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Game Preview: MIN @ CLE, 1:05pm, Sunday, May 2, 2010 @Jacobs Field

Twins, 15-9, 15-91st, ½ up

SP: Francisco Liriano (26, LHP, 3-0, 0.93)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (3-0) 29.0 18 3 3 10 27 0 0.93
2009 (5-13) 136.2 147 93 88 65 122 21 5.80
2008 (6-4) 76.0 74 40 33 32 67 7 3.91
Last 7 GS 4-2 39.2 31 14 14 16 37 2 3.18 58
2010-04-27 @DET W 8.0 4 0 0 1 10 0 112 83
2010-04-21 CLE W 8.0 6 0 0 2 6 0 102 74
2010-04-15 BOS W 7.0 4 0 0 2 8 0 96 75
2010-04-09 @CHW ND 6.0 4 3 3 5 3 0 92 50
2009-09-27 @KCR L 1.2 3 3 3 3 1 1 45 35
2009-08-17 @TEX L 2.0 7 7 7 2 1 0 61 13
2009-08-12 KCR W 7.0 3 1 1 1 8 1 91 74
Last 5 v.CLE 2-2 26.2 27 15 11 16 22 2 3.71 49
2010-04-21 CLE W 8.0 6 0 0 2 6 0 102 74
2009-08-05 @CLE L 5.0 8 4 4 4 4 0 96 35
2008-09-16 @CLE ND 2.2 6 8 4 2 4 2 72 24
2008-08-03 CLE W 6.0 3 0 0 3 5 0 96 68
2008-04-18 CLE L 5.0 4 3 3 5 3 0 88 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-3    Road:    9-6    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  11-7    vsLHP:   4-2    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl:10-7    vsWest:  3-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 24 Sat, May  1  @CLE  L   4-5 (11)  15-9   1st  0.5 up
 23 Fri, Apr 30  @CLE  W   9-3       15-8   1st  1.5 up
 22 Thu, Apr 29  @DET  L   0-3       14-8   1st  1.5 up
 21 Wed, Apr 28  @DET  L   6-11      14-7   1st  2.5 up
 20 Tue, Apr 27  @DET  W   2-0       14-6   1st  3.5 up
 19 Sun, Apr 25  @KCR  L   3-4       13-6   1st  3.0 up
 18 Sat, Apr 24  @KCR  W   9-7 (12)  13-5   1st  3.0 up
 17 Fri, Apr 23  @KCR  W   8-3       12-5   1st  3.0 up
 16 Thu, Apr 22   CLE  L   1-8       11-5   1st  2.0 up
 15 Wed, Apr 21   CLE  W   6-0       11-4   1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:15-9
Indians, 10-13, 10-133rd, 4½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: David Huff (25, LHP, 1-3, 4.10)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (1-3) 26.1 25 15 12 10 11 4 4.10
2009 (11-8) 128.1 159 82 80 41 65 16 5.61
Last 7 GS 3-4 46.1 44 20 17 15 25 4 3.30 53
2010-04-26 @LAA L 5.1 12 5 5 1 4 2 104 27
2010-04-21 @MIN L 6.0 3 4 4 6 1 1 102 45
2010-04-15 TEX W 9.0 4 2 2 1 4 1 104 74
2010-04-09 @DET L 6.0 6 4 1 2 2 0 104 50
2009-09-27 BAL W 8.0 5 0 0 2 5 0 112 75
2009-09-18 @OAK L 6.0 7 2 2 2 3 0 103 51
2009-09-12 KCR W 6.0 7 3 3 1 6 0 109 51
Last 5 v.MIN 2-3 27.2 34 18 18 13 15 3 5.86 42
2010-04-21 @MIN L 6.0 3 4 4 6 1 1 102 45
2009-09-06 MIN W 7.0 2 1 1 4 2 0 107 67
2009-08-15 @MIN W 5.0 9 2 2 2 3 0 102 42
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:    5-3    Road:    5-10   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   6-10   vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 7-7    vsWest:  3-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 23 Sat, May  1   MIN  W   5-4 (11)  10-13  3rd  4.5 gb
 22 Fri, Apr 30   MIN  L   3-9        9-13  3rd  5.5 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 28  @LAA  L   3-4        9-12  3rd  5.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 27  @LAA  W   9-2        9-11  3rd  5.0 gb
 19 Mon, Apr 26  @LAA  L   2-5        8-11  3rd  5.0 gb
 18 Sun, Apr 25  @OAK  L   0-11       8-10  3rd  4.5 gb
 17 Sat, Apr 24  @OAK  W   6-1        8-9   3rd  4.5 gb
 16 Fri, Apr 23  @OAK  L   0-10       7-9   3rd  4.5 gb
 15 Thu, Apr 22  @MIN  W   8-1        7-8   3rd  3.5 gb
 14 Wed, Apr 21  @MIN  L   0-6        6-8   3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 01, 2010 CLE  5  MIN  4 (11)   W:Jamey Wright (1-1), L: Alex Burnett (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 30, 2010 MIN  9 @CLE  3        W:Kevin Slowey (3-2), L: Fausto Carmona (3-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 22, 2010 CLE  8 @MIN  1        W:Mitch Talbot (2-1), L: Scott Baker (2-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 21, 2010 MIN  6  CLE  0        W:Francisco Liriano (2-0), L: David Huff (1-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 20, 2010 MIN  5  CLE  1        W:Kevin Slowey (2-1), L: Justin Masterson (0-2), S: none

Wed, Sep 16, 2009 MIN  7  CLE  3        W:Nick Blackburn (10-11), L: Aaron Laffey (7-6), S: Joe Nathan (41)
Tue, Sep 15, 2009 MIN  5  CLE  4        W:Jon Rauch (5-3), L: Fausto Carmona (3-11), S: Joe Nathan (40)
Mon, Sep 14, 2009 MIN  6  CLE  3        W:Ron Mahay (2-1), L: Chris Perez (1-2), S: Joe Nathan (39)
Sun, Sep 06, 2009 CLE  3  MIN  1        W:David Huff (9-7), L: Nick Blackburn (9-10), S: Kerry Wood (19)
Sat, Sep 05, 2009 MIN  4 @CLE  1        W:Scott Baker (13-7), L: Justin Masterson (4-7), S: Joe Nathan (36)
Season Series: 2010 - MIN leads 3-2; 2009 - MIN won 10-8; 2008 - MIN won 10-8; All-Time - CLE leads 1065-927

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 2010 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

TBR  6.08

TOR  4.52

HOU  3.09

 RA/G

SFG  2.87

DET  4.60

PIT  6.92

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 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

U. Jimenez  .79

B. Myers  3.82

R. Porcello  8.03

 K/9IP

J. Sanchez  12.22

J. Garland  6.43

M. Talbot  2.40

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

Twins Batters (5.08 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Huff*
G/S/vB		 50.Lewis
G/S/vB		 54.Perez
G/S/vB		 53.Perez*
G/S/vB		 33.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 51.Talbot
G/S/vB		 37.Westbrook
G/S/vB		 34.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 14/8 .077/.077/.077/.154 .000/.286 .000 14/.154 0/0 0/1
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 4/1.250 6/.334 1/.000 4/1.250 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/6 .167/.167/.167/.333 /.333 1.000 6/.333 0/0 0/0
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 9/.958 4/.000 3/1.666 5/.000 1/.000 5/.400 2/.000 24/.681 2/.000 109/78 .327/.367/.490/.857 1.225/.715 .752 109/.857 2/0 3/0
27.Hardy G/S/vP 4/1.833 3/.666 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 4/1.833 ··· ··· 8/.542 95/77 .230/.287/.368/.655 .794/.624 .755 95/.655 0/0 3/0
23.Harris G/S/vP 8/.500 4/.833 1/.000 10/.400 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 11/.728 4/.000 55/41 .200/.327/.311/.638 .368/.741 .659 55/.638 0/0 1/0
1.Hudson# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.333 11/.764 3/.000 112/78 .296/.378/.378/.756 .658/.800 .700 112/.756 2/0 1/1
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 12/.973 11/.282 2/2.500 9/1.524 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 19/.451 3/.000 92/67 .211/.348/.316/.664 .662/.658 .738 92/.664 0/0 2/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 15/1.181 9/1.333 ··· 10/1.000 8/2.083 ··· ··· 31/.757 1/no AB 96/65 .345/.406/.500/.906 1.112/.814 .973 96/.906 0/0 1/0
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 15/.862 11/1.155 ··· 20/.594 6/.000 1/.000 2/3.000 45/.679 1/.000 101/67 .350/.485/.663/1.148 .992/1.237 1.251 101/1.148 0/0 6/0
8.Punto# G/S/vP 5/.750 7/1.071 3/.000 7/.286 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 24/.634 1/no AB 32/21 .233/.250/.367/.617 .250/.607 .353 32/.617 2/0 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 15/.950 8/.250 3/1.167 8/.125 7/.167 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 116/86 .232/.351/.326/.677 .767/.645 .508 116/.677 6/1 1/1
25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/1.167 6/.667 2/.500 18/.170 2/.500 1/.000 2/.500 30/1.236 5/.200 57/45 .255/.386/.574/.960 .432/1.117 1.006 57/.960 0/0 4/0
21.Young G/S/vP 11/.664 6/1.000 2/1.000 7/.143 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 15/.266 1/.000 73/52 .219/.288/.375/.663 .356/.776 .762 73/.663 2/1 2/1
IP 26.1 9.1 7.2 7.0 8.2 7.0 26.1 27.2 TOTAL .267/.356/.422/.778 .762/.784 .774 .778 14/3 25/6
ERA-K/9 4.10/3.8 1.93/7.7 3.52/3.5 5.14/6.4 3.12/8.3 7.71/6.4 2.05/2.4 5.53/5.8 /0.0 4.12/5.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (2-3-0)
 Mauer (7-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 112/.253 40/.206 36/.214 35/.414 34/.148 33/.269 101/.227 123/.290 / .259  Span
 Kubel
 Cuddyer
 Young
0/24/0/2
8/0/3/1
0/1/22/1
19/0/0/1
OPS .722 .560 .629 1.017 .583 1.099 .617 .812 .729
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 29/.615 15/.421 12/.875 12/.697 15/.578 11/.739 47/.542 52/.506 / .678
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 83/.755 25/.646 24/.511 23/1.202 19/.544 22/1.262 54/.662 71/1.041 / .766
Home 31/.408 9/.476 11/.450 6/1.833 10/.733 7/.619 30/.517 26/.656 /
Last 28d days 112/.722 40/.560 36/.629 35/1.017 34/.583 33/1.099 101/.617 123/.812 /
HR/SB/CS 4/0/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 2/0/0 2/0/2 3/3/1 // 19/19/5
Usage ·····X·· ·X··X·o· o··o···X ·X·o·X·· o··o·X·o ···oo·X· ····X··· ···X····
Indians Batters (3.57 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (3.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB		 55.Condrey
G/S/vB		 28.Crain
G/S/vB		 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 17.Neshek
G/S/vB		 60.Rauch
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Brantley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 36/28 .156/.229/.188/.416 .000/.546 .330 36/.416 0/0 0/0
33.Branyan* G/S/vP 8/.542 2/1.000 3/2.000 5/.200 1/.000 ··· 6/1.666 27/20 .250/.333/.375/.708 .714/.703 .650 27/.708 0/0 0/0
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 10/1.319 ··· 5/.400 7/.629 4/1.750 2/.500 ··· 107/72 .305/.353/.389/.742 .708/.759 .775 107/.742 1/2 1/4
17.Choo* G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· 4/1.167 7/.858 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 103/61 .318/.437/.494/.931 .868/.975 1.460 103/.931 4/2 4/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 11/.773 ··· 9/.873 11/1.402 3/.000 3/.333 5/.000 86/53 .197/.314/.324/.638 .315/.860 .658 86/.638 0/0 2/0
35.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 / /// / / / /
7.LaPorta G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/1.100 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 66/43 .217/.288/.250/.538 .317/.651 .432 66/.538 0/0 0/0
30.Marson G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 52/39 .200/.280/.244/.524 .606/.498 .564 52/.524 1/0 0/0
25.Marte G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 6/.834 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 25/15 .200/.360/.350/.710 .650/.750 .533 25/.710 0/1 1/1
2.Peralta G/S/vP 18/.889 ··· 15/.517 26/.451 4/.500 9/.875 1/.000 88/57 .236/.352/.417/.769 .605/.851 .762 88/.769 1/0 2/2
52.Redmond G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 33/25 .233/.281/.333/.615 .625/.610 .467 33/.615 0/0 0/0
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 22/.485 ··· 14/.901 14/1.198 4/.500 5/.400 3/.000 92/57 .217/.283/.325/.608 .265/.821 .762 92/.608 2/1 0/0
1.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.650 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 65/55 .182/.308/.327/.635 1.025/.568 .500 65/.635 0/1 2/1
IP 29.0 11.2 13.1 3.0 4.1 10.0 TOTAL .245/.330/.362/.692 .574/.753 .709 .692 11/7 14/15
ERA-K/9 0.93/8.4 /0.0 6.17/7.7 2.03/3.4 6.00/6.0 4.15/8.4 1.80/6.3 3.68/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Marson (7-4-1)
 Redmond (12-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 110/.180 / 49/.277 52/.217 16/.462 18/.133 41/.263 .267  Choo
 LaPorta
 Brantley
 Sizemore
0/0/23/2
3/0/0/0
7/2/0/0
0/21/0/0
OPS .485 .774 .528 1.456 .478 .616 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 23/.217 / 20/1.067 24/.708 5/1.833 4/.000 20/.563 .704
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 87/.559 / 29/.586 28/.374 11/1.345 14/.630 21/.668 .758
Road 53/.498 / 33/.515 39/.619 11/1.611 11/.697 30/.713
Last 28d days 110/.485 / 49/.774 52/.528 16/1.456 18/.478 41/.616
HR/SB/CS 0/0/1 // 1/1/0 0/0/1 2/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/1 19/9/8
Usage ····X··· oo·X···o Xo·····X ········ ···o···o ····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.