MIN @ CLE, Tuesday, September 16, 2008 Game Preview

Minnesota Twins, 82-68, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1½ GB in WC	SP: Francisco Liriano (24, LHP, 5-3, 3.19) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-3) 62 52 25 22 25 51 4 3.19 2006 (12-3) 121 89 31 29 32 144 9 2.16 2005 (1-2) 23.2 19 15 15 7 33 4 5.70 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-0 45.2 34 12 9 9 39 4 1.77 63 2008-09-11 KCR ND 8 6 2 2 0 6 0 95 68 2008-09-05 DET W 7 5 2 2 1 9 2 99 67 2008-08-30 @OAK ND 7 5 1 1 0 6 1 99 69 2008-08-25 @SEA ND 6 5 1 1 1 3 0 96 60 2008-08-20 OAK W 5 5 1 0 3 5 0 107 57 2008-08-15 SEA W 7 2 2 0 2 5 0 98 72 2008-08-09 @KCR W 5.2 6 3 3 2 5 1 100 48 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE 2-2 21 16 9 8 14 24 3 3.43 54 2008-08-03 CLE W 6 3 0 0 3 5 0 96 68 2008-04-18 CLE L 5 4 3 3 5 3 0 86 45 2006-07-23 @CLE W 5 4 1 1 3 10 0 95 62 2006-07-13 CLE L 5 5 5 4 3 6 3 97 42
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 49-26 Road: 33-42 ExtrInn: 7-9 vsRHP: 54-48 vsLHP: 28-20 1-Run: 24-25 vsEast: 11-20 vsCntrl:39-25 vsWest: 18-19 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 150 Mon, Sep 15 @CLE L 1-3 82-68 2nd 1.5 gb 149 Sun, Sep 14 @BAL L 3-7 82-67 2nd 1.5 gb 148 Sat, Sep 13 @BAL W 12-6 82-66 1st Tied 147 Sat, Sep 13 @BAL W 12-2 81-66 1st Tied 146 Thu, Sep 11 KCR L 2-3 (10) 80-66 2nd 1.0 gb 145 Wed, Sep 10 KCR W 7-1 80-65 2nd 1.0 gb 144 Tue, Sep 9 KCR W 7-2 79-65 2nd 1.0 gb 143 Sun, Sep 7 DET L 5-7 78-65 2nd 2.5 gb 142 Sat, Sep 6 DET L 4-6 78-64 2nd 2.5 gb 141 Fri, Sep 5 DET W 10-2 78-63 2nd 1.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:15-15
Cleveland Indians, 73-77, 3rd, 10½ GB, 10½ GB in WC	SP: Zach Jackson (25, LHP, 0-3, 5.63) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-3) 40 51 27 25 7 21 4 5.63 2006 (2-2) 38.1 48 26 23 14 22 6 5.40 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-3 41.1 50 26 24 9 21 4 5.23 45 2008-09-11 @BAL L 6 8 5 4 2 2 0 92 38 2008-09-06 @KCR L 7 9 3 3 0 2 0 96 49 2008-08-31 SEA L 5 7 6 6 1 5 2 101 33 2008-08-25 @DET ND 6.1 7 3 3 0 6 2 96 53 2008-08-20 KCR ND 7 7 5 4 1 4 0 91 48 2008-08-14 BAL ND 5 8 3 3 1 1 0 97 39 2006-07-17 @SFG W 5 4 1 1 4 1 0 75 52 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN 0-1 5 7 8 7 3 2 1 12.60 22 2006-07-02 @MIN L 5 7 8 7 3 2 1 95 22
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 40-36 Road: 33-41 ExtrInn: 4-9 vsRHP: 55-56 vsLHP: 18-21 1-Run: 12-15 vsEast: 19-12 vsCntrl:29-35 vsWest: 19-18 IL: 6-12 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 150 Mon, Sep 15 MIN W 3-1 73-77 3rd 10.5 gb 149 Sun, Sep 14 KCR L 3-13 72-77 3rd 11.5 gb 148 Sat, Sep 13 KCR L 4-8 72-76 3rd 10.0 gb 147 Sat, Sep 13 KCR L 3-8 72-75 3rd 10.0 gb 146 Fri, Sep 12 KCR W 12-5 72-74 3rd 9.0 gb 145 Thu, Sep 11 @BAL L 3-6 71-74 3rd 9.5 gb 144 Wed, Sep 10 @BAL W 7-1 71-73 3rd 9.5 gb 143 Tue, Sep 9 @BAL W 6-1 70-73 3rd 9.5 gb 142 Mon, Sep 8 @BAL L 3-14 69-73 3rd 11.0 gb 141 Sun, Sep 7 @KCR W 3-1 69-72 3rd 10.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Mon, Sep 15, 2008 CLE 3 MIN 1 W:Scott Lewis (2-0), L: Kevin Slowey (12-10), S: Jensen Lewis (9) Sun, Aug 03, 2008 MIN 6 CLE 2 W:Francisco Liriano (1-3), L: Matt Ginter (1-3), S: none Sat, Aug 02, 2008 CLE 5 @MIN 1 W:Paul Byrd (6-10), L: Kevin Slowey (7-8), S: none Fri, Aug 01, 2008 MIN 4 CLE 1 W:Nick Blackburn (8-6), L: Jeremy Sowers (1-6), S: Joe Nathan (30) Sun, Jul 27, 2008 MIN 4 @CLE 2 W:Matt Guerrier (6-4), L: Rafael Perez (1-2), S: Joe Nathan (28) Sat, Jul 26, 2008 MIN 11 @CLE 4 W:Scott Baker (7-3), L: Fausto Carmona (4-3), S: none Fri, Jul 25, 2008 CLE 5 MIN 4 W:Cliff Lee (14-2), L: Livan Hernandez (10-7), S: Rafael Perez (1) Sun, Jul 06, 2008 MIN 4 CLE 3 W:Glen Perkins (5-2), L: Cliff Lee (11-2), S: Joe Nathan (25) Sat, Jul 05, 2008 MIN 9 CLE 6 W:Kevin Slowey (6-6), L: Tom Mastny (0-2), S: Joe Nathan (24) Fri, Jul 04, 2008 MIN 12 CLE 3 W:Livan Hernandez (9-5), L: Paul Byrd (3-10), S: none Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 10-6; 2007 - CLE won 14-4; 2006 - MIN won 11-8; All-Time - CLE leads 1053-914

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 2008 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

TEX 5.50

ATL 4.63

SDP 3.92

RA/G

TOR 3.83

NYY 4.59

TEX 5.91

R. Furcal .366

J. Dye .294

J. Towles .141

OBP

A. Pujols .465

D. Mientkiewicz .370

T. Pena .181

SLG

A. Pujols .650

F. Tatis .487

T. Pena .206

OPS

A. Pujols 1.115

B. Abreu .845

T. Pena .387

ERA

C. Lee 2.36

A. Cook 4.00

C. Silva 6.42

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.27

J. Lester 6.57

L. Hernandez 3.32

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Minnesota Twins Batters (5.13 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 57.Jackson*
G/S/vB 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB 58.Donnelly
G/S/vB 30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB 50.Lewis
G/S/vB 40.Mastny
G/S/vB 59.Meloan
G/S/vB 49.Mujica
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 34.Rincon
G/S/vB 56.Rundles*
G/S/vB 54.Slocum
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 224/183 .305/.344/.409/.753 .399/.835 .787 59/.799 0/2 4/

25.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 379/262 .290/.339/.388/.727 .650/.763 .666 106/.601 6/2 6/

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 3/1.167 15/1.400 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 3/1.167 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 264/195 .251/.322/.372/.694 .664/.704 .589 5/.400 5/1 3/

12.Everett G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 145/109 .203/.266/.309/.575 .696/.539 .568 15/.343 0/0 2/

22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 564/410 .253/.291/.347/.638 .693/.617 .599 83/.722 30/11 6/

23.Harris G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 8/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 461/309 .262/.323/.394/.717 .697/.727 .733 44/.739 1/1 7/

44.Jorgensen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 3/.666 9/.619 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 6/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 482/374 .277/.340/.463/.803 .688/.835 .757 86/.714 0/1 17/

27.Macri G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/11 .333/.371/.455/.826 .917/.586 .810 3/.000 1/1 1/

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· 7/.679 1/2.000 1/2.000 5/1.400 5/.650 ··· 2/1.500 5/.650 ··· ··· 1/2.000 574/398 .321/.408/.440/.849 .938/.806 .738 105/.730 1/1 9/

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 3/1.666 15/.421 2/.000 1/5.000 7/.715 5/.733 ··· 2/1.500 13/.608 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 655/430 .310/.383/.522/.905 .807/.959 .928 115/.951 0/1 23/

11.Pridie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .000/.333/.000/.333 /.000 .500 4/.333 0/0 0/

8.Punto# G/S/vP 3/.333 6/.733 1/no AB 1/2.000 4/.833 4/.500 ··· 3/.000 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 333/209 .287/.343/.397/.740 .762/.720 .712 104/.781 11/6 2/

55.Redmond G/S/vP 3/.666 9/.777 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· 133/64 .280/.316/.328/.644 .627/.661 .559 26/.679 0/0 0/

56.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 66/29 .283/.348/.367/.715 .745/.678 .621 40/.639 0/0 1/

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/2.000 347/238 .300/.382/.441/.823 .948/.768 .814 129/.781 17/7 6/

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 104/71 .274/.324/.400/.724 .646/.759 .704 14/1.262 6/1 0/

21.Young G/S/vP ··· 7/.453 ··· 1/3.000 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.167 3/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 573/406 .289/.334/.404/.738 .773/.723 .728 94/.759 14/4 9/

IP 40.0 65.0 10.0 55.2 58.1 17.0 1.0 33.2 73.0 52.0 3.0 2.0 TOTAL .279/.339/.410/.749 .728/.759 .725 .749 92/41 105/100

ERA-K/9

5.63/4.7

4.98/8.2

9.90/3.6

4.53/5.7

4.17/7.1

12.18/8.5

0.00/18.0

7.22/5.9

3.21/10.0

5.54/6.2

3.00/15.0

27.00/4.5

4.41/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Jorgensen (0-0-0)
Mauer (48-27-4)
Redmond (18-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 177/.305 279/.271 53/.378 244/.286 259/.270 89/.338 3/.000 150/.309 293/.217 236/.288 13/.250 15/.615 .272 Young
Gomez
Cuddyer
Span
Kubel
Pridie
Punto 139/0/0/10
0/138/0/8
0/1/58/7
0/18/72/6
17/0/32/2
2/0/2/0
0/3/0/0

OPS .782 .774 .986 .757 .779 1.026 .000 .883 .604 .819 .641 1.754 .747

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 49/.853 124/.727 22/.843 115/.820 136/.788 48/1.151 3/.000 67/.932 119/.531 104/.913 8/.393 8/1.214 .780

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 128/.755 155/.810 31/1.081 129/.700 123/.769 41/.892 / 83/.844 174/.652 132/.746 5/1.000 7/2.381 .725

Home 77/.815 164/.738 38/.803 148/.668 138/.759 35/.730 3/.000 81/.929 137/.578 137/.686 7/.762 / .715

Last 28d days 134/.785 54/.529 41/.915 27/.926 39/.782 19/1.143 3/.000 40/.849 41/.463 48/.633 13/.641 /

HR/SB/CS 4/1/0 11/10/1 2/1/0 8/2/0 7/1/1 5/1/0 0/0/0 5/0/0 7/2/3 8/5/1 0/0/0 2/0/0 155/63/25

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

Cleveland Indians Batters (4.85 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB 26.Bonser
G/S/vB 49.Breslow*
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 18.Guardado*
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 38.Humber
G/S/vB 41.Korecky
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 37.Reyes*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Aubrey* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/45 .214/.298/.357/.655 .000/.686 .462 17/.620 0/0 2/

29.Barfield G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 13/9 .077/.077/.077/.154 .000/.222 .000 7/.286 0/0 0/

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/1.000 381/292 .245/.337/.348/.685 .910/.627 .749 90/.832 4/3 5/

7.Carroll G/S/vP 6/.333 3/1.667 1/.000 2/.000 5/1.400 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/1.250 361/246 .274/.357/.345/.702 .626/.737 .853 65/.858 7/3 1/

17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 4/.500 325/257 .303/.394/.538/.932 .827/.961 1.051 94/1.234 4/3 11/

20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 7/.486 2/.000 4/.583 ··· ··· ··· 7/.286 4/.250 365/348 .242/.310/.413/.722 .059/.756 .628 53/.544 3/2 11/

44.Fasano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/36 .261/.340/.348/.687 .690/.682 .727 12/.258 0/0 0/

12.Francisco G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 2/3.000 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 460/343 .270/.331/.441/.772 .802/.762 .836 82/.576 4/3 14/

25.Garko G/S/vP 6/.533 6/.000 1/.000 7/.453 3/.666 7/.572 ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 1/.000 523/393 .254/.333/.367/.700 .781/.674 .726 95/.720 0/0 11/

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/2.000 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 410/278 .246/.300/.390/.691 .748/.664 .730 91/.853 7/3 8/

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 8/1.089 5/1.400 ··· 6/.750 8/.250 8/1.825 ··· ··· ··· 11/.773 18/.801 206/155 .213/.317/.333/.650 .679/.641 .638 18/.399 1/1 4/

15.Marte G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/.500 246/183 .218/.264/.316/.579 .791/.508 .531 67/.764 1/2 3/

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 11/.819 8/.750 ··· 12/.533 11/.697 10/.311 ··· ··· ··· 10/.500 19/.511 263/199 .269/.327/.336/.663 .813/.607 .739 46/.654 0/0 1/

2.Peralta G/S/vP 10/1.100 8/.821 1/.000 11/.606 8/.393 19/.330 ··· ··· ··· 11/.573 1/.000 608/464 .274/.322/.465/.787 .727/.805 .714 116/.664 3/1 21/

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 9/.500 4/.500 ··· 4/2.250 1/no AB 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.333 368/275 .272/.345/.544/.890 .988/.856 .899 86/1.153 0/0 21/

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 13/.496 11/1.727 2/.000 12/.667 8/.000 11/1.255 ··· ··· ··· 17/.063 15/.866 686/492 .271/.379/.510/.889 .765/.937 1.053 125/.871 38/5 31/

IP 62.0 109.1 43.0 58.1 53.2 70.2 4.1 13.1 2.1 61.0 42.0 TOTAL .261/.336/.422/.757 .765/.755 .782 .805 75/28 157/84

ERA-K/9

3.19/7.4

6.09/7.4

2.09/7.5

3.86/7.1

4.19/5.2

4.84/7.0

4.15/4.2

5.40/4.1

0.00/7.8

1.03/9.9

2.36/6.6

4.15/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Fasano (8-4-3)
Martinez (20-13-2)
Shoppach (35-8-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 260/.224 493/.280 171/.214 250/.261 218/.250 316/.277 17/.267 59/.302 8/.125 236/.183 172/.244 .275 Francisco
Gutierrez
Choo
Sizemore
Dellucci
Carroll 75/2/32/12
11/12/90/5
22/0/46/3
0/139/0/2
55/0/0/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .635 .768 .535 .758 .698 .785 .886 .826 .250 .526 .663 .751

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 64/.579 224/.862 79/.500 86/.758 86/.595 113/.728 5/2.100 28/.929 3/.667 118/.565 95/.551 .763

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 196/.653 269/.691 92/.564 164/.756 132/.764 203/.816 12/.432 31/.736 5/.000 118/.488 77/.803 .743

Road 109/.769 180/.875 88/.534 124/.883 98/.761 161/.826 17/.886 48/.801 8/.250 99/.635 88/.695 .804

Last 28d days 130/.582 49/.631 33/.450 34/.845 36/1.156 41/.755 17/.886 19/1.115 8/.250 33/.484 30/.828

HR/SB/CS 4/6/1 15/11/0 1/2/5 6/5/1 3/3/0 10/8/1 1/0/0 1/2/0 0/0/0 4/5/0 3/4/2 163/66/31

Usage ····X··· ··X··o·· o·X··o·· ····o·o· ··o····· o···o··· ·Xo····· o·X····· ·Xo····· ····o··· o·o·o·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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Game Preview: MIN @ CLE, 7:05pm, Tuesday, September 16, 2008 @Jacobs Field

SP: Francisco Liriano (24, LHP, 5-3, 3.19)

SP: Zach Jackson (25, LHP, 0-3, 5.63)

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