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Game Preview: CLE @ BOS, 7:10pm, Thursday, May 10, 2012 @Fenway Park

Indians, 17-13, 17-13 1st, 2 up

SP: Derek Lowe (39, RHP, 4-1, 2.39)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (4-1) 37.2 44 12 10 12 10 2 2.39
2011 (9-17) 187.0 212 110 105 70 137 14 5.05
2010 (16-12) 193.2 204 88 86 61 136 18 4.00
Last 7 GS 4-2 41.2 50 17 15 12 12 3 3.24 48
2012-05-05 TEX ND 6.0 9 2 2 2 1 0 104 45
2012-04-29 LAA W 7.2 3 0 0 2 1 0 107 72
2012-04-24 KCR W 6.0 8 1 1 1 5 0 96 56
2012-04-18 @SEA L 4.1 8 4 4 6 0 2 113 25
2012-04-13 @KCR W 6.2 11 3 3 0 2 0 92 42
2012-04-08 TOR W 7.0 5 2 0 1 1 0 95 63
2011-09-27 PHI L 4.0 6 5 5 0 2 1 72 32
Last 5 v.BOS 0-1 6.1 7 3 3 1 2 0 4.26 48
2009-06-20 @BOS L 6.1 7 3 3 1 2 0 110 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-10   Road:    9-3    ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  13-6    vsLHP:   4-7    1-Run:   7-1 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 8-7    vsWest:  8-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 30 Wed, May  9   CHW  L   1-8       17-13  1st  2.0 up
 29 Tue, May  8   CHW  L   3-5 (10)  17-12  1st  2.0 up
 28 Mon, May  7   CHW  W   3-2       17-11  1st  3.0 up
 27 Mon, May  7   CHW  W   8-6       16-11  1st  3.0 up
 26 Sun, May  6   TEX  W   4-2       15-11  1st  1.5 up
 25 Sat, May  5   TEX  L   2-5 (11)  14-11  1st  1.5 up
 24 Fri, May  4   TEX  W   6-3       14-10  1st  1.5 up
 23 Thu, May  3  @CHW  W   7-5       13-10  1st  1.5 up
 22 Wed, May  2  @CHW  W   6-3       12-10  1st  1.0 up
 21 Tue, May  1  @CHW  L   2-7       11-10  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
RedSox, 12-18, 12-18 5th, 7½ GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Josh Beckett (32, RHP, 2-3, 4.45)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-3) 32.1 30 16 16 9 24 7 4.45
2011 (13-7) 193.0 146 65 62 52 175 21 2.89
2010 (6-6) 127.2 151 89 82 45 116 20 5.78
Last 7 GS 2-5 45.2 44 28 28 14 37 11 5.52 49
2012-04-29 @CHW L 6.2 6 3 3 3 8 1 126 55
2012-04-24 @MIN W 6.0 5 2 2 3 5 0 100 56
2012-04-18 TEX L 7.0 7 3 3 1 7 1 110 57
2012-04-13 TBR W 8.0 5 1 1 1 1 0 94 68
2012-04-07 @DET L 4.2 7 7 7 1 3 5 83 24
2011-09-26 @BAL L 6.0 7 6 6 4 5 2 108 35
2011-09-21 BAL L 7.1 7 6 6 1 8 2 109 47
Last 5 v.CLE 3-1 30.2 26 11 11 10 30 3 3.23 57
2011-08-02 CLE ND 6.0 6 2 2 0 7 2 85 59
2011-05-24 @CLE W 6.2 5 1 1 3 6 0 111 63
2011-04-05 @CLE L 5.0 5 3 3 4 4 0 106 45
2010-08-03 CLE W 8.0 3 1 1 0 8 1 103 80
2009-10-03 CLE W 5.0 7 4 4 3 5 0 98 39
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-10   Road:    8-8    ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:   7-13   vsLHP:   5-5    1-Run:   3-4 
 vsEast:  4-8    vsCntrl: 7-6    vsWest:  1-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 30 Wed, May  9  @KCR  L   3-4       12-18  5th  7.5 gb
 29 Tue, May  8  @KCR  L   4-6       12-17  5th  6.5 gb
 28 Mon, May  7  @KCR  W  11-5       12-16  5th  6.5 gb
 27 Sun, May  6   BAL  L   6-9 (17)  11-16  5th  7.5 gb
 26 Sat, May  5   BAL  L   2-8       11-15  5th  7.0 gb
 25 Fri, May  4   BAL  L   4-6 (13)  11-14  5th  7.0 gb
 24 Wed, May  2   OAK  L   2-4       11-13  5th  5.5 gb
 23 Tue, May  1   OAK  L   3-5       11-12  5th  4.5 gb
 22 Mon, Apr 30   OAK  W  11-6       11-11  5th  3.5 gb
 21 Sun, Apr 29  @CHW  L   1-4       10-11  5th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 04, 2011 CLE  7 @BOS  3        W:Justin Masterson (9-7), L: Franklin Morales (0-2), S: none
Wed, Aug 03, 2011 BOS  4  CLE  3        W:Jonathan Papelbon (4-0), L: Joe Smith (2-2), S: none
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 BOS  3  CLE  2        W:Jonathan Papelbon (3-0), L: Vinnie Pestano (1-1), S: none
Mon, Aug 01, 2011 CLE  9 @BOS  6        W:Rafael Perez (4-1), L: Daniel Bard (1-5), S: none
Wed, May 25, 2011 BOS 14 @CLE  2        W:Jon Lester (7-1), L: Mitch Talbot (1-1), S: none
Tue, May 24, 2011 BOS  4 @CLE  2        W:Josh Beckett (4-1), L: Roberto Hernandez (3-5), S: Jonathan Papelbon (9)
Mon, May 23, 2011 CLE  3  BOS  2        W:Joe Smith (2-1), L: Daniel Bard (1-4), S: Chris Perez (13)
Thu, Apr 07, 2011 CLE  1  BOS  0        W:Rafael Perez (2-0), L: Daniel Bard (0-2), S: Chris Perez (2)
Wed, Apr 06, 2011 CLE  8  BOS  4        W:Rafael Perez (1-0), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 05, 2011 CLE  3  BOS  1        W:Josh Tomlin (1-0), L: Josh Beckett (0-1), S: Chris Perez (1)
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - CLE won 6-4; 2010 - Tied 4-4; All-Time - CLE leads 1021-958

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 2012 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

TEX  5.67

CHW  4.03

PIT  2.90

 RA/G

WSN  3.03

PHI  4.09

BOS  5.70

 BA

J. Hamilton  .406

J. Reddick  .264

B. Ryan  .157

 OBP

B. LaHair  .476

C. Johnson  .331

D. Valencia  .204

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .840

C. Pena  .414

B. Morel  .194

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.298

Y. Cespedes  .753

B. Morel  .400

 ERA

R. Dempster  1.02

K. Drabek  3.34

C. Buchholz  9.09

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  10.35

K. Drabek  7.20

D. Lowe  2.39

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

Indians Batters (4.40 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (5.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Beckett
G/S/vB		 91.Aceves
G/S/vB		 32.Albers
G/S/vB		 48.Atchison
G/S/vB		 53.Hill*
G/S/vB		 30.Miller*
G/S/vB		 46.Morales*
G/S/vB		 59.Mortensen
G/S/vB		 44.Padilla
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 12/.817 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 124/77 .233/.282/.319/.601 .707/.537 .586 103/.645 2/4 0/0
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 19/.921 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 112/64 .337/.420/.531/.950 .958/.942 1.126 87/1.033 1/2 3/3
17.Choo* G/S/vP 18/.889 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.167 13/.725 106/63 .236/.358/.326/.684 .507/.792 .675 81/.712 5/1 1/0
2.Cunningham G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 51/27 .227/.320/.273/.593 .638/.549 .641 42/.631 0/1 0/0
33.Damon* G/S/vP 62/.767 5/.400 10/.786 1/no AB 2/.000 9/.819 4/.833 ··· 14/.762 31/20 .167/.194/.267/.460 .455/.463 .472 31/.460 0/0 0/0
16.Donald G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 49/26 .178/.188/.178/.365 .186/.519 .438 42/.400 2/0 0/2
47.Duncan G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 97/54 .213/.330/.363/.692 .900/.524 .897 77/.629 0/0 3/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 24/1.158 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/1.500 5/.200 12/.958 115/76 .256/.400/.456/.856 .759/.905 1.122 97/.842 0/0 4/
9.Hannahan* G/S/vP 8/.250 1/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 10/.650 100/64 .291/.374/.419/.792 .667/.861 .919 83/.778 0/1 2/5
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 134/73 .265/.341/.470/.811 .697/.905 1.162 110/.897 6/1 5/1
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 25/.680 8/1.518 4/.500 3/.333 1/.000 6/1.167 6/1.166 ··· 12/.432 103/62 .198/.284/.297/.581 .598/.570 .731 82/.690 3/0 2/1
6.Marson G/S/vP 5/1.600 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 23/11 .053/.217/.105/.323 .450/.182 .556 20/.375 1/0 0/0
41.Santana# G/S/vP 9/.111 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/5.000 3/.333 ··· 126/74 .265/.397/.431/.828 .776/.857 .798 101/.806 1/1 4/3
IP 32.1 11.2 14.2 20.0 4.2 1.2 11.0 9.1 13.1 TOTAL .243/.336/.377/.714 .697/.726 .807 .736 21/11 25/17
ERA-K/9 4.45/6.7 6.17/13.1 1.84/4.3 1.35/6.3 1.93/7.7 0.00/21.2 4.91/5.7 0.96/11.6 6.08/9.5 5.23/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Marson (8-3-0)
 Santana (10-5-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 136/.238 55/.261 55/.196 77/.197 18/.143 5/.000 49/.302 33/.182 59/.309 .273  Brantley
 Cunningham
 Choo
 Duncan
 Damon
 Donald
0/28/0/2
15/4/9/2
0/0/24/1
25/0/0/0
7/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .741 .762 .588 .501 .548 .000 .693 .545 .865 .788
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 66/.778 27/.854 23/.798 34/.584 9/.778 3/.000 18/.410 19/.526 26/.615 .782
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 70/.706 28/.671 32/.446 43/.436 9/.347 2/.000 31/.859 14/.571 33/1.075 .793
Home 58/.545 34/.655 35/.479 53/.583 14/.381 4/.000 32/.876 22/.455 28/1.234
Last 28d days 113/.604 47/.608 50/.539 61/.537 18/.548 5/.000 40/.796 33/.545 42/.995
HR/SB/CS 7/1/0 1/0/0 2/1/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 2/1/0 39/15/4
Usage ········ ···X·X·· ·o·X·X·o ···XXo·· ···X·o·· ·o·X···· ···X·X·· X···X··X ··XX·o··
RedSox Batters (5.40 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Lowe
G/S/vB		 50.Hagadone*
G/S/vB		 54.Perez
G/S/vB		 52.Pestano
G/S/vB		 49.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 32.Asencio
G/S/vB		 44.Wheeler
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Aviles G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 7/.453 5/.000 2/1.000 5/.400 ··· 6/1.800 137/97 .266/.304/.453/.757 1.122/.616 .796 118/.798 4/3 5/3
23.Byrd G/S/vP 6/.834 ··· 2/3.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 10/1.278 112/78 .192/.234/.202/.436 .826/.333 .262 89/.502 0/2 0/2
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 24/.855 ··· 3/.333 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 138/86 .279/.341/.393/.734 .755/.719 .648 110/.729 0/0 2/0
54.McDonald G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 64/35 .182/.281/.364/.645 .660/.631 .664 54/.709 1/1 2/0
64.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/16 .346/.370/.846/1.217 1.455/1.042 .978 27/1.217 1/0 3/2
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 7/.715 ··· 5/.200 2/.000 7/.286 ··· ··· 11/.573 131/84 .359/.420/.650/1.069 1.198/.992 1.275 105/1.151 0/1 7/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 5/.800 1/.000 2/no AB 2/1.000 ··· 8/.000 142/100 .307/.380/.496/.876 .639/.971 .808 114/.858 3/2 4/1
5.Punto# G/S/vP 12/.788 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 5/.400 37/29 .138/.297/.172/.470 .708/.406 .278 26/.269 0/0 0/1
7.Ross G/S/vP 13/.862 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/.375 1/2.000 5/.400 120/84 .250/.308/.463/.771 .757/.777 .839 99/.819 0/1 5/0
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 76/70 .239/.276/.493/.769 .500/.793 .704 61/.864 0/0 4/3
10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 50/25 .238/.347/.405/.752 .701/.804 1.169 41/.807 1/0 0/0
12.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 2/1.500 5/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 99/85 .355/.384/.516/.900 .357/.993 .895 79/.834 0/0 0/1
IP 37.2 9.1 13.2 13.0 9.0 15.1 18.0 9.2 TOTAL .272/.331/.450/.781 .846/.754 .797 .814 10/9 34/14
ERA-K/9 2.39/2.4 0.96/8.7 3.95/6.6 2.08/13.2 8.00/10.0 2.93/7.1 5.50/8.0 5.59/1.9 4.07/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Saltalamacchia (12-3-2)
 Shoppach (3-1-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 162/.295 33/.097 60/.204 51/.213 43/.308 61/.212 76/.232 45/.282 .248  McDonald
 Ross
 Byrd
 Sweeney
15/2/3/2
18/7/11/2
0/29/0/1
0/0/25/0
OPS .728 .248 .544 .657 .859 .636 .723 .817 .699
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 72/.952 14/.220 30/.559 25/.882 19/.433 22/.483 36/.681 19/1.350 .801
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 90/.557 19/.269 30/.530 26/.442 24/1.214 39/.723 40/.759 26/.413 .610
Road 54/1.046 17/.301 22/.282 20/.500 15/.833 26/.635 26/.561 13/.731
Last 28d days 135/.774 33/.248 44/.443 38/.570 32/.746 48/.569 50/.735 32/.626
HR/SB/CS 2/1/1 0/1/1 0/1/0 2/0/2 0/1/0 1/1/0 3/1/1 2/0/0 25/18/8
Usage ····X··· ·oo·X··· ·X·X·ooo ···oXX·o ··oo··oo ··o·X·XX X·X····· ·X····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.