TBR @ DET, Sunday, September 28, 2008 Game Preview

Tampa Bay Rays, 96-65, 1st, 1½ up	SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 14-8, 3.57) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (14-8) 214 208 94 85 40 160 24 3.57 2007 (12-8) 215 202 98 92 36 184 28 3.85 2006 (6-8) 124.2 141 69 67 38 104 18 4.84 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 51 51 18 17 10 32 5 3.00 57 2008-09-23 @BAL W 7 8 2 2 1 8 1 102 60 2008-09-18 MIN ND 6.1 8 6 5 2 3 1 90 36 2008-09-13 @NYY W 8 5 0 0 0 6 0 106 78 2008-09-06 @TOR ND 8 6 3 3 2 3 2 96 59 2008-08-31 BAL W 7 6 1 1 2 1 0 101 60 2008-08-26 TOR L 6.2 9 4 4 2 4 0 104 42 2008-08-19 LAA W 8 9 2 2 1 7 1 103 62 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET 2-0 22.1 21 6 6 2 18 1 2.42 62 2008-08-03 DET ND 6.1 9 2 2 1 4 0 111 50 2007-08-08 @DET W 7 5 1 1 0 9 1 103 72 2007-05-30 DET W 9 7 3 3 1 5 0 105 65
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 57-24 Road: 39-41 ExtrInn: 9-6 vsRHP: 71-41 vsLHP: 25-24 1-Run: 28-18 vsEast: 43-29 vsCntrl:19-18 vsWest: 22-12 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 161 Sat, Sep 27 @DET L 3-4 96-65 1st 1.5 up 160 Fri, Sep 26 @DET L 4-6 96-64 1st 2.0 up 159 Thu, Sep 25 @DET L 5-7 96-63 1st 2.0 up 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:16-14
Detroit Tigers, 74-86, 5th, 12½ GB, 20 GB in WC	SP: Zach Miner (26, RHP, 8-5, 4.26) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (8-5) 112 114 57 53 45 56 8 4.26 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 2-1 38 45 25 25 13 16 2 5.92 43 2008-09-22 KCR L 6 6 4 4 4 2 0 97 42 2008-09-16 @TEX ND 7.1 5 2 2 1 3 0 104 62 2008-09-08 OAK ND 4.1 11 8 8 2 3 0 110 10 2008-09-03 LAA ND 6 8 5 5 0 2 1 97 38 2008-08-29 KCR W 6 6 1 1 1 2 1 104 57 2008-08-23 @KCR W 7 3 0 0 1 3 0 88 73 2008-08-17 BAL ND 1.1 6 5 5 4 1 0 52 19 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 40-40 Road: 34-46 ExtrInn: 3-8 vsRHP: 48-64 vsLHP: 26-22 1-Run: 16-24 vsEast: 15-19 vsCntrl:27-44 vsWest: 19-18 IL:13-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 160 Sat, Sep 27 TBR W 4-3 74-86 5th 12.5 gb 159 Fri, Sep 26 TBR W 6-4 73-86 5th 13.5 gb 158 Thu, Sep 25 TBR W 7-5 72-86 5th 14.5 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 Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 7-13 Last 30:10-20
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, Sep 27, 2008 DET 4 TBR 3 W:Aquilino Lopez (4-1), L: Jeff Niemann (2-2), S: Fernando Rodney (13) Fri, Sep 26, 2008 DET 6 TBR 4 W:Justin Verlander (11-17), L: Andy Sonnanstine (13-9), S: Fernando Rodney (12) Thu, Sep 25, 2008 DET 7 TBR 5 W:Armando Galarraga (13-6), L: Scott Kazmir (12-8), S: Fernando Rodney (11) 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) Season Series: 2008 - Tied 3-3; 2007 - TBR won 4-3; 2006 - DET won 5-3; All-Time - TBR leads 41-40

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 5.60

ATL 4.67

SDP 3.95

RA/G

TOR 3.78

HOU 4.64

TEX 5.96

C. Jones .364

M. Cabrera .294

J. Towles .138

OBP

C. Jones .469

P. Burrell .367

T. Pena .189

SLG

A. Pujols .651

M. Ordonez .491

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.112

F. Tatis .853

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Santana 2.53

G. Meche 3.98

N. Robertson 6.35

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.31

V. Padilla 6.68

L. Hernandez 3.35

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Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.76 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 31.Miner
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 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/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 357/217 .250/.323/.406/.729 .794/.688 .719 82/.704 2/2 10/

5.Baldelli G/S/vP 6/1.667 ··· 4/.500 6/1.500 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 85/30 .263/.341/.447/.789 .882/.624 .746 46/.685 0/0 3/

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 8/.875 1/.000 4/.000 1/3.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 494/351 .286/.329/.361/.690 .919/.597 .662 99/.891 20/6 1/

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 7/.786 ··· 10/.775 14/.429 8/.125 ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/2.000 3/.000 482/331 .273/.319/.400/.718 .641/.754 .628 0/ 25/7 8/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP 3/2.500 ··· 14/.857 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 284/272 .268/.349/.455/.804 .450/.819 .570 59/.699 1/0 11/

31.Gomes G/S/vP 7/.286 ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 1/.000 175/61 .171/.274/.368/.643 .705/.526 .642 9/.000 8/1 8/

26.Gross* G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 397/324 .239/.338/.417/.754 .585/.794 .604 84/.725 4/2 13/

41.Hernandez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 15/10 .200/.200/.200/.400 .400/.400 .364 15/.400 0/0 0/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· 4/1.250 9/.222 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/1.600 2/1.500 427/372 .244/.330/.456/.786 .484/.831 .849 59/.519 9/3 19/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 5/1.800 1/no AB 6/.334 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 705/487 .275/.350/.381/.731 .668/.759 .680 108/.691 8/6 6/

28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/5 .200/.200/.200/.400 /.400 .000 5/.400 0/0 0/

24.Johnson* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 25/16 .182/.280/.455/.735 .222/.979 .782 24/.768 0/0 2/

3.Longoria G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 505/368 .274/.345/.535/.879 .830/.898 .889 70/.847 7/0 27/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 4/.000 470/344 .295/.349/.407/.757 .726/.777 .725 87/.783 0/4 7/

23.Pena* G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/no AB 8/2.196 4/1.000 5/1.400 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 2/no AB 4/1.000 607/392 .247/.377/.494/.871 .654/.994 .831 114/.900 1/1 31/

38.Perez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 69/37 .259/.348/.448/.797 .886/.608 .819 69/.797 5/0 3/

10.Ruggiano G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 78/31 .203/.244/.338/.581 .474/.751 .457 24/.659 2/0 2/

2.Upton G/S/vP 8/.875 1/.000 7/1.738 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/5.000 637/440 .275/.385/.403/.788 .824/.773 .774 67/.862 44/16 9/

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 3/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 222/130 .249/.338/.492/.830 .814/.836 .910 68/1.112 3/0 11/

IP 112.0 47.0 60.1 40.1 52.2 18.2 77.2 20.0 40.1 56.0 TOTAL .260/.340/.422/.761 .725/.777 .726 .773 141/50 177/90

ERA-K/9

4.26/4.5

3.83/5.2

4.48/9.1

5.13/6.0

5.30/6.0

5.79/6.7

3.48/6.8

4.50/6.3

4.91/10.9

4.18/9.2

4.88/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hernandez (3-0-0)
Jaso (0-0-0)
Navarro (45-28-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 486/.266 213/.262 261/.299 173/.273 239/.290 94/.333 338/.276 90/.253 188/.224 243/.280 .275 Upton
Gross
Hinske
Ruggiano
Crawford
Perez
Zobrist
Gomes
Baldelli
Johnson 0/142/0/16
2/18/120/8
39/0/49/4
26/5/14/2
107/1/0/2
8/14/2/1
14/5/2/1
8/0/21/0
1/0/6/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .744 .705 .907 .794 .815 .906 .770 .677 .733 .739 .791

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 235/.802 81/.958 122/.953 78/.647 99/.806 44/.958 124/.833 44/.650 97/.720 123/.771 .798

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 251/.689 132/.558 139/.871 95/.918 140/.821 50/.860 214/.734 46/.703 91/.748 120/.705 .785

Home 259/.780 108/.608 133/.843 91/.666 150/.756 52/1.032 190/.681 42/.663 88/.556 133/.796 .781

Last 28d days 105/.797 39/.657 25/1.247 33/.624 55/.700 78/.827 61/.588 26/.862 55/.889 51/.832

HR/SB/CS 8/8/4 3/10/2 15/6/7 4/0/1 6/0/1 2/6/0 9/3/1 0/0/1 3/4/0 4/2/1 168/66/36

Usage ·····X·· ···X··X· ········ ····X··· ·X··XXo· ···X···X X····XX· ·o···oX· oXX···o· ·X···X·X

Detroit Tigers Batters (5.08 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.12 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Shields
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 12/1.400 2/.000 6/.367 ··· 4/.500 1/no AB 1/3.000 3/2.334 ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 674/505 .294/.352/.541/.893 .945/.875 .901 102/1.071 1/0 37/

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 11/.364 1/no AB 2/3.500 5/.900 4/1.750 1/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 618/461 .283/.365/.494/.858 .749/.897 .844 112/.700 10/4 21/

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 9/.444 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 31/14 .296/.387/.889/1.276 .873/1.643 1.767 31/1.276 0/0 5/

15.Inge G/S/vP 5/.650 6/.583 7/.286 4/1.000 7/.786 1/2.000 1/.000 9/1.667 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/.500 398/308 .203/.300/.365/.665 .737/.642 .769 81/.484 4/3 11/

20.Joyce* G/S/vP 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 273/245 .256/.344/.500/.844 .711/.857 .813 62/.579 0/2 12/

19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 109/105 .265/.312/.382/.694 .500/.702 .658 42/.748 2/2 2/

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 10/.522 5/.800 11/.382 2/1.000 6/1.267 ··· 1/.000 12/.523 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 4/2.750 613/459 .317/.375/.491/.866 .872/.864 .963 101/.984 1/5 20/

14.Polanco G/S/vP 11/1.364 1/.000 5/.450 4/1.250 7/.572 4/.500 ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 629/451 .307/.350/.417/.768 .836/.741 .719 92/.679 7/1 8/

25.Raburn G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 192/104 .229/.293/.366/.659 .706/.616 .643 35/.422 2/1 4/

8.Renteria G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.167 1/.000 ··· 9/1.381 2/1.500 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 545/405 .269/.317/.381/.698 1.004/.596 .822 60/.808 6/3 10/

52.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/26 .306/.381/.528/.909 1.500/.569 .973 42/.909 0/0 2/

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 3/.666 4/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.500 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 148/120 .294/.413/.479/.892 1.097/.843 .997 43/.861 1/0 4/

57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 49/39 .159/.229/.205/.434 .300/.454 .544 10/1.029 0/0 0/

3.Sheffield G/S/vP 13/.693 6/2.000 9/.347 1/.000 6/.533 2/1.000 2/no AB 8/.375 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 8/.833 472/351 .227/.326/.405/.731 .754/.723 .764 85/.848 8/2 19/

33.Thames G/S/vP 4/1.000 4/.750 1/3.000 1/3.000 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 335/201 .246/.299/.528/.826 .884/.788 .812 47/.888 0/3 25/

IP 214.0 58.1 59.1 77.1 89.1 42.1 16.0 44.2 12.1 6.1 7.1 65.1 TOTAL .272/.341/.446/.786 .833/.771 .831 .803 59/31 198/112

ERA-K/9

3.57/6.7

1.54/12.7

2.12/2.6

4.66/5.0

2.22/9.3

4.25/9.1

5.06/7.9

4.63/7.7

2.19/7.3

7.11/11.4

8.59/4.9

3.17/7.0

3.80/7.1

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 874/.255 224/.143 241/.273 343/.275 370/.194 184/.247 76/.277 191/.181 51/.178 27/.217 37/.367 259/.186 .246 Ordonez
Granderson
Thames
Inge
Raburn
Joyce
Sheffield
Guillen 0/0/133/8
0/138/0/5
71/0/7/3
2/13/0/2
30/6/22/2
59/0/25/1
6/0/0/0
2/0/0/0

OPS .710 .463 .653 .799 .579 .699 .857 .713 .522 .681 1.186 .610 .715

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 440/.737 93/.364 80/.798 156/.839 138/.534 105/.619 31/.813 95/.755 20/.358 13/.862 14/1.200 101/.669 .711

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 434/.684 131/.534 161/.585 187/.765 232/.605 79/.804 45/.886 96/.670 31/.636 14/.522 23/1.178 158/.573 .717

Road 398/.808 123/.512 129/.619 200/.838 185/.633 84/.800 25/.855 80/.839 48/.512 4/.833 21/.873 141/.640 .763

Last 28d days 146/.667 55/.589 40/.653 37/1.120 57/.372 37/.680 29/.729 33/1.068 51/.522 13/.231 37/1.186 28/.957

HR/SB/CS 24/7/6 3/2/1 3/3/4 11/11/1 6/10/3 2/0/2 3/2/1 9/7/2 1/0/0 0/0/0 2/2/0 10/1/1 164/76/31

Usage ····X··· ·X··XX·X ··oXo··· ··X···o· ····XX·X ···X··oo X···X··· ··X···XX ·X···X·· ········ ····X··· ····oo··

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: TBR @ DET, 1:05pm, Sunday, September 28, 2008 @Comerica Park

SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 14-8, 3.57)

SP: Zach Miner (26, RHP, 8-5, 4.26)

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