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Game Preview: TEX @ MIN, 8:10pm, Thursday, June 9, 2011 @Target Field

NOTE: Some stats are only updated through Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Site will be updated with yesterday's stats by 11:30am ET.

Rangers, 35-28, 35-28 1st, 2½ up

SP: Derek Holland (24, LHP, 5-1, 4.36)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (5-1) 74.1 79 37 36 28 60 8 4.36
2010 (3-4) 57.1 55 30 26 24 54 6 4.08
2009 (8-13) 138.1 160 98 94 47 107 26 6.12
Last 7 GS 2-0 42.2 41 19 18 18 33 5 3.80 52
2011-06-04 @CLE W 9.0 5 0 0 1 5 0 112 81
2011-05-30 @TBR W 5.2 5 5 5 5 7 2 112 41
2011-05-24 CHW ND 4.0 4 4 4 1 4 2 64 41
2011-05-19 @KCR ND 8.0 9 1 1 1 5 0 113 64
2011-05-14 LAA ND 6.0 6 2 2 3 4 0 105 53
2011-05-07 NYY ND 3.0 4 4 4 5 4 0 77 34
2011-05-02 @OAK ND 7.0 8 3 2 2 4 1 103 53
Last 5 v.MIN 1-2 16.2 21 11 11 8 12 2 5.94 44
2010-09-03 @MIN L 6.1 6 4 4 1 5 0 87 49
2010-05-30 @MIN L 1.0 3 3 3 3 0 0 43 32
2009-08-20 MIN W 5.1 7 1 1 0 3 1 83 53
2009-07-19 MIN ND 4.0 5 3 3 4 4 1 90 40
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-13   Road:   15-15   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  23-20   vsLHP:  12-8    1-Run:   7-10
 vsEast: 10-9    vsCntrl:15-8    vsWest:  9-9  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 63 Wed, Jun  8   DET  W   7-3       35-28  1st  2.5 up
 62 Tue, Jun  7   DET  L   1-8       34-28  1st  2.5 up
 61 Mon, Jun  6   DET  L   7-13      34-27  1st  2.5 up
 60 Sun, Jun  5  @CLE  W   2-0       34-26  1st  2.5 up
 59 Sat, Jun  4  @CLE  W   4-0       33-26  1st  2.5 up
 58 Fri, Jun  3  @CLE  W  11-2       32-26  1st  1.5 up
 57 Thu, Jun  2  @CLE  W   7-4       31-26  1st  1.5 up
 56 Wed, Jun  1  @TBR  W   3-0       30-26  1st  1.5 up
 55 Tue, May 31  @TBR  L   4-5       29-26  1st  0.5 up
 54 Mon, May 30  @TBR  W  11-5       29-25  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Twins, 23-38, 23-38 5th, 11½ GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (29, RHP, 5-4, 3.57)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (5-4) 75.2 79 35 30 22 40 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 4-0 47.2 42 15 14 13 26 5 2.64 57
2011-06-04 @KCR W 5.0 7 2 2 1 2 0 80 46
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
Last 5 v.TEX 1-2 26.0 35 17 11 5 16 2 3.81 46
2010-09-05 TEX W 7.0 6 2 2 3 4 0 110 58
2010-08-23 @TEX L 7.0 8 3 3 0 5 0 97 54
2008-05-21 TEX L 6.0 10 7 1 1 4 2 88 39
2008-04-25 @TEX ND 6.0 11 5 5 1 3 0 90 32
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-15   Road:   17-23   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  16-29   vsLHP:   7-9    1-Run:  11-16
 vsEast:  6-18   vsCntrl:11-10   vsWest:  6-7  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 61 Wed, Jun  8  @CLE  W   3-2 (10)  23-38  5th 11.5 gb
 60 Tue, Jun  7  @CLE  L   0-1       22-38  5th 12.5 gb
 59 Mon, Jun  6  @CLE  W   6-4       22-37  5th 11.5 gb
 58 Sun, Jun  5  @KCR  W   6-0       21-37  5th 12.5 gb
 57 Sat, Jun  4  @KCR  W   7-2       20-37  5th 13.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 05, 2010 MIN  6  TEX  5        W:Nick Blackburn (9-9), L: C.J. Wilson (14-6), S: Matt Capps (35)
Sat, Sep 04, 2010 MIN 12  TEX  4        W:Carl Pavano (16-10), L: Colby Lewis (9-12), S: none
Fri, Sep 03, 2010 MIN  4  TEX  3        W:Alex Burnett (2-2), L: Derek Holland (2-3), S: Matt Capps (34)
Thu, Aug 26, 2010 MIN  6 @TEX  4        W:Francisco Liriano (12-7), L: Cliff Lee (10-8), S: Matt Capps (32)
Wed, Aug 25, 2010 TEX  4  MIN  3        W:C.J. Wilson (13-5), L: Brian Duensing (7-2), S: Matt Harrison (2)
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 TEX  4  MIN  3        W:Darren Oliver (1-1), L: Carl Pavano (15-9), S: Neftali Feliz (32)
Mon, Aug 23, 2010 TEX  4  MIN  0        W:Rich Harden (5-4), L: Nick Blackburn (7-8), S: none
Sun, May 30, 2010 MIN  6  TEX  3        W:Scott Baker (5-4), L: Derek Holland (2-1), S: Jon Rauch (12)
Sat, May 29, 2010 MIN  8  TEX  3        W:Carl Pavano (5-5), L: C.J. Wilson (3-3), S: none
Fri, May 28, 2010 MIN  2  TEX  1        W:Kevin Slowey (6-3), L: Colby Lewis (4-3), S: Jon Rauch (11)
Season Series: 2011 -  0-0; 2010 - MIN won 7-3; 2009 - MIN won 6-4; All-Time - MIN leads 353-310

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  5.14

CHC  4.08

SDP  3.41

 RA/G

ATL  3.29

FLA  4.12

KCR  5.16

 BA

J. Bautista  .351

C. Crisp  .262

D. Uggla  .170

 OBP

J. Bautista  .502

T. Tulowitzki  .335

C. Figgins  .232

 SLG

J. Bautista  .723

C. Gonzalez  .407

A. Escobar  .241

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.225

E. Aybar  .747

C. Figgins  .478

 ERA

J. Jurrjens  1.75

Y. Gallardo  3.72

J. Vazquez  6.50

 K/9IP

C. Lee  10.34

G. Floyd  6.67

C. Pavano  3.48

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

Rangers Batters (4.73 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.84 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		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 258/186 .284/.327/.364/.691 .667/.700 .693 109/.744 19/1 3/11
29.Beltre G/S/vP 12/.697 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 264/192 .257/.311/.469/.779 .905/.736 .719 114/.818 0/1 12/6
3.Blanco# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/17 .207/.281/.345/.626 .779/.464 .500 19/.485 0/1 1/1
9.Chavez* G/S/vP 9/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 58/43 .404/.456/.635/1.091 1.072/1.095 1.353 58/1.091 3/0 2/0
17.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 189/139 .237/.296/.520/.817 1.161/.692 .697 70/.933 3/1 14/4
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 57/49 .269/.333/.481/.814 1.196/.752 .961 21/.933 0/0 3/1
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/26 .233/.365/.302/.668 .524/.821 .671 45/.669 5/0 0/1
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 9/.888 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 114/76 .295/.342/.495/.837 .720/.896 .951 70/.815 3/0 3/1
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 206/146 .310/.379/.511/.890 .526/1.037 .824 87/.841 2/1 8/2
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 12/1.053 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 195/137 .250/.318/.347/.665 .470/.746 .606 78/.581 5/4 4/2
25.Napoli G/S/vP 10/1.225 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 154/89 .213/.344/.504/.848 .970/.761 .723 68/.806 1/1 10/2
8.Torrealba G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 165/106 .226/.256/.342/.598 .549/.624 .491 59/.547 0/1 3/2
10.Young G/S/vP 14/.786 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 268/194 .310/.351/.445/.796 1.006/.715 .795 109/.646 4/1 3/2
IP 75.2 16.1 28.0 9.0 11.1 4.1 16.0 TOTAL .265/.331/.432/.763 .777/.756 .700 .762 63/16 73/49
ERA-K/9 3.57/4.8 6.06/6.1 4.50/5.5 2.00/2.0 9.53/6.4 0.00/2.1 4.50/5.1 4.48/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Napoli (6-4-0)
 Torrealba (22-14-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 319/.271 77/.306 111/.233 37/.107 62/.377 15/.077 75/.237 .266  Murphy
 Cruz
 Hamilton
 Blanco
 Gentry
 Chavez
 Moreland
44/13/1/4
14/0/39/3
16/7/0/1
0/0/1/1
0/18/3/0
1/9/5/0
0/0/29/0
OPS .752 .809 .674 .400 1.206 .277 .692 .758
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 173/.765 32/1.029 59/.797 19/.335 23/1.106 5/.400 36/.490 .745
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 146/.737 45/.658 52/.524 18/.464 39/1.268 10/.200 39/.910 .771
Home 113/.744 35/.762 39/.474 4/.000 39/1.236 1/.000 23/.923
Last 28d days 138/.657 37/.645 44/.677 37/.400 24/1.483 15/.277 21/.804
HR/SB/CS 10/5/4 0/4/0 5/1/0 0/0/1 4/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/3 61/38/19
Usage ····X··· ··o·o·o· X·oo··o· oX··o··· ····X··· ·X·····X o·o·o·o·
Twins Batters (3.67 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Holland*
G/S/vB		 47.Bush
G/S/vB		 30.Feliz
G/S/vB		 44.Kirkman*
G/S/vB		 57.Lowe
G/S/vB		 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB		 53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 118/96 .153/.188/.234/.422 .558/.391 .334 51/.602 0/0 1/3
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 3/1.167 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 180/137 .247/.316/.329/.645 .572/.678 .905 92/.810 8/3 0/5
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 9/.708 17/1.172 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.400 ··· 235/174 .255/.315/.384/.699 1.030/.589 .678 99/.758 3/1 7/4
38.Hughes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 94/63 .258/.298/.348/.646 .771/.586 .579 29/.667 1/1 1/1
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 4/.500 18/.516 ··· ··· 5/1.400 9/.222 3/.666 227/151 .230/.286/.344/.631 .430/.736 .702 105/.677 0/0 4/1
18.Repko G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 44/33 .179/.238/.179/.418 .522/.385 .833 15/.267 2/0 0/0
11.Revere* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/55 .302/.323/.317/.641 .400/.685 .800 49/.729 4/1 0/2
32.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/41 .217/.294/.326/.620 .856/.563 .586 40/.730 0/0 1/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 10/.900 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 4/.000 ··· 255/184 .294/.361/.385/.746 .767/.738 .819 101/.801 4/1 2/1
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 109/88 .210/.255/.320/.575 .522/.586 .568 43/.754 1/0 0/3
19.Valencia G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 239/184 .223/.285/.341/.625 .784/.579 .558 100/.590 2/4 5/5
21.Young G/S/vP 8/1.089 6/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 6/.666 ··· 164/118 .219/.250/.271/.521 .358/.584 .442 101/.493 1/0 1/4
IP 74.1 26.2 22.1 10.2 15.1 23.1 14.0 TOTAL .242/.301/.346/.647 .659/.642 .662 .679 29/11 35/40
ERA-K/9 4.36/7.3 5.06/5.1 1.21/4.8 6.75/8.4 3.52/6.5 3.09/8.5 5.79/7.1 3.70/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (16-11-2)
 Rivera (9-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 322/.275 120/.287 94/.195 49/.275 68/.322 98/.250 63/.298 .245  Young
 Cuddyer
 Repko
 Revere
 Span
38/0/0/2
0/0/28/2
7/2/6/1
5/5/4/0
0/54/0/0
OPS .771 .807 .637 .900 .761 .622 .926 .715
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 85/.726 61/.792 56/.526 18/.364 29/.814 42/.668 27/.681 .765
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 237/.788 59/.822 38/.807 31/1.234 39/.721 56/.585 36/1.095 .679
Road 180/.678 57/.587 41/.857 12/.650 26/.794 35/.765 25/.905
Last 28d days 135/.690 50/1.053 52/.795 38/.664 41/.674 37/.665 21/1.160
HR/SB/CS 8/1/5 5/5/1 2/0/1 2/0/0 0/0/0 3/0/1 4/1/0 74/28/19
Usage ····X··· ·X····X· o··o··Xo ··X···X· ·X····o· o··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.