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Game Preview: MIN @ LAA, 10:05pm, Tuesday, July 23, 2013 @Angel Stadium of Anaheim

Twins, 42-54, 42-54 4th, 11 GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Kyle Gibson (25, RHP, 2-2, 6.45)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-2) 22.1 28 17 16 9 11 0 6.45
Last 7 GS 2-2 22.1 28 17 16 9 11 0 6.45 40
2013-07-14 @NYY W 5.0 5 3 2 4 1 0 93 44
2013-07-09 @TBR L 6.0 4 4 4 4 3 0 102 47
2013-07-04 NYY L 5.1 11 8 8 1 2 0 79 15
2013-06-29 KCR W 6.0 8 2 2 0 5 0 91 53
Has never faced LAA as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   23-24   Road:   19-30   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  33-44   vsLHP:   9-10   1-Run:  14-15
 vsEast:  9-18   vsCntrl:18-22   vsWest:  7-3  IL: 8-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 96 Mon, Jul 22  @LAA  W   4-3       42-54  4th 11.0 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 21   CLE  L   1-7       41-54  4th 11.0 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 20   CLE  W   3-2       41-53  4th 10.0 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 19   CLE  W   3-2       40-53  4th 11.0 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 14  @NYY  W  10-4       39-53  4th 12.0 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 13  @NYY  W   4-1       38-53  4th 12.0 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 12  @NYY  L   0-2       37-53  4th 13.0 gb
 89 Thu, Jul 11  @TBR  L   3-4       37-52  4th 12.0 gb
 88 Wed, Jul 10  @TBR  L   3-4 (13)  37-51  4th 12.0 gb
 87 Tue, Jul  9  @TBR  L   1-4       37-50  4th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18
Angels, 46-51, 46-51 3rd, 11 GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Tommy Hanson (26, RHP, 4-2, 5.10)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-2) 47.2 57 29 27 17 33 9 5.10
2012 (13-10) 174.2 183 95 87 71 161 27 4.48
2011 (11-7) 130.0 106 55 52 46 142 17 3.60
Last 7 GS 3-1 36.2 43 21 19 15 27 6 4.66 47
2013-06-20 SEA ND 2.0 6 7 7 2 2 1 45 16
2013-06-15 NYY W 6.1 5 2 2 1 8 0 84 62
2013-06-08 @BOS W 5.0 7 2 2 4 4 1 114 45
2013-05-31 HOU L 6.1 8 5 4 1 2 1 89 40
2013-05-04 BAL ND 5.0 7 3 3 2 3 2 89 42
2013-04-29 @OAK ND 6.0 4 2 1 1 6 1 100 63
2013-04-19 DET W 6.0 6 0 0 4 2 0 102 58
Has never faced MIN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   26-27   Road:   20-24   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  36-37   vsLHP:  10-14   1-Run:  13-19
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl:15-8    vsWest: 17-24 IL: 7-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 97 Mon, Jul 22   MIN  L   3-4       46-51  3rd 11.0 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 21   OAK  L   0-6       46-50  3rd 10.0 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 20   OAK  W   2-0       46-49  3rd  9.0 gb
 94 Fri, Jul 19   OAK  W   4-1       45-49  3rd 10.0 gb
 93 Sun, Jul 14  @SEA  L   3-4       44-49  3rd 11.0 gb
 92 Sat, Jul 13  @SEA  L   0-6       44-48  3rd 10.0 gb
 91 Fri, Jul 12  @SEA  L   3-8       44-47  3rd  9.0 gb
 90 Wed, Jul 10  @CHC  W  13-2       44-46  3rd  9.0 gb
 89 Tue, Jul  9  @CHC  L   2-7       43-46  3rd 10.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul  7   BOS  W   3-0       43-45  3rd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jul 22, 2013 MIN  4 @LAA  3        W:Sam Deduno (6-4), L: Joe Blanton (2-13), S: Glen Perkins (24)
Tue, Apr 16, 2013 MIN  8  LAA  6        W:Mike Pelfrey (2-1), L: Jason Vargas (0-2), S: Glen Perkins (3)
Mon, Apr 15, 2013 MIN  8  LAA  2        W:Kevin Correia (1-1), L: Joe Blanton (0-3), S: none

Wed, May 09, 2012 LAA  6 @MIN  2        W:Ervin Santana (1-6), L: Carl Pavano (2-3), S: none
Tue, May 08, 2012 MIN  5  LAA  0        W:Scott Diamond (1-0), L: Dan Haren (1-3), S: none
Mon, May 07, 2012 LAA  8 @MIN  3        W:Jered Weaver (5-0), L: Francisco Liriano (0-5), S: none
Wed, May 02, 2012 LAA  9  MIN  0        W:Jered Weaver (4-0), L: Liam Hendriks (0-2), S: none
Tue, May 01, 2012 LAA  4  MIN  0        W:Jerome Williams (2-1), L: Francisco Liriano (0-4), S: none
Mon, Apr 30, 2012 LAA  4  MIN  3        W:C.J. Wilson (3-2), L: Nick Blackburn (0-3), S: Scott Downs (2)
Thu, Apr 12, 2012 MIN 10  LAA  9        W:Jeff Gray (2-0), L: Rich Thompson (0-1), S: Matt Capps (2)
Season Series: 2013 - MIN over 3-0; 2012 - LAA won 6-3; 2011 - LAA won 6-3; All-Time - LAA leads 353-329

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 2013 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

BOS  5.07

CHC  4.09

MIA  3.19

 RA/G

PIT  3.38

CHC  4.23

HOU  5.35

 BA

M. Cabrera  .358

J. Morneau  .270

B. Upton  .177

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .454

B. Crawford  .331

J. Arencibia  .253

 SLG

C. Davis  .706

J. Ellsbury  .426

E. Andrus  .285

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.120

A. LaRoche  .764

J. Keppinger  .560

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.01

R. Nolasco  3.75

E. Volquez  5.73

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.53

R. Porcello  7.25

J. Guthrie  4.55

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

Twins Batters (4.06 RS/G) vs. Angels Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Hanson
G/S/vB		 31.Buckner
G/S/vB		 65.De La Rosa
G/S/vB		 37.Downs*
G/S/vB		 49.Frieri
G/S/vB		 40.Jepsen
G/S/vB		 58.Kohn
G/S/vB		 43.Richards
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Bernier G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/6 .200/.333/.400/.733 /.733 .600 6/.733 0/0 0/0
8.Carroll G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· ··· 3/.333 4/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 164/128 .219/.276/.252/.528 .725/.472 .440 23/.623 1/0 0/2
55.Colabello G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 28/21 .143/.143/.143/.286 .000/.381 .250 12/.333 0/0 0/0
9.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 341/235 .235/.293/.384/.677 .728/.654 .653 78/.554 1/0 9/2
2.Dozier G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 339/261 .233/.307/.382/.689 .877/.635 .593 96/.715 8/6 8/3
25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 270/206 .231/.292/.335/.627 .319/.721 .690 65/.638 8/3 5/8
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/20 .353/.421/.588/1.009 /1.009 1.514 4/.000 0/0 1/0
32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 277/211 .196/.265/.360/.625 .750/.582 .630 66/.785 7/3 8/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 15/.967 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· ··· 420/312 .324/.407/.474/.881 .867/.886 .910 101/.765 0/0 8/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.000 17/.368 ··· 6/.900 ··· ··· 383/267 .270/.329/.400/.729 .630/.774 .578 90/.778 0/0 7/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 278/212 .259/.318/.430/.748 .985/.675 .710 87/.679 1/0 10/7
11.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 136/93 .236/.309/.374/.683 .694/.678 .550 73/.642 0/3 4/3
IP 47.2 16.2 45.1 28.1 42.1 23.2 30.2 66.2 TOTAL .244/.315/.382/.697 .697/.698 .670 .655 30/20 87/43
ERA-K/9 5.10/6.2 3.78/3.8 3.38/8.5 1.27/6.7 2.76/13.6 3.80/10.3 2.35/9.7 4.73/6.3 4.22/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (19-7-1)
 Herrmann (0-0-0)
 Mauer (15-14-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 215/.294 69/.254 182/.230 115/.228 177/.172 104/.247 123/.150 288/.261 .259  Hicks
 Doumit
 Thomas
 Colabello
 Herrmann
0/72/0/9
1/0/17/4
9/21/4/3
0/0/1/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .859 .847 .578 .577 .576 .701 .606 .688 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/.923 38/.672 84/.534 53/.465 93/.481 49/.822 53/.449 152/.651 .755
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 98/.780 31/1.054 98/.617 62/.680 84/.678 55/.596 70/.721 136/.732 .720
Home 141/.904 27/.579 118/.703 66/.379 101/.582 58/.922 68/.686 143/.633
Last 28d days / 38/1.091 44/.543 28/.526 38/.416 38/.768 35/.666 48/.664
HR/SB/CS 9/14/1 4/1/1 2/2/2 0/1/0 5/3/1 2/4/0 4/0/1 6/4/3 103/75/18
Usage ········ ········ X··o···· o··o···· ··oo···· X··o···· Xo······ ·X······
Angels Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Gibson
G/S/vB		 61.Burton
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 57.Pressly
G/S/vB		 20.Roenicke
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 56.Thielbar*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 11/.384 ··· 14/.641 ··· 3/.666 11/.364 ··· 313/226 .285/.304/.386/.691 .577/.734 .722 76/.773 4/4 4/8
6.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 15/.800 2/.000 12/.750 ··· 1/.000 6/.333 ··· 306/215 .262/.323/.365/.689 .714/.678 .683 74/.612 0/2 5/11
16.Conger# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 136/118 .254/.309/.460/.769 .289/.836 .651 38/.859 0/1 6/5
19.Cowgill G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/27 .209/.232/.358/.590 .627/.533 .670 6/1.333 0/0 2/0
12.Field G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / / 0/0 0/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 16/.813 3/2.334 13/1.462 ··· 1/.000 15/.515 ··· 387/279 .223/.279/.409/.688 .415/.795 .730 79/.831 3/0 14/8
10.Hawpe* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/29 .185/.313/.185/.498 .667/.477 .619 18/.347 0/0 0/1
17.Iannetta G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 257/168 .214/.354/.345/.699 .785/.654 .660 35/.730 0/0 6/5
47.Kendrick G/S/vP ··· ··· 13/1.282 2/1.000 14/.357 ··· 3/.333 6/.000 ··· 395/300 .308/.348/.463/.811 .898/.784 .883 75/.731 6/2 11/10
5.Pujols G/S/vP ··· 9/.583 3/.000 1/.000 8/.375 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 424/323 .249/.323/.429/.752 .690/.771 .755 85/.649 1/1 16/3
39.Shuck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 235/177 .291/.335/.371/.706 .911/.640 .694 73/.649 3/4 0/2
27.Trout G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 443/332 .323/.402/.565/.967 .972/.965 .948 83/1.200 21/4 16/2
44.Trumbo G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.500 ··· 412/312 .245/.311/.465/.776 .774/.776 .788 75/.682 2/2 21/6
IP 22.1 43.1 35.1 41.1 38.0 44.2 39.1 59.2 22.2 TOTAL .266/.328/.424/.751 .694/.771 .761 .758 45/22 106/73
ERA-K/9 6.45/4.4 3.53/8.1 4.58/7.6 3.05/9.6 1.66/12.1 3.22/6.0 3.66/6.2 3.47/6.2 0.79/8.3 4.38/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Conger (18-12-1)
 Iannetta (57-6-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 102/.315 189/.240 163/.296 156/.189 145/.185 190/.260 170/.233 241/.276 81/.099 .280  Shuck
 Hamilton
 Cowgill
 Trumbo
 Trout
 Kendrick
 Hawpe
59/0/5/5
3/1/78/3
10/19/3/1
8/0/19/1
38/65/0/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/5/0
OPS .785 .690 .764 .515 .496 .677 .736 .713 .409 .767
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 58/.908 91/.671 84/.739 61/.563 39/.604 83/.690 66/.953 114/.902 36/.263 .782
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 44/.626 98/.706 79/.790 95/.485 106/.458 107/.666 104/.601 127/.544 45/.530 .755
Road 49/.617 92/.599 81/.805 84/.624 77/.601 111/.673 81/.731 124/.683 54/.564
Last 28d days 102/.785 40/.599 43/1.008 38/.400 37/.507 48/.859 27/.812 47/.939 28/.463
HR/SB/CS 0/1/1 3/9/1 1/2/1 4/2/1 2/0/0 1/1/0 5/1/1 5/0/3 2/1/0 92/34/21
Usage ········ ··oo···· ··oo···· X·oX···· X·Xo···· ·X······ ·o······ ·o······ ·o······

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.