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Game Preview: DET @ ARI, 8:10pm, Saturday, May 17, 2008 @Chase Field

Detroit Tigers, 16-26, 5th, 6 GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Armando Galarraga (26, RHP, 2-1, 3.07)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-1)             29.1  20  14  10   9  21  3    3.07      
 2007 (0-0)              8.2   8   6   6   7   6  2    6.23      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-1  34    24  19  15  13  25  4    3.97   52 
 2008-05-07    BOS  ND   5.1   7   5   5   1   6  2      88   39 
 2008-05-02   @MIN   L   6     6   4   2   2   2  0      87   48 
 2008-04-26    LAA  ND   6     3   3   1   2   3  0      82   59 
 2008-04-21   @TOR   W   5.1   3   0   0   4   4  0      85   62 
 2008-04-16   @CLE   W   6.2   1   2   2   0   6  1      81   70 
 2007-09-24    LAA  ND   4.2   4   5   5   4   4  1      87   36 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.ARI    Has never faced ARI.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-12   Road:    8-14   ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  11-25   vsLHP:   5-1    1-Run:   3-6 
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl: 4-15   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 42 Fri, May 16  @ARI  L   3-4       16-26  5th  6.0 gb
 41 Thu, May 15  @KCR  L   4-8       16-25  5th  6.0 gb
 40 Wed, May 14  @KCR  L   0-2       16-24  5th  5.0 gb
 39 Tue, May 13  @KCR  L   2-3       16-23  5th  4.5 gb
 38 Sat, May 10   NYY  L   2-5       16-22  4th  3.5 gb
 37 Fri, May  9   NYY  W   6-5       16-21  4th  3.5 gb
 36 Thu, May  8   BOS  L   1-5       15-21  5th  3.5 gb
 35 Wed, May  7   BOS  W  10-9       15-20  5th  3.5 gb
 34 Tue, May  6   BOS  L   0-5       14-20  5th  3.5 gb
 33 Mon, May  5   BOS  L   3-6       14-19  5th  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:14-16
Arizona Diamondbacks, 27-15, 1st, 5½ up

SP: Max Scherzer (23, RHP, 0-1, 3.14)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)             14.1  13   6   5   3  18  0    3.14      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         0-1  10    13   6   5   3  11  0    4.50   47 
 2008-05-10   @CHC  ND   6     5   1   0   1   6  0      79   65 
 2008-05-05    PHI   L   4     8   5   5   2   5  0      92   29 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET    Has never faced DET.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   18-7    Road:    9-8    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  17-10   vsLHP:  10-5    1-Run:   6-5 
 vsEast:  3-4    vsCntrl: 3-6    vsWest: 20-5  IL: 1-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 42 Fri, May 16   DET  W   4-3       27-15  1st  5.5 up
 41 Thu, May 15   COL  W   8-5       26-15  1st  4.5 up
 40 Wed, May 14   COL  W   4-3       25-15  1st  4.5 up
 39 Tue, May 13   COL  W   8-4       24-15  1st  4.5 up
 38 Sun, May 11  @CHC  L   4-6       23-15  1st  3.5 up
 37 Sat, May 10  @CHC  L   2-7       23-14  1st  3.5 up
 36 Fri, May  9  @CHC  L   1-3       23-13  1st  3.5 up
 35 Thu, May  8   PHI  W   8-3       23-12  1st  3.5 up
 34 Wed, May  7   PHI  L   4-5       22-12  1st  3.0 up
 33 Tue, May  6   PHI  W   6-4       22-11  1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, May 16, 2008 ARI  4  DET  3        W:Danny Haren (5-2), L: Zach Miner (1-3), S: Tony Pena (1)

Sun, Jun 26, 2005 ARI 13  DET  7        W:Claudio Vargas (2-4), L: Jeremy Bonderman (9-5), S: none
Sat, Jun 25, 2005 DET  5 @ARI  1        W:Sean Douglass (1-0), L: Javier Vazquez (7-6), S: none
Fri, Jun 24, 2005 ARI  2  DET  1        W:Shawn Estes (6-5), L: Mike Maroth (5-8), S: Brian Bruney (8)
Sun, May 22, 2005 ARI  1 @DET  0        W:Javier Vazquez (5-3), L: Jason Johnson (2-4), S: none
Sat, May 21, 2005 DET  3  ARI  2 (11)   W:Franklyn German (2-0), L: Brian Bruney (0-2), S: none
Fri, May 20, 2005 ARI  6 @DET  2        W:Brandon Webb (6-0), L: Jamie Walker (2-2), S: Brian Bruney (4)
Sun, Jun 27, 2004 DET  9  ARI  5        W:Jamie Walker (1-2), L: Brandon Villafuerte (0-2), S: none
Sat, Jun 26, 2004 DET  7  ARI  6        W:Ugueth Urbina (3-2), L: Brandon Villafuerte (0-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 25, 2004 DET  2  ARI  1        W:Jason Johnson (5-7), L: Brandon Webb (3-8), S: Ugueth Urbina (11)
Season Series: 2008 - ARI leads 1-0; 2007 -  0-0; 2006 -  0-0; All-Time - ARI leads 12-7

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 2008 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

CHC  5.83

OAK  4.44

SDP  3.40

RA/G

CLE  3.50

LAA  4.48

TEX  5.51

BA

A. Pujols  .347

  

R. Zimmerman  .244

OBP

A. Pujols  .492

  

R. Zimmerman  .277

SLG

C. Utley  .655

  

I. Suzuki  .367

OPS

A. Pujols  1.070

  

C. Crawford  .680

ERA

C. Lee  .67

M. Mussina  3.99

K. Rogers  6.65

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.62

J. Weaver  6.20

J. Garland  2.01

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Detroit Tigers Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Scherzer
G/S/vB
37.Cruz
G/S/vB
38.Lyon
G/S/vB
52.Medders
G/S/vB
56.Pena
G/S/vB
50.Qualls
G/S/vB
45.Slaten*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 2/2.000 2/.500 4/2.000 5/.700 ··· 176/153 .263/.352/.454/.806 1.010/.774 .846 107/.779 1/0 7/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 92/88 .225/.315/.475/.790 .000/.830 .889 92/.790 2/1 5/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 158/129 .285/.363/.431/.794 .671/.826 .665 94/.602 3/0 3/
15.Inge G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/96 .228/.336/.380/.717 .277/.788 .533 52/.521 1/1 3/
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 29/29 .280/.345/.640/.985 /.985 1.285 29/.985 0/0 3/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 177/154 .321/.384/.503/.887 1.065/.861 .761 106/.923 0/1 6/
14.Polanco G/S/vP ··· 8/.393 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 152/129 .265/.338/.360/.698 .935/.659 .852 87/.860 2/0 2/
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/22 .304/.407/.522/.929 .800/.965 .743 21/.881 0/0 1/
8.Renteria G/S/vP ··· 24/.578 6/.533 1/no AB 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 158/136 .262/.293/.356/.649 1.255/.553 .763 85/.522 1/0 3/
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 144/117 .273/.317/.402/.718 .605/.746 .663 82/.795 3/0 1/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/34 .344/.432/.625/1.057 1.250/1.031 1.069 25/1.042 0/0 1/
3.Sheffield G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/110 .190/.351/.305/.656 .449/.698 .591 69/.600 3/0 2/
33.Thames G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/42 .236/.288/.345/.634 1.020/.487 .671 28/.729 0/0 2/
IP 14.1 17.0 19.0 17.2 20.0 22.0 13.0 TOTAL .260/.337/.408/.745 .821/.733 .716 .739 18/4 40/28
ERA-K/9 3.14/11.3 2.65/12.7 1.89/6.2 4.58/3.6 4.50/6.8 2.86/9.8 2.77/3.5 3.69/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (3-0-2)
 Rodriguez (14-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 60/.250 73/.179 77/.243 79/.234 85/.266 96/.222 55/.191 .238  Inge
 Ordonez
 Granderson
 Sheffield
 Thames
 Raburn
 Joyce
1/10/0/2
0/0/39/1
0/21/0/0
6/0/0/0
10/0/6/0
10/1/2/0
6/0/1/0
OPS .649 .700 .611 .674 .710 .580 .631 .674
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 24/.825 32/.594 34/.447 32/.815 39/.740 49/.485 21/.390 .641
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 36/.536 41/.781 43/.742 47/.582 46/.683 47/.681 34/.797 .698
Home 36/.649 33/.758 44/.488 47/.601 52/.695 53/.612 33/.642 .700
Last 28d days 60/.649 46/.764 50/.428 49/.713 54/.592 61/.674 42/.543
HR/SB/CS 0/0/1 2/3/1 2/1/0 1/5/1 1/1/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 32/29/5
Usage ······X· o··o·X·X ·Xoo···· ·o····X· X·Xo·X·· ·oXo··X· ·oo···o·
Arizona Diamondbacks Batters (5.52 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB
41.Cruceta
G/S/vB
34.Dolsi
G/S/vB
59.Jones
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
31.Miner
G/S/vB
50.Rapada*
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Burke G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 2/.500 67/39 .182/.299/.200/.499 .460/.526 .696 37/.593 2/0 0/
22.Byrnes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 170/116 .223/.282/.382/.665 .723/.638 .698 95/.456 4/2 4/
6.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 158/110 .289/.344/.542/.886 .907/.874 1.000 98/.912 1/0 5/
7.Hammock G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/14 .190/.292/.238/.530 .633/.452 .633 9/.333 0/0 0/
1.Hudson# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 149/95 .295/.361/.470/.830 .897/.791 .916 78/.924 2/0 3/
34.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 156/106 .321/.410/.537/.948 1.075/.889 .975 101/.810 3/0 5/
26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 38/29 .324/.395/.441/.836 .778/.854 .902 38/.836 0/0 0/
11.Ojeda# G/S/vP ··· 2/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 54/41 .354/.407/.458/.866 .962/.835 .977 45/.836 0/0 0/
27.Reynolds G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 163/109 .224/.313/.406/.718 .752/.702 .828 98/.549 4/0 7/
12.Salazar* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/42 .286/.375/.524/.899 .333/.988 .819 34/.831 0/1 2/
19.Snyder G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 118/79 .276/.381/.480/.861 .888/.846 1.017 66/1.016 0/0 3/
10.Upton G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 169/117 .324/.402/.538/.940 .919/.949 1.104 100/.830 0/2 6/
24.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 191/132 .256/.346/.482/.828 1.073/.723 .775 115/.791 3/0 9/
IP 29.1 7.2 4.1 15.0 24.1 21.0 9.2 14.0 TOTAL .270/.347/.451/.798 .839/.780 .873 .758 19/5 45/28
ERA-K/9 3.07/6.5 2.35/9.4 2.08/8.4 4.80/3.6 1.85/7.0 8.14/5.6 0.93/7.4 1.93/7.1 5.07/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hammock (6-1-0)
 Montero (6-0-0)
 Snyder (17-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 121/.187 32/.185 21/.278 68/.250 95/.239 99/.298 37/.206 59/.264 .269  Upton
 Young
 Salazar
 Burke
 Byrnes
0/0/41/3
0/40/0/2
7/2/3/2
2/0/0/0
37/1/0/0
OPS .619 .646 .881 .772 .600 .834 .485 .643 .777
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 61/.659 14/.452 7/1.238 35/.952 36/.694 44/.660 23/.604 34/.678 .784
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 60/.577 18/.800 14/.702 33/.595 59/.541 55/.977 14/.297 25/.593 .771
Road 72/.518 17/.508 5/.400 28/.705 42/.725 50/1.136 25/.432 27/.576 .765
Last 28d days 98/.690 32/.646 21/.881 38/.927 47/.647 53/.514 29/.629 40/.658
HR/SB/CS 3/3/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 2/1/0 1/1/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 0/0/1 38/17/9
Usage ········ o··X··X· ··X····· ·X·····X ·X······ o······X ··o····· oX····X·

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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