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Game Preview: DET @ OAK, 10:05pm, Monday, June 2, 2008 @McAfee Coliseum

Detroit Tigers, 24-32, 4th, 6 GB, 9½ GB in WC

SP: Kenny Rogers (43, LHP, 4-4, 5.88)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-4)             59.2  77  42  39  28  27  7    5.88      
 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         3-1  38.1  54  26  24  16  18  5    5.63   40 
 2008-05-26   @LAA  ND   7     5   0   0   1   2  0      98   68 
 2008-05-21    SEA   W   5.1   8   4   4   3   2  2      91   35 
 2008-05-15   @KCR   L   4    11   7   7   3   1  1      92   10 
 2008-05-09    NYY   W   6     9   2   2   2   3  1      97   47 
 2008-05-04   @MIN  ND   6.2   6   5   3   0   6  0      96   52 
 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 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      4-0  31.1  31  15  15  11  16  4    4.31   49 
 2006-07-05   @OAK   W   5.2   8   4   4   2   4  2      99   39 
 2006-04-19   @OAK   W   7.1   3   3   3   2   1  1     108   59 
 2005-09-23   @OAK   W   6.1   5   1   1   5   1  1     104   55 
 2005-09-11    OAK   W   6     7   3   3   2   5  0     121   49 
 2005-07-21    OAK  ND   6     8   4   4   0   5  0     107   45 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-14   Road:   12-18   ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:  17-29   vsLHP:   7-3    1-Run:   4-8 
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl: 5-17   vsWest: 10-5  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 56 Sun, Jun  1  @SEA  W   7-5       24-32  4th  6.0 gb
 55 Sat, May 31  @SEA  L   0-5       23-32  4th  7.0 gb
 54 Fri, May 30  @SEA  W   7-4       23-31  4th  7.0 gb
 53 Wed, May 28  @LAA  W   6-2       22-31  4th  7.5 gb
 52 Tue, May 27  @LAA  L   2-3       21-31  4th  7.5 gb
 51 Mon, May 26  @LAA  L   0-1 (12)  21-30  4th  7.5 gb
 50 Sun, May 25   MIN  L   1-6       21-29  4th  6.5 gb
 49 Sat, May 24   MIN  W  19-3       21-28  4th  5.5 gb
 48 Fri, May 23   MIN  L   4-9       20-28  5th  6.5 gb
 47 Thu, May 22   SEA  W   9-2       20-27  5th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Oakland Athletics, 30-27, 2nd, 3½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Rich Harden (26, RHP, 3-0, 2.60)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-0)             34.2  28  10  10  15  41  2    2.60      
 2007 (1-2)             25.2  18   7   7  11  27  3    2.45      
 2006 (4-0)             46.2  31  22  22  26  49  5    4.24      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  37.1  33  14  14  18  42  3    3.38   55 
 2008-05-28    TOR  ND   7     5   1   1   0   5  0     100   68 
 2008-05-23    BOS   W   6     4   2   2   3   8  1     105   61 
 2008-05-17   @ATL   W   7     4   1   1   1   8  0     102   72 
 2008-05-11   @TEX  ND   3.2   8   5   5   4   5  0      90   26 
 2008-04-02    BOS  ND   5     4   0   0   4   6  0      86   61 
 2008-03-26    BOS   W   6     3   1   1   3   9  1      95   68 
 2007-07-07    SEA   L   2.2   5   4   4   3   1  1      66   30 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      3-1  24.1  30  10  10  10  20  1    3.70   50 
 2005-07-29    DET   W   5.1  12   4   4   2   4  0      94   30 
 2004-05-18    DET   L   6     6   3   3   3   2  1     105   47 
 2004-05-12   @DET   W   7     7   1   1   3   8  0      99   64 
 2003-08-05   @DET   W   6     5   2   2   2   6  0     101   58 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   17-13   Road:   13-14   ExtrInn: 3-2 
 vsRHP:  22-16   vsLHP:   8-11   1-Run:   8-9 
 vsEast: 12-7    vsCntrl:10-7    vsWest:  7-11 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 57 Sun, Jun  1  @TEX  W  13-8       30-27  2nd  3.5 gb
 56 Sat, May 31  @TEX  L   4-8       29-27  2nd  3.5 gb
 55 Fri, May 30  @TEX  L   1-3       29-26  2nd  2.5 gb
 54 Thu, May 29   TOR  L   0-12      29-25  2nd  2.5 gb
 53 Wed, May 28   TOR  L   1-2       29-24  2nd  2.0 gb
 52 Tue, May 27   TOR  W   3-1       29-23  2nd  2.0 gb
 51 Sun, May 25   BOS  W   6-3       28-23  2nd  1.5 gb
 50 Sat, May 24   BOS  W   3-0       27-23  2nd  2.5 gb
 49 Fri, May 23   BOS  W   8-3       26-23  2nd  2.5 gb
 48 Wed, May 21   TBR  W   9-1       25-23  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Sep 02, 2007 OAK  8  DET  7 (10)   W:Huston Street (4-2), L: Yorman Bazardo (0-1), S: none
Sat, Sep 01, 2007 DET  6 @OAK  1        W:Justin Verlander (15-5), L: Danny Haren (14-6), S: none
Fri, Aug 31, 2007 OAK  5  DET  4 (10)   W:Huston Street (3-2), L: Joel Zumaya (1-3), S: none
Mon, Aug 13, 2007 OAK  7 @DET  2        W:Chad Gaudin (9-8), L: Chad Durbin (7-5), S: none
Sun, Aug 12, 2007 DET 11  OAK  6        W:Nate Robertson (7-9), L: Dallas Braden (1-7), S: none
Sat, Aug 11, 2007 DET  5  OAK  2        W:Justin Verlander (12-4), L: Danny Haren (13-4), S: Todd Jones (31)
Fri, Aug 10, 2007 OAK 16 @DET 10        W:Ruddy Lugo (3-0), L: Macay McBride (1-1), S: none
Wed, Aug 01, 2007 OAK  3  DET  2        W:Andrew Brown (1-0), L: Nate Robertson (6-9), S: Alan Embree (12)
Tue, Jul 31, 2007 OAK  7  DET  3        W:Danny Haren (13-3), L: Justin Verlander (11-4), S: none
Mon, Jul 30, 2007 DET  5 @OAK  2        W:Jordan Tata (1-0), L: Joe Blanton (8-8), S: Todd Jones (28)
Season Series: 2008 -  0-0; 2007 - OAK won 6-4; 2006 - DET won 5-4; All-Time - DET leads 965-886

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  5.68

NYY  4.46

KCR  3.63

RA/G

TOR  3.56

NYY  4.59

TEX  5.53

BA

C. Jones  .405

M. Scutaro  .272

N. Swisher  .201

OBP

C. Jones  .489

M. Tejada  .340

K. Greene  .255

SLG

L. Berkman  .750

A. Pierzynski  .429

J. Bartlett  .281

OPS

L. Berkman  1.219

J. Cantu  .770

M. Bourn  .577

ERA

E. Volquez  1.46

C. Wang  4.14

B. Tomko  6.32

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.99

Z. Greinke  6.36

J. Garland  2.58

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Detroit Tigers Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Harden
G/S/vB
51.Braden*
G/S/vB
50.Calero
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
29.Foulke
G/S/vB
57.Gaudin
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
47.Ziegler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.833 ··· ··· 235/199 .279/.357/.466/.823 .818/.824 .864 100/.807 1/0 8/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 5/.400 4/.000 ··· 147/138 .254/.313/.448/.761 .444/.783 .765 97/.538 3/2 6/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 10/.833 1/no AB 3/.666 3/.333 11/.964 8/1.232 2/1.000 ··· 209/173 .295/.370/.459/.829 .910/.819 .678 92/.743 3/1 5/
15.Inge G/S/vP 6/.833 5/.400 3/.000 6/.334 5/.400 5/.800 3/.000 ··· 144/117 .221/.317/.402/.719 .442/.784 .547 43/.623 1/1 4/
19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/12 .091/.167/.091/.258 /.258 .258 12/.258 0/0 0/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 9/1.194 7/2.714 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 8/.393 4/.000 ··· 235/198 .329/.396/.529/.924 .897/.929 .728 99/.932 0/1 9/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 4/2.500 8/1.375 5/1.000 7/.786 2/3.500 5/.650 5/.400 ··· 212/173 .284/.352/.384/.737 .910/.698 .799 101/.754 2/0 2/
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 7/1.000 1/4.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 51/35 .196/.275/.348/.622 .625/.619 .531 26/.432 0/0 1/
8.Renteria G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· 6/.167 4/1.250 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 209/175 .277/.313/.374/.687 1.137/.603 .705 81/.572 1/0 4/
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 9/.819 2/.000 3/1.667 6/.834 10/.400 7/.429 1/2.000 ··· 189/151 .251/.289/.366/.654 .748/.630 .521 75/.641 3/0 1/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 2/.000 2/3.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 44/39 .353/.476/.618/1.094 1.350/1.059 1.099 15/.862 0/0 1/
33.Thames G/S/vP ··· 5/1.600 1/2.000 3/.000 3/1.666 5/1.000 3/.000 ··· 83/53 .247/.301/.481/.782 1.256/.524 .734 38/.927 0/0 5/
36.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 68/60 .290/.333/.387/.720 1.571/.615 .648 1/.000 2/0 0/
IP 34.2 13.0 1.1 24.0 15.0 46.2 25.1 0.1 TOTAL .264/.334/.418/.751 .832/.735 .678 .710 19/6 55/38
ERA-K/9 2.60/10.6 4.85/8.3 0.00/6.9 4.13/9.0 3.60/7.8 3.66/6.6 3.91/11.0 0.00/0.0 3.54/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (5-1-2)
 Rodriguez (19-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 142/.220 57/.300 5/.000 98/.236 66/.241 194/.249 100/.198 1/1.000 .241  Granderson
 Inge
 Ordonez
 Thomas
 Thames
 Guillen
 Raburn
0/34/0/2
2/11/0/2
0/0/52/1
6/15/0/1
17/0/6/0
1/0/0/0
12/4/5/0
OPS .634 .786 .200 .689 .720 .669 .670 2.000 .665
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 72/.700 11/.545 1/ 35/.708 32/.466 106/.601 48/.955 / .620
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 70/.566 46/.849 4/.000 63/.679 34/.944 88/.752 52/.421 1/2.000 .697
Home 94/.574 26/.804 / 50/.501 35/.565 88/.602 59/.731 / .616
Last 28d days 97/.659 26/.804 5/.200 44/.668 38/.816 45/.716 40/.551 1/2.000
HR/SB/CS 2/1/2 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 1/2/0 5/1/2 4/1/0 0/0/0 37/24/16
Usage ····X··· ···X···· X·o····· o····X·o ··X·X··o XX··o··· X····X·o ·o······
Oakland Athletics Batters (4.46 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Rogers*
G/S/vB
41.Cruceta
G/S/vB
34.Dolsi
G/S/vB
59.Jones
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
31.Miner
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 209/159 .213/.337/.316/.653 .681/.642 .652 72/.506 0/0 2/
18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 28/21 .222/.250/.296/.546 .571/.538 .500 12/.667 0/0 0/
8.Brown G/S/vP 27/.465 1/no AB ··· 7/.286 ··· 7/.286 3/.333 223/157 .255/.283/.387/.669 .708/.653 .721 98/.638 3/0 5/
6.Buck* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB 84/57 .169/.214/.312/.526 .311/.629 .086 13/.808 0/0 1/
3.Chavez* G/S/vP 62/.602 1/.000 ··· 5/.650 ··· 2/1.500 5/.650 17/14 .235/.235/.294/.529 1.333/.357 .000 17/.529 0/0 0/
7.Crosby G/S/vP 28/.693 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 245/180 .258/.314/.373/.688 .760/.663 .694 105/.622 5/3 3/
32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/1.429 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 204/152 .248/.407/.453/.860 .766/.893 .937 96/.866 0/0 9/
38.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/34 .182/.203/.227/.430 .377/.485 .577 35/.348 9/1 0/
14.Ellis G/S/vP 28/.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.700 ··· 211/148 .245/.333/.402/.736 .495/.837 .594 62/.870 5/2 5/
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/10 .364/.364/.727/1.091 .000/1.200 11/1.091 0/0 0/
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 188/146 .240/.356/.364/.720 .695/.727 .685 95/.753 1/0 3/
2.Petit G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/9 .333/.375/.400/.775 .762/.778 .500 16/.775 0/0 0/
24.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/4.000 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 212/154 .258/.318/.309/.627 .545/.657 .747 87/.548 1/2 1/
IP 59.2 11.1 11.0 20.0 32.1 30.0 15.2 TOTAL .252/.330/.375/.705 .625/.738 .706 .703 27/8 39/36
ERA-K/9 5.88/4.1 4.76/8.8 1.64/4.9 4.95/3.6 2.78/6.4 5.70/5.7 2.87/6.3 4.81/5.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (4-1-0)
 Suzuki (20-15-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 279/.314 53/.262 48/.214 89/.244 135/.266 133/.248 71/.290 .266  Brown
 Buck
 Davis
 Cust
 Gonzalez
32/1/39/4
1/0/18/2
3/32/1/1
40/0/0/1
0/3/1/0
OPS .880 .832 .646 .760 .691 .710 .721 .761
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 84/.766 26/.980 14/.845 43/1.040 48/.876 58/.573 41/.755 .792
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 195/.931 27/.697 34/.565 46/.505 87/.584 75/.819 30/.674 .740
Road 182/.832 25/.610 23/.648 43/.687 57/.841 74/.919 29/.580 .737
Last 28d days 106/.988 45/.969 48/.646 43/.936 59/.662 50/.427 31/.795
HR/SB/CS 7/1/0 2/1/0 1/1/0 3/2/0 2/1/0 2/3/0 0/0/1 50/24/13
Usage ······X· ·····X·X ··o···X· X·o·o··X ·X···X·· o·o···Xo ······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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