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Game Preview: CLE @ MIN, 8:10pm, Friday, April 18, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Cleveland Indians, 6-10, 4th, 3½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Cliff Lee (29, LHP, 2-0, 0.61)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-0)             14.2   6   2   1   1  12  0    0.61      
 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         2-0  14.2   6   2   1   1  12  0    0.61   75 
 2008-04-13    OAK   W   8     2   1   1   0   8  0     102   82 
 2008-04-06    OAK   W   6.2   4   1   0   1   4  0     108   67 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN    Has never faced MIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-6    Road:    2-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-5    vsLHP:   1-5    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-2    vsCntrl: 3-2    vsWest:  3-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 16 Thu, Apr 17   DET  W  11-1        6-10  4th  3.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16   DET  L   2-13       5-10  4th  4.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15   BOS  L   3-5        5-9   4th  3.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14   BOS  L   4-6        5-8   4th  3.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13   OAK  W   7-1        5-7   4th  2.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12   OAK  L   3-7        4-7   4th  2.5 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11   OAK  L   7-9        4-6   4th  2.0 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @LAA  L   5-9        4-5   3rd  2.5 gb
  8 Tue, Apr  8  @LAA  W   4-3        4-4   3rd  1.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr  7  @LAA  L   4-6        3-4   3rd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-10   Last 30: 6-10
Minnesota Twins, 7-9, 3rd, 2½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Francisco Liriano (24, LHP, 0-1, 7.71)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)              4.2   6   4   4   5   4  0    7.71      
 2006 (12-3)           121    89  31  29  32 144  9    2.16      
 2005 (1-2)             23.2  19  15  15   7  33  4    5.70      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-1   4.2   6   4   4   5   4  0    7.71   35 
 2008-04-13    KCR   L   4.2   6   4   4   5   4  0      90   35 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE    Has never faced CLE.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-5    Road:    3-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-7    vsLHP:   2-2    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  1-1    vsCntrl: 5-5    vsWest:  1-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 16 Thu, Apr 17   TBR  L   3-7        7-9   3rd  2.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16   TBR  W   6-5        7-8   3rd  2.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @DET  L   5-6        6-8   3rd  2.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14  @DET  L   9-11       6-7   3rd  2.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13  @KCR  L   1-5        6-6   3rd  1.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12  @KCR  W   2-0        6-5   2nd  0.5 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11  @KCR  W   5-0        5-5   3rd  1.0 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9  @CHW  W  12-5        4-5   3rd  2.5 gb
  8 Mon, Apr  7  @CHW  L   4-7        3-5   4th  2.5 gb
  7 Sun, Apr  6   KCR  L   1-3        3-4   4th  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-9    Last 30: 7-9 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Sep 05, 2007 CLE  6 @MIN  2        W:Fausto Carmona , L: Scott Baker , S: Rafael Perez 
Tue, Sep 04, 2007 CLE  7 @MIN  5 (11)   W:Rafael Betancourt , L: Julio DePaula , S: Joe Borowski 
Mon, Sep 03, 2007 CLE  5 @MIN  0        W:C.C. Sabathia , L: Johan Santana , S: none
Wed, Aug 29, 2007 CLE  4  MIN  3        W:C.C. Sabathia , L: Johan Santana , S: Joe Borowski 
Tue, Aug 28, 2007 CLE  6  MIN  5        W:Jake Westbrook , L: Boof Bonser , S: Joe Borowski 
Mon, Aug 27, 2007 CLE  8  MIN  3        W:Paul Byrd , L: Carlos Silva , S: none
Mon, Aug 06, 2007 CLE  4 @MIN  0        W:Paul Byrd , L: Carlos Silva , S: none
Sun, Aug 05, 2007 MIN  1  CLE  0        W:Scott Baker , L: Fausto Carmona , S: Joe Nathan 
Sat, Aug 04, 2007 MIN  3  CLE  2        W:Ramon Ortiz , L: Aaron Laffey , S: Joe Nathan 
Fri, Aug 03, 2007 CLE  5 @MIN  2        W:C.C. Sabathia , L: Johan Santana , S: Joe Borowski 
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 - CLE won 14-4; 2006 - MIN won 11-8; All-Time - CLE leads 1047-904

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Cleveland Indians Batters (4.63 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB
60.Bass
G/S/vB
28.Crain
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
17.Neshek
G/S/vB
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
39.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Blake G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· 14/.539 10/.633 14/.594 5/.000 10/1.025 25/.925 662/473 .270/.339/.437/.776 .827/.757 .846 / 4/5 18/14
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 186/136 .283/.354/.421/.775 .950/.702 .826 / 0/0 3/1
7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 268/150 .225/.317/.300/.616 .705/.543 .739 / 6/2 2/4
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 2/1.000 5/.400 1/2.000 4/.250 3/.666 199/173 .230/.296/.382/.679 .481/.709 .743 / 2/1 4/0
25.Garko G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 5/.400 2/.000 8/.250 ··· 4/.500 541/378 .289/.359/.483/.842 .914/.812 .828 / 0/1 21/8
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 4/1.167 1/.000 4/.500 301/198 .266/.318/.472/.790 .920/.722 .625 / 8/3 13/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 8/1.089 ··· 6/.750 8/1.825 10/.856 3/.333 16/.917 11/.712 661/420 .266/.385/.451/.837 .837/.836 .883 / 1/1 24/0
15.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 60/41 .193/.233/.316/.549 .594/.528 .490 / 0/0 1/4
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· 11/.586 9/.347 9/.555 2/1.000 18/.410 13/.322 645/414 .301/.374/.505/.879 .825/.908 .886 / 0/0 25/5
8.Michaels G/S/vP 7/.486 ··· 5/1.000 5/.400 2/.000 3/.000 5/.400 4/1.500 295/139 .270/.324/.397/.721 .800/.636 .661 / 3/4 7/1
2.Peralta G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· 8/.250 12/.444 10/.633 8/.875 1/.000 18/.733 647/482 .270/.341/.430/.771 .820/.754 .659 / 4/4 21/19
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 4/.666 ··· 2/3.500 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 177/136 .261/.310/.472/.782 1.126/.687 .742 / 0/0 7/4
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 7/.629 ··· 11/.455 9/1.556 15/.071 5/.400 10/.600 14/.481 748/503 .277/.390/.462/.852 .812/.872 .802 / 33/10 24/2
IP 16.1 88.0 71.2 70.1 29.1 59.2 TOTAL .241/.336/.365/.701 .614/.737 .696 .701 9/2 12/9
ERA-K/9 /0.0 /0.0 5.51/5.5 2.35/7.0 1.88/9.7 2.94/9.5 3.99/6.5 5.13/7.4 4.24/5.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (70-33-6)
 Shoppach (23-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / / 71/.292 351/.220 282/.209 278/.183 139/.309 272/.273 .272  Sizemore
 Michaels
 Gutierrez
 Dellucci
 Blake
 Carroll
0/160/0/4
74/1/27/4
9/8/88/3
51/0/0/3
0/0/7/2
0/1/2/0
OPS .876 .618 .574 .591 .810 .793 .750
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / / 30/.872 153/.742 138/.620 113/.618 82/.673 132/.915 .736
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / / 41/.880 198/.523 144/.532 165/.573 57/1.009 140/.677 .763
Home / / 38/.636 194/.634 162/.549 155/.560 76/.764 138/.764 .724
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS // // 4/0/1 9/6/2 4/7/0 7/1/2 1/1/3 9/3/1 19/7/5
Usage ····X··· o···X··· ··X···o· X··X·o·· ·o···oX· o··X·o·· ·o······ ·o··o···

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Minnesota Twins Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (5.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lee*
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
58.Breslow*
G/S/vB
44.Julio
G/S/vB
30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
40.Mastny
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Everett G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 236/173 .232/.281/.318/.599 .558/.613 .574 / 4/2 2/8
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/77 .232/.288/.304/.592 .614/.569 .641 / 12/3 2/3
23.Harris G/S/vP 4/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 576/414 .286/.343/.434/.777 .897/.731 .755 / 4/1 12/13
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 6/.533 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/.500 466/382 .273/.335/.450/.785 .667/.810 .771 / 5/0 13/2
24.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 353/296 .289/.366/.453/.820 1.056/.777 .888 / 0/0 11/11
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 12/.717 6/.833 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 4/.833 471/312 .293/.382/.426/.808 .673/.877 .666 / 7/1 7/1
27.Monroe G/S/vP 31/.559 11/.182 1/.000 8/.821 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 427/287 .219/.268/.370/.638 .805/.555 .592 / 0/4 12/3
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 16/.717 13/.490 ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 4/.583 8/.125 668/445 .271/.343/.492/.834 .693/.907 .815 / 1/1 31/5
8.Punto# G/S/vP 8/.929 6/.733 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 536/364 .210/.291/.271/.562 .483/.599 .544 / 16/6 1/13
55.Redmond G/S/vP 6/.000 8/.625 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 298/198 .294/.346/.353/.699 .853/.623 .715 / 0/0 1/0
2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
21.Young G/S/vP 7/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 681/509 .288/.316/.408/.723 .752/.714 .714 / 10/3 13/7
IP 97.1 79.1 62.0 29.1 57.2 60.2 TOTAL .261/.310/.361/.671 .640/.682 .646 .671 19/3 7/12
ERA-K/9 6.29/6.1 1.47/9.1 /0.0 5.23/8.1 /0.0 2.15/10.4 4.68/8.1 1.78/9.2 5.00/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (21-24-4)
 Redmond (23-16-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 443/.284 289/.183 / 280/.283 / 125/.234 262/.283 236/.187 .278  Young
 Monroe
 Gomez
 Kubel
 Lamb
0/29/133/16
102/7/9/6
27/4/22/3
84/0/0/2
0/0/1/0
OPS .841 .485 .813 .616 .809 .531 .805
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/.917 113/.617 / 115/.624 / 47/.548 103/.861 92/.450 .740
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 326/.813 176/.400 / 165/.942 / 78/.656 159/.777 144/.580 .848
Road 218/.852 153/.487 / 144/.928 / 60/.496 135/.779 116/.498 .744
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 17/4/1 4/4/4 // 8/12/2 // 1/0/1 6/4/2 5/2/1 20/6/1
Usage ····X··· o··Xo·o· ·X····X· ·Xo···X· oX···oX· o·X··X·· ·X······ ··Xo·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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