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Game Preview: MIN @ TEX, 3:05pm, Sunday, September 1, 2013 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Twins, 58-76, 58-76 4th, 21 GB, 18½ GB in WC

SP: Kevin Correia (32, RHP, 8-10, 4.32)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2013 (8-10)			154.1	185	77	74	37	88	21	4.32
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		1-4	37.2	53	23	20	10	23	3	4.78	44
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
2013-08-05	@KCR	L	2.0	7	6	6	3	2	0	51	17
2013-07-31	KCR	ND	6.0	10	2	2	0	3	0	94	47
2013-07-25	@SEA	L	1.2	7	6	6	1	0	1	46	16

Last 5 v.TEX		2-0	15.0	11	3	3	2	11	1	1.80	67
2013-04-28	TEX	W	8.0	6	0	0	1	2	0	102	71
2009-06-27	@TEX	W	7.0	5	3	3	1	9	1	95	63

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   28-36   Road:   30-40   ExtrInn: 7-7 
 vsRHP:  45-59   vsLHP:  13-17   1-Run:  21-20
 vsEast:  9-18   vsCntrl:27-39   vsWest: 14-7  IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Sat, Aug 31  @TEX  L   1-2       58-76  4th 21.0 gb
133 Fri, Aug 30  @TEX  W   3-2       58-75  4th 20.0 gb
132 Thu, Aug 29   KCR  L   1-3       57-75  4th 20.0 gb
131 Wed, Aug 28   KCR  L   1-8       57-74  4th 19.0 gb
130 Tue, Aug 27   KCR  L   1-6       57-73  4th 19.0 gb
129 Sun, Aug 25  @CLE  L   1-3       57-72  4th 19.5 gb
128 Sat, Aug 24  @CLE  L   2-7       57-71  4th 18.5 gb
127 Fri, Aug 23  @CLE  W   5-1       57-70  4th 17.5 gb
126 Thu, Aug 22  @DET  W   7-6       56-70  4th 17.5 gb
125 Wed, Aug 21  @DET  L   1-7       55-70  4th 18.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17

Rangers, 79-56, 79-56 1st, 2 up

SP: Travis Blackley (30, LHP, 2-1, 4.80)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2013 (2-1)			45.0	38	24	24	22	35	12	4.80
2012 (6-4)			107.2	98	53	49	32	71	10	4.10
2007 (0-0)			8.2	10	7	7	5	5	2	7.27

Last 7 GS		3-1	29.2	30	22	21	10	23	7	6.37	45
2013-08-26	@SEA	W	6.0	5	3	3	1	4	1	71	53
2013-08-20	HOU	ND	4.0	3	2	2	1	2	1	66	49
2012-10-02	TEX	W	6.0	3	1	1	2	5	0	83	65
2012-09-27	@TEX	L	1.0	5	5	5	0	0	2	26	23
2012-09-22	@NYY	ND	2.0	5	4	3	3	1	1	59	30
2012-08-29	@CLE	W	5.2	3	2	2	2	5	1	92	58
2012-08-11	@CHW	ND	5.0	6	5	5	1	6	1	83	40

Last 5 v.MIN		0-0	5.0	3	1	1	1	3	1	1.80	59
2012-05-28	@MIN	ND	5.0	3	1	1	1	3	1	72	59

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   39-28   Road:   40-28   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  52-41   vsLHP:  27-15   1-Run:  24-13
 vsEast: 13-17   vsCntrl:12-16   vsWest: 44-16 IL:10-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Sat, Aug 31   MIN  W   2-1       79-56  1st  2.0 up
134 Fri, Aug 30   MIN  L   2-3       78-56  1st  2.0 up
133 Wed, Aug 28  @SEA  W  12-4       78-55  1st  2.5 up
132 Tue, Aug 27  @SEA  W   4-3 (10)  77-55  1st  2.5 up
131 Mon, Aug 26  @SEA  W   8-3       76-55  1st  2.5 up
130 Sun, Aug 25  @CHW  L   2-5       75-55  1st  2.5 up
129 Sat, Aug 24  @CHW  L   2-3       75-54  1st  2.5 up
128 Fri, Aug 23  @CHW  W  11-5       75-53  1st  3.5 up
127 Wed, Aug 21   HOU  W   5-4       74-53  1st  2.5 up
126 Tue, Aug 20   HOU  W   4-2       73-53  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:23-7

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 31, 2013 TEX  2  MIN  1        W:Joe Nathan (5-2), L: Caleb Thielbar (2-2), S: none
Fri, Aug 30, 2013 MIN  3 @TEX  2        W:Liam Hendriks (1-2), L: Yu Darvish (12-6), S: Glen Perkins (31)
Sun, Apr 28, 2013 MIN  5  TEX  0        W:Kevin Correia (3-1), L: Alexi Ogando (2-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 27, 2013 MIN  7  TEX  2        W:Pedro Hernandez (1-0), L: Derek Holland (1-2), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2013 - tied 3-3; 2012 - TEX won 8-2; 2011 - MIN won 5-3; All-Time - MIN leads 363-324

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 5.14 KCR 4.04 MIA 3.16	RA/G ATL 3.37 NYM 4.22 HOU 5.28	BA M. Cabrera .358 M. Brantley .273 D. Uggla .185	OBP M. Cabrera .449 A. Callaspo .336 J. Arencibia .246	SLG M. Cabrera .681 B. Butler .428 A. Escobar .300	OPS M. Cabrera 1.130 B. Zobrist .768 A. Escobar .563	ERA C. Kershaw 1.72 C. Hamels 3.58 E. Volquez 5.97	K/9IP Y. Darvish 12.16 R. Nolasco 7.31 B. Colon 4.75

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

DET 5.14

KCR 4.04

MIA 3.16

RA/G

ATL 3.37

NYM 4.22

HOU 5.28

M. Cabrera .358

M. Brantley .273

D. Uggla .185

OBP

M. Cabrera .449

A. Callaspo .336

J. Arencibia .246

SLG

M. Cabrera .681

B. Butler .428

A. Escobar .300

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.130

B. Zobrist .768

A. Escobar .563

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.72

C. Hamels 3.58

E. Volquez 5.97

K/9IP

Y. Darvish 12.16

R. Nolasco 7.31

B. Colon 4.75

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Twins Batters (3.86 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 59.Blackley*
G/S/vB 56.Cotts*
G/S/vB 44.Frasor
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 58.Ortiz*
G/S/vB 46.Ross*
G/S/vB 52.Scheppers
G/S/vB 28.Soria
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

31.Arcia* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 298/202 .254/.309/.431/.740 .675/.772 .756 61/.677 1/2 10/1

17.Bernier G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/38 .244/.346/.289/.635 .822/.556 .684 26/.547 2/1 0/0

55.Colabello G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 117/85 .181/.265/.305/.570 .495/.598 .755 54/.689 0/1 4/1

9.Doumit# G/S/vP 6/.167 4/1.417 2/.500 6/.833 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 460/325 .239/.307/.379/.686 .702/.679 .690 66/.642 1/0 11/3

2.Dozier G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.750 ··· 505/384 .244/.311/.426/.737 1.000/.656 .699 120/.853 10/6 15/4

25.Florimon# G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.833 ··· 371/283 .225/.284/.338/.622 .417/.685 .688 71/.550 12/5 8/12

12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 133/112 .214/.298/.376/.674 .688/.670 .806 72/.592 0/1 4/1

19.Mastroianni G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 16/15 .143/.200/.143/.343 .000/.368 .311 6/.000 1/1 0/0

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 6/1.166 ··· 6/1.166 5/1.200 ··· 1/.000 4/1.500 ··· 411/313 .233/.293/.385/.678 .866/.620 .613 92/.636 2/0 12/11

11.Thomas* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 282/201 .231/.302/.333/.636 .594/.651 .571 94/.608 1/3 4/3

16.Willingham G/S/vP 4/.000 1/2.000 4/1.833 5/.600 1/3.000 6/.900 2/.000 2/.000 394/298 .209/.343/.378/.721 .742/.714 .729 96/.619 1/0 12/0

IP 45.0 45.0 41.1 53.2 36.1 55.0 60.2 14.0 TOTAL .239/.310/.382/.692 .701/.689 .680 .695 43/26 127/60

ERA-K/9

4.80/7.0

1.20/10.6

2.61/9.2

1.51/9.9

3.96/5.5

2.62/8.3

2.08/6.7

3.21/7.7

3.62/8.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Doumit (28-7-3)
Herrmann (7-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 189/.233 179/.188 164/.203 209/.164 152/.266 234/.254 247/.220 57/.167 .245 Thomas
Willingham
Arcia
Doumit
Herrmann
Colabello
Mastroianni 18/49/4/5
65/0/0/5
48/0/20/4
1/0/26/4
2/0/16/3
0/0/11/1
7/2/2/0

OPS .797 .510 .588 .483 .766 .668 .624 .465 .696

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 75/.728 89/.585 61/.407 109/.516 61/.700 91/.926 118/.659 30/.277 .731

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 114/.845 90/.436 103/.700 100/.447 91/.811 143/.508 129/.589 27/.680 .666

Home 101/1.058 98/.568 79/.492 113/.453 56/.668 125/.625 137/.760 32/.575

Last 28d days 39/.724 43/.627 28/.390 37/.471 / 29/.527 45/.689 22/.384

HR/SB/CS 12/0/3 2/3/0 4/5/1 2/2/1 5/0/0 3/1/0 5/1/5 0/3/0 132/59/24

Usage ·····X·· ·o··XX·X o···o··· X···X··· ········ ·o·o··o· ·o··oo·X ·····o··

Rangers Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.54 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 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 2/1.000 14/.962 6/.400 8/.500 1/.000 3/.000 12/.819 ··· 589/420 .263/.324/.315/.639 .646/.636 .583 104/.771 35/6 1/12

15.Baker G/S/vP 9/.778 ··· 4/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 141/48 .296/.369/.608/.977 1.215/.554 .868 31/.835 1/0 11/1

29.Beltre G/S/vP 13/1.154 ··· 5/.600 6/1.100 3/.000 15/1.446 1/.000 4/.250 11/1.000 ··· 572/432 .326/.381/.538/.919 1.017/.888 .907 101/1.117 1/0 28/11

23.Gentry G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/1.667 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/no AB 6/.533 ··· 216/91 .254/.364/.376/.740 .824/.631 .821 58/.911 14/3 2/1

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· 4/1.167 9/.722 4/2.000 15/.343 2/1.500 2/2.000 10/.900 ··· 486/344 .279/.348/.417/.765 .824/.740 .790 104/.769 12/9 11/10

2.Martin* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 411/299 .266/.322/.385/.707 .575/.757 .799 96/.596 29/8 7/4

18.Moreland* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/3.000 9/.555 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 425/295 .243/.304/.457/.760 .666/.802 .752 69/.776 0/0 20/4

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 3/.667 11/.573 3/.000 6/.334 1/.000 2/3.000 5/.200 ··· 437/327 .221/.279/.375/.654 .567/.683 .747 53/.577 1/4 12/2

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 17/.544 4/.833 15/.276 ··· 1/2.000 6/.833 1/.000 423/282 .281/.307/.443/.750 .750/.750 .722 78/.793 1/1 15/0

13.Profar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 278/180 .237/.311/.339/.650 .555/.701 .675 91/.616 1/4 5/7

51.Rios G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· 7/.453 19/.387 3/1.667 20/1.000 ··· 3/1.667 9/.888 1/3.000 545/417 .275/.324/.415/.739 .845/.706 .669 94/.701 32/6 13/3

9.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 163/69 .194/.264/.333/.597 .729/.414 .598 10/.756 0/0 5/7

8.Soto G/S/vP 13/1.021 ··· 8/.500 2/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 4/.000 ··· 157/101 .210/.301/.384/.685 .430/.833 1.007 24/.426 0/2 6/2

IP 154.1 37.0 58.1 52.1 54.0 52.2 65.2 52.2 82.0 35.0 TOTAL .263/.325/.416/.741 .747/.739 .755 .761 108/40 153/68

ERA-K/9

4.32/5.1

2.92/3.2

3.70/8.6

3.61/8.8

4.00/10.2

2.22/11.3

3.70/5.8

3.08/6.3

2.96/6.5

1.29/8.2

4.28/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Pierzynski (41-19-6)
Soto (18-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 665/.300 140/.215 248/.233 230/.275 211/.223 204/.203 272/.248 227/.226 333/.257 135/.157 .276 Martin
Rios
Murphy
Gentry
Baker
Rosales
Profar
Moreland 6/99/21/11
0/1/127/9
121/0/1/8
14/68/0/5
21/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
4/0/0/0
0/0/1/0

OPS .804 .586 .671 .713 .630 .568 .666 .698 .664 .535 .755

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 324/.836 42/.676 122/.642 115/.741 89/.746 56/.572 129/.676 87/.845 162/.816 68/.477 .763

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 341/.774 98/.546 126/.699 115/.681 122/.547 148/.566 143/.657 140/.608 171/.522 67/.594 .749

Road 314/.894 56/.618 126/.600 123/.708 115/.643 109/.702 144/.755 112/.730 162/.678 84/.625

Last 28d days 133/.731 140/.586 43/.694 42/.362 36/1.217 35/.649 53/.774 30/.767 52/.632 33/.912

HR/SB/CS 21/5/3 4/1/0 5/12/2 2/2/1 9/4/1 4/0/0 3/1/0 6/1/1 6/1/3 2/2/0 131/58/26

Usage ····X··· ···X···· ·o··X·X· oX·o···· o··o···· ·oo····· ··X·o··o oo····X· ···X···X X·X·o·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.