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Game Preview: CLE @ KCR, 7:10pm, Saturday, August 25, 2007 @Kauffman Stadium

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Cleveland Indians, 70-57, 1st, 1½ up

SP: Aaron Laffey (22, LHP, 1-1, 5.73)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (1-1)             11    11   7   7   4   5  1    5.73      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-1  11    11   7   7   4   5  1    5.73   44 
 2007-08-09    CHW   W   5.2   5   4   4   3   4  1      95   44 
 2007-08-04    MIN   L   5.1   6   3   3   1   1  0      82   44 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR    Has never faced KCR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   38-26   Road:   32-31   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  47-39   vsLHP:  23-18   1-Run:  22-20
 vsEast: 18-18   vsCntrl:29-20   vsWest: 14-10 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Fri, Aug 24  @KCR  L   1-2       70-57  1st  1.5 up
126 Thu, Aug 23  @DET  W   3-1 (10)  70-56  1st  2.5 up
125 Wed, Aug 22  @DET  W  11-8       69-56  1st  1.5 up
124 Tue, Aug 21  @DET  L   1-2       68-56  1st  0.5 up
123 Sun, Aug 19  @TBD  L   3-4 (12)  68-55  1st  1.5 up
122 Sat, Aug 18  @TBD  W   8-1       68-54  1st  1.5 up
121 Fri, Aug 17  @TBD  W   2-1       67-54  1st  0.5 up
120 Wed, Aug 15   DET  W   5-2       66-54  1st    Tied
119 Tue, Aug 14   DET  L   2-6 (10)  65-54  2nd  1.0 gb
118 Sun, Aug 12   NYY  L   3-5       65-53  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Kansas City Royals, 57-70, 4th, 13 GB, 16½ GB in WC

SP: Kyle Davies (23, RHP, 5-10, 5.62)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (5-10)           105.2 115  72  66  53  77 15    5.62      
 2006 (3-7)             63.1  90  60  59  33  51 14    8.38      
 2005 (7-6)             87.2  98  51  48  49  62  8    4.93      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  27.2  35  19  19  16  26  4    6.18   44 
 2007-08-19    OAK   L   5     6   2   2   3   4  1      99   48 
 2007-08-14    TEX   L   5     8   4   4   1   7  1      98   41 
 2007-08-09    MIN   W   6.2   3   0   0   2   5  0     104   71 
 2007-08-04    NYY  ND   3     6   5   5   3   2  1      80   26 
 2007-07-16    CIN   L   0     2   2   2   3   0  0      22   35 
 2007-07-08    SDP   W   6     4   1   1   2   6  0     100   64 
 2007-07-03    LAD  ND   2     6   5   5   2   2  1      57   24 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      0-1   5.1   6   5   3   3   3  0    5.06   40 
 2007-06-17    CLE   L   5.1   6   5   3   3   3  0      97   40 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-34   Road:   28-36   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  42-49   vsLHP:  15-21   1-Run:  18-16
 vsEast: 11-22   vsCntrl:18-26   vsWest: 18-14 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Fri, Aug 24   CLE  W   2-1       57-70  4th 13.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 22  @CHW  W   7-6       56-70  4th 13.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 21  @CHW  L   2-5       55-70  5th 13.5 gb
124 Mon, Aug 20  @CHW  L   3-4       55-69  4th 13.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 19  @OAK  L   1-6       55-68  4th 13.0 gb
122 Sat, Aug 18  @OAK  W   7-3       55-67  4th 13.0 gb
121 Fri, Aug 17  @OAK  W   9-2       54-67  4th 13.0 gb
120 Thu, Aug 16  @TEX  W   6-2       53-67  5th 13.5 gb
119 Wed, Aug 15  @TEX  L   3-4       52-67  5th 13.5 gb
118 Tue, Aug 14  @TEX  L   3-5       52-66  5th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 24, 2007 KCR  2  CLE  1    W:John Bale (1-1), L: C.C. Sabathia (14-7), S: Joakim Soria (14)
Sun, Jul 15, 2007 CLE  5  KCR  3    W:Fausto Carmona (11-4), L: Jorge de la Rosa (7-10), S: Joe Borowski (26)
Sat, Jul 14, 2007 KCR  6 @CLE  5    W:Gil Meche (6-6), L: C.C. Sabathia (12-4), S: Octavio Dotel (9)
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 CLE  5  KCR  4    W:Joe Borowski (2-3), L: Zack Greinke (4-5), S: none
Thu, Jun 07, 2007 CLE  8  KCR  3    W:Fausto Carmona (7-1), L: Odalis Perez (3-6), S: none
Wed, Jun 06, 2007 KCR  4 @CLE  3    W:Brian Bannister (2-3), L: Paul Byrd (6-2), S: Octavio Dotel (2)
Tue, Jun 05, 2007 CLE  1  KCR  0    W:C.C. Sabathia (9-1), L: Jorge de la Rosa (4-6), S: none
Thu, May 24, 2007 CLE 10 @KCR  3    W:Jeremy Sowers (1-4), L: Jorge de la Rosa (4-4), S: none
Wed, May 23, 2007 KCR 11  CLE  7    W:Brandon Duckworth (2-3), L: Cliff Lee (2-1), S: none
Tue, May 22, 2007 KCR  4  CLE  3    W:Zack Greinke (2-4), L: Tom Mastny (3-2), S: Joakim Soria (10)
Season Series: 2007 - Tied 5-5; 2006 - CLE won 10-8; 2005 - CLE won 13-6; All-Time - CLE leads 247-246

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  5.97

BAL  4.62

WSN  3.96

RA/G

SDP  3.92

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.99

BA

M. Ordonez  .357

K. Johnson  .293

R. Langerhans  .153

OBP

B. Bonds  .493

Y. Escobar  .363

J. Hairston  .253

SLG

R. Braun  .642

R. Zimmerman  .471

N. Punto  .261

OPS

B. Bonds  1.090

W. Betemit  .831

R. Langerhans  .535

ERA

C. Young  2.12

J. Shields  4.09

A. Eaton  6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.15

D. Lowe  6.29

S. Trachsel  2.81

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Cleveland Indians Batters (4.95 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Davies
G/S/vB
49.Bale*
G/S/vB
47.Braun
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
G/S/vB
23.Greinke
G/S/vB
57.Peralta
G/S/vB
54.Riske
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Barfield G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/no AB 2/1.500 4/.000 1/.000 427/311 .243/.271/.325/.596 .555/.611 .599 45/.444 13/3 3/13
1.Blake G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 16/.958 26/1.052 6/1.000 5/.733 ··· 544/379 .260/.336/.430/.766 .838/.735 .847 101/.574 3/4 15/12
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/4.000 ··· 38/31 .324/.351/.529/.881 1.000/.852 .917 38/.881 0/0 1/0
25.Garko G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 5/1.350 4/1.000 4/.000 411/280 .306/.375/.492/.866 .905/.849 .827 90/.711 0/1 14/7
27.Gomez G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 1/5.000 3/.000 ··· 201/120 .303/.337/.389/.726 .672/.763 .719 32/.700 1/2 1/3
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 3/.000 3/1.667 ··· 177/100 .270/.314/.497/.811 .870/.765 .602 63/.661 7/0 9/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 24/.943 22/.809 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 513/322 .252/.378/.431/.809 .849/.785 .837 73/.706 1/1 18/0
7.Lofton* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· 449/354 .296/.372/.411/.782 .546/.845 .752 81/.592 22/6 7/3
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 1/2.000 25/.486 23/.625 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 513/324 .300/.372/.496/.868 .863/.870 .873 101/.681 0/0 18/3
8.Michaels G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 1/.000 8/.375 ··· 3/1.167 4/.500 ··· 251/118 .262/.312/.406/.718 .794/.636 .672 40/.549 2/3 7/0
33.Nixon* G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 5/.600 ··· 3/1.666 2/.000 334/280 .259/.347/.348/.696 .594/.715 .684 34/.769 0/0 3/3
2.Peralta G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/1.000 1/2.000 9/1.083 16/.900 6/.167 3/.000 3/.666 523/382 .274/.341/.439/.780 .806/.770 .654 99/.659 3/3 18/15
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 140/107 .260/.317/.457/.773 1.202/.653 .728 25/.400 0/0 5/2
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 18/.980 26/.976 5/.900 3/.333 1/no AB 593/394 .275/.379/.463/.843 .817/.856 .764 111/.800 29/8 21/2
IP 105.2 22.1 26.1 41.1 91.0 74.0 58.0 55.1 TOTAL .266/.340/.424/.764 .790/.752 .736 62/30 140/75
ERA-K/9 5.62/6.6 4.03/7.7 6.84/5.5 3.48/7.8 4.25/7.6 3.89/7.8 2.48/7.1 2.44/9.6 4.48/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (54-24-5)
 Shoppach (20-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 479/.275 101/.322 119/.287 188/.296 379/.271 308/.268 242/.249 219/.187 .277  Lofton
 Michaels
 Sizemore
 Nixon
 Blake
 Gutierrez
21/81/0/7
65/1/24/4
0/125/0/3
0/0/82/3
0/0/7/2
7/6/55/1
OPS .826 .774 .810 .873 .758 .766 .718 .523 .786
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 230/.783 39/.771 52/.931 103/.732 183/.746 115/.821 93/.642 82/.397 .777
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 249/.863 62/.775 67/.723 85/1.038 196/.769 193/.735 149/.765 137/.599 .792
Home 210/.773 40/.785 57/1.207 87/.756 219/.821 174/.687 124/.695 98/.492 .792
Last 28d days 90/.881 76/.744 50/.932 27/.917 48/.477 51/.949 45/.906 41/.509
HR/SB/CS 15/12/3 1/0/0 3/1/0 6/1/0 8/4/2 8/8/0 6/3/1 3/0/0 133/55/19
Usage ·····X·· X··X·X·· ········ X·Xoo··· X···X·o· o····oo· o···o·X· X·X···o·
Kansas City Royals Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.54 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
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
35.Brown G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 2/2.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· 326/197 .236/.288/.340/.628 .775/.534 .618 58/.773 10/1 6/5
14.Buck G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 319/247 .228/.317/.464/.780 .872/.754 .637 60/.564 0/0 16/8
21.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 245/170 .302/.359/.446/.805 .989/.726 .753 95/.754 0/0 5/1
32.Costa* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 67/61 .185/.194/.231/.425 .333/.434 .467 / 0/0 0/1
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP ··· 7/.310 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.000 2/1.000 570/399 .274/.355/.388/.743 .691/.767 .775 102/.664 7/4 6/3
2.Gathright* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 160/134 .353/.408/.396/.804 .913/.782 .568 73/.853 9/4 0/1
3.German G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.250 1/.000 339/201 .269/.360/.376/.736 .751/.726 .907 51/.530 8/5 3/8
11.Gload* G/S/vP ··· 8/.250 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 240/202 .300/.321/.467/.788 .842/.777 .780 78/.846 2/1 5/2
7.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 480/355 .244/.318/.402/.720 .701/.727 .746 93/.762 13/3 11/10
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP ··· 7/.858 4/1.000 6/.833 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 374/249 .305/.348/.443/.790 .776/.797 .767 83/.776 1/2 5/6
6.LaRue G/S/vP ··· 4/.750 5/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/no AB 159/114 .145/.236/.283/.518 .757/.425 .659 26/.400 1/0 4/3
1.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 442/331 .263/.282/.346/.628 .590/.641 .805 74/.405 4/5 1/20
26.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 3/.000 4/.666 ··· ··· ··· 100/89 .202/.250/.362/.612 .282/.651 .500 30/.733 0/0 4/1
IP 11.0 60.0 50.2 25.2 13.2 46.0 44.1 TOTAL .263/.325/.393/.718 .739/.709 .746 66/31 84/78
ERA-K/9 5.73/4.1 1.50/8.0 5.51/8.3 3.16/6.3 3.95/12.5 4.30/8.6 1.83/9.5 4.26/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (34-9-3)
 LaRue (21-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 46/.275 218/.185 228/.293 110/.215 66/.333 205/.264 176/.190 .269  Brown
 DeJesus
 German
 Gload
 Gathright
 Butler
 Costa
67/0/13/6
0/125/0/4
5/0/0/2
7/0/0/1
40/5/0/1
6/0/0/0
12/0/7/0
OPS .795 .491 .764 .675 .864 .752 .541 .740
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 24/.867 82/.582 114/.701 58/.640 25/.583 78/.648 70/.333 .731
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 22/.718 136/.435 114/.830 52/.713 41/1.020 127/.813 106/.673 .747
Road 46/.795 118/.473 129/.827 50/.493 22/.591 100/.719 76/.595 .739
Last 28d days 46/.795 50/.656 55/.882 25/1.194 35/.988 15/.400 51/.524
HR/SB/CS 1/0/1 4/2/3 6/7/2 2/1/1 1/0/1 4/3/2 4/1/1 124/74/32
Usage ········ ·oX··X·o ·Xo··X·X ······o· ··X···o· ········ ·oX··X·o

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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