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Game Preview: TBR @ MIN, 8:10pm, Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @Target Field

Rays, 11-11, 11-11 2nd, 2 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Wade Davis (25, RHP, 2-2, 2.73)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (2-2)			26.1	23	8	8	8	10	1	2.73
2010 (12-10)			168.0	165	77	76	62	113	24	4.07
2009 (2-2)			36.1	33	19	15	13	36	2	3.72

Last 7 GS		2-3	42.0	33	13	13	12	19	2	2.79	56
2011-04-20	CHW	W	7.0	6	1	1	2	2	1	99	61
2011-04-15	MIN	W	7.0	4	1	1	2	1	0	100	64
2011-04-09	@CHW	L	6.0	5	2	2	3	4	0	103	55
2011-04-03	BAL	L	6.1	8	4	4	1	3	0	89	43
2010-10-03	@KCR	ND	7.0	3	2	2	2	6	1	104	67
2010-09-27	BAL	L	6.1	7	3	3	1	2	0	89	48
2010-09-22	@NYY	ND	2.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	31	57

Last 5 v.MIN		1-0	17.1	22	11	11	3	4	4	5.71	42
2011-04-15	MIN	W	7.0	4	1	1	2	1	0	100	64
2010-08-05	MIN	ND	6.0	10	6	6	1	2	1	81	29
2010-07-03	@MIN	ND	4.1	8	4	4	0	1	3	73	32

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

 Home:    6-7    Road:    5-4    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   7-8    vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   4-0 
 vsEast:  4-4    vsCntrl: 7-5    vsWest:  0-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Sun, Apr 24  @TOR  W   2-0       11-11  2nd  3.0 gb
 21 Sat, Apr 23  @TOR  W   6-4       10-11  2nd  3.0 gb
 20 Fri, Apr 22  @TOR  L   4-6 (11)   9-11  3rd  3.0 gb
 19 Thu, Apr 21   CHW  L   2-9        9-10  2nd  2.5 gb
 18 Wed, Apr 20   CHW  W   4-1        9-9   2nd  2.0 gb
 17 Tue, Apr 19   CHW  W   2-1        8-9   2nd  2.0 gb
 16 Mon, Apr 18   CHW  W   5-0        7-9   2nd  3.0 gb
 15 Sun, Apr 17   MIN  L   2-4        6-9   4th  3.5 gb
 14 Sat, Apr 16   MIN  W   4-3        6-8   4th  2.5 gb
 13 Fri, Apr 15   MIN  W   5-2        5-8   4th  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:11-11

Twins, 9-12, 9-12 4th, 4½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Francisco Liriano (27, LHP, 1-3, 7.40)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (1-3)			20.2	21	17	17	14	14	4	7.40
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		1-6	34.0	38	29	29	17	26	9	7.68	40
2011-04-18	@BAL	W	6.1	5	2	2	5	2	2	94	52
2011-04-13	KCR	L	5.0	8	7	7	1	4	0	78	26
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

Last 5 v.TBR		2-1	33.1	26	9	8	10	30	1	2.16	62
2010-07-03	TBR	ND	7.0	4	1	1	1	10	0	103	74
2009-05-30	@TBR	L	4.0	7	4	4	3	3	1	93	32
2009-04-28	TBR	ND	6.2	7	2	2	2	3	0	96	53
2008-09-21	@TBR	W	7.0	5	1	1	4	7	0	110	66
2006-07-18	TBD	W	8.2	3	1	0	0	7	0	111	83

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

 Home:    4-3    Road:    5-9    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   5-9    vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  5-9    vsCntrl: 3-1    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 15 Sun, Apr 17  @TBR  W   4-2        5-10  5th  6.0 gb
 14 Sat, Apr 16  @TBR  L   3-4        4-10  5th  6.0 gb
 13 Fri, Apr 15  @TBR  L   2-5        4-9   5th  5.0 gb
 12 Thu, Apr 14  @TBR  L   3-4 (10)   4-8   5th  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30: 9-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 17, 2011 MIN  4 @TBR  2        W:Brian Duensing (1-0), L: Jeremy Hellickson (1-2), S: Matt Capps (1)
Sat, Apr 16, 2011 TBR  4  MIN  3        W:Juan Cruz (1-0), L: Joe Nathan (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 TBR  5  MIN  2        W:Wade Davis (1-2), L: Nick Blackburn (1-2), S: Kyle Farnsworth (3)
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 TBR  4  MIN  3 (10)   W:Kyle Farnsworth (1-0), L: Matt Capps (1-1), S: none

Thu, Aug 05, 2010 MIN  8 @TBR  6        W:Matt Capps (4-3), L: Joaquin Benoit (0-1), S: none
Wed, Aug 04, 2010 MIN  2 @TBR  1 (13)   W:Matt Guerrier (2-6), L: Lance Cormier (3-3), S: none
Tue, Aug 03, 2010 TBR  6  MIN  4        W:Jeff Niemann (10-3), L: Matt Guerrier (1-6), S: Rafael Soriano (31)
Mon, Aug 02, 2010 TBR  4  MIN  2        W:Jeremy Hellickson (1-0), L: Carl Pavano (13-7), S: Dan Wheeler (3)
Sun, Jul 04, 2010 TBR  7 @MIN  4        W:James Shields (7-8), L: Nick Blackburn (7-6), S: Rafael Soriano (21)
Sat, Jul 03, 2010 TBR  8 @MIN  6        W:Randy Choate (1-2), L: Matt Guerrier (1-4), S: Rafael Soriano (20)
Season Series: 2011 - TBR over 3-1; 2010 - TBR won 5-3; 2009 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - MIN leads 57-47

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.

Rays Batters (3.59 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 61.Hacker
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 326/275 .256/.307/.385/.692 .609/.706 .750 52/.533 3/3 8/9

22.Damon* G/S/vP 6/.733 4/1.833 ··· 2/no AB 6/.750 3/.666 2/.000 5/.800 613/475 .271/.355/.401/.756 .740/.760 .715 76/.732 11/1 8/2

5.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 31/28 .143/.226/.179/.404 .667/.374 .481 85/.901 0/0 0/0

28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 404/346 .263/.372/.378/.750 .610/.772 .892 44/.490 4/0 5/5

24.Johnson* G/S/vP 4/.000 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 10/.000 ··· 140/117 .198/.343/.414/.757 .862/.738 .793 65/.381 1/0 7/2

9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· / /// / 30/.566 / /

20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 4/.750 3/2.000 261/233 .241/.360/.477/.837 .263/.910 .968 68/.756 2/2 10/3

11.Kotchman* G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 2/.000 4/.833 1/.000 457/338 .217/.280/.336/.616 .460/.670 .649 31/.720 0/0 9/1

45.Lopez# G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 5/.800 441/299 .233/.311/.345/.656 .718/.626 .562 60/.629 8/2 8/13

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/4.500 378/242 .251/.308/.397/.705 .817/.642 .693 51/.796 13/3 9/6

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 17/.661 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.250 3/.000 5/1.000 187/83 .196/.308/.342/.650 .830/.422 .575 36/.544 0/0 5/2

2.Upton G/S/vP 13/.917 3/.000 ··· 5/1.467 ··· 1/2.000 3/.667 4/1.167 610/413 .237/.322/.424/.745 .919/.664 .732 85/.644 42/9 18/5

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 8/.393 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 5/3.050 2/1.500 655/445 .238/.346/.353/.699 .695/.688 .741 87/.744 24/3 10/4

IP 191.2 73.0 56.1 32.2 21.2 TOTAL .227/.286/.365/.651 .705/.628 .657 .651 24/8 18/9

ERA-K/9

3.62/9.4

2.47/7.3

/0.0

3.83/5.4

3.31/7.7

/0.0

5.82/5.8

4.40/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Jaso (41-12-7)
Shoppach (29-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 806/.252 305/.265 / / 252/.273 139/.268 / 98/.337 .255 Zobrist
Joyce
Upton
Damon
Rodriguez
Fuld
Brignac
Lopez
Johnson 1/14/103/6
13/0/53/4
0/154/0/3
33/4/0/2
5/9/8/0
8/7/0/0
0/0/2/0
0/0/1/0
3/0/0/0

OPS .670 .688 .730 .768 .938 .733

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 172/.517 146/.654 / / 115/.674 62/.776 / 32/.657 .701

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 634/.713 159/.719 / / 137/.775 77/.761 / 66/1.080 .761

Home 438/.641 183/.720 / / 127/.698 74/.886 / 50/.901

Last 28d days 97/.840 47/.625 7/.571 7/.714 33/1.045 26/.451 36/.975 34/.498

HR/SB/CS 9/12/3 6/3/2 // // 3/3/1 4/1/1 // 3/2/1 23/12/5

Usage ········ ··o··o·· ·······X ··o··o·· ···X···o ··o··o·· ···o···X ··o··oo·

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 (3.38 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Davis
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 57.McGee*
G/S/vB 62.Peralta
G/S/vB 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB 36.Russell
G/S/vB 21.Sonnanstine
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP 5/.600 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 155/89 .197/.237/.296/.533 .453/.591 .540 35/.377 0/0 2/5

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 170/132 .276/.331/.395/.726 .813/.702 .699 54/.485 6/1 1/5

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 8/.500 5/1.800 12/.969 ··· 7/.286 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 675/460 .271/.336/.417/.753 .875/.700 .786 82/.665 7/3 14/6

27.Holm G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· / /// / 11/.455 / /

38.Hughes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/3 .286/.286/.714/1.000 .500/1.667 29/.448 0/1 1/0

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 8/.250 2/.500 5/.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 3/.000 582/399 .249/.323/.427/.750 .655/.792 .746 82/.910 0/1 21/5

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 5/1.400 3/.666 9/1.444 ··· 8/1.875 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 348/215 .345/.437/.618/1.055 .966/1.113 .914 65/.637 0/0 18/1

18.Repko G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 146/89 .228/.324/.346/.671 .523/.767 .459 24/.529 3/2 3/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 6/.334 4/.500 6/1.667 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 705/462 .264/.331/.348/.679 .696/.670 .761 90/.767 26/4 3/4

25.Thome* G/S/vP 5/2.600 2/.500 5/2.100 2/1.000 10/1.944 1/.000 ··· 12/.916 340/246 .283/.412/.627/1.039 .769/1.154 1.112 62/.735 0/0 25/

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 100/79 .230/.293/.379/.672 .198/.797 .904 33/.469 1/1 1/2

19.Valencia G/S/vP 6/.500 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 322/211 .311/.351/.448/.799 .967/.713 .979 83/.621 2/0 7/6

21.Young G/S/vP 8/1.000 7/.629 15/.333 1/.000 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· 613/419 .298/.333/.493/.826 .927/.781 .809 63/.566 5/4 21/4

IP 168.0 5.1 64.2 5.0 49.0 8.1 15.2 81.0 TOTAL .244/.298/.336/.634 .570/.662 .708 .634 10/0 9/10

ERA-K/9

4.07/6.1

3.38/11.9

3.34/8.5

1.80/10.8

2.02/9.0

11.88/9.8

4.02/10.3

4.44/5.6

3.51/5.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 722/.255 28/.391 267/.230 20/.118 189/.170 47/.419 63/.255 355/.259 .238 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 .756 .960 .634 .426 .521 1.049 .602 .761 .694

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 402/.776 11/.899 126/.745 11/.697 72/.596 21/.697 25/.393 164/.738 .651

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 320/.732 17/1.000 141/.538 9/.111 117/.474 26/1.330 38/.734 191/.780 .722

Road 327/.749 10/1.611 123/.604 11/.455 89/.515 24/1.140 23/.558 206/.747

Last 28d days 109/.643 28/.377 28/.491 26/.945 37/.623 28/.495 34/.807 24/.683

HR/SB/CS 24/13/5 0/0/0 4/5/5 0/0/0 5/3/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 11/6/0 18/21/5

Usage ······X· ····XX·· ···o··o· ·····X·· ····X·o· ····oo·· ····oX·· ········

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.