MLB Baseball Matchup of Friday, August 17, 2012 Safeco Field

Match Up: Minnesota Twins VS Seattle Mariners

MINNESOTATWINS (31-36)

SEATTLEMARINERS (31-40)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
MIN	31-36	$351	5-5	26-31	6-6	25-30	30-36-1
SEA	32-40	-$707	12-12	20-28	15-12	17-28	31-36-5

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MIN	TEAM	SEA
4.12	RUNS	3.51
4.52	RUNS AGAINST	4.32
-0.40	DIFF	-0.82
$351	MONEY	-$892
4.25	TEAM ERA	4.12
8.31	OFF HITS	8.04
3.40	OFF WALKS	2.99
7.94	OFF Ks	8.27
9.94	DEF HIT	8.73
2.57	DEF WALKS	2.62
5.93	DEF Ks	8.04

INJURIES

MINNESOTA TWINS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Aaron Hicks	OF	15-Day Disabled List
Darin Mastroianni	OF	60-Day Disabled List
Wilkin Ramirez	OF	7-Day Disabled List
Tim Wood	P	60-Day Disabled List

SEATTLE MARINERS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Franklin Gutierrez	OF	60-Day Disabled List
Josh Kinney	P	60-Day Disabled List
Michael Morse	OF	Day-to-Day (quad)
Stephen Pryor	P	60-Day Disabled List
Jesus Sucre	C	15-Day Disabled List

team weather and news

TEAM NEWS

MINNESOTA	SEATTLE
Minnesota Star Tribune	Seattle Times

BETTING TRENDS

MINNESOTA TWINS

No trends to report

SEATTLE MARINERS

No trends to report

PITCHER LAST 3 STARTS

NICK BLACKBURN (R) ERA: 0.00 W/L: 0-0

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
08/17/2012	SEA	L	3-5	P	5⅓	-100
08/11/2012	TB	L	2-4	U	6	-100
08/05/2012	BOS	L	4-6	U	5	-100

HISASHI IWAKUMA (R) ERA: 2.06 W/L: 7-2

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
06/16/2013	OAK	L	2-10	O	5	-100
06/10/2013	HOU	W	3-2	U	7	100
06/05/2013	CHW	L	5-7	O	8	-170

Minnesota Twins's relievers have pitched 10 innings in the last 3 games.
Seattle Mariners's relievers have pitched 5 innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
05/06/2012	Sun	MIN	2	SEA	5	SEA	-138	7½	U	N Blackburn	H Noesi
05/05/2012	Sat	MIN	0	SEA	7	SEA	-186	6½	O	J Marquis	Felix Hernandez
05/04/2012	Fri	MIN	3	SEA	2	MIN	-135	7	U	C Pavano	J Vargas
09/22/2011	Thu	SEA	2	MIN	3	MIN	109	8½	U	B Beaven	A Swarzak
09/21/2011	Wed	SEA	5	MIN	4	SEA	126	7½	O	M Pineda	K Slowey
09/20/2011	Tue	SEA	5	MIN	4	SEA	102	8	O	J Vargas	L Hendriks
05/25/2011	Wed	SEA	3	MIN	0	SEA	-104	7½	U	E Bedard	B Duensing
05/24/2011	Tue	SEA	2	MIN	4	MIN	-110	7½	U	D Fister	N Blackburn
05/23/2011	Mon	SEA	8	MIN	7	SEA	-106	7	O	J Vargas	C Pavano
05/17/2011	Tue	MIN	2	SEA	1	MIN	-182	6½	U	F Liriano	Felix Hernandez

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3

TWINS

Twins have the worst hits allowed in the league, allowing 9.9 per game.

Twins are second best in walks allowed in the league at 2.6 per game.

Twins trail the league in K's with 5.9 per game.

MARINERS

Mariners are lowest scoring team in the league at 3.5 runs per game.

Mariners have the second worst hits stat in the league at 8.0 per game.

Mariners are the third best in base on balls allowed, allowing 2.6 per game.

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

MINNESOTA TWINS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
08/15/2012	Wed	1	DET	5	L	135	9½	C De Vries	4	M Scherzer
08/14/2012	Tue	4	DET	8	L	148	9	B Duensing	6	D Fister
08/13/2012	Mon	9	DET	3	W	124	9½	S Deduno	7	A Sanchez
08/12/2012	Sun	3	TB	7	L	115	8	S Diamond	7	J Shields
08/11/2012	Sat	2	TB	4	L	181	8½	N Blackburn	6	D Price

SEATTLE MARINERS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
08/15/2012	Wed	1	TB	0	W	-130	6½	Felix Hernandez	9	J Hellickson
08/14/2012	Tue	3	TB	2	W	155	7	K Millwood	7	M Moore
08/13/2012	Mon	1	TB	4	L	121	7	B Beaven	6	A Cobb
08/12/2012	Sun	4	at LAA	1	W	-255	7½	J Vargas	8⅓	Jered Weaver
08/11/2012	Sat	7	at LAA	4	W	-230	8	H Iwakuma	7	D Haren

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Minnesota's Overall Scoring vs Seattle's Overall Defense	4.1	10	4.3	8
Minnesota's Away Scoring vs Seattle's Home Defense	3.8	13	3.7	2
Minnesota's Road ERA vs Seattle's Home ERA Allowed	4.5	13	3.4	15
Seattle's Overall Scoring vs Minnesota's Overall Defense	3.5	15	4.5	10
Seattle's Home Scoring vs Minnesota's Road Defense	3.7	14	4.6	12
Seattle's Home ERA vs Minnesota's Road ERA Allowed	3.3	2	3.2	14

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

MINNESOTA TWINS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	31-36	17-17	14-19	6-6	25-30	30-36-1	5-5	26-31
vs Div	11-17	5-5	6-12	1-2	10-15	10-17-1	1-1	10-16
Last 10	5-5	4-3	1-2	2-0	3-5	3-7	2-1	3-4
vs AL	23-27	12-13	11-14	4-4	19-23	22-27-1	3-2	20-25
vs NL	8-9	5-4	3-5	2-2	6-7	8-9	2-3	6-6

SEATTLE MARINERS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	32-40	18-17	14-23	15-12	17-28	31-36-5	12-12	20-28
vs Div	17-20	11-9	6-11	8-6	9-14	15-20-2	5-6	12-14
Last 10	5-5	2-3	3-2	2-2	3-3	2-8	2-2	3-3
vs AL	29-37	17-16	12-21	13-11	16-26	29-32-5	11-11	18-26
vs NL	3-3	1-1	2-2	2-1	1-2	2-4	1-1	2-2

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

NICK BLACKBURN VS. SEATTLE MARINERS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
08/17/2012	5-3	SEA	5⅓	11	5	5	1	1	L
05/06/2012	5-2	SEA	6	7	5	5	3	4	L
05/24/2011	4-2	MIN	9	7	2	2	0	6	W
08/28/2010	1-0	MIN	8⅔	2	0	0	2	6	W
06/01/2010	7-1	SEA	3⅔	10	5	5	0	0	L

HISASHI IWAKUMA VS. MINNESOTA TWINS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
05/31/2013	3-0	SEA	7⅔	7	0	0	2	5	W
08/28/2012	5-2	SEA	6	1	1	0	4	4	W
08/17/2012	5-3	SEA	7	4	1	0	1	6	W