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Game Preview: CLE @ TBR, 7:10pm, Monday, May 17, 2010 @Tropicana Field

Indians, 15-20, 15-203rd, 7 GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Fausto Carmona (26, RHP, 4-1, 3.43)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (4-1)			44.2	39	17	17	20	19	2	3.43
2009 (5-12)			125.1	151	97	88	70	79	16	6.32
2008 (8-7)			120.2	126	80	73	70	58	7	5.44

Last 7 GS		4-1	44.2	39	17	17	20	19	2	3.43	53
2010-05-12	@KCR	W	5.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	70	57
2010-05-05	TOR	ND	6.1	7	2	2	4	2	0	96	49
2010-04-30	MIN	L	6.0	8	6	6	2	2	1	101	32
2010-04-24	@OAK	W	7.1	7	1	1	0	4	0	103	64
2010-04-18	CHW	W	6.0	6	3	3	2	4	0	96	50
2010-04-12	TEX	ND	8.0	5	2	2	4	4	0	111	64
2010-04-07	@CHW	W	6.0	1	3	3	6	1	1	109	53

Last 5 v.TBR		2-1	16.2	14	16	14	15	17	0	7.56	43
2009-05-25	TBR	ND	1.1	3	5	5	5	3	0	62	26
2009-05-14	@TBR	W	5.1	4	5	4	3	2	0	82	41
2008-08-05	@TBR	L	4.0	3	4	4	5	4	0	83	39
2007-07-02	TBD	W	6.0	4	2	1	2	8	0	97	64

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

 Home:    6-8    Road:    9-12   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   9-14   vsLHP:   6-6    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl:10-10   vsWest:  3-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 35 Sun, May 16  @BAL  W   5-1       15-20  3rd  7.0 gb
 34 Sat, May 15  @BAL  W   8-2       14-20  3rd  7.0 gb
 33 Fri, May 14  @BAL  L   1-8       13-20  3rd  8.0 gb
 32 Thu, May 13  @KCR  L   4-6       13-19  3rd  8.0 gb
 31 Wed, May 12  @KCR  W   4-0       13-18  3rd  7.5 gb
 30 Tue, May 11  @KCR  W   8-2       12-18  4th  7.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Rays, 26-11, 26-111st, 2 up

SP: Jeff Niemann (27, RHP, 3-0, 2.27)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (3-0)			43.2	31	11	11	13	28	4	2.27
2009 (13-6)			180.2	185	84	79	59	125	17	3.94
2008 (2-2)			16.0	18	12	9	8	14	3	5.06

Last 7 GS		3-0	43.2	31	11	11	13	28	4	2.27	61
2010-05-11	@LAA	W	7.1	6	2	2	2	4	0	111	60
2010-05-06	@SEA	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	99	73
2010-04-30	KCR	ND	7.1	3	1	1	4	3	0	88	67
2010-04-24	TOR	ND	6.2	5	3	3	1	8	2	95	59
2010-04-19	@BOS	W	7.0	5	2	2	3	4	1	100	60
2010-04-13	@BAL	ND	7.0	8	3	3	1	3	1	103	51
2010-04-08	BAL	ND	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	54

Last 5 v.CLE		0-1	3.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	3.00	48
2009-05-28	@CLE	L	3.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	52	48

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

 Home:   11-7    Road:   15-4    ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  14-6    vsLHP:  12-5    1-Run:   7-5 
 vsEast: 12-4    vsCntrl: 4-3    vsWest: 10-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 37 Sun, May 16   SEA  W   2-1       26-11  1st  2.0 up
 36 Sat, May 15   SEA  W   3-2       25-11  1st  1.0 up
 35 Fri, May 14   SEA  L   3-4       24-11  1st  1.0 up
 34 Wed, May 12  @LAA  W   4-3       24-10  1st  1.5 up
 33 Tue, May 11  @LAA  W   7-2       23-10  1st  1.0 up
 32 Mon, May 10  @LAA  L   4-5 (11)  22-10  1st  0.5 up
 31 Sun, May  9  @OAK  L   0-4       22-9   1st  0.5 up
 30 Sat, May  8  @OAK  L   2-4       22-8   1st  0.5 up
 29 Fri, May  7  @OAK  W   4-1       22-7   1st  1.5 up
 28 Thu, May  6  @SEA  W   8-0       21-7   1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:22-8

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 28, 2009 CLE  2  TBR  1        W:Matt Herges (1-0), L: Jeff Niemann (4-4), S: Kerry Wood (8)
Wed, May 27, 2009 CLE 12  TBR  7        W:Greg Aquino (1-0), L: Andy Sonnanstine (3-5), S: Luis Vizcaino (1)
Tue, May 26, 2009 CLE  5  TBR  1        W:Carl Pavano (5-4), L: Matt Garza (4-3), S: none
Mon, May 25, 2009 CLE 11  TBR 10        W:Jeremy Sowers (1-2), L: Jason Isringhausen (0-1), S: none
Sun, May 17, 2009 TBR  7  CLE  5        W:Andy Sonnanstine (2-4), L: David Huff (0-1), S: Troy Percival (6)
Sat, May 16, 2009 TBR  4  CLE  2        W:Matt Garza (4-2), L: Carl Pavano (3-4), S: Joe Nelson (2)
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
Season Series: 2010 -  0-0; 2009 - CLE won 5-3; 2008 - CLE won 5-2; All-Time - CLE leads 65-31

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 5.69

WSN 4.41

HOU 2.97

RA/G

SDP 3.03

HOU 4.61

PIT 6.11

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

U. Jimenez 1.12

F. Hernandez 3.88

J. Beckett 7.46

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 11.03

M. Cain 6.56

N. Blackburn 2.04

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Indians Batters (3.89 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Niemann
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 36.Choate*
G/S/vB 31.Cormier
G/S/vB 21.Sonnanstine
G/S/vB 29.Soriano
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

33.Branyan* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 2/.500 5/.600 5/.200 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 56/42 .245/.327/.490/.817 .357/.990 .998 56/.817 0/0 4/1

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 2/2.000 3/2.167 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 6/.833 ··· 1/.000 144/95 .290/.326/.374/.700 .660/.720 .694 90/.716 1/2 1/5

17.Choo* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/1.000 4/1.250 2/.000 5/.400 8/.625 ··· ··· 153/91 .302/.412/.450/.861 .758/.937 .655 101/.692 6/2 4/1

4.Crowe# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/2 .500/.600/1.250/1.850 1.167/2.500 1.850 5/1.850 0/1 1/0

12.Grudzielanek G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 5/.900 ··· 2/.000 3/1.334 1/2.000 7/.286 72/45 .303/.361/.303/.664 .519/.756 .662 57/.737 1/0 0/0

48.Hafner* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 9/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 129/79 .252/.388/.379/.766 .509/.943 .670 82/.821 0/1 3/0

26.Kearns G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/1.300 3/.666 5/.650 4/1.250 103/65 .333/.408/.533/.941 .823/1.010 1.085 83/.965 2/0 3/1

7.LaPorta G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 90/58 .214/.267/.250/.517 .291/.638 .620 50/.494 0/0 1/0

30.Marson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 85/58 .200/.277/.253/.530 .721/.442 .518 60/.643 2/0 0/1

2.Peralta G/S/vP 2/1.000 9/.347 12/.667 1/.000 4/.500 8/.536 3/1.167 2/.000 132/87 .230/.326/.363/.689 .583/.737 .771 86/.757 1/0 2/2

52.Redmond G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/1.334 2/1.000 2/.000 41/33 .250/.308/.361/.669 .625/.680 .754 22/.900 0/0 0/0

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 2/3.000 3/2.000 6/.900 1/.000 4/.000 9/.777 4/.250 2/1.000 138/86 .206/.268/.286/.554 .299/.706 .494 94/.475 4/2 0/1

1.Valbuena* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 87/69 .153/.299/.278/.577 .889/.500 .630 48/.471 0/2 2/5

IP 43.2 16.1 5.0 10.1 14.0 14.1 16.0 12.1 TOTAL .249/.335/.361/.695 .576/.759 .702 .716 17/11 20/25

ERA-K/9

2.27/5.8

2.20/8.3

0.00/7.2

6.10/9.6

3.86/3.2

2.51/3.8

1.69/7.3

2.19/10.2

2.79/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Marson (13-8-1)
Redmond (13-2-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 172/.203 62/.190 17/.125 44/.268 61/.309 57/.200 58/.196 46/.167 .224 Choo
LaPorta
Crowe
Sizemore
Kearns 0/0/34/3
5/0/0/0
0/1/0/0
0/31/0/0
25/1/0/0

OPS .585 .523 .301 .759 .785 .701 .590 .572 .654

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 87/.707 25/.726 10/.522 33/.472 42/.813 28/.709 22/.596 9/.619 .672

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 85/.463 37/.391 7/.000 11/1.636 19/.721 29/.690 36/.583 37/.559 .636

Home 57/.561 28/.607 8/.393 34/.778 34/.958 33/.928 33/.721 22/.608

Last 28d days 136/.562 38/.503 17/.301 26/.284 36/1.006 30/.467 32/.398 28/.622

HR/SB/CS 4/2/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 0/3/0 4/1/0 1/1/0 2/0/0 34/19/7

Usage ·····X·· ··o·ooX· ··o··o·· ··o·ooo· ··X·oo·· ·······o ·X··o··· ··o·o·XX

Rays Batters (5.32 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 55.Carmona
G/S/vB 57.Ambriz
G/S/vB 54.Perez
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB 46.Sipp*
G/S/vB 51.Talbot
G/S/vB 37.Westbrook
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB 31.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP 4/.833 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/1.167 58/22 .259/.293/.519/.812 .707/.995 1.093 42/.936 0/0 4/0

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 15/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 25/.646 ··· 6/.666 157/97 .243/.321/.336/.656 .648/.661 .682 105/.727 3/2 0/5

9.Blalock* G/S/vP 12/.083 ··· ··· 6/.900 1/.000 ··· 24/.958 ··· ··· / /// / / 0/0 0/0

15.Brignac* G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 74/68 .279/.338/.441/.779 .333/.821 .889 56/.701 0/1 2/3

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 36/.528 1/.000 8/1.958 158/91 .309/.372/.482/.854 .693/.965 .795 108/.877 10/4 3/0

28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 61/49 .313/.443/.438/.880 .833/.890 .864 57/.799 0/0 1/3

19.Kapler G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 54/11 .224/.296/.306/.602 .652/.384 .761 41/.602 1/1 1/0

3.Longoria G/S/vP 7/.629 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 157/97 .324/.389/.604/.993 .974/1.003 1.189 107/1.002 5/2 9/7

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 5/.650 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 11/.546 2/.000 8/1.250 76/41 .182/.280/.227/.507 .501/.512 .681 41/.600 0/0 0/2

23.Pena* G/S/vP 9/.644 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 ··· ··· 33/1.157 ··· 6/.750 145/91 .180/.303/.344/.648 .578/.690 .604 98/.498 1/1 5/2

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 59/41 .222/.271/.333/.605 .778/.522 .397 32/.795 0/1 1/0

2.Upton G/S/vP 7/.629 ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· ··· 8/.250 2/.500 7/1.857 140/90 .214/.293/.365/.658 .692/.639 .546 90/.568 9/3 4/0

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 6/.334 1/.000 4/.250 155/97 .269/.342/.366/.708 .537/.812 .712 102/.687 6/0 0/0

IP 44.2 7.0 11.2 9.2 15.0 47.1 46.1 2.0 14.1 TOTAL .251/.330/.400/.730 .663/.771 .756 .730 34/15 32/26

ERA-K/9

3.43/3.8

2.57/9.0

2.31/6.9

6.52/5.6

1.80/9.6

3.23/3.6

4.27/6.0

9.00/9.0

5.02/3.8

4.23/5.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Jaso (8-2-1)
Navarro (8-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 187/.241 32/.300 57/.234 50/.439 59/.160 189/.236 170/.283 11/.250 62/.236 .269 Crawford
Zobrist
Upton
Brignac
Rodriguez
Kapler 36/0/0/5
0/2/30/3
0/35/0/1
0/0/1/0
1/3/0/0
3/0/17/0

OPS .651 .744 .722 1.057 .548 .719 .799 .830 .704 .767

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 92/.580 16/.563 20/1.336 20/.921 26/.739 88/.487 73/.579 5/.400 26/.794 .724

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 95/.721 16/.938 37/.434 30/1.155 33/.408 101/.894 97/.960 6/1.100 36/.641 .799

Road 75/.571 8/.625 32/.752 39/.833 31/.498 100/.669 122/.795 4/.250 38/.557

Last 28d days 105/.711 32/.744 33/.703 37/.988 38/.387 135/.725 92/.760 11/.830 45/.683

HR/SB/CS 2/10/2 0/0/0 1/2/0 0/0/0 1/1/1 7/1/5 4/4/1 0/1/0 1/4/0 30/26/10

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