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Game Preview: NYY @ MIN, 2:10pm, Sunday, August 21, 2011 @Target Field

Yankees, 76-48, 76-48 1st, ½ up

SP: Ivan Nova (24, RHP, 12-4, 4.21)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (12-4) 117.2 124 61 55 42 69 12 4.21
2010 (1-2) 42.0 44 22 21 17 26 4 4.50
Last 7 GS 6-0 45.0 43 19 19 10 32 6 3.80 54
2011-08-16 @KCR W 5.1 9 7 7 1 2 1 87 23
2011-08-10 LAA W 6.0 5 3 3 3 0 1 96 47
2011-08-04 @CHW W 7.2 6 1 1 0 10 0 102 73
2011-07-30 BAL W 7.0 6 2 2 1 6 1 98 62
2011-07-01 @NYM W 5.0 7 1 1 2 3 0 89 50
2011-06-26 COL ND 6.0 6 4 4 3 4 3 99 45
2011-06-20 @CIN W 8.0 4 1 1 0 7 0 105 77
Last 5 v.MIN 1-0 6.0 6 3 3 1 3 0 4.50 50
2011-04-04 MIN W 6.0 6 3 3 1 3 0 83 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   40-24   Road:   36-24   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  49-36   vsLHP:  27-12   1-Run:  15-17
 vsEast: 24-21   vsCntrl:20-14   vsWest: 19-8  IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Sat, Aug 20  @MIN  L   4-9       76-48  1st  0.5 up
123 Fri, Aug 19  @MIN  W   8-1       76-47  1st  0.5 up
122 Thu, Aug 18  @MIN  W   8-4       75-47  1st  0.5 up
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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10
Twins, 55-70, 55-70 4th, 12 GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (29, RHP, 7-10, 4.53)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (7-10) 147.0 182 91 74 50 76 19 4.53
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 0-4 36.2 53 30 22 19 18 4 5.40 38
2011-08-16 @DET L 4.2 11 5 5 2 1 0 96 21
2011-08-10 BOS ND 6.2 6 1 0 2 4 0 108 62
2011-08-05 CHW L 5.1 7 4 4 6 1 2 90 33
2011-07-30 @OAK L 4.1 10 7 6 5 2 0 93 14
2011-07-25 @TEX L 2.2 11 9 6 0 0 2 65 6
2011-07-20 CLE ND 6.0 4 4 1 2 7 0 104 59
2011-07-15 KCR ND 7.0 4 0 0 2 3 0 98 70
Last 5 v.NYY 2-1 28.0 37 19 16 7 16 3 5.14 43
2010-05-27 NYY W 7.0 9 2 2 0 2 0 92 53
2010-05-16 @NYY W 7.0 9 3 3 1 4 0 104 50
2009-05-16 @NYY ND 7.2 6 4 4 3 4 1 111 52
2008-08-12 NYY ND 4.2 6 4 4 3 5 1 102 38
2008-07-21 @NYY L 1.2 7 6 3 0 1 1 50 24
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   28-32   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  36-50   vsLHP:  19-20   1-Run:  23-23
 vsEast: 10-23   vsCntrl:24-23   vsWest: 13-14 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Sat, Aug 20   NYY  W   9-4       55-70  4th 12.0 gb
124 Fri, Aug 19   NYY  L   1-8       54-70  4th 12.0 gb
123 Thu, Aug 18   NYY  L   4-8       54-69  4th 11.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 20, 2011 MIN  9  NYY  4        W:Francisco Liriano (9-9), L: A.J. Burnett (9-10), S: none
Fri, Aug 19, 2011 NYY  8 @MIN  1        W:Phil Hughes (4-4), L: Kevin Slowey (0-1), S: none
Thu, Aug 18, 2011 NYY  8 @MIN  4        W:CC Sabathia (17-7), L: Brian Duensing (8-12), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2011 - NYY over 4-2; 2010 - NYY won 4-2; 2009 - NYY won 7-0; All-Time - NYY leads 1109-768

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  5.42

BAL  4.20

SEA  3.35

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

BOS  4.20

BAL  5.37

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .343

J. Bruce  .271

A. Dunn  .169

 OBP

J. Bautista  .457

A. Pierzynski  .338

V. Wells  .234

 SLG

J. Bautista  .639

N. Swisher  .430

C. Getz  .284

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.096

Y. Molina  .773

A. Rios  .566

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.89

M. Pineda  3.77

J. Reyes  5.44

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.44

D. Holland  6.84

B. Penny  3.60

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

Yankees Batters (5.42 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.87 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		 59.Slowey
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cano* G/S/vP 14/.357 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 5/.000 7/.286 10/1.267 10/1.000 4/.833 526/354 .304/.350/.526/.876 .876/.876 .869 108/.981 8/1 21/8
17.Cervelli G/S/vP 5/.400 4/1.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 112/86 .260/.324/.330/.654 .573/.677 .549 26/.801 4/0 1/5
12.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.143 ··· 6/.834 1/.000 103/89 .258/.330/.355/.685 .714/.680 .761 64/.598 0/0 1/0
11.Gardner* G/S/vP 11/.546 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 2/2.000 ··· 6/.000 4/1.000 459/363 .280/.357/.398/.754 .668/.777 .766 110/.698 36/11 5/2
14.Granderson* G/S/vP 18/1.015 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 7/.858 19/1.307 16/1.063 17/1.162 4/2.000 543/369 .281/.375/.590/.965 .947/.974 .973 110/1.121 23/10 34/3
2.Jeter G/S/vP 20/1.126 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/.200 6/.533 11/.637 14/.665 5/1.400 471/339 .291/.350/.378/.728 .957/.640 .770 105/.872 13/5 4/8
18.Jones G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/2.750 3/1.667 5/.800 8/.250 4/.250 6/.334 ··· 155/39 .248/.355/.481/.836 .905/.635 .712 42/1.188 0/0 9/1
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.417 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/3.000 1/.000 387/273 .229/.318/.397/.715 .725/.711 .728 81/.745 8/1 15/9
26.Nunez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 247/155 .270/.318/.394/.712 .750/.688 .774 70/.729 18/5 4/16
20.Posada# G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 5/.400 3/2.500 333/268 .241/.321/.386/.708 .303/.808 .556 49/.863 0/2 10/1
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 18/.722 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 5/.400 10/.800 4/1.833 16/.833 4/.000 503/349 .266/.380/.430/.810 .942/.752 .768 110/.855 2/2 15/0
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 14/1.940 ··· 3/.000 2/5.000 3/.333 11/1.636 5/1.400 10/1.078 5/.900 545/368 .251/.347/.512/.859 .951/.823 .819 111/.953 3/1 33/2
IP 147.0 40.0 51.2 29.1 36.0 33.2 50.0 20.1 63.2 TOTAL .269/.348/.449/.797 .826/.785 .779 .869 121/39 166/74
ERA-K/9 4.53/4.7 6.08/6.8 4.70/4.4 4.30/5.2 5.00/5.0 5.08/8.0 2.34/10.1 6.20/4.9 3.25/4.4 4.48/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cervelli (23-2-3)
 Martin (67-32-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 662/.305 182/.286 214/.264 133/.252 170/.262 145/.231 198/.222 89/.329 270/.243 .275  Granderson
 Gardner
 Swisher
 Jones
 Nunez
0/121/0/8
117/11/0/6
0/0/113/6
27/0/12/1
1/0/1/0
OPS .828 .815 .738 .771 .774 .722 .590 .894 .637 .766
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 347/.794 73/.778 108/.728 58/.618 78/.685 70/.635 79/.597 40/.836 152/.552 .712
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 315/.866 109/.840 106/.749 75/.894 92/.856 75/.805 119/.585 49/.937 118/.744 .810
Home 330/.762 105/.794 113/.811 51/.829 78/.744 69/.594 109/.613 50/.925 171/.661
Last 28d days 130/1.067 38/.872 38/.823 40/.910 48/.887 31/.715 48/.678 27/1.090 53/.533
HR/SB/CS 19/11/9 4/6/1 9/2/0 5/1/1 2/2/3 6/6/0 1/3/2 4/1/0 5/0/0 128/74/36
Usage ····X··· X·o··o·o o·Xo·o·o ·o··o··o ··X·o··· ···X·o·· ··oo·X·· ·X······ ·X··X···
Twins Batters (3.92 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Nova
G/S/vB		 38.Ayala
G/S/vB		 39.Laffey*
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 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 185/130 .169/.209/.256/.465 .631/.395 .476 30/.374 0/0 2/4
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 26/1.189 9/.819 ··· 6/.000 4/.000 4/1.250 ··· 469/322 .295/.360/.485/.845 1.109/.732 .867 70/.867 8/1 18/6
38.Hughes G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 206/131 .241/.304/.326/.630 .723/.578 .573 13/.862 1/2 3/4
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 28/.801 6/1.133 1/.000 10/1.489 4/1.167 1/.000 ··· 322/213 .298/.351/.461/.812 .833/.801 .782 93/.826 1/0 9/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 26/1.045 10/.875 1/3.000 8/.750 4/.250 5/1.100 ··· 273/162 .280/.344/.346/.690 .581/.763 .726 102/.700 0/0 1/3
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.500 28/.601 14/1.417 ··· 9/.444 4/.250 5/.000 ··· 265/176 .217/.272/.324/.595 .380/.708 .609 34/.432 0/0 4/1
1.Nishioka# G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 217/141 .217/.257/.241/.498 .413/.545 .562 73/.408 2/4 0/10
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 157/112 .225/.308/.406/.713 .795/.680 .795 64/.691 2/1 6/4
11.Revere* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 326/207 .254/.300/.297/.597 .574/.610 .496 87/.671 22/7 0/7
25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/1.000 4/.500 12/.917 ··· ··· 23/.945 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 226/168 .255/.363/.505/.868 .988/.828 .805 65/1.122 0/0 12/
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 192/139 .213/.259/.287/.546 .504/.543 .528 41/.691 2/2 0/4
23.Tosoni* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 98/80 .200/.265/.311/.576 .583/.574 .546 20/.653 0/2 3/1
19.Valencia G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 6/.333 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 484/354 .245/.291/.389/.680 .866/.612 .713 89/.691 2/4 13/16
IP 117.2 41.0 45.2 31.2 42.2 47.0 49.2 22.1 25.1 TOTAL .250/.308/.361/.669 .696/.656 .679 .695 68/29 80/88
ERA-K/9 4.21/5.3 1.32/6.1 4.14/5.1 2.84/9.4 3.59/6.3 2.30/8.0 1.27/13.4 4.03/6.5 2.13/6.8 3.59/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (32-16-5)
 Mauer (26-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 511/.268 171/.275 212/.311 139/.234 179/.270 179/.234 205/.173 93/.215 98/.202 .252  Kubel
 Cuddyer
 Revere
 Plouffe
 Tosoni
 Mauer
3/0/47/8
0/0/58/4
9/58/5/3
2/0/11/1
23/0/2/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .735 .676 .856 .667 .710 .574 .496 .605 .554 .699
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 258/.681 90/.619 90/.765 88/.746 84/.761 82/.634 107/.463 39/.887 45/.495 .720
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 253/.789 81/.740 122/.923 51/.533 95/.665 97/.523 98/.532 54/.412 53/.604 .681
Road 227/.651 81/.651 114/.830 67/.703 95/.815 86/.697 101/.372 28/.374 53/.531
Last 28d days 105/.719 51/.750 39/1.189 23/.685 38/.766 31/.580 30/.133 24/.255 44/.545
HR/SB/CS 12/10/6 1/3/0 7/1/0 3/2/1 3/3/3 3/1/0 0/11/2 1/4/0 2/1/1 101/91/35
Usage ····X··· Xo······ X···X··· ·o··oo·· X··X···o ····oo·· ··o·oX·· ····oX·· 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.