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Game Preview: TBR @ CLE, 7:05pm, Tuesday, May 26, 2009 @Jacobs Field

Rays, 23-24, 4th, 5 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Matt Garza (25, RHP, 4-2, 3.41)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-2) 60.2 43 24 23 27 53 5 3.41
2008 (11-9) 184.2 170 83 76 59 128 19 3.70
2007 (5-7) 83.0 96 44 34 32 67 8 3.69
Last 7 GS 3-2 46.2 34 21 20 22 39 4 3.86 56
2009-05-21 OAK ND 6.2 7 2 2 4 8 0 107 56
2009-05-16 CLE W 6.0 5 2 2 4 3 0 120 53
2009-05-10 @BOS ND 7.0 7 3 3 2 6 0 116 55
2009-05-05 BAL W 8.0 4 3 2 2 2 2 99 64
2009-04-30 BOS W 7.2 1 0 0 1 10 0 108 86
2009-04-25 @OAK L 5.2 4 4 4 4 6 1 107 47
2009-04-19 CHW L 5.2 6 7 7 5 4 1 98 28
Last 5 v.CLE 1-2 26.0 34 16 16 13 29 4 5.54 45
2009-05-16 CLE W 6.0 5 2 2 4 3 0 120 53
2008-08-04 CLE L 5.0 7 4 4 2 4 2 102 39
2008-07-12 @CLE L 5.0 11 7 7 2 6 2 108 21
2007-08-04 CLE ND 4.0 6 2 2 2 5 0 93 45
2007-07-29 @CLE ND 6.0 5 1 1 3 11 0 109 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   11-10   Road:   12-14   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  17-13   vsLHP:   6-11   1-Run:   5-9 
 vsEast: 12-10   vsCntrl: 5-7    vsWest:  4-6  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Mon, May 25  @CLE  L  10-11      23-24  4th  5.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14
Indians, 18-28, 5th, 8½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Carl Pavano (33, RHP, 4-4, 6.10)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-4) 48.2 62 33 33 11 40 5 6.10
2008 (4-2) 34.1 41 23 22 10 15 5 5.77
2007 (1-0) 11.1 12 7 6 2 4 1 4.76
Last 7 GS 4-2 41.2 48 20 20 8 31 2 4.32 50
2009-05-21 @KCR W 6.0 6 3 3 1 8 0 101 55
2009-05-16 @TBR L 5.0 6 3 3 2 6 1 92 47
2009-05-11 CHW W 6.1 10 4 4 0 3 0 87 40
2009-05-06 @BOS W 6.0 6 2 2 3 4 0 103 53
2009-05-01 @DET W 7.1 5 2 2 0 3 0 97 63
2009-04-25 MIN L 5.0 11 5 5 1 3 1 86 27
2009-04-19 @NYY ND 6.0 4 1 1 1 4 0 89 63
Last 5 v.TBR 1-2 25.1 29 20 18 9 19 6 6.39 42
2009-05-16 @TBR L 5.0 6 3 3 2 6 1 92 47
2008-09-14 TBR W 5.1 5 4 3 2 3 1 95 45
2008-09-03 @TBR ND 4.0 6 3 3 2 1 1 79 37
2007-04-02 TBD ND 4.1 6 5 4 2 2 1 73 33
2005-06-22 TBD L 6.2 6 5 5 1 7 2 104 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-11   Road:   10-17   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  12-24   vsLHP:   6-4    1-Run:   7-7 
 vsEast:  8-11   vsCntrl: 9-12   vsWest:  0-3  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 46 Mon, May 25   TBR  W  11-10      18-28  5th  8.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 25, 2009 CLE 11  TBR 10        W:Jeremy Sowers (1-2), L: Jason Isringhausen (0-1), S: none
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
Season Series: 2009 - TBR leads 3-2; 2008 - CLE won 5-2; 2007 - CLE won 8-2; All-Time - CLE leads 62-31

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  5.81

MIL  4.78

SEA  3.72

RA/G

LAD  3.93

TEX  4.80

WSN  6.16

BA

M. Cabrera  .378

  

B. Upton  .194

OBP

C. Beltran  .460

  

A. Beltre  .246

SLG

R. Ibanez  .726

  

B. Upton  .291

OPS

R. Ibanez  1.135

  

A. Beltre  .563

ERA

Z. Greinke  .82

K. Slowey  4.23

S. Kazmir  7.69

K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.09

J. Weaver  6.67

M. Pelfrey  3.19

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

Rays Batters (5.81 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Pavano
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 4/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 92/52 .263/.370/.408/.777 .669/.858 .795 64/.928 0/0 2/0
8.Bartlett G/S/vP 9/.583 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 99/1.062 14/1 7/4
15.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/4 .222/.222/.222/.444 .400/.500 .444 9/.444 0/0 0/1
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 20/.824 2/.000 7/.762 2/.000 3/.666 2/2.000 ··· 6/.733 1/.000 210/135 .316/.376/.421/.797 .659/.877 .905 117/.891 29/0 1/2
26.Gross* G/S/vP 6/1.917 1/.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 87/77 .274/.391/.452/.843 1.743/.742 .952 47/.987 2/1 3/0
41.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/23 .297/.333/.432/.766 .804/.739 .606 31/.867 2/1 1/0
27.Kapler G/S/vP 5/.650 1/.000 1/.000 7/.453 2/.500 ··· ··· 4/.500 1/3.000 72/23 .190/.278/.302/.579 .762/.221 .740 36/.444 2/0 0/1
3.Longoria G/S/vP 6/.334 1/no AB 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 202/141 .330/.401/.631/1.032 .992/1.048 1.144 119/.965 2/0 11/4
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 9/.333 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 148/98 .221/.252/.309/.561 .608/.536 .610 78/.664 1/0 2/1
23.Pena* G/S/vP 8/.375 ··· 11/1.420 1/.000 3/.333 3/1.667 ··· 5/1.900 ··· 201/131 .244/.383/.585/.968 .910/1.001 .880 114/.933 0/1 15/5
2.Upton G/S/vP 8/1.750 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 3/.666 1/.000 6/2.167 1/no AB 190/134 .194/.291/.291/.582 .456/.632 .545 126/.627 14/3 2/0
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 4/1.750 2/2.500 2/2.000 3/1.334 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· 122/82 .286/.385/.619/1.004 1.059/.972 .906 77/1.003 3/1 8/0
IP 48.2 5.0 24.2 11.2 6.2 24.2 1.0 7.0 15.0 TOTAL .276/.357/.454/.811 .821/.805 .829 .840 78/9 55/28
ERA-K/9 6.10/7.4 0.00/3.6 4.01/9.5 1.54/8.5 17.55/6.7 5.47/8.0 0.00/9.0 2.57/6.4 7.20/12.0 5.61/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 214/.313 20/.235 105/.239 44/.098 39/.412 106/.274 6/.250 31/.185 69/.293 .280
OPS .830 .644 .726 .427 1.340 .891 1.000 .637 .995 .810
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 109/.743 5/.200 45/1.044 16/.521 15/1.390 49/1.242 2/.500 8/.250 34/1.049 .845
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 105/.917 15/.785 60/.514 28/.374 24/1.310 57/.616 4/1.167 23/.749 35/.936 .786
Home 54/.898 / 39/.712 11/.273 / 51/.603 6/1.000 11/.455 33/.930
Last 28d days 126/.707 20/.644 64/.716 44/.427 39/1.340 61/.654 6/1.000 18/.853 32/1.006
HR/SB/CS 5/8/2 0/1/0 3/2/1 2/0/0 3/1/0 7/1/0 0/0/0 1/3/0 4/2/0 52/34/9
Usage ····X··· ··Xo···· ·XX·oX·· ·X··X··· ··X····· X··X···· X······· ·oX·X··· ··o··XX·
Indians Batters (5.30 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Garza
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
36.Choate*
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
14.Price*
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 5/1.000 3/2.167 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 198/141 .316/.385/.425/.810 .567/.924 .675 119/.763 7/1 1/2
11.Carroll G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/1.500 1/2.000 7/.762 2/1.000 4/.250 ··· ··· 3/.667 1/.000 3/.667 28/20 .273/.407/.409/.816 .833/.806 .333 28/.816 0/0 0/1
17.Choo* G/S/vP 5/.400 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.250 3/.666 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 198/134 .302/.419/.463/.882 .807/.915 .820 110/.839 6/0 5/3
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 9/1.556 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/41 .275/.333/.350/.683 .500/.703 .154 45/.683 0/0 0/0
7.DeRosa G/S/vP ··· 6/.000 1/.000 9/1.158 3/.000 6/1.000 1/no AB ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 7/.929 197/150 .260/.327/.429/.756 .988/.682 .716 103/.789 0/1 7/7
12.Francisco G/S/vP 6/1.833 5/.400 ··· 4/.750 2/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 1/2.000 151/119 .248/.324/.414/.738 .774/.729 .780 88/.760 7/1 4/1
25.Garko G/S/vP 12/1.144 3/2.667 ··· 3/.000 5/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/2.000 2/.500 118/85 .257/.347/.416/.763 1.045/.651 .857 56/.744 0/0 4/1
16.LaPorta G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 49/31 .190/.286/.286/.571 .833/.437 .697 49/.571 2/0 1/1
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 12/.733 4/.833 ··· 4/.000 10/.800 1/2.000 4/1.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 212/148 .364/.439/.565/1.004 1.203/.934 .997 116/.955 0/0 7/2
2.Peralta G/S/vP 14/1.071 9/.347 ··· 3/.666 9/1.333 1/.000 6/1.000 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 2/.000 169/124 .268/.347/.349/.696 .628/.722 .596 89/.777 0/0 1/3
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 8/.708 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 18/.800 3/2.000 ··· 3/.000 12/.781 2/2.000 7/.143 ··· 2/2.500 1/no AB 2/1.000 213/150 .227/.318/.416/.734 .880/.674 .611 113/.615 7/6 8/0
1.Valbuena* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/41 .211/.286/.368/.654 .000/.671 1.000 42/.654 0/0 0/1
IP 60.2 20.1 0.0 34.0 22.0 3.0 19.0 47.2 3.1 4.1 16.2 TOTAL .272/.358/.423/.781 .848/.759 .715 .767 30/10 45/25
ERA-K/9 3.41/7.9 5.75/8.4 /0.0 2.12/3.4 2.86/9.8 6.00/6.0 5.21/9.0 4.53/4.9 5.40/16.4 6.23/0.0 4.86/7.0 4.68/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 248/.199 94/.256 1/.000 137/.211 92/.235 17/.250 93/.273 213/.276 19/.286 21/.400 68/.242 .270
OPS .606 .744 .000 .560 .641 .721 .939 .817 1.045 .879 .782 .780
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 134/.627 41/.762 1/.000 70/.538 29/.837 8/.833 62/.908 112/.755 4/1.250 9/.583 24/1.071 .783
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 114/.582 53/.731 / 67/.581 63/.549 9/.611 31/1.003 101/.879 15/.967 12/1.083 44/.615 .779
Road 83/.627 44/.774 1/.000 89/.442 55/.646 9/1.067 47/.765 136/.768 19/1.045 21/.879 38/.516
Last 28d days 140/.544 62/.709 1/.000 75/.437 54/.609 17/.721 54/1.226 115/.857 19/1.045 21/.879 36/.608
HR/SB/CS 5/1/0 1/4/0 0/0/0 1/2/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 5/4/0 8/12/3 1/0/0 0/0/0 4/1/0 53/32/8
Usage ····X··· ooo··X·· o······· XX···o·· ·oX··oX· X·X··o·X oo··o·X· ··X····X X······· X··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.