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Game Preview: DET @ OAK, 3:35pm, Wednesday, June 4, 2008 @McAfee Coliseum

Detroit Tigers, 24-34, 4th, 7½ GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Nate Robertson (30, LHP, 3-5, 5.92)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-5)             65.1  80  43  43  19  44  9    5.92      
 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         3-3  43.2  51  25  25  13  23  6    5.15   45 
 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 
 2008-05-18   @ARI   L   5.2   7   4   4   4   5  0      90   40 
 2008-05-13   @KCR  ND   7    10   2   2   0   2  0      82   51 
 2008-05-06    BOS   L   6.1  10   4   4   2   4  1     109   39 
 2008-05-01   @NYY   W   5.2   7   4   4   2   3  1     106   40 
 2008-04-25    LAA   L   7     6   4   4   1   3  1      89   51 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      2-2  31.2  30  18  18  11  19  5    5.12   49 
 2007-09-02   @OAK  ND   6     4   2   2   1   5  0      90   60 
 2007-08-12    OAK   W   5.2   5   4   4   5   6  1     105   44 
 2007-08-01   @OAK   L   6     9   3   3   1   2  1      96   43 
 2006-07-23    OAK   W   7     5   4   4   0   3  2      87   54 
 2006-07-03   @OAK   L   7     7   5   5   4   3  1     107   42 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-14   Road:   12-20   ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  17-30   vsLHP:   7-4    1-Run:   4-10
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl: 5-17   vsWest: 10-7  IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 58 Tue, Jun  3  @OAK  L   4-5 (11)  24-34  4th  7.5 gb
 57 Mon, Jun  2  @OAK  L   2-3       24-33  4th  6.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:11-19
Oakland Athletics, 32-27, 2nd, 3½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Justin Duchscherer (30, RHP, 4-4, 2.27)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-4)             47.2  38  17  12  10  35  2    2.27      
 2007 (3-3)             16.1  18   9   9   8  13  3    4.96      
 2006 (2-1)             55.2  52  18  18   9  51  4    2.91      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-4  42.2  34  16  11   8  29  2    2.32   58 
 2008-05-30   @TEX   L   6     6   2   2   1   5  0     101   56 
 2008-05-24    BOS   W   8     1   0   0   0   4  0     101   84 
 2008-05-18   @ATL   L   5     7   3   3   2   2  0      74   41 
 2008-05-13   @CLE   L   6.2   4   1   1   2   6  0     110   66 
 2008-05-06    BAL   W   7     4   2   2   2   4  0      85   63 
 2008-05-01   @LAA   W   5     6   6   1   1   6  2      81   46 
 2008-04-26   @SEA   L   5     6   2   2   0   2  0      73   49 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET    Has never faced DET.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-13   Road:   13-14   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  22-16   vsLHP:  10-11   1-Run:  10-9 
 vsEast: 12-7    vsCntrl:12-7    vsWest:  7-11 IL: 1-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 59 Tue, Jun  3   DET  W   5-4 (11)  32-27  2nd  3.5 gb
 58 Mon, Jun  2   DET  W   3-2       31-27  2nd  3.5 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
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 03, 2008 OAK  5  DET  4 (11)   W:Chad Gaudin (5-3), L: Bobby Seay (0-1), S: none
Mon, Jun 02, 2008 OAK  3  DET  2        W:Huston Street (1-1), L: Francisco Cruceta (0-3), S: none

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)
Season Series: 2008 - OAK leads 2-0; 2007 - OAK won 6-4; 2006 - DET won 5-4; All-Time - DET leads 965-888

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  5.76

NYY  4.45

KCR  3.66

RA/G

TOR  3.55

KCR  4.64

TEX  5.68

BA

C. Jones  .409

J. Lugo  .275

R. Sexson  .199

OBP

C. Jones  .492

H. Pence  .342

K. Greene  .259

SLG

L. Berkman  .745

K. Fukudome  .433

J. Bartlett  .275

OPS

L. Berkman  1.213

M. Young  .775

J. Bartlett  .569

ERA

E. Volquez  1.46

C. Wang  4.14

J. Washburn  6.56

K/9IP

E. Volquez  10.99

Z. Greinke  6.22

J. Garland  2.58

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Detroit Tigers Batters (4.72 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Duchscherer
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 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 4/.583 2/.000 1/no AB 245/206 .276/.359/.457/.816 .845/.811 .850 102/.824 1/0 8/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/1.000 6/.333 4/.000 1/.000 157/145 .250/.306/.451/.757 .333/.795 .758 98/.550 3/2 7/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 15/.343 1/no AB 3/.666 4/.833 12/.878 9/1.301 3/.666 1/no AB 219/180 .296/.381/.460/.841 .981/.820 .709 93/.778 3/1 5/
15.Inge G/S/vP 8/.661 5/.400 3/.000 6/.334 5/.400 5/.800 3/.000 ··· 144/117 .221/.317/.402/.719 .442/.784 .547 40/.671 1/1 4/
19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 16/16 .133/.188/.133/.321 /.321 .321 16/.321 0/0 0/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 4/.500 7/2.714 4/.250 2/.500 2/.000 9/.347 5/.000 ··· 245/204 .318/.392/.512/.903 .912/.900 .701 101/.943 0/1 9/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 1/.000 8/1.375 5/1.000 8/.679 4/2.250 6/.533 5/.400 ··· 222/179 .285/.350/.380/.730 .869/.697 .781 102/.787 2/0 2/
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 7/1.000 1/4.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 55/37 .204/.291/.367/.658 .722/.620 .593 30/.519 0/0 1/
8.Renteria G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· 7/.143 4/1.250 2/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 219/182 .266/.307/.360/.667 1.084/.586 .669 84/.582 1/1 4/
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 6/.733 2/.000 3/1.667 6/.834 11/.364 8/.625 1/2.000 1/.000 197/157 .253/.292/.363/.655 .746/.631 .532 76/.645 3/0 1/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 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 1/.000 5/1.600 1/2.000 4/.250 4/1.250 6/1.333 3/.000 ··· 89/55 .247/.315/.481/.796 1.210/.561 .763 43/.915 0/0 5/
36.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 72/64 .292/.343/.385/.727 1.571/.629 .666 5/.650 2/0 0/
IP 47.2 13.0 1.1 25.0 17.1 48.2 27.1 2.0 TOTAL .262/.335/.413/.748 .832/.731 .677 .729 19/7 56/38
ERA-K/9 2.27/6.6 4.85/8.3 0.00/6.9 4.32/8.6 3.12/7.8 3.51/6.5 3.62/10.5 0.00/0.0 3.50/7.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 188/.221 57/.300 5/.000 104/.239 75/.242 204/.253 106/.188 7/.200 .240  Granderson
 Inge
 Ordonez
 Thomas
 Thames
 Guillen
 Raburn
0/36/0/2
2/11/0/2
0/0/54/1
8/15/0/1
17/0/6/0
1/0/0/0
13/4/5/0
OPS .575 .786 .200 .709 .703 .677 .643 .486 .664
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 108/.579 11/.545 1/ 35/.708 35/.486 109/.616 50/.914 2/.500 .623
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 80/.569 46/.849 4/.000 69/.709 40/.887 95/.749 56/.412 5/.450 .694
Home 71/.350 26/.804 / 56/.551 44/.569 98/.626 65/.683 6/.167 .619
Last 28d days 101/.514 26/.804 5/.200 45/.795 47/.770 55/.739 41/.460 7/.486
HR/SB/CS 2/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 1/2/0 5/1/2 4/1/1 0/0/0 38/24/17
Usage ····X··· ·····X·· ··X·o··· X·o····X Xo··X·X· X·XX··o· ooX····X X··o····
Oakland Athletics Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.03 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
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 218/161 .220/.341/.335/.676 .791/.634 .693 75/.611 0/0 3/
18.Bowen# G/S/vP 6/.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 28/21 .222/.250/.296/.546 .571/.538 .500 12/.667 0/0 0/
8.Brown G/S/vP 11/.491 1/.000 7/1.071 7/.286 ··· 8/.393 4/.250 232/160 .251/.284/.379/.663 .696/.649 .708 98/.568 3/0 5/
6.Buck* G/S/vP 4/1.500 ··· 6/.834 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 3/.667 93/59 .165/.215/.294/.509 .279/.642 .138 22/.623 0/0 1/
3.Chavez* G/S/vP 7/.572 ··· 15/.641 5/.650 ··· 2/1.500 6/.533 22/15 .286/.318/.476/.794 1.071/.667 .958 22/.794 0/0 1/
7.Crosby G/S/vP 10/1.100 1/no AB 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 3/.000 256/185 .262/.324/.382/.706 .782/.678 .728 108/.708 5/3 3/
32.Cust* G/S/vP 6/.167 1/2.000 1/.000 7/1.429 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 214/155 .250/.411/.446/.858 .776/.888 .926 99/.869 0/0 9/
38.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/34 .182/.203/.227/.430 .377/.485 .577 27/.296 9/1 0/
14.Ellis G/S/vP 20/.900 2/2.000 11/2.576 ··· 2/.000 6/.567 ··· 221/153 .246/.336/.398/.734 .497/.835 .602 63/.961 5/2 5/
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 20/12 .211/.211/.421/.632 .000/1.000 .000 20/.632 0/0 0/
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 193/147 .242/.359/.363/.722 .707/.727 .690 97/.722 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/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/4.000 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· 221/159 .259/.323/.308/.631 .563/.657 .747 86/.586 1/2 1/
IP 65.1 11.2 0.1 20.0 32.1 31.2 17.2 TOTAL .252/.333/.375/.708 .632/.740 .711 .721 27/8 41/36
ERA-K/9 5.92/6.1 1.54/4.6 27.00/30.0 4.95/3.6 2.78/6.4 5.40/5.4 3.06/6.1 4.77/5.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (4-1-0)
 Suzuki (20-16-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 288/.301 54/.255 2/.500 89/.244 135/.266 141/.244 79/.279 .265  Brown
 Buck
 Davis
 Gonzalez
 Cust
34/1/39/5
1/0/20/2
3/32/1/1
0/5/1/1
40/0/0/1
OPS .841 .714 1.000 .760 .691 .702 .697 .762
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 82/.898 15/.928 2/1.000 43/1.040 48/.876 62/.568 48/.728 .790
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 206/.818 39/.631 / 46/.505 87/.584 79/.812 31/.651 .742
Road 153/.841 29/.774 2/1.000 43/.687 57/.841 82/.885 37/.556 .739
Last 28d days 104/.804 46/.665 2/1.000 39/.895 49/.737 58/.443 39/.732
HR/SB/CS 9/5/2 1/1/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 2/1/0 2/3/0 0/0/1 52/24/13
Usage ····X··· oo··o··· o······· ··X·o·o· ···X···X X·o·o··· Xo······

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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