LAD @ DET, Friday, June 13, 2008 Game Preview

Los Angeles Dodgers, 31-35, 2nd, 4½ GB, 8 GB in WC	SP: Derek Lowe (35, RHP, 4-5, 4.15) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-5) 84.2 87 45 39 24 56 7 4.15 2007 (12-14) 199.1 194 100 86 59 147 20 3.88 2006 (16-8) 218 221 97 88 55 123 14 3.63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 45.1 44 23 23 13 31 4 4.57 51 2008-06-07 CHC W 7 6 3 3 2 4 1 95 55 2008-06-02 COL W 8 5 1 1 1 3 0 110 70 2008-05-28 @CHC ND 7 4 0 0 2 5 0 91 72 2008-05-23 STL L 7 5 2 2 2 5 1 98 62 2008-05-18 @LAA L 5 10 7 7 1 3 1 76 21 2008-05-14 @MIL ND 6 6 4 4 3 6 0 95 47 2008-05-09 HOU L 5.1 8 6 6 2 5 1 76 31 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET 4-1 39 34 14 12 5 23 3 2.77 61 2005-06-06 DET W 8 5 3 1 1 5 0 90 68 2004-08-27 DET W 8 7 3 3 0 7 1 104 63 2004-08-06 @DET L 7 9 4 4 2 3 0 104 44 2003-07-22 DET W 8 6 3 3 0 4 2 85 62 2003-06-24 DET W 8 7 1 1 2 4 0 110 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 18-15 Road: 13-20 ExtrInn: 3-1 vsRHP: 21-28 vsLHP: 10-7 1-Run: 8-8 vsEast: 6-7 vsCntrl:11-13 vsWest: 13-13 IL: 1-2 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 66 Thu, Jun 12 @SDP L 0-9 31-35 2nd 4.5 gb 65 Wed, Jun 11 @SDP L 1-4 31-34 2nd 3.5 gb 64 Tue, Jun 10 @SDP W 7-2 31-33 2nd 3.5 gb 63 Sun, Jun 8 CHC L 1-3 30-33 2nd 4.0 gb 62 Sat, Jun 7 CHC W 7-3 30-32 2nd 4.0 gb 61 Fri, Jun 6 CHC W 3-0 29-32 2nd 4.0 gb 60 Thu, Jun 5 CHC L 4-5 28-32 2nd 4.0 gb 59 Wed, Jun 4 COL L 1-2 28-31 2nd 3.5 gb 58 Tue, Jun 3 COL L 0-3 28-30 2nd 3.5 gb 57 Mon, Jun 2 COL W 8-2 28-29 2nd 3.5 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 6-14 Last 30:12-18
Detroit Tigers, 29-37, 4th, 8 GB, 9 GB in WC	SP: Armando Galarraga (26, RHP, 5-2, 3.70) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-2) 58.1 37 28 24 26 39 6 3.70 2007 (0-0) 8.2 8 6 6 7 6 2 6.23 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-2 43.1 32 23 19 20 27 4 3.95 52 2008-06-08 CLE W 5.2 4 2 2 2 4 0 93 55 2008-05-28 @LAA W 8.1 4 2 2 3 4 1 104 68 2008-05-23 MIN L 6 7 5 5 5 5 1 96 38 2008-05-17 @ARI W 6 1 2 2 5 3 0 111 60 2008-05-07 BOS ND 5.1 7 5 5 1 6 2 88 39 2008-05-02 @MIN L 6 6 4 2 2 2 0 87 48 2008-04-26 LAA ND 6 3 3 1 2 3 0 82 59 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.LAD Has never faced LAD.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 17-16 Road: 12-21 ExtrInn: 0-3 vsRHP: 19-32 vsLHP: 10-5 1-Run: 5-10 vsEast: 8-8 vsCntrl:10-19 vsWest: 10-8 IL: 1-2 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 66 Thu, Jun 12 CHW W 2-1 29-37 4th 8.0 gb 65 Wed, Jun 11 CHW W 5-1 28-37 4th 9.0 gb 64 Tue, Jun 10 CHW W 6-4 27-37 4th 10.0 gb 63 Mon, Jun 9 CLE L 2-8 26-37 4th 11.0 gb 62 Sun, Jun 8 CLE W 5-2 26-36 4th 10.0 gb 61 Sat, Jun 7 CLE W 8-4 25-36 4th 10.0 gb 60 Fri, Jun 6 CLE L 2-4 24-36 4th 10.0 gb 59 Wed, Jun 4 @OAK L 2-10 24-35 4th 8.5 gb 58 Tue, Jun 3 @OAK L 4-5 (11) 24-34 4th 7.5 gb 57 Mon, Jun 2 @OAK L 2-3 24-33 4th 6.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Jun 08, 2005 LAD 3 DET 1 W:Jeff Weaver (6-5), L: Jason Johnson (4-5), S: Eric Gagne (7) Tue, Jun 07, 2005 DET 8 @LAD 4 W:Chris Spurling (2-0), L: Duaner Sanchez (1-2), S: none Mon, Jun 06, 2005 LAD 5 DET 3 W:Derek Lowe (5-5), L: Jeremy Bonderman (6-4), S: Eric Gagne (6) Thu, Jun 12, 2003 LAD 3 @DET 2 W:Kazuhisa Ishii (6-2), L: Jeremy Bonderman (2-9), S: Eric Gagne (24) Wed, Jun 11, 2003 LAD 3 @DET 1 W:Kevin Brown (9-1), L: Adam Bernero (1-8), S: Eric Gagne (23) Tue, Jun 10, 2003 LAD 3 @DET 1 (12) W:Paul Shuey (3-1), L: Steve Sparks (0-3), S: Eric Gagne (22) Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - 0-0; 2006 - 0-0; All-Time - LAD leads 5-1

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 5.63

TBR 4.53

WSN 3.65

RA/G

CHW 3.70

MIL 4.55

TEX 5.82

C. Jones .414

P. Fielder .278

A. Cabrera .184

OBP

C. Jones .500

K. Matsui .349

R. Hernandez .259

SLG

L. Berkman .720

T. Glaus .445

A. Cabrera .247

OPS

L. Berkman 1.171

R. Durham .805

A. Cabrera .529

ERA

E. Volquez 1.56

D. Lowe 4.15

B. Bonser 6.35

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.67

O. Perez 6.15

L. Hernandez 2.82

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Los Angeles Dodgers Batters (4.26 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB 52.Bautista
G/S/vB 34.Dolsi
G/S/vB 49.Fossum*
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

36.Ardoin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/10 .200/.273/.200/.473 2.000/.311 .000 11/.473 0/0 0/

13.Berroa G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 9/.444 7/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 13/8 .167/.231/.167/.397 .650/.250 .522 13/.397 0/0 0/

33.DeWitt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 213/154 .281/.352/.417/.769 .944/.705 .695 97/.625 1/0 5/

16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 235/183 .288/.355/.429/.784 .541/.852 .787 94/.744 2/1 5/

27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 248/176 .294/.340/.439/.779 .965/.700 .775 101/.728 11/4 5/

12.Kent G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/3.500 15/1.390 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 212/151 .245/.283/.410/.693 .726/.680 .673 80/.691 0/0 8/

28.LaRoche G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1 .333/.500/1.333/1.833 2.667/.000 1.833 4/1.833 0/0 1/

7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 268/190 .289/.347/.426/.773 .741/.786 .646 100/.723 2/3 5/

55.Martin G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 264/198 .314/.417/.426/.843 .652/.906 .912 99/.817 6/4 5/

57.Maza G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 50/39 .239/.286/.304/.590 .384/.641 .491 46/.569 0/0 1/

9.Pierre* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 8/.750 4/1.417 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 232/174 .282/.345/.321/.666 .935/.576 .687 114/.620 25/6 0/

21.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 55/48 .125/.218/.167/.385 .429/.376 .330 22/.286 0/0 0/

3.Young# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 60/37 .288/.351/.404/.755 .721/.772 .724 32/.819 0/0 0/

IP 58.1 17.0 14.1 2.0 24.1 33.2 33.1 13.0 19.2 TOTAL .262/.330/.379/.709 .782/.681 .685 .626 57/20 44/41

ERA-K/9

3.70/6.0

3.71/5.3

2.51/6.3

22.50/4.5

4.07/3.3

2.67/6.4

5.40/5.1

3.46/6.9

2.75/6.4

4.69/5.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Ardoin (0-1-0)
Martin (35-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 238/.179 75/.241 65/.263 11/.455 104/.239 142/.267 152/.258 53/.213 86/.267 .261 Kemp
Ethier
Pierre
Sweeney
Young 0/32/30/7
22/0/40/3
51/3/0/1
1/0/0/0
2/0/5/0

OPS .596 .719 .722 1.000 .718 .692 .731 .523 .675 .748

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 119/.741 26/.576 17/1.129 7/1.286 48/.957 52/.905 67/.619 25/.553 49/.780 .795

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 119/.449 49/.778 48/.577 4/.500 56/.523 90/.563 85/.825 28/.494 37/.540 .717

Home 101/.733 41/.714 34/.681 5/.000 61/.739 78/.584 70/.554 27/.576 49/.763 .750

Last 28d days 117/.571 14/.631 44/.649 11/1.000 36/.618 47/.891 57/.571 16/.606 29/.690

HR/SB/CS 6/3/0 1/1/0 1/2/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 2/1/0 2/3/0 0/0/0 0/0/1 57/27/15

Usage ····X··· ···X··X· ··X·o··· ····X··· o·X·ooX· ········ ····XX·· ···X···· ···X····

Detroit Tigers Batters (4.64 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers (4.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 23.Lowe
G/S/vB 97.Beimel*
G/S/vB 51.Broxton
G/S/vB 56.Kuo*
G/S/vB 61.Park
G/S/vB 45.Proctor
G/S/vB 44.Saito
G/S/vB 47.Wade
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 22/.527 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 5/1.350 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 277/227 .278/.354/.461/.814 .691/.843 .804 105/.847 1/0 9/

27.Clevlen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/9 .188/.316/.188/.503 .489/.500 .503 20/.503 0/0 0/

28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 182/163 .240/.297/.431/.728 .544/.750 .717 94/.644 3/2 8/

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 18/.544 ··· ··· ··· 18/.528 3/.666 ··· ··· 251/200 .304/.386/.475/.860 1.023/.827 1.015 96/.941 5/2 6/

46.Hollimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/

15.Inge G/S/vP 10/.400 5/1.100 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.667 ··· ··· 159/126 .226/.327/.421/.748 .435/.831 .941 47/.817 1/1 5/

19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/31 .138/.194/.241/.435 /.435 .773 31/.435 0/0 1/

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 26/.664 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· 277/224 .308/.379/.482/.861 .839/.864 1.007 104/.841 0/1 9/

14.Polanco G/S/vP ··· 13/.802 ··· ··· 17/.393 1/5.000 ··· ··· 253/196 .303/.359/.394/.753 .977/.687 .729 105/.799 2/0 2/

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/41 .190/.277/.328/.605 .625/.587 .641 38/.384 0/0 1/

8.Renteria G/S/vP 12/.872 17/.713 2/1.000 ··· 32/.624 4/.500 3/.333 ··· 247/196 .266/.309/.362/.671 .965/.598 .674 92/.710 1/1 5/

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 24/.610 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 215/170 .253/.296/.359/.654 .784/.620 .796 74/.532 4/0 1/

33.Thames G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 111/64 .238/.306/.485/.791 .929/.697 .816 53/.959 0/0 7/

IP 84.2 19.1 26.1 40.1 41.1 28.1 26.2 19.2 TOTAL .262/.334/.412/.745 .798/.733 .820 .737 22/8 64/44

ERA-K/9

4.15/6.0

1.40/6.5

4.44/12.0

2.01/10.5

1.96/5.0

5.72/9.9

2.03/11.8

1.37/4.6

3.89/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Inge (5-1-2)
Rodriguez (22-14-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 354/.269 85/.276 112/.232 163/.211 170/.238 130/.250 110/.212 79/.236 .256 Ordonez
Inge
Granderson
Clevlen
Raburn
Thames
Guillen 0/0/59/3
2/11/0/2
0/44/0/2
5/2/1/1
14/4/7/0
22/0/6/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .701 .642 .670 .588 .671 .824 .585 .633 .706

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 154/.809 43/.595 44/1.095 50/.703 75/.863 48/.920 53/.649 34/.700 .805

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 200/.620 42/.690 68/.425 113/.532 95/.526 82/.766 57/.523 45/.583 .633

Road 170/.799 34/.643 50/.880 108/.650 102/.815 68/1.006 33/.495 40/.730 .783

Last 28d days 136/.617 29/.833 39/.596 53/.400 67/.585 44/.728 44/.559 35/.598

HR/SB/CS 7/5/2 0/4/2 2/3/1 2/2/0 4/3/0 6/1/1 1/0/0 1/0/0 51/37/11

Usage ·····X·· ··o····· ··X··X·· Xo······ X···X··· X·o····X ····XX·X ··o····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: LAD @ DET, 7:05pm, Friday, June 13, 2008 @Comerica Park

SP: Derek Lowe (35, RHP, 4-5, 4.15)

SP: Armando Galarraga (26, RHP, 5-2, 3.70)

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