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Game Preview: MIN @ BOS, 1:05pm, Friday, February 28, 2014 @Fenway Park

Twins, 66-96, 66-96

SP: Mike Pelfrey (29, RHP, 5-13, 5.19)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-13) 152.2 184 92 88 53 101 13 5.19
2012 (0-0) 19.2 24 5 5 4 13 0 2.29
2011 (7-13) 193.2 220 111 102 65 105 21 4.74
Last 7 GS 1-3 38.0 44 22 21 14 32 2 4.97 47
2013-09-23 DET ND 6.0 6 1 1 3 5 0 102 58
2013-09-17 @CHW L 4.1 9 3 3 1 6 0 96 38
2013-09-11 OAK L 3.0 8 7 7 1 2 1 78 16
2013-09-06 TOR L 6.0 6 6 5 2 7 0 102 43
2013-08-31 @TEX ND 7.0 6 1 1 0 7 0 98 68
2013-08-25 @CLE ND 5.0 2 1 1 6 3 0 94 56
2013-08-20 @DET W 6.2 7 3 3 1 2 1 96 49
Last 5 v.BOS 0-0 7.0 6 2 2 1 6 0 2.57 62
2009-05-23 @BOS ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 6 0 111 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
RedSox, 97-65, 97-65

SP: (2013, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
Last 7 GS
Has never faced MIN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   53-28   Road:   44-37   ExtrInn:10-6 
 vsRHP:  65-43   vsLHP:  32-22   1-Run:  21-21
 vsEast: 44-32   vsCntrl:19-15   vsWest: 20-12 IL:14-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29  @BAL  L   6-7       97-65  1st  6.0 up
161 Sat, Sep 28  @BAL  L   5-6       97-64  1st  7.0 up
160 Fri, Sep 27  @BAL  W  12-3       97-63  1st  7.0 up
159 Wed, Sep 25  @COL  W  15-5       96-63  1st  6.5 up
158 Tue, Sep 24  @COL  L   3-8       95-63  1st  6.5 up
157 Sun, Sep 22   TOR  W   5-2       95-62  1st  8.0 up
156 Sat, Sep 21   TOR  L   2-4       94-62  1st  8.0 up
155 Fri, Sep 20   TOR  W   6-3       94-61  1st  9.0 up
154 Thu, Sep 19   BAL  W   3-1       93-61  1st  9.0 up
153 Wed, Sep 18   BAL  L   3-5 (12)  92-61  1st  8.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 19, 2013 BOS  5 @MIN  1        W:John Lackey (2-4), L: Pedro Hernandez (2-1), S: none
Sat, May 18, 2013 BOS 12 @MIN  5        W:Craig Breslow (1-0), L: Scott Diamond (3-4), S: none
Fri, May 17, 2013 BOS  3 @MIN  2 (10)   W:Alex Wilson (1-0), L: Josh Roenicke (1-1), S: Koji Uehara (1)
Thu, May 09, 2013 MIN  5 @BOS  3        W:Kevin Correia (4-2), L: John Lackey (1-3), S: Glen Perkins (8)
Wed, May 08, 2013 MIN 15 @BOS  8        W:Ryan Pressly (1-0), L: Allen Webster (0-1), S: none
Tue, May 07, 2013 MIN  6 @BOS  1        W:Scott Diamond (3-2), L: Ryan Dempster (2-3), S: none
Mon, May 06, 2013 BOS  6  MIN  5 (11)   W:Clayton Mortensen (1-2), L: Jared Burton (0-1), S: none

Sun, Aug 05, 2012 BOS  6  MIN  4        W:Franklin Morales (3-2), L: Nick Blackburn (4-7), S: Alfredo Aceves (23)
Sat, Aug 04, 2012 MIN  6 @BOS  4        W:Alex Burnett (4-3), L: Alfredo Aceves (2-7), S: Jared Burton (5)
Fri, Aug 03, 2012 MIN  6 @BOS  5 (10)   W:Jeff Gray (6-1), L: Vicente Padilla (4-1), S: Jared Burton (4)
Season Series: 2013 - BOS over 4-3; 2012 - BOS won 4-3; 2011 - BOS won 5-2; All-Time - BOS leads 958-925

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. RedSox Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Badenhop
G/S/vB		 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 66.Britton*
G/S/vB		 62.De La Rosa
G/S/vB		 41.Lackey
G/S/vB		 30.Miller*
G/S/vB		 54.Mujica
G/S/vB		 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB		 19.Uehara
G/S/vB		 64.Webster
G/S/vB		 63.Wilson
G/S/vB		 67.Workman
G/S/vB		 65.Wright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/2.350 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· / /// / 76/.734 / /
55.Colabello G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 49/.574 / /
2.Dozier G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 340/260 .234/.271/.332/.603 .775/.547 .568 102/.605 9/2 6/15
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/.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 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 150/98 .219/.272/.307/.579 .619/.558 .600 66/.573 3/1 1/7
26.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 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 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/.600 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· / /// / / / /
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 1/no AB 11/.955 ··· 3/1.000 31/.954 9/.333 2/1.500 1/2.000 2/.000 2/3.000 2/no AB ··· ··· 641/419 .319/.416/.446/.861 .754/.918 .844 / 8/4 10/5
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 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 1/.000 4/.833 ··· ··· 5/.600 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/2.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 465/323 .235/.301/.455/.756 .911/.691 .655 97/.652 1/3 24/19
1.Presley* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 370/306 .237/.279/.405/.683 .690/.682 .748 106/.674 9/7 10/3
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 35/.594 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 442/341 .235/.276/.328/.605 .628/.598 .662 14/.857 2/0 6/5
16.Willingham G/S/vP 7/1.429 2/.500 ··· ··· 6/.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.000 2/.500 3/.000 ··· ··· 615/427 .260/.366/.524/.890 .920/.877 .770 61/.697 3/2 35/4
IP 62.1 63.1 0.2 40.1 65.1 44.0 36.0 TOTAL .242/.312/.380/.692 .697/.691 .689 .651 52/33 151/81
ERA-K/9 3.03/6.1 2.70/8.7 /0.0 27.00/0.0 /0.0 3.35/11.4 3.03/6.5 1.43/9.2 1.75/10.8 /0.0 /0.0 /0.0 /0.0 3.79/8.0

 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 262/.259 261/.225 / 4/.000 / 169/.194 258/.230 172/.227 130/.160 / / / / .248  Willingham
 Plouffe
 Presley
 Parmelee
 Herrmann
 Escobar
 Fryer
119/0/0/6
2/0/15/2
81/4/8/2
1/0/18/1
2/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
OPS .687 .645 .500 .588 .643 .558 .466 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 88/.844 116/.597 / 2/.500 / 102/.429 119/.669 67/.519 71/.545 / / / / .678
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 174/.610 145/.683 / 2/.500 / 67/.829 139/.620 105/.583 59/.369 / / / / .736
Home 124/.591 143/.696 / 4/.500 / 80/.555 141/.712 101/.563 73/.294 / / / /
Last 28d days 15/.714 38/.388 15/.862 27/.832 112/.697 / 34/1.513 34/.853 40/.279 17/.371 / 34/.805 /
HR/SB/CS 6/1/0 5/2/3 // 0/1/0 // 3/0/0 7/1/1 1/4/1 4/1/0 // // // // 156/133/43
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.

RedSox Batters (5.27 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Pelfrey
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
2.Bogaerts G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 30/.700 / /
25.Bradley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 41/.695 / /
37.Carp* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· ··· 189/145 .213/.312/.341/.654 .722/.631 .701 40/.816 1/0 5/2
5.Gomes G/S/vP 3/.666 3/2.000 6/1.500 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 333/137 .262/.377/.491/.868 .974/.715 .764 50/.889 3/1 18/2
10.Herrera# G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 251/191 .262/.317/.351/.668 .638/.684 .784 29/.893 4/1 3/3
26.Holt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/56 .292/.329/.354/.682 .517/.732 .777 0/ 0/0 0/4
20.Lavarnway G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 166/113 .157/.211/.248/.459 .506/.437 .421 17/.941 0/0 2/2
16.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 4/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 286/186 .288/.325/.509/.835 .906/.798 .841 83/.753 4/1 15/9
12.Napoli G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 11/.364 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/1.167 ··· 16/.683 ··· ··· 417/285 .227/.343/.469/.812 .706/.861 .785 74/1.241 1/0 24/7
29.Nava# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 4/.250 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 317/222 .243/.352/.390/.742 .613/.797 .800 86/.852 3/0 6/2
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/1.000 5/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 11/.909 2/.500 ··· 6/1.667 ··· ··· 383/245 .318/.415/.611/1.026 .985/1.050 1.169 97/1.036 0/1 23/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/2.500 6/1.167 4/1.750 ··· ··· 9/.347 2/.000 ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· 623/437 .290/.347/.449/.797 .848/.775 .831 96/.755 20/6 15/5
40.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 3/1.334 4/1.833 17/.544 4/.833 ··· ··· 15/.276 ··· ··· 6/.833 1/.000 ··· 520/399 .278/.326/.501/.827 .673/.874 .943 96/.601 0/0 27/6
3.Ross G/S/vP 4/.500 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 196/108 .256/.321/.449/.770 .712/.818 .779 25/.708 1/0 9/2
38.Sizemore* G/S/vP ··· 2/no AB 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 9/.666 ··· ··· 3/2.667 ··· ··· / /// / / / /
18.Victorino# G/S/vP 53/.838 4/.750 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 666/472 .255/.321/.383/.704 .906/.629 .695 70/.873 39/6 11/2
IP 19.2 62.0 109.0 35.0 70.1 24.1 96.2 TOTAL .277/.349/.446/.795 .751/.818 .819 .882 123/19 178/80
ERA-K/9 2.29/5.9 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)
 Lavarnway (28-3-0)
 Napoli (42-11-8)
 Pierzynski (76-27-8)
 Ross (19-15-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 85/.300 245/.186 472/.288 141/.195 / / 281/.222 / 116/.317 413/.284 / / .280  Victorino
 Nava
 Carp
 Gomes
48/109/1/9
76/0/4/5
24/0/0/1
39/0/3/1
OPS .683 .549 .759 .578 .631 .931 .798 .770
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 52/.672 99/.748 178/.678 59/.491 / / 106/.488 / 16/.741 190/.771 / / .780
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 33/.697 146/.421 294/.808 82/.638 / / 175/.721 / 100/.961 223/.821 / / .762
Road 28/.690 112/.484 254/.780 79/.452 / / 127/.585 / 47/.859 220/.851 / /
Last 28d days 94/.864 25/.798 37/.967 26/.561 / 7/.143 27/.310 43/.741 44/.738 37/.588 30/.614 34/.425
HR/SB/CS 0/2/1 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.