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Game Preview: MIN @ CLE, 1:05pm, Sunday, April 6, 2014 @Progressive Field

Twins, 2-3, 2-3 4th, 2½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Ricky Nolasco (31, RHP, 0-1, 7.50)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-1) 6.0 10 5 5 2 4 2 7.50
2013 (13-11) 199.1 195 90 82 46 165 17 3.70
2012 (12-13) 191.0 214 100 95 47 125 18 4.48
Last 7 GS 3-3 38.2 45 27 24 9 38 3 5.59 47
2014-03-31 @CHW L 6.0 10 5 5 2 4 2 93 34
2013-09-25 @SFG L 5.2 8 6 6 1 7 1 95 35
2013-09-19 @ARI ND 5.0 9 6 6 0 5 0 74 30
2013-09-14 SFG L 1.1 7 7 5 3 0 0 50 13
2013-09-09 ARI W 6.2 3 1 0 1 6 0 100 71
2013-09-03 @COL W 6.0 5 2 2 1 5 0 85 58
2013-08-28 CHC W 8.0 3 0 0 1 11 0 117 86
Has never faced CLE as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-0    Road:    2-3    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   1-2    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  5 Sat, Apr  5  @CLE  W   7-3        2-3   4th  2.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  4  @CLE  L   2-7        1-3   5th  2.5 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  3  @CHW  W  10-9        1-2   4th  1.5 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  2  @CHW  L   6-7 (11)   0-2   4th  2.0 gb
  1 Mon, Mar 31  @CHW  L   3-5        0-1   4th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-3    Last 20: 2-3    Last 30: 2-3
Indians, 3-2, 3-2 2nd, 1½ GB, ½ up in WC

SP: Justin Masterson (29, RHP, 0-0, 0.00)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-0) 7.0 3 0 0 1 4 0 0.00
2013 (14-10) 193.0 156 75 74 76 195 13 3.45
2012 (11-15) 206.1 212 122 113 88 159 18 4.93
Last 7 GS 1-3 39.2 35 17 16 18 32 2 3.63 53
2014-03-31 @OAK ND 7.0 3 0 0 1 4 0 92 74
2013-09-02 BAL L 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 24 46
2013-08-28 @ATL ND 6.0 5 2 2 4 6 0 98 56
2013-08-21 @LAA W 6.2 5 1 1 5 7 0 110 62
2013-08-16 @OAK L 7.2 7 3 3 1 4 1 107 56
2013-08-11 LAA ND 4.1 7 5 4 4 5 0 101 32
2013-08-06 DET L 7.0 7 5 5 2 6 1 100 47
Last 5 v.MIN 2-2 33.0 26 24 22 10 25 3 6.00 48
2013-07-21 @MIN W 7.0 1 1 1 0 8 0 93 79
2013-05-03 MIN ND 6.2 8 5 5 2 5 1 98 41
2012-09-10 @MIN L 6.2 7 6 6 2 3 0 94 37
2012-08-08 MIN W 7.0 3 2 2 4 7 1 111 66
2012-07-28 @MIN L 5.2 7 10 8 2 2 1 103 19
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    1-1    Road:    2-1    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   3-1    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  5 Sat, Apr  5   MIN  L   3-7        3-2   2nd  1.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr  4   MIN  W   7-2        3-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  3 Wed, Apr  2  @OAK  W   6-4        2-1   3rd  0.5 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  2  @OAK  L   1-6        1-1   3rd  0.5 gb
  1 Mon, Mar 31  @OAK  W   2-0        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 3-2    Last 20: 3-2    Last 30: 3-2 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 05, 2014 MIN  7 @CLE  3        W:Kyle Gibson (1-0), L: Carlos Carrasco (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 04, 2014 CLE  7  MIN  2        W:Josh Outman (1-0), L: Mike Pelfrey (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 29, 2013 CLE  5 @MIN  1        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (13-9), L: Scott Diamond (6-13), S: none
Sat, Sep 28, 2013 CLE  5 @MIN  1        W:Scott Kazmir (10-9), L: Cole De Vries (0-2), S: none
Fri, Sep 27, 2013 CLE 12 @MIN  6        W:Corey Kluber (11-5), L: Pedro Hernandez (3-3), S: none
Thu, Sep 26, 2013 CLE  6 @MIN  5        W:Bryan Shaw (7-3), L: Andrew Albers (2-5), S: Joe Smith (3)
Sun, Aug 25, 2013 CLE  3  MIN  1        W:Joe Smith (5-1), L: Jared Burton (2-7), S: Chris Perez (21)
Sat, Aug 24, 2013 CLE  7  MIN  2        W:Zach McAllister (7-7), L: Liam Hendriks (0-2), S: none
Fri, Aug 23, 2013 MIN  5 @CLE  1        W:Sam Deduno (8-7), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (9-8), S: none
Wed, Aug 14, 2013 CLE  9 @MIN  8 (12)   W:Chris Perez (5-2), L: Ryan Pressly (3-3), S: Joe Smith (2)
Season Series: 2014 - tied 1-1; 2013 - CLE won 13-6; 2012 - MIN won 12-6; All-Time - CLE leads 1100-962

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 2014 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 2013 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.27

NYY  4.01

MIA  3.17

 RA/G

ATL  3.38

NYM  4.22

HOU  5.23

 BA

M. Cabrera  .348

A. Pierzynski  .272

D. Uggla  .179

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .442

C. Crisp  .335

A. Escobar  .259

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .636

J. Loney  .430

A. Hechavarria  .298

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.078

P. Sandoval  .758

A. Escobar  .559

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.83

J. De La Rosa  3.49

E. Volquez  5.71

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.89

Z. Greinke  7.50

J. Guthrie  4.72

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Twins Batters (5.60 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (3.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 63.Masterson
G/S/vB		 37.Allen
G/S/vB		 48.Atchison
G/S/vB		 44.Axford
G/S/vB		 59.Carrasco
G/S/vB		 88.Outman*
G/S/vB		 52.Pestano
G/S/vB		 35.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB		 27.Shaw
G/S/vB		 49.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP 3/1.667 7/.619 1/.000 ··· 5/1.350 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 378/261 .251/.304/.430/.734 .659/.769 .760 19/.380 1/2 14/2
11.Bartlett G/S/vP 14/.453 ··· 5/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 8/1.250 2/1.000 1/.000 / /// / 1/.000 / /
20.Colabello G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.650 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 181/127 .194/.287/.344/.631 .573/.655 .813 19/1.143 0/1 7/3
2.Dozier G/S/vP 17/1.415 5/.933 1/.000 2/.000 9/.958 ··· 5/.200 1/.000 6/.333 1/.000 623/475 .244/.312/.414/.726 .978/.649 .730 25/.644 14/7 18/6
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 179/131 .236/.282/.345/.628 .655/.619 .510 4/.000 0/2 3/7
25.Florimon# G/S/vP 9/.778 4/.500 1/.000 2/2.000 7/.453 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.650 ··· 446/334 .221/.281/.330/.611 .459/.661 .650 14/.237 15/6 9/18
32.Hicks# G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 3/.333 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 313/247 .192/.259/.338/.597 .713/.566 .610 21/.675 9/3 8/0
13.Kubel* G/S/vP 21/.568 ··· 1/5.000 4/1.250 11/.728 5/.000 1/2.000 9/.365 ··· 5/.000 290/250 .216/.293/.317/.610 .414/.642 .578 13/.923 0/1 5/3
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 39/.565 2/.500 5/.800 6/1.167 12/1.219 3/.666 7/.762 7/.715 3/.000 1/no AB 508/371 .324/.404/.476/.880 .882/.879 .901 24/.530 0/1 11/3
43.Pinto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 83/65 .342/.398/.566/.963 .745/1.026 1.018 9/.778 0/0 4/2
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 20/.900 10/.844 3/.666 1/.000 8/.804 ··· 6/.167 4/1.750 1/2.000 3/2.000 522/398 .254/.309/.392/.701 .826/.663 .649 24/1.050 2/1 14/13
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 14/.599 1/.000 6/.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 316/247 .232/.290/.337/.627 .653/.619 .614 14/1.000 2/0 5/6
16.Willingham G/S/vP 13/.731 8/.875 4/1.250 3/1.334 9/.597 ··· 9/.833 2/.500 3/.333 2/1.000 471/357 .208/.342/.368/.709 .696/.714 .716 22/.762 1/0 14/1
IP 193.0 70.1 45.1 65.0 46.2 54.0 35.1 30.2 75.0 1.1 TOTAL .255/.337/.386/.722 .538/.810 .722 .722 2/1 3/2
ERA-K/9 3.45/9.1 2.43/11.3 4.37/5.6 4.02/9.0 6.75/5.8 4.33/8.8 4.08/9.4 3.23/8.5 3.24/8.8 0.00/6.9 3.48/9.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (23-17-3)
 Pinto (6-5-0)
 Suzuki (57-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 803/.222 301/.233 194/.254 289/.285 218/.330 238/.268 159/.274 129/.239 316/.216 8/.200 .256  Hicks
 Kubel
 Arcia
 Willingham
 Colabello
 Escobar
0/81/0/9
56/0/8/7
56/0/29/5
72/0/0/5
0/0/11/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .624 .679 .647 .796 .864 .700 .838 .674 .586 .700 .720
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 494/.698 136/.691 72/.703 131/.838 112/.980 126/.539 82/.878 62/.480 147/.673 4/.500 .687
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 309/.507 165/.669 122/.615 158/.761 106/.745 112/.883 77/.792 67/.859 169/.509 4/.833 .764
Home 434/.611 146/.729 101/.560 150/.751 118/.839 126/.704 70/.984 47/.920 152/.564 8/.700
Last 28d days 25/.341 12/.697 10/.100 8/.250 28/.893 11/.384 11/1.245 9/.347 7/.452 7/.286
HR/SB/CS 13/9/3 7/6/0 4/6/0 10/3/2 4/3/0 3/6/0 6/0/0 2/2/1 4/4/2 0/2/0 3/2/1
Usage ·····X·· ·X·o·X·· o··X···· ···o·X·· X······· oo·X···· X··X···· ···X·o·· ·o·X···· ·o·X····

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Indians Batters (3.80 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (6.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Nolasco
G/S/vB		 61.Burton
G/S/vB		 21.Deduno
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 44.Gibson
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 56.Thielbar*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Aviles G/S/vP 4/2.250 4/.500 3/.000 22/.798 5/.400 2/2.000 15/.624 8/.000 ··· 394/211 .252/.282/.368/.650 .605/.689 .724 9/1.083 8/5 9/8
23.Brantley* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 17/.769 26/.354 6/.900 5/.400 11/.400 15/.619 5/.400 611/419 .284/.332/.396/.728 .664/.757 .786 20/.771 17/4 10/0
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 8/.661 31/.870 4/.500 2/.000 8/1.482 15/.904 4/.000 562/377 .242/.299/.402/.700 .639/.730 .633 21/.508 9/3 14/9
8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 12/1.167 5/.000 1/3.000 4/.750 3/.666 10/.733 ··· 308/270 .225/.270/.398/.668 .408/.705 .675 9/1.306 1/0 11/9
10.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 6/.833 3/.000 4/1.000 2/.000 4/1.583 2/.000 1/.000 322/205 .294/.345/.481/.826 .934/.766 .809 15/.728 2/0 11/3
30.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.200 6/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.000 ··· 275/211 .209/.255/.283/.538 .579/.526 .455 5/.000 22/2 2/6
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 15/.283 14/.690 8/.929 6/1.833 4/.750 11/1.645 5/.200 658/435 .284/.366/.452/.818 .850/.801 .795 22/.599 30/7 17/12
6.Morgan* G/S/vP 14/.643 5/.933 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/2.000 3/2.667 5/.400 ··· / /// / 17/.933 / /
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 6/1.167 11/.573 4/.000 2/.000 6/.334 5/.200 ··· 476/365 .220/.282/.374/.656 .562/.685 .735 15/.276 1/4 13/2
9.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/2.667 26/.602 2/.000 ··· 18/.287 6/.334 ··· 277/153 .272/.357/.543/.901 1.020/.806 .925 12/.333 0/0 16/2
41.Santana# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 18/.487 23/.178 7/.000 5/.200 11/2.602 14/1.227 5/.650 642/430 .268/.377/.455/.832 .864/.815 .827 22/.830 3/1 20/5
33.Swisher# G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 8/.375 14/1.012 2/.000 6/.000 8/1.089 12/.000 2/1.500 634/410 .246/.341/.423/.763 .918/.680 .811 23/.581 1/0 22/9
IP 199.1 66.0 108.0 61.0 62.0 51.0 62.2 96.0 46.0 TOTAL .228/.319/.346/.665 .438/.763 .762 .665 3/0 3/2
ERA-K/9 3.70/7.5 3.82/8.3 3.83/5.6 3.98/8.3 3.92/10.6 6.53/5.1 2.30/11.1 2.91/6.5 1.76/7.6 6.04/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gomes (29-20-4)
 Santana (51-11-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 834/.255 281/.242 461/.259 268/.283 244/.225 238/.327 240/.196 387/.249 171/.154 .286  Brantley
 Murphy
 Raburn
 Swisher
 Aviles
 Johnson
151/1/0/11
128/0/1/10
13/0/54/3
0/0/27/2
4/0/1/0
8/0/3/0
OPS .693 .688 .714 .750 .627 .874 .562 .649 .530 .860
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 450/.721 135/.713 262/.584 132/.786 99/.750 143/.875 61/.544 186/.772 82/.482 .847
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 384/.660 146/.665 199/.884 136/.713 145/.545 95/.869 179/.568 201/.540 89/.575 .874
Road 447/.717 142/.605 260/.744 141/.763 128/.629 122/.755 121/.719 181/.695 99/.580
Last 28d days 27/1.194 8/.821 10/.875 11/.182 13/.801 21/.569 18/.978 9/1.270 10/1.178
HR/SB/CS 17/9/6 6/14/3 7/5/2 4/2/3 9/5/1 7/4/2 5/0/0 7/3/4 4/2/1 8/2/0
Usage ·····X·· o··o···· ·X·X···· o·X····· ·X·X·o·· X······· X·oX···· ··X··X·· ·Xo··o··

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.