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Game Preview: MIL @ MIN, 2:10pm, Saturday, June 16, 2012 @Target Field

Brewers, 29-35, 29-35 4th, 7½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Michael Fiers (27, RHP, 1-2, 4.50)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (1-2)			18.0	23	9	9	2	17	2	4.50
2011 (0-0)			2.0	2	0	0	3	2	0	0.00

Last 7 GS		1-2	18.0	23	9	9	2	17	2	4.50	50
2012-06-09	SDP	L	6.0	10	4	4	1	6	0	91	41
2012-06-03	PIT	L	5.0	8	4	4	1	8	2	101	42
2012-05-29	@LAD	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	3	0	89	66

Has never faced MIN as starter.

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

 Home:   16-17   Road:   13-18   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  20-26   vsLHP:   9-9    1-Run:  10-12
 vsEast:  1-4    vsCntrl:13-14   vsWest: 13-12 IL: 2-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 64 Fri, Jun 15  @MIN  W   5-3       29-35  4th  7.5 gb
 63 Thu, Jun 14  @KCR  L   3-4       28-35  4th  7.5 gb
 62 Wed, Jun 13  @KCR  L   3-4 (11)  28-34  4th  6.5 gb
 61 Tue, Jun 12  @KCR  L   1-2       28-33  4th  5.5 gb
 60 Sun, Jun 10   SDP  W   6-5       28-32  4th  4.5 gb
 59 Sat, Jun  9   SDP  L   2-5       27-32  4th  5.5 gb
 58 Fri, Jun  8   SDP  W   9-5       27-31  4th  5.5 gb
 57 Thu, Jun  7   CHC  W   4-3 (10)  26-31  4th  5.5 gb
 56 Wed, Jun  6   CHC  W   8-0       25-31  4th  6.5 gb
 55 Tue, Jun  5   CHC  L   0-10      24-31  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16

Twins, 25-38, 25-38 5th, 8½ GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Liam Hendriks (23, RHP, 0-2, 9.00)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (0-2)			18.0	30	18	18	4	9	5	9.00
2011 (0-2)			23.1	29	16	16	6	16	3	6.17

Last 7 GS		0-3	34.1	55	31	31	7	21	7	8.13	35
2012-05-02	@LAA	L	2.1	9	6	6	0	1	1	60	16
2012-04-25	BOS	L	4.0	9	7	7	2	3	1	87	17
2012-04-20	@TBR	ND	5.2	5	4	4	2	1	2	101	42
2012-04-15	TEX	ND	6.0	7	1	1	0	4	1	84	58
2011-09-25	@CLE	ND	6.0	7	4	4	3	5	1	101	44
2011-09-20	SEA	ND	5.1	10	4	4	0	5	1	94	37
2011-09-14	@KCR	L	5.0	8	5	5	0	2	0	83	33

Has never faced MIL as starter.

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

 Home:   12-21   Road:   13-17   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  18-28   vsLHP:   7-10   1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast:  5-12   vsCntrl: 8-10   vsWest:  7-11 IL: 5-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 63 Fri, Jun 15   MIL  L   3-5       25-38  5th  8.5 gb
 62 Thu, Jun 14   PHI  L   1-6       25-37  5th  8.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 15, 2012 MIL  5 @MIN  3        W:Kameron Loe (3-2), L: Matt Capps (1-4), S: John Axford (11)
Sun, May 20, 2012 MIL 16  MIN  4        W:Zack Greinke (5-1), L: Jason Marquis (2-4), S: none
Sat, May 19, 2012 MIN  5 @MIL  4 (11)   W:Jeff Gray (3-0), L: Manny Parra (0-1), S: Matt Capps (9)
Fri, May 18, 2012 MIN 11 @MIL  3        W:Scott Diamond (3-0), L: Marco Estrada (0-3), S: none

Sun, Jul 03, 2011 MIN  9  MIL  7        W:Phil Dumatrait (1-1), L: Kameron Loe (2-7), S: Glen Perkins (1)
Sat, Jul 02, 2011 MIL  8 @MIN  7        W:Takashi Saito (1-1), L: Matt Capps (2-4), S: John Axford (21)
Fri, Jul 01, 2011 MIN  6  MIL  2        W:Francisco Liriano (5-7), L: Yovani Gallardo (9-5), S: none
Sun, Jun 26, 2011 MIL  6  MIN  2        W:Chris Narveson (5-5), L: Carl Pavano (5-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 25, 2011 MIL 11  MIN  1        W:Yovani Gallardo (9-4), L: Francisco Liriano (4-7), S: none
Fri, Jun 24, 2011 MIL  4  MIN  3        W:Randy Wolf (6-4), L: Scott Baker (5-5), S: John Axford (20)
Season Series: 2012 - tied 2-2; 2011 - MIL won 4-2; 2010 - MIL won 4-2; All-Time - MIN leads 225-214

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 5.25 MIL 4.31 PIT 3.24	RA/G WSN 3.31 TOR 4.31 COL 5.78	BA M. Cabrera .365 S. Smith .266 B. Ryan .156	OBP J. Votto .484 J. Loney .333 A. Ramirez .242	SLG J. Hamilton .674 A. Pujols .433 B. Ryan .240	OPS J. Votto 1.138 J. Peralta .762 B. Ryan .509	ERA B. Beachy 1.98 J. Vargas 3.95 L. Hochevar 6.27	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.69 A. Harang 7.41 H. Alvarez 2.72

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.25

MIL 4.31

PIT 3.24

RA/G

WSN 3.31

TOR 4.31

COL 5.78

M. Cabrera .365

S. Smith .266

B. Ryan .156

OBP

J. Votto .484

J. Loney .333

A. Ramirez .242

SLG

J. Hamilton .674

A. Pujols .433

B. Ryan .240

OPS

J. Votto 1.138

J. Peralta .762

B. Ryan .509

ERA

B. Beachy 1.98

J. Vargas 3.95

L. Hochevar 6.27

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.69

A. Harang 7.41

H. Alvarez 2.72

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Brewers Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 62.Hendriks
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Aoki* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 166/109 .290/.356/.455/.811 .798/.818 .719 97/.831 5/2 3/1

8.Braun G/S/vP ··· 5/1.400 10/.311 5/.400 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.666 5/1.400 258/200 .314/.391/.602/.993 .921/1.014 .937 93/.960 11/4 17/3

14.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/24 .077/.140/.231/.370 .452/.307 .059 21/.738 0/0 2/0

27.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 116/61 .257/.310/.400/.710 .738/.683 .748 62/.627 7/3 2/2

5.Green* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 72/67 .226/.306/.419/.725 .933/.707 .633 48/.808 0/0 2/2

1.Hart G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 7/.000 12/1.136 2/.500 2/2.000 1/.000 5/.000 3/.666 267/205 .252/.309/.496/.805 .868/.787 .620 106/.741 1/0 13/2

9.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 83/69 .233/.439/.417/.856 .681/.873 .721 33/.634 0/0 3/0

12.Maldonado G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/36 .262/.354/.548/.902 .639/.970 .794 49/.902 0/0 4/0

29.Maysonet G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 56/38 .200/.259/.300/.559 .347/.660 .568 40/.520 1/0 1/3

2.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 4/.833 3/1.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/2.667 4/.500 160/153 .222/.287/.278/.564 .286/.574 .404 56/.715 7/2 2/0

16.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 12/1.060 12/.933 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 241/187 .252/.328/.439/.767 .764/.768 .711 77/.983 2/0 6/5

21.Ransom G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 121/85 .221/.331/.394/.725 .989/.617 .688 63/.529 0/0 4/3

23.Weeks G/S/vP ··· 2/5.000 9/1.389 14/.748 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 2/2.500 262/195 .162/.302/.282/.584 .683/.549 .572 92/.600 5/0 5/6

IP 18.0 31.2 25.2 25.1 32.0 26.1 6.1 26.2 47.0 TOTAL .239/.315/.409/.724 .757/.714 .656 .750 46/14 75/40

ERA-K/9

9.00/4.5

2.27/3.7

3.51/9.8

3.55/5.3

3.38/5.9

5.13/5.5

5.68/4.3

3.38/11.8

5.17/5.0

5.16/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kottaras (15-4-0)
Maldonado (4-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 83/.390 128/.235 102/.211 101/.235 125/.224 119/.260 28/.308 112/.245 195/.289 .284 Braun
Gomez
Morgan
Aoki
Hart 58/0/0/4
0/39/0/1
7/33/13/0
9/14/18/0
0/0/49/0

OPS 1.102 .621 .602 .635 .556 .748 .833 .706 .769 .798

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 29/.956 52/.451 43/.882 52/.313 53/.412 46/.751 15/.220 40/.775 99/.822 .806

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 54/1.178 76/.723 59/.411 49/.972 72/.662 73/.747 13/1.462 72/.667 96/.716 .792

Home 45/1.028 59/.517 60/.576 67/.797 62/.522 59/.562 24/.893 73/.874 110/.757

Last 28d days / 37/.516 43/.677 39/.767 49/.725 41/.957 28/.833 41/.617 73/.898

HR/SB/CS 5/1/1 3/3/0 4/2/0 4/3/0 1/0/0 4/3/0 1/0/0 3/1/2 6/0/1 83/46/11

Usage ········ ·o·o···X X··X·o·· X··o···o X··X·o·· ·Xo···X· ··X···o· ··Xo···X ··X··X·X

Twins Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Brewers Pitchers (4.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 64.Fiers
G/S/vB 59.Axford
G/S/vB 48.Dillard
G/S/vB 50.Loe
G/S/vB 26.Parra*
G/S/vB 46.Perez*
G/S/vB 57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB 40.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· 48/39 .256/.333/.326/.659 .111/.785 .415 22/.384 0/0 0/0

8.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/.625 3/1.167 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 242/178 .252/.336/.305/.641 .876/.556 .720 77/.742 6/3 0/3

12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 5/1.100 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 159/122 .247/.289/.322/.611 .751/.568 .753 53/.734 8/1 0/5

18.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 6/1.133 1/.000 5/1.350 9/.222 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 195/134 .256/.318/.419/.737 .637/.783 .795 69/.661 0/0 6/1

20.Dozier G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 146/117 .243/.260/.343/.603 .793/.554 .576 86/.506 1/2 2/8

19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 43/30 .211/.302/.263/.565 .490/.596 .618 24/.725 2/0 0/1

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.400 2/.000 12/.350 11/.955 1/3.000 6/.533 1/2.000 253/180 .307/.411/.423/.834 .971/.781 .845 86/.972 3/1 3/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 10/1.600 13/1.138 ··· 9/.444 3/.000 195/130 .241/.313/.489/.801 .333/1.051 .646 93/.801 0/0 10/1

27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 103/80 .172/.252/.247/.500 .865/.402 .489 11/.384 0/0 0/1

24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 161/108 .240/.311/.575/.886 1.123/.778 .969 73/1.187 0/1 14/5

11.Revere* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 129/95 .325/.352/.400/.752 .908/.694 .806 97/.710 10/2 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 10/.944 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 260/183 .283/.353/.386/.739 .659/.772 .929 98/.752 7/3 2/1

16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 3/.000 12/.639 ··· 5/.900 2/1.000 255/189 .284/.396/.558/.954 1.100/.901 1.122 101/.882 2/0 13/2

IP 18.0 25.1 27.0 28.2 30.2 7.0 29.1 28.0 TOTAL .255/.325/.396/.721 .770/.702 .789 .777 40/14 52/37

ERA-K/9

4.50/8.5

5.33/12.8

4.33/6.3

2.83/6.3

4.11/9.7

5.14/12.9

4.30/8.3

4.18/10.3

4.23/8.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (11-3-1)
Doumit (12-4-2)
Mauer (23-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 76/.311 121/.233 117/.276 121/.239 134/.258 34/.200 127/.287 130/.259 .265 Willingham
Span
Plouffe
Revere
Mastroianni
Parmelee
Doumit 56/0/0/5
0/57/0/2
2/0/15/2
2/4/22/1
4/1/9/1
1/0/2/0
0/0/6/0

OPS .788 .697 .802 .651 .678 .892 .775 .720 .740

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 38/.989 67/.730 42/1.034 56/.737 63/.511 17/.520 66/.706 71/.691 .735

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 38/.588 54/.655 75/.676 65/.576 71/.832 17/1.240 61/.846 59/.752 .745

Road 26/.462 55/.657 55/.708 49/.455 44/.442 3/.000 63/.737 55/.756

Last 28d days 76/.788 55/.709 40/.900 52/.627 47/.689 32/.855 51/.807 38/.388

HR/SB/CS 2/1/1 1/2/1 2/0/1 3/4/0 1/5/2 2/1/0 3/7/0 1/3/0 56/53/17

Usage ······X· oXX··X·· ·······X X·o····o o·o···X· ········ ·ooo·Xo· ··o··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.