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Game Preview: CLE @ DET, 1:05pm, Sunday, August 22, 2010 @Comerica Park

Indians, 50-73, 50-73 5th, 21 GB, 25 GB in WC

SP: Jeanmar Gomez (22, RHP, 3-1, 1.84)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (3-1)			29.1	27	8	6	7	15	3	1.84

Last 7 GS		3-1	29.1	27	8	6	7	15	3	1.84	56
2010-08-17	@KCR	L	6.0	7	2	2	2	3	2	106	51
2010-08-12	BAL	W	6.0	6	1	1	0	3	0	88	59
2010-08-06	MIN	ND	5.1	4	1	1	2	3	0	97	57
2010-08-01	@TOR	W	5.0	5	2	2	2	2	1	80	49
2010-07-18	DET	W	7.0	5	2	0	1	4	0	93	66

Last 5 v.DET		1-0	7.0	5	2	0	1	4	0	0.00	66
2010-07-18	DET	W	7.0	5	2	0	1	4	0	93	66

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

 Home:   26-33   Road:   24-40   ExtrInn: 4-3 
 vsRHP:  34-52   vsLHP:  16-21   1-Run:  17-16
 vsEast: 17-24   vsCntrl:22-24   vsWest:  6-12 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
123 Sat, Aug 21  @DET  L   2-5       50-73  5th 21.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 20  @DET  L   0-6       50-72  5th 21.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 19  @KCR  W   7-3       50-71  5th 20.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 18  @KCR  L   7-9       49-71  5th 21.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 17  @KCR  L   1-2       49-70  5th 20.0 gb
118 Sun, Aug 15   SEA  W   9-1       49-69  4th 19.0 gb
117 Sat, Aug 14   SEA  L   3-9       48-69  4th 19.0 gb
116 Fri, Aug 13   SEA  L   2-3       48-68  4th 18.0 gb
115 Thu, Aug 12   BAL  W   4-1       48-67  4th 17.0 gb
114 Wed, Aug 11   BAL  L   1-3       47-67  4th 17.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19

Tigers, 60-63, 60-63 3rd, 11 GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Justin Verlander (27, RHP, 13-8, 3.77)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (13-8)			162.1	141	69	68	62	152	11	3.77
2009 (19-9)			240.0	219	99	92	63	269	20	3.45
2008 (11-17)			201.0	195	119	108	87	163	18	4.84

Last 7 GS		2-3	47.0	43	19	19	23	42	4	3.64	55
2010-08-17	@NYY	L	5.0	5	3	3	5	5	1	114	45
2010-08-11	TBR	W	6.0	6	1	1	3	7	0	119	60
2010-08-06	LAA	L	7.0	7	4	4	2	2	1	113	47
2010-08-01	@BOS	ND	7.0	6	3	3	3	8	0	123	58
2010-07-27	@TBR	L	8.0	5	3	3	3	6	1	113	63
2010-07-22	TOR	W	8.0	8	2	2	2	5	1	120	61
2010-07-17	@CLE	ND	6.0	6	3	3	5	9	0	116	52

Last 5 v.CLE		3-0	31.0	27	14	14	17	40	1	4.06	56
2010-07-17	@CLE	ND	6.0	6	3	3	5	9	0	116	52
2010-05-08	@CLE	W	6.0	4	3	3	4	9	0	118	57
2010-04-11	CLE	ND	5.0	5	6	6	3	3	1	96	33
2009-09-24	@CLE	W	7.0	7	2	2	2	11	0	126	64
2009-07-12	CLE	W	7.0	5	0	0	3	8	0	116	72

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

 Home:   40-24   Road:   20-39   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  42-47   vsLHP:  18-16   1-Run:  14-16
 vsEast: 13-15   vsCntrl:21-25   vsWest: 15-16 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
123 Sat, Aug 21   CLE  W   5-2       60-63  3rd 11.0 gb
122 Fri, Aug 20   CLE  W   6-0       59-63  3rd 12.0 gb
121 Thu, Aug 19  @NYY  L   5-11      58-63  3rd 12.0 gb
120 Wed, Aug 18  @NYY  L   5-9       58-62  3rd 12.0 gb
119 Tue, Aug 17  @NYY  L   2-6       58-61  3rd 11.0 gb
118 Mon, Aug 16  @NYY  W   3-1       58-60  3rd 10.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 15  @CHW  W  13-8       57-60  3rd 10.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug 14  @CHW  W   3-2       56-60  3rd 10.5 gb
115 Fri, Aug 13  @CHW  L   4-8       55-60  3rd 10.5 gb
114 Wed, Aug 11   TBR  W   3-2       55-59  3rd  9.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 21, 2010 DET  5  CLE  2        W:Max Scherzer (9-9), L: Josh Tomlin (1-3), S: Jose Valverde (24)
Fri, Aug 20, 2010 DET  6  CLE  0        W:Armando Galarraga (4-5), L: Justin Masterson (4-12), S: none
Sun, Jul 18, 2010 CLE  7  DET  2        W:Jeanmar Gomez (1-0), L: Andrew Oliver (0-4), S: none
Sat, Jul 17, 2010 CLE  2  DET  1 (11)   W:Rafael Perez (2-0), L: Robbie Weinhardt (0-1), S: none
Sat, Jul 17, 2010 CLE  4  DET  3        W:Fausto Carmona (9-7), L: Phil Coke (5-1), S: Chris Perez (8)
Fri, Jul 16, 2010 CLE  8  DET  2        W:Jake Westbrook (6-5), L: Max Scherzer (6-7), S: none
Thu, Jun 03, 2010 DET 12  CLE  6        W:Brad Thomas (2-0), L: Hector Ambriz (0-1), S: none
Wed, Jun 02, 2010 DET  3  CLE  0        W:Armando Galarraga (2-1), L: Fausto Carmona (4-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 01, 2010 CLE  3 @DET  2        W:Jake Westbrook (3-3), L: Jeremy Bonderman (2-3), S: Kerry Wood (3)
Sun, May 09, 2010 CLE  7  DET  4        W:Mitch Talbot (4-2), L: Max Scherzer (1-3), S: Chris Perez (5)
Season Series: 2010 - DET over 8-6; 2009 - DET won 14-4; 2008 - CLE won 11-7; All-Time - DET leads 1050-1019

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 2010 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 5.31

FLA 4.48

SEA 3.32

RA/G

SDP 3.44

SEA 4.29

ARI 5.47

J. Hamilton .356

J. Buck .286

L. Valbuena .160

OBP

J. Morneau .437

M. Cairo .358

B. Wood .180

SLG

M. Cabrera .647

B. Hall .462

B. Wood .219

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.082

M. Byrd .815

B. Wood .399

ERA

A. Wainwright 2.06

J. Verlander 3.77

B. Bannister 5.95

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.49

M. Cain 6.96

M. Buehrle 3.82

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Indians Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.72 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB 38.Bonderman
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 43.Figaro
G/S/vB 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB 21.Gonzalez
G/S/vB 45.Perry
G/S/vB 55.Schlereth*
G/S/vB 36.Thomas*
G/S/vB 46.Valverde
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Brantley* G/S/vP 11/1.045 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 170/135 .212/.286/.305/.590 .582/.591 .486 60/.871 4/2 3/1

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 28/.470 2/.000 5/.000 ··· 26/.669 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 278/186 .285/.338/.369/.708 .730/.697 .657 107/.765 4/3 2/6

17.Choo* G/S/vP 33/.482 15/1.169 6/.000 ··· 26/.946 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 476/303 .287/.382/.457/.840 .694/.928 .707 110/.729 15/4 14/4

4.Crowe# G/S/vP 6/.334 4/.500 4/.833 ··· 10/.300 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 357/266 .250/.305/.345/.650 .490/.705 .623 90/.552 11/3 2/3

16.Donald G/S/vP 3/1.667 3/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 265/198 .253/.310/.386/.696 .846/.646 .748 73/.558 3/1 3/12

47.Duncan G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 178/113 .233/.315/.415/.730 .808/.682 .644 75/.522 0/0 7/0

8.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 34/22 .172/.273/.276/.549 .788/.405 .446 23/.568 0/0 0/1

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 47/.851 49/1.017 3/.333 ··· 18/.343 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 339/244 .271/.372/.438/.809 .611/.890 .638 29/1.088 1/1 10/0

7.LaPorta G/S/vP 10/.100 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 315/220 .238/.311/.362/.673 .736/.646 .724 97/.596 0/0 7/3

30.Marson G/S/vP 4/.000 6/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 200/141 .194/.263/.272/.535 .807/.420 .586 41/.552 5/0 2/4

25.Marte G/S/vP 14/.693 6/.666 ··· ··· 11/.728 1/.000 6/.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 126/87 .223/.302/.375/.677 .590/.716 .661 33/.877 0/2 4/11

12.Nix G/S/vP 6/.333 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 6/1.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 227/156 .245/.308/.431/.739 .821/.704 .694 67/.809 1/0 10/10

1.Valbuena* G/S/vP 17/.829 ··· 1/no AB ··· 8/1.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 214/180 .160/.250/.230/.480 .840/.414 .629 37/.329 1/2 2/7

IP 162.1 130.2 52.0 0.2 98.1 26.0 42.0 5.0 53.1 53.2 TOTAL .247/.322/.379/.701 .684/.707 .696 .668 60/21 96/104

ERA-K/9

3.77/8.4

5.37/6.4

2.42/7.3

27.00/0.0

4.21/4.7

3.81/4.5

4.29/6.6

9.00/9.0

4.56/3.5

2.68/9.1

4.47/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Gimenez (10-5-1)
Marson (30-20-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 678/.235 564/.274 216/.250 7/.600 416/.260 107/.236 184/.276 30/.385 243/.306 217/.157 .266 Choo
Crowe
Duncan
Nix
Gimenez
Brantley
Valbuena
LaPorta 0/0/106/12
24/61/0/8
22/0/8/5
2/0/1/1
1/0/0/0
7/31/0/0
1/0/0/0
7/0/0/0

OPS .661 .777 .639 1.514 .755 .771 .766 1.044 .801 .536 .746

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 406/.658 295/.903 96/.623 4/2.000 211/.779 55/.876 67/.589 12/1.400 100/.628 117/.574 .748

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 272/.664 269/.643 120/.651 3/1.000 205/.731 52/.669 117/.857 18/.819 143/.927 100/.495 .744

Home 330/.641 303/.719 118/.564 7/1.514 280/.675 60/.754 104/.646 17/.937 116/.743 132/.511

Last 28d days 140/.697 97/.857 44/.686 / 126/.758 48/.796 55/.857 9/1.556 52/.807 43/.770

HR/SB/CS 11/20/6 20/12/6 1/1/0 0/0/0 13/3/3 4/0/1 4/3/0 1/2/0 3/0/2 4/2/0 108/81/42

Usage ····X··· ···X···· oo···ooX ········ ·X····X· ···Xo··· ·o···XX· ··o·X··· ···Xo·o· o·o··X··

Tigers Batters (4.34 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Gomez
G/S/vB 57.Ambriz
G/S/vB 39.Germano
G/S/vB 56.Herrmann
G/S/vB 54.Perez
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 46.Sipp*
G/S/vB 38.Smith
G/S/vB 51.Talbot
G/S/vB 43.Tomlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.333 2/.500 4/.500 3/.000 235/213 .214/.308/.325/.633 .431/.654 .670 56/.733 2/1 5/3

26.Boesch* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/1.250 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 6/.167 3/1.000 404/303 .274/.334/.462/.796 .999/.729 .912 93/.441 3/0 14/7

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.933 ··· 2/.000 4/1.750 5/.650 3/5.000 9/.222 11/.989 3/3.000 515/395 .341/.435/.647/1.082 1.034/1.093 1.047 108/1.106 2/3 31/12

18.Damon* G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.667 6/.500 2/.500 ··· 6/1.000 ··· 464/356 .271/.357/.411/.768 .773/.767 .781 90/.638 8/1 7/2

15.Inge G/S/vP ··· 2/4.000 ··· 1/.000 7/.143 6/.666 4/.000 6/1.583 11/.955 3/.000 417/309 .261/.336/.413/.749 .799/.730 .819 63/.712 2/3 8/6

14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 9/1.000 3/2.000 499/368 .307/.357/.411/.769 .614/.823 .798 112/.658 19/5 2/5

32.Kelly* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.500 3/1.666 174/159 .241/.277/.340/.617 .583/.619 .682 40/.940 2/0 4/3

12.Laird G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.400 4/.750 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 248/149 .197/.261/.269/.530 .487/.559 .584 39/.636 3/1 3/5

27.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 460/336 .235/.300/.390/.690 .762/.664 .537 95/.647 1/0 12/6

25.Raburn G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 3/.333 ··· 3/1.167 3/1.000 257/162 .234/.301/.403/.703 .803/.646 .692 95/.843 2/2 7/5

28.Rhymes* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 72/61 .273/.314/.348/.663 1.100/.586 .542 68/.704 0/1 0/1

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.667 4/.500 1/2.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 304/246 .273/.350/.330/.680 .756/.661 .670 53/.673 1/0 2/8

IP 29.1 41.2 12.2 30.2 48.2 47.1 46.2 27.2 129.2 30.1 TOTAL .267/.337/.413/.750 .769/.743 .767 .715 49/22 109/106

ERA-K/9

1.84/4.6

5.83/6.7

0.00/5.7

4.40/4.1

2.22/8.3

3.23/5.5

4.82/9.8

4.55/6.5

4.23/4.9

3.86/4.5

4.49/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (31-16-5)
Laird (50-26-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 121/.245 197/.350 51/.140 128/.274 209/.205 210/.290 201/.226 119/.208 561/.275 122/.250 .274 Boesch
Jackson
Kelly
Damon
Raburn 44/0/53/8
0/112/0/7
55/10/1/3
33/4/0/2
37/7/16/2

OPS .707 1.010 .423 .814 .655 .702 .802 .708 .767 .726 .772

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 66/.633 102/.882 23/.641 66/.969 89/.905 95/.697 88/.727 34/.941 265/.765 66/.622 .795

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 55/.797 95/1.152 28/.259 62/.649 120/.479 115/.706 113/.860 85/.620 296/.768 56/.849 .751

Road 49/.915 87/1.236 28/.374 67/.922 99/.768 121/.740 96/.884 79/.766 261/.668 76/.706

Last 28d days 95/.758 48/1.178 51/.423 48/.924 44/.599 51/.482 43/.762 40/.586 57/.942 122/.726

HR/SB/CS 3/1/2 10/3/0 0/0/0 5/1/2 4/6/0 1/4/1 9/6/4 4/4/1 12/2/9 4/0/2 110/87/39

Usage ····X··· ·X·o···X o·X·o··· ···X···X ··X···o· ··X·o·o· ··oo··o· X···o·o· ··X····X 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.