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Game Preview: CLE @ DET, 1:05pm, Sunday, June 8, 2008 @Comerica Park

Cleveland Indians, 28-34, 3rd, 7½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Sowers (25, LHP, 0-0, 5.23)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-0)             10.1  12   6   6   3   5  2    5.23      
 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         1-2  36    43  21  21   9  17  7    5.25   44 
 2008-05-16   @CIN  ND   5     5   3   3   2   2  2      79   45 
 2008-04-26    NYY  ND   5.1   7   3   3   1   3  0      96   44 
 2007-09-26   @SEA  ND   5     5   0   0   2   5  0      78   60 
 2007-06-09   @CIN  ND   4     7   5   5   1   5  2      86   32 
 2007-06-03    DET   L   4     7   5   5   1   0  1      63   27 
 2007-05-29   @BOS   L   5.2   6   4   4   1   1  2      94   41 
 2007-05-24   @KCR   W   7     6   1   1   1   1  0      94   61 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      1-1  10    13   7   7   1   4  1    6.30   42 
 2007-06-03    DET   L   4     7   5   5   1   0  1      63   27 
 2006-08-25    DET   W   6     6   2   2   0   4  0      85   56 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   16-16   Road:   12-18   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  21-25   vsLHP:   7-9    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl:10-14   vsWest: 11-11 IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 62 Sat, Jun  7  @DET  L   4-8       28-34  3rd  7.5 gb
 61 Fri, Jun  6  @DET  W   4-2       28-33  3rd  6.5 gb
 60 Thu, Jun  5  @TEX  L   4-9       27-33  3rd  6.5 gb
 59 Wed, Jun  4  @TEX  W  15-9       27-32  3rd  5.5 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  3  @TEX  L   7-12      26-32  3rd  5.5 gb
 57 Mon, Jun  2  @TEX  W  13-9       26-31  3rd  4.5 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  1  @KCR  L   1-6       25-31  3rd  5.0 gb
 55 Sat, May 31  @KCR  L   2-4       25-30  3rd  5.0 gb
 54 Fri, May 30  @KCR  W   5-4       25-29  3rd  5.0 gb
 53 Wed, May 28   CHW  L   5-6       24-29  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:13-17
Detroit Tigers, 25-36, 4th, 10 GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Armando Galarraga (26, RHP, 4-2, 3.76)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-2)             52.2  33  26  22  24  35  6    3.76      
 2007 (0-0)              8.2   8   6   6   7   6  2    6.23      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  43    31  21  17  22  27  4    3.56   53 
 2008-05-28   @LAA   W   8.1   4   2   2   3   4  1     104   68 
 2008-05-23    MIN   L   6     7   5   5   5   5  1      96   38 
 2008-05-17   @ARI   W   6     1   2   2   5   3  0     111   60 
 2008-05-07    BOS  ND   5.1   7   5   5   1   6  2      88   39 
 2008-05-02   @MIN   L   6     6   4   2   2   2  0      87   48 
 2008-04-26    LAA  ND   6     3   3   1   2   3  0      82   59 
 2008-04-21   @TOR   W   5.1   3   0   0   4   4  0      85   62 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      1-0   6.2   1   2   2   0   6  1    2.70   70 
 2008-04-16   @CLE   W   6.2   1   2   2   0   6  1      81   70 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   13-15   Road:   12-21   ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  17-32   vsLHP:   8-4    1-Run:   4-10
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl: 6-18   vsWest: 10-8  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 61 Sat, Jun  7   CLE  W   8-4       25-36  4th 10.0 gb
 60 Fri, Jun  6   CLE  L   2-4       24-36  4th 10.0 gb
 59 Wed, Jun  4  @OAK  L   2-10      24-35  4th  8.5 gb
 58 Tue, Jun  3  @OAK  L   4-5 (11)  24-34  4th  7.5 gb
 57 Mon, Jun  2  @OAK  L   2-3       24-33  4th  6.5 gb
 56 Sun, Jun  1  @SEA  W   7-5       24-32  4th  6.0 gb
 55 Sat, May 31  @SEA  L   0-5       23-32  4th  7.0 gb
 54 Fri, May 30  @SEA  W   7-4       23-31  4th  7.0 gb
 53 Wed, May 28  @LAA  W   6-2       22-31  4th  7.5 gb
 52 Tue, May 27  @LAA  L   2-3       21-31  4th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:11-19
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
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

Wed, Sep 19, 2007 CLE  4  DET  2        W:C.C. Sabathia (18-7), L: Nate Robertson (8-12), S: Joe Borowski (42)
Tue, Sep 18, 2007 CLE  7  DET  4        W:Jensen Lewis (1-1), L: Justin Verlander (17-6), S: Joe Borowski (41)
Mon, Sep 17, 2007 CLE  6  DET  5 (11)   W:Rafael Betancourt (5-1), L: Zach Miner (3-4), S: none
Thu, Aug 23, 2007 CLE  3 @DET  1 (10)   W:Rafael Perez (1-1), L: Joel Zumaya (1-2), S: Joe Borowski (36)
Wed, Aug 22, 2007 CLE 11 @DET  8        W:Paul Byrd (12-5), L: Justin Verlander (13-5), S: Joe Borowski (35)
Tue, Aug 21, 2007 DET  2  CLE  1        W:Jair Jurrjens (1-1), L: Fausto Carmona (14-8), S: Todd Jones (32)
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 2-2; 2007 - CLE won 12-6; 2006 - DET won 13-6; All-Time - DET leads 1023-1000

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  5.55

TBR  4.52

SDP  3.59

RA/G

CHW  3.68

SDP  4.55

TEX  5.89

BA

C. Jones  .420

J. Pierre  .276

A. Cabrera  .188

OBP

C. Jones  .504

R. Johnson  .344

R. Hernandez  .256

SLG

L. Berkman  .718

B. DeWitt  .444

A. Cabrera  .253

OPS

C. Jones  1.184

J. Ellsbury  .785

A. Cabrera  .541

ERA

E. Volquez  1.32

J. Beckett  4.07

M. Batista  6.06

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.92

S. Chacon  6.18

L. Hernandez  2.82

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

Cleveland Indians Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB
52.Bautista
G/S/vB
34.Dolsi
G/S/vB
49.Fossum*
G/S/vB
59.Jones
G/S/vB
31.Miner
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Blake G/S/vP 1/.000 9/.347 ··· 7/1.429 12/.639 7/1.771 2/3.000 208/169 .245/.329/.418/.747 .434/.816 1.026 89/.823 1/0 6/
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 181/144 .188/.288/.253/.541 .398/.585 .586 65/.538 1/1 1/
7.Carroll G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/4.000 1/.000 122/84 .218/.325/.267/.592 .742/.521 .479 59/.598 4/0 0/
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 21/18 .294/.429/.588/1.017 1.667/.873 1.017 21/1.017 0/0 1/
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.858 1/.000 ··· 174/166 .235/.322/.431/.753 .125/.783 .864 75/.759 2/0 7/
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 131/107 .314/.351/.496/.847 .853/.846 .846 108/.852 2/2 3/
25.Garko G/S/vP 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 4/.250 1/.000 215/166 .262/.349/.390/.739 .854/.706 .738 81/.805 0/0 5/
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 7/.834 ··· 170/122 .258/.311/.387/.698 .847/.641 .590 49/.801 3/2 3/
15.Marte G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/3.667 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 51/40 .152/.188/.174/.361 .899/.216 .382 27/.423 1/1 0/
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 2/.000 8/.625 ··· 4/.833 7/1.000 5/.200 5/1.267 203/158 .283/.330/.342/.672 .890/.601 .527 91/.529 0/0 0/
2.Peralta G/S/vP 3/.000 6/.400 ··· 5/1.400 3/1.667 8/.929 4/.000 232/183 .235/.287/.437/.724 .804/.702 .796 104/.786 2/0 11/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.250 1/2.000 80/53 .219/.278/.315/.594 .423/.682 .566 27/.416 0/0 1/
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 2/.000 9/1.222 ··· 7/.929 5/.200 7/.715 8/1.214 279/201 .261/.376/.487/.864 .769/.899 .761 122/.848 15/2 12/
IP 52.2 14.1 12.0 0.1 21.1 33.1 17.2 TOTAL .242/.321/.384/.705 .708/.704 .717 .728 33/10 56/31
ERA-K/9 3.76/6.0 4.40/5.7 2.25/5.2 135.00/30.0 4.64/3.8 5.40/5.1 3.06/6.1 4.81/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (19-12-2)
 Shoppach (3-2-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 215/.177 65/.260 56/.250 6/.833 94/.241 149/.252 79/.279 .266  Francisco
 Gutierrez
 Sizemore
 Carroll
 Choo
 Dellucci
20/1/17/5
1/4/46/2
0/59/0/1
1/0/0/0
0/0/5/0
43/0/0/0
OPS .606 .782 .711 1.833 .739 .713 .697 .761
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 107/.733 24/.622 15/.928 5/1.800 45/.990 66/.596 48/.728 .793
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 108/.478 41/.856 41/.631 1/2.000 49/.515 83/.810 31/.651 .738
Home 78/.804 31/.840 25/.644 / 51/.780 67/.510 42/.821 .776
Last 28d days 94/.589 4/1.250 40/.582 6/1.833 31/.656 54/.517 27/.703
HR/SB/CS 6/3/0 1/1/0 1/2/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 2/3/0 0/0/1 54/26/13
Usage ····X··· ·X······ ···ooo·· ···Xo··· oX····X· X···X·o· ····Xo··
Detroit Tigers Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
27.Bauer
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
47.Borowski
G/S/vB
39.Elarton
G/S/vB
30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB
49.Mujica
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
54.Slocum
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 3/1.666 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 257/215 .270/.350/.446/.796 .781/.799 .760 97/.829 1/0 8/
27.Clevlen G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1 .000/.333/.000/.333 .333/ .333 4/.333 0/0 0/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 7/.453 4/.250 9/.111 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 165/152 .238/.297/.430/.727 .308/.766 .714 90/.593 3/2 7/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 3/.666 5/2.000 15/.666 6/.666 13/1.538 ··· 3/3.167 ··· ··· 231/189 .303/.383/.473/.855 1.042/.823 1.031 88/.905 4/1 6/
15.Inge G/S/vP 2/1.000 5/.800 17/.243 4/.000 27/.990 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 151/121 .228/.324/.425/.750 .484/.815 .963 43/.799 1/1 5/
19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/23 .136/.174/.273/.447 /.447 1.667 23/.447 0/0 1/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 5/.200 8/.700 16/.393 6/2.000 15/.434 2/1.500 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 257/213 .317/.393/.507/.900 .929/.892 1.117 96/.918 0/1 9/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 2/.000 1/2.000 9/.777 5/.800 15/.277 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 231/185 .273/.336/.364/.700 .809/.673 .618 96/.639 2/0 2/
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 62/41 .182/.274/.327/.601 .619/.587 .638 35/.359 0/0 1/
8.Renteria G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 4/2.500 16/.467 19/.210 2/.500 ··· 2/3.500 ··· 227/187 .271/.314/.376/.690 1.104/.605 .716 80/.744 1/1 5/
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 5/1.200 6/1.500 16/.563 8/.536 31/.459 1/.000 3/3.667 2/1.000 ··· 204/164 .245/.287/.351/.638 .746/.611 .778 70/.471 3/0 1/
33.Thames G/S/vP 4/.750 3/1.167 6/.167 2/1.500 6/.834 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 97/60 .261/.330/.511/.841 1.160/.657 .954 43/1.033 0/0 6/
IP 10.1 1.0 26.0 9.0 5.0 31.1 5.0 27.2 TOTAL .260/.333/.413/.746 .820/.730 .835 .725 20/7 61/42
ERA-K/9 5.23/4.4 27.00/9.0 7.27/9.3 8.00/5.0 5.40/10.8 3.16/6.3 5.40/1.8 3.58/9.1 /0.0 4.08/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (5-1-2)
 Rodriguez (21-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 45/.300 7/.500 120/.333 42/.306 26/.364 129/.246 22/.300 120/.271 / .270  Inge
 Granderson
 Ordonez
 Clevlen
 Raburn
 Thames
 Guillen
2/11/0/2
0/39/0/2
0/0/56/1
1/1/0/0
13/4/6/0
19/0/6/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .889 1.405 .950 1.005 .916 .647 1.018 .713 .750
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 15/1.133 3/1.000 54/.807 15/.701 15/1.033 55/.750 11/.773 53/.560 / .770
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 30/.775 4/1.750 66/1.069 27/1.133 11/.764 74/.571 11/1.264 67/.829 / .736
Road 21/1.072 7/1.405 49/1.032 20/.821 18/.646 49/.838 17/1.027 69/.809 / .793
Last 28d days 21/1.072 7/1.405 57/1.061 19/.474 26/.916 58/.652 22/1.018 49/.645 /
HR/SB/CS 2/0/1 0/0/0 6/3/1 3/1/0 0/0/0 4/2/0 2/0/0 3/0/3 // 68/22/14
Usage ···X···· X·XX···· ·o···o·· ····o·X· oo·X·X·· ··X·X··· ····XX··

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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