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Game Preview: CLE @ CHC, 2:20pm, Sunday, June 21, 2009 @Wrigley Field

Indians, 29-41, 5th, 9 GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Sowers (26, LHP, 1-4, 5.14)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (1-4) 35.0 36 21 20 17 17 4 5.14
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 0-5 36.0 40 26 25 19 17 4 6.25 41
2009-06-16 MIL L 5.0 5 3 3 2 2 0 99 45
2009-06-11 KCR ND 5.0 6 2 2 1 2 0 99 48
2009-06-06 @CHW L 6.0 5 3 2 2 5 1 92 55
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
Has never faced CHC.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-19   Road:   13-22   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  22-34   vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:  10-11
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:14-16   vsWest:  0-3  IL: 3-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 70 Sat, Jun 20  @CHC  L   5-6 (13)  29-41  5th  9.0 gb
 69 Fri, Jun 19  @CHC  L   7-8 (10)  29-40  5th  8.0 gb
 68 Wed, Jun 17   MIL  L   8-9 (11)  29-39  5th  6.5 gb
 67 Tue, Jun 16   MIL  L   5-7       29-38  5th  6.5 gb
 66 Mon, Jun 15   MIL  L  12-14      29-37  5th  6.5 gb
 65 Sun, Jun 14   STL  W   3-0       29-36  5th  6.0 gb
 64 Sat, Jun 13   STL  L   1-3       28-36  5th  7.0 gb
 63 Fri, Jun 12   STL  W   7-3       28-35  4th  7.0 gb
 62 Thu, Jun 11   KCR  W   4-3 (10)  27-35  4th  7.0 gb
 61 Wed, Jun 10   KCR  L   0-9       26-35  5th  8.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:15-15
Cubs, 33-31, 3rd, 2½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Randy Wells (26, RHP, 0-3, 2.55)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-3) 42.1 38 13 12 10 32 2 2.55
2008 (0-0) 5.1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.00
Last 7 GS 0-3 42.1 38 13 12 10 32 2 2.55 57
2009-06-12 MIN L 3.2 7 4 4 2 1 1 78 30
2009-06-07 @CIN ND 6.2 7 2 2 1 4 0 91 55
2009-06-02 @ATL ND 7.0 2 2 1 0 4 1 83 71
2009-05-28 LAD L 7.0 8 2 2 1 7 0 111 59
2009-05-23 @SDP L 7.0 5 3 3 1 7 0 95 61
2009-05-16 HOU ND 6.0 4 0 0 3 4 0 97 65
2009-05-08 @MIL ND 5.0 5 0 0 2 5 0 84 60
Has never faced CLE.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-13   Road:   13-18   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  27-23   vsLHP:   6-8    1-Run:  10-11
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl:17-17   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 4-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 64 Sat, Jun 20   CLE  W   6-5 (13)  33-31  3rd  2.5 gb
 63 Fri, Jun 19   CLE  W   8-7 (10)  32-31  4th  3.0 gb
 62 Thu, Jun 18   CHW  W   6-5       31-31  4th  4.0 gb
 61 Wed, Jun 17   CHW  L   1-4       30-31  4th  4.5 gb
 60 Sun, Jun 14   MIN  W   3-2       30-30  3rd  2.5 gb
 59 Sat, Jun 13   MIN  L   0-2       29-30  4th  3.5 gb
 58 Fri, Jun 12   MIN  L   4-7       29-29  4th  3.5 gb
 57 Thu, Jun 11  @HOU  L   1-2 (13)  29-28  4th  2.5 gb
 56 Wed, Jun 10  @HOU  L   1-2       29-27  4th  2.5 gb
 55 Tue, Jun  9  @HOU  W   7-1       29-26  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 20, 2009 CHC  6  CLE  5 (13)   W:David Patton (3-1), L: Kerry Wood (2-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 19, 2009 CHC  8  CLE  7 (10)   W:Kevin Gregg (2-1), L: Luis Vizcaino (1-3), S: none

Wed, Jun 21, 2006 CHC  9 @CLE  2  (7)   W:Carlos Zambrano (6-3), L: C.C. Sabathia (5-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 20, 2006 CLE  4  CHC  2        W:Cliff Lee (6-5), L: Greg Maddux (7-7), S: Bob Wickman (10)
Mon, Jun 19, 2006 CHC 12 @CLE  8        W:Sean Marshall (4-5), L: Jason Johnson (3-8), S: none
Sun, Jun 06, 1999 CLE  4  CHC  2        W:Charles Nagy (7-3), L: Steve Trachsel (2-7), S: Paul Shuey (4)
Sat, Jun 05, 1999 CLE  8  CHC  7 (11)   W:Mike Jackson (1-2), L: Scott Sanders (1-4), S: none
Fri, Jun 04, 1999 CHC  5 @CLE  4        W:Rick Aguilera (5-2), L: Mike Jackson (0-2), S: Terry Adams (2)
Tue, Jun 23, 1998 CLE  5 @CHC  4        W:Eric Plunk (3-1), L: Terry Adams (6-4), S: Mike Jackson (16)
Mon, Jun 22, 1998 CLE  3 @CHC  1        W:Dwight Gooden (2-3), L: Kevin Tapani (8-6), S: Mike Jackson (15)
Season Series: 2009 - CHC leads 2-0; 2008 -  0-0; 2007 -  0-0; All-Time - CLE leads 7-6

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

TBR  5.59

STL  4.55

SEA  3.78

 RA/G

LAD  3.77

TEX  4.63

WSN  5.54

 BA

J. Mauer  .417

J. Damon  .280

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .485

M. Reynolds  .354

D. Navarro  .243

 SLG

J. Mauer  .744

O. Hudson  .462

N. Punto  .248

 OPS

J. Mauer  1.229

B. Abreu  .810

B. Giles  .548

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.96

J. Peavy  3.97

A. Sonnanstine  6.60

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.96

B. Zito  6.49

S. Martis  3.45

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Indians Batters (5.26 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Wells
G/S/vB		 58.Ascanio
G/S/vB		 63.Gregg
G/S/vB		 37.Guzman
G/S/vB		 47.Heilman
G/S/vB		 49.Marmol
G/S/vB		 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB		 54.Patton
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Barfield G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 18/13 .389/.389/.444/.833 .800/.846 1.111 15/.600 0/1 0/0
11.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.650 7/.453 6/1.417 ··· 1/.000 111/93 .277/.376/.340/.717 .911/.679 .901 89/.682 0/1 0/1
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.800 ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 302/216 .300/.414/.462/.875 .757/.920 .903 109/.839 11/0 9/4
26.Crowe# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 73/54 .172/.254/.219/.472 .567/.460 .574 37/.483 1/0 0/1
7.DeRosa G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.453 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 294/234 .280/.352/.475/.827 1.120/.750 .779 102/.980 0/1 13/9
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 251/205 .233/.304/.372/.676 .700/.671 .670 105/.631 10/1 5/1
25.Garko G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 182/138 .253/.350/.416/.766 1.014/.684 .674 69/.908 0/0 6/2
8.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/15 .176/.300/.529/.829 .650/.882 1.317 20/.829 0/0 2/0
48.Hafner* G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.875 ··· ··· 1/no AB 4/1.750 ··· 109/88 .290/.394/.591/.986 1.018/.977 .949 36/1.144 0/0 7/
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 308/224 .335/.412/.543/.955 1.035/.932 .950 102/.816 0/0 12/3
2.Peralta G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.619 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 3/2.667 ··· 261/196 .259/.336/.366/.702 .599/.737 .784 97/.710 0/0 3/6
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 162/133 .189/.325/.356/.681 1.048/.609 .798 70/.600 0/0 5/3
1.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/2.500 116/109 .223/.302/.437/.739 .952/.725 .850 74/.788 1/1 4/2
IP 42.1 14.2 31.1 32.0 31.0 32.2 51.2 20.1 TOTAL .265/.350/.424/.774 .826/.759 .817 .770 39/12 78/39
ERA-K/9 2.55/6.8 3.07/10.4 3.73/8.9 2.53/7.6 4.06/7.3 3.58/9.6 4.53/5.9 5.75/8.4 3.89/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 170/.242 65/.236 142/.242 125/.191 141/.255 150/.156 226/.263 94/.244 .238
OPS .606 .671 .719 .542 .779 .629 .773 .762 .712
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 71/.699 24/1.192 63/.665 52/.499 58/.730 70/.579 59/.663 40/.759 .756
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 99/.537 41/.368 79/.762 73/.572 83/.812 80/.673 167/.810 54/.763 .685
Home 70/.717 37/.695 69/.665 63/.563 71/.829 76/.691 140/.750 54/.635
Last 28d days 99/.648 43/.667 55/.495 47/.529 56/.672 60/.557 72/.769 34/.741
HR/SB/CS 2/2/0 1/2/1 5/0/0 2/1/2 3/3/1 1/1/0 8/2/1 4/4/0 69/33/14
Usage ········ X··X···o XXo····o X··X···· Xo······ XXX···X· o·o····o oX······
Cubs Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Sowers*
G/S/vB		 20.Gosling*
G/S/vB		 40.Herges
G/S/vB		 58.Huff*
G/S/vB		 50.Lewis
G/S/vB		 53.Perez*
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 47.Vizcaino
G/S/vB		 34.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Blanco# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 1/2.000 55/44 .217/.280/.283/.563 .500/.563 .426 55/.563 0/1 0/1
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 2/.500 2/2.000 11/1.212 ··· 3/3.000 6/1.500 ··· 1/.000 9/.583 183/132 .241/.344/.380/.724 .807/.690 .860 70/.852 0/0 5/1
17.Fontenot* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 220/183 .230/.318/.382/.700 .374/.767 .584 76/.764 2/1 6/4
5.Fox G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 21/10 .278/.333/.389/.722 .673/.775 .593 21/.722 0/0 0/0
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.500 1/.000 1/2.000 229/218 .274/.399/.435/.835 1.030/.825 .782 67/.624 5/4 5/0
55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 74/65 .222/.329/.349/.678 .556/.696 .620 28/.440 0/0 2/0
6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 123/106 .263/.309/.456/.765 .548/.800 .966 33/.617 0/0 5/1
9.Johnson G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/no AB 6/.000 4/1.833 125/74 .268/.336/.446/.782 .903/.700 .976 58/.928 1/0 4/0
25.Lee G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 12/.717 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 8/.393 14/.703 233/188 .288/.365/.502/.867 .908/.855 .962 93/1.078 0/0 11/2
7.Miles# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 9/.708 ··· ··· ··· 4/.750 3/2.000 11/.473 131/103 .203/.240/.260/.500 .693/.446 .510 30/.433 3/0 0/2
12.Soriano G/S/vP ··· 2/3.500 6/1.167 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 4/1.167 7/.714 294/239 .225/.293/.434/.727 .564/.763 .669 107/.534 7/2 14/7
18.Soto G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 197/153 .222/.335/.335/.670 .769/.644 .752 69/.842 1/0 4/2
2.Theriot G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 277/224 .280/.336/.416/.752 .812/.738 .881 98/.739 8/5 6/5
IP 35.0 22.1 33.0 35.0 19.2 13.2 15.1 24.2 TOTAL .245/.322/.398/.720 .720/.720 .746 .718 28/15 71/41
ERA-K/9 5.14/4.4 /0.0 2.42/6.5 7.09/5.7 5.40/8.5 10.53/8.7 5.27/9.2 4.11/7.1 5.47/10.2 5.28/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 155/.265 / 88/.183 151/.304 152/.274 103/.381 64/.259 69/.182 107/.253 .275
OPS .761 .547 .915 .871 1.018 .748 .651 .833 .794
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 44/.816 / 40/.529 56/1.079 72/1.201 47/1.141 18/.826 26/.319 58/.814 .822
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 111/.738 / 48/.561 95/.821 80/.598 56/.911 46/.716 43/.843 49/.855 .773
Road 49/.789 / 41/.445 83/1.102 65/1.121 56/.984 17/.561 27/.873 50/1.045
Last 28d days 109/.594 / 44/.668 112/.773 56/.896 45/.871 33/.747 38/.654 38/.543
HR/SB/CS 4/3/0 // 2/1/0 7/3/0 8/1/0 2/3/1 1/0/0 2/5/0 5/4/0 83/56/11
Usage ····X··· Xo·X·o·o ···X···· o···X··· oo··Xo·X XX·X·X·· ·o·X·X·· XX·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.