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Game Preview: CLE @ MIN, 8:10pm, Tuesday, September 4, 2007 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

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Cleveland Indians, 79-58, 1st, 6 up

SP: Aaron Laffey (22, LHP, 2-1, 5.01)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (2-1)             23.1  26  13  13   5  13  2    5.01      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-1  23.1  26  13  13   5  13  2    5.01   47 
 2007-08-30    SEA  ND   6.1   7   4   4   0   4  1      82   47 
 2007-08-25    KCR   W   6     8   2   2   1   4  0      93   51 
 2007-08-09    CHW   W   5.2   5   4   4   3   4  1      95   44 
 2007-08-04    MIN   L   5.1   6   3   3   1   1  0      82   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      0-1   5.1   6   3   3   1   1  0    5.06   44 
 2007-08-04    MIN   L   5.1   6   3   3   1   1  0      82   44 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   44-27   Road:   35-31   ExtrInn: 8-6 
 vsRHP:  52-40   vsLHP:  27-18   1-Run:  25-20
 vsEast: 18-18   vsCntrl:37-21   vsWest: 15-10 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Mon, Sep  3  @MIN  W   5-0       79-58  1st  6.0 up
136 Sun, Sep  2   CHW  L   0-8       78-58  1st  5.5 up
135 Sat, Sep  1   CHW  W   7-0       78-57  1st  5.5 up
134 Fri, Aug 31   CHW  W   8-5       77-57  1st  5.5 up
133 Thu, Aug 30   SEA  W   6-5       76-57  1st  4.5 up
132 Wed, Aug 29   MIN  W   4-3       75-57  1st  4.5 up
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
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Minnesota Twins, 69-69, 3rd, 10½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Kevin Slowey (23, RHP, 3-0, 5.84)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (3-0)             37    53  27  24   9  19 13    5.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-0  37    53  27  24   9  19 13    5.84   40 
 2007-07-05    NYY  ND   3.2   8   5   5   2   2  2      91   25 
 2007-06-30    DET   W   6     9   4   4   1   2  2      91   39 
 2007-06-25    TOR  ND   5     6   5   4   0   5  2      91   42 
 2007-06-17    MIL  ND   5.1   8   4   4   4   4  3      97   36 
 2007-06-12    ATL   W   6     7   3   2   0   1  2      79   49 
 2007-06-06    LAA   W   5    10   5   4   0   2  1      87   31 
 2007-06-01    OAK  ND   6     5   1   1   2   3  1      99   59 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE    Has never faced CLE.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-33   Road:   32-36   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  48-48   vsLHP:  21-21   1-Run:  19-19
 vsEast: 17-17   vsCntrl:23-32   vsWest: 18-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
138 Mon, Sep  3   CLE  L   0-5       69-69  3rd 10.5 gb
137 Sun, Sep  2   KCR  L   1-8       69-68  3rd  9.5 gb
136 Sat, Sep  1   KCR  W   6-4       69-67  3rd  9.5 gb
135 Fri, Aug 31   KCR  W   5-0       68-67  3rd  9.5 gb
134 Fri, Aug 31   KCR  L   4-9       67-67  3rd  9.5 gb
133 Wed, Aug 29  @CLE  L   3-4       67-66  3rd  8.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 03, 2007 CLE  5 @MIN  0    W:C.C. Sabathia (16-7), L: Johan Santana (14-11), S: none
Wed, Aug 29, 2007 CLE  4  MIN  3    W:C.C. Sabathia (15-7), L: Johan Santana (14-10), S: Joe Borowski (39)
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)
Season Series: 2007 - CLE leads 12-4; 2006 - MIN won 11-8; 2005 - CLE won 10-9; All-Time - CLE leads 1045-904

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  5.85

BAL  4.59

WSN  3.95

RA/G

BOS  3.94

KCR  4.77

TBD  5.91

BA

J. Keppinger  .361

M. Lamb  .292

J. LaRue  .140

OBP

B. Bonds  .483

J. Varitek  .361

J. LaRue  .234

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .635

C. Young  .470

N. Punto  .256

OPS

B. Bonds  1.058

M. Lamb  .827

J. LaRue  .507

ERA

J. Peavy  2.10

C. Gaudin  4.06

A. Eaton  6.28

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

M. Belisle  6.37

S. Trachsel  2.88

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Cleveland Indians Batters (5.01 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 24.Slowey
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/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Barfield G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 429/311 .244/.272/.326/.598 .563/.611 .599 23/.581 13/3 3/13
1.Blake G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 10/.633 13/.641 4/.000 23/.919 575/403 .265/.337/.427/.765 .813/.744 .851 99/.603 3/4 15/12
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 77/58 .304/.338/.478/.816 1.000/.747 .828 77/.816 0/0 2/1
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/47 .273/.313/.545/.858 .000/.877 .634 / 0/2 3/0
25.Garko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 6/.334 4/.500 445/303 .297/.366/.471/.837 .866/.824 .808 92/.616 0/1 15/7
27.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 210/123 .314/.346/.397/.743 .695/.778 .724 25/.840 1/2 1/3
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.666 208/123 .279/.327/.511/.837 .920/.779 .620 76/.799 7/0 10/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 7/1.571 9/.347 3/.333 11/.712 553/345 .256/.379/.430/.809 .853/.783 .835 85/.784 1/1 19/0
7.Lofton* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 9/.888 481/383 .299/.376/.416/.792 .550/.854 .775 86/.774 22/6 7/3
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 7/.453 8/.625 1/2.000 13/.322 549/344 .304/.373/.508/.882 .885/.879 .886 108/.834 0/0 21/4
8.Michaels G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 2/.000 3/.000 4/1.500 257/119 .264/.313/.404/.717 .794/.631 .672 35/.507 2/4 7/0
33.Nixon* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/1.417 3/.000 ··· 5/.400 341/287 .257/.346/.345/.691 .594/.709 .684 27/.576 0/0 3/3
2.Peralta G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 11/.384 9/.708 6/.583 17/.782 558/410 .271/.336/.428/.763 .780/.758 .664 104/.646 3/3 18/15
11.Rivas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 148/115 .274/.327/.489/.815 1.202/.715 .728 29/.759 0/0 6/2
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 9/1.556 14/.077 5/.400 12/.282 636/421 .276/.385/.467/.853 .796/.882 .790 119/.823 29/10 23/2
IP 37.0 18.2 11.2 76.0 58.1 63.2 50.0 TOTAL .268/.342/.426/.768 .790/.759 .744 62/33 149/77
ERA-K/9 5.84/4.6 4.34/6.3 6.17/3.1 2.25/6.2 1.70/9.3 2.83/9.6 5.58/7.6 4.12/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (59-27-6)
 Shoppach (20-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 174/.323 87/.250 53/.289 292/.212 226/.210 249/.174 225/.277 .265  Lofton
 Nixon
 Michaels
 Sizemore
 Blake
 Gutierrez
 Francisco
30/81/0/7
0/0/84/4
67/1/24/4
0/134/0/3
0/0/7/2
7/6/63/1
12/0/2/0
OPS .984 .740 .907 .580 .536 .561 .817 .743
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 91/.957 42/.602 27/.725 119/.593 106/.540 101/.535 108/.938 .779
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 83/1.012 45/.878 26/1.098 173/.570 120/.531 148/.577 117/.707 .714
Home 75/.976 45/.564 22/.739 160/.619 139/.520 137/.519 114/.786 .707
Last 28d days / 56/.666 35/.532 50/.842 25/.083 49/.874 46/.535
HR/SB/CS 13/0/0 1/0/0 3/0/0 6/5/2 2/3/0 7/1/1 8/2/1 157/49/38
Usage ········ ·X·X··o· ·X·X···X ···o···X ··X····· ·Xo···oo ··X··X··
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.49 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Laffey*
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
47.Borowski
G/S/vB
46.Fultz*
G/S/vB
44.Koplove
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
40.Mastny
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Bartlett G/S/vP 3/1.667 10/.222 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 478/350 .277/.347/.385/.732 .890/.674 .710 91/1.036 21/3 5/24
32.Buscher* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 38/34 .242/.342/.333/.675 .250/.720 .510 17/.782 0/0 1/3
25.Casilla# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 161/94 .230/.268/.270/.538 .646/.460 .453 100/.526 9/1 0/7
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 2/1.500 12/1.584 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 518/365 .279/.357/.440/.797 .906/.751 .885 113/.712 3/0 13/4
41.Heintz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/23 .231/.310/.231/.541 .500/.556 .282 4/.500 0/0 0/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 2/1.500 14/.594 3/1.333 3/.666 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.667 3/.000 542/387 .294/.336/.536/.872 .933/.846 .895 115/.885 14/7 27/2
50.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 46/38 .186/.239/.256/.495 .375/.520 .595 18/.444 0/1 0/0
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 381/315 .262/.321/.419/.740 .646/.759 .742 59/.897 3/0 10/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/1.334 6/.833 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 4/.833 420/277 .294/.388/.419/.807 .643/.892 .675 79/.685 7/1 5/1
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 2/.000 12/.533 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 3/.000 6/.000 565/375 .278/.343/.514/.857 .676/.951 .833 115/.647 1/0 29/4
8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· 6/.733 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 467/313 .199/.288/.256/.543 .469/.585 .496 85/.427 15/6 1/9
55.Redmond G/S/vP 2/.000 7/.715 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 293/197 .296/.348/.356/.704 .869/.626 .725 65/.841 0/0 1/0
38.Rodriguez# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 127/100 .202/.270/.289/.559 .347/.616 .600 15/.695 1/0 2/3
12.Tyner* G/S/vP 3/1.167 4/.500 4/1.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 281/222 .293/.343/.359/.702 .683/.707 .672 65/.762 8/3 1/1
24.White G/S/vP ··· 9/1.000 6/.333 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 85/58 .156/.224/.273/.496 .634/.433 .207 53/.560 0/0 2/0
IP 23.1 65.0 54.2 30.0 5.0 16.1 49.0 50.1 TOTAL .267/.332/.395/.727 .723/.729 .711 97/26 102/77
ERA-K/9 5.01/5.0 1.52/8.2 5.60/8.1 2.70/6.3 7.20/7.2 3.31/10.5 4.59/8.6 1.61/9.7 4.21/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Heintz (8-0-1)
 Mauer (18-22-3)
 Redmond (23-16-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 96/.295 234/.176 246/.297 127/.218 23/.300 75/.303 220/.267 193/.190 .270  Cuddyer
 Hunter
 Tyner
 Kubel
 White
 Jones
0/0/115/16
0/131/0/5
34/13/18/3
74/0/0/2
12/0/0/0
3/0/1/0
OPS .786 .474 .783 .654 .891 .780 .770 .530 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 38/.770 90/.529 124/.741 65/.616 9/.476 29/.494 87/.747 77/.344 .734
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 58/.792 144/.439 122/.828 62/.693 14/1.121 46/.948 133/.785 116/.649 .742
Road 71/.777 124/.449 132/.807 56/.474 18/.833 24/.625 106/.734 84/.577 .735
Last 28d days 75/.767 49/.544 60/1.061 40/.916 5/1.100 26/.808 26/.724 49/.542
HR/SB/CS 2/0/1 4/2/3 7/7/2 2/1/1 0/2/0 1/0/1 5/4/2 4/1/1 128/79/36
Usage ····X··· ···o·XX· ····XoX· ···X···o ·X······ ·····o·o ·X······ ····X·oo

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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