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Game Preview: MIN @ OAK, 10:05 pm, Thursday, September 19, 2013 @O.co Coliseum

Twins, 65-86, 65-86 4th, 22½ GB, 18 GB in WC

SP: Kevin Correia (32, RHP, 9-12, 4.31)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (9-12) 173.1 205 86 83 40 99 24 4.31
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 2-4 47.0 49 18 15 9 29 5 2.87 55
2013-09-13 TBR L 6.0 8 3 3 1 5 0 96 48
2013-09-07 TOR L 6.0 7 5 5 1 4 2 95 41
2013-09-01 @TEX W 7.0 5 1 1 1 2 1 79 64
2013-08-27 KCR ND 7.0 6 0 0 2 7 0 118 70
2013-08-21 @DET L 6.2 9 4 2 2 1 0 104 43
2013-08-16 CHW L 7.1 9 5 4 1 3 2 99 44
2013-08-11 @CHW W 7.0 5 0 0 1 7 0 98 73
Last 5 v.OAK 1-1 17.0 13 7 7 5 15 0 3.71 55
2009-06-21 OAK W 6.2 2 1 1 1 7 0 101 72
2008-06-27 @OAK ND 5.0 4 1 1 2 4 0 103 57
2008-06-15 OAK L 5.1 7 5 5 2 4 0 88 36
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-43   Road:   34-43   ExtrInn: 8-7 
 vsRHP:  49-66   vsLHP:  16-20   1-Run:  23-23
 vsEast: 10-23   vsCntrl:28-41   vsWest: 19-10 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
151 Wed, Sep 18  @CHW  W   4-3       65-86  4th 22.5 gb
150 Tue, Sep 17  @CHW  L   3-4       64-86  4th 23.5 gb
149 Mon, Sep 16  @CHW  L   1-12      64-85  4th 22.5 gb
148 Sun, Sep 15   TBR  W   6-4       64-84  4th 21.5 gb
147 Sat, Sep 14   TBR  L   0-7       63-84  4th 21.5 gb
146 Fri, Sep 13   TBR  L   0-3       63-83  4th 21.5 gb
145 Thu, Sep 12   OAK  L   2-8       63-82  4th 20.5 gb
144 Wed, Sep 11   OAK  L   3-18      63-81  4th 20.0 gb
143 Tue, Sep 10   OAK  W   4-3       63-80  4th 19.0 gb
142 Mon, Sep  9   LAA  W   6-3       62-80  4th 19.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19
Athletics, 89-63, 89-63 1st, 6½ up

SP: Dan Straily (24, RHP, 10-7, 4.11)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (10-7) 140.0 122 68 64 52 113 16 4.11
2012 (2-1) 39.1 36 19 17 16 32 11 3.89
Last 7 GS 4-1 40.0 31 15 15 21 33 5 3.38 55
2013-09-13 @TEX W 5.2 2 2 2 4 4 0 104 57
2013-09-07 HOU W 7.0 2 0 0 1 7 0 103 79
2013-09-02 TEX W 5.0 3 2 2 3 4 1 91 54
2013-08-28 @DET W 6.0 8 1 1 2 4 1 103 54
2013-08-23 @BAL ND 3.1 4 6 6 4 2 2 79 26
2013-08-17 CLE L 5.2 6 3 3 4 7 1 103 48
2013-08-12 @TOR ND 7.1 6 1 1 3 5 0 94 64
Has never faced MIN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   48-29   Road:   41-34   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  59-42   vsLHP:  30-21   1-Run:  30-20
 vsEast: 17-15   vsCntrl:18-12   vsWest: 41-29 IL:13-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
152 Wed, Sep 18   LAA  L   4-5 (11)  89-63  1st  6.5 up
151 Tue, Sep 17   LAA  W   2-1       89-62  1st  6.5 up
150 Mon, Sep 16   LAA  L   1-12      88-62  1st  6.5 up
149 Sun, Sep 15  @TEX  W   5-1       88-61  1st  6.5 up
148 Sat, Sep 14  @TEX  W   1-0       87-61  1st  5.5 up
147 Fri, Sep 13  @TEX  W   9-8       86-61  1st  4.5 up
146 Thu, Sep 12  @MIN  W   8-2       85-61  1st  3.5 up
145 Wed, Sep 11  @MIN  W  18-3       84-61  1st  3.0 up
144 Tue, Sep 10  @MIN  L   3-4       83-61  1st  2.0 up
143 Sun, Sep  8   HOU  W   7-2       83-60  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Sep 12, 2013 OAK  8 @MIN  2        W:A.J. Griffin (14-9), L: Scott Diamond (5-11), S: none
Wed, Sep 11, 2013 OAK 18 @MIN  3        W:Sonny Gray (3-3), L: Mike Pelfrey (5-12), S: none
Tue, Sep 10, 2013 MIN  4  OAK  3        W:Anthony Swarzak (2-2), L: Ryan Cook (6-4), S: Glen Perkins (34)

Wed, Aug 22, 2012 OAK  5  MIN  1        W:Tommy Milone (10-9), L: Liam Hendriks (0-6), S: none
Tue, Aug 21, 2012 OAK  4  MIN  1        W:Brett Anderson (1-0), L: Cole De Vries (2-5), S: Grant Balfour (12)
Mon, Aug 20, 2012 MIN  7 @OAK  2        W:Brian Duensing (3-8), L: Brandon McCarthy (6-5), S: none
Sun, Jul 15, 2012 OAK  9 @MIN  4        W:Jarrod Parker (6-4), L: Brian Duensing (1-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 14, 2012 OAK  9 @MIN  3        W:Tommy Milone (9-6), L: Cole De Vries (2-2), S: none
Fri, Jul 13, 2012 OAK  6 @MIN  3        W:A.J. Griffin (1-0), L: Francisco Liriano (3-8), S: Ryan Cook (9)
Wed, May 30, 2012 MIN  4  OAK  0        W:Francisco Liriano (1-5), L: Tyson Ross (2-6), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - OAK over 2-1; 2012 - OAK won 5-4; 2011 - Tied 4-4; All-Time - MIN leads 995-984

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 (3.85 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (3.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 67.Straily
G/S/vB
49.Anderson*
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
13.Blevins*
G/S/vB
60.Chavez
G/S/vB
48.Cook
G/S/vB
62.Doolittle*
G/S/vB
65.Figueroa*
G/S/vB
54.Gray
G/S/vB
47.Neshek
G/S/vB
61.Otero
G/S/vB
58.Scribner
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 355/242 .249/.304/.419/.724 .638/.766 .713 61/.596 1/2 12/1
17.Bernier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 63/43 .231/.344/.288/.633 .812/.546 .673 14/.690 2/1 0/0
55.Colabello G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 167/117 .196/.287/.351/.639 .579/.663 .848 67/.628 0/1 7/1
9.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 502/351 .242/.311/.390/.701 .767/.672 .722 71/.695 1/0 13/3
2.Dozier G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 574/432 .244/.312/.419/.731 .997/.646 .724 103/.760 12/7 17/5
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 162/115 .215/.267/.329/.596 .686/.572 .486 19/.596 0/2 3/5
25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 418/312 .225/.283/.333/.617 .477/.666 .659 74/.653 14/5 8/16
54.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/2 .333/.333/.833/1.167 1.750/.000 .500 6/1.167 0/0 1/0
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 157/130 .217/.299/.355/.654 .552/.674 .795 52/.527 0/1 4/1
19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/37 .188/.231/.229/.460 .529/.422 .538 44/.445 2/1 0/0
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 296/233 .223/.307/.362/.669 .535/.706 .737 22/.586 1/1 8/2
43.Pinto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 49/33 .356/.408/.600/1.008 .842/1.091 1.029 49/1.008 0/0 2/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 482/365 .252/.306/.401/.707 .847/.663 .674 101/.820 2/1 14/12
1.Presley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 145/108 .279/.303/.386/.689 .622/.713 .760 72/.716 0/4 3/1
11.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 307/216 .217/.291/.310/.601 .539/.626 .560 51/.475 1/3 4/3
16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/2.000 1/.000 3/1.000 3/2.667 1/no AB ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 443/334 .212/.350/.380/.730 .711/.736 .706 82/.665 1/0 14/1
IP 140.0 39.2 59.2 55.1 53.1 63.1 65.2 2.0 54.0 39.2 36.2 24.2 TOTAL .241/.312/.383/.695 .704/.692 .690 .675 48/32 144/70
ERA-K/9 4.11/7.3 6.35/8.8 2.72/9.9 3.42/7.8 4.22/8.3 2.42/8.8 3.29/8.1 18.00/9.0 2.50/9.3 3.40/6.3 1.47/6.1 4.01/5.5 3.60/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (28-7-3)
 Fryer (0-1-0)
 Herrmann (11-7-0)
 Pinto (5-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 588/.234 179/.285 249/.211 231/.228 235/.238 274/.240 256/.218 14/.455 217/.206 175/.255 149/.280 105/.224 .244  Thomas
 Parmelee
 Willingham
 Arcia
 Doumit
 Herrmann
 Presley
 Mastroianni
 Colabello
 Escobar
22/50/10/6
0/1/67/6
70/0/0/5
54/0/27/4
1/0/29/4
3/0/18/3
12/17/12/2
15/3/7/1
0/0/11/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .679 .789 .619 .685 .640 .616 .588 1.662 .550 .747 .619 .715 .682
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 308/.715 40/.875 127/.561 102/.759 128/.667 119/.751 88/.540 4/1.250 124/.580 60/.922 76/.653 49/.534 .701
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 280/.639 139/.764 122/.682 129/.625 107/.606 155/.516 168/.613 10/1.886 93/.510 115/.656 73/.583 56/.870 .665
Home 256/.633 107/.734 145/.578 108/.684 127/.732 155/.539 151/.604 10/2.200 135/.471 82/.602 104/.569 44/.770
Last 28d days 113/.651 47/.812 52/.800 29/.810 29/.596 47/1.050 41/.452 14/1.662 122/.646 19/.993 46/.787 19/.446
HR/SB/CS 16/11/5 4/2/0 7/0/1 7/2/2 3/1/0 2/15/1 4/6/2 2/0/0 3/1/1 6/2/1 0/1/0 3/6/0 153/84/26
Usage ·····X·· o····X·· XX··X·o· ooo··X·· X··o·X·· ·X·o·o·· ·o·o·X·· ··X····X ·X·····X o·o····o X··X·oX· ··X····o
Athletics Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Correia
G/S/vB
63.Albers*
G/S/vB
61.Burton
G/S/vB
38.De Vries
G/S/vB
52.Duensing*
G/S/vB
50.Fien
G/S/vB
64.Martis
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
59.Tonkin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.500 7/.143 ··· ··· 4/.250 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 90/71 .250/.311/.325/.636 .440/.689 .639 67/.682 0/0 2/0
18.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 15/.800 2/.000 1/.000 14/.742 ··· 1/.000 7/.286 1/.000 ··· 481/323 .250/.328/.348/.676 .704/.662 .619 86/.619 0/2 7/16
52.Cespedes G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 6/1.700 5/1.800 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 551/377 .243/.299/.443/.742 .890/.677 .782 95/.810 7/7 24/4
35.Choice G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/4 .300/.364/.400/.764 .452/1.250 .583 11/.764 0/0 0/0
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 6/1.100 8/.250 1/.000 ··· 8/1.000 ··· 3/1.334 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 547/343 .255/.328/.433/.761 .638/.842 .669 112/.938 19/5 20/0
20.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 3/1.667 ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 629/435 .302/.384/.504/.887 1.053/.814 .865 108/1.062 5/2 23/15
7.Freiman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 207/46 .275/.329/.392/.720 .810/.406 .846 34/.557 0/0 4/1
8.Lowrie# G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 1/2.000 1/5.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 4/2.000 ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 621/396 .285/.343/.433/.776 .767/.776 .744 104/.835 1/0 12/17
37.Moss* G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· 4/.833 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 2/2.500 ··· 1/3.000 475/391 .257/.339/.512/.851 .676/.889 .792 82/1.201 4/2 27/8
36.Norris G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 5/1.100 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 291/128 .240/.338/.392/.730 .955/.436 .841 27/.718 4/0 8/3
12.Parrino# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 33/15 .097/.152/.129/.281 .458/.067 .067 7/.000 0/0 0/1
16.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 11/.899 7/.714 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB 402/269 .215/.297/.374/.671 .689/.662 .560 33/.676 9/0 12/5
15.Smith* G/S/vP 14/.762 ··· ··· 10/1.457 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 396/310 .245/.323/.380/.704 .628/.725 .656 37/.922 0/0 8/0
28.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 388/319 .265/.322/.369/.691 .619/.706 .695 56/.616 8/5 2/7
22.Suzuki G/S/vP 8/.625 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 10/.425 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 310/243 .232/.289/.329/.618 .653/.608 .617 29/.845 2/0 4/6
21.Vogt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 128/113 .263/.302/.424/.725 .800/.714 .612 51/.873 0/1 4/1
19.Weeks# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.143 5/1.200 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0
25.Young G/S/vP 51/.876 ··· 3/.667 ··· 4/1.500 ··· 3/1.333 ··· ··· 7/1.229 1/4.000 ··· ··· 353/189 .203/.286/.387/.673 .732/.624 .635 47/.738 8/3 12/2
IP 173.1 49.2 65.0 8.0 56.2 60.1 3.2 59.2 73.1 60.1 92.2 41.1 5.1 TOTAL .251/.324/.413/.737 .757/.727 .711 .828 67/26 169/91
ERA-K/9 4.31/5.1 3.81/3.8 3.88/8.3 7.88/4.5 3.81/8.4 3.73/10.3 2.45/12.2 2.41/11.3 3.56/5.6 4.03/6.7 2.82/6.6 1.96/7.4 0.00/10.2 4.44/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Norris (34-12-6)
 Suzuki (57-8-3)
 Vogt (18-8-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 743/.297 198/.258 278/.245 41/.343 248/.278 234/.216 15/.083 230/.204 300/.244 269/.251 372/.248 156/.163 26/.292 .278  Cespedes
 Reddick
 Young
 Crisp
 Smith
 Moss
 Choice
93/18/0/10
0/0/103/5
19/51/26/2
0/102/0/2
45/0/9/1
5/2/27/1
1/1/2/0
OPS .800 .653 .696 1.215 .732 .604 .433 .576 .654 .750 .639 .571 .721 .762
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 359/.812 53/.648 132/.731 28/1.107 122/.765 95/.712 6/.167 60/.554 141/.714 105/.900 179/.753 74/.536 14/.690 .773
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 384/.788 145/.655 146/.665 13/1.448 126/.695 139/.531 9/.619 170/.584 159/.600 164/.656 193/.536 82/.602 12/.750 .752
Road 339/.872 70/.802 142/.605 24/1.185 129/.723 128/.629 / 121/.719 159/.706 129/.704 179/.661 94/.612 15/.829
Last 28d days 108/.705 86/.784 44/1.032 41/1.215 36/.858 33/.690 15/.433 33/.565 45/.586 50/.960 57/.521 39/.808 13/.641
HR/SB/CS 24/6/3 4/1/0 6/14/3 4/0/0 3/2/2 9/5/1 0/0/0 5/0/0 4/1/1 6/1/2 6/3/4 4/2/1 0/1/0 150/67/35
Usage ·····X·· ····X··· XX·X··o· ··X····X ·o·o··X· oX·o·o·· ····X·Xo o··o···· ··o··X·X ·X··X··X ···X··X· ··o··o·· ··o·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.