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Game Preview: CLE @ KCR, 7:10pm, Saturday, September 18, 2010 @Kauffman Stadium

Indians, 61-86, 61-86 4th, 27 GB, 27½ GB in WC

SP: Justin Masterson (25, RHP, 6-12, 4.73)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (6-12)			173.0	190	104	91	73	132	14	4.73
2009 (4-10)			129.1	128	73	65	60	119	12	4.52
2008 (6-5)			88.1	68	31	31	40	68	10	3.16

Last 7 GS		3-2	42.2	37	17	14	20	29	3	2.95	54
2010-09-07	@LAA	W	7.0	6	1	1	2	5	1	101	64
2010-08-31	CHW	ND	7.2	4	1	1	2	7	0	102	72
2010-08-26	OAK	W	6.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	91	55
2010-08-20	@DET	L	6.0	11	5	5	1	5	0	113	34
2010-08-15	SEA	ND	6.0	1	0	0	6	3	0	100	67
2010-08-10	BAL	L	5.0	6	7	4	3	3	1	89	33
2010-08-04	@BOS	W	5.0	4	1	1	4	3	1	95	54

Last 5 v.KCR		1-1	23.1	19	8	8	13	16	1	3.09	54
2010-05-19	KCR	ND	5.0	5	2	2	4	3	0	106	48
2009-09-11	KCR	ND	6.0	4	1	1	4	4	0	103	60
2009-08-25	@KCR	L	6.0	7	4	4	2	4	1	98	44
2008-05-20	KCR	W	6.1	3	1	1	3	5	0	91	65

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

 Home:   32-42   Road:   29-44   ExtrInn: 6-6 
 vsRHP:  44-60   vsLHP:  17-26   1-Run:  22-20
 vsEast: 17-24   vsCntrl:26-31   vsWest: 13-18 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
147 Fri, Sep 17  @KCR  W  11-4       61-86  4th 27.0 gb
146 Thu, Sep 16   LAA  W   3-2 (11)  60-86  5th 28.0 gb
145 Wed, Sep 15   LAA  L   0-7       59-86  5th 28.0 gb
144 Tue, Sep 14   LAA  W   4-3       59-85  4th 27.0 gb
143 Sun, Sep 12   MIN  L   2-6       58-85  5th 27.0 gb
142 Sat, Sep 11   MIN  L   0-1 (12)  58-84  5th 26.0 gb
141 Fri, Sep 10   MIN  W   2-0       58-83  4th 25.0 gb
140 Wed, Sep  8  @LAA  L   3-4 (16)  57-83  5th 26.0 gb
139 Tue, Sep  7  @LAA  W   6-1       57-82  5th 25.0 gb
138 Mon, Sep  6  @LAA  W   3-2       56-82  5th 25.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17

Royals, 60-86, 60-86 5th, 27½ GB, 28 GB in WC

SP: Sean O'Sullivan (22, RHP, 2-5, 6.28)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (2-5)			61.2	73	45	43	18	32	14	6.28
2009 (4-2)			51.2	60	34	34	16	29	12	5.92

Last 7 GS		0-4	36.2	55	34	32	11	23	11	7.85	35
2010-09-12	@CHW	ND	3.0	8	6	5	1	3	2	75	23
2010-09-06	@MIN	L	4.2	7	5	5	5	4	2	97	29
2010-08-31	TEX	ND	5.0	9	6	6	0	0	3	91	25
2010-08-25	@DET	ND	7.0	7	3	3	0	1	0	105	52
2010-08-14	NYY	L	5.1	8	4	4	2	5	3	97	39
2010-08-09	@LAA	L	6.1	10	6	6	1	6	1	107	34
2010-08-04	@OAK	L	5.1	6	4	3	2	4	0	113	44

Has never faced CLE as starter.

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

 Home:   33-39   Road:   27-47   ExtrInn:10-7 
 vsRHP:  48-62   vsLHP:  12-24   1-Run:  26-29
 vsEast: 15-16   vsCntrl:24-36   vsWest: 13-24 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
146 Fri, Sep 17   CLE  L   4-11      60-86  5th 27.5 gb
145 Wed, Sep 15   OAK  W   6-3       60-85  4th 27.0 gb
144 Tue, Sep 14   OAK  W  11-3       59-85  4th 27.0 gb
143 Mon, Sep 13   OAK  L   1-3       58-85  4th 27.0 gb
142 Sun, Sep 12  @CHW  L   6-12      58-84  4th 26.5 gb
141 Sat, Sep 11  @CHW  W   8-2       58-83  4th 25.5 gb
140 Fri, Sep 10  @CHW  L   3-4       57-83  5th 25.5 gb
139 Wed, Sep  8  @MIN  L   3-4       57-82  4th 25.5 gb
138 Tue, Sep  7  @MIN  L   3-10      57-81  4th 24.5 gb
137 Mon, Sep  6  @MIN  L   4-5       57-80  4th 23.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 17, 2010 CLE 11 @KCR  4        W:Carlos Carrasco (1-0), L: Kyle Davies (8-10), S: none
Sun, Aug 29, 2010 KCR  6 @CLE  2        W:Bruce Chen (9-7), L: Fausto Carmona (11-13), S: none
Sat, Aug 28, 2010 CLE  4  KCR  3 (10)   W:Chris Perez (2-2), L: Jesse Chavez (5-4), S: none
Fri, Aug 27, 2010 CLE 15  KCR  4        W:Josh Tomlin (2-3), L: Bryan Bullington (1-3), S: none
Thu, Aug 19, 2010 CLE  7 @KCR  3        W:Rafael Perez (4-0), L: Blake Wood (1-3), S: Chris Perez (15)
Wed, Aug 18, 2010 KCR  9  CLE  7        W:Bruce Chen (8-6), L: Fausto Carmona (11-11), S: Joakim Soria (35)
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 KCR  2  CLE  1        W:Zack Greinke (8-11), L: Jeanmar Gomez (3-1), S: Joakim Soria (34)
Thu, May 20, 2010 KCR  9 @CLE  3        W:Luke Hochevar (4-2), L: Mitch Talbot (5-3), S: none
Wed, May 19, 2010 KCR  8 @CLE  4        W:Bruce Chen (1-0), L: Kerry Wood (0-2), S: none
Thu, May 13, 2010 KCR  6  CLE  4        W:Zack Greinke (1-4), L: David Huff (1-5), S: Joakim Soria (8)
Season Series: 2010 - tied 6-6; 2009 - CLE won 10-8; 2008 - CLE won 10-8; All-Time - CLE leads 279-270

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 5.29

ARI 4.45

SEA 3.19

RA/G

SDP 3.64

CHW 4.37

PIT 5.39

J. Hamilton .361

A. Rios .286

B. Wood .157

OBP

J. Morneau .437

M. Joyce .359

B. Wood .181

SLG

J. Hamilton .635

B. Conrad .470

B. Wood .223

OPS

J. Morneau 1.055

J. Jay .819

B. Wood .405

ERA

J. Johnson 2.30

J. Guthrie 3.74

P. Maholm 5.36

K/9IP

J. Lester 9.85

A. Burnett 7.03

M. Buehrle 4.12

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Indians Batters (3.94 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.O'Sullivan
G/S/vB 41.Bullington
G/S/vB 57.Chavez
G/S/vB 52.Chen*
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 31.Hughes*
G/S/vB 59.Humber
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 38.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Brantley* G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 3/.000 4/1.500 3/.000 3/.833 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 275/219 .239/.290/.311/.601 .446/.641 .549 105/.618 10/2 3/2

35.Brown* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/63 .215/.261/.277/.538 .500/.541 .479 36/.456 0/0 0/0

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 4/.250 3/5.000 8/1.000 3/1.000 2/1.500 ··· 3/.666 2/1.500 385/266 .265/.316/.337/.653 .647/.655 .644 107/.508 4/4 3/11

17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· 4/2.500 3/.333 9/.730 3/2.667 3/.000 ··· 7/.762 1/2.000 586/385 .291/.391/.471/.862 .677/.963 .787 110/.961 18/6 19/4

4.Crowe# G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 1/.000 4/.000 3/.666 2/1.500 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 428/326 .251/.306/.335/.641 .476/.693 .630 71/.598 16/5 2/5

16.Donald G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 4/2.250 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 325/243 .253/.312/.378/.690 .833/.643 .718 60/.662 5/1 4/12

47.Duncan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 220/135 .235/.314/.429/.742 .911/.633 .607 42/.796 0/0 10/0

8.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 6/.500 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 57/37 .204/.304/.367/.671 .703/.653 .382 23/.848 0/0 1/1

48.Hafner* G/S/vP ··· 4/2.500 1/no AB 10/1.000 2/3.000 3/2.000 ··· 13/.558 ··· 422/317 .273/.367/.441/.808 .695/.847 .675 83/.803 1/1 11/0

7.LaPorta G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 ··· 5/.400 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 381/271 .220/.304/.353/.658 .672/.651 .680 66/.582 0/0 10/3

30.Marson G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 267/195 .202/.279/.298/.578 .767/.507 .618 67/.708 8/1 3/4

25.Marte G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 6/1.167 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 163/108 .212/.288/.363/.651 .665/.645 .621 37/.567 0/3 5/11

12.Nix G/S/vP 2/1.000 4/1.500 1/.000 9/1.125 3/1.666 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 316/227 .230/.291/.401/.691 .740/.673 .627 89/.572 1/2 12/15

33.Sutton# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/10 .300/.364/.600/.964 5.000/.522 8/.393 0/0 1/0

1.Valbuena* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.400 ··· 259/217 .177/.268/.239/.507 .805/.451 .657 45/.638 1/2 2/9

IP 61.2 40.1 56.1 118.2 16.1 50.0 18.0 60.0 43.2 TOTAL .246/.320/.375/.695 .674/.703 .691 .664 79/30 115/123

ERA-K/9

6.28/4.7

6.47/5.8

6.23/6.7

4.70/6.6

6.61/9.4

4.32/4.7

4.50/7.0

1.65/9.9

5.15/4.9

5.05/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Gimenez (17-9-1)
Marson (43-30-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 275/.289 185/.307 255/.281 526/.273 75/.288 226/.284 79/.278 247/.216 194/.297 .279 Choo
Crowe
Duncan
Nix
Brown
Valbuena
LaPorta
Brantley
Gimenez 0/0/130/12
41/64/1/9
32/0/8/7
2/0/1/1
6/0/0/1
1/0/0/0
7/0/0/0
7/53/0/0
1/0/1/0

OPS .852 .872 .848 .776 .865 .752 .621 .577 .813 .786

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 157/.826 99/.959 105/.869 145/.822 37/.878 99/.686 34/.614 139/.590 96/.917 .793

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 118/.887 86/.772 150/.834 381/.759 38/.851 127/.801 45/.626 108/.559 98/.715 .780

Home 92/.856 121/.863 114/.905 273/.843 40/.874 111/.741 45/.517 148/.540 117/.728

Last 28d days 101/1.000 72/1.063 50/1.119 122/.748 41/.804 28/.641 44/.555 29/.212 25/.925

HR/SB/CS 14/12/1 6/7/4 10/1/0 15/5/7 3/1/0 3/1/1 0/2/0 4/0/1 5/9/3 163/122/52

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

Royals Batters (4.14 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 63.Masterson
G/S/vB 57.Ambriz
G/S/vB 39.Germano
G/S/vB 58.Gomez
G/S/vB 56.Herrmann
G/S/vB 50.Lewis
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

30.Aviles G/S/vP 4/1.250 3/1.334 ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 373/255 .304/.335/.392/.727 .671/.753 .773 63/.915 8/4 5/14

3.Betancourt G/S/vP 11/.637 2/3.500 8/.500 4/1.750 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 5/.400 6/.000 1/.000 5/.400 2/1.000 526/395 .256/.280/.404/.684 .747/.663 .689 92/.496 0/1 15/16

46.Betemit# G/S/vP 4/.500 1/no AB 2/.000 6/1.666 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 4/1.250 1/no AB ··· 3/2.000 3/2.667 267/185 .321/.401/.556/.956 .978/.947 1.088 92/.907 0/0 12/6

7.Blanco* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 6/.334 4/2.500 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 2/.500 2/1.000 3/1.167 3/2.000 231/173 .265/.354/.345/.699 .432/.791 .733 99/.661 10/4 1/1

16.Butler G/S/vP 13/.237 2/1.000 1/no AB 3/1.167 2/1.500 5/.200 6/2.000 5/.200 2/.000 3/.333 6/2.083 ··· 606/475 .317/.386/.471/.857 .708/.897 .885 87/.970 0/0 14/5

1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/4 .222/.300/.333/.633 .500/.833 .625 10/.633 2/1 0/1

11.Fields G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 25/10 .292/.320/.417/.737 .867/.522 .558 25/.737 0/0 1/4

17.Getz* G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 1/3.000 4/1.000 5/.650 ··· 2/2.500 2/.500 248/196 .237/.302/.277/.579 .699/.548 .713 45/.689 15/2 0/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 5/1.600 1/.000 1/2.000 6/.533 2/.000 3/.333 4/.333 9/1.067 3/.500 ··· 3/2.000 3/1.167 225/166 .233/.332/.383/.715 .798/.685 .697 82/.762 1/5 7/7

25.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 6/1.100 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 143/106 .194/.273/.310/.583 .418/.642 .580 84/.732 0/1 4/2

12.Maier* G/S/vP 8/1.125 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.600 2/.000 2/.000 2/.500 2/2.500 6/.834 ··· 5/.200 3/.000 391/314 .257/.328/.376/.704 .676/.710 .674 71/.673 1/2 5/5

22.May G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/5 .083/.083/.083/.167 .286/.000 .000 12/.167 0/0 0/0

26.Miller G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/12 .265/.324/.324/.648 .751/.432 .600 35/.687 1/0 0/1

27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 138/90 .268/.328/.366/.694 .564/.766 .650 71/.954 2/0 1/2

IP 173.0 48.1 26.2 47.0 41.2 31.1 59.2 57.0 59.0 34.1 147.1 54.0 TOTAL .275/.332/.398/.730 .696/.741 .749 .763 97/46 106/127

ERA-K/9

4.73/6.9

5.59/6.9

1.35/8.4

4.02/4.6

3.89/4.5

3.45/7.2

1.81/8.9

3.47/5.5

4.12/9.9

4.46/6.6

4.58/4.9

4.17/4.8

4.29/6.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
May (2-1-3)
Pena (19-10-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 773/.279 224/.338 108/.160 211/.298 176/.267 136/.221 249/.186 253/.299 247/.215 148/.197 646/.280 222/.265 .268 Blanco
Maier
Gordon
Dyson
Betemit
Miller 7/62/0/4
7/65/36/4
41/0/3/2
0/3/0/1
2/0/0/0
3/0/10/0

OPS .745 .960 .538 .801 .776 .638 .597 .744 .756 .678 .773 .795 .759

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 429/.798 115/.845 53/.619 121/.769 91/.928 50/.799 111/.780 113/.751 110/.778 44/.925 314/.750 120/.697 .775

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 344/.678 109/1.084 55/.463 90/.845 85/.617 86/.540 138/.455 140/.738 137/.738 104/.577 332/.793 102/.912 .744

Road 391/.842 99/1.131 45/.350 96/.926 88/.826 83/.784 112/.669 135/.763 119/.745 87/.748 288/.651 124/.741

Last 28d days 105/.553 27/.588 57/.636 90/.928 48/.676 21/.263 40/.293 43/.933 46/.562 29/.522 85/.811 100/.881

HR/SB/CS 14/12/8 10/4/0 3/1/1 5/4/4 6/2/2 1/0/0 4/7/0 3/5/1 11/7/6 4/6/1 12/3/10 8/0/3 134/107/53

Usage ·····X·· ········ ··X···o· ··X····· X·X····· oXo··o·· ·X·X··o· ·o·o··o· Xo····X· ·o·o·o·· ·····o·· ···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.