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Game Preview: CLE @ TOR, 1:07pm, Saturday, August 9, 2008 @Rogers Centre

Cleveland Indians, 50-64, 5th, 14 GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Paul Byrd (37, RHP, 6-10, 4.72)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-10)           122   140  68  64  24  54 23    4.72      
 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         3-3  44.1  49  19  19  14  24  4    3.86   50 
 2008-08-02   @MIN   W   7     6   1   1   2   1  0      99   60 
 2008-07-28    DET   W   7.2   4   0   0   3   4  0     107   72 
 2008-07-21   @LAA   W   5.1   9   1   1   2   5  0      94   49 
 2008-07-09   @DET  ND   6     9   3   3   1   5  0      86   46 
 2008-07-04   @MIN   L   5.1   8   6   6   3   4  2      89   29 
 2008-06-28    CIN   L   6     6   4   4   3   4  1      95   45 
 2008-06-22   @LAD   L   7     7   4   4   0   1  1      82   48 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TOR      2-3  33.1  33  15  13   1  14  2    3.51   54 
 2007-07-08   @TOR   L   8.1   4   1   1   0   2  0      96   73 
 2006-08-28    TOR   W   5    10   4   3   0   3  0      82   36 
 2005-07-26   @TOR   L   3    10   7   7   1   0  1      63   10 
 2002-08-19   @TOR   L   8     4   2   1   0   4  1      98   72 
 2002-07-29    TOR   W   9     5   1   1   0   5  0      97   78 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-26   Road:   21-38   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  38-46   vsLHP:  12-18   1-Run:   7-12
 vsEast: 13-8    vsCntrl:17-30   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 6-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Fri, Aug  8  @TOR  W   5-2       50-64  5th 14.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug  6  @TBR  L   7-10      49-64  5th 14.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Toronto Blue Jays, 59-57, 4th, 10½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Roy Halladay (31, RHP, 13-8, 2.77)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (13-8)           175.1 150  60  54  29 149 13    2.77      
 2007 (16-7)           225.1 232 101  93  48 139 15    3.71      
 2006 (16-5)           220   208  82  78  34 132 19    3.19      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-2  54    37  12  12  10  49  4    2.00   69 
 2008-08-04    OAK   W   8     4   1   1   1   8  1     113   77 
 2008-07-29    TBR   L   8     6   3   3   3   8  1     118   63 
 2008-07-24   @BAL   W   7     7   1   1   1   6  0     119   64 
 2008-07-19   @TBR   L   6     8   5   5   3   6  1      96   39 
 2008-07-11    NYY   W   9     2   0   0   1   8  0     110   90 
 2008-07-05   @LAA   W   7     6   2   2   1   7  1     107   63 
 2008-06-30   @SEA   W   9     4   0   0   0   6  0     115   85 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      3-1  35.1  33  15  15  11  36  1    3.82   57 
 2008-05-09   @CLE   L   6     6   4   4   3   9  0     111   50 
 2007-07-06    CLE   W   5.2   9   5   5   1   3  1      97   33 
 2006-09-05    CLE  ND   7     5   1   1   3   9  0     108   69 
 2005-05-15   @CLE   W   7.2   5   1   1   3   6  0     124   68 
 2003-09-27    CLE   W   9     8   4   4   1   9  0     116   63 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-24   Road:   25-33   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  47-39   vsLHP:  12-18   1-Run:  17-24
 vsEast: 19-20   vsCntrl:15-8    vsWest: 17-19 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
116 Fri, Aug  8   CLE  L   2-5       59-57  4th 10.5 gb
115 Thu, Aug  7   OAK  W   6-4       59-56  4th  9.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug  6   OAK  W   5-1       58-56  4th 10.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug  5   OAK  W   4-3       57-56  4th 10.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug  4   OAK  W   6-1       56-56  4th 10.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  3  @TEX  L   4-8       55-56  4th 11.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  2  @TEX  W   6-4       55-55  4th 10.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  1  @TEX  L   8-9       54-55  4th 10.5 gb
108 Wed, Jul 30   TBR  L   2-3       54-54  4th  9.5 gb
107 Tue, Jul 29   TBR  L   0-3       54-53  4th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 08, 2008 CLE  5 @TOR  2        W:Anthony Reyes (3-1), L: David Purcey (1-3), S: Jensen Lewis (1)
Mon, May 12, 2008 TOR  3 @CLE  0 (10)   W:B.J. Ryan (1-0), L: Rafael Betancourt (1-2), S: Scott Downs (4)
Mon, May 12, 2008 CLE  3  TOR  0        W:Fausto Carmona (4-1), L: A.J. Burnett (3-4), S: none
Sat, May 10, 2008 CLE 12  TOR  0        W:Aaron Laffey (1-2), L: Dustin McGowan (2-3), S: none
Fri, May 09, 2008 CLE  6  TOR  1        W:C.C. Sabathia (2-5), L: Roy Halladay (3-5), S: none

Sun, Jul 08, 2007 TOR  1  CLE  0        W:Jeremy Accardo (2-3), L: Paul Byrd (7-4), S: none
Sat, Jul 07, 2007 CLE  9 @TOR  4        W:Fausto Carmona (10-4), L: Shaun Marcum (4-3), S: none
Fri, Jul 06, 2007 TOR  8  CLE  6        W:Roy Halladay (10-3), L: Cliff Lee (5-5), S: Jeremy Accardo (11)
Thu, May 03, 2007 CLE  6  TOR  5        W:Aaron Fultz (3-0), L: Jason Frasor (1-1), S: Joe Borowski (10)
Wed, May 02, 2007 CLE  7  TOR  6 (11)   W:Tom Mastny (2-0), L: Shaun Marcum (1-2), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - CLE leads 4-1; 2007 - CLE won 4-2; 2006 - CLE won 4-2; All-Time - TOR leads 174-171

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  5.57

MIL  4.66

SDP  3.75

RA/G

OAK  3.91

CLE  4.66

TEX  5.90

BA

C. Jones  .371

M. Young  .287

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .468

A. Huff  .361

T. Pena  .169

SLG

R. Ludwick  .615

E. Encarnacion  .476

T. Pena  .196

OPS

C. Jones  1.072

R. Howard  .825

T. Pena  .365

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.51

J. Beckett  4.08

N. Robertson  6.11

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.99

A. Galarraga  6.17

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Cleveland Indians Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Halladay
G/S/vB
57.Camp
G/S/vB
39.Carlson*
G/S/vB
37.Downs*
G/S/vB
54.Frasor
G/S/vB
22.League
G/S/vB
31.Parrish*
G/S/vB
52.Ryan*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 254/197 .198/.297/.286/.583 .647/.576 .554 69/.728 1/2 3/
7.Carroll G/S/vP 10/.744 2/no AB ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 281/198 .266/.343/.332/.675 .614/.701 .510 42/.607 6/2 0/
17.Choo* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 198/157 .254/.348/.420/.769 .661/.798 .706 71/.771 4/1 4/
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 11/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 6/1.500 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 287/274 .243/.303/.421/.724 .077/.755 .820 46/.874 2/1 10/
44.Fasano G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 35/23 .310/.382/.414/.796 .750/.807 .705 24/.620 0/0 0/
12.Francisco G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/3.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 342/259 .273/.333/.455/.788 .693/.818 .700 89/.708 3/3 11/
25.Garko G/S/vP 6/.666 3/.333 ··· 1/5.000 4/.750 3/.333 3/.000 2/.000 389/295 .239/.311/.348/.659 .731/.636 .648 69/.705 0/0 8/
26.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 20/6 .200/.400/.200/.600 .722/.333 .496 20/.600 0/1 0/
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 298/203 .220/.262/.354/.616 .676/.588 .568 76/.712 4/2 5/
15.Marte G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 156/113 .175/.229/.280/.508 .754/.418 .526 74/.624 1/1 3/
2.Peralta G/S/vP 13/.558 7/.453 ··· 3/.333 4/2.417 3/.666 ··· 4/1.750 452/347 .278/.320/.506/.826 .800/.834 .926 93/1.019 3/0 19/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 247/178 .281/.350/.534/.884 .895/.879 .845 69/1.168 0/0 12/
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 14/.594 9/.777 1/.000 10/.000 8/1.500 1/no AB 3/1.000 1/.000 516/373 .271/.382/.532/.914 .812/.951 .793 103/.920 27/3 27/
IP 175.1 33.2 42.2 55.2 35.1 15.1 23.2 40.0 TOTAL .252/.326/.414/.739 .732/.742 .721 .818 55/18 120/58
ERA-K/9 2.77/7.6 3.74/6.9 2.11/9.3 1.29/7.9 3.57/8.9 2.93/3.5 4.18/4.6 3.15/8.3 3.69/7.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 696/.230 138/.246 173/.217 226/.205 154/.215 71/.236 97/.261 172/.224 .245  Francisco
 Gutierrez
 Sizemore
 Choo
 Dellucci
 Carroll
57/2/26/10
7/9/69/3
0/106/0/2
9/0/34/2
48/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .615 .654 .669 .559 .679 .736 .773 .663 .701
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 387/.631 50/.987 92/.612 93/.514 60/.840 31/1.006 38/.895 54/.745 .756
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 309/.596 88/.463 81/.735 133/.591 94/.577 40/.538 59/.696 118/.627 .649
Home 305/.637 67/.644 71/.479 107/.486 85/.625 36/.676 77/.719 84/.463 .668
Last 28d days 117/.674 39/.748 49/.456 47/.400 37/.583 34/.570 47/.907 40/.699
HR/SB/CS 13/9/4 2/3/0 4/1/2 2/1/0 3/4/2 1/0/0 2/1/1 3/2/0 103/58/29
Usage ····X··· X····o·· oo·o·X·X ·Xo·X·Xo o····o·· ···X···X ···X·X·· ·XX···XX
Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Byrd
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
58.Donnelly
G/S/vB
30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
49.Mujica
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
27.Reyes
G/S/vB
34.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Barajas G/S/vP 8/.661 1/.000 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 3/.666 3/1.667 272/186 .264/.309/.437/.746 .622/.804 .713 71/.611 0/0 9/
11.Eckstein G/S/vP 4/.833 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 280/201 .271/.352/.354/.706 .864/.641 .673 35/.699 2/1 1/
1.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.334 238/217 .286/.343/.408/.752 .669/.759 .855 85/.647 7/1 2/
26.Lind* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 168/121 .312/.347/.526/.873 .978/.833 .879 91/.981 1/0 5/
6.McDonald G/S/vP 10/.400 3/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.500 102/56 .198/.260/.267/.528 .580/.484 .516 48/.664 3/1 1/
36.Mench G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 7/1.428 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 7/.453 100/30 .233/.320/.349/.669 .716/.563 .867 29/.914 2/0 0/
17.Overbay* G/S/vP 3/1.667 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 8/.250 5/.400 456/340 .266/.373/.400/.773 .580/.842 .714 99/.751 1/2 8/
15.Rios G/S/vP 7/.429 8/.661 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 6/.666 489/371 .282/.329/.421/.751 .643/.785 .782 94/.803 28/7 8/
33.Rolen G/S/vP 5/.900 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· 364/274 .252/.349/.401/.750 .693/.767 .714 79/.587 5/0 7/
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 9/.777 3/.000 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/2.000 8/.804 401/292 .255/.344/.328/.672 .642/.683 .674 90/.679 6/2 4/
24.Stairs* G/S/vP 19/.526 9/.666 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 11/.573 331/300 .253/.341/.408/.750 .559/.770 .755 72/.730 1/1 11/
35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 15/.900 3/1.167 3/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 3/.666 5/.650 280/235 .226/.322/.319/.642 .656/.639 .638 54/.617 3/5 3/
9.Zaun# G/S/vP 9/.444 5/1.750 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 224/171 .239/.348/.367/.715 .615/.757 .840 27/.557 2/1 5/
IP 122.0 47.1 49.2 45.1 22.2 58.1 21.0 38.0 TOTAL .259/.335/.385/.720 .683/.733 .743 .722 72/25 79/59
ERA-K/9 4.72/4.0 6.27/8.9 /0.0 4.17/6.0 4.17/6.2 6.35/6.3 2.93/9.0 3.86/6.0 6.63/6.4 4.42/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (26-19-2)
 Zaun (31-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 521/.288 211/.296 / 211/.258 208/.274 98/.278 235/.225 88/.280 180/.308 .273  Rios
 Wilkerson
 Lind
 Mench
 Scutaro
 Inglett
 Stairs
0/53/59/12
19/3/62/4
43/0/0/2
17/0/11/1
3/0/0/1
18/1/12/0
9/0/6/0
OPS .802 .875 .717 .786 .839 .625 .749 .887 .758
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 275/.916 96/.824 / 97/.817 108/.788 45/.846 98/.560 41/.561 84/.949 .786
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 246/.679 115/.917 / 114/.632 100/.783 53/.831 137/.670 47/.928 96/.832 .739
Road 323/.879 89/.970 / 85/.880 101/.807 44/.868 130/.660 47/.712 87/.944 .810
Last 28d days 86/.592 33/.920 / 37/1.075 59/.670 33/.896 60/.429 27/.638 41/.954
HR/SB/CS 23/3/5 11/7/1 // 8/2/0 4/1/0 4/0/0 6/2/3 2/1/0 7/4/1 126/47/20
Usage ······X· ···X···· ··o····· X··X···X ··oX···· X·X·o·X· X······· ···o·X··

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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