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Game Preview: CLE @ KCR, 8:10pm, Tuesday, April 22, 2008 @Kauffman Stadium

Cleveland Indians, 7-12, 4th, 4½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: C.C. Sabathia (27, LHP, 0-3, 13.50)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-3)             18    32  27  27  14  14  5   13.50      
 2007 (19-7)           241   238  94  86  37 209 20    3.21      
 2006 (12-11)          192.2 182  83  69  44 172 17    3.22      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  39    52  36  36  18  38  6    8.31   37 
 2008-04-16    DET   L   4     8   9   9   5   1  2      93    6 
 2008-04-11    OAK   L   3.1  12   9   9   2   4  0      91    2 
 2008-04-05   @OAK   L   5.1   6   4   4   4   2  1     107   38 
 2008-03-31    CHW  ND   5.1   6   5   5   3   7  2     100   40 
 2007-09-28   @KCR   W   7     8   3   3   1   4  1      96   52 
 2007-09-19    DET   W   7     5   2   2   1   7  0     109   65 
 2007-09-14    KCR  ND   7     7   4   4   2  13  0     115   58 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      2-2  38    36  15  15   7  37  2    3.55   60 
 2007-09-28   @KCR   W   7     8   3   3   1   4  1      96   52 
 2007-09-14    KCR  ND   7     7   4   4   2  13  0     115   58 
 2007-08-24   @KCR   L   8     5   2   2   2   6  0     119   68 
 2007-07-14    KCR   L   7    11   6   6   2   6  1     113   35 
 2007-06-05    KCR   W   9     5   0   0   0   8  0     107   85 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-6    Road:    3-6    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   5-7    vsLHP:   2-5    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  0-2    vsCntrl: 4-4    vsWest:  3-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Sun, Apr 20  @MIN  L   1-2 (10)   7-12  4th  4.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19  @MIN  L   0-3        7-11  4th  3.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18  @MIN  W   4-0        7-10  3rd  3.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17   DET  W  11-1        6-10  4th  3.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16   DET  L   2-13       5-10  4th  4.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15   BOS  L   3-5        5-9   4th  3.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14   BOS  L   4-6        5-8   4th  3.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13   OAK  W   7-1        5-7   4th  2.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12   OAK  L   3-7        4-7   4th  2.5 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11   OAK  L   7-9        4-6   4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-12   Last 30: 7-12
Kansas City Royals, 9-10, 2nd, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Gil Meche (29, RHP, 1-2, 6.08)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-2)             23.2  25  16  16  13  18  3    6.08      
 2007 (9-13)           216   218  98  88  62 156 22    3.67      
 2006 (11-8)           186.2 183 106  93  84 156 24    4.48      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  44.2  43  23  22  18  35  4    4.43   51 
 2008-04-16   @LAA   W   6     6   2   2   3   2  0      99   51 
 2008-04-11    MIN   L   6     5   5   5   4   6  1     108   44 
 2008-04-05   @MIN   L   5.2   6   6   6   2   5  1      87   36 
 2008-03-31   @DET  ND   6     8   3   3   4   5  1      99   45 
 2007-09-29    CLE  ND   6     7   2   2   2   7  0     103   55 
 2007-09-24   @BAL   L   8     7   3   3   1   5  1     124   60 
 2007-09-18    CHW   W   7     4   2   1   2   5  0     108   66 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      1-0  24    33  16  16  12  19  2    6.00   42 
 2007-09-29    CLE  ND   6     7   2   2   2   7  0     103   55 
 2007-08-26    CLE  ND   6     7   2   2   2   4  0     112   52 
 2007-07-14   @CLE   W   5     8   4   4   1   5  1     100   39 
 2006-04-12   @CLE  ND   4     7   5   5   4   1  0      79   25 
 2005-07-28    CLE  ND   3     4   3   3   3   2  1      66   38 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-3    Road:    6-7    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   6-7    vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 5-4    vsWest:  2-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Sun, Apr 20  @OAK  L   1-7        9-10  2nd  2.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19  @OAK  L   5-6        9-9   2nd  1.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18  @OAK  L   2-13       9-8   2nd  1.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17  @LAA  L   3-5        9-7   2nd  0.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @LAA  W   3-2        9-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @SEA  L   6-11       8-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14  @SEA  W   5-1        8-5   1st  0.5 up
 12 Sun, Apr 13   MIN  W   5-1        7-5   2nd  0.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12   MIN  L   0-2        6-5   2nd  0.5 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11   MIN  L   0-5        6-4   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-10   Last 30: 9-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 30, 2007 CLE  4 @KCR  2        W:Aaron Laffey (4-2), L: Luke Hochevar (0-1), S: Joe Borowski (45)
Sat, Sep 29, 2007 KCR  4  CLE  3        W:Joakim Soria (2-3), L: Rafael Perez (1-2), S: none
Fri, Sep 28, 2007 CLE  5 @KCR  3        W:C.C. Sabathia (19-7), L: Kyle Davies (7-15), S: Joe Borowski (44)
Sun, Sep 16, 2007 KCR  4 @CLE  3        W:Billy Buckner (1-1), L: Aaron Laffey (3-2), S: Joakim Soria (15)
Sat, Sep 15, 2007 CLE  6  KCR  0        W:Fausto Carmona (17-8), L: Zack Greinke (6-6), S: none
Fri, Sep 14, 2007 CLE  5  KCR  4        W:Joe Borowski (4-5), L: David Riske (1-4), S: none
Sun, Aug 26, 2007 CLE  5 @KCR  3 (11)   W:Rafael Betancourt (3-0), L: Joel Peralta (1-3), S: Joe Borowski (37)
Sat, Aug 25, 2007 CLE  9 @KCR  4        W:Aaron Laffey (2-1), L: Kyle Davies (5-11), S: none
Fri, Aug 24, 2007 KCR  2  CLE  1        W:John Bale (1-1), L: C.C. Sabathia (14-7), S: Joakim Soria (14)
Sun, Jul 15, 2007 CLE  5  KCR  3        W:Fausto Carmona (11-4), L: Jorge de la Rosa (7-10), S: Joe Borowski (26)
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 - CLE won 11-7; 2006 - CLE won 10-8; All-Time - CLE leads 253-248

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Cleveland Indians Batters (4.16 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Meche
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
46.Nunez
G/S/vB
57.Peralta
G/S/vB
56.Ramirez
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
27.Yabuta
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Blake G/S/vP 25/1.091 17/.891 1/.000 5/1.267 9/.946 ··· 3/.000 ··· 662/473 .270/.339/.437/.776 .827/.757 .846 / 4/5 18/14
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 6/.650 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 186/136 .283/.354/.421/.775 .950/.702 .826 / 0/0 3/1
7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 268/150 .225/.317/.300/.616 .705/.543 .739 / 6/2 2/4
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 16/.688 ··· ··· 5/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 199/173 .230/.296/.382/.679 .481/.709 .743 / 2/1 4/0
25.Garko G/S/vP 9/1.333 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 6/1.100 ··· 6/.000 ··· 541/378 .289/.359/.483/.842 .914/.812 .828 / 0/1 21/8
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 6/1.133 ··· 3/.000 ··· 301/198 .266/.318/.472/.790 .920/.722 .625 / 8/3 13/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 22/.768 28/.871 10/.300 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 661/420 .266/.385/.451/.837 .837/.836 .883 / 1/1 24/0
15.Marte G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 60/41 .193/.233/.316/.549 .594/.528 .490 / 0/0 1/4
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 24/.875 28/.506 9/.873 3/1.666 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 645/414 .301/.374/.505/.879 .825/.908 .886 / 0/0 25/5
8.Michaels G/S/vP 3/.667 8/.375 ··· 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 2/.000 ··· 295/139 .270/.324/.397/.721 .800/.636 .661 / 3/4 7/1
2.Peralta G/S/vP 18/1.244 9/1.083 3/1.666 3/.333 9/.111 ··· 5/.800 ··· 647/482 .270/.341/.430/.771 .820/.754 .659 / 4/4 21/19
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 177/136 .261/.310/.472/.782 1.126/.687 .742 / 0/0 7/4
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 20/.535 23/.761 4/2.000 4/1.250 5/.900 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 748/503 .277/.390/.462/.852 .812/.872 .802 / 33/10 24/2
IP 216.0 53.2 67.0 43.2 87.2 17.1 69.0 TOTAL .235/.326/.352/.678 .616/.703 .649 .678 9/3 13/9
ERA-K/9 3.67/6.5 3.02/8.4 2.55/7.4 3.92/7.6 3.80/6.8 8.31/7.8 2.48/9.8 /0.0 4.07/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (70-33-6)
 Shoppach (23-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 906/.263 233/.277 281/.218 182/.259 366/.274 78/.313 270/.187 / .265  Sizemore
 Michaels
 Gutierrez
 Dellucci
 Blake
 Carroll
0/160/0/4
74/1/27/4
9/8/88/3
51/0/0/3
0/0/7/2
0/1/2/0
OPS .711 .810 .664 .756 .765 .891 .510 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 460/.683 127/.724 117/.542 77/.919 135/.755 32/.624 106/.446 / .708
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 446/.739 106/.909 164/.755 105/.643 231/.770 46/1.053 164/.550 / .709
Home 484/.698 114/.725 148/.653 94/.659 206/.694 45/1.224 130/.481 / .642
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 22/4/5 6/2/1 4/1/3 8/5/0 9/8/0 2/3/0 3/0/0 // 11/8/2
Usage ·····X·· ··o··oo· ·X·oo·X· ·X···o·· ··oo···· ·XX··X·· ·····oo· ··XX··X·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Kansas City Royals Batters (3.32 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Sabathia*
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
58.Breslow*
G/S/vB
44.Julio
G/S/vB
30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
40.Mastny
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Buck G/S/vP 36/.531 5/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 399/311 .222/.308/.429/.738 .739/.737 .606 / 0/1 18/8
16.Butler G/S/vP 14/.967 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/2.500 ··· 360/251 .292/.347/.447/.794 .981/.715 .768 / 0/0 8/3
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 156/120 .215/.265/.271/.535 .629/.508 .525 / 1/1 0/3
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 41/.610 8/.268 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 8/1.225 4/.500 703/502 .260/.351/.372/.722 .657/.749 .762 / 10/4 7/4
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 5/1.100 1/.000 261/217 .307/.371/.342/.713 .625/.730 .579 / 9/8 0/4
3.German G/S/vP 23/.702 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.333 3/.000 405/234 .264/.351/.376/.727 .793/.678 .851 / 11/7 4/9
7.Gload* G/S/vP 4/1.000 10/.200 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 2/2.000 346/294 .288/.318/.441/.759 .854/.742 .760 / 2/2 7/3
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 7/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/1.167 601/446 .247/.314/.411/.725 .686/.738 .787 / 14/4 15/15
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 23/.691 9/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 4/.250 486/333 .302/.346/.426/.772 .844/.739 .757 / 1/2 6/6
11.Guillen G/S/vP 12/.697 2/.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 659/501 .290/.353/.460/.813 1.049/.741 .787 / 5/1 23/8
21.Olivo G/S/vP 12/.000 1/3.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 469/367 .237/.262/.405/.667 .806/.629 .770 / 3/2 16/12
1.Pena G/S/vP 15/.517 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.750 2/.000 536/396 .267/.284/.356/.640 .638/.640 .777 / 5/6 2/23
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 26/.640 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 3/.333 608/432 .285/.353/.410/.763 .672/.799 .833 / 13/5 7/6
IP 241.0 79.1 62.0 29.1 57.2 60.2 TOTAL .259/.313/.353/.666 .717/.650 .677 .666 14/10 9/5
ERA-K/9 3.21/7.8 1.47/9.1 /0.0 5.23/8.1 /0.0 2.15/10.4 4.68/8.1 1.78/9.2 4.47/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (44-12-3)
 Olivo (51-25-16)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 975/.259 289/.183 / 280/.283 / 125/.234 262/.283 236/.187 .272  Teahen
 Guillen
 DeJesus
 Gathright
 German
 Gload
 Callaspo
 Butler
0/5/137/17
0/0/150/9
0/156/0/5
64/10/0/3
8/0/0/2
8/0/0/1
3/0/7/1
6/0/0/0
OPS .684 .485 .813 .616 .809 .531 .773
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 213/.545 113/.617 / 115/.624 / 47/.548 103/.861 92/.450 .739
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 762/.723 176/.400 / 165/.942 / 78/.656 159/.777 144/.580 .795
Road 425/.731 153/.487 / 144/.928 / 60/.496 135/.779 116/.498 .692
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 20/10/10 4/4/4 // 8/12/2 // 1/0/1 6/4/2 5/2/1 22/6/4
Usage ·····X·· ····o··X ·····X·· ··X··Xo· ·o··oX·· ····o·X· ·····X·· ·X·X··Xo

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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