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Game Preview: MIN @ TOR, 7:07pm, Tuesday, October 2, 2012 @Rogers Centre

Twins, 66-94, 66-94 5th, 21 GB, 26 GB in WC

SP: Anthony Swarzak (26, RHP, 3-5, 4.91)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (3-5)			91.2	101	53	50	28	60	14	4.91
2011 (4-7)			102.0	111	53	49	26	55	9	4.32
2009 (3-7)			59.0	76	43	41	20	34	12	6.25

Last 7 GS		1-5	32.1	56	28	28	7	20	6	7.79	36
2012-05-25	DET	L	3.2	9	6	6	1	3	0	60	21
2012-04-19	@NYY	L	2.2	8	6	6	1	3	3	64	20
2012-04-13	TEX	L	7.0	9	4	4	0	3	1	97	46
2012-04-08	@BAL	L	5.0	4	1	1	2	1	1	83	54
2011-09-27	KCR	W	6.1	10	2	2	0	6	0	98	51
2011-09-22	SEA	ND	6.0	9	2	2	2	4	0	97	48
2011-09-17	CLE	L	1.2	7	7	7	1	0	1	54	12

Has never faced TOR as starter.

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

 Home:   31-50   Road:   35-44   ExtrInn: 8-5 
 vsRHP:  44-65   vsLHP:  22-29   1-Run:  26-26
 vsEast: 11-21   vsCntrl:35-37   vsWest: 11-27 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
160 Mon, Oct  1  @TOR  L   5-6 (10)  66-94  5th 21.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 30   DET  L   1-2       66-93  5th 20.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 29   DET  L   4-6       66-92  4th 19.0 gb
157 Fri, Sep 28   DET  W   4-2       66-91  4th 18.0 gb
156 Wed, Sep 26   NYY  L   2-8       65-91  4th 18.5 gb
155 Tue, Sep 25   NYY  W   5-4       65-90  4th 17.5 gb
154 Mon, Sep 24   NYY  L   3-6       64-90  4th 18.5 gb
153 Sun, Sep 23  @DET  W   2-1 (10)  64-89  4th 17.5 gb
152 Sun, Sep 23  @DET  W  10-4       63-89  4th 17.5 gb
151 Sat, Sep 22  @DET  L   0-8       62-89  4th 19.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Blue Jays, 71-89, 71-89 4th, 22 GB, 21 GB in WC

SP: Chad Jenkins (24, RHP, 0-3, 4.67)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (0-3)			27.0	27	14	14	10	14	4	4.67

Last 7 GS		0-2	8.2	6	4	4	4	6	1	4.15	51
2012-09-28	NYY	L	3.2	4	3	3	3	2	0	67	40
2012-09-23	@TBR	L	5.0	2	1	1	1	4	1	66	62

Has never faced MIN as starter.

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

 Home:   39-40   Road:   32-49   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  51-62   vsLHP:  20-27   1-Run:  13-25
 vsEast: 29-43   vsCntrl:19-16   vsWest: 14-21 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
160 Mon, Oct  1   MIN  W   6-5 (10)  71-89  4th 22.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 30   NYY  L   6-9       70-89  4th 22.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 29   NYY  W   3-2       70-88  4th 21.0 gb
157 Fri, Sep 28   NYY  L   4-11      69-88  4th 22.0 gb
156 Thu, Sep 27   NYY  W   6-0       69-87  4th 21.0 gb
155 Wed, Sep 26  @BAL  L   2-12      68-87  5th 22.0 gb
154 Tue, Sep 25  @BAL  W   4-0       68-86  5th 21.0 gb
153 Mon, Sep 24  @BAL  W   9-5       67-86  5th 22.0 gb
152 Mon, Sep 24  @BAL  L   1-4       66-86  5th 22.0 gb
151 Sun, Sep 23  @TBR  L   0-3       66-85  5th 21.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Oct 01, 2012 TOR  6  MIN  5 (10)   W:Brandon Lyon (4-2), L: Brian Duensing (4-12), S: none
Sun, May 13, 2012 MIN  4  TOR  3        W:Scott Diamond (2-0), L: Ricky Romero (4-1), S: Matt Capps (7)
Sat, May 12, 2012 TOR  2 @MIN  1        W:Drew Hutchison (2-1), L: P.J. Walters (0-1), S: Casey Janssen (2)
Fri, May 11, 2012 MIN  7  TOR  6        W:Nick Blackburn (1-4), L: Kyle Drabek (2-4), S: Matt Capps (6)
Thu, May 10, 2012 TOR  6 @MIN  2        W:Henderson Alvarez (3-2), L: Jason Marquis (2-2), S: none

Sun, May 15, 2011 TOR 11 @MIN  3        W:Brandon Morrow (2-2), L: Brian Duensing (2-3), S: none
Sat, May 14, 2011 TOR  9 @MIN  3 (11)   W:Jon Rauch (2-2), L: Glen Perkins (0-1), S: none
Fri, May 13, 2011 TOR  2 @MIN  0        W:Ricky Romero (3-4), L: Alex Burnett (0-2), S: Frank Francisco (3)
Sun, Apr 03, 2011 MIN  4 @TOR  3        W:Nick Blackburn (1-0), L: Brett Cecil (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (1)
Sat, Apr 02, 2011 TOR  6  MIN  1        W:Kyle Drabek (1-0), L: Francisco Liriano (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - TOR over 3-2; 2011 - TOR won 5-1; 2010 - TOR won 6-3; All-Time - TOR leads 195-153

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 5.01 MIN 4.36 HOU 3.60	RA/G TBR 3.59 ARI 4.27 COL 5.53	BA M. Cabrera .346 O. Infante .273 C. Pena .199	OBP J. Mauer .416 A. Callaspo .335 D. Stubbs .280	SLG M. Cabrera .608 H. Ramirez .436 J. Weeks .304	OPS M. Cabrera 1.001 A. Rodriguez .774 J. Weeks .609	ERA D. Price 2.56 M. Moore 3.81 R. Romero 5.77	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.17 J. Niese 7.33 H. Alvarez 3.80

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.01

MIN 4.36

HOU 3.60

RA/G

TBR 3.59

ARI 4.27

COL 5.53

M. Cabrera .346

O. Infante .273

C. Pena .199

OBP

J. Mauer .416

A. Callaspo .335

D. Stubbs .280

SLG

M. Cabrera .608

H. Ramirez .436

J. Weeks .304

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.001

A. Rodriguez .774

J. Weeks .609

ERA

D. Price 2.56

M. Moore 3.81

R. Romero 5.77

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.17

J. Niese 7.33

H. Alvarez 3.80

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Twins Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 64.Jenkins
G/S/vB 58.Beck
G/S/vB 39.Carpenter
G/S/vB 34.Carreno
G/S/vB 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB 50.Delabar
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 45.Hill
G/S/vB 44.Janssen
G/S/vB 20.Korecky
G/S/vB 49.Lincoln
G/S/vB 62.Loup*
G/S/vB 31.Lyon
G/S/vB 38.Oliver*
G/S/vB 33.Villanueva
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/no AB 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 119/82 .204/.277/.287/.564 .336/.668 .637 19/.516 0/0 1/1

8.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 4/1.417 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 8/.542 4/1.000 6/.000 537/383 .268/.343/.317/.660 .839/.588 .676 57/.790 9/5 1/12

22.Carson G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 61/38 .224/.246/.241/.487 .590/.427 .588 30/.339 0/0 0/0

12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 3/.000 2/no AB 322/244 .237/.279/.315/.594 .704/.559 .486 27/1.083 20/1 1/9

18.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/.555 1/.000 13/.490 528/361 .275/.320/.461/.781 .690/.823 .791 76/.708 0/0 18/5

5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/100 .218/.285/.266/.551 .844/.429 .512 37/.462 3/0 0/2

25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 147/95 .224/.278/.313/.591 .619/.576 .626 83/.517 3/1 1/7

23.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/9 .071/.133/.071/.205 .000/.347 .083 15/.205 0/0 0/0

19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 186/109 .252/.328/.350/.678 .710/.653 .651 21/.452 21/3 3/3

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB 7/.000 1/.000 6/1.100 5/1.100 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 10/.100 7/.429 633/413 .322/.416/.450/.866 .761/.922 .854 85/.928 8/4 10/5

33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 5/.200 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 9/.222 8/1.232 570/356 .267/.333/.440/.773 .569/.902 .820 91/.617 1/0 19/6

27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB 202/144 .239/.302/.397/.699 .693/.701 .843 52/.582 0/0 5/2

24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB 6/1.166 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 458/316 .236/.301/.457/.758 .911/.692 .656 83/.726 1/3 24/18

11.Revere* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 545/367 .286/.327/.336/.663 .661/.663 .672 100/.525 40/7 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 6/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 5/.200 ··· ··· ··· 8/1.167 6/.000 1/.000 560/385 .283/.344/.390/.733 .743/.728 .580 72/.673 17/6 3/4

16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 6/2.667 1/no AB 4/1.833 15/.833 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 5/.400 5/.800 12/.917 615/427 .260/.366/.524/.890 .920/.877 .770 66/.800 3/2 35/4

IP 27.0 15.2 32.1 22.0 61.1 65.0 43.2 3.0 62.2 1.0 88.0 29.2 60.0 55.2 125.1 TOTAL .261/.325/.391/.717 .722/.714 .676 .656 134/35 130/105

ERA-K/9

4.67/4.7

6.32/5.2

8.07/8.6

6.14/6.5

5.72/7.5

3.74/12.7

4.12/10.9

0.00/0.0

2.59/9.5

18.00/0.0

3.68/9.0

2.73/6.1

3.15/9.4

2.10/8.4

4.16/8.8

4.68/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (22-7-4)
Doumit (31-8-2)
Herrmann (1-0-1)
Mauer (56-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 117/.257 72/.318 163/.357 97/.265 270/.294 269/.189 191/.256 11/.000 238/.194 5/.250 362/.241 114/.229 254/.240 218/.212 521/.242 .261 Revere
Willingham
Span
Carson
Plouffe
Mastroianni
Parmelee
Herrmann
Doumit
Escobar 5/39/82/8
119/0/0/6
0/123/0/6
13/0/9/2
2/0/15/2
25/4/34/2
1/0/18/1
2/0/0/0
16/0/6/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .737 .891 .953 .961 .855 .677 .799 .182 .565 1.400 .727 .544 .662 .574 .758 .775

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 51/.809 33/1.049 65/1.123 50/.810 64/.603 115/.538 82/.915 5/.200 122/.475 3/2.667 163/.621 57/.451 86/.657 102/.643 262/.816 .767

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 66/.681 39/.766 98/.842 47/1.090 206/.934 154/.785 109/.715 6/.167 116/.660 2/.000 199/.816 57/.638 168/.663 116/.514 259/.703 .780

Home 66/.718 42/.960 64/.938 15/.767 159/.815 138/.467 98/.790 11/.182 125/.607 5/1.400 135/.585 53/.603 120/.574 110/.656 275/.667

Last 28d days 43/.677 30/.885 13/1.295 22/.890 41/.753 47/.762 37/.858 11/.182 42/.680 5/1.400 46/.839 24/.579 35/.921 36/.733 89/1.103

HR/SB/CS 4/2/0 2/2/1 5/3/0 7/3/2 11/3/2 12/2/2 6/6/2 0/0/0 7/3/2 1/0/0 14/9/2 0/3/2 5/15/2 3/8/3 23/6/5 203/86/41

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

Blue Jays Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 61.Burton
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 50.Fien
G/S/vB 67.Perdomo
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 64.Robertson*
G/S/vB 57.Waldrop
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Arencibia G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 365/272 .235/.277/.441/.719 .791/.693 .704 66/.595 1/0 18/4

11.Davis G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.000 3/.666 3/.000 11/.955 ··· ··· 3/3.000 ··· ··· 479/317 .257/.310/.380/.690 .785/.642 .708 87/.762 45/13 8/8

10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 10/.500 7/.953 ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· ··· 644/476 .280/.384/.557/.941 1.086/.892 1.006 84/.885 13/3 42/4

5.Escobar G/S/vP 1/2.000 4/1.167 7/.286 4/1.167 6/1.100 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 604/437 .252/.298/.344/.642 .644/.642 .650 78/.655 5/1 9/12

68.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 108/61 .211/.271/.379/.650 .733/.577 .885 18/1.188 0/0 4/1

43.Gose* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 183/150 .222/.296/.309/.605 .621/.601 .646 90/.721 15/3 1/1

3.Hechavarria G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 130/83 .252/.280/.361/.641 .572/.682 .596 56/.750 0/0 2/3

2.Johnson* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 10/1.300 4/1.750 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 578/420 .224/.313/.359/.672 .607/.697 .716 62/.645 14/2 15/11

13.Lawrie G/S/vP 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 529/387 .275/.324/.408/.732 .825/.698 .821 102/.690 13/8 11/17

26.Lind* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 2/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 10/.600 1/3.000 ··· 346/253 .256/.312/.418/.730 .535/.803 .786 91/.858 0/0 11/5

6.Mathis G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 9/.889 ··· ··· 227/158 .218/.249/.393/.642 .660/.635 .819 24/.792 1/0 8/2

18.McCoy G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 56/32 .173/.232/.250/.482 .642/.375 .504 3/.000 2/1 1/0

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/no AB 5/.650 ··· ··· 625/452 .223/.289/.400/.689 .554/.740 .633 90/.582 4/3 23/6

14.Sierra G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 151/93 .227/.278/.383/.661 .809/.569 .579 57/.661 1/0 6/0

17.Vizquel# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 6/.000 7/.286 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 160/114 .233/.264/.280/.544 .534/.549 .608 22/.723 3/2 0/3

IP 91.2 69.2 62.0 29.1 109.0 34.2 15.1 70.1 25.0 19.1 TOTAL .246/.309/.407/.717 .721/.715 .743 .716 122/41 197/101

ERA-K/9

4.91/5.9

3.62/4.3

2.18/8.0

3.68/5.5

5.12/5.7

2.08/8.3

3.52/4.7

2.56/10.0

5.40/9.4

2.79/3.3

4.78/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Arencibia (52-20-9)
Gomes (0-0-0)
Mathis (29-20-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 393/.284 302/.260 245/.186 120/.241 472/.288 140/.197 72/.259 281/.222 110/.226 87/.329 .274 Davis
Rasmus
Sierra
Gose
McCoy
Vizquel
Encarnacion
Gomes 112/6/24/8
0/145/0/7
0/0/37/3
15/20/24/2
4/4/3/1
1/0/0/0
3/0/0/0
4/0/0/0

OPS .791 .676 .549 .672 .759 .583 .751 .631 .707 .821 .776

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 184/.752 112/.575 99/.748 59/.449 178/.678 59/.491 39/.630 106/.488 71/.594 40/.575 .764

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 209/.826 190/.727 146/.421 61/.887 294/.808 81/.646 33/.892 175/.721 39/.920 47/1.028 .785

Road 200/.843 164/.710 112/.484 40/.381 254/.780 78/.458 24/.733 127/.585 49/.923 39/.964

Last 28d days 57/.821 45/.924 43/.504 5/.800 67/.601 36/.623 34/.727 42/.509 27/.439 37/.830

HR/SB/CS 14/1/1 4/9/0 5/6/0 5/3/0 10/5/1 3/3/0 0/2/0 8/2/3 4/3/2 2/2/0 197/110/24

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