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Game Preview: TBR @ CLE, 2nd Game, Monday, May 25, 2009 @Jacobs Field

Rays, 23-23, 4th, 4 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: David Price (23, LHP, 0-0, undef)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2008 (0-0) 14.0 9 4 3 4 12 1 1.93
Last 7 GS 0-0 5.1 4 2 1 3 3 0 1.69 54
2008-09-22 @BAL ND 5.1 4 2 1 3 3 0 88 54
Has never faced CLE.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-10   Road:   12-13   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  17-12   vsLHP:   6-11   1-Run:   5-8 
 vsEast: 12-10   vsCntrl: 5-6    vsWest:  4-6  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Sun, May 24  @FLA  L   4-5 (11)  23-23  4th  4.0 gb
 45 Sat, May 23  @FLA  W  10-3       23-22  4th  3.5 gb
 44 Fri, May 22  @FLA  W  15-2       22-22  4th  4.5 gb
 43 Thu, May 21   OAK  W   6-5       21-22  4th  5.5 gb
 42 Wed, May 20   OAK  L   6-7       20-22  4th  6.5 gb
 41 Tue, May 19   OAK  L   1-4 (11)  20-21  4th  6.5 gb
 40 Mon, May 18   OAK  W  13-4       20-20  4th  6.5 gb
 39 Sun, May 17   CLE  W   7-5       19-20  4th  6.5 gb
 38 Sat, May 16   CLE  W   4-2       18-20  4th  6.5 gb
 37 Fri, May 15   CLE  W   8-7       17-20  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Indians, 17-28, 5th, 8½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Fausto Carmona (25, RHP, 2-4, 5.74)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-4) 53.1 53 36 34 30 30 5 5.74
2008 (8-7) 120.2 126 80 73 70 58 7 5.44
2007 (19-8) 215.0 199 78 73 61 137 16 3.06
Last 7 GS 2-2 43.1 41 26 24 24 23 3 4.98 46
2009-05-20 @KCR ND 6.0 6 4 4 4 3 0 107 43
2009-05-14 @TBR W 5.1 4 5 4 3 2 0 82 41
2009-05-09 DET L 6.2 4 2 2 6 4 0 112 56
2009-05-04 @TOR ND 6.2 8 4 4 1 3 0 96 44
2009-04-29 BOS ND 6.2 5 2 2 4 3 0 114 55
2009-04-24 MIN L 6.0 8 5 4 2 7 1 104 43
2009-04-18 @NYY W 6.0 6 4 4 4 1 2 103 41
Last 5 v.TBR 2-1 15.1 11 11 9 10 14 0 5.28 48
2009-05-14 @TBR W 5.1 4 5 4 3 2 0 82 41
2008-08-05 @TBR L 4.0 3 4 4 5 4 0 83 39
2007-07-02 TBD W 6.0 4 2 1 2 8 0 97 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    7-11   Road:   10-17   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  12-24   vsLHP:   5-4    1-Run:   6-7 
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl: 9-12   vsWest:  0-3  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Sun, May 24  @CIN  L   3-4 (11)  17-28  5th  8.5 gb
 44 Sat, May 23  @CIN  W   7-6       17-27  5th  8.5 gb
 43 Fri, May 22  @CIN  L   1-3       16-27  5th  9.5 gb
 42 Thu, May 21  @KCR  W   8-3       16-26  5th  8.5 gb
 41 Wed, May 20  @KCR  W   6-5       15-26  5th  8.5 gb
 40 Tue, May 19  @KCR  L   5-6       14-26  5th  8.5 gb
 39 Sun, May 17  @TBR  L   5-7       14-25  5th  7.5 gb
 38 Sat, May 16  @TBR  L   2-4       14-24  5th  6.5 gb
 37 Fri, May 15  @TBR  L   7-8       14-23  5th  5.5 gb
 36 Thu, May 14  @TBR  W  11-7       14-22  5th  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 17, 2009 TBR  7  CLE  5        W:Andy Sonnanstine (2-4), L: David Huff (0-1), S: Troy Percival (6)
Sat, May 16, 2009 TBR  4  CLE  2        W:Matt Garza (4-2), L: Carl Pavano (3-4), S: Joe Nelson (2)
Fri, May 15, 2009 TBR  8  CLE  7        W:Dan Wheeler (1-0), L: Luis Vizcaino (0-1), S: none
Thu, May 14, 2009 CLE 11 @TBR  7        W:Fausto Carmona (2-4), L: James Shields (3-4), S: none

Wed, Aug 06, 2008 TBR 10  CLE  7        W:Troy Percival (2-0), L: Masahide Kobayashi (4-5), S: none
Tue, Aug 05, 2008 TBR  8  CLE  4        W:Edwin Jackson (8-7), L: Fausto Carmona (5-4), S: none
Mon, Aug 04, 2008 CLE  5 @TBR  2        W:Cliff Lee (15-2), L: Matt Garza (9-7), S: Rafael Perez (2)
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 CLE  5  TBR  2        W:Tom Mastny (1-2), L: Scott Kazmir (7-5), S: Masahide Kobayashi (5)
Sat, Jul 12, 2008 CLE  8  TBR  4        W:Matt Ginter (1-0), L: Matt Garza (7-5), S: none
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 CLE  5  TBR  0        W:Cliff Lee (12-2), L: James Shields (7-6), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - TBR leads 3-1; 2008 - CLE won 5-2; 2007 - CLE won 8-2; All-Time - CLE leads 61-31

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

TBR  5.72

BAL  4.82

SDP  3.77

RA/G

LAD  3.89

BOS  4.73

WSN  6.18

BA

V. Martinez  .371

  

D. Ortiz  .195

OBP

C. Beltran  .454

  

A. Beltre  .246

SLG

R. Ibanez  .739

  

B. Upton  .296

OPS

R. Ibanez  1.151

  

A. Beltre  .568

ERA

Z. Greinke  .82

U. Jimenez  4.25

S. Kazmir  7.69

K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.31

J. Weaver  6.67

M. Pelfrey  3.19

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Rays Batters (5.72 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Carmona
G/S/vB
36.Aquino
G/S/vB
63.Betancourt
G/S/vB
40.Herges
G/S/vB
58.Huff*
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
56.Rundles*
G/S/vB
47.Vizcaino
G/S/vB
34.Wood
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Aybar# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 87/50 .278/.379/.431/.810 .731/.865 .873 63/.984 0/0 2/0
8.Bartlett G/S/vP 15/.000 1/3.000 12/.182 1/.000 2/3.000 3/1.000 ··· 5/.650 ··· 178/120 .373/.418/.596/1.014 1.086/.981 .980 103/1.059 14/1 7/4
15.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/2 .250/.250/.250/.500 1.000/.000 .500 4/.500 0/0 0/0
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 7/.762 2/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 6/.733 1/.000 205/132 .317/.376/.425/.800 .677/.871 .915 117/.886 28/0 1/2
26.Gross* G/S/vP 6/1.867 1/.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 82/75 .271/.378/.414/.792 2.314/.670 .876 42/.905 2/1 2/0
41.Hernandez G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/23 .297/.333/.432/.766 .804/.739 .606 31/.867 2/1 1/0
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 8/.750 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/.500 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.167 ··· 176/121 .310/.377/.406/.784 1.060/.656 .811 102/.816 8/1 0/5
27.Kapler G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 7/.453 2/.500 ··· ··· 4/.500 1/3.000 72/23 .190/.278/.302/.579 .762/.221 .740 39/.492 2/0 0/1
3.Longoria G/S/vP 5/.650 1/no AB 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 197/138 .333/.396/.638/1.034 1.000/1.048 1.151 118/.959 2/0 11/3
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 4/.833 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 143/96 .212/.239/.295/.535 .500/.548 .571 77/.583 1/0 2/1
23.Pena* G/S/vP 8/.575 ··· 11/1.420 1/.000 3/.333 1/3.000 ··· 5/1.900 ··· 196/128 .238/.378/.588/.965 .907/.996 .870 113/.907 0/1 15/5
2.Upton G/S/vP 5/.400 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· 6/2.167 1/no AB 184/131 .195/.295/.296/.591 .484/.631 .560 125/.638 14/3 2/0
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 4/1.750 2/2.500 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 117/80 .277/.376/.614/.990 1.064/.951 .875 73/1.042 3/1 8/0
IP 53.1 5.0 24.2 11.2 6.2 23.0 7.0 15.0 TOTAL .276/.355/.455/.809 .831/.799 .828 .837 77/9 54/26
ERA-K/9 5.74/5.1 0.00/3.6 4.01/9.5 1.54/8.5 17.55/6.7 3.91/7.8 /0.0 2.57/6.4 7.20/12.0 5.51/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 242/.257 20/.235 105/.239 44/.098 39/.412 96/.264 / 31/.185 69/.293 .280
OPS .756 .644 .726 .427 1.340 .856 .637 .995 .809
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 135/.893 5/.200 45/1.044 16/.521 15/1.390 41/1.219 / 8/.250 34/1.049 .842
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 107/.587 15/.785 60/.514 28/.374 24/1.310 55/.614 / 23/.749 35/.936 .786
Home 84/.690 / 39/.712 11/.273 / 41/.458 / 11/.455 33/.930
Last 28d days 139/.628 20/.644 64/.716 44/.427 39/1.340 51/.547 / 18/.853 37/.972
HR/SB/CS 5/4/2 0/1/0 3/2/1 2/0/0 3/1/0 6/1/0 // 1/3/0 4/2/0 51/33/9
Usage ····X··· ·Xo····X XX·oX··· X··X···X ·X·····X ··X····· oX·X···· ·o··XX·o
Indians Batters (5.18 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
31.Cormier
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
44.Isringhausen
G/S/vB
46.Nelson
G/S/vB
34.Niemann
G/S/vB
52.Shouse*
G/S/vB
59.Thayer
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 197/140 .316/.381/.425/.807 .567/.920 .666 124/.765 7/1 1/2
11.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 6/.900 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.667 22/17 .316/.381/.474/.855 .800/.875 .000 22/.855 0/0 0/1
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 3/.666 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 193/132 .306/.425/.471/.896 .854/.914 .851 110/.853 6/0 5/3
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 45/41 .275/.333/.350/.683 .500/.703 .154 45/.683 0/0 0/0
7.DeRosa G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 8/1.333 3/.000 6/1.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/.929 192/147 .254/.319/.428/.747 .951/.682 .691 103/.858 0/1 7/7
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 146/116 .238/.308/.400/.708 .780/.690 .698 88/.761 7/1 4/1
25.Garko G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 5/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 113/82 .240/.336/.344/.680 .938/.580 .690 56/.554 0/0 2/1
16.LaPorta G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 45/29 .211/.311/.316/.627 .958/.468 1.171 45/.627 2/0 1/1
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 3/.000 10/.800 ··· 3/2.000 ··· 7/2.357 ··· 1/.000 206/144 .371/.447/.579/1.025 1.250/.947 1.053 115/.983 0/0 7/2
2.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 9/.347 2/1.000 9/1.333 1/.000 5/1.267 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 164/121 .269/.346/.352/.697 .627/.723 .591 89/.777 0/0 1/3
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 92/74 .219/.374/.370/.743 1.196/.649 .432 53/.791 0/0 3/0
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 2/.000 12/.781 1/2.000 6/.167 ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 207/146 .221/.307/.409/.716 .821/.674 .561 113/.561 7/6 8/0
1.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 42/41 .211/.286/.368/.654 .000/.671 1.000 42/.654 0/0 0/1
IP 20.0 31.1 22.0 3.0 18.0 47.2 14.1 3.0 16.2 TOTAL .271/.356/.421/.776 .842/.754 .697 .764 30/10 43/25
ERA-K/9 /0.0 4.95/8.6 2.30/3.7 2.86/9.8 0.00/6.0 5.50/9.5 4.53/4.9 3.77/5.7 3.00/0.0 4.86/7.0 4.60/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 91/.250 128/.218 92/.235 13/.182 90/.284 213/.276 62/.298 12/.250 68/.242 .269
OPS .692 .576 .641 .490 .974 .817 .818 .583 .782 .775
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 40/.746 67/.564 29/.837 6/.533 60/.942 112/.755 36/.610 6/.333 24/1.071 .782
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 51/.646 61/.589 63/.549 7/.452 30/1.042 101/.879 26/1.114 6/.833 44/.615 .769
Road / 41/.666 80/.455 55/.646 5/.650 44/.823 136/.768 27/.826 12/.583 38/.516
Last 28d days / 59/.630 66/.451 59/.661 13/.490 51/1.309 115/.857 36/.916 12/.583 36/.608
HR/SB/CS // 0/4/0 1/2/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 5/4/0 8/12/3 2/1/0 0/0/0 4/1/0 51/32/8
Usage oo··X··X X···o··· oX··oX·X ·X··o·X· o··o·X·· ·X····X· X··o···· ··X····· oo·o·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.