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Game Preview: OAK @ MIN, 8:10pm, Friday, September 17, 2010 @Target Field

Athletics, 72-73, 72-73 2nd, 10 GB, 15½ GB in WC

SP: Brett Anderson (22, LHP, 5-6, 2.94)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (5-6)			85.2	87	33	28	17	60	5	2.94
2009 (11-11)			175.1	180	94	79	45	150	20	4.06

Last 7 GS		2-4	42.2	46	17	13	12	33	5	2.74	54
2010-09-11	BOS	W	7.0	8	2	2	3	5	1	109	55
2010-09-06	SEA	W	7.2	4	1	1	0	4	1	107	71
2010-09-01	@NYY	L	6.0	8	4	1	2	4	0	103	48
2010-08-27	@TEX	L	2.0	6	4	4	2	0	0	50	26
2010-08-21	TBR	ND	7.0	8	2	2	2	8	1	102	59
2010-08-16	TOR	L	6.0	7	3	2	1	5	2	103	52
2010-08-10	@SEA	L	7.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	109	68

Last 5 v.MIN		1-1	12.2	15	7	7	1	9	1	4.97	48
2009-09-12	@MIN	W	7.0	5	2	2	0	4	0	108	63
2009-06-09	MIN	L	5.2	10	5	5	1	5	1	89	33

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

 Home:   44-30   Road:   28-43   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  53-53   vsLHP:  19-20   1-Run:  22-16
 vsEast: 20-25   vsCntrl:19-17   vsWest: 25-21 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
145 Wed, Sep 15  @KCR  L   3-6       72-73  2nd 10.0 gb
144 Tue, Sep 14  @KCR  L   3-11      72-72  2nd  9.0 gb
143 Mon, Sep 13  @KCR  W   3-1       72-71  2nd  8.0 gb
142 Sun, Sep 12   BOS  L   3-5       71-71  2nd  8.5 gb
141 Sat, Sep 11   BOS  W   4-3       71-70  2nd  7.5 gb
140 Fri, Sep 10   BOS  W   5-0       70-70  2nd  7.5 gb
139 Wed, Sep  8   SEA  W   4-3       69-70  2nd  7.0 gb
138 Tue, Sep  7   SEA  L   5-7       68-70  2nd  7.0 gb
137 Mon, Sep  6   SEA  W   6-2       68-69  2nd  7.0 gb
136 Sun, Sep  5   LAA  L   4-7       67-69  2nd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15

Twins, 88-58, 88-58 1st, 9 up

SP: Nick Blackburn (28, RHP, 9-9, 5.51)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (9-9)			135.2	170	87	83	34	55	20	5.51
2009 (11-11)			205.2	240	103	92	41	98	25	4.03
2008 (11-11)			193.1	224	102	87	39	96	23	4.05

Last 7 GS		2-3	46.0	46	24	21	10	23	5	4.11	50
2010-09-11	@CLE	ND	8.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	94	73
2010-09-05	TEX	W	7.0	6	2	2	3	4	0	110	58
2010-08-28	@SEA	W	8.2	2	0	0	2	6	0	98	84
2010-08-23	@TEX	L	7.0	8	3	3	0	5	0	97	54
2010-07-18	CHW	ND	5.0	9	5	5	0	1	0	86	30
2010-07-10	@DET	L	4.0	7	7	7	1	1	4	62	20
2010-07-04	TBR	L	6.1	9	7	4	2	3	1	104	34

Last 5 v.OAK		0-2	24.1	41	23	23	7	7	6	8.51	32
2010-06-06	@OAK	L	2.2	10	5	5	1	0	0	67	17
2009-09-11	OAK	L	3.0	6	6	6	1	2	3	68	24
2009-07-20	@OAK	ND	5.0	13	7	7	0	0	2	92	13
2009-06-11	@OAK	ND	8.0	6	3	3	3	3	1	97	58
2008-08-28	@OAK	ND	5.2	6	2	2	2	2	0	95	49

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

 Home:   48-23   Road:   40-35   ExtrInn: 9-4 
 vsRHP:  57-38   vsLHP:  31-20   1-Run:  30-21
 vsEast: 14-18   vsCntrl:43-20   vsWest: 23-10 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
146 Thu, Sep 16  @CHW  W   8-5       88-58  1st  9.0 up
145 Wed, Sep 15  @CHW  W   9-3       87-58  1st  8.0 up
144 Tue, Sep 14  @CHW  W   9-3       86-58  1st  7.0 up
143 Sun, Sep 12  @CLE  W   6-2       85-58  1st  6.0 up
142 Sat, Sep 11  @CLE  W   1-0 (12)  84-58  1st  6.0 up
141 Fri, Sep 10  @CLE  L   0-2       83-58  1st  5.0 up
140 Wed, Sep  8   KCR  W   4-3       83-57  1st  5.5 up
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
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:22-8

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 15, 2010 MIN  4  OAK  2        W:Kevin Slowey (11-5), L: Vin Mazzaro (6-5), S: Matt Capps (30)
Sat, Aug 14, 2010 MIN  2  OAK  0        W:Brian Duensing (6-1), L: Trevor Cahill (12-5), S: none
Fri, Aug 13, 2010 MIN  4  OAK  3        W:Carl Pavano (15-7), L: Gio Gonzalez (10-8), S: Matt Capps (29)
Sun, Jun 06, 2010 OAK  5  MIN  4        W:Gio Gonzalez (6-3), L: Nick Blackburn (6-3), S: Michael Wuertz (1)
Sat, Jun 05, 2010 MIN  4 @OAK  3        W:Alex Burnett (1-1), L: Brad Ziegler (2-3), S: Jon Rauch (15)
Fri, Jun 04, 2010 MIN  5 @OAK  4 (11)   W:Matt Guerrier (1-1), L: Andrew Bailey (0-2), S: Jon Rauch (14)

Sun, Sep 13, 2009 MIN  8  OAK  0        W:Brian Duensing (3-1), L: Gio Gonzalez (5-6), S: none
Sat, Sep 12, 2009 OAK  4 @MIN  2        W:Brett Anderson (9-10), L: Jeff Manship (0-1), S: Andrew Bailey (24)
Fri, Sep 11, 2009 OAK 12 @MIN  5        W:Clayton Mortenson (1-2), L: Nick Blackburn (9-11), S: none
Wed, Jul 22, 2009 OAK 16  MIN  1        W:Trevor Cahill (6-8), L: Glen Perkins (5-6), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - MIN over 5-1; 2009 - OAK won 6-4; 2008 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - MIN leads 985-971

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 5.30

ARI 4.46

SEA 3.20

RA/G

SDP 3.57

CHW 4.34

PIT 5.40

J. Hamilton .361

R. Spilborghs .287

B. Wood .155

OBP

J. Morneau .437

H. Matsui .360

B. Wood .180

SLG

J. Hamilton .635

P. Burrell .467

B. Wood .207

OPS

J. Morneau 1.055

H. Matsui .820

B. Wood .387

ERA

J. Johnson 2.30

F. Carmona 3.81

P. Maholm 5.36

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.95

A. Burnett 7.06

M. Buehrle 4.12

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Athletics Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (3.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
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 50.Mijares*
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

10.Barton* G/S/vP 16/.650 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 6/.533 3/.667 ··· 3/.333 620/451 .277/.398/.407/.805 .846/.789 .786 102/.937 7/3 8/10

25.Carson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/14 .180/.188/.344/.532 .604/.286 .812 22/.632 3/0 3/0

22.Carter G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 25/16 .000/.040/.000/.040 .111/.000 .040 5/.000 0/0 0/1

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 4/1.500 ··· ··· 8/.286 ··· 2/1.000 7/2.381 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 319/233 .278/.342/.438/.779 .961/.710 .651 101/.707 32/3 8/2

32.Cust* G/S/vP 17/1.455 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 2/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 10/.700 3/1.666 2/.500 2/.000 357/297 .278/.409/.451/.860 .703/.893 .811 91/.897 1/1 11/1

11.Davis G/S/vP 10/.844 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.167 ··· 2/.000 5/.800 12/1.136 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 490/360 .267/.303/.365/.668 .785/.626 .669 91/.622 44/9 5/4

29.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/11 .154/.185/.308/.493 .846/.000 .608 / 0/0 1/1

14.Ellis G/S/vP 11/1.745 1/.000 2/1.000 6/1.500 1/5.000 3/.666 11/.728 12/1.183 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 419/320 .276/.346/.351/.698 .736/.686 .766 95/.835 5/5 3/3

18.Gross* G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 225/184 .238/.284/.306/.590 .449/.617 .576 25/.544 5/1 1/1

45.Hermida* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/2.300 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 11/.455 195/168 .196/.256/.335/.592 .431/.617 .558 24/.488 1/0 5/4

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 4/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 205/163 .171/.284/.251/.536 .309/.592 .606 12/.167 3/1 2/3

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 4/.833 2/1.000 2/.000 7/1.571 5/.200 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/1.667 539/404 .256/.291/.404/.696 .764/.673 .694 56/.834 2/1 14/11

19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 63/55 .175/.254/.316/.570 .393/.595 .736 50/.644 0/0 2/2

2.Pennington# G/S/vP 3/2.334 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 8/.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 517/399 .244/.318/.355/.672 .554/.708 .675 82/.429 24/5 4/21

35.Powell# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 115/82 .220/.307/.280/.587 .646/.565 .582 19/.551 1/0 1/4

36.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .333/.500/.333/.833 2.000/.333 .833 4/.833 0/0 0/0

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 10/.900 ··· 1/3.000 6/1.250 ··· 7/.453 6/.167 14/.536 3/.333 1/.000 1/2.000 478/357 .242/.305/.366/.672 .531/.719 .610 91/.586 3/2 12/8

30.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/25 .275/.310/.300/.610 .765/.497 .400 25/.541 0/0 0/1

IP 135.2 42.1 68.0 63.1 28.2 42.0 64.0 178.1 27.0 5.1 53.2 TOTAL .254/.322/.372/.695 .695/.695 .683 .688 139/33 91/98

ERA-K/9

5.51/3.6

4.46/6.4

2.65/7.1

2.56/8.4

3.14/6.0

3.21/9.0

3.52/4.8

3.28/9.5

2.67/7.7

5.06/6.8

3.35/7.0

3.77/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Donaldson (4-2-1)
Powell (13-8-0)
Suzuki (60-18-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 589/.311 185/.292 289/.276 256/.206 128/.264 174/.187 264/.234 747/.248 113/.257 24/.158 229/.269 .265 Gross
Hermida
Davis
Cust
Crisp
Carson
Carter
Larish 32/9/45/6
47/0/10/4
45/70/25/4
13/0/3/3
0/71/0/2
6/1/20/2
6/0/0/0
7/0/0/0

OPS .853 .834 .716 .605 .816 .638 .667 .644 .742 .544 .684 .723

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 298/.817 70/.934 139/.664 104/.636 66/.893 47/.367 96/.693 163/.496 53/.737 6/.533 113/.768 .717

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 291/.891 115/.776 150/.764 152/.583 62/.732 127/.737 168/.652 584/.687 60/.745 18/.548 116/.602 .727

Home 284/.754 104/.817 174/.759 111/.662 51/.828 105/.652 119/.697 393/.603 56/.764 13/.408 116/.754

Last 28d days 119/.503 7/.750 43/.577 46/.574 13/1.449 24/.483 37/.999 108/.594 6/.733 6/.750 36/.346

HR/SB/CS 20/2/4 4/2/0 6/3/2 4/6/1 5/0/1 5/3/1 7/1/1 4/12/3 3/1/1 0/1/0 3/0/1 128/75/32

Usage ·····X·· ········ oX···o·· o·X··X·· ·····o·· X·o·o··· oXo··o·· ··X····· oo··o··· ········ ·oo·o···

Twins Batters (4.92 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Anderson*
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 52.Bonser
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 64.Cramer*
G/S/vB 61.James
G/S/vB 63.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 50.Wolf
G/S/vB 48.Wuertz
G/S/vB 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 124/66 .184/.215/.289/.504 .386/.607 .470 15/.000 0/0 2/3

12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 152/115 .267/.324/.385/.710 .778/.688 .615 26/.423 5/1 1/4

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 6/.334 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 615/418 .272/.337/.414/.751 .888/.690 .775 104/.662 6/3 12/5

27.Hardy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/.398 ··· 342/241 .272/.319/.404/.722 .606/.771 .683 71/.814 1/1 6/10

1.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.715 3/1.334 504/312 .276/.344/.381/.725 .718/.729 .780 93/.570 7/3 6/8

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 6/.367 5/.400 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.833 2/.500 532/359 .254/.329/.434/.763 .659/.812 .752 73/.554 0/1 19/4

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 6/.833 3/.666 6/.533 ··· 5/1.100 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/2.667 565/348 .331/.405/.475/.880 .709/.989 .827 97/.805 1/3 9/3

26.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 18/16 .200/.278/.200/.478 .000/.543 .580 13/.580 0/0 0/0

24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/33 .125/.121/.250/.371 .000/.396 .275 3/.000 0/0 1/1

8.Punto# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 268/179 .252/.326/.316/.642 .677/.606 .686 1/.000 6/2 1/6

18.Repko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 117/71 .206/.302/.353/.655 .564/.713 .429 49/.364 2/2 3/0

37.Revere* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 5/.450 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 3/.000 650/422 .265/.334/.349/.683 .708/.670 .784 105/.631 23/4 3/4

25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 7/1.429 22/1.028 3/2.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 319/235 .283/.414/.628/1.042 .759/1.155 1.129 58/1.368 0/0 23/0

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 80/60 .239/.316/.418/.734 .209/.913 .957 27/.989 1/1 1/2

19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 257/165 .333/.374/.439/.812 .997/.713 1.054 73/.804 2/0 2/4

21.Young G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/1.334 2/.500 9/.555 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 549/374 .300/.333/.488/.822 .963/.758 .823 98/.632 4/4 18/4

IP 85.2 48.0 48.2 19.1 65.1 5.1 3.0 22.2 8.0 36.2 53.2 TOTAL .278/.345/.427/.772 .748/.784 .786 .684 58/26 127/79

ERA-K/9

2.94/6.3

1.50/7.7

3.70/8.5

6.05/5.6

3.31/8.8

1.69/6.8

3.00/9.0

3.57/9.5

1.13/7.9

4.42/9.3

3.02/5.9

3.60/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (19-13-2)
Mauer (52-19-4)
Morales (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 360/.261 185/.202 220/.274 88/.346 263/.197 19/.222 14/.333 94/.220 32/.154 158/.237 224/.242 .243 Young
Kubel
Span
Cuddyer
Repko
Tolbert
Revere
Casilla 135/0/0/10
16/0/74/6
0/141/0/5
0/2/66/5
4/6/30/3
0/0/1/0
0/1/0/0
0/1/0/0

OPS .665 .549 .758 .835 .625 .708 .762 .630 .521 .731 .700 .693

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 89/.760 83/.584 97/.598 47/.867 96/.567 5/.600 8/.661 41/.650 14/.774 59/.957 67/1.048 .712

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 271/.633 102/.520 123/.892 41/.797 167/.659 14/.747 6/.900 53/.615 18/.307 99/.607 157/.564 .681

Road 153/.731 77/.582 112/.771 56/.869 135/.633 19/.708 10/.875 42/.962 8/.393 77/.892 109/.916

Last 28d days 132/.758 29/.540 36/.606 63/.803 42/.623 19/.708 14/.762 28/.670 14/.220 28/.558 26/.397

HR/SB/CS 5/7/4 3/3/1 7/1/1 2/3/1 8/4/1 1/0/1 0/0/0 2/5/0 0/0/0 5/3/0 4/1/1 139/78/30

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