TEX @ DET, Tuesday, April 22, 2008 Game Preview

Texas Rangers, 7-13, 4th, 5 GB, 5 GB in WC	SP: Vicente Padilla (30, RHP, 2-1, 3.12) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-1) 26 31 11 9 9 15 2 3.12 2007 (6-10) 120.1 146 88 77 50 71 16 5.76 2006 (15-10) 200 206 108 100 70 156 21 4.50 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 37 38 16 13 17 23 3 3.16 51 2008-04-17 @TOR W 7 7 1 1 3 2 0 112 58 2008-04-11 TOR L 6 7 5 4 3 5 0 97 42 2008-04-06 @LAA W 7 9 4 3 0 4 2 108 49 2008-04-01 @SEA ND 6 8 1 1 3 4 0 110 53 2007-09-19 @MIN L 5 3 3 3 5 2 1 97 46 2007-09-16 @OAK ND 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 10 42 2007-09-11 @DET W 6 3 0 0 3 6 0 99 69 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET 3-0 26 21 6 6 8 15 2 2.08 60 2007-09-11 @DET W 6 3 0 0 3 6 0 99 69 2006-09-12 @DET ND 7 5 2 2 1 3 2 105 61 2006-04-09 DET W 6 7 3 3 3 3 0 100 46 2002-06-07 @DET W 7 6 1 1 1 3 0 96 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 2-6 Road: 5-7 ExtrInn: 1-1 vsRHP: 6-10 vsLHP: 1-3 1-Run: 2-3 vsEast: 4-8 vsCntrl: 0-0 vsWest: 3-5 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 20 Mon, Apr 21 @BOS L 3-8 7-13 4th 5.0 gb 19 Sun, Apr 20 @BOS L 5-6 7-12 4th 4.5 gb 18 Sat, Apr 19 @BOS L 3-5 7-11 4th 4.5 gb 17 Fri, Apr 18 @BOS L 3-11 7-10 4th 3.5 gb 16 Thu, Apr 17 @TOR W 4-1 7-9 4th 2.5 gb 15 Wed, Apr 16 @TOR W 7-5 (14) 6-9 4th 2.5 gb 14 Tue, Apr 15 LAA L 4-7 5-9 4th 3.5 gb 13 Mon, Apr 14 LAA L 4-7 5-8 4th 3.5 gb 12 Sun, Apr 13 TOR L 4-5 (10) 5-7 4th 2.5 gb 11 Sat, Apr 12 TOR L 1-4 5-6 4th 2.5 gb Last 10: 2-8 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30: 7-13
Detroit Tigers, 7-13, 5th, 5 GB, 5 GB in WC	SP: Justin Verlander (25, RHP, 0-3, 7.03) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (0-3) 24.1 22 24 19 12 14 4 7.03 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 1-4 42 37 35 30 19 31 10 6.43 44 2008-04-17 @CLE L 5 7 5 5 4 1 1 104 30 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 2008-03-31 KCR ND 6 4 4 4 1 6 1 97 53 2007-09-29 @CHW ND 6 4 2 2 2 7 1 117 61 2007-09-23 KCR W 6 5 2 2 2 6 1 104 58 2007-09-18 @CLE L 5.2 6 7 7 3 4 4 95 30 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX 3-1 25.1 24 7 7 6 22 1 2.49 59 2007-09-12 TEX W 7 7 1 1 1 7 0 106 65 2007-06-06 @TEX W 7 5 0 0 2 6 0 104 71 2006-09-13 TEX L 4.1 10 6 6 1 2 1 80 20 2006-04-08 @TEX W 7 2 0 0 2 7 0 89 78
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 2-6 Road: 5-7 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 4-12 vsLHP: 3-1 1-Run: 1-2 vsEast: 3-4 vsCntrl: 4-9 vsWest: 0-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 20 Mon, Apr 21 @TOR W 5-1 7-13 5th 5.0 gb 19 Sun, Apr 20 @TOR L 3-5 6-13 5th 5.5 gb 18 Sat, Apr 19 @TOR L 2-3 6-12 5th 4.5 gb 17 Fri, Apr 18 @TOR W 8-4 6-11 5th 4.5 gb 16 Thu, Apr 17 @CLE L 1-11 5-11 5th 4.5 gb 15 Wed, Apr 16 @CLE W 13-2 5-10 4th 4.5 gb 14 Tue, Apr 15 MIN W 6-5 4-10 5th 4.5 gb 13 Mon, Apr 14 MIN W 11-9 3-10 5th 5.0 gb 12 Sun, Apr 13 @CHW L 0-11 2-10 5th 5.5 gb 11 Sat, Apr 12 @CHW L 0-7 2-9 5th 4.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30: 7-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Sep 12, 2007 DET 5 TEX 1 W:Justin Verlander (17-5), L: Edinson Volquez (2-1), S: none Tue, Sep 11, 2007 DET 4 TEX 1 W:Jair Jurrjens (2-1), L: Brandon McCarthy (5-9), S: Todd Jones (34) Tue, Sep 11, 2007 TEX 13 @DET 6 W:Vicente Padilla (6-9), L: Chad Durbin (8-7), S: none Thu, Jun 28, 2007 DET 5 TEX 2 W:Kenny Rogers (2-0), L: Kevin Millwood (4-7), S: Todd Jones (19) Tue, Jun 26, 2007 TEX 9 @DET 6 W:Akinori Otsuka (2-1), L: Todd Jones (1-4), S: Eric Gagne (8) Mon, Jun 25, 2007 TEX 8 @DET 3 W:Kameron Loe (4-6), L: Jeremy Bonderman (8-1), S: none Thu, Jun 07, 2007 DET 11 @TEX 4 W:Mike Maroth (4-2), L: Kameron Loe (1-6), S: none Wed, Jun 06, 2007 DET 10 @TEX 0 W:Justin Verlander (6-2), L: Kevin Millwood (2-5), S: none Tue, Jun 05, 2007 TEX 7 DET 4 W:Willie Eyre (2-2), L: Nate Robertson (4-6), S: Eric Gagne (5) Wed, Sep 13, 2006 TEX 11 @DET 3 W:Kevin Millwood (15-10), L: Justin Verlander (16-8), S: none Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - DET won 5-4; 2006 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - DET leads 322-274

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.98

BAL 4.67

WSN 4.15

RA/G

BOS 4.06

KCR 4.80

TBD 5.83

M. Ordonez .363

J. Francoeur .293

J. LaRue .148

OBP

B. Bonds .480

J. Varitek .367

J. LaRue .240

SLG

C. Ross .653

T. Tulowitzki .479

A. Gonzalez .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez 1.067

G. Sheffield .839

J. LaRue .512

ERA

J. Peavy 2.54

A. Pettitte 4.05

S. Olsen 5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

G. Meche 6.50

A. Cook 3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Texas Rangers Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB 52.Bautista
G/S/vB 49.Grilli
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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Blalock* G/S/vP 9/.666 1/2.000 4/.250 7/.762 1/.000 3/.666 1/no AB 3/.000 232/178 .293/.358/.543/.901 .796/.932 .790 / 4/1 10/6

29.Botts# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 190/143 .240/.326/.335/.662 .833/.605 .660 / 1/0 2/0

21.Bradley# G/S/vP 6/1.167 ··· 5/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 244/166 .306/.402/.545/.947 .966/.937 .964 / 5/2 13/2

23.Broussard* G/S/vP 18/.572 10/1.600 4/.250 7/.286 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 264/245 .275/.330/.404/.734 .618/.742 .734 / 2/0 7/2

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 7/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 7/.453 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 377/358 .260/.337/.444/.781 .606/.788 .622 / 2/1 11/0

6.Duran G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 337/256 .292/.368/.554/.922 .588/1.028 .861 / 3/3 19/4

5.Kinsler G/S/vP 10/.929 2/2.500 5/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 566/431 .263/.355/.441/.796 .999/.732 .675 / 23/2 20/17

15.Laird G/S/vP 8/.250 2/1.500 3/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 448/329 .224/.278/.349/.627 .691/.603 .588 / 6/2 9/12

2.Melhuse# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 103/76 .213/.275/.287/.562 .630/.532 .608 / 0/0 1/0

7.Murphy* G/S/vP 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 112/89 .343/.384/.552/.936 1.071/.901 1.056 / 0/0 2/1

12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 2/.000 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 345/257 .230/.300/.373/.674 .483/.739 .735 / 1/0 8/7

10.Young G/S/vP 12/.697 1/.000 11/1.858 6/1.500 4/.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 692/524 .315/.366/.418/.783 .797/.779 .759 / 13/3 9/19

IP 201.2 8.2 79.2 61.1 17.1 53.2 2.2 46.1 TOTAL .261/.335/.419/.754 .774/.748 .788 .754 12/2 19/22

ERA-K/9

3.66/8.2

12.46/8.3

4.74/7.0

4.26/4.8

5.19/3.6

3.02/5.7

10.13/13.3

2.33/7.4

5.45/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Laird (59-39-9)
Melhuse (16-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 866/.233 48/.429 352/.263 265/.267 76/.273 232/.273 13/.273 189/.228 .261 Hamilton
Murphy
Bradley
Botts
Catalanotto
Laird
Broussard 9/71/10/7
32/10/15/4
40/15/4/3
28/0/0/2
64/0/0/2
1/0/0/0
10/0/12/0

OPS .668 .989 .714 .702 .751 .727 1.294 .619 .782

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 464/.689 28/1.096 120/.702 151/.705 37/.803 92/.567 9/.905 101/.545 .883

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 402/.643 20/.833 232/.718 114/.696 39/.705 140/.834 4/2.000 88/.707 .731

Home 454/.664 21/1.303 184/.910 125/.626 35/.757 106/.712 12/1.417 99/.487 .788

Last 28d days / / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 20/4/1 0/1/0 5/1/2 3/1/0 2/0/0 3/4/6 2/0/0 1/1/1 18/10/3

Usage ····X··· X··Xo··· ··X··X·· X··X··Xo X·oo··o· ·X··X··· o·o···o· ·X··X··X

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Detroit Tigers Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.25 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Padilla
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 54.German
G/S/vB 58.Littleton
G/S/vB 57.Nippert
G/S/vB 59.Rupe
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB 45.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 18/1.021 2/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.600 680/530 .320/.401/.565/.965 1.173/.910 1.026 / 2/1 34/23

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 12/.833 20/.800 1/2.000 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 630/500 .296/.357/.502/.859 .921/.843 .863 / 13/8 21/25

15.Inge G/S/vP 7/.929 10/1.178 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 12/.533 577/447 .236/.312/.376/.688 .923/.621 .748 / 9/2 14/18

19.Jones* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 13/.481 495/408 .285/.335/.400/.735 .763/.729 .710 / 6/3 5/4

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 9/1.500 16/.938 3/1.167 4/.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 11/.182 679/531 .363/.434/.595/1.029 1.213/.980 1.129 / 4/1 28/1

14.Polanco G/S/vP 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 34/.878 641/489 .341/.388/.458/.846 .813/.857 .871 / 7/3 9/0

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 148/84 .304/.340/.507/.847 .759/.912 .821 / 3/0 4/1

8.Renteria G/S/vP 12/1.227 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 32/.548 543/347 .332/.390/.470/.860 .918/.827 .854 / 11/2 12/11

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 19/.816 10/.900 ··· 4/1.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· 8/.929 515/389 .281/.294/.420/.714 .746/.703 .744 / 2/2 11/6

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 7/.858 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 2/.500 7/.000 74/62 .284/.324/.388/.712 1.117/.638 .449 / 3/0 0/2

3.Sheffield G/S/vP 42/1.070 13/.322 2/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 31/1.905 593/460 .265/.378/.462/.839 .832/.841 .901 / 22/5 25/0

33.Thames G/S/vP 9/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 284/193 .242/.278/.498/.776 .927/.705 .844 / 2/1 18/4

36.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

IP 120.1 82.0 48.0 45.1 68.1 77.0 TOTAL .258/.341/.393/.734 .791/.720 .768 .734 10/0 16/12

ERA-K/9

5.76/5.3

2.85/9.5

/0.0

4.31/4.5

5.56/7.5

/0.0

3.03/8.3

3.62/4.6

4.58/4.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Rodriguez (47-21-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 553/.299 337/.225 / 205/.262 196/.267 / 285/.208 330/.259 .293 Jones
Ordonez
Sheffield
Thames
Raburn 2/84/67/8
0/0/143/4
7/0/7/1
37/0/9/1
10/13/16/1

OPS .810 .641 .737 .743 .602 .743 .791

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 266/.877 146/.489 / 79/.695 92/.662 / 115/.381 144/.848 .806

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 287/.749 191/.760 / 126/.763 104/.807 / 170/.754 186/.666 .779

Road 308/.932 152/.712 / 98/.574 80/.815 / 122/.559 179/.830 .800

Last 28d days / / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 16/3/3 6/2/2 // 6/3/1 5/1/0 // 4/2/0 6/4/4 12/17/8

Usage ····X··· o·X··Xo· X····X·o ·X···X·X X··X·o·· ···X··X· ·X··Xoo· ·oo·XX·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: TEX @ DET, 7:05pm, Tuesday, April 22, 2008 @Comerica Park

SP: Vicente Padilla (30, RHP, 2-1, 3.12)

SP: Justin Verlander (25, RHP, 0-3, 7.03)

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