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Game Preview: MIN @ OAK, 4:05pm, Sunday, June 6, 2010 @McAfee Coliseum

Twins, 33-23, 33-231st, 3½ up

SP: Nick Blackburn (28, RHP, 6-2, 4.73)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (6-2)			64.2	83	35	34	13	17	9	4.73
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		5-1	45.1	60	22	21	7	10	3	4.17	45
2010-06-01	@SEA	L	3.2	10	5	5	0	0	1	80	21
2010-05-27	NYY	W	7.0	9	2	2	0	2	0	92	53
2010-05-21	MIL	W	7.1	7	3	3	1	2	1	91	53
2010-05-16	@NYY	W	7.0	9	3	3	1	4	0	104	50
2010-05-09	BAL	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	0	0	100	67
2010-05-04	DET	W	9.0	11	3	3	1	2	1	95	54
2010-04-24	@KCR	ND	4.1	10	6	5	2	0	0	75	19

Last 5 v.OAK		0-2	29.2	37	21	21	8	9	7	6.37	40
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
2008-08-18	OAK	L	8.0	6	3	3	2	2	1	99	58

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

 Home:   18-9    Road:   15-14   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  21-16   vsLHP:  12-7    1-Run:  11-8 
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:15-8    vsWest:  9-4  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 56 Sat, Jun  5  @OAK  W   4-3       33-23  1st  3.5 up
 55 Fri, Jun  4  @OAK  W   5-4 (11)  32-23  1st  3.5 up
 54 Thu, Jun  3  @SEA  L   1-4       31-23  1st  2.5 up
 53 Wed, Jun  2  @SEA  L   1-2 (10)  31-22  1st  3.5 up
 52 Tue, Jun  1  @SEA  L   1-7       31-21  1st  4.5 up
 51 Mon, May 31  @SEA  W   5-4       31-20  1st  4.5 up
 50 Sun, May 30   TEX  W   6-3       30-20  1st  3.5 up
 49 Sat, May 29   TEX  W   8-3       29-20  1st  3.5 up
 48 Fri, May 28   TEX  W   2-1       28-20  1st  2.5 up
 47 Thu, May 27   NYY  W   8-2       27-20  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Athletics, 29-28, 29-283rd, 2 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Gio Gonzalez (24, LHP, 5-3, 3.68)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (5-3)			66.0	54	27	27	31	57	4	3.68
2009 (6-7)			98.2	113	68	63	56	109	14	5.75
2008 (1-4)			34.0	32	34	29	25	34	9	7.68

Last 7 GS		3-2	44.0	34	18	18	19	38	3	3.68	56
2010-06-01	@BOS	ND	5.0	7	3	3	4	5	1	108	42
2010-05-27	@BAL	ND	6.1	6	3	3	3	6	0	108	52
2010-05-22	SFG	W	8.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	95	82
2010-05-17	SEA	W	7.0	4	3	3	4	4	1	104	57
2010-05-12	@TEX	L	4.0	9	4	4	0	3	1	97	31
2010-05-07	TBR	L	7.0	3	3	3	5	7	0	103	61
2010-05-01	@TOR	W	6.2	3	2	2	2	8	0	103	66

Last 5 v.MIN		0-1	5.2	18	18	18	6	6	5	28.59	5
2009-09-13	@MIN	L	3.0	8	7	7	3	5	1	78	17
2009-07-20	MIN	ND	2.2	10	11	11	3	1	4	89	-8

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

 Home:   18-11   Road:   11-17   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  19-20   vsLHP:  10-8    1-Run:  10-4 
 vsEast: 10-12   vsCntrl: 5-6    vsWest: 11-10 IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 57 Sat, Jun  5   MIN  L   3-4       29-28  3rd  2.0 gb
 56 Fri, Jun  4   MIN  L   4-5 (11)  29-27  2nd  1.0 gb
 55 Thu, Jun  3  @BOS  W   9-8       29-26  1st    Tied
 54 Wed, Jun  2  @BOS  L   4-6       28-26  2nd  1.0 gb
 53 Tue, Jun  1  @BOS  L   4-9       28-25  1st    Tied
 52 Mon, May 31  @DET  W   4-1       28-24  1st  1.0 up
 51 Sun, May 30  @DET  L   2-10      27-24  1st  0.5 up
 50 Sat, May 29  @DET  W   6-0       27-23  1st  0.5 up
 49 Fri, May 28  @DET  W   5-4       26-23  2nd  0.5 gb
 48 Thu, May 27  @BAL  W   7-5       25-23  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Tue, Jul 21, 2009 MIN  3 @OAK  2 (10)   W:Matt Guerrier (5-0), L: Andrew Bailey (4-3), S: Joe Nathan (26)
Mon, Jul 20, 2009 OAK 14  MIN 13        W:Craig Breslow (3-4), L: Jose Mijares (0-2), S: Michael Wuertz (3)
Thu, Jun 11, 2009 OAK  4  MIN  3        W:Brad Ziegler (1-1), L: Sean Henn (0-2), S: none
Wed, Jun 10, 2009 MIN  6 @OAK  3        W:Matt Guerrier (3-0), L: Andrew Bailey (4-1), S: Joe Nathan (13)
Season Series: 2010 - MIN leads 2-0; 2009 - OAK won 6-4; 2008 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - MIN leads 982-970

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 5.54

FLA 4.47

BAL 3.25

RA/G

SDP 3.31

CHC 4.45

ARI 5.93

J. Morneau .372

J. Uribe .273

C. Pena .169

OBP

J. Morneau .485

D. Pedroia .344

A. Ramirez .233

SLG

M. Cabrera .691

B. Abreu .433

G. Beckham .242

OPS

J. Morneau 1.176

P. Polanco .788

A. Ramirez .525

ERA

U. Jimenez .78

R. Dempster 3.76

G. Floyd 6.64

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.42

M. Cain 6.61

N. Blackburn 2.36

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Twins Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 57.Bowers*
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 63.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 66.Ross
G/S/vB 15.Sheets
G/S/vB 48.Wuertz
G/S/vB 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/14 .161/.188/.194/.381 .433/.308 .161 15/.552 0/0 0/1

27.Hardy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 13/.398 ··· 148/103 .217/.265/.333/.599 .448/.662 .616 40/.333 0/0 3/1

23.Harris G/S/vP 4/1.250 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 3/.666 107/66 .158/.243/.221/.464 .375/.523 .504 44/.185 0/0 1/0

1.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 6/.833 3/1.334 222/145 .305/.377/.421/.799 .746/.826 .721 79/.830 4/0 3/2

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 2/3.500 5/.400 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/1.167 3/2.667 2/.500 197/138 .229/.340/.373/.714 .590/.762 .686 89/.802 0/0 6/2

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 2/3.500 3/.666 4/.500 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· 3/2.667 204/124 .317/.387/.450/.837 .821/.848 .879 103/.782 1/1 2/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 3/5.000 3/1.667 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 3/1.167 235/142 .372/.485/.691/1.176 1.078/1.244 1.255 99/1.286 0/0 13/1

8.Punto# G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 125/82 .206/.290/.262/.552 .438/.560 .379 63/.456 4/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 6/1.583 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 263/175 .265/.346/.348/.694 .727/.677 .478 109/.612 13/1 1/1

25.Thome* G/S/vP 5/.200 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 3/2.334 ··· ··· 12/.834 1/.000 2/.000 120/88 .237/.375/.464/.839 .583/.943 .920 39/.624 0/0 5/0

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 18/14 .167/.167/.167/.333 .500/.286 .333 18/.333 0/1 0/0

19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 12/9 .273/.333/.273/.606 .667/.583 .606 12/.606 1/0 0/0

21.Young G/S/vP 4/.500 3/1.334 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 3/.000 182/122 .270/.313/.448/.761 .768/.758 .771 86/.757 3/1 5/1

IP 66.0 24.0 20.1 2.2 24.2 3.1 29.1 68.1 9.0 27.1 TOTAL .267/.348/.413/.761 .752/.766 .733 .726 28/6 47/18

ERA-K/9

3.68/7.8

1.88/5.6

4.87/9.8

3.38/6.7

2.55/9.5

8.10/5.5

5.83/6.8

5.00/6.9

7.00/7.0

2.96/5.3

4.02/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (4-3-1)
Mauer (23-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 277/.220 95/.207 97/.310 10/.111 100/.193 18/.357 127/.294 294/.271 42/.278 113/.216 .251 Span
Kubel
Young 0/56/0/3
15/0/9/3
46/0/0/2

OPS .621 .566 .840 .311 .642 1.113 .742 .840 .866 .648 .721

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 74/.449 42/.449 39/.468 5/.200 41/.409 6/1.133 59/.773 156/.758 13/1.715 40/1.056 .690

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 203/.685 53/.657 58/1.117 5/.400 59/.810 12/1.101 68/.712 138/.921 29/.519 73/.445 .740

Home 130/.465 55/.491 47/.759 10/.311 41/.560 4/.500 66/.555 146/.664 19/.826 56/.435

Last 28d days 128/.686 52/.714 43/.990 10/.311 50/.467 18/1.113 63/.818 126/.660 34/.864 57/.808

HR/SB/CS 4/3/3 2/2/1 3/0/0 0/0/0 2/3/1 1/0/0 2/2/0 10/12/7 1/0/0 2/1/1 57/32/15

Usage ····X··· ·XX··X·· X·X·Xo·· oo······ ·X·XX··X ········ ·o·oo··· ···X···· o···Xo·· X·XX···X

Athletics Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (3.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP 14/.500 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 6/.533 4/2.167 3/.667 2/.000 251/174 .280/.395/.440/.835 .826/.839 .881 113/.834 0/1 4/8

32.Cust* G/S/vP 15/1.379 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 10/.700 5/.650 3/1.666 2/.000 66/57 .263/.364/.351/.715 1.056/.660 .756 66/.715 0/0 1/1

11.Davis G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· 4/1.167 4/.500 12/1.136 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 210/146 .256/.301/.338/.640 .770/.585 .640 93/.749 23/3 2/1

14.Ellis G/S/vP 9/1.931 ··· 6/1.500 10/.600 12/1.183 7/1.071 1/.000 1/.000 86/68 .307/.388/.413/.802 .849/.789 .676 52/.824 0/0 1/0

50.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 95/40 .216/.263/.307/.570 .656/.447 .487 38/.595 0/0 1/1

18.Gross* G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 3/.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/2.500 110/79 .284/.315/.382/.697 .466/.781 .488 59/.850 1/1 1/0

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.250 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/1.667 229/164 .252/.293/.383/.676 .698/.667 .729 100/.674 0/0 6/4

1.Patterson* G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· ··· 2/.000 6/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 92/71 .212/.264/.459/.723 .243/.869 .709 29/.921 5/0 4/1

2.Pennington# G/S/vP 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 8/.500 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 217/157 .206/.288/.312/.600 .627/.588 .673 91/.364 7/2 3/5

7.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/4.000 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 180/123 .280/.341/.404/.745 .815/.714 .639 83/.786 0/0 4/0

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· 5/1.600 6/.167 14/.536 5/.900 3/.333 1/2.000 149/110 .265/.329/.478/.807 .671/.847 .932 82/.772 0/0 7/3

21.Sweeney* G/S/vP 8/.393 ··· ··· 3/.666 4/.000 3/.333 2/1.000 4/.833 216/164 .305/.347/.395/.742 .616/.779 .800 89/.725 0/1 1/0

IP 64.2 26.1 24.2 27.0 72.2 12.2 11.0 23.0 TOTAL .257/.321/.382/.703 .700/.704 .706 .724 38/9 39/35

ERA-K/9

4.73/2.4

2.39/7.5

5.47/6.9

1.67/5.7

3.10/9.4

6.39/10.6

2.45/6.5

2.74/6.7

3.75/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Fox (1-1-0)
Suzuki (20-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 276/.320 106/.226 106/.270 101/.165 302/.254 55/.260 44/.275 94/.289 .268 Gross
Sweeney
Cust
Patterson
Davis
Fox
Rosales 23/6/13/4
0/0/52/3
6/0/0/2
22/6/0/1
2/51/0/1
7/0/0/0
3/0/0/0

OPS .858 .648 .801 .457 .657 .689 .776 .734 .726

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 131/.850 43/.708 40/1.026 39/.511 56/.411 26/.439 18/.886 47/.741 .709

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 145/.866 63/.604 66/.669 62/.424 246/.715 29/.918 26/.708 47/.727 .737

Road 136/.980 47/.626 68/.809 63/.546 185/.676 33/.880 25/1.011 53/.648

Last 28d days 107/.803 45/.478 49/.870 39/.321 134/.739 22/1.237 28/.437 42/.869

HR/SB/CS 9/0/1 0/2/0 3/1/0 1/1/1 2/3/1 2/2/0 2/0/1 2/0/1 48/31/12

Usage ····X··· o···X·o· X·oX·o·X ·X·X·oo· X····X·· ····X··· ·o·o··o· Xo···oX·

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.