DET @ NYY, Saturday, August 18, 2007 Game Preview

Detroit Tigers, 67-55, 2nd, ½ GB, 1½ GB in WC	SP: Chad Durbin (29, RHP, 7-5, 4.68) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (7-5) 107.2 110 59 56 44 61 16 4.68 2006 (0-0) 6 6 1 1 0 3 1 1.50 2004 (6-7) 60.2 72 50 47 35 48 11 6.97 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-4 37.2 42 22 20 15 17 5 4.78 45 2007-08-13 OAK L 4.1 6 6 5 4 3 1 86 28 2007-08-08 TBD L 4.1 6 3 3 2 3 0 71 40 2007-06-19 WSN W 6 5 1 1 0 5 0 84 63 2007-06-14 MIL L 3.2 8 2 2 2 0 0 81 35 2007-06-08 NYM L 8 6 3 3 1 4 2 84 61 2007-06-02 CLE W 5.1 8 5 5 3 1 2 115 30 2007-05-28 TBD ND 6 3 2 1 3 1 0 88 58 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 0-0 6 4 4 3 3 5 0 4.50 52 2000-04-16 NYY ND 6 4 4 3 3 5 0 97 52
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 30-28 Road: 37-27 ExtrInn: 6-6 vsRHP: 43-42 vsLHP: 24-13 1-Run: 20-15 vsEast: 16-12 vsCntrl:24-24 vsWest: 13-15 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 122 Fri, Aug 17 @NYY L 1-6 67-55 2nd 0.5 gb 121 Thu, Aug 16 @NYY W 8-5 67-54 1st 0.5 up 120 Wed, Aug 15 @CLE L 2-5 66-54 1st Tied 119 Tue, Aug 14 @CLE W 6-2 (10) 66-53 1st 1.0 up 118 Mon, Aug 13 OAK L 2-7 65-53 1st Tied 117 Sun, Aug 12 OAK W 11-6 65-52 1st 0.5 up 116 Sat, Aug 11 OAK W 5-2 64-52 2nd 0.5 gb 115 Fri, Aug 10 OAK L 10-16 63-52 2nd 1.5 gb 114 Thu, Aug 9 TBD L 1-8 63-51 2nd 1.5 gb 113 Wed, Aug 8 TBD L 1-7 63-50 2nd 0.5 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30:11-19
New York Yankees, 68-54, 2nd, 5 GB, ½ GB in WC	SP: Roger Clemens (44, RHP, 4-5, 4.00) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (4-5) 72 71 37 32 19 49 5 4.00 2006 (7-6) 113.1 89 34 29 29 102 7 2.30 2005 (13-8) 211.1 151 51 44 62 185 11 1.87 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 40.1 42 22 17 10 23 1 3.79 50 2007-08-07 TOR W 6 2 1 1 1 6 0 90 69 2007-08-02 CHW ND 1.2 9 8 3 0 0 0 39 15 2007-07-28 BAL L 6.1 8 4 4 3 6 0 113 44 2007-07-23 KCR W 7 4 2 2 0 3 1 94 64 2007-07-18 TOR ND 6 9 1 1 1 3 0 99 52 2007-07-13 TBD L 5.1 5 5 5 4 2 0 89 36 2007-07-07 LAA ND 8 5 1 1 1 3 0 98 70 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET 2-1 32 29 14 11 10 26 2 3.09 55 2006-06-27 DET L 6.1 3 2 1 2 3 0 84 62 2003-09-11 DET W 6.2 7 2 2 2 6 0 122 56 2003-06-01 DET ND 6 7 6 4 1 6 1 107 43 2002-09-20 DET W 6 5 1 1 5 4 1 96 57 2002-09-08 DET ND 7 7 3 3 0 7 0 139 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 39-24 Road: 29-30 ExtrInn: 3-4 vsRHP: 54-36 vsLHP: 14-18 1-Run: 11-15 vsEast: 22-25 vsCntrl:24-8 vsWest: 12-13 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 122 Fri, Aug 17 DET W 6-1 68-54 2nd 5.0 gb 121 Thu, Aug 16 DET L 5-8 67-54 2nd 5.5 gb 120 Wed, Aug 15 BAL L 3-6 (10) 67-53 2nd 5.0 gb 119 Tue, Aug 14 BAL L 0-12 67-52 2nd 5.0 gb 118 Mon, Aug 13 BAL W 7-6 67-51 2nd 4.0 gb 117 Sun, Aug 12 @CLE W 5-3 66-51 2nd 4.0 gb 116 Sat, Aug 11 @CLE W 11-2 65-51 2nd 5.0 gb 115 Fri, Aug 10 @CLE W 6-1 64-51 2nd 5.0 gb 114 Wed, Aug 8 @TOR L 4-15 63-51 2nd 6.0 gb 113 Tue, Aug 7 @TOR W 9-2 63-50 2nd 5.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:13-7 Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, Aug 17, 2007 NYY 6 DET 1 W:Andy Pettitte (10-7), L: Nate Robertson (7-10), S: none Thu, Aug 16, 2007 DET 8 @NYY 5 W:Justin Verlander (13-4), L: Mike Mussina (8-8), S: none Thu, Aug 31, 2006 NYY 6 DET 4 W:Randy Johnson (15-10), L: Jeremy Bonderman (11-7), S: Mariano Rivera (33) Wed, Aug 30, 2006 DET 5 @NYY 3 W:Jason Grilli (2-2), L: Scott Proctor (5-4), S: Todd Jones (35) Wed, Aug 30, 2006 NYY 2 DET 0 W:Chien-Ming Wang (16-5), L: Nate Robertson (11-11), S: Mariano Rivera (32) Thu, Jun 01, 2006 DET 7 NYY 6 W:Fernando Rodney (4-1), L: Kyle Farnsworth (1-3), S: none Wed, May 31, 2006 NYY 6 @DET 1 W:Mike Mussina (7-1), L: Nate Robertson (5-3), S: none Tue, May 30, 2006 NYY 11 @DET 6 (11) W:Mariano Rivera (3-3), L: Todd Jones (0-2), S: none Mon, May 29, 2006 NYY 4 @DET 0 W:Randy Johnson (7-4), L: Jeremy Bonderman (5-4), S: none Sun, Jul 03, 2005 NYY 1 @DET 0 W:Chien-Ming Wang (5-3), L: Nate Robertson (3-7), S: Mariano Rivera (18) Season Series: 2007 - Tied 1-1; 2006 - NYY won 5-2; 2005 - NYY won 5-1; All-Time - NYY leads 1025-911

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 2007 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

NYY 5.91

BAL 4.65

WSN 3.88

RA/G

SDP 3.88

NYY 4.67

TBD 6.01

M. Ordonez .355

C. Floyd .290

R. Langerhans .153

OBP

B. Bonds .495

J. Hermida .361

M. Olivo .254

SLG

R. Braun .662

C. Guzman .468

N. Punto .265

OPS

B. Bonds 1.081

M. Byrd .824

R. Langerhans .535

ERA

C. Young 1.93

G. Maddux 4.00

A. Eaton 6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard 11.02

G. Meche 6.38

A. Cook 3.31

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Detroit Tigers Batters (5.63 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 22.Clemens
G/S/vB 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 34.Henn*
G/S/vB 31.Ramirez
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 47.Villone*
G/S/vB 52.Vizcaino
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

21.Casey* G/S/vP 18/.457 ··· 19/1.329 ··· ··· 1/.000 18/.466 6/2.083 402/341 .288/.348/.384/.732 .731/.732 .709 88/.621 2/2 3/2

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 516/404 .291/.350/.540/.890 .478/1.003 .963 114/.823 14/1 16/4

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 24/.634 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 7/.286 2/.000 5/.400 462/354 .305/.368/.511/.879 .967/.861 .850 107/.741 10/7 15/23

15.Inge G/S/vP 8/1.071 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 6/.334 6/1.000 3/.666 439/330 .242/.318/.392/.710 .819/.675 .705 97/.616 7/1 12/14

4.Maybin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 31/.855 ··· 8/.500 ··· ··· 12/1.045 2/no AB 4/.500 517/390 .355/.428/.592/1.020 1.255/.946 .970 120/.987 2/1 22/1

14.Polanco G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 7/.971 ··· ··· 1/.000 20/.628 4/1.000 474/347 .344/.389/.466/.855 .825/.866 .787 93/1.083 4/2 7/0

58.Rabelo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 133/115 .267/.310/.367/.677 .745/.666 .818 41/.806 0/0 0/5

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 83/46 .342/.366/.582/.948 .824/1.044 .975 73/.917 2/0 3/1

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 49/.765 ··· 5/1.400 ··· ··· 21/.883 9/1.194 7/2.047 400/280 .280/.290/.433/.723 .717/.725 .724 76/.663 0/2 10/6

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 11/.733 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· / /// / / / /

3.Sheffield G/S/vP 16/1.163 ··· 17/.643 ··· ··· 1/no AB 17/1.397 6/.167 500/379 .279/.384/.499/.883 .898/.878 .795 93/.540 18/4 24/0

33.Thames G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 199/125 .255/.291/.511/.802 .845/.776 .717 34/.779 2/1 13/1

IP 72.0 6.0 47.1 27.0 4.2 52.0 36.1 61.2 TOTAL .286/.344/.461/.805 .826/.797 .793 65/25 140/83

ERA-K/9

4.00/6.1

0.00/13.5

4.56/6.1

4.00/6.3

7.71/13.4

3.46/9.2

3.47/6.2

3.79/7.0

4.40/6.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Rabelo (18-7-3)
Rodriguez (41-14-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 300/.257 21/.105 214/.267 122/.233 23/.250 212/.260 151/.252 265/.206 .270 Granderson
Ordonez
Thames
Raburn
Sheffield
Maybin 0/119/0/9
0/0/111/3
21/0/9/1
6/7/7/1
7/0/7/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .677 .296 .778 .706 .955 .655 .680 .655 .755

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 133/.640 7/.143 105/.900 49/.687 12/1.125 98/.643 62/.766 112/.734 .804

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 167/.706 14/.368 109/.669 73/.720 11/.775 114/.667 89/.620 153/.598 .721

Home 147/.640 7/.286 103/.673 83/.659 23/.955 104/.705 82/.511 134/.704 .743

Last 28d days 90/.711 21/.296 39/.737 34/.753 8/.250 46/.758 62/.776 51/.540

HR/SB/CS 5/10/2 0/0/0 7/8/2 3/0/0 1/1/0 4/2/1 4/0/0 4/4/1 110/102/32

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

New York Yankees Batters (5.91 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Durbin
G/S/vB 34.Byrdak*
G/S/vB 49.Grilli
G/S/vB 59.Jones
G/S/vB 45.Lopez
G/S/vB 31.Miner
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.800 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 524/387 .285/.365/.439/.803 .600/.877 .906 110/1.076 16/6 13/4

14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 221/184 .231/.350/.473/.823 .680/.854 .958 42/.689 0/0 12/4

28.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 450/314 .297/.351/.443/.795 .717/.806 .735 121/1.037 10/2 8/2

24.Cano* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/.650 2/.000 502/330 .310/.357/.494/.850 .848/.850 .861 117/1.197 3/4 13/10

18.Damon* G/S/vP 16/.464 3/.000 ··· 9/.985 5/1.100 1/.000 6/.334 9/.944 448/323 .256/.353/.358/.710 .680/.722 .776 93/.896 20/2 6/1

17.Duncan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 47/28 .310/.383/.738/1.121 1.303/.997 1.438 43/1.185 0/0 6/0

25.Giambi* G/S/vP 16/1.716 5/2.600 1/.000 11/1.253 3/.333 ··· 5/.200 5/.200 203/150 .273/.379/.494/.873 .881/.867 .900 24/1.245 1/0 11/0

2.Jeter G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/no AB 15/1.082 2/1.000 2/no AB 5/2.000 2/5.000 556/419 .323/.392/.442/.835 .848/.830 .833 121/.704 12/8 8/15

55.Matsui* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/1.000 3/2.667 1/.000 1/no AB 7/.619 475/317 .302/.373/.523/.895 .794/.946 .948 118/1.074 3/1 23/3

26.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 162/120 .234/.247/.305/.552 .724/.490 .566 33/.605 2/1 0/4

12.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 175/123 .285/.324/.380/.703 .626/.735 .777 98/.630 0/1 2/0

20.Posada# G/S/vP ··· 6/.334 ··· 14/.955 4/.833 1/.000 4/1.250 7/.286 449/309 .332/.414/.527/.941 .913/.954 .888 88/1.018 2/0 14/4

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 15/.833 4/.000 1/.000 4/.000 2/.500 538/392 .304/.411/.628/1.039 .889/1.092 1.029 119/1.008 15/2 39/10

IP 107.2 29.2 58.1 50.1 16.1 31.1 34.1 34.0 TOTAL .292/.366/.466/.832 .768/.858 .865 90/27 151/67

ERA-K/9

4.68/5.1

3.34/11.5

5.86/7.3

4.65/4.7

3.86/3.9

3.45/6.3

4.46/9.2

3.18/6.6

4.69/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Molina (23-10-2)
Posada (76-23-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 473/.266 138/.257 269/.295 219/.275 69/.250 138/.289 153/.237 145/.254 .272 Cabrera
Matsui
Abreu
Damon
Duncan
Betemit 18/93/5/12
94/0/0/5
0/0/118/3
10/45/1/1
1/0/4/1
1/0/1/0

OPS .769 .795 .807 .702 .702 .736 .743 .694 .778

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 223/.743 49/.817 84/.851 123/.731 32/.720 48/.562 66/.770 75/.600 .765

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 250/.793 89/.784 185/.788 96/.664 37/.688 90/.828 87/.723 70/.796 .786

Road 285/.688 75/.775 125/.574 115/.711 34/.649 81/.726 65/.687 73/.840 .763

Last 28d days 80/.831 48/.804 78/.842 39/.650 15/.695 55/.777 21/.348 43/.772

HR/SB/CS 16/5/1 3/2/1 5/0/2 2/1/0 2/0/0 1/2/3 5/5/1 1/1/1 131/59/21

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

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.

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Game Preview: DET @ NYY, 3:55pm, Saturday, August 18, 2007 @Yankee Stadium II

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SP: Chad Durbin (29, RHP, 7-5, 4.68)

SP: Roger Clemens (44, RHP, 4-5, 4.00)

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