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Minnesota Twins vs. Chicago White Sox, at Target Field, September 3, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Saturday, September 3, 2016
Start Time:
6:10ct (local), 7:10et
Venue:
Target Field
Series:
Game #3 of a 4-game series
Average Temp:
74° (based on last ten years)
White Sox
Manager:
Robin Ventura
Game #:
137
On This Date:
49-63
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
138
On This Date:
57-58
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 11 @MIN  4     

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
64-70, 4th, 13½ GB, 11 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   35-29   Road:   29-41   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  48-56   vsLHP:  16-14   1-Run:  21-26
 vsEast: 16-13   vsCntrl:21-33   vsWest: 18-15 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Fri, Sep  2  @MIN  W  11-4       64-70  4th 13.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Minnesota Twins
50-85, 5th, 28 GB, 25½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   26-41   Road:   24-44   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  34-65   vsLHP:  16-20   1-Run:  11-24
 vsEast: 10-24   vsCntrl:16-39   vsWest: 16-13 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Fri, Sep  2   CHW  L   4-11      50-85  5th 28.0 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
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 02, 2016 CHW 11 @MIN  4        W:Carlos Rodon (6-8), L: Kyle Gibson (5-9), S: none
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
Season Series: 2016 - CHW over 10-4; 2015 - MIN won 13-6; 2014 - MIN won 10-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1130-1043

SP: James Shields (34, RHP, 5-16, 5.86)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (5-16) 149.0 176 100 97 63 103 32 5.86
2015 (13-7) 202.1 189 93 88 81 216 33 3.91
2014 (14-8) 227.0 224 95 81 44 180 23 3.21
Last 7 GS 1-4 33.2 50 34 33 15 22 12 8.82 34
2016-08-29 @DET ND 6.0 6 2 2 3 6 1 100 55
2016-08-24 PHI L 6.0 7 4 4 0 6 2 109 48
2016-08-19 OAK L 4.2 8 7 6 3 3 3 90 22
2016-08-13 @MIA ND 3.0 10 7 7 1 0 2 66 10
2016-08-07 BAL L 1.1 6 8 8 2 1 4 60 9
2016-08-02 @DET L 5.0 9 6 6 2 1 0 95 24
2016-07-26 CHC W 7.2 4 0 0 4 5 0 117 72
Last 5 v.MIN 2-3 30.2 33 16 8 14 27 3 2.35 52
2016-06-29 MIN W 6.2 8 1 1 1 5 1 93 58
2014-07-29 MIN L 6.0 6 2 1 4 5 0 124 55
2014-07-01 @MIN L 5.0 9 5 4 2 5 0 113 34
2014-04-12 @MIN L 5.2 6 7 1 3 5 2 115 43
2013-08-27 @MIN W 7.1 4 1 1 4 7 0 114 69

SP: Hector Santiago (28, LHP, 10-8, 4.93)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (10-8) 146.0 139 85 80 64 121 27 4.93
2015 (9-9) 180.2 156 80 72 71 162 29 3.59
2014 (6-9) 127.1 120 63 53 53 108 15 3.75
Last 7 GS 2-4 35.2 44 28 27 17 25 9 6.81 40
2016-08-29 @CLE ND 6.1 3 0 0 4 2 0 93 65
2016-08-20 @KCR L 4.2 11 8 8 0 2 3 80 12
2016-08-14 KCR L 4.0 9 7 7 0 2 1 78 18
2016-08-09 HOU L 5.1 7 5 4 1 4 1 83 39
2016-08-04 @CLE L 5.0 5 4 4 2 4 2 99 43
2016-07-30 BOS W 5.0 4 2 2 6 6 1 119 51
2016-07-25 @KCR W 5.1 5 2 2 4 5 1 100 51
Last 5 v.CHW 2-1 19.1 11 3 3 4 21 1 1.40 68
2016-07-15 CHW W 7.0 5 0 0 0 7 0 94 74
2016-04-18 @CHW W 7.0 2 0 0 3 10 0 106 80
2015-08-11 @CHW L 5.1 4 3 3 1 4 1 92 51

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

White Sox Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 66.Santiago*
G/S/vB		 58.Albers*
G/S/vB		 62.Boshers*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
79.Abreu G/S/vP 9/.476 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 9/.583 1/5.000 3/.000 1/2.000 573/457 .293/.347/.469/.816 .749/.833 .740 105/1.088 0/2 20/7
12.Anderson G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 308/245 .282/.300/.429/.729 .863/.694 .634 97/.836 7/2 7/11
31.Avila* G/S/vP 12/.273 ··· ··· ··· 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 11/.273 ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/1.550 1/2.000 1/2.000 5/1.350 2/.500 4/1.250 1/.000 524/422 .294/.344/.438/.782 .836/.768 .742 94/.664 2/0 9/2
1.Eaton* G/S/vP 9/1.111 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 8/.453 3/.666 2/1.000 1/no AB 601/452 .281/.365/.415/.781 .735/.797 .807 109/.835 12/4 11/4
21.Frazier G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· 8/.286 1/.000 ··· 6/.500 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 549/447 .215/.297/.461/.758 .800/.748 .759 102/.688 10/3 35/8
26.Garcia G/S/vP 7/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 363/276 .240/.306/.380/.686 .792/.653 .699 43/.669 3/3 10/1
44.Morneau* G/S/vP 12/.606 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.167 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 156/125 .260/.301/.445/.746 .710/.755 .827 88/.684 0/0 5/
38.Narvaez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 59/51 .327/.441/.388/.828 1.000/.803 .893 42/.748 0/0 0/0
18.Saladino G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 1/no AB 264/193 .264/.298/.407/.704 .737/.692 .710 85/.690 10/4 8/7
5.Sanchez# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 89/70 .169/.207/.241/.448 .316/.486 .520 27/.708 0/1 0/1
20.Shuck* G/S/vP 4/1.417 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 230/197 .210/.251/.308/.560 .855/.512 .471 49/.511 2/3 4/2
61.Smith G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0
IP 146.0 10.1 24.2 11.2 44.1 9.0 17.0 68.0 50.1 63.2 4.1 TOTAL .255/.316/.405/.721 .764/.710 .708 .756 62/30 137/75
ERA-K/9 4.93/7.5 6.97/7.0 5.84/8.7 8.49/5.4 1.83/5.7 12.00/10.0 3.18/7.4 3.71/8.1 3.04/8.9 4.95/10.0 4.15/6.3 5.16/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (19-6-3)
 Narvaez (7-1-0)
 Smith (0-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 632/.251 53/.367 110/.282 61/.388 174/.247 49/.341 71/.237 296/.269 216/.253 278/.273 22/.357 .288  Eaton
 Cabrera
 Shuck
 Garcia
 Saladino
1/34/109/18
120/0/0/11
2/58/2/4
11/0/28/2
1/1/1/1
OPS .788 1.191 .756 .982 .641 1.132 .689 .729 .684 .818 1.167 .818
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 147/.780 11/.636 44/.621 26/1.132 70/.591 12/.533 17/.125 123/.676 73/.558 101/1.060 12/.830 .771
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 485/.790 42/1.345 66/.852 35/.880 104/.675 37/1.325 54/.853 173/.760 143/.748 177/.685 10/1.600 .849
Home 291/.865 30/1.021 64/.792 45/.832 102/.749 25/1.183 23/.451 136/.674 124/.697 164/.801 8/1.381
Last 28d days 95/1.038 53/1.191 20/1.313 53/.930 34/.529 31/.859 39/.642 55/.910 51/.659 44/1.096 22/1.167
HR/SB/CS 27/8/6 4/0/1 3/4/0 0/1/0 4/0/0 3/1/0 2/1/0 7/2/0 5/1/1 11/13/1 1/0/0 189/65/16
Usage ····X··· ···X···X ········ X·X··o·· ·o··X··· X··X·X·X o·X····X ·X··o·X· ·X·X··o· ·······X X··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 25.Shields
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		 67.Minaya
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 29.Turner
G/S/vB		 66.Ynoa
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Buxton G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 224/145 .202/.253/.335/.588 .650/.556 .635 6/1.500 9/1 2/2
37.Centeno* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 157/115 .252/.295/.367/.662 .519/.715 .462 41/.635 0/0 2/4
2.Dozier G/S/vP 28/1.262 9/.722 2/2.000 3/.000 8/.700 2/.500 ··· 7/1.262 ··· 1/.000 575/445 .271/.344/.546/.890 1.055/.842 .856 115/1.060 11/2 33/7
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 9/.222 6/1.166 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 7/.000 ··· 1/2.000 298/215 .265/.296/.382/.678 .704/.668 .807 46/.727 1/2 5/9
36.Grossman# G/S/vP 6/.666 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 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 3/.333 357/246 .240/.320/.458/.779 .612/.854 .753 104/.541 5/0 16/6
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 48/.832 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 79/.681 2/0 10/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 21/.453 9/1.306 2/.000 4/.250 14/.676 ··· ··· 8/.000 ··· 1/no AB 324/240 .258/.297/.407/.704 .801/.673 .714 93/.762 1/0 10/7
11.Polanco# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 160/117 .310/.354/.448/.803 .872/.778 .707 97/.725 3/2 1/8
20.Rosario* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 313/239 .269/.293/.418/.710 .556/.755 .561 91/.665 5/1 8/4
22.Sano G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/.625 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 422/333 .233/.318/.442/.760 .788/.752 .691 84/.614 1/0 20/15
32.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· 13/9 .333/.385/.417/.801 1.250/.583 1.000 13/.801 0/0 0/0
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 28/.653 15/.277 ··· 2/.500 2/2.000 2/1.500 1/.000 11/1.155 4/.000 1/.000 327/226 .277/.319/.419/.738 .783/.718 .719 53/.717 0/0 6/4
IP 149.0 48.0 13.1 53.0 62.1 18.0 1.0 54.2 18.2 20.2 TOTAL .256/.319/.423/.742 .763/.735 .737 .715 80/26 158/102
ERA-K/9 5.86/6.2 6.19/5.1 5.40/6.1 1.87/6.5 2.60/10.0 4.00/8.0 0.00/9.0 3.79/10.0 7.71/7.7 3.92/8.3 4.10/7.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 672/.295 221/.316 64/.309 226/.260 245/.192 85/.250 3/.000 234/.238 94/.338 101/.228 .258  Kepler
 Rosario
 Grossman
 Buxton
 Schafer
 Sano
 Escobar
0/4/86/8
47/37/0/8
65/1/0/3
0/65/0/2
1/3/0/1
0/0/38/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .901 .921 .845 .688 .568 .812 .333 .696 1.047 .686 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 321/.863 68/.992 26/1.143 83/.706 97/.696 29/.823 2/.500 114/.648 33/.714 43/.903 .722
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 351/.936 153/.892 38/.645 143/.677 148/.484 56/.806 1/.000 120/.741 61/1.209 58/.532 .758
Road 264/.870 117/1.080 33/.756 95/.705 134/.660 41/.851 3/.333 129/.723 58/1.114 51/.716
Last 28d days 112/1.283 38/1.107 26/.631 28/.729 48/.628 34/.479 3/.333 40/.657 42/.974 37/.443
HR/SB/CS 32/13/3 9/3/1 1/1/0 1/1/1 7/2/2 2/0/0 0/0/1 6/5/0 4/3/0 0/1/0 152/65/18
Usage ····X··· ···X···· ·o··oo·· ····ooo· o···oXo· ·X··o··· ·o······ ··o··X·· ···X··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  5.52

LAA  4.48

PHI  3.70

 RA/G

CHC  3.40

DET  4.47

ARI  5.64

 BA

J. Altuve  .348

J. Harrison  .273

T. Frazier  .215

 OBP

M. Trout  .438

J. Werth  .340

F. Galvis  .271

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .623

A. Jones  .456

A. Hechavarria  .320

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.026

W. Myers  .801

A. Ramirez  .606

 ERA

K. Hendricks  2.09

M. Shoemaker  3.91

J. Shields  5.86

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.74

C. Martinez  7.79

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.