Thursday, April 28, 2011 Game Previews

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Game Preview: KCR @ CLE, 7:05pm, Thursday, April 28, 2011 @Progressive Field

Royals, 12-12, 12-12 2nd, 3½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Kyle Davies (27, RHP, 1-2, 6.23)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (1-2)			26.0	34	19	18	9	19	1	6.23
2010 (8-12)			183.2	206	114	109	80	126	20	5.34
2009 (8-9)			123.0	122	76	72	66	86	18	5.27

Last 7 GS		1-3	35.0	48	30	29	15	24	2	7.46	38
2011-04-23	@TEX	L	6.0	4	3	2	1	3	0	112	56
2011-04-18	CLE	ND	6.0	7	2	2	0	7	0	90	57
2011-04-13	@MIN	W	5.0	10	5	5	1	4	0	89	30
2011-04-08	@DET	L	3.2	6	5	5	5	3	0	92	27
2011-04-02	LAA	ND	5.1	7	4	4	2	2	1	102	38
2010-10-02	TBR	L	5.2	6	4	4	3	4	1	99	42
2010-09-27	MIN	ND	3.1	8	7	7	3	1	0	75	14

Last 5 v.CLE		1-2	29.1	29	12	12	10	23	1	3.68	53
2011-04-18	CLE	ND	6.0	7	2	2	0	7	0	90	57
2010-09-17	CLE	L	5.0	8	5	5	3	4	1	92	32
2010-08-19	CLE	ND	7.1	7	3	3	0	5	0	108	57
2010-05-12	CLE	L	5.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	81	50
2009-09-13	@CLE	W	6.0	1	0	0	6	3	0	108	67

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

 Home:    9-5    Road:    3-7    ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:   8-8    vsLHP:   4-4    1-Run:   6-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 6-7    vsWest:  6-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 24 Wed, Apr 27  @CLE  L   2-7       12-12  2nd  3.5 gb
 23 Tue, Apr 26  @CLE  L   4-9       12-11  2nd  2.5 gb
 22 Sun, Apr 24  @TEX  L   7-8       12-10  2nd  1.5 gb
 21 Sat, Apr 23  @TEX  L   1-3       12-9   2nd  1.5 gb
 20 Fri, Apr 22  @TEX  L   6-11      12-8   2nd  1.5 gb
 19 Thu, Apr 21   CLE  W   3-2       12-7   2nd  1.0 gb
 18 Wed, Apr 20   CLE  L   5-7       11-7   2nd  2.0 gb
 17 Tue, Apr 19   CLE  W   5-4       11-6   2nd  1.0 gb
 16 Mon, Apr 18   CLE  L   3-7 (10)  10-6   2nd  2.0 gb
 15 Sun, Apr 17   SEA  L   2-3       10-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-12

Indians, 15-8, 15-8 1st, 3½ up

SP: Fausto Carmona (27, RHP, 1-3, 5.76)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2011 (1-3)			29.2	29	20	19	11	21	4	5.76
2010 (13-14)			210.1	203	98	88	72	124	17	3.77
2009 (5-12)			125.1	151	97	88	70	79	16	6.32

Last 7 GS		2-3	40.2	40	24	23	14	28	6	5.09	48
2011-04-23	@MIN	L	5.0	7	6	6	4	1	0	85	26
2011-04-17	BAL	W	7.0	5	2	1	1	5	0	101	65
2011-04-12	@LAA	L	7.2	4	2	2	3	6	2	118	66
2011-04-07	BOS	ND	7.0	2	0	0	2	4	0	109	75
2011-04-01	CHW	L	3.0	11	10	10	1	5	2	88	1
2010-10-01	@CHW	W	6.0	5	2	2	1	7	1	93	60
2010-09-26	KCR	ND	5.0	6	2	2	2	0	1	102	45

Last 5 v.KCR		1-2	27.2	32	16	16	13	9	1	5.20	43
2010-09-26	KCR	ND	5.0	6	2	2	2	0	1	102	45
2010-08-29	KCR	L	6.2	6	3	3	4	4	0	118	50
2010-08-18	@KCR	L	5.0	9	7	7	1	0	0	87	20
2010-05-12	@KCR	W	5.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	70	57
2009-05-20	@KCR	ND	6.0	6	4	4	4	3	0	107	43

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

 Home:    9-2    Road:    6-6    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   9-5    vsLHP:   6-3    1-Run:   2-4 
 vsEast:  6-0    vsCntrl: 5-6    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 23 Wed, Apr 27   KCR  W   7-2       15-8   1st  3.5 up
 22 Tue, Apr 26   KCR  W   9-4       14-8   1st  2.5 up
 21 Sun, Apr 24  @MIN  L   3-4       13-8   1st  1.5 up
 20 Sat, Apr 23  @MIN  L   3-10      13-7   1st  1.5 up
 19 Thu, Apr 21  @KCR  L   2-3       13-6   1st  1.0 up
 18 Wed, Apr 20  @KCR  W   7-5       13-5   1st  2.0 up
 17 Tue, Apr 19  @KCR  L   4-5       12-5   1st  1.0 up
 16 Mon, Apr 18  @KCR  W   7-3 (10)  12-4   1st  2.0 up
 15 Sun, Apr 17   BAL  W   4-2       11-4   1st  1.0 up
 14 Sat, Apr 16   BAL  W   8-3       10-4   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:15-8

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 27, 2011 CLE  7  KCR  2        W:Josh Tomlin (4-0), L: Jeff Francis (0-3), S: none
Tue, Apr 26, 2011 CLE  9  KCR  4        W:Justin Masterson (5-0), L: Luke Hochevar (2-3), S: none
Thu, Apr 21, 2011 KCR  3  CLE  2        W:Aaron Crow (2-0), L: Chris Perez (0-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 CLE  7 @KCR  5        W:Justin Masterson (4-0), L: Luke Hochevar (2-2), S: Chris Perez (6)
Tue, Apr 19, 2011 KCR  5  CLE  4        W:Bruce Chen (3-0), L: Jeanmar Gomez (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (5)
Mon, Apr 18, 2011 CLE  7 @KCR  3 (10)   W:Joe Smith (1-0), L: Tim Collins (1-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 26, 2010 CLE  5  KCR  3        W:Rafael Perez (6-1), L: Rob Tejeda (3-5), S: Vinnie Pestano (1)
Sat, Sep 25, 2010 CLE  7  KCR  1        W:Jeanmar Gomez (4-5), L: Zack Greinke (9-14), S: none
Fri, Sep 24, 2010 CLE  7  KCR  3        W:Josh Tomlin (5-4), L: Luke Hochevar (6-6), S: none
Thu, Sep 23, 2010 KCR  4 @CLE  2        W:Sean O'Sullivan (3-6), L: Mitch Talbot (9-13), S: Joakim Soria (41)
Season Series: 2011 - CLE over 4-2; 2010 - CLE won 10-8; 2009 - CLE won 10-8; All-Time - CLE leads 287-274

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

For the 2010 season

Stat Best Middle Worst	RS/G NYY 5.30 ARI 4.40 SEA 3.17	RA/G SDP 3.59 CHW 4.35 PIT 5.35	BA J. Hamilton .359 M. Mora .285 B. Wood .146	OBP J. Morneau .437 O. Infante .359 B. Wood .174	SLG J. Hamilton .633 C. Granderson .468 B. Wood .208	OPS J. Morneau 1.055 A. Torres .823 B. Wood .382	ERA F. Hernandez 2.27 C. Pavano 3.75 J. Bonderman 5.53	K/9IP T. Lincecum 9.79 M. Cain 7.13 K. Kendrick 4.18

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.30

ARI 4.40

SEA 3.17

RA/G

SDP 3.59

CHW 4.35

PIT 5.35

J. Hamilton .359

M. Mora .285

B. Wood .146

OBP

J. Morneau .437

O. Infante .359

B. Wood .174

SLG

J. Hamilton .633

C. Granderson .468

B. Wood .208

OPS

J. Morneau 1.055

A. Torres .823

B. Wood .382

ERA

F. Hernandez 2.27

C. Pavano 3.75

J. Bonderman 5.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 9.79

M. Cain 7.13

K. Kendrick 4.18

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Royals Batters (4.92 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (3.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 55.Carmona
G/S/vB 37.Durbin
G/S/vB 39.Germano
G/S/vB 58.Gomez
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Aviles G/S/vP 20/.750 1/.000 2/2.500 6/.833 5/.000 5/.400 4/.000 2/1.000 3/.666 448/325 .304/.335/.413/.748 .642/.787 .717 64/.778 14/5 8/14

24.Betemit# G/S/vP 11/.200 2/.000 5/.200 12/1.317 2/.500 5/1.000 2/.500 1/no AB 2/.000 315/227 .297/.378/.511/.889 .930/.873 .834 68/.953 0/0 13/10

16.Butler G/S/vP 33/.787 3/.000 4/1.167 9/.889 6/2.000 6/.333 5/.400 3/.000 6/.533 678/543 .318/.388/.469/.857 .727/.888 .843 100/.867 0/0 15/6

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 13/1.098 11/.364 1/.000 3/1.000 2/2.500 5/.200 ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 509/346 .255/.317/.354/.671 .642/.685 .662 107/.736 7/1 4/4

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 65/54 .211/.286/.404/.689 .273/.783 .501 14/.408 9/1 1/2

2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 552/407 .235/.288/.326/.614 .614/.614 .617 95/.497 10/4 4/20

21.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/.000 16/.000 5/.400 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 1/5.000 9/1.319 503/368 .249/.300/.383/.683 .805/.639 .733 96/.950 8/3 13/4

17.Getz* G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 2/.000 5/.800 3/3.000 4/1.000 ··· 7/.629 1/.000 248/196 .237/.302/.277/.579 .699/.548 .489 94/.610 15/2 0/4

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 26/1.316 5/.400 6/.334 11/.764 5/.250 14/.722 ··· 7/.500 ··· 281/211 .215/.315/.355/.671 .704/.660 .651 101/.948 1/5 8/7

30.Ka'aihue* G/S/vP 10/.700 1/.000 2/2.000 11/.899 2/1.500 5/.400 3/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 206/159 .217/.307/.394/.702 .754/.684 .612 80/.647 0/1 8/2

12.Maier* G/S/vP 10/.958 ··· 2/.000 7/1.857 3/1.167 2/2.500 ··· 7/.953 ··· 421/337 .263/.333/.375/.709 .659/.720 .725 6/.750 3/2 5/5

27.Pena# G/S/vP 5/.733 2/.000 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 4/.250 ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 174/121 .253/.306/.335/.642 .509/.701 .673 43/.564 2/0 1/3

15.Treanor G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 272/190 .211/.287/.308/.595 .408/.677 .607 51/.496 1/2 5/3

IP 210.1 68.2 35.1 57.2 63.0 61.0 5.0 63.0 40.0 TOTAL .266/.334/.411/.745 .804/.719 .745 .746 32/5 20/18

ERA-K/9

3.77/5.3

3.80/8.3

3.31/7.4

4.68/5.3

1.71/8.7

3.25/5.3

3.60/14.4

4.14/9.9

3.83/7.2

3.63/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Pena (29-12-1)
Treanor (44-17-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 880/.258 291/.246 146/.206 265/.307 260/.182 272/.300 23/.222 266/.218 170/.208 .234 Francoeur
Cabrera
Maier
Dyson
Gordon
Betemit
Escobar 2/0/131/11
84/55/25/8
8/65/43/4
0/15/0/2
55/0/3/2
2/0/0/0
2/1/2/0

OPS .703 .738 .664 .841 .583 .748 .614 .770 .659 .658

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 483/.722 119/.936 69/.606 151/.752 119/.752 121/.746 10/.875 119/.805 48/.979 .694

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 397/.681 172/.604 77/.716 114/.961 141/.445 151/.750 13/.408 147/.742 122/.538 .619

Home 514/.718 150/.683 76/.620 139/.717 145/.514 125/.725 11/.384 137/.788 70/.556

Last 28d days 126/.718 44/.877 35/.634 37/.905 37/.570 33/.398 33/.412 42/.619 18/.764

HR/SB/CS 17/33/6 7/3/1 6/2/2 7/7/4 4/9/0 3/5/1 0/1/0 12/8/6 4/6/1 15/14/0

Usage ····X··· X···X··· ····o··· ···X···· ·X····Xo X··o···o ·o·o··oo ·X····oX X······X

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2011 season. Player Stats for the 2010 season. We will switch to 2011 stats on May 1st.

Indians Batters (5.26 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.04 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Davies
G/S/vB 41.Jeffress
G/S/vB 37.O'Sullivan
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 38.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Brantley* G/S/vP 11/.899 1/no AB 5/.400 3/1.334 2/.500 325/255 .246/.296/.327/.623 .467/.665 .677 92/.728 10/2 3/2

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 22/.790 2/.500 5/.650 6/.533 5/.900 425/293 .276/.326/.346/.673 .647/.685 .685 108/.758 6/4 3/12

20.Cabrera G/S/vP 21/.586 1/.000 ··· 9/.946 1/.000 537/388 .263/.303/.354/.657 .804/.601 .740 91/.654 11/4 4/11

17.Choo* G/S/vP 20/.744 ··· 8/.250 9/.730 4/2.000 646/430 .300/.401/.484/.885 .670/.998 .951 99/.678 22/7 22/4

47.Duncan G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.650 2/.000 4/.500 259/162 .231/.317/.419/.736 .857/.662 .901 20/.979 1/0 11/0

8.Everett G/S/vP 11/1.378 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 89/57 .185/.221/.247/.468 .630/.382 .400 20/.849 2/1 0/1

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 18/.800 ··· 8/.250 13/.558 1/.000 462/351 .278/.374/.449/.824 .706/.863 .948 84/.959 2/1 13/

9.Hannahan* G/S/vP 9/.333 1/.000 3/1.167 6/.334 ··· / /// / 73/.850 / /

26.Kearns G/S/vP 11/.182 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 461/293 .263/.351/.395/.746 .740/.749 .726 35/.519 4/1 10/4

7.LaPorta G/S/vP 7/.572 1/2.000 7/1.262 3/.000 2/2.000 425/304 .221/.306/.362/.668 .635/.679 .664 76/.824 0/0 12/3

6.Marson G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 294/215 .195/.274/.286/.560 .759/.488 .544 23/.865 8/1 3/4

41.Santana# G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/2.000 192/131 .260/.401/.467/.868 .582/1.002 .746 89/.612 3/0 6/3

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 20/.724 2/.500 3/1.334 8/1.292 1/.000 140/86 .211/.271/.289/.560 .326/.706 .637 40/1.236 4/2 0/1

IP 183.2 10.0 83.2 65.2 49.2 TOTAL .271/.341/.431/.772 .886/.714 .877 .772 14/5 25/11

ERA-K/9

5.34/6.2

2.70/7.2

5.49/4.6

1.78/9.7

5.07/5.6

4.57/6.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Marson (51-31-5)
Santana (22-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 817/.283 42/.229 368/.270 270/.216 220/.286 .285 Choo
Duncan
Kearns
Brantley
Sizemore
LaPorta 0/0/142/14
41/0/8/7
91/5/32/2
7/65/0/0
0/32/0/0
7/0/0/0

OPS .793 .676 .794 .568 .798 .803

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 428/.836 14/.792 220/.751 155/.587 111/.827 .798

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 389/.745 28/.619 148/.855 115/.541 109/.767 .807

Road 423/.810 12/1.144 207/.822 106/.609 84/1.004

Last 28d days 119/.821 41/.663 67/.721 47/.712 31/.904

HR/SB/CS 20/17/3 0/0/0 15/15/1 4/1/1 6/10/3 29/17/10

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