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Game Preview: CLE @ CHW, 8:10pm, Thursday, April 8, 2010 @U.S. Cellular Field

Indians, 1-1, 1-12nd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Justin Masterson (25, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-10) 129.1 128 73 65 60 119 12 4.52
2008 (6-5) 88.1 68 31 31 40 68 10 3.16
Last 7 GS 0-6 40.2 41 26 22 24 38 5 4.87 47
2009-09-30 CHW L 9.0 4 1 1 2 12 0 109 85
2009-09-23 DET L 4.0 7 8 6 3 4 2 85 21
2009-09-17 @OAK L 4.0 6 5 5 4 6 1 93 32
2009-09-11 KCR ND 6.0 4 1 1 4 4 0 103 60
2009-09-05 MIN L 6.0 5 2 1 5 2 0 107 53
2009-08-30 @BAL L 5.2 8 5 4 4 6 1 99 37
2009-08-25 @KCR L 6.0 7 4 4 2 4 1 98 44
Last 5 v.CHW 0-1 13.0 8 2 2 3 16 0 1.38 69
2009-09-30 CHW L 9.0 4 1 1 2 12 0 109 85
2009-08-08 @CHW ND 4.0 4 1 1 1 4 0 61 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-0    Road:    1-1    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-0    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  2 Wed, Apr  7  @CHW  W   5-3        1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  5  @CHW  L   0-6        0-1   3rd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 1-1    Last 20: 1-1    Last 30: 1-1
WhiteSox, 1-1, 1-12nd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Gavin Floyd (27, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (11-11) 193.0 178 93 87 59 163 21 4.06
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 2-4 42.1 42 19 19 8 37 7 4.04 54
2009-09-16 @SEA L 3.0 4 3 3 1 1 0 42 39
2009-09-11 @LAA L 5.0 6 5 5 2 2 0 96 35
2009-09-05 BOS W 8.0 3 1 1 0 11 1 106 83
2009-08-31 @MIN L 6.0 9 3 3 0 4 2 106 46
2009-08-26 @BOS ND 6.0 5 2 2 1 4 2 105 57
2009-08-21 BAL L 7.1 7 4 4 2 7 2 115 53
2009-08-15 @OAK W 7.0 8 1 1 2 8 0 101 63
Last 5 v.CLE 4-1 31.1 36 19 16 8 32 2 4.60 49
2009-06-29 @CLE W 7.2 5 0 0 2 5 0 95 72
2009-06-06 CLE W 6.2 5 2 1 1 7 0 105 64
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    1-1    Road:    0-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   1-1    vsLHP:   0-0    1-Run:   0-0 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  2 Wed, Apr  7   CLE  L   3-5        1-1   2nd  0.5 gb
  1 Mon, Apr  5   CLE  W   6-0        1-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 1-1    Last 20: 1-1    Last 30: 1-1 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 07, 2010 CLE  5 @CHW  3        W:Fausto Carmona (1-0), L: Randy Williams (0-1), S: Chris Perez (1)
Mon, Apr 05, 2010 CHW  6  CLE  0        W:Mark Buehrle (1-0), L: Jake Westbrook (0-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 30, 2009 CHW  1 @CLE  0        W:Mark Buehrle (13-10), L: Justin Masterson (4-10), S: Matt Thornton (4)
Wed, Sep 30, 2009 CLE  5  CHW  1        W:Fausto Carmona (5-12), L: Carlos Torres (1-2), S: none
Mon, Sep 28, 2009 CHW  6 @CLE  1        W:John Danks (13-10), L: Aaron Laffey (7-8), S: none
Sun, Aug 09, 2009 CLE  8 @CHW  4        W:David Huff (6-6), L: Jose Contreras (4-11), S: none
Sat, Aug 08, 2009 CHW  8  CLE  5        W:D. J. Carrasco (4-1), L: Jess Todd (0-1), S: none
Fri, Aug 07, 2009 CLE  6 @CHW  2        W:Jeremy Sowers (4-7), L: Mark Buehrle (11-6), S: none
Thu, Jul 09, 2009 CLE 10 @CHW  8        W:Tony Sipp (1-0), L: Clayton Richard (3-3), S: Kerry Wood (11)
Wed, Jul 08, 2009 CHW  5  CLE  1        W:Jose Contreras (4-7), L: Aaron Laffey (3-2), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - Tied 1-1; 2009 - CHW won 10-8; 2008 - CHW won 11-7; All-Time - CHW leads 1016-978

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 2010 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

For the 2009 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

NYY  5.65

DET  4.56

SDP  3.94

 RA/G

SFG  3.77

NYM  4.67

BAL  5.41

 BA

J. Mauer  .365

Y. Torrealba  .291

A. Miles  .185

 OBP

J. Mauer  .444

W. Harris  .364

A. Miles  .224

 SLG

A. Pujols  .658

J. Thome  .481

A. Miles  .242

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.101

B. McCann  .834

A. Miles  .466

 ERA

Z. Greinke  2.16

J. Niemann  3.94

L. Hernandez  5.44

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.43

J. Cueto  6.94

J. Lannan  3.88

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

Indians Batters (2.50 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (2.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Floyd
G/S/vB		 45.Jenks
G/S/vB		 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB		 57.Pena
G/S/vB		 40.Putz
G/S/vB		 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB		 49.Williams*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Brantley* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 121/90 .313/.358/.348/.707 1.072/.591 .755 7/.571 4/4 0/1
33.Branyan* G/S/vP 6/.834 3/.333 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 505/320 .251/.347/.520/.867 .802/.905 .822 / 2/0 31/10
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 7/.971 3/.000 4/.500 ··· 4/.500 9/.889 2/2.000 581/412 .308/.361/.438/.799 .758/.821 .828 9/.819 17/4 6/10
17.Choo* G/S/vP 12/.900 1/2.000 5/1.267 1/.000 2/2.500 12/.750 3/.666 685/471 .300/.394/.489/.883 .825/.909 .936 9/.730 21/2 20/7
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 9/.472 6/.167 2/.000 ··· 8/.625 18/.666 3/.000 383/293 .272/.355/.470/.826 .696/.866 .768 9/.347 0/0 16/
35.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 404/305 .251/.312/.339/.651 .733/.624 .792 / 7/5 3/12
7.LaPorta G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB 198/153 .254/.308/.442/.750 .680/.769 .786 7/.714 2/0 7/4
30.Marson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 72/62 .246/.347/.361/.708 .422/.756 .901 3/.000 0/0 0/1
25.Marte G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.750 1/no AB 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 175/148 .232/.293/.400/.693 .426/.742 .773 1/.000 0/0 6/5
2.Peralta G/S/vP 18/1.326 10/.300 7/.572 3/1.000 6/.533 15/.200 2/.000 645/476 .254/.316/.375/.690 .661/.701 .733 8/.708 0/2 11/19
52.Redmond G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 147/92 .237/.299/.289/.588 .762/.485 .592 5/.200 0/0 0/0
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 16/.376 7/.929 7/1.286 2/.000 7/.762 22/.896 2/.000 503/350 .248/.343/.445/.788 .712/.822 .816 9/.222 13/8 18/0
1.Valbuena* G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.000 1/4.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· 2/1.500 398/358 .250/.298/.416/.714 .661/.720 .738 5/.933 2/3 10/11
IP 193.0 53.1 56.0 70.0 29.1 72.1 17.2 TOTAL .212/.307/.242/.549 .293/.789 .549 .549 3/1 0/0
ERA-K/9 4.06/7.6 3.71/8.3 4.66/8.8 3.99/7.1 5.22/5.8 2.74/10.8 4.58/11.2 2.50/7.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Marson (11-10-0)
 Redmond (35-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 797/.244 228/.250 259/.304 312/.283 135/.257 291/.217 80/.206 .212  Choo
 LaPorta
 Sizemore
 Hernandez
 Brantley
20/1/124/11
29/0/10/3
0/92/0/1
1/0/0/0
8/20/0/0
OPS .680 .725 .875 .748 .739 .599 .688 .549
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 419/.680 105/.862 117/.880 135/.878 70/.887 109/.596 43/.549 .562
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 378/.679 123/.611 142/.871 177/.654 65/.588 182/.601 37/.868 .531
Home 366/.580 115/.677 130/.860 170/.723 70/.668 150/.542 43/.640
Last 28d days / 6/.750 / 4/1.167 4/.500 6/.000 5/.650
HR/SB/CS 21/14/4 9/9/0 9/11/1 7/7/2 1/4/1 5/4/5 2/5/2 0/3/1
Usage

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2010 season. Player Stats for the 2009 season. We will switch to 2010 stats on May 1st.

WhiteSox Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 63.Masterson
G/S/vB		 50.Lewis
G/S/vB		 54.Perez
G/S/vB		 53.Perez*
G/S/vB		 33.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 51.Talbot
G/S/vB		 37.Westbrook
G/S/vB		 34.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/1.000 5/1.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 3/1.667 2/.000 430/309 .270/.347/.460/.808 .890/.774 .691 8/.804 7/4 14/14
27.Castro G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 171/110 .219/.292/.406/.699 .811/.638 .590 / 0/0 7/5
25.Jones G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 6/.167 ··· ··· 26/.615 331/181 .214/.323/.459/.782 .762/.793 .858 1/.000 5/1 17/0
14.Konerko G/S/vP 8/1.025 10/.700 5/1.000 11/.573 1/no AB 2/3.000 ··· 69/.924 15/1.283 621/447 .277/.353/.489/.842 1.009/.777 .877 8/2.625 1/0 28/4
7.Kotsay* G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· 2/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 25/.796 16/.813 206/173 .278/.327/.390/.717 .469/.766 .781 7/.286 3/2 4/0
5.Nix G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 290/155 .224/.308/.408/.716 .822/.621 .608 / 10/2 12/13
1.Pierre* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 7/.000 22/.804 425/305 .308/.365/.392/.757 .814/.736 .688 8/.125 30/12 0/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 4/1.250 4/.000 3/.000 6/.334 3/.000 ··· ··· 57/.527 9/.730 535/402 .300/.331/.425/.755 .680/.781 .729 8/.500 1/1 13/5
20.Quentin G/S/vP 4/.000 4/.833 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 9/.666 2/1.000 399/288 .236/.323/.456/.779 .716/.802 .870 8/.900 3/0 21/2
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 8/.393 3/.333 1/no AB 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.000 606/462 .277/.333/.389/.723 .960/.649 .735 6/.000 14/5 15/20
51.Rios G/S/vP 10/1.178 4/.500 3/.000 3/2.334 1/5.000 2/2.000 ··· 11/.091 3/2.000 633/457 .247/.296/.395/.691 .723/.679 .848 8/1.042 24/5 17/5
23.Teahen* G/S/vP 12/.542 6/1.833 5/1.400 12/.432 1/.000 ··· ··· 15/.762 3/1.666 571/369 .271/.325/.408/.734 .743/.728 .733 7/.286 8/1 12/12
11.Vizquel# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.500 195/160 .266/.316/.345/.660 1.029/.577 .658 / 4/0 1/0
IP 129.1 66.1 57.0 48.0 40.0 34.0 55.0 TOTAL .148/.319/.352/.671 .599/.687 .671 .671 2/1 3/0
ERA-K/9 4.52/8.3 4.61/8.4 4.26/10.7 7.31/6.0 2.93/10.8 3.44/7.9 /0.0 /0.0 4.25/10.3 4.76/3.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Castro (31-17-0)
 Pierzynski (99-30-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 568/.265 285/.249 239/.201 230/.335 168/.194 142/.236 / / 241/.233 .148  Quentin
 Rios
 Kotsay
 Pierre
 Teahen
 Nix
 Jones
89/0/0/6
0/42/110/4
4/5/12/1
94/15/0/1
0/0/32/0
3/0/4/0
12/0/5/0
OPS .740 .804 .667 .899 .682 .707 .703 .671
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 301/.877 136/.987 82/.679 99/1.068 84/.685 34/.992 / / 126/.727 .313
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 267/.591 149/.640 157/.661 131/.770 84/.677 108/.615 / / 115/.676 .971
Road 285/.840 130/.936 120/.662 124/.850 77/.800 54/.653 / / 115/.816
Last 28d days / 3/.000 4/.250 / 4/1.250 2/.000 / 22/1.125 /
HR/SB/CS 12/15/6 13/2/0 8/7/4 5/4/2 5/3/0 4/1/0 // // 7/10/0 3/2/1
Usage

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.