DET @ MIN, Friday, May 2, 2008 Game Preview

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

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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/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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Game Preview: DET @ MIN, 8:10pm, Friday, May 2, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

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

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

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