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Game Preview: PHI @ MIN, 8:10pm, Thursday, June 14, 2012 @Target Field

Phillies, 30-34, 30-34 5th, 9½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Joe Blanton (31, RHP, 5-6, 5.40)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (5-6) 75.0 89 49 45 12 61 13 5.40
2011 (1-2) 41.1 52 23 23 9 35 5 5.01
2010 (9-6) 175.2 206 104 94 43 134 27 4.82
Last 7 GS 2-3 40.0 55 35 34 9 40 12 7.65 39
2012-06-08 @BAL W 6.2 7 5 5 1 7 1 115 46
2012-06-03 MIA L 6.0 9 5 5 1 6 2 88 39
2012-05-29 @NYM L 5.0 9 6 6 2 4 2 89 27
2012-05-24 @STL ND 4.1 10 7 7 1 5 2 84 19
2012-05-19 BOS L 4.1 9 7 6 0 4 4 102 23
2012-05-14 HOU W 7.0 6 1 1 1 7 1 106 67
2012-05-08 NYM ND 6.2 5 4 4 3 7 0 108 52
Last 5 v.MIN 2-3 35.2 38 18 16 7 17 4 4.04 50
2010-06-18 MIN W 6.0 7 3 3 3 1 1 104 44
2008-04-22 MIN L 7.2 9 5 4 0 7 1 109 50
2007-07-14 @MIN L 7.2 10 4 4 1 2 0 106 44
2007-06-02 MIN W 9.0 3 0 0 0 6 0 108 87
2006-09-11 @MIN L 5.1 9 6 5 3 1 2 108 26
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-19   Road:   18-15   ExtrInn: 2-6 
 vsRHP:  24-23   vsLHP:   6-11   1-Run:   6-11
 vsEast: 10-14   vsCntrl:10-5    vsWest:  7-10 IL: 3-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 64 Wed, Jun 13  @MIN  W   9-8       30-34  5th  9.5 gb
 63 Tue, Jun 12  @MIN  L   7-11      29-34  5th  9.5 gb
 62 Sun, Jun 10  @BAL  L   4-5 (10)  29-33  5th  8.0 gb
 61 Sat, Jun  9  @BAL  L   4-6 (12)  29-32  5th  7.0 gb
 60 Fri, Jun  8  @BAL  W   9-6       29-31  5th  6.0 gb
 59 Thu, Jun  7   LAD  L   3-8       28-31  5th  6.0 gb
 58 Wed, Jun  6   LAD  L   5-6       28-30  5th  6.0 gb
 57 Tue, Jun  5   LAD  L   1-2       28-29  5th  5.0 gb
 56 Mon, Jun  4   LAD  L   3-4       28-28  5th  4.0 gb
 55 Sun, Jun  3   MIA  L   1-5       28-27  5th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Twins, 25-36, 25-36 5th, 8½ GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Scott Diamond (25, LHP, 5-1, 1.61)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PHI Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (5-1) 44.2 49 14 8 4 28 4 1.61
2011 (1-5) 39.0 51 25 22 17 19 3 5.08
Last 7 GS 5-1 44.2 49 14 8 4 28 4 1.61 57
2012-06-09 CHC W 6.0 7 0 0 0 5 0 89 63
2012-06-03 @CLE W 7.0 7 3 0 0 2 0 93 59
2012-05-28 OAK ND 6.1 9 3 3 1 4 2 99 46
2012-05-23 @CHW L 6.0 9 5 2 1 4 1 94 43
2012-05-18 @MIL W 5.1 8 3 3 1 3 1 86 42
2012-05-13 TOR W 7.0 5 0 0 0 4 0 101 71
2012-05-08 LAA W 7.0 4 0 0 1 6 0 102 74
Has never faced PHI as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-19   Road:   13-17   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  18-26   vsLHP:   7-10   1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast:  5-12   vsCntrl: 8-10   vsWest:  7-11 IL: 5-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 61 Wed, Jun 13   PHI  L   8-9       25-36  5th  8.5 gb
 60 Tue, Jun 12   PHI  W  11-7       25-35  5th  8.5 gb
 59 Sun, Jun 10   CHC  L   2-8       24-35  5th  8.5 gb
 58 Sat, Jun  9   CHC  W  11-3       24-34  5th  8.5 gb
 57 Fri, Jun  8   CHC  W   8-7 (10)  23-34  5th  8.5 gb
 56 Wed, Jun  6  @KCR  W   4-2       22-34  5th  9.0 gb
 55 Tue, Jun  5  @KCR  L   0-1       21-34  5th 10.0 gb
 54 Mon, Jun  4  @KCR  W  10-7       21-33  5th 10.0 gb
 53 Sun, Jun  3  @CLE  W   6-3       20-33  5th 10.5 gb
 52 Sat, Jun  2  @CLE  W   7-4       19-33  5th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 13, 2012 PHI  9 @MIN  8        W:Cole Hamels (9-3), L: P.J. Walters (2-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (17)
Tue, Jun 12, 2012 MIN 11  PHI  7        W:Nick Blackburn (3-4), L: Kyle Kendrick (2-6), S: none

Sun, Jun 20, 2010 MIN  4 @PHI  1        W:Carl Pavano (8-6), L: Roy Halladay (8-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 19, 2010 MIN 13 @PHI 10 (11)   W:Jon Rauch (2-1), L: Danys Baez (2-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 18, 2010 PHI  9  MIN  5        W:Joe Blanton (2-5), L: Nick Blackburn (6-4), S: none
Sun, Jun 13, 2004 PHI  2 @MIN  1        W:Rheal Cormier (3-3), L: Aaron Fultz (2-2), S: Billy Wagner (9)
Sat, Jun 12, 2004 MIN  6  PHI  1        W:Carlos Silva (7-3), L: Kevin Millwood (4-5), S: none
Fri, Jun 11, 2004 PHI 11 @MIN  6        W:Tim Worrell (2-2), L: Terry Mulholland (0-2), S: none
Sun, Jun 23, 2002 MIN  5 @PHI  1        W:Tony Fiore (6-2), L: Randy Wolf (3-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 22, 2002 MIN  4 @PHI  1 (11)   W:LaTroy Hawkins (2-0), L: Dan Plesac (2-3), S: Eddie Guardado (21)
Season Series: 2012 - tied 1-1; 2011 -  0-0; 2010 - MIN won 2-1; All-Time - MIN leads 6-5

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  5.27

LAD  4.31

PIT  3.25

 RA/G

WSN  3.25

KCR  4.30

COL  5.77

 BA

M. Cabrera  .367

D. DeJesus  .268

B. Ryan  .157

 OBP

J. Votto  .483

A. Ramirez  .335

A. Ramirez  .238

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .683

D. Jeter  .431

B. Ryan  .241

 OPS

J. Votto  1.131

M. Wieters  .760

B. Ryan  .508

 ERA

B. Beachy  1.98

J. Vargas  3.90

L. Hochevar  6.57

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.69

J. Weaver  7.43

H. Alvarez  2.72

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

Phillies Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Diamond*
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
18.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.453 6/.334 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 49/40 .341/.408/.432/.840 .222/.964 .810 45/.792 0/1 1/3
29.Luna G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/31 .308/.372/.513/.885 .606/.994 .982 37/.833 0/0 2/0
7.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/3.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 14/11 .308/.357/.308/.665 1.333/.473 .665 14/.665 0/0 0/1
15.Mayberry G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/4.000 2/.000 2/.000 158/97 .227/.259/.347/.606 .679/.557 .576 60/.660 1/0 3/1
3.Pence G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 6/.533 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 4/1.250 2/1.000 279/225 .283/.348/.482/.830 .632/.877 .866 113/.890 4/1 13/3
10.Pierre* G/S/vP 6/.750 2/.000 5/.000 10/.666 14/.693 2/2.000 2/1.000 11/.969 12/1.000 203/172 .326/.365/.374/.739 .295/.823 .902 86/.700 11/2 0/1
27.Polanco G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 10/.583 1/.000 4/.000 19/.276 4/1.000 206/148 .282/.310/.364/.674 .704/.663 .611 69/.677 0/0 2/1
11.Rollins# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 7/.143 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 277/212 .250/.298/.355/.654 .559/.684 .532 106/.767 10/1 4/4
51.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 4/1.167 1/no AB ··· 2/2.500 1/no AB 2/3.000 203/152 .361/.419/.578/.996 1.154/.948 1.128 77/.949 2/0 8/1
23.Schneider* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 68/55 .246/.269/.385/.653 .633/.655 .642 34/.556 0/0 2/0
25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 15/.831 2/2.500 47/40 .293/.383/.488/.871 .286/.984 1.010 26/1.283 0/0 2/1
8.Victorino# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 5/2.350 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 280/219 .251/.320/.414/.734 1.117/.637 .700 106/.803 13/2 8/0
24.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 6/.167 2/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· 201/142 .254/.323/.395/.719 .805/.685 .738 89/.742 1/0 6/9
IP 44.2 31.1 24.2 24.1 31.0 25.1 6.1 26.2 47.0 TOTAL .270/.320/.404/.724 .707/.729 .732 .759 43/8 57/39
ERA-K/9 1.61/5.6 2.30/3.5 3.65/9.8 2.96/5.2 3.48/5.8 4.97/5.7 5.68/4.3 3.38/11.8 5.17/5.0 5.15/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ruiz (27-17-3)
 Schneider (13-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 183/.277 127/.237 98/.209 96/.226 121/.223 114/.250 28/.308 112/.245 195/.289 .286  Pence
 Victorino
 Mayberry
 Luna
 Pierre
0/0/63/7
0/64/0/4
41/1/1/1
1/0/0/0
46/0/0/0
OPS .702 .626 .607 .583 .558 .733 .833 .706 .769 .800
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 46/.848 52/.451 42/.905 51/.319 53/.412 44/.739 15/.220 40/.775 99/.822 .807
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 137/.651 75/.733 56/.397 45/.879 68/.672 70/.730 13/1.462 72/.667 96/.716 .794
Home 103/.632 58/.526 56/.581 62/.729 58/.524 54/.515 24/.893 73/.874 110/.757
Last 28d days 132/.814 39/.542 44/.782 37/.585 48/.697 41/.918 28/.833 44/.573 78/.838
HR/SB/CS 4/6/2 3/3/0 4/2/0 3/3/0 1/0/0 4/2/0 1/0/0 3/1/2 6/0/1 79/44/10
Usage ····X··· ·o···X·· ·X·o···X ·o···o·X ·X·o···· o···X··· X···o··X Xo···X·o X··X·X··
Twins Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Phillies Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Blanton
G/S/vB		 37.Bastardo*
G/S/vB		 63.Diekman*
G/S/vB		 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB		 50.Qualls
G/S/vB		 53.Rosenberg
G/S/vB		 55.Savery*
G/S/vB		 44.Schwimer
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 45/36 .250/.333/.325/.658 .111/.795 .382 24/.492 0/0 0/0
8.Carroll G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 6/.666 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 239/175 .256/.340/.309/.650 .876/.567 .740 84/.753 6/3 0/3
12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 152/115 .230/.276/.302/.578 .751/.521 .682 56/.580 8/1 0/5
18.Doumit# G/S/vP 12/.705 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 191/130 .262/.325/.429/.753 .637/.809 .830 66/.715 0/0 6/1
20.Dozier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 142/113 .228/.246/.331/.577 .793/.519 .529 93/.451 1/2 2/8
19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/30 .211/.302/.263/.565 .490/.596 .618 24/.725 2/0 0/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 20/.683 1/2.000 1/no AB 8/.821 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 244/172 .303/.406/.423/.829 .955/.778 .835 83/.999 3/1 3/3
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 26/.748 1/.000 ··· 9/.722 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 191/126 .241/.314/.494/.808 .333/1.070 .653 99/.807 0/0 10/1
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 98/75 .182/.265/.261/.527 .865/.430 .538 6/.750 0/0 0/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 153/100 .232/.307/.522/.829 1.123/.686 .880 71/1.077 0/1 11/5
11.Revere* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 120/87 .342/.371/.423/.794 .936/.738 .897 95/.830 9/2 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.333 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 251/174 .293/.364/.400/.764 .659/.809 .991 100/.840 7/3 2/1
16.Willingham G/S/vP 13/.398 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 5/2.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 247/181 .290/.405/.575/.980 1.100/.933 1.187 103/.934 2/0 13/2
IP 75.0 21.1 10.0 25.2 25.2 1.2 19.2 11.1 TOTAL .256/.327/.396/.723 .769/.705 .798 .791 39/14 49/37
ERA-K/9 5.40/7.3 2.53/13.1 4.50/14.4 2.10/10.2 4.56/6.3 21.60/15.9 4.12/5.5 5.56/5.6 4.04/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (10-2-1)
 Doumit (12-4-2)
 Mauer (22-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 328/.290 89/.184 50/.268 98/.202 114/.292 9/.375 82/.274 49/.225 .258  Willingham
 Span
 Plouffe
 Mastroianni
 Revere
 Doumit
 Parmelee
54/0/0/5
0/55/0/2
2/0/15/2
4/1/9/1
2/4/20/1
0/0/6/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .827 .574 .741 .575 .865 1.319 .792 .677 .735
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 182/.848 39/.557 24/.638 49/.720 52/1.137 3/.333 36/.684 19/.729 .757
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 146/.799 50/.586 26/.832 49/.434 62/.646 6/1.667 46/.872 30/.637 .716
Road 165/.920 45/.492 22/1.012 41/.271 56/.820 9/1.319 47/.953 32/.646
Last 28d days 130/1.112 42/.742 40/.753 40/.600 51/.815 9/1.319 50/.821 19/.505
HR/SB/CS 13/2/2 2/2/1 0/0/0 3/1/0 6/5/0 1/0/0 3/0/2 1/0/1 73/40/22
Usage ·····X·· X···oX·X ·X··X··X o····X·· oX··X·X· ·X··X··· ·X·o··X· ···X·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.