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Minnesota Twins vs. Oakland Athletics, at Target Field, May 7, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Start Time:
12:10ct (local), 1:10et
Venue:
Target Field
Tickets:
Tickets for games at Target Field
Series:
Game #4 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
62° (based on last ten years)
Athletics
Manager:
Bob Melvin
Game #:
30
On This Date:
42-50
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
29
On This Date:
46-50
Season Series
Mon, May 04, 2015 MIN  8  OAK  7     
Tue, May 05, 2015 OAK  2 @MIN  1     
Wed, May 06, 2015 MIN 13  OAK  0     

Thu, May 07, 2015 OAK    @MIN  1:10pm
Fri, Jul 17, 2015 MIN    @OAK 10:05pm
Sat, Jul 18, 2015 MIN    @OAK  9:07pm
Sun, Jul 19, 2015 MIN    @OAK  4:05pm

                         All times ET
Oakland Athletics
12-17, 3rd, 6½ GB, 5½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-9    Road:    8-8    ExtrInn: 0-4 
 vsRHP:  11-13   vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   1-7 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-4    vsWest: 10-13 IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Wed, May  6  @MIN  L   0-13      12-17  3rd  6.5 gb
 28 Tue, May  5  @MIN  W   2-1       12-16  3rd  6.5 gb
 27 Mon, May  4  @MIN  L   7-8       11-16  4th  7.5 gb
 26 Sun, May  3  @TEX  W   7-1       11-15  3rd  7.5 gb
 25 Sat, May  2  @TEX  L   7-8 (10)  10-15  4th  7.5 gb
 24 Fri, May  1  @TEX  W   7-5       10-14  4th  6.5 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 30   LAA  L   5-6        9-14  4th  6.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 29   LAA  L   3-6        9-13  4th  5.5 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 28   LAA  W   6-2        9-12  4th  4.5 gb
 20 Sun, Apr 26   HOU  L   6-7        8-12  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-17
Minnesota Twins
15-13, 3rd, 2½ GB, 2 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-5    Road:    4-8    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:   7-8    vsLHP:   8-5    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl:11-11   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 28 Wed, May  6   OAK  W  13-0       15-13  3rd  2.5 gb
 27 Tue, May  5   OAK  L   1-2       14-13  3rd  3.5 gb
 26 Mon, May  4   OAK  W   8-7       14-12  3rd  3.0 gb
 25 Sun, May  3   CHW  W  13-3       13-12  3rd  3.5 gb
 24 Sat, May  2   CHW  W   5-3       12-12  3rd  4.0 gb
 23 Fri, May  1   CHW  W   1-0       11-12  3rd  5.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 30   CHW  W  12-2       10-12  3rd  5.0 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 29   DET  L   7-10       9-12  4th  5.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 28   DET  W   3-2        9-11  4th  5.0 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 27   DET  L   4-5        8-11  4th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:15-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 06, 2015 MIN 13  OAK  0        W:Kyle Gibson (3-2), L: Scott Kazmir (2-1), S: none
Tue, May 05, 2015 OAK  2 @MIN  1        W:Jesse Chavez (1-2), L: Trevor May (2-2), S: Tyler Clippard (3)
Mon, May 04, 2015 MIN  8  OAK  7        W:Phil Hughes (1-4), L: Jesse Hahn (1-2), S: Glen Perkins (9)

Sun, Aug 10, 2014 MIN  6 @OAK  1        W:Phil Hughes (12-8), L: Luke Gregerson (2-2), S: none
Sat, Aug 09, 2014 OAK  9  MIN  4        W:Jeff Samardzija (5-8), L: Trevor May (0-1), S: none
Fri, Aug 08, 2014 OAK  6  MIN  5        W:Scott Kazmir (13-4), L: Kyle Gibson (10-9), S: Sean Doolittle (18)
Thu, Aug 07, 2014 OAK  3  MIN  0        W:Jon Lester (12-7), L: Yohan Pino (1-4), S: none
Thu, Apr 10, 2014 OAK  6 @MIN  1        W:Dan Straily (1-1), L: Mike Pelfrey (0-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 09, 2014 OAK  7 @MIN  4 (11)   W:Dan Otero (1-0), L: Jared Burton (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 07, 2014 OAK  8 @MIN  3        W:Scott Kazmir (2-0), L: Kevin Correia (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - MIN over 2-1; 2014 - OAK won 6-1; 2013 - OAK won 6-1; All-Time - MIN leads 998-995

SP: Drew Pomeranz (26, LHP, 1-2, 4.61)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (1-2) 27.1 30 17 14 6 25 4 4.61
2014 (5-4) 69.0 51 22 18 26 64 7 2.35
2013 (0-4) 21.2 25 15 15 19 19 4 6.23
Last 7 GS 1-2 37.2 34 18 14 9 38 4 3.35 54
2015-05-02 @TEX ND 5.1 8 3 3 1 4 1 84 43
2015-04-26 HOU ND 5.0 6 5 3 3 4 1 98 40
2015-04-21 @LAA L 5.0 8 5 4 1 6 1 100 38
2015-04-15 @HOU L 5.0 6 4 4 1 5 1 81 43
2015-04-10 SEA W 7.0 2 0 0 0 6 0 92 79
2014-09-20 PHI ND 5.0 1 0 0 2 6 0 86 69
2014-08-27 @HOU ND 5.1 3 1 0 1 7 0 82 66
Has never faced MIN as starter.

SP: Ricky Nolasco (32, RHP, 1-1, 10.13)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (1-1) 8.0 14 9 9 5 6 0 10.13
2014 (6-12) 159.0 203 96 95 38 115 22 5.38
2013 (13-11) 199.1 195 90 82 46 165 17 3.70
Last 7 GS 2-3 38.2 47 20 19 10 32 3 4.42 48
2015-05-02 CHW W 5.0 8 3 3 1 4 0 76 42
2015-04-08 @DET L 3.0 6 6 6 4 2 0 78 21
2014-09-27 @DET W 6.0 5 2 2 2 6 1 91 58
2014-09-22 ARI L 4.2 9 5 5 1 5 1 94 30
2014-09-16 DET ND 8.0 5 0 0 1 5 0 109 76
2014-09-11 @CLE L 7.0 6 1 1 0 5 1 117 66
2014-09-05 LAA ND 5.0 8 3 2 1 5 0 98 45
Last 5 v.OAK 1-0 16.0 12 3 3 3 6 0 1.69 66
2011-06-29 @OAK W 9.0 5 0 0 2 3 0 112 78
2008-06-21 @OAK ND 7.0 7 3 3 1 3 0 103 53

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Athletics Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Nolasco
G/S/vB		 36.Boyer
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 62.Graham
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 57.Pressly
G/S/vB		 64.Thompson*
G/S/vB		 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Burns# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 24/22 .304/.333/.348/.681 1.000/.652 .681 24/.681 1/1 0/0
16.Butler G/S/vP 15/.650 ··· 26/.699 1/.000 20/.616 11/.920 1/.000 2/.000 118/99 .257/.314/.385/.699 .888/.665 .752 100/.687 0/0 3/0
20.Canha G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 94/75 .267/.330/.442/.772 .566/.819 .651 85/.733 2/1 4/1
4.Crisp# G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 10/.600 ··· 8/1.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 4/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0
17.Davis* G/S/vP 27/.616 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 101/94 .275/.337/.374/.710 .714/.709 .650 88/.732 0/0 1/2
23.Fuld* G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 99/94 .213/.276/.337/.613 .200/.633 .529 86/.545 2/0 0/2
15.Lawrie G/S/vP 5/1.400 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 115/89 .271/.301/.374/.675 .408/.751 .679 99/.673 1/0 2/3
50.Muncy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/11 .300/.364/.400/.764 /.764 1.750 11/.764 0/0 0/1
19.Phegley G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 27/14 .269/.296/.269/.566 .769/.368 .432 21/.536 0/0 0/0
22.Reddick* G/S/vP ··· ··· 11/.455 ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB 89/79 .372/.449/.615/1.065 .600/1.130 .958 89/1.065 2/1 4/2
10.Semien G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 3/1.334 1/3.000 1/.000 122/101 .283/.331/.434/.764 .762/.763 .744 108/.767 4/0 3/6
28.Sogard* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 88/77 .250/.267/.310/.577 .000/.654 .596 76/.554 1/0 0/1
21.Vogt* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/2.500 2/.000 1/.000 100/85 .345/.440/.667/1.107 1.015/1.123 1.226 90/1.093 0/0 7/1
IP 8.0 13.2 5.2 9.2 12.0 4.2 18.1 1.0 TOTAL .265/.324/.403/.726 .577/.758 .728 .723 15/3 25/25
ERA-K/9 10.13/6.8 3.29/3.9 4.76/4.7 1.86/5.6 1.50/8.2 0.00/13.4 2.45/4.9 0.00/0.0 3.92/5.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Phegley (4-1-1)
 Vogt (11-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 40/.412 56/.288 27/.375 44/.237 45/.200 16/.125 68/.164 3/.000 .266  Fuld
 Reddick
 Crisp
 Burns
 Canha
3/23/2/2
0/1/22/2
1/0/0/0
0/5/0/0
20/0/0/0
OPS 1.059 .802 .944 .683 .444 .250 .499 .000 .735
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 19/1.126 22/.427 14/.967 19/.728 12/1.083 8/.250 30/.360 / .700
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 21/1.003 34/1.039 13/.916 25/.646 33/.212 8/.250 38/.598 3/.000 .766
Home 21/.950 27/.345 17/1.255 31/.739 30/.533 16/.250 38/.468 3/.000
Last 28d days 21/.950 44/.734 23/1.050 35/.710 42/.476 16/.250 59/.453 3/.000
HR/SB/CS 0/0/2 1/2/2 0/0/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 26/18/7
Usage ····X··· ··o·o··o ·X·Xo··· X··X··o· ··o·oX·· Xo·X···· ·oX·X··o ·o··o·o·
Twins Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 13.Pomeranz*
G/S/vB		 56.Abad*
G/S/vB		 37.Alvarez
G/S/vB		 40.Bassitt
G/S/vB		 36.Clippard
G/S/vB		 61.Otero
G/S/vB		 58.Scribner
G/S/vB		 63.Smith
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Bernier G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 /1.000// / 1/ 0/0 0/0
2.Dozier G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 4/1.750 1/no AB 123/77 .243/.325/.393/.718 .811/.660 .811 112/.775 2/0 2/0
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/3.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/3.000 74/41 .225/.243/.380/.624 .557/.677 .731 69/.640 1/0 2/2
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 28/15 .192/.250/.308/.558 .322/.733 .500 27/.579 0/0 0/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 5/.400 1/.000 3/2.334 2/2.000 1/no AB 106/64 .263/.302/.404/.706 .562/.803 .866 95/.769 1/2 3/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/no AB ··· 1/2.000 122/65 .287/.361/.370/.731 .772/.693 .638 111/.738 0/0 0/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 3/.000 1/.000 114/65 .267/.351/.446/.796 .766/.819 .978 104/.844 0/0 5/1
21.Robinson G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/21 .340/.389/.360/.749 .664/.879 .844 53/.764 2/1 0/0
39.Santana# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 105/67 .280/.294/.360/.654 .824/.558 .757 93/.742 2/2 0/9
1.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 5/.800 1/3.000 1/4.000 ··· 63/51 .237/.274/.288/.562 .750/.515 .730 55/.552 0/3 0/1
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 81/51 .208/.275/.292/.567 .542/.573 .647 72/.613 0/0 2/1
19.Vargas# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 86/52 .222/.267/.346/.613 .759/.518 .785 76/.610 0/0 3/0
IP 27.1 8.1 9.0 9.1 12.0 12.1 15.1 1.1 TOTAL .260/.315/.377/.692 .697/.688 .789 .728 8/9 20/19
ERA-K/9 4.61/8.2 6.48/4.3 13.00/16.0 2.89/7.7 2.25/6.8 4.38/5.9 1.17/10.6 33.75/13.8 4.17/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Herrmann (3-2-0)
 Suzuki (15-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 116/.273 38/.313 47/.325 41/.125 50/.159 49/.277 55/.170 13/.556 .239  Robinson
 Escobar
 Schafer
 Hunter
 Herrmann
11/12/3/3
13/0/0/2
1/22/0/1
0/0/23/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .774 1.008 1.079 .567 .533 .733 .502 1.359 .685
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 30/.305 20/1.421 20/1.242 24/.451 22/.182 16/.583 26/.442 8/1.607 .664
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 86/.941 18/.544 27/.931 17/.694 28/.783 33/.803 29/.552 5/.600 .701
Road 70/.939 17/1.424 31/1.292 14/.729 20/.206 34/.569 22/.432 13/1.359
Last 28d days 116/.774 36/1.071 39/1.092 41/.567 45/.494 45/.754 38/.488 13/1.359
HR/SB/CS 4/3/1 2/0/0 4/0/0 1/0/0 1/4/0 1/0/0 2/0/1 0/0/0 27/15/7
Usage ····X··· o···oo·o X·Xoo··· ··X·X··X ·X···oo· ···ooooo ·o··Xo·o 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 2015 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

TOR  5.34

CHC  4.35

PHI  2.83

 RA/G

STL  2.89

CHC  4.23

COL  5.73

 BA

D. Gordon  .430

X. Bogaerts  .269

C. Utley  .103

 OBP

A. Rizzo  .474

A. Escobar  .329

C. Utley  .182

 SLG

N. Cruz  .757

K. Pillar  .402

C. Utley  .207

 OPS

A. Gonzalez  1.200

M. Prado  .736

C. Utley  .389

 ERA

D. Keuchel  .80

T. Hudson  3.78

K. Kendrick  8.73

 K/9IP

J. Shields  11.90

J. Hellickson  7.15

K. Gibson  2.73

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.