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Game Preview: TBR @ DET, 7:05pm, Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @Comerica Park

Rays, 68-44, 68-44 2nd, 1½ GB

SP: Jeremy Hellickson (23, RHP, 1-0, 2.57)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-0)			7.0	3	2	2	2	6	1	2.57

Last 7 GS		1-0	7.0	3	2	2	2	6	1	2.57	67
2010-08-02	MIN	W	7.0	3	2	2	2	6	1	107	67

Has never faced DET as starter.

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

 Home:   34-23   Road:   34-21   ExtrInn: 6-4 
 vsRHP:  44-31   vsLHP:  24-13   1-Run:  18-19
 vsEast: 27-17   vsCntrl:23-10   vsWest: 11-6  IL: 7-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Mon, Aug  9  @DET  W   6-3       68-44  2nd  1.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  8  @TOR  L   0-1       67-44  2nd  2.5 gb
110 Sat, Aug  7  @TOR  L  11-17      67-43  2nd  1.5 gb
109 Fri, Aug  6  @TOR  L   1-2       67-42  2nd  0.5 gb
108 Thu, Aug  5   MIN  L   6-8       67-41  2nd  0.5 gb
107 Wed, Aug  4   MIN  L   1-2 (13)  67-40  1st    Tied
106 Tue, Aug  3   MIN  W   6-4       67-39  1st  1.0 up
105 Mon, Aug  2   MIN  W   4-2       66-39  1st    Tied
104 Sun, Aug  1   NYY  W   3-0       65-39  2nd  1.0 gb
103 Sat, Jul 31   NYY  L   4-5       64-39  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Tigers, 54-58, 54-58 3rd, 9 GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Max Scherzer (25, RHP, 7-8, 4.19)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (7-8)			124.2	121	64	58	50	118	15	4.19
2009 (9-11)			170.1	166	94	78	63	174	20	4.12
2008 (0-4)			56.0	48	24	19	21	66	5	3.05

Last 7 GS		3-2	46.0	37	13	12	19	43	3	2.35	60
2010-08-05	CHW	ND	7.0	8	2	2	2	7	0	103	58
2010-07-31	@BOS	ND	6.1	9	1	1	1	3	0	116	53
2010-07-26	@TBR	L	5.2	2	4	3	4	8	1	108	55
2010-07-21	TEX	W	7.0	4	0	0	3	5	0	123	71
2010-07-16	@CLE	L	5.0	5	4	4	5	7	1	109	43
2010-07-07	BAL	W	7.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	103	65
2010-07-02	SEA	W	8.0	3	1	1	2	7	1	110	77

Last 5 v.TBR		0-1	5.2	2	4	3	4	8	1	4.76	55
2010-07-26	@TBR	L	5.2	2	4	3	4	8	1	108	55

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

 Home:   37-23   Road:   17-35   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  36-44   vsLHP:  18-14   1-Run:  12-16
 vsEast: 11-11   vsCntrl:17-24   vsWest: 15-16 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
112 Mon, Aug  9   TBR  L   3-6       54-58  3rd  9.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  8   LAA  W   9-4       54-57  3rd  9.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  7   LAA  L   1-10      53-57  3rd 10.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  6   LAA  L   2-4       53-56  3rd  9.0 gb
108 Thu, Aug  5   CHW  L   4-6 (11)  53-55  3rd  9.0 gb
107 Wed, Aug  4   CHW  L   1-4       53-54  3rd  8.0 gb
106 Tue, Aug  3   CHW  W   7-1       53-53  3rd  7.0 gb
105 Tue, Aug  3   CHW  L   2-12      52-53  3rd  7.0 gb
104 Sun, Aug  1  @BOS  L   3-4       52-52  3rd  7.0 gb
103 Sat, Jul 31  @BOS  L   4-5       52-51  3rd  6.0 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 6-14   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Aug 09, 2010 TBR  6 @DET  3        W:David Price (15-5), L: Armando Galarraga (3-5), S: Rafael Soriano (32)
Thu, Jul 29, 2010 TBR  4  DET  2        W:David Price (14-5), L: Rick Porcello (4-9), S: Dan Wheeler (2)
Wed, Jul 28, 2010 TBR  7  DET  4        W:Jeff Niemann (9-3), L: Eddie Bonine (4-1), S: Rafael Soriano (28)
Tue, Jul 27, 2010 TBR  3  DET  2        W:James Shields (9-9), L: Justin Verlander (12-6), S: Rafael Soriano (27)
Mon, Jul 26, 2010 TBR  5  DET  0        W:Matt Garza (11-5), L: Max Scherzer (7-8), S: none

Sun, Sep 06, 2009 DET  5 @TBR  3        W:Edwin Jackson (12-6), L: Russ Springer (0-3), S: Brandon Lyon (3)
Sat, Sep 05, 2009 DET  8 @TBR  6        W:Bobby Seay (5-2), L: Grant Balfour (5-4), S: Brandon Lyon (2)
Fri, Sep 04, 2009 DET  4 @TBR  3        W:Justin Verlander (16-7), L: J.P. Howell (7-5), S: Fernando Rodney (32)
Mon, Aug 31, 2009 TBR 11 @DET  7        W:James Shields (9-10), L: Jarrod Washburn (9-8), S: none
Sun, Aug 30, 2009 DET  4  TBR  3        W:Justin Verlander (15-7), L: Grant Balfour (5-3), S: Fernando Rodney (29)
Season Series: 2010 - TBR over 5-0; 2009 - DET won 5-2; 2008 - TBR won 4-3; All-Time - TBR leads 49-45

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

NYY 5.33

FLA 4.45

SEA 3.25

RA/G

SDP 3.47

SEA 4.34

ARI 5.54

C. Johnson .356

R. Theriot .282

B. Wood .167

OBP

J. Morneau .437

R. Santiago .357

B. Wood .184

SLG

M. Cabrera .632

T. Wigginton .461

B. Wood .224

OPS

M. Cabrera 1.060

M. Reynolds .808

B. Wood .408

ERA

J. Johnson 1.97

B. Arroyo 3.83

B. Bannister 5.95

K/9IP

B. Morrow 10.68

T. Lilly 6.92

M. Buehrle 3.73

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Rays Batters (5.01 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Scherzer
G/S/vB 38.Bonderman
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 53.Fien
G/S/vB 58.Galarraga
G/S/vB 21.Gonzalez
G/S/vB 41.Oliver*
G/S/vB 45.Perry
G/S/vB 55.Schlereth*
G/S/vB 36.Thomas*
G/S/vB 46.Valverde
G/S/vB 34.Weinhardt
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

16.Aybar# G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.619 ··· 6/.750 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 222/110 .249/.317/.381/.697 .743/.677 .709 65/.699 0/0 5/0

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 3/1.167 18/.478 3/.000 ··· 11/.282 ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 370/249 .240/.322/.334/.657 .699/.635 .660 89/.682 9/3 3/10

15.Brignac* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 264/226 .262/.314/.393/.708 .743/.702 .793 57/.754 3/3 6/8

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 3/.000 22/.818 1/2.000 ··· 8/.250 2/5.000 ··· 3/.833 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 461/311 .298/.351/.477/.828 .678/.899 .816 90/.531 38/9 12/2

28.Jaso* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 275/229 .274/.385/.387/.772 .533/.822 .920 64/.778 3/0 3/4

24.Johnson* G/S/vP ··· 8/.375 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 24/14 .188/.417/.375/.792 1.600/.377 1.214 24/.792 0/0 1/0

20.Joyce* G/S/vP 6/.834 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/4.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 128/116 .208/.336/.462/.798 .000/.892 .849 76/.861 1/2 6/0

19.Kapler G/S/vP ··· 6/.200 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· 137/32 .207/.287/.289/.576 .556/.640 .641 27/.493 1/1 2/0

3.Longoria G/S/vP 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 10/1.933 1/.000 ··· 5/1.400 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 494/346 .286/.374/.484/.858 .939/.824 .776 106/.720 15/3 15/11

23.Pena* G/S/vP 3/.000 6/.000 5/1.400 ··· 8/.661 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.100 ··· ··· 422/297 .212/.332/.441/.772 .686/.810 .710 64/.976 5/1 23/4

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 284/209 .264/.308/.414/.722 .846/.677 .737 49/.698 8/2 7/3

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 1/2.000 12/.250 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 107/59 .186/.324/.256/.580 .891/.333 .564 37/.439 0/0 1/0

2.Upton G/S/vP 2/.500 10/1.167 1/.000 ··· 9/.333 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 413/287 .233/.317/.408/.725 .909/.648 .720 82/.764 32/7 10/4

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 3/.333 3/1.000 5/.650 ··· 9/1.730 1/.000 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 452/318 .265/.364/.373/.737 .652/.766 .766 79/.527 22/3 6/1

IP 124.2 119.2 46.0 2.2 86.1 23.1 22.0 37.1 3.2 50.0 49.0 15.0 TOTAL .251/.336/.401/.736 .719/.744 .742 .702 138/36 104/64

ERA-K/9

4.19/8.5

4.96/6.5

2.54/7.8

10.12/0.0

4.48/4.0

4.24/3.9

7.36/7.4

4.58/7.2

2.45/2.4

4.50/3.6

2.76/9.6

4.20/4.8

4.43/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Jaso (28-10-6)
Shoppach (14-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 523/.264 512/.274 192/.253 12/.364 367/.265 94/.247 102/.310 166/.289 21/.368 229/.313 198/.164 61/.293 .267 Crawford
Zobrist
Upton
Kapler
Joyce
Brignac
Rodriguez 100/0/0/7
1/11/86/4
0/105/0/2
12/2/38/1
8/0/19/1
0/0/2/0
3/9/7/0

OPS .765 .750 .642 1.364 .785 .773 .910 .777 .850 .816 .548 .724 .745

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 268/.722 260/.852 87/.630 5/1.400 188/.826 47/.945 33/.983 60/.633 8/.804 93/.664 106/.581 22/.718 .747

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 255/.810 252/.648 105/.652 7/1.333 179/.744 47/.618 69/.877 106/.851 13/.878 136/.922 92/.513 39/.728 .743

Home 250/.743 303/.719 106/.569 5/3.250 256/.713 57/.747 34/.915 95/.683 17/.937 116/.743 124/.536 45/.653

Last 28d days 128/.714 97/.782 38/.716 5/3.250 135/.862 49/.823 19/1.045 54/.713 4/.500 50/.997 52/.985 49/.793

HR/SB/CS 15/14/10 15/11/5 1/1/0 2/0/0 13/3/3 4/0/1 3/2/3 3/3/0 0/1/0 3/0/2 4/1/0 1/0/1 97/72/40

Usage ····X··· ··X···X· X···o··· ········ X····X·· ··X···X· ········ Xo·X··o· ········ X·o···X· ·o··X··· ·o··X·X·

Tigers Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.89 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 58.Hellickson
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 36.Choate*
G/S/vB 31.Cormier
G/S/vB 54.Ekstrom
G/S/vB 55.Qualls
G/S/vB 21.Sonnanstine
G/S/vB 29.Soriano
G/S/vB 59.Thayer
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 205/186 .215/.304/.315/.619 .388/.641 .705 44/.519 2/1 4/3

26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 368/276 .281/.342/.485/.827 1.085/.742 .910 101/.396 3/0 14/5

24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 6/.500 3/1.333 2/no AB 14/1.215 ··· 6/.567 9/.985 6/.334 ··· 8/.250 469/357 .341/.429/.632/1.060 1.085/1.050 1.049 110/1.009 2/3 26/10

18.Damon* G/S/vP ··· 6/.533 23/.913 9/.347 7/1.738 ··· ··· 25/1.068 6/.333 ··· 8/1.250 420/321 .279/.366/.423/.790 .779/.792 .810 84/.813 7/1 7/2

Frazier G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/11 .227/.261/.273/.534 .333/.764 .545 23/.534 0/0 0/0

9.Guillen# G/S/vP ··· 8/.125 23/.761 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/1.000 ··· 2/.500 250/185 .276/.336/.421/.757 .648/.795 .749 30/.526 1/2 5/4

15.Inge G/S/vP ··· 6/.583 12/1.117 ··· 4/.750 ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 2/.500 ··· 3/.500 377/277 .254/.332/.395/.727 .737/.723 .797 38/.494 2/3 6/6

14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 448/325 .303/.351/.406/.757 .585/.823 .778 108/.760 16/4 1/5

32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 157/143 .214/.256/.276/.532 .468/.537 .585 48/.539 2/0 2/3

12.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 4/1.417 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 235/140 .192/.253/.268/.521 .487/.543 .581 49/.507 3/1 3/4

19.Larish* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 13/9 .154/.154/.154/.308 .500/.222 .333 13/.308 0/0 0/0

30.Ordonez G/S/vP ··· 6/.666 17/.971 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 6/.833 3/.666 ··· 6/2.600 365/284 .303/.378/.474/.852 1.171/.763 .889 38/.717 1/0 12/3

Peralta G/S/vP ··· 11/.697 14/.571 1/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· 9/1.083 4/.833 1/2.000 5/.000 420/302 .242/.307/.388/.695 .792/.659 .562 79/.636 1/0 9/5

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 1/no AB 4/1.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 215/126 .221/.299/.342/.641 .745/.567 .667 78/.649 1/1 3/4

28.Rhymes* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 59/48 .259/.310/.352/.662 1.100/.564 .555 59/.662 0/1 0/0

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 6/.600 4/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/2.500 4/.000 ··· 3/.333 284/230 .278/.357/.335/.692 .817/.663 .670 64/.752 1/0 2/7

20.Sizemore G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 135/101 .205/.282/.282/.564 .379/.628 .569 20/.450 0/0 1/7

29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 115/64 .255/.295/.358/.653 .766/.563 .714 38/.611 1/2 2/0

IP 7.0 43.1 40.2 30.0 40.1 6.1 42.2 54.1 44.2 2.0 36.2 TOTAL .267/.337/.406/.743 .773/.733 .768 .659 44/20 90/94

ERA-K/9

2.57/7.7

2.08/9.1

1.33/11.9

5.10/8.7

4.24/3.6

8.53/5.7

8.02/7.8

3.98/6.0

1.81/7.4

27.00/9.0

2.70/9.8

3.66/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (28-15-3)
Laird (44-25-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 27/.125 173/.218 145/.139 129/.265 191/.315 32/.292 210/.351 225/.242 173/.180 13/.538 146/.192 .241 Ordonez
Jackson
Boesch
Kelly
Raburn
Damon
Frazier
Guillen 0/0/71/7
0/101/0/7
44/0/43/6
48/10/1/3
30/7/11/2
31/4/0/2
3/0/0/1
4/0/0/0

OPS .472 .607 .427 .701 .851 .771 .937 .737 .548 1.385 .624 .709

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 12/.705 69/.746 69/.515 95/.509 104/.830 15/.739 99/1.037 92/.677 80/.635 4/1.000 28/.708 .716

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 15/.277 104/.511 76/.350 34/1.298 87/.876 17/.796 111/.850 133/.778 93/.475 9/1.556 118/.605 .703

Road / 94/.532 67/.511 50/.821 87/.805 13/.671 92/.979 117/.660 82/.474 13/1.385 68/.777

Last 28d days 27/.472 23/.547 51/.589 36/.893 26/.809 / 54/.800 38/.649 45/.648 13/1.385 29/.519

HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 1/1/2 4/1/0 2/1/1 2/3/1 0/0/0 6/4/0 9/3/0 3/3/0 1/0/0 4/1/1 125/55/21

Usage ·······X ········ X···X·o· ·oo·XX·o ·o···X·· ········ X·X··o·o ·X······ o·····X· ··X····· ·X···o·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.