TBR @ DET, Thursday, September 25, 2008 Game Preview

Tampa Bay Rays, 96-62, 1st, 3 up	SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 12-7, 3.36) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (12-7) 147.1 117 57 55 68 158 19 3.36 2007 (13-9) 206.2 196 91 80 89 239 18 3.48 2006 (10-8) 144.2 132 59 52 52 163 15 3.24 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 38.1 28 16 16 22 38 8 3.76 55 2008-09-20 MIN W 6 5 0 0 1 5 0 93 66 2008-09-15 BOS L 3 6 9 9 4 2 4 72 9 2008-09-09 @BOS ND 6 5 2 2 3 4 1 108 55 2008-09-04 NYY W 6 1 0 0 5 7 0 98 72 2008-08-29 BAL W 5.1 3 0 0 3 6 0 102 65 2008-08-23 @CHW ND 6 4 3 3 2 7 2 108 57 2008-08-17 @TEX W 6 4 2 2 4 7 1 114 59 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET 2-1 24.1 18 9 9 17 19 0 3.33 52 2008-08-01 DET ND 4.2 3 2 2 6 5 0 110 49 2007-08-09 @DET W 6 3 0 0 1 7 0 94 72 2006-06-12 @DET ND 5 4 0 0 2 3 0 98 60 2005-07-08 DET L 3 5 5 5 4 2 0 72 27 2005-05-19 @DET W 5.2 3 2 2 4 2 0 100 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 57-24 Road: 39-38 ExtrInn: 9-6 vsRHP: 71-39 vsLHP: 25-23 1-Run: 28-17 vsEast: 43-29 vsCntrl:19-15 vsWest: 22-12 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 158 Wed, Sep 24 @BAL W 11-6 96-62 1st 3.0 up 157 Tue, Sep 23 @BAL W 7-5 95-62 1st 3.0 up 156 Tue, Sep 23 @BAL W 5-2 94-62 1st 3.0 up 155 Mon, Sep 22 @BAL W 4-2 93-62 1st 2.5 up 154 Sun, Sep 21 MIN L 1-4 92-62 1st 1.5 up 153 Sat, Sep 20 MIN W 7-2 92-61 1st 2.5 up 152 Fri, Sep 19 MIN W 11-1 91-61 1st 1.5 up 151 Thu, Sep 18 MIN L 8-11 90-61 1st 1.5 up 150 Wed, Sep 17 BOS W 10-3 90-60 1st 2.0 up 149 Tue, Sep 16 BOS W 2-1 89-60 1st 1.0 up Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:17-13
Detroit Tigers, 71-86, 5th, 15 GB, 21½ GB in WC	SP: Armando Galarraga (26, RHP, 12-6, 3.58) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (12-6) 171 146 77 68 58 121 25 3.58 2007 (0-0) 8.2 8 6 6 7 6 2 6.23 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 45.2 43 23 23 16 35 11 4.53 52 2008-09-19 @CLE ND 7.2 4 3 3 0 5 2 110 64 2008-09-10 OAK L 4 8 5 5 1 4 2 82 29 2008-09-05 @MIN L 6 3 6 6 6 4 2 102 40 2008-08-31 KCR ND 7 8 2 2 1 7 1 114 59 2008-08-25 CLE ND 7 8 3 3 3 4 2 100 50 2008-08-19 @TEX W 6 6 3 3 3 5 1 83 50 2008-08-14 TOR W 8 6 1 1 2 6 1 121 70 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 37-40 Road: 34-46 ExtrInn: 3-8 vsRHP: 46-64 vsLHP: 25-22 1-Run: 15-24 vsEast: 12-19 vsCntrl:27-44 vsWest: 19-18 IL:13-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 157 Wed, Sep 24 KCR L 4-10 71-86 5th 15.0 gb 156 Tue, Sep 23 KCR L 0-5 71-85 4th 15.0 gb 155 Mon, Sep 22 KCR L 2-6 71-84 4th 15.0 gb 154 Sun, Sep 21 @CLE L 5-10 71-83 4th 14.5 gb 153 Sat, Sep 20 @CLE L 3-6 71-82 4th 13.5 gb 152 Fri, Sep 19 @CLE L 5-6 71-81 4th 13.5 gb 151 Wed, Sep 17 @TEX W 17-4 71-80 4th 13.0 gb 150 Tue, Sep 16 @TEX L 4-5 70-80 4th 14.0 gb 149 Mon, Sep 15 @TEX L 8-11 70-79 4th 13.0 gb 148 Sun, Sep 14 @CHW L 7-11 70-78 4th 13.0 gb Last 10: 1-9 Last 20: 5-15 Last 30: 9-21
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Aug 03, 2008 TBR 6 DET 5 (10) W:Trever Miller (1-0), L: Fernando Rodney (0-3), S: none Sat, Aug 02, 2008 TBR 9 DET 3 W:Andy Sonnanstine (11-6), L: Kenny Rogers (8-8), S: none Fri, Aug 01, 2008 TBR 5 DET 2 W:Grant Balfour (3-1), L: Zach Miner (5-4), S: Troy Percival (24) Thu, Aug 09, 2007 TBD 8 @DET 1 W:Scott Kazmir (9-7), L: Jeremy Bonderman (10-5), S: none Wed, Aug 08, 2007 TBD 7 @DET 1 W:James Shields (9-7), L: Chad Durbin (7-4), S: none Tue, Aug 07, 2007 DET 9 TBD 6 W:Tim Byrdak (1-0), L: Dan Wheeler (1-5), S: Todd Jones (30) Mon, Aug 06, 2007 DET 6 TBD 4 W:Zach Miner (2-3), L: Gary Glover (5-4), S: Todd Jones (29) Wed, May 30, 2007 TBD 5 DET 3 W:James Shields (4-0), L: Nate Robertson (4-5), S: none Tue, May 29, 2007 DET 14 @TBD 2 W:Jeremy Bonderman (4-0), L: Casey Fossum (3-5), S: none Mon, May 28, 2007 TBD 6 DET 5 W:Gary Glover (2-2), L: Todd Jones (1-2), S: none Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 3-0; 2007 - TBR won 4-3; 2006 - DET won 5-3; All-Time - TBR leads 41-37

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 5.54

COL 4.65

SDP 3.94

RA/G

TOR 3.83

MIN 4.59

TEX 6.01

C. Jones .365

C. Barmes .294

J. Towles .139

OBP

C. Jones .469

O. Hudson .367

T. Pena .185

SLG

A. Pujols .631

N. Markakis .490

T. Pena .205

OPS

A. Pujols 1.086

M. Joyce .851

T. Pena .391

ERA

C. Lee 2.54

J. Beckett 4.03

N. Robertson 6.35

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.31

J. Shields 6.73

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.77 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB 32.Dolsi
G/S/vB 48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 49.Fossum*
G/S/vB 41.Glover
G/S/vB 40.Lambert
G/S/vB 45.Lopez
G/S/vB 50.Rapada*
G/S/vB 29.Robertson*
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 347/210 .254/.327/.415/.741 .812/.696 .741 86/.846 2/2 10/

5.Baldelli G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 6/1.500 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 79/28 .264/.329/.444/.774 .861/.620 .720 47/.745 0/0 3/

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 27/.185 2/1.000 1/.000 486/344 .289/.331/.365/.695 .926/.600 .670 99/.897 20/6 1/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 14/.857 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 281/269 .272/.352/.461/.813 .450/.829 .584 65/.887 1/0 11/

31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.867 5/.000 1/.000 172/60 .174/.279/.376/.655 .719/.536 .669 6/.000 8/1 8/

26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 389/317 .241/.339/.423/.762 .593/.802 .613 88/.844 4/2 13/

41.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/9 .250/.250/.250/.500 .667/.444 .500 12/.500 0/0 0/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 4/1.250 9/.222 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 4/2.083 2/1.500 420/365 .246/.333/.462/.795 .484/.842 .870 60/.495 9/3 19/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 6/.334 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/.858 1/no AB 1/2.000 700/483 .274/.350/.381/.731 .671/.757 .678 118/.816 8/6 6/

28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .250/.250/.250/.500 /.500 .000 4/.500 0/0 0/

24.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.666 6/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 15/.557 1/no AB 2/.500 21/15 .200/.238/.500/.738 .000/1.048 .808 20/.776 0/0 2/

3.Longoria G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 493/360 .274/.345/.535/.879 .841/.894 .890 58/.840 7/0 26/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.166 1/.000 2/.000 461/337 .294/.349/.407/.756 .740/.772 .723 83/.790 0/4 7/

23.Pena* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/no AB 8/2.196 4/1.000 5/1.400 ··· 1/no AB ··· 4/.000 1/no AB 3/.666 598/385 .247/.378/.498/.876 .651/1.004 .839 121/.931 1/1 31/

38.Perez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 64/36 .273/.344/.473/.817 .915/.627 .858 64/.817 5/0 3/

10.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 74/29 .214/.257/.357/.614 .495/.806 .516 24/.659 2/0 2/

2.Upton G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 7/1.738 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/.606 1/no AB 1/no AB 628/432 .273/.384/.396/.780 .798/.772 .757 74/.879 43/16 8/

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 212/123 .235/.330/.437/.767 .716/.797 .813 68/.897 3/0 8/

IP 171.0 47.0 60.1 40.1 52.0 18.2 75.0 19.2 168.2 37.0 54.0 TOTAL .261/.341/.422/.763 .723/.780 .727 .818 140/50 172/87

ERA-K/9

3.58/6.4

3.83/5.2

4.48/9.1

5.13/6.0

5.37/5.9

5.79/6.7

3.60/6.8

4.58/6.4

6.35/5.8

5.11/10.5

4.17/9.0

4.90/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hernandez (2-0-0)
Jaso (0-0-0)
Navarro (44-27-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 716/.226 213/.262 261/.299 173/.273 234/.282 94/.333 329/.285 89/.257 761/.315 173/.230 233/.277 .276 Upton
Gross
Hinske
Ruggiano
Perez
Zobrist
Baldelli
Gomes
Johnson 0/140/0/15
2/18/118/8
37/0/49/4
24/5/14/2
7/13/2/1
14/5/1/1
1/0/6/0
8/0/20/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .698 .705 .907 .794 .806 .906 .793 .686 .891 .762 .724 .792

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 397/.829 81/.958 122/.953 78/.647 96/.810 44/.958 119/.870 43/.667 237/.858 87/.744 120/.774 .801

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 319/.537 132/.558 139/.871 95/.918 138/.803 50/.860 210/.749 46/.703 524/.906 86/.781 113/.671 .786

Home 313/.802 108/.608 133/.843 91/.666 145/.739 52/1.032 181/.717 41/.680 400/.792 73/.585 123/.773 .784

Last 28d days 105/.838 39/.657 28/1.180 41/.713 51/.635 78/.827 52/.696 25/.901 88/.785 45/1.034 45/.868

HR/SB/CS 25/7/1 3/10/2 15/6/7 4/0/1 6/0/1 2/6/0 9/3/1 0/0/1 26/7/4 3/4/0 3/2/1 163/65/36

Usage ·····X·· X··X·o·· ········ ·X···o·· ·XXo·o·· X···X··· ··XX···X ··oX···· X······X ···o···· ··X·Xo··

Detroit Tigers Batters (5.06 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Kazmir*
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 53.Bradford
G/S/vB 49.Hammel
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 34.Niemann
G/S/vB 40.Percival
G/S/vB 14.Price*
G/S/vB 52.Salas
G/S/vB 51.Talbot
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 9/1.569 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 4/.500 1/no AB ··· 3/2.334 ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 662/496 .295/.353/.540/.894 .964/.871 .903 96/1.060 1/0 36/

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 6/.533 1/no AB 1/2.000 4/1.167 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 608/452 .285/.367/.494/.862 .754/.900 .851 111/.785 10/4 20/

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 8/.125 6/.167 8/1.000 3/1.334 6/1.500 ··· ··· 7/.453 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 489/385 .286/.376/.436/.811 .818/.813 .887 / 9/3 10/

26.Hessman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 29/14 .269/.345/.769/1.114 .500/1.643 1.509 29/1.114 0/0 4/

15.Inge G/S/vP 14/.940 5/.733 7/.286 3/1.333 7/.786 1/2.000 ··· 8/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.500 389/302 .207/.302/.371/.673 .747/.650 .789 79/.521 3/3 11/

20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 264/238 .260/.345/.506/.851 .773/.857 .826 57/.699 0/1 12/

19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/100 .268/.317/.392/.709 .500/.718 .679 45/.697 2/2 2/

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 11/.384 4/1.000 10/.422 2/1.000 6/1.267 ··· ··· 12/.523 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 4/2.750 601/450 .318/.376/.494/.870 .881/.866 .975 97/.999 1/5 20/

14.Polanco G/S/vP 12/.555 1/.000 5/.450 4/1.250 7/.572 4/.500 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 628/450 .307/.349/.417/.767 .836/.740 .717 100/.685 7/1 8/

25.Raburn G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 185/100 .231/.293/.373/.666 .707/.629 .657 29/.399 2/1 4/

8.Renteria G/S/vP 18/.778 1/.000 4/1.167 1/.000 ··· 9/1.381 ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 541/401 .270/.317/.380/.698 1.004/.594 .823 63/.784 6/3 10/

52.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/24 .313/.395/.469/.863 1.318/.619 .844 38/.863 0/0 1/

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 137/113 .284/.409/.404/.813 .803/.815 .852 33/.503 1/0 1/

57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/36 .146/.205/.195/.400 .222/.435 .508 7/.971 0/0 0/

3.Sheffield G/S/vP 16/1.192 5/1.400 9/.347 1/.000 6/.533 2/1.000 ··· 8/.375 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 8/.833 464/343 .223/.321/.389/.710 .754/.693 .722 81/.717 7/2 17/

33.Thames G/S/vP 13/1.052 4/.750 1/3.000 ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 328/197 .245/.299/.530/.829 .889/.789 .817 47/.774 0/3 25/

IP 147.1 57.0 58.1 76.1 89.1 42.1 13.0 43.2 11.1 6.1 7.1 65.1 TOTAL .272/.341/.443/.784 .828/.769 .827 .781 57/30 189/110

ERA-K/9

3.36/9.7

1.42/12.6

2.01/2.6

4.48/5.1

2.22/9.3

4.25/9.1

5.54/6.2

4.74/7.8

2.38/7.2

7.11/11.4

8.59/4.9

3.17/7.0

3.76/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Inge (26-11-10)
Ryan (4-6-0)
Sardinha (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 619/.217 219/.141 237/.272 336/.273 370/.194 184/.247 63/.278 188/.184 46/.190 27/.217 37/.367 259/.186 .246 Ordonez
Granderson
Thames
Inge
Raburn
Joyce
Guillen
Sheffield 0/0/130/8
0/135/0/5
70/0/7/3
2/12/0/2
30/6/22/2
56/0/25/1
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0

OPS .707 .449 .640 .792 .579 .699 .861 .717 .525 .681 1.186 .610 .711

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 138/.522 92/.369 79/.735 153/.833 138/.534 105/.619 26/1.000 94/.748 19/.377 13/.862 14/1.200 101/.669 .711

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 481/.763 127/.508 158/.594 183/.757 232/.605 79/.804 37/.775 94/.686 27/.634 14/.522 23/1.178 158/.573 .710

Road 292/.742 118/.487 125/.593 193/.827 185/.633 84/.800 12/.871 77/.855 43/.515 4/.833 21/.873 141/.640 .757

Last 28d days 113/.747 52/.583 43/.522 37/.981 66/.400 41/.712 16/.646 30/1.136 46/.525 23/.654 37/1.186 35/.908

HR/SB/CS 19/7/3 2/2/1 2/3/4 11/10/1 6/10/3 2/0/2 3/1/1 9/7/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 2/2/0 10/1/1 155/74/30

Usage ····X··· ·XX·X··X Xo····oo ···o···· ·XX·X··X X··oo·o· ·X···o·· ···XX·X· ··X···o· ········ ·X······ ·oo···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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SP: Scott Kazmir (24, LHP, 12-7, 3.36)

SP: Armando Galarraga (26, RHP, 12-6, 3.58)

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