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Game Preview: BOS @ CLE, 7:05pm, Thursday, August 9, 2012 @Progressive Field

RedSox, 55-57, 55-57 4th, 10 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Felix Doubront (24, LHP, 10-5, 4.56)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (10-5)			118.1	121	67	60	50	115	17	4.56
2011 (0-0)			10.1	12	7	7	8	6	1	6.10
2010 (2-2)			25.0	27	16	12	10	23	3	4.32

Last 7 GS		2-2	39.0	42	25	22	22	30	6	5.08	45
2012-08-03	MIN	ND	5.0	8	5	5	4	2	0	97	29
2012-07-29	@NYY	ND	6.1	4	1	1	5	8	1	109	64
2012-07-23	@TEX	L	5.0	8	6	6	3	6	1	111	30
2012-07-18	CHW	W	6.0	4	1	1	3	2	0	96	59
2012-07-07	NYY	W	6.1	4	4	3	1	6	2	101	56
2012-07-01	@SEA	ND	4.1	3	1	1	5	4	0	103	52
2012-06-25	TOR	L	6.0	11	7	5	1	2	2	83	27

Last 5 v.CLE		1-0	6.0	3	1	1	2	5	0	1.50	65
2012-05-12	CLE	W	6.0	3	1	1	2	5	0	109	65

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

 Home:   29-34   Road:   26-23   ExtrInn: 2-6 
 vsRHP:  33-43   vsLHP:  22-14   1-Run:  11-14
 vsEast: 18-24   vsCntrl:19-13   vsWest:  7-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Wed, Aug  8   TEX  L   9-10      55-57  4th 10.0 gb
111 Tue, Aug  7   TEX  L   3-6       55-56  4th  9.0 gb
110 Mon, Aug  6   TEX  W   9-2       55-55  4th  9.0 gb
109 Sun, Aug  5   MIN  W   6-4       54-55  4th 10.0 gb
108 Sat, Aug  4   MIN  L   4-6       53-55  4th 10.0 gb
107 Fri, Aug  3   MIN  L   5-6 (10)  53-54  4th 10.0 gb
106 Thu, Aug  2   MIN  L   0-5       53-53  4th  9.0 gb
105 Wed, Aug  1   DET  L   5-7       53-52  4th  8.5 gb
104 Tue, Jul 31   DET  W   4-1  (6)  53-51  4th  7.5 gb
103 Mon, Jul 30   DET  W   7-3       52-51  4th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Indians, 51-60, 51-60 3rd, 9½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Ubaldo Jimenez (28, RHP, 8-11, 5.29)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (8-11)			127.2	130	78	75	76	98	18	5.29
2011 (10-13)			188.1	186	111	98	78	180	17	4.68
2010 (19-8)			221.2	164	73	71	92	214	10	2.88

Last 7 GS		1-5	39.1	47	29	29	23	33	6	6.64	41
2012-08-04	@DET	L	5.1	7	6	6	4	4	0	103	30
2012-07-29	@MIN	L	6.1	6	5	5	3	6	1	104	44
2012-07-24	DET	ND	6.0	7	0	0	2	4	0	103	60
2012-07-19	@TBR	L	5.2	7	5	5	5	5	1	103	35
2012-07-14	@TOR	L	2.1	7	8	8	4	2	2	64	9
2012-07-07	TBR	W	6.0	5	2	2	1	8	1	97	61
2012-07-02	LAA	L	7.2	8	3	3	4	4	1	112	51

Last 5 v.BOS		0-1	10.0	19	13	13	5	11	1	11.70	24
2012-05-11	@BOS	L	4.1	9	7	7	5	4	0	99	16
2010-06-23	BOS	ND	5.2	10	6	6	0	7	1	106	32

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

 Home:   28-27   Road:   23-33   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  40-36   vsLHP:  11-24   1-Run:  15-7 
 vsEast: 11-18   vsCntrl:20-27   vsWest: 12-5  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
111 Wed, Aug  8   MIN  W   6-2       51-60  3rd  9.5 gb
110 Tue, Aug  7   MIN  L   5-7       50-60  3rd 10.5 gb
109 Mon, Aug  6   MIN  L   3-14      50-59  3rd 10.5 gb
108 Sun, Aug  5  @DET  L   8-10(10)  50-58  3rd  9.5 gb
107 Sat, Aug  4  @DET  L   1-6       50-57  3rd  8.5 gb
106 Fri, Aug  3  @DET  L   2-10      50-56  3rd  8.5 gb
105 Thu, Aug  2  @KCR  L   6-7 (11)  50-55  3rd  7.5 gb
104 Wed, Aug  1  @KCR  L   2-5       50-54  3rd  7.0 gb
103 Tue, Jul 31  @KCR  L   3-8       50-53  3rd  6.0 gb
102 Sun, Jul 29  @MIN  L   1-5       50-52  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 13, 2012 BOS 12  CLE  1        W:Daniel Bard (3-4), L: Justin Masterson (1-3), S: none
Sat, May 12, 2012 BOS  4  CLE  1        W:Felix Doubront (3-1), L: Zach McAllister (1-1), S: Alfredo Aceves (7)
Fri, May 11, 2012 BOS  7  CLE  5        W:Clay Buchholz (4-1), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (3-3), S: Alfredo Aceves (6)
Thu, May 10, 2012 CLE  8 @BOS  3        W:Derek Lowe (5-1), L: Josh Beckett (2-4), S: none

Thu, Aug 04, 2011 CLE  7 @BOS  3        W:Justin Masterson (9-7), L: Franklin Morales (0-2), S: none
Wed, Aug 03, 2011 BOS  4  CLE  3        W:Jonathan Papelbon (4-0), L: Joe Smith (2-2), S: none
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 BOS  3  CLE  2        W:Jonathan Papelbon (3-0), L: Vinnie Pestano (1-1), S: none
Mon, Aug 01, 2011 CLE  9 @BOS  6        W:Rafael Perez (4-1), L: Daniel Bard (1-5), S: none
Wed, May 25, 2011 BOS 14 @CLE  2        W:Jon Lester (7-1), L: Mitch Talbot (1-1), S: none
Tue, May 24, 2011 BOS  4 @CLE  2        W:Josh Beckett (4-1), L: Roberto Hernandez (3-5), S: Jonathan Papelbon (9)
Season Series: 2012 - BOS over 3-1; 2011 - CLE won 6-4; 2010 - Tied 4-4; All-Time - CLE leads 1022-961

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 2012 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 5.15 CIN 4.28 CHC 3.66	RA/G WSN 3.56 TEX 4.42 COL 5.76	BA A. McCutchen .370 J. Upton .272 J. Smoak .189	OBP J. Votto .465 A. Jones .339 J. Smoak .253	SLG A. McCutchen .625 J. Reyes .436 J. Carroll .294	OPS J. Votto 1.069 N. Aoki .774 J. Smoak .573	ERA J. Weaver 2.13 J. Niese 3.82 J. Guthrie 6.10	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.31 G. Floyd 7.30 D. Lowe 3.10

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.15

CIN 4.28

CHC 3.66

RA/G

WSN 3.56

TEX 4.42

COL 5.76

A. McCutchen .370

J. Upton .272

J. Smoak .189

OBP

J. Votto .465

A. Jones .339

J. Smoak .253

SLG

A. McCutchen .625

J. Reyes .436

J. Carroll .294

OPS

J. Votto 1.069

N. Aoki .774

J. Smoak .573

ERA

J. Weaver 2.13

J. Niese 3.82

J. Guthrie 6.10

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.31

G. Floyd 7.30

D. Lowe 3.10

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RedSox Batters (4.92 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Jimenez
G/S/vB 37.Allen
G/S/vB 56.Herrmann
G/S/vB 54.Perez
G/S/vB 52.Pestano
G/S/vB 32.Rogers
G/S/vB 44.Seddon*
G/S/vB 49.Sipp*
G/S/vB 38.Smith
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Aviles G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 7/.453 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.400 420/295 .256/.283/.400/.683 .796/.636 .687 74/.637 10/4 11/10

77.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 83/53 .333/.341/.469/.811 .800/.816 .690 69/.721 6/0 1/1

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 6/2.167 4/.250 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 86/53 .284/.314/.506/.820 .946/.742 .461 86/.820 3/0 3/1

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 3/1.167 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/1.833 137/84 .254/.307/.357/.664 .597/.708 .604 107/.688 3/0 1/0

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 35/.815 ··· 2/2.500 3/.333 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 470/300 .310/.353/.465/.818 .863/.792 .703 99/1.090 0/0 11/4

55.Kalish* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 85/72 .203/.247/.241/.488 .641/.460 .464 22/.483 3/2 0/2

60.Lavarnway G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/8 .077/.200/.154/.354 .143/.536 15/.354 0/0 0/0

64.Middlebrooks G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 278/180 .292/.327/.519/.847 .936/.776 .853 93/.795 4/1 15/9

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 2/.000 5/.800 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/3.500 2/1.000 421/284 .270/.326/.408/.735 .734/.735 .737 83/.767 8/4 9/2

5.Punto# G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 131/111 .200/.302/.273/.575 .426/.602 .715 11/.182 4/0 1/2

7.Ross G/S/vP 9/.956 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.375 329/228 .277/.345/.534/.879 1.116/.774 .715 99/.871 1/1 17/0

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 316/272 .231/.288/.486/.774 .591/.804 .813 67/.650 0/1 20/6

10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 150/68 .258/.338/.492/.830 .835/.824 .706 42/.696 1/0 5/4

IP 127.2 9.0 0.1 40.2 50.0 55.0 4.2 38.2 46.1 TOTAL .268/.326/.439/.765 .791/.753 .715 .747 53/18 129/63

ERA-K/9

5.29/6.9

0.00/8.0

0.00/0.0

3.98/10.2

1.26/10.3

5.24/9.7

7.71/3.8

4.89/9.8

3.11/6.4

4.75/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lavarnway (0-0-0)
Saltalamacchia (60-14-5)
Shoppach (19-10-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 577/.264 33/.038 1/.000 175/.242 193/.163 252/.282 23/.350 165/.231 188/.225 .265 Ross
Gonzalez
Ciriaco
Crawford
Kalish
Ellsbury 21/7/54/5
0/0/18/1
0/0/1/0
21/0/0/0
0/19/5/0
0/32/0/0

OPS .809 .257 .000 .665 .487 .800 1.085 .740 .629 .759

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 299/.865 20/.250 1/.000 93/.626 105/.579 124/.747 6/.667 82/.683 69/.623 .809

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 278/.750 13/.258 / 82/.707 88/.380 128/.846 17/1.256 83/.799 119/.633 .709

Home 238/.671 17/.250 1/.000 108/.689 108/.538 140/.788 1/.000 81/.711 99/.559

Last 28d days 126/.995 33/.257 1/.000 40/.836 48/.369 71/.766 23/1.085 45/.645 39/.790

HR/SB/CS 18/23/4 0/0/0 0/0/0 3/3/0 2/3/2 6/0/1 1/0/0 6/3/2 3/1/1 112/90/24

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

Indians Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 61.Doubront*
G/S/vB 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB 37.Melancon
G/S/vB 30.Miller*
G/S/vB 46.Morales*
G/S/vB 59.Mortensen
G/S/vB 63.Tazawa
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Brantley* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 450/297 .295/.347/.423/.769 .756/.776 .703 103/.861 12/6 4/1

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 6/.000 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 448/297 .281/.346/.433/.779 .760/.790 .779 105/.619 5/3 12/15

12.Carrera* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 21/15 .381/.381/.714/1.095 .333/1.400 .222 21/1.095 1/1 1/0

17.Choo* G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.333 8/1.625 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 466/306 .291/.373/.478/.852 .622/.969 .920 112/.775 12/6 13/1

47.Duncan G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 226/120 .226/.319/.431/.749 .745/.754 .650 41/.777 1/2 10/2

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 6/.733 ··· 2/1.500 2/1.500 5/.200 ··· 242/175 .239/.355/.453/.808 .811/.807 .722 58/.829 0/0 11/

9.Hannahan* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 ··· 228/164 .234/.304/.346/.650 .498/.708 .626 54/.579 0/2 4/8

22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 475/303 .259/.335/.386/.721 .613/.781 .641 105/.559 23/4 11/4

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 2/.000 9/1.569 6/.666 1/2.000 8/.875 7/1.262 ··· ··· 358/266 .227/.291/.353/.644 .604/.658 .698 73/.537 3/0 10/5

1.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 108/62 .178/.215/.198/.413 .308/.494 .390 27/.481 9/2 0/1

6.Marson G/S/vP 2/3.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 148/80 .244/.340/.331/.671 .591/.738 .524 40/.318 3/0 0/1

41.Santana# G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.333 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/5.000 3/.333 ··· 402/267 .237/.363/.407/.770 .770/.771 .843 107/1.042 2/3 12/8

IP 118.1 57.2 47.0 26.2 27.2 63.0 26.0 19.2 TOTAL .254/.327/.396/.723 .657/.756 .729 .683 74/32 100/60

ERA-K/9

4.56/8.7

4.21/8.0

2.68/8.4

7.43/7.1

3.25/10.7

3.14/9.1

1.73/6.2

1.37/8.2

4.36/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Marson (42-6-1)
Santana (45-17-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 518/.263 241/.231 194/.227 120/.290 111/.202 263/.216 99/.182 79/.267 .257 Brantley
Choo
Duncan
Carrera
Lillibridge 0/107/0/4
0/0/105/4
51/0/1/3
6/2/1/1
18/9/4/0

OPS .778 .661 .656 .855 .613 .633 .593 .642 .739

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 157/.741 133/.672 84/.633 53/1.032 72/.393 98/.453 51/.508 28/.618 .726

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 361/.793 108/.648 110/.673 67/.715 39/1.028 165/.739 48/.665 51/.655 .750

Road 257/.699 100/.573 80/.548 42/.742 48/.696 130/.484 29/.521 17/.665

Last 28d days 100/.795 58/.685 39/.465 52/.810 35/.798 68/.494 24/.743 52/.734

HR/SB/CS 17/13/3 6/3/0 5/1/2 6/0/1 3/0/0 6/5/2 3/2/2 1/2/1 121/79/24

Usage ·····X·· o··oX·X· ·o·ooX·X ·X·X·o·o ····oX·X ···X···· X······· ·XX··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.