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Game Preview: MIL @ MIN, 2:10pm, Sunday, July 3, 2011 @Target Field

Brewers, 45-39, 45-39 1st, Tied

SP: Zack Greinke (27, RHP, 7-3, 5.63)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (7-3) 62.1 66 42 39 12 80 8 5.63
2010 (10-14) 220.0 219 114 102 55 181 18 4.17
2009 (16-8) 229.1 195 64 55 51 242 11 2.16
Last 7 GS 5-2 41.1 42 26 24 10 51 4 5.23 52
2011-06-28 @NYY L 2.0 5 7 7 3 0 1 56 15
2011-06-21 TBR W 7.0 4 1 1 0 10 0 116 75
2011-06-16 @CHC L 5.1 8 8 6 2 10 1 104 32
2011-06-11 STL W 7.0 7 3 3 0 9 1 107 60
2011-06-06 @FLA W 7.0 7 2 2 1 6 0 111 60
2011-05-31 @CIN W 6.0 6 2 2 3 6 0 109 55
2011-05-25 WSN W 7.0 5 3 3 1 10 1 100 64
Last 5 v.MIN 0-4 28.0 34 26 24 13 27 3 7.71 39
2010-09-08 @MIN L 8.0 5 4 4 3 4 1 115 57
2010-07-26 MIN L 4.0 8 8 8 2 7 1 85 19
2010-06-08 @MIN L 5.0 9 6 6 1 6 1 102 30
2010-04-16 @MIN L 5.0 6 4 2 5 5 0 108 43
2009-10-03 @MIN ND 6.0 6 4 4 2 5 0 96 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-11   Road:   16-28   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  37-28   vsLHP:   8-11   1-Run:  17-13
 vsEast: 13-11   vsCntrl:17-16   vsWest:  9-4  IL: 6-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Sat, Jul  2  @MIN  W   8-7       45-39  1st    Tied
 83 Fri, Jul  1  @MIN  L   2-6       44-39  2nd  1.0 gb
 82 Thu, Jun 30  @NYY  L   0-5       44-38  1st    Tied
 81 Wed, Jun 29  @NYY  L   2-5       44-37  1st  1.0 up
 80 Tue, Jun 28  @NYY  L   2-12      44-36  1st  2.0 up
 79 Sun, Jun 26   MIN  W   6-2       44-35  1st  3.0 up
 78 Sat, Jun 25   MIN  W  11-1       43-35  1st  2.0 up
 77 Fri, Jun 24   MIN  W   4-3       42-35  1st  1.0 up
 76 Wed, Jun 22   TBR  L   3-6       41-35  1st  0.5 up
 75 Tue, Jun 21   TBR  W   5-1       41-34  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Twins, 35-46, 35-46 4th, 9 GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (29, RHP, 6-6, 3.64)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (6-6) 101.1 113 50 41 28 52 13 3.64
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 3-2 45.2 55 24 20 8 23 6 3.94 48
2011-06-27 LAD L 4.1 13 8 7 1 1 1 72 7
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
Last 5 v.MIL 1-2 23.2 33 18 17 5 11 7 6.46 39
2010-06-24 @MIL L 3.2 6 5 5 3 2 2 77 28
2010-05-21 MIL W 7.1 7 3 3 1 2 1 91 53
2009-06-24 @MIL L 8.0 11 4 3 1 2 0 97 47
2008-06-27 MIL ND 4.2 9 6 6 0 5 4 90 27
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-18   Road:   18-28   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  22-33   vsLHP:  13-13   1-Run:  17-19
 vsEast:  6-18   vsCntrl:13-10   vsWest:  9-8  IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 81 Sat, Jul  2   MIL  L   7-8       35-46  4th  9.0 gb
 80 Fri, Jul  1   MIL  W   6-2       35-45  4th  8.0 gb
 79 Wed, Jun 29   LAD  W   1-0       34-45  4th  8.0 gb
 78 Tue, Jun 28   LAD  W   6-4       33-45  4th  9.0 gb
 77 Mon, Jun 27   LAD  L   0-15      32-45  4th 10.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 02, 2011 MIL  8 @MIN  7        W:Takashi Saito (1-1), L: Matt Capps (2-4), S: John Axford (21)
Fri, Jul 01, 2011 MIN  6  MIL  2        W:Francisco Liriano (5-7), L: Yovani Gallardo (9-5), S: none
Sun, Jun 26, 2011 MIL  6  MIN  2        W:Chris Narveson (5-5), L: Carl Pavano (5-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 25, 2011 MIL 11  MIN  1        W:Yovani Gallardo (9-4), L: Francisco Liriano (4-7), S: none
Fri, Jun 24, 2011 MIL  4  MIN  3        W:Randy Wolf (6-4), L: Scott Baker (5-5), S: John Axford (20)

Thu, Jun 24, 2010 MIL  5  MIN  0        W:Yovani Gallardo (7-3), L: Nick Blackburn (6-5), S: none
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 MIL  5  MIN  3        W:Manny Parra (2-5), L: Francisco Liriano (6-5), S: John Axford (6)
Tue, Jun 22, 2010 MIL  7  MIN  5        W:Chris Narveson (6-4), L: Scott Baker (6-6), S: John Axford (5)
Sun, May 23, 2010 MIL  4 @MIN  3        W:Manny Parra (1-3), L: Carl Pavano (4-5), S: John Axford (1)
Sat, May 22, 2010 MIN  8  MIL  7 (12)   W:Jesse Crain (1-0), L: Manny Parra (0-3), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - MIL over 4-1; 2010 - MIL won 4-2; 2009 - MIN won 5-1; All-Time - MIN leads 222-212

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  5.32

CHW  4.07

SDP  3.40

 RA/G

PHI  3.24

MIL  4.27

HOU  5.10

 BA

J. Reyes  .354

C. Crisp  .268

A. Dunn  .168

 OBP

J. Bautista  .471

J. Bruce  .335

C. Figgins  .230

 SLG

J. Bautista  .679

N. Swisher  .420

C. Figgins  .246

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.150

A. Ramirez  .756

C. Figgins  .476

 ERA

J. Jurrjens  1.89

M. Bumgarner  3.65

J. Vazquez  5.83

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  10.12

T. Cahill  6.65

C. Pavano  3.80

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

Brewers Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.68 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
3.Betancourt G/S/vP 18/.513 5/.400 5/.800 1/.000 2/1.000 11/1.000 15/.786 1/5.000 292/227 .245/.264/.354/.617 .567/.632 .492 84/.671 2/2 5/9
8.Braun G/S/vP 12/1.500 3/1.000 5/.400 3/4.333 2/.000 2/1.000 3/1.666 4/1.000 351/269 .320/.402/.559/.961 .882/.980 .863 100/.954 19/4 16/0
30.Counsell* G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· 7/.572 1/4.000 2/1.000 8/.268 3/.666 3/.000 105/100 .191/.294/.236/.530 1.000/.514 .425 27/.574 2/0 0/1
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 12/.584 1/.000 9/.222 4/1.750 3/1.667 7/1.000 4/.500 4/.833 356/256 .299/.416/.588/1.004 .790/1.097 .871 102/1.186 0/0 21/6
24.Gamel* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 15/12 .133/.133/.133/.267 .000/.333 .267 15/.267 0/0 0/0
27.Gomez G/S/vP 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 219/149 .227/.276/.384/.660 .858/.557 .615 28/.786 15/1 6/0
1.Hart G/S/vP 13/1.058 3/1.000 10/.844 2/2.000 1/.000 6/.834 5/.000 ··· 218/164 .259/.341/.456/.797 1.016/.731 .666 95/.763 2/4 8/0
25.Kotsay* G/S/vP 8/1.125 1/2.000 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 17/.568 2/.000 ··· 148/141 .239/.311/.284/.594 1.314/.562 .503 30/.433 3/0 0/1
16.Kottaras* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 43/32 .250/.279/.425/.704 .773/.681 .857 14/.857 0/0 2/0
20.Lucroy G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 229/182 .288/.329/.439/.768 .699/.786 .568 75/.721 0/0 7/3
14.McGehee G/S/vP 6/.167 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 334/258 .221/.272/.306/.579 .380/.638 .543 98/.429 0/1 4/13
2.Morgan* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/2.667 ··· 144/124 .336/.370/.531/.901 .652/.941 .986 76/.816 5/2 3/2
23.Weeks G/S/vP 6/1.500 2/5.000 11/.773 2/4.000 ··· 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 378/293 .276/.345/.472/.817 .846/.808 .734 111/.725 7/2 14/9
9.Wilson G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 38/19 .222/.263/.472/.735 .851/.632 .870 20/.528 1/0 2/0
IP 101.1 23.2 34.2 12.2 18.2 18.1 29.1 30.0 TOTAL .256/.320/.417/.736 .714/.743 .652 .734 57/16 93/48
ERA-K/9 3.64/4.6 5.32/6.8 4.67/5.4 5.68/3.5 5.30/5.3 6.87/8.9 1.84/9.2 3.90/3.0 4.29/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (10-2-2)
 Lucroy (42-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 438/.284 104/.264 142/.250 55/.186 94/.284 84/.250 118/.262 131/.275 .267  Gomez
 Braun
 Hart
 Counsell
 Kotsay
 Morgan
0/66/0/3
81/0/0/3
0/0/52/2
1/0/0/0
6/7/24/0
6/29/14/0
OPS .768 .725 .680 .744 .807 .823 .651 .707 .745
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 227/.778 38/.905 78/.807 23/.577 46/.774 44/.595 46/.545 69/.620 .732
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 211/.757 66/.624 64/.519 32/.875 48/.833 40/1.076 72/.723 62/.802 .757
Home 204/.800 53/.741 70/.575 10/1.000 33/1.185 33/.469 65/.688 93/.650
Last 28d days 119/.811 28/.484 39/.776 26/1.119 24/.967 10/.500 29/.750 43/.797
HR/SB/CS 13/8/5 1/4/0 5/1/0 3/1/1 0/1/3 4/3/0 0/2/1 3/0/0 76/50/21
Usage ·····X·· ····X·o· X··oXo·· o····X·X ·····Xo· ·o··X··X oo·oo·X· ·····X·X
Twins Batters (3.70 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Greinke
G/S/vB		 59.Axford
G/S/vB		 21.Braddock*
G/S/vB		 41.Estrada
G/S/vB		 32.Hawkins
G/S/vB		 50.Loe
G/S/vB		 40.Saito
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 132/101 .177/.214/.266/.480 .769/.391 .482 21/.881 0/0 1/3
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 15/.652 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/2.000 1/.000 260/179 .249/.318/.354/.671 .623/.701 .854 93/.643 12/3 2/8
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 31/.625 1/.000 2/.000 4/.000 4/.833 10/.425 1/.000 315/223 .286/.356/.459/.815 1.206/.664 .882 92/1.068 7/1 11/5
38.Hughes G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 166/105 .242/.297/.320/.617 .728/.554 .589 83/.637 1/2 2/3
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 44/.702 4/1.750 2/2.000 1/3.000 3/1.333 11/.182 1/.000 90/50 .241/.289/.289/.578 .529/.613 .639 52/.595 0/0 0/0
18.Repko G/S/vP 6/1.417 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 81/50 .230/.278/.243/.522 .724/.398 .712 37/.639 6/1 0/1
11.Revere* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 152/99 .273/.311/.315/.626 .574/.653 .596 100/.636 10/3 0/3
32.Rivera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 75/52 .174/.240/.261/.501 .642/.439 .404 26/.235 0/0 1/0
25.Thome* G/S/vP 35/.733 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 23/1.840 8/2.125 ··· 109/82 .233/.358/.444/.802 1.243/.665 .900 15/.695 0/0 5/
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 12/.444 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 141/110 .186/.239/.279/.518 .412/.548 .496 43/.384 1/0 0/3
19.Valencia G/S/vP 4/2.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 314/231 .225/.277/.372/.649 .970/.534 .636 80/.737 2/4 9/9
IP 62.1 37.1 15.0 53.0 21.0 38.2 3.0 TOTAL .243/.302/.351/.653 .709/.630 .682 .658 47/18 48/58
ERA-K/9 5.63/11.6 2.41/11.8 3.00/10.2 4.75/7.3 0.43/4.7 4.66/7.4 6.00/12.0 3.99/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (18-11-2)
 Mauer (16-2-0)
 Rivera (11-8-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 268/.263 161/.224 65/.182 218/.242 86/.250 161/.224 14/.357 .250  Cuddyer
 Revere
 Repko
0/0/45/3
6/24/4/2
15/3/10/2
OPS .776 .566 .583 .736 .570 .648 1.143 .705
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 131/.817 71/.392 29/.537 109/.786 32/.325 77/.708 5/.400 .690
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 137/.736 90/.710 36/.618 109/.686 54/.712 84/.594 9/1.556 .714
Road 118/.856 75/.687 39/.656 113/.894 38/.567 75/.736 8/.500
Last 28d days 126/.774 36/.284 20/.513 65/.912 24/.375 40/.618 3/.000
HR/SB/CS 8/5/1 1/2/1 1/2/0 7/4/2 0/1/0 4/2/0 2/0/0 79/59/16
Usage ····X··· X·X···o· ·X·oX··· X···X··· ·o··o·o· ···X··o· o·······

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.