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Twins vs Rays Game Time: 4:10 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
5/20/09	At	Cws	4-7	N/g	-117	-110	8.5-110	8.5-125	Liriano,fr	L	O
5/21/09	At	Cws	20-1	D/g	-115	-105	9.5-110	9.5-115	Blackburn,ni	W	O
5/22/09		Mlw	11-3	N/t	-120	-137	9.0-115	9.0-120	Slowey,ke	W	O
5/23/09		Mlw	6-2	N/t	+112	-120	9.5-115	10.0-125	Swarzak,an	W	U
5/24/09		Mlw	6-3	N/t	-115	-135	9.5+105	9.0-125	Baker,sc	W	P
5/25/09		Bos	5-6	D/t	-123	-125	9.5+105	9.0-120	Liriano,fr	L	O
5/26/09		Bos	5-2	N/t	+105	-105	9.5+105	9.0-110	Blackburn,ni	W	U
5/27/09		Bos	4-2	N/t	-107	-135	9.5-110	9.5+100	Slowey,ke	W	U
5/28/09		Bos	1-3	D/t	+120	+125	9.0-120	9.0-110	Swarzak,an	L	U
5/29/09	At	Tb	3-5	N/t	-150	-140	9.5+100	9.0-105	Baker,sc	L	U
Tampa Bay
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/20/09		Oak	6-7	N/t	-180	-175	9.5-125	10.5+100	Kazmir,sc	L	O
5/21/09		Oak	6-5	D/t	-178	-190	9.0+110	9.0+100	Garza,ma	W	O
5/22/09	At	Flo	15-2	N/g	-110	-112	9.5-120	10.0+100	Sonnanstine	W	O
5/23/09	At	Flo	10-3	N/g	+108	+126	10.0-130	10.5-120	Niemann,je	W	O
5/24/09	At	Flo	4-5	D/g	-108	+103	8.0-125	8.0+100	Shields,ja	L	O
5/25/09	At	Cle	10-11	N/g	-113	-105	9.5-115	9.5-120	Price,da	L	O
5/26/09	At	Cle	1-5	N/g	+117	+110	9.0-125	9.5-110	Garza,ma	L	U
5/27/09	At	Cle	7-12	N/g	-110	-107	10.5-120	11.0-110	Sonnanstine	L	O
5/28/09	At	Cle	1-2	D/g	+105	+100	11.0-110	11.5-120	Niemann,je	L	U
5/29/09		Min	5-3	N/t	-150	-140	9.5+100	9.0-105	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
4/16/08	Tb	6-5	N/t	-115	+110	8.0-120	8.5+100	Rincon,ju	W	O
4/17/08	Tb	3-7	N/t	-130	-120	9.0-110	9.0-120	Hammel,ja	L	O
9/18/08	Min	8-11	N/t	-170	-160	8.0-120	8.5+100	Guardado,ed	L	O
9/19/08	Min	11-1	N/t	+110	-121	9.0-120	9.0-135	Jackson,ed	W	O
9/20/08	Min	7-2	D/t	-180	-155	8.0+100	8.0-110	Kazmir,sc	W	O
9/21/08	Min	1-4	D/t	-105	-105	8.5+110	8.0-120	Liriano,fr	L	U
4/27/09	Tb	1-7	N/t	-120	-115	9.5-105	9.5+105	Niemann,je	L	U
4/28/09	Tb	4-3	N/t	-102	+110	8.0-110	8.0+100	Nathan,jo	W	U
4/29/09	Tb	8-3	N/t	+115	+117	8.0-120	8.0-110	Blackburn,ni	W	O
5/29/09	Min	5-3	N/t	-150	-140	9.5+100	9.0-105	Shields,ja	W	U

W/L Record Comparison

Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		19-11	+582	5-15	-940	24-26	-358
Last	10	5-2	+275	1-2	-100	6-4	+175
Tampa Bay
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		12-10	-300	12-17	-488	24-27	-788
Last	10	2-1	+25	2-5	-349	4-6	-324
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Minnesota		3-11	21-15	5-14	19-12	15-10	6-15
Tampa	Bay	8-8	16-19	11-15	13-12	15-18	9-6

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		17-11	+490	6-12	-725	23-23	-235
Last	10	2-4	-245	2-1	+95	4-5	-150
Tampa Bay
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		14-7	+645	14-14	-105	28-21	+540
Last	10	2-1	+95	5-2	+270	7-3	+365

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	5	1	3	26.0	25	22	22	20	25	7.62	0	1	1	2	1	3	0	0
Home	5	1	3	28.2	35	18	17	5	22	5.34	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	3
Total	10	2	6	54.2	60	40	39	25	47	6.42	0	2	2	4	1	3	1	3

2009 BULLPEN FOR LIRIANO,FRANCISCO
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
10	32.0	19	18	5.06	31	16	20	7	1	1	1	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
5/04/09	at DET	7-2	W	7.1	2	2	4	3	9	1	-112	-128	9.0-105	9.0-105
5/09/09	SEA	9-6	W	5.0	5	5	6	2	4	1	-115	-127	8.0+100	7.5-115
5/15/09	at NYY	4-5		6.0	1	1	4	6	6	1	-130	-127	9.5-120	10.5-120
5/20/09	at CWS	4-7	L	4.0	7	7	7	3	1	2	-117	-110	8.5-110	8.5-125
5/25/09	BOS	5-6	L	4.0	5	5	11	0	7	0	-123	-125	9.5+105	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
9/21/08	at TB	4-1	W	7.0	1	1	5	4	7	0	-105	-105	8.5+110	8.0-120
4/28/09	TB	4-3		6.2	2	2	7	2	3	0	-102	+110	8.0-110	8.0+100

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/25/09	BOS	5.0	1	1	1.80	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
5/26/09	BOS	2.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
5/27/09	BOS	3.0	0	0	0.00	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
5/28/09	BOS	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5/29/09	at TB	2.1	1	1	3.86	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

TAMPA BAY RAYS -- PRICE,DAVID (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	1	0	0	3.1	4	2	2	5	6	5.40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Home	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	1	0	0	3.1	4	2	2	5	6	5.40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2009 BULLPEN FOR PRICE,DAVID
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
1	5.1	9	6	10.13	8	5	0	1	0	1	0	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
5/25/09	at CLE	10-11		3.1	2	2	4	5	6	1	-113	-105	9.5-115	9.5-120

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

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/25/09	at CLE	5.1	9	6	10.13	8	5	0	1	0	0	0	1
5/26/09	at CLE	2.0	1	1	4.50	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
5/27/09	at CLE	5.0	4	4	7.20	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0
5/28/09	at CLE	5.0	1	1	1.80	2	1	7	0	0	0	0	0
5/29/09	MIN	2.0	1	0	0.00	1	1	4	0	0	0	1	0

Updated Sat, May 30 5:00 AM EST

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