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Game Preview: CLE @ MIN, 8:10pm, Tuesday, September 21, 2010 @Target Field

Indians, 62-88, 62-88 4th, 28 GB, 27½ GB in WC

SP: Fausto Carmona (26, RHP, 12-14, 3.81)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (12-14)			193.2	186	92	82	67	114	14	3.81
2009 (5-12)			125.1	151	97	88	70	79	16	6.32
2008 (8-7)			120.2	126	80	73	70	58	7	5.44

Last 7 GS		1-5	48.1	44	20	19	15	34	4	3.54	55
2010-09-16	LAA	ND	7.0	4	2	2	1	8	2	103	68
2010-09-10	MIN	W	9.0	3	0	0	1	7	0	108	87
2010-09-03	@SEA	L	8.0	4	1	1	5	6	0	103	71
2010-08-29	KCR	L	6.2	6	3	3	4	4	0	118	50
2010-08-24	OAK	L	6.2	9	4	4	2	5	2	117	43
2010-08-18	@KCR	L	5.0	9	7	7	1	0	0	87	20
2010-08-13	SEA	L	6.0	9	3	2	1	4	0	102	47

Last 5 v.MIN		1-3	33.2	36	17	17	9	17	4	4.54	49
2010-09-10	MIN	W	9.0	3	0	0	1	7	0	108	87
2010-08-07	MIN	L	7.1	10	5	5	0	3	2	103	41
2010-04-30	MIN	L	6.0	8	6	6	2	2	1	101	32
2009-09-15	@MIN	L	5.1	9	5	5	3	3	1	99	30
2009-08-06	MIN	ND	6.0	6	1	1	3	2	0	97	55

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

 Home:   32-42   Road:   30-46   ExtrInn: 6-6 
 vsRHP:  45-61   vsLHP:  17-27   1-Run:  22-20
 vsEast: 17-24   vsCntrl:27-33   vsWest: 13-18 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
150 Mon, Sep 20  @MIN  L   3-9       62-88  4th 28.0 gb
149 Sun, Sep 19  @KCR  L   4-6       62-87  4th 27.0 gb
148 Sat, Sep 18  @KCR  W   6-4       62-86  4th 27.0 gb
147 Fri, Sep 17  @KCR  W  11-4       61-86  4th 27.0 gb
146 Thu, Sep 16   LAA  W   3-2 (11)  60-86  5th 28.0 gb
145 Wed, Sep 15   LAA  L   0-7       59-86  5th 28.0 gb
144 Tue, Sep 14   LAA  W   4-3       59-85  4th 27.0 gb
143 Sun, Sep 12   MIN  L   2-6       58-85  5th 27.0 gb
142 Sat, Sep 11   MIN  L   0-1 (12)  58-84  5th 26.0 gb
141 Fri, Sep 10   MIN  W   2-0       58-83  4th 25.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Twins, 90-60, 90-60 1st, 11 up

SP: Scott Baker (28, RHP, 12-9, 4.60)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (12-9)			160.1	176	83	82	38	132	22	4.60
2009 (15-9)			200.0	190	99	97	48	162	28	4.37
2008 (11-4)			172.1	161	66	66	42	141	20	3.45

Last 7 GS		4-0	39.2	38	16	15	15	28	4	3.40	53
2010-09-02	DET	ND	2.0	3	2	2	2	3	1	46	43
2010-08-27	@SEA	W	6.2	5	2	2	3	4	0	101	57
2010-08-22	LAA	W	7.0	5	0	0	2	4	0	99	69
2010-08-17	CHW	ND	4.2	7	4	4	2	3	2	91	35
2010-08-10	@CHW	W	6.0	8	5	4	1	5	1	86	42
2010-08-04	@TBR	ND	8.0	3	0	0	1	7	0	105	82
2010-07-30	SEA	W	5.1	7	3	3	4	2	0	86	40

Last 5 v.CLE		2-2	30.2	30	16	16	10	18	2	4.70	49
2010-07-19	CLE	L	4.2	10	6	6	3	1	0	94	18
2010-04-22	CLE	L	5.2	10	6	6	1	3	1	92	27
2009-09-15	CLE	ND	5.1	5	3	3	2	5	0	101	49
2009-09-05	@CLE	W	6.0	3	1	1	4	4	1	100	62
2009-08-14	CLE	W	9.0	2	0	0	0	5	0	94	88

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

 Home:   50-25   Road:   40-35   ExtrInn: 9-4 
 vsRHP:  58-38   vsLHP:  32-22   1-Run:  30-21
 vsEast: 14-18   vsCntrl:44-20   vsWest: 24-12 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
150 Mon, Sep 20   CLE  W   9-3       90-60  1st 11.0 up
149 Sun, Sep 19   OAK  L   2-6       89-60  1st 10.0 up
148 Sat, Sep 18   OAK  W   4-2       89-59  1st 10.0 up
147 Fri, Sep 17   OAK  L   1-3       88-59  1st  9.0 up
146 Thu, Sep 16  @CHW  W   8-5       88-58  1st  9.0 up
145 Wed, Sep 15  @CHW  W   9-3       87-58  1st  8.0 up
144 Tue, Sep 14  @CHW  W   9-3       86-58  1st  7.0 up
143 Sun, Sep 12  @CLE  W   6-2       85-58  1st  6.0 up
142 Sat, Sep 11  @CLE  W   1-0 (12)  84-58  1st  6.0 up
141 Fri, Sep 10  @CLE  L   0-2       83-58  1st  5.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:20-10

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 20, 2010 MIN  9  CLE  3        W:Brian Duensing (10-2), L: Jeanmar Gomez (3-5), S: none
Sun, Sep 12, 2010 MIN  6 @CLE  2        W:Kevin Slowey (12-6), L: Mitch Talbot (9-12), S: none
Sat, Sep 11, 2010 MIN  1 @CLE  0 (12)   W:Matt Guerrier (4-7), L: Justin Germano (0-2), S: Matt Capps (38)
Fri, Sep 10, 2010 CLE  2  MIN  0        W:Fausto Carmona (12-14), L: Carl Pavano (16-11), S: none
Sun, Aug 08, 2010 MIN  5 @CLE  4        W:Brian Duensing (5-1), L: David Huff (2-11), S: Matt Capps (28)
Sat, Aug 07, 2010 MIN  7 @CLE  2        W:Carl Pavano (14-7), L: Fausto Carmona (11-9), S: none
Fri, Aug 06, 2010 CLE  7  MIN  6        W:Chris Perez (1-2), L: Matt Guerrier (2-7), S: none
Wed, Jul 21, 2010 MIN  6  CLE  0        W:Francisco Liriano (8-7), L: Jake Westbrook (6-6), S: none
Tue, Jul 20, 2010 CLE  4 @MIN  3        W:Rafael Perez (3-0), L: Jose Mijares (1-1), S: Chris Perez (9)
Mon, Jul 19, 2010 CLE 10 @MIN  4        W:Aaron Laffey (2-3), L: Scott Baker (7-9), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - MIN over 10-6; 2009 - MIN won 10-8; 2008 - MIN won 10-8; All-Time - CLE leads 1069-934

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

NYY 5.33

ARI 4.45

SEA 3.17

RA/G

SDP 3.64

CHW 4.40

PIT 5.38

J. Hamilton .361

O. Vizquel .285

B. Wood .159

OBP

J. Morneau .437

D. Murphy .360

B. Wood .190

SLG

J. Hamilton .635

B. Butler .469

B. Wood .227

OPS

J. Morneau 1.055

N. Walker .821

B. Wood .417

ERA

J. Johnson 2.30

S. Marcum 3.77

P. Maholm 5.36

K/9IP

J. Lester 9.69

C. Carpenter 7.05

M. Buehrle 4.12

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Indians Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Baker
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 55.Capps
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 44.Flores*
G/S/vB 51.Fuentes*
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 47.Liriano*
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 9/.347 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/1.334 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 290/228 .237/.286/.305/.590 .435/.633 .531 120/.590 10/2 3/2

35.Brown* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 71/65 .224/.268/.284/.551 .500/.556 .505 38/.485 0/0 0/0

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 26/.739 2/3.000 ··· 7/.286 ··· 3/1.667 8/.542 21/1.424 5/2.050 2/.500 2/.500 394/271 .263/.313/.334/.648 .642/.650 .634 109/.537 5/4 3/11

17.Choo* G/S/vP 21/.501 2/no AB ··· 6/1.000 1/2.000 4/.833 7/.858 13/.462 7/.715 2/.000 2/.000 600/394 .295/.395/.477/.872 .677/.979 .810 116/.967 20/6 20/4

4.Crowe# G/S/vP 10/.900 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 8/.661 2/.000 ··· 3/2.000 433/331 .251/.305/.337/.642 .476/.694 .633 68/.620 16/5 2/5

16.Donald G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 6/.333 ··· ··· 2/1.000 325/243 .253/.312/.378/.690 .833/.643 .718 51/.675 5/1 4/12

47.Duncan G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 6/1.100 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 231/142 .233/.312/.422/.734 .922/.615 .604 45/.858 0/0 10/0

8.Gimenez G/S/vP 9/.555 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 6/.733 ··· ··· ··· 60/40 .196/.305/.353/.658 .703/.635 .381 26/.801 0/0 1/1

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 40/1.263 1/no AB 1/.000 10/.775 1/2.000 2/.000 11/1.402 11/.773 6/1.500 3/.333 5/.000 425/319 .270/.365/.437/.802 .688/.841 .665 82/.787 1/1 11/0

7.LaPorta G/S/vP 11/.664 ··· ··· 7/.971 ··· 1/.000 5/1.850 12/.350 ··· ··· 3/.000 393/280 .221/.305/.359/.665 .664/.663 .693 74/.619 0/0 11/3

30.Marson G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 5/1.350 ··· ··· 4/.500 275/199 .200/.278/.294/.572 .772/.496 .605 68/.700 8/1 3/4

25.Marte G/S/vP 16/1.515 ··· ··· 7/.714 ··· 2/.500 3/.666 8/.542 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 171/113 .229/.304/.392/.696 .764/.662 .717 37/.824 0/3 5/11

12.Nix G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 9/.819 3/1.000 ··· 4/1.000 324/232 .227/.287/.393/.680 .714/.667 .609 89/.596 1/2 12/15

33.Sutton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/16 .368/.400/.579/.979 1.750/.775 1.000 17/.728 0/0 1/0

1.Valbuena* G/S/vP 15/.696 ··· 1/.000 8/.393 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 269/226 .182/.270/.246/.515 .835/.456 .661 54/.664 1/2 2/9

IP 160.1 43.1 69.0 65.0 29.2 42.2 65.0 183.1 27.1 6.1 55.0 TOTAL .247/.320/.375/.695 .676/.703 .693 .687 82/30 117/123

ERA-K/9

4.60/7.4

4.36/6.7

2.61/7.0

2.49/8.3

3.03/6.1

3.16/8.9

3.46/4.8

3.44/9.4

2.63/7.6

4.26/7.1

3.27/7.0

3.76/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Gimenez (19-9-1)
Marson (46-30-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 679/.278 189/.287 292/.273 263/.202 131/.259 176/.184 267/.231 769/.250 115/.255 29/.143 235/.271 .264 Choo
Crowe
Duncan
Brown
Nix
Gimenez
Valbuena
LaPorta
Brantley 0/0/132/12
42/64/2/9
35/0/8/7
6/0/0/1
2/0/1/1
1/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
7/0/0/0
7/56/0/0

OPS .793 .823 .708 .598 .807 .630 .659 .651 .741 .570 .683 .722

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 332/.834 72/.927 141/.654 109/.631 68/.888 48/.359 97/.685 168/.517 54/.723 8/.542 115/.754 .718

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 347/.755 117/.762 151/.758 154/.575 63/.719 128/.731 170/.644 601/.690 61/.756 21/.581 120/.616 .725

Home 345/.758 108/.798 177/.745 118/.644 54/.808 107/.638 122/.679 415/.619 58/.762 18/.472 122/.750

Last 28d days 38/.797 11/.543 43/.577 48/.529 16/1.277 15/.133 36/.892 130/.645 8/.708 11/.712 38/.437

HR/SB/CS 22/3/5 4/2/0 6/3/2 4/6/1 5/0/2 5/3/1 7/1/1 5/12/3 3/1/1 0/1/1 3/0/1 131/75/34

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

Twins Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 55.Carmona
G/S/vB 57.Ambriz
G/S/vB 39.Germano
G/S/vB 58.Gomez
G/S/vB 56.Herrmann
G/S/vB 50.Lewis
G/S/vB 54.Perez
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 46.Sipp*
G/S/vB 38.Smith
G/S/vB 51.Talbot
G/S/vB 43.Tomlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 130/67 .185/.220/.294/.515 .425/.597 .501 18/.236 0/0 2/3

12.Casilla# G/S/vP 16/.625 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 6/.334 2/1.000 5/1.600 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 153/116 .265/.322/.382/.705 .778/.682 .606 20/.300 5/1 1/4

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 38/.721 3/.000 3/.000 6/1.500 ··· 5/.000 4/1.250 6/.000 3/1.167 8/.250 2/.000 ··· 632/425 .274/.339/.423/.761 .897/.699 .795 105/.730 7/3 14/5

27.Hardy G/S/vP 9/.666 2/.000 6/.500 5/.800 2/2.000 4/.500 5/1.000 ··· 3/.333 4/1.833 ··· ··· 358/248 .274/.324/.400/.724 .610/.774 .690 81/.812 1/1 6/11

1.Hudson# G/S/vP 7/.572 2/2.000 13/.788 4/.500 1/.000 2/3.000 ··· 4/1.500 1/2.000 2/.500 4/.833 ··· 516/316 .273/.340/.377/.717 .703/.726 .762 89/.497 8/3 6/8

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 36/1.123 2/1.500 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 12/.258 3/1.666 11/1.212 8/.393 1/5.000 2/.000 ··· 532/359 .254/.329/.434/.763 .659/.812 .752 57/.620 0/1 19/4

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 31/.924 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 10/1.200 2/.000 13/.749 10/1.825 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 573/349 .331/.407/.473/.880 .711/.990 .827 89/.817 1/4 9/3

26.Morales# G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/21 .211/.304/.211/.515 .000/.569 .600 18/.600 0/0 0/0

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 36/34 .121/.118/.242/.360 .000/.383 .265 4/.000 0/0 1/1

8.Punto# G/S/vP 21/.920 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/1.071 4/.000 8/.286 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 272/180 .249/.325/.312/.637 .653/.610 .674 5/.200 6/2 1/6

18.Repko G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 132/78 .214/.298/.342/.640 .554/.699 .459 59/.444 2/2 3/0

37.Revere* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/2 .167/.231/.167/.397 .473/.000 .397 13/.397 0/0 0/1

2.Span* G/S/vP 24/.488 2/1.000 ··· 7/1.000 2/2.000 9/.347 5/.650 11/.398 9/.125 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 655/427 .266/.334/.353/.688 .708/.677 .792 97/.713 23/4 3/4

25.Thome* G/S/vP 22/.642 1/no AB 2/5.000 3/.333 ··· 7/2.047 3/1.667 19/.161 5/.400 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 331/240 .276/.408/.619/1.027 .773/1.135 1.094 58/1.266 0/0 24/0

20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 81/61 .235/.313/.412/.724 .209/.896 .934 27/.989 1/1 1/2

19.Valencia G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 3/.666 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 2/.000 ··· ··· 273/171 .335/.377/.470/.847 1.058/.726 1.102 75/.995 2/0 5/4

21.Young G/S/vP 21/.675 4/.500 4/.000 6/1.333 ··· 6/1.000 3/.666 8/.125 5/.900 7/.000 ··· ··· 566/380 .297/.332/.482/.814 .920/.764 .807 100/.679 4/4 18/4

IP 193.2 48.1 29.1 52.2 43.0 32.1 60.2 57.2 59.1 36.1 147.1 59.0 TOTAL .277/.345/.427/.771 .747/.784 .784 .716 60/27 133/83

ERA-K/9

3.81/5.3

5.59/6.9

2.45/8.3

4.96/5.0

3.98/4.4

3.34/7.2

1.78/8.7

3.43/5.6

4.10/9.9

4.21/6.9

4.58/4.9

4.73/5.0

4.34/6.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (19-13-2)
Mauer (52-19-4)
Morales (0-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 808/.258 224/.338 120/.171 241/.307 182/.275 140/.222 252/.188 257/.300 250/.214 156/.200 646/.280 244/.268 .269 Young
Kubel
Cuddyer
Span
Repko
Tolbert
Revere
Casilla 139/0/0/10
16/0/74/6
0/2/66/5
0/142/0/5
4/6/34/5
0/0/1/0
0/4/0/0
0/1/0/0

OPS .699 .960 .612 .843 .784 .642 .598 .746 .758 .667 .773 .787 .761

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 445/.731 115/.845 57/.630 135/.754 94/.941 53/.750 113/.784 114/.757 111/.784 45/.952 314/.750 134/.718 .775

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 363/.658 109/1.084 63/.595 106/.958 88/.619 87/.573 139/.452 143/.736 139/.736 111/.557 332/.793 110/.874 .747

Road 317/.673 99/1.131 57/.546 126/.976 94/.838 87/.783 115/.669 139/.765 122/.749 95/.725 288/.651 146/.737

Last 28d days 115/.498 27/.588 63/.819 97/.931 47/.780 25/.358 40/.348 44/.994 44/.522 37/.524 85/.811 122/.850

HR/SB/CS 14/32/6 10/4/0 5/1/1 7/6/4 6/2/2 1/0/0 4/7/0 3/5/1 11/7/6 4/6/1 12/3/10 8/2/3 138/112/53

Usage ····X··· ········ ··X··X·· X····X·· o·oX·X·· ·o·oXo·· ··X·X·X· ··X·o·o· o··Xo··· o·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.