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Game Preview: CLE @ MIN, 8:10pm, Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @Target Field

Indians, 51-44, 51-44 1st, 1 up

SP: Justin Masterson (26, RHP, 8-6, 2.80)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (8-6) 128.2 119 45 40 40 95 4 2.80
2010 (6-13) 180.0 197 107 94 73 140 14 4.70
2009 (4-10) 129.1 128 73 65 60 119 12 4.52
Last 7 GS 3-2 48.0 42 14 11 12 36 1 2.06 60
2011-07-14 @BAL W 6.0 8 4 4 1 8 0 105 47
2011-07-06 NYY W 8.0 3 0 0 2 6 0 112 80
2011-07-01 @CIN W 8.0 4 1 1 1 5 1 102 74
2011-06-25 @SFG L 6.2 4 1 0 2 5 0 111 67
2011-06-19 PIT ND 5.0 7 2 2 1 5 0 110 49
2011-06-14 @DET L 6.1 7 4 2 5 4 0 109 46
2011-06-08 MIN ND 8.0 9 2 2 0 3 0 104 59
Last 5 v.MIN 0-2 32.0 36 16 12 12 25 2 3.38 51
2011-06-08 MIN ND 8.0 9 2 2 0 3 0 104 59
2010-07-20 @MIN ND 6.1 7 3 3 1 7 0 104 53
2010-05-01 MIN ND 7.2 10 4 4 1 7 2 117 49
2010-04-20 @MIN L 4.0 5 5 2 5 6 0 96 39
2009-09-05 MIN L 6.0 5 2 1 5 2 0 107 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   27-18   Road:   24-26   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  38-30   vsLHP:  13-14   1-Run:  17-14
 vsEast: 17-16   vsCntrl:15-12   vsWest:  8-9  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 95 Mon, Jul 18  @MIN  W   6-3       51-44  1st  1.0 up
 94 Mon, Jul 18  @MIN  W   5-2       50-44  1st  1.0 up
 93 Sun, Jul 17  @BAL  L   3-8       49-44  1st    Tied
 92 Sat, Jul 16  @BAL  L   5-6       49-43  1st  1.0 up
 91 Fri, Jul 15  @BAL  W   6-5       49-42  1st  1.0 up
 90 Thu, Jul 14  @BAL  W   8-4       48-42  1st    Tied
 89 Sun, Jul 10   TOR  L   1-7       47-42  2nd  0.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul  9   TOR  L   4-5 (10)  47-41  1st  0.5 up
 87 Fri, Jul  8   TOR  L   7-11      47-40  1st  0.5 up
 86 Thu, Jul  7   TOR  W   5-4       47-39  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Twins, 44-51, 44-51 4th, 7 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Francisco Liriano (27, LHP, 6-7, 4.76)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (6-7) 90.2 77 52 48 47 76 9 4.76
2010 (14-10) 191.2 184 77 77 58 201 9 3.62
2009 (5-13) 136.2 147 93 88 65 122 21 5.80
Last 7 GS 3-2 42.0 38 21 17 15 42 3 3.64 54
2011-07-14 KCR W 7.0 7 3 1 2 4 0 106 57
2011-07-06 TBR ND 4.1 6 5 5 4 4 1 91 31
2011-07-01 MIL W 7.0 4 2 2 2 7 1 104 66
2011-06-25 @MIL L 3.2 8 6 5 2 3 1 86 24
2011-06-19 SDP ND 7.0 8 3 3 2 8 0 100 55
2011-06-12 TEX W 8.0 2 1 1 0 9 0 97 83
2011-06-07 @CLE L 5.0 3 1 0 3 7 0 81 63
Last 5 v.CLE 3-1 31.2 30 8 7 18 36 0 1.99 59
2011-06-07 @CLE L 5.0 3 1 0 3 7 0 81 63
2010-08-06 @CLE ND 4.2 7 4 4 6 6 0 109 34
2010-07-21 CLE W 7.0 6 0 0 4 8 0 108 69
2010-05-02 @CLE W 7.0 8 3 3 3 9 0 123 55
2010-04-21 CLE W 8.0 6 0 0 2 6 0 102 74
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   23-22   Road:   21-29   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  28-36   vsLHP:  16-15   1-Run:  20-21
 vsEast:  8-19   vsCntrl:19-14   vsWest:  9-8  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 95 Mon, Jul 18   CLE  L   3-6       44-51  4th  7.0 gb
 94 Mon, Jul 18   CLE  L   2-5       44-50  4th  7.0 gb
 93 Sun, Jul 17   KCR  W   4-3       44-49  4th  5.0 gb
 92 Sat, Jul 16   KCR  W   4-3       43-49  4th  6.0 gb
 91 Fri, Jul 15   KCR  L   1-2       42-49  4th  7.0 gb
 90 Thu, Jul 14   KCR  W   8-4       42-48  4th  6.0 gb
 89 Sun, Jul 10  @CHW  W   6-3       41-48  4th  6.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul  9  @CHW  L   3-4       40-48  4th  7.0 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  8  @CHW  W   8-5       40-47  4th  7.0 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  7  @CHW  W   6-2       39-47  4th  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jul 18, 2011 CLE  6 @MIN  3        W:Fausto Carmona (5-10), L: Scott Diamond (0-1), S: none
Mon, Jul 18, 2011 CLE  5 @MIN  2        W:David Huff (1-0), L: Anthony Swarzak (2-3), S: Vinnie Pestano (2)
Wed, Jun 08, 2011 MIN  3 @CLE  2 (10)   W:Matt Capps (2-3), L: Chris Perez (2-2), S: Phil Dumatrait (1)
Tue, Jun 07, 2011 CLE  1  MIN  0        W:Carlos Carrasco (5-3), L: Francisco Liriano (3-6), S: Chris Perez (15)
Mon, Jun 06, 2011 MIN  6 @CLE  4        W:Scott Baker (3-4), L: Josh Tomlin (7-3), S: Matt Capps (8)
Sun, Apr 24, 2011 MIN  4  CLE  3        W:Carl Pavano (2-2), L: Rafael Perez (2-1), S: Matt Capps (4)
Sat, Apr 23, 2011 MIN 10  CLE  3        W:Brian Duensing (2-0), L: Fausto Carmona (1-3), S: none

Wed, Sep 22, 2010 MIN  5  CLE  1        W:Nick Blackburn (10-10), L: Carlos Carrasco (1-1), S: none
Tue, Sep 21, 2010 MIN  6  CLE  4        W:Glen Perkins (1-1), L: Justin Masterson (6-13), S: Matt Capps (41)
Mon, Sep 20, 2010 MIN  9  CLE  3        W:Brian Duensing (10-2), L: Jeanmar Gomez (3-5), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - MIN over 4-3; 2010 - MIN won 12-6; 2009 - MIN won 10-8; All-Time - CLE leads 1072-940

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 2011 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

BOS  5.46

BAL  4.17

SEA  3.19

 RA/G

PHI  3.36

FLA  4.27

BAL  5.28

 BA

J. Reyes  .354

P. Bourjos  .272

A. Dunn  .158

 OBP

J. Bautista  .470

M. Brantley  .337

A. Rios  .256

 SLG

J. Bautista  .701

S. Castro  .421

C. Getz  .279

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.171

E. Aybar  .756

A. Rios  .558

 ERA

J. Weaver  1.90

C. Carpenter  3.69

J. Happ  5.76

 K/9IP

C. Kershaw  10.13

H. Kuroda  6.71

B. Penny  3.78

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

Indians Batters (4.41 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB		 31.Burnett
G/S/vB		 55.Capps
G/S/vB		 54.Dumatrait*
G/S/vB		 44.James*
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 6/.900 1/2.000 3/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 5/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.334 403/280 .281/.337/.394/.731 .596/.786 .698 100/.720 12/3 6/2
28.Buck* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 147/132 .245/.279/.367/.646 .287/.684 .572 43/.741 1/1 2/1
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 23/1.380 2/3.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 6/1.667 3/1.000 4/2.333 5/1.400 421/294 .289/.343/.495/.838 .766/.870 .770 96/.816 12/1 17/8
20.Cabrera G/S/vP 8/.804 1/.000 7/.143 3/1.666 2/.000 1/.000 16/.126 8/1.196 6/1.267 327/230 .244/.276/.325/.601 .759/.534 .651 81/.604 6/2 4/6
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 11/.773 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 8/1.375 14/.599 4/1.417 5/1.200 215/155 .321/.414/.516/.930 .669/1.039 .838 71/.839 0/0 9/
9.Hannahan* G/S/vP 4/.833 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 269/194 .220/.308/.343/.651 .921/.548 .578 40/.633 2/1 5/5
26.Kearns G/S/vP 6/1.300 2/.500 11/.455 4/.250 22/.642 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 141/79 .226/.314/.331/.645 .562/.718 .706 43/.790 0/3 2/0
7.LaPorta G/S/vP 12/.350 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.334 1/.000 3/.000 254/198 .245/.307/.415/.722 .628/.748 .733 34/.649 1/0 8/6
6.Marson G/S/vP 7/1.171 3/.333 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 134/82 .248/.295/.355/.651 1.011/.440 .725 46/.758 1/1 1/2
41.Santana# G/S/vP 5/.600 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/4.000 5/.200 ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 383/265 .231/.360/.433/.793 .815/.783 .730 95/.849 3/2 15/6
1.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 2/1.000 7/.000 16/11 .188/.188/.188/.375 .800/.182 .500 16/.375 0/0 0/0
IP 90.2 29.0 40.2 18.1 6.0 22.2 24.2 35.2 46.0 TOTAL .251/.321/.397/.718 .692/.729 .680 .718 53/20 89/61
ERA-K/9 4.76/7.5 6.21/6.2 4.87/4.6 5.89/3.9 3.00/4.5 4.76/6.3 5.11/8.0 1.77/9.8 3.52/4.5 4.22/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Marson (19-18-3)
 Santana (38-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 390/.230 129/.278 169/.261 81/.239 23/.190 111/.253 106/.223 140/.230 197/.254 .264  Brantley
 Kearns
 Buck
46/46/0/2
28/0/15/1
23/1/11/0
OPS .686 .785 .739 .764 .547 .753 .699 .580 .666 .738
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 92/.632 50/.876 92/.776 35/.547 9/.667 57/.748 54/.556 57/.457 111/.609 .713
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 298/.702 79/.727 77/.694 46/.947 14/.464 54/.750 52/.849 83/.670 86/.737 .759
Home 195/.692 70/.791 88/.757 32/.913 9/.889 46/.914 50/.388 74/.598 136/.651
Last 28d days 101/.802 38/.749 48/1.008 44/1.030 6/1.333 31/.898 32/.344 40/.425 83/.703
HR/SB/CS 9/8/4 2/4/1 8/2/0 4/1/1 0/0/0 0/2/3 4/5/0 0/2/1 5/0/0 91/58/24
Usage ····X··· Xo······ o··X···· o···X··· X······· X···X··· ·ooo···· ·oo····· X·······
Twins Batters (3.88 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 63.Masterson
G/S/vB		 37.Durbin
G/S/vB		 56.Herrmann
G/S/vB		 31.Huff*
G/S/vB		 54.Perez
G/S/vB		 53.Perez*
G/S/vB		 52.Pestano
G/S/vB		 46.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Butera G/S/vP 6/.000 3/2.667 ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 146/105 .181/.214/.283/.496 .703/.415 .518 20/.671 0/0 2/3
12.Casilla# G/S/vP 9/.666 2/.000 1/.000 7/.715 4/.500 7/1.143 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 322/213 .256/.317/.361/.679 .568/.742 .782 99/.614 13/3 2/10
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 25/.791 8/.821 ··· 17/.568 5/1.000 7/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 9/.444 375/264 .295/.371/.470/.841 1.150/.720 .924 99/.969 7/1 14/6
38.Hughes G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 193/122 .237/.293/.322/.615 .725/.551 .537 64/.556 1/2 3/3
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 14/.742 2/2.000 1/.000 21/1.208 2/.000 14/.690 ··· 10/1.825 ··· 147/79 .290/.361/.336/.696 .511/.854 .759 92/.796 0/0 0/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 89/66 .213/.326/.440/.766 .798/.755 .791 18/1.056 1/1 5/3
18.Repko G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 105/65 .240/.284/.260/.545 .675/.467 .631 46/.689 6/1 0/1
11.Revere* G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 215/133 .266/.300/.305/.606 .461/.693 .562 105/.611 13/5 0/3
25.Thome* G/S/vP 13/.693 21/1.057 ··· 11/1.886 4/1.167 19/.161 2/.000 5/.400 3/.000 141/104 .214/.340/.427/.768 .912/.718 .879 47/.667 0/0 7/
19.Valencia G/S/vP 7/1.285 1/5.000 ··· 5/.650 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.600 3/.000 371/270 .232/.283/.386/.669 .925/.574 .698 97/.756 2/4 11/12
21.Young G/S/vP 15/.347 8/.292 ··· 19/1.009 3/.666 8/.125 1/.000 6/.733 8/.000 240/165 .265/.288/.348/.635 .660/.624 .692 37/.811 1/0 2/4
IP 128.2 38.2 31.2 7.0 35.1 39.2 36.1 38.1 35.1 TOTAL .249/.308/.358/.666 .681/.659 .696 .685 52/22 60/67
ERA-K/9 2.80/6.6 6.75/7.4 4.26/6.5 0.00/6.4 2.55/5.9 2.27/5.7 2.72/12.9 2.58/8.7 1.27/5.6 4.01/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (21-11-2)
 Mauer (21-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 531/.248 179/.317 141/.290 26/.208 143/.202 161/.240 142/.172 147/.158 147/.227 .258  Cuddyer
 Young
 Repko
 Revere
 Plouffe
0/0/52/4
54/0/0/3
21/3/16/2
6/38/4/2
0/0/4/1
OPS .646 .854 .801 .519 .604 .590 .550 .599 .568 .721
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 297/.724 81/.836 67/1.263 9/.583 80/.617 80/.513 53/.743 52/.426 42/.381 .777
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 234/.543 98/.867 74/.392 17/.485 63/.586 81/.670 89/.428 95/.693 105/.641 .665
Road 247/.665 97/.951 68/.682 26/.519 59/.518 71/.644 79/.446 69/.661 80/.601
Last 28d days 115/.506 32/.781 44/.717 26/.519 31/.686 38/.741 43/.679 30/.822 48/.498
HR/SB/CS 4/9/9 5/4/2 5/5/0 0/0/0 3/3/0 0/2/4 3/1/0 7/8/1 0/0/2 91/57/29
Usage ····X··· oo·o···· ·oX····· X······· X··X···· o·oo···· o··oo··· X···X··· oX·XX···

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.