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Game Preview: MIN @ PIT, 7:05pm, Tuesday, June 19, 2012 @PNC Park

Twins, 26-39, 26-39 5th, 8 GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Scott Diamond (25, LHP, 5-2, 2.13)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (5-2)			50.2	54	18	12	6	29	6	2.13
2011 (1-5)			39.0	51	25	22	17	19	3	5.08

Last 7 GS		4-2	43.2	50	18	12	5	23	6	2.47	53
2012-06-14	PHI	L	6.0	5	4	4	2	1	2	100	45
2012-06-09	CHC	W	6.0	7	0	0	0	5	0	89	63
2012-06-03	@CLE	W	7.0	7	3	0	0	2	0	93	59
2012-05-28	OAK	ND	6.1	9	3	3	1	4	2	99	46
2012-05-23	@CHW	L	6.0	9	5	2	1	4	1	94	43
2012-05-18	@MIL	W	5.1	8	3	3	1	3	1	86	42
2012-05-13	TOR	W	7.0	5	0	0	0	4	0	101	71

Has never faced PIT as starter.

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

 Home:   13-22   Road:   13-17   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  19-29   vsLHP:   7-10   1-Run:  13-11
 vsEast:  5-12   vsCntrl: 8-10   vsWest:  7-11 IL: 6-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 65 Sun, Jun 17   MIL  W   5-4 (15)  26-39  5th  8.5 gb
 64 Sat, Jun 16   MIL  L   2-6       25-39  5th  9.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Pirates, 34-31, 34-31 2nd, 3½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Kevin Correia (31, RHP, 2-6, 4.43)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-6)			69.0	70	36	34	21	25	12	4.43
2011 (12-11)			154.0	175	90	82	39	77	24	4.79
2010 (10-10)			145.0	152	89	87	64	115	20	5.40

Last 7 GS		1-4	39.2	46	24	23	12	13	9	5.22	44
2012-06-13	@BAL	L	6.0	10	5	4	1	1	1	94	34
2012-06-07	@CIN	ND	5.0	8	3	3	1	4	2	71	42
2012-06-01	@MIL	W	5.2	5	2	2	2	2	2	90	51
2012-05-26	CHC	ND	6.1	5	2	2	2	2	1	76	55
2012-05-20	@DET	L	6.0	4	3	3	0	2	1	80	54
2012-05-15	@MIA	L	3.2	8	6	6	4	1	0	67	18
2012-05-10	WSN	L	7.0	6	3	3	2	1	2	81	52

Has never faced MIN as starter.

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

 Home:   19-11   Road:   15-20   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  23-24   vsLHP:  11-7    1-Run:  17-10
 vsEast:  9-8    vsCntrl:14-10   vsWest:  5-7  IL: 6-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 65 Sun, Jun 17  @CLE  W   9-5       34-31  2nd  4.0 gb
 64 Sat, Jun 16  @CLE  W   9-2       33-31  2nd  4.0 gb
 63 Fri, Jun 15  @CLE  L   0-2       32-31  2nd  4.0 gb
 62 Thu, Jun 14  @BAL  L   6-12      32-30  2nd  3.0 gb
 61 Wed, Jun 13  @BAL  L   1-7       32-29  2nd  2.0 gb
 60 Tue, Jun 12  @BAL  L   6-8       32-28  2nd  1.0 gb
 59 Sun, Jun 10   KCR  W   3-2       32-27  1st    Tied
 58 Sat, Jun  9   KCR  W   5-3       31-27  2nd  1.0 gb
 57 Fri, Jun  8   KCR  W   4-2       30-27  2nd  2.0 gb
 56 Thu, Jun  7  @CIN  W   5-4 (10)  29-27  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 18, 2009 MIN  5  PIT  1        W:Nick Blackburn (6-2), L: Zach Duke (7-5), S: none
Wed, Jun 17, 2009 PIT  8 @MIN  2        W:Ian Snell (2-7), L: Francisco Liriano (2-8), S: none
Tue, Jun 16, 2009 MIN  8  PIT  2        W:Glen Perkins (2-3), L: Paul Maholm (4-3), S: none
Sun, Jun 18, 2006 MIN  8 @PIT  2        W:Johan Santana (7-4), L: Oliver Perez (2-9), S: none
Sat, Jun 17, 2006 MIN  5 @PIT  3        W:Jesse Crain (1-4), L: Damaso Marte (0-5), S: Joe Nathan (10)
Fri, Jun 16, 2006 MIN  4 @PIT  2        W:Francisco Liriano (6-1), L: Ian Snell (7-4), S: Joe Nathan (9)
Sun, Jun 10, 2001 PIT 11 @MIN  8        W:Scott Sauerbeck (1-2), L: Travis Miller (0-2), S: Mike Williams (11)
Sat, Jun 09, 2001 MIN  3  PIT  2        W:Joe Mays (8-3), L: Jimmy Anderson (3-6), S: LaTroy Hawkins (16)
Fri, Jun 08, 2001 MIN  8  PIT  6        W:Hector Carrasco (3-2), L: Omar Olivares (2-7), S: LaTroy Hawkins (15)
Sun, Jul 09, 2000 MIN  3 @PIT  2        W:Mark Redman (6-4), L: Jose Silva (5-3), S: LaTroy Hawkins (4)
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; 2010 -  0-0; All-Time - MIN leads 13-8

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 5.29 LAD 4.31 SDP 3.32	RA/G WSN 3.34 BAL 4.31 COL 5.74	BA J. Votto .368 J. Reddick .265 B. Ryan .170	OBP J. Votto .491 J. Kipnis .334 J. Arencibia .254	SLG J. Hamilton .674 J. Mauer .427 B. Ryan .250	OPS J. Votto 1.158 K. Seager .766 B. Ryan .527	ERA R. Dickey 2.00 C. Richard 3.94 L. Hochevar 6.27	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.69 J. Weaver 7.43 H. Alvarez 2.70

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.29

LAD 4.31

SDP 3.32

RA/G

WSN 3.34

BAL 4.31

COL 5.74

J. Votto .368

J. Reddick .265

B. Ryan .170

OBP

J. Votto .491

J. Kipnis .334

J. Arencibia .254

SLG

J. Hamilton .674

J. Mauer .427

B. Ryan .250

OPS

J. Votto 1.158

K. Seager .766

B. Ryan .527

ERA

R. Dickey 2.00

C. Richard 3.94

L. Hochevar 6.27

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.69

J. Weaver 7.43

H. Alvarez 2.70

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Twins Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.Correia
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 39.Grilli
G/S/vB 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB 48.Hughes
G/S/vB 32.Lincoln
G/S/vB 30.Resop
G/S/vB 43.Slaten*
G/S/vB 44.Watson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/42 .239/.314/.304/.618 .111/.726 1.006 23/.269 0/0 0/0

8.Carroll G/S/vP 17/1.062 11/.200 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.200 4/.833 1/2.000 1/no AB 252/188 .259/.339/.309/.648 .876/.570 .563 79/.785 6/3 0/5

12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 159/122 .247/.289/.322/.611 .751/.568 .519 47/.719 8/1 0/5

18.Doumit# G/S/vP 8/.875 1/.000 1/3.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 206/144 .253/.316/.412/.728 .626/.772 .670 76/.615 0/0 6/1

20.Dozier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 157/128 .247/.263/.340/.603 .793/.557 .642 88/.547 2/2 2/8

19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/34 .214/.298/.286/.584 .490/.617 .452 25/.769 2/0 0/1

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 258/185 .314/.415/.427/.842 .971/.793 .820 81/.930 3/1 3/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 206/140 .238/.306/.470/.776 .328/.999 .960 97/.738 0/0 10/1

27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 103/80 .172/.252/.247/.500 .865/.402 .513 11/.384 0/0 0/1

24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 172/119 .243/.331/.566/.897 1.123/.803 .754 80/1.222 0/2 14/7

11.Revere* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 140/105 .328/.353/.397/.750 .940/.684 .687 98/.741 11/2 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 272/193 .287/.356/.389/.745 .686/.768 .532 100/.779 7/3 2/1

16.Willingham G/S/vP 5/.650 7/.715 3/3.333 7/.629 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 266/199 .276/.387/.538/.925 1.115/.859 .782 105/.840 2/0 13/2

IP 69.0 22.2 25.2 26.0 34.2 37.2 33.1 10.0 21.2 TOTAL .257/.326/.393/.718 .775/.698 .646 .772 42/15 52/41

ERA-K/9

4.43/3.3

1.99/9.5

1.75/14.7

2.42/10.7

2.08/4.9

3.82/8.6

4.05/6.5

2.70/2.7

3.74/7.1

3.52/7.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 294/.264 101/.302 105/.146 105/.165 141/.220 161/.264 161/.287 42/.222 86/.211 .247 Willingham
Span
Plouffe
Mastroianni
Revere
Doumit
Parmelee 57/0/0/5
0/59/0/2
2/0/15/2
5/1/9/1
2/4/24/1
0/0/6/0
1/0/2/0

OPS .796 .779 .539 .595 .639 .785 .798 .650 .672 .704

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 146/.786 49/.785 55/.505 58/.532 65/.687 76/.743 64/.939 12/.258 47/.786 .700

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 148/.805 52/.770 50/.571 47/.674 76/.598 85/.822 97/.708 30/.819 39/.524 .708

Home 107/.785 45/.822 44/.472 55/.461 65/.730 33/.215 63/.872 5/.000 32/.607

Last 28d days 100/.920 29/.952 36/.234 39/.635 48/.685 75/.986 64/.817 42/.650 28/.851

HR/SB/CS 12/2/1 1/1/0 2/1/0 4/3/0 3/6/0 6/4/1 5/3/0 1/1/0 3/2/0 58/49/4

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

Pirates Batters (3.42 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Diamond*
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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 214/164 .207/.271/.451/.722 .588/.765 .665 72/.785 0/0 12/11

26.Barajas G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 8/.875 ··· 168/120 .222/.286/.386/.671 .442/.756 .614 66/.663 0/0 6/2

12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 198/156 .188/.211/.290/.502 .544/.490 .482 62/.563 0/2 3/8

65.Hague G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/45 .222/.269/.254/.523 .604/.483 .688 58/.571 1/0 0/1

5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 103/57 .225/.296/.393/.689 .695/.681 .586 39/.496 3/2 1/1

46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 161/151 .253/.273/.461/.734 .000/.784 .658 62/.865 2/0 7/1

22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 259/195 .325/.382/.541/.923 1.264/.808 .950 94/.886 13/4 11/1

14.McGehee G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.833 162/107 .241/.333/.369/.702 .719/.693 .563 54/1.053 1/0 3/2

55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/61 .175/.274/.365/.639 1.417/.491 .660 19/.463 0/0 3/0

69.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/8 .111/.273/.111/.384 .333/.393 .533 11/.384 0/1 0/0

7.Presley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 182/142 .224/.246/.362/.608 .685/.586 .609 57/.728 6/4 5/1

31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 234/175 .234/.296/.346/.642 .745/.609 .644 75/.710 8/7 2/1

18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 262/190 .271/.330/.373/.702 .640/.725 .631 98/.798 7/0 4/3

IP 50.2 32.2 26.2 25.1 33.0 29.1 8.1 28.2 50.0 TOTAL .228/.283/.368/.651 .678/.641 .616 .713 42/23 58/40

ERA-K/9

2.13/5.1

2.20/3.6

3.38/9.4

3.55/5.3

3.27/6.0

4.60/5.2

4.32/3.3

3.14/11.3

5.04/5.4

5.05/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (37-2-5)
McKenry (12-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 209/.270 131/.229 106/.212 101/.235 128/.218 132/.243 34/.258 121/.245 209/.290 .283 Tabata
Harrison
Presley
Jones
McCutchen 16/0/54/5
1/0/7/1
44/0/0/1
0/0/18/1
0/62/0/1

OPS .717 .606 .598 .635 .542 .707 .722 .706 .783 .798

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 49/.931 52/.451 44/.860 52/.313 54/.404 47/.734 17/.192 41/.755 104/.795 .797

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 160/.649 79/.695 62/.424 49/.972 74/.643 85/.693 17/1.221 80/.681 105/.771 .798

Road 80/.793 69/.712 42/.630 34/.324 63/.587 60/.947 4/.500 39/.402 85/.785

Last 28d days 135/.779 30/.389 47/.662 39/.767 49/.696 49/.616 34/.722 50/.633 77/.938

HR/SB/CS 6/6/2 3/3/0 4/3/0 4/3/0 1/0/0 4/3/0 1/0/0 3/1/2 7/0/1 88/47/11

Usage ····X··· ·o··o·o· ·o·X··X· ···X··o· ·o·X··X· ·X··Xo·· ··X··X·· ·X···Xo· ·oX··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.