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Game Preview: MIN @ KCR, 8:10pm, Wednesday, June 5, 2013 @Kauffman Stadium

Twins, 26-29, 26-29 3rd, 4½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: P.J. Walters (28, RHP, 2-0, 4.50)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-0) 12.0 18 6 6 2 7 1 4.50
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
Last 7 GS 2-3 37.0 47 25 23 10 26 6 5.59 44
2013-05-30 MIL W 6.0 10 4 4 1 4 0 89 39
2013-05-25 @DET W 6.0 8 2 2 1 3 1 81 50
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
Last 5 v.KCR 0-1 4.0 7 6 6 2 3 1 13.50 25
2012-09-12 KCR L 4.0 7 6 6 2 3 1 72 25
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   13-14   Road:   13-15   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  23-25   vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   8-8 
 vsEast:  6-7    vsCntrl: 9-13   vsWest:  6-3  IL: 5-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 55 Tue, Jun  4  @KCR  W   3-0       26-29  3rd  4.5 gb
 54 Sun, Jun  2   SEA  W  10-0       25-29  3rd  4.5 gb
 53 Sat, Jun  1   SEA  W   5-4       24-29  3rd  5.5 gb
 52 Fri, May 31   SEA  L   0-3       23-29  4th  5.5 gb
 51 Thu, May 30   MIL  W   8-6       23-28  4th  5.5 gb
 50 Wed, May 29   MIL  W   4-1       22-28  4th  6.5 gb
 49 Tue, May 28  @MIL  W   6-5 (14)  21-28  4th  7.5 gb
 48 Mon, May 27  @MIL  W   6-3       20-28  5th  8.5 gb
 47 Sun, May 26  @DET  L   1-6       19-28  5th  8.5 gb
 46 Sat, May 25  @DET  W   3-2       19-27  5th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Royals, 23-32, 23-32 5th, 7½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (34, RHP, 5-3, 3.84)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-3) 72.2 74 33 31 22 40 15 3.84
2012 (8-12) 181.2 206 109 96 50 101 30 4.76
2011 (9-17) 208.0 213 113 100 66 130 26 4.33
Last 7 GS 3-3 47.0 49 22 20 15 21 9 3.83 50
2013-05-30 @STL ND 6.0 8 2 2 1 6 0 99 53
2013-05-25 LAA L 7.1 5 7 6 1 2 2 106 43
2013-05-20 @HOU L 5.0 8 6 6 3 2 2 96 26
2013-05-14 @LAA L 7.0 11 5 5 3 0 4 105 32
2013-05-09 @BAL W 6.0 7 2 1 3 3 1 100 52
2013-05-04 CHW W 9.0 4 0 0 1 3 0 106 81
2013-04-28 CLE W 6.2 6 0 0 3 5 0 112 64
Last 5 v.MIN 3-2 32.2 28 14 14 6 21 6 3.86 55
2013-04-09 MIN W 6.2 6 4 4 1 2 3 110 47
2012-07-22 MIN L 5.0 4 5 5 3 4 1 91 40
2011-08-24 @MIN W 7.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 107 66
2011-04-21 MIN L 7.0 7 2 2 0 4 1 104 59
2010-07-23 MIN W 7.0 6 2 2 0 6 1 99 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   10-15   Road:   13-17   ExtrInn: 4-1 
 vsRHP:  19-20   vsLHP:   4-12   1-Run:   7-12
 vsEast:  6-8    vsCntrl: 9-7    vsWest:  4-12 IL: 4-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 55 Tue, Jun  4   MIN  L   0-3       23-32  5th  7.5 gb
 54 Sun, Jun  2  @TEX  L   1-3       23-31  5th  6.5 gb
 53 Sat, Jun  1  @TEX  W   4-1 (10)  23-30  5th  6.5 gb
 52 Fri, May 31  @TEX  L   2-7       22-30  5th  6.5 gb
 51 Thu, May 30  @STL  W   4-2       22-29  5th  6.5 gb
 50 Wed, May 29  @STL  L   3-5       21-29  5th  7.5 gb
 49 Tue, May 28   STL  L   1-4       21-28  4th  7.5 gb
 48 Mon, May 27   STL  L   3-6       21-27  4th  7.5 gb
 47 Sun, May 26   LAA  L   2-5       21-26  4th  6.5 gb
 46 Sat, May 25   LAA  L   0-7       21-25  4th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 8-22
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 04, 2013 MIN  3 @KCR  0        W:Sam Deduno (2-1), L: Luis Mendoza (1-3), S: Glen Perkins (12)
Wed, Apr 10, 2013 KCR  3  MIN  0        W:Wade Davis (1-0), L: Liam Hendriks (0-1), S: Kelvin Herrera (2)
Tue, Apr 09, 2013 KCR  7  MIN  4        W:Jeremy Guthrie (2-0), L: Mike Pelfrey (1-1), S: Greg Holland (2)
Mon, Apr 08, 2013 KCR  3  MIN  1        W:Ervin Santana (1-1), L: Kevin Correia (0-1), S: Aaron Crow (1)

Thu, Sep 13, 2012 MIN  4  KCR  3 (10)   W:Glen Perkins (3-1), L: Francisley Bueno (1-1), S: none
Wed, Sep 12, 2012 KCR 10 @MIN  5        W:Luke Hochevar (8-13), L: P.J. Walters (2-4), S: none
Tue, Sep 11, 2012 KCR  9 @MIN  1        W:Will Smith (5-7), L: Scott Diamond (11-7), S: none
Sun, Sep 02, 2012 KCR  6  MIN  4        W:Tim Collins (5-2), L: Esmerling Vasquez (0-1), S: Greg Holland (10)
Sat, Sep 01, 2012 MIN  8 @KCR  7        W:Anthony Swarzak (3-4), L: Luke Hochevar (7-13), S: Glen Perkins (10)
Sat, Sep 01, 2012 MIN  3 @KCR  1        W:Cole De Vries (4-5), L: Will Smith (4-7), S: Glen Perkins (9)
Season Series: 2013 - KCR over 3-1; 2012 - MIN won 11-7; 2011 - MIN won 10-8; All-Time - MIN leads 362-318

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 (4.36 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Guthrie
G/S/vB
52.Chen*
G/S/vB
55.Collins*
G/S/vB
43.Crow
G/S/vB
27.Gutierrez
G/S/vB
40.Herrera
G/S/vB
44.Hochevar
G/S/vB
56.Holland
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Carroll G/S/vP 5/.400 10/.522 1/2.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 3/.666 16/1.038 3/.000 110/98 .225/.282/.255/.537 .697/.517 .446 68/.484 0/0 0/0
9.Doumit# G/S/vP 5/1.400 7/.000 4/1.250 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 6/1.300 1/.000 190/139 .235/.300/.435/.735 .714/.743 .713 91/.784 1/0 7/2
2.Dozier G/S/vP 2/1.500 7/1.571 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/.000 180/146 .227/.281/.331/.612 .639/.605 .495 76/.619 6/5 3/2
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 3/2.334 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 95/71 .227/.274/.341/.615 .564/.631 .463 51/.396 0/1 2/2
25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/1.000 ··· 148/116 .256/.329/.357/.685 .368/.774 .685 78/.705 6/0 2/4
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/8 .429/.429/.857/1.286 /1.286 8/1.286 0/0 1/0
32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 195/153 .175/.246/.333/.579 .850/.507 .539 86/.738 4/2 6/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 16/1.486 27/.509 7/.629 ··· ··· 2/3.000 34/1.507 2/1.000 240/191 .332/.413/.488/.901 .919/.896 .811 105/.971 0/0 5/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 18/1.098 22/.560 8/.250 4/1.250 ··· ··· 26/.696 3/1.000 226/168 .291/.341/.384/.725 .566/.783 .603 98/.779 0/0 2/0
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP 3/.000 8/1.000 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/1.167 8/1.518 2/no AB 173/140 .235/.312/.366/.678 .533/.714 .838 69/.776 1/1 5/0
11.Thomas* G/S/vP 6/1.133 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· / /// / / / /
16.Willingham G/S/vP 11/1.264 17/.982 4/.833 6/.334 1/2.000 4/.000 17/.820 4/1.250 221/178 .218/.362/.441/.803 .886/.782 .901 105/.725 1/0 10/0
IP 72.2 22.0 17.2 16.1 16.2 20.1 21.1 18.0 TOTAL .246/.319/.386/.705 .679/.712 .676 .701 21/11 51/21
ERA-K/9 3.84/5.0 1.23/7.0 3.06/9.2 4.41/5.5 4.32/5.4 4.87/10.6 2.95/8.5 2.50/13.5 3.75/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (9-3-0)
 Herrmann (0-0-0)
 Mauer (8-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 305/.268 96/.250 71/.231 72/.270 67/.279 87/.241 84/.197 74/.212 .260  Hicks
 Parmelee
 Willingham
 Doumit
 Escobar
 Herrmann
0/51/0/6
0/1/40/5
42/0/0/3
1/0/6/0
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .805 .649 .573 .744 .738 .918 .660 .555 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 142/1.010 36/.758 33/.492 32/.751 34/1.149 45/.929 44/.684 38/.532 .772
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 163/.628 60/.580 38/.645 40/.739 33/.364 42/.907 40/.632 36/.578 .709
Home 117/.611 70/.704 29/.828 25/.775 34/.638 30/.784 41/.602 35/.746
Last 28d days 139/.945 48/.821 27/.536 39/.895 38/.714 27/.880 41/.779 20/.153
HR/SB/CS 15/2/3 0/3/2 0/2/0 2/3/0 2/1/1 8/3/1 3/3/1 0/0/0 67/32/15
Usage ·····X·· X···X··· ··oo·oo· ···X··X· o·o···o· ········ o···X·o· ···X·o··
Royals Batters (3.82 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Walters
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
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/.666 8/.500 22/.768 4/.750 15/.733 1/2.000 1/.000 12/1.472 ··· 220/160 .255/.373/.391/.764 .887/.718 .837 99/.759 0/0 5/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.667 3/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 8/.500 ··· 205/142 .286/.346/.390/.736 .567/.812 .701 90/.609 8/4 1/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 3/1.167 7/.453 15/.896 3/1.334 3/1.000 ··· ··· 12/.432 ··· 242/168 .249/.276/.323/.599 .805/.510 .557 108/.476 10/0 3/8
21.Francoeur G/S/vP ··· 10/.200 17/1.118 2/.000 5/.200 1/.000 3/2.334 7/1.286 ··· 167/115 .213/.246/.319/.564 .595/.550 .549 54/.468 2/0 2/1
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 12/.909 3/.000 5/.200 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 127/90 .209/.266/.296/.562 .706/.504 .594 47/.517 3/0 1/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 3/.666 4/1.167 25/.735 4/.500 15/.983 ··· ··· 8/.625 ··· 245/161 .320/.363/.474/.837 1.058/.725 .611 108/.836 1/1 6/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 2/no AB 1/3.000 14/.428 3/.666 9/.777 1/.000 1/.000 11/.546 ··· 211/148 .264/.319/.332/.651 .667/.644 .549 102/.630 4/3 1/3
23.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 88/59 .241/.276/.289/.565 .472/.610 .513 55/.485 8/0 1/1
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 53/45 .140/.302/.279/.581 .536/.589 .635 36/.444 1/0 1/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 43/40 .268/.302/.415/.717 1.167/.685 .813 43/.717 0/0 0/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.400 7/.572 1/no AB 8/.500 1/.000 1/.000 7/.429 ··· 182/133 .183/.253/.299/.552 .452/.588 .616 73/.442 1/1 4/7
13.Perez G/S/vP 2/2.500 2/.000 2/2.500 4/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 1/2.000 10/.800 ··· 159/107 .305/.321/.403/.723 .648/.760 .836 50/.820 0/0 1/4
24.Tejada G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/1.000 5/1.400 ··· 4/.917 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 45/12 .286/.333/.452/.786 .849/.606 .655 25/.758 0/0 2/1
IP 12.0 26.2 21.1 23.2 21.2 28.0 28.2 36.2 7.1 TOTAL .255/.309/.365/.674 .718/.655 .655 .629 45/10 29/37
ERA-K/9 4.50/5.2 2.03/9.4 4.22/7.2 4.56/8.7 2.91/14.1 1.29/6.8 2.83/5.6 3.19/5.9 0.00/11.1 4.36/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (12-4-2)
 Perez (17-10-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 54/.346 112/.204 96/.294 93/.195 85/.182 114/.196 121/.204 145/.248 26/.125 .284  Gordon
 Cain
 Francoeur
 Lough
55/0/0/6
0/46/5/3
0/0/45/3
0/3/9/2
OPS .890 .593 .687 .585 .546 .527 .669 .616 .401 .773
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 17/.974 51/.477 45/.644 31/.626 25/.467 50/.527 47/.888 67/.777 11/.182 .756
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 37/.851 61/.692 51/.725 62/.566 60/.577 64/.526 74/.537 78/.479 15/.574 .786
Road 26/.866 59/.504 51/.728 49/.779 50/.544 61/.480 54/.595 74/.567 20/.422
Last 28d days 54/.890 60/.599 48/.739 38/.428 39/.481 45/.300 56/.697 71/.624 26/.401
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 1/3/1 0/1/0 3/2/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 4/0/0 2/0/1 0/0/0 57/17/9
Usage ·····X·· X····o·o o··X·o·o o··o··oX o·o···oX ··o··o·X ··o··X·X ····X··o ···oo···

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.