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Game Preview: MIN @ KCR, 8:10pm, Friday, June 3, 2011 @Kauffman Stadium

Twins, 18-37, 18-37 5th, 15½ GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Carl Pavano (35, RHP, 2-5, 5.19)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-5) 69.1 82 46 40 16 26 6 5.19
2010 (17-11) 221.0 227 95 92 37 117 24 3.75
2009 (14-12) 199.1 235 119 113 39 147 26 5.10
Last 7 GS 1-3 44.2 60 29 25 8 12 3 5.04 42
2011-05-29 LAA L 8.0 10 5 4 0 3 0 114 47
2011-05-23 SEA ND 7.0 9 4 4 2 3 1 108 44
2011-05-18 @OAK ND 7.0 6 3 1 0 2 0 95 59
2011-05-13 TOR ND 5.1 7 0 0 3 1 0 115 52
2011-05-08 @BOS L 5.0 10 7 7 1 0 1 91 18
2011-05-01 @KCR L 5.1 12 7 6 0 0 1 88 18
2011-04-24 CLE W 7.0 6 3 3 2 3 0 101 54
Last 5 v.KCR 3-2 28.2 38 19 18 5 10 3 5.65 42
2011-05-01 @KCR L 5.1 12 7 6 0 0 1 88 18
2010-07-27 @KCR W 5.0 5 1 1 3 2 0 98 52
2010-06-09 KCR W 8.0 6 2 2 2 1 0 98 61
2010-04-23 @KCR W 7.0 4 2 2 0 5 1 104 66
2010-04-18 KCR L 3.1 11 7 7 0 2 1 79 12
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-15   Road:   12-22   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  13-28   vsLHP:   5-9    1-Run:  10-15
 vsEast:  6-18   vsCntrl: 6-9    vsWest:  6-7  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 55 Thu, Jun  2  @KCR  W   8-2       18-37  5th 15.5 gb
 54 Wed, Jun  1  @DET  L   2-4       17-37  5th 16.5 gb
 53 Tue, May 31  @DET  L   7-8       17-36  5th 15.5 gb
 52 Mon, May 30  @DET  L   5-6       17-35  5th 14.5 gb
 51 Sun, May 29   LAA  L   5-6       17-34  5th 14.5 gb
 50 Sat, May 28   LAA  W   1-0 (10)  17-33  5th 14.5 gb
 49 Fri, May 27   LAA  L   5-6       16-33  5th 14.5 gb
 48 Wed, May 25   SEA  L   0-3       16-32  5th 14.5 gb
 47 Tue, May 24   SEA  W   4-2       16-31  5th 14.5 gb
 46 Mon, May 23   SEA  L   7-8 (10)  15-31  5th 15.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-21
Royals, 25-31, 25-31 4th, 9 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Danny Duffy (22, LHP, 0-0, 4.11)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-0) 15.1 14 7 7 10 14 2 4.11
Last 7 GS 0-0 15.1 14 7 7 10 14 2 4.11 50
2011-05-29 @TEX ND 6.0 5 3 3 1 4 2 95 53
2011-05-24 @BAL ND 5.1 5 2 2 3 6 0 97 53
2011-05-18 TEX ND 4.0 4 2 2 6 4 0 94 44
Has never faced MIN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-15   Road:    6-16   ExtrInn: 6-6 
 vsRHP:  19-23   vsLHP:   6-8    1-Run:  11-9 
 vsEast:  4-5    vsCntrl: 9-13   vsWest: 11-11 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 56 Thu, Jun  2   MIN  L   2-8       25-31  4th  9.0 gb
 55 Wed, Jun  1   LAA  W   2-0       25-30  4th  9.0 gb
 54 Tue, May 31   LAA  W   7-3       24-30  4th  9.0 gb
 53 Mon, May 30   LAA  L   8-10      23-30  4th  9.0 gb
 52 Sun, May 29  @TEX  L   6-7       23-29  3rd  9.0 gb
 51 Sat, May 28  @TEX  L   1-10      23-28  3rd  9.0 gb
 50 Fri, May 27  @TEX  W  12-7 (14)  23-27  3rd  8.0 gb
 49 Thu, May 26  @BAL  L   5-6 (12)  22-27  4th  9.0 gb
 48 Wed, May 25  @BAL  L   2-9       22-26  3rd  8.5 gb
 47 Tue, May 24  @BAL  L   3-5       22-25  3rd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 02, 2011 MIN  8 @KCR  2        W:Anthony Swarzak (1-2), L: Sean O'Sullivan (2-5), S: none
Sun, May 01, 2011 KCR 10  MIN  3        W:Luke Hochevar (3-3), L: Carl Pavano (2-3), S: none
Sat, Apr 30, 2011 KCR 11  MIN  2        W:Nathan Adcock (1-0), L: Brian Duensing (2-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2011 - KCR over 4-2; 2010 - MIN won 13-5; 2009 - MIN won 12-6; All-Time - MIN leads 342-304

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  5.24

TBR  4.18

SDP  3.40

 RA/G

ATL  3.30

CLE  4.20

MIN  5.16

 BA

M. Joyce  .364

C. Lee  .261

A. LaRoche  .172

 OBP

J. Bautista  .502

R. Howard  .336

C. Figgins  .232

 SLG

J. Bautista  .773

P. Polanco  .403

A. Escobar  .244

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.276

D. Span  .744

A. Escobar  .488

 ERA

J. Jurrjens  1.51

R. Porcello  3.79

J. Vazquez  6.02

 K/9IP

C. Lee  10.13

T. Wood  6.65

C. Pavano  3.38

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

Twins Batters (3.58 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 59.Paulino
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/.000 103/88 .133/.167/.204/.371 .533/.342 .398 42/.446 0/0 1/2
12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/.453 ··· 152/119 .231/.300/.313/.613 .427/.676 .476 69/.772 5/2 0/5
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 14/.142 3/.000 209/155 .260/.321/.370/.690 1.009/.582 .698 95/.723 3/1 5/3
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 16/.438 1/.000 211/142 .242/.299/.361/.659 .475/.752 .627 111/.723 0/0 4/1
18.Repko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/28 .161/.235/.161/.397 .143/.459 .274 7/.000 2/0 0/0
11.Revere* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 38/36 .250/.289/.278/.567 .000/.600 .531 33/.593 3/0 0/2
32.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/35 .225/.311/.350/.661 .856/.605 .681 45/.661 0/0 1/0
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 11/.473 ··· 246/181 .297/.366/.378/.744 .724/.751 .695 115/.769 4/1 2/1
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 90/72 .185/.241/.272/.513 .620/.487 .482 37/.596 1/0 0/3
19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 221/173 .227/.290/.350/.639 .830/.587 .689 103/.633 2/2 5/5
21.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 10/.522 3/.666 140/101 .214/.250/.260/.510 .372/.562 .558 77/.464 1/0 1/2
IP 15.1 9.1 24.0 24.0 22.2 TOTAL .238/.300/.342/.642 .655/.637 .629 .662 25/6 33/36
ERA-K/9 4.11/8.2 0.00/12.6 4.50/7.9 6.00/7.1 2.78/7.9 4.64/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (15-10-2)
 Rivera (6-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 67/.250 36/.125 100/.304 108/.287 95/.230 .272  Cuddyer
 Young
 Repko
 Span
 Revere
0/0/26/2
33/0/0/2
6/2/4/1
0/52/0/0
5/1/2/0
OPS .792 .378 .796 .830 .674 .787
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 13/.558 14/.536 41/.685 53/.693 47/.534 .803
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 54/.855 22/.282 59/.873 55/.955 48/.811 .774
Home 21/.786 26/.405 47/.860 80/.679 58/.536
Last 28d days 67/.792 36/.378 51/.601 54/1.009 50/.686
HR/SB/CS 2/6/1 0/0/0 3/2/0 4/0/1 3/2/3 70/39/20
Usage ·X·oo··X ·X····X· X··XX·X· ··X···oo
Royals Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Pavano
G/S/vB		 31.Burnett
G/S/vB		 55.Capps
G/S/vB		 54.Dumatrait*
G/S/vB		 37.Hoey
G/S/vB		 44.James*
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 39.Slama
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Aviles G/S/vP 11/.482 4/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/1.667 1/no AB 3/.000 164/116 .230/.264/.414/.678 1.042/.536 .672 65/.378 8/1 5/7
24.Betemit# G/S/vP 5/.800 3/1.000 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 3/.666 185/146 .305/.368/.433/.800 .619/.850 .754 82/.749 3/1 2/5
16.Butler G/S/vP 36/1.243 7/1.171 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 1/.000 3/.333 237/184 .292/.392/.421/.813 1.011/.759 .866 99/.757 1/1 4/0
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 5/.666 ··· 4/.000 ··· 4/1.167 ··· 3/1.000 249/175 .268/.308/.442/.749 .618/.805 .694 106/.733 5/1 7/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 6/.500 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 214/164 .208/.244/.244/.488 .553/.468 .499 86/.404 5/4 0/3
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 9/1.000 5/1.600 9/.111 2/2.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 235/182 .286/.332/.502/.834 1.151/.740 .876 101/.690 6/0 9/2
17.Getz* G/S/vP 10/.633 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 180/138 .253/.337/.307/.644 .639/.645 .648 65/.664 8/2 0/3
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 21/.664 3/.333 2/2.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 6/.834 1/.000 3/.666 251/172 .288/.352/.487/.839 .874/.822 .954 109/.767 5/2 7/1
12.Maier* G/S/vP 17/.853 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 1/no AB ··· 29/20 .348/.483/.478/.961 .730/1.063 1.029 18/.778 0/0 0/0
27.Pena# G/S/vP 6/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.666 1/.000 ··· 93/67 .220/.280/.378/.658 .656/.658 .594 38/.637 0/0 3/2
15.Treanor G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 126/103 .216/.355/.304/.659 .780/.632 .740 53/.687 1/1 2/2
IP 69.1 15.2 25.0 6.1 10.1 2.1 13.1 1.1 21.0 TOTAL .261/.326/.404/.730 .768/.717 .753 .681 53/14 46/32
ERA-K/9 5.19/3.4 6.32/5.7 4.68/5.4 2.84/1.4 10.45/6.1 0.00/3.9 5.40/5.4 0.00/13.8 3.43/2.6 4.81/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (18-9-1)
 Treanor (21-11-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 304/.291 75/.317 99/.228 26/.105 57/.400 8/.000 66/.260 5/.000 88/.238 .269  Francoeur
 Gordon
 Cabrera
 Maier
0/0/54/6
52/0/0/5
7/48/2/5
2/3/4/0
OPS .765 .833 .650 .355 1.256 .125 .764 .200 .662 .773
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 169/.729 32/1.029 54/.749 12/.361 22/1.159 2/.000 31/.573 / 56/.665 .750
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 135/.812 43/.692 45/.517 14/.350 35/1.319 6/.167 35/.969 5/.200 32/.657 .794
Road 156/.876 40/.890 60/.768 22/.433 18/1.300 7/.143 43/.677 5/.200 31/.736
Last 28d days 142/.772 53/.844 43/.725 26/.355 32/1.276 8/.125 28/.940 5/.200 63/.544
HR/SB/CS 6/10/1 0/4/0 4/1/0 0/0/1 4/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/3 0/0/0 2/0/0 57/34/17
Usage ····X··· o··X·oo· o····o·· ··Xo··o· ···oX·X· ·X··o··· o·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.