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Game Preview: NYY @ CLE, 7:05pm, Saturday, May 30, 2009 @Jacobs Field

Yankees, 28-20, 1st, ½ up

SP: C.C. Sabathia (28, LHP, 4-3, 3.42)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-3) 71.0 60 29 27 21 48 3 3.42
2008 (17-10) 253.0 223 85 76 59 251 19 2.70
2007 (19-7) 241.0 238 94 86 37 209 20 3.21
Last 7 GS 3-2 53.1 41 22 20 11 38 3 3.38 60
2009-05-24 PHI ND 8.0 9 3 3 0 4 0 110 56
2009-05-19 BAL W 7.0 3 1 1 1 7 0 105 73
2009-05-14 @TOR W 8.0 5 2 2 4 5 1 111 65
2009-05-08 @BAL W 9.0 4 0 0 1 8 0 112 86
2009-05-02 LAA L 6.2 8 5 4 1 5 0 119 44
2009-04-27 @DET L 8.0 6 4 4 0 7 1 99 61
2009-04-22 OAK ND 6.2 6 7 6 4 2 1 112 34
Last 5 v.CLE 0-0 5.2 5 1 1 5 4 0 1.59 54
2009-04-16 CLE ND 5.2 5 1 1 5 4 0 122 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   14-9    Road:   14-11   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  18-15   vsLHP:  10-5    1-Run:   8-3 
 vsEast: 10-12   vsCntrl:11-4    vsWest:  6-2  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 48 Fri, May 29  @CLE  W   3-1       28-20  1st  0.5 up
 47 Wed, May 27  @TEX  W   9-2       27-20  1st    Tied
 46 Tue, May 26  @TEX  L   3-7       26-20  2nd  1.0 gb
 45 Mon, May 25  @TEX  W  11-1       26-19  2nd  1.0 gb
 44 Sun, May 24   PHI  L   3-4 (11)  25-19  3rd  1.0 gb
 43 Sat, May 23   PHI  W   5-4       25-18  2nd  0.5 gb
 42 Fri, May 22   PHI  L   3-7       24-18  3rd  1.5 gb
 41 Thu, May 21   BAL  W   7-4       24-17  3rd  1.5 gb
 40 Wed, May 20   BAL  W  11-4       23-17  3rd  2.5 gb
 39 Tue, May 19   BAL  W   9-1       22-17  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:19-11
Indians, 21-29, 5th, 6½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Fausto Carmona (25, RHP, 2-4, 6.42)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-4) 54.2 56 41 39 35 33 5 6.42
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 1-2 38.2 38 27 25 25 25 1 5.82 44
2009-05-25 TBR ND 1.1 3 5 5 5 3 0 62 26
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
Last 5 v.NYY 1-1 24.0 26 13 13 11 7 4 4.88 45
2009-04-18 @NYY W 6.0 6 4 4 4 1 2 103 41
2008-05-06 @NYY ND 5.0 6 3 3 5 2 0 91 40
2007-08-10 NYY L 7.0 8 4 4 1 2 1 95 46
2007-04-19 @NYY ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 2 1 97 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-12   Road:   10-17   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  15-24   vsLHP:   6-5    1-Run:   8-7 
 vsEast: 11-12   vsCntrl: 9-12   vsWest:  0-3  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Fri, May 29   NYY  L   1-3       21-29  5th  6.5 gb
 49 Thu, May 28   TBR  W   2-1       21-28  5th  6.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 29, 2009 NYY  3 @CLE  1        W:Andy Pettitte (5-1), L: Cliff Lee (2-6), S: Mariano Rivera (10)
Sun, Apr 19, 2009 NYY  7  CLE  3        W:Jonathan Albaladejo (1-0), L: Jensen Lewis (1-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 CLE 22 @NYY  4        W:Fausto Carmona (1-2), L: Chien-Ming Wang (0-3), S: none
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 NYY  6  CLE  5        W:Brian Bruney (2-0), L: Jensen Lewis (1-1), S: Mariano Rivera (3)
Thu, Apr 16, 2009 CLE 10 @NYY  2        W:Cliff Lee (1-2), L: Jose Veras (0-1), S: none

Thu, May 08, 2008 NYY  6  CLE  3        W:Mike Mussina (5-3), L: Paul Byrd (1-3), S: Mariano Rivera (9)
Wed, May 07, 2008 CLE  3 @NYY  0        W:Cliff Lee (6-0), L: Chien-Ming Wang (6-1), S: Rafael Betancourt (4)
Tue, May 06, 2008 CLE  5 @NYY  3        W:Rafael Perez (1-1), L: Joba Chamberlain (1-2), S: Rafael Betancourt (3)
Mon, Apr 28, 2008 NYY  5 @CLE  2        W:Mike Mussina (3-3), L: Aaron Laffey (0-1), S: Mariano Rivera (8)
Sun, Apr 27, 2008 NYY  1 @CLE  0        W:Chien-Ming Wang (5-0), L: C.C. Sabathia (1-4), S: Mariano Rivera (7)
Season Series: 2009 - NYY leads 3-2; 2008 - CLE won 4-3; 2007 - NYY won 6-0; All-Time - NYY leads 1083-863

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  5.63

MIL  4.60

SEA  3.78

 RA/G

LAD  3.82

BOS  4.67

WSN  6.15

 BA

M. Cabrera  .363

J. Francoeur  .251

D. Ortiz  .189

 OBP

C. Beltran  .453

D. Uggla  .325

A. Beltre  .249

 SLG

R. Ibanez  .702

D. DeJesus  .384

B. Giles  .287

 OPS

R. Ibanez  1.109

C. Hart  .725

A. Beltre  .568

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .84

J. Lannan  4.11

A. Sonnanstine  7.66

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.09

C. Lee  6.57

J. Garland  3.36

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Yankees Batters (5.60 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.48 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		 53.Perez*
G/S/vB		 47.Vizcaino
G/S/vB		 34.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Berroa G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.715 3/1.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 8/.286 ··· 13/10 .167/.167/.167/.333 .000/.444 .500 3/.000 0/0 0/2
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 13/1.098 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 146/106 .323/.368/.481/.849 .797/.868 .696 83/.787 4/2 5/1
24.Cano* G/S/vP 12/.666 ··· 3/1.167 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 5/1.350 1/.000 ··· 209/143 .318/.349/.530/.880 .873/.883 1.001 100/.790 2/1 9/2
29.Cervelli G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/30 .300/.317/.325/.642 .929/.490 .697 44/.642 0/1 0/0
18.Damon* G/S/vP 11/.586 ··· 6/1.000 3/.000 ··· 3/3.000 5/.000 3/2.333 3/1.667 207/144 .299/.369/.543/.912 .663/1.032 .815 106/.990 5/0 10/1
11.Gardner* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 119/91 .279/.339/.413/.753 .819/.733 .725 47/1.056 9/2 2/0
2.Jeter G/S/vP 13/.826 ··· 8/.500 3/.000 ··· 3/2.334 4/.500 1/2.000 4/.250 221/165 .299/.373/.462/.835 1.131/.732 .762 108/.886 10/1 7/2
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 7/1.547 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 4/2.000 ··· 3/2.334 164/116 .250/.335/.472/.808 .857/.787 .838 77/.752 0/0 7/
19.Pena# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 70/60 .246/.290/.308/.598 .100/.679 .704 34/.479 2/0 0/3
20.Posada# G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 3/.333 2/2.000 ··· 2/4.500 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 96/64 .325/.417/.600/1.017 1.255/.889 .860 7/1.857 1/0 5/1
13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 9/.904 ··· 4/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 4/.833 ··· 88/61 .257/.409/.614/1.023 1.044/1.014 .847 88/1.023 0/0 7/1
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 18/.690 ··· 12/.878 1/.000 ··· 3/1.167 3/4.000 3/1.667 1/.000 189/132 .227/.367/.480/.847 .979/.792 1.086 95/.531 0/0 9/3
25.Teixeira# G/S/vP 13/1.098 1/.000 7/.000 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 3/2.000 1/.000 209/152 .273/.378/.585/.963 1.169/.888 .778 110/1.178 0/0 15/0
IP 54.2 7.0 26.2 15.1 10.2 26.0 11.2 10.0 17.0 TOTAL .280/.355/.485/.840 .910/.813 .824 .855 34/7 77/20
ERA-K/9 6.42/5.4 0.00/5.1 3.71/9.8 1.17/8.2 10.97/5.9 5.54/8.0 13.89/3.8 1.80/8.1 6.35/11.1 5.38/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 254/.263 30/.240 114/.232 58/.111 56/.360 113/.284 61/.396 41/.162 76/.277 .277
OPS .772 .727 .719 .413 1.109 .918 1.075 .522 .922 .799
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 143/.912 11/.606 52/1.017 25/.377 19/1.186 54/1.301 30/1.048 14/.298 40/.933 .821
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 111/.596 19/.796 62/.497 33/.440 37/1.069 59/.594 31/1.100 27/.631 36/.906 .783
Home 96/.738 10/.900 48/.697 25/.327 17/.607 58/.691 24/.785 21/.333 40/.811
Last 28d days 122/.668 30/.727 58/.590 58/.413 56/1.109 56/.657 10/1.100 28/.593 36/.941
HR/SB/CS 5/5/2 0/1/0 3/2/1 2/1/0 3/1/0 8/1/0 1/0/1 1/3/0 4/2/0 55/38/9
Usage ····X··· ··X···Xo ·X·X·XX· XX···X·· ·X····X· ·X··X··X o······· ··X··oX· ·o·o··o·
Indians Batters (5.28 RS/G) vs. Yankees Pitchers (5.27 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Sabathia*
G/S/vB		 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB		 48.Coke*
G/S/vB		 42.Rivera
G/S/vB		 30.Robertson
G/S/vB		 28.Tomko
G/S/vB		 41.Veras
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 4/.833 1/.000 216/154 .323/.385/.438/.822 .588/.932 .731 122/.803 7/1 2/2
11.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 8/.679 ··· 36/26 .286/.429/.393/.821 .650/.890 .578 36/.821 0/0 0/1
17.Choo* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 213/147 .293/.408/.460/.868 .779/.906 .799 110/.864 6/0 6/3
26.Crowe# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 38/22 .171/.237/.200/.437 .516/.427 .294 2/.000 1/0 0/1
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 12/.606 3/2.334 ··· 5/.650 1/.000 3/1.667 2/.500 209/159 .267/.337/.444/.780 1.000/.711 .778 100/.834 0/1 8/7
12.Francisco G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 166/131 .267/.340/.452/.792 .808/.787 .900 89/.863 8/1 5/1
25.Garko G/S/vP ··· 5/.600 ··· 4/.250 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 130/96 .261/.354/.432/.786 1.012/.704 .884 59/.760 0/0 5/1
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.833 ··· 9/.444 1/.000 6/1.667 1/3.000 226/158 .352/.429/.546/.975 1.147/.915 .932 115/.842 0/0 7/2
2.Peralta G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.500 ··· 7/.286 ··· 1/3.000 3/1.667 186/136 .262/.342/.335/.678 .589/.711 .576 91/.776 0/0 1/4
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 102/80 .229/.366/.410/.776 1.336/.638 .569 54/.786 0/0 4/0
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 3/.667 6/.533 2/1.000 7/.000 1/.000 6/1.500 ··· 231/163 .223/.310/.406/.716 .841/.665 .595 115/.598 7/6 8/0
1.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/46 .182/.250/.318/.568 .000/.594 .450 48/.568 0/0 0/1
IP 71.0 45.1 20.1 20.2 6.1 4.1 19.2 TOTAL .271/.357/.425/.782 .830/.765 .727 .760 31/10 51/26
ERA-K/9 3.42/6.1 3.97/9.1 4.43/5.3 2.61/11.3 2.84/12.9 4.15/0.0 6.41/6.9 4.93/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 292/.227 202/.275 82/.222 84/.253 27/.174 19/.313 92/.230 .265
OPS .604 .826 .807 .696 .514 .951 .799 .797
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 61/.471 111/.789 42/.817 47/.625 11/.282 10/.425 43/.898 .796
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 231/.637 91/.867 40/.791 37/.784 16/.683 9/1.500 49/.699 .799
Road 147/.602 126/.832 40/.870 31/.691 8/.536 5/1.800 28/.974
Last 28d days 121/.467 99/.848 43/.908 43/.661 10/.100 19/.951 35/.831
HR/SB/CS 3/6/3 6/5/2 5/0/0 5/0/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 3/1/0 68/50/20
Usage ·····X·· ···X···· ···o··X· X····X·· ··oo···· ·····X·· ··X··oo·

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.