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Game Preview: MIN @ OAK, 10:05pm, Monday, August 20, 2012 @The Coliseum

Twins, 50-70, 50-70 5th, 15 GB, 16½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Duensing (29, LHP, 2-8, 4.69)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-8)			78.2	92	47	41	19	43	8	4.69
2011 (9-14)			161.2	193	102	94	52	115	21	5.23
2010 (10-3)			130.2	122	42	38	35	78	11	2.62

Last 7 GS		1-5	35.1	53	28	23	6	18	6	5.86	40
2012-08-14	DET	L	6.0	8	5	5	2	4	1	91	38
2012-08-08	@CLE	L	7.0	11	6	4	1	3	0	104	37
2012-08-03	@BOS	ND	6.0	10	5	2	0	3	1	90	41
2012-07-29	CLE	W	6.0	5	1	1	0	2	0	70	60
2012-07-15	OAK	L	2.0	7	6	6	2	3	3	67	19
2012-07-04	@DET	L	4.1	4	2	2	1	2	0	64	48
2012-06-29	KCR	L	4.0	8	3	3	0	1	1	66	35

Last 5 v.OAK		2-1	18.0	18	6	6	7	13	3	3.00	55
2012-07-15	OAK	L	2.0	7	6	6	2	3	3	67	19
2010-08-14	OAK	W	9.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	105	83
2009-09-13	OAK	W	7.0	8	0	0	3	6	0	109	64

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

 Home:   24-37   Road:   26-33   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  34-51   vsLHP:  16-19   1-Run:  19-20
 vsEast: 10-18   vsCntrl:23-24   vsWest:  8-19 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
120 Sun, Aug 19  @SEA  L   1-5       50-70  5th 15.0 gb
119 Sat, Aug 18  @SEA  L   2-3       50-69  5th 15.0 gb
118 Fri, Aug 17  @SEA  L   3-5       50-68  5th 15.0 gb
117 Wed, Aug 15   DET  L   1-5       50-67  5th 14.5 gb
116 Tue, Aug 14   DET  L   4-8       50-66  5th 13.5 gb
115 Mon, Aug 13   DET  W   9-3       50-65  4th 12.5 gb
114 Sun, Aug 12   TBR  L   3-7 (10)  49-65  4th 13.5 gb
113 Sat, Aug 11   TBR  L   2-4       49-64  4th 12.5 gb
112 Fri, Aug 10   TBR  L   6-12      49-63  4th 12.5 gb
111 Wed, Aug  8  @CLE  L   2-6       49-62  4th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Athletics, 65-55, 65-55 2nd, 5 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Brandon McCarthy (28, RHP, 6-4, 2.68)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (6-4)			90.2	88	31	27	20	60	8	2.68
2011 (9-9)			170.2	168	73	63	25	123	11	3.32
2009 (7-4)			97.1	96	55	50	36	65	13	4.62

Last 7 GS		4-1	45.0	38	13	12	7	34	5	2.40	60
2012-08-15	@KCR	L	6.2	7	3	2	0	4	0	94	54
2012-08-10	@CHW	ND	6.0	6	3	3	1	4	3	85	51
2012-06-19	LAD	W	7.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	81	77
2012-06-07	TEX	W	7.0	3	1	1	0	5	0	88	72
2012-06-02	@KCR	W	6.0	8	2	2	2	2	0	71	48
2012-05-17	@TEX	ND	5.1	8	4	4	3	4	2	91	37
2012-05-12	DET	W	7.0	4	0	0	0	10	0	91	79

Last 5 v.MIN		2-0	28.1	30	9	9	1	19	2	2.86	58
2011-07-31	MIN	W	6.0	8	3	3	0	9	1	109	53
2011-05-18	MIN	ND	7.0	9	3	3	0	1	0	91	48
2011-04-10	@MIN	W	7.1	9	2	2	0	5	0	107	57
2005-09-22	MIN	ND	8.0	4	1	1	1	4	1	99	73

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

 Home:   37-26   Road:   28-29   ExtrInn: 9-3 
 vsRHP:  44-32   vsLHP:  21-23   1-Run:  19-15
 vsEast: 20-14   vsCntrl:16-15   vsWest: 19-18 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
120 Sun, Aug 19   CLE  W   7-0       65-55  2nd  5.0 gb
119 Sat, Aug 18   CLE  W   8-5       64-55  2nd  5.0 gb
118 Fri, Aug 17   CLE  W   6-4       63-55  2nd  5.0 gb
117 Thu, Aug 16  @KCR  W   3-0       62-55  2nd  6.0 gb
116 Wed, Aug 15  @KCR  L   2-3       61-55  2nd  6.0 gb
115 Tue, Aug 14  @KCR  L   0-5       61-54  2nd  6.0 gb
114 Sun, Aug 12  @CHW  L   3-7       61-53  2nd  6.5 gb
113 Sat, Aug 11  @CHW  W   9-7       61-52  2nd  5.5 gb
112 Fri, Aug 10  @CHW  L   3-4       60-52  2nd  5.5 gb
111 Wed, Aug  8   LAA  W   9-8       60-51  2nd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 15, 2012 OAK  9 @MIN  4        W:Jarrod Parker (6-4), L: Brian Duensing (1-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 14, 2012 OAK  9 @MIN  3        W:Tommy Milone (9-6), L: Cole De Vries (2-2), S: none
Fri, Jul 13, 2012 OAK  6 @MIN  3        W:A.J. Griffin (1-0), L: Francisco Liriano (3-8), S: Ryan Cook (9)
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
Season Series: 2012 - tied 3-3; 2011 - Tied 4-4; 2010 - MIN won 6-3; All-Time - MIN leads 993-980

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 5.06 NYM 4.32 MIA 3.71	RA/G WSN 3.54 PHI 4.40 COL 5.72	BA A. McCutchen .354 C. Johnson .274 J. Smoak .194	OBP A. McCutchen .420 M. Teixeira .335 J. Smoak .259	SLG D. Ortiz .609 J. Mauer .438 J. Carroll .286	OPS D. Ortiz 1.024 P. Alvarez .776 J. Smoak .592	ERA J. Zimmermann 2.38 C. Lee 3.83 R. Wolf 5.69	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.39 D. Holland 7.29 D. Lowe 3.28

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.06

NYM 4.32

MIA 3.71

RA/G

WSN 3.54

PHI 4.40

COL 5.72

A. McCutchen .354

C. Johnson .274

J. Smoak .194

OBP

A. McCutchen .420

M. Teixeira .335

J. Smoak .259

SLG

D. Ortiz .609

J. Mauer .438

J. Carroll .286

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.024

P. Alvarez .776

J. Smoak .592

ERA

J. Zimmermann 2.38

C. Lee 3.83

R. Wolf 5.69

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.39

D. Holland 7.29

D. Lowe 3.28

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Twins Batters (4.42 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.McCarthy
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 40.Neshek
G/S/vB 77.Norberto*
G/S/vB 58.Scribner
G/S/vB 67.Straily
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 88/64 .220/.273/.317/.590 .212/.735 .703 8/.250 0/0 1/0

8.Carroll G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 3/.667 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 426/317 .243/.330/.286/.617 .738/.575 .580 77/.637 6/3 0/10

22.Carson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/9 .417/.417/.417/.833 1.333/.667 .833 12/.833 0/0 0/0

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 6/.400 2/.500 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· 273/211 .216/.258/.296/.554 .651/.526 .469 60/.588 15/1 1/7

18.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 396/282 .292/.338/.485/.823 .700/.874 .869 91/.835 0/0 14/1

25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/8 .333/.400/.667/1.067 2.000/.619 1.067 11/1.067 0/0 0/0

19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 137/88 .276/.341/.407/.747 .745/.749 .711 51/.703 14/2 3/2

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 14/.374 3/.666 2/1.000 9/.347 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 484/325 .317/.412/.438/.850 .818/.865 .848 103/.733 7/3 8/4

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 16/.938 3/.333 2/.000 4/.000 1/3.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 417/270 .276/.338/.475/.813 .563/.955 .887 103/1.026 1/0 16/3

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 3/1.334 5/.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 312/221 .242/.311/.488/.798 1.084/.688 .671 24/.129 0/3 19/11

11.Revere* G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 374/259 .315/.346/.372/.718 .769/.696 .669 95/.728 28/7 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 8/.875 5/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 468/319 .287/.351/.397/.748 .706/.767 .549 75/.855 12/6 3/4

16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/.000 2/4.000 ··· ··· 496/353 .258/.369/.543/.912 1.057/.856 .797 100/.822 2/1 31/3

IP 90.2 56.1 83.2 50.0 51.1 27.0 6.2 52.0 19.2 17.0 TOTAL .263/.329/.402/.731 .762/.718 .670 .739 95/29 107/74

ERA-K/9

2.68/6.0

2.56/7.7

3.98/6.1

2.70/8.3

2.63/8.9

3.67/13.3

1.35/12.1

2.77/8.0

2.75/8.2

3.18/6.4

3.50/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (17-5-2)
Doumit (22-5-2)
Mauer (42-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 376/.254 220/.164 339/.241 204/.222 207/.174 114/.269 25/.091 212/.200 81/.244 70/.246 .245 Willingham
Revere
Span
Plouffe
Mastroianni
Carson
Doumit 101/0/0/6
2/18/64/5
0/102/0/3
2/0/15/2
18/3/24/2
0/0/3/1
8/0/6/0

OPS .681 .522 .671 .680 .574 .668 .473 .614 .669 .747 .684

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 197/.781 115/.501 95/.529 97/.626 102/.589 44/.981 4/1.833 84/.679 37/.894 32/.911 .718

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 179/.572 105/.543 244/.727 107/.729 105/.559 70/.467 21/.248 128/.573 44/.484 38/.616 .656

Home 183/.549 118/.422 155/.611 115/.810 103/.589 62/.555 17/.118 124/.631 44/.676 47/.933

Last 28d days 51/.804 38/.366 95/.837 45/.797 42/.967 39/.979 25/.473 60/.594 48/.823 70/.747

HR/SB/CS 8/10/3 4/2/2 6/2/4 6/4/3 4/4/2 0/4/0 1/1/0 5/3/2 2/1/0 4/1/1 109/73/40

Usage ····X··· ·ooX···· ········ ·o·o·X·o o··o···· ···oX··· ··X·X··· ··X··o·· ·X···o·X ···X····

Athletics Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 61.Burton
G/S/vB 38.De Vries
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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Carter G/S/vP 5/1.400 3/1.167 1/no AB 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 148/81 .281/.405/.595/1.000 1.029/.977 .907 104/.940 0/0 10/5

52.Cespedes G/S/vP 2/3.500 1/2.000 1/2.000 3/2.667 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 356/240 .307/.368/.520/.888 .848/.908 .973 99/.888 11/3 16/2

4.Crisp# G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 2/3.000 ··· 4/.500 8/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 369/252 .252/.314/.385/.699 .576/.758 .757 98/.861 26/3 7/2

20.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 125/86 .205/.216/.311/.527 .538/.522 .526 25/1.065 1/0 2/6

31.Gomes G/S/vP 2/3.500 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.667 3/.667 ··· ··· 259/111 .252/.367/.477/.844 .947/.703 .746 68/.818 3/1 14/1

14.Kottaras* G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 138/116 .210/.394/.362/.756 .571/.784 .861 23/.654 0/0 4/2

37.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.833 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 180/146 .239/.311/.521/.833 .570/.897 .715 60/.652 0/1 13/5

36.Norris G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 134/83 .197/.269/.361/.629 .533/.689 .532 68/.715 5/1 5/2

2.Pennington# G/S/vP 5/.000 3/.333 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 1/5.000 4/1.167 ··· 2/.000 349/258 .198/.265/.284/.549 .394/.606 .499 35/.625 13/5 3/9

16.Reddick* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.900 1/2.000 6/.167 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 498/323 .251/.320/.490/.810 .832/.797 .835 102/.556 10/0 25/3

17.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/24 .208/.350/.354/.704 .568/.929 .577 27/.838 0/0 2/0

19.Weeks# G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.167 1/.000 5/.200 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 500/333 .222/.308/.305/.612 .681/.577 .581 103/.671 15/5 2/11

IP 78.2 54.0 47.0 64.1 18.1 48.1 52.1 14.1 70.0 TOTAL .232/.306/.388/.694 .698/.693 .682 .748 95/26 134/77

ERA-K/9

4.69/4.9

3.17/3.7

2.11/7.9

5.04/6.3

1.47/7.9

5.59/4.5

2.92/10.3

6.91/12.0

4.37/5.9

4.83/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Donaldson (4-2-0)
Kottaras (29-5-1)
Norris (17-10-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 340/.292 227/.236 183/.192 282/.264 74/.212 223/.281 220/.247 64/.291 293/.278 .280 Reddick
Cespedes
Moss
Crisp
Gomes 0/11/98/13
30/39/0/5
3/0/8/2
16/66/0/2
33/0/3/0

OPS .772 .627 .540 .821 .607 .828 .678 .838 .772 .791

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 126/.661 80/.504 68/.799 127/.752 29/.381 90/1.004 81/.581 44/.689 131/.713 .780

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 214/.837 147/.683 115/.395 155/.875 45/.740 133/.710 139/.736 20/1.175 162/.819 .799

Road 183/.768 116/.703 80/.484 132/.710 37/.552 106/.948 96/.571 26/1.107 140/.793

Last 28d days 111/.789 32/.695 31/.394 113/.929 46/.825 40/1.072 35/.394 27/1.081 9/.958

HR/SB/CS 8/2/0 3/6/0 4/5/0 16/2/1 0/1/0 7/5/1 5/2/2 3/2/1 11/0/1 156/81/16

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