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Game Preview: DET @ TEX, 8:05pm, Tuesday, September 16, 2008 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Detroit Tigers, 70-79, 4th, 13 GB, 13 GB in WC

SP: Zach Miner (26, RHP, 8-4, 4.29)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (8-4)             98.2 103  51  47  40  51  8    4.29      
 2007 (3-4)             53.2  56  22  18  22  34  3    3.02      
 2006 (7-6)             93   100  53  50  32  59 11    4.84      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-0  36.2  46  22  21   9  19  3    5.15   45 
 2008-09-08    OAK  ND   4.1  11   8   8   2   3  0     110   10 
 2008-09-03    LAA  ND   6     8   5   5   0   2  1      97   38 
 2008-08-29    KCR   W   6     6   1   1   1   2  1     104   57 
 2008-08-23   @KCR   W   7     3   0   0   1   3  0      88   73 
 2008-08-17    BAL  ND   1.1   6   5   5   4   1  0      52   19 
 2008-08-12    TOR  ND   6     5   1   1   1   5  1     103   62 
 2008-08-07   @CHW   W   6     7   2   1   0   3  0      98   55 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      0-1   6     8   2   2   1   3  1    3.00   50 
 2006-08-18    TEX   L   6     8   2   2   1   3  1     100   50 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-37   Road:   33-42   ExtrInn: 3-8 
 vsRHP:  45-59   vsLHP:  25-20   1-Run:  15-22
 vsEast: 12-19   vsCntrl:27-38   vsWest: 18-17 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
149 Mon, Sep 15  @TEX  L   8-11      70-79  4th 13.0 gb
148 Sun, Sep 14  @CHW  L   7-11      70-78  4th 13.0 gb
147 Sun, Sep 14  @CHW  L   2-4       70-77  4th 13.0 gb
146 Wed, Sep 10   OAK  L   2-5       70-76  4th 11.5 gb
145 Tue, Sep  9   OAK  L   2-3       70-75  4th 10.5 gb
144 Mon, Sep  8   OAK  W  14-8       70-74  3rd 11.0 gb
143 Sun, Sep  7  @MIN  W   7-5       69-74  4th 11.5 gb
142 Sat, Sep  6  @MIN  W   6-4       68-74  4th 12.5 gb
141 Fri, Sep  5  @MIN  L   2-10      67-74  4th 12.5 gb
140 Thu, Sep  4   LAA  L   1-7       67-73  4th 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30:12-18
Texas Rangers, 74-77, 2nd, 19 GB, 10 GB in WC

SP: Kevin Millwood (33, RHP, 9-9, 5.15)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (9-9)            148.2 198  92  85  45 107 17    5.15      
 2007 (10-14)          172.2 213 111  99  67 123 19    5.16      
 2006 (16-12)          215   228 114 108  53 157 23    4.52      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  42    52  26  23   7  29  7    4.93   47 
 2008-09-10   @SEA   L   5    11   7   5   2   2  0     103   21 
 2008-09-05    BOS   L   6     9   7   6   1   4  1      86   31 
 2008-08-31   @LAA   W   6.2   5   2   2   0   7  1     101   63 
 2008-08-26   @KCR   W   9     9   1   1   0   2  0      94   67 
 2008-08-20    DET   W   9     6   1   1   1   4  0     113   74 
 2008-08-15    TBR   L   4.2  10   5   5   1   7  4      94   30 
 2008-07-23   @CHW  ND   1.2   2   3   3   2   3  1      38   40 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      3-2  32.2  30  15  15  10  25  3    4.13   54 
 2008-08-20    DET   W   9     6   1   1   1   4  0     113   74 
 2007-06-28   @DET   L   6     5   3   3   6   6  0     109   50 
 2007-06-06    DET   L   3.2   9   7   7   1   5  2      86   19 
 2006-09-13   @DET   W   7     7   3   3   2   6  0      98   55 
 2006-08-18   @DET   W   7     3   1   1   0   4  1      97   71 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   37-36   Road:   37-41   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  55-48   vsLHP:  19-29   1-Run:  27-17
 vsEast: 17-26   vsCntrl:21-21   vsWest: 26-22 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
151 Mon, Sep 15   DET  W  11-8       74-77  2nd 19.0 gb
150 Sun, Sep 14  @OAK  L   4-7       73-77  2nd 19.5 gb
149 Sat, Sep 13  @OAK  L   1-7       73-76  2nd 18.5 gb
148 Fri, Sep 12  @OAK  W   7-0       73-75  2nd 17.5 gb
147 Thu, Sep 11  @OAK  W   6-1       72-75  2nd 17.5 gb
146 Wed, Sep 10  @SEA  L   7-8       71-75  2nd 17.5 gb
145 Tue, Sep  9  @SEA  W   7-3       71-74  2nd 16.5 gb
144 Sun, Sep  7   BOS  L   2-7       70-74  2nd 17.0 gb
143 Sat, Sep  6   BOS  W  15-8       70-73  2nd 16.0 gb
142 Fri, Sep  5   BOS  L   1-8       69-73  2nd 17.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:13-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 15, 2008 TEX 11  DET  8        W:Frank Francisco (3-5), L: Kyle Farnsworth (2-3), S: none
Wed, Aug 20, 2008 TEX  9  DET  1        W:Kevin Millwood (7-7), L: Nate Robertson (7-10), S: none
Tue, Aug 19, 2008 DET 11 @TEX  3        W:Armando Galarraga (12-4), L: Vicente Padilla (12-7), S: none
Mon, Aug 18, 2008 DET  8 @TEX  7        W:Kenny Rogers (9-10), L: Frank Francisco (2-5), S: Fernando Rodney (5)
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
Season Series: 2008 - DET leads 5-2; 2007 - DET won 5-4; 2006 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - DET leads 327-276

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  5.50

ATL  4.63

SDP  3.92

RA/G

TOR  3.83

NYY  4.59

TEX  5.91

BA

R. Furcal  .366

J. Dye  .294

J. Towles  .141

OBP

A. Pujols  .465

D. Mientkiewicz  .370

T. Pena  .181

SLG

A. Pujols  .650

F. Tatis  .487

T. Pena  .206

OPS

A. Pujols  1.115

B. Abreu  .845

T. Pena  .387

ERA

C. Lee  2.36

A. Cook  4.00

C. Silva  6.42

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.27

J. Lester  6.57

L. Hernandez  3.32

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Detroit Tigers Batters (5.07 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Millwood
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
58.Littleton
G/S/vB
43.Loe
G/S/vB
60.Madrigal
G/S/vB
46.Mendoza
G/S/vB
59.Rupe
G/S/vB
56.White*
G/S/vB
45.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 23/1.015 3/1.333 5/.400 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 5/1.000 ··· 8/1.911 631/473 .292/.353/.533/.886 .954/.864 .863 101/.937 1/0 33/
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 23/.798 3/.333 3/2.167 4/.500 7/2.381 1/no AB 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/1.000 573/425 .295/.376/.507/.883 .746/.932 .891 114/.916 10/4 19/
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 23/.269 22/.797 2/.500 5/2.600 5/.450 1/2.000 3/2.000 4/.000 ··· 4/1.250 489/385 .286/.376/.436/.811 .818/.813 .748 22/.883 9/3 10/
26.Hessman G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 27/13 .250/.333/.667/1.000 .539/1.385 .647 27/1.000 0/0 3/
15.Inge G/S/vP 29/.584 11/1.233 5/.800 5/.650 7/2.033 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.200 ··· 15/.500 358/277 .213/.312/.387/.698 .748/.682 .559 78/.537 3/2 11/
20.Joyce* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/2.000 244/222 .272/.357/.540/.896 .866/.898 .917 57/.950 0/1 12/
19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 90/88 .217/.278/.325/.603 1.000/.594 .593 35/.406 2/1 2/
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 20/1.056 17/.971 5/.200 6/.900 5/.800 1/2.000 3/.000 7/.453 ··· 13/.398 568/426 .322/.380/.508/.888 .893/.887 .773 99/1.031 1/5 20/
14.Polanco G/S/vP 15/1.314 2/.000 3/.666 2/2.000 6/.167 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 35/.851 598/428 .308/.350/.417/.767 .790/.758 .816 93/.674 7/1 7/
25.Raburn G/S/vP 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 167/91 .242/.301/.386/.687 .748/.632 .666 18/.458 2/1 4/
8.Renteria G/S/vP 42/.895 4/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.334 ··· 34/.515 517/382 .269/.318/.375/.693 .947/.607 .555 66/.816 6/3 9/
52.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/6 .250/.400/.583/.983 1.556/.167 .864 15/.983 0/0 1/
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 8/1.232 4/1.000 3/.333 2/no AB ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 7/.286 ··· 9/.250 128/105 .290/.423/.400/.823 .742/.840 .799 40/.609 1/0 1/
57.Sardinha G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 41/33 .128/.150/.179/.329 .125/.375 .154 3/.667 0/0 0/
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 45/.900 14/.297 4/.500 1/.000 6/.834 1/no AB 2/.000 3/3.500 ··· 33/1.837 443/329 .222/.318/.393/.711 .757/.695 .699 93/.641 7/2 17/
33.Thames G/S/vP 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 321/190 .240/.293/.530/.823 .889/.778 .835 54/.816 0/3 25/
IP 148.2 45.0 60.0 12.1 27.2 31.0 60.2 84.2 1.2 79.2 TOTAL .273/.342/.445/.788 .821/.777 .739 .794 57/28 182/105
ERA-K/9 5.15/6.5 5.00/8.6 3.30/12.0 8.76/5.9 3.25/5.8 5.23/4.9 7.86/4.9 4.78/5.0 21.60/5.3 4.86/6.5 5.30/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Inge (26-11-10)
 Ryan (3-3-0)
 Sardinha (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 683/.316 209/.233 250/.205 57/.277 121/.286 136/.269 297/.330 368/.282 12/.375 357/.275 .287  Ordonez
 Granderson
 Thames
 Raburn
 Inge
 Joyce
 Guillen
 Sheffield
0/0/123/6
0/127/0/5
68/0/7/3
27/6/20/2
2/11/0/2
50/0/24/1
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .839 .769 .647 .769 .777 .778 .900 .805 1.208 .728 .817
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 364/.822 103/.621 125/.610 27/.707 55/1.087 68/.880 154/.869 176/.835 6/1.000 171/.770 .842
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 319/.858 106/.919 125/.683 30/.811 66/.529 68/.674 143/.934 192/.777 6/1.417 186/.689 .795
Home 282/.834 103/.795 124/.706 24/.568 79/.752 59/.705 141/.901 185/.798 5/2.050 183/.760 .820
Last 28d days 152/.725 19/.488 33/.215 4/.833 55/.645 48/.754 40/.809 67/.923 12/1.208 50/.819
HR/SB/CS 17/24/4 6/1/1 7/6/1 1/0/0 3/0/0 4/3/1 7/7/2 7/0/1 0/0/0 5/9/1 164/109/34
Usage ·····X·· ········ X···o··· X······· ·X···X·· ·Xo···o· X·X···o· X·o··X·· ·o··o··· X···X·X·
Texas Rangers Batters (5.50 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Miner
G/S/vB
34.Dolsi
G/S/vB
48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
49.Fossum*
G/S/vB
41.Glover
G/S/vB
40.Lambert
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
50.Rapada*
G/S/vB
29.Robertson*
G/S/vB
56.Rodney
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Arias G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 92/71 .265/.330/.349/.679 1.111/.559 .732 91/.651 4/1 0/
9.Blalock* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 5/.400 18/.833 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 16/.250 3/.000 6/.000 234/156 .259/.308/.421/.729 .828/.681 .766 101/.677 1/0 7/
41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/5.000 ··· 1/2.000 321/222 .232/.341/.408/.749 .823/.716 .808 47/.828 3/2 8/
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 7/.286 20/1.061 17/1.126 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 6/1.500 3/1.667 1/.000 474/315 .324/.442/.577/1.019 1.149/.950 1.198 70/.987 4/3 22/
22.Byrd G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 4/2.083 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· 5/1.800 1/no AB ··· 418/275 .297/.380/.464/.844 .872/.829 .922 97/.868 6/1 10/
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 5/.900 5/.200 8/.804 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 272/257 .272/.338/.391/.729 .536/.739 .658 12/.348 1/1 2/
17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 4/.750 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 84/64 .329/.440/.614/1.055 1.467/.936 1.309 84/1.055 3/1 4/
19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 279/194 .271/.323/.539/.861 .920/.836 .895 92/.885 1/2 15/
6.Duran G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 129/63 .219/.274/.342/.616 .696/.531 .548 14/.397 1/1 3/
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/3.000 1/.000 3/.333 656/444 .302/.369/.536/.905 .835/.939 1.043 106/.887 9/1 31/
15.Laird G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 2/.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· 9/.347 4/.000 1/.000 350/256 .286/.334/.415/.749 .770/.742 .730 69/.716 2/4 6/
30.Metcalf G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/3.500 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 48/20 .244/.292/.600/.892 .770/1.067 .850 8/2.750 0/0 5/
51.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 53/35 .222/.340/.378/.717 .349/.888 1.069 4/.750 0/0 2/
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 229/148 .254/.354/.365/.719 .449/.876 .764 15/1.110 0/2 3/
2.Teagarden G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 40/26 .361/.425/.972/1.397 .757/1.654 1.692 34/1.504 0/0 6/
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/1.333 2/.000 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 335/281 .298/.373/.443/.816 .487/.878 .869 23/.461 0/1 6/
10.Young G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 5/.800 24/.833 11/.182 ··· 5/.400 ··· 32/.727 7/1.000 3/.666 673/496 .279/.333/.396/.729 .822/.695 .782 118/.623 10/0 12/
IP 98.2 43.2 60.1 37.2 48.2 13.2 70.2 18.2 161.1 36.0 51.0 TOTAL .281/.352/.459/.811 .800/.816 .866 .831 79/24 182/121
ERA-K/9 4.29/4.7 3.92/4.1 4.48/9.1 5.02/6.2 5.55/5.9 5.27/6.6 3.69/6.4 3.86/6.3 6.08/5.7 4.50/10.8 4.06/8.8 4.81/6.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (51-19-5)
 Ramirez (12-3-0)
 Saltalamacchia (40-9-6)
 Teagarden (4-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 433/.270 198/.265 261/.299 162/.269 218/.272 68/.311 310/.287 83/.232 720/.314 164/.218 219/.270 .275  Boggs
 Hamilton
 Byrd
 Bradley
 Duran
 Catalanotto
 Cruz
71/0/3/7
0/102/34/7
22/55/39/7
1/0/19/4
2/0/2/0
26/0/0/0
0/0/20/0
OPS .761 .716 .907 .773 .792 .876 .795 .615 .892 .726 .713 .789
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 206/.823 76/.979 122/.953 74/.582 92/.802 34/.796 111/.864 40/.578 224/.849 83/.713 113/.778 .798
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 227/.705 122/.561 139/.871 88/.936 126/.785 34/.947 199/.756 43/.646 496/.911 81/.739 106/.644 .783
Road 201/.738 97/.805 128/.979 78/.897 83/.862 29/.681 134/.895 43/.614 345/1.000 91/.841 102/.668 .800
Last 28d days 102/.748 24/.717 39/1.033 45/.444 55/.697 68/.876 65/.903 19/.635 71/1.089 45/.959 44/.813
HR/SB/CS 8/8/3 3/10/2 15/6/7 3/0/1 6/0/1 2/6/0 9/3/1 0/0/0 26/7/4 3/4/0 3/1/1 157/64/33
Usage ·······X Xo····X· Xo······ ·······X Xo···o·o ·X···o·· ·······o oo···X·X ······X· ······X· oo···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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