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Cleveland Indians, 62-48, 1st, ½ up

SP: Fausto Carmona (23, RHP, 13-5, 3.27)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (13-5)           137.2 136  53  50  37  82 11    3.27      
 2006 (1-10)            74.2  88  46  45  31  58  9    5.42      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-2  42.1  39  18  16  15  35  3    3.40   55 
 2007-07-31    TEX   L   7     5   3   2   1   4  1      97   60 
 2007-07-25    BOS   W   8     4   0   0   2   6  0     113   78 
 2007-07-20    TEX   W   8     3   0   0   3   7  0     103   80 
 2007-07-15    KCR   W   7     8   2   2   2   4  0     102   55 
 2007-07-07    TOR   W   5.1   8   3   3   3   5  0     103   42 
 2007-07-02    TBD   W   6     4   2   1   2   8  0      97   64 
 2007-06-27    OAK   L   1     7   8   8   2   1  2      44    6 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      2-0  21.2  12   4   4   9   8  0    1.66   64 
 2007-05-17    MIN   W   9     4   0   0   2   4  0     121   81 
 2007-04-24    MIN   W   7.2   6   2   2   2   2  0      96   59 
 2006-09-15    MIN  ND   5     2   2   2   5   2  0      91   52 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-22   Road:   25-26   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  42-31   vsLHP:  20-17   1-Run:  20-16
 vsEast: 16-14   vsCntrl:23-15   vsWest: 14-10 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Sat, Aug  4  @MIN  L   2-3       62-48  1st  0.5 up
109 Fri, Aug  3  @MIN  W   5-2       62-47  1st  0.5 up
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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Minnesota Twins, 56-53, 3rd, 5½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Scott Baker (25, RHP, 5-4, 4.88)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (5-4)             79.1  82  43  43  15  59  9    4.88      
 2006 (5-8)             83.1 114  63  59  16  62 17    6.37      
 2005 (3-3)             53.2  48  21  20  14  32  5    3.35      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  47.1  39  19  19   6  36  3    3.61   58 
 2007-07-30    KCR   W   8     2   1   1   0   7  0      99   81 
 2007-07-24    TOR   L   7     6   4   4   1   5  1      94   53 
 2007-07-19    DET  ND   6.1  10   3   3   1   3  0     104   43 
 2007-07-12    OAK   W   6     5   2   2   1   3  0     100   56 
 2007-07-06    CHW   W   5     9   7   7   1   6  1      99   26 
 2007-07-01    DET   L   8     3   1   1   1   3  1      79   74 
 2007-06-26    TOR  ND   7     4   1   1   1   9  0      94   73 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      1-3  26.1  37  17  16   8  17  5    5.47   42 
 2006-09-17    CLE   W   6     6   1   1   2   3  0     100   57 
 2006-07-22    CLE   L   5.1   9   6   6   1   4  1      90   29 
 2006-04-08    CLE   L   4.1   9   3   3   1   4  1      88   36 
 2005-09-10    CLE   L   5.1   8   4   4   3   2  2      90   35 
 2005-09-04    CLE  ND   5.1   5   3   2   1   4  1      73   51 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-26   Road:   25-27   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  40-36   vsLHP:  16-17   1-Run:  16-14
 vsEast: 13-17   vsCntrl:19-23   vsWest: 13-6  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Sat, Aug  4   CLE  W   3-2       56-53  3rd  5.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  3   CLE  L   2-5       55-53  3rd  6.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 04, 2007 MIN  3  CLE  2    W:Ramon Ortiz (4-4), L: Aaron Laffey (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (25)
Fri, Aug 03, 2007 CLE  5 @MIN  2    W:C.C. Sabathia (14-6), L: Johan Santana (11-9), S: Joe Borowski (30)
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
Season Series: 2007 - CLE leads 7-3; 2006 - MIN won 11-8; 2005 - CLE won 10-9; All-Time - CLE leads 1040-903

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  5.93

TOR  4.66

WSN  3.94

RA/G

SDP  3.80

CLE  4.68

TBD  6.16

BA

M. Ordonez  .348

K. Matsui  .290

R. Langerhans  .160

OBP

B. Bonds  .493

A. Ramirez  .361

M. Olivo  .250

SLG

R. Braun  .652

D. Jeter  .460

N. Punto  .272

OPS

B. Bonds  1.049

G. Dobbs  .821

D. Navarro  .535

ERA

C. Young  1.82

A. Pettitte  3.97

M. Maroth  6.79

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.03

B. Arroyo  6.32

A. Cook  3.26

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Cleveland Indians Batters (5.18 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Baker
G/S/vB
56.Cali*
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 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 9/.708 2/.000 2/.000 403/292 .250/.278/.326/.604 .541/.628 .614 78/.538 12/3 2/13
1.Blake G/S/vP 10/.800 ··· 9/.472 11/.573 3/.000 12/.834 10/1.025 23/.919 472/326 .267/.345/.458/.803 .869/.773 .930 98/.636 2/4 15/12
25.Garko G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 350/234 .312/.380/.514/.894 .920/.882 .840 80/1.154 0/1 14/6
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 132/68 .298/.338/.521/.859 .998/.725 .661 59/.919 6/0 7/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 12/2.038 ··· 7/1.571 9/.347 2/.500 9/.730 15/.988 10/.800 465/287 .252/.382/.432/.814 .849/.793 .852 94/.684 1/1 17/0
7.Lofton* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 18/.771 4/.000 9/.888 391/302 .299/.373/.424/.797 .555/.867 .747 83/.809 21/4 7/3
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 12/.432 ··· 6/.533 7/.714 1/2.000 5/.733 16/.396 12/.350 437/270 .304/.375/.522/.897 .872/.913 .919 93/.701 0/0 18/3
8.Michaels G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 5/.400 2/.000 3/.000 3/2.000 5/.400 4/1.500 222/103 .271/.321/.429/.750 .820/.672 .717 44/.523 1/3 7/0
33.Nixon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 3/.000 ··· 28/.385 5/.200 5/.400 311/258 .257/.350/.351/.701 .566/.729 .704 50/.829 0/0 3/3
2.Peralta G/S/vP 14/.929 ··· 9/.347 9/.708 4/.250 2/2.500 1/.000 17/.782 451/325 .278/.349/.448/.797 .816/.789 .602 92/.698 3/2 16/15
15.Rouse* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 76/65 .119/.200/.134/.334 .000/.395 .339 12/.258 1/1 0/3
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 119/89 .283/.347/.481/.828 1.141/.733 .777 23/.178 0/0 4/1
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 15/1.292 ··· 9/1.556 12/.091 4/.500 7/1.286 9/.444 10/.347 513/338 .283/.388/.476/.864 .813/.890 .803 105/.825 28/6 19/2
IP 79.1 6.2 63.1 50.0 52.2 86.2 26.1 37.2 TOTAL .269/.346/.434/.780 .798/.771 .754 56/25 130/72
ERA-K/9 4.88/6.7 5.40/4.0 1.71/6.3 1.98/9.2 2.05/10.4 5.09/4.3 3.76/6.8 6.21/8.4 4.15/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (47-21-3)
 Shoppach (17-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 329/.265 31/.286 242/.193 197/.234 200/.149 378/.295 121/.306 179/.301 .264  Lofton
 Michaels
 Nixon
 Blake
 Sizemore
 Gutierrez
6/81/0/6
57/1/20/3
0/0/76/3
0/0/7/2
0/108/0/1
7/5/42/0
OPS .732 .855 .526 .591 .482 .791 .791 .888 .742
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 148/.740 18/.862 97/.589 93/.593 82/.471 179/.808 72/.653 87/1.018 .771
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 181/.724 13/.840 145/.482 104/.590 118/.488 199/.777 49/.990 92/.769 .718
Home 170/.717 10/.422 139/.562 120/.573 110/.357 177/.673 65/.705 92/.877 .698
Last 28d days 108/.608 / 39/.660 46/.518 43/.598 36/.593 29/.652 39/1.093
HR/SB/CS 9/4/0 1/0/0 3/3/2 2/2/0 5/1/1 11/7/2 1/1/3 8/1/1 125/38/29
Usage ·····X·· ········ oo·X···· o···ooXo ·X·o··oo Xo······ oo·o··X· ···X····
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.64 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Carmona
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
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Bartlett G/S/vP 9/.000 10/.222 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 1/.000 383/277 .263/.332/.338/.670 .760/.634 .732 85/.708 20/1 3/19
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 18/16 .294/.333/.294/.627 .000/.708 .733 18/.627 0/0 0/2
25.Casilla# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/30 .250/.263/.268/.531 .555/.508 .506 13/.616 4/0 0/4
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 13/.658 10/1.500 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 401/279 .292/.374/.456/.830 .880/.807 .925 36/1.156 3/0 10/2
48.Hunter G/S/vP 12/.450 14/.594 2/1.500 3/.666 ··· 3/1.667 1/2.000 2/.000 423/304 .291/.336/.541/.877 1.025/.817 .944 76/.718 11/6 22/1
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 8/1.125 4/.500 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 318/263 .244/.297/.402/.699 .687/.701 .683 59/.618 3/0 9/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 7/.619 6/.833 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.833 337/220 .301/.388/.442/.830 .664/.919 .695 87/.737 6/1 5/0
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 12/.697 11/.586 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 4/.000 446/294 .291/.357/.563/.920 .677/1.048 .879 87/.858 1/0 28/3
8.Punto# G/S/vP 11/.586 6/.733 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 381/258 .209/.298/.272/.570 .499/.611 .507 62/.547 13/5 1/7
55.Redmond G/S/vP 3/.333 5/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 228/161 .275/.325/.341/.666 .838/.596 .677 26/.530 0/0 1/0
38.Rodriguez# G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/86 .190/.270/.270/.540 .361/.594 .569 7/.762 1/0 2/3
12.Tyner* G/S/vP 8/.125 4/.500 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 212/171 .277/.327/.354/.681 .567/.706 .717 57/.804 6/3 1/1
24.White G/S/vP 2/.000 8/1.125 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 32/25 .138/.219/.172/.391 .143/.457 .297 21/.390 0/0 0/0
IP 137.2 51.2 42.2 21.1 10.1 43.0 9.2 35.0 TOTAL .267/.331/.398/.729 .715/.735 .727 82/21 87/57
ERA-K/9 3.27/5.4 1.39/8.2 4.85/7.8 1.69/7.6 3.48/11.4 4.60/8.8 8.38/6.5 2.06/10.3 4.39/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (14-16-2)
 Redmond (16-13-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 567/.261 185/.172 186/.281 87/.151 49/.275 194/.270 43/.300 140/.182 .273  Cuddyer
 Hunter
 Kubel
 Tyner
 White
0/0/87/15
0/104/0/3
67/0/0/2
18/8/18/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .689 .456 .699 .524 .762 .777 .851 .532 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 306/.726 73/.557 92/.652 47/.585 20/.635 71/.687 18/.833 52/.281 .745
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 261/.647 112/.390 94/.747 40/.456 29/.837 123/.825 25/.862 88/.678 .748
Road 274/.699 97/.403 96/.782 44/.389 9/.222 100/.719 20/1.278 44/.599 .765
Last 28d days 112/.513 46/.595 40/.453 2/.500 49/.762 33/.875 7/.429 40/.437
HR/SB/CS 11/10/3 3/1/2 3/5/2 1/1/0 1/0/1 4/3/2 1/1/0 4/1/1 105/64/28
Usage ····X··· ·X·X··X· ·X·o···X ·o······ X··XX··· o··o···· ··o·o··· ··Xo···o

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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