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Game Preview: CLE @ KCR, 8:10pm, Tuesday, July 2, 2013 @Kauffman Stadium

Indians, 44-38, 44-38 1st, ½ up

SP: Corey Kluber (27, RHP, 6-5, 4.16)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (6-5) 75.2 84 38 35 14 73 9 4.16
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 3-2 41.0 42 18 15 8 40 4 3.29 54
2013-06-27 @BAL L 4.2 11 7 6 1 4 0 94 19
2013-06-22 MIN W 5.2 8 3 3 1 4 2 100 44
2013-06-16 WSN W 8.0 7 0 0 0 8 0 114 76
2013-06-11 @TEX W 8.0 6 1 1 3 3 0 104 66
2013-06-05 @NYY L 6.0 7 6 4 1 8 2 100 45
2013-05-31 TBR ND 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 24 58
2013-05-26 @BOS ND 6.2 3 1 1 1 10 0 112 73
Last 5 v.KCR 1-0 11.1 16 8 8 1 10 2 6.35 43
2013-04-28 @KCR W 7.0 7 2 2 0 6 0 97 61
2012-08-02 @KCR ND 4.1 9 6 6 1 4 2 85 24
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   24-15   Road:   20-23   ExtrInn: 5-0 
 vsRHP:  28-24   vsLHP:  16-14   1-Run:  17-7 
 vsEast:  8-19   vsCntrl:17-13   vsWest: 12-2  IL: 7-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 82 Sun, Jun 30  @CHW  W   4-0       44-38  1st    Tied
 81 Sat, Jun 29  @CHW  W   4-3       43-38  2nd  1.0 gb
 80 Fri, Jun 28  @CHW  W   9-8       42-38  2nd  2.0 gb
 79 Fri, Jun 28  @CHW  W  19-10      41-38  2nd  2.0 gb
 78 Thu, Jun 27  @BAL  L   3-7       40-38  2nd  2.5 gb
 77 Wed, Jun 26  @BAL  W   4-3       40-37  2nd  2.5 gb
 76 Tue, Jun 25  @BAL  L   3-6       39-37  2nd  3.5 gb
 75 Mon, Jun 24  @BAL  W   5-2       39-36  2nd  3.5 gb
 74 Sun, Jun 23   MIN  L   3-5       38-36  2nd  4.0 gb
 73 Sat, Jun 22   MIN  W   8-7       38-35  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:16-14
Royals, 38-41, 38-41 3rd, 4½ GB, 8 GB in WC

SP: Luis Mendoza (29, RHP, 2-4, 4.16)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (2-4) 75.2 76 39 35 30 49 8 4.16
2012 (8-10) 166.0 176 84 78 59 104 15 4.23
2011 (2-0) 14.2 11 3 2 5 7 0 1.23
Last 7 GS 1-2 39.2 40 13 13 17 23 4 2.95 52
2013-06-26 ATL ND 6.2 5 2 2 1 6 0 101 61
2013-06-19 @CLE L 5.0 4 4 4 3 3 1 83 43
2013-06-14 @TBR W 6.0 7 2 2 2 3 1 92 51
2013-06-09 HOU ND 7.0 4 0 0 1 3 0 88 71
2013-06-04 MIN L 4.1 7 3 3 3 1 1 95 35
2013-05-29 @STL ND 5.2 6 1 1 3 5 1 98 55
2013-05-24 LAA ND 5.0 7 1 1 4 2 0 86 47
Last 5 v.CLE 3-2 27.1 29 19 15 12 13 4 4.94 44
2013-06-19 @CLE L 5.0 4 4 4 3 3 1 83 43
2012-09-21 CLE W 6.0 8 2 2 2 3 0 90 49
2012-08-01 CLE W 7.1 4 2 2 1 3 1 94 64
2012-04-26 @CLE W 5.0 4 2 2 2 3 0 70 52
2012-04-15 CLE L 4.0 9 9 5 4 1 2 89 13
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-19   Road:   19-22   ExtrInn: 6-1 
 vsRHP:  31-27   vsLHP:   7-14   1-Run:  13-16
 vsEast:  9-9    vsCntrl:17-14   vsWest:  7-12 IL: 5-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Sun, Jun 30  @MIN  W   9-8       38-41  3rd  4.5 gb
 78 Sat, Jun 29  @MIN  L   2-6       37-41  3rd  5.5 gb
 77 Fri, Jun 28  @MIN  W   9-3       37-40  3rd  5.5 gb
 76 Thu, Jun 27  @MIN  L   1-3       36-40  3rd  5.5 gb
 75 Wed, Jun 26   ATL  W   4-3 (10)  36-39  3rd  5.5 gb
 74 Tue, Jun 25   ATL  L   3-4       35-39  3rd  6.5 gb
 73 Sun, Jun 23   CHW  W   7-6       35-38  3rd  6.5 gb
 72 Sat, Jun 22   CHW  L   2-3       34-38  3rd  6.5 gb
 71 Fri, Jun 21   CHW  L   1-9       34-37  3rd  5.5 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 19  @CLE  L   3-6       34-36  3rd  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 19, 2013 CLE  6  KCR  3        W:Justin Masterson (9-5), L: Luis Mendoza (2-4), S: none
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 CLE  4  KCR  3        W:Cody Allen (2-0), L: Kelvin Herrera (3-5), S: Vinnie Pestano (2)
Mon, Jun 17, 2013 KCR  2 @CLE  1        W:Aaron Crow (3-2), L: Bryan Shaw (0-1), S: Greg Holland (15)
Mon, Apr 29, 2013 CLE  9 @KCR  0        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (1-2), L: Wade Davis (2-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 28, 2013 CLE 10 @KCR  3        W:Corey Kluber (2-0), L: Will Smith (0-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 28, 2013 KCR  9  CLE  0        W:Jeremy Guthrie (3-0), L: Justin Masterson (4-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 27, 2013 KCR  3  CLE  2        W:Ervin Santana (3-1), L: Scott Kazmir (0-1), S: Greg Holland (6)

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)
Season Series: 2013 - CLE over 4-3; 2012 - KCR won 10-8; 2011 - CLE won 12-6; All-Time - CLE leads 307-291

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 (4.83 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.85 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Mendoza
G/S/vB
52.Chen*
G/S/vB
55.Collins*
G/S/vB
43.Crow
G/S/vB
27.Gutierrez
G/S/vB
44.Hochevar
G/S/vB
56.Holland
G/S/vB
53.Smith*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Aviles G/S/vP 3/.666 9/.619 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 5/.400 3/.000 5/2.000 215/115 .258/.286/.379/.665 .665/.665 .642 95/.588 6/1 5/5
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 4/.250 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.000 3/.000 1/3.000 ··· 248/171 .299/.347/.385/.732 .641/.775 .650 96/.692 11/5 2/1
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 15/.833 15/1.292 14/.143 7/.572 1/2.000 23/1.249 7/.786 9/.666 313/203 .275/.323/.373/.696 .577/.758 .736 86/.600 8/2 5/0
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 12/.819 25/.840 11/1.056 8/.000 1/4.000 36/.913 8/.750 10/.400 244/157 .268/.322/.451/.773 .737/.793 .837 20/1.082 5/1 6/3
8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 2/.500 2/.500 ··· 9/.472 5/.400 8/.625 137/107 .229/.263/.382/.644 .307/.740 .678 38/.749 0/0 4/4
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 5/1.400 21/1.601 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 4/1.167 ··· ··· 121/109 .198/.314/.426/.740 .650/.750 .756 38/.740 0/1 6/
10.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 125/66 .284/.312/.526/.838 .870/.809 .936 42/.739 2/0 6/1
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 14/.702 4/.500 11/1.255 1/.000 ··· 13/.968 4/.500 5/.400 321/211 .299/.384/.533/.917 .951/.898 .912 104/1.292 19/5 12/6
9.Raburn G/S/vP 2/2.000 30/.781 5/.400 4/.000 1/2.000 11/.808 6/.833 2/.000 161/91 .262/.354/.525/.879 .905/.859 .858 51/.857 0/0 9/1
12.Reynolds G/S/vP 2/.000 10/1.225 2/1.000 4/.500 1/.000 14/.220 3/.666 5/.400 315/209 .233/.321/.422/.742 .816/.706 .765 92/.565 3/0 15/8
41.Santana# G/S/vP 12/.917 14/.955 10/.786 6/.334 1/2.000 19/.583 6/.333 7/1.071 312/206 .269/.378/.458/.837 .812/.849 .872 91/.725 1/1 10/3
11.Stubbs G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 5/.400 1/.000 2/.000 280/177 .241/.295/.381/.676 .783/.617 .643 77/.714 8/0 6/2
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 7/1.262 16/.980 3/.000 3/.333 1/no AB 15/.600 4/.250 5/.200 294/184 .235/.340/.398/.739 .797/.704 .681 72/.551 0/0 8/5
IP 75.2 28.1 29.0 24.1 24.2 30.1 30.0 11.2 TOTAL .258/.329/.425/.755 .752/.756 .756 .737 63/16 94/47
ERA-K/9 4.16/5.8 2.22/6.4 3.41/8.7 3.70/7.0 2.92/6.2 2.37/8.9 2.10/15.0 3.09/10.0 3.57/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gomes (8-9-1)
 Santana (32-5-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 328/.261 128/.259 124/.226 106/.261 97/.258 116/.179 117/.181 44/.256 .253  Brantley
 Stubbs
 Raburn
 Bourn
 Aviles
 Swisher
78/1/0/7
0/30/49/4
7/0/32/3
0/55/0/3
3/0/1/0
0/0/11/0
OPS .761 .724 .653 .698 .669 .593 .542 .657 .722
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 174/.815 48/.819 63/.615 49/.623 48/.863 58/.688 59/.621 16/.321 .737
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 154/.700 80/.664 61/.691 57/.761 49/.495 58/.495 58/.465 28/.863 .706
Home 146/.837 92/.775 57/.791 44/.753 55/.618 57/.520 65/.516 24/.946
Last 28d days 100/.623 32/.946 53/.773 34/.599 30/.517 32/.421 43/.519 23/.324
HR/SB/CS 8/4/0 2/3/2 2/2/0 2/4/0 2/2/2 4/3/2 2/0/0 1/0/1 87/41/19
Usage ·····X·· ···X·o·· ·X·o··X· ·X·o·X·· ···o··X· ··X··X·· ·o···o·· ··X·X·o·
Royals Batters (3.96 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.49 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
50.Hagadone*
G/S/vB
53.Hill*
G/S/vB
26.Kazmir*
G/S/vB
57.Martinez
G/S/vB
54.Perez
G/S/vB
52.Pestano
G/S/vB
47.Shaw
G/S/vB
38.Smith
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 6/.500 6/2.167 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.000 20/.650 ··· 9/1.333 13/.308 3/1.667 11/.282 318/240 .283/.387/.409/.796 .828/.786 .831 98/.865 0/0 6/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 3/.666 282/203 .257/.319/.375/.695 .577/.739 .686 77/.585 9/4 3/1
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 5/1.400 56/45 .278/.304/.556/.859 .455/.961 1.215 14/.896 10/2 2/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 6/1.000 4/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· 7/.334 9/.730 1/no AB 10/.311 333/235 .253/.284/.333/.618 .758/.559 .530 91/.668 11/0 3/10
9.Giavotella G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 4/4 .750/.750/1.000/1.750 /1.750 4/1.750 0/0 0/0
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 7/1.000 5/1.267 ··· 5/.400 1/no AB 15/.594 ··· 9/.125 7/.762 1/.000 5/.900 345/241 .285/.345/.410/.755 .993/.654 .610 100/.538 4/1 7/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 5/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 9/.347 1/3.000 3/1.000 316/228 .277/.330/.412/.742 .802/.719 .657 105/.925 7/3 7/5
23.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.000 1/.000 3/.666 135/97 .219/.248/.297/.545 .556/.541 .375 47/.507 11/0 2/2
26.Kottaras* G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 59/51 .143/.288/.327/.615 .536/.627 .733 6/.833 1/0 2/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· 125/111 .314/.336/.471/.807 .665/.824 .761 82/.854 1/1 2/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 5/1.000 2/.500 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 7/.762 1/.000 4/.500 258/199 .215/.271/.325/.596 .461/.636 .647 76/.699 1/3 5/10
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 3/1.167 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 256/186 .301/.324/.419/.743 .682/.766 .863 97/.776 0/0 4/5
24.Tejada G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 35/1.057 5/1.200 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 79/29 .270/.308/.392/.700 .773/.572 .660 34/.585 0/0 2/2
IP 75.2 28.1 33.1 25.0 21.1 69.0 2.0 18.2 26.0 38.0 30.1 TOTAL .259/.313/.377/.690 .716/.679 .666 .726 62/15 49/47
ERA-K/9 4.16/8.7 2.22/6.7 2.16/10.8 5.40/7.9 6.75/11.4 4.83/8.6 0.00/4.5 3.86/9.1 3.81/9.7 3.79/8.1 2.08/8.6 4.28/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (15-6-2)
 Perez (23-12-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 315/.284 123/.224 139/.202 102/.212 101/.289 299/.272 8/.250 84/.211 112/.237 163/.239 119/.198 .252  Gordon
 Cain
 Lough
 Dyson
77/0/0/8
0/64/6/5
4/5/26/4
0/14/0/1
OPS .772 .619 .623 .691 .812 .831 .625 .776 .784 .651 .613 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 177/.764 52/.822 61/.633 50/.591 50/.737 85/.526 3/.667 39/.737 65/.856 79/.803 60/.722 .754
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 138/.782 71/.476 78/.612 52/.798 51/.884 214/.954 5/.600 45/.800 47/.678 84/.503 59/.504 .727
Road 197/.761 59/.622 79/.703 41/.731 39/.742 167/.827 8/.625 41/.762 65/.666 83/.684 68/.572
Last 28d days 137/.811 33/.436 32/.792 34/.627 23/.586 92/.736 8/.625 6/.000 52/.803 42/.688 46/.673
HR/SB/CS 9/2/2 1/1/1 3/0/0 3/0/1 3/4/1 13/2/0 0/0/0 4/3/1 5/0/0 3/3/1 3/0/0 95/44/14
Usage ····X··· ···Xo·o· ···X···· ····o·o· ···X···X ·····X·· ··X····· ··oo···· ···X·X·o ···XX··o ··oX·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.