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Game Preview: MIN @ TBR, 7:10pm, Tuesday, July 9, 2013 @Tropicana Field

Twins, 37-49, 37-49 4th, 11 GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Kyle Gibson (25, RHP, 1-1, 7.94)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (1-1) 11.1 19 10 10 1 7 0 7.94
Last 7 GS 1-1 11.1 19 10 10 1 7 0 7.94 34
2013-07-04 NYY L 5.1 11 8 8 1 2 0 79 15
2013-06-29 KCR W 6.0 8 2 2 0 5 0 91 53
Has never faced TBR as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   21-23   Road:   16-26   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  30-40   vsLHP:   7-9    1-Run:  11-13
 vsEast:  7-14   vsCntrl:16-21   vsWest:  6-3  IL: 8-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 86 Mon, Jul  8  @TBR  L   4-7       37-49  4th 11.0 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19
Rays, 50-40, 50-40 2nd, 3½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Chris Archer (24, RHP, 2-3, 4.17)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-3) 36.2 31 18 17 21 30 5 4.17
2012 (1-3) 29.1 23 17 15 13 36 3 4.60
Last 7 GS 2-3 36.2 31 18 17 21 30 5 4.17 50
2013-07-04 @HOU ND 6.0 2 2 2 3 5 1 97 62
2013-06-29 DET ND 5.0 5 3 3 3 3 1 94 45
2013-06-23 @NYY W 6.0 6 1 1 1 4 0 92 59
2013-06-18 @BOS L 4.2 5 4 3 5 5 0 109 40
2013-06-12 BOS L 4.0 4 2 2 4 7 1 103 49
2013-06-07 BAL W 7.0 2 1 1 2 2 0 84 69
2013-06-01 @CLE L 4.0 7 5 5 3 4 2 94 29
Has never faced MIN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-18   Road:   21-22   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  33-30   vsLHP:  17-10   1-Run:   8-12
 vsEast: 20-24   vsCntrl:14-12   vsWest:  7-3  IL: 9-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Mon, Jul  8   MIN  W   7-4       50-40  2nd  3.5 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
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jul 08, 2013 TBR  7  MIN  4        W:Alex Torres (3-0), L: Sam Deduno (4-4), S: Fernando Rodney (20)

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
Season Series: 2013 - TBR over 1-0; 2012 - TBR won 5-1; 2011 - TBR won 7-3; All-Time - MIN leads 60-57

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 (4.16 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.19 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Archer
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 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 206/144 .282/.345/.447/.791 .723/.823 .942 95/.821 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 24/.583 1/0 0/2
9.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 301/205 .234/.296/.388/.684 .749/.653 .647 87/.595 1/0 8/2
2.Dozier G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 297/230 .238/.316/.387/.703 .936/.639 .586 99/.919 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 239/183 .229/.288/.313/.601 .270/.701 .630 67/.449 8/1 3/8
32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 238/182 .205/.271/.372/.643 .799/.591 .634 27/1.164 6/2 7/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 10/.929 1/.000 9/.472 1/no AB 17/.694 1/.000 5/.900 376/284 .309/.391/.461/.852 .891/.838 .851 111/.724 0/0 8/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· 9/1.444 1/.000 11/1.536 3/.333 18/1.627 ··· 5/.400 343/239 .276/.335/.416/.751 .635/.803 .594 95/.771 0/0 7/2
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 258/205 .233/.314/.392/.706 .602/.733 .807 66/.851 1/1 8/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 243/187 .263/.326/.447/.773 1.069/.685 .716 89/.797 1/0 9/6
11.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 105/69 .255/.333/.394/.727 .740/.720 .508 92/.814 0/3 3/3
IP 36.2 25.0 33.1 39.2 40.0 37.1 25.0 41.0 TOTAL .247/.320/.389/.709 .721/.705 .674 .742 29/17 81/40
ERA-K/9 4.17/7.4 4.68/5.0 4.86/11.4 3.40/9.1 4.28/6.8 4.10/11.8 0.36/11.2 3.07/8.6 3.97/8.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 161/.230 105/.286 142/.227 160/.183 172/.270 162/.193 89/.074 171/.215 .239  Hicks
 Parmelee
 Arcia
 Thomas
 Doumit
 Escobar
0/62/0/8
0/1/61/6
31/0/15/4
3/21/2/2
1/0/12/2
1/0/0/0
OPS .728 .813 .686 .578 .666 .643 .256 .589 .693
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 107/.791 37/.824 50/.650 91/.531 62/.813 88/.706 32/.290 98/.580 .729
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 54/.594 68/.807 92/.707 69/.641 110/.583 74/.569 57/.236 73/.599 .662
Home 68/.636 53/.688 71/.668 83/.527 101/.705 113/.718 36/.284 85/.623
Last 28d days 114/.725 31/.372 35/.663 42/.847 40/.671 40/.539 43/.291 41/.518
HR/SB/CS 5/7/0 4/6/0 5/3/0 4/0/1 2/2/0 3/3/1 0/1/0 2/9/2 90/68/19
Usage ····X··· ····X·o· ··o··X·· o·X·X·o· ···X···X o·o·o··· o···X··· o···Xoo·
Rays Batters (4.74 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Gibson
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
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 1/no AB ··· 4/1.000 ··· 325/223 .252/.313/.371/.683 .805/.627 .733 98/.662 2/1 7/4
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 ··· 1/.000 ··· 375/259 .269/.335/.454/.789 .963/.711 .768 113/.869 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 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 298/257 .244/.329/.454/.783 .561/.821 .809 85/.636 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 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.800 1/2.000 ··· 335/245 .319/.371/.477/.848 .923/.821 .763 100/.738 3/1 9/6
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 8/.250 1/.000 2/3.500 ··· 4/1.833 1/.000 ··· 373/262 .288/.365/.521/.886 1.019/.832 .879 93/.842 0/0 17/4
28.Molina G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 5/.500 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 175/119 .263/.318/.346/.664 .698/.648 .592 53/.824 2/1 2/4
9.Myers G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 91/61 .247/.275/.388/.663 .670/.659 .740 91/.663 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 37/.611 1/1 2/1
30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 193/137 .262/.342/.452/.794 .790/.796 .867 65/1.040 0/0 6/1
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 3/.333 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· 4/.250 5/1.400 1/5.000 380/253 .264/.350/.389/.739 .619/.794 .839 109/.670 6/1 6/3
IP 11.1 38.1 32.0 35.0 32.2 41.2 36.2 54.2 20.0 TOTAL .261/.331/.422/.753 .795/.734 .772 .741 43/19 101/35
ERA-K/9 7.94/5.6 3.99/8.0 5.06/8.2 3.34/9.8 1.93/12.4 2.59/6.0 3.68/5.6 3.79/6.1 0.45/8.1 4.54/5.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 53/.388 171/.252 147/.292 133/.182 122/.159 174/.244 159/.235 223/.280 70/.097 .285  Johnson
 Zobrist
 Jennings
 Fuld
 Rodriguez
 Joyce
 Scott
 Myers
38/0/0/6
0/0/34/1
0/84/0/1
35/9/17/0
24/0/4/0
33/0/42/0
5/0/0/0
0/0/19/0
OPS .925 .726 .748 .521 .470 .650 .741 .736 .363 .779
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 26/1.027 85/.664 76/.747 46/.591 33/.509 74/.674 60/.955 108/.935 30/.102 .784
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 27/.832 86/.787 71/.747 87/.484 89/.455 100/.632 99/.612 115/.549 40/.569 .775
Road / 79/.615 69/.772 67/.667 61/.562 100/.646 73/.708 110/.698 46/.489
Last 28d days 53/.925 50/.877 43/.986 36/.424 30/.306 54/.860 29/1.088 63/.964 34/.251
HR/SB/CS 0/1/0 3/8/1 1/1/0 4/2/0 2/0/0 1/1/0 5/1/1 5/0/3 1/0/0 86/30/17
Usage ····X··· o·o·o··o ·X··X··X ·o···o·o ··o··o·· o··X··o· ·X··o··X ·X····X· o·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.