CLE @ CIN, Friday, May 16, 2008 Game Preview

Cleveland Indians, 22-19, 1st, 1½ up	SP: Jeremy Sowers (25, LHP, 0-0, 5.06) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-0) 5.1 7 3 3 1 3 0 5.06 2007 (1-6) 67.1 84 49 48 21 24 10 6.42 2006 (7-4) 88.1 85 36 35 20 35 10 3.57 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-3 37 46 25 25 9 17 7 6.08 42 2008-04-26 NYY ND 5.1 7 3 3 1 3 0 96 44 2007-09-26 @SEA ND 5 5 0 0 2 5 0 78 60 2007-06-09 @CIN ND 4 7 5 5 1 5 2 86 32 2007-06-03 DET L 4 7 5 5 1 0 1 63 27 2007-05-29 @BOS L 5.2 6 4 4 1 1 2 94 41 2007-05-24 @KCR W 7 6 1 1 1 1 0 94 61 2007-05-19 CIN L 6 8 7 7 2 2 2 84 28 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CIN 0-2 15 20 16 16 4 10 6 9.60 34 2007-06-09 @CIN ND 4 7 5 5 1 5 2 86 32 2007-05-19 CIN L 6 8 7 7 2 2 2 84 28 2006-06-25 CIN L 5 5 4 4 1 3 2 82 43
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 14-12 Road: 8-7 ExtrInn: 1-2 vsRHP: 16-14 vsLHP: 6-5 1-Run: 4-3 vsEast: 7-6 vsCntrl: 7-6 vsWest: 8-7 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 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 34 Thu, May 8 @NYY L 3-6 16-18 3rd 1.5 gb 33 Wed, May 7 @NYY W 3-0 16-17 2nd 1.5 gb 32 Tue, May 6 @NYY W 5-3 15-17 3rd 1.5 gb Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:18-12
Cincinnati Reds, 18-23, 6th, 7 GB, 5½ GB in WC	SP: Johnny Cueto (22, RHP, 2-4, 5.91) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-4) 45.2 46 32 30 11 46 9 5.91 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 38.2 45 31 29 11 36 8 6.75 44 2008-05-11 @NYM L 4.2 8 6 6 3 5 2 98 26 2008-05-05 CHC W 6 6 3 3 2 8 1 108 54 2008-04-29 @STL L 1.2 8 7 6 1 2 0 55 14 2008-04-24 HOU L 7 8 5 5 2 2 1 99 41 2008-04-19 MIL ND 7 5 3 2 2 5 1 99 60 2008-04-13 @PIT L 6 5 5 5 1 6 2 82 47 2008-04-08 @MIL ND 6.1 5 2 2 0 8 1 96 63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE Has never faced CLE.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 11-9 Road: 7-14 ExtrInn: 2-2 vsRHP: 13-15 vsLHP: 5-8 1-Run: 8-3 vsEast: 6-7 vsCntrl: 7-13 vsWest: 5-3 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 41 Wed, May 14 FLA W 7-6 (10) 18-23 6th 6.5 gb 40 Tue, May 13 FLA W 5-3 17-23 6th 6.5 gb 39 Mon, May 12 FLA W 8-7 16-23 6th 7.5 gb 38 Sun, May 11 @NYM L 3-8 15-23 6th 7.5 gb 37 Sat, May 10 @NYM W 7-1 15-22 6th 7.5 gb 36 Sat, May 10 @NYM L 6-12 14-22 6th 7.5 gb 35 Wed, May 7 CHC W 9-0 14-21 6th 8.0 gb 34 Tue, May 6 CHC L 0-3 13-21 6th 9.0 gb 33 Mon, May 5 CHC W 5-3 13-20 5th 8.0 gb 32 Sun, May 4 @ATL L 7-14 12-20 6th 8.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Jun 10, 2007 CIN 1 CLE 0 (12) W:Marcus McBeth (1-0), L: Aaron Fultz (3-1), S: none Sat, Jun 09, 2007 CLE 8 @CIN 6 (11) W:Tom Mastny (4-2), L: Victor Santos (1-2), S: Joe Borowski (18) Fri, Jun 08, 2007 CIN 4 CLE 3 W:Homer Bailey (1-0), L: Cliff Lee (2-4), S: Dave Weathers (12) Sun, May 20, 2007 CLE 5 CIN 3 W:Paul Byrd (4-1), L: Aaron Harang (5-2), S: Joe Borowski (13) Sat, May 19, 2007 CIN 10 @CLE 5 W:Matt Belisle (4-3), L: Jeremy Sowers (0-4), S: Dave Weathers (8) Fri, May 18, 2007 CLE 9 CIN 4 W:Cliff Lee (2-0), L: Kyle Lohse (1-5), S: none Sun, Jul 02, 2006 CLE 6 @CIN 3 W:Guillermo Mota (1-3), L: Dave Weathers (3-3), S: Bob Wickman (12) Sat, Jul 01, 2006 CLE 12 @CIN 7 W:Cliff Lee (8-5), L: Joe Mays (0-5), S: none Fri, Jun 30, 2006 CIN 9 CLE 8 W:Kent Mercker (1-1), L: Bob Wickman (1-4), S: none Sun, Jun 25, 2006 CIN 4 @CLE 2 W:Elizardo Ramirez (3-6), L: Jeremy Sowers (0-1), S: Todd Coffey (6) Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - CLE leads 29-22

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 5.80

CHW 4.51

SDP 3.33

RA/G

CLE 3.49

BOS 4.49

TEX 5.45

A. Pujols .357

R. Weeks .187

OBP

A. Pujols .503

R. Zimmerman .268

SLG

C. Utley .665

R. Weeks .335

OPS

A. Pujols 1.097

R. Weeks .651

ERA

C. Lee .67

N. Blackburn 3.93

K. Rogers 6.65

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.62

S. Chacon 6.18

J. Garland 2.01

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Cleveland Indians Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (5.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Cueto
G/S/vB 41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB 45.Bray*
G/S/vB 51.Burton
G/S/vB 48.Cordero
G/S/vB 33.Fogg
G/S/vB 57.Lincoln
G/S/vB 25.Weathers
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Blake G/S/vP ··· 17/.765 ··· ··· 6/.533 4/1.250 ··· 5/.000 129/105 .219/.305/.351/.656 .393/.715 .972 77/.783 1/0 2/

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 130/101 .196/.289/.268/.557 .351/.624 .704 73/.659 0/1 1/

7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 4/1.750 ··· 2/.000 6/.167 ··· 7/.429 71/47 .175/.319/.211/.529 .661/.456 .401 51/.376 3/0 0/

20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/2.000 111/107 .235/.315/.398/.713 .250/.728 .905 74/.619 1/0 4/

12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/27 .344/.371/.469/.840 .750/.870 .859 35/.840 0/2 0/

25.Garko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/3.500 149/118 .234/.336/.383/.718 .994/.650 .610 82/.541 0/0 4/

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 133/98 .236/.277/.341/.618 .683/.595 .419 80/.619 3/1 2/

48.Hafner* G/S/vP ··· 12/.917 ··· ··· 5/.600 ··· ··· 4/.000 160/119 .222/.327/.348/.675 .815/.627 .635 88/.598 1/1 3/

15.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 30/25 .115/.179/.115/.294 .933/.174 .490 22/.296 0/1 0/

41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· 20/.513 ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 5/1.000 128/92 .333/.383/.393/.776 1.033/.662 .726 89/.762 0/0 0/

2.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 13/.231 ··· 1/2.000 3/2.667 ··· ··· 6/.733 144/113 .221/.280/.420/.700 .842/.659 .972 80/.669 2/0 7/

10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 61/42 .236/.300/.327/.627 .444/.712 .573 35/.500 0/0 1/

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP ··· 10/.744 ··· ··· 4/1.167 ··· ··· 4/.000 177/126 .268/.379/.470/.848 .650/.925 .655 103/.887 7/2 7/

16.Tyner* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 5/1.400 ··· 1/2.000 3/3 .000/.333/.000/.333 /.333 3/.333 0/0 0/

IP 45.2 16.2 5.1 17.2 17.1 22.1 18.0 12.0 TOTAL .236/.318/.361/.678 .693/.674 .687 .663 19/9 31/18

ERA-K/9

5.91/9.1

2.70/11.3

5.06/10.2

4.58/11.7

2.60/9.4

9.27/6.9

7.00/5.5

4.50/6.0

4.71/8.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martinez (12-9-0)
Shoppach (1-2-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 193/.261 72/.226 28/.360 82/.288 76/.177 107/.312 79/.300 61/.300 .271 Gutierrez
Sizemore
Francisco
Carroll
Tyner
Dellucci 1/3/34/1
0/39/0/1
5/0/6/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
31/0/0/0

OPS .809 .637 .909 .807 .603 .934 .852 .857 .781

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 78/.884 26/.697 14/.967 33/.899 32/.740 50/.843 33/1.010 19/.940 .809

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 115/.759 46/.596 14/.845 49/.749 44/.510 57/1.018 46/.733 42/.819 .760

Home 107/.649 38/.758 1/.000 31/.568 44/.568 36/.974 30/.624 33/.838 .731

Last 28d days 123/.955 44/.615 28/.909 44/.896 52/.723 51/.731 47/1.058 27/.991

HR/SB/CS 9/4/2 1/0/0 0/0/0 3/1/0 1/1/0 5/0/0 3/0/0 1/1/0 46/16/10

Usage ····X··· ···ooo·· ··o·oo·· ·oX·o··· ·XoX·o·· ········ ·X···X·· ··ooX···

Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (3.49 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Bako* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 114/76 .301/.368/.505/.873 .750/.936 .781 71/.839 0/1 4/

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 5/1.400 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 153/110 .207/.353/.413/.766 .598/.830 .739 90/.766 1/0 7/

28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.000 2/2.500 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 166/115 .259/.343/.490/.833 .896/.804 .833 104/.869 1/0 8/

6.Freel G/S/vP 7/.000 3/1.667 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 95/49 .307/.347/.375/.722 .833/.617 .416 65/.801 5/4 0/

3.Griffey* G/S/vP 7/1.429 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 165/121 .250/.339/.382/.721 .510/.798 .737 99/.620 0/1 4/

15.Hairston G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 48/30 .357/.386/.571/.958 1.082/.897 1.303 48/.958 3/1 1/

21.Hatteberg* G/S/vP 2/.000 5/1.467 ··· 10/.200 ··· ··· 3/.333 53/41 .205/.302/.273/.575 .267/.665 .303 23/.594 0/1 0/

7.Janish G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1 .500/.500/.500/1.000 2.000/.000 1.000 2/1.000 0/0 0/

23.Patterson* G/S/vP 6/.167 2/1.500 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 125/103 .235/.282/.426/.708 .418/.773 .882 68/.622 7/3 4/

4.Phillips G/S/vP 9/1.194 5/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 165/118 .288/.333/.516/.850 1.398/.634 .807 100/.904 6/2 7/

26.Ross G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 24/9 .250/.375/.300/.675 .739/.556 1.333 24/.675 0/0 0/

17.Valentin# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 32/28 .200/.250/.233/.483 .000/.555 .750 9/.222 0/0 0/

19.Votto* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 128/83 .276/.344/.543/.887 .964/.846 .882 91/.860 1/1 8/

IP 5.1 16.0 8.0 13.1 19.1 22.1 16.2 TOTAL .260/.329/.423/.752 .818/.723 .769 .754 27/14 46/26

ERA-K/9

5.06/5.1

7.31/7.9

2.25/7.9

3.38/6.8

1.86/6.1

2.82/6.5

3.78/7.5

3.26/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bako (13-10-2)
Ross (2-0-1)
Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 24/.318 74/.343 38/.273 54/.213 78/.250 97/.253 72/.277 .252 Patterson
Griffey
Dunn
Hairston
Freel 0/34/0/2
0/0/38/2
38/0/0/0
4/2/6/0
12/14/5/0

OPS .739 .927 .671 .655 .611 .732 .747 .688

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 6/1.100 38/.624 10/.733 25/.789 34/.688 45/.711 33/.544 .708

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 18/.627 36/1.224 28/.649 29/.545 44/.552 52/.750 39/.912 .673

Road / 25/.768 9/.476 26/.448 20/.700 21/.619 41/.771 .682

Last 28d days 24/.739 39/.924 14/1.038 18/.347 48/.570 52/.575 46/.683

HR/SB/CS 0/0/1 4/3/0 0/2/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 2/1/0 2/0/2 36/13/11

Usage X··X···· ·····X·· ·······o o·X···Xo X·····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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Game Preview: CLE @ CIN, 7:10pm, Friday, May 16, 2008 @Great American Ball Park

SP: Jeremy Sowers (25, LHP, 0-0, 5.06)

SP: Johnny Cueto (22, RHP, 2-4, 5.91)

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