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Game Preview: DET @ CHW, 8:11pm, Thursday, August 7, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

NOTE: Some stats are only updated through Tuesday, August 5, 2008. Site will be updated with yesterday's stats by 11:30am ET.

Detroit Tigers, 55-58, 3rd, 8½ GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Zach Miner (26, RHP, 5-4, 3.77)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-4)             62    57  29  26  31  32  5    3.77      
 2007 (3-4)             53.2  56  22  18  22  34  3    3.02      
 2006 (7-6)             93   100  53  50  32  59 11    4.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-5  30.1  39  21  19   8  16  7    5.64   44 
 2008-08-01   @TBR   L   5.1   8   4   3   3   3  1      95   38 
 2008-07-27    CHW   W   6     5   2   2   0   5  2      92   59 
 2008-07-21   @KCR   W   6     3   0   0   1   1  0      88   66 
 2007-05-17   @BOS   L   5.1   6   2   1   1   3  0      99   52 
 2006-09-30    KCR   L   0.1   5   5   5   0   0  1      32   21 
 2006-08-23    CHW   L   1.1   4   6   6   2   1  2      40   21 
 2006-08-18    TEX   L   6     8   2   2   1   3  1     100   50 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      1-2  12.2  14  12  12   5   8  4    8.53   40 
 2008-07-27    CHW   W   6     5   2   2   0   5  2      92   59 
 2006-08-23    CHW   L   1.1   4   6   6   2   1  2      40   21 
 2006-08-13   @CHW   L   5.1   5   4   4   3   2  0     108   41 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-22   Road:   26-36   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  34-48   vsLHP:  21-10   1-Run:  13-18
 vsEast: 10-13   vsCntrl:20-30   vsWest: 12-10 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Wed, Aug  6  @CHW  L   1-5       55-58  3rd  8.5 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
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Chicago White Sox, 63-49, 1st, 1 up

SP: Javier Vazquez (31, RHP, 8-9, 4.66)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-9)            141   151  75  73  40 133 19    4.66      
 2007 (15-8)           216.2 197  95  90  50 213 29    3.74      
 2006 (11-12)          202.2 206 116 109  56 184 23    4.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  45    49  30  29  16  40  8    5.80   46 
 2008-08-01   @KCR   W   6     5   2   2   2   3  0      98   55 
 2008-07-27   @DET   L   7    11   6   6   2   3  2     106   32 
 2008-07-21    TEX   L   7     4   3   3   2  10  1     113   65 
 2008-07-09   @KCR  ND   5.2  11   6   6   1   3  1      87   25 
 2008-07-03    OAK   L   9     4   3   3   1  10  2     121   76 
 2008-06-28    CHC  ND   4.1   9   5   5   3   7  0     105   29 
 2008-06-22   @CHC   L   6     5   5   4   5   4  2     109   43 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      3-2  34.2  39  16  16   8  36  4    4.15   54 
 2008-07-27   @DET   L   7    11   6   6   2   3  2     106   32 
 2008-06-11   @DET   L   6    10   5   5   3   9  1     111   38 
 2008-04-13    DET   W   7     5   0   0   0   9  0      92   76 
 2007-09-28    DET   W   7.2   7   2   2   1   9  0     109   65 
 2007-08-04   @DET   W   7     6   3   3   2   6  1     114   57 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-16   Road:   26-33   ExtrInn: 6-2 
 vsRHP:  41-35   vsLHP:  22-14   1-Run:  15-13
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:33-20   vsWest: 11-11 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
113 Wed, Aug  6   DET  W   5-1       63-49  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug  5   DET  W  10-8 (14)  62-49  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
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 9223372036854775808.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  1  @KCR  W   4-2       61-47  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
108 Thu, Jul 31  @MIN  L   6-10      60-47  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
107 Wed, Jul 30  @MIN  W   8-3       60-46  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
106 Tue, Jul 29  @MIN  L   5-6       59-46  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
105 Mon, Jul 28  @MIN  L   0-7       59-45  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
104 Sun, Jul 27  @DET  L   4-6       59-44  1st 9223372036854775808.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 06, 2008 CHW  5  DET  1        W:John Danks (9-4), L: Justin Verlander (8-12), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 9-5; 2007 - CHW won 11-7; 2006 - CHW won 12-7; All-Time - DET leads 989-976

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  5.66

MIL  4.65

SDP  3.76

RA/G

OAK  3.91

SFG  4.65

TEX  5.90

BA

C. Jones  .369

K. Suzuki  .288

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .466

D. Navarro  .360

T. Pena  .169

SLG

R. Ludwick  .623

M. Olivo  .477

T. Pena  .196

OPS

A. Pujols  1.078

D. DeJesus  .818

T. Pena  .365

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.33

O. Perez  4.12

I. Snell  6.14

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.99

A. Galarraga  6.17

L. Hernandez  3.48

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Detroit Tigers Batters (5.04 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
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 22/1.161 1/.000 8/.875 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 479/370 .293/.353/.502/.855 .877/.849 .832 106/.840 1/0 20/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 23/.875 ··· 1/.000 13/.413 9/.250 ··· 10/.522 ··· 402/317 .301/.367/.492/.858 .755/.886 .854 115/.891 8/4 13/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 29/.661 2/.000 2/.500 9/.476 7/.572 1/.000 10/.422 1/4.000 442/343 .283/.368/.424/.792 .842/.782 .690 88/.743 8/3 9/
15.Inge G/S/vP 30/.696 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 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 157/144 .275/.338/.585/.922 .962/.917 .833 71/.982 0/0 10/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 29/.448 7/3.057 10/1.000 10/.700 3/.333 1/.000 4/.000 7/.286 420/327 .319/.379/.491/.869 .930/.852 .734 85/.882 0/4 14/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 53/.876 ··· 12/.384 13/.693 9/.444 ··· 5/1.600 2/.000 452/334 .313/.358/.429/.787 .893/.749 .844 106/.874 4/0 6/
25.Raburn G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 3/.666 4/.500 125/71 .254/.315/.430/.744 .816/.683 .675 28/.618 2/0 4/
8.Renteria G/S/vP 28/1.057 8/1.339 26/.285 5/.200 ··· ··· 5/1.350 1/.000 407/310 .255/.303/.332/.635 .831/.577 .567 74/.673 3/3 5/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 5/.800 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 79/64 .344/.467/.508/.975 .955/.979 .972 28/.842 0/0 1/
57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 25/22 .120/.120/.200/.320 .000/.364 .154 7/.000 0/0 0/
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 55/.667 6/.733 18/1.157 5/.000 3/.000 ··· 5/1.933 2/.500 305/236 .228/.331/.376/.708 .733/.700 .712 84/.760 7/1 9/
33.Thames G/S/vP 14/.714 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 248/152 .242/.302/.551/.853 .872/.842 .781 60/.568 0/3 20/
IP 141.0 16.1 50.2 40.1 40.1 10.1 46.2 14.1 TOTAL .276/.342/.440/.782 .818/.772 .723 .815 43/21 130/81
ERA-K/9 4.66/8.5 2.76/7.7 3.02/12.8 2.01/4.9 4.46/9.2 5.23/7.9 2.89/10.6 8.79/3.1 3.94/7.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 608/.273 63/.200 219/.193 156/.231 180/.285 47/.310 186/.200 76/.344 .258  Ordonez
 Granderson
 Inge
 Thames
 Joyce
 Raburn
 Guillen
 Sheffield
0/0/91/5
0/91/0/4
2/11/0/2
49/0/6/2
28/0/17/1
20/5/15/0
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .781 .540 .608 .601 .786 .812 .571 .901 .723
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 298/.814 27/.588 64/.651 78/.618 98/.701 23/.841 89/.452 24/.867 .745
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 310/.750 36/.504 155/.590 78/.583 82/.889 24/.784 97/.678 52/.917 .708
Home 272/.706 26/.497 107/.485 83/.608 79/.796 30/.704 93/.568 14/1.188 .683
Last 28d days 86/.733 63/.540 35/.557 31/.467 51/1.315 20/.888 43/.870 36/.780
HR/SB/CS 19/6/2 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·· oX·o·X·· oX···oo· Xo···o·X ·o·X··X· ·o······ ·X··o·oo ·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 31.Miner
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 2/.500 ··· 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 6/.834 2/.000 13/.924 14/1.012 3/1.000 4/.250 6/.000 8/.500 510/375 .268/.325/.351/.676 .697/.668 .705 102/.633 18/3 6/
23.Dye G/S/vP 13/1.545 1/.000 12/.584 8/1.125 7/.453 9/.619 4/.250 7/.143 448/324 .304/.364/.569/.933 .849/.963 1.035 91/1.126 3/2 26/
22.Fields G/S/vP 6/.800 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 81/.946 0/1 15/
44.Hall G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 12/1.472 6/.334 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 98/58 .278/.330/.344/.674 .964/.472 .500 24/.634 0/0 1/
14.Konerko G/S/vP 12/.917 1/.000 12/2.334 8/.250 6/.167 13/1.045 5/.000 10/.644 357/262 .214/.317/.364/.680 .647/.692 .832 82/.675 1/0 11/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 9/1.194 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 77/.747 1/0 9/
20.Quentin G/S/vP 5/.650 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· 3/2.334 2/.500 1/.000 2/3.000 474/351 .287/.380/.556/.936 .824/.974 .964 99/1.072 5/3 29/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.000 2/2.500 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 316/226 .311/.330/.478/.808 .905/.770 .816 88/.835 8/5 10/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 6/.900 1/.000 6/2.333 4/.917 ··· 6/.533 2/.000 3/1.666 444/323 .229/.348/.404/.752 .731/.757 .890 82/.720 3/2 16/
25.Thome* G/S/vP 10/.200 1/2.000 4/1.167 7/.572 3/.000 7/1.286 9/.873 7/.453 418/301 .257/.380/.517/.898 .929/.884 .813 94/1.081 1/0 22/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 13/.697 1/.000 7/.453 6/.733 5/.000 10/.619 5/.750 5/.400 194/157 .215/.272/.345/.617 .766/.581 .579 40/.742 1/0 3/
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 63/55 .305/.333/.508/.842 .250/.932 .658 20/.566 6/0 2/
IP 62.0 35.2 47.2 22.0 48.2 21.1 38.1 21.1 TOTAL .266/.337/.447/.784 .760/.793 .827 .830 49/21 159/83
ERA-K/9 3.77/4.6 4.04/3.8 4.15/8.9 5.32/7.0 3.14/6.3 5.48/10.1 2.35/8.7 2.95/8.9 4.58/5.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 268/.248 160/.259 200/.270 98/.307 209/.266 97/.182 157/.237 103/.262 .266  Griffey
 Quentin
 Dye
 Swisher
 Ramirez
 Wise
 Anderson
0/3/90/7
109/0/0/3
0/0/104/3
5/60/15/3
0/11/0/1
6/17/1/0
1/61/2/0
OPS .739 .716 .880 .855 .726 .694 .649 .841 .767
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 121/.781 58/1.015 96/1.003 46/.585 71/.911 45/.837 82/.758 41/.701 .794
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 147/.704 102/.556 104/.776 52/1.106 138/.628 52/.558 75/.530 62/.914 .748
Road 152/.816 88/.829 99/.889 67/.951 117/.846 65/.851 76/.567 65/.904 .784
Last 28d days 69/.798 49/.883 34/.980 35/.854 56/.980 62/.578 44/.500 58/.894
HR/SB/CS 5/7/2 3/7/2 14/6/6 1/0/1 4/3/0 3/2/0 2/0/1 3/1/0 109/49/24
Usage ·····X·· ·o··X··o ·X·Xo··· ·o··X··X oX····oX ·X·X···X ·o·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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