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Game Preview: CLE @ DET, 1:05pm, Thursday, June 16, 2011 @Comerica Park

Indians, 36-30, 36-30 1st, Tied

SP: Mitch Talbot (27, RHP, 2-3, 4.01)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (2-3) 33.2 40 15 15 15 23 5 4.01
2010 (10-13) 159.1 169 88 78 69 88 13 4.41
2008 (0-0) 9.2 16 12 12 11 5 3 11.17
Last 7 GS 3-3 40.2 45 15 15 15 28 5 3.32 51
2011-06-11 @NYY L 5.2 4 2 2 2 4 2 85 55
2011-06-05 TEX L 6.0 8 2 2 3 4 2 105 49
2011-05-31 @TOR W 6.2 6 1 1 3 3 0 99 58
2011-05-25 BOS L 3.0 12 8 8 2 1 1 74 2
2011-04-11 @LAA W 8.0 5 0 0 2 4 0 112 74
2011-04-06 BOS ND 4.1 5 2 2 3 7 0 102 49
2010-09-29 DET W 7.0 5 0 0 0 5 0 93 72
Last 5 v.DET 2-1 22.0 23 9 9 11 14 1 3.68 50
2010-09-29 DET W 7.0 5 0 0 0 5 0 93 72
2010-07-17 DET ND 5.0 6 1 1 2 4 0 105 53
2010-05-09 DET W 5.0 6 4 4 4 4 0 98 39
2010-04-10 @DET L 5.0 6 4 4 5 1 1 104 35
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-12   Road:   16-18   ExtrInn: 3-3 
 vsRHP:  26-21   vsLHP:  10-9    1-Run:  13-8 
 vsEast: 12-10   vsCntrl:13-11   vsWest:  8-9  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 66 Wed, Jun 15  @DET  W   6-4       36-30  1st    Tied
 65 Tue, Jun 14  @DET  L   0-4       35-30  2nd  1.0 gb
 64 Mon, Jun 13  @NYY  W   1-0       35-29  1st    Tied
 63 Sun, Jun 12  @NYY  L   1-9       34-29  1st    Tied
 62 Sat, Jun 11  @NYY  L   0-4       34-28  1st    Tied
 61 Fri, Jun 10  @NYY  L   7-11      34-27  1st  1.0 up
 60 Wed, Jun  8   MIN  L   2-3 (10)  34-26  1st  1.5 up
 59 Tue, Jun  7   MIN  W   1-0       34-25  1st  1.5 up
 58 Mon, Jun  6   MIN  L   4-6       33-25  1st  1.5 up
 57 Sun, Jun  5   TEX  L   0-2       33-24  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:13-17
Tigers, 37-31, 37-31 1st, Tied

SP: Max Scherzer (26, RHP, 8-2, 4.39)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (8-2) 84.0 91 42 41 30 76 12 4.39
2010 (12-11) 195.2 174 84 76 70 184 20 3.50
2009 (9-11) 170.1 166 94 78 63 174 20 4.12
Last 7 GS 3-2 38.1 48 26 25 10 30 5 5.87 44
2011-06-11 SEA W 7.0 4 1 1 2 4 0 101 67
2011-06-06 @TEX W 5.0 8 5 5 1 4 1 99 34
2011-05-31 MIN ND 6.2 9 7 7 1 7 2 107 34
2011-05-26 BOS L 2.0 7 7 7 2 1 1 61 13
2011-05-21 @PIT L 5.2 7 3 3 0 7 0 99 50
2011-05-16 TOR ND 7.0 8 1 0 1 2 0 108 60
2011-05-09 @TOR W 5.0 5 2 2 3 5 1 97 51
Last 5 v.CLE 1-3 28.2 32 20 19 18 29 5 5.97 44
2011-04-29 @CLE ND 6.2 6 5 5 5 7 2 105 44
2010-09-29 @CLE L 5.0 8 4 4 3 3 2 103 35
2010-08-21 CLE W 7.0 4 2 1 2 8 0 119 69
2010-07-16 @CLE L 5.0 5 4 4 5 7 1 109 43
2010-05-09 @CLE L 5.0 9 5 5 3 4 0 105 30
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-14   Road:   16-17   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  23-25   vsLHP:  14-6    1-Run:   7-6 
 vsEast: 12-12   vsCntrl:14-7    vsWest: 10-10 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 68 Wed, Jun 15   CLE  L   4-6       37-31  1st    Tied
 67 Tue, Jun 14   CLE  W   4-0       37-30  1st  1.0 up
 66 Mon, Jun 13   TBR  W   2-1 (10)  36-30  1st    Tied
 65 Sun, Jun 12   SEA  L   3-7       35-30  1st    Tied
 64 Sat, Jun 11   SEA  W   8-1       35-29  1st    Tied
 63 Fri, Jun 10   SEA  L   2-3       34-29  2nd  1.0 gb
 62 Thu, Jun  9   SEA  W   4-1       34-28  2nd  1.0 gb
 61 Wed, Jun  8  @TEX  L   3-7       33-28  2nd  1.5 gb
 60 Tue, Jun  7  @TEX  W   8-1       33-27  2nd  1.5 gb
 59 Mon, Jun  6  @TEX  W  13-7       32-27  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 15, 2011 CLE  6 @DET  4        W:Fausto Carmona (4-8), L: Charlie Furbush (1-1), S: Chris Perez (17)
Tue, Jun 14, 2011 DET  4  CLE  0        W:Justin Verlander (8-3), L: Justin Masterson (5-5), S: none
Sun, May 01, 2011 CLE  5  DET  4        W:Chad Durbin (1-1), L: Joaquin Benoit (0-2), S: Chris Perez (7)
Sat, Apr 30, 2011 CLE  3  DET  2 (13)   W:Tony Sipp (1-0), L: Brayan Villarreal (1-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 29, 2011 CLE  9  DET  5        W:Chris Perez (1-1), L: Joaquin Benoit (0-1), S: none

Wed, Sep 29, 2010 CLE  4  DET  3        W:Josh Tomlin (6-4), L: Justin Verlander (18-9), S: Chris Perez (23)
Wed, Sep 29, 2010 CLE  4  DET  0        W:Mitch Talbot (10-13), L: Max Scherzer (12-11), S: none
Mon, Sep 27, 2010 CLE  6  DET  3        W:Carlos Carrasco (2-1), L: Armando Galarraga (4-8), S: Chris Perez (22)
Sun, Aug 22, 2010 DET  8  CLE  1        W:Justin Verlander (14-8), L: Jeanmar Gomez (3-2), S: none
Sat, Aug 21, 2010 DET  5  CLE  2        W:Max Scherzer (9-9), L: Josh Tomlin (1-3), S: Jose Valverde (24)
Season Series: 2011 - CLE over 4-1; 2010 - Tied 9-9; 2009 - DET won 14-4; All-Time - DET leads 1052-1026

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  5.36

TBR  4.07

SDP  3.33

 RA/G

ATL  3.33

NYM  4.26

CHC  5.07

 BA

J. Reyes  .345

I. Suzuki  .269

D. Uggla  .178

 OBP

J. Bautista  .489

B. Zobrist  .338

M. Ellis  .245

 SLG

J. Bautista  .686

A. Ramirez  .409

C. Figgins  .266

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.175

M. LaPorta  .745

C. Figgins  .514

 ERA

J. Beckett  1.86

A. Harang  3.71

C. Volstad  6.07

 K/9IP

C. Lee  10.14

G. Floyd  6.67

C. Pavano  3.63

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

Indians Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Scherzer
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 38.Purcey*
G/S/vB		 55.Schlereth*
G/S/vB		 46.Valverde
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 9/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 276/194 .278/.345/.400/.745 .605/.802 .636 108/.702 8/3 5/2
28.Buck* G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 95/82 .236/.284/.360/.644 .321/.694 .562 52/.671 1/1 2/0
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 13/.930 4/1.250 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 299/208 .296/.342/.507/.850 .721/.908 .752 107/.866 9/0 12/5
20.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/.000 11/.573 3/1.167 1/2.000 2/1.000 234/168 .251/.275/.318/.593 .810/.508 .563 76/.457 4/1 2/6
17.Choo* G/S/vP 12/1.667 8/1.125 10/1.125 3/.666 ··· 275/185 .236/.316/.343/.659 .531/.725 .584 94/.598 9/3 5/4
8.Everett G/S/vP ··· 10/.744 5/.000 ··· 3/.000 57/36 .240/.309/.240/.549 .452/.605 .561 22/.418 1/0 0/4
9.Hannahan* G/S/vP 3/.000 5/.400 4/.833 1/.000 ··· 213/159 .231/.319/.366/.685 .939/.598 .613 76/.674 2/1 5/3
26.Kearns G/S/vP 7/.286 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 9/1.000 93/53 .195/.290/.280/.571 .518/.613 .702 33/.690 0/2 0/0
7.LaPorta G/S/vP 12/.933 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 215/166 .247/.312/.433/.745 .586/.791 .755 76/.548 1/0 8/5
6.Marson G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 74/47 .239/.288/.313/.601 1.098/.347 .745 34/.436 1/1 0/0
41.Santana# G/S/vP 6/.500 4/1.250 4/.000 4/.250 ··· 262/182 .221/.351/.376/.727 .813/.689 .715 97/.684 2/1 7/4
24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 7/.453 7/1.071 7/.286 1/.000 1/no AB 157/117 .246/.312/.500/.812 .486/.921 .686 73/.616 0/1 7/0
IP 84.0 25.0 23.0 20.2 29.0 TOTAL .252/.320/.395/.714 .686/.727 .667 .634 38/14 60/40
ERA-K/9 4.39/8.1 5.40/7.9 2.35/5.9 2.61/6.5 2.79/9.3 4.09/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Marson (9-12-1)
 Santana (32-9-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 365/.279 110/.299 95/.193 91/.227 121/.192 .251  Choo
 Brantley
 Kearns
 Buck
 Sizemore
0/0/64/8
23/41/0/1
26/0/2/0
18/1/2/0
0/25/0/0
OPS .789 .727 .552 .738 .594 .713
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 194/.907 53/.836 37/.739 43/.608 72/.741 .729
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 171/.661 57/.617 58/.431 48/.857 49/.384 .697
Home 212/.696 57/.815 59/.501 44/.566 74/.590
Last 28d days 120/.887 40/.581 37/.378 29/.553 49/.680
HR/SB/CS 12/7/5 2/1/2 1/0/0 3/1/1 3/1/2 62/44/24
Usage ····X··· ··Xoo··· X·X·o··· o··o···· ··X···X·
Tigers Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.32 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 51.Talbot
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
13.Avila* G/S/vP 6/.333 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.333 220/168 .304/.367/.550/.917 .844/.939 .965 82/.994 3/0 9/3
26.Boesch* G/S/vP 9/.365 1/2.000 1/2.000 4/.000 7/.572 2/.500 3/.000 1/2.000 262/196 .282/.344/.466/.809 .856/.793 .755 100/.921 3/3 9/2
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 11/.989 1/2.000 2/.000 6/1.467 7/.453 2/.500 4/4.000 10/.425 294/218 .315/.439/.557/.996 .969/1.004 .888 106/1.018 1/1 13/4
14.Jackson G/S/vP 12/.917 ··· 2/.000 8/.250 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 2/1.000 300/214 .254/.315/.373/.688 .729/.672 .669 113/.743 10/2 3/2
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.500 3/1.334 116/110 .238/.286/.314/.600 .400/.610 .521 70/.554 2/0 1/2
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 3/1.333 5/1.100 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 220/163 .322/.373/.508/.880 .830/.900 .793 100/.865 0/0 6/0
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 10/1.725 19/2.289 1/2.000 6/.900 8/.125 3/.000 5/1.600 4/.250 113/73 .173/.239/.231/.470 .462/.474 .571 7/.629 0/1 1/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP 3/.666 6/.167 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 4/.500 238/165 .294/.353/.491/.844 .932/.806 .878 84/.844 0/2 9/3
25.Raburn G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· ··· 3/.000 5/1.000 2/2.000 4/.250 1/.000 205/132 .203/.236/.323/.559 .632/.520 .530 58/.461 1/0 5/5
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 4/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 7/.714 7/.858 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 110/86 .237/.286/.330/.616 .408/.673 .584 48/.583 0/0 1/1
57.Wells G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 80/31 .247/.304/.411/.715 .669/.787 .520 30/.792 0/0 2/1
29.Worth G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 21/10 .368/.429/.474/.902 1.245/.522 .697 21/.902 0/0 0/1
IP 33.2 28.0 16.2 25.1 27.1 23.2 28.1 20.0 TOTAL .263/.331/.412/.743 .767/.734 .722 .784 25/11 63/43
ERA-K/9 4.01/6.1 7.39/7.4 6.48/8.6 2.49/6.4 1.32/4.9 1.52/11.4 2.22/7.6 1.35/5.4 3.99/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (30-20-2)
 Martinez (14-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 153/.299 135/.336 82/.329 102/.200 109/.214 91/.150 108/.162 83/.260 .261  Boesch
 Jackson
 Ordonez
 Wells
 Raburn
 Kelly
19/0/39/3
0/68/0/3
0/0/13/2
2/1/39/1
39/0/2/1
7/4/11/1
OPS .827 .905 .931 .527 .533 .515 .565 .631 .721
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 76/1.056 64/.850 43/1.407 61/.599 51/.461 34/.587 38/.361 26/.366 .776
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 77/.606 71/.953 39/.421 41/.425 58/.599 57/.470 70/.673 57/.753 .663
Road 81/.616 81/.971 38/.671 43/.461 51/.626 54/.459 50/.558 38/.547
Last 28d days 101/.961 55/1.105 61/.965 31/.540 50/.557 30/.464 34/.735 38/.589
HR/SB/CS 5/5/2 3/2/1 4/4/0 0/1/0 0/1/3 2/1/0 4/4/1 0/0/2 55/41/21
Usage ····X··· ···X·X·· ···X·X·· o·o····X oo··Xo·· o·o·X··· o·oX···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.