MLB Baseball Matchup of Friday, June 15, 2012 Progressive Field

Match Up: Pittsburgh Pirates VS Cleveland Indians

PITTSBURGHPIRATES (42-29)

CLEVELANDINDIANS (35-35)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
PIT	42-29	$1637	7-8	35-21	16-11	26-18	33-38
CLE	35-35	$481	12-13	23-22	16-8	19-27	33-33-4

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PIT	TEAM	CLE
3.75	RUNS	4.61
3.48	RUNS AGAINST	4.47
0.27	DIFF	0.14
$1,637	MONEY	$481
3.30	TEAM ERA	4.25
7.89	OFF HITS	8.57
2.69	OFF WALKS	3.29
8.44	OFF Ks	8.53
7.54	DEF HIT	8.24
3.39	DEF WALKS	3.63
7.94	DEF Ks	8.24

INJURIES

PITTSBURGH PIRATES

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
A.J. Burnett	P	15-Day Disabled List
Jose Contreras	P	15-Day Disabled List
Jeanmar Gomez	P	15-Day Disabled List
Jared Hughes	P	15-Day Disabled List
Phil Irwin	P	60-Day Disabled List
Jeff Karstens	P	60-Day Disabled List
James McDonald	P	15-Day Disabled List
Wandy Rodriguez	P	15-Day Disabled List
Jose Tabata	OF	15-Day Disabled List

CLEVELAND INDIANS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Asdrubal Cabrera	SS	15-Day Disabled List
Frank Herrmann	P	60-Day Disabled List
Lou Marson	C	15-Day Disabled List
Zach McAllister	P	15-Day Disabled List
Brett Myers	P	60-Day Disabled List
Chris Perez	P	15-Day Disabled List
Nick Swisher	1B	Day-to-Day (shoulder)
Josh Tomlin	P	60-Day Disabled List
Blake Wood	P	60-Day Disabled List

team weather and news

TEAM NEWS

PITTSBURGH	CLEVELAND
Pittsburgh Tribune	Cleveland Plain Dealer

BETTING TRENDS

PITTSBURGH PIRATES

No trends to report

CLEVELAND INDIANS

No trends to report

PITCHER LAST 3 STARTS

JAMES MCDONALD (R) ERA: 5.76 W/L: 2-2

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
04/30/2013	MIL	L	8-12	O	5	-100
04/25/2013	PHI	W	6-4	O	5	168
04/20/2013	ATL	W	3-1	U	6	116

JUSTIN MASTERSON (R) ERA: 3.52 W/L: 8-5

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
06/14/2013	WSH	W	2-1	U	7	100
06/09/2013	DET	L	1-4	U	7	-100
06/03/2013	NYY	L	4-7	O	6⅓	-100

Pittsburgh Pirates's relievers have pitched 10⅓ innings in the last 3 games.
Cleveland Indians's relievers have pitched 9 innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
06/19/2011	Sun	PIT	2	CLE	5	CLE	-158	8	U	J Karstens	J Masterson
06/18/2011	Sat	PIT	1	CLE	5	CLE	-140	8	U	P Maholm	C Carrasco
06/17/2011	Fri	PIT	1	CLE	5	CLE	-148	8	U	K Correia	J Tomlin
06/20/2010	Sun	CLE	3	PIT	5	PIT	110	8½	U	J Masterson	B Lincoln
06/19/2010	Sat	CLE	4	PIT	6	PIT	-120	9	O	David Huff	J Karstens
06/18/2010	Fri	CLE	4	PIT	3	CLE	-120	8	U	F Carmona	P Maholm
06/25/2009	Thu	CLE	2	PIT	3	PIT	135	8½	U	C Lee	R Ohlendorf
06/24/2009	Wed	CLE	6	PIT	10	PIT	-120	8½	O	C Pavano	Z Duke
06/23/2009	Tue	CLE	5	PIT	4	CLE	-105	9½	U	David Huff	I Snell
05/21/2006	Sun	PIT	2	CLE	3	CLE	-175	10	U	P Maholm	P Byrd

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3

PIRATES

Pirates are third worst in the league in times striking out with 8.4 per game.

Pirates have the second stingiest defence in the league at 3.5 runs per game.

Pirates have the best hits allowed in the league, allowing 7.5 per game.

Pirates give up the most free passes in the league allowing 3.4 per game.

Pirates are third in the league in striking out opponents with 7.9 per game.

INDIANS

Indians are second worst in K's per game with 8.5.

Indians are second worst in walks allowed in the league at 3.6 per game.

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

PITTSBURGH PIRATES

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
06/14/2012	Thu	6	at BAL	12	L	-111	8½	E Bedard	3⅓	T Hunter
06/13/2012	Wed	1	at BAL	7	L	-144	9	K Correia	6	J Arrieta
06/12/2012	Tue	6	at BAL	8	L	-139	8½	B Lincoln	4⅓	W Chen
06/10/2012	Sun	3	KC	2	W	-123	7½	A Burnett	7⅓	B Chen
06/09/2012	Sat	5	KC	3	W	-146	7½	J McDonald	4	V Mazzaro

CLEVELAND INDIANS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
06/14/2012	Thu	5	at CIN	12	L	-122	9	J Tomlin	4	M Leake
06/13/2012	Wed	3	at CIN	5	L	-135	9	D Lowe	6	M Latos
06/12/2012	Tue	1	at CIN	7	L	-151	9	J Gomez	5	J Cueto
06/10/2012	Sun	4	at STL	1	W	-109	9½	U Jimenez	7	J Kelly
06/09/2012	Sat	0	at STL	2	L	-130	9	J Masterson	7	K Lohse

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Pittsburgh's Overall Scoring vs Cleveland's Overall Defense	3.8	11	4.5	9
Pittsburgh's Away Scoring vs Cleveland's Home Defense	3.7	10	4.2	8
Pittsburgh's Road ERA vs Cleveland's Home ERA Allowed	4.0	6	4.5	6
Cleveland's Overall Scoring vs Pittsburgh's Overall Defense	4.6	6	3.5	2
Cleveland's Home Scoring vs Pittsburgh's Road Defense	4.5	7	3.9	4
Cleveland's Home ERA vs Pittsburgh's Road ERA Allowed	3.9	7	3.5	10

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

PITTSBURGH PIRATES

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	42-29	25-13	17-16	16-11	26-18	33-38	7-8	35-21
vs Div	20-12	12-6	8-6	8-6	12-6	13-19	1-1	19-11
Last 10	6-4	4-2	2-2	4-1	2-3	6-4	1-1	5-3
vs AL	6-3	5-2	1-1	3-2	3-1	3-6	0-1	6-2
vs NL	36-26	20-11	16-15	13-9	23-17	30-32	7-7	29-19

CLEVELAND INDIANS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	35-35	21-14	14-21	16-8	19-27	33-33-4	12-13	23-22
vs Div	10-12	5-5	5-7	4-1	6-11	10-11-1	4-2	6-10
Last 10	5-5	3-2	2-3	1-0	4-5	2-8	2-1	3-4
vs AL	28-31	15-13	13-18	13-7	15-24	29-26-4	9-13	19-18
vs NL	7-4	6-1	1-3	3-1	4-3	4-7	3-0	4-4

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

JAMES MCDONALD VS. CLEVELAND INDIANS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
06/15/2012	2-0	CLE	6	3	1	1	2	5	L

JUSTIN MASTERSON VS. PITTSBURGH PIRATES

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
06/15/2012	2-0	CLE	7	4	0	0	3	9	W
06/19/2011	5-2	CLE	5	7	2	2	1	5	ND
06/20/2010	5-3	PIT	6	5	2	2	1	7	ND