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Game Preview: MIN @ TEX, 8:05pm, Friday, July 6, 2012 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Twins, 35-47, 35-47 5th, 10 GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Francisco Liriano (28, LHP, 2-7, 5.40)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-7)			76.2	69	49	46	44	76	7	5.40
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	42.2	25	15	14	18	46	1	2.95	61
2012-07-01	KCR	ND	5.1	5	5	4	4	6	0	107	42
2012-06-25	CHW	W	7.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	104	68
2012-06-20	@PIT	ND	6.2	4	1	1	2	6	0	97	66
2012-06-15	MIL	ND	6.0	1	3	3	4	6	1	104	60
2012-06-10	CHC	L	5.2	4	4	4	3	6	0	89	48
2012-06-05	@KCR	L	6.0	4	1	1	1	8	0	96	67
2012-05-30	OAK	W	6.0	3	0	0	2	9	0	88	73

Last 5 v.TEX		3-1	30.0	23	13	12	9	30	1	3.60	58
2011-06-12	TEX	W	8.0	2	1	1	0	9	0	97	83
2010-08-26	@TEX	W	7.0	5	2	2	1	6	0	99	64
2009-08-17	@TEX	L	2.0	7	7	7	2	1	0	61	13
2009-07-19	@TEX	ND	6.0	5	3	2	3	6	1	90	55
2006-07-08	@TEX	W	7.0	4	0	0	3	8	0	95	74

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

 Home:   17-25   Road:   18-22   ExtrInn: 3-0 
 vsRHP:  24-36   vsLHP:  11-11   1-Run:  16-13
 vsEast:  5-12   vsCntrl:14-15   vsWest:  7-11 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Thu, Jul  5  @DET  L   3-7       35-47  5th 10.0 gb
 81 Wed, Jul  4  @DET  L   1-5       35-46  5th  9.0 gb
 80 Tue, Jul  3  @DET  W   8-6       35-45  5th  8.0 gb
 79 Mon, Jul  2  @DET  W   6-4       34-45  5th  8.0 gb
 78 Sun, Jul  1   KCR  W  10-8       33-45  5th  8.5 gb
 77 Sat, Jun 30   KCR  W   5-1       32-45  5th  9.5 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 30   KCR  W   7-2       31-45  5th  9.5 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 29   KCR  L   3-4       30-45  5th 11.0 gb
 74 Wed, Jun 27   CHW  L   5-12      30-44  5th  9.5 gb
 73 Tue, Jun 26   CHW  L   2-3       30-43  5th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Rangers, 50-33, 50-33 1st, 4 up

SP: Martin Perez (21, LHP, 1-0, 9.00)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (1-0)			6.0	9	6	6	2	6	1	9.00

Last 7 GS		1-0	5.1	6	2	2	1	5	1	3.38	52
2012-06-30	OAK	W	5.1	6	2	2	1	5	1	103	52

Has never faced MIN as starter.

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

 Home:   27-15   Road:   23-18   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  34-21   vsLHP:  16-12   1-Run:   9-10
 vsEast: 12-6    vsCntrl:11-10   vsWest: 13-13 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Thu, Jul  5  @CHW  L   1-2       50-33  1st  4.0 up
 82 Wed, Jul  4  @CHW  L   4-5 (10)  50-32  1st  5.0 up
 81 Tue, Jul  3  @CHW  L   2-19      50-31  1st  5.0 up
 80 Sun, Jul  1   OAK  L   1-3       50-30  1st  5.5 up
 79 Sat, Jun 30   OAK  W   7-2       50-29  1st  6.5 up
 78 Fri, Jun 29   OAK  W   4-3       49-29  1st  5.5 up
 77 Thu, Jun 28   OAK  W   7-6       48-29  1st  4.5 up
 76 Wed, Jun 27   DET  W  13-9       47-29  1st  4.5 up
 75 Tue, Jun 26   DET  W   7-5       46-29  1st  4.5 up
 74 Mon, Jun 25   DET  L   2-8       45-29  1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Apr 15, 2012 TEX  4 @MIN  3        W:Robbie Ross (2-0), L: Glen Perkins (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (3)
Sat, Apr 14, 2012 TEX  6 @MIN  2        W:Robbie Ross (1-0), L: Brian Duensing (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 13, 2012 TEX  4 @MIN  1        W:Matt Harrison (2-0), L: Anthony Swarzak (0-2), S: Alexi Ogando (1)

Thu, Jul 28, 2011 TEX  4  MIN  1        W:Matt Harrison (9-7), L: Scott Baker (8-6), S: Neftali Feliz (21)
Wed, Jul 27, 2011 MIN  7 @TEX  2        W:Brian Duensing (8-8), L: Colby Lewis (10-8), S: none
Tue, Jul 26, 2011 MIN  9 @TEX  8        W:Glen Perkins (3-1), L: Neftali Feliz (0-2), S: Joe Nathan (8)
Mon, Jul 25, 2011 TEX 20  MIN  6        W:Derek Holland (9-4), L: Nick Blackburn (7-7), S: none
Sun, Jun 12, 2011 MIN  6  TEX  1        W:Francisco Liriano (4-6), L: Matt Harrison (5-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 11, 2011 MIN  8  TEX  1        W:Scott Baker (4-4), L: Colby Lewis (5-7), S: none
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 TEX  9 @MIN  3        W:C.J. Wilson (7-3), L: Brian Duensing (3-6), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - TEX over 3-0; 2011 - MIN won 5-3; 2010 - MIN won 7-3; All-Time - MIN leads 358-316

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 5.23 WSN 4.25 SDP 3.55	RA/G WSN 3.50 SDP 4.35 COL 5.74	BA M. Cabrera .356 M. Cuddyer .266 R. Weeks .193	OBP J. Votto .464 M. Wieters .332 J. Arencibia .264	SLG J. Hamilton .646 K. Seager .423 J. Carroll .279	OPS J. Votto 1.082 D. Jeter .763 D. Gordon .562	ERA J. Weaver 2.13 I. Nova 4.05 J. Arrieta 6.13	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.81 J. Johnson 7.50 D. Lowe 3.01

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.23

WSN 4.25

SDP 3.55

RA/G

WSN 3.50

SDP 4.35

COL 5.74

M. Cabrera .356

M. Cuddyer .266

R. Weeks .193

OBP

J. Votto .464

M. Wieters .332

J. Arencibia .264

SLG

J. Hamilton .646

K. Seager .423

J. Carroll .279

OPS

J. Votto 1.082

D. Jeter .763

D. Gordon .562

ERA

J. Weaver 2.13

I. Nova 4.05

J. Arrieta 6.13

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.81

J. Johnson 7.50

D. Lowe 3.01

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Twins Batters (4.18 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Perez*
G/S/vB 37.Adams
G/S/vB 11.Darvish
G/S/vB 51.Grimm
G/S/vB 50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 46.Ross*
G/S/vB 52.Scheppers
G/S/vB 22.Tateyama
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/.000 63/49 .241/.302/.379/.681 .071/.856 .964 22/.682 0/0 1/0

8.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 8/1.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 303/225 .238/.321/.279/.600 .773/.541 .520 80/.566 6/3 0/5

12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 184/143 .240/.277/.310/.587 .852/.510 .470 32/.625 10/1 0/5

18.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 255/180 .281/.341/.446/.788 .677/.835 .768 79/.853 0/0 7/1

20.Dozier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 211/166 .245/.271/.340/.611 .915/.528 .565 86/.603 6/2 3/12

19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/49 .254/.338/.349/.687 .748/.659 .519 30/.914 8/1 1/2

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 7/.000 4/.833 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 316/222 .330/.418/.458/.876 .926/.855 .878 90/.993 4/1 5/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 265/178 .238/.306/.431/.737 .321/.948 .836 91/.597 1/0 10/2

24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 242/168 .250/.326/.560/.887 1.206/.757 .743 106/1.093 0/2 19/8

11.Revere* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 211/155 .318/.348/.369/.717 .866/.663 .641 110/.657 16/4 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 4/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 339/238 .275/.342/.384/.726 .682/.743 .530 108/.724 9/3 3/1

16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.667 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 332/246 .269/.380/.545/.924 1.175/.837 .847 103/.805 2/1 18/2

IP 6.0 28.1 102.2 10.0 11.1 33.2 45.1 10.0 10.0 TOTAL .258/.326/.398/.723 .791/.698 .647 .759 63/19 71/49

ERA-K/9

9.00/9.0

3.18/8.0

3.59/10.3

10.80/9.0

3.97/7.2

1.87/11.2

0.99/5.6

9.00/8.1

14.40/9.0

3.86/7.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (13-4-1)
Doumit (16-4-2)
Mauer (26-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 29/.333 123/.265 447/.227 49/.378 47/.125 129/.213 170/.210 47/.364 53/.347 .248 Willingham
Revere
Span
Plouffe
Mastroianni
Doumit 72/0/0/6
2/7/38/2
0/74/0/2
2/0/15/2
9/1/12/1
0/0/6/0

OPS .935 .679 .687 1.008 .584 .535 .541 1.005 1.090 .703

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 6/.833 69/.693 277/.710 24/.966 16/.494 85/.519 74/.599 22/1.014 26/1.507 .699

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 23/.963 54/.662 170/.649 25/1.049 31/.607 44/.567 96/.497 25/1.000 27/.741 .708

Home 29/.935 74/.751 225/.685 35/1.105 47/.584 75/.583 81/.468 30/1.076 31/1.146

Last 28d days 29/.935 40/.771 117/.619 49/1.008 47/.584 40/.444 57/.456 41/1.030 16/1.367

HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 1/4/1 9/12/1 1/2/1 2/0/0 2/1/0 2/1/1 3/3/0 4/0/0 83/47/13

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

Rangers Batters (5.23 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 38.De Vries
G/S/vB 52.Duensing*
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 57.Waldrop
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 9/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 12/.955 2/2.000 6/.666 5/.800 ··· 9/.777 ··· 367/251 .298/.372/.401/.773 .739/.789 .783 102/.779 16/6 1/9

29.Beltre G/S/vP 28/.837 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.750 ··· 7/.572 14/1.404 ··· 7/.572 ··· 329/228 .325/.356/.521/.877 .659/.974 .918 100/1.019 1/0 14/5

17.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.000 4/2.000 2/.000 ··· 8/.250 1/.000 8/.542 3/.000 ··· 9/.555 ··· 329/230 .257/.313/.424/.737 .832/.697 .819 85/.703 6/4 11/1

23.Gentry G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 147/66 .344/.411/.450/.861 .876/.844 .894 49/.894 9/3 1/0

14.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 52/30 .255/.255/.333/.588 .500/.655 .789 6/.333 0/0 0/1

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 11/.473 2/.500 ··· ··· 14/.714 2/2.500 5/1.000 12/1.583 ··· 10/.522 ··· 329/212 .316/.386/.646/1.032 .907/1.103 .968 85/.851 6/3 26/4

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 11/.873 5/.400 ··· ··· 7/.143 1/5.000 4/.500 12/.258 ··· 7/.714 ··· 382/273 .277/.338/.447/.784 .914/.732 .922 106/.741 15/6 9/12

27.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/24 .214/.290/.464/.755 .571/.810 .898 31/.755 2/0 0/0

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 11/.899 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 7/.619 ··· 5/.800 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 233/201 .288/.377/.490/.867 .742/.889 .963 62/1.168 6/1 9/1

25.Napoli G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 10/.200 ··· 6/.167 1/2.000 ··· 12/.583 ··· 271/176 .233/.336/.431/.767 .595/.859 .707 75/.570 0/0 12/4

21.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/18 .308/.345/.500/.845 .980/.544 .778 15/.571 0/0 3/0

8.Torrealba G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.417 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 154/77 .222/.291/.319/.610 .576/.642 .616 50/.521 1/1 2/1

10.Young G/S/vP 15/.564 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 12/.781 1/3.000 8/.708 12/.606 ··· 9/1.112 ··· 343/237 .265/.297/.349/.646 .783/.586 .572 96/.511 2/1 3/1

IP 76.2 41.0 33.0 23.0 46.0 35.1 35.2 5.0 60.1 4.0 TOTAL .281/.342/.453/.795 .763/.810 .828 .764 64/25 101/45

ERA-K/9

5.40/8.9

2.41/4.0

2.73/8.5

3.91/6.3

4.11/5.1

/0.0

4.08/4.6

3.28/10.8

7.20/12.6

4.48/5.2

2.25/2.2

4.99/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Napoli (23-5-6)
Snyder (0-0-0)
Torrealba (24-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 339/.245 163/.211 132/.200 100/.244 188/.253 / 157/.254 153/.265 21/.350 248/.274 19/.333 .281 Cruz
Murphy
Hamilton
Martin
Snyder
Gentry 5/0/77/6
56/2/8/3
54/45/1/3
2/8/0/1
5/0/4/0
0/64/1/0

OPS .727 .570 .585 .806 .677 .722 .709 .833 .751 1.007 .794

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 71/.461 67/.427 53/.874 49/.607 72/.523 / 60/.786 53/.720 13/.731 114/.721 8/.929 .783

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 268/.800 96/.662 79/.404 51/.985 116/.771 / 97/.681 100/.703 8/1.000 134/.776 11/1.080 .801

Road 146/.840 89/.670 55/.577 55/.919 103/.711 / 73/.873 56/.455 4/1.250 114/.755 12/1.200

Last 28d days 127/.533 40/.419 45/.608 33/.741 75/.868 / 56/.731 51/.702 21/.833 75/.779 19/1.007

HR/SB/CS 7/12/2 3/4/0 4/3/0 6/1/0 3/0/0 // 4/4/1 3/1/2 1/0/1 8/0/1 1/0/0 108/55/13

Usage ····X··· o··X·oo· ····XX·· ·X···X·· ·X····X· ··X·X··· ··oXXo·· o·o·ooo· o··X··X· ·Xo···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.