Sunday, September 23, 2012 Game Previews

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Game Preview: CLE @ KCR, 2:10pm, Sunday, September 23, 2012 @Kauffman Stadium

Indians, 62-90, 62-90 5th, 19½ GB, 25½ GB in WC

SP: David Huff (27, LHP, 1-0, 2.61)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (1-0)			10.1	10	3	3	2	11	0	2.61
2011 (2-6)			50.2	55	35	23	17	36	6	4.09
2010 (2-11)			79.2	101	61	55	34	37	14	6.21

Last 7 GS		1-4	35.0	44	30	20	10	24	5	5.14	42
2012-09-18	MIN	ND	4.1	7	3	3	1	3	0	84	39
2011-09-24	MIN	ND	5.2	8	2	2	0	7	0	101	52
2011-09-19	SEA	L	2.2	7	9	5	3	1	1	80	14
2011-09-14	@TEX	L	4.0	8	8	3	1	1	2	85	24
2011-09-08	@CHW	L	6.1	5	3	3	2	5	1	102	54
2011-09-03	@KCR	L	6.0	6	5	4	1	3	1	101	44
2011-08-29	OAK	W	6.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	99	68

Last 5 v.KCR		2-2	23.2	29	16	15	4	12	2	5.70	43
2011-09-03	@KCR	L	6.0	6	5	4	1	3	1	101	44
2010-05-13	@KCR	L	5.2	9	6	6	1	1	1	87	27
2009-09-12	KCR	W	6.0	7	3	3	1	6	0	109	51
2009-08-26	@KCR	W	6.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	94	51

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

 Home:   34-41   Road:   28-49   ExtrInn: 4-7 
 vsRHP:  47-57   vsLHP:  15-33   1-Run:  22-10
 vsEast: 14-22   vsCntrl:25-37   vsWest: 15-21 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
152 Sat, Sep 22  @KCR  L   3-5       62-90  5th 19.5 gb
151 Fri, Sep 21  @KCR  L   3-6       62-89  5th 19.5 gb
150 Thu, Sep 20   MIN  W   4-3 (10)  62-88  4th 19.5 gb
149 Wed, Sep 19   MIN  L   4-6       61-88  5th 20.5 gb
148 Tue, Sep 18   MIN  L   5-6 (12)  61-87  4th 20.5 gb
147 Sun, Sep 16   DET  W   7-6       61-86  4th 19.0 gb
146 Sat, Sep 15   DET  L   3-5       60-86  4th 19.0 gb
145 Fri, Sep 14   DET  L   0-4       60-85  4th 18.0 gb
144 Thu, Sep 13  @TEX  W   5-4       60-84  4th 17.0 gb
143 Wed, Sep 12  @TEX  L   2-5       59-84  4th 17.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30: 8-22

Royals, 70-81, 70-81 3rd, 11 GB, 17 GB in WC

SP: (2012, RHP, 0-0, undef)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc

Last 7 GS

Has never faced CLE as starter.

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

 Home:   36-41   Road:   34-40   ExtrInn: 7-7 
 vsRHP:  46-55   vsLHP:  24-26   1-Run:  26-23
 vsEast: 16-21   vsCntrl:32-29   vsWest: 14-21 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
151 Sat, Sep 22   CLE  W   5-3       70-81  3rd 11.0 gb
150 Fri, Sep 21   CLE  W   6-3       69-81  3rd 12.0 gb
149 Thu, Sep 20   CHW  W   4-3       68-81  3rd 13.0 gb
148 Wed, Sep 19   CHW  W   3-0       67-81  3rd 14.0 gb
147 Tue, Sep 18   CHW  L   2-3       66-81  3rd 15.0 gb
146 Sun, Sep 16   LAA  L   3-4       66-80  3rd 13.5 gb
145 Sat, Sep 15   LAA  W   3-2       66-79  3rd 12.5 gb
144 Fri, Sep 14   LAA  L   7-9       65-79  3rd 12.5 gb
143 Thu, Sep 13  @MIN  L   3-4 (10)  65-78  3rd 11.5 gb
142 Wed, Sep 12  @MIN  W  10-5       65-77  3rd 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 KCR  5  CLE  3        W:Will Smith (6-8), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (9-17), S: Kelvin Herrera (2)
Fri, Sep 21, 2012 KCR  6  CLE  3        W:Luis Mendoza (8-9), L: Justin Masterson (11-15), S: Greg Holland (15)
Thu, Aug 02, 2012 KCR  7  CLE  6 (11)   W:Aaron Crow (2-1), L: Esmil Rogers (1-3), S: none
Wed, Aug 01, 2012 KCR  5  CLE  2        W:Luis Mendoza (5-7), L: Zach McAllister (4-3), S: Greg Holland (1)
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 KCR  8  CLE  3        W:Luke Hochevar (7-9), L: Derek Lowe (8-10), S: none
Wed, May 30, 2012 KCR  6 @CLE  3        W:Bruce Chen (4-5), L: Jeanmar Gomez (3-4), S: Jonathan Broxton (11)
Tue, May 29, 2012 KCR  8 @CLE  2        W:Will Smith (1-1), L: Justin Masterson (2-4), S: none
Mon, May 28, 2012 CLE  8  KCR  5        W:Josh Tomlin (2-2), L: Nathan Adcock (0-3), S: Chris Perez (17)
Thu, Apr 26, 2012 KCR  4 @CLE  2        W:Luis Mendoza (1-2), L: Josh Tomlin (1-2), S: Jonathan Broxton (2)
Wed, Apr 25, 2012 KCR  8 @CLE  2        W:Luke Hochevar (2-1), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (2-1), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - KCR over 9-5; 2011 - CLE won 12-6; 2010 - CLE won 10-8; All-Time - CLE leads 300-287

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 5.04 MIN 4.38 HOU 3.62	RA/G WSN 3.59 LAA 4.24 COL 5.56	BA M. Cabrera .346 M. Bourn .274 C. Pena .198	OBP J. Mauer .418 A. Dunn .337 J. Smoak .276	SLG M. Cabrera .616 T. Hunter .443 J. Weeks .305	OPS M. Cabrera 1.014 C. Davis .780 J. Weeks .611	ERA D. Price 2.58 M. Buehrle 3.84 R. Romero 5.72	K/9IP M. Scherzer 11.28 W. Chen 7.31 H. Alvarez 3.53

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.04

MIN 4.38

HOU 3.62

RA/G

WSN 3.59

LAA 4.24

COL 5.56

M. Cabrera .346

M. Bourn .274

C. Pena .198

OBP

J. Mauer .418

A. Dunn .337

J. Smoak .276

SLG

M. Cabrera .616

T. Hunter .443

J. Weeks .305

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.014

C. Davis .780

J. Weeks .611

ERA

D. Price 2.58

M. Buehrle 3.84

R. Romero 5.72

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 11.28

W. Chen 7.31

H. Alvarez 3.53

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Indians Batters (3.98 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 47.Adcock
G/S/vB 67.Bueno*
G/S/vB 31.Coleman
G/S/vB 55.Collins*
G/S/vB 43.Crow
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 46.Hottovy*
G/S/vB 41.Jeffress
G/S/vB 32.Mazzaro
G/S/vB 53.Smith*
G/S/vB 61.Teaford*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Brantley* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 2/.500 11/.182 6/.334 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 2/.500 9/.958 6/.666 4/.000 595/396 .283/.341/.397/.739 .674/.771 .803 87/.602 12/9 6/1

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/1.666 11/1.056 7/.000 4/1.833 7/.429 ··· 3/1.667 8/.500 7/.286 3/1.666 584/395 .269/.338/.419/.757 .783/.744 .744 67/.661 9/4 15/18

4.Canzler G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 ··· 65/52 .270/.292/.349/.642 .692/.628 .696 65/.642 0/0 1/1

12.Carrera* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 129/96 .242/.281/.375/.656 .598/.673 .797 64/.543 7/1 2/1

8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 1/5.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 114/92 .259/.298/.444/.743 .139/.888 .463 40/.717 2/1 5/3

17.Choo* G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· 3/1.666 11/.384 4/.000 3/.666 6/1.700 ··· 1/2.000 8/.536 7/.821 4/.250 634/420 .278/.371/.436/.806 .570/.922 .792 104/.692 18/7 15/2

16.Donald G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 125/64 .191/.234/.270/.503 .520/.487 .640 36/.431 4/0 2/7

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/1.417 3/.000 3/.667 2/.000 3/2.000 ··· ··· 12/.697 ··· 3/.000 249/181 .232/.349/.440/.789 .797/.786 .900 7/.143 0/0 11/

9.Hannahan* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 6/1.300 6/.333 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.650 ··· 4/.250 304/226 .236/.304/.335/.638 .419/.712 .632 39/.748 0/2 4/13

22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.500 8/1.357 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 2/.000 621/406 .255/.327/.376/.703 .560/.778 .752 101/.668 27/7 14/6

35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 3/1.666 5/1.400 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 473/359 .233/.287/.343/.630 .579/.646 .609 64/.531 3/0 12/5

7.LaPorta G/S/vP 1/no AB 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.833 4/.250 ··· 4/.833 ··· 2/2.500 8/1.250 3/.666 1/.000 52/20 .240/.269/.320/.589 .732/.358 .800 33/.753 0/0 1/0

1.Lillibridge G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 186/101 .193/.238/.281/.519 .537/.502 .499 42/.624 11/2 3/7

6.Marson G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.667 ··· 3/.000 211/119 .223/.330/.291/.621 .609/.629 .671 35/.452 4/0 0/2

36.Neal G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 16/5 .188/.188/.250/.438 .364/.600 .444 16/.438 0/0 0/1

46.Phelps# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 19/16 .111/.158/.278/.436 1.667/.192 .419 19/.436 0/0 1/0

25.Rottino G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 61/21 .157/.254/.314/.568 .694/.325 .431 16/.445 4/0 2/0

41.Santana# G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 2/1.500 9/.730 5/.400 4/.000 4/.250 ··· 1/.000 5/1.800 3/.666 4/2.250 568/380 .254/.359/.419/.778 .822/.757 .699 104/.850 3/4 16/9

IP 30.1 14.1 45.2 68.2 61.2 81.0 64.1 6.2 10.1 40.0 86.2 56.2 TOTAL .248/.319/.379/.698 .645/.725 .699 .636 100/41 128/89

ERA-K/9

2.67/4.8

1.88/4.4

3.94/10.8

3.41/12.1

3.36/9.0

2.33/8.3

2.80/12.2

4.05/8.1

0.87/10.5

5.63/5.6

4.88/5.9

4.45/5.2

4.21/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Marson (61-8-2)
Rottino (0-0-0)
Santana (68-22-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 130/.296 58/.259 196/.222 288/.211 248/.232 328/.249 276/.234 28/.292 51/.238 179/.316 377/.302 235/.266 .266 Choo
Brantley
Canzler
Neal
Carrera
Rottino
Lillibridge
Santana
Donald 0/0/144/7
0/141/0/5
7/0/0/1
3/0/2/1
34/10/1/1
14/0/1/0
19/9/4/0
1/0/0/0
4/0/0/0

OPS .817 .608 .782 .679 .604 .646 .649 1.060 .682 .793 .831 .786 .757

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 58/.742 32/.710 70/.763 131/.742 88/.525 128/.743 113/.554 14/.457 17/.235 73/.908 102/.827 84/.793 .751

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 72/.875 26/.481 126/.790 157/.626 160/.647 200/.587 163/.717 14/1.500 34/.889 106/.722 275/.832 151/.782 .761

Home 60/.815 38/.513 109/.569 151/.922 144/.592 172/.654 152/.624 8/.875 31/.701 74/.835 185/.872 125/.622

Last 28d days / 26/.668 24/.917 37/.865 40/.633 63/.614 52/.644 / 16/.620 31/.647 105/.821 34/.548

HR/SB/CS 4/2/3 0/0/0 9/0/2 8/9/0 4/2/2 4/11/4 2/2/2 2/0/0 0/2/0 3/10/2 12/7/3 10/2/2 155/103/50

Usage ········ ·oo·o··· ····o·X· ·X··o··· X·o···o· X··X··oo ·ooX··o· ········ ········ ····o··· X·····X· ········

Royals Batters (4.24 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.20 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Huff*
G/S/vB 37.Allen
G/S/vB 51.Barnes*
G/S/vB 56.Herrmann
G/S/vB 57.Maine*
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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

34.Abreu# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 50/30 .306/.320/.449/.769 .550/.918 .748 26/.788 0/0 1/1

30.Bourgeois G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 54/11 .300/.352/.380/.732 .782/.545 .554 18/.513 5/3 0/3

16.Butler G/S/vP 12/1.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 6/2.666 ··· 9/1.333 11/.273 2/1.000 ··· 7/.453 11/.282 634/457 .312/.372/.508/.880 1.030/.825 .870 107/.898 2/1 27/2

6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 244/163 .266/.316/.419/.734 .844/.681 .890 67/.881 10/0 7/4

1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 5/1.400 308/236 .268/.336/.335/.670 .525/.713 .655 20/.600 28/5 0/6

2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 ··· 7/.334 7/.453 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 9/.111 616/431 .295/.336/.391/.726 .673/.749 .778 107/.603 31/5 4/17

19.Falu# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 64/42 .344/.355/.443/.797 .905/.742 .986 8/1.000 0/1 0/2

21.Francoeur G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 8/.661 2/.000 3/.666 4/1.833 12/.969 558/387 .234/.289/.366/.654 .705/.632 .658 73/.700 4/6 13/1

9.Giavotella G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 166/96 .241/.277/.316/.594 .549/.625 .532 67/.757 3/0 1/6

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 6/.167 ··· 1/no AB 5/.600 ··· 9/.125 5/.800 1/no AB ··· 14/.885 4/1.167 675/436 .291/.361/.444/.805 .659/.887 .827 105/.802 10/5 11/1

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 6/.167 1/2.000 1/.000 9/.333 2/.000 582/383 .238/.311/.369/.680 .598/.724 .685 90/.653 16/1 14/10

7.Lough* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/37 .243/.310/.324/.634 .200/.688 .572 42/.634 1/0 0/0

50.Moore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / / / /

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 5/.650 1/2.000 ··· 5/.000 3/.666 583/409 .246/.298/.422/.720 .705/.727 .795 103/.602 5/2 20/11

27.Pena# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 1/3.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 1/no AB 8/.625 4/1.250 207/138 .254/.282/.347/.629 .645/.621 .742 22/.701 0/1 2/4

13.Perez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 271/190 .300/.325/.490/.815 1.049/.718 .747 86/.819 0/0 11/4

28.Pina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

IP 10.1 26.0 15.2 15.2 24.2 53.2 64.1 74.0 29.0 50.1 61.2 TOTAL .267/.319/.404/.723 .708/.730 .746 .733 126/35 121/97

ERA-K/9

2.61/9.6

3.81/8.7

5.17/6.3

2.87/5.7

4.74/10.2

3.35/9.9

2.10/9.8

4.38/9.7

4.34/5.0

4.47/8.6

3.21/7.0

4.82/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Pena (52-16-5)
Perez (19-17-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 43/.250 112/.276 72/.274 58/.182 113/.267 222/.223 258/.191 327/.266 127/.274 213/.225 259/.217 .269 Francoeur
Gordon
Dyson
Bourgeois
Cain
Hosmer
Lough 0/3/134/19
149/0/0/13
0/84/0/6
2/19/0/3
1/50/9/3
0/0/3/1
1/5/5/0

OPS .629 .729 .827 .570 .764 .625 .576 .752 .728 .752 .616 .767

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 20/.774 54/.787 32/.677 26/.434 42/.508 120/.535 141/.696 164/.670 46/.475 111/.713 104/.607 .798

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 23/.499 58/.678 40/.943 32/.681 71/.894 102/.727 117/.436 163/.829 81/.876 102/.795 155/.622 .735

Road 22/.420 47/.854 51/1.022 25/.698 62/.883 87/.584 117/.593 145/.833 58/.934 98/.778 125/.624

Last 28d days 43/.629 54/.927 21/.586 34/.471 19/.974 28/.747 39/.794 43/.483 58/.562 30/.681 50/.597

HR/SB/CS 0/0/0 2/2/2 1/2/0 1/0/1 2/3/0 4/3/0 4/4/2 7/1/1 2/3/0 9/3/2 4/2/1 158/132/31

Usage ····X··· ·oo·o··X ····o··o X··Xo··· ·o·Xo··· ··o·o··· ··X·X·o· ··o·X·X· o··Xo··· o··o···X ·X··o·X·

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.