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Game Preview: CLE @ CIN, 3:55pm, Saturday, May 17, 2008 @Great American Ball Park

Cleveland Indians, 22-20, 1st, ½ up

SP: Fausto Carmona (24, RHP, 4-1, 2.40)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-1)             48.2  45  15  13  35  18  1    2.40      
 2007 (19-8)           215   199  78  73  61 137 16    3.06      
 2006 (1-10)            74.2  88  46  45  31  58  9    5.42      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  41.2  41  14  12  31  14  1    2.59   50 
 2008-05-12    TOR   W   9     5   0   0   4   3  0     108   76 
 2008-05-06   @NYY  ND   5     6   3   3   5   2  0      91   40 
 2008-04-29    SEA  ND   6.2   8   2   1   4   2  0     103   50 
 2008-04-24   @KCR   W   5     9   4   4   4   1  1      98   30 
 2008-04-17    DET   W   6.2   7   1   1   1   2  0     105   57 
 2008-04-12    OAK   L   3.1   2   3   3   8   1  0      82   37 
 2008-04-07   @LAA  ND   6     4   1   0   5   3  0      94   60 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CIN    Has never faced CIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-12   Road:    8-8    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  16-15   vsLHP:   6-5    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl: 7-6    vsWest:  8-7  IL: 0-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Cincinnati Reds, 19-23, 6th, 7 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Aaron Harang (30, RHP, 2-5, 3.32)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-5)             62.1  55  25  23  15  51  8    3.32      
 2007 (16-6)           231.2 213 100  96  52 218 28    3.73      
 2006 (16-11)          234.1 242 109  98  56 216 28    3.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-4  49.1  46  20  19  10  39  6    3.47   57 
 2008-05-12    FLA   W   7     7   4   4   2   4  3     102   49 
 2008-05-06    CHC   L   7     7   3   3   2   6  0     114   55 
 2008-04-30   @STL   L   6     7   3   3   3   4  0      97   47 
 2008-04-25   @SFG   L   7.1   8   3   2   1   8  0     114   59 
 2008-04-20    MIL  ND   8     4   1   1   0   8  1     114   78 
 2008-04-15   @CHC   L   6     8   5   5   2   6  2     110   40 
 2008-04-10   @MIL   W   8     5   1   1   0   3  0      99   71 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      2-1  34.1  29   9   9  10  32  1    2.36   62 
 2007-06-10    CLE  ND   7     3   0   0   2  10  0     116   79 
 2007-05-20   @CLE   L   5     9   5   5   1   3  1      99   31 
 2006-06-23   @CLE   W   9     7   0   0   2   6  0     117   77 
 2005-06-26   @CLE  ND   6     6   3   3   3   4  0     120   49 
 2005-05-20    CLE   W   7.1   4   1   1   2   9  0     113   73 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-9    Road:    7-14   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  13-15   vsLHP:   6-8    1-Run:   9-3 
 vsEast:  6-7    vsCntrl: 7-13   vsWest:  5-3  IL: 1-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 42 Fri, May 16   CLE  W   4-3       19-23  6th  7.0 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 16, 2008 CIN  4  CLE  3        W:Dave Weathers (1-2), L: Jensen Lewis (0-2), S: Francisco Cordero (8)

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
Season Series: 2008 - CIN leads 1-0; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - CLE leads 29-23

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  5.83

OAK  4.44

SDP  3.40

RA/G

CLE  3.50

LAA  4.48

TEX  5.51

BA

A. Pujols  .347

  

R. Zimmerman  .244

OBP

A. Pujols  .492

  

R. Zimmerman  .277

SLG

C. Utley  .655

  

I. Suzuki  .367

OPS

A. Pujols  1.070

  

C. Crawford  .680

ERA

C. Lee  .67

M. Mussina  3.99

K. Rogers  6.65

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.62

J. Weaver  6.20

J. Garland  2.01

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Cleveland Indians Batters (4.21 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Harang
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Blake G/S/vP 16/.846 17/.765 ··· 1/3.000 7/.453 4/1.250 ··· 5/.000 133/109 .229/.311/.390/.700 .393/.767 1.062 77/.798 1/0 3/
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 134/105 .190/.280/.259/.539 .351/.598 .643 77/.622 0/1 1/
7.Carroll G/S/vP 11/.637 1/2.000 4/1.750 ··· 3/.000 6/.167 ··· 7/.429 72/48 .172/.314/.207/.521 .661/.445 .387 48/.352 3/0 0/
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 6/.167 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/2.000 115/110 .228/.313/.386/.699 .200/.720 .852 78/.604 1/0 4/
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 39/31 .333/.359/.472/.831 .750/.855 .840 39/.831 0/2 0/
25.Garko G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 153/122 .227/.327/.371/.698 .994/.627 .568 82/.525 0/0 4/
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 134/99 .234/.275/.339/.614 .683/.588 .409 77/.645 3/1 2/
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 11/.637 12/.917 ··· ··· 5/.600 ··· ··· 4/.000 161/120 .228/.331/.375/.706 .815/.669 .719 89/.656 1/1 4/
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 13/.237 20/.513 ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 6/.833 132/96 .322/.371/.380/.751 1.033/.633 .650 89/.738 0/0 0/
2.Peralta G/S/vP 13/.769 13/.231 ··· 2/1.000 3/2.667 ··· ··· 6/.733 148/117 .222/.279/.437/.716 .842/.682 .994 80/.710 2/0 8/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 5/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 61/42 .236/.300/.327/.627 .444/.712 .573 32/.483 0/0 1/
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 17/.912 10/.744 ··· 1/no AB 5/.900 ··· ··· 4/.000 182/131 .261/.374/.458/.831 .650/.898 .626 104/.893 7/2 7/
IP 62.1 17.0 5.1 18.1 18.1 22.1 18.0 13.0 TOTAL .234/.315/.363/.679 .691/.675 .687 .669 19/9 34/18
ERA-K/9 3.32/7.4 2.65/11.1 5.06/10.2 4.42/11.3 2.45/10.3 9.27/6.9 7.00/5.5 4.15/6.9 4.67/8.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 250/.240 73/.222 28/.360 87/.286 79/.169 107/.312 79/.300 65/.296 .268  Francisco
 Gutierrez
 Sizemore
 Carroll
 Dellucci
5/0/7/2
1/3/34/1
0/40/0/1
1/0/0/0
32/0/0/0
OPS .701 .627 .909 .812 .578 .934 .852 .851 .779
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 102/.660 27/.669 14/.967 35/.889 33/.714 50/.843 33/1.010 21/.840 .799
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 148/.728 46/.596 14/.845 52/.764 46/.486 57/1.018 46/.733 44/.855 .764
Home 139/.667 39/.736 1/.000 36/.611 47/.529 36/.974 30/.624 37/.830 .729
Last 28d days 140/.708 45/.600 28/.909 49/.896 55/.679 51/.731 47/1.058 31/.959
HR/SB/CS 8/2/2 1/0/0 0/0/0 3/1/0 1/1/0 5/0/0 3/0/0 1/1/0 49/16/10
Usage ····X··· o···ooo· ···o·oo· X·oX·o·· X·XoX·o· ········ ··X···X· X··ooX··
Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (3.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Carmona
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
9.Bako* G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 118/77 .292/.364/.491/.855 .730/.923 .752 71/.861 0/1 4/
44.Dunn* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 157/111 .210/.357/.435/.792 .687/.835 .789 90/.805 1/0 8/
28.Encarnacion G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/2.500 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 170/117 .253/.341/.480/.821 .860/.803 .809 104/.849 1/0 8/
6.Freel G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 99/49 .315/.354/.391/.745 .868/.617 .506 68/.811 5/4 0/
3.Griffey* G/S/vP 1/3.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.834 169/121 .252/.343/.381/.724 .536/.798 .742 99/.634 0/1 4/
15.Hairston G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 52/30 .348/.375/.565/.940 1.009/.897 1.235 52/.940 3/1 1/
21.Hatteberg* G/S/vP 1/2.000 5/1.467 ··· 10/.200 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 54/42 .200/.296/.267/.563 .267/.648 .290 22/.623 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 10/.800 2/1.500 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 125/103 .235/.282/.426/.708 .418/.773 .882 67/.632 7/3 4/
4.Phillips G/S/vP ··· 5/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 169/120 .288/.337/.532/.869 1.447/.635 .846 100/.932 6/2 8/
26.Ross G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 25/9 .286/.400/.333/.733 .833/.556 1.414 25/.733 0/0 0/
17.Valentin# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 32/28 .200/.250/.233/.483 .000/.555 .750 8/.250 0/0 0/
19.Votto* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 132/85 .275/.341/.542/.883 .920/.862 .873 93/.875 1/1 8/
IP 48.2 16.0 8.0 14.1 19.1 23.0 18.0 TOTAL .260/.330/.426/.756 .827/.724 .776 .772 27/14 48/28
ERA-K/9 2.40/3.3 7.31/7.9 2.25/7.9 3.14/7.6 1.86/6.1 3.13/6.3 3.50/8.0 3.29/6.2

 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 212/.259 74/.343 38/.273 57/.200 78/.250 103/.256 78/.282 .253  Patterson
 Griffey
 Dunn
 Hairston
 Freel
0/34/0/2
0/0/39/2
39/0/0/0
5/2/6/0
12/15/5/0
OPS .709 .927 .671 .618 .611 .761 .741 .693
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 113/.779 38/.624 10/.733 26/.755 34/.688 49/.745 36/.497 .712
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 99/.626 36/1.224 28/.649 31/.508 44/.552 54/.775 42/.943 .680
Road 76/.821 25/.768 9/.476 29/.399 20/.700 27/.750 47/.757 .697
Last 28d days 113/.773 39/.924 14/1.038 21/.296 48/.570 58/.637 48/.697
HR/SB/CS 1/4/1 4/3/0 0/2/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 2/1/0 2/0/2 38/13/11
Usage ····X··· ·X··X··· ······X· o······· ·o·X···X XX·····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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