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Game Preview: CLE @ KCR, 2:10pm, Sunday, August 26, 2007 @Kauffman Stadium

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Cleveland Indians, 71-57, 1st, 2½ up

SP: Fausto Carmona (23, RHP, 14-8, 3.11)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (14-8)           167.2 156  62  58  45 104 14    3.11      
 2006 (1-10)            74.2  88  46  45  31  58  9    5.42      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-4  53    32  12  10  14  39  4    1.70   68 
 2007-08-21    DET   L   8     3   2   2   0   5  2      77   73 
 2007-08-15    DET   W   8     4   2   1   2  10  0     104   76 
 2007-08-10    NYY   L   7     8   4   4   1   2  1      97   46 
 2007-08-05    MIN   L   7     5   1   1   5   5  0     114   63 
 2007-07-31    TEX   L   7     5   3   2   1   4  1      97   60 
 2007-07-25    BOS   W   8     4   0   0   2   6  0     113   78 
 2007-07-20    TEX   W   8     3   0   0   3   7  0     103   80 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      2-0  20    24   6   6   4   9  1    2.70   53 
 2007-07-15    KCR   W   7     8   2   2   2   4  0     102   55 
 2007-06-07    KCR   W   7     7   1   1   1   5  0     100   63 
 2007-05-22    KCR  ND   6     9   3   3   1   0  1      70   41 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   38-26   Road:   33-31   ExtrInn: 7-6 
 vsRHP:  48-39   vsLHP:  23-18   1-Run:  22-20
 vsEast: 18-18   vsCntrl:30-20   vsWest: 14-10 IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Sat, Aug 25  @KCR  W   9-4       71-57  1st  2.5 up
127 Fri, Aug 24  @KCR  L   1-2       70-57  1st  1.5 up
126 Thu, Aug 23  @DET  W   3-1 (10)  70-56  1st  2.5 up
125 Wed, Aug 22  @DET  W  11-8       69-56  1st  1.5 up
124 Tue, Aug 21  @DET  L   1-2       68-56  1st  0.5 up
123 Sun, Aug 19  @TBD  L   3-4 (12)  68-55  1st  1.5 up
122 Sat, Aug 18  @TBD  W   8-1       68-54  1st  1.5 up
121 Fri, Aug 17  @TBD  W   2-1       67-54  1st  0.5 up
120 Wed, Aug 15   DET  W   5-2       66-54  1st    Tied
119 Tue, Aug 14   DET  L   2-6 (10)  65-54  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Kansas City Royals, 57-71, 4th, 14 GB, 16½ GB in WC

SP: Gil Meche (28, RHP, 7-11, 3.88)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (7-11)           169.1 176  82  73  49 122 19    3.88      
 2006 (11-8)           186.2 183 106  93  84 156 24    4.48      
 2005 (10-8)           143.1 153  92  81  72  83 18    5.09      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-5  42.1  45  22  21  12  29  5    4.46   49 
 2007-08-20    CHW  ND   5.2   6   2   2   2   6  1     104   53 
 2007-08-15    TEX   L   6.1   5   3   2   3   4  0     105   54 
 2007-08-10    TOR   L   5     7   2   2   0   5  0     101   50 
 2007-08-05    NYY   L   4     6   6   6   5   2  1      91   23 
 2007-07-30    MIN   L   7     7   2   2   1   6  0      98   60 
 2007-07-25    NYY   L   7.1   9   5   5   1   1  2     120   40 
 2007-07-20    DET   W   7     5   2   2   0   5  1     119   64 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      1-2  24    35  21  19  13  17  5    7.13   37 
 2007-07-14    CLE   W   5     8   4   4   1   5  1     100   39 
 2006-04-12    CLE  ND   4     7   5   5   4   1  0      84   25 
 2005-07-28    CLE  ND   3     4   3   3   3   2  1      66   38 
 2005-07-23    CLE   L   7     9   4   2   1   6  2     116   52 
 2005-04-22    CLE   L   5     7   5   5   4   3  1      99   32 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-35   Road:   28-36   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  42-49   vsLHP:  15-22   1-Run:  18-16
 vsEast: 11-22   vsCntrl:18-27   vsWest: 18-14 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
128 Sat, Aug 25   CLE  L   4-9       57-71  4th 14.0 gb
127 Fri, Aug 24   CLE  W   2-1       57-70  4th 13.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 22  @CHW  W   7-6       56-70  4th 13.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 21  @CHW  L   2-5       55-70  5th 13.5 gb
124 Mon, Aug 20  @CHW  L   3-4       55-69  4th 13.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 19  @OAK  L   1-6       55-68  4th 13.0 gb
122 Sat, Aug 18  @OAK  W   7-3       55-67  4th 13.0 gb
121 Fri, Aug 17  @OAK  W   9-2       54-67  4th 13.0 gb
120 Thu, Aug 16  @TEX  W   6-2       53-67  5th 13.5 gb
119 Wed, Aug 15  @TEX  L   3-4       52-67  5th 13.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 25, 2007 CLE  9 @KCR  4    W:Aaron Laffey (2-1), L: Kyle Davies (5-11), S: none
Fri, Aug 24, 2007 KCR  2  CLE  1    W:John Bale (1-1), L: C.C. Sabathia (14-7), S: Joakim Soria (14)
Sun, Jul 15, 2007 CLE  5  KCR  3    W:Fausto Carmona (11-4), L: Jorge de la Rosa (7-10), S: Joe Borowski (26)
Sat, Jul 14, 2007 KCR  6 @CLE  5    W:Gil Meche (6-6), L: C.C. Sabathia (12-4), S: Octavio Dotel (9)
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 CLE  5  KCR  4    W:Joe Borowski (2-3), L: Zack Greinke (4-5), S: none
Thu, Jun 07, 2007 CLE  8  KCR  3    W:Fausto Carmona (7-1), L: Odalis Perez (3-6), S: none
Wed, Jun 06, 2007 KCR  4 @CLE  3    W:Brian Bannister (2-3), L: Paul Byrd (6-2), S: Octavio Dotel (2)
Tue, Jun 05, 2007 CLE  1  KCR  0    W:C.C. Sabathia (9-1), L: Jorge de la Rosa (4-6), S: none
Thu, May 24, 2007 CLE 10 @KCR  3    W:Jeremy Sowers (1-4), L: Jorge de la Rosa (4-4), S: none
Wed, May 23, 2007 KCR 11  CLE  7    W:Brandon Duckworth (2-3), L: Cliff Lee (2-1), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - CLE leads 6-5; 2006 - CLE won 10-8; 2005 - CLE won 13-6; All-Time - CLE leads 248-246

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  5.98

TBD  4.60

WSN  3.94

RA/G

SDP  3.91

COL  4.78

TBD  5.97

BA

M. Ordonez  .358

K. Johnson  .292

R. Langerhans  .153

OBP

B. Bonds  .495

C. Jackson  .363

J. Hairston  .253

SLG

R. Braun  .640

J. Hardy  .471

N. Punto  .260

OPS

B. Bonds  1.093

C. Figgins  .829

R. Langerhans  .535

ERA

C. Young  2.12

A. Wainwright  3.97

A. Eaton  6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.15

D. Davis  6.44

S. Trachsel  2.81

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Cleveland Indians Batters (4.98 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Meche
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Barfield G/S/vP 7/.572 427/311 .243/.271/.325/.596 .555/.611 .599 43/.465 13/3 3/13
63.Betancourt G/S/vP ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 / 0/0 0/0
1.Blake G/S/vP 21/.929 548/383 .262/.337/.431/.768 .838/.738 .849 101/.602 3/4 15/12
47.Borowski G/S/vP ··· 0/ /// / / 0/0 0/0
36.Byrd G/S/vP ··· 2/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 / 0/0 0/0
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 43/36 .333/.357/.513/.870 1.000/.843 .897 43/.870 0/0 1/0
55.Carmona G/S/vP ··· 5/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 / 0/0 0/0
46.Fultz* G/S/vP ··· 0/ /// / / 0/0 0/0
25.Garko G/S/vP 3/2.334 416/285 .302/.370/.485/.855 .905/.833 .804 91/.703 0/1 14/7
27.Gomez G/S/vP 3/.000 201/120 .303/.337/.389/.726 .672/.763 .719 28/.656 1/2 1/3
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· 182/105 .275/.322/.503/.825 .870/.792 .640 65/.742 7/0 9/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 16/.813 518/327 .253/.380/.430/.810 .849/.788 .840 74/.687 1/1 18/0
32.Laffey* G/S/vP ··· / /// / / / /
50.Lewis G/S/vP ··· / /// / / / /
7.Lofton* G/S/vP 13/.581 454/359 .300/.374/.418/.792 .546/.856 .772 85/.666 22/6 7/3
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 18/.944 518/329 .304/.375/.508/.882 .863/.893 .899 102/.773 0/0 19/3
40.Mastny G/S/vP ··· 0/ /// / / 0/0 0/0
8.Michaels G/S/vP 3/.667 251/118 .262/.312/.406/.718 .794/.636 .672 37/.596 2/3 7/0
33.Nixon* G/S/vP 16/1.167 334/280 .259/.347/.348/.696 .594/.715 .684 34/.769 0/0 3/3
2.Peralta G/S/vP 12/1.567 528/387 .275/.342/.441/.782 .806/.774 .661 101/.676 3/3 18/15
53.Perez* G/S/vP ··· 0/ /// / / 0/0 0/1
52.Sabathia* G/S/vP ··· 3/2 .667/.667/.667/1.333 2.000/1.000 1.333 / 0/0 0/0
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 140/107 .260/.317/.457/.773 1.202/.653 .728 25/.400 0/0 5/2
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 14/.536 598/399 .276/.380/.471/.850 .817/.867 .779 112/.842 29/8 22/2
37.Westbrook G/S/vP ··· 2/2 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 / 0/0 0/0
IP 169.1 TOTAL .267/.341/.427/.768 .790/.758 .744 62/30 142/75
ERA-K/9 3.88/6.5 4.51/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (54-24-6)
 Shoppach (20-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 1428/.270 .278  Lofton
 Michaels
 Sizemore
 Nixon
 Blake
 Gutierrez
22/81/0/7
65/1/24/4
0/126/0/3
0/0/82/3
0/0/7/2
7/6/56/1
OPS .734 .790
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 700/.738 .786
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 728/.729 .792
Home 710/.719 .799
Last 28d days 246/.747
HR/SB/CS 38/6/8 135/55/19
Usage
Kansas City Royals Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Carmona
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
49.Bale* G/S/vP ··· / /// / / / /
40.Bannister G/S/vP ··· 4/4 .333/.500/.333/.833 /.833 / 0/0 0/0
47.Braun G/S/vP ··· / /// / / / /
35.Brown G/S/vP 4/.000 330/198 .246/.297/.349/.646 .804/.542 .664 58/.772 10/1 6/5
14.Buck G/S/vP 6/.666 319/247 .228/.317/.464/.780 .872/.754 .637 56/.470 0/0 16/8
21.Butler G/S/vP 4/.750 249/170 .296/.353/.438/.791 .935/.726 .729 95/.709 0/0 5/1
32.Costa* G/S/vP 3/.666 68/62 .182/.191/.227/.418 .333/.427 .454 1/.000 0/0 0/1
28.Davies G/S/vP ··· 30/18 .192/.250/.346/.596 .473/.673 .594 / 0/0 1/2
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 12/.349 575/400 .276/.359/.392/.751 .702/.773 .790 102/.696 7/4 6/3
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 9/1.056 164/135 .345/.404/.387/.791 .808/.787 .553 77/.825 9/4 0/1
3.German G/S/vP 3/.000 344/202 .269/.361/.374/.735 .743/.729 .899 56/.541 8/5 3/8
11.Gload* G/S/vP 6/1.867 244/203 .299/.320/.463/.783 .829/.774 .772 78/.833 2/1 5/2
41.Gobble* G/S/vP ··· 0/ /// / / 0/0 0/0
7.Gordon* G/S/vP 9/2.028 480/355 .244/.318/.402/.720 .701/.727 .746 89/.774 13/3 11/10
23.Greinke G/S/vP ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 / 0/0 0/0
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 11/.282 379/250 .306/.348/.442/.790 .783/.794 .768 84/.799 1/2 5/6
6.LaRue G/S/vP 3/.000 163/115 .141/.230/.275/.504 .705/.421 .621 30/.339 1/0 4/3
55.Meche G/S/vP ··· 4/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 / 0/0 0/0
46.Nunez G/S/vP ··· / /// / / / /
1.Pena G/S/vP 5/.400 445/331 .263/.282/.346/.628 .592/.641 .803 73/.377 4/5 1/20
57.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 1/1 1.000/1.000/2.000/3.000 /3.000 / 0/0 0/0
54.Riske G/S/vP ··· 0/ /// / / 0/0 0/0
26.Smith* G/S/vP 3/.000 100/89 .202/.250/.362/.612 .282/.651 .500 30/.733 0/0 4/1
48.Soria G/S/vP ··· 0/ /// / / 0/0 0/0
IP 167.2 TOTAL .263/.325/.392/.717 .738/.709 .745 66/31 84/78
ERA-K/9 3.11/5.6 4.26/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (34-9-3)
 LaRue (21-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 1364/.249 .269  Brown
 DeJesus
 German
 Gathright
 Gload
 Butler
 Costa
67/0/14/6
0/126/0/4
5/0/0/2
41/5/0/2
7/0/0/1
6/0/0/0
12/0/7/0
OPS .670 .740
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 732/.727 .732
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 632/.602 .746
Road 662/.671 .739
Last 28d days 286/.566
HR/SB/CS 28/22/8 124/74/32
Usage

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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