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Game Preview: CLE @ DET, 1:05pm, Thursday, June 7, 2012 @Comerica Park

Indians, 30-25, 30-25 2nd, ½ GB, 1 GB in WC

SP: Derek Lowe (39, RHP, 7-3, 3.06)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (7-3) 67.2 80 25 23 19 20 3 3.06
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 43.2 48 15 15 11 12 1 3.09 51
2012-06-01 MIN W 6.2 5 1 1 1 2 0 108 61
2012-05-26 @CHW L 2.1 10 8 8 0 3 1 65 8
2012-05-20 MIA L 6.0 6 2 2 1 2 0 94 53
2012-05-15 @MIN W 9.0 6 0 0 4 0 0 127 71
2012-05-10 @BOS W 6.0 9 2 2 1 3 0 107 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
Last 5 v.DET 3-2 38.0 35 16 13 3 24 4 3.08 59
2008-06-13 @DET L 7.0 8 3 2 0 5 1 122 56
2005-06-06 DET W 8.0 5 3 1 1 5 0 90 68
2004-08-27 DET W 8.0 7 3 3 0 7 1 104 63
2004-08-06 @DET L 7.0 9 4 4 2 3 0 104 44
2003-07-22 DET W 8.0 6 3 3 0 4 2 85 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   16-16   Road:   14-9    ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  25-13   vsLHP:   5-12   1-Run:  10-2 
 vsEast:  2-5    vsCntrl:17-14   vsWest: 10-4  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 55 Wed, Jun  6  @DET  W   9-6       30-25  2nd  0.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Tigers, 25-31, 25-31 3rd, 6 GB, 6½ GB in WC

SP: Casey Crosby (23, LHP, 0-1, 16.20)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-1) 3.1 4 6 6 4 3 1 16.20
Last 7 GS 0-1 3.1 4 6 6 4 3 1 16.20 27
2012-06-01 NYY L 3.1 4 6 6 4 3 1 75 27
Has never faced CLE as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   12-16   Road:   13-15   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  19-21   vsLHP:   6-10   1-Run:   9-10
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl:11-12   vsWest:  4-10 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 56 Wed, Jun  6   CLE  L   6-9       25-31  3rd  6.0 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 06, 2012 CLE  9 @DET  6        W:Jeanmar Gomez (4-4), L: Max Scherzer (5-4), S: Chris Perez (19)
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
Season Series: 2012 - CLE over 5-0; 2011 - DET won 12-6; 2010 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - DET leads 1063-1033

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  5.42

SEA  4.25

PIT  3.16

 RA/G

WSN  3.31

ATL  4.25

COL  5.46

 BA

M. Cabrera  .366

Y. Alonso  .267

R. Weeks  .163

 OBP

J. Votto  .475

J. Bautista  .335

A. Ramirez  .237

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .700

L. Duda  .428

B. Ryan  .252

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.100

J. Hardy  .770

A. Ramirez  .513

 ERA

B. Beachy  1.87

A. Harang  3.90

M. Minor  6.98

 K/9IP

G. Gonzalez  11.40

J. Weaver  7.43

H. Alvarez  2.63

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

Indians Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 45.Crosby*
G/S/vB		 64.Below*
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Brantley* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 4/.500 6/.533 ··· ··· 3/2.167 2/1.500 2/2.000 222/144 .282/.324/.402/.726 .752/.712 .821 93/.821 9/4 1/1
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 5/.200 9/.611 10/.889 6/.334 1/2.000 3/1.333 1/.000 1/no AB 208/132 .297/.385/.467/.852 .891/.829 .973 91/.705 2/2 5/3
8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/2.334 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 26/18 .231/.231/.462/.692 .000/1.000 .000 26/.692 2/0 2/1
17.Choo* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 11/.788 11/.182 5/.800 1/3.000 3/.666 ··· 1/no AB 219/139 .278/.384/.406/.790 .511/.947 .807 108/.872 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
33.Damon* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 28/.893 7/.929 4/1.250 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 104/76 .187/.288/.264/.552 .593/.536 .506 68/.606 1/0 1/1
47.Duncan G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 247/150 .275/.335/.441/.776 .603/.884 1.016 108/.704 13/1 9/3
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 6/1.100 9/.472 4/.500 ··· ··· 6/.750 1/2.000 187/128 .214/.285/.327/.612 .485/.670 .726 80/.661 3/0 4/2
7.LaPorta G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 4/.000 6/1.000 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 11/3 .182/.182/.182/.364 .250/.667 .286 11/.364 0/0 0/0
4.Lopez G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 ··· 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 ··· 4/.833 7/.714 9/.944 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 5/.000 1/no AB 198/127 .232/.343/.366/.709 .602/.765 .647 67/.545 2/1 5/4
IP 3.1 26.2 23.2 22.2 18.1 7.2 60.2 22.1 12.0 TOTAL .250/.332/.382/.714 .625/.764 .772 .700 47/13 45/28
ERA-K/9 16.20/8.2 2.36/6.4 2.66/13.3 3.97/7.9 4.42/13.3 2.35/8.2 3.71/8.2 4.43/6.9 0.75/14.2 4.26/8.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 18/.286 97/.185 101/.244 96/.298 75/.203 28/.214 252/.257 102/.229 50/.167 .262  Brantley
 Choo
 Cunningham
 Duncan
 Damon
0/52/0/3
0/0/49/2
29/6/10/2
33/0/0/1
23/0/0/0
OPS 1.016 .469 .672 .761 .600 .500 .763 .742 .542 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 4/1.833 47/.462 46/.551 52/.642 25/.700 18/.500 79/.810 57/.918 15/.800 .773
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 14/.792 50/.475 55/.781 44/.905 50/.547 10/.500 173/.740 45/.513 35/.447 .719
Home 18/1.016 68/.313 55/.627 49/.703 39/.687 17/.529 115/.861 49/.723 33/.514
Last 28d days 18/1.016 48/.577 37/.503 42/.840 32/.648 28/.500 117/.907 33/.525 43/.526
HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 2/2/1 1/1/0 1/1/1 2/4/1 0/0/0 9/1/3 2/10/0 0/1/0 60/49/15
Usage ·····X·· oX·X···· o···o·oX X···o·oo ····XX·X o····X·· ·X·····X o···X·o· ·X·X·X··
Tigers Batters (4.30 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Lowe
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
52.Berry* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 65/44 .310/.375/.448/.823 .810/.824 .807 65/.823 7/0 0/0
26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.000 6/.533 5/.000 1/2.000 224/161 .222/.254/.335/.589 .552/.604 .451 94/.614 3/1 5/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 25/.588 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 8/1.071 7/.286 5/4.000 17/.620 248/178 .325/.375/.557/.932 .917/.934 1.052 113/1.045 3/1 12/7
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 27/.550 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 241/158 .318/.382/.509/.891 .694/1.002 .856 110/.967 1/0 9/6
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 3/1.333 4/.250 4/1.417 83/75 .178/.277/.219/.496 .542/.491 .562 46/.439 1/0 1/2
9.Laird G/S/vP ··· 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 3/1.334 6/.367 ··· 1/.000 3/2.334 6/.834 5/.200 9/.472 198/145 .259/.335/.402/.737 .758/.729 .814 89/.817 1/1 4/2
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 6/.167 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 10/.950 5/.650 7/.572 6/.733 100/75 .193/.280/.273/.553 .433/.593 .669 47/.695 0/0 1/2
29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 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 6/1.867 5/1.800 ··· 1/2.000 4/1.000 6/.334 6/.733 12/.334 196/135 .261/.301/.386/.687 .861/.603 .647 97/.752 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 67.2 10.2 2.0 18.2 23.1 23.2 20.2 24.0 TOTAL .263/.325/.414/.739 .703/.755 .735 .771 26/5 54/38
ERA-K/9 3.06/2.7 1.69/10.1 0.00/9.0 2.89/8.7 2.70/8.1 2.28/11.8 6.53/9.6 3.38/7.1 4.46/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (11-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 291/.297 40/.167 9/.000 74/.179 97/.193 95/.179 92/.268 97/.233 .255  Boesch
 Kelly
 Berry
 Young
 Young
0/0/51/2
12/8/10/2
0/14/0/1
16/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .735 .475 .333 .510 .520 .559 .828 .623 .720
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 142/.813 18/.300 5/.400 38/.388 51/.472 49/.660 45/.479 36/.551 .761
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 149/.663 22/.606 4/.250 36/.631 46/.572 46/.455 47/1.196 61/.667 .678
Road 133/.942 15/.497 / 26/.442 34/.464 36/.503 43/.913 41/.714
Last 28d days 101/.724 40/.475 9/.333 38/.793 37/.481 38/.413 46/.736 35/.619
HR/SB/CS 3/2/1 0/1/1 0/0/0 1/4/1 0/1/0 2/1/2 3/1/1 1/1/0 45/37/13
Usage ·····X·· ···X·o·· ····o··X ·o·X·X·· oX·o···· oo·····X o···o··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.