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Twins vs Rays Game Time: 1:40 p.m. ET Stadium: Tropicana Field Surface: Turf

Minnesota
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
4/12/12		Laa	10-9	D/t	+137	+130	8.0+100	7.5-115	Liriano,fr	W	O
4/13/12		Tex	1-4	N/t	+152	+135	8.5-110	8.5-115	Swarzak,an	L	U
4/14/12		Tex	2-6	D/t	+152	+146	8.5-110	8.5-120	Blackburn,ni	L	U
4/15/12		Tex	3-4	D/t	+165	+141	8.5-115	8.5-120	Hendriks,li	L	U
4/16/12	At	Nyy	7-3	N/g	-180	-180	10.0-115	10.0-115	Pavano,ca	W	P
4/17/12	At	Nyy	3-8	N/g	-220	-250	8.5-115	9.0-110	Liriano,fr	L	O
4/18/12	At	Nyy	6-5	N/g	-230	-230	10.0-110	9.0-115	Marquis,ja	W	O
4/19/12	At	Nyy	6-7	N/g	-210	-210	9.5-120	9.5-105	Swarzak,an	L	O
4/20/12	At	Tb	5-4	N/t	-175	-174	8.0-110	7.5-110	Hendriks,li	W	O
4/21/12	At	Tb	1-4	N/t	-180	-190	7.5-115	7.5-115	Pavano,ca	L	U
Tampa Bay
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
4/12/12	At	Det	2-7	D/g	-108	-124	9.0+100	9.0-105	Niemann,je	L	P
4/13/12	At	Bos	2-12	D/g	-122	-125	8.5+100	8.5-105	Price,da	L	O
4/14/12	At	Bos	5-13	D/g	-135	-127	9.0+105	9.0-110	Hellickson,j	L	O
4/15/12	At	Bos	4-6	D/g	+105	+105	9.5-115	9.5-120	Moore,ma	L	O
4/16/12	At	Bos	1-0	D/g	-123	-123	9.0-115	9.0-115	Shields,ja	W	U
4/17/12	At	Tor	3-7	N/t	-132	-138	8.0-110	8.5-110	Niemann,je	L	O
4/18/12	At	Tor	12-2	N/t	-110	-108	8.0-110	8.0-110	Price,da	W	O
4/19/12	At	Tor	9-4	N/t	-112	-127	8.5-105	9.0-120	Hellickson,j	W	O
4/20/12		Min	4-5	N/t	-175	-174	8.0-110	7.5-110	Moore,ma	L	O
4/21/12		Min	4-1	N/t	-180	-190	7.5-115	7.5-115	Shields,ja	W	U

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
4/16/11	Min	4-3	D/t	-120	-130	8.5-105	8.5+100	Cruz,ju	W	U
4/17/11	Min	2-4	D/t	-145	-145	8.0-110	8.0-105	Duensing,br	L	U
4/27/11	Tb	2-8	N/t	-130	-130	7.5-115	7.5-105	Davis,wa	L	O
4/28/11	Tb	1-6	N/t	+105	-102	9.0+100	9.0+100	Niemann,je	L	U
4/28/11	Tb	3-15	D/t	-110	-105	8.0-110	8.0-110	Hellickson,j	L	O
7/04/11	Tb	7-0	D/t	+133	+140	7.5-105	7.5-105	Duensing,br	W	U
7/05/11	Tb	3-2	N/t	+110	+100	7.0-110	7.0-110	Baker,sc	W	U
7/06/11	Tb	5-12	D/t	-120	-110	8.0-105	7.5-110	Howell,j.	L	O
4/20/12	Min	4-5	N/t	-175	-174	8.0-110	7.5-110	Maloney,ma	L	O
4/21/12	Min	4-1	N/t	-180	-190	7.5-115	7.5-115	Shields,ja	W	U

W/L Record Comparison

Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		2-4	-110	3-6	-73	5-10	-183
Last	10	1-3	-170	3-3	+244	4-6	+74
Tampa Bay
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		4-1	+243	4-6	-128	8-7	+115
Last	10	1-1	-74	3-5	-185	4-6	-259
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Minnesota		1-5	4-5	2-5	3-5	0-1	5-9
Tampa	Bay	4-5	4-2	2-5	6-2	2-2	6-5

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		2-4	-260	5-3	+155	7-7	-105
Last	10	1-3	-255	4-1	+285	5-4	+30
Tampa Bay
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		3-2	+75	6-3	+260	9-5	+335
Last	10	1-1	-15	6-1	+485	7-2	+470

Away Pitcher

MINNESOTA TWINS -- LIRIANO,FRANCISCO (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	2	0	2	6.1	15	11	10	6	6	14.21	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Home	1	0	0	5.0	7	6	5	3	2	9.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	3	0	2	11.1	22	17	15	9	8	11.91	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0

2012 BULLPEN FOR LIRIANO,FRANCISCO
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
3	13.2	8	8	5.27	17	3	7	3	1	0	1	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/07/12	at BAL	2-8	L	4.0	6	5	8	2	4	1	-120	+107	9.0-105	9.0+105
4/12/12	LAA	10-9		5.0	6	5	7	3	2	1	+137	+130	8.0+100	7.5-115
4/17/12	at NYY	3-8	L	2.1	5	5	7	4	2	0	-220	-250	8.5-115	9.0-110

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
4/27/11	TB	2-8	L	3.0	7	7	6	4	4	0	-130	-130	7.5-115	7.5-105
7/06/11	TB	5-12		4.1	5	5	6	4	4	1	-120	-110	8.0-105	7.5-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
4/17/12	at NYY	5.2	3	3	4.76	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
4/18/12	at NYY	4.0	1	1	2.25	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	0
4/19/12	at NYY	5.1	1	1	1.69	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
4/20/12	at TB	3.1	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0
4/21/12	at TB	2.0	1	0	0.00	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

TAMPA BAY RAYS -- NIEMANN,JEFF (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	2	0	2	10.0	7	8	5	3	11	4.50	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
Home	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	2	0	2	10.0	7	8	5	3	11	4.50	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1

2012 BULLPEN FOR NIEMANN,JEFF
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
2	6.0	6	6	9.00	10	4	6	1	0	0	0	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/12/12	at DET	2-7	L	5.0	3	3	4	2	6	0	-108	-124	9.0+100	9.0-105
4/17/12	at TOR	3-7	L	5.0	5	2	3	1	5	2	-132	-138	8.0-110	8.5-110

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
4/16/11	MIN	4-3		7.0	3	3	8	1	6	1	-120	-130	8.5-105	8.5+100
4/28/11	at MIN	6-1	W	7.0	1	1	2	1	2	0	+105	-102	9.0+100	9.0+100

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
4/17/12	at TOR	3.0	2	2	6.00	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	0
4/18/12	at TOR	3.1	0	0	0.00	4	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
4/19/12	at TOR	3.1	1	1	2.70	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
4/20/12	MIN	2.2	2	2	6.75	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	1
4/21/12	MIN	1.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0

Updated Sun, Apr 22 5:00 AM EST

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