CLE @ NYY, Thursday, May 8, 2008 Game Preview

Cleveland Indians, 16-17, 2nd, 1½ GB, 1½ GB in WC	SP: Paul Byrd (37, RHP, 1-2, 3.74) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-2) 33.2 35 17 14 5 15 7 3.74 2007 (15-8) 192.1 239 107 98 28 88 27 4.59 2006 (10-9) 179 232 120 97 38 88 26 4.88 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-3 40 46 21 18 5 17 9 4.05 48 2008-05-01 SEA ND 7.2 4 0 0 1 4 0 87 74 2008-04-25 NYY W 5.2 6 4 4 0 0 3 77 41 2008-04-20 @MIN ND 7 6 1 1 0 3 1 80 64 2008-04-15 BOS ND 6 6 1 0 0 6 0 78 64 2008-04-09 @LAA L 3 5 6 6 2 2 3 43 25 2008-04-04 @OAK L 4.1 8 5 3 2 0 0 82 29 2007-09-27 @SEA L 6.1 11 4 4 0 2 2 96 37 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 1-3 25.1 38 24 19 5 13 7 6.75 37 2008-04-25 NYY W 5.2 6 4 4 0 0 3 77 41 2007-08-11 NYY L 2 7 7 7 1 1 1 56 14 2006-07-05 NYY L 3.2 10 9 4 0 2 1 71 17 2006-06-13 @NYY L 7 6 1 1 3 6 1 115 64 2005-07-30 @NYY ND 7 9 3 3 1 4 1 109 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 8-11 Road: 8-6 ExtrInn: 1-1 vsRHP: 11-12 vsLHP: 5-5 1-Run: 4-3 vsEast: 4-4 vsCntrl: 7-6 vsWest: 5-7 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 33 Wed, May 7 @NYY W 3-0 16-17 2nd 1.5 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:14-16
New York Yankees, 17-18, 3rd, 4½ GB, 1½ GB in WC	SP: Mike Mussina (39, RHP, 4-3, 4.23) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-3) 38.1 43 19 18 5 17 7 4.23 2007 (11-10) 152 188 90 87 35 91 14 5.15 2006 (15-7) 197.1 184 88 77 35 172 22 3.51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-3 38.1 43 19 18 5 17 7 4.23 48 2008-05-03 SEA W 6 7 1 1 0 5 0 84 59 2008-04-28 @CLE W 5 7 2 2 1 2 0 92 46 2008-04-23 @CHW W 7 4 2 2 1 3 2 101 63 2008-04-17 BOS L 3 7 5 5 0 1 2 77 26 2008-04-12 @BOS L 5.2 8 4 4 0 1 1 71 38 2008-04-07 TBR W 6 2 1 1 1 3 1 82 66 2008-04-02 TOR L 5.2 8 4 3 2 2 1 88 39 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE 3-2 29 38 19 19 7 24 4 5.90 43 2008-04-28 @CLE W 5 7 2 2 1 2 0 92 46 2007-08-11 @CLE W 7.2 8 2 2 0 6 0 89 61 2006-07-05 @CLE W 6 5 3 3 1 4 2 84 53 2006-06-15 CLE L 5.2 9 6 6 1 5 1 110 31 2005-08-03 @CLE L 4.2 9 6 6 4 7 1 103 25
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 8-9 Road: 9-9 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 13-13 vsLHP: 4-5 1-Run: 4-3 vsEast: 9-8 vsCntrl: 5-10 vsWest: 3-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 35 Wed, May 7 CLE L 0-3 17-18 3rd 4.5 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, May 07, 2008 CLE 3 @NYY 0 W:Cliff Lee (6-0), L: Chien-Ming Wang (6-1), S: Rafael Betancourt (4) 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 Season Series: 2008 - CLE leads 4-2; 2007 - NYY won 6-0; 2006 - NYY won 4-3; All-Time - NYY leads 1079-861

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 5.74

TEX 4.51

SDP 3.32

RA/G

TOR 3.54

TBR 4.45

PIT 5.70

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .81

H. Kuroda 3.95

C. Sabathia 7.51

K/9IP

E. Volquez 11.06

B. Backe 6.13

J. Garland 2.03

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Cleveland Indians Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Mussina
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 18/.973 3/.500 3/.666 2/.000 3/.333 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.700 ··· 109/86 .206/.287/.340/.627 .317/.708 .969 79/.666 1/0 2/

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 1/3.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 108/81 .187/.292/.242/.534 .385/.596 .704 73/.534 0/1 0/

7.Carroll G/S/vP 3/.000 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 9/.583 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 88/86 .273/.352/.481/.833 .500/.836 1.017 69/.819 1/0 4/

12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 14/11 .357/.357/.429/.786 .667/.818 .786 14/.786 0/2 0/

25.Garko G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 123/95 .243/.358/.350/.707 .986/.631 .659 85/.619 0/0 2/

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 5/.800 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 18/.639 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.500 7/.429 1/no AB ··· 4/.000 ··· 133/98 .209/.301/.339/.640 .665/.631 .635 93/.564 0/1 3/

15.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 23/20 .105/.190/.105/.296 .667/.222 .490 20/.229 0/0 0/

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 25/.430 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 6/.333 4/.750 1/2.000 ··· 8/.500 ··· 104/71 .337/.365/.398/.763 1.086/.599 .726 92/.742 0/0 0/

2.Peralta G/S/vP 21/.931 2/1.000 4/.500 2/.500 3/.000 6/.533 ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· 120/94 .229/.294/.422/.716 .869/.670 1.061 86/.654 1/0 6/

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 5/.000 2/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 49/34 .256/.333/.372/.705 .429/.831 .563 26/.619 0/0 1/

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 16/.321 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 4/1.250 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 143/99 .265/.392/.427/.819 .684/.878 .665 101/.806 7/2 4/

IP 38.1 11.1 2.2 13.1 17.0 16.2 21.0 5.1 13.0 2.0 TOTAL .240/.324/.359/.683 .689/.681 .703 .675 17/8 24/17

ERA-K/9

4.23/4.0

4.76/8.8

0.00/0.0

3.38/10.2

3.18/9.0

7.02/3.8

5.14/9.0

0.00/10.2

0.00/8.3

0.00/9.0

4.34/6.5

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 159/.289 50/.295 10/.000 54/.208 68/.274 71/.302 93/.265 23/.158 43/.095 6/.000 .260 Gutierrez
Carroll
Dellucci
Sizemore
Francisco 0/3/29/1
1/0/0/0
26/0/0/0
0/31/0/0
2/0/3/0

OPS .772 .867 .200 .596 .824 .800 .693 .568 .188 .000 .715

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 65/.478 22/.890 4/.250 23/.713 28/1.060 28/1.196 45/.909 10/.775 19/.105 / .718

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 94/.972 28/.842 6/.167 31/.497 40/.670 43/.561 48/.498 13/.413 24/.255 6/.000 .711

Home 88/.792 38/1.023 10/.200 23/.589 34/.765 36/.889 36/.500 14/.721 16/.125 6/.000 .704

Last 28d days 112/.805 41/.996 10/.200 41/.714 44/.600 48/.584 68/.704 23/.568 33/.185 6/.000

HR/SB/CS 7/6/1 1/0/2 0/0/0 1/2/0 4/5/4 2/1/2 1/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 30/38/16

Usage ····X··· X·····X· ······X· ·X···X·· oo·o·o·X ····o··X ···X···· ····X··X ···o·o·· ·o··o···

New York Yankees Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (3.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Byrd
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 10/.875 3/.666 2/.500 6/.500 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 3/1.000 144/104 .305/.368/.450/.818 .735/.852 1.059 108/.790 2/3 4/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· ··· 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 9/1.301 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 126/88 .279/.344/.477/.821 .714/.868 .874 103/.817 3/0 6/

24.Cano* G/S/vP 10/.800 1/.000 ··· 6/.833 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 3/.333 134/101 .160/.216/.256/.472 .523/.456 .473 98/.494 0/2 3/

18.Damon* G/S/vP 23/.490 5/1.200 ··· 20/.358 1/2.000 2/3.000 2/.000 3/.000 143/100 .273/.369/.488/.856 .774/.891 .681 104/.934 5/1 4/

17.Duncan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 31/9 .192/.323/.269/.592 .697/.347 .725 26/.632 0/0 0/

11.Ensberg G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 64/38 .226/.250/.274/.524 .431/.587 .399 60/.526 0/1 1/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP 18/1.264 3/.000 1/3.000 8/.625 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 4/.000 108/79 .157/.324/.386/.710 .310/.837 .530 83/.799 1/1 5/

2.Jeter G/S/vP 31/.920 7/.572 ··· 15/.133 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 4/.500 128/89 .300/.331/.375/.706 .668/.722 .716 102/.749 0/1 0/

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 8/.875 3/.000 ··· 10/1.625 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 2/2.000 132/96 .339/.424/.496/.920 .704/1.010 .932 100/.911 0/0 4/

19.Moeller G/S/vP 6/.334 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 4/.833 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 67/45 .219/.239/.328/.567 .279/.707 .544 49/.507 0/0 0/

IP 33.2 14.2 6.0 12.1 15.2 20.1 1.2 16.1 TOTAL .260/.328/.406/.735 .612/.785 .723 .756 12/9 33/18

ERA-K/9

3.74/4.0

5.52/8.6

3.00/6.0

3.65/6.6

1.72/4.6

3.10/6.7

10.80/15.9

3.86/7.7

3.72/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Moeller (6-2-0)
Molina (17-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 141/.263 63/.300 29/.250 51/.222 65/.270 88/.253 11/.250 71/.281 .257 Abreu
Cabrera
Matsui
Duncan
Damon 0/0/33/3
0/33/0/1
11/0/3/1
0/0/2/0
26/4/0/0

OPS .734 .856 .671 .669 .626 .747 .830 .758 .710

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 79/.929 32/.450 7/.762 23/.798 28/.655 41/.750 2/.500 33/.544 .713

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 62/.493 31/1.267 22/.641 28/.566 37/.604 47/.745 9/.873 38/.938 .707

Road 69/.878 25/.768 9/.476 23/.455 17/.529 21/.619 / 41/.771 .656

Last 28d days 98/.606 44/.646 20/.753 29/.625 52/.569 68/.786 11/.830 59/.782

HR/SB/CS 7/0/2 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· XX·o··X· ········ ·······o ···oo·X· ·X··X··X ········ oX·oo···

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, 1:05pm, Thursday, May 8, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

SP: Paul Byrd (37, RHP, 1-2, 3.74)

SP: Mike Mussina (39, RHP, 4-3, 4.23)

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