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Game Preview: MIN @ DET, 1:08pm, Sunday, May 26, 2013 @Comerica Park

Twins, 19-27, 19-27 5th, 7½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Mike Pelfrey (29, RHP, 3-4, 6.69)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-4) 40.1 61 32 30 12 19 4 6.69
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 2-3 33.0 48 24 24 10 17 4 6.55 39
2013-05-21 @ATL ND 2.0 4 2 2 1 1 0 38 40
2013-05-15 CHW L 4.0 8 5 5 2 3 2 91 27
2013-05-10 BAL ND 6.0 9 3 3 1 1 0 104 42
2013-05-05 @CLE W 6.0 4 1 1 1 7 0 92 66
2013-04-29 @DET L 5.1 7 4 4 2 1 2 90 37
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
Last 5 v.DET 1-2 15.1 20 11 8 9 5 3 4.70 39
2013-04-29 @DET L 5.1 7 4 4 2 1 2 90 37
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:    9-13   Road:   10-14   ExtrInn: 1-5 
 vsRHP:  16-23   vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   6-8 
 vsEast:  6-7    vsCntrl: 8-12   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 1-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Sat, May 25  @DET  W   3-2       19-27  5th  7.5 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
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20
Tigers, 27-20, 27-20 1st, ½ up

SP: Max Scherzer (28, RHP, 6-0, 3.61)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (6-0) 62.1 44 26 25 13 75 5 3.61
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 5-0 51.1 34 20 20 10 57 4 3.51 64
2013-05-21 @CLE W 8.0 2 1 1 1 7 0 118 80
2013-05-15 HOU ND 7.0 5 5 5 3 7 2 101 51
2013-05-10 CLE W 8.0 5 4 4 0 7 0 103 63
2013-05-04 @HOU W 8.0 3 1 1 2 8 1 105 78
2013-04-29 MIN W 7.1 6 3 3 0 10 1 114 64
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
Last 5 v.MIN 3-1 31.2 27 11 11 6 39 4 3.13 60
2013-04-29 MIN W 7.1 6 3 3 0 10 1 114 64
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-8    Road:   12-12   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  23-14   vsLHP:   4-6    1-Run:   5-7 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 9-7    vsWest: 11-9  IL: 3-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Sat, May 25   MIN  L   2-3       27-20  1st  0.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 25, 2013 MIN  3 @DET  2        W:P.J. Walters (1-0), L: Doug Fister (5-2), S: Glen Perkins (9)
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)
Season Series: 2013 - DET over 5-4; 2012 - DET won 10-8; 2011 - DET won 14-4; All-Time - DET leads 1070-983

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
Twins Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Scherzer
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 5/.000 7/.453 1/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 8/.500 80/71 .284/.338/.324/.662 .778/.646 .552 59/.672 0/0 0/0
55.Colabello G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/5 .111/.111/.111/.222 .000/.400 .222 9/.222 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/.833 149/102 .218/.282/.353/.635 .748/.583 .648 76/.692 1/0 3/2
2.Dozier G/S/vP 6/.000 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 69/.374 4/3 1/2
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 2/1.000 4/.000 1/3.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 76/55 .236/.276/.375/.651 .586/.677 .483 43/.315 0/1 2/2
25.Florimon# G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 4/.000 1/.000 112/85 .242/.315/.343/.659 .362/.751 .630 66/.659 6/0 2/4
32.Hicks# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 158/120 .156/.241/.277/.517 .861/.411 .496 78/.655 4/1 4/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 24/.853 15/.652 18/.958 3/.000 1/.000 2/3.000 10/.311 16/.192 198/156 .347/.419/.494/.914 .866/.927 .851 102/1.016 0/0 3/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 17/1.683 16/.450 20/.671 8/.393 2/.000 2/1.500 11/.664 8/.393 198/146 .304/.343/.409/.752 .568/.821 .610 112/.782 0/0 2/0
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP 6/1.100 1/no AB 2/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 142/113 .208/.289/.304/.593 .609/.588 .806 72/.601 1/1 3/0
22.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 49/34 .244/.271/.311/.582 .414/.658 .578 29/.501 0/0 0/0
16.Willingham G/S/vP 20/1.017 8/.250 5/.900 2/2.500 2/.000 4/1.000 8/.700 10/.200 179/142 .215/.369/.444/.813 .895/.791 .913 102/.729 1/0 8/0
IP 62.1 21.0 14.1 22.1 9.1 3.2 29.0 11.0 TOTAL .244/.316/.373/.689 .689/.689 .677 .692 19/8 36/20
ERA-K/9 3.61/10.8 1.29/11.1 6.91/8.8 2.82/10.1 3.86/8.7 0.00/14.6 2.48/9.0 0.82/8.2 3.78/9.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 236/.201 79/.155 60/.271 89/.198 41/.222 14/.091 117/.211 40/.057 .243  Hicks
 Parmelee
 Willingham
 Colabello
 Ramirez
 Doumit
 Escobar
0/42/0/6
0/1/33/4
34/0/0/3
0/0/1/0
4/8/3/0
1/0/3/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .602 .508 .771 .640 .623 .322 .568 .232 .666
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 148/.634 47/.513 25/.461 39/.645 21/.654 5/.000 46/.266 26/.322 .623
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.549 32/.500 35/.980 50/.636 20/.585 9/.476 71/.769 14/.071 .714
Home 129/.753 32/.575 26/.819 42/.989 19/.388 1/2.000 38/.431 21/.195
Last 28d days 137/.523 32/.256 22/.712 54/.716 41/.623 14/.322 56/.632 31/.303
HR/SB/CS 5/3/5 2/3/0 1/0/0 3/0/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 1/2/1 0/2/0 29/32/11
Usage ····X··· ··oX···· o·····XX ··X···o· X·o···X· o··o···· ···X···X ··XoX···
Tigers Batters (5.38 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.87 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
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
39.Walters
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 7/.829 1/.000 21/.528 ··· 11/.586 2/.500 ··· 10/1.289 ··· 10/.200 133/113 .168/.248/.286/.534 .153/.604 .649 63/.585 0/0 4/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 18/.750 9/.347 36/.877 5/1.850 23/.891 2/.000 6/1.417 14/1.346 ··· 16/.750 220/177 .385/.459/.682/1.141 1.400/1.079 1.162 111/1.290 1/0 14/4
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 6/2.334 3/1.167 9/1.089 4/1.833 6/.533 1/2.000 ··· 8/.875 1/.000 11/1.100 154/130 .266/.327/.410/.737 .685/.746 .851 96/.882 5/0 5/0
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 20/1.165 12/1.053 12/.872 2/.000 10/.800 2/.000 4/.250 10/1.100 ··· 14/1.662 215/153 .270/.400/.494/.894 .992/.855 .912 108/.829 0/1 9/2
34.Garcia G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 18/6 .278/.278/.444/.722 .583/1.000 .846 18/.722 0/0 1/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 10/.633 4/.000 9/.958 2/.000 9/.819 1/.000 6/.000 6/.334 ··· 5/.600 202/161 .312/.358/.414/.772 .693/.792 .749 99/.618 1/0 1/1
4.Infante G/S/vP 35/1.045 2/1.000 5/.400 3/2.000 1/.000 3/1.334 2/.500 3/.666 1/.000 5/.900 177/130 .319/.350/.440/.790 .852/.767 1.044 94/.798 2/1 3/3
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 7/1.096 2/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/.222 75/59 .194/.280/.343/.623 .750/.585 .787 49/.695 1/0 2/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 9/.944 3/.666 12/1.472 1/.000 14/.967 2/2.000 5/.000 9/.583 ··· 3/.666 197/139 .225/.274/.303/.577 .555/.587 .596 98/.617 0/0 2/0
55.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 15/.500 2/.000 7/.858 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 68/31 .328/.343/.469/.812 .536/1.141 .805 39/1.032 0/0 2/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP 8/.804 8/.625 33/1.128 5/.900 16/.521 2/.000 1/.000 15/.800 ··· 13/1.052 191/142 .326/.379/.483/.862 1.085/.787 .946 94/.974 2/1 5/3
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 10/1.067 ··· 8/.286 ··· 1/2.000 5/.400 ··· 3/.000 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 26/1.117 0/0 2/0
IP 40.1 22.2 18.2 20.0 16.2 24.1 25.0 30.0 5.0 6.0 TOTAL .285/.351/.437/.787 .802/.782 .853 .828 17/3 52/19
ERA-K/9 6.69/4.2 2.38/9.1 3.86/8.2 4.95/9.0 3.24/14.0 1.48/5.9 3.24/6.1 3.90/6.3 0.00/10.8 3.00/4.5 4.65/5.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 190/.345 99/.224 83/.278 82/.222 65/.186 103/.220 104/.200 123/.277 18/.063 26/.320 .294  Hunter
 Dirks
 Kelly
 Garcia
 Tuiasosopo
0/0/43/3
36/3/0/2
11/11/7/0
0/7/1/0
19/0/0/0
OPS .921 .656 .659 .653 .585 .587 .680 .686 .229 .866 .795
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/1.023 49/.498 39/.640 30/.650 22/.438 48/.551 43/.944 56/.875 8/.000 14/.665 .781
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 97/.821 50/.816 44/.672 52/.656 43/.656 55/.617 61/.506 67/.529 10/.425 12/1.083 .805
Road 71/.956 49/.571 45/.785 42/.889 37/.559 55/.536 46/.583 62/.658 18/.229 26/.866
Last 28d days 106/.950 64/.754 52/.661 46/.795 31/.691 60/.510 58/.648 75/.792 18/.229 26/.866
HR/SB/CS 4/4/0 1/2/1 0/1/0 3/2/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 4/0/0 2/0/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 49/14/9
Usage ····X··· X·X·o·X· o·o·X·X· ··X·o··X o···o··· ·X·X·X·X o··X··X· ····X··X ·o·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.