Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Game Previews > TEX @ MIN, Sunday, April 15, 2012

Game Preview: TEX @ MIN, 2:10pm, Sunday, April 15, 2012 @Target Field

Rangers, 7-2, 7-2 1st, 2½ up

SP: Neftali Feliz (24, RHP, 1-0, 0.00)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-0) 7.0 4 0 0 2 4 0 0.00
2011 (2-3) 62.1 42 22 19 30 54 4 2.74
2010 (4-3) 69.1 43 21 21 18 71 5 2.73
Last 7 GS 1-0 7.0 4 0 0 2 4 0 0.00 71
2012-04-10 SEA W 7.0 4 0 0 2 4 0 108 71
Has never faced MIN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-2    Road:    2-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-2    vsLHP:   2-0    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 4-1    vsWest:  3-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  9 Sat, Apr 14  @MIN  W   6-2        7-2   1st  2.5 up
  8 Fri, Apr 13  @MIN  W   4-1        6-2   1st  2.0 up
  7 Thu, Apr 12   SEA  W   5-3        5-2   1st  1.5 up
  6 Wed, Apr 11   SEA  L   3-4        4-2   1st  0.5 up
  5 Tue, Apr 10   SEA  W   1-0        4-1   1st  1.5 up
  4 Mon, Apr  9   SEA  W  11-5        3-1   1st  0.5 up
  3 Sun, Apr  8   CHW  W   5-0        2-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  7   CHW  L   3-4        1-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  1 Fri, Apr  6   CHW  W   3-2        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 7-2    Last 20: 7-2    Last 30: 7-2
Twins, 2-6, 2-6 5th, 3½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Liam Hendriks (23, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-2) 23.1 29 16 16 6 16 3 6.17
Last 7 GS 0-2 23.1 29 16 16 6 16 3 6.17 43
2011-09-25 @CLE ND 6.0 7 4 4 3 5 1 101 44
2011-09-20 SEA ND 5.1 10 4 4 0 5 1 94 37
2011-09-14 @KCR L 5.0 8 5 5 0 2 0 83 33
2011-09-06 CHW L 7.0 4 3 3 3 4 1 99 58
Has never faced TEX as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-3    Road:    0-3    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-4    vsLHP:   0-2    1-Run:   2-0 
 vsEast:  0-3    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  2-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  8 Sat, Apr 14   TEX  L   2-6        2-6   5th  3.5 gb
  7 Fri, Apr 13   TEX  L   1-4        2-5   5th  3.0 gb
  6 Thu, Apr 12   LAA  W  10-9        2-4   4th  3.0 gb
  5 Wed, Apr 11   LAA  W   6-5        1-4   4th  3.0 gb
  4 Mon, Apr  9   LAA  L   1-5        0-4   5th  3.5 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  8  @BAL  L   1-3        0-3   5th  3.0 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  7  @BAL  L   2-8        0-2   4th  2.0 gb
  1 Fri, Apr  6  @BAL  L   2-4        0-1   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-6    Last 20: 2-6    Last 30: 2-6 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 14, 2012 TEX  6 @MIN  2        W:Robert Ross (1-0), L: Brian Duensing (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 13, 2012 TEX  4 @MIN  1        W:Matt Harrison (2-0), L: Anthony Swarzak (0-2), S: Alexi Ogando (1)

Thu, Jul 28, 2011 TEX  4  MIN  1        W:Matt Harrison (9-7), L: Scott Baker (8-6), S: Neftali Feliz (21)
Wed, Jul 27, 2011 MIN  7 @TEX  2        W:Brian Duensing (8-8), L: Colby Lewis (10-8), S: none
Tue, Jul 26, 2011 MIN  9 @TEX  8        W:Glen Perkins (3-1), L: Neftali Feliz (0-2), S: Joe Nathan (8)
Mon, Jul 25, 2011 TEX 20  MIN  6        W:Derek Holland (9-4), L: Nick Blackburn (7-7), S: none
Sun, Jun 12, 2011 MIN  6  TEX  1        W:Francisco Liriano (4-6), L: Matt Harrison (5-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 11, 2011 MIN  8  TEX  1        W:Scott Baker (4-4), L: Colby Lewis (5-7), S: none
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 TEX  9 @MIN  3        W:C.J. Wilson (7-3), L: Brian Duensing (3-6), S: none
Thu, Jun 09, 2011 MIN  5  TEX  4        W:Jim Hoey (1-2), L: Mark Lowe (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - TEX over 2-0; 2011 - MIN won 5-3; 2010 - MIN won 7-3; All-Time - MIN leads 358-315

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

For the 2011 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.40

CLE  4.35

SEA  3.43

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

FLA  4.33

BAL  5.31

 BA

M. Cabrera  .344

A. Ramirez  .269

V. Wells  .218

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .448

J. Bruce  .341

V. Wells  .248

 SLG

J. Bautista  .608

C. Lee  .446

J. Bartlett  .307

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.056

Y. Escobar  .782

A. Rios  .613

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.28

R. Wolf  3.69

B. Penny  5.30

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.54

G. Floyd  7.02

B. Penny  3.67

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Rangers Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 62.Hendriks
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		 44.Maloney*
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 12/.955 6/.666 ··· 4/.000 665/503 .279/.347/.361/.708 .714/.706 .741 36/.548 37/12 5/25
29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.750 7/.572 ··· 14/1.404 525/397 .296/.331/.561/.892 1.075/.836 .737 38/.813 1/1 32/11
17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 8/.250 8/.542 ··· 3/.000 513/402 .263/.312/.509/.821 1.096/.747 .688 36/.603 9/5 29/6
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 153/74 .271/.347/.346/.693 .735/.648 .506 6/.000 18/0 1/2
14.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 267/189 .215/.256/.283/.539 .655/.493 .543 3/.667 1/2 1/4
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 4/.000 14/.714 5/1.000 ··· 11/1.273 538/383 .298/.346/.536/.882 .825/.904 .852 38/1.071 8/1 25/5
5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 7/.143 4/.500 1/.000 11/.182 723/534 .255/.355/.477/.832 .880/.815 .730 41/1.123 30/4 32/11
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 512/390 .259/.320/.414/.733 .577/.783 .726 22/.527 2/2 16/5
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 7/.619 5/.800 ··· 3/.000 440/322 .275/.328/.401/.729 .507/.809 .679 27/.933 11/6 11/4
25.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 10/.200 6/.167 1/.000 1/2.000 432/297 .320/.414/.631/1.046 1.049/1.044 1.078 26/.369 4/2 30/3
21.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 17/6 .231/.412/.308/.719 .764/.500 4/1.500 0/0 0/1
8.Torrealba G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/.858 4/1.417 2/1.500 2/1.000 ··· 419/294 .273/.306/.399/.705 .612/.744 .587 14/.593 0/2 7/9
10.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 12/.781 8/.708 ··· 12/.432 689/520 .338/.380/.474/.854 .902/.838 .776 37/.730 6/2 11/8
IP 23.1 50.2 4.2 65.2 161.2 48.1 18.2 61.2 TOTAL .265/.307/.457/.764 .699/.790 .761 .764 3/3 13/4
ERA-K/9 6.17/6.2 5.51/5.9 3.86/5.7 4.25/4.7 5.23/6.4 4.28/4.3 9.16/6.3 2.48/9.5 5.35/5.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Napoli (21-12-1)
 Torrealba (56-27-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 100/.312 225/.263 23/.316 274/.262 711/.299 215/.275 96/.409 253/.244 .271  Cruz
 Murphy
 Hamilton
 Moreland
 Gentry
18/0/109/6
78/13/32/5
85/35/0/5
0/0/34/0
2/55/7/0
OPS .866 .749 .988 .726 .833 .758 1.182 .644 .756
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 58/.842 91/.692 8/1.625 129/.765 187/.522 97/.695 28/1.162 101/.589 .689
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 42/.899 134/.789 15/.670 145/.689 524/.947 118/.811 68/1.190 152/.681 .785
Home 52/.919 131/.706 19/1.111 151/.717 365/.902 103/.725 46/.981 150/.644
Last 28d days / 17/.646 11/1.091 13/.692 12/.533 14/.607 12/.633 18/.588
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 4/7/1 1/2/0 10/2/0 21/6/6 4/3/3 7/0/0 2/3/2 9/8/0
Usage o·X····X ·oo··o·o ··Xo·o·· X·X···o· X·oo··o· ·o····X· X··X·X·X

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Twins Batters (3.13 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (2.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Feliz
G/S/vB		 37.Adams
G/S/vB		 11.Darvish
G/S/vB		 39.Feldman
G/S/vB		 57.Lowe
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 41.Ogando
G/S/vB		 46.Ross*
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
37.Burroughs* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 115/101 .273/.289/.336/.626 .643/.623 .715 6/.167 1/0 1/1
8.Carroll G/S/vP 1/.000 7/1.171 4/.250 8/.833 2/.500 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 510/370 .290/.359/.347/.706 .751/.689 .623 34/.509 10/0 0/9
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.666 3/.666 9/.555 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 365/247 .260/.322/.368/.691 .579/.750 .780 18/.444 15/4 2/11
18.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 236/174 .303/.353/.477/.830 .912/.802 .927 24/.467 0/1 8/6
38.Hughes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 317/214 .223/.289/.338/.627 .608/.636 .618 8/.536 3/2 7/5
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 4/1.750 6/.000 4/.833 14/.928 4/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 333/207 .287/.360/.368/.729 .562/.829 .708 34/.678 0/0 3/5
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 14/.607 5/1.400 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 288/193 .227/.285/.333/.618 .401/.728 .657 33/.703 0/0 4/1
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 88/66 .355/.443/.592/1.035 .935/1.069 1.257 23/.713 0/0 4/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 320/236 .238/.305/.392/.697 .782/.665 .697 7/.429 3/3 8/12
2.Span* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 4/2.000 9/.444 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 311/225 .264/.328/.359/.687 .657/.698 .728 35/.929 6/1 2/1
36.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· / /// / 0/ / /
22.Valencia G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/1.000 608/449 .246/.294/.383/.677 .822/.626 .707 29/.572 2/6 15/18
16.Willingham G/S/vP 6/.333 3/.000 3/.667 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 4/1.250 1/2.000 2/.000 563/377 .246/.332/.477/.810 .783/.823 .874 33/1.508 4/1 29/2
IP 62.1 73.2 32.0 45.0 44.2 169.0 65.0 TOTAL .262/.325/.382/.707 .749/.694 .834 .707 3/0 6/7
ERA-K/9 2.74/7.8 1.47/9.0 /0.0 3.94/6.2 3.80/8.4 4.84/8.7 3.51/6.7 /0.0 2.35/11.8 2.22/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (41-13-4)
 Mauer (28-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 252/.194 277/.169 / 129/.216 196/.263 191/.222 693/.234 / 243/.164 .236  Willingham
 Plouffe
 Span
 Mauer
96/0/0/3
3/0/11/1
0/67/0/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .598 .496 .614 .768 .705 .649 .535 .624
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 140/.561 159/.538 / 64/.391 88/.802 97/.620 412/.709 / 124/.472 .653
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 112/.644 118/.439 / 65/.837 108/.739 94/.791 281/.560 / 119/.597 .591
Road 101/.546 135/.544 / 57/.771 84/.788 86/.837 307/.595 / 116/.503
Last 28d days 26/.397 24/.542 60/.870 4/.500 4/.500 22/.937 23/.490 7/.452 6/.333
HR/SB/CS 4/1/3 5/9/0 // 3/3/4 6/1/3 7/8/0 16/2/3 // 11/0/0 3/3/1
Usage ····X··· X·X·oo·o X····X·· ·····X·· ······X· X··Xo··o oX·X·X·o o·····o· ··o···o·

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.