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Minnesota Twins vs. Chicago White Sox, at Target Field, April 14, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Start Time:

12:10ct (local), 1:10et

Venue:

Target Field

Series:

Game #3 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

55° (based on last ten years)

White Sox

Manager:

Robin Ventura

Game #:

On This Date:

24-38

Twins

Manager:

Paul Molitor

Game #:

On This Date:

32-32

Season Series
Mon, Apr 11, 2016 CHW  4 @MIN  1     
Wed, Apr 13, 2016 CHW  3 @MIN  0     

Thu, Apr 14, 2016 CHW    @MIN  1:10pm
Fri, May 06, 2016 MIN    @CHW  8:10pm
Sat, May 07, 2016 MIN    @CHW  7:10pm
Sun, May 08, 2016 MIN    @CHW  2:10pm
Tue, Jun 28, 2016 MIN    @CHW  8:10pm
Wed, Jun 29, 2016 MIN    @CHW  8:10pm
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

Chicago White Sox

6-2, 1st, Tied / Schedule

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

 Home:    1-1    Road:    5-1    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-2    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 3-1    vsWest:  3-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  8 Wed, Apr 13  @MIN  W   3-0        6-2   1st    Tied
  7 Mon, Apr 11  @MIN  W   4-1        5-2   1st  0.5 up
  6 Sat, Apr  9   CLE  W   7-3        4-2   1st    Tied
  5 Fri, Apr  8   CLE  L   1-7        3-2   2nd  1.0 gb
  4 Thu, Apr  7  @OAK  W   6-1        3-1   1st    Tied
  3 Wed, Apr  6  @OAK  L   1-2        2-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  2 Tue, Apr  5  @OAK  W   5-4        2-0   1st  0.5 up
  1 Mon, Apr  4  @OAK  W   4-3        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 6-2    Last 20: 6-2    Last 30: 6-2

Minnesota Twins

0-8, 5th, 6 GB, 4½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    0-2    Road:    0-6    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   0-6    vsLHP:   0-2    1-Run:   0-3 
 vsEast:  0-3    vsCntrl: 0-5    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  8 Wed, Apr 13   CHW  L   0-3        0-8   5th  6.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 11   CHW  L   1-4        0-7   5th  5.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 10  @KCR  L   3-4 (10)   0-6   5th  4.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  9  @KCR  L   0-7        0-5   5th  3.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  8  @KCR  L   3-4        0-4   5th  3.5 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  7  @BAL  L   2-4        0-3   5th  2.5 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  6  @BAL  L   2-4        0-2   5th  2.0 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  4  @BAL  L   2-3        0-1   5th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 0-8    Last 20: 0-8    Last 30: 0-8

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Fri, Sep 11, 2015 MIN  6 @CHW  2        W:Ervin Santana (5-4), L: Nate Jones (1-2), S: none
Thu, Sep 03, 2015 CHW  6 @MIN  4        W:Jeff Samardzija (9-11), L: Casey Fien (4-6), S: David Robertson (28)
Wed, Sep 02, 2015 MIN  3  CHW  0        W:Tommy Milone (7-4), L: Carlos Rodon (6-6), S: Kevin Jepsen (10)
Tue, Sep 01, 2015 MIN  8  CHW  6        W:Kevin Jepsen (3-6), L: Zach Duke (3-5), S: Glen Perkins (32)
Wed, Jun 24, 2015 MIN  6  CHW  1        W:Phil Hughes (6-6), L: Chris Sale (6-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 23, 2015 CHW  6 @MIN  2        W:Jeff Samardzija (5-4), L: Mike Pelfrey (5-4), S: Jake Petricka (2)
Season Series: 2016 - CHW over 2-0; 2015 - MIN won 13-6; 2014 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1122-1039

SP: Mat Latos (28, RHP, 1-0, 0.00)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (1-0)			6.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0.00
2015 (4-10)			116.1	120	67	64	32	100	13	4.95
2014 (5-5)			102.1	92	42	37	26	74	9	3.25

Last 7 GS		1-3	35.1	37	21	20	7	23	3	5.09	47
2016-04-07	@OAK	W	6.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	88	71
2015-09-03	@SDP	ND	4.0	8	4	4	0	3	0	54	33
2015-08-29	CHC	ND	4.2	4	2	2	3	5	0	86	50
2015-08-13	CIN	L	4.2	7	5	4	1	7	0	85	38
2015-08-08	@PIT	L	4.0	7	6	6	1	0	2	78	23
2015-08-02	LAA	ND	6.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	80	60
2015-07-26	@SDP	L	6.0	6	3	3	0	5	1	87	53

Has never faced MIN as starter.

SP: Ervin Santana (33, RHP, 0-0, 2.25)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (0-0)			8.0	8	2	2	4	10	0	2.25
2015 (7-5)			108.0	104	50	48	36	82	12	4.00
2014 (14-10)			196.0	193	90	86	63	179	16	3.95

Last 7 GS		3-1	43.0	33	10	10	16	36	1	2.09	61
2016-04-08	@KCR	ND	6.0	6	2	2	2	7	0	102	57
2016-04-04	@BAL	ND	2.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	39	53
2015-10-02	KCR	L	7.0	4	2	2	3	3	0	110	61
2015-09-27	@DET	W	7.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	104	64
2015-09-22	CLE	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	7	0	106	69
2015-09-16	DET	ND	7.0	4	2	2	4	5	0	109	62
2015-09-11	@CHW	W	7.0	6	2	2	2	6	1	107	61

Last 5 v.CHW		2-2	32.0	22	12	10	7	33	8	2.81	62
2015-09-11	@CHW	W	7.0	6	2	2	2	6	1	107	61
2013-08-20	CHW	L	6.0	4	2	1	2	5	1	111	61
2013-04-03	@CHW	L	6.0	5	4	4	1	8	3	98	53
2012-09-21	CHW	W	7.0	2	1	1	1	11	1	108	79
2012-08-04	@CHW	ND	6.0	5	3	2	1	3	2	94	54

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2016 season. Player Stats for the 2015 season. We will switch to 2016 stats on May 1st.

White Sox Batters (3.88 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Santana
G/S/vB 58.Abad*
G/S/vB 50.Fien
G/S/vB 49.Jepsen
G/S/vB 65.May
G/S/vB 57.Pressly
G/S/vB 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

79.Abreu G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB 4/.500 3/.000 15/.619 5/.400 1/.000 668/510 .290/.347/.502/.850 .653/.910 .843 35/.936 0/0 30/11

31.Avila* G/S/vP 18/.678 4/.000 2/1.000 7/.629 4/.000 4/1.750 2/.500 219/183 .191/.339/.287/.626 .424/.666 .484 19/.440 0/1 4/1

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 27/.696 2/.000 2/1.000 10/.733 8/.500 2/1.000 2/1.500 683/502 .273/.314/.394/.709 .600/.748 .697 33/.697 3/0 12/5

1.Eaton* G/S/vP 4/1.250 3/.666 8/.875 1/2.000 14/1.072 3/.666 ··· 689/504 .287/.361/.431/.792 .648/.847 .843 31/.952 18/8 14/5

21.Frazier G/S/vP 5/.900 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.750 3/.000 ··· 678/515 .255/.309/.498/.806 .908/.773 .733 35/.623 13/8 35/19

26.Garcia G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 5/1.400 3/.000 11/.764 3/.333 3/.666 601/462 .257/.309/.365/.675 .759/.650 .660 28/.530 7/7 13/3

10.Jackson G/S/vP 17/.118 1/.000 9/.222 8/1.214 4/.000 2/.000 3/.666 527/347 .267/.311/.385/.696 .770/.657 .685 26/.549 17/10 9/4

15.Lawrie G/S/vP 15/.414 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 4/.000 2/.000 3/.000 602/431 .260/.299/.407/.706 .825/.660 .728 32/.613 5/2 16/24

27.Navarro# G/S/vP 11/.899 5/1.350 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 192/151 .246/.307/.374/.682 .894/.625 .715 12/.167 0/0 5/4

7.Rollins# G/S/vP 13/.349 7/.858 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 563/444 .224/.285/.358/.643 .762/.610 .619 31/.571 12/8 13/9

18.Saladino G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 254/187 .225/.267/.335/.602 .650/.585 .586 4/1.000 8/2 4/5

41.Sands G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 133/65 .236/.286/.390/.676 .838/.502 .634 5/1.000 0/0 4/0

20.Shuck* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/3.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 165/136 .266/.340/.350/.689 .661/.694 .646 8/.125 7/5 0/0

IP 108.0 47.2 63.1 69.2 114.2 27.2 23.1 TOTAL .238/.298/.348/.646 1.032/.608 .638 .646 1/2 7/4

ERA-K/9

4.00/6.8

4.15/8.5

3.55/5.8

2.33/7.6

4.00/8.6

2.93/7.1

3.47/7.3

3.69/8.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (21-11-2)
Navarro (14-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 457/.253 205/.251 257/.250 285/.206 492/.279 119/.257 99/.239 .261 Garcia
Cabrera
Eaton
Shuck
Jackson
Sands 0/0/130/17
150/0/0/8
0/145/0/8
10/11/27/4
4/115/22/3
7/0/32/1

OPS .729 .813 .648 .560 .752 .645 .699 .750

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 236/.804 110/.859 109/.717 156/.653 257/.759 42/.678 40/1.011 .722

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 221/.651 95/.753 148/.597 129/.449 235/.743 77/.626 59/.485 .767

Home 188/.759 109/.630 129/.672 140/.510 273/.734 57/.344 50/.735

Last 28d days 36/.646 14/.298 17/1.396 14/1.012 24/.810 28/.486 11/.919

HR/SB/CS 12/7/1 11/0/3 6/5/1 5/4/2 11/10/2 0/1/2 4/4/1 8/1/1

Usage ·····X·· o····o·o ····X··X ···o·X·· ··XX··X· o·X··X·o X···X···

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2016 season. Player Stats for the 2015 season. We will switch to 2016 stats on May 1st.

Twins Batters (1.63 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (2.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Latos
G/S/vB 34.Albers
G/S/vB 33.Duke*
G/S/vB 43.Jennings*
G/S/vB 65.Jones
G/S/vB 52.Petricka
G/S/vB 57.Putnam
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.500 1/no AB 9/.583 65/40 .276/.338/.379/.718 .624/.779 .993 5/.200 0/0 2/1

25.Buxton G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 138/93 .209/.250/.326/.576 .318/.704 .415 25/.417 2/2 2/0

2.Dozier G/S/vP ··· 6/.834 3/2.000 3/.000 6/1.000 9/.666 6/1.267 6/1.166 704/498 .236/.307/.444/.751 .762/.746 .789 35/.604 12/4 28/8

5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 4/.750 1/.000 2/.000 4/.666 4/1.250 4/.000 446/308 .262/.309/.445/.754 .789/.737 .734 32/.906 2/3 12/6

26.Kepler* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/6 .143/.143/.143/.286 .000/.333 .400 5/.200 0/0 0/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 10/.900 6/.533 4/1.167 4/1.750 2/.500 11/.586 666/457 .265/.338/.380/.718 .720/.718 .696 35/1.021 2/1 10/5

12.Murphy G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 172/86 .277/.327/.406/.734 .770/.696 .761 8/.375 0/0 3/3

9.Nunez G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 204/139 .282/.327/.431/.758 .649/.809 .763 7/1.381 8/4 4/3

52.Park G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 24/.536 / /

24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 7/1.428 4/.833 3/.000 10/.756 5/.800 4/.500 7/.000 632/452 .244/.307/.435/.742 .780/.727 .771 28/.548 2/1 22/12

20.Rosario* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 4/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 474/354 .267/.289/.459/.748 .811/.727 .907 28/.416 11/6 13/7

22.Sano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 335/244 .269/.385/.530/.916 .881/.929 1.065 30/.425 1/1 18/0

8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 13/.322 1/no AB 2/.500 1/2.000 7/1.096 2/1.000 9/1.194 479/324 .240/.296/.314/.610 .658/.587 .625 22/.445 0/0 5/3

IP 116.1 37.1 60.2 56.1 19.0 52.0 48.2 63.1 TOTAL .210/.287/.313/.600 .567/.608 .465 .600 3/4 4/5

ERA-K/9

4.95/7.7

1.21/6.8

3.41/9.8

3.99/7.4

3.32/12.8

3.63/5.7

4.07/11.8

3.41/12.2

2.41/8.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Murphy (21-8-7)
Suzuki (80-14-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 494/.267 149/.228 255/.218 244/.256 72/.188 220/.284 212/.239 250/.196 .208 Rosario
Escobar
Buxton
Nunez
Arcia
Kepler 86/4/34/16
35/0/1/4
0/44/0/2
3/0/0/1
15/0/4/0
0/0/2/0

OPS .742 .599 .724 .664 .695 .716 .734 .573 .560

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 233/.803 59/.728 101/.604 105/.635 27/.567 61/.851 99/.770 107/.462 .402

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 261/.688 90/.516 154/.799 139/.687 45/.770 159/.666 113/.702 143/.651 .641

Road 240/.729 52/.529 123/.882 97/.733 28/.410 110/.728 85/.786 91/.749

Last 28d days 21/.145 17/.412 8/1.339 10/.300 18/.289 8/.375 8/.661 13/.077

HR/SB/CS 13/16/5 3/4/0 9/3/1 3/1/0 5/0/1 2/2/0 7/6/1 7/3/1 3/0/0

Usage ······X· ··o·X·o· o·o·o·o· ·····X·· o·o···X· o······X ·····oX· 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

For the 2015 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TOR 5.50

CHC 4.25

ATL 3.54

RA/G

STL 3.24

NYY 4.31

COL 5.21

M. Cabrera .338

E. Longoria .270

J. Pederson .210

OBP

B. Harper .460

M. Duffy .334

W. Ramos .258

SLG

B. Harper .649

E. Longoria .435

A. Escobar .320

OPS

B. Harper 1.109

J. Pederson .763

C. Owings .587

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.66

J. Zimmermann 3.66

A. Simon 5.05

K/9IP

C. Sale 11.82

J. Teheran 7.67

M. Buehrle 4.12

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.