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Game Preview: MIN @ DET, 4:08pm, Saturday, May 25, 2013 @Comerica Park

Twins, 18-27, 18-27 5th, 8½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: P.J. Walters (28, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-5) 61.2 71 41 39 22 42 12 5.69
2011 (0-0) 5.0 3 4 4 3 4 1 7.20
2010 (2-0) 30.0 32 20 20 10 22 5 6.00
Last 7 GS 0-4 30.0 41 28 26 9 21 7 7.80 39
2012-09-29 DET L 5.0 4 2 2 1 5 1 92 55
2012-09-23 @DET ND 6.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 90 61
2012-09-18 @CLE ND 5.0 8 4 2 1 3 1 89 41
2012-09-12 KCR L 4.0 7 6 6 2 3 1 72 25
2012-09-05 @CHW L 5.0 5 6 6 3 4 2 99 34
2012-06-13 PHI L 0.0 4 4 4 0 0 0 15 26
2012-06-08 CHC ND 5.0 8 5 5 1 2 2 84 32
Last 5 v.DET 1-1 23.1 20 8 8 10 15 4 3.09 54
2012-09-29 DET L 5.0 4 2 2 1 5 1 92 55
2012-09-23 @DET ND 6.0 5 1 1 1 4 0 90 61
2012-05-27 DET ND 6.0 7 2 2 5 4 0 93 49
2012-05-17 @DET W 6.1 4 3 3 3 2 3 87 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-13   Road:    9-14   ExtrInn: 1-5 
 vsRHP:  15-23   vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   5-8 
 vsEast:  6-7    vsCntrl: 7-12   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 1-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Fri, May 24  @DET  L   0-6       18-27  5th  8.5 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
 Last 10: 0-10   Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20
Tigers, 27-19, 27-19 1st, ½ up

SP: Doug Fister (29, RHP, 5-1, 3.62)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-1) 54.2 60 27 22 9 43 1 3.62
2012 (10-10) 161.2 156 73 62 37 137 15 3.45
2011 (11-13) 216.1 193 76 68 37 146 11 2.83
Last 7 GS 3-1 41.2 46 23 18 6 36 0 3.89 51
2013-05-19 @TEX ND 4.2 9 5 5 1 3 0 113 28
2013-05-14 HOU W 7.0 5 2 2 0 7 0 108 66
2013-05-09 @WSN L 3.0 8 5 4 1 4 0 74 28
2013-05-03 @HOU ND 6.0 9 3 2 1 4 0 99 47
2013-04-28 ATL W 7.0 6 3 3 0 8 0 105 61
2013-04-21 @LAA ND 7.0 5 3 0 2 5 0 113 64
2013-04-16 @SEA W 7.0 4 2 2 1 5 0 107 65
Last 5 v.MIN 3-2 34.0 32 14 9 7 28 3 2.38 58
2012-09-22 MIN W 9.0 7 0 0 0 7 0 117 80
2012-08-14 @MIN W 8.0 5 4 0 2 7 1 120 69
2012-07-02 MIN L 4.0 8 6 6 1 4 0 85 25
2012-05-17 MIN L 6.0 9 4 3 2 5 2 109 43
2011-09-11 MIN W 7.0 3 0 0 2 5 0 108 74
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-7    Road:   12-12   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  23-13   vsLHP:   4-6    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 9-6    vsWest: 11-9  IL: 3-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Fri, May 24   MIN  W   6-0       27-19  1st  0.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 24, 2013 DET  6  MIN  0        W:Anibal Sanchez (5-4), L: Sam Deduno (0-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2013 - DET over 5-3; 2012 - DET won 10-8; 2011 - DET won 14-4; All-Time - DET leads 1070-982

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  5.46

MIN  4.31

MIA  2.67

 RA/G

STL  3.38

LAD  4.24

HOU  5.83

 BA

M. Cabrera  .388

A. Dirks  .267

I. Davis  .143

 OBP

J. Votto  .484

T. Plouffe  .333

D. Espinosa  .196

 SLG

C. Davis  .723

A. Pujols  .432

I. Davis  .238

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.154

J. Buck  .762

I. Davis  .468

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.35

J. Guthrie  3.49

V. Worley  7.21

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.28

T. Hudson  7.07

K. Correia  3.43

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

Twins Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Fister
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
8.Carroll G/S/vP 8/.250 7/.453 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 8/.500 75/66 .290/.347/.333/.680 .778/.665 .570 57/.734 0/0 0/0
55.Colabello G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 5/.000 0/0 0/0
9.Doumit# G/S/vP 10/.633 6/.834 5/1.850 6/.500 1/.000 2/.500 5/.000 9/.833 149/102 .218/.282/.353/.635 .748/.583 .648 76/.692 1/0 3/2
2.Dozier G/S/vP 6/1.167 2/.000 2/2.000 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 144/114 .197/.239/.273/.512 .641/.478 .433 73/.409 4/3 1/2
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/3.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 72/51 .250/.292/.397/.689 .586/.732 .534 42/.322 0/1 2/2
25.Florimon# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 108/81 .250/.318/.354/.672 .362/.773 .654 62/.680 6/0 2/4
32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 157/119 .157/.242/.279/.521 .861/.415 .503 80/.663 4/1 4/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 26/.486 15/.652 18/.958 3/.000 1/.000 2/3.000 10/.311 16/.192 194/152 .337/.412/.471/.883 .866/.888 .789 102/.920 0/0 2/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 19/1.000 16/.450 19/.707 8/.393 2/.000 2/1.500 11/.664 8/.393 194/143 .305/.345/.407/.752 .580/.817 .604 112/.821 0/0 2/0
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/no AB 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 138/110 .207/.290/.306/.596 .632/.586 .825 72/.606 1/1 3/0
22.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 46/31 .256/.267/.326/.592 .414/.679 .607 26/.511 0/0 0/0
16.Willingham G/S/vP 22/1.076 8/.250 5/.900 2/2.500 2/.000 3/.666 8/.700 10/.200 175/138 .206/.360/.440/.800 .895/.773 .893 102/.699 1/0 8/0
IP 54.2 21.0 13.1 22.1 8.1 3.2 29.0 11.0 TOTAL .244/.316/.373/.688 .695/.686 .676 .693 19/8 35/20
ERA-K/9 3.62/7.1 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 3.80/9.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 239/.278 79/.155 57/.289 89/.198 37/.242 13/.000 117/.211 40/.057 .242  Hicks
 Parmelee
 Willingham
 Colabello
 Ramirez
 Doumit
 Escobar
0/41/0/6
0/1/32/4
33/0/0/3
0/0/1/0
4/7/3/0
1/0/3/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .679 .508 .819 .640 .658 .167 .568 .232 .665
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 114/.511 47/.513 23/.508 39/.645 18/.690 5/.000 46/.266 26/.322 .620
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 125/.827 32/.500 34/1.013 50/.636 19/.618 8/.250 71/.769 14/.071 .715
Home 111/.624 32/.575 23/.962 42/.989 15/.421 / 38/.431 21/.195
Last 28d days 126/.742 32/.256 19/.853 54/.716 37/.658 13/.167 56/.632 34/.275
HR/SB/CS 1/2/1 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·· ·o···X·o ··o····· ··X···Xo ·XoX···o
Tigers Batters (5.46 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 61.Burton
G/S/vB		 21.Deduno
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 10/.200 1/.000 8/.393 21/.528 ··· 11/.586 2/.500 ··· 10/1.289 ··· 133/113 .168/.248/.286/.534 .153/.604 .649 63/.585 0/0 4/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 13/.769 8/.393 9/.583 36/.877 5/1.850 23/.891 2/.000 6/1.417 14/1.346 ··· 216/173 .388/.463/.691/1.154 1.400/1.094 1.191 111/1.351 1/0 14/4
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 8/1.286 3/1.167 10/1.600 8/1.262 4/1.833 6/.533 1/2.000 ··· 8/.875 1/.000 150/127 .267/.329/.415/.744 .718/.748 .875 92/.899 5/0 5/0
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 11/2.227 11/1.155 8/.875 12/.872 2/.000 10/.800 2/.000 4/.250 10/1.100 ··· 211/149 .276/.408/.506/.913 .992/.881 .956 108/.864 0/1 9/2
34.Garcia G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.334 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 16/6 .313/.313/.500/.813 .700/1.000 1.000 16/.813 0/0 1/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 9/.958 2/.000 9/.819 1/.000 5/.000 6/.334 ··· 198/157 .313/.360/.412/.772 .693/.793 .749 99/.607 1/0 1/1
4.Infante G/S/vP 2/.500 2/1.000 7/.453 5/.400 3/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 2/.500 3/.666 1/.000 173/127 .321/.353/.438/.791 .871/.761 1.059 94/.844 2/1 3/3
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 7/.143 2/.000 3/1.666 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 73/57 .197/.274/.348/.622 .750/.583 .792 48/.723 1/0 2/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 12/1.472 1/.000 14/.967 2/2.000 5/.000 9/.583 ··· 193/135 .224/.275/.305/.579 .555/.590 .600 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 10/.844 8/.625 8/1.292 33/1.128 5/.900 15/.557 2/.000 1/.000 15/.800 ··· 187/139 .327/.382/.470/.852 1.110/.766 .929 94/.916 2/1 4/3
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 3/.000 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 29/1.063 0/0 2/0
IP 21.2 5.1 18.0 20.0 15.2 24.1 24.2 30.0 5.0 TOTAL .286/.352/.437/.789 .808/.783 .861 .837 17/3 51/18
ERA-K/9 /0.0 2.49/9.5 10.13/3.4 4.00/8.0 4.95/9.0 3.45/14.3 1.48/5.9 3.28/6.2 3.90/6.3 0.00/10.8 4.71/5.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 96/.232 28/.360 81/.286 82/.222 61/.182 103/.220 103/.202 123/.277 18/.063 .294  Hunter
 Dirks
 Kelly
 Garcia
 Tuiasosopo
0/0/42/3
35/3/0/2
11/10/7/0
0/6/1/0
19/0/0/0
OPS .678 .909 .677 .653 .591 .587 .687 .686 .229 .798
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 47/.520 16/.875 38/.658 30/.650 22/.438 48/.551 43/.944 56/.875 8/.000 .787
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 49/.835 12/.955 43/.689 52/.656 39/.673 55/.617 60/.515 67/.529 10/.425 .806
Road / 46/.611 28/.909 43/.824 42/.889 33/.567 55/.536 45/.597 62/.658 18/.229
Last 28d days / 61/.795 28/.909 50/.690 50/.769 27/.721 60/.510 57/.661 75/.792 18/.229
HR/SB/CS // 1/2/1 1/0/0 0/1/0 3/2/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 4/0/0 2/0/1 0/0/0 48/14/9
Usage ·X·o·X·X X······· ·o·X·X·X ·X·o··Xo ···o···X X·X·X·X· ··X··X·X ···X··X· o·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.