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Game Preview: DET @ CLE, 1:05pm, Sunday, September 21, 2008 @Jacobs Field

Detroit Tigers, 71-82, 4th, 13½ GB, 18½ GB in WC

SP: Dontrelle Willis (26, LHP, 0-1, 8.82)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)             16.1   9  16  16  26   9  3    8.82      
 2007 (10-15)          205.1 241 131 118  87 146 29    5.17      
 2006 (12-12)          223.1 234 106  96  83 160 21    3.87      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-1  26    13  18  18  32  18  4    6.23   47 
 2008-09-15   @TEX  ND   5     2   3   3   5   4  1      89   50 
 2008-06-09    CLE   L   1.1   3   8   8   5   2  2      64   13 
 2008-06-03   @OAK  ND   4     2   0   0   5   3  0      70   56 
 2008-04-11   @CHW  ND   0     0   1   1   2   0  0      11   44 
 2008-04-05    CHW  ND   5     1   3   3   7   0  0      89   46 
 2007-09-30   @NYM  ND   2.2   3   1   1   5   2  0      76   45 
 2007-09-25    CHC   W   8     2   2   2   3   7  1     114   74 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      0-2  13.1  19  14  11   6  15  3    7.43   40 
 2008-06-09    CLE   L   1.1   3   8   8   5   2  2      64   13 
 2007-06-14    CLE   L   7     8   3   2   0   8  1     113   59 
 2004-06-08   @CLE  ND   5     8   3   1   1   5  0     100   47 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-37   Road:   34-45   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  46-61   vsLHP:  25-21   1-Run:  15-24
 vsEast: 12-19   vsCntrl:27-40   vsWest: 19-18 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
153 Sat, Sep 20  @CLE  L   3-6       71-82  4th 13.5 gb
152 Fri, Sep 19  @CLE  L   5-6       71-81  4th 13.5 gb
151 Wed, Sep 17  @TEX  W  17-4       71-80  4th 13.0 gb
150 Tue, Sep 16  @TEX  L   4-5       70-80  4th 14.0 gb
149 Mon, Sep 15  @TEX  L   8-11      70-79  4th 13.0 gb
148 Sun, Sep 14  @CHW  L   7-11      70-78  4th 13.0 gb
147 Sun, Sep 14  @CHW  L   2-4       70-77  4th 13.0 gb
146 Wed, Sep 10   OAK  L   2-5       70-76  4th 11.5 gb
145 Tue, Sep  9   OAK  L   2-3       70-75  4th 10.5 gb
144 Mon, Sep  8   OAK  W  14-8       70-74  3rd 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19
Cleveland Indians, 77-77, 3rd, 8 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Scott Lewis (24, LHP, 2-0, 0.00)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-0)             14     6   0   0   2   8  0    0.00      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-0  14     6   0   0   2   8  0    0.00   74 
 2008-09-15    MIN   W   6     3   0   0   2   5  0      98   69 
 2008-09-10   @BAL   W   8     3   0   0   0   3  0      96   79 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET    Has never faced DET.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   44-36   Road:   33-41   ExtrInn: 5-9 
 vsRHP:  58-56   vsLHP:  19-21   1-Run:  13-15
 vsEast: 19-12   vsCntrl:33-35   vsWest: 19-18 IL: 6-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
154 Sat, Sep 20   DET  W   6-3       77-77  3rd  8.0 gb
153 Fri, Sep 19   DET  W   6-5       76-77  3rd  9.0 gb
152 Wed, Sep 17   MIN  W   6-4       75-77  3rd  9.5 gb
151 Tue, Sep 16   MIN  W  12-9 (11)  74-77  3rd 10.5 gb
150 Mon, Sep 15   MIN  W   3-1       73-77  3rd 10.5 gb
149 Sun, Sep 14   KCR  L   3-13      72-77  3rd 11.5 gb
148 Sat, Sep 13   KCR  L   4-8       72-76  3rd 10.0 gb
147 Sat, Sep 13   KCR  L   3-8       72-75  3rd 10.0 gb
146 Fri, Sep 12   KCR  W  12-5       72-74  3rd  9.0 gb
145 Thu, Sep 11  @BAL  L   3-6       71-74  3rd  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 20, 2008 CLE  6  DET  3        W:Jeremy Sowers (4-8), L: Justin Verlander (10-17), S: Jensen Lewis (11)
Fri, Sep 19, 2008 CLE  6  DET  5        W:Rafael Perez (4-3), L: Freddy Dolsi (1-5), S: none
Wed, Aug 27, 2008 CLE  9 @DET  7        W:Fausto Carmona (7-5), L: Justin Verlander (10-14), S: none
Tue, Aug 26, 2008 CLE 10 @DET  4        W:Cliff Lee (19-2), L: Chris Lambert (0-1), S: none
Mon, Aug 25, 2008 CLE  4 @DET  3 (10)   W:Brendan Donnelly (1-0), L: Gary Glover (1-3), S: Jensen Lewis (7)
Thu, Jul 31, 2008 CLE  9  DET  4        W:Fausto Carmona (5-3), L: Justin Verlander (8-11), S: none
Wed, Jul 30, 2008 DET 14 @CLE 12 (13)   W:Casey Fossum (2-0), L: Juan Rincon (2-3), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - CLE leads 10-7; 2007 - CLE won 12-6; 2006 - DET won 13-6; All-Time - DET leads 1028-1008

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  5.52

ATL  4.61

SDP  3.95

RA/G

TOR  3.83

MIN  4.65

TEX  6.04

BA

R. Furcal  .366

D. Lee  .293

J. Towles  .139

OBP

C. Jones  .466

R. Ludwick  .368

T. Pena  .179

SLG

A. Pujols  .637

N. Markakis  .490

T. Pena  .204

OPS

A. Pujols  1.093

T. Glaus  .846

T. Pena  .383

ERA

C. Lee  2.41

A. Cook  3.96

N. Robertson  6.15

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.14

M. Mussina  6.70

L. Hernandez  3.33

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Detroit Tigers Batters (5.12 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 46.Lewis*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 6/.666 2/.000 3/.666 4/1.250 2/.500 ··· 3/2.000 3/.000 3/1.334 ··· 1/5.000 648/486 .297/.356/.548/.905 .976/.881 .899 100/1.032 1/0 36/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· 9/.583 4/.000 4/.500 5/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 12/.777 8/1.000 ··· ··· 592/439 .289/.371/.502/.872 .756/.914 .870 115/.858 10/4 20/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP ··· 18/.722 11/.282 2/.500 3/.000 3/.333 ··· 4/2.167 1/.000 14/1.143 ··· ··· 489/385 .286/.376/.436/.811 .818/.813 .748 6/.833 9/3 10/
26.Hessman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/13 .250/.333/.667/1.000 .539/1.385 .647 27/1.000 0/0 3/
15.Inge G/S/vP ··· 22/.490 8/.500 3/1.167 5/.400 2/2.500 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 22/.243 ··· ··· 375/291 .213/.311/.384/.695 .776/.670 .565 81/.631 3/3 11/
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· 3/3.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 255/231 .266/.353/.523/.875 .847/.876 .879 53/.786 0/1 12/
19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 92/90 .235/.293/.353/.646 1.000/.638 .696 37/.521 2/2 2/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP ··· 20/.472 3/1.000 3/1.000 6/1.500 6/1.000 ··· 5/.800 6/.000 21/.929 ··· ··· 586/439 .323/.381/.503/.883 .885/.883 .771 100/1.044 1/5 20/
14.Polanco G/S/vP ··· 10/.700 3/.000 5/.700 5/.933 4/1.750 ··· 2/2.000 7/.762 8/.500 ··· 1/.000 610/436 .307/.350/.416/.765 .801/.752 .812 96/.646 7/1 7/
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 176/96 .238/.303/.388/.690 .728/.657 .674 26/.492 2/1 4/
8.Renteria G/S/vP ··· 8/1.250 6/.533 5/.650 1/.000 2/no AB ··· 3/1.666 4/1.750 4/.750 ··· 1/2.000 528/391 .269/.317/.372/.689 .947/.602 .553 66/.790 6/3 9/
52.Ryan G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/17 .360/.414/.560/.974 1.400/.686 .924 29/.974 0/0 1/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 4/1.417 ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/1.000 7/1.314 ··· ··· 135/112 .280/.408/.402/.810 .742/.823 .777 35/.535 1/0 1/
57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/33 .128/.150/.179/.329 .125/.375 .154 3/.667 0/0 0/
3.Sheffield G/S/vP ··· 9/.444 5/2.300 2/1.000 3/.333 5/1.300 ··· 3/1.167 4/.833 9/1.181 ··· 1/.000 460/342 .223/.322/.390/.712 .757/.695 .701 93/.640 7/2 17/
33.Thames G/S/vP ··· 7/.143 2/.000 3/1.666 4/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/1.667 4/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 325/194 .243/.295/.530/.825 .889/.783 .839 57/.844 0/3 25/
IP 14.0 67.0 12.0 55.2 62.1 18.0 1.0 36.1 74.2 52.1 3.1 2.0 TOTAL .273/.342/.446/.788 .825/.776 .743 .796 57/30 186/107
ERA-K/9 0.00/5.1 5.24/8.2 8.25/3.8 4.53/5.7 3.90/7.1 11.50/9.0 0.00/18.0 6.94/6.2 3.25/10.1 5.50/6.4 2.70/13.6 27.00/4.5 4.42/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (26-11-10)
 Ryan (4-4-0)
 Sardinha (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 48/.130 291/.271 62/.353 244/.286 275/.266 93/.333 3/.000 159/.306 302/.225 239/.290 15/.231 15/.615 .272  Ordonez
 Granderson
 Thames
 Raburn
 Inge
 Joyce
 Guillen
 Sheffield
0/0/127/6
0/131/0/5
69/0/7/3
28/6/21/2
2/11/0/2
54/0/24/1
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .362 .781 .933 .757 .763 1.001 .000 .874 .624 .824 .641 1.754 .748
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 15/.000 130/.762 25/.827 115/.820 145/.787 51/1.118 3/.000 72/.923 124/.570 106/.910 10/.425 8/1.214 .783
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 33/.533 161/.794 37/.995 129/.700 130/.735 42/.870 / 87/.834 178/.660 133/.756 5/1.000 7/2.381 .725
Home 22/.477 176/.751 47/.763 148/.668 154/.732 39/.705 3/.000 90/.908 146/.619 140/.696 9/.730 / .719
Last 28d days 48/.362 55/.619 41/.869 21/.905 44/.720 23/1.028 3/.000 42/.870 35/.590 48/.705 15/.641 /
HR/SB/CS 0/0/1 11/10/1 2/1/0 8/2/0 7/1/1 5/1/0 0/0/0 5/0/1 8/2/3 8/6/1 0/0/0 2/0/0 159/65/26
Usage ·····X·· oo··XoX· o···X··o ·······o X··XXXo· ····o·X· ·······o ·X·oo·oX oo·X·XX· ····o·oX ····o·Xo ········
Cleveland Indians Batters (4.92 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 21.Willis*
G/S/vB
32.Dolsi
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
49.Fossum*
G/S/vB
41.Glover
G/S/vB
40.Lambert
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
50.Rapada*
G/S/vB
29.Robertson*
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Aubrey* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/48 .200/.280/.333/.613 .000/.641 .410 20/.522 0/0 2/
29.Barfield G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 5/1.400 1/.000 2/.000 13/9 .077/.077/.077/.154 .000/.222 .000 7/.286 0/0 0/
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 3/.000 2/.500 2/2.000 4/.000 2/2.000 5/1.400 3/.666 3/1.334 397/303 .249/.337/.356/.693 .953/.623 .759 87/.858 4/3 6/
7.Carroll G/S/vP 25/.778 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 2/2.000 3/2.334 4/.500 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/1.000 374/256 .274/.358/.343/.701 .627/.734 .839 68/.746 7/3 1/
17.Choo* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/1.400 3/3.000 1/no AB 2/.500 2/.000 2/.500 3/.666 4/1.250 340/267 .310/.400/.559/.959 .841/.992 1.095 93/1.312 4/3 13/
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 368/351 .239/.307/.409/.716 .059/.749 .617 42/.520 3/2 11/
44.Fasano G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 54/36 .261/.340/.348/.687 .690/.682 .727 7/.143 0/0 0/
12.Francisco G/S/vP 2/no AB 2/.000 1/2.000 6/1.167 2/1.000 2/.000 6/3.067 2/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 3/.666 467/346 .267/.329/.436/.765 .786/.757 .819 70/.553 4/3 14/
25.Garko G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/no AB 3/.666 7/.000 5/1.150 4/1.417 4/.250 2/1.000 8/.250 1/no AB 1/.000 533/400 .263/.340/.380/.720 .808/.691 .765 83/.801 0/0 12/
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 5/1.200 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 2/2.500 4/.000 7/.486 2/.000 10/.633 2/.000 2/.000 424/288 .247/.305/.387/.692 .762/.659 .729 86/.845 8/3 8/
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/.500 6/2.833 6/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 35/.368 8/1.911 11/.473 219/166 .207/.317/.337/.653 .651/.654 .644 31/.517 1/1 5/
15.Marte G/S/vP 4/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 6/1.833 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.400 3/.000 1/no AB 251/186 .217/.262/.313/.575 .798/.499 .526 59/.697 1/2 3/
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 8/2.250 ··· 6/.333 4/.833 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 29/.705 4/.750 6/1.000 275/208 .273/.331/.357/.688 .847/.630 .778 58/.779 0/0 2/
2.Peralta G/S/vP 4/.250 3/.000 4/.500 9/1.301 5/1.100 3/.666 8/.500 3/.000 32/1.128 12/.083 7/.453 627/479 .272/.323/.469/.792 .716/.815 .728 111/.686 3/1 22/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 1/5.000 2/.500 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/2.667 4/1.500 1/.000 7/1.428 5/1.250 4/.833 384/287 .268/.346/.534/.880 .984/.846 .880 86/.997 0/0 21/
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 4/1.250 13/.749 1/no AB 3/1.000 4/.000 2/no AB 32/1.136 10/.400 11/.864 706/505 .275/.381/.520/.901 .782/.947 1.066 121/.859 38/5 33/
IP 16.1 44.0 60.1 38.1 48.2 16.1 72.0 18.2 164.0 36.0 52.2 TOTAL .261/.337/.425/.762 .773/.758 .790 .804 76/28 166/88
ERA-K/9 8.82/5.0 4.09/4.1 4.48/9.1 5.40/6.3 5.55/5.9 5.51/6.1 3.63/6.6 3.86/6.3 6.15/5.8 5.25/10.8 3.93/9.1 4.82/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fasano (8-4-3)
 Martinez (21-13-2)
 Shoppach (36-9-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 80/.167 200/.263 261/.299 166/.270 220/.279 81/.319 315/.285 83/.232 736/.314 170/.235 227/.270 .274  Francisco
 Gutierrez
 Choo
 Sizemore
 Dellucci
 Carroll
77/2/32/12
11/12/93/5
24/0/47/4
0/143/0/2
56/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .845 .715 .907 .795 .803 .883 .788 .615 .894 .777 .711 .788
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 23/.620 76/.979 122/.953 75/.646 92/.802 39/.865 113/.848 40/.578 229/.862 86/.754 117/.749 .798
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 57/.948 124/.562 139/.871 91/.921 128/.805 42/.896 202/.754 43/.646 507/.909 84/.803 110/.671 .781
Road 41/.666 99/.802 128/.979 82/.937 85/.890 42/.752 139/.876 43/.614 361/1.001 97/.927 110/.668 .796
Last 28d days 22/.671 26/.709 35/1.111 46/.583 47/.775 81/.883 56/.790 19/.635 65/.762 45/1.034 44/.813
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 3/10/2 15/6/7 4/0/1 6/0/1 2/6/0 9/3/1 0/0/0 26/7/4 3/4/0 3/2/1 160/65/34
Usage ·····X·· ·o···Xo· ·····Xo· ·o··o··· ·o···Xo· X·····X· ···X···· ·····oo· ···X···· ····X··· Xo···oo·

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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