MIN @ OAK, Thursday, August 28, 2008 Game Preview

Minnesota Twins, 75-58, 2nd, 1 GB, 2½ GB in WC	SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 9-8, 3.78) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (9-8) 157.1 180 80 66 28 78 15 3.78 2007 (0-2) 11.2 19 12 10 2 8 2 7.71 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 39 48 24 18 10 14 3 4.15 45 2008-08-23 @LAA L 4.2 10 6 3 2 0 0 79 24 2008-08-18 OAK L 8 6 3 3 2 2 1 99 58 2008-08-12 NYY ND 4.2 6 4 4 3 5 1 102 38 2008-08-06 @SEA W 6 9 3 3 1 1 0 101 42 2008-08-01 CLE W 7 6 1 1 1 2 0 93 62 2008-07-27 @CLE ND 7 4 1 1 1 3 0 99 67 2008-07-21 @NYY L 1.2 7 6 3 0 1 1 50 24 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.OAK 0-1 8 6 3 3 2 2 1 3.38 58 2008-08-18 OAK L 8 6 3 3 2 2 1 99 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 46-23 Road: 29-35 ExtrInn: 7-7 vsRHP: 50-42 vsLHP: 25-16 1-Run: 24-21 vsEast: 9-16 vsCntrl:36-21 vsWest: 16-17 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 133 Wed, Aug 27 @SEA W 6-5 75-58 2nd 1.0 gb 132 Tue, Aug 26 @SEA L 2-3 74-58 2nd 2.0 gb 131 Mon, Aug 25 @SEA L 2-4 (11) 74-57 2nd 1.0 gb 130 Sun, Aug 24 @LAA L 3-5 74-56 1st Tied 129 Sat, Aug 23 @LAA L 5-7 74-55 1st 1.0 up 128 Fri, Aug 22 @LAA W 9-0 74-54 1st 1.0 up 127 Thu, Aug 21 @LAA W 2-1 (12) 73-54 1st Tied 126 Wed, Aug 20 OAK W 3-1 72-54 2nd 0.5 gb 125 Tue, Aug 19 OAK W 13-2 71-54 2nd 0.5 gb 124 Mon, Aug 18 OAK L 2-3 70-54 2nd 0.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:19-11
Oakland Athletics, 61-72, 3rd, 19½ GB, 16½ GB in WC	SP: Dana Eveland (24, LHP, 8-8, 4.30) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-8) 132 131 64 63 65 92 8 4.30 2007 (1-0) 5 8 8 8 5 3 0 14.40 2006 (0-3) 27.2 39 25 25 16 32 4 8.13 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 35 46 27 27 19 27 5 6.94 40 2008-08-23 @SEA W 7 5 1 1 1 7 0 93 69 2008-08-02 @BOS L 2 8 9 9 2 2 2 68 4 2008-07-27 TEX ND 4.2 8 5 5 2 5 0 78 31 2008-07-21 @TBR L 5 7 4 4 4 4 2 106 37 2008-07-12 LAA L 5.1 5 2 2 5 5 0 93 50 2008-07-07 SEA W 5.1 9 3 3 4 0 1 100 34 2008-07-02 @LAA ND 5.2 4 3 3 1 4 0 99 52 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN Has never faced MIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 34-33 Road: 27-39 ExtrInn: 7-6 vsRHP: 39-48 vsLHP: 22-24 1-Run: 19-22 vsEast: 15-23 vsCntrl:18-18 vsWest: 18-23 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 133 Wed, Aug 27 @LAA W 6-5 61-72 3rd 19.5 gb 132 Tue, Aug 26 @LAA L 1-5 60-72 3rd 20.5 gb 131 Mon, Aug 25 @LAA W 2-1 60-71 3rd 19.5 gb 130 Sun, Aug 24 @SEA L 4-8 59-71 3rd 20.5 gb 129 Sat, Aug 23 @SEA W 5-1 59-70 3rd 19.5 gb 128 Fri, Aug 22 @SEA L 5-7 58-70 3rd 19.5 gb 127 Thu, Aug 21 @SEA W 2-0 58-69 3rd 19.5 gb 126 Wed, Aug 20 @MIN L 1-3 57-69 3rd 20.5 gb 125 Tue, Aug 19 @MIN L 2-13 57-68 3rd 19.5 gb 124 Mon, Aug 18 @MIN W 3-2 57-67 3rd 19.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30: 9-21
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Aug 20, 2008 MIN 3 OAK 1 W:Francisco Liriano (4-3), L: Dallas Braden (3-3), S: Joe Nathan (34) Tue, Aug 19, 2008 MIN 13 OAK 2 W:Kevin Slowey (10-8), L: Sean Gallagher (4-6), S: none Mon, Aug 18, 2008 OAK 3 @MIN 2 W:Kirk Saarloos (1-0), L: Nick Blackburn (9-7), S: Brad Ziegler (3) Thu, Apr 24, 2008 OAK 11 MIN 2 W:Greg Smith (2-0), L: Francisco Liriano (0-3), S: none Wed, Apr 23, 2008 OAK 3 MIN 0 W:Chad Gaudin (2-1), L: Boof Bonser (1-4), S: Huston Street (6) Tue, Apr 22, 2008 MIN 5 @OAK 4 W:Juan Rincon (2-0), L: Joe Blanton (1-4), S: Joe Nathan (7) Sun, Jul 15, 2007 MIN 4 OAK 3 W:Pat Neshek (4-1), L: Joe Kennedy (2-8), S: none Sat, Jul 14, 2007 MIN 4 OAK 3 W:Carlos Silva (7-10), L: Joe Blanton (8-6), S: Joe Nathan (18) Fri, Jul 13, 2007 MIN 5 OAK 3 W:Johan Santana (11-6), L: Lenny DiNardo (3-6), S: Joe Nathan (17) Thu, Jul 12, 2007 MIN 6 OAK 2 W:Scott Baker (4-3), L: Chad Gaudin (8-4), S: none Season Series: 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - MIN won 5-2; 2006 - MIN won 6-4; All-Time - MIN leads 974-962

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 2008 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

TEX 5.56

PIT 4.63

WSN 3.70

RA/G

TOR 3.91

CLE 4.63

TEX 6.02

C. Jones .357

A. Soriano .291

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .466

J. Posada .364

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .634

T. Glaus .480

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.100

D. Pedroia .835

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.43

B. Looper 3.94

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.13

G. Floyd 6.40

L. Hernandez 3.49

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Minnesota Twins Batters (5.04 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (4.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Eveland*
G/S/vB 13.Blevins*
G/S/vB 33.Devine
G/S/vB 41.Embree*
G/S/vB 44.Casilla
G/S/vB 53.Meyer*
G/S/vB 21.Saarloos
G/S/vB 20.Street
G/S/vB 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 183/152 .305/.333/.419/.752 .229/.864 .802 67/.654 0/2 4/

25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 301/213 .301/.341/.413/.754 .641/.804 .711 28/.558 4/2 5/

12.Everett G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· ··· 137/105 .207/.267/.319/.586 .677/.561 .583 54/.630 0/0 2/

22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 510/374 .255/.291/.346/.637 .719/.607 .607 82/.608 27/10 6/

23.Harris G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.750 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 430/296 .261/.318/.386/.705 .704/.705 .704 64/.844 1/1 6/

16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 420/336 .272/.331/.464/.795 .610/.841 .736 87/.857 0/1 17/

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 11/.664 4/1.250 1/4.000 502/356 .318/.411/.443/.854 .997/.791 .706 103/.815 1/1 8/

33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 5/1.400 ··· 12/1.250 3/.666 1/2.000 575/386 .307/.388/.510/.898 .816/.940 .930 117/.810 0/1 20/

8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 4/1.750 ··· 8/.393 4/.000 1/.000 264/169 .286/.338/.408/.746 .738/.742 .675 120/.741 8/4 2/

55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/2.000 3/1.000 ··· 111/53 .286/.315/.333/.649 .691/.602 .530 20/.650 0/0 0/

56.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 47/24 .318/.362/.432/.794 .848/.739 .722 47/.794 0/0 1/

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 257/186 .307/.392/.450/.842 1.003/.784 .852 125/.833 12/4 3/

21.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 5/.200 1/.000 506/366 .284/.329/.399/.727 .697/.739 .710 98/.741 14/4 8/

IP 132.0 25.0 32.2 49.0 42.0 19.2 13.1 56.0 45.0 TOTAL .278/.337/.410/.747 .721/.758 .717 .761 77/35 95/92

ERA-K/9

4.30/6.3

3.24/7.6

0.83/10.2

4.78/8.4

3.43/8.1

5.95/7.3

4.05/4.1

4.34/8.7

0.40/4.2

3.83/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mauer (46-25-4)
Redmond (17-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 581/.262 104/.200 121/.164 213/.259 187/.280 86/.237 55/.235 236/.248 164/.196 .246 Young
Gomez
Span
Kubel
Punto 123/0/0/8
0/122/0/7
0/12/56/3
15/0/28/2
0/3/0/0

OPS .727 .620 .422 .780 .775 .826 .592 .725 .497 .701

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 131/.600 38/.392 52/.491 76/.751 84/.799 26/.599 23/.568 105/.794 79/.582 .674

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 450/.764 66/.752 69/.372 137/.796 103/.752 60/.929 32/.605 131/.671 85/.421 .719

Home 315/.681 43/.446 53/.454 115/.717 91/.820 25/.861 24/.432 133/.738 81/.432 .665

Last 28d days 42/.996 58/.791 33/.220 38/.652 55/.857 86/.826 25/.897 56/.832 69/.589

HR/SB/CS 8/9/2 1/2/1 0/3/1 6/3/0 5/6/0 5/1/1 1/1/0 6/5/3 0/1/0 106/57/35

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

Oakland Athletics Batters (3.90 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB 26.Bonser
G/S/vB 49.Breslow*
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 37.Reyes*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

10.Barton* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.250 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 417/292 .213/.308/.321/.629 .762/.571 .660 91/.590 0/1 7/

18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 71/47 .179/.225/.284/.509 .511/.508 .475 16/.438 0/0 1/

8.Brown G/S/vP ··· 18/.492 3/.000 9/.946 1/no AB 10/1.025 9/.111 4/1.417 411/264 .247/.297/.389/.686 .822/.609 .726 76/.760 4/2 12/

7.Crosby G/S/vP 4/.000 9/.444 2/1.000 8/.750 4/.250 2/.000 5/.000 3/.666 504/358 .247/.302/.368/.669 .660/.673 .699 98/.746 6/3 7/

32.Cust* G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/1.167 2/.500 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 481/343 .230/.374/.439/.813 .802/.818 .883 77/.895 0/0 23/

38.Davis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 152/85 .231/.260/.315/.575 .629/.534 .594 30/.911 21/6 2/

14.Ellis G/S/vP 4/1.833 7/.286 3/1.167 4/1.250 10/.967 8/.750 6/.167 2/.000 506/357 .234/.321/.374/.696 .539/.757 .611 87/.665 14/2 12/

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 296/209 .240/.271/.364/.635 .436/.719 .631 99/.450 4/1 4/

22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 430/326 .224/.307/.347/.653 .600/.670 .699 80/.516 2/0 7/

4.Patterson* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 96/85 .207/.313/.280/.593 .455/.611 .608 39/.627 7/1 1/

56.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 25/10 .182/.250/.273/.523 .593/.422 .472 25/.523 1/0 0/

24.Suzuki G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.250 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 485/353 .285/.350/.384/.733 .658/.761 .848 95/.666 2/3 7/

35.Thomas G/S/vP 4/.250 7/1.571 1/no AB 4/.833 15/1.610 4/.250 8/.125 3/.333 277/197 .226/.339/.362/.701 .555/.763 .809 97/.493 0/0 8/

IP 157.1 101.1 34.2 54.1 50.1 66.0 56.0 36.2 TOTAL .240/.313/.364/.678 .646/.691 .692 .626 67/20 102/74

ERA-K/9

3.78/4.5

6.22/7.1

2.34/7.3

3.98/7.0

3.58/5.0

4.64/7.1

1.13/10.0

2.45/6.6

4.17/6.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bowen (9-8-2)
Suzuki (48-27-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 667/.288 461/.286 140/.214 233/.262 197/.216 290/.266 213/.186 150/.241 .275 Brown
Gonzalez
Cust
Davis
Patterson 62/1/53/10
0/64/35/4
73/0/5/4
3/70/1/2
17/1/0/1

OPS .743 .774 .547 .755 .634 .764 .521 .638 .747

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 296/.729 214/.854 62/.513 84/.752 76/.506 106/.719 109/.570 82/.536 .757

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 371/.753 247/.705 78/.572 149/.755 121/.715 184/.788 104/.471 68/.763 .739

Road 350/.752 160/.881 66/.599 115/.831 82/.631 144/.827 82/.603 72/.746 .800

Last 28d days 134/.747 69/.684 40/.570 51/.729 44/.840 54/1.132 47/.507 38/.459

HR/SB/CS 15/2/2 13/11/0 1/2/4 5/5/1 3/3/0 9/8/1 4/5/0 2/4/2 137/63/29

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

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.

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Game Preview: MIN @ OAK, 10:05pm, Thursday, August 28, 2008 @McAfee Coliseum

NOTE: Some stats are only updated through Tuesday, August 26, 2008. Site will be updated with yesterday's stats by 11:30am ET.

SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 9-8, 3.78)

SP: Dana Eveland (24, LHP, 8-8, 4.30)

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