CLE @ BAL, Monday, September 8, 2008 Game Preview

Cleveland Indians, 69-72, 3rd, 10½ GB, 14½ GB in WC	SP: Fausto Carmona (24, RHP, 8-5, 4.51) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-5) 101.2 99 58 51 62 45 4 4.51 2007 (19-8) 215 199 78 73 61 137 16 3.06 2006 (1-10) 74.2 88 46 45 31 58 9 5.42 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-2 41.1 38 27 22 21 21 2 4.79 46 2008-09-02 CHW W 5.2 5 3 3 2 2 0 85 47 2008-08-27 @DET W 6 7 4 4 3 3 1 105 42 2008-08-22 @TEX W 6 6 1 0 3 5 0 109 60 2008-08-16 LAA L 7 6 4 2 3 0 0 104 50 2008-08-11 BAL ND 6.1 6 7 7 4 4 1 96 33 2008-08-05 @TBR L 4 3 4 4 5 4 0 83 39 2008-07-31 DET W 6.1 5 4 2 1 3 0 99 53 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BAL 2-1 27 27 17 16 10 8 4 5.33 45 2008-08-11 BAL ND 6.1 6 7 7 4 4 1 96 33 2007-05-07 @BAL W 7 7 1 0 1 2 0 105 62 2007-04-29 BAL W 8.1 6 1 1 2 1 1 104 66 2006-04-20 @BAL L 5.1 8 8 8 3 1 2 85 18
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 38-33 Road: 31-39 ExtrInn: 4-9 vsRHP: 52-52 vsLHP: 17-20 1-Run: 12-15 vsEast: 17-10 vsCntrl:27-32 vsWest: 19-18 IL: 6-12 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 141 Sun, Sep 7 @KCR W 3-1 69-72 3rd 10.5 gb 140 Sat, Sep 6 @KCR L 1-3 68-72 3rd 11.5 gb 139 Fri, Sep 5 @KCR W 9-3 68-71 3rd 10.5 gb 138 Wed, Sep 3 CHW L 2-4 67-71 3rd 10.5 gb 137 Tue, Sep 2 CHW W 9-3 67-70 3rd 9.5 gb 136 Mon, Sep 1 CHW W 5-0 66-70 3rd 10.5 gb 135 Sun, Aug 31 SEA L 4-6 65-70 4th 11.5 gb 134 Sat, Aug 30 SEA L 3-4 (10) 65-69 3rd 10.5 gb 133 Fri, Aug 29 SEA L 2-3 65-68 3rd 10.5 gb 132 Wed, Aug 27 @DET W 9-7 65-67 3rd 10.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:20-10
Baltimore Orioles, 63-78, 5th, 22 GB, 20½ GB in WC	SP: Garrett Olson (24, LHP, 8-7, 6.53) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-7) 114.1 145 85 83 52 72 16 6.53 2007 (1-3) 32.1 42 28 28 28 28 4 7.79 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 35 53 33 32 18 20 5 8.23 34 2008-09-01 @BOS L 5.2 6 6 6 5 4 2 96 32 2008-08-17 @DET ND 1.2 4 5 5 3 4 0 63 28 2008-08-12 @CLE ND 6 9 5 4 2 6 0 105 40 2008-08-06 @LAA L 2.2 7 6 6 2 3 2 65 21 2008-08-01 @SEA W 8.1 11 3 3 1 1 0 117 49 2008-07-27 LAA W 6 7 2 2 2 1 0 97 49 2008-07-22 TOR ND 4.2 9 6 6 3 1 1 108 20 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE 0-0 6 9 5 4 2 6 0 6.00 40 2008-08-12 @CLE ND 6 9 5 4 2 6 0 105 40
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 33-33 Road: 30-45 ExtrInn: 5-6 vsRHP: 49-52 vsLHP: 14-26 1-Run: 20-25 vsEast: 20-39 vsCntrl:17-14 vsWest: 15-18 IL:11-7 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 141 Sat, Sep 6 OAK L 1-5 63-78 5th 22.5 gb 140 Fri, Sep 5 OAK L 2-11 63-77 5th 22.5 gb 139 Wed, Sep 3 @BOS L 4-5 63-76 5th 22.0 gb 138 Tue, Sep 2 @BOS L 2-14 63-75 5th 22.0 gb 137 Mon, Sep 1 @BOS L 4-7 63-74 5th 22.0 gb 136 Sun, Aug 31 @TBR L 4-10 63-73 5th 21.5 gb 135 Sat, Aug 30 @TBR L 9-10 63-72 5th 20.5 gb 134 Fri, Aug 29 @TBR L 3-14 63-71 5th 19.5 gb 133 Wed, Aug 27 CHW W 11-3 63-70 5th 18.0 gb 132 Tue, Aug 26 CHW L 3-8 62-70 5th 18.0 gb Last 10: 1-9 Last 20: 4-16 Last 30: 9-21
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, Aug 14, 2008 BAL 11 @CLE 6 W:Fernando Cabrera (1-1), L: Rafael Perez (2-3), S: none Wed, Aug 13, 2008 BAL 6 @CLE 1 W:Jeremy Guthrie (10-8), L: Anthony Reyes (3-2), S: none Tue, Aug 12, 2008 CLE 7 BAL 5 W:Rafael Perez (2-2), L: Jim Johnson (2-4), S: Jensen Lewis (2) Mon, Aug 11, 2008 CLE 13 BAL 8 W:Edward Mujica (1-1), L: Rocky Cherry (0-1), S: none Mon, May 07, 2007 CLE 10 @BAL 1 W:Fausto Carmona (3-1), L: Chad Bradford (0-1), S: none Sun, May 06, 2007 CLE 9 @BAL 6 W:C.C. Sabathia (5-0), L: Brian Burres (0-1), S: Joe Borowski (11) Sat, May 05, 2007 BAL 8 CLE 2 W:Daniel Cabrera (2-3), L: Jeremy Sowers (0-2), S: none Fri, May 04, 2007 BAL 3 CLE 2 (10) W:Chris Ray (3-2), L: Tom Mastny (2-1), S: none Sun, Apr 29, 2007 CLE 6 BAL 1 W:Fausto Carmona (2-1), L: Jaret Wright (0-3), S: none Sat, Apr 28, 2007 BAL 7 @CLE 4 W:Jamie Walker (1-0), L: Fernando Cabrera (1-1), S: Chris Ray (7) Season Series: 2008 - Tied 2-2; 2007 - CLE won 4-3; 2006 - BAL won 4-2; All-Time - CLE leads 1096-831

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 2008 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

TEX 5.47

LAA 4.63

SDP 3.87

RA/G

TOR 3.82

NYY 4.57

TEX 5.97

R. Furcal .366

A. Casilla .293

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .466

O. Hudson .367

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .649

S. Drew .485

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.116

M. Mora .837

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.28

M. Parra 4.03

C. Silva 6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.22

M. Mussina 6.56

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Cleveland Indians Batters (4.85 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (5.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 18.Olson*
G/S/vB 59.Bass
G/S/vB 51.Bierd
G/S/vB 23.Castillo*
G/S/vB 57.Cherry
G/S/vB 54.Cormier
G/S/vB 43.Johnson
G/S/vB 41.McCrory
G/S/vB 31.Mickolio
G/S/vB 25.Miller
G/S/vB 45.Sarfate
G/S/vB 58.Simon
G/S/vB 32.Walker*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Aubrey* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/28 .185/.267/.407/.674 .000/.726 .977 / 0/0 2/

29.Barfield G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 6/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 / 0/0 0/

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/5.000 ··· 2/1.500 350/269 .231/.328/.323/.652 .824/.611 .565 88/.815 4/3 4/

7.Carroll G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB 4/1.417 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 337/232 .270/.355/.343/.697 .609/.737 .570 56/.811 7/3 1/

17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/3.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 294/233 .300/.395/.532/.927 .770/.969 .845 87/1.258 4/3 9/

20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.333 ··· 7/.286 355/338 .243/.313/.413/.726 .059/.761 .813 60/.627 3/2 11/

44.Fasano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 50/33 .286/.367/.381/.748 .732/.752 .639 15/.641 0/0 0/

12.Francisco G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/5.000 435/326 .277/.336/.453/.789 .808/.783 .720 86/.792 3/3 14/

25.Garko G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 502/379 .252/.327/.360/.687 .761/.663 .662 104/.752 0/0 10/

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 385/262 .232/.286/.377/.663 .729/.632 .603 83/.853 5/3 8/

15.Marte G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 224/165 .205/.252/.307/.560 .834/.462 .591 60/.669 1/2 3/

41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/.626 242/186 .283/.343/.356/.699 .945/.620 .615 25/1.011 0/0 1/

2.Peralta G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· 7/1.738 575/440 .276/.326/.478/.805 .759/.819 .880 113/.751 3/1 21/

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 3/.333 3/1.334 1/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 344/256 .261/.331/.502/.833 .906/.808 .802 87/.773 0/0 17/

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 4/1.167 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/.667 ··· 9/1.270 648/466 .268/.380/.515/.894 .810/.926 .752 122/.856 35/4 31/

IP 114.1 70.0 31.2 22.0 10.1 62.0 68.2 2.1 1.1 2.1 78.1 1.2 34.2 TOTAL .259/.335/.420/.755 .766/.752 .729 .824 69/27 149/78

ERA-K/9

6.53/5.7

5.01/4.1

3.69/5.7

3.68/7.4

6.10/10.5

4.21/6.0

2.23/5.0

15.43/3.9

27.00/20.8

0.00/11.7

4.71/9.8

16.20/0.0

6.23/6.0

5.13/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Fasano (6-4-2)
Martinez (20-13-2)
Shoppach (32-7-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 533/.307 311/.298 150/.300 103/.253 52/.262 275/.273 281/.219 17/.444 11/.500 14/.273 351/.214 8/.429 159/.315 .277 Francisco
Gutierrez
Choo
Sizemore
Dellucci
Carroll 70/2/31/11
9/10/86/3
20/0/41/3
0/132/0/2
51/0/0/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .855 .853 .799 .748 .861 .727 .539 1.069 1.261 .657 .703 2.071 .991 .799

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 124/.791 118/.782 67/.775 38/.762 24/.929 123/.616 129/.574 11/1.036 5/1.350 9/.833 165/.688 4/2.500 86/.955 .796

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 409/.875 193/.896 83/.818 65/.740 28/.801 152/.812 152/.511 6/1.100 6/1.167 5/.400 186/.715 4/1.500 73/1.035 .801

Home 227/.813 167/.761 79/.892 38/.434 21/.707 100/.697 131/.472 8/1.524 11/1.261 3/.000 132/.631 8/2.071 59/.590 .803

Last 28d days 69/.946 23/.707 50/.849 54/1.035 43/.938 68/.615 46/.829 9/.778 11/1.261 14/.657 97/.718 8/2.071 48/1.285

HR/SB/CS 16/16/2 11/1/2 2/0/0 2/2/0 1/0/0 4/5/2 0/3/2 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 8/5/2 2/1/0 12/1/1 168/112/32

Usage ······X· ··X····· ··X···oo ·····X·X ····X··· ·X··X··· ·······X ·····X·· ··X····· ·o··X·X· ·o··X·X· ·X······ ····X··X

Baltimore Orioles Batters (5.04 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 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB 58.Donnelly
G/S/vB 30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB 50.Lewis
G/S/vB 40.Mastny
G/S/vB 59.Meloan
G/S/vB 49.Mujica
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 34.Rincon
G/S/vB 56.Rundles*
G/S/vB 54.Slocum
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Castro G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 142/96 .185/.229/.262/.490 .486/.491 .470 73/.563 0/0 2/

13.Cintron# G/S/vP 8/.875 4/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 6/.000 ··· 1/2.000 122/84 .268/.305/.357/.662 .598/.688 .763 31/.644 0/1 1/

12.Fahey* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 93/73 .239/.264/.341/.605 .358/.673 .695 1/.000 0/0 0/

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 7/.629 3/1.167 11/.989 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 3/.666 6/.500 ··· ··· 446/323 .258/.308/.415/.723 .760/.709 .761 84/.737 0/0 14/

17.Huff* G/S/vP 10/1.200 9/.847 5/1.350 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.000 5/1.550 ··· ··· 586/410 .313/.370/.575/.945 .780/1.018 .980 99/1.130 4/0 30/

10.Jones G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 448/342 .271/.314/.399/.712 .646/.732 .715 18/.417 8/3 8/

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 11/.273 3/.333 1/2.000 1/.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.167 3/1.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 624/433 .303/.402/.489/.891 .862/.904 .796 105/.925 10/6 18/

15.Millar G/S/vP 10/.400 3/.000 9/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/1.334 8/.929 ··· ··· 569/411 .243/.330/.412/.743 .772/.732 .818 95/.649 0/1 20/

3.Montanez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 67/36 .344/.373/.484/.858 .788/.918 .989 55/.769 0/0 1/

6.Mora G/S/vP 14/.846 1/2.000 5/1.100 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 3/.333 6/.666 ··· ··· 530/380 .284/.343/.494/.837 1.014/.766 .903 74/1.227 3/7 23/

16.Payton G/S/vP 12/.955 10/.000 7/1.571 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 5/.800 ··· ··· 335/233 .250/.297/.362/.659 .819/.587 .633 88/.633 7/1 7/

24.Quiroz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 135/112 .189/.256/.270/.526 .828/.463 .586 20/.308 0/0 2/

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 16/.946 4/1.750 5/.400 1/2.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 3/.000 7/.619 ··· ··· 630/446 .295/.376/.459/.835 .889/.813 .861 112/.714 36/10 9/

19.Salazar G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/20 .188/.325/.406/.731 .488/.975 .651 21/.524 0/0 2/

63.Santos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/

30.Scott* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 477/375 .269/.354/.494/.848 .714/.885 .941 84/.886 2/2 21/

IP 101.2 62.0 7.2 53.2 55.2 15.1 31.2 71.0 48.1 0.0 2.0 TOTAL .270/.337/.437/.774 .780/.771 .802 .792 74/34 159/86

ERA-K/9

4.51/4.0

4.94/8.4

5.87/3.5

4.19/5.9

4.20/6.9

11.15/8.2

/0.0

6.54/6.0

3.30/9.9

5.59/6.3

/0.0

27.00/4.5

4.29/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hernandez (89-24-9)
Quiroz (23-8-4)
Santos (0-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 456/.259 265/.262 37/.333 231/.271 250/.275 80/.324 / 138/.296 286/.219 219/.281 1/ 15/.615 .270 Markakis
Payton
Jones
Scott
Montanez 0/0/139/15
68/34/2/8
0/111/0/4
95/0/0/2
17/4/4/0

OPS .725 .770 .769 .733 .785 1.001 .861 .612 .802 1.754 .742

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 255/.813 120/.735 16/.732 109/.819 132/.772 43/1.200 / 61/.896 116/.527 97/.927 1/ 8/1.214 .775

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 201/.611 145/.796 21/.797 122/.657 118/.800 37/.793 / 77/.832 170/.668 122/.703 / 7/2.381 .720

Road 177/.738 110/.829 3/.000 90/.875 121/.803 52/1.276 / 69/.827 156/.627 93/.977 / 15/1.754 .784

Last 28d days 138/.706 54/.355 37/.769 20/.900 42/.779 10/1.067 / 40/.914 48/.589 39/.425 1/ /

HR/SB/CS 4/6/1 11/8/1 0/1/0 8/2/0 6/1/1 4/1/0 // 5/0/0 7/2/3 7/4/1 0/0/0 2/0/0 143/58/24

Usage ·····X·· o·o·oo·· ·····o·· ··o····o X······· ··X····· ·oX····· o····X·o ····X··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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Game Preview: CLE @ BAL, 7:05pm, Monday, September 8, 2008 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

SP: Fausto Carmona (24, RHP, 8-5, 4.51)

SP: Garrett Olson (24, LHP, 8-7, 6.53)

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