Series #5: @ Minnesota 4/20-4/22

Cleveland Indians @ Minnesota Twins
April 20th - April 22nd: 3 Game Series
Tuesday - 8:10 PM* / Wednesday - 8:10 PM* / Thursday - 1:10 PM$
*-STO #-ESPN/ESPN2 %-Fox $-MLBNetwork

The SceneCleveland (6-6) - Minnesota (9-4)
Standings: 3rd AL Central (2.5 GB)
Streak: Won 4
Minnesota: Lost 1

The Latest
4/20: The Indians have sent down outfielder Michael Brantley to Triple-A Columbus due to the activation of Russell Branyan. The injured first baseman passed his test, but it ended rather early as the Indians decided to skip giving Branyan another start at first in Akron. This was most likely done to prevent having to take Brantley on the road trip just to send him back and so Branyan could just flat out fly out with the team on Monday.

Random Notes: Shin-Soo Choo was rewarded for his blistering hot week with the AL Player of the Week award. This will be the Indians trip to the brand new Target Field, Minnesota's new open air ballpark.

Tribe Injuries Hector Ambriz (DL)
Kerry Wood (DL)
Anthony Reyes (60DL)

*@ Minnesota Numbers are for Metrodome, not Target Field

Game 1
Justin Masterson Vs Kevin Slowey
MLB.com PreviewIndians Vs Slowey
Slowey: 3-2, 5 GS, 4.06 ERA
@ Minnesota: 0-1, 1 GS, 5.40 ERA
Choo: 4/15, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 5 K
Sizemore: 4/16, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 3 K
Peralta: 2/14, 1 RBI, 4 K
Branyan: 5/12, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 K
Cabrera: 3/11, 2 K


Twins Vs Masterson
Masterson: 0-2, 2 GS, 5.40
@ Minnesota: 0-1, 1 GS, 9.53 ERA*
Cuddyer: 1/6, 1 RBI, 1 K
Span: 1/2, 4 BB
Kubel: 2/3, 1 RBI, 3 BB
Mauer: 3/5, 1 BB
Morneau: 1/6, 1 BB

Recap
CLE 0 | MIN 0
W -
L -

Game 2
David Huff Vs Francisco Liriano
MLB.com PreviewIndians Vs Liriano
Liriano: 2-3, 6 GS, 4.45 ERA
@ Minnesota: 1-0, 1 GS, 0.00 ERA
Sizemore: 3/14, 1 RBI, 4 BB, 4 K
Peralta: 4/15, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 7 K
Branyan: 1/6, 2 BB, 2 K
Hafner: 2/7, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
Cabrera: 3/4, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB


Twins Vs Huff
Huff: 2-2, 4 GS, 5.82 ERA
@ Minnesota: 1-1, 2 GS, 5.40 ERA*
Mauer: 6/12, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 K
Morneau: 4/10, 1 RBI, 2 BB
Span: 4/11, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
Kubel: 2/8, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
Young: 3/7, 1 BB

RecapCLE 0 | DET 0
W -
L -

Game 3Mitch Talbot Vs Scott Baker
MLB.com Preview

Indians Vs Baker
Baker: 7-5, 15 GS, 3.14 ERA
@ Minnesota: 1-0, 1 GS, 2.57 ERA
Peralta: 11/45, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 1 BB, 9 K
Sizemore: 12/37, 2 BB, 7 K
Hafner: 12/31, 4 HR, 7 RBI, 3 BB, 6 K
Cabrera: 3/16, 6 BB, 8 K
Choo: 3/16, 2 RBI, 6 BB, 5 K


Twins Vs Talbot
Talbot:Has never faced Minnesota
@ Minnesota: Has never played in Minnesota
Has never faced anyone on Minnesota

Recap
CLE 0 | DET 0
W -
L -
We Owe Ya One - Series MVP

Looking Ahead@ Oakland
Jake Westbrook Vs Justin Duchscherer
Fausto Carmona Vs Brett Anderson
Justin Masterson Vs Gio Gonzalez