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Game Preview: MIN @ BAL, 1:05pm, Monday, March 3, 2014 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Twins, 66-96, 66-96

SP: Vance Worley (25, RHP, 1-5, 7.21)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-5) 48.2 82 43 39 15 25 9 7.21
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 36.2 57 26 25 11 19 9 6.14 38
2013-05-22 @ATL L 3.2 10 8 8 2 3 3 91 10
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
Last 5 v.BAL 1-0 16.1 25 13 9 3 8 1 4.96 39
2013-05-11 BAL W 5.1 11 5 5 1 1 1 111 26
2013-04-06 @BAL ND 5.0 10 5 4 1 2 0 88 30
2012-06-09 @BAL ND 6.0 4 3 0 1 5 0 93 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   32-49   Road:   34-47   ExtrInn: 9-7 
 vsRHP:  50-75   vsLHP:  16-21   1-Run:  24-25
 vsEast: 10-23   vsCntrl:29-47   vsWest: 19-14 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29   CLE  L   1-5       66-96  4th 27.0 gb
161 Sat, Sep 28   CLE  L   1-5       66-95  4th 27.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27   CLE  L   6-12      66-94  4th 27.0 gb
159 Thu, Sep 26   CLE  L   5-6       66-93  4th 27.0 gb
158 Wed, Sep 25   DET  L   0-1       66-92  4th 26.5 gb
157 Tue, Sep 24   DET  L   2-4       66-91  4th 25.5 gb
156 Mon, Sep 23   DET  W   4-3 (11)  66-90  4th 24.5 gb
155 Sun, Sep 22  @OAK  L   7-11      65-90  4th 25.5 gb
154 Sat, Sep 21  @OAK  L   1-9       65-89  4th 25.5 gb
153 Fri, Sep 20  @OAK  L   0-11      65-88  4th 24.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 9-21
Orioles, 85-77, 85-77

SP: Bud Norris (28, RHP, 10-12, 4.18)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (10-12) 176.2 196 89 82 67 147 17 4.18
2012 (7-13) 168.1 165 90 87 66 165 23 4.65
2011 (6-11) 186.0 177 93 78 70 176 24 3.77
Last 7 GS 2-1 36.0 48 22 22 16 40 4 5.50 44
2013-09-25 TOR ND 4.0 7 3 3 2 5 0 96 39
2013-09-08 CHW L 4.1 9 4 4 1 6 1 100 34
2013-09-02 @CLE W 7.0 4 1 1 1 8 1 92 72
2013-08-28 @BOS ND 5.1 4 1 1 4 7 0 105 59
2013-08-23 OAK ND 4.2 9 7 7 3 7 2 109 22
2013-08-17 COL W 5.2 9 4 4 3 5 0 95 37
2013-08-11 @SFG ND 5.0 6 2 2 2 2 0 98 47
Has never faced MIN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   46-35   Road:   39-42   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  58-51   vsLHP:  27-26   1-Run:  20-31
 vsEast: 36-40   vsCntrl:17-16   vsWest: 21-12 IL:11-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29   BOS  W   7-6       85-77  3rd 12.0 gb
161 Sat, Sep 28   BOS  W   6-5       84-77  3rd 13.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27   BOS  L   3-12      83-77  3rd 14.0 gb
159 Thu, Sep 26   TOR  W   3-2       83-76  3rd 13.0 gb
158 Wed, Sep 25   TOR  W   9-5       82-76  3rd 13.5 gb
157 Tue, Sep 24   TOR  L   2-3 (10)  81-76  4th 13.5 gb
156 Mon, Sep 23  @TBR  L   4-5       81-75  4th 13.5 gb
155 Sun, Sep 22  @TBR  L   1-3       81-74  4th 13.0 gb
154 Sat, Sep 21  @TBR  L   1-5       81-73  4th 12.0 gb
153 Fri, Sep 20  @TBR  L   4-5 (18)  81-72  3rd 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 12, 2013 BAL  6 @MIN  0        W:Wei-Yin Chen (3-3), L: Scott Diamond (3-3), S: none
Sat, May 11, 2013 MIN  8  BAL  5        W:Vance Worley (1-4), L: Steve Johnson (0-1), S: Jared Burton (1)
Fri, May 10, 2013 BAL  9 @MIN  6 (10)   W:Tommy Hunter (3-1), L: Anthony Swarzak (1-1), S: Jim Johnson (14)
Sun, Apr 07, 2013 MIN  4 @BAL  3        W:Anthony Swarzak (1-0), L: Jason Hammel (1-1), S: Glen Perkins (2)
Sat, Apr 06, 2013 MIN  6 @BAL  5        W:Josh Roenicke (1-0), L: Jim Johnson (0-1), S: Glen Perkins (1)
Fri, Apr 05, 2013 BAL  9  MIN  5        W:Luis Ayala (1-0), L: Casey Fien (0-1), S: none

Thu, Jul 19, 2012 BAL  4 @MIN  3        W:Wei-Yin Chen (8-5), L: Alex Burnett (3-3), S: Jim Johnson (28)
Wed, Jul 18, 2012 BAL  2 @MIN  1        W:Tommy Hunter (4-4), L: Francisco Liriano (3-9), S: Jim Johnson (27)
Tue, Jul 17, 2012 MIN  6  BAL  4        W:Alex Burnett (3-2), L: Luis Ayala (2-3), S: Jared Burton (3)
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 MIN 19  BAL  7        W:Scott Diamond (8-3), L: Chris Tillman (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - tied 3-3; 2012 - BAL won 5-2; 2011 - BAL won 6-2; All-Time - BAL leads 957-940

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

For the 2012 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  4.99

MIN  4.33

HOU  3.60

 RA/G

TBR  3.56

LAA  4.31

COL  5.49

 BA

B. Posey  .336

A. Rodriguez  .272

C. Pena  .197

 OBP

J. Mauer  .416

A. Jones  .334

D. Stubbs  .277

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .606

H. Ramirez  .437

J. Weeks  .304

 OPS

M. Cabrera  .999

A. Pagan  .778

J. Weeks  .609

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.53

T. Cahill  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

U. Jimenez  7.28

H. Alvarez  3.80

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Twins Batters (3.79 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 25.Norris
G/S/vB		 65.Belfiore*
G/S/vB		 35.Brach
G/S/vB		 49.Bundy
G/S/vB		 59.Escalona
G/S/vB		 31.Gausman
G/S/vB		 29.Hunter
G/S/vB		 52.Johnson
G/S/vB		 17.Matusz*
G/S/vB		 66.McFarland*
G/S/vB		 56.O'Day
G/S/vB		 60.Stinson
G/S/vB		 58.Webb
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 / /// / 76/.734 / /
55.Colabello G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 49/.574 / /
2.Dozier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 340/260 .234/.271/.332/.603 .775/.547 .568 102/.605 9/2 6/15
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 146/107 .214/.278/.260/.537 .844/.419 .490 36/.755 3/0 0/2
25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 150/98 .219/.272/.307/.579 .619/.558 .600 66/.573 3/1 1/7
26.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/4 .250/.400/.250/.650 2.000/.250 16/1.192 0/0 0/0
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/13 .056/.105/.056/.161 .000/.237 .063 40/.335 0/0 0/0
32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / / / /
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/1.071 3/2.500 10/.522 2/1.500 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 641/419 .319/.416/.446/.861 .754/.918 .844 / 8/4 10/5
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 2/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 210/151 .229/.290/.380/.671 .681/.667 .772 59/.608 0/0 5/2
43.Pinto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 73/.879 / /
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/1.167 ··· 2/.500 465/323 .235/.301/.455/.756 .911/.691 .655 97/.652 1/3 24/19
1.Presley* G/S/vP 8/.393 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 370/306 .237/.279/.405/.683 .690/.682 .748 106/.674 9/7 10/3
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 21/.715 1/.000 15/.800 2/.000 9/.111 1/.000 2/4.000 442/341 .235/.276/.328/.605 .628/.598 .662 14/.857 2/0 6/5
16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/.968 ··· 7/1.262 2/.500 3/2.000 ··· 3/.667 615/427 .260/.366/.524/.890 .920/.877 .770 61/.697 3/2 35/4
IP 168.1 66.2 1.2 22.1 133.2 38.1 98.0 67.0 9.1 60.1 TOTAL .242/.312/.380/.692 .697/.691 .689 .651 52/33 151/81
ERA-K/9 4.65/8.8 /0.0 3.78/10.1 0.00/0.0 6.04/8.5 /0.0 5.45/5.2 2.11/10.8 4.87/7.4 /0.0 2.28/9.3 0.96/2.9 4.03/6.6 4.20/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Herrmann (1-0-1)
 Mauer (56-9-1)
 Suzuki (65-28-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 733/.254 / 280/.207 6/.200 97/.264 / 573/.302 151/.174 441/.284 / 263/.202 38/.212 270/.295 .259  Willingham
 Presley
 Plouffe
 Parmelee
 Escobar
 Fryer
 Herrmann
119/0/0/6
81/4/8/2
2/0/15/2
1/0/18/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .752 .674 .533 .840 .864 .561 .817 .613 .679 .749 .749
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 370/.784 / 109/.718 2/1.000 37/.914 / 304/.840 75/.563 123/.528 / 94/.657 22/.697 114/.809 .780
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 363/.720 / 171/.646 4/.250 60/.794 / 269/.891 76/.560 318/.932 / 169/.588 16/.650 156/.706 .719
Home 293/.557 / 149/.656 4/.833 50/.789 / 279/.826 122/.572 213/.852 / 133/.637 24/.720 152/.852
Last 28d days 56/.978 7/2.071 29/.754 / / 46/.670 53/.749 12/.444 17/.494 40/.692 17/.243 29/.284 44/.608
HR/SB/CS 23/13/10 // 11/11/2 0/0/0 5/4/0 // 32/1/4 4/0/4 15/2/3 // 6/4/2 1/1/0 2/11/3 202/63/32
Usage ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Orioles Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.86 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		 44.Gibson
G/S/vB		 53.Johnson*
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 57.Pressly
G/S/vB		 205.Raley*
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 56.Thielbar*
G/S/vB		 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
45.Clevenger* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 215/186 .201/.260/.276/.537 .138/.602 .782 15/.600 0/1 1/4
23.Cruz G/S/vP 2/2.000 5/.000 11/.728 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/.900 1/.000 ··· 13/.539 ··· ··· 642/483 .260/.319/.460/.779 .944/.727 .873 4/.000 8/4 24/4
19.Davis* G/S/vP 9/.583 1/.000 6/.167 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 562/444 .270/.326/.501/.827 .792/.836 .930 101/.801 2/3 33/6
3.Flaherty* G/S/vP 8/.661 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 167/154 .216/.258/.359/.617 .667/.613 .587 31/1.002 1/0 6/3
2.Hardy G/S/vP 9/.444 8/.250 5/1.350 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 9/1.194 ··· ··· 713/533 .238/.282/.389/.671 .767/.639 .774 103/.695 0/0 22/6
10.Jones G/S/vP 9/.777 5/.400 6/.334 2/3.000 ··· ··· 7/.310 1/.000 ··· 6/1.334 ··· ··· 697/526 .287/.334/.505/.839 .800/.852 .864 99/.737 16/7 32/8
93.LaPorta G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 16/1.143 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 60/24 .241/.267/.328/.594 .706/.426 .419 / 0/0 1/0
9.Lough* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.334 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· 5/.000 2/.000 ··· 65/58 .237/.292/.305/.597 .452/.614 .582 38/.907 1/0 0/1
13.Machado G/S/vP 7/1.857 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 202/149 .262/.294/.445/.739 .801/.716 .769 88/.555 2/0 7/5
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 6/1.833 3/1.666 8/.250 2/.500 ··· ··· 13/1.248 1/.000 ··· 9/.619 ··· ··· 471/330 .298/.363/.471/.834 .877/.816 .837 100/.677 1/1 13/2
48.Monell* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 9/.347 / /
28.Pearce G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 188/101 .239/.328/.377/.705 .760/.657 .773 16/1.625 1/2 4/1
57.Peguero G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/5 .188/.188/.188/.375 .364/.400 .800 9/.958 3/0 0/0
14.Reimold G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/5.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 69/51 .313/.333/.627/.960 1.076/.922 .572 / 1/0 5/3
6.Schoop G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 15/.833 / /
51.Urrutia* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 6/.667 / /
24.Weeks# G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 5/1.200 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 511/341 .221/.305/.304/.609 .669/.578 .567 9/.222 16/5 2/11
32.Wieters# G/S/vP 9/.793 2/5.000 5/1.800 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 593/442 .249/.329/.435/.764 .908/.715 .793 84/.699 3/0 23/10
IP 133.0 62.0 109.0 35.0 70.1 24.1 96.2 TOTAL .260/.313/.431/.744 .732/.749 .763 .699 79/29 212/54
ERA-K/9 4.20/7.2 2.18/8.0 5.12/5.7 2.06/8.2 /0.0 /0.0 2.56/10.0 /0.0 8.14/5.9 5.03/5.8 /0.0 /0.0 4.55/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Clevenger (45-7-4)
 Wieters (51-32-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 590/.296 245/.186 472/.288 141/.195 / / 281/.222 / 116/.317 413/.284 / / .280  Cruz
 Jones
 Markakis
 Davis
 Pearce
 Peguero
 Reimold
 Lough
 Flaherty
6/0/151/9
0/162/0/7
0/0/102/3
11/0/30/3
23/0/19/2
8/0/2/1
15/0/0/0
1/12/5/0
7/0/17/0
OPS .806 .549 .759 .578 .631 .931 .798 .770
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 298/.847 99/.748 178/.678 59/.491 / / 106/.488 / 16/.741 190/.771 / / .780
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 292/.764 146/.421 294/.808 82/.638 / / 175/.721 / 100/.961 223/.821 / / .762
Road 261/.739 112/.484 254/.780 79/.452 / / 127/.585 / 47/.859 220/.851 / /
Last 28d days / 25/.798 37/.967 26/.561 / 7/.143 27/.310 43/.741 44/.738 37/.588 30/.614 34/.425
HR/SB/CS 12/5/6 5/6/0 10/5/1 3/3/0 // // 8/2/3 // 7/2/1 15/1/1 // // 168/73/38
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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.