.74

K. Correia 5.52

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.95

J. Danks 7.04

M. Buehrle 4.00

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Rangers Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Pavano
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 44.Flores*
G/S/vB 51.Fuentes*
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 47.Liriano*
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 7/1.071 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 6/1.000 6/.000 2/1.000 587/432 .277/.357/.316/.673 .690/.667 .706 102/.649 29/14 0/15

3.Blanco# G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 154/106 .279/.322/.364/.687 .563/.741 .658 70/.818 0/2 0/6

29.Borbon* G/S/vP 11/1.236 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 374/284 .270/.303/.342/.645 .598/.659 .599 57/.600 11/7 3/3

8.Cantu G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.666 ··· 4/.500 ··· 6/.334 3/.000 472/341 .255/.304/.390/.693 .649/.710 .708 44/.453 0/0 10/16

12.Cora* G/S/vP 12/.664 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 3/.000 7/1.371 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 193/158 .206/.262/.274/.536 .390/.568 .519 6/.333 4/1 0/2

17.Cruz G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 335/239 .312/.370/.567/.937 1.023/.903 .792 39/.769 15/4 16/4

21.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/2.000 8/.125 1/.000 4/.500 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 19/.485 447/333 .237/.293/.369/.662 .761/.629 .695 63/.550 8/2 11/3

27.Guerrero G/S/vP 34/.717 1/.000 3/.666 10/.956 2/.000 5/1.933 8/.625 6/.334 5/.800 534/389 .297/.343/.494/.837 .923/.805 .791 91/.729 4/5 25/2

15.Guzman# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 5/1.200 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 8/.500 383/256 .263/.309/.334/.643 .770/.582 .550 12/.083 4/2 2/10

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 15/1.025 1/no AB 3/.000 3/.666 6/.666 3/.000 6/.833 8/.661 3/.000 557/375 .362/.415/.638/1.053 .789/1.182 .901 101/1.188 8/1 31/4

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 10/1.822 2/1.000 1/.000 6/.000 ··· 3/.000 11/.546 8/1.232 3/.000 346/265 .297/.386/.416/.801 .969/.750 .724 4/.500 10/4 6/6

11.Molina G/S/vP 7/.429 1/no AB 2/1.000 6/.000 ··· 8/.750 2/.000 4/.500 8/.268 363/263 .239/.290/.321/.611 .835/.528 .601 58/.545 0/0 5/5

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 94/78 .247/.340/.457/.797 .517/.859 .799 70/.798 2/1 5/1

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 12/.349 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 4/1.750 8/1.292 4/.833 377/267 .278/.346/.428/.774 .745/.786 .737 88/.940 11/1 9/1

2.Teagarden G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 67/45 .143/.250/.375/.625 .823/.516 .765 20/.733 0/0 4/2

20.Treanor G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/.000 2/1.500 ··· 3/.666 226/152 .218/.293/.335/.628 .434/.724 .648 15/.267 1/2 5/3

10.Young G/S/vP 15/.733 ··· ··· 13/.321 ··· 2/1.500 15/.950 12/.717 5/1.000 596/435 .288/.337/.466/.803 .833/.792 .688 98/.711 4/2 20/19

IP 189.0 42.1 62.2 58.2 28.2 38.2 60.1 165.1 50.0 TOTAL .275/.337/.421/.759 .715/.777 .708 .743 100/43 136/108

ERA-K/9

3.52/5.1

4.46/6.4

2.44/7.5

2.76/8.1

3.14/6.0

3.49/9.3

3.58/4.9

3.27/9.7

3.24/6.8

3.85/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (69-22-4)
Teagarden (14-3-3)
Treanor (36-16-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 763/.258 185/.292 265/.272 238/.214 125/.243 162/.200 247/.232 693/.247 215/.276 .266 Francoeur
Hamilton
Murphy
Cruz
Borbon
Guerrero
Moreland
Guzman 0/0/118/11
91/38/0/9
55/5/51/8
4/0/76/3
0/107/0/2
1/0/16/1
0/0/4/0
0/0/8/0

OPS .689 .834 .714 .619 .785 .672 .662 .640 .699 .726

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 377/.746 70/.934 124/.632 94/.694 63/.836 45/.358 90/.719 148/.547 108/.776 .721

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 386/.634 115/.776 141/.785 144/.570 62/.732 117/.793 157/.628 545/.667 107/.622 .730

Home 337/.742 104/.817 161/.733 108/.669 50/.803 105/.652 116/.717 365/.599 109/.757

Last 28d days 120/.824 7/.750 48/.676 45/.460 20/1.222 23/.580 45/.750 106/.670 40/.676

HR/SB/CS 17/29/7 4/2/0 6/2/2 4/4/0 5/0/1 5/3/1 7/1/1 3/10/3 3/0/1 121/65/30

Usage ·····X·· X······· o·oX···· ·Xoo·o·· oooo···X ······o· ·Xoo···o ··X····· oXo····X

Twins Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Lewis
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 62.Kirkman*
G/S/vB 57.Nippert
G/S/vB 56.O'Day
G/S/vB 64.Ogando
G/S/vB 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB 59.Rapada*
G/S/vB 46.Strop
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 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 118/60 .194/.226/.306/.532 .386/.671 .521 16/.276 0/0 2/3

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 148/111 .275/.333/.397/.730 .778/.715 .624 39/.587 5/1 1/3

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 6/.500 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 7/.286 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 14/.297 567/381 .275/.340/.426/.766 .898/.705 .792 102/.762 6/3 12/5

27.Hardy G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 304/214 .255/.302/.378/.680 .539/.739 .608 55/.548 1/1 5/8

1.Hudson# G/S/vP 10/1.500 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 7/1.267 ··· ··· 9/.904 455/279 .284/.357/.400/.757 .749/.763 .807 93/.818 7/2 6/7

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 7/.000 2/.000 2/.500 2/no AB 4/.750 ··· 9/.944 2/.000 1/.000 11/.899 495/331 .257/.337/.441/.779 .651/.840 .760 84/.690 0/1 18/4

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 6/.900 2/2.000 3/1.334 2/1.500 1/no AB ··· 7/.143 4/.500 1/.000 18/.170 522/319 .325/.402/.472/.875 .691/.994 .829 103/.902 1/2 8/3

26.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/12 .250/.286/.250/.536 .000/.633 .708 9/.708 0/0 0/0

24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/30 .138/.133/.276/.409 .000/.439 .299 / 0/0 1/1

18.Repko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 102/62 .209/.287/.374/.661 .481/.777 .402 49/.297 1/2 3/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 1/2.000 4/.000 2/1.000 ··· 11/.819 600/388 .267/.334/.349/.683 .719/.664 .792 101/.627 20/4 3/4

25.Thome* G/S/vP 6/2.167 1/no AB 1/.000 3/2.000 3/.666 2/2.500 33/1.073 2/.500 ··· 5/.650 285/211 .264/.386/.574/.960 .769/1.034 .974 57/1.106 0/0 18/0

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 59/44 .231/.293/.346/.639 .138/.819 .851 6/.833 0/1 1/2

19.Valencia G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 233/149 .343/.382/.454/.836 1.029/.731 1.054 93/.832 2/0 2/3

21.Young G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 9/.730 1/.000 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 504/341 .302/.331/.486/.818 .913/.774 .825 93/.533 4/3 16/4

IP 167.0 58.0 8.0 42.0 53.2 31.1 53.2 0.2 5.1 171.2 TOTAL .278/.345/.427/.773 .743/.788 .781 .712 53/23 117/73

ERA-K/9

3.56/8.8

3.26/9.2

0.00/9.0

5.36/8.4

1.51/6.2

1.44/9.2

2.52/9.9

0.00/0.0

13.50/8.5

2.88/7.3

3.89/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (19-12-2)
Mauer (42-18-4)
Morales (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 699/.230 231/.191 30/.143 204/.314 208/.191 131/.196 210/.235 2/.000 29/.375 707/.205 .246 Young
Kubel
Cuddyer
Span
Repko
Tolbert
Casilla 124/0/0/9
16/0/66/6
0/2/66/5
0/130/0/5
3/6/23/3
0/0/1/0
0/1/0/0

OPS .657 .562 .343 .906 .496 .551 .639 .000 1.274 .599 .709

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 361/.660 108/.440 16/.579 91/.954 67/.609 48/.641 100/.488 1/.000 12/.970 142/.361 .695

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 338/.652 123/.667 14/.071 113/.867 141/.442 83/.501 110/.785 1/.000 17/1.511 565/.660 .719

Road 373/.627 82/.330 10/.200 78/.807 108/.483 56/.512 114/.751 2/.000 13/1.338 286/.581

Last 28d days 138/.698 45/.535 30/.343 / 41/.539 38/.649 33/.877 2/.000 13/1.888 136/.459

HR/SB/CS 17/11/3 5/0/0 0/0/0 6/11/0 1/3/1 2/5/1 3/7/3 0/0/0 2/1/0 8/14/8 135/97/32

Usage ·····X·· ··o·o··o ··oX·X·· ········ o·oXo··· o··o·X·· ··XX···· o······· ········ ····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.