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Minnesota Twins vs. New York Yankees, at Target Field, July 6, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Start Time:

1:10ct (local), 2:10et

Venue:

Target Field

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Target Field

Series:

Game #4 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

82° (based on last ten years)

Yankees

Manager:

Joe Girardi

Game #:

On This Date:

57-40

Twins

Manager:

Ron Gardenhire

Game #:

On This Date:

41-52

Season Series
Fri, May 30, 2014 MIN  6 @NYY  1     
Sat, May 31, 2014 NYY  3  MIN  1     
Sun, Jun 01, 2014 MIN  7 @NYY  2     
Thu, Jul 03, 2014 NYY  7 @MIN  4     
Fri, Jul 04, 2014 NYY  6 @MIN  5     
Sat, Jul 05, 2014 MIN  2  NYY  1 (11)

Sun, Jul 06, 2014 NYY    @MIN  2:10pm

                         All times ET

New York Yankees

43-43, 3rd, 3½ GB, 7 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   18-23   Road:   25-20   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  29-29   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  10-11
 vsEast: 17-18   vsCntrl: 6-7    vsWest: 10-11 IL:10-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 86 Sat, Jul  5  @MIN  L   1-2 (11)  43-43  3rd  3.5 gb
 85 Fri, Jul  4  @MIN  W   6-5       43-42  3rd  3.0 gb
 84 Thu, Jul  3  @MIN  W   7-4       42-42  3rd  3.5 gb
 83 Wed, Jul  2   TBR  L   3-6       41-42  3rd  4.5 gb
 82 Tue, Jul  1   TBR  L   1-2       41-41  3rd  3.5 gb
 81 Mon, Jun 30   TBR  L   3-4 (12)  41-40  3rd  2.5 gb
 80 Sun, Jun 29   BOS  L   5-8       41-39  3rd  2.0 gb
 79 Sat, Jun 28   BOS  L   1-2       41-38  3rd  2.0 gb
 78 Fri, Jun 27   BOS  W   6-0       41-37  3rd  2.0 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 25  @TOR  W   5-3       40-37  3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

Minnesota Twins

39-47, 5th, 10 GB, 11 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   21-21   Road:   18-26   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  27-34   vsLHP:  12-13   1-Run:  14-15
 vsEast: 13-11   vsCntrl:17-14   vsWest:  5-14 IL: 4-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 86 Sat, Jul  5   NYY  W   2-1 (11)  39-47  5th 10.0 gb
 85 Fri, Jul  4   NYY  L   5-6       38-47  5th 11.0 gb
 84 Thu, Jul  3   NYY  L   4-7       38-46  5th 11.0 gb
 83 Wed, Jul  2   KCR  L   0-4       38-45  5th 10.0 gb
 82 Tue, Jul  1   KCR  W  10-2       38-44  4th  9.0 gb
 81 Mon, Jun 30   KCR  L   1-6       37-44  5th  9.0 gb
 80 Sun, Jun 29  @TEX  W   3-2       37-43  5th  8.0 gb
 79 Sat, Jun 28  @TEX  L   0-5       36-43  5th  9.0 gb
 78 Fri, Jun 27  @TEX  L   4-5       36-42  4th  8.0 gb
 77 Thu, Jun 26  @LAA  L   4-6       36-41  4th  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 05, 2014 MIN  2  NYY  1 (11)   W:Brian Duensing (2-2), L: Matt Thornton (0-2), S: none
Fri, Jul 04, 2014 NYY  6 @MIN  5        W:David Huff (3-0), L: Kyle Gibson (7-7), S: David Robertson (20)
Thu, Jul 03, 2014 NYY  7 @MIN  4        W:Masahiro Tanaka (12-3), L: Phil Hughes (8-5), S: David Robertson (19)
Sun, Jun 01, 2014 MIN  7 @NYY  2        W:Phil Hughes (6-1), L: David Robertson (0-2), S: none
Sat, May 31, 2014 NYY  3  MIN  1        W:Masahiro Tanaka (8-1), L: Brian Duensing (1-2), S: David Robertson (12)
Fri, May 30, 2014 MIN  6 @NYY  1        W:Ricky Nolasco (3-5), L: Vidal Nuno (1-2), S: none

Sun, Jul 14, 2013 MIN 10 @NYY  4        W:Kyle Gibson (2-2), L: CC Sabathia (9-8), S: none
Sat, Jul 13, 2013 MIN  4 @NYY  1        W:Sam Deduno (5-4), L: Phil Hughes (4-9), S: Glen Perkins (21)
Fri, Jul 12, 2013 NYY  2  MIN  0        W:Hiroki Kuroda (8-6), L: Ryan Pressly (2-2), S: Mariano Rivera (30)
Thu, Jul 04, 2013 NYY  9 @MIN  5        W:David Phelps (6-5), L: Kyle Gibson (1-1), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - tied 3-3; 2013 - NYY won 5-2; 2012 - NYY won 4-3; All-Time - NYY leads 1123-776

SP: Hiroki Kuroda (39, RHP, 5-6, 4.08)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (5-6)			103.2	108	54	47	21	74	12	4.08
2013 (11-13)			201.1	191	79	74	43	150	20	3.31
2012 (16-11)			219.2	205	86	81	51	167	25	3.32

Last 7 GS		2-3	44.1	42	17	17	10	28	3	3.45	54
2014-07-01	TBR	L	8.0	9	2	2	1	7	1	109	62
2014-06-25	@TOR	W	6.1	8	3	3	2	4	1	102	47
2014-06-20	BAL	ND	6.0	4	2	2	1	6	0	107	61
2014-06-14	@OAK	L	4.2	5	4	4	3	3	0	93	38
2014-06-08	@KCR	L	7.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	90	60
2014-06-03	OAK	ND	6.2	2	1	1	1	2	1	93	67
2014-05-28	@STL	W	5.2	9	3	3	0	3	0	94	42

Last 5 v.MIN		1-1	9.1	16	6	6	2	9	2	5.79	41
2013-07-12	MIN	W	5.0	6	0	0	2	5	0	90	58
2012-04-18	MIN	L	4.1	10	6	6	0	4	2	81	23

SP: Ricky Nolasco (31, RHP, 5-6, 5.49)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (5-6)			101.2	133	62	62	27	72	15	5.49
2013 (13-11)			199.1	195	90	82	46	165	17	3.70
2012 (12-13)			191.0	214	100	95	47	125	18	4.48

Last 7 GS		3-1	41.1	54	21	21	11	32	5	4.57	47
2014-07-01	KCR	W	6.0	8	1	1	0	3	0	100	55
2014-06-26	@LAA	L	6.0	11	6	6	1	6	0	107	31
2014-06-20	CHW	ND	5.1	6	2	2	2	2	2	104	48
2014-06-15	@DET	ND	5.1	9	3	3	2	5	0	103	41
2014-06-09	@TOR	ND	5.2	7	4	4	2	6	2	114	43
2014-06-04	MIL	W	7.0	6	4	4	0	7	1	89	56
2014-05-30	@NYY	W	6.0	7	1	1	4	3	0	107	53

Last 5 v.NYY		1-0	6.0	7	1	1	4	3	0	1.50	53
2014-05-30	@NYY	W	6.0	7	1	1	4	3	0	107	53

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Yankees Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Nolasco
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 PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

36.Beltran# G/S/vP 53/.819 3/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 251/158 .219/.275/.408/.683 .567/.754 .570 96/.700 1/0 9/2

29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.400 1/3.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 36/24 .294/.333/.412/.745 .167/1.049 1.108 19/.977 0/0 0/1

22.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 8/.375 1/.000 5/.200 11/.819 4/.000 1/.000 9/.393 5/.000 1/.000 360/232 .282/.351/.386/.737 .844/.676 .686 101/.672 23/3 4/1

11.Gardner* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/no AB 9/.222 8/.536 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 5/.800 3/.000 360/244 .287/.359/.435/.794 .750/.815 .683 105/.947 15/3 8/0

2.Jeter G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 14/1.012 1/.000 9/.666 12/.583 10/.900 2/.000 333/219 .266/.319/.322/.642 .651/.636 .714 99/.710 6/1 2/6

33.Johnson* G/S/vP 22/.484 12/1.250 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 3/.333 2/.000 4/1.250 ··· 190/156 .212/.289/.376/.666 .772/.644 .615 54/.648 2/1 5/8

34.McCann* G/S/vP 64/1.131 4/.250 ··· 3/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/2.334 1/.000 295/216 .224/.285/.371/.656 .902/.566 .593 79/.680 0/0 10/1

14.Roberts# G/S/vP 10/1.300 1/.000 2/3.500 4/.250 2/1.000 7/.572 11/.637 ··· ··· 283/203 .247/.316/.380/.696 .637/.719 .796 80/.766 7/4 4/6

17.Ryan G/S/vP 5/.900 5/.900 2/.000 7/1.143 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 46/36 .279/.304/.302/.607 .200/.725 .746 13/.608 0/1 0/3

12.Soriano G/S/vP 30/.593 7/1.771 ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.500 3/1.666 4/.000 ··· 238/145 .221/.244/.367/.611 .685/.563 .532 34/.382 1/0 6/2

31.Suzuki* G/S/vP 6/.334 3/1.167 9/.708 12/.788 3/.666 7/.971 15/.757 8/1.238 2/2.500 191/154 .283/.342/.318/.660 .769/.634 .689 77/.547 6/2 0/0

25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 13/1.567 3/.667 2/.000 13/1.629 2/.000 4/.833 5/1.400 9/1.083 ··· 270/188 .239/.341/.461/.802 .714/.836 .764 94/.756 0/1 15/5

45.Wheeler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/7 .286/.286/.714/1.000 /1.000 1.000 7/1.000 0/0 1/0

IP 101.2 35.0 67.0 33.1 36.2 22.0 36.1 40.2 27.1 TOTAL .251/.314/.381/.695 .697/.694 .673 .692 62/16 73/47

ERA-K/9

5.49/6.4

5.14/6.7

4.57/6.7

2.70/4.9

2.45/7.1

2.86/4.1

3.22/11.9

3.76/5.1

2.96/6.3

4.33/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cervelli (5-3-0)
McCann (24-21-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 446/.322 152/.243 295/.262 139/.252 142/.214 92/.235 152/.234 175/.253 105/.217 .269 Gardner
Suzuki
Ellsbury
Soriano
Beltran
Johnson 76/10/1/3
6/4/56/3
0/81/0/2
11/0/26/2
0/0/24/1
2/0/0/0

OPS .886 .728 .721 .708 .602 .593 .653 .674 .659 .731

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 225/.920 65/.733 160/.769 58/.588 68/.734 35/.572 39/.729 70/.635 52/.704 .735

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 221/.851 87/.720 135/.666 81/.795 74/.482 57/.606 113/.625 105/.700 53/.615 .728

Home 189/.737 79/.877 144/.669 71/.904 66/.565 41/.335 84/.778 94/.542 45/.649

Last 28d days 127/.891 44/.475 53/.760 37/.583 43/.744 49/.688 38/.802 35/.501 26/.846

HR/SB/CS 15/9/4 5/7/0 5/7/0 3/1/1 4/1/0 0/1/0 2/2/0 1/1/0 2/1/1 69/54/9

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

Twins Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Kuroda
G/S/vB 68.Betances
G/S/vB 55.Huff*
G/S/vB 27.Kelley
G/S/vB 53.Miller
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB 48.Thornton*
G/S/vB 43.Warren
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

31.Arcia* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 4/.833 1/.000 159/115 .207/.302/.379/.680 .432/.776 .915 89/.526 1/2 5/2

20.Colabello G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 166/117 .237/.283/.404/.687 .684/.688 .629 5/1.600 0/2 5/2

2.Dozier G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 4/.750 385/285 .235/.344/.420/.764 .828/.740 .883 96/.667 15/5 16/7

5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 248/186 .268/.309/.394/.703 .707/.701 .742 87/.543 1/1 2/4

26.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/11 .176/.176/.176/.353 .333/.364 .000 17/.353 0/0 0/0

1.Fuld* G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· 2/.000 4/.833 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 161/123 .241/.306/.352/.658 .760/.624 .708 72/.635 8/1 1/2

17.Morales# G/S/vP 9/.111 1/2.000 7/.429 6/1.167 1/.000 5/.200 10/.844 ··· 106/74 .218/.245/.297/.542 .414/.598 .389 106/.542 0/0 1/0

9.Nunez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 87/48 .305/.337/.463/.801 .538/1.032 .961 29/.898 2/2 3/3

27.Parmelee* G/S/vP 5/1.000 2/.000 6/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/1.400 2/.500 ··· 128/92 .264/.297/.405/.702 .847/.644 .665 56/.948 0/3 4/1

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 7/1.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 5/.200 2/1.500 303/223 .238/.314/.390/.704 .684/.711 .705 38/.423 0/0 5/7

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.000 9/.944 7/.286 ··· 6/1.867 4/2.000 1/.000 280/201 .308/.366/.400/.766 .794/.753 .855 83/.772 0/0 2/3

16.Willingham G/S/vP 12/.166 1/.000 9/.619 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.500 9/.444 ··· 167/120 .229/.377/.458/.835 .835/.835 .755 83/.680 0/0 8/0

IP 103.2 50.1 35.1 25.1 29.2 19.1 45.1 TOTAL .244/.319/.370/.689 .681/.693 .721 .663 45/18 64/45

ERA-K/9

4.08/6.4

1.61/14.0

4.33/6.1

4.26/11.0

/0.0

2.73/16.4

2.33/7.5

2.58/8.3

3.95/8.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Fryer (5-0-0)
Suzuki (33-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 436/.265 189/.129 156/.271 111/.250 / 119/.185 87/.243 190/.251 .256 Arcia
Fuld
Parmelee
Escobar
Colabello
Willingham
Nunez 0/0/37/5
3/36/4/5
11/2/21/3
2/1/0/2
0/0/18/2
37/0/0/1
8/0/2/1

OPS .719 .406 .706 .705 .585 .613 .662 .728

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 251/.732 89/.381 65/.619 58/.598 / 67/.420 49/.557 91/.609 .670

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 185/.701 100/.428 91/.772 53/.822 / 52/.803 38/.686 99/.708 .777

Road 202/.706 106/.387 80/.606 46/.619 / 73/.531 41/.523 100/.631

Last 28d days 107/.668 56/.360 64/.574 47/.857 / 31/.408 30/.489 51/.688

HR/SB/CS 12/2/2 1/5/2 3/2/2 2/0/0 // 3/4/1 0/4/2 2/1/2 95/37/26

Usage ····X··· ·Xo··XX· ·X·Xo·X· X··X·Xo· ·XX··X·· X·····X· ·X·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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

OAK 5.00

TEX 4.11

SDP 2.98

RA/G

SEA 3.43

TBR 4.17

COL 5.24

T. Tulowitzki .350

C. Yelich .266

C. Carter .189

OBP

T. Tulowitzki .441

J. Rollins .332

E. Cabrera .256

SLG

J. Abreu .621

A. Ramirez .412

E. Cabrera .290

OPS

T. Tulowitzki 1.049

C. Santana .740

E. Cabrera .546

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.85

S. Strasburg 3.53

R. Nolasco 5.49

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 11.86

A. Harang 7.59

K. Correia 4.49

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.