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Game Preview: MIN @ PIT, 7:05pm, Thursday, June 21, 2012 @PNC Park

Twins, 27-40, 27-40 5th, 8½ GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Liam Hendriks (23, RHP, 0-3, 7.83)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (0-3)			23.0	38	23	20	5	14	8	7.83
2011 (0-2)			23.1	29	16	16	6	16	3	6.17

Last 7 GS		0-3	34.1	55	31	28	8	24	10	7.34	36
2012-06-16	MIL	L	5.0	8	5	2	1	5	3	91	41
2012-05-02	@LAA	L	2.1	9	6	6	0	1	1	60	16
2012-04-25	BOS	L	4.0	9	7	7	2	3	1	87	17
2012-04-20	@TBR	ND	5.2	5	4	4	2	1	2	101	42
2012-04-15	TEX	ND	6.0	7	1	1	0	4	1	84	58
2011-09-25	@CLE	ND	6.0	7	4	4	3	5	1	101	44
2011-09-20	SEA	ND	5.1	10	4	4	0	5	1	94	37

Has never faced PIT as starter.

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

 Home:   13-22   Road:   14-18   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  19-30   vsLHP:   8-10   1-Run:  14-11
 vsEast:  5-12   vsCntrl: 8-10   vsWest:  7-11 IL: 7-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 67 Wed, Jun 20  @PIT  W   2-1       27-40  5th  8.5 gb
 66 Tue, Jun 19  @PIT  L   2-7       26-40  5th  8.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Pirates, 35-32, 35-32 2nd, 2½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: James McDonald (27, RHP, 5-3, 2.32)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (5-3)			81.1	56	23	21	24	78	4	2.32
2011 (9-9)			171.0	176	86	80	78	142	24	4.21
2010 (4-6)			71.2	70	32	32	29	68	4	4.02

Last 7 GS		3-2	44.2	29	12	10	11	47	2	2.01	64
2012-06-15	@CLE	L	6.0	3	1	1	2	5	0	101	65
2012-06-09	KCR	ND	4.0	5	3	3	2	2	1	76	40
2012-06-03	@MIL	W	6.0	4	3	1	1	8	1	100	63
2012-05-28	CIN	W	8.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	103	76
2012-05-22	NYM	ND	7.0	4	1	1	2	8	0	104	71
2012-05-17	@WSN	W	5.2	4	3	3	1	11	0	86	59
2012-05-11	HOU	L	8.0	4	1	1	2	8	0	107	76

Has never faced MIN as starter.

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

 Home:   20-12   Road:   15-20   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  23-24   vsLHP:  12-8    1-Run:  17-11
 vsEast:  9-8    vsCntrl:14-10   vsWest:  5-7  IL: 7-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 67 Wed, Jun 20   MIN  L   1-2       35-32  2nd  2.5 gb
 66 Tue, Jun 19   MIN  W   7-2       35-31  2nd  2.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 20, 2012 MIN  2 @PIT  1        W:Jared Burton (1-0), L: Jason Grilli (1-2), S: Glen Perkins (1)
Tue, Jun 19, 2012 PIT  7  MIN  2        W:Kevin Correia (3-6), L: Scott Diamond (5-3), S: none

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)
Season Series: 2012 - tied 1-1; 2011 -  0-0; 2010 -  0-0; All-Time - MIN leads 14-9

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 5.30 PHI 4.34 SDP 3.30	RA/G WSN 3.35 BAL 4.32 COL 5.78	BA J. Votto .367 M. Montero .265 R. Weeks .181	OBP J. Votto .486 A. Escobar .333 K. Suzuki .256	SLG J. Hamilton .674 W. Venable .429 K. Suzuki .268	OPS J. Votto 1.145 O. Infante .764 K. Suzuki .524	ERA R. Dickey 2.00 D. Haren 3.97 T. Lincecum 6.19	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.79 J. Johnson 7.50 H. Alvarez 2.70

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.30

PHI 4.34

SDP 3.30

RA/G

WSN 3.35

BAL 4.32

COL 5.78

J. Votto .367

M. Montero .265

R. Weeks .181

OBP

J. Votto .486

A. Escobar .333

K. Suzuki .256

SLG

J. Hamilton .674

W. Venable .429

K. Suzuki .268

OPS

J. Votto 1.145

O. Infante .764

K. Suzuki .524

ERA

R. Dickey 2.00

D. Haren 3.97

T. Lincecum 6.19

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.79

J. Johnson 7.50

H. Alvarez 2.70

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Twins Batters (4.16 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.McDonald
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 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 55/43 .240/.309/.320/.629 .083/.782 .964 23/.304 0/0 0/0

8.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 12/.182 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 5/.200 5/.933 2/1.000 1/no AB 260/193 .260/.340/.308/.648 .866/.573 .570 80/.774 6/3 0/5

12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 160/123 .252/.294/.327/.620 .751/.580 .535 42/.698 8/1 0/5

18.Doumit# G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 1/3.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 210/147 .253/.314/.409/.723 .616/.770 .662 76/.642 0/0 6/1

20.Dozier G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 165/133 .242/.262/.331/.593 .765/.551 .615 88/.539 2/2 2/8

19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 48/34 .209/.292/.279/.571 .452/.617 .421 23/.776 2/0 0/1

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 258/185 .314/.415/.427/.842 .971/.793 .820 72/.854 3/1 3/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 7/1.214 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 214/144 .234/.304/.458/.762 .326/.984 .917 96/.638 0/0 10/1

27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/81 .170/.250/.245/.495 .865/.397 .501 12/.350 0/0 0/1

24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 180/123 .252/.339/.560/.899 1.106/.809 .774 85/1.217 0/2 14/7

11.Revere* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 149/111 .309/.338/.374/.712 .864/.658 .611 102/.717 12/2 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· 6/1.166 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 281/199 .285/.351/.395/.747 .685/.771 .550 100/.801 7/3 3/1

16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 7/.715 4/3.750 7/.629 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 274/204 .279/.387/.549/.936 1.109/.875 .814 104/.924 2/0 14/2

IP 81.1 23.2 26.2 26.0 35.2 37.2 35.1 11.0 22.1 TOTAL .256/.324/.391/.715 .759/.700 .644 .761 43/15 54/41

ERA-K/9

2.32/8.6

2.66/9.5

2.03/14.2

2.42/10.7

2.02/4.8

3.82/8.6

3.82/6.4

2.45/2.5

3.63/7.3

3.47/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (12-3-1)
Doumit (15-4-2)
Mauer (23-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 314/.196 106/.308 110/.160 105/.165 145/.221 161/.264 170/.285 45/.205 89/.205 .246 Willingham
Span
Plouffe
Mastroianni
Revere
Doumit
Parmelee 59/0/0/5
0/61/0/2
2/0/15/2
5/1/9/1
2/4/26/1
0/0/6/0
1/0/2/0

OPS .567 .813 .584 .595 .643 .785 .786 .603 .664 .701

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 168/.579 52/.851 57/.525 58/.532 67/.665 76/.743 69/.896 12/.258 48/.769 .692

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 146/.554 54/.778 53/.639 47/.674 78/.623 85/.822 101/.714 33/.737 41/.528 .709

Home 174/.525 50/.888 49/.580 55/.461 69/.732 33/.215 72/.835 8/.000 35/.590

Last 28d days 95/.545 34/1.025 38/.437 39/.635 52/.691 72/1.030 73/.789 45/.603 31/.810

HR/SB/CS 4/3/2 2/1/0 3/1/0 4/3/0 3/6/0 6/4/1 5/3/0 1/1/0 3/2/0 60/50/4

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

Pirates Batters (3.43 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.33 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 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 222/164 .212/.284/.455/.738 .666/.765 .702 80/.827 0/0 12/11

26.Barajas G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 8/.875 ··· 173/120 .218/.277/.378/.656 .404/.756 .584 67/.664 0/0 6/2

12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 206/156 .201/.223/.304/.527 .640/.490 .537 67/.596 0/2 3/8

65.Hague G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/46 .231/.275/.262/.537 .666/.472 .708 60/.586 1/0 0/1

5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 111/58 .247/.311/.443/.755 .801/.707 .742 43/.689 5/2 2/1

46.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 162/151 .252/.272/.458/.730 .000/.784 .647 62/.865 2/0 7/1

22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.100 1/.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 1/5.000 3/1.000 ··· 268/197 .332/.392/.559/.951 1.259/.838 1.008 99/.980 14/4 12/1

14.McGehee G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 3/.000 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.833 171/109 .242/.327/.362/.690 .708/.679 .551 60/.994 1/0 3/2

55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 77/61 .167/.273/.348/.621 1.144/.491 .620 23/.428 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 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 183/143 .223/.244/.360/.604 .685/.581 .600 58/.715 6/4 5/1

31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 243/177 .225/.286/.333/.620 .670/.602 .600 83/.646 8/7 2/1

18.Walker# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 270/192 .263/.323/.362/.686 .585/.724 .598 102/.778 7/0 4/3

IP 23.0 33.1 28.0 25.1 34.2 29.1 8.2 29.2 50.0 TOTAL .229/.285/.369/.654 .683/.643 .626 .730 45/23 60/40

ERA-K/9

7.83/5.5

2.16/3.5

3.21/9.3

3.55/5.3

3.12/5.7

4.60/5.2

7.27/4.1

3.03/11.5

5.04/5.4

5.03/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (38-2-5)
McKenry (12-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 108/.380 133/.225 111/.212 101/.235 136/.224 132/.243 38/.294 125/.239 209/.290 .282 Tabata
Harrison
Presley
Jones
McCutchen 18/0/55/5
1/0/9/1
45/0/0/1
0/0/18/1
0/64/0/1

OPS 1.105 .596 .589 .635 .567 .707 .881 .693 .783 .797

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 41/.764 52/.451 46/.820 52/.313 55/.453 47/.734 18/.243 43/.750 104/.795 .797

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 67/1.316 81/.677 65/.435 49/.972 81/.645 85/.693 20/1.395 82/.663 105/.771 .796

Road 38/1.195 71/.691 47/.605 34/.324 71/.630 60/.947 8/1.357 43/.390 85/.785

Last 28d days 25/1.114 28/.223 47/.527 39/.767 50/.604 46/.659 38/.881 54/.609 77/.938

HR/SB/CS 8/1/1 3/3/0 4/3/0 4/3/0 1/0/0 4/3/0 2/0/0 3/1/2 7/0/1 90/50/11

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