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Game Preview: CLE @ KCR, 2:10pm, Thursday, May 21, 2009 @Kauffman Stadium

Indians, 15-26, 5th, 8½ GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Carl Pavano (33, RHP, 3-4, 6.33)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-4)			42.2	56	30	30	10	32	5	6.33
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		3-3	41.2	50	21	21	7	31	3	4.54	49
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
2009-04-14	@KCR	L	6.0	8	4	4	0	8	1	80	48

Last 5 v.KCR		0-2	11.1	17	9	9	0	10	3	7.15	40
2009-04-14	@KCR	L	6.0	8	4	4	0	8	1	80	48
2005-06-02	@KCR	L	5.1	9	5	5	0	2	2	92	32

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    7-11   Road:    8-15   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  10-22   vsLHP:   5-4    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  7-11   vsCntrl: 8-12   vsWest:  0-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 36 Thu, May 14  @TBR  W  11-7       14-22  5th  4.5 gb
 35 Wed, May 13   CHW  W   4-0       13-22  5th  5.5 gb
 34 Tue, May 12   CHW  L   4-7       12-22  5th  6.5 gb
 33 Mon, May 11   CHW  W   9-4       12-21  5th  6.5 gb
 32 Sun, May 10   DET  L   3-5       11-21  5th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Royals, 21-19, 2nd, 2 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Zack Greinke (25, RHP, 7-1, 0.60)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (7-1)			60.0	40	5	4	10	65	0	0.60
2008 (13-10)			202.1	202	87	78	56	183	21	3.47
2007 (7-7)			122.0	122	52	50	36	106	12	3.69

Last 7 GS		6-1	54.0	37	5	4	7	58	0	0.67	75
2009-05-15	BAL	W	7.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	106	65
2009-05-09	@LAA	L	8.0	4	1	1	0	5	0	115	75
2009-05-04	CHW	W	9.0	6	0	0	0	10	0	104	85
2009-04-29	TOR	W	7.0	5	2	2	2	8	0	111	65
2009-04-24	DET	W	9.0	3	1	0	1	10	0	108	88
2009-04-18	@TEX	W	9.0	7	0	0	0	10	0	111	83
2009-04-13	CLE	W	5.0	6	0	0	2	9	0	104	62

Last 5 v.CLE		2-3	27.1	30	13	8	11	29	2	2.63	52
2009-04-13	CLE	W	5.0	6	0	0	2	9	0	104	62
2008-09-13	@CLE	W	6.0	9	3	3	1	5	0	95	46
2008-09-07	CLE	L	6.0	5	3	3	2	8	0	105	56
2008-08-21	@CLE	L	5.0	6	5	1	1	4	1	99	46
2007-09-15	@CLE	L	5.1	4	2	1	5	3	1	103	52

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   14-9    Road:    7-10   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  12-11   vsLHP:   9-8    1-Run:   3-8 
 vsEast:  6-5    vsCntrl:11-8    vsWest:  4-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 40 Wed, May 20   CLE  L   5-6       21-19  2nd  2.0 gb
 39 Tue, May 19   CLE  W   6-5       21-18  2nd  1.0 gb
 38 Sun, May 17   BAL  W   7-4       20-18  2nd  1.0 gb
 37 Sat, May 16   BAL  L   2-3       19-18  2nd  1.0 gb
 36 Fri, May 15   BAL  W   8-1       19-17  1st    Tied
 35 Thu, May 14   BAL  L   5-9       18-17  1st    Tied
 34 Wed, May 13  @OAK  L   2-7       18-16  1st    Tied
 33 Tue, May 12  @OAK  L   3-12      18-15  1st    Tied
 32 Sun, May 10  @LAA  L   3-4       18-14  1st    Tied
 31 Sat, May  9  @LAA  L   0-1       18-13  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 19, 2009 KCR  6  CLE  5        W:Kyle Farnsworth (1-3), L: Kerry Wood (1-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 23, 2009 CLE  5  KCR  2        W:Jensen Lewis (2-2), L: Gil Meche (1-1), S: Kerry Wood (3)
Wed, Apr 22, 2009 KCR  2 @CLE  0        W:Brian Bannister (1-0), L: Cliff Lee (1-3), S: Joakim Soria (5)
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 CLE  8  KCR  7        W:Aaron Laffey (1-0), L: Sidney Ponson (0-2), S: Kerry Wood (2)
Wed, Apr 15, 2009 CLE  5 @KCR  4        W:Jensen Lewis (1-0), L: Kyle Farnsworth (0-2), S: Kerry Wood (1)
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
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 4-4; 2008 - CLE won 10-8; 2007 - CLE won 11-7; All-Time - CLE leads 267-260

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

PHI 5.70

CHC 4.92

SDP 3.77

RA/G

LAD 3.83

TEX 4.82

WSN 6.54

R. Zimmerman .358

G. Sizemore .215

OBP

R. Zimmerman .416

G. Sizemore .295

SLG

R. Zimmerman .624

D. Span .385

OPS

R. Zimmerman 1.040

G. Sizemore .688

ERA

Z. Greinke .60

J. Verlander 4.29

R. Nolasco 7.78

K/9IP

J. Verlander 12.35

K. Uehara 6.60

M. Pelfrey 2.41

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Indians Batters (5.22 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 23.Greinke
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 32.Mahay*
G/S/vB 52.Ramirez*
G/S/vB 51.Tejeda
G/S/vB 34.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 13/1.315 1/.000 5/.900 3/1.167 5/.400 4/.250 4/.500 172/118 .314/.376/.425/.801 .561/.928 .906 116/.752 6/0 1/2

11.Carroll G/S/vP 8/.750 10/.222 2/1.000 1/2.000 13/.083 7/1.100 10/.944 12/7 .417/.417/.667/1.083 .800/1.286 1.444 12/1.083 0/0 0/1

17.Choo* G/S/vP 12/1.317 1/.000 1/.000 5/.450 3/.000 3/.333 5/.600 169/113 .285/.408/.467/.875 .793/.911 .896 106/.860 6/0 5/3

20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 13/.408 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 6/.733 43/39 .263/.326/.342/.668 .500/.686 .913 43/.668 0/0 0/0

7.DeRosa G/S/vP ··· 7/1.229 3/1.334 2/2.500 3/.000 5/.000 1/.000 170/127 .242/.312/.412/.724 .959/.638 .748 101/.734 0/1 6/5

12.Francisco G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· 2/2.000 4/.250 2/1.000 5/.000 5/.200 128/99 .241/.320/.402/.722 .810/.697 .738 81/.752 7/1 4/1

25.Garko G/S/vP 13/.658 ··· 5/.400 5/.650 3/.333 4/.750 5/.200 105/74 .258/.352/.371/.723 .938/.631 .756 63/.641 0/0 2/1

16.LaPorta G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 40/25 .206/.300/.324/.624 1.036/.414 .518 40/.624 1/0 1/1

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 35/.869 2/3.500 7/.429 10/1.000 6/.750 4/.833 8/.375 182/124 .400/.478/.626/1.104 1.292/1.039 1.143 111/1.067 0/0 7/1

2.Peralta G/S/vP 28/.757 4/.250 5/.650 4/1.250 4/.833 7/.286 7/.572 150/108 .257/.322/.338/.660 .643/.667 .715 90/.614 0/0 1/3

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 3/.666 2/3.000 ··· 6/.167 2/2.000 82/64 .227/.370/.394/.764 1.196/.661 1.032 51/.739 0/0 3/0

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 41/.961 4/.000 5/1.000 9/1.694 7/.829 9/.444 8/.661 183/125 .215/.295/.393/.688 .852/.615 .793 109/.516 6/6 7/0

1.Valbuena* G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/26 .130/.259/.217/.477 .000/.497 .348 27/.477 0/0 0/0

IP 60.0 18.2 14.1 13.1 15.2 17.0 22.0 TOTAL .269/.354/.422/.776 .849/.749 .834 .729 27/9 41/21

ERA-K/9

0.60/9.8

1.45/6.3

4.40/7.6

3.38/10.2

5.74/5.7

2.65/12.2

2.45/5.7

3.63/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 226/.189 70/.117 59/.236 63/.304 71/.297 71/.196 84/.250 .249

OPS .482 .426 .652 .829 .866 .620 .682 .687

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 118/.513 32/.433 28/.522 27/.816 37/.585 41/.605 37/.650 .670

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 108/.450 38/.419 31/.769 36/.836 34/1.195 30/.621 47/.703 .704

Home 141/.488 41/.353 35/.500 38/.762 42/.984 56/.644 49/.657

Last 28d days 146/.437 47/.430 38/.346 48/.840 34/.552 51/.702 56/.844

HR/SB/CS 0/1/2 1/1/1 2/1/1 1/0/0 2/1/0 0/3/0 2/1/1 24/29/6

Usage ·····X·· ···X·o·X ·o···Xo· ···o··X· ·X··o··o X··X··X· o···X··X

Royals Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.76 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 47.Vizcaino
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

30.Aviles G/S/vP 3/1.333 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 115/68 .194/.221/.269/.490 .535/.460 .532 61/.576 1/0 1/4

8.Bloomquist G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 89/36 .320/.391/.427/.817 .918/.669 .667 61/.871 7/1 1/2

14.Buck G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· 7/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 5/1.600 ··· 81/57 .236/.309/.500/.809 .673/.865 1.206 56/.552 0/0 3/4

16.Butler G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 146/80 .285/.363/.446/.809 .846/.781 1.043 94/.896 0/0 3/0

13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 143/91 .338/.392/.515/.907 .981/.861 .900 101/.925 0/0 2/3

2.Crisp# G/S/vP 3/1.333 ··· 4/.000 3/1.667 ··· 3/2.000 8/.250 3/.666 173/103 .238/.353/.427/.780 .701/.837 .711 111/.687 11/2 3/3

9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 6/.833 ··· 10/.211 4/1.500 ··· 4/.250 2/1.000 2/4.500 152/88 .239/.289/.406/.694 .388/.931 .815 91/.694 0/1 3/0

11.Guillen G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 6/.933 6/1.166 ··· 3/.000 6/.834 16/.438 107/62 .289/.402/.422/.824 .828/.819 .908 93/.881 1/0 3/1

46.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/3 .167/.286/.167/.452 .500/.333 .833 7/.452 0/0 0/0

17.Jacobs* G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.500 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· 3/5.000 3/.666 4/1.250 140/88 .270/.343/.540/.883 .599/1.056 .937 89/.794 0/0 9/2

35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 38/30 .267/.405/.333/.739 1.548/.542 .851 32/.852 2/0 0/0

21.Olivo G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 8/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 3/.000 3/.333 89/41 .226/.261/.369/.630 .754/.485 .544 57/.745 1/1 3/0

24.Teahen* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/2.000 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/2.250 6/.333 1/5.000 156/88 .295/.372/.468/.839 .712/.940 .842 98/.813 1/0 5/1

IP 42.2 2.1 20.2 8.2 3.2 20.0 3.2 14.0 TOTAL .262/.337/.428/.765 .727/.793 .811 .776 24/5 37/26

ERA-K/9

6.33/6.7

0.00/3.9

4.79/10.0

2.08/10.3

17.18/4.9

4.50/8.1

2.45/7.3

7.71/12.9

5.69/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 189/.320 8/.167 89/.269 30/.103 22/.389 85/.286 14/.214 60/.308 .285

OPS .851 .708 .810 .478 1.222 .918 .714 1.037 .823

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 95/.744 3/.333 39/1.187 11/.582 11/.764 39/1.291 2/.000 29/1.120 .863

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 94/.956 5/.900 50/.553 19/.421 11/1.761 46/.639 12/.833 31/.947 .795

Road 135/.833 8/.708 50/.897 19/.602 22/1.222 44/1.363 3/1.667 27/1.180

Last 28d days 128/.781 8/.708 58/.806 30/.478 22/1.222 49/.641 1/5.000 42/1.143

HR/SB/CS 5/7/1 0/1/0 3/2/1 2/0/0 0/1/0 6/1/0 1/0/0 4/1/0 47/28/8

Usage ····X··· ···X···· X····X·o ···X··X· ···X···· ·····X·· ·····o·· XX·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.