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Game Preview: CLE @ SEA, 10:10pm, Wednesday, April 18, 2012 @Safeco Field

Indians, 5-4, 5-4 2nd, 2 GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Derek Lowe (39, RHP, 2-0, 1.98)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-0) 13.2 16 5 3 1 3 0 1.98
2011 (9-17) 187.0 212 110 105 70 137 14 5.05
2010 (16-12) 193.2 204 88 86 61 136 18 4.00
Last 7 GS 2-5 37.1 54 30 26 10 20 3 6.27 39
2012-04-13 @KCR W 6.2 11 3 3 0 2 0 92 42
2012-04-08 TOR W 7.0 5 2 0 1 1 0 95 63
2011-09-27 PHI L 4.0 6 5 5 0 2 1 72 32
2011-09-21 @FLA L 6.1 6 3 3 2 3 1 111 50
2011-09-16 NYM L 2.1 9 6 6 1 2 1 64 16
2011-09-10 @STL L 6.0 9 4 4 2 6 0 111 42
2011-09-05 @PHI L 5.0 8 7 5 4 4 0 98 27
Last 5 v.SEA 4-1 34.1 30 10 10 11 23 3 2.62 59
2011-06-29 @SEA W 6.0 4 1 1 3 5 0 98 62
2006-06-22 SEA W 9.0 7 2 2 0 6 2 119 71
2004-09-12 @SEA L 7.0 5 2 2 1 6 1 108 64
2004-07-20 @SEA W 5.0 9 4 4 2 2 0 100 33
2003-08-24 SEA W 7.1 5 1 1 5 4 0 107 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    1-4    Road:    4-0    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   4-1    vsLHP:   1-3    1-Run:   2-0 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 3-2    vsWest:  1-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  9 Tue, Apr 17  @SEA  W   9-8        5-4   2nd  2.0 gb
  8 Sun, Apr 15  @KCR  W  13-7        4-4   3rd  1.5 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: 5-4    Last 20: 5-4    Last 30: 5-4
Mariners, 6-6, 6-6 2nd, 3½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Jason Vargas (29, LHP, 1-1, 3.44)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (1-1) 18.1 14 7 7 4 12 2 3.44
2011 (10-13) 201.0 205 105 95 59 131 22 4.25
2010 (9-12) 192.2 187 86 81 54 116 18 3.78
Last 7 GS 4-1 45.0 35 14 13 9 35 3 2.60 60
2012-04-12 @TEX L 6.2 7 4 4 1 6 1 96 49
2012-04-06 @OAK W 5.1 5 2 2 1 3 1 91 52
2012-03-29 @OAK ND 6.1 2 1 1 2 3 0 85 66
2011-09-26 OAK W 8.0 5 1 1 0 10 0 105 78
2011-09-20 @MIN W 6.0 9 4 3 2 4 0 109 42
2011-09-14 NYY ND 6.2 3 1 1 1 6 1 101 69
2011-09-08 KCR W 6.0 4 1 1 2 3 0 102 61
Last 5 v.CLE 1-2 21.1 28 18 16 4 9 3 6.75 39
2011-08-22 @CLE ND 7.0 7 2 0 0 2 0 102 61
2011-04-08 CLE L 3.1 9 7 7 0 1 1 63 15
2010-08-14 @CLE W 7.0 5 3 3 3 4 1 92 56
2009-07-26 CLE L 4.0 7 6 6 1 2 1 86 25
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-2    Road:    4-4    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   5-5    vsLHP:   1-1    1-Run:   2-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 0-1    vsWest:  6-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Tue, Apr 17   CLE  L   8-9        6-6   2nd  3.5 gb
 11 Sun, Apr 15   OAK  W   5-3        6-5   2nd  2.5 gb
 10 Sat, Apr 14   OAK  W   4-0        5-5   2nd  2.5 gb
  9 Fri, Apr 13   OAK  L   0-4        4-5   3rd  2.5 gb
  8 Thu, Apr 12  @TEX  L   3-5        4-4   2nd  1.5 gb
  7 Wed, Apr 11  @TEX  W   4-3        4-3   2nd  0.5 gb
  6 Tue, Apr 10  @TEX  L   0-1        3-3   2nd  1.5 gb
  5 Mon, Apr  9  @TEX  L   5-11       3-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  4 Sat, Apr  7  @OAK  W   8-7        3-1   1st  1.0 up
  3 Fri, Apr  6  @OAK  W   7-3        2-1   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-6    Last 30: 6-6 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 17, 2012 CLE  9 @SEA  8        W:Rafael Perez (1-0), L: Charlie Furbush (0-1), S: Chris Perez (3)

Mon, Sep 19, 2011 SEA 12 @CLE  6  (7)   W:Charlie Furbush (4-9), L: David Huff (2-6), S: none
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 SEA  9 @CLE  2        W:Felix Hernandez (12-11), L: Josh Tomlin (12-7), S: none
Tue, Aug 23, 2011 SEA 12 @CLE  7        W:Anthony Vasquez (1-0), L: Zach McAllister (0-1), S: Jeff Gray (1)
Tue, Aug 23, 2011 CLE  7  SEA  5        W:Chris Perez (3-6), L: Brandon League (1-5), S: none
Mon, Aug 22, 2011 SEA  3 @CLE  2        W:Chance Ruffin (1-0), L: Chris Perez (2-6), S: Brandon League (31)
Fri, May 13, 2011 CLE  5  SEA  4        W:Tony Sipp (2-0), L: Brandon League (0-4), S: none
Sun, Apr 10, 2011 CLE  6 @SEA  4        W:Josh Tomlin (2-0), L: Erik Bedard (0-2), S: Chris Perez (4)
Sat, Apr 09, 2011 CLE  2 @SEA  1        W:Justin Masterson (2-0), L: Doug Fister (0-2), S: Chris Perez (3)
Fri, Apr 08, 2011 CLE 12 @SEA  3        W:Carlos Carrasco (1-1), L: Jason Vargas (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - CLE over 1-0; 2011 - CLE won 5-4; 2010 - SEA won 4-3; All-Time - CLE leads 202-158

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

J. Vazquez  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 (6.78 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 38.Vargas*
G/S/vB		 35.Delabar
G/S/vB		 41.Furbush*
G/S/vB		 43.League
G/S/vB		 44.Luetge*
G/S/vB		 50.Ramirez
G/S/vB		 54.Wilhelmsen
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 9/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 3/1.334 496/338 .266/.318/.384/.702 .525/.782 .706 43/.612 13/5 7/3
17.Choo* G/S/vP 8/.661 ··· 2/1.000 6/1.834 ··· ··· 4/.250 358/239 .259/.344/.390/.733 .688/.757 .658 46/.689 12/5 8/4
2.Cunningham G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 101/52 .178/.257/.367/.624 .652/.598 .752 12/.473 1/0 3/0
16.Donald G/S/vP 6/.167 1/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 143/77 .318/.364/.402/.765 .949/.607 .622 17/.580 3/2 1/4
47.Duncan G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/3.000 247/133 .260/.324/.484/.808 .679/.918 .930 37/1.106 0/1 11/2
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 4/1.000 3/3.334 1/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 368/260 .280/.361/.449/.811 .638/.886 .758 33/.946 0/0 13/
9.Hannahan* G/S/vP 7/.929 ··· 2/.500 4/.833 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 366/246 .250/.331/.388/.719 .811/.673 .639 33/.823 2/1 8/5
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 150/107 .272/.333/.507/.841 .744/.878 .873 41/.736 5/0 7/6
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 563/401 .306/.378/.422/.800 .709/.838 .751 40/.680 2/2 10/2
4.Lopez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 242/164 .216/.245/.372/.617 .582/.634 .553 9/.889 2/0 8/5
6.Marson G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 272/164 .230/.300/.296/.596 .793/.474 .691 8/.375 4/2 1/5
41.Santana# G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· 5/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 658/441 .239/.351/.457/.808 .964/.736 .787 41/.977 5/3 27/11
IP 201.0 7.0 85.1 61.1 32.2 TOTAL .249/.345/.442/.787 .760/.808 .988 .787 7/3 16/7
ERA-K/9 4.25/5.9 2.57/9.0 5.48/7.1 2.79/6.6 /0.0 /0.0 3.31/8.3 4.16/7.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 857/.260 28/.217 372/.294 250/.239 / / 136/.210 .247  Choo
 Brantley
 Duncan
 Cunningham
0/0/85/9
66/52/0/5
37/0/2/2
13/0/18/1
OPS .712 .792 .850 .601 .580 .705
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 216/.720 12/.667 105/.758 128/.658 / / 66/.508 .681
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 641/.709 16/.846 267/.886 122/.543 / / 70/.651 .733
Home 506/.686 16/.464 185/.663 131/.469 / / 86/.606
Last 28d days 71/.582 20/1.100 12/.705 23/.399 11/.664 24/.901 35/.356
HR/SB/CS 22/18/5 1/0/2 16/11/6 3/5/1 // // 2/3/1 16/8/4
Usage ·····X·· o·····X· X···X··· ··oX··X· X···o·X· X····X·· X·o·X··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.

Mariners Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (6.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Lowe
G/S/vB		 58.Gomez
G/S/vB		 50.Hagadone*
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		 43.Tomlin
G/S/vB		 32.Asencio
G/S/vB		 44.Wheeler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Ackley* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.333 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 376/282 .273/.348/.417/.766 .652/.804 .734 49/.634 6/0 6/6
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 24/.553 3/.666 1/.000 2/.500 7/.143 1/.000 5/.600 ··· 6/.533 ··· 4/.500 313/212 .188/.241/.243/.484 .446/.508 .501 54/.608 11/6 1/11
27.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 273/235 .224/.298/.354/.651 .574/.662 .657 9/1.444 1/2 5/4
61.Kawasaki* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 11/.473 / /
16.Liddi G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/27 .225/.295/.525/.820 1.529/.417 .583 8/.500 1/0 3/1
63.Montero G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 69/42 .328/.406/.590/.996 1.181/.877 1.483 42/.670 0/0 4/0
30.Olivo G/S/vP 20/.411 ··· ··· 4/.250 2/2.500 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 507/373 .224/.253/.388/.641 .643/.640 .638 37/.274 6/5 19/11
26.Ryan G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 2/no AB 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.667 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 494/370 .248/.313/.326/.639 .708/.616 .580 36/.775 13/3 3/15
55.Saunders* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 179/118 .149/.207/.217/.424 .330/.474 .434 38/.635 6/2 2/0
15.Seager* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/3.000 ··· ··· 201/158 .258/.312/.379/.691 .570/.719 .518 41/.767 3/1 3/6
17.Smoak# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 489/345 .234/.323/.396/.719 .720/.716 .771 51/.690 0/0 15/7
51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 25/.858 3/1.334 1/.000 3/.333 12/.334 2/.000 6/.500 2/2.000 9/.777 ··· 5/1.800 721/515 .272/.310/.335/.645 .648/.644 .632 53/.662 40/7 5/4
33.Wells G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 6/.500 ··· ··· 241/131 .237/.317/.442/.759 .838/.693 .754 7/.286 3/2 11/2
IP 187.0 58.1 11.0 59.2 63.0 62.0 62.1 67.0 165.1 10.1 49.1 TOTAL .236/.281/.354/.635 .570/.653 .607 .635 6/3 8/5
ERA-K/9 5.05/6.6 4.47/4.8 4.09/9.0 3.32/5.9 3.00/4.7 2.32/12.2 3.03/8.2 2.01/6.0 4.25/4.8 6.97/7.0 4.38/7.1 5.18/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Jaso (50-10-4)
 Montero (4-1-0)
 Olivo (79-31-11)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 830/.285 259/.303 42/.118 248/.215 257/.253 250/.184 251/.201 267/.217 662/.248 52/.340 201/.246 .263  Wells
 Suzuki
 Saunders
 Figgins
21/9/58/7
0/0/151/7
12/46/0/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .754 .804 .380 .648 .650 .577 .664 .541 .712 .914 .694 .739
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 398/.744 127/.855 17/.248 131/.598 128/.594 103/.812 105/.664 90/.460 355/.753 18/.583 78/.764 .812
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 432/.762 132/.756 25/.470 117/.702 129/.708 147/.410 146/.665 177/.582 307/.666 34/1.086 123/.649 .670
Road 505/.742 183/.858 16/.466 114/.744 111/.666 137/.535 107/.706 137/.602 331/.794 42/.957 82/.744
Last 28d days 56/.674 13/.077 6/.167 25/.750 20/.744 23/.737 18/1.007 25/.751 39/1.035 35/.762 17/.983
HR/SB/CS 14/26/4 6/6/4 0/0/1 5/8/0 2/2/4 5/1/0 10/13/2 1/4/3 24/0/0 1/0/0 7/1/2 9/2/2
Usage ····X··· ···X··X· X······· X··o···· X·oo··o· X··oX··· ··oXo··· X··oX··· ···X···· ··Xo··o· ··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.