CLE @ NYY, Tuesday, May 6, 2008 Game Preview

Cleveland Indians, 14-17, 3rd, 2½ GB, 4½ GB in WC	SP: Fausto Carmona (24, RHP, 3-1, 2.60) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-1) 34.2 34 12 10 26 13 1 2.60 2007 (19-8) 215 199 78 73 61 137 16 3.06 2006 (1-10) 74.2 88 46 45 31 58 9 5.42 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 41.2 41 15 13 26 17 3 2.81 51 2008-04-29 SEA ND 6.2 8 2 1 4 2 0 103 50 2008-04-24 @KCR W 5 9 4 4 4 1 1 98 30 2008-04-17 DET W 6.2 7 1 1 1 2 0 105 57 2008-04-12 OAK L 3.1 2 3 3 8 1 0 82 37 2008-04-07 @LAA ND 6 4 1 0 5 3 0 94 60 2008-04-02 CHW W 7 4 1 1 4 4 0 108 65 2007-09-26 @SEA W 7 7 3 3 0 4 2 113 55 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 0-1 13 14 6 6 2 4 2 4.15 50 2007-08-10 NYY L 7 8 4 4 1 2 1 95 46 2007-04-19 @NYY ND 6 6 2 2 1 2 1 97 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 8-11 Road: 6-6 ExtrInn: 1-1 vsRHP: 10-12 vsLHP: 4-5 1-Run: 4-3 vsEast: 2-4 vsCntrl: 7-6 vsWest: 5-7 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 31 Sun, May 4 KCR L 0-2 14-17 4th 2.5 gb 30 Sat, May 3 KCR L 2-4 14-16 3rd 1.5 gb 29 Thu, May 1 SEA W 3-2 (11) 14-15 2nd 1.5 gb 28 Wed, Apr 30 SEA W 8-3 13-15 3rd 2.0 gb 27 Tue, Apr 29 SEA L 2-7 12-15 4th 3.0 gb 26 Mon, Apr 28 NYY L 2-5 12-14 2nd 3.0 gb 25 Sun, Apr 27 NYY L 0-1 12-13 2nd 2.5 gb 24 Sat, Apr 26 NYY W 4-3 12-12 2nd 1.5 gb 23 Fri, Apr 25 NYY W 6-4 11-12 2nd 2.0 gb 22 Thu, Apr 24 @KCR W 2-0 10-12 2nd 2.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:13-17
New York Yankees, 17-16, 2nd, 3½ GB, 2½ GB in WC	SP: Andy Pettitte (36, LHP, 3-3, 3.93) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-3) 36.2 41 19 16 11 20 5 3.93 2007 (15-9) 215.1 238 106 97 69 141 16 4.05 2006 (14-13) 214.1 238 114 100 70 178 27 4.20 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-3 41.2 49 28 24 14 20 7 5.18 44 2008-04-30 DET L 6 7 5 5 1 3 2 92 40 2008-04-25 @CLE L 5 8 5 4 3 3 2 99 33 2008-04-20 @BAL W 7 4 0 0 0 5 0 89 74 2008-04-15 @TBR W 7 9 3 3 3 5 0 100 49 2008-04-10 @KCR W 6.2 5 1 1 2 1 0 92 59 2008-04-05 TBR L 5 8 5 3 2 3 1 86 36 2007-09-29 @BAL W 5 8 9 8 3 0 2 80 14 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE 2-2 31.1 37 17 14 9 21 3 4.02 48 2008-04-25 @CLE L 5 8 5 4 3 3 2 99 33 2007-08-12 @CLE W 7.1 7 2 2 2 4 0 97 58 2003-07-17 CLE ND 7 7 4 4 1 6 1 101 52 2002-07-23 @CLE L 5 9 5 4 2 4 0 110 33 2002-07-11 @CLE W 7 6 1 0 1 4 0 103 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 8-7 Road: 9-9 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 13-12 vsLHP: 4-4 1-Run: 4-3 vsEast: 9-8 vsCntrl: 5-8 vsWest: 3-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 33 Sun, May 4 SEA W 8-2 17-16 2nd 3.0 gb 32 Sat, May 3 SEA W 6-1 16-16 4th 3.0 gb 31 Fri, May 2 SEA W 5-1 15-16 4th 3.0 gb 30 Thu, May 1 DET L 4-8 14-16 4th 3.0 gb 29 Wed, Apr 30 DET L 2-6 14-15 4th 3.0 gb 28 Tue, Apr 29 DET L 4-6 14-14 4th 2.0 gb 27 Mon, Apr 28 @CLE W 5-2 14-13 4th 1.0 gb 26 Sun, Apr 27 @CLE W 1-0 13-13 4th 1.5 gb 25 Sat, Apr 26 @CLE L 3-4 12-13 4th 2.5 gb 24 Fri, Apr 25 @CLE L 4-6 12-12 4th 2.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Mon, Apr 28, 2008 NYY 5 @CLE 2 W:Mike Mussina (3-3), L: Aaron Laffey (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (8) Sun, Apr 27, 2008 NYY 1 @CLE 0 W:Chien-Ming Wang (5-0), L: C.C. Sabathia (1-4), S: Mariano Rivera (7) Sat, Apr 26, 2008 CLE 4 NYY 3 W:Masahide Kobayashi (1-0), L: Ross Ohlendorf (0-1), S: none Fri, Apr 25, 2008 CLE 6 NYY 4 W:Paul Byrd (1-2), L: Andy Pettitte (3-2), S: Rafael Betancourt (2) Sun, Aug 12, 2007 NYY 5 @CLE 3 W:Andy Pettitte (9-7), L: Jake Westbrook (3-7), S: Mariano Rivera (19) Sat, Aug 11, 2007 NYY 11 @CLE 2 W:Mike Mussina (8-7), L: Paul Byrd (10-5), S: none Fri, Aug 10, 2007 NYY 6 @CLE 1 W:Philip Hughes (2-1), L: Fausto Carmona (13-7), S: none Thu, Apr 19, 2007 NYY 8 CLE 6 W:Sean Henn (1-0), L: Joe Borowski (0-1), S: none Wed, Apr 18, 2007 NYY 9 CLE 2 W:Kei Igawa (1-0), L: Jeremy Sowers (0-1), S: none Tue, Apr 17, 2007 NYY 10 CLE 3 W:Chase Wright (1-0), L: Jake Westbrook (0-2), S: none Season Series: 2008 - Tied 2-2; 2007 - NYY won 6-0; 2006 - NYY won 4-3; All-Time - NYY leads 1079-859

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

CHC 6.00

NYM 4.53

SFG 3.31

RA/G

TOR 3.55

TBR 4.42

TEX 5.88

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .96

J. Lester 3.94

B. Arroyo 8.63

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 11.75

B. Backe 6.13

J. Garland 2.03

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Cleveland Indians Batters (4.26 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Pettitte*
G/S/vB 63.Albaladejo
G/S/vB 47.Britton
G/S/vB 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 39.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB 36.Ramirez
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 41.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Blake G/S/vP 9/.476 2/.500 3/.666 2/.000 3/.333 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.700 ··· 105/82 .202/.286/.340/.626 .317/.710 .995 83/.697 1/0 2/

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 104/77 .191/.284/.247/.532 .385/.595 .710 79/.529 0/1 0/

7.Carroll G/S/vP 11/.282 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/32 .216/.396/.270/.666 .745/.614 .436 44/.668 3/0 0/

20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 83/81 .264/.349/.444/.794 .500/.796 .944 72/.840 1/0 3/

25.Garko G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 119/94 .242/.361/.354/.715 1.031/.638 .673 90/.636 0/0 2/

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 6/1.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 108/83 .253/.295/.364/.659 .782/.619 .389 83/.677 3/1 2/

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 7/.429 1/no AB ··· 4/.000 ··· 128/96 .209/.305/.345/.650 .665/.645 .660 98/.603 0/1 3/

15.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/15 .077/.143/.077/.220 /.154 .533 13/.091 0/0 0/

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 9/.819 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 5/.400 4/.750 1/2.000 ··· 8/.500 ··· 100/67 .347/.380/.411/.791 1.086/.631 .806 93/.752 0/0 0/

8.Michaels G/S/vP 12/.917 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 67/39 .207/.258/.276/.533 .417/.616 .440 47/.654 1/1 0/

2.Peralta G/S/vP 9/1.806 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 3/.000 6/.533 ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· 112/89 .216/.279/.392/.671 .761/.647 1.000 83/.676 1/0 5/

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/28 .306/.375/.444/.819 .500/.970 .714 22/1.033 0/0 1/

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 7/.453 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/1.250 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 135/94 .277/.393/.446/.839 .741/.879 .692 103/.817 7/1 4/

IP 36.2 10.1 2.2 12.1 15.1 16.2 21.0 5.1 13.0 1.0 TOTAL .242/.325/.362/.687 .700/.683 .717 .693 17/5 22/17

ERA-K/9

3.93/4.9

5.23/9.6

0.00/0.0

1.46/10.2

3.52/9.4

7.02/3.8

5.14/9.0

0.00/10.2

0.00/8.3

0.00/9.0

4.36/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martinez (11-8-0)
Shoppach (0-0-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 157/.289 45/.286 10/.000 48/.200 63/.281 71/.302 93/.265 23/.158 43/.095 3/.000 .263 Michaels
Carroll
Dellucci
Sizemore
Gutierrez 15/0/6/3
1/0/0/0
24/0/0/0
0/29/0/0
0/3/27/0

OPS .762 .833 .200 .494 .860 .800 .693 .568 .188 .000 .720

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 41/.457 20/.900 4/.250 20/.500 26/1.150 28/1.196 45/.909 10/.775 19/.105 / .723

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 116/.869 25/.769 6/.167 28/.490 37/.670 43/.561 48/.498 13/.413 24/.255 3/.000 .718

Home 50/.990 33/.989 10/.200 17/.301 29/.828 36/.889 36/.500 14/.721 16/.125 3/.000 .715

Last 28d days 131/.712 36/.965 10/.200 35/.589 49/.792 53/.590 80/.727 23/.568 33/.185 3/.000

HR/SB/CS 5/3/1 1/0/2 0/0/0 0/2/0 4/5/3 2/1/2 1/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 28/38/13

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

New York Yankees Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 55.Carmona
G/S/vB 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB 58.Breslow*
G/S/vB 44.Julio
G/S/vB 30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB 50.Lewis
G/S/vB 40.Mastny
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 6/.666 2/1.000 2/.500 6/.500 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 1/.000 135/100 .306/.363/.452/.815 .697/.858 1.082 107/.740 2/2 4/

28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 7/1.071 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 118/83 .291/.359/.505/.864 .719/.924 .990 102/.862 3/0 6/

24.Cano* G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· ··· 6/.833 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 2/.500 126/97 .154/.214/.256/.471 .526/.454 .469 99/.489 0/2 3/

18.Damon* G/S/vP 6/.900 4/1.500 ··· 20/.358 1/2.000 2/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 134/96 .295/.394/.527/.921 .889/.933 .795 104/1.037 5/1 4/

17.Duncan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 27/9 .182/.333/.227/.561 .675/.347 .713 22/.599 0/0 0/

11.Ensberg G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 61/38 .220/.246/.271/.517 .399/.587 .367 57/.518 0/1 1/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP 5/1.000 3/.000 1/3.000 8/.625 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 3/.000 104/76 .150/.317/.375/.692 .321/.808 .474 87/.734 1/1 5/

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 31/23 .269/.345/.346/.691 .571/.732 .286 31/.691 0/0 0/

2.Jeter G/S/vP 8/.929 6/.666 ··· 15/.133 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 2/1.000 119/85 .313/.339/.393/.732 .771/.716 .768 93/.786 0/1 0/

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 10/1.625 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/2.000 124/92 .324/.411/.491/.902 .666/.993 .895 100/.860 0/0 4/

19.Moeller G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 31/25 .286/.355/.464/.819 .900/.798 .646 31/.819 0/0 1/

26.Molina G/S/vP 4/.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 60/42 .224/.233/.345/.578 .278/.711 .568 47/.524 0/0 0/

IP 34.2 12.2 6.0 12.1 15.2 19.1 1.2 13.1 TOTAL .262/.331/.415/.745 .626/.790 .745 .759 12/8 33/17

ERA-K/9

2.60/3.4

6.39/9.2

3.00/6.0

3.65/6.6

1.72/4.6

3.26/7.0

10.80/15.9

4.73/6.8

3.87/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Moeller (6-2-0)
Molina (17-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 155/.270 57/.333 29/.250 51/.222 65/.270 84/.253 11/.250 59/.302 .259 Abreu
Cabrera
Matsui
Duncan
Damon 0/0/31/2
0/31/0/1
11/0/3/1
0/0/2/0
24/4/0/0

OPS .749 .950 .671 .669 .626 .760 .830 .807 .720

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 79/.827 27/.536 7/.762 23/.798 28/.655 38/.757 2/.500 26/.490 .725

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 76/.665 30/1.310 22/.641 28/.566 37/.604 46/.762 9/.873 33/1.037 .716

Road 52/.818 19/1.033 9/.476 23/.455 17/.529 17/.647 / 29/.875 .673

Last 28d days 102/.880 38/.750 20/.753 37/.606 57/.554 71/.798 11/.830 47/.848

HR/SB/CS 1/4/0 4/3/0 0/2/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/2 32/11/8

Usage ······X· ·o··X·o· ······X· ·····o·o ·oo·X·o· ··X··X·X ······o· ·oo···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 @ NYY, 7:05pm, Tuesday, May 6, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

SP: Fausto Carmona (24, RHP, 3-1, 2.60)

SP: Andy Pettitte (36, LHP, 3-3, 3.93)

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