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Minnesota Twins vs. Cleveland Indians, at Target Field, April 19, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Start Time:

1:10ct (local), 2:10et

Venue:

Target Field

Tickets:

Tickets for games at Target Field

Series:

Game #3 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

57° (based on last ten years)

Indians

Manager:

Terry Francona

Game #:

On This Date:

33-42

Twins

Manager:

Paul Molitor

Game #:

On This Date:

42-47

Season Series
Fri, Apr 17, 2015 MIN  3  CLE  2 (11)
Sat, Apr 18, 2015 CLE  4 @MIN  2     

Sun, Apr 19, 2015 CLE    @MIN  2:10pm
Fri, May 08, 2015 MIN    @CLE  7:10pm
Sat, May 09, 2015 MIN    @CLE  4:10pm
Sun, May 10, 2015 MIN    @CLE  1:10pm
Fri, Aug 07, 2015 MIN    @CLE  7:10pm
Sat, Aug 08, 2015 MIN    @CLE  7:10pm
Sun, Aug 09, 2015 MIN    @CLE  1:10pm
Fri, Aug 14, 2015 CLE    @MIN  8:10pm
Sat, Aug 15, 2015 CLE    @MIN  7:10pm
Sun, Aug 16, 2015 CLE    @MIN  2:10pm
Tue, Sep 22, 2015 CLE    @MIN  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 23, 2015 CLE    @MIN  8:10pm
Thu, Sep 24, 2015 CLE    @MIN  8:10pm
Mon, Sep 28, 2015 MIN    @CLE  7:10pm
Tue, Sep 29, 2015 MIN    @CLE  7:10pm
Wed, Sep 30, 2015 MIN    @CLE  7:10pm
Thu, Oct 01, 2015 MIN    @CLE  7:10pm

                         All times ET

Cleveland Indians

4-6, 3rd, 4½ GB, 3½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    1-4    Road:    3-2    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   3-2    vsLHP:   1-4    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 2-5    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 10 Sat, Apr 18  @MIN  W   4-2        4-6   3rd  4.5 gb
  9 Fri, Apr 17  @MIN  L   2-3 (11)   3-6   4th  5.5 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 15   CHW  W   4-2        3-5   3rd  4.5 gb
  7 Tue, Apr 14   CHW  L   1-4        2-5   4th  5.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12   DET  L   5-8        2-4   3rd  4.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 11   DET  L   6-9        2-3   3rd  3.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr 10   DET  L   4-8        2-2   3rd  2.0 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  9  @HOU  W   5-1        2-1   3rd  1.0 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  8  @HOU  W   2-0        1-1   3rd  1.0 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  6  @HOU  L   0-2        0-1   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 4-6    Last 30: 4-6

Minnesota Twins

4-7, 5th, 5 GB, 4 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:    3-2    Road:    1-5    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   3-4    vsLHP:   1-3    1-Run:   1-1 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 4-7    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Sat, Apr 18   CLE  L   2-4        4-7   5th  5.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 17   CLE  W   3-2 (11)   4-6   3rd  5.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 16   KCR  W   8-5        3-6   5th  5.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 15   KCR  W   3-1        2-6   5th  5.5 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 13   KCR  L   3-12       1-6   5th  6.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12  @CHW  L   2-6        1-5   5th  5.0 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 11  @CHW  L   4-5        1-4   4th  4.0 gb
  4 Fri, Apr 10  @CHW  W   6-0        1-3   4th  3.0 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  9  @DET  L   1-7        0-3   4th  3.0 gb
  2 Wed, Apr  8  @DET  L   0-11       0-2   4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 4-7    Last 30: 4-7

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 18, 2015 CLE  4 @MIN  2        W:Danny Salazar (1-0), L: Phil Hughes (0-3), S: Cody Allen (3)
Fri, Apr 17, 2015 MIN  3  CLE  2 (11)   W:Blaine Boyer (1-1), L: Bryan Shaw (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 21, 2014 CLE  7 @MIN  2        W:Corey Kluber (17-9), L: Anthony Swarzak (3-2), S: none
Sat, Sep 20, 2014 CLE  7 @MIN  3        W:T.J. House (4-3), L: Trevor May (3-5), S: Marc Rzepczynski (1)
Fri, Sep 19, 2014 MIN  5  CLE  4 (10)   W:Jared Burton (3-5), L: Kyle Crockett (4-1), S: none
Thu, Sep 11, 2014 CLE  2  MIN  0        W:T.J. House (3-3), L: Ricky Nolasco (5-11), S: Cody Allen (20)
Thu, Sep 11, 2014 CLE  8  MIN  2        W:Corey Kluber (15-9), L: Kyle Gibson (11-11), S: none
Tue, Sep 09, 2014 MIN  4 @CLE  3        W:Trevor May (2-4), L: Trevor Bauer (5-8), S: Jared Burton (2)
Thu, Aug 21, 2014 MIN  4  CLE  1        W:Phil Hughes (14-8), L: Corey Kluber (13-7), S: Glen Perkins (32)
Wed, Aug 20, 2014 CLE  5 @MIN  0        W:T.J. House (2-3), L: Ricky Nolasco (5-9), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - tied 1-1; 2014 - CLE won 11-8; 2013 - CLE won 13-6; All-Time - CLE leads 1111-970

SP: T.J. House (25, LHP, 0-1, 40.50)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (0-1)			1.1	6	6	6	3	2	1	40.50
2014 (5-3)			102.0	113	41	38	22	80	10	3.35

Last 7 GS		3-1	37.0	40	16	16	5	33	4	3.89	52
2015-04-12	DET	L	1.1	6	6	6	3	2	1	63	17
2014-09-28	TBR	W	5.0	5	1	1	0	2	1	49	55
2014-09-20	@MIN	W	5.0	6	2	2	1	5	0	90	51
2014-09-11	MIN	W	7.0	4	0	0	0	8	0	94	77
2014-09-05	CHW	ND	7.0	7	1	1	0	7	1	101	66
2014-08-31	@KCR	ND	7.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	85	68
2014-08-26	@CHW	ND	4.2	7	5	5	1	4	1	74	33

Last 5 v.MIN		3-0	22.1	20	5	5	7	20	0	2.01	58
2014-09-20	@MIN	W	5.0	6	2	2	1	5	0	90	51
2014-09-11	MIN	W	7.0	4	0	0	0	8	0	94	77
2014-08-20	@MIN	W	5.1	4	0	0	3	5	0	95	62
2014-07-21	@MIN	ND	5.0	6	3	3	3	2	0	89	42

SP: Trevor May (25, RHP, 0-1, 8.44)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (0-1)			5.1	8	5	5	1	4	1	8.44
2014 (3-6)			45.2	59	41	40	22	44	7	7.88

Last 7 GS		3-4	36.2	43	31	31	10	41	8	7.61	42
2015-04-13	KCR	L	5.1	8	5	5	1	4	1	78	35
2014-09-25	@DET	L	6.0	5	3	3	1	7	2	92	56
2014-09-20	CLE	L	4.2	8	7	7	2	3	1	96	21
2014-09-14	@CHW	W	6.0	5	3	3	0	10	1	93	60
2014-09-09	@CLE	W	5.0	5	2	2	4	3	0	102	48
2014-09-03	CHW	W	5.0	6	3	3	1	6	1	78	48
2014-08-29	@BAL	L	4.2	6	8	8	1	8	2	84	27

Last 5 v.CLE		1-1	9.2	13	9	9	6	6	1	8.38	35
2014-09-20	CLE	L	4.2	8	7	7	2	3	1	96	21
2014-09-09	@CLE	W	5.0	5	2	2	4	3	0	102	48

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2015 season. Player Stats for the 2014 season. We will switch to 2015 stats on May 1st.

Indians Batters (3.30 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 36.Boyer
G/S/vB 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 50.Fien
G/S/vB 62.Graham
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 22.Stauffer
G/S/vB 64.Thompson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

4.Aviles G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/3.000 23/.856 9/.444 ··· 20/.463 ··· 2/.000 374/224 .247/.273/.343/.616 .645/.596 .588 25/.729 14/5 5/8

24.Bourn* G/S/vP 6/.533 4/1.000 7/.619 3/.333 ··· 7/1.071 7/.762 3/1.667 487/333 .257/.314/.360/.674 .569/.724 .636 45/.483 10/6 3/2

23.Brantley* G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 31/.361 8/1.071 ··· 11/.400 1/.000 2/1.000 676/443 .327/.385/.506/.890 .826/.923 .849 17/.485 23/1 20/1

8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 5/.200 2/.500 8/.250 5/.750 ··· 4/1.000 1/2.000 3/.666 533/412 .280/.343/.427/.770 .729/.782 .799 33/.579 3/1 13/18

10.Gomes G/S/vP 5/2.100 ··· 3/.000 8/.750 ··· 6/.967 ··· 1/.000 518/363 .278/.313/.472/.785 .879/.745 .807 20/.350 0/0 21/14

22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 2/3.000 ··· 16/.599 12/.872 ··· 6/.500 1/.000 3/.000 555/374 .240/.310/.330/.640 .500/.710 .659 44/.518 22/3 6/6

44.Moss* G/S/vP 2/no AB 3/.000 1/no AB 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/3.000 1/.000 580/479 .234/.334/.438/.772 .792/.768 .831 33/.594 1/0 25/7

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 4/1.500 2/.000 13/.481 4/.000 ··· 7/.286 2/1.500 1/.000 462/376 .262/.319/.385/.703 .604/.727 .643 20/.472 2/3 8/3

55.Perez G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 95/68 .271/.311/.365/.676 .397/.786 .707 23/.918 0/0 1/3

9.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 27/.579 2/.000 ··· 18/.287 ··· ··· 212/75 .200/.250/.297/.547 .596/.463 .675 17/.673 0/0 4/2

11.Ramirez# G/S/vP 6/1.167 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.833 266/178 .262/.300/.346/.646 .676/.632 .647 35/.628 10/1 2/4

41.Santana# G/S/vP 6/.533 2/.000 27/.268 8/.000 ··· 13/2.292 2/.000 2/.500 660/445 .231/.365/.427/.792 .864/.757 .853 44/.715 5/2 27/11

IP 45.2 40.1 54.1 63.1 61.2 64.1 7.1 TOTAL .223/.281/.329/.610 .540/.669 .630 .610 6/1 6/4

ERA-K/9

7.88/8.7

3.57/6.5

3.31/5.5

3.98/7.3

/0.0

3.65/9.6

3.50/9.4

2.45/7.4

4.97/5.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Gomes (66-31-6)
Perez (14-8-1)
Santana (8-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 213/.314 160/.228 229/.254 260/.262 / 260/.258 273/.273 31/.286 .282 Brantley
Moss
Murphy
Bourn
Raburn
Aviles 107/46/0/12
56/0/34/6
2/0/120/6
0/105/0/5
20/0/25/3
27/3/3/1

OPS .900 .628 .725 .705 .720 .727 .715 .778

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 97/.892 63/.813 104/.587 120/.694 / 72/.772 135/.680 17/.706 .757

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 116/.907 97/.508 125/.843 140/.713 / 188/.700 138/.775 14/.721 .797

Home 95/.922 82/.605 124/.828 135/.763 / 144/.774 138/.648 14/.619

Last 28d days 24/.966 32/1.040 16/.875 10/.000 19/.688 17/.412 25/1.011 29/.286

HR/SB/CS 7/1/0 2/3/2 6/2/2 7/1/0 // 7/2/2 4/1/2 0/0/0 11/7/1

Usage XX····oo ··oo·oo· ··oo···· ·····X·X ·ooo·o·· ·Xo··X·· ·XX··ooX

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2015 season. Player Stats for the 2014 season. We will switch to 2015 stats on May 1st.

Twins Batters (2.91 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (3.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.House*
G/S/vB 49.Adams
G/S/vB 37.Allen
G/S/vB 48.Atchison
G/S/vB 57.Crockett*
G/S/vB 50.Hagadone*
G/S/vB 34.McAllister
G/S/vB 35.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB 27.Shaw
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

31.Arcia* G/S/vP 8/.661 ··· 8/.804 2/1.000 3/1.000 4/.000 8/.250 5/.400 1/2.000 410/268 .231/.300/.452/.752 .574/.848 .810 28/.606 1/2 20/5

2.Dozier G/S/vP 12/1.000 ··· 6/.750 4/1.250 1/2.000 2/5.000 15/.629 1/.000 12/.250 707/500 .242/.345/.416/.762 .804/.743 .784 46/.648 21/7 23/15

5.Escobar# G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.750 465/328 .275/.315/.406/.721 .877/.654 .793 23/.408 1/1 6/9

12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 13/.077 3/.000 1/.000 79/62 .213/.253/.253/.506 .544/.496 .493 9/.889 1/0 0/1

48.Hunter G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 11/.495 8/.000 ··· 2/.000 17/.470 7/.143 8/.250 586/430 .286/.319/.446/.765 .799/.753 .760 38/.549 4/3 17/5

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 3/.667 5/.800 2/2.000 8/.929 10/1.056 9/.873 5/.900 518/332 .277/.361/.371/.732 .654/.776 .734 46/.677 3/0 4/3

9.Nunez G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.000 ··· 213/114 .250/.271/.382/.654 .586/.716 .756 6/1.667 9/3 4/7

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 10/.633 ··· 12/.697 10/.200 ··· 1/no AB 15/.421 4/1.750 6/1.166 582/412 .258/.328/.423/.751 .783/.738 .783 39/.574 2/1 14/14

21.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 66/29 .150/.227/.200/.427 .425/.429 .535 15/.600 0/1 0/0

39.Santana# G/S/vP 9/.555 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 430/299 .319/.353/.472/.824 .786/.841 .820 42/.415 20/4 7/6

1.Schafer* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.200 3/1.334 240/183 .238/.310/.305/.615 .400/.681 .595 30/.351 30/7 1/2

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 4/1.750 ··· 6/.733 12/.166 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 3/1.167 4/.000 503/363 .288/.345/.383/.727 .810/.695 .792 32/.741 0/1 3/4

19.Vargas# G/S/vP 9/.222 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 234/133 .274/.316/.456/.772 .602/.899 .905 39/.528 0/0 9/3

IP 102.0 7.0 69.2 72.0 30.0 23.1 86.0 46.0 76.1 TOTAL .214/.269/.317/.585 .593/.581 .671 .585 4/2 7/9

ERA-K/9

3.35/7.1

9.00/5.1

2.07/11.8

2.75/6.1

1.80/8.4

2.70/10.4

5.23/7.7

2.74/9.0

2.59/7.5

3.70/10.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Herrmann (0-0-0)
Suzuki (64-21-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 429/.284 30/.310 279/.194 280/.227 122/.239 91/.214 377/.280 196/.246 313/.216 .231 Arcia
Hunter
Santana
Schafer
Escobar
Nunez
Robinson
Herrmann 0/0/100/8
0/0/128/5
0/69/0/5
49/20/6/2
2/1/0/2
16/0/2/2
5/1/15/1
12/0/13/0

OPS .749 .851 .601 .606 .657 .636 .750 .656 .602 .670

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 126/.608 11/.909 140/.451 100/.723 71/.545 51/.628 177/.789 108/.441 121/.776 .496

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 303/.808 19/.813 139/.757 180/.544 51/.809 40/.645 200/.715 88/.944 192/.493 .789

Road 257/.795 7/.619 133/.639 151/.598 57/.724 46/.658 183/.725 112/.750 169/.661

Last 28d days 14/1.614 18/.597 20/.736 14/.071 9/.333 22/.773 48/.991 8/.833 16/1.420

HR/SB/CS 10/6/2 1/0/0 7/4/1 4/4/2 2/1/0 3/2/1 7/9/3 1/2/1 6/11/2 9/11/3

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

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 2015 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 2014 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

LAA 4.77

MIA 3.98

SDP 3.30

RA/G

SEA 3.42

CLE 4.03

COL 5.05

J. Altuve .341

J. Upton .270

C. Davis .196

OBP

A. McCutchen .410

C. Headley .328

M. Dominguez .256

SLG

J. Abreu .581

C. Utley .407

Z. Cozart .300

OPS

V. Martinez .974

H. Kendrick .744

Z. Cozart .568

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.77

W. Chen 3.54

C. Buchholz 5.34

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 10.85

T. Koehler 7.20

M. Buehrle 5.30

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.