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Game Preview: MIN @ CLE, 1:05pm, Sunday, June 23, 2013 @Progressive Field

Twins, 33-38, 33-38 4th, 7 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Mike Pelfrey (29, RHP, 3-6, 6.11)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-6) 70.2 94 50 48 21 38 7 6.11
2012 (0-0) 19.2 24 5 5 4 13 0 2.29
2011 (7-13) 193.2 220 111 102 65 105 21 4.74
Last 7 GS 0-3 36.1 45 25 25 12 23 5 6.19 43
2013-06-18 CHW ND 6.0 10 4 4 0 3 1 87 39
2013-06-12 PHI ND 7.0 5 3 3 1 7 0 112 61
2013-06-06 @KCR ND 6.1 7 3 3 1 2 0 97 48
2013-05-31 SEA L 5.1 6 3 3 4 2 1 101 42
2013-05-26 @DET L 5.2 5 5 5 3 5 1 110 41
2013-05-21 @ATL ND 2.0 4 2 2 1 1 0 38 40
2013-05-15 CHW L 4.0 8 5 5 2 3 2 91 27
Last 5 v.CLE 1-0 6.0 4 1 1 1 7 0 1.50 66
2013-05-05 @CLE W 6.0 4 1 1 1 7 0 92 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-17   Road:   14-21   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  26-32   vsLHP:   7-6    1-Run:  11-11
 vsEast:  6-7    vsCntrl:13-19   vsWest:  6-3  IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 71 Sat, Jun 22  @CLE  L   7-8       33-38  4th  7.0 gb
 70 Fri, Jun 21  @CLE  L   1-5       33-37  4th  6.0 gb
 69 Thu, Jun 20   CHW  W   8-4       33-36  4th  6.0 gb
 68 Wed, Jun 19   CHW  W   7-4       32-36  4th  6.0 gb
 67 Tue, Jun 18   CHW  W   7-5       31-36  4th  7.0 gb
 66 Sun, Jun 16   DET  L   2-5       30-36  4th  7.5 gb
 65 Sat, Jun 15   DET  W   6-3       30-35  4th  6.5 gb
 64 Fri, Jun 14   DET  L   0-4       29-35  4th  7.5 gb
 63 Thu, Jun 13   PHI  L   2-3       29-34  4th  6.5 gb
 62 Wed, Jun 12   PHI  W   4-3       29-33  4th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Indians, 38-35, 38-35 2nd, 3 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Carlos Carrasco (26, RHP, 0-2, 8.40)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-2) 15.0 21 14 14 6 7 2 8.40
2011 (8-9) 124.2 130 68 64 40 85 15 4.62
2010 (2-2) 44.2 47 20 19 14 38 6 3.83
Last 7 GS 0-5 38.2 48 30 30 18 25 7 6.98 40
2013-06-17 KCR ND 7.1 4 1 1 1 4 0 90 69
2013-06-08 @DET L 4.0 10 6 6 3 1 0 87 16
2013-04-09 NYY L 3.2 7 7 7 2 2 2 67 19
2011-08-03 @BOS ND 7.0 9 3 3 3 5 0 112 49
2011-07-29 KCR L 3.1 7 7 7 3 1 3 60 16
2011-07-22 CHW L 6.1 6 3 3 4 6 1 102 51
2011-07-16 @BAL L 7.0 5 3 3 2 6 1 103 59
Last 5 v.MIN 1-1 24.2 20 5 5 9 15 0 1.82 60
2011-06-07 MIN W 8.1 3 0 0 1 6 0 104 82
2011-04-24 @MIN ND 3.0 6 2 2 2 1 0 56 38
2010-09-22 @MIN L 6.0 6 3 3 3 4 0 91 49
2010-09-11 MIN ND 7.1 5 0 0 3 4 0 102 69
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-14   Road:   14-21   ExtrInn: 5-0 
 vsRHP:  26-22   vsLHP:  12-13   1-Run:  14-7 
 vsEast:  6-17   vsCntrl:13-12   vsWest: 12-2  IL: 7-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 73 Sat, Jun 22   MIN  W   8-7       38-35  2nd  3.0 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 21   MIN  W   5-1       37-35  2nd  3.0 gb
 71 Wed, Jun 19   KCR  W   6-3       36-35  2nd  3.5 gb
 70 Tue, Jun 18   KCR  W   4-3       35-35  2nd  4.5 gb
 69 Mon, Jun 17   KCR  L   1-2       34-35  3rd  5.5 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 16   WSN  W   2-0       34-34  2nd  4.5 gb
 67 Sat, Jun 15   WSN  L   6-7       33-34  2nd  4.5 gb
 66 Fri, Jun 14   WSN  W   2-1       33-33  2nd  4.5 gb
 65 Wed, Jun 12  @TEX  W   5-2       32-33  2nd  4.5 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 11  @TEX  W   5-2       31-33  2nd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 22, 2013 CLE  8  MIN  7        W:Corey Kluber (6-4), L: P.J. Walters (2-3), S: Vinnie Pestano (3)
Fri, Jun 21, 2013 CLE  5  MIN  1        W:Scott Kazmir (4-4), L: Sam Deduno (3-2), S: none
Sun, May 05, 2013 MIN  4 @CLE  2        W:Mike Pelfrey (3-3), L: Corey Kluber (2-1), S: Glen Perkins (7)
Sat, May 04, 2013 CLE  7  MIN  3        W:Scott Kazmir (1-1), L: Kevin Correia (3-2), S: none
Fri, May 03, 2013 CLE  7  MIN  6 (10)   W:Chris Perez (1-0), L: Casey Fien (1-2), S: none

Thu, Sep 20, 2012 CLE  4  MIN  3 (10)   W:Esmil Rogers (3-3), L: Anthony Swarzak (3-5), S: none
Wed, Sep 19, 2012 MIN  6 @CLE  4        W:Liam Hendriks (1-7), L: Zach McAllister (5-8), S: Glen Perkins (13)
Tue, Sep 18, 2012 MIN  6 @CLE  5 (12)   W:Tyler Robertson (2-2), L: Scott Maine (2-2), S: Glen Perkins (12)
Mon, Sep 10, 2012 MIN  7  CLE  2        W:Sam Deduno (6-3), L: Justin Masterson (11-13), S: none
Sun, Sep 09, 2012 MIN  8  CLE  7        W:Brian Duensing (4-10), L: Vinnie Pestano (3-2), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - CLE over 4-1; 2012 - MIN won 12-6; 2011 - CLE won 11-7; All-Time - CLE leads 1090-956

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 2013 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

BOS  5.05

SDP  4.19

MIA  3.08

 RA/G

PIT  3.40

SEA  4.36

HOU  4.97

 BA

M. Cabrera  .368

N. Cruz  .271

B. Upton  .178

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .460

A. LaRoche  .333

Y. Betancourt  .236

 SLG

C. Davis  .723

P. Sandoval  .427

P. Polanco  .271

 OPS

C. Davis  1.135

S. Marte  .761

P. Polanco  .562

 ERA

C. Buchholz  1.71

D. Fister  3.66

D. Haren  6.15

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  12.17

Y. Gallardo  7.13

J. Guthrie  4.29

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

Twins Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 59.Carrasco
G/S/vB		 32.Albers
G/S/vB		 37.Allen
G/S/vB		 50.Hagadone*
G/S/vB		 53.Hill*
G/S/vB		 26.Kazmir*
G/S/vB		 52.Pestano
G/S/vB		 27.Shaw
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 149/102 .265/.329/.478/.807 .698/.860 .924 42/.910 0/2 6/1
8.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 4/2.417 15/1.393 3/.666 2/1.000 4/.500 141/115 .209/.271/.240/.512 .641/.482 .425 57/.296 1/0 0/1
9.Doumit# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/2.334 8/.708 11/.673 4/.750 1/.000 1/2.000 257/179 .234/.300/.411/.711 .702/.715 .664 104/.832 1/0 8/2
2.Dozier G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 6/.834 3/.333 2/.500 3/.333 234/181 .232/.303/.382/.685 .907/.623 .535 90/.978 6/5 7/2
5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 121/90 .236/.292/.373/.664 .693/.655 .544 41/.725 0/1 3/3
25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 198/153 .234/.303/.337/.640 .290/.741 .693 82/.590 7/1 3/7
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.500 2/.500 3/.333 2/.000 16/.688 5/.650 ··· 2/.500 310/235 .327/.410/.500/.910 .950/.896 .858 108/.940 0/0 8/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 5/1.267 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 21/.936 4/2.000 ··· 3/.000 289/204 .286/.336/.389/.725 .603/.778 .614 87/.681 0/0 3/1
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.834 2/5.000 2/.000 208/170 .232/.308/.389/.697 .549/.731 .855 62/.944 1/1 7/0
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 3/1.167 1/no AB 1/no AB 6/1.333 4/.000 ··· 6/.167 182/143 .273/.343/.447/.790 1.073/.710 .769 28/.948 1/0 5/6
11.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· 3/5.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 53/32 .286/.340/.408/.748 .860/.677 .458 53/.748 0/1 1/1
16.Willingham G/S/vP ··· 6/.500 2/1.000 1/3.000 2/no AB 12/.349 8/.946 ··· 11/1.327 276/211 .212/.351/.398/.750 .772/.746 .817 93/.652 1/0 10/0
IP 15.0 23.0 31.1 21.1 18.0 62.0 22.0 34.2 26.1 TOTAL .247/.320/.392/.712 .720/.709 .677 .770 23/14 68/31
ERA-K/9 8.40/4.2 2.74/7.8 2.01/11.5 5.91/7.2 7.50/11.0 5.37/9.0 4.50/8.6 3.38/8.0 1.71/9.6 4.23/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Doumit (11-4-0)
 Mauer (11-7-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 72/.328 105/.225 128/.193 89/.216 87/.310 276/.291 96/.241 150/.252 102/.198 .249  Parmelee
 Arcia
 Willingham
 Doumit
 Thomas
 Escobar
0/1/52/6
21/0/11/4
49/0/0/3
1/0/12/2
1/13/0/2
1/0/0/0
OPS .910 .651 .584 .721 .872 .885 .815 .679 .633 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 38/1.023 46/.845 58/.589 42/.628 44/.801 77/.579 56/.937 74/.841 52/.743 .747
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 34/.773 59/.507 70/.576 47/.814 43/.942 199/1.006 40/.633 76/.515 50/.515 .735
Home 48/.784 59/.599 57/.496 55/.642 58/.870 132/.834 47/.938 80/.615 51/.664
Last 28d days 51/.751 30/.419 33/.539 43/.773 23/1.202 123/.851 44/.879 49/.907 37/.763
HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 1/1/1 2/0/0 3/0/0 3/4/1 13/2/0 5/0/0 3/3/1 3/0/0 88/40/12
Usage ·····X·· ·····X·X o···o··X X···X··· o····o·· ·X·····X Xo··X·oX X··X·X·X ·o·o···o
Indians Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Pelfrey
G/S/vB		 61.Burton
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 57.Pressly
G/S/vB		 20.Roenicke
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 56.Thielbar*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 21/.734 1/2.000 12/.788 2/.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· 180/98 .267/.296/.388/.684 .713/.661 .715 82/.643 5/1 4/4
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 7/.453 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 2/2.000 3/1.667 2/1.000 ··· 214/150 .303/.355/.399/.754 .614/.817 .816 101/.691 11/4 2/1
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 22/.363 3/1.167 7/.286 2/.000 ··· 11/.664 2/.000 284/185 .271/.324/.364/.688 .599/.734 .641 85/.521 5/2 4/0
8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/1.000 1/.000 7/.858 ··· 113/89 .215/.257/.346/.602 .386/.661 .587 14/.593 0/0 3/4
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 6/.750 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 109/98 .187/.303/.429/.731 .717/.733 .725 39/1.088 0/1 6/
10.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 108/56 .262/.278/.515/.792 .810/.775 .770 40/.541 1/0 6/1
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 12/.633 4/.500 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 9/1.778 1/.000 283/188 .275/.351/.474/.825 .847/.811 .884 98/.882 17/5 9/5
7.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 5/.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 43/31 .053/.163/.079/.242 .167/.268 .153 8/.125 0/0 0/3
9.Raburn G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 24/.598 1/.000 15/.347 ··· 4/.000 4/.500 ··· 140/84 .268/.357/.537/.894 1.005/.820 .913 38/1.015 0/0 8/1
12.Reynolds G/S/vP 16/.698 2/.000 3/2.667 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 7/1.286 1/no AB 282/191 .233/.312/.430/.742 .833/.699 .718 89/.503 3/0 14/8
41.Santana# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 19/.161 5/.000 7/3.057 1/2.000 2/.500 11/1.434 1/.000 282/189 .282/.390/.483/.873 .843/.888 .805 96/.752 1/1 10/3
11.Stubbs G/S/vP 9/.730 1/3.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/1.667 6/.533 2/.000 ··· 243/154 .239/.295/.374/.668 .804/.596 .699 70/.640 7/0 5/1
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 10/.700 2/.000 10/1.475 ··· 5/1.400 ··· 2/.000 9/.000 ··· 261/165 .237/.337/.402/.739 .825/.690 .871 76/.386 0/0 7/5
IP 70.2 32.1 26.1 28.2 27.2 34.0 32.1 48.2 13.2 TOTAL .255/.325/.420/.745 .759/.738 .753 .658 55/15 83/43
ERA-K/9 6.11/4.8 3.62/8.6 3.76/7.5 3.77/9.1 2.28/13.0 2.12/6.4 3.06/5.9 2.77/6.1 0.00/7.9 4.30/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gomes (7-8-1)
 Santana (29-4-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 317/.322 144/.246 117/.279 110/.184 104/.156 142/.236 139/.225 194/.261 49/.116 .284  Brantley
 Raburn
 Bourn
 Stubbs
 Aviles
 Swisher
70/1/0/6
6/0/30/3
0/48/0/3
0/28/42/3
2/0/1/0
0/0/10/0
OPS .853 .717 .653 .530 .462 .617 .687 .656 .387 .766
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 168/.857 66/.584 59/.614 37/.632 27/.431 63/.674 53/.858 92/.875 19/.161 .763
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 149/.850 78/.827 58/.692 73/.480 77/.472 79/.571 86/.585 102/.464 30/.540 .768
Road 120/.854 68/.638 60/.671 53/.714 54/.541 81/.639 65/.606 104/.663 37/.431
Last 28d days 103/.747 45/.843 34/.636 27/.151 39/.262 39/.694 35/.705 65/.642 29/.361
HR/SB/CS 7/6/0 2/4/1 0/1/0 3/2/0 2/0/0 0/1/0 4/0/0 2/0/2 0/0/0 65/22/11
Usage ····X··· ··X·X··o ·o·o··X· ··o·o··· ···oo··o X··X···· ·o·o··X· X·X···X· oX······

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.