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Detroit Tigers vs. Cleveland Indians, at Comerica Park, September 4, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Friday, September 4, 2015

Start Time:

7:08et (local)

Venue:

Comerica Park

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

80° (based on last ten years)

Indians

Manager:

Terry Francona

Game #:

135

On This Date:

58-46

Tigers

Manager:

Brad Ausmus

Game #:

136

On This Date:

52-58

Season Series
Fri, Apr 10, 2015 DET  8 @CLE  4     
Sat, Apr 11, 2015 DET  9 @CLE  6     
Sun, Apr 12, 2015 DET  8 @CLE  5     
Fri, Apr 24, 2015 CLE 13 @DET  1     
Sat, Apr 25, 2015 DET  4  CLE  1     
Sun, Apr 26, 2015 DET  8  CLE  6     
Fri, Jun 12, 2015 DET  4  CLE  0     
Sat, Jun 13, 2015 CLE  5 @DET  4     
Sun, Jun 14, 2015 DET  8  CLE  1     
Mon, Jun 22, 2015 DET  8 @CLE  5     
Tue, Jun 23, 2015 DET  7 @CLE  3     
Wed, Jun 24, 2015 CLE  8  DET  2     

Fri, Sep 04, 2015 CLE    @DET  7:08pm
Sat, Sep 05, 2015 CLE    @DET  7:08pm
Sun, Sep 06, 2015 CLE    @DET  1:08pm
Thu, Sep 10, 2015 DET    @CLE  7:10pm
Fri, Sep 11, 2015 DET    @CLE  7:10pm
Sat, Sep 12, 2015 DET    @CLE  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 13, 2015 DET    @CLE  1:10pm

                         All times ET

Cleveland Indians

64-68, 3rd, 17½ GB, 10 GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   29-34   Road:   35-34   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  47-41   vsLHP:  17-27   1-Run:  14-17
 vsEast: 15-15   vsCntrl:18-31   vsWest: 19-14 IL:12-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
132 Wed, Sep  2  @TOR  L   1-5       64-68  3rd 17.0 gb
131 Tue, Sep  1  @TOR  L   3-5 (10)  64-67  3rd 16.0 gb
130 Mon, Aug 31  @TOR  W   4-2       64-66  3rd 16.0 gb
129 Sun, Aug 30   LAA  W   9-2       63-66  3rd 16.5 gb
128 Sat, Aug 29   LAA  W   8-3       62-66  3rd 17.5 gb
127 Fri, Aug 28   LAA  W   3-1       61-66  3rd 17.5 gb
126 Wed, Aug 26   MIL  W   6-2       60-66  3rd 17.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 25   MIL  W  11-6       59-66  4th 18.0 gb
124 Mon, Aug 24  @CHC  L   1-2       58-66  5th 18.0 gb
123 Sun, Aug 23  @NYY  W   4-3       58-65  5th 17.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Detroit Tigers

61-72, 5th, 21 GB, 13½ GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   30-35   Road:   31-37   ExtrInn: 4-8 
 vsRHP:  42-57   vsLHP:  19-15   1-Run:  20-18
 vsEast: 10-19   vsCntrl:31-22   vsWest: 11-20 IL: 9-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
133 Thu, Sep  3  @KCR  L   7-15      61-72  5th 21.0 gb
132 Wed, Sep  2  @KCR  L   1-12      61-71  5th 20.0 gb
131 Tue, Sep  1  @KCR  W   6-5       61-70  5th 19.0 gb
130 Sun, Aug 30  @TOR  L   2-9       60-70  5th 20.0 gb
129 Sat, Aug 29  @TOR  L   1-15      60-69  5th 20.0 gb
128 Fri, Aug 28  @TOR  L   3-5       60-68  5th 19.0 gb
127 Thu, Aug 27   LAA  L   0-2       60-67  5th 18.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 26   LAA  W   5-0       60-66  3rd 17.0 gb
125 Tue, Aug 25   LAA  L   7-8       59-66  4th 18.0 gb
124 Mon, Aug 24  @CIN  L   5-12      59-65  3rd 17.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 24, 2015 CLE  8  DET  2        W:Carlos Carrasco (9-6), L: Buck Farmer (0-2), S: none
Tue, Jun 23, 2015 DET  7 @CLE  3        W:David Price (7-2), L: Danny Salazar (6-3), S: none
Mon, Jun 22, 2015 DET  8 @CLE  5        W:Blaine Hardy (3-1), L: Trevor Bauer (6-4), S: none
Sun, Jun 14, 2015 DET  8  CLE  1        W:Alfredo Simon (7-3), L: Corey Kluber (3-8), S: none
Sat, Jun 13, 2015 CLE  5 @DET  4        W:Carlos Carrasco (8-5), L: Blaine Hardy (2-1), S: Cody Allen (14)
Fri, Jun 12, 2015 DET  4  CLE  0        W:David Price (6-2), L: Danny Salazar (6-2), S: none
Sun, Apr 26, 2015 DET  8  CLE  6        W:Kyle Lobstein (2-1), L: Carlos Carrasco (2-2), S: Joakim Soria (7)
Sat, Apr 25, 2015 DET  4  CLE  1        W:Alfredo Simon (4-0), L: T.J. House (0-3), S: Joakim Soria (6)
Fri, Apr 24, 2015 CLE 13 @DET  1        W:Danny Salazar (2-0), L: Shane Greene (3-1), S: none
Sun, Apr 12, 2015 DET  8 @CLE  5        W:Kyle Lobstein (1-0), L: T.J. House (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (2)
Season Series: 2015 - DET over 9-3; 2014 - DET won 11-8; 2013 - DET won 15-4; All-Time - DET leads 1106-1053

SP: Corey Kluber (29, RHP, 8-13, 3.41)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (8-13)			200.1	169	81	76	38	219	19	3.41
2014 (18-9)			235.2	207	72	64	51	269	14	2.44
2013 (11-5)			147.1	153	67	63	33	136	15	3.85

Last 7 GS		3-2	52.1	34	18	17	7	53	8	2.92	66
2015-08-29	LAA	ND	6.0	5	3	2	3	6	2	98	55
2015-08-24	@CHC	ND	7.2	4	1	1	0	11	0	121	78
2015-08-19	@BOS	L	6.0	6	6	6	1	9	4	92	44
2015-08-14	@MIN	W	9.0	1	1	1	1	7	1	98	87
2015-08-09	MIN	W	9.0	3	1	1	1	10	0	100	86
2015-08-03	@LAA	L	5.2	10	5	5	0	4	1	94	33
2015-07-29	KCR	W	9.0	5	1	1	1	6	0	112	78

Last 5 v.DET		1-3	29.2	33	13	13	6	30	6	3.94	53
2015-06-14	@DET	L	5.0	4	2	2	1	2	1	69	52
2015-04-11	DET	ND	6.1	7	2	2	1	10	1	107	60
2014-09-01	DET	L	2.2	7	5	5	2	2	3	57	24
2014-07-19	@DET	W	8.2	7	2	2	1	10	0	114	71
2014-06-20	DET	L	7.0	8	2	2	1	6	1	109	58

SP: Kyle Lobstein (25, LHP, 3-5, 4.34)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (3-5)			47.2	53	24	23	16	20	3	4.34
2014 (1-2)			39.1	35	20	19	14	27	3	4.35

Last 7 GS		2-5	42.2	45	21	20	14	17	3	4.22	48
2015-05-23	HOU	L	5.2	7	3	3	3	1	0	76	41
2015-05-18	MIL	L	6.2	7	3	3	1	3	2	103	50
2015-05-13	MIN	L	2.1	7	6	6	1	1	1	53	19
2015-05-07	@CHW	W	7.2	5	1	0	2	3	0	100	68
2015-05-01	@KCR	L	7.1	10	4	4	1	2	0	100	43
2015-04-26	CLE	W	7.0	6	3	3	2	4	0	86	55
2015-04-21	NYY	L	6.0	3	1	1	4	3	0	96	61

Last 5 v.CLE		2-0	22.1	25	12	12	8	19	2	4.84	48
2015-04-26	CLE	W	7.0	6	3	3	2	4	0	86	55
2015-04-12	@CLE	W	5.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	97	40
2014-09-13	CLE	ND	5.0	6	4	4	1	2	1	89	40
2014-09-02	@CLE	ND	5.1	5	2	2	3	10	1	101	57

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

Indians Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (5.05 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Lobstein*
G/S/vB 62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB 39.Feliz
G/S/vB 32.Gorzelanny*
G/S/vB 65.Hardy*
G/S/vB 43.Rondon
G/S/vB 56.Ryan*
G/S/vB 54.VerHagen
G/S/vB 30.Wilson
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

35.Almonte# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 154/116 .246/.305/.428/.732 .405/.846 .624 92/.862 4/1 3/0

4.Aviles G/S/vP 9/.375 5/1.350 4/1.000 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 266/121 .222/.275/.305/.579 .639/.511 .619 45/.627 3/0 4/8

23.Brantley* G/S/vP 9/.958 6/2.400 6/1.333 3/1.667 11/.899 2/.500 3/.666 2/1.000 2/1.000 524/320 .321/.393/.486/.879 .806/.926 .822 93/1.102 14/1 12/2

8.Chisenhall* G/S/vP 9/.666 3/1.666 4/1.250 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 279/224 .260/.303/.395/.699 .621/.717 .776 62/.995 2/1 6/6

10.Gomes G/S/vP 5/.400 9/.708 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.500 305/220 .223/.262/.385/.647 .578/.674 .594 86/.699 0/0 11/3

30.Johnson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.167 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 187/118 .253/.283/.343/.626 .751/.552 .500 25/.840 2/1 2/4

22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 12/.432 9/.722 3/1.666 3/.333 6/.167 3/.000 2/1.500 3/.666 5/1.400 531/338 .317/.389/.468/.857 .702/.947 .697 63/.708 11/8 7/5

12.Lindor# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 314/204 .308/.347/.437/.784 .749/.803 .734 112/.992 6/2 7/9

55.Perez G/S/vP 5/.200 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/3.000 ··· 3/.000 195/136 .217/.342/.369/.712 .767/.687 .632 25/.482 0/0 5/3

9.Raburn G/S/vP 9/1.181 ··· 4/.750 2/.500 5/1.200 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 174/23 .289/.374/.507/.880 .936/.511 .909 17/1.042 0/0 5/1

11.Ramirez# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 277/191 .201/.276/.275/.550 .515/.566 .589 84/.613 9/3 2/9

40.Sands G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 98/47 .222/.276/.333/.609 .742/.454 .574 50/.538 0/0 2/0

41.Santana# G/S/vP 11/1.323 12/.542 2/.000 2/1.000 9/.956 1/2.000 3/1.334 2/.500 2/.000 541/355 .233/.353/.393/.746 .668/.788 .722 108/.788 9/1 15/3

39.Urshela G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 4/.000 246/184 .223/.273/.319/.592 .724/.548 .566 72/.460 0/1 5/4

IP 47.2 54.0 36.1 32.0 56.1 23.1 38.0 10.2 62.1 TOTAL .255/.324/.393/.717 .709/.721 .684 .781 70/23 109/69

ERA-K/9

4.34/3.8

4.17/8.3

7.18/7.7

7.03/7.9

2.56/8.2

6.56/12.7

5.92/5.2

2.53/5.0

2.31/5.2

4.74/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Gomes (34-15-6)
Perez (24-15-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 204/.283 234/.255 165/.318 153/.313 238/.245 107/.267 169/.305 46/.237 244/.242 .272 Brantley
Chisenhall
Almonte
Aviles
Sands
Raburn
Ramirez 85/28/0/7
0/0/26/2
6/29/2/1
27/5/0/1
4/0/24/1
18/0/12/1
2/0/0/0

OPS .739 .717 .878 .941 .664 .762 .862 .685 .620 .781

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 69/.606 91/.806 81/.860 68/.750 114/.532 40/.841 52/.845 13/1.098 108/.614 .794

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 135/.807 143/.661 84/.894 85/1.099 124/.784 67/.713 117/.870 33/.519 136/.625 .771

Home 118/.800 127/.723 70/.945 66/.842 128/.739 54/.753 58/.851 23/.568 121/.593

Last 28d days / 35/.793 34/.702 37/.989 39/.841 38/.774 27/.693 39/.622 22/1.123

HR/SB/CS 3/3/2 4/6/0 5/1/2 4/4/0 1/1/0 2/3/1 7/1/1 1/0/0 4/3/3 163/57/31

Usage ········ X······· ··o··oo· Xo···X·· ··o·o··o ··X·X··X X······· o···X·X· ··o··X··

Tigers Batters (4.37 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 28.Kluber
G/S/vB 49.Adams
G/S/vB 37.Allen
G/S/vB 51.Armstrong
G/S/vB 57.Crockett*
G/S/vB 26.Floyd
G/S/vB 53.Manship
G/S/vB 34.McAllister
G/S/vB 27.Shaw
G/S/vB 54.Webb
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 23/.567 ··· 8/.708 ··· 6/.167 22/.295 4/.750 16/.396 4/2.417 2/1.000 182/153 .173/.315/.253/.568 .374/.605 .733 21/.349 0/1 3/0

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 37/1.652 3/2.334 14/1.100 ··· ··· 47/.730 5/.400 28/.833 14/.955 4/2.250 415/323 .361/.460/.587/1.048 1.095/1.035 1.068 82/1.101 1/1 17/3

9.Castellanos G/S/vP 15/.733 4/1.500 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/1.273 6/.000 1/.000 496/385 .252/.306/.426/.733 1.004/.655 .773 91/.942 0/2 15/7

18.Collins* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 134/125 .271/.293/.411/.704 1.000/.682 .498 68/.647 1/0 2/4

20.Davis G/S/vP 6/.500 1/no AB 7/.453 ··· 1/no AB 17/.485 4/.833 8/.750 7/.572 2/1.000 302/168 .241/.292/.396/.688 .695/.683 .700 51/.556 18/5 4/1

12.Gose* G/S/vP 6/1.133 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 426/366 .256/.314/.376/.690 .400/.737 .738 93/.753 20/10 5/4

50.Holaday G/S/vP 8/.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/3.000 50/35 .260/.260/.380/.640 .400/.743 .800 2/.000 0/0 1/0

1.Iglesias G/S/vP 7/.453 1/.000 4/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/1.250 5/1.100 1/.000 454/341 .300/.347/.370/.717 .889/.661 .706 89/.617 11/8 2/11

3.Kinsler G/S/vP 21/.636 2/.000 12/.917 ··· 1/.000 21/.554 2/1.000 18/.860 9/1.444 3/.000 575/445 .306/.358/.452/.811 .837/.803 .813 100/.961 8/5 10/10

28.Martinez G/S/vP 14/1.000 3/.000 5/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 12/.833 8/1.333 3/.666 540/417 .287/.346/.553/.899 .884/.903 .957 96/.817 3/1 34/2

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 28/1.149 3/.000 11/.473 ··· 1/.000 33/.910 1/.000 23/1.340 13/.641 3/1.334 409/315 .235/.293/.353/.646 .875/.578 .638 90/.510 0/0 9/1

34.McCann G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 346/256 .258/.292/.388/.680 .912/.601 .760 78/.481 0/0 6/0

27.Romine# G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 132/106 .242/.292/.325/.617 .708/.594 .497 23/.267 7/5 2/4

IP 200.1 29.0 56.0 3.2 13.1 1.0 27.1 59.2 50.2 43.2 TOTAL .272/.328/.428/.756 .804/.742 .774 .731 73/42 133/68

ERA-K/9

3.41/9.8

3.41/6.5

3.54/13.5

0.00/12.2

3.38/6.8

0.00/0.0

1.32/6.9

3.02/11.3

2.66/7.1

2.89/5.6

3.79/9.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (16-9-2)
Holaday (10-2-0)
McCann (31-20-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 793/.229 128/.261 237/.230 13/.167 56/.265 3/.000 98/.159 258/.266 210/.244 176/.230 .240 Martinez
Gose
Collins
Davis
Romine 0/0/124/14
0/113/0/2
21/0/5/2
27/41/10/2
2/0/0/0

OPS .634 .713 .639 .397 .689 .000 .443 .703 .706 .665 .689

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 427/.746 57/.780 122/.530 10/.311 36/.551 / 42/.580 120/.621 81/.622 84/.587 .685

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 366/.508 71/.659 115/.756 3/.667 20/.963 3/.000 56/.328 138/.776 129/.758 92/.736 .694

Road 425/.641 46/.634 139/.703 5/.800 28/.629 3/.000 41/.494 110/.700 110/.652 78/.628

Last 28d days 137/.568 29/.644 47/.515 13/.397 29/.618 3/.000 37/.428 33/.930 47/.895 43/.550

HR/SB/CS 19/15/6 1/1/0 2/4/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 6/4/2 7/4/1 4/4/0 139/65/32

Usage ·····X·· ·X··o··· ···X··o· ·X······ ·o···o·· ·o······ ·XX··o·· ·o··X··· ··Xo·X·· ··o·····

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 2015 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

TOR 5.49

NYM 4.14

ATL 3.58

RA/G

STL 3.02

LAA 4.14

COL 5.26

M. Cabrera .361

E. Longoria .268

L. Valbuena .209

OBP

B. Harper .464

Y. Cespedes .329

O. Infante .231

SLG

B. Harper .627

Y. Solarte .428

B. Hamilton .290

OPS

B. Harper 1.090

E. Longoria .755

O. Infante .537

ERA

Z. Greinke 1.59

C. Hamels 3.70

K. Lohse 6.27

K/9IP

C. Sale 12.10

S. Miller 7.69

M. Buehrle 4.21

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.