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Minnesota Twins vs. Tampa Bay Rays, at Target Field, June 4, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Saturday, June 4, 2016

Start Time:

3:10ct (local), 4:10et

Venue:

Target Field

Series:

Game #3 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

71° (based on last ten years)

Rays

Manager:

Kevin Cash

Game #:

On This Date:

8-8

Twins

Manager:

Paul Molitor

Game #:

On This Date:

47-55

Season Series
Thu, Jun 02, 2016 MIN  6  TBR  4     
Fri, Jun 03, 2016 TBR  4 @MIN  2     

Sat, Jun 04, 2016 TBR    @MIN  4:10pm
Sun, Jun 05, 2016 TBR    @MIN  2:10pm
Fri, Aug 05, 2016 MIN    @TBR  7:10pm
Sat, Aug 06, 2016 MIN    @TBR  6:10pm
Sun, Aug 07, 2016 MIN    @TBR  1:10pm

                         All times ET

Tampa Bay Rays

23-30, 5th, 8 GB, 6½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   11-15   Road:   12-15   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  16-22   vsLHP:   7-8    1-Run:   4-8 
 vsEast: 12-12   vsCntrl: 5-9    vsWest:  4-5  IL: 2-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 53 Fri, Jun  3  @MIN  W   4-2       23-30  5th  8.0 gb
 52 Thu, Jun  2  @MIN  L   4-6       22-30  5th  9.0 gb
 51 Wed, Jun  1  @KCR  L   3-6       22-29  5th  9.0 gb
 50 Tue, May 31  @KCR  L   5-10      22-28  5th  9.0 gb
 49 Mon, May 30  @KCR  L   2-6       22-27  5th  8.0 gb
 48 Sun, May 29   NYY  L   1-2       22-26  5th  7.0 gb
 47 Sat, May 28   NYY  W   9-5       22-25  5th  6.0 gb
 46 Fri, May 27   NYY  L   1-4       21-25  5th  7.0 gb
 45 Thu, May 26   MIA  L   1-9       21-24  5th  7.0 gb
 44 Wed, May 25   MIA  L   3-4       21-23  4th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Minnesota Twins

16-38, 5th, 14 GB, 14 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    9-16   Road:    7-22   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:  12-31   vsLHP:   4-7    1-Run:   6-10
 vsEast:  2-9    vsCntrl: 5-19   vsWest:  7-5  IL: 2-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Fri, Jun  3   TBR  L   2-4       16-38  5th 14.0 gb
 53 Thu, Jun  2   TBR  W   6-4       16-37  5th 14.0 gb
 52 Wed, Jun  1  @OAK  L   1-5       15-37  5th 15.0 gb
 51 Tue, May 31  @OAK  L   4-7       15-36  5th 14.0 gb
 50 Mon, May 30  @OAK  L   2-3       15-35  5th 13.0 gb
 49 Sun, May 29  @SEA  W   5-4       15-34  5th 12.0 gb
 48 Sat, May 28  @SEA  W   6-5       14-34  5th 12.5 gb
 47 Fri, May 27  @SEA  W   7-2       13-34  5th 13.0 gb
 46 Wed, May 25   KCR  W   7-5       12-34  5th 14.0 gb
 45 Tue, May 24   KCR  L   4-7       11-34  5th 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 03, 2016 TBR  4 @MIN  2        W:Erasmo Ramirez (7-4), L: Ricky Nolasco (2-4), S: Alex Colome (13)
Thu, Jun 02, 2016 MIN  6  TBR  4        W:Taylor Rogers (1-0), L: Erasmo Ramirez (6-4), S: Kevin Jepsen (7)

Thu, Aug 27, 2015 TBR  5  MIN  4        W:Brandon Gomes (2-4), L: Tommy Milone (6-4), S: Brad Boxberger (31)
Wed, Aug 26, 2015 MIN  5 @TBR  3        W:Brian Duensing (4-0), L: Chris Archer (11-10), S: Kevin Jepsen (8)
Tue, Aug 25, 2015 MIN 11 @TBR  7        W:J.R. Graham (1-1), L: Matt Andriese (3-4), S: none
Sun, May 17, 2015 TBR 11 @MIN  3        W:Chris Archer (4-4), L: Kyle Gibson (3-3), S: none
Sat, May 16, 2015 MIN  6  TBR  4        W:Brian Duensing (1-0), L: Kevin Jepsen (1-3), S: Glen Perkins (13)
Fri, May 15, 2015 MIN  3  TBR  2        W:Phil Hughes (3-4), L: Jake Odorizzi (3-3), S: Glen Perkins (12)
Sun, Jul 20, 2014 TBR  5 @MIN  3        W:Chris Archer (6-5), L: Kevin Correia (5-12), S: Kirby Yates (1)
Sat, Jul 19, 2014 TBR  5 @MIN  1        W:David Price (10-7), L: Phil Hughes (10-6), S: Jake McGee (8)
Season Series: 2016 - tied 1-1; 2015 - MIN won 4-2; 2014 - TBR won 4-2; All-Time - TBR leads 69-68

SP: Matt Andriese (26, RHP, 3-0, 2.36)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (3-0)			34.1	24	10	9	8	20	1	2.36
2015 (3-5)			65.2	69	32	30	18	49	8	4.11

Last 7 GS		3-0	42.0	30	12	11	12	26	1	2.36	59
2016-05-30	@KCR	ND	7.0	5	2	1	2	3	0	90	62
2016-05-25	MIA	ND	6.0	8	3	3	1	6	0	103	49
2016-05-20	@DET	W	5.1	5	4	4	2	3	1	92	43
2016-05-14	OAK	W	9.0	2	0	0	0	5	0	106	88
2016-05-08	@LAA	W	7.0	4	1	1	3	3	0	91	65
2015-09-27	@TOR	ND	3.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	54	51
2015-07-07	@KCR	ND	4.2	4	1	1	3	5	0	74	54

Has never faced MIN as starter.

SP: Ervin Santana (33, RHP, 1-4, 4.13)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (1-4)			48.0	52	25	22	18	41	5	4.13
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		1-4	40.0	44	23	20	14	31	5	4.50	48
2016-05-30	@OAK	L	7.0	7	3	3	2	5	1	98	54
2016-05-24	KCR	L	3.2	9	6	6	2	4	1	82	21
2016-05-19	TOR	ND	8.0	4	2	2	2	5	1	109	69
2016-05-14	@CLE	W	6.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	102	62
2016-05-07	@CHW	L	3.1	7	3	3	3	4	1	83	35
2016-04-19	MIL	ND	5.0	5	5	2	3	2	0	95	42
2016-04-14	CHW	L	7.0	7	3	3	1	6	1	100	56

Last 5 v.TBR		2-2	26.2	33	21	17	8	19	7	5.74	43
2015-08-25	@TBR	ND	2.2	8	5	5	2	1	0	60	21
2013-06-13	@TBR	W	7.2	5	1	0	0	3	0	104	70
2012-04-24	@TBR	L	5.0	8	5	5	1	4	4	96	34
2011-04-29	@TBR	W	6.0	4	4	1	2	5	1	98	57
2010-08-24	TBR	L	5.1	8	6	6	3	6	2	110	31

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Rays Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 54.Santana
G/S/vB 58.Abad*
G/S/vB 62.Boshers*
G/S/vB 49.Jepsen
G/S/vB 27.Kintzler
G/S/vB 65.May
G/S/vB 57.Pressly
G/S/vB 55.Rogers*
G/S/vB 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Beckham G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 58/22 .185/.241/.352/.593 .553/.656 .741 27/.779 1/0 2/1

19.Casali G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 122/79 .182/.250/.391/.641 .754/.577 .689 57/.688 0/0 6/2

24.Conger# G/S/vP 6/.167 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 73/69 .188/.233/.261/.494 .250/.505 .323 41/.560 0/0 1/2

10.Dickerson* G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 169/138 .195/.238/.434/.672 .229/.774 .821 75/.619 0/0 9/0

5.Guyer G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 168/107 .271/.365/.472/.837 1.075/.706 .692 110/.781 1/1 6/1

8.Jennings G/S/vP 8/.875 1/2.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 135/86 .171/.237/.268/.505 .442/.543 .533 44/.569 2/0 3/1

3.Longoria G/S/vP 20/1.215 1/.000 1/.000 7/.143 1/.000 4/.750 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 230/173 .272/.317/.502/.820 .879/.800 .834 109/.962 0/2 11/3

27.Mahtook G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 34/23 .094/.118/.125/.243 .455/.135 .343 34/.243 0/0 0/0

13.Miller* G/S/vP 5/.700 6/.733 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 4/.250 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 178/148 .250/.309/.445/.754 .749/.755 .855 92/.831 4/2 5/7

7.Morrison* G/S/vP 6/.666 11/.364 ··· 4/3.500 2/2.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 164/142 .248/.335/.366/.701 .959/.660 .868 92/1.031 4/0 4/2

38.Motter G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 45/31 .162/.311/.351/.662 .929/.554 .706 45/.662 0/0 2/2

28.Pearce G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 145/98 .304/.393/.536/.929 1.297/.750 1.104 84/.968 0/1 8/3

20.Souza G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 199/147 .258/.322/.451/.772 .867/.736 .830 102/.662 2/2 9/1

IP 48.0 19.1 2.0 22.1 12.2 26.1 30.2 11.0 25.1 TOTAL .238/.308/.425/.733 .810/.705 .789 .769 23/12 75/33

ERA-K/9

4.13/7.7

0.93/8.4

0.00/13.5

5.64/6.1

2.13/7.1

5.13/13.7

4.70/9.1

3.27/8.2

2.84/11.0

4.96/8.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Casali (11-6-1)
Conger (15-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 207/.283 74/.221 7/.143 99/.326 49/.255 119/.252 135/.254 44/.286 104/.207 .283 Souza
Jennings
Dickerson
Mahtook
Guyer
Motter 0/1/45/3
30/8/0/2
13/0/2/0
2/6/1/0
16/7/8/0
1/0/1/0

OPS .785 .520 .286 .951 .775 .795 .728 .842 .672 .814

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/.715 26/.240 2/.000 35/.989 12/1.083 39/.492 54/.684 15/.905 30/.583 .804

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 114/.842 48/.672 5/.400 64/.928 37/.670 80/.938 81/.750 29/.810 74/.700 .820

Home 102/.793 33/.468 / 55/.809 34/1.009 53/.704 57/.626 27/.593 46/.580

Last 28d days 99/.763 24/.725 7/.286 46/1.118 44/.819 45/1.114 49/.490 41/.856 36/.641

HR/SB/CS 5/1/1 0/0/0 0/0/0 5/1/0 2/0/0 5/3/0 4/1/0 3/0/1 3/6/1 74/23/6

Usage ····X··· ···o·oo· ···X··o· ·o···XX· Xo·o···X ··oX·oo· ·oX···oo ·X··o·X· ··XX····

Twins Batters (3.70 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Andriese
G/S/vB 31.Cedeno*
G/S/vB 37.Colome
G/S/vB 51.Eveland*
G/S/vB 52.Garton
G/S/vB 30.Ramirez
G/S/vB 45.Romero*
G/S/vB 50.Sturdevant
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 103/87 .217/.301/.370/.671 .527/.696 .729 35/.353 0/0 4/1

25.Buxton G/S/vP 2/3.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 65/46 .200/.234/.350/.584 .236/.714 .689 16/.846 2/0 0/1

37.Centeno* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/26 .275/.293/.425/.718 .467/.866 .400 39/.755 0/0 1/1

2.Dozier G/S/vP 2/2.500 1/no AB 5/.933 1/.000 ··· 4/1.167 1/.000 ··· 212/179 .207/.303/.353/.657 1.084/.581 .547 89/.610 3/0 6/2

5.Escobar# G/S/vP 2/1.500 2/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 132/101 .254/.280/.302/.582 .734/.536 .704 30/.645 0/2 0/5

36.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 5/.650 ··· ··· 55/33 .348/.455/.609/1.063 1.169/.975 1.116 55/1.063 0/0 2/1

26.Kepler* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/14 .208/.269/.333/.603 .417/.774 .593 12/.583 0/0 0/1

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 4/.000 8/1.196 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.500 ··· 227/181 .277/.388/.414/.801 .638/.846 .837 97/.764 1/0 6/0

9.Nunez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 185/152 .328/.353/.500/.853 .946/.833 .767 104/.811 9/3 6/7

52.Park G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 180/146 .223/.317/.465/.782 .746/.789 .784 86/.599 1/0 9/0

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 5/.700 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 141/113 .254/.284/.373/.657 .717/.642 .798 80/.633 1/0 3/2

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 1/2.000 3/1.334 3/1.167 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 118/90 .226/.282/.302/.584 .382/.646 .510 49/.617 0/0 1/3

IP 34.1 15.1 23.2 15.2 3.2 40.1 18.2 4.0 TOTAL .242/.309/.387/.696 .660/.705 .709 .712 33/11 54/33

ERA-K/9

2.36/5.2

3.52/10.0

1.14/12.2

6.32/9.2

7.36/2.4

3.35/6.5

4.82/7.2

2.25/9.0

4.14/8.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Centeno (4-1-1)
Suzuki (15-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 131/.198 68/.217 90/.181 76/.286 18/.444 157/.240 80/.243 16/.333 .251 Arcia
Grossman
Kepler
Escobar
Buxton 16/0/12/2
14/1/0/1
0/4/8/1
1/0/0/0
0/21/0/0

OPS .508 .600 .485 .852 .944 .700 .655 .667 .722

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 46/.453 34/.549 28/.516 27/.966 4/1.000 61/.899 36/.559 2/1.000 .678

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 85/.537 34/.649 62/.471 49/.788 14/.929 96/.575 44/.731 14/.615 .745

Road 75/.549 34/.842 47/.351 38/.887 7/.571 86/.884 52/.522 9/.444

Last 28d days 131/.508 34/.577 44/.402 42/.817 18/.944 58/.995 41/.789 16/.667

HR/SB/CS 1/2/0 0/0/0 1/0/1 2/6/0 0/0/0 6/0/0 2/1/0 0/0/0 70/26/11

Usage ····X··· oX···oo· X·····o· ·o·X···· ···oo··· oX··Xo·· ··X···X· ··oo···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 5.93

CIN 4.27

ATL 3.11

RA/G

CHC 2.83

BAL 4.36

CIN 5.96

D. Murphy .386

A. Rendon .265

M. Teixeira .180

OBP

B. Zobrist .440

N. Markakis .338

M. Kemp .249

SLG

D. Ortiz .743

C. Davis .440

M. Teixeira .263

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.169

A. McCutchen .773

M. Teixeira .535

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.56

M. Leake 3.82

A. Sanchez 6.67

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.76

M. Estrada 7.83

J. Locke 4.93

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.