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Game Preview: CLE @ DET, 7:05pm, Wednesday, June 6, 2012 @Comerica Park

Indians, 29-25, 29-25 2nd, 1½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Jeanmar Gomez (24, RHP, 3-4, 4.42)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (3-4)			53.0	49	27	26	18	29	4	4.42
2011 (5-3)			58.1	73	31	29	15	31	6	4.47
2010 (4-5)			57.2	73	36	30	22	34	7	4.68

Last 7 GS		2-4	43.2	45	25	24	17	23	4	4.95	47
2012-05-30	KCR	L	5.0	10	5	5	1	3	0	98	29
2012-05-25	@CHW	L	5.2	6	6	6	4	3	2	110	32
2012-05-19	MIA	W	6.1	3	0	0	2	4	0	105	69
2012-05-14	@MIN	ND	7.0	3	1	0	3	2	0	97	68
2012-05-09	CHW	L	6.2	9	8	8	4	2	1	106	22
2012-05-04	TEX	W	7.0	8	3	3	1	2	0	90	50
2012-04-28	LAA	L	6.0	6	2	2	2	7	1	100	57

Last 5 v.DET		1-2	20.1	35	21	16	6	14	3	7.08	33
2011-09-27	@DET	L	4.2	10	8	8	2	5	2	87	15
2011-04-29	DET	ND	5.2	10	3	3	0	4	1	97	41
2010-08-22	@DET	L	3.0	10	8	5	3	1	0	83	11
2010-07-18	DET	W	7.0	5	2	0	1	4	0	93	66

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

 Home:   16-16   Road:   13-9    ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  24-13   vsLHP:   5-12   1-Run:  10-2 
 vsEast:  2-5    vsCntrl:16-14   vsWest: 10-4  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 54 Tue, Jun  5  @DET  W   4-2       29-25  2nd  1.5 gb
 53 Sun, Jun  3   MIN  L   3-6       28-25  2nd  2.5 gb
 52 Sat, Jun  2   MIN  L   4-7       28-24  2nd  1.5 gb
 51 Fri, Jun  1   MIN  W   7-1       28-23  2nd  1.5 gb
 50 Wed, May 30   KCR  L   3-6       27-23  2nd  1.5 gb
 49 Tue, May 29   KCR  L   2-8       27-22  2nd  0.5 gb
 48 Mon, May 28   KCR  W   8-5       27-21  1st  0.5 up
 47 Sun, May 27  @CHW  L   6-12      26-21  1st  0.5 up
 46 Sat, May 26  @CHW  L   7-14      26-20  1st  1.5 up
 45 Fri, May 25  @CHW  L   3-9       26-19  1st  2.5 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Tigers, 25-30, 25-30 3rd, 6 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Max Scherzer (27, RHP, 5-3, 5.55)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (5-3)			60.0	71	38	37	21	78	11	5.55
2011 (15-9)			195.0	207	101	96	56	174	29	4.43
2010 (12-11)			195.2	174	84	76	70	184	20	3.50

Last 7 GS		4-1	40.1	41	20	19	15	55	9	4.24	53
2012-05-31	@BOS	W	6.0	7	3	3	2	6	1	117	50
2012-05-26	@MIN	W	5.1	6	3	3	0	9	2	80	53
2012-05-20	PIT	W	7.0	4	2	2	1	15	2	115	75
2012-05-15	@CHW	ND	4.0	8	6	5	3	3	1	99	24
2012-05-10	@OAK	W	6.1	5	2	2	2	9	1	106	62
2012-05-05	CHW	ND	7.0	4	1	1	0	9	1	97	74
2012-04-29	@NYY	L	4.2	7	3	3	7	4	1	119	35

Last 5 v.CLE		3-1	30.0	30	16	16	13	27	4	4.80	49
2011-09-27	CLE	W	5.2	7	4	4	2	7	0	109	44
2011-08-19	CLE	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	6	0	127	68
2011-06-16	CLE	W	5.2	4	2	2	2	4	0	111	55
2011-04-29	@CLE	ND	6.2	6	5	5	5	7	2	105	44
2010-09-29	@CLE	L	5.0	8	4	4	3	3	2	103	35

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

 Home:   12-15   Road:   13-15   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  19-20   vsLHP:   6-10   1-Run:   9-10
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl:11-11   vsWest:  4-10 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 55 Tue, Jun  5   CLE  L   2-4       25-30  3rd  6.0 gb
 54 Sun, Jun  3   NYY  L   1-5       25-29  3rd  6.0 gb
 53 Sat, Jun  2   NYY  W   4-3       25-28  3rd  5.0 gb
 52 Fri, Jun  1   NYY  L   4-9       24-28  3rd  6.0 gb
 51 Thu, May 31  @BOS  W   7-3       24-27  3rd  5.0 gb
 50 Wed, May 30  @BOS  L   4-6       23-27  3rd  5.5 gb
 49 Tue, May 29  @BOS  L   3-6       23-26  3rd  4.5 gb
 48 Mon, May 28  @BOS  L   4-7       23-25  3rd  4.0 gb
 47 Sun, May 27  @MIN  W   4-3       23-24  3rd  3.0 gb
 46 Sat, May 26  @MIN  W   6-3       22-24  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 05, 2012 CLE  4 @DET  2        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (6-4), L: Drew Smyly (2-2), S: Chris Perez (18)
Thu, May 24, 2012 CLE  2  DET  1        W:Justin Masterson (2-3), L: Justin Verlander (5-2), S: Chris Perez (16)
Wed, May 23, 2012 CLE  4  DET  2        W:Vinnie Pestano (2-0), L: Phil Coke (1-1), S: Chris Perez (15)
Tue, May 22, 2012 CLE  5  DET  3        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (5-3), L: Rick Porcello (3-4), S: Chris Perez (14)

Wed, Sep 28, 2011 DET  5  CLE  4        W:Ryan Perry (2-0), L: Vinnie Pestano (1-2), S: Jose Valverde (49)
Tue, Sep 27, 2011 DET  9  CLE  6        W:Max Scherzer (15-9), L: Jeanmar Gomez (5-3), S: Jose Valverde (48)
Mon, Sep 26, 2011 DET 14  CLE  0        W:Doug Fister (11-13), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (10-13), S: none
Wed, Sep 07, 2011 DET  8 @CLE  6        W:Justin Verlander (22-5), L: Justin Masterson (11-9), S: Jose Valverde (42)
Tue, Sep 06, 2011 DET 10 @CLE  1        W:Rick Porcello (13-8), L: Roberto Hernandez (6-14), S: none
Mon, Sep 05, 2011 DET  4 @CLE  2        W:Doug Fister (7-13), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (8-11), S: Jose Valverde (41)
Season Series: 2012 - CLE over 4-0; 2011 - DET won 12-6; 2010 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - DET leads 1063-1032

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 5.52 SEA 4.19 PIT 3.15	RA/G WSN 3.32 SEA 4.26 COL 5.45	BA P. Konerko .366 H. Pence .268 I. Davis .160	OBP J. Votto .478 H. Pence .335 I. Davis .226	SLG J. Hamilton .709 A. Hill .431 B. Ryan .258	OPS J. Hamilton 1.112 M. Teixeira .762 I. Davis .501	ERA B. Beachy 1.87 H. Kuroda 3.82 M. Minor 6.98	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.70 J. Weaver 7.43 H. Alvarez 2.63

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.52

SEA 4.19

PIT 3.15

RA/G

WSN 3.32

SEA 4.26

COL 5.45

P. Konerko .366

H. Pence .268

I. Davis .160

OBP

J. Votto .478

H. Pence .335

I. Davis .226

SLG

J. Hamilton .709

A. Hill .431

B. Ryan .258

OPS

J. Hamilton 1.112

M. Teixeira .762

I. Davis .501

ERA

B. Beachy 1.87

H. Kuroda 3.82

M. Minor 6.98

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.70

J. Weaver 7.43

H. Alvarez 2.63

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Indians Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Scherzer
G/S/vB 64.Below*
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 45.Crosby*
G/S/vB 20.Dotel
G/S/vB 49.Marte
G/S/vB 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB 46.Valverde
G/S/vB 60.Villarreal
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Brantley* G/S/vP 15/.466 3/.666 4/.500 5/.650 ··· ··· ··· 3/2.167 1/3.000 2/2.000 217/140 .283/.323/.390/.713 .762/.685 .794 93/.859 9/4 0/1

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 19/.787 5/.200 8/.700 10/.889 ··· 6/.334 ··· 3/1.333 1/.000 1/no AB 203/127 .294/.384/.469/.853 .891/.831 .989 91/.733 2/2 5/3

45.Carlin# G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/9 .214/.214/.286/.500 .000/.778 1.500 14/.500 1/0 0/0

8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 6/.666 2/.000 1/.000 3/2.334 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 22/14 .273/.273/.545/.818 .000/1.286 .000 22/.818 2/0 2/1

17.Choo* G/S/vP 18/1.667 3/.666 10/.875 11/.182 ··· 5/.800 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 214/134 .269/.379/.396/.774 .511/.928 .773 108/.861 8/1 3/0

2.Cunningham G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/34 .200/.284/.233/.517 .501/.531 .449 17/.301 0/1 0/0

47.Duncan G/S/vP 9/.777 ··· 1/no AB 6/.167 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 5/.000 1/.000 131/70 .207/.313/.351/.664 .756/.586 .815 34/.587 1/2 4/1

22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.000 2/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 242/145 .275/.333/.445/.778 .603/.891 1.032 108/.740 13/1 9/3

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 9/1.158 1/no AB 6/1.100 8/.536 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 6/.750 1/2.000 183/126 .213/.286/.311/.597 .503/.638 .694 80/.616 3/0 3/2

7.LaPorta G/S/vP 18/.800 1/.000 4/.000 5/1.200 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 7/1 .286/.286/.286/.571 .333/2.000 .667 7/.571 0/0 0/0

4.Lopez G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 19/.860 1/.000 ··· 9/.444 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 99/68 .269/.303/.398/.701 .691/.704 .371 78/.736 0/0 2/1

6.Marson G/S/vP 5/.800 1/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 ··· 2/.000 55/32 .213/.327/.319/.646 .941/.429 .828 32/.871 2/0 0/0

41.Santana# G/S/vP 15/.350 4/.833 7/.714 9/.944 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 4/.000 1/no AB 193/122 .239/.352/.377/.730 .602/.799 .691 67/.549 2/1 5/4

IP 60.0 26.0 22.2 21.2 3.1 18.1 6.2 60.2 21.1 12.0 TOTAL .250/.332/.381/.713 .628/.762 .774 .712 46/13 43/28

ERA-K/9

5.55/11.7

2.42/6.6

2.78/13.5

4.15/7.1

16.20/8.2

4.42/13.3

1.35/8.1

3.71/8.2

4.64/7.2

0.75/14.2

4.23/8.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Carlin (3-1-1)
Marson (16-3-0)
Santana (18-9-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 268/.296 95/.189 98/.253 92/.309 18/.286 75/.203 23/.174 252/.257 99/.238 50/.167 .263 Brantley
Choo
Cunningham
Duncan 0/51/0/3
0/0/48/2
28/6/10/2
33/0/0/1

OPS .846 .479 .695 .780 1.016 .600 .391 .763 .767 .542 .746

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 144/.968 46/.473 43/.592 49/.655 4/1.833 25/.700 13/.308 79/.810 54/.976 15/.800 .771

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 124/.708 49/.485 55/.781 43/.928 14/.792 50/.547 10/.500 173/.740 45/.513 35/.447 .722

Home 96/.787 66/.323 52/.667 45/.741 18/1.016 39/.687 12/.333 115/.861 46/.778 33/.514

Last 28d days 121/.826 46/.603 37/.632 43/.918 18/1.016 34/.608 23/.391 117/.907 33/.525 43/.526

HR/SB/CS 11/4/2 2/2/1 1/1/0 1/1/1 1/1/0 2/4/1 0/0/0 9/1/3 2/10/0 0/1/0 58/48/15

Usage ·····X·· X·X····o ···o·oX· ···o·oo· ····X··· ···XX·X· ····X··· X·····X· ···X·o·· X·X·X··X

Tigers Batters (4.27 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Gomez
G/S/vB 57.Accardo
G/S/vB 51.Barnes*
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 PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 6/1.250 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 5/.900 9/.873 7/.486 161/115 .250/.338/.429/.766 .750/.772 .888 71/.726 2/0 5/3

52.Berry* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 61/40 .315/.383/.444/.828 .810/.830 .820 61/.828 7/0 0/0

26.Boesch* G/S/vP 9/.472 ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 6/.533 4/.000 1/2.000 220/158 .226/.259/.341/.600 .562/.616 .468 94/.648 3/1 5/0

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 12/1.033 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 8/1.071 6/.333 5/4.000 17/.620 244/174 .321/.373/.540/.913 .917/.908 1.017 114/1.043 3/1 11/7

28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 237/154 .318/.380/.512/.892 .694/1.005 .856 111/.924 1/0 9/6

32.Kelly* G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 3/1.333 3/.333 4/1.417 79/72 .174/.278/.174/.452 .629/.436 .505 43/.341 1/0 0/2

9.Laird G/S/vP 5/.400 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 6/.500 3/.000 55/18 .300/.333/.480/.813 .812/.824 .368 27/.766 0/0 2/0

27.Peralta G/S/vP 8/.268 6/.367 ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 6/.834 4/.250 9/.472 194/142 .253/.332/.382/.714 .774/.692 .771 85/.765 1/1 4/2

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 10/.950 5/.650 7/.572 5/.900 96/71 .202/.292/.286/.577 .433/.628 .728 48/.750 0/0 1/2

18.Santos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/6 .125/.111/.125/.236 .000/.400 .236 10/.236 0/0 0/2

29.Worth G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 46/19 .184/.289/.211/.499 .643/.292 .388 33/.503 0/0 0/1

21.Young G/S/vP 9/2.000 5/1.800 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.000 5/.400 6/.733 12/.334 192/131 .267/.307/.394/.702 .861/.623 .676 98/.785 0/1 4/1

38.Young* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0

IP 53.0 10.2 2.0 18.2 22.1 22.2 19.2 23.0 TOTAL .264/.326/.412/.738 .706/.753 .733 .780 26/5 52/37

ERA-K/9

4.42/4.9

1.69/10.1

0.00/9.0

2.89/8.7

2.82/8.1

2.38/12.3

6.86/9.6

3.52/7.0

4.44/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (30-12-4)
Laird (11-3-1)
Santos (7-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 223/.246 40/.167 9/.000 74/.179 93/.190 92/.185 89/.278 94/.241 .255 Boesch
Kelly
Berry
Young
Young 0/0/50/2
11/8/10/2
0/13/0/1
16/0/0/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .667 .475 .333 .510 .497 .579 .859 .644 .718

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 97/.772 18/.300 5/.400 38/.388 49/.493 48/.675 43/.502 34/.584 .765

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 126/.584 22/.606 4/.250 36/.631 44/.502 44/.477 46/1.226 60/.679 .672

Road 81/.549 15/.497 / 26/.442 30/.385 33/.553 40/.986 38/.776

Last 28d days 103/.682 40/.475 9/.333 41/.730 33/.412 41/.469 46/.858 33/.658

HR/SB/CS 4/4/0 0/1/1 0/0/0 1/4/1 0/1/0 2/1/2 3/1/1 1/1/0 43/37/13

Usage ······X· ··X·o··X ···o··X· o·X·X··o X·o····· o·····X· ···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.