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Game Preview: CLE @ DET, 7:05pm, Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @Comerica Park

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Cleveland Indians, 63-67, 4th, 11½ GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Cliff Lee (29, LHP, 18-2, 2.43)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (18-2)           177.2 166  51  48  26 141  8    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         6-0  53    57  17  16   6  35  3    2.72   58 
 2008-08-21    KCR   W   7     6   3   2   2   7  0     102   60 
 2008-08-15    LAA   W   9     8   2   2   2   6  1     117   67 
 2008-08-10   @TOR   W   8     8   0   0   0   1  0     104   67 
 2008-08-04   @TBR   W   7     8   2   2   2   2  0     115   53 
 2008-07-30    DET  ND   5    10   6   6   0   5  2      88   28 
 2008-07-25    MIN   W   8     6   2   2   0  10  0     108   72 
 2008-07-20   @SEA   W   9    11   2   2   0   4  0     109   61 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      1-2  26.1  40  22  22   7  20  6    7.52   37 
 2008-07-30    DET  ND   5    10   6   6   0   5  2      88   28 
 2008-06-09   @DET   W   5     6   2   2   2   5  0      88   50 
 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 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-29   Road:   27-38   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  48-49   vsLHP:  15-18   1-Run:  12-13
 vsEast: 17-10   vsCntrl:21-30   vsWest: 19-15 IL: 6-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
130 Mon, Aug 25  @DET  W   4-3 (10)  63-67  4th 11.5 gb
129 Sun, Aug 24  @TEX  W   4-3       62-67  4th 11.5 gb
128 Sat, Aug 23  @TEX  W   8-7       61-67  4th 12.5 gb
127 Fri, Aug 22  @TEX  W   7-5       60-67  4th 13.5 gb
126 Thu, Aug 21   KCR  W  10-3       59-67  4th 13.5 gb
125 Wed, Aug 20   KCR  W   8-5       58-67  4th 14.0 gb
124 Tue, Aug 19   KCR  W   9-4       57-67  4th 14.0 gb
123 Sun, Aug 17   LAA  W   4-3       56-67  4th 14.0 gb
122 Sat, Aug 16   LAA  L   3-4       55-67  4th 14.0 gb
121 Fri, Aug 15   LAA  W   3-2       55-66  4th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:19-11
Detroit Tigers, 64-67, 3rd, 11 GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: (, RHP, 0-0, undef)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS                                              inf      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE    Has never faced CLE.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-29   Road:   31-38   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  41-52   vsLHP:  23-15   1-Run:  15-20
 vsEast: 12-18   vsCntrl:23-32   vsWest: 16-12 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
131 Mon, Aug 25   CLE  L   3-4 (10)  64-67  3rd 11.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 24  @KCR  L   3-7       64-66  3rd 10.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 23  @KCR  W   4-0       64-65  3rd 10.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 22  @KCR  W   4-3       63-65  3rd 11.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 20  @TEX  L   1-9       62-65  3rd 11.0 gb
126 Tue, Aug 19  @TEX  W  11-3       62-64  3rd 10.0 gb
125 Mon, Aug 18  @TEX  W   8-7       61-64  3rd 10.0 gb
124 Sun, Aug 17   BAL  L   8-16      60-64  3rd 10.5 gb
123 Sat, Aug 16   BAL  W   5-3       60-63  3rd  9.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 15   BAL  L   2-11      59-63  3rd  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 25, 2008 CLE  4 @DET  3 (10)   W:Brendan Donnelly (1-0), L: Gary Glover (1-3), S: Jensen Lewis (7)
Thu, Jul 31, 2008 CLE  9  DET  4        W:Fausto Carmona (5-3), L: Justin Verlander (8-11), S: none
Wed, Jul 30, 2008 DET 14 @CLE 12 (13)   W:Casey Fossum (2-0), L: Juan Rincon (2-3), S: none
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 DET  8 @CLE  5        W:Armando Galarraga (9-4), L: Matt Ginter (1-2), S: none
Mon, Jul 28, 2008 CLE  5  DET  0        W:Paul Byrd (5-10), L: Kenny Rogers (8-7), S: none
Wed, Jul 09, 2008 DET  8  CLE  6        W:Todd Jones (4-0), L: Jensen Lewis (0-3), S: none
Tue, Jul 08, 2008 DET  9  CLE  2        W:Justin Verlander (6-9), L: Jeremy Sowers (0-5), S: none
Mon, Jun 09, 2008 CLE  8 @DET  2        W:Cliff Lee (10-1), L: Dontrelle Willis (0-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2008 - DET leads 7-6; 2007 - CLE won 12-6; 2006 - DET won 13-6; All-Time - DET leads 1028-1004

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  5.56

LAA  4.65

WSN  3.71

RA/G

TOR  3.92

SFG  4.62

TEX  6.08

BA

C. Jones  .359

V. Wells  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .467

J. Hamilton  .365

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .639

R. Belliard  .479

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.106

J. Willingham  .836

T. Pena  .393

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

B. Looper  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.13

J. Jurrjens  6.45

L. Hernandez  3.49

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Cleveland Indians Batters (4.82 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 62.Beltran
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
49.Fossum*
G/S/vB
41.Glover
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 310/238 .225/.323/.324/.648 .752/.627 .595 97/.921 3/2 4/
7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 1/no AB 3/.667 ··· 1/.000 310/213 .268/.353/.332/.685 .627/.712 .538 48/.591 6/3 0/
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 1/4.000 2/.500 3/.666 2/1.500 251/203 .259/.363/.462/.825 .685/.860 .753 90/.865 4/1 6/
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 330/315 .248/.318/.425/.743 .067/.777 .848 61/1.065 3/2 11/
44.Fasano G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/2.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 47/30 .300/.370/.400/.770 .732/.789 .639 20/.900 0/0 0/
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 4/.833 1/2.000 4/1.833 1/.000 2/1.000 397/299 .285/.343/.458/.802 .791/.805 .711 103/.852 3/3 12/
25.Garko G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.000 3/1.333 3/.333 1/no AB 1/.000 454/345 .257/.328/.376/.704 .828/.667 .673 104/.867 0/0 10/
26.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 30/11 .208/.367/.333/.700 .935/.364 .496 29/.649 0/1 1/
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 5/.000 2/.000 1/.000 342/233 .234/.281/.380/.661 .770/.611 .583 84/.837 5/2 7/
15.Marte G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/1.833 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 196/144 .190/.241/.296/.537 .781/.450 .566 82/.518 1/2 3/
2.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 8/1.500 3/.666 6/.334 12/.083 5/.000 520/400 .276/.320/.494/.814 .804/.817 .891 117/.855 3/0 21/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/3.000 4/1.666 3/1.167 302/226 .260/.333/.506/.839 .868/.829 .805 96/.977 0/0 15/
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 11/.764 1/no AB 2/.000 10/.400 9/1.069 590/428 .270/.383/.521/.904 .826/.933 .764 123/.835 34/3 29/
IP 13.0 52.2 27.0 37.2 59.2 28.1 44.0 TOTAL .257/.332/.420/.753 .767/.748 .724 .840 66/21 137/71
ERA-K/9 4.85/6.2 4.10/8.7 6.00/7.0 5.50/5.7 3.47/6.2 4.76/10.8 2.66/8.8 4.54/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fasano (6-4-2)
 Shoppach (29-4-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 56/.260 226/.277 120/.306 173/.288 262/.285 125/.194 183/.247 .269  Francisco
 Choo
 Gutierrez
 Sizemore
 Dellucci
 Carroll
66/2/28/11
14/0/39/3
7/10/79/3
0/120/0/2
51/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .839 .875 .875 .811 .796 .690 .687 .776
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 21/.686 108/.982 55/.682 79/.819 94/.940 59/.739 95/.738 .789
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 35/.919 118/.786 65/1.045 94/.803 168/.714 66/.641 88/.633 .766
Home 36/.939 116/.847 50/.829 98/.822 128/.694 44/.407 94/.700 .758
Last 28d days 32/.748 46/1.051 43/.951 13/.462 84/.999 56/.701 45/.661
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 14/6/6 3/0/1 3/0/0 7/3/0 3/3/0 3/0/1 130/53/26
Usage ·o···X·· ··o····X ······o· ···X··oo ·o···X·· ···X···o ··o···X·
Detroit Tigers Batters (5.02 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lee*
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
58.Donnelly
G/S/vB
30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
49.Mujica
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
34.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 12/1.167 4/1.000 1/.000 3/.666 2/2.500 3/2.000 2/.000 3/1.334 552/423 .292/.353/.528/.881 .921/.870 .909 116/1.011 1/0 28/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 25/.800 9/.583 3/.000 4/.500 3/.000 1/no AB 9/.222 8/1.000 482/372 .299/.378/.499/.877 .762/.913 .858 125/.976 9/4 15/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 28/.748 18/.722 11/.282 2/.500 3/.000 4/2.167 1/.000 14/1.143 487/385 .287/.377/.438/.815 .836/.813 .896 87/.810 9/3 10/
15.Inge G/S/vP 31/1.082 20/.544 7/.572 2/.500 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 22/.243 298/233 .209/.310/.398/.707 .695/.709 .824 95/.676 1/2 10/
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· 3/3.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 202/184 .268/.327/.563/.890 .789/.898 .932 69/.733 0/0 12/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 40/.925 18/.347 3/1.000 3/1.000 3/1.167 5/.800 4/.000 21/.929 491/377 .311/.373/.472/.844 .886/.832 1.000 114/.679 0/5 15/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 27/.826 10/.700 3/.000 5/.700 3/1.167 2/2.000 5/.650 8/.500 519/379 .316/.361/.432/.793 .899/.754 .737 110/.920 6/1 7/
25.Raburn G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 150/82 .255/.315/.409/.724 .793/.663 .791 43/.643 2/1 4/
8.Renteria G/S/vP 12/1.235 6/1.667 4/.833 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.750 4/.750 466/352 .264/.314/.355/.669 .894/.600 .809 94/.749 4/3 7/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/1.167 1/.000 1/2.000 7/1.314 100/81 .321/.448/.462/.909 .929/.905 .940 30/.647 0/0 1/
57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 38/30 .111/.135/.167/.302 .125/.345 .384 20/.161 0/0 0/
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 17/.779 7/.572 4/2.417 2/1.000 3/.333 3/1.167 3/.666 9/1.181 371/284 .232/.329/.396/.725 .754/.716 .712 99/.815 7/1 13/
33.Thames G/S/vP 24/.875 6/.167 2/.000 3/1.666 3/1.334 2/1.500 4/.000 5/.400 272/164 .239/.294/.530/.824 .819/.828 .900 46/.374 0/3 21/
IP 177.2 55.2 3.2 51.2 51.1 26.2 66.1 42.0 TOTAL .275/.343/.443/.786 .818/.776 .847 .781 48/25 153/94
ERA-K/9 2.43/7.1 5.34/8.1 12.27/7.3 4.35/6.1 3.86/6.8 7.09/6.1 3.39/9.8 6.43/6.2 4.38/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (18-7-6)
 Sardinha (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 700/.249 241/.273 21/.474 223/.272 231/.269 117/.295 267/.226 197/.308 .272  Ordonez
 Granderson
 Inge
 Thames
 Raburn
 Joyce
 Guillen
 Sheffield
0/0/106/6
0/108/0/4
2/11/0/2
55/0/7/2
23/5/19/2
39/0/19/1
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .617 .805 1.050 .742 .772 .875 .628 .872 .751
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 197/.663 110/.751 8/1.339 105/.852 124/.767 54/.874 109/.532 92/.947 .779
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 503/.599 131/.846 13/.878 118/.645 107/.776 63/.876 158/.692 105/.806 .732
Road 398/.604 98/.907 / 85/.880 109/.814 51/.826 145/.644 93/.977 .797
Last 28d days 147/.716 50/.722 21/1.050 29/1.088 50/.544 37/1.268 72/.444 39/1.016
HR/SB/CS 8/1/0 11/7/1 0/1/0 8/2/0 5/1/0 4/0/0 7/2/3 7/4/1 132/55/21
Usage ····X··· ·XX·X·o· ····o·X· ······X· ··oX·X·· ··X····· ··XX··o· ·X···o··

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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