DET @ MIN, Wednesday, July 2, 2008 Game Preview

Detroit Tigers, 42-41, 3rd, 6 GB, 6½ GB in WC	SP: Eddie Bonine (27, RHP, 2-0, 3.98) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-0) 20.1 20 9 9 2 7 3 3.98 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-0 20.1 20 9 9 2 7 3 3.98 52 2008-06-27 COL W 8 5 1 1 0 2 0 99 70 2008-06-20 @SDP ND 7 6 2 2 2 3 2 98 58 2008-06-14 LAD W 5.1 9 6 6 0 2 1 77 28 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.MIN Has never faced MIN.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 25-17 Road: 17-24 ExtrInn: 1-3 vsRHP: 26-36 vsLHP: 16-5 1-Run: 11-10 vsEast: 8-8 vsCntrl:11-20 vsWest: 10-8 IL:13-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 83 Tue, Jul 1 @MIN L 4-6 42-41 3rd 6.0 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 Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:16-4 Last 30:20-10
Minnesota Twins, 46-38, 2nd, 2½ GB, 3 GB in WC	SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 6-4, 4.05) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-4) 97.2 118 51 44 15 54 11 4.05 2007 (0-2) 11.2 19 12 10 2 8 2 7.71 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 40.1 50 26 20 5 24 9 4.46 46 2008-06-27 MIL ND 4.2 9 6 6 0 5 4 90 27 2008-06-21 ARI W 7 3 1 1 0 3 0 89 70 2008-06-11 @CLE W 6 7 2 2 1 5 1 94 54 2008-06-06 @CHW L 4 8 7 7 0 0 1 56 18 2008-06-01 NYY ND 4.1 5 1 1 3 3 1 71 49 2008-05-27 @KCR ND 8.1 8 2 2 0 4 0 92 63 2008-05-21 TEX L 6 10 7 1 1 4 2 88 39 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET 0-0 5.2 8 4 4 0 0 0 6.35 37 2008-04-14 @DET ND 5.2 8 4 4 0 0 0 89 37
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 28-18 Road: 18-20 ExtrInn: 5-4 vsRHP: 37-25 vsLHP: 9-13 1-Run: 16-13 vsEast: 7-9 vsCntrl:20-16 vsWest: 5-9 IL:14-4 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 84 Tue, Jul 1 DET W 6-4 46-38 2nd 2.5 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 Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:15-5 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Jul 01, 2008 MIN 6 DET 4 W:Scott Baker (5-2), L: Nate Robertson (6-7), S: Joe Nathan (23) 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) Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 6-4; 2007 - DET won 12-6; 2006 - DET won 11-8; All-Time - DET leads 1022-941

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 5.42

ARI 4.50

WSN 3.69

RA/G

OAK 3.66

MIL 4.55

TEX 5.53

C. Jones .393

S. Rolen .283

T. Pena .154

OBP

C. Jones .487

J. Werth .356

T. Pena .177

SLG

L. Berkman .692

G. Atkins .457

T. Pena .189

OPS

L. Berkman 1.140

M. Cabrera .806

T. Pena .366

ERA

J. Duchscherer 1.91

C. Wang 4.07

B. Arroyo 6.19

K/9IP

E. Volquez 9.71

V. Padilla 6.10

L. Hernandez 3.18

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Detroit Tigers Batters (4.84 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
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 3/1.667 3/.000 8/.875 1/.000 1/5.000 5/.200 3/.000 1/.000 344/275 .280/.349/.457/.806 .716/.829 .758 99/.781 1/0 11/

28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 13/1.154 1/.000 13/.885 15/1.300 11/.819 6/.000 253/216 .295/.344/.487/.831 .724/.850 .783 96/.951 6/4 9/

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 4/1.250 4/.500 11/.364 2/.000 14/.702 12/.900 14/.774 10/.733 328/253 .298/.377/.453/.830 .933/.806 .707 109/.808 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 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· 64/62 .207/.266/.517/.783 .000/.810 .745 5/.800 0/0 5/

14.Polanco G/S/vP 5/.400 5/1.000 8/1.071 1/.000 11/1.101 12/.500 9/.476 10/1.000 317/240 .317/.365/.414/.779 1.010/.705 .798 95/.889 2/0 3/

25.Raburn G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 88/52 .215/.287/.405/.692 .792/.612 .554 33/.748 1/0 3/

8.Renteria G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 6/.666 6/.000 10/.700 307/235 .270/.320/.349/.669 .920/.596 .620 88/.673 2/2 5/

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 2/.000 2/2.000 10/.700 1/.000 4/.666 16/.875 10/.956 6/1.500 264/204 .281/.326/.405/.731 .785/.715 .640 67/.958 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 4/1.000 5/1.800 5/.400 1/.000 10/1.489 7/.786 18/1.056 4/1.750 196/159 .232/.342/.375/.717 .472/.778 .625 33/.896 3/0 5/

33.Thames G/S/vP 1/.000 3/.666 6/.334 ··· 5/1.000 8/.125 5/.400 1/.000 166/100 .283/.343/.638/.982 .954/.999 .966 77/1.194 0/1 16/

36.Thomas* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 99/86 .318/.381/.432/.813 1.311/.743 .641 27/1.047 2/0 0/

IP 97.2 53.2 78.0 19.0 33.1 44.0 34.2 24.0 TOTAL .274/.341/.434/.775 .808/.767 .690 .838 30/13 88/60

ERA-K/9

4.05/5.0

4.53/4.2

6.23/6.6

1.42/8.5

2.97/7.0

3.27/5.9

1.30/9.9

2.25/4.5

4.26/5.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Rodriguez (27-16-3)
Sardinha (0-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 412/.305 237/.292 354/.287 76/.188 142/.262 191/.249 131/.208 95/.247 .284 Granderson
Thames
Thomas
Raburn
Guillen
Sheffield
Joyce 0/61/0/3
35/0/6/1
17/16/1/1
17/4/11/0
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
15/0/5/0

OPS .800 .832 .763 .510 .751 .704 .540 .660 .771

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 177/.716 86/.753 166/.780 30/.588 52/.668 70/.730 72/.593 55/.477 .749

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 235/.862 151/.876 188/.749 46/.456 90/.796 121/.689 59/.479 40/.921 .786

Home 210/.814 126/.807 250/.736 50/.587 77/.621 109/.582 87/.458 54/.629 .730

Last 28d days 89/.912 72/.673 58/.913 24/.083 40/.532 49/.745 35/.349 21/.554

HR/SB/CS 11/0/1 9/1/2 9/10/0 1/2/1 4/2/1 4/5/1 3/4/0 1/3/2 93/42/18

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

Minnesota Twins Batters (4.81 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 43.Bonine
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 ··· ··· 4/.666 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 180/136 .327/.374/.462/.835 .841/.832 .902 107/.810 4/1 4/

22.Gomez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 354/266 .269/.304/.376/.680 .770/.650 .684 121/.616 21/8 5/

23.Harris G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 5/.600 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 302/223 .245/.304/.346/.650 .460/.720 .666 92/.647 1/1 4/

16.Kubel* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/1.000 5/.200 6/.833 3/.666 4/1.000 2/.000 275/218 .263/.324/.466/.789 .508/.860 .844 85/1.071 0/1 12/

24.Lamb* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/.800 3/1.334 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 217/190 .224/.263/.301/.564 .303/.602 .423 31/.203 0/1 1/

7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.542 7/1.071 7/1.000 6/1.166 10/.875 7/.286 316/229 .323/.410/.446/.856 .872/.848 .975 96/.925 0/1 3/

27.Monroe G/S/vP ··· ··· 10/.400 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 144/79 .218/.278/.451/.729 .433/.972 .821 35/.666 0/0 8/

33.Morneau* G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/.500 7/.143 7/1.571 11/2.136 9/1.222 8/1.625 361/252 .314/.374/.489/.863 .765/.908 .857 113/.856 0/1 12/

8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.750 6/.334 9/.777 6/.650 3/.666 5/.400 79/49 .257/.321/.343/.663 .714/.626 .666 18/.708 4/1 0/

55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/1.547 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 4/1.000 65/32 .300/.338/.367/.705 .764/.646 .754 27/.830 0/0 0/

2.Span* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 42/37 .297/.366/.351/.717 .750/.712 .627 8/1.405 4/0 0/

21.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 3/1.000 ··· 5/.400 1/2.000 318/242 .278/.327/.373/.700 .642/.718 .647 80/.778 9/4 2/

IP 20.1 23.1 6.0 32.0 44.2 4.0 25.2 5.1 TOTAL .275/.330/.402/.732 .674/.753 .749 .782 53/23 57/56

ERA-K/9

3.98/3.1

3.47/5.0

12.00/7.5

4.78/3.4

4.23/4.6

11.25/4.5

3.16/6.7

3.38/5.1

4.53/5.5

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 81/.260 102/.253 29/.407 141/.283 199/.248 19/.200 110/.271 27/.364 .267 Young
Gomez
Kubel
Span
Monroe
Punto 77/0/0/8
0/78/0/6
10/0/18/2
0/1/12/2
0/7/2/1
0/2/0/0

OPS .751 .652 .967 .764 .714 .902 .697 .936 .757

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 34/.917 33/.794 16/.775 64/.851 87/.710 7/1.429 60/.747 13/.657 .789

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 47/.632 69/.583 13/1.205 77/.694 112/.716 12/.556 50/.638 14/1.208 .734

Road 27/.875 47/.729 14/1.335 56/.693 106/.821 7/2.857 49/.536 16/1.000 .764

Last 28d days 81/.751 48/.585 27/.964 52/.772 58/.740 19/.902 31/.693 27/.936

HR/SB/CS 3/2/1 1/4/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 2/4/0 1/0/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 71/34/18

Usage ····X··· ··Xo···X ·X·····X ··oX·Xo· X··X··X· ···o·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, 1:10pm, Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

SP: Eddie Bonine (27, RHP, 2-0, 3.98)

SP: Nick Blackburn (26, RHP, 6-4, 4.05)

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