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Game Preview: CLE @ CHW, 8:10pm, Thursday, May 3, 2012 @U.S. Cellular Field

Indians, 12-10, 12-10 1st, 1 up

SP: Justin Masterson (27, RHP, 0-2, 5.40)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-2) 30.0 27 20 18 17 20 4 5.40
2011 (12-10) 216.0 211 89 77 65 158 11 3.21
2010 (6-13) 180.0 197 107 94 73 140 14 4.70
Last 7 GS 1-2 40.2 39 27 22 24 27 5 4.87 46
2012-04-27 LAA ND 8.1 4 2 2 5 5 1 112 67
2012-04-22 @OAK L 5.0 6 4 4 6 2 1 111 35
2012-04-17 @SEA ND 3.2 7 8 8 4 1 1 71 12
2012-04-11 CHW L 5.0 8 5 3 1 2 0 94 36
2012-04-05 TOR ND 8.0 2 1 1 1 10 1 99 83
2011-09-23 MIN ND 4.2 5 4 3 6 4 1 106 38
2011-09-18 @MIN W 6.0 7 3 1 1 3 0 100 52
Last 5 v.CHW 2-3 33.0 31 13 8 9 18 1 2.18 56
2012-04-11 CHW L 5.0 8 5 3 1 2 0 94 36
2011-08-18 @CHW W 6.0 7 2 2 3 2 1 108 49
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-7    Road:    8-3    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  10-5    vsLHP:   2-5    1-Run:   6-1 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 5-5    vsWest:  6-3  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 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
 20 Sun, Apr 29   LAA  W   4-0       11-9   1st  1.0 up
 19 Sat, Apr 28   LAA  L   1-2       10-9   1st    Tied
 18 Fri, Apr 27   LAA  W   3-2       10-8   1st  1.0 up
 17 Thu, Apr 26   KCR  L   2-4        9-8   1st    Tied
 16 Wed, Apr 25   KCR  L   2-8        9-7   1st    Tied
 15 Tue, Apr 24   KCR  W   4-3        9-6   1st    Tied
 14 Sun, Apr 22  @OAK  L   1-5        8-6   3rd  1.0 gb
 13 Sat, Apr 21  @OAK  W   5-1        8-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:12-10
WhiteSox, 12-12, 12-12 2nd, 1 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: John Danks (27, LHP, 2-3, 6.23)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-3) 30.1 31 21 21 15 24 5 6.23
2011 (8-12) 170.1 182 89 82 46 135 19 4.33
2010 (15-11) 213.0 189 93 88 70 162 18 3.72
Last 7 GS 4-3 43.2 47 28 27 16 32 5 5.56 46
2012-04-27 BOS L 5.2 6 7 7 4 4 1 93 29
2012-04-22 @SEA W 6.0 7 4 4 4 6 0 94 44
2012-04-17 BAL L 7.0 5 3 3 2 5 2 102 58
2012-04-11 @CLE W 5.2 7 4 4 5 3 1 107 37
2012-04-06 @TEX L 6.0 6 3 3 0 6 1 78 54
2011-09-24 KCR W 7.1 6 3 3 1 8 0 91 61
2011-09-18 @KCR W 6.0 10 4 3 0 0 0 100 38
Last 5 v.CLE 3-2 31.0 31 13 13 11 28 3 3.77 53
2012-04-11 @CLE W 5.2 7 4 4 5 3 1 107 37
2011-04-03 @CLE L 6.0 6 2 2 1 8 1 104 59
2010-06-04 CLE L 5.1 9 4 4 2 5 0 113 37
2010-05-24 @CLE W 5.0 6 2 2 2 5 0 112 50
2009-09-28 @CLE W 9.0 3 1 1 1 7 1 115 83
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-8    Road:    7-4    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:  10-7    vsLHP:   2-5    1-Run:   1-4 
 vsEast:  2-6    vsCntrl: 5-2    vsWest:  5-4  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 24 Wed, May  2   CLE  L   3-6       12-12  2nd  1.0 gb
 23 Tue, May  1   CLE  W   7-2       12-11  1st    Tied
 22 Sun, Apr 29   BOS  W   4-1       11-11  2nd  1.0 gb
 21 Sat, Apr 28   BOS  L   0-1       10-11  3rd  1.0 gb
 20 Fri, Apr 27   BOS  L   3-10      10-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 19 Thu, Apr 26   BOS  L   3-10      10-9   1st    Tied
 18 Wed, Apr 25  @OAK  L   4-5 (14)  10-8   1st    Tied
 17 Tue, Apr 24  @OAK  L   0-2       10-7   1st    Tied
 16 Mon, Apr 23  @OAK  W   4-0       10-6   1st    Tied
 15 Sun, Apr 22  @SEA  W   7-4        9-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:12-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 02, 2012 CLE  6 @CHW  3        W:Joe Smith (1-0), L: Will Ohman (0-1), S: Chris Perez (8)
Tue, May 01, 2012 CHW  7  CLE  2        W:Chris Sale (3-1), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (2-2), S: none
Wed, Apr 11, 2012 CHW 10 @CLE  6        W:John Danks (1-1), L: Justin Masterson (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 09, 2012 CHW  4 @CLE  2        W:Chris Sale (1-0), L: Josh Tomlin (0-1), S: Hector Santiago (2)

Thu, Sep 22, 2011 CLE 11  CHW  2        W:Jeanmar Gomez (5-2), L: Philip Humber (9-9), S: none
Wed, Sep 21, 2011 CHW  8 @CLE  4        W:Mark Buehrle (12-9), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (10-12), S: none
Tue, Sep 20, 2011 CHW  5 @CLE  4        W:Matt Thornton (2-5), L: Zach Putnam (0-1), S: Chris Sale (7)
Tue, Sep 20, 2011 CLE  4  CHW  3        W:Roberto Hernandez (7-15), L: Gavin Floyd (12-12), S: Chris Perez (35)
Sun, Sep 11, 2011 CLE  7 @CHW  3        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (9-11), L: Zach Stewart (2-4), S: none
Sat, Sep 10, 2011 CHW  7  CLE  3 (10)   W:Sergio Santos (4-4), L: Chris Perez (3-7), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - CHW over 3-1; 2011 - CHW won 11-7; 2010 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - CHW leads 1038-994

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
Indians Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (3.75 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB
39.Axelrod
G/S/vB
65.Jones
G/S/vB
77.Ohman*
G/S/vB
43.Reed
G/S/vB
53.Santiago*
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 7/.453 ··· ··· 4/1.167 ··· ··· 5/.600 6/.583 93/63 .235/.301/.329/.630 .815/.544 .593 86/.631 2/3 0/0
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 20/.649 ··· ··· 5/.700 2/2.500 ··· 3/.000 13/.725 78/49 .290/.372/.478/.850 .779/.890 1.014 71/.910 1/1 2/2
17.Choo* G/S/vP 25/.945 ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· 3/.000 22/.818 77/47 .219/.351/.297/.648 .683/.616 .705 70/.629 3/1 0/0
2.Cunningham G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 ··· 45/26 .250/.318/.300/.618 .681/.572 .641 41/.633 0/1 0/0
33.Damon* G/S/vP 10/.856 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 12/1.300 4/4 .000/.250/.000/.250 /.250 .250 4/.250 0/0 0/0
16.Donald G/S/vP 5/.900 3/2.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 7/.000 3/.666 42/22 .184/.195/.184/.379 .216/.523 .438 39/.379 2/0 0/1
47.Duncan G/S/vP 8/1.500 3/.667 ··· 2/5.000 2/1.500 2/.500 3/.666 3/1.334 81/53 .246/.370/.415/.786 1.273/.534 1.009 78/.756 0/0 3/1
48.Hafner* G/S/vP 29/.866 ··· ··· 9/.347 1/3.000 1/.000 4/.833 25/.775 89/61 .290/.438/.478/.916 .764/.986 1.122 85/.939 0/0 3/
9.Hannahan* G/S/vP 7/.286 2/.000 ··· 4/2.750 1/3.000 ··· 3/2.000 5/.600 77/54 .292/.382/.415/.797 .737/.822 .972 71/.759 0/1 1/4
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 99/60 .279/.351/.453/.804 .682/.881 1.024 92/.837 5/1 3/1
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 20/.926 ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· 10/.200 80/48 .143/.241/.243/.483 .472/.490 .702 73/.534 2/0 2/1
6.Marson G/S/vP 9/.985 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/.750 2/no AB 15/9 .083/.267/.167/.433 .733/.222 .556 15/.433 0/0 0/0
41.Santana# G/S/vP 6/.533 3/1.167 ··· 5/1.850 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 6/.833 93/58 .260/.409/.466/.874 .803/.911 .881 86/.900 1/0 4/2
IP 30.1 2.1 9.0 8.2 8.2 7.1 7.0 11.1 TOTAL .242/.342/.376/.719 .740/.707 .806 .730 16/8 19/12
ERA-K/9 6.23/7.1 3.86/7.8 2.00/7.0 6.23/4.1 0.00/11.4 7.36/14.8 2.57/3.9 2.38/8.0 3.46/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Marson (8-1-0)
 Santana (7-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 137/.263 11/.300 38/.212 37/.257 34/.161 37/.353 30/.333 46/.227 .215  Cunningham
 Brantley
 Duncan
 Damon
 Choo
 Donald
10/3/8/2
0/20/0/1
21/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/16/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .784 .964 .528 .726 .461 1.141 .833 .579 .647
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 47/.765 2/.500 17/.180 22/.418 12/.583 14/.857 11/.909 19/.760 .632
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 90/.794 9/1.000 21/.829 15/1.186 22/.385 23/1.341 19/.789 27/.453 .658
Home 53/.789 11/.964 27/.583 25/.737 19/.780 16/1.207 30/.833 16/.650
Last 28d days 137/.784 11/.964 38/.528 37/.726 34/.461 37/1.141 30/.833 46/.579
HR/SB/CS 5/1/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 0/0/0 4/0/0 1/1/1 1/0/0 27/5/9
Usage ·····X·· ·····X·· ·····X·X Xo····Xo o··X···X ·X·····X oX····X· o··X···o
WhiteSox Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 63.Masterson
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
15.Beckham G/S/vP 21/.536 1/.000 8/.625 3/.333 3/.333 9/.536 2/.500 3/1.667 72/54 .185/.264/.277/.541 .410/.584 .493 72/.541 1/1 1/1
30.De Aza* G/S/vP 6/.334 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.334 2/1.000 4/.250 1/.000 3/1.666 105/76 .242/.333/.462/.795 .438/.935 .753 105/.795 3/1 3/1
32.Dunn* G/S/vP 18/1.111 2/.500 4/1.167 1/2.000 6/.533 1/no AB 2/.000 11/.614 104/71 .238/.385/.536/.920 .495/1.112 .881 104/.920 0/0 6/0
38.Escobar# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/16 .150/.190/.250/.440 .800/.321 .364 21/.440 0/0 0/1
17.Flowers G/S/vP 4/2.000 2/.500 2/.500 3/4.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 17/7 .133/.235/.333/.569 .700/.286 1.025 17/.569 1/0 1/0
1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 3/2.500 ··· ··· 30/27 .192/.267/.231/.497 .333/.499 .125 30/.497 0/1 0/0
14.Konerko G/S/vP 32/.938 ··· 12/.833 4/.250 2/.500 11/1.055 3/1.000 13/.891 98/69 .352/.418/.625/1.043 .997/1.061 .968 98/1.043 0/0 5/0
18.Lillibridge G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· 1/no AB 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 25/18 .190/.292/.190/.482 .143/.620 .311 25/.482 6/1 0/0
22.Morel G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.500 2/.000 4/.000 2/.000 2/.500 88/64 .188/.226/.213/.439 .488/.420 .386 88/.439 3/1 0/3
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 27/.865 1/.000 5/.000 2/.000 5/1.000 2/1.000 4/.000 5/.200 82/66 .289/.329/.539/.869 .975/.843 .998 82/.869 0/0 5/1
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 29/.425 1/.000 7/.619 4/.000 2/1.000 7/.286 3/.666 5/1.200 101/76 .208/.232/.260/.493 .573/.466 .634 101/.493 1/0 1/1
51.Rios G/S/vP 30/.529 ··· 8/1.125 2/.000 4/1.833 5/.933 2/.000 13/.504 91/65 .293/.341/.415/.755 .569/.828 .548 91/.755 2/3 1/1
24.Viciedo G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 77/59 .213/.234/.360/.594 .722/.554 .721 77/.594 0/0 3/0
IP 30.0 5.1 10.0 10.2 7.0 11.1 13.2 7.1 TOTAL .239/.305/.396/.701 .614/.732 .687 .701 17/8 26/12
ERA-K/9 5.40/6.0 1.69/8.5 3.60/6.3 2.53/12.6 7.71/9.0 1.59/9.6 5.93/7.9 3.68/2.5 4.06/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Flowers (0-5-0)
 Pierzynski (5-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 134/.239 20/.105 43/.211 43/.205 33/.300 44/.200 59/.259 33/.250 .246  De Aza
 Rios
 Fukudome
 Viciedo
 Lillibridge
0/23/0/0
0/0/22/0
3/1/2/0
20/0/0/0
9/0/0/0
OPS .710 .255 .542 .689 .864 .523 .822 .726 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 78/.791 10/.200 25/.593 22/.818 16/.517 16/.517 28/.761 14/1.044 .784
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 56/.599 10/.311 18/.472 21/.554 17/1.204 28/.526 31/.874 19/.463 .632
Road 49/1.030 17/.301 19/.269 20/.500 14/.896 20/.600 26/.561 10/.211
Last 28d days 107/.810 20/.255 36/.371 37/.711 27/.947 38/.469 46/.838 33/.726
HR/SB/CS 4/3/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 2/0/1 0/1/0 0/1/0 3/1/1 1/0/0 22/15/5
Usage ·····X·· ·o··o··· o··o···· o··o·o·· o·····X· X···X·X· ·X·····X ······Xo

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.