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Game Preview: DET @ BOS, 7:10pm, Tuesday, May 29, 2012 @Fenway Park

Tigers, 23-25, 23-25 3rd, 4 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Justin Verlander (29, RHP, 5-2, 2.15)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (5-2)			75.1	46	20	18	15	75	4	2.15
2011 (24-5)			251.0	174	73	67	57	250	24	2.40
2010 (18-9)			224.1	190	89	84	71	219	14	3.37

Last 7 GS		4-1	50.0	33	14	12	10	52	4	2.16	67
2012-05-24	@CLE	L	8.0	6	2	2	1	7	1	117	68
2012-05-18	PIT	W	9.0	1	0	0	2	12	0	109	95
2012-05-13	@OAK	W	7.0	2	1	1	1	8	1	104	76
2012-05-08	@SEA	W	6.0	7	3	3	2	6	0	113	50
2012-05-02	KCR	ND	8.0	6	2	2	1	7	0	123	68
2012-04-27	@NYY	ND	6.0	7	5	4	0	4	2	102	44
2012-04-21	TEX	W	6.0	4	1	0	3	8	0	115	67

Last 5 v.BOS		2-0	38.2	22	6	6	7	35	2	1.40	72
2012-04-05	BOS	ND	8.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	105	84
2011-05-29	BOS	W	7.2	4	0	0	2	3	0	132	72
2011-05-19	@BOS	ND	8.0	6	3	3	0	9	2	114	67
2010-08-01	@BOS	ND	7.0	6	3	3	3	8	0	123	58
2009-08-13	@BOS	W	8.0	4	0	0	1	8	0	123	81

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

 Home:   11-12   Road:   12-13   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  17-17   vsLHP:   6-8    1-Run:   8-10
 vsEast:  6-4    vsCntrl:11-10   vsWest:  4-10 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 48 Mon, May 28  @BOS  L   4-7       23-25  3rd  4.0 gb
 47 Sun, May 27  @MIN  W   4-3       23-24  3rd  3.0 gb
 46 Sat, May 26  @MIN  W   6-3       22-24  3rd  4.0 gb
 45 Fri, May 25  @MIN  W  10-6       21-24  3rd  5.0 gb
 44 Thu, May 24  @CLE  L   1-2       20-24  3rd  6.0 gb
 43 Wed, May 23  @CLE  L   2-4       20-23  3rd  5.0 gb
 42 Tue, May 22  @CLE  L   3-5       20-22  3rd  4.0 gb
 41 Sun, May 20   PIT  W   4-3       20-21  3rd  3.0 gb
 40 Sat, May 19   PIT  L   3-4       19-21  3rd  4.0 gb
 39 Fri, May 18   PIT  W   6-0       19-20  2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

RedSox, 24-24, 24-24 5th, 4½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Daniel Bard (27, RHP, 4-5, 4.69)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (4-5)			48.0	46	26	25	29	28	3	4.69
2011 (2-9)			73.0	46	29	27	24	74	5	3.33
2010 (1-2)			74.2	45	18	16	30	76	6	1.93

Last 7 GS		3-4	42.1	38	21	20	27	22	3	4.25	49
2012-05-23	@BAL	W	5.1	5	2	2	4	2	1	92	48
2012-05-18	@PHI	L	5.0	3	5	5	5	3	1	94	39
2012-05-13	CLE	W	6.0	6	1	1	4	2	0	97	54
2012-05-08	@KCR	L	7.0	6	5	5	4	1	0	96	42
2012-05-02	OAK	L	5.1	8	4	4	2	1	0	101	35
2012-04-27	@CHW	W	7.0	6	3	2	1	6	1	96	60
2012-04-16	TBR	L	6.2	4	1	1	7	7	0	111	62

Has never faced DET as starter.

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

 Home:   11-13   Road:   13-11   ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  15-17   vsLHP:   9-7    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  8-12   vsCntrl:11-7    vsWest:  3-4  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 48 Mon, May 28   DET  W   7-4       24-24  5th  4.5 gb
 47 Sun, May 27   TBR  L   3-4       23-24  5th  5.5 gb
 46 Sat, May 26   TBR  W   3-2       23-23  5th  5.5 gb
 45 Fri, May 25   TBR  L   4-7       22-23  5th  6.5 gb
 44 Wed, May 23  @BAL  W   6-5       22-22  5th  5.5 gb
 43 Tue, May 22  @BAL  L   1-4       21-22  5th  6.5 gb
 42 Mon, May 21  @BAL  W   8-6       21-21  4th  5.5 gb
 41 Sun, May 20  @PHI  W   5-1       20-21  5th  6.5 gb
 40 Sat, May 19  @PHI  W   7-5       19-21  5th  7.5 gb
 39 Fri, May 18  @PHI  L   4-6       18-21  5th  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 28, 2012 BOS  7  DET  4        W:Felix Doubront (5-2), L: Doug Fister (0-3), S: none
Sun, Apr 08, 2012 DET 13  BOS 12 (11)   W:Duane Below (2-0), L: Mark Melancon (0-2), S: none
Sat, Apr 07, 2012 DET 10  BOS  0        W:Duane Below (1-0), L: Josh Beckett (0-1), S: none
Thu, Apr 05, 2012 DET  3  BOS  2        W:Jose Valverde (1-0), L: Mark Melancon (0-1), S: none

Sun, May 29, 2011 DET  3  BOS  0        W:Justin Verlander (5-3), L: Josh Beckett (4-2), S: Jose Valverde (12)
Sun, May 29, 2011 BOS  4 @DET  3        W:Matt Albers (1-2), L: Jose Valverde (2-2), S: Jonathan Papelbon (10)
Fri, May 27, 2011 BOS  6 @DET  3        W:Tim Wakefield (2-1), L: Rick Porcello (4-3), S: none
Thu, May 26, 2011 BOS 14 @DET  1  (8)   W:Alfredo Aceves (2-0), L: Max Scherzer (6-2), S: none
Thu, May 19, 2011 BOS  4  DET  3        W:Jonathan Papelbon (2-0), L: Al Alburquerque (0-1), S: none
Wed, May 18, 2011 BOS  1  DET  0        W:Daniel Bard (1-3), L: Daniel Schlereth (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (8)
Season Series: 2012 - DET over 3-1; 2011 - BOS won 5-1; 2010 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - BOS leads 1019-951

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 2012 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 5.71 PHI 4.16 PIT 3.00	RA/G WSN 3.31 BAL 4.29 COL 5.60	BA P. Konerko .395 H. Kendrick .263 R. Weeks .156	OBP D. Wright .474 M. Napoli .331 I. Davis .222	SLG J. Hamilton .753 A. Rodriguez .424 K. Suzuki .265	OPS J. Hamilton 1.175 A. Rios .754 A. Ramirez .508	ERA B. Beachy 1.77 J. Garcia 3.78 C. Buchholz 7.19	K/9IP M. Scherzer 12.00 R. Delgado 7.42 H. Alvarez 2.60

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.71

PHI 4.16

PIT 3.00

RA/G

WSN 3.31

BAL 4.29

COL 5.60

P. Konerko .395

H. Kendrick .263

R. Weeks .156

OBP

D. Wright .474

M. Napoli .331

I. Davis .222

SLG

J. Hamilton .753

A. Rodriguez .424

K. Suzuki .265

OPS

J. Hamilton 1.175

A. Rios .754

A. Ramirez .508

ERA

B. Beachy 1.77

J. Garcia 3.78

C. Buchholz 7.19

K/9IP

M. Scherzer 12.00

R. Delgado 7.42

H. Alvarez 2.60

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Tigers Batters (4.38 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.92 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 51.Bard
G/S/vB 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 32.Albers
G/S/vB 48.Atchison
G/S/vB 53.Hill*
G/S/vB 30.Miller*
G/S/vB 46.Morales*
G/S/vB 44.Padilla
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 149/109 .237/.318/.412/.730 .653/.757 .529 79/.726 2/0 5/3

52.Berry* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/20 .360/.429/.440/.869 .444/1.089 .869 29/.869 3/0 0/0

26.Boesch* G/S/vP 3/1.666 4/.833 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 191/138 .249/.288/.381/.669 .621/.688 .826 92/.750 3/1 5/0

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 5/1.000 6/1.166 8/.393 3/1.667 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 25/1.002 212/150 .306/.363/.492/.855 .812/.868 .766 112/.780 2/1 9/7

12.Dirks* G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 140/111 .318/.367/.512/.879 .727/.911 .822 104/.868 1/0 4/0

28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 11/1.080 ··· 11/.773 6/.666 5/.733 4/1.750 207/134 .315/.377/.489/.866 .631/1.003 .874 109/.922 1/0 7/6

32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/63 .164/.261/.164/.425 .533/.415 .246 36/.288 1/0 0/2

9.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.200 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 42/14 .316/.341/.526/.868 .846/.923 1.061 21/.826 0/0 2/0

27.Peralta G/S/vP 5/.400 5/1.850 5/.900 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 19/.897 170/123 .243/.331/.365/.696 .833/.645 .650 88/.733 1/1 3/1

25.Raburn G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 135/87 .146/.209/.211/.420 .367/.451 .501 75/.432 1/1 1/2

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 2/.500 1/no AB 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/1.492 82/62 .203/.268/.257/.525 .211/.626 .419 37/.627 0/0 0/2

29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 26/7 .182/.308/.182/.490 .618/.143 .503 18/.533 0/0 0/0

21.Young G/S/vP 2/1.500 2/.500 4/1.250 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 14/.714 163/111 .252/.301/.377/.678 .739/.646 .706 89/.704 0/1 3/1

IP 48.0 23.2 21.0 29.0 10.1 9.2 15.2 20.0 TOTAL .261/.325/.405/.730 .665/.759 .725 .751 21/5 45/33

ERA-K/9

4.69/5.2

5.32/9.9

2.14/5.6

0.93/7.4

1.74/7.9

1.86/11.1

4.02/7.5

5.40/9.4

4.60/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (29-12-4)
Laird (11-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 214/.261 105/.244 80/.192 111/.194 41/.143 34/.129 73/.290 88/.288 .261 Kelly
Boesch
Raburn
Berry
Young
Dirks 8/8/10/2
0/0/43/2
18/0/11/1
0/6/0/0
14/0/0/0
24/1/1/0

OPS .752 .725 .591 .487 .440 .402 .738 .791 .750

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 123/.704 60/.650 37/.744 56/.560 25/.383 21/.443 34/.603 43/.558 .729

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 91/.817 45/.818 43/.471 55/.413 16/.527 13/.322 39/.851 45/1.019 .770

Home 82/.761 62/.776 41/.406 84/.551 29/.252 18/.222 45/.796 35/.977

Last 28d days 128/.811 68/.617 43/.522 52/.380 31/.337 34/.402 36/.817 47/.721

HR/SB/CS 3/6/3 3/2/0 3/1/1 1/1/0 0/2/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 2/1/0 56/31/8

Usage ·····X·· oX···X·o ···o··X· X··X···· ··X··o·X ··o··X·X ·o·o··o· ·o···X·o

RedSox Batters (5.27 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.48 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB 64.Below*
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 20.Dotel
G/S/vB 49.Marte
G/S/vB 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB 46.Valverde
G/S/vB 60.Villarreal
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Aviles G/S/vP 13/.462 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 8/.000 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· 208/143 .265/.288/.459/.747 1.008/.631 .697 110/.666 6/3 8/3

23.Byrd G/S/vP 12/.955 ··· ··· 2/.000 10/.583 ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· 144/100 .201/.238/.239/.477 .746/.355 .319 62/.544 0/3 1/3

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 13/.829 2/1.000 2/.000 5/.200 4/1.167 1/.000 ··· 9/.222 ··· 213/132 .268/.329/.416/.744 .690/.780 .768 111/.766 0/0 4/1

64.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 95/61 .308/.337/.549/.886 .840/.912 .832 95/.886 2/1 5/4

66.Nava# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 72/48 .278/.431/.481/.912 .569/1.083 1.098 72/.912 1/0 2/1

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 24/1.042 1/.000 25/.686 15/.287 8/1.500 1/.000 ··· 4/3.167 ··· 205/132 .309/.385/.564/.949 .908/.972 1.113 107/.777 0/1 10/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 13/.000 1/.000 10/1.000 7/1.238 9/1.319 ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 220/154 .295/.350/.450/.800 .711/.837 .817 116/.793 3/2 5/1

26.Podsednik* G/S/vP 35/.446 ··· 7/1.429 4/1.417 5/.200 ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· 13/13 .455/.455/.727/1.182 /1.182 .857 13/1.182 1/0 1/0

5.Punto# G/S/vP 29/.395 ··· 6/.533 ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 50/40 .128/.286/.154/.440 .550/.411 .319 20/.273 0/0 0/1

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 9/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 129/108 .273/.310/.579/.889 .659/.932 .862 73/.969 0/0 9/3

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 20/.800 ··· 4/.500 3/.666 8/.393 ··· ··· ··· ··· 70/36 .288/.382/.525/.908 .851/.962 1.256 33/1.030 1/0 2/1

12.Sweeney* G/S/vP 13/.462 1/.000 3/.666 5/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.334 1/2.000 134/116 .325/.353/.460/.814 .294/.893 .775 60/.656 0/0 0/1

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 23/.783 ··· 10/.200 7/.971 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 ··· 95/71 .238/.316/.369/.685 1.125/.555 .725 23/.841 0/0 3/2

IP 75.1 22.0 20.0 20.0 15.2 3.0 48.2 19.1 7.1 TOTAL .272/.331/.455/.786 .786/.786 .807 .773 15/11 60/21

ERA-K/9

2.15/9.0

2.45/7.8

2.70/13.5

4.50/7.7

2.87/12.6

3.00/9.0

3.14/8.5

4.66/7.9

0.00/11.1

4.12/8.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Saltalamacchia (21-4-2)
Shoppach (10-4-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 286/.172 82/.208 88/.257 84/.297 61/.175 11/.182 202/.247 89/.257 29/.160 .261 Byrd
Sweeney
Nava
Podsednik
Gonzalez 0/42/2/1
0/8/30/1
18/0/0/1
0/5/0/0
0/0/7/0

OPS .479 .494 .683 .760 .510 .455 .726 .796 .481 .736

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 170/.491 38/.438 40/.639 44/.645 16/.683 7/.286 62/.748 48/1.079 6/1.500 .768

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 116/.463 44/.543 48/.721 40/.895 45/.451 4/.750 140/.715 41/.475 23/.310 .707

Road 143/.602 27/.724 39/.665 41/.841 32/.460 11/.455 112/.617 50/.809 11/.864

Last 28d days 141/.468 40/.679 41/.495 44/.789 30/.660 11/.455 112/.771 43/.694 22/.432

HR/SB/CS 4/6/2 1/2/1 0/1/0 1/1/1 1/2/1 0/0/0 7/1/3 2/7/0 0/1/0 49/40/15

Usage ····X··· ·o····X· ··XX···· ···X·X·· ··X····· X······· ···X···· ·ooX···· ·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.