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Game Preview: OAK @ MIN, 7:10pm, Saturday, April 9, 2011 @Target Field

Athletics, 2-5, 2-5 3rd, 4½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Gio Gonzalez (25, LHP, 1-0, 1.29)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (1-0)			7.0	6	1	1	4	4	1	1.29
2010 (15-9)			200.2	171	75	72	92	171	15	3.23
2009 (6-7)			98.2	113	68	63	56	109	14	5.75

Last 7 GS		4-1	40.2	38	13	13	24	37	5	2.88	55
2011-04-03	SEA	W	7.0	6	1	1	4	4	1	116	61
2010-09-30	@SEA	W	7.0	4	0	0	5	8	0	118	72
2010-09-25	TEX	ND	6.0	7	2	2	3	2	1	106	49
2010-09-20	CHW	ND	6.0	4	0	0	4	7	0	109	67
2010-09-14	@KCR	L	2.0	7	7	7	3	1	1	55	12
2010-09-08	SEA	W	6.2	6	3	3	2	9	2	117	57
2010-09-03	LAA	W	6.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	103	67

Last 5 v.MIN		1-2	18.2	27	24	22	11	17	5	10.61	32
2010-08-13	@MIN	L	6.0	3	4	2	4	7	0	110	57
2010-06-06	MIN	W	7.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	117	60
2009-09-13	@MIN	L	3.0	8	7	7	3	5	1	78	17
2009-07-20	MIN	ND	2.2	10	11	11	3	1	4	89	-8

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

 Home:    1-2    Road:    1-3    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   1-3    vsLHP:   1-2    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 0-1    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  7 Fri, Apr  8  @MIN  L   1-2        2-5   3rd  4.5 gb
  6 Thu, Apr  7  @TOR  W   2-1        2-4   3rd  4.0 gb
  5 Wed, Apr  6  @TOR  L   3-5        1-4   4th  4.5 gb
  4 Tue, Apr  5  @TOR  L   6-7 (10)   1-3   4th  3.5 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  3   SEA  W   7-1        1-2   3rd  2.0 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  2   SEA  L   2-5        0-2   4th  2.0 gb
  1 Fri, Apr  1   SEA  L   2-6        0-1   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-5    Last 20: 2-5    Last 30: 2-5

Twins, 3-4, 3-4 4th, 2 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (29, RHP, 1-0, 1.59)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (1-0)			5.2	6	2	1	1	2	1	1.59
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		3-3	46.0	41	18	17	12	22	6	3.33	54
2011-04-03	@TOR	W	5.2	6	2	1	1	2	1	93	52
2010-10-03	TOR	L	7.0	3	2	2	1	6	2	96	68
2010-09-28	@KCR	L	4.1	8	8	8	2	4	2	82	17
2010-09-22	CLE	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	89	63
2010-09-17	OAK	L	7.0	8	3	3	1	1	1	110	49
2010-09-11	@CLE	ND	8.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	94	73
2010-09-05	TEX	W	7.0	6	2	2	3	4	0	110	58

Last 5 v.OAK		0-3	25.2	43	24	24	6	6	7	8.42	32
2010-09-17	OAK	L	7.0	8	3	3	1	1	1	110	49
2010-06-06	@OAK	L	2.2	10	5	5	1	0	0	67	17
2009-09-11	OAK	L	3.0	6	6	6	1	2	3	68	24
2009-07-20	@OAK	ND	5.0	13	7	7	0	0	2	92	13
2009-06-11	@OAK	ND	8.0	6	3	3	3	3	1	97	58

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

 Home:    1-0    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   0-3    vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  1-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  7 Fri, Apr  8   OAK  W   2-1        3-4   4th  2.0 gb
  6 Thu, Apr  7  @NYY  L   3-4        2-4   4th  2.0 gb
  5 Tue, Apr  5  @NYY  W   5-4 (10)   2-3   4th  2.0 gb
  4 Mon, Apr  4  @NYY  L   3-4        1-3   4th  2.0 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  3  @TOR  W   4-3        1-2   3rd  1.5 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  2  @TOR  L   1-6        0-2   3rd  2.0 gb
  1 Fri, Apr  1  @TOR  L   3-13       0-1   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-4    Last 20: 3-4    Last 30: 3-4

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 08, 2011 MIN  2  OAK  1        W:Carl Pavano (1-1), L: Brett Anderson (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (3)

Sun, Sep 19, 2010 OAK  6 @MIN  2        W:Bobby Cramer (2-0), L: Francisco Liriano (14-8), S: none
Sat, Sep 18, 2010 MIN  4  OAK  2        W:Kevin Slowey (13-6), L: Dallas Braden (9-13), S: Matt Capps (40)
Fri, Sep 17, 2010 OAK  3 @MIN  1        W:Brett Anderson (6-6), L: Nick Blackburn (9-10), S: Andrew Bailey (25)
Sun, Aug 15, 2010 MIN  4  OAK  2        W:Kevin Slowey (11-5), L: Vin Mazzaro (6-5), S: Matt Capps (30)
Sat, Aug 14, 2010 MIN  2  OAK  0        W:Brian Duensing (6-1), L: Trevor Cahill (12-5), S: none
Fri, Aug 13, 2010 MIN  4  OAK  3        W:Carl Pavano (15-7), L: Gio Gonzalez (10-8), S: Matt Capps (29)
Sun, Jun 06, 2010 OAK  5  MIN  4        W:Gio Gonzalez (6-3), L: Nick Blackburn (6-3), S: Michael Wuertz (1)
Sat, Jun 05, 2010 MIN  4 @OAK  3        W:Alex Burnett (1-1), L: Brad Ziegler (2-3), S: Jon Rauch (15)
Fri, Jun 04, 2010 MIN  5 @OAK  4 (11)   W:Matt Guerrier (1-1), L: Andrew Bailey (0-2), S: Jon Rauch (14)
Season Series: 2011 - MIN over 1-0; 2010 - MIN won 6-3; 2009 - OAK won 6-4; All-Time - MIN leads 987-973

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

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

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

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

Athletics Batters (3.29 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 56.Hughes*
G/S/vB 49.Manship
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 59.Slowey
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP 20/.583 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 4/.500 4/.000 1/.000 12/.000 686/498 .273/.393/.405/.798 .895/.761 .794 30/.700 7/3 10/10

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 8/1.375 ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/.382 7/1.143 9/.583 328/241 .279/.342/.438/.779 .949/.716 .659 30/.783 32/3 8/2

12.DeJesus* G/S/vP 24/1.440 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 18/.398 9/.666 21/1.033 394/287 .318/.384/.443/.827 .725/.864 .802 26/.530 3/3 5/0

14.Ellis G/S/vP 14/1.500 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.500 7/.143 1/.000 9/.347 492/372 .291/.358/.381/.739 .839/.706 .825 24/.639 7/6 5/3

28.Jackson G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 241/195 .236/.336/.327/.663 .743/.645 .640 10/.844 6/1 2/1

5.Kouzmanoff G/S/vP 2/2.000 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 5/.200 586/435 .247/.283/.396/.679 .724/.663 .685 24/.384 2/1 16/12

21.LaRoche G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 271/174 .206/.268/.287/.555 .683/.485 .547 9/1.111 1/1 4/11

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 6/.733 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/2.667 7/.929 3/.666 10/.633 558/409 .274/.361/.459/.820 .692/.868 .827 23/.490 0/1 21/0

2.Pennington# G/S/vP 6/1.667 ··· ··· 3/2.500 1/2.000 2/.000 1/2.000 4/.000 576/443 .250/.319/.368/.687 .655/.697 .695 19/.471 29/5 6/25

11.Powell# G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/2.667 129/91 .214/.305/.304/.608 .624/.602 .623 1/2.000 1/0 2/6

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 13/.693 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 5/.000 ··· 9/1.000 544/403 .242/.303/.366/.669 .575/.701 .600 26/.574 3/2 13/8

15.Sweeney* G/S/vP 10/.633 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 331/257 .294/.342/.383/.725 .623/.754 .637 2/.000 1/1 1/0

16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 451/336 .268/.389/.459/.848 .904/.830 .740 28/.750 8/0 16/1

IP 161.0 73.0 56.1 29.0 32.2 21.2 155.2 TOTAL .234/.280/.355/.635 .644/.630 .639 .635 5/1 2/9

ERA-K/9

5.42/3.8

2.47/7.3

3.83/5.4

5.28/6.5

3.31/7.7

/0.0

5.82/5.8

4.45/6.7

4.95/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Powell (17-9-0)
Suzuki (66-19-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 692/.302 305/.265 252/.273 124/.293 139/.268 / 98/.337 662/.280 .244 Willingham
DeJesus
Sweeney
Jackson
Crisp
Matsui 108/0/0/7
2/19/70/5
0/1/80/4
52/0/0/3
0/73/0/2
18/0/0/1

OPS .839 .688 .730 .773 .768 .938 .770 .762

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 347/.843 146/.654 115/.674 59/.676 62/.776 / 32/.657 341/.734 .617

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 345/.836 159/.719 137/.775 65/.861 77/.761 / 66/1.080 321/.807 .835

Home 364/.726 183/.720 127/.698 56/.754 74/.886 / 50/.901 378/.713

Last 28d days 24/.683 15/.445 14/1.095 10/.900 10/.300 14/.721 6/.333 15/.733

HR/SB/CS 25/5/4 6/3/2 3/3/1 3/1/1 4/1/1 // 3/2/1 21/6/4 11/6/0

Usage ·····X·· ···X·oX· ·o··X··X ·X·····X ·o···Xo· X··X·X·· ·····o·o ····o·Xo

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 (3.00 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 26.Cramer*
G/S/vB 57.Fuentes*
G/S/vB 66.Ross
G/S/vB 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 155/89 .197/.237/.296/.533 .453/.591 .540 4/.500 0/0 2/5

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 170/132 .276/.331/.395/.726 .813/.702 .699 15/.486 6/1 1/5

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 7/1.914 2/1.500 2/.000 3/.000 3/2.667 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 675/460 .271/.336/.417/.753 .875/.700 .786 23/.221 7/3 14/6

38.Hughes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/3 .286/.286/.714/1.000 .500/1.667 3/.000 0/1 1/0

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 8/1.333 ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 582/399 .249/.323/.427/.750 .655/.792 .746 23/.800 0/1 21/5

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 8/.875 1/.000 6/.533 6/.900 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/2.667 584/353 .327/.402/.469/.871 .711/.978 .812 25/.547 1/4 9/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 3/5.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 348/215 .345/.437/.618/1.055 .966/1.113 .914 25/.584 0/0 18/1

18.Repko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 6/.167 ··· 3/.000 146/89 .228/.324/.346/.671 .523/.767 .459 2/.000 3/2 3/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 13/1.138 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 705/462 .264/.331/.348/.679 .696/.670 .761 30/.881 26/4 3/4

25.Thome* G/S/vP 5/.200 4/1.500 7/1.429 3/2.334 3/1.666 8/.393 ··· 2/.000 340/246 .283/.412/.627/1.039 .769/1.154 1.112 15/.574 0/0 25/

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 100/79 .230/.293/.379/.672 .198/.797 .904 5/.400 1/1 1/2

19.Valencia G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 322/211 .311/.351/.448/.799 .967/.713 .979 26/.492 2/0 7/6

21.Young G/S/vP 10/.600 4/.500 2/.500 2/.000 3/.333 1/2.000 2/2.500 3/.000 613/419 .298/.333/.493/.826 .927/.781 .809 25/.440 5/4 21/4

IP 200.2 55.1 48.2 74.2 23.2 48.0 39.1 60.2 TOTAL .210/.267/.279/.547 .569/.528 .533 .547 2/0 2/5

ERA-K/9

3.23/7.7

2.28/9.1

3.70/8.5

3.01/8.6

3.04/4.9

2.81/8.8

5.49/7.3

3.26/6.1

3.39/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (21-16-4)
Mauer (53-19-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 851/.229 222/.216 220/.274 304/.194 93/.233 196/.181 169/.271 257/.241 .253 Young
Kubel
Span
Repko
Cuddyer
Casilla
Tolbert 149/0/0/12
16/0/83/7
0/153/0/5
6/6/39/5
0/2/66/5
0/1/0/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .644 .619 .758 .620 .736 .607 .754 .694 .656

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 196/.615 100/.771 97/.598 104/.586 16/.875 55/.371 74/.674 78/1.034 .708

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 655/.653 122/.496 123/.892 200/.637 77/.705 141/.696 95/.819 179/.560 .627

Road 434/.697 122/.579 112/.771 165/.628 68/.646 81/.586 83/.952 130/.865

Last 28d days 29/.815 9/1.194 13/.167 8/2.417 5/.200 10/.944 / 7/.571

HR/SB/CS 15/12/3 3/2/2 7/1/1 9/4/1 5/0/1 5/3/1 4/2/0 4/2/1 4/9/3

Usage ·····X·· ···o··X· ···o·X·o ······oX ·······X ·o····X· ··o····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.