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Game Preview: CLE @ CHW, 8:11pm, Thursday, August 9, 2007 @U.S. Cellular Field

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Cleveland Indians, 64-50, 1st, ½ up

SP: Aaron Laffey (22, LHP, 0-1, 5.06)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (0-1)              5.1   6   3   3   1   1  0    5.06      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-1   5.1   6   3   3   1   1  0    5.06   44 
 2007-08-04    MIN   L   5.1   6   3   3   1   1  0      82   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW    Has never faced CHW.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-22   Road:   27-28   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  43-33   vsLHP:  21-17   1-Run:  21-17
 vsEast: 16-14   vsCntrl:25-17   vsWest: 14-10 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Wed, Aug  8  @CHW  L   4-6 (13)  64-50  1st  0.5 up
113 Tue, Aug  7  @CHW  W   2-1       64-49  1st  0.5 up
112 Mon, Aug  6  @MIN  W   4-0       63-49  1st  0.5 up
111 Sun, Aug  5  @MIN  L   0-1       62-49  1st  0.5 up
110 Sat, Aug  4  @MIN  L   2-3       62-48  1st  0.5 up
109 Fri, Aug  3  @MIN  W   5-2       62-47  1st  0.5 up
108 Thu, Aug  2   TEX  W   5-0       61-47  2nd  0.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  1   TEX  L   6-9 (10)  60-47  2nd  1.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 31   TEX  L   1-3       60-46  2nd  1.0 gb
105 Sun, Jul 29   MIN  L   1-4       60-45  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Chicago White Sox, 53-60, 4th, 10½ GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Mark Buehrle (28, LHP, 9-6, 3.07)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (9-6)            152.1 150  55  52  29  88 16    3.07      
 2006 (12-13)          204   247 124 113  48  98 36    4.99      
 2005 (16-8)           236.2 240  99  82  40 149 20    3.12      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  52.1  60  17  15   9  22  3    2.58   55 
 2007-08-03    DET   W   8     7   3   3   2   3  0     105   57 
 2007-07-28    TOR   W   8     8   0   0   1   6  0     107   71 
 2007-07-23    DET   L   6.1  14   7   7   2   5  1     111   20 
 2007-07-18    CLE   W   6.1  10   1   1   1   3  0     109   51 
 2007-07-13    BAL   L   8     6   2   2   1   1  2     101   62 
 2007-07-07    MIN   W   8     6   0   0   2   1  0     111   69 
 2007-07-02    BAL  ND   7.2   9   4   2   0   3  0     117   52 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      1-2  25.2  37  13  12   7  12  5    4.21   45 
 2007-07-18    CLE   W   6.1  10   1   1   1   3  0     109   51 
 2007-04-05    CLE  ND   1.1   3   1   1   0   1  1      26   45 
 2006-09-07    CLE   L   4    10   5   4   1   2  2      85   25 
 2006-06-10    CLE  ND   8     6   2   2   4   3  1     118   61 
 2006-05-30    CLE   L   6     8   4   4   1   3  1     107   42 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-29   Road:   28-31   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  41-38   vsLHP:  12-22   1-Run:  11-15
 vsEast: 16-19   vsCntrl:24-19   vsWest:  9-8  IL: 4-14

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Wed, Aug  8   CLE  W   6-4 (13)  53-60  4th 10.5 gb
112 Tue, Aug  7   CLE  L   1-2       52-60  4th 11.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  5  @DET  W   3-1       52-59  4th 10.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  4  @DET  W   7-5       51-59  4th 11.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  3  @DET  W   7-4       50-59  4th 12.0 gb
108 Thu, Aug  2  @NYY  W  13-9       49-59  4th 12.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  1  @NYY  L   1-8       48-59  4th 13.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 31  @NYY  L   3-16      48-58  4th 13.0 gb
105 Sun, Jul 29   TOR  L   1-4       48-57  4th 12.5 gb
104 Sat, Jul 28   TOR  W   2-0       48-56  4th 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 08, 2007 CHW  6  CLE  4 (13)   W:Jose Contreras (6-14), L: Aaron Fultz (3-2), S: none
Tue, Aug 07, 2007 CLE  2 @CHW  1    W:Jake Westbrook (3-6), L: John Danks (6-9), S: Joe Borowski (31)
Wed, Jul 18, 2007 CHW  5 @CLE  1    W:Mark Buehrle (7-5), L: Jake Westbrook (1-5), S: none
Tue, Jul 17, 2007 CLE  6  CHW  5 (11)   W:Rafael Betancourt (2-0), L: Dewon Day (0-1), S: none
Mon, Jul 16, 2007 CHW 11 @CLE 10    W:John Danks (6-6), L: Cliff Lee (5-6), S: Bobby Jenks (25)
Sun, Apr 15, 2007 CLE  2  CHW  1    W:C.C. Sabathia (3-0), L: Jose Contreras (1-2), S: Joe Borowski (5)
Sat, Apr 14, 2007 CLE  4  CHW  0    W:Paul Byrd (1-0), L: John Danks (0-2), S: Joe Borowski (4)
Fri, Apr 13, 2007 CHW  6 @CLE  4    W:Javier Vazquez (2-0), L: Fausto Carmona (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (3)
Thu, Apr 05, 2007 CHW  4  CLE  3    W:Bobby Jenks (1-0), L: Roberto Hernandez (0-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 04, 2007 CLE  8 @CHW  7    W:Aaron Fultz (1-0), L: Matt Thornton (0-1), S: Joe Borowski (1)
Season Series: 2007 - CLE leads 6-5; 2006 - CLE won 11-8; 2005 - CHW won 14-5; All-Time - CHW leads 992-957

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 2007 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

NYY  5.96

KCR  4.66

WSN  3.97

RA/G

SDP  3.82

MIL  4.63

TBD  6.22

BA

M. Ordonez  .351

M. Stairs  .290

R. Langerhans  .157

OBP

B. Bonds  .496

S. Spiezio  .360

M. Olivo  .252

SLG

R. Braun  .665

T. Buck  .462

N. Punto  .274

OPS

B. Bonds  1.076

O. Hudson  .818

R. Langerhans  .549

ERA

C. Young  1.82

G. Maddux  4.15

J. Contreras  6.49

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.20

B. Penny  6.28

S. Trachsel  3.15

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Cleveland Indians Batters (5.09 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (5.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB
63.Bukvich
G/S/vB
34.Floyd
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
47.MacDougal
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
62.Wassermann
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Barfield G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 414/300 .244/.273/.318/.591 .538/.610 .585 86/.452 13/3 2/13
1.Blake G/S/vP 54/.750 1/2.000 ··· 9/.555 5/1.850 10/.633 5/1.800 ··· 490/340 .268/.342/.453/.795 .859/.767 .904 112/.655 3/4 15/12
25.Garko G/S/vP 7/2.167 1/.000 ··· 3/2.334 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 362/243 .310/.376/.508/.884 .895/.877 .820 92/1.073 0/1 14/6
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 143/77 .288/.326/.492/.818 .966/.689 .607 70/.827 6/0 7/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 45/.761 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/2.250 4/.750 10/.422 ··· 478/296 .254/.380/.438/.818 .860/.793 .857 103/.713 1/1 18/0
7.Lofton* G/S/vP 9/1.222 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 407/314 .296/.370/.416/.786 .552/.855 .729 95/.690 21/5 7/3
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 39/.808 ··· ··· 3/1.000 6/.000 7/1.238 12/.833 ··· 455/281 .298/.371/.508/.879 .865/.888 .882 107/.681 0/0 18/3
8.Michaels G/S/vP 27/1.140 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 3/.333 1/no AB 5/1.600 ··· 228/107 .273/.322/.431/.753 .832/.665 .724 47/.596 1/3 7/0
33.Nixon* G/S/vP 8/.572 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 5/.450 ··· 317/264 .255/.347/.347/.694 .566/.720 .689 53/.819 0/0 3/3
2.Peralta G/S/vP 34/.609 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 3/.000 7/.286 4/.000 ··· 468/339 .281/.351/.452/.803 .824/.795 .632 105/.773 3/2 17/15
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 123/93 .273/.336/.464/.800 1.141/.699 .716 24/.170 0/0 4/1
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 38/.718 ··· ··· 4/.750 5/.200 8/1.000 9/1.500 ··· 532/351 .278/.382/.464/.846 .819/.858 .770 120/.781 28/7 19/2
IP 152.1 23.2 20.1 50.1 34.2 26.1 35.2 8.1 TOTAL .267/.343/.428/.771 .795/.760 .737 58/27 132/72
ERA-K/9 3.07/5.2 3.42/4.2 7.08/6.2 3.04/8.2 4.67/5.7 6.15/9.2 5.05/8.1 4.32/5.4 4.82/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (52-23-4)
 Shoppach (17-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 614/.262 105/.267 99/.360 192/.201 150/.281 129/.283 161/.284 29/.154 .274  Lofton
 Michaels
 Nixon
 Blake
 Sizemore
 Gutierrez
10/81/0/6
58/1/21/3
0/0/78/3
0/0/7/2
0/112/0/1
7/5/45/0
OPS .702 .823 1.072 .513 .729 .828 .799 .438 .771
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 122/.900 38/.697 48/1.185 79/.566 70/.573 32/.969 69/.858 6/1.333 .799
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 492/.653 67/.889 51/.962 113/.476 80/.856 97/.781 92/.755 23/.180 .753
Home 322/.730 58/.967 58/1.146 95/.541 86/.835 52/.673 78/1.010 15/.266 .772
Last 28d days 152/.781 48/.694 71/.971 49/.306 49/.727 17/.706 29/.652 29/.438
HR/SB/CS 16/2/3 4/1/0 8/5/0 2/4/0 4/4/1 2/3/0 3/0/1 0/1/0 122/66/17
Usage ·····X·· ·o·o··XX ···X···· ···oo·oo ·X·o··Xo ···oo·X· ·o··o·oo ·o··oX·o
Chicago White Sox Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Laffey*
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
47.Borowski
G/S/vB
46.Fultz*
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
40.Mastny
G/S/vB
49.Mujica
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Cintron# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 153/137 .222/.268/.278/.546 .732/.524 .490 35/.376 1/1 0/6
23.Dye G/S/vP ··· 10/.522 3/.000 3/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 397/284 .241/.300/.496/.796 .861/.770 .707 105/1.139 2/1 23/2
17.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 4/.250 10/1.944 ··· ··· ··· ··· 222/161 .266/.316/.342/.658 .437/.737 .746 21/.683 7/2 2/2
27.Fields G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· ··· 224/150 .248/.309/.431/.740 1.039/.591 .819 103/.728 1/1 9/6
26.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 127/49 .220/.325/.312/.637 .587/.713 .755 42/.536 1/4 2/0
44.Hall G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 72/31 .229/.236/.257/.493 .626/.322 .386 28/.654 0/0 0/2
14.Konerko G/S/vP ··· 18/1.039 5/1.933 3/.333 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 465/335 .271/.363/.513/.876 .926/.856 .892 111/.924 0/0 23/3
7.Owens* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 193/152 .249/.292/.287/.579 .530/.592 .552 113/.621 16/3 1/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· 7/.715 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/5.000 ··· 1/.000 370/283 .270/.314/.407/.721 .706/.725 .663 84/.918 0/1 10/2
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· 6/.833 5/.400 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 134/87 .262/.328/.377/.705 .862/.625 .562 58/.638 7/3 1/3
1.Richar* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/21 .208/.321/.333/.654 .429/.686 .444 29/.654 0/1 0/0
25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 4/.500 5/.650 2/no AB 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 355/237 .273/.428/.516/.944 .615/1.123 1.022 107/.870 0/0 18/0
5.Uribe G/S/vP ··· 11/.473 4/.000 5/.650 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 376/265 .219/.270/.356/.626 .838/.535 .689 98/.560 1/5 12/13
IP 5.1 53.0 44.2 21.2 10.1 43.0 9.2 38.2 TOTAL .247/.320/.396/.716 .716/.716 .729 53/28 123/68
ERA-K/9 5.06/1.7 1.53/8.0 4.84/7.9 2.49/7.5 3.48/11.4 4.60/8.8 8.38/6.5 1.86/9.3 4.29/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (14-2-3)
 Pierzynski (50-15-10)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 21/.316 191/.183 197/.279 90/.171 49/.275 194/.270 43/.300 153/.177 .270  Dye
 Gonzalez
 Owens
 Erstad
 Podsednik
0/0/93/9
15/9/10/2
11/39/0/1
1/42/1/1
31/0/0/0
OPS .855 .489 .714 .594 .762 .777 .851 .528 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 10/.733 75/.542 98/.686 48/.617 20/.635 71/.687 18/.833 58/.275 .732
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 11/.964 116/.455 99/.745 42/.568 29/.837 123/.825 25/.862 95/.677 .747
Road 21/.855 103/.469 107/.804 47/.527 9/.222 100/.719 20/1.278 57/.577 .752
Last 28d days 21/.855 51/.675 51/.560 5/1.850 49/.762 33/.875 7/.429 53/.444
HR/SB/CS 0/0/1 4/1/3 4/7/2 2/1/0 1/0/1 4/3/2 1/1/0 4/1/1 108/69/30
Usage ····X··· ·····X·X ·X···X·o ·····o·· ····X··X ····o··o ······o· ···X··Xo

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.

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