Wednesday, September 5, 2012 Game Previews

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Game Preview: MIN @ CHW, 2:10pm, Wednesday, September 5, 2012 @U.S. Cellular Field

Twins, 56-80, 56-80 5th, 17½ GB, 17½ GB in WC

SP: P.J. Walters (27, RHP, 2-2, 5.40)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-2)			36.2	42	22	22	14	23	7	5.40
2011 (0-0)			5.0	3	4	4	3	4	1	7.20
2010 (2-0)			30.0	32	20	20	10	22	5	6.00

Last 7 GS		2-2	36.2	42	22	22	14	23	7	5.40	46
2012-06-13	PHI	L	0.0	4	4	4	0	0	0	15	26
2012-06-08	CHC	ND	5.0	8	5	5	1	2	2	84	32
2012-06-02	@CLE	ND	4.1	8	4	4	3	2	0	95	30
2012-05-27	DET	ND	6.0	7	2	2	5	4	0	93	49
2012-05-22	@CHW	W	9.0	5	2	2	2	8	1	110	75
2012-05-17	@DET	W	6.1	4	3	3	3	2	3	87	52
2012-05-12	TOR	L	6.0	6	2	2	0	5	1	93	57

Last 5 v.CHW		1-0	9.0	5	2	2	2	8	1	2.00	75
2012-05-22	@CHW	W	9.0	5	2	2	2	8	1	110	75

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

 Home:   25-40   Road:   31-40   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  37-57   vsLHP:  19-23   1-Run:  21-22
 vsEast: 10-18   vsCntrl:26-26   vsWest: 11-27 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
136 Tue, Sep  4  @CHW  W  18-9       56-80  5th 17.5 gb
135 Mon, Sep  3  @CHW  L   2-4       55-80  5th 18.5 gb
134 Sun, Sep  2  @KCR  L   4-6       55-79  5th 17.5 gb
133 Sat, Sep  1  @KCR  W   8-7       55-78  5th 17.5 gb
132 Sat, Sep  1  @KCR  W   3-1       54-78  5th 17.5 gb
131 Thu, Aug 30   SEA  L   4-5       53-78  5th 19.5 gb
130 Wed, Aug 29   SEA  W  10-0       53-77  5th 19.5 gb
129 Tue, Aug 28   SEA  L   2-5       52-77  5th 19.5 gb
128 Mon, Aug 27   SEA  L   0-1       52-76  5th 19.5 gb
127 Sun, Aug 26  @TEX  W   6-5       52-75  5th 19.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20

WhiteSox, 73-62, 73-62 1st, 1 up

SP: Jake Peavy (31, RHP, 9-10, 3.28)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (9-10)			181.0	161	72	66	41	159	20	3.28
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		2-3	47.0	48	22	18	14	39	6	3.45	54
2012-08-31	@DET	L	6.0	9	6	6	4	4	2	106	30
2012-08-24	SEA	ND	7.0	7	2	2	0	5	1	105	60
2012-08-18	@KCR	L	5.1	9	5	3	1	6	1	110	39
2012-08-13	@TOR	ND	8.0	5	2	2	2	6	1	124	68
2012-08-07	KCR	L	6.2	7	3	3	3	4	0	104	49
2012-08-01	@MIN	W	8.0	5	2	1	2	8	1	114	72
2012-07-25	MIN	W	6.0	6	2	1	2	6	0	121	58

Last 5 v.MIN		3-2	31.1	33	13	11	7	34	3	3.16	56
2012-08-01	@MIN	W	8.0	5	2	1	2	8	1	114	72
2012-07-25	MIN	W	6.0	6	2	1	2	6	0	121	58
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

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

 Home:   39-27   Road:   34-35   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  53-41   vsLHP:  20-21   1-Run:  22-16
 vsEast: 18-18   vsCntrl:26-26   vsWest: 20-9  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Tue, Sep  4   MIN  L   9-18      73-62  1st  1.0 up
134 Mon, Sep  3   MIN  W   4-2       73-61  1st  1.0 up
133 Sun, Sep  2  @DET  L   2-4       72-61  1st    Tied
132 Sat, Sep  1  @DET  L   1-5       72-60  1st  1.0 up
131 Fri, Aug 31  @DET  L   4-7       72-59  1st  2.0 up
130 Thu, Aug 30  @BAL  L   3-5       72-58  1st  3.0 up
129 Wed, Aug 29  @BAL  W   8-1       72-57  1st  3.0 up
128 Tue, Aug 28  @BAL  L   0-6       71-57  1st  2.0 up
127 Mon, Aug 27  @BAL  L   3-4       71-56  1st  2.0 up
126 Sun, Aug 26   SEA  W   4-3  (7)  71-55  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 04, 2012 MIN 18 @CHW  9        W:Scott Diamond (11-6), L: Jose Quintana (5-4), S: none
Mon, Sep 03, 2012 CHW  4  MIN  2        W:Hector Santiago (3-1), L: Sam Deduno (5-3), S: Addison Reed (25)
Wed, Aug 01, 2012 CHW  3 @MIN  2        W:Jake Peavy (9-7), L: Scott Diamond (9-5), S: Addison Reed (18)
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 CHW  4 @MIN  3        W:Matt Thornton (3-6), L: Jeff Gray (5-1), S: Addison Reed (17)
Mon, Jul 30, 2012 MIN  7  CHW  6        W:Glen Perkins (2-1), L: Brett Myers (0-5), S: none
Wed, Jul 25, 2012 CHW  8  MIN  2        W:Jake Peavy (8-7), L: Nick Blackburn (4-6), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2012 - CHW over 10-4; 2011 - Tied 9-9; 2010 - MIN won 13-5; All-Time - CHW leads 1093-1005

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 5.16 CIN 4.35 HOU 3.63	RA/G WSN 3.58 TEX 4.29 COL 5.49	BA A. McCutchen .347 J. Heyward .273 C. Pena .191	OBP J. Mauer .413 R. Weeks .335 J. Smoak .260	SLG R. Braun .605 D. Young .440 J. Weeks .302	OPS R. Braun .994 C. Davis .776 J. Smoak .577	ERA F. Hernandez 2.51 L. Harrell 3.81 R. Romero 5.85	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.28 A. Sanchez 7.38 H. Alvarez 3.42

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.16

CIN 4.35

HOU 3.63

RA/G

WSN 3.58

TEX 4.29

COL 5.49

A. McCutchen .347

J. Heyward .273

C. Pena .191

OBP

J. Mauer .413

R. Weeks .335

J. Smoak .260

SLG

R. Braun .605

D. Young .440

J. Weeks .302

OPS

R. Braun .994

C. Davis .776

J. Smoak .577

ERA

F. Hernandez 2.51

L. Harrell 3.81

R. Romero 5.85

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.28

A. Sanchez 7.38

H. Alvarez 3.42

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Twins Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Peavy
G/S/vB 26.Crain
G/S/vB 60.Heath
G/S/vB 65.Jones
G/S/vB 39.Myers
G/S/vB 48.Omogrosso
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 46.Veal*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP 7/.715 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 100/70 .215/.270/.301/.571 .237/.719 .640 15/.481 0/0 1/1

8.Carroll G/S/vP 20/.461 9/.476 ··· 2/no AB 13/.245 1/.000 8/.661 3/.666 2/3.500 1/.000 5/.600 ··· 480/351 .258/.338/.306/.644 .792/.590 .638 85/.731 7/4 1/12

22.Carson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 31/20 .276/.323/.310/.633 .899/.500 .633 31/.633 0/0 0/0

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 9/.555 4/.500 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 295/222 .218/.259/.292/.551 .624/.527 .466 50/.411 16/1 1/7

18.Doumit# G/S/vP 9/.444 2/2.500 ··· ··· 16/.780 1/5.000 7/.453 2/3.000 ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 452/311 .284/.330/.464/.793 .681/.845 .812 90/.661 0/0 15/1

5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 102/76 .220/.297/.286/.583 .905/.464 .501 5/1.100 2/0 0/2

25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 64/38 .250/.333/.357/.690 .819/.600 .704 64/.690 1/0 0/4

19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 165/97 .262/.333/.372/.706 .655/.742 .642 57/.615 18/2 3/3

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 25/.653 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/3.667 1/.000 7/.572 3/.666 5/.933 1/.000 34/.697 ··· 548/358 .317/.413/.443/.856 .797/.887 .865 104/.880 8/4 9/5

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 12/.697 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 7/1.285 3/2.667 3/.333 1/.000 27/.296 1/.000 479/304 .278/.334/.465/.799 .574/.935 .859 100/.778 1/0 17/3

27.Parmelee* G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 150/111 .235/.307/.412/.718 .716/.719 .846 30/1.150 0/0 5/2

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 12/.833 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 375/259 .237/.307/.459/.765 .962/.681 .627 87/.470 0/3 20/14

11.Revere* G/S/vP 16/.938 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.833 2/1.000 7/.572 1/.000 7/.715 ··· 445/301 .301/.336/.357/.693 .698/.691 .676 104/.546 32/7 0/0

16.Willingham G/S/vP 19/.211 5/.000 ··· 3/.000 26/1.042 ··· 7/2.690 4/.000 3/.333 1/.000 5/.400 1/no AB 549/385 .261/.366/.534/.901 1.004/.858 .765 91/.781 3/2 33/4

IP 181.0 36.2 0.2 55.2 50.2 10.0 115.0 47.1 53.1 10.0 54.2 8.0 TOTAL .263/.328/.398/.727 .737/.722 .675 .688 110/32 117/88

ERA-K/9

3.28/7.9

2.95/10.5

0.00/0.0

2.91/8.2

3.38/5.1

3.60/6.3

3.68/5.1

4.18/9.3

3.71/9.6

5.40/7.2

3.62/7.4

1.13/14.6

4.12/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (18-7-4)
Doumit (25-6-2)
Mauer (52-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 731/.238 153/.180 1/.000 238/.276 216/.269 42/.211 470/.267 204/.257 234/.214 40/.118 227/.262 29/.074 .252 Willingham
Revere
Carson
Plouffe
Mastroianni
Parmelee
Doumit
Escobar 110/0/0/6
2/30/68/6
4/0/5/2
2/0/15/2
20/4/31/2
1/0/10/1
11/0/6/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .671 .618 .000 .731 .724 .733 .729 .723 .725 .456 .695 .249 .730

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 408/.724 60/.876 1/.000 88/.577 97/.835 17/.694 149/.724 99/.733 103/.631 27/.569 109/.652 17/.059 .752

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 323/.605 93/.449 / 150/.823 119/.633 25/.758 321/.732 105/.713 131/.792 13/.237 118/.734 12/.523 .713

Home 326/.617 81/.716 / 142/.787 127/.682 32/.813 199/.673 111/.824 131/.699 13/.408 109/.591 6/.833

Last 28d days 115/.843 34/.834 1/.000 36/.627 54/.832 13/.487 115/.907 34/.995 59/.678 6/.533 32/.719 24/.303

HR/SB/CS 20/8/7 5/5/2 0/0/0 4/3/1 6/0/0 2/0/0 12/6/3 4/6/1 10/6/0 1/2/0 4/3/2 0/0/0 160/86/33

Usage ····X··· ·o·X···· ···o···· ·ooo·Xo· ·oo····· X··o···· X····X·· ·X·X···· ·X···X·· o·oo···· ·o··o··· ·o·o·Xo·

WhiteSox Batters (4.70 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 39.Walters
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 67.Perdomo
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 64.Robertson*
G/S/vB 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB 57.Waldrop
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP 3/1.666 5/1.267 3/.000 8/.875 23/.579 5/.400 ··· 11/1.200 ··· 7/.143 1/.000 496/371 .232/.286/.364/.650 .695/.635 .746 77/.678 3/3 13/6

7.Danks* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 61/38 .232/.262/.304/.566 .435/.653 .540 14/.578 2/1 1/0

30.De Aza* G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 9/.583 3/2.334 3/.666 1/3.000 3/.666 3/.000 7/1.000 1/.000 508/371 .279/.343/.401/.743 .697/.760 .747 45/.519 23/10 7/3

32.Dunn* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 9/.347 6/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 6/.167 3/2.334 6/.167 1/.000 569/377 .207/.339/.486/.825 .794/.841 .786 97/.836 2/1 38/1

17.Flowers G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/1.000 5/1.350 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 5/.600 1/no AB 134/88 .230/.293/.426/.719 .925/.605 .913 33/1.234 2/1 6/2

38.Gimenez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/3 .500/.500/.500/1.000 2.000/.667 .667 4/1.000 0/0 0/0

5.Hudson# G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/2.000 4/.750 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 261/184 .199/.252/.303/.555 .518/.570 .584 11/.727 4/3 2/6

29.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 7/6 .500/.571/.667/1.238 /1.167 1.667 7/1.238 0/0 0/0

14.Konerko G/S/vP 4/1.250 7/1.429 2/1.000 9/2.403 24/.701 4/.500 ··· 26/.824 ··· 10/.775 2/1.000 496/368 .307/.377/.492/.869 .771/.902 .968 73/.739 0/0 21/2

18.Lopez G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.800 ··· 3/1.167 14/.643 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 231/138 .251/.277/.370/.647 .711/.604 .759 7/.929 0/1 4/3

66.Olmedo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 21/16 .286/.286/.333/.619 .400/.688 .846 18/.611 0/0 0/0

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.857 2/.500 5/2.000 14/.665 3/.333 ··· 14/.214 1/no AB 5/.600 ··· 432/325 .284/.329/.523/.852 .689/.907 1.011 81/.680 0/0 24/6

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.000 7/1.000 5/.900 7/.286 25/.860 7/.486 ··· 23/1.031 ··· 11/.909 1/2.000 524/404 .271/.294/.377/.670 .790/.634 .734 92/.854 15/6 8/11

51.Rios G/S/vP 3/.333 9/.583 3/.666 9/1.111 17/.364 1/3.000 ··· 18/1.111 1/2.000 7/1.142 2/1.000 540/402 .295/.326/.503/.829 .838/.826 .893 102/.559 20/5 20/7

24.Viciedo G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 3/1.666 8/.250 2/1.500 3/1.667 ··· 4/.500 ··· 8/.393 1/.000 459/346 .256/.294/.427/.721 .974/.639 .716 83/.818 0/1 19/1

28.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 150/105 .280/.313/.469/.782 .699/.818 .945 87/.785 14/1 6/1

20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 6/.167 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 9/1.319 2/.500 4/1.250 1/3.000 415/286 .240/.345/.424/.768 .957/.687 1.018 92/.737 0/0 16/8

IP 36.2 60.2 50.2 81.2 93.0 25.1 7.2 58.1 19.0 79.1 11.0 TOTAL .257/.317/.423/.740 .762/.732 .805 .749 88/34 173/63

ERA-K/9

5.40/5.6

2.97/4.0

2.13/7.6

4.41/6.2

5.23/5.5

1.42/8.5

2.35/4.7

2.62/10.0

5.68/9.9

4.99/6.0

3.27/2.5

4.80/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flowers (22-13-1)
Gimenez (0-0-0)
Pierzynski (64-20-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 158/.300 257/.238 202/.197 354/.258 405/.296 104/.207 38/.241 239/.241 83/.264 336/.282 50/.326 .279 Viciedo
Rios
Wise
De Aza
Danks
Gimenez
Lopez
Dunn 113/0/0/11
0/0/131/8
48/20/8/3
0/113/0/3
18/7/6/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/1/0
5/0/0/0

OPS .877 .630 .559 .759 .785 .565 .774 .653 .786 .786 .815 .783

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 88/.889 92/.519 76/.791 159/.729 143/.680 43/.427 24/.667 89/.527 52/.644 154/.719 19/.485 .769

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 70/.859 165/.684 126/.427 195/.781 262/.842 61/.659 14/.955 150/.730 31/1.029 182/.843 31/1.023 .793

Road 82/.742 142/.699 95/.535 204/.642 227/.810 62/.494 17/.853 112/.553 42/.962 180/.831 36/.946

Last 28d days / 46/.715 30/.633 106/.813 93/.878 47/.629 22/.753 30/.381 29/.705 47/.840 29/.586

HR/SB/CS 7/4/0 3/7/0 4/5/0 16/2/1 10/4/1 0/3/0 0/1/0 5/2/3 4/2/1 12/0/1 1/0/0 166/95/19

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