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Game Preview: OAK @ MIN, 8:10pm, Tuesday, May 29, 2012 @Target Field

Athletics, 22-27, 22-27 3rd, 9 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Jarrod Parker (23, RHP, 1-2, 3.38)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-2) 34.2 30 13 13 17 25 1 3.38
2011 (0-0) 5.2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
Last 7 GS 1-2 40.1 34 13 13 18 26 1 2.90 55
2012-05-23 LAA ND 7.0 5 1 1 1 8 0 95 70
2012-05-18 @SFG L 2.0 4 6 6 4 0 0 58 20
2012-05-13 DET L 5.2 6 2 2 4 5 0 112 50
2012-05-08 TOR ND 7.0 4 2 2 5 3 1 105 59
2012-05-01 @BOS W 6.2 4 1 1 2 4 0 98 64
2012-04-25 CHW ND 6.1 7 1 1 1 5 0 99 59
2011-09-27 LAD ND 5.2 4 0 0 1 1 0 73 61
Has never faced MIN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-15   Road:   12-12   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  14-19   vsLHP:   8-8    1-Run:   6-3 
 vsEast:  6-8    vsCntrl: 7-7    vsWest:  8-10 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Mon, May 28  @MIN  L   4-5       22-27  3rd  9.0 gb
 48 Sun, May 27   NYY  L   0-2       22-26  3rd  8.0 gb
 47 Sat, May 26   NYY  L   2-9       22-25  3rd  7.0 gb
 46 Fri, May 25   NYY  L   3-6       22-24  2nd  6.0 gb
 45 Wed, May 23   LAA  L   1-3 (11)  22-23  2nd  5.0 gb
 44 Tue, May 22   LAA  L   0-5       22-22  2nd  5.0 gb
 43 Mon, May 21   LAA  W   2-1       22-21  2nd  4.0 gb
 42 Sun, May 20  @SFG  W   6-2       21-21  2nd  5.0 gb
 41 Sat, May 19  @SFG  L   0-4       20-21  2nd  5.0 gb
 40 Fri, May 18  @SFG  L   6-8       20-20  2nd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17
Twins, 16-32, 16-32 5th, 11 GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Cole De Vries (27, RHP, 0-1, 5.40)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-1) 5.0 6 6 3 1 4 3 5.40
Last 7 GS 0-1 5.0 6 6 3 1 4 3 5.40 40
2012-05-24 @CHW L 5.0 6 6 3 1 4 3 96 40
Has never faced OAK as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-17   Road:    9-15   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  11-24   vsLHP:   5-8    1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast:  5-12   vsCntrl: 4-8    vsWest:  5-11 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 48 Mon, May 28   OAK  W   5-4       16-32  5th 11.0 gb
 47 Sun, May 27   DET  L   3-4       15-32  5th 11.0 gb
 46 Sat, May 26   DET  L   3-6       15-31  5th 11.0 gb
 45 Fri, May 25   DET  L   6-10      15-30  5th 11.0 gb
 44 Thu, May 24  @CHW  L   8-11      15-29  5th 11.0 gb
 43 Wed, May 23  @CHW  L   0-6       15-28  5th 10.0 gb
 42 Tue, May 22  @CHW  W   9-2       15-27  5th  9.0 gb
 41 Sun, May 20  @MIL  L   4-16      14-27  5th  9.0 gb
 40 Sat, May 19  @MIL  W   5-4 (11)  14-26  5th  9.0 gb
 39 Fri, May 18  @MIL  W  11-3       13-26  5th  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 28, 2012 MIN  5  OAK  4        W:Alex Burnett (2-0), L: Ryan Cook (1-1), S: Matt Capps (10)

Sun, Jul 31, 2011 OAK  7  MIN  3        W:Brandon McCarthy (4-5), L: Carl Pavano (6-8), S: none
Sat, Jul 30, 2011 OAK  8  MIN  3        W:Guillermo Moscoso (4-5), L: Nick Blackburn (7-8), S: none
Fri, Jul 29, 2011 MIN  9 @OAK  5        W:Francisco Liriano (7-8), L: Gio Gonzalez (9-8), S: none
Thu, May 19, 2011 MIN 11 @OAK  1        W:Nick Blackburn (3-4), L: Tyson Ross (3-3), S: none
Wed, May 18, 2011 MIN  4 @OAK  3 (10)   W:Joe Nathan (1-1), L: Brian Fuentes (1-4), S: Matt Capps (7)
Sun, Apr 10, 2011 OAK  5 @MIN  3        W:Brandon McCarthy (1-0), L: Scott Baker (0-2), S: Brian Fuentes (3)
Sat, Apr 09, 2011 OAK  1 @MIN  0        W:Gio Gonzalez (2-0), L: Nick Blackburn (1-1), S: Brian Fuentes (2)
Fri, Apr 08, 2011 MIN  2  OAK  1        W:Carl Pavano (1-1), L: Brett Anderson (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (3)
Sun, Sep 19, 2010 OAK  6 @MIN  2        W:Bobby Cramer (2-0), L: Francisco Liriano (14-8), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - MIN over 1-0; 2011 - Tied 4-4; 2010 - MIN won 6-3; All-Time - MIN leads 991-977

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  5.71

PHI  4.16

PIT  3.00

 RA/G

WSN  3.31

BAL  4.29

COL  5.60

 BA

P. Konerko  .395

H. Kendrick  .263

R. Weeks  .156

 OBP

D. Wright  .474

M. Napoli  .331

I. Davis  .222

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .753

A. Rodriguez  .424

K. Suzuki  .265

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.175

A. Rios  .754

A. Ramirez  .508

 ERA

B. Beachy  1.77

J. Garcia  3.78

C. Buchholz  7.19

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  12.00

R. Delgado  7.42

H. Alvarez  2.60

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

Athletics Batters (3.31 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.De Vries
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		 49.Manship
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.167 ··· 2/1.500 4/.250 3/.333 123/90 .204/.333/.291/.625 .579/.642 .763 67/.632 1/0 1/0
12.Cowgill G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/32 .234/.294/.234/.528 .849/.349 .560 44/.529 2/2 0/0
4.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 4/.500 ··· 8/1.000 1/no AB 103/74 .156/.206/.167/.373 .368/.374 .420 34/.121 6/0 0/2
20.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/56 .146/.145/.244/.388 .370/.397 .458 51/.516 1/0 1/5
31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 ··· 118/64 .227/.364/.412/.777 .843/.721 .923 69/.748 2/0 5/0
7.Inge G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 4/1.000 24/.958 3/2.000 1/.000 13/1.362 1/2.000 74/42 .182/.257/.455/.711 .702/.718 .605 45/.939 0/0 5/2
25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.333 ··· 114/80 .243/.289/.402/.691 .761/.662 .664 62/.650 1/0 3/1
2.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 1/5.000 3/2.500 4/1.167 1/.000 184/128 .206/.262/.282/.545 .514/.557 .657 90/.554 7/2 1/5
16.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 205/140 .276/.338/.568/.906 .886/.915 .911 103/1.039 5/0 14/2
17.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/3 .200/.467/.200/.667 .533/ 1.025 15/.667 0/0 0/0
15.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 154/132 .227/.351/.352/.702 .377/.760 .587 77/.754 1/1 4/0
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 10/.425 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 157/113 .211/.248/.265/.514 .637/.466 .576 72/.483 1/0 0/2
19.Weeks# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 200/135 .213/.296/.315/.611 .698/.568 .584 91/.650 10/4 2/4
IP 5.0 25.1 18.2 19.0 24.2 20.2 20.0 36.0 TOTAL .211/.286/.336/.622 .645/.612 .641 .634 42/11 42/30
ERA-K/9 5.40/7.2 2.84/3.9 4.34/8.2 3.79/4.7 2.92/5.8 4.35/6.1 /0.0 3.60/11.2 5.75/5.5 5.43/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Suzuki (22-9-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 23/.273 107/.268 73/.203 77/.230 94/.198 93/.235 / 81/.239 150/.285 .289  Reddick
 Smith
 Cowgill
 Crisp
 Gomes
0/6/42/5
21/0/5/2
4/10/3/1
16/8/0/1
17/0/0/0
OPS 1.032 .701 .638 .625 .533 .704 .684 .767 .822
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 10/.644 42/.481 32/.911 40/.358 40/.447 32/.674 / 27/.805 74/.823 .840
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 13/1.308 65/.828 41/.439 37/.908 54/.596 61/.719 / 54/.623 76/.715 .809
Home / 44/.595 40/.491 54/.765 45/.419 38/.437 / 53/.823 82/.724
Last 28d days 23/1.032 53/.748 37/.784 43/.501 59/.497 45/.810 / 44/.512 62/.757
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 3/3/0 4/1/0 3/3/0 1/0/0 3/1/0 // 2/1/1 5/0/1 69/36/8
Usage ····X··· o····o·· ·oo·X··· XX·o···· ··X·X··· X··oo··· ·ooo···· ···X····
Twins Batters (3.94 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.98 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Parker
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 54.Blackley*
G/S/vB		 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB		 38.Carignan
G/S/vB		 48.Cook
G/S/vB		 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB		 53.Miller
G/S/vB		 77.Norberto*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/28 .300/.400/.400/.800 .143/.964 .423 35/.800 0/0 0/0
8.Carroll G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/no AB 12/1.000 1/.000 ··· 191/143 .236/.324/.273/.597 .675/.571 .683 91/.649 4/3 0/2
12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 133/99 .244/.293/.317/.610 .759/.558 .675 67/.572 7/1 0/4
18.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.667 ··· ··· 142/100 .260/.331/.439/.770 .704/.799 .821 71/.948 0/0 5/1
20.Dozier G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 89/73 .238/.258/.357/.616 .750/.584 .669 89/.616 0/0 2/4
19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 29/22 .120/.241/.120/.361 .286/.377 .360 29/.361 1/0 0/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 6/.533 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 204/145 .306/.412/.422/.834 1.025/.759 .866 108/.839 3/1 2/3
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 135/92 .240/.304/.529/.833 .283/1.111 .532 52/.927 0/0 9/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 107/69 .160/.262/.351/.613 .949/.441 .599 67/.664 0/0 5/4
11.Revere* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/49 .291/.339/.400/.739 .533/.785 .830 41/.782 3/0 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 199/141 .306/.362/.404/.766 .653/.812 .959 97/.712 6/3 1/1
16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/.583 ··· 1/3.000 188/142 .271/.399/.535/.934 .901/.944 1.210 100/.795 2/0 8/2
IP 34.2 24.1 16.0 22.0 6.1 24.0 19.0 12.2 24.1 TOTAL .245/.320/.376/.695 .707/.691 .758 .686 27/9 34/28
ERA-K/9 3.38/6.5 3.70/6.7 3.38/5.1 2.05/8.2 7.11/5.7 0.75/7.9 2.84/7.1 1.42/7.1 4.07/6.7 3.63/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (8-1-1)
 Doumit (8-3-1)
 Mauer (20-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 148/.234 97/.207 66/.230 84/.197 31/.273 91/.080 78/.222 51/.213 99/.190 .251  Willingham
 Plouffe
 Revere
 Mastroianni
 Span
 Doumit
42/0/0/2
1/0/15/2
2/2/10/1
3/1/6/1
0/44/0/1
0/0/6/0
OPS .655 .658 .610 .698 .830 .342 .607 .594 .571 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 79/.650 59/.565 18/.625 39/.714 13/.639 42/.367 30/.781 23/.503 37/.520 .780
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 69/.660 38/.789 48/.606 45/.679 18/.962 49/.322 48/.501 28/.668 62/.596 .648
Road 41/.669 47/.828 38/.697 33/.611 10/.400 57/.464 41/.513 19/.563 44/.432
Last 28d days 96/.677 43/.595 66/.610 49/.495 10/.786 53/.413 40/.542 34/.483 52/.472
HR/SB/CS 1/6/0 3/1/2 1/0/0 3/1/2 0/0/0 0/2/1 1/1/0 1/1/0 1/1/1 43/29/14
Usage ·····X·· Xo···X·· X·····X· ···X··o· ········ Xo···X·o ·o···o·o ···X··X· 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.