CLE @ MIN, Wednesday, September 5, 2007 Game Preview

Cleveland Indians, 80-58, 1st, 7 up	SP: Fausto Carmona (23, RHP, 14-8, 3.31) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (14-8) 179.2 173 70 66 52 110 14 3.31 2006 (1-10) 74.2 88 46 45 31 58 9 5.42 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 49 42 20 18 16 32 4 3.31 56 2007-08-31 CHW ND 6 7 5 5 6 4 0 103 36 2007-08-26 KCR ND 6 10 3 3 1 2 0 90 41 2007-08-21 DET L 8 3 2 2 0 5 2 77 73 2007-08-15 DET W 8 4 2 1 2 10 0 104 76 2007-08-10 NYY L 7 8 4 4 1 2 1 97 46 2007-08-05 MIN L 7 5 1 1 5 5 0 114 63 2007-07-31 TEX L 7 5 3 2 1 4 1 97 60 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN 2-1 28.2 17 5 5 14 13 0 1.57 64 2007-08-05 MIN L 7 5 1 1 5 5 0 114 63 2007-05-17 MIN W 9 4 0 0 2 4 0 121 81 2007-04-24 MIN W 7.2 6 2 2 2 2 0 96 59 2006-09-15 MIN ND 5 2 2 2 5 2 0 91 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 44-27 Road: 36-31 ExtrInn: 9-6 vsRHP: 53-40 vsLHP: 27-18 1-Run: 25-20 vsEast: 18-18 vsCntrl:38-21 vsWest: 15-10 IL: 9-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 138 Tue, Sep 4 @MIN W 7-5 (11) 80-58 1st 7.0 up 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 Last 10: 9-1 Last 20:15-5 Last 30:19-11
Minnesota Twins, 69-70, 3rd, 11½ GB, 8 GB in WC	SP: Scott Baker (25, RHP, 8-6, 4.09) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (8-6) 121 125 56 55 25 85 13 4.09 2006 (5-8) 83.1 114 63 59 16 62 17 6.37 2005 (3-3) 53.2 48 21 20 14 32 5 3.35 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-2 49.2 45 14 13 10 33 4 2.36 60 2007-08-31 KCR W 9 1 0 0 1 9 0 111 93 2007-08-26 BAL W 6 7 3 2 1 0 0 93 47 2007-08-21 SEA L 6.2 14 3 3 1 2 2 101 35 2007-08-15 SEA ND 6.2 8 1 1 2 7 1 86 59 2007-08-10 LAA L 5.1 9 6 6 3 4 1 83 27 2007-08-05 CLE W 8 4 0 0 2 4 0 93 76 2007-07-30 KCR W 8 2 1 1 0 7 0 99 81 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE 2-3 29 36 14 14 9 17 4 4.34 47 2007-08-05 CLE W 8 4 0 0 2 4 0 93 76 2006-09-17 CLE W 6 6 1 1 2 3 0 100 57 2006-07-22 CLE L 5.1 9 6 6 1 4 1 90 29 2006-04-08 CLE L 4.1 9 3 3 1 4 1 88 36 2005-09-10 CLE L 5.1 8 4 4 3 2 2 90 35
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 37-34 Road: 32-36 ExtrInn: 5-6 vsRHP: 48-48 vsLHP: 21-22 1-Run: 19-19 vsEast: 17-17 vsCntrl:23-33 vsWest: 18-13 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 139 Tue, Sep 4 CLE L 5-7 (11) 69-70 3rd 11.5 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 Last 10: 3-7 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Sep 04, 2007 CLE 7 @MIN 5 (11) W:Rafael Betancourt (4-0), L: Julio DePaula (0-1), S: Joe Borowski (40) 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) Season Series: 2007 - CLE leads 13-4; 2006 - MIN won 11-8; 2005 - CLE won 10-9; All-Time - CLE leads 1046-904

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 5.86

BAL 4.64

WSN 3.96

RA/G

BOS 3.98

KCR 4.78

TBD 5.93

J. Keppinger .356

J. Tyner .293

J. LaRue .145

OBP

B. Bonds .481

J. Hermida .363

J. LaRue .241

SLG

R. Braun .644

A. Gonzalez .473

N. Punto .253

OPS

B. Bonds 1.055

C. Figgins .829

J. LaRue .518

ERA

J. Peavy 2.10

I. Snell 4.01

A. Eaton 6.28

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

G. Meche 6.37

S. Trachsel 2.94

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Cleveland Indians Batters (5.03 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Baker
G/S/vB 53.Blackburn
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

29.Barfield G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 429/311 .244/.272/.326/.598 .563/.611 .599 15/.800 13/3 3/13

1.Blake G/S/vP 13/.616 ··· ··· 3/2.000 10/.633 14/.594 4/.000 25/.925 584/409 .265/.338/.426/.763 .807/.745 .846 100/.616 3/4 15/13

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/.000 2/1.000 88/66 .316/.353/.481/.834 .955/.788 .856 88/.834 0/0 2/1

12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/47 .277/.314/.553/.867 .750/.877 .674 3/1.000 0/2 3/0

25.Garko G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.400 2/.000 7/.286 4/.500 455/310 .297/.365/.474/.839 .900/.811 .813 98/.675 0/1 15/7

27.Gomez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 213/123 .315/.346/.396/.742 .694/.778 .722 28/.821 1/2 1/3

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 4/.000 1/.000 3/1.000 4/.500 217/129 .269/.318/.492/.810 .894/.751 .581 77/.760 7/0 10/1

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 15/1.747 1/.000 2/no AB 3/.000 8/1.825 10/.856 3/.333 11/.712 564/352 .257/.379/.443/.822 .842/.810 .860 88/.817 1/1 21/0

58.Lara G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

7.Lofton* G/S/vP 3/.667 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 4/.917 4/.000 4/.000 9/.888 491/390 .302/.379/.424/.802 .567/.863 .796 90/.842 22/6 7/3

30.Marte G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 52/36 .180/.212/.300/.512 .500/.518 .424 / 0/0 1/4

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 15/.481 ··· 2/no AB 2/1.500 9/.347 9/.555 1/2.000 13/.322 559/350 .304/.374/.507/.881 .885/.879 .885 110/.871 0/0 21/4

8.Michaels G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 2/.000 3/.000 4/1.500 257/119 .264/.313/.404/.717 .794/.631 .672 33/.442 2/4 7/0

33.Nixon* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 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 17/.764 ··· ··· 1/.000 12/.444 10/.633 7/.486 18/.733 564/416 .268/.334/.423/.757 .780/.749 .654 102/.577 3/3 18/15

11.Rivas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 148/115 .274/.327/.489/.815 1.202/.715 .728 25/.880 0/0 6/2

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 18/1.156 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 9/1.556 15/.071 5/.400 14/.481 643/428 .274/.384/.466/.850 .796/.878 .787 117/.843 29/10 23/2

IP 121.0 1.0 18.2 12.2 77.0 60.1 65.0 50.2 TOTAL .269/.342/.427/.769 .790/.760 .747 62/33 152/78

ERA-K/9

4.09/6.3

0.00/0.0

4.34/6.3

7.11/2.8

2.34/6.1

1.94/9.3

2.77/9.6

5.51/7.5

4.13/6.7

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 499/.267 3/.333 89/.250 60/.313 302/.213 234/.211 253/.171 232/.282 .265 Lofton
Nixon
Sizemore
Michaels
Blake
Gutierrez
Francisco 32/82/0/7
0/0/84/4
0/136/0/4
67/1/24/4
0/0/7/2
8/6/65/2
12/0/3/0

OPS .720 .667 .754 .965 .590 .553 .551 .823 .745

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 234/.769 3/.667 43/.618 31/.867 125/.625 111/.593 102/.529 111/.960 .785

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 265/.677 / 46/.890 29/1.073 177/.564 123/.518 151/.565 121/.700 .712

Home 260/.678 3/.667 47/.594 29/.893 170/.634 147/.548 141/.503 121/.799 .711

Last 28d days 143/.739 3/.667 53/.682 42/.654 60/.852 33/.325 49/.831 48/.602

HR/SB/CS 13/8/4 0/0/0 1/0/0 3/0/0 6/5/2 3/3/0 7/1/1 8/2/1 160/49/38

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

Minnesota Twins Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 55.Carmona
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 49.Mujica
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Bartlett G/S/vP 13/.000 11/.200 2/2.500 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 3/2.000 2/1.500 1/.000 488/354 .275/.346/.380/.726 .859/.675 .699 97/1.001 21/3 5/24

32.Buscher* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 5/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 39/35 .235/.333/.324/.657 .250/.698 .485 15/.900 0/0 1/3

25.Casilla# G/S/vP 6/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 170/96 .244/.279/.288/.567 .720/.450 .515 102/.604 9/1 0/7

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 17/.494 13/1.616 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 3/1.167 2/1.000 2/.000 527/368 .278/.355/.435/.790 .869/.756 .868 114/.742 3/0 13/4

20.Ford G/S/vP 1/2.000 11/1.636 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 123/78 .232/.301/.366/.667 .758/.615 .673 / 3/0 3/1

41.Heintz G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 35/25 .233/.303/.233/.536 .400/.598 .343 8/.533 0/0 0/0

48.Hunter G/S/vP 15/.354 15/.553 4/.917 3/.666 1/.000 4/.000 4/1.250 1/2.000 3/.000 552/391 .288/.332/.526/.858 .907/.837 .866 118/.813 14/7 27/2

50.Jones* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 46/38 .186/.239/.256/.495 .375/.520 .595 18/.444 0/1 0/0

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 11/1.336 6/.533 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 386/318 .264/.325/.425/.750 .722/.756 .761 57/1.019 3/0 10/1

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 11/.830 7/.679 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 4/.833 421/278 .294/.387/.418/.805 .643/.889 .672 72/.708 7/1 5/1

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 15/.553 13/.490 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 3/.000 4/.583 2/1.500 7/.143 574/378 .282/.348/.517/.865 .707/.949 .850 117/.686 1/0 29/4

8.Punto# G/S/vP 11/.586 6/.733 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 471/314 .197/.285/.253/.538 .459/.583 .488 86/.396 15/6 1/9

55.Redmond G/S/vP 3/.333 7/.715 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 297/197 .295/.347/.354/.701 .853/.626 .719 69/.820 0/0 1/0

38.Rodriguez# G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 131/102 .220/.285/.305/.590 .468/.624 .676 16/.713 1/0 2/4

12.Tyner* G/S/vP 12/.350 5/1.000 4/1.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 285/223 .293/.342/.361/.703 .648/.717 .675 65/.810 8/3 1/1

24.White G/S/vP 2/.000 9/1.000 6/.333 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 93/60 .143/.215/.250/.465 .512/.439 .189 57/.481 0/0 2/0

IP 179.2 67.0 55.2 30.0 5.0 19.0 50.1 12.2 50.1 TOTAL .267/.332/.394/.726 .721/.728 .708 97/26 102/78

ERA-K/9

3.31/5.5

1.48/8.1

5.50/8.1

2.70/6.3

7.20/7.2

2.84/9.5

4.47/8.4

8.53/5.0

1.61/9.7

4.18/6.3

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 741/.256 242/.179 250/.296 127/.218 23/.300 84/.270 228/.278 57/.315 197/.187 .270 Cuddyer
Hunter
Tyner
Kubel
Ford
Jones
White 0/0/117/17
0/133/0/5
36/13/18/3
74/0/0/2
33/11/3/1
3/0/1/0
13/0/0/0

OPS .681 .485 .778 .654 .891 .708 .786 .944 .526 .737

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 402/.752 95/.547 126/.729 65/.616 9/.476 33/.429 90/.769 26/.849 78/.354 .737

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 339/.596 147/.444 124/.831 62/.693 14/1.121 51/.880 138/.796 31/1.022 119/.632 .737

Road 359/.682 132/.470 136/.797 56/.474 18/.833 33/.492 114/.767 20/1.278 88/.564 .732

Last 28d days 143/.671 57/.579 59/1.068 40/.916 5/1.100 35/.639 34/.834 14/1.214 53/.523

HR/SB/CS 14/12/5 4/2/3 7/7/2 2/1/1 0/2/0 1/0/1 5/4/2 3/1/0 4/1/1 128/79/36

Usage ····X··· X···o·XX X····XoX ····X··· ··X····· X·····o· X·X····· ········ ·X···X·o

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: Fausto Carmona (23, RHP, 14-8, 3.31)

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