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Game Preview: MIN @ CHW, 2:10pm, Wednesday, May 4, 2011 @U.S. Cellular Field

Twins, 10-18, 10-18 4th, 10 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (29, RHP, 1-4, 5.14)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-4) 28.0 37 20 16 9 14 5 5.14
2010 (10-12) 161.0 194 101 97 40 68 25 5.42
2009 (11-11) 205.2 240 103 92 41 98 25 4.03
Last 7 GS 1-6 39.1 48 30 26 12 24 9 5.95 42
2011-04-28 TBR L 3.1 8 7 5 4 0 1 86 16
2011-04-20 @BAL L 7.0 7 5 5 1 4 2 88 46
2011-04-15 @TBR L 6.0 10 5 5 0 6 1 87 38
2011-04-09 OAK L 6.0 6 1 0 3 2 0 106 57
2011-04-03 @TOR W 5.2 6 2 1 1 2 1 93 52
2010-10-03 TOR L 7.0 3 2 2 1 6 2 96 68
2010-09-28 @KCR L 4.1 8 8 8 2 4 2 82 17
Last 5 v.CHW 3-1 33.2 40 15 15 2 17 3 4.01 50
2010-07-18 CHW ND 5.0 9 5 5 0 1 0 86 30
2010-04-11 @CHW L 7.2 8 5 5 1 0 3 98 42
2009-09-21 @CHW W 7.0 8 0 0 0 6 0 101 67
2009-08-31 CHW W 7.0 6 1 1 0 7 0 99 68
2009-07-10 CHW W 7.0 9 4 4 1 3 0 99 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-6    Road:    6-12   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   6-14   vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   6-7 
 vsEast:  5-12   vsCntrl: 4-4    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 28 Tue, May  3  @CHW  W   1-0       10-18  4th 10.0 gb
 27 Sun, May  1  @KCR  L   3-10       9-18  4th 10.0 gb
 26 Sat, Apr 30  @KCR  L   2-11       9-17  4th  9.0 gb
 25 Fri, Apr 29  @KCR  L   3-4        9-16  4th  8.0 gb
 24 Thu, Apr 28   TBR  L   1-6        9-15  4th  7.0 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 28   TBR  L   3-15       9-14  4th  7.0 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 27   TBR  L   2-8        9-13  4th  5.5 gb
 21 Sun, Apr 24   CLE  W   4-3        9-12  4th  4.0 gb
 20 Sat, Apr 23   CLE  W  10-3        8-12  4th  5.0 gb
 19 Thu, Apr 21  @BAL  W   3-1        7-12  5th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-18
WhiteSox, 11-20, 11-20 5th, 10½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: John Danks (26, LHP, 0-4, 3.92)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-4) 39.0 41 17 17 11 36 5 3.92
2010 (15-11) 213.0 189 93 88 70 162 18 3.72
2009 (13-11) 200.1 184 89 84 73 149 28 3.77
Last 7 GS 1-4 45.0 46 19 19 14 42 6 3.80 54
2011-04-29 BAL L 6.0 8 5 5 1 3 2 107 38
2011-04-24 @DET L 6.0 9 3 3 2 8 0 113 48
2011-04-19 @TBR L 7.0 7 2 2 0 5 0 105 60
2011-04-13 OAK ND 8.0 5 1 1 3 7 1 109 72
2011-04-08 TBR ND 6.0 6 4 4 4 5 1 105 45
2011-04-03 @CLE L 6.0 6 2 2 1 8 1 104 59
2010-09-30 BOS W 6.0 5 2 2 3 6 1 103 57
Last 5 v.MIN 2-2 35.0 42 19 19 8 22 3 4.89 48
2010-09-14 MIN L 7.0 9 4 4 0 3 1 92 46
2010-08-17 @MIN ND 7.0 11 5 5 1 4 2 104 38
2010-08-11 MIN W 8.0 6 1 1 2 7 0 116 71
2010-07-15 @MIN W 6.0 9 6 6 2 5 0 111 33
2010-05-12 @MIN L 7.0 7 3 3 3 3 0 109 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-10   Road:    6-10   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:   9-14   vsLHP:   2-6    1-Run:   2-5 
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl: 3-6    vsWest:  1-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Tue, May  3   MIN  L   0-1       11-20  5th 10.5 gb
 30 Mon, May  2   BAL  W   6-2       11-19  4th  9.5 gb
 29 Sun, May  1   BAL  L   4-6       10-19  4th 10.0 gb
 28 Sat, Apr 30   BAL  L   2-6       10-18  4th  9.0 gb
 27 Fri, Apr 29   BAL  L   4-10      10-17  4th  8.0 gb
 26 Thu, Apr 28  @NYY  L   3-12      10-16  4th  7.0 gb
 25 Wed, Apr 27  @NYY  L   1-3       10-15  5th  6.0 gb
 24 Tue, Apr 26  @NYY  W   3-2       10-14  5th  5.0 gb
 23 Mon, Apr 25  @NYY  W   2-0        9-14  5th  5.0 gb
 22 Sun, Apr 24  @DET  L   0-3        8-14  5th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 03, 2011 MIN  1 @CHW  0        W:Francisco Liriano (2-4), L: Edwin Jackson (2-4), S: none

Thu, Sep 16, 2010 MIN  8 @CHW  5        W:Carl Pavano (17-11), L: Mark Buehrle (12-11), S: Matt Capps (39)
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 MIN  9 @CHW  3        W:Brian Duensing (9-2), L: Gavin Floyd (10-13), S: none
Tue, Sep 14, 2010 MIN  9 @CHW  3        W:Francisco Liriano (14-7), L: John Danks (13-11), S: none
Thu, Aug 19, 2010 CHW 11 @MIN  0        W:Mark Buehrle (12-9), L: Carl Pavano (15-8), S: none
Wed, Aug 18, 2010 MIN  7  CHW  6        W:Jeff Manship (1-0), L: Gavin Floyd (8-10), S: Matt Capps (31)
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 MIN  7  CHW  6 (10)   W:Ron Mahay (1-1), L: Matt Thornton (3-4), S: none
Thu, Aug 12, 2010 MIN  6 @CHW  1        W:Francisco Liriano (11-7), L: Gavin Floyd (8-9), S: none
Wed, Aug 11, 2010 CHW  6  MIN  1        W:John Danks (12-8), L: Glen Perkins (0-1), S: none
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 MIN 12 @CHW  6        W:Scott Baker (10-9), L: Freddy Garcia (10-5), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - MIN over 1-0; 2010 - MIN won 13-5; 2009 - MIN won 12-6; All-Time - CHW leads 1074-993

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  5.41

TBR  4.24

MIN  3.07

 RA/G

PHI  3.25

SEA  4.27

HOU  5.34

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 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

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 ERA

J. Johnson  .88

J. Lannan  3.78

R. Dempster  8.05

 K/9IP

M. Garza  11.86

M. Bumgarner  6.83

D. Moseley  3.72

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

Twins Batters (3.07 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB		 26.Crain
G/S/vB		 60.Gray
G/S/vB		 77.Ohman*
G/S/vB		 57.Pena
G/S/vB		 49.Sale*
G/S/vB		 46.Santos
G/S/vB		 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 53/49 .100/.151/.140/.291 .500/.273 .333 49/.273 0/0 0/1
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 16/.321 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 75/58 .194/.257/.284/.540 .294/.618 .571 65/.529 2/0 0/4
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 51/1.365 ··· ··· 2/.000 11/.873 2/1.000 3/1.167 15/.481 105/75 .227/.286/.351/.636 .956/.511 .622 89/.694 2/0 3/2
27.Holm G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/16 .118/.167/.176/.343 .000/.388 .445 18/.343 0/0 0/0
38.Hughes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/35 .234/.265/.319/.584 .929/.441 .493 49/.584 0/0 1/0
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 41/.752 ··· ··· 1/no AB 6/1.334 1/no AB 1/.000 14/.500 110/75 .350/.400/.530/.930 .718/1.030 .986 92/.968 1/0 3/0
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 41/1.222 ··· ··· 4/.833 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 23/.260 91/61 .217/.286/.325/.611 .237/.805 .571 74/.641 0/0 1/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
18.Repko G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.667 2/.500 29/22 .208/.296/.208/.505 .167/.596 .358 27/.547 1/0 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 43/.878 ··· ··· 2/1.000 7/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 7/.200 122/88 .283/.336/.363/.699 .557/.751 .701 100/.660 2/0 1/0
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 49/42 .167/.167/.250/.417 .286/.439 .353 44/.419 0/0 0/1
19.Valencia G/S/vP 9/.555 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 1/no AB 109/84 .214/.294/.316/.610 1.049/.477 .653 90/.617 1/1 2/2
IP 39.0 14.1 10.1 9.2 9.1 11.1 13.0 9.1 TOTAL .229/.290/.324/.614 .597/.620 .600 .628 11/1 13/17
ERA-K/9 3.92/8.3 1.26/11.3 3.48/3.5 7.45/10.2 9.64/6.8 7.15/10.4 0.00/11.1 7.71/11.6 4.37/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (7-4-0)
 Holm (5-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 168/.266 54/.122 44/.282 45/.325 49/.372 56/.306 49/.159 53/.341 .262  Kubel
 Repko
 Cuddyer
 Span
3/0/16/3
5/2/2/1
0/0/13/0
0/26/0/0
OPS .745 .408 .802 .914 .937 .974 .449 .927 .737
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/.642 22/.234 20/.589 24/.654 20/.911 21/.888 26/.641 21/.750 .749
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 106/.806 32/.519 24/.982 21/1.179 29/.948 35/1.010 23/.224 32/1.038 .725
Home 85/.756 35/.426 20/.644 14/.593 22/.636 30/1.260 22/.282 31/1.007
Last 28d days 143/.762 44/.334 44/.802 28/.582 41/.900 37/1.045 33/.345 40/.969
HR/SB/CS 5/2/0 1/2/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 3/0/0 0/1/0 2/3/0 31/25/2
Usage ····X··· ·XX·X·o· ···X·X·· ··X··X·· ·····X·· ·X··X··· ·oo····o X··Xo··o
WhiteSox Batters (3.84 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
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
15.Beckham G/S/vP 15/1.067 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 5/.800 4/1.000 6/1.500 9/1.500 116/85 .208/.261/.311/.572 .336/.658 .619 90/.488 1/1 2/0
27.Castro G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/7 .222/.276/.370/.646 .768/.286 .133 24/.477 0/0 1/0
32.Dunn* G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/1.587 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 99/80 .157/.293/.289/.582 .105/.701 .525 80/.482 0/0 3/0
14.Konerko G/S/vP 36/.508 2/1.500 3/.000 ··· 4/1.833 1/.000 18/.690 19/.872 129/100 .298/.364/.535/.899 .713/.958 .991 104/.904 0/1 8/1
18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 32/14 .321/.387/.643/1.030 1.471/.452 1.505 29/1.149 3/2 3/0
22.Morel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/54 .187/.197/.240/.437 .182/.543 .389 57/.361 1/1 0/4
1.Pierre* G/S/vP 7/.000 2/.000 8/.858 ··· 6/.533 2/.000 4/2.000 5/.933 135/100 .248/.321/.274/.594 1.053/.440 .637 109/.555 6/8 0/4
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 31/.936 2/1.500 5/1.400 ··· 9/.958 6/.334 14/.368 11/.273 100/88 .258/.286/.312/.598 .417/.623 .547 79/.567 0/0 1/1
20.Quentin G/S/vP 24/1.094 3/.333 3/.666 ··· 4/.250 3/1.334 3/.333 12/1.084 129/99 .283/.372/.558/.930 .692/.993 .605 106/.790 0/1 6/0
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 28/1.014 1/.000 5/1.000 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 3/.000 18/.921 124/91 .250/.317/.357/.674 .678/.673 .866 100/.672 2/2 3/6
51.Rios G/S/vP 12/.583 3/.666 6/.533 4/1.250 4/.500 ··· 5/1.200 14/1.143 122/93 .164/.238/.255/.492 .458/.502 .716 96/.519 4/1 2/1
23.Teahen* G/S/vP 19/.389 1/.000 3/2.334 ··· 3/.666 6/.900 16/.521 7/.572 49/41 .256/.347/.372/.719 .542/.747 .906 44/.726 0/0 1/1
11.Vizquel# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 4/1.750 3/.333 5/1.000 3/1.667 31/26 .276/.323/.310/.633 .800/.599 .780 28/.555 1/0 0/0
IP 28.0 4.2 12.2 4.2 10.2 8.0 9.0 13.2 TOTAL .236/.304/.363/.668 .627/.682 .696 .628 18/17 30/19
ERA-K/9 5.14/4.5 3.86/5.7 3.55/4.3 5.79/7.7 10.13/8.4 4.50/7.9 10.00/7.0 0.66/5.9 4.87/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (8-1-1)
 Pierzynski (17-1-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 127/.316 22/.267 49/.217 25/.417 53/.356 36/.214 44/.257 50/.222 .270  Rios
 Quentin
 Lillibridge
 Pierre
 Teahen
0/29/0/1
0/0/27/1
2/3/8/0
29/0/0/0
3/0/2/0
OPS .875 .788 .599 1.232 1.056 .639 .929 .569 .782
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 65/.998 10/.929 26/.868 11/1.455 23/1.035 19/.663 26/.801 22/.523 .791
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 62/.749 12/.667 23/.279 14/1.044 30/1.073 17/.594 18/1.137 28/.606 .773
Road 77/.831 11/.883 35/.763 12/1.409 24/1.300 19/.575 31/1.334 22/.473
Last 28d days 103/.921 22/.788 34/.660 25/1.232 42/.960 29/.671 34/.954 44/.603
HR/SB/CS 5/4/1 0/2/0 2/0/0 2/0/0 3/0/1 0/0/2 2/2/0 0/0/1 31/20/6
Usage ·····X·· ··o·X··· ·····o·· ···X·X·· ··X··XX· ···o·Xo· ···X·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.