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Game Preview: TBR @ CLE, 7:05pm, Wednesday, May 27, 2009 @Jacobs Field

Rays, 23-25, 4th, 5 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Andy Sonnanstine (26, RHP, 3-4, 6.60)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-4) 46.1 63 35 34 14 26 6 6.60
2008 (13-9) 193.1 212 105 94 37 124 21 4.38
2007 (6-10) 130.2 151 87 85 26 97 18 5.85
Last 7 GS 3-3 36.2 51 28 27 9 21 5 6.63 40
2009-05-22 @FLA W 6.0 5 1 1 0 2 1 102 60
2009-05-17 CLE W 5.2 7 5 5 1 3 2 107 37
2009-05-12 @BAL L 2.0 9 7 7 1 1 2 69 10
2009-05-06 @NYY ND 7.1 6 2 2 0 4 0 99 62
2009-05-01 BOS W 5.2 8 2 2 4 1 0 93 42
2009-04-26 @OAK L 4.0 10 7 7 2 3 0 79 15
2009-04-21 @SEA L 6.0 6 4 3 1 7 0 90 52
Last 5 v.CLE 1-2 17.0 23 14 14 3 6 6 7.41 37
2009-05-17 CLE W 5.2 7 5 5 1 3 2 107 37
2008-07-10 @CLE L 5.1 9 6 6 0 0 3 78 26
2007-07-02 @CLE L 6.0 7 3 3 2 3 1 101 47
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-10   Road:   12-15   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  17-14   vsLHP:   6-11   1-Run:   5-9 
 vsEast: 12-10   vsCntrl: 5-8    vsWest:  4-6  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 48 Tue, May 26  @CLE  L   1-5       23-25  4th  5.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Indians, 19-28, 5th, 7½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Zach Jackson (26, LHP, 0-0, 5.79)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-0) 4.2 6 3 3 0 6 1 5.79
2008 (2-3) 58.1 69 38 36 16 31 7 5.55
2006 (2-2) 38.1 48 26 23 14 22 6 5.40
Last 7 GS 2-3 42.2 49 28 27 12 25 7 5.70 44
2008-09-27 @CHW W 7.0 3 2 2 4 4 2 90 63
2008-09-22 @BOS W 6.0 6 2 2 4 4 1 95 52
2008-09-16 MIN ND 5.1 9 7 7 1 2 0 76 23
2008-09-11 @BAL L 6.0 8 5 4 2 2 0 92 38
2008-09-06 @KCR L 7.0 9 3 3 0 2 0 96 49
2008-08-31 SEA L 5.0 7 6 6 1 5 2 101 33
2008-08-25 @DET ND 6.1 7 3 3 0 6 2 96 53
Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    9-11   Road:   10-17   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  13-24   vsLHP:   6-4    1-Run:   7-7 
 vsEast:  9-11   vsCntrl: 9-12   vsWest:  0-3  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 47 Tue, May 26   TBR  W   5-1       19-28  5th  7.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 26, 2009 CLE  5  TBR  1        W:Carl Pavano (5-4), L: Matt Garza (4-3), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 3-3; 2008 - CLE won 5-2; 2007 - CLE won 8-2; All-Time - CLE leads 63-31

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  5.71

MIL  4.70

SEA  3.70

 RA/G

LAD  3.87

TEX  4.76

WSN  6.15

 BA

M. Cabrera  .377

A. Beltre  .217

B. Upton  .189

 OBP

C. Beltran  .460

B. Upton  .285

A. Beltre  .251

 SLG

R. Ibanez  .724

E. Bonifacio  .304

B. Giles  .277

 OPS

R. Ibanez  1.134

E. Bonifacio  .597

B. Giles  .558

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .84

K. Slowey  4.23

J. Moyer  7.42

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.09

G. Meche  6.67

M. Pelfrey  3.19

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Rays Batters (5.71 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.60 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
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 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 96/56 .263/.365/.400/.765 .669/.830 .768 66/.930 0/0 2/1
15.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 12/7 .250/.250/.333/.583 .400/.714 .583 12/.583 0/0 0/1
13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 8/.833 2/.000 3/.666 2/2.000 ··· 6/.733 1/.000 214/139 .316/.379/.420/.798 .659/.876 .904 116/.881 30/0 1/2
11.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 / /// / / / /
26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 91/81 .260/.374/.429/.802 1.743/.703 .880 49/.899 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 ··· 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 ··· 1/no AB 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 206/145 .324/.398/.620/1.018 .992/1.029 1.118 118/.970 2/0 11/4
30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 152/102 .221/.252/.307/.559 .608/.535 .605 78/.664 1/0 2/1
23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· ··· 12/1.278 1/.000 3/.333 3/1.667 ··· 5/1.900 ··· 205/135 .244/.380/.595/.976 .910/1.011 .896 113/.983 0/1 16/5
2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/.333 3/.666 1/.000 6/2.167 1/no AB 194/138 .189/.285/.284/.569 .456/.613 .521 125/.605 14/3 2/0
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 2/2.500 2/2.000 3/1.334 1/3.000 2/.000 1/.000 126/86 .287/.389/.620/1.009 1.059/.981 .919 77/.996 4/1 8/0
IP 4.2 5.0 25.2 11.2 6.2 24.2 1.0 7.0 16.0 TOTAL .274/.355/.452/.807 .821/.800 .822 .839 80/9 56/29
ERA-K/9 5.79/11.5 0.00/3.6 3.86/9.5 1.54/8.5 17.55/6.7 5.47/8.0 0.00/9.0 2.57/6.4 6.75/11.2 5.51/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 22/.316 20/.235 110/.240 44/.098 39/.412 106/.274 6/.250 31/.185 73/.290 .278
OPS .837 .644 .734 .427 1.340 .891 1.000 .637 .964 .806
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 6/1.500 5/.200 48/1.080 16/.521 15/1.390 49/1.242 2/.500 8/.250 38/.986 .841
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 16/.646 15/.785 62/.497 28/.374 24/1.310 57/.616 4/1.167 23/.749 35/.936 .781
Home / / 44/.731 11/.273 / 51/.603 6/1.000 11/.455 37/.881
Last 28d days / 20/.644 64/.690 44/.427 39/1.340 51/.643 6/1.000 18/.853 36/.941
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 0/1/0 3/2/1 2/0/0 3/1/0 7/1/0 0/0/0 1/3/0 4/2/0 53/36/9
Usage ···Xo··· X·XX·oX· ··X··X·· ···X···· ·X··X··· ·X······ ··oX·X·· o··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 21.Sonnanstine
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 3/1.000 3/2.167 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 202/144 .315/.382/.438/.820 .556/.943 .708 118/.780 7/1 2/2
11.Carroll G/S/vP 6/1.000 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 6/.834 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.250 3/.666 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 202/137 .295/.411/.452/.863 .793/.893 .778 109/.843 6/0 5/3
26.Crowe# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/22 .182/.250/.212/.462 .606/.427 .333 / 1/0 0/1
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 5/2.000 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 4/.250 6/.000 1/.000 9/1.158 3/.000 6/1.000 1/no AB ··· 2/2.000 1/2.000 7/.929 200/153 .267/.332/.450/.782 .988/.717 .781 101/.812 0/1 8/7
12.Francisco G/S/vP 8/3.589 5/.400 ··· 4/.750 2/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 1/2.000 154/122 .243/.318/.404/.722 .774/.709 .737 86/.703 7/1 4/1
25.Garko G/S/vP 6/.500 3/2.667 1/.000 3/.000 5/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/2.000 2/.500 122/88 .260/.352/.442/.795 1.012/.708 .913 55/.781 0/0 5/1
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 6/.533 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 .997 111/.932 0/0 7/2
2.Peralta G/S/vP 6/.500 9/.347 1/.000 3/.666 9/1.333 1/.000 6/1.000 ··· 2/.500 1/2.000 2/.000 173/127 .268/.345/.346/.691 .614/.720 .590 88/.811 0/0 1/3
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.500 1/5.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 95/76 .224/.372/.408/.780 1.479/.631 .540 51/.798 0/0 4/0
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 6/.666 3/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 12/.781 2/2.000 7/.143 ··· 2/2.500 1/no AB 2/1.000 217/153 .222/.312/.407/.719 .865/.660 .583 111/.614 7/6 8/0
1.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/43 .195/.267/.341/.608 .000/.638 .619 45/.608 0/0 0/1
IP 46.1 20.1 2.0 34.0 22.0 3.0 19.0 47.2 3.1 4.1 16.2 TOTAL .270/.356/.426/.782 .846/.760 .719 .767 30/10 49/25
ERA-K/9 6.60/5.1 5.75/8.4 4.50/9.0 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 4.69/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 209/.325 94/.256 8/.125 137/.211 92/.235 17/.250 93/.273 213/.276 19/.286 21/.400 68/.242 .268
OPS .899 .744 .625 .560 .641 .721 .939 .817 1.045 .879 .782 .781
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 116/.689 41/.762 4/.000 70/.538 29/.837 8/.833 62/.908 112/.755 4/1.250 9/.583 24/1.071 .776
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 93/1.162 53/.731 4/1.250 67/.581 63/.549 9/.611 31/1.003 101/.879 15/.967 12/1.083 44/.615 .786
Road 137/.910 44/.774 8/.625 89/.442 55/.646 9/1.067 47/.765 136/.768 19/1.045 21/.879 38/.516
Last 28d days 116/.908 62/.709 8/.625 60/.446 54/.609 17/.721 54/1.226 115/.857 19/1.045 21/.879 36/.608
HR/SB/CS 6/0/2 1/4/0 1/0/0 1/2/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 5/4/0 8/12/3 1/0/0 0/0/0 4/1/0 57/32/8
Usage ····X··· ·ooo··X· Xo······ ·XX···o· ··oX··oX ·X·X··o· ·oo··o·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.