Sunday, September 4, 2011 Game Previews

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Game Preview: MIN @ LAA, 3:35pm, Sunday, September 4, 2011 @Angel Stadium of Anaheim

Twins, 58-80, 58-80 4th, 18½ GB, 26 GB in WC

SP: Kevin Slowey (27, RHP, 0-3, 5.91)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (0-3)			32.0	41	21	21	5	17	5	5.91
2010 (13-6)			155.2	172	80	77	29	116	21	4.45
2009 (10-3)			90.2	113	50	49	15	75	15	4.86

Last 7 GS		2-3	34.2	46	25	23	6	26	5	5.97	43
2011-08-29	@CHW	L	7.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	90	58
2011-08-24	BAL	L	4.2	7	5	5	1	3	1	89	32
2011-08-19	NYY	L	5.2	9	6	6	1	4	2	104	30
2010-09-27	@KCR	ND	1.2	6	6	6	0	1	1	41	20
2010-09-18	OAK	W	6.2	5	2	2	1	8	1	97	63
2010-09-12	@CLE	W	5.0	6	2	0	0	5	0	88	56
2010-09-06	KCR	ND	4.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	77	41

Last 5 v.LAA		2-2	25.0	32	12	12	5	17	5	4.32	47
2010-08-21	LAA	L	3.0	7	4	4	2	2	2	69	29
2010-04-08	@LAA	W	5.1	7	1	1	2	3	0	92	51
2009-04-18	LAA	W	7.0	6	2	2	1	5	1	114	61
2008-08-24	@LAA	ND	6.1	8	2	2	0	5	1	91	54
2008-04-03	LAA	L	3.1	4	3	3	0	2	1	55	42

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

 Home:   29-39   Road:   29-41   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  39-57   vsLHP:  19-23   1-Run:  24-23
 vsEast: 10-28   vsCntrl:26-27   vsWest: 14-15 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
138 Sat, Sep  3  @LAA  L   6-10      58-80  4th 18.5 gb
137 Fri, Sep  2  @LAA  W  13-5       58-79  4th 17.5 gb
136 Wed, Aug 31  @CHW  W   7-6       57-79  4th 18.0 gb
135 Tue, Aug 30  @CHW  L   6-8       56-79  4th 18.0 gb
134 Mon, Aug 29  @CHW  L   0-3       56-78  4th 17.0 gb
133 Sun, Aug 28   DET  W  11-4       56-77  4th 17.0 gb
132 Sat, Aug 27   DET  L   4-6       55-77  4th 18.0 gb
131 Fri, Aug 26   DET  L   1-8       55-76  4th 17.0 gb
130 Thu, Aug 25   BAL  L   1-6       55-75  4th 16.0 gb
129 Wed, Aug 24   BAL  L   1-6       55-74  4th 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 8-22

Angels, 75-64, 75-64 2nd, 3½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Joel Pineiro (32, RHP, 5-6, 5.33)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (5-6)			123.1	160	80	73	33	50	14	5.33
2010 (10-7)			152.1	155	66	65	34	92	15	3.84
2009 (15-12)			214.0	218	94	83	27	105	11	3.49

Last 7 GS		1-3	32.1	55	34	32	9	13	6	8.91	32
2011-08-29	@SEA	ND	6.0	7	3	3	2	2	0	89	46
2011-08-20	BAL	ND	6.0	9	4	4	0	2	1	81	40
2011-08-03	MIN	L	4.1	7	7	7	1	2	2	80	22
2011-07-28	@DET	ND	3.1	7	6	5	1	0	1	64	23
2011-07-23	@BAL	L	5.1	11	3	3	0	0	1	82	34
2011-07-17	@OAK	L	0.1	4	8	7	4	0	1	37	9
2011-07-09	SEA	W	7.0	10	3	3	1	7	0	105	51

Last 5 v.MIN		0-4	29.0	38	25	22	12	10	5	6.83	36
2011-08-03	MIN	L	4.1	7	7	7	1	2	2	80	22
2010-04-08	MIN	L	6.0	5	3	3	3	2	1	103	49
2009-06-28	MIN	L	6.2	8	5	3	0	2	1	92	44
2006-06-08	MIN	L	5.1	9	7	6	6	2	0	106	20
2006-05-28	@MIN	ND	6.2	9	3	3	2	2	1	100	44

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

 Home:   39-29   Road:   36-35   ExtrInn: 8-11
 vsRHP:  47-42   vsLHP:  28-22   1-Run:  26-25
 vsEast: 16-18   vsCntrl:24-18   vsWest: 22-23 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
139 Sat, Sep  3   MIN  W  10-6       75-64  2nd  3.5 gb
138 Fri, Sep  2   MIN  L   5-13      74-64  2nd  4.5 gb
137 Thu, Sep  1  @SEA  W   4-3       74-63  2nd  3.5 gb
136 Wed, Aug 31  @SEA  L   1-2       73-63  2nd  3.5 gb
135 Tue, Aug 30  @SEA  W  13-6       73-62  2nd  3.5 gb
134 Mon, Aug 29  @SEA  L   3-5       72-62  2nd  3.5 gb
133 Sun, Aug 28  @TEX  L   5-9       72-61  2nd  3.0 gb
132 Sat, Aug 27  @TEX  W   8-4       72-60  2nd  2.0 gb
131 Fri, Aug 26  @TEX  L   7-11      71-60  2nd  3.0 gb
130 Wed, Aug 24   CHW  W   8-0       71-59  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 03, 2011 LAA 10  MIN  6        W:Jered Weaver (16-7), L: Phil Dumatrait (1-3), S: none
Fri, Sep 02, 2011 MIN 13 @LAA  5        W:Carl Pavano (7-11), L: Tyler Chatwood (6-10), S: none
Thu, Aug 04, 2011 LAA  7  MIN  1        W:Dan Haren (12-6), L: Francisco Liriano (7-9), S: none
Wed, Aug 03, 2011 MIN 11 @LAA  4        W:Anthony Swarzak (3-3), L: Joel Pineiro (5-6), S: none
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 LAA  5  MIN  1        W:Ervin Santana (7-8), L: Brian Duensing (8-9), S: none
Sun, May 29, 2011 LAA  6 @MIN  5        W:Dan Haren (5-3), L: Carl Pavano (2-5), S: Jordan Walden (12)
Sat, May 28, 2011 MIN  1  LAA  0 (10)   W:Alex Burnett (1-3), L: Hisanori Takahashi (1-1), S: none
Fri, May 27, 2011 LAA  6 @MIN  5        W:Scott Downs (3-1), L: Jim Hoey (0-2), S: Jordan Walden (11)

Sun, Aug 22, 2010 MIN  4  LAA  0        W:Scott Baker (11-9), L: Jered Weaver (11-9), S: none
Sat, Aug 21, 2010 LAA  9 @MIN  3        W:Francisco Rodriguez (1-3), L: Kevin Slowey (11-6), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - LAA over 5-3; 2010 - MIN won 5-2; 2009 - LAA won 6-4; All-Time - LAA leads 346-323

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 2011 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 5.44 CLE 4.20 SFG 3.37	RA/G PHI 3.29 BOS 4.25 BAL 5.27	BA A. Gonzalez .342 C. Pennington .272 A. Dunn .163	OBP J. Bautista .448 C. Lee .338 A. Rios .254	SLG J. Bautista .634 V. Martinez .442 A. Dunn .288	OPS J. Bautista 1.082 C. Lee .782 A. Rios .574	ERA J. Cueto 2.29 T. Stauffer 3.76 B. Duensing 5.34	K/9IP Z. Greinke 10.67 D. Hudson 6.93 B. Penny 3.74

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.44

CLE 4.20

SFG 3.37

RA/G

PHI 3.29

BOS 4.25

BAL 5.27

A. Gonzalez .342

C. Pennington .272

A. Dunn .163

OBP

J. Bautista .448

C. Lee .338

A. Rios .254

SLG

J. Bautista .634

V. Martinez .442

A. Dunn .288

OPS

J. Bautista 1.082

C. Lee .782

A. Rios .574

ERA

J. Cueto 2.29

T. Stauffer 3.76

B. Duensing 5.34

K/9IP

Z. Greinke 10.67

D. Hudson 6.93

B. Penny 3.74

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Twins Batters (3.93 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (3.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Pineiro
G/S/vB 38.Cassevah
G/S/vB 52.Chatwood
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 49.Ramirez*
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 21.Takahashi*
G/S/vB 63.Thompson
G/S/vB 51.Walden
G/S/vB 57.Williams
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 215/155 .168/.203/.243/.445 .610/.382 .440 40/.329 0/0 2/5

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 20/.472 1/.000 5/.000 10/.422 8/2.025 20/.938 4/1.250 2/.500 3/.666 1/2.000 508/347 .287/.352/.468/.821 1.047/.722 .792 51/.512 8/1 18/7

38.Hughes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 252/166 .242/.312/.379/.691 .658/.708 .710 54/.987 1/2 7/5

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 11/.546 1/.000 6/1.167 7/.286 5/1.000 9/.583 5/2.200 ··· 3/.666 ··· 376/248 .283/.340/.455/.795 .768/.809 .846 91/.679 1/0 12/1

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 26/1.731 ··· ··· 13/.962 10/.633 15/.795 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 293/177 .293/.352/.361/.712 .572/.802 .686 68/.782 0/0 1/4

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 20/1.332 ··· 3/.666 16/.393 10/1.300 17/1.742 2/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 288/193 .227/.285/.333/.618 .401/.728 .587 57/.612 0/0 4/1

1.Nishioka# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 233/153 .228/.278/.251/.529 .449/.572 .503 49/.643 2/4 0/11

24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/5.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 215/152 .249/.318/.430/.748 .807/.723 .749 94/.871 2/3 7/5

18.Repko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 127/80 .239/.282/.308/.590 .613/.577 .496 16/.850 7/1 2/1

11.Revere* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 381/245 .251/.299/.288/.587 .550/.607 .684 97/.572 25/7 0/7

32.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 92/65 .165/.217/.235/.453 .542/.415 .497 14/.148 0/0 1/0

23.Tosoni* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 136/116 .187/.265/.293/.557 .522/.563 .597 58/.556 0/2 3/2

19.Valencia G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 5/1.200 ··· 1/2.000 4/.833 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 530/392 .251/.300/.401/.701 .851/.648 .655 88/.840 2/4 15/18

IP 123.1 31.0 134.0 45.0 5.1 31.1 57.1 49.2 51.0 17.2 TOTAL .248/.307/.363/.670 .677/.667 .664 .677 72/31 92/99

ERA-K/9

5.33/3.6

2.90/5.5

4.63/4.8

1.40/5.6

10.13/5.1

4.60/7.5

3.92/7.1

3.08/9.4

2.65/9.9

4.58/7.1

3.65/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (36-17-6)
Mauer (26-12-3)
Rivera (13-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 540/.321 123/.219 594/.295 180/.195 29/.538 146/.228 241/.250 210/.230 212/.222 75/.310 .254 Kubel
Cuddyer
Tosoni
Revere
Repko
Plouffe
Mauer 7/0/50/9
0/0/66/5
32/0/2/3
9/70/5/3
24/5/22/2
3/0/11/1
0/0/1/0

OPS .841 .615 .813 .543 1.282 .674 .712 .653 .615 .811 .703

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 281/.884 56/.797 348/.888 78/.463 15/.829 69/.770 113/.776 102/.618 118/.694 32/.656 .718

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 259/.794 67/.472 246/.709 102/.603 14/1.798 77/.589 128/.652 108/.684 94/.519 43/.931 .686

Home 283/.853 59/.476 348/.849 80/.320 15/1.400 78/.619 119/.694 106/.558 101/.552 35/.697

Last 28d days 87/.833 54/.735 61/1.146 37/.767 7/1.000 36/.946 40/.818 40/.645 25/.724 75/.811

HR/SB/CS 14/5/1 1/4/1 12/11/7 3/0/0 1/1/0 1/5/0 7/6/2 5/4/1 1/13/1 2/0/0 115/110/33

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

Angels Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 59.Slowey
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 58.Diamond*
G/S/vB 54.Dumatrait*
G/S/vB 37.Hoey
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 17.Oliveros
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 16/1.305 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.917 5/.650 10/.500 1/.000 16/1.339 10/.522 524/369 .252/.356/.355/.711 .611/.753 .693 71/.712 18/4 6/1

2.Aybar# G/S/vP 11/.664 ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· 5/.400 4/.000 1/2.000 10/.844 10/.400 514/349 .266/.301/.400/.701 .547/.770 .678 90/.650 27/4 7/9

25.Bourjos G/S/vP 2/2.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 2/4.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 5/.600 463/305 .275/.327/.445/.772 .955/.679 .840 101/.952 18/7 10/3

39.Branyan* G/S/vP 18/1.111 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 143/130 .202/.301/.379/.680 .490/.698 .865 14/1.595 2/0 5/1

6.Callaspo# G/S/vP 16/1.038 3/.333 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 6/.666 9/.000 3/1.667 11/.637 4/.500 465/317 .279/.353/.365/.718 .672/.740 .655 74/.666 7/0 5/13

16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 186/173 .205/.283/.343/.626 .585/.627 .519 13/.250 0/0 5/5

48.Hunter G/S/vP 13/.808 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 3/1.667 3/.666 3/.000 2/1.000 7/.572 5/.400 560/390 .263/.336/.424/.760 .871/.713 .842 99/.966 4/7 19/3

13.Izturis# G/S/vP 6/.367 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 10/.200 440/289 .279/.341/.392/.733 .821/.685 .603 53/.883 8/6 5/7

47.Kendrick G/S/vP 12/1.417 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 4/.500 3/.000 10/.500 3/.000 496/328 .298/.350/.475/.825 .939/.768 .786 94/.907 12/4 15/5

5.Mathis G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/.500 1/.000 9/.889 4/.000 245/145 .177/.227/.256/.483 .473/.490 .346 28/.467 1/2 2/2

55.Moore* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0

19.Navarro* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0

18.Romine# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/7 .083/.083/.083/.167 .000/.286 .000 6/.000 0/0 0/1

27.Trout G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 85/58 .267/.341/.520/.861 1.162/.720 .857 38/1.344 1/0 5/1

44.Trumbo G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 497/334 .256/.296/.480/.775 .682/.821 .790 95/.689 8/4 25/8

10.Wells G/S/vP 15/1.114 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/5.000 2/.000 2/1.000 7/.453 2/3.000 9/.583 1/.000 441/298 .221/.256/.398/.654 .876/.549 .599 83/.763 8/3 19/3

46.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 103/48 .200/.270/.311/.581 .779/.356 .587 40/.661 0/2 1/1

IP 32.0 47.2 59.1 18.2 35.2 15.0 44.0 37.2 15.1 54.2 74.0 TOTAL .254/.314/.400/.714 .749/.698 .694 .808 114/43 128/76

ERA-K/9

5.91/4.8

5.10/5.8

4.25/4.2

4.82/4.3

4.29/5.5

7.80/6.0

4.50/5.1

5.02/8.1

5.87/5.3

2.47/9.9

4.14/4.3

4.57/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Conger (50-10-1)
Mathis (44-17-5)
Wilson (16-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 139/.318 209/.264 244/.260 81/.278 166/.268 78/.338 205/.277 163/.221 69/.288 220/.234 320/.253 .277 Hunter
Bourjos
Wells
Abreu
Kendrick
Trout
Trumbo
Moore 0/1/120/13
0/125/0/6
93/12/10/4
18/0/10/2
23/0/0/1
6/11/6/0
1/0/10/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .886 .752 .703 .746 .827 1.072 .814 .696 .699 .606 .673 .772

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 53/.825 85/.686 113/.695 19/.722 65/.597 29/1.046 83/.749 78/.661 24/.750 84/.584 166/.569 .713

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 86/.921 124/.800 131/.710 62/.750 101/.984 49/1.087 122/.861 85/.728 45/.673 136/.620 154/.784 .817

Road 67/.780 84/.802 114/.670 23/.611 93/.843 34/1.048 106/.837 82/.863 35/.665 96/.598 123/.646

Last 28d days 77/.949 43/.610 49/.641 52/.725 45/1.172 5/.900 52/.844 33/.603 34/.769 53/.867 71/.855

HR/SB/CS 5/2/0 4/6/1 9/2/0 2/2/0 7/3/1 4/1/0 4/2/3 6/7/0 0/0/0 1/3/2 7/0/0 142/80/37

Usage ·····X·· ·o··o·oo o··o·o·X ···X···· X····o·· ·X······ X···X·o· ···X···· X···X··· ···X··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.