CLE @ CHW, Wednesday, July 2, 2008 Game Preview

Cleveland Indians, 37-47, 5th, 11½ GB, 12 GB in WC	SP: C.C. Sabathia (27, LHP, 6-8, 3.78) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-8) 114.1 110 49 48 32 118 11 3.78 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 3-2 53 42 14 13 9 53 3 2.21 66 2008-06-27 CIN W 8 4 0 0 2 11 0 116 83 2008-06-21 @LAD ND 7 5 1 1 1 10 1 116 72 2008-06-15 SDP W 8 6 3 3 1 10 0 112 67 2008-06-10 MIN W 9 5 0 0 0 5 0 106 82 2008-06-05 @TEX L 6 9 5 4 3 8 0 119 41 2008-05-31 @KCR L 8 8 4 4 0 4 1 102 54 2008-05-25 TEX ND 7 5 1 1 2 5 1 98 66 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 2-1 33.1 32 13 13 11 33 6 3.51 56 2008-05-20 @CHW L 7 7 2 2 1 8 2 110 62 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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 22-22 Road: 15-25 ExtrInn: 3-6 vsRHP: 28-33 vsLHP: 9-14 1-Run: 6-9 vsEast: 7-6 vsCntrl:13-18 vsWest: 11-11 IL: 6-12 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 84 Tue, Jul 1 @CHW L 2-3 (10) 37-47 5th 11.5 gb 83 Mon, Jun 30 @CHW L 7-9 37-46 5th 10.5 gb 82 Sun, Jun 29 CIN L 5-9 37-45 4th 9.5 gb 81 Sat, Jun 28 CIN L 0-5 37-44 4th 8.5 gb 80 Fri, Jun 27 CIN W 6-0 37-43 4th 7.5 gb 79 Thu, Jun 26 SFG W 4-1 36-43 4th 7.5 gb 78 Wed, Jun 25 SFG L 1-4 35-43 5th 7.5 gb 77 Tue, Jun 24 SFG L 2-3 35-42 4th 7.5 gb 76 Sun, Jun 22 @LAD L 3-4 35-41 4th 6.5 gb 75 Sat, Jun 21 @LAD W 7-2 (11) 35-40 4th 6.5 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:12-18
Chicago White Sox, 48-35, 1st, 2½ up	SP: Jose Contreras (36, RHP, 7-6, 3.99) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (7-6) 103.2 101 48 46 28 59 10 3.99 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 2-3 44 49 26 25 12 27 8 5.11 47 2008-06-27 CHC W 6 7 3 3 2 3 3 100 47 2008-06-21 @CHC L 3.1 10 9 9 2 1 3 72 3 2008-06-15 COL L 6.2 7 4 3 2 4 1 100 48 2008-06-10 @DET L 6 13 6 6 1 1 0 98 22 2008-06-05 KCR W 7 4 1 1 2 3 0 100 66 2008-05-30 @TBR ND 7 5 1 1 3 5 0 101 65 2008-05-25 LAA ND 8 3 2 2 0 10 1 107 78 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE 2-2 23.2 24 17 14 16 17 1 5.32 45 2008-05-20 CLE W 6 4 1 1 0 4 0 99 64 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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 29-11 Road: 19-24 ExtrInn: 3-2 vsRHP: 30-23 vsLHP: 18-12 1-Run: 9-9 vsEast: 7-12 vsCntrl:23-11 vsWest: 6-6 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 84 Tue, Jul 1 CLE W 3-2 (10) 48-35 1st 2.5 up 83 Mon, Jun 30 CLE W 9-7 47-35 1st 2.5 up 82 Sun, Jun 29 CHC W 5-1 46-35 1st 1.5 up 81 Sat, Jun 28 CHC W 6-5 45-35 1st 1.5 up 80 Fri, Jun 27 CHC W 10-3 44-35 1st 0.5 up 79 Thu, Jun 26 @LAD W 2-0 43-35 1st 0.5 up 78 Wed, Jun 25 @LAD L 0-5 42-35 1st 0.5 up 77 Tue, Jun 24 @LAD W 6-1 42-34 1st 1.5 up 76 Sun, Jun 22 @CHC L 1-7 41-34 1st 1.5 up 75 Sat, Jun 21 @CHC L 7-11 41-33 1st 2.5 up Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Jul 01, 2008 CHW 3 CLE 2 (10) W:Adam Russell (1-0), L: Joe Borowski (1-3), S: none Mon, Jun 30, 2008 CHW 9 CLE 7 W:Gavin Floyd (9-4), L: Jeremy Sowers (0-4), S: Matt Thornton (1) Wed, May 28, 2008 CHW 6 @CLE 5 W:Gavin Floyd (5-3), L: Rafael Betancourt (1-3), S: Bobby Jenks (14) Tue, May 27, 2008 CLE 8 CHW 2 W:Aaron Laffey (3-3), L: Mark Buehrle (2-6), S: none Mon, May 26, 2008 CHW 6 @CLE 3 (12) W:Boone Logan (2-1), L: Scott Elarton (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (13) Thu, May 22, 2008 CHW 3 CLE 1 W:Scott Linebrink (1-0), L: Aaron Laffey (2-3), S: Bobby Jenks (12) Wed, May 21, 2008 CHW 7 CLE 2 W:Javier Vazquez (5-3), L: Paul Byrd (2-4), S: none Tue, May 20, 2008 CHW 4 CLE 1 W:Jose Contreras (5-3), L: C.C. Sabathia (3-6), S: Bobby Jenks (11) 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 Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 8-3; 2007 - CLE won 11-7; 2006 - CLE won 11-8; All-Time - CHW leads 1002-965

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

TEX 5.42

ARI 4.50

WSN 3.69

RA/G

OAK 3.66

MIL 4.55

TEX 5.53

C. Jones .393

S. Rolen .283

T. Pena .154

OBP

C. Jones .487

J. Werth .356

T. Pena .177

SLG

L. Berkman .692

G. Atkins .457

T. Pena .189

OPS

L. Berkman 1.140

M. Cabrera .806

T. Pena .366

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.91

C. Wang 4.07

B. Arroyo 6.19

K/9IP

E. Volquez 9.71

V. Padilla 6.10

L. Hernandez 3.18

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Cleveland Indians Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.81 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 61.Russell
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Blake G/S/vP 27/.813 10/.900 12/.417 2/.000 6/1.867 10/1.225 ··· 8/1.768 297/232 .287/.358/.453/.811 .885/.790 1.010 106/.965 2/0 8/

7.Carroll G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/3.000 2/2.000 7/.715 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 203/145 .287/.369/.356/.725 .660/.752 .514 93/.833 6/1 0/

17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 96/76 .278/.385/.456/.841 .671/.888 .849 85/.756 1/1 2/

20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 11/.808 7/.715 3/1.167 6/1.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 6/1.500 217/207 .223/.304/.389/.693 .100/.722 .842 57/.608 2/1 7/

44.Fasano G/S/vP 9/1.445 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 7/6 .333/.429/.333/.762 .000/.900 .000 7/.762 0/0 0/

12.Francisco G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 222/171 .280/.338/.450/.788 .736/.803 .761 110/.686 3/3 6/

25.Garko G/S/vP 10/.522 1/.000 6/1.166 1/.000 3/1.167 6/.000 ··· 7/1.381 301/226 .242/.326/.345/.670 .773/.637 .709 104/.612 0/0 6/

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 1/.000 3/1.167 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 4/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 215/146 .222/.274/.328/.602 .607/.600 .472 52/.316 4/2 3/

15.Marte G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/.500 5/.000 ··· ··· 61/45 .127/.172/.145/.318 .683/.190 .355 13/.077 1/1 0/

2.Peralta G/S/vP 21/.586 4/1.000 8/.250 1/.000 4/.000 11/1.350 ··· 8/.000 324/249 .253/.301/.447/.748 .616/.788 .872 110/.738 2/0 12/

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 2/.500 3/.666 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 152/101 .255/.318/.467/.785 .811/.771 .734 75/1.002 0/0 6/

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 30/.944 5/1.800 6/1.100 5/.400 11/.182 9/.000 ··· 14/1.316 377/271 .261/.366/.512/.878 .765/.922 .717 118/.942 19/3 19/

11.Velandia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/5 .143/.200/.143/.343 .000/1.100 .125 8/.661 0/0 0/

IP 103.2 37.2 32.1 34.0 28.1 35.1 4.1 32.1 TOTAL .247/.323/.392/.714 .689/.722 .710 .740 43/15 77/38

ERA-K/9

3.99/5.1

3.11/12.7

1.95/5.3

1.32/7.7

2.22/9.2

3.31/6.9

2.08/8.4

2.51/11.7

3.40/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Fasano (0-1-0)
Shoppach (17-2-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 431/.256 169/.224 125/.246 126/.175 114/.234 154/.276 16/.250 129/.171 .246 Francisco
Gutierrez
Sizemore
Dellucci
Carroll
Choo 39/1/21/9
2/5/58/3
0/80/0/1
46/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
2/0/19/0

OPS .687 .670 .635 .506 .620 .768 .625 .505 .690

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 220/.801 51/.693 62/.622 58/.393 60/.548 57/.864 7/1.143 61/.449 .734

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 211/.571 118/.660 63/.647 68/.599 54/.703 97/.715 9/.222 68/.555 .661

Home 212/.652 82/.590 68/.668 68/.473 53/.733 83/1.001 9/.556 69/.532 .675

Last 28d days 133/.947 57/.786 35/.807 34/.359 32/.594 50/.805 16/.625 45/.501

HR/SB/CS 10/15/1 4/11/1 1/4/0 3/1/0 2/2/1 2/1/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 70/79/17

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

Chicago White Sox Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Sabathia*
G/S/vB 27.Bauer
G/S/vB 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB 47.Borowski
G/S/vB 30.Kobayashi
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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP 17/.313 2/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 129/82 .230/.266/.393/.659 .614/.685 .776 53/.690 2/1 4/

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 24/.477 6/1.166 9/.000 7/.453 4/.500 2/.000 4/1.250 ··· 378/270 .273/.324/.372/.697 .743/.679 .777 121/.867 12/2 6/

24.Crede G/S/vP 40/.384 3/.000 18/.765 6/.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 294/220 .268/.344/.498/.842 .339/1.011 .946 86/.939 0/3 15/

23.Dye G/S/vP 55/1.023 6/1.500 16/.780 7/.714 2/2.000 3/.000 ··· 5/.200 327/232 .301/.352/.548/.900 .774/.948 1.027 108/1.066 3/2 18/

44.Hall G/S/vP 21/.564 15/.895 2/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 68/37 .297/.338/.391/.729 1.003/.500 .595 24/.536 0/0 1/

38.Ozuna G/S/vP 32/.986 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 66/45 .279/.313/.311/.624 .929/.475 .842 19/.833 0/1 0/

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 20/.350 3/.000 11/.728 4/1.833 2/.000 3/3.500 ··· 4/.500 296/221 .299/.339/.424/.763 .645/.804 .727 94/.689 1/0 5/

20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 344/248 .284/.390/.533/.922 .828/.957 .945 113/.790 5/3 19/

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 4/.000 3/1.666 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 203/137 .295/.317/.453/.769 .727/.790 .766 95/.821 3/2 6/

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 22/.777 4/1.750 8/.536 3/.000 2/.000 4/2.750 1/.000 1/5.000 333/235 .237/.352/.412/.765 .700/.788 .886 103/1.028 1/2 11/

25.Thome* G/S/vP 20/1.006 3/1.167 10/.000 5/.800 ··· 4/.750 ··· 11/.000 294/212 .232/.354/.484/.837 1.037/.754 .802 77/1.082 1/0 16/

5.Uribe G/S/vP 48/.548 4/.500 13/.802 5/1.000 1/2.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 147/117 .215/.269/.341/.610 .588/.615 .594 19/.737 0/0 3/

31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 33/28 .323/.364/.516/.880 .400/.970 .500 27/1.084 4/0 1/

IP 114.1 6.0 37.1 16.2 40.0 6.0 12.0 36.2 TOTAL .264/.337/.441/.777 .719/.800 .835 .874 33/16 113/56

ERA-K/9

3.78/9.3

13.50/6.0

6.03/9.2

7.56/4.9

3.15/5.8

12.00/10.5

6.75/5.2

3.44/9.1

4.14/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hall (22-4-0)
Pierzynski (57-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 473/.255 30/.370 166/.302 82/.333 167/.247 36/.367 54/.277 155/.268 .271 Swisher
Quentin
Ramirez
Dye
Anderson
Wise 5/42/10/3
80/0/0/3
0/10/0/1
0/0/76/1
1/45/2/0
2/9/1/0

OPS .695 1.137 .860 .978 .639 1.206 .908 .731 .750

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 135/.653 12/1.061 72/.769 30/.823 71/.654 14/2.143 24/.807 70/.654 .768

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 338/.712 18/1.188 94/.930 52/1.053 96/.628 22/.714 30/.976 85/.792 .740

Road 165/.721 17/1.221 68/.889 41/.986 66/.783 25/1.344 24/.841 88/.777 .793

Last 28d days 146/.520 30/1.137 63/.873 44/.909 52/.652 12/.750 37/.856 35/.794

HR/SB/CS 11/7/2 1/2/0 7/5/1 4/6/0 4/2/0 3/1/0 3/0/0 5/1/3 91/37/16

Usage ····X··· ··X····· o·X···oX XX···oo· ····X··X ·X······ ·oXo···· o··o···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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Game Preview: CLE @ CHW, 8:11pm, Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

SP: C.C. Sabathia (27, LHP, 6-8, 3.78)

SP: Jose Contreras (36, RHP, 7-6, 3.99)

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