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Game Preview: TEX @ MIN, 4:10pm, Saturday, April 27, 2013 @Target Field

Rangers, 16-7, 16-7 1st, 3½ up

SP: Derek Holland (26, LHP, 1-1, 3.25)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-1) 27.2 19 10 10 8 22 1 3.25
2012 (12-7) 175.1 162 100 91 52 145 32 4.67
2011 (16-5) 198.0 201 97 87 67 162 22 3.95
Last 7 GS 3-1 44.1 41 22 22 13 35 6 4.47 52
2013-04-22 @LAA ND 5.2 6 6 6 4 7 0 104 36
2013-04-16 @CHC W 7.0 2 0 0 0 6 0 108 79
2013-04-10 TBR L 8.0 5 2 2 3 4 0 110 65
2013-04-05 LAA ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 5 1 94 61
2012-09-30 LAA W 6.2 12 7 7 2 5 2 113 25
2012-09-24 OAK ND 3.0 4 3 3 2 4 2 77 41
2012-09-19 @LAA W 7.0 6 2 2 1 4 1 104 60
Last 5 v.MIN 1-2 26.2 28 15 14 7 23 3 4.73 50
2012-07-07 MIN ND 6.0 6 3 3 2 4 1 88 50
2011-07-25 MIN W 6.0 5 1 0 0 4 0 90 64
2011-06-09 @MIN ND 7.1 8 4 4 1 10 2 112 55
2010-09-03 @MIN L 6.1 6 4 4 1 5 0 87 49
2010-05-30 @MIN L 1.0 3 3 3 3 0 0 43 32
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-2    Road:    9-5    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  10-5    vsLHP:   6-2    1-Run:   6-2 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 2-0    vsWest: 11-5  IL: 1-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 23 Fri, Apr 26  @MIN  W   4-3       16-7   1st  3.5 up
 22 Thu, Apr 25  @MIN  W   2-1       15-7   1st  2.5 up
 21 Wed, Apr 24  @LAA  W  11-3       14-7   1st  1.5 up
 20 Tue, Apr 23  @LAA  L   4-5 (11)  13-7   1st  0.5 up
 19 Mon, Apr 22  @LAA  W   7-6       13-6   1st  1.5 up
 18 Sun, Apr 21   SEA  W  11-3       12-6   1st  0.5 up
 17 Sat, Apr 20   SEA  W   5-0       11-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 19   SEA  W   7-0       10-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 18  @CHC  L   2-6        9-6   2nd  2.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 16  @CHC  W   4-2        9-5   2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:16-7
Twins, 9-10, 9-10 3rd, 2 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Pedro Hernandez (24, LHP, 0-0, 3.48)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-0) 10.1 9 4 4 3 4 2 3.48
2012 (0-1) 4.0 12 8 8 1 2 3 18.00
Last 7 GS 0-1 9.0 16 11 11 4 5 4 11.00 27
2013-04-07 @BAL ND 5.0 4 3 3 3 3 1 83 47
2012-07-18 @BOS L 4.0 12 8 8 1 2 3 87 7
Has never faced TEX as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-6    Road:    4-4    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   8-9    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   5-2 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 4-4    vsWest:  2-2  IL: 1-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Fri, Apr 26   TEX  L   3-4        9-10  3rd  2.0 gb
 18 Thu, Apr 25   TEX  L   1-2        9-9   2nd  1.5 gb
 17 Tue, Apr 23   MIA  L   5-8        9-8   2nd  1.0 gb
 16 Tue, Apr 23   MIA  W   4-3        9-7   2nd  1.0 gb
 15 Sun, Apr 21  @CHW  W   5-3        8-7   2nd  1.0 gb
 14 Sat, Apr 20  @CHW  W   2-1 (10)   7-7   3rd  0.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 16   LAA  W   8-6        6-7   3rd  2.0 gb
 12 Mon, Apr 15   LAA  W   8-2        5-7   4th  2.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 13   NYM  L   2-4        4-7   4th  2.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 12   NYM  L   5-16       4-6   4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-10   Last 30: 9-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 26, 2013 TEX  4 @MIN  3        W:Justin Grimm (2-0), L: Scott Diamond (1-2), S: Joe Nathan (8)
Thu, Apr 25, 2013 TEX  2 @MIN  1        W:Nick Tepesch (2-1), L: Vance Worley (0-3), S: Joe Nathan (7)

Sun, Aug 26, 2012 MIN  6 @TEX  5        W:Cole De Vries (3-5), L: Scott Feldman (6-10), S: Glen Perkins (8)
Sat, Aug 25, 2012 TEX  9  MIN  3        W:Ryan Dempster (8-6), L: Brian Duensing (3-9), S: none
Fri, Aug 24, 2012 TEX  8  MIN  0        W:Matt Harrison (15-7), L: Sam Deduno (4-2), S: none
Thu, Aug 23, 2012 TEX 10  MIN  6        W:Mike Adams (3-3), L: Jared Burton (1-1), S: Joe Nathan (25)
Sun, Jul 08, 2012 TEX  4  MIN  3 (13)   W:Scott Feldman (3-6), L: Alex Burnett (2-2), S: none
Sat, Jul 07, 2012 TEX  4  MIN  3 (10)   W:Joe Nathan (1-2), L: Kyle Waldrop (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jul 06, 2012 MIN  5 @TEX  1        W:Francisco Liriano (3-7), L: Martin Perez (1-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 15, 2012 TEX  4 @MIN  3        W:Robbie Ross (2-0), L: Glen Perkins (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (3)
Season Series: 2013 - TEX over 2-0; 2012 - TEX won 8-2; 2011 - MIN won 5-3; All-Time - MIN leads 360-323

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

For the 2012 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  4.99

MIN  4.33

HOU  3.60

 RA/G

TBR  3.56

LAA  4.31

COL  5.49

 BA

B. Posey  .336

A. Rodriguez  .272

C. Pena  .197

 OBP

J. Mauer  .416

A. Jones  .334

D. Stubbs  .277

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .606

H. Ramirez  .437

J. Weeks  .304

 OPS

M. Cabrera  .999

A. Pagan  .778

J. Weeks  .609

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.53

T. Cahill  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

U. Jimenez  7.28

H. Alvarez  3.80

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Rangers Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 60.Hernandez*
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		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 14/.962 6/.400 8/.500 1/.000 2/.000 12/.819 711/522 .286/.349/.378/.727 .687/.742 .736 104/.603 21/10 3/16
15.Baker G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 201/64 .239/.279/.378/.656 .665/.637 .643 18/1.044 4/1 4/3
29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 6/1.100 1/.000 15/1.446 1/.000 4/.250 10/1.100 654/485 .321/.359/.561/.921 .737/.985 .849 95/.742 1/0 36/8
27.Berkman# G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 97/77 .259/.381/.444/.826 .712/.856 .907 80/.965 2/0 2/4
17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 11/.728 2/.000 4/.750 1/.000 2/1.000 12/.584 642/483 .260/.319/.460/.779 .944/.727 .689 94/.924 8/4 24/4
3.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 12/.673 / /
23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.100 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.650 269/154 .304/.367/.392/.759 .859/.686 .781 45/.713 13/7 1/0
5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 9/.722 3/2.667 15/.343 2/1.500 2/2.000 10/.900 731/550 .256/.326/.423/.749 .988/.671 .611 101/.907 21/9 19/18
2.Martin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 52/44 .174/.235/.370/.605 .500/.624 .243 46/.661 3/0 0/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 8/.625 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 357/306 .275/.321/.468/.789 .737/.798 .675 82/.676 1/1 15/3
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 10/.633 2/.000 5/.400 1/.000 2/3.000 5/.200 521/437 .304/.380/.479/.859 .845/.862 .803 89/.572 10/5 15/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 17/.544 3/.333 14/.214 ··· 1/2.000 5/.600 520/399 .278/.326/.501/.827 .673/.874 .708 75/.813 0/0 27/6
8.Soto G/S/vP ··· 8/.500 2/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 4/.000 361/264 .198/.270/.343/.613 .677/.589 .647 19/.528 1/0 11/8
IP 4.0 62.0 109.0 35.0 70.1 88.2 96.2 TOTAL .262/.329/.432/.761 .715/.783 .713 .761 11/3 27/10
ERA-K/9 18.00/4.5 2.18/8.0 5.12/5.7 2.06/8.2 2.56/10.0 /0.0 3.25/5.5 5.03/5.8 4.02/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pierzynski (76-27-8)
 Soto (65-21-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 25/.500 245/.186 472/.288 141/.195 281/.222 / 383/.259 413/.284 .281  Cruz
 Gentry
 Murphy
 Martin
 Baker
 Moreland
6/0/151/9
0/114/3/7
120/2/17/4
4/14/0/1
5/0/26/0
0/0/3/0
OPS 1.437 .549 .759 .578 .631 .753 .798 .728
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 9/1.778 99/.748 178/.678 59/.491 106/.488 / 151/.646 190/.771 .611
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 16/1.238 146/.421 294/.808 82/.638 175/.721 / 232/.824 223/.821 .805
Home / 133/.603 218/.734 62/.736 154/.670 / 207/.815 193/.740
Last 28d days 42/.747 31/.443 29/.703 32/.472 28/.379 43/.694 46/.719 43/.547
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 5/6/0 10/5/1 3/3/0 8/2/3 // 9/3/2 15/1/1 11/4/5
Usage ···X···· ···X·oo· ·X····o· oo····o· ···X·oX· X··X···· ·X···X·· ···X····

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Twins Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (2.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Holland*
G/S/vB		 44.Frasor
G/S/vB		 50.Kirkman*
G/S/vB		 55.Lowe
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 58.Ortiz*
G/S/vB		 46.Ross*
G/S/vB		 52.Scheppers
G/S/vB		 49.Tepesch
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 / /// / 25/.617 / /
8.Carroll G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 19/.662 5/.800 ··· ··· 3/2.500 ··· 537/383 .268/.343/.317/.660 .839/.588 .643 18/.513 9/5 1/12
9.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.500 ··· 20/.789 5/1.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 528/361 .275/.320/.461/.781 .690/.823 .771 69/.566 0/0 18/5
2.Dozier G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 7/1.285 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 3/.000 340/260 .234/.271/.332/.603 .775/.547 .636 67/.625 9/2 6/15
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 146/107 .214/.278/.260/.537 .844/.419 .590 26/1.220 3/0 0/2
25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 2/.000 150/98 .219/.272/.307/.579 .619/.558 .554 43/.704 3/1 1/7
32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 / /// / 73/.331 / /
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 16/.599 6/1.100 8/.661 18/.882 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 3/.333 3/.000 641/419 .319/.416/.446/.861 .754/.918 .878 88/.883 8/4 10/5
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 11/.586 5/.200 1/.000 16/.875 3/.666 1/2.000 4/.000 2/2.500 3/.666 570/356 .267/.333/.440/.773 .569/.902 .728 82/.660 1/0 19/6
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 210/151 .229/.290/.380/.671 .681/.667 .576 66/.584 0/0 5/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 4/.000 6/1.166 1/.000 5/.000 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.500 3/.666 465/323 .235/.301/.455/.756 .911/.691 .847 72/.713 1/3 24/19
22.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· / /// / 16/.762 / /
16.Willingham G/S/vP 13/1.021 4/1.833 3/.000 37/.766 4/.750 1/3.000 4/.833 2/.000 3/1.666 615/427 .260/.366/.524/.890 .920/.877 1.018 69/.882 3/2 35/4
IP 175.1 43.2 35.1 142.2 64.1 65.0 32.1 TOTAL .240/.324/.357/.681 .691/.678 .707 .681 7/5 12/13
ERA-K/9 4.67/7.4 4.12/10.9 3.82/9.7 5.11/3.5 2.80/10.9 /0.0 2.22/6.5 4.45/8.4 /0.0 2.77/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (31-8-2)
 Mauer (56-9-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 730/.243 191/.256 151/.182 640/.311 257/.231 / 265/.232 152/.343 / .230  Willingham
 Plouffe
 Parmelee
 Doumit
 Escobar
119/0/0/6
2/0/15/2
1/0/18/1
16/0/6/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .745 .799 .611 .796 .631 .624 .908 .641
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 164/.656 82/.915 60/.709 290/.937 151/.617 / 113/.612 60/.949 / .588
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 566/.770 109/.715 91/.549 350/.683 106/.650 / 152/.632 92/.881 / .675
Road 332/.696 93/.810 45/.758 319/.852 108/.538 / 123/.629 48/.714 /
Last 28d days 108/.541 29/.922 41/.771 38/.783 37/.613 53/.658 40/.603 49/.556 86/.657
HR/SB/CS 32/9/3 6/6/2 5/1/0 10/7/2 7/3/1 // 3/1/1 6/6/0 // 15/5/3
Usage ····X··· ··o·o·X· ··o··X·o ··X···X· oo··o··· o··X··X· ·o·X···X oX··X·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.