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Game Preview: CLE @ TOR, 1:07pm, Sunday, August 10, 2008 @Rogers Centre

Cleveland Indians, 51-64, 5th, 13½ GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Cliff Lee (29, LHP, 15-2, 2.58)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (15-2)           153.2 144  46  44  22 127  7    2.58      
 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         4-1  50    52  17  17   6  37  2    3.06   58 
 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 
 2008-07-25    MIN   W   8     6   2   2   0  10  0     108   72 
 2008-07-20   @SEA   W   9    11   2   2   0   4  0     109   61 
 2008-07-11    TBR   W   6     5   0   0   1   7  0     104   68 
 2008-07-06   @MIN   L   7     6   4   4   2   6  0     108   53 
 2008-07-01   @CHW  ND   8     6   1   1   1   3  0     106   68 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TOR      0-2  29.1  33  19  14   9  23  5    4.30   48 
 2008-05-12    TOR  ND   9     7   0   0   2   5  0     117   76 
 2007-07-06   @TOR   L   4     6   6   5   3   0  1      92   25 
 2007-05-03    TOR  ND   6     9   5   5   1   4  1      97   37 
 2004-08-12    TOR  ND   6     3   2   2   3   8  1     112   63 
 2004-08-02   @TOR   L   4.1   8   6   2   0   6  2     100   37 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-26   Road:   22-38   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  39-46   vsLHP:  12-18   1-Run:   7-12
 vsEast: 14-8    vsCntrl:17-30   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 6-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Sat, Aug  9  @TOR  W   4-2       51-64  5th 13.5 gb
114 Fri, Aug  8  @TOR  W   5-2       50-64  5th 14.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug  6  @TBR  L   7-10      49-64  5th 14.5 gb
112 Tue, Aug  5  @TBR  L   4-8       49-63  5th 13.5 gb
111 Mon, Aug  4  @TBR  W   5-2       49-62  5th 12.5 gb
110 Sun, Aug  3  @MIN  L   2-6       48-62  5th 13.5 gb
109 Sat, Aug  2  @MIN  W   5-1       48-61  5th 13.0 gb
108 Fri, Aug  1  @MIN  L   1-4       47-61  5th 14.0 gb
107 Thu, Jul 31   DET  W   9-4       47-60  5th 13.0 gb
106 Wed, Jul 30   DET  L  12-14(13)  46-60  5th 14.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Toronto Blue Jays, 59-58, 4th, 11½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Scott Richmond (28, RHP, 0-1, 4.91)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)             11    14   6   6   1   8  1    4.91      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-1  11    14   6   6   1   8  1    4.91   46 
 2008-08-05    OAK  ND   5.2   7   3   3   1   4  0      88   46 
 2008-07-30    TBR   L   5.1   7   3   3   0   4  1      92   46 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CLE    Has never faced CLE.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   34-25   Road:   25-33   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  47-40   vsLHP:  12-18   1-Run:  17-24
 vsEast: 19-20   vsCntrl:15-9    vsWest: 17-19 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
117 Sat, Aug  9   CLE  L   2-4       59-58  4th 11.5 gb
116 Fri, Aug  8   CLE  L   2-5       59-57  4th 10.5 gb
115 Thu, Aug  7   OAK  W   6-4       59-56  4th  9.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug  6   OAK  W   5-1       58-56  4th 10.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug  5   OAK  W   4-3       57-56  4th 10.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug  4   OAK  W   6-1       56-56  4th 10.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  3  @TEX  L   4-8       55-56  4th 11.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  2  @TEX  W   6-4       55-55  4th 10.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  1  @TEX  L   8-9       54-55  4th 10.5 gb
108 Wed, Jul 30   TBR  L   2-3       54-54  4th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 09, 2008 CLE  4 @TOR  2        W:Paul Byrd (7-10), L: Roy Halladay (13-9), S: none
Fri, Aug 08, 2008 CLE  5 @TOR  2        W:Anthony Reyes (3-1), L: David Purcey (1-3), S: Jensen Lewis (1)
Mon, May 12, 2008 TOR  3 @CLE  0 (10)   W:B.J. Ryan (1-0), L: Rafael Betancourt (1-2), S: Scott Downs (4)
Mon, May 12, 2008 CLE  3  TOR  0        W:Fausto Carmona (4-1), L: A.J. Burnett (3-4), S: none
Sat, May 10, 2008 CLE 12  TOR  0        W:Aaron Laffey (1-2), L: Dustin McGowan (2-3), S: none
Fri, May 09, 2008 CLE  6  TOR  1        W:C.C. Sabathia (2-5), L: Roy Halladay (3-5), S: none

Sun, Jul 08, 2007 TOR  1  CLE  0        W:Jeremy Accardo (2-3), L: Paul Byrd (7-4), S: none
Sat, Jul 07, 2007 CLE  9 @TOR  4        W:Fausto Carmona (10-4), L: Shaun Marcum (4-3), S: none
Fri, Jul 06, 2007 TOR  8  CLE  6        W:Roy Halladay (10-3), L: Cliff Lee (5-5), S: Jeremy Accardo (11)
Thu, May 03, 2007 CLE  6  TOR  5        W:Aaron Fultz (3-0), L: Jason Frasor (1-1), S: Joe Borowski (10)
Season Series: 2008 - CLE leads 5-1; 2007 - CLE won 4-2; 2006 - CLE won 4-2; All-Time - TOR leads 174-172

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  5.53

CLE  4.66

WSN  3.76

RA/G

LAD  3.96

CLE  4.63

TEX  5.92

BA

C. Jones  .370

K. Suzuki  .289

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .467

J. Reyes  .362

T. Pena  .169

SLG

A. Pujols  .617

E. Hinske  .479

T. Pena  .196

OPS

A. Pujols  1.079

B. Abreu  .827

T. Pena  .365

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.51

Z. Greinke  4.09

N. Robertson  6.11

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.99

A. Galarraga  6.18

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Cleveland Indians Batters (4.66 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Richmond
G/S/vB
57.Camp
G/S/vB
39.Carlson*
G/S/vB
37.Downs*
G/S/vB
54.Frasor
G/S/vB
22.League
G/S/vB
31.Parrish*
G/S/vB
52.Ryan*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 258/201 .200/.300/.286/.587 .647/.581 .562 73/.734 1/2 3/
7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 2/no AB ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 281/198 .266/.343/.332/.675 .614/.701 .510 37/.600 6/2 0/
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 203/162 .253/.345/.414/.759 .661/.784 .693 76/.745 4/1 4/
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 6/1.500 1/2.000 2/.000 1/no AB 292/279 .251/.312/.426/.737 .077/.769 .843 47/.933 2/2 10/
44.Fasano G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 35/23 .310/.382/.414/.796 .750/.807 .705 24/.620 0/0 0/
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· 2/3.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 347/264 .276/.335/.458/.794 .693/.825 .712 89/.668 3/3 11/
25.Garko G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/5.000 5/.600 3/.333 3/.000 2/.000 394/300 .241/.315/.352/.667 .731/.647 .663 70/.669 0/0 8/
26.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 20/6 .200/.400/.200/.600 .722/.333 .496 20/.600 0/1 0/
38.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 298/203 .220/.262/.354/.616 .676/.588 .568 72/.724 4/2 5/
15.Marte G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 2/.000 160/117 .177/.229/.279/.508 .754/.421 .524 78/.618 1/1 3/
2.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 7/.453 ··· 3/.333 4/2.417 4/.500 ··· 4/1.750 457/352 .277/.319/.502/.821 .800/.827 .915 93/.979 3/0 19/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 252/183 .276/.347/.524/.871 .895/.861 .824 70/1.176 0/0 12/
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP ··· 9/.777 1/.000 10/.000 8/1.500 2/.500 3/1.000 1/.000 521/378 .268/.378/.526/.904 .812/.937 .777 103/.861 27/3 27/
IP 11.0 33.2 42.2 55.2 36.1 16.2 23.2 40.0 TOTAL .253/.326/.413/.739 .732/.741 .720 .801 55/19 120/58
ERA-K/9 4.91/6.5 3.74/6.9 2.11/9.3 1.29/7.9 3.47/8.9 2.70/3.8 4.18/4.6 3.15/8.3 3.67/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Fasano (4-3-1)
 Shoppach (23-4-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 46/.311 138/.246 173/.217 226/.205 157/.211 77/.233 97/.261 172/.224 .246  Francisco
 Gutierrez
 Sizemore
 Choo
 Dellucci
 Carroll
58/2/26/11
7/9/69/3
0/107/0/2
9/0/35/2
48/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
OPS .859 .654 .669 .559 .664 .719 .773 .663 .701
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 27/1.251 50/.987 92/.612 93/.514 61/.825 34/.971 38/.895 54/.745 .755
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 19/.316 88/.463 81/.735 133/.591 96/.564 43/.525 59/.696 118/.627 .649
Home 46/.859 67/.644 71/.479 107/.486 88/.602 42/.655 77/.719 84/.463 .668
Last 28d days 46/.859 39/.748 49/.456 47/.400 32/.595 36/.572 47/.907 40/.699
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 2/3/0 4/1/2 2/1/0 3/4/2 1/0/0 2/1/1 3/2/0 103/58/30
Usage ····X··· ·X····o· ·oo·o·X· ··Xo·X·X oo····o· X···X··· ····X·X· ··XX···X
Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.27 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (4.63 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
49.Mujica
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
27.Reyes
G/S/vB
34.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Barajas G/S/vP 4/.250 1/.000 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 3/.666 3/1.667 272/186 .264/.309/.437/.746 .622/.804 .713 71/.611 0/0 9/
11.Eckstein G/S/vP 6/.833 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 280/201 .271/.352/.354/.706 .864/.641 .673 35/.699 2/1 1/
1.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.334 242/221 .295/.350/.429/.779 .669/.788 .903 84/.694 7/1 2/
26.Lind* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.334 ··· 172/125 .304/.339/.513/.852 .978/.805 .839 91/.933 1/0 5/
6.McDonald G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.500 105/59 .191/.253/.258/.511 .580/.456 .492 47/.630 3/1 1/
36.Mench G/S/vP 12/.583 ··· 7/1.428 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 7/.453 100/30 .233/.320/.349/.669 .716/.563 .867 29/.914 2/0 0/
17.Overbay* G/S/vP 6/1.100 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 8/.250 5/.400 460/344 .268/.374/.401/.775 .580/.844 .720 98/.797 1/2 8/
15.Rios G/S/vP 16/.713 8/.661 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 6/.666 493/375 .279/.327/.418/.744 .643/.776 .768 98/.770 28/7 8/
33.Rolen G/S/vP 7/1.285 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· 364/274 .252/.349/.401/.750 .693/.767 .714 75/.622 5/0 7/
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 15/.819 3/.000 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/2.000 8/.804 405/296 .253/.341/.325/.666 .642/.674 .661 89/.644 6/2 4/
24.Stairs* G/S/vP 11/.282 9/.666 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 11/.573 334/303 .250/.338/.404/.742 .559/.762 .740 71/.721 1/1 11/
35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.167 3/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 3/.666 5/.650 283/238 .227/.323/.324/.646 .656/.644 .647 53/.604 3/5 3/
9.Zaun# G/S/vP 7/.572 5/1.750 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 227/174 .236/.344/.361/.705 .615/.743 .816 26/.530 2/1 5/
IP 153.2 47.1 49.2 45.1 22.2 58.1 21.0 38.0 TOTAL .258/.334/.385/.719 .683/.730 .739 .719 72/25 79/61
ERA-K/9 2.58/7.4 6.27/8.9 /0.0 4.17/6.0 4.17/6.2 6.35/6.3 2.93/9.0 3.86/6.0 6.63/6.4 4.40/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (26-19-2)
 Zaun (31-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 609/.247 211/.296 / 211/.258 208/.274 98/.278 235/.225 88/.280 180/.308 .272  Rios
 Wilkerson
 Lind
 Mench
 Scutaro
 Inglett
 Stairs
0/54/59/12
19/3/63/4
44/0/0/2
17/0/11/1
3/0/0/1
18/1/12/0
9/0/6/0
OPS .617 .875 .717 .786 .839 .625 .749 .887 .756
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 175/.656 96/.824 / 97/.817 108/.788 45/.846 98/.560 41/.561 84/.949 .786
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 434/.600 115/.917 / 114/.632 100/.783 53/.831 137/.670 47/.928 96/.832 .736
Road 367/.609 89/.970 / 85/.880 101/.807 44/.868 130/.660 47/.712 87/.944 .805
Last 28d days 121/.741 26/1.124 / 32/1.156 59/.670 33/.896 60/.429 27/.638 35/.914
HR/SB/CS 7/1/0 11/7/1 // 8/2/0 4/1/0 4/0/0 6/2/3 2/1/0 7/4/1 126/47/20
Usage ·····X·· ····X··· ···o···· ·X··X··· ···oX··· ·X·X·o·X ·X······ ····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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