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Game Preview: MIN @ NYY, 7:05pm, Monday, April 16, 2012 @Yankee Stadium III

Twins, 2-7, 2-7 5th, 4 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Carl Pavano (36, RHP, 0-1, 5.93)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-1) 13.2 12 9 9 2 4 2 5.93
2011 (9-13) 222.0 262 123 106 40 102 23 4.30
2010 (17-11) 221.0 227 95 92 37 117 24 3.75
Last 7 GS 2-3 48.0 53 25 19 6 22 6 3.56 50
2012-04-11 LAA ND 6.2 7 5 5 0 3 1 101 43
2012-04-06 @BAL L 7.0 5 4 4 2 1 1 95 50
2011-09-28 KCR W 9.0 5 0 0 0 3 0 95 80
2011-09-23 @CLE ND 6.1 10 5 5 1 3 1 103 35
2011-09-18 CLE L 6.2 5 4 1 1 6 1 105 59
2011-09-13 @KCR L 7.0 11 4 3 1 5 2 105 45
2011-09-07 CHW W 5.1 10 3 1 1 1 0 99 40
Last 5 v.NYY 0-1 22.2 22 14 12 3 15 1 4.76 49
2009-05-31 NYY ND 7.1 7 3 3 0 4 1 89 56
2009-04-19 @NYY ND 6.0 4 1 1 1 4 0 89 63
2000-06-07 NYY L 4.1 7 6 5 1 2 0 80 28
1998-06-11 NYY ND 5.0 4 4 3 1 5 0 80 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-4    Road:    0-3    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-5    vsLHP:   0-2    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-3    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  9 Sun, Apr 15   TEX  L   3-4        2-7   5th  4.0 gb
  8 Sat, Apr 14   TEX  L   2-6        2-6   5th  3.5 gb
  7 Fri, Apr 13   TEX  L   1-4        2-5   5th  3.0 gb
  6 Thu, Apr 12   LAA  W  10-9        2-4   4th  3.0 gb
  5 Wed, Apr 11   LAA  W   6-5        1-4   4th  3.0 gb
  4 Mon, Apr  9   LAA  L   1-5        0-4   5th  3.5 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  8  @BAL  L   1-3        0-3   5th  3.0 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  7  @BAL  L   2-8        0-2   4th  2.0 gb
  1 Fri, Apr  6  @BAL  L   2-4        0-1   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-7    Last 20: 2-7    Last 30: 2-7
Yankees, 5-4, 5-4 1st, Tied

SP: Freddy Garcia (35, RHP, 0-0, 5.79)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-0) 4.2 4 4 3 3 3 1 5.79
2011 (12-8) 146.2 152 63 59 45 96 16 3.62
2010 (12-6) 157.0 171 85 81 45 89 23 4.64
Last 7 GS 2-1 34.0 38 21 20 14 19 8 5.29 44
2012-04-10 @BAL ND 4.2 4 4 3 3 3 1 98 42
2011-09-24 BOS W 6.0 6 0 0 1 3 0 102 62
2011-09-18 @TOR L 4.2 5 3 3 3 4 2 94 43
2011-09-11 @LAA ND 5.0 7 5 5 3 3 2 109 33
2011-09-05 BAL ND 2.2 9 7 7 0 1 2 56 13
2011-08-29 @BAL W 6.0 2 1 1 1 4 1 88 67
2011-08-07 @BOS ND 5.0 5 1 1 3 1 0 96 51
Last 5 v.MIN 2-2 29.2 36 14 14 9 11 6 4.25 47
2010-08-10 MIN L 2.1 8 6 6 1 0 3 55 16
2010-07-18 @MIN ND 6.0 11 3 3 1 1 1 103 38
2010-05-11 @MIN W 7.0 9 2 2 2 3 1 96 52
2010-04-10 MIN L 7.0 3 2 2 5 4 1 95 62
2006-09-29 @MIN W 7.1 5 1 1 0 3 0 81 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-1    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:   3-2    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  3-3    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  9 Sun, Apr 15   LAA  W  11-5        5-4   1st    Tied
  8 Sat, Apr 14   LAA  L   1-7        4-4   2nd  1.0 gb
  7 Fri, Apr 13   LAA  W   5-0        4-3   1st    Tied
  6 Wed, Apr 11  @BAL  W   6-4 (10)   3-3   3rd  1.5 gb
  5 Tue, Apr 10  @BAL  W   5-4 (12)   2-3   4th  1.5 gb
  4 Mon, Apr  9  @BAL  W   6-2        1-3   4th  2.5 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  8  @TBR  L   0-3        0-3   4th  3.0 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  7  @TBR  L   6-8        0-2   4th  2.0 gb
  1 Fri, Apr  6  @TBR  L   6-7        0-1   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-4    Last 20: 5-4    Last 30: 5-4 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Tue, Apr 05, 2011 MIN  5 @NYY  4 (10)   W:Matt Capps (1-0), L: Boone Logan (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (2)
Mon, Apr 04, 2011 NYY  4  MIN  3        W:Ivan Nova (1-0), L: Scott Baker (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (3)
Thu, May 27, 2010 MIN  8  NYY  2        W:Nick Blackburn (6-1), L: Javier Vazquez (3-5), S: none
Wed, May 26, 2010 NYY  3 @MIN  2        W:Andy Pettitte (6-1), L: Jon Rauch (1-1), S: Mariano Rivera (10)
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - NYY won 6-2; 2010 - NYY won 4-2; All-Time - NYY leads 1111-768

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

For the 2011 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.40

CLE  4.35

SEA  3.43

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

FLA  4.33

BAL  5.31

 BA

M. Cabrera  .344

A. Ramirez  .269

V. Wells  .218

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .448

J. Bruce  .341

V. Wells  .248

 SLG

J. Bautista  .608

C. Lee  .446

J. Bartlett  .307

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.056

Y. Escobar  .782

A. Rios  .613

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.28

J. Vazquez  3.69

B. Penny  5.30

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.54

G. Floyd  7.02

B. Penny  3.67

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Twins Batters (3.11 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Garcia
G/S/vB		 48.Logan*
G/S/vB		 41.Phelps
G/S/vB		 39.Rapada*
G/S/vB		 42.Rivera
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 29.Soriano
G/S/vB		 53.Wade
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
37.Burroughs* G/S/vP 10/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 115/101 .273/.289/.336/.626 .643/.623 .556 6/.167 1/0 1/1
8.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 510/370 .290/.359/.347/.706 .751/.689 .791 38/.568 10/0 0/9
12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 365/247 .260/.322/.368/.691 .579/.750 .611 21/.381 15/4 2/11
18.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 236/174 .303/.353/.477/.830 .912/.802 .703 24/.467 0/1 8/6
38.Hughes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 317/214 .223/.289/.338/.627 .608/.636 .638 8/.536 3/2 7/5
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 35/1.260 10/.875 ··· 4/.500 8/.750 5/.650 5/1.100 ··· 333/207 .287/.360/.368/.729 .562/.829 .752 38/.675 0/0 3/5
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 36/.781 14/1.417 ··· 4/.500 9/.444 4/.250 5/.000 ··· 288/193 .227/.285/.333/.618 .401/.728 .587 37/.623 0/0 4/1
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 88/66 .355/.443/.592/1.035 .935/1.069 .786 27/.605 0/0 4/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 320/236 .238/.305/.392/.697 .782/.665 .696 7/.429 3/3 8/12
2.Span* G/S/vP 14/.453 3/.500 ··· 3/.666 6/.000 3/1.167 5/.800 ··· 311/225 .264/.328/.359/.687 .657/.698 .660 39/.991 6/1 2/1
36.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 3/1.667 / /
22.Valencia G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 608/449 .246/.294/.383/.677 .822/.626 .649 32/.581 2/6 15/18
16.Willingham G/S/vP 12/.750 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 2/2.000 7/.453 4/.750 563/377 .246/.332/.477/.810 .783/.823 .750 37/1.384 4/1 29/2
IP 146.2 41.2 16.1 61.1 66.2 39.1 39.2 TOTAL .258/.320/.383/.703 .715/.699 .466 .703 4/1 7/7
ERA-K/9 3.62/5.9 3.46/9.9 /0.0 6.06/9.9 1.91/8.8 1.08/13.5 4.12/8.2 2.04/6.8 4.04/10.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (41-13-4)
 Mauer (28-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 626/.268 185/.261 / 69/.230 233/.215 272/.170 164/.229 157/.221 .263  Willingham
 Plouffe
 Span
 Mauer
96/0/0/3
3/0/11/1
0/67/0/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .750 .746 .747 .534 .506 .645 .624 .798
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 294/.807 118/.789 / 53/.336 109/.595 142/.466 76/.850 67/.730 .778
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 332/.701 67/.673 / 16/2.212 124/.480 130/.549 88/.477 90/.541 .810
Home 316/.784 94/.639 / 40/.649 120/.435 129/.570 94/.745 79/.621
Last 28d days 21/.963 15/.557 28/.261 10/1.056 17/.945 21/.496 16/.864 19/.328
HR/SB/CS 16/22/7 4/3/2 // 3/0/1 3/5/1 1/16/2 4/6/2 5/2/2 12/5/1
Usage ·····X·· X···Xo·X ·X···X·o ·o···o·o ····XXX· X·o··XX· X···X··· ·····X·o

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Yankees Batters (5.11 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Pavano
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		 62.Hendriks
G/S/vB		 44.Maloney*
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cano* G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 10/.700 5/.000 ··· ··· 10/1.267 681/458 .302/.349/.533/.882 .879/.884 .885 43/.717 8/2 28/10
12.Chavez* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 175/152 .263/.320/.356/.676 .609/.687 .559 3/.667 0/0 2/0
11.Gardner* G/S/vP 6/.334 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 588/464 .259/.345/.369/.713 .616/.738 .731 26/.718 49/13 7/5
14.Granderson* G/S/vP 21/.572 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 14/.671 5/1.400 ··· ··· 16/1.063 691/472 .262/.364/.552/.916 .944/.902 .921 42/.754 25/10 41/3
27.Ibanez* G/S/vP 10/.900 ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.000 11/1.727 575/437 .245/.289/.419/.707 .585/.747 .833 26/.791 2/0 20/1
2.Jeter G/S/vP 10/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 10/1.067 2/1.000 ··· ··· 11/.637 607/439 .297/.355/.388/.743 .946/.666 .783 44/1.005 16/6 6/12
22.Jones G/S/vP 24/.458 1/.000 3/.666 4/2.750 8/1.750 3/.333 ··· ··· 4/.250 222/76 .247/.356/.495/.851 .923/.709 .916 13/.685 0/0 13/1
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 5/.650 8/.417 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 476/343 .237/.324/.408/.732 .684/.750 .780 33/.636 8/2 18/11
26.Nunez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.500 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 338/217 .265/.313/.385/.698 .742/.673 .679 11/.899 22/6 5/20
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 7/.486 4/.500 ··· ··· 10/1.711 428/319 .276/.362/.461/.823 .750/.848 .862 42/.694 4/1 16/6
19.Stewart G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 183/132 .204/.283/.309/.592 .801/.511 .514 3/.000 0/0 3/7
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 9/1.413 5/1.400 ··· ··· 4/1.833 635/437 .260/.374/.449/.822 .957/.763 .853 43/.849 2/2 23/1
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 9/1.277 ··· 3/.667 3/.000 10/1.975 5/.400 ··· ··· 5/1.400 684/464 .248/.341/.494/.835 .967/.779 .862 42/.639 4/1 39/4
IP 222.0 50.2 4.2 65.2 161.2 48.1 23.1 18.2 61.2 TOTAL .253/.350/.411/.761 .697/.795 .779 .761 9/2 10/2
ERA-K/9 4.30/4.1 5.51/5.9 3.86/5.7 4.25/4.7 5.23/6.4 4.28/4.3 6.17/6.2 9.16/6.3 2.48/9.5 5.19/5.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (95-40-4)
 Stewart (34-22-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 955/.294 225/.263 23/.316 274/.262 711/.299 215/.275 100/.312 96/.409 253/.244 .273  Granderson
 Swisher
 Gardner
 Ibanez
 Jones
 Nunez
0/155/0/11
0/0/141/9
149/18/0/7
134/0/0/5
39/0/19/1
1/0/3/0
OPS .774 .749 .988 .726 .833 .758 .866 1.182 .644 .772
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 517/.754 91/.692 8/1.625 129/.765 187/.522 97/.695 58/.842 28/1.162 101/.589 .721
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 438/.798 134/.789 15/.670 145/.689 524/.947 118/.811 42/.899 68/1.190 152/.681 .793
Road 509/.840 94/.810 4/.500 123/.737 346/.762 112/.788 48/.807 50/1.371 103/.643
Last 28d days 52/.729 21/.616 15/.910 13/.692 12/.533 14/.607 23/.826 15/.497 21/1.034
HR/SB/CS 23/24/5 4/7/1 1/2/0 10/2/0 21/6/6 4/3/3 3/0/0 7/0/0 2/3/2 11/9/0
Usage ····X··· oo·X···· o·oo··o· ···Xo·o· ·X·X···o ·X·oo··o X······· o·o····X oX··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.