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Game Preview: CLE @ DET, 7:08pm, Saturday, August 31, 2013 @Comerica Park

Indians, 71-63, 71-63 2nd, 7½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Scott Kazmir (29, LHP, 7-6, 4.25)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (7-6) 125.0 125 63 59 41 115 17 4.25
2011 (0-0) 1.2 5 5 5 2 0 1 27.00
2010 (9-15) 150.0 158 103 99 79 93 25 5.94
Last 7 GS 2-2 39.0 37 18 15 11 35 3 3.46 54
2013-08-25 MIN ND 6.0 7 1 1 1 8 0 99 61
2013-08-18 @OAK L 5.0 10 5 5 2 4 2 102 29
2013-08-09 LAA L 3.0 6 5 5 1 3 1 63 29
2013-08-04 @MIA W 6.0 2 0 0 2 7 0 102 73
2013-07-30 CHW ND 5.0 9 4 4 0 3 0 87 36
2013-07-24 @SEA W 8.0 1 1 0 2 7 0 103 83
2013-07-19 @MIN ND 6.0 2 2 0 3 3 0 106 64
Last 5 v.DET 2-1 27.1 24 11 9 10 30 5 2.96 55
2013-07-08 DET ND 5.2 4 2 2 3 5 1 97 55
2010-08-07 @DET W 5.0 3 1 0 1 3 0 76 61
2010-05-01 @DET ND 6.0 5 2 1 4 7 0 117 59
2010-04-20 DET W 5.2 6 2 2 0 7 0 99 56
2008-09-25 @DET L 5.0 6 4 4 2 8 4 102 45
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   40-26   Road:   31-37   ExtrInn: 9-2 
 vsRHP:  47-44   vsLHP:  24-19   1-Run:  24-16
 vsEast: 10-20   vsCntrl:31-27   vsWest: 21-8  IL: 9-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
134 Fri, Aug 30  @DET  L   2-7  (7)  71-63  2nd  7.5 gb
133 Thu, Aug 29  @ATL  L   1-3       71-62  2nd  6.5 gb
132 Wed, Aug 28  @ATL  L   2-3       71-61  2nd  5.5 gb
131 Tue, Aug 27  @ATL  L   0-2       71-60  2nd  5.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 25   MIN  W   3-1       71-59  2nd  6.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 24   MIN  W   7-2       70-59  2nd  6.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 23   MIN  L   1-5       69-59  2nd  6.0 gb
127 Wed, Aug 21  @LAA  W   3-1       69-58  2nd  5.5 gb
126 Tue, Aug 20  @LAA  W   4-1 (14)  68-58  2nd  5.5 gb
125 Mon, Aug 19  @LAA  W   5-2       67-58  2nd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Tigers, 79-56, 79-56 1st, 7½ up

SP: Anibal Sanchez (29, RHP, 11-7, 2.61)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (11-7) 144.2 122 46 42 44 158 7 2.61
2012 (9-13) 195.2 200 95 84 48 167 20 3.86
2011 (8-9) 196.1 187 85 80 64 202 20 3.67
Last 7 GS 4-0 46.2 37 11 11 12 44 2 2.12 63
2013-08-26 OAK ND 5.0 5 4 4 3 6 1 112 44
2013-08-21 MIN ND 6.2 6 1 1 2 8 0 112 64
2013-08-15 KCR W 7.1 7 1 1 1 5 0 115 64
2013-08-10 @NYY W 7.0 4 2 2 1 8 1 107 68
2013-08-05 @CLE ND 7.2 4 2 2 2 11 0 114 72
2013-07-30 WSN W 7.0 5 1 1 2 1 0 95 62
2013-07-24 @CHW W 6.0 6 0 0 1 5 0 101 64
Last 5 v.CLE 3-0 31.1 26 9 6 6 29 0 1.72 61
2013-08-05 @CLE ND 7.2 4 2 2 2 11 0 114 72
2013-07-06 @CLE W 5.0 3 1 1 1 4 0 73 60
2012-09-15 @CLE W 6.2 3 2 2 0 7 0 95 67
2012-09-03 CLE ND 6.0 8 2 0 1 2 0 104 53
2012-08-03 CLE W 6.0 8 2 1 2 5 0 105 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   43-26   Road:   36-30   ExtrInn: 5-11
 vsRHP:  59-37   vsLHP:  20-19   1-Run:  15-19
 vsEast: 16-13   vsCntrl:37-22   vsWest: 14-16 IL:12-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
135 Fri, Aug 30   CLE  W   7-2  (7)  79-56  1st  7.5 up
134 Thu, Aug 29   OAK  W   7-6       78-56  1st  6.5 up
133 Wed, Aug 28   OAK  L   4-14      77-56  1st  5.5 up
132 Tue, Aug 27   OAK  L   3-6  (5)  77-55  1st  5.5 up
131 Mon, Aug 26   OAK  L   6-8       77-54  1st  5.5 up
130 Sun, Aug 25  @NYM  W  11-3       77-53  1st  6.0 up
129 Sat, Aug 24  @NYM  W   3-0       76-53  1st  6.0 up
128 Fri, Aug 23  @NYM  W   6-1       75-53  1st  6.0 up
127 Thu, Aug 22   MIN  L   6-7       74-53  1st  5.0 up
126 Wed, Aug 21   MIN  W   7-1       74-52  1st  5.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Aug 30, 2013 DET  7  CLE  2  (7)   W:Rick Porcello (11-7), L: Zach McAllister (7-8), S: Bruce Rondon (1)
Thu, Aug 08, 2013 DET 10 @CLE  3        W:Max Scherzer (17-1), L: Zach McAllister (4-7), S: none
Wed, Aug 07, 2013 DET  6 @CLE  5 (14)   W:Jeremy Bonderman (2-3), L: Bryan Shaw (2-3), S: Joaquin Benoit (14)
Tue, Aug 06, 2013 DET  5 @CLE  1        W:Justin Verlander (12-8), L: Justin Masterson (13-8), S: none
Mon, Aug 05, 2013 DET  4 @CLE  2        W:Al Alburquerque (2-2), L: Chris Perez (4-2), S: Joaquin Benoit (13)
Mon, Jul 08, 2013 DET  4 @CLE  2 (10)   W:Drew Smyly (4-0), L: Matt Albers (2-1), S: Joaquin Benoit (7)
Sun, Jul 07, 2013 CLE  9  DET  6        W:Cody Allen (4-1), L: Al Alburquerque (1-2), S: Chris Perez (9)
Sat, Jul 06, 2013 DET  9 @CLE  4        W:Anibal Sanchez (7-5), L: Carlos Carrasco (0-4), S: none
Fri, Jul 05, 2013 DET  7 @CLE  0        W:Rick Porcello (5-6), L: Justin Masterson (10-7), S: none
Sun, Jun 09, 2013 DET  4  CLE  1        W:Jose Alvarez (1-0), L: Justin Masterson (8-5), S: Joaquin Benoit (3)
Season Series: 2013 - DET over 14-3; 2012 - CLE won 10-8; 2011 - DET won 12-6; All-Time - DET leads 1085-1041

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
Indians Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (3.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Sanchez
G/S/vB
62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
38.Bonderman
G/S/vB
36.Putkonen
G/S/vB
43.Rondon
G/S/vB
33.Smyly*
G/S/vB
31.Veras
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Aviles G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 5/.800 4/.750 2/.000 2/.000 6/.500 ··· 326/179 .262/.286/.381/.667 .635/.691 .629 59/.617 8/4 8/8
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 26/.668 4/.000 3/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.200 5/.000 468/337 .267/.319/.353/.672 .680/.669 .645 110/.544 20/10 5/3
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 14/.572 4/2.334 10/.600 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 9/1.667 3/.000 518/359 .274/.328/.380/.708 .606/.752 .691 97/.665 14/3 8/0
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 17/.820 8/.542 16/.927 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/1.143 5/.000 452/305 .240/.296/.387/.683 .615/.716 .745 87/.613 7/3 9/8
7.Carson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/
8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 8/.661 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 5/.000 1/.000 264/227 .222/.266/.375/.641 .364/.687 .651 57/.535 1/0 8/8
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 11/.664 1/no AB 19/.806 26/.552 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 187/172 .185/.278/.383/.661 .508/.674 .741 36/.461 0/1 8/
10.Gomes G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· 228/144 .288/.338/.481/.818 .892/.777 .860 64/.712 2/0 8/2
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 15/.486 4/.250 8/.250 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 10/.000 2/.000 543/367 .283/.367/.464/.830 .846/.822 .849 107/.666 24/6 16/12
41.Santana# G/S/vP 14/.748 5/.650 17/.551 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 10/1.125 1/.000 521/355 .265/.372/.451/.824 .907/.782 .808 98/.789 2/1 16/5
11.Stubbs G/S/vP 8/.625 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 8/.500 421/275 .238/.308/.370/.678 .752/.640 .644 70/.664 15/1 9/6
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 9/.611 5/.900 15/1.134 14/.547 ··· 3/1.000 6/1.166 1/.000 514/338 .244/.340/.406/.746 .817/.710 .686 105/.771 0/0 15/9
IP 144.2 39.0 53.2 52.2 22.2 26.0 68.2 56.1 TOTAL .252/.324/.405/.729 .748/.720 .724 .654 96/29 140/87
ERA-K/9 2.61/9.8 4.85/12.7 1.51/9.9 4.27/4.8 2.78/8.3 3.81/8.3 2.23/9.3 2.72/8.3 3.63/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gomes (14-13-2)
 Santana (49-8-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 592/.226 182/.235 213/.207 231/.246 96/.256 112/.273 272/.216 221/.184 .248  Brantley
 Stubbs
 Bourn
 Swisher
 Aviles
128/1/0/11
0/36/92/6
0/104/0/6
0/0/21/2
4/0/1/0
OPS .608 .697 .572 .746 .669 .747 .591 .560 .680
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 323/.673 79/.640 120/.552 131/.872 45/.588 50/.920 113/.435 112/.585 .682
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 269/.531 103/.742 93/.599 100/.579 51/.746 62/.619 159/.706 109/.535 .677
Home 299/.554 108/.665 108/.667 127/.621 49/.632 50/1.014 125/.603 131/.548
Last 28d days 135/.561 44/.679 36/.649 61/.582 8/.571 50/.655 34/1.140 48/.520
HR/SB/CS 7/19/1 3/3/0 3/9/0 5/0/2 3/2/0 2/4/0 4/6/2 5/6/0 106/106/24
Usage ····X··· o···X··· ·o····o· ··X·Xo·· ·X······ o··o·X·X o·o····o ·o····oX
Tigers Batters (5.10 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Kazmir*
G/S/vB
32.Albers
G/S/vB
37.Allen
G/S/vB
59.Carrasco
G/S/vB
53.Hill*
G/S/vB
54.Perez
G/S/vB
35.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB
31.Salazar
G/S/vB
27.Shaw
G/S/vB
38.Smith
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 5/.400 7/.762 4/.500 8/1.500 5/.400 ··· 2/.500 8/.575 300/234 .198/.288/.338/.626 .397/.693 .714 32/.617 0/0 9/4
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 23/.970 15/.583 7/.143 14/.974 3/3.333 10/1.389 4/1.167 4/1.250 5/.900 26/1.032 566/432 .358/.449/.681/1.130 1.324/1.072 1.096 114/1.162 3/0 43/12
12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· 5/.800 4/.250 5/1.200 4/2.500 10/.650 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 5/1.467 407/338 .253/.323/.362/.685 .684/.685 .714 73/.807 7/1 8/2
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 3/.000 17/1.074 5/1.933 5/2.000 17/.953 6/.733 9/1.056 3/.000 5/.400 6/.533 601/390 .267/.356/.441/.797 .832/.778 .806 121/.793 1/1 21/6
48.Hunter G/S/vP 18/.555 8/1.000 5/.200 13/1.788 4/.750 3/.666 7/.143 4/.500 4/.000 11/.637 552/401 .308/.342/.478/.821 .888/.796 .887 113/.796 3/2 16/3
1.Iglesias G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 2/1.500 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 323/211 .316/.363/.394/.757 .775/.748 .761 83/.645 4/1 2/5
4.Infante G/S/vP 14/.630 2/1.000 5/1.500 3/1.667 2/.000 6/.900 2/1.000 ··· 5/.933 8/1.000 376/264 .317/.343/.437/.780 .807/.769 .844 67/.752 4/2 7/7
14.Jackson G/S/vP 12/.334 12/.666 5/.000 8/1.208 2/.000 13/.385 5/.650 4/1.250 5/1.200 12/.500 495/352 .268/.339/.410/.750 .627/.798 .744 129/.800 6/4 11/2
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/.250 6/.000 5/.000 3/1.000 4/.000 4/1.417 210/160 .237/.332/.367/.699 .574/.737 .772 56/.677 2/0 5/1
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 20/1.383 14/1.000 4/.500 7/.857 5/.200 3/1.334 6/.333 3/.666 6/.733 5/.933 565/367 .299/.352/.422/.774 .688/.822 .791 115/1.012 0/1 11/0
55.Pena# G/S/vP 3/.666 3/.666 2/.000 5/1.000 8/1.000 4/.000 4/1.750 3/.666 4/.500 6/1.167 218/124 .309/.329/.412/.740 .638/.820 .650 58/.897 0/2 4/3
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 7/2.071 7/.000 3/.000 4/.666 1/.000 13/.681 ··· 3/.333 3/.666 7/.619 172/132 .220/.293/.300/.593 .703/.560 .608 45/.668 0/0 1/1
18.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 167/46 .280/.383/.476/.859 .785/1.045 .906 32/.539 0/0 7/1
IP 125.0 51.2 58.0 43.1 35.1 44.2 21.2 27.0 58.2 51.2 TOTAL .285/.349/.441/.791 .780/.795 .821 .814 31/17 158/64
ERA-K/9 4.25/8.3 3.31/5.0 2.17/11.3 6.85/5.8 6.37/11.7 3.22/8.3 3.74/7.9 3.67/10.7 3.84/8.9 2.61/7.5 3.96/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (55-11-9)
 Martinez (1-0-0)
 Pena (38-12-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 533/.257 221/.254 248/.222 203/.333 165/.246 192/.224 92/.247 106/.188 253/.226 216/.246 .245  Hunter
 Dirks
 Jackson
 Kelly
 Tuiasosopo
0/0/120/8
98/3/10/7
0/104/0/5
34/21/18/0
55/0/0/0
OPS .746 .664 .645 .883 .708 .731 .664 .643 .611 .669 .709
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 152/.547 96/.708 111/.670 106/1.005 93/.679 100/.792 39/.406 61/.585 124/.683 110/.744 .721
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 381/.828 125/.630 137/.623 97/.753 72/.745 92/.659 53/.860 45/.711 129/.541 106/.596 .697
Road 286/.706 105/.735 134/.623 93/.879 67/.744 84/.773 61/.474 55/.708 135/.588 121/.644
Last 28d days 91/.821 42/.542 55/.571 57/.606 32/.848 43/.827 39/.387 85/.724 51/.475 51/.692
HR/SB/CS 17/3/2 2/1/2 5/5/0 4/3/0 3/6/2 7/3/1 1/0/0 5/1/0 3/3/2 4/1/0 126/67/21
Usage ·····X·· o··o···X ·o···X·o o··X···· Xoo····o ·····X·· X··o··o· ···X···· ··X···oo ··X··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.