SEA @ CLE, Friday, August 29, 2008 Game Preview

Seattle Mariners, 50-83, 4th, 31 GB, 27 GB in WC	SP: Felix Hernandez (22, RHP, 8-8, 3.28) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-8) 162 152 66 59 63 147 15 3.28 2007 (14-7) 190.1 209 88 83 53 165 20 3.92 2006 (12-14) 191 195 105 96 60 176 23 4.52 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-2 43 47 22 20 22 38 6 4.19 50 2008-08-24 OAK W 6 4 3 3 2 7 3 106 57 2008-08-19 @CHW L 5 11 5 5 3 0 2 100 22 2008-08-13 @LAA ND 7 8 4 4 3 8 1 102 50 2008-08-07 TBR ND 8 4 1 1 3 5 0 105 72 2008-08-02 BAL L 5 8 2 2 2 6 0 109 47 2008-07-28 @TEX ND 6 6 4 3 4 6 0 112 48 2008-07-23 BOS ND 6 6 3 2 5 6 0 108 51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE 1-1 23.2 23 11 11 12 19 5 4.18 51 2008-07-18 CLE W 6 4 2 2 2 8 1 99 62 2007-09-25 CLE ND 7 8 3 3 0 2 1 106 51 2006-07-28 @CLE L 6 4 1 1 6 5 1 108 59 2006-04-13 @CLE ND 4.2 7 5 5 4 4 2 102 30
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 28-41 Road: 22-42 ExtrInn: 4-7 vsRHP: 35-54 vsLHP: 15-29 1-Run: 14-25 vsEast: 13-28 vsCntrl:12-24 vsWest: 16-22 IL: 9-9 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 133 Wed, Aug 27 MIN L 5-6 50-83 4th 30.5 gb 132 Tue, Aug 26 MIN W 3-2 50-82 4th 30.5 gb 131 Mon, Aug 25 MIN W 4-2 (11) 49-82 4th 30.5 gb 130 Sun, Aug 24 OAK W 8-4 48-82 4th 31.5 gb 129 Sat, Aug 23 OAK L 1-5 47-82 4th 31.5 gb 128 Fri, Aug 22 OAK W 7-5 47-81 4th 30.5 gb 127 Thu, Aug 21 OAK L 0-2 46-81 4th 31.5 gb 126 Wed, Aug 20 @CHW L 3-15 46-80 4th 31.5 gb 125 Tue, Aug 19 @CHW L 0-5 46-79 4th 30.5 gb 124 Mon, Aug 18 @CHW L 5-13 46-78 4th 30.5 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 6-14 Last 30:12-18
Cleveland Indians, 65-67, 3rd, 10½ GB, 11½ GB in WC	SP: Jeremy Sowers (25, LHP, 2-6, 5.95) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-6) 87.2 107 67 58 31 46 14 5.95 2007 (1-6) 67.1 84 49 48 21 24 10 6.42 2006 (7-4) 88.1 85 36 35 20 35 10 3.57 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-1 43.1 42 28 26 12 20 4 5.40 46 2008-08-23 @TEX ND 3.2 8 7 7 1 2 1 77 18 2008-08-17 LAA W 6.2 8 3 2 2 2 0 96 48 2008-08-12 BAL ND 6.1 6 4 4 2 2 0 95 45 2008-08-06 @TBR ND 6 6 4 3 3 2 1 101 45 2008-08-01 @MIN L 6.2 6 4 4 0 4 1 96 50 2008-07-27 MIN ND 8 3 2 2 1 5 0 101 72 2008-07-19 @SEA W 6 5 4 4 3 3 1 103 46 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.SEA 2-0 20 15 4 4 6 11 1 1.80 62 2008-07-19 @SEA W 6 5 4 4 3 3 1 103 46 2007-09-26 @SEA ND 5 5 0 0 2 5 0 78 60 2006-07-28 SEA W 9 5 0 0 1 3 0 109 79
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 36-29 Road: 29-38 ExtrInn: 4-8 vsRHP: 50-49 vsLHP: 15-18 1-Run: 12-13 vsEast: 17-10 vsCntrl:23-30 vsWest: 19-15 IL: 6-12 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 132 Wed, Aug 27 @DET W 9-7 65-67 3rd 10.5 gb 131 Tue, Aug 26 @DET W 10-4 64-67 3rd 11.5 gb 130 Mon, Aug 25 @DET W 4-3 (10) 63-67 4th 11.5 gb 129 Sun, Aug 24 @TEX W 4-3 62-67 4th 11.5 gb 128 Sat, Aug 23 @TEX W 8-7 61-67 4th 12.5 gb 127 Fri, Aug 22 @TEX W 7-5 60-67 4th 13.5 gb 126 Thu, Aug 21 KCR W 10-3 59-67 4th 13.5 gb 125 Wed, Aug 20 KCR W 8-5 58-67 4th 14.0 gb 124 Tue, Aug 19 KCR W 9-4 57-67 4th 14.0 gb 123 Sun, Aug 17 LAA W 4-3 56-67 4th 14.0 gb Last 10:10-0 Last 20:16-4 Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Jul 20, 2008 CLE 6 @SEA 2 W:Cliff Lee (13-2), L: Carlos Silva (4-12), S: none Sat, Jul 19, 2008 CLE 9 @SEA 6 W:Jeremy Sowers (1-5), L: Miguel Batista (4-11), S: none Fri, Jul 18, 2008 SEA 8 CLE 2 W:Felix Hernandez (7-6), L: Aaron Laffey (5-6), S: none Thu, May 01, 2008 CLE 3 SEA 2 (11) W:Masahide Kobayashi (2-0), L: Mark Lowe (1-2), S: none Wed, Apr 30, 2008 CLE 8 SEA 3 W:Cliff Lee (5-0), L: Jarrod Washburn (1-4), S: none Tue, Apr 29, 2008 SEA 7 @CLE 2 W:Mark Lowe (1-1), L: Rafael Betancourt (1-1), S: none Thu, Sep 27, 2007 SEA 4 CLE 2 W:Cha Seung Baek (4-3), L: Paul Byrd (15-8), S: George Sherrill (3) Wed, Sep 26, 2007 SEA 3 CLE 2 (10) W:J.J. Putz (5-1), L: Aaron Fultz (4-3), S: none Wed, Sep 26, 2007 CLE 12 @SEA 4 W:Fausto Carmona (19-8), L: Ryan Feierabend (1-6), S: none Tue, Sep 25, 2007 CLE 4 @SEA 3 (12) W:Tom Mastny (7-2), L: Brandon Morrow (3-4), S: Rafael Betancourt (3) Season Series: 2008 - CLE leads 4-2; 2007 - CLE won 4-3; 2006 - SEA won 5-4; All-Time - CLE leads 187-143

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 5.54

FLA 4.62

WSN 3.76

RA/G

TOR 3.88

SFG 4.60

TEX 6.00

C. Jones .359

N. Punto .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .466

J. Posada .364

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .636

J. Hardy .481

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.101

E. Hinske .837

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.43

B. Looper 3.94

C. Silva 6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.20

J. Jurrjens 6.38

L. Hernandez 3.47

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Seattle Mariners Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Sowers*
G/S/vB 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB 58.Donnelly
G/S/vB 30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB 50.Lewis
G/S/vB 49.Mujica
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 34.Rincon
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

50.Balentien G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 198/139 .201/.253/.364/.617 .575/.633 .631 81/.624 0/0 7/

29.Beltre G/S/vP 9/.666 6/1.667 9/.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 7/.572 556/401 .252/.318/.429/.747 .899/.690 .818 106/.647 8/1 21/

5.Betancourt G/S/vP 5/.000 3/1.167 5/.400 3/1.334 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 471/335 .267/.285/.367/.653 .649/.655 .565 93/.791 2/2 4/

15.Burke G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 89/51 .256/.307/.329/.636 .838/.475 .668 11/.182 0/1 1/

13.Cairo G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 4/.250 193/112 .250/.321/.333/.654 .777/.568 .575 51/.746 4/2 0/

9.Clement* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 207/165 .229/.295/.372/.667 .797/.631 .675 71/.828 0/1 5/

23.Hulett* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/12 .182/.308/.273/.580 .000/.697 .333 11/.550 0/0 0/

28.Ibanez* G/S/vP 7/1.229 9/.777 14/1.096 2/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 13/.237 581/396 .300/.367/.508/.874 .908/.859 .862 111/1.138 1/3 21/

2.Johjima G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 4/.500 2/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 338/233 .213/.261/.315/.576 .602/.565 .562 47/.795 2/0 5/

39.LaHair* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 106/80 .268/.324/.361/.685 .335/.784 .983 71/.574 0/1 2/

4.Lopez G/S/vP 7/.453 5/1.400 4/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 568/403 .298/.322/.432/.754 .824/.726 .656 102/.753 5/1 12/

8.Reed* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 224/201 .273/.320/.376/.695 .261/.748 .669 64/.807 1/2 2/

51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 10/.900 9/.888 14/.762 2/2.500 2/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 11/.546 616/430 .311/.364/.384/.748 .659/.786 .712 118/.754 39/4 5/

IP 87.2 57.2 4.2 51.2 53.1 27.2 68.1 42.0 TOTAL .265/.319/.389/.708 .752/.691 .701 .764 80/24 104/86

ERA-K/9

5.95/4.7

5.15/8.4

9.64/5.7

4.35/6.1

4.05/6.9

7.48/6.2

3.42/9.8

6.43/6.2

4.38/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Burke (11-7-2)
Clement (18-2-5)
Johjima (42-16-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 393/.301 249/.268 24/.409 225/.279 239/.268 122/.300 276/.220 197/.308 .272 Suzuki
Ibanez
Balentien
Reed
Cairo 0/69/63/9
128/0/0/8
1/16/33/6
6/37/14/1
1/0/1/0

OPS .852 .790 .913 .754 .776 .899 .616 .872 .750

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 107/.810 111/.744 9/1.181 105/.852 126/.770 55/.856 112/.528 92/.947 .780

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 286/.868 138/.824 15/.757 120/.668 113/.781 67/.931 164/.674 105/.806 .730

Home 182/.724 143/.737 21/1.050 138/.658 122/.734 66/.912 122/.609 104/.779 .707

Last 28d days 126/.779 43/.566 24/.913 17/1.585 49/.628 31/1.373 68/.459 24/1.027

HR/SB/CS 14/7/5 11/8/1 0/1/0 8/2/0 6/1/0 5/0/0 7/2/3 7/4/1 137/56/21

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

Cleveland Indians Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Seattle Mariners Pitchers (5.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Hernandez
G/S/vB 43.Batista
G/S/vB 48.Corcoran
G/S/vB 41.Dickey
G/S/vB 54.Green
G/S/vB 36.Jimenez*
G/S/vB 26.Messenger
G/S/vB 20.Putz
G/S/vB 49.Woods*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/no AB ··· 323/250 .216/.314/.311/.626 .740/.603 .694 91/.728 4/2 4/

7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 11/.364 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.666 ··· 1/2.000 314/216 .271/.355/.346/.701 .620/.737 .863 51/.714 6/3 1/

17.Choo* G/S/vP 6/1.500 2/4.000 2/.500 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 261/212 .266/.364/.477/.841 .713/.873 .913 85/.936 4/1 7/

20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 5/.600 14/.721 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.250 2/.500 339/322 .248/.319/.427/.746 .059/.783 .642 64/1.056 3/2 11/

44.Fasano G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 47/30 .300/.370/.400/.770 .732/.789 .925 16/.713 0/0 0/

12.Francisco G/S/vP 6/.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 412/312 .284/.341/.466/.807 .796/.811 .908 97/.827 3/3 14/

25.Garko G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 468/357 .256/.331/.372/.703 .811/.670 .737 101/.808 0/0 10/

26.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 30/11 .208/.367/.333/.700 .935/.364 .820 23/.681 0/1 1/

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 353/242 .237/.287/.388/.674 .755/.637 .725 80/.977 5/3 8/

15.Marte G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 205/153 .203/.251/.310/.561 .781/.487 .502 72/.644 1/2 3/

2.Peralta G/S/vP 12/.872 7/.929 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.533 5/2.200 535/413 .281/.326/.493/.819 .807/.823 .739 111/.897 3/1 21/

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 315/238 .263/.335/.520/.855 .856/.854 .876 94/.846 0/0 17/

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 9/.944 8/.125 1/3.000 1/no AB 3/1.167 ··· ··· 6/.900 3/.000 605/440 .269/.382/.525/.907 .819/.939 1.045 116/.773 34/3 31/

IP 162.0 106.1 56.2 101.0 66.2 23.1 1.2 36.1 16.1 TOTAL .258/.333/.424/.758 .761/.756 .781 .833 67/23 146/73

ERA-K/9

3.28/8.2

6.26/5.6

3.34/5.2

5.44/5.0

4.05/7.3

3.86/6.2

0.00/5.3

3.96/9.9

6.06/5.0

4.70/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Fasano (6-4-2)
Shoppach (30-4-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 683/.250 517/.300 242/.231 456/.288 297/.243 97/.281 7/.286 171/.273 74/.286 .275 Francisco
Choo
Gutierrez
Sizemore
Dellucci
Carroll 66/2/31/11
15/0/39/3
9/10/79/3
0/123/0/2
51/0/0/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .705 .905 .613 .817 .660 .738 .571 .778 .947 .776

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 396/.765 286/.944 110/.647 233/.802 130/.773 53/.883 5/.000 92/.835 34/.805 .826

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 287/.623 231/.859 132/.584 223/.833 167/.570 44/.567 2/2.000 79/.711 40/1.081 .735

Road 300/.720 260/.900 113/.491 218/.818 116/.742 30/.782 / 63/.929 39/1.087 .811

Last 28d days 136/.868 72/.793 77/.618 95/.965 50/.881 38/1.069 7/.571 52/.746 74/.947

HR/SB/CS 15/12/2 16/17/2 1/1/0 14/5/7 3/0/1 2/1/1 0/0/0 2/0/2 4/0/0 130/71/25

Usage ····X··· ···X···· ··X·X·X· ···o·o·· ·o·X··oX ·o··X·oo ·o·o···· ·o·oo·o· ·····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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Game Preview: SEA @ CLE, 7:05pm, Friday, August 29, 2008 @Jacobs Field

SP: Felix Hernandez (22, RHP, 8-8, 3.28)

SP: Jeremy Sowers (25, LHP, 2-6, 5.95)

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