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Game Preview: CLE @ KCR, 2:10pm, Wednesday, April 15, 2009 @Kauffman Stadium

, 1-7, 5th, 4 GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Aaron Laffey (24, LHP, 0-0, undef)

   2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA GSc
2008 (5-7) 93.2 103 52 44 31 43 10
2007 (4-2) 49.1 54 26 25 12 25 2
Last 7 GS 1-4 36.1 50 31 26 18 15 6 6.4403669720 37
2008-07-23 LAA L 4.0 12 8 8 2 2 0 6
2008-07-18 SEA L 3.2 9 8 3 2 1 2 20
2008-07-10 TBR W 6.0 4 2 2 3 4 1 57
2008-07-05 MIN ND 5.0 5 4 4 4 4 1 41
2008-06-29 CIN L 5.0 8 5 5 1 2 1 32
2008-06-24 SFG ND 6.2 4 1 1 3 1 0 60
2008-06-18 COL L 6.0 8 3 3 3 1 1 42
Last 5 v.KCR 2-2 24.1 24 8 7 5 14 0 2.5890410950 57
2008-05-04 KCR L 7.0 4 1 0 2 5 0 70
2007-09-30 KCR W 5.0 4 1 1 0 2 0 57
2007-09-16 KCR L 6.1 8 4 4 2 3 0 50
2007-08-25 KCR W 6.0 8 2 2 1 4 0 51
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    1-2    Road:    0-5    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   0-7    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   0-1 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 0-2    vsWest:  0-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 Last 10: 1-7    Last 20: 1-7    Last 30: 1-7
, 5-3, 1st, ½ up

SP: Sidney Ponson (32, RHP, 0-1, 6.00)

   2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA GSc
2009 (0-1) 6.0 6 4 4 3 5 0
2008 (8-5) 135.2 170 89 76 48 58 14
2007 (2-5) 37.2 54 31 29 17 23 7
Last 7 GS 1-3 31.0 45 30 29 14 17 4 8.4193548380 36
2009-04-10 NYY L 6.0 6 4 4 3 5 0 46
2008-09-28 BOS ND 6.0 4 1 1 0 5 0 65
2008-09-13 TBR ND 3.1 6 4 4 4 2 1 30
2008-09-06 SEA W 6.0 5 3 3 1 1 1 50
2008-09-01 DET ND 3.0 9 7 6 1 1 2 15
2008-08-27 BOS L 4.2 7 4 4 4 3 0 33
2008-08-21 TOR L 2.0 8 7 7 1 0 0 11
Last 5 v.CLE 0-2 24.0 35 26 21 10 17 6 7.8750000000 36
2008-06-04 CLE ND 4.0 8 6 2 3 1 1 28
2005-07-03 CLE L 1.1 6 6 6 2 1 1 17
2004-04-30 CLE L 3.2 9 7 6 2 1 0 16
2003-04-17 CLE ND 7.0 7 4 4 1 8 2 54
2002-05-07 CLE ND 8.0 5 3 3 2 6 2 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    3-2    Road:    2-1    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   4-0    vsLHP:   1-3    1-Run:   1-0 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 4-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 Last 10: 5-3    Last 20: 5-3    Last 30: 5-3 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 14, 2009 KCR  9  CLE  3        W:Kyle Davies (1-0), L: Carl Pavano (0-2), S: none
Mon, Apr 13, 2009 KCR  4  CLE  2        W:Zack Greinke (2-0), L: Fausto Carmona (0-2), S: Joakim Soria (4)

Sun, Sep 14, 2008 KCR 13 @CLE  3        W:Brian Bannister (8-15), L: Edward Mujica (2-2), S: none
Sat, Sep 13, 2008 KCR  8 @CLE  4        W:Robinson Tejeda (2-2), L: Bryan Bullington (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (37)
Sat, Sep 13, 2008 KCR  8 @CLE  3        W:Zack Greinke (11-10), L: Fausto Carmona (8-7), S: none
Fri, Sep 12, 2008 CLE 12  KCR  5        W:Cliff Lee (22-2), L: Gil Meche (11-11), S: none
Sun, Sep 07, 2008 CLE  3 @KCR  1        W:Cliff Lee (21-2), L: Zack Greinke (10-10), S: Jensen Lewis (8)
Sat, Sep 06, 2008 KCR  3  CLE  1        W:Gil Meche (11-10), L: Zach Jackson (0-2), S: Joakim Soria (35)
Fri, Sep 05, 2008 CLE  9 @KCR  3        W:Edward Mujica (2-1), L: Brandon Duckworth (2-1), S: none
Thu, Aug 21, 2008 CLE 10  KCR  3        W:Cliff Lee (18-2), L: Zack Greinke (9-9), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - KCR leads 2-0; 2008 - CLE won 10-8; 2007 - CLE won 11-7; All-Time - CLE leads 263-258

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

For the 2008 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  5.56

ATL  4.65

SDP  3.93

 RA/G

TOR  3.77

HOU  4.61

TEX  5.97

 BA

C. Jones  .364

R. Ibanez  .293

J. Towles  .137

 OBP

C. Jones  .470

C. Lee  .368

T. Pena  .189

 SLG

A. Pujols  .653

G. Dobbs  .491

T. Pena  .209

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.114

J. Cust  .851

T. Pena  .398

 ERA

J. Santana  2.53

A. Cook  3.96

N. Robertson  6.35

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.51

V. Padilla  6.68

L. Hernandez  3.35

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Batters (4.75 RS/G) vs. Pitchers (3.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Ponson
G/S/vB		 37.Cruz
G/S/vB		 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB		 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB		 52.Ramirez*
G/S/vB		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 51.Tejeda
G/S/vB		 45.Waechter
G/S/vB		 34.Wright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 2/.500 2/2.000 4/.500 2/1.000 3/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 418/318 .259/.346/.366/.713 .957/.638 .648 / 4/4 6/
17.Choo* G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 3/1.167 1/no AB ··· 5/.600 370/286 .309/.397/.549/.946 .800/.992 .830 / 4/3 14/
26.Crowe# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB / /// / / / /
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 3/1.000 6/1.133 2/1.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 593/422 .285/.376/.481/.857 .894/.842 .795 / 6/0 21/
12.Francisco G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 1/2.000 4/.000 4/.000 1/.000 5/.200 499/364 .266/.332/.438/.770 .794/.762 .721 / 4/3 15/
25.Garko G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· 4/.500 4/.833 3/.333 9/.222 3/.667 ··· 5/.200 563/419 .273/.346/.404/.750 .857/.714 .708 / 0/0 14/
4.Graffanino G/S/vP 15/.800 1/3.000 5/.400 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 5/.650 / /// / / / /
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 7/2.114 1/.000 3/.333 11/.273 3/.000 6/.334 5/.200 9/.889 5/.200 234/175 .197/.305/.323/.628 .602/.637 .600 / 1/1 5/
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 6/.367 1/2.000 6/.333 9/.873 3/.666 4/.500 4/.833 9/1.194 7/.429 294/223 .278/.337/.365/.701 .923/.633 .582 / 0/0 2/
2.Peralta G/S/vP 4/.000 3/.333 5/.650 4/1.250 3/.666 12/.606 6/.333 3/2.667 7/.572 664/502 .276/.331/.473/.804 .761/.817 .876 / 3/1 23/
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/3.000 ··· ··· 6/.167 1/2.000 1/2.000 403/299 .261/.348/.517/.865 .949/.835 .850 / 0/0 21/
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 5/1.850 3/.000 4/1.250 8/1.232 4/.500 6/1.417 9/.444 4/1.250 7/.762 745/526 .268/.374/.502/.876 .735/.934 .699 / 38/5 33/
IP 135.2 51.2 60.1 64.2 37.1 67.1 45.1 63.1 84.1 TOTAL .246/.348/.420/.768 .951/.718 .704 .768 6/1 11/3
ERA-K/9 5.04/3.8 2.61/12.4 4.48/9.1 3.48/6.8 4.34/3.1 1.60/8.8 3.97/8.9 3.69/6.5 5.12/6.4 3.04/9.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Martinez (22-13-2)
 Shoppach (37-10-8)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 612/ 215/ 261/ 278/ 168/ 260/ 186/ 275/ 379/ .229  Francisco
 Choo
 Sizemore
 DeRosa
83/2/32/12
26/0/51/4
0/151/0/2
27/0/38/0
OPS .598
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 348/ 101/ 122/ 110/ 68/ 139/ 87/ 122/ 183/ .558
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 264/ 114/ 139/ 168/ 100/ 121/ 99/ 153/ 196/ .648
Home 334/ 111/ 133/ 127/ 112/ 130/ 112/ 156/ 200/
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 14/3/5 5/5/5 15/6/7 6/2/2 1/5/0 5/2/1 4/6/1 7/6/1 5/9/1 2/3/3
Usage ····X··· X·X···X· ·X··X··X ·o···o·· ···X···· ·oo··Xo· o··X···· X··X···· ·X··X···

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Batters (3.38 RS/G) vs. Pitchers (8.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB		 39.Chulk
G/S/vB		 30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB		 50.Lewis
G/S/vB		 53.Perez*
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 34.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 2/1.500 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 441/288 .325/.354/.480/.833 .967/.765 .759 / 8/3 10/
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 6/.900 3/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 192/105 .279/.377/.285/.662 .807/.544 .640 / 14/3 0/
14.Buck G/S/vP 6/.833 7/.000 2/2.500 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 418/286 .224/.304/.365/.669 .765/.626 .691 / 0/3 9/
16.Butler G/S/vP 11/.455 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 2/.500 ··· ··· 478/321 .275/.324/.400/.724 .985/.597 .710 / 0/1 11/
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 234/156 .305/.361/.371/.731 .761/.717 .672 / 2/1 0/
2.Crisp# G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 409/306 .283/.344/.407/.751 .791/.737 .764 / 20/7 7/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 11/.489 10/.211 1/3.000 4/.500 2/.500 7/.857 ··· ··· 577/361 .307/.366/.452/.818 .728/.875 .812 / 11/8 12/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 8/.536 7/.286 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 6/1.500 ··· ··· 571/384 .260/.351/.432/.783 .629/.861 .822 / 9/2 16/
17.Jacobs* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/1.500 3/.000 519/394 .247/.299/.514/.812 .677/.857 .758 / 1/0 32/
21.Olivo G/S/vP 3/.666 7/1.143 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/5.000 3/.000 2/.000 317/209 .255/.278/.444/.722 .830/.667 .607 / 7/0 12/
3.Pena# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 15/11 .286/.333/.357/.690 .833/.636 .750 / 0/0 0/
1.Pena G/S/vP 11/.728 2/.000 ··· ··· 6/.367 2/.000 ··· ··· 235/160 .169/.189/.209/.398 .585/.312 .412 / 3/1 1/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 6/.000 5/.000 1/no AB 4/.000 2/2.000 11/.473 ··· ··· 623/417 .255/.313/.402/.715 .730/.708 .701 / 4/3 15/
IP 93.2 71.0 31.2 55.2 66.0 76.1 63.1 66.1 TOTAL .215/.291/.373/.664 .583/.729 .686 .664 2/2 6/3
ERA-K/9 4.23/4.1 5.07/8.1 4.83/4.5 4.53/5.7 3.82/7.1 3.54/10.1 3.55/7.4 3.26/11.4 8.46/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (59-12-4)
 Olivo (19-14-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 409/ 309/ 139/ 244/ 292/ 313/ 271/ 276/ .315  Teahen
 Crisp
 DeJesus
 Bloomquist
 Callaspo
31/1/92/7
0/114/0/4
71/68/24/3
8/23/13/1
3/0/0/0
OPS .962
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 102/ 139/ 47/ 115/ 152/ 130/ 61/ 131/ .893
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 307/ 170/ 92/ 129/ 140/ 183/ 210/ 145/ .997
Road 180/ 133/ 70/ 96/ 138/ 167/ 133/ 135/
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 10/2/2 11/10/1 6/1/0 8/2/0 8/1/1 8/2/3 4/6/2 3/1/0 13/2/2
Usage ·X··X·X· X··X···· ·o··Xo·· ··o··o·· X·o·X·X· ···Xo·o· ··o··X··

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.