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Game Preview: DET @ OAK, 10:05pm, Monday, July 30, 2007 @McAfee Coliseum

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Detroit Tigers, 60-44, 1st, ½ up

SP: Jordan Tata (25, RHP, 0-0, )

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2006 (0-0)             14.2  14  11  10   7   6  1    6.14      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS                                              inf      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK    Has never faced OAK.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-21   Road:   34-23   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  38-35   vsLHP:  22-9    1-Run:  20-14
 vsEast: 13-9    vsCntrl:23-20   vsWest: 10-11 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Sun, Jul 29  @LAA  L   4-13      60-44  1st  0.5 up
103 Sat, Jul 28  @LAA  L   3-10      60-43  1st  0.5 up
102 Fri, Jul 27  @LAA  L   6-11      60-42  1st  0.5 up
101 Thu, Jul 26  @CHW  L   3-4       60-41  1st  1.5 up
100 Wed, Jul 25  @CHW  W  13-9       60-40  1st  1.5 up
 99 Tue, Jul 24  @CHW  L   7-8       59-40  1st  1.5 up
 98 Tue, Jul 24  @CHW  L   3-5       59-39  1st  1.5 up
 97 Mon, Jul 23  @CHW  W   9-6       59-38  1st  2.0 up
 96 Sun, Jul 22   KCR  L   2-5       58-38  1st  1.0 up
 95 Sat, Jul 21   KCR  W  10-8 (10)  58-37  1st  2.0 up
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Oakland Athletics, 49-56, 3rd, 13 GB, 11 GB in WC

SP: Joe Blanton (26, RHP, 8-7, 3.69)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (8-7)            153.2 153  68  63  26  93 11    3.69      
 2006 (16-12)          194.1 241 111 104  58 107 17    4.82      
 2005 (12-12)          201.1 178  86  79  67 116 23    3.53      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-3  48.2  58  25  23   5  22  1    4.25   48 
 2007-07-25    LAA  ND   6    11   5   5   0   3  0      96   33 
 2007-07-20    BAL   L   5.2  10   6   5   1   3  0     108   29 
 2007-07-14    MIN   L   7.2  10   4   4   1   2  0     106   44 
 2007-07-08    SEA   L   6    12   6   5   0   1  1      92   27 
 2007-07-03    TOR   W   9     4   1   1   1   4  0     122   78 
 2007-06-28    CLE  ND   6.1   6   3   3   1   3  0     102   51 
 2007-06-23    NYM  ND   8     5   0   0   1   6  0     107   77 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      2-1  16.1  28  16  15   3   4  1    8.27   30 
 2006-07-22    DET   W   5     9   5   5   0   0  0      83   29 
 2006-07-03    DET   W   7     9   3   3   0   1  1      98   48 
 2006-04-19    DET   L   4.1  10   8   7   3   3  0      88   13 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-27   Road:   24-29   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  33-40   vsLHP:  16-16   1-Run:  16-17
 vsEast: 16-13   vsCntrl:10-17   vsWest: 13-18 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Sun, Jul 29  @SEA  L  10-14      49-56  3rd 13.0 gb
104 Sat, Jul 28  @SEA  L   3-4       49-55  3rd 12.0 gb
103 Fri, Jul 27  @SEA  L   1-7       49-54  3rd 11.0 gb
102 Thu, Jul 26  @SEA  W   6-2       49-53  3rd 10.0 gb
101 Wed, Jul 25  @LAA  L   6-7       48-53  3rd 10.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 24  @LAA  W   4-3       48-52  3rd  9.5 gb
 99 Mon, Jul 23  @LAA  W  12-6       47-52  3rd 10.5 gb
 98 Sun, Jul 22   BAL  L   0-2       46-52  3rd 11.5 gb
 97 Sat, Jul 21   BAL  W   4-3       46-51  3rd 10.5 gb
 96 Fri, Jul 20   BAL  L   1-6       45-51  3rd 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:10-20
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 23, 2006 DET  8  OAK  4    W:Nate Robertson (9-6), L: Esteban Loaiza (4-6), S: none
Sat, Jul 22, 2006 OAK  9 @DET  5    W:Joe Blanton (10-8), L: Wilfredo Ledezma (1-1), S: none
Fri, Jul 21, 2006 DET  7  OAK  4    W:Justin Verlander (12-4), L: Danny Haren (6-9), S: none
Wed, Jul 05, 2006 DET 10 @OAK  4    W:Kenny Rogers (11-3), L: Kirk Saarloos (3-5), S: Roman Colon (1)
Tue, Jul 04, 2006 OAK  2  DET  1 (10)   W:Chad Gaudin (1-2), L: Fernando Rodney (4-3), S: none
Mon, Jul 03, 2006 OAK  5  DET  3    W:Joe Blanton (8-7), L: Nate Robertson (8-4), S: Huston Street (19)
Thu, Apr 20, 2006 DET  4 @OAK  3    W:Fernando Rodney (1-0), L: Justin Duchscherer (1-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 19, 2006 DET 11 @OAK  4    W:Kenny Rogers (3-1), L: Joe Blanton (1-2), S: none
Tue, Apr 18, 2006 OAK  4  DET  3    W:Justin Duchscherer (1-0), L: Justin Verlander (1-2), S: Huston Street (4)
Thu, Aug 25, 2005 OAK 11 @DET  1    W:Barry Zito (12-10), L: Mike Maroth (11-12), S: none
Season Series: 2007 -  0-0; 2006 - DET won 5-4; 2005 - OAK won 5-1; All-Time - DET leads 961-880

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

DET  5.82

CHC  4.68

WSN  3.79

RA/G

SDP  3.81

CLE  4.74

TBD  6.33

BA

M. Ordonez  .352

O. Hudson  .288

R. Langerhans  .157

OBP

B. Bonds  .493

A. Ramirez  .361

M. Olivo  .250

SLG

R. Braun  .662

C. Young  .456

N. Punto  .277

OPS

R. Braun  1.057

C. Figgins  .818

D. Navarro  .541

ERA

C. Young  1.82

D. Davis  4.11

J. Contreras  6.22

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.12

B. Arroyo  6.33

A. Cook  3.12

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Detroit Tigers Batters (5.82 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (4.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 55.Blanton
G/S/vB
54.Brown
G/S/vB
50.Calero
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
37.Kennedy*
G/S/vB
52.Marshall*
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
21.Casey* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 9/1.194 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 349/293 .292/.355/.384/.739 .763/.735 .730 82/.702 2/1 2/1
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 10/.800 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 444/352 .301/.353/.575/.928 .560/1.024 1.009 103/1.003 13/0 16/4
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 8/1.625 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 7/.715 ··· 1/.000 388/296 .314/.381/.526/.907 1.044/.877 .874 95/.782 9/6 14/19
24.Hessman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 19/10 .250/.316/.438/.754 .583/.925 .754 19/.754 0/0 1/0
20.Infante G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 2/1.000 7/.572 ··· ··· 145/84 .254/.285/.333/.618 .773/.509 .639 39/.436 4/1 2/4
15.Inge G/S/vP 8/.458 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 379/287 .252/.333/.409/.742 .910/.690 .738 94/.617 6/1 12/12
27.Monroe G/S/vP 9/1.417 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 10/.800 ··· 2/.000 339/248 .218/.263/.385/.648 .898/.555 .691 61/.572 0/3 11/3
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 9/.666 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 16/.842 ··· 1/.000 440/330 .352/.428/.577/1.005 1.259/.923 .996 100/.816 2/1 16/1
14.Polanco G/S/vP 10/1.500 ··· 3/.666 4/.250 ··· 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 416/304 .339/.381/.451/.832 .802/.843 .766 79/.963 3/2 5/0
58.Rabelo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 109/93 .296/.340/.418/.758 .842/.743 .882 34/1.005 0/0 0/4
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/17 .387/.441/.742/1.183 .866/1.501 1.100 35/1.183 1/0 3/0
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 2/1.000 6/.834 1/.000 7/.286 ··· ··· 351/245 .284/.296/.432/.728 .745/.721 .715 71/.696 0/2 9/5
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 5/1.267 ··· 1/.000 8/1.518 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 3/.667 444/338 .296/.403/.535/.938 .985/.924 .859 102/.965 17/4 23/0
53.Tata G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
IP 153.2 10.1 31.2 43.1 28.2 100.0 32.0 20.2 TOTAL .290/.349/.470/.819 .867/.802 .812 59/22 126/73
ERA-K/9 3.69/5.4 3.48/10.5 5.97/7.1 3.74/6.9 2.20/8.8 4.32/3.8 5.63/3.4 3.48/10.0 3.87/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Rabelo (14-7-3)
 Rodriguez (38-12-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 629/.256 39/.162 139/.264 182/.263 114/.208 445/.284 149/.283 85/.200 .253  Granderson
 Monroe
 Ordonez
 Sheffield
 Raburn
 Hessman
 Infante
0/102/0/8
89/0/1/5
0/0/94/3
7/0/7/1
3/4/6/0
1/0/0/0
1/12/6/0
OPS .656 .367 .735 .648 .556 .777 .807 .581 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 304/.686 21/.340 46/.685 57/.706 46/.627 94/.517 58/.654 43/.552 .675
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 325/.628 18/.398 93/.759 125/.623 68/.512 351/.846 91/.907 42/.603 .713
Home 293/.568 22/.511 74/.809 86/.551 43/.311 219/.775 97/.695 33/.390 .672
Last 28d days 150/.765 39/.367 28/.802 25/.497 47/.753 57/.978 25/.750 16/1.110
HR/SB/CS 11/17/4 0/2/0 3/8/0 2/4/1 2/7/0 9/7/4 3/1/0 1/1/2 78/82/20
Usage ····X··· X·o·X··X o···X·Xo ·····oX· X··X·X·· o·X·X·X· ··o····· X··o··X·
Oakland Athletics Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Tata
G/S/vB
34.Byrdak*
G/S/vB
41.Capellan
G/S/vB
52.Durbin
G/S/vB
49.Grilli
G/S/vB
59.Jones
G/S/vB
43.McBride*
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 139/98 .212/.312/.339/.651 .712/.624 .485 20/.258 1/2 2/5
6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 265/213 .274/.367/.469/.836 1.056/.780 .776 51/.685 2/1 7/0
3.Chavez* G/S/vP ··· 6/1.417 ··· 13/.962 3/.666 5/.650 ··· 5/.650 379/242 .240/.306/.446/.752 .703/.779 .825 46/.754 4/2 15/6
32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.600 ··· ··· 273/180 .252/.381/.527/.908 .887/.918 1.042 83/.631 0/2 17/1
14.Ellis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 404/290 .264/.328/.419/.747 .818/.721 .785 98/.697 6/2 12/4
29.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 326/195 .240/.356/.413/.769 .755/.779 .641 71/.515 0/0 10/4
21.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.750 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 188/146 .227/.287/.314/.601 .348/.673 .442 73/.540 1/1 1/1
12.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/18 .190/.292/.333/.625 .733/.591 .000 20/.762 0/0 0/1
31.Piazza G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 13/.770 ··· ··· 149/105 .312/.356/.442/.798 .754/.813 .565 37/1.034 0/0 3/
19.Scutaro G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 182/132 .235/.293/.331/.624 .675/.605 .595 57/.538 1/0 4/8
24.Stewart G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 11/.717 4/.500 8/.750 ··· 1/.000 396/276 .305/.365/.404/.769 .780/.765 .702 95/.747 9/1 8/4
28.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/54 .211/.309/.368/.677 .583/.702 .515 51/.435 0/0 2/0
33.Swisher# G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 422/294 .258/.399/.451/.850 .964/.803 .761 93/.863 2/2 14/0
IP 22.1 21.1 96.2 50.0 43.1 27.0 28.1 TOTAL .252/.331/.396/.727 .738/.722 .690 40/15 107/61
ERA-K/9 /0.0 4.03/11.3 4.22/7.2 4.47/4.8 5.58/6.8 4.78/4.8 3.67/8.0 3.18/5.7 4.56/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (29-4-3)
 Suzuki (15-2-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 103/.267 93/.241 420/.262 225/.276 191/.277 124/.233 116/.252 .269  Kotsay
 Stewart
 Buck
 Swisher
 Scutaro
 Cust
0/46/0/5
88/5/0/4
16/2/54/2
0/31/38/1
6/0/4/0
7/0/10/0
OPS .835 .722 .764 .771 .703 .674 .661 .767
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 34/.933 25/.741 201/.736 70/.810 105/.752 51/.625 61/.531 .743
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 69/.792 68/.713 219/.789 155/.754 86/.642 73/.707 55/.805 .784
Road / 64/.815 33/.641 276/.699 115/.594 101/.686 62/.549 64/.775 .763
Last 28d days / 13/1.144 41/.764 59/.825 52/.558 43/.547 38/.706 30/.823
HR/SB/CS // 3/1/1 4/3/0 15/5/1 4/0/2 1/1/0 2/1/0 1/1/0 111/52/19
Usage ·X··X··· ·o·····X X·X··X·· ·X··X·X· o·····o· X·o··oo· o··o·ooo

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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