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Game Preview: TOR @ MIN, 7:10pm, Thursday, April 17, 2014 @Target Field

Blue Jays, 8-6, 8-6 2nd, ½ GB

SP: Dustin McGowan (32, RHP, 1-1, 4.00)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-1) 9.0 13 4 4 2 5 0 4.00
2013 (0-0) 25.2 19 11 7 12 26 2 2.45
2011 (0-2) 21.0 20 15 15 13 20 4 6.43
Last 7 GS 1-3 30.0 32 20 18 13 22 4 5.40 45
2014-04-11 @BAL W 6.1 5 0 0 1 2 0 90 64
2014-04-04 NYY L 2.2 8 4 4 1 3 0 72 28
2011-09-26 @CHW L 4.0 4 3 3 3 3 1 73 42
2011-09-21 LAA L 5.0 5 2 2 0 8 1 79 57
2011-09-16 NYY ND 5.0 3 3 3 2 4 1 75 51
2011-09-11 BAL ND 3.0 3 4 4 5 0 0 75 32
2008-07-08 BAL ND 4.0 4 4 2 1 2 1 66 43
Last 5 v.MIN 1-0 12.1 6 2 2 8 8 0 1.46 63
2008-05-15 @MIN ND 5.0 2 2 2 5 3 0 101 53
2007-07-24 MIN W 7.1 4 0 0 3 5 0 111 72
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-3    Road:    5-3    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   6-3    vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl: 1-0    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @MIN  W   9-3        8-6   1st  0.5 up
 13 Sun, Apr 13  @BAL  W  11-3        7-6   1st    Tied
 12 Sat, Apr 12  @BAL  L   1-2 (12)   6-6   2nd  1.0 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 11  @BAL  W   2-0        6-5   1st    Tied
 10 Thu, Apr 10   HOU  L   4-6        5-5   1st    Tied
  9 Wed, Apr  9   HOU  W   7-3        5-4   1st  0.5 up
  8 Tue, Apr  8   HOU  W   5-2        4-4   2nd  0.5 gb
  7 Sun, Apr  6   NYY  L   4-6        3-4   3rd  1.0 gb
  6 Sat, Apr  5   NYY  W   4-0        3-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  5 Fri, Apr  4   NYY  L   3-7        2-3   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-6    Last 30: 8-6
Twins, 6-7, 6-7 4th, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Mike Pelfrey (30, RHP, 0-2, 7.84)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-2) 10.1 12 9 9 7 6 4 7.84
2013 (5-13) 152.2 184 92 88 53 101 13 5.19
2012 (0-0) 19.2 24 5 5 4 13 0 2.29
Last 7 GS 0-5 36.2 47 27 26 14 33 5 6.38 42
2014-04-10 OAK L 5.0 9 6 6 4 3 2 104 24
2014-04-04 @CLE L 5.1 3 3 3 3 3 2 81 50
2013-09-23 DET ND 6.0 6 1 1 3 5 0 102 58
2013-09-17 @CHW L 4.1 9 3 3 1 6 0 96 38
2013-09-11 OAK L 3.0 8 7 7 1 2 1 78 16
2013-09-06 TOR L 6.0 6 6 5 2 7 0 102 43
2013-08-31 @TEX ND 7.0 6 1 1 0 7 0 98 68
Last 5 v.TOR 1-1 12.0 9 6 5 5 9 0 3.75 54
2013-09-06 TOR L 6.0 6 6 5 2 7 0 102 43
2013-07-06 @TOR W 6.0 3 0 0 3 2 0 97 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-4    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   3-5    vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-1    vsCntrl: 6-3    vsWest:  0-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Tue, Apr 15   TOR  L   3-9        6-7   3rd  1.5 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13   KCR  W   4-3        6-6   3rd  1.0 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12   KCR  W   7-1        5-6   4th  2.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11   KCR  W  10-1        4-6   5th  2.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 10   OAK  L   1-6        3-6   5th  3.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr  9   OAK  L   4-7 (11)   3-5   5th  2.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  7   OAK  L   3-8        3-4   4th  2.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6  @CLE  W  10-7        3-3   2nd  1.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  5  @CLE  W   7-3        2-3   4th  2.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  4  @CLE  L   2-7        1-3   5th  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-7    Last 30: 6-7 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 15, 2014 TOR  9 @MIN  3        W:Aaron Loup (1-0), L: Phil Hughes (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 08, 2013 TOR  2 @MIN  0        W:Esmil Rogers (5-7), L: Jared Burton (2-9), S: Casey Janssen (29)
Sat, Sep 07, 2013 TOR 11 @MIN  2        W:J.A. Happ (4-5), L: Kevin Correia (9-11), S: none
Fri, Sep 06, 2013 TOR  6 @MIN  5        W:R.A. Dickey (12-12), L: Mike Pelfrey (5-11), S: Casey Janssen (28)
Sun, Jul 07, 2013 TOR 11  MIN  5        W:Todd Redmond (1-1), L: Scott Diamond (5-8), S: none
Sat, Jul 06, 2013 MIN  6 @TOR  0        W:Mike Pelfrey (4-6), L: R.A. Dickey (8-9), S: none
Fri, Jul 05, 2013 TOR  4  MIN  0        W:Mark Buehrle (5-5), L: Kevin Correia (6-6), S: none
Wed, Oct 03, 2012 TOR  2  MIN  1        W:Brandon Morrow (10-7), L: Scott Diamond (12-9), S: Brandon Lyon (1)
Tue, Oct 02, 2012 TOR  4  MIN  3        W:Chad Jenkins (1-3), L: Anthony Swarzak (3-6), S: Casey Janssen (22)
Mon, Oct 01, 2012 TOR  6  MIN  5 (10)   W:Brandon Lyon (4-2), L: Brian Duensing (4-12), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - TOR over 1-0; 2013 - TOR won 5-1; 2012 - TOR won 5-2; All-Time - TOR leads 203-154

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

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

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

Blue Jays Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Pelfrey
G/S/vB		 61.Burton
G/S/vB		 21.Deduno
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP 3/.000 10/.500 ··· 9/1.556 ··· 10/1.200 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 528/416 .259/.358/.498/.856 .910/.842 .740 61/1.142 7/2 28/5
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 18/.494 ··· ··· 15/.867 ··· 12/.834 4/1.167 ··· 1/.000 372/268 .279/.322/.360/.682 .595/.717 .639 66/.903 2/2 3/1
1.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 28/.514 0/0 0/0
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 17/.627 2/2.000 ··· 8/1.375 ··· 4/1.750 4/.250 1/no AB ··· 621/492 .272/.370/.534/.904 .859/.916 .971 60/.669 7/1 36/8
17.Goins* G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 121/77 .252/.264/.345/.609 .576/.628 .632 35/.382 0/0 2/1
66.Kawasaki* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 289/235 .229/.326/.308/.634 .438/.681 .713 5/1.000 7/1 1/6
13.Lawrie G/S/vP 3/.666 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 6/.167 ··· 1/no AB 442/338 .254/.315/.397/.712 .613/.742 .680 57/.477 9/5 11/12
26.Lind* G/S/vP 5/.200 1/no AB ··· 6/.334 ··· 12/.500 5/.600 2/2.500 ··· 521/421 .288/.357/.497/.854 .573/.924 .910 43/.965 1/0 23/7
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/2.667 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 266/195 .300/.365/.492/.856 1.123/.764 .711 55/.586 0/1 13/5
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 5/.650 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 458/326 .276/.338/.501/.840 .712/.893 .761 50/.780 0/1 22/4
14.Sierra G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 122/84 .290/.369/.458/.827 .786/.845 .587 16/.321 1/0 1/2
22.Thole* G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 135/109 .175/.256/.242/.497 .477/.502 .551 8/.750 0/0 1/3
IP 152.2 66.0 108.0 61.0 62.0 62.2 96.0 46.0 11.1 TOTAL .241/.313/.404/.716 .673/.734 .690 .716 6/1 17/5
ERA-K/9 5.19/6.0 3.82/8.3 3.83/5.6 3.98/8.3 3.92/10.6 2.30/11.1 2.91/6.5 1.76/7.6 0.79/8.0 5.46/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Navarro (37-13-5)
 Thole (22-8-9)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 680/.300 281/.242 461/.259 268/.283 244/.225 240/.196 387/.249 171/.154 47/.205 .275  Bautista
 Cabrera
 Rasmus
 Sierra
0/0/109/8
77/0/0/3
0/114/0/1
2/0/29/0
OPS .789 .688 .714 .750 .627 .562 .649 .530 .528 .788
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 372/.762 135/.713 262/.584 132/.786 99/.750 61/.544 186/.772 82/.482 28/.490 .778
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 308/.821 146/.665 199/.884 136/.713 145/.545 179/.568 201/.540 89/.575 19/.579 .799
Home 365/.823 139/.776 201/.675 127/.736 116/.625 119/.405 206/.610 72/.463 26/.481
Last 28d days 50/.983 25/1.190 34/.603 21/.250 22/.668 28/.655 33/.842 22/.864 13/.724
HR/SB/CS 13/10/3 6/14/3 7/5/2 4/2/3 9/5/1 5/0/0 7/3/4 4/2/1 0/2/0 14/2/0
Usage ······X· ·X·····X ······X· ···o·X·o ···o··o· ···o···X ·X···o·o ·o·····X ·X··o···

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 (5.38 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (3.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.McGowan
G/S/vB		 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB		 50.Delabar
G/S/vB		 48.Happ*
G/S/vB		 36.Hutchison
G/S/vB		 62.Loup*
G/S/vB		 58.Redmond
G/S/vB		 32.Rogers
G/S/vB		 21.Santos
G/S/vB		 45.Wagner
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Colabello G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 181/127 .194/.287/.344/.631 .573/.655 .394 52/.836 0/1 7/3
2.Dozier G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 3/1.667 1/2.000 3/.333 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 623/475 .244/.312/.414/.726 .978/.649 .721 63/.773 14/7 18/6
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 179/131 .236/.282/.345/.628 .655/.619 .749 11/.545 0/2 3/7
25.Florimon# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 446/334 .221/.281/.330/.611 .459/.661 .569 38/.351 15/6 9/18
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 178/147 .204/.286/.325/.611 .545/.624 .434 6/.333 0/1 4/2
32.Hicks# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 313/247 .192/.259/.338/.597 .713/.566 .576 53/.553 9/3 8/0
13.Kubel* G/S/vP 7/.143 9/.444 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 290/250 .216/.293/.317/.610 .414/.642 .645 48/1.009 0/1 5/3
19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 73/51 .185/.229/.215/.444 .500/.415 .360 8/.125 2/1 0/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 4/.833 8/.250 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 2/.000 5/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 508/371 .324/.404/.476/.880 .882/.879 .861 62/.741 0/1 11/3
43.Pinto G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 83/65 .342/.398/.566/.963 .745/1.026 .928 34/.841 0/0 4/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/5.000 2/3.000 3/.666 3/.333 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.666 2/2.500 1/.000 522/398 .254/.309/.392/.701 .826/.663 .750 61/.877 2/1 14/13
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 4/.000 14/1.121 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 316/247 .232/.290/.337/.627 .653/.619 .641 44/.646 2/0 5/6
IP 25.2 60.2 58.2 92.2 69.1 77.0 137.2 25.2 38.0 TOTAL .238/.340/.374/.715 .643/.750 .690 .715 9/1 11/5
ERA-K/9 2.45/9.1 2.82/10.4 3.22/12.6 4.56/7.5 /0.0 2.47/6.9 4.32/8.9 4.77/6.3 1.75/9.8 3.79/7.8 3.56/8.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Herrmann (13-7-0)
 Mauer (23-17-3)
 Pinto (6-5-0)
 Suzuki (57-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 114/.190 250/.201 253/.231 415/.250 / 282/.258 324/.239 598/.279 90/.131 161/.271 .247  Hicks
 Kubel
 Herrmann
 Colabello
 Mastroianni
 Escobar
0/81/0/9
56/0/8/7
3/0/21/3
0/0/11/1
19/3/9/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .609 .594 .680 .734 .670 .757 .799 .393 .750 .717
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 54/.674 123/.458 119/.712 116/.802 / 113/.506 174/.724 337/.854 37/.312 69/.768 .775
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 60/.550 127/.736 134/.654 299/.708 / 169/.777 150/.794 261/.731 53/.449 92/.736 .659
Road 50/.416 118/.545 131/.633 206/.765 / 138/.676 148/.958 331/.790 42/.278 76/.673
Last 28d days 44/.786 25/.598 21/.449 / 63/.701 26/.478 35/.605 38/1.083 23/.848 16/.313
HR/SB/CS 2/2/1 4/6/2 4/5/2 10/9/0 // 5/3/7 13/8/0 21/3/1 1/5/0 5/0/1 9/14/1
Usage ·····X·· ·X···X·· ·o··o··o ····X··· ·X··o··· ····X·o· ···X··Xo ·X···o·· ·X··X··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.