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Minnesota Twins vs. Baltimore Orioles, at Target Field, July 6, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Monday, July 6, 2015
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Target Field
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
82° (based on last ten years)
Orioles
Manager:
Buck Showalter
Game #:
86
On This Date:
37-63
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
84
On This Date:
41-53
Season Series

Mon, Jul 06, 2015 BAL    @MIN  8:10pm
Tue, Jul 07, 2015 BAL    @MIN  8:10pm
Wed, Jul 08, 2015 BAL    @MIN  1:10pm
Thu, Aug 20, 2015 MIN    @BAL  7:05pm
Fri, Aug 21, 2015 MIN    @BAL  7:05pm
Sat, Aug 22, 2015 MIN    @BAL  7:05pm
Sun, Aug 23, 2015 MIN    @BAL  1:35pm

                         All times ET
Baltimore Orioles
43-39, 2nd, 1 GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   26-16   Road:   17-23   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  32-31   vsLHP:  11-8    1-Run:  11-13
 vsEast: 24-20   vsCntrl: 8-4    vsWest:  7-10 IL: 4-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Sun, Jul  5  @CHW  W   9-1       43-39  2nd  1.0 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  4  @CHW  L   2-3       42-39  2nd  2.0 gb
 80 Fri, Jul  3  @CHW  L   0-1       42-38  2nd  1.0 gb
 79 Thu, Jul  2   TEX  L   0-2       42-37  1st    Tied
 78 Wed, Jul  1   TEX  W   4-2       42-36  1st  0.5 up
 77 Tue, Jun 30   TEX  L   6-8       41-36  1st    Tied
 76 Mon, Jun 29   TEX  L   1-8       41-35  1st    Tied
 75 Sun, Jun 28   CLE  W   8-0       41-34  1st    Tied
 74 Sun, Jun 28   CLE  W   4-0       40-34  1st    Tied
 73 Fri, Jun 26   CLE  W   4-3       39-34  3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10
Minnesota Twins
43-39, 2nd, 4½ GB, 1 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   25-15   Road:   18-24   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  25-28   vsLHP:  18-11   1-Run:  13-12
 vsEast:  9-4    vsCntrl:20-21   vsWest:  6-4  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Sun, Jul  5  @KCR  L   2-3       43-39  2nd  4.5 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  4  @KCR  W   5-3       43-38  2nd  3.5 gb
 80 Fri, Jul  3  @KCR  L   2-3 (10)  42-38  2nd  4.5 gb
 79 Thu, Jul  2  @KCR  W   2-0       42-37  2nd  3.5 gb
 78 Wed, Jul  1  @CIN  L   1-2       41-37  2nd  4.5 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 30  @CIN  W   8-5       41-36  2nd  4.5 gb
 76 Mon, Jun 29  @CIN  L   7-11      40-36  2nd  5.5 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 28  @MIL  L   3-5       40-35  2nd  5.5 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 27  @MIL  W   5-2       40-34  2nd  4.5 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 26  @MIL  L   4-10      39-34  2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 01, 2014 MIN  6 @BAL  4        W:Phil Hughes (15-9), L: Kevin Gausman (7-7), S: Glen Perkins (33)
Sun, Aug 31, 2014 BAL 12  MIN  8        W:Wei-Yin Chen (14-4), L: Ricky Nolasco (5-10), S: Zach Britton (31)
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 BAL  3  MIN  2        W:Andrew Miller (5-5), L: Jared Burton (2-3), S: Zach Britton (30)
Fri, Aug 29, 2014 BAL  9  MIN  1        W:Miguel Gonzalez (7-7), L: Trevor May (0-4), S: none
Sun, May 04, 2014 MIN  5  BAL  2        W:Phil Hughes (3-1), L: Miguel Gonzalez (1-3), S: Glen Perkins (7)
Sat, May 03, 2014 MIN  6  BAL  1        W:Kevin Correia (1-3), L: Wei-Yin Chen (3-2), S: none
Fri, May 02, 2014 BAL  3 @MIN  0        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (1-4), L: Ricky Nolasco (2-3), S: Tommy Hunter (8)
Sun, May 12, 2013 BAL  6 @MIN  0        W:Wei-Yin Chen (3-3), L: Scott Diamond (3-3), S: none
Sat, May 11, 2013 MIN  8  BAL  5        W:Vance Worley (1-4), L: Steve Johnson (0-1), S: Jared Burton (1)
Fri, May 10, 2013 BAL  9 @MIN  6 (10)   W:Tommy Hunter (3-1), L: Anthony Swarzak (1-1), S: Jim Johnson (14)
Season Series: 2015 -  0-0; 2014 - BAL won 4-3; 2013 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - BAL leads 961-943

SP: Wei-Yin Chen (29, LHP, 4-4, 2.84)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (4-4) 95.0 83 35 30 22 78 15 2.84
2014 (16-6) 185.2 193 77 73 35 136 23 3.54
2013 (7-7) 137.0 142 62 62 39 104 17 4.07
Last 7 GS 3-1 45.1 43 14 14 8 40 8 2.78 59
2015-07-01 TEX W 8.0 4 2 2 1 2 2 87 67
2015-06-26 CLE ND 6.0 7 2 2 2 5 2 106 53
2015-06-15 PHI W 8.0 4 0 0 1 9 0 106 82
2015-06-10 BOS W 5.0 7 2 2 1 5 0 91 49
2015-06-04 @HOU ND 6.1 5 2 2 2 9 1 95 62
2015-05-30 TBR L 7.0 5 3 3 1 4 2 88 58
2015-05-25 HOU ND 5.0 11 3 3 0 6 1 91 39
Last 5 v.MIN 3-1 23.2 25 10 9 2 20 2 3.42 54
2014-08-31 MIN W 6.2 8 4 4 0 7 1 104 49
2014-05-03 @MIN L 5.0 6 3 2 1 5 1 108 49
2013-05-12 @MIN W 5.0 5 0 0 0 3 0 73 60
2012-07-19 @MIN W 7.0 6 3 3 1 5 0 108 57

SP: Phil Hughes (29, RHP, 7-6, 4.27)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (7-6) 105.1 118 50 50 10 64 19 4.27
2014 (16-10) 209.2 221 88 82 16 186 16 3.52
2013 (4-14) 145.2 170 91 84 42 121 24 5.19
Last 7 GS 4-2 47.1 49 21 21 4 26 9 3.99 52
2015-06-30 @CIN W 6.2 8 4 4 1 4 2 99 45
2015-06-24 CHW W 8.0 6 1 1 0 5 1 95 71
2015-06-19 CHC W 8.0 2 1 1 0 4 1 95 78
2015-06-14 @TEX ND 6.0 9 3 3 1 3 2 88 44
2015-06-08 KCR L 7.2 7 3 3 1 3 1 104 55
2015-06-03 @BOS L 4.1 11 5 5 1 4 0 77 24
2015-05-27 BOS W 6.2 6 4 4 0 3 2 89 49
Last 5 v.BAL 2-1 26.1 28 13 10 4 16 7 3.42 51
2014-09-01 @BAL W 8.0 5 3 0 0 5 1 95 71
2014-05-04 BAL W 6.1 6 2 2 0 3 1 94 56
2013-09-12 @BAL ND 3.0 3 1 1 0 3 0 50 52
2013-05-21 @BAL ND 6.0 5 2 2 2 5 2 102 57
2013-04-13 BAL L 3.0 9 5 5 2 0 3 60 19

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Orioles Batters (4.51 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Hughes
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		 54.Santana
G/S/vB		 64.Thompson*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Davis* G/S/vP 26/.804 ··· 7/.143 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 31/.829 ··· 332/246 .237/.325/.474/.799 .844/.783 .629 109/.842 0/0 18/2
2.Hardy G/S/vP 27/.518 4/.500 6/1.100 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/no AB 16/.875 ··· 202/146 .237/.269/.332/.600 .473/.650 .528 103/.720 0/0 4/1
10.Jones G/S/vP 48/.500 ··· 6/.334 3/2.000 ··· 7/.310 1/.000 22/.606 ··· 299/238 .286/.334/.464/.798 .975/.754 .805 72/.604 3/1 10/1
36.Joseph G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 204/151 .238/.312/.376/.688 .745/.667 .662 47/.655 0/0 5/1
9.Lough* G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 108/95 .222/.267/.354/.620 .717/.607 .510 45/.736 1/4 4/0
13.Machado G/S/vP 14/.924 ··· 1/.000 4/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 7/.800 ··· 353/274 .299/.356/.522/.878 .879/.878 .802 116/1.090 13/2 17/12
38.Paredes# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 255/216 .311/.341/.502/.843 .624/.884 .814 73/.929 3/2 10/2
41.Parmelee* G/S/vP 11/.673 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.167 ··· 61/52 .246/.295/.561/.856 .708/.880 .739 61/.856 0/1 4/1
28.Pearce G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 176/117 .233/.301/.384/.685 .773/.641 .616 35/.960 1/1 6/0
14.Reimold G/S/vP 7/1.229 ··· 1/5.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 8/.250 ··· 47/19 .244/.340/.463/.804 .957/.566 .686 47/.804 0/0 2/0
6.Schoop G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 34/24 .250/.294/.656/.950 .700/1.061 .557 5/1.000 0/0 4/0
23.Snider* G/S/vP 12/.667 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/.594 ··· 200/168 .260/.330/.381/.711 .813/.689 .799 63/.783 1/0 3/1
32.Wieters# G/S/vP 37/.529 ··· 5/1.800 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 20/.879 ··· 72/54 .224/.250/.463/.713 .389/.827 .761 59/.584 0/0 3/3
IP 105.1 37.2 19.1 25.2 37.0 34.1 27.2 8.0 32.1 TOTAL .257/.312/.421/.734 .733/.734 .674 .781 26/13 99/38
ERA-K/9 4.27/5.5 2.63/4.1 6.52/4.7 3.86/4.9 2.92/6.8 1.31/8.4 2.93/7.1 2.25/9.0 5.01/4.7 3.86/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Joseph (25-9-4)
 Wieters (3-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 436/.280 155/.255 86/.288 104/.248 156/.270 134/.202 119/.257 29/.120 137/.264 .270  Jones
 Snider
 Davis
 Reimold
 Parmelee
 Lough
 Pearce
 Paredes
0/68/0/6
29/0/19/4
0/0/9/1
12/2/7/1
0/0/8/1
34/18/2/1
16/0/5/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .778 .719 .799 .648 .783 .495 .645 .454 .682 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 238/.771 58/.476 40/.837 41/.775 65/.791 38/.766 42/.678 14/.594 62/.526 .725
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 198/.785 97/.861 46/.766 63/.566 91/.777 96/.390 77/.626 15/.343 75/.806 .745
Home 216/.693 83/.548 36/1.095 46/.565 87/.777 75/.650 57/.344 / 63/.782
Last 28d days 110/.699 41/.832 29/.434 48/.706 53/.737 26/.274 41/.884 29/.454 31/.831
HR/SB/CS 19/6/2 3/2/3 1/2/0 3/3/0 6/4/0 2/1/0 0/1/2 1/0/0 2/2/0 78/50/15
Usage ·····X·· ooo··o·o ·o······ ·Xo··X·X ····X·X· ·o·o·X·· ·oo···Xo X······· ooo·o·o·
Twins Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (3.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 16.Chen*
G/S/vB		 35.Brach
G/S/vB		 53.Britton*
G/S/vB		 29.Hunter
G/S/vB		 17.Matusz*
G/S/vB		 56.O'Day
G/S/vB		 65.Roe
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Dozier G/S/vP 11/1.182 2/2.000 5/.000 5/.400 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 359/252 .260/.331/.511/.842 .872/.830 .836 109/.777 7/3 16/3
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 212/145 .254/.286/.406/.692 .588/.741 .744 49/.946 2/3 4/4
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 72/52 .156/.239/.281/.521 .259/.617 .522 22/.439 0/0 1/3
32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 110/78 .235/.282/.314/.596 .692/.557 .668 21/.468 6/1 2/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 6/.533 21/.933 13/1.045 12/.500 ··· 308/211 .262/.315/.443/.758 .682/.793 .685 86/.705 1/3 12/4
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 12/.872 2/3.500 8/1.071 14/1.071 10/.522 2/no AB ··· 335/221 .275/.343/.389/.733 .777/.708 .743 100/.843 1/1 5/4
9.Nunez G/S/vP 11/.909 ··· 10/.222 2/.000 8/.000 1/2.000 ··· 112/77 .291/.333/.485/.819 .699/.874 .776 59/.837 3/3 2/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 11/1.182 3/1.667 5/1.800 6/1.100 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 325/222 .254/.315/.444/.759 .773/.752 .832 103/.798 1/0 10/5
20.Rosario* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 180/133 .272/.303/.408/.712 .668/.725 .948 92/.673 6/3 4/3
22.Sano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/10 .400/.438/.533/.971 .733/1.100 16/.971 0/0 0/
39.Santana# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 216/149 .221/.243/.299/.542 .679/.481 .631 28/.656 5/4 0/13
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 5/1.000 3/.000 6/.533 22/.682 15/.800 9/.111 ··· 251/175 .222/.281/.307/.588 .617/.575 .634 76/.499 0/0 3/1
IP 95.0 40.1 34.2 34.1 26.2 31.2 24.0 TOTAL .250/.302/.391/.694 .709/.687 .748 .712 37/27 66/46
ERA-K/9 2.84/7.4 3.35/10.3 1.82/10.6 3.93/6.6 2.36/9.8 1.14/11.9 2.25/9.8 3.67/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Herrmann (8-4-0)
 Suzuki (42-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 383/.237 159/.210 135/.219 140/.273 116/.213 126/.155 96/.198 .246  Hicks
 Escobar
 Rosario
 Hunter
 Nunez
 Herrmann
 Santana
0/31/1/5
31/0/0/4
28/3/17/4
0/0/62/2
2/0/0/1
0/0/2/0
0/4/1/0
OPS .710 .628 .541 .664 .661 .507 .576 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 92/.668 83/.548 36/.284 70/.659 54/.465 45/.781 42/.696 .709
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 291/.723 76/.722 99/.633 70/.668 62/.856 81/.366 54/.477 .711
Road 121/.715 80/.776 58/.499 64/.445 67/.610 62/.470 39/.289
Last 28d days 103/.646 47/.551 44/.498 41/.676 35/.443 40/.422 56/.697
HR/SB/CS 15/2/1 4/1/1 1/0/0 2/5/2 2/0/1 4/0/0 2/0/1 85/32/14
Usage ····X··· ··o··X·· ····oo·· ···o··X· X··o··oo ·o·X···· X··X·X·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  5.48

LAA  4.10

PHI  3.39

 RA/G

STL  2.83

MIN  4.10

COL  5.11

 BA

M. Cabrera  .350

A. Pagan  .268

S. Drew  .178

 OBP

B. Harper  .474

J. Heyward  .331

O. Infante  .240

 SLG

B. Harper  .722

B. Holt  .424

M. Bourn  .283

 OPS

B. Harper  1.196

T. Hunter  .758

A. Ramirez  .539

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.48

C. Heston  3.78

K. Lohse  6.24

 K/9IP

C. Sale  12.28

C. Heston  7.37

M. Pelfrey  4.44

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.