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Game Preview: MIN @ PIT, 1:05pm, Friday, March 7, 2014 @PNC Park

Twins, 66-96, 66-96

SP: Vance Worley (25, RHP, 1-5, 7.21)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-5) 48.2 82 43 39 15 25 9 7.21
2012 (6-9) 133.0 154 69 62 47 107 12 4.20
2011 (11-3) 131.2 116 47 44 46 119 10 3.01
Last 7 GS 1-3 36.2 57 26 25 11 19 9 6.14 38
2013-05-22 @ATL L 3.2 10 8 8 2 3 3 91 10
2013-05-17 BOS ND 6.0 6 1 0 3 1 0 99 56
2013-05-11 BAL W 5.1 11 5 5 1 1 1 111 26
2013-05-06 @BOS ND 5.0 9 3 3 0 3 1 89 40
2013-04-30 @DET L 4.2 10 6 6 1 1 3 76 20
2013-04-25 TEX L 5.0 6 2 2 2 3 0 102 48
2013-04-20 @CHW ND 7.0 5 1 1 2 7 1 104 68
Last 5 v.PIT 1-0 18.0 18 8 8 3 17 2 4.00 54
2012-06-26 PIT W 6.0 6 3 3 2 5 0 112 51
2012-04-08 @PIT ND 6.0 5 1 1 1 5 1 78 62
2011-07-31 PIT ND 6.0 7 4 4 0 7 1 99 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-49   Road:   34-47   ExtrInn: 9-7 
 vsRHP:  50-75   vsLHP:  16-21   1-Run:  24-25
 vsEast: 10-23   vsCntrl:29-47   vsWest: 19-14 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29   CLE  L   1-5       66-96  4th 27.0 gb
161 Sat, Sep 28   CLE  L   1-5       66-95  4th 27.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27   CLE  L   6-12      66-94  4th 27.0 gb
159 Thu, Sep 26   CLE  L   5-6       66-93  4th 27.0 gb
158 Wed, Sep 25   DET  L   0-1       66-92  4th 26.5 gb
157 Tue, Sep 24   DET  L   2-4       66-91  4th 25.5 gb
156 Mon, Sep 23   DET  W   4-3 (11)  66-90  4th 24.5 gb
155 Sun, Sep 22  @OAK  L   7-11      65-90  4th 25.5 gb
154 Sat, Sep 21  @OAK  L   1-9       65-89  4th 25.5 gb
153 Fri, Sep 20  @OAK  L   0-11      65-88  4th 24.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 9-21
Pirates, 94-68, 94-68

SP: Wandy Rodriguez (34, LHP, 6-4, 3.59)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (6-4) 62.2 58 26 25 12 46 10 3.59
2012 (12-13) 205.2 205 99 86 56 139 21 3.76
2011 (11-11) 191.0 182 81 74 69 166 25 3.49
Last 7 GS 4-3 37.1 38 14 14 5 28 5 3.38 54
2013-06-05 @ATL L 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 14 43
2013-05-31 CIN L 7.0 5 2 2 3 5 2 103 61
2013-05-26 @MIL W 5.0 7 3 3 0 4 0 99 45
2013-05-21 CHC W 6.0 6 3 3 0 5 0 87 53
2013-05-15 MIL W 7.0 6 1 1 1 5 1 97 65
2013-05-10 @NYM W 6.0 6 1 1 0 2 1 92 58
2013-05-05 WSN L 6.0 6 3 3 1 7 1 117 54
Last 5 v.MIN 1-0 13.2 8 4 3 6 10 1 1.98 63
2009-06-21 @MIN W 7.0 2 1 1 3 8 1 114 74
2006-06-21 MIN ND 6.2 6 3 2 3 2 0 95 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   50-31   Road:   44-37   ExtrInn: 9-9 
 vsRHP:  76-55   vsLHP:  18-13   1-Run:  29-23
 vsEast: 20-14   vsCntrl:45-31   vsWest: 14-18 IL:15-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29  @CIN  W   4-2       94-68  2nd  3.0 gb
161 Sat, Sep 28  @CIN  W   8-3       93-68  2nd  3.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27  @CIN  W   4-1       92-68  2nd  3.0 gb
159 Wed, Sep 25  @CHC  L   2-4       91-68  2nd  3.0 gb
158 Tue, Sep 24  @CHC  W   8-2       91-67  2nd  2.0 gb
157 Mon, Sep 23  @CHC  W   2-1       90-67  2nd  2.0 gb
156 Sun, Sep 22   CIN  L   3-11      89-67  2nd  2.0 gb
155 Sat, Sep 21   CIN  W   4-2       89-66  2nd  2.0 gb
154 Fri, Sep 20   CIN  L   5-6 (10)  88-66  2nd  2.0 gb
153 Thu, Sep 19   SDP  W  10-1       88-65  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 21, 2012 PIT  9  MIN  1        W:James McDonald (6-3), L: Liam Hendriks (0-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 20, 2012 MIN  2 @PIT  1        W:Jared Burton (1-0), L: Jason Grilli (1-2), S: Glen Perkins (1)
Tue, Jun 19, 2012 PIT  7  MIN  2        W:Kevin Correia (3-6), L: Scott Diamond (5-3), S: none
Thu, Jun 18, 2009 MIN  5  PIT  1        W:Nick Blackburn (6-2), L: Zach Duke (7-5), S: none
Wed, Jun 17, 2009 PIT  8 @MIN  2        W:Ian Snell (2-7), L: Francisco Liriano (2-8), S: none
Tue, Jun 16, 2009 MIN  8  PIT  2        W:Glen Perkins (2-3), L: Paul Maholm (4-3), S: none
Sun, Jun 18, 2006 MIN  8 @PIT  2        W:Johan Santana (7-4), L: Oliver Perez (2-9), S: none
Sat, Jun 17, 2006 MIN  5 @PIT  3        W:Jesse Crain (1-4), L: Damaso Marte (0-5), S: Joe Nathan (10)
Fri, Jun 16, 2006 MIN  4 @PIT  2        W:Francisco Liriano (6-1), L: Ian Snell (7-4), S: Joe Nathan (9)
Sun, Jun 10, 2001 PIT 11 @MIN  8        W:Scott Sauerbeck (1-2), L: Travis Miller (0-2), S: Mike Williams (11)
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 - PIT won 2-1; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - MIN leads 14-10

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

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 (3.79 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Rodriguez*
G/S/vB
45.Cole
G/S/vB
58.Cumpton
G/S/vB
30.Gomez
G/S/vB
39.Grilli
G/S/vB
48.Hughes
G/S/vB
46.Irwin
G/S/vB
47.Liriano*
G/S/vB
49.Locke*
G/S/vB
32.Mazzaro
G/S/vB
35.Melancon
G/S/vB
29.Morris
G/S/vB
50.Morton
G/S/vB
52.Oliver*
G/S/vB
38.Pimentel
G/S/vB
36.Volquez
G/S/vB
44.Watson*
G/S/vB
53.Welker
G/S/vB
37.Wilson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
55.Colabello G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
2.Dozier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 340/260 .234/.271/.332/.603 .775/.547 .568 / 9/2 6/15
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 146/107 .214/.278/.260/.537 .844/.419 .490 / 3/0 0/2
25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 150/98 .219/.272/.307/.579 .619/.558 .600 / 3/1 1/7
26.Fryer G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/4 .250/.400/.250/.650 2.000/.250 / 0/0 0/0
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/13 .056/.105/.056/.161 .000/.237 .063 / 0/0 0/0
32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· ··· 8/.250 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 641/419 .319/.416/.446/.861 .754/.918 .844 / 8/4 10/5
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 210/151 .229/.290/.380/.671 .681/.667 .772 / 0/0 5/2
43.Pinto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 465/323 .235/.301/.455/.756 .911/.691 .655 / 1/3 24/19
1.Presley* G/S/vP 8/.625 ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 370/306 .237/.279/.405/.683 .690/.682 .748 / 9/7 10/3
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/1.167 5/1.400 ··· ··· 23/.427 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 442/341 .235/.276/.328/.605 .628/.598 .662 / 2/0 6/5
16.Willingham G/S/vP 12/1.169 ··· ··· 11/.573 4/3.750 ··· ··· 9/1.111 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 6/.733 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 615/427 .260/.366/.524/.890 .920/.877 .770 / 3/2 35/4
IP 205.2 90.2 58.2 75.2 156.2 34.1 44.0 45.0 5.0 50.1 182.2 53.1 4.2 TOTAL .242/.312/.380/.692 .697/.691 .689 52/33 151/81
ERA-K/9 3.76/6.1 /0.0 /0.0 5.96/4.7 2.91/13.8 2.85/5.9 /0.0 5.34/9.6 5.50/8.9 5.73/5.3 6.20/8.2 1.80/10.8 4.65/4.5 /0.0 /0.0 4.14/8.6 3.38/8.9 /0.0 1.93/13.4 3.27/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Herrmann (1-0-1)
 Mauer (56-9-1)
 Suzuki (65-28-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 875/.255 / / 395/.273 244/.207 316/.226 / 693/.244 148/.267 198/.318 194/.256 20/.125 223/.305 / / 802/.236 215/.198 / 26/.455 .238  Willingham
 Presley
 Plouffe
 Parmelee
 Escobar
 Fryer
 Herrmann
119/0/0/6
81/4/8/2
2/0/15/2
1/0/18/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .695 .810 .635 .677 .741 .749 .795 .754 .375 .812 .706 .623 1.111 .650
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 175/.689 / / 179/.822 117/.485 145/.734 / 158/.603 40/.836 88/.908 87/.875 8/.125 114/.740 / / 356/.700 103/.554 / 12/1.053 .661
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 700/.697 / / 216/.800 127/.767 171/.629 / 535/.784 108/.716 110/.714 107/.655 12/.533 109/.886 / / 446/.711 112/.691 / 14/1.161 .643
Home 512/.705 / / 207/.825 127/.674 157/.713 / 361/.717 85/.600 81/.875 119/.736 9/.619 149/.760 / / 421/.602 92/.526 / 3/3.000
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 21/16/4 // // 15/5/2 7/3/0 7/17/0 // 19/16/2 6/4/2 3/12/2 8/0/1 0/2/0 5/4/0 // // 14/22/10 5/9/1 // 0/2/0 101/95/43
Usage ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········ ········

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

Pirates Batters (3.91 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Worley
G/S/vB
61.Burton
G/S/vB
30.Correia
G/S/vB
21.Deduno
G/S/vB
58.Diamond*
G/S/vB
52.Duensing*
G/S/vB
50.Fien
G/S/vB
44.Gibson
G/S/vB
45.Hughes
G/S/vB
53.Johnson*
G/S/vB
47.Nolasco
G/S/vB
37.Pelfrey
G/S/vB
15.Perkins*
G/S/vB
57.Pressly
G/S/vB
205.Raley*
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
24.Alvarez* G/S/vP 8/1.000 ··· 6/1.267 ··· 3/1.167 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/1.289 7/.619 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 586/434 .244/.317/.467/.784 .648/.833 .792 / 1/0 30/27
12.Barmes G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 22/.777 ··· 3/2.333 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/.398 14/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 493/383 .229/.272/.321/.593 .741/.551 .629 / 0/2 8/16
14.Decker* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 276/182 .233/.279/.345/.624 .580/.647 .545 / 7/3 3/6
57.Lambo* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
6.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 182/132 .257/.300/.437/.737 1.042/.627 .675 / 12/5 5/3
55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 22/.332 ··· 2/1.000 4/.250 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.300 5/1.550 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 485/336 .211/.311/.403/.713 .880/.643 .699 / 6/1 21/6
22.McCutchen G/S/vP 9/1.194 5/1.100 6/.167 ··· 3/1.167 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/.962 14/1.071 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 673/522 .327/.400/.553/.953 1.140/.900 .960 / 20/12 31/1
69.McGuiness* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
10.Mercer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 68/56 .210/.265/.371/.636 .367/.690 .537 / 0/1 1/1
79.Morel G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 6/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 125/95 .177/.225/.195/.420 .486/.400 .411 / 4/1 0/3
17.Sanchez G/S/vP 7/1.262 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/1.156 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 326/215 .217/.279/.341/.620 .729/.566 .572 / 1/0 7/3
26.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
23.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 185/151 .250/.319/.378/.697 1.110/.595 .800 / 2/0 4/1
19.Stewart G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 157/94 .241/.292/.319/.611 .579/.633 .753 / 2/0 1/4
31.Tabata G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 6/.666 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.666 11/.282 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 374/281 .243/.315/.348/.664 .706/.650 .607 / 8/12 3/3
18.Walker# G/S/vP 9/.583 3/.666 9/.583 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/.750 14/.714 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 530/392 .280/.342/.426/.768 .602/.824 .722 / 7/5 14/9
IP 133.0 62.0 171.0 79.0 173.0 109.0 35.0 191.1 191.0 19.2 70.1 24.1 96.2 TOTAL .245/.313/.396/.709 .735/.703 .701 94/42 161/106
ERA-K/9 4.20/7.2 2.18/8.0 4.21/4.7 4.44/6.5 3.54/4.7 5.12/5.7 2.06/8.2 /0.0 4.23/7.8 /0.0 4.48/5.9 2.29/5.9 2.56/10.0 /0.0 8.14/5.9 5.03/5.8 /0.0 /0.0 4.55/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (63-20-9)
 Stewart (27-8-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 590/.296 245/.186 728/.267 347/.241 714/.274 472/.288 141/.195 / 815/.259 / 832/.285 85/.300 281/.222 / 116/.317 413/.284 / / .280  Tabata
 Marte
 McCutchen
 Harrison
 Snider
32/0/77/6
43/4/0/3
0/156/0/3
1/0/12/1
15/0/33/1
OPS .806 .549 .733 .759 .731 .759 .578 .765 .755 .683 .631 .931 .798 .770
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 298/.847 99/.748 349/.735 201/.723 191/.792 178/.678 59/.491 / 422/.610 / 436/.809 52/.672 106/.488 / 16/.741 190/.771 / / .779
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 292/.764 146/.421 379/.731 146/.805 523/.709 294/.808 82/.638 / 393/.928 / 396/.696 33/.697 175/.721 / 100/.961 223/.821 / / .762
Road 261/.739 112/.484 391/.756 192/.934 329/.758 254/.780 79/.452 / 403/.781 / 406/.784 28/.690 127/.585 / 47/.859 220/.851 / /
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 12/5/6 5/6/0 20/7/4 10/8/1 17/15/4 10/5/1 3/3/0 // 35/4/3 // 18/14/4 0/2/1 8/2/3 // 7/2/1 15/1/1 // // 168/73/38
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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.