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Game Preview: LAA @ MIN, 8:10pm, Monday, May 7, 2012 @Target Field

Angels, 12-17, 12-17 4th, 6½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Jered Weaver (29, RHP, 4-0, 1.61)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (4-0)			44.2	28	8	8	7	45	2	1.61
2011 (18-8)			235.2	182	65	63	56	198	20	2.41
2010 (13-12)			224.1	187	83	75	54	233	23	3.01

Last 7 GS		4-1	53.0	34	11	10	7	53	4	1.70	70
2012-05-02	MIN	W	9.0	0	0	0	1	9	0	121	95
2012-04-27	@CLE	ND	6.0	7	0	0	4	8	0	115	62
2012-04-21	BAL	W	9.0	5	3	3	0	5	1	114	70
2012-04-16	OAK	W	6.2	5	0	0	1	6	0	105	69
2012-04-11	@MIN	ND	6.0	7	5	5	1	7	1	110	44
2012-04-06	KCR	W	8.0	4	0	0	0	10	0	97	84
2011-09-23	OAK	L	8.1	6	3	2	0	8	2	116	69

Last 5 v.MIN		2-1	35.0	23	15	15	11	34	3	3.86	60
2012-05-02	MIN	W	9.0	0	0	0	1	9	0	121	95
2012-04-11	@MIN	ND	6.0	7	5	5	1	7	1	110	44
2011-09-03	MIN	W	5.0	8	6	6	3	8	1	111	32
2011-05-28	@MIN	ND	9.0	2	0	0	2	7	0	128	88
2010-08-22	@MIN	L	6.0	6	4	4	4	3	1	107	43

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

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

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Sun, May  6   TOR  W   4-3       12-17  4th  6.5 gb
 28 Sat, May  5   TOR  W   6-2       11-17  4th  7.5 gb
 27 Fri, May  4   TOR  L   0-4       10-17  4th  7.5 gb
 26 Thu, May  3   TOR  L   0-5       10-16  4th  7.5 gb
 25 Wed, May  2   MIN  W   9-0       10-15  4th  7.0 gb
 24 Tue, May  1   MIN  W   4-0        9-15  4th  8.0 gb
 23 Mon, Apr 30   MIN  W   4-3        8-15  4th  9.0 gb
 22 Sun, Apr 29  @CLE  L   0-4        7-15  4th  9.0 gb
 21 Sat, Apr 28  @CLE  W   2-1        7-14  4th  9.0 gb
 20 Fri, Apr 27  @CLE  L   2-3        6-14  4th  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-17

Twins, 7-20, 7-20 5th, 8½ GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Francisco Liriano (28, LHP, 0-4, 9.97)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (0-4)			21.2	32	26	24	16	17	5	9.97
2011 (9-10)			134.1	125	81	76	75	112	14	5.09
2010 (14-10)			191.2	184	77	77	58	201	9	3.62

Last 7 GS		1-4	30.2	37	28	25	22	25	5	7.34	40
2012-05-01	@LAA	L	5.1	7	4	4	3	5	2	91	40
2012-04-22	@TBR	L	5.0	3	5	5	4	4	1	86	41
2012-04-17	@NYY	L	2.1	7	5	5	4	2	0	76	21
2012-04-12	LAA	ND	5.0	7	6	5	3	2	1	91	30
2012-04-07	@BAL	L	4.0	8	6	5	2	4	1	74	26
2011-08-25	BAL	ND	2.0	2	1	1	3	2	0	42	47
2011-08-20	NYY	W	7.0	3	1	0	3	6	0	108	72

Last 5 v.LAA		1-3	26.2	33	23	22	14	19	7	7.43	38
2012-05-01	@LAA	L	5.1	7	4	4	3	5	2	91	40
2012-04-12	LAA	ND	5.0	7	6	5	3	2	1	91	30
2011-08-04	@LAA	L	5.0	10	7	7	2	5	1	94	22
2009-07-24	@LAA	L	5.1	8	6	6	2	3	3	87	29
2006-05-31	@LAA	W	6.0	1	0	0	4	4	0	104	70

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

 Home:    3-8    Road:    4-12   ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-14   vsLHP:   3-6    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  3-10   vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  3-9  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 27 Sun, May  6  @SEA  L   2-5        7-20  5th  8.5 gb
 26 Sat, May  5  @SEA  L   0-7        7-19  5th  7.5 gb
 25 Fri, May  4  @SEA  W   3-2        7-18  5th  7.5 gb
 24 Wed, May  2  @LAA  L   0-9        6-18  5th  7.0 gb
 23 Tue, May  1  @LAA  L   0-4        6-17  5th  6.0 gb
 22 Mon, Apr 30  @LAA  L   3-4        6-16  5th  6.0 gb
 21 Sun, Apr 29   KCR  W   7-4        6-15  4th  5.5 gb
 20 Fri, Apr 27   KCR  L   6-7        5-15  5th  6.0 gb
 19 Wed, Apr 25   BOS  L   6-7        5-14  4th  5.5 gb
 18 Tue, Apr 24   BOS  L   2-11       5-13  4th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 7-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 02, 2012 LAA  9  MIN  0        W:Jered Weaver (4-0), L: Liam Hendriks (0-2), S: none
Tue, May 01, 2012 LAA  4  MIN  0        W:Jerome Williams (2-1), L: Francisco Liriano (0-4), S: none
Mon, Apr 30, 2012 LAA  4  MIN  3        W:C.J. Wilson (3-2), L: Nick Blackburn (0-3), S: Scott Downs (2)
Thu, Apr 12, 2012 MIN 10  LAA  9        W:Jeff Gray (2-0), L: Rich Thompson (0-1), S: Matt Capps (2)
Wed, Apr 11, 2012 MIN  6  LAA  5        W:Jeff Gray (1-0), L: Hisanori Takahashi (0-1), S: Matt Capps (1)
Mon, Apr 09, 2012 LAA  5 @MIN  1        W:C.J. Wilson (1-0), L: Nick Blackburn (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 04, 2011 LAA  4  MIN  1        W:Joel Pineiro (6-6), L: Kevin Slowey (0-4), S: Jordan Walden (28)
Sat, Sep 03, 2011 LAA 10  MIN  6        W:Jered Weaver (16-7), L: Phil Dumatrait (1-3), S: none
Fri, Sep 02, 2011 MIN 13 @LAA  5        W:Carl Pavano (7-11), L: Tyler Chatwood (6-10), S: none
Thu, Aug 04, 2011 LAA  7  MIN  1        W:Dan Haren (12-6), L: Francisco Liriano (7-9), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - LAA over 4-2; 2011 - LAA won 6-3; 2010 - MIN won 5-2; All-Time - LAA leads 351-325

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 ATL 5.59 CIN 3.89 PIT 2.79	RA/G WSN 2.93 TOR 4.07 BOS 5.78	BA D. Jeter .397 A. Gordon .264 B. Ryan .153	OBP D. Wright .481 R. Braun .333 M. Byrd .202	SLG M. Kemp .816 M. Young .414 M. Byrd .172	OPS M. Kemp 1.286 L. Duda .748 M. Byrd .374	ERA R. Dempster .95 K. Correia 3.38 C. Buchholz 9.09	K/9IP M. Scherzer 10.35 C. Lewis 7.10 D. Lowe 2.39

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

ATL 5.59

CIN 3.89

PIT 2.79

RA/G

WSN 2.93

TOR 4.07

BOS 5.78

D. Jeter .397

A. Gordon .264

B. Ryan .153

OBP

D. Wright .481

R. Braun .333

M. Byrd .202

SLG

M. Kemp .816

M. Young .414

M. Byrd .172

OPS

M. Kemp 1.286

L. Duda .748

M. Byrd .374

ERA

R. Dempster .95

K. Correia 3.38

C. Buchholz 9.09

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 10.35

C. Lewis 7.10

D. Lowe 2.39

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Angels Batters (3.55 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 61.Burton
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 58.Diamond*
G/S/vB 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 60.Gray
G/S/vB 44.Maloney*
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Aybar# G/S/vP 8/.393 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 10/.425 6/1.500 1/.000 13/.697 11/.364 108/74 .206/.236/.255/.491 .531/.473 .439 91/.475 1/0 0/5

25.Bourjos G/S/vP 5/1.600 3/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/1.250 6/1.417 1/3.000 2/.000 5/.600 57/34 .180/.255/.280/.535 .579/.500 .542 46/.580 1/1 1/0

6.Callaspo# G/S/vP 19/.722 3/.333 2/.000 6/.334 ··· 14/.762 5/.800 3/2.667 11/.637 5/.400 60/42 .232/.271/.232/.503 .908/.340 .264 53/.533 0/0 0/0

48.Hunter G/S/vP 9/1.667 5/.800 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· 8/1.089 6/.733 ··· 8/.750 5/.400 113/83 .294/.363/.451/.814 .913/.779 .803 96/.841 1/0 4/0

17.Iannetta G/S/vP 5/.600 3/1.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 71/51 .210/.310/.419/.729 .318/.886 .910 60/.704 0/1 3/0

13.Izturis# G/S/vP 7/1.071 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 5/.200 ··· ··· 10/.200 57/44 .265/.368/.327/.695 .718/.688 .950 56/.708 6/0 0/1

47.Kendrick G/S/vP 12/1.674 4/1.833 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 12/1.394 8/.250 ··· 12/.417 3/.000 105/74 .275/.295/.480/.776 .955/.701 .622 88/.772 2/1 4/1

8.Morales# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 8/1.125 5/1.400 92/79 .318/.348/.432/.780 .462/.834 .335 76/.773 0/0 2/

5.Pujols G/S/vP 9/.111 2/1.000 8/.393 13/1.129 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 5/.600 ··· 118/87 .196/.237/.295/.532 .400/.578 .396 101/.504 0/0 1/1

27.Trout G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 33/30 .233/.273/.433/.706 1.167/.662 .125 33/.706 1/0 1/0

44.Trumbo G/S/vP 9/1.569 3/.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 5/2.000 6/.733 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 73/45 .313/.370/.552/.922 .914/.925 1.059 66/.930 1/0 4/4

10.Wells G/S/vP 16/.688 3/.000 2/1.000 5/.000 ··· 10/1.125 4/1.417 ··· 10/.522 1/.000 101/72 .227/.257/.412/.670 .493/.742 .660 87/.698 1/0 4/0

46.Wilson G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 26/18 .217/.308/.217/.525 .542/.513 .473 24/.519 0/0 0/1

IP 21.2 15.2 11.0 10.0 11.2 11.1 11.0 10.1 21.2 TOTAL .246/.296/.378/.674 .671/.675 .606 .674 14/3 24/17

ERA-K/9

9.97/7.1

2.87/4.0

2.45/9.0

4.50/4.5

/0.0

3.09/6.2

2.38/4.8

8.18/4.1

5.23/11.4

5.82/4.6

5.69/5.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Iannetta (17-4-2)
Wilson (7-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 110/.360 67/.250 39/.086 40/.231 / 47/.233 51/.190 52/.347 43/.263 92/.282 .289 Hunter
Bourjos
Trumbo
Wells
Trout 0/0/27/3
0/18/0/1
3/0/3/0
23/6/0/0
1/7/0/0

OPS 1.068 .685 .437 .660 .554 .667 1.039 .757 .798 .832

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 13/.862 24/.625 16/1.042 19/.211 / 21/.396 16/1.067 20/1.172 12/1.117 44/.723 .820

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 97/1.093 43/.711 23/.087 21/1.081 / 26/.679 35/.487 32/.958 31/.624 48/.865 .841

Home 25/.945 26/.541 20/.259 23/.848 / 17/.769 18/.399 21/1.190 25/1.011 39/.625

Last 28d days 90/1.044 59/.688 33/.186 37/.715 / 44/.593 45/.653 43/1.063 33/.851 71/.839

HR/SB/CS 5/7/0 2/2/0 2/1/0 2/2/0 // 0/0/0 2/1/0 2/2/0 1/1/1 5/0/0 40/19/4

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

Twins Batters (3.41 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (3.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Weaver
G/S/vB 52.Carpenter
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 49.Frieri
G/S/vB 32.Hawkins
G/S/vB 55.Isringhausen
G/S/vB 21.Takahashi*
G/S/vB 51.Walden
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ 2/.000 0/0 0/0

8.Carroll G/S/vP 16/.313 ··· 3/.333 4/.000 5/1.800 6/.167 7/.286 2/.000 116/80 .208/.304/.238/.542 .619/.507 .644 100/.596 2/2 0/1

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 21/.358 ··· 4/.500 ··· 4/.500 ··· 2/1.500 1/no AB 80/55 .247/.275/.299/.574 .982/.389 .632 72/.611 5/0 0/1

18.Doumit# G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 2/2.500 7/1.071 4/.750 ··· ··· 85/55 .253/.282/.405/.687 .563/.752 .730 74/.747 0/0 3/1

25.Komatsu* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 28/27 .160/.250/.160/.410 2.000/.347 .500 26/.317 0/0 0/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 28/.717 ··· 14/.891 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/no AB 112/77 .278/.375/.371/.746 1.127/.586 .949 96/.805 2/0 1/2

27.Parmelee* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· 75/56 .203/.267/.304/.571 .868/.477 .657 66/.601 0/0 0/0

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 9/.708 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 45/21 .108/.267/.216/.483 .702/.246 .614 41/.535 0/0 1/2

2.Span* G/S/vP 21/.295 ··· 8/.750 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 119/82 .309/.361/.382/.743 .691/.764 1.068 103/.769 3/2 0/1

22.Valencia G/S/vP 12/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 91/64 .216/.231/.330/.560 .645/.525 .787 79/.604 0/1 1/2

16.Willingham G/S/vP 18/1.032 ··· 5/.000 ··· 5/1.550 7/.572 4/1.167 2/2.500 102/74 .291/.402/.570/.972 1.052/.932 1.490 87/.898 1/0 5/2

IP 44.2 8.0 9.2 13.2 8.1 8.2 6.1 5.1 TOTAL .237/.305/.353/.658 .719/.630 .818 .684 14/5 16/14

ERA-K/9

1.61/9.1

3.38/6.8

0.00/3.7

1.98/14.5

1.08/4.3

3.12/7.2

9.95/4.3

6.75/13.6

3.58/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (0-1-0)
Doumit (7-1-0)
Mauer (12-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 164/.178 31/.250 38/.200 57/.184 35/.258 42/.212 31/.345 28/.292 .234 Willingham
Plouffe
Span
Doumit
Komatsu
Parmelee 24/0/0/2
0/0/9/1
0/27/0/1
0/0/6/0
1/3/6/0
1/0/2/0

OPS .468 .576 .465 .625 .614 .760 .939 .893 .658

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 109/.425 18/.583 18/.764 23/.654 21/.411 22/1.124 19/.895 15/1.236 .654

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 55/.552 13/.564 20/.205 34/.604 14/.917 20/.422 12/1.017 13/.490 .662

Road 50/.802 21/.667 14/.381 11/.586 12/.500 22/.991 23/1.101 6/1.167

Last 28d days 136/.499 31/.576 31/.508 46/.511 31/.550 37/.782 24/1.053 25/1.011

HR/SB/CS 2/1/2 0/2/1 0/0/0 2/1/0 0/1/0 1/3/0 1/1/0 1/1/0 27/24/7

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