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Game Preview: MIN @ KCR, 8:10pm, Monday, August 5, 2013 @Kauffman Stadium

Twins, 48-60, 48-60 4th, 15½ GB, 16½ GB in WC

SP: Kevin Correia (32, RHP, 7-7, 4.49)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (7-7) 124.1 149 62 62 28 68 19 4.49
2012 (12-11) 171.0 176 89 80 46 89 20 4.21
2011 (12-11) 154.0 175 90 82 39 77 24 4.79
Last 7 GS 1-3 36.0 47 24 24 15 20 4 6.00 42
2013-07-31 KCR ND 6.0 10 2 2 0 3 0 94 47
2013-07-25 @SEA L 1.2 7 6 6 1 0 1 46 16
2013-07-20 CLE W 6.0 3 2 2 1 3 1 93 60
2013-07-10 @TBR ND 5.1 5 3 3 5 6 1 104 47
2013-07-05 @TOR L 6.0 10 4 4 3 3 1 107 36
2013-06-30 KCR ND 5.0 7 5 5 3 3 0 90 33
2013-06-25 @MIA L 6.0 5 2 2 2 2 0 81 54
Last 5 v.KCR 0-2 23.1 31 13 13 8 9 0 5.01 43
2013-07-31 KCR ND 6.0 10 2 2 0 3 0 94 47
2013-06-30 KCR ND 5.0 7 5 5 3 3 0 90 33
2013-04-08 @KCR L 7.1 8 3 3 1 1 0 93 50
2008-06-21 @KCR L 5.0 6 3 3 4 2 0 99 41
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-27   Road:   22-33   ExtrInn: 6-6 
 vsRHP:  38-50   vsLHP:  10-10   1-Run:  17-17
 vsEast:  9-18   vsCntrl:18-25   vsWest: 13-6  IL: 8-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
108 Sun, Aug  4   HOU  W   3-2       48-60  4th 15.5 gb
107 Sat, Aug  3   HOU  W   6-4       47-60  4th 15.5 gb
106 Fri, Aug  2   HOU  W   4-3 (13)  46-60  4th 15.5 gb
105 Thu, Aug  1   KCR  L   2-7       45-60  4th 15.5 gb
104 Wed, Jul 31   KCR  L   3-4       45-59  4th 15.0 gb
103 Tue, Jul 30   KCR  L   2-7       45-58  4th 14.0 gb
102 Sun, Jul 28  @SEA  L   4-6       45-57  4th 13.0 gb
101 Sat, Jul 27  @SEA  W   4-0       45-56  4th 12.0 gb
100 Fri, Jul 26  @SEA  W   3-2 (13)  44-56  4th 12.0 gb
 99 Thu, Jul 25  @SEA  L   2-8       43-56  4th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:12-18
Royals, 56-52, 56-52 3rd, 7½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (34, RHP, 11-7, 4.22)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (11-7) 138.2 146 69 65 48 74 23 4.22
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 4-2 44.1 47 22 21 14 29 4 4.26 50
2013-07-31 @MIN W 6.0 6 2 2 2 5 1 107 55
2013-07-25 BAL W 6.0 6 1 1 1 5 0 102 60
2013-07-20 DET W 6.0 10 5 5 2 6 0 106 36
2013-07-13 @CLE L 7.0 8 5 5 3 3 1 114 41
2013-07-08 @NYY W 6.2 6 1 1 1 3 1 92 60
2013-07-03 CLE ND 6.1 5 5 5 3 3 1 103 43
2013-06-27 @MIN L 6.1 6 3 2 2 4 0 111 53
Last 5 v.MIN 3-2 30.0 28 15 14 11 19 5 4.20 50
2013-07-31 @MIN W 6.0 6 2 2 2 5 1 107 55
2013-06-27 @MIN L 6.1 6 3 2 2 4 0 111 53
2013-06-05 MIN W 6.0 6 1 1 3 4 0 102 57
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-24   Road:   29-28   ExtrInn: 8-2 
 vsRHP:  42-35   vsLHP:  14-17   1-Run:  22-17
 vsEast: 14-12   vsCntrl:27-19   vsWest:  8-14 IL: 7-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
108 Sun, Aug  4  @NYM  W   6-2       56-52  3rd  7.5 gb
107 Sat, Aug  3  @NYM  W   4-3 (12)  55-52  3rd  7.5 gb
106 Fri, Aug  2  @NYM  L   2-4 (11)  54-52  3rd  7.5 gb
105 Thu, Aug  1  @MIN  W   7-2       54-51  3rd  6.5 gb
104 Wed, Jul 31  @MIN  W   4-3       53-51  3rd  7.0 gb
103 Tue, Jul 30  @MIN  W   7-2       52-51  3rd  7.0 gb
102 Sun, Jul 28  @CHW  W   4-2 (12)  51-51  3rd  7.0 gb
101 Sat, Jul 27  @CHW  W   1-0       50-51  3rd  7.0 gb
100 Fri, Jul 26  @CHW  W   5-1       49-51  3rd  7.0 gb
 99 Thu, Jul 25   BAL  W   7-1       48-51  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 01, 2013 KCR  7 @MIN  2        W:James Shields (6-7), L: Scott Diamond (5-10), S: none
Wed, Jul 31, 2013 KCR  4 @MIN  3        W:Jeremy Guthrie (11-7), L: Caleb Thielbar (1-1), S: Greg Holland (28)
Tue, Jul 30, 2013 KCR  7 @MIN  2        W:Ervin Santana (7-6), L: Mike Pelfrey (4-9), S: none
Sun, Jun 30, 2013 KCR  9 @MIN  8        W:Aaron Crow (5-3), L: Jared Burton (1-5), S: Greg Holland (17)
Sat, Jun 29, 2013 MIN  6  KCR  2        W:Kyle Gibson (1-0), L: Wade Davis (4-6), S: none
Fri, Jun 28, 2013 KCR  9 @MIN  3        W:James Shields (3-6), L: P.J. Walters (2-4), S: none
Thu, Jun 27, 2013 MIN  3  KCR  1        W:Sam Deduno (4-2), L: Jeremy Guthrie (7-6), S: Glen Perkins (20)
Thu, Jun 06, 2013 KCR  7  MIN  3        W:Tim Collins (2-1), L: Jared Burton (0-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 05, 2013 KCR  4  MIN  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (6-3), L: P.J. Walters (2-1), S: Greg Holland (10)
Tue, Jun 04, 2013 MIN  3 @KCR  0        W:Sam Deduno (2-1), L: Luis Mendoza (1-3), S: Glen Perkins (12)
Season Series: 2013 - KCR over 10-3; 2012 - MIN won 11-7; 2011 - MIN won 10-8; All-Time - MIN leads 364-325

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 (4.01 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Guthrie
G/S/vB
52.Chen*
G/S/vB
31.Coleman
G/S/vB
55.Collins*
G/S/vB
43.Crow
G/S/vB
40.Herrera
G/S/vB
44.Hochevar
G/S/vB
56.Holland
G/S/vB
53.Smith*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 237/162 .266/.325/.431/.756 .704/.782 .762 31/.527 1/2 7/1
17.Bernier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 28/23 .261/.370/.348/.718 1.350/.581 .929 28/.718 2/1 0/0
8.Carroll G/S/vP 8/.393 10/.522 3/.667 2/2.000 2/2.000 3/.666 19/.868 5/.000 10/1.556 188/151 .213/.267/.241/.509 .761/.447 .432 35/.410 2/0 0/2
55.Colabello G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 63/50 .167/.206/.267/.473 .154/.559 .652 47/.552 0/0 2/0
9.Doumit# G/S/vP 11/.818 7/.000 1/.000 8/1.250 4/.500 1/3.000 8/1.425 3/.000 9/.222 394/279 .242/.307/.386/.693 .714/.684 .691 93/.722 1/0 9/3
2.Dozier G/S/vP 8/.625 7/1.571 3/.000 1/.000 6/.000 1/no AB 3/.333 4/.000 3/1.000 385/302 .236/.307/.394/.701 .919/.643 .599 88/.690 8/6 9/3
25.Florimon# G/S/vP 8/.875 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 4/.000 4/.750 1/3.000 9/.472 300/234 .232/.286/.353/.639 .341/.721 .694 61/.779 8/3 7/10
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 61/57 .250/.350/.423/.773 1.167/.747 .855 45/.597 0/0 2/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 25/1.059 27/.509 1/2.000 11/.489 1/.000 2/3.000 37/1.428 5/1.200 2/.000 447/335 .321/.403/.464/.867 .834/.878 .910 71/.948 0/1 8/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 27/1.167 23/.625 ··· 12/.705 5/1.000 ··· 29/.693 5/.600 11/1.142 438/312 .268/.326/.412/.738 .606/.794 .580 95/.692 0/0 10/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 12/.750 21/1.086 2/.500 2/.500 8/.250 2/1.500 15/.498 6/1.666 11/.829 319/247 .239/.299/.391/.690 .920/.623 .653 76/.433 1/0 10/8
11.Thomas* G/S/vP 12/.969 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 188/136 .226/.305/.345/.650 .645/.651 .531 83/.552 1/3 4/3
IP 138.2 57.2 14.2 39.0 36.0 39.0 43.2 43.0 16.1 TOTAL .241/.312/.379/.691 .693/.691 .667 .623 36/22 97/47
ERA-K/9 4.22/4.8 2.03/7.0 0.00/10.4 4.38/8.8 3.00/8.2 4.38/10.8 1.65/8.9 1.67/14.2 3.86/8.3 3.58/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (23-7-1)
 Herrmann (1-0-0)
 Mauer (19-16-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 598/.273 236/.220 51/.128 171/.253 159/.277 166/.224 166/.166 167/.182 64/.276 .254  Arcia
 Thomas
 Doumit
 Herrmann
 Colabello
38/0/15/4
18/24/4/4
1/0/23/4
2/0/7/2
0/0/2/0
OPS .784 .631 .350 .686 .730 .777 .528 .512 .764 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 335/.884 81/.833 20/.300 87/.609 78/.766 86/.752 85/.636 87/.559 23/.536 .756
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 263/.656 155/.525 31/.381 84/.763 81/.697 80/.805 81/.415 80/.463 41/.900 .659
Home 268/.690 135/.741 19/.596 70/.768 71/.726 68/.615 76/.456 88/.507 44/.966
Last 28d days 112/.777 86/.431 34/.277 37/.824 39/.830 44/.569 38/.382 35/.523 /
HR/SB/CS 23/5/3 6/3/3 0/1/0 2/2/0 2/6/1 9/7/2 4/4/2 2/0/0 3/1/1 109/57/25
Usage ····X··· ·X·····X o·XX···· Xo··Xo·o ·XX·o··o ·XX·o··X ·o·X·X·X oo··X··o ········
Royals Batters (3.97 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Correia
G/S/vB
61.Burton
G/S/vB
52.Duensing*
G/S/vB
50.Fien
G/S/vB
44.Gibson
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 9/.500 9/.777 22/.768 6/.833 3/.666 16/.775 3/.666 5/.800 15/1.433 ··· 436/325 .275/.372/.401/.773 .871/.740 .791 87/.783 0/0 9/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 8/1.125 4/1.250 1/.000 4/.500 3/.000 4/.750 2/1.500 3/.667 11/.364 ··· 370/260 .258/.322/.361/.682 .589/.721 .663 71/.617 12/4 4/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 112/83 .265/.324/.431/.756 .434/.867 1.010 31/.676 16/4 2/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP 12/.614 10/.522 17/.787 4/1.000 3/1.167 4/.750 2/1.000 ··· 15/.481 2/.000 449/309 .230/.258/.301/.559 .690/.499 .502 93/.374 12/0 3/12
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 13/.607 7/1.371 27/.755 4/.500 3/.000 17/.853 2/.500 ··· 12/.583 3/2.167 465/314 .268/.338/.403/.741 .878/.674 .673 98/.534 6/2 10/0
12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 9/.777 3/1.667 16/.646 3/.666 3/1.334 10/.700 3/.000 2/2.500 15/1.066 2/.000 447/309 .289/.334/.427/.761 .790/.748 .734 99/.738 9/3 11/6
23.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.000 ··· 161/116 .193/.234/.260/.494 .465/.505 .352 18/.118 13/0 2/2
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 87/73 .169/.379/.446/.825 .651/.852 1.009 20/.917 1/0 5/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP 5/2.600 1/5.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/no AB 5/.000 1/.000 226/176 .300/.316/.442/.758 .767/.755 .661 76/.771 3/2 4/1
27.Maxwell G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 157/108 .254/.325/.415/.740 .856/.687 .750 49/.890 4/1 3/3
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 9/.777 7/.286 8/1.125 2/2.000 3/1.000 9/.444 3/.000 4/.000 9/.333 ··· 360/275 .225/.283/.365/.648 .521/.687 .708 78/.772 1/3 10/12
24.Tejada G/S/vP 12/.817 3/.666 6/1.167 1/.000 3/1.000 5/.700 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 148/71 .304/.331/.406/.737 .700/.778 .740 56/.769 0/0 3/2
IP 124.1 48.0 40.2 46.2 36.1 44.0 52.2 46.1 70.2 28.0 TOTAL .256/.312/.373/.685 .691/.682 .674 .650 84/19 72/56
ERA-K/9 4.49/4.9 3.19/8.6 4.65/8.2 2.70/10.2 6.69/5.0 2.05/11.0 3.08/6.1 3.11/6.4 3.06/6.4 0.64/8.4 4.28/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (22-7-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 532/.302 205/.231 188/.307 175/.191 168/.325 169/.199 219/.245 197/.224 281/.258 102/.100 .278  Gordon
 Cain
 Lough
 Maxwell
 Dyson
 Hosmer
 Johnson
103/0/0/9
0/81/17/7
11/5/48/4
0/25/18/4
0/34/0/3
0/0/1/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .822 .665 .795 .505 .864 .551 .640 .688 .668 .407 .759
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 263/.873 100/.640 99/.824 71/.509 99/.898 47/.585 102/.648 79/.844 135/.852 49/.343 .774
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 269/.773 105/.690 89/.758 104/.502 69/.817 122/.539 117/.634 118/.583 146/.500 53/.468 .746
Road 241/.941 99/.608 95/.796 94/.598 96/.738 87/.698 124/.679 92/.707 143/.669 64/.502
Last 28d days 85/.914 34/.367 41/.967 42/.458 115/.836 47/.766 45/.602 38/.472 58/.418 32/.504
HR/SB/CS 19/3/3 3/9/2 2/2/1 4/3/1 5/4/1 3/0/0 1/1/0 5/1/1 6/1/3 2/2/0 102/43/23
Usage ····X··· o·o·X··· ·X···X·· ·oo·X··· ·X·····X XXX·o··· ··X··X·· o·oX·X·· ·X·X···X o·o·o··o

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.