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Game Preview: MIN @ CHW, 2:10pm, Thursday, April 3, 2014 @U.S. Cellular Field

Twins, 0-2, 0-2 4th, 2 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Phil Hughes (28, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-14) 145.2 170 91 84 42 121 24 5.19
2012 (16-13) 191.1 196 101 89 46 165 35 4.19
2011 (5-5) 74.2 84 48 48 27 47 9 5.79
Last 7 GS 0-3 26.1 35 16 14 7 21 2 4.78 46
2013-09-25 TBR L 2.0 7 3 3 1 2 0 51 31
2013-09-18 @TOR ND 3.1 4 2 2 0 2 1 56 46
2013-09-12 @BAL ND 3.0 3 1 1 0 3 0 50 52
2013-09-02 CHW ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 52
2013-08-26 @TOR L 4.2 7 5 3 3 3 0 79 34
2013-08-20 TOR ND 6.0 7 2 2 2 6 0 100 54
2013-08-15 LAA L 6.0 6 3 3 1 5 1 104 52
Last 5 v.CHW 3-1 29.1 19 4 4 4 23 1 1.23 65
2013-09-02 CHW ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 52
2012-08-22 @CHW L 7.0 5 2 2 2 5 1 98 62
2012-07-01 CHW W 8.0 6 2 2 1 8 0 106 69
2011-08-02 @CHW W 6.0 3 0 0 0 4 0 65 70
2010-05-02 CHW W 7.0 4 0 0 1 6 0 99 74
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-0    Road:    0-2    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   0-1    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  2 Wed, Apr  2  @CHW  L   6-7 (11)   0-2   4th  2.0 gb
  1 Mon, Mar 31  @CHW  L   3-5        0-1   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 0-2    Last 20: 0-2    Last 30: 0-2
WhiteSox, 2-0, 2-0 1st, Tied

SP: Jose Quintana (25, LHP, 0-0, undef)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (9-7) 200.0 188 83 78 56 164 23 3.51
2012 (6-6) 136.1 142 62 57 42 81 14 3.76
Last 7 GS 2-3 43.0 41 14 14 11 34 6 2.93 57
2013-09-29 KCR L 7.0 6 4 4 2 4 2 102 51
2013-09-23 TOR W 7.1 5 2 2 1 6 1 105 65
2013-09-17 MIN W 6.0 8 1 1 2 5 0 102 55
2013-09-11 DET ND 7.0 5 0 0 2 6 0 114 71
2013-09-05 @BAL L 7.0 7 3 3 1 4 3 102 54
2013-09-02 @NYY L 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 20 46
2013-08-27 HOU ND 7.2 8 3 3 3 8 0 116 56
Last 5 v.MIN 2-2 26.0 35 21 19 9 20 3 6.58 41
2013-09-17 MIN W 6.0 8 1 1 2 5 0 102 55
2013-08-16 @MIN W 6.2 6 2 2 2 7 1 114 59
2013-08-11 MIN L 5.0 6 5 5 2 6 2 99 39
2012-09-04 MIN L 1.1 5 7 7 2 2 0 54 16
2012-07-30 @MIN ND 7.0 10 6 4 1 0 0 99 36
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-0    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   2-0    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   1-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  2 Wed, Apr  2   MIN  W   7-6 (11)   2-0   1st    Tied
  1 Mon, Mar 31   MIN  W   5-3        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 2-0    Last 20: 2-0    Last 30: 2-0 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 02, 2014 CHW  7  MIN  6 (11)   W:Ronald Belisario (1-0), L: Sam Deduno (0-1), S: none
Mon, Mar 31, 2014 CHW  5  MIN  3        W:Chris Sale (1-0), L: Ricky Nolasco (0-1), S: Matt Lindstrom (1)

Wed, Sep 18, 2013 MIN  4 @CHW  3        W:Scott Diamond (6-11), L: John Danks (4-14), S: Glen Perkins (36)
Tue, Sep 17, 2013 CHW  4  MIN  3        W:Jose Quintana (8-6), L: Mike Pelfrey (5-13), S: Addison Reed (38)
Mon, Sep 16, 2013 CHW 12  MIN  1        W:Erik Johnson (1-2), L: Liam Hendriks (1-3), S: none
Sun, Aug 18, 2013 CHW  5 @MIN  2        W:Hector Santiago (4-7), L: Sam Deduno (7-7), S: Addison Reed (31)
Sat, Aug 17, 2013 CHW  8 @MIN  5        W:Chris Sale (9-11), L: Andrew Albers (2-1), S: Addison Reed (30)
Fri, Aug 16, 2013 CHW  5 @MIN  2        W:Jose Quintana (7-4), L: Kevin Correia (8-9), S: Addison Reed (29)
Thu, Aug 15, 2013 MIN  4  CHW  3        W:Jared Burton (2-6), L: Ramon Troncoso (1-4), S: none
Sun, Aug 11, 2013 MIN  5 @CHW  2        W:Kevin Correia (8-8), L: Jose Quintana (6-4), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - CHW over 2-0; 2013 - MIN won 11-8; 2012 - CHW won 14-4; All-Time - CHW leads 1107-1016

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 2014 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 2013 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.27

NYY  4.01

MIA  3.17

 RA/G

ATL  3.38

NYM  4.22

HOU  5.23

 BA

M. Cabrera  .348

A. Pierzynski  .272

D. Uggla  .179

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .442

C. Crisp  .335

A. Escobar  .259

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .636

J. Loney  .430

A. Hechavarria  .298

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.078

P. Sandoval  .758

A. Escobar  .559

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.83

J. De La Rosa  3.49

E. Volquez  5.71

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.89

Z. Greinke  7.50

J. Guthrie  4.72

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Twins Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 62.Quintana*
G/S/vB		 54.Belisario
G/S/vB		 39.Cleto
G/S/vB		 50.Danks*
G/S/vB		 37.Downs*
G/S/vB		 45.Johnson
G/S/vB		 65.Jones
G/S/vB		 27.Lindstrom
G/S/vB		 55.Paulino
G/S/vB		 46.Veal*
G/S/vB		 40.Webb
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 9/1.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 4/.500 3/.000 2/.000 4/.500 378/261 .251/.304/.430/.734 .659/.769 .760 10/.100 1/2 14/2
11.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 18/.528 7/.762 ··· ··· 6/1.100 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 / /// / 1/.000 / /
20.Colabello G/S/vP 5/.933 ··· ··· 6/2.067 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/1.667 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 181/127 .194/.287/.344/.631 .573/.655 .813 5/1.400 0/1 7/3
2.Dozier G/S/vP 16/.780 1/.000 1/.000 9/1.111 ··· ··· 5/.933 4/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 623/475 .244/.312/.414/.726 .978/.649 .730 10/.000 14/7 18/6
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.600 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 179/131 .236/.282/.345/.628 .655/.619 .510 1/.000 0/2 3/7
25.Florimon# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 446/334 .221/.281/.330/.611 .459/.661 .650 7/.167 15/6 9/18
32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 3/1.167 1/no AB 1/2.000 313/247 .192/.259/.338/.597 .713/.566 .610 9/1.381 9/3 8/0
13.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 45/.739 7/.286 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 290/250 .216/.293/.317/.610 .414/.642 .578 6/1.000 0/1 5/3
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 13/1.538 ··· ··· 60/.884 16/1.000 ··· 3/1.000 4/1.500 6/.900 6/.667 1/.000 508/371 .324/.404/.476/.880 .882/.879 .901 10/.200 0/1 11/3
43.Pinto G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 83/65 .342/.398/.566/.963 .745/1.026 1.018 / 0/0 4/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 7/.619 1/.000 ··· 12/.432 2/.000 2/2.000 5/.450 6/.200 9/.444 ··· 2/.500 522/398 .254/.309/.392/.701 .826/.663 .649 10/1.056 2/1 14/13
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 18/.355 9/.222 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 7/1.071 ··· 2/1.500 316/247 .232/.290/.337/.627 .653/.619 .614 10/1.100 2/0 5/6
16.Willingham G/S/vP 16/1.486 2/.000 ··· 14/.453 5/.000 3/.666 8/1.000 10/.644 9/1.222 1/no AB ··· 471/357 .208/.342/.368/.709 .696/.714 .716 8/.393 1/0 14/1
IP 200.0 68.0 2.1 138.1 43.1 27.2 78.0 60.2 29.1 11.1 TOTAL .244/.314/.321/.634 .561/.681 .634 .634 1/0 0/1
ERA-K/9 3.51/7.4 3.97/6.5 19.29/19.6 4.75/5.8 2.49/7.7 3.25/5.8 4.15/10.3 3.12/6.8 /0.0 4.60/8.9 3.18/8.0 3.60/9.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (23-17-3)
 Pinto (6-5-0)
 Suzuki (57-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 832/.247 300/.274 15/.417 583/.277 189/.276 128/.281 315/.247 260/.277 / 126/.236 46/.220 .244  Hicks
 Kubel
 Arcia
 Willingham
 Colabello
 Escobar
0/81/0/9
56/0/8/7
56/0/29/5
72/0/0/5
0/0/11/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .695 .725 1.200 .798 .694 .809 .659 .683 .688 .502 .634
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 230/.717 98/.811 6/1.167 160/.831 90/.630 79/1.012 140/.710 95/.778 / 78/.719 24/.553 .457
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 602/.687 202/.684 9/1.194 423/.785 99/.757 49/.491 175/.621 165/.629 / 48/.633 22/.439 .749
Home 469/.686 144/.687 15/1.200 302/.738 116/.525 72/.767 157/.655 140/.775 / 66/.646 33/.536
Last 28d days / 6/.333 2/.000 / 1/ / 3/2.500 4/.750 26/.679 7/.629 11/.573
HR/SB/CS 23/7/5 3/4/2 1/0/0 28/2/3 1/1/0 5/1/0 5/7/3 2/10/0 // 3/2/0 0/0/0 0/1/0
Usage o·o····· o······· o······· X······· ··o····· X······· X·o····· X·······

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

WhiteSox Batters (6.00 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (6.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Hughes
G/S/vB		 61.Burton
G/S/vB		 30.Correia
G/S/vB		 21.Deduno
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 44.Gibson
G/S/vB		 37.Pelfrey
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
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
79.Abreu G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· / /// / 10/1.000 / /
30.De Aza* G/S/vP 7/.429 11/.705 18/.823 9/.347 4/1.750 7/1.166 3/.000 9/.583 8/.572 9/.778 4/.000 ··· 675/522 .264/.323/.405/.728 .816/.702 .711 7/1.714 20/8 17/8
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 10/.400 6/1.133 26/.998 9/1.056 14/.500 4/1.250 3/.333 48/.862 10/.100 7/.619 1/3.000 ··· 607/465 .219/.320/.442/.762 .681/.786 .815 10/.871 1/1 34/8
1.Eaton* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 277/218 .252/.314/.360/.674 .708/.665 .701 10/.422 5/2 3/4
21.Flowers G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 10/.900 ··· 5/1.350 5/.200 3/.000 2/1.500 6/.167 6/.733 ··· ··· 275/198 .195/.247/.355/.603 .455/.661 .665 6/.333 0/1 10/4
26.Garcia G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 9/.666 6/1.667 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 6/.666 4/.250 2/.000 3/1.333 1/.000 256/178 .283/.309/.422/.731 .640/.770 .659 9/.667 3/3 7/3
28.Garcia# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 111/82 .198/.248/.228/.475 .566/.445 .511 5/1.000 7/2 0/2
12.Gillaspie* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 12/.523 ··· 3/.666 4/1.250 3/1.167 11/.818 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 452/386 .245/.305/.390/.695 .451/.738 .729 4/1.167 0/1 13/17
14.Konerko G/S/vP 17/.494 4/1.000 9/.000 8/1.042 29/.879 8/.393 3/1.666 14/1.136 28/.837 13/.749 ··· ··· 520/407 .244/.313/.355/.669 .923/.600 .593 1/2.000 0/0 12/4
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 13/.237 12/.872 15/.690 8/1.500 26/.826 11/.614 3/1.666 15/.938 26/.985 15/.867 1/5.000 2/2.000 674/534 .284/.313/.380/.693 .701/.691 .731 8/1.583 30/9 6/22
5.Semien G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 71/55 .261/.268/.406/.673 .783/.643 .802 10/.000 2/2 2/3
24.Viciedo G/S/vP 6/.000 7/.714 9/1.792 7/.286 4/.750 4/1.250 ··· 8/1.375 7/.858 10/.325 ··· 1/.000 473/355 .265/.304/.426/.731 .709/.738 .682 2/1.000 0/0 14/5
IP 145.2 66.0 185.1 108.0 61.0 62.0 51.0 152.2 62.2 96.0 46.0 11.1 TOTAL .301/.354/.466/.819 .819/.819 .819 .819 2/0 3/2
ERA-K/9 5.19/7.5 3.82/8.3 4.18/4.9 3.83/5.6 3.98/8.3 3.92/10.6 6.53/5.1 5.19/6.0 2.30/11.1 2.91/6.5 1.76/7.6 0.79/8.0 5.30/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (52-16-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 642/.293 281/.242 792/.297 461/.259 268/.283 244/.225 238/.327 680/.300 240/.196 387/.249 171/.154 47/.205 .301  Viciedo
 Eaton
 De Aza
 Garcia
 Dunn
 Garcia
109/0/0/12
35/30/4/6
79/107/0/5
3/31/41/1
3/0/0/0
0/6/0/0
OPS .832 .688 .799 .714 .750 .627 .874 .789 .562 .649 .530 .528 .819
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 357/.863 135/.713 393/.806 262/.584 132/.786 99/.750 143/.875 372/.762 61/.544 186/.772 82/.482 28/.490 .914
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 285/.793 146/.665 399/.792 199/.884 136/.713 145/.545 95/.869 308/.821 179/.568 201/.540 89/.575 19/.579 .755
Road 289/.735 142/.605 363/.878 260/.744 141/.763 128/.629 122/.755 315/.748 121/.719 181/.695 99/.580 21/.586
Last 28d days / 4/1.250 24/.547 5/.933 / 7/.452 / / 8/.929 3/.000 1/.000 4/.500
HR/SB/CS 24/8/3 6/14/3 24/6/5 7/5/2 4/2/3 9/5/1 7/4/2 13/10/3 5/0/0 7/3/4 4/2/1 0/2/0 3/2/0
Usage o······· X······· X······· X·o····· 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.