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Game Preview: KCR @ MIN, 1:10pm, Wednesday, April 13, 2011 @Target Field

Royals, 6-4, 6-4 3rd, 1½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Kyle Davies (27, RHP, 0-1, 9.00)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (0-1)			9.0	13	9	9	7	5	1	9.00
2010 (8-12)			183.2	206	114	109	80	126	20	5.34
2009 (8-9)			123.0	122	76	72	66	86	18	5.27

Last 7 GS		1-4	37.0	47	30	30	19	25	3	7.30	39
2011-04-08	@DET	L	3.2	6	5	5	5	3	0	92	27
2011-04-02	LAA	ND	5.1	7	4	4	2	2	1	102	38
2010-10-02	TBR	L	5.2	6	4	4	3	4	1	99	42
2010-09-27	MIN	ND	3.1	8	7	7	3	1	0	75	14
2010-09-22	@DET	L	8.0	7	4	4	1	6	0	112	57
2010-09-17	CLE	L	5.0	8	5	5	3	4	1	92	32
2010-09-11	@CHW	W	6.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	102	61

Last 5 v.MIN		2-2	26.2	29	20	19	16	22	2	6.41	42
2010-09-27	MIN	ND	3.1	8	7	7	3	1	0	75	14
2010-06-09	@MIN	L	6.2	8	5	4	5	1	1	100	36
2009-08-22	MIN	L	5.2	4	6	6	3	6	1	93	40
2009-08-11	@MIN	W	5.0	5	1	1	3	6	0	105	56
2008-09-26	@MIN	W	6.0	4	1	1	2	8	0	101	66

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

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

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Tue, Apr 12  @MIN  L   3-4 (10)   6-4   3rd  1.5 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 10  @DET  W   9-5        6-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  8 Sat, Apr  9  @DET  W   3-1        5-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  7 Fri, Apr  8  @DET  L   2-5        4-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  6 Wed, Apr  6   CHW  L   7-10(12)   4-2   1st  0.5 up
  5 Tue, Apr  5   CHW  W   7-6 (12)   4-1   1st  1.5 up
  4 Sun, Apr  3   LAA  W  12-9 (13)   3-1   1st  0.5 up
  3 Sat, Apr  2   LAA  W   5-4        2-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  2 Fri, Apr  1   LAA  W   2-1        1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Thu, Mar 31   LAA  L   2-4        0-1   4th  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 6-4    Last 30: 6-4

Twins, 4-6, 4-6 4th, 3½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Francisco Liriano (27, LHP, 0-2, 7.71)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (0-2)			9.1	8	8	8	8	8	2	7.71
2010 (14-10)			191.2	184	77	77	58	201	9	3.62
2009 (5-13)			136.2	147	93	88	65	122	21	5.80

Last 7 GS		2-5	35.2	38	25	25	14	31	8	6.31	45
2011-04-07	@NYY	L	5.0	4	4	4	3	5	0	97	45
2011-04-02	@TOR	L	4.1	4	4	4	5	3	2	90	37
2010-09-30	TOR	L	5.1	6	5	5	1	6	3	91	41
2010-09-24	@DET	L	3.0	4	2	2	1	4	1	58	46
2010-09-19	OAK	L	5.0	7	5	5	1	2	1	81	34
2010-09-14	@CHW	W	6.0	6	3	3	3	7	0	103	52
2010-09-07	KCR	W	7.0	7	2	2	0	4	1	95	59

Last 5 v.KCR		3-2	27.0	27	12	12	5	24	4	4.00	53
2010-09-07	KCR	W	7.0	7	2	2	0	4	1	95	59
2010-07-26	@KCR	W	7.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	84	77
2009-09-27	@KCR	L	1.2	3	3	3	3	1	1	45	35
2009-08-12	KCR	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	8	1	91	74
2008-09-26	KCR	L	4.1	11	6	6	1	5	1	85	21

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

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

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Tue, Apr 12   KCR  W   4-3 (10)   4-6   4th  3.5 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 10   OAK  L   3-5        3-6   4th  4.0 gb
  8 Sat, Apr  9   OAK  L   0-1        3-5   4th  3.0 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: 4-6    Last 20: 4-6    Last 30: 4-6

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Tue, Jul 27, 2010 MIN 11 @KCR  2        W:Carl Pavano (13-6), L: Bruce Chen (5-5), S: none
Mon, Jul 26, 2010 MIN 19 @KCR  1        W:Francisco Liriano (9-7), L: Zack Greinke (6-10), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - MIN over 1-0; 2010 - MIN won 13-5; 2009 - MIN won 12-6; All-Time - MIN leads 341-300

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.

Royals Batters (5.20 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
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 PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Aviles G/S/vP 16/.688 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.667 2/2.000 8/.536 448/325 .304/.335/.413/.748 .642/.787 .717 33/.509 14/5 8/14

24.Betemit# G/S/vP 9/.333 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 315/227 .297/.378/.511/.889 .930/.873 .834 30/1.060 0/0 13/10

16.Butler G/S/vP 20/.583 4/1.750 3/.000 1/.000 8/.929 5/.400 6/.666 9/1.000 678/543 .318/.388/.469/.857 .727/.888 .843 46/1.073 0/0 15/6

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 9/.777 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 4/1.000 9/1.112 509/346 .255/.317/.354/.671 .642/.685 .662 52/.700 7/1 4/4

1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 65/54 .211/.286/.404/.689 .273/.783 .501 1/ 9/1 1/2

2.Escobar G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 552/407 .235/.288/.326/.614 .614/.614 .617 46/.489 10/4 4/20

21.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 9/.111 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 503/368 .249/.300/.383/.683 .805/.639 .733 47/.730 8/3 13/4

17.Getz* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.666 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 248/196 .237/.302/.277/.579 .699/.548 .489 42/.764 15/2 0/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 13/.930 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 4/2.000 5/1.000 7/1.000 7/1.404 281/211 .215/.315/.355/.671 .704/.660 .651 50/.891 1/5 8/7

30.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 206/159 .217/.307/.394/.702 .754/.684 .612 41/.616 0/1 8/2

12.Maier* G/S/vP 8/.393 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 5/.400 4/.833 1/.000 5/.650 421/337 .263/.333/.375/.709 .659/.720 .725 1/.000 3/2 5/5

27.Pena# G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/1.100 4/.666 1/5.000 3/.666 174/121 .253/.306/.335/.642 .509/.701 .673 20/.718 2/0 1/3

15.Treanor G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 272/190 .211/.287/.308/.595 .408/.677 .607 25/.768 1/2 5/3

IP 191.2 47.2 73.0 56.1 29.0 32.2 21.2 TOTAL .272/.342/.411/.753 .803/.729 .700 .753 15/2 8/7

ERA-K/9

3.62/9.4

5.29/7.0

2.47/7.3

3.83/5.4

5.28/6.5

3.31/7.7

/0.0

5.82/5.8

4.09/5.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 806/.252 211/.287 305/.265 252/.273 124/.293 139/.268 / 98/.337 .238 Francoeur
Cabrera
Maier
Gordon
Dyson
Betemit
Escobar 2/0/131/11
84/55/25/8
8/65/43/4
55/0/3/2
0/15/0/2
2/0/0/0
2/1/2/0

OPS .670 .847 .688 .730 .773 .768 .938 .720

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 172/.517 76/.946 146/.654 115/.674 59/.676 62/.776 / 32/.657 .648

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 634/.713 135/.794 159/.719 137/.775 65/.861 77/.761 / 66/1.080 .766

Home 438/.641 114/.798 183/.720 127/.698 56/.754 74/.886 / 50/.901

Last 28d days 46/.870 6/.500 23/.279 19/.786 13/1.128 17/.371 17/.580 14/.381

HR/SB/CS 9/12/3 6/2/0 6/3/2 3/3/1 3/1/1 4/1/1 // 3/2/1 13/8/2

Usage ·····X·· ··Xo···· X··o···X o··o·o·· ··o··X·· o·Xo·o·· o···X··X ··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 (2.80 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Davies
G/S/vB 41.Jeffress
G/S/vB 37.O'Sullivan
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 51.Tejeda
G/S/vB 50.Texeira
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

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

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 19/.594 ··· ··· 5/.650 3/1.167 1/2.000 170/132 .276/.331/.395/.726 .813/.702 .699 23/.420 6/1 1/5

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 21/.958 ··· 6/1.000 13/.154 11/.935 1/.000 675/460 .271/.336/.417/.753 .875/.700 .786 36/.524 7/3 14/6

38.Hughes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/3 .286/.286/.714/1.000 .500/1.667 11/.545 0/1 1/0

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 27/1.238 ··· 6/1.133 11/.000 9/.819 1/.000 582/399 .249/.323/.427/.750 .655/.792 .746 36/.733 0/1 21/5

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 26/.962 ··· 3/.666 14/1.310 8/.875 2/3.000 584/353 .327/.402/.469/.871 .711/.978 .812 38/.554 1/4 9/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 25/.425 ··· ··· 15/.467 7/1.086 1/.000 348/215 .345/.437/.618/1.055 .966/1.113 .914 38/.569 0/0 18/1

18.Repko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 146/89 .228/.324/.346/.671 .523/.767 .459 2/.000 3/2 3/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 21/.627 ··· 7/.286 9/.583 8/.833 1/.000 705/462 .264/.331/.348/.679 .696/.670 .761 43/.701 26/4 3/4

25.Thome* G/S/vP 17/1.279 ··· 5/3.300 9/.222 9/2.111 2/.500 340/246 .283/.412/.627/1.039 .769/1.154 1.112 21/.759 0/0 25/

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 5/.733 1/.000 4/1.000 1/2.000 100/79 .230/.293/.379/.672 .198/.797 .904 5/.400 1/1 1/2

19.Valencia G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 3/.666 2/2.500 322/211 .311/.351/.448/.799 .967/.713 .979 39/.602 2/0 7/6

21.Young G/S/vP 18/.952 ··· 6/1.300 9/.583 9/.597 1/3.000 613/419 .298/.333/.493/.826 .927/.781 .809 38/.427 5/4 21/4

IP 183.2 10.0 83.2 65.2 61.0 61.1 TOTAL .228/.279/.296/.575 .562/.588 .614 .575 3/0 3/9

ERA-K/9

5.34/6.2

2.70/7.2

5.49/4.6

1.78/9.7

3.54/8.3

4.84/4.8

4.17/5.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 817/.283 42/.229 368/.270 270/.216 258/.242 277/.304 .295 Young
Kubel
Repko
Cuddyer
Span
Casilla
Tolbert 149/0/0/12
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 .793 .676 .794 .568 .691 .777 .820

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 428/.836 14/.792 220/.751 155/.587 118/.697 130/.797 .793

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 389/.745 28/.619 148/.855 115/.541 140/.686 147/.759 .833

Road 423/.810 12/1.144 207/.822 106/.609 121/.627 141/.782

Last 28d days 45/1.020 9/.821 20/1.011 28/.745 26/1.045 20/.862

HR/SB/CS 20/17/3 0/0/0 15/15/1 4/1/1 5/4/1 3/4/3 16/6/4

Usage ····X··· ······oo ······X· ··oo··Xo X·Xo··oo ··o·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.