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Game Preview: CLE @ DET, 1:05pm, Sunday, August 21, 2011 @Comerica Park

Indians, 62-60, 62-60 2nd, 3½ GB, 12½ GB in WC

SP: Ubaldo Jimenez (27, RHP, 7-9, 4.48)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (7-9) 140.2 139 81 70 56 136 12 4.48
2010 (19-8) 221.2 164 73 71 92 214 10 2.88
2009 (15-12) 218.0 183 87 84 85 198 13 3.47
Last 7 GS 3-1 36.1 44 26 22 15 41 4 5.45 46
2011-08-16 @CHW ND 4.2 9 5 4 1 5 1 105 32
2011-08-10 DET W 8.0 5 3 0 1 6 0 117 71
2011-08-05 @TEX ND 5.0 7 5 5 3 7 1 108 37
2011-07-30 @SDP ND 1.0 2 4 4 4 2 0 45 31
2011-07-24 @ARI L 5.0 8 5 5 2 8 0 101 37
2011-07-19 ATL W 6.2 7 2 2 2 9 2 120 59
2011-07-14 MIL W 6.0 6 2 2 2 4 0 97 54
Last 5 v.DET 2-2 24.0 28 13 10 7 22 1 3.75 50
2011-08-10 DET W 8.0 5 3 0 1 6 0 117 71
2011-06-18 DET W 5.0 8 3 3 2 5 0 83 42
2009-05-22 @DET L 7.0 6 3 3 1 7 1 104 59
2008-06-27 @DET L 4.0 9 4 4 3 4 0 104 29
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   33-25   Road:   29-35   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  45-42   vsLHP:  17-18   1-Run:  20-21
 vsEast: 19-18   vsCntrl:22-22   vsWest: 10-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
122 Sat, Aug 20  @DET  L   1-10      62-60  2nd  3.5 gb
121 Fri, Aug 19  @DET  L   1-4       62-59  2nd  2.5 gb
120 Thu, Aug 18  @CHW  W   4-2       62-58  2nd  1.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-17
Tigers, 67-58, 67-58 1st, 3½ up

SP: Rick Porcello (22, RHP, 11-8, 4.98)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (11-8) 132.0 156 80 73 31 78 13 4.98
2010 (10-12) 162.2 188 96 89 38 84 18 4.92
2009 (14-9) 170.2 176 81 75 52 89 23 3.96
Last 7 GS 4-2 41.1 51 27 23 4 27 3 5.01 46
2011-08-15 MIN L 6.0 9 6 4 1 2 1 95 35
2011-08-10 @CLE L 3.2 11 8 8 0 3 1 70 10
2011-08-05 @KCR ND 6.1 7 3 3 0 4 0 82 51
2011-07-29 LAA W 8.0 5 2 2 0 6 1 107 70
2011-07-24 @MIN W 6.0 5 2 2 2 4 0 93 56
2011-07-19 OAK W 6.0 8 3 3 0 3 0 107 47
2011-07-08 @KCR W 5.1 6 3 1 1 5 0 90 52
Last 5 v.CLE 1-1 29.0 36 19 16 4 21 5 4.97 46
2011-08-10 @CLE L 3.2 11 8 8 0 3 1 70 10
2011-04-30 @CLE ND 7.0 7 2 2 1 7 2 100 61
2010-07-17 @CLE ND 8.0 6 1 1 0 6 1 99 72
2010-06-03 CLE ND 5.1 7 6 3 1 2 0 95 37
2010-04-09 CLE W 5.0 5 2 2 2 3 1 87 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   36-27   Road:   31-31   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  44-42   vsLHP:  23-16   1-Run:  19-14
 vsEast: 15-13   vsCntrl:29-18   vsWest: 16-16 IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Sat, Aug 20   CLE  W  10-1       67-58  1st  3.5 up
124 Fri, Aug 19   CLE  W   4-1       66-58  1st  2.5 up
123 Wed, Aug 17   MIN  L   5-6       65-58  1st  2.0 up
122 Tue, Aug 16   MIN  W   7-1       65-57  1st  3.0 up
121 Mon, Aug 15   MIN  L   6-9       64-57  1st  2.0 up
120 Sun, Aug 14  @BAL  L   5-8       64-56  1st  2.5 up
119 Sat, Aug 13  @BAL  W   6-5       64-55  1st  3.0 up
118 Fri, Aug 12  @BAL  W   5-4       63-55  1st  3.0 up
117 Thu, Aug 11  @CLE  W   4-3       62-55  1st  3.0 up
116 Wed, Aug 10  @CLE  L   3-10      61-55  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 20, 2011 DET 10  CLE  1        W:Doug Fister (5-13), L: David Huff (1-2), S: none
Fri, Aug 19, 2011 DET  4  CLE  1        W:Max Scherzer (13-7), L: Josh Tomlin (12-6), S: Jose Valverde (36)
Thu, Aug 11, 2011 DET  4 @CLE  3        W:Justin Verlander (17-5), L: Fausto Carmona (5-12), S: Jose Valverde (33)
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 CLE 10  DET  3        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (7-9), L: Rick Porcello (11-7), S: none
Tue, Aug 09, 2011 CLE  3  DET  2 (14)   W:Frank Herrmann (3-0), L: David Pauley (5-5), S: none
Thu, Jun 16, 2011 DET  6  CLE  2        W:Max Scherzer (9-2), L: Mitch Talbot (2-4), S: none
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
Season Series: 2011 - CLE over 6-5; 2010 - Tied 9-9; 2009 - DET won 14-4; All-Time - DET leads 1056-1028

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  5.42

BAL  4.20

SEA  3.35

 RA/G

PHI  3.27

BOS  4.20

BAL  5.37

 BA

A. Gonzalez  .343

J. Bruce  .271

A. Dunn  .169

 OBP

J. Bautista  .457

A. Pierzynski  .338

V. Wells  .234

 SLG

J. Bautista  .639

N. Swisher  .430

C. Getz  .284

 OPS

J. Bautista  1.096

Y. Molina  .773

A. Rios  .566

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.89

M. Pineda  3.77

J. Reyes  5.44

 K/9IP

B. Morrow  10.44

D. Holland  6.84

B. Penny  3.60

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

Indians Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 48.Porcello
G/S/vB		 64.Below*
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 34.Pauley
G/S/vB		 45.Perry
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 13/.693 2/.000 4/.500 4/.833 7/.858 4/.500 3/.000 1/3.000 487/335 .269/.322/.387/.709 .547/.780 .708 76/.647 13/5 7/3
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 21/.697 2/.000 6/.750 9/.625 9/.583 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 539/371 .286/.344/.477/.821 .783/.839 .751 102/.762 16/3 20/14
12.Carrera* G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 100/69 .236/.292/.281/.573 .348/.672 .577 62/.531 4/2 0/1
27.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 120/101 .225/.269/.369/.638 .436/.677 .571 59/.524 0/0 3/5
17.Choo* G/S/vP 20/.739 ··· 10/.875 9/.000 7/1.071 1/3.000 3/.666 ··· 339/228 .253/.339/.361/.701 .614/.744 .658 33/.827 12/5 6/4
16.Donald G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/1.350 1/.000 2/1.500 1/.000 34/17 .207/.294/.345/.639 1.244/.059 .471 34/.639 1/1 0/0
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 4/.750 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/2.500 ··· 2/.000 7/.143 433/358 .269/.354/.362/.715 .795/.698 .604 94/.617 3/5 3/3
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 17/.941 1/.000 9/1.000 5/.200 5/1.200 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 315/228 .282/.365/.451/.816 .634/.890 .800 88/.591 0/0 11/
9.Hannahan* G/S/vP 7/.953 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 292/200 .220/.315/.339/.653 .837/.568 .602 19/.831 2/1 5/5
7.LaPorta G/S/vP 9/.944 1/.000 4/.000 5/1.200 4/.000 5/.600 2/.000 1/.000 330/251 .243/.297/.415/.712 .640/.735 .719 61/.778 1/0 11/7
6.Marson G/S/vP 10/.300 ··· ··· 1/2.000 6/.500 4/.000 ··· ··· 170/102 .212/.280/.305/.584 .876/.406 .649 30/.280 2/1 1/2
41.Santana# G/S/vP 9/1.889 1/.000 5/1.000 7/.629 3/.333 ··· 6/.333 3/.000 497/337 .242/.350/.440/.790 .886/.750 .735 101/.868 4/3 18/10
2.Valbuena* G/S/vP 10/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 4/.750 1/.000 1/.000 29/20 .138/.138/.138/.276 .444/.200 .286 7/.286 0/0 0/0
IP 132.0 18.2 47.1 95.2 60.0 23.1 36.2 54.1 TOTAL .247/.315/.390/.705 .691/.712 .684 .687 67/34 111/81
ERA-K/9 4.98/5.3 2.89/5.3 3.80/8.0 4.52/5.0 2.40/5.7 6.56/6.2 4.17/8.3 2.65/8.5 4.17/6.9

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 575/.295 73/.206 191/.251 419/.280 241/.223 109/.286 160/.208 232/.205 .258  Choo
 Brantley
 Fukudome
 Carrera
 Valbuena
0/0/79/9
64/52/0/5
0/8/95/5
2/27/3/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .785 .501 .657 .720 .599 .808 .738 .599 .720
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 347/.875 34/.628 97/.733 136/.500 109/.443 47/.858 75/.515 137/.695 .720
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 228/.646 39/.382 94/.577 283/.824 132/.738 62/.769 85/.952 95/.469 .721
Home 268/.821 32/.668 102/.784 171/.794 100/.387 65/.790 77/.787 137/.657
Last 28d days 102/.862 51/.433 34/.467 56/.727 36/.962 4/.750 42/.522 44/.396
HR/SB/CS 13/13/3 1/1/1 5/1/2 4/9/6 2/3/3 1/2/1 6/5/3 4/7/3 109/96/42
Usage ·····X·· ···X···· ·o·oX··· o···oo·o ······X· ······o· o····X·· ·o·X···o
Tigers Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Jimenez
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 3/1.167 2/1.500 4/.500 3/.000 5/.450 1/no AB 6/.750 5/.200 413/308 .302/.398/.515/.912 .856/.931 1.015 91/1.155 3/1 14/5
20.Betemit# G/S/vP 4/1.250 2/.000 3/.000 3/.667 7/.715 2/.500 2/2.000 2/.000 292/201 .285/.339/.418/.757 .569/.846 .653 53/.840 3/1 5/10
26.Boesch* G/S/vP 4/.750 2/1.000 4/2.000 5/.000 7/.572 2/.500 4/.000 1/2.000 461/343 .285/.345/.465/.810 .752/.830 .839 77/.692 5/3 16/3
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 15/.829 3/.666 6/.000 6/1.467 9/.347 3/.333 4/4.000 12/.533 536/396 .322/.425/.548/.973 .945/.983 .922 108/.938 1/1 23/9
15.Inge G/S/vP 3/1.666 6/.833 3/.000 8/.125 6/.666 ··· 6/.000 10/.875 243/163 .183/.246/.265/.511 .623/.457 .510 4/2.000 1/0 2/9
14.Jackson G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.000 5/.400 9/.222 2/.000 1/.000 6/.000 4/.500 500/341 .245/.311/.360/.672 .715/.652 .671 96/.677 16/4 6/3
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 6/.334 1/2.000 4/.500 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.500 3/1.334 206/189 .235/.287/.332/.619 .375/.641 .499 28/.561 2/1 3/4
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 9/.666 7/1.071 8/.750 ··· 3/1.334 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 443/321 .324/.372/.441/.813 .784/.825 .818 95/.807 1/0 7/2
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 7/.286 20/2.162 3/.666 6/.900 8/.125 3/.000 5/1.600 4/.250 297/196 .229/.283/.299/.582 .627/.558 .691 77/.485 1/1 4/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP 2/1.500 9/.222 4/.833 ··· 4/.500 3/.000 2/.000 7/.572 444/312 .313/.358/.511/.869 .821/.889 .929 87/.697 0/2 18/6
25.Raburn G/S/vP 5/1.150 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 5/1.000 2/2.000 4/.250 2/.000 341/217 .232/.266/.392/.658 .716/.625 .646 49/.785 1/0 11/14
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 6/.666 4/.583 4/.500 7/.714 7/.858 1/.000 5/.800 2/.000 185/144 .252/.303/.368/.671 .915/.603 .760 30/1.141 0/0 3/2
21.Young G/S/vP 6/1.667 9/.254 2/1.000 3/.666 9/.111 2/.000 6/.733 10/.200 349/246 .266/.304/.361/.665 .686/.656 .676 87/.764 1/0 5/5
IP 140.2 51.0 41.2 47.0 51.0 47.0 50.2 48.2 TOTAL .270/.334/.417/.751 .761/.747 .775 .770 39/17 122/85
ERA-K/9 4.48/8.7 5.47/7.4 5.18/5.4 3.06/5.4 2.12/5.5 2.68/12.6 2.66/8.0 1.66/7.0 3.91/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (67-34-4)
 Kelly (0-0-1)
 Martinez (29-8-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 613/.255 230/.300 191/.307 192/.210 202/.235 191/.198 197/.185 197/.215 .255  Ordonez
 Boesch
 Jackson
 Young
 Raburn
 Kelly
0/0/53/7
57/0/48/6
0/116/0/4
80/0/0/4
49/2/5/2
15/4/26/1
OPS .750 .802 .843 .635 .579 .597 .598 .536 .711
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 286/.706 101/.772 94/1.156 101/.594 97/.484 75/.867 80/.521 58/.403 .757
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 327/.789 129/.824 97/.547 91/.674 105/.671 116/.418 117/.649 139/.592 .667
Road 301/.649 127/.902 90/.780 94/.673 95/.617 114/.533 88/.654 104/.642
Last 28d days 90/.899 51/.622 45/.994 44/.623 38/.526 45/.708 40/.479 40/.507
HR/SB/CS 12/18/4 5/5/3 6/6/0 4/5/0 1/2/4 4/1/0 7/12/2 1/1/2 113/74/36
Usage ····X··· X···X··· XX··o··· ··ooX··o ooo·o··o ··X·X··· ····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.