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Game Preview: MIN @ BAL, 7:05pm, Monday, April 18, 2011 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Twins, 5-10, 5-10 5th, 6 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Francisco Liriano (27, LHP, 0-3, 9.42)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-3) 14.1 16 15 15 9 12 2 9.42
2010 (14-10) 191.2 184 77 77 58 201 9 3.62
2009 (5-13) 136.2 147 93 88 65 122 21 5.80
Last 7 GS 1-6 33.2 39 30 30 15 31 7 8.02 40
2011-04-13 KCR L 5.0 8 7 7 1 4 0 78 26
2011-04-07 @NYY L 5.0 4 4 4 3 5 0 97 45
2011-04-02 @TOR L 4.1 4 4 4 5 3 2 90 37
2010-09-30 TOR L 5.1 6 5 5 1 6 3 91 41
2010-09-24 @DET L 3.0 4 2 2 1 4 1 58 46
2010-09-19 OAK L 5.0 7 5 5 1 2 1 81 34
2010-09-14 @CHW W 6.0 6 3 3 3 7 0 103 52
Last 5 v.BAL 1-1 13.0 11 5 5 3 9 0 3.46 57
2010-05-08 BAL L 6.0 10 5 5 1 3 0 94 34
2006-06-11 BAL W 7.0 1 0 0 2 6 0 98 79
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-3    Road:    3-7    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   1-8    vsLHP:   4-2    1-Run:   4-5 
 vsEast:  3-7    vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Sun, Apr 17  @TBR  W   4-2        5-10  5th  6.0 gb
 14 Sat, Apr 16  @TBR  L   3-4        4-10  5th  6.0 gb
 13 Fri, Apr 15  @TBR  L   2-5        4-9   5th  5.0 gb
 12 Thu, Apr 14  @TBR  L   3-4 (10)   4-8   5th  4.0 gb
 11 Wed, Apr 13   KCR  L   5-10       4-7   5th  3.5 gb
 10 Tue, Apr 12   KCR  W   4-3 (10)   4-6   4th  3.5 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 10   OAK  L   3-5        3-6   4th  4.0 gb
  8 Sat, Apr  9   OAK  L   0-1        3-5   4th  3.0 gb
  7 Fri, Apr  8   OAK  W   2-1        3-4   4th  2.0 gb
  6 Thu, Apr  7  @NYY  L   3-4        2-4   4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-10   Last 30: 5-10
Orioles, 6-8, 6-8 3rd, 3 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Chris Tillman (23, RHP, 0-1, 7.30)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-1) 12.1 15 10 10 6 11 2 7.30
2010 (2-5) 53.2 51 37 35 31 31 9 5.87
2009 (2-5) 65.0 77 40 39 24 39 15 5.40
Last 7 GS 1-2 35.2 26 20 20 21 26 6 5.05 50
2011-04-13 @NYY L 1.2 9 6 6 1 2 1 57 14
2011-04-07 DET ND 4.2 6 4 4 2 4 1 97 38
2011-04-02 @TBR ND 6.0 0 0 0 3 5 0 101 74
2010-10-01 DET W 7.0 3 1 1 2 7 1 102 72
2010-09-24 @TOR L 6.0 4 5 5 1 3 3 86 46
2010-09-19 NYY ND 3.2 3 3 3 6 1 0 84 38
2010-09-12 @DET ND 6.2 1 1 1 6 4 0 107 66
Last 5 v.MIN 0-1 5.1 6 2 2 3 1 0 3.38 46
2009-08-24 @MIN L 5.1 6 2 2 3 1 0 101 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-3    Road:    3-5    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   5-6    vsLHP:   1-2    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  3-2    vsCntrl: 2-4    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Sun, Apr 17  @CLE  L   2-4        6-8   3rd  3.0 gb
 13 Sat, Apr 16  @CLE  L   3-8        6-7   3rd  2.0 gb
 12 Fri, Apr 15  @CLE  L   2-8        6-6   3rd  1.0 gb
 11 Thu, Apr 14  @NYY  L   5-6 (10)   6-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 10 Wed, Apr 13  @NYY  L   4-7        6-4   1st    Tied
  9 Sun, Apr 10   TEX  L   0-3        6-3   1st  1.0 up
  8 Sat, Apr  9   TEX  L   1-13       6-2   1st  1.0 up
  7 Sat, Apr  9   TEX  W   5-0        6-1   1st  1.0 up
  6 Thu, Apr  7   DET  W   9-5        5-1   1st  1.0 up
  5 Wed, Apr  6   DET  L   3-7        4-1   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-8    Last 30: 6-8 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 25, 2010 MIN 10 @BAL  4        W:Kevin Slowey (9-5), L: Jake Arrieta (3-3), S: none
Sat, Jul 24, 2010 MIN  7 @BAL  2        W:Scott Baker (8-9), L: Brian Matusz (3-11), S: none
Fri, Jul 23, 2010 BAL  3  MIN  2        W:Jeremy Guthrie (4-10), L: Anthony Slama (0-1), S: Alfredo Simon (14)
Thu, Jul 22, 2010 MIN  5 @BAL  0        W:Carl Pavano (12-6), L: Kevin Millwood (2-9), S: none
Sun, May 09, 2010 MIN  6  BAL  0        W:Nick Blackburn (3-1), L: Brian Matusz (2-3), S: none
Sat, May 08, 2010 MIN  6  BAL  1        W:Scott Baker (4-2), L: Kevin Millwood (0-4), S: none
Sat, May 08, 2010 BAL  7 @MIN  3        W:Jeremy Guthrie (1-4), L: Francisco Liriano (4-1), S: none
Thu, May 06, 2010 BAL  2 @MIN  0        W:Brad Bergesen (2-2), L: Carl Pavano (3-3), S: Alfredo Simon (3)
Wed, Aug 26, 2009 BAL  5 @MIN  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (9-12), L: Nick Blackburn (8-9), S: none
Tue, Aug 25, 2009 MIN  7  BAL  6        W:Jose Mijares (2-2), L: Kameron Mickolio (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2011 -  0-0; 2010 - MIN won 5-3; 2009 - BAL won 3-2; All-Time - BAL leads 943-933

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

For the 2010 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

NYY  5.30

ARI  4.40

SEA  3.17

 RA/G

SDP  3.59

CHW  4.35

PIT  5.35

 BA

J. Hamilton  .359

M. Mora  .285

B. Wood  .146

 OBP

J. Morneau  .437

O. Infante  .359

B. Wood  .174

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .633

C. Granderson  .468

B. Wood  .208

 OPS

J. Morneau  1.055

A. Torres  .823

B. Wood  .382

 ERA

F. Hernandez  2.27

C. Pavano  3.75

J. Bonderman  5.53

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.79

M. Cain  7.13

K. Kendrick  4.18

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Twins Batters (3.00 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 24.Tillman
G/S/vB		 37.Accardo
G/S/vB		 35.Bergesen
G/S/vB		 49.Berken
G/S/vB		 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB		 63.Gregg
G/S/vB		 55.Jakubauskas
G/S/vB		 43.Johnson
G/S/vB		 59.Rupe
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 155/89 .197/.237/.296/.533 .453/.591 .528 15/.267 0/0 2/5
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 2/3.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 170/132 .276/.331/.395/.726 .813/.702 .751 35/.389 6/1 1/5
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 6/.334 2/.000 1/no AB 5/.400 5/1.000 4/.000 3/.666 4/.000 675/460 .271/.336/.417/.753 .875/.700 .722 57/.508 7/3 14/6
27.Holm G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 7/.714 / /
38.Hughes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/3 .286/.286/.714/1.000 .500/1.667 1.000 17/.353 0/1 1/0
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 6/.666 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 3/1.667 3/1.167 4/1.167 3/1.334 582/399 .249/.323/.427/.750 .655/.792 .753 57/.878 0/1 21/5
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 6/.833 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.250 4/2.500 3/.000 ··· ··· 348/215 .345/.437/.618/1.055 .966/1.113 1.205 56/.552 0/0 18/1
18.Repko G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 146/89 .228/.324/.346/.671 .523/.767 .842 6/.667 3/2 3/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 7/1.000 3/1.334 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 705/462 .264/.331/.348/.679 .696/.670 .602 62/.829 26/4 3/4
25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 9/.873 6/.834 ··· 7/1.262 1/.000 9/.476 4/1.250 ··· 340/246 .283/.412/.627/1.039 .769/1.154 .958 39/.625 0/0 25/
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 100/79 .230/.293/.379/.672 .198/.797 .401 20/.650 1/1 1/2
19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 322/211 .311/.351/.448/.799 .967/.713 .658 59/.616 2/0 7/6
21.Young G/S/vP ··· 5/1.800 3/1.334 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/1.000 2/2.000 2/1.000 5/2.050 1/2.000 613/419 .298/.333/.493/.826 .927/.781 .841 59/.549 5/4 21/4
IP 53.2 6.2 170.0 62.1 24.2 59.0 0.2 26.1 9.2 44.0 TOTAL .235/.284/.321/.605 .536/.644 .590 .605 7/0 5/9
ERA-K/9 5.87/5.2 8.10/4.0 4.98/4.3 3.03/6.5 4.01/11.3 3.51/8.8 27.00/0.0 3.42/7.5 5.59/7.4 2.86/11.2 4.55/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (21-16-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 236/.255 34/.400 746/.285 262/.270 106/.205 254/.237 4/.500 117/.296 49/.341 174/.220 .256  Young
 Kubel
 Span
 Repko
 Cuddyer
 Casilla
 Tolbert
149/0/0/12
16/0/83/7
0/153/0/5
6/6/39/5
0/2/66/5
0/1/0/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .828 1.004 .828 .728 .629 .712 1.000 .722 .925 .594 .773
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/.930 16/1.255 386/.902 95/.632 38/.849 124/.732 2/2.000 56/.668 20/.683 81/.747 .767
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 119/.733 18/.801 360/.752 167/.780 68/.495 130/.692 2/.000 61/.773 29/1.109 93/.465 .779
Home 126/.929 31/1.039 414/.851 144/.791 60/.695 137/.636 / 53/.825 19/.964 106/.630
Last 28d days 56/.855 26/.850 45/.859 24/.341 21/.969 19/1.068 32/.999 25/.986 34/.934 17/.243
HR/SB/CS 9/3/1 0/1/0 26/9/3 5/2/2 1/2/0 4/2/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 1/0/0 5/1/0 19/5/4
Usage ····X··· X·o·o··· X···X··· ·X·X···· ·X·X···X ···X···X ·o··X··· ···X···X ··X····· X·o·····

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Orioles Batters (3.64 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB		 31.Burnett
G/S/vB		 55.Capps
G/S/vB		 37.Hoey
G/S/vB		 56.Hughes*
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Andino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/46 .295/.333/.459/.792 .900/.738 1.064 15/.421 1/1 2/1
9.Fox G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 211/94 .217/.261/.384/.645 .556/.755 .457 12/.886 0/0 7/2
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 4/1.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 18/.833 3/.000 643/476 .300/.345/.496/.841 .932/.810 .881 58/.586 4/5 29/2
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 6/.666 1/no AB 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 513/361 .230/.277/.268/.545 .504/.559 .515 19/.551 11/5 1/9
10.Jones G/S/vP 4/.500 1/2.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.310 621/457 .284/.325/.442/.767 .666/.804 .827 51/.542 7/7 19/7
25.Lee G/S/vP ··· ··· 12/.584 ··· ··· ··· 9/.873 ··· 626/452 .260/.347/.428/.774 .777/.773 .798 59/.594 1/3 19/7
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.833 9/1.378 709/499 .297/.370/.436/.805 .906/.762 .801 60/.654 7/2 12/3
18.Pie* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 308/241 .274/.305/.413/.718 .676/.730 .816 17/.588 5/2 5/1
12.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 596/427 .198/.320/.433/.753 .913/.694 .863 52/.721 7/4 32/18
1.Roberts# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 7/.333 9/.777 261/192 .278/.354/.391/.745 .801/.726 .705 61/.762 12/2 4/3
30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.393 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 517/403 .284/.368/.535/.902 .787/.935 1.091 36/.672 2/0 27/3
32.Wieters# G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 502/372 .249/.319/.377/.695 .564/.744 .670 43/.612 0/1 11/5
IP 191.2 47.2 73.0 56.1 32.2 21.2 TOTAL .228/.280/.360/.640 .569/.659 .664 .640 4/1 13/7
ERA-K/9 3.62/9.4 5.29/7.0 2.47/7.3 /0.0 3.83/5.4 3.31/7.7 /0.0 5.82/5.8 4.43/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fox (6-3-0)
 Wieters (53-24-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 806/.252 211/.287 305/.265 / 252/.273 139/.268 / 98/.337 .261  Jones
 Pie
 Markakis
 Fox
 Guerrero
 Scott
0/149/0/12
70/9/2/9
0/0/159/7
13/0/0/1
1/0/17/1
14/0/0/0
OPS .670 .847 .688 .730 .768 .938 .743
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 172/.517 76/.946 146/.654 / 115/.674 62/.776 / 32/.657 .706
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 634/.713 135/.794 159/.719 / 137/.775 77/.761 / 66/1.080 .776
Road 368/.704 97/.904 122/.639 / 125/.764 65/.633 / 48/.983
Last 28d days 70/.829 11/.705 35/.548 / 26/.988 20/.483 27/.979 26/.448
HR/SB/CS 9/12/3 6/2/0 6/3/2 // 3/3/1 4/1/1 // 3/2/1 16/11/5
Usage ····X··· ····X··X oX·o·X·· ··o·oo·· ·X···o·X ·X·X·o·· o·o·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.