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Game Preview: MIN @ DET, 7:08pm, Friday, May 24, 2013 @Comerica Park

Twins, 18-26, 18-26 5th, 8 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Sam Deduno (29, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (6-5) 79.0 69 40 39 53 57 10 4.44
2011 (0-0) 3.0 5 1 1 3 4 0 3.00
2010 (0-0) 2.2 3 1 1 1 3 1 3.38
Last 7 GS 2-4 33.0 32 22 22 17 27 6 6.00 46
2012-09-26 NYY ND 1.2 0 0 0 2 2 0 30 55
2012-09-22 @DET L 2.1 7 7 7 3 1 2 53 13
2012-09-15 CHW L 4.0 3 4 4 5 6 1 86 41
2012-09-10 CLE W 7.0 3 2 2 3 6 1 108 66
2012-09-03 @CHW L 6.0 6 2 2 3 3 1 93 52
2012-08-29 SEA W 7.0 2 0 0 0 9 0 98 82
2012-08-24 @TEX L 5.0 11 7 7 1 0 1 85 16
Last 5 v.DET 1-1 9.1 12 10 10 8 7 2 9.64 35
2012-09-22 @DET L 2.1 7 7 7 3 1 2 53 13
2012-08-13 DET W 7.0 5 3 3 5 6 0 103 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-13   Road:    9-13   ExtrInn: 1-5 
 vsRHP:  15-22   vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   5-8 
 vsEast:  6-7    vsCntrl: 7-11   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 1-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Thu, May 23  @DET  L   6-7       18-26  5th  8.0 gb
 43 Wed, May 22  @ATL  L   3-8       18-25  5th  7.0 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
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:11-19
Tigers, 26-19, 26-19 2nd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Anibal Sanchez (29, RHP, 4-4, 2.77)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-4) 55.1 54 20 17 14 68 2 2.77
2012 (9-13) 195.2 200 95 84 48 167 20 3.86
2011 (8-9) 196.1 187 85 80 64 202 20 3.67
Last 7 GS 3-4 43.1 47 18 15 10 55 2 3.12 57
2013-05-18 @TEX L 2.2 9 6 5 2 2 1 74 18
2013-05-13 HOU W 7.0 6 2 2 1 8 0 113 64
2013-05-08 @WSN L 6.0 8 3 2 0 8 1 98 54
2013-05-01 MIN L 6.0 5 3 3 2 9 0 115 57
2013-04-26 ATL W 8.0 5 0 0 1 17 0 121 88
2013-04-19 @LAA L 6.2 11 3 2 0 3 0 92 45
2013-04-14 @OAK W 7.0 3 1 1 4 8 0 113 71
Last 5 v.MIN 0-2 22.2 26 9 9 7 21 1 3.57 52
2013-05-01 MIN L 6.0 5 3 3 2 9 0 115 57
2013-04-03 @MIN ND 5.0 2 0 0 3 5 0 95 65
2012-09-30 @MIN ND 6.1 7 1 1 1 4 0 102 58
2012-08-13 @MIN L 5.1 12 5 5 1 3 1 102 26
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-7    Road:   12-12   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  22-13   vsLHP:   4-6    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 8-6    vsWest: 11-9  IL: 3-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Thu, May 23   MIN  W   7-6       26-19  2nd  0.5 gb
 44 Wed, May 22  @CLE  W  11-7       25-19  2nd  0.5 gb
 43 Tue, May 21  @CLE  W   5-1       24-19  2nd  1.5 gb
 42 Sun, May 19  @TEX  L   8-11      23-19  2nd  2.0 gb
 41 Sat, May 18  @TEX  L   2-7       23-18  2nd  1.0 gb
 40 Fri, May 17  @TEX  W   2-1       23-17  1st    Tied
 39 Thu, May 16  @TEX  L   4-10      22-17  1st    Tied
 38 Wed, May 15   HOU  L   5-7       22-16  1st  0.5 up
 37 Tue, May 14   HOU  W   6-2       22-15  1st  1.5 up
 36 Mon, May 13   HOU  W   7-2       21-15  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 23, 2013 DET  7  MIN  6        W:Joaquin Benoit (1-0), L: Jared Burton (0-2), S: Jose Valverde (5)
Wed, May 01, 2013 MIN  6 @DET  2        W:Scott Diamond (2-2), L: Anibal Sanchez (3-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 30, 2013 DET  6  MIN  1        W:Justin Verlander (3-2), L: Vance Worley (0-4), S: none
Mon, Apr 29, 2013 DET  4  MIN  3        W:Max Scherzer (3-0), L: Mike Pelfrey (2-3), S: Joaquin Benoit (2)
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)
Season Series: 2013 - DET over 4-3; 2012 - DET won 10-8; 2011 - DET won 14-4; All-Time - DET leads 1069-982

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  5.44

KCR  4.27

MIA  2.66

 RA/G

STL  3.46

COL  4.23

HOU  5.83

 BA

M. Cabrera  .391

E. Hosmer  .270

I. Davis  .147

 OBP

J. Votto  .484

T. Plouffe  .333

D. Espinosa  .196

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .701

A. Cabrera  .434

I. Davis  .245

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.168

J. Morneau  .769

J. Keppinger  .460

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.35

J. Quintana  3.48

V. Worley  7.21

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.28

P. Maholm  7.05

K. Correia  3.43

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

Twins Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Sanchez
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 38.Downs*
G/S/vB		 56.Ortega
G/S/vB		 36.Putkonen
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 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/78 .263/.327/.463/.790 .549/.875 1.043 79/.846 0/1 4/1
8.Carroll G/S/vP 9/.777 7/.453 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 8/.500 71/62 .303/.352/.348/.701 .778/.688 .597 53/.765 0/0 0/0
55.Colabello G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0
9.Doumit# G/S/vP 14/.517 6/.834 5/1.850 6/.500 1/.000 2/.500 5/.000 9/.833 148/101 .220/.284/.356/.640 .748/.590 .657 79/.705 1/0 3/2
2.Dozier G/S/vP 5/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 142/112 .200/.243/.277/.520 .641/.487 .446 75/.429 4/3 1/2
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/3.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 69/48 .258/.290/.409/.699 .586/.748 .543 43/.382 0/1 2/2
25.Florimon# G/S/vP 7/.858 ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 108/81 .250/.318/.354/.672 .362/.773 .654 65/.648 6/0 2/4
32.Hicks# G/S/vP 5/.200 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 155/117 .159/.245/.283/.528 .861/.422 .516 82/.685 4/1 4/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 9/1.056 15/.652 18/.958 3/.000 1/.000 2/3.000 10/.311 16/.192 190/148 .339/.416/.476/.892 .866/.900 .802 102/.899 0/0 2/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 11/.764 16/.450 19/.707 8/.393 2/.000 2/1.500 11/.664 8/.393 190/139 .312/.353/.416/.769 .580/.842 .630 108/.853 0/0 2/0
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP 8/.250 1/no AB 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 135/107 .210/.289/.311/.600 .632/.591 .842 69/.614 1/1 3/0
22.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 46/31 .256/.267/.326/.592 .414/.679 .607 30/.509 0/0 0/0
16.Willingham G/S/vP 20/.667 8/.250 5/.900 2/2.500 2/.000 3/.666 8/.700 10/.200 171/134 .212/.368/.453/.821 .895/.800 .936 102/.780 1/0 8/0
IP 55.1 21.0 13.1 22.1 8.1 3.2 29.0 11.0 TOTAL .248/.319/.379/.698 .695/.699 .694 .711 19/8 35/20
ERA-K/9 2.77/11.1 1.29/11.1 7.43/8.1 2.82/10.1 4.32/8.7 0.00/14.6 2.48/9.0 0.82/8.2 3.88/9.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 230/.256 79/.155 57/.289 89/.198 37/.242 13/.000 117/.211 40/.057 .246  Hicks
 Parmelee
 Arcia
 Willingham
 Escobar
 Colabello
 Ramirez
 Doumit
0/40/0/6
0/0/31/4
10/0/8/3
33/0/0/3
1/0/0/0
0/0/1/0
4/7/3/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .649 .508 .819 .640 .658 .167 .568 .232 .674
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 110/.747 47/.513 23/.508 39/.645 18/.690 5/.000 46/.266 26/.322 .630
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 120/.562 32/.500 34/1.013 50/.636 19/.618 8/.250 71/.769 14/.071 .723
Home 108/.522 32/.575 23/.962 42/.989 15/.421 / 38/.431 21/.195
Last 28d days 96/.808 37/.418 19/.853 54/.716 37/.658 13/.167 58/.609 37/.252
HR/SB/CS 2/7/0 2/3/0 1/0/0 3/0/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 1/2/1 0/2/0 28/32/11
Usage ·····X·· oX····o· ····XX·· X···o··X o···X·o· ·o······ ·X···Xo· XoX···o·
Tigers Batters (5.44 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
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
13.Avila* G/S/vP 5/.650 1/.000 21/.528 ··· 11/.586 1/no AB ··· 10/1.289 ··· 129/109 .174/.256/.296/.551 .153/.628 .699 63/.606 0/0 4/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/.533 8/.393 36/.877 5/1.850 23/.891 1/.000 6/1.417 14/1.346 ··· 212/169 .391/.467/.701/1.168 1.400/1.110 1.223 112/1.357 1/0 14/4
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 6/1.667 3/1.167 8/1.262 4/1.833 6/.533 1/2.000 ··· 8/.875 ··· 145/123 .254/.319/.408/.727 .754/.722 .846 87/.881 5/0 5/0
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 5/.933 11/1.155 12/.872 2/.000 10/.800 1/.000 4/.250 10/1.100 ··· 207/145 .280/.406/.512/.918 .992/.886 .967 109/.847 0/1 9/2
34.Garcia G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/3 .250/.250/.500/.750 .778/.667 1.000 12/.750 0/0 1/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 9/.958 2/.000 9/.819 1/.000 5/.000 6/.334 ··· 198/157 .313/.360/.412/.772 .693/.793 .749 104/.609 1/0 1/1
4.Infante G/S/vP 4/.500 2/1.000 5/.400 3/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 3/.666 ··· 168/123 .323/.351/.443/.794 .890/.758 1.083 93/.927 2/1 3/3
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 69/53 .194/.275/.306/.582 .750/.525 .711 45/.726 1/0 1/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 12/1.472 1/.000 14/.967 1/2.000 5/.000 9/.583 ··· 189/131 .224/.275/.306/.581 .555/.593 .605 98/.600 0/0 2/0
55.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 15/.500 2/.000 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/28 .300/.317/.450/.767 .493/1.121 .707 39/.915 0/0 2/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP 5/1.267 8/.625 33/1.128 5/.900 15/.557 1/.000 1/.000 15/.800 ··· 183/135 .323/.379/.470/.849 1.110/.759 .925 94/.929 2/1 4/3
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 10/1.067 ··· 8/.286 ··· 1/2.000 5/.400 ··· 35/23 .152/.200/.273/.473 .550/.435 .333 16/.670 0/0 0/0
18.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/19 .340/.466/.511/.976 .821/1.245 1.060 32/1.020 0/0 2/0
IP 21.2 18.0 20.0 15.2 22.2 24.2 30.0 4.0 TOTAL .285/.352/.438/.790 .814/.781 .865 .848 17/3 50/18
ERA-K/9 /0.0 2.49/9.5 4.00/8.0 4.95/9.0 3.45/14.3 1.59/5.6 3.28/6.2 3.90/6.3 0.00/9.0 4.66/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (22-7-4)
 Pena (10-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 96/.232 81/.286 82/.222 61/.182 96/.214 103/.202 123/.277 15/.077 .294  Hunter
 Dirks
 Kelly
 Garcia
 Tuiasosopo
0/0/42/3
34/3/0/2
11/9/7/0
0/6/0/0
19/0/0/0
OPS .678 .677 .653 .591 .588 .687 .686 .277 .798
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 47/.520 38/.658 30/.650 22/.438 44/.555 43/.944 56/.875 7/.000 .788
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 49/.835 43/.689 52/.656 39/.673 52/.615 60/.515 67/.529 8/.542 .806
Road / 46/.611 43/.824 42/.889 33/.567 48/.530 45/.597 62/.658 15/.277
Last 28d days / 65/.793 52/.661 50/.769 33/.770 53/.500 57/.661 80/.766 15/.277
HR/SB/CS // 1/2/1 0/1/0 3/2/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 4/0/0 2/0/1 0/0/0 47/14/9
Usage X·o·X·X· o·X·X·X· X·o··Xo· ··o···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.