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Game Preview: MIN @ NYY, 7:05pm, Friday, May 14, 2010 @Yankee Stadium III

Twins, 22-12, 22-121st, 2½ up

SP: Francisco Liriano (26, LHP, 4-1, 2.36)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (4-1) 42.0 36 11 11 14 39 0 2.36
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 4-2 43.2 39 14 14 17 40 1 2.89 58
2010-05-08 BAL L 6.0 10 5 5 1 3 0 94 34
2010-05-02 @CLE W 7.0 8 3 3 3 9 0 123 55
2010-04-27 @DET W 8.0 4 0 0 1 10 0 112 83
2010-04-21 CLE W 8.0 6 0 0 2 6 0 102 74
2010-04-15 BOS W 7.0 4 0 0 2 8 0 96 75
2010-04-09 @CHW ND 6.0 4 3 3 5 3 0 92 50
2009-09-27 @KCR L 1.2 3 3 3 3 1 1 45 35
Last 5 v.NYY 0-1 11.1 11 7 4 8 11 2 3.18 50
2009-07-09 NYY L 5.1 7 6 3 2 5 1 105 39
2009-05-15 @NYY ND 6.0 4 1 1 6 6 1 101 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-6    Road:   10-6    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  14-10   vsLHP:   8-2    1-Run:   6-3 
 vsEast:  4-3    vsCntrl:15-8    vsWest:  3-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 34 Wed, May 12   CHW  W   3-2       22-12  1st  3.0 up
 33 Tue, May 11   CHW  L   2-5       21-12  1st  2.5 up
 32 Sun, May  9   BAL  W   6-0       21-11  1st  3.5 up
 31 Sat, May  8   BAL  W   6-1       20-11  1st  2.5 up
 30 Sat, May  8   BAL  L   3-7       19-11  1st  2.5 up
 29 Thu, May  6   BAL  L   0-2       19-10  1st  3.0 up
 28 Wed, May  5   DET  W   5-4       19-9   1st  3.5 up
 27 Tue, May  4   DET  W   4-3       18-9   1st  2.5 up
 26 Mon, May  3   DET  W  10-4       17-9   1st  1.5 up
 25 Sun, May  2  @CLE  W   8-3       16-9   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11
Yankees, 22-12, 22-122nd, 2 GB, 2½ up in WC

SP: A.J. Burnett (33, RHP, 4-1, 3.40)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (4-1) 45.0 45 20 17 14 32 2 3.40
2009 (13-9) 207.0 193 99 93 97 195 25 4.04
2008 (18-10) 221.1 211 109 100 86 231 19 4.07
Last 7 GS 4-1 45.0 45 20 17 14 32 2 3.40 53
2010-05-09 @BOS L 4.1 9 9 8 3 4 1 97 12
2010-05-04 BAL W 7.1 5 1 0 2 8 0 107 72
2010-04-29 @BAL W 8.0 3 0 0 1 4 0 116 79
2010-04-23 @LAA ND 6.1 9 4 4 2 3 0 103 40
2010-04-17 TEX W 7.0 6 0 0 2 7 0 111 70
2010-04-11 @TBR W 7.0 6 2 2 3 1 0 92 55
2010-04-06 @BOS ND 5.0 7 4 3 1 5 1 94 43
Last 5 v.MIN 1-1 31.2 28 16 15 17 31 3 4.26 52
2009-07-08 @MIN W 6.1 7 2 2 4 2 0 100 49
2009-05-17 MIN ND 6.2 6 2 2 6 7 0 123 55
2008-09-03 MIN ND 6.2 6 3 3 4 8 0 113 54
2007-06-28 @MIN ND 4.0 6 5 5 0 6 2 75 36
2007-05-27 @MIN L 8.0 3 4 3 3 8 1 125 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-2    Road:   12-10   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  15-6    vsLHP:   7-6    1-Run:   0-3 
 vsEast: 11-4    vsCntrl: 3-4    vsWest:  8-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 34 Thu, May 13  @DET  L   0-6       22-12  2nd  2.0 gb
 33 Wed, May 12  @DET  W   8-0       22-11  2nd  1.5 gb
 32 Wed, May 12  @DET  L   0-2       21-11  2nd  1.5 gb
 31 Mon, May 10  @DET  L   4-5       21-10  2nd  0.5 gb
 30 Sun, May  9  @BOS  L   3-9       21-9   2nd  0.5 gb
 29 Sat, May  8  @BOS  W  14-3       21-8   2nd  0.5 gb
 28 Fri, May  7  @BOS  W  10-3       20-8   2nd  1.5 gb
 27 Wed, May  5   BAL  W   7-5       19-8   2nd  1.0 gb
 26 Tue, May  4   BAL  W   4-1       18-8   2nd  1.0 gb
 25 Mon, May  3   BAL  W   4-1       17-8   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Sun, May 17, 2009 NYY  3  MIN  2 (10)   W:Alfredo Aceves (2-0), L: Jesse Crain (2-2), S: none
Sat, May 16, 2009 NYY  6  MIN  4 (11)   W:Alfredo Aceves (1-0), L: Craig Breslow (1-2), S: none
Fri, May 15, 2009 NYY  5  MIN  4        W:Jose Veras (2-1), L: Joe Nathan (1-1), S: none
Wed, Aug 13, 2008 MIN  4  NYY  2        W:Kevin Slowey (9-8), L: Darrell Rasner (5-9), S: Joe Nathan (32)
Tue, Aug 12, 2008 NYY  9 @MIN  6 (12)   W:Jose Veras (3-1), L: Matt Guerrier (6-6), S: Edwar Ramirez (1)
Mon, Aug 11, 2008 MIN  4  NYY  0        W:Glen Perkins (9-3), L: Sidney Ponson (7-3), S: none
Season Series: 2010 -  0-0; 2009 - NYY won 7-0; 2008 - NYY won 6-4; All-Time - NYY leads 1101-764

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  5.59

FLA  4.46

HOU  3.06

 RA/G

SDP  2.97

DET  4.51

PIT  6.21

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 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

U. Jimenez  .93

R. Wolf  3.95

J. Beckett  7.46

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  11.93

C. Pavano  6.61

N. Blackburn  2.04

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Twins Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (3.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Burnett
G/S/vB		 65.Hughes
G/S/vB		 48.Logan*
G/S/vB		 43.Marte*
G/S/vB		 45.Mitre
G/S/vB		 42.Rivera
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/12 .118/.118/.118/.235 .000/.364 .000 14/.286 0/0 0/1
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/20 .269/.296/.308/.604 1.286/.358 1.000 25/.653 0/0 0/0
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 15/.498 5/.900 8/.929 2/1.500 ··· 5/.000 ··· 151/106 .275/.318/.442/.760 .975/.671 .690 101/.689 2/0 5/0
23.Harris G/S/vP 13/.648 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 5/.650 1/.000 69/50 .203/.304/.305/.609 .541/.637 .659 53/.519 0/0 1/0
1.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 10/.971 9/1.000 5/.400 ··· 151/101 .282/.369/.382/.751 .697/.776 .764 100/.809 3/0 2/2
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 17/.647 4/1.417 6/1.133 2/.000 ··· 6/.900 2/.500 112/84 .213/.339/.309/.648 .583/.664 .738 73/.524 0/0 2/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 15/.929 3/.000 8/.542 9/.555 ··· 7/.858 2/.000 109/70 .347/.413/.495/.908 1.061/.829 .973 63/.862 0/0 1/1
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 19/.974 3/3.334 13/1.371 10/1.067 ··· 7/.572 2/.000 144/90 .357/.486/.652/1.138 .958/1.258 1.226 93/1.224 0/0 8/0
8.Punto# G/S/vP 14/.377 2/.000 4/.750 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 67/46 .271/.303/.356/.659 .450/.661 .461 39/.619 2/0 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 12/.606 3/1.167 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.000 2/.500 163/114 .277/.379/.380/.758 .908/.693 .554 109/.789 8/1 1/1
25.Thome* G/S/vP 35/.714 6/.750 ··· 6/.167 4/1.750 20/.950 1/.000 86/60 .254/.384/.535/.919 .644/1.050 1.110 65/.992 0/0 5/0
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 7/1.371 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/
21.Young G/S/vP 10/.700 6/.733 2/3.500 ··· 3/.000 6/.834 2/.000 104/72 .287/.337/.479/.815 .856/.797 .930 70/.780 2/1 3/1
IP 45.0 39.0 6.1 7.0 14.0 10.0 9.1 TOTAL .277/.358/.429/.787 .811/.777 .807 .777 17/3 32/11
ERA-K/9 3.40/6.4 1.38/9.0 2.84/7.1 3.86/7.7 3.86/4.5 0.00/9.0 10.61/12.6 3.55/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (2-3-0)
 Mauer (11-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 190/.266 148/.165 29/.217 31/.192 56/.204 34/.097 51/.400 .237  Span
 Cuddyer
 Young
 Kubel
0/34/0/3
0/1/32/2
26/0/0/1
11/0/3/1
OPS .714 .446 .684 .669 .638 .306 1.137 .679
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/.733 80/.594 13/.906 16/.598 21/.707 18/.170 17/1.328 .722
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 97/.697 68/.283 16/.527 15/.750 35/.594 16/.464 34/1.051 .651
Home 57/.537 47/.520 4/.500 14/.500 19/.616 9/.000 19/1.474
Last 28d days 140/.690 126/.403 29/.684 22/.707 47/.654 20/.206 31/1.247
HR/SB/CS 2/6/1 1/2/1 0/0/0 1/1/0 2/4/0 0/0/0 3/1/1 30/22/4
Usage ····X··· ·X····X· ·o·X·oo· ·····o·· ···X···· ·o······ ···X·oX·
Yankees Batters (5.59 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (3.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB		 31.Burnett
G/S/vB		 28.Crain
G/S/vB		 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB		 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB		 60.Rauch
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cano* G/S/vP 7/.619 ··· 4/.833 5/.400 12/1.136 1/.000 146/92 .333/.397/.605/1.002 1.204/.892 .822 103/.921 2/2 9/1
29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 58/34 .408/.482/.490/.972 1.417/.654 .912 50/.935 0/0 0/0
11.Gardner* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 2/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 126/90 .330/.411/.394/.806 .818/.797 1.081 99/.875 16/1 1/1
26.Golson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .250/.250/.250/.500 2.000/.000 4/.500 0/0 0/0
2.Jeter G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· 10/.700 8/.750 16/.688 1/3.000 156/105 .269/.314/.407/.721 .783/.689 1.149 108/.641 4/1 4/2
53.Miranda* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .000/.250/.000/.250 /.250 4/.250 0/0 0/0
19.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/24 .138/.188/.172/.360 .125/.436 .160 33/.360 0/0 0/1
20.Posada# G/S/vP 4/.833 ··· 2/.000 6/1.000 9/.347 1/.000 93/63 .293/.376/.561/.937 .959/.926 .833 58/.818 0/0 5/2
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· 9/.476 7/3.047 11/.741 2/.000 147/103 .272/.361/.440/.801 .997/.724 .901 102/.805 2/2 3/2
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 10/.844 ··· 5/1.000 13/.708 10/1.100 ··· 135/85 .297/.381/.551/.931 .842/1.001 .871 94/.947 0/0 7/0
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 10/.644 ··· 8/.804 4/.833 ··· 5/2.550 156/107 .198/.327/.382/.709 .983/.580 .711 110/.830 0/0 6/0
38.Thames G/S/vP 9/1.888 ··· 9/.708 11/.282 1/.000 1/.000 49/17 .341/.429/.488/.916 1.130/.508 .833 38/.846 0/0 1/1
22.Winn# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/.266 6/.667 42/33 .200/.317/.286/.603 .000/.791 .700 36/.716 1/0 1/0
IP 42.0 16.2 14.1 16.0 9.1 14.0 TOTAL .271/.363/.440/.803 .891/.758 .878 .781 29/7 41/14
ERA-K/9 2.36/8.4 3.78/9.7 5.02/6.9 1.69/4.5 0.00/9.7 1.93/5.8 3.51/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (6-0-0)
 Posada (16-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 168/.234 72/.246 60/.268 63/.214 34/.156 55/.231 .261  Gardner
 Winn
 Swisher
 Thames
 Golson
22/13/0/1
10/0/9/0
0/0/31/0
11/0/0/0
0/2/2/0
OPS .590 .729 .781 .536 .333 .586 .712
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 33/.333 31/.881 23/1.058 27/.625 19/.216 26/.708 .691
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 135/.656 41/.619 37/.613 36/.469 15/.481 29/.474 .727
Road 82/.606 24/.669 37/.577 39/.619 15/.533 33/.647
Last 28d days 116/.623 63/.756 43/.826 43/.646 31/.366 36/.590
HR/SB/CS 0/1/1 0/2/0 1/1/0 0/1/1 0/1/0 1/0/1 26/17/9
Usage ·····X·· ··X··X·· ··o····· ·o··X··o ··o··X·· ·o··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.