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Detroit Tigers, 67-74, 4th, 12½ GB, 16½ GB in WC

SP: Justin Verlander (25, RHP, 10-15, 4.74)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (10-15)          178.2 168 105  94  74 145 17    4.74      
 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         2-5  38    44  32  27  19  41  4    6.39   43 
 2008-09-01    NYY   L   1.2   7   8   5   2   2  1      64   15 
 2008-08-27    CLE   L   6     7   5   5   3   8  1     115   43 
 2008-08-22   @KCR   W   6.2   8   0   0   3   6  0     113   61 
 2008-08-16    BAL   W   6     4   2   0   3   6  0     110   63 
 2008-08-11    TOR   L   4.1   7   6   6   2   2  0      78   25 
 2008-08-06   @CHW   L   7.2   6   5   5   3   8  1     130   52 
 2008-07-31   @CLE   L   5.2   5   6   6   3   9  1     114   41 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      1-3  29    28  18  16  14  21  3    4.97   48 
 2008-07-13    MIN   W   7     4   2   2   2   8  0     108   67 
 2008-05-25    MIN  ND   7     5   1   1   4   3  0     120   62 
 2008-05-03   @MIN   L   7     7   4   4   2   5  1     117   50 
 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 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   36-35   Road:   31-39   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  44-56   vsLHP:  23-18   1-Run:  15-21
 vsEast: 12-19   vsCntrl:25-36   vsWest: 17-14 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
141 Fri, Sep  5  @MIN  L   2-10      67-74  4th 12.5 gb
140 Thu, Sep  4   LAA  L   1-7       67-73  4th 11.5 gb
139 Wed, Sep  3   LAA  W   9-6       67-72  4th 11.0 gb
138 Tue, Sep  2   LAA  L   4-5       66-72  4th 11.0 gb
137 Mon, Sep  1   NYY  L   9-13      66-71  4th 11.0 gb
136 Sun, Aug 31   KCR  W   4-2       66-70  3rd 11.0 gb
135 Sat, Aug 30   KCR  L   3-13      65-70  4th 11.0 gb
134 Fri, Aug 29   KCR  W   6-3       65-69  4th 11.0 gb
133 Wed, Aug 27   CLE  L   7-9       64-69  4th 12.0 gb
132 Tue, Aug 26   CLE  L   4-10      64-68  4th 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Minnesota Twins, 78-63, 2nd, 1½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Scott Baker (26, RHP, 8-4, 3.66)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-4)            140.1 138  57  57  32 114 18    3.66      
 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         1-1  44.1  49  21  21  14  33  3    4.26   50 
 2008-08-31   @OAK   W   6     6   1   1   1   4  0      96   59 
 2008-08-26   @SEA   L   6.2  10   3   3   3   3  0     105   42 
 2008-08-21   @LAA  ND   8     4   1   1   2   6  1     103   74 
 2008-08-16    SEA  ND   5.1   8   4   4   2   1  0      84   35 
 2008-08-10   @KCR  ND   7     7   2   2   1   7  0     112   61 
 2008-08-05   @SEA  ND   5.1   9   6   6   2   4  1     100   28 
 2008-07-31    CHW  ND   6     5   4   4   3   8  1     102   51 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      2-1  30    27  14  13   2  17  7    3.90   54 
 2008-07-12   @DET   W   7     6   4   4   0   4  2     102   53 
 2008-07-01    DET   W   6     7   3   3   0   5  1     100   51 
 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 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   47-23   Road:   31-40   ExtrInn: 7-8 
 vsRHP:  51-44   vsLHP:  27-19   1-Run:  24-24
 vsEast:  9-19   vsCntrl:37-21   vsWest: 18-19 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
141 Fri, Sep  5   DET  W  10-2       78-63  2nd  1.5 gb
140 Thu, Sep  4  @TOR  L   0-9       77-63  2nd  1.5 gb
139 Wed, Sep  3  @TOR  L   4-5 (11)  77-62  2nd  1.0 gb
138 Tue, Sep  2  @TOR  L   5-7       77-61  1st    Tied
137 Sun, Aug 31  @OAK  W  12-4       77-60  2nd  0.5 gb
136 Sat, Aug 30  @OAK  L   2-3       76-60  2nd  0.5 gb
135 Fri, Aug 29  @OAK  W  12-2       76-59  2nd  0.5 gb
134 Thu, Aug 28  @OAK  L   2-3       75-59  2nd  1.5 gb
133 Wed, Aug 27  @SEA  W   6-5       75-58  2nd  1.0 gb
132 Tue, Aug 26  @SEA  L   2-3       74-58  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 05, 2008 MIN 10  DET  2        W:Francisco Liriano (5-3), L: Armando Galarraga (12-5), S: none
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 DET  4  MIN  2        W:Justin Verlander (7-9), L: Nick Blackburn (7-5), S: Todd Jones (17)
Sat, Jul 12, 2008 MIN  6 @DET  5        W:Scott Baker (6-2), L: Nate Robertson (6-8), S: Joe Nathan (27)
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 MIN  3 @DET  2        W:Glen Perkins (6-2), L: Armando Galarraga (7-3), S: Joe Nathan (26)
Thu, Jul 10, 2008 MIN  7 @DET  6 (11)   W:Matt Guerrier (5-4), L: Freddy Dolsi (1-3), S: none
Wed, Jul 02, 2008 MIN  7  DET  0        W:Nick Blackburn (7-4), L: Eddie Bonine (2-1), S: none
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
Season Series: 2008 - MIN leads 11-5; 2007 - DET won 12-6; 2006 - DET won 11-8; All-Time - DET leads 1023-946

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

FLA  4.65

SFG  3.85

RA/G

TOR  3.85

CLE  4.58

TEX  5.94

BA

R. Furcal  .366

D. Lee  .292

J. Towles  .143

OBP

A. Pujols  .468

A. Callaspo  .367

T. Pena  .184

SLG

A. Pujols  .642

B. Moss  .486

T. Pena  .209

OPS

A. Pujols  1.110

J. Damon  .842

T. Pena  .393

ERA

C. Lee  2.32

M. Buehrle  3.98

C. Silva  6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.22

G. Floyd  6.41

L. Hernandez  3.35

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Detroit Tigers Batters (5.01 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.53 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Baker
G/S/vB
26.Bonser
G/S/vB
49.Breslow*
G/S/vB
28.Crain
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
38.Humber
G/S/vB
41.Korecky
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 7/.143 8/.875 2/.000 3/1.666 ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· 4/.250 1/.000 596/452 .289/.347/.529/.876 .885/.873 .848 108/.910 1/0 31/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 32/.938 13/1.154 2/.000 14/.819 ··· 17/1.112 ··· ··· 12/.750 7/.000 534/408 .303/.385/.514/.898 .728/.953 .879 123/1.033 10/4 17/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 22/1.028 11/.364 2/.000 17/.643 5/.400 13/.826 ··· ··· 15/.817 10/.733 489/385 .286/.376/.436/.811 .818/.813 .748 39/.839 9/3 10/
26.Hessman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/8 .200/.273/.600/.873 .333/1.000 .333 11/.873 0/0 1/
15.Inge G/S/vP 23/.454 5/1.400 1/no AB 16/1.053 7/.500 17/.309 ··· ··· 14/.468 5/.000 337/262 .216/.316/.394/.710 .719/.706 .589 98/.661 3/2 11/
20.Joyce* G/S/vP 6/.834 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/3.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 228/208 .260/.329/.534/.863 .775/.870 .862 65/.752 0/0 12/
19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 78/76 .222/.282/.333/.615 1.000/.605 .630 23/.348 2/0 2/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 26/1.143 11/1.969 2/2.000 14/.690 9/.722 11/.273 ··· ··· 11/.697 3/.333 536/408 .315/.373/.478/.851 .867/.846 .712 107/.782 1/5 16/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 24/.375 8/1.071 1/.000 14/1.154 1/.000 14/.417 ··· 1/.000 9/.476 11/.910 564/409 .311/.355/.423/.778 .844/.754 .839 103/.773 7/1 7/
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 161/85 .243/.300/.392/.692 .748/.638 .666 34/.546 2/1 4/
8.Renteria G/S/vP 6/1.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 4/1.500 6/.666 ··· ··· 6/.000 10/.700 499/374 .269/.318/.369/.687 .905/.617 .555 89/.907 5/3 9/
52.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 0/0 0/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 6/1.417 2/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.333 114/94 .322/.440/.444/.885 .874/.887 .884 31/.746 0/0 1/
57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/33 .128/.150/.179/.329 .125/.375 .154 16/.343 0/0 0/
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 20/.650 7/.286 1/.000 10/1.489 2/1.000 8/.679 ··· 1/.000 19/.993 4/1.750 408/307 .225/.324/.383/.707 .678/.716 .720 99/.734 7/2 14/
33.Thames G/S/vP 15/1.266 6/.334 1/2.000 7/.715 2/.000 9/.111 ··· 1/no AB 5/.400 1/.000 299/179 .238/.291/.534/.825 .901/.776 .818 45/.676 0/3 24/
IP 140.1 106.0 38.2 55.2 51.2 70.1 0.2 10.2 59.0 39.1 TOTAL .274/.342/.442/.784 .802/.778 .732 .788 55/26 167/103
ERA-K/9 3.66/7.3 6.11/7.3 2.33/7.7 4.04/6.9 4.35/5.2 4.48/7.0 13.50/0.0 6.75/5.0 1.07/9.8 2.29/7.1 4.17/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (26-10-9)
 Ryan (0-0-0)
 Sardinha (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 579/.256 479/.282 153/.203 242/.271 210/.250 307/.262 5/.600 45/.275 230/.189 160/.233 .275  Ordonez
 Granderson
 Thames
 Raburn
 Inge
 Joyce
 Guillen
 Sheffield
0/0/116/6
0/119/0/4
62/0/7/2
26/6/20/2
2/11/0/2
45/0/22/1
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .698 .768 .515 .784 .706 .748 1.400 .806 .540 .624 .750
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 299/.748 220/.854 71/.482 85/.767 83/.593 109/.697 1/3.000 23/.812 117/.570 88/.497 .761
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 280/.645 259/.697 82/.542 157/.791 127/.780 198/.774 4/1.000 22/.794 113/.510 72/.783 .742
Home 209/.624 304/.712 74/.502 118/.680 115/.637 149/.687 / 11/.909 131/.471 78/.542 .696
Last 28d days 136/.701 63/.647 44/.452 42/1.020 40/1.241 47/.817 5/1.400 5/1.800 45/.523 36/.515
HR/SB/CS 18/8/4 14/11/0 1/2/4 6/5/1 3/3/0 9/8/1 0/0/0 1/2/0 4/5/0 2/4/2 149/65/29
Usage ·····X·· o·oX·X·· ·o·o···X ·X·o···· ··o··X·· o·XX··o· ·o······ ·X······ ··X···o· ·ooo·o··
Minnesota Twins Batters (5.09 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB
34.Dolsi
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
49.Fossum*
G/S/vB
41.Glover
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
50.Rapada*
G/S/vB
29.Robertson*
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Buscher* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 200/161 .302/.335/.412/.747 .367/.842 .701 65/.742 0/2 4/
25.Casilla# G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.000 1/.000 6/.400 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 17/.706 3/.666 2/2.000 343/234 .289/.332/.397/.729 .656/.765 .810 70/.551 6/2 6/
12.Everett G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 10/.311 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 140/106 .203/.269/.314/.582 .674/.556 .580 41/.624 0/0 2/
22.Gomez G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 5/.000 ··· 13/.802 1/.000 3/.666 529/383 .252/.289/.342/.631 .683/.611 .665 70/.572 29/10 6/
23.Harris G/S/vP 13/.308 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 5/1.650 ··· 17/1.284 2/.000 4/.000 448/302 .261/.319/.388/.707 .699/.712 .705 46/.648 1/1 6/
44.Jorgensen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 13/.490 1/.000 3/.000 7/.762 1/.000 3/.666 1/.000 13/.154 4/.500 5/1.100 454/352 .273/.335/.461/.795 .690/.824 .852 91/.795 0/1 17/
27.Macri G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 34/11 .344/.382/.469/.851 .957/.586 .875 2/.000 1/1 1/
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 27/1.072 2/2.000 6/.900 10/.650 3/.666 3/2.000 2/1.000 35/.715 8/1.089 11/.788 539/372 .322/.414/.444/.858 .969/.804 .993 108/.871 1/1 8/
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 26/1.235 1/5.000 9/1.444 11/.364 3/.333 3/1.667 2/1.000 43/.791 13/2.192 11/1.323 615/402 .311/.389/.521/.909 .828/.955 .878 117/.925 0/1 22/
11.Pridie* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2 .000/.500/.000/.500 /.000 3/.500 0/0 0/
8.Punto# G/S/vP 13/.718 1/no AB 3/.500 7/.715 2/2.000 3/.333 ··· 26/.668 6/.650 4/.500 301/183 .284/.340/.399/.739 .763/.714 .796 116/.758 10/5 2/
55.Redmond G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 23/.691 1/.000 1/.000 124/59 .274/.306/.325/.631 .615/.649 .755 23/.668 0/0 0/
56.Ruiz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 59/26 .296/.356/.389/.745 .733/.760 .837 50/.760 0/0 1/
2.Span* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/2.000 1/no AB 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.600 1/.000 2/.000 302/205 .296/.380/.432/.812 .917/.764 .816 129/.728 14/6 4/
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 98/67 .267/.313/.356/.668 .645/.679 .760 8/.946 5/1 0/
21.Young G/S/vP 9/.611 2/.000 10/.500 3/3.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 17/.507 2/.000 6/.367 540/381 .289/.334/.409/.743 .736/.746 .761 101/.835 14/4 9/
IP 178.2 41.0 57.1 35.0 45.0 70.2 15.0 154.1 33.1 45.2 TOTAL .278/.338/.409/.747 .726/.757 .778 .755 86/38 100/96
ERA-K/9 4.74/7.3 4.17/4.0 3.77/8.8 5.40/6.4 5.20/5.8 3.69/6.4 4.80/7.2 6.30/5.7 4.59/11.1 3.74/8.5 4.72/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (47-25-4)
 Redmond (18-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 778/.246 187/.264 243/.288 152/.285 202/.271 308/.284 68/.259 695/.320 149/.198 198/.279 .273  Young
 Gomez
 Span
 Kubel
 Punto
 Pridie
131/0/0/9
0/129/0/7
0/17/63/5
16/0/32/2
0/3/0/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .695 .727 .871 .808 .785 .789 .651 .910 .693 .742 .787
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 357/.717 72/1.009 114/.943 68/.617 86/.812 110/.859 29/.637 218/.874 72/.671 103/.792 .793
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 421/.677 115/.560 129/.812 84/.965 116/.766 198/.749 39/.662 477/.927 77/.714 95/.688 .783
Road 346/.693 91/.840 110/.906 78/.897 75/.792 134/.895 37/.628 345/1.000 81/.856 89/.672 .792
Last 28d days 121/.827 19/.834 43/.834 54/.723 42/.581 99/.920 4/1.417 104/1.101 47/.699 36/.915
HR/SB/CS 17/7/6 3/10/2 14/6/7 3/0/1 5/0/0 9/3/1 0/0/0 26/7/4 3/4/0 3/0/1 149/61/29
Usage ····X··· o···X··· ··X····o X···o·X· ···X·o·o ·X··X··· ··X····· ·X····X· ··XX·X·X ····X··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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