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Game Preview: LAD @ MIN, 8:10pm, Monday, June 27, 2011 @Target Field

Dodgers, 35-44, 35-44 4th, 9½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Chad Billingsley (26, RHP, 6-6, 4.48)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (6-6) 94.1 103 49 47 40 86 6 4.48
2010 (12-11) 191.2 176 82 76 69 171 8 3.57
2009 (12-11) 196.1 173 94 88 86 179 17 4.03
Last 7 GS 4-3 38.0 58 26 26 19 36 3 6.16 40
2011-06-21 DET W 5.1 6 1 1 2 6 0 110 56
2011-06-15 CIN L 4.0 9 7 7 4 3 0 88 15
2011-06-10 @COL L 4.2 13 6 6 1 3 1 79 16
2011-06-05 @CIN W 5.0 8 4 4 3 3 1 106 35
2011-05-30 COL W 7.0 11 1 1 2 8 1 108 57
2011-05-24 @HOU W 6.0 5 4 4 3 9 0 100 52
2011-05-19 SFG L 6.0 6 3 3 4 4 0 108 48
Last 5 v.MIN 0-1 5.2 7 6 6 7 2 0 9.53 26
2006-06-26 @MIN L 5.2 7 6 6 7 2 0 103 26
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-24   Road:   16-20   ExtrInn: 5-0 
 vsRHP:  24-35   vsLHP:  11-9    1-Run:  10-10
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl:11-16   vsWest: 12-15 IL: 4-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Sun, Jun 26   LAA  W   3-2       35-44  4th  9.5 gb
 78 Sat, Jun 25   LAA  L   1-6       34-44  4th  9.5 gb
 77 Fri, Jun 24   LAA  L   3-8       34-43  4th  9.0 gb
 76 Wed, Jun 22   DET  L   5-7       34-42  4th  7.5 gb
 75 Tue, Jun 21   DET  W   6-1       34-41  4th  6.5 gb
 74 Mon, Jun 20   DET  W   4-0       33-41  4th  7.0 gb
 73 Sun, Jun 19   HOU  W   1-0       32-41  4th  7.5 gb
 72 Sat, Jun 18   HOU  L   0-7       31-41  4th  8.5 gb
 71 Fri, Jun 17   HOU  L   3-7       31-40  4th  8.5 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 15   CIN  L   2-7       31-39  4th  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Twins, 32-44, 32-44 4th, 9 GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (29, RHP, 6-5, 3.15)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (6-5) 97.0 100 42 34 27 51 12 3.15
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 4-1 48.1 47 17 14 9 23 5 2.61 56
2011-06-22 @SFG L 6.0 4 3 2 3 4 0 95 55
2011-06-16 CHW W 8.0 7 0 0 1 1 0 95 68
2011-06-09 TEX ND 7.1 10 4 2 1 6 2 109 51
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
Has never faced LAD as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-16   Road:   18-28   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  20-32   vsLHP:  12-12   1-Run:  16-18
 vsEast:  6-18   vsCntrl:13-10   vsWest:  9-8  IL: 4-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 76 Sun, Jun 26  @MIL  L   2-6       32-44  4th  9.0 gb
 75 Sat, Jun 25  @MIL  L   1-11      32-43  4th  8.0 gb
 74 Fri, Jun 24  @MIL  L   3-4       32-42  4th  8.0 gb
 73 Thu, Jun 23  @SFG  L   1-2       32-41  4th  8.0 gb
 72 Wed, Jun 22  @SFG  L   1-5       32-40  4th  7.5 gb
 71 Tue, Jun 21  @SFG  W   9-2       32-39  4th  6.5 gb
 70 Sun, Jun 19   SDP  W   5-4       31-39  4th  8.0 gb
 69 Sat, Jun 18   SDP  W   1-0       30-39  4th  8.0 gb
 68 Fri, Jun 17   SDP  W   6-5       29-39  5th  8.0 gb
 67 Thu, Jun 16   CHW  W   1-0       28-39  5th  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 28, 2006 MIN  6  LAD  3        W:Johan Santana (9-4), L: Odalis Perez (4-3), S: Joe Nathan (13)
Tue, Jun 27, 2006 MIN  9  LAD  2        W:Francisco Liriano (8-1), L: Derek Lowe (6-4), S: none
Mon, Jun 26, 2006 MIN  8  LAD  2        W:Carlos Silva (4-8), L: Chad Billingsley (0-1), S: none
Sun, Jun 12, 2005 LAD  4  MIN  3        W:D. J. Houlton (2-0), L: Brad Radke (5-5), S: Eric Gagne (8)
Sat, Jun 11, 2005 MIN  5 @LAD  3        W:Carlos Silva (5-3), L: Derek Lowe (5-6), S: Joe Nathan (18)
Fri, Jun 10, 2005 LAD  6  MIN  5        W:Eric Gagne (1-0), L: Terry Mulholland (0-2), S: none
Season Series: 2011 -  0-0; 2010 -  0-0; 2009 -  0-0; All-Time - MIN leads 4-2

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

BOS  5.31

CHW  4.10

SFG  3.40

 RA/G

PHI  3.25

LAD  4.29

HOU  5.08

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .361

F. Freeman  .269

A. Dunn  .173

 OBP

J. Bautista  .468

A. Jones  .337

C. Figgins  .235

 SLG

J. Bautista  .655

D. Murphy  .408

C. Figgins  .252

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.123

D. Murphy  .751

C. Figgins  .487

 ERA

J. Beckett  1.86

J. Lester  3.66

F. Carmona  5.89

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  9.87

D. Lowe  6.68

C. Pavano  3.74

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

Dodgers Batters (3.76 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.61 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		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Blake G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 16/.517 5/.650 ··· 141/108 .236/.324/.374/.698 .636/.717 .773 62/.494 1/1 3/4
14.Carroll G/S/vP 12/.697 ··· 7/.500 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 3/.500 6/1.334 288/209 .300/.368/.366/.734 .685/.753 .897 76/.769 5/0 0/5
17.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/21 .250/.423/.250/.673 .650/.679 .786 7/.629 0/1 0/0
16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.600 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 321/233 .317/.389/.461/.851 .598/.948 .875 102/.797 0/1 7/0
10.Gwynn* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 134/117 .230/.276/.310/.586 .423/.609 .626 47/.734 6/2 0/0
27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.666 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 329/249 .327/.416/.619/1.036 1.052/1.028 1.192 99/1.297 21/3 21/4
7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/1.285 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 298/228 .276/.322/.353/.675 .429/.751 .689 90/.804 2/0 4/3
6.Miles# G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.500 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 217/174 .309/.321/.348/.669 .989/.588 .742 66/.868 1/0 0/3
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 3/2.667 ··· 104/92 .170/.235/.266/.501 .083/.557 .479 57/.400 0/0 2/2
49.Oeltjen* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/18 .188/.316/.250/.566 .500/.561 .650 20/.566 2/0 0/1
33.Thames G/S/vP 10/.311 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.286 12/.969 ··· 62/26 .207/.258/.362/.620 .583/.669 .617 26/.599 0/0 2/1
5.Uribe G/S/vP 12/.819 ··· 5/.500 ··· 1/.000 10/.000 3/.666 ··· 226/170 .205/.274/.307/.582 .595/.577 .441 69/.482 1/0 4/1
IP 97.0 22.1 31.0 11.1 17.2 16.1 26.2 28.1 TOTAL .256/.319/.369/.689 .691/.688 .748 .720 50/15 57/39
ERA-K/9 3.15/4.7 5.64/7.3 4.06/5.8 4.76/4.0 4.08/5.6 7.71/8.3 2.03/9.1 3.49/2.5 4.21/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ellis (1-0-1)
 Navarro (14-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 412/.268 100/.265 121/.221 49/.162 86/.261 78/.273 109/.266 121/.252 .264  Ethier
 Gwynn
 Kemp
 Blake
 Thames
 Oeltjen
0/0/73/7
48/7/2/5
0/78/0/4
1/0/0/0
17/0/0/0
4/0/1/0
OPS .738 .736 .633 .595 .729 .894 .669 .678 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 213/.730 37/.932 64/.765 20/.675 43/.608 42/.626 42/.549 63/.609 .723
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 199/.747 63/.622 57/.475 29/.534 43/.865 36/1.211 67/.750 58/.752 .755
Home 178/.737 49/.763 49/.417 4/.000 25/1.020 27/.577 56/.732 83/.600
Last 28d days 116/.694 29/.540 26/.551 30/.833 28/.690 4/1.250 20/.894 60/.726
HR/SB/CS 12/6/5 1/4/0 5/1/0 1/1/1 0/1/3 4/3/0 0/2/1 3/0/0 70/46/21
Usage ····X··· o·ooo··o ········ ·X··o··· o·o·oo·· ·X······ X··o···X ·X······
Twins Batters (3.68 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Billingsley
G/S/vB		 57.Elbert*
G/S/vB		 55.Guerrier
G/S/vB		 36.Hawksworth
G/S/vB		 74.Jansen
G/S/vB		 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB		 66.MacDougal
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 128/100 .175/.213/.258/.471 .742/.395 .461 28/.993 0/0 1/3
12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 243/170 .251/.318/.353/.671 .568/.724 .887 106/.737 12/3 2/8
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 11/.788 296/211 .292/.358/.464/.823 1.201/.681 .912 102/1.079 7/1 10/4
38.Hughes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 147/93 .246/.308/.313/.622 .648/.607 .591 72/.700 1/1 1/3
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 70/39 .200/.243/.231/.474 .404/.527 .429 32/.381 0/0 0/0
18.Repko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/42 .194/.231/.210/.440 .596/.349 .590 35/.429 3/0 0/1
11.Revere* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/86 .272/.300/.304/.604 .541/.635 .517 97/.639 6/3 0/3
32.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 71/51 .169/.239/.262/.501 .639/.448 .389 34/.333 0/0 1/0
25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 13/.684 ··· ··· ··· 6/.900 96/70 .244/.375/.449/.824 1.300/.656 .991 8/.708 0/0 4/
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 138/107 .189/.237/.283/.521 .412/.551 .501 57/.639 1/0 0/3
19.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 294/217 .216/.272/.359/.631 .858/.551 .586 86/.587 2/4 8/8
IP 94.1 9.1 38.0 26.0 25.2 6.1 26.0 TOTAL .243/.301/.350/.650 .682/.637 .679 .680 40/14 44/55
ERA-K/9 4.48/8.2 4.82/9.7 4.50/6.4 2.77/4.8 5.26/14.7 12.79/14.3 2.08/6.2 4.12/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (18-11-2)
 Mauer (12-2-0)
 Rivera (11-8-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 423/.279 41/.229 164/.255 104/.202 115/.214 36/.296 112/.272 .260  Revere
 Cuddyer
 Repko
6/19/4/2
0/0/40/2
11/3/9/1
OPS .749 .660 .660 .605 .667 .976 .730 .727
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 183/.793 27/.762 73/.771 46/.432 48/.675 15/1.000 37/.591 .744
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 240/.716 14/.464 91/.577 58/.746 67/.662 21/.958 75/.799 .716
Road 208/.836 21/.722 75/.597 60/.595 54/.554 10/1.016 62/.743
Last 28d days 101/.998 26/.801 50/.735 31/.493 17/.243 9/1.194 37/.844
HR/SB/CS 6/3/3 0/0/0 2/5/0 3/3/0 3/7/0 1/1/0 1/3/2 71/53/17
Usage ·····X·· ··o····· ·o··oo·o ··o·oo·· ·X··X··· ·oo··o·· ··o·oo··

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.