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

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

BA

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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/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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