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Game Preview: CLE @ KCR, 2:10pm, Thursday, July 4, 2013 @Kauffman Stadium

Indians, 45-39, 45-39 2nd, ½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Ubaldo Jimenez (29, RHP, 6-4, 4.63)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (6-4) 83.2 78 45 43 44 85 12 4.63
2012 (9-17) 176.2 190 116 106 95 143 25 5.40
2011 (10-13) 188.1 186 111 98 78 180 17 4.68
Last 7 GS 3-1 39.0 38 15 13 22 38 5 3.00 53
2013-06-29 @CHW ND 5.0 9 3 3 4 8 0 112 41
2013-06-24 @BAL W 5.1 8 2 2 2 6 2 99 48
2013-06-18 KCR ND 5.2 2 2 2 4 4 0 114 57
2013-06-12 @TEX W 5.0 4 1 1 4 4 1 101 55
2013-06-07 @DET L 3.0 7 5 3 3 3 1 85 29
2013-06-01 TBR W 8.0 4 0 0 1 7 0 108 80
2013-05-27 @CIN ND 7.0 4 2 2 4 6 1 108 63
Last 5 v.KCR 2-2 28.0 27 15 12 15 18 2 3.86 49
2013-06-18 KCR ND 5.2 2 2 2 4 4 0 114 57
2013-04-29 @KCR W 7.0 3 0 0 2 4 0 103 73
2012-09-22 @KCR L 4.1 7 5 2 3 3 0 94 35
2012-04-25 KCR L 6.0 6 4 4 3 2 2 113 43
2012-04-15 @KCR W 5.0 9 4 4 3 5 0 112 35
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-15   Road:   21-24   ExtrInn: 5-0 
 vsRHP:  29-25   vsLHP:  16-14   1-Run:  18-8 
 vsEast:  8-19   vsCntrl:18-14   vsWest: 12-2  IL: 7-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 84 Wed, Jul  3  @KCR  L   5-6       45-39  2nd  0.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:16-14
Royals, 39-42, 39-42 3rd, 5 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: James Shields (31, RHP, 3-6, 2.99)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-6) 117.1 104 40 39 33 104 11 2.99
2012 (15-10) 227.2 208 103 89 58 223 25 3.52
2011 (16-12) 249.1 195 83 78 65 225 26 2.82
Last 7 GS 1-1 44.1 49 19 19 18 35 4 3.86 51
2013-06-28 @MIN W 6.1 8 3 3 0 5 1 117 50
2013-06-23 CHW ND 5.0 7 4 4 3 4 1 97 38
2013-06-17 @CLE ND 6.0 4 1 1 4 5 1 111 61
2013-06-12 DET ND 7.0 7 2 2 2 6 0 110 59
2013-06-07 HOU ND 7.0 9 2 2 3 6 0 111 54
2013-06-01 @TEX ND 7.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 110 67
2013-05-27 STL L 6.0 9 6 6 5 4 1 107 29
Last 5 v.CLE 1-2 33.1 34 15 14 11 34 6 3.78 55
2013-06-17 @CLE ND 6.0 4 1 1 4 5 1 111 61
2012-07-08 @CLE ND 7.0 10 5 4 2 5 1 121 42
2011-05-28 CLE L 7.0 7 3 3 3 8 1 104 56
2011-05-12 @CLE W 7.0 7 2 2 1 7 1 101 61
2010-07-09 CLE L 6.1 6 4 4 1 9 2 106 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-20   Road:   19-22   ExtrInn: 6-1 
 vsRHP:  31-28   vsLHP:   8-14   1-Run:  14-17
 vsEast:  9-9    vsCntrl:18-15   vsWest:  7-12 IL: 5-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 81 Wed, Jul  3   CLE  W   6-5       39-42  3rd  5.0 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 03, 2013 KCR  6  CLE  5        W:Will Smith (1-1), L: Cody Allen (3-1), S: Greg Holland (18)
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
Season Series: 2013 - CLE over 5-4; 2012 - KCR won 10-8; 2011 - CLE won 12-6; All-Time - CLE leads 308-292

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  5.08

CHC  4.15

MIA  3.28

 RA/G

PIT  3.41

MIA  4.29

HOU  5.21

 BA

M. Cabrera  .364

M. Holliday  .267

B. Upton  .177

 OBP

M. Cabrera  .454

S. Perez  .330

J. Arencibia  .244

 SLG

C. Davis  .731

A. Gordon  .426

E. Andrus  .284

 OPS

C. Davis  1.137

J. Ellsbury  .765

A. Hechavarria  .571

 ERA

C. Buchholz  1.71

J. Vargas  3.65

E. Jackson  5.75

 K/9IP

Y. Darvish  11.99

Y. Gallardo  7.26

J. Guthrie  4.37

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Indians Batters (4.85 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Shields
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 22/.983 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 10/.543 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.000 3/.000 2/1.500 1/2.000 253/175 .301/.348/.386/.733 .658/.769 .655 97/.706 12/5 2/1
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 16/.646 16/1.339 14/.143 7/.572 1/2.000 24/1.196 7/.786 10/.600 322/210 .271/.323/.368/.691 .585/.745 .724 91/.595 8/2 5/0
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 15/1.092 26/.808 12/1.101 8/.000 1/4.000 36/.913 8/.750 11/.382 253/163 .268/.323/.446/.769 .733/.788 .824 29/.952 5/1 6/3
8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP ··· ··· 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 18/.289 21/1.601 ··· 2/1.500 4/.250 5/.900 1/.000 ··· 126/114 .208/.317/.434/.751 .650/.762 .779 43/.778 0/1 6/
10.Gomes G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 128/69 .280/.313/.517/.829 .870/.794 .914 42/.639 2/0 6/1
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 7/.929 5/.400 12/1.300 1/.000 ··· 13/.968 4/.500 6/.333 330/217 .301/.386/.539/.925 .938/.917 .927 109/1.318 19/5 13/7
9.Raburn G/S/vP 8/.393 30/.781 5/.400 4/.000 1/2.000 11/.808 7/.715 2/.000 165/95 .264/.358/.521/.878 .905/.859 .859 55/.857 0/0 9/1
12.Reynolds G/S/vP 15/.421 10/1.225 2/1.000 5/.400 1/.000 15/.204 4/.500 5/.400 323/217 .228/.319/.413/.732 .816/.692 .744 96/.567 3/0 15/8
41.Santana# G/S/vP 16/.588 15/.884 10/.786 7/.310 1/2.000 20/.617 6/.333 8/.929 321/213 .264/.377/.450/.827 .796/.842 .853 96/.711 1/1 10/3
11.Stubbs G/S/vP 3/.000 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 46/.596 17/1.050 3/.000 4/.500 1/no AB 16/.563 4/.250 6/.167 303/191 .239/.343/.402/.745 .801/.712 .694 77/.613 0/0 8/6
IP 117.1 30.1 29.0 25.1 24.2 32.1 31.0 13.1 TOTAL .258/.330/.423/.753 .751/.753 .752 .739 64/16 95/50
ERA-K/9 2.99/8.0 2.08/6.5 4.03/8.7 3.55/7.1 2.92/6.2 2.23/9.5 2.03/15.1 2.70/8.8 3.62/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gomes (8-10-1)
 Santana (32-5-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 476/.242 134/.263 126/.226 111/.263 97/.258 123/.170 121/.174 50/.250 .253  Brantley
 Stubbs
 Raburn
 Bourn
 Aviles
 Swisher
80/1/0/7
0/31/49/4
7/0/34/3
0/56/0/3
3/0/1/0
0/0/12/0
OPS .660 .721 .664 .711 .669 .568 .523 .624 .720
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 252/.585 50/.827 64/.627 53/.670 48/.863 63/.654 61/.599 19/.377 .739
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 224/.746 84/.656 62/.701 58/.747 49/.495 60/.478 60/.449 31/.790 .701
Home 234/.678 98/.768 59/.813 49/.778 55/.618 64/.480 69/.484 30/.833
Last 28d days 139/.793 38/.898 44/.878 38/.665 30/.517 36/.407 38/.417 29/.332
HR/SB/CS 11/3/2 2/3/2 2/2/0 2/4/0 2/2/2 4/3/2 2/0/0 1/1/1 88/42/19
Usage ·····X·· ·X···X·o ·o·X·o·· ·X·X·o·X ·····o·· ·X··X··X X··o···o X···X·X·
Royals Batters (4.00 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Jimenez
G/S/vB		 32.Albers
G/S/vB		 37.Allen
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		 27.Shaw
G/S/vB		 38.Smith
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Butler G/S/vP 18/.922 6/2.167 3/.666 5/1.000 22/.687 ··· 9/1.333 14/.557 4/1.167 11/.282 326/246 .282/.383/.408/.791 .832/.779 .820 98/.785 0/0 6/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 6/.533 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 3/1.167 3/.666 286/205 .258/.322/.375/.697 .562/.748 .691 73/.545 9/4 3/1
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 3/1.000 ··· 6/1.167 62/50 .254/.290/.508/.799 .417/.894 1.041 20/.689 10/2 2/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 19/.446 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 7/.833 ··· 8/.286 9/.730 1/no AB 11/.282 342/241 .250/.281/.328/.609 .763/.545 .515 94/.629 11/0 3/11
9.Giavotella G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 3/.000 12/10 .273/.333/.364/.697 .000/.844 .125 12/.697 0/0 0/0
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 19/.329 5/1.267 ··· 1/no AB 18/.791 ··· 10/.347 7/.762 1/.000 6/.733 353/246 .292/.351/.426/.778 1.013/.676 .664 100/.640 4/2 8/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 17/1.257 1/.000 3/1.666 1/no AB 6/.334 ··· 2/1.000 10/.522 1/3.000 3/1.000 325/234 .279/.330/.419/.750 .797/.731 .678 106/.941 7/3 8/5
23.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· 3/.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 3/.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/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 133/115 .302/.323/.450/.773 .513/.813 .702 82/.792 1/1 2/1
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 17/.753 2/.500 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 8/.833 1/.000 4/.500 262/202 .218/.279/.326/.605 .474/.643 .665 72/.779 1/3 5/10
13.Perez G/S/vP 8/.250 4/1.250 3/1.167 ··· 4/1.250 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 264/192 .304/.330/.423/.752 .663/.786 .875 97/.786 0/0 4/5
24.Tejada G/S/vP 16/.708 3/.000 2/.000 3/1.000 37/1.053 5/1.200 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 83/31 .286/.321/.403/.724 .782/.621 .704 38/.648 0/0 2/2
IP 83.2 29.1 34.1 22.0 74.0 2.0 19.2 27.0 38.2 31.1 TOTAL .260/.313/.378/.691 .713/.683 .670 .721 62/16 51/48
ERA-K/9 4.63/9.1 2.15/6.5 2.36/10.8 6.55/11.0 4.86/8.4 0.00/4.5 3.66/9.1 4.00/9.3 4.19/8.1 2.01/8.6 4.31/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Kottaras (15-6-2)
 Perez (24-12-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 363/.249 129/.225 143/.203 103/.282 320/.274 8/.250 89/.213 117/.248 168/.252 122/.193 .252  Gordon
 Cain
 Lough
 Dyson
79/0/0/8
0/65/7/5
5/5/28/4
0/16/0/1
OPS .751 .620 .643 .794 .819 .625 .770 .807 .668 .597 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 198/.728 54/.789 62/.707 52/.705 93/.558 3/.667 42/.768 68/.870 79/.803 62/.697 .757
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 165/.776 75/.501 81/.588 51/.884 227/.928 5/.600 47/.761 49/.717 89/.546 60/.495 .724
Road 208/.745 65/.624 83/.734 41/.700 188/.807 8/.625 46/.750 70/.713 88/.717 71/.546
Last 28d days 117/.852 39/.463 36/.848 21/.496 113/.719 8/.625 11/.282 53/.877 47/.745 48/.643
HR/SB/CS 12/7/2 1/1/1 4/0/0 3/4/1 13/2/1 0/0/0 4/3/1 5/0/0 3/3/1 3/0/0 97/44/15
Usage ····X··· X····Xo· oo···X·· o····X·· X······X ····X··· ·X··oo·· ·X···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.