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Game Preview: CLE @ CHW, 4:05pm, Saturday, June 6, 2009 @U.S. Cellular Field

Indians, 24-33, 5th, 6 GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Sowers (26, LHP, 1-2, 6.16)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-2)			19.0	20	13	13	12	8	3	6.16
2008 (4-9)			121.0	141	84	75	39	64	18	5.58
2007 (1-6)			67.1	84	49	48	21	24	10	6.42

Last 7 GS		2-3	37.0	38	23	23	18	20	4	5.59	45
2009-06-01	NYY	ND	5.0	3	1	1	5	3	0	85	55
2009-05-12	CHW	L	4.0	7	5	5	3	3	3	85	28
2009-05-07	@BOS	L	5.0	7	7	7	3	1	0	86	23
2008-09-25	@BOS	L	6.0	7	5	5	3	1	0	95	36
2008-09-20	DET	W	6.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	94	59
2008-09-14	KCR	ND	3.0	5	3	3	1	2	1	75	38
2008-09-09	@BAL	W	8.0	4	1	1	1	7	0	96	76

Last 5 v.CHW		0-3	18.1	19	19	14	11	11	7	6.87	39
2009-05-12	CHW	L	4.0	7	5	5	3	3	3	85	28
2008-09-03	CHW	L	5.1	6	4	4	1	5	2	92	44
2008-06-30	@CHW	L	3.0	5	8	3	2	2	2	63	27
2007-04-05	@CHW	ND	6.0	1	2	2	5	1	0	92	58

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   12-14   Road:   12-19   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  17-27   vsLHP:   7-6    1-Run:   9-8 
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:11-14   vsWest:  0-3  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 57 Fri, Jun  5  @CHW  W   6-0       24-33  5th  6.0 gb
 56 Thu, Jun  4  @MIN  L   3-11      23-33  5th  7.0 gb
 55 Wed, Jun  3  @MIN  W  10-1       23-32  5th  7.0 gb
 54 Tue, Jun  2  @MIN  L   3-4       22-32  5th  8.0 gb
 53 Mon, Jun  1   NYY  L   2-5       22-31  5th  8.0 gb
 52 Sun, May 31   NYY  W   5-4       22-30  5th  7.5 gb
 51 Sat, May 30   NYY  L   5-10      21-30  5th  7.5 gb
 50 Fri, May 29   NYY  L   1-3       21-29  5th  6.5 gb
 49 Thu, May 28   TBR  W   2-1       21-28  5th  6.5 gb
 48 Wed, May 27   TBR  W  12-7       20-28  5th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

WhiteSox, 25-29, 3rd, 3½ GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Gavin Floyd (26, RHP, 3-5, 5.75)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-5)			67.1	73	44	43	30	59	7	5.75
2008 (17-8)			206.1	190	107	88	70	145	30	3.84
2007 (1-5)			70.0	85	45	41	19	49	17	5.27

Last 7 GS		1-3	44.0	47	28	28	16	36	5	5.73	47
2009-06-01	OAK	ND	7.0	4	2	2	3	8	1	107	66
2009-05-27	@LAA	L	8.0	7	3	3	2	8	0	102	62
2009-05-22	PIT	W	8.0	2	0	0	2	8	0	103	84
2009-05-17	@TOR	L	5.0	7	6	6	2	4	2	76	31
2009-05-11	@CLE	L	5.0	11	8	8	3	3	0	107	13
2009-05-05	@KCR	ND	5.0	6	6	6	2	2	2	82	31
2009-04-29	SEA	ND	6.0	10	3	3	2	3	0	110	41

Last 5 v.CLE		2-2	23.1	31	20	17	7	24	2	6.56	41
2009-05-11	@CLE	L	5.0	11	8	8	3	3	0	107	13
2008-06-30	CLE	W	6.0	7	4	3	2	10	1	103	52
2008-05-28	@CLE	W	6.0	8	5	4	0	7	1	107	45
2007-09-10	CLE	L	6.1	5	3	2	2	4	0	96	55

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   13-14   Road:   12-15   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  17-22   vsLHP:   8-7    1-Run:   4-7 
 vsEast:  5-9    vsCntrl:11-10   vsWest:  7-9  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Fri, Jun  5   CLE  L   0-6       25-29  3rd  3.5 gb
 53 Thu, Jun  4   OAK  L   0-7       25-28  3rd  3.5 gb
 52 Wed, Jun  3   OAK  L   3-5       25-27  2nd  3.5 gb
 51 Tue, Jun  2   OAK  L   0-5       25-26  2nd  3.5 gb
 50 Mon, Jun  1   OAK  W   6-2       25-25  2nd  3.5 gb
 49 Sun, May 31  @KCR  W   7-4       24-25  2nd  4.0 gb
 48 Sat, May 30  @KCR  W   5-3       23-25  2nd  4.0 gb
 47 Fri, May 29  @KCR  W  11-2       22-25  4th  4.0 gb
 46 Wed, May 27  @LAA  L   1-3       21-25  4th  5.5 gb
 45 Tue, May 26  @LAA  W   4-2       21-24  4th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jun 05, 2009 CLE  6 @CHW  0        W:Carl Pavano (6-4), L: John Danks (4-4), S: none
Wed, May 13, 2009 CLE  4  CHW  0        W:Cliff Lee (2-5), L: Mark Buehrle (5-1), S: none
Tue, May 12, 2009 CHW  7 @CLE  4        W:D.J. Carrasco (1-0), L: Jeremy Sowers (0-2), S: Bobby Jenks (8)
Mon, May 11, 2009 CLE  9  CHW  4        W:Carl Pavano (3-3), L: Gavin Floyd (2-3), S: none

Sun, Sep 28, 2008 CHW  5  CLE  1        W:Mark Buehrle (15-12), L: Bryan Bullington (0-2), S: none
Sat, Sep 27, 2008 CLE 12 @CHW  6        W:Zach Jackson (2-3), L: Javier Vazquez (12-16), S: none
Fri, Sep 26, 2008 CLE 11 @CHW  8        W:Scott Lewis (4-0), L: John Danks (11-9), S: Jensen Lewis (13)
Wed, Sep 03, 2008 CHW  4 @CLE  2        W:Javier Vazquez (11-12), L: Jeremy Sowers (2-8), S: Bobby Jenks (28)
Tue, Sep 02, 2008 CLE  9  CHW  3        W:Fausto Carmona (8-5), L: John Danks (10-8), S: none
Mon, Sep 01, 2008 CLE  5  CHW  0        W:Cliff Lee (20-2), L: Clayton Richard (2-3), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - CLE leads 3-1; 2008 - CHW won 11-7; 2007 - CLE won 11-7; All-Time - CHW leads 1006-972

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 2009 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

NYY 5.74

BAL 4.65

SEA 3.80

RA/G

LAD 3.75

TEX 4.76

WSN 6.04

J. Bartlett .373

M. Cuddyer .276

C. Young .181

OBP

K. Youkilis .475

S. Victorino .349

C. Young .232

SLG

A. Pujols .704

M. DeRosa .441

J. Kendall .266

OPS

A. Pujols 1.170

C. Barmes .794

C. Young .554

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.55

A. Harang 4.11

F. Carmona 7.42

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 11.42

C. Lee 6.48

J. Pineiro 3.45

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Indians Batters (5.23 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Floyd
G/S/vB 53.Carrasco
G/S/vB 26.Dotel
G/S/vB 39.Gobble*
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB 54.Richard*
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB 47.Whisler*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

29.Barfield G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/4 .625/.625/.625/1.250 1.000/1.500 1.250 5/.800 0/1 0/0

11.Carroll G/S/vP 10/1.167 ··· 3/3.000 4/.500 3/2.000 9/.625 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 56/43 .304/.418/.370/.788 .762/.794 .884 56/.788 0/1 0/1

17.Choo* G/S/vP 6/1.267 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.667 6/.900 5/.800 ··· 242/168 .303/.413/.465/.878 .795/.912 .901 113/.895 9/0 7/4

26.Crowe# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/33 .200/.294/.267/.561 .606/.573 .647 15/.817 1/0 0/1

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 5/1.267 2/.000 5/.000 4/1.750 6/1.000 4/1.000 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 238/180 .263/.329/.441/.770 1.038/.682 .790 99/.794 0/1 9/7

12.Francisco G/S/vP 12/.697 3/.333 3/.000 ··· 6/.000 4/.000 5/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 199/158 .257/.328/.423/.751 .712/.760 .662 96/.815 9/1 5/1

25.Garko G/S/vP 6/.900 3/2.334 6/.000 3/.333 8/1.125 2/.000 5/.400 8/1.196 ··· 150/110 .254/.356/.429/.784 1.126/.658 .730 64/.817 0/0 6/2

8.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/3 .500/.500/1.250/1.750 2.000/1.667 1.750 4/1.750 0/0 1/0

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.486 5/2.000 29/.837 5/.000 2/.000 ··· 13/.840 ··· 77/61 .269/.364/.567/.931 1.027/.905 .928 4/1.250 0/0 5/

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 10/1.056 11/1.505 8/.125 31/.604 6/.833 6/.334 4/1.750 16/.976 ··· 248/174 .344/.415/.550/.966 1.119/.912 .986 106/.806 0/0 9/3

2.Peralta G/S/vP 12/1.667 11/1.101 6/.666 12/.969 9/.222 5/.800 6/.900 9/.000 ··· 215/157 .258/.338/.337/.675 .526/.731 .734 100/.796 0/0 2/4

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 5/.650 3/1.167 6/.533 1/3.000 4/.250 1/.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 ··· 125/99 .202/.331/.365/.696 1.090/.601 .896 62/.654 0/0 4/0

1.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/61 .203/.266/.322/.588 .000/.618 .626 50/.526 0/1 0/1

IP 67.1 36.0 18.2 8.0 19.0 19.2 45.1 21.0 1.1 TOTAL .269/.352/.424/.776 .832/.757 .818 .777 35/12 60/31

ERA-K/9

5.75/7.9

2.25/5.0

2.41/10.1

7.88/9.0

3.32/7.6

1.83/8.7

3.97/6.8

1.71/12.9

0.00/13.8

4.33/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 300/.272 148/.254 83/.197 36/.250 81/.237 83/.260 195/.274 86/.208 5/.000 .267

OPS .755 .631 .678 .802 .705 .677 .801 .602 .200 .754

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 154/.717 65/.752 23/.810 17/.569 39/.872 39/.692 67/.638 38/.356 3/.333 .788

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 146/.794 83/.540 60/.628 19/1.009 42/.548 44/.659 128/.888 48/.804 2/.000 .730

Home 141/.663 75/.654 40/.731 19/1.186 50/.770 44/.570 85/.905 35/.293 5/.200

Last 28d days 139/.682 53/.488 41/.810 36/.802 35/.844 36/.734 122/.739 36/.316 5/.200

HR/SB/CS 7/9/0 1/1/0 2/10/0 2/0/0 3/4/0 1/4/0 7/0/3 1/0/2 0/1/0 54/44/6

Usage ····X··· o·oo···· ·Xo··X·X ··XX···X X····oX· X···X·o· ··X····X ····oX·· ·o·X····

WhiteSox Batters (4.09 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Sowers*
G/S/vB 36.Aquino
G/S/vB 40.Herges
G/S/vB 58.Huff*
G/S/vB 50.Lewis
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 49.Sipp*
G/S/vB 47.Vizcaino
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 110/76 .255/.336/.327/.663 .473/.741 .642 50/.606 2/3 1/1

15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 6/.000 0/0 0/0

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 90/65 .244/.311/.415/.726 .558/.788 .832 37/.567 0/0 3/2

23.Dye G/S/vP 11/.697 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 5/.400 5/.200 ··· 6/.167 3/1.334 199/149 .278/.337/.550/.887 .759/.925 .824 91/.874 0/2 14/2

7.Fields G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 193/138 .239/.302/.324/.626 .532/.659 .531 77/.537 1/3 2/7

17.Getz* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 155/128 .245/.310/.302/.612 .619/.610 .639 70/.446 5/1 0/3

14.Konerko G/S/vP 8/.375 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 7/.714 9/.472 1/no AB 5/.400 14/1.389 215/158 .295/.349/.472/.820 1.039/.743 .733 98/.818 0/0 7/0

5.Nix G/S/vP 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/28 .214/.297/.446/.743 .806/.661 .602 50/.666 3/0 4/0

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 2/.000 4/.000 3/1.334 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 ··· 5/.200 7/.971 169/129 .304/.337/.453/.791 .583/.856 .620 75/.777 1/0 5/2

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 6/.900 1/4.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 17/1.042 129/88 .292/.333/.375/.708 .825/.653 .509 102/.767 5/3 0/2

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 201/148 .249/.295/.324/.619 .921/.513 .663 100/.724 9/2 3/3

25.Thome* G/S/vP 8/3.083 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 5/.800 14/.142 1/no AB 5/2.100 4/.250 179/140 .247/.380/.479/.859 1.067/.801 .664 86/1.029 0/0 9/

31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.250 39/32 .167/.211/.167/.377 .900/.285 .412 17/.243 0/2 0/0

IP 19.0 9.0 16.0 15.2 28.0 12.2 8.2 11.2 18.0 TOTAL .251/.319/.390/.709 .748/.695 .632 .687 32/17 53/34

ERA-K/9

6.16/3.8

4.00/6.0

1.13/7.9

9.77/6.9

5.46/8.4

13.50/4.3

3.12/10.3

1.54/7.7

6.00/10.5

5.30/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 85/.274 42/.242 61/.123 79/.370 123/.291 65/.392 38/.148 48/.167 80/.284 .276

OPS .870 .768 .443 1.075 .926 1.080 .749 .541 .932 .797

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 25/.735 19/.726 27/.465 33/1.229 61/1.313 31/1.125 19/.690 19/.330 44/.951 .847

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 60/.926 23/.803 34/.426 46/.963 62/.571 34/1.040 19/.806 29/.657 36/.906 .759

Road 24/.940 23/.648 33/.482 62/1.206 61/1.171 40/1.195 19/1.032 20/.753 36/1.060

Last 28d days 61/.841 42/.768 54/.405 79/1.075 59/.763 7/.619 18/.641 35/.604 31/1.009

HR/SB/CS 3/1/0 0/1/0 2/1/0 4/2/0 8/1/0 1/0/1 2/1/0 1/3/0 4/2/0 63/40/10

Usage ····X··· ···oX··· ·····X·X ···X···· ·X··X··· ··o··o·o ···X···· ····X··· ·····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.