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Game Preview: MIN @ DET, 7:05pm, Wednesday, May 16, 2012 @Comerica Park

Twins, 10-26, 10-26 5th, 10 GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (30, RHP, 1-4, 7.18)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (1-4)			31.1	40	25	25	11	17	7	7.18
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		1-4	32.2	41	25	25	15	17	7	6.89	41
2012-05-11	TOR	W	5.0	6	5	5	3	3	3	81	35
2012-05-06	@SEA	L	6.0	7	5	5	3	4	1	98	39
2012-04-30	@LAA	L	6.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	85	47
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

Last 5 v.DET		2-2	30.2	43	24	24	7	11	7	7.04	37
2011-08-16	@DET	L	4.2	11	5	5	2	1	0	96	21
2011-05-30	@DET	ND	6.0	7	5	5	1	3	2	99	40
2010-07-10	@DET	L	4.0	7	7	7	1	1	4	62	20
2010-06-29	DET	W	7.0	7	4	4	2	4	0	97	49
2010-05-04	DET	W	9.0	11	3	3	1	2	1	95	54

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

 Home:    6-14   Road:    4-12   ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   6-20   vsLHP:   4-6    1-Run:   7-8 
 vsEast:  5-12   vsCntrl: 1-3    vsWest:  4-11 IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 36 Tue, May 15   CLE  L   0-5       10-26  5th 10.0 gb
 35 Mon, May 14   CLE  L   4-5       10-25  5th  9.0 gb
 34 Sun, May 13   TOR  W   4-3       10-24  5th  8.0 gb
 33 Sat, May 12   TOR  L   1-2        9-24  5th  9.0 gb
 32 Fri, May 11   TOR  W   7-6        9-23  5th  9.0 gb
 31 Thu, May 10   TOR  L   2-6        8-23  5th 10.0 gb
 30 Wed, May  9   LAA  L   2-6        8-22  5th  9.0 gb
 29 Tue, May  8   LAA  W   5-0        8-21  5th  9.0 gb
 28 Mon, May  7   LAA  L   3-8        7-21  5th 10.0 gb
 27 Sun, May  6  @SEA  L   2-5        7-20  5th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 8-22

Tigers, 18-18, 18-18 2nd, 2 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Rick Porcello (23, RHP, 3-3, 5.18)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (3-3)			41.2	49	25	24	9	24	6	5.18
2011 (14-9)			182.0	210	103	96	46	104	18	4.75
2010 (10-12)			162.2	188	96	89	38	84	18	4.92

Last 7 GS		3-3	41.2	49	25	24	9	24	6	5.18	46
2012-05-11	@OAK	L	5.0	9	4	4	3	4	1	100	34
2012-05-06	CHW	W	6.1	4	1	1	2	5	1	103	64
2012-05-01	KCR	W	8.0	7	3	3	0	3	0	98	59
2012-04-26	SEA	L	6.2	7	5	5	2	3	2	105	41
2012-04-21	TEX	L	1.0	10	9	8	1	1	1	51	-1
2012-04-15	@CHW	W	7.2	5	1	1	0	4	1	99	69
2012-04-10	TBR	ND	7.0	7	2	2	1	4	0	92	58

Last 5 v.MIN		4-1	30.0	30	12	10	11	15	3	3.00	52
2011-08-26	@MIN	W	6.1	7	1	1	3	4	0	95	56
2011-08-15	MIN	L	6.0	9	6	4	1	2	1	95	35
2011-07-24	@MIN	W	6.0	5	2	2	2	4	0	93	56
2011-06-01	MIN	W	6.2	6	2	2	3	4	1	106	55
2011-05-10	@MIN	W	5.0	3	1	1	2	1	1	83	56

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

 Home:    9-9    Road:    9-9    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  12-11   vsLHP:   6-7    1-Run:   6-7 
 vsEast:  6-3    vsCntrl: 8-5    vsWest:  4-10 IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 36 Tue, May 15  @CHW  W  10-8       18-18  2nd  2.0 gb
 35 Mon, May 14  @CHW  L   5-7       17-18  2nd  2.0 gb
 34 Sun, May 13  @OAK  W   3-1       17-17  2nd  1.0 gb
 33 Sat, May 12  @OAK  L   1-3       16-17  2nd  2.0 gb
 32 Fri, May 11  @OAK  L   4-11      16-16  2nd  2.0 gb
 31 Thu, May 10  @OAK  W  10-6       16-15  2nd  2.0 gb
 30 Wed, May  9  @SEA  L   1-2       15-15  2nd  2.0 gb
 29 Tue, May  8  @SEA  W   6-4       15-14  2nd  2.0 gb
 28 Mon, May  7  @SEA  L   2-3       14-14  2nd  3.0 gb
 27 Sun, May  6   CHW  W   3-1       14-13  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 11, 2011 DET  2  MIN  1        W:Doug Fister (8-13), L: Scott Diamond (1-4), S: Jose Valverde (43)
Sat, Sep 10, 2011 DET  3  MIN  2        W:Al Alburquerque (6-1), L: Glen Perkins (4-4), S: none
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 DET  8  MIN  4        W:Brad Penny (10-10), L: Kevin Slowey (0-5), S: none
Sun, Aug 28, 2011 MIN 11  DET  4        W:Brian Duensing (9-13), L: Brad Penny (9-10), S: none
Sat, Aug 27, 2011 DET  6 @MIN  4        W:Justin Verlander (20-5), L: Carl Pavano (6-11), S: Jose Valverde (39)
Fri, Aug 26, 2011 DET  8 @MIN  1        W:Rick Porcello (12-8), L: Scott Diamond (0-2), S: none
Wed, Aug 17, 2011 MIN  6 @DET  5        W:Matt Capps (4-6), L: Jose Valverde (2-4), S: Joe Nathan (11)
Tue, Aug 16, 2011 DET  7  MIN  1        W:Justin Verlander (18-5), L: Nick Blackburn (7-10), S: none
Mon, Aug 15, 2011 MIN  9 @DET  6        W:Francisco Liriano (8-9), L: Rick Porcello (11-8), S: Joe Nathan (10)
Sun, Jul 24, 2011 DET  5 @MIN  2        W:Rick Porcello (10-6), L: Francisco Liriano (6-8), S: Jose Valverde (26)
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - DET won 14-4; 2010 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - DET leads 1055-971

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 5.73 HOU 4.08 PIT 2.83	RA/G WSN 3.25 TOR 4.11 COL 5.37	BA D. Wright .408 D. Jennings .265 B. Ryan .140	OBP D. Wright .497 F. Freeman .333 C. Barmes .189	SLG J. Hamilton .848 K. Johnson .417 B. Morel .196	OPS J. Hamilton 1.305 J. Mauer .756 B. Morel .411	ERA B. Beachy 1.60 H. Kuroda 3.56 C. Buchholz 8.31	K/9IP G. Gonzalez 10.79 N. Feliz 7.34 D. Lowe 2.22

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.73

HOU 4.08

PIT 2.83

RA/G

WSN 3.25

TOR 4.11

COL 5.37

D. Wright .408

D. Jennings .265

B. Ryan .140

OBP

D. Wright .497

F. Freeman .333

C. Barmes .189

SLG

J. Hamilton .848

K. Johnson .417

B. Morel .196

OPS

J. Hamilton 1.305

J. Mauer .756

B. Morel .411

ERA

B. Beachy 1.60

H. Kuroda 3.56

C. Buchholz 8.31

K/9IP

G. Gonzalez 10.79

N. Feliz 7.34

D. Lowe 2.22

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Twins Batters (3.33 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Porcello
G/S/vB 31.Balester
G/S/vB 64.Below*
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 20.Dotel
G/S/vB 36.Putkonen
G/S/vB 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB 46.Valverde
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 16/11 .200/.250/.200/.450 .000/.664 .000 16/.450 0/0 0/0

8.Carroll G/S/vP 11/.855 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 8/1.571 ··· ··· 6/.334 146/107 .222/.319/.262/.581 .679/.545 .468 94/.574 4/2 0/1

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 13/.658 ··· ··· 6/.533 1/2.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· 4/.500 87/61 .250/.276/.310/.585 .943/.433 .541 55/.538 5/0 0/1

18.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/.946 121/87 .252/.314/.439/.753 .775/.745 .659 88/.874 0/0 5/1

20.Dozier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/33 .297/.333/.432/.766 1.167/.688 39/.766 0/0 1/1

25.Komatsu* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/46 .227/.314/.227/.541 1.100/.483 .368 39/.488 0/0 0/1

19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/19 .167/.211/.167/.377 /.377 19/.377 0/0 0/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 19/.498 ··· 1/3.000 8/.125 13/1.058 2/.500 ··· ··· 9/.111 151/109 .270/.391/.365/.756 1.079/.639 .590 99/.727 2/0 1/3

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 7/.833 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 73/44 .133/.288/.217/.504 .663/.408 .289 62/.526 0/0 1/3

2.Span* G/S/vP 25/.764 ··· ··· 2/1.000 9/.250 4/.833 ··· ··· 7/.286 151/108 .292/.358/.358/.715 .638/.745 .503 101/.647 4/3 0/1

16.Willingham G/S/vP 7/.971 2/.500 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.143 134/103 .286/.403/.589/.992 1.001/.987 .664 83/.863 1/0 7/2

IP 41.2 17.0 17.0 15.2 15.1 13.1 4.1 39.0 16.1 TOTAL .235/.313/.350/.663 .733/.637 .540 .625 17/6 21/19

ERA-K/9

5.18/5.2

5.82/6.4

2.12/7.9

2.87/14.3

5.28/7.6

3.38/12.2

12.46/6.3

2.31/8.8

5.51/7.7

4.28/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (5-1-1)
Doumit (8-2-1)
Mauer (13-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 181/.290 78/.190 62/.190 72/.271 65/.281 52/.188 25/.381 156/.225 77/.270 .260 Willingham
Plouffe
Komatsu
Span
Mastroianni
Doumit 31/0/0/2
0/0/11/1
2/4/10/1
0/34/0/1
1/1/3/1
0/0/6/0

OPS .816 .749 .454 .736 .737 .563 .887 .664 .842 .733

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 85/.940 31/.898 28/.453 34/.698 32/.772 13/.862 13/.697 47/.765 39/1.221 .777

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 96/.706 47/.655 34/.456 38/.772 33/.702 39/.469 12/1.083 109/.617 38/.482 .697

Home 127/.821 52/.552 45/.337 42/.732 34/.701 25/.573 / 67/.791 39/.780

Last 28d days 126/.916 51/.833 53/.496 43/.619 49/.788 36/.583 25/.887 112/.621 47/.851

HR/SB/CS 6/5/2 4/3/0 1/2/0 0/1/0 1/1/0 1/2/1 0/0/0 5/1/2 2/6/0 36/31/10

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

Tigers Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.33 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 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 13/1.189 5/.900 ··· 4/.000 12/1.011 2/.000 7/.629 5/1.400 109/75 .240/.315/.427/.742 .652/.781 1.089 73/.671 1/0 4/3

26.Boesch* G/S/vP 15/.667 4/1.750 ··· 1/.000 8/.625 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 148/99 .234/.270/.348/.618 .604/.625 .476 98/.659 2/1 4/0

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 31/1.277 8/.929 2/1.000 7/.929 29/.865 1/3.000 18/.833 8/1.500 158/106 .308/.354/.507/.861 .868/.855 1.013 105/.867 1/0 8/4

12.Dirks* G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 84/66 .351/.405/.584/.989 .944/.997 1.029 60/1.081 0/0 3/0

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 14/.599 1/.000 4/.250 9/.222 3/.333 ··· 5/.400 5/.933 154/91 .292/.364/.445/.809 .620/.948 .773 103/.742 1/0 5/3

14.Jackson G/S/vP 18/1.071 9/1.069 ··· 4/.333 20/.600 2/2.000 2/1.500 5/.900 156/103 .323/.409/.541/.950 .834/1.012 .934 102/.919 6/0 5/0

32.Kelly* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 43/38 .231/.302/.231/.533 .650/.518 .641 38/.551 0/0 0/2

9.Laird G/S/vP 18/.856 4/.000 ··· 2/.500 10/.555 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 36/10 .281/.314/.438/.752 .704/.889 .222 23/.382 0/0 1/0

27.Peralta G/S/vP 28/.406 5/2.550 4/.500 6/1.333 23/1.311 1/.000 10/.856 9/1.333 127/86 .252/.333/.351/.685 .838/.611 .633 82/.607 1/1 1/1

25.Raburn G/S/vP 6/1.000 8/.821 ··· 3/.000 22/.654 2/1.000 11/.291 1/.000 109/67 .162/.222/.242/.465 .421/.492 .368 67/.565 1/1 1/1

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 21/.667 5/.833 ··· 6/1.100 8/1.357 2/.000 6/.400 4/.500 57/40 .154/.211/.212/.422 .251/.493 .526 41/.456 0/0 0/1

29.Worth G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 20/3 .176/.300/.176/.476 .567/.000 .452 15/.500 0/0 0/0

21.Young G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 4/.500 4/.500 118/74 .234/.297/.318/.614 .622/.608 .540 72/.566 0/1 1/1

IP 31.1 19.2 13.1 14.0 17.2 14.2 14.0 28.1 TOTAL .257/.320/.399/.719 .666/.748 .730 .704 13/4 34/21

ERA-K/9

7.18/4.9

2.75/4.1

4.05/8.8

3.86/4.5

2.04/5.1

1.84/6.1

5.14/10.9

4.76/5.1

5.28/5.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (21-7-4)
Laird (10-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 143/.310 83/.263 50/.152 56/.236 67/.177 64/.200 61/.283 117/.262 .284 Kelly
Boesch
Raburn
Jackson
Young
Dirks 8/2/8/2
0/0/33/1
17/0/6/1
0/35/0/1
13/0/0/0
12/0/0/0

OPS .925 .672 .503 .614 .432 .640 .811 .722 .807

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/1.077 32/.460 20/.913 27/.370 27/.305 18/.933 18/.922 56/.660 .812

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 81/.813 51/.798 30/.267 29/.846 40/.518 46/.529 43/.764 61/.780 .804

Road 52/.878 41/.774 19/.602 17/.412 30/.440 33/.834 18/.410 53/.933

Last 28d days 93/1.030 59/.728 31/.369 35/.523 43/.336 44/.615 40/.631 65/.744

HR/SB/CS 7/0/0 2/3/0 2/1/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 2/1/0 2/1/1 5/0/1 50/26/5

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