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Game Preview: CLE @ BAL, 7:05pm, Thursday, August 27, 2009 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Indians, 56-70, 4th, 11 GB, 17 GB in WC

SP: Aaron Laffey (24, LHP, 7-3, 3.42)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (7-3) 84.1 82 36 32 38 43 4 3.42
2008 (5-7) 93.2 103 52 44 31 43 10 4.23
2007 (4-2) 49.1 54 26 25 12 25 2 4.56
Last 7 GS 4-1 44.0 43 17 13 17 23 3 2.66 53
2009-08-22 SEA ND 7.0 8 3 3 2 2 1 113 49
2009-08-16 @MIN W 5.1 5 3 3 4 2 1 105 44
2009-08-11 TEX W 6.2 6 0 0 3 2 0 104 61
2009-08-05 MIN W 8.0 6 1 0 1 5 0 112 72
2009-07-29 @LAA L 4.0 7 7 4 2 2 0 91 26
2009-07-24 @SEA W 7.0 3 0 0 3 7 0 106 75
2009-07-19 SEA ND 6.0 8 3 3 2 3 1 100 45
Has never faced BAL.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-35   Road:   28-35   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  39-55   vsLHP:  17-15   1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast: 14-15   vsCntrl:26-28   vsWest: 11-14 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
126 Wed, Aug 26  @KCR  W   4-2       56-70  4th 11.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 25  @KCR  L   2-6       55-70  4th 12.0 gb
124 Mon, Aug 24  @KCR  W  10-6       55-69  4th 11.0 gb
123 Sun, Aug 23   SEA  W   6-1       54-69  4th 11.0 gb
122 Sat, Aug 22   SEA  W   4-3 (11)  53-69  4th 12.0 gb
121 Fri, Aug 21   SEA  L   4-9       52-69  4th 13.0 gb
120 Thu, Aug 20   LAA  W  11-3       52-68  4th 12.0 gb
119 Wed, Aug 19   LAA  L   0-3       51-68  4th 12.0 gb
118 Tue, Aug 18   LAA  L   4-5       51-67  4th 12.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 16  @MIN  W   7-4       51-66  4th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Orioles, 52-75, 5th, 27½ GB, 21½ GB in WC

SP: David Hernandez (24, RHP, 4-6, 4.35)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-6) 68.1 76 33 33 29 39 13 4.35
Last 7 GS 2-4 36.1 38 19 19 17 22 10 4.71 47
2009-08-22 @CHW L 4.0 3 3 3 3 4 1 96 45
2009-08-17 LAA L 5.1 7 5 5 4 1 3 113 31
2009-08-11 OAK W 6.2 6 2 2 1 6 2 106 59
2009-08-06 @DET L 3.0 7 5 5 2 1 1 81 24
2009-08-01 BOS L 4.1 7 2 2 4 4 2 102 41
2009-07-26 @BOS W 7.0 5 1 1 0 2 0 110 65
2009-07-20 @NYY ND 6.0 3 1 1 3 4 1 103 63
Has never faced CLE.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-31   Road:   22-44   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  32-49   vsLHP:  20-26   1-Run:  14-18
 vsEast: 16-31   vsCntrl:15-15   vsWest: 10-22 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Wed, Aug 26  @MIN  W   5-1       52-75  5th 27.5 gb
126 Tue, Aug 25  @MIN  L   6-7       51-75  5th 27.5 gb
125 Mon, Aug 24  @MIN  L   1-2       51-74  5th 27.5 gb
124 Sun, Aug 23  @CHW  W   5-4       51-73  5th 27.0 gb
123 Sat, Aug 22  @CHW  L   1-4       50-73  5th 27.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 21  @CHW  W   5-1       50-72  5th 27.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 20  @TBR  W   8-7       49-72  5th 27.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 19  @TBR  L   1-3       48-72  5th 27.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 18  @TBR  L   4-5       48-71  5th 26.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 17   LAA  L   5-8       48-70  5th 25.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Sep 11, 2008 BAL  6  CLE  3        W:Lance Cormier (3-3), L: Zach Jackson (0-3), S: Jim Miller (1)
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 CLE  7 @BAL  1        W:Scott Lewis (1-0), L: Chris Waters (2-3), S: none
Tue, Sep 09, 2008 CLE  6 @BAL  1        W:Jeremy Sowers (3-8), L: Radhames Liz (5-5), S: none
Mon, Sep 08, 2008 BAL 14  CLE  3        W:Garrett Olson (9-7), L: Fausto Carmona (8-6), S: none
Thu, Aug 14, 2008 BAL 11 @CLE  6        W:Fernando Cabrera (1-1), L: Rafael Perez (2-3), S: none
Wed, Aug 13, 2008 BAL  6 @CLE  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (10-8), L: Anthony Reyes (3-2), S: none
Tue, Aug 12, 2008 CLE  7  BAL  5        W:Rafael Perez (2-2), L: Jim Johnson (2-4), S: Jensen Lewis (2)
Mon, Aug 11, 2008 CLE 13  BAL  8        W:Edward Mujica (1-1), L: Rocky Cherry (0-1), S: none
Mon, May 07, 2007 CLE 10 @BAL  1        W:Fausto Carmona (3-1), L: Chad Bradford (0-1), S: none
Sun, May 06, 2007 CLE  9 @BAL  6        W:C.C. Sabathia (5-0), L: Brian Burres (0-1), S: Joe Borowski (11)
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 - Tied 4-4; 2007 - CLE won 4-3; All-Time - CLE leads 1098-833

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 2009 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

LAA  5.72

WSN  4.61

SDP  3.79

RA/G

SFG  3.76

TOR  4.67

WSN  5.44

BA

J. Mauer  .372

B. Zobrist  .291

B. Giles  .191

OBP

J. Mauer  .442

N. Reimold  .363

R. Cedeno  .234

SLG

A. Pujols  .665

N. Markakis  .481

N. Punto  .259

OPS

A. Pujols  1.106

N. Markakis  .843

R. Andino  .541

ERA

C. Carpenter  2.16

M. Buehrle  3.92

F. Liriano  5.80

K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.49

C. Lee  6.84

J. Lannan  3.75

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Indians Batters (5.06 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (5.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 63.Hernandez
G/S/vB
28.Baez
G/S/vB
25.Bass
G/S/vB
49.Berken
G/S/vB
46.Guthrie
G/S/vB
27.Hendrickson*
G/S/vB
43.Johnson
G/S/vB
52.Matusz*
G/S/vB
26.Meredith
G/S/vB
31.Mickolio
G/S/vB
37.Ray
G/S/vB
54.Tillman
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 450/313 .316/.365/.452/.817 .769/.845 .865 103/.970 15/4 5/8
11.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 7/.453 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 253/186 .283/.368/.361/.729 .891/.671 .861 58/.686 1/2 2/1
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.667 ··· 4/.250 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 542/371 .295/.395/.473/.867 .833/.884 .928 106/.832 17/1 14/6
8.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 108/83 .161/.262/.280/.541 .423/.576 .714 42/.281 1/1 3/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.250 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 9/1.069 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 283/214 .278/.353/.492/.845 .803/.859 .801 83/.689 0/0 13/
7.LaPorta G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/51 .234/.292/.359/.651 .863/.572 .567 23/.804 2/0 2/1
25.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/58 .262/.333/.344/.678 .586/.693 .945 65/.635 0/0 1/1
2.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 9/.888 2/.500 ··· 2/3.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 498/365 .278/.341/.413/.753 .763/.750 .843 103/.805 0/2 10/14
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 268/210 .205/.335/.386/.721 1.095/.621 .903 55/.700 0/0 10/3
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 4/2.000 7/.857 2/.500 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 465/320 .245/.339/.441/.780 .699/.816 .802 105/.862 12/8 17/0
15.Toregas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/27 .231/.290/.231/.521 1.500/.359 1.000 31/.521 0/0 0/0
1.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 276/252 .249/.308/.435/.743 .772/.740 .810 79/.868 1/3 8/8
IP 68.1 59.1 73.2 86.0 154.0 76.0 58.2 23.2 53.1 11.1 36.1 35.1 TOTAL .267/.346/.426/.772 .818/.756 .821 .764 66/26 133/77
ERA-K/9 4.35/5.1 3.94/5.5 5.01/5.6 6.49/4.8 5.26/5.1 4.50/5.8 2.91/6.4 6.46/8.7 4.56/5.4 0.79/10.4 5.70/7.7 4.58/4.6 5.07/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 304/.279 242/.228 345/.310 398/.317 643/.279 335/.288 238/.247 115/.365 238/.306 43/.132 169/.315 149/.281 .285
OPS .842 .649 .852 .885 .836 .819 .700 1.027 .762 .341 .852 .912 .818
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 163/.840 118/.721 162/.841 208/.851 309/.955 119/.708 111/.629 18/.693 107/.717 22/.136 73/1.090 77/.887 .832
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 141/.844 124/.580 183/.861 190/.923 334/.730 216/.883 127/.757 97/1.091 131/.797 21/.549 96/.669 72/.933 .807
Home 125/.979 133/.503 195/.924 214/.836 341/.831 162/.890 121/.732 30/.944 122/.752 7/.286 78/.845 46/1.044
Last 28d days 111/1.090 39/.651 76/.947 111/1.020 141/.869 61/.790 38/.678 115/1.027 63/.859 29/.355 57/.507 129/.850
HR/SB/CS 13/5/1 7/4/0 10/2/4 13/9/3 29/6/2 11/14/0 6/2/1 5/5/1 2/9/1 0/0/0 4/4/1 9/1/2 161/93/25
Usage ····X··· o··o·oX· ·X··X··· ···X···· X····X·· ·oo·o·o· o··X··o· ·X····X· ··X·X··X ·X·X··X· ·oo··o·o ··X····X
Orioles Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Laffey*
G/S/vB
55.Carmona
G/S/vB
58.Huff*
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
63.Masterson
G/S/vB
16.Ohka
G/S/vB
54.Perez
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
49.Sipp*
G/S/vB
38.Smith
G/S/vB
45.Sowers*
G/S/vB
40.Todd
G/S/vB
34.Wood
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Andino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 184/128 .222/.266/.275/.541 .523/.548 .692 22/.581 3/3 1/7
9.Aubrey* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/13 .417/.462/.583/1.045 /1.045 13/1.045 0/0 0/0
3.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 14/.824 288/200 .261/.295/.346/.640 .806/.565 .824 86/.702 11/3 2/6
10.Jones G/S/vP 4/1.250 4/.750 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 8/.250 ··· ··· 503/323 .283/.338/.467/.805 .689/.870 .838 97/.619 9/4 19/5
21.Markakis* G/S/vP ··· 14/.214 ··· 1/3.000 5/.400 3/2.667 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 12/.367 ··· ··· 562/337 .307/.361/.481/.843 .731/.919 .873 115/.942 4/2 15/6
16.Moeller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/1.357 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/.000 68/56 .203/.250/.359/.609 .083/.720 .762 14/.571 0/0 1/0
6.Mora G/S/vP ··· 14/.846 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 7/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 10/1.250 ··· ··· 386/239 .251/.314/.326/.640 .635/.643 .766 74/.588 3/3 4/9
18.Pie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 187/169 .254/.314/.396/.710 .430/.739 .763 58/.835 1/3 5/1
14.Reimold G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 333/209 .276/.363/.468/.831 .886/.799 .883 95/.813 7/2 12/4
1.Roberts# G/S/vP ··· 20/.821 ··· 2/.000 5/.000 3/1.167 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 15/1.055 ··· ··· 563/379 .291/.358/.475/.833 .801/.847 .802 116/1.022 27/6 14/10
30.Scott* G/S/vP ··· 6/1.166 ··· ··· 5/1.350 9/1.556 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 388/272 .263/.351/.491/.842 .893/.819 .960 89/.676 0/0 20/0
15.Wieters# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 241/145 .263/.311/.366/.677 .607/.724 .764 92/.623 0/0 4/5
23.Wigginton G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 18/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 13/.398 323/202 .259/.307/.389/.695 .617/.739 .783 68/.736 1/2 8/4
IP 84.1 89.2 101.1 47.1 94.2 53.1 42.1 32.2 26.0 33.1 96.2 8.2 46.0 TOTAL .268/.332/.418/.750 .701/.775 .819 .766 65/34 124/91
ERA-K/9 3.42/4.6 5.92/5.4 6.57/4.4 4.56/8.6 4.47/8.1 6.08/4.1 3.61/11.1 8.27/6.6 3.81/10.0 3.24/7.8 4.93/3.9 7.27/7.2 4.50/10.4 5.01/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 358/.258 421/.276 440/.323 203/.253 414/.266 231/.282 174/.189 161/.358 109/.189 136/.240 420/.264 44/.378 198/.240 .276
OPS .681 .805 .918 .823 .722 .888 .622 .968 .729 .700 .731 .928 .744 .783
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 114/.569 243/.940 157/1.062 98/1.106 214/.854 121/.833 55/.679 74/1.120 58/.635 33/1.024 117/.721 21/1.167 100/.739 .811
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 244/.734 178/.623 283/.841 105/.578 200/.583 110/.950 119/.596 87/.837 51/.836 103/.593 303/.735 23/.707 98/.749 .764
Road 180/.683 172/.857 252/.918 86/.998 235/.807 93/.968 89/.561 79/.954 48/1.003 48/.625 179/.717 16/1.071 98/.882
Last 28d days 112/.665 130/.706 96/1.058 34/.618 102/.648 56/.957 30/.414 35/.896 35/.539 35/.588 136/.643 34/.838 48/.659
HR/SB/CS 4/1/2 10/7/3 16/4/1 10/1/0 8/12/4 14/2/0 4/2/4 4/4/1 5/3/0 3/1/0 8/4/2 1/0/0 7/10/0 139/93/22
Usage ····X··· ···X···· X····X·· ·X······ ·X····X· ·····X·· o··Xo··o ·o··o·X· ···oo·o· o···o·X· ··X····X ··o····X o·X·oX··

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.