TBR @ CLE, Friday, July 11, 2008 Game Preview

Tampa Bay Rays, 55-36, 1st, 1½ up	SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 7-5, 3.64) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (7-5) 116.1 109 55 47 21 96 12 3.64 2007 (12-8) 215 202 98 92 36 184 28 3.85 2006 (6-8) 124.2 141 69 67 38 104 18 4.84 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 41.2 40 19 19 5 44 6 4.10 56 2008-07-06 KCR W 7 4 2 2 1 8 0 93 68 2008-06-30 BOS W 6.1 5 2 2 1 5 1 104 59 2008-06-25 @FLA W 7 4 1 1 0 5 1 101 70 2008-06-19 CHC ND 6.1 7 3 3 2 9 0 102 54 2008-06-10 @LAA L 8 10 6 6 0 9 2 108 47 2008-06-05 @BOS L 1 3 4 4 0 2 1 27 33 2008-05-30 CHW ND 6 7 1 1 1 6 1 99 59 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE 0-1 20.1 14 7 6 2 28 2 2.66 66 2007-08-19 CLE ND 6 6 2 2 1 6 0 103 57 2007-07-01 @CLE L 6.1 6 3 2 0 10 1 114 61 2007-04-22 CLE ND 8 2 2 2 1 12 1 102 81
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 36-14 Road: 19-22 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 40-25 vsLHP: 15-11 1-Run: 16-11 vsEast: 24-17 vsCntrl: 8-6 vsWest: 11-7 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 91 Thu, Jul 10 @CLE L 2-13 55-36 1st 1.5 up 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:19-11
Cleveland Indians, 38-53, 5th, 15 GB, 15½ GB in WC	SP: Cliff Lee (29, LHP, 11-2, 2.43) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (11-2) 118.2 104 34 32 19 99 5 2.43 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 3-1 46.2 45 17 17 9 42 2 3.28 57 2008-07-06 @MIN L 7 6 4 4 2 6 0 108 53 2008-07-01 @CHW ND 8 6 1 1 1 3 0 106 68 2008-06-26 SFG W 8 4 1 1 1 11 0 111 80 2008-06-20 @LAD ND 7.1 6 1 1 1 3 0 104 64 2008-06-14 SDP ND 6.1 8 2 2 0 6 1 105 55 2008-06-09 @DET W 5 6 2 2 2 5 0 88 50 2008-06-04 @TEX W 5 9 6 6 2 8 1 112 31 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 23-22 Road: 15-31 ExtrInn: 3-7 vsRHP: 29-38 vsLHP: 9-15 1-Run: 6-11 vsEast: 8-6 vsCntrl:13-24 vsWest: 11-11 IL: 6-12 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 91 Thu, Jul 10 TBR W 13-2 38-53 5th 15.0 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 Last 10: 1-9 Last 20: 5-15 Last 30:10-20
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Jul 10, 2008 CLE 13 TBR 2 W:Aaron Laffey (5-5), L: Andy Sonnanstine (10-4), S: none 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) Season Series: 2008 - CLE leads 1-0; 2007 - CLE won 8-2; 2006 - CLE won 6-1; All-Time - CLE leads 56-26

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 5.51

COL 4.49

WSN 3.61

RA/G

OAK 3.64

NYM 4.57

TEX 5.77

C. Jones .375

A. Rios .285

T. Pena .155

OBP

C. Jones .472

D. Pedroia .355

T. Pena .176

SLG

L. Berkman .661

C. Jackson .462

T. Pena .204

OPS

L. Berkman 1.107

A. Rowand .814

T. Pena .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.78

J. Moyer 3.95

M. Hendrickson 6.24

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 9.47

J. Francis 6.03

L. Hernandez 3.36

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Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lee*
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 139/86 .254/.341/.393/.734 .980/.576 .780 79/.642 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 15/.400 7/.762 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 7/.572 3/1.167 390/273 .277/.322/.395/.717 .648/.748 .585 97/.844 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 15/.277 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· 139/53 .190/.288/.405/.693 .757/.587 .767 34/.564 5/1 7/

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 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· 263/220 .262/.354/.520/.873 .580/.928 .984 68/1.013 7/2 14/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/no AB ··· 403/291 .273/.346/.376/.722 .628/.758 .727 102/.770 5/2 5/

3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 339/249 .281/.354/.525/.879 .807/.905 .966 110/.944 6/0 16/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 260/196 .307/.359/.420/.779 .742/.805 .758 93/.690 0/3 4/

23.Pena* G/S/vP 16/.938 8/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 13/.558 ··· 303/203 .234/.340/.445/.785 .686/.834 .725 60/.877 0/0 14/

9.Riggans G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 85/46 .267/.321/.467/.788 .848/.740 .970 16/1.194 0/0 4/

2.Upton G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 3/.000 388/280 .277/.388/.408/.796 .811/.790 .794 108/.650 27/11 6/

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 4/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 46/30 .238/.304/.548/.852 .875/.838 .908 29/.905 1/0 3/

IP 118.2 40.0 42.0 32.1 6.1 14.0 40.1 29.0 2.0 TOTAL .262/.338/.415/.753 .729/.763 .742 .783 100/33 98/52

ERA-K/9

2.43/7.5

6.30/9.0

3.21/5.6

4.73/7.0

17.05/10.0

5.79/5.8

3.35/8.9

5.90/6.8

27.00/4.5

4.38/6.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 464/.235 178/.300 174/.242 149/.281 41/.394 60/.264 168/.255 139/.291 15/.615 .272 Upton
Gross
Crawford
Hinske
Zobrist
Gomes 0/86/0/9
2/16/59/5
86/1/0/1
5/0/36/1
0/1/1/0
6/0/12/0

OPS .587 .867 .643 .833 1.270 .845 .700 .864 1.754 .760

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 128/.576 80/.814 74/.698 75/.836 18/2.083 26/.736 75/.626 59/.910 8/1.214 .781

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 336/.591 98/.911 100/.602 74/.829 23/.772 34/.917 93/.758 80/.830 7/2.381 .746

Home 165/.574 98/.840 101/.546 86/.793 11/.830 30/.960 73/.612 72/.766 / .709

Last 28d days 140/.541 50/.744 39/.732 10/1.389 17/1.012 25/.729 41/.671 6/.750 15/1.754

HR/SB/CS 5/1/0 8/5/1 5/2/0 4/1/0 3/1/0 3/0/0 5/1/3 5/4/1 2/0/0 104/38/17

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

Cleveland Indians Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Shields
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 6/.833 5/2.000 5/1.850 7/.786 8/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 328/258 .282/.355/.450/.805 .870/.787 .643 100/.891 2/0 9/

7.Carroll G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 3/.667 235/172 .262/.345/.337/.682 .637/.698 .908 103/.662 6/1 0/

17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/4.000 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· 123/100 .243/.350/.427/.777 .581/.824 .946 85/.651 2/1 3/

20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 237/227 .225/.300/.394/.694 .100/.720 .607 49/.544 2/1 8/

44.Fasano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 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 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 249/193 .280/.337/.458/.795 .730/.814 .872 98/.735 3/3 8/

25.Garko G/S/vP 9/.777 ··· 3/1.333 6/.833 4/1.250 ··· ··· 320/240 .237/.316/.332/.648 .747/.616 .630 85/.401 0/0 6/

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 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 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 2/2.500 ··· ··· 78/57 .169/.213/.211/.425 .508/.393 .343 26/.511 1/1 0/

2.Peralta G/S/vP 9/1.458 4/.000 3/.666 8/1.125 6/1.166 3/1.167 ··· 355/275 .255/.300/.461/.761 .681/.784 .643 103/.941 2/0 14/

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 174/120 .259/.318/.468/.786 .822/.769 .821 83/.903 0/0 7/

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 9/.111 2/2.000 1/no AB 8/1.089 9/.888 4/2.417 1/.000 409/298 .274/.377/.537/.914 .786/.961 1.038 112/.991 21/3 22/

11.Velandia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/6 .200/.250/.267/.517 .000/1.467 .571 8/1.071 0/0 0/

IP 116.1 19.2 34.0 50.2 56.0 24.0 40.2 TOTAL .247/.321/.397/.718 .689/.727 .731 .735 46/15 88/41

ERA-K/9

3.64/7.4

1.37/14.2

5.82/5.8

4.62/5.0

2.73/8.8

3.38/6.8

2.43/5.7

3.70/6.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 471/.247 75/.123 160/.300 224/.283 230/.187 98/.235 161/.172 .242 Francisco
Gutierrez
Sizemore
Dellucci
Carroll
Choo 45/1/21/10
3/5/59/3
0/87/0/1
46/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
2/0/25/0

OPS .676 .383 .841 .818 .571 .648 .566 .689

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 228/.704 31/.554 73/.863 107/.961 78/.499 57/.569 60/.368 .706

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 243/.650 44/.261 87/.822 117/.689 152/.606 41/.755 101/.681 .676

Road 200/.839 33/.465 62/.863 152/.903 105/.646 41/.939 80/.646 .772

Last 28d days 104/.543 52/.319 61/.992 31/.635 60/.430 25/.678 45/.510

HR/SB/CS 12/6/5 0/1/0 3/0/0 7/8/1 4/9/1 1/0/2 6/0/1 79/43/18

Usage ····X··· ·XX··X·· X·X·o··· X·X···o· ·X·X·X·· o··oo··· ···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, Friday, July 11, 2008 @Jacobs Field

SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 7-5, 3.64)

SP: Cliff Lee (29, LHP, 11-2, 2.43)

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