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Game Preview: NYY @ MIN, 8:10 pm, Thursday, August 18, 2011 @Target Field

Yankees, 74-47, 74-47 1st, ½ up

SP: CC Sabathia (30, LHP, 16-7, 2.93)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (16-7) 190.2 172 69 62 46 175 13 2.93
2010 (21-7) 237.2 209 92 84 74 197 20 3.18
2009 (19-8) 230.0 197 96 86 67 197 18 3.37
Last 7 GS 4-3 54.0 42 18 18 12 58 8 3.00 65
2011-08-12 TBR L 8.0 10 5 5 0 7 5 106 49
2011-08-06 @BOS L 6.0 9 7 7 1 6 1 94 31
2011-08-01 @CHW W 8.0 10 2 2 0 6 1 104 60
2011-07-26 SEA W 7.0 1 1 1 3 14 0 102 82
2011-07-21 @TBR L 8.0 5 2 2 4 8 1 113 68
2011-07-16 @TOR W 8.0 3 1 1 3 8 0 110 77
2011-07-10 TBR W 9.0 4 0 0 1 9 0 113 87
Last 5 v.MIN 4-0 37.0 23 3 3 5 22 1 0.73 71
2011-04-05 MIN ND 7.0 2 0 0 1 6 0 104 78
2009-07-07 @MIN W 7.0 3 1 1 1 3 1 100 69
2008-06-10 MIN W 9.0 5 0 0 0 5 0 106 82
2007-09-03 @MIN W 8.0 6 0 0 1 6 0 100 75
2007-08-29 MIN W 6.0 7 2 2 2 2 0 109 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   40-24   Road:   34-23   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  48-36   vsLHP:  26-11   1-Run:  15-17
 vsEast: 24-21   vsCntrl:18-13   vsWest: 19-8  IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
121 Wed, Aug 17  @KCR  L   4-5       74-47  1st  0.5 up
120 Tue, Aug 16  @KCR  W   9-7       74-46  1st  0.5 up
119 Mon, Aug 15  @KCR  W   7-4       73-46  1st    Tied
118 Sat, Aug 13   TBR  W   9-2       72-46  2nd  1.0 gb
117 Fri, Aug 12   TBR  L   1-5       71-46  2nd  2.0 gb
116 Thu, Aug 11   LAA  W   6-5       71-45  2nd  1.0 gb
115 Wed, Aug 10   LAA  W   9-3       70-45  2nd  1.5 gb
114 Tue, Aug  9   LAA  L   4-6       69-45  2nd  2.5 gb
113 Sun, Aug  7  @BOS  L   2-3 (10)  69-44  2nd  1.0 gb
112 Sat, Aug  6  @BOS  L   4-10      69-43  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:20-10
Twins, 54-68, 54-68 4th, 10½ GB, 20 GB in WC

SP: Brian Duensing (28, LHP, 8-11, 4.53)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (8-11) 139.0 158 77 70 43 101 16 4.53
2010 (10-3) 130.2 122 42 38 35 78 11 2.62
2009 (5-2) 84.0 84 37 34 31 53 7 3.64
Last 7 GS 2-4 43.2 54 26 25 8 33 9 5.15 46
2011-08-13 @CLE L 6.2 9 3 3 2 9 1 111 51
2011-08-07 CHW L 6.1 9 5 4 1 4 2 104 40
2011-08-02 @LAA L 6.0 8 5 5 2 3 2 98 37
2011-07-27 @TEX W 6.2 7 1 1 1 6 0 113 61
2011-07-22 DET L 4.2 9 7 7 1 7 2 98 24
2011-07-17 KCR W 6.1 7 3 3 0 2 1 99 49
2011-07-09 @CHW ND 7.0 5 2 2 1 2 1 102 60
Last 5 v.NYY 0-0 7.0 6 4 4 2 7 2 5.14 54
2011-04-05 @NYY ND 7.0 6 4 4 2 7 2 103 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   27-30   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  35-49   vsLHP:  19-19   1-Run:  23-23
 vsEast:  9-21   vsCntrl:24-23   vsWest: 13-14 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
122 Wed, Aug 17  @DET  W   6-5       54-68  4th 10.5 gb
121 Tue, Aug 16  @DET  L   1-7       53-68  4th 11.5 gb
120 Mon, Aug 15  @DET  W   9-6       53-67  4th 10.5 gb
119 Sat, Aug 13  @CLE  L   1-3       52-67  4th 12.0 gb
118 Fri, Aug 12  @CLE  L   2-3       52-66  4th 11.0 gb
117 Wed, Aug 10   BOS  W   5-2       52-65  4th  9.5 gb
116 Tue, Aug  9   BOS  L   3-4       51-65  4th 10.5 gb
115 Mon, Aug  8   BOS  L   6-8       51-64  4th 10.5 gb
114 Sun, Aug  7   CHW  L   0-7       51-63  4th 10.0 gb
113 Sat, Aug  6   CHW  L   1-6       51-62  4th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 07, 2011 NYY  4  MIN  3        W:A.J. Burnett (2-0), L: Francisco Liriano (0-2), S: Mariano Rivera (4)
Tue, Apr 05, 2011 MIN  5 @NYY  4 (10)   W:Matt Capps (1-0), L: Boone Logan (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (2)
Mon, Apr 04, 2011 NYY  4  MIN  3        W:Ivan Nova (1-0), L: Scott Baker (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (3)

Thu, May 27, 2010 MIN  8  NYY  2        W:Nick Blackburn (6-1), L: Javier Vazquez (3-5), S: none
Wed, May 26, 2010 NYY  3 @MIN  2        W:Andy Pettitte (6-1), L: Jon Rauch (1-1), S: Mariano Rivera (10)
Tue, May 25, 2010 NYY  1 @MIN  0        W:A.J. Burnett (5-2), L: Brian Duensing (2-1), S: Mariano Rivera (9)
Sun, May 16, 2010 MIN  6 @NYY  3        W:Nick Blackburn (4-1), L: Joba Chamberlain (1-2), S: Jon Rauch (10)
Sat, May 15, 2010 NYY  7  MIN  1        W:Andy Pettitte (5-0), L: Francisco Liriano (4-2), S: none
Fri, May 14, 2010 NYY  8  MIN  4        W:Joba Chamberlain (1-1), L: Scott Baker (4-3), S: none
Thu, Jul 09, 2009 NYY  6 @MIN  4        W:Jonathan Albaladejo (4-1), L: Francisco Liriano (4-9), S: Mariano Rivera (23)
Season Series: 2011 - NYY over 2-1; 2010 - NYY won 4-2; 2009 - NYY won 7-0; All-Time - NYY leads 1107-767

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  5.39

BAL  4.18

SEA  3.39

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

BOS  4.20

BAL  5.32

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .346

E. Hosmer  .271

A. Dunn  .164

 OBP

J. Bautista  .453

J. Pierre  .337

V. Wells  .232

 SLG

J. Bautista  .639

A. Ethier  .427

C. Getz  .284

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.092

B. Gardner  .768

A. Rios  .570

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.89

M. Pineda  3.77

B. Arroyo  5.31

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.44

J. Vazquez  6.95

B. Penny  3.60

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

Yankees Batters (5.39 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Duensing*
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		 59.Slowey
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cano* G/S/vP 7/.715 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 4/.000 7/.286 9/1.417 7/1.000 2/2.000 513/349 .306/.353/.532/.885 .895/.880 .887 109/1.020 8/1 21/8
17.Cervelli G/S/vP 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 106/83 .245/.314/.319/.633 .558/.652 .484 25/.956 4/0 1/5
12.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.143 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 97/84 .276/.351/.379/.730 .769/.724 .872 58/.662 0/0 1/0
11.Gardner* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 446/355 .284/.363/.405/.768 .680/.790 .794 107/.708 36/11 5/2
14.Granderson* G/S/vP 11/.473 ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.666 19/1.307 15/.988 14/1.071 2/2.000 529/363 .277/.371/.588/.960 .944/.967 .962 112/1.059 22/10 34/3
2.Jeter G/S/vP 7/1.262 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.250 6/.533 11/.637 11/.664 3/1.667 458/333 .290/.349/.380/.728 .984/.633 .773 106/.938 13/5 4/8
18.Jones G/S/vP 5/1.400 1/.000 2/1.500 3/1.667 4/1.000 8/.250 4/.250 6/.334 ··· 146/37 .238/.342/.437/.779 .882/.486 .580 37/1.049 0/0 7/1
55.Martin G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 7/.486 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 379/268 .226/.317/.380/.696 .747/.676 .692 81/.710 8/1 13/9
26.Nunez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 238/152 .263/.313/.382/.696 .744/.668 .746 74/.711 18/5 4/15
20.Posada# G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 328/263 .237/.317/.385/.702 .303/.802 .538 50/.773 0/2 10/0
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 6/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 4/.250 10/.800 3/2.667 13/.878 2/.000 489/343 .269/.384/.431/.816 .948/.761 .778 109/.966 2/2 14/0
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 7/1.262 ··· 3/.000 2/5.000 2/.000 11/1.636 4/1.833 7/1.000 3/.333 532/363 .247/.342/.500/.842 .918/.816 .784 113/.870 3/1 32/2
IP 139.0 38.1 50.1 29.0 34.0 33.2 49.0 14.2 60.2 TOTAL .268/.347/.446/.794 .827/.780 .770 .872 120/39 160/72
ERA-K/9 4.53/6.5 5.87/7.0 4.29/4.3 4.34/5.0 5.29/5.3 5.08/8.0 2.39/9.9 4.91/4.3 3.12/4.4 4.43/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (23-2-3)
 Martin (66-31-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 602/.288 173/.276 206/.258 132/.255 162/.267 145/.231 194/.221 62/.317 255/.239 .274  Gardner
 Granderson
 Swisher
 Jones
 Nunez
114/11/0/6
0/118/0/6
0/0/111/6
27/0/11/1
1/0/1/0
OPS .797 .811 .710 .777 .784 .722 .592 .811 .629 .761
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 154/.512 68/.808 106/.742 57/.630 75/.686 70/.635 77/.586 19/.977 140/.530 .714
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 448/.896 105/.813 100/.674 75/.894 87/.876 75/.805 117/.596 43/.738 115/.747 .800
Home 288/.831 96/.785 105/.761 50/.847 70/.764 69/.594 105/.618 23/.739 156/.649
Last 28d days 136/.964 41/.827 33/.644 42/.900 47/.840 35/.721 51/.657 / 58/.504
HR/SB/CS 16/5/6 4/6/1 8/2/0 5/1/1 2/2/3 6/6/0 1/3/2 2/0/0 5/0/0 122/73/36
Usage ····X··· ··o·o··· o·o·o··· ·o··o··· ·o······ X·o····X o·X··o·X ········ ·X······
Twins Batters (3.90 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (3.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Sabathia*
G/S/vB		 38.Ayala
G/S/vB		 48.Logan*
G/S/vB		 64.Noesi
G/S/vB		 42.Rivera
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 29.Soriano
G/S/vB		 53.Wade
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 181/129 .167/.208/.256/.464 .629/.398 .474 26/.351 0/0 2/4
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 59/.563 2/.500 9/.819 ··· 6/.000 4/.000 4/1.250 ··· 469/322 .295/.360/.485/.845 1.109/.732 .867 82/.824 8/1 18/6
38.Hughes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 198/124 .233/.296/.317/.613 .714/.552 .537 5/.400 1/2 3/3
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 6/1.133 ··· 10/1.489 4/1.167 1/.000 ··· 314/207 .294/.344/.460/.804 .811/.801 .761 97/.769 1/0 9/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 28/.526 ··· 10/.875 ··· 8/.750 4/.250 5/1.100 ··· 260/155 .281/.346/.340/.687 .593/.749 .723 101/.640 0/0 1/3
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 46/.543 ··· 14/1.417 ··· 9/.444 4/.250 5/.000 ··· 253/170 .226/.281/.338/.618 .408/.724 .671 22/.606 0/0 4/1
1.Nishioka# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 210/137 .214/.256/.240/.496 .375/.562 .561 75/.397 2/4 0/10
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 143/104 .206/.289/.373/.662 .762/.623 .693 53/.511 2/1 5/4
11.Revere* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 312/199 .253/.301/.298/.599 .550/.625 .489 85/.644 21/7 0/7
2.Span* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 3/.500 ··· 6/.000 3/1.167 5/.800 ··· 293/212 .263/.331/.342/.673 .701/.663 .716 38/.189 6/1 2/1
25.Thome* G/S/vP 30/.826 4/.500 ··· ··· 23/.945 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 222/168 .259/.365/.513/.878 1.040/.828 .822 69/1.135 0/0 12/
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 188/136 .218/.265/.293/.558 .515/.555 .557 37/.767 2/2 0/4
23.Tosoni* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 86/73 .215/.279/.342/.621 .657/.613 .629 8/1.333 0/1 3/1
19.Valencia G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 472/347 .244/.288/.381/.670 .848/.606 .693 89/.698 2/4 12/16
IP 190.2 38.2 31.1 41.2 47.0 48.2 22.1 23.1 TOTAL .249/.307/.361/.668 .695/.657 .679 .687 67/28 78/87
ERA-K/9 2.93/8.3 1.40/6.0 2.87/9.5 3.67/6.0 2.30/8.0 1.29/13.5 4.03/6.5 2.31/7.0 3.57/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (32-16-5)
 Mauer (25-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 777/.241 161/.279 138/.236 174/.270 179/.234 202/.176 93/.215 91/.218 .252  Kubel
 Cuddyer
 Revere
 Tosoni
 Span
 Plouffe
3/0/47/8
0/0/58/4
9/55/5/3
20/0/2/1
0/63/0/1
2/0/9/1
OPS .632 .686 .672 .705 .574 .504 .605 .598 .699
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 198/.556 83/.633 87/.756 81/.751 82/.634 105/.472 39/.887 42/.531 .728
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 579/.659 78/.743 51/.533 93/.665 97/.523 97/.538 54/.412 49/.655 .675
Road 396/.662 71/.670 66/.714 90/.810 86/.697 98/.384 28/.374 46/.616
Last 28d days 116/.830 44/.747 30/.800 49/.684 38/.688 39/.481 24/.255 39/.667
HR/SB/CS 13/10/4 1/3/0 3/2/1 3/3/3 3/1/0 0/11/2 1/4/0 2/1/1 99/90/34
Usage ·····X·· ·····X·X ·oo····· X···o··· ·oo···o· ·oX···X· ·oX···Xo ····X·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.