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Game Preview: CLE @ NYY, 7:05pm, Wednesday, May 7, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

Cleveland Indians, 15-17, 3rd, 1½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Cliff Lee (29, LHP, 5-0, 0.96)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-0)             37.2  19   5   4   2  32  1    0.96      
 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         5-2  48.1  36  20  18   6  38  2    3.35   60 
 2008-04-30    SEA   W   6     8   3   3   0   3  1      97   47 
 2008-04-24   @KCR   W   9     3   0   0   0   9  0     120   90 
 2008-04-18   @MIN   W   8     2   0   0   1   8  0     109   85 
 2008-04-13    OAK   W   8     2   1   1   0   8  0     102   82 
 2008-04-06   @OAK   W   6.2   4   1   0   1   4  0     108   67 
 2007-07-26    BOS   L   4     9   8   7   3   1  1      78   12 
 2007-07-21   @TEX   L   6.2   8   7   7   1   5  0     114   34 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYY      2-3  27    34  25  22  10  19  6    7.33   39 
 2006-07-06    NYY   L   6    10   7   4   2   2  1     100   30 
 2006-06-15   @NYY   W   6.2   5   3   3   1   3  3      97   54 
 2005-08-03    NYY   W   6.2   8   4   4   2   5  1     101   45 
 2005-07-08   @NYY   L   6     6   5   5   3   6  0     103   43 
 2004-09-02   @NYY   L   1.2   5   6   6   2   3  1      65   22 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-11   Road:    7-6    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  10-12   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  3-4    vsCntrl: 7-6    vsWest:  5-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 32 Tue, May  6  @NYY  W   5-3       15-17  3rd  1.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
New York Yankees, 17-17, 3rd, 4½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Chien-Ming Wang (28, RHP, 6-0, 3.00)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (6-0)             45    38  15  15  13  32  1    3.00      
 2007 (19-7)           199.1 199  84  82  59 104  9    3.70      
 2006 (19-6)           218   233  92  88  52  76 12    3.63      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         6-0  45    38  15  15  13  32  1    3.00   57 
 2008-05-02    SEA   W   6     3   1   1   2   5  0      90   65 
 2008-04-27   @CLE   W   7     4   0   0   2   9  0     113   76 
 2008-04-22   @CHW   W   6    10   3   3   2   5  0     105   43 
 2008-04-16    BOS  ND   4     9   8   8   3   2  0      69   11 
 2008-04-11   @BOS   W   9     2   1   1   0   3  1      93   82 
 2008-04-06    TBR   W   6     4   0   0   2   6  0      96   68 
 2008-04-01    TOR   W   7     6   2   2   2   2  0      92   57 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE      3-1  26.1  27   8   8   8  17  2    2.73   55 
 2008-04-27   @CLE   W   7     4   0   0   2   9  0     113   76 
 2006-07-03   @CLE   L   5.1  11   5   5   2   2  1     106   26 
 2006-06-13    CLE   W   7.1   5   0   0   1   3  0      90   70 
 2005-07-08    CLE   W   6.2   7   3   3   3   3  1     110   48 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-8    Road:    9-9    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:  13-13   vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  9-8    vsCntrl: 5-9    vsWest:  3-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 34 Tue, May  6   CLE  L   3-5       17-17  3rd  4.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 06, 2008 CLE  5 @NYY  3        W:Rafael Perez (1-1), L: Joba Chamberlain (1-2), S: Rafael Betancourt (3)
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
Season Series: 2008 - CLE leads 3-2; 2007 - NYY won 6-0; 2006 - NYY won 4-3; All-Time - NYY leads 1079-860

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  5.91

FLA  4.53

SDP  3.36

RA/G

OAK  3.54

KCR  4.44

PIT  5.84

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

C. Lee  .96

B. Looper  3.95

C. Sabathia  7.51

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  11.75

T. Redding  6.18

J. Garland  2.03

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Cleveland Indians Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Wang
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Blake G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.500 3/.666 2/.000 3/.333 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.700 ··· 105/82 .202/.286/.340/.626 .317/.710 .995 79/.671 1/0 2/
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 104/77 .191/.284/.247/.532 .385/.595 .710 74/.521 0/1 0/
7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/33 .225/.392/.275/.667 .733/.614 .470 44/.722 3/0 0/
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 84/82 .274/.357/.493/.850 .500/.854 1.091 69/.865 1/0 4/
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 10/7 .300/.300/.400/.700 .667/.714 .700 10/.700 0/1 0/
25.Garko G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 123/95 .243/.358/.350/.707 .986/.631 .659 90/.621 0/0 2/
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 6/.833 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 111/83 .245/.287/.353/.640 .696/.619 .359 82/.685 3/1 2/
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 12/.542 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.500 7/.429 1/no AB ··· 4/.000 ··· 132/97 .211/.303/.342/.645 .665/.638 .647 97/.552 0/1 3/
15.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 20/17 .063/.167/.063/.229 .667/.133 .425 17/.133 0/0 0/
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 12/.583 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 5/.400 4/.750 1/2.000 ··· 8/.500 ··· 100/67 .347/.380/.411/.791 1.086/.631 .806 88/.773 0/0 0/
2.Peralta G/S/vP 9/.555 1/.000 4/.500 2/.500 3/.000 6/.533 ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· 116/90 .219/.287/.419/.706 .869/.655 1.068 87/.723 1/0 6/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 45/30 .275/.341/.400/.741 .429/.900 .600 26/.863 0/0 1/
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 9/1.111 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 4/1.250 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 139/95 .270/.388/.435/.823 .684/.886 .667 102/.811 7/1 4/
IP 45.0 10.1 2.2 13.1 16.0 16.2 21.0 5.1 13.0 2.0 TOTAL .240/.323/.362/.686 .689/.685 .711 .689 17/6 24/17
ERA-K/9 3.00/6.4 5.23/9.6 0.00/0.0 3.38/10.2 3.38/9.6 7.02/3.8 5.14/9.0 0.00/10.2 0.00/8.3 0.00/9.0 4.38/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (11-8-0)
 Shoppach (0-1-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 183/.225 45/.286 10/.000 54/.208 65/.271 71/.302 93/.265 23/.158 43/.095 6/.000 .261  Gutierrez
 Carroll
 Dellucci
 Sizemore
 Francisco
0/3/28/1
1/0/0/0
25/0/0/0
0/30/0/0
2/0/2/0
OPS .586 .833 .200 .596 .832 .800 .693 .568 .188 .000 .718
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 82/.628 20/.900 4/.250 23/.713 26/1.150 28/1.196 45/.909 10/.775 19/.105 / .727
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 101/.552 25/.769 6/.167 31/.497 39/.635 43/.561 48/.498 13/.413 24/.255 6/.000 .711
Home 98/.620 33/.989 10/.200 23/.589 31/.774 36/.889 36/.500 14/.721 16/.125 6/.000 .710
Last 28d days 131/.621 36/.965 10/.200 41/.714 51/.758 48/.584 68/.704 23/.568 33/.185 6/.000
HR/SB/CS 1/5/2 1/0/2 0/0/0 1/2/0 4/5/3 2/1/2 1/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 30/38/14
Usage ····X··· ·····X·· ·····X·· X···X··· o·o·o·X· ···o··Xo ··X····X ···X··Xo ··o·o··· o··o····
New York Yankees Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Lee*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
53.Abreu* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/.500 6/.500 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 2/.000 140/104 .299/.364/.441/.805 .677/.852 1.047 108/.741 2/3 4/
14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 18/13 .176/.222/.176/.399 .400/.397 .368 4/.500 0/0 0/
28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 9/.958 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 3/.000 1/.000 122/87 .280/.347/.486/.833 .719/.879 .906 102/.826 3/0 6/
24.Cano* G/S/vP 10/.200 ··· ··· 6/.833 1/.000 3/.000 3/.000 3/.333 130/100 .157/.215/.256/.472 .507/.460 .471 98/.494 0/2 3/
18.Damon* G/S/vP 12/.083 5/1.200 ··· 20/.358 1/2.000 2/3.000 2/.000 2/.000 139/100 .282/.380/.504/.884 .863/.891 .728 104/.982 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 12/1.033 3/.000 1/3.000 8/.625 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 4/.000 108/79 .157/.324/.386/.710 .310/.837 .530 87/.757 1/1 5/
2.Jeter G/S/vP 19/1.173 7/.572 ··· 15/.133 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 3/.666 124/89 .310/.341/.388/.729 .748/.722 .760 98/.780 0/1 0/
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 10/.956 2/.000 ··· 10/1.625 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 2/2.000 128/95 .342/.430/.505/.934 .707/1.022 .961 100/.920 0/0 4/
19.Moeller G/S/vP 3/.000 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 8/1.250 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 64/45 .230/.250/.344/.594 .325/.707 .606 50/.559 0/0 0/
IP 37.2 13.2 6.0 12.1 15.2 20.1 1.2 15.1 TOTAL .261/.332/.411/.742 .620/.788 .738 .763 12/9 33/18
ERA-K/9 0.96/7.6 5.93/9.2 3.00/6.0 3.65/6.6 1.72/4.6 3.10/6.7 10.80/15.9 4.11/7.6 3.84/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Moeller (6-2-0)
 Molina (17-9-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 129/.151 60/.316 29/.250 51/.222 65/.270 88/.253 11/.250 67/.283 .258  Abreu
 Cabrera
 Matsui
 Duncan
 Damon
0/0/32/2
0/32/0/1
11/0/3/1
0/0/2/0
25/4/0/0
OPS .361 .900 .671 .669 .626 .747 .830 .758 .717
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 42/.290 29/.498 7/.762 23/.798 28/.655 41/.750 2/.500 31/.476 .720
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 87/.396 31/1.267 22/.641 28/.566 37/.604 47/.745 9/.873 36/.992 .715
Road 79/.271 22/.881 9/.476 23/.455 17/.529 21/.619 / 37/.772 .670
Last 28d days 104/.358 41/.694 20/.753 37/.606 57/.554 75/.781 11/.830 55/.784
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 4/3/0 0/2/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/2 32/11/9
Usage ······X· X·o··X·o ·······X ······o· ··oo·X·o X··X··X· ·······o X·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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