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Game Preview: MIN @ ATL, 7:10pm, Monday, May 20, 2013 @Turner Field

Twins, 18-22, 18-22 4th, 6 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Kevin Correia (32, RHP, 4-3, 3.35)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-3) 53.2 58 20 20 8 22 6 3.35
2012 (12-11) 171.0 176 89 80 46 89 20 4.21
2011 (12-11) 154.0 175 90 82 39 77 24 4.79
Last 7 GS 4-3 46.2 51 18 18 7 20 6 3.47 52
2013-05-14 CHW L 7.0 9 4 4 1 2 2 100 44
2013-05-09 @BOS W 5.1 9 3 3 0 1 0 99 39
2013-05-04 @CLE L 5.0 6 4 4 2 4 2 102 41
2013-04-28 TEX W 8.0 6 0 0 1 2 0 102 71
2013-04-23 MIA W 7.0 5 2 2 1 5 0 87 63
2013-04-15 LAA W 7.0 8 2 2 1 5 2 101 57
2013-04-08 @KCR L 7.1 8 3 3 1 1 0 93 50
Last 5 v.ATL 3-1 27.1 27 8 6 12 14 0 1.98 52
2012-10-02 ATL W 6.2 6 1 1 1 5 0 97 62
2012-04-29 @ATL L 4.1 4 3 2 5 0 0 101 40
2011-07-28 @ATL W 6.1 9 2 1 1 3 0 89 51
2010-04-12 ATL W 5.2 4 2 2 4 3 0 108 52
2007-08-14 @ATL ND 4.1 4 0 0 1 3 0 66 57
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    9-13   Road:    9-9    ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  15-19   vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  6-7    vsCntrl: 7-10   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 1-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Sun, May 19   BOS  L   1-5       18-22  4th  6.0 gb
 39 Sat, May 18   BOS  L   5-12      18-21  4th  5.0 gb
 38 Fri, May 17   BOS  L   2-3 (10)  18-20  4th  4.0 gb
 37 Wed, May 15   CHW  L   4-9       18-19  4th  3.5 gb
 36 Tue, May 14   CHW  L   2-4       18-18  4th  3.5 gb
 35 Mon, May 13   CHW  W  10-3       18-17  4th  2.5 gb
 34 Sun, May 12   BAL  L   0-6       17-17  4th  2.5 gb
 33 Sat, May 11   BAL  W   8-5       17-16  4th  2.5 gb
 32 Fri, May 10   BAL  L   6-9 (10)  16-16  4th  3.5 gb
 31 Thu, May  9  @BOS  W   5-3       16-15  4th  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Braves, 25-18, 25-18 1st, 2½ up

SP: Julio Teheran (22, RHP, 2-1, 4.57)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-1) 41.1 53 21 21 8 26 6 4.57
2012 (0-0) 6.1 5 4 4 1 5 0 5.68
2011 (1-1) 19.2 21 11 11 8 10 4 5.03
Last 7 GS 2-1 41.1 53 21 21 8 26 6 4.57 47
2013-05-14 @ARI L 6.0 7 2 2 0 3 0 100 53
2013-05-09 @SFG W 7.0 7 3 3 0 3 1 93 54
2013-04-29 WSN ND 5.1 10 2 2 1 5 0 91 44
2013-04-23 @COL W 7.0 8 1 1 0 3 0 90 60
2013-04-18 @PIT ND 5.0 7 4 4 3 4 2 87 38
2013-04-12 @WSN ND 6.0 6 4 4 3 6 1 97 47
2013-04-06 CHC ND 5.0 8 5 5 1 2 2 88 32
Has never faced MIN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-5    Road:   13-13   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  14-13   vsLHP:  11-5    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast: 11-4    vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  7-6  IL: 1-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Sun, May 19   LAD  W   5-2       25-18  1st  2.5 up
 42 Sat, May 18   LAD  W   3-1       24-18  1st  1.5 up
 41 Fri, May 17   LAD  W   8-5       23-18  1st  0.5 up
 40 Wed, May 15  @ARI  L   3-5       22-18  1st  1.0 up
 39 Tue, May 14  @ARI  L   0-2       22-17  1st  1.0 up
 38 Mon, May 13  @ARI  W  10-1       22-16  1st  1.0 up
 37 Sun, May 12  @SFG  L   1-5       21-16  1st  1.0 up
 36 Sat, May 11  @SFG  L   1-10      21-15  1st  1.0 up
 35 Fri, May 10  @SFG  L   2-8       21-14  1st  1.0 up
 34 Thu, May  9  @SFG  W   6-3       21-13  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 13, 2010 ATL  7 @MIN  3        W:Kris Medlen (4-1), L: Kevin Slowey (7-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 12, 2010 ATL  3 @MIN  2        W:Jonny Venters (2-0), L: Matt Guerrier (1-2), S: Billy Wagner (11)
Fri, Jun 11, 2010 MIN  2  ATL  1        W:Francisco Liriano (6-3), L: Tim Hudson (6-2), S: Jon Rauch (16)
Thu, Jun 14, 2007 MIN  3  ATL  2        W:Dennys Reyes (1-1), L: Bob Wickman (1-2), S: none
Wed, Jun 13, 2007 MIN  6  ATL  0        W:Carlos Silva (4-7), L: Chuck James (5-6), S: none
Tue, Jun 12, 2007 MIN  7  ATL  3        W:Kevin Slowey (2-0), L: Kyle Davies (3-5), S: none
Wed, Jun 12, 2002 ATL  3 @MIN  2        W:Damian Moss (3-2), L: Johan Santana (1-1), S: John Smoltz (19)
Tue, Jun 11, 2002 ATL 11 @MIN  0        W:Tom Glavine (11-2), L: Kyle Lohse (6-4), S: none
Mon, Jun 10, 2002 MIN  6  ATL  5 (15)   W:Tony Fiore (4-1), L: Kerry Ligtenberg (0-3), S: none
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - MIN leads 5-4

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
Twins Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Teheran
G/S/vB
43.Avilan*
G/S/vB
48.Carpenter
G/S/vB
53.Gearrin
G/S/vB
46.Kimbrel
G/S/vB
38.Varvaro
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 101/75 .261/.327/.435/.762 .549/.839 .995 91/.811 0/1 3/1
8.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 61/53 .304/.361/.339/.700 .500/.732 .559 47/.755 0/0 0/0
9.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 134/92 .220/.291/.373/.664 .793/.605 .713 72/.736 1/0 3/2
2.Dozier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 130/103 .212/.258/.288/.546 .594/.532 .488 80/.547 3/3 1/2
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/44 .298/.333/.474/.807 .775/.818 .731 38/.689 0/1 2/2
25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/72 .250/.319/.369/.688 .432/.767 .685 60/.612 5/0 2/4
32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/105 .139/.237/.254/.492 .846/.380 .437 79/.660 4/1 3/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 176/136 .342/.420/.490/.911 .859/.926 .827 105/.860 0/0 2/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 172/127 .299/.337/.408/.745 .539/.822 .546 107/.774 0/0 2/0
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 126/100 .198/.278/.306/.584 .603/.579 .847 76/.509 1/1 3/0
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 145/116 .252/.326/.433/.759 1.025/.692 .729 85/.800 1/0 4/5
22.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/29 .275/.286/.350/.636 .445/.729 .742 28/.619 0/0 0/0
16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 153/122 .197/.359/.393/.753 .730/.758 .825 96/.669 1/0 5/0
IP 41.1 17.0 3.2 19.2 17.1 23.0 TOTAL .247/.321/.379/.700 .693/.702 .698 .708 17/8 30/20
ERA-K/9 4.57/5.7 2.12/4.2 4.91/4.9 0.92/6.4 2.60/14.6 2.35/5.1 3.43/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (8-3-0)
 Mauer (6-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 182/.315 70/.210 16/.308 75/.197 67/.206 89/.190 .242  Hicks
 Parmelee
 Arcia
 Willingham
 Ramirez
 Doumit
 Escobar
0/36/0/6
0/0/30/4
10/0/8/3
29/0/0/2
3/7/3/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .838 .542 1.015 .572 .651 .557 .688
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 94/1.009 31/.472 9/1.194 26/.323 37/.687 46/.451 .639
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.660 39/.598 7/.733 49/.705 30/.604 43/.669 .727
Home 49/.983 30/.481 / 20/.368 27/.379 28/.254
Last 28d days 104/.709 46/.527 16/1.015 45/.661 41/.907 54/.691
HR/SB/CS 6/5/0 0/1/1 1/0/0 1/0/1 3/0/1 2/0/0 39/20/9
Usage ·····X·· o·o··o·X ······X· ·o··X··o XoX····· o···ooo·
Braves Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Correia
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
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Francisco* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 96/82 .253/.292/.429/.720 .357/.785 .851 46/.633 0/1 5/3
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 6/.933 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 128/84 .289/.367/.404/.771 .834/.739 .931 109/.709 0/0 2/2
24.Gattis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 128/92 .248/.297/.538/.835 1.066/.749 .879 69/.768 0/0 8/3
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 8/.542 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 83/48 .132/.289/.265/.554 .422/.658 .702 14/.729 1/2 2/0
23.Johnson G/S/vP 9/1.306 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.900 ··· 123/74 .342/.374/.487/.861 1.122/.691 .698 61/.708 0/0 3/1
7.Johnson G/S/vP 2/1.000 4/.750 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 51/24 .304/.360/.413/.773 .832/.698 .516 34/.988 0/0 0/0
11.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 13/.750 ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 ··· 45/22 .289/.372/.342/.714 .427/1.024 1.149 20/.628 1/0 0/0
16.McCann* G/S/vP 12/.788 4/.250 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 43/28 .229/.349/.486/.835 .795/.857 .273 43/.835 0/1 3/0
14.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 64/48 .286/.359/.429/.788 .393/.920 .960 32/.772 0/2 1/0
17.Schafer* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 80/73 .308/.423/.431/.854 .452/.894 .700 70/.822 6/2 1/0
19.Simmons G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 170/112 .242/.284/.376/.660 .575/.704 .605 105/.709 1/1 5/0
26.Uggla G/S/vP 21/.900 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 160/113 .182/.294/.380/.673 .819/.617 .743 92/.702 0/0 7/6
2.Upton G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 10/.733 ··· 6/.833 ··· 3/1.666 5/.933 157/101 .145/.237/.239/.476 .535/.444 .449 84/.409 3/3 3/1
8.Upton G/S/vP 43/.849 3/1.334 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 9/.476 ··· 185/129 .275/.389/.608/.997 1.226/.906 .873 107/.881 3/0 14/4
IP 53.2 19.0 17.1 18.1 14.2 19.2 23.1 26.0 TOTAL .242/.320/.411/.732 .757/.720 .756 .718 15/12 55/21
ERA-K/9 3.35/3.7 2.37/9.9 3.12/8.3 4.42/7.9 3.07/14.1 1.83/5.9 3.47/6.6 4.15/6.2 4.47/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gattis (7-3-1)
 Laird (10-2-0)
 McCann (3-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 217/.280 83/.222 74/.250 75/.227 57/.176 86/.240 98/.212 108/.289 .292  Gattis
 Upton
 Upton
 Schafer
 Heyward
 Johnson
6/0/0/2
0/38/0/2
37/0/6/0
5/7/10/0
0/0/20/0
2/2/10/0
OPS .726 .659 .594 .672 .540 .646 .711 .698 .788
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 98/.665 41/.550 35/.507 28/.704 21/.460 40/.582 40/.981 48/.873 .780
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 119/.775 42/.763 39/.675 47/.655 36/.583 46/.701 58/.534 60/.559 .795
Road 78/.816 33/.539 36/.684 35/.980 29/.466 38/.645 40/.642 47/.676
Last 28d days 132/.731 58/.808 50/.466 46/.832 32/.626 60/.600 62/.708 74/.807
HR/SB/CS 6/1/1 1/2/1 0/1/0 3/2/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 4/0/0 1/0/1 40/14/9
Usage ·····X·· X·X···o· X·X·oo·· ·Xo··oo· ··X·X··· ·X···X·o X·X·X·X· ·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.