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Game Preview: CLE @ CHW, 8:11pm, Wednesday, August 8, 2007 @U.S. Cellular Field

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Cleveland Indians, 64-49, 1st, ½ up

SP: C.C. Sabathia (26, LHP, 14-6, 3.56)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (14-6)           167   177  74  66  23 148 17    3.56      
 2006 (12-11)          192.2 182  83  69  44 172 17    3.22      
 2005 (15-10)          196.2 185  92  88  62 161 19    4.03      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-4  44.2  55  26  22   6  40  5    4.43   49 
 2007-08-03    MIN   W   6     8   2   2   2   3  0     107   49 
 2007-07-29    MIN   L   7.2   6   3   1   0  11  0     119   70 
 2007-07-24    BOS   L   7     5   1   1   0   7  0     106   70 
 2007-07-19    TEX   W   6     9   4   3   1   2  1      98   41 
 2007-07-14    KCR   L   7    11   6   6   2   6  1     113   35 
 2007-07-05    DET   L   4    10   7   7   1   3  3      87   16 
 2007-06-30    TBD   W   7     6   3   2   0   8  0     100   63 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      4-0  37    25   7   7   9  39  3    1.70   69 
 2007-04-15    CHW   W   8     5   1   1   3  10  0     113   75 
 2007-04-02    CHW   W   6     8   3   3   1   2  2      91   45 
 2006-09-26    CHW   W   8     4   0   0   0  11  0     121   85 
 2006-09-10    CHW   W   9     4   2   2   2   9  1     121   78 
 2006-06-10    CHW  ND   6     4   1   1   3   7  0     110   64 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-22   Road:   27-27   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  43-32   vsLHP:  21-17   1-Run:  21-17
 vsEast: 16-14   vsCntrl:25-16   vsWest: 14-10 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Tue, Aug  7  @CHW  W   2-1       64-49  1st  0.5 up
112 Mon, Aug  6  @MIN  W   4-0       63-49  1st  0.5 up
111 Sun, Aug  5  @MIN  L   0-1       62-49  1st  0.5 up
110 Sat, Aug  4  @MIN  L   2-3       62-48  1st  0.5 up
109 Fri, Aug  3  @MIN  W   5-2       62-47  1st  0.5 up
108 Thu, Aug  2   TEX  W   5-0       61-47  2nd  0.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  1   TEX  L   6-9 (10)  60-47  2nd  1.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 31   TEX  L   1-3       60-46  2nd  1.0 gb
105 Sun, Jul 29   MIN  L   1-4       60-45  2nd  0.5 gb
104 Sat, Jul 28   MIN  L   2-3       60-44  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Chicago White Sox, 52-60, 4th, 11½ GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Jon Garland (27, RHP, 8-7, 4.60)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (8-7)            141   150  77  72  44  62 12    4.60      
 2006 (18-7)           211.1 247 112 106  41 112 26    4.51      
 2005 (18-10)          221   212  92  86  47 115 26    3.50      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  36.2  58  35  33  15  16  5    8.10   33 
 2007-08-02    NYY  ND   1.1   9   8   8   0   1  1      56    5 
 2007-07-27    TOR   W   7.1  10   3   3   1   3  0     114   48 
 2007-07-22    BOS   L   4.2   6   6   6   5   3  2     112   26 
 2007-07-17    CLE  ND   6     7   3   3   3   2  0     122   45 
 2007-07-12    BAL   W   7     8   2   2   2   3  0      97   54 
 2007-07-06    MIN   L   3.1  11  12  11   3   0  2      90  -11 
 2007-07-01    KCR   W   7     7   1   0   1   4  0     107   64 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      2-1  29.1  35  23  19  11  23  1    5.83   42 
 2007-07-17    CLE  ND   6     7   3   3   3   2  0     122   45 
 2007-04-04    CLE  ND   5.1   7   5   5   4   5  1     105   35 
 2006-09-25    CLE   L   5.1  12  12   8   3   5  0     105    6 
 2006-09-09    CLE   W   6     5   1   1   0   6  0     106   64 
 2005-10-01    CLE   W   6.2   4   2   2   1   5  0     101   62 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-29   Road:   28-31   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  41-38   vsLHP:  11-22   1-Run:  11-15
 vsEast: 16-19   vsCntrl:23-19   vsWest:  9-8  IL: 4-14

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Tue, Aug  7   CLE  L   1-2       52-60  4th 11.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  5  @DET  W   3-1       52-59  4th 10.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  4  @DET  W   7-5       51-59  4th 11.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  3  @DET  W   7-4       50-59  4th 12.0 gb
108 Thu, Aug  2  @NYY  W  13-9       49-59  4th 12.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  1  @NYY  L   1-8       48-59  4th 13.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 31  @NYY  L   3-16      48-58  4th 13.0 gb
105 Sun, Jul 29   TOR  L   1-4       48-57  4th 12.5 gb
104 Sat, Jul 28   TOR  W   2-0       48-56  4th 12.5 gb
103 Fri, Jul 27   TOR  W   4-3       47-56  4th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 07, 2007 CLE  2 @CHW  1    W:Jake Westbrook (3-6), L: John Danks (6-9), S: Joe Borowski (31)
Wed, Jul 18, 2007 CHW  5 @CLE  1    W:Mark Buehrle (7-5), L: Jake Westbrook (1-5), S: none
Tue, Jul 17, 2007 CLE  6  CHW  5 (11)   W:Rafael Betancourt (2-0), L: Dewon Day (0-1), S: none
Mon, Jul 16, 2007 CHW 11 @CLE 10    W:John Danks (6-6), L: Cliff Lee (5-6), S: Bobby Jenks (25)
Sun, Apr 15, 2007 CLE  2  CHW  1    W:C.C. Sabathia (3-0), L: Jose Contreras (1-2), S: Joe Borowski (5)
Sat, Apr 14, 2007 CLE  4  CHW  0    W:Paul Byrd (1-0), L: John Danks (0-2), S: Joe Borowski (4)
Fri, Apr 13, 2007 CHW  6 @CLE  4    W:Javier Vazquez (2-0), L: Fausto Carmona (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (3)
Thu, Apr 05, 2007 CHW  4  CLE  3    W:Bobby Jenks (1-0), L: Roberto Hernandez (0-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 04, 2007 CLE  8 @CHW  7    W:Aaron Fultz (1-0), L: Matt Thornton (0-1), S: Joe Borowski (1)
Mon, Apr 02, 2007 CLE 12 @CHW  5    W:C.C. Sabathia (1-0), L: Jose Contreras (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - CLE leads 6-4; 2006 - CLE won 11-8; 2005 - CHW won 14-5; All-Time - CHW leads 991-957

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 2007 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

NYY  5.96

KCR  4.66

WSN  3.97

RA/G

SDP  3.82

MIL  4.63

TBD  6.22

BA

M. Ordonez  .354

A. Iwamura  .290

R. Langerhans  .157

OBP

B. Bonds  .495

S. Stewart  .360

M. Olivo  .253

SLG

R. Braun  .665

T. Helton  .461

N. Punto  .271

OPS

B. Bonds  1.064

G. Dobbs  .820

D. Navarro  .548

ERA

C. Young  1.82

P. Byrd  4.13

J. Contreras  6.60

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.20

B. Penny  6.28

S. Trachsel  3.15

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Cleveland Indians Batters (5.10 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (5.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 20.Garland
G/S/vB
63.Bukvich
G/S/vB
34.Floyd
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
47.MacDougal
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
62.Wassermann
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Barfield G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 414/300 .244/.273/.318/.591 .538/.610 .585 86/.452 13/3 2/13
1.Blake G/S/vP 40/.866 1/2.000 ··· 9/.555 4/1.833 10/.633 5/1.800 ··· 484/334 .267/.342/.452/.794 .859/.766 .906 106/.644 2/4 15/12
25.Garko G/S/vP 7/.429 ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 357/238 .308/.375/.509/.884 .895/.880 .821 87/1.090 0/1 14/6
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 3/.833 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 140/74 .295/.333/.504/.837 .966/.719 .639 67/.865 6/0 7/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 31/1.019 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/2.334 4/.750 10/.422 ··· 476/294 .255/.382/.441/.823 .860/.800 .865 101/.729 1/1 18/0
7.Lofton* G/S/vP 17/.306 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· 401/310 .298/.373/.420/.793 .566/.860 .743 89/.716 21/5 7/3
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 39/1.220 ··· ··· 3/1.000 5/.000 7/1.238 12/.833 ··· 449/277 .299/.372/.512/.884 .853/.902 .891 101/.691 0/0 18/3
8.Michaels G/S/vP 4/1.417 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 3/.333 1/no AB 5/1.600 ··· 224/103 .273/.323/.434/.757 .832/.672 .733 43/.605 1/3 7/0
33.Nixon* G/S/vP 18/.686 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 2/.000 5/.450 ··· 314/261 .258/.350/.351/.701 .566/.728 .703 50/.872 0/0 3/3
2.Peralta G/S/vP 27/.637 ··· ··· 5/.400 3/.000 7/.286 4/.000 ··· 462/333 .280/.351/.446/.797 .824/.787 .615 99/.746 3/2 16/15
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 123/93 .273/.336/.464/.800 1.141/.699 .716 24/.170 0/0 4/1
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 27/.824 ··· ··· 4/.750 4/.250 8/1.000 9/1.500 ··· 526/346 .280/.384/.468/.852 .813/.872 .781 114/.806 28/7 19/2
IP 141.0 23.0 20.1 49.1 34.1 25.0 35.0 8.1 TOTAL .268/.344/.430/.774 .794/.765 .743 57/27 131/72
ERA-K/9 4.60/4.0 3.52/3.9 7.08/6.2 3.10/8.4 4.72/5.8 6.48/9.0 5.14/8.0 4.32/5.4 4.86/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (50-21-4)
 Shoppach (17-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 599/.274 103/.273 99/.360 189/.205 148/.278 125/.294 157/.283 29/.154 .275  Lofton
 Michaels
 Nixon
 Blake
 Sizemore
 Gutierrez
9/81/0/6
58/1/21/3
0/0/77/3
0/0/7/2
0/111/0/1
7/5/44/0
OPS .751 .840 1.072 .522 .725 .857 .798 .438 .774
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 305/.721 38/.697 48/1.185 79/.566 69/.582 32/.969 67/.854 6/1.333 .807
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 294/.781 65/.919 51/.962 110/.489 79/.840 93/.819 90/.757 23/.180 .753
Home 309/.753 56/1.005 58/1.146 92/.561 84/.832 48/.739 74/1.017 15/.266 .778
Last 28d days 125/.930 46/.726 71/.971 46/.326 47/.714 13/.923 25/.623 29/.438
HR/SB/CS 12/1/4 4/1/0 8/5/0 2/4/0 4/4/1 2/3/0 3/0/1 0/1/0 121/65/17
Usage ·····X·· o·o··XX· ··X····X ··oo·oo· X·o··XoX ··oo·X·· o··o·oo· o··oX·o·
Chicago White Sox Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Sabathia*
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
47.Borowski
G/S/vB
46.Fultz*
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
40.Mastny
G/S/vB
49.Mujica
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Cintron# G/S/vP 6/.666 4/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 153/137 .222/.268/.278/.546 .732/.524 .490 35/.376 1/1 0/6
23.Dye G/S/vP 46/1.054 10/.522 3/.000 3/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 391/282 .241/.297/.490/.787 .865/.757 .686 99/1.121 2/1 22/2
17.Erstad* G/S/vP 29/.876 2/1.000 4/.250 10/1.944 ··· ··· ··· ··· 216/159 .273/.324/.351/.675 .463/.748 .791 15/.929 7/2 2/2
27.Fields G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· ··· 218/149 .239/.299/.416/.715 .971/.595 .773 97/.671 1/0 9/6
26.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 121/48 .221/.325/.317/.642 .612/.685 .787 36/.536 1/3 2/0
44.Hall G/S/vP 18/.478 2/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 69/31 .224/.232/.239/.471 .595/.322 .314 25/.612 0/0 0/2
14.Konerko G/S/vP 65/.563 18/1.039 4/1.833 3/.333 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 459/333 .269/.359/.510/.869 .902/.856 .879 105/.900 0/0 23/3
7.Owens* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 187/151 .251/.296/.291/.587 .606/.583 .567 107/.638 14/3 1/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 13/.154 7/.715 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/5.000 ··· 1/.000 368/282 .269/.313/.398/.711 .715/.709 .642 82/.876 0/1 9/2
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 2/.000 6/.833 5/.400 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 128/86 .267/.336/.388/.724 .923/.633 .591 52/.675 7/3 1/3
1.Richar* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/21 .208/.321/.333/.654 .429/.686 .444 29/.654 0/1 0/0
25.Thome* G/S/vP 14/.214 6/.000 3/.666 5/.650 2/no AB 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 355/237 .273/.428/.516/.944 .615/1.123 1.022 107/.870 0/0 18/0
5.Uribe G/S/vP 43/.519 11/.473 4/.000 5/.650 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 370/264 .214/.266/.338/.604 .788/.529 .646 92/.474 1/5 11/11
IP 167.0 51.2 43.2 21.1 10.1 43.0 9.2 36.0 TOTAL .246/.319/.393/.712 .711/.712 .721 51/26 120/66
ERA-K/9 3.56/8.0 1.39/8.2 4.74/7.8 1.69/7.6 3.48/11.4 4.60/8.8 8.38/6.5 2.00/10.0 4.29/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (14-2-3)
 Pierzynski (49-15-10)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 685/.273 185/.172 191/.276 87/.151 49/.275 194/.270 43/.300 144/.178 .270  Dye
 Gonzalez
 Owens
 Erstad
 Podsednik
0/0/92/9
15/9/10/2
11/38/0/1
1/42/1/1
30/0/0/0
OPS .719 .456 .691 .524 .762 .777 .851 .526 .737
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 150/.664 73/.557 95/.631 47/.585 20/.635 71/.687 18/.833 54/.291 .735
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 535/.735 112/.390 96/.754 40/.456 29/.837 123/.825 25/.862 90/.662 .739
Road 247/.842 97/.403 101/.765 44/.389 9/.222 100/.719 20/1.278 48/.577 .745
Last 28d days 144/.729 45/.564 45/.438 2/.500 49/.762 33/.875 7/.429 44/.425
HR/SB/CS 17/6/8 3/1/2 3/5/2 1/1/0 1/0/1 4/3/2 1/1/0 4/1/1 105/67/28
Usage ····X··· ····X·X· X···X·o· ····o··· ···X··XX ···o··o· ·····o·o ··X··Xo·

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.

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