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Game Preview: MIN @ PHI, 7:05pm, Friday, June 18, 2010 @Citizens Bank Park

Twins, 38-28, 38-281st, 1½ up

SP: Nick Blackburn (28, RHP, 6-3, 4.96)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. PHI Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (6-3) 74.1 99 42 41 16 22 10 4.96
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 4-2 41.2 55 20 20 7 13 3 4.32 46
2010-06-12 ATL ND 7.0 6 2 2 2 5 1 98 60
2010-06-06 @OAK L 2.2 10 5 5 1 0 0 67 17
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
Has never faced PHI as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   23-13   Road:   15-15   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  26-19   vsLHP:  12-9    1-Run:  13-11
 vsEast:  7-10   vsCntrl:17-9    vsWest:  9-5  IL: 5-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 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
 64 Tue, Jun 15   COL  W   9-3       37-27  1st  2.5 up
 63 Sun, Jun 13   ATL  L   3-7       36-27  1st  2.5 up
 62 Sat, Jun 12   ATL  L   2-3       36-26  1st  3.5 up
 61 Fri, Jun 11   ATL  W   2-1       36-25  1st  4.5 up
 60 Thu, Jun 10   KCR  L   8-9       35-25  1st  4.5 up
 59 Wed, Jun  9   KCR  W   6-2       35-24  1st  4.5 up
 58 Tue, Jun  8   KCR  W   7-3       34-24  1st  3.5 up
 57 Sun, Jun  6  @OAK  L   4-5       33-24  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
Phillies, 34-30, 34-303rd, 3½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Joe Blanton (29, RHP, 1-5, 7.28)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (1-5) 47.0 64 40 38 11 26 11 7.28
2009 (12-8) 195.1 198 89 88 59 163 30 4.05
2008 (9-12) 197.2 211 110 103 66 111 22 4.69
Last 7 GS 1-4 40.1 54 36 34 10 22 10 7.59 37
2010-06-12 @BOS L 4.0 13 9 9 1 4 2 100 3
2010-06-06 SDP ND 5.0 11 5 5 0 3 2 99 28
2010-05-31 @ATL L 6.0 8 6 4 1 2 1 95 37
2010-05-26 @NYM L 5.1 6 5 5 4 2 1 99 34
2010-05-20 CHC ND 7.0 5 3 3 1 3 1 71 57
2010-05-15 @MIL W 7.0 6 5 5 1 5 3 104 49
2010-05-08 ATL L 6.0 5 3 3 2 3 0 95 51
Last 5 v.MIN 1-4 35.2 42 22 20 6 20 4 5.05 46
2008-04-22 MIN L 7.2 9 5 4 0 7 1 109 50
2007-07-14 @MIN L 7.2 10 4 4 1 2 0 106 44
2007-06-02 MIN W 9.0 3 0 0 0 6 0 108 87
2006-09-11 @MIN L 5.1 9 6 5 3 1 2 108 26
2006-04-13 @MIN L 6.0 11 7 7 2 4 1 98 24
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-13   Road:   18-17   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  28-20   vsLHP:   6-10   1-Run:   8-7 
 vsEast: 14-15   vsCntrl:11-3    vsWest:  5-7  IL: 4-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 64 Thu, Jun 17  @NYY  W   7-1       34-30  3rd  3.5 gb
 63 Wed, Jun 16  @NYY  W   6-3       33-30  3rd  3.5 gb
 62 Tue, Jun 15  @NYY  L   3-8       32-30  3rd  3.5 gb
 61 Sun, Jun 13  @BOS  W   5-3       32-29  3rd  3.5 gb
 60 Sat, Jun 12  @BOS  L   2-10      31-29  3rd  3.5 gb
 59 Fri, Jun 11  @BOS  L   2-12      31-28  3rd  2.5 gb
 58 Thu, Jun 10   FLA  L   0-2       31-27  2nd  2.5 gb
 57 Tue, Jun  8   FLA  W  10-8       31-26  2nd  2.0 gb
 56 Mon, Jun  7   SDP  L   1-3       30-26  2nd  2.0 gb
 55 Sun, Jun  6   SDP  L   5-6 (10)  30-25  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 13, 2004 PHI  2 @MIN  1        W:Rheal Cormier (3-3), L: Aaron Fultz (2-2), S: Billy Wagner (9)
Sat, Jun 12, 2004 MIN  6  PHI  1        W:Carlos Silva (7-3), L: Kevin Millwood (4-5), S: none
Fri, Jun 11, 2004 PHI 11 @MIN  6        W:Tim Worrell (2-2), L: Terry Mulholland (0-2), S: none
Sun, Jun 23, 2002 MIN  5 @PHI  1        W:Tony Fiore (6-2), L: Randy Wolf (3-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 22, 2002 MIN  4 @PHI  1 (11)   W:LaTroy Hawkins (2-0), L: Dan Plesac (2-3), S: Eddie Guardado (21)
Fri, Jun 21, 2002 PHI  3  MIN  0        W:Brandon Duckworth (4-4), L: Kyle Lohse (6-5), S: Jose Mesa (19)
Season Series: 2010 -  0-0; 2009 -  0-0; 2008 -  0-0; All-Time - Tied 3-3

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  5.56

COL  4.55

PIT  3.24

 RA/G

SDP  3.30

TEX  4.41

ARI  5.82

 BA

R. Cano  .372

J. Cantu  .276

A. Ramirez  .168

 OBP

J. Morneau  .445

C. Blake  .350

A. Ramirez  .232

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .647

B. Hawpe  .450

C. Izturis  .244

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.058

A. LaRoche  .803

A. Ramirez  .517

 ERA

U. Jimenez  1.15

C. Pavano  3.92

K. Davies  6.01

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.29

K. Slowey  6.60

N. Blackburn  2.66

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Twins Batters (4.65 RS/G) vs. Phillies Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Blanton
G/S/vB		 55.Baez
G/S/vB		 52.Contreras
G/S/vB		 37.Durbin
G/S/vB		 57.Herndon
G/S/vB		 38.Kendrick
G/S/vB		 54.Lidge
G/S/vB		 47.Mathieson
G/S/vB		 50.Moyer*
G/S/vB		 16.Romero*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/20 .154/.195/.179/.375 .372/.377 .139 19/.498 0/0 0/1
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 17/.635 6/.666 31/.433 6/.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 13/1.135 1/5.000 270/187 .274/.341/.444/.785 .993/.698 .760 85/.833 2/0 7/1
23.Harris G/S/vP 9/.819 3/.666 3/1.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 118/72 .160/.237/.217/.454 .422/.476 .504 32/.158 0/0 1/0
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 18/1.257 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 236/165 .248/.347/.426/.773 .666/.817 .671 96/.936 0/0 9/2
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 17/.686 7/2.314 26/.938 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 10/1.100 4/.750 244/152 .310/.389/.437/.826 .755/.869 .860 100/.724 1/2 2/3
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 23/.696 7/.629 34/.332 8/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 274/173 .336/.445/.606/1.051 1.007/1.078 1.243 97/.844 0/0 13/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/24 .130/.125/.174/.299 .000/.327 21/.108 0/0 0/1
8.Punto# G/S/vP 18/.575 5/.600 37/.799 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 160/108 .237/.310/.302/.612 .626/.574 .450 68/.656 5/0 0/3
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 7/1.071 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 305/205 .278/.351/.359/.710 .774/.679 .491 105/.644 13/1 1/1
25.Thome* G/S/vP 12/1.012 3/2.334 ··· 20/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 4/.250 ··· 40/.671 18/.922 127/93 .243/.378/.476/.854 .640/.940 .954 32/.823 0/0 5/0
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/35 .214/.277/.310/.586 .160/.753 .279 44/.595 0/1 1/1
19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/27 .351/.385/.378/.763 .780/.755 .481 39/.763 1/0 0/0
21.Young G/S/vP 11/.819 4/.250 6/1.166 5/.533 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 216/147 .292/.333/.492/.826 .800/.837 .814 86/.917 3/1 8/2
IP 47.0 27.0 22.0 31.1 23.0 76.1 9.0 81.1 11.1 TOTAL .270/.347/.413/.760 .748/.766 .732 .727 29/7 54/27
ERA-K/9 7.28/5.0 4.33/4.7 1.23/11.5 3.16/8.6 4.30/3.5 4.48/4.2 2.00/13.0 /0.0 4.76/4.3 3.18/8.0 3.95/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (5-5-1)
 Mauer (24-9-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 218/.317 121/.280 86/.200 131/.219 100/.358 323/.266 38/.229 / 335/.244 53/.195 .258  Cuddyer
 Young
 Kubel
 Span
0/2/57/4
56/0/0/4
16/0/11/3
0/65/0/3
OPS .898 .854 .584 .655 .853 .773 .661 .714 .658 .735
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 106/.967 48/1.163 39/.720 52/.663 31/.820 152/.845 16/.527 / 56/.804 26/.839 .781
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 112/.835 73/.657 47/.484 79/.650 69/.868 171/.709 22/.749 / 279/.696 27/.451 .708
Home 110/.817 59/1.003 33/.500 56/.513 22/.652 139/.879 26/.644 / 138/.497 23/.540
Last 28d days 107/1.051 38/.912 32/.733 53/.777 41/.676 131/.653 24/.564 / 123/.752 26/.663
HR/SB/CS 11/6/0 4/2/1 1/2/0 2/1/0 0/1/0 9/2/1 1/0/0 // 13/7/1 1/1/0 66/38/11
Usage ·····X·· ··X····X X···oX·· ·····X·· ··o···X· X·····X· ·X··o··· ·X····X· o···XX··
Phillies Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (3.85 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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.Castro G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 115/89 .222/.246/.269/.514 .519/.512 .542 41/.411 0/0 0/5
19.Dobbs* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 71/64 .154/.214/.246/.460 .286/.481 .414 33/.285 1/0 1/2
10.Francisco G/S/vP 12/.166 ··· 2/.000 6/.834 5/.000 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 74/44 .231/.301/.292/.594 .596/.592 .683 46/.651 2/0 0/0
3.Gload* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 6/.666 6/.834 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 49/48 .208/.224/.354/.579 /.562 .278 22/.608 0/0 2/1
6.Howard* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 12/1.167 279/180 .282/.341/.463/.803 .632/.899 .823 95/.686 0/0 11/7
29.Ibanez* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 5/.200 11/1.245 11/.182 19/.378 ··· 2/.000 246/186 .245/.337/.389/.727 .633/.759 .692 84/.686 1/1 4/1
27.Polanco G/S/vP 19/.378 ··· 15/1.071 19/.529 25/.572 10/1.278 4/.750 5/.200 248/177 .310/.343/.432/.775 .695/.805 .758 66/.762 3/0 5/4
51.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.334 182/141 .275/.401/.369/.770 .915/.730 .729 60/.586 0/0 2/1
23.Schneider* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 45/39 .278/.395/.333/.729 .650/.738 .871 23/1.000 0/0 0/1
26.Utley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 16/.527 273/186 .257/.377/.451/.829 1.060/.725 1.072 97/.495 4/1 10/7
21.Valdez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 110/80 .245/.252/.330/.583 .464/.625 .310 57/.569 2/0 0/2
8.Victorino# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/1.000 286/203 .255/.322/.471/.793 .952/.743 .881 97/.765 15/1 11/0
28.Werth G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 252/184 .281/.369/.544/.913 .830/.937 1.037 82/.603 4/1 11/2
IP 74.1 32.1 25.2 29.0 87.2 18.1 13.2 26.0 TOTAL .256/.329/.406/.735 .740/.733 .756 .610 34/4 59/42
ERA-K/9 4.96/2.7 2.78/7.2 5.26/7.0 1.86/5.3 2.98/9.5 4.42/8.4 2.63/6.6 2.42/6.9 3.67/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ruiz (26-8-3)
 Schneider (11-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 323/.328 131/.233 117/.278 112/.182 359/.245 78/.250 59/.296 104/.270 .265  Werth
 Ibanez
 Francisco
 Victorino
 Gload
 Dobbs
0/2/59/3
58/0/0/1
9/1/7/1
0/62/0/1
1/0/4/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .876 .661 .815 .504 .633 .628 .863 .681 .720
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 160/.875 52/.709 46/.976 43/.565 74/.408 37/.416 27/.742 52/.708 .698
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 163/.877 79/.626 71/.709 69/.465 285/.694 41/.825 32/.956 52/.655 .736
Road 154/1.031 50/.585 68/.809 63/.546 185/.676 40/.772 25/1.011 53/.648
Last 28d days 95/.949 44/.473 41/.590 42/.411 141/.591 33/.704 26/.846 41/.841
HR/SB/CS 10/0/2 1/2/0 3/1/0 1/1/1 2/3/1 2/3/0 3/0/1 2/0/1 58/33/14
Usage ·····X·· X·X·o··X ····X··X ·o···X·o X·····X· o···X··X ·o··Xo·· ·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.