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Game Preview: DET @ BOS, 7:10pm, Thursday, May 31, 2012 @Fenway Park

Tigers, 23-27, 23-27 3rd, 5½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Max Scherzer (27, RHP, 4-3, 5.67)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (4-3) 54.0 64 35 34 19 72 10 5.67
2011 (15-9) 195.0 207 101 96 56 174 29 4.43
2010 (12-11) 195.2 174 84 76 70 184 20 3.50
Last 7 GS 3-2 39.1 44 22 21 15 55 8 4.81 51
2012-05-26 @MIN W 5.1 6 3 3 0 9 2 80 53
2012-05-20 PIT W 7.0 4 2 2 1 15 2 115 75
2012-05-15 @CHW ND 4.0 8 6 5 3 3 1 99 24
2012-05-10 @OAK W 6.1 5 2 2 2 9 1 106 62
2012-05-05 CHW ND 7.0 4 1 1 0 9 1 97 74
2012-04-29 @NYY L 4.2 7 3 3 7 4 1 119 35
2012-04-24 SEA L 5.0 10 5 5 2 6 0 103 31
Last 5 v.BOS 0-2 16.0 30 21 21 7 8 4 11.81 28
2012-04-08 BOS ND 2.2 8 7 7 2 3 0 80 15
2011-05-26 BOS L 2.0 7 7 7 2 1 1 61 13
2010-07-31 @BOS ND 6.1 9 1 1 1 3 0 116 53
2010-05-14 BOS L 5.0 6 6 6 2 1 3 109 30
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   11-12   Road:   12-15   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  17-18   vsLHP:   6-9    1-Run:   8-10
 vsEast:  6-6    vsCntrl:11-10   vsWest:  4-10 IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Wed, May 30  @BOS  L   4-6       23-27  3rd  5.5 gb
 49 Tue, May 29  @BOS  L   3-6       23-26  3rd  4.5 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17
RedSox, 26-24, 26-24 5th, 2½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Josh Beckett (32, RHP, 4-4, 4.15)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (4-4) 56.1 52 26 26 15 45 9 4.15
2011 (13-7) 193.0 146 65 62 52 175 21 2.89
2010 (6-6) 127.2 151 89 82 45 116 20 5.78
Last 7 GS 3-3 43.2 40 18 18 13 41 4 3.71 56
2012-05-26 TBR ND 7.0 4 2 2 0 5 0 91 66
2012-05-20 @PHI W 7.2 7 1 1 2 5 0 103 64
2012-05-15 SEA W 7.0 4 0 0 2 9 0 93 76
2012-05-10 CLE L 2.1 7 7 7 2 2 2 56 15
2012-04-29 @CHW L 6.2 6 3 3 3 8 1 126 55
2012-04-24 @MIN W 6.0 5 2 2 3 5 0 100 56
2012-04-18 TEX L 7.0 7 3 3 1 7 1 110 57
Last 5 v.DET 2-2 31.1 22 15 12 11 26 7 3.45 56
2012-04-07 @DET L 4.2 7 7 7 1 3 5 83 24
2011-05-29 @DET L 6.0 5 2 2 5 5 0 107 54
2011-05-19 DET ND 6.0 5 1 1 2 3 0 83 59
2009-08-12 DET W 7.0 3 2 2 1 6 2 97 68
2009-06-03 @DET W 7.2 2 3 0 2 9 0 119 76
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-13   Road:   13-11   ExtrInn: 0-3 
 vsRHP:  16-17   vsLHP:  10-7    1-Run:   5-6 
 vsEast:  8-12   vsCntrl:13-7    vsWest:  3-4  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 50 Wed, May 30   DET  W   6-4       26-24  5th  2.5 gb
 49 Tue, May 29   DET  W   6-3       25-24  5th  3.5 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 30, 2012 BOS  6  DET  4        W:Matt Albers (1-0), L: Octavio Dotel (1-2), S: Alfredo Aceves (13)
Tue, May 29, 2012 BOS  6  DET  3        W:Daniel Bard (5-5), L: Justin Verlander (5-3), S: Alfredo Aceves (12)
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
Season Series: 2012 - tied 3-3; 2011 - BOS won 5-1; 2010 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - BOS leads 1021-951

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

TBR  4.24

PIT  2.94

 RA/G

WSN  3.34

NYY  4.34

COL  5.59

 BA

P. Konerko  .381

J. Reyes  .265

R. Weeks  .156

 OBP

D. Wright  .463

L. Morrison  .333

I. Davis  .228

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .764

A. Rodriguez  .424

K. Suzuki  .260

 OPS

J. Hamilton  1.184

T. Wigginton  .755

K. Suzuki  .504

 ERA

B. Beachy  1.77

T. Hanson  3.84

C. Buchholz  7.19

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  12.00

E. Jackson  7.30

H. Alvarez  2.60

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Tigers Batters (4.34 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Beckett
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 9/1.194 3/.666 3/1.334 2/.000 1/no AB 1/no AB 1/.000 3/1.000 157/112 .248/.333/.423/.757 .736/.765 .604 83/.732 2/0 5/3
52.Berry* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 39/25 .294/.368/.412/.780 .571/.908 .780 39/.780 3/0 0/0
26.Boesch* G/S/vP 9/.333 4/.833 3/1.167 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 199/141 .243/.281/.370/.652 .601/.672 .778 96/.683 3/1 5/0
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 15/.910 8/.875 9/.708 3/1.667 1/3.000 1/3.000 2/.000 25/1.002 222/156 .315/.369/.512/.882 .945/.854 .821 118/.850 2/1 9/7
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 8/.393 2/.500 2/1.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 146/116 .328/.379/.515/.894 .700/.937 .852 109/.898 1/0 4/0
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 6/2.500 2/1.500 12/1.125 ··· 11/.773 7/.858 5/.733 4/1.750 216/139 .318/.380/.500/.880 .651/1.016 .898 114/.977 1/0 8/6
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 3/.000 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 7/.453 ··· 5/.200 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 46/14 .310/.333/.524/.857 .833/.923 1.025 25/.813 0/0 2/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP 20/.644 5/1.850 5/.900 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 20/.850 178/127 .244/.328/.378/.706 .762/.684 .673 92/.785 1/1 4/2
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 6/.334 2/.500 4/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 13/1.371 87/67 .195/.276/.247/.523 .211/.616 .425 41/.627 0/0 0/2
18.Santos G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
29.Worth G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 29/7 .208/.310/.208/.519 .641/.143 .540 19/.566 0/0 0/0
21.Young G/S/vP 18/.918 2/.500 5/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 15/.666 171/116 .245/.292/.365/.657 .699/.635 .666 97/.665 0/1 3/1
IP 56.1 25.2 21.1 29.1 10.2 11.1 15.2 21.1 TOTAL .262/.326/.409/.735 .679/.761 .735 .765 21/5 47/34
ERA-K/9 4.15/7.2 4.91/9.8 2.11/5.5 0.92/7.4 1.69/7.6 2.38/11.9 4.02/7.5 5.06/8.9 4.56/7.2

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 235/.241 112/.229 84/.211 113/.200 43/.139 42/.158 73/.290 93/.282 .263  Kelly
 Boesch
 Berry
 Young
 Dirks
8/8/10/2
0/0/45/2
0/8/0/1
15/0/0/0
25/1/1/0
OPS .708 .689 .641 .496 .446 .477 .738 .780 .754
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 144/.749 65/.616 39/.796 57/.550 27/.396 26/.484 34/.603 46/.588 .733
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 91/.643 47/.781 45/.518 56/.442 16/.527 16/.464 39/.851 47/.973 .774
Home 127/.613 69/.709 45/.513 86/.562 31/.270 26/.392 45/.796 40/.929
Last 28d days 99/.661 75/.573 45/.648 54/.404 33/.350 42/.477 36/.817 52/.710
HR/SB/CS 9/6/0 3/2/0 3/1/1 1/1/0 0/2/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 2/1/0 58/31/8
Usage ····X··· oXoX···X o····o·· ·oX··X·· ·o··X··o oo··o··X ···o·o·· ·o·o···X
RedSox Batters (5.30 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 37.Scherzer
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Aviles G/S/vP 7/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 9/.222 2/1.500 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 216/148 .265/.286/.451/.737 .961/.636 .682 113/.666 6/3 8/3
23.Byrd G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 10/.583 ··· 3/1.334 4/.750 ··· 148/101 .210/.245/.246/.491 .784/.351 .360 62/.606 0/3 1/3
28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 13/.490 3/.666 2/.000 6/.733 4/1.167 1/.000 3/1.000 9/.222 ··· 221/135 .273/.330/.424/.755 .721/.777 .785 114/.805 0/0 4/1
64.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 ··· ··· 99/62 .316/.343/.579/.922 .908/.930 .899 95/.892 2/1 6/4
66.Nava# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 81/54 .279/.432/.492/.924 .630/1.075 1.083 81/.924 1/0 2/1
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 9/2.403 2/2.500 25/.686 16/.268 8/1.500 1/.000 3/2.334 4/3.167 ··· 213/135 .323/.394/.608/1.003 1.008/.997 1.204 111/.867 0/1 12/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 7/1.000 1/.000 10/1.000 7/1.238 9/1.319 ··· ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 220/154 .295/.350/.450/.800 .711/.837 .817 111/.789 3/2 5/1
26.Podsednik* G/S/vP 9/.985 ··· 7/1.429 4/1.417 5/.200 ··· ··· 6/.167 1/.000 17/17 .467/.467/.733/1.200 /1.200 1.000 17/1.200 1/0 1/0
5.Punto# G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 7/.453 ··· 5/.933 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 58/46 .128/.263/.149/.412 .450/.402 .307 28/.269 0/0 0/1
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 132/111 .274/.311/.573/.883 .659/.924 .854 72/.984 0/0 9/3
10.Shoppach G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 5/.400 3/.666 9/.347 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 75/39 .270/.370/.492/.862 .798/.921 1.100 38/.924 1/0 2/1
12.Sweeney* G/S/vP 5/.400 1/.000 3/.666 5/.000 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 3/2.334 1/2.000 138/120 .315/.343/.446/.789 .294/.862 .735 60/.582 0/0 0/1
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 8/.804 ··· 11/.717 7/.971 4/.250 1/.000 3/.666 5/.200 1/.000 103/76 .250/.320/.402/.723 1.063/.614 .797 31/.923 0/0 4/2
IP 54.0 22.1 21.0 20.1 16.1 3.0 54.2 19.1 9.0 TOTAL .274/.332/.461/.793 .803/.788 .819 .791 15/11 64/21
ERA-K/9 5.67/12.0 2.82/7.7 3.00/13.7 4.43/7.5 3.31/13.3 3.00/9.0 3.46/8.2 4.66/7.9 0.00/14.0 4.21/8.6

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 241/.296 84/.215 93/.266 86/.303 65/.183 11/.182 227/.256 89/.257 35/.133 .264  Nava
 Byrd
 Sweeney
 Podsednik
 Gonzalez
20/0/0/2
0/43/2/1
0/8/32/1
0/6/0/0
0/0/8/0
OPS .846 .545 .728 .779 .529 .455 .754 .796 .429 .745
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 123/.987 40/.547 41/.623 46/.685 18/.675 7/.286 68/.832 48/1.079 9/.833 .781
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 118/.701 44/.543 52/.814 40/.895 47/.474 4/.750 159/.719 41/.475 26/.317 .712
Road 145/.886 29/.860 44/.766 43/.874 36/.500 11/.455 137/.684 50/.809 17/.602
Last 28d days 118/.744 42/.777 41/.549 46/.822 34/.681 11/.455 137/.808 43/.694 28/.379
HR/SB/CS 10/3/2 2/2/1 1/1/0 1/1/1 1/2/1 0/0/0 9/1/3 2/7/0 0/1/0 53/40/15
Usage ····X··· ·o·o···· X···XX·· o····X·X X···X··· ··X····· X····X·· ···ooX·· ·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.