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Game Preview: MIN @ DET, 1:08pm, Saturday, May 10, 2014 @Comerica Park

Twins, 16-18, 16-18 4th, 5½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Kyle Gibson (26, RHP, 3-2, 3.50)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (3-2) 36.0 33 14 14 17 16 0 3.50
2013 (2-4) 51.0 69 38 37 20 29 7 6.53
Last 7 GS 3-3 39.2 43 18 18 19 18 0 4.08 48
2014-05-05 @CLE ND 7.0 2 0 0 3 1 0 100 71
2014-04-30 LAD L 6.2 9 5 5 3 2 0 101 35
2014-04-22 @TBR L 3.0 10 7 7 2 3 0 86 12
2014-04-17 TOR W 8.0 4 0 0 1 4 0 105 77
2014-04-11 KCR W 6.1 5 1 1 4 3 0 100 58
2014-04-05 @CLE W 5.0 3 1 1 4 3 0 97 56
2013-08-19 NYM L 3.2 10 4 4 2 2 0 72 25
Has never faced DET as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-9    Road:    8-9    ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  11-13   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  6-3    vsCntrl:10-9    vsWest:  0-3  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 34 Fri, May  9  @DET  W   2-1       16-18  4th  5.5 gb
 33 Thu, May  8  @CLE  L   4-9       15-18  4th  6.5 gb
 32 Wed, May  7  @CLE  L   3-4       15-17  4th  6.5 gb
 31 Tue, May  6  @CLE  L   2-4       15-16  3rd  5.5 gb
 30 Mon, May  5  @CLE  W   1-0 (10)  15-15  2nd  4.5 gb
 29 Sun, May  4   BAL  W   5-2       14-15  2nd  4.5 gb
 28 Sat, May  3   BAL  W   6-1       13-15  3rd  4.5 gb
 27 Fri, May  2   BAL  L   0-3       12-15  4th  4.5 gb
 26 Thu, May  1   LAD  L   3-4 (12)  12-14  4th  3.5 gb
 25 Thu, May  1   LAD  L   4-9       12-13  4th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Tigers, 20-11, 20-11 1st, 4 up

SP: Max Scherzer (29, RHP, 4-1, 1.72)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (4-1) 47.0 33 9 9 12 60 4 1.72
2013 (21-3) 214.1 152 73 69 56 240 18 2.90
2012 (16-7) 187.2 179 82 78 60 231 23 3.74
Last 7 GS 4-1 47.0 33 9 9 12 60 4 1.72 68
2014-05-05 HOU W 8.0 3 0 0 1 9 0 111 84
2014-04-30 @CHW W 6.0 4 0 0 3 7 0 105 68
2014-04-24 CHW W 6.0 7 2 2 1 10 1 110 59
2014-04-19 LAA W 7.0 3 1 1 2 9 1 111 74
2014-04-13 @SDP L 5.0 4 4 4 3 10 1 104 50
2014-04-08 @LAD ND 7.0 8 2 2 1 8 1 106 60
2014-04-02 KCR ND 8.0 4 0 0 1 7 0 110 80
Last 5 v.MIN 4-1 32.1 21 7 7 12 40 1 1.95 66
2013-09-25 @MIN W 7.0 2 0 0 6 10 0 123 77
2013-05-26 MIN W 6.0 3 1 1 3 6 0 109 65
2013-04-29 MIN W 7.1 6 3 3 0 10 1 114 64
2012-09-23 MIN L 5.0 6 3 3 1 4 0 86 46
2012-08-15 @MIN W 7.0 4 0 0 2 10 0 117 77
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-7    Road:    8-4    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  11-9    vsLHP:   9-2    1-Run:   7-3 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl:11-5    vsWest:  5-2  IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Fri, May  9   MIN  L   1-2       20-11  1st  4.0 up
 30 Thu, May  8   HOU  L   2-6       20-10  1st  5.0 up
 29 Wed, May  7   HOU  W   3-2       20-9   1st  5.0 up
 28 Tue, May  6   HOU  W  11-4       19-9   1st  5.0 up
 27 Mon, May  5   HOU  W   2-0       18-9   1st  4.5 up
 26 Sun, May  4  @KCR  W   9-4       17-9   1st  4.5 up
 25 Sat, May  3  @KCR  W   9-2       16-9   1st  4.0 up
 24 Fri, May  2  @KCR  W   8-2       15-9   1st  3.0 up
 23 Wed, Apr 30  @CHW  W   5-1       14-9   1st  1.5 up
 22 Tue, Apr 29  @CHW  W   4-3       13-9   1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 09, 2014 MIN  2 @DET  1        W:Phil Hughes (4-1), L: Justin Verlander (4-2), S: Glen Perkins (9)
Sat, Apr 26, 2014 MIN  5  DET  3        W:Phil Hughes (2-1), L: Jose Ortega (0-1), S: Glen Perkins (6)
Fri, Apr 25, 2014 DET 10 @MIN  6        W:Rick Porcello (3-1), L: Kevin Correia (0-3), S: none

Wed, Sep 25, 2013 DET  1 @MIN  0        W:Max Scherzer (21-3), L: Kevin Correia (9-13), S: Joaquin Benoit (24)
Tue, Sep 24, 2013 DET  4 @MIN  2        W:Doug Fister (14-9), L: Scott Diamond (6-12), S: Joaquin Benoit (23)
Mon, Sep 23, 2013 MIN  4  DET  3 (11)   W:Anthony Swarzak (3-2), L: Luke Putkonen (1-2), S: none
Thu, Aug 22, 2013 MIN  7 @DET  6        W:Casey Fien (3-2), L: Bruce Rondon (1-2), S: Glen Perkins (30)
Wed, Aug 21, 2013 DET  7  MIN  1        W:Drew Smyly (5-0), L: Kevin Correia (8-10), S: Jose Veras (20)
Tue, Aug 20, 2013 MIN  6 @DET  3        W:Mike Pelfrey (5-10), L: Rick Porcello (9-7), S: Glen Perkins (29)
Sun, Jun 16, 2013 DET  5 @MIN  2        W:Doug Fister (6-4), L: P.J. Walters (2-2), S: Joaquin Benoit (4)
Season Series: 2014 - MIN over 2-1; 2013 - DET won 11-8; 2012 - DET won 10-8; All-Time - DET leads 1077-989

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

COL  5.74

CLE  4.06

SDP  2.76

 RA/G

ATL  3.06

BAL  4.27

ARI  5.53

 BA

T. Tulowitzki  .402

A. Jones  .267

C. Santana  .139

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .503

N. Aoki  .336

Y. Alonso  .194

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .769

A. Soriano  .413

W. Venable  .240

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.273

J. Lowrie  .747

Y. Alonso  .437

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.43

R. Porcello  3.49

C. Buchholz  6.44

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.19

C. Archer  7.59

P. Maholm  3.47

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

Twins Batters (4.74 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (3.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Scherzer
G/S/vB		 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB		 44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 46.Krol*
G/S/vB		 60.Miller
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 57.Reed
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Colabello G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 142/104 .265/.317/.432/.749 .810/.727 .841 98/.727 0/2 4/2
2.Dozier G/S/vP 9/.111 3/.000 3/1.167 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 166/119 .237/.367/.430/.797 .726/.825 .660 112/.799 11/2 8/2
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 60/46 .309/.339/.473/.812 .516/.903 .731 50/.901 1/0 1/1
32.Hicks# G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 93/57 .169/.301/.247/.548 .694/.455 .568 47/.527 2/0 1/0
13.Kubel* G/S/vP 8/1.125 2/.000 5/.650 16/.527 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/2.000 129/93 .267/.341/.362/.703 .618/.736 .579 89/.520 0/0 1/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 27/.756 3/.000 5/2.467 20/.938 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 135/82 .296/.393/.374/.767 .660/.837 .650 82/.774 1/0 2/0
9.Nunez G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.333 ··· 9/7 .286/.375/.286/.661 .000/.900 .500 9/.661 0/0 0/0
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP 12/.872 3/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 1/3.000 4/3 .500/.500/.500/1.000 2.000/.667 1.000 4/1.000 0/0 0/0
43.Pinto G/S/vP 3/.333 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 112/74 .228/.357/.424/.781 .687/.825 .929 86/.778 0/0 5/3
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 14/.220 6/.533 4/.500 4/.500 ··· ··· 6/1.000 2/2.500 154/115 .246/.338/.388/.726 .750/.717 .750 102/.637 0/0 1/2
39.Santana# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 14/13 .385/.429/.538/.967 .000/1.045 .967 14/.967 0/0 0/0
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 4/1.833 2/1.000 9/.444 4/.500 ··· 1/no AB 7/.429 3/.333 114/83 .302/.381/.406/.787 .904/.736 .876 77/.807 0/0 1/2
IP 47.0 12.2 12.2 7.2 10.2 8.1 12.2 14.1 TOTAL .242/.332/.364/.696 .661/.711 .695 .685 25/5 24/19
ERA-K/9 1.72/11.5 4.26/11.3 3.55/12.8 9.39/4.7 2.53/6.7 4.32/5.4 4.26/9.9 3.14/4.4 3.46/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pinto (8-0-1)
 Suzuki (10-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 182/.198 56/.275 51/.250 38/.382 43/.214 35/.242 54/.217 57/.283 .237  Hicks
 Colabello
 Escobar
 Kubel
 Parmelee
0/24/0/3
0/0/16/2
2/1/0/2
26/0/3/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .582 .733 .627 1.098 .733 .681 .684 .767 .683
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 90/.588 31/.683 24/.655 20/1.084 22/.515 12/.417 27/.825 23/.919 .647
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 92/.576 25/.795 27/.604 18/1.111 21/.952 23/.828 27/.551 34/.667 .716
Home 106/.490 39/.705 29/.773 16/1.367 19/.927 31/.592 35/.596 39/.724
Last 28d days 127/.565 40/.643 39/.474 32/.961 30/.853 35/.681 28/.454 43/.785
HR/SB/CS 4/2/3 2/3/0 0/1/1 1/0/1 3/0/0 1/0/0 2/3/0 1/2/1 23/25/12
Usage ····X··· o··o·X·· ··X···o· ······X· o····o·o ·X·X···· ··X·o··· oX·o···o
Tigers Batters (4.81 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Gibson
G/S/vB		 61.Burton
G/S/vB		 21.Deduno
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 54.Guerrier
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
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 11/.282 23/.536 1/.000 2/1.000 13/.749 13/.975 1/.000 ··· 83/58 .229/.341/.400/.741 .855/.685 .705 55/.914 0/2 2/0
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 12/.697 12/.533 36/.877 7/1.571 18/.564 26/.899 19/1.074 1/.000 2/1.500 136/100 .281/.324/.461/.784 .833/.768 .866 97/.808 0/0 4/1
9.Castellanos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 109/75 .248/.275/.416/.691 .765/.660 .735 84/.618 0/0 4/1
20.Davis G/S/vP ··· 5/1.200 ··· 11/.955 2/1.000 5/.800 4/2.083 8/1.250 1/.000 1/2.000 106/75 .313/.368/.417/.785 .719/.812 .789 77/.772 12/2 2/1
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 31/21 .276/.323/.310/.633 .400/.749 .615 26/.760 1/0 0/2
48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 5/.500 ··· 9/.958 5/.600 5/.733 13/.658 12/.583 1/.000 2/1.000 116/83 .315/.336/.495/.832 .603/.917 .741 87/.797 1/1 4/1
14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 10/1.278 28/.884 5/.000 4/.000 5/1.850 13/.564 1/2.000 2/1.000 124/88 .305/.379/.476/.855 .978/.806 .948 86/.824 5/1 2/3
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 6/1.667 5/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 30/28 .333/.400/.444/.844 2.000/.753 1.222 20/.862 1/0 0/0
3.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 6/.733 6/.533 9/.722 4/2.000 11/.546 15/.343 12/.916 ··· 1/.000 141/104 .305/.340/.412/.753 .961/.675 .750 100/.731 3/2 2/1
28.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 30/19 .259/.300/.370/.670 .091/1.009 .535 30/.670 1/0 0/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· 5/1.100 6/.000 13/1.338 4/.750 14/.445 17/1.100 12/.432 4/.750 2/.500 130/95 .322/.377/.557/.933 1.353/.779 .845 96/.967 1/1 7/2
27.Romine# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 64/51 .218/.317/.236/.554 .825/.485 .559 50/.626 4/0 0/2
29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/8 .235/.263/.294/.557 .382/.804 .697 19/.557 0/1 0/1
IP 36.0 12.1 23.2 16.0 14.2 1.0 15.0 16.0 10.2 8.2 TOTAL .282/.335/.426/.761 .820/.738 .776 .771 29/10 27/19
ERA-K/9 3.50/4.0 7.30/5.9 3.42/7.6 1.69/3.4 2.45/6.1 9.00/0.0 3.60/13.8 6.75/3.9 1.69/5.0 2.08/7.2 4.57/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (18-9-1)
 Holaday (4-2-0)
 Martinez (3-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 154/.241 55/.267 106/.280 61/.232 55/.192 5/.400 62/.207 76/.324 42/.222 38/.258 .276  Davis
 Kelly
 Hunter
 Martinez
 Jackson
24/1/0/2
0/1/5/0
0/0/27/0
5/0/2/0
0/29/0/0
OPS .609 .871 .681 .660 .472 1.000 .587 .865 .595 .720 .755
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 91/.675 25/.861 67/.736 24/.594 24/.713 4/1.250 14/.500 32/.919 20/.411 11/1.200 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 63/.506 30/.872 39/.588 37/.699 31/.295 1/.000 48/.614 44/.827 22/.789 27/.498 .766
Road 66/.679 28/.606 49/.688 34/.429 33/.517 5/1.000 39/.643 31/1.174 28/.776 14/.432
Last 28d days 106/.620 37/.758 72/.715 43/.910 34/.333 5/1.000 37/.486 50/.824 23/.428 30/.748
HR/SB/CS 0/1/1 3/1/0 0/1/0 2/0/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/3/0 28/18/2
Usage ····X··· ··o···X· ···X···· ·oX·o··· o·o··oo· ·X······ X···oX·· ·o···o·· ·X··Xo·· ·o······

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.