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Game Preview: CLE @ TBR, 7:10pm, Monday, August 4, 2008 @Tropicana Field

Cleveland Indians, 48-62, 5th, 13½ GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Cliff Lee (29, LHP, 14-2, 2.58)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (14-2)           146.2 136  44  42  20 125  7    2.58      
 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         4-1  51    48  16  16   5  46  2    2.82   61 
 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 
 2008-07-11    TBR   W   6     5   0   0   1   7  0     104   68 
 2008-07-06   @MIN   L   7     6   4   4   2   6  0     108   53 
 2008-07-01   @CHW  ND   8     6   1   1   1   3  0     106   68 
 2008-06-26    SFG   W   8     4   1   1   1  11  0     111   80 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-26   Road:   19-36   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  37-45   vsLHP:  11-17   1-Run:   7-12
 vsEast: 11-6    vsCntrl:17-30   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 6-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Sun, Aug  3  @MIN  L   2-6       48-62  5th 13.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  2  @MIN  W   5-1       48-61  5th 13.0 gb
108 Fri, Aug  1  @MIN  L   1-4       47-61  5th 14.0 gb
107 Thu, Jul 31   DET  W   9-4       47-60  5th 13.0 gb
106 Wed, Jul 30   DET  L  12-14(13)  46-60  5th 14.0 gb
105 Tue, Jul 29   DET  L   5-8       46-59  5th 13.0 gb
104 Mon, Jul 28   DET  W   5-0       46-58  5th 13.0 gb
103 Sun, Jul 27   MIN  L   2-4       45-58  5th 14.0 gb
102 Sat, Jul 26   MIN  L   4-11      45-57  4th 14.0 gb
101 Fri, Jul 25   MIN  W   5-4       45-56  4th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:11-19
Tampa Bay Rays, 66-44, 1st, 3 up

SP: Matt Garza (24, RHP, 9-6, 3.56)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-6)            124   112  54  49  38  80 11    3.56      
 2007 (5-7)             83    96  44  34  32  67  8    3.69      
 2006 (3-6)             50    62  33  32  23  38  6    5.76      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  49.1  41  16  15  10  35  3    2.74   60 
 2008-07-29   @TOR   W   9     5   0   0   1   5  0     106   81 
 2008-07-24   @KCR   L   5     8   4   4   4   0  0      82   31 
 2008-07-19    TOR   W   7.2   2   0   0   0   6  0     107   81 
 2008-07-12   @CLE   L   5    11   7   7   2   6  2     108   21 
 2008-07-07    KCR  ND   6.2   9   3   3   2   5  0     109   47 
 2008-07-01    BOS   W   7     5   1   0   0   3  0     102   68 
 2008-06-26   @FLA   W   9     1   1   1   1  10  1     108   90 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      0-2  20    27  13  13   9  27  2    5.85   45 
 2008-07-12   @CLE   L   5    11   7   7   2   6  2     108   21 
 2007-08-04    CLE  ND   4     6   2   2   2   5  0      93   45 
 2007-07-29   @CLE  ND   6     5   1   1   3  11  0     109   66 
 2006-08-17    CLE   L   5     5   3   3   2   5  0     102   48 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   43-16   Road:   23-28   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  48-29   vsLHP:  18-15   1-Run:  20-11
 vsEast: 28-19   vsCntrl:13-11   vsWest: 13-8  IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Sun, Aug  3   DET  W   6-5 (10)  66-44  1st  3.0 up
109 Sat, Aug  2   DET  W   9-3       65-44  1st  3.0 up
108 Fri, Aug  1   DET  W   5-2       64-44  1st  3.0 up
107 Wed, Jul 30  @TOR  W   3-2       63-44  1st  3.0 up
106 Tue, Jul 29  @TOR  W   3-0       62-44  1st  2.0 up
105 Mon, Jul 28  @TOR  L   1-3       61-44  1st  1.0 up
104 Sun, Jul 27  @KCR  L   1-6       61-43  1st  1.0 up
103 Sat, Jul 26  @KCR  W   5-3       61-42  1st  2.0 up
102 Fri, Jul 25  @KCR  W   5-3       60-42  1st  1.0 up
101 Thu, Jul 24  @KCR  L   2-4       59-42  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 CLE  5  TBR  2        W:Tom Mastny (1-2), L: Scott Kazmir (7-5), S: Masahide Kobayashi (5)
Sat, Jul 12, 2008 CLE  8  TBR  4        W:Matt Ginter (1-0), L: Matt Garza (7-5), S: none
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 CLE  5  TBR  0        W:Cliff Lee (12-2), L: James Shields (7-6), S: none
Thu, Jul 10, 2008 CLE 13  TBR  2        W:Aaron Laffey (5-5), L: Andy Sonnanstine (10-4), S: none

Sun, Aug 19, 2007 TBD  4  CLE  3 (12)   W:Scott Dohmann (2-0), L: Rafael Perez (0-1), S: none
Sat, Aug 18, 2007 CLE  8 @TBD  1        W:Jake Westbrook (4-7), L: Jason Hammel (1-3), S: none
Fri, Aug 17, 2007 CLE  2 @TBD  1        W:Paul Byrd (11-5), L: Edwin Jackson (3-12), S: Joe Borowski (34)
Mon, Jul 02, 2007 CLE 10  TBD  2        W:Fausto Carmona (9-4), L: Andy Sonnanstine (1-3), S: none
Sun, Jul 01, 2007 CLE  3  TBD  2        W:Cliff Lee (5-4), L: James Shields (6-4), S: Joe Borowski (24)
Sat, Jun 30, 2007 CLE  8  TBD  6        W:C.C. Sabathia (12-2), L: J.P. Howell (1-2), S: Joe Borowski (23)
Season Series: 2008 - CLE leads 4-0; 2007 - CLE won 8-2; 2006 - CLE won 6-1; All-Time - CLE leads 59-26

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  5.63

MIL  4.63

SDP  3.75

RA/G

OAK  3.88

MIN  4.63

TEX  5.91

BA

C. Jones  .369

D. Wright  .286

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .466

D. Uggla  .359

T. Pena  .169

SLG

R. Ludwick  .614

C. Blake  .475

T. Pena  .196

OPS

C. Jones  1.062

D. DeJesus  .818

T. Pena  .365

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.33

J. Maine  4.13

I. Snell  6.14

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.04

T. Wellemeyer  6.12

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Cleveland Indians Batters (4.65 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Garza
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
49.Hammel
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
57.Miller*
G/S/vB
40.Percival
G/S/vB
28.Reyes
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 243/189 .203/.303/.280/.583 .690/.565 .551 58/.756 1/2 2/
7.Carroll G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 3/.667 271/196 .267/.341/.335/.676 .609/.701 .501 50/.547 6/2 0/
17.Choo* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 184/152 .239/.342/.413/.755 .495/.813 .674 74/.742 3/1 4/
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 4/.250 2/1.000 ··· 280/267 .234/.296/.405/.701 .077/.732 .779 50/.780 2/1 9/
44.Fasano G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 31/23 .320/.400/.400/.800 .750/.807 .690 24/.812 0/0 0/
12.Francisco G/S/vP 3/2.500 2/.500 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 327/252 .272/.333/.459/.793 .729/.811 .701 88/.859 3/3 11/
25.Garko G/S/vP 10/1.389 1/3.000 6/.833 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 379/286 .243/.317/.355/.672 .740/.650 .672 67/.696 0/0 8/
26.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 11/3 .333/.455/.333/.788 .833/.667 .833 11/.788 0/0 0/
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 1/3.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 280/193 .212/.257/.332/.589 .619/.576 .501 61/.585 4/2 4/
15.Marte G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 5/1.350 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 139/101 .172/.221/.273/.494 .679/.426 .501 70/.626 1/1 3/
2.Peralta G/S/vP 8/1.000 6/.167 9/1.000 7/1.286 3/1.167 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 434/337 .269/.310/.486/.797 .706/.822 .875 93/.984 2/0 17/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 233/168 .276/.341/.533/.874 .904/.862 .823 66/1.040 0/0 12/
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 12/.969 2/2.000 8/1.089 10/.800 5/1.850 2/.000 2/5.000 1/.000 502/363 .275/.384/.544/.928 .827/.965 .814 107/.982 27/3 27/
IP 124.0 31.1 58.1 62.1 27.0 35.0 20.2 47.2 TOTAL .251/.324/.411/.736 .717/.741 .712 .821 53/17 115/53
ERA-K/9 3.56/5.8 1.44/13.8 4.32/4.8 2.45/8.7 5.00/7.3 3.86/8.5 4.79/7.4 2.08/5.7 3.74/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fasano (3-2-1)
 Shoppach (22-4-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 513/.241 117/.108 257/.270 262/.197 118/.247 144/.175 89/.263 186/.161 .242  Francisco
 Gutierrez
 Sizemore
 Choo
 Dellucci
 Carroll
55/2/26/10
7/8/66/3
0/103/0/2
7/0/33/2
48/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .657 .382 .782 .596 .708 .677 .743 .535 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 248/.675 41/.442 120/.911 90/.598 70/.646 73/.648 32/.906 67/.442 .719
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 265/.640 76/.349 137/.671 172/.594 48/.796 71/.706 57/.649 119/.585 .682
Home 258/.533 59/.334 95/.661 138/.522 68/.593 92/.597 51/.642 89/.491 .628
Last 28d days 138/.704 51/.438 44/.546 44/.590 24/.833 32/.998 24/1.125 32/.633
HR/SB/CS 11/2/1 1/1/0 7/9/1 4/9/1 1/0/2 7/3/0 2/2/0 6/0/1 100/48/19
Usage ·····X·· X·X·X·o· ·X·····o o·X·o··· o······o X·X·X··· ·X·····o ··X·X···
Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.49 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
30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
40.Mastny
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
16.Aybar# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 179/100 .220/.303/.352/.656 .796/.537 .656 49/.359 2/1 4/
8.Bartlett G/S/vP 8/.661 11/.200 ··· 2/.000 3/2.000 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 334/244 .256/.297/.305/.602 .797/.531 .629 36/.678 18/4 0/
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 18/.334 7/.762 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 8/.500 467/322 .271/.314/.399/.713 .609/.761 .811 95/.594 25/7 8/
15.Floyd* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 167/160 .252/.329/.429/.758 .619/.764 .917 39/.643 1/0 7/
31.Gomes G/S/vP 17/.243 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 2/.000 162/55 .187/.296/.403/.699 .756/.589 .688 33/.666 8/1 8/
26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 2/3.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 233/198 .217/.326/.379/.705 .562/.731 .821 25/.335 2/2 7/
32.Hinske* G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 7/.762 304/259 .256/.355/.508/.863 .552/.916 .774 51/.912 8/2 16/
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 7/1.404 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 1/no AB 485/342 .275/.348/.375/.723 .658/.750 .741 101/.698 5/4 5/
3.Longoria G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 418/305 .279/.352/.536/.887 .897/.884 .857 95/.877 7/0 21/
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 315/235 .304/.361/.409/.770 .660/.817 .783 71/.646 0/4 4/
23.Pena* G/S/vP 19/1.000 9/1.319 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.250 14/.607 383/251 .235/.339/.454/.793 .637/.875 .803 97/.858 0/0 19/
9.Riggans G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 105/55 .244/.320/.422/.743 .848/.650 .641 20/.516 0/0 4/
2.Upton G/S/vP 7/.572 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.334 3/.333 464/327 .270/.383/.401/.784 .822/.768 .807 88/.701 33/14 7/
IP 146.2 46.2 49.2 42.1 13.1 21.2 52.2 37.2 TOTAL .257/.335/.411/.746 .721/.757 .771 .681 113/41 116/58
ERA-K/9 2.58/7.7 5.79/8.9 3.62/6.0 4.46/6.4 10.80/9.5 5.40/5.8 3.08/8.5 6.45/6.4 4.38/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Navarro (29-17-5)
 Riggans (15-0-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 577/.246 206/.292 208/.250 195/.280 70/.305 91/.253 214/.233 177/.301 .272  Upton
 Gross
 Crawford
 Hinske
 Gomes
0/104/0/9
2/17/73/7
104/1/0/2
6/0/47/2
7/0/19/0
OPS .614 .837 .685 .800 .991 .742 .649 .859 .754
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 161/.628 93/.776 94/.749 98/.788 38/1.207 41/.636 89/.582 81/.891 .774
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 416/.609 113/.886 114/.632 97/.809 32/.758 50/.821 125/.696 96/.832 .741
Road 335/.605 84/.881 82/.804 88/.840 42/1.329 37/.645 109/.714 84/.888 .806
Last 28d days 113/.724 32/.879 37/.827 49/.806 29/.622 35/.551 53/.405 44/.836
HR/SB/CS 7/1/0 9/7/1 7/2/0 4/1/0 4/1/0 3/0/0 6/2/3 6/4/1 120/45/19
Usage ····X··· ····Xo·· ···oXo·· ··X·XX·· X······· ····X·X· ·X·XX··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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