CLE @ COL, Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Game Preview

Cleveland Indians, 33-38, 3rd, 6½ GB, 8½ GB in WC	SP: Aaron Laffey (23, LHP, 4-3, 2.83) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-3) 57.1 53 21 18 13 28 4 2.83 2007 (4-2) 49.1 54 26 25 12 25 2 4.56 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 44.2 46 16 14 10 22 4 2.82 54 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 2008-05-27 CHW W 6 7 2 1 2 0 0 99 50 2008-05-22 @CHW L 7 6 2 2 1 6 0 95 62 2008-05-15 OAK W 7 5 1 0 1 6 0 98 70 2008-05-10 TOR W 7 6 0 0 1 2 0 89 66 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.COL Has never faced COL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 20-18 Road: 13-20 ExtrInn: 1-5 vsRHP: 25-29 vsLHP: 8-9 1-Run: 6-6 vsEast: 7-6 vsCntrl:13-16 vsWest: 11-11 IL: 2-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 71 Tue, Jun 17 @COL L 2-10 33-38 3rd 6.5 gb 70 Sun, Jun 15 SDP W 7-3 33-37 3rd 5.5 gb 69 Sat, Jun 14 SDP L 3-8 (10) 32-37 3rd 6.5 gb 68 Fri, Jun 13 SDP W 9-5 32-36 3rd 6.5 gb 67 Thu, Jun 12 MIN W 12-2 31-36 3rd 6.5 gb 66 Wed, Jun 11 MIN L 5-8 30-36 3rd 7.5 gb 65 Tue, Jun 10 MIN W 1-0 30-35 3rd 7.5 gb 64 Mon, Jun 9 @DET W 8-2 29-35 3rd 8.5 gb 63 Sun, Jun 8 @DET L 2-5 28-35 3rd 8.5 gb 62 Sat, Jun 7 @DET L 4-8 28-34 3rd 7.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:11-19
Colorado Rockies, 29-42, 5th, 8 GB, 12½ GB in WC	SP: Jeff Francis (27, LHP, 2-6, 5.49) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-6) 83.2 92 51 51 35 60 14 5.49 2007 (17-9) 215.1 234 103 101 63 165 25 4.22 2006 (13-11) 199 187 101 92 69 117 18 4.16 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 41 47 26 26 16 32 6 5.71 45 2008-06-13 @CHW ND 6 4 4 4 3 0 2 96 45 2008-06-08 MIL L 6 7 3 3 4 4 0 112 46 2008-06-03 @LAD W 7 4 0 0 2 5 0 113 72 2008-05-29 @CHC ND 5 6 3 3 2 5 1 85 46 2008-05-24 NYM L 6 7 6 6 3 8 1 114 39 2008-05-18 MIN W 6.1 6 2 2 2 7 1 102 58 2008-05-13 @ARI L 4.2 13 8 8 0 3 1 78 9 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE 0-1 5.2 8 7 7 2 4 0 11.12 27 2005-06-14 @CLE L 5.2 8 7 7 2 4 0 99 27
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 17-17 Road: 12-25 ExtrInn: 2-5 vsRHP: 21-34 vsLHP: 8-8 1-Run: 12-14 vsEast: 5-7 vsCntrl: 8-11 vsWest: 11-22 IL: 5-2 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 71 Tue, Jun 17 CLE W 10-2 29-42 5th 8.0 gb 70 Mon, Jun 16 ATL L 1-7 28-42 5th 9.0 gb 69 Sun, Jun 15 @CHW W 5-3 28-41 5th 8.5 gb 68 Sat, Jun 14 @CHW W 2-0 27-41 5th 9.5 gb 67 Fri, Jun 13 @CHW L 4-5 26-41 5th 10.5 gb 66 Thu, Jun 12 SFG L 7-10 26-40 5th 9.5 gb 65 Wed, Jun 11 SFG W 1-0 26-39 5th 8.5 gb 64 Tue, Jun 10 SFG W 10-5 25-39 5th 9.5 gb 63 Sun, Jun 8 MIL L 2-3 24-39 5th 10.0 gb 62 Sat, Jun 7 MIL W 7-2 24-38 5th 10.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Jun 17, 2008 COL 10 CLE 2 W:Greg Reynolds (2-4), L: Paul Byrd (3-7), S: none Thu, Jun 16, 2005 CLE 2 COL 1 W:Kevin Millwood (2-4), L: Jamey Wright (4-6), S: Bob Wickman (18) Wed, Jun 15, 2005 CLE 7 COL 6 (11) W:Bobby Howry (4-1), L: Blaine Neal (1-3), S: none Tue, Jun 14, 2005 CLE 11 COL 2 W:Jake Westbrook (3-9), L: Jeff Francis (5-4), S: none Sun, Jun 27, 2004 CLE 5 COL 3 W:Matt Miller (2-0), L: Jason Jennings (6-7), S: Jose Jimenez (8) Sat, Jun 26, 2004 CLE 4 COL 3 (12) W:Jeriome Robertson (1-0), L: Steve Reed (1-2), S: none Fri, Jun 25, 2004 COL 10 @CLE 8 (10) W:Steve Reed (1-1), L: Jose Jimenez (1-6), S: Shawn Chacon (16) Thu, Jun 05, 2003 COL 7 CLE 4 W:Jason Jennings (4-5), L: C.C. Sabathia (4-3), S: Jose Jimenez (14) Wed, Jun 04, 2003 COL 2 CLE 1 W:Darren Oliver (3-4), L: Billy Traber (2-3), S: Jose Jimenez (13) Tue, Jun 03, 2003 COL 7 CLE 3 W:Scott Elarton (2-1), L: Ricardo Rodriguez (3-6), S: none Season Series: 2008 - COL leads 1-0; 2007 - 0-0; 2006 - 0-0; All-Time - CLE leads 7-6

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 5.57

CLE 4.54

WSN 3.71

RA/G

OAK 3.61

BAL 4.60

TEX 5.82

C. Jones .400

V. Martinez .278

A. Cabrera .184

OBP

C. Jones .493

J. Votto .349

C. Patterson .229

SLG

L. Berkman .697

C. Guzman .444

A. Cabrera .247

OPS

L. Berkman 1.139

B. Abreu .799

A. Cabrera .529

ERA

E. Volquez 1.64

R. Wolf 4.16

B. Bonser 6.45

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.74

R. Nolasco 6.13

L. Hernandez 2.71

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Cleveland Indians Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Colorado Rockies Pitchers (5.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 26.Francis*
G/S/vB 35.Buchholz
G/S/vB 60.Corpas
G/S/vB 40.Fuentes*
G/S/vB 49.Grilli
G/S/vB 34.Herges
G/S/vB 29.de la Rosa*
G/S/vB 23.Speier
G/S/vB 51.Vizcaino
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Blake G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 11/.455 2/1.000 11/.606 2/.000 7/1.000 244/200 .250/.329/.403/.732 .458/.789 .950 100/.788 1/0 6/

7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 4/1.750 ··· 6/.666 1/.000 3/2.000 2/.000 1/4.000 5/1.100 149/111 .288/.382/.360/.742 .742/.742 .533 69/.939 6/0 0/

17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 54/45 .318/.426/.591/1.017 .889/1.038 1.017 54/1.017 0/0 2/

20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 5/2.000 13/1.393 ··· 1/.000 6/.333 194/185 .227/.309/.401/.710 .111/.740 .832 69/.740 2/1 7/

12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 168/139 .312/.351/.487/.838 .802/.845 .797 117/.809 3/2 4/

25.Garko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 ··· 12/1.167 1/no AB 2/.000 252/200 .260/.345/.384/.729 .917/.683 .768 91/.742 0/0 6/

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 9/.958 ··· 1/.000 191/139 .251/.303/.371/.675 .818/.622 .555 56/.835 4/2 3/

59.Haad G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

15.Marte G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 52/40 .152/.204/.174/.378 .944/.216 .382 22/.488 1/1 0/

2.Peralta G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/5.000 12/.750 3/1.666 15/.575 2/2.000 3/.000 268/215 .235/.286/.421/.707 .739/.699 .800 113/.704 2/0 11/

10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/2.000 1/.000 107/77 .235/.292/.408/.701 .552/.759 .615 46/.794 0/0 4/

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 11/.864 1/5.000 17/1.067 1/.000 6/.833 317/237 .265/.375/.526/.902 .821/.927 .758 121/1.031 16/2 17/

11.Velandia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 8/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/

IP 83.2 35.2 35.1 28.2 32.2 34.1 32.2 22.1 6.0 TOTAL .246/.324/.392/.715 .710/.717 .709 .779 38/11 67/33

ERA-K/9

5.49/6.5

1.51/6.8

6.37/4.8

2.20/7.8

3.03/8.5

3.93/7.1

6.89/9.4

2.82/6.5

7.50/4.5

4.71/6.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Shoppach (7-2-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 373/.277 135/.163 161/.314 119/.226 138/.239 153/.281 147/.270 95/.274 31/.333 .271 Francisco
Gutierrez
Sizemore
Carroll
Choo
Dellucci 28/1/18/7
2/5/49/2
0/67/0/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/11/0
43/0/0/0

OPS .828 .419 .886 .623 .676 .764 .818 .711 1.109 .775

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 71/.743 60/.344 79/.755 24/.432 52/.723 74/.602 31/1.104 41/.563 12/1.417 .745

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 302/.848 75/.481 82/1.003 95/.673 86/.650 79/.919 116/.740 54/.827 19/.931 .794

Home 196/.897 68/.476 92/.926 58/.650 64/.701 76/.833 73/.806 43/.840 19/.835 .767

Last 28d days 130/.763 44/.476 50/.900 37/.669 41/.535 50/1.037 55/.737 26/.737 19/.835

HR/SB/CS 14/7/1 0/5/1 5/1/0 1/2/1 1/3/2 2/0/2 5/5/1 1/3/2 1/0/0 67/55/14

Usage ····X··· ··oo··o· ·X···X·o ··XX··X· ···X·o·· ·X··Xo·· ···X···· X·o·Xo·· oX···o·X

Colorado Rockies Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.34 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Laffey*
G/S/vB 27.Bauer
G/S/vB 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB 47.Borowski
G/S/vB 39.Elarton
G/S/vB 30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB 49.Mujica
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

27.Atkins G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 291/239 .309/.340/.478/.818 1.354/.703 .969 93/.692 0/1 9/

10.Baker G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 112/77 .267/.304/.446/.749 .650/.790 .756 47/1.020 0/0 2/

1.Bernier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / 0/ 0/0 0/

11.Hawpe* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 215/174 .250/.358/.440/.798 .729/.815 .850 46/1.123 0/0 8/

17.Helton* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 3/2.667 20/1.269 ··· ··· ··· 310/237 .283/.403/.415/.818 .676/.862 .859 108/.869 0/0 7/

5.Holliday G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 249/199 .324/.406/.534/.940 1.068/.908 1.081 51/.945 8/1 8/

20.Iannetta G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 138/117 .277/.370/.538/.907 1.454/.814 .864 60/.903 0/0 7/

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 7/.715 5/.400 19/.760 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 109/99 .240/.321/.323/.644 .000/.714 .578 41/.432 8/1 1/

6.Quintanilla* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 136/111 .262/.288/.381/.669 .553/.695 .817 90/.665 0/0 1/

19.Spilborghs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 169/126 .290/.408/.464/.872 1.024/.822 .868 80/.921 6/1 4/

24.Stewart* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/55 .204/.271/.463/.734 .250/.763 .394 59/.734 0/0 3/

3.Taveras G/S/vP ··· 1/4.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 246/190 .240/.296/.303/.599 .609/.596 .598 87/.644 30/2 1/

IP 57.1 4.0 30.1 11.0 13.0 35.2 9.0 32.1 TOTAL .259/.329/.402/.731 .760/.724 .793 .748 59/15 60/36

ERA-K/9

2.83/4.4

13.50/9.0

6.23/9.8

8.18/4.9

3.46/8.3

2.78/5.8

9.00/5.0

3.62/8.6

4.16/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Iannetta (18-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 235/.243 20/.389 136/.309 53/.326 59/.240 145/.235 43/.324 137/.270 .271 Taveras
Hawpe
Podsednik
Holliday
Baker
Spilborghs 0/56/0/3
0/0/51/3
7/23/0/1
54/0/0/1
0/0/2/0
16/8/13/0

OPS .621 1.117 .874 .993 .636 .621 1.075 .751 .752

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 55/.404 9/.833 61/.744 21/.825 27/.887 62/.709 21/.943 59/.653 .787

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 180/.689 11/1.345 75/.982 32/1.077 32/.445 83/.557 22/1.173 78/.821 .729

Road 80/.847 17/1.221 53/.979 20/.821 40/.582 52/.787 21/.970 76/.796 .799

Last 28d days 130/.774 20/1.117 62/.810 30/.645 59/.636 63/.533 43/1.075 54/.770

HR/SB/CS 4/1/2 0/0/0 6/3/1 3/4/0 0/1/0 4/2/0 3/0/0 5/0/3 78/27/15

Usage ·····X·· X·····o· ···oX·X· ···X··X· X·····X· ··o·Xo·· ···X·X·· ···oX···

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 @ COL, 9:05pm, Wednesday, June 18, 2008 @Coors Field

SP: Aaron Laffey (23, LHP, 4-3, 2.83)

SP: Jeff Francis (27, LHP, 2-6, 5.49)

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