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Game Preview: MIN @ CHW, 4:05pm, Saturday, August 10, 2013 @U.S. Cellular Field

Twins, 51-62, 51-62 4th, 16½ GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Mike Pelfrey (29, RHP, 4-9, 5.23)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-9) 103.1 129 62 60 33 63 10 5.23
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 38.2 45 16 16 12 28 4 3.72 50
2013-08-04 HOU ND 5.0 7 2 2 3 4 0 104 46
2013-07-30 KCR L 4.0 8 4 4 2 4 1 93 32
2013-07-24 @LAA L 6.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 94 62
2013-07-19 CLE ND 5.2 4 2 2 3 5 0 113 55
2013-07-11 @TBR L 6.0 8 3 3 0 5 2 104 49
2013-07-06 @TOR W 6.0 3 0 0 3 2 0 97 65
2013-06-18 CHW ND 6.0 10 4 4 0 3 1 87 39
Last 5 v.CHW 0-1 10.0 18 9 9 2 6 3 8.10 33
2013-06-18 CHW ND 6.0 10 4 4 0 3 1 87 39
2013-05-15 CHW L 4.0 8 5 5 2 3 2 91 27
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   26-27   Road:   25-35   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  39-51   vsLHP:  12-11   1-Run:  18-17
 vsEast:  9-18   vsCntrl:21-27   vsWest: 13-6  IL: 8-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Fri, Aug  9  @CHW  W   3-2 (10)  51-62  4th 16.5 gb
112 Fri, Aug  9  @CHW  W   7-5       50-62  4th 16.5 gb
111 Wed, Aug  7  @KCR  L   2-5       49-62  4th 17.5 gb
110 Tue, Aug  6  @KCR  W   7-0       49-61  4th 16.5 gb
109 Mon, Aug  5  @KCR  L   0-13      48-61  4th 16.5 gb
108 Sun, Aug  4   HOU  W   3-2       48-60  4th 15.5 gb
107 Sat, Aug  3   HOU  W   6-4       47-60  4th 15.5 gb
106 Fri, Aug  2   HOU  W   4-3 (13)  46-60  4th 15.5 gb
105 Thu, Aug  1   KCR  L   2-7       45-60  4th 15.5 gb
104 Wed, Jul 31   KCR  L   3-4       45-59  4th 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
WhiteSox, 43-71, 43-71 5th, 25 GB, 22 GB in WC

SP: Andre Rienzo (25, RHP, 0-0, 1.38)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-0) 13.0 9 5 2 6 9 0 1.38
Last 7 GS 0-0 13.0 9 5 2 6 9 0 1.38 60
2013-08-04 @DET ND 6.0 4 2 2 3 3 0 84 56
2013-07-30 @CLE ND 7.0 5 3 0 3 6 0 99 64
Has never faced MIN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   25-30   Road:   18-41   ExtrInn: 6-13
 vsRHP:  32-53   vsLHP:  11-18   1-Run:  16-26
 vsEast: 12-10   vsCntrl:12-33   vsWest: 11-16 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Fri, Aug  9   MIN  L   2-3 (10)  43-71  5th 25.0 gb
113 Fri, Aug  9   MIN  L   5-7       43-70  5th 25.0 gb
112 Wed, Aug  7   NYY  W   6-5 (12)  43-69  5th 24.0 gb
111 Tue, Aug  6   NYY  W   3-2       42-69  5th 24.0 gb
110 Mon, Aug  5   NYY  W   8-1       41-69  5th 24.0 gb
109 Sun, Aug  4  @DET  L   2-3 (12)  40-69  5th 24.0 gb
108 Sat, Aug  3  @DET  L   0-3       40-68  5th 23.0 gb
107 Fri, Aug  2  @DET  L   1-2       40-67  5th 22.0 gb
106 Thu, Aug  1  @CLE  L   1-6       40-66  5th 21.0 gb
105 Wed, Jul 31  @CLE  L   5-6 (10)  40-65  5th 20.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 09, 2013 MIN  3 @CHW  2 (10)   W:Brian Duensing (6-1), L: Dylan Axelrod (4-9), S: Glen Perkins (28)
Fri, Aug 09, 2013 MIN  7 @CHW  5        W:Brian Duensing (5-1), L: Donnie Veal (1-3), S: none
Thu, Jun 20, 2013 MIN  8  CHW  4        W:Scott Diamond (5-6), L: John Danks (1-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 19, 2013 MIN  7  CHW  4        W:Kevin Correia (6-4), L: Chris Sale (5-6), S: Glen Perkins (18)
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 MIN  7  CHW  5        W:Jared Burton (1-4), L: Ramon Troncoso (0-2), S: Glen Perkins (17)
Wed, May 15, 2013 CHW  9 @MIN  4        W:Dylan Axelrod (1-3), L: Mike Pelfrey (3-4), S: none
Tue, May 14, 2013 CHW  4 @MIN  2        W:Jake Peavy (5-1), L: Kevin Correia (4-3), S: Addison Reed (12)
Mon, May 13, 2013 MIN 10  CHW  3        W:Pedro Hernandez (2-0), L: Hector Santiago (1-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 21, 2013 MIN  5 @CHW  3        W:Scott Diamond (1-1), L: Matt Lindstrom (1-1), S: Glen Perkins (5)
Sat, Apr 20, 2013 MIN  2 @CHW  1 (10)   W:Casey Fien (1-1), L: Hector Santiago (0-1), S: Glen Perkins (4)
Season Series: 2013 - MIN over 8-2; 2012 - CHW won 14-4; 2011 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1099-1013

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  5.13

KCR  4.08

MIA  3.18

 RA/G

PIT  3.43

CHC  4.23

HOU  5.35

 BA

M. Cabrera  .360

D. Brown  .271

D. Uggla  .189

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .454

N. Markakis  .333

J. Arencibia  .247

 SLG

C. Davis  .676

I. Kinsler  .420

J. Keppinger  .280

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.124

A. Ethier  .753

J. Keppinger  .545

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.91

R. Nolasco  3.65

J. Blanton  5.52

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.86

J. Blanton  7.26

B. Colon  4.79

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

Twins Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 64.Rienzo
G/S/vB		 65.Jones
G/S/vB		 27.Lindstrom
G/S/vB		 41.Purcey*
G/S/vB		 43.Reed
G/S/vB		 40.Troncoso
G/S/vB		 46.Veal*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 258/172 .255/.310/.431/.741 .695/.765 .728 34/.840 1/2 9/1
17.Bernier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 38/30 .226/.333/.290/.624 1.000/.526 .698 38/.624 2/1 0/0
8.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 5/1.200 3/.666 5/.800 3/1.667 ··· 202/159 .230/.284/.262/.546 .747/.491 .499 43/.626 2/0 0/2
55.Colabello G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 80/58 .205/.275/.384/.659 .641/.665 .876 64/.769 0/1 4/0
2.Dozier G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 3/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 3/.333 ··· 409/315 .241/.309/.411/.720 .973/.647 .645 93/.816 9/6 10/3
25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 309/236 .225/.281/.343/.624 .323/.715 .664 53/.625 8/3 7/10
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 76/69 .234/.347/.422/.769 1.429/.700 .825 60/.633 0/0 3/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/1.500 6/.900 5/.400 2/1.000 2/no AB 461/343 .316/.399/.455/.854 .814/.868 .883 63/.721 0/1 8/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 1/2.000 5/.400 5/1.850 2/2.500 2/.000 461/325 .265/.321/.422/.743 .575/.817 .606 100/.800 0/0 13/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.500 3/.333 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 330/252 .236/.301/.384/.685 .912/.616 .645 71/.382 2/0 10/8
11.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 208/146 .223/.309/.337/.646 .652/.642 .544 90/.611 1/3 4/3
16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 7/.953 1/.000 8/.125 7/.429 1/no AB 308/235 .220/.354/.402/.755 .730/.764 .799 10/.800 1/0 11/0
IP 13.0 57.2 45.0 11.1 51.1 22.0 16.2 TOTAL .241/.313/.382/.695 .697/.694 .675 .675 38/23 107/47
ERA-K/9 1.38/6.2 3.90/10.0 3.60/6.4 2.38/7.2 3.68/9.5 5.32/6.5 7.02/8.6 3.91/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Herrmann (1-1-0)
 Mauer (19-16-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 54/.188 233/.239 192/.274 52/.211 211/.219 101/.259 79/.288 .250  Arcia
 Thomas
 Willingham
 Herrmann
 Colabello
43/0/15/4
18/29/4/4
53/0/0/3
2/0/10/2
0/0/7/1
OPS .507 .621 .687 .708 .577 .777 .875 .716
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 43/.487 97/.644 71/.816 27/.689 119/.538 47/1.110 45/.975 .749
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 11/.586 136/.606 121/.613 25/.715 92/.627 54/.501 34/.739 .694
Home / 121/.733 103/.753 25/.728 116/.532 54/.896 40/.855
Last 28d days 54/.507 42/.372 39/.947 39/.752 43/.501 29/.860 34/.820
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 3/5/1 1/7/0 1/1/0 3/7/0 3/3/2 3/1/0 126/72/25
Usage ·····X·· X·Xo·o·o X·o·X·o· X·o·Xo·· o·XX·X·· X·o····· o·o··oX·
WhiteSox Batters (3.67 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Pelfrey
G/S/vB		 63.Albers*
G/S/vB		 61.Burton
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 44.Gibson
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
15.Beckham G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 7/.000 24/.554 5/.400 3/.333 15/1.071 1/.000 2/.000 9/.222 ··· 238/185 .306/.346/.425/.771 .560/.833 .751 69/.696 5/1 3/7
20.Danks* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 59/55 .151/.237/.226/.464 .250/.476 .388 18/.465 3/1 1/1
30.De Aza* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 7/.971 4/1.750 6/.400 3/.000 7/.666 2/.000 ··· 8/.875 1/.000 492/380 .275/.331/.429/.759 .892/.721 .716 106/.779 13/6 13/6
32.Dunn* G/S/vP 39/.933 ··· 5/.200 13/.539 2/.000 3/.333 8/.125 ··· 5/3.050 6/.167 ··· 446/335 .228/.334/.462/.796 .670/.838 .839 90/.813 1/1 26/7
21.Flowers G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 5/1.350 4/.250 3/.000 6/.167 2/1.000 2/1.000 6/.733 ··· 262/189 .193/.244/.348/.593 .381/.676 .687 27/.348 0/1 9/4
26.Garcia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.333 90/45 .238/.278/.369/.647 .486/.808 .645 2/.500 0/1 2/1
12.Gillaspie* G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 328/282 .239/.296/.370/.666 .308/.728 .725 62/.542 0/1 9/8
7.Keppinger G/S/vP 8/.750 ··· 8/.375 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/.750 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· 359/271 .236/.265/.280/.545 .530/.549 .563 60/.424 0/1 2/2
14.Konerko G/S/vP 5/1.800 ··· 3/1.334 29/.879 6/.334 3/1.666 27/.791 ··· 3/1.167 11/.697 ··· 351/273 .241/.305/.361/.665 .990/.575 .585 71/.601 0/0 9/1
36.Phegley G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 82/63 .210/.207/.358/.565 .982/.444 .561 56/.482 0/0 3/1
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 9/.944 26/.826 10/.550 3/1.666 25/1.027 1/3.000 4/.000 14/.929 ··· 489/386 .286/.311/.368/.678 .644/.688 .685 103/.698 24/7 3/18
18.Tekotte* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/17 .231/.310/.385/.695 .583/.782 .750 9/1.159 1/3 1/0
24.Viciedo G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· 5/1.000 4/.750 4/1.250 ··· 6/.666 ··· 3/.000 9/.365 ··· 340/250 .244/.288/.397/.685 .643/.700 .668 73/.724 0/0 9/2
IP 103.1 8.1 50.0 45.0 48.1 42.0 46.0 54.0 48.0 70.2 30.0 TOTAL .248/.300/.377/.677 .653/.684 .677 .642 75/31 104/76
ERA-K/9 5.23/5.5 0.00/2.2 3.06/8.3 4.20/8.2 2.61/10.1 6.43/5.1 2.35/11.0 4.17/6.2 3.00/6.4 3.06/6.4 0.90/8.1 4.31/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (48-15-7)
 Phegley (9-4-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 457/.309 29/.143 212/.223 202/.289 180/.187 194/.308 179/.207 230/.267 204/.222 281/.258 111/.121 .278  Viciedo
 De Aza
 Danks
 Garcia
 Tekotte
 Dunn
78/0/0/10
55/82/0/4
0/29/4/1
3/24/6/0
0/14/0/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .814 .315 .648 .747 .497 .859 .571 .698 .680 .668 .460 .760
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 252/.801 13/.397 103/.633 106/.787 74/.487 113/.871 51/.590 108/.730 81/.867 135/.852 55/.419 .775
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 205/.830 16/.250 109/.663 96/.698 106/.504 81/.840 128/.564 122/.669 123/.558 146/.500 56/.500 .746
Road 190/.780 29/.315 106/.578 109/.707 99/.580 122/.755 97/.721 135/.774 99/.689 143/.669 73/.570
Last 28d days 94/.722 29/.315 32/.290 43/.677 34/.483 116/.890 53/.819 45/.827 37/.368 47/.388 37/.655
HR/SB/CS 10/8/2 0/0/0 3/9/2 2/2/1 4/3/1 7/4/1 3/0/0 2/1/0 5/1/1 6/1/3 2/2/0 108/43/24
Usage ·····X·· ···X···· o·o··o·o o···X·X· o··o··oo X·····X· X····XXX ····X··X o·o··o·o ······X· o·o·oo·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.