DET @ TEX, Wednesday, September 17, 2008 Game Preview

Detroit Tigers, 70-80, 4th, 14 GB, 18½ GB in WC	SP: Freddy Garcia (33, RHP, 0-0, undef) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (1-5) 58 74 39 38 19 50 12 5.90 2006 (17-9) 216.1 228 116 109 48 135 32 4.53 2005 (14-8) 228 225 102 98 60 146 26 3.87 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 0-3 38.2 48 26 25 13 31 9 5.82 44 2007-06-08 @KCR L 1.2 7 6 6 2 1 2 50 16 2007-06-03 SFG ND 5.1 9 7 6 2 5 2 98 27 2007-05-28 ARI L 8 7 3 3 2 9 1 113 63 2007-05-23 @FLA ND 6 5 3 3 3 4 2 112 51 2007-05-17 MIL L 5.2 7 2 2 2 5 2 114 50 2007-05-12 CHC ND 6 8 3 3 2 5 0 99 47 2007-05-07 @ARI ND 6 5 2 2 0 2 0 70 56 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX 1-2 29.1 26 11 10 10 22 1 3.07 54 2006-07-22 TEX ND 7 4 1 1 4 5 0 104 66 2004-09-08 @TEX W 5 3 1 1 2 8 0 88 63 2004-04-24 @TEX L 7.2 8 3 3 1 3 1 108 53 2003-09-18 @TEX ND 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 56 62 2003-07-27 TEX L 5.2 10 6 5 2 3 0 103 28
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 37-37 Road: 33-43 ExtrInn: 3-8 vsRHP: 45-60 vsLHP: 25-20 1-Run: 15-23 vsEast: 12-19 vsCntrl:27-38 vsWest: 18-18 IL:13-5 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 150 Tue, Sep 16 @TEX L 4-5 70-80 4th 14.0 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 Last 10: 3-7 Last 20: 6-14 Last 30:12-18
Texas Rangers, 75-77, 2nd, 18 GB, 14½ GB in WC	SP: Dustin Nippert (27, RHP, 3-4, 6.20) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-4) 61 80 43 42 30 45 8 6.20 2007 (1-1) 45.1 48 30 28 16 38 5 5.56 2006 (0-2) 10 15 13 13 7 9 5 11.70 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-4 36.1 40 25 25 18 34 8 6.19 44 2008-09-11 @OAK W 5 4 1 1 4 7 0 104 58 2008-09-03 SEA W 7 7 0 0 0 4 0 99 67 2008-08-29 @LAA L 5.1 5 3 3 2 7 1 100 51 2008-08-17 TBR L 4 8 7 7 0 1 2 74 19 2006-08-05 HOU L 5 8 7 7 3 6 3 97 26 2006-06-07 PHI L 5 7 6 6 4 3 2 102 28 2005-09-29 @LAD W 5 1 1 1 5 6 0 88 62 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET Has never faced DET.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 38-36 Road: 37-41 ExtrInn: 5-5 vsRHP: 56-48 vsLHP: 19-29 1-Run: 28-17 vsEast: 17-26 vsCntrl:22-21 vsWest: 26-22 IL:10-8 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 152 Tue, Sep 16 DET W 5-4 75-77 2nd 18.0 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 Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:11-9 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Sep 16, 2008 TEX 5 DET 4 W:Jamey Wright (7-6), L: Fernando Rodney (0-6), S: none 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) Season Series: 2008 - DET leads 5-3; 2007 - DET won 5-4; 2006 - Tied 5-5; All-Time - DET leads 327-277

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 5.49

TBR 4.63

SDP 3.91

RA/G

TOR 3.82

NYY 4.60

TEX 5.90

R. Furcal .366

C. Granderson .293

J. Towles .141

OBP

C. Jones .467

C. Lee .368

T. Pena .181

SLG

A. Pujols .645

D. Ortiz .486

T. Pena .206

OPS

A. Pujols 1.106

J. Gerut .848

T. Pena .387

ERA

C. Lee 2.36

J. Beckett 3.96

L. Hernandez 6.21

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.27

C. Lee 6.73

L. Hernandez 3.32

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Detroit Tigers Batters (5.06 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.90 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 57.Nippert
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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 2/.000 3/1.333 5/.400 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 5/1.000 ··· 8/1.911 635/477 .292/.353/.531/.884 .954/.860 .858 100/.968 1/0 33/

28.Granderson* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 3/2.167 4/.500 8/2.054 1/no AB 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/1.000 577/429 .293/.375/.504/.879 .746/.926 .883 113/.891 10/4 19/

9.Guillen# G/S/vP ··· 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 17/.753 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 ··· 11/1.233 5/.800 5/.650 7/2.033 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.200 ··· 16/.467 362/281 .214/.311/.385/.696 .748/.679 .557 78/.537 3/2 11/

20.Joyce* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/1.167 248/226 .269/.355/.532/.887 .866/.888 .900 57/.754 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 ··· 17/.971 5/.200 6/.900 6/1.000 1/2.000 3/.000 7/.453 ··· 13/.398 572/430 .324/.381/.508/.889 .893/.888 .777 98/1.046 1/5 20/

14.Polanco G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 3/.666 2/2.000 7/.143 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 35/.851 602/432 .308/.349/.415/.765 .790/.755 .812 97/.667 7/1 7/

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 167/91 .242/.301/.386/.687 .748/.632 .666 18/.458 2/1 4/

8.Renteria G/S/vP ··· 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 62/.785 6/3 9/

52.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 18/9 .267/.389/.533/.922 1.556/.347 .812 18/.922 0/0 1/

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 3/.333 2/no AB ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 7/.286 ··· 9/.250 131/108 .282/.413/.388/.801 .742/.813 .758 38/.491 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 ··· 14/.297 4/.500 1/.000 6/.834 1/no AB 2/.000 3/3.500 ··· 34/1.840 447/333 .223/.318/.391/.709 .757/.692 .695 92/.610 7/2 17/

33.Thames G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 321/190 .240/.293/.530/.823 .889/.778 .835 54/.816 0/3 25/

IP 61.0 45.0 60.0 12.1 28.2 31.0 60.2 84.2 1.2 80.2 TOTAL .273/.342/.444/.786 .821/.774 .736 .771 57/28 182/105

ERA-K/9

6.20/6.6

5.00/8.6

3.30/12.0

8.76/5.9

3.14/6.3

5.23/4.9

7.86/4.9

4.78/5.0

21.60/5.3

4.80/6.5

5.30/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Inge (26-11-10)
Ryan (3-4-0)
Sardinha (3-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 290/.313 209/.233 250/.205 57/.277 125/.284 136/.269 297/.330 368/.282 12/.375 360/.276 .287 Ordonez
Granderson
Thames
Inge
Raburn
Joyce
Guillen
Sheffield 0/0/124/6
0/128/0/5
68/0/7/3
2/11/0/2
27/6/20/2
51/0/24/1
2/0/0/0
6/0/0/0

OPS .874 .769 .647 .769 .768 .778 .900 .805 1.208 .728 .815

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 149/.779 103/.621 125/.610 27/.707 56/1.066 68/.880 154/.869 176/.835 6/1.000 172/.765 .840

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 141/.973 106/.919 125/.683 30/.811 69/.535 68/.674 143/.934 192/.777 6/1.417 188/.693 .793

Home 127/.796 103/.795 124/.706 24/.568 83/.739 59/.705 141/.901 185/.798 5/2.050 186/.758 .816

Last 28d days 74/.630 19/.488 33/.215 4/.833 59/.635 40/.682 40/.809 59/1.001 12/1.208 53/.809

HR/SB/CS 8/5/1 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······ o·X···X· ··Xo···o ·X·X···o ·X·o··X· ··o··o·· oX···X·X

Texas Rangers Batters (5.49 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (5.21 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 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/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/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 87/.683 4/1 0/

9.Blalock* G/S/vP 33/1.009 1/.000 5/.400 18/.833 4/.500 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 16/.250 4/.250 6/.000 238/160 .260/.311/.420/.731 .828/.685 .770 105/.684 1/0 7/

41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/5.000 ··· 1/2.000 325/225 .229/.336/.404/.740 .814/.707 .791 46/.778 3/2 8/

21.Bradley# G/S/vP 14/1.136 ··· 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 67/1.011 4/3 22/

22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 4/2.083 ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.750 ··· 5/1.800 2/4.000 ··· 422/279 .297/.381/.469/.850 .872/.838 .932 97/.886 6/2 10/

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 26/.929 ··· 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 1/no AB ··· 88/68 .329/.443/.603/1.046 1.467/.932 1.256 88/1.046 3/1 4/

19.Davis* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 283/198 .275/.325/.538/.863 .920/.839 .898 92/.849 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 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/3.000 2/1.000 3/.333 660/448 .303/.370/.536/.906 .835/.939 1.042 106/.892 9/1 31/

15.Laird G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.500 2/.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· 9/.347 4/.000 1/.000 353/259 .283/.331/.411/.743 .770/.733 .718 68/.727 2/4 6/

30.Metcalf G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/3.500 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 49/20 .239/.286/.587/.873 .743/1.067 .823 9/2.417 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 3/.667 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 229/148 .254/.354/.365/.719 .449/.876 .764 14/1.192 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 6/.334 ··· 3/1.333 2/.000 2/3.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 337/283 .299/.373/.443/.817 .487/.879 .871 21/.508 0/1 6/

10.Young G/S/vP 34/.578 ··· 5/.800 24/.833 11/.182 ··· 5/.400 ··· 32/.727 8/1.071 3/.666 677/500 .277/.332/.394/.726 .822/.692 .777 117/.610 10/0 12/

IP 43.2 60.1 38.1 48.2 13.2 70.2 18.2 161.1 36.0 51.0 TOTAL .280/.352/.458/.811 .799/.815 .864 .834 79/25 182/122

ERA-K/9

/0.0

3.92/4.1

4.48/9.1

4.93/6.3

5.55/5.9

5.27/6.6

3.69/6.4

3.86/6.3

6.08/5.7

5.25/10.8

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 / 198/.265 261/.299 164/.265 218/.272 68/.311 310/.287 83/.232 720/.314 170/.235 219/.270 .275 Hamilton
Byrd
Boggs
Bradley
Cruz
Duran
Catalanotto 0/102/34/7
22/56/39/7
72/0/3/7
1/0/19/4
0/0/21/0
2/0/2/0
26/0/0/0

OPS .716 .907 .763 .792 .876 .795 .615 .892 .777 .713 .789

vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 76/.979 122/.953 74/.582 92/.802 34/.796 111/.864 40/.578 224/.849 86/.754 113/.778 .798

vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 122/.561 139/.871 90/.914 126/.785 34/.947 199/.756 43/.646 496/.911 84/.803 106/.644 .782

Road / 97/.805 128/.979 80/.874 83/.862 29/.681 134/.895 43/.614 345/1.000 97/.927 102/.668 .798

Last 28d days / 24/.717 39/1.033 44/.455 51/.754 68/.876 65/.903 19/.635 71/1.089 51/1.115 39/.777

HR/SB/CS // 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 3/1/1 157/64/34

Usage ·Xo····X ·Xo····· o······· ·Xo···o· ··X···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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Game Preview: DET @ TEX, 8:05pm, Wednesday, September 17, 2008 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

SP: Freddy Garcia (33, RHP, 0-0, undef)

SP: Dustin Nippert (27, RHP, 3-4, 6.20)

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