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Game Preview: BOS @ CLE, 1:05pm, Sunday, August 12, 2012 @Progressive Field

RedSox, 56-59, 56-59 4th, 12 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Jon Lester (28, LHP, 5-10, 5.36)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (5-10) 141.0 155 90 84 42 117 18 5.36
2011 (15-9) 191.2 166 77 74 75 182 20 3.47
2010 (19-9) 208.0 167 81 75 83 225 14 3.25
Last 7 GS 0-5 39.2 46 34 33 15 38 8 7.49 41
2012-08-07 TEX L 6.2 6 4 4 2 4 0 116 48
2012-08-02 MIN L 8.0 7 3 3 0 7 0 105 63
2012-07-28 @NYY ND 6.0 4 4 4 2 6 2 101 52
2012-07-22 TOR L 4.0 9 11 11 5 2 4 94 -3
2012-07-17 CHW L 4.0 7 6 6 3 4 1 91 25
2012-07-08 NYY L 4.1 9 5 4 2 6 0 101 31
2012-07-03 @OAK ND 6.2 4 1 1 1 9 1 107 70
Last 5 v.CLE 2-1 30.1 24 10 8 8 35 1 2.37 61
2011-05-25 @CLE W 6.0 3 0 0 1 7 0 97 72
2011-04-07 @CLE ND 7.0 3 0 0 3 9 0 109 77
2010-08-04 CLE L 5.0 7 4 2 2 4 1 98 43
2010-06-10 @CLE ND 6.0 9 6 6 1 8 0 109 37
2009-10-01 CLE W 6.1 2 0 0 1 7 0 84 75
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-34   Road:   27-25   ExtrInn: 2-6 
 vsRHP:  33-45   vsLHP:  23-14   1-Run:  12-14
 vsEast: 18-24   vsCntrl:20-15   vsWest:  7-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Sat, Aug 11  @CLE  L   2-5       56-59  4th 12.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Indians, 53-61, 53-61 3rd, 9 GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Corey Kluber (26, RHP, 0-0, 6.10)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-0) 10.1 15 9 7 4 7 2 6.10
2011 (0-0) 4.1 6 4 4 3 5 0 8.31
Last 7 GS 0-0 10.1 15 9 7 4 7 2 6.10 38
2012-08-07 MIN ND 6.0 6 3 1 3 3 0 96 52
2012-08-02 @KCR ND 4.1 9 6 6 1 4 2 85 24
Has never faced BOS as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   30-28   Road:   23-33   ExtrInn: 3-6 
 vsRHP:  40-37   vsLHP:  13-24   1-Run:  15-8 
 vsEast: 13-19   vsCntrl:20-27   vsWest: 12-5  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Sat, Aug 11   BOS  W   5-2       53-61  3rd  9.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 11, 2012 CLE  5  BOS  2        W:Zach McAllister (5-4), L: Franklin Morales (3-3), S: Chris Perez (31)
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
Season Series: 2012 - BOS over 4-3; 2011 - CLE won 6-4; 2010 - Tied 4-4; All-Time - CLE leads 1024-962

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  5.09

CIN  4.32

CHC  3.70

 RA/G

WSN  3.52

DET  4.38

COL  5.74

 BA

A. McCutchen  .363

J. Morneau  .274

J. Smoak  .189

 OBP

J. Votto  .465

Y. Alonso  .339

J. Smoak  .253

 SLG

A. McCutchen  .610

J. Mauer  .439

J. Carroll  .289

 OPS

J. Votto  1.069

P. Alvarez  .773

J. Smoak  .573

 ERA

J. Weaver  2.13

C. Lee  3.85

J. Guthrie  6.10

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.31

G. Floyd  7.31

D. Lowe  3.10

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

RedSox Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.08 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Kluber
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 8/.393 6/.000 1/.000 3/.333 2/1.000 5/.400 431/303 .252/.280/.393/.673 .788/.625 .665 73/.472 10/4 11/11
77.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/59 .333/.341/.471/.812 .800/.818 .714 63/.762 6/0 1/1
13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/2.167 5/.200 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 95/61 .258/.287/.461/.748 .917/.653 .315 95/.748 3/0 3/1
2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.000 4/.750 3/1.167 ··· 3/.000 4/.000 4/1.833 150/93 .254/.307/.362/.669 .554/.743 .624 106/.650 6/0 1/0
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 4/.250 3/.333 4/.500 3/.000 3/1.000 ··· 482/309 .307/.351/.467/.818 .847/.800 .708 107/1.061 0/0 12/4
60.Lavarnway G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 21/12 .105/.190/.158/.348 .347/.348 .333 21/.348 0/0 0/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 6/1.000 3/.000 ··· 3/1.334 4/3.500 2/1.000 433/293 .275/.331/.410/.741 .748/.737 .749 95/.791 9/4 9/3
26.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 4/.250 1/no AB 74/62 .379/.400/.470/.870 .764/.889 .834 4/.500 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/.000 2/1.000 2/2.500 3/2.667 1/.000 8/.375 340/236 .275/.342/.533/.875 1.152/.755 .720 100/.909 1/1 18/0
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 323/279 .229/.285/.478/.763 .591/.790 .785 64/.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
23.Valencia G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.650 1/3.000 ··· 7/.429 4/.000 132/91 .198/.212/.310/.522 .537/.515 .360 29/.626 0/1 2/4
IP 10.1 10.1 0.1 42.2 51.0 56.2 10.2 39.2 46.1 TOTAL .266/.324/.436/.760 .788/.748 .706 .720 57/18 131/65
ERA-K/9 6.10/6.1 0.00/7.9 0.00/0.0 3.80/9.7 1.24/10.2 5.08/9.7 5.06/4.2 4.76/9.7 3.11/6.4 4.68/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lavarnway (0-0-0)
 Saltalamacchia (64-14-5)
 Shoppach (19-10-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 49/.333 39/.065 1/.000 182/.238 198/.165 257/.277 47/.286 167/.228 188/.225 .264  Ross
 Gonzalez
 Ciriaco
 Crawford
 Podsednik
 Ellsbury
21/7/57/5
0/0/18/1
0/0/1/0
23/0/0/0
7/15/0/0
0/35/0/0
OPS .966 .301 .000 .649 .491 .789 .862 .730 .629 .754
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 31/1.331 22/.227 1/.000 97/.599 107/.580 126/.734 14/.429 84/.666 69/.623 .803
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 18/.389 17/.393 / 85/.706 91/.390 131/.838 33/1.067 83/.799 119/.633 .705
Home 27/.708 23/.332 1/.000 115/.664 113/.543 145/.769 25/.628 83/.692 99/.559
Last 28d days 49/.966 39/.301 1/.000 44/.802 50/.420 69/.780 47/.862 47/.615 32/.772
HR/SB/CS 2/4/0 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· ····o··· X·o·X·X· ··XoX·X· ·X·o·o·X ·X··o·X· ··o·oXo· ····oXo·
Indians Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS Lester*
G/S/vB		 91.Aceves
G/S/vB		 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB		 37.Melancon
G/S/vB		 30.Miller*
G/S/vB		 46.Morales*
G/S/vB		 59.Mortensen
G/S/vB		 63.Tazawa
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 5/.400 2/1.000 4/.500 ··· 3/1.333 5/.650 3/.000 1/.000 461/301 .291/.343/.419/.762 .756/.765 .692 101/.669 12/6 4/1
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 15/.504 3/.333 7/.200 1/.000 3/1.167 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 461/303 .281/.347/.441/.788 .763/.801 .796 105/.720 6/3 13/15
12.Carrera* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/2.000 27/20 .385/.370/.654/1.024 .571/1.189 .414 27/1.024 2/1 1/0
17.Choo* G/S/vP 15/.291 3/.333 10/1.250 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 3/1.167 1/2.000 479/311 .287/.372/.469/.841 .614/.959 .894 112/.772 13/6 13/1
16.Donald G/S/vP 6/1.167 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 66/34 .186/.231/.254/.485 .479/.491 .409 12/.705 4/0 1/3
47.Duncan G/S/vP 12/.962 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 3/.666 3/.000 ··· 235/124 .216/.306/.412/.718 .708/.727 .595 44/.473 1/2 10/2
9.Hannahan* G/S/vP 14/.858 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 1/3.000 ··· 231/167 .231/.300/.341/.641 .498/.695 .610 50/.600 0/2 4/8
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 475/303 .259/.335/.386/.721 .613/.781 .641 92/.564 23/4 11/4
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 13/.398 9/1.569 7/.666 2/1.000 9/.777 9/.958 ··· ··· 368/270 .224/.287/.346/.633 .593/.648 .675 74/.474 3/0 10/5
1.Lillibridge G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 5/.000 2/3.500 1/.000 3/.666 116/65 .202/.235/.257/.492 .416/.552 .573 30/.767 9/2 1/1
6.Marson G/S/vP 9/.777 ··· 5/1.100 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 155/81 .242/.340/.326/.666 .586/.738 .525 39/.310 3/0 0/1
41.Santana# G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.333 4/.750 ··· 2/.500 4/1.833 3/.333 1/no AB 413/271 .240/.366/.408/.774 .794/.763 .846 105/1.047 2/3 12/8
IP 141.0 57.2 48.2 28.0 29.2 68.1 26.1 20.2 TOTAL .253/.326/.395/.721 .661/.752 .725 .668 78/32 103/61
ERA-K/9 5.36/7.5 4.21/8.0 2.77/8.5 7.39/6.8 3.03/10.3 3.29/9.2 1.71/6.2 1.74/7.8 4.35/7.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 606/.282 241/.231 203/.231 126/.295 117/.194 285/.209 100/.180 86/.284 .256  Brantley
 Duncan
 Choo
 Carrera
 Lillibridge
 Donald
0/110/0/5
53/0/1/4
0/0/108/4
9/2/1/1
18/9/4/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .799 .661 .669 .861 .585 .632 .587 .676 .737
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 168/.728 133/.672 89/.626 55/.992 75/.382 105/.456 51/.508 33/.686 .721
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 438/.828 108/.648 114/.701 71/.759 42/.949 180/.732 49/.651 53/.668 .750
Road 237/.651 100/.573 89/.586 48/.772 54/.629 152/.502 30/.503 24/.780
Last 28d days 126/.948 49/.735 46/.578 52/.934 35/.504 70/.532 25/.710 57/.729
HR/SB/CS 18/7/2 6/3/0 5/2/2 6/0/1 3/0/0 7/7/2 3/3/2 1/2/1 124/83/24
Usage ····X··· ···o··oX o·X·o·oo o···X·X· o·o····o X·····X· o··X···· ··X·XX··

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.