CLE @ KCR, Saturday, September 6, 2008 Game Preview

Cleveland Indians, 68-71, 3rd, 10½ GB, 14½ GB in WC	SP: Zach Jackson (25, LHP, 0-1, 6.00) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-1) 27 34 19 18 5 17 4 6.00 2006 (2-2) 38.1 48 26 23 14 22 6 5.40 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-3 38.2 44 29 27 14 21 5 6.28 42 2008-08-31 SEA L 5 7 6 6 1 5 2 101 33 2008-08-25 @DET ND 6.1 7 3 3 0 6 2 96 53 2008-08-20 KCR ND 7 7 5 4 1 4 0 91 48 2008-08-14 BAL ND 5 8 3 3 1 1 0 97 39 2006-07-17 @SFG W 5 4 1 1 4 1 0 75 52 2006-07-07 CHC L 5.1 4 3 3 4 2 0 98 46 2006-07-02 @MIN L 5 7 8 7 3 2 1 95 22 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.KCR 0-0 7 7 5 4 1 4 0 5.14 48 2008-08-20 KCR ND 7 7 5 4 1 4 0 91 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 38-33 Road: 30-38 ExtrInn: 4-9 vsRHP: 51-51 vsLHP: 17-20 1-Run: 12-15 vsEast: 17-10 vsCntrl:26-31 vsWest: 19-18 IL: 6-12 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 139 Fri, Sep 5 @KCR W 9-3 68-71 3rd 10.5 gb 138 Wed, Sep 3 CHW L 2-4 67-71 3rd 10.5 gb 137 Tue, Sep 2 CHW W 9-3 67-70 3rd 9.5 gb 136 Mon, Sep 1 CHW W 5-0 66-70 3rd 10.5 gb 135 Sun, Aug 31 SEA L 4-6 65-70 4th 11.5 gb 134 Sat, Aug 30 SEA L 3-4 (10) 65-69 3rd 10.5 gb 133 Fri, Aug 29 SEA L 2-3 65-68 3rd 10.5 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:20-10
Kansas City Royals, 60-80, 5th, 19 GB, 23 GB in WC	SP: Gil Meche (29, RHP, 10-10, 4.07) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-10) 179.1 174 85 81 62 148 18 4.07 2007 (9-13) 216 218 98 88 62 156 22 3.67 2006 (11-8) 186.2 183 106 93 84 156 24 4.48 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-1 45.2 41 19 17 18 50 4 3.35 57 2008-08-31 @DET ND 7 5 2 2 0 6 1 110 65 2008-08-25 TEX L 6.1 14 5 5 1 4 1 104 28 2008-08-20 @CLE ND 7 2 3 1 1 9 2 104 73 2008-08-15 @NYY ND 6 6 1 1 2 8 0 106 62 2008-08-10 MIN ND 6.1 5 4 4 7 6 0 117 46 2008-08-04 BOS W 6 4 2 2 5 9 0 109 60 2008-07-29 @OAK W 7 5 2 2 2 8 0 101 65 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE 1-1 28.1 28 16 14 6 28 6 4.45 52 2008-08-20 @CLE ND 7 2 3 1 1 9 2 104 73 2008-05-30 CLE ND 5 6 3 3 2 6 2 107 47 2008-05-04 @CLE W 7 4 0 0 0 4 0 110 73 2008-04-22 CLE L 3.1 9 8 8 1 2 2 83 11 2007-09-29 CLE ND 6 7 2 2 2 7 0 103 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 32-40 Road: 28-40 ExtrInn: 6-6 vsRHP: 32-60 vsLHP: 28-20 1-Run: 19-18 vsEast: 14-26 vsCntrl:20-34 vsWest: 13-15 IL:13-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 140 Fri, Sep 5 CLE L 3-9 60-80 5th 19.0 gb 139 Thu, Sep 4 OAK W 9-6 60-79 5th 18.0 gb 138 Thu, Sep 4 OAK W 5-4 (10) 59-79 5th 18.0 gb 137 Tue, Sep 2 OAK W 5-2 58-79 5th 18.5 gb 136 Sun, Aug 31 @DET L 2-4 57-79 5th 20.0 gb 135 Sat, Aug 30 @DET W 13-3 57-78 5th 19.0 gb 134 Fri, Aug 29 @DET L 3-6 56-78 5th 20.0 gb 133 Wed, Aug 27 TEX L 2-3 56-77 5th 20.0 gb 132 Tue, Aug 26 TEX L 1-2 56-76 5th 20.0 gb 131 Mon, Aug 25 TEX L 4-9 56-75 5th 19.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 6-14 Last 30:10-20
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Sep 05, 2008 CLE 9 @KCR 3 W:Edward Mujica (2-1), L: Brandon Duckworth (2-1), S: none Thu, Aug 21, 2008 CLE 10 KCR 3 W:Cliff Lee (18-2), L: Zack Greinke (9-9), S: none Wed, Aug 20, 2008 CLE 8 KCR 5 W:Juan Rincon (3-3), L: Joakim Soria (1-3), S: Jensen Lewis (4) Tue, Aug 19, 2008 CLE 9 KCR 4 W:Anthony Reyes (4-2), L: Luke Hochevar (6-12), S: none Sun, Jun 01, 2008 KCR 6 CLE 1 W:Brian Bannister (5-6), L: Paul Byrd (2-5), S: none Sat, May 31, 2008 KCR 4 CLE 2 W:Kyle Davies (1-0), L: C.C. Sabathia (3-7), S: Joakim Soria (12) Fri, May 30, 2008 CLE 5 @KCR 4 W:Cliff Lee (8-1), L: Brett Tomko (2-7), S: Joe Borowski (4) Sun, May 04, 2008 KCR 2 @CLE 0 W:Gil Meche (2-4), L: Aaron Laffey (0-2), S: Joakim Soria (8) Sat, May 03, 2008 KCR 4 @CLE 2 W:Luke Hochevar (2-1), L: C.C. Sabathia (1-5), S: Joakim Soria (7) Thu, Apr 24, 2008 CLE 2 @KCR 0 W:Cliff Lee (4-0), L: Brian Bannister (3-2), S: none Season Series: 2008 - CLE leads 8-4; 2007 - CLE won 11-7; 2006 - CLE won 10-8; All-Time - CLE leads 261-252

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 5.42

FLA 4.65

SFG 3.85

RA/G

TOR 3.85

CLE 4.58

TEX 5.94

R. Furcal .366

D. Lee .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .468

A. Callaspo .367

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .642

B. Moss .486

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.110

J. Damon .842

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.32

M. Buehrle 3.98

C. Silva 6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.22

G. Floyd 6.41

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Cleveland Indians Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (5.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 55.Meche
G/S/vB 54.Fulchino
G/S/vB 41.Gobble*
G/S/vB 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB 46.Nunez
G/S/vB 57.Peralta
G/S/vB 56.Ramirez
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 51.Tejeda
G/S/vB 40.Wells
G/S/vB 27.Yabuta
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Aubrey* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 30/28 .185/.267/.407/.674 .000/.726 .977 / 0/0 2/

29.Barfield G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.500 2/1.500 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 6/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 / 0/0 0/

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 14/.672 ··· 6/.334 1/no AB 2/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 343/262 .232/.328/.325/.654 .824/.612 .566 89/.863 4/3 4/

7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 7/1.100 7/.429 2/1.500 333/229 .274/.359/.347/.706 .616/.748 .583 52/.881 7/3 1/

17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 287/227 .291/.387/.516/.903 .759/.943 .798 89/1.205 4/2 9/

20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 28/.774 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.953 3/1.167 2/2.000 3/.333 1/no AB 5/.400 2/.000 351/334 .246/.316/.419/.735 .059/.770 .833 64/.782 3/2 11/

44.Fasano G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· 50/33 .286/.367/.381/.748 .732/.752 .639 15/.641 0/0 0/

12.Francisco G/S/vP 8/.125 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 431/322 .279/.337/.456/.794 .808/.789 .727 89/.816 3/3 14/

25.Garko G/S/vP 19/1.000 1/2.000 3/.333 3/1.167 1/.000 10/.633 3/.000 9/.222 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 495/373 .253/.327/.362/.689 .750/.670 .666 106/.804 0/0 10/

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 11/.200 1/.000 2/3.000 3/.333 5/.400 7/.953 2/.000 5/1.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 2/1.500 381/258 .232/.286/.378/.665 .729/.634 .606 83/.846 5/3 8/

15.Marte G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 4/1.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 221/162 .208/.256/.312/.568 .834/.472 .607 65/.712 1/2 3/

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 32/.719 1/.000 30/.627 9/.873 3/1.666 8/.500 3/.000 3/.666 4/.833 ··· 1/.000 238/183 .278/.336/.347/.683 .964/.594 .576 21/.881 0/0 1/

2.Peralta G/S/vP 28/1.231 1/no AB 10/.967 3/1.666 4/.250 12/.705 2/2.000 10/.733 4/.500 1/2.000 1/5.000 567/433 .278/.329/.484/.813 .765/.828 .900 115/.755 3/1 21/

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 2/2.500 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/no AB 3/1.167 3/.666 2/2.500 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 337/250 .267/.338/.513/.852 .917/.829 .837 90/.763 0/0 17/

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 32/.825 ··· 23/.761 7/1.429 7/1.429 6/1.100 2/.000 5/1.267 5/.400 1/2.000 4/1.750 639/458 .273/.385/.523/.908 .815/.944 .775 123/.884 35/4 31/

IP 179.1 13.0 25.2 59.1 39.0 50.0 65.0 60.0 36.1 35.1 33.1 TOTAL .260/.336/.423/.759 .768/.756 .736 .846 69/26 149/77

ERA-K/9

4.07/7.4

8.31/7.6

10.87/7.0

2.88/6.8

3.00/4.8

6.30/6.5

2.77/9.1

1.80/9.0

4.46/9.9

5.60/7.4

5.13/5.4

4.67/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Fasano (6-4-2)
Martinez (20-13-2)
Shoppach (31-7-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 758/.254 66/.321 135/.309 250/.239 172/.260 214/.277 272/.230 234/.182 153/.178 164/.280 154/.296 .269 Francisco
Choo
Gutierrez
Sizemore
Dellucci
Carroll 69/2/31/11
19/0/40/3
9/10/85/3
0/130/0/2
51/0/0/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .711 .891 .975 .661 .715 .882 .611 .532 .590 .819 .861 .760

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 393/.651 36/.868 55/.568 102/.697 81/.828 95/.951 131/.751 121/.560 73/.688 74/.769 69/.629 .779

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 365/.775 30/.920 80/1.296 148/.637 91/.616 119/.831 141/.484 113/.502 80/.491 90/.862 85/1.047 .742

Home 365/.796 31/1.156 62/1.147 124/.664 100/.801 126/.866 156/.538 113/.408 101/.725 55/.955 86/.941 .742

Last 28d days 138/.698 34/.849 4/.250 6/.500 54/.777 34/1.371 45/.795 38/.789 49/.652 38/.792 7/.714

HR/SB/CS 18/7/0 1/1/0 5/2/0 5/2/2 2/1/0 15/3/1 2/3/1 5/2/1 3/6/0 3/1/2 5/4/0 145/68/19

Usage ·····X·· X·····X· X······· ·o······ ·o····Xo o······· ·X·o·X·· ·X·o··X· ·X·····o ·o···o·X X·······

Kansas City Royals Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 57.Jackson*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Aviles G/S/vP 4/1.750 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 344/233 .333/.363/.489/.853 1.082/.746 .801 108/.747 5/2 7/

14.Buck G/S/vP 3/1.167 7/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 12/.273 ··· ··· 372/264 .221/.298/.364/.662 .777/.616 .651 63/.454 0/3 8/

16.Butler G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 428/297 .280/.327/.411/.738 1.042/.606 .753 93/.784 0/1 10/

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 159/117 .303/.367/.345/.712 .876/.653 .621 50/.789 1/1 0/

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 3/.666 9/.236 2/no AB 3/.666 1/.000 9/1.156 ··· 1/2.000 6/.334 10/.000 ··· ··· 498/323 .296/.352/.431/.783 .704/.828 .783 94/.660 10/7 10/

2.Gathright* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 6/1.000 1/.000 3/1.334 5/1.100 ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 301/225 .251/.306/.270/.576 .582/.573 .590 26/.648 21/4 0/

3.German G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.334 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 7/.333 ··· ··· 3/.000 5/.933 ··· 1/.000 207/106 .245/.304/.342/.646 .610/.680 .698 58/.828 6/3 0/

7.Gload* G/S/vP ··· 14/.220 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.500 6/.334 ··· ··· 404/302 .272/.315/.344/.659 .586/.684 .765 70/.644 3/4 3/

11.Guillen G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.700 1/.000 4/.500 3/.000 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 6/.167 ··· ··· 541/388 .252/.287/.430/.716 .939/.632 .708 99/.602 2/1 18/

25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .250/.250/.250/.500 /.500 .500 4/.500 0/0 0/

21.Olivo G/S/vP 3/.000 6/1.333 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/5.000 9/.555 ··· ··· 277/185 .259/.285/.455/.740 .924/.650 .652 44/.614 6/0 11/

1.Pena G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 4/.750 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 214/146 .165/.184/.209/.393 .586/.306 .421 17/.706 3/1 1/

43.Shealy G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 8/2 .250/.250/.625/.875 1.167/.000 .875 8/.875 0/0 1/

26.Smith* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 20/15 .200/.200/.300/.500 .400/.533 .667 19/.526 0/1 0/

24.Teahen* G/S/vP 1/.000 5/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 2/2.000 4/.250 ··· 1/2.000 8/.393 9/.472 ··· ··· 535/371 .240/.305/.378/.682 .685/.681 .655 95/.642 3/3 12/

IP 27.0 61.2 7.2 53.2 54.2 15.1 30.2 70.2 48.1 0.0 2.0 TOTAL .264/.316/.388/.704 .776/.672 .715 .688 69/35 98/84

ERA-K/9

6.00/5.7

4.96/8.5

5.87/3.5

4.19/5.9

4.28/6.9

11.15/8.2

/0.0

6.75/5.9

3.31/9.8

5.59/6.3

/0.0

27.00/4.5

4.32/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Buck (50-8-3)
Olivo (18-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 120/.304 264/.263 37/.333 231/.271 246/.279 80/.324 / 135/.303 284/.217 219/.281 1/ 15/.615 .270 Guillen
Gathright
Teahen
DeJesus
Gload
Callaspo
German
Smith 45/0/54/9
0/91/0/5
24/1/84/4
63/56/17/3
7/0/2/0
3/0/0/0
29/0/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .797 .773 .769 .733 .793 1.001 .881 .609 .802 1.754 .744

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 32/.554 119/.742 16/.732 109/.819 130/.773 43/1.200 / 61/.896 115/.514 97/.927 1/ 8/1.214 .775

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.882 145/.796 21/.797 122/.657 116/.816 37/.793 / 74/.867 169/.672 122/.703 / 7/2.381 .724

Road 43/.765 109/.838 3/.000 90/.875 117/.819 52/1.276 / 66/.866 154/.622 93/.977 / 15/1.754 .790

Last 28d days 102/.812 53/.363 37/.769 20/.900 38/.824 10/1.067 / 37/.995 49/.534 39/.425 1/ /

HR/SB/CS 4/1/0 11/8/1 0/1/0 8/2/0 6/1/1 4/1/0 // 5/0/0 7/2/3 7/4/1 0/0/0 2/0/0 143/57/24

Usage ·····X·· o·oo··X· ···o··oo o····o·· ······X· X······· X······o ···X·o·· ··X··X·X ··o····· ········

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: CLE @ KCR, 7:10pm, Saturday, September 6, 2008 @Kauffman Stadium

SP: Zach Jackson (25, LHP, 0-1, 6.00)

SP: Gil Meche (29, RHP, 10-10, 4.07)

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