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Game Preview: NYY @ MIN, 8:10pm, Monday, September 24, 2012 @Target Field

Yankees, 88-64, 88-64 1st, 1 up

SP: Andy Pettitte (40, LHP, 4-3, 2.97)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (4-3)			63.2	53	23	21	17	62	7	2.97
2010 (11-3)			129.0	123	52	47	41	101	13	3.28
2009 (14-8)			194.2	193	101	90	76	148	20	4.16

Last 7 GS		2-2	42.1	35	17	15	12	43	3	3.19	57
2012-09-19	TOR	W	5.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	75	60
2012-06-27	CLE	ND	4.0	3	2	1	1	7	0	63	56
2012-06-22	@NYM	L	6.0	7	5	5	2	6	1	102	42
2012-06-16	@WSN	ND	7.0	5	2	2	3	6	0	95	62
2012-06-10	NYM	ND	6.0	5	3	2	2	8	0	95	58
2012-06-05	TBR	W	7.1	2	0	0	2	10	0	103	82
2012-05-29	@LAA	L	7.0	9	5	5	0	3	2	108	42

Last 5 v.MIN		4-0	34.0	36	11	10	5	14	2	2.65	55
2010-05-26	@MIN	W	8.0	8	2	2	0	4	0	94	62
2010-05-15	MIN	W	6.1	2	0	0	3	2	0	95	68
2009-05-18	MIN	W	6.2	12	4	4	1	3	1	105	36
2008-06-02	@MIN	ND	7.0	10	5	4	0	2	1	94	41
2007-04-10	@MIN	W	6.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	96	66

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

 Home:   48-30   Road:   40-34   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  52-41   vsLHP:  36-23   1-Run:  21-23
 vsEast: 36-29   vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest: 20-15 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
152 Sun, Sep 23   OAK  L   4-5       88-64  1st  1.0 up
151 Sat, Sep 22   OAK  W  10-9 (14)  88-63  1st  1.0 up
150 Fri, Sep 21   OAK  W   2-1 (10)  87-63  1st  1.0 up
149 Thu, Sep 20   TOR  W  10-7       86-63  1st  1.0 up
148 Wed, Sep 19   TOR  W   2-1       85-63  1st  0.5 up
147 Wed, Sep 19   TOR  W   4-2       84-63  1st  0.5 up
146 Sun, Sep 16   TBR  W   6-4       83-63  1st  1.0 up
145 Sat, Sep 15   TBR  W   5-3       82-63  1st  1.0 up
144 Fri, Sep 14   TBR  L   4-6       81-63  1st    Tied
143 Thu, Sep 13  @BOS  W   2-0       81-62  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Twins, 64-89, 64-89 4th, 17½ GB, 23½ GB in WC

SP: Liam Hendriks (23, RHP, 1-7, 5.88)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (1-7)			72.0	93	55	47	23	43	13	5.88
2011 (0-2)			23.1	29	16	16	6	16	3	6.17

Last 7 GS		1-2	37.2	42	23	21	17	21	3	5.02	45
2012-09-19	@CLE	W	6.0	2	2	2	2	2	1	97	60
2012-09-13	KCR	ND	5.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	98	42
2012-09-07	CLE	ND	5.0	8	4	4	3	2	1	108	34
2012-09-01	@KCR	ND	3.2	10	5	3	0	5	0	79	30
2012-08-27	SEA	L	9.0	3	1	1	3	6	1	103	80
2012-08-22	@OAK	L	5.0	6	4	4	3	2	0	97	38
2012-07-02	@DET	ND	4.0	6	4	4	4	1	0	81	31

Has never faced NYY as starter.

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

 Home:   29-46   Road:   35-43   ExtrInn: 8-4 
 vsRHP:  43-63   vsLHP:  21-26   1-Run:  25-24
 vsEast: 10-18   vsCntrl:34-35   vsWest: 11-27 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
153 Sun, Sep 23  @DET  W   2-1 (10)  64-89  4th 17.5 gb
152 Sun, Sep 23  @DET  W  10-4       63-89  4th 17.5 gb
151 Sat, Sep 22  @DET  L   0-8       62-89  4th 19.0 gb
150 Thu, Sep 20  @CLE  L   3-4 (10)  62-88  4th 19.5 gb
149 Wed, Sep 19  @CLE  W   6-4       62-87  4th 19.5 gb
148 Tue, Sep 18  @CLE  W   6-5 (12)  61-87  4th 20.5 gb
147 Sun, Sep 16   CHW  L   2-9       60-87  5th 20.0 gb
146 Sat, Sep 15   CHW  L   3-5       60-86  4th 19.0 gb
145 Fri, Sep 14   CHW  L   0-6       60-85  4th 18.0 gb
144 Thu, Sep 13   KCR  W   4-3 (10)  60-84  4th 17.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 19, 2012 NYY  7  MIN  6        W:Phil Hughes (1-2), L: Anthony Swarzak (0-3), S: Mariano Rivera (3)
Wed, Apr 18, 2012 MIN  6 @NYY  5        W:Jason Marquis (1-0), L: Hiroki Kuroda (1-2), S: Matt Capps (3)
Tue, Apr 17, 2012 NYY  8  MIN  3        W:CC Sabathia (1-0), L: Francisco Liriano (0-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 16, 2012 MIN  7 @NYY  3        W:Carl Pavano (1-1), L: Freddy Garcia (0-1), S: none

Mon, Sep 19, 2011 NYY  6  MIN  4        W:Cory Wade (6-1), L: Scott Diamond (1-5), S: Mariano Rivera (43)
Sun, Aug 21, 2011 NYY  3 @MIN  0        W:Ivan Nova (13-4), L: Phil Dumatrait (1-2), S: Mariano Rivera (33)
Sat, Aug 20, 2011 MIN  9  NYY  4        W:Francisco Liriano (9-9), L: A.J. Burnett (9-10), S: none
Fri, Aug 19, 2011 NYY  8 @MIN  1        W:Phil Hughes (4-4), L: Kevin Slowey (0-1), S: none
Thu, Aug 18, 2011 NYY  8 @MIN  4        W:CC Sabathia (17-7), L: Brian Duensing (8-12), S: none
Thu, Apr 07, 2011 NYY  4  MIN  3        W:A.J. Burnett (2-0), L: Francisco Liriano (0-2), S: Mariano Rivera (4)
Season Series: 2012 - tied 2-2; 2011 - NYY won 6-2; 2010 - NYY won 4-2; All-Time - NYY leads 1113-770

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 5.03 BAL 4.39 HOU 3.60	RA/G WSN 3.61 DET 4.24 COL 5.59	BA M. Cabrera .346 B. Lawrie .274 C. Pena .199	OBP J. Mauer .416 A. Gonzalez .337 J. Hardy .277	SLG M. Cabrera .614 T. Hunter .441 J. Weeks .305	OPS M. Cabrera 1.010 J. Reyes .779 J. Weeks .610	ERA D. Price 2.58 P. Maholm 3.85 R. Romero 5.72	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.17 R. Vogelsong 7.40 H. Alvarez 3.53

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.03

BAL 4.39

HOU 3.60

RA/G

WSN 3.61

DET 4.24

COL 5.59

M. Cabrera .346

B. Lawrie .274

C. Pena .199

OBP

J. Mauer .416

A. Gonzalez .337

J. Hardy .277

SLG

M. Cabrera .614

T. Hunter .441

J. Weeks .305

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.010

J. Reyes .779

J. Weeks .610

ERA

D. Price 2.58

P. Maholm 3.85

R. Romero 5.72

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.17

R. Vogelsong 7.40

H. Alvarez 3.53

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Yankees Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.18 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 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 50.Fien
G/S/vB 67.Perdomo
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 64.Robertson*
G/S/vB 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB 57.Waldrop
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Cano* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 12/.583 ··· ··· 10/1.267 ··· 7/.453 1/no AB 650/395 .295/.365/.522/.887 .609/1.069 .884 107/.670 3/2 30/6

40.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· 4/1.500 ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/0

12.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 292/256 .278/.336/.471/.807 .384/.864 .802 40/.447 0/0 13/6

60.Dickerson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/9 .250/.400/.625/1.025 /.958 .393 10/1.025 3/0 1/0

14.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 16/.713 ··· ··· 17/1.126 ··· 7/2.690 1/.000 639/405 .230/.320/.482/.802 .749/.833 .770 83/.732 9/3 39/0

27.Ibanez* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 11/1.727 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 394/335 .231/.302/.442/.744 .474/.793 .611 42/.772 3/0 17/0

2.Jeter G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 11/1.155 ··· ··· 12/.583 ··· 8/1.125 1/2.000 692/470 .322/.366/.439/.805 .946/.737 .884 110/.753 9/4 15/10

22.Jones G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.500 9/1.555 1/5.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 265/74 .197/.294/.397/.692 .687/.704 .703 43/.424 0/0 13/1

55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 5/.650 4/.250 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 450/308 .205/.310/.385/.694 .913/.598 .704 74/.836 6/0 18/6

45.McGehee G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.333 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.833 ··· 352/217 .217/.284/.358/.643 .745/.581 .721 12/.167 1/1 9/3

67.Mesa G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/

17.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 11/.637 ··· ··· 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 195/85 .247/.312/.394/.706 .713/.696 .537 49/.747 6/3 4/4

26.Nunez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 90/41 .263/.311/.363/.674 .776/.549 .912 31/.571 11/2 1/7

43.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 188/101 .239/.328/.377/.705 .760/.657 .632 30/.580 1/2 4/1

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 8/.417 ··· ··· 10/1.711 ··· 6/1.000 1/2.000 486/320 .275/.352/.443/.795 .912/.736 .790 86/.741 13/1 18/8

19.Stewart G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 150/89 .243/.286/.324/.609 .600/.616 .491 19/.516 2/0 1/4

31.Suzuki* G/S/vP 3/1.333 ··· ··· 7/.453 ··· ··· 13/.718 ··· 4/.833 ··· 616/386 .283/.309/.393/.702 .642/.738 .688 75/.996 27/5 9/1

33.Swisher# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 9/1.413 ··· ··· 4/1.833 ··· 7/.000 1/.000 578/369 .262/.352/.460/.812 .746/.846 .824 104/.619 2/3 22/6

25.Teixeira# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.667 12/1.783 ··· ··· 5/1.400 ··· 8/1.232 1/.000 509/317 .255/.336/.478/.814 .891/.766 .858 5/.900 2/1 23/1

IP 72.0 68.1 58.1 105.2 32.1 12.2 66.1 24.0 88.1 17.1 TOTAL .261/.333/.447/.780 .769/.786 .768 .705 90/22 225/74

ERA-K/9

5.88/5.4

3.29/4.0

2.01/7.7

4.68/5.5

1.39/8.4

4.26/4.3

2.44/9.6

5.63/9.4

4.89/5.8

3.12/2.6

4.79/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cervelli (0-0-0)
Martin (61-19-9)
Stewart (27-8-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 327/.313 295/.259 229/.183 453/.283 130/.188 61/.271 267/.226 105/.225 380/.285 79/.338 .275 Suzuki
Swisher
Jones
Granderson
Pearce
Ibanez
Dickerson
Nunez
Nix 31/7/123/4
0/0/106/4
47/0/22/3
0/147/0/2
23/0/19/2
74/0/13/2
13/2/2/0
3/0/1/0
11/0/0/0

OPS .894 .674 .534 .747 .504 .785 .626 .698 .788 .856 .776

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 167/.703 109/.581 91/.702 167/.634 56/.420 33/.653 103/.503 67/.563 175/.732 33/.639 .754

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 160/1.091 186/.721 138/.428 286/.812 74/.566 28/.935 164/.706 38/.947 205/.836 46/1.006 .792

Home 174/.872 135/.624 122/.588 203/.709 53/.563 37/.817 144/.682 57/.548 180/.729 40/.746

Last 28d days 93/.859 49/.952 34/.370 71/.453 39/.456 31/.842 38/.380 30/.313 68/.743 45/.792

HR/SB/CS 13/7/2 4/8/0 4/5/0 10/5/1 0/3/0 0/1/0 6/2/3 4/3/2 13/1/1 2/2/0 183/106/22

Usage ····X··· X···X··· o··o·o·X X····X·· X··X·X·· ·X······ o···oX·o ····oo·· ·X·X···X ···X···X

Twins Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Pettitte*
G/S/vB 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 38.Eppley
G/S/vB 48.Logan*
G/S/vB 41.Phelps
G/S/vB 39.Rapada*
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB 29.Soriano
G/S/vB 63.Thomas*
G/S/vB 53.Wade
G/S/vB 61.Warren
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 114/79 .204/.281/.282/.562 .265/.695 .496 19/.511 0/0 1/1

8.Carroll G/S/vP 17/.368 6/.800 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 518/373 .263/.339/.311/.650 .803/.590 .636 65/.872 9/5 1/12

22.Carson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/32 .244/.271/.267/.537 .732/.445 .222 27/.310 0/0 0/0

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 4/.500 3/.333 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 3/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 313/238 .229/.270/.309/.579 .677/.549 .712 33/.971 18/1 1/9

18.Doumit# G/S/vP 6/.533 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 504/347 .273/.319/.451/.771 .660/.821 .749 80/.657 0/0 16/5

5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 136/99 .213/.276/.262/.538 .836/.421 .566 39/.492 3/0 0/2

25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 121/78 .239/.297/.321/.618 .659/.596 .539 81/.550 3/1 0/7

23.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/6 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 9/.000 0/0 0/0

19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 186/109 .252/.328/.350/.678 .710/.653 .700 37/.459 21/3 3/3

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 18/.804 5/2.467 ··· 12/.958 ··· 5/.800 6/.900 7/1.071 ··· ··· ··· 602/399 .323/.416/.457/.873 .784/.918 .884 84/1.110 8/4 10/5

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 16/.751 5/.400 ··· 15/1.319 ··· 5/.400 4/.250 7/.143 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 549/344 .276/.341/.455/.795 .585/.927 .770 103/.749 1/0 19/5

27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 180/129 .238/.300/.390/.690 .725/.677 .569 60/.851 0/0 5/2

24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 435/299 .234/.301/.454/.755 .889/.697 .881 91/.696 1/3 23/16

11.Revere* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 514/352 .293/.332/.345/.677 .682/.675 .685 103/.518 38/7 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 11/.844 5/.650 ··· 6/.200 ··· 4/.500 4/.833 5/.800 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 533/370 .287/.346/.397/.743 .729/.748 .918 45/.743 16/6 3/4

16.Willingham G/S/vP 7/1.738 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 9/.944 ··· 5/.600 ··· 612/427 .261/.366/.526/.892 .928/.877 1.023 91/.849 3/2 35/4

IP 63.2 17.1 43.1 53.2 92.2 37.2 56.1 64.1 7.0 38.1 2.1 TOTAL .262/.326/.394/.720 .724/.718 .770 .712 129/35 126/102

ERA-K/9

2.97/8.8

5.19/9.4

3.53/6.0

3.69/11.1

3.21/8.8

2.87/8.8

2.88/12.0

2.10/9.4

6.43/7.7

6.34/8.9

23.14/3.9

3.88/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (21-7-4)
Doumit (28-8-2)
Herrmann (1-0-1)
Mauer (56-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 255/.225 84/.320 183/.265 229/.232 385/.227 153/.218 232/.235 263/.213 33/.379 168/.285 17/.533 .253 Revere
Span
Willingham
Carson
Plouffe
Mastroianni
Parmelee
Doumit
Escobar 3/38/76/7
0/116/0/6
118/0/0/6
9/0/8/2
2/0/15/2
25/4/34/2
1/0/16/1
15/0/6/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .616 .888 .693 .709 .688 .610 .645 .619 1.010 .859 1.588 .732

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 73/.505 34/.668 59/.877 126/.640 178/.779 113/.528 124/.574 148/.678 17/.580 71/.731 6/1.500 .714

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 182/.661 50/1.018 124/.608 103/.799 207/.612 40/.849 108/.726 115/.546 16/1.429 97/.958 11/1.636 .748

Road 86/.718 40/.732 107/.716 112/.712 161/.772 65/.646 117/.775 130/.542 12/.861 76/.755 /

Last 28d days 21/.496 45/.624 32/.619 43/.766 98/.741 18/.722 50/.780 45/.541 8/.625 18/.556 /

HR/SB/CS 7/4/5 3/3/0 3/3/0 6/3/1 13/3/1 2/1/0 5/8/1 5/3/1 1/1/1 7/3/0 2/1/0 181/88/27

Usage ····X··· ·o·oo··· oo··o··· oX··o··o X···X··o oX··o··· ··XoX··o ··X·X··o ·o······ ·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.