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Game Preview: DET @ TBR, 1:40pm, Sunday, August 3, 2008 @Tropicana Field

Detroit Tigers, 55-55, 3rd, 6½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Armando Galarraga (26, RHP, 9-4, 3.36)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-4)            112.2  91  51  42  40  78 13    3.36      
 2007 (0-0)              8.2   8   6   6   7   6  2    6.23      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  41.1  44  21  18  11  29  7    3.92   50 
 2008-07-29   @CLE   W   5.1   5   3   3   2   3  0      97   47 
 2008-07-23   @KCR   W   7     3   1   1   1   7  0      87   73 
 2008-07-18   @BAL   L   6.2   8   5   4   0   6  3     104   46 
 2008-07-11    MIN   L   5.2   6   2   2   4   5  0     113   50 
 2008-07-05   @SEA  ND   6     5   1   1   3   2  1      95   57 
 2008-06-30   @MIN  ND   6     9   4   3   1   3  0     101   42 
 2008-06-25    STL  ND   4.2   8   5   4   0   3  3      77   33 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TBR    Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   29-22   Road:   26-33   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  34-46   vsLHP:  21-9    1-Run:  13-17
 vsEast: 10-12   vsCntrl:20-28   vsWest: 12-10 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
110 Sat, Aug  2  @TBR  L   3-9       55-55  3rd  6.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  1  @TBR  L   2-5       55-54  3rd  6.5 gb
108 Thu, Jul 31  @CLE  L   4-9       55-53  3rd  5.5 gb
107 Wed, Jul 30  @CLE  W  14-12(13)  55-52  3rd  5.5 gb
106 Tue, Jul 29  @CLE  W   8-5       54-52  3rd  5.5 gb
105 Mon, Jul 28  @CLE  L   0-5       53-52  3rd  6.5 gb
104 Sun, Jul 27   CHW  W   6-4       53-51  3rd  6.5 gb
103 Sat, Jul 26   CHW  L   6-7       52-51  3rd  7.5 gb
102 Fri, Jul 25   CHW  L   5-6       52-50  3rd  6.5 gb
101 Wed, Jul 23  @KCR  W   7-1       52-49  3rd  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Tampa Bay Rays, 65-44, 1st, 3 up

SP: James Shields (26, RHP, 9-7, 3.66)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-7)            145   134  67  59  24 116 17    3.66      
 2007 (12-8)           215   202  98  92  36 184 28    3.85      
 2006 (6-8)            124.2 141  69  67  38 104 18    4.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-2  49    38  17  17   5  38  7    3.12   61 
 2008-07-28   @TOR   L   7.1   5   3   3   0   5  1      94   61 
 2008-07-23    OAK   W   8.1   6   3   3   0   7  2     104   66 
 2008-07-18    TOR   W   7     4   1   1   2   4  1     104   67 
 2008-07-11   @CLE   L   6    10   5   5   1   4  1     103   35 
 2008-07-06    KCR   W   7     4   2   2   1   8  0      93   68 
 2008-06-30    BOS   W   6.1   5   2   2   1   5  1     104   59 
 2008-06-25   @FLA   W   7     4   1   1   0   5  1     101   70 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      2-0  16    12   4   4   1  14  1    2.25   69 
 2007-08-08   @DET   W   7     5   1   1   0   9  1     103   72 
 2007-05-30    DET   W   9     7   3   3   1   5  0     105   65 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   42-16   Road:   23-28   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  47-29   vsLHP:  18-15   1-Run:  19-11
 vsEast: 28-19   vsCntrl:12-11   vsWest: 13-8  IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
109 Sat, Aug  2   DET  W   9-3       65-44  1st  3.0 up
108 Fri, Aug  1   DET  W   5-2       64-44  1st  3.0 up
107 Wed, Jul 30  @TOR  W   3-2       63-44  1st  3.0 up
106 Tue, Jul 29  @TOR  W   3-0       62-44  1st  2.0 up
105 Mon, Jul 28  @TOR  L   1-3       61-44  1st  1.0 up
104 Sun, Jul 27  @KCR  L   1-6       61-43  1st  1.0 up
103 Sat, Jul 26  @KCR  W   5-3       61-42  1st  2.0 up
102 Fri, Jul 25  @KCR  W   5-3       60-42  1st  1.0 up
101 Thu, Jul 24  @KCR  L   2-4       59-42  1st    Tied
100 Wed, Jul 23   OAK  W   4-3       59-41  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Aug 02, 2008 TBR  9  DET  3        W:Andy Sonnanstine (11-6), L: Kenny Rogers (8-8), S: none
Fri, Aug 01, 2008 TBR  5  DET  2        W:Grant Balfour (3-1), L: Zach Miner (5-4), S: Troy Percival (24)

Thu, Aug 09, 2007 TBD  8 @DET  1        W:Scott Kazmir (9-7), L: Jeremy Bonderman (10-5), S: none
Wed, Aug 08, 2007 TBD  7 @DET  1        W:James Shields (9-7), L: Chad Durbin (7-4), S: none
Tue, Aug 07, 2007 DET  9  TBD  6        W:Tim Byrdak (1-0), L: Dan Wheeler (1-5), S: Todd Jones (30)
Mon, Aug 06, 2007 DET  6  TBD  4        W:Zach Miner (2-3), L: Gary Glover (5-4), S: Todd Jones (29)
Wed, May 30, 2007 TBD  5  DET  3        W:James Shields (4-0), L: Nate Robertson (4-5), S: none
Tue, May 29, 2007 DET 14 @TBD  2        W:Jeremy Bonderman (4-0), L: Casey Fossum (3-5), S: none
Mon, May 28, 2007 TBD  6  DET  5        W:Gary Glover (2-2), L: Todd Jones (1-2), S: none
Thu, Aug 03, 2006 TBD  2  DET  1        W:Seth McClung (3-10), L: Nate Robertson (10-7), S: Brian Meadows (7)
Season Series: 2008 - TBR leads 2-0; 2007 - TBR won 4-3; 2006 - DET won 5-3; All-Time - TBR leads 40-37

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  5.61

COL  4.64

WSN  3.75

RA/G

OAK  3.87

CLE  4.61

TEX  5.93

BA

C. Jones  .369

J. Drew  .286

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .466

D. Ortiz  .358

T. Pena  .171

SLG

L. Berkman  .615

C. Blake  .475

T. Pena  .198

OPS

C. Jones  1.062

C. Beltran  .817

T. Pena  .369

ERA

J. Duchscherer  2.33

J. Maine  4.13

N. Robertson  6.06

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.04

T. Wellemeyer  6.20

L. Hernandez  3.48

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Detroit Tigers Batters (5.05 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.02 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB
50.Balfour
G/S/vB
49.Hammel
G/S/vB
39.Howell*
G/S/vB
57.Miller*
G/S/vB
40.Percival
G/S/vB
28.Reyes
G/S/vB
35.Wheeler
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 9/1.953 ··· ··· 4/.500 1/no AB 2/1.000 3/1.000 6/.334 464/359 .299/.360/.508/.868 .893/.861 .855 107/1.015 1/0 19/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 7/.572 1/no AB 4/1.167 4/1.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 388/307 .307/.372/.487/.859 .795/.876 .855 118/.884 7/4 11/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 6/.334 5/.200 3/1.334 6/1.500 ··· 6/.533 5/.650 1/.000 426/331 .284/.373/.432/.804 .859/.793 .705 84/.734 8/2 9/
15.Inge G/S/vP 2/1.000 4/.583 3/1.333 7/.786 1/2.000 7/1.964 ··· 3/.500 222/173 .223/.321/.441/.763 .678/.786 .657 51/.876 1/1 9/
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 150/137 .279/.340/.603/.943 .962/.940 .861 73/1.119 0/0 10/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 7/.143 3/1.334 2/1.000 6/1.267 ··· 11/.573 3/.333 4/2.750 404/315 .320/.381/.496/.877 .938/.860 .737 69/.930 0/4 14/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 7/1.000 1/.000 4/1.250 7/.572 4/.500 2/.500 2/1.000 4/.500 436/324 .308/.353/.403/.755 .895/.707 .788 102/.697 4/0 4/
25.Raburn G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 116/66 .238/.304/.429/.733 .883/.608 .647 25/.838 1/0 4/
8.Renteria G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 9/1.381 2/3.000 2/.000 3/.333 398/304 .253/.302/.330/.632 .836/.571 .558 80/.582 3/3 5/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 75/61 .351/.479/.526/1.005 1.038/.997 1.038 28/.842 0/0 1/
57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 22/22 .136/.136/.227/.364 /.364 .200 8/.250 0/0 0/
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 10/.700 4/.500 1/.000 6/.533 2/1.000 7/.286 1/2.000 8/.833 291/226 .226/.326/.369/.696 .727/.686 .689 78/.695 6/1 8/
33.Thames G/S/vP 4/1.000 4/.750 ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 244/151 .247/.307/.561/.868 .902/.847 .804 67/.668 0/3 20/
IP 145.0 30.0 58.1 62.0 26.1 33.2 20.2 47.2 TOTAL .276/.344/.440/.784 .835/.769 .722 .827 40/20 124/79
ERA-K/9 3.66/7.2 1.20/13.5 4.32/4.8 2.47/8.7 5.13/7.2 3.48/8.8 4.79/7.4 2.08/5.7 3.73/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (13-5-5)
 Sardinha (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 584/.244 111/.103 257/.270 261/.198 116/.253 136/.167 89/.263 186/.161 .242  Granderson
 Ordonez
 Thames
 Inge
 Joyce
 Raburn
 Guillen
 Sheffield
0/88/0/4
0/0/88/4
48/0/6/2
2/11/0/2
27/0/17/1
19/4/15/0
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .690 .343 .782 .598 .721 .617 .743 .535 .695
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 285/.742 39/.466 120/.911 90/.598 69/.657 70/.600 32/.906 67/.442 .720
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 299/.641 72/.276 137/.671 171/.598 47/.815 66/.635 57/.649 119/.585 .677
Home 327/.569 53/.252 95/.661 137/.526 66/.613 84/.494 51/.642 89/.491 .622
Last 28d days 138/.693 45/.350 44/.546 43/.606 26/.850 24/.742 24/1.125 32/.633
HR/SB/CS 17/6/6 0/1/0 7/9/1 4/9/1 1/0/2 5/2/0 2/2/0 6/0/1 97/47/19
Usage ·····X·· ·X·X·o·· X·····o· ·X·o···· ······oX ·X·X···X X·····oo ·X·X···o
Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB
34.Dolsi
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
49.Fossum*
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
54.Zumaya
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 178/99 .220/.299/.352/.652 .796/.530 .648 52/.413 2/1 4/
8.Bartlett G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 3/.000 1/3.000 4/.500 2/1.000 1/.000 6/.167 331/241 .259/.300/.308/.608 .797/.537 .641 33/.741 18/4 0/
13.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/.873 14/.429 3/.666 2/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 462/317 .272/.315/.401/.717 .609/.767 .821 94/.626 25/7 8/
15.Floyd* G/S/vP ··· ··· 14/.857 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 164/157 .250/.329/.431/.760 .619/.766 .926 36/.641 1/0 7/
31.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 2/.500 161/55 .188/.298/.406/.704 .763/.589 .697 33/.666 8/1 8/
26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 233/198 .217/.326/.379/.705 .562/.731 .821 29/.481 2/2 7/
32.Hinske* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 9/.222 ··· 4/2.083 2/1.500 1/no AB 301/256 .255/.355/.498/.854 .552/.906 .755 48/.849 8/2 15/
1.Iwamura* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 5/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 480/337 .276/.349/.376/.725 .658/.753 .745 100/.742 5/4 5/
3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 413/300 .280/.354/.540/.894 .897/.893 .869 94/.940 7/0 21/
30.Navarro# G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 311/232 .309/.366/.415/.781 .669/.828 .805 67/.687 0/4 4/
23.Pena* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 8/2.196 4/1.000 1/no AB ··· 2/1.000 ··· 378/247 .234/.339/.456/.795 .643/.876 .806 97/.898 0/0 19/
9.Riggans G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 104/54 .244/.314/.422/.736 .848/.637 .628 23/.495 0/0 4/
2.Upton G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/1.100 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/1.000 459/322 .267/.381/.389/.770 .822/.748 .781 88/.660 33/14 6/
IP 112.2 34.2 45.1 21.2 47.0 17.2 36.1 20.2 TOTAL .258/.335/.411/.746 .723/.756 .772 .699 113/41 114/58
ERA-K/9 3.36/6.2 4.15/3.6 3.57/8.7 5.40/7.1 3.06/6.3 5.60/9.2 2.48/8.4 2.61/8.7 4.56/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Navarro (28-17-5)
 Riggans (15-0-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 473/.214 156/.259 188/.259 97/.310 202/.264 80/.197 151/.248 97/.244 .267  Upton
 Gross
 Crawford
 Hinske
 Gomes
0/103/0/9
2/17/72/7
103/1/0/2
6/0/46/2
7/0/19/0
OPS .662 .722 .830 .864 .708 .731 .678 .779 .766
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 255/.825 56/1.015 92/.964 45/.598 70/.924 37/.867 79/.790 38/.587 .797
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 218/.470 100/.568 96/.713 52/1.106 132/.590 43/.598 72/.554 59/.873 .744
Road 297/.616 84/.846 87/.771 66/.967 110/.820 48/.960 70/.620 59/.817 .783
Last 28d days 104/.696 53/.880 28/.484 50/.812 60/.748 45/.611 38/.589 65/.711
HR/SB/CS 13/6/0 3/7/2 11/5/6 1/0/1 3/3/0 3/2/0 2/0/1 2/1/0 102/48/24
Usage ····X··· X··oX··X o····X·· X··Xo··· ··oX·X·· ···XX·X· ·X·X···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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