Sunday, September 9, 2012 Game Previews

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Game Preview: CLE @ MIN, 2:10pm, Sunday, September 9, 2012 @Target Field

Indians, 59-80, 59-80 4th, 16½ GB, 16½ GB in WC

SP: Corey Kluber (26, RHP, 1-3, 4.79)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (1-3)			35.2	46	26	19	10	30	5	4.79
2011 (0-0)			4.1	6	4	4	3	5	0	8.31

Last 7 GS		1-3	35.2	46	26	19	10	30	5	4.79	44
2012-09-03	@DET	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	95	55
2012-08-29	OAK	L	6.0	8	4	3	0	7	1	98	49
2012-08-24	NYY	ND	5.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	93	55
2012-08-18	@OAK	L	5.0	4	4	0	3	2	1	95	50
2012-08-12	BOS	L	3.1	7	6	6	0	4	1	64	26
2012-08-07	MIN	ND	6.0	6	3	1	3	3	0	96	52
2012-08-02	@KCR	ND	4.1	9	6	6	1	4	2	85	24

Last 5 v.MIN		0-0	6.0	6	3	1	3	3	0	1.50	52
2012-08-07	MIN	ND	6.0	6	3	1	3	3	0	96	52

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

 Home:   32-37   Road:   27-43   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  45-49   vsLHP:  14-31   1-Run:  19-8 
 vsEast: 14-22   vsCntrl:23-29   vsWest: 14-19 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
139 Sat, Sep  8  @MIN  L   0-3       59-80  4th 16.5 gb
138 Fri, Sep  7  @MIN  W   7-6       59-79  4th 15.5 gb
137 Wed, Sep  5  @DET  L   1-7       58-79  4th 16.5 gb
136 Tue, Sep  4  @DET  W   3-2       58-78  4th 15.5 gb
135 Mon, Sep  3  @DET  W   3-2       57-78  4th 16.5 gb
134 Sun, Sep  2   TEX  L   3-8       56-78  4th 16.5 gb
133 Sat, Sep  1   TEX  W   4-3       56-77  4th 16.5 gb
132 Fri, Aug 31   TEX  L   3-5       55-77  4th 17.5 gb
131 Thu, Aug 30   OAK  L   7-12      55-76  4th 17.5 gb
130 Wed, Aug 29   OAK  L   4-8       55-75  4th 17.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 9-21

Twins, 57-82, 57-82 5th, 18½ GB, 18½ GB in WC

SP: Esmerling Vasquez (28, RHP, 0-1, 7.94)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (0-1)			5.2	7	5	5	3	2	0	7.94
2011 (1-1)			30.1	27	16	14	13	20	2	4.15
2010 (1-6)			53.2	46	32	31	38	55	6	5.20

Last 7 GS		0-1	5.2	7	5	5	3	2	0	7.94	34
2012-09-02	@KCR	L	5.2	7	5	5	3	2	0	79	34

Has never faced CLE as starter.

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

 Home:   26-41   Road:   31-41   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  38-59   vsLHP:  19-23   1-Run:  21-23
 vsEast: 10-18   vsCntrl:27-28   vsWest: 11-27 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
139 Sat, Sep  8   CLE  W   3-0       57-82  5th 18.5 gb
138 Fri, Sep  7   CLE  L   6-7       56-82  5th 18.5 gb
137 Wed, Sep  5  @CHW  L   2-6       56-81  5th 18.5 gb
136 Tue, Sep  4  @CHW  W  18-9       56-80  5th 17.5 gb
135 Mon, Sep  3  @CHW  L   2-4       55-80  5th 18.5 gb
134 Sun, Sep  2  @KCR  L   4-6       55-79  5th 17.5 gb
133 Sat, Sep  1  @KCR  W   8-7       55-78  5th 17.5 gb
132 Sat, Sep  1  @KCR  W   3-1       54-78  5th 17.5 gb
131 Thu, Aug 30   SEA  L   4-5       53-78  5th 19.5 gb
130 Wed, Aug 29   SEA  W  10-0       53-77  5th 19.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 08, 2012 MIN  3  CLE  0        W:Cole De Vries (5-5), L: Zach McAllister (5-7), S: Glen Perkins (11)
Fri, Sep 07, 2012 CLE  7 @MIN  6        W:David Huff (1-0), L: Tyler Robertson (1-2), S: Chris Perez (35)
Wed, Aug 08, 2012 CLE  6  MIN  2        W:Justin Masterson (8-10), L: Brian Duensing (2-7), S: none
Tue, Aug 07, 2012 MIN  7 @CLE  5        W:Tyler Robertson (1-0), L: Chris Perez (0-4), S: Glen Perkins (7)
Mon, Aug 06, 2012 MIN 14 @CLE  3        W:Scott Diamond (10-5), L: Zach McAllister (4-4), S: none
Sun, Jul 29, 2012 MIN  5  CLE  1        W:Brian Duensing (2-6), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (8-10), S: none
Sat, Jul 28, 2012 MIN 12  CLE  5        W:Sam Deduno (2-0), L: Justin Masterson (7-9), S: none
Fri, Jul 27, 2012 MIN 11  CLE  0        W:Scott Diamond (9-4), L: Josh Tomlin (5-8), S: none
Sun, Jun 03, 2012 MIN  6 @CLE  3        W:Scott Diamond (4-1), L: Justin Masterson (2-5), S: Matt Capps (12)
Sat, Jun 02, 2012 MIN  7 @CLE  4        W:Brian Duensing (1-2), L: Josh Tomlin (2-3), S: Matt Capps (11)
Season Series: 2012 - MIN over 8-5; 2011 - CLE won 11-7; 2010 - MIN won 12-6; All-Time - CLE leads 1085-951

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 2012 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 TEX 5.14 SFG 4.35 HOU 3.61	RA/G WSN 3.60 PHI 4.28 COL 5.40	BA M. Cabrera .346 C. Hart .275 C. Pena .189	OBP P. Fielder .412 J. Kubel .338 J. Smoak .258	SLG R. Braun .605 J. Mauer .438 J. Weeks .302	OPS R. Braun .994 N. Cruz .779 J. Smoak .569	ERA D. Price 2.54 L. Harrell 3.83 R. Romero 5.85	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.23 W. Chen 7.38 H. Alvarez 3.34

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.14

SFG 4.35

HOU 3.61

RA/G

WSN 3.60

PHI 4.28

COL 5.40

M. Cabrera .346

C. Hart .275

C. Pena .189

OBP

P. Fielder .412

J. Kubel .338

J. Smoak .258

SLG

R. Braun .605

J. Mauer .438

J. Weeks .302

OPS

R. Braun .994

N. Cruz .779

J. Smoak .569

ERA

D. Price 2.54

L. Harrell 3.83

R. Romero 5.85

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.23

W. Chen 7.38

H. Alvarez 3.34

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Indians Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 59.Vasquez
G/S/vB 31.Burnett
G/S/vB 61.Burton
G/S/vB 38.De Vries
G/S/vB 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 50.Fien
G/S/vB 67.Perdomo
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 64.Robertson*
G/S/vB 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB 57.Waldrop
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Brantley* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 19/.421 ··· ··· 6/.334 1/2.000 6/.666 1/no AB 552/363 .286/.341/.409/.749 .689/.780 .821 91/.683 12/9 6/1

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.500 3/.000 3/.000 25/.922 ··· ··· 6/1.467 2/no AB 9/1.000 2/.500 553/372 .269/.338/.420/.758 .797/.739 .754 88/.607 7/4 14/17

4.Canzler G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 24/20 .391/.417/.565/.982 .750/1.029 1.038 24/.982 0/0 1/0

12.Carrera* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 3/2.000 2/.000 96/74 .258/.302/.404/.707 .697/.706 .808 66/.536 5/1 1/1

17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 3/.666 3/1.334 27/.679 1/.000 1/no AB 7/.829 3/.000 6/1.750 1/2.000 579/380 .283/.371/.453/.824 .573/.951 .795 98/.736 18/6 15/2

16.Donald G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 10/.800 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 115/56 .187/.219/.252/.472 .503/.440 .585 45/.450 4/0 2/5

9.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 7/.572 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 293/219 .230/.298/.325/.622 .427/.688 .641 58/.593 0/2 4/11

22.Kipnis* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 8/.417 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.500 4/1.500 2/.000 573/370 .256/.328/.381/.709 .578/.779 .764 98/.651 27/7 13/5

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 11/.728 1/no AB 1/no AB 5/.000 1/.000 7/.858 ··· 441/328 .227/.285/.343/.628 .584/.643 .611 71/.620 3/0 12/5

7.LaPorta G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 15/1.082 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· 31/12 .138/.194/.138/.331 .377/.258 .200 20/.311 0/0 0/0

1.Lillibridge G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 9/1.111 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 163/85 .190/.222/.281/.503 .552/.456 .492 43/.584 11/2 3/5

6.Marson G/S/vP ··· 5/.650 ··· ··· 14/.237 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 196/107 .234/.335/.305/.640 .607/.668 .685 37/.550 4/0 0/1

36.Neal G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1 .250/.250/.500/.750 .000/3.000 4/.750 0/0 0/0

46.Phelps# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/7 .000/.143/.000/.143 /.143 .143 7/.143 0/0 0/0

25.Rottino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 48/12 .146/.250/.317/.567 .719/.167 .399 3/.000 3/0 2/0

41.Santana# G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 16/.192 1/.000 ··· 5/1.800 1/5.000 6/1.166 2/.000 509/336 .245/.360/.401/.760 .817/.732 .674 92/.695 3/3 14/9

IP 5.2 61.2 52.2 87.2 95.1 25.1 7.2 60.1 20.0 79.1 12.2 TOTAL .248/.320/.382/.702 .648/.730 .702 .618 95/39 119/76

ERA-K/9

7.94/3.2

3.06/3.9

2.05/7.5

4.11/6.0

5.10/5.5

1.42/8.5

2.35/4.7

2.54/9.9

5.85/9.4

4.99/6.0

2.84/2.8

4.79/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Marson (52-7-2)
Santana (57-20-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 26/.318 266/.251 208/.190 375/.255 415/.294 104/.207 38/.241 245/.234 88/.253 336/.282 57/.314 .278 Brantley
Choo
Carrera
Rottino
Lillibridge
Canzler
Santana
Neal
Donald 0/131/0/5
0/0/132/5
27/6/1/1
11/0/0/0
19/9/4/0
2/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/1/0
4/0/0/0

OPS .794 .653 .542 .740 .782 .565 .774 .636 .771 .786 .798 .782

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 14/1.167 97/.549 80/.748 178/.690 148/.670 43/.427 24/.667 94/.498 55/.632 154/.719 25/.547 .762

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 12/.350 169/.704 128/.420 197/.783 267/.843 61/.659 14/.955 151/.725 33/1.010 182/.843 32/.989 .795

Home / 120/.586 110/.563 171/.860 181/.740 42/.671 21/.695 133/.707 46/.604 156/.738 21/.510

Last 28d days 26/.794 48/.814 29/.545 115/.641 103/.855 41/.594 11/.808 31/.295 32/.677 47/.840 36/.600

HR/SB/CS 0/2/0 3/7/0 4/5/0 16/2/1 10/4/1 0/3/0 0/1/0 5/2/3 4/2/2 12/0/1 1/1/0 169/98/21

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

Twins Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Kluber
G/S/vB 37.Allen
G/S/vB 51.Barnes*
G/S/vB 56.Herrmann
G/S/vB 31.Huff*
G/S/vB 57.Maine*
G/S/vB 54.Perez
G/S/vB 52.Pestano
G/S/vB 32.Rogers
G/S/vB 44.Seddon*
G/S/vB 49.Sipp*
G/S/vB 38.Smith
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 100/70 .215/.270/.301/.571 .237/.719 .495 12/.432 0/0 1/1

8.Carroll G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 9/.888 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.667 484/353 .259/.340/.306/.646 .796/.590 .654 77/.765 8/4 1/12

22.Carson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/25 .273/.306/.303/.609 .899/.490 .000 36/.609 0/0 0/0

12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.715 ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.167 1/.000 295/222 .218/.259/.292/.551 .624/.527 .675 38/.547 16/1 1/7

18.Doumit# G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 9/.777 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 464/320 .283/.328/.462/.790 .680/.840 .752 92/.658 0/0 15/1

5.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 110/82 .216/.287/.278/.565 .911/.436 .635 13/.633 2/0 0/2

25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 75/46 .254/.324/.343/.668 .729/.628 .581 75/.668 1/0 0/5

19.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 165/97 .262/.333/.372/.706 .655/.742 .769 50/.577 18/2 3/3

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 22/1.150 ··· 5/.200 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 18/1.800 ··· 560/366 .314/.411/.438/.850 .779/.886 .844 103/.851 8/4 9/5

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 19/1.009 1/no AB 4/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 10/.200 2/.000 491/312 .275/.334/.459/.793 .580/.921 .739 99/.685 1/0 17/3

27.Parmelee* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 3/.666 4/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/2.500 ··· 162/118 .245/.309/.415/.724 .751/.713 .590 42/1.048 0/0 5/2

24.Plouffe G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 4/1.750 ··· 4/2.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 5/.200 387/268 .236/.307/.454/.762 .950/.682 .889 99/.490 0/3 20/14

11.Revere* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 7/.857 ··· 5/.400 3/.333 2/2.000 1/2.000 9/1.223 4/.000 458/312 .300/.338/.355/.692 .702/.688 .716 103/.618 34/7 0/0

16.Willingham G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.829 ··· 6/.334 5/1.600 3/1.167 1/no AB 6/.000 10/1.300 558/391 .262/.369/.537/.906 .994/.870 1.059 88/.841 3/2 33/4

IP 35.2 21.1 13.1 8.2 3.1 21.1 49.2 60.2 68.0 23.0 47.0 56.0 TOTAL .263/.328/.397/.725 .734/.721 .781 .688 113/32 117/90

ERA-K/9

4.79/7.6

2.95/7.6

6.08/7.4

4.15/7.2

0.00/10.9

4.64/11.4

3.62/10.3

2.08/9.8

4.50/9.7

4.70/4.3

4.60/9.2

3.05/7.1

4.82/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (18-7-4)
Doumit (26-7-2)
Mauer (54-7-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 162/.311 89/.247 65/.291 35/.219 10/.000 97/.224 205/.220 244/.194 302/.272 101/.289 198/.218 233/.217 .267 Willingham
Revere
Carson
Plouffe
Mastroianni
Parmelee
Doumit
Escobar 110/0/0/6
2/33/68/6
5/0/5/2
2/0/15/2
21/4/31/2
1/0/13/1
13/0/6/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .887 .693 .873 .629 .000 .709 .615 .570 .768 .790 .732 .614 .767

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 100/.864 43/.708 27/.816 18/.343 5/.000 34/.458 110/.524 133/.664 149/.656 32/.483 103/.717 93/.623 .804

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 62/.923 46/.681 38/.910 17/.945 5/.000 63/.827 95/.717 111/.461 153/.873 69/.939 95/.748 140/.609 .728

Road 67/.912 36/.761 48/1.023 14/.445 10/.000 54/.843 80/.558 114/.561 133/.846 51/1.019 95/.781 109/.672

Last 28d days 95/.782 47/.986 14/.665 22/.513 10/.000 3/.333 23/.348 46/.906 45/.653 54/.727 31/.747 41/.574

HR/SB/CS 5/9/1 2/0/1 1/2/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/1/0 4/3/0 3/3/2 7/0/1 2/2/0 8/3/2 3/2/1 148/112/28

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