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Minnesota Twins vs. Texas Rangers, at Target Field, July 2, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, July 2, 2016
Start Time:
1:10ct (local), 2:10et
Venue:
Target Field
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
81° (based on last ten years)
Rangers
Manager:
Jeff Banister
Game #:
83
On This Date:
18-31
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
81
On This Date:
60-57
Season Series
Fri, Jul 01, 2016 TEX  3 @MIN  2 (10)

Sat, Jul 02, 2016 TEX    @MIN  2:10pm
Sun, Jul 03, 2016 TEX    @MIN  2:10pm
Thu, Jul 07, 2016 MIN    @TEX  8:05pm
Fri, Jul 08, 2016 MIN    @TEX  8:05pm
Sat, Jul 09, 2016 MIN    @TEX  9:05pm
Sun, Jul 10, 2016 MIN    @TEX  3:05pm

                         All times ET
Texas Rangers
52-29, 1st, 8½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   28-12   Road:   24-17   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  39-19   vsLHP:  13-10   1-Run:  18-6 
 vsEast: 12-9    vsCntrl: 8-5    vsWest: 26-13 IL: 6-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 81 Fri, Jul  1  @MIN  W   3-2 (10)  52-29  1st  8.5 up
 80 Thu, Jun 30  @NYY  L   1-2       51-29  1st  8.5 up
 79 Wed, Jun 29  @NYY  L   7-9       51-28  1st  9.0 up
 78 Tue, Jun 28  @NYY  W   7-1       51-27  1st 10.0 up
 77 Mon, Jun 27  @NYY  W   9-6       50-27  1st 10.0 up
 76 Sun, Jun 26   BOS  W   6-2       49-27  1st 10.0 up
 75 Sat, Jun 25   BOS  W  10-3       48-27  1st  9.0 up
 74 Fri, Jun 24   BOS  L   7-8       47-27  1st  9.0 up
 73 Wed, Jun 22   CIN  W   6-4       47-26  1st 10.0 up
 72 Tue, Jun 21   CIN  L   2-8       46-26  1st  9.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:22-8
Minnesota Twins
25-54, 5th, 24 GB, 18 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   15-26   Road:   10-28   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  17-41   vsLHP:   8-13   1-Run:   7-15
 vsEast:  5-18   vsCntrl: 6-21   vsWest:  8-8  IL: 6-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Fri, Jul  1   TEX  L   2-3 (10)  25-54  5th 24.0 gb
 78 Thu, Jun 30  @CHW  L   5-6       25-53  5th 23.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 01, 2016 TEX  3 @MIN  2 (10)   W:Matt Bush (3-1), L: Fernando Abad (1-3), S: Sam Dyson (17)

Thu, Aug 13, 2015 TEX  6 @MIN  5        W:Keone Kela (6-5), L: Casey Fien (2-5), S: Shawn Tolleson (21)
Wed, Aug 12, 2015 MIN 11  TEX  1        W:Mike Pelfrey (6-7), L: Nick Martinez (7-7), S: none
Tue, Aug 11, 2015 MIN  3  TEX  2        W:Glen Perkins (1-3), L: Spencer Patton (1-1), S: none
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
Season Series: 2016 - TEX over 1-0; 2015 - Tied 3-3; 2014 - TEX won 5-2; All-Time - MIN leads 369-333

SP: Chi Chi Gonzalez (24, RHP, 0-0, 9.00)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (0-0) 5.0 10 5 5 2 2 0 9.00
2015 (4-6) 67.0 49 33 29 32 30 6 3.90
Last 7 GS 1-4 35.1 39 31 29 18 20 4 7.39 39
2016-06-27 @NYY ND 5.0 10 5 5 2 2 0 87 27
2015-09-13 OAK W 5.1 2 3 1 3 2 0 91 55
2015-08-18 SEA L 6.0 5 3 3 1 7 1 97 56
2015-08-13 @MIN ND 5.2 5 5 5 5 4 1 96 38
2015-07-03 LAA L 1.2 5 6 6 2 1 0 52 20
2015-06-28 @TOR L 6.0 4 3 3 4 3 1 98 51
2015-06-23 OAK L 5.2 8 6 6 1 1 1 88 29
Last 5 v.MIN 0-0 5.2 5 5 5 5 4 1 7.94 38
2015-08-13 @MIN ND 5.2 5 5 5 5 4 1 96 38

SP: Tyler Duffey (25, RHP, 3-6, 5.59)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (3-6) 67.2 82 47 42 14 57 12 5.59
2015 (5-1) 58.0 56 20 20 20 53 4 3.10
Last 7 GS 2-3 37.2 51 33 31 8 32 9 7.41 39
2016-06-26 @NYY W 8.0 2 1 1 0 8 1 104 82
2016-06-21 PHI ND 3.0 7 6 6 0 0 3 53 21
2016-06-15 @LAA L 4.1 6 6 4 3 2 0 99 30
2016-06-10 BOS L 5.1 10 6 6 0 3 1 93 27
2016-06-05 TBR ND 5.2 7 4 4 2 8 3 94 45
2016-05-31 @OAK L 4.2 10 5 5 1 6 1 103 29
2016-05-25 KCR W 6.2 9 5 5 2 5 0 102 39
Has never faced TEX as starter.

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Rangers Batters (4.91 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Duffey
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Andrus G/S/vP ··· 9/.444 ··· 18/.398 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 294/225 .281/.338/.390/.727 .929/.661 .708 96/.660 11/6 3/6
29.Beltre G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 23/1.200 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 312/231 .283/.333/.458/.791 .967/.729 .786 82/.714 0/0 12/2
61.Chirinos G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 61/49 .189/.295/.453/.748 1.306/.629 .908 45/.684 0/0 4/1
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· 6/1.166 ··· 5/3.500 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 103/77 .259/.388/.435/.824 1.223/.692 .794 79/.860 4/2 4/2
20.Desmond G/S/vP ··· 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 5/1.600 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 346/254 .323/.376/.535/.911 1.069/.853 .811 113/1.056 14/3 15/6
84.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· 12/.450 ··· 5/1.267 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 320/227 .216/.294/.344/.638 .574/.664 .557 98/.854 0/0 7/1
8.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 94/62 .238/.290/.405/.695 .661/.713 .747 10/.311 0/1 2/0
30.Mazara* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 307/220 .285/.336/.430/.765 .584/.839 .707 105/.605 0/1 11/0
18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 268/207 .229/.295/.412/.707 .659/.721 .638 73/.873 0/0 11/1
12.Odor* G/S/vP ··· 8/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 310/216 .263/.284/.471/.755 .830/.723 .755 110/.773 7/2 15/7
19.Profar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 105/69 .343/.381/.495/.876 .432/1.101 .730 67/.776 0/1 3/4
16.Rua G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 164/95 .278/.360/.465/.825 1.042/.671 .760 49/.759 6/0 6/2
6.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 125/94 .241/.273/.339/.612 1.000/.481 .548 43/.423 0/0 3/0
IP 67.2 27.0 12.0 29.2 22.2 43.0 19.0 23.1 38.0 TOTAL .265/.323/.427/.750 .795/.732 .712 .761 50/19 101/41
ERA-K/9 5.59/7.6 2.67/8.0 1.50/10.5 6.37/6.7 2.38/6.3 3.77/9.0 3.79/9.9 3.47/8.9 4.03/10.7 5.14/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chirinos (8-4-1)
 Holaday (10-5-1)
 Wilson (15-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 299/.290 107/.221 48/.196 138/.341 88/.224 184/.245 79/.215 103/.289 161/.255 .288  Mazara
 Desmond
 Rua
 Choo
 Holaday
18/0/56/5
29/54/0/5
35/3/2/3
0/0/23/2
1/0/0/0
OPS .819 .604 .512 1.001 .674 .673 .763 .794 .773 .817
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 135/.738 41/.458 21/.381 51/1.123 29/.671 71/.728 33/.815 36/.480 49/.980 .779
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 164/.887 66/.697 27/.619 87/.931 59/.675 113/.635 46/.725 67/.968 112/.686 .840
Home 149/.961 60/.617 31/.566 83/.935 64/.870 83/.614 31/.751 70/.639 96/.764
Last 28d days 117/.861 33/.808 36/.508 39/1.139 39/.547 49/.523 41/.806 59/.757 49/.856
HR/SB/CS 12/2/1 2/2/0 1/1/0 7/1/0 4/0/0 5/1/0 4/3/1 4/0/1 5/9/1 111/39/9
Usage ·····X·· XX······ ··o····X ··X····· o··o·o·· oo·X··Xo ·X·····X X·····X· ··X·····
Twins Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Gonzalez
G/S/vB		 43.Barnette
G/S/vB		 51.Bush
G/S/vB		 41.Diekman*
G/S/vB		 47.Dyson
G/S/vB		 77.Jackson
G/S/vB		 55.Ramos*
G/S/vB		 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Buxton G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 150/101 .194/.230/.331/.561 .415/.629 .518 81/.519 6/0 1/2
37.Centeno* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 70/51 .221/.243/.353/.596 .474/.643 .245 25/.410 0/0 2/2
2.Dozier G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 317/248 .264/.345/.475/.820 1.130/.736 .720 100/1.144 6/0 13/4
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 189/142 .261/.287/.361/.648 .774/.607 .878 57/.804 0/2 2/8
36.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 163/106 .269/.399/.478/.876 1.056/.765 .893 104/.799 0/2 6/3
26.Kepler* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 123/77 .248/.320/.431/.751 .559/.865 .833 93/.806 2/0 3/2
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/no AB 327/249 .262/.364/.376/.740 .637/.774 .765 95/.591 1/0 7/1
9.Nunez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 295/224 .313/.341/.478/.820 .897/.794 .770 105/.748 18/5 11/9
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 231/174 .252/.283/.399/.682 .721/.669 .777 86/.732 1/0 7/5
22.Sano G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 215/181 .231/.340/.451/.790 .900/.770 .722 4/.250 1/0 11/3
39.Santana# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 150/121 .243/.282/.343/.625 .258/.709 .724 19/.535 10/7 2/2
8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 190/129 .273/.312/.409/.721 .756/.704 .710 72/.933 0/0 4/3
IP 5.0 34.0 22.1 31.0 39.2 10.0 41.0 27.2 TOTAL .245/.309/.402/.711 .722/.707 .728 .746 51/16 89/55
ERA-K/9 9.00/3.6 2.91/6.9 2.82/9.3 2.90/9.9 2.72/7.0 7.20/2.7 4.39/5.3 6.18/6.8 3.99/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Centeno (8-1-2)
 Suzuki (27-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 26/.417 146/.290 93/.202 123/.167 156/.231 50/.386 176/.310 122/.301 .256  Kepler
 Grossman
 Buxton
 Santana
 Escobar
 Sano
0/4/33/3
37/1/0/3
0/44/0/1
3/34/2/1
1/0/0/0
0/0/38/0
OPS .878 .711 .531 .538 .645 1.142 .901 .849 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 23/.907 68/.907 31/.545 37/.547 65/.769 22/1.388 43/.835 56/1.013 .729
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 3/.667 78/.547 62/.523 86/.534 91/.558 28/.953 133/.921 66/.716 .740
Road 26/.878 63/.769 38/.463 55/.388 84/.848 30/1.159 86/.836 51/.842
Last 28d days 26/.878 46/.660 50/.445 45/.644 57/.756 18/1.313 60/.977 44/.402
HR/SB/CS 0/1/0 2/2/0 1/0/0 3/0/0 3/1/1 3/1/1 8/4/1 6/1/3 99/35/15
Usage ····X··· ·X··X··X X·X··X·X ·X·o·o·X o·X·X··· ····X·X· ··X···X· ·X·X·oo·

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  4.33

ATL  3.36

 RA/G

CHC  3.24

NYY  4.56

CIN  5.95

 BA

J. Altuve  .352

K. Marte  .270

T. Frazier  .203

 OBP

D. Ortiz  .435

A. Rendon  .338

F. Galvis  .254

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .684

D. Freese  .447

B. Burns  .310

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.119

A. Jones  .776

B. Burns  .583

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.79

I. Kennedy  4.04

J. Shields  5.85

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.12

J. Eickhoff  7.78

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.