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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
8/07/09	At	Det	8-10	N/g	-125	-107	9.5-120	9.5-115	Swarzak,an	L	O
8/08/09	At	Det	11-0	N/g	-200	-185	8.5-120	8.5-110	Pavano,ca	W	O
8/09/09	At	Det	7-8	D/g	-132	-123	8.5+110	8.5+110	Baker,sc	L	O
8/11/09		Kc	6-14	N/t	-190	-230	9.5-120	9.5-105	Blackburn,ni	L	O
8/12/09		Kc	7-1	N/t	-170	-190	9.0-110	9.0-115	Liriano,fr	W	U
8/13/09		Kc	4-5	D/t	-155	-168	9.5-110	9.0-115	Pavano,ca	L	P
8/14/09		Cle	11-0	N/t	-175	-180	9.0-120	9.0+100	Baker,sc	W	O
8/15/09		Cle	3-7	D/t	-170	-150	9.5-110	9.5-125	Swarzak,an	L	O
8/16/09		Cle	4-7	D/t	-155	-145	9.0-125	9.5+100	Blackburn,ni	L	O
8/17/09	At	Tex	5-8	N/g	-135	-137	9.0-130	9.0-115	Liriano,fr	L	O
Texas
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
8/07/09	At	Laa	11-6	N/g	-130	-132	9.5-110	9.5-115	Feldman,sc	W	O
8/08/09	At	Laa	2-3	D/g	-155	-163	9.5-110	9.5-110	Millwood,ke	L	U
8/09/09	At	Laa	7-0	D/g	-185	-190	9.0-130	9.5-105	Holland,de	W	U
8/11/09	At	Cle	0-5	N/g	+100	-117	9.5-105	9.5+110	Nippert,du	L	U
8/12/09	At	Cle	5-0	N/g	+115	+103	9.0-110	9.0-120	Hunter,to	W	U
8/13/09	At	Cle	4-1	D/g	+105	+100	9.0-110	9.0-120	Feldman,sc	W	U
8/14/09		Bos	4-8	N/g	+110	+132	9.0-120	8.5-105	Millwood,ke	L	O
8/15/09		Bos	7-2	N/g	-115	-122	10.0-110	10.0-110	Holland,de	W	U
8/16/09		Bos	4-3	D/g	-113	-133	10.5-115	10.0+100	Nippert,du	W	U
8/17/09		Min	8-5	N/g	-135	-137	9.0-130	9.0-115	Hunter,to	W	O

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
5/20/08	Tex	11-4	N/t	-127	-125	9.0-125	9.5+100	Perkins,gl	W	O
5/21/08	Tex	1-10	N/t	-135	-150	9.5+100	9.5-125	Ponson,si	L	O
5/22/08	Tex	7-8	D/t	-120	+100	9.0-110	9.0+100	Benoit,jo	L	O
7/18/08	Tex	6-0	N/t	-135	-123	9.0-120	9.5-120	Perkins,gl	W	U
7/19/08	Tex	14-2	N/t	-125	-110	10.0+100	10.5-125	Hernandez,li	W	O
7/20/08	Tex	0-1	D/t	-140	-140	9.0-105	9.0-105	Padilla,vi	L	U
7/17/09	Min	3-5	N/g	-120	-125	10.5-110	11.0+105	Perkins,gl	L	U
7/18/09	Min	1-4	N/g	-120	-115	10.5-110	10.0-105	Baker,sc	L	U
7/19/09	Min	5-3	N/g	+107	-105	10.5-105	10.0-105	Nippert,du	W	U
8/17/09	Min	8-5	N/g	-135	-137	9.0-130	9.0-115	Hunter,to	W	O

W/L Record Comparison

Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		33-27	-319	23-35	-950	56-62	-1269
Last	10	2-4	-493	1-3	-128	3-7	-621
Texas
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		40-22	+1518	27-28	+384	67-50	+1902
Last	10	3-1	+200	4-2	+302	7-3	+502
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Minnesota		15-27	41-35	22-33	34-29	31-30	20-29
Texas		17-14	50-36	66-48	1-2	32-18	31-28

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		35-22	+1070	22-34	-1570	57-56	-500
Last	10	4-1	+285	4-0	+400	8-1	+685
Texas
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		20-39	-2350	19-34	-1885	39-73	-4235
Last	10	2-2	-10	1-5	-465	3-7	-475

Away Pitcher

MINNESOTA TWINS -- PAVANO,CARL (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	13	6	5	75.2	84	47	42	15	61	5.00	1	2	5	3	6	3	0	2
Home	10	4	4	64.0	76	38	38	11	38	5.34	1	1	3	3	4	3	0	1
Total	23	10	9	139.2	160	85	80	26	99	5.16	2	3	8	6	10	6	0	3

2009 BULLPEN FOR PAVANO,CARL
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
22	61.1	40	40	5.87	54	36	49	10	2	2	6	3

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
7/22/09	at TOR	6-10	L	4.2	7	7	7	2	4	4	-148	-145	9.0+105	9.0+105
7/27/09	at LAA	8-6		6.0	6	6	10	0	3	4	-165	-155	9.5-120	10.0-120
8/02/09	DET	11-1	W	8.0	1	1	6	1	4	0	-118	+115	9.5-115	9.5-115
8/08/09	at DET	11-0	W	7.0	0	0	5	0	5	0	-200	-185	8.5-120	8.5-110
8/13/09	KC	4-5	L	7.0	5	5	5	3	6	1	-155	-168	9.5-110	9.0-115

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
4/09/09	at TEX	8-12	L	1.0	9	9	6	3	1	2	-115	-115	11.0-110	11.0+100

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8/12/09	KC	2.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
8/13/09	KC	2.0	0	0	0.00	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
8/15/09	CLE	5.0	2	2	3.60	5	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
8/16/09	CLE	6.2	1	1	1.35	6	3	4	0	0	0	0	0
8/17/09	at TEX	6.0	1	1	1.50	5	2	4	0	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

TEXAS RANGERS -- FELDMAN,SCOTT (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	8	1	62.2	56	23	23	19	37	3.30	2	0	6	1	8	1	0	0
Home	11	4	3	62.1	55	26	25	20	28	3.61	0	0	4	3	4	3	0	0
Total	21	12	4	125.0	111	49	48	39	65	3.46	2	0	10	4	12	4	0	0

2009 BULLPEN FOR FELDMAN,SCOTT
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
21	66.0	30	25	3.41	59	25	57	8	3	2	12	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
7/24/09	at KC	2-0	W	8.0	0	0	4	3	2	0	-150	-145	8.0-110	8.0+100
7/29/09	DET	5-13	L	2.1	6	6	10	2	1	2	+115	+103	9.0-110	8.5+100
8/02/09	SEA	4-2	W	7.0	2	2	5	2	4	0	-170	-175	10.0-105	9.5-115
8/07/09	at LAA	11-6	W	6.0	4	4	8	3	7	0	-130	-132	9.5-110	9.5-115
8/13/09	at CLE	4-1	W	6.0	1	1	7	2	6	0	+105	+100	9.0-110	9.0-120

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
5/19/08	at MIN	6-7		6.0	5	5	7	2	2	1	-112	-118	9.0-120	9.0-110
7/18/09	MIN	1-4	L	6.0	3	3	5	0	5	1	-120	-115	10.5-110	10.0-105

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8/13/09	at CLE	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
8/14/09	BOS	3.1	7	7	18.90	8	2	3	2	0	0	0	2
8/15/09	BOS	2.1	0	0	0.00	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
8/16/09	BOS	3.0	1	1	3.00	2	2	6	1	0	0	1	0
8/17/09	MIN	3.1	1	1	2.70	3	3	2	0	0	0	1	0

Updated Tue, Aug 18 5:04 AM EST

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