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Game Preview: MIN @ CHW, 8:10pm, Tuesday, August 30, 2011 @U.S. Cellular Field

Twins, 56-78, 56-78 4th, 17 GB, 25 GB in WC

SP: Anthony Swarzak (25, RHP, 3-4, 3.62)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (3-4)			69.2	68	30	28	20	34	6	3.62
2009 (3-7)			59.0	76	43	41	20	34	12	6.25

Last 7 GS		2-4	40.2	42	23	22	10	21	9	4.87	48
2011-07-18	CLE	L	6.0	6	4	3	0	4	1	96	50
2011-07-10	@CHW	W	6.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	92	63
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

Last 5 v.CHW		1-0	6.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	1.50	63
2011-07-10	@CHW	W	6.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	92	63

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

 Home:   29-39   Road:   27-39   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  37-55   vsLHP:  19-23   1-Run:  23-23
 vsEast: 10-28   vsCntrl:25-26   vsWest: 13-14 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
128 Tue, Aug 23   BAL  L   1-8       55-73  4th 15.0 gb
127 Mon, Aug 22   BAL  L   1-4       55-72  4th 14.0 gb
126 Sun, Aug 21   NYY  L   0-3       55-71  4th 13.0 gb
125 Sat, Aug 20   NYY  W   9-4       55-70  4th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 7-23

WhiteSox, 67-65, 67-65 2nd, 5 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Zach Stewart (24, RHP, 1-3, 4.76)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (1-3)			39.2	52	21	21	12	26	5	4.76

Last 7 GS		1-3	35.1	48	19	19	10	19	4	4.84	44
2011-08-24	@LAA	L	6.0	7	7	7	2	4	1	96	32
2011-08-12	KCR	L	6.1	7	2	2	2	3	1	88	52
2011-08-06	@MIN	W	6.1	8	1	1	1	2	0	79	54
2011-06-27	@DET	ND	6.0	9	2	2	1	4	0	105	49
2011-06-21	@ATL	L	3.2	10	5	5	3	2	1	77	20
2011-06-16	BAL	ND	7.0	7	2	2	1	4	1	86	58

Last 5 v.MIN		1-0	6.1	8	1	1	1	2	0	1.42	54
2011-08-06	@MIN	W	6.1	8	1	1	1	2	0	79	54

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

 Home:   30-36   Road:   37-29   ExtrInn: 6-10
 vsRHP:  47-47   vsLHP:  20-18   1-Run:  20-17
 vsEast: 15-19   vsCntrl:22-23   vsWest: 19-16 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Mon, Aug 29   MIN  W   3-0       67-65  2nd  5.0 gb
131 Sun, Aug 28  @SEA  W   9-3       66-65  2nd  6.0 gb
130 Sat, Aug 27  @SEA  W   3-0       65-65  3rd  7.0 gb
129 Fri, Aug 26  @SEA  W   4-2       64-65  3rd  7.0 gb
128 Wed, Aug 24  @LAA  L   0-8       63-65  3rd  6.5 gb
127 Tue, Aug 23  @LAA  L   4-5       63-64  3rd  6.5 gb
126 Sun, Aug 21   TEX  W  10-0       63-63  3rd  5.0 gb
125 Sat, Aug 20   TEX  W   3-2       62-63  3rd  5.0 gb
124 Fri, Aug 19   TEX  L   4-7       61-63  3rd  5.0 gb
123 Thu, Aug 18   CLE  L   2-4       61-62  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 29, 2011 CHW  3  MIN  0        W:Mark Buehrle (11-6), L: Kevin Slowey (0-3), S: Sergio Santos (27)
Sun, Aug 07, 2011 CHW  7 @MIN  0        W:Jake Peavy (5-5), L: Brian Duensing (8-10), S: none
Sat, Aug 06, 2011 CHW  6 @MIN  1        W:Zach Stewart (1-1), L: Carl Pavano (6-9), S: none
Fri, Aug 05, 2011 CHW  5 @MIN  3        W:Mark Buehrle (9-5), L: Nick Blackburn (7-9), S: Chris Sale (3)
Sun, Jul 10, 2011 MIN  6 @CHW  3        W:Anthony Swarzak (2-2), L: Jake Peavy (4-3), S: Matt Capps (15)
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
Season Series: 2011 - MIN over 7-5; 2010 - MIN won 13-5; 2009 - MIN won 12-6; All-Time - CHW leads 1079-999

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 5.47 CLE 4.24 SFG 3.36	RA/G PHI 3.30 PIT 4.23 BAL 5.21	BA A. Gonzalez .345 E. Hosmer .274 A. Dunn .163	OBP J. Bautista .453 M. Cabrera .338 V. Wells .249	SLG J. Bautista .645 R. Roberts .441 A. Dunn .289	OPS J. Bautista 1.098 G. Sanchez .773 A. Rios .570	ERA J. Cueto 2.05 M. Pineda 3.71 A. Burnett 5.31	K/9IP Z. Greinke 10.74 J. Zimmermann 6.92 B. Penny 3.74

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.47

CLE 4.24

SFG 3.36

RA/G

PHI 3.30

PIT 4.23

BAL 5.21

A. Gonzalez .345

E. Hosmer .274

A. Dunn .163

OBP

J. Bautista .453

M. Cabrera .338

V. Wells .249

SLG

J. Bautista .645

R. Roberts .441

A. Dunn .289

OPS

J. Bautista 1.098

G. Sanchez .773

A. Rios .570

ERA

J. Cueto 2.05

M. Pineda 3.71

A. Burnett 5.31

K/9IP

Z. Greinke 10.74

J. Zimmermann 6.92

B. Penny 3.74

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Twins Batters (3.81 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Stewart
G/S/vB 26.Crain
G/S/vB 58.Frasor
G/S/vB 52.Kinney
G/S/vB 77.Ohman*
G/S/vB 49.Sale*
G/S/vB 46.Santos
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP 3/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 207/148 .170/.206/.247/.453 .586/.401 .456 39/.332 0/0 2/5

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 3/1.000 4/.500 10/.775 ··· 2/.000 5/1.000 4/.833 15/.481 489/332 .289/.356/.476/.832 1.077/.723 .812 52/.680 8/1 18/6

38.Hughes G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 234/150 .241/.306/.368/.674 .674/.674 .672 36/1.017 1/2 6/4

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 7/.762 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.667 2/.000 14/.500 357/236 .279/.336/.439/.775 .771/.777 .814 92/.665 1/0 10/1

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/.650 1/.000 5/.000 5/.400 1/no AB 26/.745 285/171 .287/.347/.349/.696 .583/.770 .647 81/.655 0/0 1/4

33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· 4/.833 ··· 1/2.000 23/.260 288/193 .227/.285/.333/.618 .401/.728 .587 57/.612 0/0 4/1

1.Nishioka# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 220/141 .221/.267/.245/.512 .455/.545 .468 49/.587 2/4 0/10

24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 195/136 .233/.299/.398/.697 .810/.646 .630 78/.731 2/2 6/5

18.Repko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 2/.500 122/76 .241/.286/.286/.571 .628/.538 .452 11/.773 7/1 1/1

11.Revere* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 365/233 .256/.301/.294/.595 .567/.611 .712 96/.605 25/7 0/7

32.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 85/58 .167/.224/.244/.467 .542/.432 .529 7/.000 0/0 1/0

23.Tosoni* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 119/101 .185/.261/.296/.557 .583/.552 .611 41/.554 0/2 3/2

19.Valencia G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.250 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/1.250 2/.500 515/379 .252/.299/.399/.698 .864/.639 .647 90/.797 2/4 14/17

IP 39.2 59.0 51.1 5.1 42.1 58.2 53.2 46.2 TOTAL .248/.306/.360/.666 .684/.658 .656 .653 72/30 86/95

ERA-K/9

4.76/5.9

2.29/9.0

3.51/8.9

3.38/13.6

4.04/9.8

2.61/9.2

2.68/12.4

3.28/9.3

3.75/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (35-17-6)
Mauer (26-12-3)
Rivera (13-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 175/.329 237/.203 224/.253 23/.238 184/.247 241/.208 214/.156 211/.274 .254 Kubel
Cuddyer
Revere
Tosoni
Repko
Plouffe
Mauer 7/0/49/8
0/0/63/4
9/67/5/3
28/0/2/2
23/4/22/2
3/0/11/1
0/0/1/0

OPS .888 .607 .756 .685 .725 .618 .510 .689 .691

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 87/.868 93/.468 111/.849 9/1.069 92/.649 112/.580 107/.661 88/.673 .698

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.905 144/.693 113/.668 14/.445 92/.803 129/.652 107/.364 123/.700 .684

Home 74/.791 141/.640 125/.831 11/.382 113/.672 123/.675 119/.697 123/.700

Last 28d days 100/.814 55/.715 33/.823 23/.685 41/.755 33/.535 31/.301 44/.599

HR/SB/CS 5/5/2 5/10/2 6/9/2 0/0/0 5/1/1 5/3/2 3/5/0 3/9/2 109/111/30

Usage ·····X·· o··X··X· ······X· ·X···X·· ·o····o· ···o···· o······· ·o·X····

WhiteSox Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.90 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 58.Diamond*
G/S/vB 54.Dumatrait*
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 17.Oliveros
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 59.Slowey
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP 2/.000 3/1.667 5/1.400 ··· ··· 6/1.000 7/1.262 ··· 10/1.333 7/1.262 450/333 .234/.293/.335/.628 .573/.648 .609 85/.479 5/2 9/4

30.de Aza* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/2.500 77/66 .319/.355/.514/.869 .636/.910 .974 67/.926 5/2 2/0

32.Dunn* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 12/1.317 ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 4/.250 ··· 435/337 .163/.290/.289/.578 .241/.675 .563 57/.461 0/1 11/4

17.Flowers G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.333 67/43 .281/.373/.491/.864 .655/.990 1.070 60/.913 0/1 2/2

14.Konerko G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.000 7/.310 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 19/.649 1/2.000 22/.914 22/.545 537/413 .316/.400/.544/.944 .924/.950 1.024 102/.988 1/1 28/4

18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.500 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 201/107 .253/.330/.494/.824 .896/.759 .879 49/.897 10/5 12/2

55.Lucy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/5 .200/.200/.200/.400 /.400 .000 5/.400 0/0 0/0

22.Morel G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 334/222 .249/.271/.318/.589 .567/.600 .555 90/.646 3/4 2/10

1.Pierre* G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.000 10/.666 ··· 5/.600 3/.500 5/1.600 ··· 9/.756 9/.888 579/435 .284/.335/.336/.670 .774/.636 .676 112/.745 22/13 2/6

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.000 3/2.334 9/1.000 ··· 4/1.500 2/.000 4/.250 1/.000 21/.982 17/1.000 555/419 .263/.326/.398/.724 .753/.714 .760 105/.660 7/3 13/14

51.Rios G/S/vP 2/1.000 5/.650 10/.522 ··· ··· 1/5.000 7/.857 1/.000 15/1.067 19/.763 478/347 .212/.251/.319/.570 .655/.537 .660 80/.686 10/5 8/2

24.Viciedo G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 8/5 .667/.750/1.167/1.917 3.500/1.100 1.417 8/1.917 1/0 1/0

11.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 5/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 5/1.000 ··· 4/1.250 2/2.000 169/144 .252/.285/.303/.588 .444/.606 .575 21/.549 1/2 0/1

IP 69.2 46.0 57.1 12.2 34.1 41.0 36.2 10.2 53.2 32.0 TOTAL .254/.318/.389/.707 .716/.704 .729 .756 66/41 127/63

ERA-K/9

3.62/4.4

5.28/5.9

4.40/4.4

4.97/2.8

3.93/5.5

4.83/5.0

4.66/7.8

7.59/4.2

2.35/9.9

5.91/4.8

4.52/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flowers (17-6-2)
Lucy (0-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 296/.251 202/.272 235/.257 58/.327 156/.254 191/.267 157/.214 50/.310 213/.225 139/.318 .277 Rios
Pierre
de Aza
Lillibridge
Viciedo
Dunn 0/121/0/4
126/0/0/4
2/9/13/1
9/11/42/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .659 .766 .705 .799 .763 .794 .681 .733 .591 .886 .769

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 160/.557 82/.713 112/.701 16/.690 65/.597 81/.725 74/.636 20/.614 83/.567 53/.825 .710

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 136/.775 120/.804 123/.708 42/.840 91/.889 110/.848 83/.722 30/.793 130/.607 86/.921 .816

Road 99/.598 77/.843 105/.671 / 83/.721 92/.799 76/.845 16/.732 89/.560 67/.780

Last 28d days 63/.684 44/.686 45/.686 29/.816 39/.863 50/.757 35/.608 15/.988 56/.745 77/.949

HR/SB/CS 6/0/0 4/6/1 9/2/0 1/1/0 5/3/1 4/2/3 6/7/0 0/0/0 1/3/2 5/2/0 137/79/37

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