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Game Preview: CLE @ DET, 7:05pm, Monday, June 9, 2008 @Comerica Park

Cleveland Indians, 28-35, 3rd, 8½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Cliff Lee (29, LHP, 9-1, 2.45)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-1)             77    68  23  21  12  65  4    2.45      
 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         5-1  45.1  57  21  20  10  36  4    3.97   50 
 2008-06-04   @TEX   W   5     9   6   6   2   8  1     112   31 
 2008-05-30   @KCR   W   6    10   4   4   1   3  0     101   38 
 2008-05-24    TEX   W   6.2   7   2   2   4   8  0     113   56 
 2008-05-18   @CIN   L   5.2  10   6   5   1   2  2      96   28 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      0-4  27.1  43  25  20   6  22  7    6.59   37 
 2007-06-02    DET   L   4.1   8   5   5   3   4  1      94   28 
 2006-08-27    DET   L   5.2  10   5   5   0   3  3      92   32 
 2006-08-04   @DET  ND   6.1   6   4   4   2   3  0      89   46 
 2006-07-24    DET   L   4     8   6   1   1   5  1     100   36 
 2006-05-12    DET   L   7    11   5   5   0   7  2     106   42 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   16-16   Road:   12-19   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  21-26   vsLHP:   7-9    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl:10-15   vsWest: 11-11 IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 61 Fri, Jun  6  @DET  W   4-2       28-33  3rd  6.5 gb
 60 Thu, Jun  5  @TEX  L   4-9       27-33  3rd  6.5 gb
 59 Wed, Jun  4  @TEX  W  15-9       27-32  3rd  5.5 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  3  @TEX  L   7-12      26-32  3rd  5.5 gb
 57 Mon, Jun  2  @TEX  W  13-9       26-31  3rd  4.5 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  1  @KCR  L   1-6       25-31  3rd  5.0 gb
 55 Sat, May 31  @KCR  L   2-4       25-30  3rd  5.0 gb
 54 Fri, May 30  @KCR  W   5-4       25-29  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-18
Detroit Tigers, 26-36, 4th, 10 GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Dontrelle Willis (26, LHP, 0-0, 4.50)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-0)             10     4   5   5  16   3  0    4.50      
 2007 (10-15)          205.1 241 131 118  87 146 29    5.17      
 2006 (12-12)          223.1 234 106  96  83 160 21    3.87      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-0  31.2  20  15  15  27  21  2    4.26   51 
 2008-06-03   @OAK  ND   4     2   0   0   5   3  0      70   56 
 2008-04-11   @CHW  ND   0     0   1   1   2   0  0      11   44 
 2008-04-05    CHW  ND   5     1   3   3   7   0  0      89   46 
 2007-09-30   @NYM  ND   2.2   3   1   1   5   2  0      76   45 
 2007-09-25    CHC   W   8     2   2   2   3   7  1     114   74 
 2007-09-20    NYM  ND   6     5   3   3   1   6  0     108   55 
 2007-09-14   @COL   W   6     7   5   5   4   3  1     101   37 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      0-1  12    16   6   3   1  13  1    2.25   53 
 2007-06-14    CLE   L   7     8   3   2   0   8  1     113   59 
 2004-06-08   @CLE  ND   5     8   3   1   1   5  0     100   47 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-15   Road:   12-21   ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  17-32   vsLHP:   9-4    1-Run:   4-10
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl: 7-18   vsWest: 10-8  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 62 Sun, Jun  8   CLE  W   5-2       26-36  4th 10.0 gb
 61 Sat, Jun  7   CLE  W   8-4       25-36  4th 10.0 gb
 60 Fri, Jun  6   CLE  L   2-4       24-36  4th 10.0 gb
 59 Wed, Jun  4  @OAK  L   2-10      24-35  4th  8.5 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  3  @OAK  L   4-5 (11)  24-34  4th  7.5 gb
 57 Mon, Jun  2  @OAK  L   2-3       24-33  4th  6.5 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  1  @SEA  W   7-5       24-32  4th  6.0 gb
 55 Sat, May 31  @SEA  L   0-5       23-32  4th  7.0 gb
 54 Fri, May 30  @SEA  W   7-4       23-31  4th  7.0 gb
 53 Wed, May 28  @LAA  W   6-2       22-31  4th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 08, 2008 DET  5  CLE  2        W:Armando Galarraga (5-2), L: Jeremy Sowers (0-1), S: Todd Jones (10)
Sat, Jun 07, 2008 DET  8  CLE  4        W:Zach Miner (3-3), L: Masahide Kobayashi (3-3), S: Todd Jones (9)
Fri, Jun 06, 2008 CLE  4 @DET  2        W:Paul Byrd (3-5), L: Justin Verlander (2-9), S: Joe Borowski (5)
Thu, Apr 17, 2008 CLE 11  DET  1        W:Fausto Carmona (2-1), L: Justin Verlander (0-3), S: none
Wed, Apr 16, 2008 DET 13 @CLE  2        W:Armando Galarraga (1-0), L: C.C. Sabathia (0-3), S: none

Wed, Sep 19, 2007 CLE  4  DET  2        W:C.C. Sabathia (18-7), L: Nate Robertson (8-12), S: Joe Borowski (42)
Tue, Sep 18, 2007 CLE  7  DET  4        W:Jensen Lewis (1-1), L: Justin Verlander (17-6), S: Joe Borowski (41)
Mon, Sep 17, 2007 CLE  6  DET  5 (11)   W:Rafael Betancourt (5-1), L: Zach Miner (3-4), S: none
Thu, Aug 23, 2007 CLE  3 @DET  1 (10)   W:Rafael Perez (1-1), L: Joel Zumaya (1-2), S: Joe Borowski (36)
Wed, Aug 22, 2007 CLE 11 @DET  8        W:Paul Byrd (12-5), L: Justin Verlander (13-5), S: Joe Borowski (35)
Season Series: 2008 - DET leads 3-2; 2007 - CLE won 12-6; 2006 - DET won 13-6; All-Time - DET leads 1024-1000

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  5.55

HOU  4.50

WSN  3.64

RA/G

CHW  3.65

SDP  4.57

TEX  5.85

BA

C. Jones  .420

P. Burrell  .277

A. Cabrera  .184

OBP

C. Jones  .504

J. Pierre  .347

R. Hernandez  .255

SLG

L. Berkman  .723

T. Hunter  .442

A. Cabrera  .247

OPS

C. Jones  1.184

L. Gonzalez  .794

A. Cabrera  .529

ERA

E. Volquez  1.32

J. Blanton  4.15

M. Batista  6.06

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.92

N. Robertson  6.15

L. Hernandez  2.82

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Cleveland Indians Batters (4.37 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Willis*
G/S/vB
52.Bautista
G/S/vB
34.Dolsi
G/S/vB
49.Fossum*
G/S/vB
59.Jones
G/S/vB
31.Miner
G/S/vB
50.Rapada*
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Blake G/S/vP 6/.334 9/.347 ··· 8/1.250 13/.585 7/1.771 ··· 2/3.000 212/172 .239/.322/.410/.732 .422/.801 .985 93/.785 1/0 6/
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 185/147 .184/.282/.247/.529 .385/.572 .556 69/.504 1/1 1/
7.Carroll G/S/vP 25/.778 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/4.000 ··· 1/.000 122/84 .218/.325/.267/.592 .742/.521 .479 59/.598 4/0 0/
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 25/21 .333/.440/.619/1.059 1.250/1.006 1.059 25/1.059 0/0 1/
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.858 1/.000 ··· ··· 176/168 .232/.318/.426/.744 .125/.773 .842 77/.738 2/0 7/
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 133/108 .309/.346/.488/.834 .818/.838 .825 110/.836 2/2 3/
25.Garko G/S/vP 3/.000 2/2.500 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 219/170 .263/.352/.389/.741 .854/.709 .741 85/.807 0/0 5/
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 8/.953 ··· ··· 174/126 .253/.310/.380/.690 .847/.631 .574 53/.765 3/2 3/
15.Marte G/S/vP 4/1.500 ··· ··· 3/3.667 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 51/40 .152/.188/.174/.361 .899/.216 .382 27/.423 1/1 0/
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 6/2.167 8/.625 ··· 4/.833 7/1.000 6/.533 ··· 5/1.267 207/162 .284/.333/.342/.675 .890/.607 .539 95/.541 0/0 0/
2.Peralta G/S/vP 3/.333 6/.400 1/.000 5/1.400 3/1.667 8/.929 ··· 4/.000 236/187 .230/.282/.429/.711 .804/.686 .767 108/.755 2/0 11/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.250 ··· 1/2.000 80/53 .219/.278/.315/.594 .423/.682 .566 27/.416 0/0 1/
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 4/.500 9/1.222 ··· 8/.804 5/.200 7/.715 ··· 8/1.214 283/204 .262/.378/.485/.863 .758/.903 .763 126/.848 15/2 12/
IP 10.0 14.1 12.2 2.0 22.1 33.1 10.0 17.2 TOTAL .241/.320/.381/.701 .701/.701 .708 .718 33/10 56/31
ERA-K/9 4.50/2.7 4.40/5.7 2.13/6.4 22.50/4.5 4.43/3.6 5.40/5.1 4.50/8.1 3.06/6.1 4.76/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (20-12-2)
 Shoppach (3-2-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 46/.133 65/.260 58/.240 11/.455 97/.233 152/.258 43/.243 79/.279 .264  Francisco
 Gutierrez
 Sizemore
 Carroll
 Choo
 Dellucci
20/1/17/5
2/4/46/2
0/60/0/1
1/0/0/0
0/0/6/0
43/0/0/0
OPS .668 .782 .685 1.000 .715 .731 .604 .697 .756
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 17/.873 24/.622 15/.928 7/1.286 47/.944 67/.619 24/.577 48/.728 .792
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 29/.507 41/.856 43/.600 4/.500 50/.504 85/.825 19/.635 31/.651 .731
Home 27/.685 31/.840 27/.593 5/.000 54/.735 70/.554 17/.812 42/.821 .766
Last 28d days 23/.747 4/1.250 42/.553 11/1.000 34/.594 57/.571 10/1.278 27/.703
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 1/1/0 1/2/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 2/3/0 0/0/0 0/0/1 54/26/13
Usage ·····X·· ··X····· o···ooo· X···Xo·· ooX····X XX···X·o ········ ·····Xo·
Detroit Tigers Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lee*
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
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/1.334 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 4/1.250 2/1.000 1/3.000 ··· 261/217 .274/.352/.451/.804 .791/.806 .779 101/.848 1/0 8/
27.Clevlen G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/3 .000/.286/.000/.286 .400/.000 .286 8/.286 0/0 0/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 20/.800 1/.000 7/.453 4/.250 10/.100 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 168/153 .240/.298/.448/.746 .600/.760 .753 93/.629 3/2 8/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 25/.780 5/2.000 15/.666 6/.666 14/1.571 ··· 4/2.167 ··· 235/191 .304/.385/.475/.860 1.067/.822 1.036 92/.916 5/1 6/
15.Inge G/S/vP 27/1.046 5/.800 17/.243 4/.000 27/.990 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 151/121 .228/.324/.425/.750 .484/.815 .963 43/.799 1/1 5/
19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/23 .136/.174/.273/.447 /.447 1.667 23/.447 0/0 1/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 34/.974 8/.700 16/.393 6/2.000 17/.378 2/1.500 3/.666 1/.000 261/215 .316/.391/.502/.893 .932/.883 1.095 100/.900 0/1 9/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 21/.618 1/2.000 9/.777 5/.800 16/.259 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 235/186 .277/.339/.371/.710 .865/.669 .641 100/.664 2/0 2/
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 62/41 .182/.274/.327/.601 .619/.587 .638 35/.359 0/0 1/
8.Renteria G/S/vP 7/1.143 2/1.000 4/2.500 16/.467 20/.200 2/.500 ··· 2/3.500 231/188 .266/.309/.369/.678 1.021/.602 .688 84/.707 1/1 5/
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 37/1.053 6/1.500 16/.563 8/.536 32/.445 1/.000 4/2.750 2/1.000 208/166 .245/.286/.349/.635 .758/.603 .765 74/.473 3/0 1/
33.Thames G/S/vP 18/1.167 3/1.167 6/.167 2/1.500 7/.714 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 101/61 .253/.327/.495/.821 1.110/.646 .894 47/.975 0/0 6/
IP 77.0 1.0 26.0 9.0 8.0 31.1 6.0 27.2 TOTAL .259/.333/.413/.746 .832/.727 .832 .726 21/7 62/43
ERA-K/9 2.45/7.6 27.00/9.0 7.27/9.3 8.00/5.0 3.38/9.0 3.16/6.3 4.50/4.5 3.58/9.1 4.10/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (5-1-2)
 Rodriguez (21-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 300/.238 7/.500 120/.333 42/.306 36/.258 129/.246 26/.292 120/.271 .270  Inge
 Granderson
 Ordonez
 Clevlen
 Raburn
 Thames
 Guillen
2/11/0/2
0/40/0/2
0/0/56/1
1/1/1/0
14/4/6/0
20/0/6/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .603 1.405 .950 1.005 .684 .647 .974 .713 .750
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 89/.611 3/1.000 54/.807 15/.701 17/.991 55/.750 12/.705 53/.560 .773
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 211/.599 4/1.750 66/1.069 27/1.133 19/.433 74/.571 14/1.203 67/.829 .735
Road 188/.625 7/1.405 49/1.032 20/.821 28/.450 49/.838 21/.970 69/.809 .792
Last 28d days 144/.852 7/1.405 57/1.061 19/.474 36/.684 58/.652 26/.974 49/.645
HR/SB/CS 4/0/0 0/0/0 6/3/1 3/1/0 0/1/0 4/2/0 2/0/0 3/0/3 69/23/14
Usage ····X··· ····X··· ·X·XX··· ··o···o· X····o·X ·oo·X·X· o··X·X·· ·····XX·

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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