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Game Preview: OAK @ MIN, 8:10pm, Friday, July 13, 2012 @Target Field

Athletics, 43-43, 43-43

SP: A.J. Griffin (24, RHP, 0-0, 2.00)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (0-0)			18.0	9	4	4	5	11	2	2.00

Last 7 GS		0-0	18.0	9	4	4	5	11	2	2.00	63
2012-07-04	BOS	ND	6.0	4	2	2	2	3	1	108	57
2012-06-29	@TEX	ND	6.0	2	0	0	2	4	0	109	70
2012-06-24	SFG	ND	6.0	3	2	2	1	4	1	104	61

Has never faced MIN as starter.

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

 Home:   24-20   Road:   19-23   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  32-26   vsLHP:  11-17   1-Run:  11-12
 vsEast:  9-8    vsCntrl: 8-11   vsWest: 16-16 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 86 Sun, Jul  8   SEA  W   2-1 (13)  43-43  3rd  9.0 gb
 85 Sat, Jul  7   SEA  L   1-7       42-43  3rd  9.0 gb
 84 Fri, Jul  6   SEA  W   4-1 (11)  42-42  3rd  8.0 gb
 83 Wed, Jul  4   BOS  W   3-2       41-42  3rd  9.5 gb
 82 Tue, Jul  3   BOS  W   3-2       40-42  3rd 10.5 gb
 81 Mon, Jul  2   BOS  W   6-1       39-42  3rd 11.5 gb
 80 Sun, Jul  1  @TEX  W   3-1       38-42  3rd 12.0 gb
 79 Sat, Jun 30  @TEX  L   2-7       37-42  3rd 13.0 gb
 78 Fri, Jun 29  @TEX  L   3-4       37-41  3rd 12.0 gb
 77 Thu, Jun 28  @TEX  L   6-7       37-40  3rd 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Twins, 36-49, 36-49

SP: Francisco Liriano (28, LHP, 3-7, 5.08)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (3-7)			83.1	74	50	47	50	82	7	5.08
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		2-2	43.1	27	16	15	22	43	1	3.12	59
2012-07-06	@TEX	W	6.2	5	1	1	6	6	0	109	60
2012-07-01	KCR	ND	5.1	5	5	4	4	6	0	107	42
2012-06-25	CHW	W	7.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	104	68
2012-06-20	@PIT	ND	6.2	4	1	1	2	6	0	97	66
2012-06-15	MIL	ND	6.0	1	3	3	4	6	1	104	60
2012-06-10	CHC	L	5.2	4	4	4	3	6	0	89	48
2012-06-05	@KCR	L	6.0	4	1	1	1	8	0	96	67

Last 5 v.OAK		2-1	31.0	26	11	11	9	32	2	3.19	58
2012-05-30	OAK	W	6.0	3	0	0	2	9	0	88	73
2011-07-29	@OAK	W	7.0	6	2	2	2	4	1	102	59
2010-09-19	OAK	L	5.0	7	5	5	1	2	1	81	34
2010-06-05	@OAK	ND	7.0	5	1	1	2	10	0	101	71
2009-06-10	@OAK	ND	6.0	5	3	3	2	7	0	98	55

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

 Home:   17-25   Road:   19-24   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  24-37   vsLHP:  12-12   1-Run:  16-15
 vsEast:  5-12   vsCntrl:14-15   vsWest:  8-13 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Sun, Jul  8  @TEX  L   3-4 (13)  36-49  5th 11.0 gb
 84 Sat, Jul  7  @TEX  L   3-4 (10)  36-48  5th 11.0 gb
 83 Fri, Jul  6  @TEX  W   5-1       36-47  5th 10.0 gb
 82 Thu, Jul  5  @DET  L   3-7       35-47  5th 10.0 gb
 81 Wed, Jul  4  @DET  L   1-5       35-46  5th  9.0 gb
 80 Tue, Jul  3  @DET  W   8-6       35-45  5th  8.0 gb
 79 Mon, Jul  2  @DET  W   6-4       34-45  5th  8.0 gb
 78 Sun, Jul  1   KCR  W  10-8       33-45  5th  8.5 gb
 77 Sat, Jun 30   KCR  W   5-1       32-45  5th  9.5 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 30   KCR  W   7-2       31-45  5th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 30, 2012 MIN  4  OAK  0        W:Francisco Liriano (1-5), L: Tyson Ross (2-6), S: none
Tue, May 29, 2012 MIN  3  OAK  2        W:Glen Perkins (1-1), L: Brian Fuentes (2-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2012 - MIN over 3-0; 2011 - Tied 4-4; 2010 - MIN won 6-3; All-Time - MIN leads 993-977

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 5.15 TBR 4.22 SDP 3.51	RA/G WSN 3.49 NYM 4.35 COL 5.64	BA A. McCutchen .362 M. Moustakas .268 R. Weeks .199	OBP J. Votto .471 C. Lee .334 J. Hardy .262	SLG J. Hamilton .635 H. Ramirez .424 J. Carroll .278	OPS J. Votto 1.087 T. Hunter .761 D. Gordon .562	ERA J. Weaver 1.96 I. Nova 3.92 T. Lincecum 6.42	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.64 J. Lester 7.53 D. Lowe 3.01

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.15

TBR 4.22

SDP 3.51

RA/G

WSN 3.49

NYM 4.35

COL 5.64

A. McCutchen .362

M. Moustakas .268

R. Weeks .199

OBP

J. Votto .471

C. Lee .334

J. Hardy .262

SLG

J. Hamilton .635

H. Ramirez .424

J. Carroll .278

OPS

J. Votto 1.087

T. Hunter .761

D. Gordon .562

ERA

J. Weaver 1.96

I. Nova 3.92

T. Lincecum 6.42

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.64

J. Lester 7.53

D. Lowe 3.01

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Athletics Batters (3.71 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.19 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 38.De Vries
G/S/vB 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 50.Fien
G/S/vB 60.Gray
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 64.Robertson*
G/S/vB 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Carter G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/5 .353/.389/.941/1.330 .891/2.400 1.929 18/1.330 0/0 3/2

52.Cespedes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 218/152 .263/.326/.465/.790 .747/.809 .650 72/.730 6/2 9/1

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 5/.800 1/.000 2/1.000 2/3.000 4/.500 ··· 4/.500 8/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 247/176 .236/.299/.318/.617 .522/.656 .554 88/.824 16/2 3/3

31.Gomes G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.667 ··· ··· 176/85 .231/.352/.435/.788 .788/.788 .843 40/.769 2/1 8/1

18.Hicks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/6 .160/.222/.280/.502 .440/.733 .220 27/.502 0/0 0/1

7.Inge G/S/vP 33/.371 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 24/.958 ··· 3/2.000 14/1.247 ··· 1/2.000 215/136 .202/.270/.358/.627 .688/.592 .580 78/.404 0/0 7/6

37.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/74 .253/.316/.644/.959 .640/1.053 1.161 63/.775 0/0 10/5

36.Norris G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/32 .244/.311/.390/.701 .462/.808 1.038 45/.701 2/0 2/1

2.Pennington# G/S/vP 13/.462 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 1/5.000 4/1.167 ··· 1/.000 302/220 .206/.269/.294/.563 .388/.632 .601 57/.454 11/4 3/7

16.Reddick* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 1/no AB ··· ··· 357/243 .268/.348/.532/.880 .932/.855 .878 82/.895 8/0 20/2

15.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 264/221 .249/.364/.425/.789 .793/.788 .783 58/.706 2/2 8/0

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 22/.427 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 10/.425 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 246/180 .211/.248/.259/.507 .575/.481 .569 37/.246 1/0 0/2

19.Weeks# G/S/vP 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 356/236 .222/.312/.309/.620 .689/.584 .618 89/.591 12/5 2/8

IP 83.1 43.1 35.1 30.0 46.0 1.0 36.2 37.2 5.0 62.2 TOTAL .225/.301/.365/.667 .658/.670 .672 .668 67/20 83/56

ERA-K/9

5.08/8.9

2.49/3.9

2.55/8.7

3.00/6.3

4.11/5.1

0.00/0.0

3.93/4.4

3.11/10.5

7.20/12.6

4.31/5.2

4.86/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Norris (7-5-1)
Suzuki (35-21-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 369/.242 176/.217 140/.189 123/.225 188/.253 4/.250 164/.255 165/.277 22/.350 261/.277 .281 Reddick
Cespedes
Smith
Crisp
Moss
Gomes 0/7/74/8
11/33/0/2
38/0/9/2
16/40/0/2
0/0/1/0
26/0/1/0

OPS .718 .591 .559 .716 .677 .500 .715 .725 .864 .755 .791

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 74/.441 69/.448 54/.856 54/.546 72/.523 1/.000 61/.772 55/.731 14/.786 117/.727 .781

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 295/.791 107/.672 86/.384 69/.844 116/.771 3/.667 103/.680 110/.722 8/1.000 144/.779 .798

Home 193/.642 74/.452 77/.587 45/.643 85/.635 / 84/.597 97/.857 17/.728 134/.747

Last 28d days 110/.545 48/.509 38/.431 56/.576 63/.918 4/.500 45/.628 53/.765 22/.864 66/.710

HR/SB/CS 7/12/2 3/5/0 4/3/0 6/1/1 3/0/0 0/0/0 4/4/1 3/1/2 1/0/1 8/0/1 110/56/14

Usage ······X· ····XX·o ·····oX· ····X··· ········ ····X··· ·····X·· ····X·o· ·····o·o ····X··o

Twins Batters (4.16 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 64.Griffin
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 54.Blackley*
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 48.Cook
G/S/vB 62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB 53.Miller
G/S/vB 77.Norberto*
G/S/vB 58.Scribner
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/50 .242/.299/.371/.669 .180/.838 .508 19/.684 0/0 1/0

8.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 312/232 .234/.318/.278/.597 .752/.543 .679 70/.448 6/3 0/6

12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 188/144 .236/.273/.305/.577 .811/.506 .763 29/.393 10/1 0/5

18.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 265/187 .286/.343/.453/.796 .691/.841 .806 70/.963 0/0 7/1

20.Dozier G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 224/174 .242/.267/.332/.599 .862/.521 .651 78/.590 6/2 3/13

19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 77/49 .269/.355/.358/.713 .810/.659 .776 34/.907 9/2 1/2

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 7/.453 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 332/229 .326/.416/.449/.865 .909/.845 .873 79/.959 4/1 5/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 2/.000 3/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 279/185 .246/.312/.440/.752 .362/.960 .641 84/.643 1/0 11/2

24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 255/176 .253/.325/.546/.871 1.147/.756 .998 94/.845 0/2 19/9

11.Revere* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 227/160 .316/.350/.364/.713 .823/.667 .790 98/.662 18/5 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 350/244 .270/.334/.375/.709 .668/.726 .915 90/.622 9/3 3/1

16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 348/254 .261/.376/.536/.913 1.165/.820 .998 93/.796 2/1 19/2

IP 18.0 43.0 56.1 35.0 38.1 14.2 25.1 32.2 5.2 TOTAL .258/.325/.395/.720 .782/.696 .796 .718 66/21 73/52

ERA-K/9

2.00/5.5

3.14/6.7

3.20/5.4

2.57/7.7

1.41/9.2

2.45/14.7

1.78/7.8

3.03/7.2

0.00/9.5

3.40/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (13-4-2)
Doumit (16-5-2)
Mauer (27-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 68/.143 170/.180 221/.234 139/.218 149/.105 58/.226 108/.217 132/.188 20/.158 .239 Willingham
Revere
Span
Plouffe
Mastroianni
Doumit 75/0/0/6
2/8/40/2
0/76/0/2
2/0/15/2
9/1/13/1
0/0/6/0

OPS .460 .558 .607 .688 .413 .551 .649 .559 .411 .676

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 40/.416 91/.553 60/.470 66/.762 75/.394 21/.900 48/.445 53/.503 8/.125 .715

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 28/.522 79/.563 161/.659 73/.617 74/.431 37/.366 60/.812 79/.593 12/.583 .643

Road 22/.282 89/.683 110/.656 63/.589 88/.484 22/.683 50/.657 59/.453 6/.833

Last 28d days 68/.460 41/.411 85/.465 29/.738 41/.501 39/.595 29/.604 30/.580 6/1.167

HR/SB/CS 2/0/0 3/2/2 1/1/4 4/1/3 0/2/2 0/2/0 2/6/0 1/2/2 0/0/0 67/53/33

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