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Game Preview: DET @ MIN, 8:10pm, Friday, May 2, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Detroit Tigers, 14-15, 2nd, 1½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Armando Galarraga (26, RHP, 2-0, 1.50)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-0)             18     7   5   3   6  13  1    1.50      
 2007 (0-0)              8.2   8   6   6   7   6  2    6.23      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-0  22.2  11  10   8  10  17  2    3.18   57 
 2008-04-26    LAA  ND   6     3   3   1   2   3  0      82   59 
 2008-04-21   @TOR   W   5.1   3   0   0   4   4  0      85   62 
 2008-04-16   @CLE   W   6.2   1   2   2   0   6  1      81   70 
 2007-09-24    LAA  ND   4.2   4   5   5   4   4  1      87   36 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN    Has never faced MIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-8    Road:    8-7    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  10-14   vsLHP:   4-1    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  6-4    vsCntrl: 4-9    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 26 Sun, Apr 27   LAA  L   2-6       11-15  5th  4.0 gb
 25 Sat, Apr 26   LAA  W   6-4       11-14  5th  3.0 gb
 24 Fri, Apr 25   LAA  L   3-4       10-14  5th  3.5 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 24   TEX  W   8-2       10-13  4th  3.0 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 23   TEX  W  19-6        9-13  4th  3.0 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 22   TEX  W  10-2        8-13  5th  4.0 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 21  @TOR  W   5-1        7-13  5th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:14-15
Minnesota Twins, 13-14, 2nd, 1½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Livan Hernandez (33, RHP, 3-1, 5.05)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-1)             35.2  45  22  20   7  13  6    5.05      
 2007 (11-11)          204.1 247 116 112  79  90 34    4.93      
 2006 (13-13)          216   246 125 116  78 128 29    4.83      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-2  39.2  55  26  24  10  16  7    5.45   42 
 2008-04-27   @TEX   L   2.2   9   7   7   1   2  2      74   13 
 2008-04-22   @OAK  ND   6     7   4   4   2   3  1     109   43 
 2008-04-16    TBR  ND   6     8   5   3   3   2  3     103   39 
 2008-04-11   @KCR   W   7     7   0   0   1   3  0      99   65 
 2008-04-05    KCR   W   7     7   4   4   0   2  0      74   49 
 2008-03-31    LAA   W   7     7   2   2   0   1  0      84   56 
 2007-09-26   @PIT   L   4    10   4   4   3   3  1      93   26 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET    Has never faced DET.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-6    Road:    5-8    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  11-10   vsLHP:   2-4    1-Run:   6-4 
 vsEast:  1-1    vsCntrl: 9-6    vsWest:  3-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 27 Wed, Apr 30   CHW  W   4-3       13-14  2nd  1.5 gb
 26 Tue, Apr 29   CHW  W   3-1       12-14  2nd  2.5 gb
 25 Sun, Apr 27  @TEX  L   0-10      11-14  3rd  3.5 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 26  @TEX  W  12-6       11-13  3rd  2.5 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 25  @TEX  L   5-6 (10)  10-13  3rd  3.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 24  @OAK  L   2-11      10-12  2nd  2.5 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 23  @OAK  L   0-3       10-11  2nd  1.5 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 22  @OAK  W   5-4       10-10  2nd  1.5 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20   CLE  W   2-1 (10)   9-10  2nd  2.5 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19   CLE  W   3-0        8-10  3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:13-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Apr 15, 2008 DET  6  MIN  5        W:Clay Rapada (1-0), L: Jesse Crain (0-1), S: Todd Jones (3)
Mon, Apr 14, 2008 DET 11  MIN  9        W:Francis Beltran (1-0), L: Pat Neshek (0-1), S: Todd Jones (2)

Wed, Sep 26, 2007 DET  9  MIN  4  (6)   W:Tim Byrdak (3-0), L: Nick Blackburn (0-1), S: none
Tue, Sep 25, 2007 DET  8  MIN  0        W:Yorman Bazardo (2-1), L: Matt Garza (4-7), S: none
Mon, Sep 24, 2007 MIN  2 @DET  0        W:Carlos Silva (13-14), L: Nate Robertson (8-13), S: Joe Nathan (35)
Sun, Sep 16, 2007 DET  6 @MIN  4        W:Jair Jurrjens (3-1), L: Scott Baker (9-8), S: Todd Jones (37)
Sat, Sep 15, 2007 DET  4 @MIN  3        W:Joel Zumaya (2-3), L: Johan Santana (15-12), S: Todd Jones (36)
Fri, Sep 14, 2007 DET  4 @MIN  2        W:Nate Robertson (8-11), L: Matt Garza (3-6), S: Todd Jones (35)
Thu, Jul 19, 2007 DET  4 @MIN  3 (10)   W:Zach Miner (1-1), L: Joe Nathan (3-2), S: Todd Jones (26)
Wed, Jul 18, 2007 DET  3 @MIN  2        W:Andrew Miller (5-3), L: Johan Santana (11-7), S: Todd Jones (25)
Season Series: 2008 - DET leads 2-0; 2007 - DET won 12-6; 2006 - DET won 11-8; All-Time - DET leads 1020-935

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

CHC  6.21

BOS  4.53

SFG  3.21

RA/G

STL  3.59

SFG  4.52

TEX  6.14

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

C. Lee  .96

B. Bonser  3.75

C. Sabathia  7.88

K/9IP

J. Sanchez  10.68

I. Snell  5.97

J. Garland  2.23

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Detroit Tigers Batters (5.17 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 61.Hernandez
G/S/vB
60.Bass
G/S/vB
28.Crain
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
41.Korecky
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
17.Neshek
G/S/vB
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
39.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 54/.696 ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/2.000 122/102 .279/.369/.519/.888 1.067/.851 .881 114/.907 1/0 6/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· 13/.885 13/1.205 ··· 8/.625 4/.833 5/.000 6/1.000 37/36 .310/.459/.793/1.253 .000/1.294 1.389 37/1.253 0/1 3/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 14/.702 9/1.238 ··· 12/.788 7/.715 9/.583 12/1.000 105/79 .330/.423/.534/.957 .747/1.040 .753 93/.894 3/0 3/
15.Inge G/S/vP ··· ··· 16/1.053 16/.331 ··· 12/.450 5/.000 5/.000 18/.301 97/81 .247/.368/.429/.797 .277/.900 .582 85/.739 1/1 3/
19.Jones* G/S/vP 9/.777 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 8/.500 ··· 80/76 .188/.275/.290/.565 .000/.597 .405 73/.624 0/1 1/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP ··· ··· 12/.846 9/.333 ··· 11/.697 9/.000 3/.333 18/1.007 124/104 .315/.395/.528/.923 .833/.934 .703 112/.952 0/0 5/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 48/.796 ··· 9/1.127 10/.555 ··· 8/.542 4/.500 9/.888 6/.666 98/81 .226/.337/.345/.682 .912/.640 1.011 84/.781 1/0 2/
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/22 .238/.360/.476/.836 .000/.965 .743 25/.836 0/0 1/
8.Renteria G/S/vP 37/.903 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 9/.555 1/3.000 116/98 .309/.336/.436/.773 1.556/.636 .848 102/.787 0/0 3/
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 16/.527 ··· 4/.666 14/1.000 ··· 9/1.069 7/1.453 4/1.250 19/.485 107/86 .255/.302/.388/.690 .390/.765 .725 95/.760 3/0 1/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/1.467 29/25 .375/.483/.708/1.191 1.250/1.180 1.167 29/1.191 0/0 1/
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 51/.609 ··· 9/1.056 6/.567 ··· 18/1.056 5/.933 3/2.334 6/.900 92/74 .176/.337/.297/.634 .347/.710 .641 80/.626 3/0 2/
33.Thames G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 6/.167 ··· 5/.400 5/.800 1/.000 4/.500 39/25 .200/.282/.371/.653 .952/.497 .828 35/.734 0/0 2/
IP 35.2 17.1 8.1 14.1 2.2 11.0 12.0 9.0 9.1 TOTAL .268/.356/.443/.799 .792/.800 .761 .819 14/3 33/19
ERA-K/9 5.05/3.3 4.67/4.2 5.40/7.6 4.40/5.0 3.38/3.3 0.82/9.0 3.75/9.8 0.00/5.0 4.82/8.7 4.32/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (1-0-0)
 Rodriguez (9-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 154/.310 80/.288 34/.226 65/.288 11/.250 43/.220 48/.209 30/.143 41/.243 .274  Inge
 Jones
 Granderson
 Thames
 Ordonez
 Raburn
1/10/0/2
20/0/0/1
0/8/0/0
9/0/3/0
0/0/28/0
10/0/2/0
OPS .827 .925 .778 .795 .705 .573 .651 .379 .750 .756
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 81/.906 27/.768 11/.273 26/.651 8/.700 23/.594 19/.675 20/.250 18/.977 .751
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 73/.743 53/.998 23/1.041 39/.887 3/.667 20/.550 29/.635 10/.650 23/.561 .760
Home 80/.786 24/1.102 14/.445 27/.536 / 27/.415 22/.293 19/.433 21/.754 .682
Last 28d days 128/.881 59/.865 30/.731 58/.772 11/.705 39/.581 41/.692 25/.247 30/.731
HR/SB/CS 6/0/2 4/1/1 2/0/0 2/1/1 0/0/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 0/1/1 2/0/0 29/10/6
Usage ····X··· ····X··X ·····o·X ·····Xo· ····XX·· ·Xo·X··· ·oo··Xo· ·oo··ooo ······oo
Minnesota Twins Batters (3.78 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB
52.Bautista
G/S/vB
41.Cruceta
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 8/.750 5/.200 6/.500 ··· 4/1.750 40/29 .297/.350/.405/.755 .990/.669 .760 24/1.030 1/1 1/
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 104/79 .265/.279/.373/.651 .983/.548 .696 87/.613 11/1 1/
23.Harris G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 99/77 .287/.337/.379/.716 .473/.789 .645 85/.738 0/0 1/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 1/5.000 ··· 3/.333 5/.200 2/.000 6/.833 ··· 3/1.334 101/75 .237/.257/.381/.639 .405/.713 .670 92/.591 0/1 4/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 84/70 .205/.226/.282/.508 .214/.570 .198 72/.550 0/0 0/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.900 2/2.000 7/1.000 1/.000 7/.629 99/71 .295/.357/.386/.744 .742/.744 .817 85/.726 0/1 0/
27.Monroe G/S/vP ··· 5/2.200 2/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 50/30 .255/.300/.426/.726 .311/.987 .528 44/.794 0/0 1/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 7/.143 2/.500 5/1.600 1/.000 7/1.143 110/79 .268/.345/.495/.840 .790/.860 .867 95/.944 0/0 6/
8.Punto# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 2/.500 8/.875 ··· 2/.000 44/31 .250/.318/.250/.568 .462/.614 .661 41/.560 3/1 0/
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/1.547 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 14/7 .154/.214/.231/.445 .929/.000 .286 11/.573 0/0 0/
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 54/39 .300/.340/.360/.700 .571/.748 1.002 49/.674 3/1 0/
21.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 3/.666 108/84 .265/.306/.314/.619 .382/.688 .543 93/.578 6/1 0/
IP 18.0 12.0 1.0 11.0 18.1 17.1 7.0 9.0 TOTAL .260/.305/.362/.666 .588/.693 .641 .677 27/7 14/18
ERA-K/9 1.50/6.5 2.25/6.0 0.00/0.0 2.45/4.1 0.49/6.9 7.79/6.2 0.00/7.7 3.00/8.0 4.85/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (7-6-0)
 Redmond (3-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 70/.113 52/.211 4/.000 46/.195 69/.224 81/.284 22/.091 38/.273 .249  Young
 Gomez
 Cuddyer
 Kubel
 Monroe
 Punto
27/0/0/4
0/24/0/2
0/0/9/1
0/0/11/1
0/3/0/0
0/1/0/0
OPS .424 .649 .250 .600 .530 .842 .182 .645 .733
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 36/.553 18/.503 3/.333 25/.653 26/.692 35/.785 13/.308 21/.611 .758
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 34/.280 34/.708 1/.000 21/.538 43/.429 46/.886 9/.000 17/.686 .716
Road 45/.402 25/.518 4/.250 23/.716 29/.457 44/1.081 16/.250 18/.646 .744
Last 28d days 70/.424 42/.575 4/.250 43/.644 53/.462 72/.829 22/.182 36/.684
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 2/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 23/10/5
Usage ·····X·· ··X··oX· o······· ··o··oo· ·····o·· X···X··X ·Xo····· o·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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