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Game Preview: MIN @ DET, 7:05pm, Friday, September 9, 2011 @Comerica Park

Twins, 59-84, 59-84 4th, 22 GB, 26 GB in WC

SP: Kevin Slowey (27, RHP, 0-4, 5.31)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-4) 39.0 48 23 23 5 21 6 5.31
2010 (13-6) 155.2 172 80 77 29 116 21 4.45
2009 (10-3) 90.2 113 50 49 15 75 15 4.86
Last 7 GS 2-4 37.2 46 25 23 5 28 6 5.50 45
2011-09-04 @LAA L 7.0 7 2 2 0 4 1 95 59
2011-08-29 @CHW L 7.0 6 2 2 2 3 0 90 58
2011-08-24 BAL L 4.2 7 5 5 1 3 1 89 32
2011-08-19 NYY L 5.2 9 6 6 1 4 2 104 30
2010-09-27 @KCR ND 1.2 6 6 6 0 1 1 41 20
2010-09-18 OAK W 6.2 5 2 2 1 8 1 97 63
2010-09-12 @CLE W 5.0 6 2 0 0 5 0 88 56
Last 5 v.DET 3-0 24.1 33 17 17 7 14 6 6.29 41
2010-06-30 DET W 6.0 4 1 1 1 4 0 81 63
2010-05-05 DET W 5.2 7 3 3 2 3 3 97 44
2009-07-03 DET ND 3.0 5 6 6 0 4 1 51 29
2009-05-12 DET W 6.0 8 1 1 2 2 1 98 52
2008-07-10 @DET ND 3.2 9 6 6 2 1 1 77 18
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-42   Road:   29-42   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  39-61   vsLHP:  20-23   1-Run:  25-24
 vsEast: 10-28   vsCntrl:27-30   vsWest: 14-16 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
143 Wed, Sep  7   CHW  W   5-4       59-84  5th 22.0 gb
142 Tue, Sep  6   CHW  L   0-3       58-84  5th 22.0 gb
141 Mon, Sep  5   CHW  L   0-4       58-83  5th 21.0 gb
140 Mon, Sep  5   CHW  L   1-2       58-82  5th 21.0 gb
139 Sun, Sep  4  @LAA  L   1-4       58-81  4th 19.5 gb
138 Sat, Sep  3  @LAA  L   6-10      58-80  4th 18.5 gb
137 Fri, Sep  2  @LAA  W  13-5       58-79  4th 17.5 gb
136 Wed, Aug 31  @CHW  W   7-6       57-79  4th 18.0 gb
135 Tue, Aug 30  @CHW  L   6-8       56-79  4th 18.0 gb
134 Mon, Aug 29  @CHW  L   0-3       56-78  4th 17.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 8-22
Tigers, 81-62, 81-62 1st, 8½ up

SP: Brad Penny (33, RHP, 9-10, 5.13)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (9-10) 161.1 194 98 92 51 67 22 5.13
2010 (3-4) 55.2 63 25 20 9 35 4 3.23
2009 (11-9) 173.1 191 102 94 51 109 22 4.88
Last 7 GS 2-3 37.2 58 35 30 12 14 10 7.17 34
2011-09-03 CHW ND 5.0 10 8 4 1 2 3 102 24
2011-08-28 @MIN L 5.0 8 7 7 2 5 2 101 26
2011-08-23 @TBR W 6.1 8 1 1 1 2 0 101 54
2011-08-17 MIN ND 6.0 5 3 3 3 3 2 100 50
2011-08-12 @BAL W 5.1 7 4 4 1 2 2 91 39
2011-08-04 TEX L 6.2 11 5 4 3 0 0 111 31
2011-07-28 LAA L 3.1 9 7 7 1 0 1 74 13
Last 5 v.MIN 1-2 29.1 36 22 22 9 21 6 6.75 42
2011-08-28 @MIN L 5.0 8 7 7 2 5 2 101 26
2011-08-17 MIN ND 6.0 5 3 3 3 3 2 100 50
2011-07-23 @MIN L 7.0 7 4 4 3 4 1 102 48
2011-05-30 MIN ND 6.0 10 5 5 1 2 0 105 33
2009-05-25 @MIN W 5.1 6 3 3 0 7 1 91 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   42-29   Road:   39-33   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  53-44   vsLHP:  28-18   1-Run:  24-15
 vsEast: 18-14   vsCntrl:40-21   vsWest: 16-16 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
143 Wed, Sep  7  @CLE  W   8-6       81-62  1st  9.0 up
142 Tue, Sep  6  @CLE  W  10-1       80-62  1st  8.0 up
141 Mon, Sep  5  @CLE  W   4-2       79-62  1st  7.5 up
140 Sun, Sep  4   CHW  W  18-2       78-62  1st  6.5 up
139 Sat, Sep  3   CHW  W   9-8       77-62  1st  6.5 up
138 Fri, Sep  2   CHW  W   8-1       76-62  1st  5.5 up
137 Thu, Sep  1   KCR  L   8-11      75-62  1st  5.5 up
136 Wed, Aug 31   KCR  W   5-4       75-61  1st  5.5 up
135 Tue, Aug 30   KCR  W   2-1 (10)  74-61  1st  5.0 up
134 Mon, Aug 29   KCR  L   5-9       73-61  1st  5.0 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 28, 2011 MIN 11  DET  4        W:Brian Duensing (9-13), L: Brad Penny (9-10), S: none
Sat, Aug 27, 2011 DET  6 @MIN  4        W:Justin Verlander (20-5), L: Carl Pavano (6-11), S: Jose Valverde (39)
Fri, Aug 26, 2011 DET  8 @MIN  1        W:Rick Porcello (12-8), L: Scott Diamond (0-2), S: none
Wed, Aug 17, 2011 MIN  6 @DET  5        W:Matt Capps (4-6), L: Jose Valverde (2-4), S: Joe Nathan (11)
Tue, Aug 16, 2011 DET  7  MIN  1        W:Justin Verlander (18-5), L: Nick Blackburn (7-10), S: none
Mon, Aug 15, 2011 MIN  9 @DET  6        W:Francisco Liriano (8-9), L: Rick Porcello (11-8), S: Joe Nathan (10)
Sun, Jul 24, 2011 DET  5 @MIN  2        W:Rick Porcello (10-6), L: Francisco Liriano (6-8), S: Jose Valverde (26)
Sat, Jul 23, 2011 MIN  4  DET  1        W:Scott Baker (8-5), L: Brad Penny (7-7), S: Joe Nathan (7)
Fri, Jul 22, 2011 DET  8 @MIN  2        W:Max Scherzer (11-5), L: Brian Duensing (7-8), S: none
Thu, Jul 21, 2011 DET  6 @MIN  2        W:Justin Verlander (13-5), L: Carl Pavano (6-7), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - DET over 11-4; 2010 - Tied 9-9; 2009 - MIN won 12-7; All-Time - DET leads 1052-971

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
Twins Batters (3.84 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Penny
G/S/vB
62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB
64.Below*
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
40.Coke*
G/S/vB
49.Marte
G/S/vB
34.Pauley
G/S/vB
45.Perry
G/S/vB
55.Schlereth*
G/S/vB
50.Turner
G/S/vB
46.Valverde
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
63.Benson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/5 .000/.125/.000/.125 .000/.200 8/.125 0/0 0/0
41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 223/160 .163/.200/.234/.434 .602/.370 .428 45/.292 0/0 2/5
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 14/.786 2/no AB ··· 13/1.021 8/.536 ··· ··· 12/.697 2/.500 ··· 8/.000 516/354 .282/.347/.460/.807 1.040/.707 .780 47/.440 8/1 18/7
26.Dinkelman* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/26 .348/.423/.348/.771 /.771 .542 9/.889 0/0 0/0
38.Hughes G/S/vP 2/2.500 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 270/181 .240/.310/.372/.682 .674/.685 .690 72/.879 2/2 7/5
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 18/.944 ··· 1/.000 8/1.000 15/.564 ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 5/1.600 ··· 5/.400 386/257 .280/.337/.448/.784 .761/.796 .849 90/.588 1/1 12/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 9/.444 1/.000 1/3.000 7/.143 12/1.151 ··· ··· 4/1.417 1/.000 ··· 8/.000 312/191 .288/.353/.363/.716 .576/.802 .725 70/.786 0/0 2/4
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 18/1.319 ··· 1/.000 12/.500 12/.969 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 5/1.267 ··· 4/.833 288/193 .227/.285/.333/.618 .401/.728 .587 53/.661 0/0 4/1
1.Nishioka# G/S/vP 5/.800 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 236/155 .225/.275/.248/.522 .443/.564 .491 41/.536 2/4 0/11
64.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/4 .375/.375/.500/.875 .750/1.000 8/.875 0/0 0/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 9/.444 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 234/167 .242/.309/.412/.721 .779/.698 .739 105/.790 3/3 7/7
18.Repko G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 7/.000 137/85 .236/.276/.299/.575 .633/.541 .496 26/.671 7/2 2/1
11.Revere* G/S/vP 10/.786 2/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 397/256 .251/.297/.286/.583 .544/.605 .680 99/.596 26/7 0/7
32.Rivera G/S/vP 5/1.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 97/70 .156/.206/.222/.428 .542/.385 .497 19/.108 0/0 1/1
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/3.000 ··· 3/1.167 204/148 .202/.250/.271/.521 .498/.512 .558 25/.341 2/2 0/5
23.Tosoni* G/S/vP 6/2.417 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 143/123 .177/.252/.277/.529 .522/.530 .597 65/.492 0/2 3/2
19.Valencia G/S/vP 12/1.235 2/.000 ··· 7/.286 4/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 4/.500 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 548/406 .249/.297/.395/.693 .841/.641 .647 91/.781 2/5 15/18
IP 161.1 37.2 26.0 54.2 103.2 2.2 67.1 30.1 44.0 9.2 61.1 TOTAL .246/.305/.358/.663 .673/.658 .662 .638 75/34 93/103
ERA-K/9 5.13/3.7 2.15/14.1 4.15/4.5 3.29/8.6 4.51/5.8 0.00/10.0 2.81/5.5 5.64/5.9 3.68/7.8 7.45/7.4 2.49/7.9 4.13/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (38-18-6)
 Mauer (26-12-3)
 Rivera (14-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 708/.301 163/.145 112/.253 217/.235 453/.278 12/.273 273/.235 140/.286 188/.203 43/.256 260/.206 .259  Kubel
 Cuddyer
 Tosoni
 Revere
 Repko
 Plouffe
 Dinkelman
 Benson
 Mauer
9/0/50/9
0/0/68/5
34/0/2/4
9/74/5/3
24/5/25/2
3/0/11/1
2/0/3/0
1/1/0/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .834 .457 .630 .614 .724 .606 .633 .786 .705 .736 .610 .724
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 351/.740 74/.439 47/.618 115/.661 156/.558 6/.533 122/.498 63/.801 87/.518 20/.771 154/.704 .717
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 357/.921 89/.471 65/.637 102/.560 297/.811 6/.667 151/.750 77/.772 101/.878 23/.704 106/.481 .731
Home 400/.806 72/.479 61/.840 114/.728 181/.808 12/.606 118/.424 83/.798 93/.753 43/.736 146/.671
Last 28d days 103/.969 5/.933 46/.908 34/.272 45/.624 12/.606 37/.818 35/.718 41/.641 20/.900 43/.656
HR/SB/CS 22/15/6 0/3/0 1/1/1 5/2/2 5/9/6 0/0/0 4/4/3 1/2/1 6/5/3 1/7/0 5/8/3 134/107/45
Usage ·····X·· ··X····· ····X··· ·o····o· ·oX····o ····oo·o ·····X·X ·o·····X ··o···o· ·······X ·o·o····
Tigers Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 59.Slowey
G/S/vB
31.Burnett
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
58.Diamond*
G/S/vB
54.Dumatrait*
G/S/vB
62.Hendriks
G/S/vB
37.Hoey
G/S/vB
50.Mijares*
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
17.Oliveros
G/S/vB
15.Perkins*
G/S/vB
51.Swarzak
G/S/vB
57.Waldrop
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 3/2.667 5/.900 4/.000 3/.666 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/.833 ··· 6/.750 2/5.000 ··· 486/351 .301/.391/.516/.907 .784/.955 .971 102/1.053 3/1 17/6
20.Betemit# G/S/vP 4/.500 5/.600 6/.933 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 3/.333 1/.000 3/.000 4/.833 ··· 333/238 .284/.342/.421/.764 .614/.825 .694 53/.631 4/1 6/10
26.Boesch* G/S/vP 6/1.000 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.583 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 472/354 .283/.341/.458/.799 .752/.814 .833 26/.599 5/3 16/3
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 16/1.126 7/1.071 7/.929 3/2.333 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 6/.167 11/.282 1/no AB 18/.833 5/2.550 ··· 610/445 .332/.434/.562/.996 .968/1.006 .952 106/1.104 2/1 26/10
12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 206/176 .257/.304/.419/.723 .900/.690 .836 33/.552 4/2 7/2
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 11/.788 2/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 18/.746 ··· 12/1.583 1/4.000 ··· 94/67 .207/.245/.322/.567 .377/.646 .754 5/.400 1/1 2/2
15.Inge G/S/vP 7/.286 4/.000 4/1.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 6/.334 20/.318 1/.000 12/.973 1/2.000 ··· 274/176 .190/.252/.263/.515 .652/.441 .539 35/.730 1/1 2/9
14.Jackson G/S/vP 7/.572 9/1.069 3/.000 4/.833 2/no AB ··· 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.500 2/1.500 ··· 587/402 .257/.320/.391/.711 .731/.702 .791 116/.881 20/4 9/3
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 236/214 .235/.280/.341/.621 .381/.646 .508 38/.605 2/1 4/4
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 12/1.083 5/1.800 3/.666 3/.833 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 12/.834 ··· 12/1.136 6/.334 ··· 516/364 .326/.374/.461/.835 .841/.834 .823 101/.978 1/0 10/2
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 16/.500 5/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 13/.685 ··· 15/.762 4/.000 ··· 323/200 .242/.291/.323/.614 .688/.567 .748 43/.849 2/1 5/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP 23/.565 5/2.550 5/1.600 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.619 18/.708 1/2.000 9/.958 7/1.714 ··· 509/355 .307/.354/.487/.841 .756/.876 .910 93/.757 0/2 18/7
25.Raburn G/S/vP 1/.000 8/.821 3/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 6/.000 1/2.000 11/.291 1/.000 ··· 375/237 .238/.275/.398/.673 .706/.654 .656 50/.825 1/0 12/14
28.Rhymes* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 88/78 .216/.318/.243/.561 .476/.570 .594 7/.619 1/0 0/2
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 8/1.000 5/.833 5/.650 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 4/1.250 7/.334 1/no AB 6/.400 2/.000 ··· 244/193 .256/.312/.374/.686 .878/.635 .772 76/.902 0/0 4/3
18.Santos G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/5 .125/.125/.125/.250 .667/.000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
29.Worth G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/15 .323/.364/.387/.751 .974/.481 .801 1/2.000 0/0 0/1
21.Young G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 422/293 .276/.308/.382/.690 .695/.688 .704 100/.778 1/0 7/6
IP 39.0 48.0 61.1 23.2 35.2 7.0 17.0 45.2 39.2 16.1 55.2 82.0 1.2 TOTAL .274/.337/.425/.762 .767/.760 .797 .852 46/18 142/93
ERA-K/9 5.31/4.8 5.44/5.8 4.11/4.4 4.56/4.9 4.29/5.5 3.86/5.1 6.88/5.3 4.34/5.1 4.76/8.8 5.51/5.5 2.59/9.9 3.95/4.3 10.80/5.3 4.51/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (78-37-5)
 Kelly (0-0-1)
 Martinez (29-8-0)
 Santos (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 167/.306 214/.267 252/.256 106/.295 166/.268 26/.174 85/.329 211/.274 170/.217 72/.274 225/.234 349/.253 10/.333 .277  Jackson
 Boesch
 Ordonez
 Young
 Raburn
 Dirks
 Kelly
0/134/0/8
57/0/51/7
0/0/60/7
97/0/0/5
51/2/12/3
38/13/14/3
16/4/34/1
OPS .837 .764 .694 .757 .827 .661 1.042 .799 .685 .668 .612 .667 .733 .769
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 66/.862 86/.694 116/.694 22/.714 65/.597 12/.733 32/1.049 85/.731 80/.643 25/.716 86/.586 182/.580 1/.000 .713
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 101/.820 128/.814 136/.693 84/.766 101/.984 14/.599 53/1.037 126/.848 90/.721 47/.643 139/.629 167/.760 9/.819 .811
Road 95/.727 87/.833 114/.670 23/.611 93/.843 / 38/1.028 106/.837 82/.863 35/.665 96/.598 123/.646 /
Last 28d days 105/.853 45/.720 52/.556 77/.747 40/1.092 26/.661 12/.750 53/.867 33/.476 37/.701 39/.730 100/.778 10/.733
HR/SB/CS 6/2/0 4/7/1 9/2/0 2/2/0 7/3/1 1/0/0 4/1/1 4/2/3 6/7/0 0/0/0 1/3/2 7/1/2 0/1/0 144/83/40
Usage ····X··· ·o··o·o· ·o·o·o·· ···X···· ·····X·· ··X····· ··o·o·X· ·o·X·X·· ·X·X···· ··X··X·· ·X······ ···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.