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Minnesota Twins vs. Houston Astros, at Target Field, June 8, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Start Time:
1:10ct (local), 2:10et
Venue:
Target Field
Tickets:
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
72° (based on last ten years)
Astros
Manager:
Game #:
64
On This Date:
28-22
Twins
Manager:
Game #:
61
On This Date:
51-49
Season Series
Fri, Jun 06, 2014 HOU  5 @MIN  4     
Sat, Jun 07, 2014 MIN  8  HOU  0     

Sun, Jun 08, 2014 HOU    @MIN  2:10pm
Mon, Aug 11, 2014 MIN    @HOU  8:10pm
Tue, Aug 12, 2014 MIN    @HOU  8:10pm
Wed, Aug 13, 2014 MIN    @HOU  2:10pm

                         All times ET
27-36, 5th, 11½ GB, 7 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-18   Road:   13-18   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  19-23   vsLHP:   8-13   1-Run:   7-10
 vsEast:  6-7    vsCntrl: 7-8    vsWest: 14-19 IL: 0-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 63 Sat, Jun  7  @MIN  L   0-8       27-36  5th 11.5 gb
 62 Fri, Jun  6  @MIN  W   5-4       27-35  5th 11.5 gb
 61 Thu, Jun  5   LAA  W   8-5       26-35  5th 11.5 gb
 60 Wed, Jun  4   LAA  L   0-4       25-35  5th 12.5 gb
 59 Tue, Jun  3   LAA  W   7-2       25-34  5th 11.5 gb
 58 Sun, Jun  1   BAL  L   4-9       24-34  5th 11.5 gb
 57 Sat, May 31   BAL  L   1-4       24-33  5th 10.5 gb
 56 Fri, May 30   BAL  W   2-1       24-32  5th  9.5 gb
 55 Thu, May 29   BAL  W   3-1       23-32  5th  9.5 gb
 54 Wed, May 28  @KCR  W   9-3       22-32  5th 10.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
29-31, 4th, 5 GB, 3½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-16   Road:   14-15   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  21-22   vsLHP:   8-9    1-Run:   9-8 
 vsEast: 10-5    vsCntrl:11-10   vsWest:  4-8  IL: 4-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 60 Sat, Jun  7   HOU  W   8-0       29-31  4th  5.0 gb
 59 Fri, Jun  6   HOU  L   4-5       28-31  4th  5.0 gb
 58 Thu, Jun  5   MIL  L   5-8       28-30  4th  4.0 gb
 57 Wed, Jun  4   MIL  W   6-4       28-29  4th  4.0 gb
 56 Tue, Jun  3  @MIL  W   6-4       27-29  4th  5.0 gb
 55 Mon, Jun  2  @MIL  L   2-6       26-29  4th  6.0 gb
 54 Sun, Jun  1  @NYY  W   7-2       26-28  3rd  5.5 gb
 53 Sat, May 31  @NYY  L   1-3       25-28  3rd  6.5 gb
 52 Fri, May 30  @NYY  W   6-1       25-27  3rd  6.5 gb
 51 Thu, May 29   TEX  L   4-5       24-27  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 07, 2014 MIN  8  HOU  0        W:Kyle Gibson (5-5), L: Scott Feldman (3-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 06, 2014 HOU  5 @MIN  4        W:Dallas Keuchel (7-3), L: Phil Hughes (6-2), S: Chad Qualls (7)

Wed, Sep 04, 2013 HOU  6  MIN  5        W:Erik Bedard (4-10), L: Brian Duensing (6-2), S: none
Tue, Sep 03, 2013 MIN  9 @HOU  6 (12)   W:Caleb Thielbar (3-2), L: Kevin Chapman (0-1), S: Josh Roenicke (1)
Mon, Sep 02, 2013 MIN 10 @HOU  6        W:Josh Roenicke (3-1), L: Chia-Jen Lo (0-3), S: none
Sun, Aug 04, 2013 MIN  3  HOU  2        W:Caleb Thielbar (2-1), L: Brad Peacock (1-4), S: Glen Perkins (27)
Sat, Aug 03, 2013 MIN  6  HOU  4        W:Brian Duensing (4-1), L: Lucas Harrell (5-12), S: Glen Perkins (26)
Fri, Aug 02, 2013 MIN  4  HOU  3 (13)   W:Ryan Pressly (3-2), L: Dallas Keuchel (5-6), S: none
Sun, Jun 21, 2009 HOU  4 @MIN  1        W:Wandy Rodriguez (6-6), L: Glen Perkins (2-4), S: Jose Valverde (5)
Sat, Jun 20, 2009 HOU  6 @MIN  5        W:Brian Moehler (4-4), L: Sean Henn (0-3), S: Jose Valverde (4)
Season Series: 2014 - tied 1-1; 2013 - MIN won 5-1; 2012 -  0-0; All-Time - MIN leads 17-11

SP: Collin McHugh (27, RHP, 4-3, 2.52)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (4-3) 50.0 34 15 14 14 54 3 2.52
2013 (0-4) 26.0 45 29 29 5 11 6 10.04
2012 (0-4) 21.1 27 21 18 8 17 5 7.59
Last 7 GS 3-3 43.1 31 15 14 14 42 3 2.91 59
2014-06-03 LAA W 5.0 2 0 0 2 4 0 97 65
2014-05-27 @KCR W 7.0 5 0 0 0 9 0 102 76
2014-05-21 @LAA L 7.0 4 2 2 2 7 1 112 66
2014-05-16 CHW L 5.1 3 4 4 4 7 1 92 49
2014-05-10 @BAL ND 6.1 7 2 2 2 4 1 101 53
2014-05-04 SEA L 4.0 8 6 5 1 4 0 85 27
2014-04-27 OAK W 8.2 2 1 1 3 7 0 114 80
Has never faced MIN as starter.

SP: Sam Deduno (30, RHP, 2-3, 3.83)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. HOU Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-3) 51.2 53 23 22 22 37 2 3.83
2013 (8-8) 108.0 105 48 46 41 67 7 3.83
2012 (6-5) 79.0 69 40 39 53 57 10 4.44
Last 7 GS 2-3 36.0 37 20 19 14 23 2 4.75 47
2014-06-03 @MIL W 5.0 6 2 2 4 2 0 93 45
2014-05-29 TEX ND 5.1 9 4 4 1 2 0 102 35
2014-05-24 @SFG L 5.2 4 2 2 3 4 1 92 54
2014-05-17 SEA W 6.0 2 2 2 2 4 0 95 62
2014-05-11 @DET ND 6.0 6 3 3 1 5 1 97 52
2014-05-06 @CLE L 5.0 6 4 3 2 2 0 77 41
2013-08-29 KCR L 3.0 4 3 3 1 4 0 71 42
Last 5 v.HOU 0-0 6.0 4 2 2 5 5 0 3.00 56
2013-08-02 HOU ND 6.0 4 2 2 5 5 0 104 56
Astros Batters (3.75 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Deduno
G/S/vB
61.Burton
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
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
27.Altuve G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 286/214 .315/.353/.423/.776 .995/.701 .767 114/.837 21/3 2/1
23.Carter G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 10/.644 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/.750 3/.333 208/131 .192/.288/.412/.701 .749/.672 .653 76/.807 0/1 9/2
15.Castro* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.500 218/165 .226/.298/.369/.667 .641/.677 .659 84/.632 0/0 6/2
22.Corporan# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 72/32 .190/.254/.397/.650 .562/.769 .639 28/.792 0/0 4/0
30.Dominguez G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· 250/176 .250/.304/.412/.716 .780/.689 .719 106/.684 0/1 9/6
21.Fowler# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/.250 ··· ··· ··· 256/191 .274/.391/.381/.772 .790/.766 .632 109/.924 6/3 3/1
9.Gonzalez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 83/72 .276/.329/.395/.724 .855/.704 .900 45/.637 0/2 2/2
19.Grossman# G/S/vP 2/.500 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 95/67 .181/.277/.313/.590 .426/.656 .737 40/.648 2/0 2/1
14.Guzman G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 6/.833 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 117/44 .202/.291/.288/.579 .500/.715 .400 43/.607 2/0 2/1
8.Presley* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 157/141 .240/.280/.336/.616 .971/.575 .612 60/.616 1/0 3/0
28.Singleton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 20/14 .158/.200/.316/.516 .533/.500 .250 20/.516 1/0 1/3
4.Springer G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 205/151 .250/.337/.483/.820 .738/.846 1.011 105/1.055 1/2 11/6
2.Villar# G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 184/126 .193/.260/.355/.615 .658/.595 .369 56/.316 11/3 5/7
IP 51.2 24.2 23.1 25.0 11.1 26.1 28.0 20.2 TOTAL .236/.310/.383/.693 .731/.678 .677 .736 45/15 65/39
ERA-K/9 3.83/6.4 6.20/6.6 1.93/4.6 2.16/5.8 2.38/3.2 3.08/12.0 4.50/4.8 3.48/7.0 4.40/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (29-11-3)
 Corporan (8-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 225/.269 108/.271 94/.232 94/.188 43/.200 107/.210 127/.270 79/.200 .268  Presley
 Springer
 Fowler
 Grossman
 Guzman
 Gonzalez
28/9/10/3
0/0/46/2
0/58/0/1
21/2/1/0
3/0/0/0
3/0/1/0
OPS .687 .832 .678 .475 .488 .563 .721 .599 .731
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 125/.755 48/.790 39/.613 45/.645 21/.524 25/.520 50/.709 41/.614 .730
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 100/.605 60/.862 55/.723 49/.322 22/.449 82/.577 77/.727 38/.581 .733
Home 106/.649 59/1.110 48/.795 39/.390 26/.367 49/.599 66/.614 38/.572
Last 28d days 94/.671 46/.849 33/.702 36/.462 38/.416 41/.584 38/.639 37/.601
HR/SB/CS 2/2/0 5/4/0 2/1/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 2/1/0 50/33/5
Usage ····X··· X·X·X··o ·o···o·X ···XX··· ·X··X··· ···oX··· ··X··X·· o·o···o·
Twins Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.McHugh
G/S/vB
56.Clemens
G/S/vB
38.Downs*
G/S/vB
44.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
35.Fields
G/S/vB
50.Qualls
G/S/vB
29.Sipp*
G/S/vB
36.Williams
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/47 .281/.292/.563/.855 .804/.872 1.400 46/1.043 0/2 4/1
2.Dozier G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 4/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 3/.666 284/210 .243/.349/.435/.784 .722/.806 .892 109/.748 13/4 12/3
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 4/1.750 157/116 .310/.348/.455/.804 .742/.826 .871 89/.743 1/1 1/2
32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 4/.250 156/102 .198/.338/.262/.600 .825/.482 .709 57/.711 2/1 1/1
13.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 1/5.000 9/.347 1/.000 176/134 .224/.313/.295/.607 .587/.613 .703 47/.334 1/0 1/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 5/.400 10/.929 1/3.000 1/.000 20/1.600 6/.334 249/164 .264/.341/.336/.678 .493/.775 .654 106/.557 3/0 2/0
9.Nunez G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 53/28 .260/.288/.360/.648 .440/.850 .766 36/.639 1/1 1/2
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 4/1.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 6/.000 67/48 .161/.209/.306/.515 .684/.443 .583 55/.482 0/1 3/1
43.Pinto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 154/105 .221/.325/.412/.737 .677/.763 .636 38/.582 0/0 7/4
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 4/2.417 5/1.267 ··· 2/.500 3/.666 2/.000 4/.000 260/191 .246/.323/.414/.737 .701/.750 .724 102/.782 0/0 5/6
39.Santana# G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 2/2.000 72/57 .373/.408/.493/.901 1.303/.801 .896 52/.850 4/0 1/0
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 2/2.500 1/no AB ··· 6/.400 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 11/.455 197/141 .297/.367/.395/.763 .773/.757 .753 78/.735 0/0 2/3
16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 2/2.500 2/.000 1/.000 6/1.666 7/.000 15/.904 79/61 .305/.468/.542/1.011 .978/1.021 .926 56/1.101 0/0 4/0
IP 50.0 22.2 11.0 23.1 23.2 20.2 11.2 37.1 TOTAL .244/.323/.374/.697 .666/.710 .723 .697 35/12 48/32
ERA-K/9 2.52/9.7 5.16/5.6 1.64/7.4 3.09/5.4 6.46/12.5 2.18/9.6 3.09/12.3 5.30/6.8 4.20/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pinto (13-0-3)
 Suzuki (20-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 199/.187 107/.261 42/.205 98/.247 102/.239 83/.241 44/.163 167/.289 .255  Arcia
 Hicks
 Escobar
 Parmelee
 Willingham
 Kubel
 Santana
 Nunez
0/0/15/4
0/44/0/3
2/1/0/2
3/0/16/1
15/0/0/0
36/0/4/0
0/12/0/0
7/0/1/0
OPS .531 .798 .518 .715 .662 .594 .531 .824 .712
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 109/.488 56/.709 22/.513 42/.817 46/.790 37/.878 22/.468 88/.870 .688
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 90/.584 51/.899 20/.522 56/.637 56/.551 46/.373 22/.591 79/.774 .731
Road 102/.481 36/1.064 20/.739 42/.532 46/.795 41/.584 28/.585 74/.787
Last 28d days 97/.500 45/.747 37/.535 31/.531 41/.326 28/.071 32/.734 62/.737
HR/SB/CS 3/1/2 3/1/1 0/1/1 2/0/1 2/2/0 1/5/1 2/0/0 6/2/0 54/37/13
Usage ····X··· X·X···X· ·oo·o·X· ··oXo··· ··X·X·o· ·oo·o··· oX··o··· XX·X···X

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

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.