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Game Preview: DET @ NYY, 7:05pm, Thursday, May 1, 2008 @Yankee Stadium II

Detroit Tigers, 13-15, 3rd, 2 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Nate Robertson (30, LHP, 0-3, 6.91)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-3)             28.2  35  22  22   7  24  4    6.91      
 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         1-4  42.1  46  26  26  11  32  5    5.53   47 
 2008-04-25    LAA   L   7     6   4   4   1   3  1      89   51 
 2008-04-20   @TOR   L   5     8   5   5   1   5  1      93   35 
 2008-04-15    MIN  ND   6.1   6   4   4   1   5  1      94   49 
 2008-04-10   @BOS   L   5.1   8   4   4   2   6  0     107   40 
 2008-04-04    CHW  ND   5     7   5   5   2   5  1      91   36 
 2007-09-30   @CHW   W   6.2   8   3   3   0   2  1     104   48 
 2007-09-24    MIN   L   7     3   1   1   4   6  0     111   69 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.NYY      1-4  38.2  45  16  16   8  25  3    3.72   53 
 2007-08-17   @NYY   L   6    10   5   5   2   7  1     109   37 
 2006-08-30   @NYY   L   7    10   2   2   2   4  1     107   51 
 2006-05-31    NYY   L   8.2  10   6   6   2   7  0     120   45 
 2005-07-03    NYY   L   9     9   1   1   1   4  0     110   68 
 2004-07-18    NYY   W   8     6   2   2   1   3  1      86   64 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    6-8    Road:    7-7    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   9-14   vsLHP:   4-1    1-Run:   1-3 
 vsEast:  5-4    vsCntrl: 4-9    vsWest:  4-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/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
 20 Mon, Apr 21  @TOR  W   5-1        7-13  5th  5.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20  @TOR  L   3-5        6-13  5th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:13-15
New York Yankees, 14-15, 4th, 3 GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Ian Kennedy (23, RHP, 0-2, 8.53)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-2)             19    23  18  18  17  15  1    8.53      
 2007 (1-0)             19    13   6   4   9  15  1    1.89      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-2  35    34  22  20  24  27  2    5.14   47 
 2008-04-26   @CLE  ND   5     4   3   3   4   2  0     105   45 
 2008-04-19   @BAL   L   2.2   5   4   4   5   4  1      85   31 
 2008-04-14   @TBR  ND   6     8   3   3   2   4  0      94   46 
 2008-04-04    TBR   L   2.1   4   6   6   4   2  0      70   23 
 2007-09-13   @TOR  ND   7     1   1   1   4   7  0      93   74 
 2007-09-07   @KCR  ND   5     7   2   2   3   2  0      86   44 
 2007-09-01    TBD   W   7     5   3   1   2   6  1      96   63 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET    Has never faced DET.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    5-6    Road:    9-9    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:  11-12   vsLHP:   3-3    1-Run:   4-3 
 vsEast:  9-8    vsCntrl: 5-7    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 29 Wed, Apr 30   DET  L   2-6       14-15  4th  3.0 gb
 28 Tue, Apr 29   DET  L   4-6       14-14  4th  2.0 gb
 27 Mon, Apr 28  @CLE  W   5-2       14-13  4th  1.0 gb
 26 Sun, Apr 27  @CLE  W   1-0       13-13  4th  1.5 gb
 25 Sat, Apr 26  @CLE  L   3-4       12-13  4th  2.5 gb
 24 Fri, Apr 25  @CLE  L   4-6       12-12  4th  2.5 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 24  @CHW  L   6-7       12-11  3rd  2.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 23  @CHW  W   6-4       12-10  3rd  2.5 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 22  @CHW  W   9-5       11-10  3rd  3.5 gb
 20 Sun, Apr 20  @BAL  W   7-1       10-10  4th  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 30, 2008 DET  6 @NYY  2        W:Jeremy Bonderman (2-2), L: Andy Pettitte (3-3), S: none
Tue, Apr 29, 2008 DET  6 @NYY  4        W:Kenny Rogers (2-3), L: Philip Hughes (0-4), S: Todd Jones (5)

Mon, Aug 27, 2007 DET 16  NYY  0        W:Justin Verlander (14-5), L: Mike Mussina (8-10), S: none
Sun, Aug 26, 2007 DET  5  NYY  4        W:Bobby Seay (1-0), L: Philip Hughes (2-2), S: Todd Jones (33)
Sat, Aug 25, 2007 NYY  7 @DET  2        W:Chien-Ming Wang (15-6), L: Jeremy Bonderman (10-7), S: none
Fri, Aug 24, 2007 DET  9  NYY  6 (11)   W:Chad Durbin (8-6), L: Sean Henn (2-2), S: none
Sun, Aug 19, 2007 NYY  9  DET  3        W:Chien-Ming Wang (14-6), L: Jeremy Bonderman (10-6), S: Edwar Ramirez (1)
Sat, Aug 18, 2007 NYY  5  DET  2        W:Roger Clemens (5-5), L: Chad Durbin (7-6), S: Mariano Rivera (20)
Fri, Aug 17, 2007 NYY  6  DET  1        W:Andy Pettitte (10-7), L: Nate Robertson (7-10), S: none
Thu, Aug 16, 2007 DET  8 @NYY  5        W:Justin Verlander (13-4), L: Mike Mussina (8-8), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - DET leads 2-0; 2007 - Tied 4-4; 2006 - NYY won 5-2; All-Time - NYY leads 1028-916

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  6.33

NYM  4.58

SFG  3.21

RA/G

OAK  3.52

SFG  4.52

TEX  6.32

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

C. Lee  .96

G. Maddux  3.76

C. Sabathia  7.88

K/9IP

J. Sanchez  10.68

J. Weaver  5.95

J. Garland  2.23

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Detroit Tigers Batters (5.07 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Kennedy
G/S/vB
63.Albaladejo
G/S/vB
38.Britton
G/S/vB
62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
22.Hawkins
G/S/vB
39.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB
36.Ramirez
G/S/vB
42.Rivera
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.833 2/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 117/97 .270/.359/.470/.829 1.067/.777 .770 109/.844 1/0 5/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.500 1/no AB 4/.750 2/.000 32/31 .375/.531/.958/1.490 .000/1.548 2.857 32/1.490 0/1 3/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.500 4/.833 2/.000 1/no AB 8/.250 100/74 .321/.414/.524/.938 .747/1.020 .697 92/.887 3/0 3/
15.Inge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 4/.500 ··· 3/.667 7/.286 93/77 .257/.374/.446/.820 .277/.932 .609 85/.837 1/1 3/
19.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 8/.929 76/72 .185/.276/.277/.553 .000/.587 .362 69/.615 0/1 1/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 10/.400 28/.833 2/.000 1/.000 13/1.205 119/99 .301/.387/.515/.901 .833/.909 .636 111/.923 0/0 5/
14.Polanco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 8/1.625 4/1.000 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 93/76 .228/.344/.342/.686 .912/.642 1.064 83/.777 1/0 2/
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 24/21 .250/.375/.500/.875 .000/1.017 .789 24/.875 0/0 1/
8.Renteria G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 22/.465 9/.583 1/.000 2/.000 9/.666 116/98 .309/.336/.436/.773 1.556/.636 .848 106/.756 0/0 3/
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.166 13/.693 1/.000 3/1.000 22/.914 107/86 .255/.302/.388/.690 .390/.765 .725 99/.727 3/0 1/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.000 25/21 .350/.480/.600/1.080 1.250/1.039 .875 25/1.080 0/0 1/
3.Sheffield G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 19/.688 4/2.250 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 87/69 .183/.333/.310/.643 .347/.726 .657 79/.645 3/0 2/
33.Thames G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.667 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 39/25 .200/.282/.371/.653 .952/.497 .828 39/.653 0/0 2/
IP 19.0 8.2 11.1 13.1 15.2 20.0 4.1 11.0 TOTAL .267/.355/.436/.792 .792/.792 .744 .806 14/3 32/17
ERA-K/9 8.53/7.1 2.08/8.3 /0.0 1.59/11.2 4.05/9.5 7.47/4.0 5.40/9.0 0.00/10.5 0.00/9.0 4.56/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (1-0-0)
 Rodriguez (9-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 95/.307 34/.194 / 44/.195 56/.300 67/.305 89/.266 18/.188 37/.111 .269  Inge
 Jones
 Granderson
 Thames
 Ordonez
 Raburn
1/10/0/2
19/0/0/1
0/7/0/0
9/0/3/0
0/0/27/0
9/0/2/0
OPS .866 .523 .494 .937 .819 .703 .590 .219 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 55/.786 15/.400 / 18/.444 23/1.224 27/1.246 44/.883 8/.804 16/.125 .722
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 40/.953 19/.618 / 26/.530 33/.755 40/.552 45/.533 10/.422 21/.293 .745
Home 15/.988 22/.606 / 13/.237 22/1.000 32/.940 32/.500 9/.833 10/.200 .753
Last 28d days 95/.866 34/.523 / 40/.513 52/.890 62/.803 86/.712 18/.590 34/.239
HR/SB/CS 1/4/1 0/0/2 // 0/1/0 4/5/3 2/1/2 1/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 26/32/13
Usage ····X··· ··X··X·· ··oo··X· X·o·X·o· Xo··X·Xo ·X··o·X· Xo······ ··oo···X
New York Yankees Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.29 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Robertson*
G/S/vB
52.Bautista
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
53.Abreu* G/S/vP 9/1.000 ··· 5/.800 4/.000 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 116/90 .269/.319/.407/.726 .462/.808 .963 108/.711 1/2 3/
28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 8/.500 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 101/74 .299/.370/.494/.864 .833/.876 1.067 95/.841 3/0 5/
24.Cano* G/S/vP 15/.800 3/.666 4/.000 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· 5/.400 114/89 .151/.211/.236/.446 .620/.401 .409 107/.457 0/2 2/
18.Damon* G/S/vP 23/1.028 4/.250 9/.985 6/.900 2/1.000 ··· 10/.829 119/87 .276/.385/.490/.874 .958/.844 .628 111/.904 4/1 3/
17.Duncan G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 17/7 .154/.353/.231/.584 .686/.452 .929 17/.584 0/0 0/
11.Ensberg G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.667 ··· ··· 45/29 .233/.267/.302/.569 .450/.633 .347 45/.569 0/0 1/
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 16/1.409 2/2.000 13/1.371 4/1.833 ··· 1/.000 8/.125 92/69 .164/.315/.411/.726 .261/.869 .508 84/.788 1/1 5/
12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/22 .273/.360/.364/.724 .500/.770 .000 27/.724 0/0 0/
2.Jeter G/S/vP 20/.500 6/1.000 15/1.082 2/1.000 2/no AB ··· 3/2.667 100/74 .277/.303/.351/.654 .880/.574 .602 92/.646 0/1 0/
55.Matsui* G/S/vP 15/.619 4/1.417 5/.900 5/1.400 2/.000 1/.000 10/.633 106/82 .322/.425/.511/.936 .638/1.033 .978 100/.976 0/0 4/
19.Moeller G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/21 .350/.435/.600/1.035 2.000/.960 1.071 23/1.035 0/0 1/
26.Molina G/S/vP 9/.375 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 52/37 .231/.231/.365/.596 .333/.703 .625 49/.592 0/0 0/
IP 28.2 12.0 11.0 18.1 15.0 7.0 9.0 TOTAL .255/.326/.411/.737 .636/.770 .722 .740 10/7 29/15
ERA-K/9 6.91/7.5 2.25/6.0 2.45/4.1 0.49/6.9 9.00/6.6 0.00/7.7 3.00/8.0 4.88/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Moeller (5-2-0)
 Molina (12-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 127/.297 52/.211 46/.195 69/.224 71/.293 22/.091 37/.250 .249  Abreu
 Cabrera
 Matsui
 Duncan
 Damon
0/0/27/2
0/27/0/1
10/0/3/1
0/0/2/0
21/4/0/0
OPS .855 .649 .600 .530 .891 .182 .606 .736
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 32/1.115 18/.503 25/.653 26/.692 30/.807 13/.308 20/.535 .755
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 95/.764 34/.708 21/.538 43/.429 41/.956 9/.000 17/.686 .723
Road 49/.919 25/.518 23/.716 29/.457 34/1.263 16/.250 17/.561 .750
Last 28d days 127/.855 42/.575 43/.644 63/.485 62/.883 22/.182 36/.624
HR/SB/CS 4/3/0 0/1/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 2/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 22/10/5
Usage ·····X·· ·X··oX·· ·o··oo·· ····o··X ···X··X· Xo·····X ·o····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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