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Game Preview: CLE @ DET, 7:05 pm, Wednesday, September 28, 2011 @Comerica Park

Indians, 80-81, 80-81 2nd, 14 GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Zach McAllister (23, RHP, 0-1, 8.53)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (0-1) 12.2 20 15 12 6 10 1 8.53
Last 7 GS 0-1 12.2 20 15 12 6 10 1 8.53 33
2011-09-20 CHW ND 5.1 6 2 2 1 4 0 92 51
2011-08-23 SEA L 3.1 9 10 8 2 2 1 77 6
2011-07-07 TOR ND 4.0 5 3 2 3 4 0 94 43
Has never faced DET as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   44-37   Road:   36-44   ExtrInn: 6-8 
 vsRHP:  57-55   vsLHP:  23-26   1-Run:  30-25
 vsEast: 19-18   vsCntrl:36-35   vsWest: 14-21 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
161 Tue, Sep 27  @DET  L   6-9       80-81  2nd 14.0 gb
160 Mon, Sep 26  @DET  L   0-14      80-80  2nd 13.0 gb
159 Sun, Sep 25   MIN  L   4-6 (10)  80-79  2nd 12.0 gb
158 Sat, Sep 24   MIN  W   7-6       80-78  2nd 11.0 gb
157 Sat, Sep 24   MIN  W   8-2       79-78  2nd 11.0 gb
156 Fri, Sep 23   MIN  W   6-5       78-78  2nd 12.5 gb
155 Thu, Sep 22   CHW  W  11-2       77-78  2nd 12.5 gb
154 Wed, Sep 21   CHW  L   4-8       76-78  2nd 13.5 gb
153 Tue, Sep 20   CHW  L   4-5       76-77  2nd 12.5 gb
152 Tue, Sep 20   CHW  W   4-3       76-76  2nd 12.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Tigers, 94-67, 94-67 1st, 14 up

SP: Rick Porcello (22, RHP, 14-9, 4.76)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (14-9) 176.0 205 100 93 44 100 18 4.76
2010 (10-12) 162.2 188 96 89 38 84 18 4.92
2009 (14-9) 170.2 176 81 75 52 89 23 3.96
Last 7 GS 3-1 44.0 49 20 20 13 22 5 4.09 49
2011-09-23 BAL ND 7.0 9 3 3 1 4 0 108 50
2011-09-17 @OAK L 7.0 9 3 3 3 4 0 110 48
2011-09-12 @CHW W 6.2 6 3 3 3 3 1 107 50
2011-09-06 @CLE W 6.1 3 1 1 1 1 1 75 63
2011-08-31 KCR ND 7.0 8 4 4 1 4 2 86 48
2011-08-26 @MIN W 6.1 7 1 1 3 4 0 95 56
2011-08-21 CLE ND 3.2 7 5 5 1 2 1 80 28
Last 5 v.CLE 1-1 28.2 34 17 17 3 19 6 5.34 47
2011-09-06 @CLE W 6.1 3 1 1 1 1 1 75 63
2011-08-21 CLE ND 3.2 7 5 5 1 2 1 80 28
2011-08-10 @CLE L 3.2 11 8 8 0 3 1 70 10
2011-04-30 @CLE ND 7.0 7 2 2 1 7 2 100 61
2010-07-17 @CLE ND 8.0 6 1 1 0 6 1 99 72
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   49-31   Road:   45-36   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  63-47   vsLHP:  31-20   1-Run:  28-17
 vsEast: 20-16   vsCntrl:49-22   vsWest: 18-18 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
161 Tue, Sep 27   CLE  W   9-6       94-67  1st 14.0 up
160 Mon, Sep 26   CLE  W  14-0       93-67  1st 13.0 up
159 Sun, Sep 25   BAL  W  10-6       92-67  1st 12.0 up
158 Sat, Sep 24   BAL  L   5-6       91-67  1st 11.0 up
157 Fri, Sep 23   BAL  W   4-3 (11)  91-66  1st 12.5 up
156 Thu, Sep 22   BAL  L   5-6       90-66  1st 12.5 up
155 Wed, Sep 21  @KCR  W   6-3       90-65  1st 13.5 up
154 Tue, Sep 20  @KCR  L   2-10      89-65  1st 12.5 up
153 Sun, Sep 18  @OAK  W   3-0       89-64  1st 12.5 up
152 Sat, Sep 17  @OAK  L   3-5       88-64  1st 12.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:22-8 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Sep 27, 2011 DET  9  CLE  6        W:Max Scherzer (15-9), L: Jeanmar Gomez (5-3), S: Jose Valverde (48)
Mon, Sep 26, 2011 DET 14  CLE  0        W:Doug Fister (11-13), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (10-13), S: none
Wed, Sep 07, 2011 DET  8 @CLE  6        W:Justin Verlander (22-5), L: Justin Masterson (11-9), S: Jose Valverde (42)
Tue, Sep 06, 2011 DET 10 @CLE  1        W:Rick Porcello (13-8), L: Fausto Carmona (6-14), S: none
Mon, Sep 05, 2011 DET  4 @CLE  2        W:Doug Fister (7-13), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (8-11), S: Jose Valverde (41)
Sun, Aug 21, 2011 DET  8  CLE  7        W:Phil Coke (2-8), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (7-10), S: Jose Valverde (37)
Sat, Aug 20, 2011 DET 10  CLE  1        W:Doug Fister (5-13), L: David Huff (1-2), S: none
Fri, Aug 19, 2011 DET  4  CLE  1        W:Max Scherzer (13-7), L: Josh Tomlin (12-6), S: Jose Valverde (36)
Thu, Aug 11, 2011 DET  4 @CLE  3        W:Justin Verlander (17-5), L: Fausto Carmona (5-12), S: Jose Valverde (33)
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 CLE 10  DET  3        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (7-9), L: Rick Porcello (11-7), S: none
Season Series: 2011 - DET over 11-6; 2010 - Tied 9-9; 2009 - DET won 14-4; All-Time - DET leads 1062-1028

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 2011 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
Indians Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Porcello
G/S/vB
62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB
64.Below*
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
40.Coke*
G/S/vB
49.Marte
G/S/vB
34.Pauley
G/S/vB
45.Perry
G/S/vB
55.Schlereth*
G/S/vB
50.Turner
G/S/vB
46.Valverde
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 26/.718 4/.250 3/.333 8/.700 9/.625 ··· 9/.583 3/.333 3/1.000 ··· ··· 662/448 .274/.333/.462/.795 .777/.804 .757 77/.730 17/5 25/15
12.Carrera* G/S/vP 5/.600 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 222/144 .242/.302/.303/.605 .482/.670 .575 77/.487 10/5 0/3
27.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/2.334 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 223/171 .255/.284/.415/.699 .888/.640 .658 88/.761 1/0 7/10
4.Crowe# G/S/vP 12/.166 ··· ··· 3/1.000 5/.650 ··· 6/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 32/16 .214/.313/.250/.563 .517/.606 .753 32/.563 3/0 0/0
16.Donald G/S/vP 5/1.200 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.350 3/.000 3/1.000 ··· 2/.500 143/77 .318/.364/.402/.765 .949/.607 .622 74/.812 3/2 1/4
47.Duncan G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 6/.167 ··· 3/.666 3/1.167 1/2.000 ··· 5/.000 243/129 .264/.325/.491/.816 .679/.935 .951 90/.969 0/1 11/2
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 9/.889 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/2.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 8/.250 599/458 .264/.342/.372/.714 .674/.727 .587 117/.634 4/6 8/4
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 19/.842 1/.000 2/.000 9/1.000 5/.200 ··· 5/1.200 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/.000 364/256 .277/.360/.445/.805 .638/.879 .747 45/.758 0/0 13/
9.Hannahan* G/S/vP 9/1.158 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 362/242 .246/.330/.382/.711 .811/.660 .621 27/.551 2/1 8/5
32.Head G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/12 .125/.160/.167/.327 .641/.000 .633 14/.445 1/0 0/1
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 5/2.200 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 145/102 .275/.338/.519/.857 .744/.903 .908 70/.757 4/0 7/6
7.LaPorta G/S/vP 9/.944 3/.000 1/.000 4/.000 5/1.200 ··· 4/.000 5/.600 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 381/286 .249/.299/.415/.715 .596/.754 .726 32/.940 1/0 11/7
6.Marson G/S/vP 14/.357 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 6/.500 5/.200 1/no AB ··· ··· 272/164 .230/.300/.296/.596 .793/.474 .691 74/.601 4/2 1/5
35.Phelps# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 80/67 .155/.241/.254/.494 .350/.517 .378 13/.385 1/0 1/5
41.Santana# G/S/vP 14/1.572 3/.333 2/.500 7/.714 8/1.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 7/.286 ··· 4/.000 654/437 .240/.350/.458/.808 .964/.736 .788 109/.895 5/3 27/11
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 16/.450 1/.000 ··· 7/1.071 6/.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 295/217 .224/.285/.422/.706 .582/.751 .638 38/.297 0/2 10/2
25.Thome* G/S/vP 13/1.021 2/.500 1/2.000 6/1.133 8/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 7/.714 323/232 .257/.362/.478/.840 .878/.826 .922 58/.951 0/0 15/0
2.Valbuena* G/S/vP 10/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 4/.750 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 44/32 .209/.227/.279/.506 .750/.412 .536 11/1.182 1/0 1/0
IP 176.0 42.1 29.0 61.0 108.2 3.2 74.0 36.0 49.0 12.2 71.1 TOTAL .251/.317/.397/.714 .708/.717 .695 .728 88/42 154/109
ERA-K/9 4.76/5.1 1.91/14.0 4.34/4.3 2.95/9.3 4.47/5.7 2.45/7.3 3.16/5.4 5.25/6.0 3.49/8.1 8.53/5.7 2.27/8.5 4.04/7.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 759/.294 178/.145 127/.252 241/.218 474/.279 17/.375 302/.237 162/.275 212/.209 60/.315 297/.198 .257  Fukudome
 Carrera
 Duncan
 Sizemore
 Crowe
 Valbuena
 Head
 Chisenhall
0/13/130/7
9/54/6/2
36/0/2/2
0/57/0/1
10/7/0/0
2/0/0/0
9/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .778 .441 .660 .581 .728 .849 .652 .758 .699 .904 .581 .718
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 450/.863 78/.471 53/.661 125/.639 167/.584 9/.944 136/.483 71/.811 100/.529 26/.903 175/.692 .709
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 309/.657 100/.417 74/.659 116/.517 307/.806 8/.750 166/.802 91/.713 112/.863 34/.910 122/.432 .726
Home 343/.834 83/.440 65/.818 132/.644 196/.816 12/.606 131/.478 96/.732 107/.741 60/.904 165/.637
Last 28d days 111/.672 20/.426 22/.965 29/.212 33/.942 17/.849 47/.743 33/.743 29/.575 37/1.091 43/.334
HR/SB/CS 18/16/4 0/5/1 2/2/1 5/3/2 5/10/6 0/0/0 6/5/3 1/2/1 6/5/3 3/7/0 5/8/3 149/118/49
Usage ····X··· ··oo·o·· ·X·····X o·o·oo·· X·o·Xo·· ·······X ··X··X·o o···oo·· X··o···X ·····X·· o·X·o·X·
Tigers Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 57.McAllister
G/S/vB
37.Durbin
G/S/vB
50.Hagadone*
G/S/vB
56.Herrmann
G/S/vB
45.Judy
G/S/vB
34.Kluber
G/S/vB
54.Perez
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
52.Pestano
G/S/vB
44.Putnam
G/S/vB
46.Sipp*
G/S/vB
38.Smith
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.167 1/.000 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 5/.450 2/3.000 ··· 9/.873 6/.167 547/400 .296/.390/.509/.898 .785/.941 .956 93/.843 3/1 19/6
20.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.667 7/.715 2/.500 ··· 3/2.000 3/.666 355/259 .281/.338/.441/.779 .607/.844 .746 35/.952 4/1 8/10
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 5/1.800 1/.000 6/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 6/1.467 9/.347 5/.400 1/.000 4/4.000 15/.564 684/503 .343/.447/.585/1.032 .990/1.045 1.008 107/1.291 2/1 30/13
12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/3.000 2/1.000 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 234/203 .252/.297/.408/.706 .871/.679 .808 46/.678 5/2 7/2
9.Guillen# G/S/vP ··· 7/.453 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.200 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 2/.500 102/74 .232/.265/.368/.633 .364/.738 .754 13/1.000 1/1 3/2
15.Inge G/S/vP ··· 6/.833 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 8/.125 6/.666 2/.000 1/.000 7/.000 10/.875 303/189 .197/.265/.283/.548 .717/.449 .581 43/.899 1/1 3/9
14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 2/.000 5/.400 1/3.000 ··· 9/.222 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 6/.000 6/.334 663/458 .249/.317/.375/.693 .732/.676 .758 113/.744 22/5 10/3
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 5/.800 1/.000 2/2.000 3/.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/.333 3/1.334 277/255 .244/.288/.382/.670 .381/.695 .557 54/.946 2/1 7/5
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· 10/1.225 1/.000 8/.750 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 3/1.334 4/.500 ··· 3/1.666 2/.000 592/421 .326/.377/.467/.844 .823/.854 .827 108/.974 1/0 12/2
30.Ordonez G/S/vP ··· 20/2.162 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 6/.900 8/.125 3/.000 ··· 5/1.600 4/.250 357/218 .255/.303/.331/.634 .716/.581 .752 45/1.003 2/1 5/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 11/.182 1/.000 4/.833 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 3/.000 ··· 4/.250 8/.500 572/399 .299/.346/.473/.819 .765/.842 .891 87/.671 0/2 20/7
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 6/.833 2/2.000 ··· 4/.250 2/.000 418/261 .256/.297/.432/.729 .807/.681 .693 53/1.155 1/1 14/17
28.Rhymes* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 99/89 .235/.323/.271/.594 .476/.604 .607 18/.745 1/0 0/2
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 5/.450 2/.000 5/.400 2/.000 1/2.000 7/.714 7/.858 3/1.167 ··· 7/.572 4/.750 290/233 .263/.312/.388/.700 .832/.668 .800 68/.765 0/0 5/3
18.Santos G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/11 .227/.227/.227/.455 .727/.182 .571 14/.571 0/0 0/0
29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 39/17 .270/.308/.324/.632 .792/.423 .801 7/.286 0/0 0/1
21.Young G/S/vP ··· 11/.404 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/5.000 1/no AB 3/.666 9/.111 3/.000 1/.000 6/.733 11/.364 499/357 .269/.303/.394/.697 .759/.672 .736 103/.821 1/0 12/7
IP 12.2 68.1 11.0 56.1 14.0 4.1 59.2 62.2 61.0 6.2 62.1 66.0 TOTAL .276/.339/.433/.772 .784/.767 .809 .890 49/20 168/102
ERA-K/9 8.53/7.1 5.53/7.8 4.09/9.0 5.11/5.4 7.07/6.4 8.31/10.5 3.32/5.9 3.02/4.7 2.21/12.1 5.40/10.7 3.03/8.2 1.77/6.1 4.24/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (84-40-7)
 Kelly (0-0-1)
 Martinez (29-8-0)
 Santos (5-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 63/.351 318/.306 42/.118 253/.302 66/.321 25/.300 248/.215 256/.254 246/.183 30/.286 251/.201 260/.208 .263  Jackson
 Young
 Ordonez
 Raburn
 Dirks
 Kelly
0/151/0/8
114/0/0/7
0/0/69/7
52/2/20/4
38/16/22/4
17/4/38/1
OPS .921 .872 .380 .810 1.061 .740 .648 .653 .565 .798 .664 .521 .735
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 30/1.110 143/.835 17/.248 124/1.036 25/1.011 18/.900 131/.598 127/.599 101/.829 11/.455 105/.664 86/.404 .780
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 33/.743 175/.900 25/.470 129/.596 41/1.091 7/.286 117/.702 129/.708 145/.378 19/1.009 146/.665 174/.579 .691
Road / 156/.943 16/.466 107/.903 40/1.097 12/.900 114/.744 110/.672 133/.509 16/.750 107/.706 130/.564
Last 28d days 21/.783 58/1.143 42/.380 37/.962 49/1.138 25/.740 30/.764 28/1.007 34/.479 30/.798 32/1.060 38/.487
HR/SB/CS 1/1/1 12/6/3 0/0/1 7/7/0 4/2/0 0/0/0 5/8/0 2/2/4 4/1/0 1/0/0 10/13/2 1/4/3 152/104/48
Usage ·······X X·····X· X··o···X ···Xo·o· ·X·o···o ·X···X·· ···oo··o ··o·o··o ··o·X··o o··X·o·o ··Xo···· ··X·oo·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.