MIN @ CLE, Wednesday, June 11, 2008 Game Preview

Minnesota Twins, 31-34, 2nd, 6½ GB, 7 GB in WC	SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 4-4, 3.94) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-4) 80 99 42 35 14 41 6 3.94 2007 (0-2) 11.2 19 12 10 2 8 2 7.71 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 41.2 52 27 20 8 22 5 4.32 45 2008-06-06 @CHW L 4 8 7 7 0 0 1 56 18 2008-06-01 NYY ND 4.1 5 1 1 3 3 1 71 49 2008-05-27 @KCR ND 8.1 8 2 2 0 4 0 92 63 2008-05-21 TEX L 6 10 7 1 1 4 2 88 39 2008-05-16 @COL W 7 6 2 2 0 5 0 88 62 2008-05-11 BOS W 6 9 4 4 1 5 0 93 42 2008-05-06 @CHW L 6 6 4 3 3 1 1 92 44 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE 1-0 7.2 8 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 64 2008-04-19 CLE W 7.2 8 0 0 0 1 0 102 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 19-16 Road: 12-18 ExtrInn: 4-4 vsRHP: 25-23 vsLHP: 6-11 1-Run: 13-12 vsEast: 7-9 vsCntrl:18-14 vsWest: 5-9 IL: 1-2 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 65 Tue, Jun 10 @CLE L 0-1 31-34 2nd 6.5 gb 64 Mon, Jun 9 @CHW L 5-7 31-33 2nd 6.5 gb 63 Sun, Jun 8 @CHW L 2-12 31-32 2nd 5.5 gb 62 Sat, Jun 7 @CHW L 2-11 31-31 2nd 4.5 gb 61 Fri, Jun 6 @CHW L 6-10 31-30 2nd 3.5 gb 60 Thu, Jun 5 BAL L 2-3 31-29 2nd 2.5 gb 59 Wed, Jun 4 BAL W 7-5 31-28 2nd 1.5 gb 58 Tue, Jun 3 BAL L 3-5 30-28 2nd 1.5 gb 57 Mon, Jun 2 NYY W 6-5 30-27 2nd 0.5 gb 56 Sun, Jun 1 NYY W 5-1 29-27 2nd 1.0 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:13-17
Cleveland Indians, 30-35, 3rd, 7½ GB, 8 GB in WC	SP: Paul Byrd (37, RHP, 3-5, 4.46) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-5) 70.2 76 38 35 8 26 16 4.46 2007 (15-8) 192.1 239 107 98 28 88 27 4.59 2006 (10-9) 179 232 120 97 38 88 26 4.88 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 44.2 45 21 21 4 15 9 4.23 50 2008-06-06 @DET W 7 4 2 2 0 2 2 80 63 2008-06-01 @KCR L 4.1 9 6 6 0 0 2 72 21 2008-05-26 CHW ND 6.2 10 3 3 1 1 1 80 42 2008-05-21 @CHW L 5.1 5 5 5 2 1 1 81 37 2008-05-13 OAK W 7.1 5 0 0 0 7 0 92 75 2008-05-08 @NYY L 6.1 8 5 5 0 0 3 81 37 2008-05-01 SEA ND 7.2 4 0 0 1 4 0 87 74 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN 4-0 36 33 13 12 4 12 5 3.00 56 2008-04-20 @MIN ND 7 6 1 1 0 3 1 80 64 2007-08-27 MIN W 6 6 3 3 1 0 1 92 47 2007-08-06 @MIN W 9 4 0 0 1 1 0 99 79 2007-07-27 MIN W 7 10 4 3 2 1 1 101 42 2007-05-15 MIN W 7 7 5 5 0 7 2 91 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 17-16 Road: 13-19 ExtrInn: 1-4 vsRHP: 22-26 vsLHP: 8-9 1-Run: 6-6 vsEast: 7-6 vsCntrl:12-15 vsWest: 11-11 IL: 0-3 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 65 Tue, Jun 10 MIN W 1-0 30-35 3rd 7.5 gb 64 Mon, Jun 9 @DET W 8-2 29-35 3rd 8.5 gb 63 Sun, Jun 8 @DET L 2-5 28-35 3rd 8.5 gb 62 Sat, Jun 7 @DET L 4-8 28-34 3rd 7.5 gb 61 Fri, Jun 6 @DET W 4-2 28-33 3rd 6.5 gb 60 Thu, Jun 5 @TEX L 4-9 27-33 3rd 6.5 gb 59 Wed, Jun 4 @TEX W 15-9 27-32 3rd 5.5 gb 58 Tue, Jun 3 @TEX L 7-12 26-32 3rd 5.5 gb 57 Mon, Jun 2 @TEX W 13-9 26-31 3rd 4.5 gb 56 Sun, Jun 1 @KCR L 1-6 25-31 3rd 5.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Jun 10, 2008 CLE 1 MIN 0 W:C.C. Sabathia (4-8), L: Scott Baker (2-1), S: none Sun, Apr 20, 2008 MIN 2 CLE 1 (10) W:Matt Guerrier (1-1), L: Rafael Perez (0-1), S: none Sat, Apr 19, 2008 MIN 3 CLE 0 W:Nick Blackburn (1-1), L: Jake Westbrook (1-2), S: Joe Nathan (6) Fri, Apr 18, 2008 CLE 4 @MIN 0 W:Cliff Lee (3-0), L: Francisco Liriano (0-2), S: none Wed, Sep 05, 2007 CLE 6 @MIN 2 W:Fausto Carmona (15-8), L: Scott Baker (8-7), S: Rafael Perez (1) Tue, Sep 04, 2007 CLE 7 @MIN 5 (11) W:Rafael Betancourt (4-0), L: Julio DePaula (0-1), S: Joe Borowski (40) Mon, Sep 03, 2007 CLE 5 @MIN 0 W:C.C. Sabathia (16-7), L: Johan Santana (14-11), S: none Wed, Aug 29, 2007 CLE 4 MIN 3 W:C.C. Sabathia (15-7), L: Johan Santana (14-10), S: Joe Borowski (39) Tue, Aug 28, 2007 CLE 6 MIN 5 W:Jake Westbrook (5-7), L: Boof Bonser (6-11), S: Joe Borowski (38) Mon, Aug 27, 2007 CLE 8 MIN 3 W:Paul Byrd (13-5), L: Carlos Silva (10-13), S: none Season Series: 2008 - Tied 2-2; 2007 - CLE won 14-4; 2006 - MIN won 11-8; All-Time - CLE leads 1049-906

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 2008 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

CHC 5.57

HOU 4.52

SDP 3.64

RA/G

CHW 3.71

SDP 4.61

TEX 5.83

C. Jones .420

V. Martinez .279

A. Cabrera .184

OBP

C. Jones .506

K. Matsui .351

R. Hernandez .259

SLG

L. Berkman .745

F. Thomas .444

A. Cabrera .247

OPS

L. Berkman 1.206

S. Drew .796

A. Cabrera .529

ERA

E. Volquez 1.56

D. Lowe 4.15

B. Bonser 6.00

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.67

E. Jackson 6.14

L. Hernandez 2.82

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Byrd
G/S/vB 27.Bauer
G/S/vB 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB 47.Borowski
G/S/vB 39.Elarton
G/S/vB 30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB 49.Mujica
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

25.Casilla# G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 100/72 .330/.378/.489/.866 .857/.869 .850 100/.866 2/0 3/

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 25/.520 4/.750 13/1.616 1/2.000 16/.625 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 208/152 .249/.303/.358/.660 .679/.653 .599 122/.632 4/1 3/

22.Gomez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 265/195 .278/.311/.405/.715 .820/.677 .735 117/.710 17/8 5/

23.Harris G/S/vP 6/1.166 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 229/166 .245/.314/.320/.634 .464/.701 .648 93/.579 1/1 2/

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 17/1.037 1/.000 6/.533 3/.666 9/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.250 207/164 .243/.300/.407/.707 .466/.768 .653 84/.818 0/1 7/

24.Lamb* G/S/vP 8/1.125 5/.800 ··· 2/1.000 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 201/174 .230/.269/.311/.580 .303/.624 .802 86/.621 0/1 1/

18.Macri G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/6 .381/.409/.429/.838 .813/.900 .856 22/.838 1/1 0/

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 27/.546 2/.000 6/.833 ··· 11/1.656 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 242/171 .327/.407/.433/.839 .879/.820 .724 101/.844 0/1 2/

27.Monroe G/S/vP 20/.568 5/.650 11/.182 4/.000 26/.600 ··· ··· 1/.000 120/71 .225/.283/.423/.707 .295/.988 .653 42/.451 0/0 5/

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 37/1.182 3/2.000 13/.490 2/.000 19/.927 ··· 2/1.500 10/.325 277/192 .296/.361/.476/.837 .716/.893 .787 121/.858 0/0 10/

55.Redmond G/S/vP 24/.811 2/1.500 8/.625 3/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· 3/.666 49/23 .311/.347/.400/.747 .763/.729 .711 30/.829 0/0 0/

21.Young G/S/vP 9/.777 ··· 3/.333 4/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 260/199 .266/.315/.357/.672 .681/.669 .737 107/.770 9/4 1/

IP 70.2 1.0 27.0 9.0 8.0 32.1 6.0 29.2 TOTAL .269/.323/.388/.711 .664/.729 .703 .736 45/20 40/46

ERA-K/9

4.46/3.3

27.00/9.0

7.00/9.3

8.00/5.0

3.38/9.0

3.06/6.1

4.50/4.5

3.34/8.8

4.01/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mauer (29-15-0)
Redmond (8-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 290/.275 7/.500 124/.324 42/.306 36/.258 132/.240 26/.292 127/.268 .268 Young
Cuddyer
Gomez
Monroe
Kubel 63/0/0/7
0/1/45/6
0/59/0/3
0/7/1/1
4/0/14/1

OPS .779 1.405 .930 1.005 .684 .632 .974 .710 .742

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 150/.906 3/1.000 55/.792 15/.701 17/.991 57/.723 12/.705 54/.572 .766

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 140/.645 4/1.750 69/1.044 27/1.133 19/.433 75/.563 14/1.203 73/.807 .726

Home 125/.630 / 71/.896 22/1.170 8/1.583 80/.535 5/1.000 51/.584 .702

Last 28d days 99/.864 7/1.405 54/.971 19/.474 36/.684 56/.639 26/.974 55/.659

HR/SB/CS 16/1/3 0/0/0 6/3/1 3/1/0 0/1/0 4/2/0 2/0/0 3/0/3 69/23/15

Usage ····X··· ······X· ·X·X·XX· ····o··· ··X····o ·o·oo·X· ··o··X·X ·X·····X

Cleveland Indians Batters (4.37 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (5.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB 60.Bass
G/S/vB 26.Bonser
G/S/vB 49.Breslow*
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 37.Reyes*
G/S/vB 39.Rincon
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

29.Barfield G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 6/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 6/.000 0/0 0/

1.Blake G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 8/.750 ··· 15/.500 11/.573 14/.594 11/1.080 26/1.093 219/176 .244/.330/.409/.740 .469/.802 .488 93/.847 1/0 6/

7.Carroll G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 123/85 .225/.331/.275/.605 .742/.541 .753 56/.673 4/0 0/

17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 32/25 .308/.406/.577/.983 1.143/.914 .333 32/.983 0/0 1/

20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 2/1.000 5/.400 4/.250 3/.666 179/171 .241/.324/.430/.754 .125/.784 .669 72/.773 2/1 7/

12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 142/113 .300/.345/.477/.822 .802/.827 .842 114/.846 2/2 3/

25.Garko G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· 5/.400 6/.666 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 227/176 .269/.357/.406/.763 .938/.716 .751 85/.875 0/0 6/

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 179/127 .252/.307/.374/.681 .818/.625 .771 50/.792 3/2 3/

15.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 51/40 .152/.188/.174/.361 .899/.216 .333 25/.458 1/1 0/

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 8/.750 ··· 12/.533 10/.311 10/.500 19/.511 13/.322 216/167 .279/.333/.335/.668 .874/.600 .780 92/.488 0/0 0/

2.Peralta G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 8/.821 ··· 9/.222 13/.408 10/.633 1/.000 19/.691 244/192 .227/.277/.418/.695 .755/.679 .634 108/.774 2/0 11/

10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/3.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 84/54 .221/.277/.351/.628 .552/.669 .624 27/.607 0/0 2/

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· 9/2.028 ··· 11/.455 10/1.389 15/.071 12/.500 15/.445 287/208 .261/.376/.481/.858 .758/.894 .957 118/.883 15/2 12/

IP 80.0 41.0 72.0 14.0 26.1 36.1 25.2 19.1 28.0 TOTAL .241/.320/.381/.701 .708/.699 .693 .739 33/11 58/32

ERA-K/9

3.94/4.6

5.05/4.0

6.00/5.9

1.93/7.7

3.42/5.5

3.47/6.0

1.40/9.1

2.33/5.1

6.11/6.4

4.57/5.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martinez (20-13-2)
Shoppach (3-2-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 343/.310 187/.312 321/.277 60/.241 113/.277 159/.262 99/.234 78/.257 133/.292 .292 Francisco
Gutierrez
Sizemore
Carroll
Choo
Dellucci 22/1/17/6
2/5/46/2
0/61/0/1
1/0/0/0
0/0/8/0
43/0/0/0

OPS .786 .916 .752 .631 .810 .725 .592 .653 .867 .798

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 155/.720 68/.820 155/.775 22/.814 43/.704 59/.639 58/.628 48/.439 54/.944 .762

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 188/.839 119/.969 166/.730 38/.525 70/.873 100/.772 41/.543 30/1.005 79/.813 .825

Road 179/.772 89/.943 84/.769 16/.607 46/1.088 68/.922 30/.800 30/.705 67/.971 .844

Last 28d days 128/.801 69/1.033 120/.830 22/.561 62/.802 59/.685 42/.562 36/.791 70/1.085

HR/SB/CS 6/0/1 9/1/2 9/9/0 1/2/1 4/2/1 4/4/1 2/4/0 0/2/2 5/4/1 76/37/16

Usage ····X··· ·X··XX·· ···X··X· ··o·oo·X ·oo··o·X oX·o··o· ······X· ··o···o· ··X·X··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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Game Preview: MIN @ CLE, 7:05pm, Wednesday, June 11, 2008 @Jacobs Field

SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 4-4, 3.94)

SP: Paul Byrd (37, RHP, 3-5, 4.46)

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