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Game Preview: BOS @ MIN, 8:10pm, Tuesday, April 24, 2012 @Target Field

RedSox, 5-10, 5-10 5th, 4½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Josh Beckett (32, RHP, 1-2, 5.03)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-2) 19.2 19 11 11 3 11 6 5.03
2011 (13-7) 193.0 146 65 62 52 175 21 2.89
2010 (6-6) 127.2 151 89 82 45 116 20 5.78
Last 7 GS 2-4 42.2 43 26 25 10 37 11 5.27 49
2012-04-18 TEX L 7.0 7 3 3 1 7 1 110 57
2012-04-13 TBR W 8.0 5 1 1 1 1 0 94 68
2012-04-07 @DET L 4.2 7 7 7 1 3 5 83 24
2011-09-26 @BAL L 6.0 7 6 6 4 5 2 108 35
2011-09-21 BAL L 7.1 7 6 6 1 8 2 109 47
2011-09-16 TBR W 6.0 7 3 2 1 7 1 109 54
2011-09-05 @TOR ND 3.2 3 0 0 1 6 0 54 60
Last 5 v.MIN 3-1 33.0 33 11 11 7 26 5 3.00 57
2011-05-09 MIN ND 7.0 6 0 0 1 5 0 103 69
2009-05-28 @MIN W 7.0 3 1 1 4 8 1 111 71
2008-07-09 MIN W 5.0 8 5 5 2 2 2 104 31
2007-09-27 MIN L 6.0 10 5 5 0 6 2 99 38
2006-09-21 MIN W 8.0 6 0 0 0 5 0 103 75
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-5    Road:    2-5    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   3-8    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  4-5    vsCntrl: 1-3    vsWest:  0-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Mon, Apr 23  @MIN  W   6-5        5-10  5th  4.5 gb
 14 Sat, Apr 21   NYY  L   9-15       4-10  5th  4.5 gb
 13 Fri, Apr 20   NYY  L   2-6        4-9   5th  3.5 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 18   TEX  L   3-6        4-8   5th  3.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 17   TEX  L   3-18       4-7   5th  3.0 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 16   TBR  L   0-1        4-6   5th  2.0 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 15   TBR  W   6-4        4-5   4th  1.0 gb
  8 Sat, Apr 14   TBR  W  13-5        3-5   5th  2.0 gb
  7 Fri, Apr 13   TBR  W  12-2        2-5   5th  2.0 gb
  6 Wed, Apr 11  @TOR  L   1-3        1-5   5th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 5-10   Last 30: 5-10
Twins, 5-12, 5-12 4th, 5½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (30, RHP, 0-1, 5.56)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-1) 11.1 12 7 7 3 6 1 5.56
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 0-4 33.2 47 24 22 22 14 3 5.88 38
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
2011-08-16 @DET L 4.2 11 5 5 2 1 0 96 21
2011-08-10 BOS ND 6.2 6 1 0 2 4 0 108 62
2011-08-05 CHW L 5.1 7 4 4 6 1 2 90 33
2011-07-30 @OAK L 4.1 10 7 6 5 2 0 93 14
Last 5 v.BOS 2-0 32.2 36 10 8 8 23 0 2.20 55
2011-08-10 BOS ND 6.2 6 1 0 2 4 0 108 62
2011-05-09 @BOS ND 6.1 7 1 1 3 5 0 109 57
2009-05-26 BOS W 7.0 8 2 1 2 7 0 111 60
2008-07-08 @BOS ND 6.2 6 2 2 0 2 0 85 56
2008-05-11 BOS W 6.0 9 4 4 1 5 0 93 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-5    Road:    3-7    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-8    vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  3-8    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 17 Mon, Apr 23   BOS  L   5-6        5-12  4th  5.5 gb
 16 Sun, Apr 22  @TBR  L   2-6        5-11  4th  5.0 gb
 15 Sat, Apr 21  @TBR  L   1-4        5-10  4th  5.0 gb
 14 Fri, Apr 20  @TBR  W   5-4        5-9   4th  4.5 gb
 13 Thu, Apr 19  @NYY  L   6-7        4-9   4th  5.0 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 18  @NYY  W   6-5        4-8   4th  5.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 17  @NYY  L   3-8        3-8   4th  5.0 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 16  @NYY  W   7-3        3-7   4th  4.0 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 15   TEX  L   3-4        2-7   5th  4.0 gb
  8 Sat, Apr 14   TEX  L   2-6        2-6   5th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-12   Last 30: 5-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Apr 23, 2012 BOS  6 @MIN  5        W:Daniel Bard (1-2), L: Matt Capps (0-1), S: Alfredo Aceves (3)

Wed, Aug 10, 2011 MIN  5  BOS  2        W:Glen Perkins (4-2), L: Jon Lester (11-6), S: Joe Nathan (9)
Tue, Aug 09, 2011 BOS  4 @MIN  3        W:Matt Albers (4-3), L: Matt Capps (3-6), S: Jonathan Papelbon (26)
Mon, Aug 08, 2011 BOS  8 @MIN  6        W:Alfredo Aceves (8-1), L: Glen Perkins (3-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (25)
Mon, May 09, 2011 BOS  2  MIN  1 (11)   W:Hideki Okajima (1-0), L: Jim Hoey (0-1), S: none
Sun, May 08, 2011 BOS  9  MIN  5        W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (3-3), L: Carl Pavano (2-4), S: none
Sat, May 07, 2011 BOS  4  MIN  0        W:Clay Buchholz (3-3), L: Brian Duensing (2-2), S: none
Fri, May 06, 2011 MIN  9 @BOS  2        W:Scott Baker (2-2), L: Tim Wakefield (0-1), S: none
Thu, May 20, 2010 BOS  6  MIN  2        W:Jon Lester (4-2), L: Francisco Liriano (4-3), S: none
Wed, May 19, 2010 BOS  3  MIN  2        W:Clay Buchholz (5-3), L: Scott Baker (4-4), S: Daniel Bard (1)
Season Series: 2012 - BOS over 1-0; 2011 - BOS won 5-2; 2010 - BOS won 3-2; All-Time - BOS leads 951-919

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.

RedSox Batters (5.07 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.35 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		 44.Maloney*
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
62.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 / 0/0 0/1
3.Aviles G/S/vP 11/1.445 4/.000 1/.000 4/.500 17/.580 1/.000 ··· 11/.864 309/216 .255/.289/.409/.698 .924/.601 .691 59/.782 14/4 7/12
23.Byrd G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 4/1.000 ··· 8/.625 482/370 .276/.324/.395/.719 .649/.740 .761 51/.242 3/2 9/3
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 2/.000 5/1.600 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.453 715/472 .338/.410/.548/.957 .787/1.046 .986 67/.715 1/0 27/4
54.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 175/58 .236/.303/.401/.704 .804/.506 .811 33/.428 2/3 6/3
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 13/1.038 1/3.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 8/1.250 605/404 .309/.398/.554/.953 .989/.934 .874 65/1.155 1/1 29/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 15/.785 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 6/.334 731/515 .307/.387/.474/.861 1.010/.800 .804 66/.840 26/8 21/7
5.Punto# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 166/109 .278/.388/.421/.809 .798/.814 .997 17/.627 1/1 1/3
7.Ross G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 2/1.000 8/1.125 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 461/351 .240/.325/.405/.730 .698/.740 .726 60/.973 5/2 14/1
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 386/263 .235/.288/.450/.737 .635/.786 .753 40/.749 1/0 16/6
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 17/1.596 ··· ··· 3/.333 10/.200 2/.000 ··· 5/1.000 253/128 .176/.268/.339/.607 .788/.431 .658 21/1.149 0/0 11/3
12.Sweeney* G/S/vP 15/.641 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 299/249 .265/.346/.341/.687 .404/.743 .630 49/1.051 1/1 1/0
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 16/.842 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 2/4.000 ··· 7/1.429 517/355 .258/.373/.459/.833 .987/.764 .667 52/.533 3/0 17/9
IP 148.1 50.2 4.2 65.2 161.2 48.1 18.2 61.2 TOTAL .281/.336/.463/.800 .713/.830 .688 .800 5/4 17/6
ERA-K/9 4.49/4.6 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 5.36/5.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Saltalamacchia (83-37-26)
 Shoppach (26-18-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 670/.305 225/.263 23/.316 274/.262 711/.299 215/.275 96/.409 253/.244 .283  Byrd
 Ross
 Sweeney
 McDonald
 Aviles
 Gonzalez
0/118/0/8
83/22/35/8
41/34/23/3
23/13/37/2
1/0/4/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .830 .749 .988 .726 .833 .758 1.182 .644 .815
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 352/.794 91/.692 8/1.625 129/.765 187/.522 97/.695 28/1.162 101/.589 .831
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 318/.869 134/.789 15/.670 145/.689 524/.947 118/.811 68/1.190 152/.681 .806
Home 338/.767 131/.706 19/1.111 151/.717 365/.902 103/.725 46/.981 150/.644
Last 28d days 50/.735 37/.636 26/.567 28/.750 29/.498 34/.716 33/.642 29/1.033
HR/SB/CS 19/11/9 4/7/1 1/2/0 10/2/0 21/6/6 4/3/3 7/0/0 2/3/2 26/13/3
Usage ········ ··X·X·o· o··o·X·· X··o·X·o o·oo·X·o ··X·X·X· ···o··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 (3.71 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (6.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Beckett
G/S/vB		 91.Aceves
G/S/vB		 32.Albers
G/S/vB		 48.Atchison
G/S/vB		 46.Morales*
G/S/vB		 44.Padilla
G/S/vB		 63.Tazawa
G/S/vB		 50.Thomas*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
37.Burroughs* G/S/vP 10/.200 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/.222 ··· ··· 115/101 .273/.289/.336/.626 .643/.623 .715 11/.282 1/0 1/1
8.Carroll G/S/vP 20/.733 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 16/.802 ··· ··· 510/370 .290/.359/.347/.706 .751/.689 .623 74/.630 10/0 0/9
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 9/.333 ··· ··· 365/247 .260/.322/.368/.691 .579/.750 .780 45/.517 15/4 2/11
18.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· 236/174 .303/.353/.477/.830 .912/.802 .927 51/.581 0/1 8/6
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 9/1.069 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 16/.450 ··· ··· 333/207 .287/.360/.368/.729 .562/.829 .708 74/.812 0/0 3/5
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 15/.833 4/.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 21/.841 ··· ··· 288/193 .227/.285/.333/.618 .401/.728 .657 63/.842 0/0 4/1
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 88/66 .355/.443/.592/1.035 .935/1.069 1.257 46/.713 0/0 4/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 320/236 .238/.305/.392/.697 .782/.665 .697 19/.451 3/3 8/12
2.Span* G/S/vP 9/.250 7/.572 3/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 6/.533 ··· ··· 311/225 .264/.328/.359/.687 .657/.698 .728 73/.782 6/1 2/1
36.Thomas* G/S/vP 7/.143 ··· 3/5.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 3/1.167 ··· / /// / 22/.608 / /
22.Valencia G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.750 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 608/449 .246/.294/.383/.677 .822/.626 .707 61/.568 2/6 15/18
16.Willingham G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/.333 5/.600 2/2.500 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 563/377 .246/.332/.477/.810 .783/.823 .874 73/1.048 4/1 29/2
IP 193.0 114.0 64.2 30.1 46.1 8.2 3.0 TOTAL .256/.319/.383/.702 .680/.711 .797 .702 10/2 13/13
ERA-K/9 2.89/8.2 2.61/6.3 4.73/9.5 3.26/5.0 3.69/8.2 4.15/9.3 6.00/12.0 /0.0 6.56/7.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 767/.211 474/.204 289/.251 122/.279 193/.237 36/.226 13/.250 / .294  Willingham
 Plouffe
 Span
 Mauer
96/0/0/3
3/0/11/1
0/67/0/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .608 .621 .733 .710 .757 .656 .974 .868
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 451/.562 210/.576 119/.829 49/.769 100/.789 14/1.192 4/1.500 / .924
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 316/.671 264/.656 170/.667 73/.669 93/.725 22/.283 9/.722 / .832
Road 407/.602 200/.629 123/.683 32/.692 82/.463 20/.721 6/.833 /
Last 28d days 81/.784 24/1.132 20/.900 39/.590 30/.760 35/.977 9/.222 23/1.028
HR/SB/CS 21/31/4 8/9/0 7/6/4 0/1/3 6/6/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 // 27/6/1
Usage ·····X·· o·X····· ··o··XoX ···o··X· o·o··X·· ··X···X· ··Xo···· ··oo··XX

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.