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Game Preview: CLE @ KCR, 2:10pm, Sunday, April 15, 2012 @Kauffman Stadium

Indians, 3-4, 3-4 3rd, 2 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Ubaldo Jimenez (28, RHP, 0-0, 2.57)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-0) 7.0 1 2 2 3 3 0 2.57
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 2-3 44.1 32 23 21 21 33 2 4.26 54
2012-04-07 TOR ND 7.0 1 2 2 3 3 0 95 67
2011-09-26 @DET L 5.0 9 6 6 3 3 0 94 25
2011-09-21 CHW L 7.0 6 4 4 2 7 0 113 54
2011-09-16 @MIN W 6.1 5 3 1 3 4 0 106 56
2011-09-11 @CHW W 6.0 3 2 2 5 2 0 105 55
2011-09-05 DET L 7.0 2 3 3 3 8 1 117 66
2011-08-31 OAK ND 6.0 6 3 3 2 6 1 114 52
Last 5 v.KCR 1-0 7.0 7 1 1 1 10 1 1.29 68
2011-08-26 KCR W 7.0 7 1 1 1 10 1 105 68
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    1-4    Road:    2-0    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   2-1    vsLHP:   1-3    1-Run:   1-0 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 2-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  7 Sat, Apr 14  @KCR  W  11-9 (10)   3-4   3rd  2.0 gb
  6 Fri, Apr 13  @KCR  W   8-3        2-4   4th  2.5 gb
  5 Wed, Apr 11   CHW  L   6-10       1-4   4th  3.0 gb
  4 Mon, Apr  9   CHW  L   2-4        1-3   4th  2.5 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  8   TOR  W   4-3        1-2   3rd  2.0 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  7   TOR  L   4-7 (12)   0-2   4th  2.0 gb
  1 Thu, Apr  5   TOR  L   4-7 (16)   0-1   5th  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-4    Last 20: 3-4    Last 30: 3-4
Royals, 3-5, 3-5 4th, 2½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Luis Mendoza (28, RHP, 0-1, 1.59)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-1) 5.2 5 1 1 4 2 0 1.59
2011 (2-0) 14.2 11 3 2 5 7 0 1.23
2010 (0-1) 4.0 10 10 10 3 1 4 22.50
Last 7 GS 3-3 39.2 46 27 24 15 15 1 5.45 42
2012-04-09 @OAK L 5.2 5 1 1 4 2 0 97 53
2011-09-25 @CHW W 7.2 5 1 1 2 4 0 100 67
2011-09-20 DET W 7.0 6 2 1 3 3 0 102 59
2008-08-13 @BOS L 4.0 9 8 7 4 2 0 90 12
2008-08-08 @BAL L 3.0 6 5 5 1 1 1 69 27
2008-08-03 TOR W 7.0 6 4 4 1 2 0 98 50
2008-07-29 SEA ND 5.1 9 6 5 0 1 0 87 29
Has never faced CLE as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    0-2    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   3-4    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   0-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-2    vsWest:  3-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  8 Sat, Apr 14   CLE  L   9-11(10)   3-5   4th  2.5 gb
  7 Fri, Apr 13   CLE  L   3-8        3-4   3rd  2.0 gb
  6 Wed, Apr 11  @OAK  L   4-5 (12)   3-3   3rd  1.5 gb
  5 Tue, Apr 10  @OAK  W   3-0  (8)   3-2   2nd  1.5 gb
  4 Mon, Apr  9  @OAK  L   0-1        2-2   2nd  1.5 gb
  3 Sun, Apr  8  @LAA  W   7-3        2-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  2 Sat, Apr  7  @LAA  W   6-3        1-1   2nd  1.0 gb
  1 Fri, Apr  6  @LAA  L   0-5        0-1   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-5    Last 20: 3-5    Last 30: 3-5 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 14, 2012 CLE 11 @KCR  9 (10)   W:Jairo Asencio (1-1), L: Greg Holland (0-1), S: Chris Perez (2)
Fri, Apr 13, 2012 CLE  8 @KCR  3        W:Derek Lowe (2-0), L: Luke Hochevar (1-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 04, 2011 CLE  9 @KCR  6        W:Jeanmar Gomez (2-2), L: Jeff Francis (5-15), S: Chris Perez (32)
Sat, Sep 03, 2011 KCR  5  CLE  1        W:Luke Hochevar (10-10), L: David Huff (2-3), S: none
Fri, Sep 02, 2011 CLE  5 @KCR  4        W:Justin Masterson (11-8), L: Bruce Chen (10-6), S: Chris Perez (31)
Sun, Aug 28, 2011 KCR  2 @CLE  1        W:Bruce Chen (10-5), L: Justin Masterson (10-8), S: Joakim Soria (24)
Sat, Aug 27, 2011 CLE  8  KCR  7        W:Joe Smith (3-3), L: Louis Coleman (1-4), S: Chris Perez (29)
Fri, Aug 26, 2011 CLE  2  KCR  1        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (8-10), L: Felipe Paulino (2-10), S: Chris Perez (28)
Sun, Jul 31, 2011 KCR  5 @CLE  3        W:Danny Duffy (3-4), L: Roberto Hernandez (5-11), S: Joakim Soria (20)
Sat, Jul 30, 2011 CLE  5  KCR  2        W:Tony Sipp (6-2), L: Joakim Soria (5-4), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - CLE over 2-0; 2011 - CLE won 12-6; 2010 - CLE won 10-8; All-Time - CLE leads 297-278

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

For the 2011 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.40

CLE  4.35

SEA  3.43

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

FLA  4.33

BAL  5.31

 BA

M. Cabrera  .344

A. Ramirez  .269

V. Wells  .218

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .448

J. Bruce  .341

V. Wells  .248

 SLG

J. Bautista  .608

C. Lee  .446

J. Bartlett  .307

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.056

Y. Escobar  .782

A. Rios  .613

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.28

R. Wolf  3.69

B. Penny  5.30

 K/9IP

Z. Greinke  10.54

G. Floyd  7.02

B. Penny  3.67

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Indians Batters (5.57 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Mendoza
G/S/vB		 51.Broxton
G/S/vB		 55.Collins*
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 61.Teaford*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Brantley* G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.286 4/.500 ··· 5/.000 6/.000 3/.000 496/338 .266/.318/.384/.702 .525/.782 .706 32/.536 13/5 7/3
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/1.238 3/.000 1/5.000 5/.600 7/1.881 2/2.500 667/453 .273/.332/.460/.792 .777/.799 .751 36/.892 17/5 25/15
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.334 3/.000 1/.000 4/2.750 9/.555 2/.500 358/239 .259/.344/.390/.733 .688/.757 .658 36/.676 12/5 8/4
2.Cunningham G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 101/52 .178/.257/.367/.624 .652/.598 .752 11/.311 1/0 3/0
16.Donald G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.750 2/1.000 1/.000 143/77 .318/.364/.402/.765 .949/.607 .622 12/.450 3/2 1/4
47.Duncan G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.500 247/133 .260/.324/.484/.808 .679/.918 .930 28/.907 0/1 11/2
48.Hafner* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 3/2.000 9/1.222 3/.000 368/260 .280/.361/.449/.811 .638/.886 .758 23/.704 0/0 13/
9.Hannahan* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/1.600 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 366/246 .250/.331/.388/.719 .811/.673 .639 23/.841 2/1 8/5
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 2/.000 150/107 .272/.333/.507/.841 .744/.878 .873 31/.698 5/0 7/6
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 4/1.750 1/.000 3/2.334 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.333 2/.000 563/401 .306/.378/.422/.800 .709/.838 .751 30/.450 2/2 10/2
4.Lopez G/S/vP 4/.833 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 242/164 .216/.245/.372/.617 .582/.634 .553 9/.889 2/0 8/5
6.Marson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 272/164 .230/.300/.296/.596 .793/.474 .691 3/.000 4/2 1/5
41.Santana# G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.750 2/.000 2/.000 2/.500 6/.533 3/1.334 658/441 .239/.351/.457/.808 .964/.736 .787 36/.917 5/3 27/11
IP 14.2 12.2 67.0 62.0 2.0 60.0 49.0 44.0 TOTAL .217/.318/.393/.711 .756/.666 .935 .711 5/3 11/6
ERA-K/9 1.23/4.3 5.68/7.1 3.63/8.1 2.76/9.4 13.50/0.0 1.80/11.1 4.59/5.5 3.27/5.7 4.14/8.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Marson (48-30-5)
 Santana (56-18-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 60/.212 62/.283 295/.216 266/.237 9/.286 233/.175 228/.275 175/.231 .251  Choo
 Brantley
 Duncan
 Cunningham
0/0/85/9
66/52/0/5
37/0/2/2
13/0/18/1
OPS .550 .840 .681 .711 1.232 .521 .797 .710 .723
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 29/.550 26/.670 135/.683 120/.919 2/2.500 106/.522 97/.698 73/.570 .768
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 31/.550 36/.951 160/.678 146/.537 7/.733 127/.519 131/.874 102/.799 .694
Home 31/.630 45/.868 149/.765 140/.678 6/2.100 104/.330 114/.740 105/.797
Last 28d days 24/.625 17/.603 28/.914 17/.544 19/1.146 23/.867 17/.494 15/.277
HR/SB/CS 0/0/2 2/0/0 5/7/1 8/6/1 1/0/0 3/1/0 4/2/3 8/3/1 5/6/2
Usage ·····X·· o··X··oo X··X·X·o o···o·X· oo·o··X· X··X···X X··X·oX· ·X······

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Royals Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (6.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Jimenez
G/S/vB		 58.Gomez
G/S/vB		 54.Perez
G/S/vB		 53.Perez*
G/S/vB		 52.Pestano
G/S/vB		 49.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 32.Asencio
G/S/vB		 44.Wheeler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
11.Betancourt G/S/vP 9/.819 7/1.262 2/.000 6/.533 1/5.000 7/.429 3/.666 ··· 8/.375 584/462 .252/.271/.381/.652 .576/.672 .679 18/1.000 4/4 13/21
30.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 252/143 .294/.323/.357/.680 .925/.497 .636 4/.750 31/6 1/1
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/.000 13/1.038 7/1.714 8/.542 9/.333 6/.533 7/.453 ··· 11/.000 673/501 .291/.361/.461/.822 .917/.790 .862 34/.960 2/1 19/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 1/no AB ··· 53/49 .205/.308/.227/.535 .333/.544 .643 10/.675 11/1 0/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP 6/.000 2/2.000 5/.000 2/1.500 4/.500 2/1.000 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 598/447 .254/.290/.343/.633 .576/.651 .551 33/.636 26/9 4/15
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 20/.726 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 5/.650 3/2.667 11/1.064 1/.000 2/.500 656/488 .285/.329/.476/.805 .934/.762 .823 32/.775 22/10 20/5
17.Getz* G/S/vP 3/.000 7/.857 5/1.267 5/.800 ··· 9/.985 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 429/319 .255/.313/.287/.600 .636/.588 .639 16/.563 21/7 0/7
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 4/.000 15/.553 8/.143 17/.721 2/1.000 12/1.080 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 690/478 .303/.376/.502/.879 .829/.901 .937 34/.469 17/8 23/4
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/2.334 4/1.167 ··· 3/1.167 3/.000 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 563/400 .293/.334/.465/.799 .585/.886 .804 37/.682 11/5 19/8
12.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 9/1.667 3/1.167 3/2.334 2/.500 7/.953 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 113/72 .232/.345/.337/.682 .627/.714 .743 8/.821 1/0 0/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.500 3/.666 2/2.500 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 365/267 .263/.309/.367/.675 .494/.741 .617 27/.759 2/0 5/11
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 7/.572 1/.000 5/.200 1/.000 5/.000 3/1.000 ··· 3/.000 240/168 .248/.288/.338/.625 .600/.636 .479 11/.455 0/0 3/2
33.Quintero G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 272/213 .240/.258/.317/.575 .650/.555 .604 18/.922 1/0 2/5
IP 188.1 58.1 59.2 63.0 62.0 62.1 67.0 10.1 49.1 TOTAL .248/.289/.417/.706 .691/.709 .796 .706 3/5 8/6
ERA-K/9 4.68/8.6 4.47/4.8 3.32/5.9 3.00/4.7 2.32/12.2 3.03/8.2 2.01/6.0 6.97/7.0 4.38/7.1 4.62/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Pena (48-27-4)
 Quintero (48-14-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 822/.254 259/.303 248/.215 257/.253 250/.184 251/.201 267/.217 52/.340 201/.246 .253  Gordon
 Francoeur
 Maier
 Bourgeois
 Dyson
148/0/0/20
0/0/153/16
11/9/10/2
34/34/13/1
0/17/0/0
OPS .752 .804 .648 .650 .577 .664 .541 .914 .694 .717
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 394/.710 127/.855 131/.598 128/.594 103/.812 105/.664 90/.460 18/.583 78/.764 .780
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 428/.791 132/.756 117/.702 129/.708 147/.410 146/.665 177/.582 34/1.086 123/.649 .672
Road 401/.709 183/.858 114/.744 111/.666 137/.535 107/.706 137/.602 42/.957 82/.744
Last 28d days 25/.205 13/.077 19/.702 12/.795 20/.856 15/1.226 21/.831 29/.670 13/1.338
HR/SB/CS 17/24/6 6/6/4 5/8/0 2/2/4 5/1/0 10/13/2 1/4/3 1/0/0 7/1/2 8/1/2
Usage ·······X X··X···· o·····Xo o··o·o·o oX····oX Xo·····X oX····Xo o··o·X·· ···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.