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Game Preview: CLE @ CHW, 8:11pm, Tuesday, May 20, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

Cleveland Indians, 22-22, 2nd, 1½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: C.C. Sabathia (27, LHP, 3-5, 5.47)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-5)             54.1  61  33  33  22  57  6    5.47      
 2007 (19-7)           241   238  94  86  37 209 20    3.21      
 2006 (12-11)          192.2 182  83  69  44 172 17    3.22      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-4  43.2  49  24  24  15  48  3    4.95   50 
 2008-05-14    OAK   W   9     5   0   0   2  11  0     117   86 
 2008-05-09    TOR   W   7     6   1   1   2   9  0     106   68 
 2008-05-03    KCR   L   6.1  10   4   4   1   4  0     104   40 
 2008-04-27    NYY   L   8     4   1   1   1   8  1     111   77 
 2008-04-22   @KCR   W   6     4   0   0   2  11  0     102   73 
 2008-04-16    DET   L   4     8   9   9   5   1  2      93    6 
 2008-04-11    OAK   L   3.1  12   9   9   2   4  0      91    2 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      3-0  34.1  29  11  11  10  36  4    2.88   61 
 2008-03-31    CHW  ND   5.1   6   5   5   3   7  2     100   40 
 2007-08-08   @CHW  ND   7     6   2   2   3   6  0     106   60 
 2007-04-15    CHW   W   8     5   1   1   3  10  0     110   75 
 2007-04-02   @CHW   W   6     8   3   3   1   2  2      91   45 
 2006-09-26    CHW   W   8     4   0   0   0  11  0     121   85 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-12   Road:    8-10   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  16-17   vsLHP:   6-5    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl: 7-6    vsWest:  8-7  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Sun, May 18  @CIN  L   4-6       22-22  2nd  1.5 gb
 43 Sat, May 17  @CIN  L   2-4       22-21  2nd  0.5 gb
 42 Fri, May 16  @CIN  L   3-4       22-20  1st  0.5 up
 41 Thu, May 15   OAK  W   4-2       22-19  1st  1.5 up
 40 Wed, May 14   OAK  W   2-0       21-19  1st  0.5 up
 39 Tue, May 13   OAK  W   4-0       20-19  2nd  0.5 gb
 38 Mon, May 12   TOR  L   0-3 (10)  19-19  2nd  1.5 gb
 37 Mon, May 12   TOR  W   3-0       19-18  2nd  1.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 10   TOR  W  12-0       18-18  3rd  0.5 gb
 35 Fri, May  9   TOR  W   6-1       17-18  3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13
Chicago White Sox, 23-20, 1st, 1½ up

SP: Jose Contreras (36, RHP, 4-3, 3.35)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-3)             53.2  48  21  20  16  28  2    3.35      
 2007 (10-17)          189   232 134 117  62 113 21    5.57      
 2006 (13-9)           196   194 101  93  55 134 20    4.27      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-3  48.2  38  16  16  12  26  2    2.96   58 
 2008-05-14   @LAA   W   7     4   1   1   3   3  0     104   65 
 2008-05-09   @SEA   W   7     6   1   1   2   4  0      98   63 
 2008-05-04   @TOR   L   8     6   4   4   0   5  0     104   59 
 2008-04-27    BAL   W   6.2   5   1   1   3   3  1     100   60 
 2008-04-22    NYY   L   6.1   7   4   4   1   3  1      97   45 
 2008-04-16   @BAL   W   7     4   1   1   0   6  0      91   71 
 2008-04-11    DET   L   6.2   6   4   4   3   2  0     102   45 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      1-2  23.2  26  18  15  18  16  1    5.70   43 
 2007-09-02   @CLE   W   6.2   4   0   0   6   5  0     110   65 
 2007-04-15   @CLE   L   5     1   2   0   5   3  0     101   59 
 2007-04-02    CLE   L   1     7   8   7   1   1  1      48    9 
 2006-06-01   @CLE  ND   5     8   6   6   4   4  0     107   27 
 2006-04-05    CLE  ND   6     6   2   2   2   3  0     100   53 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    9-7    Road:   14-13   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  15-16   vsLHP:   8-4    1-Run:   4-5 
 vsEast:  6-9    vsCntrl: 9-7    vsWest:  5-4  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Sun, May 18  @SFG  W  13-8       23-20  1st  1.5 up
 43 Sat, May 17  @SFG  W   3-1       22-20  1st  0.5 up
 42 Fri, May 16  @SFG  W   2-0       21-20  2nd  0.5 gb
 41 Thu, May 15  @LAA  W   4-3       20-20  2nd  1.5 gb
 40 Wed, May 14  @LAA  W   6-1       19-20  3rd  1.5 gb
 39 Tue, May 13  @LAA  L   0-2       18-20  3rd  2.0 gb
 38 Mon, May 12  @LAA  L   7-10      18-19  3rd  2.0 gb
 37 Sun, May 11  @SEA  L   3-6       18-18  2nd  1.0 gb
 36 Sat, May 10  @SEA  W   8-4       18-17  1st    Tied
 35 Fri, May  9  @SEA  W   4-2       17-17  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 9-10   Last 30:14-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 03, 2008 CHW  2 @CLE  1        W:Octavio Dotel (1-1), L: Jake Westbrook (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (1)
Wed, Apr 02, 2008 CLE  7  CHW  2        W:Fausto Carmona (1-0), L: Javier Vazquez (0-1), S: none
Mon, Mar 31, 2008 CLE 10  CHW  8        W:Rafael Betancourt (1-0), L: Octavio Dotel (0-1), S: Joe Borowski (1)

Wed, Sep 12, 2007 CHW  7  CLE  4        W:Javier Vazquez (12-8), L: Jake Westbrook (5-9), S: none
Tue, Sep 11, 2007 CLE  8 @CHW  3        W:Paul Byrd (15-6), L: Lance Broadway (0-1), S: none
Mon, Sep 10, 2007 CLE  6 @CHW  2        W:Fausto Carmona (16-8), L: Gavin Floyd (1-3), S: none
Sun, Sep 02, 2007 CHW  8 @CLE  0        W:Jose Contreras (8-16), L: Jake Westbrook (5-8), S: none
Sat, Sep 01, 2007 CLE  7  CHW  0        W:Paul Byrd (14-5), L: Javier Vazquez (11-8), S: none
Fri, Aug 31, 2007 CLE  8  CHW  5        W:Aaron Fultz (4-2), L: Mike MacDougal (1-5), S: Rafael Betancourt (1)
Thu, Aug 09, 2007 CLE  7 @CHW  5        W:Aaron Laffey (1-1), L: Mark Buehrle (9-7), S: Joe Borowski (32)
Season Series: 2008 - CLE leads 2-1; 2007 - CLE won 11-7; 2006 - CLE won 11-8; All-Time - CHW leads 995-964

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 2008 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

CHC  5.82

CIN  4.47

SDP  3.30

RA/G

CLE  3.57

MIN  4.48

TEX  5.46

BA

L. Berkman  .389

  

R. Howard  .187

OBP

A. Pujols  .495

  

K. Greene  .263

SLG

L. Berkman  .784

  

O. Cabrera  .301

OPS

L. Berkman  1.251

  

K. Greene  .585

ERA

E. Volquez  1.33

S. Chacon  4.14

K. Rogers  6.65

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  10.44

C. Zambrano  6.27

J. Garland  2.01

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Cleveland Indians Batters (4.16 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Contreras
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
71.Linebrink
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
46.Masset
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
43.Wassermann
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Aubrey* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/4 .200/.200/.800/1.000 .000/1.250 1.000 5/1.000 0/0 1/
1.Blake G/S/vP 25/.798 8/1.167 12/.417 1/.000 5/1.850 8/1.071 5/1.800 1/.000 141/116 .226/.314/.379/.693 .376/.762 1.001 78/.807 1/0 3/
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 4/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 4/1.500 1/.000 141/112 .180/.273/.246/.519 .351/.570 .581 77/.516 1/1 1/
7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 1/4.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 77/52 .194/.333/.226/.559 .718/.475 .487 49/.432 3/0 0/
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 9/.619 7/.715 3/1.167 4/1.500 ··· 2/.500 5/1.850 ··· 122/117 .224/.311/.374/.685 .200/.705 .797 79/.613 1/0 4/
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/39 .372/.404/.581/.986 .750/1.039 1.076 47/.986 1/2 1/
25.Garko G/S/vP 7/.453 1/.000 5/1.400 ··· 2/2.000 5/.000 5/1.100 2/.000 158/127 .241/.335/.387/.722 .994/.660 .635 80/.579 0/0 4/
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 1/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 3/2.000 1/.000 4/.000 135/100 .232/.273/.336/.609 .683/.582 .400 71/.643 3/1 2/
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 29/.522 5/2.000 2/.000 ··· 6/1.834 4/.500 13/.840 ··· 162/121 .228/.335/.375/.710 .815/.675 .732 82/.694 1/1 4/
15.Marte G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/.500 5/.000 ··· ··· 30/25 .115/.179/.115/.294 .933/.174 .490 22/.296 0/1 0/
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 26/.367 4/.250 3/1.000 3/.000 9/.619 7/.829 13/.885 1/no AB 141/105 .315/.362/.377/.739 1.033/.627 .633 90/.718 0/0 0/
2.Peralta G/S/vP 21/.586 3/1.334 7/.286 ··· 4/.000 8/1.000 6/.000 ··· 155/122 .225/.279/.430/.709 .851/.669 .943 83/.724 2/0 8/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 2/.500 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 61/42 .236/.300/.327/.627 .444/.712 .573 32/.483 0/0 1/
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 27/1.059 3/3.000 5/1.000 2/1.000 9/.222 8/.000 13/1.458 2/2.000 192/139 .267/.380/.460/.840 .716/.884 .669 105/.936 9/2 7/
IP 53.2 17.2 18.1 18.1 15.0 21.0 15.2 3.1 TOTAL .236/.317/.366/.683 .701/.678 .697 .687 23/9 36/21
ERA-K/9 3.35/4.7 4.08/13.7 1.96/5.9 1.47/5.4 3.00/7.8 3.86/9.0 4.02/11.5 29.70/5.5 3.66/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (13-10-1)
 Shoppach (1-2-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 221/.240 82/.235 71/.231 73/.221 64/.300 90/.234 64/.161 25/.591 .252  Francisco
 Gutierrez
 Sizemore
 Carroll
 Dellucci
6/0/9/2
1/3/35/1
0/42/0/1
1/0/0/0
34/0/0/0
OPS .620 .667 .620 .612 .717 .727 .482 1.352 .686
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 110/.717 24/.890 35/.629 37/.425 34/.647 38/.837 27/.601 5/1.600 .743
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 111/.526 58/.578 36/.611 36/.791 30/.795 52/.647 37/.398 20/1.279 .649
Home 82/.705 35/.649 31/.680 30/.862 23/.870 37/1.062 28/.500 7/1.657 .691
Last 28d days 142/.589 56/.610 40/.670 45/.648 37/.851 47/.659 41/.574 25/1.352
HR/SB/CS 2/8/1 1/5/0 1/3/0 1/1/0 0/0/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 23/37/8
Usage ·····X·· ·Xo·X·Xo ··ooXo·· ··oo·oo· ···o···o ·o······ ·o··o·oo ·o·o···o
Chicago White Sox Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (3.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Sabathia*
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
58.Breslow*
G/S/vB
44.Julio
G/S/vB
30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP 17/.313 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/49 .260/.315/.380/.695 1.850/.590 .802 40/.819 0/1 1/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 20/.578 6/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 192/150 .225/.284/.301/.585 .660/.564 .595 113/.527 5/1 3/
24.Crede G/S/vP 38/.405 15/.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 159/129 .279/.352/.514/.866 .419/.973 .882 90/.834 0/1 8/
23.Dye G/S/vP 52/1.049 14/.895 1/.000 8/.250 ··· 2/.000 4/.250 161/125 .293/.342/.490/.831 .873/.816 .841 89/.726 0/1 6/
44.Hall G/S/vP 21/.564 2/.000 ··· 9/.222 ··· 1/.000 ··· 34/23 .294/.294/.353/.647 .727/.609 .462 21/.857 0/0 0/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 71/.607 19/.983 ··· 5/.000 ··· 3/.000 6/.733 177/137 .212/.339/.356/.695 .755/.678 .866 105/.705 1/0 5/
38.Ozuna G/S/vP 31/.952 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/29 .200/.222/.200/.422 .583/.370 .462 25/.382 0/0 0/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 16/.438 9/.555 ··· 9/2.792 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 151/122 .317/.371/.496/.867 .810/.881 .829 90/.813 0/0 3/
20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/3.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 176/143 .301/.415/.589/1.004 .994/1.006 1.010 110/1.067 4/2 11/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 59/43 .182/.211/.291/.501 .717/.420 .296 38/.565 1/1 1/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 19/.912 6/.733 1/.000 3/2.667 1/.000 1/2.000 1/5.000 181/138 .213/.343/.340/.683 .788/.649 .639 105/.608 1/2 4/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 17/.865 9/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.667 7/.000 168/127 .203/.345/.399/.744 .925/.680 .608 96/.658 1/0 7/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 48/.548 13/.802 ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 4/.000 2/.000 128/107 .198/.262/.328/.589 .554/.597 .606 63/.710 0/0 3/
IP 54.1 16.0 8.0 14.2 19.2 24.1 19.0 TOTAL .247/.331/.408/.739 .763/.733 .734 .726 13/9 52/25
ERA-K/9 5.47/9.4 7.31/7.9 2.25/7.9 3.07/7.3 3.20/5.9 2.96/6.3 3.32/8.1 3.36/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (10-3-0)
 Pierzynski (27-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 242/.285 74/.343 38/.273 58/.196 82/.266 108/.253 83/.274 .253  Swisher
 Quentin
 Ramirez
 Dye
 Anderson
3/28/7/2
42/0/0/2
0/9/0/1
0/0/38/1
0/18/2/0
OPS .803 .927 .671 .607 .685 .743 .737 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 63/.915 38/.624 10/.733 26/.755 36/.848 50/.729 39/.520 .716
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 179/.762 36/1.224 28/.649 32/.491 46/.556 58/.754 44/.920 .680
Road 49/.728 25/.768 9/.476 30/.385 24/.942 32/.692 52/.750 .703
Last 28d days 143/.565 39/.924 14/1.038 18/.229 49/.691 63/.617 42/.650
HR/SB/CS 6/3/1 4/3/0 0/2/0 1/0/0 3/1/0 2/1/0 2/0/3 41/14/12
Usage ·····X·· ····X··X ········ ·o·o···· ··X·o·X· ·o·XX··· ·XoX··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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