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Game Preview: MIN @ NYM, 1:10pm, Sunday, June 27, 2010 @Citi Field

Twins, 41-33, 41-33 1st, 1½ up

SP: Scott Baker (28, RHP, 6-6, 4.61)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. NYM Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (6-6) 91.2 100 47 47 19 77 12 4.61
2009 (15-9) 200.0 190 99 97 48 162 28 4.37
2008 (11-4) 172.1 161 66 66 42 141 20 3.45
Last 7 GS 2-3 42.1 44 20 20 8 34 6 4.25 52
2010-06-22 @MIL L 6.0 9 5 5 0 7 1 98 41
2010-06-16 COL W 7.0 2 0 0 1 12 0 108 84
2010-06-10 KCR L 5.0 8 5 5 1 2 2 93 32
2010-06-04 @OAK ND 7.1 6 4 4 1 3 2 90 52
2010-05-30 TEX W 6.0 8 3 3 3 4 0 97 45
2010-05-25 NYY ND 5.0 3 0 0 1 2 0 50 62
2010-05-19 @BOS L 6.0 8 3 3 1 4 1 105 47
Last 5 v.NYM 1-0 5.0 7 2 2 0 3 0 3.60 48
2007-06-20 @NYM W 5.0 7 2 2 0 3 0 84 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   23-13   Road:   18-20   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  27-22   vsLHP:  14-11   1-Run:  13-11
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:17-9    vsWest:  9-5  IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 74 Sat, Jun 26  @NYM  W   6-0       41-33  1st  1.5 up
 73 Fri, Jun 25  @NYM  L   2-5       40-33  1st  0.5 up
 72 Thu, Jun 24  @MIL  L   0-5       40-32  1st  0.5 up
 71 Wed, Jun 23  @MIL  L   3-5       40-31  1st  1.5 up
 70 Tue, Jun 22  @MIL  L   5-7       40-30  1st  1.5 up
 69 Sun, Jun 20  @PHI  W   4-1       40-29  1st  1.5 up
 68 Sat, Jun 19  @PHI  W  13-10(11)  39-29  1st  1.5 up
 67 Fri, Jun 18  @PHI  L   5-9       38-29  1st  0.5 up
 66 Thu, Jun 17   COL  L   1-5       38-28  1st  1.5 up
 65 Wed, Jun 16   COL  W   2-1       38-27  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Mets, 42-32, 42-32 2nd, 1½ GB, 1 up in WC

SP: Jonathon Niese (23, LHP, 4-2, 4.17)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (4-2) 69.0 78 36 32 24 52 6 4.17
2009 (1-1) 25.2 27 12 12 9 18 1 4.21
2008 (1-1) 14.0 20 11 11 8 11 2 7.07
Last 7 GS 3-1 40.0 44 25 22 12 27 5 4.95 47
2010-06-22 DET ND 4.2 7 6 6 3 4 1 84 27
2010-06-16 @CLE W 7.0 8 3 3 2 3 1 104 50
2010-06-10 SDP W 9.0 1 0 0 0 6 0 108 91
2010-06-05 FLA W 7.0 6 1 1 1 6 0 90 66
2010-05-16 @FLA L 2.0 4 5 2 1 1 0 46 34
2010-05-11 WSN ND 4.1 6 6 6 5 3 1 91 25
2010-05-05 @CIN ND 6.0 12 4 4 0 4 2 97 36
Has never faced MIN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   27-12   Road:   15-20   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  29-24   vsLHP:  13-8    1-Run:   9-12
 vsEast: 15-14   vsCntrl: 6-7    vsWest:  9-6  IL:12-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 74 Sat, Jun 26   MIN  L   0-6       42-32  2nd  1.5 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 25   MIN  W   5-2       42-31  2nd  0.5 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 24   DET  L   5-6       41-31  2nd  0.5 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 23   DET  W   5-0       41-30  2nd  0.5 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 22   DET  W  14-6       40-30  2nd  1.5 gb
 69 Sun, Jun 20  @NYY  L   0-4       39-30  2nd  2.5 gb
 68 Sat, Jun 19  @NYY  L   3-5       39-29  2nd  1.5 gb
 67 Fri, Jun 18  @NYY  W   4-0       39-28  2nd  0.5 gb
 66 Thu, Jun 17  @CLE  W   6-4       38-28  2nd  0.5 gb
 65 Wed, Jun 16  @CLE  W   8-4       37-28  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:21-9 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 26, 2010 MIN  6 @NYM  0        W:Carl Pavano (9-6), L: Johan Santana (5-5), S: none
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 NYM  5  MIN  2        W:Mike Pelfrey (10-2), L: Kevin Slowey (7-5), S: Francisco Rodriguez (17)

Wed, Jun 20, 2007 MIN  6 @NYM  2        W:Scott Baker (2-2), L: Oliver Perez (7-6), S: none
Tue, Jun 19, 2007 MIN  9 @NYM  0        W:Johan Santana (7-6), L: Jorge Sosa (6-3), S: none
Mon, Jun 18, 2007 NYM  8  MIN  1        W:John Maine (7-4), L: Carlos Silva (4-8), S: none
Thu, Jun 10, 2004 MIN  3  NYM  2 (15)   W:Grant Balfour (1-0), L: Ricky Bottalico (2-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 09, 2004 MIN  5  NYM  3        W:Johan Santana (3-4), L: Steve Trachsel (5-5), S: Joe Nathan (16)
Tue, Jun 08, 2004 MIN  2  NYM  1        W:Juan Rincon (7-3), L: Mike Stanton (0-3), S: none
Thu, Jun 20, 2002 NYM  3  MIN  2        W:Steve Trachsel (5-6), L: Tony Fiore (5-2), S: Armando Benitez (17)
Wed, Jun 19, 2002 NYM  4  MIN  2        W:Al Leiter (7-6), L: Matt Kinney (2-6), S: Armando Benitez (16)
Season Series: 2010 - Tied 1-1; 2009 -  0-0; 2008 -  0-0; All-Time - MIN leads 7-4

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

BOS  5.50

COL  4.57

PIT  3.28

 RA/G

SDP  3.24

FLA  4.41

PIT  5.72

 BA

R. Cano  .359

F. Cervelli  .279

L. Valbuena  .166

 OBP

J. Morneau  .445

R. Martin  .352

A. Ramirez  .238

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .626

J. Kubel  .450

L. Valbuena  .245

 OPS

J. Morneau  1.057

J. Kubel  .802

T. Manzella  .513

 ERA

U. Jimenez  1.60

C. Hamels  4.08

N. Blackburn  6.10

 K/9IP

J. Weaver  10.44

C. Richard  6.73

J. Lannan  2.88

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

Twins Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Mets Pitchers (3.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Niese*
G/S/vB		 64.Dessens
G/S/vB		 43.Dickey
G/S/vB		 25.Feliciano*
G/S/vB		 18.Igarashi
G/S/vB		 39.Parnell
G/S/vB		 75.Rodriguez
G/S/vB		 47.Takahashi*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 46/24 .186/.222/.279/.501 .372/.625 .394 17/.694 0/0 1/1
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· 302/207 .262/.328/.413/.741 .940/.655 .678 81/.643 2/0 7/2
1.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.667 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 6/.750 ··· 259/167 .281/.354/.385/.739 .730/.743 .639 37/.393 5/1 3/2
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/1.800 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 264/186 .262/.352/.450/.802 .706/.840 .750 92/.911 0/0 10/2
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 5/.650 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· 277/170 .307/.383/.439/.821 .746/.869 .844 99/.737 1/2 3/3
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 7/.429 5/.200 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.444 ··· 310/194 .346/.445/.612/1.057 1.006/1.088 1.205 97/.856 0/0 15/1
8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 7/.715 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 7/.572 ··· 191/128 .255/.333/.333/.667 .656/.645 .604 85/.765 5/0 1/4
18.Repko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.167 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· 343/228 .275/.347/.370/.718 .738/.707 .551 106/.623 15/1 3/3
25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· 11/1.064 4/.250 6/.334 ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· 132/97 .243/.379/.495/.874 .621/.977 .982 26/.930 0/0 6/0
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· 52/38 .222/.294/.333/.627 .148/.816 .401 48/.639 0/1 1/1
19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 46/29 .302/.348/.326/.673 .544/.750 .377 46/.673 1/0 0/0
21.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 249/169 .298/.333/.487/.820 .816/.822 .806 92/.920 3/2 8/3
IP 69.0 12.2 46.1 30.0 15.2 3.0 38.0 64.1 TOTAL .271/.345/.415/.760 .740/.770 .737 .712 32/9 63/37
ERA-K/9 4.17/6.8 0.71/4.3 2.33/6.8 1.80/8.1 7.47/4.6 0.00/18.0 2.13/11.4 3.78/8.3 3.75/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (5-5-1)
 Mauer (26-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 305/.285 47/.175 193/.261 131/.272 72/.254 11/.100 157/.220 276/.266 .259  Cuddyer
 Young
 Span
 Kubel
0/2/61/4
64/0/0/4
0/73/0/3
16/0/19/3
OPS .773 .519 .638 .712 .765 .282 .626 .737 .729
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 55/.793 8/.500 84/.617 58/.603 30/.531 4/.500 69/.701 64/.567 .718
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 250/.769 39/.524 109/.652 73/.803 42/.944 7/.143 88/.566 212/.790 .735
Home 185/.729 25/.554 83/.585 66/.619 38/.482 11/.282 93/.604 155/.700
Last 28d days 109/.634 33/.435 113/.571 38/.780 31/.767 11/.282 56/.743 118/.869
HR/SB/CS 6/0/2 0/0/0 2/5/1 1/0/0 2/1/0 0/0/0 3/3/1 6/3/1 62/27/10
Usage ····X··· o·X····· ···X···· ·oo····· o·X·o··X ·XX·X··· ·X·X···· ··X·····
Mets Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Baker
G/S/vB		 31.Burnett
G/S/vB		 28.Crain
G/S/vB		 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB		 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB		 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 60.Rauch
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
21.Barajas G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 7/.500 6/.334 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 208/158 .249/.288/.472/.760 .602/.811 .724 58/.564 0/0 11/3
44.Bay G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 8/.536 2/1.000 1/.000 7/.000 305/231 .275/.367/.420/.787 .855/.766 .898 87/.685 10/0 4/0
4.Blanco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 79/62 .275/.342/.420/.762 .569/.815 .891 25/.628 1/0 2/0
23.Carter* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/59 .228/.254/.404/.658 /.658 .750 41/.620 0/0 2/0
13.Cora* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 2/.500 120/101 .229/.297/.276/.573 .451/.595 .607 34/.491 1/1 0/2
29.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 251/186 .265/.343/.435/.778 .877/.741 .874 99/.703 1/0 8/4
27.Feliciano* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/28 .222/.250/.259/.509 2.000/.392 .412 30/.509 0/0 0/0
12.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/.485 277/209 .262/.314/.403/.717 .887/.662 .671 81/.772 7/2 7/3
16.Pagan# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 283/201 .302/.363/.443/.806 .677/.856 .807 87/.835 14/5 4/2
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 12/.788 320/230 .284/.329/.429/.758 .802/.743 .909 104/.984 19/2 6/4
17.Tatis# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 66/24 .169/.246/.322/.568 .704/.321 .940 15/.067 0/0 2/0
11.Tejada G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/43 .264/.328/.340/.667 .878/.582 .639 52/.682 0/0 0/2
30.Thole* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
5.Wright G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 15/1.038 317/243 .294/.382/.528/.910 1.323/.787 .906 101/1.080 12/6 13/8
IP 91.2 34.0 30.2 33.0 92.2 20.2 13.2 29.0 TOTAL .259/.326/.399/.725 .774/.709 .760 .738 73/17 60/41
ERA-K/9 4.61/7.6 3.18/6.9 4.40/7.0 1.64/6.0 3.11/9.7 4.35/7.4 2.63/6.6 2.48/6.5 3.86/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (19-3-3)
 Blanco (7-7-2)
 Thole (1-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 385/.275 142/.248 135/.254 128/.184 382/.250 86/.263 59/.296 115/.261 .265  Francoeur
 Pagan
 Bay
 Carter
 Feliciano
0/0/72/6
1/65/0/6
71/0/0/4
2/0/3/0
3/5/1/0
OPS .766 .726 .755 .505 .638 .677 .863 .686 .729
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 183/.788 56/.677 52/.917 51/.603 79/.382 42/.489 27/.742 59/.761 .708
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 202/.746 86/.747 83/.651 77/.441 303/.707 44/.861 32/.956 56/.606 .745
Road 181/.857 61/.754 86/.719 79/.540 208/.680 48/.833 25/1.011 64/.662
Last 28d days 103/.747 44/.770 44/.596 44/.535 133/.570 38/.714 18/1.132 33/.576
HR/SB/CS 12/1/2 2/2/0 3/1/0 1/1/1 2/4/1 3/3/1 3/0/1 3/0/1 72/35/15
Usage ····X··· ···oo··· ·o·oo··· ····o··X ···X···· ·o·oo··· ········ ··o····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.