NYY @ DET, Friday, May 9, 2008 Game Preview

New York Yankees, 18-18, 3rd, 4½ GB, ½ GB in WC	SP: Kei Igawa (28, LHP, 0-0, undef) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (2-3) 67.2 76 48 47 37 53 15 6.25 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 0-2 36.2 40 21 21 23 32 7 5.15 46 2007-09-25 @TBD ND 5 2 0 0 5 2 0 87 60 2007-07-26 @KCR L 5.2 7 5 5 2 5 0 100 38 2007-07-21 TBD ND 5 7 2 2 3 6 2 94 48 2007-07-16 TOR ND 5 7 3 3 4 7 2 115 44 2007-07-05 MIN ND 5 7 5 5 3 3 0 97 33 2007-06-30 OAK L 6.1 5 4 4 3 4 3 88 48 2007-06-22 @SFG ND 4.2 5 2 2 3 5 0 79 48 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET Has never faced DET.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 9-9 Road: 9-9 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 14-13 vsLHP: 4-5 1-Run: 4-3 vsEast: 9-8 vsCntrl: 6-10 vsWest: 3-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 36 Thu, May 8 CLE W 6-3 18-18 3rd 4.5 gb 35 Wed, May 7 CLE L 0-3 17-18 3rd 4.5 gb 34 Tue, May 6 CLE L 3-5 17-17 3rd 4.5 gb 33 Sun, May 4 SEA W 8-2 17-16 2nd 3.0 gb 32 Sat, May 3 SEA W 6-1 16-16 4th 3.0 gb 31 Fri, May 2 SEA W 5-1 15-16 4th 3.0 gb 30 Thu, May 1 DET L 4-8 14-16 4th 3.0 gb 29 Wed, Apr 30 DET L 2-6 14-15 4th 3.0 gb 28 Tue, Apr 29 DET L 4-6 14-14 4th 2.0 gb 27 Mon, Apr 28 @CLE W 5-2 14-13 4th 1.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20: 9-11 Last 30:15-15
Detroit Tigers, 15-21, 5th, 3½ GB, 3½ GB in WC	SP: Kenny Rogers (43, LHP, 2-3, 6.27) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-3) 37.1 44 29 26 19 19 3 6.27 2007 (3-4) 63 65 36 31 25 36 8 4.43 2006 (17-8) 204 195 97 87 62 99 23 3.84 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 37.1 44 29 26 19 19 3 6.27 40 2008-05-04 @MIN ND 6.2 6 5 3 0 6 0 96 52 2008-04-29 @NYY W 6 6 2 2 4 4 1 101 52 2008-04-23 TEX ND 3.1 9 6 6 3 0 0 73 15 2008-04-18 @TOR W 6.2 3 4 4 4 1 1 98 49 2008-04-13 @CHW L 4 7 7 7 4 1 1 91 17 2008-04-08 @BOS L 4.2 8 3 2 3 3 0 107 38 2008-04-02 KCR L 6 5 2 2 1 4 0 87 57 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 1-2 24.1 47 29 28 19 13 9 10.36 23 2008-04-29 @NYY W 6 6 2 2 4 4 1 101 52 2004-06-04 @NYY ND 4 8 6 6 4 3 5 98 21 2002-08-26 @NYY L 5 13 7 7 4 0 1 107 9 2002-07-29 NYY L 4.1 9 8 7 3 2 2 84 14 2000-08-23 @NYY ND 5 11 6 6 4 4 0 112 21
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 7-11 Road: 8-10 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 11-20 vsLHP: 4-1 1-Run: 2-4 vsEast: 7-7 vsCntrl: 4-12 vsWest: 4-2 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/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 32 Sun, May 4 @MIN L 6-7 14-18 5th 3.0 gb 31 Sat, May 3 @MIN L 1-4 14-17 4th 2.0 gb 30 Fri, May 2 @MIN L 1-11 14-16 4th 1.5 gb 29 Thu, May 1 @NYY W 8-4 14-15 2nd 1.5 gb 28 Wed, Apr 30 @NYY W 6-2 13-15 3rd 2.0 gb 27 Tue, Apr 29 @NYY W 6-4 12-15 4th 3.0 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Thu, May 01, 2008 DET 8 @NYY 4 W:Nate Robertson (1-3), L: Jonathan Albaladejo (0-1), S: none Wed, Apr 30, 2008 DET 6 @NYY 2 W:Jeremy Bonderman (2-2), L: Andy Pettitte (3-3), S: none Tue, Apr 29, 2008 DET 6 @NYY 4 W:Kenny Rogers (2-3), L: Philip Hughes (0-4), S: Todd Jones (5) Mon, Aug 27, 2007 DET 16 NYY 0 W:Justin Verlander (14-5), L: Mike Mussina (8-10), S: none Sun, Aug 26, 2007 DET 5 NYY 4 W:Bobby Seay (1-0), L: Philip Hughes (2-2), S: Todd Jones (33) Sat, Aug 25, 2007 NYY 7 @DET 2 W:Chien-Ming Wang (15-6), L: Jeremy Bonderman (10-7), S: none Fri, Aug 24, 2007 DET 9 NYY 6 (11) W:Chad Durbin (8-6), L: Sean Henn (2-2), S: none Sun, Aug 19, 2007 NYY 9 DET 3 W:Chien-Ming Wang (14-6), L: Jeremy Bonderman (10-6), S: Edwar Ramirez (1) Sat, Aug 18, 2007 NYY 5 DET 2 W:Roger Clemens (5-5), L: Chad Durbin (7-6), S: Mariano Rivera (20) Fri, Aug 17, 2007 NYY 6 DET 1 W:Andy Pettitte (10-7), L: Nate Robertson (7-10), S: none Season Series: 2008 - DET leads 3-0; 2007 - Tied 4-4; 2006 - NYY won 5-2; All-Time - NYY leads 1028-917

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

ARI 5.74

TEX 4.53

SDP 3.34

RA/G

OAK 3.58

CHC 4.44

PIT 5.65

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .81

H. Kuroda 3.95

C. Sabathia 7.51

K/9IP

E. Volquez 11.06

R. Dempster 6.07

J. Garland 2.03

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New York Yankees Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Rogers*
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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 8/.500 1/no AB ··· 5/.800 4/.000 4/.000 2/.000 3/.000 148/108 .299/.365/.440/.805 .735/.832 .574 112/.773 2/3 4/

14.Betemit# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 2/1.500 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 21/16 .200/.238/.350/.588 .400/.650 .500 7/1.000 0/0 1/

28.Cabrera# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/no AB 129/91 .272/.336/.465/.801 .714/.837 .780 101/.758 3/0 6/

24.Cano* G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· 4/.000 2/1.000 3/1.167 ··· 5/.400 137/104 .172/.226/.297/.523 .523/.522 .469 97/.574 0/2 4/

18.Damon* G/S/vP 59/.807 ··· ··· 9/.985 6/.900 3/.666 ··· 11/.955 147/104 .280/.372/.520/.892 .774/.940 1.023 103/1.011 5/1 5/

17.Duncan G/S/vP 3/3.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 31/9 .192/.323/.269/.592 .697/.347 .143 26/.632 0/0 0/

11.Ensberg G/S/vP 10/.443 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 64/38 .226/.250/.274/.524 .431/.587 .621 56/.491 0/1 1/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP 33/1.465 ··· ··· 13/1.371 4/1.833 ··· 1/.000 8/.125 111/82 .163/.324/.419/.743 .310/.875 .855 86/.837 1/1 6/

2.Jeter G/S/vP 28/1.065 ··· ··· 15/1.082 2/1.000 4/1.250 ··· 3/2.667 132/93 .298/.328/.371/.699 .668/.712 .692 106/.739 0/1 0/

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 6/1.500 1/.000 ··· 5/.900 5/1.400 3/.000 1/.000 10/.633 136/100 .345/.426/.496/.922 .704/1.010 .905 99/.943 0/0 4/

19.Moeller G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.750 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 31/25 .286/.355/.464/.819 .900/.798 1.015 31/.819 0/0 1/

26.Molina G/S/vP 12/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 70/48 .209/.229/.313/.542 .279/.662 .583 48/.410 0/0 0/

IP 37.1 3.2 3.0 13.0 22.1 18.1 9.0 9.2 TOTAL .261/.328/.415/.743 .612/.795 .746 .758 12/9 37/18

ERA-K/9

6.27/4.6

4.91/9.7

3.00/9.0

2.77/4.2

2.01/6.5

9.33/5.9

1.00/8.0

2.79/8.4

5.16/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Moeller (6-2-0)
Molina (17-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 173/.293 16/.154 16/.308 55/.204 89/.256 88/.301 33/.212 42/.297 .264 Abreu
Cabrera
Matsui
Duncan
Damon 0/0/34/3
0/34/0/1
11/0/3/1
0/0/2/0
27/4/0/0

OPS .812 .697 1.053 .679 .642 .875 .455 .708 .768

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 51/.654 9/.476 6/1.100 28/.835 35/.714 38/.775 20/.600 24/.756 .789

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 122/.882 7/.952 10/1.025 27/.530 54/.593 50/.953 13/.231 18/.646 .754

Home 45/.859 8/1.333 16/1.053 32/.650 53/.501 42/.574 12/.583 22/.732 .775

Last 28d days 124/.831 16/.697 16/1.053 43/.750 60/.612 62/.852 33/.455 33/.919

HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 1/1/0 2/2/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 34/15/5

Usage ····X··· ·X··o·oo X·X····· ·o·o···· o·oX··X· ·X··o··X o··o·X·· ·o··o··o

Detroit Tigers Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 63.Albaladejo
G/S/vB 47.Britton
G/S/vB 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 39.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB 36.Ramirez
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 41.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 152/131 .252/.342/.450/.792 1.113/.739 .789 117/.859 1/0 6/

28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 4/.750 2/.000 ··· 69/66 .254/.362/.593/.956 .000/1.004 .766 69/.956 1/1 5/

9.Guillen# G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 1/no AB 2/.000 4/.500 4/.833 2/.000 1/no AB 8/.250 ··· 135/107 .313/.403/.470/.873 .713/.909 1.059 96/.784 3/0 3/

15.Inge G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 4/.500 ··· 3/.667 7/.286 ··· 108/92 .227/.340/.386/.726 .277/.803 .927 71/.639 1/1 3/

20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/12 .182/.250/.182/.432 /.432 .432 12/.432 0/0 0/

30.Ordonez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.666 10/.400 28/.833 2/.000 1/.000 13/1.205 ··· 153/132 .304/.379/.496/.875 .899/.869 1.009 114/.934 0/1 6/

14.Polanco G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 8/1.625 4/1.000 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· 130/111 .272/.357/.386/.743 .797/.735 .525 93/.884 1/0 2/

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 25/22 .238/.360/.476/.836 .000/.965 1.133 25/.836 0/0 1/

8.Renteria G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 22/.465 9/.583 1/.000 2/.000 9/.666 ··· 140/121 .280/.309/.386/.696 1.467/.579 .582 99/.742 1/0 3/

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.166 13/.693 1/.000 3/1.000 22/.914 ··· 126/103 .252/.298/.383/.681 .356/.757 .688 89/.719 3/0 1/

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 1/4.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· 32/28 .370/.469/.667/1.135 1.250/1.116 1.111 28/1.116 0/0 1/

3.Sheffield G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 19/.688 4/2.250 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 112/93 .202/.366/.315/.681 .328/.759 .704 82/.694 3/0 2/

33.Thames G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 50/35 .261/.320/.391/.711 1.026/.587 .596 34/.699 0/0 2/

IP 11.1 2.2 14.1 17.0 16.2 23.0 5.1 14.0 2.0 TOTAL .262/.344/.415/.759 .773/.757 .781 .779 16/4 36/23

ERA-K/9

/0.0

4.76/8.8

0.00/0.0

3.14/10.1

3.18/9.0

7.02/3.8

4.70/8.6

0.00/10.2

0.00/7.7

0.00/9.0

4.31/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Inge (1-0-2)
Rodriguez (14-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 50/.295 10/.000 57/.196 68/.274 71/.302 100/.256 23/.158 47/.109 6/.000 .258 Inge
Granderson
Sheffield
Ordonez
Thames
Raburn
Joyce 1/10/0/2
0/15/0/0
3/0/0/0
0/0/33/0
10/0/6/0
10/0/2/0
1/0/1/0

OPS .867 .200 .562 .824 .800 .663 .568 .237 .000 .708

vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 22/.890 4/.250 25/.655 28/1.060 28/1.196 46/.888 10/.775 19/.105 / .711

vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 28/.842 6/.167 32/.480 40/.670 43/.561 54/.479 13/.413 28/.328 6/.000 .704

Road / 12/.350 / 31/.601 34/.882 35/.698 57/.815 9/.347 27/.226 / .725

Last 28d days / 41/.996 10/.200 38/.661 44/.600 48/.584 75/.663 23/.568 33/.216 6/.000

HR/SB/CS // 1/0/2 0/0/0 1/2/0 4/5/4 2/1/2 1/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 30/38/16

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

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: NYY @ DET, 7:05pm, Friday, May 9, 2008 @Comerica Park

SP: Kei Igawa (28, LHP, 0-0, undef)

SP: Kenny Rogers (43, LHP, 2-3, 6.27)

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