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Game Preview: MIN @ ATL, 12:10pm, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 @Turner Field

Twins, 18-24, 18-24 5th, 7 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Vance Worley (25, RHP, 1-4, 6.20)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-4) 45.0 72 35 31 13 22 6 6.20
2012 (6-9) 133.0 154 69 62 47 107 12 4.20
2011 (11-3) 131.2 116 47 44 46 119 10 3.01
Last 7 GS 1-3 34.0 54 27 24 11 17 6 6.35 38
2013-05-17 BOS ND 6.0 6 1 0 3 1 0 99 56
2013-05-11 BAL W 5.1 11 5 5 1 1 1 111 26
2013-05-06 @BOS ND 5.0 9 3 3 0 3 1 89 40
2013-04-30 @DET L 4.2 10 6 6 1 1 3 76 20
2013-04-25 TEX L 5.0 6 2 2 2 3 0 102 48
2013-04-20 @CHW ND 7.0 5 1 1 2 7 1 104 68
2013-04-12 NYM L 1.0 7 9 7 2 1 0 57 6
Last 5 v.ATL 1-1 20.2 21 9 9 12 16 2 3.92 50
2012-08-06 ATL L 3.2 6 4 4 3 2 0 74 32
2012-07-08 ATL ND 6.0 7 3 3 4 5 1 104 47
2011-09-06 ATL W 6.0 7 2 2 3 6 1 108 53
2010-10-02 @ATL ND 5.0 1 0 0 2 3 0 75 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-13   Road:    9-11   ExtrInn: 1-5 
 vsRHP:  15-21   vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   5-7 
 vsEast:  6-7    vsCntrl: 7-10   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 1-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 42 Tue, May 21  @ATL  L   4-5 (10)  18-24  5th  7.0 gb
 41 Mon, May 20  @ATL  L   1-5       18-23  5th  7.0 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17
Braves, 27-18, 27-18 1st, 4½ up

SP: Paul Maholm (31, LHP, 5-4, 3.83)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-4) 54.0 48 25 23 19 44 4 3.83
2012 (13-11) 189.0 178 80 77 53 140 20 3.67
2011 (6-14) 162.1 160 72 66 50 97 11 3.66
Last 7 GS 3-4 41.1 41 25 23 15 31 4 5.01 48
2013-05-17 LAD W 6.0 8 4 2 1 3 1 95 46
2013-05-11 @SFG L 4.1 8 6 6 3 3 1 86 23
2013-05-06 @CIN W 5.2 4 2 2 2 6 0 105 57
2013-05-01 WSN L 8.0 3 2 2 2 4 1 99 70
2013-04-26 @DET L 3.2 10 8 8 3 3 0 89 9
2013-04-20 @PIT L 6.0 4 3 3 3 5 1 89 54
2013-04-14 @WSN W 7.2 4 0 0 1 7 0 113 77
Last 5 v.MIN 0-1 12.0 19 11 11 5 8 2 8.25 33
2009-06-16 @MIN L 5.0 14 8 8 1 4 0 97 10
2006-06-17 MIN ND 7.0 5 3 3 4 4 2 104 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-5    Road:   13-13   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  16-13   vsLHP:  11-5    1-Run:   5-3 
 vsEast: 11-4    vsCntrl: 6-4    vsWest:  7-6  IL: 3-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Tue, May 21   MIN  W   5-4 (10)  27-18  1st  4.5 up
 44 Mon, May 20   MIN  W   5-1       26-18  1st  3.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 21, 2013 ATL  5  MIN  4 (10)   W:Craig Kimbrel (1-1), L: Brian Duensing (0-1), S: none
Mon, May 20, 2013 ATL  5  MIN  1        W:Julio Teheran (3-1), L: Kevin Correia (4-4), S: Cory Gearrin (1)

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
Season Series: 2013 - ATL over 2-0; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - ATL leads 6-5

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

DET  5.28

NYY  4.27

MIA  2.72

 RA/G

STL  3.47

PHI  4.30

HOU  5.93

 BA

M. Cabrera  .384

K. Morales  .270

A. Hicks  .138

 OBP

J. Votto  .477

D. Span  .335

D. Espinosa  .188

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .667

B. Butler  .432

B. Upton  .243

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.122

J. Altuve  .769

J. Keppinger  .456

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.35

J. Vargas  3.55

R. Vogelsong  7.19

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.28

C. Lee  7.06

K. Correia  3.43

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

Twins Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Maholm*
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 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 103/77 .255/.320/.426/.746 .549/.816 .947 84/.793 0/1 3/1
8.Carroll G/S/vP 12/.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 66/58 .279/.333/.311/.645 .500/.666 .476 48/.695 0/0 0/0
9.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 140/97 .226/.293/.371/.664 .773/.616 .708 74/.728 1/0 3/2
2.Dozier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 134/107 .205/.250/.279/.529 .594/.511 .455 75/.456 3/3 1/2
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/45 .293/.328/.466/.793 .775/.799 .704 35/.473 0/1 2/2
25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 102/79 .253/.317/.363/.679 .432/.749 .667 64/.637 6/0 2/4
32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 147/113 .138/.231/.246/.477 .846/.371 .416 80/.611 4/1 3/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 6/1.833 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 185/144 .337/.416/.479/.895 .888/.897 .802 105/.846 0/0 2/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 181/135 .309/.348/.412/.760 .528/.844 .598 107/.847 0/0 2/0
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 131/104 .198/.275/.302/.577 .656/.555 .808 73/.531 1/1 3/0
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 154/125 .254/.333/.425/.759 1.025/.695 .730 90/.793 1/0 4/5
22.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 45/31 .262/.273/.333/.606 .445/.679 .646 30/.577 0/0 0/0
16.Willingham G/S/vP 18/.535 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 161/129 .203/.366/.414/.781 .751/.788 .871 100/.735 1/0 6/0
IP 54.0 17.2 4.2 20.2 18.1 25.0 TOTAL .246/.319/.374/.693 .698/.691 .683 .696 18/8 31/20
ERA-K/9 3.83/7.3 3.06/4.1 3.86/7.7 0.87/6.1 2.45/14.3 2.16/5.8 3.38/7.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 230/.236 75/.227 21/.294 79/.214 71/.197 96/.187 .242  Hicks
 Parmelee
 Arcia
 Willingham
 Ramirez
 Doumit
 Escobar
0/38/0/6
0/0/31/4
10/0/8/3
31/0/0/2
4/7/3/0
1/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .672 .578 .929 .595 .632 .537 .682
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 68/.337 34/.552 12/1.200 29/.361 40/.635 51/.446 .635
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 162/.815 41/.599 9/.536 50/.733 31/.628 45/.639 .720
Home 81/.584 35/.564 5/.650 24/.482 31/.368 35/.261
Last 28d days 127/.823 45/.615 21/.929 41/.747 35/.772 61/.642
HR/SB/CS 4/3/0 0/1/1 1/1/0 1/0/1 3/0/1 2/0/0 40/21/9
Usage ····X··· ooo·o··o X······· oo·o··X· o·XoX··· X·o···oo
Braves Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Worley
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
25.Francisco* G/S/vP 8/.375 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/.000 103/88 .260/.311/.438/.748 .333/.822 .908 44/.555 0/1 5/3
5.Freeman* G/S/vP 9/1.270 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 137/91 .293/.365/.407/.771 .841/.737 .909 104/.725 0/0 2/2
24.Gattis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 129/92 .254/.302/.568/.870 1.187/.749 .976 61/.821 0/0 9/3
22.Heyward* G/S/vP 7/.453 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 92/55 .156/.293/.286/.579 .486/.645 .716 23/.760 1/2 2/0
23.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.900 ··· ··· 123/74 .342/.374/.487/.861 1.122/.691 .698 57/.723 0/0 3/1
7.Johnson G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.750 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 51/24 .304/.360/.413/.773 .832/.698 .516 29/.753 0/0 0/0
11.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 13/.750 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 49/25 .262/.340/.310/.650 .408/.887 .892 19/.440 1/0 0/0
16.McCann* G/S/vP 11/.664 4/.250 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/3.500 ··· 47/31 .282/.383/.590/.973 .741/1.099 .900 47/.973 0/1 4/0
14.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 66/49 .276/.348/.414/.762 .369/.899 .872 23/.733 0/2 1/0
17.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 80/73 .308/.423/.431/.854 .452/.894 .700 59/.787 6/2 1/0
19.Simmons G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 179/119 .236/.275/.364/.639 .589/.664 .589 103/.693 1/1 5/0
26.Uggla G/S/vP 12/1.694 5/.650 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 168/119 .179/.286/.386/.672 .781/.630 .731 91/.651 0/0 8/6
2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 10/.733 1/.000 7/.686 1/.000 3/1.666 6/1.167 ··· 164/107 .153/.245/.243/.488 .525/.469 .482 75/.442 3/3 3/1
8.Upton G/S/vP 4/.500 4/1.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 9/.476 2/.000 1/.000 194/136 .273/.387/.590/.977 1.210/.887 .840 102/.763 3/0 14/4
IP 45.0 20.0 18.0 19.1 15.2 21.2 23.1 30.0 2.0 TOTAL .244/.320/.413/.733 .760/.721 .761 .699 15/12 58/21
ERA-K/9 6.20/4.4 2.25/10.3 3.50/8.0 4.19/8.4 3.45/14.3 1.66/5.8 3.47/6.6 3.90/6.3 0.00/13.5 4.50/5.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 210/.369 86/.213 79/.265 78/.217 61/.182 93/.222 98/.212 123/.277 7/.143 .291  Gattis
 Upton
 Heyward
 Upton
 Schafer
 Johnson
6/0/0/2
0/40/0/2
0/0/22/1
39/0/6/0
5/7/10/0
2/2/10/0
OPS .943 .634 .640 .643 .591 .608 .711 .686 .286 .788
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 113/.980 43/.522 37/.620 29/.676 22/.438 42/.583 40/.981 56/.875 3/.000 .791
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 97/.902 43/.744 42/.654 49/.626 39/.673 51/.627 58/.534 67/.529 4/.500 .785
Road 96/.994 36/.492 41/.762 38/.892 33/.567 45/.568 40/.642 62/.658 7/.286
Last 28d days 118/1.029 55/.741 55/.543 49/.777 33/.770 60/.514 62/.708 80/.766 7/.286
HR/SB/CS 6/1/2 1/2/1 0/1/0 3/2/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 4/0/0 2/0/1 0/0/0 43/14/9
Usage ····X··· o·X·X··· X·X·X·oo o··Xo··o o···X·X· ·X·X···X ··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.