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Game Preview: DET @ CLE, 7:05pm, Wednesday, July 30, 2008 @Jacobs Field

Detroit Tigers, 54-52, 3rd, 5½ GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Nate Robertson (30, LHP, 6-8, 5.63)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-8)            124.2 156  79  78  37  80 16    5.63      
 2007 (9-13)           177.2 199  98  94  63 119 22    4.76      
 2006 (13-13)          208.2 206  98  89  67 137 29    3.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  40.2  56  28  27  13  24  5    5.98   41 
 2008-07-25    CHW  ND   6     5   3   3   5   5  0      86   50 
 2008-07-19   @BAL  ND   2.1   8   7   7   0   1  1      50   14 
 2008-07-12    MIN   L   7    10   5   5   0   4  2      95   41 
 2008-07-06   @SEA  ND   9     4   1   1   2   1  0     100   74 
 2008-07-01   @MIN   L   4    11   6   6   2   3  1      73   17 
 2008-06-26    STL  ND   6.1  11   1   0   2   5  0      92   52 
 2008-06-21   @SDP   W   6     7   5   5   2   5  1      97   41 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      1-2  32.1  33  15  14   9  20  5    3.90   51 
 2007-09-19   @CLE   L   7     6   4   4   3   5  1     105   51 
 2007-08-23    CLE  ND   8.2   4   0   0   0   3  0      91   79 
 2007-07-03    CLE  ND   5     6   3   3   2   8  0     108   49 
 2007-05-25    CLE   L   5.2  10   5   5   3   2  3     101   28 
 2006-05-26    CLE   W   6     7   3   2   1   2  1      91   49 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-22   Road:   25-30   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  34-44   vsLHP:  20-8    1-Run:  13-17
 vsEast: 10-10   vsCntrl:19-27   vsWest: 12-10 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Tue, Jul 29  @CLE  W   8-5       54-52  3rd  5.5 gb
105 Mon, Jul 28  @CLE  L   0-5       53-52  3rd  6.5 gb
104 Sun, Jul 27   CHW  W   6-4       53-51  3rd  6.5 gb
103 Sat, Jul 26   CHW  L   6-7       52-51  3rd  7.5 gb
102 Fri, Jul 25   CHW  L   5-6       52-50  3rd  6.5 gb
101 Wed, Jul 23  @KCR  W   7-1       52-49  3rd  5.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 22  @KCR  W   7-1       51-49  3rd  5.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 21  @KCR  W  19-4       50-49  3rd  5.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 20  @BAL  W   5-1       49-49  3rd  6.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 19  @BAL  L  10-11(10)  48-49  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Cleveland Indians, 46-59, 5th, 13 GB, 13½ GB in WC

SP: Cliff Lee (29, LHP, 14-2, 2.29)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (14-2)           141.2 126  38  36  20 120  5    2.29      
 2007 (5-8)             97.1 112  73  68  36  66 17    6.29      
 2006 (14-11)          200.2 224 114  98  58 129 29    4.40      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  53.1  44  11  11   6  44  0    1.86   67 
 2008-07-25    MIN   W   8     6   2   2   0  10  0     108   72 
 2008-07-20   @SEA   W   9    11   2   2   0   4  0     109   61 
 2008-07-11    TBR   W   6     5   0   0   1   7  0     104   68 
 2008-07-06   @MIN   L   7     6   4   4   2   6  0     108   53 
 2008-07-01   @CHW  ND   8     6   1   1   1   3  0     106   68 
 2008-06-26    SFG   W   8     4   1   1   1  11  0     111   80 
 2008-06-20   @LAD  ND   7.1   6   1   1   1   3  0     104   64 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      1-3  25.1  38  22  17   8  20  5    6.04   38 
 2008-06-09   @DET   W   5     6   2   2   2   5  0      88   50 
 2007-06-02    DET   L   4.1   8   5   5   3   4  1      94   28 
 2006-08-27    DET   L   5.2  10   5   5   0   3  3      92   32 
 2006-08-04   @DET  ND   6.1   6   4   4   2   3  0      89   46 
 2006-07-24    DET   L   4     8   6   1   1   5  1     100   36 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-25   Road:   18-34   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  35-44   vsLHP:  11-15   1-Run:   7-12
 vsEast: 11-6    vsCntrl:15-27   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 6-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Tue, Jul 29   DET  L   5-8       46-59  5th 13.0 gb
104 Mon, Jul 28   DET  W   5-0       46-58  5th 13.0 gb
103 Sun, Jul 27   MIN  L   2-4       45-58  5th 14.0 gb
102 Sat, Jul 26   MIN  L   4-11      45-57  4th 14.0 gb
101 Fri, Jul 25   MIN  W   5-4       45-56  4th 13.0 gb
100 Wed, Jul 23  @LAA  L  11-14      44-56  4th 13.0 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 22  @LAA  L   2-3       44-55  4th 12.0 gb
 98 Mon, Jul 21  @LAA  W   5-2       44-54  4th 11.0 gb
 97 Sun, Jul 20  @SEA  W   6-2       43-54  5th 12.0 gb
 96 Sat, Jul 19  @SEA  W   9-6       42-54  5th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 29, 2008 DET  8 @CLE  5        W:Armando Galarraga (9-4), L: Matt Ginter (1-2), S: none
Mon, Jul 28, 2008 CLE  5  DET  0        W:Paul Byrd (5-10), L: Kenny Rogers (8-7), S: none
Wed, Jul 09, 2008 DET  8  CLE  6        W:Todd Jones (4-0), L: Jensen Lewis (0-3), S: none
Tue, Jul 08, 2008 DET  9  CLE  2        W:Justin Verlander (6-9), L: Jeremy Sowers (0-5), S: none
Mon, Jun 09, 2008 CLE  8 @DET  2        W:Cliff Lee (10-1), L: Dontrelle Willis (0-1), S: none
Sun, Jun 08, 2008 DET  5  CLE  2        W:Armando Galarraga (5-2), L: Jeremy Sowers (0-1), S: Todd Jones (10)
Sat, Jun 07, 2008 DET  8  CLE  4        W:Zach Miner (3-3), L: Masahide Kobayashi (3-3), S: Todd Jones (9)
Fri, Jun 06, 2008 CLE  4 @DET  2        W:Paul Byrd (3-5), L: Justin Verlander (2-9), S: Joe Borowski (5)
Thu, Apr 17, 2008 CLE 11  DET  1        W:Fausto Carmona (2-1), L: Justin Verlander (0-3), S: none
Wed, Apr 16, 2008 DET 13 @CLE  2        W:Armando Galarraga (1-0), L: C.C. Sabathia (0-3), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - DET leads 6-4; 2007 - CLE won 12-6; 2006 - DET won 13-6; All-Time - DET leads 1027-1002

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  5.62

CLE  4.59

WSN  3.67

RA/G

OAK  3.81

CLE  4.57

TEX  5.92

BA

C. Jones  .369

C. Hart  .285

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .466

J. Werth  .358

T. Pena  .174

SLG

L. Berkman  .621

J. Crede  .474

T. Pena  .201

OPS

A. Pujols  1.077

J. Cantu  .822

T. Pena  .375

ERA

C. Lee  2.29

O. Perez  4.02

M. Hendrickson  6.09

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.84

T. Wellemeyer  6.20

K. Rogers  3.40

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Detroit Tigers Batters (5.02 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lee*
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
40.Mastny
G/S/vB
49.Mujica
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
34.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 9/.777 3/.666 3/.666 2/2.500 2/.500 2/1.500 ··· 3/1.334 445/349 .293/.353/.493/.845 .841/.846 .810 101/.971 1/0 18/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 22/.728 8/.393 3/.000 3/.000 3/.000 ··· 7/.286 7/.858 366/294 .298/.364/.486/.851 .776/.869 .839 113/.895 7/4 11/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 28/.748 17/.765 1/.000 3/.000 3/.333 4/2.167 ··· 13/1.077 409/319 .284/.373/.438/.811 .895/.792 .710 81/.731 8/2 9/
15.Inge G/S/vP 29/.968 19/.576 1/.000 3/.333 2/2.500 1/.000 2/.000 21/.255 207/162 .227/.320/.438/.758 .551/.817 .633 36/.892 1/1 8/
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· 2/3.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 141/128 .281/.340/.625/.965 .962/.964 .891 77/1.117 0/0 10/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 37/.947 16/.393 3/1.000 3/1.167 6/1.000 4/.500 2/.000 20/.979 386/306 .322/.381/.506/.887 .959/.868 .744 51/1.016 0/4 14/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 24/.848 9/.777 4/.750 3/1.167 4/1.750 1/2.000 4/.500 7/.572 418/314 .308/.351/.404/.755 .918/.701 .790 101/.682 3/0 4/
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 107/59 .240/.311/.448/.759 .878/.650 .678 19/1.068 1/0 4/
8.Renteria G/S/vP 10/1.178 5/2.000 2/.500 ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 3/2.334 3/1.000 379/290 .261/.310/.335/.645 .850/.585 .575 72/.543 3/3 5/
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 37/1.053 16/.563 1/.000 2/1.500 4/.250 4/2.750 2/1.000 20/.522 328/246 .295/.338/.417/.756 .727/.765 .671 64/.857 6/1 5/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.583 70/57 .358/.485/.547/1.032 .944/1.050 1.109 23/.888 0/0 1/
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 14/.629 6/.334 1/2.000 3/.333 5/1.300 3/1.167 2/1.000 8/1.071 276/217 .218/.322/.370/.692 .709/.687 .681 80/.632 6/1 8/
33.Thames G/S/vP 21/1.000 6/.167 2/2.500 3/1.334 2/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 5/.400 230/144 .258/.322/.589/.910 .982/.869 .874 64/.722 0/3 20/
IP 141.2 44.2 47.1 40.2 12.1 21.0 47.1 34.2 TOTAL .277/.344/.443/.787 .834/.773 .723 .826 39/20 122/74
ERA-K/9 2.29/7.6 6.04/8.9 3.61/5.9 4.65/6.6 11.68/9.5 3.86/6.0 3.42/8.4 6.49/6.7 4.36/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (8-2-2)
 Rodriguez (32-18-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 553/.238 196/.290 198/.254 187/.290 67/.321 84/.221 195/.251 164/.293 .273  Ordonez
 Granderson
 Thames
 Inge
 Raburn
 Joyce
 Guillen
 Sheffield
0/0/84/4
0/84/0/3
46/0/6/2
2/11/0/2
18/4/14/0
25/0/16/0
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .591 .842 .694 .821 1.040 .665 .698 .846 .757
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 158/.614 90/.763 92/.728 95/.815 37/1.245 40/.618 84/.619 74/.818 .775
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 395/.581 106/.909 106/.665 92/.825 30/.811 44/.702 111/.757 90/.869 .744
Home 218/.569 112/.815 116/.617 104/.776 28/.494 47/.679 92/.632 84/.825 .701
Last 28d days 118/.602 30/.748 31/.968 48/.905 31/.849 30/.267 40/.574 31/.757
HR/SB/CS 5/1/0 9/6/1 7/2/0 4/1/0 4/1/0 3/0/0 6/2/3 5/4/1 115/44/18
Usage ····X··· o··o···X o···o··· X··X··X· ···X··X· ·X·o···· ··X·o··· X·····oo
Cleveland Indians Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.73 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Robertson*
G/S/vB
34.Dolsi
G/S/vB
49.Fossum*
G/S/vB
59.Jones
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
54.Zumaya
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 221/176 .185/.286/.259/.545 .561/.551 .535 36/.628 1/2 2/
7.Carroll G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/.667 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 262/191 .278/.353/.348/.701 .646/.721 .898 59/.619 6/2 0/
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/3.000 2/no AB 165/139 .259/.358/.453/.811 .512/.871 .917 69/.769 3/1 4/
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.858 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 272/260 .225/.290/.385/.676 .083/.703 .623 55/.609 2/1 8/
44.Fasano G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.667 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 27/20 .273/.346/.318/.664 .429/.754 .614 20/.628 0/0 0/
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 303/236 .269/.333/.435/.769 .676/.794 .846 81/.715 3/3 8/
25.Garko G/S/vP 6/.334 1/no AB 5/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 358/272 .244/.316/.359/.675 .755/.650 .672 57/.692 0/0 8/
26.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 5/2 .400/.400/.400/.800 .667/1.000 .800 5/.800 0/0 0/
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 8/.625 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 264/182 .216/.262/.339/.600 .642/.582 .689 49/.591 4/2 4/
15.Marte G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 5/2.200 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 122/90 .179/.227/.286/.513 .603/.481 .471 61/.700 1/1 3/
2.Peralta G/S/vP 30/1.208 1/.000 7/1.429 3/1.667 3/.000 12/.083 4/.000 6/2.467 412/323 .271/.312/.495/.807 .733/.827 .730 88/1.019 2/0 17/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 5/.800 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 214/157 .254/.319/.466/.786 .870/.753 .782 62/.787 0/0 9/
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 29/1.004 ··· 10/.844 5/.200 1/.000 9/.333 8/1.214 4/.250 476/348 .279/.384/.543/.928 .796/.975 1.030 99/1.117 26/3 25/
IP 124.2 32.1 17.1 39.2 43.2 16.2 33.0 19.1 TOTAL .251/.324/.408/.731 .705/.739 .745 .797 52/17 106/46
ERA-K/9 5.63/5.8 4.45/3.9 5.71/6.8 4.99/2.9 2.89/6.0 5.40/8.6 2.73/7.4 2.33/8.4 4.43/5.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fasano (3-2-0)
 Shoppach (21-3-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 548/.308 145/.260 78/.310 179/.293 186/.265 73/.180 138/.254 91/.247 .265  Francisco
 Gutierrez
 Sizemore
 Dellucci
 Carroll
 Choo
54/2/23/10
5/7/65/3
0/99/0/2
47/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
5/0/31/0
OPS .838 .722 .822 .798 .689 .659 .695 .754 .754
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 170/.836 51/.986 38/.623 84/.837 66/.958 33/.867 74/.849 35/.608 .790
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 378/.839 94/.584 40/1.021 95/.765 120/.537 40/.461 64/.520 56/.824 .729
Road 278/.868 73/.865 47/.937 77/.739 94/.799 41/.866 57/.649 53/.784 .761
Last 28d days 105/.750 43/.895 49/.736 38/.939 44/.680 54/.579 28/.695 64/.677
HR/SB/CS 16/7/4 3/5/1 0/0/1 4/2/0 2/2/0 2/2/0 2/0/1 1/0/0 93/42/21
Usage ····X··· X··X···· o·····o· ····o·X· ·X······ X·X·o··X ···X···· X·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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