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Game Preview: CLE @ MIN, 4:10pm, Saturday, August 15, 2009 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Indians, 49-66, 4th, 12 GB, 17 GB in WC

SP: David Huff (24, LHP, 6-6, 6.72)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (6-6)			87.0	116	67	65	25	44	15	6.72

Last 7 GS		3-3	41.0	61	34	33	10	18	7	7.24	35
2009-08-09	@CHW	W	6.1	8	4	4	1	1	2	92	41
2009-08-04	MIN	L	4.2	11	7	7	1	4	1	94	17
2009-07-28	@LAA	L	7.0	8	5	5	3	0	0	111	38
2009-07-23	@TOR	W	7.2	8	4	4	1	4	2	103	50
2009-07-17	SEA	L	5.0	7	3	3	1	3	1	108	43
2009-07-09	@CHW	ND	4.1	11	8	7	2	2	1	99	11
2009-07-03	OAK	W	6.0	8	3	3	1	4	0	101	47

Last 5 v.MIN		0-2	9.2	20	11	11	1	9	2	10.24	28
2009-08-04	MIN	L	4.2	11	7	7	1	4	1	94	17
2009-06-02	@MIN	L	5.0	9	4	4	0	5	1	98	38

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

 Home:   25-32   Road:   24-34   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  32-52   vsLHP:  17-14   1-Run:  16-14
 vsEast: 14-15   vsCntrl:22-27   vsWest:  8-11 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Fri, Aug 14  @MIN  L   0-11      49-66  4th 12.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug 13   TEX  L   1-4       49-65  4th 11.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug 12   TEX  L   0-5       49-64  4th 10.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug 11   TEX  W   5-0       49-63  4th 10.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  9  @CHW  W   8-4       48-63  4th 11.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  8  @CHW  L   5-8       47-63  4th 11.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  7  @CHW  W   6-2       47-62  4th 11.5 gb
108 Thu, Aug  6   MIN  W   2-1       46-62  4th 11.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Twins, 56-59, 3rd, 5 GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Anthony Swarzak (23, RHP, 3-5, 5.44)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-5)			49.2	60	32	30	17	28	6	5.44

Last 7 GS		2-3	32.2	41	23	21	11	19	3	5.79	43
2009-08-07	@DET	L	1.0	8	7	7	0	1	2	33	10
2009-08-01	LAA	L	3.0	9	6	4	0	1	0	62	22
2009-07-26	@LAA	W	6.2	4	1	1	3	4	1	122	63
2009-07-21	@OAK	ND	7.0	4	2	2	3	4	0	107	62
2009-07-08	NYY	L	4.1	8	4	4	1	0	0	91	30
2009-06-13	@CHC	W	7.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	100	74
2009-06-08	@OAK	ND	3.2	4	3	3	3	3	0	81	41

Last 5 v.CLE		0-1	4.0	9	6	6	0	3	1	13.50	23
2009-06-03	CLE	L	4.0	9	6	6	0	3	1	83	23

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

 Home:   33-25   Road:   23-34   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  38-37   vsLHP:  18-22   1-Run:  13-18
 vsEast:  6-19   vsCntrl:24-18   vsWest: 14-16 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Fri, Aug 14   CLE  W  11-0       56-59  3rd  5.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug 13   KCR  L   4-5       55-59  3rd  5.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug 12   KCR  W   7-1       55-58  3rd  4.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug 11   KCR  L   6-14      54-58  3rd  5.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  9  @DET  L   7-8       54-57  3rd  5.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  8  @DET  W  11-0       54-56  3rd  4.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  7  @DET  L   8-10      53-56  3rd  5.5 gb
108 Thu, Aug  6  @CLE  L   1-2       53-55  3rd  4.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
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)
Season Series: 2009 - MIN leads 6-4; 2008 - MIN won 10-8; 2007 - CLE won 14-4; All-Time - CLE leads 1059-920

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

LAA 5.70

OAK 4.61

SDP 3.86

RA/G

SFG 3.72

NYY 4.66

WSN 5.41

J. Mauer .370

M. Montero .291

A. Casilla .172

OBP

A. Pujols .447

E. Longoria .364

R. Cedeno .239

SLG

A. Pujols .686

B. Butler .475

A. Casilla .219

OPS

A. Pujols 1.133

M. Prado .837

A. Casilla .485

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.19

J. Blanton 3.88

J. Moyer 5.47

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.71

D. Davis 6.86

N. Blackburn 3.68

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Indians Batters (5.03 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB 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 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 48.Pavano
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 13/.496 16/1.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.667 ··· 6/2.100 2/1.000 2/1.500 ··· 403/273 .310/.360/.449/.809 .731/.854 .863 107/.912 15/4 5/6

11.Carroll G/S/vP 3/1.334 7/.858 9/.708 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 9/.444 2/.000 3/1.334 17/.501 219/158 .301/.394/.392/.786 .915/.736 .902 47/.997 1/2 2/1

17.Choo* G/S/vP 2/1.000 15/.718 12/.334 3/.333 ··· 6/.666 2/1.500 3/.666 2/.000 6/.833 ··· 492/329 .293/.400/.471/.871 .837/.888 .928 100/.902 17/1 13/5

26.Crowe# G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 121/93 .208/.271/.283/.554 .858/.480 .570 47/.695 4/0 0/2

8.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· 6/.834 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/no AB 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 98/74 .181/.289/.313/.602 .442/.653 .814 58/.492 1/1 3/1

48.Hafner* G/S/vP ··· 26/1.625 12/.606 7/.629 ··· 9/1.867 1/2.000 8/1.089 ··· 12/.705 3/.666 239/173 .278/.364/.493/.857 .810/.875 .816 70/.661 0/0 11/

25.Marte G/S/vP ··· 6/1.500 5/.400 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.650 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 35/27 .200/.314/.233/.548 .250/.625 .900 35/.548 0/0 0/0

2.Peralta G/S/vP 2/3.500 37/.715 14/.226 13/.608 ··· 23/.419 2/1.500 15/.734 1/.000 13/.581 ··· 451/323 .268/.334/.400/.734 .747/.728 .842 102/.857 0/1 9/13

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 2/.000 6/.750 5/2.000 6/2.433 ··· 7/.286 1/.000 14/.718 ··· 3/.000 ··· 237/183 .221/.349/.410/.759 1.191/.639 .926 45/1.012 0/0 9/3

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP ··· 37/.817 21/.802 13/.731 ··· 12/1.144 ··· 18/.603 4/.500 17/.063 ··· 418/279 .241/.332/.430/.762 .732/.777 .783 94/.699 10/8 15/0

15.Toregas G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/15 .214/.200/.214/.414 /.414 1.167 15/.414 0/0 0/0

1.Valbuena* G/S/vP 2/.000 6/.733 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 236/213 .241/.301/.412/.713 .806/.702 .825 65/.861 1/3 5/7

IP 49.2 140.2 146.2 29.0 32.1 56.1 29.2 125.1 40.2 43.2 139.2 TOTAL .265/.347/.425/.772 .819/.755 .824 .825 65/25 122/69

ERA-K/9

5.44/5.1

4.54/7.3

3.99/3.7

6.83/7.8

5.01/5.6

2.24/6.1

5.16/4.8

5.39/8.2

2.43/7.7

1.65/11.7

5.16/6.4

4.69/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 222/.297 546/.256 633/.292 137/.304 143/.242 215/.187 134/.301 550/.270 173/.228 165/.163 590/.290 .274

OPS .803 .735 .767 .870 .718 .539 .861 .805 .676 .474 .792 .768

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 119/.863 273/.640 352/.831 57/1.211 48/.503 85/.403 71/.845 132/.631 72/.460 81/.565 303/.728 .771

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 103/.736 273/.829 281/.687 80/.629 95/.831 130/.625 63/.881 418/.862 101/.833 84/.390 287/.856 .766

Home 113/.885 270/.709 282/.703 72/.884 83/.766 107/.616 59/.992 228/.771 91/.670 85/.290 270/.772

Last 28d days 81/.916 95/.681 115/1.065 51/.819 94/.699 55/.444 77/1.117 100/.798 47/.744 31/.587 136/.828

HR/SB/CS 6/1/1 22/6/2 14/9/2 3/1/1 5/0/1 6/2/1 3/0/1 19/12/9 5/5/0 2/3/0 20/21/6 133/69/26

Usage ·······X X····X·· ···X···· ·X·X···X ···X···X ··X··X·· ···X·X·· ··X····· ·o·X··o· ··X····X ·X····X·

Twins Batters (5.02 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Huff*
G/S/vB 55.Carmona
G/S/vB 32.Laffey*
G/S/vB 50.Lewis
G/S/vB 63.Masterson
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 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/1.000 9/.833 13/1.251 5/.400 5/.400 2/.000 2/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 15/.971 ··· 12/.350 500/354 .285/.320/.382/.702 .648/.723 .733 107/.842 11/4 5/16

25.Casilla# G/S/vP 2/1.500 14/.357 11/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 1/no AB 1/.000 7/.715 ··· ··· 193/129 .172/.266/.219/.485 .445/.509 .428 63/.558 8/0 0/5

24.Crede G/S/vP 3/.000 16/.732 9/.222 3/.333 1/3.000 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 5/.600 1/.000 ··· 330/234 .237/.297/.443/.740 .567/.812 .777 44/.710 0/0 15/4

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 26/.703 13/.581 3/.000 2/3.000 5/.650 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 10/.900 1/.000 ··· 445/327 .271/.342/.504/.845 .962/.803 .908 92/.776 5/1 19/5

22.Gomez G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/.000 12/.083 4/1.250 ··· 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 266/172 .238/.298/.371/.669 .683/.661 .590 54/.636 10/5 3/1

23.Harris G/S/vP 3/.666 4/1.250 8/.000 4/.833 2/.000 8/1.500 ··· 9/.444 ··· ··· 6/1.300 ··· 2/.000 348/229 .266/.307/.378/.685 .797/.627 .848 47/.566 0/1 6/8

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 6/1.166 24/1.241 11/.546 9/.111 1/.000 6/.500 ··· 7/1.514 3/.666 ··· 9/.111 1/2.000 ··· 396/296 .307/.376/.541/.917 .593/1.030 .910 89/.893 1/1 20/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 6/2.000 18/.885 13/1.415 8/1.500 1/.000 6/.833 ··· 6/.900 2/.500 ··· 12/.916 ··· ··· 391/251 .370/.437/.619/1.056 .820/1.189 1.142 101/1.071 1/1 21/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 6/1.167 28/.871 17/.812 10/1.100 1/.000 9/1.681 ··· 15/.517 3/.000 1/.000 15/.266 ··· ··· 501/320 .298/.385/.560/.946 .924/.958 .988 106/.843 0/0 28/2

8.Punto# G/S/vP 2/.000 18/.656 8/.536 6/.900 1/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 13/.616 ··· ··· 303/216 .204/.305/.252/.557 .566/.546 .558 76/.562 8/2 1/7

55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 7/.143 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 15/.534 ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/1.000 6/.000 ··· 10/.425 125/83 .257/.328/.301/.629 .963/.464 .603 27/.782 0/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 6/1.267 10/.543 6/.900 7/.286 1/no AB 2/2.500 1/.000 5/.000 2/.000 1/.000 6/.000 ··· 2/.000 458/321 .297/.382/.390/.772 .877/.729 .870 106/.832 19/7 6/4

21.Young G/S/vP 5/.800 8/.750 6/.666 4/1.000 1/2.000 6/1.334 ··· 7/.143 2/.000 1/.000 6/.000 ··· ··· 253/163 .266/.289/.365/.654 .760/.594 .593 51/.723 2/3 5/2

IP 87.0 77.2 72.0 44.1 82.1 48.2 37.2 28.0 21.1 27.2 83.0 5.2 41.0 TOTAL .270/.342/.427/.769 .769/.769 .796 .781 57/21 127/59

ERA-K/9

6.72/4.6

6.37/4.9

3.25/4.9

4.87/8.3

4.70/8.5

6.10/4.1

4.06/10.7

9.00/6.8

4.22/10.6

3.25/8.1

4.88/4.1

9.53/6.3

4.61/10.1

5.06/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 395/.315 367/.273 305/.255 191/.262 342/.266 202/.289 161/.193 141/.374 91/.176 119/.250 364/.269 24/.316 174/.238 .276

OPS .909 .810 .659 .851 .729 .891 .635 .998 .714 .696 .751 .918 .760 .787

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 141/1.079 213/.957 92/.565 91/1.162 168/.846 108/.820 52/.656 65/1.101 48/.572 28/.909 104/.713 11/1.389 89/.756 .806

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 254/.818 154/.613 213/.701 100/.588 174/.618 94/.974 109/.625 76/.909 43/.880 91/.629 260/.767 13/.508 85/.764 .773

Road 226/.927 172/.857 157/.658 82/1.031 190/.792 82/1.015 88/.568 69/.957 39/1.014 38/.717 152/.730 5/.700 84/.936

Last 28d days 112/.970 76/.659 133/.628 22/.759 50/.493 30/.951 30/.349 15/1.071 29/.720 26/.480 108/.596 14/.671 38/.669

HR/SB/CS 15/4/1 9/6/3 2/1/1 10/1/0 7/9/4 11/2/0 4/2/4 3/4/1 4/2/0 2/1/0 8/4/1 1/0/0 7/9/0 128/87/20

Usage ·····X·· ··X····· ···X···· ··X···o· X·····X· X·····X· ·o···o·o ·oo···X· ···X·o·o ·X·X···· ·X·····X X·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.