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Game Preview: MIN @ KCR, 8:10pm, Wednesday, August 7, 2013 @Kauffman Stadium

Twins, 49-61, 49-61 4th, 16½ GB, 16 GB in WC

SP: Sam Deduno (29, RHP, 7-4, 3.17)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (7-4) 82.1 73 30 29 33 47 4 3.17
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
Last 7 GS 4-2 46.0 37 14 14 20 26 3 2.74 57
2013-08-02 HOU ND 6.0 4 2 2 5 5 0 104 56
2013-07-27 @SEA W 7.0 3 0 0 3 6 0 110 74
2013-07-22 @LAA W 7.0 4 2 2 5 5 0 104 61
2013-07-13 @NYY W 7.0 6 1 1 3 3 0 106 61
2013-07-08 @TBR L 6.0 10 5 5 2 3 2 94 33
2013-07-02 NYY L 6.0 5 3 3 1 1 0 102 50
2013-06-27 KCR W 7.0 5 1 1 1 3 1 87 65
Last 5 v.KCR 3-0 19.1 15 2 2 6 12 1 0.93 63
2013-06-27 KCR W 7.0 5 1 1 1 3 1 87 65
2013-06-04 @KCR W 6.0 4 0 0 2 5 0 105 67
2012-07-22 @KCR W 6.1 6 1 1 3 4 0 104 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-27   Road:   23-34   ExtrInn: 6-6 
 vsRHP:  39-51   vsLHP:  10-10   1-Run:  17-17
 vsEast:  9-18   vsCntrl:19-26   vsWest: 13-6  IL: 8-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Tue, Aug  6  @KCR  W   7-0       49-61  4th 16.5 gb
109 Mon, Aug  5  @KCR  L   0-13      48-61  4th 16.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:13-17
Royals, 57-53, 57-53 3rd, 8½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Danny Duffy (24, LHP, 0-0, undef)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-2) 27.2 26 13 12 18 28 2 3.90
2011 (4-8) 105.1 119 66 66 51 87 15 5.64
Last 7 GS 3-2 34.0 30 16 15 21 32 2 3.97 51
2012-05-13 @CHW ND 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 13 52
2012-05-08 BOS ND 4.1 7 4 3 5 1 0 102 31
2012-05-03 NYY W 5.1 6 2 2 2 6 0 90 52
2012-04-22 TOR L 4.2 5 4 4 5 5 0 113 38
2012-04-16 DET L 6.2 7 3 3 1 7 2 106 54
2012-04-10 @OAK W 6.0 1 0 0 4 8 0 103 74
2011-09-06 @OAK W 6.1 4 3 3 3 4 0 119 54
Last 5 v.MIN 0-1 5.0 7 3 3 3 3 1 5.40 41
2011-06-03 MIN L 5.0 7 3 3 3 3 1 96 41
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-25   Road:   29-28   ExtrInn: 8-2 
 vsRHP:  43-35   vsLHP:  14-18   1-Run:  22-17
 vsEast: 14-12   vsCntrl:28-20   vsWest:  8-14 IL: 7-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Tue, Aug  6   MIN  L   0-7       57-53  3rd  8.5 gb
109 Mon, Aug  5   MIN  W  13-0       57-52  3rd  7.5 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
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 06, 2013 MIN  7 @KCR  0        W:Andrew Albers (1-0), L: James Shields (6-8), S: none
Mon, Aug 05, 2013 KCR 13  MIN  0        W:Jeremy Guthrie (12-7), L: Kevin Correia (7-8), S: none
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
Season Series: 2013 - KCR over 11-4; 2012 - MIN won 11-7; 2011 - MIN won 10-8; All-Time - MIN leads 365-326

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 (4.00 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
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 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 244/168 .258/.316/.418/.733 .695/.752 .709 28/.585 1/2 7/1
17.Bernier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 35/29 .241/.333/.310/.644 1.100/.546 .739 35/.644 2/1 0/0
8.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 10/.522 3/.667 2/2.000 2/2.000 3/.666 19/.868 5/.000 11/1.400 193/155 .213/.271/.247/.518 .740/.464 .450 37/.506 2/0 0/2
55.Colabello G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 68/54 .185/.221/.323/.544 .143/.651 .742 52/.638 0/0 3/0
9.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 7/.000 1/.000 8/1.250 4/.500 1/3.000 8/1.425 3/.000 9/.222 398/283 .243/.309/.388/.697 .714/.690 .699 87/.713 1/0 9/3
2.Dozier G/S/vP ··· 7/1.571 3/.000 1/.000 6/.000 1/no AB 3/.333 4/.000 4/.750 394/310 .236/.305/.399/.704 .907/.651 .610 91/.737 8/6 10/3
25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· 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 53/.802 8/3 7/10
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 68/63 .241/.343/.397/.740 .900/.728 .790 52/.577 0/0 2/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 27/.509 1/2.000 11/.489 1/.000 2/3.000 37/1.428 5/1.200 3/.000 454/341 .317/.399/.458/.857 .826/.868 .889 68/.826 0/1 8/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 3/.000 23/.625 ··· 12/.705 5/1.000 ··· 29/.693 5/.600 12/1.033 446/319 .265/.323/.413/.736 .601/.792 .583 93/.743 0/0 11/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 21/1.086 2/.500 2/.500 8/.250 2/1.500 15/.498 6/1.666 11/.829 322/250 .236/.296/.387/.683 .920/.616 .640 75/.411 1/0 10/8
11.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 195/142 .230/.309/.345/.654 .632/.662 .548 84/.586 1/3 4/3
IP 57.2 14.2 39.0 36.0 39.0 43.2 43.0 19.1 TOTAL .241/.311/.379/.690 .686/.691 .665 .631 36/22 100/47
ERA-K/9 /0.0 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 3.26/9.3 3.57/7.5

 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 / 236/.220 51/.128 171/.253 159/.277 166/.224 166/.166 167/.182 73/.239 .253  Arcia
 Thomas
 Doumit
 Herrmann
 Colabello
40/0/15/4
18/26/4/4
1/0/23/4
2/0/8/2
0/0/4/0
OPS .631 .350 .686 .730 .777 .528 .512 .664 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 81/.833 20/.300 87/.609 78/.766 86/.752 85/.636 87/.559 28/.438 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 155/.525 31/.381 84/.763 81/.697 80/.805 81/.415 80/.463 45/.814 .660
Home / 135/.741 19/.596 70/.768 71/.726 68/.615 76/.456 88/.507 53/.793
Last 28d days / 86/.431 31/.306 33/.868 39/.830 44/.569 38/.382 32/.573 9/.000
HR/SB/CS // 6/3/3 0/1/0 2/2/0 2/6/1 9/7/2 4/4/2 2/0/0 3/1/1 112/57/25
Usage ···X···· ··o·XX·· ··Xo··Xo ···XX·o· ···XX·o· ···o·X·X ··oo··X· X·······
Royals Batters (4.02 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Deduno
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/.944 9/.777 23/.733 7/.929 3/.666 16/.775 4/.833 5/.800 15/1.433 1/.000 445/329 .276/.373/.399/.772 .830/.752 .789 88/.752 0/0 9/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 6/.567 4/1.250 2/.000 4/.500 3/.000 4/.750 3/1.667 3/.667 11/.364 ··· 378/263 .258/.323/.359/.682 .562/.733 .663 71/.635 12/4 4/2
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 116/86 .264/.322/.425/.746 .419/.859 .973 35/.655 16/4 2/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP 9/.583 10/.522 19/.701 4/1.000 3/1.167 4/.750 3/1.334 ··· 15/.481 2/.000 456/311 .235/.263/.305/.568 .694/.509 .525 92/.420 12/0 3/12
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 9/.444 7/1.371 28/.727 5/.400 3/.000 17/.853 3/.333 ··· 12/.583 4/1.500 474/318 .262/.331/.395/.726 .848/.665 .642 99/.502 6/2 10/0
12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 9/.444 3/1.667 17/.607 3/.666 3/1.334 10/.700 4/1.250 2/2.500 15/1.066 3/1.000 456/312 .295/.341/.440/.781 .816/.765 .778 100/.807 9/3 12/6
23.Johnson# G/S/vP 5/.200 1/.000 6/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.000 ··· 162/117 .192/.233/.258/.491 .465/.501 .347 18/.118 13/0 2/2
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 95/77 .167/.368/.431/.799 .487/.868 .916 25/.815 1/0 5/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP 5/.200 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 68/.788 3/2 4/1
27.Maxwell G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 161/109 .253/.323/.411/.734 .804/.700 .737 53/.858 4/1 3/3
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 8/.250 7/.286 9/1.222 2/2.000 3/1.000 9/.444 4/.500 4/.000 9/.333 ··· 368/279 .231/.288/.371/.659 .520/.703 .730 81/.859 1/3 10/12
24.Tejada G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.666 7/1.000 1/.000 3/1.000 5/.700 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 155/74 .292/.322/.389/.711 .664/.764 .687 60/.704 0/0 3/2
IP 82.1 48.0 43.2 47.1 36.1 44.0 54.0 46.1 70.2 28.2 TOTAL .257/.312/.373/.685 .679/.688 .677 .664 84/19 73/57
ERA-K/9 3.17/5.1 3.19/8.6 4.33/8.2 2.66/10.1 6.69/5.0 2.05/11.0 4.17/6.2 3.11/6.4 3.06/6.4 0.63/8.2 4.32/6.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 343/.242 205/.231 198/.295 177/.190 168/.325 169/.199 230/.267 197/.224 281/.258 105/.108 .278  Gordon
 Cain
 Lough
 Maxwell
 Dyson
 Hosmer
 Johnson
105/0/0/9
0/82/18/7
11/5/48/4
0/25/20/4
0/35/0/3
0/0/1/0
1/0/2/0
OPS .666 .665 .763 .506 .864 .551 .698 .688 .668 .426 .759
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 191/.596 100/.640 104/.803 72/.501 99/.898 47/.585 108/.730 79/.844 135/.852 51/.391 .774
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 152/.755 105/.690 94/.714 105/.509 69/.817 122/.539 122/.669 118/.583 146/.500 54/.458 .745
Road 210/.722 99/.608 105/.735 96/.599 96/.738 87/.698 135/.774 92/.707 143/.669 67/.527
Last 28d days 107/.575 31/.336 44/.814 39/.525 90/.909 47/.766 50/.842 35/.515 47/.388 31/.583
HR/SB/CS 4/1/1 3/9/2 2/2/1 4/3/1 5/4/1 3/0/0 2/1/0 5/1/1 6/1/3 2/2/0 103/43/23
Usage ····X··· ··o·o·X· ·X·X···X o··oo·X· ···X···· ··XXX·o· ·X··X··X ··o·oX·X ···X·X·· ·oo·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.