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Game Preview: CLE @ KCR, 8:10pm, Wednesday, July 3, 2013 @Kauffman Stadium

Indians, 45-38, 45-38 1st, ½ up

SP: Scott Kazmir (29, LHP, 4-4, 4.83)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-4) 69.0 74 38 37 24 66 13 4.83
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 40.2 38 18 17 14 36 6 3.76 54
2013-06-26 @BAL ND 7.0 1 1 0 1 4 0 78 76
2013-06-21 MIN W 7.0 5 1 1 0 7 1 95 70
2013-06-15 WSN ND 2.2 4 5 5 4 2 3 75 28
2013-06-10 @TEX L 6.0 8 4 4 2 5 1 103 43
2013-06-04 @NYY L 6.0 7 4 4 2 7 1 111 47
2013-05-30 CIN W 7.0 8 1 1 1 5 0 93 61
2013-05-25 @BOS ND 5.0 5 2 2 4 6 0 107 51
Last 5 v.KCR 2-1 24.1 25 12 12 13 14 2 4.44 48
2013-04-27 @KCR L 5.0 5 2 2 2 4 1 99 51
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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-15   Road:   21-23   ExtrInn: 5-0 
 vsRHP:  29-24   vsLHP:  16-14   1-Run:  18-7 
 vsEast:  8-19   vsCntrl:18-13   vsWest: 12-2  IL: 7-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 83 Tue, Jul  2  @KCR  W   6-5       45-38  1st  0.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:16-14
Royals, 38-42, 38-42 3rd, 5½ GB, 8½ GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (34, RHP, 7-6, 4.11)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (7-6) 100.2 105 50 46 36 49 19 4.11
2012 (8-12) 181.2 206 109 96 50 101 30 4.76
2011 (9-17) 208.0 213 113 100 66 130 26 4.33
Last 7 GS 2-4 41.1 44 26 23 16 17 6 5.01 45
2013-06-27 @MIN L 6.1 6 3 2 2 4 0 111 53
2013-06-21 CHW L 2.1 5 6 6 3 1 0 57 21
2013-06-15 @TBR L 7.0 8 5 4 3 0 3 114 40
2013-06-10 DET W 6.1 6 2 2 3 0 1 95 50
2013-06-05 MIN W 6.0 6 1 1 3 4 0 102 57
2013-05-30 @STL ND 6.0 8 2 2 1 6 0 99 53
2013-05-25 LAA L 7.1 5 7 6 1 2 2 106 43
Last 5 v.CLE 3-2 31.2 27 14 14 10 18 3 3.98 53
2013-04-28 CLE W 6.2 6 0 0 3 5 0 112 64
2011-07-14 CLE L 5.0 5 6 6 4 2 2 103 31
2011-04-16 @CLE L 5.0 10 6 6 1 2 1 98 24
2010-05-14 CLE W 8.0 2 1 1 1 5 0 113 78
2008-08-13 @CLE W 7.0 4 1 1 1 4 0 101 68
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-20   Road:   19-22   ExtrInn: 6-1 
 vsRHP:  31-28   vsLHP:   7-14   1-Run:  13-17
 vsEast:  9-9    vsCntrl:17-15   vsWest:  7-12 IL: 5-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 80 Tue, Jul  2   CLE  L   5-6       38-42  3rd  5.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 02, 2013 CLE  6 @KCR  5        W:Cody Allen (3-0), L: Tim Collins (2-3), S: Chris Perez (8)
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)
Season Series: 2013 - CLE over 5-3; 2012 - KCR won 10-8; 2011 - CLE won 12-6; All-Time - CLE leads 308-291

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
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.12

CHC  4.16

MIA  3.24

 RA/G

ATL  3.39

CHC  4.30

HOU  5.26

 BA

M. Cabrera  .368

C. Santana  .268

B. Upton  .176

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .458

S. Perez  .327

J. Arencibia  .247

 SLG

C. Davis  .721

L. Overbay  .428

E. Andrus  .288

 OPS

M. Cabrera  1.136

D. Jennings  .762

A. Hechavarria  .560

 ERA

C. Buchholz  1.71

M. Moore  3.65

E. Jackson  5.75

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.99

C. Tillman  7.27

J. Guthrie  4.38

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Indians Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.88 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Guthrie
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 9/.555 9/.619 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 5/.400 3/.000 5/2.000 215/115 .258/.286/.379/.665 .665/.665 .642 91/.592 6/1 5/5
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 4/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.000 3/.000 1/3.000 ··· 248/171 .299/.347/.385/.732 .641/.775 .650 92/.701 11/5 2/1
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 9/.333 16/1.339 14/.143 7/.572 1/2.000 24/1.196 7/.786 9/.666 318/207 .275/.327/.373/.700 .591/.757 .743 87/.625 8/2 5/0
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 15/.734 26/.808 12/1.101 8/.000 1/4.000 36/.913 8/.750 10/.400 249/160 .268/.324/.447/.771 .736/.791 .831 25/1.005 5/1 6/3
8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 2/.500 3/.333 ··· 10/.422 5/.400 8/.625 141/111 .230/.262/.378/.640 .307/.731 .669 42/.725 0/0 4/4
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 10/1.400 21/1.601 ··· 2/1.500 4/.250 5/.900 ··· ··· 125/113 .210/.320/.438/.758 .650/.770 .793 42/.799 0/1 6/
10.Gomes G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 125/66 .284/.312/.526/.838 .870/.809 .936 39/.657 2/0 6/1
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 3/.333 5/.400 12/1.300 1/.000 ··· 13/.968 4/.500 5/.400 326/214 .299/.385/.529/.913 .947/.894 .905 105/1.296 19/5 12/6
9.Raburn G/S/vP 18/.801 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 3/.333 10/1.225 2/1.000 5/.400 1/.000 15/.204 3/.666 5/.400 319/213 .230/.320/.417/.737 .816/.699 .754 92/.579 3/0 15/8
41.Santana# G/S/vP 9/1.444 15/.884 10/.786 7/.310 1/2.000 20/.617 6/.333 7/1.071 317/210 .268/.382/.457/.838 .804/.856 .874 92/.745 1/1 10/3
11.Stubbs G/S/vP 9/.444 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 6/.334 1/.000 2/.000 284/180 .238/.291/.375/.666 .775/.607 .626 78/.678 8/0 6/2
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 37/1.325 17/1.050 3/.000 4/.500 1/no AB 16/.563 4/.250 5/.200 299/188 .243/.348/.408/.756 .808/.725 .710 73/.649 0/0 8/5
IP 100.2 30.1 29.0 25.1 24.2 32.1 30.0 11.2 TOTAL .259/.331/.425/.755 .753/.757 .757 .748 63/16 94/47
ERA-K/9 4.11/4.4 2.08/6.5 4.03/8.7 3.55/7.1 2.92/6.2 2.23/9.5 2.10/15.0 3.09/10.0 3.60/7.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 433/.272 134/.263 126/.226 111/.263 97/.258 123/.170 117/.181 44/.256 .253  Brantley
 Stubbs
 Raburn
 Bourn
 Aviles
 Swisher
79/1/0/7
0/31/49/4
7/0/33/3
0/55/0/3
3/0/1/0
0/0/12/0
OPS .805 .721 .664 .711 .669 .568 .542 .657 .723
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 221/.903 50/.827 64/.627 53/.670 48/.863 63/.654 59/.621 16/.321 .742
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 212/.705 84/.656 62/.701 58/.747 49/.495 60/.478 58/.465 28/.863 .703
Home 188/.676 98/.768 59/.813 49/.778 55/.618 64/.480 65/.516 24/.946
Last 28d days 100/.858 38/.898 50/.755 38/.665 30/.517 39/.374 38/.501 23/.324
HR/SB/CS 19/3/3 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···X·o· o·X·o··X X·X·o·X· ····o··X X··X··X· ··o···o· ···X·X·o
Royals Batters (3.98 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.49 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		 57.Martinez
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 20/.650 6/2.167 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.000 ··· 9/1.333 14/.557 3/1.667 11/.282 322/244 .282/.385/.410/.795 .828/.786 .830 98/.818 0/0 6/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.500 3/.666 282/203 .257/.319/.375/.695 .577/.739 .686 73/.600 9/4 3/1
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.333 3/1.000 ··· 6/1.167 60/49 .263/.300/.526/.826 .455/.913 1.111 18/.771 10/2 2/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 4/.750 4/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 8/.286 9/.730 1/no AB 11/.282 338/240 .249/.280/.328/.608 .758/.547 .512 93/.607 11/0 3/10
9.Giavotella G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 8/8 .429/.500/.571/1.071 /1.071 .250 8/1.071 0/0 0/0
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 15/.594 5/1.267 ··· 5/.400 1/no AB ··· 10/.347 7/.762 1/.000 6/.733 350/246 .288/.349/.421/.769 .993/.676 .645 101/.611 4/1 8/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 10/.522 1/3.000 3/1.000 321/233 .276/.328/.408/.736 .802/.711 .648 106/.936 7/3 7/5
23.Johnson# G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 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 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 59/51 .143/.288/.327/.615 .536/.627 .733 6/.833 1/0 2/4
7.Lough* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 129/114 .312/.333/.464/.797 .619/.820 .745 82/.816 1/1 2/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/2.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 4/.500 8/.833 1/.000 4/.500 262/202 .218/.279/.326/.605 .474/.643 .665 76/.764 1/3 5/10
13.Perez G/S/vP 2/2.500 3/.667 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 260/190 .301/.327/.422/.749 .682/.773 .871 97/.765 0/0 4/5
24.Tejada G/S/vP 35/1.057 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 5/1.200 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 79/29 .270/.308/.392/.700 .773/.572 .660 34/.585 0/0 2/2
IP 69.0 28.1 33.2 25.1 21.1 2.0 19.2 27.0 38.0 31.1 TOTAL .259/.313/.377/.690 .716/.680 .667 .724 62/15 50/47
ERA-K/9 4.83/8.6 2.22/6.7 2.14/10.7 5.33/8.2 6.75/11.4 0.00/4.5 3.66/9.1 4.00/9.3 3.79/8.1 2.01/8.6 4.29/8.4

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 299/.272 123/.224 140/.200 104/.209 101/.289 8/.250 89/.213 117/.248 163/.239 122/.193 .252  Gordon
 Cain
 Lough
 Dyson
78/0/0/8
0/64/6/5
4/5/27/4
0/15/0/1
OPS .831 .619 .618 .691 .812 .625 .770 .807 .651 .597 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 85/.526 52/.822 61/.633 52/.593 50/.737 3/.667 42/.768 68/.870 79/.803 62/.697 .756
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 214/.954 71/.476 79/.604 52/.798 51/.884 5/.600 47/.761 49/.717 84/.503 60/.495 .725
Road 167/.827 59/.622 80/.693 43/.727 39/.742 8/.625 46/.750 70/.713 83/.684 71/.546
Last 28d days 92/.736 33/.436 33/.767 36/.628 19/.551 8/.625 11/.282 53/.877 42/.688 48/.643
HR/SB/CS 13/2/0 1/1/1 3/0/0 3/0/1 3/4/1 0/0/0 4/3/1 5/0/0 3/3/1 3/0/0 96/44/14
Usage ······X· ····Xo·o o···X··· o····o·o ····X··· ···X···· X··oo··· X···X·X· ····XX·· o··oX·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.