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Game Preview: TOR @ MIN, 7:10pm, Saturday, May 12, 2012 @Target Field

Blue Jays, 18-15, 18-15 4th, 3 GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Drew Hutchison (21, RHP, 1-1, 6.65)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-1) 21.2 29 17 16 6 17 3 6.65
Last 7 GS 1-1 21.2 29 17 16 6 17 3 6.65 41
2012-05-06 @LAA L 5.1 8 4 4 0 6 1 87 42
2012-05-01 TEX ND 6.0 7 6 5 2 5 0 100 39
2012-04-26 @BAL ND 5.0 6 2 2 1 2 0 88 48
2012-04-21 @KCR W 5.1 8 5 5 3 4 2 99 33
Has never faced MIN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-7    Road:   10-8    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  12-11   vsLHP:   6-4    1-Run:   2-4 
 vsEast:  4-8    vsCntrl: 7-2    vsWest:  7-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 33 Fri, May 11  @MIN  L   6-7       18-15  4th  3.0 gb
 32 Thu, May 10  @MIN  W   6-2       18-14  3rd  2.0 gb
 31 Wed, May  9  @OAK  W   5-2       17-14  3rd  3.0 gb
 30 Tue, May  8  @OAK  L   3-7       16-14  4th  3.0 gb
 29 Sun, May  6  @LAA  L   3-4       16-13  3rd  3.5 gb
 28 Sat, May  5  @LAA  L   2-6       16-12  3rd  3.0 gb
 27 Fri, May  4  @LAA  W   4-0       16-11  3rd  3.0 gb
 26 Thu, May  3  @LAA  W   5-0       15-11  3rd  3.0 gb
 25 Wed, May  2   TEX  W  11-5       14-11  3rd  3.0 gb
 24 Tue, May  1   TEX  W   8-7       13-11  4th  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Twins, 9-23, 9-23 5th, 9 GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: P.J. Walters (27, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-0) 5.0 3 4 4 3 4 1 7.20
2010 (2-0) 30.0 32 20 20 10 22 5 6.00
2009 (0-0) 16.0 21 19 17 9 14 6 9.56
Last 7 GS 2-0 20.0 21 10 10 6 18 3 4.50 50
2010-09-29 PIT W 7.0 3 0 0 1 4 0 80 74
2010-06-01 CIN ND 4.0 8 7 7 1 3 3 75 20
2010-05-27 @SDP W 5.0 4 0 0 2 4 0 93 61
2009-04-17 @CHC ND 4.0 6 3 3 2 7 0 98 43
Has never faced TOR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-11   Road:    4-12   ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   6-17   vsLHP:   3-6    1-Run:   6-6 
 vsEast:  4-11   vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  4-11 IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 11, 2012 MIN  7  TOR  6        W:Nick Blackburn (1-4), L: Kyle Drabek (2-4), S: Matt Capps (6)
Thu, May 10, 2012 TOR  6 @MIN  2        W:Henderson Alvarez (3-2), L: Jason Marquis (2-2), S: none

Sun, May 15, 2011 TOR 11 @MIN  3        W:Brandon Morrow (2-2), L: Brian Duensing (2-3), S: none
Sat, May 14, 2011 TOR  9 @MIN  3 (11)   W:Jon Rauch (2-2), L: Glen Perkins (0-1), S: none
Fri, May 13, 2011 TOR  2 @MIN  0        W:Ricky Romero (3-4), L: Alex Burnett (0-2), S: Frank Francisco (3)
Sun, Apr 03, 2011 MIN  4 @TOR  3        W:Nick Blackburn (1-0), L: Brett Cecil (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (1)
Sat, Apr 02, 2011 TOR  6  MIN  1        W:Kyle Drabek (1-0), L: Francisco Liriano (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 01, 2011 TOR 13  MIN  3        W:Ricky Romero (1-0), L: Carl Pavano (0-1), S: none
Sun, Oct 03, 2010 TOR  2 @MIN  1        W:Marc Rzepczynski (4-4), L: Nick Blackburn (10-12), S: Shawn Camp (2)
Sat, Oct 02, 2010 MIN  5  TOR  4        W:Matt Capps (5-3), L: Kevin Gregg (2-6), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - tied 1-1; 2011 - TOR won 5-1; 2010 - TOR won 6-3; All-Time - TOR leads 193-152

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  5.82

MIL  4.09

PIT  2.78

 RA/G

WSN  3.00

TBR  4.12

BOS  5.75

 BA

J. Hamilton  .407

T. Hunter  .263

B. Ryan  .149

 OBP

D. Wright  .480

E. Encarnacion  .331

C. Barmes  .192

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .873

D. Fowler  .415

B. Morel  .194

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.336

S. Smith  .752

B. Morel  .400

 ERA

R. Dempster  1.02

C. Wilson  3.46

C. Buchholz  8.31

 K/9IP

G. Gonzalez  10.79

J. Arrieta  7.25

H. Alvarez  2.61

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

Blue Jays Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Walters
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Arencibia G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 99/75 .228/.265/.380/.646 .988/.540 .775 68/.792 1/0 3/2
19.Bautista G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 8/.625 3/.000 8/1.500 2/1.000 9/1.333 1/.000 146/108 .186/.322/.390/.712 .571/.764 .808 109/.742 2/0 7/1
11.Davis G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 11/.955 ··· 3/3.000 2/1.000 36/8 .188/.278/.313/.590 .619/.500 .556 24/.530 3/2 0/0
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 10/.500 7/.953 2/.000 3/2.334 1/.000 142/99 .270/.331/.595/.926 .947/.918 .598 107/.965 5/1 11/1
5.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 4/1.167 6/.000 4/1.167 6/1.100 2/2.000 4/.000 1/2.000 150/110 .255/.309/.328/.637 .775/.588 .508 108/.693 0/1 1/5
8.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/1.667 19/4 .294/.368/.353/.721 .785/.500 .286 15/.928 0/1 0/0
2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/1.125 3/2.334 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 143/106 .256/.371/.438/.809 .834/.799 .905 104/.749 3/0 7/6
13.Lawrie G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 138/99 .297/.341/.414/.755 .885/.701 .731 103/.808 3/3 3/5
26.Lind* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 10/.600 1/.000 120/91 .187/.275/.327/.602 .422/.662 .547 90/.592 0/0 3/3
6.Mathis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 9/.889 4/.000 25/16 .250/.400/.650/1.050 1.694/.625 .495 22/1.056 0/0 2/0
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 5/.650 1/2.000 126/93 .221/.288/.372/.660 .683/.650 .578 95/.663 1/0 3/1
14.Thames* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 110/90 .270/.318/.420/.738 .844/.715 .692 83/.786 0/1 3/0
17.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 6/.000 6/.334 1/.000 4/1.250 3/.000 17/10 .125/.176/.125/.301 .143/.400 .205 15/.343 0/0 0/0
IP 18.2 13.0 12.0 14.2 13.2 13.1 26.1 TOTAL .240/.315/.406/.721 .773/.701 .660 .752 18/9 43/30
ERA-K/9 /0.0 2.89/4.3 2.08/9.0 3.75/4.5 2.45/4.9 1.98/5.3 5.40/11.5 5.13/5.5 5.48/5.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Arencibia (9-6-3)
 Mathis (6-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 80/.274 45/.073 47/.217 57/.192 60/.196 59/.294 110/.277 .288  Bautista
 Rasmus
 Vizquel
 Davis
 Thames
 Francisco
0/0/33/2
0/33/0/2
1/0/0/0
17/3/2/0
30/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
OPS .699 .375 .604 .475 .650 .841 .757 .819
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 29/.510 19/.849 21/.286 21/.396 17/.996 17/.983 50/.715 .810
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 51/.798 26/.077 26/.868 36/.520 43/.519 42/.784 60/.794 .824
Home / 39/.621 26/.197 30/.714 27/.514 27/.453 41/1.039 57/.601
Last 28d days / 63/.713 34/.118 34/.570 45/.459 46/.663 41/.904 58/.814
HR/SB/CS // 2/3/0 2/1/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 2/1/0 2/1/1 5/0/1 45/21/5
Usage o·X···X· o··o·o·· o··o···o ··X··X·o ·o··o·o· XX··X··o ·X··X·X·
Twins Batters (3.47 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Hutchison
G/S/vB		 34.Carreno
G/S/vB		 48.Cordero
G/S/vB		 54.Frasor
G/S/vB		 44.Janssen
G/S/vB		 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB		 47.Perez*
G/S/vB		 33.Villanueva
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 9/7 .333/.333/.333/.667 .000/.857 .857 9/.667 0/0 0/0
8.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.200 5/.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 6/.000 131/95 .212/.310/.257/.567 .619/.546 .675 97/.584 3/2 0/1
12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 3/.000 ··· 2/no AB 83/58 .250/.277/.300/.577 .982/.403 .635 65/.615 5/0 0/1
18.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 9/1.238 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 13/.490 105/75 .245/.295/.426/.721 .563/.784 .780 81/.802 0/0 4/1
20.Dozier G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 22/20 .190/.227/.190/.418 .000/.461 .418 22/.418 0/0 0/1
25.Komatsu* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/42 .211/.295/.211/.506 1.000/.480 .619 35/.451 0/0 0/1
19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 7/7 .286/.286/.286/.571 /.571 .571 7/.571 0/0 0/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 5/.650 ··· 9/.111 1/.000 7/.429 134/96 .274/.388/.363/.751 1.026/.647 .899 100/.776 2/0 1/3
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 84/64 .195/.262/.286/.548 .821/.468 .588 61/.482 0/0 0/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.400 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 61/36 .137/.279/.216/.494 .670/.379 .580 54/.501 0/0 1/2
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 136/97 .304/.360/.376/.736 .653/.767 .974 101/.670 3/3 0/1
16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.933 3/2.667 1/.000 5/.800 4/.250 12/.917 118/90 .313/.424/.646/1.070 1.052/1.072 1.556 85/.904 1/0 7/2
IP 21.2 10.1 11.1 13.0 11.1 10.1 17.0 13.0 TOTAL .238/.310/.354/.664 .695/.652 .782 .649 15/6 19/18
ERA-K/9 6.65/7.1 5.23/5.2 9.53/6.4 3.46/11.8 4.76/9.6 1.74/8.7 2.65/9.0 5.54/8.3 3.84/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (1-1-1)
 Doumit (8-2-1)
 Mauer (12-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 100/.315 45/.256 58/.400 55/.200 45/.227 36/.200 70/.226 58/.191 .236  Willingham
 Span
 Komatsu
 Plouffe
 Mastroianni
 Doumit
 Parmelee
27/0/0/2
0/31/0/1
2/4/8/1
0/0/11/1
1/0/1/1
0/0/6/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .860 .791 1.164 .638 .699 .508 .605 .621 .722
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 41/.974 31/.939 34/.988 25/.678 29/.669 22/.591 34/.580 34/.593 .741
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 59/.785 14/.500 24/1.428 30/.600 16/.750 14/.368 36/.627 24/.652 .703
Road 72/.951 42/.853 28/1.220 25/.438 25/.520 23/.478 42/.480 38/.509
Last 28d days 100/.860 19/.610 40/1.301 40/.624 18/.500 24/.458 49/.711 43/.715
HR/SB/CS 3/2/0 2/0/1 4/1/0 0/3/1 3/0/0 1/1/1 1/0/0 1/0/1 43/15/7
Usage ·····X·· X·····X· ···X···· ·o·o·oX· ··o··o·· o··o·o·· ·oX···o· X·X··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.