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Minnesota Twins vs. Texas Rangers, at Target Field, August 11, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Target Field
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
76° (based on last ten years)
Rangers
Manager:
Jeff Banister
Game #:
111
On This Date:
27-21
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
113
On This Date:
57-49
Season Series
Fri, Jun 12, 2015 TEX  6  MIN  2     
Sat, Jun 13, 2015 TEX 11  MIN  7     
Sun, Jun 14, 2015 MIN  4 @TEX  3     

Tue, Aug 11, 2015 TEX    @MIN  8:10pm
Wed, Aug 12, 2015 TEX    @MIN  8:10pm
Thu, Aug 13, 2015 TEX    @MIN  1:10pm

                         All times ET
Texas Rangers
55-55, 3rd, 4½ GB, 4½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   23-29   Road:   32-26   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  35-32   vsLHP:  20-23   1-Run:  20-17
 vsEast: 16-9    vsCntrl:12-10   vsWest: 18-28 IL: 9-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Sun, Aug  9  @SEA  L   2-4       55-55  3rd  4.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  8  @SEA  W  11-3 (11)  55-54  3rd  4.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  7  @SEA  L   3-4       54-54  3rd  5.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  5   HOU  W   4-3       54-53  3rd  5.0 gb
106 Tue, Aug  4   HOU  W   4-3       53-53  3rd  6.0 gb
105 Mon, Aug  3   HOU  W  12-9       52-53  3rd  7.0 gb
104 Sun, Aug  2   SFG  W   2-1       51-53  3rd  8.0 gb
103 Sat, Aug  1   SFG  L   7-9 (11)  50-53  3rd  8.0 gb
102 Fri, Jul 31   SFG  W   6-3       50-52  3rd  7.0 gb
101 Thu, Jul 30   NYY  W   7-6       49-52  3rd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:14-16
Minnesota Twins
55-56, 2nd, 12 GB, 5 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   34-22   Road:   21-34   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  34-38   vsLHP:  21-18   1-Run:  15-14
 vsEast: 13-10   vsCntrl:24-24   vsWest: 10-10 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
111 Sun, Aug  9  @CLE  L   1-8       55-56  2nd 11.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  8  @CLE  L   4-17      55-55  2nd 10.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  7  @CLE  W  10-9       55-54  2nd  9.5 gb
108 Thu, Aug  6  @TOR  L   3-9       54-54  2nd  9.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  5  @TOR  L   7-9       54-53  2nd  9.5 gb
106 Tue, Aug  4  @TOR  L   1-3       54-52  2nd  9.5 gb
105 Mon, Aug  3  @TOR  L   1-5       54-51  2nd  8.5 gb
104 Sun, Aug  2   SEA  L   1-4 (11)  54-50  2nd  8.0 gb
103 Sat, Aug  1   SEA  W   3-2       54-49  2nd  8.0 gb
102 Fri, Jul 31   SEA  L   1-6       53-49  2nd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 14, 2015 MIN  4 @TEX  3        W:Casey Fien (2-2), L: Shawn Tolleson (1-1), S: Glen Perkins (22)
Sat, Jun 13, 2015 TEX 11  MIN  7        W:Colby Lewis (6-3), L: Mike Pelfrey (5-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 12, 2015 TEX  6  MIN  2        W:Tanner Scheppers (3-0), L: Aaron Thompson (1-2), S: none

Sun, Jun 29, 2014 MIN  3 @TEX  2        W:Kyle Gibson (7-6), L: Joakim Soria (1-3), S: Glen Perkins (20)
Sat, Jun 28, 2014 TEX  5  MIN  0        W:Yu Darvish (8-4), L: Phil Hughes (8-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 27, 2014 TEX  5  MIN  4        W:Nick Tepesch (3-3), L: Kevin Correia (4-9), S: none
Thu, May 29, 2014 TEX  5 @MIN  4        W:Alexi Ogando (2-2), L: Casey Fien (3-2), S: Joakim Soria (10)
Wed, May 28, 2014 TEX  1 @MIN  0        W:Shawn Tolleson (1-1), L: Jared Burton (1-2), S: Joakim Soria (9)
Tue, May 27, 2014 MIN  4  TEX  3        W:Glen Perkins (2-0), L: Joakim Soria (1-2), S: none
Mon, May 26, 2014 TEX  7 @MIN  2        W:Nick Tepesch (2-0), L: Kevin Correia (2-6), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - TEX over 2-1; 2014 - TEX won 5-2; 2013 - MIN won 4-3; All-Time - MIN leads 367-331

SP: Yovani Gallardo (29, RHP, 8-9, 3.47)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (8-9) 132.1 126 57 51 50 87 11 3.47
2014 (8-11) 192.1 195 86 75 54 146 21 3.51
2013 (12-10) 180.2 180 92 84 66 144 18 4.18
Last 7 GS 1-3 36.1 43 22 22 22 17 4 5.45 42
2015-08-04 HOU W 5.0 4 3 3 2 3 1 98 48
2015-07-30 NYY ND 6.0 8 5 5 2 1 2 103 35
2015-07-25 @LAA ND 4.0 8 5 5 3 3 0 92 26
2015-07-19 @HOU L 4.0 7 5 5 3 1 1 93 26
2015-07-12 SDP L 5.2 6 1 1 4 3 0 99 52
2015-07-07 ARI L 5.2 8 3 3 5 4 0 107 40
2015-07-02 @BAL ND 6.0 2 0 0 3 2 0 94 67
Last 5 v.MIN 1-2 31.0 30 17 14 13 26 5 4.06 51
2014-06-03 MIN L 5.0 8 6 6 1 6 2 98 32
2012-06-15 @MIN ND 6.0 8 3 3 2 7 2 109 49
2012-05-19 MIN ND 6.0 3 2 1 3 3 0 108 60
2011-07-01 @MIN L 7.0 5 5 3 4 4 1 111 51
2011-06-25 MIN W 7.0 6 1 1 3 6 0 108 64

SP: Kyle Gibson (27, RHP, 8-9, 3.78)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (8-9) 135.2 133 62 57 43 96 14 3.78
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 3-3 43.0 45 25 23 14 38 4 4.81 49
2015-08-06 @TOR L 4.2 9 8 8 3 4 1 97 15
2015-08-01 SEA ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 4 1 104 60
2015-07-26 NYY L 5.1 6 6 6 2 4 1 94 34
2015-07-21 @LAA L 5.0 10 6 5 1 6 0 94 30
2015-07-12 DET W 7.0 4 1 0 2 6 0 99 71
2015-07-07 BAL W 6.0 6 2 2 1 7 1 108 58
2015-07-02 @KCR W 8.0 4 0 0 4 7 0 114 77
Last 5 v.TEX 1-0 14.0 14 2 2 0 7 1 1.29 63
2014-06-29 @TEX W 8.0 8 2 2 0 3 1 95 61
2014-05-28 TEX ND 6.0 6 0 0 0 4 0 107 64

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Rangers Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Gibson
G/S/vB		 58.Achter
G/S/vB		 36.Boyer
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 62.Graham
G/S/vB		 49.Jepsen
G/S/vB		 65.May
G/S/vB		 61.O'Rourke*
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· ··· 16/1.104 8/.286 1/.000 18/.398 ··· ··· 8/.500 457/295 .255/.304/.337/.642 .697/.611 .568 95/.708 11/5 4/18
29.Beltre G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 6/1.100 4/.000 ··· 22/1.265 ··· ··· 17/1.262 394/261 .260/.305/.400/.705 .743/.685 .661 97/.764 1/0 9/8
17.Choo* G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· ··· 32/.613 4/.000 1/3.000 5/3.500 ··· ··· 8/.708 416/270 .239/.323/.423/.746 .575/.839 .678 68/1.049 2/1 14/3
7.DeShields G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 286/188 .261/.355/.376/.730 .745/.722 .665 93/.682 18/3 0/3
84.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.666 14/.846 5/.400 1/.000 5/1.267 ··· ··· 12/.834 474/289 .325/.392/.501/.894 .810/.947 .936 97/.774 0/0 17/4
38.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 18/9 .375/.412/.750/1.162 1.643/.778 1.600 18/1.162 2/0 1/0
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 5/1.100 ··· 1/no AB 18/.889 4/1.750 ··· 8/1.125 ··· ··· 13/1.462 140/91 .250/.293/.417/.710 .699/.715 .581 85/.685 0/0 5/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 13/.616 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 342/238 .294/.345/.505/.850 .686/.921 .916 69/.785 1/0 16/3
25.Napoli G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 13/.398 4/1.750 ··· 8/.250 3/.000 ··· 6/.334 382/266 .205/.306/.383/.689 .835/.627 .639 73/.864 3/1 13/6
12.Odor* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 287/185 .283/.343/.469/.812 .788/.825 .910 94/1.023 5/5 8/13
9.Rosales G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 124/48 .230/.298/.345/.644 .608/.699 .624 19/.526 4/4 3/3
20.Strausborger G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/2 .167/.375/.167/.542 .533/.500 .750 9/.542 0/0 0/1
8.Wilson G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 5/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/53 .206/.260/.250/.510 .311/.583 .613 14/1.192 0/0 0/2
IP 135.2 1.1 48.1 30.1 38.1 53.2 45.0 94.2 12.1 44.0 TOTAL .255/.319/.408/.727 .697/.744 .708 .786 66/23 113/85
ERA-K/9 3.78/6.4 40.50/27.7 2.98/4.7 5.04/4.5 3.99/5.2 4.19/7.2 3.00/7.6 4.09/8.1 3.65/11.7 2.45/8.4 4.27/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gimenez (7-0-1)
 Wilson (18-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 571/.258 11/.556 203/.266 130/.252 158/.263 228/.261 191/.217 409/.284 50/.122 176/.225 .274  DeShields
 Choo
 Hamilton
 Rosales
 Strausborger
35/40/0/4
0/0/96/2
26/0/11/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
OPS .716 1.859 .748 .700 .682 .766 .621 .751 .460 .599 .757
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 290/.667 5/2.467 69/.480 55/.927 63/.839 98/.698 101/.743 215/.735 28/.472 47/.747 .723
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 281/.766 6/1.500 134/.882 75/.540 95/.579 130/.819 90/.488 194/.768 22/.436 129/.545 .784
Home 311/.705 / 101/.606 58/.924 78/.638 124/.728 92/.487 235/.726 24/.321 104/.773
Last 28d days 103/.894 11/1.859 39/.819 36/.633 42/.636 57/.760 30/.425 45/.748 42/.559 33/1.198
HR/SB/CS 14/4/1 2/0/0 5/2/3 1/3/0 5/4/0 9/4/0 4/3/2 8/7/2 1/1/0 6/1/0 123/60/15
Usage ····X··· ··XX···· ··X·oX·X ·X·oXo·· ·X·o·oX· ··X··X·· ··X··Xo· ·X·oX··· ·oX·o·oo ···X····
Twins Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.77 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Gallardo
G/S/vB		 63.Bass
G/S/vB		 41.Diekman*
G/S/vB		 47.Dyson
G/S/vB		 71.Freeman*
G/S/vB		 44.Patton
G/S/vB		 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Dozier G/S/vP 9/1.699 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 485/337 .248/.318/.495/.813 .867/.789 .834 92/.695 9/3 24/4
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 268/177 .241/.278/.378/.656 .530/.722 .682 52/.521 2/3 4/4
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 76/56 .147/.227/.265/.491 .259/.570 .522 4/.000 0/0 1/3
32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 228/155 .285/.342/.425/.767 1.037/.639 .921 90/.837 9/3 6/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 406/279 .248/.303/.437/.740 .727/.745 .682 73/.663 2/3 18/4
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 15/1.100 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 451/306 .266/.330/.377/.707 .696/.713 .682 85/.639 1/1 7/4
9.Nunez G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 144/97 .259/.294/.407/.701 .604/.749 .694 28/.286 4/3 2/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 8/1.661 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 433/299 .248/.308/.451/.759 .791/.744 .838 79/.713 2/1 15/7
21.Robinson G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 151/82 .252/.295/.331/.626 .590/.656 .586 25/.750 5/1 0/0
20.Rosario* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 286/205 .275/.299/.451/.750 .674/.779 .986 81/.803 9/5 6/5
22.Sano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 128/88 .264/.383/.491/.873 .535/1.032 1.077 83/.731 0/1 5/0
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 4/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 334/226 .229/.285/.309/.594 .593/.594 .641 63/.551 0/0 4/1
IP 132.1 51.2 42.2 48.2 27.2 21.0 50.1 TOTAL .247/.301/.397/.698 .707/.693 .761 .660 52/33 99/61
ERA-K/9 3.47/5.9 4.35/6.6 4.43/11.4 3.51/7.9 2.93/8.4 6.86/10.3 2.86/10.0 4.50/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Herrmann (8-4-0)
 Suzuki (51-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 565/.247 218/.270 196/.244 211/.254 122/.218 89/.231 205/.228 .264  Hicks
 Rosario
 Escobar
 Robinson
 Hunter
 Nunez
 Herrmann
0/60/1/8
49/3/26/6
33/0/0/4
42/15/6/4
0/0/85/3
3/0/0/1
0/0/2/0
OPS .677 .756 .709 .678 .651 .787 .651 .757
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 287/.709 97/.756 79/.731 90/.579 68/.842 34/.847 121/.739 .759
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 278/.645 121/.755 117/.694 121/.753 54/.428 55/.751 84/.520 .755
Road 279/.683 88/.834 94/.745 79/.710 50/.470 46/.722 104/.569
Last 28d days 94/.990 17/.750 33/.440 39/1.052 43/.653 45/.744 50/.504
HR/SB/CS 11/7/3 5/1/1 3/3/1 4/7/1 2/3/1 4/0/1 6/1/0 125/61/17
Usage ······X· ········ ··X··Xo· ··X··X·o ···o·XXo ···X·XoX ··X···Xo

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  5.28

LAA  4.16

MIA  3.57

 RA/G

STL  2.87

CLE  4.21

COL  5.19

 BA

P. Goldschmidt  .338

M. Carpenter  .266

M. Zunino  .170

 OBP

B. Harper  .460

M. Cabrera  .324

M. Zunino  .227

 SLG

B. Harper  .650

H. Kendrick  .418

B. Hamilton  .281

 OPS

B. Harper  1.110

S. Choo  .746

M. Zunino  .525

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.71

A. Wood  3.72

K. Kendrick  6.43

 K/9IP

C. Sale  11.56

S. Gray  7.57

M. Pelfrey  4.28

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.