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Game Preview: CLE @ CHW, 2:05pm, Thursday, July 9, 2009 @U.S. Cellular Field

Indians, 33-52, 5th, 13½ GB, 17½ GB in WC

SP: David Huff (24, LHP, 4-3, 6.06)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-3) 52.0 63 36 35 16 30 8 6.06
Last 7 GS 4-2 41.1 45 23 22 10 23 5 4.79 48
2009-07-03 OAK W 6.0 8 3 3 1 4 0 101 47
2009-06-28 CIN L 5.0 9 7 6 1 3 1 83 25
2009-06-23 @PIT W 8.0 4 0 0 2 2 0 112 74
2009-06-17 MIL ND 5.0 5 3 3 1 1 1 99 45
2009-06-12 STL W 7.1 6 3 3 2 5 1 112 57
2009-06-07 @CHW W 5.0 4 3 3 3 3 1 96 47
2009-06-02 @MIN L 5.0 9 4 4 0 5 1 98 38
Last 5 v.CHW 1-0 5.0 4 3 3 3 3 1 5.40 47
2009-06-07 @CHW W 5.0 4 3 3 3 3 1 96 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-25   Road:   14-27   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  26-41   vsLHP:   7-11   1-Run:  11-12
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:14-21   vsWest:  2-4  IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 85 Wed, Jul  8  @CHW  L   1-5       33-52  5th 13.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  7  @CHW  L   6-10      33-51  5th 12.5 gb
 83 Sun, Jul  5   OAK  L   2-5       33-50  5th 12.0 gb
 82 Sat, Jul  4   OAK  W   5-2       33-49  5th 12.0 gb
 81 Fri, Jul  3   OAK  W  15-3       32-49  5th 13.0 gb
 80 Wed, Jul  1   CHW  L   2-6       31-49  5th 13.0 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 30   CHW  L   4-11 (7)  31-48  5th 13.0 gb
 78 Mon, Jun 29   CHW  L   3-6       31-47  5th 12.0 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 28   CIN  L   1-8       31-46  5th 12.0 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 27   CIN  L   3-7       31-45  5th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30:10-20
WhiteSox, 44-40, 2nd, 2 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Clayton Richard (25, LHP, 3-2, 4.75)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-2) 72.0 81 42 38 30 55 9 4.75
2008 (2-5) 47.2 61 37 32 13 29 5 6.04
Last 7 GS 1-2 32.0 40 26 23 15 25 5 6.47 41
2009-07-05 @KCR L 3.2 8 4 4 0 3 0 80 32
2009-06-30 @CLE W 6.0 4 4 4 1 6 1 81 53
2009-06-25 LAD ND 4.1 6 4 4 1 1 0 85 35
2009-06-20 @CIN ND 3.0 6 5 3 1 4 1 65 34
2009-06-12 @MIL ND 5.0 4 1 0 3 3 0 102 57
2009-06-08 DET ND 4.2 5 3 3 5 4 0 100 41
2009-06-03 OAK L 5.1 7 5 5 4 4 3 94 34
Last 5 v.CLE 1-1 13.1 17 12 11 6 10 1 7.42 39
2009-06-30 @CLE W 6.0 4 4 4 1 6 1 81 53
2009-05-12 @CLE ND 3.1 6 4 4 3 2 0 79 31
2008-09-01 @CLE L 4.0 7 4 3 2 2 0 82 34
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-20   Road:   22-20   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  28-31   vsLHP:  16-9    1-Run:   8-13
 vsEast:  5-9    vsCntrl:21-16   vsWest:  7-9  IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Wed, Jul  8   CLE  W   5-1       44-40  2nd  2.0 gb
 83 Tue, Jul  7   CLE  W  10-6       43-40  2nd  2.0 gb
 82 Sun, Jul  5  @KCR  L   3-6       42-40  3rd  2.5 gb
 81 Sat, Jul  4  @KCR  L   4-6       42-39  2nd  2.5 gb
 80 Fri, Jul  3  @KCR  W   5-0       42-38  2nd  2.5 gb
 79 Thu, Jul  2  @KCR  W   4-1       41-38  2nd  2.5 gb
 78 Wed, Jul  1  @CLE  W   6-2       40-38  2nd  3.0 gb
 77 Tue, Jun 30  @CLE  W  11-4  (7)  39-38  2nd  4.0 gb
 76 Mon, Jun 29  @CLE  W   6-3       38-38  2nd  4.0 gb
 75 Sun, Jun 28   CHC  W   6-0       37-38  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 07, 2009 CHW 10  CLE  6        W:Mark Buehrle (9-2), L: Jeremy Sowers (2-7), S: none
Wed, Jul 01, 2009 CHW  6 @CLE  2        W:Jose Contreras (3-7), L: Jeremy Sowers (2-6), S: none
Tue, Jun 30, 2009 CHW 11 @CLE  4  (7)   W:Clayton Richard (3-1), L: Cliff Lee (4-7), S: none
Mon, Jun 29, 2009 CHW  6 @CLE  3        W:Gavin Floyd (6-5), L: Carl Pavano (6-7), S: none
Sun, Jun 07, 2009 CLE  8 @CHW  4        W:David Huff (1-2), L: Bartolo Colon (3-6), S: none
Sat, Jun 06, 2009 CHW  4  CLE  2        W:Gavin Floyd (4-5), L: Jeremy Sowers (1-3), S: Bobby Jenks (13)
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
Season Series: 2009 - CHW leads 7-4; 2008 - CHW won 11-7; 2007 - CLE won 11-7; All-Time - CHW leads 1012-973

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  5.63

CHW  4.52

SDP  3.83

RA/G

SFG  3.65

TEX  4.62

WSN  5.57

BA

J. Mauer  .384

R. Church  .286

B. Giles  .191

OBP

A. Pujols  .462

J. Kubel  .360

D. Navarro  .244

SLG

A. Pujols  .735

M. Diaz  .474

N. Punto  .242

OPS

A. Pujols  1.197

A. Rowand  .824

B. Giles  .548

ERA

Z. Greinke  2.00

B. Bannister  3.87

B. Arroyo  5.85

K/9IP

J. Verlander  11.01

D. Davis  6.75

J. Garland  3.46

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Indians Batters (5.11 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Richard*
G/S/vB
53.Carrasco
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
71.Linebrink
G/S/vB
49.Poreda*
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 8/1.000 3/1.000 4/.500 3/.000 3/.666 1/.000 6/1.000 262/183 .298/.354/.409/.763 .535/.871 .866 31/.476 8/1 2/4
11.Carroll G/S/vP 6/.533 1/2.000 4/2.667 3/2.000 9/.625 1/2.000 1/.000 157/125 .276/.374/.343/.717 .814/.693 .883 84/.629 0/2 0/1
17.Choo* G/S/vP 9/.583 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.667 1/no AB 8/1.125 359/249 .304/.409/.498/.908 .851/.933 .911 101/1.011 13/0 13/4
12.Francisco G/S/vP 7/1.000 5/.933 3/.000 6/.000 4/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 289/234 .248/.326/.398/.724 .706/.728 .674 72/.704 12/2 6/1
25.Garko G/S/vP 5/.400 3/2.334 7/.714 8/1.125 2/.000 1/.000 9/1.056 219/165 .265/.350/.429/.779 .931/.727 .647 65/.794 0/0 8/3
8.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/30 .242/.342/.455/.797 .393/.905 1.177 28/.571 0/0 2/0
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 2/5.000 7/.486 5/2.000 5/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 16/.760 142/110 .281/.387/.570/.958 1.121/.909 .953 53/1.104 0/0 9/
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 7/.929 12/1.367 8/.125 6/.833 6/.334 1/.000 18/.856 360/258 .299/.378/.500/.878 .842/.893 .913 96/.662 0/0 14/3
2.Peralta G/S/vP 9/.583 11/1.101 6/.666 9/.222 5/.800 1/.000 12/.250 317/234 .254/.330/.367/.698 .671/.707 .749 92/.751 0/0 6/8
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 4/.750 4/.833 6/.533 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 179/144 .196/.322/.365/.687 .901/.638 .826 42/.664 0/0 6/3
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 10/.400 9/1.083 6/1.334 7/.929 7/1.286 ··· 18/1.165 287/196 .235/.323/.462/.785 .786/.784 .901 52/1.051 8/7 13/0
1.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 154/143 .213/.273/.376/.649 .582/.654 .747 75/.694 1/1 4/5
IP 72.0 51.1 32.1 28.2 31.2 7.2 34.1 TOTAL .261/.344/.423/.767 .789/.761 .802 .762 45/15 96/53
ERA-K/9 4.75/6.9 3.51/6.0 3.34/11.7 3.14/8.8 1.99/8.8 1.17/9.4 2.62/10.8 4.02/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 320/.288 222/.274 144/.229 117/.216 133/.254 32/.241 135/.221 .255
OPS .804 .712 .749 .653 .729 .554 .652 .727
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/.644 87/.814 39/.893 55/.866 49/.684 10/.944 55/.398 .753
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 227/.871 135/.650 105/.699 62/.465 84/.751 22/.377 80/.832 .711
Home 130/.886 124/.701 71/.637 69/.709 66/.576 18/.627 57/.419
Last 28d days 101/.821 50/.991 44/.927 33/.526 38/.761 32/.554 41/.757
HR/SB/CS 9/6/3 3/1/2 4/13/0 5/6/0 4/6/0 0/0/0 3/0/2 84/62/11
Usage ···X···· ·o·X···· ····X··· ······o· X····X·· ·X·o···· o···X··X
WhiteSox Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Huff*
G/S/vB
59.Abreu
G/S/vB
20.Gosling*
G/S/vB
54.Perez
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
49.Sipp*
G/S/vB
38.Smith
G/S/vB
47.Veras
G/S/vB
34.Wood
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/3.000 2/1.500 197/141 .231/.318/.312/.630 .512/.674 .563 68/.575 2/6 2/2
15.Beckham G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/5.000 2/2.500 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 110/83 .265/.339/.418/.758 .870/.721 .411 88/.879 1/3 3/5
27.Castro G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 114/82 .225/.307/.422/.729 .710/.736 .704 17/.894 0/0 5/2
23.Dye G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 5/.200 ··· ··· 2/.500 4/1.417 306/231 .290/.363/.566/.929 .823/.961 .948 84/1.047 0/2 20/2
7.Fields G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 236/170 .230/.312/.359/.671 .806/.621 .659 30/.970 2/3 6/8
17.Getz* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 252/211 .245/.303/.336/.639 .610/.645 .572 78/.693 11/1 1/6
14.Konerko G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/5.000 2/.000 2/2.500 10/.422 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· 15/1.283 325/239 .301/.354/.527/.881 1.084/.811 .910 85/1.047 0/0 16/1
5.Nix G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 106/48 .229/.292/.479/.772 .894/.622 .638 35/.920 4/0 6/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 2/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 7/.971 265/200 .302/.332/.456/.788 .637/.839 .650 80/.857 1/0 9/4
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 19/.921 263/192 .310/.366/.402/.768 .787/.761 .681 106/.809 13/7 3/2
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/2.334 1/5.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 322/244 .276/.328/.420/.748 1.033/.659 .790 94/.977 12/3 11/10
25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 16/.192 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.250 258/191 .252/.399/.485/.885 .846/.898 .842 58/.849 0/0 13/
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 4/1.250 88/78 .203/.259/.291/.550 1.071/.498 .581 45/.761 2/3 0/0
IP 52.0 4.0 7.2 27.0 25.1 12.1 18.0 30.2 28.1 TOTAL .260/.332/.423/.754 .809/.735 .712 .862 54/29 101/67
ERA-K/9 6.06/5.2 11.25/9.0 5.87/4.7 5.67/11.3 8.88/7.5 2.92/10.2 4.00/9.0 5.87/6.2 5.08/9.9 5.36/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 234/.292 20/.353 35/.333 122/.230 126/.359 52/.128 81/.246 133/.232 122/.240 .281
OPS .853 1.215 .977 .761 .989 .692 .708 .772 .791 .805
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 85/1.022 9/1.056 12/.962 38/.814 56/1.100 28/.705 22/.732 59/.873 65/.744 .820
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 149/.759 11/1.273 23/.984 84/.737 70/.903 24/.669 59/.699 74/.681 57/.847 .795
Road 113/.907 11/1.970 7/.619 63/.717 62/.955 23/1.086 23/.515 42/1.052 56/1.083
Last 28d days 134/.733 20/1.215 35/.977 29/1.106 47/.997 14/.548 46/.676 24/.553 33/.606
HR/SB/CS 8/3/0 2/1/0 2/0/0 4/2/2 3/4/1 3/2/0 1/0/0 5/2/0 5/5/0 98/70/14
Usage ·····X·· ·X······ ·····o·· oo···o·· ····o··· ····o··o X··X···X ····o··o

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.