DET @ MIN, Saturday, May 3, 2008 Game Preview

Detroit Tigers, 14-16, 4th, 1½ GB, 1½ GB in WC	SP: Justin Verlander (25, RHP, 1-4, 6.50) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-4) 36 35 31 26 18 20 5 6.50 2007 (18-6) 201.2 181 88 82 67 183 20 3.66 2006 (17-9) 186 187 78 75 60 124 21 3.63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-4 42 39 33 28 20 27 6 6.00 44 2008-04-27 LAA L 5.2 7 6 6 4 3 0 100 30 2008-04-22 TEX W 6 6 1 1 2 3 1 110 57 2008-04-17 @CLE L 5 7 5 5 4 1 1 104 30 2008-04-12 @CHW L 7.2 4 6 6 4 3 1 115 46 2008-04-06 CHW L 5.2 7 9 4 3 4 1 109 30 2008-03-31 KCR ND 6 4 4 4 1 6 1 97 53 2007-09-29 @CHW ND 6 4 2 2 2 7 1 117 61 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN 3-2 30 32 13 11 10 14 3 3.30 51 2007-06-29 MIN L 5 4 6 6 5 5 1 99 35 2007-04-28 MIN L 3 8 5 3 1 0 1 79 26 2006-09-07 @MIN W 7 8 1 1 2 5 1 107 60 2006-05-17 MIN W 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 103 70 2006-04-29 MIN W 7 6 1 1 2 4 0 103 63
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 6-8 Road: 8-8 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 10-15 vsLHP: 4-1 1-Run: 1-3 vsEast: 6-4 vsCntrl: 4-10 vsWest: 4-2 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 30 Fri, May 2 @MIN L 1-11 14-16 4th 1.5 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 Last 10: 7-3 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:14-16
Minnesota Twins, 14-14, 2nd, ½ GB, ½ GB in WC	SP: Scott Baker (26, RHP, 2-0, 4.50) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-0) 30 30 15 15 5 27 6 4.50 2007 (9-9) 143.2 162 70 68 29 102 15 4.26 2006 (5-8) 83.1 114 63 59 16 62 17 6.37 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 39 43 22 21 6 31 7 4.85 49 2008-04-26 @TEX ND 4.1 8 5 5 1 7 0 79 33 2008-04-20 CLE ND 7 5 1 1 1 8 0 100 70 2008-04-15 @DET ND 7 5 3 3 2 3 3 91 56 2008-04-09 @CHW W 5 5 3 3 1 7 3 89 51 2008-04-04 KCR W 6.2 7 3 3 0 2 0 84 50 2007-09-22 CHW L 2 5 3 3 1 1 0 40 34 2007-09-16 DET L 7 8 4 3 0 3 1 94 50 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET 0-3 33.1 35 16 15 4 14 7 4.05 51 2008-04-15 @DET ND 7 5 3 3 2 3 3 91 56 2007-09-16 DET L 7 8 4 3 0 3 1 94 50 2007-07-19 DET ND 6.1 10 3 3 1 3 0 104 43 2007-07-01 @DET L 8 3 1 1 1 3 1 79 74 2006-09-07 DET L 5 9 5 5 0 2 2 75 31
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 9-6 Road: 5-8 ExtrInn: 1-1 vsRHP: 12-10 vsLHP: 2-4 1-Run: 6-4 vsEast: 1-1 vsCntrl:10-6 vsWest: 3-7 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 28 Fri, May 2 DET W 11-1 14-14 2nd 0.5 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:14-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Fri, May 02, 2008 MIN 11 DET 1 W:Livan Hernandez (4-1), L: Armando Galarraga (2-1), S: none 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) Season Series: 2008 - DET leads 2-1; 2007 - DET won 12-6; 2006 - DET won 11-8; All-Time - DET leads 1020-936

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 6.10

HOU 4.60

SDP 3.27

RA/G

STL 3.57

CHC 4.45

TEX 6.03

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .96

J. Lannan 3.74

C. Sabathia 7.88

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.71

Z. Greinke 5.86

J. Garland 2.23

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Detroit Tigers Batters (5.03 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Baker
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 3/.333 ··· 1/5.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/2.000 126/106 .278/.365/.519/.884 1.067/.847 .873 113/.883 1/0 6/

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 23/1.087 ··· 13/.885 13/1.205 ··· 8/.625 4/.833 5/.000 6/1.000 41/40 .273/.415/.697/1.112 .000/1.144 .990 41/1.112 0/1 3/

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 15/1.114 ··· 14/.702 10/1.100 ··· 12/.788 7/.715 9/.583 12/1.000 109/83 .326/.417/.522/.938 .747/1.011 .735 92/.877 3/0 3/

15.Inge G/S/vP 19/.334 ··· 16/1.053 16/.331 ··· 12/.450 5/.000 5/.000 19/.285 98/82 .244/.365/.423/.788 .277/.887 .570 82/.743 1/1 3/

19.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 8/.500 1/.000 84/80 .178/.262/.274/.536 .000/.565 .365 73/.594 0/1 1/

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 25/1.190 ··· 12/.846 10/.300 ··· 11/.697 9/.000 3/.333 18/1.007 128/108 .324/.406/.559/.965 .833/.983 .795 111/1.028 0/0 6/

14.Polanco G/S/vP 17/.529 ··· 9/1.127 10/.555 ··· 8/.542 4/.500 9/.888 6/.666 102/85 .239/.343/.364/.707 .912/.672 1.033 83/.832 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 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 9/.555 2/1.500 120/102 .301/.333/.425/.758 1.556/.624 .816 101/.810 0/0 3/

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 17/.181 ··· 4/.666 14/1.000 ··· 9/1.069 7/1.453 4/1.250 19/.485 110/89 .257/.303/.386/.689 .390/.762 .722 94/.700 3/0 1/

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 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 13/.846 ··· 9/1.056 6/.567 ··· 18/1.056 5/.933 3/2.334 6/.900 96/78 .179/.333/.308/.641 .347/.714 .651 84/.633 3/0 2/

33.Thames G/S/vP 8/1.500 ··· 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 30.0 17.1 8.1 15.1 2.2 11.0 12.0 9.0 10.1 TOTAL .267/.354/.442/.796 .792/.796 .757 .815 14/3 34/20

ERA-K/9

4.50/8.1

4.67/4.2

5.40/7.6

4.11/5.9

3.38/3.3

0.82/9.0

3.75/9.8

0.00/5.0

4.35/9.6

4.20/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Inge (1-0-1)
Rodriguez (11-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 122/.256 80/.288 34/.226 68/.274 11/.250 43/.220 48/.209 30/.143 44/.225 .273 Inge
Jones
Granderson
Thames
Ordonez
Raburn 1/10/0/2
21/0/0/1
0/9/0/0
9/0/4/0
0/0/29/0
10/0/2/0

OPS .723 .925 .778 .758 .705 .573 .651 .379 .695 .754

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 57/.806 27/.768 11/.273 27/.625 8/.700 23/.594 19/.675 20/.250 19/.924 .736

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 65/.649 53/.998 23/1.041 41/.841 3/.667 20/.550 29/.635 10/.650 25/.513 .768

Home 51/.535 24/1.102 14/.445 30/.481 / 27/.415 22/.293 19/.433 24/.655 .683

Last 28d days 97/.756 59/.865 30/.731 61/.733 11/.705 35/.590 37/.774 25/.247 33/.662

HR/SB/CS 6/2/0 4/1/1 2/0/0 2/1/1 0/0/0 1/1/0 1/0/0 0/1/1 2/0/0 30/10/6

Usage ······X· ·····X·· ······o· o·····Xo ·····XX· ··Xo·X·· ··oo··Xo ··oo··oo o······o

Minnesota Twins Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Verlander
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 17/.489 1/3.000 2/.000 8/.750 6/.833 6/.500 ··· 4/1.750 45/34 .310/.356/.452/.808 .990/.749 .835 27/.991 1/1 1/

12.Everett G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/2.000 33/27 .194/.219/.258/.477 .400/.491 .458 21/.476 0/0 0/

22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 107/82 .272/.299/.379/.678 .983/.585 .740 86/.593 13/1 1/

23.Harris G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 2/2.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 104/82 .283/.330/.402/.732 .473/.804 .684 90/.755 0/0 2/

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/2.000 3/.333 5/.200 3/.666 6/.833 ··· 3/1.334 106/80 .255/.274/.412/.685 .405/.769 .764 95/.644 0/1 4/

24.Lamb* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 89/75 .205/.225/.277/.502 .214/.558 .220 74/.520 0/0 0/

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 18/1.167 1/no AB ··· 6/.900 3/2.000 7/1.000 1/.000 7/.629 104/76 .308/.379/.396/.774 .742/.787 .872 86/.750 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 40/.876 0/0 1/

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 17/1.659 1/2.000 2/1.000 7/.143 3/1.667 5/1.600 1/.000 7/1.143 115/84 .284/.357/.510/.866 .790/.895 .914 96/.989 0/0 6/

8.Punto# G/S/vP 13/.718 1/.000 ··· 6/.334 3/.333 8/.875 ··· 2/.000 46/33 .238/.304/.238/.542 .462/.575 .607 43/.533 3/1 0/

55.Redmond G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 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 46/.660 3/1 0/

21.Young G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 3/.666 113/89 .271/.310/.318/.627 .382/.694 .566 94/.615 6/1 0/

IP 36.0 13.1 1.1 11.0 18.2 17.1 7.0 9.0 TOTAL .266/.311/.373/.684 .588/.715 .678 .695 29/7 15/18

ERA-K/9

6.50/5.0

4.05/5.4

0.00/6.9

2.45/4.1

2.41/6.7

7.79/6.2

0.00/7.7

3.00/8.0

5.01/5.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 166/.250 61/.261 5/.000 46/.195 76/.284 81/.284 22/.091 38/.273 .255 Young
Gomez
Cuddyer
Kubel
Monroe
Punto 28/0/0/4
0/25/0/2
0/0/10/1
0/0/11/1
0/3/0/0
0/2/0/0

OPS .770 .738 .200 .600 .708 .842 .182 .645 .747

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 78/.822 23/.655 4/.250 25/.653 30/.833 35/.785 13/.308 21/.611 .774

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 88/.724 38/.776 1/.000 21/.538 46/.625 46/.886 9/.000 17/.686 .728

Road 60/.809 34/.721 5/.200 23/.716 36/.848 44/1.081 16/.250 18/.646 .769

Last 28d days 141/.812 48/.714 5/.200 40/.696 60/.697 67/.828 22/.182 36/.684

HR/SB/CS 5/2/1 0/1/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 2/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 24/12/5

Usage ·····X·· X··X··oX oo······ ···o··oo X·····o· ·X···X·· ··Xo···· ·o·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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Game Preview: DET @ MIN, 7:10pm, Saturday, May 3, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

SP: Justin Verlander (25, RHP, 1-4, 6.50)

SP: Scott Baker (26, RHP, 2-0, 4.50)

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