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

Royals, 57-81, 57-81 4th, 24½ GB, 27 GB in WC

SP: Zack Greinke (26, RHP, 8-11, 3.87)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-11)			188.1	185	92	81	44	155	15	3.87
2009 (16-8)			229.1	195	64	55	51	242	11	2.16
2008 (13-10)			202.1	202	87	78	56	183	21	3.47

Last 7 GS		2-1	51.1	51	20	20	16	35	1	3.51	55
2010-09-03	DET	ND	6.1	6	4	4	2	3	0	105	46
2010-08-28	@CLE	ND	8.0	8	3	3	4	4	0	111	54
2010-08-22	CHW	ND	8.0	9	2	2	1	9	0	120	64
2010-08-17	CLE	W	6.0	5	1	1	3	4	0	105	59
2010-08-11	@LAA	ND	8.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	111	71
2010-08-06	@SEA	L	7.0	10	6	6	2	3	1	110	34
2010-07-31	BAL	W	8.0	7	3	3	3	6	0	105	59

Last 5 v.MIN		1-3	27.0	36	23	21	12	31	2	7.00	41
2010-07-26	MIN	L	4.0	8	8	8	2	7	1	85	19
2010-06-08	@MIN	L	5.0	9	6	6	1	6	1	102	30
2010-04-16	@MIN	L	5.0	6	4	2	5	5	0	108	43
2009-10-03	@MIN	ND	6.0	6	4	4	2	5	0	96	47
2009-09-27	MIN	W	7.0	7	1	1	2	8	0	97	65

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

 Home:   31-37   Road:   26-44   ExtrInn:10-7 
 vsRHP:  46-60   vsLHP:  11-21   1-Run:  26-27
 vsEast: 15-16   vsCntrl:23-32   vsWest: 11-23 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
138 Tue, Sep  7  @MIN  L   3-10      57-81  4th 24.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19

Twins, 82-57, 82-57 1st, 4½ up

SP: Brian Duensing (27, LHP, 7-2, 2.09)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (7-2)			99.0	87	27	23	22	55	7	2.09
2009 (5-2)			84.0	84	37	34	31	53	7	3.64

Last 7 GS		4-1	49.0	46	17	13	9	25	4	2.39	57
2010-08-31	DET	ND	6.2	9	3	0	1	2	0	103	51
2010-08-25	@TEX	L	6.0	6	4	4	1	5	2	99	48
2010-08-20	LAA	W	8.0	7	1	1	0	6	0	103	70
2010-08-14	OAK	W	9.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	105	83
2010-08-08	@CLE	W	7.1	9	4	3	0	3	1	104	49
2010-08-03	@TBR	ND	6.0	4	3	3	4	3	1	92	51
2010-07-28	@KCR	W	6.0	8	2	2	1	2	0	83	49

Last 5 v.KCR		2-0	11.0	14	4	4	2	5	0	3.27	49
2010-07-28	@KCR	W	6.0	8	2	2	1	2	0	83	49
2009-08-22	@KCR	W	5.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	80	49

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

 Home:   47-23   Road:   35-34   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  53-37   vsLHP:  29-20   1-Run:  28-21
 vsEast: 14-18   vsCntrl:37-19   vsWest: 23-10 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
139 Tue, Sep  7   KCR  W  10-3       82-57  1st  4.5 up
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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:21-9

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 07, 2010 MIN 10  KCR  3        W:Francisco Liriano (13-7), L: Brian Bannister (7-12), S: none
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
Season Series: 2010 - MIN over 11-3; 2009 - MIN won 12-6; 2008 - MIN won 12-6; All-Time - MIN leads 338-298

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 5.38

STL 4.51

SEA 3.23

RA/G

SDP 3.53

COL 4.34

PIT 5.41

J. Hamilton .361

L. Scott .286

B. Wood .162

OBP

J. Morneau .437

A. Jackson .360

B. Wood .188

SLG

J. Hamilton .635

M. Reynolds .471

B. Wood .216

OPS

J. Morneau 1.055

M. Stanton .819

B. Wood .404

ERA

M. Latos 2.21

Y. Gallardo 3.80

K. Correia 5.52

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.95

C. Richard 7.01

M. Buehrle 4.14

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Royals Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Duensing*
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 17.Neshek
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 3/1.334 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 1/3.000 3/1.667 3/.666 16/.688 1/.000 1/.000 344/241 .289/.320/.354/.674 .626/.693 .690 54/.576 7/4 2/12

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 8/1.314 3/.666 3/.666 13/1.371 ··· 6/.000 17/.666 20/.550 1/no AB 5/.400 492/374 .264/.287/.422/.709 .768/.691 .708 92/.765 0/1 15/14

46.Betemit# G/S/vP 4/1.750 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 2/2.000 3/.000 5/.650 9/.333 ··· 2/.000 232/162 .299/.388/.522/.910 1.022/.863 .819 94/.906 0/0 10/5

7.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 5/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 202/155 .266/.345/.333/.678 .441/.753 .586 108/.681 10/3 1/1

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/5.000 8/1.357 9/.708 12/.773 ··· 3/1.334 176/101 .261/.293/.376/.669 .812/.567 .622 37/.906 8/5 3/5

16.Butler G/S/vP 7/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 8/.750 ··· 4/.500 16/.626 20/.583 4/1.250 6/.666 574/453 .313/.382/.453/.835 .726/.863 .823 92/.834 0/0 11/5

11.Fields G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 8/.393 8/1.768 1/.000 ··· 13/8 .385/.385/.615/1.000 1.800/.500 1.750 13/1.000 0/0 1/2

17.Getz* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 240/188 .235/.300/.276/.576 .699/.543 .479 53/.639 13/2 0/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 7/.286 4/1.000 2/.500 6/.900 13/.930 3/.000 2/.500 199/148 .230/.315/.391/.706 .800/.671 .678 93/.700 1/4 7/7

25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 115/84 .190/.261/.305/.566 .265/.679 .531 85/.687 0/1 3/2

12.Maier* G/S/vP 4/.250 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.500 8/.393 1/2.000 4/.500 368/293 .255/.327/.378/.705 .695/.707 .714 76/.644 1/2 5/5

22.May G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0

26.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 27/10 .280/.333/.360/.693 .790/.522 .750 27/.693 0/0 0/1

27.Pena# G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 6/.167 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 109/70 .234/.315/.298/.613 .456/.704 .588 50/.793 2/0 0/2

IP 99.0 42.1 64.0 59.2 28.2 38.2 61.1 172.1 5.1 51.2 TOTAL .273/.329/.393/.722 .697/.730 .705 .725 91/43 96/117

ERA-K/9

2.09/5.0

4.46/6.4

2.53/7.3

2.72/8.1

3.14/6.0

3.49/9.3

3.52/4.8

3.24/9.5

5.06/6.8

3.48/7.1

3.86/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
May (0-0-2)
Pena (17-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 395/.238 185/.292 272/.278 241/.212 126/.250 162/.200 250/.229 721/.247 24/.158 222/.277 .266 Blanco
Maier
Bloomquist
Gordon
Miller
Betemit 7/56/0/4
7/65/31/4
5/8/21/3
35/0/3/2
3/0/7/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .623 .834 .723 .616 .795 .672 .653 .641 .544 .700 .726

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 130/.410 70/.934 128/.638 97/.686 64/.856 45/.358 92/.702 157/.515 6/.533 111/.783 .722

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 265/.726 115/.776 144/.797 144/.570 62/.732 117/.793 158/.624 564/.677 18/.548 111/.618 .729

Home 190/.602 104/.817 168/.747 111/.662 51/.828 105/.652 119/.697 393/.603 13/.408 116/.754

Last 28d days 126/.616 7/.750 50/.802 45/.488 21/1.261 12/.864 40/.850 134/.666 6/.750 42/.643

HR/SB/CS 7/2/1 4/2/0 6/2/2 4/4/1 5/0/1 5/3/1 7/1/1 4/10/3 0/1/0 3/0/1 123/65/31

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

Twins Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 23.Greinke
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 15/.652 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· 149/112 .273/.331/.394/.725 .778/.708 .615 39/.587 5/1 1/3

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 28/.693 1/.000 2/4.000 14/.572 ··· 5/1.400 ··· 3/.666 12/.166 1/.000 585/395 .275/.340/.422/.763 .895/.702 .783 107/.694 6/3 12/5

27.Hardy G/S/vP 5/.650 2/.000 3/1.334 3/.666 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 3/.667 1/.000 ··· 320/226 .262/.312/.383/.695 .551/.755 .647 60/.620 1/1 5/8

1.Hudson# G/S/vP 11/.282 ··· 3/.333 13/.154 ··· 5/.650 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 473/291 .284/.354/.396/.750 .736/.759 .788 98/.762 7/2 6/8

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 26/.994 1/no AB 2/.000 5/1.400 ··· 6/.334 ··· 3/1.666 10/.000 2/.000 508/340 .259/.337/.444/.781 .660/.839 .765 84/.688 0/1 19/4

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 40/.689 ··· ··· 13/.672 ··· 9/.254 ··· 3/.666 14/1.310 ··· 534/326 .325/.403/.470/.872 .690/.991 .826 102/.810 1/2 8/3

26.Morales# G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 15/13 .231/.267/.231/.497 .000/.580 .633 10/.633 0/0 0/0

24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/32 .129/.125/.258/.383 .000/.409 .275 2/.000 0/0 1/1

18.Repko G/S/vP 6/1.417 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 110/67 .206/.294/.361/.654 .525/.737 .429 48/.304 2/2 3/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 16/.757 1/.000 ··· 10/1.450 1/.000 6/.666 ··· 3/.000 9/.583 ··· 618/400 .267/.334/.347/.681 .716/.662 .781 109/.635 21/4 3/4

25.Thome* G/S/vP 35/.733 3/.000 1/.000 6/.833 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/3.300 9/.222 ··· 297/222 .278/.407/.635/1.042 .759/1.150 1.129 60/1.336 0/0 22/0

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 9/.333 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 ··· 75/55 .238/.324/.429/.753 .209/.954 .981 22/1.115 1/1 1/2

19.Valencia G/S/vP 4/2.500 1/.000 ··· 6/1.500 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 233/149 .343/.382/.454/.836 1.029/.731 1.054 80/.939 2/0 2/3

21.Young G/S/vP 23/.970 1/.000 ··· 9/1.556 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.667 9/.583 2/1.000 521/354 .303/.334/.488/.822 .902/.785 .833 97/.630 4/3 16/4

IP 188.1 35.1 54.1 106.2 13.1 49.0 15.2 58.2 58.0 42.0 TOTAL .279/.347/.430/.776 .742/.794 .788 .726 56/23 122/74

ERA-K/9

3.87/7.4

6.11/5.9

6.46/6.8

4.89/6.8

7.43/7.4

4.22/4.8

2.87/8.0

5.83/4.4

1.71/9.8

5.14/4.5

5.07/6.4

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 782/.258 163/.310 249/.289 477/.280 64/.309 221/.284 65/.246 257/.275 238/.223 187/.304 .281 Young
Kubel
Span
Cuddyer
Repko
Casilla
Tolbert 128/0/0/9
16/0/68/6
0/134/0/5
0/2/66/5
3/6/26/3
0/1/0/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .688 .855 .871 .792 .888 .755 .555 .819 .589 .816 .790

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 408/.771 84/.887 102/.897 134/.852 31/.772 97/.665 28/.690 149/.830 132/.603 93/.950 .799

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 374/.598 79/.819 147/.853 343/.769 33/.992 124/.822 37/.449 108/.804 106/.570 94/.689 .782

Road 372/.628 64/.890 138/.821 226/.732 32/.938 114/.757 20/.644 165/.798 95/.663 74/.903

Last 28d days 117/.673 102/.882 65/1.060 124/.925 58/.859 38/.575 57/.521 108/.987 43/.353 31/.810

HR/SB/CS 15/9/7 4/7/4 10/1/0 13/5/6 2/1/0 3/1/1 0/2/0 12/11/1 4/0/1 4/9/3 152/118/47

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