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Game Preview: MIN @ TEX, 8:05pm, Friday, August 24, 2012 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Twins, 51-73, 51-73 5th, 17½ GB, 18½ GB in WC

SP: Sam Deduno (28, RHP, 4-1, 3.33)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (4-1) 46.0 37 18 17 36 30 4 3.33
2011 (0-0) 3.0 5 1 1 3 4 0 3.00
2010 (0-0) 2.2 3 1 1 1 3 1 3.38
Last 7 GS 4-1 40.2 31 15 14 33 27 2 3.10 53
2012-08-19 @SEA L 6.0 5 2 2 6 2 0 100 50
2012-08-13 DET W 7.0 5 3 3 5 6 0 103 56
2012-08-07 @CLE ND 4.0 5 4 4 5 3 1 87 34
2012-08-02 @BOS W 6.0 2 0 0 4 1 0 101 65
2012-07-28 CLE W 7.0 2 1 1 5 6 0 105 70
2012-07-22 @KCR W 6.1 6 1 1 3 4 0 104 58
2012-07-17 BAL ND 4.1 6 4 3 5 5 1 99 37
Last 5 v.TEX 0-0 5.1 6 3 3 3 3 2 5.06 44
2012-07-07 @TEX ND 5.1 6 3 3 3 3 2 83 44
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-37   Road:   27-36   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  35-52   vsLHP:  16-21   1-Run:  19-20
 vsEast: 10-18   vsCntrl:23-24   vsWest:  9-22 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Thu, Aug 23  @TEX  L   6-10      51-73  5th 17.5 gb
123 Wed, Aug 22  @OAK  L   1-5       51-72  5th 17.0 gb
122 Tue, Aug 21  @OAK  L   1-4       51-71  5th 16.0 gb
121 Mon, Aug 20  @OAK  W   7-2       51-70  5th 15.0 gb
120 Sun, Aug 19  @SEA  L   1-5       50-70  5th 15.0 gb
119 Sat, Aug 18  @SEA  L   2-3       50-69  5th 15.0 gb
118 Fri, Aug 17  @SEA  L   3-5       50-68  5th 15.0 gb
117 Wed, Aug 15   DET  L   1-5       50-67  5th 14.5 gb
116 Tue, Aug 14   DET  L   4-8       50-66  5th 13.5 gb
115 Mon, Aug 13   DET  W   9-3       50-65  4th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Rangers, 73-51, 73-51 1st, 6 up

SP: Matt Harrison (26, LHP, 14-7, 3.19)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (14-7) 161.0 157 59 57 46 96 13 3.19
2011 (14-9) 185.2 180 79 70 57 126 13 3.39
2010 (3-2) 78.1 80 45 41 39 46 10 4.71
Last 7 GS 3-3 47.2 43 19 18 19 26 5 3.40 54
2012-08-19 @TOR W 8.0 2 2 2 1 7 1 90 76
2012-08-14 @NYY L 6.1 5 1 1 3 2 0 106 58
2012-08-08 @BOS ND 4.2 8 5 4 3 3 1 97 30
2012-08-03 @KCR W 6.2 8 2 2 3 3 0 109 50
2012-07-28 CHW L 7.0 7 5 5 3 4 2 103 44
2012-07-22 @LAA L 6.0 8 4 4 2 4 1 95 42
2012-07-15 @SEA W 9.0 5 0 0 4 3 0 114 76
Last 5 v.MIN 2-2 26.1 29 12 11 9 9 2 3.76 49
2012-04-13 @MIN W 8.0 7 1 1 2 4 0 111 66
2011-07-28 MIN W 7.1 8 1 1 1 2 0 114 59
2011-06-12 @MIN L 6.0 5 2 1 3 3 0 75 56
2008-07-19 @MIN L 5.0 9 8 8 3 0 2 84 14
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   39-23   Road:   34-28   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  52-35   vsLHP:  21-16   1-Run:  16-15
 vsEast: 21-13   vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest: 19-19 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Thu, Aug 23   MIN  W  10-6       73-51  1st  6.0 up
123 Wed, Aug 22   BAL  W  12-3       72-51  1st  5.0 up
122 Tue, Aug 21   BAL  L   3-5       71-51  1st  5.0 up
121 Mon, Aug 20   BAL  W   5-1       71-50  1st  6.0 up
120 Sun, Aug 19  @TOR  W  11-2       70-50  1st  5.0 up
119 Sat, Aug 18  @TOR  W   2-1       69-50  1st  5.0 up
118 Fri, Aug 17  @TOR  L   2-3       68-50  1st  5.0 up
117 Thu, Aug 16  @NYY  W  10-6       68-49  1st  6.0 up
116 Wed, Aug 15  @NYY  L   2-3       67-49  1st  6.0 up
115 Tue, Aug 14  @NYY  L   0-3       67-48  1st  6.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 23, 2012 TEX 10  MIN  6        W:Mike Adams (3-3), L: Jared Burton (1-1), S: Joe Nathan (25)
Sun, Jul 08, 2012 TEX  4  MIN  3 (13)   W:Scott Feldman (3-6), L: Alex Burnett (2-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 07, 2012 TEX  4  MIN  3 (10)   W:Joe Nathan (1-2), L: Kyle Waldrop (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jul 06, 2012 MIN  5 @TEX  1        W:Francisco Liriano (3-7), L: Martin Perez (1-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2012 - TEX over 6-1; 2011 - MIN won 5-3; 2010 - MIN won 7-3; All-Time - MIN leads 359-319

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  5.14

SFG  4.31

HOU  3.70

 RA/G

WSN  3.53

DET  4.36

COL  5.58

 BA

A. McCutchen  .349

J. Upton  .273

J. Smoak  .189

 OBP

A. McCutchen  .414

D. Pedroia  .336

J. Smoak  .254

 SLG

R. Braun  .602

C. Rasmus  .434

J. Carroll  .285

 OPS

M. Trout  1.011

I. Kinsler  .770

J. Smoak  .579

 ERA

D. Price  2.28

T. Milone  3.87

R. Wolf  5.69

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.34

V. Worley  7.20

D. Lowe  3.42

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Twins Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Harrison*
G/S/vB		 37.Adams
G/S/vB		 11.Darvish
G/S/vB		 50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB		 57.Lowe
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 41.Ogando
G/S/vB		 28.Ross*
G/S/vB		 52.Scheppers
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 91/64 .212/.264/.306/.570 .188/.735 .652 11/.182 0/0 1/0
8.Carroll G/S/vP 7/.629 8/1.000 4/.250 ··· 2/.500 5/.800 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.500 439/325 .243/.328/.285/.613 .703/.582 .575 78/.658 6/3 0/11
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 6/.800 3/.666 3/.666 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 277/211 .209/.251/.287/.538 .609/.516 .456 53/.524 15/1 1/7
18.Doumit# G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/1.667 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 413/290 .286/.334/.471/.805 .692/.853 .830 96/.785 0/0 14/1
25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 26/15 .318/.400/.500/.900 .864/.929 .900 26/.900 1/0 0/3
19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 145/91 .279/.338/.403/.741 .680/.778 .702 54/.735 15/2 3/2
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 14/.974 9/.000 4/.833 7/.762 4/1.167 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 501/332 .317/.414/.437/.851 .795/.877 .849 107/.754 7/3 8/4
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 9/.833 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 5/1.400 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/2.500 430/277 .272/.333/.464/.797 .567/.929 .849 103/.895 1/0 16/3
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.500 329/229 .242/.310/.475/.785 .998/.696 .657 41/.302 0/3 19/12
11.Revere* G/S/vP 7/.762 2/.000 ··· 4/.833 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 393/268 .311/.343/.366/.709 .750/.690 .654 104/.724 29/7 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 10/1.000 3/1.167 4/2.000 3/.666 3/.666 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 474/324 .289/.353/.399/.752 .715/.768 .562 67/.775 14/6 3/4
16.Willingham G/S/vP 10/.522 4/.000 3/.667 2/.000 1/.000 4/.750 4/1.250 3/1.167 1/.000 508/357 .260/.368/.540/.908 1.008/.867 .795 99/.722 2/2 31/3
IP 161.0 41.0 147.2 26.2 35.0 48.2 52.1 57.2 24.2 TOTAL .263/.328/.398/.726 .740/.720 .664 .705 100/30 107/79
ERA-K/9 3.19/5.4 2.63/7.9 4.51/10.5 4.05/8.8 2.06/6.9 2.59/10.9 2.75/8.9 1.72/6.6 4.74/7.7 3.96/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (18-6-2)
 Doumit (22-5-2)
 Mauer (44-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 663/.256 176/.255 654/.233 115/.162 136/.194 195/.232 206/.201 232/.220 115/.343 .247  Willingham
 Revere
 Span
 Mastroianni
 Plouffe
 Doumit
104/0/0/6
2/21/65/5
0/103/0/3
18/3/26/2
2/0/15/2
8/0/6/0
OPS .699 .660 .711 .562 .565 .616 .606 .601 .914 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 157/.507 95/.678 375/.735 42/.545 63/.524 118/.616 84/.663 103/.573 43/.887 .703
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 506/.760 81/.638 279/.680 73/.570 73/.598 77/.616 122/.565 129/.623 72/.930 .716
Home 240/.741 92/.638 311/.715 88/.503 92/.686 116/.679 98/.669 116/.547 77/.979
Last 28d days 139/.720 34/.617 116/.802 55/.505 15/.497 33/.821 44/.701 42/.839 45/.828
HR/SB/CS 13/1/2 1/9/1 13/20/2 3/1/0 3/0/1 5/3/0 6/3/0 3/1/1 5/5/0 129/82/19
Usage ····X··· X····o·X ······X· X·X··o·X ·o··o··· o··o·X·o Xo····X· ··X··X·· X·o··X·o
Rangers Batters (5.14 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Deduno
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.500 2/1.000 3/.000 12/.955 2/2.000 8/.750 7/.572 ··· 12/.819 ··· 548/395 .297/.364/.390/.754 .687/.780 .709 112/.698 19/7 2/12
29.Beltre G/S/vP 3/2.334 4/.000 2/1.500 3/.333 4/1.750 ··· 7/.572 15/1.446 1/.000 10/1.100 1/2.000 508/370 .310/.346/.511/.857 .641/.938 .917 114/.814 1/0 23/7
17.Cruz G/S/vP 2/2.500 6/1.333 4/.000 3/.000 8/.250 1/.000 9/.476 4/.750 ··· 12/.584 1/3.000 494/365 .266/.332/.464/.796 .930/.750 .874 102/.907 8/4 19/2
23.Gentry G/S/vP 2/no AB 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/.650 ··· 222/120 .310/.379/.396/.775 .879/.688 .749 25/.335 12/6 1/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 3/1.666 2/.500 2/.000 3/.000 14/.714 2/2.500 5/1.000 13/1.462 2/2.000 14/.557 ··· 501/342 .287/.353/.579/.932 .831/.981 .906 108/.938 7/3 34/5
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 3/.000 6/.666 2/.500 3/1.334 7/.143 1/5.000 6/.750 14/.220 ··· 10/.900 ··· 564/418 .266/.339/.431/.770 .990/.694 .916 113/.697 20/8 14/14
15.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 5/.000 0/0 0/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 250/215 .291/.341/.520/.861 .695/.888 .972 77/.913 1/1 13/1
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 2/1.000 4/.500 3/.667 2/.000 7/.619 1/.000 7/.572 4/.500 ··· 5/.200 ··· 379/323 .312/.393/.492/.885 .926/.878 1.011 103/1.007 8/3 11/1
9.Olt G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 29/16 .182/.310/.227/.538 .580/.494 .583 29/.538 1/1 0/3
8.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 263/192 .209/.287/.357/.645 .658/.640 .649 72/.705 0/0 8/8
10.Young G/S/vP 2/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 2/1.000 12/.781 2/2.500 9/.619 13/.718 ··· 11/.910 ··· 510/366 .271/.304/.350/.654 .789/.602 .606 105/.692 2/2 4/4
IP 46.0 56.0 47.2 70.0 84.2 20.2 51.2 53.1 15.2 73.1 4.0 TOTAL .277/.341/.444/.785 .773/.790 .822 .788 83/36 146/66
ERA-K/9 3.33/5.9 3.05/3.5 2.27/7.9 4.89/6.2 4.46/5.3 1.31/7.8 5.23/4.5 2.87/10.1 6.89/11.5 4.66/5.8 4.50/2.2 4.81/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (2-0-0)
 Soto (49-15-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 202/.228 235/.233 192/.201 308/.264 365/.286 81/.192 232/.268 223/.249 72/.295 312/.287 21/.412 .280  Cruz
 Hamilton
 Murphy
 Gentry
 Olt
 Moreland
6/0/115/7
73/69/1/5
86/2/14/4
0/92/2/3
0/0/2/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .700 .619 .572 .808 .753 .551 .793 .678 .888 .798 1.171 .789
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 124/.710 83/.484 71/.830 139/.750 129/.645 32/.342 92/.980 83/.567 47/.719 138/.738 8/.929 .780
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 78/.681 152/.682 121/.428 169/.852 236/.810 49/.677 140/.673 140/.745 25/1.220 174/.845 13/1.338 .796
Road 122/.749 124/.682 89/.557 158/.701 208/.734 44/.458 115/.867 99/.574 34/1.158 159/.844 14/1.405
Last 28d days 130/.597 40/.632 36/.581 112/.910 136/.734 42/.574 45/.799 35/.454 32/1.012 23/1.066 /
HR/SB/CS 4/4/1 3/6/0 4/5/0 16/2/1 8/4/0 0/1/0 7/5/1 5/2/2 4/2/1 12/0/1 1/0/0 158/84/17
Usage ····X··· ·X·X·o·· X····X·· ··X····· ···X···· ·o·X·oo· X·o·X··· ·o··o··· oXo··oo· X·X···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.