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Chicago White Sox vs. Minnesota Twins, at U.S. Cellular Field, June 30, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Start Time:

1:10ct (local), 2:10et

Venue:

U.S. Cellular Field

Series:

Game #3 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

76° (based on last ten years)

Twins

Manager:

Paul Molitor

Game #:

On This Date:

55-49

White Sox

Manager:

Robin Ventura

Game #:

On This Date:

59-55

Season Series
Mon, Apr 11, 2016 CHW  4 @MIN  1     
Wed, Apr 13, 2016 CHW  3 @MIN  0     
Thu, Apr 14, 2016 CHW  3 @MIN  1     
Fri, May 06, 2016 CHW 10  MIN  4     
Sat, May 07, 2016 CHW  7  MIN  2     
Sun, May 08, 2016 CHW  3  MIN  1     
Tue, Jun 28, 2016 MIN  4 @CHW  0     
Wed, Jun 29, 2016 CHW  9  MIN  6     

Thu, Jun 30, 2016 MIN    @CHW  2:10pm
Fri, Jul 29, 2016 CHW    @MIN  8:10pm
Sat, Jul 30, 2016 CHW    @MIN  7:10pm
Sun, Jul 31, 2016 CHW    @MIN  2:10pm
Thu, Sep 01, 2016 CHW    @MIN  8:10pm
Fri, Sep 02, 2016 CHW    @MIN  8:10pm
Sat, Sep 03, 2016 CHW    @MIN  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 04, 2016 CHW    @MIN  2:10pm
Fri, Sep 30, 2016 MIN    @CHW  8:10pm
Sat, Oct 01, 2016 MIN    @CHW  7:10pm
Sun, Oct 02, 2016 MIN    @CHW  3:10pm

                         All times ET

Minnesota Twins

25-52, 5th, 22 GB, 16½ GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   15-25   Road:   10-27   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  17-41   vsLHP:   8-11   1-Run:   7-13
 vsEast:  5-18   vsCntrl: 6-20   vsWest:  8-7  IL: 6-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 77 Wed, Jun 29  @CHW  L   6-9       25-52  5th 22.0 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 28  @CHW  W   4-0       25-51  5th 21.0 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 26  @NYY  W   7-1       24-51  5th 20.5 gb
 74 Sat, Jun 25  @NYY  L   1-2       23-51  5th 20.5 gb
 73 Fri, Jun 24  @NYY  L   3-5       23-50  5th 19.5 gb
 72 Thu, Jun 23   PHI  L   3-7       23-49  5th 18.5 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 22   PHI  W   6-5       23-48  5th 18.0 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 21   PHI  W  14-10      22-48  5th 18.0 gb
 69 Sun, Jun 19   NYY  W   7-4       21-48  5th 17.5 gb
 68 Sat, Jun 18   NYY  L   6-7       20-48  5th 17.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Chicago White Sox

39-39, 4th, 8½ GB, 3 GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   20-19   Road:   19-20   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  32-30   vsLHP:   7-9    1-Run:  12-14
 vsEast: 13-10   vsCntrl:13-19   vsWest: 10-7  IL: 3-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 78 Wed, Jun 29   MIN  W   9-6       39-39  4th  8.5 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 28   MIN  L   0-4       38-39  4th  8.5 gb
 76 Sun, Jun 26   TOR  W   5-2       38-38  3rd  7.0 gb
 75 Sat, Jun 25   TOR  L   8-10      37-38  4th  7.0 gb
 74 Fri, Jun 24   TOR  W   3-2       37-37  4th  6.0 gb
 73 Thu, Jun 23  @BOS  L   7-8 (10)  36-37  4th  6.0 gb
 72 Wed, Jun 22  @BOS  W   8-6       36-36  4th  5.5 gb
 71 Tue, Jun 21  @BOS  W   3-1       35-36  4th  5.5 gb
 70 Mon, Jun 20  @BOS  W   3-1 (10)  34-36  4th  5.5 gb
 69 Sun, Jun 19  @CLE  L   2-3 (10)  33-36  4th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 29, 2016 CHW  9  MIN  6        W:James Shields (3-9), L: Ricky Nolasco (3-6), S: Nate Jones (2)
Tue, Jun 28, 2016 MIN  4 @CHW  0        W:Kyle Gibson (1-5), L: Jose Quintana (5-8), S: none
Sun, May 08, 2016 CHW  3  MIN  1        W:Jose Quintana (5-1), L: Tyler Duffey (0-2), S: David Robertson (10)
Sat, May 07, 2016 CHW  7  MIN  2        W:Chris Sale (7-0), L: Ervin Santana (0-2), S: none
Fri, May 06, 2016 CHW 10  MIN  4        W:Mat Latos (5-0), L: Ricky Nolasco (1-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 14, 2016 CHW  3 @MIN  1        W:Mat Latos (2-0), L: Ervin Santana (0-1), S: David Robertson (5)
Wed, Apr 13, 2016 CHW  3 @MIN  0        W:Carlos Rodon (1-1), L: Phil Hughes (0-2), S: David Robertson (4)
Mon, Apr 11, 2016 CHW  4 @MIN  1        W:Jose Quintana (1-0), L: Kyle Gibson (0-2), S: David Robertson (3)

Sun, Sep 13, 2015 MIN  7 @CHW  0        W:Kyle Gibson (10-10), L: Chris Sale (12-9), S: none
Sat, Sep 12, 2015 CHW  8  MIN  2        W:Jose Quintana (9-10), L: Tommy Milone (8-5), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - CHW over 7-1; 2015 - MIN won 13-6; 2014 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1127-1040

SP: Tommy Milone (29, LHP, 0-2, 5.33)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (0-2)			27.0	32	21	16	9	20	5	5.33
2015 (9-5)			128.2	128	64	56	36	91	17	3.92
2014 (6-4)			118.0	128	63	55	37	75	16	4.19

Last 7 GS		1-2	35.1	40	21	16	10	27	5	4.08	47
2016-06-24	@NYY	L	3.2	6	4	1	2	1	0	77	38
2016-04-25	CLE	ND	4.2	7	2	2	2	5	0	98	45
2016-04-20	@MIL	ND	4.2	5	4	4	2	6	0	102	42
2016-04-15	LAA	ND	6.0	8	4	4	1	2	2	81	41
2016-04-09	@KCR	L	4.2	4	4	2	1	4	2	84	47
2015-10-03	KCR	ND	6.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	95	59
2015-09-28	@CLE	W	5.2	4	2	2	0	4	1	82	57

Last 5 v.CHW		3-1	28.0	28	12	9	10	22	1	2.89	53
2015-09-12	@CHW	L	3.2	8	7	4	2	3	0	82	24
2015-09-02	CHW	W	7.0	3	0	0	0	7	0	91	78
2015-06-22	CHW	W	6.0	10	2	2	2	2	0	98	44
2015-04-10	@CHW	W	7.2	2	0	0	2	7	0	100	80
2014-09-02	CHW	ND	3.2	5	3	3	4	3	1	86	38

SP: Carlos Rodon (23, LHP, 2-6, 4.09)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (2-6)			81.1	92	40	37	29	82	11	4.09
2015 (9-6)			139.1	130	63	58	71	139	11	3.75

Last 7 GS		1-2	41.2	48	16	15	13	42	5	3.24	53
2016-06-24	TOR	ND	5.2	6	2	2	2	8	0	115	55
2016-06-19	@CLE	ND	6.1	8	2	2	1	8	1	99	56
2016-06-12	KCR	L	6.0	7	2	2	2	7	0	97	55
2016-06-03	@DET	L	6.0	7	4	4	3	5	2	101	44
2016-05-28	@KCR	ND	5.0	6	1	1	2	3	0	105	52
2016-05-22	KCR	W	6.2	8	2	2	2	4	0	102	52
2016-05-17	HOU	ND	6.0	6	3	2	1	7	2	108	56

Last 5 v.MIN		1-1	12.0	8	2	2	8	10	1	1.50	61
2016-04-13	@MIN	W	6.0	3	0	0	5	6	0	107	67
2015-09-02	@MIN	L	6.0	5	2	2	3	4	1	104	55

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

Twins Batters (4.05 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 55.Rodon*
G/S/vB 34.Albers
G/S/vB 54.Beck
G/S/vB 33.Duke*
G/S/vB 43.Jennings*
G/S/vB 65.Jones
G/S/vB 64.Purke*
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB 66.Ynoa
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

25.Buxton G/S/vP 4/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 143/99 .189/.227/.326/.553 .342/.642 .587 82/.577 6/0 1/2

37.Centeno* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 70/51 .221/.243/.353/.596 .474/.643 .842 29/.422 0/0 2/2

2.Dozier G/S/vP 7/.143 7/.714 1/2.000 3/2.000 3/.000 6/1.000 ··· 7/1.262 ··· 309/246 .261/.344/.467/.811 1.089/.743 .912 102/1.110 6/0 12/4

5.Escobar# G/S/vP 8/.833 5/.400 ··· 4/.750 1/.000 3/.000 1/3.000 5/.000 ··· 185/141 .267/.293/.369/.663 .829/.612 .457 53/.867 0/2 2/8

36.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 155/104 .268/.400/.465/.865 1.008/.782 .790 104/.748 0/2 5/3

26.Kepler* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 115/75 .245/.322/.431/.753 .553/.862 .617 93/.785 2/0 3/2

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 8/.833 3/1.667 1/.000 13/.693 6/.533 4/1.167 ··· 12/.533 1/.000 323/248 .264/.362/.379/.741 .627/.777 .713 101/.586 1/0 7/1

9.Nunez G/S/vP ··· 6/.533 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 286/221 .316/.345/.487/.832 .951/.796 .874 106/.774 18/5 11/9

52.Park G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 244/183 .191/.275/.409/.684 .656/.693 .655 68/.426 1/0 12/1

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 8/.750 8/1.250 1/.000 4/.833 4/.250 13/.731 ··· 7/.000 1/no AB 223/171 .246/.275/.384/.659 .650/.661 .572 86/.690 1/0 6/5

39.Santana# G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 146/120 .250/.290/.353/.643 .290/.715 .572 15/.702 10/7 2/1

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 7/.486 13/.322 ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 1/2.000 2/.500 9/1.194 ··· 182/126 .280/.320/.423/.743 .827/.705 .748 68/1.012 0/0 4/3

IP 81.1 31.0 3.2 25.2 34.0 34.2 18.0 32.2 6.0 TOTAL .245/.310/.402/.712 .718/.710 .691 .748 51/16 86/54

ERA-K/9

4.09/9.1

5.23/5.8

2.45/9.7

2.81/10.2

1.85/5.3

2.86/8.0

5.50/7.5

3.31/9.9

3.00/12.0

4.03/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Centeno (8-1-2)
Suzuki (25-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 359/.287 138/.281 18/.167 110/.242 145/.254 136/.187 84/.278 142/.225 31/.240 .261 Kepler
Grossman
Buxton
Santana
Escobar 0/4/31/3
36/1/0/3
0/42/0/1
2/34/2/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .769 .836 .556 .671 .690 .547 .812 .629 .707 .737

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 75/.542 44/.990 7/.286 56/.681 46/.672 49/.771 16/.708 66/.514 12/.639 .692

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 284/.831 94/.767 11/.705 54/.656 99/.698 87/.424 68/.832 76/.734 19/.743 .756

Home 166/.732 54/.645 12/.444 63/.730 84/.760 60/.279 56/.651 66/.579 18/.675

Last 28d days 104/.825 40/.954 18/.556 32/.613 47/.738 43/.500 63/.974 53/.855 31/.707

HR/SB/CS 11/8/2 6/1/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 0/1/1 3/1/1 0/1/0 1/3/0 0/0/0 78/41/12

Usage ·····X·· o····ooX ·X··X·X· ·····X·o X···X·oX o····oo· oX··o·X· ···o·XX· X···X··X

White Sox Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Milone*
G/S/vB 58.Abad*
G/S/vB 62.Boshers*
G/S/vB 49.Jepsen
G/S/vB 27.Kintzler
G/S/vB 57.Pressly
G/S/vB 50.Ramirez
G/S/vB 55.Rogers*
G/S/vB 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

79.Abreu G/S/vP 15/.553 2/.500 ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 7/.762 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 336/274 .262/.321/.432/.753 .719/.761 .817 100/.937 0/2 11/3

12.Anderson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 83/73 .293/.293/.500/.793 .200/.875 .937 83/.793 2/0 3/0

31.Avila* G/S/vP 4/.000 4/.000 ··· 7/.629 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· ··· 2/.500 134/125 .237/.343/.360/.703 .730/.700 .807 54/.881 0/0 3/2

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 15/.354 3/.000 ··· 11/.664 3/1.167 3/1.167 1/no AB ··· 3/1.667 308/252 .294/.344/.462/.807 .911/.782 .896 82/.998 0/0 8/1

36.Coats G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 22/16 .063/.286/.125/.411 .733/.267 .167 22/.411 0/0 0/0

1.Eaton* G/S/vP 13/.398 5/.400 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 354/270 .275/.359/.400/.759 .860/.728 .700 112/.791 7/3 4/1

21.Frazier G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.000 7/.000 5/.600 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 326/275 .202/.301/.457/.758 .838/.744 .729 97/.622 6/2 22/5

26.Garcia G/S/vP 14/.891 1/no AB ··· 4/.000 4/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 244/200 .243/.307/.351/.659 .555/.681 .618 81/.565 1/2 5/1

15.Lawrie G/S/vP 5/1.200 1/.000 1/.000 5/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 5/.450 320/266 .245/.316/.424/.740 .785/.730 .694 99/.688 6/3 11/7

27.Navarro# G/S/vP 3/.666 7/1.238 ··· 5/.400 2/1.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 163/115 .221/.276/.376/.652 .661/.649 .848 43/.700 1/1 4/3

18.Saladino G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 116/82 .259/.293/.426/.719 .575/.780 .644 36/.719 3/2 5/3

20.Shuck* G/S/vP 12/.258 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 89/87 .214/.239/.333/.572 .000/.586 .771 70/.625 1/0 2/0

IP 27.0 25.0 12.0 29.2 21.2 41.1 16.1 22.1 38.0 TOTAL .247/.314/.399/.713 .724/.710 .730 .750 34/18 81/34

ERA-K/9

5.33/6.7

2.16/8.3

1.50/10.5

6.37/6.7

2.49/6.2

3.92/8.9

4.41/10.5

3.63/8.1

4.03/10.7

5.16/7.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (18-5-2)
Navarro (23-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 119/.299 96/.218 48/.196 138/.341 84/.222 176/.237 72/.224 99/.290 161/.255 .288 Eaton
Cabrera
Shuck
Saladino
Garcia
Coats 1/14/69/11
71/0/0/5
2/18/2/3
0/1/1/1
3/0/12/0
4/0/3/0

OPS .836 .557 .512 1.001 .682 .665 .816 .806 .773 .818

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 25/.899 37/.419 21/.381 51/1.123 27/.722 67/.697 31/.803 33/.525 49/.980 .786

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 94/.819 59/.644 27/.619 87/.931 57/.663 109/.641 41/.826 66/.951 112/.686 .838

Road 74/.754 41/.563 17/.412 55/1.103 24/.167 97/.725 41/.848 33/1.140 65/.785

Last 28d days 21/.770 22/.687 41/.552 39/1.139 40/.610 41/.463 37/.843 55/.777 57/.952

HR/SB/CS 5/1/1 1/2/0 1/1/0 7/1/0 4/0/0 5/1/0 4/3/0 4/0/1 5/9/1 109/37/8

Usage ·····X·· ·······o o····X·· X·····X· ·o·o···· ·X··Xo·o ·····X·· ····X·Xo 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 2016 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

BOS 5.56

SDP 4.29

ATL 3.28

RA/G

CHC 3.14

TBR 4.53

CIN 5.90

J. Altuve .357

B. Crawford .269

B. Park .191

OBP

J. Altuve .432

D. Espinosa .336

F. Galvis .257

SLG

D. Ortiz .672

D. Freese .448

B. Burns .307

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.103

J. Ramirez .777

B. Burns .580

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.79

I. Kennedy 3.96

J. Shields 5.85

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 13.12

H. Santiago 7.70

M. Pelfrey 4.29

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.