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Game Preview: DET @ MIN, 2:10pm, Saturday, April 26, 2014 @Target Field

Tigers, 12-8, 12-8 1st, 2 up

SP: Anibal Sanchez (30, RHP, 0-2, 3.54)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-2) 20.1 15 11 8 9 22 0 3.54
2013 (14-8) 182.0 156 56 52 54 202 9 2.57
2012 (9-13) 195.2 200 95 84 48 167 20 3.86
Last 7 GS 0-3 36.2 31 17 14 13 46 1 3.44 55
2014-04-21 CHW L 6.1 5 3 3 1 5 0 92 55
2014-04-16 CLE L 5.0 2 3 2 4 8 0 104 57
2014-04-09 @LAD ND 5.0 6 3 1 1 6 0 110 52
2014-04-04 BAL ND 4.0 2 2 2 3 3 0 69 50
2013-09-28 @MIA ND 5.0 2 0 0 0 8 0 66 71
2013-09-22 CHW L 5.0 8 4 4 2 6 0 99 39
2013-09-17 SEA ND 6.1 6 2 2 2 10 1 125 61
Last 5 v.MIN 1-1 30.1 19 6 6 14 37 1 1.78 64
2013-08-21 MIN ND 6.2 6 1 1 2 8 0 112 64
2013-06-15 @MIN ND 3.2 5 2 2 4 3 1 72 42
2013-05-24 MIN W 9.0 1 0 0 3 12 0 130 94
2013-05-01 MIN L 6.0 5 3 3 2 9 0 115 57
2013-04-03 @MIN ND 5.0 2 0 0 3 5 0 95 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    9-5    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   7-7    vsLHP:   5-1    1-Run:   5-2 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 6-3    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 20 Fri, Apr 25  @MIN  W  10-6       12-8   1st  2.0 up
 19 Thu, Apr 24   CHW  W   7-4       11-8   1st  1.0 up
 18 Wed, Apr 23   CHW  L   4-6       10-8   1st  1.0 up
 17 Tue, Apr 22   CHW  W   8-6       10-7   1st  1.0 up
 16 Mon, Apr 21   CHW  L   1-3        9-7   1st  1.0 up
 15 Sun, Apr 20   LAA  W   2-1        9-6   1st  1.0 up
 14 Sat, Apr 19   LAA  W   5-2        8-6   1st    Tied
 13 Fri, Apr 18   LAA  L   6-11       7-6   1st    Tied
 12 Thu, Apr 17   CLE  W   7-5        7-5   1st  0.5 up
 11 Wed, Apr 16   CLE  L   2-3        6-5   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:12-8 
Twins, 11-11, 11-11 2nd, 2 GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Phil Hughes (28, RHP, 1-1, 6.43)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-1) 21.0 29 15 15 6 20 3 6.43
2013 (4-14) 145.2 170 91 84 42 121 24 5.19
2012 (16-13) 191.1 196 101 89 46 165 35 4.19
Last 7 GS 1-2 29.1 43 21 21 7 27 4 6.44 43
2014-04-20 @KCR W 6.0 9 3 3 1 3 1 96 44
2014-04-15 TOR L 5.0 8 4 4 1 7 0 87 41
2014-04-09 OAK ND 5.0 5 4 4 3 3 0 104 41
2014-04-03 @CHW ND 5.0 7 4 4 1 7 2 97 43
2013-09-25 TBR L 2.0 7 3 3 1 2 0 51 31
2013-09-18 @TOR ND 3.1 4 2 2 0 2 1 56 46
2013-09-12 @BAL ND 3.0 3 1 1 0 3 0 50 52
Last 5 v.DET 1-4 25.2 32 18 17 5 22 6 5.96 44
2013-08-10 DET L 4.1 7 4 4 0 6 2 99 39
2013-04-06 @DET L 4.0 8 4 3 0 4 0 87 36
2012-08-07 @DET L 4.1 8 4 4 0 3 1 102 34
2012-06-03 @DET W 9.0 4 1 1 3 8 1 123 80
2011-04-03 DET L 4.0 5 5 5 2 1 2 90 31
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-5    Road:    6-6    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   7-6    vsLHP:   4-5    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 7-6    vsWest:  0-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 22 Fri, Apr 25   DET  L   6-10      11-11  2nd  2.0 gb
 21 Thu, Apr 24  @TBR  W   9-7       11-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 20 Wed, Apr 23  @TBR  W   6-4 (12)  10-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 19 Tue, Apr 22  @TBR  L   3-7        9-10  3rd  2.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 20  @KCR  W   8-3        9-9   3rd  1.5 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 19  @KCR  L   4-5        8-9   3rd  1.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 18  @KCR  L   0-5        8-8   3rd  0.5 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 17   TOR  W   9-5        8-7   2nd  0.5 gb
 14 Thu, Apr 17   TOR  W   7-0        7-7   2nd  0.5 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 15   TOR  L   3-9        6-7   3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:11-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Apr 25, 2014 DET 10 @MIN  6        W:Rick Porcello (3-1), L: Kevin Correia (0-3), S: none

Wed, Sep 25, 2013 DET  1 @MIN  0        W:Max Scherzer (21-3), L: Kevin Correia (9-13), S: Joaquin Benoit (24)
Tue, Sep 24, 2013 DET  4 @MIN  2        W:Doug Fister (14-9), L: Scott Diamond (6-12), S: Joaquin Benoit (23)
Mon, Sep 23, 2013 MIN  4  DET  3 (11)   W:Anthony Swarzak (3-2), L: Luke Putkonen (1-2), S: none
Thu, Aug 22, 2013 MIN  7 @DET  6        W:Casey Fien (3-2), L: Bruce Rondon (1-2), S: Glen Perkins (30)
Wed, Aug 21, 2013 DET  7  MIN  1        W:Drew Smyly (5-0), L: Kevin Correia (8-10), S: Jose Veras (20)
Tue, Aug 20, 2013 MIN  6 @DET  3        W:Mike Pelfrey (5-10), L: Rick Porcello (9-7), S: Glen Perkins (29)
Sun, Jun 16, 2013 DET  5 @MIN  2        W:Doug Fister (6-4), L: P.J. Walters (2-2), S: Joaquin Benoit (4)
Sat, Jun 15, 2013 MIN  6  DET  3        W:Sam Deduno (3-1), L: Darin Downs (0-2), S: Glen Perkins (16)
Fri, Jun 14, 2013 DET  4 @MIN  0        W:Rick Porcello (4-3), L: Scott Diamond (4-6), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - DET over 1-0; 2013 - DET won 11-8; 2012 - DET won 10-8; All-Time - DET leads 1077-987

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 2014 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 2013 season

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Tigers Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Hughes
G/S/vB
61.Burton
G/S/vB
21.Deduno
G/S/vB
52.Duensing*
G/S/vB
50.Fien
G/S/vB
15.Perkins*
G/S/vB
51.Swarzak
G/S/vB
56.Thielbar*
G/S/vB
59.Tonkin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 11/.182 2/.000 11/.282 23/.536 1/.000 11/.586 13/.975 1/.000 ··· 379/291 .227/.317/.376/.693 .455/.767 .601 58/.639 0/0 11/6
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 27/1.873 11/.764 12/.533 36/.877 6/1.867 26/.899 19/1.074 1/.000 2/1.500 652/488 .348/.442/.636/1.078 1.210/1.035 1.074 87/.718 3/0 44/12
9.Castellanos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 18/7 .278/.278/.278/.556 .545/.571 .600 68/.791 0/0 0/0
20.Davis G/S/vP 24/.762 4/1.000 ··· 11/.955 2/1.000 3/3.000 8/1.250 1/.000 1/2.000 360/232 .260/.312/.375/.687 .857/.594 .651 74/.896 45/6 6/2
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 33/17 .296/.367/.444/.811 .938/.690 .944 15/.533 0/0 1/2
48.Hunter G/S/vP 16/.938 4/.000 ··· 9/.958 4/.750 13/.658 12/.583 1/.000 2/1.000 652/464 .304/.334/.465/.800 .829/.788 .738 70/.807 3/2 17/3
14.Jackson G/S/vP 18/.807 4/.500 10/1.278 28/.884 5/.000 3/.833 13/.564 1/2.000 2/1.000 614/429 .272/.337/.417/.754 .681/.784 .777 80/.905 8/4 12/2
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 12/.533 2/.000 6/1.667 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 251/194 .222/.309/.343/.652 .574/.674 .588 21/.855 2/0 6/2
3.Kinsler G/S/vP 15/.508 5/.900 6/.533 9/.722 4/2.000 15/.343 12/.916 ··· 1/.000 614/437 .277/.344/.413/.757 .814/.733 .735 92/.756 15/11 13/13
28.Martinez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 310/209 .250/.272/.378/.650 .621/.664 .740 10/.650 2/0 7/2
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 19/.842 5/1.100 6/.000 13/1.338 3/1.000 16/.842 12/.432 4/.750 2/.500 668/424 .301/.355/.430/.785 .735/.813 .750 81/.779 0/2 14/0
27.Romine# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 123/91 .259/.308/.287/.595 .667/.566 .583 39/.666 1/0 0/4
29.Worth G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 4/.833 0/0 0/1
IP 145.2 66.0 108.0 61.0 62.0 62.2 96.0 46.0 11.1 TOTAL .276/.336/.417/.753 .821/.733 .665 .753 18/8 17/16
ERA-K/9 5.19/7.5 3.82/8.3 3.83/5.6 3.98/8.3 3.92/10.6 2.30/11.1 2.91/6.5 1.76/7.6 0.79/8.0 5.14/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (73-15-9)
 Holaday (12-1-0)
 Martinez (1-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 642/.293 281/.242 461/.259 268/.283 244/.225 240/.196 387/.249 171/.154 47/.205 .282  Hunter
 Jackson
 Martinez
 Davis
 Castellanos
 Kelly
0/0/143/9
0/129/0/5
50/0/25/4
57/16/35/4
9/0/0/0
38/25/22/0
OPS .832 .688 .714 .750 .627 .562 .649 .530 .528 .769
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 357/.863 135/.713 262/.584 132/.786 99/.750 61/.544 186/.772 82/.482 28/.490 .778
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 285/.793 146/.665 199/.884 136/.713 145/.545 179/.568 201/.540 89/.575 19/.579 .759
Home 353/.909 139/.776 201/.675 127/.736 116/.625 119/.405 206/.610 72/.463 26/.481
Last 28d days 96/.914 38/.943 63/.593 35/.393 38/.433 41/.487 58/.734 33/.732 26/.501
HR/SB/CS 24/8/3 6/14/3 7/5/2 4/2/3 9/5/1 5/0/0 7/3/4 4/2/1 0/2/0 19/10/1
Usage ·····X·· ·X·o···o ···X···· ··X··o·o o·X··o·· ·oo··o·· X·X····· ooo···X· Xoo···Xo

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Twins Batters (5.55 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Sanchez
G/S/vB
62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB
44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB
40.Coke*
G/S/vB
46.Krol*
G/S/vB
60.Miller
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
57.Reed
G/S/vB
33.Smyly*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Colabello G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 181/127 .194/.287/.344/.631 .573/.655 .394 93/.878 0/1 7/3
2.Dozier G/S/vP 13/.237 3/.000 3/1.167 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 4/1.667 623/475 .244/.312/.414/.726 .978/.649 .721 109/.815 14/7 18/6
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 179/131 .236/.282/.345/.628 .655/.619 .749 24/.610 0/2 3/7
25.Florimon# G/S/vP 12/.781 3/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 446/334 .221/.281/.330/.611 .459/.661 .569 58/.373 15/6 9/18
1.Fuld* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 200/122 .199/.270/.267/.537 .734/.417 .451 47/.863 8/2 2/1
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 178/147 .204/.286/.325/.611 .545/.624 .434 21/.396 0/1 4/2
32.Hicks# G/S/vP 7/.143 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 313/247 .192/.259/.338/.597 .713/.566 .576 80/.570 9/3 8/0
13.Kubel* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/.650 15/.564 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 290/250 .216/.293/.317/.610 .414/.642 .645 81/.867 0/1 5/3
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 15/.852 3/.000 5/2.467 18/.958 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 11/.282 508/371 .324/.404/.476/.880 .882/.879 .861 107/.700 0/1 11/3
43.Pinto G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 83/65 .342/.398/.566/.963 .745/1.026 .928 75/.848 0/0 4/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 13/.808 6/.533 4/.500 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.000 2/2.500 7/1.096 522/398 .254/.309/.392/.701 .826/.663 .750 102/.894 2/1 14/13
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/1.000 9/.444 4/.500 ··· 1/no AB 7/.429 2/.500 ··· 316/247 .232/.290/.337/.627 .653/.619 .641 74/.804 2/0 5/6
IP 182.0 49.0 42.0 38.1 27.1 64.2 23.1 76.0 TOTAL .254/.352/.391/.743 .653/.795 .734 .743 14/3 19/13
ERA-K/9 2.57/10.0 4.59/12.9 4.93/8.1 5.40/7.0 3.95/7.3 /0.0 1.39/10.2 4.24/6.6 2.37/9.6 3.89/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Herrmann (13-7-0)
 Mauer (23-17-3)
 Pinto (6-5-0)
 Suzuki (57-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 746/.229 220/.213 198/.278 177/.291 117/.264 / 250/.162 105/.301 303/.219 .257  Hicks
 Kubel
 Herrmann
 Fuld
 Colabello
 Escobar
0/81/0/9
56/0/8/7
3/0/21/3
55/29/28/2
0/0/11/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .616 .674 .825 .809 .785 .464 .775 .601 .730
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 413/.681 93/.662 93/.756 88/.760 56/.593 / 133/.515 47/.760 129/.471 .668
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 333/.536 127/.683 105/.878 89/.860 61/.957 / 117/.407 58/.782 174/.699 .799
Road 368/.625 92/.769 91/.741 87/.798 55/.769 / 120/.507 46/.914 162/.600
Last 28d days 84/.613 35/.749 36/.773 21/1.179 33/.805 20/.516 44/.788 38/.724 58/.810
HR/SB/CS 9/25/1 5/3/0 8/9/1 3/0/1 5/2/0 // 2/4/1 2/5/2 4/8/2 18/21/7
Usage ····X··· ·X·X·o·· oX·o··o· ···X···o X·o·oo·· X·X·o··X oX···XX· X·o·X··o ··X····X

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.