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Game Preview: MIN @ DET, 7:08pm, Monday, April 29, 2013 @Comerica Park

Twins, 11-10, 11-10 3rd, 1½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Mike Pelfrey (29, RHP, 2-2, 7.94)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-2) 17.0 29 17 15 5 6 0 7.94
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 2-2 36.2 53 22 20 9 19 0 4.91 43
2013-04-23 MIA L 4.2 9 5 5 1 2 0 94 27
2013-04-16 LAA W 5.0 7 4 4 2 2 0 96 37
2013-04-09 @KCR L 2.0 8 6 6 0 1 0 62 17
2013-04-04 DET W 5.1 5 2 0 2 1 0 96 53
2012-04-21 SFG ND 8.0 6 1 1 1 3 0 102 68
2012-04-15 @PHI ND 6.0 8 1 1 2 2 0 99 52
2012-04-09 WSN ND 5.2 10 3 3 1 8 0 104 44
Last 5 v.DET 1-1 10.0 13 7 4 7 4 1 3.60 41
2013-04-04 DET W 5.1 5 2 0 2 1 0 96 53
2011-06-30 @DET L 4.2 8 5 4 5 3 1 109 28
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-6    Road:    4-4    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   9-9    vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   5-2 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 4-4    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 1-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 21 Sun, Apr 28   TEX  W   5-0       11-10  3rd  1.5 gb
 20 Sat, Apr 27   TEX  W   7-2       10-10  3rd  2.0 gb
 19 Fri, Apr 26   TEX  L   3-4        9-10  3rd  2.0 gb
 18 Thu, Apr 25   TEX  L   1-2        9-9   2nd  1.5 gb
 17 Tue, Apr 23   MIA  L   5-8        9-8   2nd  1.0 gb
 16 Tue, Apr 23   MIA  W   4-3        9-7   2nd  1.0 gb
 15 Sun, Apr 21  @CHW  W   5-3        8-7   2nd  1.0 gb
 14 Sat, Apr 20  @CHW  W   2-1 (10)   7-7   3rd  0.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 16   LAA  W   8-6        6-7   3rd  2.0 gb
 12 Mon, Apr 15   LAA  W   8-2        5-7   4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:11-10
Tigers, 13-10, 13-10 2nd, ½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Max Scherzer (28, RHP, 2-0, 4.13)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-0) 24.0 23 12 11 7 36 1 4.13
2012 (16-7) 187.2 179 82 78 60 231 23 3.74
2011 (15-9) 195.0 207 101 96 56 174 29 4.43
Last 7 GS 2-1 35.0 34 16 15 12 47 1 3.86 54
2013-04-24 KCR W 5.0 7 5 5 3 6 0 94 36
2013-04-17 @SEA ND 8.0 6 1 1 1 12 0 105 77
2013-04-12 @OAK ND 6.0 5 2 1 1 11 0 100 66
2013-04-06 NYY W 5.0 5 4 4 2 7 1 87 46
2012-10-03 @KCR ND 4.0 3 0 0 2 3 0 75 57
2012-09-23 MIN L 5.0 6 3 3 1 4 0 86 46
2012-09-18 OAK ND 2.0 2 1 1 2 4 0 44 50
Last 5 v.MIN 3-1 31.1 25 9 9 7 33 3 2.59 61
2012-09-23 MIN L 5.0 6 3 3 1 4 0 86 46
2012-08-15 @MIN W 7.0 4 0 0 2 10 0 117 77
2012-05-26 @MIN W 5.1 6 3 3 0 9 2 80 53
2011-09-10 MIN ND 7.0 5 2 2 3 6 1 118 62
2011-07-22 @MIN W 7.0 4 1 1 1 4 0 120 68
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-3    Road:    5-7    ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  10-7    vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 2-3    vsWest:  4-5  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 23 Sun, Apr 28   ATL  W   8-3       13-10  2nd  0.5 gb
 22 Sat, Apr 27   ATL  W   7-4       12-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 21 Fri, Apr 26   ATL  W  10-0       11-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 20 Thu, Apr 25   KCR  L   3-8 (10)  10-10  2nd  1.5 gb
 19 Wed, Apr 24   KCR  W   7-5       10-9   2nd  0.5 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 21  @LAA  L   3-4 (13)   9-9   3rd  1.5 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 20  @LAA  L   0-10       9-8   1st    Tied
 16 Fri, Apr 19  @LAA  L   1-8        9-7   1st    Tied
 15 Thu, Apr 18  @SEA  L   0-2        9-6   1st  0.5 up
 14 Wed, Apr 17  @SEA  W   2-1 (14)   9-5   1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:13-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 04, 2013 MIN  8  DET  2        W:Mike Pelfrey (1-0), L: Rick Porcello (0-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 03, 2013 MIN  3  DET  2        W:Glen Perkins (1-0), L: Phil Coke (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 01, 2013 DET  4 @MIN  2        W:Justin Verlander (1-0), L: Vance Worley (0-1), S: Phil Coke (1)

Sun, Sep 30, 2012 DET  2 @MIN  1        W:Phil Coke (2-3), L: Jared Burton (3-2), S: Jose Valverde (34)
Sat, Sep 29, 2012 DET  6 @MIN  4        W:Justin Verlander (17-8), L: P.J. Walters (2-5), S: Jose Valverde (33)
Fri, Sep 28, 2012 MIN  4  DET  2        W:Jared Burton (3-1), L: Brayan Villarreal (3-5), S: Glen Perkins (16)
Sun, Sep 23, 2012 MIN  2 @DET  1 (10)   W:Jared Burton (2-1), L: Jose Valverde (3-4), S: Glen Perkins (14)
Sun, Sep 23, 2012 MIN 10 @DET  4        W:Scott Diamond (12-8), L: Max Scherzer (16-7), S: none
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 DET  8  MIN  0        W:Doug Fister (10-9), L: Sam Deduno (6-5), S: none
Wed, Aug 15, 2012 DET  5 @MIN  1        W:Max Scherzer (12-6), L: Cole De Vries (2-4), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - MIN over 2-1; 2012 - DET won 10-8; 2011 - DET won 14-4; All-Time - DET leads 1066-981

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

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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 (4.19 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Scherzer
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 38.Downs*
G/S/vB		 43.Rondon
G/S/vB		 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB		 46.Valverde
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 33/.630 / /
8.Carroll G/S/vP 5/.000 4/.250 6/.533 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 8/.500 537/383 .268/.343/.317/.660 .839/.588 .676 21/.633 9/5 1/12
9.Doumit# G/S/vP 14/.517 3/.666 5/1.000 5/1.850 4/.750 ··· 5/.000 9/.833 528/361 .275/.320/.461/.781 .690/.823 .791 68/.591 0/0 18/5
2.Dozier G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 340/260 .234/.271/.332/.603 .775/.547 .568 71/.663 9/2 6/15
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 146/107 .214/.278/.260/.537 .844/.419 .490 32/1.114 3/0 0/2
25.Florimon# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 150/98 .219/.272/.307/.579 .619/.558 .600 44/.635 3/1 1/7
32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / 75/.381 / /
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 21/.979 3/.000 15/.652 18/.958 2/.000 ··· 8/.393 15/.204 641/419 .319/.416/.446/.861 .754/.918 .844 91/.754 8/4 10/5
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 14/2.143 1/2.000 16/.450 19/.707 6/.000 ··· 9/.583 7/.453 570/356 .267/.333/.440/.773 .569/.902 .820 81/.703 1/0 19/6
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 210/151 .229/.290/.380/.671 .681/.667 .772 66/.581 0/0 5/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 8/.125 4/.500 5/.200 3/.000 4/.500 ··· 7/1.096 2/.000 465/323 .235/.301/.455/.756 .911/.691 .655 68/.710 1/3 24/19
22.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / 19/.745 / /
16.Willingham G/S/vP 17/.886 3/1.167 8/.250 5/.900 1/.000 ··· 6/.750 9/.222 615/427 .260/.366/.524/.890 .920/.877 .770 72/.970 3/2 35/4
IP 187.2 13.1 71.0 54.0 20.2 99.1 69.0 TOTAL .244/.322/.362/.684 .706/.678 .645 .686 8/5 14/13
ERA-K/9 3.74/11.1 0.68/12.2 3.68/10.6 4.00/8.5 3.48/8.7 /0.0 3.99/8.5 3.78/6.3 3.71/9.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (31-8-2)
 Mauer (56-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 787/.250 53/.133 288/.228 245/.324 86/.237 / 416/.247 294/.229 .244  Willingham
 Plouffe
 Parmelee
 Doumit
 Escobar
119/0/0/6
2/0/15/2
1/0/18/1
16/0/6/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .721 .420 .720 .854 .655 .732 .649 .667
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 436/.831 24/.345 153/.721 130/.685 38/.408 / 127/.671 167/.754 .579
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 351/.588 29/.484 135/.720 115/1.050 48/.859 / 289/.759 127/.515 .744
Home 343/.686 29/.276 167/.639 118/.804 63/.690 / 193/.765 152/.668
Last 28d days 99/.713 47/.530 42/.742 36/.854 35/.519 9/.833 51/.396 9/.000
HR/SB/CS 23/15/9 0/1/1 14/1/1 5/5/2 1/3/1 // 12/8/6 3/12/1 11/15/4
Usage ····X··· X···X··X ·o··o··X ···X···X ···o···· ··oX···· ·o······ oo··X···

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

Tigers Batters (5.00 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.24 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		 60.Hernandez*
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
13.Avila* G/S/vP 5/.733 1/.000 20/.557 ··· ··· 11/.586 ··· ··· 9/1.444 434/331 .243/.352/.384/.736 .539/.796 .772 66/.521 2/0 9/6
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 15/.740 7/.286 36/.877 4/1.750 ··· 22/.838 1/.000 5/1.800 13/1.462 697/502 .330/.393/.606/.999 .913/1.027 1.094 104/1.044 4/1 44/13
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 3/2.334 2/2.000 7/1.166 2/5.000 ··· 5/.650 ··· ··· 7/.715 344/261 .322/.370/.487/.857 .751/.889 .906 54/.473 1/1 8/3
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 17/1.055 10/1.067 11/.764 2/.000 ··· 9/.666 ··· 3/.333 10/1.100 690/442 .313/.412/.528/.940 .808/1.017 1.015 103/.948 1/0 30/11
48.Hunter G/S/vP 10/.633 2/.000 9/.958 1/.000 ··· 9/.819 1/.000 5/.000 5/.400 584/425 .313/.365/.451/.817 .868/.798 .802 98/.913 9/1 16/4
4.Infante G/S/vP 33/1.112 1/.000 4/.500 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 2/1.000 588/418 .274/.300/.419/.719 .872/.656 .696 79/.769 17/3 12/18
14.Jackson G/S/vP 6/1.167 1/2.000 27/.920 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 4/1.750 8/.536 617/432 .300/.377/.479/.856 .856/.856 .851 112/.784 12/9 16/1
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 5/.650 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 127/113 .186/.276/.248/.523 .298/.551 .545 26/.487 2/0 1/3
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 6/1.467 2/1.000 11/1.420 1/.000 ··· 13/1.045 ··· 4/.000 9/.583 / /// / 95/.546 / /
55.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 15/.500 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· 226/154 .236/.262/.321/.583 .645/.554 .679 29/.509 0/1 2/4
27.Peralta G/S/vP 5/.650 6/.334 33/1.128 4/1.167 ··· 15/.557 ··· ··· 14/.857 585/410 .239/.305/.384/.689 .692/.688 .729 93/.726 1/2 13/7
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 10/1.067 ··· ··· 8/.286 ··· 1/2.000 5/.400 259/194 .206/.283/.272/.555 .482/.580 .606 19/.316 1/0 2/6
18.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 32/.871 / /
IP 19.2 62.0 109.0 35.0 4.0 70.1 88.2 96.2 TOTAL .279/.347/.399/.746 .804/.724 .868 .751 10/1 18/6
ERA-K/9 2.29/5.9 2.18/8.0 5.12/5.7 2.06/8.2 18.00/4.5 2.56/10.0 /0.0 3.25/5.5 5.03/5.8 3.73/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (79-34-10)
 Pena (52-16-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 85/.300 245/.186 472/.288 141/.195 25/.500 281/.222 / 383/.259 413/.284 .276  Hunter
 Jackson
 Kelly
 Dirks
0/0/134/14
0/137/0/5
18/8/35/3
59/1/24/1
OPS .683 .549 .759 .578 1.437 .631 .753 .798 .711
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 52/.672 99/.748 178/.678 59/.491 9/1.778 106/.488 / 151/.646 190/.771 .605
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 33/.697 146/.421 294/.808 82/.638 16/1.238 175/.721 / 232/.824 223/.821 .783
Road 28/.690 112/.484 254/.780 79/.452 25/1.437 127/.585 / 176/.680 220/.851
Last 28d days 84/.886 35/.483 26/.577 33/.523 61/.716 34/.477 43/.694 42/.793 48/.532
HR/SB/CS 0/2/1 5/6/0 10/5/1 3/3/0 3/0/0 8/2/3 // 9/3/2 15/1/1 11/5/6
Usage ·····X·· ·X···X·o ·o·X···· X·oo···· ·X···X·· ·X···X·o ··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.