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May 3, 2011 – Cleveland Indians at Oakland Athletics (10:07PM EDT) GAME #28 HOME: 13-2 ROAD: 6-6 OVERALL: 19-8 RHP FAUSTO CARMONA (2-3, 5.15) vs. RHP TYSON ROSS (1-2, 2.76) THE INDIANS SINCE 2005 PROBABLE PITCHERS UPCOMING GP W-L POS GB/A GM28 Tue., May 3 at Oakland (10:07PM ET, WTAM/IRN, STO) 5/3-5.………@OAK 2011 27 19-8 1st +4.5 n/a RHP Fausto Carmona (2-3, 5.15) vs. RHP Tyson Ross (1-2, 2.76) 5/6-8.………@LAA Wed., May 4 at Oakland (10:07PM ET, WTAM/IRN, STO) 5/10-12……...vTBR 2010 27 10-17 5th -8.5 L RHP Josh Tomlin (4-0, 2.45) vs. RHP Trevor Cahill (4-0, 1.88) 2009 27 10-17 5th -6.0 W 5/13-15……...vSEA Thu., May 5 at Oakland (3:37PM ET, WTAM/IRN, STO) 5/16-17……...@KC 2008 27 12-15 T4th -3.0 W RHP Jeanmar Gomez (0-1, 6.23) vs. LHP Brett Anderson (2-1, 1.56) 5/18-19……@CWS 2007 27 17-10 T1st --- W CLEVELAND at LA ANGELS (May 6-8) 5/20-22………vCIN 2006 27 14-13 3rd -4.5 W RHP Justin Masterson vs. RHP Tyler Chatwood RHP Alex White vs. RHP Jered Weaver 5/23-25……..vBOS 2005 27 11-16 4th -9.5 W 5/27-29………@TB RHP Fausto Carmona vs. RHP Dan Haren TRIBE AT A GLANCE: The Indians will begin a 3-game set with the Oakland Athletics tonight at 10:07PM ET in Oakland… Series is part of a 6-game trip to Oakland and LA Angels… Just finished a perfect 6-0 homestand sweeping both the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals… Recently finished a 6-game trip to Kansas City and Minnesota at 2-4…Earlier concluded a 3-game series/homestand by sweeping the Baltimore Orioles…Indians are 13-2 on the year at home and 6-6 on the road…Indians have won 13 straight home games, equaling their longest home winning streak since winning 13-straight in April/May 1996… The Indians won 8 straight from April 3-11 marking their longest winning streak since 2008 (10 straight 8/17-27)… Have already surpassed their season long win streak from 2010 (7G, 9/24-10/1). ABOUT THE START: The Indians last started 19-8 (or better) in 1999 when they started 20-8… Have been in first place or shared first place for each of the last 26 days since April 7 … Indians are season-high 11 games over .500 for first time since the end of 2007…Indians set a new franchise record for wins in April with 18 surpassing the old mark of 16 set in 1999, 1996 & 1988… Indians current 13-game home winning streak is T5th longest in club history… Tribe has not started 13-2 at home since 1941 (Elias). MAKEUP DATE SET: The Indians and Twins game that was postponed due to rain on April 22 in Minnesota has been re-scheduled for Monday, July 18th at 1:10PM ET in Target Field… The game will be part of a day/night doubleheader with the originally scheduled game beginning at 8:10PM ET. THIS & THAT: After completing a sweep of Detroit on Sunday, the Indians now have 5 series (all 3G) sweeps this season… Had just four sweeps all of last year… Indians currently own the best record in MLB… Last time they had or shared the best record in MLB was at the end of the 2007 season when Cleveland & Boston both posted identical records of 96-66… Indians hold the largest run differential +47 (146RS/99RA) of any team in MLB… The NY Yankees are 2nd at +39 (144RS/105RA). TROUBLE BY THE BAY: The east side of the Bay has not been kind DID YOU KNOW? to the Tribe in recent years as since July 29-31 of 2002, Tribe has lost 9 AMERICAN LEAGUE of their last 10 series (split 2G series in 2006) in Oakland… Since 2003 Indians currently own the best record in Indians are 8-23 against the A’s in Oakland… Last year Indians lost 2 of Central Division Standings MLB at 19-8… Have won 6 straight games. 3 in Oakland by a combined score of 22-6 (Were shutout 10-0 & 11-0). 1. CLEVELAND 19-8 (.704) Indians AAA affiliate Columbus Clippers SUCCESSFUL STARTERS: Over the last 25 games Indians starting 2. KC Royals 15-13 (.536) have won 12 straight games… Own the 3. Detroit Tigers 12-17 (.414) best record in MiLB at 20-5. pitchers are 13-3 w/a 2.92 ERA (157.1IP, 135H, 51ER) with 20 4. Chi White Sox 11-19 (.367) st quality starts…Allowed 17ER in 9.2IP over the first two games… On Tribe is 13-2 when they score 1 and 15-1 the year starters own a 3.66 ERA, which is 3rd best in the AL… 5. Minnesota Twins 9-18 (.333) when they outhit their opponents. Starters have pitched at least 6.0IP in 21 of 27G and at least 7.0IP in 12 Indians are hitting .319 (69-216) w/RISP… of 27G…20 quality starts are T2nd in MLB with PHL trailing LAA 21. AMERICAN LEAGUE Hit .248 w/ RISP last year… Last 15G with POTENT OFFENSE: The Indians are currently tied with Texas for the AL in runs RUNS SCORED RISP are 43-123 (.350). nd scored with 146…Are 2 in AL in runs/game at 5.4 trailing NYY 5.5… Tribe 1. CLEVELAND 146 Dating back to last year, RAFAEL PEREZ also leads the AL in on-base % (.344), are 2nd in average (.272), 3rd in slugging % rd th 1. Texas 146 has not allowed an earned run in his last 22 (.445), 3 in HR (34) & 7 in walks (97)… Last year thru 27 games had scored 95 3. Kansas City 145 app. (18.1IP, 14H, 1R, 9BB, 11K). runs (3.52RS/G) & were hitting .242 (217-896)…Have scored 5 or more runs in 4. New York 144 14 of 27 games… Are 15-2 when scoring at least 4 runs. SHIN-SOO CHOO has hit in 8-straight 5. Toronto 127 games batting .367 (11-30) w/ 2HR & 5RBI. SLICK D: The Indians currently are 4th in the AL in fielding % at .987 and have GRADY SIZEMORE has 12XBH (8 2B, made the T3rd fewest errors in the league at 13…Last year thru 27 games 4HR) in 12G… Had 8XBH in 33G last year. Tribe made 17E… Have not made an error in 16 of 27G…As a result of their AMERICAN LEAGUE defense, Tribe has allowed just 4 unearned runs all year, tied with ERA (team) JOSH TOMLIN has now pitched at least 5.0 Baltimore for fewest in the AL. 1. Oakland 2.66 innings in each of his first 17 career 2. LA Angels 3.14 appearances in 2010-2011 as he is the GOOD RELIEF: Tribe bullpen currently sports the 5th lowest ERA in the AL at 3. CLEVELAND 3.48 ONLY pitcher in club history to accomplish 3.08… Pen has limited hitters to a .216 (63-292) average against which is the th the feat… Currently ranks T4th in the AL in 5 lowest relief average against in the AL… Pen has allowed just 1R/ER in 4. Tampa Bay 3.50 wins (4), 9th in ERA (2.45) & 5th in avg. their last 12.0IP & just 3R/ER in their last 17.1IP (5G). 5. New York 3.69 against (.188). VETERAN PRESENCE: Indians 2B ORLANDO CABRERA, signed as a CARLOS SANTANA is T3rd among MLB free agent Feb. 16 currently is tied for the team lead with 17RBI… On the AL TEAM STARTERS primary catchers in RBI (17). year hie is batting .294 (30-102) w/ 16RS, 3 2B, 2HR & 17RBI… 7 of his ERA LEADERS 17RBI have either tied or give the Indians the lead (4 give lead)… Has 1. Oakland 2.67 hit in each of last 5 games batting .450 (9-20) w/ 5RBI. 2. LA Angels 3.21 MASTERFUL MASTERSON: Despite not getting a decision on Sunday, RHP JUSTIN MASTERSON remains 5-0 w/a 2.25 3. CLEVELAND 3.66 th th ERA in 6 starts… He is T2nd in the AL in wins (5), 6 in ERA (2.25) & T12th in IP (40.0)… He is only the 4 Indians 4. Tampa Bay 3.68 pitcher in team history to win 5 games in April in one season… He has still won 7 of his last 8 decisions since last 5. Boston 3.71 year… Last year did not win his 5th game until Aug. 26th in his 26th start. LAST GAME: The Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 5-4 on Sunday as they swept the 3G set, winning all 3G in their last at-bat… JUSTIN MASTERSON (7.0IP, 7H, 3R/2ER) started but did not receive a decision… CHAD DURBIN (0.1IP, 1K) picked up his 1st win and CHRIS PEREZ (1.0IP, 2H, 1ER) recorded his 7th save… MATT LaPORTA was 2-3 w/ 2 2B & 3RBI… ORLANDO CABRERA (2-3, RBI) plated the go-ahead run in the bottom of the 8th with a RBI single. TRIBE TID-BITS ... April: 18-8 May: 1-0 June: 0-0 July: 0-0 August: 0-0 Sept/Oct: 0-0 Monday: 2-0 Tuesday: 2-2 Wed.: 3-1 Thursday: 2-1 Friday: 3-1 Saturday: 3-2 Sunday: 4-1 When Indians Score First: 13-2 When Scoring 3 or Less: 4-6 Scoring 5 or more: 13-1 vs.