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Game Preview: CLE @ MIN, 3:55pm, Saturday, April 19, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Cleveland Indians, 7-10, 3rd, 3½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Jake Westbrook (30, RHP, 1-1, 2.38)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)             22.2  20   7   6   4  12  3    2.38      
 2007 (6-9)            152   159  78  73  55  93 13    4.32      
 2006 (15-10)          211.1 247 106  98  55 109 15    4.17      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  47    50  21  18  10  35  6    3.45   53 
 2008-04-14    BOS  ND   6.1   7   2   1   3   5  0     111   55 
 2008-04-08    LAA   W   9     7   3   3   0   4  1      95   65 
 2008-04-03    CHW   L   7.1   6   2   2   1   3  2     100   60 
 2007-09-29    KCR  ND   6.1   7   3   3   1   5  0      97   51 
 2007-09-23    OAK   W   7     4   2   2   2   9  1     114   68 
 2007-09-18    DET  ND   5    12   4   3   2   4  0     102   31 
 2007-09-12    CHW   L   6     7   5   4   1   5  2     102   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      2-2  35    32  13  13  13  18  1    3.34   54 
 2007-08-28    MIN   W   6.2  10   3   3   2   4  0     104   44 
 2007-07-28    MIN  ND   7     4   2   2   3   3  1     100   61 
 2006-08-15    MIN   L   8     8   4   4   3   3  0     110   50 
 2006-07-23    MIN   L   6     8   3   3   3   4  0     108   45 
 2006-04-09    MIN   W   7.1   2   1   1   2   4  0     102   72 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-6    Road:    3-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-5    vsLHP:   2-5    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-2    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest:  3-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 17 Fri, Apr 18  @MIN  W   4-0        7-10  3rd  3.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-10   Last 30: 7-10
Minnesota Twins, 7-10, 3rd, 3½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 0-1, 3.57)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)             17.2  20   7   7   3  11  0    3.57      
 2007 (0-2)             11.2  19  12  10   2   8  2    7.71      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-1  17.2  20   7   7   3  11  0    3.57   51 
 2008-04-14    DET  ND   5.2   8   4   4   0   0  0      89   37 
 2008-04-07    CHW  ND   5     7   2   2   2   5  0      90   48 
 2008-04-02    LAA   L   7     5   1   1   1   6  0      86   68 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE    Has never faced CLE.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-6    Road:    3-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-7    vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  1-1    vsCntrl: 5-6    vsWest:  1-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 17 Fri, Apr 18   CLE  L   0-4        7-10  3rd  3.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-10   Last 30: 7-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Mon, Aug 06, 2007 CLE  4 @MIN  0        W:Paul Byrd (10-4), L: Carlos Silva (9-12), S: none
Sun, Aug 05, 2007 MIN  1  CLE  0        W:Scott Baker (6-4), L: Fausto Carmona (13-6), S: Joe Nathan (26)
Sat, Aug 04, 2007 MIN  3  CLE  2        W:Ramon Ortiz (4-4), L: Aaron Laffey (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (25)
Season Series: 2008 - CLE leads 1-0; 2007 - CLE won 14-4; 2006 - MIN won 11-8; All-Time - CLE leads 1048-904

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 (4.59 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
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 1/.000 ··· 15/.500 10/.633 14/.594 5/.000 10/1.025 26/1.093 662/473 .270/.339/.437/.776 .827/.757 .846 / 4/5 18/14
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 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 1/.000 268/150 .225/.317/.300/.616 .705/.543 .739 / 6/2 2/4
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 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 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 4/1.167 1/.000 5/.400 301/198 .266/.318/.472/.790 .920/.722 .625 / 8/3 13/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 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 1/.000 ··· 12/.533 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 1/.000 ··· 6/.833 5/.400 2/.000 3/.000 5/.400 5/1.200 295/139 .270/.324/.397/.721 .800/.636 .661 / 3/4 7/1
2.Peralta G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 9/.222 12/.444 10/.633 8/.875 1/.000 19/.691 647/482 .270/.341/.430/.771 .820/.754 .659 / 4/4 21/19
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/3.500 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 177/136 .261/.310/.472/.782 1.126/.687 .742 / 0/0 7/4
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 11/.455 9/1.556 15/.071 5/.400 10/.600 15/.445 748/503 .277/.390/.462/.852 .812/.872 .802 / 33/10 24/2
IP 11.2 16.1 88.0 71.2 70.1 29.1 59.2 TOTAL .237/.333/.360/.693 .618/.727 .677 .693 9/3 13/9
ERA-K/9 7.71/6.2 /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 4.23/5.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 54/.365 / 71/.292 351/.220 282/.209 278/.183 139/.309 272/.273 .267  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 .908 .876 .618 .574 .591 .810 .793 .740
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 25/1.129 / 30/.872 153/.742 138/.620 113/.618 82/.673 132/.915 .722
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 29/.724 / 41/.880 198/.523 144/.532 165/.573 57/1.009 140/.677 .755
Home 22/.418 / 38/.636 194/.634 162/.549 155/.560 76/.764 138/.764 .709
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 2/0/1 // 4/0/1 9/6/2 4/7/0 7/1/2 1/1/3 9/3/1 20/7/6
Usage ····X··· ·o···X·· X··X···o ·X··X·o· ··o···oX ·o··X·o· ··o····· X·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 (3.88 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Westbrook
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 139/77 .232/.288/.304/.592 .614/.569 .641 / 12/3 2/3
23.Harris G/S/vP 8/.750 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 576/414 .286/.343/.434/.777 .897/.731 .755 / 4/1 12/13
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 16/.404 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 5/.200 ··· ··· 6/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 353/296 .289/.366/.453/.820 1.056/.777 .888 / 0/0 11/11
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 28/.726 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 32/.942 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 42/.602 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 21/.666 6/.733 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 536/364 .210/.291/.271/.562 .483/.599 .544 / 16/6 1/13
55.Redmond G/S/vP 11/.182 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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / / / /
21.Young G/S/vP 12/.334 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 681/509 .288/.316/.408/.723 .752/.714 .714 / 10/3 13/7
IP 152.0 79.1 62.0 29.1 57.2 60.2 TOTAL .253/.302/.348/.650 .575/.682 .610 .650 19/3 7/12
ERA-K/9 4.32/5.5 1.47/9.1 /0.0 5.23/8.1 /0.0 2.15/10.4 4.68/8.1 1.78/9.2 4.70/6.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 648/.276 289/.183 / 280/.283 / 125/.234 262/.283 236/.187 .270  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 .729 .485 .813 .616 .809 .531 .778
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 345/.783 113/.617 / 115/.624 / 47/.548 103/.861 92/.450 .720
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 303/.669 176/.400 / 165/.942 / 78/.656 159/.777 144/.580 .816
Road 287/.700 153/.487 / 144/.928 / 60/.496 135/.779 116/.498 .683
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 13/14/7 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····· 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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