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MLB Matchup
Twins vs Rangers Game Time: 8:05 p.m. ET Stadium: Ameriquest Field Surface: Grass

Minnesota
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
7/16/11		Kc	4-3	N/t	-130	-122	8.5-110	8.5-110	Pavano,ca	W	U
7/17/11		Kc	4-3	D/t	-127	-130	8.5-110	8.5-110	Duensing,br	W	U
7/18/11		Cle	3-6	N/t	-103	-105	9.0-120	9.0-110	Diamond,sc	L	P
7/18/11		Cle	2-5	D/t	-135	-140	9.0-110	9.0-110	Swarzak,an	L	U
7/19/11		Cle	2-1	N/t	-120	-125	8.0-105	7.5+100	Liriano,fr	W	U
7/20/11		Cle	7-5	D/t	-115	-105	8.5-115	9.0-105	Blackburn,ni	W	O
7/21/11		Det	2-6	N/t	+145	+151	7.5+100	7.5-110	Pavano,ca	L	O
7/22/11		Det	2-8	N/t	+105	+100	8.0-110	8.5-125	Duensing,br	L	O
7/23/11		Det	4-1	D/t	-130	-130	8.5-115	9.0-105	Baker,sc	W	U
7/24/11		Det	2-5	D/t	-125	-117	8.5-110	8.5-125	Liriano,fr	L	U
Texas
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
7/14/11	At	Sea	5-0	N/g	-102	+112	7.5-110	7.0-105	Holland,de	W	U
7/15/11	At	Sea	4-0	N/g	-105	+112	7.0-130	7.0+100	Lewis,co	W	U
7/16/11	At	Sea	5-1	N/g	-109	-102	6.0-110	6.0-120	Wilson,c.	W	P
7/17/11	At	Sea	3-1	D/g	+125	+125	7.0-105	7.5-110	Harrison,ma	W	U
7/19/11	At	Laa	7-0	N/g	+120	+130	7.5-110	8.0+100	Ogando,al	W	U
7/20/11	At	Laa	8-9	N/g	-130	-125	7.0+100	7.0-125	Holland,de	L	O
7/21/11	At	Laa	0-1	D/g	-120	-117	6.5+100	6.5-115	Wilson,c.	L	U
7/22/11		Tor	12-2	N/g	-175	-200	10.0-110	10.5-115	Lewis,co	W	O
7/23/11		Tor	5-4	N/g	-160	-160	10.0-105	10.0-105	Harrison,ma	W	U
7/24/11		Tor	0-3	N/g	-215	-200	9.5-105	9.5+100	Ogando,al	L	U

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
8/24/10	Min	4-3	N/g	-130	-140	9.0-125	8.5-115	Oliver,da	W	U
8/25/10	Min	4-3	N/g	-155	-150	8.5-120	8.5-115	Wilson,c.	W	U
8/26/10	Min	4-6	N/g	-165	-155	7.5-120	8.0+105	Liriano,fr	L	O
9/03/10	Tex	4-3	N/t	-115	+100	9.5+100	9.5+105	Burnett,al	W	U
9/04/10	Tex	12-4	D/t	-125	-110	8.5-120	7.5-120	Pavano,ca	W	O
9/05/10	Tex	6-5	D/t	-115	+115	8.5+100	8.5+105	Blackburn,ni	W	O
6/09/11	Tex	5-4	N/t	+130	+115	8.5-110	8.5-105	Hoey,ji	W	O
6/10/11	Tex	3-9	N/t	+145	+143	8.0-105	8.0+105	Wilson,c.	L	O
6/11/11	Tex	8-1	D/t	+120	+128	8.5+100	8.0-110	Baker,sc	W	O
6/12/11	Tex	6-1	D/t	+110	+109	8.0-110	7.5-120	Liriano,fr	W	U

W/L Record Comparison

Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		26-25	-44	21-29	+61	47-54	+17
Last	10	5-5	-62	0-0	0	5-5	-62
Texas
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		33-19	+471	25-25	-31	58-44	+440
Last	10	2-1	0	5-2	+300	7-3	+300
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Minnesota		20-22	27-32	19-24	28-30	14-15	30-35
Texas		16-15	42-29	54-38	4-6	41-26	13-16

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		26-24	+10	20-27	-980	46-51	-970
Last	10	3-6	-360	0-0	0	3-6	-360
Texas
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		32-19	+1120	19-28	-1135	51-47	-15
Last	10	1-2	-105	1-5	-430	2-7	-535

Away Pitcher

MINNESOTA TWINS -- BLACKBURN,NICK (R)
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Day		Ngt		Grs		Trf
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L
Away	10	5	3	60.2	67	30	28	18	32	4.15	3	0	2	3	4	2	1	1
Home	10	2	3	62.2	68	35	25	17	36	3.59	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	3
Total	20	7	6	123.1	135	65	53	35	68	3.87	4	1	3	5	4	2	3	4

2011 BULLPEN FOR BLACKBURN,NICK
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
19	56.0	31	29	4.66	59	29	41	7	3	4	6	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
6/27/11	LA	0-15	L	4.1	8	7	12	1	1	1	-120	-117	7.5+105	8.0+100
7/03/11	MLW	9-7		4.0	6	6	6	1	2	1	+125	+125	7.5-120	7.5-120
7/08/11	at CWS	8-5	W	5.0	5	5	10	2	4	1	-145	-158	8.5-110	8.5-105
7/15/11	KC	1-2		7.0	0	0	4	2	3	0	-135	-123	9.0+100	9.0-105
7/20/11	CLE	7-5		6.0	4	1	4	2	7	0	-115	-105	8.5-115	9.0-105

VS. Opponent ( Last 5 Starts - Since 1997)
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/23/10	at TEX	0-4	L	7.0	3	3	8	0	5	0	-140	-145	10.0-110	10.5-115
9/05/10	TEX	6-5	W	7.0	2	2	6	3	4	0	-115	+115	8.5+100	8.5+105
6/09/11	TEX	5-4		7.1	4	2	10	1	6	2	+130	+115	8.5-110	8.5-105

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
7/20/11	CLE	3.0	1	1	3.00	4	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
7/21/11	DET	3.0	1	1	3.00	3	2	3	1	0	0	0	0
7/22/11	DET	4.1	1	1	2.08	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
7/23/11	DET	4.0	1	1	2.25	5	1	4	0	0	0	1	0
7/24/11	DET	6.2	1	1	1.35	3	3	4	0	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

TEXAS RANGERS -- HOLLAND,DEREK (L)
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Day		Ngt		Grs		Trf
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L
Away	10	4	2	70.0	69	31	30	23	54	3.86	1	1	3	1	3	2	1	0
Home	10	4	2	54.0	65	38	34	22	40	5.67	0	1	4	1	4	2	0	0
Total	20	8	4	124.0	134	69	64	45	94	4.65	1	2	7	2	7	4	1	0

2011 BULLPEN FOR HOLLAND,DEREK
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
17	53.0	26	25	4.25	54	22	38	11	2	6	4	4

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
6/26/11	NYM	5-8	L	6.0	7	3	12	0	0	0	-130	-148	9.5-110	10.0-105
7/02/11	FLO	5-9	L	0.2	5	5	4	2	1	1	-165	-165	10.0-110	10.5-115
7/07/11	OAK	6-0	W	9.0	0	0	4	2	7	0	-135	-136	9.5-105	9.5-105
7/14/11	at SEA	5-0	W	9.0	0	0	5	1	8	0	-102	+112	7.5-110	7.0-105
7/20/11	at LAA	8-9		5.1	7	7	9	3	4	1	-130	-125	7.0+100	7.0-125

VS. Opponent ( Last 5 Starts - Since 1997)
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
5/30/10	at MIN	3-6	L	1.0	3	3	3	3	0	0	-135	-135	8.5-110	8.5+100
9/03/10	at MIN	3-4	L	6.1	4	4	6	1	5	0	-115	+100	9.5+100	9.5+105
6/09/11	at MIN	4-5		7.1	4	4	8	1	10	2	+130	+115	8.5-110	8.5-105

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
7/19/11	at LAA	1.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
7/20/11	at LAA	2.2	2	2	6.75	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	1
7/22/11	TOR	2.1	1	1	3.86	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
7/23/11	TOR	2.1	0	0	0.00	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	0
7/24/11	TOR	2.1	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Sun, Jul 24 11:30 PM EST

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