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Minnesota Twins vs. Chicago White Sox, at Target Field, September 2, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Friday, September 2, 2016

Start Time:

7:10ct (local), 8:10et

Venue:

Target Field

Series:

Game #2 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

74° (based on last ten years)

White Sox

Manager:

Robin Ventura

Game #:

136

On This Date:

61-58

Twins

Manager:

Paul Molitor

Game #:

137

On This Date:

57-55

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 CHW  6  MIN  5     
Fri, Jul 29, 2016 MIN  2  CHW  1 (12)
Sat, Jul 30, 2016 CHW  6 @MIN  5 (10)
Sun, Jul 31, 2016 MIN  6  CHW  4     
Thu, Sep 01, 2016 MIN  8  CHW  5     

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

63-70, 4th, 13½ GB, 11 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   35-29   Road:   28-41   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  47-56   vsLHP:  16-14   1-Run:  21-26
 vsEast: 16-13   vsCntrl:20-33   vsWest: 18-15 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Thu, Sep  1  @MIN  L   5-8       63-70  4th 13.5 gb
132 Wed, Aug 31  @DET  L   2-3       63-69  4th 13.0 gb
131 Tue, Aug 30  @DET  L   4-8       63-68  4th 12.0 gb
130 Mon, Aug 29  @DET  L   3-4       63-67  4th 11.0 gb
129 Sun, Aug 28   SEA  W   4-1       63-66  4th 10.0 gb
128 Sat, Aug 27   SEA  W   9-3       62-66  4th 11.0 gb
127 Fri, Aug 26   SEA  L   1-3       61-66  4th 12.0 gb
126 Thu, Aug 25   SEA  W   7-6       61-65  4th 11.0 gb
125 Wed, Aug 24   PHI  L   3-5       60-65  4th 12.0 gb
124 Tue, Aug 23   PHI  W   9-1       60-64  4th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Minnesota Twins

50-84, 5th, 27 GB, 24½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   26-40   Road:   24-44   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  34-65   vsLHP:  16-19   1-Run:  11-24
 vsEast: 10-24   vsCntrl:16-38   vsWest: 16-13 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Thu, Sep  1   CHW  W   8-5       50-84  5th 27.0 gb
133 Wed, Aug 31  @CLE  L   4-8       49-84  5th 27.5 gb
132 Tue, Aug 30  @CLE  L   4-5       49-83  5th 26.5 gb
131 Mon, Aug 29  @CLE  L   0-1 (10)  49-82  5th 25.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 28  @TOR  L   6-9       49-81  5th 24.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 27  @TOR  L   7-8       49-80  5th 24.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 26  @TOR  L   8-15      49-79  5th 24.5 gb
127 Thu, Aug 25   DET  L   5-8       49-78  5th 23.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 24   DET  L   4-9       49-77  5th 23.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 23   DET  L   3-8       49-76  5th 23.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Sep 01, 2016 MIN  8  CHW  5        W:Ervin Santana (7-10), L: Jose Quintana (11-10), S: Brandon Kintzler (13)
Sun, Jul 31, 2016 MIN  6  CHW  4        W:Ervin Santana (4-9), L: Carlos Rodon (2-8), S: Ryan Pressly (1)
Sat, Jul 30, 2016 CHW  6 @MIN  5 (10)   W:Michael Ynoa (1-0), L: Fernando Abad (1-4), S: David Robertson (25)
Fri, Jul 29, 2016 MIN  2  CHW  1 (12)   W:Trevor May (2-2), L: Dan Jennings (4-3), S: none
Thu, Jun 30, 2016 CHW  6  MIN  5        W:Nate Jones (4-2), L: Fernando Abad (1-2), S: David Robertson (21)
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
Season Series: 2016 - CHW over 9-4; 2015 - MIN won 13-6; 2014 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1129-1043

SP: Carlos Rodon (23, LHP, 5-8, 3.91)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (5-8)			129.0	141	61	56	41	124	18	3.91
2015 (9-6)			139.1	130	63	58	71	139	11	3.75

Last 7 GS		3-2	42.0	44	17	15	11	36	5	3.21	54
2016-08-28	SEA	W	6.0	5	1	1	1	6	1	100	63
2016-08-23	PHI	W	6.2	3	0	0	1	4	0	109	71
2016-08-18	@CLE	ND	6.0	8	2	2	0	5	0	100	53
2016-08-12	@MIA	W	6.0	3	1	1	3	4	0	122	63
2016-08-06	BAL	ND	6.0	5	2	1	2	7	0	106	61
2016-07-31	@MIN	L	6.1	8	5	5	2	7	2	99	42
2016-07-05	NYY	L	5.0	12	6	5	2	3	2	92	22

Last 5 v.MIN		1-2	24.0	21	11	11	11	23	5	4.13	53
2016-07-31	@MIN	L	6.1	8	5	5	2	7	2	99	42
2016-06-30	MIN	ND	5.2	5	4	4	1	6	2	87	48
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

SP: Kyle Gibson (28, RHP, 5-8, 5.17)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (5-8)			111.1	132	70	64	42	76	16	5.17
2015 (11-11)			194.2	186	88	83	65	145	18	3.84
2014 (13-12)			179.1	178	91	89	57	107	12	4.47

Last 7 GS		2-2	40.0	58	28	27	17	25	8	6.08	39
2016-08-28	@TOR	ND	5.1	8	4	4	3	1	2	95	34
2016-08-23	DET	L	5.0	7	5	5	4	4	0	98	33
2016-08-17	@ATL	W	9.0	8	3	3	3	6	2	115	62
2016-08-12	KCR	L	5.0	10	6	5	2	4	0	96	27
2016-08-07	@TBR	W	5.0	6	2	2	4	2	1	107	45
2016-08-02	@CLE	ND	4.2	10	6	6	1	2	2	81	21
2016-07-28	BAL	ND	6.0	9	2	2	0	6	1	105	52

Last 5 v.CHW		3-1	34.1	25	7	5	5	29	1	1.31	66
2016-06-28	@CHW	W	7.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	107	73
2016-04-11	CHW	L	5.2	6	3	1	3	3	0	107	49
2015-09-13	@CHW	W	7.2	5	0	0	1	7	0	109	75
2015-09-03	CHW	ND	6.0	5	3	3	0	4	0	97	54
2015-05-24	@CHW	W	8.0	4	1	1	0	8	1	106	78

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

White Sox Batters (4.06 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Gibson
G/S/vB 58.Albers*
G/S/vB 60.Chargois
G/S/vB 27.Kintzler
G/S/vB 53.Light
G/S/vB 61.O'Rourke*
G/S/vB 57.Pressly
G/S/vB 55.Rogers*
G/S/vB 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB 51.Wimmers
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

79.Abreu G/S/vP 21/.659 ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 9/.583 1/5.000 3/.000 ··· 567/451 .291/.346/.469/.814 .749/.831 .735 103/1.066 0/2 20/7

12.Anderson G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 308/245 .282/.300/.429/.729 .863/.694 .634 101/.848 7/2 7/11

31.Avila* G/S/vP 18/.528 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 165/148 .235/.364/.390/.753 1.113/.716 .656 16/1.067 0/0 5/2

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 20/.100 ··· ··· 5/1.550 ··· 1/2.000 5/1.350 2/.500 4/1.250 ··· 518/416 .292/.342/.438/.779 .836/.765 .737 92/.669 2/0 9/1

1.Eaton* G/S/vP 22/.417 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.453 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 595/447 .276/.361/.410/.770 .741/.782 .788 107/.819 12/4 11/4

21.Frazier G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· 8/.286 ··· ··· 6/.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 544/442 .215/.296/.456/.752 .800/.741 .749 101/.648 10/3 34/8

26.Garcia G/S/vP 14/.559 3/1.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 358/271 .244/.310/.386/.696 .792/.666 .718 41/.753 3/3 10/1

44.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/1.167 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 150/119 .266/.293/.455/.748 .710/.758 .834 85/.682 0/0 5/

38.Narvaez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 54/46 .311/.426/.378/.804 1.000/.772 .862 40/.733 0/0 0/0

18.Saladino G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 258/187 .264/.300/.409/.709 .737/.698 .718 82/.740 10/4 8/7

5.Sanchez# G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 84/65 .152/.193/.215/.408 .316/.436 .439 22/.606 0/1 0/1

20.Shuck* G/S/vP 15/.204 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 230/197 .210/.251/.308/.560 .855/.512 .471 50/.500 2/3 4/2

IP 111.1 10.1 10.1 44.1 8.0 16.2 68.0 50.1 63.2 3.2 TOTAL .253/.315/.404/.719 .765/.707 .704 .753 62/30 136/74

ERA-K/9

5.17/6.1

6.97/7.0

6.97/3.5

1.83/5.7

13.50/9.0

3.24/7.0

3.71/8.1

3.04/8.9

4.95/10.0

4.91/7.3

5.13/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (19-6-3)
Narvaez (7-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 493/.298 53/.367 53/.381 174/.247 43/.333 70/.241 296/.269 216/.253 278/.273 14/.273 .287 Eaton
Cabrera
Shuck
Garcia
Saladino 1/33/109/17
119/0/0/11
2/58/2/4
11/0/27/2
1/1/1/1

OPS .826 1.191 .967 .641 1.164 .700 .729 .684 .818 1.065 .817

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 228/.912 11/.636 21/.952 70/.591 10/.311 16/.133 123/.676 73/.558 101/1.060 7/.619 .766

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 265/.750 42/1.345 32/.969 104/.675 33/1.441 54/.853 173/.760 143/.748 177/.685 7/1.571 .850

Home 260/.800 30/1.021 37/.780 102/.749 19/1.257 22/.473 136/.674 124/.697 164/.801 /

Last 28d days 136/.933 53/1.191 45/.904 34/.529 25/.850 38/.661 55/.910 51/.659 52/.998 14/1.065

HR/SB/CS 16/11/1 4/0/1 0/1/0 4/0/0 3/1/0 2/1/0 7/2/0 5/1/1 11/13/1 1/0/0 188/65/16

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

Twins Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (4.36 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 43.Jennings*
G/S/vB 65.Jones
G/S/vB 48.Kahnle
G/S/vB 30.Robertson
G/S/vB 29.Turner
G/S/vB 66.Ynoa
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

25.Buxton G/S/vP 7/.733 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 221/145 .195/.248/.330/.578 .621/.556 .616 3/1.667 9/1 2/2

37.Centeno* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 157/115 .252/.295/.367/.662 .519/.715 .462 41/.635 0/0 2/4

2.Dozier G/S/vP 13/1.302 9/.722 2/2.000 3/.000 8/.700 2/.500 7/1.262 ··· 1/.000 571/445 .269/.343/.541/.883 1.031/.842 .842 116/1.014 11/2 32/7

5.Escobar# G/S/vP 14/.607 6/1.166 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 7/.000 ··· ··· 294/214 .265/.297/.384/.680 .731/.662 .817 46/.681 1/2 5/9

36.Grossman# G/S/vP 6/1.500 1/3.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 318/206 .269/.384/.437/.820 .990/.724 .887 64/.809 1/3 9/6

26.Kepler* G/S/vP 5/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 2/.500 353/245 .244/.324/.464/.788 .630/.857 .771 104/.554 5/0 16/6

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 8/.833 3/1.667 2/.000 7/.629 4/1.167 1/no AB 12/.533 ··· 2/.500 527/409 .276/.374/.404/.778 .648/.817 .756 83/.663 2/0 10/2

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 10/.600 9/1.306 2/.000 4/.250 13/.731 ··· 8/.000 ··· 1/no AB 320/239 .261/.298/.411/.709 .814/.676 .724 89/.782 1/0 10/7

11.Polanco# G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 156/116 .308/.351/.448/.798 .836/.785 .691 97/.727 3/1 1/8

20.Rosario* G/S/vP 8/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 313/239 .269/.293/.418/.710 .556/.755 .561 95/.672 5/1 8/4

22.Sano G/S/vP 9/1.111 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.714 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 418/332 .236/.321/.447/.768 .819/.755 .707 84/.638 1/0 20/15

32.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· 10/9 .333/.400/.333/.733 2.000/.583 10/.733 0/0 0/0

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 9/.365 15/.277 ··· 2/.500 2/2.000 2/1.500 11/1.155 4/.000 ··· 323/225 .278/.320/.421/.741 .787/.721 .724 53/.744 0/0 6/4

IP 129.0 48.0 13.1 53.0 61.1 18.0 54.2 18.2 19.2 TOTAL .256/.319/.423/.743 .763/.736 .738 .709 80/25 157/101

ERA-K/9

3.91/8.7

6.19/5.1

5.40/6.1

1.87/6.5

2.64/10.0

4.00/8.0

3.79/10.0

7.71/7.7

4.12/8.7

4.11/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Centeno (13-3-4)
Suzuki (48-12-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 559/.278 221/.316 64/.309 226/.260 242/.195 85/.250 234/.238 94/.338 98/.224 .258 Kepler
Rosario
Grossman
Buxton
Schafer
Sano
Escobar 0/4/85/8
47/37/0/8
65/1/0/3
0/64/0/2
0/3/0/1
0/0/38/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .766 .921 .845 .688 .576 .812 .696 1.047 .687 .746

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 107/.614 68/.992 26/1.143 83/.706 96/.704 29/.823 114/.648 33/.714 41/.897 .723

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 452/.803 153/.892 38/.645 143/.677 146/.491 56/.806 120/.741 61/1.209 57/.543 .758

Road 268/.787 117/1.080 33/.756 95/.705 131/.676 41/.851 129/.723 58/1.114 48/.719

Last 28d days 122/.563 38/1.107 26/.631 28/.729 50/.602 34/.479 43/.639 45/.950 34/.418

HR/SB/CS 18/10/2 9/3/1 1/1/0 1/1/1 7/2/2 2/0/0 6/5/0 4/3/0 0/1/0 151/65/17

Usage ····X··· ··X····o o··oo··· ···ooo·X ···oXo·o X··o···· ·o··X··X ··X··X·· ········

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 5.44

SFG 4.49

PHI 3.70

RA/G

CHC 3.41

DET 4.46

ARI 5.58

J. Altuve .351

G. Polanco .273

T. Frazier .215

OBP

M. Trout .436

R. Martin .340

F. Galvis .271

SLG

D. Ortiz .622

T. Frazier .456

J. Iglesias .322

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.022

M. Prado .801

A. Ramirez .609

ERA

K. Hendricks 2.09

M. Shoemaker 3.91

J. Shields 5.86

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.74

D. Keuchel 7.71

M. Perez 4.61

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.