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Game Preview: DET @ CLE, 7:05pm, Tuesday, May 21, 2013 @Progressive Field

Tigers, 23-19, 23-19 2nd, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Max Scherzer (28, RHP, 5-0, 3.98)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (5-0) 54.1 42 25 24 12 68 5 3.98
2012 (16-7) 187.2 179 82 78 60 231 23 3.74
2011 (15-9) 195.0 207 101 96 56 174 29 4.43
Last 7 GS 4-0 49.1 37 21 20 10 61 4 3.65 62
2013-05-15 HOU ND 7.0 5 5 5 3 7 2 101 51
2013-05-10 CLE W 8.0 5 4 4 0 7 0 103 63
2013-05-04 @HOU W 8.0 3 1 1 2 8 1 105 78
2013-04-29 MIN W 7.1 6 3 3 0 10 1 114 64
2013-04-24 KCR W 5.0 7 5 5 3 6 0 94 36
2013-04-17 @SEA ND 8.0 6 1 1 1 12 0 105 77
2013-04-12 @OAK ND 6.0 5 2 1 1 11 0 100 66
Last 5 v.CLE 3-1 30.0 32 22 19 10 33 4 5.70 47
2013-05-10 CLE W 8.0 5 4 4 0 7 0 103 63
2012-08-05 CLE ND 5.0 10 4 4 1 9 1 105 39
2012-07-25 @CLE W 7.0 3 2 2 4 8 1 105 67
2012-06-06 CLE L 4.1 7 8 5 3 2 2 92 22
2011-09-27 CLE W 5.2 7 4 4 2 7 0 109 44
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   13-7    Road:   10-12   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  20-13   vsLHP:   3-6    1-Run:   4-6 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 5-6    vsWest: 11-9  IL: 3-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 42 Sun, May 19  @TEX  L   8-11      23-19  2nd  2.0 gb
 41 Sat, May 18  @TEX  L   2-7       23-18  2nd  1.0 gb
 40 Fri, May 17  @TEX  W   2-1       23-17  1st    Tied
 39 Thu, May 16  @TEX  L   4-10      22-17  1st    Tied
 38 Wed, May 15   HOU  L   5-7       22-16  1st  0.5 up
 37 Tue, May 14   HOU  W   6-2       22-15  1st  1.5 up
 36 Mon, May 13   HOU  W   7-2       21-15  1st  0.5 up
 35 Sun, May 12   CLE  L   3-4 (10)  20-15  1st    Tied
 34 Sat, May 11   CLE  L   6-7       20-14  1st  1.0 up
 33 Fri, May 10   CLE  W  10-4       20-13  1st  1.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Indians, 26-17, 26-17 1st, 2½ up

SP: Corey Kluber (27, RHP, 3-2, 5.40)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-2) 28.1 34 17 17 6 25 3 5.40
2012 (2-5) 63.0 76 44 36 18 54 9 5.14
2011 (0-0) 4.1 6 4 4 3 5 0 8.31
Last 7 GS 3-3 42.0 43 25 25 12 35 6 5.36 48
2013-05-15 @PHI W 6.0 6 3 3 0 5 0 92 53
2013-05-10 @DET L 4.2 11 8 8 2 4 2 91 12
2013-05-05 MIN L 5.2 5 3 3 4 5 1 92 48
2013-04-28 @KCR W 7.0 7 2 2 0 6 0 97 61
2012-10-01 CHW L 5.2 5 4 4 2 6 0 96 47
2012-09-25 @CHW W 7.0 4 2 2 3 4 2 86 62
2012-09-20 MIN ND 6.0 5 3 3 1 5 1 100 54
Last 5 v.DET 1-2 15.2 25 14 14 5 13 2 8.04 35
2013-05-10 @DET L 4.2 11 8 8 2 4 2 91 12
2012-09-14 DET L 5.0 8 4 4 2 5 0 92 38
2012-09-03 @DET W 6.0 6 2 2 1 4 0 95 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-8    Road:   11-9    ExtrInn: 5-0 
 vsRHP:  16-10   vsLHP:  10-7    1-Run:  11-3 
 vsEast:  4-9    vsCntrl: 9-6    vsWest: 10-1  IL: 3-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Mon, May 20   SEA  W  10-8 (10)  26-17  1st  2.5 up
 42 Sun, May 19   SEA  W   6-0       25-17  1st  2.0 up
 41 Sat, May 18   SEA  W   5-4       24-17  1st  1.0 up
 40 Fri, May 17   SEA  W   6-3 (10)  23-17  1st    Tied
 39 Wed, May 15  @PHI  W  10-4       22-17  2nd  0.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 14  @PHI  L   2-6       21-17  2nd  1.5 gb
 37 Mon, May 13   NYY  L   0-7       21-16  2nd  0.5 gb
 36 Mon, May 13   NYY  W   1-0       21-15  2nd  0.5 gb
 35 Sun, May 12  @DET  W   4-3 (10)  20-15  1st    Tied
 34 Sat, May 11  @DET  W   7-6       19-15  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:16-4    Last 30:21-9 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 12, 2013 CLE  4 @DET  3 (10)   W:Joe Smith (1-0), L: Darin Downs (0-1), S: Cody Allen (1)
Sat, May 11, 2013 CLE  7 @DET  6        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (3-2), L: Justin Verlander (4-3), S: Chris Perez (6)
Fri, May 10, 2013 DET 10  CLE  4        W:Max Scherzer (5-0), L: Corey Kluber (2-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 16, 2012 CLE  7  DET  6        W:Esmil Rogers (2-3), L: Jose Valverde (3-3), S: none
Sat, Sep 15, 2012 DET  5 @CLE  3        W:Anibal Sanchez (8-12), L: Justin Masterson (11-14), S: Jose Valverde (31)
Fri, Sep 14, 2012 DET  4 @CLE  0        W:Justin Verlander (14-8), L: Corey Kluber (1-4), S: none
Wed, Sep 05, 2012 DET  7  CLE  1        W:Doug Fister (8-8), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (9-15), S: none
Tue, Sep 04, 2012 CLE  3 @DET  2        W:Justin Masterson (11-12), L: Rick Porcello (9-11), S: Chris Perez (34)
Mon, Sep 03, 2012 CLE  3 @DET  2        W:Corey Kluber (1-3), L: Darin Downs (1-1), S: Vinnie Pestano (2)
Sun, Aug 05, 2012 DET 10  CLE  8 (10)   W:Darin Downs (1-0), L: Chris Perez (0-3), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - CLE over 2-1; 2012 - CLE won 10-8; 2011 - DET won 12-6; All-Time - DET leads 1072-1040

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 2013 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
Tigers Batters (5.29 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Kluber
G/S/vB
32.Albers
G/S/vB
37.Allen
G/S/vB
53.Hill*
G/S/vB
31.Huff*
G/S/vB
26.Kazmir*
G/S/vB
54.Perez
G/S/vB
52.Pestano
G/S/vB
27.Shaw
G/S/vB
38.Smith
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 8/.804 3/1.334 4/.250 2/.500 2/no AB ··· 5/.900 8/.536 1/.000 8/.575 125/106 .179/.256/.304/.560 .105/.647 .451 67/.587 0/0 4/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 10/1.278 10/.633 4/.000 2/2.500 7/.904 20/1.047 10/1.389 8/.250 3/1.667 23/1.010 197/158 .387/.457/.659/1.116 1.210/1.093 1.070 111/1.261 1/0 11/4
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 11/.364 3/.666 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· ··· 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 3/2.000 133/114 .246/.318/.390/.708 .653/.717 .584 79/.849 4/0 4/0
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 9/1.158 13/1.163 2/5.000 13/.975 3/.667 ··· 4/.250 5/.700 2/.500 4/.833 192/135 .277/.406/.523/.929 1.021/.890 .888 108/.819 0/1 9/2
34.Garcia G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/3 .200/.200/.500/.700 .714/.667 .400 10/.700 0/0 1/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.750 1/.000 3/1.000 6/1.000 15/.667 3/.666 6/.000 1/.000 8/.375 183/147 .310/.350/.409/.759 .697/.774 .774 103/.581 1/0 1/1
4.Infante G/S/vP 6/1.000 1/.000 4/2.167 1/.000 ··· 14/.630 6/.900 ··· 4/1.250 8/1.000 154/115 .313/.344/.444/.789 .874/.759 .547 91/.979 2/0 3/3
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 3/1.333 2/.000 4/1.417 62/49 .196/.274/.321/.596 .769/.544 .502 43/.713 1/0 1/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 4/.250 10/.875 ··· 1/.000 8/.679 17/1.342 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 4/.833 175/122 .209/.269/.297/.566 .531/.581 .549 98/.625 0/0 2/0
55.Pena# G/S/vP 2/.500 2/1.000 2/.000 5/.800 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.000 55/24 .275/.296/.412/.708 .407/1.098 .714 35/.783 0/0 2/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP 8/1.482 5/.900 3/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 19/1.412 5/1.400 10/.644 2/1.000 10/.422 169/126 .320/.381/.467/.848 1.151/.748 .793 93/.951 2/1 4/2
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 1/2.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 5/2.400 11/.836 5/.650 ··· 6/.733 35/23 .152/.200/.273/.473 .550/.435 .583 16/.670 0/0 0/0
18.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 51/15 .366/.490/.561/1.051 .833/1.467 1.000 29/1.291 0/0 2/0
IP 28.1 14.1 19.1 11.2 1.2 28.1 16.0 10.0 21.1 16.0 TOTAL .280/.348/.432/.779 .787/.777 .715 .829 16/2 46/17
ERA-K/9 5.40/8.0 3.77/8.2 2.33/11.2 3.09/9.2 0.00/10.6 6.35/9.5 2.25/10.1 2.70/8.1 1.69/9.7 1.13/9.0 3.91/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (21-7-4)
 Pena (8-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 121/.301 68/.246 81/.208 49/.195 5/.200 129/.308 71/.213 40/.176 88/.218 60/.185 .236  Hunter
 Dirks
 Kelly
 Garcia
 Tuiasosopo
0/0/39/3
32/1/0/2
11/7/7/0
0/5/0/0
17/0/0/0
OPS .811 .727 .636 .672 .400 .945 .790 .628 .569 .532 .715
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 63/.675 31/.899 35/.641 29/.750 3/.000 30/.680 35/.675 23/.737 41/.644 30/.584 .713
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 58/.951 37/.587 46/.623 20/.550 2/1.000 99/1.029 36/.899 17/.448 47/.502 30/.483 .718
Home 28/.929 34/.786 35/.608 33/.660 5/.400 63/.784 43/.789 16/.850 47/.529 33/.661
Last 28d days 101/.850 44/.638 36/.416 31/.735 5/.400 109/.839 42/.833 13/.940 53/.661 35/.648
HR/SB/CS 3/1/2 1/0/1 2/0/0 2/4/0 0/0/0 7/1/0 4/1/1 2/0/0 1/2/1 1/0/0 53/25/10
Usage ·····X·· X····X·o ···o·oo· ·oXX··o· ·······X X·····X· X·oo···· X··X···· X··o··X· oX······
Indians Batters (5.07 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Scherzer
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
40.Coke*
G/S/vB
38.Downs*
G/S/vB
56.Ortega
G/S/vB
36.Putkonen
G/S/vB
33.Smyly*
G/S/vB
46.Valverde
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Aviles G/S/vP 10/.900 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 79/29 .292/.316/.472/.789 .765/.828 .806 44/.891 1/1 3/2
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 12/.258 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 89/55 .305/.360/.463/.823 .807/.835 .955 41/.639 5/1 2/0
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 27/.936 7/.572 9/.476 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.667 5/1.350 173/105 .306/.364/.395/.759 .687/.801 .687 99/.847 2/1 2/0
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 31/.704 15/1.000 13/1.167 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 6/1.333 4/.000 170/106 .237/.296/.417/.713 .741/.695 .600 99/.854 2/1 4/3
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 3/.000 17/.926 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 58/51 .188/.293/.375/.668 .952/.627 .673 36/.556 0/0 2/
10.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 55/23 .302/.309/.642/.951 .881/1.043 .731 36/1.008 0/0 4/0
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 16/.599 6/.334 9/.444 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 6/.000 6/.833 162/98 .264/.329/.500/.829 .785/.859 .952 106/1.019 9/4 7/3
9.Raburn G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/55 .299/.358/.540/.898 .956/.857 .944 62/1.009 0/0 5/0
12.Reynolds G/S/vP 9/.111 2/.000 2/.500 2/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 4/.000 170/109 .253/.341/.548/.889 1.000/.826 .789 100/.762 1/0 12/3
41.Santana# G/S/vP 27/.433 14/.451 10/1.071 3/1.667 ··· ··· 6/.533 9/.444 159/104 .296/.403/.548/.951 .971/.935 .772 97/.826 1/1 7/2
11.Stubbs G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 155/91 .248/.301/.376/.677 .903/.534 .849 90/.658 5/0 3/1
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 13/1.415 14/1.071 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.250 9/1.158 173/110 .274/.382/.493/.875 .938/.839 .975 94/.874 0/0 6/1
IP 54.1 19.0 13.1 20.2 8.0 2.2 28.0 8.0 TOTAL .266/.335/.462/.796 .828/.778 .789 .819 26/9 60/22
ERA-K/9 3.98/11.3 1.42/11.4 7.43/8.1 2.61/10.9 4.50/7.9 0.00/13.3 1.93/9.3 1.13/7.9 3.83/9.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gomes (4-7-1)
 Santana (17-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 209/.216 73/.169 57/.289 81/.189 36/.250 10/.000 110/.194 29/.040 .245  Raburn
 Brantley
 Stubbs
 Bourn
 Aviles
 Swisher
3/0/23/3
42/1/0/3
0/26/17/2
0/19/0/1
2/0/1/0
0/0/9/0
OPS .655 .553 .819 .584 .677 .222 .498 .212 .671
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 130/.680 43/.564 23/.508 36/.662 18/.690 5/.000 42/.243 16/.327 .626
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 79/.614 30/.536 34/1.013 45/.517 18/.656 5/.400 68/.658 13/.077 .719
Road 80/.501 44/.485 34/.736 47/.331 22/.814 10/.222 72/.534 11/.182
Last 28d days 134/.649 35/.442 28/.940 50/.747 36/.677 10/.222 51/.464 29/.212
HR/SB/CS 5/3/5 2/3/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 0/2/1 0/1/0 24/29/11
Usage ·····X·· ···o··o· ·XX··o·· ·o··X··· ·X·o···X ········ ··Xo·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.