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Game Preview: TBR @ CLE, 12:05pm, Thursday, May 28, 2009 @Jacobs Field

Rays, 23-26, 4th, 5 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Jeff Niemann (26, RHP, 4-3, 4.53)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-3) 47.2 51 27 24 22 26 8 4.53
2008 (2-2) 16.0 18 12 9 8 14 3 5.06
Last 7 GS 4-1 36.1 36 19 16 17 20 6 3.96 48
2009-05-23 @FLA ND 6.0 4 1 1 1 5 1 90 64
2009-05-18 OAK W 8.0 8 4 3 0 3 2 110 55
2009-05-13 @BAL W 5.0 8 2 2 3 2 1 88 42
2009-05-07 @NYY ND 3.1 3 2 2 4 0 0 78 42
2009-05-02 BOS L 3.0 7 6 5 3 3 0 76 23
2009-04-27 @MIN W 5.2 3 1 1 4 4 1 94 59
2009-04-22 @SEA W 5.1 3 3 2 2 3 1 86 53
Has never faced CLE.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-10   Road:   12-16   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  17-14   vsLHP:   6-12   1-Run:   5-9 
 vsEast: 12-10   vsCntrl: 5-9    vsWest:  4-6  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 49 Wed, May 27  @CLE  L   7-12      23-26  4th  5.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Indians, 20-28, 5th, 7½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: David Huff (24, LHP, 0-1, 17.55)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-1) 6.2 14 13 13 5 5 3 17.55
Last 7 GS 0-1 6.2 14 13 13 5 5 3 17.55 20
2009-05-23 @CIN ND 3.0 7 6 6 1 3 3 63 23
2009-05-17 @TBR L 3.2 7 7 7 4 2 0 97 17
Last 5 v.TBR 0-1 3.2 7 7 7 4 2 0 17.18 17
2009-05-17 @TBR L 3.2 7 7 7 4 2 0 97 17
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-11   Road:   10-17   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  14-24   vsLHP:   6-4    1-Run:   7-7 
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl: 9-12   vsWest:  0-3  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 48 Wed, May 27   TBR  W  12-7       20-28  5th  7.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 27, 2009 CLE 12  TBR  7        W:Greg Aquino (1-0), L: Andy Sonnanstine (3-5), S: Luis Vizcaino (1)
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)
Season Series: 2009 - CLE leads 4-3; 2008 - CLE won 5-2; 2007 - CLE won 8-2; All-Time - CLE leads 64-31

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

LAD  5.75

MIL  4.64

SEA  3.75

 RA/G

STL  3.91

CHW  4.72

WSN  6.17

 BA

M. Cabrera  .374

C. Crisp  .233

B. Giles  .190

 OBP

C. Beltran  .460

R. Furcal  .299

A. Beltre  .245

 SLG

R. Ibanez  .707

J. Rollins  .332

B. Upton  .283

 OPS

R. Ibanez  1.109

D. Eckstein  .633

A. Beltre  .562

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .84

C. Zambrano  4.22

A. Sonnanstine  7.66

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.09

D. Davis  6.53

M. Pelfrey  3.19

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Rays Batters (5.73 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.63 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Huff*
G/S/vB		 36.Aquino
G/S/vB		 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB		 40.Herges
G/S/vB		 50.Lewis
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 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 101/58 .274/.376/.405/.781 .702/.837 .799 71/.942 0/0 2/1
15.Brignac* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 14/9 .214/.214/.286/.500 .400/.556 .500 14/.500 0/0 0/1
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 8/.833 2/.000 2/2.000 7/.619 1/.000 219/141 .313/.374/.414/.789 .659/.863 .883 116/.859 30/0 1/2
11.Dillon G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 3/ .000/.333/.000/.333 .333/ .333 3/.333 0/0 0/
26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/3.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 2/.000 93/83 .256/.376/.423/.799 1.743/.702 .873 46/.891 2/1 3/0
41.Hernandez G/S/vP 2/3.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 45/26 .286/.318/.405/.723 .708/.731 .544 31/.517 2/1 1/0
27.Kapler G/S/vP 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 7/.453 ··· 4/.500 1/3.000 75/24 .197/.280/.303/.583 .772/.212 .734 39/.462 2/0 0/1
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 4/1.250 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 211/147 .326/.398/.630/1.029 1.063/1.014 1.131 118/.941 2/0 12/4
30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 3/.000 1/.000 152/102 .221/.252/.307/.559 .608/.535 .605 78/.664 1/0 2/1
23.Pena* G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 12/1.278 1/.000 3/1.667 6/1.533 ··· 210/137 .243/.376/.584/.960 .898/.994 .873 113/.947 0/1 16/5
2.Upton G/S/vP 3/.333 3/1.167 3/.000 1/.000 3/.666 7/1.857 1/no AB 199/140 .191/.288/.283/.571 .468/.613 .527 124/.584 14/3 2/0
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/2.000 4/1.750 2/2.500 3/1.334 3/.000 1/.000 131/88 .297/.405/.649/1.053 1.137/1.009 .993 81/1.084 5/1 8/0
IP 6.2 7.0 25.2 11.2 24.2 10.0 16.0 TOTAL .274/.355/.451/.807 .830/.795 .821 .820 81/9 57/29
ERA-K/9 17.55/6.7 0.00/5.1 3.86/9.5 1.54/8.5 5.47/8.0 1.80/8.1 6.75/11.2 5.52/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 39/.412 30/.240 110/.240 44/.098 106/.274 41/.162 73/.290 .278
OPS 1.340 .727 .734 .427 .891 .522 .964 .806
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 15/1.390 11/.606 48/1.080 16/.521 49/1.242 14/.298 38/.986 .836
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 24/1.310 19/.796 62/.497 28/.374 57/.616 27/.631 35/.936 .785
Home / 10/.900 44/.731 11/.273 51/.603 21/.333 37/.881
Last 28d days 39/1.340 30/.727 64/.690 44/.427 51/.643 28/.593 36/.941
HR/SB/CS 3/1/0 0/1/0 3/2/1 2/0/0 7/1/0 1/3/0 4/2/0 54/37/9
Usage ····X··· X···Xo·· ·X·XX·oX ···X··X· ··X··X·· X··oX·X· ·o··o··X
Indians Batters (5.44 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (5.10 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Niemann
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		 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 ··· 3/2.167 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 207/149 .317/.382/.437/.820 .556/.937 .714 123/.781 7/1 2/2
11.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 7/.762 2/1.000 5/.200 1/no AB 3/.667 1/.000 3/.667 32/24 .320/.452/.440/.892 .833/.908 .684 32/.892 0/0 0/1
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 4/.250 3/.666 1/.000 4/3.417 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 207/142 .294/.411/.465/.875 .793/.910 .811 114/.866 6/0 6/3
26.Crowe# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 36/22 .182/.250/.212/.462 .606/.427 .333 0/ 1/0 0/1
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· 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 3/.333 2/2.000 2/1.000 7/.929 205/158 .266/.333/.446/.779 .988/.716 .775 106/.805 0/1 8/7
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· 5/.400 ··· 4/.750 2/.500 2/3.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 1/2.000 159/127 .255/.327/.440/.767 .774/.765 .847 91/.780 7/1 5/1
25.Garko G/S/vP ··· 3/2.667 1/.000 3/.000 5/1.000 1/.000 2/3.000 2/2.500 2/1.000 2/.500 127/93 .269/.362/.444/.807 1.012/.729 .926 60/.807 0/0 5/1
41.Martinez# G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 ··· 4/.000 10/.800 2/2.000 6/1.500 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 217/153 .362/.438/.564/1.002 1.203/.933 .992 116/.931 0/0 7/2
2.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 9/.347 1/.000 3/.666 9/1.333 2/.000 8/1.000 2/.500 1/2.000 2/.000 178/132 .268/.347/.344/.691 .614/.718 .594 93/.803 0/0 1/4
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 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 ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 12/.781 3/1.167 8/.125 2/2.500 1/no AB 2/1.000 222/158 .222/.309/.407/.716 .865/.658 .585 116/.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 47.2 20.1 2.0 34.0 22.0 5.0 21.0 3.1 5.1 16.2 TOTAL .272/.358/.430/.788 .846/.769 .738 .779 30/10 51/26
ERA-K/9 4.53/4.9 5.75/8.4 4.50/9.0 2.12/3.4 2.86/9.8 3.60/3.6 6.43/8.6 5.40/16.4 5.06/0.0 4.86/7.0 4.86/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 213/.276 94/.256 8/.125 137/.211 92/.235 25/.211 106/.287 19/.286 24/.348 68/.242 .271
OPS .817 .744 .625 .560 .641 .663 .986 1.045 .766 .782 .787
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 112/.755 41/.762 4/.000 70/.538 29/.837 12/.639 68/1.009 4/1.250 9/.583 24/1.071 .778
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 101/.879 53/.731 4/1.250 67/.581 63/.549 13/.685 38/.938 15/.967 15/.867 44/.615 .796
Road 136/.768 44/.774 8/.625 89/.442 55/.646 17/.804 60/.883 19/1.045 24/.766 38/.516
Last 28d days 115/.857 57/.751 8/.625 60/.446 54/.609 25/.663 67/1.247 19/1.045 24/.766 36/.608
HR/SB/CS 8/12/3 1/4/0 1/0/0 1/2/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 6/4/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 4/1/0 59/32/8
Usage ····X··· ··ooo··X ·Xo····· ··XX···o ···oX··o X·X·X··o X·oo··o· ··X····· o·X··X·· ···oo·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.