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Game Preview: CLE @ PIT, 7:05pm, Tuesday, June 23, 2009 @PNC Park

Indians, 29-42, 5th, 10 GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: David Huff (24, LHP, 2-2, 7.09)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-2) 33.0 42 26 26 12 21 7 7.09
Last 7 GS 2-2 33.0 42 26 26 12 21 7 7.09 40
2009-06-17 MIL ND 5.0 5 3 3 1 1 1 99 45
2009-06-12 STL W 7.1 6 3 3 2 5 1 112 57
2009-06-07 @CHW W 5.0 4 3 3 3 3 1 96 47
2009-06-02 @MIN L 5.0 9 4 4 0 5 1 98 38
2009-05-28 TBR ND 4.0 4 0 0 1 2 0 71 55
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
Has never faced PIT.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-19   Road:   13-23   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  22-35   vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:  10-11
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:14-16   vsWest:  0-3  IL: 3-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 71 Sun, Jun 21  @CHC  L   2-6       29-42  5th 10.0 gb
 70 Sat, Jun 20  @CHC  L   5-6 (13)  29-41  5th  9.0 gb
 69 Fri, Jun 19  @CHC  L   7-8 (10)  29-40  5th  8.0 gb
 68 Wed, Jun 17   MIL  L   8-9 (11)  29-39  5th  6.5 gb
 67 Tue, Jun 16   MIL  L   5-7       29-38  5th  6.5 gb
 66 Mon, Jun 15   MIL  L  12-14      29-37  5th  6.5 gb
 65 Sun, Jun 14   STL  W   3-0       29-36  5th  6.0 gb
 64 Sat, Jun 13   STL  L   1-3       28-36  5th  7.0 gb
 63 Fri, Jun 12   STL  W   7-3       28-35  4th  7.0 gb
 62 Thu, Jun 11   KCR  W   4-3 (10)  27-35  4th  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16
Pirates, 31-38, 6th, 7 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Ian Snell (27, RHP, 2-7, 5.08)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (2-7) 78.0 83 46 44 41 51 7 5.08
2008 (7-12) 164.1 201 107 99 89 135 18 5.42
2007 (9-12) 208.0 209 94 87 68 177 22 3.76
Last 7 GS 1-2 38.0 44 24 24 17 24 2 5.68 44
2009-06-17 @MIN W 6.0 5 2 2 3 2 0 112 53
2009-06-12 DET L 7.0 10 2 2 2 4 0 99 51
2009-06-07 @HOU ND 6.0 8 3 3 1 3 0 96 46
2009-06-01 NYM ND 6.0 6 5 5 5 2 0 104 37
2009-05-26 @CHC L 5.0 8 6 6 4 4 1 98 27
2009-05-21 @WSN ND 6.0 4 3 3 1 6 0 92 57
2009-05-16 COL ND 2.0 3 3 3 1 3 1 46 40
Last 5 v.CLE 1-0 5.0 4 5 2 5 4 1 3.60 44
2006-05-20 @CLE W 5.0 4 5 2 5 4 1 105 44
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-12   Road:   14-26   ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  22-29   vsLHP:   9-9    1-Run:   4-9 
 vsEast: 13-7    vsCntrl:10-21   vsWest:  4-5  IL: 4-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 69 Sun, Jun 21  @COL  L   4-5       31-38  6th  7.5 gb
 68 Sat, Jun 20  @COL  L   7-9       31-37  6th  6.5 gb
 67 Fri, Jun 19  @COL  L   3-7       31-36  5th  6.0 gb
 66 Thu, Jun 18  @MIN  L   1-5       31-35  5th  6.0 gb
 65 Wed, Jun 17  @MIN  W   8-2       31-34  5th  5.5 gb
 64 Tue, Jun 16  @MIN  L   2-8       30-34  5th  5.5 gb
 63 Sun, Jun 14   DET  W   6-3       30-33  5th  4.0 gb
 62 Sat, Jun 13   DET  W   9-3       29-33  5th  5.0 gb
 61 Fri, Jun 12   DET  L   1-3       28-33  5th  6.0 gb
 60 Thu, Jun 11  @ATL  W   3-1       28-32  5th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 21, 2006 CLE  3  PIT  2 (10)   W:Bob Wickman (1-0), L: Mike Gonzalez (1-3), S: none
Sat, May 20, 2006 PIT  9 @CLE  6        W:Ian Snell (3-3), L: Jason Johnson (2-4), S: Mike Gonzalez (6)
Fri, May 19, 2006 CLE  4  PIT  1        W:C.C. Sabathia (3-1), L: Zach Duke (2-5), S: none
Sun, Jun 22, 2003 CLE  8 @PIT  5        W:C.C. Sabathia (7-3), L: Ryan Vogelsong (0-1), S: Danys Baez (16)
Sat, Jun 21, 2003 PIT  7  CLE  6 (15)   W:Scott Sauerbeck (2-4), L: Dan Miceli (1-3), S: none
Fri, Jun 20, 2003 PIT  5  CLE  4 (15)   W:Salomon Torres (5-2), L: Danys Baez (0-5), S: none
Sun, Jun 17, 2001 PIT  1  CLE  0        W:Todd Ritchie (2-8), L: Steve Karsay (0-1), S: none
Sat, Jun 16, 2001 PIT  6  CLE  4        W:Jason Schmidt (3-2), L: Jaret Wright (2-2), S: Mike Williams (13)
Fri, Jun 15, 2001 PIT  6  CLE  3        W:Jimmy Anderson (4-6), L: Dave Burba (8-3), S: Mike Williams (12)
Sat, Jul 15, 2000 CLE  6  PIT  4        W:Jamie Brewington (3-0), L: Jose Silva (5-4), S: Steve Karsay (18)
Season Series: 2009 -  0-0; 2008 -  0-0; 2007 -  0-0; All-Time - PIT leads 11-10

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  5.65

BAL  4.61

SEA  3.77

 RA/G

LAD  3.76

MIL  4.62

WSN  5.59

 BA

J. Mauer  .407

L. Castillo  .281

A. Kearns  .190

 OBP

J. Mauer  .475

C. Lee  .354

D. Navarro  .242

 SLG

J. Mauer  .727

B. Roberts  .457

N. Punto  .248

 OPS

J. Mauer  1.202

A. Callaspo  .815

B. Giles  .548

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.96

B. Bergesen  3.94

A. Sonnanstine  6.60

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.84

C. Pavano  6.50

S. Martis  3.35

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Indians Batters (5.21 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Snell
G/S/vB		 17.Burnett*
G/S/vB		 55.Capps
G/S/vB		 43.Chavez
G/S/vB		 34.Grabow*
G/S/vB		 58.Jackson
G/S/vB		 47.Meek
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
29.Barfield G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/13 .389/.389/.444/.833 .800/.846 1.111 15/.600 0/1 0/0
11.Carroll G/S/vP ··· 7/.000 4/1.000 ··· 5/.933 ··· ··· 115/96 .289/.389/.371/.761 .859/.741 .976 87/.744 0/2 0/1
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 306/219 .295/.408/.454/.863 .747/.906 .878 104/.863 11/0 9/4
26.Crowe# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/55 .169/.250/.215/.465 .567/.451 .558 38/.469 1/0 0/1
7.DeRosa G/S/vP 10/1.100 3/2.667 6/.000 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 1/no AB 298/237 .277/.347/.470/.816 1.101/.742 .760 98/.889 0/1 13/9
12.Francisco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 255/209 .233/.303/.370/.673 .700/.667 .665 101/.599 10/1 5/1
25.Garko G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 182/138 .253/.350/.416/.766 1.014/.684 .674 60/.705 0/0 6/2
8.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/19 .200/.333/.550/.883 .650/.941 1.284 24/.883 0/0 2/0
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 110/88 .298/.400/.596/.996 1.064/.977 .971 37/1.169 0/0 7/
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 312/227 .330/.407/.535/.942 1.021/.918 .926 100/.812 0/0 12/3
2.Peralta G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 265/200 .255/.335/.362/.696 .599/.729 .770 92/.705 0/0 3/6
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 162/133 .189/.325/.356/.681 1.048/.609 .798 67/.543 0/0 5/3
1.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 120/113 .234/.308/.439/.748 .952/.735 .858 75/.833 1/1 4/2
IP 78.0 29.2 22.2 29.2 32.0 9.2 23.2 TOTAL .264/.349/.422/.772 .822/.757 .811 .751 39/13 78/39
ERA-K/9 5.08/5.9 3.34/6.4 5.16/5.6 3.64/7.3 4.22/7.0 4.66/1.9 3.04/5.7 4.38/5.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 345/.279 124/.198 99/.306 123/.268 144/.264 42/.200 103/.207 .268
OPS .853 .673 .821 .762 .753 .533 .686 .770
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 167/.855 56/.663 47/.817 50/.628 41/.690 17/.507 39/.743 .784
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 178/.849 68/.677 52/.822 73/.855 103/.782 25/.547 64/.649 .761
Home 118/.801 44/.567 60/.924 49/.536 55/.735 18/.533 42/.595
Last 28d days 110/.834 36/.724 28/.583 45/1.090 45/.631 42/.533 32/.707
HR/SB/CS 7/8/4 3/3/0 3/3/0 4/1/0 3/1/1 0/2/0 1/3/0 61/45/16
Usage ·····X·· ··Xo···· ···o···· ··o·X··· ··X··X·· ·oo··X·· ···o··X·
Pirates Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Huff*
G/S/vB		 20.Gosling*
G/S/vB		 40.Herges
G/S/vB		 50.Lewis
G/S/vB		 53.Perez*
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 47.Vizcaino
G/S/vB		 34.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 92/57 .279/.297/.372/.669 .560/.737 .564 33/.440 0/1 1/2
16.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 117/90 .263/.376/.384/.760 .726/.769 .856 41/.814 0/0 1/0
35.Jaramillo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 135/115 .275/.356/.392/.747 .671/.760 .825 58/.681 1/0 1/2
25.LaRoche* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 5/.600 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 12/.750 275/201 .256/.356/.470/.826 .706/.874 1.084 89/.971 1/1 9/1
15.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 259/201 .281/.352/.390/.742 .832/.715 .745 96/.653 2/0 3/6
22.McCutchen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 82/62 .333/.366/.538/.904 1.265/.798 .926 82/.904 2/0 1/0
3.Morgan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 291/222 .263/.339/.339/.678 .417/.760 .661 94/.590 17/7 1/1
44.Moss* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 190/161 .264/.311/.376/.687 .644/.695 .822 52/.675 0/0 1/0
51.Pearce G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 3/ .000/.333/.000/.333 .333/ 3/.333 0/0 0/0
12.Sanchez G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 2/2.500 4/.250 10/.666 290/211 .319/.358/.493/.850 .845/.852 .903 94/.820 4/1 6/1
5.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.000 4/.583 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 8/.536 99/86 .250/.354/.262/.615 1.115/.544 .638 22/.883 1/0 0/2
2.Wilson G/S/vP ··· ··· 14/.786 ··· ··· ··· 16/.626 29/.898 188/142 .268/.294/.391/.685 .774/.656 .659 78/.729 1/1 2/6
48.Young# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 107/66 .340/.421/.415/.835 .742/.896 .972 54/.891 2/0 1/3
IP 33.0 1.2 22.1 37.0 19.2 13.2 15.1 24.2 TOTAL .266/.333/.397/.729 .719/.733 .789 .723 38/11 42/29
ERA-K/9 7.09/5.7 0.00/10.6 2.42/6.5 5.11/8.0 10.53/8.7 5.27/9.2 4.11/7.1 5.47/10.2 5.30/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 151/.304 7/.167 88/.183 158/.270 103/.381 64/.259 69/.182 107/.253 .275
OPS .915 .619 .547 .849 1.018 .748 .651 .833 .796
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 56/1.079 1/.000 40/.529 75/1.176 47/1.141 18/.826 26/.319 58/.814 .821
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 95/.821 6/.733 48/.561 83/.575 56/.911 46/.716 43/.843 49/.855 .778
Road 83/1.102 7/.619 41/.445 71/1.047 56/.984 17/.561 27/.873 50/1.045
Last 28d days 112/.773 7/.619 44/.668 52/.762 45/.871 33/.747 38/.654 34/.549
HR/SB/CS 7/3/0 0/0/0 2/1/0 8/1/0 2/3/1 1/0/0 2/5/0 5/4/0 84/57/11
Usage ·····X·· ·X······ ··Xo·X·o ·Xo···X· ··oo··Xo ··XX·X·X ···o·X·X ··XX·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.