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Game Preview: CLE @ KCR, 8:10pm, Monday, August 24, 2009 @Kauffman Stadium

Indians, 54-69, 4th, 11 GB, 16 GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Sowers (26, LHP, 4-9, 4.82)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-9) 89.2 91 49 48 39 40 8 4.82
2008 (4-9) 121.0 141 84 75 39 64 18 5.58
2007 (1-6) 67.1 84 49 48 21 24 10 6.42
Last 7 GS 2-4 43.1 42 20 20 17 16 3 4.15 49
2009-08-19 LAA L 6.2 4 3 3 5 2 0 106 51
2009-08-13 TEX L 5.1 8 4 4 1 0 1 101 35
2009-08-07 @CHW W 7.0 6 2 2 2 3 0 94 58
2009-08-01 DET ND 6.0 4 2 2 4 3 0 95 55
2009-07-25 @SEA W 7.0 4 0 0 2 2 0 103 69
2009-07-07 @CHW L 5.1 5 4 4 2 4 1 83 44
2009-07-01 CHW L 6.0 11 5 5 1 2 1 79 31
Last 5 v.KCR 2-1 26.0 29 10 10 7 9 1 3.46 49
2009-06-11 KCR ND 5.0 6 2 2 1 2 0 99 48
2008-09-14 KCR ND 3.0 5 3 3 1 2 1 75 38
2007-05-24 @KCR W 7.0 6 1 1 1 1 0 94 61
2006-09-12 KCR L 5.0 7 4 4 3 2 0 89 36
2006-08-13 KCR W 6.0 5 0 0 1 2 0 94 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   28-35   Road:   26-34   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  37-54   vsLHP:  17-15   1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast: 14-15   vsCntrl:24-27   vsWest: 11-14 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
123 Sun, Aug 23   SEA  W   6-1       54-69  4th 11.0 gb
122 Sat, Aug 22   SEA  W   4-3 (11)  53-69  4th 12.0 gb
121 Fri, Aug 21   SEA  L   4-9       52-69  4th 13.0 gb
120 Thu, Aug 20   LAA  W  11-3       52-68  4th 12.0 gb
119 Wed, Aug 19   LAA  L   0-3       51-68  4th 12.0 gb
118 Tue, Aug 18   LAA  L   4-5       51-67  4th 12.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 16  @MIN  W   7-4       51-66  4th 11.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 15  @MIN  W   7-3       50-66  4th 12.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 14  @MIN  L   0-11      49-66  4th 12.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug 13   TEX  L   1-4       49-65  4th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Royals, 47-76, 5th, 18 GB, 23 GB in WC

SP: Gil Meche (30, RHP, 6-9, 4.73)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (6-9) 118.0 128 70 62 56 91 14 4.73
2008 (14-11) 210.1 204 98 93 73 183 19 3.98
2007 (9-13) 216.0 218 98 88 62 156 22 3.67
Last 7 GS 2-4 33.2 46 34 31 25 24 12 8.29 34
2009-08-18 @CHW W 5.0 8 4 4 5 2 2 105 32
2009-08-13 @MIN W 5.0 7 4 4 2 2 1 83 37
2009-07-11 @BOS L 3.2 6 8 6 3 6 2 87 24
2009-07-06 @DET ND 5.2 5 2 2 5 5 2 114 51
2009-07-01 MIN L 6.0 6 3 2 5 5 1 121 50
2009-06-26 @PIT L 5.0 5 4 4 3 3 2 84 41
2009-06-21 STL L 3.1 9 9 9 2 1 2 75 5
Last 5 v.CLE 2-2 32.1 28 13 12 7 37 1 3.34 59
2009-06-10 @CLE W 7.0 4 0 0 3 11 0 115 77
2009-05-20 CLE ND 6.0 6 2 2 1 2 0 87 53
2009-04-23 @CLE L 7.1 5 4 3 0 7 0 113 61
2008-09-12 @CLE L 5.0 10 6 6 1 7 1 108 29
2008-09-06 CLE W 7.0 3 1 1 2 10 0 109 75
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-39   Road:   22-37   ExtrInn: 5-2 
 vsRHP:  32-45   vsLHP:  15-31   1-Run:  12-20
 vsEast: 11-21   vsCntrl:21-30   vsWest:  7-15 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
123 Sun, Aug 23   MIN  L   3-10      47-76  5th 18.0 gb
122 Sat, Aug 22   MIN  L   7-8       47-75  5th 18.0 gb
121 Fri, Aug 21   MIN  L   4-5 (10)  47-74  5th 18.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 19  @CHW  L   2-4       47-73  5th 16.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 18  @CHW  W   5-4       47-72  5th 16.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 17  @CHW  L   7-8       46-72  5th 16.5 gb
117 Sun, Aug 16  @DET  W   3-2 (10)  46-71  5th 16.0 gb
116 Sat, Aug 15  @DET  L   3-10      45-71  5th 17.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug 14  @DET  L   0-1       45-70  5th 16.0 gb
114 Thu, Aug 13  @MIN  W   5-4       45-69  5th 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:10-20
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 11, 2009 CLE  4  KCR  3 (10)   W:Matt Herges (2-0), L: Kyle Farnsworth (1-4), S: none
Wed, Jun 10, 2009 KCR  9 @CLE  0        W:Gil Meche (3-5), L: Carl Pavano (6-5), S: none
Tue, Jun 09, 2009 CLE  8  KCR  4        W:Rafael Perez (1-1), L: Juan Cruz (3-2), S: none
Thu, May 21, 2009 CLE  8 @KCR  3        W:Carl Pavano (4-4), L: Horacio Ramirez (0-2), S: Rafael Betancourt (1)
Wed, May 20, 2009 CLE  6 @KCR  5        W:Aaron Laffey (3-0), L: Sidney Ponson (1-5), S: Kerry Wood (6)
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)
Season Series: 2009 - CLE leads 7-5; 2008 - CLE won 10-8; 2007 - CLE won 11-7; All-Time - CLE leads 270-261

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

LAA  5.75

DET  4.57

SDP  3.82

RA/G

SFG  3.74

NYM  4.64

WSN  5.44

BA

J. Mauer  .378

O. Hudson  .291

B. Giles  .191

OBP

J. Mauer  .449

E. Hinske  .363

R. Cedeno  .234

SLG

A. Pujols  .661

M. Thames  .481

A. Casilla  .242

OPS

A. Pujols  1.100

B. Abreu  .840

A. Casilla  .519

ERA

C. Carpenter  2.16

J. Weaver  3.89

F. Liriano  5.80

K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.47

C. Carpenter  6.86

J. Lannan  3.75

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Indians Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Meche
G/S/vB
49.Bale*
G/S/vB
19.Bannister
G/S/vB
52.Chen*
G/S/vB
56.Colon
G/S/vB
28.Davies
G/S/vB
40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
23.Greinke
G/S/vB
44.Hochevar
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
51.Tejeda
G/S/vB
34.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 24/.654 5/.650 13/.725 ··· ··· 7/1.071 5/.900 16/1.317 6/.900 3/1.167 2/1.000 5/.200 5/.650 441/305 .313/.363/.447/.810 .750/.844 .854 109/.894 15/4 5/7
11.Carroll G/S/vP 9/.555 2/.000 9/.476 ··· 5/.650 9/.583 2/1.000 8/.750 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 8/.929 11/.989 244/178 .295/.382/.376/.758 .906/.703 .898 55/.840 1/2 2/1
17.Choo* G/S/vP 15/1.110 3/.333 12/.350 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 2/1.000 18/1.077 3/1.666 6/.367 4/1.417 4/.500 5/.600 529/359 .297/.397/.474/.871 .825/.893 .923 107/.942 17/1 14/6
8.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 108/83 .161/.262/.280/.541 .423/.576 .714 55/.312 1/1 3/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 31/.683 7/.762 14/.967 8/1.292 5/1.850 4/2.750 4/.250 28/.819 5/.900 12/.555 7/.286 7/.429 6/.167 270/202 .272/.352/.481/.833 .815/.839 .776 78/.584 0/0 12/
7.LaPorta G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/40 .226/.295/.340/.635 .863/.525 .536 12/.879 2/0 1/1
25.Marte G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 58/47 .240/.328/.260/.588 .586/.587 .734 58/.588 0/0 0/1
2.Peralta G/S/vP 43/.969 6/.533 17/.236 7/.286 4/.833 12/1.139 6/.533 34/.657 6/.167 5/1.000 14/.846 8/.250 8/.875 486/353 .276/.339/.405/.743 .763/.736 .844 105/.836 0/2 10/14
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 11/1.264 2/.000 14/.748 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 4/.500 9/.111 3/1.500 2/3.000 1/.000 6/.167 3/1.167 261/203 .210/.340/.397/.737 1.095/.638 .946 56/.886 0/0 10/3
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 44/.632 8/.708 22/1.009 7/2.047 6/.933 14/.676 5/1.000 44/1.002 8/1.042 9/1.694 6/1.417 10/.400 8/.661 456/311 .245/.339/.439/.779 .699/.816 .815 101/.833 11/8 17/0
15.Toregas G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/23 .250/.296/.250/.546 1.500/.367 1.000 27/.546 0/0 0/0
1.Valbuena* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 8/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 264/240 .244/.303/.426/.729 .772/.724 .795 80/.816 1/3 7/8
IP 118.0 25.2 146.0 50.0 32.1 100.0 26.0 173.1 99.2 41.1 38.2 37.1 59.2 TOTAL .266/.346/.424/.771 .816/.754 .820 .780 66/26 129/76
ERA-K/9 4.73/6.9 5.96/7.7 4.50/5.6 5.04/6.7 6.12/5.3 6.12/6.4 5.88/10.0 2.44/9.5 5.60/6.6 4.79/7.4 2.33/11.2 4.58/11.8 4.53/6.3 4.76/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 532/.275 123/.288 604/.268 210/.291 146/.279 442/.280 107/.273 703/.244 431/.277 200/.313 159/.200 167/.201 265/.261 .270
OPS .790 .834 .716 .851 .831 .812 .674 .649 .812 .927 .597 .603 .765 .766
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 256/.737 59/.692 314/.702 57/.673 57/.928 185/.777 48/.676 325/.686 201/.817 84/.778 79/.518 84/.772 114/.627 .743
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 276/.839 64/.978 290/.731 153/.921 89/.769 257/.835 59/.673 378/.617 230/.808 116/1.043 80/.678 83/.446 151/.867 .787
Home 221/.797 73/1.040 289/.682 77/.795 89/.707 237/.973 62/.644 370/.618 259/.723 109/.914 63/.718 108/.658 160/.784
Last 28d days 52/1.033 39/.956 134/.847 97/.813 46/1.012 94/.815 9/.929 139/.753 134/.945 43/1.054 46/.771 51/.370 50/.633
HR/SB/CS 14/15/1 3/4/0 14/13/1 9/4/4 6/4/0 16/16/4 2/1/2 10/4/6 16/11/3 9/0/0 4/0/0 1/6/2 8/6/1 129/87/27
Usage ·····X·· ·oo···X· X·····X· X······· ·X····o· ·X·····X X·X·X··· ····X··· ··X····· ·o······ ··X··o·X ·····X·· ·oo····X
Royals Batters (4.05 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Sowers*
G/S/vB
55.Carmona
G/S/vB
58.Huff*
G/S/vB
32.Laffey*
G/S/vB
50.Lewis
G/S/vB
63.Masterson
G/S/vB
16.Ohka
G/S/vB
54.Perez
G/S/vB
53.Perez*
G/S/vB
49.Sipp*
G/S/vB
38.Smith
G/S/vB
40.Todd
G/S/vB
34.Wood
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 215/178 .240/.276/.299/.575 .476/.594 .615 40/.481 15/4 0/3
3.Betancourt G/S/vP 8/.500 4/.000 ··· 4/1.167 2/.000 5/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 368/268 .231/.263/.337/.600 .695/.565 .623 89/.664 3/2 4/11
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 8/.250 3/.000 ··· 12/1.223 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 361/216 .260/.302/.358/.660 .695/.636 .560 85/.612 18/4 4/8
14.Buck G/S/vP 9/.347 15/.368 ··· 8/.750 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 143/107 .209/.275/.419/.693 .732/.680 .910 27/.630 0/0 5/6
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/.666 20/.739 ··· 17/.561 4/.250 4/.000 ··· 2/2.500 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 501/331 .298/.351/.486/.837 .964/.775 .974 114/.977 0/0 15/7
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 5/1.000 10/1.029 ··· 4/.750 5/.450 1/no AB ··· 2/.500 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 472/314 .299/.352/.431/.782 .915/.714 .900 108/.683 1/1 7/16
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 14/.955 31/.972 ··· 18/.533 5/.200 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 7/.857 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 5/1.800 503/324 .268/.341/.428/.769 .587/.874 .835 104/.915 4/7 10/0
17.Jacobs* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 ··· 4/1.000 3/5.000 1/5.000 3/.000 2/2.500 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 5/1.400 358/262 .231/.304/.423/.727 .555/.791 .790 59/.812 0/0 16/2
35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 221/161 .246/.330/.340/.671 .848/.606 .724 65/.857 6/1 0/0
21.Olivo G/S/vP 2/.000 8/1.071 ··· 8/.250 6/.167 1/2.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 322/190 .240/.271/.464/.735 .674/.779 .712 63/.762 3/1 16/7
27.Pena# G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 113/66 .317/.349/.505/.854 .895/.826 .865 52/.943 0/0 4/0
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 8/.000 27/.814 ··· 12/.258 5/2.250 6/.333 ··· 3/2.334 12/.432 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 463/285 .282/.337/.430/.767 .768/.765 .806 87/.658 6/0 10/10
IP 89.2 89.2 95.1 84.1 46.1 88.2 53.1 41.1 31.2 26.0 32.1 7.2 44.0 TOTAL .255/.314/.401/.715 .716/.714 .761 .750 59/19 105/101
ERA-K/9 4.82/4.0 5.92/5.4 6.80/4.4 3.42/4.6 4.66/8.6 4.36/8.2 6.08/4.1 3.70/11.1 7.96/6.8 3.81/10.0 3.34/7.8 7.04/8.2 4.70/10.4 5.03/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 393/.263 394/.282 440/.323 358/.258 199/.257 389/.263 231/.282 170/.188 156/.357 106/.195 136/.240 39/.375 193/.240 .276
OPS .737 .819 .918 .681 .833 .717 .888 .618 .951 .752 .700 .947 .747 .785
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 108/.699 228/.952 157/1.062 114/.569 95/1.126 197/.864 121/.833 53/.642 71/1.059 56/.661 33/1.024 18/1.263 97/.764 .811
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 285/.752 166/.639 283/.841 244/.734 104/.584 192/.569 110/.950 117/.607 85/.860 50/.855 103/.593 21/.675 96/.728 .768
Road 152/.730 172/.857 252/.918 180/.683 82/1.031 210/.808 93/.968 89/.561 74/.914 48/1.003 48/.625 11/1.212 93/.894
Last 28d days 109/.645 103/.732 126/.991 135/.684 30/.660 86/.591 59/.907 32/.391 30/.798 41/.786 37/.611 29/.845 47/.668
HR/SB/CS 8/4/1 9/7/3 16/4/1 4/1/2 10/1/0 7/11/4 14/2/0 4/2/4 3/4/1 5/3/0 3/1/0 1/0/0 7/10/0 136/92/21
Usage ····X··· X····X·· ··X····· ·X·····X ·····X·· ···X···· ··X····· Xo··o··o ·o·X·o·· oo·o···X ·o·X···o ····XX·· ·oX····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.