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Game Preview: MIN @ CHW, 2:10 pm, Wednesday, July 25, 2012 @U.S. Cellular Field

Twins, 40-57, 40-57 5th, 12 GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (30, RHP, 4-5, 7.46)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (4-5) 70.0 97 58 58 22 32 15 7.46
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 3-1 36.2 51 27 27 9 13 8 6.63 39
2012-07-20 @KCR ND 6.2 7 1 1 0 2 0 103 58
2012-07-03 @DET ND 4.0 8 6 6 1 1 2 75 22
2012-06-27 CHW L 5.0 9 6 6 0 3 2 71 28
2012-06-22 @CIN W 5.0 5 4 4 2 2 2 69 41
2012-06-17 MIL ND 6.0 9 4 4 2 3 1 101 39
2012-06-12 PHI W 5.0 8 4 4 2 1 0 95 34
2012-06-06 @KCR W 5.0 5 2 2 2 1 1 92 48
Last 5 v.CHW 3-2 30.0 37 16 16 13 10 6 4.80 43
2012-06-27 CHW L 5.0 9 6 6 0 3 2 71 28
2011-08-05 CHW L 5.1 7 4 4 6 1 2 90 33
2011-07-08 @CHW W 5.0 10 5 5 2 4 1 106 29
2011-06-16 CHW W 8.0 7 0 0 1 1 0 95 68
2011-05-04 @CHW W 6.2 4 1 1 4 1 1 107 59
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-30   Road:   21-27   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  27-42   vsLHP:  13-15   1-Run:  17-17
 vsEast:  7-14   vsCntrl:16-18   vsWest:  8-16 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 94 Sat, Jul 21  @KCR  L   3-7       39-55  5th 11.5 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 20  @KCR  W   2-1 (11)  39-54  5th 11.0 gb
 92 Thu, Jul 19   BAL  L   3-4       38-54  5th 12.0 gb
 91 Wed, Jul 18   BAL  L   1-2       38-53  5th 12.0 gb
 90 Tue, Jul 17   BAL  W   6-4       38-52  5th 12.0 gb
 89 Mon, Jul 16   BAL  W  19-7       37-52  5th 12.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 15   OAK  L   4-9       36-52  5th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
WhiteSox, 52-45, 52-45 1st, Tied

SP: Jake Peavy (31, RHP, 7-7, 3.22)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (7-7) 134.0 113 50 48 27 120 14 3.22
2011 (7-7) 111.2 117 61 61 24 95 10 4.92
2010 (7-6) 107.0 98 55 55 34 93 13 4.63
Last 7 GS 1-6 51.1 52 21 20 7 48 7 3.51 58
2012-07-20 @DET L 7.0 8 4 4 0 7 0 122 52
2012-07-14 @KCR L 7.0 12 6 6 1 5 2 120 33
2012-07-06 TOR W 7.1 5 1 1 2 7 1 115 69
2012-06-30 @NYY L 8.0 8 4 4 0 11 3 109 61
2012-06-25 @MIN L 6.0 10 3 3 1 7 0 109 46
2012-06-19 CHC L 9.0 5 2 1 1 5 0 125 75
2012-06-13 @STL L 7.0 4 1 1 2 6 1 90 69
Last 5 v.MIN 2-3 29.2 35 14 14 5 28 2 4.25 51
2012-06-25 @MIN L 6.0 10 3 3 1 7 0 109 46
2011-09-06 @MIN W 6.1 4 0 0 2 9 0 105 72
2011-08-31 MIN L 5.0 8 6 6 0 4 2 93 31
2011-08-07 @MIN W 8.0 3 0 0 0 6 0 108 82
2011-07-10 MIN L 4.1 10 5 5 2 2 0 90 23
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   26-22   Road:   26-23   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  38-30   vsLHP:  14-15   1-Run:  14-11
 vsEast: 11-14   vsCntrl:21-16   vsWest: 11-6  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 97 Tue, Jul 24   MIN  W  11-4       52-45  1st    Tied
 96 Mon, Jul 23   MIN  W   7-4       51-45  2nd  1.0 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 22  @DET  L   4-6       50-45  2nd  1.5 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 21  @DET  L   1-7       50-44  2nd  0.5 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 20  @DET  L   2-4       50-43  1st  0.5 up
 92 Thu, Jul 19  @BOS  L   1-3       50-42  1st  1.5 up
 91 Wed, Jul 18  @BOS  L   1-10      50-41  1st  2.5 up
 90 Tue, Jul 17  @BOS  W   7-5       50-40  1st  3.5 up
 89 Mon, Jul 16  @BOS  L   1-5       49-40  1st  2.5 up
 88 Sun, Jul 15  @KCR  W   2-1       49-39  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 24, 2012 CHW 11  MIN  4        W:Nate Jones (4-0), L: Casey Fien (1-1), S: none
Mon, Jul 23, 2012 CHW  7  MIN  4        W:Gavin Floyd (8-8), L: Francisco Liriano (3-10), S: Addison Reed (16)
Wed, Jun 27, 2012 CHW 12 @MIN  5        W:Chris Sale (9-2), L: Nick Blackburn (4-5), S: none
Tue, Jun 26, 2012 CHW  3 @MIN  2        W:Gavin Floyd (6-7), L: Liam Hendriks (0-5), S: Addison Reed (10)
Mon, Jun 25, 2012 MIN  4  CHW  1        W:Francisco Liriano (2-7), L: Jake Peavy (6-4), S: Jared Burton (2)
Thu, May 24, 2012 CHW 11  MIN  8        W:Nate Jones (2-0), L: Cole De Vries (0-1), S: none
Wed, May 23, 2012 CHW  6  MIN  0        W:Chris Sale (5-2), L: Scott Diamond (3-1), S: none
Tue, May 22, 2012 MIN  9 @CHW  2        W:P.J. Walters (2-1), L: Gavin Floyd (3-5), S: none

Wed, Sep 07, 2011 MIN  5  CHW  4        W:Carl Pavano (8-11), L: John Danks (6-11), S: Joe Nathan (13)
Tue, Sep 06, 2011 CHW  3 @MIN  0        W:Jake Peavy (7-7), L: Liam Hendriks (0-1), S: Sergio Santos (29)
Season Series: 2012 - CHW over 6-2; 2011 - Tied 9-9; 2010 - MIN won 13-5; All-Time - CHW leads 1089-1003

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

MIN  4.26

SDP  3.62

 RA/G

WSN  3.51

ATL  4.32

COL  5.66

 BA

A. McCutchen  .370

D. Young  .269

B. Ryan  .188

 OBP

J. Votto  .465

A. LaRoche  .339

J. Smoak  .253

 SLG

A. McCutchen  .636

H. Ramirez  .428

C. Pennington  .282

 OPS

J. Votto  1.069

A. Gonzalez  .769

C. Pennington  .541

 ERA

R. Dempster  2.11

J. Vargas  3.91

J. Arrieta  6.13

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.42

A. Burnett  7.44

D. Lowe  3.17

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

Twins Batters (4.26 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Peavy
G/S/vB		 26.Crain
G/S/vB		 65.Jones
G/S/vB		 33.Myers
G/S/vB		 62.Quintana*
G/S/vB		 43.Reed
G/S/vB		 53.Santiago*
G/S/vB		 52.Septimo*
G/S/vB		 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP 7/.715 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 80/61 .230/.288/.338/.625 .161/.773 .808 21/.588 0/0 1/0
8.Carroll G/S/vP 15/.619 6/.533 2/no AB 12/.258 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· ··· 5/.600 353/263 .239/.324/.285/.609 .762/.556 .532 73/.505 6/3 0/6
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 6/.833 4/.500 1/3.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 217/166 .225/.259/.285/.544 .744/.483 .442 48/.352 11/1 0/7
18.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/5.000 ··· 16/.780 3/.333 1/3.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 309/218 .287/.340/.473/.813 .724/.850 .842 80/.918 0/0 10/1
20.Dozier G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 2/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 271/209 .235/.265/.325/.590 .807/.524 .521 85/.618 6/2 4/14
19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 90/58 .263/.337/.400/.737 .701/.756 .736 35/.945 9/2 2/2
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 18/.690 ··· 2/.000 3/3.667 3/.666 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 32/.644 385/260 .331/.422/.456/.878 .895/.869 .868 105/.959 4/1 6/3
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 2/5.000 1/no AB ··· 25/.240 318/206 .253/.314/.436/.750 .442/.925 .838 79/.794 1/0 11/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 12/.833 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 288/201 .259/.330/.525/.855 1.140/.740 .709 80/.864 0/3 19/10
11.Revere* G/S/vP 9/.888 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 6/.833 279/193 .311/.349/.366/.715 .792/.680 .672 100/.693 21/5 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 7/.857 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 11/.347 397/270 .282/.345/.385/.731 .726/.732 .535 90/.710 9/6 3/3
16.Willingham G/S/vP 13/.231 4/.000 2/.000 25/1.087 3/3.334 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 4/.500 400/288 .274/.385/.568/.953 1.199/.859 .828 98/1.058 2/1 25/3
IP 134.0 23.1 42.0 32.0 76.2 35.0 38.0 6.0 41.1 TOTAL .262/.329/.400/.729 .791/.704 .656 .782 70/25 85/61
ERA-K/9 3.22/8.1 2.70/11.2 3.43/9.0 3.38/5.9 2.58/5.2 4.11/9.0 3.79/9.9 6.00/9.0 3.70/8.1 4.07/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (15-5-2)
 Doumit (17-5-2)
 Mauer (27-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 532/.228 97/.205 179/.259 138/.276 298/.238 148/.235 169/.221 25/.143 172/.273 .247  Willingham
 Revere
 Span
 Plouffe
 Mastroianni
 Doumit
85/0/0/6
2/11/50/2
0/87/0/2
2/0/15/2
12/1/17/1
2/0/6/0
OPS .639 .619 .715 .739 .660 .675 .748 .566 .699 .714
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 290/.714 39/.954 71/.536 72/.796 93/.712 70/.614 75/.764 14/.812 87/.635 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 242/.548 58/.381 108/.834 66/.676 205/.637 78/.732 94/.733 11/.282 85/.762 .684
Home 244/.593 54/.767 110/.798 86/.739 134/.625 77/.811 78/.674 3/2.000 75/.542
Last 28d days 122/.790 4/1.750 32/.819 30/.861 136/.730 31/.672 48/.548 25/.566 37/.838
HR/SB/CS 14/2/6 3/2/1 3/3/0 4/0/0 7/4/3 2/3/1 7/3/0 1/2/0 3/3/2 113/52/25
Usage ····X··· ·X······ o·o····· oo······ X····X·· ·o···o·o ··X···X· ······o· oo···o·X
WhiteSox Batters (4.72 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.29 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		 38.De Vries
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 60.Gray
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 64.Robertson*
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP 24/.833 5/1.267 2/.000 6/.334 23/.579 2/.000 4/.250 10/1.333 ··· 7/.143 373/277 .229/.285/.356/.640 .665/.632 .700 80/.501 3/2 9/5
7.Danks* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 28/17 .296/.286/.333/.619 .727/.548 .697 10/.211 1/1 0/0
30.De Aza* G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 6/.167 3/2.334 ··· 2/.500 3/.666 3/.000 6/1.166 424/305 .279/.347/.405/.752 .710/.768 .768 101/.730 17/8 6/2
32.Dunn* G/S/vP 15/1.127 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 6/.000 ··· 1/3.000 5/.200 3/2.334 6/.167 416/273 .210/.353/.512/.865 .732/.938 .853 91/.800 1/1 30/0
38.Escobar# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 90/70 .200/.281/.250/.531 .771/.458 .711 15/.333 2/0 0/1
17.Flowers G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/1.000 5/1.350 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 81/54 .178/.259/.301/.561 .835/.411 .615 24/.477 2/0 2/0
5.Hudson# G/S/vP 5/.000 1/2.000 4/.750 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 244/174 .196/.253/.299/.552 .542/.556 .594 9/.250 4/3 2/6
14.Konerko G/S/vP 50/.681 5/2.100 1/.000 6/2.833 24/.701 4/.500 3/.666 25/.860 ··· 10/.775 371/272 .336/.410/.533/.943 .807/.991 1.014 92/.890 0/0 16/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 47/.784 6/1.000 2/.500 2/2.500 14/.665 2/.500 3/1.333 13/.231 1/no AB 5/.600 320/241 .287/.339/.509/.847 .787/.867 .997 66/.914 0/0 16/2
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 44/.737 6/1.166 3/1.000 5/.400 25/.860 4/.250 3/.666 23/1.031 ··· 11/.909 384/294 .265/.286/.344/.630 .683/.614 .689 87/.827 13/3 3/7
51.Rios G/S/vP 24/1.041 7/.453 2/1.000 6/1.333 17/.364 1/3.000 2/.000 17/1.059 1/2.000 7/1.142 387/290 .314/.349/.529/.878 .907/.868 .848 90/1.013 14/5 15/4
24.Viciedo G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 5/.400 2/1.500 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 8/.393 327/249 .256/.294/.437/.730 .961/.659 .722 83/.747 0/0 15/0
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 21/.979 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 4/2.750 9/1.319 2/.500 4/1.250 273/182 .248/.337/.416/.753 1.011/.637 .933 96/.840 0/0 9/6
IP 70.0 47.2 38.1 47.0 53.2 8.1 40.2 42.2 9.1 69.0 TOTAL .258/.322/.418/.740 .752/.735 .781 .777 65/25 118/40
ERA-K/9 7.46/4.1 3.02/3.8 2.35/8.2 3.64/6.3 4.86/5.2 2.16/5.4 5.31/4.4 3.16/10.3 6.75/11.6 4.43/6.0 4.97/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (9-9-1)
 Pierzynski (43-16-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 324/.327 195/.231 152/.197 196/.238 229/.278 33/.194 187/.274 185/.275 40/.278 289/.281 .282  Viciedo
 Rios
 De Aza
 Danks
 Escobar
 Dunn
82/0/0/6
0/0/94/2
0/94/0/1
11/2/3/0
1/0/0/0
5/0/0/0
OPS .934 .616 .571 .749 .764 .533 .791 .731 .797 .778 .798
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 147/1.032 73/.485 58/.817 89/.604 87/.512 9/.222 72/.901 65/.701 26/.811 128/.719 .786
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 177/.854 122/.683 94/.429 107/.863 142/.915 24/.655 115/.723 120/.747 14/.762 161/.824 .805
Road 156/.894 108/.673 66/.529 105/.752 123/.721 15/.785 88/.896 77/.632 12/1.417 136/.807
Last 28d days 48/.844 48/.776 29/.590 129/.705 78/1.063 33/.533 42/1.023 51/.813 31/.755 61/.833
HR/SB/CS 15/0/1 3/5/0 4/3/0 11/1/1 6/0/0 0/0/0 5/5/1 4/1/2 2/0/1 11/0/1 132/59/15
Usage ····X··· ·o·o·o·o ····o··o X····X·· ·X·X·X·· X···X·X· X··X···o ··X·o·oo o·o·oo·o 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.