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Game Preview: MIN @ CHW, 2:10pm, Sunday, July 10, 2011 @U.S. Cellular Field

Twins, 40-48, 40-48 4th, 7 GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Anthony Swarzak (25, RHP, 1-2, 3.71)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-2) 34.0 36 14 14 9 14 4 3.71
2009 (3-7) 59.0 76 43 41 20 34 12 6.25
Last 7 GS 1-5 32.2 49 31 29 8 14 10 7.99 36
2011-06-02 @KCR W 6.0 7 2 2 2 1 0 99 49
2011-05-28 LAA ND 8.0 1 0 0 2 4 0 105 82
2011-04-28 TBR L 5.1 8 5 5 1 1 2 95 32
2009-08-20 @TEX L 5.1 8 6 6 2 4 4 95 30
2009-08-15 CLE L 4.0 8 5 5 1 2 2 78 27
2009-08-07 @DET L 1.0 8 7 7 0 1 2 33 10
2009-08-01 LAA L 3.0 9 6 4 0 1 0 62 22
Has never faced CHW as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-19   Road:   20-29   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  26-34   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  18-20
 vsEast:  8-19   vsCntrl:15-11   vsWest:  9-8  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 88 Sat, Jul  9  @CHW  L   3-4       40-48  4th  7.0 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  8  @CHW  W   8-5       40-47  4th  7.0 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  7  @CHW  W   6-2       39-47  4th  8.0 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  6   TBR  L   5-12      38-47  4th  8.0 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  5   TBR  W   3-2       38-46  4th  7.0 gb
 83 Mon, Jul  4   TBR  W   7-0       37-46  4th  8.0 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  3   MIL  W   9-7       36-46  4th  8.0 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  2   MIL  L   7-8       35-46  4th  9.0 gb
 80 Fri, Jul  1   MIL  W   6-2       35-45  4th  8.0 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 29   LAD  W   1-0       34-45  4th  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:19-11
WhiteSox, 44-47, 44-47 3rd, 4½ GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Jake Peavy (30, RHP, 4-2, 4.83)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (4-2) 50.1 45 27 27 11 40 4 4.83
2010 (7-6) 107.0 98 55 55 34 93 13 4.63
2009 (9-6) 101.2 80 41 39 34 110 8 3.45
Last 7 GS 3-2 40.1 37 23 23 11 29 4 5.13 50
2011-07-05 KCR L 6.0 6 5 5 2 4 0 103 42
2011-06-30 @COL ND 6.0 7 4 4 2 4 1 106 44
2011-06-22 CHC W 5.1 7 3 3 3 5 1 104 44
2011-06-05 DET L 4.0 3 6 6 3 4 1 75 33
2011-05-30 @BOS W 7.0 6 3 3 0 2 1 112 55
2011-05-24 @TEX ND 3.0 5 2 2 1 2 0 63 42
2011-05-18 CLE W 9.0 3 0 0 0 8 0 111 89
Last 5 v.MIN 0-0 12.2 13 4 4 4 11 0 2.84 56
2008-06-24 MIN ND 6.0 5 1 1 1 6 0 106 63
2003-06-06 MIN ND 6.2 8 3 3 3 5 0 107 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-24   Road:   23-23   ExtrInn: 5-8 
 vsRHP:  31-36   vsLHP:  13-11   1-Run:  14-12
 vsEast: 11-12   vsCntrl: 8-15   vsWest: 14-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Sat, Jul  9   MIN  W   4-3       44-47  3rd  4.5 gb
 90 Fri, Jul  8   MIN  L   5-8       43-47  3rd  5.5 gb
 89 Thu, Jul  7   MIN  L   2-6       43-46  3rd  5.5 gb
 88 Wed, Jul  6   KCR  L   1-4       43-45  3rd  4.5 gb
 87 Tue, Jul  5   KCR  L   3-5       43-44  3rd  3.5 gb
 86 Mon, Jul  4   KCR  W   5-4       43-43  3rd  3.5 gb
 85 Sun, Jul  3  @CHC  L   1-3       42-43  3rd  3.5 gb
 84 Sat, Jul  2  @CHC  W   1-0       42-42  3rd  3.5 gb
 83 Fri, Jul  1  @CHC  W   6-4       41-42  3rd  3.5 gb
 82 Thu, Jun 30  @COL  W   6-4 (10)  40-42  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 09, 2011 CHW  4  MIN  3        W:Jesse Crain (5-2), L: Jose Mijares (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jul 08, 2011 MIN  8 @CHW  5        W:Nick Blackburn (7-6), L: Gavin Floyd (6-9), S: Matt Capps (14)
Thu, Jul 07, 2011 MIN  6 @CHW  2        W:Carl Pavano (6-6), L: Philip Humber (8-5), S: none
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 MIN  1  CHW  0        W:Nick Blackburn (6-4), L: Mark Buehrle (6-5), S: Matt Capps (9)
Wed, Jun 15, 2011 MIN  4  CHW  1        W:Carl Pavano (4-5), L: Gavin Floyd (6-6), S: none
Wed, May 04, 2011 MIN  3 @CHW  2        W:Nick Blackburn (2-4), L: John Danks (0-5), S: Matt Capps (5)
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
Season Series: 2011 - MIN over 6-1; 2010 - MIN won 13-5; 2009 - MIN won 12-6; All-Time - CHW leads 1075-998

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

BOS  5.33

CHC  4.11

SEA  3.32

 RA/G

ATL  3.27

NYM  4.27

BAL  5.13

 BA

J. Reyes  .354

J. Loney  .271

A. Dunn  .162

 OBP

J. Bautista  .468

J. Rollins  .337

C. Figgins  .231

 SLG

J. Bautista  .702

B. Phillips  .423

C. Figgins  .244

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.169

J. Damon  .756

C. Figgins  .476

 ERA

J. Weaver  1.86

Y. Gallardo  3.76

F. Carmona  5.78

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  10.12

M. Leake  6.56

B. Penny  3.85

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

Twins Batters (3.88 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Peavy
G/S/vB		 40.Bruney
G/S/vB		 26.Crain
G/S/vB		 77.Ohman*
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 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 136/103 .180/.215/.266/.480 .720/.403 .479 14/.593 0/0 1/3
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 292/198 .252/.317/.353/.670 .591/.714 .573 94/.675 13/3 2/9
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/.333 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 3/1.167 15/.481 345/245 .295/.368/.474/.842 1.196/.706 .767 94/1.039 7/1 13/5
38.Hughes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 183/115 .244/.302/.333/.636 .728/.581 .714 77/.584 1/2 3/3
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 3/.666 ··· 25/.775 117/64 .243/.299/.290/.589 .456/.695 .603 79/.605 0/0 0/0
18.Repko G/S/vP 4/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.667 2/.500 97/59 .239/.287/.250/.537 .714/.427 .382 45/.681 6/1 0/1
11.Revere* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 184/117 .272/.308/.306/.614 .507/.673 .643 99/.635 11/5 0/3
32.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 78/55 .181/.244/.264/.507 .642/.452 .567 16/.321 0/0 1/0
25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.333 8/.875 5/.000 2/.000 4/.500 3/2.667 128/95 .219/.352/.429/.780 .987/.709 .638 34/.673 0/0 6/
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 151/116 .181/.236/.268/.505 .397/.536 .525 26/.323 1/0 0/3
19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 1/no AB 343/251 .236/.289/.390/.679 .945/.581 .646 88/.866 2/4 10/10
IP 50.1 14.2 40.2 26.2 36.1 41.0 31.1 TOTAL .247/.306/.354/.660 .684/.650 .635 .682 50/20 54/61
ERA-K/9 4.83/7.2 2.45/8.0 2.43/8.4 4.39/10.4 3.47/9.4 3.07/11.9 3.45/8.6 3.84/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (18-11-2)
 Mauer (17-3-1)
 Rivera (11-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 208/.236 63/.265 156/.174 114/.255 158/.245 167/.174 150/.292 .254  Cuddyer
 Revere
 Repko
0/0/50/3
6/31/4/2
19/3/12/2
OPS .636 .771 .527 .763 .708 .561 .743 .696
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 118/.557 24/.804 57/.406 57/.619 67/.655 82/.705 55/.677 .700
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 90/.742 39/.746 99/.593 57/.908 91/.747 85/.424 95/.781 .693
Home 113/.551 46/.727 97/.547 56/.645 85/.816 87/.783 81/.779
Last 28d days 93/.681 42/.737 42/.420 39/.536 42/.475 34/.510 38/.675
HR/SB/CS 4/6/1 1/2/1 3/7/1 5/1/1 3/2/1 3/3/0 2/6/1 74/78/20
Usage ····X··· ·Xo·X·X· oX···o·· ·X·oX·o· ·o··X··· ·····X·· ·······X
WhiteSox Batters (3.99 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 31.Burnett
G/S/vB		 55.Capps
G/S/vB		 54.Dumatrait*
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 ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 5/.800 7/1.262 9/1.500 307/231 .241/.302/.354/.656 .481/.713 .631 73/.619 2/2 7/1
27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 75/24 .235/.307/.456/.763 .928/.428 .817 17/.983 0/0 4/1
32.Dunn* G/S/vP ··· ··· 11/1.455 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 318/242 .162/.292/.308/.601 .229/.716 .501 73/.419 0/1 9/1
14.Konerko G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 18/.690 21/.859 373/289 .317/.389/.565/.954 .881/.977 .960 91/.956 1/1 22/4
18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 141/81 .256/.345/.471/.816 .865/.779 .886 35/.469 8/4 7/0
22.Morel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 224/153 .244/.260/.295/.555 .464/.596 .524 69/.489 2/4 1/7
1.Pierre* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 9/.750 5/.600 3/.500 5/1.600 7/.821 395/306 .266/.328/.312/.640 .792/.596 .682 95/.678 13/10 1/5
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 7/1.000 3/.666 7/.715 14/.368 11/.273 306/262 .297/.332/.388/.720 .710/.722 .796 79/.834 0/0 3/2
20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 4/.500 3/.666 3/1.334 4/.833 12/1.084 350/266 .254/.354/.508/.863 .862/.863 .795 76/.580 1/1 17/1
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 7/.714 4/1.500 1/.000 3/.000 20/1.035 379/288 .277/.334/.419/.753 .747/.755 .812 92/.643 3/2 9/11
51.Rios G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 9/.583 ··· ··· 6/1.000 14/1.143 339/253 .211/.260/.309/.569 .652/.540 .711 85/.556 6/5 6/2
23.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/2.334 ··· 7/.762 16/.521 7/.572 98/86 .218/.306/.345/.651 .350/.691 .853 31/.787 0/0 3/1
11.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 5/.000 ··· 4/.250 5/1.000 4/1.250 129/112 .269/.299/.328/.627 .429/.642 .617 35/.492 1/2 0/1
IP 34.0 26.1 37.2 17.1 19.2 21.2 32.0 TOTAL .252/.318/.387/.705 .674/.715 .731 .638 37/32 89/44
ERA-K/9 3.71/3.7 6.15/6.2 4.54/5.0 5.71/3.6 5.49/5.5 5.82/8.7 1.97/9.6 4.30/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (16-4-3)
 Pierzynski (62-16-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 149/.267 118/.283 156/.255 75/.210 99/.282 96/.238 128/.245 .266  Rios
 Quentin
 Pierre
 Lillibridge
 Dunn
 Teahen
0/86/0/4
0/0/73/2
85/0/0/2
7/10/32/0
0/0/2/0
3/0/6/0
OPS .710 .783 .700 .737 .812 .756 .623 .745
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 79/.580 46/.887 83/.782 32/.536 50/.802 50/.561 51/.514 .727
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 70/.854 72/.717 73/.602 43/.900 49/.813 46/.970 77/.700 .760
Road 38/.842 55/.692 78/.722 49/.643 65/.642 56/1.011 60/.585
Last 28d days 35/.948 36/.799 45/.760 38/1.019 22/1.102 22/.409 39/.636
HR/SB/CS 4/0/0 2/4/0 6/1/0 4/1/1 0/1/3 4/4/0 0/2/1 85/51/22
Usage ···X··X· oo·Xo··· ·oo·X·oX ·X·XX·oo X··o···· oo··o·o· X·o·o·oo

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.