CLE @ MIN, Sunday, July 6, 2008 Game Preview

Cleveland Indians, 37-50, 5th, 13 GB, 13½ GB in WC	SP: Cliff Lee (29, LHP, 11-1, 2.26) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (11-1) 111.2 98 30 28 17 93 5 2.26 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 4-0 45.2 49 17 17 8 39 2 3.35 55 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 2008-06-09 @DET W 5 6 2 2 2 5 0 88 50 2008-06-04 @TEX W 5 9 6 6 2 8 1 112 31 2008-05-30 @KCR W 6 10 4 4 1 3 0 101 38 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN 2-0 27.2 27 11 10 10 22 1 3.25 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 2006-05-23 @MIN ND 5 7 5 5 3 2 1 98 32
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 22-22 Road: 15-28 ExtrInn: 3-7 vsRHP: 28-36 vsLHP: 9-14 1-Run: 6-10 vsEast: 7-6 vsCntrl:13-21 vsWest: 11-11 IL: 6-12 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 87 Sat, Jul 5 @MIN L 6-9 37-50 5th 13.0 gb 86 Fri, Jul 4 @MIN L 3-12 37-49 5th 12.0 gb 85 Wed, Jul 2 @CHW L 5-6 (10) 37-48 5th 12.5 gb 84 Tue, Jul 1 @CHW L 2-3 (10) 37-47 5th 11.5 gb 83 Mon, Jun 30 @CHW L 7-9 37-46 5th 10.5 gb 82 Sun, Jun 29 CIN L 5-9 37-45 4th 9.5 gb 81 Sat, Jun 28 CIN L 0-5 37-44 4th 8.5 gb 80 Fri, Jun 27 CIN W 6-0 37-43 4th 7.5 gb 79 Thu, Jun 26 SFG W 4-1 36-43 4th 7.5 gb 78 Wed, Jun 25 SFG L 1-4 35-43 5th 7.5 gb Last 10: 2-8 Last 20: 6-14 Last 30:11-19
Minnesota Twins, 49-38, 2nd, 1 GB, 1½ GB in WC	SP: Glen Perkins (25, LHP, 4-2, 4.31) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-2) 64.2 82 33 31 16 38 10 4.31 2007 (0-0) 28.2 23 10 10 12 20 2 3.14 2006 (0-0) 5.2 3 1 1 0 6 0 1.59 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-1 38.2 55 24 23 12 22 6 5.35 42 2008-06-30 DET ND 6.1 7 2 2 1 7 1 91 57 2008-06-25 @SDP W 5 6 3 3 2 2 0 91 43 2008-06-19 WSN W 8 10 3 3 1 2 1 107 51 2008-06-14 @MIL ND 6 8 3 3 1 6 1 93 49 2008-06-09 @CHW ND 5.1 5 3 3 3 3 1 93 46 2008-06-04 BAL ND 4 9 5 4 2 2 2 77 26 2008-05-30 NYY L 4 10 5 5 2 0 0 78 20 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE Has never faced CLE.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 31-18 Road: 18-20 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 39-25 vsLHP: 10-13 1-Run: 16-13 vsEast: 7-9 vsCntrl:23-16 vsWest: 5-9 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 87 Sat, Jul 5 CLE W 9-6 49-38 2nd 1.0 gb 86 Fri, Jul 4 CLE W 12-3 48-38 2nd 1.0 gb 85 Wed, Jul 2 DET W 7-0 47-38 2nd 2.5 gb 84 Tue, Jul 1 DET W 6-4 46-38 2nd 2.5 gb 83 Mon, Jun 30 DET L 4-5 45-38 2nd 2.5 gb 82 Sun, Jun 29 MIL W 5-0 45-37 2nd 1.5 gb 81 Sat, Jun 28 MIL L 1-5 44-37 2nd 1.5 gb 80 Fri, Jun 27 MIL W 7-6 44-36 2nd 0.5 gb 79 Thu, Jun 26 @SDP W 4-3 43-36 2nd 0.5 gb 78 Wed, Jun 25 @SDP W 9-3 42-36 2nd 0.5 gb Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:17-3 Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head 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) Tue, Sep 04, 2007 CLE 7 @MIN 5 (11) W:Rafael Betancourt (4-0), L: Julio DePaula (0-1), S: Joe Borowski (40) Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 5-3; 2007 - CLE won 14-4; 2006 - MIN won 11-8; All-Time - CLE leads 1050-909

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 5.42

COL 4.51

WSN 3.61

RA/G

OAK 3.68

SFG 4.58

TEX 5.69

C. Jones .385

M. Kemp .284

T. Pena .162

OBP

C. Jones .477

N. McLouth .358

T. Pena .184

SLG

L. Berkman .669

A. Ramirez .463

T. Pena .214

OPS

L. Berkman 1.106

F. Thomas .816

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.96

J. Contreras 4.02

T. Gorzelanny 6.57

K/9IP

E. Volquez 9.71

D. Eveland 6.05

L. Hernandez 3.33

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Cleveland Indians Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 15.Perkins*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Blake G/S/vP 2/.500 1/no AB 10/1.100 ··· 15/.500 13/.481 15/.553 12/.973 310/245 .280/.356/.440/.796 .885/.772 .967 102/.895 2/0 8/

7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.250 217/159 .277/.354/.356/.710 .660/.729 .515 95/.849 6/1 0/

17.Choo* G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 3/.666 109/89 .247/.367/.404/.771 .671/.793 .729 88/.713 2/1 2/

20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 7/.486 2/1.000 6/.334 4/.250 230/220 .223/.300/.383/.683 .100/.710 .805 56/.477 2/1 7/

44.Fasano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/6 .333/.429/.333/.762 .000/.900 .000 7/.762 0/0 0/

12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 235/184 .272/.328/.446/.774 .736/.784 .740 104/.679 3/3 7/

25.Garko G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 6/.533 6/.666 2/.000 ··· 309/234 .243/.324/.342/.666 .773/.632 .698 94/.501 0/0 6/

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 216/147 .221/.272/.327/.599 .607/.595 .466 46/.244 4/2 3/

15.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/3.000 1/no AB 66/50 .150/.190/.183/.374 .683/.277 .454 15/.414 1/1 0/

2.Peralta G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 8/.821 1/.000 10/.200 15/.350 10/.633 1/.000 337/262 .250/.299/.439/.738 .616/.772 .842 105/.768 2/0 12/

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 1/.000 2/2.000 4/.500 ··· 3/2.334 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 163/112 .265/.327/.483/.810 .811/.809 .785 83/1.022 0/0 7/

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 11/1.727 ··· 11/.455 10/1.389 17/.063 13/.846 391/285 .266/.371/.542/.913 .765/.967 .795 112/1.027 20/3 22/

11.Velandia G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 16/6 .200/.250/.267/.517 .000/1.467 .472 9/.944 0/0 0/

IP 64.2 54.2 80.0 19.0 35.1 46.0 35.2 24.0 TOTAL .246/.321/.393/.715 .689/.722 .711 .738 45/15 82/39

ERA-K/9

4.31/5.3

4.45/4.1

6.19/6.8

1.42/8.5

2.80/6.9

3.13/6.3

1.26/9.6

2.25/4.5

4.21/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Fasano (0-1-0)
Shoppach (17-3-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 287/.308 241/.291 362/.287 76/.188 152/.272 197/.240 135/.209 95/.247 .281 Francisco
Gutierrez
Sizemore
Dellucci
Carroll
Choo 42/1/21/10
2/5/58/3
0/83/0/1
46/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
2/0/22/0

OPS .835 .826 .760 .510 .769 .681 .547 .660 .766

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 52/.918 87/.744 169/.766 30/.588 54/.681 72/.708 74/.577 55/.477 .744

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 235/.816 154/.871 193/.755 46/.456 98/.814 125/.666 61/.513 40/.921 .780

Home 185/.854 130/.797 258/.732 50/.587 87/.668 115/.550 91/.472 54/.629 .724

Last 28d days 134/.771 60/.499 41/.826 19/.053 46/.692 49/.745 36/.424 20/.583

HR/SB/CS 10/3/2 9/1/2 9/10/0 1/2/1 4/2/1 4/5/1 3/4/0 1/3/2 96/42/18

Usage ·····X·· ·o··Xo·· X··o···X ·····o·· ·X·X·o·· oX···X·· X···o··· ····oo··

Minnesota Twins Batters (4.97 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.47 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 54.Slocum
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 72/58 .333/.361/.424/.785 .286/.914 .668 63/.796 0/1 1/

25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/3.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 190/141 .321/.366/.455/.821 .755/.846 .870 99/.736 4/1 4/

22.Gomez G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 369/276 .269/.305/.375/.681 .750/.657 .685 117/.613 21/8 5/

23.Harris G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 6/.666 1/2.000 310/227 .249/.306/.347/.652 .462/.725 .671 92/.669 1/1 4/

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.762 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 4/1.250 ··· 283/224 .267/.325/.467/.792 .490/.868 .846 84/1.050 0/1 12/

24.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 218/191 .228/.266/.305/.571 .303/.610 .437 21/.357 0/1 1/

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 15/.708 7/.679 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 2/1.500 4/.833 1/2.000 331/239 .325/.415/.454/.869 .937/.840 .990 101/.886 0/1 4/

27.Monroe G/S/vP 34/.506 11/.182 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 148/79 .222/.291/.459/.750 .490/.972 .859 32/.817 0/0 8/

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 19/.600 14/.453 ··· 4/.750 4/.583 2/1.500 11/.398 2/.000 375/260 .310/.373/.487/.860 .749/.911 .852 110/.905 0/1 12/

8.Punto# G/S/vP 10/.733 6/.733 1/2.000 2/.500 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.500 1/3.000 92/57 .284/.352/.420/.771 .755/.779 .817 24/.899 4/1 1/

55.Redmond G/S/vP 6/.000 8/.625 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 65/32 .300/.338/.367/.705 .764/.646 .754 19/.594 0/0 0/

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 54/44 .304/.396/.370/.766 1.069/.702 .754 20/1.126 4/1 0/

21.Young G/S/vP 10/.100 4/.250 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 3/1.334 331/249 .289/.335/.396/.731 .694/.744 .703 78/.898 9/4 3/

IP 111.2 38.2 41.0 32.0 6.1 12.2 38.0 0.2 TOTAL .278/.334/.407/.741 .684/.763 .765 .805 53/24 60/57

ERA-K/9

2.26/7.5

5.82/9.1

3.29/5.7

4.22/7.0

17.05/10.0

6.39/5.7

3.55/9.0

54.00/0.0

4.31/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mauer (32-17-1)
Redmond (10-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 435/.236 170/.294 171/.247 146/.272 41/.394 56/.265 161/.268 8/.833 .272 Young
Gomez
Kubel
Span
Monroe
Punto 80/0/0/8
0/81/0/6
10/0/18/2
0/1/15/2
0/7/2/1
0/2/0/0

OPS .588 .838 .654 .798 1.270 .872 .733 1.750 .757

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 122/.560 75/.736 73/.709 74/.848 18/2.083 25/.770 72/.654 6/1.667 .785

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 313/.599 95/.920 98/.615 72/.746 23/.772 31/.943 89/.795 2/2.000 .740

Road 270/.596 72/.835 70/.813 60/.804 30/1.413 26/.772 94/.777 8/1.750 .805

Last 28d days 135/.554 50/.571 42/.675 7/.929 17/1.012 34/.772 41/.794 8/1.750

HR/SB/CS 5/1/0 7/5/1 5/2/0 3/1/0 3/1/0 3/0/0 5/1/3 0/0/0 97/37/17

Usage ····X··· o···o·X· ···o···· ·X······ o····X·· ·o···oXo X···o··o ·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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Game Preview: CLE @ MIN, 2:10pm, Sunday, July 6, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

SP: Cliff Lee (29, LHP, 11-1, 2.26)

SP: Glen Perkins (25, LHP, 4-2, 4.31)

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