DET @ CLE, Tuesday, August 14, 2007 Game Preview

Detroit Tigers, 65-53, 1st, Tied	SP: Jeremy Bonderman (24, RHP, 10-5, 4.75) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (10-5) 142 154 82 75 33 125 18 4.75 2006 (14-8) 214 214 104 97 64 202 18 4.08 2005 (14-13) 189 199 101 96 57 145 21 4.57 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 44 59 37 36 12 36 9 7.36 39 2007-08-09 TBD L 6 10 7 7 3 4 1 106 25 2007-08-04 CHW L 7 10 6 6 1 4 2 109 36 2007-07-29 LAA L 2.1 9 11 10 3 4 0 75 -2 2007-07-24 CHW L 7 8 5 5 1 4 2 99 44 2007-07-19 MIN ND 6.2 9 3 3 1 6 1 106 49 2007-07-13 SEA W 7 6 3 3 0 5 2 87 58 2007-07-07 BOS ND 8 7 2 2 3 9 1 114 66 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE 3-1 31.2 26 15 15 12 36 4 4.26 55 2007-06-03 CLE W 6.2 4 2 2 2 6 1 106 62 2006-08-25 CLE L 6.1 7 4 4 2 9 0 117 50 2006-08-04 CLE ND 5.2 7 5 5 3 6 1 112 38 2006-07-24 CLE W 5 5 4 4 2 7 2 93 46 2006-05-13 CLE W 8 3 0 0 3 8 0 98 81
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 30-28 Road: 35-25 ExtrInn: 5-6 vsRHP: 42-41 vsLHP: 23-12 1-Run: 20-15 vsEast: 15-11 vsCntrl:23-23 vsWest: 13-15 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 118 Mon, Aug 13 OAK L 2-7 65-53 1st Tied 117 Sun, Aug 12 OAK W 11-6 65-52 1st 0.5 up 116 Sat, Aug 11 OAK W 5-2 64-52 2nd 0.5 gb 115 Fri, Aug 10 OAK L 10-16 63-52 2nd 1.5 gb 114 Thu, Aug 9 TBD L 1-8 63-51 2nd 1.5 gb 113 Wed, Aug 8 TBD L 1-7 63-50 2nd 0.5 gb 112 Tue, Aug 7 TBD W 9-6 63-49 2nd 0.5 gb 111 Mon, Aug 6 TBD W 6-4 62-49 2nd 0.5 gb 110 Sun, Aug 5 CHW L 1-3 61-49 2nd 0.5 gb 109 Sat, Aug 4 CHW L 5-7 61-48 2nd 0.5 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 6-14 Last 30:12-18
Cleveland Indians, 65-53, 1st, Tied	SP: C.C. Sabathia (26, LHP, 14-6, 3.52) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (14-6) 174 183 76 68 26 154 17 3.52 2006 (12-11) 192.2 182 83 69 44 172 17 3.22 2005 (15-10) 196.2 185 92 88 62 161 19 4.03 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 44.2 55 25 22 9 38 5 4.43 49 2007-08-08 CHW ND 7 6 2 2 3 6 0 106 60 2007-08-03 MIN W 6 8 2 2 2 3 0 107 49 2007-07-29 MIN L 7.2 6 3 1 0 11 0 119 70 2007-07-24 BOS L 7 5 1 1 0 7 0 106 70 2007-07-19 TEX W 6 9 4 3 1 2 1 98 41 2007-07-14 KCR L 7 11 6 6 2 6 1 113 35 2007-07-05 DET L 4 10 7 7 1 3 3 87 16 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET 2-3 32.1 41 20 19 8 20 5 5.29 45 2007-07-05 DET L 4 10 7 7 1 3 3 87 16 2007-05-31 DET W 7.1 10 5 5 1 2 1 104 39 2007-05-26 DET W 7 6 3 3 1 6 1 110 58 2006-08-06 DET L 7 6 1 0 2 6 0 110 67 2006-07-26 DET L 7 9 4 4 3 3 0 110 43
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 37-25 Road: 28-28 ExtrInn: 6-4 vsRHP: 43-35 vsLHP: 22-18 1-Run: 21-17 vsEast: 16-17 vsCntrl:26-17 vsWest: 14-10 IL: 9-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 118 Sun, Aug 12 NYY L 3-5 65-53 2nd 0.5 gb 117 Sat, Aug 11 NYY L 2-11 65-52 1st 0.5 up 116 Fri, Aug 10 NYY L 1-6 65-51 1st 1.5 up 115 Thu, Aug 9 @CHW W 7-5 65-50 1st 1.5 up 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Jul 05, 2007 DET 12 CLE 3 W:Justin Verlander (10-3), L: C.C. Sabathia (12-3), S: none Wed, Jul 04, 2007 DET 6 CLE 4 W:Kenny Rogers (3-0), L: Jake Westbrook (1-4), S: Todd Jones (21) Tue, Jul 03, 2007 CLE 5 @DET 4 (11) W:Tom Mastny (6-2), L: Jose Capellan (0-3), S: Joe Borowski (25) Sun, Jun 03, 2007 DET 9 @CLE 2 W:Jeremy Bonderman (5-0), L: Jeremy Sowers (1-6), S: none Sat, Jun 02, 2007 DET 9 @CLE 5 W:Chad Durbin (5-1), L: Cliff Lee (2-3), S: none Fri, Jun 01, 2007 CLE 12 DET 11 W:Roberto Hernandez (3-1), L: Todd Jones (1-3), S: none Thu, May 31, 2007 CLE 11 DET 5 W:C.C. Sabathia (8-1), L: Justin Verlander (5-2), S: none Sun, May 27, 2007 CLE 5 @DET 3 W:Fausto Carmona (6-1), L: Mike Maroth (3-2), S: Joe Borowski (17) Sat, May 26, 2007 CLE 6 @DET 3 W:C.C. Sabathia (7-1), L: Jason Grilli (2-2), S: Joe Borowski (16) Fri, May 25, 2007 CLE 7 @DET 4 W:Paul Byrd (5-1), L: Nate Robertson (4-4), S: Joe Borowski (15) Season Series: 2007 - CLE leads 6-4; 2006 - DET won 13-6; 2005 - CLE won 12-6; All-Time - DET leads 1019-992

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 5.98

TOR 4.66

WSN 3.92

RA/G

SDP 3.88

WSN 4.69

TBD 6.11

M. Ordonez .356

C. Floyd .290

R. Langerhans .155

OBP

B. Bonds .496

B. Abreu .361

M. Olivo .254

SLG

R. Braun .666

K. Youkilis .465

N. Punto .271

OPS

B. Bonds 1.081

J. Francoeur .817

R. Langerhans .540

ERA

C. Young 2.02

J. Blanton 4.10

A. Eaton 6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard 11.06

C. Gaudin 6.29

S. Trachsel 3.06

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Detroit Tigers Batters (5.68 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Sabathia*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

21.Casey* G/S/vP 14/.819 2/1.500 11/.664 7/.629 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 391/334 .291/.353/.390/.743 .786/.735 .729 90/.656 2/1 3/2

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 8/.572 5/.400 3/.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 498/395 .296/.353/.549/.902 .510/1.003 .990 110/.870 14/1 16/4

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 36/.718 10/.600 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/3.167 ··· 444/343 .306/.372/.511/.883 .964/.868 .856 106/.699 10/6 14/23

20.Infante G/S/vP 20/.516 11/.182 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 161/95 .263/.294/.336/.630 .734/.559 .632 35/.627 4/1 2/4

15.Inge G/S/vP 44/.330 12/.166 3/.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 424/322 .243/.320/.396/.716 .848/.674 .716 97/.616 6/1 12/14

27.Monroe G/S/vP 47/.734 11/.182 4/.000 3/.333 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 372/270 .222/.264/.373/.637 .859/.552 .689 70/.576 0/3 11/3

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 54/.825 12/.350 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.933 3/.666 1/.000 499/378 .356/.430/.595/1.025 1.306/.938 .975 119/1.009 2/1 21/1

14.Polanco G/S/vP 32/.742 6/.666 3/1.334 5/1.000 ··· 3/2.333 1/2.000 2/.000 474/347 .344/.389/.466/.855 .825/.866 .788 111/.983 4/2 7/0

58.Rabelo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 129/111 .267/.312/.371/.683 .745/.672 .839 42/.882 0/0 0/5

25.Raburn G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/38 .349/.379/.603/.982 .772/1.135 1.057 61/.960 2/0 3/0

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 33/.660 13/.693 4/1.167 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 3/3.667 2/1.000 387/274 .279/.289/.426/.715 .699/.722 .712 74/.518 0/2 9/6

3.Sheffield G/S/vP 12/1.326 2/.000 8/1.292 8/1.625 ··· 4/2.000 2/.500 2/1.000 482/367 .285/.390/.514/.904 .952/.889 .828 92/.568 18/4 24/0

33.Thames G/S/vP 24/1.017 2/.500 ··· 2/3.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 185/115 .259/.297/.529/.826 .851/.811 .751 27/.796 2/1 13/1

IP 174.0 54.0 45.2 24.2 11.2 46.0 12.2 40.2 TOTAL .287/.346/.464/.810 .841/.799 .801 64/23 137/82

ERA-K/9

3.52/8.0

1.67/7.8

4.93/8.1

3.28/6.6

3.09/11.5

4.30/8.6

8.53/5.0

1.77/9.3

4.38/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Rabelo (18-7-3)
Rodriguez (40-13-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 714/.272 196/.188 201/.279 107/.222 53/.250 205/.264 57/.315 160/.176 .272 Granderson
Monroe
Ordonez
Sheffield
Raburn
Infante
Thames 0/115/0/9
97/0/1/6
0/0/107/3
7/0/7/1
6/7/7/1
1/12/6/0
18/0/9/0

OPS .721 .497 .726 .696 .697 .752 .944 .517 .747

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 160/.621 77/.554 100/.671 56/.666 22/.568 78/.648 26/.850 63/.285 .738

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 554/.750 119/.460 101/.784 51/.728 31/.777 127/.813 31/1.022 97/.663 .753

Home 438/.652 93/.527 90/.608 60/.832 40/.905 105/.784 37/.771 100/.500 .744

Last 28d days 139/.684 48/.654 47/.618 22/1.378 46/.718 37/.770 21/.953 54/.474

HR/SB/CS 17/6/9 4/2/3 5/7/2 2/1/1 1/0/1 4/3/2 3/1/0 4/1/1 116/70/32

Usage ·····X·· ·X···X·· ····XXX· ··XX·o·· ····X··· ··X····· ··Xo···· ·o··oX··

Cleveland Indians Batters (5.03 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 38.Bonderman
G/S/vB 40.Bazardo
G/S/vB 34.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 52.Durbin
G/S/vB 49.Grilli
G/S/vB 59.Jones
G/S/vB 45.Lopez
G/S/vB 31.Miner
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

29.Barfield G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 423/307 .246/.274/.328/.602 .555/.619 .605 78/.589 13/3 3/13

1.Blake G/S/vP 42/.683 ··· 4/.833 4/3.500 10/.500 10/.650 ··· 2/.500 6/.900 1/3.000 507/350 .265/.339/.443/.782 .855/.750 .681 110/.644 3/4 15/12

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/6 .222/.300/.333/.633 .400/.900 .833 11/.633 0/0 0/0

25.Garko G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 379/253 .307/.377/.497/.874 .900/.862 .913 91/.890 0/1 14/6

27.Gomez G/S/vP 7/1.142 ··· ··· 3/.833 2/.000 5/1.200 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 189/111 .306/.342/.393/.735 .699/.762 .716 46/.833 1/2 1/3

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 153/81 .282/.318/.479/.797 .911/.693 .992 67/.624 7/0 7/1

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 40/1.130 ··· 8/1.208 3/1.167 6/.167 7/.453 ··· 1/.000 8/1.911 6/.666 478/296 .254/.380/.438/.818 .860/.793 .782 85/.632 1/1 18/0

7.Lofton* G/S/vP 10/1.100 1/.000 3/.333 20/.776 ··· 13/.697 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 415/322 .296/.369/.416/.785 .552/.852 .837 84/.643 21/5 7/3

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 40/.811 ··· 5/.000 4/1.417 3/2.667 6/1.166 ··· 1/.000 4/.750 2/.500 472/292 .304/.375/.511/.886 .881/.889 .875 105/.708 0/0 18/3

8.Michaels G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 8/.250 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/5.000 240/113 .269/.318/.420/.738 .822/.647 .752 47/.546 2/3 7/0

33.Nixon* G/S/vP 14/.884 ··· 4/.000 6/.533 1/no AB 10/.875 4/.833 2/1.000 4/.500 5/.650 324/270 .260/.349/.352/.701 .594/.722 .711 55/.885 0/0 3/3

2.Peralta G/S/vP 26/.629 ··· 5/1.300 4/.250 10/.786 3/1.667 1/.000 4/.500 9/.111 3/.000 485/349 .275/.345/.444/.789 .814/.780 .927 104/.676 3/3 17/15

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 3/.000 1/2.000 131/98 .271/.331/.483/.814 1.202/.695 .815 32/.389 0/0 5/1

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 36/.791 ··· 6/.167 5/2.300 10/.956 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 8/.250 5/1.600 549/361 .275/.377/.454/.831 .806/.844 .896 117/.748 29/7 19/2

IP 142.0 7.0 28.1 107.2 57.2 48.1 14.1 30.0 32.1 33.2 TOTAL .267/.341/.427/.768 .796/.755 .796 61/28 134/72

ERA-K/9

4.75/7.9

2.57/7.7

3.49/11.1

4.68/5.1

5.93/7.3

4.47/4.5

3.77/3.8

3.60/5.4

4.73/8.1

2.94/6.4

4.70/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martinez (52-24-4)
Shoppach (18-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 603/.273 30/.214 131/.259 473/.266 268/.296 208/.268 61/.250 133/.299 144/.236 140/.250 .273 Lofton
Michaels
Nixon
Blake
Sizemore
Gutierrez 12/81/0/6
60/1/22/4
0/0/79/3
0/0/7/2
0/116/0/1
7/6/47/0

OPS .754 .662 .803 .769 .810 .688 .674 .755 .746 .667 .777

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 336/.781 11/1.091 46/.842 223/.743 84/.851 116/.713 26/.679 46/.589 61/.778 73/.600 .760

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 267/.721 19/.393 85/.781 250/.793 184/.792 92/.656 35/.669 87/.842 83/.721 67/.740 .788

Road 293/.786 12/.917 68/.786 285/.688 124/.578 104/.686 26/.569 76/.759 56/.684 68/.792 .761

Last 28d days 136/1.039 12/.523 41/.830 86/.810 85/.831 39/.468 7/.453 54/.765 12/.083 45/.790

HR/SB/CS 18/15/1 1/0/0 3/2/1 16/5/1 5/0/2 2/1/0 1/0/0 1/2/3 5/5/1 1/1/1 126/58/20

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

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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SP: Jeremy Bonderman (24, RHP, 10-5, 4.75)

SP: C.C. Sabathia (26, LHP, 14-6, 3.52)

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