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Game Preview: NYY @ MIN, 6:00 pm, Thursday, October 7, 2010 @Target Field

Yankees, 95-67, 95-67

SP: (2010, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced MIN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   52-29   Road:   43-38   ExtrInn: 7-7 
 vsRHP:  64-40   vsLHP:  31-27   1-Run:  20-19
 vsEast: 38-34   vsCntrl:23-13   vsWest: 23-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Oct  3  @BOS  L   4-8       95-67  2nd  1.0 gb
161 Sat, Oct  2  @BOS  L   6-7 (10)  95-66  1st    Tied
160 Sat, Oct  2  @BOS  W   6-5 (10)  95-65  1st    Tied
159 Wed, Sep 29  @TOR  L   4-8       94-65  2nd  0.5 gb
158 Tue, Sep 28  @TOR  W   6-1       94-64  2nd  0.5 gb
157 Mon, Sep 27  @TOR  L   5-7       93-64  2nd  0.5 gb
156 Sun, Sep 26   BOS  W   4-3 (10)  93-63  2nd  0.5 gb
155 Sat, Sep 25   BOS  L   3-7       92-63  2nd  1.5 gb
154 Fri, Sep 24   BOS  L   8-10      92-62  2nd  0.5 gb
153 Thu, Sep 23   TBR  L   3-10      92-61  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Twins, 94-68, 94-68

SP: (2010, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced NYY as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   53-28   Road:   41-40   ExtrInn: 9-5 
 vsRHP:  62-44   vsLHP:  32-24   1-Run:  31-23
 vsEast: 15-21   vsCntrl:47-25   vsWest: 24-12 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Oct  3   TOR  L   1-2       94-68  1st  6.0 up
161 Sat, Oct  2   TOR  W   5-4       94-67  1st  7.0 up
160 Fri, Oct  1   TOR  L   3-6       93-67  1st  7.0 up
159 Thu, Sep 30   TOR  L   2-13      93-66  1st  7.0 up
158 Wed, Sep 29  @KCR  W   4-2       93-65  1st  8.0 up
157 Tue, Sep 28  @KCR  L   1-10      92-65  1st  8.0 up
156 Mon, Sep 27  @KCR  L   8-10      92-64  1st  9.0 up
155 Sun, Sep 26  @DET  L   1-5       92-63  1st  9.0 up
154 Sat, Sep 25  @DET  L  10-11(13)  92-62  1st 10.0 up
153 Fri, Sep 24  @DET  L   1-10      92-61  1st 11.0 up
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 27, 2010 MIN  8  NYY  2        W:Nick Blackburn (6-1), L: Javier Vazquez (3-5), S: none
Wed, May 26, 2010 NYY  3 @MIN  2        W:Andy Pettitte (6-1), L: Jon Rauch (1-1), S: Mariano Rivera (10)
Tue, May 25, 2010 NYY  1 @MIN  0        W:A.J. Burnett (5-2), L: Brian Duensing (2-1), S: Mariano Rivera (9)
Sun, May 16, 2010 MIN  6 @NYY  3        W:Nick Blackburn (4-1), L: Joba Chamberlain (1-2), S: Jon Rauch (10)
Sat, May 15, 2010 NYY  7  MIN  1        W:Andy Pettitte (5-0), L: Francisco Liriano (4-2), S: none
Fri, May 14, 2010 NYY  8  MIN  4        W:Joba Chamberlain (1-1), L: Scott Baker (4-3), S: none

Thu, Jul 09, 2009 NYY  6 @MIN  4        W:Jonathan Albaladejo (4-1), L: Francisco Liriano (4-9), S: Mariano Rivera (23)
Wed, Jul 08, 2009 NYY  4 @MIN  3        W:A.J. Burnett (8-4), L: Anthony Swarzak (2-3), S: Mariano Rivera (22)
Tue, Jul 07, 2009 NYY 10 @MIN  2        W:CC Sabathia (8-5), L: Scott Baker (6-7), S: none
Mon, May 18, 2009 NYY  7  MIN  6        W:Andy Pettitte (4-1), L: Glen Perkins (1-3), S: Phil Coke (1)
Season Series: 2010 - NYY over 4-2; 2009 - NYY won 7-0; 2008 - NYY won 6-4; All-Time - NYY leads 1105-766

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  4.40

SEA  3.17

RA/G

SDP  3.59

CHW  4.35

PIT  5.35

BA

J. Hamilton  .359

M. Mora  .285

B. Wood  .146

OBP

J. Morneau  .437

F. Cervelli  .359

B. Wood  .174

SLG

J. Hamilton  .633

C. Granderson  .468

B. Wood  .208

OPS

J. Morneau  1.055

A. Torres  .823

B. Wood  .382

ERA

F. Hernandez  2.27

C. Richard  3.75

J. Bonderman  5.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.79

M. Cain  7.13

K. Kendrick  4.18

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Yankees Batters (5.30 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Capps
G/S/vB
28.Crain
G/S/vB
51.Fuentes*
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
47.Liriano*
G/S/vB
50.Mijares*
G/S/vB
60.Rauch
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Berkman# G/S/vP 11/1.525 ··· 6/.750 2/1.500 3/.000 ··· 10/.400 481/389 .248/.368/.413/.781 .517/.847 .679 62/.685 3/2 14/2
24.Cano* G/S/vP 2/1.500 5/.650 4/.500 7/.286 13/.802 4/.000 1/.000 696/457 .319/.381/.534/.914 .857/.944 .947 105/.855 3/2 29/3
29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 6/.200 1/2.000 ··· 317/209 .271/.359/.335/.694 .846/.617 .691 39/1.040 1/1 0/13
11.Gardner* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 9/.889 4/.000 2/.000 570/399 .276/.382/.379/.761 .725/.776 .738 69/.679 47/9 5/1
27.Golson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 23/6 .261/.261/.348/.609 .824/.000 .267 15/.467 0/2 0/0
14.Granderson* G/S/vP 2/.000 16/1.081 1/.000 20/1.336 25/.614 6/.666 2/.500 528/354 .247/.324/.468/.792 .647/.866 .738 93/.930 12/2 24/2
2.Jeter G/S/vP 1/2.000 10/.700 1/.000 8/.750 14/1.121 4/.250 3/1.000 739/500 .270/.340/.370/.710 .874/.632 .633 105/.756 18/5 10/6
26.Kearns G/S/vP 10/.000 2/1.500 6/1.334 2/1.000 6/1.300 ··· 4/1.167 461/293 .263/.351/.395/.746 .740/.749 .762 42/.556 4/1 10/4
19.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 167/132 .227/.258/.247/.504 .343/.545 .450 15/.286 7/1 0/5
20.Posada# G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/.000 3/1.167 6/1.000 7/1.238 ··· 1/.000 451/298 .248/.357/.454/.811 .833/.799 .694 56/.520 3/1 18/8
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 1/.000 11/.697 3/1.666 8/3.321 13/.496 1/2.000 2/.000 595/423 .270/.341/.506/.847 .755/.883 .790 102/.959 4/3 30/7
33.Swisher# G/S/vP ··· 6/1.133 2/2.500 13/.708 17/.791 3/.333 1/5.000 634/414 .288/.360/.512/.871 .848/.882 .888 81/.803 1/2 29/4
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 2/.000 10/1.178 4/.500 4/.833 17/.610 1/.000 7/2.047 712/486 .256/.365/.481/.846 .940/.799 .728 103/.648 0/1 33/3
38.Thames G/S/vP 2/.000 9/.708 2/.000 11/.282 15/1.400 1/.000 1/.000 237/95 .288/.350/.491/.841 .806/.896 .929 40/.550 0/0 12/3
IP 73.0 68.0 48.0 71.0 191.2 32.2 57.2 TOTAL .267/.350/.436/.786 .790/.784 .742 .739 103/30 201/79
ERA-K/9 2.47/7.3 3.04/8.2 2.81/8.8 3.17/5.3 3.62/9.4 3.31/7.7 3.12/7.2 3.95/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (55-9-2)
 Posada (72-13-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 305/.265 278/.215 196/.181 286/.219 806/.252 139/.268 245/.268 .266  Gardner
 Swisher
 Granderson
 Kearns
 Thames
 Golson
 Pena
123/44/0/12
0/1/134/10
0/134/0/5
91/5/32/2
25/0/8/2
2/6/17/1
0/0/2/0
OPS .688 .627 .607 .625 .670 .768 .671 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 146/.654 115/.614 55/.371 102/.649 172/.517 62/.776 120/.739 .730
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 159/.719 163/.635 141/.696 184/.611 634/.713 77/.761 125/.607 .736
Home 183/.720 125/.695 115/.620 129/.650 438/.641 74/.886 127/.735
Last 28d days 33/.406 37/.694 34/.306 36/.434 85/.911 32/.856 23/.399
HR/SB/CS 6/3/2 5/7/1 5/3/1 7/1/2 9/12/3 4/1/1 3/0/1 155/82/37
Usage ····X··o ·····X·· ····o··X ····o··X ······X· ···o··X· ········
Twins Batters (4.82 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 65.Hughes
G/S/vB
48.Logan*
G/S/vB
45.Mitre
G/S/vB
42.Rivera
G/S/vB
30.Robertson
G/S/vB
39.Wood
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 155/89 .197/.237/.296/.533 .453/.591 .540 33/.603 0/0 2/5
12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 170/132 .276/.331/.395/.726 .813/.702 .699 21/.733 6/1 1/5
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 5/.900 9/.819 2/.000 6/.000 3/.000 2/.000 675/460 .271/.336/.417/.753 .875/.700 .786 90/.694 7/3 14/6
27.Hardy G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/1.800 1/.000 1/.000 8/.542 375/257 .268/.320/.394/.714 .614/.759 .652 55/.824 1/1 6/11
1.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 12/.916 6/.334 ··· 3/.000 559/350 .268/.338/.372/.710 .707/.711 .764 86/.491 10/3 6/8
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 4/1.417 6/1.133 2/.000 7/1.571 4/1.167 3/.000 582/399 .249/.323/.427/.750 .655/.792 .746 74/.544 0/1 21/5
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/.000 9/.730 2/.000 8/.750 4/.250 1/no AB 584/353 .327/.402/.469/.871 .711/.978 .812 50/.857 1/4 9/3
8.Punto# G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.750 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 1/no AB 288/190 .238/.313/.302/.615 .608/.600 .651 21/.248 6/2 1/8
18.Repko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 146/89 .228/.324/.346/.671 .523/.767 .459 36/.717 3/2 3/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.000 3/.000 6/.000 3/1.167 3/.666 705/462 .264/.331/.348/.679 .696/.670 .761 87/.665 26/4 3/4
25.Thome* G/S/vP 6/.750 ··· 6/1.500 22/1.000 2/.000 5/.200 340/246 .283/.412/.627/1.039 .769/1.154 1.112 43/1.013 0/0 25/0
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 100/79 .230/.293/.379/.672 .198/.797 .904 25/.450 1/1 1/2
19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 322/211 .311/.351/.448/.799 .967/.713 .979 89/.703 2/0 7/6
21.Young G/S/vP 6/.733 3/2.334 3/.000 7/.714 4/.250 1/.000 613/419 .298/.333/.493/.826 .927/.781 .809 92/.850 5/4 21/4
IP 176.1 40.0 54.0 60.0 61.1 46.0 TOTAL .273/.341/.422/.762 .736/.775 .776 .676 68/28 142/94
ERA-K/9 4.19/7.5 2.93/8.6 3.33/4.8 1.80/6.8 3.82/10.4 3.13/9.6 4.06/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (21-16-4)
 Mauer (53-19-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 730/.244 169/.231 213/.223 230/.183 274/.258 201/.210 .249  Young
 Kubel
 Repko
 Cuddyer
 Span
 Tolbert
 Casilla
149/0/0/12
16/0/83/7
6/6/39/5
0/2/66/5
0/153/0/5
0/0/1/0
0/1/0/0
OPS .702 .659 .666 .493 .724 .654 .721
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 387/.728 91/.501 111/.629 110/.565 118/.759 102/.656 .744
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 343/.674 78/.842 102/.708 120/.426 156/.697 99/.639 .702
Road 286/.624 70/.668 93/.467 121/.546 144/.791 91/.534
Last 28d days 83/.576 25/.670 17/.529 41/.758 53/.636 39/.462
HR/SB/CS 25/10/5 3/4/0 7/9/0 2/8/0 5/6/1 4/9/0 179/132/23
Usage ····o··· ···oo··· ···oo··X ····o··· ···XX··X ····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.