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Minnesota Twins vs. Toronto Blue Jays, at Target Field, May 31, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Start Time:
1:10ct (local), 2:10et
Venue:
Target Field
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
69° (based on last ten years)
Blue Jays
Manager:
John Gibbons
Game #:
52
On This Date:
19-13
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
49
On This Date:
42-56
Season Series
Fri, May 29, 2015 TOR  6 @MIN  4     
Sat, May 30, 2015 MIN  3  TOR  2     

Sun, May 31, 2015 TOR    @MIN  2:10pm
Mon, Aug 03, 2015 MIN    @TOR  1:07pm
Tue, Aug 04, 2015 MIN    @TOR  7:07pm
Wed, Aug 05, 2015 MIN    @TOR  7:07pm
Thu, Aug 06, 2015 MIN    @TOR  7:07pm

                         All times ET
Toronto Blue Jays
23-28, 4th, 3½ GB, 7½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-12   Road:    9-16   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  16-24   vsLHP:   7-4    1-Run:   3-11
 vsEast: 14-14   vsCntrl: 5-4    vsWest:  3-8  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 51 Sat, May 30  @MIN  L   2-3       23-28  4th  3.5 gb
 50 Fri, May 29  @MIN  W   6-4       23-27  4th  2.5 gb
 49 Wed, May 27   CHW  L   3-5 (10)  22-27  4th  4.0 gb
 48 Tue, May 26   CHW  W  10-9       22-26  4th  3.0 gb
 47 Mon, May 25   CHW  W   6-0       21-26  5th  3.5 gb
 46 Sun, May 24   SEA  W   8-2       20-26  5th  4.5 gb
 45 Sat, May 23   SEA  L   2-3       19-26  5th  5.5 gb
 44 Fri, May 22   SEA  L   3-4       19-25  5th  5.5 gb
 43 Thu, May 21   LAA  W   8-4       19-24  5th  4.5 gb
 42 Wed, May 20   LAA  L   3-4       18-24  5th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17
Minnesota Twins
29-19, 2nd, ½ GB, 4 up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   18-7    Road:   11-12   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  14-13   vsLHP:  15-6    1-Run:  10-6 
 vsEast:  6-2    vsCntrl:16-15   vsWest:  5-2  IL: 2-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 48 Sat, May 30   TOR  W   3-2       29-19  2nd  0.5 gb
 47 Fri, May 29   TOR  L   4-6       28-19  2nd  1.0 gb
 46 Wed, May 27   BOS  W   6-4       28-18  1st    Tied
 45 Tue, May 26   BOS  W   2-1       27-18  2nd  1.0 gb
 44 Mon, May 25   BOS  W   7-2       26-18  2nd  2.0 gb
 43 Sun, May 24  @CHW  W   8-1       25-18  2nd  3.0 gb
 42 Sat, May 23  @CHW  W   4-3       24-18  3rd  4.0 gb
 41 Fri, May 22  @CHW  L   2-3       23-18  3rd  4.0 gb
 40 Wed, May 20  @PIT  W   4-3 (13)  23-17  3rd  3.0 gb
 39 Tue, May 19  @PIT  W   8-5       22-17  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:21-9 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 30, 2015 MIN  3  TOR  2        W:Ryan Pressly (2-1), L: Aaron Loup (1-3), S: Blaine Boyer (1)
Fri, May 29, 2015 TOR  6 @MIN  4        W:Mark Buehrle (6-4), L: Glen Perkins (0-1), S: none

Wed, Jun 11, 2014 MIN  7 @TOR  2        W:Phil Hughes (7-2), L: Marcus Stroman (3-1), S: Casey Fien (1)
Tue, Jun 10, 2014 MIN  4 @TOR  0        W:Kevin Correia (3-7), L: J.A. Happ (5-3), S: none
Mon, Jun 09, 2014 TOR  5  MIN  4        W:Casey Janssen (1-0), L: Matt Guerrier (0-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 17, 2014 MIN  9  TOR  5        W:Casey Fien (2-0), L: Sergio Santos (0-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 17, 2014 MIN  7  TOR  0        W:Kyle Gibson (3-0), L: R.A. Dickey (1-3), S: none
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
Season Series: 2015 - tied 1-1; 2014 - MIN won 4-2; 2013 - TOR won 5-1; All-Time - TOR leads 205-159

SP: Drew Hutchison (24, RHP, 4-1, 5.12)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (4-1) 58.0 60 34 33 16 51 6 5.12
2014 (11-13) 184.2 173 92 92 60 184 23 4.48
2012 (5-3) 58.2 59 31 30 20 49 8 4.60
Last 7 GS 3-1 43.0 43 21 21 10 37 3 4.40 52
2015-05-25 CHW W 9.0 4 0 0 0 8 0 96 87
2015-05-20 LAA L 6.2 6 4 4 2 5 1 102 49
2015-05-14 @HOU ND 6.0 5 2 2 1 9 0 98 62
2015-05-09 BOS W 5.0 7 1 1 1 6 0 106 54
2015-05-03 @CLE ND 4.1 8 6 6 1 2 1 88 24
2015-04-28 @BOS ND 4.0 9 6 6 5 0 0 89 15
2015-04-23 BAL W 8.0 4 2 2 0 7 1 100 73
Last 5 v.MIN 1-0 6.0 3 1 1 4 4 0 1.50 62
2012-05-12 @MIN W 6.0 3 1 1 4 4 0 97 62

SP: Ricky Nolasco (32, RHP, 5-1, 5.12)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (5-1) 31.2 41 21 18 10 27 1 5.12
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 6-1 37.2 46 23 20 12 33 2 4.78 46
2015-05-25 BOS W 7.2 7 2 2 0 5 0 103 62
2015-05-19 @PIT W 5.2 10 4 3 1 8 1 93 42
2015-05-13 @DET W 5.1 4 2 0 3 7 0 106 60
2015-05-07 OAK W 5.0 6 4 4 1 1 0 94 39
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
Last 5 v.TOR 0-0 17.1 14 8 8 7 20 2 4.15 54
2014-06-09 @TOR ND 5.2 7 4 4 2 6 2 114 43
2013-07-24 @TOR ND 5.2 2 2 2 4 5 0 98 58
2009-06-12 @TOR ND 6.0 5 2 2 1 9 0 110 62

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Blue Jays Batters (5.16 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.15 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		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 62.Graham
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 57.Pressly
G/S/vB		 22.Stauffer
G/S/vB		 64.Thompson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP 11/.489 2/.000 9/1.556 2/.000 ··· 10/1.200 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 182/142 .234/.374/.469/.843 1.006/.795 .805 91/.857 1/1 7/0
3.Carrera* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 9/.000 2/2.000 ··· 5/.400 2/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 69/60 .288/.348/.356/.704 .889/.673 .823 63/.661 1/0 0/0
15.Colabello G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 99/73 .374/.424/.582/1.007 1.337/.889 .769 99/1.007 1/0 4/1
20.Donaldson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 222/180 .313/.371/.596/.967 1.395/.866 .760 107/1.008 2/0 14/7
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 15/1.043 3/.000 8/1.375 2/.000 ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 212/172 .222/.307/.449/.755 .732/.760 .768 102/.884 1/0 12/1
17.Goins* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 128/99 .243/.290/.339/.629 .551/.651 .624 83/.631 0/0 1/5
55.Martin G/S/vP 6/1.300 8/.500 4/.250 2/2.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· 10/.650 ··· 180/142 .269/.356/.487/.843 1.067/.784 .762 87/.826 2/2 7/1
11.Pillar G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 203/155 .225/.266/.325/.591 .500/.618 .717 98/.447 7/1 2/1
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 55/1.017 7/1.238 4/.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 90/71 .262/.273/.345/.618 .223/.722 .754 24/.750 4/0 0/2
14.Smoak# G/S/vP 9/.347 1/.000 9/.777 2/.000 ··· 5/.800 2/.000 4/1.000 ··· 72/69 .254/.347/.429/.776 1.333/.750 .679 27/.681 0/0 3/0
22.Thole* G/S/vP 13/.558 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/21 .227/.320/.318/.638 1.250/.508 .111 19/.859 0/0 0/1
18.Tolleson G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 45/20 .268/.333/.439/.772 .945/.566 .647 29/.841 2/0 0/1
23.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 73/36 .319/.329/.458/.787 .892/.679 .667 43/.698 2/0 1/0
IP 31.2 24.2 10.2 12.1 17.1 23.0 13.0 10.0 23.2 TOTAL .260/.328/.436/.765 .880/.732 .709 .771 27/4 60/27
ERA-K/9 5.12/7.7 2.19/3.6 7.59/4.2 3.65/4.4 3.63/6.8 1.96/8.2 3.46/9.7 8.10/1.8 3.42/5.3 3.92/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martin (17-18-5)
 Thole (3-0-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 143/.315 99/.253 51/.341 48/.234 74/.254 94/.242 54/.208 51/.364 96/.233 .271  Pillar
 Bautista
 Tolleson
 Goins
 Carrera
 Valencia
 Colabello
14/34/3/5
0/0/14/0
3/0/1/0
1/0/1/0
6/1/17/0
12/0/5/0
11/0/13/0
OPS .794 .714 .954 .574 .802 .596 .549 1.181 .595 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 63/.705 35/.306 19/1.089 17/.750 31/.787 26/.942 23/.685 19/1.169 39/.357 .704
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 80/.865 64/.926 32/.875 31/.484 43/.813 68/.464 31/.443 32/1.175 57/.748 .772
Home 72/.721 48/.386 25/1.111 25/.600 34/.767 57/.691 31/.194 30/1.241 49/.570
Last 28d days 103/.696 47/.586 31/1.007 7/.286 36/.793 54/.765 46/.651 1/.000 35/.715
HR/SB/CS 1/1/2 2/2/2 1/2/0 1/1/0 3/1/0 2/1/0 0/0/1 3/0/0 2/2/0 46/28/11
Usage ·····X·· o···XX·o oo·o··o· oo······ ········ ·X·XX··X oo·o···· ·o······ ·o·o·o·o
Twins Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Hutchison
G/S/vB		 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB		 50.Delabar
G/S/vB		 31.Hendriks
G/S/vB		 62.Loup*
G/S/vB		 54.Osuna
G/S/vB		 47.Schultz
G/S/vB		 52.Tepera
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Dozier G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 212/135 .247/.325/.500/.825 .909/.775 .850 102/.956 3/1 9/1
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 138/86 .238/.263/.338/.601 .538/.640 .710 76/.734 1/1 2/2
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 44/26 .171/.227/.317/.544 .289/.692 .571 20/.413 0/0 1/2
32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 58/38 .255/.293/.327/.620 .563/.651 .683 58/.620 2/1 1/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 3/.000 20/.516 3/.333 3/.666 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 184/115 .280/.332/.458/.790 .833/.763 .750 92/.906 1/2 7/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/.666 10/.400 1/.000 3/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 201/121 .275/.333/.374/.707 .803/.640 .678 91/.624 1/0 1/2
9.Nunez G/S/vP ··· 7/.971 4/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 37/17 .353/.405/.588/.994 .671/1.388 .780 13/.891 0/2 1/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 3/.333 1/5.000 3/1.667 3/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 189/115 .274/.349/.470/.819 .900/.769 .898 88/.802 0/0 7/3
21.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 80/30 .267/.313/.293/.606 .577/.655 .740 30/.339 3/1 0/0
20.Rosario* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 57/39 .302/.321/.434/.755 .863/.705 1.100 57/.755 3/1 2/2
39.Santana# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 169/109 .230/.248/.311/.559 .657/.507 .683 75/.512 4/3 0/10
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 14/1.121 3/.333 6/.834 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 145/95 .242/.313/.336/.648 .673/.633 .665 72/.663 0/0 2/1
IP 58.0 15.0 8.2 21.0 19.1 24.2 7.1 TOTAL .257/.310/.389/.699 .743/.672 .772 .726 18/15 38/28
ERA-K/9 5.12/7.9 3.00/10.2 1.04/11.4 4.29/9.9 5.12/7.9 1.46/8.7 /0.0 4.91/7.4 4.57/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Herrmann (5-3-0)
 Suzuki (23-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 250/.263 61/.250 32/.077 83/.221 82/.263 92/.167 / 30/.214 .255  Escobar
 Robinson
 Hunter
 Rosario
 Nunez
 Herrmann
 Hicks
22/0/0/4
19/13/3/3
0/0/36/1
8/0/8/1
2/0/0/1
0/0/1/0
0/16/0/0
OPS .724 .740 .450 .603 .782 .467 .767 .751
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 144/.648 18/1.007 18/.356 35/.887 27/.656 44/.481 / 12/.833 .783
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 106/.826 43/.631 14/.578 48/.392 55/.844 48/.454 / 18/.722 .726
Road 114/.916 28/.797 15/.630 35/.515 44/.959 36/.441 / 11/.582
Last 28d days 105/.567 31/.603 32/.450 44/.687 38/.866 42/.372 / 30/.767
HR/SB/CS 6/3/1 3/0/1 1/0/1 2/0/2 3/0/0 0/1/1 // 2/0/0 60/20/18
Usage ·····X·· ···X···X o···o··· ····X·o· o··oo·X· ···XX·oo ····o···

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  5.16

STL  4.20

PHI  3.06

 RA/G

STL  3.02

MIA  4.22

MIL  5.04

 BA

D. Gordon  .374

A. Simmons  .267

S. Drew  .157

 OBP

B. Harper  .468

M. Cuddyer  .326

S. Drew  .225

 SLG

B. Harper  .733

J. Soler  .420

J. Ramirez  .246

 OPS

B. Harper  1.201

K. Calhoun  .755

J. Ramirez  .506

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.48

J. Paxton  3.70

K. Lohse  6.50

 K/9IP

J. Shields  11.60

M. Gonzalez  7.26

M. Buehrle  4.27

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.