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Game Preview: DET @ MIN, 2:10pm, Sunday, May 4, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Detroit Tigers, 14-17, 4th, 2 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Kenny Rogers (43, LHP, 2-3, 6.75)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-3)             30.2  38  24  23  19  13  3    6.75      
 2007 (3-4)             63    65  36  31  25  36  8    4.43      
 2006 (17-8)           204   195  97  87  62  99 23    3.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-4  36.2  45  28  27  25  14  4    6.63   38 
 2008-04-29   @NYY   W   6     6   2   2   4   4  1     101   52 
 2008-04-23    TEX  ND   3.1   9   6   6   3   0  0      73   15 
 2008-04-18   @TOR   W   6.2   3   4   4   4   1  1      98   49 
 2008-04-13   @CHW   L   4     7   7   7   4   1  1      91   17 
 2008-04-08   @BOS   L   4.2   8   3   2   3   3  0     107   38 
 2008-04-02    KCR   L   6     5   2   2   1   4  0      87   57 
 2007-09-28   @CHW   L   6     7   4   4   6   1  1     107   37 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      3-0  30.1  31  14  10   8  12  2    2.97   51 
 2006-05-18    MIN   W   5.2   5   2   0   2   4  0      82   57 
 2006-05-05   @MIN   W   5     8   5   5   2   0  1      86   29 
 2006-04-30    MIN   W   8     2   0   0   1   4  0      90   81 
 2005-09-06   @MIN  ND   5.2  10   7   5   2   2  1     102   25 
 2005-08-27    MIN  ND   6     6   0   0   1   2  0      95   61 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-8    Road:    8-9    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  10-16   vsLHP:   4-1    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  6-4    vsCntrl: 4-11   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 31 Sat, May  3  @MIN  L   1-4       14-17  4th  2.0 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:14-16
Minnesota Twins, 15-14, 1st, ½ up

SP: Boof Bonser (26, RHP, 2-4, 3.75)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-4)             36    35  17  15   9  22  3    3.75      
 2007 (8-12)           173   199 108  98  65 136 27    5.10      
 2006 (7-6)            100.1 104  50  47  24  84 18    4.22      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-4  41    41  20  18  11  24  4    3.95   51 
 2008-04-29    CHW   W   7     6   1   1   1   8  1     104   68 
 2008-04-23   @OAK   L   6     3   2   2   4   2  0     100   56 
 2008-04-17    TBR   L   4     7   7   6   2   0  1      72   20 
 2008-04-12   @KCR   W   6     3   0   0   2   4  0      89   68 
 2008-04-06    KCR   L   7     8   3   3   0   4  0      91   53 
 2008-04-01    LAA   L   6     8   4   3   0   4  1      89   46 
 2007-09-27   @BOS   W   5     6   3   3   2   2  1      97   43 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      2-0  12    11   5   5   5  11  1    3.75   54 
 2007-05-13    DET   W   5     6   4   4   3   6  1      90   42 
 2006-09-09    DET   W   7     5   1   1   2   5  0     104   66 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   10-6    Road:    5-8    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  13-10   vsLHP:   2-4    1-Run:   6-4 
 vsEast:  1-1    vsCntrl:11-6    vsWest:  3-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Sat, May  3   DET  W   4-1       15-14  1st  0.5 up
 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 03, 2008 MIN  4  DET  1        W:Brian Bass (1-0), L: Justin Verlander (1-5), S: Joe Nathan (10)
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)
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 2-2; 2007 - DET won 12-6; 2006 - DET won 11-8; All-Time - DET leads 1020-937

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  6.20

TEX  4.58

SFG  3.26

RA/G

TOR  3.68

HOU  4.45

TEX  5.94

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

C. Lee  .96

K. Lohse  3.79

C. Sabathia  7.51

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.71

J. Washburn  5.95

J. Garland  2.03

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Detroit Tigers Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.28 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Bonser
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 3/1.000 2/.000 1/5.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 ··· 1/2.000 130/110 .268/.354/.500/.854 1.067/.814 .823 113/.883 1/0 6/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 7/1.143 1/2.000 13/.885 13/1.205 ··· 8/.625 5/1.850 5/.000 6/1.000 45/44 .297/.422/.757/1.179 .000/1.210 1.165 45/1.179 0/1 4/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 6/.000 2/.000 14/.702 10/1.100 ··· 13/.840 7/.715 9/.583 12/1.000 113/87 .316/.411/.505/.916 .747/.978 .707 92/.853 3/0 3/
15.Inge G/S/vP 5/1.400 1/.000 16/1.053 16/.331 ··· 12/.450 6/.000 5/.000 19/.285 101/85 .235/.354/.407/.761 .277/.852 .535 81/.617 1/1 3/
19.Jones* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 8/.500 1/.000 86/82 .173/.256/.267/.522 .000/.550 .348 71/.532 0/1 1/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 6/1.917 2/.000 13/.760 10/.300 ··· 11/.697 9/.000 3/.333 18/1.007 132/112 .313/.394/.539/.933 .833/.945 .747 111/1.009 0/0 6/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.000 9/1.127 10/.555 ··· 8/.542 5/.800 9/.888 6/.666 106/89 .239/.340/.359/.698 .912/.663 .990 83/.859 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 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 9/.555 2/1.500 124/106 .299/.331/.419/.749 1.556/.619 .796 101/.810 0/0 3/
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 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 90/.733 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 3/.667 2/1.000 9/1.056 6/.567 ··· 18/1.056 6/1.000 3/2.334 6/.900 100/82 .185/.340/.309/.649 .347/.720 .663 88/.643 3/0 2/
33.Thames G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 6/.167 ··· 5/.400 5/.800 1/.000 4/.500 41/27 .216/.293/.378/.671 .952/.536 .842 37/.749 0/0 2/
IP 36.0 21.1 8.2 15.1 2.2 12.0 12.2 9.0 10.1 TOTAL .264/.350/.437/.787 .792/.786 .743 .808 14/3 35/20
ERA-K/9 3.75/5.5 3.80/3.4 5.19/7.2 4.11/5.9 3.38/3.3 0.75/9.8 4.26/9.9 0.00/5.0 4.35/9.6 4.08/5.8

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 151/.250 95/.273 35/.219 68/.274 11/.250 47/.205 53/.234 30/.143 44/.225 .270  Inge
 Jones
 Granderson
 Thames
 Ordonez
 Raburn
1/10/0/2
22/0/0/1
0/10/0/0
10/0/4/0
0/0/30/0
10/0/2/0
OPS .672 .838 .754 .758 .705 .551 .757 .379 .695 .745
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 70/.694 30/.756 11/.273 27/.625 8/.700 25/.598 21/.865 20/.250 19/.924 .738
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 81/.653 65/.871 24/.994 41/.841 3/.667 22/.500 32/.683 10/.650 25/.513 .751
Home 102/.788 39/.821 15/.414 30/.481 / 31/.398 27/.564 19/.433 24/.655 .672
Last 28d days 125/.632 74/.766 31/.706 56/.764 11/.705 35/.570 42/.897 25/.247 33/.662
HR/SB/CS 3/3/0 4/1/1 2/0/0 2/1/1 0/0/0 1/1/0 2/0/0 0/1/1 2/0/0 31/10/6
Usage ····X··· X·····X· o······o ·o·····X ······XX X··Xo·X· X··oo··X ···oo··o ·o······
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.03 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Rogers*
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 16/.785 2/.000 8/.750 6/.833 6/.500 1/.000 4/1.750 49/37 .304/.347/.435/.782 .900/.742 .796 31/.923 1/1 1/
12.Everett G/S/vP 8/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 1/2.000 36/30 .176/.200/.235/.435 .400/.441 .390 21/.476 0/0 0/
22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 107/82 .272/.299/.379/.678 .983/.585 .740 82/.623 13/1 1/
23.Harris G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/2.500 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 108/86 .271/.317/.385/.703 .473/.763 .630 94/.720 0/0 2/
16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 5/.200 3/.666 6/.833 1/.000 3/1.334 110/83 .245/.264/.396/.660 .389/.741 .707 95/.622 0/1 4/
24.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 93/79 .218/.237/.287/.524 .214/.581 .283 75/.568 0/0 0/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 10/.522 ··· 6/.900 3/2.000 7/1.000 2/1.000 7/.629 108/79 .326/.393/.421/.814 .787/.824 .939 86/.811 0/1 0/
27.Monroe G/S/vP 13/.693 2/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 53/33 .280/.321/.500/.821 .311/1.113 .781 40/.940 0/0 2/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 15/.350 2/1.000 7/.143 3/1.667 5/1.600 2/1.000 7/1.143 119/87 .286/.361/.505/.866 .829/.879 .911 96/.937 0/0 6/
8.Punto# G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· 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 14/1.000 ··· 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 42/.627 3/1 0/
21.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/2.000 1/2.000 2/1.500 1/.000 3/.666 117/92 .264/.308/.309/.617 .367/.686 .549 94/.607 6/1 0/
IP 30.2 1.1 11.0 18.2 17.1 8.0 9.0 TOTAL .266/.311/.374/.685 .592/.715 .681 .697 29/7 16/18
ERA-K/9 6.75/3.8 0.00/6.9 2.45/4.1 2.41/6.7 7.79/6.2 0.00/7.9 3.00/8.0 5.00/5.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 146/.309 5/.000 46/.195 76/.284 81/.284 27/.148 38/.273 .256  Young
 Gomez
 Cuddyer
 Kubel
 Monroe
 Punto
29/0/0/4
0/25/0/2
0/0/11/1
0/0/11/1
0/4/0/0
0/2/0/0
OPS .863 .200 .600 .708 .842 .296 .645 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 45/.628 4/.250 25/.653 30/.833 35/.785 16/.500 21/.611 .778
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 101/.977 1/.000 21/.538 46/.625 46/.886 11/.000 17/.686 .724
Road 101/.866 5/.200 23/.716 36/.848 44/1.081 21/.381 18/.646 .767
Last 28d days 122/.920 5/.200 40/.696 60/.697 62/.832 27/.296 36/.684
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 2/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 25/12/5
Usage ····X··· ·oo····· ····o··o ·X·····o ··X···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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