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Game Preview: CLE @ CHW, 8:11pm, Thursday, May 22, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

Cleveland Indians, 22-24, 3rd, 3½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Aaron Laffey (23, LHP, 2-2, 1.35)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-2)             26.2  18   6   4   5  14  0    1.35      
 2007 (4-2)             49.1  54  26  25  12  25  2    4.56      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  43.2  34  12  10   9  22  0    2.06   59 
 2008-05-15    OAK   W   7     5   1   0   1   6  0      98   70 
 2008-05-10    TOR   W   7     6   0   0   1   2  0      89   66 
 2008-05-04    KCR   L   7     4   1   0   2   5  0     103   70 
 2008-04-28    NYY   L   5.2   3   4   4   1   1  0      78   47 
 2007-09-30   @KCR   W   5     4   1   1   0   2  0      58   57 
 2007-09-25   @SEA  ND   5.2   4   1   1   2   3  0      75   58 
 2007-09-16    KCR   L   6.1   8   4   4   2   3  0      83   42 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      1-0   5.2   5   4   4   3   4  1    6.35   44 
 2007-08-09   @CHW   W   5.2   5   4   4   3   4  1      95   44 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-12   Road:    8-12   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  16-19   vsLHP:   6-5    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl: 7-8    vsWest:  8-7  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Wed, May 21  @CHW  L   2-7       22-24  3rd  3.5 gb
 45 Tue, May 20  @CHW  L   1-4       22-23  3rd  2.5 gb
 44 Sun, May 18  @CIN  L   4-6       22-22  2nd  1.5 gb
 43 Sat, May 17  @CIN  L   2-4       22-21  2nd  0.5 gb
 42 Fri, May 16  @CIN  L   3-4       22-20  1st  0.5 up
 41 Thu, May 15   OAK  W   4-2       22-19  1st  1.5 up
 40 Wed, May 14   OAK  W   2-0       21-19  1st  0.5 up
 39 Tue, May 13   OAK  W   4-0       20-19  2nd  0.5 gb
 38 Mon, May 12   TOR  L   0-3 (10)  19-19  2nd  1.5 gb
 37 Mon, May 12   TOR  W   3-0       19-18  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Chicago White Sox, 25-20, 1st, 2½ up

SP: Mark Buehrle (29, LHP, 2-5, 5.27)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-5)             54.2  69  37  32  15  34  5    5.27      
 2007 (10-9)           201   208  86  81  45 115 22    3.63      
 2006 (12-13)          204   247 124 113  48  98 36    4.99      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-5  46    55  28  24  12  32  3    4.70   47 
 2008-05-17   @SFG   W   6.2   7   1   1   3   1  0     102   54 
 2008-05-12   @LAA   L   5.2  10   8   6   1   6  1     102   26 
 2008-05-07    MIN   L   5.2   9   7   7   3   4  1      93   24 
 2008-05-02   @TOR   L   8     5   2   0   0   7  0     100   75 
 2008-04-26    BAL  ND   6     3   3   3   2   5  1     111   57 
 2008-04-19   @TBR   L   7    12   5   5   2   5  0     109   36 
 2008-04-14    OAK   L   7     9   2   2   1   4  0     102   54 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      1-1  20.1  32  18  17   4  11  4    7.52   39 
 2008-03-31   @CLE  ND   1.2   7   7   7   1   1  2      48   13 
 2007-08-31   @CLE  ND   7     4   2   2   0   4  0      98   65 
 2007-08-09    CLE   L   4     8   7   6   2   2  1      89   20 
 2007-07-18   @CLE   W   6.1  10   1   1   1   3  0     109   51 
 2007-04-05    CLE  ND   1.1   3   1   1   0   1  1      26   45 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-7    Road:   14-13   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  16-16   vsLHP:   9-4    1-Run:   4-5 
 vsEast:  6-9    vsCntrl:11-7    vsWest:  5-4  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Wed, May 21   CLE  W   7-2       25-20  1st  2.5 up
 45 Tue, May 20   CLE  W   4-1       24-20  1st  1.5 up
 44 Sun, May 18  @SFG  W  13-8       23-20  1st  1.5 up
 43 Sat, May 17  @SFG  W   3-1       22-20  1st  0.5 up
 42 Fri, May 16  @SFG  W   2-0       21-20  2nd  0.5 gb
 41 Thu, May 15  @LAA  W   4-3       20-20  2nd  1.5 gb
 40 Wed, May 14  @LAA  W   6-1       19-20  3rd  1.5 gb
 39 Tue, May 13  @LAA  L   0-2       18-20  3rd  2.0 gb
 38 Mon, May 12  @LAA  L   7-10      18-19  3rd  2.0 gb
 37 Sun, May 11  @SEA  L   3-6       18-18  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 21, 2008 CHW  7  CLE  2        W:Javier Vazquez (5-3), L: Paul Byrd (2-4), S: none
Tue, May 20, 2008 CHW  4  CLE  1        W:Jose Contreras (5-3), L: C.C. Sabathia (3-6), S: Bobby Jenks (11)
Thu, Apr 03, 2008 CHW  2 @CLE  1        W:Octavio Dotel (1-1), L: Jake Westbrook (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (1)
Wed, Apr 02, 2008 CLE  7  CHW  2        W:Fausto Carmona (1-0), L: Javier Vazquez (0-1), S: none
Mon, Mar 31, 2008 CLE 10  CHW  8        W:Rafael Betancourt (1-0), L: Octavio Dotel (0-1), S: Joe Borowski (1)

Wed, Sep 12, 2007 CHW  7  CLE  4        W:Javier Vazquez (12-8), L: Jake Westbrook (5-9), S: none
Tue, Sep 11, 2007 CLE  8 @CHW  3        W:Paul Byrd (15-6), L: Lance Broadway (0-1), S: none
Mon, Sep 10, 2007 CLE  6 @CHW  2        W:Fausto Carmona (16-8), L: Gavin Floyd (1-3), S: none
Sun, Sep 02, 2007 CHW  8 @CLE  0        W:Jose Contreras (8-16), L: Jake Westbrook (5-8), S: none
Sat, Sep 01, 2007 CLE  7  CHW  0        W:Paul Byrd (14-5), L: Javier Vazquez (11-8), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 3-2; 2007 - CLE won 11-7; 2006 - CLE won 11-8; All-Time - CHW leads 997-964

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

CHC  5.68

TBR  4.51

SDP  3.29

RA/G

CLE  3.65

NYY  4.54

TEX  5.48

BA

C. Jones  .410

C. Pena  .206

R. Howard  .195

OBP

C. Jones  .482

M. Bourn  .272

K. Greene  .264

SLG

L. Berkman  .763

M. Bourn  .298

O. Cabrera  .290

OPS

L. Berkman  1.226

M. Bourn  .569

O. Cabrera  .565

ERA

E. Volquez  1.33

P. Byrd  4.10

J. Washburn  6.99

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.28

D. Lowe  6.30

J. Garland  1.96

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Cleveland Indians Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
71.Linebrink
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
46.Masset
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
43.Wassermann
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Aubrey* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/7 .250/.250/1.000/1.250 .000/1.429 1.250 8/1.250 0/0 2/
1.Blake G/S/vP 61/.717 9/1.015 12/.417 1/.000 6/1.867 8/1.071 6/1.467 1/.000 148/121 .229/.313/.374/.687 .426/.746 .950 81/.651 1/0 3/
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 2/.000 4/1.500 1/.000 147/117 .175/.271/.238/.509 .383/.549 .552 78/.485 1/1 1/
7.Carroll G/S/vP 1/.000 1/4.000 ··· 6/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· 80/55 .200/.333/.231/.564 .718/.488 .503 51/.414 3/0 0/
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· 7/.715 3/1.167 4/1.500 ··· 2/.500 6/1.500 ··· 128/122 .230/.313/.381/.693 .167/.718 .801 80/.578 1/0 4/
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/47 .340/.382/.540/.922 .750/.954 .966 54/.940 1/2 1/
25.Garko G/S/vP 14/1.464 1/.000 5/1.400 ··· 2/2.000 5/.000 6/1.267 2/.000 162/130 .248/.340/.390/.730 1.031/.660 .657 79/.582 0/0 4/
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 9/1.333 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 3/2.000 2/.000 4/.000 136/100 .230/.271/.333/.604 .663/.582 .391 67/.556 3/1 2/
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 50/.819 5/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 6/1.834 4/.500 13/.840 ··· 170/129 .222/.325/.368/.693 .815/.655 .685 84/.712 1/1 4/
15.Marte G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/.500 5/.000 ··· ··· 30/25 .115/.179/.115/.294 .933/.174 .490 21/.255 0/1 0/
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 47/.884 4/.250 4/.750 3/.000 9/.619 7/.829 14/.974 1/no AB 149/112 .304/.349/.362/.711 1.063/.586 .577 93/.681 0/0 0/
2.Peralta G/S/vP 41/.627 3/1.334 7/.286 ··· 4/.000 8/1.000 7/.000 ··· 159/125 .219/.272/.418/.690 .825/.652 .882 83/.609 2/0 8/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 2/2.500 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 61/42 .236/.300/.327/.627 .444/.712 .573 31/.499 0/0 1/
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 46/.703 3/3.000 5/1.000 3/.666 10/.200 8/.000 13/1.458 2/2.000 200/146 .254/.365/.438/.803 .701/.838 .606 107/.881 9/2 7/
IP 54.2 18.0 19.1 20.0 15.1 21.0 17.1 3.1 TOTAL .234/.313/.362/.675 .704/.667 .677 .647 23/9 37/21
ERA-K/9 5.27/5.6 4.00/14.0 1.86/5.6 1.35/5.8 2.93/7.6 3.86/9.0 3.63/10.9 29.70/5.5 3.56/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (13-10-1)
 Shoppach (1-2-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 238/.318 83/.232 74/.221 78/.205 67/.306 90/.234 70/.177 25/.591 .249  Francisco
 Gutierrez
 Sizemore
 Carroll
 Dellucci
6/0/11/2
1/3/35/1
0/44/0/1
1/0/0/0
36/0/0/0
OPS .838 .658 .594 .571 .736 .727 .499 1.352 .677
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 48/.773 24/.890 37/.594 40/.392 35/.627 38/.837 28/.577 5/1.600 .722
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 190/.854 59/.568 37/.594 38/.749 32/.855 52/.647 42/.449 20/1.279 .648
Home 82/.814 36/.629 34/.617 35/.730 26/.905 37/1.062 34/.531 7/1.657 .670
Last 28d days 138/.761 54/.502 38/.588 50/.580 37/.891 39/.686 41/.460 25/1.352
HR/SB/CS 5/1/2 1/5/0 1/3/0 1/1/0 0/0/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 24/37/8
Usage ····X··· ·o·Xo·X· ·o··ooXo oo··oo·o o····o·· ···o···· Xo·o··o· ···o·o··
Chicago White Sox Batters (4.65 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (3.65 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Laffey*
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
58.Breslow*
G/S/vB
44.Julio
G/S/vB
30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/49 .260/.315/.380/.695 1.850/.590 .802 40/.819 0/1 1/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/1.167 7/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 202/156 .219/.275/.290/.565 .596/.554 .542 114/.467 5/1 3/
24.Crede G/S/vP ··· 16/.600 ··· 5/.600 ··· 2/.500 ··· 165/133 .281/.352/.514/.865 .391/.982 .878 87/.783 0/1 8/
23.Dye G/S/vP 3/1.167 14/.895 1/.000 9/.778 ··· 3/.666 4/.250 169/130 .307/.361/.536/.897 .855/.904 1.027 88/.902 0/1 8/
44.Hall G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 9/.222 ··· 1/.000 ··· 34/23 .294/.294/.353/.647 .727/.609 .462 21/.857 0/0 0/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 3/.000 19/.983 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 4/.000 6/.733 185/141 .216/.341/.353/.693 .762/.672 .844 104/.697 1/0 5/
38.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 40/30 .243/.263/.243/.506 .733/.429 .667 27/.509 0/0 0/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 3/2.667 9/.555 ··· 10/2.489 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 159/126 .301/.358/.473/.831 .710/.863 .745 89/.756 0/0 3/
20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 184/148 .294/.408/.588/.996 1.067/.980 .991 109/1.042 4/2 12/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· 67/48 .197/.231/.295/.526 .816/.405 .384 45/.606 1/1 1/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP ··· 7/.619 1/.000 4/2.750 1/.000 2/1.000 1/5.000 189/143 .210/.339/.331/.670 .729/.649 .614 104/.615 1/2 4/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 3/.333 9/.000 2/3.500 3/.000 ··· 4/.750 7/.000 176/131 .214/.352/.441/.794 1.081/.684 .749 95/.739 1/0 9/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 2/1.000 13/.802 ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 4/.000 2/.000 128/107 .198/.262/.328/.589 .554/.597 .606 56/.709 0/0 3/
IP 26.2 17.0 8.1 16.0 19.2 25.1 19.0 TOTAL .248/.332/.413/.745 .772/.737 .749 .732 13/9 57/26
ERA-K/9 1.35/4.7 6.88/7.9 3.24/7.6 3.38/7.9 3.20/5.9 3.55/6.4 3.32/8.1 3.47/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (10-3-0)
 Pierzynski (27-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 105/.184 78/.338 40/.286 65/.214 82/.266 116/.260 83/.274 .254  Swisher
 Quentin
 Ramirez
 Dye
 Anderson
3/30/7/2
44/0/0/2
0/9/0/1
0/0/40/1
0/19/2/0
OPS .432 .904 .775 .701 .685 .762 .737 .703
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 37/.191 39/.607 11/1.155 28/.748 36/.848 52/.727 39/.520 .721
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 68/.567 39/1.179 29/.625 37/.664 46/.556 64/.791 44/.920 .690
Road / 29/.729 11/.919 37/.587 24/.942 40/.757 52/.750 .720
Last 28d days 105/.432 39/.938 16/1.233 22/.596 49/.691 66/.649 42/.650
HR/SB/CS 0/0/1 4/3/0 1/2/0 2/0/0 3/1/0 2/1/0 2/0/3 46/14/12
Usage ······X· X·····X· o······· X··o·o·· ····X·o· ·X·o·XX· ···XoX··

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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