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Game Preview: MIN @ TBR, 7:10pm, Friday, April 20, 2012 @Tropicana Field

Twins, 4-9, 4-9 4th, 5 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Liam Hendriks (23, RHP, 0-0, 1.50)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-0) 6.0 7 1 1 0 4 1 1.50
2011 (0-2) 23.1 29 16 16 6 16 3 6.17
Last 7 GS 0-2 29.1 36 17 17 6 20 4 5.22 46
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
2011-09-14 @KCR L 5.0 8 5 5 0 2 0 83 33
2011-09-06 CHW L 7.0 4 3 3 3 4 1 99 58
Has never faced TBR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    2-4    Road:    2-5    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-6    vsLHP:   0-3    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  2-5    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Thu, Apr 19  @NYY  L   6-7        4-9   4th  5.0 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 18  @NYY  W   6-5        4-8   4th  5.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 17  @NYY  L   3-8        3-8   4th  5.0 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 16  @NYY  W   7-3        3-7   4th  4.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 4-9    Last 30: 4-9 
Rays, 7-6, 7-6 2nd, 1 GB, tied for WC

SP: Matt Moore (23, LHP, 0-1, 5.54)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-1) 13.0 12 8 8 9 9 3 5.54
2011 (1-0) 9.1 9 3 3 3 15 1 2.89
Last 7 GS 1-1 18.0 16 8 8 10 20 3 4.00 53
2012-04-15 @BOS L 6.1 8 6 6 4 5 2 109 34
2012-04-10 @DET ND 6.2 4 2 2 5 4 1 106 57
2011-09-22 @NYY W 5.0 4 0 0 1 11 0 84 69
Has never faced MIN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-0    Road:    4-6    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   6-3    vsLHP:   1-3    1-Run:   2-0 
 vsEast:  6-4    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Thu, Apr 19  @TOR  W   9-4        7-6   2nd  1.0 gb
 12 Wed, Apr 18  @TOR  W  12-2        6-6   3rd  1.0 gb
 11 Tue, Apr 17  @TOR  L   3-7        5-6   4th  2.0 gb
 10 Mon, Apr 16  @BOS  W   1-0        5-5   3rd  1.0 gb
  9 Sun, Apr 15  @BOS  L   4-6        4-5   4th  1.0 gb
  8 Sat, Apr 14  @BOS  L   5-13       4-4   2nd  1.0 gb
  7 Fri, Apr 13  @BOS  L   2-12       4-3   1st    Tied
  6 Thu, Apr 12  @DET  L   2-7        4-2   1st    Tied
  5 Wed, Apr 11  @DET  W   4-2        4-1   1st  0.5 up
  4 Tue, Apr 10  @DET  L   2-5        3-1   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-6    Last 30: 7-6 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 06, 2011 TBR 12 @MIN  5        W:J.P. Howell (2-1), L: Alex Burnett (2-5), S: none
Tue, Jul 05, 2011 MIN  3  TBR  2        W:Scott Baker (7-5), L: James Shields (8-6), S: Glen Perkins (2)
Mon, Jul 04, 2011 MIN  7  TBR  0        W:Brian Duensing (6-7), L: David Price (8-7), S: none
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 TBR  6 @MIN  1        W:Jeff Niemann (1-3), L: Anthony Swarzak (0-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 TBR 15 @MIN  3        W:Jeremy Hellickson (2-2), L: Nick Blackburn (1-4), S: none
Wed, Apr 27, 2011 TBR  8 @MIN  2        W:Wade Davis (3-2), L: Francisco Liriano (1-4), S: none
Sun, Apr 17, 2011 MIN  4 @TBR  2        W:Brian Duensing (1-0), L: Jeremy Hellickson (1-2), S: Matt Capps (1)
Sat, Apr 16, 2011 TBR  4  MIN  3        W:Juan Cruz (1-0), L: Joe Nathan (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 TBR  5  MIN  2        W:Wade Davis (1-2), L: Nick Blackburn (1-2), S: Kyle Farnsworth (3)
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 TBR  4  MIN  3 (10)   W:Kyle Farnsworth (1-0), L: Matt Capps (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - TBR won 7-3; 2010 - TBR won 5-3; All-Time - MIN leads 59-51

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

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 (3.85 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (5.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Moore*
G/S/vB
31.Badenhop
G/S/vB
40.Davis
G/S/vB
47.Gomes
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
57.McGee*
G/S/vB
62.Peralta
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
37.Burroughs* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 115/101 .273/.289/.336/.626 .643/.623 .556 11/.282 1/0 1/1
8.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/.500 510/370 .290/.359/.347/.706 .751/.689 .791 57/.576 10/0 0/9
12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· 11/1.170 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 4/.500 6/1.334 365/247 .260/.322/.368/.691 .579/.750 .611 35/.609 15/4 2/11
18.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 236/174 .303/.353/.477/.830 .912/.802 .703 37/.604 0/1 8/6
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/2.033 ··· 5/.000 ··· 6/.500 15/.795 333/207 .287/.360/.368/.729 .562/.829 .752 57/.768 0/0 3/5
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.821 ··· 7/.715 ··· 8/1.875 17/1.742 288/193 .227/.285/.333/.618 .401/.728 .587 51/.931 0/0 4/1
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 88/66 .355/.443/.592/1.035 .935/1.069 .786 36/.804 0/0 4/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 320/236 .238/.305/.392/.697 .782/.665 .696 11/.382 3/3 8/12
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/.522 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 3/.333 9/.444 311/225 .264/.328/.359/.687 .657/.698 .660 55/.806 6/1 2/1
36.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 14/.824 / /
22.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· 12/.583 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.833 608/449 .246/.294/.383/.677 .822/.626 .649 44/.630 2/6 15/18
16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 6/1.333 3/1.000 ··· 5/.650 3/2.334 2/1.000 ··· 563/377 .246/.332/.477/.810 .783/.823 .750 56/1.111 4/1 29/2
IP 9.1 63.2 184.0 37.0 30.2 28.0 67.2 32.0 TOTAL .266/.321/.414/.735 .649/.766 .671 .735 6/2 12/9
ERA-K/9 2.89/14.5 4.10/7.2 4.45/5.1 2.92/7.8 6.16/7.6 4.50/8.7 2.93/8.1 4.50/7.3 5.35/6.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 40/.243 276/.265 795/.267 160/.246 138/.259 124/.270 256/.188 150/.224 .269  Willingham
 Plouffe
 Span
 Mauer
96/0/0/3
3/0/11/1
0/67/0/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .651 .689 .771 .656 .770 .801 .586 .672 .786
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 11/.697 109/.706 384/.779 65/.778 68/.581 65/.510 118/.435 71/.766 .811
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 29/.633 167/.677 411/.765 95/.575 70/.978 59/1.143 138/.718 79/.588 .765
Home / 136/.738 418/.685 92/.506 60/.636 66/.961 119/.367 78/.619
Last 28d days 58/.852 22/1.064 28/.545 6/.750 21/.802 16/.962 21/1.134 20/.311
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 1/2/1 23/2/4 3/3/1 5/5/1 5/4/0 7/5/2 1/5/0 14/4/2
Usage ····X··· o·o··XX· ·X····XX ··X····· Xoo··o·o o·X····o oo··o·Xo X··oo···

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

Rays Batters (4.77 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.46 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
44.Maloney*
G/S/vB
15.Perkins*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 264/221 .193/.227/.221/.448 .340/.468 .548 18/.284 3/1 1/7
16.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 70/51 .203/.314/.271/.585 .921/.461 .542 8/1.125 0/1 1/0
8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 287/197 .259/.356/.449/.805 .791/.811 .715 59/.697 20/6 10/1
9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 181/91 .194/.257/.338/.595 .647/.550 .570 12/.444 6/7 4/2
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.200 ··· ··· 4/1.500 522/421 .277/.347/.478/.825 .657/.866 .898 51/.938 13/1 19/3
7.Keppinger G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.750 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 4/1.500 400/304 .277/.300/.377/.677 .776/.645 .713 43/.566 0/1 6/5
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/2.333 8/.250 2/.500 ··· 1/5.000 574/425 .244/.355/.495/.850 .943/.819 .812 58/.982 3/2 31/14
28.Molina G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.500 191/129 .281/.342/.415/.757 .754/.759 .733 31/.534 2/1 3/1
23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 606/460 .225/.357/.462/.819 .594/.892 .780 59/1.062 2/2 28/8
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 3/2.334 ··· 4/.250 12/1.400 1/.000 ··· 3/3.167 436/269 .223/.323/.357/.679 .864/.567 .609 42/.628 11/7 8/11
30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 9/.958 2/1.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 236/196 .220/.301/.402/.703 .781/.686 .842 34/1.040 1/1 9/1
26.Vogt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 13/.000 / /
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/2.000 674/461 .269/.353/.469/.822 .907/.793 .738 56/.825 19/6 20/6
IP 23.1 50.2 4.2 65.2 161.2 48.1 18.2 61.2 TOTAL .255/.345/.428/.773 .907/.722 .964 .773 4/3 16/8
ERA-K/9 6.17/6.2 5.51/5.9 3.86/5.7 4.25/4.7 5.23/6.4 4.28/4.3 9.16/6.3 2.48/9.5 5.54/5.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gimenez (14-6-0)
 Molina (24-12-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 100/.312 225/.263 23/.316 274/.262 711/.299 215/.275 96/.409 253/.244 .292  Joyce
 Jennings
 Zobrist
 Gimenez
 Scott
 Rodriguez
 Johnson
15/0/126/8
53/8/1/3
0/0/38/1
3/0/0/0
45/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
1/1/0/0
OPS .866 .749 .988 .726 .833 .758 1.182 .644 .829
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 58/.842 91/.692 8/1.625 129/.765 187/.522 97/.695 28/1.162 101/.589 .854
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 42/.899 134/.789 15/.670 145/.689 524/.947 118/.811 68/1.190 152/.681 .815
Road 48/.807 94/.810 4/.500 123/.737 346/.762 112/.788 50/1.371 103/.643
Last 28d days 23/.826 32/.633 19/.711 21/.762 24/.606 30/.727 30/.711 24/1.073
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 4/7/1 1/2/0 10/2/0 21/6/6 4/3/3 7/0/0 2/3/2 20/11/1
Usage ····X··· X·o·oo·X ·X··o·oo ·X·o···X ·X·o·X·X X·X··X·o ··X·o·o· X···oX··

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.