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Game Preview: KCR @ CLE, 7:05pm, Tuesday, April 21, 2009 @Jacobs Field

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Royals, 7-5, 1st, Tied

SP: Sidney Ponson (32, RHP, 0-1, 4.50)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (0-1)			12.0	12	6	6	6	8	0	4.50
2008 (8-5)			135.2	170	89	76	48	58	14	5.04
2007 (2-5)			37.2	54	31	29	17	23	7	6.93

Last 7 GS		1-2	35.0	43	25	24	16	20	4	6.17	42
2009-04-15	CLE	ND	6.0	6	2	2	3	3	0	89	52
2009-04-10	NYY	L	6.0	6	4	4	3	5	0	104	46
2008-09-28	@BOS	ND	6.0	4	1	1	0	5	0	80	65
2008-09-13	TBR	ND	3.1	6	4	4	4	2	1	82	30
2008-09-06	@SEA	W	6.0	5	3	3	1	1	1	66	50
2008-09-01	@DET	ND	3.0	9	7	6	1	1	2	76	15
2008-08-27	BOS	L	4.2	7	4	4	4	3	0	89	33

Last 5 v.CLE		0-2	22.0	36	25	20	11	14	4	8.18	33
2009-04-15	CLE	ND	6.0	6	2	2	3	3	0	89	52
2008-06-04	CLE	ND	4.0	8	6	2	3	1	1	90	28
2005-07-03	CLE	L	1.1	6	6	6	2	1	1	53	17
2004-04-30	@CLE	L	3.2	9	7	6	2	1	0	61	16
2003-04-17	@CLE	ND	7.0	7	4	4	1	8	2	98	54

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    3-3    Road:    4-2    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   5-1    vsLHP:   2-4    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Sun, Apr 19  @TEX  L   5-6        7-5   1st    Tied
 11 Sat, Apr 18  @TEX  W   2-0        7-4   1st  1.0 up
 10 Fri, Apr 17  @TEX  W  12-3        6-4   1st  1.0 up
  9 Wed, Apr 15   CLE  L   4-5        5-4   1st    Tied
  8 Tue, Apr 14   CLE  W   9-3        5-3   1st  0.5 up
  7 Mon, Apr 13   CLE  W   4-2        4-3   1st    Tied
  6 Sun, Apr 12   NYY  W   6-4        3-3   2nd  0.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 11   NYY  L   1-6        2-3   3rd  0.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr 10   NYY  L   1-4        2-2   2nd  0.5 gb
  3 Thu, Apr  9  @CHW  W   2-1        2-1   1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 7-5    Last 30: 7-5

Indians, 4-9, 5th, 3½ GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Aaron Laffey (24, LHP, 0-0, 3.38)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (0-0)			5.1	3	2	2	3	5	0	3.38
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		1-3	35.2	45	30	25	18	19	5	6.31	39
2009-04-15	@KCR	ND	5.1	3	2	2	3	5	0	87	56
2008-07-23	@LAA	L	4.0	12	8	8	2	2	0	77	6
2008-07-18	@SEA	L	3.2	9	8	3	2	1	2	84	20
2008-07-10	TBR	W	6.0	4	2	2	3	4	1	93	57
2008-07-05	@MIN	ND	5.0	5	4	4	4	4	1	95	41
2008-06-29	CIN	L	5.0	8	5	5	1	2	1	88	32
2008-06-24	SFG	ND	6.2	4	1	1	3	1	0	108	60

Last 5 v.KCR		2-2	29.2	27	10	9	8	19	0	2.73	57
2009-04-15	@KCR	ND	5.1	3	2	2	3	5	0	87	56
2008-05-04	KCR	L	7.0	4	1	0	2	5	0	103	70
2007-09-30	@KCR	W	5.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	58	57
2007-09-16	KCR	L	6.1	8	4	4	2	3	0	83	50
2007-08-25	@KCR	W	6.0	8	2	2	1	4	0	93	51

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    1-2    Road:    3-7    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   2-9    vsLHP:   2-0    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  3-4    vsCntrl: 1-2    vsWest:  0-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 13 Sun, Apr 19  @NYY  L   3-7        4-9   5th  3.5 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 18  @NYY  W  22-4        4-8   5th  3.5 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 17  @NYY  L   5-6        3-8   5th  3.5 gb
 10 Thu, Apr 16  @NYY  W  10-2        3-7   5th  2.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr 15  @KCR  W   5-4        2-7   5th  3.0 gb
  8 Tue, Apr 14  @KCR  L   3-9        1-7   5th  4.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 13  @KCR  L   2-4        1-6   5th  3.0 gb
  6 Sun, Apr 12   TOR  W   8-4        1-5   5th  2.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr 11   TOR  L   4-5        0-5   5th  2.5 gb
  4 Fri, Apr 10   TOR  L   7-13       0-4   5th  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 4-9    Last 30: 4-9

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 15, 2009 CLE  5 @KCR  4        W:Jensen Lewis (1-0), L: Kyle Farnsworth (0-2), S: Kerry Wood (1)
Tue, Apr 14, 2009 KCR  9  CLE  3        W:Kyle Davies (1-0), L: Carl Pavano (0-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 13, 2009 KCR  4  CLE  2        W:Zack Greinke (2-0), L: Fausto Carmona (0-2), S: Joakim Soria (4)

Sun, Sep 14, 2008 KCR 13 @CLE  3        W:Brian Bannister (8-15), L: Edward Mujica (2-2), S: none
Sat, Sep 13, 2008 KCR  8 @CLE  4        W:Robinson Tejeda (2-2), L: Bryan Bullington (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (37)
Sat, Sep 13, 2008 KCR  8 @CLE  3        W:Zack Greinke (11-10), L: Fausto Carmona (8-7), S: none
Fri, Sep 12, 2008 CLE 12  KCR  5        W:Cliff Lee (22-2), L: Gil Meche (11-11), S: none
Sun, Sep 07, 2008 CLE  3 @KCR  1        W:Cliff Lee (21-2), L: Zack Greinke (10-10), S: Jensen Lewis (8)
Sat, Sep 06, 2008 KCR  3  CLE  1        W:Gil Meche (11-10), L: Zach Jackson (0-2), S: Joakim Soria (35)
Fri, Sep 05, 2008 CLE  9 @KCR  3        W:Edward Mujica (2-1), L: Brandon Duckworth (2-1), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - KCR leads 2-1; 2008 - CLE won 10-8; 2007 - CLE won 11-7; All-Time - CLE leads 264-258

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

For the 2008 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.56

ATL 4.65

SDP 3.93

RA/G

TOR 3.77

HOU 4.61

TEX 5.97

C. Jones .364

R. Ibanez .293

J. Towles .137

OBP

C. Jones .470

C. Lee .368

T. Pena .189

SLG

A. Pujols .653

G. Dobbs .491

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.114

J. Cust .851

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Santana 2.53

A. Cook 3.96

N. Robertson 6.35

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.51

V. Padilla 6.68

L. Hernandez 3.35

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Royals Batters (4.17 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (6.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Laffey*
G/S/vB 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB 39.Chulk
G/S/vB 30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB 50.Lewis
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 38.Smith
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 2/1.500 2/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 441/288 .325/.354/.480/.833 .967/.765 .915 47/.457 8/3 10/10

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 9/1.056 3/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 192/105 .279/.377/.285/.662 .807/.544 .683 21/.616 14/3 0/3

14.Buck G/S/vP 8/.750 7/.000 2/2.500 ··· 3/.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 418/286 .224/.304/.365/.669 .765/.626 .647 25/1.389 0/3 9/8

16.Butler G/S/vP 13/.385 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 2/.500 ··· ··· 478/321 .275/.324/.400/.724 .985/.597 .737 43/.592 0/1 11/2

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 234/156 .305/.361/.371/.731 .761/.717 .812 34/.849 2/1 0/2

2.Crisp# G/S/vP 3/.667 4/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/3.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 409/306 .283/.344/.407/.751 .791/.737 .741 53/.923 20/7 7/2

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 14/.539 10/.211 1/3.000 4/.500 3/.333 7/.857 ··· ··· 577/361 .307/.366/.452/.818 .728/.875 .825 52/.669 11/8 12/1

17.Jacobs* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 2/5.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 3/.000 519/394 .247/.299/.514/.812 .677/.857 .872 43/1.041 1/0 32/11

35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 97/61 .286/.316/.319/.634 .617/.644 .697 5/.200 0/2 0/1

21.Olivo G/S/vP 5/.400 8/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 1/5.000 3/.000 2/.000 317/209 .255/.278/.444/.722 .830/.667 .834 24/.500 7/0 12/5

3.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 15/11 .286/.333/.357/.690 .833/.636 .619 5/.600 0/0 0/

1.Pena G/S/vP 13/.616 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/.367 2/.000 ··· ··· 235/160 .169/.189/.209/.398 .585/.312 .389 6/.000 3/1 1/9

24.Teahen* G/S/vP 8/.000 5/.000 1/no AB 4/.000 4/2.000 11/.473 ··· ··· 623/417 .255/.313/.402/.715 .730/.708 .729 50/.855 4/3 15/6

IP 93.2 71.0 31.2 55.2 66.0 76.1 63.1 66.1 TOTAL .241/.319/.415/.734 .635/.803 .772 .734 2/3 13/4

ERA-K/9

4.23/4.1

5.07/8.1

4.83/4.5

4.53/5.7

3.82/7.1

3.54/10.1

3.55/7.4

3.26/11.4

6.95/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Buck (59-12-4)
Olivo (19-14-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 409/.281 309/.276 139/.260 244/.286 292/.266 313/.234 271/.220 276/.219 .288 Teahen
Crisp
DeJesus
Bloomquist
Callaspo
Maier 31/1/92/7
0/114/0/4
71/68/24/3
8/23/13/1
3/0/0/0
0/34/4/0

OPS .763 .789 .800 .757 .771 .649 .658 .632 .922

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 102/.693 139/.763 47/.740 115/.820 152/.782 130/.599 61/.903 131/.604 .937

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 307/.785 170/.809 92/.831 129/.700 140/.757 183/.683 210/.589 145/.657 .908

Home 229/.585 176/.751 69/.675 148/.668 154/.732 146/.619 138/.611 141/.559

Last 28d days 21/.452 31/.816 25/.967 27/.478 34/1.371 39/1.170 17/.661 13/.564

HR/SB/CS 10/2/2 11/10/1 6/1/0 8/2/0 8/1/1 8/2/3 4/6/2 3/1/0 23/5/2

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

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Indians Batters (6.38 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Ponson
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB 52.Ramirez*
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 51.Tejeda
G/S/vB 45.Waechter
G/S/vB 34.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 4/.333 1/.000 3/1.667 3/1.167 4/.500 2/1.000 3/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 418/318 .259/.346/.366/.713 .957/.638 .772 49/.946 4/4 6/8

17.Choo* G/S/vP 5/1.400 1/.000 1/.000 4/.583 1/.000 3/1.167 2/.500 ··· 5/.600 370/286 .309/.397/.549/.946 .800/.992 1.083 55/.953 4/3 14/2

26.Crowe# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB / /// / 25/.593 / /

7.DeRosa G/S/vP 6/.500 6/1.133 3/1.334 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 593/422 .285/.376/.481/.857 .894/.842 .918 60/.736 6/0 21/11

12.Francisco G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.250 1/2.000 4/.000 4/.000 1/.000 5/.200 499/364 .266/.332/.438/.770 .794/.762 .830 43/.654 4/3 15/4

25.Garko G/S/vP 6/1.267 ··· 4/.500 5/.650 3/.333 9/.222 3/.667 ··· 5/.200 563/419 .273/.346/.404/.750 .857/.714 .795 38/.914 0/0 14/4

4.Graffanino G/S/vP 18/.915 1/3.000 5/.400 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.650 / /// / 17/.485 / /

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 10/1.986 1/.000 3/.333 12/.555 3/.000 6/.334 6/.333 9/.889 5/.200 234/175 .197/.305/.323/.628 .602/.637 .644 49/1.054 1/1 5/

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 9/.236 1/2.000 7/.429 9/.873 4/.833 4/.500 4/.833 9/1.194 7/.429 294/223 .278/.337/.365/.701 .923/.633 .804 62/1.077 0/0 2/4

2.Peralta G/S/vP 4/.000 3/.333 5/.650 4/1.250 3/.666 12/.606 6/.333 3/2.667 7/.572 664/502 .276/.331/.473/.804 .761/.817 .729 51/.814 3/1 23/14

10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· 6/.167 1/2.000 1/2.000 403/299 .261/.348/.517/.865 .949/.835 .880 27/.870 0/0 21/7

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 8/1.625 3/.000 5/1.000 8/1.232 5/1.267 6/1.417 9/.444 4/1.250 7/.762 745/526 .268/.374/.502/.876 .735/.934 1.055 65/.959 38/5 33/2

IP 135.2 51.2 60.1 64.2 37.1 67.1 45.1 63.1 84.1 TOTAL .280/.380/.495/.875 .975/.845 .875 .875 7/2 22/6

ERA-K/9

5.04/3.8

2.61/12.4

4.48/9.1

3.48/6.8

4.34/3.1

1.60/8.8

3.97/8.9

3.69/6.5

5.12/6.4

3.14/9.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martinez (22-13-2)
Shoppach (37-10-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 612/.311 215/.192 261/.299 278/.252 168/.294 260/.169 186/.171 275/.254 379/.283 .242 Francisco
Choo
Sizemore
DeRosa 83/2/32/12
26/0/51/4
0/151/0/2
27/0/38/0

OPS .833 .658 .907 .695 .718 .503 .571 .718 .739 .658

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 348/.936 101/.542 122/.953 110/.721 68/.836 139/.536 87/.688 122/.845 183/.771 .595

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 264/.703 114/.759 139/.871 168/.679 100/.640 121/.468 99/.449 153/.619 196/.708 .728

Road 278/.821 104/.681 128/.979 151/.707 56/.802 130/.634 74/.314 119/.793 179/.694

Last 28d days 54/.694 18/.170 18/1.375 15/.795 31/1.341 17/.485 14/.286 18/.980 22/.418

HR/SB/CS 14/3/5 5/5/5 15/6/7 6/2/2 1/5/0 5/2/1 4/6/1 7/6/1 5/9/1 7/9/3

Usage ·····X·· ·X····X· ·o···X·X ·o···X·o ···X·o·· ·······o ·····oo· ···X··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.