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Game Preview: KCR @ MIN, 8:10pm, Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @Target Field

Royals, 57-80, 57-80 4th, 23½ GB, 26 GB in WC

SP: Brian Bannister (29, RHP, 7-11, 5.95)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (7-11)			124.0	149	84	82	47	75	23	5.95
2009 (7-12)			154.0	161	94	81	50	98	15	4.73
2008 (9-16)			182.2	215	127	117	58	113	29	5.76

Last 7 GS		0-6	39.0	51	32	32	19	24	9	7.38	37
2010-08-02	@OAK	L	5.0	7	5	5	4	4	1	107	33
2010-07-28	MIN	L	6.0	11	5	5	1	4	2	104	33
2010-07-23	@NYY	L	4.2	6	4	4	2	5	0	84	39
2010-07-18	OAK	L	6.1	6	5	5	6	2	2	102	37
2010-07-10	@CHW	L	6.0	7	5	5	2	2	3	104	38
2010-07-05	@SEA	ND	7.0	6	4	4	2	3	1	111	50
2010-06-29	CHW	L	4.0	8	4	4	2	4	0	90	32

Last 5 v.MIN		1-4	31.1	41	20	19	6	15	6	5.46	43
2010-07-28	MIN	L	6.0	11	5	5	1	4	2	104	33
2010-04-25	MIN	W	6.1	9	2	2	2	0	1	106	45
2009-08-23	MIN	L	6.0	6	4	4	1	2	1	102	45
2009-08-12	@MIN	L	6.0	9	7	7	1	3	1	94	28
2009-06-30	MIN	L	7.0	6	2	1	1	6	1	98	64

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

 Home:   31-37   Road:   26-43   ExtrInn:10-7 
 vsRHP:  46-60   vsLHP:  11-20   1-Run:  26-27
 vsEast: 15-16   vsCntrl:23-31   vsWest: 11-23 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Mon, Sep  6  @MIN  L   4-5       57-80  4th 23.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-19

Twins, 81-57, 81-57 1st, 3½ up

SP: Francisco Liriano (26, LHP, 12-7, 3.27)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (12-7)			165.1	154	60	60	52	178	3	3.27
2009 (5-13)			136.2	147	93	88	65	122	21	5.80
2008 (6-4)			76.0	74	40	33	32	67	7	3.91

Last 7 GS		4-0	43.1	35	12	12	16	45	1	2.49	60
2010-09-01	DET	ND	7.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	104	73
2010-08-26	@TEX	W	7.0	5	2	2	1	6	0	99	64
2010-08-18	CHW	ND	5.0	6	5	5	4	5	1	106	36
2010-08-12	@CHW	W	5.2	7	1	1	2	4	0	106	53
2010-08-06	@CLE	ND	4.2	7	4	4	6	6	0	109	34
2010-08-01	SEA	W	7.0	2	0	0	2	11	0	109	82
2010-07-26	@KCR	W	7.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	84	77

Last 5 v.KCR		2-2	28.0	26	12	12	5	26	3	3.86	55
2010-07-26	@KCR	W	7.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	84	77
2009-09-27	@KCR	L	1.2	3	3	3	3	1	1	45	35
2009-08-12	KCR	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	8	1	91	74
2008-09-26	KCR	L	4.1	11	6	6	1	5	1	85	21
2008-09-11	KCR	ND	8.0	6	2	2	0	6	0	95	68

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

 Home:   46-23   Road:   35-34   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  52-37   vsLHP:  29-20   1-Run:  28-21
 vsEast: 14-18   vsCntrl:36-19   vsWest: 23-10 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
138 Mon, Sep  6   KCR  W   5-4       81-57  1st  3.5 up
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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:21-9

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 06, 2010 MIN  5  KCR  4        W:Jeff Manship (2-0), L: Sean O'Sullivan (2-5), S: Matt Capps (36)
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
Season Series: 2010 - MIN over 10-3; 2009 - MIN won 12-6; 2008 - MIN won 12-6; All-Time - MIN leads 337-298

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 5.41

DET 4.51

SEA 3.20

RA/G

SDP 3.55

FLA 4.34

PIT 5.45

J. Hamilton .361

F. Sanchez .285

B. Wood .162

OBP

J. Morneau .437

J. Tabata .361

B. Wood .188

SLG

J. Hamilton .635

A. Gonzalez .472

B. Wood .216

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.055

A. Rios .818

B. Wood .404

ERA

M. Latos 2.25

Y. Gallardo 3.80

K. Correia 5.52

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.95

A. Sanchez 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 47.Liriano*
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 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/.846 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 1/3.000 3/1.667 3/.666 1/.000 339/240 .291/.322/.356/.678 .632/.696 .699 53/.666 7/4 2/12

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 17/.412 3/.666 3/.666 13/1.371 ··· 6/.000 17/.666 5/.400 488/373 .262/.283/.421/.704 .753/.689 .697 92/.761 0/1 15/14

46.Betemit# G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 2/2.000 3/.000 5/.650 2/.000 228/162 .305/.395/.533/.928 1.091/.863 .850 94/.924 0/0 10/5

7.Blanco* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 197/154 .267/.349/.337/.686 .484/.744 .597 103/.696 10/3 1/1

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 12/.773 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/5.000 8/1.357 9/.708 3/1.334 176/101 .261/.293/.376/.669 .812/.567 .622 42/.797 8/5 3/5

16.Butler G/S/vP 19/.616 3/1.667 1/.000 8/.750 ··· 4/.500 16/.626 6/.666 573/453 .313/.382/.454/.837 .733/.863 .827 96/.819 0/0 11/5

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

17.Getz* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 240/188 .235/.300/.276/.576 .699/.543 .479 53/.639 13/2 0/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 10/1.250 2/.000 ··· 7/.286 4/1.000 2/.500 6/.900 2/.500 196/148 .234/.320/.398/.717 .854/.671 .704 94/.731 1/4 7/7

25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 112/84 .196/.268/.314/.582 .294/.679 .558 87/.671 0/1 3/2

12.Maier* G/S/vP 8/.393 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.500 4/.500 368/293 .255/.327/.378/.705 .695/.707 .714 81/.628 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 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 6/.167 1/.000 1/.000 106/70 .231/.314/.297/.611 .438/.704 .583 51/.732 2/0 0/2

IP 165.1 42.1 64.0 59.2 28.2 38.2 61.1 51.2 TOTAL .273/.329/.393/.723 .699/.730 .705 .718 91/43 95/117

ERA-K/9

3.27/9.7

4.46/6.4

2.53/7.3

2.72/8.1

3.14/6.0

3.49/9.3

3.52/4.8

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 693/.247 185/.292 272/.278 241/.212 126/.250 162/.200 250/.229 222/.277 .266 Blanco
Maier
Bloomquist
Gordon
Betemit
Miller 7/55/0/4
7/65/31/4
5/8/21/3
34/0/3/2
1/0/0/0
3/0/6/0

OPS .640 .834 .723 .616 .795 .672 .653 .700 .727

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 148/.547 70/.934 128/.638 97/.686 64/.856 45/.358 92/.702 111/.783 .725

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 545/.667 115/.776 144/.797 144/.570 62/.732 117/.793 158/.624 111/.618 .728

Home 365/.599 104/.817 168/.747 111/.662 51/.828 105/.652 119/.697 116/.754

Last 28d days 106/.670 7/.750 52/.770 48/.456 21/1.261 15/.649 40/.850 42/.643

HR/SB/CS 3/10/3 4/2/0 6/2/2 4/4/1 5/0/1 5/3/1 7/1/1 3/0/1 122/65/31

Usage ·····X·· ···X···· oX·o·oX· o···Xoo· o··oooo· ········ o···Xoo· ·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 19.Bannister
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 37.O'Sullivan
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 21/.585 ··· ··· 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 27/1.047 1/.000 1/4.000 14/.572 ··· 5/1.400 ··· 3/.666 12/.166 1/.000 580/390 .275/.340/.424/.763 .895/.702 .785 106/.721 6/3 12/5

27.Hardy G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.000 3/1.334 3/.666 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 3/.667 1/.000 ··· 316/222 .261/.313/.383/.696 .551/.758 .649 58/.598 1/1 5/8

1.Hudson# G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 2/.500 13/.154 ··· 5/.650 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 468/286 .283/.353/.396/.750 .736/.758 .788 97/.776 7/2 6/8

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 26/.308 1/no AB 1/.000 5/1.400 ··· 6/.334 ··· 3/1.666 10/.000 2/.000 503/335 .260/.338/.447/.785 .660/.846 .773 83/.672 0/1 19/4

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 31/.737 ··· ··· 13/.672 ··· 9/.254 ··· 3/.666 14/1.310 ··· 530/322 .324/.402/.470/.871 .690/.991 .823 102/.822 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 3/2.334 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 27/.770 1/.000 ··· 10/1.450 ··· 6/.666 ··· 3/.000 9/.583 ··· 614/396 .267/.335/.347/.682 .716/.664 .785 109/.646 20/4 3/4

25.Thome* G/S/vP 30/1.241 3/.000 1/.000 6/.833 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/3.300 9/.222 ··· 293/218 .275/.399/.621/1.020 .759/1.121 1.088 56/1.229 0/0 21/0

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 ··· 71/51 .233/.314/.400/.714 .209/.915 .931 18/1.032 1/1 1/2

19.Valencia G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 6/1.500 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 233/149 .343/.382/.454/.836 1.029/.731 1.054 84/.893 2/0 2/3

21.Young G/S/vP 25/.840 1/.000 ··· 9/1.556 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.667 9/.583 2/1.000 517/350 .300/.331/.481/.812 .902/.771 .813 97/.559 4/3 16/4

IP 124.0 35.1 52.1 106.2 13.0 49.0 15.2 58.2 58.0 42.0 TOTAL .278/.346/.429/.775 .742/.792 .785 .708 55/23 121/74

ERA-K/9

5.95/5.4

6.11/5.9

6.71/6.7

4.89/6.8

7.62/7.6

4.22/4.8

2.87/8.0

5.83/4.4

1.71/9.8

5.14/4.5

5.03/6.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 557/.296 163/.310 242/.297 477/.280 63/.315 221/.284 65/.246 257/.275 238/.223 187/.304 .280 Young
Kubel
Cuddyer
Span
Repko
Casilla
Tolbert 127/0/0/9
16/0/67/6
0/2/66/5
0/133/0/5
3/6/26/3
0/1/0/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .858 .855 .892 .792 .903 .755 .555 .819 .589 .816 .789

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 269/.738 84/.887 97/.948 134/.852 30/.800 97/.665 28/.690 149/.830 132/.603 93/.950 .798

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 288/.969 79/.819 145/.855 343/.769 33/.992 124/.822 37/.449 108/.804 106/.570 94/.689 .781

Road 296/.875 64/.890 131/.857 226/.732 31/.972 114/.757 20/.644 165/.798 95/.663 74/.903

Last 28d days / 102/.882 60/1.230 124/.925 57/.875 38/.575 57/.521 108/.987 43/.353 36/.789

HR/SB/CS 23/14/7 4/7/4 10/1/0 13/5/6 2/1/0 3/1/1 0/2/0 12/11/1 4/0/1 4/9/3 151/117/47

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