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Game Preview: CLE @ TBR, 4:10pm, Saturday, May 16, 2009 @Tropicana Field

Indians, 14-23, 5th, 5½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Carl Pavano (33, RHP, 3-3, 6.45)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-3) 37.2 50 27 27 8 26 4 6.45
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 37.2 50 27 27 8 26 4 6.45 42
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
2009-04-09 @TEX L 1.0 6 9 9 3 1 2 39 3
Last 5 v.TBR 1-2 27.1 35 21 19 8 17 6 6.26 41
2008-09-14 TBR W 5.1 5 4 3 2 3 1 95 45
2008-09-03 @TBR ND 4.0 6 3 3 2 1 1 79 37
2007-04-02 TBD ND 4.1 6 5 4 2 2 1 73 33
2005-06-22 TBD L 6.2 6 5 5 1 7 2 104 48
2004-07-02 TBD L 7.0 12 4 4 1 4 1 102 40
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-11   Road:    7-12   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   9-19   vsLHP:   5-4    1-Run:   4-5 
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl: 7-11   vsWest:  0-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 31 Sat, May  9   DET  L   0-4       11-20  5th  7.0 gb
 30 Fri, May  8   DET  L   0-1       11-19  5th  7.0 gb
 29 Thu, May  7  @BOS  L   3-13      11-18  5th  7.0 gb
 28 Wed, May  6  @BOS  W   9-2       11-17  5th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Rays, 17-20, 4th, 6½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Matt Garza (25, RHP, 3-2, 3.56)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (3-2) 48.0 31 20 19 19 42 5 3.56
2008 (11-9) 184.2 170 83 76 59 128 19 3.70
2007 (5-7) 83.0 96 44 34 32 67 8 3.69
Last 7 GS 3-2 48.0 31 20 19 19 42 5 3.56 59
2009-05-10 @BOS ND 7.0 7 3 3 2 6 0 116 55
2009-05-05 BAL W 8.0 4 3 2 2 2 2 99 64
2009-04-30 BOS W 7.2 1 0 0 1 10 0 108 86
2009-04-25 @OAK L 5.2 4 4 4 4 6 1 107 47
2009-04-19 CHW L 5.2 6 7 7 5 4 1 98 28
2009-04-14 NYY ND 7.0 5 2 2 2 9 1 112 66
2009-04-09 @BOS W 7.0 4 1 1 3 5 0 107 67
Last 5 v.CLE 0-3 25.0 34 17 17 11 31 4 6.12 44
2008-08-04 CLE L 5.0 7 4 4 2 4 2 102 39
2008-07-12 @CLE L 5.0 11 7 7 2 6 2 108 21
2007-08-04 CLE ND 4.0 6 2 2 2 5 0 93 45
2007-07-29 @CLE ND 6.0 5 1 1 3 11 0 109 66
2006-08-17 CLE L 5.0 5 3 3 2 5 0 102 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-8    Road:   10-12   ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:  14-11   vsLHP:   3-9    1-Run:   4-6 
 vsEast: 12-10   vsCntrl: 3-6    vsWest:  2-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 37 Fri, May 15   CLE  W   8-7       17-20  4th  6.5 gb
 36 Thu, May 14   CLE  L   7-11      16-20  4th  6.5 gb
 35 Wed, May 13  @BAL  W   8-6       16-19  4th  6.5 gb
 34 Tue, May 12  @BAL  L   5-7       15-19  4th  7.5 gb
 33 Sun, May 10  @BOS  L   3-4       15-18  4th  6.5 gb
 32 Sat, May  9  @BOS  W  14-5       15-17  3rd  5.5 gb
 31 Fri, May  8  @BOS  L   3-7       14-17  4th  5.5 gb
 30 Thu, May  7  @NYY  W   8-6       14-16  3rd  5.5 gb
 29 Wed, May  6  @NYY  W   4-3 (10)  13-16  4th  6.5 gb
 28 Tue, May  5   BAL  W   6-3       12-16  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 15, 2009 TBR  8  CLE  7        W:Dan Wheeler (1-0), L: Luis Vizcaino (0-1), S: none
Thu, May 14, 2009 CLE 11 @TBR  7        W:Fausto Carmona (2-4), L: James Shields (3-4), S: none

Wed, Aug 06, 2008 TBR 10  CLE  7        W:Troy Percival (2-0), L: Masahide Kobayashi (4-5), S: none
Tue, Aug 05, 2008 TBR  8  CLE  4        W:Edwin Jackson (8-7), L: Fausto Carmona (5-4), S: none
Mon, Aug 04, 2008 CLE  5 @TBR  2        W:Cliff Lee (15-2), L: Matt Garza (9-7), S: Rafael Perez (2)
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 CLE  5  TBR  2        W:Tom Mastny (1-2), L: Scott Kazmir (7-5), S: Masahide Kobayashi (5)
Sat, Jul 12, 2008 CLE  8  TBR  4        W:Matt Ginter (1-0), L: Matt Garza (7-5), S: none
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 CLE  5  TBR  0        W:Cliff Lee (12-2), L: James Shields (7-6), S: none
Thu, Jul 10, 2008 CLE 13  TBR  2        W:Aaron Laffey (5-5), L: Andy Sonnanstine (10-4), S: none
Sun, Aug 19, 2007 TBD  4  CLE  3 (12)   W:Scott Dohmann (2-0), L: Rafael Perez (0-1), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 1-1; 2008 - CLE won 5-2; 2007 - CLE won 8-2; All-Time - CLE leads 61-29

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

TOR  5.82

LAA  5.06

ARI  3.67

 RA/G

LAD  3.81

COL  4.85

WSN  6.24

 BA

  

  

  

 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

Z. Greinke  .60

J. Peavy  4.30

J. Moyer  8.15

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  12.35

B. Tallet  6.60

J. Pineiro  2.78

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

Indians Batters (5.30 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Garza
G/S/vB		 50.Balfour
G/S/vB		 31.Cormier
G/S/vB		 39.Howell*
G/S/vB		 46.Nelson
G/S/vB		 34.Niemann
G/S/vB		 40.Percival
G/S/vB		 52.Shouse*
G/S/vB		 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 2/2.500 1/4.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 157/105 .326/.394/.435/.828 .585/.970 .980 112/.775 6/0 1/2
11.Carroll G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 6/.900 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.667 7/2 .286/.286/.286/.571 .800/.000 1.000 7/.571 0/0 0/1
17.Choo* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 2/1.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 157/104 .296/.427/.496/.923 .848/.955 .993 106/.940 6/0 5/3
20.Dellucci* G/S/vP 6/1.834 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 35/32 .242/.286/.303/.589 .667/.581 .859 35/.589 0/0 0/0
7.DeRosa G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 8/1.333 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 7/.929 162/120 .245/.309/.422/.730 .982/.637 .763 106/.698 0/1 6/5
12.Francisco G/S/vP 6/1.833 4/.250 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 120/92 .236/.308/.349/.657 .843/.603 .626 77/.658 6/1 2/1
25.Garko G/S/vP 12/1.144 2/1.500 2/.000 4/1.250 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 101/71 .271/.366/.388/.755 .972/.660 .828 66/.737 0/0 2/1
16.LaPorta G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 32/18 .222/.313/.370/.683 1.129/.399 .558 32/.683 1/0 1/1
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 9/.508 3/.666 3/.000 10/.800 3/2.000 ··· 4/.250 6/2.500 1/.000 170/114 .400/.476/.641/1.118 1.267/1.067 1.174 112/1.097 0/0 7/1
2.Peralta G/S/vP 11/.910 8/.393 2/1.000 8/1.500 5/1.267 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 142/101 .258/.326/.336/.662 .659/.663 .724 95/.566 0/0 1/3
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 5/.600 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 74/56 .217/.356/.350/.706 1.196/.574 .970 51/.616 0/0 2/0
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 15/.871 3/2.000 2/.000 12/.781 5/.200 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 174/118 .226/.305/.413/.718 .886/.642 .861 114/.580 6/6 7/0
1.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 19/18 .133/.316/.267/.582 .000/.619 .413 19/.582 0/0 0/0
IP 48.0 15.2 29.0 16.0 15.2 33.2 10.0 12.2 14.0 TOTAL .272/.357/.425/.782 .873/.746 .853 .727 26/9 38/21
ERA-K/9 3.56/7.9 6.32/8.6 2.17/3.7 2.81/9.6 6.32/9.2 5.35/4.8 5.40/4.5 3.55/4.3 5.79/7.7 4.91/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 190/.185 73/.274 118/.225 70/.279 75/.246 159/.291 44/.317 52/.271 59/.241 .271
OPS .602 .725 .587 .758 .906 .865 .998 .793 .812 .792
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 100/.623 33/.827 62/.590 18/1.063 48/.880 85/.748 23/1.569 29/.548 23/1.030 .788
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 90/.580 40/.631 56/.583 52/.650 27/.944 74/.990 21/.390 23/1.101 36/.663 .796
Home 107/.582 34/.753 45/.830 24/1.017 34/1.061 46/.993 24/.596 28/.877 25/1.148
Last 28d days 134/.615 53/.668 84/.526 46/.708 49/1.121 105/.851 30/.954 33/.864 43/.786
HR/SB/CS 5/1/0 0/3/0 1/1/0 1/1/0 4/3/0 5/10/3 3/3/1 2/1/0 4/1/0 43/25/8
Usage ·····X·· ·X·X···X X·o···X· X·oX···· ·X·X··X· ··X····· X·X····· ·oo··o·· o·oo·X··
Rays Batters (5.32 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Pavano
G/S/vB		 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB		 40.Herges
G/S/vB		 30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB		 50.Lewis
G/S/vB		 49.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 47.Vizcaino
G/S/vB		 34.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Aybar# G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 57/36 .275/.333/.353/.686 .563/.755 .431 41/.771 0/0 0/0
8.Bartlett G/S/vP 7/.453 12/.182 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 5/.650 ··· 139/98 .359/.399/.539/.938 .963/.925 .904 93/.847 9/1 5/2
5.Burrell G/S/vP 35/.864 1/.000 18/1.158 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 16/1.105 126/85 .250/.349/.315/.664 .687/.651 .669 79/.661 1/0 1/
13.Crawford* G/S/vP 17/.728 7/.762 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 6/.733 ··· 163/108 .333/.393/.449/.842 .795/.866 .698 110/.940 24/0 1/1
26.Gross* G/S/vP 4/2.417 2/3.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 71/67 .262/.366/.361/.727 1.167/.703 .717 47/.804 1/1 1/0
41.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/17 .292/.292/.458/.750 .714/.765 .941 22/.762 1/1 1/0
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 8/.125 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.167 ··· 139/101 .274/.338/.371/.709 1.088/.566 .661 93/.657 7/1 0/5
27.Kapler G/S/vP 5/.650 1/.000 7/.453 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/3.000 54/19 .229/.296/.354/.650 .871/.269 .490 32/.839 2/0 0/1
3.Longoria G/S/vP 3/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 158/115 .343/.399/.693/1.092 1.202/1.051 .981 114/.979 2/0 11/3
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 7/.429 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 119/83 .183/.211/.248/.458 .355/.494 .445 78/.394 1/0 1/1
23.Pena* G/S/vP 6/.333 11/1.420 ··· 1/5.000 1/3.000 ··· 5/1.900 ··· 156/107 .256/.365/.624/.989 .931/1.017 1.173 104/.940 0/1 13/5
2.Upton G/S/vP 5/1.800 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 6/2.167 ··· 140/107 .190/.293/.273/.566 .526/.575 .636 112/.560 11/2 1/0
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 3/.000 4/1.750 1/5.000 3/.333 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 88/61 .286/.375/.636/1.011 1.127/.957 1.141 65/1.055 3/1 7/0
IP 37.2 20.0 7.0 9.2 20.0 6.1 3.2 12.0 TOTAL .275/.346/.451/.798 .850/.776 .778 .787 62/8 44/23
ERA-K/9 6.45/6.2 4.95/9.4 2.57/7.7 8.38/3.7 4.50/8.1 4.26/12.9 2.45/7.3 6.00/12.8 5.65/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 168/.321 89/.269 24/.125 45/.300 85/.286 30/.182 14/.214 52/.277 .285
OPS .838 .810 .542 .878 .918 .855 .714 .836 .816
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 82/.729 39/1.187 7/.714 18/.863 39/1.291 14/.812 2/.000 25/.711 .859
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 86/.939 50/.553 17/.471 27/.886 46/.639 16/.892 12/.833 27/.954 .787
Road 114/.809 50/.897 13/.769 30/.517 44/1.363 11/1.455 3/1.667 19/.669
Last 28d days 130/.705 66/.846 24/.542 18/1.389 53/.699 30/.855 5/1.600 40/.903
HR/SB/CS 4/4/1 3/2/1 2/0/0 2/0/0 6/1/0 2/1/0 1/0/0 2/1/0 44/23/8
Usage ····X··· X·o·X·Xo ·X·X·X·· ········ X··X·X·· o··X·X·· o······· ··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.