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Game Preview: DET @ OAK, 10:05pm, Tuesday, July 31, 2007 @McAfee Coliseum

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Detroit Tigers, 61-44, 1st, 1 up

SP: Justin Verlander (24, RHP, 11-3, 3.43)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (11-3)           128.2 104  54  49  45 115 11    3.43      
 2006 (17-9)           186   187  78  75  60 124 21    3.63      
 2005 (0-2)             11.1  15   9   9   5   7  1    7.15      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  44.2  39  25  23  15  47  4    4.63   53 
 2007-07-26    CHW  ND   7     3   3   3   3   5  0     109   61 
 2007-07-21    KCR  ND   5.2   7   5   4   2   7  1      96   42 
 2007-07-15    SEA   W   7     8   4   4   1   6  0     106   50 
 2007-07-05    CLE   W   7     6   3   2   0   7  1     110   62 
 2007-06-29    MIN   L   5     4   6   6   5   5  1      99   35 
 2007-06-23    ATL   W   7     4   1   1   2  11  1     110   74 
 2007-06-17    PHI   W   6     7   3   3   2   6  0      98   50 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      1-1  20    15   6   5   6  16  2    2.25   61 
 2006-07-21    OAK   W   6     7   1   1   1   5  0     105   58 
 2006-07-04    OAK  ND   7     3   1   1   2   4  0     104   69 
 2006-04-18    OAK   L   7     5   4   3   3   7  2     121   57 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-21   Road:   35-23   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  39-35   vsLHP:  22-9    1-Run:  20-14
 vsEast: 13-9    vsCntrl:23-20   vsWest: 11-11 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Mon, Jul 30  @OAK  W   5-2       61-44  1st  1.0 up
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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Oakland Athletics, 49-57, 3rd, 13 GB, 11½ GB in WC

SP: Danny Haren (26, RHP, 12-3, 2.42)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (12-3)           149   118  48  40  39 118 12    2.42      
 2006 (14-13)          223   224 109 102  45 176 31    4.12      
 2005 (14-12)          217   212 101  90  53 163 26    3.73      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  45    50  22  21  15  34  5    4.20   50 
 2007-07-26    SEA   W   7     7   2   2   2   7  1     107   60 
 2007-07-21    BAL   W   6.2   7   3   3   2   7  0     117   53 
 2007-07-15    MIN  ND   6     7   2   2   3   3  0     108   50 
 2007-07-06    SEA   L   6.1   7   4   3   1   3  1     112   47 
 2007-07-01    NYY   W   5.1   8   5   5   2   5  0     101   35 
 2007-06-26    CLE  ND   6.2   8   3   3   3   4  1     105   47 
 2007-06-20    CIN   W   7     6   3   3   2   5  2     117   56 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      0-2  20.1  23  12  12   2  19  4    5.31   50 
 2006-07-21    DET   L   6     9   7   7   2   6  1     104   30 
 2006-07-04    DET  ND   7     4   1   1   0   7  1     101   72 
 2005-08-23    DET   L   7.1  10   4   4   0   6  2     111   48 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-28   Road:   24-29   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  33-41   vsLHP:  16-16   1-Run:  16-17
 vsEast: 16-13   vsCntrl:10-18   vsWest: 13-18 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
106 Mon, Jul 30   DET  L   2-5       49-57  3rd 13.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:10-20
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jul 30, 2007 DET  5 @OAK  2    W:Jordan Tata (1-0), L: Joe Blanton (8-8), S: Todd Jones (28)

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)
Season Series: 2007 - DET leads 1-0; 2006 - DET won 5-4; 2005 - OAK won 5-1; All-Time - DET leads 962-880

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  5.81

LAD  4.67

WSN  3.79

RA/G

SDP  3.81

CLE  4.74

TBD  6.30

BA

M. Ordonez  .351

S. Casey  .289

R. Langerhans  .157

OBP

B. Bonds  .493

M. Tejada  .360

M. Olivo  .250

SLG

R. Braun  .662

R. Cano  .456

N. Punto  .275

OPS

R. Braun  1.057

A. Ethier  .820

D. Navarro  .536

ERA

C. Young  1.82

A. Pettitte  4.11

E. Santana  6.22

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.12

J. Guthrie  6.35

A. Cook  3.12

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Detroit Tigers Batters (5.81 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (4.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 15.Haren
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 4/.500 ··· 4/.250 9/1.194 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 353/297 .289/.354/.381/.735 .763/.729 .721 86/.685 2/1 2/1
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 10/.400 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 449/356 .305/.356/.576/.932 .554/1.029 1.013 108/1.012 13/0 16/4
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 7/.715 ··· 1/.000 392/300 .310/.378/.520/.898 1.044/.864 .857 99/.747 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 6/.666 ··· ··· 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 8/1.250 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 383/290 .251/.332/.410/.742 .898/.694 .739 98/.623 6/1 12/12
27.Monroe G/S/vP 6/.500 1/.000 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 10/.800 ··· 2/.000 343/252 .222/.266/.386/.652 .898/.562 .699 65/.600 0/3 11/3
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 10/.500 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 16/.842 ··· 1/.000 444/334 .351/.427/.574/1.001 1.259/.918 .987 104/.802 2/1 16/1
14.Polanco G/S/vP 13/.917 ··· 4/1.250 5/.200 ··· 6/1.000 ··· 1/.000 421/308 .343/.383/.455/.838 .795/.854 .781 84/.990 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 10/1.200 ··· 3/1.667 6/.834 1/.000 7/.286 ··· ··· 355/249 .284/.296/.433/.729 .745/.721 .715 75/.699 0/2 9/5
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 10/.800 ··· 2/.000 8/1.518 ··· 3/1.666 ··· 3/.667 448/342 .293/.400/.530/.930 .985/.912 .844 106/.924 17/4 23/0
IP 149.0 10.1 33.0 44.1 28.2 100.0 32.0 20.2 TOTAL .290/.349/.469/.818 .865/.802 .811 59/22 126/73
ERA-K/9 2.42/7.1 3.48/10.5 5.73/7.4 3.65/6.9 2.20/8.8 4.32/3.8 5.63/3.4 3.48/10.0 3.88/6.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 601/.213 39/.162 146/.268 185/.259 114/.208 445/.284 149/.283 85/.200 .253  Granderson
 Monroe
 Ordonez
 Sheffield
 Raburn
 Hessman
 Infante
0/103/0/8
90/0/1/5
0/0/95/3
7/0/7/1
3/4/6/0
1/0/0/0
1/12/6/0
OPS .601 .367 .751 .637 .556 .777 .807 .581 .698
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 320/.537 21/.340 48/.683 58/.693 46/.627 94/.517 58/.654 43/.552 .674
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 281/.671 18/.398 98/.784 127/.613 68/.512 351/.846 91/.907 42/.603 .714
Home 307/.583 22/.511 81/.834 89/.532 43/.311 219/.775 97/.695 33/.390 .673
Last 28d days 115/.715 39/.367 35/.864 28/.442 47/.753 57/.978 24/.785 16/1.110
HR/SB/CS 12/15/5 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·· Xo···X·X o·····oX ·X··X·X· ·o·X·X·X ···o···· ·X··o··X
Oakland Athletics Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.97 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
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 16/.313 1/2 2/5
6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 269/217 .274/.366/.465/.831 1.056/.774 .768 55/.671 2/1 7/0
3.Chavez* G/S/vP 9/.222 6/1.417 ··· 13/.962 3/.666 5/.650 ··· 5/.650 379/242 .240/.306/.446/.752 .703/.779 .825 42/.709 4/2 15/6
32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.333 ··· ··· 274/181 .251/.380/.525/.905 .887/.912 1.034 79/.649 0/2 17/1
14.Ellis G/S/vP 8/.875 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 408/294 .262/.325/.414/.739 .818/.711 .768 98/.645 6/2 12/4
29.Johnson* G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 326/195 .240/.356/.413/.769 .755/.779 .641 67/.397 0/0 10/4
21.Kotsay* G/S/vP 9/.347 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.750 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 192/150 .236/.302/.328/.630 .348/.708 .508 72/.656 1/1 1/2
12.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 28/22 .160/.250/.280/.530 .733/.477 .000 23/.654 0/0 0/1
31.Piazza G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 13/.770 ··· ··· 153/109 .310/.353/.437/.790 .754/.801 .561 41/.980 0/0 3/
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 186/136 .235/.292/.329/.621 .675/.602 .590 58/.488 1/0 4/8
24.Stewart G/S/vP 11/.455 ··· 2/2.000 11/.717 4/.500 8/.750 ··· 1/.000 400/280 .304/.363/.403/.766 .780/.760 .698 94/.711 9/1 8/4
28.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 72/57 .220/.324/.373/.697 .583/.725 .567 50/.491 0/0 2/0
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 6/1.666 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 426/298 .258/.398/.449/.847 .964/.797 .756 92/.859 2/2 14/0
IP 128.2 22.1 21.1 97.2 50.0 44.1 27.0 28.1 TOTAL .252/.331/.395/.726 .738/.720 .687 40/15 107/62
ERA-K/9 3.43/8.0 4.03/11.3 4.22/7.2 4.42/5.0 5.58/6.8 4.67/4.7 3.67/8.0 3.18/5.7 4.54/6.5

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 542/.217 103/.267 93/.241 424/.262 225/.276 194/.278 124/.233 116/.252 .269  Kotsay
 Stewart
 Buck
 Swisher
 Scutaro
 Cust
0/47/0/5
89/5/0/4
16/2/55/2
0/31/38/1
6/0/4/0
7/0/10/0
OPS .640 .835 .722 .761 .771 .703 .674 .661 .766
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 278/.690 34/.933 25/.741 202/.743 70/.810 107/.757 51/.625 61/.531 .744
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 264/.587 69/.792 68/.713 222/.778 155/.754 87/.634 73/.707 55/.805 .780
Road 281/.609 64/.815 33/.641 280/.696 115/.594 104/.686 62/.549 64/.775 .760
Last 28d days 114/.663 13/1.144 41/.764 63/.802 52/.558 46/.556 38/.706 30/.823
HR/SB/CS 11/2/1 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··X·· ··o····· XX·X··X· ··X··X·X oo·····o ·X·o··oo ·o··o·oo

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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