CLE @ TOR, Monday, July 9, 2007 Game Preview

Cleveland Indians, 52-36, 2nd, 1 GB, 1½ up in WC	SP: Paul Byrd (36, RHP, 7-4, 4.41) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (7-4) 102 131 53 50 6 53 14 4.41 2006 (10-9) 179 232 120 97 38 88 26 4.88 2005 (12-11) 204.1 216 95 85 28 102 22 3.74 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-3 44 59 27 27 3 22 6 5.52 44 2007-07-08 TOR L 8.1 4 1 1 0 2 0 96 73 2007-07-03 DET ND 7 7 4 4 1 3 1 104 49 2007-06-28 OAK W 7 10 3 3 0 2 1 97 47 2007-06-23 WSN ND 6.2 7 3 3 1 4 0 94 51 2007-06-16 ATL L 5 10 5 5 0 7 0 95 34 2007-06-11 SEA ND 4 11 7 7 0 0 3 66 12 2007-06-06 KCR L 6 10 4 4 1 4 1 96 39 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 2-3 33.1 33 15 13 1 14 2 3.51 54 2007-07-08 TOR L 8.1 4 1 1 0 2 0 96 73 2006-08-28 TOR W 5 10 4 3 0 3 0 82 36 2005-07-26 TOR L 3 10 7 7 1 0 1 63 10 2002-08-19 TOR L 8 4 2 1 0 4 1 98 72 2002-07-29 TOR W 9 5 1 1 0 5 0 97 78
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 31-12 Road: 21-24 ExtrInn: 5-2 vsRHP: 36-25 vsLHP: 16-11 1-Run: 16-11 vsEast: 15-11 vsCntrl:18-9 vsWest: 10-7 IL: 9-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/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 84 Wed, Jul 4 @DET L 4-6 51-33 1st 2.0 up 83 Tue, Jul 3 @DET W 5-4 (11) 51-32 1st 3.0 up 82 Mon, Jul 2 TBD W 10-2 50-32 1st 2.0 up 81 Sun, Jul 1 TBD W 3-2 49-32 1st 1.5 up 80 Sat, Jun 30 TBD W 8-6 48-32 1st 1.5 up 79 Fri, Jun 29 TBD W 2-1 47-32 1st 0.5 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:16-14
Toronto Blue Jays, 43-44, 2nd, 10 GB, 8½ GB in WC	SP: Josh Towers (30, RHP, 4-5, 5.07) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (4-5) 71 81 49 40 11 54 12 5.07 2006 (2-10) 62 93 62 58 17 35 17 8.42 2005 (13-12) 208.2 237 101 86 29 112 24 3.71 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 39 45 26 24 6 28 7 5.54 46 2007-07-08 CLE ND 8 3 0 0 0 4 0 92 80 2007-07-02 OAK W 5 5 4 4 2 4 1 82 43 2007-06-27 MIN W 6.1 9 4 3 0 2 0 85 43 2007-06-22 COL ND 4 11 5 5 2 2 1 95 20 2007-06-17 WSN L 7 7 4 4 1 4 1 81 50 2007-06-11 SFG L 4 5 4 3 1 5 1 65 42 2007-04-27 TEX L 4.2 5 5 5 0 7 3 70 41 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE 1-2 27 25 12 11 4 11 3 3.67 53 2007-07-08 CLE ND 8 3 0 0 0 4 0 92 80 2005-08-28 CLE L 7 5 4 3 1 4 2 101 56 2004-08-04 CLE L 4.1 10 7 7 2 1 1 75 14 2003-09-28 CLE W 7.2 7 1 1 1 2 0 99 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 26-19 Road: 17-25 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 26-35 vsLHP: 17-9 1-Run: 15-15 vsEast: 16-14 vsCntrl:13-13 vsWest: 4-9 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 87 Sun, Jul 8 CLE W 1-0 43-44 2nd 10.0 gb 86 Sat, Jul 7 CLE L 4-9 42-44 2nd 11.0 gb 85 Fri, Jul 6 CLE W 8-6 42-43 2nd 11.0 gb 84 Wed, Jul 4 @OAK W 10-3 41-43 2nd 11.5 gb 83 Tue, Jul 3 @OAK L 1-3 40-43 3rd 11.5 gb 82 Mon, Jul 2 @OAK W 11-7 40-42 2nd 10.5 gb 81 Sun, Jul 1 @SEA L 1-2 39-42 2nd 10.5 gb 80 Sat, Jun 30 @SEA L 3-8 39-41 2nd 10.5 gb 79 Fri, Jun 29 @SEA L 3-5 39-40 2nd 10.5 gb 78 Thu, Jun 28 @MIN L 5-8 39-39 2nd 9.5 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Jul 08, 2007 TOR 1 CLE 0 W:Jeremy Accardo (2-3), L: Paul Byrd (7-4), S: none Sat, Jul 07, 2007 CLE 9 @TOR 4 W:Fausto Carmona (10-4), L: Shaun Marcum (4-3), S: none Fri, Jul 06, 2007 TOR 8 CLE 6 W:Roy Halladay (10-3), L: Cliff Lee (5-5), S: Jeremy Accardo (11) Thu, May 03, 2007 CLE 6 TOR 5 W:Aaron Fultz (3-0), L: Jason Frasor (1-1), S: Joe Borowski (10) Wed, May 02, 2007 CLE 7 TOR 6 (11) W:Tom Mastny (2-0), L: Shaun Marcum (1-2), S: none Tue, May 01, 2007 CLE 12 TOR 4 W:C.C. Sabathia (4-0), L: A.J. Burnett (2-2), S: none Wed, Sep 06, 2006 TOR 3 CLE 2 W:Ted Lilly (12-12), L: Jake Westbrook (12-9), S: B.J. Ryan (31) Tue, Sep 05, 2006 CLE 7 @TOR 2 W:Jeremy Sowers (7-3), L: Jeremy Accardo (2-4), S: none Mon, Sep 04, 2006 TOR 4 CLE 3 W:Brandon League (1-2), L: C.C. Sabathia (10-9), S: B.J. Ryan (30) Wed, Aug 30, 2006 CLE 3 TOR 2 (10) W:Rafael Betancourt (3-4), L: B.J. Ryan (1-2), S: none Season Series: 2007 - CLE leads 4-2; 2006 - CLE won 4-2; 2005 - CLE won 4-2; All-Time - TOR leads 173-167

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 5.95

ATL 4.60

WSN 3.70

RA/G

SDP 3.43

CLE 4.70

TBD 6.17

M. Ordonez .367

J. Rollins .286

R. Langerhans .160

OBP

B. Bonds .512

M. Teahen .363

D. Navarro .238

SLG

A. Rodriguez .671

O. Hudson .454

A. Kennedy .252

OPS

B. Bonds 1.101

K. Lofton .817

D. Navarro .492

ERA

C. Young 2.00

G. Maddux 4.19

E. Santana 5.97

K/9IP

E. Bedard 11.02

B. Arroyo 6.04

A. Cook 2.66

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Cleveland Indians Batters (5.35 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (4.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 7.Towers
G/S/vB 49.Accardo
G/S/vB 57.De Jong
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 44.Janssen
G/S/vB 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB 40.Wolfe
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

29.Barfield G/S/vP 5/1.200 5/.800 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 328/243 .260/.285/.341/.626 .572/.645 .617 99/.619 9/3 2/10

1.Blake G/S/vP 16/.846 6/.500 ··· 5/1.200 4/.250 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 378/266 .276/.359/.479/.838 .860/.828 .927 116/.796 2/3 14/8

12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 30/30 .357/.400/.786/1.186 /1.186 .707 30/1.186 0/1 3/0

25.Garko G/S/vP 1/no AB 2/1.500 1/.000 1/5.000 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 1/.000 270/187 .292/.356/.465/.821 .814/.823 .841 74/.652 0/1 9/3

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/38 .284/.333/.478/.811 .900/.721 .677 50/.877 2/0 4/1

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 14/1.071 3/2.667 ··· 5/.650 5/.200 1/.000 3/.667 1/2.000 375/238 .262/.397/.452/.849 .893/.823 .866 101/.793 1/1 14/0

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 10/.522 3/.833 ··· 8/.393 4/.833 1/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 348/218 .324/.382/.553/.935 .950/.927 .929 110/.967 0/0 16/2

8.Michaels G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 8/.875 1/.000 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 181/88 .284/.344/.451/.795 .941/.649 .735 65/.785 1/3 6/0

33.Nixon* G/S/vP 30/1.181 1/.000 ··· 8/.250 7/1.262 1/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 264/212 .238/.333/.335/.668 .577/.690 .680 67/.562 0/0 3/2

2.Peralta G/S/vP 11/.727 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 4/2.417 2/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 363/269 .277/.348/.464/.812 .891/.786 .614 114/.707 3/2 14/14

15.Rouse* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 64/55 .125/.206/.143/.349 .000/.411 .318 15/.354 1/0 0/1

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 99/73 .330/.388/.568/.956 1.272/.854 .824 37/.894 0/0 4/1

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 7/.429 4/.500 ··· 10/.000 6/.833 1/no AB 3/.000 1/3.000 412/277 .280/.393/.471/.864 .727/.934 .784 122/.819 24/3 15/2

IP 71.0 35.1 9.0 33.2 36.1 45.0 39.1 10.1 TOTAL .272/.350/.442/.792 .806/.786 .757 45/19 109/54

ERA-K/9

5.07/6.8

2.80/9.7

8.00/7.0

2.41/10.1

4.46/8.9

2.40/4.6

2.75/8.5

3.48/3.5

4.35/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martinez (40-15-2)
Shoppach (16-6-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 305/.283 150/.211 42/.297 142/.202 156/.207 180/.242 162/.184 43/.256 .252 Michaels
Nixon
Blake
Sizemore
Francisco
Gutierrez 43/1/19/3
0/0/65/3
0/0/7/2
0/87/0/1
8/0/2/0
4/4/26/0

OPS .769 .579 .813 .622 .641 .634 .514 .764 .719

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 147/.773 72/.397 25/1.049 72/.525 69/.723 60/.526 54/.588 17/1.412 .732

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 158/.763 78/.740 17/.437 70/.721 87/.580 120/.687 108/.477 26/.283 .707

Home 184/.743 75/.542 18/.631 83/.544 79/.600 93/.714 75/.495 29/.898 .708

Last 28d days 145/.732 41/.694 32/.823 41/.571 49/.803 50/.772 60/.561 28/.730

HR/SB/CS 12/10/1 2/4/1 0/3/0 3/0/1 3/3/1 2/1/0 0/3/1 2/0/0 95/80/10

Usage X·····X· X·X····X ·X··X··· o·X···Xo ·X····o· ··X···XX ·X··X·X· ·X···X··

Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.77 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Byrd
G/S/vB 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB 47.Borowski
G/S/vB 56.Cabrera
G/S/vB 40.Mastny
G/S/vB 49.Mujica
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 61.Stanford*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

4.Clark* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/46 .250/.354/.300/.654 .000/.686 .610 34/.600 1/0 0/0

11.Clayton G/S/vP 15/1.134 1/2.000 7/.429 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 186/131 .236/.295/.339/.634 .615/.642 .617 41/.624 2/0 1/6

25.Glaus G/S/vP 17/.610 4/.000 ··· 3/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 249/187 .277/.386/.500/.886 1.121/.808 .990 82/.733 0/1 11/4

2.Hill G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.000 5/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 349/259 .265/.325/.432/.757 .933/.695 .889 95/.622 3/1 9/7

3.Johnson G/S/vP 7/1.428 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 51/31 .244/.320/.378/.698 1.180/.405 .547 14/.581 2/0 1/0

6.McDonald G/S/vP 10/.400 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 164/116 .288/.306/.365/.671 .880/.587 .686 58/.567 3/2 1/3

47.Phillips G/S/vP 10/.200 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 151/101 .212/.275/.277/.552 .517/.571 .436 23/.310 0/1 1/3

15.Rios G/S/vP 7/.429 7/.762 4/.000 4/.833 3/.333 ··· 1/4.000 ··· 389/290 .294/.350/.520/.870 1.065/.804 .869 116/.876 9/2 17/5

24.Stairs* G/S/vP 19/.526 8/.500 7/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 214/182 .287/.350/.544/.894 .804/.909 .895 85/.860 1/1 13/5

35.Thomas G/S/vP 23/.480 7/.000 2/1.500 4/.750 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.533 338/257 .251/.376/.441/.817 .955/.774 .797 96/.957 0/0 14/

10.Wells G/S/vP 15/.600 6/.666 7/.762 6/.533 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 366/277 .253/.314/.443/.757 .888/.716 .700 111/.864 5/3 13/1

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 9/.444 4/1.750 5/.400 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 148/110 .240/.324/.384/.708 .639/.731 .824 78/.781 0/0 3/2

IP 102.0 39.2 33.2 32.1 35.0 7.2 24.1 21.0 TOTAL .257/.327/.425/.752 .835/.723 .762 27/13 101/59

ERA-K/9

4.41/4.7

1.13/8.2

5.35/7.7

4.73/10.6

4.63/8.2

10.57/7.0

2.22/10.4

4.71/5.1

4.47/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Phillips (43-4-2)
Zaun (26-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 442/.307 140/.169 146/.304 147/.258 161/.272 36/.333 100/.181 92/.282 .274 Rios
Stairs
Wells
Johnson 0/9/83/4
20/0/12/2
0/84/0/1
10/0/0/0

OPS .797 .421 .764 .835 .757 .937 .570 .691 .754

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 213/.851 51/.562 72/.705 63/1.123 60/.662 15/.795 35/.299 27/1.133 .765

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 229/.747 89/.341 74/.823 84/.641 101/.811 21/1.031 65/.712 65/.520 .747

Road 224/.709 82/.413 79/.835 58/1.070 91/.707 20/1.278 35/.553 35/.571 .778

Last 28d days 165/.771 41/.371 44/.779 40/.931 46/.781 19/1.245 42/.700 92/.691

HR/SB/CS 14/8/0 1/0/2 3/3/2 6/4/3 3/2/1 1/1/0 4/1/1 1/0/0 92/56/21

Usage X····X·· oX···Xo· ·o···o·o ··X·o·o· ··XX·X·· ···oo··· ·o····X· ···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.

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SP: Paul Byrd (36, RHP, 7-4, 4.41)

SP: Josh Towers (30, RHP, 4-5, 5.07)

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