Saturday, September 5, 2009 Game Previews

You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Game Previews > MIN @ CLE, Saturday, September 5, 2009

Game Preview: MIN @ CLE, 4:10pm, Saturday, September 5, 2009 @Jacobs Field

Twins, 67-67, 2nd, 6 GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Scott Baker (27, RHP, 12-7, 4.44)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (12-7)			160.0	152	80	79	31	131	23	4.44
2008 (11-4)			172.1	161	66	66	42	141	20	3.45
2007 (9-9)			143.2	162	70	68	29	102	15	4.26

Last 7 GS		4-0	45.2	37	15	15	5	35	4	2.96	60
2009-08-30	TEX	ND	7.0	6	3	3	1	6	1	98	58
2009-08-24	BAL	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	95	69
2009-08-19	@TEX	W	5.1	9	4	4	2	6	0	109	38
2009-08-14	CLE	W	9.0	2	0	0	0	5	0	94	88
2009-08-09	@DET	ND	4.1	9	6	6	0	3	2	72	24
2009-08-04	@CLE	W	7.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	109	74
2009-07-28	CHW	ND	6.0	4	1	1	0	6	1	115	66

Last 5 v.CLE		4-0	32.2	22	10	9	6	29	4	2.48	63
2009-08-14	CLE	W	9.0	2	0	0	0	5	0	94	88
2009-08-04	@CLE	W	7.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	109	74
2009-06-04	CLE	W	7.0	6	3	2	1	10	1	106	64
2008-09-17	@CLE	ND	4.2	6	4	4	1	5	2	103	40
2008-07-26	@CLE	W	5.0	5	3	3	3	5	1	97	47

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

 Home:   39-30   Road:   28-37   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  47-40   vsLHP:  20-27   1-Run:  20-18
 vsEast:  8-20   vsCntrl:29-22   vsWest: 18-19 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Fri, Sep  4  @CLE  L   2-5       67-67  2nd  6.0 gb
133 Wed, Sep  2   CHW  L   2-4       67-66  2nd  4.5 gb
132 Tue, Sep  1   CHW  W   4-3       67-65  2nd  3.5 gb
131 Mon, Aug 31   CHW  W   4-1       66-65  2nd  3.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 30   TEX  W   5-3       65-65  2nd  4.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 29   TEX  L   0-3       64-65  2nd  4.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 28   TEX  W   3-2       64-64  2nd  4.5 gb
127 Wed, Aug 26   BAL  L   1-5       63-64  2nd  4.5 gb
126 Tue, Aug 25   BAL  W   7-6       63-63  2nd  4.5 gb
125 Mon, Aug 24   BAL  W   2-1       62-63  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-15

Indians, 59-75, 4th, 14 GB, 19 GB in WC

SP: Justin Masterson (24, RHP, 4-6, 4.57)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-6)			100.1	102	56	51	42	91	9	4.57
2008 (6-5)			88.1	68	31	31	40	68	10	3.16

Last 7 GS		1-3	37.2	42	22	19	20	29	3	4.54	46
2009-08-30	@BAL	L	5.2	8	5	4	4	6	1	99	37
2009-08-25	@KCR	L	6.0	7	4	4	2	4	1	98	44
2009-08-20	LAA	W	6.1	3	1	0	4	3	0	110	64
2009-08-14	@MIN	L	3.1	6	7	6	5	3	0	83	20
2009-08-08	@CHW	ND	4.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	61	53
2009-05-17	@SEA	ND	6.1	9	2	2	0	6	1	93	53
2009-05-12	@LAA	ND	6.0	5	2	2	4	3	0	105	53

Last 5 v.MIN		0-1	3.1	6	7	6	5	3	0	16.20	20
2009-08-14	@MIN	L	3.1	6	7	6	5	3	0	83	20

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

 Home:   29-35   Road:   30-40   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  42-58   vsLHP:  17-17   1-Run:  18-16
 vsEast: 16-17   vsCntrl:27-31   vsWest: 11-14 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Fri, Sep  4   MIN  W   5-2       59-75  4th 14.0 gb
133 Thu, Sep  3  @DET  L   3-4 (10)  58-75  4th 14.0 gb
132 Wed, Sep  2  @DET  L   2-4       58-74  4th 13.0 gb
131 Tue, Sep  1  @DET  L   5-8       58-73  4th 12.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 30  @BAL  L   2-5       58-72  4th 11.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 29  @BAL  W   5-3       58-71  4th 10.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 28  @BAL  L   4-13      57-71  4th 11.5 gb
127 Thu, Aug 27  @BAL  W   5-4       57-70  4th 10.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 26  @KCR  W   4-2       56-70  4th 11.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 25  @KCR  L   2-6       55-70  4th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 16, 2009 CLE  7 @MIN  4        W:Aaron Laffey (7-3), L: Nick Blackburn (8-8), S: none
Sat, Aug 15, 2009 CLE  7 @MIN  3        W:David Huff (7-6), L: Anthony Swarzak (3-6), S: none
Fri, Aug 14, 2009 MIN 11  CLE  0        W:Scott Baker (10-7), L: Justin Masterson (3-4), S: none
Thu, Aug 06, 2009 CLE  2  MIN  1        W:Tony Sipp (2-0), L: Nick Blackburn (8-6), S: Kerry Wood (15)
Wed, Aug 05, 2009 CLE  8  MIN  1        W:Aaron Laffey (5-3), L: Francisco Liriano (4-11), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2009 - CLE leads 7-6; 2008 - MIN won 10-8; 2007 - CLE won 14-4; All-Time - CLE leads 1062-920

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

NYY 5.77

ATL 4.55

SDP 3.91

RA/G

SFG 3.72

NYM 4.69

WSN 5.42

J. Mauer .367

F. Gutierrez .289

A. Miles .174

OBP

A. Pujols .441

C. Gonzalez .363

A. Miles .217

SLG

A. Pujols .667

S. Choo .476

A. Miles .235

OPS

A. Pujols 1.108

K. Fukudome .838

A. Miles .451

ERA

C. Carpenter 2.28

J. Lackey 3.92

B. Penny 5.28

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.47

R. Wolf 6.89

J. Lannan 3.73

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Twins Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 63.Masterson
G/S/vB 55.Carmona
G/S/vB 59.Carrasco
G/S/vB 58.Huff*
G/S/vB 32.Laffey*
G/S/vB 50.Lewis
G/S/vB 16.Ohka
G/S/vB 54.Perez
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 49.Sipp*
G/S/vB 38.Smith
G/S/vB 45.Sowers*
G/S/vB 40.Todd
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

32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· 8/1.625 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/no AB 144/127 .225/.347/.308/.656 .710/.648 .633 1/.000 0/0 2/0

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 8/.393 9/.833 ··· 9/1.111 16/1.000 5/.400 3/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 3/.000 ··· 15/.971 ··· 4/.750 14/.297 577/405 .274/.310/.365/.675 .647/.686 .678 101/.509 13/4 5/20

25.Casilla# G/S/vP 2/2.000 14/.357 ··· 4/1.250 11/.000 6/.334 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 1/no AB 1/.000 7/.715 ··· 1/.000 ··· 242/167 .196/.279/.252/.532 .510/.547 .560 61/.757 10/0 0/5

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 4/1.167 26/.703 ··· 3/.666 15/.817 3/.000 6/.533 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 5/.400 10/.900 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· 525/386 .274/.341/.513/.854 .962/.815 .834 103/.892 5/1 24/6

22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.715 12/.083 4/1.250 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 310/206 .238/.292/.351/.643 .654/.637 .743 45/.511 11/5 3/1

23.Harris G/S/vP 2/.000 4/1.250 ··· 3/.666 8/.000 4/.833 8/1.500 ··· 9/.444 ··· ··· 6/1.300 ··· 2/.500 3/.000 399/269 .268/.312/.371/.683 .765/.646 .521 57/.787 0/2 6/10

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 3/1.167 24/1.241 ··· 6/1.166 14/.671 9/.111 7/1.143 ··· 7/1.514 4/.500 ··· 9/.111 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 461/343 .306/.375/.536/.912 .636/1.010 .879 84/.856 1/1 22/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/1.167 18/.885 ··· 9/1.778 16/1.115 8/1.500 7/1.000 ··· 7/.762 4/2.417 ··· 12/.916 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 476/307 .367/.435/.612/1.046 .843/1.161 1.019 108/1.069 4/1 26/3

58.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 3/2.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 75/61 .362/.413/.420/.834 1.000/.797 1.170 2/2.000 0/0 0/2

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 3/.666 28/.871 ··· 9/1.306 20/.753 10/1.100 10/1.500 ··· 16/.621 5/.000 1/.000 15/.266 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 553/349 .286/.376/.537/.913 .906/.917 .897 75/.592 0/0 29/3

8.Punto# G/S/vP 1/.000 18/.656 ··· 2/.000 10/.633 6/.900 3/1.000 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 3/1.000 13/.616 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 332/237 .215/.315/.265/.580 .559/.581 .564 45/.706 9/2 1/7

55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 7/.143 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 15/.534 ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/1.000 6/.000 ··· 1/2.000 10/.425 136/89 .250/.316/.306/.623 .854/.502 .645 20/.739 0/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 4/2.000 10/.543 ··· 9/.819 9/.819 7/.286 4/1.250 1/.000 6/.000 3/.500 2/.000 6/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 545/382 .313/.397/.414/.811 .883/.781 .725 111/1.024 20/9 6/5

21.Young G/S/vP 3/.666 8/.750 ··· 8/.929 8/1.125 4/1.000 7/1.142 ··· 7/.143 2/.000 3/.000 6/.000 1/.000 6/.533 1/.000 309/206 .264/.288/.383/.671 .855/.578 .722 74/.798 2/3 8/3

IP 100.1 100.2 3.0 101.1 96.1 49.2 57.1 46.0 39.0 30.0 34.0 107.1 10.2 39.2 48.0 TOTAL .272/.342/.427/.768 .773/.766 .751 .797 69/24 144/70

ERA-K/9

4.57/8.2

6.08/5.5

18.00/9.0

6.57/4.4

3.36/4.6

4.89/8.3

5.97/3.8

3.33/11.0

7.15/6.2

3.30/10.8

3.44/7.9

4.78/3.7

10.13/8.4

6.35/6.1

4.31/10.3

5.02/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 442/.271 476/.278 19/.563 466/.321 411/.260 214/.253 249/.281 191/.194 186/.327 119/.172 142/.236 440/.268 56/.408 178/.238 206/.240 .276

OPS .736 .816 1.882 .903 .689 .835 .878 .608 .893 .673 .707 .741 1.067 .789 .734 .786

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 233/.863 280/.956 7/2.457 169/1.010 123/.568 105/1.117 127/.841 62/.595 82/1.026 60/.612 34/.992 119/.735 27/1.375 77/.918 107/.707 .815

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 209/.597 196/.619 12/1.591 297/.843 288/.742 109/.581 122/.916 129/.613 104/.785 59/.735 108/.615 321/.743 29/.774 101/.687 99/.763 .766

Home 179/.612 249/.768 / 188/.918 178/.678 117/.697 138/.834 85/.686 82/.980 61/.519 88/.740 241/.741 28/.842 105/.648 100/.616

Last 28d days 118/.741 135/.809 19/1.882 97/.897 134/.747 34/.562 53/.991 36/.444 60/.699 34/.440 33/.636 101/.762 42/1.085 / 37/.624

HR/SB/CS 9/13/4 11/8/3 3/1/0 16/4/1 5/1/2 11/1/0 14/2/0 4/2/4 4/4/1 5/3/0 4/1/0 8/4/2 3/0/0 6/4/0 7/10/0 149/96/22

Usage ·····X·· ·X·····X ···X···· ········ ··X····· ···o···X ···X···· ·Xo···o· ·oo··XX· oo····Xo ······X· X·····X· ·····o·X o······· o·······

Indians Batters (4.99 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Baker
G/S/vB 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 44.Keppel
G/S/vB 37.Mahay*
G/S/vB 49.Manship
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 48.Pavano
G/S/vB 60.Rauch
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Brantley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/8 .400/.455/.400/.855 1.333/.661 11/.855 1/1 0/0

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 17/.584 18/1.056 4/.000 2/1.000 3/.667 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 487/339 .314/.364/.444/.808 .730/.848 .766 106/.803 16/4 5/9

11.Carroll G/S/vP 8/.750 11/.764 4/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 2/.000 3/1.334 17/.501 1/2.000 274/200 .289/.369/.360/.729 .859/.681 .582 64/.657 2/2 2/3

17.Choo* G/S/vP 18/.591 14/.286 4/1.167 2/1.000 6/.666 2/1.500 6/.367 1/.000 3/.000 7/.715 ··· ··· 576/395 .302/.396/.476/.871 .833/.889 .809 106/.852 18/2 14/7

8.Gimenez G/S/vP 9/.555 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.667 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 116/91 .158/.252/.267/.520 .423/.544 .303 27/.188 1/1 3/1

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 29/1.448 13/.558 8/.542 1/2.000 9/1.867 2/1.000 12/.555 2/.000 1/.000 13/.648 3/.666 4/.000 294/224 .273/.354/.492/.846 .812/.857 .885 68/.747 0/0 14/

7.LaPorta G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 102/75 .277/.314/.457/.771 .731/.785 .792 53/.936 2/0 3/1

25.Marte G/S/vP 9/.958 6/.533 5/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 101/83 .253/.307/.429/.736 .465/.793 .516 76/.788 0/0 4/1

2.Peralta G/S/vP 40/.712 16/.331 14/.559 1/no AB 23/.419 3/1.000 5/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 14/.690 ··· 1/.000 528/387 .274/.335/.408/.743 .732/.747 .665 99/.741 0/2 11/17

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 9/.476 6/2.500 7/2.457 ··· 7/.286 1/.000 2/3.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 283/223 .212/.342/.394/.736 1.122/.636 .533 58/.616 0/0 10/3

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 41/.768 23/.962 14/.901 1/.000 13/1.052 1/.000 9/1.694 1/no AB 4/.500 17/.063 ··· 2/.000 503/350 .248/.343/.445/.788 .712/.822 .758 107/.856 13/8 18/0

15.Toregas G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/33 .200/.250/.200/.450 1.143/.289 .367 32/.503 0/0 0/0

1.Valbuena* G/S/vP 9/.472 4/1.833 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 304/274 .239/.296/.414/.710 .614/.721 .663 89/.784 1/3 8/10

IP 160.0 168.2 38.1 54.1 64.1 40.0 42.1 12.0 51.1 53.1 162.2 57.1 TOTAL .267/.345/.427/.771 .803/.760 .720 .752 71/28 141/87

ERA-K/9

4.44/7.4

4.16/4.0

5.87/7.5

3.81/6.6

2.38/6.0

5.18/5.6

4.68/7.4

3.75/3.8

2.28/7.9

2.36/11.8

5.09/6.5

3.92/5.8

4.66/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 656/.246 730/.294 172/.272 230/.248 252/.206 174/.293 203/.313 53/.277 209/.214 212/.181 665/.291 246/.263 .273

OPS .701 .782 .786 .676 .579 .843 .923 .723 .635 .567 .790 .729 .766

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 331/.586 407/.837 73/1.059 75/.560 101/.453 90/.852 86/.783 27/.616 92/.450 105/.549 351/.728 121/.735 .759

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 325/.816 323/.713 99/.590 155/.733 151/.662 84/.834 117/1.033 26/.839 117/.783 107/.585 314/.858 125/.722 .772

Road 303/.776 380/.817 74/.839 88/.699 125/.511 99/.810 91/.943 15/1.038 100/.612 97/.696 370/.812 97/.701

Last 28d days 133/.644 110/.941 48/.573 100/.706 47/.835 62/.821 26/1.105 53/.723 49/.474 50/.852 131/.702 38/.851

HR/SB/CS 23/8/3 20/11/2 3/2/1 5/1/2 7/3/2 3/0/1 9/0/0 1/2/0 6/5/0 5/4/0 21/29/6 5/5/0 153/88/30

Usage ·····X·· ····X··· X··X··o· ··X····X ··oXo··X o······· o·····o· ···X···· ···oo·o· ··X·oX·X X·····X· ··oX·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.