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Game Preview: MIN @ CLE, 7:05pm, Friday, July 25, 2008 @Jacobs Field

Minnesota Twins, 55-46, 2nd, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Livan Hernandez (33, RHP, 10-6, 5.29)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-6)           127.2 178  83  75  24  47 16    5.29      
 2007 (11-11)          204.1 247 116 112  79  90 34    4.93      
 2006 (13-13)          216   246 125 116  78 128 29    4.83      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-3  41.1  54  27  24   9  20  5    5.23   43 
 2008-07-19    TEX   W   7     5   2   2   1   2  1      95   60 
 2008-07-09   @BOS   L   4.1  11   6   6   0   2  0      82   19 
 2008-07-04    CLE   W   6     5   3   3   3   4  2     102   51 
 2008-06-28    MIL   L   7     7   5   4   4   5  0     115   46 
 2008-06-22    ARI   W   7     9   3   1   1   5  0     104   55 
 2008-06-17    WSN   W   7     5   1   1   0   1  0      77   64 
 2008-06-12   @CLE   L   3    12   7   7   0   1  2      70    8 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      1-1   9    17  10  10   3   5  4   10.00   30 
 2008-07-04    CLE   W   6     5   3   3   3   4  2     102   51 
 2008-06-12   @CLE   L   3    12   7   7   0   1  2      70    8 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-19   Road:   21-27   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  41-32   vsLHP:  14-14   1-Run:  20-16
 vsEast:  7-15   vsCntrl:27-17   vsWest:  7-10 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Wed, Jul 23  @NYY  L   1-5       55-46  2nd  2.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 22  @NYY  L   2-8       55-45  2nd  1.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 21  @NYY  L   4-12      55-44  2nd  0.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 20   TEX  L   0-1       55-43  2nd  0.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 19   TEX  W  14-2       55-42  2nd  0.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 18   TEX  W   6-0       54-42  2nd  1.5 gb
 95 Sun, Jul 13  @DET  L   2-4       53-42  2nd  1.5 gb
 94 Sat, Jul 12  @DET  W   6-5       53-41  2nd  1.5 gb
 93 Fri, Jul 11  @DET  W   3-2       52-41  2nd  1.5 gb
 92 Thu, Jul 10  @DET  W   7-6 (11)  51-41  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:20-10
Cleveland Indians, 44-56, 5th, 13 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Cliff Lee (29, LHP, 13-2, 2.29)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (13-2)           133.2 120  36  34  20 110  5    2.29      
 2007 (5-8)             97.1 112  73  68  36  66 17    6.29      
 2006 (14-11)          200.2 224 114  98  58 129 29    4.40      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  51.2  46  11  11   6  40  1    1.92   64 
 2008-07-20   @SEA   W   9    11   2   2   0   4  0     109   61 
 2008-07-11    TBR   W   6     5   0   0   1   7  0     104   68 
 2008-07-06   @MIN   L   7     6   4   4   2   6  0     108   53 
 2008-07-01   @CHW  ND   8     6   1   1   1   3  0     106   68 
 2008-06-26    SFG   W   8     4   1   1   1  11  0     111   80 
 2008-06-20   @LAD  ND   7.1   6   1   1   1   3  0     104   64 
 2008-06-14    SDP  ND   6.1   8   2   2   0   6  1     105   55 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      2-1  29.2  26  10   9   9  26  0    2.73   57 
 2008-07-06   @MIN   L   7     6   4   4   2   6  0     108   53 
 2008-04-18   @MIN   W   8     2   0   0   1   8  0     109   85 
 2006-09-14    MIN  ND   4     5   1   1   2   3  0     102   49 
 2006-08-16   @MIN  ND   5     8   2   2   1   4  0     104   46 
 2006-07-13   @MIN   W   5.2   5   3   2   3   5  0      97   51 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-22   Road:   18-34   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  34-41   vsLHP:  10-15   1-Run:   6-12
 vsEast: 11-6    vsCntrl:13-24   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 6-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Wed, Jul 23  @LAA  L  11-14      44-56  4th 13.0 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 22  @LAA  L   2-3       44-55  4th 12.0 gb
 98 Mon, Jul 21  @LAA  W   5-2       44-54  4th 11.0 gb
 97 Sun, Jul 20  @SEA  W   6-2       43-54  5th 12.0 gb
 96 Sat, Jul 19  @SEA  W   9-6       42-54  5th 13.0 gb
 95 Fri, Jul 18  @SEA  L   2-8       41-54  5th 14.0 gb
 94 Sun, Jul 13   TBR  W   5-2       41-53  5th 13.0 gb
 93 Sat, Jul 12   TBR  W   8-4       40-53  5th 14.0 gb
 92 Fri, Jul 11   TBR  W   5-0       39-53  5th 14.0 gb
 91 Thu, Jul 10   TBR  W  13-2       38-53  5th 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 06, 2008 MIN  4  CLE  3        W:Glen Perkins (5-2), L: Cliff Lee (11-2), S: Joe Nathan (25)
Sat, Jul 05, 2008 MIN  9  CLE  6        W:Kevin Slowey (6-6), L: Tom Mastny (0-2), S: Joe Nathan (24)
Fri, Jul 04, 2008 MIN 12  CLE  3        W:Livan Hernandez (9-5), L: Paul Byrd (3-10), S: none
Thu, Jun 12, 2008 CLE 12  MIN  2        W:Aaron Laffey (4-3), L: Livan Hernandez (6-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 11, 2008 MIN  8 @CLE  5        W:Nick Blackburn (5-4), L: Paul Byrd (3-6), S: Joe Nathan (17)
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)
Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 6-3; 2007 - CLE won 14-4; 2006 - MIN won 11-8; All-Time - CLE leads 1050-910

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

TEX  5.46

COL  4.58

SDP  3.74

RA/G

OAK  3.63

CLE  4.53

TEX  5.88

BA

C. Jones  .369

K. Suzuki  .286

T. Pena  .152

OBP

C. Jones  .466

G. Laird  .360

T. Pena  .174

SLG

L. Berkman  .625

C. Coste  .469

T. Pena  .201

OPS

L. Berkman  1.063

J. Loney  .822

T. Pena  .375

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.87

R. Nolasco  3.99

I. Snell  6.10

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  9.81

T. Wellemeyer  6.13

L. Hernandez  3.31

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Minnesota Twins Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lee*
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
40.Mastny
G/S/vB
49.Mujica
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
34.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 108/87 .320/.352/.430/.782 .340/.891 .766 59/.680 0/2 2/
25.Casilla# G/S/vP 4/.500 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/3.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 255/185 .323/.360/.438/.798 .687/.844 .779 91/.864 4/2 4/
22.Gomez G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 424/310 .248/.282/.347/.629 .684/.609 .582 93/.473 21/9 5/
23.Harris G/S/vP 9/.222 3/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 6/.666 2/.000 351/251 .261/.316/.369/.685 .620/.712 .710 67/.741 1/1 5/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 3/.000 8/.661 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 4/1.250 ··· 321/260 .259/.327/.451/.778 .514/.836 .716 62/.842 0/1 13/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 234/206 .230/.265/.305/.570 .292/.609 .717 20/.650 0/1 1/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 15/.708 7/.679 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 2/1.500 4/.833 ··· 382/276 .319/.415/.456/.871 .979/.826 .727 84/1.001 0/1 6/
27.Monroe G/S/vP 37/.497 11/.182 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/.500 16/1.009 169/83 .203/.278/.412/.690 .442/.943 .566 33/.599 0/0 8/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 22/.515 15/.421 ··· 4/.750 4/.583 2/1.500 11/.398 ··· 437/300 .317/.389/.509/.898 .814/.938 .950 97/1.023 0/1 15/
8.Punto# G/S/vP 13/.718 6/.733 1/2.000 2/.500 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 124/78 .300/.358/.436/.794 .792/.794 .773 56/.875 4/2 1/
55.Redmond G/S/vP 9/.000 9/.777 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 78/38 .288/.321/.342/.663 .624/.703 .576 17/.588 0/0 0/
2.Span* G/S/vP 3/2.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 109/82 .326/.421/.446/.866 1.227/.752 .917 75/1.007 5/3 0/
21.Young G/S/vP 13/.237 5/.200 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 3/2.000 387/287 .294/.336/.396/.732 .725/.734 .709 89/.865 11/4 4/
IP 133.2 43.0 46.1 36.1 9.2 18.2 45.1 33.2 TOTAL .278/.336/.408/.744 .705/.758 .716 .818 56/30 69/66
ERA-K/9 2.29/7.4 5.86/9.0 3.30/6.0 4.71/6.9 14.90/10.2 4.34/5.8 3.18/8.5 6.15/6.4 4.36/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (37-18-1)
 Redmond (11-3-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 524/.240 189/.288 191/.242 169/.288 56/.348 76/.232 185/.247 158/.284 .273  Young
 Gomez
 Kubel
 Span
 Monroe
 Punto
93/0/0/8
0/94/0/6
11/0/20/2
0/3/28/2
1/7/2/1
0/2/0/0
OPS .593 .833 .649 .834 1.160 .711 .684 .832 .758
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 145/.579 87/.761 89/.670 82/.851 27/1.556 35/.652 81/.576 72/.813 .768
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 379/.598 102/.893 102/.630 87/.817 29/.841 41/.755 104/.766 86/.848 .751
Home 189/.572 105/.796 109/.533 86/.793 17/.508 39/.775 82/.593 78/.795 .697
Last 28d days 118/.581 30/.707 28/.679 30/1.026 32/.946 33/.277 35/.454 25/.646
HR/SB/CS 5/1/0 8/6/1 6/2/0 4/1/0 4/1/0 3/0/0 6/1/3 5/4/1 111/43/17
Usage ····X··· ··X····· ···X·o·· ·X····X· ·X······ ·····X·· ···X···· ·oo···X·
Cleveland Indians Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.71 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Hernandez
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
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Blake G/S/vP 5/.650 1/no AB 10/1.100 ··· 15/.500 13/.481 16/.517 12/.973 364/286 .287/.364/.464/.828 .903/.808 .659 89/1.012 2/0 11/
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· 206/166 .186/.282/.249/.531 .424/.564 .505 21/.549 1/2 1/
7.Carroll G/S/vP 11/.855 2/.500 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 4/1.250 258/187 .274/.351/.345/.696 .646/.715 .894 73/.570 6/2 0/
17.Choo* G/S/vP 5/1.850 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 3/.666 149/123 .252/.349/.449/.798 .512/.863 .909 75/.733 2/1 4/
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 26/.763 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 7/.486 2/1.000 6/.334 4/.250 263/252 .225/.293/.386/.678 .091/.704 .625 56/.627 2/1 8/
44.Fasano G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/17 .300/.391/.350/.741 .429/.885 .833 21/.862 0/0 0/
12.Francisco G/S/vP 6/1.500 2/1.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 286/222 .284/.346/.459/.805 .688/.838 .947 87/.806 3/3 8/
25.Garko G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 6/.533 6/.666 2/.000 ··· 338/255 .243/.317/.359/.675 .717/.661 .673 53/.592 0/0 8/
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 247/168 .217/.262/.330/.593 .632/.574 .686 42/.435 4/2 3/
15.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/3.000 1/no AB 106/77 .186/.233/.278/.511 .670/.453 .452 49/.699 1/1 2/
2.Peralta G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/.000 8/.821 1/.000 10/.200 16/.327 10/.633 1/.000 391/305 .267/.311/.488/.799 .723/.820 .703 89/1.061 2/0 17/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 4/2.250 2/2.000 4/.500 ··· 3/2.334 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 198/144 .253/.320/.455/.775 .822/.756 .756 62/.805 0/0 8/
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 6/1.133 2/.000 11/1.727 ··· 11/.455 10/1.389 17/.063 13/.846 453/332 .272/.377/.544/.922 .770/.976 1.028 100/1.092 24/3 25/
IP 127.2 60.2 86.0 23.2 40.0 53.0 41.2 27.1 TOTAL .250/.324/.407/.730 .692/.742 .744 .807 49/17 102/45
ERA-K/9 5.29/3.3 5.04/4.2 6.59/6.9 2.28/8.0 3.38/6.8 3.40/6.8 1.08/9.9 2.63/5.3 4.33/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fasano (3-1-0)
 Shoppach (20-3-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 567/.335 271/.300 392/.293 97/.209 173/.265 226/.243 159/.189 109/.245 .278  Francisco
 Gutierrez
 Sizemore
 Dellucci
 Carroll
 Choo
50/1/23/10
5/6/62/3
0/95/0/1
46/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
4/0/29/0
OPS .857 .868 .789 .555 .755 .691 .516 .682 .762
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 256/.834 99/.783 188/.822 40/.591 64/.714 84/.689 87/.557 61/.536 .753
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 311/.876 172/.916 204/.758 57/.524 109/.776 142/.692 72/.468 48/.872 .769
Road 235/.929 138/.956 131/.925 44/.559 83/.875 108/.865 60/.602 52/.788 .826
Last 28d days 109/.756 51/.915 46/.919 23/.654 33/.830 46/.678 36/.411 17/.794
HR/SB/CS 16/3/3 11/1/2 11/10/0 1/2/2 4/2/1 5/7/1 3/5/0 2/4/2 111/48/21
Usage ·····X·· ··X··o·· ···X··o· ···X··o· ··X···o· ·X·o···· ·X··X··· ··o··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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