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Minnesota Twins, 67-65, 3rd, 7½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Johan Santana (28, LHP, 14-9, 2.97)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (14-9)           182   146  66  60  40 198 27    2.97      
 2006 (19-6)           233.2 186  79  72  47 245 24    2.77      
 2005 (16-7)           231.2 180  77  74  45 238 22    2.87      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  46    42  22  20   8  58  9    3.91   58 
 2007-08-24    BAL   W   7     8   4   4   1   7  3     103   51 
 2007-08-19    TEX   W   8     2   0   0   0  17  0     112   95 
 2007-08-13    SEA  ND   7     7   3   3   0   4  0     107   55 
 2007-08-08    KCR   W   6     8   2   2   2   6  0      95   52 
 2007-08-03    CLE   L   6     6   5   3   2   8  1     113   50 
 2007-07-28    CLE  ND   7     4   2   2   1  12  1     114   72 
 2007-07-23    TOR   L   5     7   6   6   2   4  4      92   31 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      0-3  35    27  17  14   6  45  6    3.60   62 
 2007-08-03    CLE   L   6     6   5   3   2   8  1     113   50 
 2007-07-28    CLE  ND   7     4   2   2   1  12  1     114   72 
 2007-05-17    CLE   L   7     4   2   2   1  11  2     103   71 
 2007-04-24    CLE   L   7     6   4   4   1   7  1     109   55 
 2006-09-15    CLE  ND   8     7   4   3   1   7  1      96   60 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   35-30   Road:   32-35   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  46-46   vsLHP:  21-19   1-Run:  19-18
 vsEast: 17-17   vsCntrl:21-28   vsWest: 18-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Tue, Aug 28  @CLE  L   5-6       67-65  3rd  7.5 gb
131 Mon, Aug 27  @CLE  L   3-8       67-64  3rd  6.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 26  @BAL  W  11-3       67-63  3rd  5.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 25  @BAL  W   8-1       66-63  3rd  5.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 24  @BAL  W   7-4       65-63  3rd  5.5 gb
127 Thu, Aug 23  @BAL  W   5-2       64-63  3rd  6.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 22   SEA  W   8-4       63-63  3rd  6.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 21   SEA  L   2-7       62-63  3rd  6.5 gb
124 Mon, Aug 20   SEA  L   4-9       62-62  3rd  6.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 19   TEX  W   1-0       62-61  3rd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Cleveland Indians, 74-57, 1st, 3½ up

SP: C.C. Sabathia (26, LHP, 14-7, 3.38)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (14-7)           197   200  82  74  29 174 19    3.38      
 2006 (12-11)          192.2 182  83  69  44 172 17    3.22      
 2005 (15-10)          196.2 185  92  88  62 161 19    4.03      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  50.2  42  14  12   8  47  2    2.13   64 
 2007-08-24    KCR   L   8     5   2   2   2   6  0     119   68 
 2007-08-19    TBD  ND   8     5   2   2   0   6  2     102   70 
 2007-08-14    DET  ND   7     7   2   2   1   8  0      96   62 
 2007-08-08    CHW  ND   7     6   2   2   3   6  0     106   60 
 2007-08-03    MIN   W   6     8   2   2   2   3  0     107   49 
 2007-07-29    MIN   L   7.2   6   3   1   0  11  0     119   70 
 2007-07-24    BOS   L   7     5   1   1   0   7  0     106   70 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      2-3  32.1  35  17  10   8  26  1    2.78   53 
 2007-08-03    MIN   W   6     8   2   2   2   3  0     107   49 
 2007-07-29    MIN   L   7.2   6   3   1   0  11  0     119   70 
 2007-05-16    MIN   W   8     5   1   1   1   5  0     105   72 
 2006-09-16    MIN   L   7    10   3   3   1   3  1     115   47 
 2006-07-21    MIN   L   3.2   6   8   3   4   4  0      90   27 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   40-26   Road:   34-31   ExtrInn: 8-6 
 vsRHP:  51-39   vsLHP:  23-18   1-Run:  23-20
 vsEast: 18-18   vsCntrl:33-20   vsWest: 14-10 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Tue, Aug 28   MIN  W   6-5       74-57  1st  3.5 up
130 Mon, Aug 27   MIN  W   8-3       73-57  1st  2.5 up
129 Sun, Aug 26  @KCR  W   5-3 (11)  72-57  1st  2.5 up
128 Sat, Aug 25  @KCR  W   9-4       71-57  1st  2.5 up
127 Fri, Aug 24  @KCR  L   1-2       70-57  1st  1.5 up
126 Thu, Aug 23  @DET  W   3-1 (10)  70-56  1st  2.5 up
125 Wed, Aug 22  @DET  W  11-8       69-56  1st  1.5 up
124 Tue, Aug 21  @DET  L   1-2       68-56  1st  0.5 up
123 Sun, Aug 19  @TBD  L   3-4 (12)  68-55  1st  1.5 up
122 Sat, Aug 18  @TBD  W   8-1       68-54  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Fri, Aug 03, 2007 CLE  5 @MIN  2    W:C.C. Sabathia (14-6), L: Johan Santana (11-9), S: Joe Borowski (30)
Sun, Jul 29, 2007 MIN  4 @CLE  1    W:Dennys Reyes (2-1), L: C.C. Sabathia (13-6), S: Joe Nathan (22)
Sat, Jul 28, 2007 MIN  3 @CLE  2    W:Pat Neshek (6-1), L: Joe Borowski (2-4), S: Joe Nathan (21)
Fri, Jul 27, 2007 CLE 10  MIN  4    W:Paul Byrd (9-4), L: Boof Bonser (5-7), S: none
Thu, May 17, 2007 CLE  2  MIN  0    W:Fausto Carmona (5-1), L: Johan Santana (4-4), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - CLE leads 10-4; 2006 - MIN won 11-8; 2005 - CLE won 10-9; All-Time - CLE leads 1043-904

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 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  5.91

CHC  4.62

WSN  3.94

RA/G

BOS  3.94

KCR  4.82

TBD  5.96

BA

M. Ordonez  .359

A. Ethier  .292

R. Langerhans  .153

OBP

B. Bonds  .491

R. Spilborghs  .362

S. Thorman  .252

SLG

R. Braun  .643

R. Martin  .473

N. Punto  .256

OPS

B. Bonds  1.079

J. Guillen  .827

R. Langerhans  .535

ERA

C. Young  2.12

C. Wang  3.95

A. Eaton  6.23

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

M. Belisle  6.34

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 52.Sabathia*
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
47.Borowski
G/S/vB
46.Fultz*
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
40.Mastny
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Bartlett G/S/vP 25/.943 10/.222 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 456/333 .281/.344/.392/.737 .903/.674 .753 85/1.053 21/2 5/21
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 32/29 .276/.344/.379/.723 .000/.802 .908 21/.825 0/0 1/2
25.Casilla# G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 149/86 .228/.269/.265/.534 .572/.505 .563 101/.521 8/1 0/7
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 44/.643 11/1.364 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 498/349 .277/.355/.439/.795 .932/.736 .708 104/.688 3/0 13/4
41.Heintz G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/20 .240/.296/.240/.536 .571/.522 .701 / 0/0 0/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 63/1.011 14/.594 3/1.333 3/.666 2/.000 3/1.667 3/.000 522/372 .300/.343/.543/.886 .965/.854 .862 110/.950 14/7 26/1
50.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 42/34 .128/.190/.205/.396 .375/.399 .237 14/.143 0/1 0/0
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.400 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 370/305 .257/.314/.415/.729 .656/.744 .738 57/.911 3/0 10/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 19/.610 6/.833 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 4/.833 420/277 .294/.388/.419/.807 .643/.892 .937 95/.716 7/1 5/1
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 34/.610 11/.586 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 6/.000 544/359 .285/.349/.530/.879 .687/.980 .886 109/.654 1/0 29/4
8.Punto# G/S/vP 31/.474 6/.733 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 453/303 .198/.288/.256/.544 .474/.584 .605 76/.378 15/6 1/9
55.Redmond G/S/vP 23/1.256 6/.833 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 277/185 .285/.339/.344/.683 .827/.614 .667 56/.726 0/0 1/0
12.Tyner* G/S/vP 12/.781 4/.500 3/.666 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· 263/209 .300/.347/.370/.718 .685/.726 .721 65/.751 8/3 1/1
24.White G/S/vP 33/.933 8/1.125 6/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 75/52 .155/.200/.268/.468 .492/.456 .603 43/.519 0/0 2/0
IP 197.0 63.0 52.2 28.0 15.1 47.0 47.2 TOTAL .267/.332/.398/.730 .724/.732 .743 96/25 101/70
ERA-K/9 3.38/7.9 1.43/8.0 5.64/8.2 2.89/6.1 3.52/11.2 4.60/8.6 1.70/9.1 4.22/6.3

 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 804/.264 227/.177 237/.296 120/.223 72/.317 211/.264 186/.186 .270  Cuddyer
 Hunter
 Tyner
 Kubel
 White
 Jones
0/0/110/16
0/127/0/5
31/11/18/3
73/0/0/2
11/0/0/0
2/0/1/0
OPS .706 .471 .781 .668 .816 .759 .529 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 186/.580 87/.548 118/.738 61/.606 28/.514 81/.681 75/.353 .732
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 618/.744 140/.423 119/.825 59/.731 44/.994 130/.805 111/.642 .743
Home 467/.650 103/.495 105/.747 64/.843 48/.926 105/.784 102/.489 .742
Last 28d days 145/.658 54/.511 58/.947 35/1.009 35/.878 21/.549 58/.516
HR/SB/CS 19/7/9 4/2/3 7/7/2 2/1/1 1/0/1 4/3/2 4/1/1 126/75/33
Usage ····X··· X·X··oX· X·o··Xo· ·o·X···· ·o·o··X· ···X···· ooX··oX·
Cleveland Indians Batters (5.02 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.Santana*
G/S/vB
56.Cali*
G/S/vB
51.DePaula
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
17.Neshek
G/S/vB
39.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Barfield G/S/vP 10/.200 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 427/311 .243/.271/.325/.596 .555/.611 .594 37/.509 13/3 3/13
1.Blake G/S/vP 53/.781 ··· 2/2.000 10/.633 13/.641 4/.000 23/.919 560/394 .265/.339/.430/.770 .833/.744 .687 106/.631 3/4 15/12
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 58/48 .302/.321/.434/.755 .900/.723 .611 58/.755 0/0 1/0
25.Garko G/S/vP 17/.882 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 6/.334 3/.666 424/293 .303/.370/.483/.853 .905/.830 .893 91/.690 0/1 14/7
27.Gomez G/S/vP 10/1.450 ··· ··· 3/.666 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 203/121 .305/.338/.390/.729 .663/.774 .736 29/.703 1/2 1/3
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 12/.916 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 191/114 .264/.314/.483/.797 .870/.746 .989 73/.687 7/0 9/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 40/.859 1/no AB 2/.000 7/1.571 9/.347 3/.333 10/.800 532/338 .257/.381/.436/.817 .854/.796 .798 80/.801 1/1 19/0
7.Lofton* G/S/vP 12/.786 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 9/.888 467/372 .299/.372/.417/.789 .546/.850 .803 91/.698 22/6 7/3
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 47/.842 1/no AB 1/.000 7/.453 8/.625 1/2.000 12/.350 532/340 .304/.374/.509/.883 .868/.891 .878 108/.824 0/0 20/4
8.Michaels G/S/vP 22/.191 ··· ··· 5/.400 2/.000 3/.000 4/1.500 251/118 .262/.312/.406/.718 .794/.636 .762 36/.614 2/3 7/0
33.Nixon* G/S/vP 19/.579 ··· ··· 4/1.417 3/.000 ··· 5/.400 337/283 .256/.344/.345/.689 .594/.707 .693 30/.610 0/0 3/3
2.Peralta G/S/vP 30/.310 ··· 1/.000 11/.384 9/.708 6/.583 17/.782 541/400 .274/.339/.436/.775 .806/.764 .883 107/.634 3/3 18/15
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 144/111 .267/.322/.466/.787 1.202/.676 .839 29/.517 0/0 5/2
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 40/.906 1/.000 2/1.000 9/1.556 14/.077 5/.400 11/.311 613/411 .279/.385/.477/.862 .811/.887 .936 119/.906 29/8 23/2
IP 182.0 15.1 6.1 74.1 57.0 61.1 46.0 TOTAL .268/.341/.426/.767 .789/.758 .792 62/30 145/76
ERA-K/9 2.97/9.8 5.28/5.9 9.95/4.3 2.06/6.1 1.74/9.2 2.49/10.0 6.07/8.0 4.11/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (55-25-6)
 Shoppach (20-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 720/.218 71/.241 33/.346 288/.207 222/.214 238/.164 215/.286 .264  Lofton
 Michaels
 Nixon
 Sizemore
 Blake
 Gutierrez
25/81/0/7
65/1/24/4
0/0/83/4
0/129/0/3
0/0/7/2
7/6/59/1
OPS .659 .742 1.062 .561 .546 .529 .843 .742
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 183/.632 34/.711 17/.567 117/.559 104/.551 95/.513 102/.999 .782
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 537/.668 37/.766 16/1.625 171/.563 118/.540 143/.538 113/.705 .710
Road 392/.670 42/.945 31/1.029 132/.532 87/.560 112/.610 105/.903 .780
Last 28d days 134/.698 40/.633 15/.343 56/.719 28/.151 46/.773 41/.719
HR/SB/CS 27/5/4 1/0/0 2/0/0 5/5/2 2/3/0 6/1/1 8/2/1 150/49/36
Usage ····X··· o·ooo··· ·Xoo···· ·X·X·X·o ····o·o· oo··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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