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Game Preview: MIN @ TBR, 1:40pm, Sunday, April 22, 2012 @Tropicana Field

Twins, 5-10, 5-10 4th, 5 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Francisco Liriano (28, LHP, 0-2, 11.91)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (0-2)			11.1	22	17	15	9	8	2	11.91
2011 (9-10)			134.1	125	81	76	75	112	14	5.09
2010 (14-10)			191.2	184	77	77	58	201	9	3.62

Last 7 GS		2-2	32.1	40	27	24	23	24	5	6.68	40
2012-04-17	@NYY	L	2.1	7	5	5	4	2	0	76	21
2012-04-12	LAA	ND	5.0	7	6	5	3	2	1	91	30
2012-04-07	@BAL	L	4.0	8	6	5	2	4	1	74	26
2011-08-25	BAL	ND	2.0	2	1	1	3	2	0	42	47
2011-08-20	NYY	W	7.0	3	1	0	3	6	0	108	72
2011-08-15	@DET	W	6.0	9	5	5	1	4	2	94	37
2011-08-09	BOS	ND	6.0	4	3	3	7	4	1	109	49

Last 5 v.TBR		0-2	25.0	30	19	19	14	24	2	6.84	42
2011-07-06	TBR	ND	4.1	6	5	5	4	4	1	91	31
2011-04-27	TBR	L	3.0	6	7	7	4	4	0	83	19
2010-07-03	TBR	ND	7.0	4	1	1	1	10	0	103	74
2009-05-30	@TBR	L	4.0	7	4	4	3	3	1	93	32
2009-04-28	TBR	ND	6.2	7	2	2	2	3	0	96	53

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

 Home:    2-4    Road:    3-6    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-7    vsLHP:   1-3    1-Run:   4-2 
 vsEast:  3-6    vsCntrl: 0-0    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Sat, Apr 21  @TBR  L   1-4        5-10  4th  5.0 gb
 14 Fri, Apr 20  @TBR  W   5-4        5-9   4th  4.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 5-10   Last 30: 5-10

Rays, 8-7, 8-7 3rd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Jeff Niemann (29, RHP, 0-2, 4.50)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (0-2)			10.0	7	8	5	3	11	2	4.50
2011 (11-7)			135.1	131	65	61	37	105	18	4.06
2010 (12-8)			174.1	159	86	85	61	131	25	4.39

Last 7 GS		2-4	33.1	34	26	23	12	27	8	6.21	45
2012-04-17	@TOR	L	5.0	3	5	2	1	5	2	87	51
2012-04-12	@DET	L	5.0	4	3	3	2	6	0	102	51
2011-09-24	TOR	ND	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	1	38	39
2011-09-17	@BOS	W	5.0	4	2	2	2	6	0	90	55
2011-09-12	@BAL	W	7.2	6	2	2	2	5	1	109	62
2011-09-06	TEX	L	4.2	9	7	7	1	3	2	93	20
2011-09-01	@TEX	L	5.0	6	5	5	2	2	2	91	35

Last 5 v.MIN		3-0	33.1	27	11	11	10	21	4	2.97	57
2011-04-28	@MIN	W	7.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	84	70
2011-04-16	MIN	ND	7.0	8	3	3	1	6	1	108	54
2010-08-03	MIN	W	7.0	8	3	3	2	4	1	104	51
2010-07-01	@MIN	ND	6.2	6	3	3	2	5	1	104	53
2009-04-27	@MIN	W	5.2	3	1	1	4	4	1	94	59

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

 Home:    4-1    Road:    4-6    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   7-4    vsLHP:   1-3    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  6-4    vsCntrl: 2-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 15 Sat, Apr 21   MIN  W   4-1        8-7   3rd  1.0 gb
 14 Fri, Apr 20   MIN  L   4-5        7-7   4th  1.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-7    Last 30: 8-7

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 21, 2012 TBR  4  MIN  1        W:James Shields (3-0), L: Carl Pavano (1-2), S: Fernando Rodney (5)
Fri, Apr 20, 2012 MIN  5 @TBR  4        W:Matt Maloney (1-0), L: Brandon Gomes (0-1), S: Matt Capps (4)

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
Season Series: 2012 - tied 1-1; 2011 - TBR won 7-3; 2010 - TBR won 5-3; All-Time - MIN leads 60-52

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

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

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 (3.73 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (5.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Niemann
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/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 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 2/.500 510/370 .290/.359/.347/.706 .751/.689 .791 66/.614 10/0 0/9

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 10/.730 1/.000 11/1.170 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 4/.500 6/1.334 365/247 .260/.322/.368/.691 .579/.750 .611 42/.555 15/4 2/11

18.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 236/174 .303/.353/.477/.830 .912/.802 .703 45/.501 0/1 8/6

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 7/.762 1/no AB 6/2.033 ··· 5/.000 ··· 7/.429 15/.795 333/207 .287/.360/.368/.729 .562/.829 .752 66/.830 0/0 3/5

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 12/.633 ··· 8/.821 ··· 7/.715 ··· 8/1.875 17/1.742 288/193 .227/.285/.333/.618 .401/.728 .587 55/.947 0/0 4/1

27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 88/66 .355/.443/.592/1.035 .935/1.069 .786 40/.772 0/0 4/2

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 320/236 .238/.305/.392/.697 .782/.665 .696 15/.497 3/3 8/12

2.Span* G/S/vP 18/1.055 1/.000 10/.522 1/2.000 3/1.167 1/.000 3/.333 9/.444 311/225 .264/.328/.359/.687 .657/.698 .660 64/.786 6/1 2/1

36.Thomas* G/S/vP 7/1.238 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / 18/.634 / /

22.Valencia G/S/vP 8/.000 1/.000 12/.583 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 5/.650 608/449 .246/.294/.383/.677 .822/.626 .649 53/.559 2/6 15/18

16.Willingham G/S/vP 4/.000 7/1.429 3/1.000 ··· 5/.650 3/2.334 3/1.667 ··· 563/377 .246/.332/.477/.810 .783/.823 .750 65/1.109 4/1 29/2

IP 135.1 63.2 184.0 37.0 30.2 28.0 67.2 32.0 TOTAL .263/.322/.398/.720 .664/.741 .660 .720 9/2 12/13

ERA-K/9

4.06/7.0

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

5.02/6.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 572/.250 276/.265 795/.267 160/.246 138/.259 124/.270 256/.188 150/.224 .265 Willingham
Plouffe
Span
Mauer 96/0/0/3
3/0/11/1
0/67/0/1
0/0/1/0

OPS .729 .689 .771 .656 .770 .801 .586 .672 .764

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 310/.726 109/.706 384/.779 65/.778 68/.581 65/.510 118/.435 71/.766 .778

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 262/.732 167/.677 411/.765 95/.575 70/.978 59/1.143 138/.718 79/.588 .751

Home 281/.803 136/.738 418/.685 92/.506 60/.636 66/.961 119/.367 78/.619

Last 28d days 42/.667 31/.947 28/.545 8/1.025 21/.802 16/.962 24/1.117 23/.274

HR/SB/CS 18/16/5 1/2/1 23/2/4 3/3/1 5/5/1 5/4/0 7/5/2 1/5/0 14/7/2

Usage ····X··· ·Xo·o··X ···X···· ·o··X··· ··Xoo··o ··o·X··· ·ooo··o· o·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 (4.67 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

19.Allen* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 195/139 .200/.277/.377/.654 .423/.752 .741 7/.000 3/0 6/4

16.Gimenez G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 70/51 .203/.314/.271/.585 .921/.461 .542 11/.818 0/1 1/0

8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 287/197 .259/.356/.449/.805 .791/.811 .715 68/.662 20/6 10/1

9.Johnson# G/S/vP 2/1.000 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 ··· 3/.666 6/.167 ··· 1/.000 4/1.500 522/421 .277/.347/.478/.825 .657/.866 .898 59/.995 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 14/.643 3/.666 ··· 4/1.750 8/.250 2/.500 ··· 1/5.000 574/425 .244/.355/.495/.850 .943/.819 .812 66/.996 3/2 31/14

28.Molina G/S/vP 6/3.500 2/2.500 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.000 1/no AB ··· 5/.500 191/129 .281/.342/.415/.757 .754/.759 .733 35/.637 2/1 3/1

23.Pena* G/S/vP 10/.567 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.000 606/460 .225/.357/.462/.819 .594/.892 .780 67/1.003 2/2 28/8

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 8/1.025 4/1.750 1/.000 4/.250 12/1.400 2/.000 ··· 3/3.167 436/269 .223/.323/.357/.679 .864/.567 .609 49/.586 11/7 8/11

30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 10/.856 3/.666 1/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 236/196 .220/.301/.402/.703 .781/.686 .842 42/.910 1/1 9/1

2.Upton G/S/vP 18/.827 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 10/.733 4/.250 1/.000 5/.900 640/463 .243/.331/.429/.759 .746/.763 .674 7/.762 36/12 23/3

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 13/.725 2/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/2.000 674/461 .269/.353/.469/.822 .907/.793 .738 64/.755 19/6 20/6

IP 134.1 50.2 4.2 65.2 161.2 48.1 18.2 61.2 TOTAL .250/.342/.419/.760 .866/.724 .851 .760 4/4 18/8

ERA-K/9

5.09/7.5

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

5.23/5.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 591/.249 225/.263 23/.316 274/.262 711/.299 215/.275 96/.409 253/.244 .283 Joyce
Upton
Jennings
Zobrist
Gimenez
Scott
Rodriguez
Johnson 15/0/126/8
0/151/0/6
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 .726 .749 .988 .726 .833 .758 1.182 .644 .810

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 140/.669 91/.692 8/1.625 129/.765 187/.522 97/.695 28/1.162 101/.589 .825

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 451/.744 134/.789 15/.670 145/.689 524/.947 118/.811 68/1.190 152/.681 .802

Road 282/.778 94/.810 4/.500 123/.737 346/.762 112/.788 50/1.371 103/.643

Last 28d days 63/1.103 37/.636 23/.646 24/.667 27/.536 34/.716 33/.642 24/1.073

HR/SB/CS 14/9/5 4/7/1 1/2/0 10/2/0 21/6/6 4/3/3 7/0/0 2/3/2 22/11/2

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