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Game Preview: CLE @ DET, 1:08pm, Thursday, April 17, 2014 @Comerica Park

Indians, 7-7, 7-7 3rd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC

SP: Danny Salazar (24, RHP, 0-1, 6.75)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (0-1) 9.1 13 7 7 5 14 3 6.75
2013 (2-3) 52.0 44 18 18 15 65 7 3.12
Last 7 GS 1-2 34.1 39 14 14 11 47 5 3.67 52
2014-04-10 @CHW L 3.2 6 5 5 2 10 2 93 37
2014-04-04 MIN ND 5.2 7 2 2 3 4 1 95 48
2013-09-25 CHW W 5.1 6 2 2 1 8 1 89 55
2013-09-18 @KCR L 6.0 6 4 4 1 3 0 82 46
2013-09-13 @CHW ND 3.2 4 0 0 2 9 0 78 60
2013-09-08 NYM ND 4.0 4 1 1 2 8 1 80 56
2013-09-01 @DET ND 6.0 6 0 0 0 5 0 77 65
Last 5 v.DET 0-0 13.2 13 4 4 1 15 2 2.63 62
2013-09-01 @DET ND 6.0 6 0 0 0 5 0 77 65
2013-08-07 DET ND 7.2 7 4 4 1 10 2 103 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    3-3    Road:    4-4    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   6-2    vsLHP:   1-5    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 3-5    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 14 Wed, Apr 16  @DET  W   3-2        7-7   3rd  0.5 gb
 13 Sun, Apr 13  @CHW  L   3-4        6-7   4th  1.5 gb
 12 Sat, Apr 12  @CHW  W  12-6        6-6   2nd  1.5 gb
 11 Fri, Apr 11  @CHW  L   6-9        5-6   3rd  1.5 gb
 10 Thu, Apr 10  @CHW  L   3-7        5-5   2nd  1.5 gb
  9 Wed, Apr  9   SDP  L   1-2        5-4   2nd  1.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr  9   SDP  W   2-0        5-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  7 Tue, Apr  8   SDP  W   8-6        4-3   2nd  0.5 gb
  6 Sun, Apr  6   MIN  L   7-10       3-3   2nd  1.5 gb
  5 Sat, Apr  5   MIN  L   3-7        3-2   2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-7    Last 30: 7-7 
Tigers, 6-5, 6-5 1st, Tied

SP: Justin Verlander (31, RHP, 1-1, 2.57)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (1-1) 21.0 19 7 6 6 13 0 2.57
2013 (13-12) 218.1 212 94 84 75 217 19 3.46
2012 (17-8) 238.1 192 81 70 60 239 19 2.64
Last 7 GS 2-2 46.2 41 13 12 13 48 1 2.31 61
2014-04-12 @SDP W 7.0 8 2 2 1 8 0 110 60
2014-04-06 BAL L 8.0 5 2 2 2 3 0 112 65
2014-03-31 KCR ND 6.0 6 3 2 3 2 0 105 49
2013-09-29 @MIA ND 6.0 3 0 0 1 10 0 80 75
2013-09-23 @MIN ND 6.0 6 0 0 3 12 0 107 69
2013-09-18 SEA L 7.0 4 3 3 3 6 1 124 60
2013-09-13 KCR W 6.2 9 3 3 0 7 0 111 51
Last 5 v.CLE 3-1 32.0 31 13 12 10 35 1 3.38 57
2013-09-01 CLE ND 7.0 4 0 0 2 6 0 116 73
2013-08-06 @CLE W 8.0 4 1 1 0 7 0 112 77
2013-06-07 CLE W 7.0 7 3 3 2 6 0 108 55
2013-05-22 @CLE W 5.0 10 5 5 1 9 1 110 35
2013-05-11 CLE L 5.0 6 4 3 5 7 0 110 43
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-2    Road:    2-3    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:   5-5    vsLHP:   1-0    1-Run:   4-2 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl: 2-1    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 2-3 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 11 Wed, Apr 16   CLE  L   2-3        6-5   1st    Tied
 10 Sun, Apr 13  @SDP  L   1-5        6-4   1st  0.5 up
  9 Sat, Apr 12  @SDP  W   6-2        6-3   1st  1.5 up
  8 Fri, Apr 11  @SDP  L   0-6        5-3   1st  0.5 up
  7 Wed, Apr  9  @LAD  W   7-6 (10)   5-2   1st  1.0 up
  6 Tue, Apr  8  @LAD  L   2-3 (10)   4-2   1st  0.5 up
  5 Sun, Apr  6   BAL  L   1-3        4-1   1st  1.5 up
  4 Sat, Apr  5   BAL  W   7-6        4-0   1st  1.5 up
  3 Fri, Apr  4   BAL  W  10-4        3-0   1st  0.5 up
  2 Wed, Apr  2   KCR  W   2-1 (10)   2-0   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-5    Last 30: 6-5 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 16, 2014 CLE  3 @DET  2        W:Zach McAllister (2-0), L: Anibal Sanchez (0-1), S: John Axford (5)

Sun, Sep 01, 2013 CLE  4 @DET  0        W:Joe Smith (6-2), L: Joaquin Benoit (4-1), S: none
Sat, Aug 31, 2013 DET 10  CLE  5        W:Anibal Sanchez (12-7), L: Scott Kazmir (7-7), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2014 - CLE over 1-0; 2013 - DET won 15-4; 2012 - CLE won 10-8; All-Time - DET leads 1086-1043

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 2014 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 2013 season

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Indians Batters (4.57 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (3.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB
62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB
44.Chamberlain
G/S/vB
40.Coke*
G/S/vB
46.Krol*
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
39.Putkonen
G/S/vB
57.Reed
G/S/vB
33.Smyly*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Aviles G/S/vP 22/.454 2/2.500 8/.625 2/.000 ··· 6/1.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.500 394/211 .252/.282/.368/.650 .605/.689 .586 36/.680 8/5 9/8
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 20/.839 5/.000 4/.833 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 6/1.000 575/401 .263/.316/.360/.676 .655/.685 .688 5/.200 23/12 6/3
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 41/.913 5/1.750 1/.000 12/.533 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 9/1.667 611/419 .284/.332/.396/.728 .664/.757 .672 58/.754 17/4 10/0
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 61/.567 9/.730 7/.286 15/1.000 ··· 5/1.000 1/.000 2/.500 7/1.143 562/377 .242/.299/.402/.700 .639/.730 .769 57/.634 9/3 14/9
8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 13/.539 ··· 1/.000 5/2.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/2.000 1/3.000 5/.000 308/270 .225/.270/.398/.668 .408/.705 .662 20/1.082 1/0 11/9
10.Gomes G/S/vP 5/.650 1/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.666 322/205 .294/.345/.481/.826 .934/.766 .843 47/.874 2/0 11/3
30.Johnson# G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 275/211 .209/.255/.283/.538 .579/.526 .626 12/.273 22/2 2/6
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 30/.434 4/.250 2/.500 13/.693 2/.000 3/1.666 1/2.000 1/.000 10/.000 658/435 .284/.366/.452/.818 .850/.801 .840 62/.755 30/7 17/12
7.Murphy* G/S/vP 23/.648 2/.000 11/1.295 8/.650 ··· 11/.573 ··· 2/1.000 4/.000 476/365 .220/.282/.374/.656 .562/.685 .580 44/.868 1/4 13/2
9.Raburn G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· 8/.000 3/2.667 ··· 1/no AB 277/153 .272/.357/.543/.901 1.020/.806 .876 40/.545 0/0 16/2
41.Santana# G/S/vP 37/.797 6/.533 2/.500 12/.861 1/.000 5/.900 1/.000 1/.000 10/1.125 642/430 .268/.377/.455/.832 .864/.815 .836 61/.573 3/1 20/5
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 75/.722 5/.900 3/.333 5/2.000 1/.000 12/.933 ··· 1/.000 6/1.166 634/410 .246/.341/.423/.763 .918/.680 .725 64/.564 1/0 22/9
IP 218.1 49.0 42.0 38.1 27.1 64.2 29.2 23.1 76.0 TOTAL .239/.329/.373/.702 .619/.754 .679 .702 9/0 11/13
ERA-K/9 3.46/8.9 4.59/12.9 4.93/8.1 5.40/7.0 3.95/7.3 1.39/10.2 3.03/8.5 4.24/6.6 2.37/9.6 3.44/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gomes (29-20-4)
 Santana (51-11-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 925/.253 220/.213 198/.278 177/.291 117/.264 250/.162 127/.261 105/.301 303/.219 .245  Brantley
 Murphy
 Bourn
 Raburn
 Swisher
 Aviles
 Johnson
151/1/0/11
128/0/1/10
0/128/0/6
13/0/54/3
0/0/27/2
4/0/1/0
8/0/3/0
OPS .691 .674 .825 .809 .785 .464 .677 .775 .601 .683
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 546/.658 93/.662 93/.756 88/.760 56/.593 133/.515 55/.562 47/.760 129/.471 .702
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 379/.739 127/.683 105/.878 89/.860 61/.957 117/.407 72/.766 58/.782 174/.699 .656
Home 477/.707 128/.599 107/.892 90/.816 62/.797 130/.425 56/.643 59/.666 141/.601
Last 28d days 89/.627 21/.810 19/.921 9/1.194 17/.647 26/.947 4/.500 22/.718 20/.255
HR/SB/CS 19/21/4 5/3/0 8/9/1 3/0/1 5/2/0 2/4/1 4/2/0 2/5/2 4/8/2 6/13/2
Usage ····X··· o··o···o o··X···o ···o···· o··oX··o ····o··X ·····o·· X····X·· ·······X

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2014 season. Player Stats for the 2013 season. We will switch to 2014 stats on May 1st.

Tigers Batters (3.82 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.64 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Salazar
G/S/vB
37.Allen
G/S/vB
48.Atchison
G/S/vB
44.Axford
G/S/vB
20.Lee
G/S/vB
88.Outman*
G/S/vB
35.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB
27.Shaw
G/S/vB
49.Wood
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 2/2.000 5/.400 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/.400 3/1.167 4/.833 379/291 .227/.317/.376/.693 .455/.767 .808 32/.553 0/0 11/6
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 4/1.250 8/.417 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/5.000 4/1.167 5/.900 4/.500 652/488 .348/.442/.636/1.078 1.210/1.035 1.081 47/.640 3/0 44/12
9.Castellanos G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 18/7 .278/.278/.278/.556 .545/.571 .500 33/.703 0/0 0/0
18.Collins* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / 15/.343 / /
20.Davis G/S/vP 2/.500 2/.000 6/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 360/232 .260/.312/.375/.687 .857/.594 .726 38/.762 45/6 6/2
28.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.333 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 118/80 .177/.203/.230/.433 .267/.514 .393 28/.474 0/0 1/5
50.Holaday G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/17 .296/.367/.444/.811 .938/.690 .754 5/.000 0/0 1/2
48.Hunter G/S/vP 7/.286 7/.143 6/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.467 7/.143 5/.000 3/1.000 652/464 .304/.334/.465/.800 .829/.788 .861 37/.856 3/2 17/3
14.Jackson G/S/vP 4/1.250 7/.572 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.650 6/1.300 6/1.600 614/429 .272/.337/.417/.754 .681/.784 .724 46/.872 8/4 12/2
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 5/.600 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 4/.000 4/.500 251/194 .222/.309/.343/.652 .574/.674 .744 12/.833 2/0 6/2
3.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 4/.583 3/.333 ··· ··· 9/.583 6/2.334 1/.000 3/.000 614/437 .277/.344/.413/.757 .814/.733 .779 49/.815 15/11 13/13
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 6/.666 5/.800 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.429 7/.619 1/3.000 668/424 .301/.355/.430/.785 .735/.813 .817 42/.857 0/2 14/0
27.Romine# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 123/91 .259/.308/.287/.595 .667/.566 .610 14/.298 1/0 0/4
IP 52.0 70.1 45.1 65.0 4.1 54.0 30.2 75.0 1.1 TOTAL .254/.307/.398/.706 .756/.699 .793 .706 9/4 10/9
ERA-K/9 3.12/11.2 2.43/11.3 4.37/5.6 4.02/9.0 4.15/8.4 4.33/8.8 3.23/8.5 3.24/8.8 0.00/6.9 4.19/9.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (73-15-9)
 Holaday (12-1-0)
 Martinez (1-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 211/.226 301/.233 194/.254 289/.285 22/.250 238/.268 129/.239 316/.216 8/.200 .262  Hunter
 Jackson
 Davis
 Castellanos
 Kelly
0/0/143/9
0/129/0/5
57/16/35/4
9/0/0/0
38/25/22/0
OPS .655 .679 .647 .796 .739 .700 .674 .586 .700 .747
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 117/.588 136/.691 72/.703 131/.838 6/.933 126/.539 62/.480 147/.673 4/.500 .738
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 94/.733 165/.669 122/.615 158/.761 16/.648 112/.883 67/.859 169/.509 4/.833 .757
Road 120/.655 155/.633 93/.743 139/.845 10/.686 112/.695 82/.525 164/.607 /
Last 28d days 43/1.094 27/.693 20/.050 30/.629 9/.556 24/.683 24/.400 27/.668 26/.795
HR/SB/CS 7/3/0 7/6/0 4/6/0 10/3/2 0/0/0 3/6/0 2/2/1 4/4/2 0/2/0 10/8/4
Usage ······X· X··oo··o ······oo X··oo··X ·····Xo· ····X·X· ···o·o·o o···oX·o ·····XX·

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.