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Game Preview: CLE @ MIN, 8:10pm, Friday, August 3, 2007 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

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Cleveland Indians, 61-47, 2nd, ½ GB, 1 up in WC

SP: C.C. Sabathia (26, LHP, 13-6, 3.58)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (13-6)           161   169  72  64  21 145 17    3.58      
 2006 (12-11)          192.2 182  83  69  44 172 17    3.22      
 2005 (15-10)          196.2 185  92  88  62 161 19    4.03      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-4  47.2  56  26  22   4  45  5    4.15   52 
 2007-07-29    MIN   L   7.2   6   3   1   0  11  0     119   70 
 2007-07-24    BOS   L   7     5   1   1   0   7  0     106   70 
 2007-07-19    TEX   W   6     9   4   3   1   2  1      98   41 
 2007-07-14    KCR   L   7    11   6   6   2   6  1     113   35 
 2007-07-05    DET   L   4    10   7   7   1   3  3      87   16 
 2007-06-30    TBD   W   7     6   3   2   0   8  0     100   63 
 2007-06-25    OAK   W   9     9   2   2   0   8  0     111   69 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      1-4  34.1  40  21  12   6  30  2    3.15   52 
 2007-07-29    MIN   L   7.2   6   3   1   0  11  0     119   70 
 2007-05-16    MIN   W   8     5   1   1   1   5  0     105   72 
 2006-09-16    MIN   L   7    10   3   3   1   3  1     115   47 
 2006-07-21    MIN   L   3.2   6   8   3   4   4  0      90   27 
 2006-07-15    MIN   L   8    13   6   4   0   7  1     115   43 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-22   Road:   24-25   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  42-30   vsLHP:  19-17   1-Run:  20-15
 vsEast: 16-14   vsCntrl:22-14   vsWest: 14-10 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
108 Thu, Aug  2   TEX  W   5-0       61-47  2nd  0.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  1   TEX  L   6-9 (10)  60-47  2nd  1.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 31   TEX  L   1-3       60-46  2nd  1.0 gb
105 Sun, Jul 29   MIN  L   1-4       60-45  2nd  0.5 gb
104 Sat, Jul 28   MIN  L   2-3       60-44  2nd  0.5 gb
103 Fri, Jul 27   MIN  W  10-4       60-43  2nd  0.5 gb
102 Thu, Jul 26   BOS  L   9-14      59-43  2nd  1.5 gb
101 Wed, Jul 25   BOS  W   1-0       59-42  2nd  1.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 24   BOS  L   0-1       58-42  2nd  1.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 23   BOS  L   2-6       58-41  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Minnesota Twins, 55-52, 3rd, 6 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Johan Santana (28, LHP, 11-8, 2.92)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (11-8)           148   115  52  48  35 156 23    2.92      
 2006 (19-6)           233.2 186  79  72  47 245 24    2.77      
 2005 (16-7)           231.2 180  77  74  45 238 22    2.87      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  46    34  16  15   9  50  9    2.93   62 
 2007-07-28    CLE  ND   7     4   2   2   1  12  1     114   72 
 2007-07-23    TOR   L   5     7   6   6   2   4  4      92   31 
 2007-07-18    DET   L   8     5   3   3   1   7  1     118   66 
 2007-07-13    OAK   W   7     4   0   0   1   8  0      91   76 
 2007-07-04    NYY   W   7     4   2   2   2   5  1     107   64 
 2007-06-29    DET   W   6     5   1   1   1   6  1      88   63 
 2007-06-24    FLA   W   6     5   2   1   1   8  1      97   63 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      1-2  37    24  12  11   5  46  5    2.68   68 
 2007-07-28    CLE  ND   7     4   2   2   1  12  1     114   72 
 2007-05-17    CLE   L   7     4   2   2   1  11  2     103   71 
 2007-04-24    CLE   L   7     6   4   4   1   7  1     109   55 
 2006-09-15    CLE  ND   8     7   4   3   1   7  1      96   60 
 2006-08-15    CLE   W   8     3   0   0   1   9  0      99   84 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-25   Road:   25-27   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  40-36   vsLHP:  15-16   1-Run:  15-14
 vsEast: 13-17   vsCntrl:18-22   vsWest: 13-6  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Wed, Aug  1   KCR  L   3-5 (10)  55-52  3rd  6.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 31   KCR  W   5-3       55-51  3rd  6.0 gb
105 Mon, Jul 30   KCR  W   3-1       54-51  3rd  7.0 gb
104 Sun, Jul 29  @CLE  W   4-1       53-51  3rd  7.0 gb
103 Sat, Jul 28  @CLE  W   3-2       52-51  3rd  8.0 gb
102 Fri, Jul 27  @CLE  L   4-10      51-51  3rd  9.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 25  @TOR  L   1-13      51-50  3rd  9.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 24  @TOR  L   0-7       51-49  3rd  8.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 23  @TOR  L   4-6       51-48  3rd  9.0 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 22   LAA  L   2-7       51-47  3rd  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 29, 2007 MIN  4 @CLE  1    W:Dennys Reyes (2-1), L: C.C. Sabathia (13-6), S: Joe Nathan (22)
Sat, Jul 28, 2007 MIN  3 @CLE  2    W:Pat Neshek (6-1), L: Joe Borowski (2-4), S: Joe Nathan (21)
Fri, Jul 27, 2007 CLE 10  MIN  4    W:Paul Byrd (9-4), L: Boof Bonser (5-7), S: none
Thu, May 17, 2007 CLE  2  MIN  0    W:Fausto Carmona (5-1), L: Johan Santana (4-4), S: none
Wed, May 16, 2007 CLE  7  MIN  1    W:C.C. Sabathia (6-1), L: Carlos Silva (2-4), S: none
Tue, May 15, 2007 CLE 15  MIN  7    W:Paul Byrd (3-1), L: Ramon Ortiz (3-4), S: none
Tue, Apr 24, 2007 CLE  5 @MIN  3    W:Fausto Carmona (1-1), L: Johan Santana (3-2), S: Joe Borowski (8)
Mon, Apr 23, 2007 CLE  7 @MIN  3 (12)   W:Roberto Hernandez (2-1), L: Jesse Crain (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 17, 2006 MIN  6 @CLE  1    W:Scott Baker (5-8), L: Paul Byrd (9-8), S: Matt Guerrier (1)
Sat, Sep 16, 2006 MIN  4 @CLE  1    W:Carlos Silva (10-13), L: C.C. Sabathia (11-10), S: Joe Nathan (33)
Season Series: 2007 - CLE leads 6-2; 2006 - MIN won 11-8; 2005 - CLE won 10-9; All-Time - CLE leads 1039-902

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid.
OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2007 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.82

NYM  4.66

WSN  3.84

RA/G

SDP  3.82

CLE  4.72

TBD  6.22

BA

I. Suzuki  .351

M. DeRosa  .288

R. Langerhans  .156

OBP

B. Bonds  .493

P. Konerko  .362

M. Olivo  .251

SLG

R. Braun  .645

C. Young  .458

N. Punto  .274

OPS

B. Bonds  1.044

A. Beltre  .818

D. Navarro  .540

ERA

C. Young  1.82

J. Washburn  4.11

M. Maroth  6.67

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.03

J. Guthrie  6.30

S. Trachsel  3.23

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Cleveland Indians Batters (5.21 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Santana*
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
17.Neshek
G/S/vB
44.Ortiz
G/S/vB
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
39.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Barfield G/S/vP 8/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 8/.804 2/.000 2/.000 396/287 .252/.280/.330/.610 .532/.639 .627 75/.560 12/3 2/13
1.Blake G/S/vP 50/.738 9/.472 11/.573 2/.000 12/.834 10/1.025 23/.919 463/320 .267/.345/.458/.803 .856/.780 .936 99/.765 2/4 15/11
25.Garko G/S/vP 14/1.072 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 342/229 .316/.383/.523/.906 .947/.886 .866 77/1.195 0/1 14/6
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 9/.555 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 127/66 .293/.336/.509/.845 .946/.749 .601 55/.873 6/0 7/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 37/.891 7/1.571 9/.347 1/.000 9/.730 15/.988 10/.800 457/283 .255/.380/.437/.817 .862/.790 .857 96/.723 1/1 17/0
7.Lofton* G/S/vP 9/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 18/.771 4/.000 9/.888 382/296 .304/.376/.432/.808 .576/.874 .768 74/.863 21/4 7/3
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 44/.902 6/.533 7/.714 ··· 5/.733 16/.396 12/.350 429/266 .306/.378/.525/.903 .895/.908 .931 93/.771 0/0 18/3
8.Michaels G/S/vP 22/.191 5/.400 2/.000 3/.000 3/2.000 5/.400 4/1.500 222/103 .271/.321/.429/.750 .820/.672 .717 45/.540 1/3 7/0
33.Nixon* G/S/vP 19/.579 3/1.167 3/.000 ··· 28/.385 5/.200 5/.400 307/254 .254/.349/.348/.697 .566/.724 .696 54/.875 0/0 3/3
2.Peralta G/S/vP 27/.345 9/.347 9/.708 3/.333 2/2.500 1/.000 17/.782 443/320 .278/.351/.452/.803 .838/.789 .606 93/.748 3/2 16/15
15.Rouse* G/S/vP 5/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 76/65 .119/.200/.134/.334 .000/.395 .339 15/.204 1/1 0/3
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 119/89 .283/.347/.481/.828 1.141/.733 .777 29/.141 0/0 4/1
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 37/.779 9/1.556 12/.091 4/.500 6/1.500 8/.250 10/.347 503/332 .280/.388/.471/.859 .776/.902 .788 105/.862 27/6 18/2
IP 148.0 61.2 49.0 51.0 83.2 25.2 37.2 TOTAL .270/.346/.436/.782 .798/.775 .756 55/25 129/71
ERA-K/9 2.92/9.5 1.75/6.3 2.02/9.4 2.12/10.6 5.27/4.1 3.86/6.7 6.21/8.4 4.18/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (47-19-3)
 Shoppach (17-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 586/.212 237/.193 194/.238 194/.148 367/.299 118/.305 179/.301 .264  Lofton
 Michaels
 Nixon
 Blake
 Sizemore
 Gutierrez
4/81/0/5
57/1/19/3
0/0/75/3
0/0/7/2
0/106/0/1
7/5/41/0
OPS .650 .528 .601 .481 .804 .794 .888 .744
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 144/.573 96/.574 91/.606 79/.446 174/.821 70/.642 87/1.018 .770
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 442/.675 141/.497 103/.595 115/.502 193/.790 48/1.013 92/.769 .721
Home 276/.677 134/.569 117/.589 104/.346 166/.694 62/.706 92/.877 .699
Last 28d days 106/.652 40/.592 46/.518 40/.615 36/.862 26/.648 42/1.051
HR/SB/CS 23/4/4 3/3/2 2/2/0 5/1/1 11/7/2 1/1/3 8/1/1 124/37/29
Usage ·····X·· ·X····o· ··ooXo·· ·o··oo·· ······X· ·o··X··· ·X····X·
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Sabathia*
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
47.Borowski
G/S/vB
46.Fultz*
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
40.Mastny
G/S/vB
49.Mujica
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
61.Stanford*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Bartlett G/S/vP 22/.983 9/.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· 375/275 .260/.328/.333/.661 .741/.632 .719 94/.661 20/1 3/19
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/14 .308/.357/.308/.665 /.665 .900 14/.665 0/0 0/2
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/29 .260/.275/.280/.555 .591/.526 .538 7/.858 4/0 0/2
27.Cirillo G/S/vP 17/.769 2/.000 2/1.000 8/1.071 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 174/107 .261/.327/.386/.713 .814/.651 .658 37/.735 2/0 2/3
20.Ford G/S/vP 39/.570 11/1.636 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 123/78 .232/.301/.366/.667 .758/.615 .673 27/.724 3/0 3/1
48.Hunter G/S/vP 60/.949 13/.641 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· 3/1.667 1/2.000 2/.000 6/1.133 416/302 .288/.332/.536/.868 .984/.823 .930 82/.844 11/5 22/1
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 317/262 .245/.297/.403/.700 .687/.704 .688 70/.735 3/0 9/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 16/.599 5/1.100 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 329/218 .299/.388/.444/.832 .644/.929 .692 92/.785 6/1 5/0
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 31/.675 10/.650 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 4/.000 ··· 439/292 .297/.362/.573/.935 .702/1.056 .909 95/1.056 1/0 28/3
8.Punto# G/S/vP 28/.528 6/.733 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 378/258 .211/.301/.274/.575 .512/.611 .515 73/.598 13/5 1/7
55.Redmond G/S/vP 20/1.267 5/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 221/159 .278/.326/.346/.672 .851/.604 .689 23/.637 0/0 1/0
38.Rodriguez# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/86 .190/.270/.270/.540 .361/.594 .569 9/.583 1/0 2/3
12.Tyner* G/S/vP 9/1.056 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 203/169 .282/.327/.362/.689 .552/.715 .735 55/.769 6/2 1/1
24.White G/S/vP 33/.933 8/1.125 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 32/25 .138/.219/.172/.391 .143/.457 .297 21/.390 0/0 0/0
IP 161.0 50.0 41.2 21.0 8.2 42.0 9.2 35.0 26.1 TOTAL .267/.331/.399/.730 .712/.738 .729 82/19 87/55
ERA-K/9 3.58/8.1 1.44/8.1 4.97/8.0 1.71/7.3 4.15/12.4 4.71/9.0 8.38/6.5 2.06/10.3 4.78/5.5 4.42/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (13-16-2)
 Redmond (16-13-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 659/.271 180/.177 182/.287 85/.153 43/.294 191/.269 43/.300 140/.182 118/.296 .273  Hunter
 Kubel
 Ford
 Tyner
 White
0/102/0/3
67/0/0/2
33/11/3/1
16/8/18/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .716 .468 .715 .523 .831 .778 .851 .532 .717 .748
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 141/.694 71/.573 89/.674 46/.569 17/.625 69/.709 18/.833 52/.281 32/1.062 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 518/.722 109/.400 93/.755 39/.468 26/.945 122/.815 25/.862 88/.678 86/.598 .746
Road 221/.847 92/.425 92/.819 42/.379 3/.000 97/.720 20/1.278 44/.599 35/.571 .770
Last 28d days 118/.713 47/.583 39/.466 / 43/.831 37/.751 7/.429 43/.502 26/.814
HR/SB/CS 17/6/7 3/1/2 3/5/2 1/1/0 1/0/1 4/3/2 1/1/0 4/1/1 1/1/0 105/64/26
Usage ····X··· ·X··X··· ·o···X·· ········ ·XX···XX ·o·····X o·o····· Xo···oo· ·······X

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.

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