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Minnesota Twins vs. Baltimore Orioles, at Target Field, July 7, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Target Field
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
80° (based on last ten years)
Orioles
Manager:
Buck Showalter
Game #:
87
On This Date:
46-44
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
85
On This Date:
31-69
Season Series
Mon, Jul 06, 2015 MIN  4  BAL  2 (10)

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
43-40, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   26-16   Road:   17-24   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  32-32   vsLHP:  11-8    1-Run:  11-13
 vsEast: 24-20   vsCntrl: 8-5    vsWest:  7-10 IL: 4-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Mon, Jul  6  @MIN  L   2-4 (10)  43-40  2nd  1.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:19-11
Minnesota Twins
44-39, 2nd, 4 GB, ½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   26-15   Road:   18-24   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  25-28   vsLHP:  19-11   1-Run:  13-12
 vsEast: 10-4    vsCntrl:20-21   vsWest:  6-4  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Mon, Jul  6   BAL  W   4-2 (10)  44-39  2nd  4.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jul 06, 2015 MIN  4  BAL  2 (10)   W:Trevor May (5-7), L: Tommy Hunter (2-2), S: none

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)
Season Series: 2015 - MIN over 1-0; 2014 - BAL won 4-3; 2013 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - BAL leads 961-944

SP: Kevin Gausman (24, RHP, 1-0, 3.09)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (1-0) 23.1 19 9 8 8 21 2 3.09
2014 (7-7) 113.1 111 48 45 38 88 7 3.57
2013 (3-5) 47.2 51 30 30 13 49 8 5.66
Last 7 GS 0-1 42.2 35 14 12 12 37 2 2.53 58
2015-07-02 TEX ND 6.1 4 0 0 2 7 0 95 70
2015-06-20 @TOR ND 5.0 4 2 2 1 1 0 91 51
2014-09-25 @NYY ND 5.0 3 2 2 1 5 0 97 57
2014-09-19 BOS ND 5.0 7 3 2 0 3 2 91 46
2014-09-12 NYY ND 7.0 7 0 0 2 7 0 106 68
2014-09-06 @TBR ND 7.0 5 2 2 4 7 0 106 62
2014-09-01 MIN L 7.1 5 5 4 2 7 0 103 55
Last 5 v.MIN 0-1 7.1 5 5 4 2 7 0 4.91 55
2014-09-01 MIN L 7.1 5 5 4 2 7 0 103 55

SP: Kyle Gibson (27, RHP, 6-6, 3.04)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (6-6) 100.2 92 37 34 33 65 10 3.04
2014 (13-12) 179.1 178 91 89 57 107 12 4.47
2013 (2-4) 51.0 69 38 37 20 29 7 6.53
Last 7 GS 2-3 44.1 41 19 17 16 38 6 3.45 54
2015-07-02 @KCR W 8.0 4 0 0 4 7 0 114 77
2015-06-27 @MIL W 6.2 6 2 2 1 3 0 99 56
2015-06-21 CHC L 5.0 6 2 2 3 6 1 102 50
2015-06-16 @STL L 6.0 6 3 3 2 4 0 96 50
2015-06-10 KCR L 6.0 5 5 4 2 6 1 117 48
2015-06-05 MIL ND 7.0 6 5 5 0 9 3 101 54
2015-05-30 TOR ND 5.2 8 2 1 4 3 1 103 46
Last 5 v.BAL 0-0 5.0 4 1 1 3 6 0 1.80 58
2014-08-30 @BAL ND 5.0 4 1 1 3 6 0 96 58

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

Orioles Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Gibson
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		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Davis* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 7/.143 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 336/250 .237/.324/.471/.795 .844/.778 .625 109/.862 0/0 18/2
3.Flaherty* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 176/132 .248/.328/.386/.713 .731/.708 .777 89/.649 0/0 3/1
2.Hardy G/S/vP 2/1.000 4/.500 6/1.100 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 206/149 .232/.263/.325/.588 .464/.637 .504 104/.673 0/0 4/1
10.Jones G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 6/.334 4/1.500 ··· 7/.310 304/243 .285/.332/.470/.802 .975/.759 .812 73/.651 3/1 11/1
36.Joseph G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 204/151 .238/.312/.376/.688 .745/.667 .662 47/.655 0/0 5/1
9.Lough* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 112/99 .233/.275/.359/.634 .717/.623 .543 49/.758 1/4 4/0
13.Machado G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.666 ··· 1/.000 358/279 .301/.360/.531/.891 .879/.894 .830 117/1.142 13/2 18/12
38.Paredes# G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 260/220 .305/.335/.492/.826 .608/.867 .781 78/.867 3/2 10/2
41.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 65/55 .230/.277/.525/.802 .633/.830 .655 65/.802 0/1 4/1
28.Pearce G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 176/117 .233/.301/.384/.685 .773/.641 .616 32/.906 1/1 6/0
14.Reimold G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 47/19 .244/.340/.463/.804 .957/.566 .686 44/.828 0/0 2/0
6.Schoop G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 38/27 .250/.289/.611/.901 .636/1.013 .544 9/.778 1/0 4/0
23.Snider* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 200/168 .260/.330/.381/.711 .813/.689 .799 63/.783 1/0 3/1
32.Wieters# G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.800 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 76/58 .254/.276/.493/.769 .389/.894 .846 59/.672 0/0 3/3
IP 100.2 37.2 20.0 26.2 37.0 35.1 TOTAL .257/.312/.422/.734 .728/.735 .675 .787 27/13 101/38
ERA-K/9 3.04/5.8 2.63/4.1 6.30/4.5 3.71/5.1 2.92/6.8 1.27/8.7 3.83/6.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 419/.244 155/.255 87/.284 107/.240 156/.270 137/.197 .270  Jones
 Snider
 Davis
 Reimold
 Parmelee
 Lough
 Pearce
 Paredes
0/69/0/6
29/0/19/4
0/0/10/1
12/2/7/1
0/0/8/1
35/18/2/1
16/0/5/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .687 .719 .789 .630 .783 .484 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 203/.681 58/.476 40/.837 43/.738 65/.791 39/.746 .724
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 216/.691 97/.861 47/.748 64/.557 91/.777 98/.382 .746
Home 208/.717 83/.548 37/1.061 49/.531 87/.777 78/.624
Last 28d days 132/.614 37/.776 27/.345 47/.721 53/.737 29/.245
HR/SB/CS 10/3/1 3/2/3 1/2/0 3/3/0 6/4/0 2/1/0 80/51/15
Usage ····X··· ·ooo··o· o·o····· o·Xo··X· ·····X·X o·o·o·X·
Twins Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (3.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Gausman
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 4/.500 2/2.000 5/.000 6/1.166 2/.500 4/.000 ··· 364/254 .260/.332/.517/.849 .861/.844 .851 110/.819 7/3 17/3
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 212/145 .254/.286/.406/.692 .588/.741 .744 46/.978 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 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 114/79 .236/.281/.340/.620 .783/.550 .715 22/.632 6/1 3/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 6/.533 21/.933 13/1.045 13/.462 ··· 312/212 .262/.314/.451/.765 .714/.789 .701 86/.767 1/3 13/4
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/2.000 2/3.500 8/1.071 14/1.071 10/.522 3/.667 ··· 339/222 .275/.342/.387/.730 .774/.704 .737 100/.850 1/1 5/4
9.Nunez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 10/.222 2/.000 8/.000 1/2.000 ··· 112/77 .291/.333/.485/.819 .699/.874 .776 59/.837 4/3 2/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 3/.333 3/1.667 5/1.800 7/.929 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 329/223 .252/.314/.440/.754 .764/.748 .820 103/.771 1/0 10/5
21.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 123/63 .250/.303/.313/.616 .594/.635 .635 30/.798 4/1 0/0
20.Rosario* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 184/134 .266/.297/.399/.696 .624/.720 .902 93/.666 6/3 4/3
22.Sano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 20/11 .412/.500/.529/1.029 .873/1.145 1.250 20/1.029 0/0 0/
39.Santana# G/S/vP 4/.500 1/5.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 220/150 .221/.243/.298/.541 .648/.492 .626 32/.635 5/4 0/13
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 5/.800 3/.000 6/.533 23/.652 15/.800 9/.111 ··· 255/176 .218/.277/.301/.578 .592/.571 .611 77/.492 0/0 3/1
IP 23.1 40.1 34.2 35.2 26.2 32.2 24.0 TOTAL .250/.302/.392/.694 .708/.687 .747 .727 38/27 69/46
ERA-K/9 3.09/8.1 3.35/10.3 1.82/10.6 4.29/6.3 2.36/9.8 1.10/11.8 2.25/9.8 3.68/7.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Herrmann (8-4-0)
 Suzuki (43-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 97/.221 159/.210 135/.219 147/.275 116/.213 129/.151 96/.198 .245  Hicks
 Escobar
 Rosario
 Robinson
 Hunter
 Nunez
 Santana
 Herrmann
0/32/1/5
31/0/0/4
29/3/17/4
32/15/4/3
0/0/63/2
2/0/0/1
0/4/1/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .637 .628 .541 .690 .661 .494 .576 .710
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 44/.864 83/.548 36/.284 73/.659 54/.465 46/.762 42/.696 .707
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 53/.444 76/.722 99/.633 74/.721 62/.856 83/.357 54/.477 .713
Road 57/.673 80/.776 58/.499 71/.519 67/.610 65/.447 39/.289
Last 28d days 45/.517 47/.551 38/.547 48/.756 35/.443 43/.391 50/.728
HR/SB/CS 2/3/1 4/1/1 1/0/0 3/6/2 2/0/1 4/0/0 2/0/1 88/33/14
Usage ····X··· ···o··X· ·····oo· X···o··X ·X··o··o o·o·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 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  5.44

LAA  4.10

SEA  3.41

 RA/G

STL  2.79

MIA  4.08

COL  5.11

 BA

M. Cabrera  .350

K. Calhoun  .266

S. Drew  .178

 OBP

B. Harper  .471

B. Dozier  .332

O. Infante  .240

 SLG

B. Harper  .714

B. Holt  .424

B. Hamilton  .287

 OPS

B. Harper  1.185

T. Plouffe  .754

O. Infante  .547

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.48

C. Kluber  3.64

K. Lohse  6.29

 K/9IP

C. Sale  11.78

K. Hendricks  7.34

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.