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Game Preview: MIN @ BOS, 7:10pm, Thursday, August 2, 2012 @Fenway Park

Twins, 44-60, 44-60 4th, 13 GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Sam Deduno (28, RHP, 2-0, 3.13)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-0)			23.0	20	9	8	16	18	3	3.13
2011 (0-0)			3.0	5	1	1	3	4	0	3.00
2010 (0-0)			2.2	3	1	1	1	3	1	3.38

Last 7 GS		2-0	23.0	20	9	8	16	18	3	3.13	52
2012-07-28	CLE	W	7.0	2	1	1	5	6	0	105	70
2012-07-22	@KCR	W	6.1	6	1	1	3	4	0	104	58
2012-07-17	BAL	ND	4.1	6	4	3	5	5	1	99	37
2012-07-07	@TEX	ND	5.1	6	3	3	3	3	2	83	44

Has never faced BOS as starter.

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

 Home:   23-32   Road:   21-28   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  30-44   vsLHP:  14-16   1-Run:  18-19
 vsEast:  7-14   vsCntrl:20-21   vsWest:  8-16 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Wed, Aug  1   CHW  L   2-3       44-60  4th 13.0 gb
103 Tue, Jul 31   CHW  L   3-4       44-59  4th 12.0 gb
102 Mon, Jul 30   CHW  W   7-6       44-58  4th 11.0 gb
101 Sun, Jul 29   CLE  W   5-1       43-58  4th 12.0 gb
100 Sat, Jul 28   CLE  W  12-5       42-58  4th 13.0 gb
 99 Fri, Jul 27   CLE  W  11-0       41-58  4th 13.0 gb
 98 Wed, Jul 25  @CHW  L   2-8       40-58  5th 13.0 gb
 97 Tue, Jul 24  @CHW  L   4-11      40-57  5th 12.0 gb
 96 Mon, Jul 23  @CHW  L   4-7       40-56  5th 12.0 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 22  @KCR  W   7-5       40-55  5th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

RedSox, 53-52, 53-52 4th, 8½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Jon Lester (28, LHP, 5-8, 5.49)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (5-8)			126.1	142	83	77	40	106	18	5.49
2011 (15-9)			191.2	166	77	74	75	182	20	3.47
2010 (19-9)			208.0	167	81	75	83	225	14	3.25

Last 7 GS		1-4	39.0	50	34	33	14	36	10	7.62	39
2012-07-28	@NYY	ND	6.0	4	4	4	2	6	2	101	52
2012-07-22	TOR	L	4.0	9	11	11	5	2	4	94	-3
2012-07-17	CHW	L	4.0	7	6	6	3	4	1	91	25
2012-07-08	NYY	L	4.1	9	5	4	2	6	0	101	31
2012-07-03	@OAK	ND	6.2	4	1	1	1	9	1	107	70
2012-06-27	TOR	W	7.0	7	4	4	0	4	2	100	51
2012-06-22	ATL	L	7.0	10	3	3	1	5	0	118	49

Last 5 v.MIN		1-3	34.1	35	20	19	15	26	2	4.98	49
2012-04-23	@MIN	ND	7.0	6	5	5	4	4	1	112	45
2011-08-10	@MIN	L	7.1	8	4	4	5	4	0	119	45
2010-05-20	MIN	W	9.0	6	2	1	0	9	0	103	78
2010-04-12	@MIN	L	5.0	9	4	4	3	5	0	107	35
2009-05-26	@MIN	L	6.0	6	5	5	3	4	1	100	41

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

 Home:   27-29   Road:   26-23   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  31-40   vsLHP:  22-12   1-Run:  11-12
 vsEast: 18-24   vsCntrl:18-10   vsWest:  6-11 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Wed, Aug  1   DET  L   5-7       53-52  4th  8.5 gb
104 Tue, Jul 31   DET  W   4-1  (6)  53-51  4th  7.5 gb
103 Mon, Jul 30   DET  W   7-3       52-51  4th  8.5 gb
102 Sun, Jul 29  @NYY  W   3-2 (10)  51-51  5th  9.5 gb
101 Sat, Jul 28  @NYY  W   8-6       50-51  5th 10.5 gb
100 Fri, Jul 27  @NYY  L   3-10      49-51  5th 11.5 gb
 99 Wed, Jul 25  @TEX  L   3-5       49-50  4th 10.5 gb
 98 Tue, Jul 24  @TEX  W   2-1       49-49  4th  9.5 gb
 97 Mon, Jul 23  @TEX  L   1-9       48-49  5th 10.5 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 22   TOR  L   7-15      48-48  5th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 25, 2012 BOS  7 @MIN  6        W:Clay Buchholz (2-1), L: Liam Hendriks (0-1), S: Alfredo Aceves (4)
Tue, Apr 24, 2012 BOS 11 @MIN  2        W:Josh Beckett (2-2), L: Nick Blackburn (0-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 23, 2012 BOS  6 @MIN  5        W:Daniel Bard (1-2), L: Matt Capps (0-1), S: Alfredo Aceves (3)

Wed, Aug 10, 2011 MIN  5  BOS  2        W:Glen Perkins (4-2), L: Jon Lester (11-6), S: Joe Nathan (9)
Tue, Aug 09, 2011 BOS  4 @MIN  3        W:Matt Albers (4-3), L: Matt Capps (3-6), S: Jonathan Papelbon (26)
Mon, Aug 08, 2011 BOS  8 @MIN  6        W:Alfredo Aceves (8-1), L: Glen Perkins (3-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (25)
Mon, May 09, 2011 BOS  2  MIN  1 (11)   W:Hideki Okajima (1-0), L: Jim Hoey (0-1), S: none
Sun, May 08, 2011 BOS  9  MIN  5        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (3-3), L: Carl Pavano (2-4), S: none
Sat, May 07, 2011 BOS  4  MIN  0        W:Clay Buchholz (3-3), L: Brian Duensing (2-2), S: none
Fri, May 06, 2011 MIN  9 @BOS  2        W:Scott Baker (2-2), L: Tim Wakefield (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - BOS over 3-0; 2011 - BOS won 5-2; 2010 - BOS won 3-2; All-Time - BOS leads 953-919

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 TEX 5.03 WSN 4.29 MIA 3.67	RA/G WSN 3.58 TEX 4.31 COL 5.73	BA A. McCutchen .373 D. Barney .269 J. Smoak .189	OBP J. Votto .465 I. Kinsler .339 J. Smoak .253	SLG A. McCutchen .632 I. Davis .433 J. Carroll .277	OPS J. Votto 1.069 J. Altuve .770 D. Gordon .562	ERA R. Vogelsong 2.22 H. Bailey 3.85 E. Santana 5.97	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.43 A. Burnett 7.40 D. Lowe 3.10

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.03

WSN 4.29

MIA 3.67

RA/G

WSN 3.58

TEX 4.31

COL 5.73

A. McCutchen .373

D. Barney .269

J. Smoak .189

OBP

J. Votto .465

I. Kinsler .339

J. Smoak .253

SLG

A. McCutchen .632

I. Davis .433

J. Carroll .277

OPS

J. Votto 1.069

J. Altuve .770

D. Gordon .562

ERA

R. Vogelsong 2.22

H. Bailey 3.85

E. Santana 5.97

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.43

A. Burnett 7.40

D. Lowe 3.10

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Twins Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lester*
G/S/vB 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB 37.Melancon
G/S/vB 30.Miller*
G/S/vB 46.Morales*
G/S/vB 44.Padilla
G/S/vB 63.Tazawa
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 80/61 .230/.288/.338/.625 .161/.773 .808 17/.423 0/0 1/0

8.Carroll G/S/vP 9/.222 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 16/.802 ··· 372/276 .234/.318/.277/.595 .748/.542 .519 69/.571 6/3 0/6

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 10/.300 ··· 231/179 .226/.262/.297/.559 .729/.510 .432 47/.444 13/1 0/7

18.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· 337/237 .285/.335/.457/.792 .676/.842 .833 82/.804 0/0 10/1

20.Dozier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 298/229 .237/.269/.319/.588 .724/.545 .531 87/.528 9/2 4/15

19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 96/61 .262/.347/.393/.740 .698/.765 .754 24/.899 12/2 2/2

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 24/.908 3/.666 7/1.071 ··· 7/.286 4/.500 16/.450 ··· 416/281 .321/.414/.437/.851 .866/.844 .856 100/.770 5/2 6/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 20/.774 4/.000 4/1.250 ··· 7/.629 2/.000 21/.841 ··· 347/225 .257/.320/.448/.768 .465/.938 .835 82/.866 1/0 13/2

11.Revere* G/S/vP 4/.833 4/.000 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 307/213 .319/.353/.382/.736 .811/.702 .662 96/.776 25/5 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 21/.857 8/.500 3/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 7/.453 ··· 429/293 .296/.360/.400/.760 .744/.767 .560 90/.889 12/6 3/4

22.Valencia G/S/vP 6/.834 5/.600 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 123/88 .203/.220/.322/.542 .623/.510 .381 20/.800 0/1 2/3

16.Willingham G/S/vP 12/.869 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 430/308 .269/.381/.560/.941 1.156/.857 .817 98/.998 2/1 27/3

IP 126.1 53.0 44.2 22.2 26.2 57.0 37.2 16.2 TOTAL .264/.330/.401/.731 .776/.712 .654 .757 86/26 90/64

ERA-K/9

5.49/7.6

3.57/8.0

2.62/8.9

8.34/6.3

3.04/10.8

3.32/9.5

3.82/9.8

1.08/8.1

4.29/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (15-5-2)
Doumit (17-5-2)
Mauer (32-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 549/.286 220/.220 185/.232 103/.297 103/.200 240/.221 162/.284 65/.246 .256 Willingham
Span
Revere
Mastroianni
Doumit 90/0/0/6
0/94/0/2
2/11/56/2
12/1/18/1
4/0/6/0

OPS .821 .618 .665 .898 .589 .652 .775 .560 .734

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 151/.706 123/.625 76/.642 49/1.088 65/.350 89/.475 78/.749 25/.612 .716

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 398/.866 97/.607 109/.679 54/.722 38/1.012 151/.755 84/.798 40/.527 .750

Home 312/.952 120/.656 105/.756 61/1.005 55/.501 110/.859 70/.778 48/.522

Last 28d days 94/1.228 46/.565 30/.464 48/.738 30/.784 63/.868 29/1.009 38/.631

HR/SB/CS 18/7/2 4/3/0 5/0/2 6/0/1 3/0/0 6/3/2 3/1/1 0/2/1 112/74/23

Usage ····X··· ···Xo··· X·o··X·· o····X·· X··XoX·· ·o···X·· ··X·o··· X·······

RedSox Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 21.Deduno
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 61.Burton
G/S/vB 38.De Vries
G/S/vB 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 50.Fien
G/S/vB 60.Gray
G/S/vB 49.Manship
G/S/vB 67.Perdomo
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 64.Robertson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 17/.580 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 11/.864 ··· 399/278 .252/.275/.395/.670 .789/.620 .655 67/.556 10/4 10/10

77.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 75/48 .342/.351/.438/.790 .593/.904 .855 75/.790 6/0 0/1

13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 54/30 .240/.296/.400/.696 .655/.729 .816 54/.696 2/0 2/1

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.500 ··· 109/66 .273/.339/.374/.713 .644/.760 .890 79/.765 3/0 1/0

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/.393 ··· 439/278 .300/.342/.443/.785 .848/.746 .851 83/1.022 0/0 10/4

55.Kalish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/55 .222/.254/.254/.508 .697/.467 .539 13/.413 1/1 0/2

60.Lavarnway G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

64.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 255/164 .300/.329/.521/.850 .965/.789 .847 70/.793 3/1 13/9

15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· 390/262 .265/.319/.406/.724 .717/.728 .713 52/.709 6/4 9/2

5.Punto# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/106 .210/.315/.286/.600 .426/.634 .501 19/.921 4/0 1/2

7.Ross G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 298/204 .265/.337/.523/.859 1.102/.749 .971 83/.755 1/1 16/0

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 299/255 .233/.288/.502/.789 .591/.824 .771 65/.636 0/1 20/6

10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 10/.200 1/2.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 138/61 .258/.346/.508/.854 .823/.893 .991 33/.770 1/0 5/3

IP 23.0 50.2 42.0 52.0 59.2 11.1 41.2 10.2 0.2 45.2 10.1 TOTAL .267/.326/.436/.762 .780/.754 .803 .744 47/17 122/60

ERA-K/9

3.13/7.0

2.84/3.7

2.36/7.7

3.98/6.2

4.53/5.0

1.59/6.4

5.62/4.3

10.97/4.2

0.00/0.0

2.96/10.2

7.84/12.2

4.87/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Saltalamacchia (57-14-5)
Shoppach (17-9-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 99/.247 205/.224 166/.200 221/.245 252/.272 45/.190 192/.278 52/.375 7/.250 196/.266 45/.275 .278 Ross
Gonzalez
Ciriaco
Crawford
Kalish
Ellsbury 21/7/51/5
0/0/18/1
0/0/1/0
14/0/0/0
0/18/1/0
0/25/0/0

OPS .738 .594 .567 .759 .732 .530 .809 1.078 .821 .706 .858 .784

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 56/.769 75/.471 63/.781 98/.644 95/.489 14/.286 73/.964 25/.879 5/.600 68/.668 29/.723 .769

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 43/.691 130/.655 103/.443 123/.848 157/.876 31/.647 119/.715 27/1.251 2/1.000 128/.726 16/1.115 .794

Road 49/.838 108/.673 70/.527 105/.752 123/.721 21/.702 88/.896 14/1.654 / 80/.607 12/1.417

Last 28d days 99/.738 42/.687 34/.494 121/.722 64/.898 45/.530 35/1.199 / 7/.821 43/.694 24/.883

HR/SB/CS 3/2/1 3/5/0 4/4/0 12/2/1 6/0/0 0/0/0 6/5/1 4/0/0 0/0/0 4/1/2 3/0/1 137/64/15

Usage ····X··· o·oo···· o·Xo···X ··X····· ···X···· ··X·o··X ·X······ ········ ····X··· ··oo···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.