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Game Preview: CLE @ KCR, 8:10pm, Friday, April 26, 2013 @Kauffman Stadium

Indians, 8-11, 8-11 4th, 3 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Scott Kazmir (29, LHP, 0-0, 16.20)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (0-0) 3.1 8 6 6 3 4 2 16.20
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 1-2 30.0 39 24 24 16 19 7 7.20 40
2013-04-20 @HOU ND 3.1 8 6 6 3 4 2 89 21
2011-04-03 @KCR ND 1.2 5 5 5 2 0 1 63 23
2010-09-30 @TEX ND 5.1 6 2 2 2 2 0 89 48
2010-09-25 CHW L 3.0 5 5 5 1 0 1 63 28
2010-09-19 @TBR W 5.0 6 1 1 2 4 1 103 53
2010-09-14 @CLE L 5.2 7 4 4 3 3 2 104 39
2010-09-08 CLE ND 6.0 2 1 1 3 6 0 88 67
Last 5 v.KCR 2-0 24.1 27 12 12 11 15 1 4.44 47
2011-04-03 @KCR ND 1.2 5 5 5 2 0 1 63 23
2010-06-02 @KCR W 5.2 5 1 1 4 2 0 103 53
2009-08-03 KCR W 6.0 6 3 3 1 5 0 114 52
2009-07-18 @KCR ND 6.0 4 1 1 4 3 0 101 59
2008-07-26 @KCR ND 5.0 7 2 2 0 5 0 91 50
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    2-6    Road:    6-5    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   4-5    vsLHP:   4-6    1-Run:   4-2 
 vsEast:  3-8    vsCntrl: 3-2    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Wed, Apr 24  @CHW  L   2-3        8-11  4th  2.5 gb
 18 Mon, Apr 22  @CHW  W   3-2        8-10  4th  2.5 gb
 17 Sun, Apr 21  @HOU  W   5-4        7-10  4th  3.0 gb
 16 Sat, Apr 20  @HOU  W  19-6        6-10  5th  2.5 gb
 15 Fri, Apr 19  @HOU  L   2-3        5-10  5th  3.5 gb
 14 Thu, Apr 18   BOS  L   3-6        5-9   5th  3.5 gb
 13 Wed, Apr 17   BOS  L   3-6        5-8   5th  3.5 gb
 12 Tue, Apr 16   BOS  L   2-7        5-7   4th  2.5 gb
 11 Sun, Apr 14   CHW  L   1-3        5-6   3rd  1.5 gb
 10 Sat, Apr 13   CHW  W   9-4        5-5   3rd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-11   Last 30: 8-11
Royals, 11-8, 11-8 1st, 1½ up

SP: Ervin Santana (30, RHP, 2-1, 2.48)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-1) 29.0 26 9 8 5 26 4 2.48
2012 (9-13) 178.0 165 109 102 61 133 39 5.16
2011 (11-12) 228.2 207 95 86 72 178 26 3.38
Last 7 GS 3-3 44.2 39 18 16 10 44 9 3.22 58
2013-04-21 @BOS W 7.0 6 2 2 0 7 0 105 64
2013-04-14 TOR ND 8.0 7 2 1 3 4 1 109 63
2013-04-08 MIN W 8.0 8 1 1 1 7 0 104 68
2013-04-03 @CHW L 6.0 5 4 4 1 8 3 98 53
2012-09-30 @TEX L 2.2 7 6 6 1 1 3 56 20
2012-09-21 CHW W 7.0 2 1 1 1 11 1 108 79
2012-09-12 OAK L 6.0 4 2 1 3 6 1 103 61
Last 5 v.CLE 2-2 31.1 24 15 14 9 20 1 4.02 55
2012-08-15 CLE W 7.0 4 1 1 1 4 0 104 68
2012-07-04 @CLE L 1.1 6 8 8 3 0 1 58 7
2012-04-29 @CLE L 7.0 8 2 2 2 3 0 110 54
2011-07-27 @CLE W 9.0 0 1 0 1 10 0 105 94
2011-04-13 CLE ND 7.0 6 3 3 2 3 0 105 54
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    4-2    Road:    7-6    ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:   9-5    vsLHP:   2-3    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  3-3    vsCntrl: 5-3    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 3-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 19 Thu, Apr 25  @DET  W   8-3 (10)  11-8   1st  1.5 up
 18 Wed, Apr 24  @DET  L   5-7       10-8   1st  0.5 up
 17 Sun, Apr 21  @BOS  W   5-4 (10)  10-7   1st  1.0 up
 16 Sun, Apr 21  @BOS  W   4-2        9-7   1st  1.0 up
 15 Sat, Apr 20  @BOS  L   3-4        8-7   1st    Tied
 14 Wed, Apr 17  @ATL  W   1-0        8-6   2nd  1.0 gb
 13 Tue, Apr 16  @ATL  L   3-6        7-6   2nd  1.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 14   TOR  W   3-2        7-5   1st    Tied
 11 Sat, Apr 13   TOR  L   2-3        6-5   1st    Tied
 10 Fri, Apr 12   TOR  L   4-8        6-4   1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-8    Last 30:11-8 

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 30, 2012 CLE 15  KCR  3        W:Zach McAllister (6-8), L: Luke Hochevar (8-16), S: none
Sat, Sep 29, 2012 KCR  7 @CLE  6 (14)   W:Vin Mazzaro (4-3), L: Scott Maine (2-3), S: Kelvin Herrera (3)
Fri, Sep 28, 2012 CLE  8  KCR  5        W:David Huff (3-0), L: Will Smith (6-9), S: Chris Perez (39)
Sun, Sep 23, 2012 CLE 15 @KCR  4        W:David Huff (2-0), L: Jake Odorizzi (0-1), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2013 -  0-0; 2012 - KCR won 10-8; 2011 - CLE won 12-6; All-Time - CLE leads 303-288

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

For the 2012 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  4.99

MIN  4.33

HOU  3.60

 RA/G

TBR  3.56

LAA  4.31

COL  5.49

 BA

B. Posey  .336

A. Rodriguez  .272

C. Pena  .197

 OBP

J. Mauer  .416

A. Jones  .334

D. Stubbs  .277

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .606

H. Ramirez  .437

J. Weeks  .304

 OPS

M. Cabrera  .999

A. Pagan  .778

J. Weeks  .609

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.53

T. Cahill  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

U. Jimenez  7.28

H. Alvarez  3.80

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Indians Batters (4.47 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Santana
G/S/vB		 52.Chen*
G/S/vB		 55.Collins*
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 27.Gutierrez
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Aviles G/S/vP 10/.000 6/.666 ··· 3/.666 ··· 4/.500 5/.400 2/.000 546/388 .250/.282/.381/.663 .753/.626 .640 39/.643 14/6 13/15
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 19/.862 13/1.365 11/.182 7/.572 ··· 1/.000 21/1.026 6/.167 609/407 .288/.348/.402/.750 .680/.785 .815 78/.653 12/9 6/1
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 32/.579 24/.875 11/1.056 8/.000 ··· 4/1.833 34/.874 8/.750 616/414 .270/.338/.423/.762 .796/.745 .752 71/.510 9/4 16/19
8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 6/.733 4/.500 151/112 .268/.311/.430/.741 .442/.848 .487 59/.682 2/1 5/6
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 24/.555 21/1.601 ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· 4/1.167 ··· 113/83 .225/.372/.303/.675 .848/.599 .602 22/.823 0/0 1/0
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 12/.606 3/.333 9/1.194 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 11/1.155 2/1.000 672/431 .257/.335/.379/.714 .581/.787 .762 60/.464 31/7 14/6
6.Marson G/S/vP 7/1.404 10/.422 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/.393 1/.000 235/133 .226/.348/.287/.635 .641/.630 .673 5/.400 4/2 0/2
9.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 28/.841 4/.500 3/.000 ··· 4/.250 9/1.015 6/.833 222/124 .171/.226/.254/.480 .477/.482 .565 37/.600 1/1 1/4
12.Reynolds G/S/vP 5/1.933 8/1.292 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 12/.258 2/.000 538/396 .221/.335/.429/.763 .722/.778 .765 74/1.063 1/3 23/11
41.Santana# G/S/vP 12/.523 11/1.045 9/.730 5/.400 ··· 5/.000 18/.492 5/.400 609/403 .252/.365/.420/.785 .808/.772 .751 62/1.139 3/5 18/9
11.Stubbs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 ··· 544/395 .213/.277/.333/.610 .788/.541 .595 68/.688 30/7 14/5
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 44/.739 15/.897 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 14/.643 4/.250 624/402 .272/.364/.473/.837 .769/.873 .841 83/.847 2/3 24/6
IP 178.0 191.2 69.2 64.2 84.1 185.1 67.0 TOTAL .245/.322/.429/.751 .791/.715 .817 .751 10/2 25/13
ERA-K/9 5.16/6.7 5.07/6.6 3.36/12.0 3.48/9.0 /0.0 2.35/8.2 5.73/7.0 2.96/12.2 3.27/8.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Marson (67-11-2)
 Santana (70-25-10)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 764/.239 827/.281 295/.216 260/.231 / 344/.250 800/.281 289/.234 .233  Brantley
 Stubbs
 Swisher
 Raburn
 Santana
0/144/0/5
0/135/0/5
0/0/109/4
30/0/22/2
1/0/0/0
OPS .774 .813 .692 .601 .643 .818 .653 .679
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 419/.867 210/.852 135/.769 95/.556 / 138/.742 435/.877 125/.577 .679
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 345/.664 617/.800 160/.626 165/.626 / 206/.580 365/.749 164/.712 .679
Home 363/.652 411/.774 153/.926 148/.590 / 175/.643 356/.826 155/.611
Last 28d days 115/.645 19/.526 25/.290 21/.556 20/.583 40/.883 21/.653 32/.575
HR/SB/CS 39/16/2 33/18/8 8/9/0 4/2/2 // 4/12/4 27/15/7 2/2/2 20/11/3
Usage ····X··· ····o··· X····X·· ····oo·· ·X······ ····Xo·· ····X··· o···X···

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Royals Batters (4.26 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.84 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		 50.Hagadone*
G/S/vB		 53.Hill*
G/S/vB		 28.Kluber
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/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 17/.567 6/2.167 1/2.000 ··· 5/1.000 3/.000 9/1.333 12/.250 ··· 11/.282 679/492 .313/.373/.510/.882 1.036/.827 .872 73/.821 2/1 29/3
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 244/163 .266/.316/.419/.734 .844/.681 .890 74/.919 10/0 7/4
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 5/1.400 330/256 .260/.328/.322/.650 .510/.689 .635 16/.750 30/5 0/6
2.Escobar G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.666 7/.334 7/.453 ··· 9/.111 648/458 .293/.331/.390/.721 .676/.739 .784 85/.769 35/5 5/19
21.Francoeur G/S/vP 1/2.000 8/.875 2/.000 ··· 14/.357 ··· 3/.000 8/.661 ··· 13/.891 603/424 .235/.287/.378/.665 .695/.652 .678 73/.603 4/7 16/4
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/2.000 6/1.667 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 210/157 .275/.312/.360/.672 .547/.714 .709 61/.627 9/3 0/4
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 12/.573 4/1.750 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 3/2.334 9/.125 6/.666 ··· 4/1.167 721/467 .294/.368/.455/.822 .668/.908 .848 87/.898 10/5 14/2
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/2.000 7/.143 ··· 2/.000 598/397 .232/.304/.359/.663 .591/.700 .679 61/.723 16/1 14/10
23.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/.666 331/219 .242/.304/.350/.654 .586/.698 .534 14/.308 18/6 6/14
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 209/173 .211/.351/.415/.766 .736/.770 .795 6/1.500 0/0 9/4
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.500 5/.650 ··· 4/.500 614/435 .242/.296/.412/.708 .704/.710 .794 71/.425 5/2 20/15
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 305/218 .301/.328/.471/.798 1.021/.711 .743 75/.636 0/0 11/4
24.Tejada G/S/vP 33/1.062 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 / /// / 10/.633 / /
IP 60.1 29.0 25.1 19.2 63.0 57.2 70.0 59.1 67.0 TOTAL .268/.321/.392/.713 .790/.680 .707 .713 16/4 11/11
ERA-K/9 /0.0 2.39/6.6 3.72/8.4 6.39/9.2 1.83/9.6 5.14/7.7 3.59/9.2 2.57/9.8 3.49/6.2 2.96/7.1 4.45/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (38-8-3)
 Perez (25-18-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 241/.215 126/.266 116/.263 83/.236 281/.295 242/.222 286/.207 252/.273 278/.213 .242  Francoeur
 Gordon
 Dyson
 Cain
 Hosmer
 Johnson
0/3/145/19
160/0/0/17
0/88/0/8
1/50/9/3
0/0/3/1
3/0/0/0
OPS .642 .710 .778 .685 .834 .652 .631 .747 .594 .752
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 101/.702 59/.776 50/.575 47/.674 162/.860 130/.538 158/.752 125/.863 111/.585 .822
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 140/.600 67/.654 66/.936 36/.697 119/.801 112/.780 128/.487 127/.630 167/.600 .686
Road / 109/.579 47/.854 45/.777 30/.793 113/.891 97/.618 131/.626 114/.543 132/.605
Last 28d days 20/1.550 24/.891 45/.814 20/.317 20/.488 20/.616 29/.726 27/.502 39/.455 26/.360
HR/SB/CS // 9/6/2 2/2/2 4/4/1 0/5/1 9/15/3 6/3/0 7/4/2 4/3/3 4/2/2 27/14/4
Usage ·····X·· ········ ····o·X· ·o··X··X ·o····o· ·····X·· ···oX··X ···oo··· ·X···X·X ·o··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.