DET @ MIN, Tuesday, July 1, 2008 Game Preview

Detroit Tigers, 42-40, 3rd, 5 GB, 6½ GB in WC	SP: Nate Robertson (30, LHP, 6-6, 5.23) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-6) 96.1 118 57 56 28 66 12 5.23 2007 (9-13) 177.2 199 98 94 63 119 22 4.76 2006 (13-13) 208.2 206 98 89 67 137 29 3.84 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-1 43 49 21 20 13 28 6 4.19 49 2008-06-26 STL ND 6.1 11 1 0 2 5 0 92 52 2008-06-21 @SDP W 6 7 5 5 2 5 1 97 41 2008-06-15 LAD W 6 4 0 0 0 3 0 66 67 2008-06-10 CHW W 6.1 8 3 3 2 4 1 86 47 2008-06-04 @OAK L 6.1 8 5 5 3 5 1 109 39 2008-05-30 @SEA W 5.2 4 4 4 2 2 2 107 45 2008-05-24 MIN W 6.1 7 3 3 2 4 1 99 49 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN 3-1 33.2 24 10 10 12 25 3 2.67 60 2008-05-24 MIN W 6.1 7 3 3 2 4 1 99 49 2008-04-15 MIN ND 6.1 6 4 4 1 5 1 94 49 2007-09-24 MIN L 7 3 1 1 4 6 0 111 69 2007-09-14 @MIN W 7 5 2 2 3 5 1 106 61 2007-07-17 @MIN W 7 3 0 0 2 5 0 102 74
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 25-17 Road: 17-23 ExtrInn: 1-3 vsRHP: 26-35 vsLHP: 16-5 1-Run: 11-10 vsEast: 8-8 vsCntrl:11-19 vsWest: 10-8 IL:13-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 82 Mon, Jun 30 @MIN W 5-4 42-40 3rd 5.0 gb 81 Sun, Jun 29 COL W 4-3 41-40 3rd 5.0 gb 80 Sat, Jun 28 COL W 7-6 40-40 3rd 5.0 gb 79 Fri, Jun 27 COL W 7-1 39-40 3rd 5.0 gb 78 Thu, Jun 26 STL W 3-2 (10) 38-40 3rd 5.0 gb 77 Wed, Jun 25 STL W 8-7 37-40 3rd 5.0 gb 76 Tue, Jun 24 STL L 4-8 36-40 3rd 6.0 gb 75 Sun, Jun 22 @SDP W 5-3 36-39 3rd 5.0 gb 74 Sat, Jun 21 @SDP W 7-5 35-39 3rd 6.0 gb 73 Fri, Jun 20 @SDP L 2-6 34-39 3rd 7.0 gb Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:16-4 Last 30:21-9
Minnesota Twins, 45-38, 2nd, 2½ GB, 4 GB in WC	SP: Scott Baker (26, RHP, 4-2, 3.57) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (4-2) 63 64 25 25 12 52 10 3.57 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 37.1 42 15 15 8 32 4 3.62 52 2008-06-26 @SDP W 6 6 3 3 2 3 1 101 49 2008-06-20 ARI W 6 7 1 1 1 7 1 112 60 2008-06-15 @MIL L 6 7 3 3 2 9 1 101 53 2008-06-10 @CLE L 7 8 1 1 1 1 0 95 57 2008-06-05 BAL ND 5 5 2 2 1 3 1 99 51 2008-05-03 DET ND 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 43 59 2008-04-26 @TEX ND 4.1 8 5 5 1 7 0 79 33 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET 0-2 31.1 27 11 10 4 14 5 2.87 56 2008-05-03 DET ND 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 43 59 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
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 27-18 Road: 18-20 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 37-25 vsLHP: 8-13 1-Run: 16-13 vsEast: 7-9 vsCntrl:19-16 vsWest: 5-9 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 83 Mon, Jun 30 DET L 4-5 45-38 2nd 2.5 gb 82 Sun, Jun 29 MIL W 5-0 45-37 2nd 1.5 gb 81 Sat, Jun 28 MIL L 1-5 44-37 2nd 1.5 gb 80 Fri, Jun 27 MIL W 7-6 44-36 2nd 0.5 gb 79 Thu, Jun 26 @SDP W 4-3 43-36 2nd 0.5 gb 78 Wed, Jun 25 @SDP W 9-3 42-36 2nd 0.5 gb 77 Tue, Jun 24 @SDP W 3-1 41-36 2nd 1.5 gb 76 Sun, Jun 22 ARI W 5-3 40-36 2nd 1.5 gb 75 Sat, Jun 21 ARI W 6-1 39-36 2nd 2.5 gb 74 Fri, Jun 20 ARI W 7-2 38-36 2nd 3.5 gb Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Mon, Jun 30, 2008 DET 5 @MIN 4 W:Casey Fossum (1-0), L: Matt Guerrier (4-3), S: Joel Zumaya (1) Sun, May 25, 2008 MIN 6 @DET 1 W:Glen Perkins (2-1), L: Francisco Cruceta (0-2), S: none Sat, May 24, 2008 DET 19 MIN 3 W:Nate Robertson (2-5), L: Boof Bonser (2-6), S: none Fri, May 23, 2008 MIN 9 @DET 4 W:Kevin Slowey (1-4), L: Armando Galarraga (3-2), S: none Sun, May 04, 2008 MIN 7 DET 6 W:Matt Guerrier (2-1), L: Zach Miner (1-2), S: Joe Nathan (11) 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 Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 5-4; 2007 - DET won 12-6; 2006 - DET won 11-8; All-Time - DET leads 1022-940

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 5.45

ARI 4.48

WSN 3.63

RA/G

OAK 3.65

BAL 4.55

TEX 5.57

C. Jones .394

R. Barajas .283

T. Pena .154

OBP

C. Jones .485

K. Johnson .356

T. Pena .177

SLG

L. Berkman .699

M. Tejada .456

T. Pena .189

OPS

L. Berkman 1.147

O. Hudson .805

T. Pena .366

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.91

J. Suppan 4.05

B. Arroyo 6.19

K/9IP

E. Volquez 9.97

T. Wakefield 6.09

L. Hernandez 3.18

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Detroit Tigers Batters (4.85 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.70 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Baker
G/S/vB 60.Bass
G/S/vB 26.Bonser
G/S/vB 49.Breslow*
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 37.Reyes*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 4/.250 3/.000 8/.875 1/.000 1/5.000 5/.200 3/.000 ··· 343/275 .281/.350/.459/.809 .727/.829 .763 104/.781 1/0 11/

28.Granderson* G/S/vP 25/1.000 2/2.000 13/1.154 1/.000 13/.885 15/1.300 10/.900 6/.000 248/211 .301/.351/.498/.849 .724/.871 .818 97/.962 6/4 9/

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 16/1.042 3/.000 11/.364 2/.000 14/.702 12/.900 14/.774 10/.733 324/249 .292/.373/.448/.821 .933/.794 .685 111/.807 6/2 7/

46.Hollimon# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 20/19 .222/.250/.444/.694 .000/.734 .000 20/.694 0/0 0/

20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 60/58 .222/.283/.556/.839 .000/.870 .857 1/4.000 0/0 5/

14.Polanco G/S/vP 18/.500 4/1.250 8/1.071 1/.000 11/1.101 12/.500 9/.476 10/1.000 313/236 .322/.370/.420/.789 1.010/.717 .821 97/.912 2/0 3/

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 88/52 .215/.287/.405/.692 .792/.612 .554 37/.790 1/0 3/

8.Renteria G/S/vP 4/1.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 6/.666 5/.000 10/.700 303/231 .271/.321/.350/.671 .920/.597 .624 90/.648 2/2 5/

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 17/.181 1/2.000 10/.700 1/.000 4/.666 16/.875 9/1.069 6/1.500 260/200 .277/.323/.403/.726 .785/.709 .629 68/.935 6/0 3/

57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/8 .125/.125/.375/.500 /.500 8/.500 0/0 0/

3.Sheffield G/S/vP 14/.785 4/1.500 5/.400 1/.000 10/1.489 7/.786 18/1.056 4/1.750 192/155 .226/.339/.366/.704 .472/.764 .590 29/.846 3/0 5/

33.Thames G/S/vP 9/1.333 2/1.000 6/.334 ··· 5/1.000 8/.125 5/.400 1/.000 162/96 .277/.340/.622/.961 .954/.966 .927 79/1.154 0/1 15/

36.Thomas* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 96/83 .329/.394/.447/.841 1.311/.771 .682 25/1.227 2/0 0/

IP 63.0 52.0 78.0 19.0 33.1 44.0 33.2 23.2 TOTAL .274/.342/.435/.777 .809/.768 .691 .841 30/13 87/60

ERA-K/9

3.57/7.4

4.50/4.2

6.23/6.6

1.42/8.5

2.97/7.0

3.27/5.9

1.34/9.9

2.28/4.6

4.26/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Rodriguez (26-16-3)
Sardinha (0-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 260/.260 229/.288 354/.287 76/.188 142/.262 191/.249 128/.213 94/.250 .284 Granderson
Thames
Thomas
Raburn
Guillen
Sheffield
Joyce 0/60/0/3
35/0/6/1
16/16/1/1
16/4/11/0
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
15/0/4/0

OPS .723 .830 .763 .510 .751 .704 .553 .668 .772

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 128/.734 83/.756 166/.780 30/.588 52/.668 70/.730 71/.602 55/.477 .754

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 132/.712 146/.871 188/.749 46/.456 90/.796 121/.689 57/.496 39/.946 .785

Home 108/.612 118/.803 250/.736 50/.587 77/.621 109/.582 84/.475 53/.641 .732

Last 28d days 128/.766 64/.647 58/.913 31/.265 45/.542 49/.745 32/.382 20/.583

HR/SB/CS 10/2/1 9/1/2 9/10/0 1/2/1 4/2/1 4/5/1 3/4/0 1/3/2 92/42/18

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

Minnesota Twins Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.79 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.Robertson*
G/S/vB 34.Dolsi
G/S/vB 49.Fossum*
G/S/vB 59.Jones
G/S/vB 31.Miner
G/S/vB 56.Rodney
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB 54.Zumaya
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 63/51 .345/.365/.431/.796 .333/.912 .658 54/.810 0/1 1/

25.Casilla# G/S/vP 10/.500 ··· 4/.666 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 175/135 .316/.361/.447/.808 .750/.827 .854 106/.762 4/1 4/

22.Gomez G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 349/265 .265/.297/.373/.670 .742/.647 .666 121/.585 21/8 5/

23.Harris G/S/vP 12/1.053 ··· ··· 3/.666 4/.750 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 298/222 .249/.308/.351/.659 .479/.724 .687 92/.669 1/1 4/

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 13/.154 ··· 4/1.000 5/.200 6/.833 3/.666 4/1.000 2/.000 275/218 .263/.324/.466/.789 .508/.860 .844 89/1.058 0/1 12/

24.Lamb* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/.800 3/1.334 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 217/190 .224/.263/.301/.564 .303/.602 .423 34/.216 0/1 1/

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 31/.581 ··· 8/.542 7/1.071 7/1.000 6/1.166 10/.875 7/.286 316/229 .323/.410/.446/.856 .872/.848 .975 100/.956 0/1 3/

27.Monroe G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 10/.400 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 140/77 .208/.264/.423/.687 .330/.977 .738 31/.472 0/0 7/

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 36/.778 ··· 8/.500 7/.143 6/1.333 11/2.136 9/1.222 8/1.625 357/251 .308/.370/.483/.853 .748/.898 .837 113/.809 0/1 12/

8.Punto# G/S/vP 24/.724 ··· 4/.750 6/.334 8/.875 6/.650 2/.000 5/.400 75/48 .258/.324/.348/.673 .719/.640 .680 14/.774 4/1 0/

55.Redmond G/S/vP 20/.585 ··· ··· 7/1.547 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 61/31 .286/.328/.357/.685 .704/.667 .717 23/.800 0/0 0/

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 38/36 .286/.342/.314/.656 .000/.694 .445 4/1.250 3/0 0/

21.Young G/S/vP 12/.250 ··· ··· 3/2.000 2/1.500 ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 314/241 .281/.328/.377/.705 .650/.721 .655 80/.759 9/4 2/

IP 96.1 23.1 6.0 32.0 42.2 4.0 23.2 5.1 TOTAL .273/.328/.399/.727 .654/.753 .740 .759 52/23 56/56

ERA-K/9

5.23/6.2

3.47/5.0

12.00/7.5

4.78/3.4

4.43/4.8

11.25/4.5

3.42/7.2

3.38/5.1

4.51/5.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Mauer (32-17-1)
Redmond (10-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 421/.303 102/.253 29/.407 141/.283 189/.252 19/.200 104/.264 27/.364 .265 Young
Gomez
Kubel
Span
Monroe
Punto 76/0/0/8
0/77/0/6
10/0/18/2
0/1/11/2
0/7/2/1
0/2/0/0

OPS .831 .652 .967 .764 .707 .902 .691 .936 .752

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 130/.837 33/.794 16/.775 64/.851 83/.673 7/1.429 59/.747 13/.657 .785

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 291/.829 69/.583 13/1.205 77/.694 106/.734 12/.556 45/.619 14/1.208 .729

Road 209/.848 47/.729 14/1.335 56/.693 96/.817 7/2.857 43/.502 16/1.000 .754

Last 28d days 133/.811 52/.644 29/.967 52/.772 56/.697 19/.902 30/.646 27/.936

HR/SB/CS 12/6/4 1/4/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 2/3/0 1/0/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 70/33/18

Usage ····X··· ·Xo···X· X·····X· ·oX·Xo·· ··X··X·· ··o·o·o· ····oo·· X··X·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, Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

SP: Nate Robertson (30, LHP, 6-6, 5.23)

SP: Scott Baker (26, RHP, 4-2, 3.57)

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