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Game Preview: DET @ CHW, 8:11pm, Wednesday, August 6, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

Detroit Tigers, 55-57, 3rd, 7½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Justin Verlander (25, RHP, 8-11, 4.49)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-11)           146.1 129  79  73  58 113 14    4.49      
 2007 (18-6)           201.2 181  88  82  67 183 20    3.66      
 2006 (17-9)           186   187  78  75  60 124 21    3.63      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-2  44    36  22  22  17  41  4    4.50   53 
 2008-07-31   @CLE   L   5.2   5   6   6   3   9  1     114   41 
 2008-07-26    CHW   L   4     9   7   7   1   5  2     110   20 
 2008-07-20   @BAL   W   8.2   3   1   1   3   3  0     105   74 
 2008-07-13    MIN   W   7     4   2   2   2   8  0     108   67 
 2008-07-08    CLE   W   7     2   2   2   1   7  1      99   71 
 2008-07-03   @SEA   W   6     8   2   2   3   3  0     109   48 
 2008-06-28    COL  ND   5.2   5   2   2   4   6  0     118   53 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      1-3  32.1  28  25  20  10  22  5    5.57   47 
 2008-07-26    CHW   L   4     9   7   7   1   5  2     110   20 
 2008-06-11    CHW   W   9     4   1   1   0   3  0     101   78 
 2008-04-12   @CHW   L   7.2   4   6   6   4   3  1     115   46 
 2008-04-06    CHW   L   5.2   7   9   4   3   4  1     109   30 
 2007-09-29   @CHW  ND   6     4   2   2   2   7  1     117   61 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-22   Road:   26-35   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  34-48   vsLHP:  21-9    1-Run:  13-18
 vsEast: 10-13   vsCntrl:20-29   vsWest: 12-10 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Tue, Aug  5  @CHW  L   8-10(14)  55-57  3rd  7.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  3  @TBR  L   5-6 (10)  55-56  3rd  7.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  2  @TBR  L   3-9       55-55  3rd  6.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  1  @TBR  L   2-5       55-54  3rd  6.5 gb
108 Thu, Jul 31  @CLE  L   4-9       55-53  3rd  5.5 gb
107 Wed, Jul 30  @CLE  W  14-12(13)  55-52  3rd  5.5 gb
106 Tue, Jul 29  @CLE  W   8-5       54-52  3rd  5.5 gb
105 Mon, Jul 28  @CLE  L   0-5       53-52  3rd  6.5 gb
104 Sun, Jul 27   CHW  W   6-4       53-51  3rd  6.5 gb
103 Sat, Jul 26   CHW  L   6-7       52-51  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Chicago White Sox, 62-49, 1st, 1 up

SP: John Danks (23, LHP, 8-4, 3.31)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-4)            130.2 126  50  48  35 106 11    3.31      
 2007 (6-13)           139   160  92  85  54 109 28    5.50      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-0  44    44  22  21  11  40  5    4.30   52 
 2008-07-31   @MIN  ND   6     8   4   4   2   4  1     102   42 
 2008-07-26   @DET   W   6     8   5   4   0   5  2      93   43 
 2008-07-20    KCR  ND   4     9   6   6   2   3  0      77   21 
 2008-07-12   @TEX   W   7.2   7   4   4   0   8  1     110   57 
 2008-07-06    OAK   W   6.1   4   2   2   2   9  0     106   64 
 2008-07-01    CLE  ND   8     4   1   1   1   8  1      98   77 
 2008-06-26   @LAD   W   6     4   0   0   4   3  0     107   63 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      1-1  23.1  29  16  15   5  20  4    5.79   44 
 2008-07-26   @DET   W   6     8   5   4   0   5  2      93   43 
 2007-07-26    DET  ND   6.2   6   3   3   2   5  1     104   53 
 2007-04-25    DET   L   6     9   4   4   0   6  0     104   44 
 2007-04-20   @DET  ND   4.2   6   4   4   3   4  1      94   37 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-16   Road:   26-33   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  40-35   vsLHP:  22-14   1-Run:  15-13
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:32-20   vsWest: 11-11 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Tue, Aug  5   DET  W  10-8 (14)  62-49  1st  1.0 up
111 Sun, Aug  3  @KCR  L   3-14      61-49  2nd  0.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  2  @KCR  L   7-9       61-48  1st  0.5 up
109 Fri, Aug  1  @KCR  W   4-2       61-47  1st  0.5 up
108 Thu, Jul 31  @MIN  L   6-10      60-47  1st  0.5 up
107 Wed, Jul 30  @MIN  W   8-3       60-46  1st  1.5 up
106 Tue, Jul 29  @MIN  L   5-6       59-46  1st  0.5 up
105 Mon, Jul 28  @MIN  L   0-7       59-45  1st  1.5 up
104 Sun, Jul 27  @DET  L   4-6       59-44  1st  2.5 up
103 Sat, Jul 26  @DET  W   7-6       59-43  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Aug 05, 2008 CHW 10  DET  8 (14)   W:Adam Russell (4-0), L: Joel Zumaya (0-1), S: none
Sun, Jul 27, 2008 DET  6  CHW  4        W:Zach Miner (5-3), L: Javier Vazquez (7-9), S: none
Sat, Jul 26, 2008 CHW  7 @DET  6        W:John Danks (8-4), L: Justin Verlander (8-10), S: Bobby Jenks (21)
Fri, Jul 25, 2008 CHW  6 @DET  5        W:D.J. Carrasco (1-0), L: Todd Jones (4-1), S: Bobby Jenks (20)
Thu, Jun 12, 2008 DET  2  CHW  1        W:Todd Jones (2-0), L: Octavio Dotel (3-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 11, 2008 DET  5  CHW  1        W:Justin Verlander (3-9), L: Javier Vazquez (6-5), S: none
Tue, Jun 10, 2008 DET  6  CHW  4        W:Nate Robertson (4-6), L: Jose Contreras (6-4), S: Todd Jones (11)
Sun, Apr 13, 2008 CHW 11  DET  0        W:Javier Vazquez (2-1), L: Kenny Rogers (0-3), S: none
Sat, Apr 12, 2008 CHW  7  DET  0        W:Gavin Floyd (2-0), L: Justin Verlander (0-2), S: none
Fri, Apr 11, 2008 DET  5 @CHW  2        W:Aquilino Lopez (1-0), L: Jose Contreras (0-1), S: Todd Jones (1)
Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 8-5; 2007 - CHW won 11-7; 2006 - CHW won 12-7; All-Time - DET leads 989-975

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

TEX  5.68

MIL  4.64

SDP  3.76

RA/G

OAK  3.90

CLE  4.63

TEX  5.90

BA

C. Jones  .369

R. Ibanez  .288

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .466

D. DeJesus  .361

T. Pena  .169

SLG

R. Ludwick  .615

M. Olivo  .477

T. Pena  .196

OPS

C. Jones  1.062

M. Reynolds  .823

T. Pena  .365

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.33

O. Perez  4.12

I. Snell  6.14

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.04

A. Galarraga  6.17

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Detroit Tigers Batters (5.07 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB
53.Carrasco
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
61.Russell
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
43.Wassermann
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 5/.650 1/.000 8/.875 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 475/369 .293/.354/.505/.858 .884/.851 .837 107/.881 1/0 20/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 10/.000 ··· ··· 13/.413 9/.250 ··· 10/.522 ··· 401/316 .302/.368/.493/.861 .755/.889 .858 119/.895 8/4 13/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 6/1.167 2/.000 2/.500 8/.542 7/.572 1/.000 10/.422 1/4.000 438/342 .283/.369/.426/.795 .849/.784 .694 89/.747 8/3 9/
15.Inge G/S/vP 10/1.100 5/.400 ··· 15/.564 3/.666 ··· 4/1.250 3/.000 231/182 .216/.322/.428/.749 .678/.767 .639 60/.810 1/1 9/
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 156/143 .277/.340/.589/.928 .962/.924 .842 74/1.083 0/0 10/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 12/1.932 7/3.057 10/1.000 9/.777 3/.333 1/.000 4/.000 7/.286 416/326 .320/.380/.491/.870 .927/.855 .733 81/.888 0/4 14/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 12/.666 ··· 12/.384 12/.583 9/.444 ··· 5/1.600 2/.000 448/333 .314/.359/.431/.789 .917/.746 .850 102/.890 4/0 6/
25.Raburn G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/.666 4/.500 122/71 .261/.322/.441/.764 .865/.683 .701 25/.693 2/0 4/
8.Renteria G/S/vP 2/1.000 8/1.339 25/.297 5/.200 ··· ··· 5/1.350 1/.000 404/309 .257/.305/.335/.640 .850/.579 .575 75/.691 3/3 5/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 79/64 .344/.467/.508/.975 .955/.979 .972 32/.793 0/0 1/
57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 23/22 .130/.130/.217/.348 .000/.364 .182 9/.222 0/0 0/
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 9/1.556 6/.733 18/1.157 5/.000 3/.000 ··· 5/1.933 2/.500 302/236 .226/.328/.375/.703 .715/.700 .704 85/.758 7/1 9/
33.Thames G/S/vP 7/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 245/151 .246/.306/.558/.864 .892/.847 .798 58/.624 0/3 20/
IP 130.2 16.0 49.2 39.1 40.1 10.1 46.2 14.1 TOTAL .277/.343/.442/.785 .828/.773 .728 .837 43/21 130/81
ERA-K/9 3.31/7.3 2.81/7.9 3.08/12.9 2.06/5.0 4.46/9.2 5.23/7.9 2.89/10.6 8.79/3.1 3.97/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (14-5-6)
 Sardinha (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 538/.252 62/.204 216/.196 152/.230 180/.285 47/.310 186/.200 76/.344 .259  Granderson
 Ordonez
 Thames
 Inge
 Joyce
 Raburn
 Guillen
 Sheffield
0/90/0/4
0/0/90/4
48/0/6/2
2/11/0/2
28/0/17/1
20/4/15/0
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .676 .550 .617 .604 .786 .812 .571 .901 .725
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 153/.665 27/.588 62/.674 77/.626 98/.701 23/.841 89/.452 24/.867 .746
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 385/.679 35/.519 154/.594 75/.580 82/.889 24/.784 97/.678 52/.917 .711
Home 260/.704 25/.518 104/.501 79/.614 79/.796 30/.704 93/.568 14/1.188 .688
Last 28d days 103/.885 62/.550 35/.557 27/.462 54/1.235 22/.899 46/.856 36/.780
HR/SB/CS 11/15/8 0/1/2 5/14/1 1/4/0 4/3/1 0/0/0 5/3/0 0/4/1 106/103/26
Usage ·····X·· X·o·X··X X···oo·X o···o·X· o·X··X·· o······· X··o·ooo X·XX·o··
Chicago White Sox Batters (5.03 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.93 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB
34.Dolsi
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
49.Fossum*
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
54.Zumaya
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP 8/.929 ··· 2/1.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 3/.000 2/.500 1/2.000 151/91 .238/.268/.448/.716 .834/.638 .797 12/1.167 2/1 7/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 20/.621 2/.000 13/.924 14/1.012 3/1.000 4/.250 6/.000 8/.500 506/371 .268/.325/.352/.677 .697/.670 .708 102/.639 18/3 6/
23.Dye G/S/vP 36/1.175 1/.000 12/.584 8/1.125 7/.453 9/.619 4/.250 7/.143 444/320 .304/.363/.569/.931 .849/.960 1.033 91/1.071 3/2 26/
22.Fields G/S/vP 8/.125 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.667 1/.000 1/.000 25/18 .182/.280/.227/.507 .929/.347 25/.507 0/0 0/
17.Griffey* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 9/.904 4/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/5.000 439/297 .247/.355/.427/.783 .687/.829 .805 85/.917 0/1 15/
44.Hall G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 12/1.472 6/.334 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 95/55 .287/.340/.356/.697 .964/.499 .539 23/.664 0/0 1/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 27/.347 1/.000 12/2.334 8/.250 6/.167 13/1.045 5/.000 10/.644 353/258 .213/.314/.364/.678 .647/.690 .832 82/.632 1/0 11/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 33/1.083 2/1.500 9/2.042 11/.546 4/.000 10/.300 4/.000 6/.167 399/305 .292/.327/.432/.758 .766/.756 .739 79/.727 1/0 9/
20.Quentin G/S/vP 13/.885 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· 3/2.334 2/.500 1/.000 2/3.000 470/347 .285/.379/.557/.936 .824/.974 .964 99/1.157 5/3 29/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 5/.400 3/.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 312/222 .312/.331/.481/.813 .905/.775 .825 88/.847 8/5 10/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 30/.893 1/.000 6/2.333 4/.917 ··· 6/.533 2/.000 3/1.666 440/319 .231/.349/.408/.756 .731/.763 .902 82/.763 3/2 16/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 36/1.210 1/2.000 4/1.167 7/.572 3/.000 7/1.286 9/.873 7/.453 414/297 .257/.379/.510/.889 .929/.872 .795 94/1.041 1/0 21/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 11/.495 1/.000 7/.453 6/.733 5/.000 10/.619 5/.750 5/.400 191/154 .218/.277/.351/.627 .766/.593 .601 37/.806 1/0 3/
31.Wise* G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 63/55 .305/.333/.508/.842 .250/.932 .658 20/.566 6/0 2/
IP 146.1 35.2 47.2 22.0 48.1 21.1 38.1 21.1 TOTAL .266/.337/.448/.785 .760/.794 .829 .830 49/21 158/83
ERA-K/9 4.49/7.0 4.04/3.8 4.15/8.9 5.32/7.0 3.17/6.3 5.48/10.1 2.35/8.7 2.95/8.9 4.57/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (30-7-1)
 Pierzynski (73-19-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 624/.233 160/.259 200/.270 98/.307 208/.262 97/.182 157/.237 103/.262 .267  Griffey
 Swisher
 Quentin
 Dye
 Ramirez
 Anderson
 Wise
0/3/90/7
5/59/15/3
108/0/0/3
0/0/103/3
0/11/0/1
1/60/2/0
6/17/1/0
OPS .673 .716 .880 .855 .719 .694 .649 .841 .767
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 293/.697 58/1.015 96/1.003 46/.585 71/.911 45/.837 82/.758 41/.701 .793
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 331/.652 102/.556 104/.776 52/1.106 137/.617 52/.558 75/.530 62/.914 .749
Road 283/.702 88/.829 99/.889 67/.951 116/.835 65/.851 76/.567 65/.904 .786
Last 28d days 105/.674 49/.883 37/.897 51/.795 55/.960 62/.578 44/.500 63/.875
HR/SB/CS 14/6/5 3/7/2 14/6/6 1/0/1 4/3/0 3/2/0 2/0/1 3/1/0 108/49/24
Usage ·····X·· o··X··oX X·Xo···· o··X··Xo X····oX· X·X···XX o·X·X·X· X···X··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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