CLE @ KCR, Sunday, September 7, 2008 Game Preview

Cleveland Indians, 68-72, 3rd, 11½ GB, 14½ GB in WC	SP: Cliff Lee (29, LHP, 20-2, 2.32) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (20-2) 194.1 177 53 50 27 149 8 2.32 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 6-0 52.2 51 15 14 7 29 3 2.39 60 2008-09-01 CHW W 9 5 0 0 0 4 0 109 81 2008-08-26 @DET W 7.2 6 2 2 1 4 0 108 62 2008-08-21 KCR W 7 6 3 2 2 7 0 102 60 2008-08-15 LAA W 9 8 2 2 2 6 1 117 67 2008-08-10 @TOR W 8 8 0 0 0 1 0 104 67 2008-08-04 @TBR W 7 8 2 2 2 2 0 115 53 2008-07-30 DET ND 5 10 6 6 0 5 2 88 28 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.KCR 3-2 32.1 34 18 17 6 27 4 4.73 51 2008-08-21 KCR W 7 6 3 2 2 7 0 102 60 2008-05-30 @KCR W 6 10 4 4 1 3 0 101 38 2008-04-24 @KCR W 9 3 0 0 0 9 0 120 90 2007-05-23 @KCR L 4.1 10 8 8 1 3 3 90 13 2006-08-22 @KCR L 6 5 3 3 2 5 1 105 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 38-33 Road: 30-39 ExtrInn: 4-9 vsRHP: 51-52 vsLHP: 17-20 1-Run: 12-15 vsEast: 17-10 vsCntrl:26-32 vsWest: 19-18 IL: 6-12 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 140 Sat, Sep 6 @KCR L 1-3 68-72 3rd 11.5 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:20-10
Kansas City Royals, 61-80, 5th, 19 GB, 22 GB in WC	SP: Zack Greinke (24, RHP, 10-9, 3.67) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (10-9) 176.1 182 81 72 50 159 21 3.67 2007 (7-7) 122 122 52 50 36 106 12 3.69 2006 (1-0) 6.1 7 3 3 3 5 1 4.26 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 43.1 44 20 12 9 45 3 2.49 56 2008-09-02 OAK W 7 6 2 2 1 8 1 102 64 2008-08-26 TEX ND 6 4 1 0 1 5 0 101 66 2008-08-21 @CLE L 5 6 5 1 1 4 1 99 46 2008-08-16 @NYY ND 6.2 6 2 0 2 5 0 104 61 2008-08-09 MIN L 5 9 6 5 3 6 1 95 30 2008-08-03 CHW W 6.1 6 2 2 0 6 0 87 59 2008-07-28 @OAK W 7.1 7 2 2 1 11 0 106 66 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE 0-3 24.2 23 14 6 12 19 4 2.19 51 2008-08-21 @CLE L 5 6 5 1 1 4 1 99 46 2007-09-15 @CLE L 5.1 4 2 1 5 3 1 103 52 2007-08-24 CLE ND 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 48 58 2005-09-25 CLE ND 7 5 3 0 1 6 1 104 66 2005-08-10 CLE L 4.1 7 4 4 4 4 1 100 33
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 33-40 Road: 28-40 ExtrInn: 6-6 vsRHP: 32-60 vsLHP: 29-20 1-Run: 19-18 vsEast: 14-26 vsCntrl:21-34 vsWest: 13-15 IL:13-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 141 Sat, Sep 6 CLE W 3-1 61-80 5th 19.0 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30:10-20
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Sep 06, 2008 KCR 3 CLE 1 W:Gil Meche (11-10), L: Zach Jackson (0-2), S: Joakim Soria (35) 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) Season Series: 2008 - CLE leads 8-5; 2007 - CLE won 11-7; 2006 - CLE won 10-8; All-Time - CLE leads 261-253

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 5.49

LAA 4.64

SDP 3.83

RA/G

TOR 3.85

NYY 4.56

TEX 5.96

R. Furcal .366

B. Hawpe .292

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .468

J. Thome .367

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .646

A. Ramirez .484

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.114

P. Fielder .842

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.32

H. Kuroda 3.96

C. Silva 6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.22

M. Mussina 6.42

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Cleveland Indians Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (5.01 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 23.Greinke
G/S/vB 54.Fulchino
G/S/vB 41.Gobble*
G/S/vB 52.Lowery
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 2/no AB ··· 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 6/1.100 ··· 6/.334 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/no AB 4/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 346/265 .233/.328/.325/.654 .824/.613 .568 88/.856 4/3 4/

7.Carroll G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 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 3/2.667 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 290/230 .296/.390/.526/.916 .759/.959 .824 87/1.289 4/3 9/

20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 13/.408 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.953 3/1.167 2/2.000 4/.250 1/no AB 5/.400 2/.000 355/338 .243/.313/.413/.726 .059/.761 .813 63/.669 3/2 11/

44.Fasano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 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 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 3/.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 435/326 .277/.336/.453/.789 .808/.783 .720 88/.773 3/3 14/

25.Garko G/S/vP 8/.833 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 10/.633 3/.000 9/.222 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 498/376 .252/.327/.361/.689 .750/.669 .665 104/.773 0/0 10/

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 7/.143 1/.000 2/3.000 1/.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 ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 4/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 224/165 .205/.252/.307/.560 .834/.462 .591 64/.691 1/2 3/

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 26/.602 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 22/.883 1/no AB 10/.967 ··· 3/1.666 4/.250 12/.705 2/2.000 11/.664 4/.500 1/2.000 1/5.000 571/437 .276/.327/.480/.807 .765/.820 .886 114/.743 3/1 21/

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 3/.333 1/no AB 1/3.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.167 3/.666 2/2.500 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 340/253 .264/.335/.508/.844 .917/.818 .822 88/.764 0/0 17/

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 32/.982 ··· 23/.761 1/no AB 7/1.429 7/1.429 6/1.100 3/.000 5/1.267 5/.400 1/2.000 4/1.750 643/462 .271/.383/.519/.902 .815/.935 .765 122/.892 35/4 31/

IP 176.1 13.0 25.2 1.0 59.1 39.0 50.0 66.0 61.0 36.1 35.1 33.1 TOTAL .259/.335/.421/.757 .768/.753 .731 .836 69/27 149/78

ERA-K/9

3.67/8.1

8.31/7.6

10.87/7.0

0.00/18.0

2.88/6.8

3.00/4.8

6.30/6.5

2.73/9.0

1.77/9.0

4.46/9.9

5.60/7.4

5.13/5.4

4.64/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Fasano (6-4-2)
Martinez (20-13-2)
Shoppach (31-7-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 748/.264 66/.321 135/.309 4/.000 250/.239 172/.260 214/.277 275/.227 237/.179 153/.178 164/.280 154/.296 .268 Francisco
Gutierrez
Choo
Sizemore
Dellucci
Carroll 70/2/31/11
9/10/85/3
19/0/41/3
0/131/0/2
51/0/0/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .742 .891 .975 .250 .661 .715 .882 .604 .525 .590 .819 .861 .757

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 349/.829 36/.868 55/.568 2/.500 102/.697 81/.828 95/.951 133/.738 122/.555 73/.688 74/.769 69/.629 .778

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 399/.665 30/.920 80/1.296 2/.000 148/.637 91/.616 119/.831 142/.480 115/.493 80/.491 90/.862 85/1.047 .739

Home 323/.693 31/1.156 62/1.147 4/.250 124/.664 100/.801 126/.866 159/.528 116/.397 101/.725 55/.955 86/.941 .738

Last 28d days 103/.654 34/.849 4/.250 4/.250 6/.500 45/.806 34/1.371 48/.738 41/.727 42/.739 38/.792 7/.714

HR/SB/CS 21/2/4 1/1/0 5/2/0 0/0/0 5/2/2 2/1/0 15/3/1 2/3/1 5/2/1 3/6/0 3/1/2 5/4/0 145/68/20

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

Kansas City Royals Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Lee*
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 3/.666 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 348/234 .329/.359/.483/.843 1.052/.743 .784 107/.703 5/2 7/

14.Buck G/S/vP 36/1.136 7/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 12/.273 ··· ··· 372/264 .221/.298/.364/.662 .777/.616 .651 59/.487 0/3 8/

16.Butler G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 4/1.250 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 432/298 .279/.326/.409/.735 1.033/.604 .748 92/.815 0/1 10/

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 162/117 .297/.360/.338/.698 .815/.653 .602 53/.740 1/1 0/

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 34/.688 9/.236 2/no AB 3/.666 1/.000 9/1.156 ··· 1/2.000 6/.334 10/.000 ··· ··· 502/323 .300/.355/.434/.789 .723/.828 .794 94/.712 10/7 10/

2.Gathright* G/S/vP 3/.666 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 15/.708 3/1.334 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 7/.333 ··· ··· 3/.000 5/.933 ··· 1/.000 210/106 .246/.304/.342/.647 .612/.680 .697 59/.850 6/3 0/

7.Gload* G/S/vP 3/1.167 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 13/.481 5/.700 1/.000 4/.500 3/.000 2/2.500 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 6/.167 ··· ··· 545/389 .252/.286/.428/.715 .933/.630 .705 99/.591 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 16/.521 6/1.333 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/5.000 9/.555 ··· ··· 280/185 .257/.282/.450/.732 .894/.650 .638 43/.512 6/0 11/

1.Pena G/S/vP 11/.182 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 4/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· 11/2 .273/.273/.545/.818 1.000/.000 .818 11/.818 0/0 1/

26.Smith* G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/2.500 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 20/15 .200/.200/.300/.500 .400/.533 .667 17/.588 0/1 0/

24.Teahen* G/S/vP 29/1.192 5/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 2/2.000 4/.250 ··· 1/2.000 8/.393 9/.472 ··· ··· 538/371 .243/.307/.382/.688 .704/.681 .667 94/.649 3/3 12/

IP 194.1 61.2 7.2 53.2 54.2 15.1 31.2 70.2 48.1 0.0 2.0 TOTAL .264/.316/.387/.704 .775/.672 .714 .684 69/35 98/84

ERA-K/9

2.32/6.9

4.96/8.5

5.87/3.5

4.19/5.9

4.28/6.9

11.15/8.2

/0.0

6.54/6.0

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 (18-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 761/.244 264/.263 37/.333 231/.271 246/.279 80/.324 / 138/.296 284/.217 219/.281 1/ 15/.615 .270 Guillen
Gathright
Teahen
DeJesus
Smith
Gload
Callaspo
German 45/0/55/9
0/92/0/5
24/1/84/4
64/57/17/3
1/0/0/0
7/0/2/0
3/0/0/0
30/0/0/0

OPS .602 .773 .769 .733 .793 1.001 .861 .609 .802 1.754 .743

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 209/.647 119/.742 16/.732 109/.819 130/.773 43/1.200 / 61/.896 115/.514 97/.927 1/ 8/1.214 .778

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 552/.585 145/.796 21/.797 122/.657 116/.816 37/.793 / 77/.832 169/.672 122/.703 / 7/2.381 .721

Road 429/.599 109/.838 3/.000 90/.875 117/.819 52/1.276 / 69/.827 154/.622 93/.977 / 15/1.754 .788

Last 28d days 152/.543 53/.363 37/.769 20/.900 38/.824 10/1.067 / 40/.914 49/.534 39/.425 1/ /

HR/SB/CS 8/1/0 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··o ·o····o· ·······X ·X······ oX······ ····X·o· ···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, 2:10pm, Sunday, September 7, 2008 @Kauffman Stadium

SP: Cliff Lee (29, LHP, 20-2, 2.32)

SP: Zack Greinke (24, RHP, 10-9, 3.67)

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