Saturday, August 11, 2012 Game Previews

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Game Preview: BOS @ CLE, 6:05pm, Saturday, August 11, 2012 @Progressive Field

RedSox, 56-58, 56-58 4th, 11 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Franklin Morales (26, LHP, 3-2, 3.14)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (3-2)			63.0	50	24	22	23	64	6	3.14
2011 (1-2)			46.1	40	21	19	19	42	6	3.69
2010 (0-4)			28.2	28	22	20	24	27	5	6.28

Last 7 GS		3-1	34.1	28	14	13	11	38	6	3.41	55
2012-08-05	MIN	W	6.0	3	1	1	3	4	0	106	63
2012-07-13	@TBR	W	5.0	2	0	0	3	5	0	95	65
2012-07-07	NYY	L	3.1	6	6	6	2	2	4	80	24
2012-06-28	@SEA	ND	7.0	3	0	0	2	7	0	109	76
2012-06-23	ATL	W	6.0	7	3	2	1	8	0	86	55
2012-06-17	@CHC	ND	5.0	4	2	2	0	9	0	80	60
2009-04-21	@ARI	ND	2.0	3	2	2	0	3	2	33	45

Has never faced CLE as starter.

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

 Home:   29-34   Road:   27-24   ExtrInn: 2-6 
 vsRHP:  33-44   vsLHP:  23-14   1-Run:  12-14
 vsEast: 18-24   vsCntrl:20-14   vsWest:  7-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Fri, Aug 10  @CLE  W   3-2       56-58  4th 11.0 gb
113 Thu, Aug  9  @CLE  L   3-5       55-58  4th 11.0 gb
112 Wed, Aug  8   TEX  L   9-10      55-57  4th 10.0 gb
111 Tue, Aug  7   TEX  L   3-6       55-56  4th  9.0 gb
110 Mon, Aug  6   TEX  W   9-2       55-55  4th  9.0 gb
109 Sun, Aug  5   MIN  W   6-4       54-55  4th 10.0 gb
108 Sat, Aug  4   MIN  L   4-6       53-55  4th 10.0 gb
107 Fri, Aug  3   MIN  L   5-6 (10)  53-54  4th 10.0 gb
106 Thu, Aug  2   MIN  L   0-5       53-53  4th  9.0 gb
105 Wed, Aug  1   DET  L   5-7       53-52  4th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

Indians, 52-61, 52-61 3rd, 10 GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Zach McAllister (24, RHP, 4-4, 3.60)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (4-4)			70.0	72	46	28	20	65	9	3.60
2011 (0-1)			17.2	26	16	12	7	14	1	6.11

Last 7 GS		2-3	39.1	40	30	15	13	37	7	3.43	49
2012-08-06	MIN	L	1.2	6	9	2	2	3	2	62	22
2012-08-01	@KCR	L	6.0	5	5	4	2	3	0	105	45
2012-07-26	DET	ND	6.1	9	3	2	2	7	1	117	50
2012-07-21	BAL	L	7.2	5	3	3	0	6	2	95	63
2012-07-16	@TBR	W	6.0	3	1	1	4	5	0	99	63
2012-07-08	TBR	ND	5.2	4	4	0	3	8	0	89	58
2012-07-03	LAA	W	6.0	8	5	3	0	5	2	92	45

Last 5 v.BOS		0-1	7.0	8	4	4	0	8	1	5.14	53
2012-05-12	@BOS	L	7.0	8	4	4	0	8	1	112	53

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

 Home:   29-28   Road:   23-33   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  40-37   vsLHP:  12-24   1-Run:  15-8 
 vsEast: 12-19   vsCntrl:20-27   vsWest: 12-5  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Fri, Aug 10   BOS  L   2-3       52-61  3rd 10.0 gb
112 Thu, Aug  9   BOS  W   5-3       52-60  3rd  9.0 gb
111 Wed, Aug  8   MIN  W   6-2       51-60  3rd  9.5 gb
110 Tue, Aug  7   MIN  L   5-7       50-60  3rd 10.5 gb
109 Mon, Aug  6   MIN  L   3-14      50-59  3rd 10.5 gb
108 Sun, Aug  5  @DET  L   8-10(10)  50-58  3rd  9.5 gb
107 Sat, Aug  4  @DET  L   1-6       50-57  3rd  8.5 gb
106 Fri, Aug  3  @DET  L   2-10      50-56  3rd  8.5 gb
105 Thu, Aug  2  @KCR  L   6-7 (11)  50-55  3rd  7.5 gb
104 Wed, Aug  1  @KCR  L   2-5       50-54  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 10, 2012 BOS  3 @CLE  2        W:Clay Buchholz (10-3), L: Chris Seddon (0-1), S: none
Thu, Aug 09, 2012 CLE  5  BOS  3        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (9-11), L: Felix Doubront (10-6), S: Chris Perez (30)
Sun, May 13, 2012 BOS 12  CLE  1        W:Daniel Bard (3-4), L: Justin Masterson (1-3), S: none
Sat, May 12, 2012 BOS  4  CLE  1        W:Felix Doubront (3-1), L: Zach McAllister (1-1), S: Alfredo Aceves (7)
Fri, May 11, 2012 BOS  7  CLE  5        W:Clay Buchholz (4-1), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (3-3), S: Alfredo Aceves (6)
Thu, May 10, 2012 CLE  8 @BOS  3        W:Derek Lowe (5-1), L: Josh Beckett (2-4), S: none

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
Season Series: 2012 - BOS over 4-2; 2011 - CLE won 6-4; 2010 - Tied 4-4; All-Time - CLE leads 1023-962

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 5.12 CIN 4.32 CHC 3.71	RA/G WSN 3.50 DET 4.40 COL 5.71	BA A. McCutchen .365 S. Castro .275 J. Smoak .189	OBP J. Votto .465 Y. Alonso .339 J. Smoak .253	SLG A. McCutchen .615 A. Gordon .436 J. Carroll .292	OPS J. Votto 1.069 E. Andrus .771 J. Smoak .573	ERA J. Weaver 2.13 V. Worley 3.83 J. Guthrie 6.10	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.31 D. Haren 7.32 D. Lowe 3.10

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.12

CIN 4.32

CHC 3.71

RA/G

WSN 3.50

DET 4.40

COL 5.71

A. McCutchen .365

S. Castro .275

J. Smoak .189

OBP

J. Votto .465

Y. Alonso .339

J. Smoak .253

SLG

A. McCutchen .615

A. Gordon .436

J. Carroll .292

OPS

J. Votto 1.069

E. Andrus .771

J. Smoak .573

ERA

J. Weaver 2.13

V. Worley 3.83

J. Guthrie 6.10

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.31

D. Haren 7.32

D. Lowe 3.10

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RedSox Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.McAllister
G/S/vB 37.Allen
G/S/vB 56.Herrmann
G/S/vB 54.Perez
G/S/vB 52.Pestano
G/S/vB 32.Rogers
G/S/vB 44.Seddon*
G/S/vB 49.Sipp*
G/S/vB 38.Smith
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Aviles G/S/vP 3/.833 1/2.000 2/2.000 8/.393 6/.000 1/.000 3/.333 2/1.000 5/.400 428/300 .254/.282/.396/.678 .788/.631 .676 74/.566 10/4 11/11

77.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 87/57 .341/.349/.482/.831 .800/.848 .758 65/.738 6/0 1/1

13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/2.167 4/.250 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 91/57 .267/.297/.477/.773 .917/.688 .358 91/.773 3/0 3/1

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.000 3/1.167 ··· 3/.000 4/.000 4/1.833 146/89 .246/.301/.343/.645 .554/.706 .574 107/.653 6/0 1/0

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/2.500 3/.333 3/.333 4/.500 3/.000 3/1.000 ··· 478/305 .308/.351/.467/.818 .847/.801 .707 107/1.070 0/0 12/4

60.Lavarnway G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 18/9 .125/.222/.188/.410 .347/.472 .667 18/.410 0/0 0/0

64.Middlebrooks G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 286/186 .288/.325/.509/.835 .906/.798 .826 93/.777 4/1 15/9

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 4/1.250 1/no AB 2/.000 5/.800 3/.000 ··· 3/1.334 4/3.500 2/1.000 429/289 .275/.332/.411/.743 .748/.741 .755 91/.804 9/4 9/3

26.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 4/.250 1/no AB 73/61 .385/.406/.477/.883 .764/.905 .855 3/.667 6/1 1/0

5.Punto# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 131/111 .200/.302/.273/.575 .426/.602 .715 11/.182 4/0 1/2

7.Ross G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 2/2.500 3/2.667 1/.000 8/.375 337/233 .278/.345/.538/.884 1.152/.766 .737 102/.917 1/1 18/0

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 320/276 .231/.288/.483/.770 .591/.799 .803 66/.639 0/1 20/6

10.Shoppach G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 154/70 .250/.329/.478/.807 .813/.798 .662 43/.646 1/0 5/4

IP 70.0 10.1 0.1 41.2 51.0 56.2 10.2 39.2 46.1 TOTAL .267/.326/.437/.763 .788/.752 .711 .745 57/18 131/65

ERA-K/9

3.60/8.4

0.00/7.9

0.00/0.0

3.89/9.9

1.24/10.2

5.08/9.7

5.06/4.2

4.76/9.7

3.11/6.4

4.71/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Lavarnway (0-0-0)
Saltalamacchia (61-14-5)
Shoppach (19-10-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 302/.259 39/.065 1/.000 178/.238 198/.165 257/.277 47/.286 167/.228 188/.225 .265 Ross
Gonzalez
Podsednik
Ellsbury
Ciriaco
Crawford 21/7/56/5
0/0/18/1
7/15/0/0
0/34/0/0
0/0/1/0
22/0/0/0

OPS .737 .301 .000 .653 .491 .789 .862 .730 .629 .757

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 176/.681 22/.227 1/.000 94/.619 107/.580 126/.734 14/.429 84/.666 69/.623 .804

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 126/.819 17/.393 / 84/.690 91/.390 131/.838 33/1.067 83/.799 119/.633 .709

Home 199/.768 23/.332 1/.000 111/.670 113/.543 145/.769 25/.628 83/.692 99/.559

Last 28d days 119/.766 39/.301 1/.000 40/.836 50/.420 69/.780 47/.862 47/.615 39/.790

HR/SB/CS 9/9/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 3/3/0 2/3/2 6/0/1 2/1/0 6/3/2 3/1/1 114/94/24

Usage ····X··· X···Xo·X ···o···· ·o·X·X·· ·XoX·X·· X·o·o·X· X··o·X·· ·o·oXo·· ···oXo··

Indians Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 46.Morales*
G/S/vB 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB 37.Melancon
G/S/vB 30.Miller*
G/S/vB 59.Mortensen
G/S/vB 63.Tazawa
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Brantley* G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 1/.000 457/301 .293/.344/.421/.765 .764/.765 .697 101/.730 12/6 4/1

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.333 7/.200 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 457/302 .283/.348/.444/.792 .769/.804 .804 105/.726 5/3 13/15

12.Carrera* G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 26/20 .360/.346/.640/.986 .333/1.189 .297 26/.986 1/1 1/0

17.Choo* G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.333 9/1.413 ··· 2/.000 3/1.167 1/2.000 475/311 .288/.371/.471/.842 .614/.959 .897 112/.765 12/6 13/1

16.Donald G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 62/33 .182/.230/.255/.484 .534/.442 .394 8/.821 4/0 1/3

47.Duncan G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 3/.000 ··· 232/123 .219/.310/.418/.728 .722/.733 .612 42/.496 1/2 10/2

9.Hannahan* G/S/vP 2/1.000 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 4/.000 1/3.000 ··· 231/167 .231/.300/.341/.641 .498/.695 .610 53/.591 0/2 4/8

22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 475/303 .259/.335/.386/.721 .613/.781 .641 96/.553 23/4 11/4

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 7/1.262 9/1.569 7/.666 1/2.000 9/.777 ··· ··· 365/269 .226/.289/.349/.639 .606/.650 .686 75/.484 3/0 10/5

1.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 3/.666 112/63 .181/.216/.200/.416 .289/.520 .400 27/.481 9/2 0/1

6.Marson G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/1.100 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 152/80 .246/.344/.331/.675 .604/.738 .545 36/.329 3/0 0/1

41.Santana# G/S/vP 1/5.000 3/.333 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.333 1/no AB 409/271 .239/.364/.406/.770 .784/.763 .841 105/1.035 2/3 12/8

IP 63.0 57.2 48.0 26.2 29.1 26.0 20.2 TOTAL .253/.326/.395/.721 .660/.752 .724 .660 75/32 102/61

ERA-K/9

3.14/9.1

4.21/8.0

2.63/8.4

7.43/7.1

3.07/10.4

1.73/6.2

1.74/7.8

4.34/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Marson (45-6-1)
Santana (46-17-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 263/.216 241/.231 199/.225 120/.290 116/.194 99/.182 86/.284 .256 Brantley
Choo
Duncan
Carrera
Lillibridge
Donald 0/109/0/4
0/0/107/4
52/0/1/3
8/2/1/1
18/9/4/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .633 .661 .656 .855 .588 .593 .676 .737

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 98/.453 133/.672 86/.625 53/1.032 74/.385 51/.508 33/.686 .722

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 165/.739 108/.648 113/.679 67/.715 42/.949 48/.665 53/.668 .749

Road 130/.484 100/.573 85/.553 42/.742 53/.634 29/.521 24/.780

Last 28d days 48/.497 55/.727 44/.478 51/.827 34/.511 24/.743 59/.773

HR/SB/CS 6/5/2 6/3/0 5/2/2 6/0/1 3/0/0 3/2/2 1/2/1 123/80/24

Usage ·····X·· ··o··oX· ·X·o·ooX ···X·X·o ·o····oX ··X····· ·X·XX··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.