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Game Preview: MIN @ BAL, 7:05pm, Thursday, April 21, 2011 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Twins, 6-12, 6-12 5th, 7 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Scott Baker (29, RHP, 0-2, 4.50)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-2) 18.0 16 9 9 7 15 4 4.50
2010 (12-9) 170.1 186 87 85 43 148 23 4.49
2009 (15-9) 200.0 190 99 97 48 162 28 4.37
Last 7 GS 1-2 36.2 34 17 16 17 38 6 3.93 52
2011-04-16 @TBR ND 7.0 4 1 1 1 6 0 96 70
2011-04-10 OAK L 5.0 7 4 4 2 5 2 99 40
2011-04-04 @NYY L 6.0 5 4 4 4 4 2 96 46
2010-09-29 @KCR ND 5.0 6 2 2 4 9 1 100 52
2010-09-21 CLE ND 5.0 4 2 1 1 7 0 91 59
2010-09-02 DET ND 2.0 3 2 2 2 3 1 46 43
2010-08-27 @SEA W 6.2 5 2 2 3 4 0 101 57
Last 5 v.BAL 4-0 33.0 20 7 7 6 28 3 1.91 66
2010-07-24 @BAL W 7.0 4 2 2 1 8 1 89 68
2010-05-08 BAL W 8.0 3 1 1 0 8 1 97 80
2009-08-24 BAL W 7.0 4 1 1 1 5 0 95 69
2008-09-13 @BAL W 6.0 4 1 1 3 4 0 94 61
2008-06-05 BAL ND 5.0 5 2 2 1 3 1 99 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-3    Road:    4-9    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   2-9    vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   4-6 
 vsEast:  4-9    vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 18 Wed, Apr 20  @BAL  L   4-5        6-12  5th  7.0 gb
 17 Tue, Apr 19  @BAL  L   0-11       6-11  5th  6.0 gb
 16 Mon, Apr 18  @BAL  W   5-3        6-10  5th  6.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-12   Last 30: 6-12
Orioles, 8-9, 8-9 3rd, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (32, RHP, 1-2, 3.32)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-2) 19.0 17 7 7 3 9 2 3.32
2010 (11-14) 209.1 193 93 89 50 119 25 3.83
2009 (10-17) 200.0 224 120 112 60 110 35 5.04
Last 7 GS 3-3 45.1 38 17 17 7 29 6 3.38 57
2011-04-16 @CLE L 5.0 10 6 6 1 2 1 98 24
2011-04-10 TEX L 6.0 4 1 1 1 1 1 84 60
2011-04-01 @TBR W 8.0 3 0 0 1 6 0 94 81
2010-10-01 DET W 8.0 2 0 0 1 5 0 108 82
2010-09-25 @TOR ND 6.1 7 4 4 0 6 3 101 49
2010-09-18 NYY L 5.0 7 6 6 2 5 1 108 32
2010-09-11 @DET W 7.0 5 0 0 1 4 0 108 70
Last 5 v.MIN 3-0 27.1 26 9 9 2 17 5 2.96 57
2010-07-23 MIN W 7.0 6 2 2 0 6 1 99 63
2010-05-08 @MIN W 6.2 5 3 3 1 5 2 110 56
2009-08-26 @MIN W 7.0 6 1 1 0 5 0 112 66
2007-08-24 MIN ND 6.2 9 3 3 1 1 2 93 44
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-4    Road:    3-5    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   7-6    vsLHP:   1-3    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  3-2    vsCntrl: 4-5    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 17 Wed, Apr 20   MIN  W   5-4        8-9   3rd  2.5 gb
 16 Tue, Apr 19   MIN  W  11-0        7-9   4th  2.5 gb
 15 Mon, Apr 18   MIN  L   3-5        6-9   4th  3.5 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-9    Last 30: 8-9 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 BAL  5  MIN  4        W:Zach Britton (3-1), L: Nick Blackburn (1-3), S: Kevin Gregg (2)
Tue, Apr 19, 2011 BAL 11  MIN  0        W:Jake Arrieta (2-1), L: Carl Pavano (1-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 18, 2011 MIN  5 @BAL  3        W:Francisco Liriano (1-3), L: Chris Tillman (0-2), S: Matt Capps (2)

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
Season Series: 2011 - BAL over 2-1; 2010 - MIN won 5-3; 2009 - BAL won 3-2; All-Time - BAL leads 945-934

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 (4.35 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Guthrie
G/S/vB		 37.Accardo
G/S/vB		 49.Berken
G/S/vB		 51.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB		 63.Gregg
G/S/vB		 43.Johnson
G/S/vB		 57.Rapada*
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 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 155/89 .197/.237/.296/.533 .453/.591 .528 23/.391 0/0 2/5
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 ··· 170/132 .276/.331/.395/.726 .813/.702 .751 43/.370 6/1 1/5
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 13/1.000 2/1.000 3/.333 1/no AB 6/.334 4/.000 1/.000 3/.666 5/.000 675/460 .271/.336/.417/.753 .875/.700 .722 69/.668 7/3 14/6
27.Holm G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· / /// / 11/.455 / /
38.Hughes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 7/3 .286/.286/.714/1.000 .500/1.667 1.000 25/.440 0/1 1/0
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 16/1.001 3/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 3/.333 3/1.167 3/.000 4/1.167 4/1.500 582/399 .249/.323/.427/.750 .655/.792 .753 69/.855 0/1 21/5
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 12/1.250 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 4/.250 3/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 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 3/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 146/89 .228/.324/.346/.671 .523/.767 .842 11/.473 3/2 3/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· 4/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 4/.000 1/.000 705/462 .264/.331/.348/.679 .696/.670 .602 76/.745 26/4 3/4
25.Thome* G/S/vP 25/1.177 1/no AB 6/.834 ··· 7/1.262 9/.476 3/.333 4/1.250 1/no AB 340/246 .283/.412/.627/1.039 .769/1.154 .958 50/.559 0/0 25/
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 100/79 .230/.293/.379/.672 .198/.797 .401 33/.469 1/1 1/2
19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 322/211 .311/.351/.448/.799 .967/.713 .658 71/.626 2/0 7/6
21.Young G/S/vP 16/.393 5/1.800 2/1.000 1/2.000 4/1.167 2/1.000 1/.000 5/2.050 1/2.000 613/419 .298/.333/.493/.826 .927/.781 .841 63/.566 5/4 21/4
IP 209.1 6.2 62.1 24.2 59.0 26.1 9.0 9.2 44.0 TOTAL .231/.284/.314/.598 .542/.628 .584 .598 7/0 6/10
ERA-K/9 3.83/5.1 8.10/4.0 3.03/6.5 4.01/11.3 3.51/8.8 3.42/7.5 4.00/5.0 5.59/7.4 2.86/11.2 4.27/6.5

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 872/.243 34/.400 262/.270 106/.205 254/.237 117/.296 39/.188 49/.341 174/.220 .248  Young
 Kubel
 Repko
 Cuddyer
 Span
 Tolbert
 Casilla
149/0/0/12
16/0/83/7
6/6/39/5
0/2/66/5
0/153/0/5
0/0/1/0
0/1/0/0
OPS .714 1.004 .728 .629 .712 .722 .708 .925 .594 .735
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 445/.783 16/1.255 95/.632 38/.849 124/.732 56/.668 21/.195 20/.683 81/.747 .707
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 427/.643 18/.801 167/.780 68/.495 130/.692 61/.773 18/1.402 29/1.109 93/.465 .765
Home 443/.659 31/1.039 144/.791 60/.695 137/.636 53/.825 13/.657 19/.964 106/.630
Last 28d days 77/.638 26/.850 33/.438 21/.969 29/.934 28/.873 4/.000 37/.851 23/.411
HR/SB/CS 25/5/2 0/1/0 5/2/2 1/2/0 4/2/0 2/0/1 2/0/0 1/0/0 5/1/0 20/5/4
Usage ····X··· ···X·o·o ·X··X·X· ····X·X· o·X···X· o·····X· ··X····· ·o···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 (4.12 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Baker
G/S/vB		 55.Capps
G/S/vB		 61.Hacker
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 66/46 .295/.333/.459/.792 .900/.738 1.064 25/.718 1/1 2/1
9.Fox G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 211/94 .217/.261/.384/.645 .556/.755 .457 16/.750 0/0 7/2
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 21/.536 4/1.000 1/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· 19/1.052 4/.000 643/476 .300/.345/.496/.841 .932/.810 .881 71/.676 4/5 29/2
3.Izturis# G/S/vP 5/.200 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 11/.664 3/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.310 621/457 .284/.325/.442/.767 .666/.804 .827 62/.665 7/7 19/7
25.Lee G/S/vP 3/.666 12/.584 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 10/.775 1/.000 626/452 .260/.347/.428/.774 .777/.773 .798 72/.575 1/3 19/7
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 20/.653 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 5/.933 10/1.467 709/499 .297/.370/.436/.805 .906/.762 .801 73/.626 7/2 12/3
18.Pie* G/S/vP 5/.600 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 308/241 .274/.305/.413/.718 .676/.730 .816 18/.556 5/2 5/1
12.Reynolds G/S/vP 3/1.666 6/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 596/427 .198/.320/.433/.753 .913/.694 .863 63/.631 7/4 32/18
1.Roberts# G/S/vP 18/.804 2/2.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 8/.286 10/.700 261/192 .278/.354/.391/.745 .801/.726 .705 75/.759 12/2 4/3
30.Scott* G/S/vP 14/.857 9/.958 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 517/403 .284/.368/.535/.902 .787/.935 1.091 44/.717 2/0 27/3
32.Wieters# G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 502/372 .249/.319/.377/.695 .564/.744 .670 54/.833 0/1 11/5
IP 170.1 73.0 56.1 32.2 21.2 TOTAL .237/.294/.384/.677 .628/.692 .728 .677 4/1 19/8
ERA-K/9 4.49/7.8 2.47/7.3 /0.0 /0.0 3.83/5.4 3.31/7.7 /0.0 5.82/5.8 4.76/5.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 725/.277 305/.265 / / 252/.273 139/.268 / 98/.337 .264  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 .793 .688 .730 .768 .938 .761
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 361/.830 146/.654 / / 115/.674 62/.776 / 32/.657 .730
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 364/.756 159/.719 / / 137/.775 77/.761 / 66/1.080 .786
Road 359/.839 122/.639 / / 125/.764 65/.633 / 48/.983
Last 28d days 75/.775 39/.626 7/.571 4/.000 28/.989 22/.489 33/1.078 30/.456
HR/SB/CS 23/3/6 6/3/2 // // 3/3/1 4/1/1 // 3/2/1 22/11/5
Usage ····X··· ··XoX·o· ·X······ ··X····· ·o···o·o ··o·X··· ·X··X·X· o··o·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.