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Game Preview: CLE @ DET, 1:05pm, Thursday, July 5, 2007 @Comerica Park

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Cleveland Indians, 51-33, 1st, 2 up

SP: C.C. Sabathia (26, LHP, 12-2, 3.20)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (12-2)           129.1 128  51  46  17 116 12    3.20      
 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         5-1  55.2  50  19  17   4  43  2    2.75   63 
 2007-06-30    TBD   W   7     6   3   2   0   8  0     100   63 
 2007-06-25    OAK   W   9     9   2   2   0   8  0     111   69 
 2007-06-20    PHI   W   6     5   4   4   1   4  1     104   49 
 2007-06-15    ATL   L   8.1  12   5   4   1   7  0     116   47 
 2007-06-10    CIN  ND   9     3   0   0   1   6  0     112   86 
 2007-06-05    KCR   W   9     5   0   0   0   8  0     111   85 
 2007-05-31    DET   W   7.1  10   5   5   1   2  1     104   39 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      2-3  36.1  37  16  14   8  27  3    3.47   55 
 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 
 2006-05-13    DET   L   8     6   3   2   1  10  1     112   69 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-12   Road:   20-21   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  35-22   vsLHP:  16-11   1-Run:  16-10
 vsEast: 14-9    vsCntrl:18-8    vsWest: 10-7  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Wed, Jul  4  @DET  L   4-6       51-33  1st  2.0 up
 83 Tue, Jul  3  @DET  W   5-4 (11)  51-32  1st  3.0 up
 82 Mon, Jul  2   TBD  W  10-2       50-32  1st  2.0 up
 81 Sun, Jul  1   TBD  W   3-2       49-32  1st  1.5 up
 80 Sat, Jun 30   TBD  W   8-6       48-32  1st  1.5 up
 79 Fri, Jun 29   TBD  W   2-1       47-32  1st  0.5 up
 78 Thu, Jun 28   OAK  W   4-3       46-32  2nd  0.5 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 27   OAK  L   7-13      45-32  2nd  0.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 26   OAK  W   8-5       45-31  1st    Tied
 75 Mon, Jun 25   OAK  W   5-2       44-31  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Detroit Tigers, 48-34, 2nd, 2 GB, 1½ up in WC

SP: Justin Verlander (24, RHP, 9-3, 3.18)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (9-3)            102    80  39  36  39  90  9    3.18      
 2006 (17-9)           186   187  78  75  60 124 21    3.63      
 2005 (0-2)             11.1  15   9   9   5   7  1    7.15      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  45    31  19  19  22  51  5    3.80   59 
 2007-06-29    MIN   L   5     4   6   6   5   5  1      99   35 
 2007-06-23    ATL   W   7     4   1   1   2  11  1     110   74 
 2007-06-17    PHI   W   6     7   3   3   2   6  0      98   50 
 2007-06-12    MIL   W   9     0   0   0   4  12  0     112   95 
 2007-06-06    TEX   W   7     5   0   0   2   6  0     105   71 
 2007-05-31    CLE   L   5     8   7   7   3   6  2     107   26 
 2007-05-26    CLE  ND   6     3   2   2   4   5  1     105   59 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      2-2  29.1  33  19  19   9  30  5    5.83   47 
 2007-05-31    CLE   L   5     8   7   7   3   6  2     107   26 
 2007-05-26    CLE  ND   6     3   2   2   4   5  1     105   59 
 2006-08-26    CLE   L   4.2  10   8   8   1   6  0     104   17 
 2006-07-26    CLE   W   6.2   5   1   1   0   8  1      97   68 
 2006-05-27    CLE   W   7     7   1   1   1   5  1     100   63 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   21-19   Road:   27-15   ExtrInn: 2-6 
 vsRHP:  32-27   vsLHP:  16-7    1-Run:  15-11
 vsEast: 10-9    vsCntrl:16-15   vsWest:  8-6  IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Wed, Jul  4   CLE  W   6-4       48-34  2nd  2.0 gb
 81 Tue, Jul  3   CLE  L   4-5 (11)  47-34  2nd  3.0 gb
 80 Sun, Jul  1   MIN  W   1-0       47-33  2nd  1.5 gb
 79 Sat, Jun 30   MIN  L   5-8       46-33  2nd  1.5 gb
 78 Fri, Jun 29   MIN  L   1-11      46-32  2nd  0.5 gb
 77 Thu, Jun 28   TEX  W   5-2       46-31  1st  0.5 up
 76 Tue, Jun 26   TEX  L   6-9       45-31  1st    Tied
 75 Mon, Jun 25   TEX  L   3-8       45-30  1st  1.0 up
 74 Sun, Jun 24  @ATL  W   5-0       45-29  1st  2.0 up
 73 Sat, Jun 23  @ATL  W   2-1       44-29  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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)

Sun, Aug 27, 2006 DET  7 @CLE  1    W:Kenny Rogers (14-6), L: Cliff Lee (10-10), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - CLE leads 6-3; 2006 - DET won 13-6; 2005 - CLE won 12-6; All-Time - DET leads 1018-992

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

DET  5.88

NYM  4.58

WSN  3.69

RA/G

SDP  3.35

CLE  4.63

TBD  5.99

BA

I. Suzuki  .368

T. Tulowitzki  .285

D. Navarro  .179

OBP

B. Bonds  .517

S. Casey  .359

D. Navarro  .240

SLG

A. Rodriguez  .660

A. Gonzalez  .455

A. Kennedy  .256

OPS

B. Bonds  1.131

A. Gonzalez  .814

D. Navarro  .499

ERA

C. Young  2.00

D. Wells  4.16

K. Wells  6.06

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.70

B. Arroyo  6.09

A. Cook  2.72

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Cleveland Indians Batters (5.39 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB
Capellan
G/S/vB
52.Durbin
G/S/vB
49.Grilli
G/S/vB
59.Jones
G/S/vB
43.McBride*
G/S/vB
31.Miner
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Barfield G/S/vP 5/.000 2/.000 4/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 317/233 .257/.283/.337/.620 .579/.633 .601 105/.648 8/3 2/10
1.Blake G/S/vP 13/.762 1/5.000 4/3.500 9/.555 10/.650 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 360/250 .271/.355/.455/.810 .878/.781 .880 119/.705 2/3 12/8
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/17 .500/.529/1.188/1.717 /1.717 1.166 17/1.717 0/1 3/0
25.Garko G/S/vP 9/.472 ··· 3/.333 2/1.500 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 261/179 .294/.356/.468/.824 .825/.824 .851 76/.653 0/1 9/2
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 72/37 .288/.338/.485/.823 .900/.744 .695 58/.868 2/0 4/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 18/.771 ··· 3/1.167 6/.167 6/.533 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 357/223 .257/.397/.451/.848 .882/.828 .867 100/.721 1/1 14/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 15/.867 1/2.000 4/1.417 3/2.667 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 333/204 .322/.384/.536/.920 .958/.896 .899 114/.905 0/0 14/2
8.Michaels G/S/vP 6/1.333 ··· ··· 8/.250 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 1/5.000 177/84 .289/.347/.459/.806 .941/.665 .752 68/.873 1/3 6/0
33.Nixon* G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 6/.533 1/no AB 10/.875 4/.500 2/1.000 5/.650 249/197 .244/.341/.329/.670 .577/.694 .687 63/.549 0/0 2/2
2.Peralta G/S/vP 17/.787 2/.000 4/.250 9/.730 3/1.667 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 346/254 .280/.354/.474/.828 .912/.797 .624 112/.722 3/2 14/13
15.Rouse* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/52 .132/.217/.151/.368 .000/.437 .346 16/.434 1/0 0/1
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 89/65 .354/.420/.620/1.040 1.300/.956 1.005 27/1.145 0/0 4/1
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 19/1.436 1/.000 5/2.300 9/.889 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 5/1.600 394/262 .283/.398/.468/.866 .745/.930 .781 125/.867 23/3 14/2
IP 102.0 14.0 84.2 38.1 33.1 18.2 15.0 21.2 TOTAL .273/.352/.440/.792 .813/.783 .755 43/19 103/52
ERA-K/9 3.18/7.9 4.50/7.1 4.25/4.9 6.10/7.0 5.67/4.9 3.86/9.1 1.80/6.0 3.74/5.8 4.42/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (40-15-2)
 Shoppach (16-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 428/.213 59/.212 369/.265 177/.299 151/.281 89/.233 64/.276 87/.210 .268  Michaels
 Nixon
 Blake
 Sizemore
 Francisco
 Gutierrez
42/1/19/3
0/0/61/3
0/0/7/2
0/83/0/1
5/0/2/0
4/3/25/0
OPS .634 .692 .766 .830 .734 .700 .695 .599 .764
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 223/.704 18/.611 178/.687 54/.824 85/.818 38/.562 18/.516 44/.326 .739
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 205/.556 41/.725 191/.842 123/.833 66/.623 51/.806 46/.768 43/.885 .781
Home 207/.645 33/.821 132/.901 100/1.060 72/.671 56/.752 14/.749 42/.490 .776
Last 28d days 109/.529 44/.696 103/.737 49/.952 43/.677 31/.611 14/.749 20/.367
HR/SB/CS 9/2/1 3/2/0 13/5/1 4/0/1 1/1/0 2/1/0 0/0/2 1/1/0 87/36/14
Usage ·····X·· ·X······ ·X····X· X···X··· o··o··o· oo···X·· XX······ ·o··o···
Detroit Tigers Batters (5.88 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.63 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
56.Cabrera
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
21.Casey* G/S/vP 14/.819 2/1.500 11/.664 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 276/234 .294/.359/.387/.746 .822/.732 .751 84/.910 1/0 1/1
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 5/.400 5/.400 3/.000 8/.536 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 351/285 .284/.339/.553/.892 .414/1.004 .840 109/.864 9/0 11/3
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 33/.620 10/.600 ··· 5/.450 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 302/236 .328/.394/.571/.965 1.138/.933 .963 82/1.129 6/5 12/13
20.Infante G/S/vP 20/.516 11/.182 1/.000 6/.334 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 106/60 .304/.330/.353/.683 .757/.627 .751 27/.536 3/0 0/2
15.Inge G/S/vP 42/.295 12/.166 3/.000 8/.661 ··· 1/.000 ··· 294/230 .247/.341/.426/.767 1.018/.700 .783 89/.839 5/1 11/9
27.Monroe G/S/vP 45/.766 11/.182 4/.000 7/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 283/217 .219/.269/.388/.657 .977/.557 .536 70/.340 0/2 9/1
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 51/.772 12/.350 2/2.000 6/.167 5/.933 1/.000 1/.000 349/269 .365/.444/.608/1.052 1.155/1.022 1.034 99/.909 2/0 13/1
8.Perez# G/S/vP 20/.513 1/.000 5/1.000 2/.000 2/.500 2/1.500 3/.666 70/46 .175/.224/.270/.494 .670/.400 .377 19/.561 0/0 1/3
14.Polanco G/S/vP 29/.536 6/.666 3/1.334 6/.900 3/2.333 ··· 2/.000 346/262 .330/.377/.418/.795 .770/.803 .877 104/.770 3/2 2/0
58.Rabelo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 75/65 .261/.307/.348/.655 .844/.625 .553 21/.666 0/0 0/1
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 31/.704 13/.693 4/1.167 5/1.200 2/.000 1/5.000 2/1.000 289/209 .282/.294/.447/.741 .800/.718 .762 82/.723 0/2 8/4
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 9/.889 2/.000 8/1.292 3/.333 4/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 351/274 .295/.402/.538/.940 1.016/.919 .966 92/1.017 11/4 19/0
33.Thames G/S/vP 22/.890 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 126/72 .235/.278/.479/.757 .853/.683 .778 37/.703 2/1 8/1
IP 129.1 37.2 32.2 30.1 32.0 7.1 23.2 TOTAL .288/.350/.469/.819 .870/.804 .819 42/17 95/50
ERA-K/9 3.20/8.1 1.19/8.1 5.51/7.7 4.45/11.0 5.06/7.9 6.14/7.4 1.90/10.6 4.38/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Rabelo (6-4-3)
 Rodriguez (30-10-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 518/.261 133/.171 143/.311 136/.243 149/.286 31/.267 97/.176 .273  Granderson
 Monroe
 Ordonez
 Sheffield
 Thames
 Infante
0/80/0/6
73/0/0/5
0/0/76/3
7/0/6/1
9/0/7/0
0/12/5/0
OPS .680 .428 .782 .788 .790 .823 .546 .749
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 103/.653 49/.585 71/.716 60/1.069 57/.701 14/.819 34/.308 .772
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 415/.687 84/.338 72/.847 76/.593 92/.841 17/.823 63/.670 .735
Road 171/.739 75/.425 76/.869 47/.987 79/.761 15/1.133 32/.478 .770
Last 28d days 153/.575 47/.306 48/.776 29/.754 48/.944 14/1.072 50/.604
HR/SB/CS 12/5/7 1/0/2 3/3/2 6/4/2 3/2/1 1/1/0 4/1/1 88/56/20
Usage ····X··· ·Xo··oo· ·o·oooX· o·o····· ·X······ o······X ··X·X···

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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