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Game Preview: CLE @ TEX, 8:05pm, Tuesday, June 3, 2008 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Cleveland Indians, 26-31, 3rd, 4½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Slocum (27, RHP, 0-0, undef)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2006 (0-0)             17.2  27  11  11   9  11  3    5.60      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-0  10    12   2   2   3   7  1    1.80   53 
 2006-09-29    TBD  ND   6     8   1   1   1   5  1      97   56 
 2006-09-23   @TEX  ND   4     4   1   1   2   2  0      75   50 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      0-0   4     4   1   1   2   2  0    2.25   50 
 2006-09-23   @TEX  ND   4     4   1   1   2   2  0      75   50 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   16-16   Road:   10-15   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  19-24   vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  7-6    vsCntrl: 9-13   vsWest: 10-9  IL: 0-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 52 Tue, May 27   CHW  W   8-2       24-28  3rd  4.5 gb
 51 Mon, May 26   CHW  L   3-6 (12)  23-28  3rd  5.5 gb
 50 Sun, May 25   TEX  L   1-2 (10)  23-27  3rd  4.5 gb
 49 Sat, May 24   TEX  W   5-2       23-26  3rd  3.5 gb
 48 Fri, May 23   TEX  L   9-13      22-26  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:14-16
Texas Rangers, 29-30, 3rd, 6 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: A.J. Murray (26, LHP, 1-0, 3.38)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-0)              5.1   6   3   2   2   2  0    3.38      
 2007 (1-2)             28    25  15  14  15  18  6    4.50      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-1  16.1  16   8   6   5  11  3    3.31   51 
 2008-05-03   @OAK   W   5.1   6   3   2   2   2  0      88   46 
 2007-09-30   @SEA   L   6     5   4   3   2   5  2      79   51 
 2007-09-25    LAA  ND   5     5   1   1   1   4  1      73   56 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE    Has never faced CLE.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   14-13   Road:   15-17   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  23-19   vsLHP:   6-11   1-Run:   8-6 
 vsEast:  5-10   vsCntrl: 8-9    vsWest: 14-10 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 59 Mon, Jun  2   CLE  L   9-13      29-30  3rd  6.0 gb
 58 Sun, Jun  1   OAK  L   8-13      29-29  3rd  5.0 gb
 57 Sat, May 31   OAK  W   8-4       29-28  3rd  4.0 gb
 56 Fri, May 30   OAK  W   3-1       28-28  3rd  4.0 gb
 55 Wed, May 28  @TBR  L   3-5       27-28  3rd  5.0 gb
 54 Tue, May 27  @TBR  W  12-6       27-27  3rd  5.0 gb
 53 Mon, May 26  @TBR  L   3-7       26-27  3rd  5.0 gb
 52 Sun, May 25  @CLE  W   2-1 (10)  26-26  3rd  4.0 gb
 51 Sat, May 24  @CLE  L   2-5       25-26  3rd  5.0 gb
 50 Fri, May 23  @CLE  W  13-9       25-25  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 02, 2008 CLE 13 @TEX  9        W:Masahide Kobayashi (3-2), L: Eddie Guardado (0-1), S: none
Sun, May 25, 2008 TEX  2 @CLE  1 (10)   W:Jamey Wright (3-1), L: Masahide Kobayashi (2-2), S: C.J. Wilson (10)
Sat, May 24, 2008 CLE  5  TEX  2        W:Cliff Lee (7-1), L: Scott Feldman (1-2), S: Joe Borowski (3)
Fri, May 23, 2008 TEX 13 @CLE  9        W:Kameron Loe (1-0), L: Fausto Carmona (4-2), S: none

Thu, Aug 02, 2007 CLE  5  TEX  0        W:Jake Westbrook (2-6), L: Kason Gabbard (4-1), S: none
Wed, Aug 01, 2007 TEX  9 @CLE  6 (10)   W:Joaquin Benoit (5-3), L: Jensen Lewis (0-1), S: C.J. Wilson (2)
Tue, Jul 31, 2007 TEX  3 @CLE  1        W:Brandon McCarthy (5-7), L: Fausto Carmona (13-5), S: C.J. Wilson (1)
Sun, Jul 22, 2007 CLE  8 @TEX  3        W:Paul Byrd (8-4), L: Robinson Tejeda (5-9), S: none
Sat, Jul 21, 2007 TEX  8  CLE  5        W:Ron Mahay (2-0), L: Cliff Lee (5-7), S: none
Fri, Jul 20, 2007 CLE  3 @TEX  2        W:Fausto Carmona (12-4), L: Brandon McCarthy (4-7), S: Joe Borowski (28)
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 2-2; 2007 - CLE won 6-3; 2006 - CLE won 5-4; All-Time - TEX leads 302-287

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  5.71

TBR  4.51

KCR  3.63

RA/G

TOR  3.56

MIL  4.57

TEX  5.66

BA

C. Jones  .407

T. Hunter  .275

N. Swisher  .201

OBP

C. Jones  .492

R. Winn  .341

K. Greene  .255

SLG

L. Berkman  .750

J. Thome  .430

J. Bartlett  .281

OPS

L. Berkman  1.219

A. Gordon  .776

K. Johjima  .566

ERA

E. Volquez  1.46

C. Wang  4.14

J. Washburn  6.56

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.99

S. Chacon  6.36

J. Garland  2.58

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Cleveland Indians Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Murray*
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
G/S/vB
59.Rupe
G/S/vB
55.Tejeda
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
45.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Blake G/S/vP ··· 12/.531 8/1.171 9/.222 3/.000 4/1.500 2/.000 2/.000 186/152 .236/.319/.418/.737 .369/.819 1.077 81/.884 1/0 6/
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 174/138 .195/.288/.262/.550 .412/.593 .610 70/.577 1/1 1/
7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 6/1.000 2/2.000 7/1.071 105/74 .221/.330/.279/.609 .807/.520 .473 56/.555 4/0 0/
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 9/7 .200/.556/.200/.756 .000/1.048 .756 9/.756 0/0 0/
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 5/.900 159/152 .229/.314/.414/.729 .143/.755 .832 76/.659 2/0 6/
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· 4/1.833 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 107/89 .309/.355/.526/.881 .745/.910 .904 101/.884 2/2 3/
25.Garko G/S/vP ··· 6/.900 2/1.500 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.250 3/.333 192/149 .234/.328/.359/.687 .926/.623 .626 73/.642 0/0 4/
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 160/116 .247/.299/.377/.676 .845/.612 .510 52/.712 3/2 3/
15.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 45/38 .150/.190/.175/.365 1.171/.229 .396 29/.437 1/1 0/
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· 10/.425 2/.500 11/.697 2/1.000 4/.833 11/.482 5/.400 186/142 .289/.333/.347/.680 .913/.599 .515 86/.548 0/0 0/
2.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 11/.728 4/.000 6/.334 2/.000 4/.500 6/.500 4/.000 209/165 .242/.300/.463/.763 .854/.739 .909 97/.868 2/0 11/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 74/51 .209/.274/.284/.558 .364/.647 .494 33/.248 0/0 1/
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP ··· 6/.900 3/1.167 4/.000 2/.000 4/.000 7/1.571 6/.900 254/184 .254/.370/.479/.849 .750/.885 .708 119/.859 13/2 11/
IP 5.1 27.2 19.1 16.0 32.2 2.1 24.0 33.1 TOTAL .236/.318/.379/.697 .702/.695 .700 .708 31/10 52/29
ERA-K/9 3.38/3.4 5.53/8.1 3.72/11.7 3.38/5.1 4.13/3.9 11.57/3.9 4.13/5.6 4.05/6.2 4.99/5.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (14-12-2)
 Shoppach (2-2-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 25/.261 130/.243 90/.257 62/.211 144/.276 12/.222 98/.195 138/.220 .282  Francisco
 Gutierrez
 Sizemore
 Carroll
 Choo
 Dellucci
15/1/17/5
1/4/43/2
0/54/0/1
1/0/0/0
0/0/2/0
43/0/0/0
OPS .668 .778 .786 .590 .778 .750 .619 .602 .794
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 3/.667 63/.504 38/.905 35/.538 71/.860 6/1.000 26/.694 59/.740 .835
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 22/.668 67/1.065 52/.699 27/.656 73/.697 6/.533 72/.592 79/.504 .760
Home / 62/.813 37/.967 35/.701 72/.810 12/.750 56/.720 68/.629 .788
Last 28d days / 68/.784 62/.759 42/.604 65/.862 12/.750 48/.759 60/.479
HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 4/1/0 3/3/1 1/2/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 2/1/0 1/2/1 52/38/15
Usage ········ X·oo·o·· ·X···X·· o·oX··X· ·X·····X XX······ X··o···· ·Xo··X··
Texas Rangers Batters (5.37 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
47.Borowski
G/S/vB
39.Elarton
G/S/vB
30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB
40.Mastny
G/S/vB
49.Mujica
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 111/88 .276/.336/.429/.765 .964/.714 .841 85/.739 0/1 2/
21.Bradley# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 17/.769 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 221/141 .317/.425/.552/.977 1.112/.901 1.125 103/1.069 0/2 9/
22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 4/.000 3/.666 2/.500 1/4.000 ··· 3/.000 77/43 .217/.289/.377/.666 .836/.538 .955 40/.799 1/1 2/
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP ··· 6/1.700 5/.933 10/.775 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 135/129 .294/.373/.445/.819 .750/.819 .668 58/.875 1/0 2/
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 267/183 .331/.375/.623/.998 .898/1.043 1.199 120/1.142 2/0 16/
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 2/2.000 4/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 2/1.000 269/207 .305/.358/.464/.823 .686/.864 .864 132/.940 15/0 7/
15.Laird G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 3/.333 2/.500 ··· 4/.833 1/.000 1/.000 162/124 .269/.338/.393/.731 .639/.759 .696 59/.765 0/1 4/
30.Metcalf G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 9/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 9/.000 0/0 0/
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.666 253/173 .280/.321/.448/.770 .562/.871 .729 115/.753 5/1 6/
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 3/.000 79/55 .246/.380/.400/.780 .564/.883 .836 59/.801 0/0 2/
16.Shelton G/S/vP ··· 7/1.071 ··· 14/1.662 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 84/47 .235/.366/.397/.763 .716/.802 .853 66/.840 1/0 2/
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 3/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 128/113 .330/.411/.500/.911 .748/.930 .976 78/1.025 0/1 2/
10.Young G/S/vP 2/.000 7/.286 4/2.500 13/1.000 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 4/1.000 266/201 .296/.353/.425/.778 .845/.756 .780 120/.730 3/0 5/
IP 23.1 8.0 4.2 28.0 1.2 1.0 27.0 TOTAL .281/.351/.452/.803 .751/.822 .848 .861 28/7 68/47
ERA-K/9 /0.0 5.40/9.3 9.00/4.5 5.79/9.6 2.89/7.1 10.80/15.9 0.00/0.0 3.00/9.0 3.75/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (23-11-1)
 Saltalamacchia (13-2-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 103/.316 38/.313 23/.316 115/.255 11/.250 5/.400 116/.262 .265  Hamilton
 Byrd
 Boggs
 Murphy
 Catalanotto
 Bradley
0/42/13/3
0/12/11/3
27/0/1/1
21/11/38/1
17/0/0/0
1/0/7/0
OPS .852 1.066 .856 .632 .830 1.000 .673 .725
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 48/.621 14/.585 12/.944 51/.782 2/.500 / 51/.541 .743
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 55/1.043 24/1.284 11/.764 64/.512 9/.873 5/1.000 65/.773 .714
Road / 32/.756 16/.913 15/.497 35/.858 / / 65/.743 .745
Last 28d days / 46/.724 15/.467 23/.856 50/.642 / 5/1.000 57/.531
HR/SB/CS // 4/3/1 3/1/0 0/0/0 3/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/3 55/16/14
Usage ···o·X·X o··o···X ·X·····X X····oX· ········ ······o· X··o·o·X

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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