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Game Preview: DET @ MIN, 4:10pm, Saturday, July 4, 2009 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

Tigers, 44-35, 1st, 2½ up

SP: Edwin Jackson (25, RHP, 6-4, 2.49)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (6-4) 108.1 84 36 30 29 84 7 2.49
2008 (14-11) 183.1 199 91 90 77 108 23 4.42
2007 (5-15) 161.0 195 116 103 88 128 19 5.76
Last 7 GS 2-2 48.1 34 15 13 13 36 2 2.42 62
2009-06-28 @HOU ND 7.0 5 3 3 0 5 0 98 60
2009-06-23 CHC ND 7.0 4 2 2 4 7 0 113 64
2009-06-17 @STL L 6.0 7 3 3 2 7 1 99 51
2009-06-11 @CHW ND 5.0 5 2 2 4 3 1 99 48
2009-06-06 LAA W 9.0 4 1 1 1 5 0 109 79
2009-05-31 @BAL W 8.0 2 0 0 1 7 0 101 84
2009-05-26 @KCR L 6.1 7 4 2 1 2 0 89 48
Last 5 v.MIN 1-3 18.0 22 17 14 10 13 0 7.00 40
2009-05-04 MIN L 6.0 7 5 5 2 7 0 105 43
2008-09-19 MIN W 7.2 7 1 1 1 5 0 114 65
2007-05-01 MIN L 1.1 5 6 4 2 1 0 49 23
2007-04-14 @MIN L 3.0 3 5 4 5 0 0 66 30
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   23-11   Road:   21-24   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  28-26   vsLHP:  16-9    1-Run:  13-9 
 vsEast:  4-10   vsCntrl:15-11   vsWest: 15-6  IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 79 Fri, Jul  3  @MIN  W  11-9 (16)  44-35  1st  2.5 up
 78 Wed, Jul  1  @OAK  L   1-5       43-35  1st  3.0 up
 77 Tue, Jun 30  @OAK  W   5-3       43-34  1st  4.0 up
 76 Mon, Jun 29  @OAK  L   1-7       42-34  1st  4.0 up
 75 Sun, Jun 28  @HOU  W   4-3       42-33  1st  4.0 up
 74 Sat, Jun 27  @HOU  L   1-8       41-33  1st  4.0 up
 73 Fri, Jun 26  @HOU  L   4-5       41-32  1st  4.0 up
 72 Thu, Jun 25   CHC  W   6-5       41-31  1st  5.0 up
 71 Wed, Jun 24   CHC  W   5-3       40-31  1st  5.0 up
 70 Tue, Jun 23   CHC  W   5-4       39-31  1st  4.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Twins, 41-40, 3rd, 4 GB, 3½ GB in WC

SP: Francisco Liriano (25, LHP, 4-8, 5.62)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (4-8) 89.2 94 57 56 42 80 12 5.62
2008 (6-4) 76.0 74 40 33 32 67 7 3.91
2006 (12-3) 121.0 89 31 29 32 144 9 2.16
Last 7 GS 2-3 39.0 45 22 22 17 40 4 5.08 48
2009-06-28 @STL W 7.0 4 2 2 2 6 0 97 65
2009-06-23 @MIL W 5.0 7 3 3 5 6 0 117 42
2009-06-17 PIT L 7.0 8 4 4 1 6 2 106 50
2009-06-10 @OAK ND 6.0 5 3 3 2 7 0 98 55
2009-06-05 @SEA ND 6.0 3 1 1 4 5 1 101 63
2009-05-30 @TBR L 4.0 7 4 4 3 3 1 93 32
2009-05-25 BOS L 4.0 11 5 5 0 7 0 84 27
Last 5 v.DET 3-1 33.1 27 12 12 7 43 5 3.24 62
2009-05-04 @DET W 7.1 4 2 2 3 9 1 103 68
2008-09-05 DET W 7.0 5 2 2 1 9 2 99 67
2006-08-07 @DET L 4.0 10 4 4 0 5 1 67 31
2006-07-28 DET ND 8.0 3 2 2 3 12 0 104 77
2005-09-30 DET W 7.0 5 2 2 0 8 1 72 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   24-16   Road:   17-24   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  29-24   vsLHP:  12-16   1-Run:   9-11
 vsEast:  6-16   vsCntrl:13-11   vsWest: 10-7  IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 81 Fri, Jul  3   DET  L   9-11(16)  41-40  3rd  4.0 gb
 80 Wed, Jul  1  @KCR  W   5-1       41-39  2nd  3.0 gb
 79 Tue, Jun 30  @KCR  W   2-1       40-39  2nd  4.0 gb
 78 Mon, Jun 29  @KCR  L   2-4       39-39  2nd  4.0 gb
 77 Sun, Jun 28  @STL  W   6-2       39-38  2nd  4.0 gb
 76 Sat, Jun 27  @STL  L   3-5       38-38  2nd  4.0 gb
 75 Fri, Jun 26  @STL  W   3-1       38-37  2nd  4.0 gb
 74 Thu, Jun 25  @MIL  W   6-4       37-37  2nd  5.0 gb
 73 Wed, Jun 24  @MIL  L   3-4       36-37  2nd  5.0 gb
 72 Tue, Jun 23  @MIL  W   7-3       36-36  2nd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, May 14, 2009 MIN  6  DET  5        W:Craig Breslow (1-1), L: Bobby Seay (0-1), S: Joe Nathan (6)
Wed, May 13, 2009 MIN 14  DET 10 (13)   W:Jesse Crain (2-1), L: Brandon Lyon (1-3), S: none
Tue, May 12, 2009 MIN  6  DET  2        W:Kevin Slowey (5-1), L: Armando Galarraga (3-3), S: none
Tue, May 05, 2009 DET  9  MIN  0        W:Rick Porcello (2-3), L: Nick Blackburn (2-2), S: none
Mon, May 04, 2009 MIN  7 @DET  2        W:Francisco Liriano (1-4), L: Edwin Jackson (1-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 07, 2008 DET  7 @MIN  5        W:Chris Lambert (1-1), L: Glen Perkins (12-4), S: Fernando Rodney (10)
Sat, Sep 06, 2008 DET  6 @MIN  4        W:Clay Rapada (3-0), L: Matt Guerrier (6-7), S: Fernando Rodney (9)
Fri, Sep 05, 2008 MIN 10  DET  2        W:Francisco Liriano (5-3), L: Armando Galarraga (12-5), S: none
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 DET  4  MIN  2        W:Justin Verlander (7-9), L: Nick Blackburn (7-5), S: Todd Jones (17)
Sat, Jul 12, 2008 MIN  6 @DET  5        W:Scott Baker (6-2), L: Nate Robertson (6-8), S: Joe Nathan (27)
Season Series: 2009 - MIN leads 4-2; 2008 - MIN won 11-7; 2007 - DET won 12-6; All-Time - DET leads 1027-950

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 2009 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

NYY  5.53

NYM  4.51

SDP  3.77

 RA/G

SFG  3.74

COL  4.63

WSN  5.66

 BA

J. Mauer  .392

C. Blake  .286

B. Giles  .191

 OBP

J. Mauer  .467

M. Cuddyer  .359

D. Navarro  .241

 SLG

A. Pujols  .740

C. Barmes  .471

N. Punto  .237

 OPS

A. Pujols  1.200

C. Granderson  .813

N. Punto  .543

 ERA

Z. Greinke  1.95

A. Burnett  3.93

A. Sonnanstine  6.61

 K/9IP

J. Verlander  10.70

C. Pavano  6.63

J. Garland  3.31

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Tigers Batters (4.81 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.43 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB		 39.Dickey
G/S/vB		 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB		 44.Keppel
G/S/vB		 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB		 36.Nathan
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 144/129 .255/.287/.321/.608 .481/.622 .553 33/.424 12/2 0/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 6/1.133 9/1.556 9/.904 ··· 2/.000 5/.200 314/226 .331/.395/.556/.951 .934/.955 .789 101/.879 1/2 16/4
4.Everett G/S/vP 6/.334 3/.333 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 3/.000 203/133 .275/.325/.371/.696 .883/.591 .682 69/.775 3/1 2/7
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 20/.787 9/.708 17/1.112 1/.000 1/.000 13/.693 348/240 .257/.339/.474/.813 .610/.901 .909 106/.746 14/4 18/0
15.Inge G/S/vP 17/.647 12/.750 19/.276 1/.000 ··· 16/.404 306/227 .275/.367/.521/.888 1.214/.782 .912 95/.899 2/4 18/8
32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/37 .289/.357/.421/.778 .500/.826 .733 43/.778 0/0 0/0
8.Laird G/S/vP 7/.453 5/.400 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 232/175 .236/.325/.357/.681 .733/.665 .587 70/.733 1/0 4/1
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 18/1.036 15/.795 15/.533 ··· ··· 11/.697 273/195 .260/.330/.333/.663 .782/.615 .581 69/.512 3/0 3/2
14.Polanco G/S/vP 21/.683 11/.522 15/.539 1/.000 2/.000 9/.476 311/216 .255/.308/.387/.695 .779/.655 .622 94/.839 3/1 5/1
25.Raburn G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 111/49 .265/.351/.480/.831 .953/.710 .636 57/.838 2/1 5/2
55.Ryan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/8 .167/.286/.250/.536 .533/.536 .143 14/.536 0/1 0/0
39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 6/.666 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 130/108 .291/.328/.496/.824 .619/.867 .642 36/.825 0/2 6/4
33.Thames G/S/vP 5/3.000 8/1.042 9/.111 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 106/60 .247/.321/.473/.794 1.036/.617 .795 86/.831 0/1 6/0
IP 89.2 48.2 37.1 7.2 25.0 32.1 TOTAL .260/.330/.421/.751 .798/.733 .708 .758 42/20 90/44
ERA-K/9 5.62/8.0 2.96/6.1 2.65/6.0 0.00/7.0 2.16/7.6 1.39/11.4 4.24/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 398/.272 196/.246 137/.208 26/.143 101/.241 116/.165 .264
OPS .811 .726 .617 .593 .719 .475 .751
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 95/.642 82/.583 47/.518 15/.900 42/.381 56/.645 .787
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 303/.864 114/.825 90/.668 11/.182 59/.960 60/.322 .727
Home 151/.831 91/.804 68/.763 / 46/.759 60/.342
Last 28d days 109/.695 53/.550 35/.805 26/.593 25/.861 33/.286
HR/SB/CS 12/11/5 5/2/1 5/2/1 0/0/0 3/1/0 2/2/0 92/49/19
Usage ·····X·· X·X·Xoo· X··o·X·o o··X··X· X··ooo·o X·oo·o·o
Twins Batters (4.78 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Jackson
G/S/vB		 40.Dolsi
G/S/vB		 53.French*
G/S/vB		 37.Lyon
G/S/vB		 59.Ni*
G/S/vB		 48.Porcello
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
32.Buscher* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 112/95 .198/.339/.308/.647 .710/.636 .675 26/.735 0/0 2/0
24.Crede G/S/vP 8/1.232 ··· ··· 5/1.600 ··· 3/.333 10/1.067 3/1.666 7/.453 246/177 .233/.305/.443/.748 .649/.786 .780 85/.735 0/0 12/2
5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 8/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 12/.349 5/1.800 11/.455 304/224 .277/.359/.513/.872 .956/.841 1.058 92/.860 4/1 12/4
22.Gomez G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.500 3/.666 187/121 .229/.286/.335/.622 .627/.619 .530 62/.722 7/4 1/0
23.Harris G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.000 2/.000 256/165 .285/.328/.387/.715 .700/.724 .896 104/.689 0/0 4/5
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 9/.944 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.000 5/.400 7/1.238 5/1.400 272/201 .308/.368/.543/.910 .484/1.062 .978 80/.981 0/0 13/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 11/.955 2/2.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 10/.856 14/.762 10/.311 240/154 .392/.467/.667/1.133 .984/1.218 1.383 100/.856 1/1 14/2
58.Morales# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 65/51 .356/.415/.424/.839 1.000/.796 .592 6/.833 0/0 0/2
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 11/.546 1/5.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 15/1.850 14/1.227 11/1.469 347/225 .309/.389/.574/.963 1.026/.921 1.062 100/.693 0/0 19/1
8.Punto# G/S/vP 8/.625 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 7/.750 5/.400 5/.400 190/142 .212/.306/.237/.543 .556/.527 .546 40/.702 6/1 0/5
55.Redmond G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.200 91/60 .229/.297/.277/.574 .757/.482 .505 22/.483 0/0 0/0
2.Span* G/S/vP 7/1.381 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 5/2.000 2/1.000 298/209 .282/.373/.373/.746 .903/.680 .862 50/.507 13/5 4/1
20.Tolbert# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 2/no AB 1/.000 146/106 .187/.279/.236/.514 .599/.480 .435 52/.541 4/0 1/1
21.Young G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 6/.367 2/1.000 185/123 .256/.281/.318/.599 .542/.628 .498 60/.724 2/2 3/2
IP 108.1 7.2 7.2 40.0 3.0 83.0 35.0 25.0 28.2 TOTAL .269/.342/.420/.762 .751/.767 .813 .723 39/14 83/34
ERA-K/9 2.49/7.0 1.17/1.2 2.35/7.0 3.83/4.7 3.00/12.0 3.90/4.8 4.11/7.2 3.24/5.8 3.77/9.1 4.30/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 428/.214 18/.250 12/.000 157/.211 9/.222 351/.278 139/.246 95/.195 121/.255 .258
OPS .606 .590 .250 .716 .889 .771 .702 .509 .750 .747
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 228/.544 8/.804 8/.125 66/.588 5/1.600 189/.838 81/.699 58/.555 60/.964 .778
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 200/.675 10/.422 4/.500 91/.795 4/.000 162/.693 58/.708 37/.434 61/.545 .717
Road 234/.596 18/.590 / 96/.734 9/.889 191/.746 69/.844 60/.523 62/.793
Last 28d days 135/.623 18/.590 / 51/.416 9/.889 120/.900 45/.914 31/.265 51/.919
HR/SB/CS 7/12/7 0/1/0 0/0/0 5/2/2 1/0/0 12/4/1 3/0/0 0/0/0 4/2/0 81/42/19
Usage ·····X·· X···X·Xo X······· X·X····· o·o·X··· ····X··· X··X·o·· o··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.