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Game Preview: CLE @ SEA, 10:10pm, Friday, July 24, 2009 @Safeco Field

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Indians, 38-58, 4th, 12½ GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Aaron Laffey (24, LHP, 3-2, 4.27)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (3-2)			46.1	47	22	22	23	23	2	4.27
2008 (5-7)			93.2	103	52	44	31	43	10	4.23
2007 (4-2)			49.1	54	26	25	12	25	2	4.56

Last 7 GS		2-2	38.0	48	25	25	21	16	2	5.92	40
2009-07-19	SEA	ND	6.0	8	3	3	2	3	1	100	45
2009-07-08	@CHW	L	6.0	7	4	4	2	1	0	90	41
2009-05-02	@DET	ND	3.1	6	5	5	5	1	1	76	24
2009-04-26	MIN	W	6.1	5	2	2	4	1	0	91	52
2009-04-21	KCR	W	7.0	7	1	1	3	3	0	104	59
2009-04-15	@KCR	ND	5.1	3	2	2	3	5	0	87	56
2008-07-23	@LAA	L	4.0	12	8	8	2	2	0	77	6

Last 5 v.SEA		0-1	21.2	28	16	11	6	11	4	4.57	43
2009-07-19	SEA	ND	6.0	8	3	3	2	3	1	100	45
2008-07-18	@SEA	L	3.2	9	8	3	2	1	2	84	20
2007-09-25	@SEA	ND	5.2	4	1	1	2	3	0	75	58
2007-08-30	SEA	ND	6.1	7	4	4	0	4	1	82	47

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

 Home:   20-28   Road:   18-30   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  27-44   vsLHP:  11-14   1-Run:  14-12
 vsEast: 14-15   vsCntrl:16-23   vsWest:  3-7  IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 96 Thu, Jul 23  @TOR  W   5-4       38-58  4th 12.5 gb
 95 Wed, Jul 22  @TOR  L   6-10      37-58  5th 13.5 gb
 94 Tue, Jul 21  @TOR  W   2-1       37-57  5th 13.5 gb
 93 Sun, Jul 19   SEA  L   3-5       36-57  5th 13.5 gb
 92 Sat, Jul 18   SEA  L   1-3       36-56  5th 13.5 gb
 91 Fri, Jul 17   SEA  L   2-6       36-55  5th 13.5 gb
 90 Thu, Jul 16   SEA  W   4-1       36-54  5th 13.5 gb
 89 Sun, Jul 12  @DET  L   1-10      35-54  5th 14.0 gb
 88 Sat, Jul 11  @DET  W   5-4       35-53  5th 13.0 gb
 87 Fri, Jul 10  @DET  L   1-5       34-53  5th 14.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 9-21

Mariners, 51-44, 3rd, 5½ GB

SP: Ryan Rowland-Smith (26, LHP, 0-0, 0.00)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (0-0)			3.1	4	2	0	4	1	0	0.00
2008 (5-3)			118.1	114	49	45	48	77	13	3.42
2007 (1-0)			38.2	39	19	17	15	42	4	3.96

Last 7 GS		2-1	42.0	42	16	12	18	19	5	2.57	52
2009-04-10	@OAK	ND	3.1	4	2	0	4	1	0	82	45
2008-09-27	OAK	W	6.2	9	3	3	2	5	0	113	47
2008-09-22	LAA	L	7.0	8	2	1	1	6	1	116	60
2008-09-17	@KCR	ND	6.0	3	1	1	4	1	1	96	59
2008-09-12	@LAA	ND	6.1	4	3	3	2	3	0	95	54
2008-09-06	NYY	ND	6.1	7	3	3	4	1	2	91	44
2008-08-31	@CLE	W	6.1	7	2	1	1	2	1	112	54

Last 5 v.CLE		1-0	6.1	7	2	1	1	2	1	1.42	54
2008-08-31	@CLE	W	6.1	7	2	1	1	2	1	112	54

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

 Home:   25-18   Road:   26-26   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  34-32   vsLHP:  17-12   1-Run:  23-13
 vsEast: 12-9    vsCntrl:12-13   vsWest: 16-15 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 95 Thu, Jul 23  @DET  W   2-1       51-44  3rd  5.5 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 22  @DET  W   2-1       50-44  3rd  5.5 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 21  @DET  L   7-9       49-44  3rd  5.5 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 19  @CLE  W   5-3       49-43  3rd  4.0 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 18  @CLE  W   3-1       48-43  3rd  4.0 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 17  @CLE  W   6-2       47-43  3rd  4.0 gb
 89 Thu, Jul 16  @CLE  L   1-4       46-43  3rd  5.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 12   TEX  W   5-3       46-42  3rd  4.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 11   TEX  W   4-1       45-42  3rd  4.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul 10   TEX  L   4-6       44-42  3rd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 19, 2009 SEA  5 @CLE  3        W:Shawn Kelley (2-1), L: Rafael Betancourt (1-2), S: David Aardsma (22)
Sat, Jul 18, 2009 SEA  3 @CLE  1        W:Jarrod Washburn (7-6), L: Tomokazu Ohka (0-4), S: David Aardsma (21)
Fri, Jul 17, 2009 SEA  6 @CLE  2        W:Felix Hernandez (10-3), L: David Huff (4-4), S: none
Thu, Jul 16, 2009 CLE  4  SEA  1        W:Cliff Lee (5-9), L: Garrett Olson (3-3), S: none

Sun, Aug 31, 2008 SEA  6 @CLE  4        W:Ryan Rowland-Smith (4-2), L: Zach Jackson (0-1), S: Roy Corcoran (2)
Sat, Aug 30, 2008 SEA  4 @CLE  3 (10)   W:J.J. Putz (6-4), L: Jensen Lewis (0-4), S: Randy Messenger (1)
Fri, Aug 29, 2008 SEA  3 @CLE  2        W:Felix Hernandez (9-8), L: Jeremy Sowers (2-7), S: J.J. Putz (10)
Sun, Jul 20, 2008 CLE  6 @SEA  2        W:Cliff Lee (13-2), L: Carlos Silva (4-12), S: none
Sat, Jul 19, 2008 CLE  9 @SEA  6        W:Jeremy Sowers (1-5), L: Miguel Batista (4-11), S: none
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 SEA  8  CLE  2        W:Felix Hernandez (7-6), L: Aaron Laffey (5-6), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - SEA leads 3-1; 2008 - SEA won 5-4; 2007 - CLE won 4-3; All-Time - CLE leads 188-149

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

NYY 5.51

FLA 4.49

SDP 3.64

RA/G

SFG 3.77

FLA 4.66

WSN 5.55

J. Mauer .357

Y. Molina .288

R. Cedeno .189

OBP

M. Ramirez .475

C. Counsell .362

R. Cedeno .240

SLG

A. Pujols .711

B. Phillips .465

N. Punto .244

OPS

A. Pujols 1.161

T. Tulowitzki .823

B. Giles .548

ERA

D. Haren 1.96

J. Lester 3.87

J. Geer 5.84

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.82

K. Kawakami 6.71

J. Lannan 3.74

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Indians Batters (4.94 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB 43.Batista
G/S/vB 45.Bedard*
G/S/vB 48.Corcoran
G/S/vB 34.Hernandez
G/S/vB 41.Jakubauskas
G/S/vB 23.Kelley
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 49.Olson*
G/S/vB 56.Washburn*
G/S/vB 46.White
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.000 3/.000 1/.000 6/.167 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 8/2.000 7/.971 1/.000 311/211 .301/.359/.417/.775 .679/.830 .890 80/.697 10/3 2/5

11.Carroll G/S/vP 6/.833 1/no AB 11/.364 2/.000 2/.500 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 8/.715 10/1.000 ··· 176/134 .282/.382/.349/.730 .910/.675 .865 46/.685 1/2 0/1

17.Choo* G/S/vP 5/1.000 2/.500 2/4.000 3/.000 3/1.167 12/1.458 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.400 6/.000 1/.000 402/272 .286/.393/.461/.854 .783/.889 .858 83/.831 13/1 13/4

12.Francisco G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 4/.750 2/3.500 1/2.000 9/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 7/.143 5/.200 1/.000 328/258 .238/.324/.385/.709 .764/.694 .670 68/.861 12/2 7/1

25.Garko G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 5/.000 3/.000 6/1.167 ··· ··· 1/2.000 6/1.167 12/.694 1/.000 254/189 .284/.361/.446/.807 .942/.759 .786 70/.930 0/0 9/3

8.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 44/31 .211/.318/.395/.713 .322/.873 .958 14/.368 0/0 2/0

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 1/2.000 6/.167 7/1.771 17/.779 1/2.000 12/.606 1/no AB ··· 2/1.500 2/.500 26/1.332 ··· 179/130 .284/.380/.516/.896 .870/.906 .829 68/.753 0/0 9/

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 4/.750 6/.333 7/.619 21/.736 3/.666 15/.750 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.200 26/.982 ··· 407/283 .291/.371/.475/.846 .848/.845 .896 84/.459 0/0 14/3

2.Peralta G/S/vP 5/.200 6/.533 9/.708 17/.945 5/.200 18/.572 2/2.000 1/.000 3/.333 7/.572 22/.490 1/.000 363/263 .252/.327/.369/.696 .688/.699 .756 86/.719 0/1 6/9

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 2/1.500 6/.834 2/1.000 6/.167 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.500 9/1.431 1/.000 199/156 .194/.320/.370/.689 .926/.629 .805 29/.622 0/0 7/3

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 6/1.000 4/.500 10/.300 18/.278 3/1.667 16/1.420 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 6/1.467 18/.866 1/.000 339/224 .231/.323/.441/.764 .730/.781 .830 94/.817 9/7 13/0

1.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 179/163 .220/.279/.396/.676 .850/.658 .775 49/.648 1/1 5/5

IP 3.1 46.1 47.1 80.0 19.0 139.2 72.0 16.2 45.1 61.0 126.0 43.2 TOTAL .259/.343/.416/.759 .791/.747 .794 .731 49/19 101/56

ERA-K/9

0.00/2.7

1.75/10.7

3.23/6.1

2.70/9.4

6.16/2.8

2.45/8.8

5.25/4.0

5.40/7.5

3.18/7.4

5.46/5.2

2.71/5.6

2.47/4.1

3.68/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 20/.267 186/.169 213/.254 333/.213 91/.357 569/.225 304/.249 72/.318 191/.229 263/.258 480/.230 181/.204 .244

OPS .733 .512 .700 .624 .935 .591 .736 .913 .645 .821 .632 .578 .697

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 9/.873 100/.490 102/.744 93/.635 41/1.064 308/.652 148/.899 31/.534 92/.822 75/.668 134/.488 88/.563 .743

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 11/.614 86/.537 111/.661 240/.619 50/.839 261/.521 156/.588 41/1.209 99/.481 188/.882 346/.689 93/.592 .663

Home / 90/.551 99/.645 161/.607 39/1.026 233/.631 148/.776 37/.932 96/.636 89/.750 259/.550 96/.450

Last 28d days / 46/.523 48/.693 62/.584 27/.892 144/.480 55/.683 27/1.231 38/.434 80/.931 110/.529 32/.615

HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 1/2/2 3/6/1 8/4/3 2/1/1 8/11/6 8/2/2 4/0/0 3/2/2 14/4/3 11/3/2 2/3/3 90/46/33

Usage oo··Xoo· ····X··· ····X··· ··X····o ·X····X· ··X····X ··X·o··X Xo··o··o ··X····X X····X·· o·X··X··

Mariners Batters (3.94 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Laffey*
G/S/vB 59.Abreu
G/S/vB 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB 20.Gosling*
G/S/vB 58.Huff*
G/S/vB 31.Lee*
G/S/vB 16.Ohka
G/S/vB 44.Pavano
G/S/vB 54.Perez
G/S/vB 49.Sipp*
G/S/vB 38.Smith
G/S/vB 47.Veras
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

25.Balentien G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 166/102 .219/.277/.364/.641 .595/.670 .641 23/.467 1/0 4/1

30.Branyan* G/S/vP 3/2.334 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.750 16/.884 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 20/.367 368/243 .274/.373/.568/.941 .879/.973 1.052 100/.776 2/0 24/8

3.Cedeno G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 6/.834 5/.750 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 184/134 .189/.240/.329/.569 .692/.523 .631 83/.729 3/2 5/4

24.Griffey* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 3/.333 3/1.667 3/.000 21/1.159 24/.762 6/.333 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 25/.945 297/232 .211/.327/.378/.705 .999/.624 .903 76/.593 0/0 10/0

21.Gutierrez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.666 4/.750 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 336/250 .294/.354/.458/.812 .994/.754 .888 86/1.048 7/5 12/4

7.Hannahan* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 2/.500 4/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 157/117 .190/.282/.336/.618 .608/.621 .724 28/.821 1/0 3/6

2.Johjima G/S/vP 7/.715 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 16/.688 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 132/89 .270/.298/.381/.679 .739/.649 .601 40/.718 2/1 3/1

32.Johnson G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 175/134 .204/.272/.331/.603 .456/.649 .573 47/.755 1/1 1/3

12.Langerhans* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 6/.533 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 64/44 .235/.349/.412/.761 .516/.887 .569 64/.761 0/1 1/0

4.Lopez G/S/vP 9/1.083 ··· 7/1.000 ··· 3/1.667 23/.864 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 2/2.500 1/no AB 364/256 .265/.296/.437/.733 .806/.702 .554 97/.861 2/3 12/12

13.Shelton G/S/vP 6/1.300 ··· 8/1.125 ··· ··· 22/.686 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/3 .250/.250/.375/.625 1.000/.000 1.000 8/.625 0/0 0/

51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 12/.955 ··· 10/1.100 ··· 3/.666 39/.722 7/.533 7/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 402/281 .357/.390/.474/.864 .915/.841 .906 104/.755 21/6 6/4

5.Sweeney G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 10/.700 ··· ··· 32/.796 8/1.125 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 129/64 .250/.295/.383/.678 .684/.673 .747 11/.000 0/0 3/2

6.Woodward G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.000 5/2.200 2/3.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.833 62/39 .250/.295/.268/.563 .226/.766 .676 49/.494 1/0 0/4

IP 46.1 5.0 30.2 10.0 69.0 145.0 39.1 111.2 30.0 14.2 21.2 33.2 33.2 TOTAL .260/.317/.405/.722 .766/.704 .740 .732 62/23 93/85

ERA-K/9

4.27/4.5

10.80/7.2

3.52/9.4

7.20/3.6

6.39/5.1

3.17/6.4

5.95/3.2

5.48/6.5

5.10/10.8

3.07/10.4

4.15/9.1

6.42/5.6

5.08/10.1

5.34/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 199/.270 27/.417 129/.225 47/.326 283/.309 614/.280 172/.276 477/.300 135/.205 64/.163 95/.247 156/.242 142/.240 .280

OPS .713 1.190 .682 1.011 .885 .709 .881 .810 .690 .737 .742 .804 .787 .805

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 54/.582 12/.944 58/.967 16/.842 110/1.028 169/.524 95/.804 242/.736 41/.784 36/.728 26/.819 67/.920 73/.735 .818

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 145/.763 15/1.333 71/.479 31/1.101 173/.796 445/.780 77/.974 235/.883 94/.650 28/.743 69/.713 89/.711 69/.844 .796

Road 110/.691 18/1.611 73/.688 19/.931 139/.948 296/.712 73/.949 266/.799 73/.629 26/1.010 32/.728 60/1.041 66/1.047

Last 28d days 54/.780 12/1.848 15/.381 40/1.076 102/.990 145/.783 74/.982 105/.745 32/.705 22/.596 25/.798 38/.772 29/.511

HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 2/1/0 3/4/1 3/0/0 10/3/0 10/7/2 10/2/0 15/16/6 4/2/2 3/2/0 2/0/0 6/4/0 6/7/0 114/77/15

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

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.