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Game Preview: DET @ ATL, 1:35pm, Sunday, June 27, 2010 @Turner Field

Tigers, 39-34, 39-34 2nd, 1½ GB, 4½ GB in WC

SP: Justin Verlander (27, RHP, 8-5, 3.94)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. ATL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (8-5)			96.0	77	43	42	34	87	7	3.94
2009 (19-9)			240.0	219	99	92	63	269	20	3.45
2008 (11-17)			201.0	195	119	108	87	163	18	4.84

Last 7 GS		4-3	47.1	38	21	21	14	41	4	3.99	57
2010-06-22	@NYM	L	2.0	5	5	5	3	2	0	61	25
2010-06-16	WSN	W	8.0	7	3	3	0	11	2	116	67
2010-06-11	PIT	W	7.0	4	2	2	4	3	0	105	60
2010-06-05	@KCR	W	7.0	5	2	2	3	4	0	112	60
2010-05-31	OAK	L	7.0	6	3	3	1	8	0	114	60
2010-05-25	@SEA	L	7.1	7	5	5	2	8	2	117	50
2010-05-19	@OAK	W	9.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	116	79

Last 5 v.ATL		1-0	7.0	4	1	1	2	11	1	1.29	74
2007-06-23	@ATL	W	7.0	4	1	1	2	11	1	110	74

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   25-11   Road:   14-23   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  26-26   vsLHP:  13-8    1-Run:  10-10
 vsEast:  5-2    vsCntrl:13-14   vsWest: 11-11 IL:10-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 73 Sat, Jun 26  @ATL  L   3-4       39-34  2nd  1.5 gb
 72 Fri, Jun 25  @ATL  L   1-3       39-33  2nd  0.5 gb
 71 Thu, Jun 24  @NYM  W   6-5       39-32  2nd  0.5 gb
 70 Wed, Jun 23  @NYM  L   0-5       38-32  2nd  1.5 gb
 69 Tue, Jun 22  @NYM  L   6-14      38-31  2nd  1.5 gb
 68 Sun, Jun 20   ARI  W   3-1       38-30  2nd  1.5 gb
 67 Sat, Jun 19   ARI  L   5-6       37-30  2nd  1.5 gb
 66 Fri, Jun 18   ARI  W   7-5       37-29  2nd  0.5 gb
 65 Thu, Jun 17   WSN  W   8-3       36-29  2nd  1.5 gb
 64 Wed, Jun 16   WSN  W   8-3       35-29  2nd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15

Braves, 44-31, 44-31 1st, 1½ up

SP: Tommy Hanson (23, RHP, 7-4, 4.17)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (7-4)			86.1	86	41	40	29	86	7	4.17
2009 (11-4)			127.2	105	42	41	46	116	10	2.89

Last 7 GS		4-1	36.1	43	24	24	16	30	3	5.94	44
2010-06-22	@CHW	L	3.2	13	9	9	1	0	1	84	-2
2010-06-16	TBR	W	7.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	101	76
2010-06-10	@ARI	ND	5.1	4	2	2	2	10	0	121	60
2010-06-05	@LAD	W	6.0	8	2	2	2	6	0	118	52
2010-05-31	PHI	W	6.2	3	1	1	3	2	0	109	63
2010-05-26	@FLA	W	6.0	4	2	2	5	4	1	89	55
2010-05-20	CIN	ND	1.2	8	8	8	2	2	1	55	7

Has never faced DET as starter.

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   26-7    Road:   18-24   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  32-18   vsLHP:  12-13   1-Run:  13-11
 vsEast:  9-11   vsCntrl:15-6    vsWest: 11-9  IL: 9-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 75 Sat, Jun 26   DET  W   4-3       44-31  1st  1.5 up
 74 Fri, Jun 25   DET  W   3-1       43-31  1st  0.5 up
 73 Thu, Jun 24  @CHW  L   0-2       42-31  1st  0.5 up
 72 Wed, Jun 23  @CHW  L   2-4       42-30  1st  0.5 up
 71 Tue, Jun 22  @CHW  L   6-9       42-29  1st  1.5 up
 70 Sun, Jun 20   KCR  W   8-5       42-28  1st  2.5 up
 69 Sat, Jun 19   KCR  W   5-4       41-28  1st  1.5 up
 68 Fri, Jun 18   KCR  W   6-4       40-28  1st  0.5 up
 67 Thu, Jun 17   TBR  W   3-1       39-28  1st  0.5 up
 66 Wed, Jun 16   TBR  W   6-2       38-28  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:21-9

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jun 26, 2010 ATL  4  DET  3        W:Kenshin Kawakami (1-9), L: Joel Zumaya (2-1), S: Peter Moylan (1)
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 ATL  3  DET  1        W:Kris Medlen (5-1), L: Andrew Oliver (0-1), S: Billy Wagner (15)

Sun, Jun 24, 2007 DET  5 @ATL  0        W:Andrew Miller (3-1), L: Chuck James (6-7), S: Chad Durbin (1)
Sat, Jun 23, 2007 DET  2 @ATL  1        W:Justin Verlander (9-2), L: Kyle Davies (3-7), S: Todd Jones (18)
Fri, Jun 22, 2007 DET  5 @ATL  0        W:Kenny Rogers (1-0), L: John Smoltz (8-4), S: none
Thu, Jun 10, 2004 DET  7  ATL  4        W:Mike Maroth (5-3), L: Antonio Alfonseca (5-2), S: Ugueth Urbina (9)
Wed, Jun 09, 2004 DET  4  ATL  2        W:Craig Dingman (1-0), L: John Thomson (5-3), S: Ugueth Urbina (8)
Tue, Jun 08, 2004 ATL  4 @DET  3 (10)   W:Chris Reitsma (2-1), L: Danny Patterson (0-3), S: John Smoltz (9)
Thu, Jun 20, 2002 ATL  3  DET  2        W:Kerry Ligtenberg (1-3), L: Juan Acevedo (1-3), S: none
Wed, Jun 19, 2002 ATL  4  DET  1        W:Kevin Millwood (4-5), L: Mike Maroth (1-1), S: John Smoltz (22)
Season Series: 2010 - ATL leads 2-0; 2009 -  0-0; 2008 -  0-0; All-Time - DET leads 8-6

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 2010 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

BOS 5.50

COL 4.57

PIT 3.28

RA/G

SDP 3.24

FLA 4.41

PIT 5.72

R. Cano .359

F. Cervelli .279

L. Valbuena .166

OBP

J. Morneau .445

R. Martin .352

A. Ramirez .238

SLG

M. Cabrera .626

J. Kubel .450

L. Valbuena .245

OPS

J. Morneau 1.057

J. Kubel .802

T. Manzella .513

ERA

U. Jimenez 1.60

C. Hamels 4.08

N. Blackburn 6.10

K/9IP

J. Weaver 10.44

C. Richard 6.73

J. Lannan 2.88

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Tigers Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Braves Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Hanson
G/S/vB 43.Chavez
G/S/vB 11.Kawakami
G/S/vB 50.Martinez
G/S/vB 54.Medlen
G/S/vB 58.Moylan
G/S/vB 34.O'Flaherty*
G/S/vB 40.Saito
G/S/vB 39.Venters*
G/S/vB 13.Wagner*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 134/124 .235/.321/.353/.674 .543/.681 .574 52/.891 2/0 3/3

26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 211/164 .337/.389/.611/1.000 1.418/.880 .930 101/1.079 2/0 11/4

24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· 3/1.334 9/1.000 ··· 3/3.333 ··· 14/.599 308/238 .330/.406/.626/1.032 1.134/1.003 1.093 102/.897 2/2 20/9

18.Damon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.400 1/.000 8/.661 3/.000 ··· 7/.858 289/217 .269/.365/.394/.758 .853/.727 .722 84/.625 5/1 3/1

9.Guillen# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.000 170/126 .277/.335/.452/.787 .629/.841 .789 89/.749 1/1 5/3

15.Inge G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.333 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/2.667 287/212 .260/.334/.409/.744 .827/.714 .690 91/.810 0/1 6/5

14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 282/204 .302/.351/.405/.756 .464/.868 .757 68/.546 12/2 1/1

32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/84 .214/.261/.262/.523 .222/.547 .488 45/.411 1/0 1/1

12.Laird G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 160/95 .176/.253/.232/.486 .571/.427 .372 40/.475 1/1 1/2

30.Ordonez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/.333 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 282/218 .319/.394/.504/.898 1.269/.791 .855 75/.882 1/0 10/2

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 119/68 .204/.288/.359/.647 .921/.442 .585 50/.790 1/0 2/3

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 183/157 .259/.339/.323/.662 .538/.684 .708 61/.686 1/0 2/4

29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 54/32 .260/.302/.320/.622 .814/.491 .617 29/.584 0/0 0/0

IP 86.1 27.2 82.1 7.2 74.1 29.2 28.0 27.1 32.1 30.1 TOTAL .270/.340/.419/.759 .817/.740 .733 .753 31/9 66/63

ERA-K/9

4.17/9.0

6.18/8.1

4.48/6.2

2.35/8.2

3.15/6.5

3.03/8.2

2.25/7.7

3.95/12.2

1.39/10.0

1.19/13.7

3.73/7.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (15-9-1)
Laird (29-13-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 370/.263 118/.259 362/.271 29/.207 296/.259 131/.264 116/.228 113/.188 134/.179 119/.163 .245 Ordonez
Jackson
Damon
Raburn
Boesch
Kelly
Guillen 0/0/58/7
0/64/0/2
25/4/0/2
14/5/6/1
31/0/15/1
34/8/1/0
4/0/0/0

OPS .724 .783 .784 .586 .694 .708 .639 .614 .523 .516 .698

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 168/.715 43/.897 167/.804 13/.769 139/.705 42/.921 56/.562 50/.536 48/.446 26/.279 .718

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 202/.732 75/.718 195/.766 16/.438 157/.683 89/.618 60/.710 63/.672 86/.566 93/.583 .682

Home 163/.663 43/.685 160/.694 12/.667 140/.696 45/.628 58/.651 40/.611 76/.525 60/.465

Last 28d days 124/.731 25/.432 122/.748 26/.577 129/.605 36/.910 32/.733 20/1.056 57/.523 40/.393

HR/SB/CS 7/9/1 5/0/0 9/6/2 1/0/0 8/2/1 1/7/1 1/0/0 3/1/0 0/1/0 2/0/0 57/40/20

Usage ····X··· ····X··· X·····X· ······X· ·X·····X oo····Xo oo····Xo X·oX···· oo·····o ·o····Xo

Braves Batters (4.79 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.47 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB 38.Bonderman
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB 21.Gonzalez
G/S/vB 59.Ni*
G/S/vB 41.Oliver*
G/S/vB 36.Thomas*
G/S/vB 46.Valverde
G/S/vB 54.Zumaya
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Blanco* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 26/20 .350/.500/.400/.900 1.167/.825 1.292 26/.900 1/0 0/0

53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 13/.490 18/.973 ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB 5/.650 250/169 .262/.322/.333/.656 .671/.648 .611 87/.720 3/1 2/2

26.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 68/55 .279/.323/.590/.913 .481/1.020 .765 30/.893 3/0 4/1

19.Escobar G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.833 1/.000 250/182 .247/.347/.293/.640 .727/.608 .534 98/.789 5/1 0/8

25.Glaus G/S/vP ··· 9/.333 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 4/1.833 1/2.000 3/.667 306/212 .271/.376/.477/.853 .931/.819 .896 106/.994 0/0 14/5

22.Heyward* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 303/208 .251/.366/.455/.821 .674/.891 .828 113/.507 5/4 11/4

18.Hicks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 4/.000 0/0 0/0

20.Hinske* G/S/vP 2/.000 16/.558 1/2.000 5/.400 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/.500 159/149 .308/.371/.538/.910 .633/.928 .931 70/.780 0/0 5/1

4.Infante G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 166/112 .299/.333/.370/.703 .495/.800 .881 64/.661 3/1 1/7

10.Jones# G/S/vP 3/1.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 10/.400 1/5.000 250/168 .256/.388/.394/.782 .773/.787 .956 72/.837 5/0 5/6

16.McCann* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.667 ··· 5/.750 1/.000 253/180 .257/.375/.438/.814 .711/.856 .785 90/.810 3/1 9/6

14.Prado G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 349/249 .332/.373/.473/.846 .785/.871 .950 115/.891 2/3 7/2

8.Ross G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 79/35 .281/.403/.359/.762 .827/.671 .875 21/.770 0/1 0/1

IP 96.0 81.1 30.0 44.0 7.0 22.1 6.0 33.2 31.1 37.2 TOTAL .261/.348/.396/.745 .681/.772 .797 .758 36/14 61/60

ERA-K/9

3.94/8.2

4.20/6.9

3.00/6.9

3.68/3.3

1.29/2.6

5.24/8.1

3.00/6.0

4.54/3.7

0.57/8.1

2.63/8.1

4.26/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
McCann (33-14-2)
Ross (7-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 393/.219 342/.254 127/.250 178/.230 26/.190 108/.281 23/.227 157/.305 113/.101 154/.232 .257 Cabrera
Infante
Hinske
Heyward
Blanco 45/24/9/5
7/0/0/1
26/0/0/0
0/0/69/0
7/12/0/0

OPS .628 .692 .629 .657 .546 .808 .625 .806 .365 .594 .714

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 234/.625 168/.790 61/.644 89/.696 11/.614 40/.819 6/1.133 57/.631 64/.462 72/.625 .711

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 159/.633 174/.601 66/.614 89/.618 15/.497 68/.802 17/.471 100/.908 49/.249 82/.568 .717

Road 203/.690 183/.740 57/.653 69/.925 10/.844 63/.771 23/.625 86/.870 50/.400 79/.623

Last 28d days 129/.670 141/.805 23/.451 128/.591 26/.546 33/1.079 23/.625 38/.843 36/.174 38/.758

HR/SB/CS 7/8/3 8/8/4 1/1/0 5/3/1 0/0/0 2/1/2 1/0/0 1/0/1 1/0/0 1/4/0 56/44/22

Usage ····X··· ···X···· ··Xo···· ··X····· X··oo··X X···X··o ·X······ ·o··X··· ··o···o· X·oX··o·

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.