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Game Preview: MIN @ LAA, 10:05pm, Tuesday, May 1, 2012 @Angel Stadium of Anaheim

Twins, 6-16, 6-16 5th, 6 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Francisco Liriano (28, LHP, 0-3, 11.02)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-3) 16.1 25 22 20 13 12 3 11.02
2011 (9-10) 134.1 125 81 76 75 112 14 5.09
2010 (14-10) 191.2 184 77 77 58 201 9 3.62
Last 7 GS 2-3 31.1 39 29 26 20 24 5 7.47 39
2012-04-22 @TBR L 5.0 3 5 5 4 4 1 86 41
2012-04-17 @NYY L 2.1 7 5 5 4 2 0 76 21
2012-04-12 LAA ND 5.0 7 6 5 3 2 1 91 30
2012-04-07 @BAL L 4.0 8 6 5 2 4 1 74 26
2011-08-25 BAL ND 2.0 2 1 1 3 2 0 42 47
2011-08-20 NYY W 7.0 3 1 0 3 6 0 108 72
2011-08-15 @DET W 6.0 9 5 5 1 4 2 94 37
Last 5 v.LAA 1-2 21.1 26 19 18 11 14 5 7.59 38
2012-04-12 LAA ND 5.0 7 6 5 3 2 1 91 30
2011-08-04 @LAA L 5.0 10 7 7 2 5 1 94 22
2009-07-24 @LAA L 5.1 8 6 6 2 3 3 87 29
2006-05-31 @LAA W 6.0 1 0 0 4 4 0 104 70
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-8    Road:    3-8    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-10   vsLHP:   2-6    1-Run:   4-6 
 vsEast:  3-10   vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  2-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Mon, Apr 30  @LAA  L   3-4        6-16  5th  6.0 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 6-16
Angels, 8-15, 8-15 4th, 9 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Jerome Williams (30, RHP, 1-1, 5.51)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-1) 16.1 17 10 10 7 13 1 5.51
2011 (4-0) 44.0 45 20 18 15 28 6 3.68
2007 (0-5) 30.0 34 26 24 18 15 6 7.20
Last 7 GS 3-1 41.1 36 17 15 18 27 2 3.27 53
2012-04-26 @TBR ND 7.0 5 2 2 3 6 0 104 62
2012-04-20 BAL W 6.2 7 3 3 1 6 1 102 53
2012-04-15 @NYY L 2.2 5 5 5 3 1 0 47 26
2011-09-24 OAK W 6.1 5 1 1 2 2 0 97 59
2011-09-19 @TOR ND 6.1 6 2 0 3 3 0 90 57
2011-09-13 @OAK ND 4.1 7 3 3 5 4 0 97 36
2011-09-07 SEA W 8.0 1 1 1 1 5 1 84 80
Last 5 v.MIN 0-0 6.2 5 3 3 3 6 0 4.05 55
2003-06-04 MIN ND 6.2 5 3 3 3 6 0 93 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-6    Road:    3-9    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   6-9    vsLHP:   2-6    1-Run:   2-6 
 vsEast:  3-6    vsCntrl: 4-6    vsWest:  1-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 23 Mon, Apr 30   MIN  W   4-3        8-15  4th  9.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 8-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 30, 2012 LAA  4  MIN  3        W:C.J. Wilson (3-2), L: Nick Blackburn (0-3), S: Scott Downs (2)
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
Season Series: 2012 - tied 2-2; 2011 - LAA won 6-3; 2010 - MIN won 5-2; All-Time - LAA leads 349-325

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.77

LAD  3.96

PIT  2.64

 RA/G

WSN  2.68

TOR  4.17

MIN  5.64

 BA

M. Kemp  .417

C. Ross  .257

B. Ryan  .136

 OBP

D. Wright  .494

Y. Cespedes  .333

C. Barmes  .186

 SLG

M. Kemp  .893

A. Ellis  .400

M. Byrd  .192

 OPS

M. Kemp  1.383

J. Upton  .733

M. Byrd  .423

 ERA

J. Saunders  .90

R. Nolasco  3.20

C. Buchholz  8.69

 K/9IP

A. Sanchez  11.29

C. Lee  7.04

J. Guthrie  1.85

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

Twins Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Williams
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 15/.619 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 4/2.250 ··· ··· ··· 18/15 .118/.167/.176/.343 .000/.414 .282 18/.343 0/0 0/0
8.Carroll G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 5/1.800 6/.167 2/.500 7/.286 2/.000 97/65 .214/.320/.250/.570 .566/.571 .494 97/.570 1/1 0/1
12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/no AB 62/39 .300/.323/.367/.689 .980/.520 .740 62/.689 5/0 0/1
18.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 7/1.071 4/.750 1/.000 ··· ··· 68/41 .250/.265/.344/.608 .630/.594 .487 68/.608 0/0 1/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 14/.891 4/1.000 ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 2/no AB 93/63 .325/.419/.438/.857 1.150/.724 .755 93/.857 2/0 1/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· ··· 16/.393 6/1.100 1/.000 6/.900 2/2.000 2/1.000 83/57 .230/.313/.459/.773 .192/1.067 1.162 83/.773 0/0 4/1
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/4.000 ··· 58/42 .245/.310/.358/.669 .837/.611 .681 58/.669 0/0 0/0
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 40/16 .121/.275/.242/.517 .702/.259 .322 40/.517 0/0 1/2
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.750 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 98/65 .330/.378/.418/.795 .739/.821 .505 98/.795 3/2 0/1
36.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 23/16 .182/.217/.364/.581 .619/.563 .433 23/.581 0/0 1/0
22.Valencia G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 3/.000 ··· 77/53 .253/.260/.387/.646 .728/.610 .494 77/.646 0/1 1/2
16.Willingham G/S/vP 10/1.389 ··· 5/.000 5/1.550 7/.572 3/3.500 4/1.167 2/2.500 85/60 .347/.447/.681/1.128 1.186/1.096 .837 85/1.128 1/0 5/2
IP 16.1 6.2 9.1 7.2 7.2 7.0 6.1 4.1 TOTAL .264/.329/.393/.722 .741/.713 .624 .722 13/4 14/14
ERA-K/9 5.51/7.2 4.05/6.7 0.00/3.9 1.17/4.7 2.35/7.0 10.29/5.1 9.95/4.3 8.31/12.6 3.97/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (4-1-0)
 Mauer (12-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 71/.274 27/.250 36/.182 34/.267 35/.185 32/.346 31/.345 23/.263 .250  Willingham
 Span
 Thomas
 Plouffe
 Doumit
 Parmelee
19/0/0/2
0/22/0/1
3/1/8/1
0/0/8/1
0/0/5/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .804 .588 .434 .633 .760 .958 .939 .918 .705
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 34/.947 16/.661 17/.812 20/.433 18/1.054 22/.947 19/.895 13/1.280 .717
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 37/.680 11/.482 19/.108 14/.917 17/.502 10/.967 12/1.017 10/.425 .690
Home 28/.730 6/.333 22/.465 22/.714 13/.413 13/.685 8/.500 17/.796
Last 28d days 71/.804 27/.588 36/.434 34/.633 35/.760 32/.958 31/.939 23/.918
HR/SB/CS 1/2/0 0/2/1 0/0/0 0/1/0 1/2/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 1/1/0 24/22/6
Usage ····X··· ···o··X· o·o·X··· o··X···· ·····X·· ·o·o···· ···o··X· ····o···
Angels Batters (3.48 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
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 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 10/.425 6/1.500 ··· 12/.764 87/58 .210/.247/.259/.506 .629/.447 .608 87/.506 1/0 0/4
25.Bourjos G/S/vP 5/1.600 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 8/1.250 6/1.417 ··· 1/.000 53/32 .167/.231/.250/.481 .488/.476 .414 53/.481 1/1 1/0
6.Callaspo# G/S/vP 16/.823 3/.333 2/.000 6/.334 14/.762 5/.800 3/2.667 11/.637 46/32 .182/.217/.182/.399 .962/.158 .594 46/.399 0/0 0/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 6/.900 4/.500 1/.000 3/1.667 7/1.262 5/.600 ··· 8/.750 92/66 .294/.348/.447/.795 .703/.825 .784 92/.795 0/0 3/1
17.Iannetta G/S/vP 3/.667 2/2.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 61/45 .241/.328/.481/.809 .330/.978 .707 61/.809 0/1 3/0
13.Izturis# G/S/vP 7/1.071 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 5/.200 ··· ··· 48/35 .250/.375/.300/.675 .718/.657 .377 48/.675 5/0 0/1
47.Kendrick G/S/vP 9/.944 3/.333 ··· 3/1.000 11/1.336 7/.286 ··· 12/.417 86/60 .241/.267/.398/.665 .629/.680 .708 86/.665 2/1 2/1
8.Morales# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 8/1.125 71/60 .299/.338/.388/.726 .182/.830 1.071 71/.726 0/0 1/
5.Pujols G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 8/.393 12/1.227 ··· ··· 2/1.500 5/.600 98/71 .217/.265/.304/.570 .462/.610 .769 98/.570 0/0 0/0
27.Trout G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 12/12 .091/.167/.182/.348 /.348 .750 12/.348 0/0 0/0
44.Trumbo G/S/vP 6/2.467 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 4/2.500 5/.900 ··· 1/.000 51/28 .304/.373/.543/.916 1.119/.732 .745 51/.916 1/0 3/3
10.Wells G/S/vP 13/.693 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 10/1.125 4/1.417 ··· 10/.522 82/56 .225/.244/.425/.669 .472/.759 .677 82/.669 0/0 4/0
46.Wilson G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 18/10 .200/.333/.200/.533 .542/.522 .629 18/.533 0/0 0/1
IP 16.1 12.2 10.0 8.0 8.2 9.2 10.1 8.1 TOTAL .236/.290/.358/.648 .626/.657 .698 .648 10/3 17/14
ERA-K/9 11.02/6.6 1.42/2.8 2.70/8.1 5.63/3.4 4.15/5.2 1.86/5.6 7.84/4.4 6.48/10.8 5.64/5.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Iannetta (16-4-1)
 Wilson (6-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 85/.368 54/.250 36/.094 34/.273 35/.250 44/.194 48/.333 37/.313 .289  Hunter
 Bourjos
 Trumbo
 Wells
 Trout
0/0/21/3
0/17/0/1
2/0/2/0
18/6/0/0
1/2/0/0
OPS 1.047 .654 .476 .779 .596 .619 .976 .892 .828
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 13/.862 20/.763 13/1.350 16/.250 17/.423 14/.812 19/1.009 11/1.232 .819
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 72/1.079 34/.586 23/.087 18/1.268 18/.764 30/.533 29/.953 26/.755 .834
Road 60/1.092 28/.757 16/.721 11/.636 18/.444 26/.791 27/.796 12/.633
Last 28d days 85/1.047 54/.654 36/.476 34/.779 35/.596 44/.619 48/.976 37/.892
HR/SB/CS 3/6/0 1/1/0 2/1/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 2/2/0 1/1/1 34/16/3
Usage ········ o··o··X· oo···o·o ·X·····X ···X···o ···X··X· ···o··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.