MIN @ CLE, Tuesday, August 28, 2007 Game Preview

Minnesota Twins, , 3rd, 6½ GB, 7 GB in WC	SP: Boof Bonser (25, RHP, 6-10, 4.76) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (6-10) 151.1 168 89 80 56 119 21 4.76 2006 (7-6) 100.1 104 50 47 24 84 18 4.22 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 41.2 50 25 23 12 18 5 4.97 44 2007-08-23 BAL W 7 3 1 1 3 2 1 96 66 2007-08-18 TEX L 4.2 7 5 5 3 2 2 72 29 2007-08-12 LAA L 5.2 9 5 5 4 3 1 103 30 2007-08-07 KCR L 7 9 4 4 0 3 0 93 46 2007-08-01 KCR ND 7 8 2 2 0 4 0 95 57 2007-07-27 CLE L 2.2 9 6 4 2 3 1 71 21 2007-07-21 LAA ND 7.2 5 2 2 0 1 0 99 62 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE 0-1 8.1 14 9 7 5 9 1 7.56 36 2007-07-27 CLE L 2.2 9 6 4 2 3 1 71 21 2006-09-14 CLE ND 5.2 5 3 3 3 6 0 105 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 0-0 Road: 0-0 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 0-0 vsLHP: 0-0 1-Run: 0-0 vsEast: 0-0 vsCntrl: 0-0 vsWest: 0-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB Last 10: 0-0 Last 20: 0-0 Last 30: 0-0
Cleveland Indians, , 1st, 2½ up	SP: Jake Westbrook (29, RHP, 4-7, 4.40) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (4-7) 108.1 103 55 53 39 58 10 4.40 2006 (15-10) 211.1 247 106 98 55 109 15 4.17 2005 (15-15) 210.2 218 121 105 56 119 19 4.49 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 49 37 13 13 14 23 3 2.39 60 2007-08-23 DET ND 8 5 0 0 2 3 0 104 73 2007-08-18 TBD W 7 2 1 1 2 4 0 89 71 2007-08-12 NYY L 7 9 4 4 2 2 2 118 43 2007-08-07 CHW W 8 2 1 1 0 5 0 103 79 2007-08-02 TEX W 6 5 0 0 1 5 0 103 66 2007-07-28 MIN ND 7 4 2 2 3 3 1 100 61 2007-07-23 BOS L 6 10 5 5 4 1 0 112 29 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN 2-2 34.1 28 12 12 13 17 1 3.15 56 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 2005-09-09 MIN W 6 6 2 2 2 3 0 101 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 0-0 Road: 0-0 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 0-0 vsLHP: 0-0 1-Run: 0-0 vsEast: 0-0 vsCntrl: 0-0 vsWest: 0-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB Last 10: 0-0 Last 20: 0-0 Last 30: 0-0
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Sep 17, 2006 MIN 6 @CLE 1 W:Scott Baker (5-8), L: Paul Byrd (9-8), S: Matt Guerrier (1) Sat, Sep 16, 2006 MIN 4 @CLE 1 W:Carlos Silva (10-13), L: C.C. Sabathia (11-10), S: Joe Nathan (33) Fri, Sep 15, 2006 CLE 5 MIN 4 (10) W:Fernando Cabrera (3-2), L: Pat Neshek (4-2), S: none Thu, Sep 14, 2006 MIN 9 @CLE 4 W:Jesse Crain (4-5), L: Jason Davis (3-2), S: none Thu, Aug 17, 2006 CLE 3 @MIN 2 W:Paul Byrd (8-6), L: Matt Garza (0-2), S: none Wed, Aug 16, 2006 MIN 7 CLE 2 W:Pat Neshek (2-0), L: Fausto Carmona (1-8), S: none Tue, Aug 15, 2006 MIN 4 CLE 1 W:Johan Santana (14-5), L: Jake Westbrook (9-8), S: none Sun, Jul 23, 2006 MIN 3 @CLE 1 W:Francisco Liriano (12-2), L: Jake Westbrook (7-6), S: Joe Nathan (19) Sat, Jul 22, 2006 CLE 11 MIN 0 W:Jeremy Sowers (2-3), L: Scott Baker (3-6), S: none Fri, Jul 21, 2006 MIN 14 @CLE 6 W:Dennys Reyes (2-0), L: C.C. Sabathia (7-6), S: none Season Series: 2007 - 0-0; 2006 - MIN won 11-8; 2005 - CLE won 10-9; All-Time - CLE leads 1033-900

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 2007 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

NYY 5.92

CHC 4.62

WSN 3.95

RA/G

BOS 3.93

KCR 4.84

TBD 5.95

M. Ordonez .355

K. Johnson .292

R. Langerhans .153

OBP

B. Bonds .495

A. Rios .362

S. Thorman .253

SLG

R. Braun .648

G. Sizemore .472

N. Punto .258

OPS

B. Bonds 1.091

A. Ethier .826

R. Langerhans .535

ERA

C. Young 2.12

C. Zambrano 3.95

A. Eaton 6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

C. James 6.40

S. Trachsel 2.81

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Minnesota Twins Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Westbrook
G/S/vB 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB 47.Borowski
G/S/vB 55.Carmona
G/S/vB 46.Fultz*
G/S/vB 32.Laffey*
G/S/vB 50.Lewis
G/S/vB 40.Mastny
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 37.Westbrook
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Bartlett G/S/vP 21/.611 10/.222 ··· 13/.000 1/2.000 3/1.667 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 21/.611 451/328 .279/.341/.389/.730 .903/.665 .742 84/1.046 21/2 5/

32.Buscher* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 28/25 .200/.286/.200/.486 .000/.547 .432 17/.437 0/0 0/

25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.500 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 149/86 .228/.269/.265/.534 .572/.505 .563 104/.546 8/1 0/

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 21/.633 10/1.500 1/2.000 17/.494 1/.000 2/1.500 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 21/.633 494/345 .277/.356/.439/.795 .932/.736 .707 100/.686 3/0 13/

41.Heintz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/20 .240/.296/.240/.536 .571/.522 .701 / 0/0 0/

48.Hunter G/S/vP 38/.602 14/.594 2/1.500 15/.354 3/.666 2/1.500 2/.000 3/1.667 3/.000 38/.602 517/367 .299/.342/.545/.887 .965/.855 .863 109/.968 14/7 26/

50.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 42/34 .128/.190/.205/.396 .375/.399 .237 14/.143 0/1 0/

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 13/.331 4/.500 3/.666 11/1.336 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 13/.331 366/301 .257/.315/.417/.732 .656/.748 .743 53/.945 3/0 10/

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 28/.726 6/.833 ··· 11/.830 2/.000 3/1.334 ··· 3/.666 4/.833 28/.726 420/277 .294/.388/.419/.807 .643/.892 .937 99/.699 7/1 5/

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 39/.596 11/.586 1/.000 15/.553 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 5/.000 39/.596 539/355 .286/.351/.533/.884 .691/.986 .896 108/.641 1/0 29/

8.Punto# G/S/vP 18/.787 6/.733 ··· 11/.586 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 18/.787 450/300 .199/.290/.258/.548 .474/.591 .614 73/.395 15/6 1/

55.Redmond G/S/vP 8/.250 5/1.000 3/.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.250 273/181 .289/.344/.349/.694 .827/.629 .690 56/.751 0/0 1/

12.Tyner* G/S/vP 12/1.200 4/.500 2/.000 12/.350 3/.333 3/1.167 ··· 2/.000 ··· 12/1.200 258/204 .290/.339/.361/.700 .685/.703 .688 64/.666 7/3 1/

24.White G/S/vP 35/.206 8/1.125 5/.400 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/.206 74/51 .157/.203/.271/.474 .492/.466 .615 42/.532 0/0 2/

IP 108.1 62.0 51.2 173.2 28.0 17.0 15.1 47.0 47.1 108.1 TOTAL .267/.331/.397/.728 .724/.730 .742 95/25 100/

ERA-K/9

4.40/4.8

1.45/8.1

5.40/8.2

3.16/5.5

2.89/6.1

4.76/4.8

3.52/11.2

4.60/8.6

1.71/9.1

4.40/4.8

4.24/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Heintz (8-0-0)
Mauer (18-22-3)
Redmond (23-14-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 452/.258 224/.180 231/.289 710/.255 120/.223 71/.302 72/.317 211/.264 185/.187 452/.258 .269 Cuddyer
Hunter
Tyner
Kubel
White
Jones 0/0/109/16
0/126/0/5
30/11/18/3
73/0/0/2
11/0/0/0
2/0/1/0

OPS .702 .477 .754 .675 .668 .777 .816 .759 .532 .702 .739

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 233/.792 86/.554 115/.694 385/.742 61/.606 32/.861 28/.514 81/.681 74/.358 233/.792 .731

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 219/.610 138/.429 116/.815 325/.595 59/.731 39/.712 44/.994 130/.805 111/.642 219/.610 .743

Home 249/.711 100/.510 99/.682 351/.668 64/.843 / 48/.926 105/.784 101/.494 249/.711 .741

Last 28d days 136/.506 51/.541 52/.844 171/.607 35/1.009 71/.777 41/.882 21/.549 57/.526 136/.506

HR/SB/CS 10/9/3 4/2/3 6/7/2 14/11/5 2/1/1 1/0/1 1/0/1 4/3/2 4/1/1 10/9/3 125/74/33

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

Cleveland Indians Batters (5.01 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 26.Bonser
G/S/vB 30.Baker
G/S/vB 56.Cali*
G/S/vB 51.DePaula
G/S/vB 21.Garza
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 17.Neshek
G/S/vB 39.Rincon
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

29.Barfield G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 427/311 .243/.271/.325/.596 .555/.611 .594 40/.502 13/3 3/

1.Blake G/S/vP 5/1.200 13/.616 ··· 2/2.000 6/.367 10/.633 13/.641 4/.000 23/.919 557/391 .266/.341/.433/.774 .833/.750 .695 106/.651 3/4 15/

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 54/45 .286/.308/.429/.736 .778/.727 .500 54/.736 0/0 1/

25.Garko G/S/vP 3/.000 6/.500 ··· ··· 7/.762 3/.666 1/.000 5/.000 3/.666 420/289 .304/.371/.485/.857 .905/.835 .901 91/.726 0/1 14/

27.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.666 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 203/121 .305/.338/.390/.729 .663/.774 .736 29/.703 1/2 1/

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 191/114 .264/.314/.483/.797 .870/.746 .989 73/.687 7/0 9/

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 2/1.000 15/1.747 ··· 2/.000 8/.700 7/1.571 9/.347 3/.333 10/.800 528/335 .256/.380/.430/.810 .850/.787 .783 80/.712 1/1 18/

7.Lofton* G/S/vP 5/1.400 3/.667 ··· 2/.500 6/.900 2/.000 3/.000 2/.000 9/.888 463/368 .300/.373/.418/.792 .546/.854 .809 90/.682 22/6 7/

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 5/.800 15/.481 ··· 1/.000 9/.508 7/.453 8/.625 1/2.000 12/.350 528/337 .304/.373/.510/.883 .865/.893 .879 108/.804 0/0 20/

8.Michaels G/S/vP 3/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 2/.000 3/.000 4/1.500 251/118 .262/.312/.406/.718 .794/.636 .762 37/.596 2/3 7/

33.Nixon* G/S/vP 5/1.200 3/.666 ··· ··· 8/.900 4/1.417 3/.000 ··· 5/.400 334/280 .259/.347/.348/.696 .594/.715 .706 30/.678 0/0 3/

2.Peralta G/S/vP 5/1.400 17/.764 ··· 1/.000 5/1.200 11/.384 9/.708 5/.650 17/.782 537/396 .276/.341/.438/.780 .806/.771 .895 106/.650 3/3 18/

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 144/111 .267/.322/.466/.787 1.202/.676 .839 29/.517 0/0 5/

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 6/1.333 18/1.156 ··· 2/1.000 9/.708 9/1.556 14/.077 5/.400 11/.311 609/408 .279/.384/.472/.856 .816/.877 .925 119/.864 29/8 22/

IP 151.1 112.0 15.0 6.1 51.1 74.1 57.0 60.2 46.0 TOTAL .268/.342/.426/.768 .788/.759 .793 62/30 143/

ERA-K/9

4.76/7.1

4.42/6.1

4.20/6.0

9.95/4.3

3.16/7.2

2.06/6.1

1.74/9.2

2.52/10.1

6.07/8.0

4.10/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martinez (54-25-6)
Shoppach (20-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 666/.280 470/.282 67/.232 33/.346 220/.281 288/.207 222/.214 235/.161 215/.286 .264 Lofton
Michaels
Sizemore
Nixon
Blake
Gutierrez 24/81/0/7
65/1/24/4
0/128/0/3
0/0/82/3
0/0/7/2
7/6/58/1

OPS .793 .759 .715 1.062 .760 .561 .546 .525 .843 .742

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 348/.896 220/.821 32/.713 17/.567 109/.884 117/.559 104/.551 94/.519 102/.999 .781

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 318/.678 250/.705 35/.708 16/1.625 111/.645 171/.563 118/.540 141/.529 113/.705 .712

Road 302/.834 239/.766 38/.914 31/1.029 131/.667 132/.532 87/.560 109/.605 105/.903 .782

Last 28d days 134/.823 141/.823 36/.575 15/.343 112/.903 56/.719 32/.301 43/.769 41/.719

HR/SB/CS 21/9/6 13/8/4 1/0/0 2/0/0 5/0/3 5/5/2 2/3/0 6/1/1 8/2/1 148/49/36

Usage ····X··· ·X····X· ·ooo···X Xoo····· ··X····X X·X·X·oX ···o·o·· o··o·oX· ·oX···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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SP: Boof Bonser (25, RHP, 6-10, 4.76)

SP: Jake Westbrook (29, RHP, 4-7, 4.40)

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