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Game Preview: DET @ TOR, 1:07pm, Sunday, April 20, 2008 @Rogers Centre

Detroit Tigers, 6-12, 5th, 4½ GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Nate Robertson (30, LHP, 0-1, 7.02)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (0-1)             16.2  21  13  13   5  16  2    7.02      
 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         2-3  44.1  43  23  23  15  34  5    4.67   51 
 2008-04-15    MIN  ND   6.1   6   4   4   1   5  1      94   49 
 2008-04-10    BOS   L   5.1   8   4   4   2   6  0     107   40 
 2008-04-04    CHW  ND   5     7   5   5   2   5  1      91   36 
 2007-09-30    CHW   W   6.2   8   3   3   0   2  1     104   48 
 2007-09-24    MIN   L   7     3   1   1   4   6  0     111   69 
 2007-09-19    CLE   L   7     6   4   4   3   5  1     105   51 
 2007-09-14    MIN   W   7     5   2   2   3   5  1     106   61 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TOR      2-2  29.1  37  17  17   9  23  9    5.22   45 
 2007-04-15    TOR   L   7     7   2   2   2   5  0      96   58 
 2007-04-04    TOR   W   5.2   7   2   2   2   4  1     104   49 
 2006-09-27    TOR   L   4.2  10   6   6   1   2  4      89   21 
 2006-06-11    TOR   W   5     5   4   4   3   8  3     106   46 
 2005-08-10    TOR  ND   7     8   3   3   1   4  1     105   52 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    2-6    Road:    4-6    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   3-11   vsLHP:   3-1    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  2-3    vsCntrl: 4-9    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 18 Sat, Apr 19  @TOR  L   2-3        6-12  5th  4.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18  @TOR  W   8-4        6-11  5th  4.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17  @CLE  L   1-11       5-11  5th  4.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16  @CLE  W  13-2        5-10  4th  4.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15   MIN  W   6-5        4-10  5th  4.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14   MIN  W  11-9        3-10  5th  5.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13  @CHW  L   0-11       2-10  5th  5.5 gb
 11 Sat, Apr 12  @CHW  L   0-7        2-9   5th  4.5 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11  @CHW  W   5-2        2-8   5th  4.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 10  @BOS  L   6-12       1-8   5th  5.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 6-12   Last 30: 6-12
Toronto Blue Jays, 9-9, 3rd, 2½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: A.J. Burnett (31, RHP, 1-1, 7.27)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-1)             17.1  25  14  14   6   9  2    7.27      
 2007 (10-8)           165.2 131  74  69  66 176 23    3.75      
 2006 (10-8)           135.2 138  67  60  39 118 14    3.98      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  45.1  53  27  27  15  39  5    5.36   46 
 2008-04-13    TEX  ND   5.2   7   4   4   2   3  1     113   40 
 2008-04-08    OAK  ND   4.2  10   6   6   2   1  0      92   19 
 2008-04-02    NYY   W   6     5   2   2   1   3  1      90   56 
 2007-09-30    TBD   L   5.2   8   7   7   2   6  1     105   29 
 2007-09-25    BAL   W   6.2  10   4   4   3   7  0     119   42 
 2007-09-18    BOS   W   8.2   9   3   3   3  11  1     124   62 
 2007-09-13    NYY  ND   8     4   1   1   2   8  1     120   76 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      1-1  13.2  17  15  15   7  15  1    9.88   37 
 2007-04-14    DET  ND   5.1   7   4   4   1   5  1      95   42 
 2007-04-04    DET   L   2     5   6   6   4   2  0      55   20 
 2006-09-28    DET   W   6.1   5   5   5   2   8  0     106   49 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    4-6    Road:    5-3    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:   9-5    vsLHP:   0-4    1-Run:   2-5 
 vsEast:  5-3    vsCntrl: 1-1    vsWest:  3-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 18 Sat, Apr 19   DET  W   3-2        9-9   3rd  2.5 gb
 17 Fri, Apr 18   DET  L   4-8        8-9   4th  2.5 gb
 16 Thu, Apr 17   TEX  L   1-4        8-8   4th  1.5 gb
 15 Wed, Apr 16   TEX  L   5-7 (14)   8-7   3rd  0.5 gb
 14 Tue, Apr 15  @BAL  W  11-3        8-6   2nd  0.5 gb
 13 Mon, Apr 14  @BAL  L   3-4        7-6   3rd  1.0 gb
 12 Sun, Apr 13  @TEX  W   5-4 (10)   7-5   1st    Tied
 11 Sat, Apr 12  @TEX  W   4-1        6-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 10 Fri, Apr 11  @TEX  W   8-5        5-5   3rd  1.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 10   OAK  L   2-3 (12)   4-5   4th  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-9    Last 30: 9-9 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 19, 2008 TOR  3  DET  2        W:Dustin McGowan (1-1), L: Jeremy Bonderman (1-2), S: B.J. Ryan (2)
Fri, Apr 18, 2008 DET  8 @TOR  4        W:Kenny Rogers (1-3), L: Jeremy Accardo (0-3), S: none

Mon, Sep 10, 2007 DET  5  TOR  4        W:Yorman Bazardo (1-1), L: Casey Janssen (2-3), S: none
Sun, Apr 15, 2007 TOR  2  DET  1        W:Josh Towers (1-1), L: Nate Robertson (2-1), S: Shaun Marcum (1)
Sat, Apr 14, 2007 DET 10 @TOR  7        W:Wilfredo Ledezma (2-0), L: B.J. Ryan (0-2), S: Todd Jones (6)
Fri, Apr 13, 2007 TOR  2  DET  1 (10)   W:Roy Halladay (2-0), L: Fernando Rodney (1-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 12, 2007 DET  5 @TOR  4        W:Mike Maroth (2-0), L: Tomokazu Ohka (0-1), S: Joel Zumaya (1)
Wed, Apr 04, 2007 DET 10  TOR  9        W:Nate Robertson (1-0), L: A.J. Burnett (0-1), S: Todd Jones (1)
Mon, Apr 02, 2007 TOR  5 @DET  3 (10)   W:Jason Frasor (1-0), L: Fernando Rodney (0-1), S: B.J. Ryan (1)
Thu, Sep 28, 2006 TOR  8 @DET  6        W:A.J. Burnett (10-8), L: Kenny Rogers (17-7), S: B.J. Ryan (37)
Season Series: 2008 - Tied 1-1; 2007 - DET won 4-3; 2006 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - TOR leads 191-162

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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.98

BAL  4.67

WSN  4.15

RA/G

BOS  4.06

KCR  4.80

TBD  5.83

BA

M. Ordonez  .363

J. Francoeur  .293

J. LaRue  .148

OBP

B. Bonds  .480

J. Varitek  .367

J. LaRue  .240

SLG

C. Ross  .653

T. Tulowitzki  .479

A. Gonzalez  .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.067

G. Sheffield  .839

J. LaRue  .512

ERA

J. Peavy  2.54

A. Pettitte  4.05

S. Olsen  5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.93

G. Meche  6.50

A. Cook  3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Detroit Tigers Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (4.06 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 34.Burnett
G/S/vB
49.Accardo
G/S/vB
57.Camp
G/S/vB
43.Carlson*
G/S/vB
37.Downs*
G/S/vB
54.Frasor
G/S/vB
52.Ryan*
G/S/vB
56.Tallet*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/3.500 ··· 3/1.666 1/.000 2/.000 2/3.000 680/530 .320/.401/.565/.965 1.173/.910 .905 / 2/1 34/23
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 7/.572 3/.333 5/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.750 4/.833 2/.000 630/500 .296/.357/.502/.859 .921/.843 .855 / 13/8 21/25
15.Inge G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· 8/1.071 ··· 4/.250 9/.222 3/.000 1/no AB 577/447 .236/.312/.376/.688 .923/.621 .631 / 9/2 14/18
19.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.333 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 10/.733 ··· 495/408 .285/.335/.400/.735 .763/.729 .763 / 6/3 5/4
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 5/1.350 3/1.000 5/.400 ··· 6/.167 3/.333 7/.971 4/1.167 679/531 .363/.434/.595/1.029 1.213/.980 .937 / 4/1 28/1
14.Polanco G/S/vP 18/.513 5/.000 3/.000 ··· 13/1.077 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 641/489 .341/.388/.458/.846 .813/.857 .820 / 7/3 9/0
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 148/84 .304/.340/.507/.847 .759/.912 .868 / 3/0 4/1
8.Renteria G/S/vP 16/.679 2/1.000 6/.833 ··· 8/.625 4/1.000 10/.600 1/2.000 543/347 .332/.390/.470/.860 .918/.827 .864 / 11/2 12/11
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 7/.858 2/2.000 6/.833 ··· 2/.000 4/2.500 6/.334 ··· 515/389 .281/.294/.420/.714 .746/.703 .687 / 2/2 11/6
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 74/62 .284/.324/.388/.712 1.117/.638 .921 / 3/0 0/2
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 32/.766 4/1.750 7/1.429 ··· 13/.558 4/.750 9/1.381 1/.000 593/460 .265/.378/.462/.839 .832/.841 .783 / 22/5 25/0
33.Thames G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 3/1.000 ··· 284/193 .242/.278/.498/.776 .927/.705 .709 / 2/1 18/4
36.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
IP 165.2 67.1 40.0 58.0 57.0 4.1 62.1 TOTAL .262/.343/.404/.747 .811/.731 .730 .747 10/0 15/12
ERA-K/9 3.75/9.6 2.14/7.6 7.20/8.1 /0.0 2.17/8.8 4.58/9.3 12.46/6.3 3.47/7.8 3.80/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Rodriguez (47-21-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 691/.214 275/.206 198/.368 / 239/.223 242/.220 25/.333 267/.215 .262  Jones
 Ordonez
 Sheffield
 Thames
 Raburn
2/84/67/8
0/0/143/4
7/0/7/1
37/0/9/1
10/13/16/1
OPS .664 .558 .991 .592 .631 .964 .611 .756
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 374/.637 137/.419 68/1.025 / 126/.548 113/.721 3/.667 106/.697 .755
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 317/.697 138/.697 130/.973 / 113/.639 129/.556 22/1.010 161/.555 .756
Home 347/.617 127/.495 113/.818 / 131/.525 123/.623 10/.686 129/.481 .779
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 23/31/0 4/10/1 7/2/0 // 3/0/1 3/5/2 1/0/0 1/9/1 16/12/4
Usage ···X··X· ·o·o··o· ···XX·o· oX·X··X· ·X·o·o·· X··X··o· ·X·X·Xo·

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.94 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (6.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 29.Robertson*
G/S/vB
52.Bautista
G/S/vB
49.Grilli
G/S/vB
59.Jones
G/S/vB
45.Lopez
G/S/vB
31.Miner
G/S/vB
50.Rapada*
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
20.Barajas G/S/vP 11/.900 ··· 5/.400 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 147/106 .230/.352/.393/.745 .916/.685 .644 / 0/1 4/0
11.Eckstein G/S/vP 7/1.000 4/1.167 6/.666 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 484/339 .309/.356/.382/.739 .709/.752 .816 / 10/1 3/20
2.Hill G/S/vP 15/1.533 1/.000 5/.000 3/2.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 657/503 .291/.333/.459/.792 .916/.753 .836 / 4/3 17/14
1.Inglett* G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/4 .600/.600/1.000/1.600 .000/2.000 1.500 / 1/0 0/0
6.McDonald G/S/vP 5/1.800 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 353/260 .251/.279/.333/.612 .818/.539 .624 / 7/2 1/9
17.Overbay* G/S/vP 8/.929 ··· 3/.666 9/.583 ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 1/3.000 476/361 .240/.315/.391/.706 .794/.676 .658 / 2/0 10/5
15.Rios G/S/vP 16/.500 3/.333 5/1.800 4/.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 711/545 .297/.354/.498/.852 1.022/.802 .842 / 17/4 24/7
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 17/1.269 1/no AB 6/1.100 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/2.500 379/282 .260/.332/.361/.693 .861/.637 .653 / 2/1 7/14
24.Stairs* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/1.167 17/.983 ··· 6/.666 1/2.000 ··· 405/352 .289/.368/.549/.917 .818/.931 .918 / 2/1 21/6
23.Stewart G/S/vP 28/.494 ··· 9/.444 12/.667 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 630/444 .290/.345/.394/.739 .699/.756 .629 / 11/3 12/4
35.Thomas G/S/vP 20/1.100 4/.000 4/.833 14/.572 6/.167 2/1.000 ··· 1/5.000 624/480 .277/.377/.480/.857 1.062/.796 .944 / 0/0 26/
10.Wells G/S/vP 20/.528 3/2.000 6/.733 4/1.500 ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· 642/492 .245/.304/.402/.706 .835/.668 .700 / 10/4 16/3
9.Zaun# G/S/vP 7/1.000 ··· 3/1.167 8/1.250 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 391/304 .242/.341/.411/.752 .797/.739 .856 / 0/0 10/8
IP 177.2 8.2 79.2 61.1 17.1 53.2 2.2 46.1 TOTAL .268/.362/.376/.738 .662/.756 .718 .738 15/8 12/9
ERA-K/9 4.76/6.0 12.46/8.3 4.74/7.0 4.26/4.8 5.19/3.6 3.02/5.7 10.13/13.3 2.33/7.4 5.70/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Barajas (12-7-1)
 Zaun (73-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 781/.283 48/.429 352/.263 265/.267 76/.273 232/.273 13/.273 189/.228 .262  Rios
 Wells
 Stewart
 Stairs
 Scutaro
0/22/147/11
0/148/0/5
139/6/0/4
43/0/17/3
6/0/4/0
OPS .787 .989 .714 .702 .751 .727 1.294 .619 .787
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 204/.732 28/1.096 120/.702 151/.705 37/.803 92/.567 9/.905 101/.545 .862
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 577/.807 20/.833 232/.718 114/.696 39/.705 140/.834 4/2.000 88/.707 .749
Road 352/.814 27/.732 168/.499 140/.771 41/.747 126/.740 1/.000 90/.766 .786
Last 28d days / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 22/7/4 0/1/0 5/1/2 3/1/0 2/0/0 3/4/6 2/0/0 1/1/1 16/9/3
Usage ····X··· ·Xo····· X··X···· ·X··Xo·· oo··o··· ··X···X· o···o·X· ··X··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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