CLE @ TBR, Wednesday, August 6, 2008 Game Preview

Cleveland Indians, 49-63, 5th, 13½ GB, 15 GB in WC	SP: Jeremy Sowers (25, LHP, 1-6, 5.82) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-6) 65 79 49 42 23 38 12 5.82 2007 (1-6) 67.1 84 49 48 21 24 10 6.42 2006 (7-4) 88.1 85 36 35 20 35 10 3.57 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 40.1 41 30 24 18 26 7 5.36 45 2008-08-01 @MIN L 6.2 6 4 4 0 4 1 96 50 2008-07-27 MIN ND 8 3 2 2 1 5 0 101 72 2008-07-19 @SEA W 6 5 4 4 3 3 1 103 46 2008-07-13 TBR ND 4 3 2 2 7 8 0 93 49 2008-07-08 @DET L 5.2 10 7 6 0 1 2 93 24 2008-06-30 @CHW L 3 5 8 3 2 2 2 63 27 2008-06-25 SFG L 7 9 3 3 5 3 1 101 45 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 29-26 Road: 20-37 ExtrInn: 3-8 vsRHP: 38-46 vsLHP: 11-17 1-Run: 7-12 vsEast: 12-7 vsCntrl:17-30 vsWest: 14-14 IL: 6-12 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 112 Tue, Aug 5 @TBR L 4-8 49-63 5th 13.5 gb 111 Mon, Aug 4 @TBR W 5-2 49-62 5th 12.5 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:12-18
Tampa Bay Rays, 67-45, 1st, 3 up	SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 8-5, 2.89) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-5) 99.2 78 34 32 41 110 8 2.89 2007 (13-9) 206.2 196 91 80 89 239 18 3.48 2006 (10-8) 144.2 132 59 52 52 163 15 3.24 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 37.2 37 19 18 19 42 4 4.30 51 2008-08-01 DET ND 4.2 3 2 2 6 5 0 110 49 2008-07-26 @KCR ND 5 7 2 2 0 5 0 91 50 2008-07-21 OAK W 7 2 0 0 4 9 0 102 78 2008-07-13 @CLE L 6 8 5 5 2 7 2 104 41 2008-07-08 @NYY L 5 5 2 2 1 9 0 97 57 2008-07-02 BOS ND 5 7 4 4 4 3 1 107 36 2008-06-27 @PIT W 5 5 4 3 2 4 1 103 45 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE 1-2 20.1 26 14 10 11 24 2 4.43 47 2008-07-13 @CLE L 6 8 5 5 2 7 2 104 41 2005-09-27 @CLE W 6 4 1 1 5 7 0 110 62 2005-08-25 CLE L 2.1 8 8 4 1 3 0 57 19 2005-08-14 @CLE ND 6 6 0 0 3 7 0 114 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 44-17 Road: 23-28 ExtrInn: 6-4 vsRHP: 49-29 vsLHP: 18-16 1-Run: 20-11 vsEast: 28-19 vsCntrl:14-12 vsWest: 13-8 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 112 Tue, Aug 5 CLE W 8-4 67-45 1st 3.0 up 111 Mon, Aug 4 CLE L 2-5 66-45 1st 3.0 up 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Aug 05, 2008 TBR 8 CLE 4 W:Edwin Jackson (8-7), L: Fausto Carmona (5-4), S: none Mon, Aug 04, 2008 CLE 5 @TBR 2 W:Cliff Lee (15-2), L: Matt Garza (9-7), S: Rafael Perez (2) 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 Season Series: 2008 - CLE leads 5-1; 2007 - CLE won 8-2; 2006 - CLE won 6-1; All-Time - CLE leads 60-27

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 5.68

MIL 4.64

SDP 3.76

RA/G

OAK 3.90

CLE 4.63

TEX 5.90

C. Jones .369

R. Ibanez .288

J. Towles .143

OBP

C. Jones .466

D. DeJesus .361

T. Pena .169

SLG

R. Ludwick .615

M. Olivo .477

T. Pena .196

OPS

C. Jones 1.062

M. Reynolds .823

T. Pena .365

ERA

J. Duchscherer 2.33

O. Perez 4.12

I. Snell 6.14

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.04

A. Galarraga 6.17

L. Hernandez 3.48

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Cleveland Indians Batters (4.64 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Kazmir*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 251/197 .201/.301/.290/.591 .690/.576 .568 66/.765 1/2 3/

7.Carroll G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 3/.667 271/196 .267/.341/.335/.676 .609/.701 .501 46/.597 6/2 0/

17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 189/157 .238/.339/.406/.745 .495/.798 .660 76/.749 3/1 4/

20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 4/.000 4/.250 2/1.000 ··· 287/274 .243/.303/.421/.724 .077/.755 .820 54/.933 2/1 10/

44.Fasano G/S/vP 7/1.000 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/.666 3/.333 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 333/258 .274/.336/.458/.795 .729/.813 .707 94/.862 3/3 11/

25.Garko G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.500 8/.625 4/1.250 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 388/295 .239/.312/.349/.661 .740/.636 .651 73/.665 0/0 8/

26.Gonzalez G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 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 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 289/202 .216/.260/.340/.599 .619/.591 .529 67/.655 4/2 4/

15.Marte G/S/vP 3/2.334 1/.000 6/1.100 2/2.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/3.000 148/110 .169/.221/.272/.493 .679/.430 .498 79/.609 1/1 3/

2.Peralta G/S/vP 11/.829 7/.453 10/1.056 7/1.286 3/1.167 1/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 443/346 .272/.315/.493/.808 .706/.836 .895 98/1.008 3/0 18/

10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 242/177 .281/.349/.535/.883 .904/.875 .842 72/1.099 0/0 12/

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 10/.425 2/2.000 9/.958 11/.855 5/1.850 2/.000 2/5.000 2/1.000 511/371 .273/.384/.537/.921 .831/.952 .804 112/.967 27/3 27/

IP 99.2 32.1 61.1 62.1 27.0 35.0 22.2 49.0 TOTAL .252/.325/.412/.737 .718/.743 .716 .840 54/17 118/55

ERA-K/9

2.89/9.9

1.39/13.7

4.11/5.0

2.45/8.7

5.00/7.3

3.86/8.5

4.37/7.5

2.20/5.7

3.74/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Fasano (3-2-1)
Shoppach (23-4-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 412/.215 122/.113 268/.263 263/.197 118/.247 144/.175 96/.253 193/.171 .243 Francisco
Gutierrez
Sizemore
Choo
Dellucci
Carroll 56/2/26/10
7/8/68/3
0/105/0/2
8/0/33/2
48/0/0/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .656 .392 .761 .598 .708 .677 .719 .553 .701

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 86/.531 42/.431 123/.887 91/.606 70/.646 73/.648 34/.849 69/.459 .721

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 326/.690 80/.372 145/.656 172/.594 48/.796 71/.706 62/.646 124/.602 .685

Home 214/.568 64/.358 106/.620 139/.527 68/.593 92/.597 58/.615 96/.530 .635

Last 28d days 100/.730 52/.453 50/.431 40/.635 21/.985 32/.998 31/.959 32/.485

HR/SB/CS 8/4/2 1/1/0 7/10/1 4/9/1 1/0/2 7/3/0 2/2/0 6/0/1 103/49/19

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

Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Sowers*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 183/100 .227/.308/.356/.664 .806/.537 .672 48/.453 2/1 4/

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 9/.944 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 3/.000 7/.762 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 8/.500 467/322 .271/.314/.399/.713 .609/.761 .811 86/.634 25/7 8/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 171/164 .253/.333/.447/.780 .619/.787 .949 40/.692 1/0 8/

26.Gross* G/S/vP 2/.500 2/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 241/202 .228/.332/.398/.730 .635/.749 .864 32/.634 2/2 7/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 7/.762 311/263 .249/.347/.494/.842 .515/.901 .739 53/.673 8/2 16/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 3/.667 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.334 1/no AB 495/347 .279/.351/.381/.732 .687/.751 .757 101/.759 5/4 5/

3.Longoria G/S/vP 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/1.167 427/310 .275/.349/.535/.884 .863/.891 .852 96/.897 7/0 22/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.250 323/239 .304/.361/.416/.778 .624/.840 .798 71/.678 0/4 5/

23.Pena* G/S/vP 3/.666 10/1.375 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/1.500 4/.250 14/.607 392/256 .237/.344/.459/.803 .627/.898 .821 97/.903 0/0 19/

9.Riggans G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 106/55 .242/.317/.418/.735 .829/.650 .629 21/.488 0/0 4/

2.Upton G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 4/1.000 3/.333 474/332 .267/.381/.395/.776 .816/.760 .792 94/.645 34/14 7/

Zobrist# G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.666 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 84/53 .234/.298/.481/.778 .805/.762 .826 42/.670 1/0 5/

IP 65.0 47.1 49.2 44.1 13.1 22.2 54.2 38.0 TOTAL .257/.335/.413/.748 .716/.762 .774 .707 114/41 119/59

ERA-K/9

5.82/5.3

6.27/8.9

3.62/6.0

4.26/6.1

10.80/9.5

5.16/6.3

2.96/8.6

6.63/6.4

4.40/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (30-17-5)
Riggans (15-0-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 292/.299 211/.296 208/.250 204/.278 70/.305 95/.253 220/.226 180/.308 .272 Upton
Gross
Crawford
Hinske
Zobrist
Riggans 0/106/0/9
2/17/75/7
104/1/0/2
8/0/47/2
0/1/1/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .871 .875 .685 .796 .991 .743 .630 .887 .756

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 84/.878 96/.824 94/.749 105/.798 38/1.207 43/.681 91/.568 84/.949 .784

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 208/.869 115/.917 114/.632 99/.792 32/.758 52/.788 129/.673 96/.832 .737

Road 165/.957 89/.970 82/.804 97/.827 42/1.329 41/.655 115/.674 87/.944 .808

Last 28d days 100/.603 37/1.097 34/.904 58/.791 29/.622 39/.572 59/.363 47/.939

HR/SB/CS 12/3/3 11/7/1 7/2/0 4/1/0 4/1/0 3/0/0 6/2/3 7/4/1 123/46/19

Usage ····X··· X·····Xo ·····oXo X···X·XX ··X····· X·····X· ·o·X·XX· o·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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Game Preview: CLE @ TBR, 12:40pm, Wednesday, August 6, 2008 @Tropicana Field

SP: Jeremy Sowers (25, LHP, 1-6, 5.82)

SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 8-5, 2.89)

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