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MLB : ATS Matchup
Saturday 7/4/2015Line$ LineOU LineScore
CLEVELAND  ANDERSON )
 
PITTSBURGH  LOCKE )
+1.5  -210

-1.5  +175
+100

-110

8ov
 
0
Final
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CLEVELAND (38 - 41) at PITTSBURGH (45 - 34)
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Saturday, 7/4/2015 4:05 PM
CODY ANDERSON (R) vs. JEFF LOCKE (L)
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
979CLEVELAND+100Ov 7.5,+100+110Ov 7.5,+100
980PITTSBURGH-110Un 7.5,-120-120Un 7.5,-120
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
CLEVELAND - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games38-41-12.337-404.10.2520.3250.3910.7164.30.2460.3040.3970.701
Road Games23-18+4.415-244.00.2460.3120.3880.7003.40.2200.2820.3570.638
vs Left-handed Starters13-19-8.615-173.80.2450.3090.3810.6904.40.2450.3090.3940.703
Past 7 Games5-2+3.24-34.40.2370.3020.3670.6683.10.1420.1960.2890.485
Grass Games34-41-16.433-403.90.2510.3250.3880.7134.40.2520.3110.4080.719
Day Games15-16-517-134.30.2620.3410.3930.7344.70.2580.3170.4100.727
Interleague7-3+3.73-73.50.2330.3410.3510.6923.80.2200.2650.3470.613
CLEVELAND - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.10.2520.3257926606701479680.3913102885493858870457443
Road Games4.00.2460.312411397343635420.3881591362782428737223424
Lefty Starters3.80.2450.309321079264521310.3811191002211122138163320
CLEVELAND - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.151.274228.31048020424872427-918578.3%
Road Games3.221.242953434779411154-412192.3%

PITTSBURGH - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games45-34+3.833-384.10.2590.3110.3850.6963.40.2470.3020.3480.649
Home Games24-15+2.717-204.10.2600.3150.3870.7023.10.2410.2910.3470.637
vs Right-handed Starters36-28+2.528-294.00.2550.3070.3800.6883.50.2500.3040.3550.659
Past 7 Games5-2+2.24-35.10.3080.3680.4510.8193.40.2630.3170.3800.697
Grass Games45-34+3.833-384.10.2590.3110.3850.6963.40.2470.3020.3480.649
Day Games16-11+4.210-134.30.2700.3190.4010.7203.30.2390.3000.3410.640
Interleague8-5+1.36-74.40.2840.3300.4290.7593.00.2120.2700.3220.591
PITTSBURGH - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.10.2590.3117927507121496620.3853072086316057368549067
Home Games4.10.2600.315391311341703300.3871501062752927437194428
Righty Starters4.00.2550.3076422375701234500.3802451695114545856447953
PITTSBURGH - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games2.561.176245.7807021920702159-1326778.8%
Home Games2.641.060122.738361021128997-413286.7%
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
CLEVELAND - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
6/20/2015KLUBER(R)TAMPA BAYRAMIREZ(L)1-4L-1807 ovU681651
6/21/2015ANDERSON(R)TAMPA BAYCOLOME(R)1-0W-1158 ovU340780
6/22/2015BAUER(R)DETROITRYAN(L)5-8L-1409 unO95013101
6/23/2015SALAZAR(R)DETROITPRICE(L)3-7L-1157 unO1281951
6/24/2015CARRASCO(R)DETROITFARMER(R)8-2W-2008 unO13110520
6/26/2015KLUBER(R)@ BALTIMORECHEN(L)3-4L-1107.5 unU10901070
6/28/2015BAUER(R)@ BALTIMOREJIMENEZ(R)0-4L1208.5 unU460630
6/28/2015MURATA(R)@ BALTIMORETILLMAN(R)0-8L1259 unU871850
6/29/2015ANDERSON(R)@ TAMPA BAYKARNS(R)7-1W1107 unO1391311
6/30/2015SALAZAR(R)@ TAMPA BAYRAMIREZ(L)6-2W-1357 unO741231
7/1/2015CARRASCO(R)@ TAMPA BAYCOLOME(R)8-1W-1457 unO1040121
7/2/2015KLUBER(R)@ TAMPA BAYMOORE(L)5-4W-1256.5 unO841731
7/3/2015BAUER(R)@ PITTSBURGHMORTON(R)5-2W1057.5 unU7100331
7/4/2015ANDERSON(R)@ PITTSBURGHLOCKE(L) 
7/5/2015SALAZAR(R)@ PITTSBURGHCOLE(R) 
7/6/2015CARRASCO(R)HOUSTONKEUCHEL(L) 
7/7/2015KLUBER(R)HOUSTONVELASQUEZ(R) 
7/8/2015BAUER(R)HOUSTONSTRAILY(R) 
7/9/2015ANDERSON(R)HOUSTONMCHUGH(R) 
7/10/2015 OAKLAND  
7/11/2015 OAKLAND  

PITTSBURGH - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
6/20/2015LIRIANO(L)@ WASHINGTONSCHERZER(R)0-6L1306.5 unU010820
6/21/2015MORTON(R)@ WASHINGTONGONZALEZ(L)2-9L-1108 ovO8711250
6/23/2015LOCKE(L)CINCINNATISMITH(R)7-6W-1508 unO76214121
6/24/2015COLE(R)CINCINNATILEAKE(R)2-5L-1806.5 ovO8701290
6/25/2015BURNETT(R)CINCINNATIDESCLAFANI(R)4-5L-1607.5 unO1112217142
6/26/2015LIRIANO(L)ATLANTAPEREZ(R)3-2W-2406.5 ovU11111661
6/27/2015MORTON(R)ATLANTATEHERAN(R)8-4W-1557 evO13711172
6/28/2015LOCKE(L)ATLANTAWOOD(L)1-2L-1607 unU660890
6/30/2015COLE(R)@ DETROITVERLANDER(R)5-4W-1157.5 ovO1519017121
7/1/2015BURNETT(R)@ DETROITSIMON(R)9-3W1008.5 evO2111111102
7/2/2015LIRIANO(L)@ DETROITRYAN(L)8-4W-1359 evO131101090
7/3/2015MORTON(R)CLEVELANDBAUER(R)2-5L-1157.5 unU3317100
7/4/2015LOCKE(L)CLEVELANDANDERSON(R) 
7/5/2015COLE(R)CLEVELANDSALAZAR(R) 
7/6/2015BURNETT(R)SAN DIEGOSHIELDS(R) 
7/7/2015LIRIANO(L)SAN DIEGOROSS(R) 
7/8/2015MORTON(R)SAN DIEGOCASHNER(R) 
7/9/2015LOCKE(L)ST LOUISMARTINEZ(R) 
7/10/2015 ST LOUIS  
7/11/2015 ST LOUIS  
KEY GAME INFORMATION
CLEVELAND: CLEVELAND (AP) - While their AL Central rivals jockeyed during the offseason, one trying to outdo the other to improve their chances of winning a World Series title, the Indians watched.
That was the plan.
No, they didn't make any blockbuster trades, sign a big-name, big-ticket free agent or overhaul their roster with new faces. The Indians, who somehow stayed in contention last season until the waning days of September, didn't feel the need to make radical changes. It wasn't necessary.
The pieces are in place for Cleveland to have a special 2015 season.
''The team knows it,'' said second baseman Jason Kipnis. ''We got two winning seasons in a row. We had an 85-win season when we had about three guys playing good. The possibilities are there, the potential is there. That whole last year we never had more than a seven-game winning streak, never really got hot.
''We got the same corps. Same group of guys. We kind of want another chance at this again - and we're getting another chance.''
The Indians return virtually the same team that went 85-77 last season, finishing third behind division champion Detroit and wild-card winner Kansas City, which ended a postseason drought dating to 1985, won the pennant and pushed San Francisco to seven games in the World Series.
Watching the Royals inspired the Indians. And as he prepares for his third season in Cleveland, manager Terry Francona senses a different drive in his players.
They're hungry.
''Our veteran guys are trying to get better,'' he said. ''Our younger guys are excited to prove what they can do. I didn't see anybody just kind of go home and want to kind of keep the status quo. We're all excited about that.''
Francona said they're upping expectations both on performance and results.
''They're kind of at a stage where they're embracing trying to see if we can go up against some of these teams and, not only maybe hold our own, but maybe do a little more than that,'' Francona said.
There's no denying Francona's magical touch. The man who helped end Boston's supposed baseball curse, who got the Indians to the postseason in 2013, has an uncanny ability to convince players buy in to his program and get them to believe they can overcome any obstacles: injuries, payroll, low expectations, the Tigers lineup.
This spring, Francona didn't have to sell the Indians, who haven't won a World Series since 1948, on the idea they can compete. They already know that. Now it's a matter of taking the next step.
''When guys believe they can do it, and then they start to do it, then you see the confidence take over and guys take off, and you can accomplish a lot,'' he said. ''That's part of the fun of the season, to see how good you can get. I'd rather enjoy, as much as we can, the journey.''
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KLUBER UBER ALLES
All Corey Kluber did in his first major-league season was win 18 games, re-write some record books, dominate almost every time he pitched and win the AL Cy Young.
The 28-year-old could do it again.
Seemingly programmed because of his consistent performances and composed demeanor, Kluber gives the Indians a long-needed and legitimate No. 1 starter capable of winning every time he gets the ball. He scares opponents and makes his teammates better.
The Indians have discussed a long-term contract extension for the right-hander, who isn't even eligible for arbitration.
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YOUR TABLE, MR. BRANTLEY
Michael Brantley just might be baseball's most unassuming star, and he plans to keep it that way. The 27-year-old's breakout 2014 season - he batted .327 with 20 homers, 97 RBIs and a third-place finish in MVP voting - was followed by obligatory can-he-do-it-again questions.
Francona thinks Brantley might be poised for bigger things. The spotlight will find Brantley, but he's not craving it.
''He's so consistent at a high level that I don't see that going away,'' he said. ''He's so confident in what he's doing that I think he enjoys playing the game and the other things that come with it, I think he could take it or leave it. He has a really good understanding of who he is.''
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BETTER BE BETTER
For the Indians to get where they want, Kipnis (.240), CF Michael Bourn (106 games) and DH Nick Swisher (offseason knee surgeries) need to bounce back and produce more than they did in `14.
No position player is more important than Kipnis, a 2013 All-Star who was injured most of last season.
''He can affect the game so many ways - steal a base, get a bunt down, hit a ball in the gap,'' Francona said.
PITTSBURGH: PITTSBURGH (AP) - The scenario was familiar. The destination not so much.
A veteran player with not much time left leaving millions of dollars on the table for one last run to glory. Only A.J. Burnett didn't walk away from his $12.75 million player option with the Philadelphia Phillies for Los Angeles, Washington or St. Louis.
Nope, the 38-year-old well-traveled (and well tattooed) pitcher practically sprinted to Pittsburgh. His arrival in 2012 marked a sea change in the once-floundering organization's direction. His return three years later signals - he hopes - the end of the team's slow but steady slog from downtrodden afterthought to world champion. And he's not kidding.
''I want to win a ring and I want to win a ring in Pittsburgh,'' Burnett said.
The Pirates are as close to being in the conversation as they've been in nearly a quarter century. And they've opened up their wallets, at least a little, to get there. Pittsburgh made Francisco Liriano the highest-paid free agent in team history when they signed lefthander to a three-year, $39-million deal in the offseason to continue the career resurgence that began when they took a two-year flier on him in 2013. And while Burnett took a cut, he isn't exactly going broke. He'll make $8 million to work as the third man in the rotation behind Liriano and Gerrit Cole.
Pittsburgh even spent $5 million for the rights to sign Korean infielder Jung-Ho Kang, who hit 40 home runs on the other side of the world last year and gives the Pirates an intriguing if unproven option should shortstop Jordy Mercer falter or second baseman Neil Walker's back flare up.
General manager Neal Huntington remains adamant his team's budget will never compare to those of clubs in larger markets but allows there is ''more margin for error'' than in years' past.
''We've built a deeper club because of the money allocated to us,'' he said. ''But we need to continue to grow and mature. We want to put ourselves in a position to win the World Series.''
There are worse places to start than in Pittsburgh, which backed up its breakthrough year in 2013 with a second straight postseason berth in 2014. The playoff run ended abruptly against Madison Bumgarner and the San Francisco Giants in the NL wild card game. Yet the point had been made. The Pirates aren't going anywhere.
''It would've been easy to say 2013 was a fluke and we just got lucky,'' centerfielder Andrew McCutchen said. ''But we showed up in `14 and were able to do the same thing. We know we're for real. And other teams know they just can't come in (thinking), `All right, we're going to beat the Pirates.' We're not that team anymore.''
They're also not where they want to be, at least not yet. A National League Central title would avoid the fickleness of a one-game scenario. Pittsburgh believes it's built to withstand the rigors of October.
Here are the keys to getting there:
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THE OTHER FRANCISCO
The Pirates' budget might be growing, but they still couldn't afford to keep catcher Russell Martin, who parlayed his tremendous 2014 into a $82 million deal with Toronto. Pittsburgh prepared for Martin's departure by trading for longtime Yankees' backup catcher Francisco Cervelli. When healthy Cervelli is an adequate defensive replacement with a decent if not powerful bat. If he can handle the pitching staff and control the basepaths, any offense he provides would be a plus.
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SPEED TO BURN
Perennial MVP candidate McCutchen anchors one of baseball's most athletic outfields. Starling Marte surged toward the end of a bumpy 2014 and Gregory Polanco is a raw but talented work in progress. Pittsburgh felt confident enough in Polanco's progress to trade Travis Snider to Baltimore.
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PEDRO'S PROGRESS
Pedro Alvarez moves across the infield to first base in hopes of salvaging his career after developing a serious case of the yips at third. If his can reclaim the groove that helped him mash 36 homers in 2013, the Pirates can live with whatever growing pains may come with the switch.
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KANG SHOW
Kang (pronounced ''Gahng'') doesn't lack for confidence. He told reporters in Korea he believes he can supplant Mercer at shortstop. It may take longer than he thought after a sluggish spring training.
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THE VANIMAL
Vance Worley, like Liriano, Burnett and the since departed Edinson Volquez, thrived under pitching coach Ray Searage's mentoring last spring. He was arguably Pittsburgh's best starter down the stretch and a strong spring gives him a leg up in the battle Jeff Locke for the fifth starter spot.
PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NL PREVIEW (CLEVELAND-PITTSBURGH) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*Indians-Pirates Preview* =========================

By TAYLOR BECHTOLD STATS Writer

Cleveland (37-41) at Pittsburgh (45-33), 4:05 p.m. EDT

Even though they faced a Pittsburgh Pirates club that was on a roll offensively, the Cleveland Indians continued their impressive run on the mound in the series opener.

Now they're giving the ball back to the rookie right-hander who got their five-game winning streak started.

Cody Anderson looks to build on a pair of outstanding performances in his first two starts on Saturday at PNC Park and help the resurgent Indians match their longest run of the season.

Cleveland (38-41) has posted a 1.57 ERA during its streak after Trevor Bauer and four relievers struck out nine and limited the Pirates to just three hits in Friday's 5-2 win.

Pittsburgh (45-34) had been seeing the ball well heading into this three-game interleague series, batting .358 with five home runs and 10 doubles while totaling 22 runs in three victories at Detroit.

After they snapped the Pirates' seven-game interleague win streak, the Indians will try to keep their bats quiet and tie their six-game run from May 19-24.

"We've got to just take it one day at a time and that's what we've been doing during this streak," outfielder Michael Bourn said. "Just come back tomorrow and keep the train moving."

Anderson got it started by retiring the first 19 batters and allowing one run and two hits over eight innings in Monday's 7-1 win at Tampa Bay. He also gave up six hits over 7 2-3 but did not factor into the decision in a 1-0 home win over the Rays on June 21.

Anderson (1-0, 0.57 ERA) is likely to stick in the rotation for a while if he continues to pitch well.

"It's been a rush," the 24-year-old told MLB's official website. "I've been able to settle in."

The Pirates have won nine of 14 and averaged 5.07 runs when facing rookie starters.

They'll try to continue that trend for Jeff Locke (4-4, 4.55), who has surrendered two earned runs or less in his last four starts. However, he hasn't made it past the fifth inning in the previous two.

The left-hander didn't receive much help from the offense Sunday while allowing one run over five innings in a 2-1 home loss to Atlanta. He's been at his best at home, going 1-1 with 2.43 ERA in his last six starts.

"I need to be more aggressive in the strike zone," said Locke, who will get his first look at Cleveland.

Brandon Moss delivered the big blow for the Indians on Friday with a second-inning two-run homer. It was his second in three games and team-leading 14th on the season.

Bourn went 2 for 3 with three RBIs in his return from a one-game suspension for making contact with an umpire May 16 versus Texas. He padded the lead with a two-run single in the eighth inning.

Jason Kipnis went 0 for 3 to snap a nine-game interleague hitting streak, but did draw a pair of walks to reach safely for the 25th time in 27 overall.

Andrew McCutchen provided the only highlight in the opener with a two-run home run in the fourth inning for Pittsburgh, which is looking to avoid its first three-game home skid since April 22-24, 2014.

Neil Walker went 1 for 4 after going 14 for 26 over his previous six games, while Jordy Mercer was 0 for 3 after batting .469 in his prior seven. Starling Marte went 0 for 4 after hitting .438 in his previous eight.


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