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Game Preview: CLE @ MIN, 8:10pm, Monday, August 6, 2007 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

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Cleveland Indians, 62-49, 1st, ½ up

SP: Paul Byrd (36, RHP, 9-4, 4.43)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (9-4)            126   160  67  62  15  63 16    4.43      
 2006 (10-9)           179   232 120  97  38  88 26    4.88      
 2005 (12-11)          204.1 216  95  85  28 102 22    3.74      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  46.1  50  22  20  10  17  4    3.88   49 
 2007-08-01    TEX  ND   5.1  10   4   3   2   3  0     107   35 
 2007-07-27    MIN   W   7    10   4   3   2   1  1     101   42 
 2007-07-22    TEX   W   5.2   3   2   2   3   3  0      99   55 
 2007-07-17    CHW  ND   6     6   4   4   2   3  1      99   45 
 2007-07-08    TOR   L   8.1   4   1   1   0   2  0      96   73 
 2007-07-03    DET  ND   7     7   4   4   1   3  1     104   49 
 2007-06-28    OAK   W   7    10   3   3   0   2  1      97   47 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      3-1  34.1  38  18  14   7  15  4    3.67   50 
 2007-07-27    MIN   W   7    10   4   3   2   1  1     101   42 
 2007-05-15    MIN   W   7     7   5   5   0   7  2      91   50 
 2006-09-17    MIN   L   6     7   5   2   4   3  0     106   43 
 2006-08-17    MIN   W   9     7   2   2   0   3  1     100   68 
 2006-07-14    MIN  ND   5.1   7   2   2   1   1  0     102   46 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-22   Road:   25-27   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  42-32   vsLHP:  20-17   1-Run:  20-17
 vsEast: 16-14   vsCntrl:23-16   vsWest: 14-10 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
111 Sun, Aug  5  @MIN  L   0-1       62-49  1st  0.5 up
110 Sat, Aug  4  @MIN  L   2-3       62-48  1st  0.5 up
109 Fri, Aug  3  @MIN  W   5-2       62-47  1st  0.5 up
108 Thu, Aug  2   TEX  W   5-0       61-47  2nd  0.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  1   TEX  L   6-9 (10)  60-47  2nd  1.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 31   TEX  L   1-3       60-46  2nd  1.0 gb
105 Sun, Jul 29   MIN  L   1-4       60-45  2nd  0.5 gb
104 Sat, Jul 28   MIN  L   2-3       60-44  2nd  0.5 gb
103 Fri, Jul 27   MIN  W  10-4       60-43  2nd  0.5 gb
102 Thu, Jul 26   BOS  L   9-14      59-43  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Minnesota Twins, 57-53, 3rd, 4½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Carlos Silva (28, RHP, 9-11, 4.61)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (9-11)           136.2 158  74  70  29  55 13    4.61      
 2006 (11-15)          180.1 246 130 119  32  70 38    5.94      
 2005 (9-8)            188.1 212  83  72   9  71 25    3.44      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-3  44    52  33  29   9  17  7    5.93   41 
 2007-07-31    KCR   W   8     7   2   2   0   3  2     101   63 
 2007-07-25    TOR   L   5.1   8   6   5   2   1  0      90   29 
 2007-07-20    LAA   W   6.2  10   5   4   2   1  0      97   35 
 2007-07-14    OAK   W   6.2   2   3   3   2   4  0      90   60 
 2007-07-08    CHW   L   5    10   6   5   0   1  3      80   26 
 2007-07-03    NYY   L   5.1   9   6   5   1   2  1      84   29 
 2007-06-28    TOR   W   7     6   5   5   2   5  1     104   48 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      1-1  27.1  37  17  16   9  15  1    5.27   42 
 2007-05-16    CLE   L   6     7   5   5   3   2  0      95   37 
 2007-04-23    CLE  ND   5     7   3   3   2   6  1     103   45 
 2006-09-16    CLE   W   7     5   1   1   1   2  0      90   64 
 2006-08-16    CLE  ND   5     5   2   2   1   4  0      94   52 
 2006-07-21    CLE  ND   4.1  13   6   5   2   1  0     100   14 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-26   Road:   25-27   ExtrInn: 4-5 
 vsRHP:  41-36   vsLHP:  16-17   1-Run:  17-14
 vsEast: 13-17   vsCntrl:20-23   vsWest: 13-6  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Sun, Aug  5   CLE  W   1-0       57-53  3rd  4.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  4   CLE  W   3-2       56-53  3rd  5.5 gb
108 Fri, Aug  3   CLE  L   2-5       55-53  3rd  6.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  1   KCR  L   3-5 (10)  55-52  3rd  6.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 31   KCR  W   5-3       55-51  3rd  6.0 gb
105 Mon, Jul 30   KCR  W   3-1       54-51  3rd  7.0 gb
104 Sun, Jul 29  @CLE  W   4-1       53-51  3rd  7.0 gb
103 Sat, Jul 28  @CLE  W   3-2       52-51  3rd  8.0 gb
102 Fri, Jul 27  @CLE  L   4-10      51-51  3rd  9.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 25  @TOR  L   1-13      51-50  3rd  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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
Wed, May 16, 2007 CLE  7  MIN  1    W:C.C. Sabathia (6-1), L: Carlos Silva (2-4), S: none
Tue, May 15, 2007 CLE 15  MIN  7    W:Paul Byrd (3-1), L: Ramon Ortiz (3-4), S: none
Tue, Apr 24, 2007 CLE  5 @MIN  3    W:Fausto Carmona (1-1), L: Johan Santana (3-2), S: Joe Borowski (8)
Season Series: 2007 - CLE leads 7-4; 2006 - MIN won 11-8; 2005 - CLE won 10-9; All-Time - CLE leads 1040-904

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  5.93

TOR  4.66

WSN  3.94

RA/G

SDP  3.80

CLE  4.68

TBD  6.16

BA

M. Diaz  .347

J. Estrada  .289

R. Langerhans  .159

OBP

B. Bonds  .493

L. Gonzalez  .360

M. Olivo  .250

SLG

R. Braun  .664

P. Polanco  .463

N. Punto  .271

OPS

R. Braun  1.054

M. Cuddyer  .820

D. Navarro  .533

ERA

C. Young  1.82

A. Pettitte  3.97

M. Maroth  6.79

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.20

G. Meche  6.32

A. Cook  3.21

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Cleveland Indians Batters (5.14 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Silva
G/S/vB
56.Cali*
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
17.Neshek
G/S/vB
44.Ortiz
G/S/vB
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
39.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Barfield G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 10/.633 2/.000 2/.000 406/295 .248/.275/.324/.599 .541/.621 .604 78/.484 12/3 2/13
1.Blake G/S/vP 36/.917 ··· 9/.472 12/.523 3/.000 13/.770 10/1.025 23/.919 476/330 .267/.344/.456/.800 .869/.769 .921 98/.657 2/4 15/12
25.Garko G/S/vP 11/.788 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 5/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 353/237 .312/.380/.516/.896 .920/.883 .843 83/1.148 0/1 14/6
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 132/68 .298/.338/.521/.859 .998/.725 .661 59/.919 6/0 7/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 33/1.078 ··· 7/1.571 9/.347 2/.500 10/.650 16/.917 10/.800 468/290 .253/.382/.432/.814 .849/.792 .849 93/.677 1/1 17/0
7.Lofton* G/S/vP 12/.697 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 19/.728 4/.000 9/.888 395/306 .298/.374/.422/.796 .555/.865 .746 83/.719 21/5 7/3
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 29/1.483 ··· 6/.533 7/.714 1/2.000 5/.733 17/.371 12/.350 441/274 .304/.374/.519/.893 .872/.907 .911 93/.726 0/0 18/3
8.Michaels G/S/vP 10/.500 ··· 5/.400 2/.000 3/.000 3/2.000 5/.400 4/1.500 222/103 .271/.321/.429/.750 .820/.672 .717 41/.561 1/3 7/0
33.Nixon* G/S/vP 12/.916 ··· 4/1.417 3/.000 ··· 29/.445 5/.200 5/.400 314/261 .258/.350/.351/.701 .566/.728 .703 50/.872 0/0 3/3
2.Peralta G/S/vP 27/.576 ··· 10/.311 9/.708 4/.250 3/1.666 1/.000 17/.782 454/328 .275/.347/.444/.791 .816/.781 .592 91/.707 3/2 16/15
15.Rouse* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 76/65 .119/.200/.134/.334 .000/.395 .339 12/.258 1/1 0/3
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 119/89 .283/.347/.481/.828 1.141/.733 .777 20/.206 0/0 4/1
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 40/1.464 ··· 9/1.556 13/.083 4/.500 8/1.125 9/.444 10/.347 517/342 .281/.387/.473/.860 .813/.884 .794 105/.840 28/7 19/2
IP 136.2 6.2 63.1 51.0 52.2 86.2 26.1 37.2 TOTAL .269/.345/.432/.777 .798/.768 .749 56/27 130/72
ERA-K/9 4.61/3.6 5.40/4.0 1.71/6.3 1.94/9.0 2.05/10.4 5.09/4.3 3.76/6.8 6.21/8.4 4.11/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (48-21-3)
 Shoppach (17-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 580/.293 31/.286 242/.193 201/.234 200/.149 378/.295 121/.306 179/.301 .263  Lofton
 Michaels
 Nixon
 Blake
 Sizemore
 Gutierrez
7/81/0/6
57/1/21/3
0/0/77/3
0/0/7/2
0/109/0/1
7/5/42/0
OPS .763 .855 .526 .589 .482 .791 .791 .888 .740
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 298/.818 18/.862 97/.589 96/.573 82/.471 179/.808 72/.653 87/1.018 .769
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 282/.708 13/.840 145/.482 105/.604 118/.488 199/.777 49/.990 92/.769 .716
Home 296/.692 10/.422 139/.562 124/.571 110/.357 177/.673 65/.705 92/.877 .694
Last 28d days 109/.728 / 39/.660 50/.517 42/.615 36/.593 26/.739 33/1.244
HR/SB/CS 13/4/6 1/0/0 3/3/2 2/2/0 5/1/1 11/7/2 1/1/3 8/1/1 125/38/31
Usage ·····X·· ········ ·oo·X··· ·o···ooX ··X·o··o ·Xo····· ·oo·o··X ····X···
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Byrd
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
49.Mujica
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Bartlett G/S/vP 16/.192 10/.222 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/1.500 1/.000 387/281 .260/.328/.334/.662 .760/.625 .717 85/.684 20/1 3/19
32.Buscher* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 21/19 .263/.333/.263/.596 .000/.662 .658 21/.596 0/0 0/2
25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 61/33 .254/.267/.288/.555 .555/.554 .542 16/.688 4/0 0/4
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 18/.556 10/1.500 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 405/283 .289/.370/.450/.820 .880/.794 .906 36/1.097 3/0 10/2
48.Hunter G/S/vP 44/.353 14/.594 2/1.500 3/.666 1/.000 3/1.667 1/2.000 2/.000 427/307 .288/.333/.535/.868 1.016/.808 .926 76/.718 11/6 22/1
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 8/1.125 4/.500 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 322/266 .249/.305/.406/.711 .699/.714 .708 59/.737 3/0 9/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 23/.499 6/.833 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 4/.833 341/224 .303/.392/.442/.834 .664/.926 .706 87/.771 6/1 5/0
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 28/1.426 11/.586 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.500 4/.000 450/297 .289/.353/.557/.910 .672/1.037 .863 87/.773 1/0 28/3
8.Punto# G/S/vP 22/.606 6/.733 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 382/258 .208/.297/.271/.568 .494/.611 .504 60/.480 13/5 1/7
55.Redmond G/S/vP 19/.924 5/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 228/161 .275/.325/.341/.666 .838/.596 .677 26/.530 0/0 1/0
38.Rodriguez# G/S/vP 14/1.044 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/86 .190/.270/.270/.540 .361/.594 .569 7/.762 1/0 2/3
12.Tyner* G/S/vP 16/1.001 4/.500 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 216/175 .278/.330/.354/.684 .567/.710 .722 61/.807 7/3 1/1
24.White G/S/vP 21/.554 8/1.125 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 32/25 .138/.219/.172/.391 .143/.457 .297 21/.390 0/0 0/0
IP 126.0 51.2 42.2 21.1 10.1 43.0 9.2 36.0 TOTAL .266/.331/.397/.728 .714/.734 .724 83/21 87/57
ERA-K/9 4.43/4.5 1.39/8.2 4.85/7.8 1.69/7.6 3.48/11.4 4.60/8.8 8.38/6.5 2.00/10.0 4.36/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (14-18-2)
 Redmond (16-13-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 552/.305 185/.172 186/.281 87/.151 49/.275 194/.270 43/.300 144/.178 .272  Cuddyer
 Hunter
 Kubel
 Tyner
 White
0/0/88/15
0/105/0/3
67/0/0/2
19/8/18/0
3/0/0/0
OPS .800 .456 .699 .524 .762 .777 .851 .526 .745
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 276/.834 73/.557 92/.652 47/.585 20/.635 71/.687 18/.833 54/.291 .746
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 276/.768 112/.390 94/.747 40/.456 29/.837 123/.825 25/.862 90/.662 .744
Road 247/.703 97/.403 96/.782 44/.389 9/.222 100/.719 20/1.278 48/.577 .761
Last 28d days 110/.812 45/.564 40/.453 2/.500 49/.762 33/.875 7/.429 44/.425
HR/SB/CS 16/8/0 3/1/2 3/5/2 1/1/0 1/0/1 4/3/2 1/1/0 4/1/1 105/65/28
Usage ····X··· ··X·X··X ··X·o··· ··o····· ·X··XX·· ·o··o··· ···o·o·· ···Xo···

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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