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Game Preview: MIN @ KCR, 8:10pm, Friday, July 20, 2012 @Kauffman Stadium

Twins, 38-54, 38-54 5th, 12 GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (30, RHP, 4-5, 8.10)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (4-5)			63.1	90	57	57	22	30	15	8.10
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	32.0	50	32	32	11	13	8	9.00	33
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
2012-05-16	@DET	ND	2.0	6	6	6	2	2	0	53	20

Last 5 v.KCR		2-1	25.2	34	18	17	9	10	3	5.96	40
2012-06-06	@KCR	W	5.0	5	2	2	2	1	1	92	48
2011-07-15	KCR	ND	7.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	98	70
2011-06-04	@KCR	W	5.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	80	46
2010-09-28	@KCR	L	4.1	8	8	8	2	4	2	82	17
2010-04-24	@KCR	ND	4.1	10	6	5	2	0	0	75	19

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

 Home:   19-30   Road:   19-24   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  25-40   vsLHP:  13-14   1-Run:  16-17
 vsEast:  7-14   vsCntrl:14-15   vsWest:  8-16 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 87 Sat, Jul 14   OAK  L   3-9       36-51  5th 12.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul 13   OAK  L   3-6       36-50  5th 12.0 gb
 85 Sun, Jul  8  @TEX  L   3-4 (13)  36-49  5th 11.0 gb
 84 Sat, Jul  7  @TEX  L   3-4 (10)  36-48  5th 11.0 gb
 83 Fri, Jul  6  @TEX  W   5-1       36-47  5th 10.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Royals, 39-52, 39-52 4th, 10½ GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Luke Hochevar (28, RHP, 6-8, 5.16)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (6-8)			103.0	111	60	59	33	75	11	5.16
2011 (11-11)			198.0	192	110	103	62	128	23	4.68
2010 (6-6)			103.0	110	61	55	37	76	9	4.81

Last 7 GS		3-2	46.0	44	17	17	12	29	7	3.33	55
2012-07-14	CHW	ND	5.0	5	3	3	3	4	1	97	46
2012-07-05	@TOR	W	5.0	4	2	2	1	3	1	84	53
2012-06-30	@MIN	L	6.0	8	5	5	1	0	3	86	35
2012-06-25	TBR	W	9.0	7	0	0	1	8	0	113	80
2012-06-19	@HOU	W	7.2	5	0	0	4	6	0	93	71
2012-06-14	MIL	ND	7.1	6	3	3	1	5	2	87	58
2012-06-08	@PIT	L	6.0	9	4	4	1	3	0	98	40

Last 5 v.MIN		2-2	31.1	32	17	17	10	10	4	4.88	47
2012-06-30	@MIN	L	6.0	8	5	5	1	0	3	86	35
2011-09-14	MIN	W	6.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	88	55
2011-07-15	@MIN	ND	7.0	3	1	1	3	4	0	109	68
2011-06-04	MIN	L	6.0	11	6	6	0	2	0	99	28
2011-05-01	MIN	W	6.1	5	3	3	4	1	1	106	48

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

 Home:   16-28   Road:   23-24   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  28-34   vsLHP:  11-18   1-Run:  14-12
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:11-21   vsWest:  8-7  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 91 Thu, Jul 19   SEA  L   1-6       39-52  4th 10.5 gb
 90 Wed, Jul 18   SEA  W   8-7       39-51  4th 10.5 gb
 89 Tue, Jul 17   SEA  L   6-9       38-51  4th 11.5 gb
 88 Mon, Jul 16   SEA  L   4-9       38-50  4th 10.5 gb
 87 Sun, Jul 15   CHW  L   1-2       38-49  4th 10.5 gb
 86 Sat, Jul 14   CHW  W   6-3       38-48  4th  9.5 gb
 85 Fri, Jul 13   CHW  L   8-9 (14)  37-48  4th 10.5 gb
 84 Sun, Jul  8  @DET  L   1-7       37-47  4th  9.5 gb
 83 Sat, Jul  7  @DET  L   7-8       37-46  4th  9.5 gb
 82 Fri, Jul  6  @DET  L   2-4       37-45  4th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 01, 2012 MIN 10  KCR  8        W:Jeff Gray (4-0), L: Bruce Chen (7-7), S: none
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 MIN  5  KCR  1        W:Cole De Vries (2-1), L: Luke Hochevar (5-8), S: none
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 MIN  7  KCR  2        W:Scott Diamond (7-3), L: Jonathan Sanchez (1-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 KCR  4 @MIN  3        W:Luis Mendoza (3-4), L: Brian Duensing (1-4), S: Jonathan Broxton (20)
Wed, Jun 06, 2012 MIN  4 @KCR  2        W:Nick Blackburn (2-4), L: Luis Mendoza (2-3), S: Matt Capps (14)
Tue, Jun 05, 2012 KCR  1  MIN  0        W:Bruce Chen (5-5), L: Francisco Liriano (1-6), S: Jonathan Broxton (14)
Mon, Jun 04, 2012 MIN 10 @KCR  7        W:Cole De Vries (1-1), L: Will Smith (1-2), S: Matt Capps (13)
Sun, Apr 29, 2012 MIN  7  KCR  4        W:Jason Marquis (2-0), L: Bruce Chen (0-3), S: none
Fri, Apr 27, 2012 KCR  7 @MIN  6        W:Jose Mijares (1-1), L: Brian Duensing (0-2), S: Jonathan Broxton (3)

Wed, Sep 28, 2011 MIN  1  KCR  0        W:Carl Pavano (9-13), L: Blake Wood (5-3), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - MIN over 6-3; 2011 - MIN won 10-8; 2010 - MIN won 13-5; All-Time - MIN leads 356-311

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 5.04 PHI 4.22 SDP 3.59	RA/G WSN 3.49 ATL 4.29 COL 5.64	BA A. McCutchen .369 Y. Alonso .270 B. Ryan .190	OBP J. Votto .465 A. Jones .336 C. Pennington .259	SLG A. McCutchen .649 A. Escobar .426 D. Gordon .282	OPS A. McCutchen 1.072 T. Hunter .760 C. Pennington .541	ERA C. Sale 2.11 A. Sanchez 3.95 J. Arrieta 6.13	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.57 J. Johnson 7.60 D. Lowe 3.26

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.04

PHI 4.22

SDP 3.59

RA/G

WSN 3.49

ATL 4.29

COL 5.64

A. McCutchen .369

Y. Alonso .270

B. Ryan .190

OBP

J. Votto .465

A. Jones .336

C. Pennington .259

SLG

A. McCutchen .649

A. Escobar .426

D. Gordon .282

OPS

A. McCutchen 1.072

T. Hunter .760

C. Pennington .541

ERA

C. Sale 2.11

A. Sanchez 3.95

J. Arrieta 6.13

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.57

J. Johnson 7.60

D. Lowe 3.26

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Twins Batters (4.27 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 67.Bueno*
G/S/vB 31.Coleman
G/S/vB 55.Collins*
G/S/vB 43.Crow
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 53.Smith*
G/S/vB 61.Teaford*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 1/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 73/55 .235/.288/.353/.641 .170/.796 .894 18/.667 0/0 1/0

8.Carroll G/S/vP 10/1.400 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 5/.400 2/3.000 2/.000 333/247 .240/.322/.284/.606 .759/.553 .517 68/.465 6/3 0/6

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 21/1.179 ··· ··· 3/.667 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.167 197/150 .232/.265/.298/.564 .766/.501 .457 34/.345 10/1 0/5

18.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 8/.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 289/203 .285/.339/.445/.784 .688/.826 .787 71/.848 0/0 7/1

20.Dozier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 253/195 .241/.272/.333/.605 .864/.526 .544 81/.686 6/2 4/13

19.Mastroianni G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 82/53 .264/.346/.347/.693 .779/.646 .614 32/.933 9/2 1/2

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 29/1.369 2/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· 3/3.000 363/244 .329/.416/.457/.873 .907/.856 .855 104/.940 4/1 6/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 18/.889 3/.333 ··· ··· 5/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 3/1.666 3/.666 309/201 .254/.317/.439/.756 .411/.950 .856 87/.740 1/0 11/2

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 9/.873 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/2.667 2/5.000 285/198 .262/.333/.531/.865 1.140/.752 .728 96/.833 0/3 19/10

11.Revere* G/S/vP 13/.770 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.900 1/2.000 1/4.000 3/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 2/1.000 261/178 .313/.342/.362/.705 .771/.673 .644 103/.673 20/5 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 24/.481 1/no AB ··· 2/1.500 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 4/1.417 379/259 .279/.346/.382/.728 .690/.744 .509 89/.708 9/5 3/3

16.Willingham G/S/vP 9/.555 7/.929 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 4/.500 1/.000 3/1.167 3/2.667 3/2.667 1/.000 378/270 .276/.392/.571/.963 1.142/.893 .831 96/1.092 2/1 23/2

IP 103.0 33.2 4.2 28.2 45.2 39.2 47.1 34.0 36.0 20.1 34.1 TOTAL .263/.329/.399/.728 .782/.707 .646 .775 68/24 79/56

ERA-K/9

5.16/6.6

2.14/6.1

3.86/1.9

4.40/10.3

3.35/12.2

4.08/8.6

2.85/8.2

3.44/13.0

1.75/8.8

7.97/6.2

4.98/5.5

4.49/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (13-4-2)
Doumit (16-5-2)
Mauer (27-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 439/.280 142/.260 18/.294 125/.215 189/.187 164/.255 193/.250 152/.256 150/.241 94/.306 146/.258 .271 Willingham
Revere
Span
Plouffe
Mastroianni
Doumit 81/0/0/6
2/9/46/2
0/82/0/2
2/0/15/2
11/1/14/1
1/0/6/0

OPS .783 .676 .572 .771 .648 .639 .688 .694 .655 .967 .835 .773

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 240/.841 70/.702 10/.800 49/.873 79/.787 59/.440 73/.778 56/.634 82/.530 42/.764 62/.864 .754

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 199/.715 72/.652 8/.268 76/.701 110/.550 105/.753 120/.635 96/.730 68/.811 52/1.129 84/.813 .787

Home 184/.834 62/.739 18/.572 75/.564 91/.937 97/.652 98/.720 77/.735 78/.679 53/1.065 78/.641

Last 28d days 103/.776 21/.782 18/.572 28/.619 48/.965 45/.902 40/.925 43/.747 34/.619 29/.837 99/.812

HR/SB/CS 11/14/5 1/2/1 0/0/0 5/0/2 5/6/0 2/2/1 4/5/3 1/1/1 2/4/1 7/3/1 7/1/1 91/78/35

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

Royals Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.24 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

11.Betancourt G/S/vP 23/.713 6/.334 3/.000 3/.000 14/.917 2/.000 3/.333 16/.733 2/1.000 2/5.000 193/124 .233/.266/.406/.671 .619/.702 .663 80/.541 0/1 6/5

16.Butler G/S/vP 33/.697 10/.929 5/.400 6/1.867 22/.768 2/1.500 3/.667 12/.917 ··· 8/1.000 376/265 .297/.367/.496/.863 1.072/.778 .880 100/.836 2/1 18/0

6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 42/26 .289/.310/.500/.810 .670/.891 1.139 25/1.139 0/0 2/2

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 5/.650 3/.000 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 242/180 .250/.313/.315/.627 .552/.652 .576 48/.662 17/3 0/6

2.Escobar G/S/vP 7/.286 7/.619 4/.250 4/.000 14/.962 ··· 4/1.500 1/.000 ··· 8/.393 356/253 .308/.349/.426/.775 .721/.798 .888 94/.927 14/2 4/10

21.Francoeur G/S/vP 8/.417 7/1.143 10/.200 6/.666 16/1.001 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 4/1.500 369/268 .250/.290/.379/.669 .656/.674 .649 93/.588 1/4 8/1

17.Getz* G/S/vP 17/.364 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 11/.800 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 132/103 .299/.336/.393/.729 .462/.802 .743 19/.859 6/2 0/2

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 21/.818 4/.250 2/1.500 6/.334 23/.622 2/no AB 2/no AB 13/.840 2/.000 4/1.250 415/271 .292/.378/.435/.814 .678/.887 .870 105/.990 3/3 5/1

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 8/.929 2/.000 1/3.000 5/.000 12/.334 ··· 1/3.000 5/.800 1/2.000 7/.572 367/244 .225/.294/.360/.655 .553/.706 .633 93/.668 9/1 9/6

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 6/.000 1/.000 2/.500 6/1.833 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 4/.750 358/252 .267/.321/.480/.801 .640/.872 .875 96/.771 3/2 16/9

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 15/.500 1/.000 3/1.333 5/.800 1/.000 ··· 148/100 .264/.286/.350/.636 .569/.669 .761 26/.721 0/1 1/4

13.Perez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 2/2.500 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 4/1.500 71/50 .377/.394/.667/1.061 1.526/.870 .954 67/1.019 0/0 5/1

IP 63.1 45.2 37.1 41.0 49.0 6.1 39.1 40.2 8.0 67.0 TOTAL .268/.321/.410/.731 .690/.749 .756 .799 60/24 77/64

ERA-K/9

8.10/4.3

3.15/3.7

2.41/8.4

3.95/6.4

4.96/5.3

0.00/4.3

4.58/4.6

2.88/10.6

4.50/12.4

4.16/6.0

4.91/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Pena (37-13-4)
Perez (9-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 297/.333 189/.234 149/.194 169/.232 209/.274 22/.136 179/.266 176/.270 33/.267 280/.280 .280 Francoeur
Gordon
Dyson
Cain
Hosmer 0/2/86/9
90/0/0/7
0/65/0/5
0/11/1/2
0/0/2/1

OPS .967 .625 .569 .748 .763 .364 .764 .701 .670 .758 .792

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 138/1.074 72/.492 57/.833 83/.609 79/.497 6/.333 70/.859 59/.714 21/.607 127/.725 .779

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 159/.876 117/.696 92/.417 86/.877 130/.922 16/.375 109/.703 117/.694 12/.780 153/.786 .801

Road 129/.962 102/.694 63/.522 78/.750 103/.711 4/.500 80/.843 68/.542 5/1.400 127/.764

Last 28d days 45/1.127 47/.794 35/.546 102/.690 73/1.138 22/.364 40/.943 46/.696 33/.670 71/.679

HR/SB/CS 15/0/1 3/5/0 4/3/0 10/1/1 6/0/0 0/0/0 5/4/1 3/1/2 1/0/1 9/0/1 124/56/14

Usage ········ o·o·o·X· ··o·X··· X····X·· X···X··· ·X··X·o· ··o·XX·· ·oo·X··· o·o·oX·· 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.