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Game Preview: MIN @ LAA, 10:05pm, Monday, April 30, 2012 @Angel Stadium of Anaheim

Twins, 6-15, 6-15 4th, 5½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (30, RHP, 0-2, 7.53)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-2) 14.1 20 12 12 4 8 2 7.53
2011 (7-10) 148.1 183 91 74 54 76 19 4.49
2010 (10-12) 161.0 194 101 97 40 68 25 5.42
Last 7 GS 0-4 32.1 45 22 21 18 14 4 5.85 40
2012-04-24 BOS L 3.0 8 5 5 1 2 1 71 24
2012-04-14 TEX ND 5.1 7 2 2 1 3 1 76 48
2012-04-09 LAA L 6.0 5 5 5 2 3 0 99 43
2011-08-21 NYY ND 1.1 1 0 0 4 0 0 49 48
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
Last 5 v.LAA 1-2 29.1 39 22 22 9 14 3 6.75 39
2012-04-09 LAA L 6.0 5 5 5 2 3 0 99 43
2010-04-06 @LAA W 6.2 8 3 3 4 4 1 103 46
2009-07-31 LAA ND 6.2 12 4 4 0 4 1 106 38
2009-07-25 @LAA L 3.2 6 6 6 1 0 1 70 24
2009-04-17 LAA ND 6.1 8 4 4 2 3 0 106 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-8    Road:    3-7    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-10   vsLHP:   2-5    1-Run:   4-5 
 vsEast:  3-10   vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Sun, Apr 29   KCR  W   7-4        6-15  4th  5.5 gb
 20 Fri, Apr 27   KCR  L   6-7        5-15  5th  6.0 gb
 19 Wed, Apr 25   BOS  L   6-7        5-14  4th  5.5 gb
 18 Tue, Apr 24   BOS  L   2-11       5-13  4th  5.5 gb
 17 Mon, Apr 23   BOS  L   5-6        5-12  4th  5.5 gb
 16 Sun, Apr 22  @TBR  L   2-6        5-11  4th  5.0 gb
 15 Sat, Apr 21  @TBR  L   1-4        5-10  4th  5.0 gb
 14 Fri, Apr 20  @TBR  W   5-4        5-9   4th  4.5 gb
 13 Thu, Apr 19  @NYY  L   6-7        4-9   4th  5.0 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 18  @NYY  W   6-5        4-8   4th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 6-15
Angels, 7-15, 7-15 4th, 9 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: C.J. Wilson (31, LHP, 2-2, 2.42)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-2) 26.0 17 8 7 11 26 2 2.42
2011 (16-7) 223.1 191 89 73 74 206 16 2.94
2010 (15-8) 204.0 161 83 76 93 170 10 3.35
Last 7 GS 2-3 40.1 30 14 10 18 42 3 2.23 59
2012-04-25 @TBR L 7.0 6 2 2 2 11 1 115 66
2012-04-19 OAK L 6.0 2 4 3 3 8 0 112 59
2012-04-14 @NYY W 6.0 6 1 1 2 2 0 105 56
2012-04-09 @MIN W 7.0 3 1 1 4 5 1 104 68
2011-09-26 @LAA ND 2.0 2 0 0 2 0 0 38 50
2011-09-21 @OAK ND 6.0 5 2 2 3 8 0 111 59
2011-09-16 @SEA L 6.1 6 4 1 2 8 1 116 57
Last 5 v.MIN 3-1 29.1 32 19 17 17 20 1 5.22 45
2012-04-09 @MIN W 7.0 3 1 1 4 5 1 104 68
2011-07-26 MIN ND 4.0 7 6 5 4 3 0 81 25
2011-06-10 @MIN W 7.0 8 3 3 3 1 0 110 47
2010-09-05 @MIN L 5.1 7 6 6 4 5 0 99 31
2010-08-25 MIN W 6.0 7 3 2 2 6 0 103 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-6    Road:    3-9    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   5-9    vsLHP:   2-6    1-Run:   1-6 
 vsEast:  3-6    vsCntrl: 3-6    vsWest:  1-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Sun, Apr 29  @CLE  L   0-4        7-15  4th  9.0 gb
 21 Sat, Apr 28  @CLE  W   2-1        7-14  4th  9.0 gb
 20 Fri, Apr 27  @CLE  L   2-3        6-14  4th  9.0 gb
 19 Thu, Apr 26  @TBR  L   3-4        6-13  4th  9.0 gb
 18 Wed, Apr 25  @TBR  L   2-3        6-12  4th  8.5 gb
 17 Tue, Apr 24  @TBR  L   0-5        6-11  4th  7.5 gb
 16 Sun, Apr 22   BAL  L   2-3 (10)   6-10  4th  7.0 gb
 15 Sat, Apr 21   BAL  W   6-3        6-9   4th  6.0 gb
 14 Fri, Apr 20   BAL  W   6-3        5-9   4th  6.5 gb
 13 Thu, Apr 19   OAK  L   2-4        4-9   4th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 7-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 12, 2012 MIN 10  LAA  9        W:Jeff Gray (2-0), L: Rich Thompson (0-1), S: Matt Capps (2)
Wed, Apr 11, 2012 MIN  6  LAA  5        W:Jeff Gray (1-0), L: Hisanori Takahashi (0-1), S: Matt Capps (1)
Mon, Apr 09, 2012 LAA  5 @MIN  1        W:C.J. Wilson (1-0), L: Nick Blackburn (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 04, 2011 LAA  4  MIN  1        W:Joel Pineiro (6-6), L: Kevin Slowey (0-4), S: Jordan Walden (28)
Sat, Sep 03, 2011 LAA 10  MIN  6        W:Jered Weaver (16-7), L: Phil Dumatrait (1-3), S: none
Fri, Sep 02, 2011 MIN 13 @LAA  5        W:Carl Pavano (7-11), L: Tyler Chatwood (6-10), S: none
Thu, Aug 04, 2011 LAA  7  MIN  1        W:Dan Haren (12-6), L: Francisco Liriano (7-9), S: none
Wed, Aug 03, 2011 MIN 11 @LAA  4        W:Anthony Swarzak (3-3), L: Joel Pineiro (5-6), S: none
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 LAA  5  MIN  1        W:Ervin Santana (7-8), L: Brian Duensing (8-9), S: none
Sun, May 29, 2011 LAA  6 @MIN  5        W:Dan Haren (5-3), L: Carl Pavano (2-5), S: Jordan Walden (12)
Season Series: 2012 - MIN over 2-1; 2011 - LAA won 6-3; 2010 - MIN won 5-2; All-Time - LAA leads 348-325

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 2012 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

For the 2011 season

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Twins Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Wilson*
G/S/vB
52.Carpenter
G/S/vB
37.Downs*
G/S/vB
32.Hawkins
G/S/vB
55.Isringhausen
G/S/vB
40.Jepsen
G/S/vB
21.Takahashi*
G/S/vB
51.Walden
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
37.Burroughs* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 4/2.250 ··· ··· ··· 115/101 .273/.289/.336/.626 .643/.623 .556 16/.388 1/0 1/1
8.Carroll G/S/vP 5/1.467 ··· 3/.333 5/1.800 6/.167 2/.500 7/.286 2/.000 510/370 .290/.359/.347/.706 .751/.689 .791 93/.596 10/0 0/9
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 12/.083 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/no AB 365/247 .260/.322/.368/.691 .579/.750 .611 58/.615 15/4 2/11
18.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· 7/1.071 4/.750 1/.000 ··· ··· 236/174 .303/.353/.477/.830 .912/.802 .703 64/.594 0/1 8/6
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 24/.258 ··· 14/.891 4/1.000 ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 2/no AB 333/207 .287/.360/.368/.729 .562/.829 .752 93/.857 0/0 3/5
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 18/.611 ··· 16/.393 6/1.100 1/.000 6/.900 2/2.000 2/1.000 288/193 .227/.285/.333/.618 .401/.728 .587 81/.793 0/0 4/1
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/4.000 ··· 88/66 .355/.443/.592/1.035 .935/1.069 .786 54/.695 0/0 4/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 320/236 .238/.305/.392/.697 .782/.665 .696 36/.581 3/3 8/12
2.Span* G/S/vP 18/.666 ··· 7/.858 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 311/225 .264/.328/.359/.687 .657/.698 .660 93/.817 6/1 2/1
36.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· / /// / 23/.581 / /
22.Valencia G/S/vP 12/.606 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 3/.000 ··· 608/449 .246/.294/.383/.677 .822/.626 .649 73/.627 2/6 15/18
16.Willingham G/S/vP 22/1.219 ··· 5/.000 4/1.417 7/.572 3/3.500 4/1.167 2/2.500 563/377 .246/.332/.477/.810 .783/.823 .750 81/1.163 4/1 29/2
IP 223.1 53.2 48.1 46.2 13.0 68.0 60.1 TOTAL .266/.332/.400/.732 .783/.709 .634 .732 11/4 14/14
ERA-K/9 2.94/8.3 /0.0 1.34/5.9 2.42/5.2 4.05/8.5 7.62/4.2 3.44/6.9 2.98/10.0 4.01/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (41-13-4)
 Mauer (28-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 915/.232 / 218/.199 204/.260 200/.211 68/.375 281/.232 253/.223 .251  Willingham
 Plouffe
 Span
 Mauer
96/0/0/3
3/0/11/1
0/67/0/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .651 .539 .624 .653 .981 .663 .642 .713
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 198/.658 / 92/.483 90/.584 88/.869 33/.894 129/.733 139/.650 .731
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 717/.650 / 126/.581 114/.655 112/.498 35/1.068 152/.599 114/.631 .691
Home 425/.681 / 97/.365 116/.559 103/.577 28/1.016 139/.647 129/.641
Last 28d days 109/.524 27/.588 31/.440 31/.559 35/.760 32/.958 31/.939 23/.918
HR/SB/CS 16/24/7 // 3/0/0 1/2/1 6/10/2 2/1/0 7/7/2 3/13/2 24/20/6
Usage ····X··· ··o··X·· ·o·X···X ··X····X ····X··· o·o····· ··o··X·· ···o···o

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Angels Batters (3.45 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB
31.Burnett
G/S/vB
61.Burton
G/S/vB
55.Capps
G/S/vB
52.Duensing*
G/S/vB
60.Gray
G/S/vB
44.Maloney*
G/S/vB
15.Perkins*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Aybar# G/S/vP 21/.368 ··· ··· 4/.500 10/.425 6/1.500 ··· 12/.764 605/405 .279/.322/.421/.743 .607/.807 .690 84/.525 30/6 10/13
25.Bourjos G/S/vP 2/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 8/1.250 6/1.417 ··· 1/.000 552/362 .271/.327/.438/.765 .840/.725 .824 53/.481 22/9 12/4
6.Callaspo# G/S/vP 21/.881 3/.333 2/.000 6/.334 14/.762 5/.800 3/2.667 11/.637 536/376 .288/.366/.375/.740 .730/.745 .674 46/.399 8/1 6/15
48.Hunter G/S/vP 16/1.188 4/.500 ··· 3/1.667 7/1.262 5/.600 ··· 8/.750 649/451 .262/.336/.429/.765 .886/.715 .844 88/.748 5/7 23/3
17.Iannetta G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 426/314 .238/.370/.414/.785 .990/.718 .975 58/.759 6/3 14/2
13.Izturis# G/S/vP 9/.555 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 5/.200 ··· ··· 494/315 .276/.334/.388/.722 .780/.687 .610 44/.742 9/6 5/8
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 18/.909 3/.333 ··· 3/1.000 11/1.336 7/.286 ··· 12/.417 583/384 .285/.338/.464/.802 .840/.782 .731 83/.690 14/6 18/5
8.Morales# G/S/vP 14/.500 ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 8/1.125 / /// / 67/.688 / /
5.Pujols G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 7/.453 12/1.227 ··· ··· 2/1.500 5/.600 651/527 .299/.366/.541/.906 .946/.897 .948 94/.561 9/1 37/14
27.Trout G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 135/82 .220/.281/.390/.672 .773/.605 .654 8/.125 4/0 5/2
44.Trumbo G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 4/2.500 5/.900 ··· 1/.000 573/385 .254/.291/.477/.768 .748/.778 .766 51/.916 9/4 29/10
10.Wells G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 10/1.125 4/1.417 ··· 10/.522 529/357 .218/.248/.412/.660 .851/.569 .564 79/.669 9/4 25/3
46.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 127/62 .189/.252/.288/.540 .730/.345 .549 18/.533 0/2 1/1
IP 148.1 50.2 4.2 65.2 161.2 48.1 18.2 61.2 TOTAL .235/.290/.352/.642 .626/.648 .689 .642 10/3 15/14
ERA-K/9 4.49/4.6 5.51/5.9 3.86/5.7 4.25/4.7 5.23/6.4 4.28/4.3 9.16/6.3 2.48/9.5 5.69/5.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Iannetta (70-30-8)
 Wilson (25-10-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 670/.305 225/.263 23/.316 274/.262 711/.299 215/.275 96/.409 253/.244 .290  Hunter
 Bourjos
 Wells
 Kendrick
 Trout
 Trumbo
0/1/136/15
0/147/0/7
111/12/10/4
23/0/0/1
10/13/13/0
1/0/10/0
OPS .830 .749 .988 .726 .833 .758 1.182 .644 .829
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 352/.794 91/.692 8/1.625 129/.765 187/.522 97/.695 28/1.162 101/.589 .831
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 318/.869 134/.789 15/.670 145/.689 524/.947 118/.811 68/1.190 152/.681 .828
Road 332/.894 94/.810 4/.500 123/.737 346/.762 112/.788 50/1.371 103/.643
Last 28d days 68/.890 50/.599 33/.522 34/.779 35/.596 44/.619 48/.976 37/.892
HR/SB/CS 19/11/9 4/7/1 1/2/0 10/2/0 21/6/6 4/3/3 7/0/0 2/3/2 32/16/3
Usage ·····X·· ··o··X·· o···o·o· X·····X· ··X···o· ··X··X·· ··o··X·· X···X··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.