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Game Preview: MIN @ TBR, 7:10pm, Wednesday, April 23, 2014 @Tropicana Field

Twins, 9-10, 9-10 3rd, 2 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Mike Pelfrey (30, RHP, 0-2, 7.98)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-2) 14.2 16 14 13 12 7 5 7.98
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 34.0 45 31 29 19 27 6 7.68 37
2014-04-17 TOR ND 4.1 4 5 4 5 1 1 95 33
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
Last 5 v.TBR 0-1 11.0 16 7 7 0 9 2 5.73 44
2013-07-11 @TBR L 6.0 8 3 3 0 5 2 104 49
2009-06-21 TBR ND 5.0 8 4 4 0 4 0 88 39
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-4    Road:    4-6    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   6-5    vsLHP:   3-5    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  2-2    vsCntrl: 7-5    vsWest:  0-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Tue, Apr 22  @TBR  L   3-7        9-10  3rd  2.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 20  @KCR  W   8-3        9-9   3rd  1.5 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 19  @KCR  L   4-5        8-9   3rd  1.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 18  @KCR  L   0-5        8-8   3rd  0.5 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 17   TOR  W   9-5        8-7   2nd  0.5 gb
 14 Thu, Apr 17   TOR  W   7-0        7-7   2nd  0.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-10   Last 30: 9-10
Rays, 10-10, 10-10 3rd, 2 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Jake Odorizzi (24, RHP, 1-2, 5.63)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-2) 16.0 18 10 10 7 12 1 5.63
2013 (0-1) 29.2 28 13 13 8 22 3 3.94
2012 (0-1) 7.1 8 4 4 4 4 1 4.91
Last 7 GS 1-3 35.2 40 21 21 11 25 3 5.30 46
2014-04-16 @BAL L 5.0 5 3 3 3 4 0 95 46
2014-04-09 @KCR L 5.0 10 7 7 1 4 1 94 22
2014-04-04 TEX W 6.0 3 0 0 3 4 0 95 67
2013-08-29 LAA L 5.0 4 1 1 2 3 0 83 56
2013-06-18 @BOS ND 5.2 5 1 1 0 2 1 96 57
2013-05-27 MIA ND 4.0 8 6 6 1 2 1 99 23
2013-05-20 @TOR ND 5.0 5 3 3 1 6 0 92 50
Has never faced MIN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-5    Road:    3-5    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   9-4    vsLHP:   1-6    1-Run:   4-0 
 vsEast:  4-6    vsCntrl: 2-2    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Tue, Apr 22   MIN  W   7-3       10-10  3rd  2.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20   NYY  L   1-5 (12)   9-10  3rd  2.0 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19   NYY  W  16-1        9-9   3rd  1.0 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18   NYY  W  11-5        8-9   4th  2.0 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17   NYY  L   2-10       7-9   4th  3.0 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @BAL  L   0-3        7-8   4th  2.0 gb
 14 Mon, Apr 14  @BAL  L   1-7        7-7   3rd  0.5 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 13  @CIN  L   4-12       7-6   1st    Tied
 12 Sat, Apr 12  @CIN  W   1-0        7-5   1st  1.0 up
 11 Fri, Apr 11  @CIN  W   2-1        6-5   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:10-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 22, 2014 TBR  7  MIN  3        W:David Price (3-1), L: Kyle Gibson (3-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 15, 2013 MIN  6  TBR  4        W:Casey Fien (5-2), L: Joel Peralta (2-8), S: Glen Perkins (35)
Sat, Sep 14, 2013 TBR  7 @MIN  0        W:Brandon Gomes (1-1), L: Andrew Albers (2-3), S: none
Fri, Sep 13, 2013 TBR  3 @MIN  0        W:Chris Archer (9-7), L: Kevin Correia (9-12), S: Fernando Rodney (35)
Thu, Jul 11, 2013 TBR  4  MIN  3        W:Matt Moore (13-3), L: Mike Pelfrey (4-7), S: Jake McGee (1)
Wed, Jul 10, 2013 TBR  4  MIN  3 (13)   W:Cesar Ramos (2-2), L: Ryan Pressly (2-1), S: none
Tue, Jul 09, 2013 TBR  4  MIN  1        W:Chris Archer (3-3), L: Kyle Gibson (1-2), S: Fernando Rodney (21)
Mon, Jul 08, 2013 TBR  7  MIN  4        W:Alex Torres (3-0), L: Sam Deduno (4-4), S: Fernando Rodney (20)
Sun, Aug 12, 2012 TBR  7 @MIN  3 (10)   W:Kyle Farnsworth (1-3), L: Alex Burnett (4-4), S: Fernando Rodney (36)
Sat, Aug 11, 2012 TBR  4 @MIN  2        W:David Price (15-4), L: Nick Blackburn (4-8), S: Fernando Rodney (35)
Season Series: 2014 - TBR over 1-0; 2013 - TBR won 6-1; 2012 - TBR won 5-1; All-Time - TBR leads 63-61

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.

Twins Batters (5.32 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 23.Odorizzi
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 40.Bedard*
G/S/vB		 13.Bell
G/S/vB		 47.Gomes
G/S/vB		 52.Lueke
G/S/vB		 57.McGee*
G/S/vB		 46.Oviedo
G/S/vB		 62.Peralta
G/S/vB		 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Colabello G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 181/127 .194/.287/.344/.631 .573/.655 .813 77/.945 0/1 7/3
2.Dozier G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 7/1.029 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 623/475 .244/.312/.414/.726 .978/.649 .730 92/.804 14/7 18/6
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 179/131 .236/.282/.345/.628 .655/.619 .510 19/.594 0/2 3/7
25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 446/334 .221/.281/.330/.611 .459/.661 .650 50/.438 15/6 9/18
1.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 200/122 .199/.270/.267/.537 .734/.417 .647 33/.706 8/2 2/1
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 178/147 .204/.286/.325/.611 .545/.624 .752 13/.237 0/1 4/2
32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 313/247 .192/.259/.338/.597 .713/.566 .610 75/.500 9/3 8/0
13.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 14/.457 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 5/.933 3/.000 2/.500 290/250 .216/.293/.317/.610 .414/.642 .578 71/.846 0/1 5/3
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 24/.651 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/2.000 9/.472 2/2.000 508/371 .324/.404/.476/.880 .882/.879 .901 90/.676 0/1 11/3
43.Pinto G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 83/65 .342/.398/.566/.963 .745/1.026 1.018 60/.938 0/0 4/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 522/398 .254/.309/.392/.701 .826/.663 .649 85/.891 2/1 14/13
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 11/.091 1/5.000 3/1.167 2/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 5/1.800 ··· 316/247 .232/.290/.337/.627 .653/.619 .614 65/.764 2/0 5/6
IP 29.2 62.2 151.0 65.2 19.1 21.1 62.2 71.1 67.1 TOTAL .247/.348/.381/.729 .661/.773 .732 .729 13/3 16/10
ERA-K/9 3.94/6.7 2.59/10.3 4.59/8.2 4.11/9.9 6.52/13.5 5.06/10.6 4.02/10.8 /0.0 3.41/9.3 4.14/7.1 3.74/7.5

 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 122/.252 262/.206 663/.260 287/.279 83/.247 99/.277 260/.223 / 291/.184 288/.256 .237  Hicks
 Kubel
 Herrmann
 Fuld
 Colabello
 Escobar
0/81/0/9
56/0/8/7
3/0/21/3
55/29/28/2
0/0/11/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .744 .610 .773 .802 .784 .861 .659 .586 .687 .653
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 66/.846 138/.548 157/.832 115/.732 32/1.137 45/.872 88/.678 / 167/.556 114/.693 .610
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 56/.627 124/.682 506/.755 172/.849 51/.566 54/.850 172/.648 / 124/.627 174/.682 .692
Home 70/.809 145/.578 309/.647 138/.982 29/.580 43/.652 129/.551 / 144/.425 134/.754
Last 28d days 71/.723 31/.530 28/.757 45/.778 32/.723 45/.753 25/.320 / 25/.427 45/.686
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 7/0/1 18/5/1 12/1/1 4/3/0 3/1/1 8/3/0 // 7/2/1 6/6/0 15/8/6
Usage ······X· ··X··X·· ····X··· ··X··X·· ··o·o·o· ··oo·X·· ··X·X··· ··X·o·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.

Rays Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.16 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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
7.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 6/1.167 3/1.666 13/.770 2/1.500 ··· ··· 439/379 .251/.327/.402/.729 .467/.772 .843 50/.501 5/3 8/1
11.Escobar G/S/vP 21/.683 9/.347 5/1.000 6/1.100 2/.000 5/.000 7/.572 ··· 1/.000 578/393 .256/.332/.366/.698 .750/.674 .749 76/.583 4/4 9/7
10.Forsythe G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 243/157 .214/.281/.332/.613 .651/.593 .575 48/.483 6/1 6/5
5.Guyer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 23/.372 / /
24.Hanigan G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/no AB ··· ··· 260/197 .198/.306/.261/.567 .608/.555 .658 44/.831 0/1 2/1
8.Jennings G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 5/1.600 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 602/411 .252/.334/.414/.748 .857/.697 .761 70/.822 20/8 14/3
20.Joyce* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 5/1.350 6/.167 2/1.500 4/1.500 3/.666 ··· ··· 481/423 .235/.328/.419/.747 .499/.783 .756 62/1.023 7/3 18/1
21.Loney* G/S/vP 14/.594 5/1.200 7/1.238 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 598/432 .299/.348/.430/.778 .729/.797 .663 73/.844 3/1 13/7
3.Longoria G/S/vP 6/1.667 3/.000 5/.400 9/.444 2/.000 3/2.334 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 693/492 .269/.343/.498/.842 .950/.799 .830 84/.852 1/0 32/11
28.Molina G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 5/.400 4/1.000 1/.000 5/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 313/207 .233/.290/.304/.594 .628/.577 .598 28/.254 2/1 2/4
9.Myers G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/2.000 5/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 373/254 .293/.354/.478/.831 .821/.834 .769 77/.674 5/2 13/0
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 12/1.400 ··· 5/2.267 7/.572 ··· ··· 222/46 .246/.320/.385/.704 .745/.545 .688 26/.814 1/3 5/1
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.667 4/1.167 5/.200 1/.000 4/1.500 7/1.000 3/1.666 ··· 698/471 .275/.354/.402/.756 .643/.812 .798 89/.862 11/3 12/5
IP 152.2 66.0 108.0 61.0 62.0 62.2 96.0 46.0 11.1 TOTAL .246/.327/.389/.716 .611/.760 .816 .716 5/2 18/7
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 5.04/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hanigan (18-15-3)
 Molina (56-23-8)

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 .277  Zobrist
 DeJesus
 Joyce
 Myers
 Jennings
 Rodriguez
 Forsythe
4/1/39/4
30/81/6/2
58/0/58/2
0/8/72/2
0/136/0/2
47/0/8/1
11/0/3/0
OPS .789 .688 .714 .750 .627 .562 .649 .530 .528 .763
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 372/.762 135/.713 262/.584 132/.786 99/.750 61/.544 186/.772 82/.482 28/.490 .765
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 308/.821 146/.665 199/.884 136/.713 145/.545 179/.568 201/.540 89/.575 19/.579 .761
Road 315/.748 142/.605 260/.744 141/.763 128/.629 121/.719 181/.695 99/.580 21/.586
Last 28d days 73/.970 31/.932 63/.593 30/.281 28/.593 35/.576 36/.767 26/.804 17/.548
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 17/6/1
Usage ·····X·· o···o··X X····X·· ··o·o··· ··o··X·· ··o··X·· ·····o·X ···X···o ···Xo··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.