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Game Preview: CLE @ CHW, 8:10 pm, Thursday, August 18, 2011 @U.S. Cellular Field

Indians, 61-58, 61-58 2nd, 2 GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Justin Masterson (26, RHP, 9-7, 2.69)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (9-7) 167.0 150 58 50 45 127 5 2.69
2010 (6-13) 180.0 197 107 94 73 140 14 4.70
2009 (4-10) 129.1 128 73 65 60 119 12 4.52
Last 7 GS 2-1 44.1 39 17 14 6 40 1 2.84 59
2011-08-12 MIN ND 7.2 5 2 2 1 4 0 116 64
2011-08-09 DET ND 2.0 4 2 2 1 2 0 37 41
2011-08-04 @BOS W 6.0 5 3 3 1 9 1 118 58
2011-07-30 KCR ND 8.0 9 2 2 1 5 0 106 60
2011-07-24 CHW L 7.0 4 4 1 1 6 0 112 64
2011-07-19 @MIN ND 7.2 4 0 0 0 6 0 104 77
2011-07-14 @BAL W 6.0 8 4 4 1 8 0 105 47
Last 5 v.CHW 2-2 35.1 25 8 5 13 22 1 1.27 63
2011-07-24 CHW L 7.0 4 4 1 1 6 0 112 64
2011-05-18 @CHW L 8.0 5 1 1 2 8 0 115 74
2011-04-03 CHW W 7.0 7 1 1 2 0 0 98 57
2010-08-31 CHW ND 7.2 4 1 1 2 7 0 102 72
2010-06-04 @CHW W 5.2 5 1 1 6 1 1 108 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   33-25   Road:   28-33   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  44-40   vsLHP:  17-18   1-Run:  20-21
 vsEast: 19-18   vsCntrl:21-20   vsWest: 10-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
119 Wed, Aug 17  @CHW  W   4-1       61-58  2nd  2.0 gb
118 Tue, Aug 16  @CHW  L   7-8 (14)  60-58  2nd  3.0 gb
117 Sat, Aug 13   MIN  W   3-1       60-57  2nd  3.0 gb
116 Fri, Aug 12   MIN  W   3-2       59-57  2nd  3.0 gb
115 Thu, Aug 11   DET  L   3-4       58-57  2nd  3.0 gb
114 Wed, Aug 10   DET  W  10-3       58-56  2nd  2.0 gb
113 Tue, Aug  9   DET  W   3-2 (14)  57-56  2nd  3.0 gb
112 Sun, Aug  7  @TEX  L   3-5       56-56  2nd  4.0 gb
111 Sat, Aug  6  @TEX  W   7-5       56-55  2nd  4.0 gb
110 Fri, Aug  5  @TEX  L   7-8 (11)  55-55  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
WhiteSox, 61-61, 61-61 3rd, 3½ GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Philip Humber (28, RHP, 8-8, 3.67)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (8-8) 130.0 116 55 53 33 83 11 3.67
2010 (2-1) 21.2 22 10 10 7 16 1 4.15
2009 (0-0) 9.0 17 8 8 9 9 1 8.00
Last 7 GS 1-5 40.0 48 24 24 13 28 5 5.40 45
2011-08-10 @BAL ND 6.0 11 4 4 1 3 2 95 36
2011-08-04 NYY L 6.1 5 4 4 2 3 1 94 48
2011-07-30 BOS L 4.2 6 4 4 2 4 0 86 38
2011-07-17 @DET L 5.2 7 4 4 1 8 1 90 46
2011-07-07 MIN L 3.2 11 6 6 1 2 0 87 16
2011-07-02 @CHC W 7.0 5 0 0 3 4 0 114 68
2011-06-26 WSN L 6.2 3 2 2 3 4 1 109 61
Has never faced CLE as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   27-34   Road:   34-27   ExtrInn: 6-10
 vsRHP:  44-44   vsLHP:  17-17   1-Run:  19-16
 vsEast: 15-19   vsCntrl:21-22   vsWest: 14-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
122 Wed, Aug 17   CLE  L   1-4       61-61  3rd  3.5 gb
121 Tue, Aug 16   CLE  W   8-7 (14)  61-60  3rd  3.5 gb
120 Sun, Aug 14   KCR  W   6-2       60-60  3rd  4.0 gb
119 Sat, Aug 13   KCR  W   5-4       59-60  3rd  5.0 gb
118 Fri, Aug 12   KCR  L   1-5       58-60  3rd  5.0 gb
117 Thu, Aug 11  @BAL  W   6-3       58-59  3rd  4.0 gb
116 Wed, Aug 10  @BAL  L   4-6 (10)  57-59  3rd  4.0 gb
115 Tue, Aug  9  @BAL  W   4-3       57-58  3rd  4.0 gb
114 Mon, Aug  8  @BAL  W   7-6       56-58  3rd  5.0 gb
113 Sun, Aug  7  @MIN  W   7-0       55-58  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 17, 2011 CLE  4 @CHW  1        W:Fausto Carmona (6-12), L: Mark Buehrle (10-6), S: Chris Perez (26)
Tue, Aug 16, 2011 CHW  8  CLE  7 (14)   W:Jason Frasor (3-2), L: Chad Durbin (2-2), S: none
Sun, Jul 24, 2011 CHW  4 @CLE  2        W:Edwin Jackson (7-7), L: Justin Masterson (8-7), S: Sergio Santos (20)
Fri, Jul 22, 2011 CHW  3 @CLE  0        W:Gavin Floyd (8-9), L: Carlos Carrasco (8-8), S: Sergio Santos (19)
Thu, May 19, 2011 CHW  8  CLE  2        W:Gavin Floyd (5-3), L: Fausto Carmona (3-4), S: none
Wed, May 18, 2011 CHW  1  CLE  0        W:Jake Peavy (1-0), L: Justin Masterson (5-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 03, 2011 CLE  7  CHW  1        W:Justin Masterson (1-0), L: John Danks (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 02, 2011 CHW  8 @CLE  3        W:Edwin Jackson (1-0), L: Carlos Carrasco (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 01, 2011 CHW 15 @CLE 10        W:Mark Buehrle (1-0), L: Fausto Carmona (0-1), S: none

Sun, Oct 03, 2010 CHW  6  CLE  5        W:Edwin Jackson (10-12), L: Justin Germano (0-3), S: Chris Sale (4)
Season Series: 2011 - CHW over 7-2; 2010 - Tied 9-9; 2009 - CHW won 10-8; All-Time - CHW leads 1031-988

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 2011 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  5.39

BAL  4.18

SEA  3.39

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

BOS  4.20

BAL  5.32

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .346

E. Hosmer  .271

A. Dunn  .164

 OBP

J. Bautista  .453

J. Pierre  .337

V. Wells  .232

 SLG

J. Bautista  .639

A. Ethier  .427

C. Getz  .284

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.092

B. Gardner  .768

A. Rios  .570

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.89

M. Pineda  3.77

B. Arroyo  5.31

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.44

J. Vazquez  6.95

B. Penny  3.60

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

Indians Batters (4.29 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 41.Humber
G/S/vB		 26.Crain
G/S/vB		 58.Frasor
G/S/vB		 77.Ohman*
G/S/vB		 49.Sale*
G/S/vB		 46.Santos
G/S/vB		 48.Stewart
G/S/vB		 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Brantley* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 6/.733 4/1.500 1/.000 5/.733 473/324 .273/.326/.389/.715 .550/.788 .718 70/.625 13/5 7/2
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 9/.347 2/.000 2/2.500 6/.666 3/1.167 1/.000 11/.728 526/359 .291/.349/.487/.836 .788/.859 .775 97/.817 16/3 20/14
12.Carrera* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 100/69 .236/.292/.281/.573 .348/.672 .577 69/.563 4/2 0/1
27.Chisenhall* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 113/95 .231/.277/.385/.661 .461/.700 .602 59/.615 0/0 3/5
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· 7/.829 3/1.000 3/.000 6/.000 3/.000 1/.000 20/.800 326/217 .246/.334/.349/.683 .607/.723 .619 20/.628 11/5 5/4
16.Donald G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 29/12 .240/.310/.400/.710 1.244/.000 .544 29/.710 0/1 0/0
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/.500 4/.250 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 7/.286 421/349 .269/.357/.360/.717 .770/.705 .599 92/.683 3/5 3/3
48.Hafner* G/S/vP ··· 12/.817 10/.100 3/1.167 5/1.400 1/.000 ··· 22/.634 302/217 .292/.371/.468/.839 .649/.917 .845 83/.603 0/0 11/
9.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 5/.000 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 4/.750 288/198 .218/.309/.337/.646 .840/.556 .586 15/.733 2/1 5/5
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 75/52 .279/.347/.603/.950 .776/1.027 1.192 75/.950 2/0 6/3
7.LaPorta G/S/vP 1/no AB 10/1.029 4/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.500 319/243 .241/.298/.410/.708 .666/.721 .711 57/.707 1/0 10/7
6.Marson G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/3.000 1/no AB 4/.833 1/.000 1/no AB 170/102 .212/.280/.305/.584 .876/.406 .649 32/.262 2/1 1/2
41.Santana# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 3/.333 2/3.500 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 484/327 .240/.351/.442/.793 .891/.752 .737 93/.862 4/3 18/10
IP 130.0 55.0 49.0 40.0 56.2 50.2 31.0 43.1 TOTAL .248/.317/.392/.709 .694/.715 .689 .681 65/34 109/80
ERA-K/9 3.67/5.7 2.45/8.8 3.49/8.3 3.83/9.9 2.70/9.2 2.84/12.2 3.48/5.8 3.53/8.7 3.80/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Marson (24-20-3)
 Santana (50-16-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 536/.236 222/.206 210/.246 172/.243 232/.207 202/.165 136/.336 199/.281 .256  Choo
 Fukudome
 Brantley
 Carrera
0/0/76/9
0/5/95/5
61/52/0/4
2/27/3/1
OPS .641 .619 .748 .712 .619 .530 .872 .711 .694
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 320/.683 87/.477 105/.831 84/.580 107/.570 101/.690 69/.901 80/.718 .699
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 216/.577 135/.705 105/.669 88/.843 125/.663 101/.375 67/.841 119/.707 .690
Home 254/.621 135/.645 119/.864 105/.639 118/.675 107/.754 61/.735 117/.738
Last 28d days 78/.829 55/.860 38/.797 45/.689 50/.331 29/.284 61/.728 42/.628
HR/SB/CS 11/10/2 5/10/1 6/9/2 5/1/1 5/3/2 3/3/0 3/3/1 3/9/2 99/103/27
Usage ·······X ·X··X··X ·o·X·o·X ·o·X·o·o ·X··o··· ·X····o· X····X·· ·X·X·X··
WhiteSox Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 63.Masterson
G/S/vB		 37.Durbin
G/S/vB		 56.Herrmann
G/S/vB		 54.Perez
G/S/vB		 53.Perez*
G/S/vB		 52.Pestano
G/S/vB		 46.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP 16/.708 2/1.500 4/.250 8/.625 7/.167 1/.000 2/.500 4/.000 415/307 .241/.299/.345/.644 .543/.679 .632 80/.550 5/2 9/4
30.de Aza* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/4.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 2/1.000 1/.000 44/38 .310/.341/.500/.841 .667/.870 1.007 44/.841 2/1 1/0
32.Dunn* G/S/vP 12/1.195 10/1.500 1/.000 3/1.667 10/.300 ··· 4/.250 1/no AB 416/319 .164/.296/.296/.592 .244/.696 .555 77/.606 0/1 11/3
17.Flowers G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/4.000 ··· 1/.000 30/15 .296/.367/.519/.885 .619/1.169 1.010 27/.991 0/0 1/2
14.Konerko G/S/vP 26/.535 32/.952 3/.333 10/.856 13/.641 1/no AB 2/.500 8/1.482 495/382 .314/.398/.555/.953 .908/.966 1.028 91/1.062 1/1 27/4
18.Lillibridge G/S/vP 6/.733 2/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 2/2.500 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 177/95 .257/.341/.493/.834 .870/.803 .845 33/.998 10/5 10/1
55.Lucy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
22.Morel G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 1/3.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 302/199 .256/.272/.321/.593 .558/.611 .558 71/.724 3/4 2/9
1.Pierre* G/S/vP 24/1.050 5/.650 5/.000 4/1.250 6/1.633 2/1.000 5/1.550 3/.666 537/407 .284/.337/.340/.677 .763/.649 .694 109/.750 20/13 2/5
20.Quentin G/S/vP 22/.235 2/2.500 3/.000 4/.000 5/1.100 1/.000 1/2.000 5/1.400 475/356 .257/.343/.504/.847 .932/.819 .700 96/.763 1/1 24/1
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 23/.554 3/.666 5/.800 6/.733 8/.661 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 513/387 .266/.331/.410/.741 .755/.736 .784 102/.759 7/3 13/12
51.Rios G/S/vP 27/.514 16/.650 3/.666 6/.667 6/2.067 ··· 3/1.666 5/.933 439/318 .213/.255/.315/.570 .634/.545 .670 71/.592 10/5 7/2
11.Vizquel# G/S/vP 18/.742 19/.649 2/.000 1/no AB 4/1.167 ··· 2/.000 3/.333 165/140 .245/.280/.291/.571 .444/.587 .543 32/.343 1/2 0/1
IP 167.0 48.1 39.1 46.0 48.2 46.0 50.2 48.0 TOTAL .254/.319/.391/.710 .698/.713 .730 .751 60/39 120/57
ERA-K/9 2.69/6.8 5.77/7.5 4.81/5.5 3.13/5.5 2.22/5.7 2.74/12.5 2.66/8.0 1.69/6.9 3.88/6.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (9-3-1)
 Lucy (0-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 681/.241 217/.301 176/.290 189/.213 195/.239 185/.192 197/.185 195/.217 .254  Rios
 Pierre
 Quentin
 Lillibridge
 de Aza
 Dunn
0/111/0/4
116/0/0/3
0/0/99/2
8/11/41/0
1/7/5/0
0/0/2/0
OPS .615 .805 .827 .646 .591 .588 .598 .542 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 395/.693 97/.745 88/1.124 100/.600 95/.473 73/.835 80/.521 58/.403 .754
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 286/.505 120/.850 88/.534 89/.691 100/.708 112/.423 117/.649 137/.601 .662
Road 300/.624 114/.917 75/.727 91/.698 88/.645 108/.513 88/.654 102/.655
Last 28d days 123/.558 38/.577 35/.934 41/.671 34/.588 39/.679 45/.517 44/.460
HR/SB/CS 5/11/13 5/5/3 6/6/0 4/5/0 1/2/4 4/1/0 7/12/2 1/1/2 108/74/36
Usage ·····X·· ·X······ ·o·····o oX··oo·· ·o··oo·· ·X······ ·o··o·o· ·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.