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Game Preview: MIN @ TBR, 7:10pm, Monday, July 8, 2013 @Tropicana Field

Twins, 37-48, 37-48 4th, 10 GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Sam Deduno (29, RHP, 4-3, 3.47)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-3) 49.1 46 20 19 15 25 2 3.47
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 44.0 37 14 13 12 23 1 2.66 57
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
2013-06-21 @CLE L 6.0 6 4 4 2 6 0 103 48
2013-06-15 DET W 7.0 7 2 2 1 2 0 93 56
2013-06-09 @WSN ND 5.0 6 3 2 3 4 0 94 46
2013-06-04 @KCR W 6.0 4 0 0 2 5 0 105 67
2013-05-29 MIL W 7.0 4 1 1 2 2 0 100 65
Has never faced TBR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-23   Road:   16-25   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  30-39   vsLHP:   7-9    1-Run:  11-13
 vsEast:  7-13   vsCntrl:16-21   vsWest:  6-3  IL: 8-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Sun, Jul  7  @TOR  L   5-11      37-48  4th 10.0 gb
 84 Sat, Jul  6  @TOR  W   6-0       37-47  4th 10.0 gb
 83 Fri, Jul  5  @TOR  L   0-4       36-47  4th 10.0 gb
 82 Thu, Jul  4   NYY  L   5-9       36-46  4th  9.0 gb
 81 Wed, Jul  3   NYY  L   2-3       36-45  4th  8.0 gb
 80 Tue, Jul  2   NYY  L   3-7       36-44  4th  7.5 gb
 79 Mon, Jul  1   NYY  L   4-10      36-43  4th  6.5 gb
 78 Sun, Jun 30   KCR  L   8-9       36-42  4th  6.0 gb
 77 Sat, Jun 29   KCR  W   6-2       36-41  4th  6.0 gb
 76 Fri, Jun 28   KCR  L   3-9       35-41  4th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19
Rays, 49-40, 49-40 2nd, 4½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Roberto Hernandez (32, RHP, 4-10, 4.95)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-10) 96.1 103 57 53 21 75 16 4.95
2012 (0-3) 14.1 17 15 12 3 2 4 7.53
2011 (7-15) 188.2 205 125 110 60 109 22 5.25
Last 7 GS 2-5 47.2 49 23 22 5 30 6 4.15 52
2013-07-03 @HOU L 6.0 4 3 3 0 1 1 78 53
2013-06-26 TOR L 8.0 6 3 3 1 5 2 118 62
2013-06-21 @NYY L 7.0 9 5 5 0 4 1 93 43
2013-06-16 KCR L 5.2 9 4 4 1 2 1 88 36
2013-06-11 BOS W 7.0 8 3 3 2 7 0 122 54
2013-06-06 @DET L 5.1 10 4 4 1 6 1 84 37
2013-05-29 @MIA W 8.2 3 1 0 0 5 0 92 81
Last 5 v.MIN 2-1 32.0 30 14 14 8 15 3 3.94 52
2011-09-25 MIN ND 6.1 7 4 4 1 3 1 101 45
2011-07-18 @MIN W 6.0 7 2 2 0 1 1 89 51
2011-04-23 @MIN L 5.0 7 6 6 4 1 0 85 26
2010-09-21 @MIN ND 5.2 6 2 2 2 3 1 98 50
2010-09-10 MIN W 9.0 3 0 0 1 7 0 108 87
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   28-18   Road:   21-22   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  32-30   vsLHP:  17-10   1-Run:   8-12
 vsEast: 20-24   vsCntrl:13-12   vsWest:  7-3  IL: 9-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Sun, Jul  7   CHW  W   3-1       49-40  2nd  4.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul  6   CHW  W   3-0       48-40  3rd  5.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  5   CHW  W   8-3       47-40  4th  6.5 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  4  @HOU  W   7-5 (11)  46-40  4th  6.5 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  3  @HOU  L   1-4       45-40  4th  6.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  2  @HOU  W   8-0       45-39  3rd  5.5 gb
 83 Mon, Jul  1  @HOU  W  12-0       44-39  3rd  5.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jun 30   DET  W   3-1       43-39  3rd  6.0 gb
 81 Sat, Jun 29   DET  W   4-3 (10)  42-39  4th  6.0 gb
 80 Fri, Jun 28   DET  L   3-6       41-39  4th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 12, 2012 TBR  7 @MIN  3 (10)   W:Kyle Farnsworth (1-3), L: Alex Burnett (4-4), S: Fernando Rodney (36)
Sat, Aug 11, 2012 TBR  4 @MIN  2        W:David Price (15-4), L: Nick Blackburn (4-8), S: Fernando Rodney (35)
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 TBR 12 @MIN  6        W:Jeremy Hellickson (7-7), L: Cole De Vries (2-3), S: none
Sun, Apr 22, 2012 TBR  6  MIN  2        W:Jeff Niemann (1-2), L: Francisco Liriano (0-3), S: none
Sat, Apr 21, 2012 TBR  4  MIN  1        W:James Shields (3-0), L: Carl Pavano (1-2), S: Fernando Rodney (5)
Fri, Apr 20, 2012 MIN  5 @TBR  4        W:Matt Maloney (1-0), L: Brandon Gomes (0-1), S: Matt Capps (4)
Wed, Jul 06, 2011 TBR 12 @MIN  5        W:J.P. Howell (2-1), L: Alex Burnett (2-5), S: none
Tue, Jul 05, 2011 MIN  3  TBR  2        W:Scott Baker (7-5), L: James Shields (8-6), S: Glen Perkins (2)
Mon, Jul 04, 2011 MIN  7  TBR  0        W:Brian Duensing (6-7), L: David Price (8-7), S: none
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 TBR  6 @MIN  1        W:Jeff Niemann (1-3), L: Anthony Swarzak (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 - TBR won 5-1; 2011 - TBR won 7-3; All-Time - MIN leads 60-56

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

DET  5.11

NYM  4.08

MIA  3.25

 RA/G

PIT  3.44

MIA  4.26

HOU  5.28

 BA

M. Cabrera  .368

P. Fielder  .266

B. Upton  .175

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .457

M. Brantley  .330

J. Arencibia  .252

 SLG

C. Davis  .712

G. Jones  .428

E. Andrus  .285

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.137

B. Gardner  .762

A. Hechavarria  .569

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.89

J. Chacin  3.74

S. Diamond  5.52

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.84

J. Hellickson  7.17

S. Diamond  4.30

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

Twins Batters (4.16 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Hernandez
G/S/vB		 43.Farnsworth
G/S/vB		 57.McGee*
G/S/vB		 62.Peralta
G/S/vB		 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB		 56.Rodney
G/S/vB		 54.Torres*
G/S/vB		 35.Wright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 202/140 .283/.347/.451/.798 .723/.833 .966 95/.832 1/2 6/1
8.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 ··· 5/1.100 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 12/.900 153/122 .220/.276/.255/.532 .667/.497 .436 28/.692 1/0 0/2
9.Doumit# G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 297/202 .238/.300/.394/.694 .757/.663 .666 87/.595 1/0 8/2
2.Dozier G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 292/226 .237/.315/.385/.700 .952/.631 .575 97/.910 8/6 8/2
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 138/100 .206/.263/.325/.588 .629/.586 .482 28/.379 0/1 3/4
25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 235/179 .224/.284/.310/.594 .270/.694 .616 66/.394 7/1 3/8
32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 234/178 .190/.259/.341/.600 .799/.534 .556 23/.824 6/2 7/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 34/1.065 10/.929 1/.000 9/.472 1/no AB 16/.742 ··· 5/.900 371/280 .312/.391/.465/.856 .902/.840 .859 110/.724 0/0 8/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 34/.934 9/1.444 1/.000 10/1.700 3/.333 18/1.627 ··· 5/.400 339/235 .275/.333/.407/.740 .635/.788 .568 95/.777 0/0 6/2
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 254/201 .237/.319/.397/.716 .602/.746 .830 62/.900 1/1 8/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 8/1.518 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 239/183 .263/.328/.451/.778 1.069/.689 .725 85/.811 1/0 9/6
11.Thomas* G/S/vP 14/.895 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 105/69 .255/.333/.394/.727 .740/.720 .508 95/.786 0/3 3/3
IP 96.1 25.0 33.1 38.2 40.0 36.2 24.0 40.2 TOTAL .246/.319/.387/.707 .723/.701 .668 .732 28/17 80/39
ERA-K/9 4.95/7.0 4.68/5.0 4.86/11.4 3.49/9.1 4.28/6.8 4.17/12.0 0.38/11.6 2.88/8.6 3.97/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (17-6-1)
 Mauer (13-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 411/.272 105/.286 142/.227 157/.187 172/.270 160/.195 86/.077 168/.205 .238  Hicks
 Parmelee
 Arcia
 Thomas
 Doumit
 Escobar
0/61/0/8
0/1/60/6
30/0/15/4
3/21/2/2
1/0/12/2
1/0/0/0
OPS .771 .813 .686 .590 .666 .652 .265 .567 .691
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 238/.849 37/.824 50/.650 89/.543 62/.813 87/.715 31/.299 95/.542 .724
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 173/.667 68/.807 92/.707 68/.651 110/.583 73/.578 55/.245 73/.599 .662
Home 211/.730 53/.688 71/.668 80/.547 101/.705 111/.732 33/.311 82/.580
Last 28d days 137/.752 31/.372 39/.645 42/.847 40/.671 38/.569 40/.314 38/.420
HR/SB/CS 16/13/3 4/6/0 5/3/0 4/0/1 2/2/0 3/3/1 0/1/0 2/9/2 89/67/19
Usage ····X··· ···X·o·o ·o··X··o ·X·X·o·o ··X···X· ·o·o···X ···X···· ···Xoo··
Rays Batters (4.72 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.72 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
11.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 6/1.100 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 321/219 .251/.313/.361/.674 .805/.612 .717 99/.624 2/1 6/4
5.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 119/83 .202/.267/.298/.565 .993/.396 .571 22/.686 3/1 2/0
8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 370/254 .266/.332/.447/.779 .963/.695 .746 113/.914 13/6 10/1
2.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 10/1.300 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.666 ··· 275/201 .235/.313/.428/.741 .692/.759 .720 66/.574 7/3 12/2
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.167 1/3.000 ··· 4/1.500 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 294/253 .243/.327/.456/.782 .561/.820 .808 85/.701 6/1 14/1
59.Lobaton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 168/108 .273/.337/.407/.744 .688/.766 .754 47/.591 0/0 4/2
21.Loney* G/S/vP 2/.500 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.800 1/2.000 ··· 331/241 .317/.370/.473/.843 .923/.813 .750 100/.700 3/1 9/6
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 8/.250 1/.000 ··· 2/3.500 ··· 4/1.833 1/.000 ··· 369/258 .289/.366/.525/.891 1.019/.838 .888 94/.890 0/0 17/4
28.Molina G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 171/115 .257/.314/.342/.656 .698/.635 .571 53/.810 2/1 2/4
9.Myers G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 87/57 .256/.276/.402/.678 .670/.681 .783 87/.678 0/1 3/0
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 12/1.400 ··· ··· 5/2.267 ··· 1/.000 6/.666 ··· 116/27 .248/.325/.386/.711 .745/.599 .748 42/.650 1/1 2/1
30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 189/134 .262/.344/.439/.783 .805/.773 .852 61/1.025 0/0 5/1
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 4/.250 5/1.400 ··· 376/250 .262/.348/.375/.724 .579/.791 .811 110/.614 6/1 5/3
IP 49.1 37.2 32.0 35.0 11.1 32.2 40.2 36.2 54.2 19.2 TOTAL .260/.330/.419/.749 .792/.729 .764 .742 43/19 98/35
ERA-K/9 3.47/4.6 4.06/8.1 5.06/8.2 3.34/9.8 7.94/5.6 1.93/12.4 2.43/6.0 3.68/5.6 3.79/6.1 0.00/7.8 4.50/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (34-6-2)
 Molina (33-13-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 208/.247 169/.255 147/.292 133/.182 53/.388 122/.159 169/.242 159/.235 223/.280 68/.083 .284  Johnson
 Zobrist
 Jennings
 Fuld
 Rodriguez
 Joyce
 Scott
 Myers
38/0/0/6
0/0/34/1
0/83/0/1
35/9/17/0
24/0/4/0
32/0/42/0
5/0/0/0
0/0/18/0
OPS .637 .735 .748 .521 .925 .470 .648 .741 .736 .293 .774
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 106/.527 84/.673 76/.747 46/.591 26/1.027 33/.509 73/.684 60/.955 108/.935 29/.106 .780
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 102/.751 85/.797 71/.747 87/.484 27/.832 89/.455 96/.619 99/.612 115/.549 39/.438 .770
Road 100/.710 77/.632 69/.772 67/.667 / 61/.562 95/.641 73/.708 110/.698 44/.385
Last 28d days 103/.594 48/.917 46/.963 36/.424 53/.925 33/.277 49/.867 29/1.088 63/.964 32/.094
HR/SB/CS 2/0/0 3/8/1 1/1/0 4/2/0 0/1/0 2/0/0 1/1/0 5/1/1 5/0/3 0/0/0 83/30/17
Usage ·····X·· ·o·o··oX X··X··X· o···o·o· ···X···· ·o··o··· ··X··o·X X··o··Xo X····X·· ·o··Xo··

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.