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Game Preview: CLE @ TEX, 8:35pm, Thursday, July 19, 2007 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

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Cleveland Indians, 55-39, 2nd, 2 GB, 1 up in WC

SP: C.C. Sabathia (26, LHP, 12-4, 3.78)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (12-4)           140.1 149  64  59  20 125 16    3.78      
 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         3-3  50.1  56  27  25   6  42  5    4.47   52 
 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 
 2007-06-25    OAK   W   9     9   2   2   0   8  0     111   69 
 2007-06-20    PHI   W   6     5   4   4   1   4  1     104   49 
 2007-06-15    ATL   L   8.1  12   5   4   1   7  0     116   47 
 2007-06-10    CIN  ND   9     3   0   0   1   6  0     112   86 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      1-2  28.1  36  23  23  12  27  5    7.31   41 
 2007-04-25    TEX  ND   6     7   5   5   1   8  1      94   45 
 2005-08-16    TEX   W   7     8   2   2   2   5  1     104   56 
 2004-08-16    TEX   L   6.1   7   5   5   5   4  1     128   38 
 2004-07-05    TEX   L   3     8   6   6   1   4  1      65   22 
 2004-06-01    TEX  ND   6     6   5   5   3   6  1     106   43 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-15   Road:   21-24   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  37-26   vsLHP:  18-13   1-Run:  18-13
 vsEast: 15-11   vsCntrl:21-12   vsWest: 10-7  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 94 Wed, Jul 18   CHW  L   1-5       55-39  2nd  2.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 17   CHW  W   6-5 (11)  55-38  2nd  1.0 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 16   CHW  L  10-11      54-38  2nd  1.0 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 15   KCR  W   5-3       54-37  2nd  0.5 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 14   KCR  L   5-6       53-37  2nd  0.5 gb
 89 Fri, Jul 13   KCR  W   5-4       53-36  2nd  0.5 gb
 88 Sun, Jul  8  @TOR  L   0-1       52-36  2nd  1.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  7  @TOR  W   9-4       52-35  1st    Tied
 86 Fri, Jul  6  @TOR  L   6-8       51-35  1st    Tied
 85 Thu, Jul  5  @DET  L   3-12      51-34  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Texas Rangers, 41-53, 4th, 14½ GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Kameron Loe (25, RHP, 5-7, 5.49)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (5-7)             98.1 118  68  60  36  53 11    5.49      
 2006 (3-6)             78.1 105  54  51  22  34 10    5.86      
 2005 (9-6)             92    89  43  35  31  45  7    3.42      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  39    43  20  18  17  19  3    4.15   48 
 2007-07-14    LAA   L   2.2   5   5   3   5   2  0      67   29 
 2007-07-06    BAL  ND   6     5   0   0   3   3  0     103   62 
 2007-07-01    BOS   W   6     6   1   1   2   1  0      92   55 
 2007-06-25    DET   W   7     7   2   2   2   1  0      97   54 
 2007-06-20    CHC   W   6.2   6   3   3   1   4  2      97   53 
 2007-06-14    PIT   W   8     5   0   0   3   7  0     108   76 
 2007-06-07    DET   L   2.2   9   9   9   1   1  1      75    4 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      0-1   5.1   6   7   6   3   4  1   10.13   31 
 2007-04-26    CLE   L   5.1   6   7   6   3   4  1      95   31 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   22-22   Road:   19-31   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  30-36   vsLHP:  11-17   1-Run:  13-11
 vsEast: 14-18   vsCntrl: 5-9    vsWest: 11-19 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 94 Wed, Jul 18  @OAK  L   0-6       41-53  4th 14.5 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 17  @OAK  W  11-4       41-52  4th 14.5 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 16  @OAK  W   4-1       40-52  4th 15.5 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 15  @LAA  W   5-4 (11)  39-52  4th 16.0 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 14  @LAA  L   5-9       38-52  4th 17.0 gb
 89 Fri, Jul 13  @LAA  L   1-2       38-51  4th 16.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul  8   BAL  W   2-1       38-50  4th 15.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  7   BAL  L   0-3       37-50  4th 16.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  6   BAL  W   4-3 (10)  37-49  4th 15.0 gb
 85 Thu, Jul  5   LAA  L   2-5       36-49  4th 16.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 26, 2007 CLE  9  TEX  4    W:Paul Byrd (2-1), L: Kameron Loe (1-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 25, 2007 CLE  8  TEX  7 (11)   W:Fernando Cabrera (1-0), L: Willie Eyre (1-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 24, 2006 CLE 11 @TEX  6    W:Jake Westbrook (14-10), L: Kevin Millwood (16-11), S: none
Sat, Sep 23, 2006 CLE  6 @TEX  3    W:Matt Miller (1-0), L: Vicente Padilla (14-10), S: Rafael Betancourt (2)
Fri, Sep 22, 2006 TEX 12  CLE  4    W:Adam Eaton (7-4), L: Paul Byrd (9-9), S: none
Sun, Sep 03, 2006 TEX  5  CLE  2    W:Kevin Millwood (14-9), L: Paul Byrd (9-7), S: Akinori Otsuka (30)
Sat, Sep 02, 2006 CLE  6 @TEX  5    W:Cliff Lee (11-10), L: Edinson Volquez (1-4), S: Tom Mastny (5)
Fri, Sep 01, 2006 CLE  7 @TEX  2    W:Jake Westbrook (12-8), L: Vicente Padilla (13-9), S: none
Sun, Apr 30, 2006 TEX  8 @CLE  4    W:Vicente Padilla (3-1), L: Jason Davis (1-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 29, 2006 TEX  7 @CLE  5    W:Kevin Millwood (2-2), L: Fausto Carmona (1-2), S: Akinori Otsuka (1)
Season Series: 2007 - CLE leads 2-0; 2006 - CLE won 5-4; 2005 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - TEX leads 297-281

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

DET  5.86

TOR  4.66

WSN  3.81

RA/G

SDP  3.47

DET  4.65

TBD  6.09

BA

M. Ordonez  .358

O. Hudson  .288

R. Langerhans  .164

OBP

B. Bonds  .495

C. Jackson  .361

D. Navarro  .241

SLG

R. Braun  .667

L. Scott  .459

D. Navarro  .250

OPS

R. Braun  1.059

J. Peralta  .817

D. Navarro  .491

ERA

C. Young  1.97

J. Marquis  4.03

E. Santana  6.22

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.91

D. Willis  6.25

A. Cook  2.82

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Cleveland Indians Batters (5.35 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 43.Loe
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
51.Eyre
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
38.Gagne
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
40.Otsuka
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Barfield G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 349/254 .255/.280/.330/.610 .532/.640 .617 82/.525 10/3 2/11
1.Blake G/S/vP 5/.650 8/.821 ··· 5/.833 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 407/280 .269/.351/.465/.816 .858/.797 .927 104/.733 2/3 14/9
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/35 .303/.343/.667/1.010 /1.010 .707 35/1.010 0/1 3/0
25.Garko G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 294/198 .317/.381/.519/.900 .959/.872 .841 68/1.146 0/1 12/4
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/49 .329/.376/.553/.929 1.073/.785 .677 55/1.168 5/0 5/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 4/.250 5/1.400 2/4.000 ··· ··· 8/.375 1/.000 5/1.800 401/247 .266/.396/.455/.851 .904/.819 .866 96/.903 1/1 15/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 4/.000 6/.750 3/1.000 ··· ··· 7/.829 ··· 7/.715 376/229 .322/.383/.551/.934 .947/.926 .929 97/1.039 0/0 17/2
8.Michaels G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 198/94 .285/.340/.441/.781 .874/.683 .735 55/.727 1/3 6/0
33.Nixon* G/S/vP 9/1.806 12/.643 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/.200 2/2.000 1/.000 273/221 .242/.333/.335/.668 .577/.690 .680 47/.636 0/0 3/2
2.Peralta G/S/vP 4/.000 7/.715 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/2.000 3/1.000 390/283 .286/.355/.462/.817 .864/.799 .614 98/.726 3/2 14/14
15.Rouse* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/59 .117/.194/.133/.327 .000/.381 .318 13/.245 1/1 0/2
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 2/3.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 102/76 .322/.386/.556/.942 1.272/.838 .824 30/.515 0/0 4/1
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 4/.500 4/1.000 1/3.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.500 2/1.000 5/2.300 442/292 .277/.389/.462/.851 .717/.922 .784 108/.769 25/4 15/2
IP 98.1 49.1 52.0 35.1 29.1 34.0 32.1 41.2 TOTAL .275/.351/.444/.795 .816/.784 .757 50/21 115/58
ERA-K/9 5.49/4.9 3.10/9.1 3.98/5.5 4.33/5.9 1.23/7.7 2.12/6.9 2.51/6.4 2.81/8.0 4.97/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (44-17-2)
 Shoppach (16-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 439/.297 204/.245 224/.264 156/.246 113/.157 142/.210 132/.218 176/.203 .276  Michaels
 Nixon
 Blake
 Sizemore
 Francisco
 Gutierrez
48/1/19/3
0/0/67/3
0/0/7/2
0/93/0/1
9/0/2/0
5/4/31/0
OPS .814 .682 .760 .711 .455 .671 .552 .604 .789
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 218/.877 87/.544 103/.790 74/.804 53/.371 60/.592 65/.436 76/.362 .811
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 221/.753 117/.786 121/.737 82/.629 60/.531 82/.730 67/.664 100/.792 .770
Home 241/.820 101/.656 103/.682 74/.733 61/.532 82/.673 64/.451 92/.716 .760
Last 28d days 99/.736 48/.319 88/.843 42/.646 45/.488 55/.662 23/.604 32/.842
HR/SB/CS 11/8/4 4/1/1 6/2/2 2/4/1 1/0/0 2/0/3 0/3/2 3/0/0 95/56/31
Usage ····X··· ···X·o·· XX··X··· ··X·X··· ··Xo···· ·X·o·o·· ········ ·X·oX···
Texas Rangers Batters (4.96 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.77 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
56.Cabrera
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
40.Mastny
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
61.Stanford*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 187/138 .353/.406/.500/.906 .866/.921 1.052 95/.958 1/3 3/1
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.833 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 200/194 .227/.308/.398/.706 .200/.718 .923 66/.768 2/0 6/0
25.Hairston G/S/vP 16/.875 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 147/83 .218/.279/.347/.626 .685/.574 .617 64/.568 3/1 3/2
15.Laird G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 291/217 .228/.290/.335/.625 .635/.620 .547 67/.481 3/2 5/8
7.Lofton* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 337/272 .309/.391/.447/.838 .611/.889 .914 83/1.141 20/4 6/3
2.Melhuse# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 70/58 .254/.319/.349/.668 1.000/.591 .650 29/.547 0/0 1/0
30.Metcalf G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/41 .203/.261/.328/.589 .602/.576 .444 49/.512 0/0 1/1
1.Relaford# G/S/vP 14/1.601 5/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/13 .150/.227/.150/.377 .347/.398 .558 22/.377 0/1 0/0
21.Sosa G/S/vP 9/.333 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 330/250 .243/.297/.449/.746 1.056/.652 .620 74/.712 0/0 14/0
23.Teixeira# G/S/vP 21/.714 5/.000 2/.500 3/2.334 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 290/213 .300/.410/.556/.966 1.131/.924 .998 28/1.035 0/0 13/1
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 163/125 .243/.302/.403/.705 .345/.809 .569 76/.642 1/0 4/5
6.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 223/170 .218/.293/.487/.780 .970/.722 .820 82/.792 2/1 14/4
10.Young G/S/vP 30/.693 5/.400 3/2.667 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 419/316 .289/.341/.390/.731 .677/.749 .776 105/.685 6/2 4/10
IP 140.1 42.2 36.2 32.2 3.1 38.1 28.0 23.0 TOTAL .256/.323/.422/.745 .764/.739 .774 53/17 107/73
ERA-K/9 3.78/8.0 1.27/7.8 5.15/7.6 5.79/10.5 2.70/16.4 4.46/8.2 1.93/10.6 4.30/5.9 4.54/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (41-27-9)
 Melhuse (13-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 575/.274 151/.170 157/.299 153/.287 16/.250 176/.277 113/.178 102/.272 .275  Lofton
 Byrd
 Hairston
 Wilkerson
 Catalanotto
 Sosa
 Relaford
 Laird
0/74/0/5
16/9/30/4
18/21/3/3
23/1/12/2
39/0/0/2
0/0/16/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .730 .437 .743 .921 .855 .768 .539 .681 .757
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 118/.660 60/.562 75/.676 66/1.205 7/1.214 65/.715 42/.297 30/1.067 .770
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 457/.748 91/.356 82/.806 87/.723 9/.597 111/.797 71/.680 72/.532 .750
Road 194/.835 82/.413 79/.835 58/1.070 / 91/.707 35/.553 35/.571 .778
Last 28d days 119/.857 34/.529 36/.599 29/1.443 16/.855 45/.742 37/.578 49/.745
HR/SB/CS 16/5/7 2/0/2 3/4/2 7/4/3 0/0/1 3/3/2 4/1/1 1/1/0 97/60/23
Usage ····X··· ·o·X·o·· ·X·o·X·· ··X····· X·X····· ·X··X··· ·XX··o·· X·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.

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