CLE @ NYY, Wednesday, May 7, 2008 Game Preview

Cleveland Indians, 15-17, 3rd, 1½ GB, 4½ GB in WC	SP: Cliff Lee (29, LHP, 5-0, 0.96) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-0) 37.2 19 5 4 2 32 1 0.96 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 5-2 48.1 36 20 18 6 38 2 3.35 60 2008-04-30 SEA W 6 8 3 3 0 3 1 97 47 2008-04-24 @KCR W 9 3 0 0 0 9 0 120 90 2008-04-18 @MIN W 8 2 0 0 1 8 0 109 85 2008-04-13 OAK W 8 2 1 1 0 8 0 102 82 2008-04-06 @OAK W 6.2 4 1 0 1 4 0 108 67 2007-07-26 BOS L 4 9 8 7 3 1 1 78 12 2007-07-21 @TEX L 6.2 8 7 7 1 5 0 114 34 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 2-3 27 34 25 22 10 19 6 7.33 39 2006-07-06 NYY L 6 10 7 4 2 2 1 100 30 2006-06-15 @NYY W 6.2 5 3 3 1 3 3 97 54 2005-08-03 NYY W 6.2 8 4 4 2 5 1 101 45 2005-07-08 @NYY L 6 6 5 5 3 6 0 103 43 2004-09-02 @NYY L 1.2 5 6 6 2 3 1 65 22
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 8-11 Road: 7-6 ExtrInn: 1-1 vsRHP: 10-12 vsLHP: 5-5 1-Run: 4-3 vsEast: 3-4 vsCntrl: 7-6 vsWest: 5-7 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 32 Tue, May 6 @NYY W 5-3 15-17 3rd 1.5 gb 31 Sun, May 4 KCR L 0-2 14-17 4th 2.5 gb 30 Sat, May 3 KCR L 2-4 14-16 3rd 1.5 gb 29 Thu, May 1 SEA W 3-2 (11) 14-15 2nd 1.5 gb 28 Wed, Apr 30 SEA W 8-3 13-15 3rd 2.0 gb 27 Tue, Apr 29 SEA L 2-7 12-15 4th 3.0 gb 26 Mon, Apr 28 NYY L 2-5 12-14 2nd 3.0 gb 25 Sun, Apr 27 NYY L 0-1 12-13 2nd 2.5 gb 24 Sat, Apr 26 NYY W 4-3 12-12 2nd 1.5 gb 23 Fri, Apr 25 NYY W 6-4 11-12 2nd 2.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:13-17
New York Yankees, 17-17, 3rd, 4½ GB, 3½ GB in WC	SP: Chien-Ming Wang (28, RHP, 6-0, 3.00) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-0) 45 38 15 15 13 32 1 3.00 2007 (19-7) 199.1 199 84 82 59 104 9 3.70 2006 (19-6) 218 233 92 88 52 76 12 3.63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 6-0 45 38 15 15 13 32 1 3.00 57 2008-05-02 SEA W 6 3 1 1 2 5 0 90 65 2008-04-27 @CLE W 7 4 0 0 2 9 0 113 76 2008-04-22 @CHW W 6 10 3 3 2 5 0 105 43 2008-04-16 BOS ND 4 9 8 8 3 2 0 69 11 2008-04-11 @BOS W 9 2 1 1 0 3 1 93 82 2008-04-06 TBR W 6 4 0 0 2 6 0 96 68 2008-04-01 TOR W 7 6 2 2 2 2 0 92 57 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE 3-1 26.1 27 8 8 8 17 2 2.73 55 2008-04-27 @CLE W 7 4 0 0 2 9 0 113 76 2006-07-03 @CLE L 5.1 11 5 5 2 2 1 106 26 2006-06-13 CLE W 7.1 5 0 0 1 3 0 90 70 2005-07-08 CLE W 6.2 7 3 3 3 3 1 110 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 8-8 Road: 9-9 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 13-13 vsLHP: 4-4 1-Run: 4-3 vsEast: 9-8 vsCntrl: 5-9 vsWest: 3-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 34 Tue, May 6 CLE L 3-5 17-17 3rd 4.5 gb 33 Sun, May 4 SEA W 8-2 17-16 2nd 3.0 gb 32 Sat, May 3 SEA W 6-1 16-16 4th 3.0 gb 31 Fri, May 2 SEA W 5-1 15-16 4th 3.0 gb 30 Thu, May 1 DET L 4-8 14-16 4th 3.0 gb 29 Wed, Apr 30 DET L 2-6 14-15 4th 3.0 gb 28 Tue, Apr 29 DET L 4-6 14-14 4th 2.0 gb 27 Mon, Apr 28 @CLE W 5-2 14-13 4th 1.0 gb 26 Sun, Apr 27 @CLE W 1-0 13-13 4th 1.5 gb 25 Sat, Apr 26 @CLE L 3-4 12-13 4th 2.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, May 06, 2008 CLE 5 @NYY 3 W:Rafael Perez (1-1), L: Joba Chamberlain (1-2), S: Rafael Betancourt (3) Mon, Apr 28, 2008 NYY 5 @CLE 2 W:Mike Mussina (3-3), L: Aaron Laffey (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (8) Sun, Apr 27, 2008 NYY 1 @CLE 0 W:Chien-Ming Wang (5-0), L: C.C. Sabathia (1-4), S: Mariano Rivera (7) Sat, Apr 26, 2008 CLE 4 NYY 3 W:Masahide Kobayashi (1-0), L: Ross Ohlendorf (0-1), S: none Fri, Apr 25, 2008 CLE 6 NYY 4 W:Paul Byrd (1-2), L: Andy Pettitte (3-2), S: Rafael Betancourt (2) Sun, Aug 12, 2007 NYY 5 @CLE 3 W:Andy Pettitte (9-7), L: Jake Westbrook (3-7), S: Mariano Rivera (19) Sat, Aug 11, 2007 NYY 11 @CLE 2 W:Mike Mussina (8-7), L: Paul Byrd (10-5), S: none Fri, Aug 10, 2007 NYY 6 @CLE 1 W:Philip Hughes (2-1), L: Fausto Carmona (13-7), S: none Thu, Apr 19, 2007 NYY 8 CLE 6 W:Sean Henn (1-0), L: Joe Borowski (0-1), S: none Wed, Apr 18, 2007 NYY 9 CLE 2 W:Kei Igawa (1-0), L: Jeremy Sowers (0-1), S: none Season Series: 2008 - CLE leads 3-2; 2007 - NYY won 6-0; 2006 - NYY won 4-3; All-Time - NYY leads 1079-860

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

CHC 5.91

FLA 4.53

SDP 3.36

RA/G

OAK 3.54

KCR 4.44

PIT 5.84

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .96

B. Looper 3.95

C. Sabathia 7.51

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 11.75

T. Redding 6.18

J. Garland 2.03

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Cleveland Indians Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Wang
G/S/vB 63.Albaladejo
G/S/vB 47.Britton
G/S/vB 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 39.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB 36.Ramirez
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 41.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Blake G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.500 3/.666 2/.000 3/.333 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.700 ··· 105/82 .202/.286/.340/.626 .317/.710 .995 79/.671 1/0 2/

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 104/77 .191/.284/.247/.532 .385/.595 .710 74/.521 0/1 0/

7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/33 .225/.392/.275/.667 .733/.614 .470 44/.722 3/0 0/

20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 84/82 .274/.357/.493/.850 .500/.854 1.091 69/.865 1/0 4/

12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 10/7 .300/.300/.400/.700 .667/.714 .700 10/.700 0/1 0/

25.Garko G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 123/95 .243/.358/.350/.707 .986/.631 .659 90/.621 0/0 2/

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 6/.833 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 111/83 .245/.287/.353/.640 .696/.619 .359 82/.685 3/1 2/

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 12/.542 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.500 7/.429 1/no AB ··· 4/.000 ··· 132/97 .211/.303/.342/.645 .665/.638 .647 97/.552 0/1 3/

15.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 20/17 .063/.167/.063/.229 .667/.133 .425 17/.133 0/0 0/

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 12/.583 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 5/.400 4/.750 1/2.000 ··· 8/.500 ··· 100/67 .347/.380/.411/.791 1.086/.631 .806 88/.773 0/0 0/

2.Peralta G/S/vP 9/.555 1/.000 4/.500 2/.500 3/.000 6/.533 ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· 116/90 .219/.287/.419/.706 .869/.655 1.068 87/.723 1/0 6/

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 45/30 .275/.341/.400/.741 .429/.900 .600 26/.863 0/0 1/

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 9/1.111 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 4/1.250 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 139/95 .270/.388/.435/.823 .684/.886 .667 102/.811 7/1 4/

IP 45.0 10.1 2.2 13.1 16.0 16.2 21.0 5.1 13.0 2.0 TOTAL .240/.323/.362/.686 .689/.685 .711 .689 17/6 24/17

ERA-K/9

3.00/6.4

5.23/9.6

0.00/0.0

3.38/10.2

3.38/9.6

7.02/3.8

5.14/9.0

0.00/10.2

0.00/8.3

0.00/9.0

4.38/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martinez (11-8-0)
Shoppach (0-1-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 183/.225 45/.286 10/.000 54/.208 65/.271 71/.302 93/.265 23/.158 43/.095 6/.000 .261 Gutierrez
Carroll
Dellucci
Sizemore
Francisco 0/3/28/1
1/0/0/0
25/0/0/0
0/30/0/0
2/0/2/0

OPS .586 .833 .200 .596 .832 .800 .693 .568 .188 .000 .718

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 82/.628 20/.900 4/.250 23/.713 26/1.150 28/1.196 45/.909 10/.775 19/.105 / .727

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 101/.552 25/.769 6/.167 31/.497 39/.635 43/.561 48/.498 13/.413 24/.255 6/.000 .711

Home 98/.620 33/.989 10/.200 23/.589 31/.774 36/.889 36/.500 14/.721 16/.125 6/.000 .710

Last 28d days 131/.621 36/.965 10/.200 41/.714 51/.758 48/.584 68/.704 23/.568 33/.185 6/.000

HR/SB/CS 1/5/2 1/0/2 0/0/0 1/2/0 4/5/3 2/1/2 1/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 30/38/14

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

New York Yankees Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lee*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/.500 6/.500 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 2/.000 140/104 .299/.364/.441/.805 .677/.852 1.047 108/.741 2/3 4/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 18/13 .176/.222/.176/.399 .400/.397 .368 4/.500 0/0 0/

28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 9/.958 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 122/87 .280/.347/.486/.833 .719/.879 .906 102/.826 3/0 6/

24.Cano* G/S/vP 10/.200 ··· ··· 6/.833 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 3/.333 130/100 .157/.215/.256/.472 .507/.460 .471 98/.494 0/2 3/

18.Damon* G/S/vP 12/.083 5/1.200 ··· 20/.358 1/2.000 2/3.000 2/.000 2/.000 139/100 .282/.380/.504/.884 .863/.891 .728 104/.982 5/1 4/

17.Duncan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 27/9 .182/.333/.227/.561 .675/.347 .713 22/.599 0/0 0/

11.Ensberg G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 61/38 .220/.246/.271/.517 .399/.587 .367 57/.518 0/1 1/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP 12/1.033 3/.000 1/3.000 8/.625 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 4/.000 108/79 .157/.324/.386/.710 .310/.837 .530 87/.757 1/1 5/

2.Jeter G/S/vP 19/1.173 7/.572 ··· 15/.133 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 3/.666 124/89 .310/.341/.388/.729 .748/.722 .760 98/.780 0/1 0/

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 10/.956 2/.000 ··· 10/1.625 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 2/2.000 128/95 .342/.430/.505/.934 .707/1.022 .961 100/.920 0/0 4/

19.Moeller G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 31/25 .286/.355/.464/.819 .900/.798 .646 31/.819 0/0 1/

26.Molina G/S/vP 8/1.250 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 64/45 .230/.250/.344/.594 .325/.707 .606 50/.559 0/0 0/

IP 37.2 13.2 6.0 12.1 15.2 20.1 1.2 15.1 TOTAL .261/.332/.411/.742 .620/.788 .738 .763 12/9 33/18

ERA-K/9

0.96/7.6

5.93/9.2

3.00/6.0

3.65/6.6

1.72/4.6

3.10/6.7

10.80/15.9

4.11/7.6

3.84/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Moeller (6-2-0)
Molina (17-9-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 129/.151 60/.316 29/.250 51/.222 65/.270 88/.253 11/.250 67/.283 .258 Abreu
Cabrera
Matsui
Duncan
Damon 0/0/32/2
0/32/0/1
11/0/3/1
0/0/2/0
25/4/0/0

OPS .361 .900 .671 .669 .626 .747 .830 .758 .717

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 42/.290 29/.498 7/.762 23/.798 28/.655 41/.750 2/.500 31/.476 .720

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 87/.396 31/1.267 22/.641 28/.566 37/.604 47/.745 9/.873 36/.992 .715

Road 79/.271 22/.881 9/.476 23/.455 17/.529 21/.619 / 37/.772 .670

Last 28d days 104/.358 41/.694 20/.753 37/.606 57/.554 75/.781 11/.830 55/.784

HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 4/3/0 0/2/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/2 32/11/9

Usage ······X· X·o··X·o ·······X ······o· ··oo·X·o X··X··X· ·······o X·oo···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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Game Preview: CLE @ NYY, 7:05pm, Wednesday, May 7, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

SP: Cliff Lee (29, LHP, 5-0, 0.96)

SP: Chien-Ming Wang (28, RHP, 6-0, 3.00)

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