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Game Preview: DET @ BOS, 7:10pm, Wednesday, August 1, 2012 @Fenway Park

Tigers, 54-50, 54-50 2nd, 2½ GB, 3 GB in WC

SP: Rick Porcello (23, RHP, 7-6, 4.56)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (7-6)			116.1	147	65	59	29	67	8	4.56
2011 (14-9)			182.0	210	103	96	46	104	18	4.75
2010 (10-12)			162.2	188	96	89	38	84	18	4.92

Last 7 GS		3-2	43.1	51	17	17	10	23	0	3.53	50
2012-07-27	@TOR	L	6.0	6	5	5	2	1	0	89	39
2012-07-21	CHW	W	8.0	5	1	1	0	4	0	94	72
2012-07-16	LAA	ND	5.2	8	5	5	3	5	0	89	35
2012-07-05	MIN	ND	3.2	12	3	3	1	0	0	77	24
2012-06-30	@TBR	W	7.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	87	73
2012-06-25	@TEX	W	6.0	6	1	1	3	7	0	96	60
2012-06-20	STL	L	7.0	10	2	2	1	2	0	86	50

Last 5 v.BOS		0-2	8.1	15	10	10	3	5	3	10.80	36
2011-05-27	BOS	L	3.0	6	6	6	2	2	2	75	23
2009-08-11	@BOS	ND	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	15	48
2009-06-02	BOS	L	4.1	8	3	3	1	2	1	84	36

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

 Home:   28-21   Road:   26-29   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  38-36   vsLHP:  16-14   1-Run:  14-13
 vsEast: 14-14   vsCntrl:21-16   vsWest:  8-13 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Tue, Jul 31  @BOS  L   1-4  (6)  54-50  2nd  2.5 gb
103 Mon, Jul 30  @BOS  L   3-7       54-49  2nd  1.5 gb
102 Sun, Jul 29  @TOR  W   4-1       54-48  2nd  1.5 gb
101 Sat, Jul 28  @TOR  L   1-5       53-48  2nd  2.5 gb
100 Fri, Jul 27  @TOR  L   3-8       53-47  2nd  1.5 gb
 99 Thu, Jul 26  @CLE  L   3-5       53-46  2nd  0.5 gb
 98 Wed, Jul 25  @CLE  W   5-3       53-45  1st    Tied
 97 Tue, Jul 24  @CLE  L   2-3       52-45  1st    Tied
 96 Sun, Jul 22   CHW  W   6-4       52-44  1st  1.5 up
 95 Sat, Jul 21   CHW  W   7-1       51-44  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

RedSox, 53-51, 53-51 4th, 7½ GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Aaron Cook (33, RHP, 2-4, 4.50)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-4)			40.0	41	25	20	4	4	6	4.50
2011 (3-10)			97.0	127	67	65	37	48	9	6.03
2010 (6-8)			127.2	147	77	72	52	62	11	5.08

Last 7 GS		2-4	40.0	41	25	20	4	4	6	4.50	46
2012-07-27	@NYY	L	4.0	7	6	6	1	1	2	65	24
2012-07-21	TOR	L	6.1	4	5	3	1	1	2	86	49
2012-07-16	CHW	ND	7.0	5	1	0	0	0	0	97	65
2012-07-04	@OAK	L	6.0	9	3	3	1	0	1	80	41
2012-06-29	@SEA	W	9.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	81	85
2012-06-24	ATL	W	5.0	6	3	2	0	0	0	79	45
2012-05-05	BAL	L	2.2	8	7	6	1	0	1	48	15

Last 5 v.DET		0-1	6.0	8	4	4	2	4	0	6.00	42
2011-06-19	DET	L	6.0	8	4	4	2	4	0	85	42

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

 Home:   27-28   Road:   26-23   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  31-39   vsLHP:  22-12   1-Run:  11-12
 vsEast: 18-24   vsCntrl:18-9    vsWest:  6-11 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
104 Tue, Jul 31   DET  W   4-1  (6)  53-51  4th  7.5 gb
103 Mon, Jul 30   DET  W   7-3       52-51  4th  8.5 gb
102 Sun, Jul 29  @NYY  W   3-2 (10)  51-51  5th  9.5 gb
101 Sat, Jul 28  @NYY  W   8-6       50-51  5th 10.5 gb
100 Fri, Jul 27  @NYY  L   3-10      49-51  5th 11.5 gb
 99 Wed, Jul 25  @TEX  L   3-5       49-50  4th 10.5 gb
 98 Tue, Jul 24  @TEX  W   2-1       49-49  4th  9.5 gb
 97 Mon, Jul 23  @TEX  L   1-9       48-49  5th 10.5 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 22   TOR  L   7-15      48-48  5th  9.5 gb
 95 Sat, Jul 21   TOR  L   3-7       48-47  4th  9.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 BOS  4  DET  1  (6)   W:Clayton Mortensen (1-0), L: Justin Verlander (11-7), S: Franklin Morales (1)
Mon, Jul 30, 2012 BOS  7  DET  3        W:Clay Buchholz (9-3), L: Max Scherzer (10-6), S: none
Thu, May 31, 2012 DET  7 @BOS  3        W:Max Scherzer (5-3), L: Josh Beckett (4-5), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2012 - BOS over 5-4; 2011 - BOS won 5-1; 2010 - Tied 3-3; All-Time - BOS leads 1023-952

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 4.97 CIN 4.31 MIA 3.67	RA/G WSN 3.59 SDP 4.29 COL 5.69	BA A. McCutchen .371 A. Soriano .270 J. Smoak .189	OBP J. Votto .465 R. Zimmerman .337 J. Smoak .253	SLG A. McCutchen .629 I. Davis .431 J. Carroll .280	OPS J. Votto 1.069 A. Escobar .771 D. Gordon .562	ERA R. Vogelsong 2.22 C. Billingsley 3.89 E. Santana 5.97	K/9IP S. Strasburg 11.43 A. Burnett 7.40 D. Lowe 3.10

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 4.97

CIN 4.31

MIA 3.67

RA/G

WSN 3.59

SDP 4.29

COL 5.69

A. McCutchen .371

A. Soriano .270

J. Smoak .189

OBP

J. Votto .465

R. Zimmerman .337

J. Smoak .253

SLG

A. McCutchen .629

I. Davis .431

J. Carroll .280

OPS

J. Votto 1.069

A. Escobar .771

D. Gordon .562

ERA

R. Vogelsong 2.22

C. Billingsley 3.89

E. Santana 5.97

K/9IP

S. Strasburg 11.43

A. Burnett 7.40

D. Lowe 3.10

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Tigers Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. RedSox Pitchers (4.55 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Cook
G/S/vB 91.Aceves
G/S/vB 37.Melancon
G/S/vB 30.Miller*
G/S/vB 46.Morales*
G/S/vB 59.Mortensen
G/S/vB 44.Padilla
G/S/vB 63.Tazawa
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP 3/.833 3/.666 2/3.500 1/no AB 2/1.000 3/1.167 4/.750 2/.500 278/210 .241/.343/.384/.727 .652/.749 .692 65/.738 2/0 6/3

52.Berry* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 234/183 .283/.364/.385/.749 .607/.789 .731 80/.686 15/0 2/2

26.Boesch* G/S/vP 3/1.167 4/.833 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/2.667 4/.500 ··· 383/273 .246/.282/.390/.671 .611/.695 .722 73/.822 4/2 11/1

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 7/1.000 8/.875 1/2.000 1/3.000 2/.000 3/2.334 25/1.002 2/.500 456/328 .322/.384/.573/.957 .919/.969 .846 92/.990 4/1 25/9

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 25/.480 2/1.500 3/1.334 7/.858 6/.583 5/1.800 4/1.750 ··· 447/293 .301/.389/.487/.876 .812/.911 .837 92/.935 1/0 16/7

4.Infante G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 11/.739 ··· 2/1.500 14/1.072 ··· 375/273 .280/.305/.429/.735 .846/.693 .795 81/.629 10/1 8/11

14.Jackson G/S/vP 4/.833 5/1.550 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 ··· 370/260 .319/.405/.509/.914 .892/.924 .924 100/.797 10/5 11/0

32.Kelly* G/S/vP 3/1.333 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 116/104 .175/.267/.243/.510 .350/.527 .494 12/.250 1/0 1/3

9.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 123/57 .291/.352/.400/.752 .602/.926 .732 21/.770 0/0 2/2

27.Peralta G/S/vP 3/.666 5/1.850 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.667 9/.111 21/.807 ··· 367/259 .258/.328/.407/.735 .759/.726 .684 82/.804 1/1 8/5

25.Raburn G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 214/123 .172/.225/.258/.483 .479/.486 .577 35/.473 1/1 1/3

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/1.371 2/.000 224/171 .217/.297/.293/.590 .590/.591 .526 44/.516 1/0 2/5

21.Young G/S/vP 5/1.200 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 4/2.000 2/.000 16/.708 ··· 387/269 .263/.295/.395/.689 .775/.650 .699 87/.773 0/1 11/2

IP 40.0 53.0 22.0 25.2 57.0 23.0 37.2 15.1 TOTAL .265/.333/.416/.749 .717/.762 .732 .777 41/11 101/64

ERA-K/9

4.50/0.9

3.57/8.0

8.59/6.5

2.81/10.5

3.32/9.5

1.17/6.7

3.82/9.8

1.17/7.6

4.26/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (47-20-6)
Laird (29-5-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 165/.258 220/.220 100/.303 99/.198 240/.221 86/.169 162/.284 60/.250 .255 Kelly
Boesch
Berry
Raburn
Jackson
Young 14/8/33/3
0/0/91/3
36/18/5/2
28/0/22/2
0/82/0/2
26/0/0/1

OPS .726 .618 .911 .560 .652 .544 .775 .574 .732

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 98/.805 123/.625 48/1.112 62/.367 89/.475 46/.493 78/.749 23/.577 .714

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 67/.609 97/.607 52/.723 37/.894 151/.755 40/.585 84/.798 37/.572 .747

Home 89/.746 120/.656 58/1.031 51/.440 110/.859 57/.555 70/.778 43/.537

Last 28d days 72/.721 46/.565 45/.758 26/.709 63/.868 15/.667 29/1.009 33/.667

HR/SB/CS 6/0/1 4/3/0 6/0/1 2/0/0 6/3/2 2/2/2 3/1/1 0/2/1 109/74/23

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

RedSox Batters (4.90 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 48.Porcello
G/S/vB 64.Below*
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 20.Dotel
G/S/vB 38.Downs*
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 6/.666 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 9/.222 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 399/278 .252/.275/.395/.670 .789/.620 .655 67/.556 10/4 10/10

77.Ciriaco G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 71/45 .348/.357/.449/.806 .538/.967 .890 71/.806 6/0 0/1

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 9/1.125 ··· 19/.388 5/.800 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· 49/26 .244/.306/.356/.662 .451/.846 .780 49/.662 2/0 1/1

2.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 5/2.600 1/.000 3/.000 8/.250 6/1.900 ··· 1/.000 ··· 104/62 .274/.337/.368/.705 .660/.737 .889 74/.757 3/0 1/0

28.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/.666 2/.000 8/.804 4/1.167 ··· 9/.222 ··· 435/274 .297/.338/.441/.779 .848/.737 .842 79/1.002 0/0 10/4

55.Kalish* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 63/52 .217/.238/.250/.488 .636/.455 .507 9/.236 1/1 0/2

64.Middlebrooks G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 251/160 .301/.331/.525/.856 .965/.796 .858 66/.810 3/1 13/9

66.Nava# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 242/174 .251/.373/.397/.770 .514/.872 .816 54/.500 3/0 4/1

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 6/.733 1/.000 10/1.000 8/1.071 9/1.319 ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 386/258 .265/.319/.407/.727 .717/.732 .717 48/.727 6/4 9/2

5.Punto# G/S/vP 17/.393 ··· 7/.453 ··· 5/.933 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 126/106 .210/.315/.286/.600 .426/.634 .501 19/.921 4/0 1/2

7.Ross G/S/vP 4/1.000 1/.000 5/.650 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 8/.536 ··· 294/200 .262/.334/.523/.858 1.102/.744 .970 79/.742 1/1 16/0

39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 295/251 .236/.292/.509/.801 .591/.838 .791 61/.680 0/1 20/6

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 5/.800 ··· 5/.400 3/.666 10/.311 ··· ··· 1/no AB 138/61 .258/.346/.508/.854 .823/.893 .991 33/.770 1/0 5/3

IP 116.1 42.1 47.0 42.2 34.0 7.2 42.2 33.0 TOTAL .267/.325/.437/.762 .776/.756 .804 .744 47/17 121/60

ERA-K/9

4.56/5.2

3.40/6.0

2.87/10.7

3.38/7.8

3.44/12.7

2.35/11.7

3.80/6.5

1.36/11.7

4.02/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Saltalamacchia (57-14-5)
Shoppach (17-9-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 514/.309 169/.266 190/.213 189/.314 136/.214 31/.185 183/.218 134/.190 .259 Nava
Ross
Gonzalez
Ciriaco
Crawford
Kalish
Ellsbury 59/0/1/5
21/7/51/5
0/0/18/1
0/0/1/0
13/0/0/0
0/18/0/0
0/24/0/0

OPS .793 .679 .669 .814 .616 .661 .656 .556 .735

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 267/.824 73/.692 89/.606 94/.619 46/.723 11/.000 98/.809 44/.743 .742

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 247/.759 96/.670 101/.726 95/1.014 90/.562 20/1.075 85/.487 90/.475 .728

Road 236/.787 59/.843 83/.766 102/.869 72/.686 7/1.071 99/.638 53/.625

Last 28d days 103/.773 30/1.007 32/.704 32/.926 30/.590 27/.713 42/.604 21/.649

HR/SB/CS 8/15/3 5/5/1 7/1/0 3/5/2 2/7/3 1/1/0 3/11/0 2/2/1 110/85/26

Usage ····X··· ····o··· ······o· ·X·X···o ·o··X··· ·····o·· ··o···o· ···X·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.