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Game Preview: KCR @ MIN, 2:10pm, Monday, September 6, 2010 @Target Field

Royals, 57-79, 57-79 4th, 22½ GB, 26 GB in WC

SP: Sean O'Sullivan (22, RHP, 2-4, 5.50)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-4)			54.0	58	34	33	12	25	10	5.50
2009 (4-2)			51.2	60	34	34	16	29	12	5.92

Last 7 GS		0-4	40.0	51	31	30	7	19	9	6.75	40
2010-08-31	TEX	ND	5.0	9	6	6	0	0	3	91	25
2010-08-25	@DET	ND	7.0	7	3	3	0	1	0	105	52
2010-08-14	NYY	L	5.1	8	4	4	2	5	3	97	39
2010-08-09	@LAA	L	6.1	10	6	6	1	6	1	107	34
2010-08-04	@OAK	L	5.1	6	4	3	2	4	0	113	44
2010-07-30	BAL	ND	6.0	4	3	3	2	0	0	88	50
2010-07-25	@NYY	L	5.0	7	5	5	0	3	2	90	36

Has never faced MIN as starter.

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

 Home:   31-37   Road:   26-42   ExtrInn:10-7 
 vsRHP:  46-59   vsLHP:  11-20   1-Run:  26-26
 vsEast: 15-16   vsCntrl:23-30   vsWest: 11-23 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
136 Sun, Sep  5   DET  W   2-1       57-79  4th 22.5 gb
135 Sat, Sep  4   DET  L   4-6       56-79  4th 22.5 gb
134 Fri, Sep  3   DET  L   5-9 (11)  56-78  4th 21.5 gb
133 Wed, Sep  1   TEX  L   3-4       56-77  4th 21.0 gb
132 Tue, Aug 31   TEX  W  10-9       56-76  4th 20.0 gb
131 Mon, Aug 30   TEX  L   0-3       55-76  4th 20.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 29  @CLE  W   6-2       55-75  4th 19.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 28  @CLE  L   3-4 (10)  54-75  4th 20.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 27  @CLE  L   4-15      54-74  4th 19.5 gb
127 Wed, Aug 25  @DET  W   4-3 (12)  54-73  4th 18.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

Twins, 80-57, 80-57 1st, 3½ up

SP: Kevin Slowey (26, RHP, 11-6, 4.39)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (11-6)			137.1	147	68	67	27	100	19	4.39
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		3-1	40.1	34	17	17	8	32	4	3.79	55
2010-08-21	LAA	L	3.0	7	4	4	2	2	2	69	29
2010-08-15	OAK	W	7.0	0	0	0	3	5	0	106	79
2010-08-05	@TBR	ND	7.2	4	4	4	1	9	1	114	63
2010-07-31	SEA	W	8.0	3	0	0	0	5	0	103	81
2010-07-25	@BAL	W	6.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	88	59
2010-07-20	CLE	ND	5.2	6	3	3	1	7	0	99	51
2010-07-15	CHW	ND	3.0	9	5	5	0	2	1	75	23

Last 5 v.KCR		4-1	30.0	30	11	11	4	13	1	3.30	53
2010-06-08	KCR	W	7.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	102	74
2010-04-25	@KCR	L	5.1	8	4	4	3	2	1	104	35
2009-05-01	KCR	W	5.0	8	5	5	0	4	0	76	35
2008-09-10	KCR	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	94	66
2008-08-08	@KCR	W	5.2	7	1	1	0	2	0	98	53

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

 Home:   45-23   Road:   35-34   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  51-37   vsLHP:  29-20   1-Run:  27-21
 vsEast: 14-18   vsCntrl:35-19   vsWest: 23-10 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Sun, Sep  5   TEX  W   6-5       80-57  1st  3.5 up
136 Sat, Sep  4   TEX  W  12-4       79-57  1st  3.5 up
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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:21-9

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 MIN  6 @KCR  4        W:Brian Duensing (4-1), L: Brian Bannister (7-10), S: Jon Rauch (21)
Tue, Jul 27, 2010 MIN 11 @KCR  2        W:Carl Pavano (13-6), L: Bruce Chen (5-5), S: none
Mon, Jul 26, 2010 MIN 19 @KCR  1        W:Francisco Liriano (9-7), L: Zack Greinke (6-10), S: none
Thu, Jun 10, 2010 KCR  9 @MIN  8        W:Bruce Chen (3-0), L: Scott Baker (5-5), S: Joakim Soria (14)
Wed, Jun 09, 2010 MIN  6  KCR  2        W:Carl Pavano (6-6), L: Kyle Davies (4-5), S: none
Tue, Jun 08, 2010 MIN  7  KCR  3        W:Kevin Slowey (7-3), L: Zack Greinke (1-8), S: Matt Guerrier (1)
Sun, Apr 25, 2010 KCR  4  MIN  3        W:Brian Bannister (1-1), L: Kevin Slowey (2-2), S: Joakim Soria (5)
Sat, Apr 24, 2010 MIN  9 @KCR  7 (12)   W:Jon Rauch (1-0), L: Rob Tejeda (1-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 23, 2010 MIN  8 @KCR  3        W:Carl Pavano (3-1), L: Gil Meche (0-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 18, 2010 KCR 10 @MIN  5        W:Luke Hochevar (2-0), L: Carl Pavano (2-1), S: Joakim Soria (3)
Season Series: 2010 - MIN over 9-3; 2009 - MIN won 12-6; 2008 - MIN won 12-6; All-Time - MIN leads 336-298

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 5.42

STL 4.50

SEA 3.21

RA/G

SDP 3.56

COL 4.35

PIT 5.48

J. Hamilton .361

B. Phillips .287

B. Wood .162

OBP

J. Morneau .437

S. Castro .360

B. Wood .188

SLG

J. Hamilton .635

M. Stanton .471

B. Wood .216

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.060

G. Sanchez .820

B. Wood .404

ERA

C. Buchholz 2.25

L. Hernandez 3.81

K. Correia 5.52

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.95

J. Danks 7.01

M. Buehrle 4.14

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Royals Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 56.Delaney
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

30.Aviles G/S/vP 13/.770 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 1/3.000 3/1.667 3/.666 13/.846 1/.000 339/240 .291/.322/.356/.678 .632/.696 .699 53/.666 7/4 2/12

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 7/1.285 3/.666 2/1.000 13/1.371 ··· ··· 6/.000 17/.666 17/.412 5/.400 484/369 .262/.283/.422/.705 .753/.691 .701 92/.761 0/1 15/14

46.Betemit# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 4/.833 6/.500 2/.000 224/158 .311/.402/.544/.946 1.091/.887 .883 94/.947 0/0 10/5

7.Blanco* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 192/149 .268/.347/.339/.687 .484/.747 .594 98/.698 10/3 1/1

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/5.000 8/1.357 9/.708 12/.773 3/1.334 176/101 .261/.293/.376/.669 .812/.567 .622 45/.743 8/5 3/5

16.Butler G/S/vP 14/.142 3/1.667 1/.000 8/.750 ··· ··· 4/.500 15/.666 19/.616 6/.666 569/449 .314/.383/.456/.839 .733/.866 .832 96/.819 0/0 11/5

11.Fields G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 8/.393 5/1.350 ··· 9/8 .333/.333/.333/.667 2.000/.500 9/.667 0/0 0/2

17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.334 2/.000 236/184 .234/.299/.271/.570 .699/.535 .467 53/.567 13/2 0/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 11/.495 2/.000 ··· 6/.167 ··· 4/1.000 2/.500 6/.900 10/1.250 2/.500 192/144 .226/.311/.387/.697 .854/.644 .656 94/.661 1/3 7/6

25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 108/80 .194/.269/.316/.585 .294/.689 .562 87/.671 0/1 3/2

12.Maier* G/S/vP 5/1.150 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 8/.393 4/.500 363/289 .256/.329/.381/.710 .676/.717 .723 79/.636 1/2 5/5

22.May G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 3/.000 0/0 0/0

26.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/9 .238/.304/.286/.590 .593/.583 .500 23/.590 0/0 0/1

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/.167 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 102/66 .218/.307/.276/.583 .438/.666 .520 47/.681 2/0 0/2

IP 137.1 42.1 63.0 58.2 1.0 28.2 38.2 60.1 165.1 51.2 TOTAL .273/.329/.393/.723 .698/.731 .706 .706 91/42 95/115

ERA-K/9

4.39/6.6

4.46/6.4

2.57/7.4

2.76/8.1

9.00/0.0

3.14/6.0

3.49/9.3

3.58/4.9

3.27/9.7

3.48/7.1

3.86/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
May (0-0-2)
Pena (16-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 579/.275 185/.292 269/.281 238/.214 5/.500 125/.243 162/.200 247/.232 693/.247 222/.277 .266 Maier
Bloomquist
Blanco
Gordon
Betemit
Miller 7/65/30/4
5/8/21/3
7/54/0/3
33/0/3/2
1/0/0/0
3/0/6/0

OPS .766 .834 .732 .619 1.850 .785 .672 .662 .640 .700 .727

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 288/.697 70/.934 126/.649 94/.694 2/.500 63/.836 45/.358 90/.719 148/.547 111/.783 .725

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 291/.834 115/.776 143/.803 144/.570 3/2.333 62/.732 117/.793 157/.628 545/.667 111/.618 .728

Home 329/.713 104/.817 165/.761 108/.669 5/1.850 50/.803 105/.652 116/.717 365/.599 116/.754

Last 28d days 43/.663 7/.750 49/.819 45/.460 5/1.850 20/1.222 18/.521 43/.787 106/.670 47/.683

HR/SB/CS 19/5/4 4/2/0 6/2/2 4/4/0 1/0/0 5/0/1 5/3/1 7/1/1 3/10/3 3/0/1 122/65/30

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

Twins Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.O'Sullivan
G/S/vB 41.Bullington
G/S/vB 57.Chavez
G/S/vB 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 31.Hughes*
G/S/vB 59.Humber
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 38.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 122/64 .188/.218/.295/.513 .386/.627 .470 20/.216 0/0 2/3

12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 5/.650 ··· 149/112 .273/.331/.394/.725 .778/.708 .615 40/.572 5/1 1/3

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/4.000 14/.572 ··· 4/1.833 ··· 12/.166 1/.000 576/387 .275/.340/.425/.765 .900/.703 .790 107/.774 6/3 12/5

27.Hardy G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 3/.666 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 312/219 .263/.311/.386/.697 .557/.755 .649 59/.665 1/1 5/8

1.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 13/.154 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 463/283 .284/.355/.399/.754 .745/.759 .797 97/.788 7/2 6/8

16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 5/1.400 ··· 5/.400 ··· 10/.000 2/.000 499/332 .260/.339/.442/.781 .665/.838 .764 84/.740 0/1 18/4

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 13/.672 ··· 8/.000 ··· 14/1.310 ··· 526/319 .322/.401/.469/.870 .684/.994 .820 103/.881 1/2 8/3

26.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 14/12 .250/.286/.250/.536 .000/.633 .708 9/.708 0/0 0/0

24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/31 .133/.129/.267/.396 .000/.424 .287 1/.000 0/0 1/1

18.Repko G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 110/67 .206/.294/.361/.654 .525/.737 .429 52/.279 2/2 3/0

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 10/1.450 ··· 4/.500 ··· 9/.583 ··· 609/393 .268/.336/.349/.685 .714/.669 .792 110/.640 20/4 3/4

25.Thome* G/S/vP 2/2.500 3/.000 1/.000 6/.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/.222 ··· 289/215 .270/.394/.603/.998 .769/1.085 1.046 57/1.204 0/0 20/0

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 67/49 .237/.303/.407/.710 .174/.910 .937 14/1.049 1/1 1/2

19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.500 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 233/149 .343/.382/.454/.836 1.029/.731 1.054 89/.871 2/0 2/3

21.Young G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/1.556 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 9/.583 2/1.000 513/347 .299/.329/.480/.810 .908/.764 .808 98/.540 4/3 16/4

IP 54.0 35.1 52.1 106.2 13.0 45.2 15.2 58.0 42.0 TOTAL .278/.346/.428/.774 .744/.789 .783 .726 55/23 119/74

ERA-K/9

5.50/4.2

6.11/5.9

6.71/6.7

4.89/6.8

7.62/7.6

4.53/4.9

2.87/8.0

1.71/9.8

5.14/4.5

5.03/6.4

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 231/.269 163/.310 242/.297 477/.280 63/.315 209/.291 65/.246 238/.223 187/.304 .280 Young
Kubel
Span
Cuddyer
Repko
Casilla
Tolbert 126/0/0/9
16/0/66/6
0/132/0/5
0/2/66/5
3/6/25/3
0/1/0/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .780 .855 .892 .792 .903 .774 .555 .589 .816 .788

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 132/.778 84/.887 97/.948 134/.852 30/.800 92/.656 28/.690 132/.603 93/.950 .795

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 99/.782 79/.819 145/.855 343/.769 33/.992 117/.862 37/.449 106/.570 94/.689 .781

Road 139/.731 64/.890 131/.857 226/.732 31/.972 102/.798 20/.644 95/.663 74/.903

Last 28d days 82/.924 126/.847 60/1.230 124/.925 57/.875 26/.641 65/.555 43/.353 36/.789

HR/SB/CS 10/11/1 4/7/4 10/1/0 13/5/6 2/1/0 3/1/1 0/2/0 4/0/1 4/9/3 149/117/47

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

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.