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Game Preview: MIN @ TEX, 8:05pm, Thursday, July 28, 2011 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Twins, 49-55, 49-55 4th, 6 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Scott Baker (29, RHP, 8-5, 2.88)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (8-5)			115.2	103	39	37	31	109	12	2.88
2010 (12-9)			170.1	186	87	85	43	148	23	4.49
2009 (15-9)			200.0	190	99	97	48	162	28	4.37

Last 7 GS		6-1	48.0	38	10	8	8	43	2	1.50	65
2011-07-23	DET	W	5.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	82	65
2011-07-05	TBR	W	5.0	3	1	0	1	3	0	62	61
2011-06-29	LAD	W	7.1	6	0	0	1	9	0	119	74
2011-06-24	@MIL	L	6.2	8	4	4	4	4	0	97	42
2011-06-18	SDP	W	8.0	4	0	0	1	10	0	115	83
2011-06-11	TEX	W	9.0	5	1	1	0	7	0	112	80
2011-06-06	@CLE	W	7.0	9	4	3	0	5	2	103	50

Last 5 v.TEX		4-0	35.1	34	12	12	8	31	2	3.06	59
2011-06-11	TEX	W	9.0	5	1	1	0	7	0	112	80
2010-05-30	TEX	W	6.0	8	3	3	3	4	0	97	45
2009-08-30	TEX	ND	7.0	6	3	3	1	6	1	98	58
2009-08-19	@TEX	W	5.1	9	4	4	2	6	0	109	38
2009-07-18	@TEX	W	8.0	6	1	1	2	8	1	114	72

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   26-25   Road:   23-30   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  32-39   vsLHP:  17-16   1-Run:  22-21
 vsEast:  8-19   vsCntrl:22-17   vsWest: 11-9  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Wed, Jul 27  @TEX  W   7-2       49-55  4th  6.0 gb
103 Tue, Jul 26  @TEX  W   9-8       48-55  4th  7.0 gb
102 Mon, Jul 25  @TEX  L   6-20      47-55  4th  7.0 gb
101 Sun, Jul 24   DET  L   2-5       47-54  4th  7.0 gb
100 Sat, Jul 23   DET  W   4-1       47-53  4th  6.0 gb
 99 Fri, Jul 22   DET  L   2-8       46-53  4th  7.0 gb
 98 Thu, Jul 21   DET  L   2-6       46-52  4th  6.0 gb
 97 Wed, Jul 20   CLE  W   7-5       46-51  4th  5.0 gb
 96 Tue, Jul 19   CLE  W   2-1       45-51  4th  6.0 gb
 95 Mon, Jul 18   CLE  L   3-6       44-51  4th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Rangers, 59-46, 59-46 1st, 2 up

SP: Matt Harrison (25, LHP, 8-7, 3.05)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (8-7)			118.0	109	46	40	38	78	11	3.05
2010 (3-2)			78.1	80	45	41	39	46	10	4.71
2009 (4-5)			63.1	81	43	43	23	34	9	6.11

Last 7 GS		3-1	47.1	47	16	14	6	36	5	2.66	57
2011-07-23	TOR	ND	6.2	8	4	4	0	8	1	101	50
2011-07-17	@SEA	W	7.2	5	1	1	1	4	0	106	68
2011-07-10	OAK	W	7.2	6	0	0	1	7	0	112	73
2011-07-05	BAL	ND	6.0	11	2	2	0	5	2	103	47
2011-06-30	@HOU	L	6.0	7	5	5	2	2	1	110	38
2011-06-24	NYM	W	7.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	106	62
2011-06-18	@ATL	ND	6.1	3	3	1	1	6	1	102	64

Last 5 v.MIN		0-2	11.0	14	10	9	6	3	2	7.36	35
2011-06-12	@MIN	L	6.0	5	2	1	3	3	0	75	56
2008-07-19	@MIN	L	5.0	9	8	8	3	0	2	84	14

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   34-21   Road:   25-25   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  42-31   vsLHP:  17-15   1-Run:  12-15
 vsEast: 15-13   vsCntrl:17-13   vsWest: 18-11 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Wed, Jul 27   MIN  L   2-7       59-46  1st  2.0 up
104 Tue, Jul 26   MIN  L   8-9       59-45  1st  3.0 up
103 Mon, Jul 25   MIN  W  20-6       59-44  1st  4.0 up
102 Sun, Jul 24   TOR  L   0-3       58-44  1st  3.0 up
101 Sat, Jul 23   TOR  W   5-4       58-43  1st  4.0 up
100 Fri, Jul 22   TOR  W  12-2       57-43  1st  3.0 up
 99 Thu, Jul 21  @LAA  L   0-1       56-43  1st  3.0 up
 98 Wed, Jul 20  @LAA  L   8-9       56-42  1st  4.0 up
 97 Tue, Jul 19  @LAA  W   7-0       56-41  1st  5.0 up
 96 Sun, Jul 17  @SEA  W   3-1       55-41  1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 27, 2011 MIN  7 @TEX  2        W:Brian Duensing (8-8), L: Colby Lewis (10-8), S: none
Tue, Jul 26, 2011 MIN  9 @TEX  8        W:Glen Perkins (3-1), L: Neftali Feliz (0-2), S: Joe Nathan (8)
Mon, Jul 25, 2011 TEX 20  MIN  6        W:Derek Holland (9-4), L: Nick Blackburn (7-7), S: none
Sun, Jun 12, 2011 MIN  6  TEX  1        W:Francisco Liriano (4-6), L: Matt Harrison (5-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 11, 2011 MIN  8  TEX  1        W:Scott Baker (4-4), L: Colby Lewis (5-7), S: none
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 TEX  9 @MIN  3        W:C.J. Wilson (7-3), L: Brian Duensing (3-6), S: none
Thu, Jun 09, 2011 MIN  5  TEX  4        W:Jim Hoey (1-2), L: Mark Lowe (1-1), S: none

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)
Season Series: 2011 - MIN over 5-2; 2010 - MIN won 7-3; 2009 - MIN won 6-4; All-Time - MIN leads 358-312

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 5.56 BAL 4.13 SEA 3.32	RA/G PHI 3.31 TEX 4.26 BAL 5.21	BA A. Gonzalez .351 K. Youkilis .280 A. Dunn .163	OBP J. Bautista .464 S. Smith .342 M. Olivo .254	SLG J. Bautista .675 I. Kinsler .449 C. Getz .280	OPS J. Bautista 1.138 I. Kinsler .804 A. Rios .555	ERA J. Weaver 1.79 C. Morton 3.69 J. Happ 6.12	K/9IP B. Morrow 10.46 R. Nolasco 6.80 C. Pavano 3.77

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.56

BAL 4.13

SEA 3.32

RA/G

PHI 3.31

TEX 4.26

BAL 5.21

A. Gonzalez .351

K. Youkilis .280

A. Dunn .163

OBP

J. Bautista .464

S. Smith .342

M. Olivo .254

SLG

J. Bautista .675

I. Kinsler .449

C. Getz .280

OPS

J. Bautista 1.138

I. Kinsler .804

A. Rios .555

ERA

J. Weaver 1.79

C. Morton 3.69

J. Happ 6.12

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.46

R. Nolasco 6.80

C. Pavano 3.77

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Twins Batters (3.94 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Harrison*
G/S/vB 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 30.Feliz
G/S/vB 35.Hunter
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 28.Oliver*
G/S/vB 53.Rhodes*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 160/116 .178/.208/.270/.477 .700/.392 .475 32/.500 0/0 2/3

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 6/.800 9/.555 3/.333 5/.250 4/1.250 3/.000 1/2.000 362/244 .259/.322/.369/.691 .579/.751 .610 111/.737 15/3 2/11

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 4/.750 14/1.802 3/.000 7/.286 4/1.750 7/.286 1/no AB 415/292 .299/.373/.476/.849 1.132/.739 .792 109/.995 8/1 15/6

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 1/2.000 11/.384 3/.000 7/1.404 6/1.667 11/.955 1/5.000 244/162 .314/.365/.471/.836 .721/.893 .952 27/.966 1/0 6/1

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 6/1.500 14/.928 4/1.750 6/1.667 4/1.167 8/.125 4/.500 182/106 .288/.357/.350/.707 .498/.854 .678 101/.856 0/0 1/1

24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 101/73 .207/.307/.425/.732 .877/.675 .741 30/.819 1/1 5/3

18.Repko G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 111/68 .245/.287/.265/.552 .675/.476 .477 35/.697 6/1 0/1

11.Revere* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 250/163 .249/.294/.283/.578 .482/.628 .658 107/.489 16/5 0/6

25.Thome* G/S/vP 7/.857 6/.750 2/3.000 ··· 4/.500 34/1.037 25/.290 167/127 .223/.347/.424/.772 .916/.729 .677 63/.743 0/0 7/

19.Valencia G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 409/301 .241/.291/.394/.685 .930/.597 .659 104/.841 2/4 12/12

21.Young G/S/vP 7/1.119 12/1.000 3/.666 6/.500 5/.400 6/.666 ··· 274/194 .267/.292/.351/.643 .668/.633 .608 57/.788 1/0 2/5

IP 118.0 2.0 37.2 13.0 30.1 36.1 23.0 TOTAL .250/.309/.360/.669 .689/.660 .653 .732 58/22 64/74

ERA-K/9

3.05/5.9

4.50/4.5

3.35/6.2

3.46/6.2

3.86/8.3

2.23/7.7

5.09/5.9

3.79/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (23-14-3)
Mauer (22-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 483/.248 9/.222 158/.216 54/.234 139/.295 152/.229 101/.301 .247 Kubel
Cuddyer
Young
Repko
Revere
Plouffe 3/0/32/4
0/0/56/4
63/0/0/3
23/4/18/2
6/46/4/2
1/0/8/1

OPS .683 .556 .680 .621 .804 .585 .926 .709

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 111/.818 4/.000 87/.582 22/1.294 58/.965 61/.629 41/.734 .760

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 372/.642 5/1.000 71/.807 32/.194 81/.694 91/.553 60/1.050 .677

Home 256/.737 9/.556 94/.671 48/.541 80/.724 91/.518 59/1.009

Last 28d days 113/.689 9/.556 34/.644 54/.621 27/.799 23/.435 19/1.146

HR/SB/CS 11/1/3 0/0/0 4/0/3 1/3/1 3/1/2 3/3/2 6/1/0 113/57/31

Usage ····X··· ··o··o·· ·XX····· ·X·X···X Xo··X··· Xo··o··· ··X··o··

Rangers Batters (5.10 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Baker
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 54.Dumatrait*
G/S/vB 44.James*
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 17/.620 4/.500 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 3/.000 5/.000 430/316 .281/.333/.348/.681 .714/.670 .674 107/.690 30/6 3/20

9.Chavez* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 1/2.000 2/.000 5/.400 1/.000 150/123 .333/.363/.507/.870 1.139/.811 .790 59/.878 6/2 4/1

17.Cruz G/S/vP 9/1.444 2/1.500 2/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 8/1.238 3/.000 6/.834 357/272 .264/.314/.533/.847 1.103/.769 .997 96/.970 6/4 22/6

19.Davis* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 73/59 .250/.301/.412/.713 .665/.724 .623 16/.375 0/0 3/3

23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 97/43 .265/.347/.325/.673 .581/.790 .728 19/.610 12/0 0/1

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 20/.422 2/.500 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 5/.200 4/2.250 10/1.100 6/.533 300/211 .297/.350/.535/.885 .665/.981 .907 103/.948 6/1 13/3

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 25/.664 5/.400 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 8/.250 10/.200 3/.000 464/334 .249/.354/.449/.804 .770/.817 .929 110/.845 19/2 16/7

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 340/254 .268/.324/.439/.763 .491/.853 .805 76/.528 2/1 12/3

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 17/.423 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 4/.000 11/.573 3/.000 ··· 258/186 .252/.318/.350/.668 .433/.760 .723 29/.966 6/5 5/3

25.Napoli G/S/vP 12/.166 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/.667 3/.333 1/2.000 9/.555 219/130 .276/.384/.562/.946 1.089/.849 1.020 56/1.255 2/2 13/2

12.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .333/.333/1.000/1.333 /1.333 1.333 3/1.333 0/0 0/0

8.Torrealba G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.858 ··· 4/1.250 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 274/187 .261/.297/.385/.682 .664/.689 .766 56/.783 0/1 4/7

10.Young G/S/vP 23/.759 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 12/.583 11/.473 6/1.000 443/326 .331/.368/.489/.857 .942/.826 .949 97/.978 4/1 9/3

IP 115.2 33.2 44.2 23.1 10.1 26.1 27.2 40.1 51.1 TOTAL .276/.334/.450/.784 .779/.786 .860 .891 99/29 126/85

ERA-K/9

2.88/8.5

6.15/6.9

4.43/4.4

4.63/5.4

6.10/7.0

5.47/5.5

4.88/8.1

1.56/9.8

3.68/4.2

4.33/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Napoli (9-5-0)
Torrealba (43-20-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 471/.237 153/.289 184/.262 102/.235 46/.293 131/.274 119/.226 155/.212 222/.255 .268 Murphy
Cruz
Chavez
Hamilton
Moreland
Gentry 59/13/4/5
18/0/78/5
3/32/5/3
44/18/0/2
0/0/33/0
0/34/3/0

OPS .667 .808 .721 .732 .762 .784 .721 .541 .671 .746

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 297/.724 60/.926 97/.777 44/.487 15/.690 66/.721 62/.602 62/.419 122/.580 .708

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 174/.569 93/.730 87/.658 58/.928 31/.799 65/.850 57/.853 93/.627 100/.780 .777

Road 271/.752 68/.804 89/.722 58/.695 21/.611 74/.759 61/.981 71/.517 66/.721

Last 28d days 38/.405 49/.987 49/.962 48/.705 29/1.064 37/.726 38/.454 41/.179 91/.619

HR/SB/CS 12/4/3 2/4/1 8/2/0 4/1/1 1/0/0 0/2/3 5/5/0 0/2/1 5/0/0 99/61/29

Usage ····X··· ·oXo·X·o oo·o···o ··X·o·X· ··XX··X· ··X··X·o ·X··o··X oo··oo·· X··XX···

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.