TBR @ CLE, Thursday, July 10, 2008 Game Preview

Tampa Bay Rays, 55-35, 1st, 2 up	SP: Andy Sonnanstine (25, RHP, 10-3, 4.31) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-3) 108.2 127 58 52 20 69 8 4.31 2007 (6-10) 130.2 151 87 85 26 97 18 5.85 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-0 40 45 15 14 7 26 0 3.15 52 2008-07-05 KCR W 7 5 0 0 1 2 0 85 68 2008-06-29 @PIT W 7 5 2 1 1 4 0 98 64 2008-06-24 @FLA ND 5 6 2 2 2 5 0 102 50 2008-06-18 CHC W 5 7 3 3 2 4 0 94 43 2008-06-13 FLA W 5.1 6 3 3 0 5 0 86 49 2008-06-07 @TEX ND 5 6 2 2 1 3 0 86 49 2008-06-01 CHW ND 5.2 10 3 3 0 3 0 76 40 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE 0-1 6 7 3 3 2 3 1 4.50 47 2007-07-02 @CLE L 6 7 3 3 2 3 1 101 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 36-14 Road: 19-21 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 40-25 vsLHP: 15-10 1-Run: 16-11 vsEast: 24-17 vsCntrl: 8-5 vsWest: 11-7 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 90 Wed, Jul 9 @NYY L 1-2 (10) 55-35 1st 2.0 up 89 Tue, Jul 8 @NYY L 0-5 55-34 1st 3.0 up 88 Mon, Jul 7 KCR L 4-7 (10) 55-33 1st 4.0 up 87 Sun, Jul 6 KCR W 9-2 55-32 1st 5.0 up 86 Sat, Jul 5 KCR W 3-0 54-32 1st 4.0 up 85 Fri, Jul 4 KCR W 11-2 53-32 1st 3.0 up 84 Wed, Jul 2 BOS W 7-6 52-32 1st 3.5 up 83 Tue, Jul 1 BOS W 3-1 51-32 1st 2.5 up 82 Mon, Jun 30 BOS W 5-4 50-32 1st 1.5 up 81 Sun, Jun 29 @PIT W 4-3 49-32 1st 0.5 up Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:20-10
Cleveland Indians, 37-53, 5th, 16 GB, 16 GB in WC	SP: Aaron Laffey (23, LHP, 4-5, 3.49) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-5) 80 78 34 31 24 36 7 3.49 2007 (4-2) 49.1 54 26 25 12 25 2 4.56 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-2 40.1 47 24 24 16 16 7 5.36 43 2008-07-05 @MIN ND 5 5 4 4 4 4 1 95 41 2008-06-29 CIN L 5 8 5 5 1 2 1 88 32 2008-06-24 SFG ND 6.2 4 1 1 3 1 0 108 60 2008-06-18 @COL L 6 8 3 3 3 1 1 99 42 2008-06-12 MIN W 6 5 1 1 1 4 1 101 61 2008-06-07 @DET ND 6.2 6 2 2 2 2 1 98 54 2008-06-02 @TEX ND 5 11 8 8 2 2 2 88 13 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 22-22 Road: 15-31 ExtrInn: 3-7 vsRHP: 28-38 vsLHP: 9-15 1-Run: 6-11 vsEast: 7-6 vsCntrl:13-24 vsWest: 11-11 IL: 6-12 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 90 Wed, Jul 9 @DET L 6-8 37-53 5th 16.0 gb 89 Tue, Jul 8 @DET L 2-9 37-52 5th 15.0 gb 88 Sun, Jul 6 @MIN L 3-4 37-51 5th 14.0 gb 87 Sat, Jul 5 @MIN L 6-9 37-50 5th 13.0 gb 86 Fri, Jul 4 @MIN L 3-12 37-49 5th 12.0 gb 85 Wed, Jul 2 @CHW L 5-6 (10) 37-48 5th 12.5 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 Last 10: 0-10 Last 20: 4-16 Last 30:10-20
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Aug 19, 2007 TBD 4 CLE 3 (12) W:Scott Dohmann (2-0), L: Rafael Perez (0-1), S: none Sat, Aug 18, 2007 CLE 8 @TBD 1 W:Jake Westbrook (4-7), L: Jason Hammel (1-3), S: none Fri, Aug 17, 2007 CLE 2 @TBD 1 W:Paul Byrd (11-5), L: Edwin Jackson (3-12), S: Joe Borowski (34) Mon, Jul 02, 2007 CLE 10 TBD 2 W:Fausto Carmona (9-4), L: Andy Sonnanstine (1-3), S: none Sun, Jul 01, 2007 CLE 3 TBD 2 W:Cliff Lee (5-4), L: James Shields (6-4), S: Joe Borowski (24) Sat, Jun 30, 2007 CLE 8 TBD 6 W:C.C. Sabathia (12-2), L: J.P. Howell (1-2), S: Joe Borowski (23) Fri, Jun 29, 2007 CLE 2 TBD 1 W:Joe Borowski (1-3), L: Shawn Camp (0-2), S: none Sun, Apr 22, 2007 CLE 6 @TBD 4 W:Tom Mastny (1-0), L: Brian Stokes (1-3), S: Joe Borowski (7) Sat, Apr 21, 2007 TBD 6 CLE 5 W:Jae Weong Seo (1-1), L: Paul Byrd (1-1), S: Al Reyes (6) Fri, Apr 20, 2007 CLE 4 @TBD 3 W:Roberto Hernandez (1-1), L: Juan Salas (0-1), S: Joe Borowski (6) Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - CLE won 8-2; 2006 - CLE won 6-1; All-Time - CLE leads 55-26

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 5.46

COL 4.53

WSN 3.60

RA/G

OAK 3.66

NYM 4.58

TEX 5.72

C. Jones .375

M. DeRosa .285

T. Pena .155

OBP

C. Jones .472

O. Hudson .356

T. Pena .176

SLG

L. Berkman .661

J. Bowker .461

T. Pena .204

OPS

L. Berkman 1.107

J. Crede .814

T. Pena .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.78

J. Sanchez 3.97

M. Hendrickson 6.24

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 9.47

A. Wainwright 6.09

L. Hernandez 3.36

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Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.72 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Laffey*
G/S/vB 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB 30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB 50.Lewis
G/S/vB 40.Mastny
G/S/vB 49.Mujica
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 34.Rincon
G/S/vB 54.Slocum
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 135/85 .254/.343/.398/.742 1.000/.583 .798 75/.650 2/1 3/

44.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/7 .000/.111/.000/.111 .000/.143 .000 9/.111 0/0 0/

13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· 7/.762 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 7/.572 3/1.167 386/273 .280/.323/.398/.721 .659/.748 .591 93/.866 23/6 8/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 135/128 .256/.348/.444/.793 .619/.802 .614 50/.770 1/0 6/

31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 136/53 .186/.287/.381/.668 .720/.587 .719 31/.447 5/1 6/

26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 209/182 .230/.335/.410/.745 .531/.778 .664 50/.745 2/2 7/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 262/219 .262/.351/.520/.871 .580/.925 .979 67/1.004 7/2 14/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 399/291 .275/.347/.379/.726 .640/.758 .736 98/.789 5/2 5/

3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 335/248 .281/.352/.527/.880 .820/.900 .969 106/.947 6/0 16/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 256/195 .312/.365/.427/.792 .784/.809 .782 89/.723 0/3 4/

23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· 8/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 12/.500 ··· 299/202 .233/.338/.447/.784 .686/.830 .721 56/.879 0/0 14/

9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 85/46 .267/.321/.467/.788 .848/.740 .970 16/1.194 0/0 4/

2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 3/.000 384/280 .281/.392/.413/.805 .847/.790 .814 104/.678 27/11 6/

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 42/29 .237/.310/.579/.888 .930/.868 .985 25/.976 1/0 3/

IP 80.0 40.0 42.0 32.1 6.1 14.0 38.1 28.0 2.0 TOTAL .263/.339/.417/.756 .736/.763 .747 .792 100/33 97/52

ERA-K/9

3.49/4.0

6.30/9.0

3.21/5.6

4.73/7.0

17.05/10.0

5.79/5.8

3.52/8.9

6.11/6.4

27.00/4.5

4.40/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (28-16-4)
Riggans (11-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 337/.257 178/.300 174/.242 149/.281 41/.394 60/.264 162/.266 133/.292 15/.615 .273 Upton
Gross
Crawford
Hinske
Zobrist
Gomes 0/85/0/9
2/16/59/5
85/1/0/1
5/0/36/1
0/1/1/0
6/0/11/0

OPS .701 .867 .643 .833 1.270 .845 .728 .867 1.754 .762

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 81/.567 80/.814 74/.698 75/.836 18/2.083 26/.736 73/.644 54/.944 8/1.214 .785

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 256/.743 98/.911 100/.602 74/.829 23/.772 34/.917 89/.795 79/.813 7/2.381 .748

Home 205/.580 98/.840 101/.546 86/.793 11/.830 30/.960 67/.671 66/.765 / .713

Last 28d days 126/.839 50/.744 42/.675 10/1.389 17/1.012 34/.737 35/.794 / 15/1.754

HR/SB/CS 7/2/2 8/5/1 5/2/0 4/1/0 3/1/0 3/0/0 5/1/3 5/4/1 2/0/0 103/38/17

Usage ····X··· o··oo··· ·o·····o o····X·· ····o··· o····o·· o···X··· ········ ·X···X··

Cleveland Indians Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (3.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 21.Sonnanstine
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 47.Glover
G/S/vB 49.Hammel
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Blake G/S/vP 3/.000 5/2.000 3/.333 7/.786 8/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 323/253 .280/.354/.441/.795 .870/.774 .615 100/.884 2/0 8/

7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 3/.667 230/167 .268/.348/.343/.692 .637/.712 .942 103/.744 6/1 0/

17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 118/96 .235/.347/.378/.725 .608/.752 .832 85/.639 2/1 2/

20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 233/223 .220/.296/.378/.674 .100/.700 .564 50/.429 2/1 7/

44.Fasano G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 11/9 .500/.545/.600/1.145 1.500/1.056 1.417 11/1.145 0/0 0/

12.Francisco G/S/vP 3/4.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 244/188 .273/.332/.441/.773 .730/.785 .821 98/.734 3/3 7/

25.Garko G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 3/1.333 6/.833 4/1.250 ··· ··· 320/240 .237/.316/.332/.648 .747/.616 .630 89/.382 0/0 6/

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 222/150 .215/.265/.317/.582 .580/.583 .698 40/.152 4/2 3/

15.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 2/2.500 ··· ··· 74/53 .162/.197/.206/.403 .508/.360 .281 23/.490 1/1 0/

2.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 2/.000 7/1.285 6/1.166 3/1.167 ··· 350/270 .252/.299/.458/.757 .681/.780 .632 102/.920 2/0 14/

10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 170/116 .260/.320/.474/.794 .822/.780 .841 83/.929 0/0 7/

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· 7/1.262 9/.888 4/2.417 1/.000 404/293 .272/.374/.538/.911 .786/.958 1.036 112/1.006 21/3 22/

11.Velandia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/6 .200/.250/.267/.517 .000/1.467 .571 9/.944 0/0 0/

IP 108.2 19.2 33.1 49.0 56.0 23.2 40.2 TOTAL .245/.320/.392/.712 .690/.719 .719 .734 46/15 84/41

ERA-K/9

4.31/5.7

1.37/14.2

4.05/5.7

4.78/5.0

2.73/8.8

3.42/6.5

2.43/5.7

3.60/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Fasano (1-1-0)
Shoppach (17-3-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 461/.293 75/.123 150/.273 218/.290 230/.187 97/.238 161/.172 .240 Francisco
Gutierrez
Sizemore
Dellucci
Carroll
Choo 44/1/21/10
3/5/59/3
0/86/0/1
46/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
2/0/24/0

OPS .772 .383 .757 .835 .571 .655 .566 .682

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 208/.778 31/.554 70/.787 105/.981 78/.499 56/.580 60/.368 .698

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 253/.767 44/.261 80/.732 113/.703 152/.606 41/.755 101/.681 .671

Road 210/.766 33/.465 52/.642 146/.932 105/.646 40/.965 80/.646 .759

Last 28d days 119/.678 52/.319 51/.780 25/.737 60/.430 24/.708 45/.510

HR/SB/CS 8/1/3 0/1/0 2/0/0 7/8/1 4/9/1 1/0/2 6/0/1 75/43/18

Usage ····X··· XX··X··· ·X·o···X ·X···o·· X·X·X··· ··oo···o ··X····X

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: TBR @ CLE, 7:05pm, Thursday, July 10, 2008 @Jacobs Field

SP: Andy Sonnanstine (25, RHP, 10-3, 4.31)

SP: Aaron Laffey (23, LHP, 4-5, 3.49)

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