DET @ ARI, Sunday, May 18, 2008 Game Preview

Detroit Tigers, 17-26, 5th, 5½ GB, 5½ GB in WC	SP: Nate Robertson (30, LHP, 1-4, 6.04) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. ARI Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-4) 47.2 62 32 32 11 33 6 6.04 2007 (9-13) 177.2 199 98 94 63 119 22 4.76 2006 (13-13) 208.2 206 98 89 67 137 29 3.84 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 42.2 55 27 27 9 28 5 5.70 44 2008-05-13 @KCR ND 7 10 2 2 0 2 0 82 51 2008-05-06 BOS L 6.1 10 4 4 2 4 1 109 39 2008-05-01 @NYY W 5.2 7 4 4 2 3 1 106 40 2008-04-25 LAA L 7 6 4 4 1 3 1 89 51 2008-04-20 @TOR L 5 8 5 5 1 5 1 93 35 2008-04-15 MIN ND 6.1 6 4 4 1 5 1 94 49 2008-04-10 @BOS L 5.1 8 4 4 2 6 0 107 40 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.ARI 0-0 6.2 4 1 1 4 5 0 1.35 63 2005-05-21 ARI ND 6.2 4 1 1 4 5 0 100 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 8-12 Road: 9-14 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 12-25 vsLHP: 5-1 1-Run: 4-6 vsEast: 8-8 vsCntrl: 4-15 vsWest: 4-2 IL: 1-1 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 43 Sat, May 17 @ARI W 3-2 17-26 5th 5.5 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 Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30:14-16
Arizona Diamondbacks, 27-16, 1st, 4½ up	SP: Randy Johnson (44, LHP, 3-1, 5.40) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-1) 31.2 36 24 19 11 32 5 5.40 2007 (4-3) 56.2 52 26 24 13 72 7 3.81 2006 (17-11) 205 194 125 114 60 172 28 5.00 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 34.2 42 28 22 13 34 6 5.71 44 2008-05-13 COL W 5 9 4 4 0 4 1 90 37 2008-05-06 PHI W 6 6 4 4 2 6 2 97 48 2008-04-30 HOU ND 4 9 6 6 0 2 1 73 22 2008-04-25 @SDP W 6 3 1 1 2 7 0 94 67 2008-04-20 SDP L 5.2 6 6 4 3 6 1 104 40 2008-04-14 @SFG ND 5 3 3 0 4 7 0 90 58 2007-06-28 LAD L 3 6 4 3 2 2 1 70 33 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET 4-1 33 30 18 17 12 38 5 4.64 54 2006-08-31 DET W 8 4 4 4 1 8 3 106 65 2006-05-29 @DET W 6 2 0 0 3 4 0 91 69 2005-07-01 @DET L 5 9 7 7 1 2 2 80 22 2002-06-15 DET W 7 7 1 0 2 13 0 107 72 1998-05-03 DET W 7 8 6 6 5 11 0 142 43
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 18-8 Road: 9-8 ExtrInn: 1-1 vsRHP: 17-11 vsLHP: 10-5 1-Run: 6-6 vsEast: 3-4 vsCntrl: 3-6 vsWest: 20-5 IL: 1-1 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 43 Sat, May 17 DET L 2-3 27-16 1st 4.5 up 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 Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, May 17, 2008 DET 3 @ARI 2 W:Armando Galarraga (3-1), L: Max Scherzer (0-2), S: Todd Jones (6) 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 Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - 0-0; 2006 - 0-0; All-Time - ARI leads 12-8

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 5.84

OAK 4.45

SDP 3.36

RA/G

CLE 3.51

BOS 4.49

TEX 5.43

L. Berkman .399

R. Howard .184

OBP

A. Pujols .490

R. Zimmerman .276

SLG

L. Berkman .816

O. Cabrera .262

OPS

L. Berkman 1.295

O. Cabrera .543

ERA

C. Lee .67

M. Cain 4.17

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 (4.47 RS/G) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Johnson*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 9/.777 5/.400 2/2.000 3/1.667 4/2.000 5/.700 ··· 180/157 .271/.361/.465/.826 1.010/.797 .879 107/.824 1/0 7/

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 97/92 .235/.320/.471/.790 .400/.814 .877 97/.790 2/1 5/

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 9/.555 1/.000 4/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 163/133 .284/.364/.426/.790 .644/.827 .664 95/.552 3/0 3/

15.Inge G/S/vP 11/.878 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/96 .228/.336/.380/.717 .277/.788 .533 52/.521 1/1 3/

20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 34/33 .267/.324/.667/.990 .000/1.023 1.200 34/.990 0/0 4/

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 10/1.000 3/1.667 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 181/158 .315/.381/.494/.875 1.065/.847 .742 106/.923 0/1 6/

14.Polanco G/S/vP 39/.871 8/.393 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 152/129 .265/.338/.360/.698 .935/.659 .852 87/.860 2/0 2/

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 31/26 .269/.387/.462/.849 .800/.861 .664 21/.722 0/0 1/

8.Renteria G/S/vP 57/.854 25/.553 6/.533 2/.500 1/.000 4/.833 ··· 162/140 .255/.286/.346/.632 1.255/.537 .726 85/.522 1/0 3/

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 76/.618 3/.333 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 148/121 .265/.308/.390/.698 .605/.719 .627 82/.712 3/0 1/

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/35 .344/.447/.625/1.072 1.250/1.048 1.099 26/1.067 0/0 1/

3.Sheffield G/S/vP 47/.533 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/110 .190/.351/.305/.656 .449/.698 .591 65/.640 3/0 2/

33.Thames G/S/vP 10/1.189 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/42 .236/.288/.345/.634 1.020/.487 .671 27/.756 0/0 2/

IP 31.2 18.1 19.0 19.2 20.0 22.0 13.2 TOTAL .258/.336/.406/.742 .819/.730 .712 .738 18/4 41/29

ERA-K/9

5.40/9.1

2.45/12.3

1.89/6.2

4.58/3.7

4.50/6.8

2.86/9.8

2.63/3.3

3.63/7.3

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 145/.286 78/.167 77/.243 88/.236 85/.266 96/.222 58/.200 .237 Inge
Ordonez
Granderson
Sheffield
Thames
Raburn
Joyce 1/10/0/2
0/0/40/1
0/22/0/0
6/0/0/0
10/0/6/0
10/1/2/0
7/0/1/0

OPS .855 .667 .611 .720 .710 .580 .633 .673

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 20/.292 33/.614 34/.447 35/.907 39/.740 49/.485 23/.445 .648

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 125/.937 45/.702 43/.742 53/.600 46/.683 47/.681 35/.771 .691

Home 99/.999 38/.680 44/.488 56/.683 52/.695 53/.612 36/.644 .696

Last 28d days 123/.890 46/.731 47/.456 58/.776 54/.592 57/.667 45/.552

HR/SB/CS 5/4/0 2/3/1 2/1/0 2/5/1 1/1/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 33/29/5

Usage ····X··· XX··o·X· ··Xoo··· X·o····X ·X·Xo·X· ··oXo··X o·oo···o

Arizona Diamondbacks Batters (5.44 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.Robertson*
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Burke G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· 2/.500 68/40 .179/.294/.196/.491 .460/.512 .675 37/.593 2/0 0/

22.Byrnes G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 172/117 .222/.285/.380/.665 .735/.632 .697 92/.423 4/2 4/

6.Drew* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 162/114 .288/.342/.534/.876 .907/.860 .978 98/.885 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 7/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 153/99 .296/.364/.467/.831 .897/.794 .913 77/.958 2/0 3/

34.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 160/110 .312/.400/.522/.922 1.075/.855 .932 100/.797 3/0 5/

26.Montero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 39/30 .343/.410/.457/.867 .778/.895 .955 39/.867 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 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 167/113 .219/.311/.397/.709 .752/.688 .807 98/.528 4/0 7/

12.Salazar* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/44 .273/.360/.500/.860 .333/.939 .762 35/.762 0/1 2/

19.Snyder G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 122/83 .267/.369/.465/.834 .888/.806 .968 66/.990 0/0 3/

10.Upton G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 173/121 .320/.405/.531/.935 .919/.941 1.090 100/.805 0/2 6/

24.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 195/136 .253/.349/.476/.825 1.073/.722 .772 114/.793 3/0 9/

IP 47.2 8.2 4.1 16.0 25.1 21.0 9.2 14.0 TOTAL .267/.346/.445/.791 .840/.768 .858 .744 19/5 45/29

ERA-K/9

6.04/6.2

2.08/8.3

2.08/8.4

4.50/3.4

1.78/6.8

8.14/5.6

0.93/7.4

1.93/7.1

4.99/5.7

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 212/.313 35/.200 21/.278 72/.238 98/.245 99/.298 38/.206 59/.264 .266 Upton
Young
Salazar
Burke
Byrnes 0/0/42/3
0/41/0/2
8/2/3/2
2/0/0/0
38/1/0/0

OPS .855 .648 .881 .746 .606 .834 .506 .643 .769

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 64/.949 16/.527 7/1.238 35/.952 37/.730 44/.660 23/.604 34/.678 .782

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 148/.814 19/.753 14/.702 37/.564 61/.528 55/.977 15/.354 25/.593 .760

Road 104/.844 20/.535 5/.400 32/.651 45/.731 50/1.136 26/.462 27/.576 .751

Last 28d days 137/.841 35/.648 21/.881 42/.871 49/.670 53/.514 27/.651 40/.658

HR/SB/CS 6/3/1 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 ····X··· oo··X··X ···X···· o·X····· o·X····· ·o······ o··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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Game Preview: DET @ ARI, 4:10pm, Sunday, May 18, 2008 @Chase Field

SP: Nate Robertson (30, LHP, 1-4, 6.04)

SP: Randy Johnson (44, LHP, 3-1, 5.40)

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