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Cleveland Indians vs. Minnesota Twins, at Progressive Field, August 29, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Monday, August 29, 2016

Start Time:

7:10et (local)

Venue:

Progressive Field

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

76° (based on last ten years)

Twins

Manager:

Paul Molitor

Game #:

133

On This Date:

55-60

Indians

Manager:

Terry Francona

Game #:

133

On This Date:

59-51

Season Series
Mon, Apr 25, 2016 MIN  4  CLE  3     
Tue, Apr 26, 2016 MIN  6  CLE  5     
Wed, Apr 27, 2016 CLE  6 @MIN  5     
Fri, May 13, 2016 CLE  7  MIN  6     
Sat, May 14, 2016 MIN  6 @CLE  3     
Sun, May 15, 2016 MIN  5 @CLE  1     
Fri, Jul 15, 2016 CLE  5 @MIN  2     
Sat, Jul 16, 2016 MIN  5  CLE  4 (11)
Sun, Jul 17, 2016 CLE  6 @MIN  1     
Mon, Aug 01, 2016 MIN 12 @CLE  5     
Tue, Aug 02, 2016 MIN 10 @CLE  6     
Wed, Aug 03, 2016 MIN 13 @CLE  5     
Thu, Aug 04, 2016 CLE  9  MIN  2     

Mon, Aug 29, 2016 MIN    @CLE  7:10pm
Tue, Aug 30, 2016 MIN    @CLE  7:10pm
Wed, Aug 31, 2016 MIN    @CLE  7:10pm
Fri, Sep 09, 2016 CLE    @MIN  8:10pm
Sat, Sep 10, 2016 CLE    @MIN  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 11, 2016 CLE    @MIN  2:10pm

                         All times ET

Minnesota Twins

49-81, 5th, 24½ GB, 23 GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   25-40   Road:   24-41   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  34-62   vsLHP:  15-19   1-Run:  11-22
 vsEast: 10-24   vsCntrl:15-35   vsWest: 16-13 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Sun, Aug 28  @TOR  L   6-9       49-81  5th 24.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 27  @TOR  L   7-8       49-80  5th 24.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 26  @TOR  L   8-15      49-79  5th 24.5 gb
127 Thu, Aug 25   DET  L   5-8       49-78  5th 23.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 24   DET  L   4-9       49-77  5th 23.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 23   DET  L   3-8       49-76  5th 23.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 21  @KCR  L   1-2       49-75  5th 23.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 20  @KCR  L   0-10      49-74  5th 22.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 19  @KCR  L   4-5 (11)  49-73  5th 22.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 18  @KCR  L   1-8       49-72  5th 21.0 gb
 Last 10: 0-10   Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:12-18

Cleveland Indians

73-56, 1st, 4½ up / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   39-23   Road:   34-33   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  47-41   vsLHP:  26-15   1-Run:  19-18
 vsEast: 14-18   vsCntrl:33-17   vsWest: 16-14 IL:10-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
129 Sun, Aug 28  @TEX  L   1-2       73-56  1st  4.5 up
128 Sat, Aug 27  @TEX  L   0-7       73-55  1st  4.5 up
127 Fri, Aug 26  @TEX  W  12-1       73-54  1st  4.5 up
126 Thu, Aug 25  @TEX  L   0-9       72-54  1st  4.5 up
125 Wed, Aug 24  @OAK  L   1-5       72-53  1st  5.5 up
124 Tue, Aug 23  @OAK  L   1-9       72-52  1st  6.5 up
123 Mon, Aug 22  @OAK  W   1-0       72-51  1st  7.5 up
122 Sun, Aug 21   TOR  W   3-2       71-51  1st  7.0 up
121 Sat, Aug 20   TOR  L   5-6       70-51  1st  7.0 up
120 Fri, Aug 19   TOR  W   3-2       70-50  1st  7.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 04, 2016 CLE  9  MIN  2        W:Dan Otero (3-1), L: Hector Santiago (10-5), S: none
Wed, Aug 03, 2016 MIN 13 @CLE  5        W:Tyler Duffey (6-8), L: Trevor Bauer (7-5), S: none
Tue, Aug 02, 2016 MIN 10 @CLE  6        W:Ryan Pressly (6-5), L: Carlos Carrasco (7-5), S: none
Mon, Aug 01, 2016 MIN 12 @CLE  5        W:Jose Berrios (2-1), L: Danny Salazar (11-4), S: none
Sun, Jul 17, 2016 CLE  6 @MIN  1        W:Josh Tomlin (10-2), L: Kyle Gibson (2-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 16, 2016 MIN  5  CLE  4 (11)   W:Trevor May (1-2), L: Joseph Colon (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jul 15, 2016 CLE  5 @MIN  2        W:Carlos Carrasco (6-3), L: Ervin Santana (3-8), S: Cody Allen (19)
Sun, May 15, 2016 MIN  5 @CLE  1        W:Tyler Duffey (1-2), L: Trevor Bauer (3-1), S: none
Sat, May 14, 2016 MIN  6 @CLE  3        W:Ervin Santana (1-2), L: Corey Kluber (2-5), S: none
Fri, May 13, 2016 CLE  7  MIN  6        W:Zach McAllister (2-1), L: Trevor May (0-2), S: Cody Allen (9)
Season Series: 2016 - MIN over 8-5; 2015 - MIN won 12-7; 2014 - CLE won 11-8; All-Time - CLE leads 1122-989

SP: Hector Santiago (28, LHP, 10-8, 5.16)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (10-8)			139.2	136	85	80	60	119	27	5.16
2015 (9-9)			180.2	156	80	72	71	162	29	3.59
2014 (6-9)			127.1	120	63	53	53	108	15	3.75

Last 7 GS		3-4	34.1	46	31	30	16	26	10	7.86	37
2016-08-20	@KCR	L	4.2	11	8	8	0	2	3	80	12
2016-08-14	KCR	L	4.0	9	7	7	0	2	1	78	18
2016-08-09	HOU	L	5.1	7	5	4	1	4	1	83	39
2016-08-04	@CLE	L	5.0	5	4	4	2	4	2	99	43
2016-07-30	BOS	W	5.0	4	2	2	6	6	1	119	51
2016-07-25	@KCR	W	5.1	5	2	2	4	5	1	100	51
2016-07-20	TEX	W	5.0	5	3	3	3	3	1	100	45

Last 5 v.CLE		0-3	22.2	29	19	18	9	17	5	7.15	41
2016-08-04	@CLE	L	5.0	5	4	4	2	4	2	99	43
2016-06-10	CLE	L	1.1	7	6	5	1	2	0	54	19
2015-08-05	CLE	ND	6.0	5	3	3	1	7	2	99	56
2013-09-24	@CLE	ND	6.1	6	3	3	2	1	1	97	48
2013-09-13	CLE	L	4.0	6	3	3	3	3	0	94	38

SP: Trevor Bauer (25, RHP, 9-6, 3.88)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (9-6)			146.0	134	69	63	57	131	15	3.88
2015 (11-12)			176.0	152	90	89	79	170	23	4.55
2014 (5-8)			153.0	151	76	71	60	143	16	4.18

Last 7 GS		2-3	39.0	41	27	23	19	34	7	5.31	46
2016-08-24	@OAK	L	6.2	9	5	3	2	3	0	111	41
2016-08-19	TOR	ND	8.0	5	2	2	2	13	1	110	75
2016-08-14	LAA	W	6.0	5	4	4	2	4	2	94	48
2016-08-09	@WSN	W	6.1	4	0	0	2	4	0	92	67
2016-08-03	MIN	L	2.2	8	8	7	5	1	0	80	8
2016-07-29	OAK	ND	5.1	5	3	2	2	4	2	104	50
2016-07-22	@BAL	L	4.0	5	5	5	4	5	2	82	33

Last 5 v.MIN		1-2	28.2	29	20	18	16	26	4	5.65	46
2016-08-03	MIN	L	2.2	8	8	7	5	1	0	80	8
2016-07-16	@MIN	ND	6.0	7	4	3	3	6	0	116	47
2016-05-15	MIN	L	6.2	5	3	3	2	8	1	113	58
2015-10-01	MIN	ND	7.0	2	1	1	3	3	0	92	69
2015-08-08	MIN	W	6.1	7	4	4	3	8	3	110	48

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

Twins Batters (4.58 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Bauer
G/S/vB 37.Allen
G/S/vB 52.Clevinger
G/S/vB 53.Manship
G/S/vB 34.McAllister
G/S/vB 24.Miller*
G/S/vB 61.Otero
G/S/vB 27.Shaw
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

37.Centeno* G/S/vP 8/1.214 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 150/109 .250/.295/.371/.667 .481/.737 .834 39/.651 0/0 2/4

2.Dozier G/S/vP 28/.304 10/.775 3/2.334 2/2.000 21/.690 4/.000 9/.682 22/.739 552/431 .270/.342/.538/.880 1.077/.825 .912 117/1.103 11/2 30/7

5.Escobar# G/S/vP 12/.349 5/.400 2/.000 3/1.000 6/1.467 2/1.500 6/1.167 10/.900 289/209 .269/.299/.389/.688 .731/.671 .569 59/.692 1/2 5/9

36.Grossman# G/S/vP 5/.900 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 5/.450 4/.500 316/205 .271/.386/.440/.826 .999/.728 .750 70/.782 1/3 9/6

26.Kepler* G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/2.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 336/230 .250/.331/.473/.804 .623/.887 .831 106/.634 5/0 15/6

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 27/1.087 9/.611 3/2.000 1/no AB 17/.769 16/.837 5/1.300 13/.581 509/396 .275/.375/.401/.777 .659/.811 .792 85/.859 2/0 10/2

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 19/.629 14/.690 ··· 2/.000 19/.616 7/.286 6/.666 9/.958 302/225 .260/.299/.409/.708 .787/.683 .707 71/.797 1/0 9/7

11.Polanco# G/S/vP 5/1.833 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 144/107 .286/.324/.421/.745 .795/.728 .805 98/.678 3/0 1/7

20.Rosario* G/S/vP 16/1.250 4/1.000 ··· 4/.000 6/1.834 ··· 2/.500 3/3.000 298/228 .266/.291/.418/.709 .560/.752 .811 92/.751 5/1 8/4

22.Sano G/S/vP 14/.297 4/.500 3/1.667 3/.666 6/1.133 1/.000 3/.666 8/.393 401/318 .244/.329/.465/.794 .852/.779 .849 86/.833 1/0 20/15

32.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· / /// / / / /

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 15/.838 8/.536 2/2.000 6/.334 9/.333 9/.555 5/.000 7/.286 315/220 .277/.318/.421/.740 .791/.717 .769 59/.645 0/0 6/4

IP 146.0 53.1 35.2 35.1 40.2 57.0 55.0 53.2 TOTAL .256/.320/.423/.743 .763/.736 .749 .753 80/24 152/100

ERA-K/9

3.88/8.1

3.04/11.7

5.30/8.1

2.80/6.9

4.20/10.0

1.42/15.2

1.31/6.7

3.35/9.2

3.86/8.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Centeno (12-2-4)
Suzuki (47-11-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 625/.241 212/.188 157/.235 153/.243 189/.281 212/.160 213/.210 219/.232 .242 Rosario
Kepler
Grossman
Escobar
Sano 43/36/0/7
0/4/81/7
64/1/0/3
1/0/0/0
0/0/38/0

OPS .693 .626 .714 .717 .811 .499 .538 .708 .710

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 296/.713 106/.682 72/.572 56/.831 93/.714 60/.528 101/.511 93/.816 .704

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 329/.675 106/.568 85/.827 97/.649 96/.908 152/.487 112/.559 126/.631 .716

Home 315/.721 104/.670 92/.640 67/.686 97/.784 113/.470 112/.514 109/.647

Last 28d days 132/.775 31/.560 83/.619 24/.393 50/.724 38/.294 47/.485 31/.532

HR/SB/CS 15/4/3 7/2/1 4/4/0 5/0/1 5/7/0 7/0/0 2/1/0 7/2/1 152/40/22

Usage ····X··· ··o····X o··X·X·X ·X··Xo·· ··XX·X·· ·o····o· Xo·o···· ··o·o···

Indians Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 66.Santiago*
G/S/vB 58.Albers*
G/S/vB 60.Chargois
G/S/vB 64.Dean*
G/S/vB 27.Kintzler
G/S/vB 53.Light
G/S/vB 61.O'Rourke*
G/S/vB 57.Pressly
G/S/vB 55.Rogers*
G/S/vB 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB 51.Wimmers
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

35.Almonte# G/S/vP 8/.393 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 121/70 .278/.298/.417/.715 .814/.644 .770 81/.681 4/0 1/1

8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/1.143 ··· 4/.000 ··· 344/298 .295/.336/.464/.800 .670/.820 .867 67/.753 6/0 8/1

20.Davis G/S/vP 20/.639 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.429 1/.000 5/.800 ··· 414/257 .255/.317/.402/.719 .685/.739 .704 69/.716 33/4 11/5

38.Gimenez G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/100 .217/.258/.342/.599 .706/.565 .572 23/1.014 0/0 4/1

6.Guyer G/S/vP 8/1.125 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 300/180 .260/.368/.421/.789 1.058/.622 .911 51/.971 2/1 8/3

22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 23/.915 7/.715 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 6/2.000 3/.666 6/.750 ··· 551/373 .284/.341/.480/.820 .818/.822 .869 107/.780 11/3 20/9

12.Lindor# G/S/vP 8/.946 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.833 2/.000 4/1.750 ··· 555/378 .311/.356/.449/.805 .764/.826 .920 109/.788 16/5 14/9

1.Martinez# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 90/58 .247/.281/.329/.610 .590/.621 .651 20/.411 0/2 1/3

26.Napoli G/S/vP 24/1.042 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 8/1.357 1/.000 3/3.000 ··· 519/365 .254/.337/.493/.831 .889/.806 1.041 101/.801 4/1 29/12

30.Naquin* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· 283/250 .303/.363/.567/.930 .730/.954 1.098 59/.632 4/2 14/2

55.Perez G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 105/74 .151/.286/.221/.507 .499/.508 .398 64/.579 0/0 1/1

11.Ramirez# G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 4/.833 ··· 3/.000 ··· 486/342 .308/.361/.456/.817 .795/.826 .942 108/.972 20/6 10/6

41.Santana# G/S/vP 18/1.014 7/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 7/1.096 4/1.000 6/1.667 ··· 546/394 .246/.346/.470/.816 .704/.862 .802 98/.832 5/2 27/5

IP 139.2 8.1 9.2 49.0 41.2 6.1 13.2 65.1 46.0 63.2 2.0 TOTAL .264/.325/.436/.762 .747/.767 .839 .777 104/25 161/71

ERA-K/9

5.16/7.7

4.32/6.5

6.52/3.7

6.24/7.0

1.73/5.6

17.05/7.1

3.29/6.6

3.72/7.9

2.93/8.6

4.95/10.0

4.50/9.0

5.14/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Gimenez (16-4-4)
Perez (5-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 607/.255 39/.316 47/.359 215/.313 162/.234 36/.387 59/.229 285/.271 198/.258 278/.273 7/.143 .286 Davis
Chisenhall
Almonte
Naquin
Guyer
Martinez
Ramirez 54/64/1/8
0/2/97/7
21/2/19/4
0/82/4/2
41/18/13/2
8/8/9/2
48/0/0/1

OPS .801 .912 .904 .903 .627 1.311 .705 .735 .686 .818 .714 .812

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 144/.772 9/.222 17/.721 43/.604 66/.566 7/.452 13/.167 115/.686 68/.550 101/1.060 3/.000 .762

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 463/.809 30/1.124 30/.985 172/.979 96/.668 29/1.517 46/.847 170/.762 130/.758 177/.685 4/1.250 .845

Road 316/.741 9/.556 10/1.414 104/.965 64/.425 17/1.357 37/.864 155/.790 82/.708 114/.843 7/.714

Last 28d days 92/1.140 39/.912 39/.822 44/.922 29/.345 18/1.044 27/.656 53/.858 42/.622 64/1.060 7/.714

HR/SB/CS 27/8/5 2/0/0 0/1/0 9/1/0 4/0/0 3/1/0 2/0/0 7/2/0 4/0/1 11/13/1 1/0/0 182/63/14

Usage ········ ··X····· o··ooo·· ··X··o·· ···o···o X·X·Xo·· ··X·X··· ·X··X··· ·o·o···· ··XX·X·· X·o·····

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 2016 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 5.42

CIN 4.52

ATL 3.70

RA/G

CHC 3.40

PIT 4.44

ARI 5.61

J. Altuve .355

J. Bradley .273

T. Frazier .215

OBP

J. Votto .432

G. Polanco .340

F. Galvis .268

SLG

D. Ortiz .633

A. Gonzalez .456

E. Aybar .319

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.040

M. Reynolds .800

E. Aybar .611

ERA

K. Hendricks 2.19

J. Eickhoff 3.87

J. Shields 5.98

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.89

D. Keuchel 7.71

J. Weaver 4.56

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.