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Game Preview: MIN @ KCR, 7:10pm, Saturday, April 30, 2011 @Kauffman Stadium

Twins, 9-16, 9-16 4th, 8 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Duensing (28, LHP, 2-0, 3.00)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-0) 27.0 26 10 9 7 17 2 3.00
2010 (10-3) 130.2 122 42 38 35 78 11 2.62
2009 (5-2) 84.0 84 37 34 31 53 7 3.64
Last 7 GS 3-1 44.2 46 22 21 19 29 5 4.23 50
2011-04-23 CLE W 7.0 5 1 1 1 3 0 90 65
2011-04-17 @TBR W 7.0 7 2 2 2 5 0 111 58
2011-04-12 KCR ND 6.0 8 3 2 2 2 0 102 46
2011-04-05 @NYY ND 7.0 6 4 4 2 7 2 103 54
2010-10-02 TOR ND 5.0 7 4 4 4 3 1 89 36
2010-09-26 @DET L 6.2 7 5 5 4 3 2 109 39
2010-09-20 CLE W 6.0 6 3 3 4 6 0 92 50
Last 5 v.KCR 3-0 25.0 28 8 7 4 14 0 2.52 54
2011-04-12 KCR ND 6.0 8 3 2 2 2 0 102 46
2010-09-08 KCR W 8.0 6 1 1 0 7 0 105 73
2010-07-28 @KCR W 6.0 8 2 2 1 2 0 83 49
2009-08-22 @KCR W 5.0 6 2 2 1 3 0 80 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-6    Road:    5-10   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   5-12   vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   5-7 
 vsEast:  5-12   vsCntrl: 3-2    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 9-16
Royals, 13-13, 13-13 2nd, 4½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Sean O'Sullivan (23, RHP, 1-1, 4.20)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (1-1) 15.0 17 7 7 6 11 1 4.20
2010 (4-6) 83.2 90 53 51 31 43 15 5.49
2009 (4-2) 51.2 60 34 34 16 29 12 5.92
Last 7 GS 3-1 36.0 35 16 15 19 24 3 3.75 50
2011-04-21 CLE ND 6.0 5 2 2 3 6 0 94 57
2011-04-16 SEA W 5.0 5 0 0 2 4 0 84 59
2010-10-03 TBR ND 6.0 2 0 0 3 3 0 91 68
2010-09-28 MIN W 6.0 5 1 1 6 1 0 114 53
2010-09-23 @CLE W 6.0 4 2 2 4 3 0 92 55
2010-09-18 CLE L 4.0 6 5 5 0 4 1 68 34
2010-09-12 @CHW ND 3.0 8 6 5 1 3 2 75 23
Last 5 v.MIN 1-1 10.2 12 6 6 11 5 2 5.06 41
2010-09-28 MIN W 6.0 5 1 1 6 1 0 114 53
2010-09-06 @MIN L 4.2 7 5 5 5 4 2 97 29
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-5    Road:    3-8    ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:   9-9    vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   7-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 7-8    vsWest:  6-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 26 Fri, Apr 29   MIN  W   4-3       13-13  2nd  4.5 gb
 25 Thu, Apr 28  @CLE  L   2-8       12-13  2nd  4.5 gb
 24 Wed, Apr 27  @CLE  L   2-7       12-12  2nd  3.5 gb
 23 Tue, Apr 26  @CLE  L   4-9       12-11  2nd  2.5 gb
 22 Sun, Apr 24  @TEX  L   7-8       12-10  2nd  1.5 gb
 21 Sat, Apr 23  @TEX  L   1-3       12-9   2nd  1.5 gb
 20 Fri, Apr 22  @TEX  L   6-11      12-8   2nd  1.5 gb
 19 Thu, Apr 21   CLE  W   3-2       12-7   2nd  1.0 gb
 18 Wed, Apr 20   CLE  L   5-7       11-7   2nd  2.0 gb
 17 Tue, Apr 19   CLE  W   5-4       11-6   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 29, 2011 KCR  4  MIN  3        W:Blake Wood (1-0), L: Alex Burnett (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (6)
Wed, Apr 13, 2011 KCR 10 @MIN  5        W:Kyle Davies (1-1), L: Francisco Liriano (0-3), S: Jeremy Jeffress (1)
Tue, Apr 12, 2011 MIN  4  KCR  3 (10)   W:Dusty Hughes (1-0), L: Rob Tejeda (0-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 29, 2010 MIN  4 @KCR  2        W:Matt Guerrier (5-7), L: Gil Meche (0-5), S: Matt Capps (42)
Tue, Sep 28, 2010 KCR 10  MIN  1        W:Sean O'Sullivan (4-6), L: Nick Blackburn (10-11), S: none
Mon, Sep 27, 2010 KCR 10  MIN  8        W:Philip Humber (2-1), L: Jeff Manship (2-1), S: Joakim Soria (42)
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 MIN  4  KCR  3        W:Brian Duensing (8-2), L: Zack Greinke (8-12), S: Matt Capps (37)
Tue, Sep 07, 2010 MIN 10  KCR  3        W:Francisco Liriano (13-7), L: Brian Bannister (7-12), S: none
Mon, Sep 06, 2010 MIN  5  KCR  4        W:Jeff Manship (2-0), L: Sean O'Sullivan (2-5), S: Matt Capps (36)
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 MIN  6 @KCR  4        W:Brian Duensing (4-1), L: Brian Bannister (7-10), S: Jon Rauch (21)
Season Series: 2011 - KCR over 2-1; 2010 - MIN won 13-5; 2009 - MIN won 12-6; All-Time - MIN leads 341-302

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 (3.20 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.O'Sullivan
G/S/vB		 41.Jeffress
G/S/vB		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 38.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 155/89 .197/.237/.296/.533 .453/.591 .528 46/.311 0/0 2/5
12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· 170/132 .276/.331/.395/.726 .813/.702 .751 62/.411 6/1 1/5
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 13/.154 3/.000 675/460 .271/.336/.417/.753 .875/.700 .722 90/.701 7/3 14/6
27.Holm G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 15/.333 / /
38.Hughes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/3 .286/.286/.714/1.000 .500/1.667 1.000 44/.622 0/1 1/0
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 6/1.133 1/.000 11/.000 4/.000 582/399 .249/.323/.427/.750 .655/.792 .753 93/.899 0/1 21/5
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 15/.467 1/.000 348/215 .345/.437/.618/1.055 .966/1.113 1.205 72/.649 0/0 18/1
18.Repko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 146/89 .228/.324/.346/.671 .523/.767 .842 24/.529 3/2 3/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 7/.286 1/2.000 10/.522 ··· 705/462 .264/.331/.348/.679 .696/.670 .602 100/.734 26/4 3/4
25.Thome* G/S/vP 5/3.300 ··· 9/.222 ··· 340/246 .283/.412/.627/1.039 .769/1.154 .958 59/.776 0/0 25/
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 5/.733 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 100/79 .230/.293/.379/.672 .198/.797 .401 42/.439 1/1 1/2
19.Valencia G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 322/211 .311/.351/.448/.799 .967/.713 .658 91/.672 2/0 7/6
IP 83.2 10.0 65.2 49.2 TOTAL .237/.292/.329/.621 .608/.626 .609 .641 11/1 11/14
ERA-K/9 5.49/4.6 2.70/7.2 1.78/9.7 5.07/5.6 4.66/6.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 368/.270 42/.229 270/.216 220/.286 .284  Kubel
 Repko
 Cuddyer
 Span
 Casilla
 Tolbert
16/0/83/7
6/6/39/5
0/2/66/5
0/153/0/5
0/1/0/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .794 .676 .568 .798 .814
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 220/.751 14/.792 155/.587 111/.827 .833
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 148/.855 28/.619 115/.541 109/.767 .797
Home 161/.757 30/.467 164/.542 136/.668
Last 28d days 67/.721 41/.663 44/.765 40/.695
HR/SB/CS 15/15/1 0/0/0 4/1/1 6/10/3 34/18/11
Usage ········ ··o··X·o o·o····· Xo···X·X

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Royals Batters (4.77 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Duensing*
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
13.Aviles G/S/vP 10/.775 3/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/1.667 2/2.000 9/.833 448/325 .304/.335/.413/.748 .642/.787 .777 64/.688 14/5 8/14
24.Betemit# G/S/vP 10/1.400 2/1.500 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 315/227 .297/.378/.511/.889 .930/.873 .947 72/.958 0/0 13/10
16.Butler G/S/vP 10/.100 5/1.350 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 5/.400 6/.666 10/.900 678/543 .318/.388/.469/.857 .727/.888 .870 100/.869 0/0 15/6
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 4/1.000 3/.000 1/2.000 3/1.000 4/1.000 10/1.000 509/346 .255/.317/.354/.671 .642/.685 .681 107/.755 7/1 4/4
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 65/54 .211/.286/.404/.689 .273/.783 .783 18/.307 9/1 1/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP 4/1.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 552/407 .235/.288/.326/.614 .614/.614 .611 94/.517 10/4 4/20
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/1.000 3/1.334 9/.111 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 503/368 .249/.300/.383/.683 .805/.639 .628 96/.956 8/3 13/4
17.Getz* G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 248/196 .237/.302/.277/.579 .699/.548 .713 92/.568 15/2 0/4
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 8/.500 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.500 5/1.000 7/1.000 8/1.214 281/211 .215/.315/.355/.671 .704/.660 .687 101/.986 1/5 8/7
30.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 206/159 .217/.307/.394/.702 .754/.684 .800 76/.619 0/1 8/2
12.Maier* G/S/vP 4/.250 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 1/.000 5/.650 421/337 .263/.333/.375/.709 .659/.720 .691 7/.629 3/2 5/5
27.Pena# G/S/vP 11/.500 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.666 1/5.000 3/.666 174/121 .253/.306/.335/.642 .509/.701 .611 44/.629 2/0 1/3
15.Treanor G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 272/190 .211/.287/.308/.595 .408/.677 .584 50/.524 1/2 5/3
IP 130.2 47.2 73.0 56.1 32.2 21.2 TOTAL .265/.332/.410/.742 .795/.720 .752 .745 33/5 20/19
ERA-K/9 2.62/5.4 5.29/7.0 2.47/7.3 /0.0 3.83/5.4 3.31/7.7 /0.0 5.82/5.8 4.89/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (29-12-1)
 Treanor (44-17-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 535/.247 211/.287 305/.265 / 252/.273 139/.268 / 98/.337 .268  Francoeur
 Cabrera
 Maier
 Dyson
 Gordon
 Betemit
 Escobar
2/0/131/11
84/55/25/8
8/65/43/4
0/15/0/2
55/0/3/2
2/0/0/0
2/1/2/0
OPS .666 .847 .688 .730 .768 .938 .767
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 153/.457 76/.946 146/.654 / 115/.674 62/.776 / 32/.657 .768
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 382/.751 135/.794 159/.719 / 137/.775 77/.761 / 66/1.080 .766
Road 263/.697 97/.904 122/.639 / 125/.764 65/.633 / 48/.983
Last 28d days 112/.663 20/.807 43/.532 19/1.000 41/.798 31/.637 39/.890 41/.566
HR/SB/CS 11/3/1 6/2/0 6/3/2 // 3/3/1 4/1/1 // 3/2/1 27/17/5
Usage ······X· X······· ·o···o·· ·X···o·· ·XX···X· ·Xo··o·· ·o····o· ·X···o··

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.