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Detroit Tigers, 60-64, 3rd, 10½ GB, 10½ GB in WC

SP: Kenny Rogers (43, LHP, 8-10, 4.95)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-10)           149   172  89  82  59  65 16    4.95      
 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         2-4  41.1  52  28  27  16  22  5    5.88   42 
 2008-08-13    TOR   L   6.1   7   4   4   3   2  1      95   42 
 2008-08-08    OAK   L   7     6   4   3   3   5  1     111   53 
 2008-08-02   @TBR   L   3.1   6   7   7   4   8  0     109   24 
 2008-07-28   @CLE   L   5.2   9   5   5   1   1  2      98   31 
 2008-07-22   @KCR   W   6     4   1   1   1   4  0      79   63 
 2008-07-17   @BAL   W   6    11   4   4   2   1  1      87   33 
 2008-07-10    MIN  ND   7     9   3   3   2   1  0      97   46 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      2-1  26.2  40  16  16  11  11  1    5.40   40 
 2008-04-23    TEX  ND   3.1   9   6   6   3   0  0      73   15 
 2007-06-28    TEX   W   6     4   1   1   1   3  0      84   62 
 2006-09-12    TEX  ND   7    10   2   2   2   2  1      95   49 
 2006-08-17    TEX   W   5     5   2   2   4   1  0      81   46 
 2006-04-09   @TEX   L   5.1  12   5   5   1   5  0      99   28 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   33-28   Road:   27-36   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  37-50   vsLHP:  23-14   1-Run:  13-19
 vsEast: 12-18   vsCntrl:21-30   vsWest: 14-11 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
124 Sun, Aug 17   BAL  L   8-16      60-64  3rd 10.5 gb
123 Sat, Aug 16   BAL  W   5-3       60-63  3rd  9.5 gb
122 Fri, Aug 15   BAL  L   2-11      59-63  3rd  9.5 gb
121 Thu, Aug 14   TOR  W   5-1       59-62  3rd  9.5 gb
120 Wed, Aug 13   TOR  L   3-4       58-62  3rd  9.5 gb
119 Tue, Aug 12   TOR  L   4-6       58-61  3rd  8.5 gb
118 Mon, Aug 11   TOR  L   2-7       58-60  3rd  8.0 gb
117 Sun, Aug 10   OAK  W   6-1       58-59  3rd  7.5 gb
116 Sat, Aug  9   OAK  W  10-2       57-59  3rd  8.0 gb
115 Fri, Aug  8   OAK  L   2-4       56-59  3rd  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:13-17
Texas Rangers, 62-63, 2nd, 15½ GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Scott Feldman (25, RHP, 4-5, 5.18)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (4-5)            114.2 119  78  66  48  56 18    5.18      
 2007 (1-2)             39    44  26  25  32  19  3    5.77      
 2006 (0-2)             41.1  42  19  18  10  30  4    3.92      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  36.2  45  35  28  21  17  8    6.87   37 
 2008-08-12   @BOS  ND   2.2  10  12   6   3   2  2      90    1 
 2008-08-07    NYY   L   7     7   2   2   2   4  1     103   57 
 2008-08-02    TOR   L   5.1   5   4   3   3   4  0      90   45 
 2008-07-28    SEA  ND   6     8   5   5   1   4  3      85   39 
 2008-07-21   @CHW   W   6     4   1   1   3   1  1      85   58 
 2008-07-10    LAA  ND   3.2   6   8   8   5   2  1      84   14 
 2008-07-05   @BAL   W   6     5   3   3   4   0  0      93   46 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET    Has never faced DET.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-28   Road:   30-35   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  48-39   vsLHP:  14-24   1-Run:  23-12
 vsEast: 16-24   vsCntrl:16-16   vsWest: 20-15 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
125 Sun, Aug 17   TBR  L   4-7       62-63  2nd 15.5 gb
124 Sat, Aug 16   TBR  W   3-0       62-62  2nd 15.5 gb
123 Fri, Aug 15   TBR  L   0-7       61-62  2nd 15.5 gb
122 Thu, Aug 14  @BOS  L   0-10      61-61  2nd 15.5 gb
121 Wed, Aug 13  @BOS  L   4-8       61-60  2nd 15.0 gb
120 Tue, Aug 12  @BOS  L  17-19      61-59  2nd 15.0 gb
119 Sun, Aug 10  @BAL  W  15-7       61-58  2nd 14.0 gb
118 Sat, Aug  9  @BAL  L   0-9       60-58  2nd 14.0 gb
117 Fri, Aug  8  @BAL  L   1-9       60-57  2nd 13.0 gb
116 Thu, Aug  7   NYY  L   0-3       60-56  2nd 12.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 24, 2008 DET  8  TEX  2        W:Zach Miner (1-1), L: Jason Jennings (0-4), S: none
Wed, Apr 23, 2008 DET 19  TEX  6        W:Clay Rapada (2-0), L: Frank Francisco (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 22, 2008 DET 10  TEX  2        W:Justin Verlander (1-3), L: Vicente Padilla (2-2), S: none

Wed, Sep 12, 2007 DET  5  TEX  1        W:Justin Verlander (17-5), L: Edinson Volquez (2-1), S: none
Tue, Sep 11, 2007 DET  4  TEX  1        W:Jair Jurrjens (2-1), L: Brandon McCarthy (5-9), S: Todd Jones (34)
Tue, Sep 11, 2007 TEX 13 @DET  6        W:Vicente Padilla (6-9), L: Chad Durbin (8-7), S: none
Thu, Jun 28, 2007 DET  5  TEX  2        W:Kenny Rogers (2-0), L: Kevin Millwood (4-7), S: Todd Jones (19)
Tue, Jun 26, 2007 TEX  9 @DET  6        W:Akinori Otsuka (2-1), L: Todd Jones (1-4), S: Eric Gagne (8)
Mon, Jun 25, 2007 TEX  8 @DET  3        W:Kameron Loe (4-6), L: Jeremy Bonderman (8-1), S: none
Thu, Jun 07, 2007 DET 11 @TEX  4        W:Mike Maroth (4-2), L: Kameron Loe (1-6), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - DET leads 3-0; 2007 - DET won 5-4; 2006 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - DET leads 325-274

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  5.56

PIT  4.66

WSN  3.70

RA/G

TOR  3.93

CLE  4.65

TEX  6.06

BA

C. Jones  .364

R. Martin  .291

J. Towles  .143

OBP

C. Jones  .462

D. Pedroia  .363

T. Pena  .181

SLG

A. Pujols  .617

R. Howard  .483

T. Pena  .207

OPS

A. Pujols  1.076

G. Kapler  .834

T. Pena  .388

ERA

C. Lee  2.43

U. Jimenez  3.94

C. Silva  6.36

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.18

G. Floyd  6.34

L. Hernandez  3.46

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Detroit Tigers Batters (5.03 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (6.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 39.Feldman
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
G/S/vB
43.Loe
G/S/vB
60.Madrigal
G/S/vB
57.Nippert
G/S/vB
59.Rupe
G/S/vB
45.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 6/2.267 525/396 .298/.360/.526/.886 .921/.874 .863 117/1.065 1/0 25/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 2/3.500 3/.333 2/.500 ··· 7/2.381 ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 454/344 .300/.369/.494/.863 .762/.896 .867 127/.937 9/4 15/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 4/1.250 21/.762 2/.500 5/.400 5/.450 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/1.667 462/360 .284/.372/.435/.806 .836/.801 .724 90/.846 9/3 10/
15.Inge G/S/vP 4/.250 11/1.233 4/.500 7/.500 7/2.033 ··· ··· 3/.333 13/.490 276/211 .213/.313/.417/.730 .695/.739 .630 81/.723 1/2 10/
20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 183/165 .265/.328/.542/.870 .789/.878 .822 70/.725 0/0 10/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 5/.800 16/.938 3/.333 9/.722 5/.800 ··· ··· 4/.500 12/.258 464/350 .317/.379/.484/.864 .886/.856 .736 109/.877 0/4 15/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 4/.833 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.167 ··· ··· ··· 34/.878 500/360 .313/.359/.431/.790 .899/.748 .843 120/.923 6/0 7/
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 149/81 .250/.311/.404/.715 .793/.646 .658 45/.597 2/1 4/
8.Renteria G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 1/.000 4/1.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 33/.531 447/333 .271/.323/.359/.681 .894/.612 .567 101/.839 4/3 6/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 3/.333 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 8/.143 88/69 .324/.452/.471/.923 .929/.921 .905 19/.568 0/0 1/
57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 38/30 .111/.135/.167/.302 .125/.345 .154 20/.161 0/0 0/
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 4/1.833 13/.322 3/.666 2/1.000 6/.834 ··· ··· ··· 31/1.905 345/258 .224/.325/.388/.713 .754/.698 .712 100/.746 7/1 12/
33.Thames G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 267/159 .236/.292/.533/.825 .819/.829 .764 51/.358 0/3 21/
IP 114.2 39.1 49.2 47.2 15.1 20.1 43.2 70.2 68.2 TOTAL .275/.343/.442/.786 .818/.775 .729 .814 48/23 146/91
ERA-K/9 5.18/4.4 5.49/8.0 3.81/10.9 3.21/4.9 2.93/4.1 4.87/5.8 7.83/5.6 3.95/5.0 4.46/6.4 5.42/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (18-6-6)
 Sardinha (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 496/.275 186/.243 212/.219 182/.206 66/.290 88/.276 216/.339 301/.278 299/.263 .290  Ordonez
 Granderson
 Inge
 Thames
 Raburn
 Joyce
 Guillen
 Sheffield
0/0/100/5
0/102/0/4
2/11/0/2
54/0/6/2
23/5/17/2
34/0/19/1
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .829 .803 .704 .611 .883 .791 .959 .780 .700 .830
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 254/.849 92/.627 108/.660 72/.536 33/1.073 45/1.002 112/.856 144/.884 146/.765 .861
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 242/.808 94/.981 104/.750 110/.658 33/.692 43/.573 104/1.066 157/.683 153/.639 .803
Home 279/.786 86/.811 97/.789 103/.575 45/.916 34/.660 99/.867 136/.699 150/.734 .818
Last 28d days 120/.970 20/.838 41/.682 48/.804 17/.435 51/.764 115/.894 71/.747 66/.829
HR/SB/CS 18/19/3 6/1/0 7/6/1 3/3/0 3/0/0 2/2/1 7/4/1 5/0/1 4/8/1 146/94/31
Usage ·····X·· ···X···· ···X·X·· ·o·o···X X······· ···X·o·o X···X··· ··X··X·· ··X··X·o
Texas Rangers Batters (5.56 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.96 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Rogers*
G/S/vB
62.Beltran
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
49.Fossum*
G/S/vB
41.Glover
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 270/189 .239/.342/.400/.742 .846/.695 .817 60/.750 3/2 5/
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 15/1.200 1/.000 6/.334 20/1.061 16/1.208 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 399/258 .317/.442/.584/1.026 1.131/.964 1.255 54/.993 4/3 20/
22.Byrd G/S/vP 7/.762 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 316/202 .290/.373/.460/.833 .884/.804 .970 106/1.071 4/1 8/
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 9/.762 ··· 4/.250 5/.200 8/.804 1/2.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 259/244 .277/.344/.394/.738 .536/.749 .668 52/.682 1/1 2/
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 182/122 .259/.302/.524/.826 .953/.765 .872 109/.759 0/2 11/
16.Ellison G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 13/9 .250/.308/.250/.558 .833/.444 .000 13/.558 0/0 0/
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 545/370 .304/.369/.549/.918 .832/.958 1.066 112/.946 7/0 28/
5.Kinsler G/S/vP 14/1.045 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 3/2.334 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· 583/431 .319/.375/.517/.892 .828/.915 .898 119/.781 26/2 18/
15.Laird G/S/vP 15/1.333 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/no AB 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 276/204 .284/.337/.416/.753 .706/.770 .681 73/.632 1/3 6/
30.Metcalf G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 37/16 .171/.216/.371/.588 .540/.650 .295 28/.786 0/0 2/
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 214/135 .240/.346/.344/.690 .461/.833 .751 46/.830 0/2 3/
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 2/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 308/260 .308/.380/.462/.842 .434/.916 .884 58/.788 0/1 6/
10.Young G/S/vP 22/1.538 ··· 3/.666 23/.869 9/.222 4/.500 7/1.000 2/1.000 550/406 .289/.340/.412/.752 .845/.719 .799 112/.711 8/0 10/
IP 149.0 10.1 51.0 26.0 34.0 56.2 26.0 42.1 TOTAL .280/.351/.456/.807 .774/.821 .861 .817 64/20 151/106
ERA-K/9 4.95/3.9 6.10/6.1 3.88/8.6 6.23/6.9 5.82/5.8 3.49/6.2 4.50/10.4 2.76/8.5 4.56/5.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (41-17-2)
 Saltalamacchia (38-8-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 664/.296 48/.310 215/.271 117/.314 160/.300 245/.274 114/.181 175/.245 .268  Byrd
 Hamilton
 Boggs
 Bradley
 Catalanotto
 Ellison
4/51/34/7
0/78/33/7
61/0/3/5
1/0/19/4
24/0/0/0
2/1/3/0
OPS .832 .991 .866 .899 .841 .766 .659 .688 .772
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 179/.797 17/.873 103/.964 54/.695 73/.863 88/.924 54/.786 92/.724 .791
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 485/.844 31/1.042 112/.783 63/1.081 87/.822 157/.676 60/.534 83/.648 .759
Road 368/.844 12/1.139 99/.889 67/.951 62/.863 117/.846 70/.831 81/.674 .786
Last 28d days 130/.817 24/1.011 42/1.007 44/1.002 / 74/.900 63/.561 48/.604
HR/SB/CS 16/1/2 3/0/0 14/6/6 3/0/1 3/0/0 6/3/0 3/3/0 3/0/1 122/53/25
Usage ····X··· XXo·X··· ·X···X·· X·X···o· ········ X·X···X· ·o·o···X oo···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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