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Indians, 6-7, 6-73rd, 3½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: David Huff (25, LHP, 0-0, undef)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-1)			15.0	10	6	3	3	6	1	1.80
2009 (11-8)			128.1	159	82	80	41	65	16	5.61

Last 7 GS		5-2	48.0	38	14	11	13	24	1	2.06	60
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
2009-09-06	MIN	W	7.0	2	1	1	4	2	0	107	67
2009-08-26	@KCR	W	6.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	94	51

Last 5 v.MIN		2-2	21.2	31	14	14	7	14	2	5.82	41
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:    4-2    Road:    2-5    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   4-6    vsLHP:   2-1    1-Run:   2-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-4    vsWest:  1-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Tue, Apr 20  @MIN  L   1-5        6-7   3rd  3.5 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 18   CHW  W   7-4        6-6   3rd  2.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 17   CHW  W   3-2        5-6   3rd  3.5 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 16   CHW  W   6-2        4-6   3rd  3.5 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 15   TEX  W   3-2        3-6   5th  3.5 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 14   TEX  L   2-6        2-6   5th  3.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 12   TEX  L   2-4 (10)   2-5   5th  3.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 11  @DET  L   8-9        2-4   3rd  3.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 10  @DET  L   2-4        2-3   3rd  2.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  9  @DET  L   2-5        2-2   3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-7    Last 30: 6-7

Twins, 10-4, 10-41st, 3 up

SP: Francisco Liriano (26, LHP, 0-0, undef)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-0)			13.0	8	3	3	7	11	0	2.08
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		2-4	34.0	37	24	24	19	28	5	6.35	44
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
2009-08-05	@CLE	L	5.0	8	4	4	4	4	0	96	35
2009-07-24	@LAA	L	5.1	8	6	6	2	3	3	87	29

Last 5 v.CLE		2-2	23.2	25	16	12	17	26	2	4.56	47
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
2006-07-23	@CLE	W	5.0	4	1	1	3	10	0	95	62

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

 Home:    5-2    Road:    5-2    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   7-3    vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   3-1 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 1-0    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Tue, Apr 20   CLE  W   5-1       10-4   1st  3.0 up
 13 Sun, Apr 18   KCR  L   5-10       9-4   1st  1.5 up
 12 Sat, Apr 17   KCR  W   6-5        9-3   1st  2.5 up
 11 Fri, Apr 16   KCR  W  10-3        8-3   1st  1.5 up
 10 Thu, Apr 15   BOS  W   8-0        7-3   1st  0.5 up
  9 Wed, Apr 14   BOS  L   3-6        6-3   1st    Tied
  8 Mon, Apr 12   BOS  W   5-2        6-2   1st  0.5 up
  7 Sun, Apr 11  @CHW  L   4-5        5-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  6 Sat, Apr 10  @CHW  W   2-1        5-1   1st  0.5 up
  5 Fri, Apr  9  @CHW  W   4-3 (11)   4-1   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-4    Last 30:10-4

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)
Fri, Sep 04, 2009 CLE  5  MIN  2        W:Jeremy Sowers (6-9), L: Carl Pavano (11-11), S: Kerry Wood (18)
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
Season Series: 2010 - MIN leads 1-0; 2009 - MIN won 10-8; 2008 - MIN won 10-8; All-Time - CLE leads 1063-925

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

For the 2009 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.65

DET 4.56

SDP 3.94

RA/G

LAD 3.77

NYM 4.67

BAL 5.41

J. Mauer .365

Y. Torrealba .291

A. Miles .185

OBP

J. Mauer .444

W. Harris .364

A. Miles .224

SLG

A. Pujols .658

J. Thome .481

A. Miles .242

OPS

A. Pujols 1.101

B. McCann .834

A. Miles .466

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.16

J. Niemann 3.94

L. Hernandez 5.44

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.43

J. Cueto 6.94

J. Lannan 3.88

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Indians Batters ( RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers ( 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Brantley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 121/90 .313/.358/.348/.707 1.072/.591 .755 36/.416 4/4 0/1

33.Branyan* G/S/vP 8/.542 2/1.000 3/2.000 5/.200 1/.000 ··· 6/1.666 505/320 .251/.347/.520/.867 .802/.905 .822 3/.667 2/0 31/10

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 6/2.100 ··· 4/.000 5/.400 4/1.750 2/.500 ··· 581/412 .308/.361/.438/.799 .758/.821 .828 58/.698 17/4 6/10

17.Choo* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/1.167 6/.666 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 685/471 .300/.394/.489/.883 .825/.909 .936 56/1.123 21/2 20/7

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 8/1.089 ··· 8/.542 11/1.402 3/.000 3/.333 4/.000 383/293 .272/.355/.470/.826 .696/.866 .768 51/.729 0/0 16/

35.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 404/305 .251/.312/.339/.651 .733/.624 .792 / 7/5 3/12

7.LaPorta G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 198/153 .254/.308/.442/.750 .680/.769 .786 40/.545 2/0 7/4

30.Marson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 72/62 .246/.347/.361/.708 .422/.756 .901 28/.228 0/0 0/1

25.Marte G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 6/.834 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 175/148 .232/.293/.400/.693 .426/.742 .773 10/.425 0/0 6/5

2.Peralta G/S/vP 15/.734 ··· 14/.559 25/.383 4/.500 9/.875 1/.000 645/476 .254/.316/.375/.690 .661/.701 .733 50/.504 0/2 11/19

52.Redmond G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 147/92 .237/.299/.289/.588 .762/.485 .592 19/.433 0/0 0/0

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 18/.603 ··· 14/.901 13/1.052 4/.500 5/.400 2/.000 503/350 .248/.343/.445/.788 .712/.822 .816 48/.664 13/8 18/0

1.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.833 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 398/358 .250/.298/.416/.714 .661/.720 .738 42/.652 2/3 10/11

IP 136.2 42.0 51.2 76.1 61.2 70.0 TOTAL .214/.303/.338/.641 .537/.689 .616 .641 7/3 10/7

ERA-K/9

5.80/8.0

3.00/5.4

4.70/7.5

2.36/5.5

2.34/8.0

/0.0

3.60/6.3

3.43/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Marson (11-10-0)
Redmond (35-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 609/.279 174/.233 230/.250 304/.207 253/.224 / 299/.262 .255 Choo
LaPorta
Sizemore
Hernandez
Brantley 20/1/124/11
29/0/10/3
0/92/0/1
1/0/0/0
8/20/0/0

OPS .830 .645 .722 .598 .649 .722 .705

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 155/.631 65/.537 94/.954 120/.525 114/.480 / 138/.724 .669

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 454/.899 109/.707 136/.571 184/.645 139/.791 / 161/.718 .732

Home 247/.779 93/.651 130/.732 148/.668 133/.694 / 176/.712

Last 28d days 52/.511 / 23/.872 24/.303 16/1.456 14/.445 24/.623

HR/SB/CS 21/15/9 4/2/0 3/4/1 10/4/2 7/5/0 // 6/5/0 14/6/5

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Twins Batters ( RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers ( 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 4/.000 / /

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 4/1.250 6/.334 ··· 4/1.250 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 256/178 .202/.280/.259/.538 .488/.565 .515 2/.000 11/0 0/5

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 6/.533 3/.000 3/1.666 4/.000 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 24/.681 2/.000 650/468 .276/.342/.520/.862 1.013/.803 .910 63/.839 6/1 32/6

27.Hardy G/S/vP 2/2.500 3/.666 1/3.000 ··· ··· 4/1.833 ··· ··· 8/.542 465/364 .229/.302/.357/.659 .539/.689 .709 60/.652 0/1 11/8

23.Harris G/S/vP 6/.334 4/.833 1/.000 9/.444 ··· ··· ··· 11/.728 4/.000 453/292 .261/.310/.362/.672 .751/.628 .809 26/.753 0/2 6/12

1.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 11/.764 3/.000 631/469 .283/.357/.417/.774 .854/.747 .807 64/.788 8/1 9/8

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 9/.958 10/.100 1/5.000 8/1.750 5/.400 ··· ··· 19/.451 3/.000 578/414 .300/.369/.539/.907 .643/1.014 .956 52/.691 1/1 28/0

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 12/1.333 8/1.500 ··· 9/.730 8/2.083 ··· ··· 31/.757 1/no AB 606/383 .365/.444/.587/1.031 .910/1.103 1.111 59/.951 4/1 28/3

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 12/1.100 10/1.100 ··· 18/.545 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 45/.679 1/.000 590/364 .274/.363/.516/.878 .836/.906 .914 64/1.024 0/0 30/3

8.Punto# G/S/vP 5/.750 7/1.071 2/.000 7/.286 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 24/.634 1/no AB 440/308 .228/.337/.284/.621 .642/.608 .599 28/.709 16/3 1/7

2.Span* G/S/vP 12/.781 8/.250 2/.500 7/.000 6/.200 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 676/462 .311/.392/.415/.807 .877/.774 .848 67/.712 23/10 8/5

25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/1.167 6/.667 2/.500 17/.181 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 30/1.236 5/.200 434/329 .249/.366/.481/.847 .743/.881 .890 26/.892 0/0 23/

21.Young G/S/vP 8/.929 5/1.200 1/2.000 7/.143 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 15/.266 1/.000 416/282 .284/.308/.425/.733 .833/.685 .709 43/.741 2/5 12/5

IP 128.1 66.1 57.0 48.0 40.0 34.0 55.0 TOTAL .273/.365/.428/.793 .876/.762 .830 .793 8/1 15/2

ERA-K/9

5.61/4.6

4.61/8.4

4.26/10.7

7.31/6.0

2.93/10.8

3.44/7.9

/0.0

4.25/10.3

3.58/5.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mauer (54-19-9)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 574/.301 285/.249 239/.201 230/.335 168/.194 142/.236 / / 241/.233 .237 Span
Cuddyer
Young
Kubel 74/84/39/6
0/3/117/5
98/0/0/4
29/0/30/1

OPS .834 .804 .667 .899 .682 .707 .703 .684

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 208/.885 136/.987 82/.679 99/1.068 84/.685 34/.992 / / 126/.727 .558

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 366/.806 149/.640 157/.661 131/.770 84/.677 108/.615 / / 115/.676 .754

Road 303/.877 130/.936 120/.662 124/.850 77/.800 54/.653 / / 115/.816

Last 28d days 58/.487 25/.422 24/.744 16/.995 21/.866 19/.762 54/.704 78/.845 /

HR/SB/CS 16/7/1 13/2/0 8/7/4 5/4/2 5/3/0 4/1/0 // // 7/10/0 9/15/5

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