CLE @ CIN, Sunday, May 18, 2008 Game Preview

Cleveland Indians, 22-21, 2nd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC	SP: Cliff Lee (29, LHP, 6-0, 0.67) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-0) 53.2 32 5 4 4 44 1 0.67 2007 (5-8) 97.1 112 73 68 36 66 17 6.29 2006 (14-11) 200.2 224 114 98 58 129 29 4.40 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 6-0 53.2 32 5 4 4 44 1 0.67 74 2008-05-12 TOR ND 9 7 0 0 2 5 0 117 76 2008-05-07 @NYY W 7 6 0 0 0 7 0 103 72 2008-04-30 SEA W 6 8 3 3 0 3 1 97 47 2008-04-24 @KCR W 9 3 0 0 0 9 0 120 90 2008-04-18 @MIN W 8 2 0 0 1 8 0 109 85 2008-04-13 OAK W 8 2 1 1 0 8 0 102 82 2008-04-06 @OAK W 6.2 4 1 0 1 4 0 108 67 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CIN 3-1 27.1 28 20 17 14 19 6 5.60 44 2007-06-08 @CIN L 6 3 4 3 3 3 3 103 52 2007-05-18 CIN W 6 6 4 2 2 2 0 102 48 2006-07-01 @CIN W 6 9 4 4 1 3 1 101 40 2005-05-22 @CIN W 5.2 4 1 1 3 7 0 99 61 2004-06-13 CIN ND 3.2 6 7 7 5 4 2 82 20
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 14-12 Road: 8-9 ExtrInn: 1-2 vsRHP: 16-16 vsLHP: 6-5 1-Run: 4-4 vsEast: 7-6 vsCntrl: 7-6 vsWest: 8-7 IL: 0-2 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/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 34 Thu, May 8 @NYY L 3-6 16-18 3rd 1.5 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Cincinnati Reds, 20-23, 5th, 6 GB, 4 GB in WC	SP: Edinson Volquez (24, RHP, 6-1, 1.12) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-1) 48.1 35 7 6 26 57 1 1.12 2007 (2-1) 34 34 18 17 15 29 4 4.50 2006 (1-6) 33.1 52 28 27 17 15 7 7.29 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-1 43 30 6 5 24 49 1 1.05 65 2008-05-13 FLA W 6 7 1 1 2 5 0 110 57 2008-05-07 CHC W 7 4 0 0 6 10 0 118 73 2008-05-02 @ATL L 6 4 2 1 2 9 1 100 65 2008-04-27 @SFG W 7 5 1 1 3 10 0 104 70 2008-04-22 LAD W 7 3 1 1 4 7 0 105 70 2008-04-17 @CHC W 5 4 1 1 4 7 0 112 58 2008-04-11 @PIT ND 5 3 0 0 3 1 0 75 59 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE 0-1 1.2 5 6 6 3 1 2 32.40 19 2006-09-02 CLE L 1.2 5 6 6 3 1 2 53 19
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 13-9 Road: 7-14 ExtrInn: 2-2 vsRHP: 14-15 vsLHP: 6-8 1-Run: 9-3 vsEast: 6-7 vsCntrl: 7-13 vsWest: 5-3 IL: 2-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 43 Sat, May 17 CLE W 4-2 20-23 5th 6.0 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, May 17, 2008 CIN 4 CLE 2 W:Bill Bray (1-0), L: Masahide Kobayashi (2-1), S: none 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 Season Series: 2008 - CIN leads 2-0; 2007 - Tied 3-3; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - CLE leads 29-24

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 5.84

OAK 4.45

SDP 3.36

RA/G

CLE 3.51

BOS 4.49

TEX 5.43

L. Berkman .399

R. Howard .184

OBP

A. Pujols .490

R. Zimmerman .276

SLG

L. Berkman .816

O. Cabrera .262

OPS

L. Berkman 1.295

O. Cabrera .543

ERA

C. Lee .67

M. Cain 4.17

K. Rogers 6.65

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.62

J. Weaver 6.20

J. Garland 2.01

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Cleveland Indians Batters (4.16 RS/G) vs. Cincinnati Reds Pitchers (4.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Volquez
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

23.Aubrey* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 1/.000 0/0 0/

1.Blake G/S/vP 1/no AB 17/.765 1/.000 1/3.000 7/.453 4/1.250 ··· 5/.000 137/112 .223/.309/.380/.689 .376/.759 1.010 78/.779 1/0 3/

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 138/109 .183/.272/.250/.522 .351/.575 .592 78/.526 0/1 1/

7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 4/1.750 ··· 3/.000 6/.167 ··· 7/.429 72/48 .172/.314/.207/.521 .661/.445 .387 44/.359 3/0 0/

20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/2.000 119/114 .229/.311/.381/.692 .200/.712 .819 79/.622 1/0 4/

12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/4.000 43/35 .375/.395/.575/.970 .750/1.025 1.063 43/.970 1/2 1/

25.Garko G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 4/2.250 157/126 .235/.331/.382/.714 .994/.649 .613 83/.532 0/0 4/

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 134/99 .234/.275/.339/.614 .683/.588 .409 74/.644 3/1 2/

48.Hafner* G/S/vP ··· 12/.917 ··· ··· 5/.600 ··· ··· 4/.000 161/120 .228/.331/.375/.706 .815/.669 .719 85/.690 1/1 4/

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

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 2/.000 20/.513 ··· ··· 6/.666 ··· ··· 7/.715 136/100 .320/.368/.384/.752 1.033/.639 .660 89/.751 0/0 0/

2.Peralta G/S/vP 1/no AB 13/.231 1/.000 2/1.000 3/2.667 ··· ··· 6/.733 153/121 .221/.276/.429/.705 .815/.675 .941 85/.690 2/0 8/

10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 61/42 .236/.300/.327/.627 .444/.712 .573 32/.483 0/0 1/

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 2/3.500 10/.744 1/no AB 1/no AB 5/.900 ··· ··· 4/.000 187/135 .268/.380/.459/.838 .663/.901 .655 105/.909 9/2 7/

IP 48.1 17.0 6.1 18.1 18.1 22.1 18.0 14.0 TOTAL .235/.315/.365/.680 .686/.678 .690 .672 22/9 35/21

ERA-K/9

1.12/10.6

2.65/11.1

4.26/11.4

4.42/11.3

2.45/10.3

9.27/6.9

7.00/5.5

4.50/6.4

4.60/8.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martinez (13-10-0)
Shoppach (1-2-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 201/.205 73/.222 32/.321 87/.286 79/.169 107/.312 79/.300 69/.310 .268 Francisco
Gutierrez
Sizemore
Carroll
Dellucci 5/0/8/2
1/3/34/1
0/41/0/1
1/0/0/0
33/0/0/0

OPS .557 .627 .835 .812 .578 .934 .852 .912 .778

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 101/.623 27/.669 16/.938 35/.889 33/.714 50/.843 33/1.010 23/.760 .793

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 100/.486 46/.596 16/.732 52/.764 46/.486 57/1.018 46/.733 46/.986 .766

Home 106/.570 39/.736 5/.200 36/.611 47/.529 36/.974 30/.624 41/.933 .730

Last 28d days 137/.545 45/.600 32/.835 48/.917 50/.697 51/.731 44/1.137 29/.988

HR/SB/CS 1/1/3 1/0/0 0/1/0 3/1/0 1/1/0 5/0/0 3/0/0 2/1/0 50/19/10

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

Cincinnati Reds Batters (4.42 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (3.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lee*
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 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 121/80 .284/.355/.477/.832 .730/.886 .717 71/.861 0/1 4/

44.Dunn* G/S/vP 14/.377 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 1/no AB 4/.000 161/115 .211/.354/.453/.807 .687/.854 .816 90/.813 1/0 9/

28.Encarnacion G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.000 2/2.500 2/1.500 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 174/121 .255/.345/.477/.822 .860/.805 .811 104/.864 1/0 8/

6.Freel G/S/vP 10/1.350 3/1.667 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 99/49 .315/.354/.391/.745 .868/.617 .506 67/.824 5/4 0/

3.Griffey* G/S/vP 14/1.682 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.714 173/124 .245/.335/.371/.706 .524/.777 .704 99/.634 0/1 4/

15.Hairston G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 56/34 .347/.385/.571/.956 1.009/.926 1.229 56/.956 4/2 1/

21.Hatteberg* G/S/vP 3/.000 5/1.467 ··· 10/.200 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 55/43 .196/.291/.261/.552 .267/.631 .279 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 ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 129/107 .227/.273/.412/.685 .418/.742 .823 67/.632 7/3 4/

4.Phillips G/S/vP 9/1.208 5/.500 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 173/124 .294/.341/.531/.872 1.447/.647 .853 100/.974 6/2 8/

26.Ross G/S/vP 2/.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 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 32/28 .200/.250/.233/.483 .000/.555 .750 7/.286 0/0 0/

19.Votto* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 136/89 .274/.338/.532/.870 .920/.845 .850 93/.838 1/1 8/

IP 53.2 16.0 8.0 14.1 19.2 23.0 18.1 TOTAL .258/.328/.423/.752 .825/.719 .766 .778 28/15 49/28

ERA-K/9

0.67/7.4

7.31/7.9

2.25/7.9

3.14/7.6

3.20/5.9

3.13/6.3

3.44/8.4

3.31/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Bako (16-10-2)
Ross (2-0-1)
Valentin (1-0-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 188/.176 74/.343 38/.273 57/.200 82/.266 103/.256 79/.278 .251 Patterson
Griffey
Dunn
Hairston
Freel 0/35/0/2
0/0/40/2
40/0/0/0
5/2/6/0
12/15/5/0

OPS .412 .927 .671 .618 .685 .761 .731 .690

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 57/.319 38/.624 10/.733 26/.755 36/.848 49/.745 37/.482 .700

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 131/.453 36/1.224 28/.649 31/.508 46/.556 54/.775 42/.943 .682

Road 106/.325 25/.768 9/.476 29/.399 24/.942 27/.750 48/.741 .689

Last 28d days 113/.505 39/.924 14/1.038 17/.243 52/.689 58/.637 49/.682

HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 4/3/0 0/2/0 1/0/0 3/1/0 2/1/0 2/0/3 39/14/12

Usage ·····X·· ··X··X·· ·······X ·o······ X·o·X··· ·XX····· oX··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, 1:15pm, Sunday, May 18, 2008 @Great American Ball Park

SP: Cliff Lee (29, LHP, 6-0, 0.67)

SP: Edinson Volquez (24, RHP, 6-1, 1.12)

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