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Game Preview: CLE @ KCR, 8:10pm, Tuesday, May 11, 2010 @Kauffman Stadium

Indians, 11-18, 11-184th, 8½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Jake Westbrook (32, RHP, 0-2, 5.74)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (0-2) 31.1 36 21 20 17 21 4 5.74
2008 (1-2) 34.2 33 13 12 7 19 5 3.12
2007 (6-9) 152.0 159 78 73 55 93 13 4.32
Last 7 GS 0-2 36.1 41 24 23 19 24 5 5.70 43
2010-05-04 TOR ND 3.2 5 4 3 5 3 1 85 35
2010-04-28 @LAA ND 6.0 4 3 3 1 7 1 100 58
2010-04-23 @OAK L 5.0 8 4 4 1 1 1 101 35
2010-04-17 CHW ND 7.0 5 2 2 3 2 0 94 58
2010-04-11 @DET ND 5.2 9 3 3 3 7 0 105 43
2010-04-05 @CHW L 4.0 5 5 5 4 1 1 92 29
2008-05-28 CHW ND 5.0 5 3 3 2 3 1 92 46
Last 5 v.KCR 1-1 33.0 38 18 17 8 15 0 4.64 47
2007-09-29 @KCR ND 6.1 7 3 3 1 5 0 100 51
2007-07-13 KCR ND 6.0 5 3 3 5 2 0 94 47
2006-09-13 KCR L 6.0 11 4 4 1 3 0 94 36
2006-05-17 KCR W 9.0 6 0 0 0 2 0 112 77
2006-05-10 @KCR ND 5.2 9 8 7 1 3 0 90 23
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    6-8    Road:    5-10   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   7-12   vsLHP:   4-6    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  0-3    vsCntrl: 8-9    vsWest:  3-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Sun, May  9   DET  W   7-4       11-18  4th  8.5 gb
 28 Sat, May  8   DET  L   4-6       10-18  4th  8.5 gb
 27 Wed, May  5   TOR  L   4-5       10-17  5th  8.5 gb
 26 Tue, May  4   TOR  L   5-8       10-16  5th  7.5 gb
 25 Mon, May  3   TOR  L   1-5       10-15  4th  6.5 gb
 24 Sun, May  2   MIN  L   3-8       10-14  3rd  5.5 gb
 23 Sat, May  1   MIN  W   5-4 (11)  10-13  3rd  4.5 gb
 22 Fri, Apr 30   MIN  L   3-9        9-13  3rd  5.5 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 28  @LAA  L   3-4        9-12  3rd  5.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 27  @LAA  W   9-2        9-11  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-18
Royals, 11-21, 11-215th, 10 GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Brian Bannister (29, RHP, 1-2, 5.03)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2010 (1-2) 34.0 35 19 19 14 19 6 5.03
2009 (7-12) 154.0 161 94 81 50 98 15 4.73
2008 (9-16) 182.2 215 127 117 58 113 29 5.76
Last 7 GS 1-3 35.1 38 22 22 15 20 6 5.60 45
2010-05-05 @CHW L 3.0 7 7 7 4 3 1 63 16
2010-04-30 @TBR ND 7.0 2 1 1 2 3 1 102 70
2010-04-25 MIN W 6.1 9 2 2 2 0 1 106 45
2010-04-19 @TOR L 5.1 7 6 6 4 6 2 99 32
2010-04-13 @DET ND 6.1 4 2 2 2 4 0 93 59
2010-04-08 DET ND 6.0 6 1 1 0 3 1 97 59
2009-09-02 @OAK L 1.1 3 3 3 1 1 0 32 36
Last 5 v.CLE 3-0 30.1 28 13 10 8 16 2 2.97 53
2009-06-09 @CLE ND 5.0 4 4 1 3 5 0 97 51
2009-05-19 CLE ND 6.0 9 5 5 1 4 1 87 37
2009-04-22 @CLE W 6.0 4 0 0 2 1 0 94 63
2008-09-14 @CLE W 6.0 6 3 3 1 2 0 100 49
2008-06-01 CLE W 7.1 5 1 1 1 4 1 103 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-8    Road:    7-13   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  10-15   vsLHP:   1-6    1-Run:   5-8 
 vsEast:  4-6    vsCntrl: 6-9    vsWest:  1-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 32 Sun, May  9  @TEX  L   4-6       11-21  5th 10.0 gb
 31 Sat, May  8  @TEX  L   2-3       11-20  5th  9.0 gb
 30 Fri, May  7  @TEX  L   1-4       11-19  5th  8.5 gb
 29 Thu, May  6  @TEX  L  12-13      11-18  4th  8.0 gb
 28 Wed, May  5  @CHW  L   2-9       11-17  4th  8.0 gb
 27 Tue, May  4  @CHW  W   7-2       11-16  3rd  7.0 gb
 26 Mon, May  3  @CHW  L   1-5       10-16  5th  7.0 gb
 25 Sun, May  2  @TBR  L   0-1       10-15  4th  6.0 gb
 24 Sat, May  1  @TBR  W   4-2 (11)  10-14  4th  5.0 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 30  @TBR  W   3-2        9-14  4th  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:10-20

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 13, 2009 KCR  7 @CLE  0        W:Kyle Davies (8-9), L: Carlos Carrasco (0-2), S: none
Sat, Sep 12, 2009 CLE 13  KCR  6        W:David Huff (10-7), L: Luke Hochevar (6-10), S: none
Fri, Sep 11, 2009 KCR  2 @CLE  1 (12)   W:Jamey Wright (2-5), L: Jose Veras (4-3), S: Joakim Soria (25)
Wed, Aug 26, 2009 CLE  4 @KCR  2        W:David Huff (8-7), L: Luke Hochevar (6-7), S: Kerry Wood (16)
Tue, Aug 25, 2009 KCR  6  CLE  2        W:Zack Greinke (12-8), L: Justin Masterson (4-5), S: none
Mon, Aug 24, 2009 CLE 10 @KCR  6        W:Jeremy Sowers (5-9), L: Joakim Soria (3-2), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2010 -  0-0; 2009 - CLE won 10-8; 2008 - CLE won 10-8; All-Time - CLE leads 273-264

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  5.87

FLA  4.63

HOU  2.74

 RA/G

TBR  3.09

WSN  4.63

PIT  6.16

 BA

  

  

  

 OBP

  

  

  

 SLG

  

  

  

 OPS

  

  

  

 ERA

U. Jimenez  .93

C. Kershaw  3.96

D. Davis  7.56

 K/9IP

T. Lincecum  11.93

M. Latos  6.82

N. Blackburn  2.04

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

Indians Batters (3.66 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Bannister
G/S/vB		 56.Colon
G/S/vB		 37.Cruz
G/S/vB		 40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB		 31.Hughes*
G/S/vB		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Brantley* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 36/28 .156/.229/.188/.416 .000/.546 .485 11/.495 0/0 0/0
33.Branyan* G/S/vP 5/.400 4/1.833 10/.200 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 41/28 .200/.300/.286/.586 .385/.689 .718 41/.586 0/0 0/0
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 13/.725 1/no AB 2/1.500 6/1.100 ··· 2/1.000 120/77 .296/.339/.380/.719 .742/.706 .724 87/.790 1/2 1/4
17.Choo* G/S/vP 12/.350 2/.000 2/.500 3/1.167 ··· 5/1.100 130/76 .315/.431/.481/.912 .772/1.021 .678 99/.899 5/2 4/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 14/.967 5/1.850 2/.000 5/.200 ··· 9/.666 106/63 .244/.368/.395/.763 .418/1.016 .626 76/.782 0/0 3/0
35.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
7.LaPorta G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 80/51 .203/.263/.230/.492 .249/.626 .599 56/.405 0/0 0/0
30.Marson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 71/48 .203/.261/.266/.526 .699/.443 .507 56/.605 2/0 0/1
25.Marte G/S/vP 5/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 32/19 .208/.375/.417/.792 .585/.940 .768 28/.869 0/1 1/1
2.Peralta G/S/vP 17/.236 5/.650 4/.250 7/.762 ··· 15/.929 109/68 .207/.312/.359/.671 .614/.701 .771 80/.660 1/0 2/2
52.Redmond G/S/vP 6/.334 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.667 ··· 3/.333 36/28 .250/.314/.344/.658 .625/.667 .753 24/.729 0/0 0/0
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 22/1.009 6/.933 5/.200 5/1.000 ··· 6/1.417 119/70 .213/.277/.306/.583 .295/.787 .532 96/.538 2/1 0/0
1.Valbuena* G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/3.000 4/.000 ··· 4/1.833 80/62 .167/.313/.303/.616 .889/.540 .713 57/.598 0/2 2/5
IP 34.0 2.0 5.1 13.1 11.0 12.0 TOTAL .244/.329/.354/.684 .573/.748 .682 .698 14/8 15/20
ERA-K/9 5.03/5.0 18.00/4.5 3.38/11.9 3.38/7.4 4.91/3.3 3.75/15.0 5.12/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Marson (12-6-1)
 Redmond (12-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 150/.261 14/.455 28/.391 60/.278 51/.268 52/.255 .276  Choo
 LaPorta
 Brantley
 Sizemore
0/0/29/3
4/0/0/0
7/2/0/0
0/27/0/0
OPS .806 1.208 .960 .739 .816 .783 .809
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/.670 5/.650 11/.899 30/.737 27/.884 25/.838 .807
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.895 9/1.524 17/1.000 30/.741 24/.742 27/.731 .810
Home 52/.856 11/.920 18/.686 23/.848 32/.757 22/.762
Last 28d days 102/.922 / 4/1.417 44/.751 35/.728 42/.733
HR/SB/CS 6/3/2 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/2/1 2/0/0 3/0/0 34/33/10
Usage ·····X·· ········ ········ ···o···X ······X· ····o···
Royals Batters (4.13 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Westbrook
G/S/vB		 50.Lewis
G/S/vB		 54.Perez
G/S/vB		 53.Perez*
G/S/vB		 33.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 51.Talbot
G/S/vB		 34.Wood
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP 3/.666 1/5.000 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 / /// / / / /
24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/1.000 69/50 .210/.275/.419/.695 .217/.876 .961 34/.539 1/0 3/2
30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 24/18 .417/.417/.667/1.083 .000/1.444 .000 23/1.130 0/1 2/0
3.Betancourt G/S/vP 9/.777 2/.000 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 116/89 .282/.307/.373/.680 .798/.645 .660 86/.675 0/1 2/3
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 6/1.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 36/21 .118/.167/.147/.314 .343/.293 .000 28/.407 3/0 0/2
16.Butler G/S/vP 3/1.167 5/.200 3/2.334 3/.333 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 4/.000 138/109 .333/.370/.460/.830 .936/.804 .870 103/.822 0/0 3/2
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP ··· 6/.367 3/.333 4/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 135/103 .294/.333/.476/.810 .607/.871 .788 103/.860 2/0 5/2
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 27/.842 5/.200 2/.000 8/1.000 1/2.000 3/1.667 ··· 7/1.572 139/100 .264/.333/.472/.805 .664/.859 .959 104/.808 2/1 4/0
11.Fields G/S/vP 6/.167 4/.250 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 / /// / / / /
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 2/2.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/1.000 57/43 .192/.250/.192/.442 .993/.285 .536 29/.385 5/1 0/1
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 6/.583 3/.333 2/.500 6/1.500 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 38/35 .194/.342/.323/.665 2.333/.493 .611 38/.665 0/1 1/4
6.Guillen G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 4/.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 17/.489 134/101 .268/.321/.528/.849 .670/.907 .729 100/.750 1/0 8/0
18.Kendall G/S/vP 16/.438 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 45/.402 125/96 .288/.363/.351/.714 .923/.652 .657 93/.688 2/1 0/4
12.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 71/60 .254/.357/.390/.747 .717/.753 .898 66/.774 0/0 0/0
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 8/8 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 7/.000 0/0 0/1
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 37/.419 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 3/.333 1/no AB ··· 21/.929 136/101 .314/.369/.398/.768 .726/.783 .637 98/.676 11/2 2/1
IP 31.1 10.1 10.1 7.1 13.0 7.0 39.1 1.0 TOTAL .273/.329/.413/.743 .703/.754 .746 .728 27/8 30/27
ERA-K/9 5.74/6.0 2.61/7.9 2.61/5.2 7.36/6.2 2.08/10.4 7.71/6.4 3.43/3.7 18.00/9.0 4.30/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kendall (31-10-0)
 Pena (2-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 145/.293 47/.211 50/.220 40/.469 52/.163 33/.269 160/.246 7/.400 .269  DeJesus
 Maier
 Ankiel
 Podsednik
 Guillen
 Bloomquist
1/0/30/2
5/17/1/1
0/17/0/1
30/1/0/0
0/0/2/0
0/2/2/0
OPS .840 .625 .692 1.146 .564 1.099 .725 1.171 .767
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 62/.568 17/.437 17/1.279 15/1.005 23/.685 11/.739 72/.542 2/.500 .721
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 83/1.046 30/.733 33/.426 25/1.240 29/.466 22/1.262 88/.852 5/1.350 .801
Road 97/.854 31/.582 25/.700 29/.869 24/.514 26/1.240 71/.657 /
Last 28d days 93/.783 28/.747 31/.547 29/1.144 39/.488 21/1.206 136/.686 7/1.171
HR/SB/CS 4/4/1 0/0/0 1/2/0 0/0/0 1/1/1 2/0/0 5/1/3 0/0/0 27/24/7
Usage ······X· ······X· ·X···X·· ······o· ·XX··o·o ········ ·X·····X ·oX·····

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.