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Game Preview: MIN @ KCR, 7:10pm, Saturday, June 4, 2011 @Kauffman Stadium

Twins, 19-37, 19-37 5th, 14½ GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (29, RHP, 4-4, 3.57)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (4-4) 70.2 72 33 28 21 38 10 3.57
2010 (10-12) 161.0 194 101 97 40 68 25 5.42
2009 (11-11) 205.2 240 103 92 41 98 25 4.03
Last 7 GS 3-1 46.0 43 20 17 16 24 6 3.33 53
2011-05-30 @DET ND 6.0 7 5 5 1 3 2 99 40
2011-05-24 SEA W 9.0 7 2 2 0 6 1 127 71
2011-05-19 @OAK W 7.0 5 1 1 2 1 0 96 62
2011-05-14 TOR ND 7.2 5 3 2 2 8 1 110 65
2011-05-09 @BOS ND 6.1 7 1 1 3 5 0 109 57
2011-05-04 @CHW W 6.2 4 1 1 4 1 1 107 59
2011-04-28 TBR L 3.1 8 7 5 4 0 1 86 16
Last 5 v.KCR 0-1 27.2 36 24 23 7 18 7 7.48 38
2010-09-28 @KCR L 4.1 8 8 8 2 4 2 82 17
2010-04-24 @KCR ND 4.1 10 6 5 2 0 0 75 19
2010-04-17 KCR ND 5.0 7 5 5 1 3 2 73 35
2009-10-03 KCR ND 7.0 4 2 2 0 5 1 88 66
2009-08-21 @KCR ND 7.0 7 3 3 2 6 2 106 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-15   Road:   13-22   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  13-28   vsLHP:   6-9    1-Run:  10-15
 vsEast:  6-18   vsCntrl: 7-9    vsWest:  6-7  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 56 Fri, Jun  3  @KCR  W   5-2       19-37  5th 14.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20
Royals, 25-32, 25-32 4th, 9 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (27, RHP, 3-5, 4.96)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (3-5) 78.0 75 47 43 23 37 13 4.96
2010 (6-6) 103.0 110 61 55 37 76 9 4.81
2009 (7-13) 143.0 167 109 104 46 106 23 6.55
Last 7 GS 1-3 46.1 48 26 25 16 17 7 4.86 47
2011-05-30 LAA ND 5.0 7 4 4 3 2 0 105 36
2011-05-25 @BAL L 7.0 8 8 7 3 1 0 105 29
2011-05-19 TEX ND 8.2 6 1 1 2 4 1 113 70
2011-05-13 @DET L 6.0 7 3 3 3 3 2 102 46
2011-05-07 OAK ND 7.0 4 1 1 0 3 0 94 68
2011-05-01 MIN W 6.1 5 3 3 4 1 1 106 48
2011-04-26 @CLE L 6.1 11 6 6 1 3 3 97 29
Last 5 v.MIN 2-1 28.0 30 20 18 16 18 4 5.79 43
2011-05-01 MIN W 6.1 5 3 3 4 1 1 106 48
2010-09-29 MIN ND 6.0 7 2 2 3 4 0 97 51
2010-04-24 MIN ND 6.2 8 5 4 1 7 0 100 46
2010-04-18 @MIN W 6.0 6 3 2 5 4 0 104 49
2009-10-04 @MIN L 3.0 4 7 7 3 2 3 58 22
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-16   Road:    6-16   ExtrInn: 6-6 
 vsRHP:  19-24   vsLHP:   6-8    1-Run:  11-9 
 vsEast:  4-5    vsCntrl: 9-14   vsWest: 11-11 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 57 Fri, Jun  3   MIN  L   2-5       25-32  4th  9.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 03, 2011 MIN  5 @KCR  2        W:Carl Pavano (3-5), L: Danny Duffy (0-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2011 - KCR over 4-3; 2010 - MIN won 13-5; 2009 - MIN won 12-6; All-Time - MIN leads 343-304

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  5.18

HOU  4.12

SDP  3.40

 RA/G

ATL  3.29

STL  4.24

MIN  5.11

 BA

J. Bautista  .360

M. Trumbo  .262

D. Uggla  .172

 OBP

J. Bautista  .504

R. Howard  .333

C. Figgins  .228

 SLG

J. Bautista  .766

V. Guerrero  .402

A. Escobar  .239

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.270

M. Cabrera  .745

A. Escobar  .478

 ERA

J. Jurrjens  1.51

T. Hudson  3.75

R. Dempster  6.32

 K/9IP

C. Lee  10.13

T. Wood  6.65

C. Pavano  3.45

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

Twins Batters (3.61 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB		 57.Chavez
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 6/.533 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 107/89 .140/.179/.220/.399 .686/.340 .445 46/.510 0/0 1/2
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 11/1.455 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.453 ··· 157/119 .234/.310/.314/.624 .492/.676 .496 74/.784 7/3 0/5
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 22/.623 4/2.250 ··· ··· 14/.142 4/.000 213/156 .263/.329/.387/.715 1.109/.579 .737 95/.766 3/1 6/3
38.Hughes G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 79/51 .213/.253/.293/.546 .693/.464 .514 27/.539 1/0 1/1
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 15/.945 1/.000 ··· ··· 16/.438 1/.000 216/142 .236/.292/.352/.643 .442/.752 .601 112/.698 0/0 4/1
18.Repko G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/28 .161/.235/.161/.397 .143/.459 .274 7/.000 2/0 0/0
11.Revere* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 42/37 .275/.310/.300/.610 .400/.639 .583 37/.639 3/0 0/2
32.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/35 .225/.311/.350/.661 .856/.605 .681 42/.678 0/0 1/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 24/.481 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 11/.473 ··· 251/181 .300/.367/.392/.759 .779/.751 .720 116/.815 4/1 2/1
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 90/72 .185/.241/.272/.513 .620/.487 .482 37/.596 1/0 0/3
19.Valencia G/S/vP 6/1.267 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.000 225/174 .227/.289/.348/.637 .819/.583 .683 104/.646 2/3 5/5
21.Young G/S/vP 19/.600 1/2.000 ··· ··· 10/.522 4/1.000 144/102 .222/.257/.267/.524 .394/.577 .579 81/.491 1/0 1/3
IP 78.0 9.1 24.0 24.0 24.1 TOTAL .240/.302/.345/.647 .674/.637 .638 .686 27/8 34/37
ERA-K/9 4.96/4.3 /0.0 0.00/12.6 4.50/7.9 6.00/7.1 2.96/8.1 4.65/5.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 330/.248 / 36/.125 100/.304 108/.287 101/.239 .273  Cuddyer
 Young
 Repko
 Span
 Revere
0/0/26/2
34/0/0/2
6/2/4/1
0/53/0/0
5/1/3/0
OPS .784 .378 .796 .830 .677 .790
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 182/.799 / 14/.536 41/.685 53/.693 48/.566 .803
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 148/.765 / 22/.282 59/.873 55/.955 53/.779 .779
Home 217/.703 / 26/.405 47/.860 80/.679 64/.554
Last 28d days 116/.765 / 36/.378 49/.543 50/1.055 56/.691
HR/SB/CS 13/4/1 // 0/0/0 3/2/0 4/0/1 3/3/3 71/41/22
Usage ····X··· ··X·oo·· ··X····X ·X··XX·X X··X···o
Royals Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
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		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Aviles G/S/vP 6/1.500 4/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/1.667 1/no AB 164/116 .230/.264/.414/.678 1.042/.536 .672 61/.400 8/1 5/7
24.Betemit# G/S/vP 7/.000 3/1.000 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 189/150 .304/.365/.429/.794 .619/.839 .744 86/.737 3/1 2/5
16.Butler G/S/vP 24/.750 7/1.171 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 1/.000 241/188 .301/.398/.427/.826 1.011/.776 .885 99/.796 1/1 4/0
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 9/.778 2/.000 5/.666 ··· 4/.000 ··· 4/1.167 ··· 253/179 .268/.307/.438/.745 .618/.798 .688 106/.733 5/1 7/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 218/168 .204/.239/.239/.478 .553/.456 .484 87/.374 5/4 0/3
21.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· 5/1.600 9/.111 2/2.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 239/186 .281/.326/.493/.819 1.151/.723 .850 101/.670 6/0 9/2
17.Getz* G/S/vP 12/.349 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 184/142 .248/.331/.301/.632 .639/.630 .628 65/.664 8/2 0/3
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 12/.523 3/.333 2/2.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 6/.834 1/.000 255/176 .288/.354/.485/.839 .874/.823 .952 109/.781 5/2 7/1
12.Maier* G/S/vP 11/.637 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 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.666 1/.000 97/71 .221/.278/.372/.650 .656/.649 .587 42/.623 0/0 3/2
15.Treanor G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 126/103 .216/.355/.304/.659 .780/.632 .740 50/.660 1/1 2/2
IP 70.2 15.2 25.0 6.1 10.1 2.1 13.1 1.1 TOTAL .261/.326/.402/.728 .768/.714 .748 .682 53/14 46/32
ERA-K/9 3.57/4.8 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 4.76/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (20-11-1)
 Treanor (21-11-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 296/.266 75/.317 99/.228 26/.105 57/.400 8/.000 66/.260 5/.000 .269  Francoeur
 Gordon
 Cabrera
 Maier
0/0/55/6
53/0/0/6
7/49/2/6
2/3/4/0
OPS .755 .833 .650 .355 1.256 .125 .764 .200 .770
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 162/.750 32/1.029 54/.749 12/.361 22/1.159 2/.000 31/.573 / .747
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 134/.761 43/.692 45/.517 14/.350 35/1.319 6/.167 35/.969 5/.200 .790
Road 183/.762 40/.890 60/.768 22/.433 18/1.300 7/.143 43/.677 5/.200
Last 28d days 144/.655 47/.790 43/.725 26/.355 31/1.324 8/.125 28/.940 5/.200
HR/SB/CS 10/5/4 0/4/0 4/1/0 0/0/1 4/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/3 0/0/0 57/34/17
Usage ····X··· ·o··X·oo ·o····o· ···Xo··o ····oX·X ··X··o·· ·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.