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Game Preview: CLE @ DET, 7:05pm, Saturday, August 4, 2012 @Comerica Park

Indians, 50-56, 50-56 3rd, 8½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Ubaldo Jimenez (28, RHP, 8-10, 5.08)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (8-10) 122.1 123 72 69 72 94 18 5.08
2011 (10-13) 188.1 186 111 98 78 180 17 4.68
2010 (19-8) 221.2 164 73 71 92 214 10 2.88
Last 7 GS 1-5 40.0 44 27 27 23 36 7 6.08 44
2012-07-29 @MIN L 6.1 6 5 5 3 6 1 104 44
2012-07-24 DET ND 6.0 7 0 0 2 4 0 103 60
2012-07-19 @TBR L 5.2 7 5 5 5 5 1 103 35
2012-07-14 @TOR L 2.1 7 8 8 4 2 2 64 9
2012-07-07 TBR W 6.0 5 2 2 1 8 1 97 61
2012-07-02 LAA L 7.2 8 3 3 4 4 1 112 51
2012-06-27 @NYY L 6.0 4 4 4 4 7 1 108 51
Last 5 v.DET 2-2 30.2 28 13 13 15 21 2 3.82 52
2012-07-24 DET ND 6.0 7 0 0 2 4 0 103 60
2012-06-05 @DET W 6.2 5 1 1 1 4 0 102 63
2012-05-22 DET W 6.0 5 3 3 6 2 1 99 46
2011-09-26 @DET L 5.0 9 6 6 3 3 0 94 25
2011-09-05 DET L 7.0 2 3 3 3 8 1 117 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   27-25   Road:   23-31   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  40-33   vsLHP:  10-23   1-Run:  15-7 
 vsEast: 11-18   vsCntrl:19-23   vsWest: 12-5  IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
103 Tue, Jul 31  @KCR  L   3-8       50-53  3rd  6.0 gb
102 Sun, Jul 29  @MIN  L   1-5       50-52  3rd  5.5 gb
101 Sat, Jul 28  @MIN  L   5-12      50-51  3rd  5.5 gb
100 Fri, Jul 27  @MIN  L   0-11      50-50  3rd  4.5 gb
 99 Thu, Jul 26   DET  W   5-3       50-49  3rd  3.5 gb
 98 Wed, Jul 25   DET  L   3-5       49-49  3rd  4.0 gb
 97 Tue, Jul 24   DET  W   3-2       49-48  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:12-18
Tigers, 56-50, 56-50 2nd, 2½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Doug Fister (28, RHP, 5-7, 3.77)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (5-7) 90.2 94 42 38 20 79 9 3.77
2011 (11-13) 216.1 193 76 68 37 146 11 2.83
2010 (6-14) 171.0 187 85 78 32 93 13 4.11
Last 7 GS 4-3 44.1 46 25 24 10 42 5 4.87 51
2012-07-29 @TOR W 8.0 7 1 1 2 9 0 109 71
2012-07-24 @CLE L 7.0 9 3 3 1 4 0 102 50
2012-07-18 LAA W 8.0 2 1 1 2 10 1 108 82
2012-07-13 @BAL W 7.0 3 1 1 0 8 0 94 75
2012-07-07 KCR W 6.0 8 4 4 3 2 1 95 39
2012-07-02 MIN L 4.0 8 6 6 1 4 0 85 25
2012-06-27 @TEX L 4.1 9 9 8 1 5 3 96 15
Last 5 v.CLE 3-1 36.2 27 8 7 5 36 3 1.72 68
2012-07-24 @CLE L 7.0 9 3 3 1 4 0 102 50
2012-05-23 @CLE ND 6.2 5 2 2 2 3 1 111 57
2011-09-26 CLE W 8.0 3 0 0 0 9 0 109 85
2011-09-05 @CLE W 8.0 4 2 1 1 13 1 101 80
2011-08-20 CLE W 7.0 6 1 1 1 7 1 106 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-21   Road:   27-29   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  40-36   vsLHP:  16-14   1-Run:  14-13
 vsEast: 15-14   vsCntrl:22-16   vsWest:  8-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Fri, Aug  3   CLE  W  10-2       56-50  2nd  2.5 gb
105 Wed, Aug  1  @BOS  W   7-5       55-50  2nd  2.5 gb
104 Tue, Jul 31  @BOS  L   1-4  (6)  54-50  2nd  2.5 gb
103 Mon, Jul 30  @BOS  L   3-7       54-49  2nd  1.5 gb
102 Sun, Jul 29  @TOR  W   4-1       54-48  2nd  1.5 gb
101 Sat, Jul 28  @TOR  L   1-5       53-48  2nd  2.5 gb
100 Fri, Jul 27  @TOR  L   3-8       53-47  2nd  1.5 gb
 99 Thu, Jul 26  @CLE  L   3-5       53-46  2nd  0.5 gb
 98 Wed, Jul 25  @CLE  W   5-3       53-45  1st    Tied
 97 Tue, Jul 24  @CLE  L   2-3       52-45  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 03, 2012 DET 10  CLE  2        W:Anibal Sanchez (6-8), L: Justin Masterson (7-10), S: none
Thu, Jul 26, 2012 CLE  5  DET  3        W:Joe Smith (7-2), L: Justin Verlander (11-6), S: Chris Perez (29)
Wed, Jul 25, 2012 DET  5 @CLE  3        W:Max Scherzer (10-5), L: Derek Lowe (8-9), S: Jose Valverde (19)
Tue, Jul 24, 2012 CLE  3  DET  2        W:Joe Smith (6-2), L: Doug Fister (4-7), S: Chris Perez (28)
Thu, Jun 07, 2012 DET  7  CLE  5        W:Casey Crosby (1-1), L: Derek Lowe (7-4), S: Jose Valverde (10)
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)
Season Series: 2012 - CLE over 7-3; 2011 - DET won 12-6; 2010 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - DET leads 1066-1035

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

WSN  4.28

MIA  3.66

 RA/G

WSN  3.57

TEX  4.34

COL  5.79

 BA

A. McCutchen  .373

C. Headley  .271

J. Smoak  .189

 OBP

J. Votto  .465

C. Johnson  .339

J. Smoak  .253

 SLG

A. McCutchen  .630

K. Morales  .432

J. Carroll  .289

 OPS

J. Votto  1.069

M. Bourn  .770

J. Smoak  .573

 ERA

J. Zimmermann  2.28

M. Moore  3.84

J. Guthrie  6.56

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.43

W. Chen  7.37

D. Lowe  3.10

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

Indians Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Fister
G/S/vB		 64.Below*
G/S/vB		 53.Benoit
G/S/vB		 40.Coke*
G/S/vB		 20.Dotel
G/S/vB		 38.Downs*
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 20/.774 3/.666 6/.666 7/.453 ··· ··· 2/1.500 3/1.167 430/287 .288/.340/.414/.754 .750/.756 .810 88/.854 11/6 4/1
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 30/.576 5/.200 10/.786 12/1.273 6/.334 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 426/285 .280/.345/.438/.783 .776/.786 .794 88/.560 2/3 12/13
12.Carrera* G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/4 .500/.500/.500/1.000 /1.000 1.000 4/1.000 0/0 0/0
17.Choo* G/S/vP 22/1.123 3/.666 13/.658 13/.308 5/.800 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 444/293 .290/.376/.474/.850 .583/.986 .786 95/.788 12/6 12/1
47.Duncan G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 1/no AB 6/.167 ··· ··· 5/.000 2/.000 215/116 .222/.316/.416/.732 .747/.720 .839 30/.670 1/2 9/2
9.Hannahan* G/S/vP 8/.000 ··· 5/.400 2/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 218/156 .235/.304/.352/.656 .480/.724 .688 45/.578 0/2 4/8
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 10/1.000 4/.000 3/.000 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 451/289 .268/.341/.401/.742 .625/.806 .834 86/.675 21/4 11/3
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 13/.462 2/.500 7/1.238 9/.472 4/.500 1/.000 7/.629 3/.666 346/259 .225/.290/.352/.642 .592/.659 .597 66/.612 3/0 10/4
1.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 100/57 .183/.222/.194/.416 .259/.541 .449 19/.526 8/2 0/1
4.Lopez G/S/vP 4/1.000 ··· 20/.812 1/.000 9/.444 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 217/132 .248/.272/.369/.641 .695/.606 .539 51/.363 0/1 4/3
6.Marson G/S/vP 8/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 135/74 .250/.348/.336/.684 .577/.774 .736 27/.228 3/0 0/1
25.Rottino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 45/10 .158/.267/.342/.609 .743/.200 .460 6/.000 3/0 2/0
41.Santana# G/S/vP 20/.485 4/.833 8/.821 9/.944 1/no AB 2/1.500 7/.000 1/no AB 380/254 .235/.363/.403/.766 .749/.775 .704 90/1.053 2/3 11/7
IP 90.2 42.1 48.0 43.0 35.0 9.2 43.2 34.0 TOTAL .253/.327/.393/.720 .650/.755 .714 .672 66/31 95/55
ERA-K/9 3.77/7.8 3.40/6.0 2.81/10.7 3.56/8.0 3.34/12.6 1.86/12.1 3.71/6.8 1.32/11.9 4.00/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Marson (42-5-1)
 Santana (43-17-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 377/.266 169/.266 193/.209 193/.320 139/.209 38/.176 186/.214 137/.185 .259  Brantley
 Choo
 Duncan
 Carrera
 Rottino
 Lillibridge
0/102/0/4
0/0/100/4
49/0/1/3
1/1/0/1
10/0/0/0
17/9/4/0
OPS .704 .679 .657 .844 .602 .587 .644 .543 .733
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 211/.790 73/.692 91/.592 97/.669 47/.706 14/.000 100/.791 47/.687 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 166/.589 96/.670 102/.718 96/1.025 92/.549 24/.967 86/.481 90/.475 .725
Home 141/.707 110/.597 107/.593 87/.750 64/.541 31/.494 84/.675 84/.493
Last 28d days 110/.527 30/1.007 29/.778 34/1.148 29/.540 23/.848 31/.494 19/.485
HR/SB/CS 9/2/3 5/5/1 7/1/0 4/5/2 2/7/3 1/1/0 3/11/0 2/2/1 111/85/26
Usage ·····X·· ·······o ··o····· ··X·X·X· ··o·o··X X······· ··X··o·· X·····X·
Tigers Batters (4.53 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.02 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Jimenez
G/S/vB		 57.Accardo
G/S/vB		 37.Allen
G/S/vB		 54.Perez
G/S/vB		 52.Pestano
G/S/vB		 32.Rogers
G/S/vB		 49.Sipp*
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 19/1.045 3/1.167 2/.500 4/.750 6/.733 ··· 9/.873 7/.486 287/217 .244/.343/.386/.729 .632/.758 .778 70/.730 2/0 6/3
52.Berry* G/S/vP 6/.533 1/.000 2/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 244/193 .285/.365/.388/.753 .607/.792 .788 80/.690 15/0 2/2
26.Boesch* G/S/vP 16/.625 1/.000 1/.000 7/.000 8/.393 1/.000 5/.000 1/2.000 392/280 .248/.283/.388/.671 .600/.699 .623 78/.807 4/2 11/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 32/.892 6/.666 2/.000 8/1.071 7/.286 ··· 5/4.000 19/.839 466/338 .326/.386/.579/.965 .919/.979 1.092 90/1.067 4/1 26/9
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 15/.266 1/2.000 1/.000 5/.400 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 151/121 .333/.387/.514/.901 .700/.944 .964 5/1.100 1/0 4/1
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 29/.739 1/2.000 1/no AB 3/.333 3/.000 7/1.143 3/.333 2/.000 456/301 .308/.395/.510/.905 .807/.958 .961 89/1.030 1/0 18/7
4.Infante G/S/vP 5/1.200 2/3.500 1/no AB 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 379/277 .280/.305/.434/.739 .846/.699 .673 77/.674 10/1 8/11
14.Jackson G/S/vP 12/.834 3/1.667 1/.000 11/.182 4/.000 ··· 6/.000 8/.250 380/270 .318/.407/.505/.912 .892/.920 .906 96/.750 10/5 11/0
9.Laird G/S/vP 4/1.000 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 6/.500 3/.000 123/57 .291/.352/.400/.752 .602/.926 .790 14/.452 0/0 2/2
27.Peralta G/S/vP 16/.760 7/.619 ··· 3/2.334 7/.953 1/.000 5/.200 9/.472 371/262 .258/.327/.405/.732 .751/.725 .790 74/.867 1/1 8/5
25.Raburn G/S/vP 8/1.500 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· 4/.250 2/.000 214/123 .172/.225/.258/.483 .479/.486 .389 24/.513 1/1 1/3
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 20/.628 3/.500 1/.000 11/.836 5/.650 ··· 7/.572 6/.733 233/179 .216/.300/.289/.589 .578/.593 .647 42/.368 1/0 2/5
21.Young G/S/vP 24/1.110 6/1.500 ··· 4/1.000 8/.500 1/no AB 7/.619 12/.334 391/271 .266/.297/.404/.700 .821/.645 .677 80/.692 0/1 12/2
IP 122.1 35.1 7.1 39.1 46.0 50.1 36.1 45.0 TOTAL .268/.335/.420/.755 .717/.771 .777 .784 41/11 105/65
ERA-K/9 5.08/6.9 4.58/7.1 0.00/8.6 2.75/10.3 1.37/10.6 5.54/10.0 4.95/9.9 3.00/6.6 4.72/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (47-20-6)
 Laird (29-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 551/.261 152/.288 27/.048 160/.213 179/.169 232/.274 155/.230 177/.224 .264  Boesch
 Berry
 Jackson
 Raburn
 Young
 Dirks
0/0/92/3
38/18/5/2
0/84/0/2
28/0/22/2
26/0/0/1
25/1/2/0
OPS .798 .820 .278 .577 .507 .803 .737 .617 .752
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 287/.853 72/.663 18/.278 85/.597 97/.613 113/.680 73/.660 66/.653 .803
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 264/.740 80/.949 9/.250 75/.553 82/.383 119/.910 82/.809 111/.596 .701
Road 313/.897 104/.920 14/.298 60/.481 79/.453 101/.834 82/.766 85/.679
Last 28d days 100/.984 54/.931 27/.278 32/.702 39/.481 51/.763 36/.591 31/.691
HR/SB/CS 18/22/4 3/4/1 0/0/0 2/2/0 2/3/2 6/0/1 6/3/1 3/1/1 105/88/23
Usage ·····X·· X··X···X X······X ·oo····· ·XX····· ·X····X· ·X···XX· ·X·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.