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Game Preview: MIN @ CLE, 12:05pm, Thursday, August 6, 2009 @Jacobs Field

Twins, 53-54, 3rd, 3½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Nick Blackburn (27, RHP, 8-5, 3.83)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (8-5)			138.2	160	67	59	30	58	14	3.83
2008 (11-11)			193.1	224	102	87	39	96	23	4.05
2007 (0-2)			11.2	19	12	10	2	8	2	7.71

Last 7 GS		2-3	45.1	68	30	27	5	19	7	5.36	41
2009-07-31	LAA	ND	6.2	12	4	4	0	4	1	106	38
2009-07-25	@LAA	L	3.2	6	6	6	1	0	1	70	24
2009-07-20	@OAK	ND	5.0	13	7	7	0	0	2	92	13
2009-07-10	CHW	W	7.0	9	4	4	1	3	0	99	45
2009-07-05	DET	W	9.0	7	2	1	1	6	1	109	72
2009-06-29	@KCR	L	6.0	10	3	2	1	4	2	103	45
2009-06-24	@MIL	L	8.0	11	4	3	1	2	0	97	47

Last 5 v.CLE		4-0	34.2	31	5	5	3	15	1	1.30	62
2009-04-24	@CLE	W	7.0	6	1	1	0	4	0	99	65
2008-08-01	CLE	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	93	62
2008-07-27	@CLE	ND	7.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	99	67
2008-06-11	@CLE	W	6.0	7	2	2	1	5	1	94	54
2008-04-19	CLE	W	7.2	8	0	0	0	1	0	102	64

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   31-23   Road:   22-31   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  35-33   vsLHP:  18-21   1-Run:  13-15
 vsEast:  6-19   vsCntrl:21-13   vsWest: 14-16 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Wed, Aug  5  @CLE  L   1-8       53-54  3rd  3.5 gb
106 Tue, Aug  4  @CLE  W  10-1       53-53  3rd  2.5 gb
105 Sun, Aug  2   LAA  L   4-13      52-53  3rd  3.0 gb
104 Sat, Aug  1   LAA  L   6-11      52-52  3rd  3.0 gb
103 Fri, Jul 31   LAA  L   5-11(11)  52-51  3rd  2.0 gb
102 Wed, Jul 29   CHW  W   3-2       52-50  2nd  2.0 gb
101 Tue, Jul 28   CHW  W   5-3       51-50  2nd  2.0 gb
100 Mon, Jul 27   CHW  W   4-3       50-50  3rd  3.0 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 26  @LAA  W  10-1       49-50  3rd  4.0 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 25  @LAA  L   5-11      48-50  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Indians, 45-62, 4th, 11½ GB, 17½ GB in WC

SP: Fausto Carmona (25, RHP, 2-6, 7.13)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-6)			65.2	73	57	52	45	37	9	7.13
2008 (8-7)			120.2	126	80	73	70	58	7	5.44
2007 (19-8)			215.0	199	78	73	61	137	16	3.06

Last 7 GS		1-3	30.1	34	32	28	28	16	4	8.31	36
2009-07-31	DET	ND	5.0	4	2	2	4	1	0	101	48
2009-06-04	@MIN	L	2.0	5	7	7	3	1	2	54	16
2009-05-30	NYY	L	4.0	8	7	4	3	2	2	81	23
2009-05-25	TBR	ND	1.1	3	5	5	5	3	0	62	26
2009-05-20	@KCR	ND	6.0	6	4	4	4	3	0	107	43
2009-05-14	@TBR	W	5.1	4	5	4	3	2	0	82	41
2009-05-09	DET	L	6.2	4	2	2	6	4	0	112	56

Last 5 v.MIN		1-4	24.2	33	24	23	15	18	4	8.39	37
2009-06-04	@MIN	L	2.0	5	7	7	3	1	2	54	16
2009-04-24	MIN	L	6.0	8	5	4	2	7	1	104	43
2008-07-26	MIN	L	2.1	7	9	9	3	1	1	69	5
2007-09-05	@MIN	W	7.1	8	2	2	2	4	0	105	56
2007-08-05	@MIN	L	7.0	5	1	1	5	5	0	114	63

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   23-30   Road:   22-32   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  29-48   vsLHP:  16-14   1-Run:  15-14
 vsEast: 14-15   vsCntrl:19-25   vsWest:  7-9  IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
107 Wed, Aug  5   MIN  W   8-1       45-62  4th 11.5 gb
106 Tue, Aug  4   MIN  L   1-10      44-62  4th 11.5 gb
105 Sun, Aug  2   DET  W  11-1       44-61  4th 11.0 gb
104 Sat, Aug  1   DET  L   3-4 (12)  43-61  4th 12.0 gb
103 Fri, Jul 31   DET  W   6-5 (13)  43-60  4th 11.0 gb
102 Wed, Jul 29  @LAA  L   3-9       42-60  4th 12.0 gb
101 Tue, Jul 28  @LAA  L   6-7       42-59  4th 11.0 gb
100 Mon, Jul 27  @LAA  W   8-6       42-58  4th 11.0 gb
 99 Sun, Jul 26  @SEA  W  12-3       41-58  4th 12.0 gb
 98 Sat, Jul 25  @SEA  W  10-3       40-58  4th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 04, 2009 MIN 10 @CLE  1        W:Scott Baker (9-7), L: David Huff (5-6), S: none
Thu, Jun 04, 2009 MIN 11  CLE  3        W:Scott Baker (3-6), L: Fausto Carmona (2-6), S: none
Wed, Jun 03, 2009 CLE 10 @MIN  1        W:Cliff Lee (3-6), L: Anthony Swarzak (1-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 02, 2009 MIN  4  CLE  3        W:Kevin Slowey (8-1), L: David Huff (0-2), S: Joe Nathan (10)
Sun, Apr 26, 2009 CLE  4  MIN  2        W:Aaron Laffey (2-0), L: Glen Perkins (1-2), S: Kerry Wood (4)
Sat, Apr 25, 2009 MIN  7 @CLE  1        W:Kevin Slowey (3-0), L: Carl Pavano (0-3), S: none
Fri, Apr 24, 2009 MIN  5 @CLE  1        W:Nick Blackburn (1-1), L: Fausto Carmona (1-3), S: none

Wed, Sep 17, 2008 CLE  6  MIN  4        W:Edward Mujica (3-2), L: Jose Mijares (0-1), S: Jensen Lewis (10)
Tue, Sep 16, 2008 CLE 12  MIN  9 (11)   W:Tom Mastny (2-2), L: Joe Nathan (0-2), S: none
Mon, Sep 15, 2008 CLE  3  MIN  1        W:Scott Lewis (2-0), L: Kevin Slowey (12-10), S: Jensen Lewis (9)
Season Series: 2009 - MIN leads 5-3; 2008 - MIN won 10-8; 2007 - CLE won 14-4; All-Time - CLE leads 1058-919

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 2009 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

LAA 5.71

FLA 4.54

SDP 3.72

RA/G

SFG 3.62

NYM 4.63

WSN 5.47

I. Suzuki .364

C. Counsell .292

A. Casilla .166

OBP

A. Pujols .443

C. Blake .363

R. Cedeno .219

SLG

A. Pujols .682

I. Suzuki .476

A. Casilla .204

OPS

A. Pujols 1.125

C. Blake .839

A. Casilla .464

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.10

N. Blackburn 3.83

T. Wellemeyer 5.67

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.97

J. Cueto 6.75

J. Lannan 3.66

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Twins Batters (4.88 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 55.Carmona
G/S/vB 58.Huff*
G/S/vB 32.Laffey*
G/S/vB 50.Lewis
G/S/vB 63.Masterson
G/S/vB 16.Ohka
G/S/vB 44.Pavano
G/S/vB 54.Perez
G/S/vB 49.Sipp*
G/S/vB 38.Smith
G/S/vB 45.Sowers*
G/S/vB 47.Veras
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/.333 6/1.000 9/.985 5/.400 5/.400 2/.000 34/.796 2/.000 ··· ··· 15/.971 4/.750 12/.350 462/327 .283/.322/.379/.701 .633/.727 .664 97/.993 11/4 5/15

25.Casilla# G/S/vP 11/.455 2/1.500 11/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 7/.715 1/.000 ··· 178/119 .166/.260/.204/.464 .368/.513 .481 57/.450 7/0 0/5

24.Crede G/S/vP 13/.658 3/.000 6/.334 3/.333 1/3.000 3/1.334 6/.833 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.600 ··· ··· 314/221 .234/.293/.437/.730 .586/.791 .719 48/.718 0/0 14/4

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 23/.504 ··· 10/.550 3/.000 2/3.000 5/.650 6/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 10/.900 2/.500 ··· 409/301 .269/.345/.500/.845 .957/.804 .734 81/.749 4/1 17/4

22.Gomez G/S/vP 1/.000 4/1.250 9/.111 4/1.250 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.000 ··· 257/166 .240/.296/.378/.674 .707/.656 .770 60/.936 10/5 3/1

23.Harris G/S/vP 4/1.250 3/.666 8/.000 4/.833 2/.000 8/1.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.300 2/.500 1/.000 336/219 .263/.304/.369/.672 .748/.632 .522 54/.662 0/1 5/7

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 21/1.424 6/1.166 8/.750 9/.111 1/.000 6/.500 6/1.166 ··· 2/.000 ··· 9/.111 ··· ··· 364/271 .304/.374/.552/.926 .594/1.043 .930 77/1.056 1/1 19/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 15/.933 6/2.000 9/1.667 8/1.500 1/.000 6/.833 3/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 12/.916 ··· ··· 355/226 .359/.428/.602/1.030 .838/1.142 .948 91/.788 1/1 18/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 25/.924 6/1.167 13/1.083 10/1.100 1/.000 9/1.681 6/.666 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 15/.266 1/.000 ··· 465/295 .309/.391/.589/.980 .968/.987 .949 95/.964 0/0 28/1

8.Punto# G/S/vP 18/.656 2/.000 5/.900 6/.900 1/.000 3/1.000 8/.393 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 13/.616 3/.000 ··· 279/199 .210/.314/.258/.571 .594/.554 .573 71/.578 8/2 1/7

55.Redmond G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 15/.534 8/.542 ··· ··· 2/1.000 6/.000 1/2.000 9/.476 112/73 .255/.321/.304/.625 .932/.467 .639 21/.850 0/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 7/.629 6/1.267 2/2.000 7/.286 1/no AB 2/2.500 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 419/293 .288/.374/.383/.756 .937/.681 .639 95/.744 17/7 6/4

21.Young G/S/vP 8/.750 5/.800 6/.666 4/1.000 1/2.000 6/1.334 5/1.200 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 6/.000 6/.533 ··· 234/149 .261/.286/.338/.624 .684/.589 .713 35/.501 2/2 3/2

IP 65.2 80.2 65.1 41.2 75.0 45.1 125.2 35.0 17.2 24.1 70.2 38.2 37.0 TOTAL .268/.340/.425/.765 .772/.761 .734 .776 55/19 118/52

ERA-K/9

7.13/5.1

6.81/4.8

3.58/5.1

5.18/8.2

4.32/8.5

5.36/4.0

5.37/6.3

4.37/11.1

5.09/10.7

3.70/8.5

4.97/4.5

6.52/6.0

5.11/10.2

5.22/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 314/.278 369/.315 246/.264 180/.270 324/.267 196/.274 534/.299 152/.197 79/.194 107/.261 310/.267 178/.238 161/.239 .278

OPS .829 .904 .688 .882 .734 .846 .811 .653 .811 .740 .750 .789 .787 .795

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 180/1.013 130/1.068 68/.568 85/1.216 158/.856 105/.772 278/.739 51/.670 39/.664 27/.866 85/.665 77/.918 83/.763 .809

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 134/.589 239/.817 178/.734 95/.598 166/.620 91/.931 256/.887 101/.644 40/.958 80/.697 225/.783 101/.687 78/.812 .785

Home 142/.792 169/.886 89/.739 103/.736 152/.651 120/.805 241/.781 70/.719 43/.561 69/.753 187/.738 105/.648 87/.625

Last 28d days 23/.558 135/.991 74/.696 11/1.164 47/.709 71/.807 108/.881 27/.269 27/1.016 26/.838 54/.429 40/.844 39/.775

HR/SB/CS 9/5/3 13/4/1 2/1/0 10/1/0 7/9/4 10/2/0 19/20/6 4/2/3 4/2/0 2/0/0 7/4/1 6/4/0 7/9/0 124/85/18

Usage ·····X·· ·X······ X······X ·X·X···· ····X··X ·o···X·o ···X···· ·X···X·X ·X··oo·X ····oo·· ····X··· ····oX··

Indians Batters (5.15 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB 30.Baker
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 39.Dickey
G/S/vB 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 44.Keppel
G/S/vB 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 13/.846 13/.496 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/2.500 2/1.000 2/1.500 3/2.500 ··· 368/248 .299/.350/.444/.794 .702/.846 .721 102/.887 11/4 5/6

11.Carroll G/S/vP 9/.708 7/.858 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.333 2/.000 3/1.334 3/.500 3/1.334 202/147 .289/.382/.364/.746 .889/.693 .617 44/.866 1/2 1/1

17.Choo* G/S/vP 9/.222 15/.718 3/.333 5/1.267 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.833 4/1.750 2/1.000 457/304 .291/.400/.467/.868 .844/.880 .835 94/.739 15/1 13/5

26.Crowe# G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 92/71 .205/.267/.289/.556 .859/.493 .551 18/.889 2/0 0/1

8.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· 6/.834 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 81/61 .200/.288/.357/.645 .417/.723 .348 43/.508 0/1 3/1

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 9/.347 26/1.625 7/.629 6/.500 ··· 9/1.867 1/2.000 8/1.089 ··· 12/.705 3/1.167 ··· 219/160 .279/.370/.511/.880 .886/.878 .881 74/.747 0/0 11/

25.Marte G/S/vP 5/.400 6/1.500 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 ··· 17/16 .286/.412/.357/.769 /.732 .580 17/.769 0/0 0/0

2.Peralta G/S/vP 11/.282 37/.715 13/.608 5/.000 ··· 21/.462 1/3.000 12/.916 1/.000 13/.581 6/1.166 2/3.500 416/298 .277/.343/.411/.754 .769/.748 .677 95/.919 0/1 9/11

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 5/2.000 6/.750 6/2.433 1/no AB ··· 7/.286 ··· 11/.733 ··· 3/.000 4/.750 2/.000 217/169 .208/.340/.382/.722 1.009/.646 .565 38/.888 0/0 7/3

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 18/.827 37/.817 13/.731 1/no AB ··· 11/1.255 ··· 15/.424 3/.666 17/.063 9/.666 ··· 382/253 .227/.326/.433/.760 .715/.782 .710 91/.687 10/7 15/0

15.Toregas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/5 .200/.200/.200/.400 /.400 .400 5/.400 0/0 0/0

1.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 6/.733 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 212/190 .231/.288/.395/.683 .703/.680 .547 56/.801 1/2 5/6

IP 138.2 127.1 25.0 64.1 26.0 52.2 24.1 118.1 37.1 41.2 95.1 48.2 TOTAL .264/.347/.426/.773 .815/.758 .724 .805 56/22 119/63

ERA-K/9

3.83/3.8

4.59/7.5

7.20/6.8

4.62/5.9

5.19/4.5

2.05/6.1

5.18/4.4

5.63/8.1

2.65/7.7

1.51/11.2

5.95/4.2

4.25/5.0

4.61/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 594/.287 523/.248 118/.313 290/.285 111/.221 196/.181 107/.281 499/.273 157/.231 156/.159 418/.304 211/.272 .271

OPS .755 .715 .880 .807 .687 .529 .847 .824 .701 .447 .803 .726 .762

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 325/.809 265/.631 47/1.295 132/.703 33/.415 75/.364 58/.777 115/.656 65/.461 77/.523 96/.867 114/.780 .759

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 269/.689 258/.800 71/.614 158/.891 78/.805 121/.631 49/.933 384/.874 92/.876 79/.377 322/.785 97/.664 .765

Road 325/.825 253/.722 59/.865 132/.771 41/.746 93/.423 59/.741 296/.827 76/.742 74/.612 144/.915 98/.534

Last 28d days 106/1.014 129/.578 32/.827 62/.919 73/.708 49/.359 62/1.067 74/.968 46/.834 33/.409 111/1.037 70/.704

HR/SB/CS 14/7/2 20/5/2 3/1/1 8/5/1 4/0/1 6/2/1 3/0/1 18/12/8 5/5/0 2/3/0 13/7/0 4/1/1 126/65/25

Usage ·····X·· ·X······ ·o··oo·X o··oXo·· ···X···X X····X·o XX··Xo·· X······· o··X·o·· ·····X·X ···X···· ····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.