Thursday, April 19, 2012 Game Previews

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Game Preview: TEX @ DET, 7:05pm, Thursday, April 19, 2012 @Comerica Park

Rangers, 10-2, 10-2 1st, 3½ up

SP: Yu Darvish (25, RHP, 1-0, 4.76)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (1-0)			11.1	17	7	6	8	9	0	4.76

Last 7 GS		1-0	11.1	17	7	6	8	9	0	4.76	40
2012-04-14	@MIN	ND	5.2	9	2	1	4	4	0	102	45
2012-04-09	SEA	W	5.2	8	5	5	4	5	0	110	34

Has never faced DET as starter.

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

 Home:    5-2    Road:    5-0    ExtrInn: 0-0 
 vsRHP:   7-2    vsLHP:   3-0    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  2-0    vsCntrl: 5-1    vsWest:  3-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Wed, Apr 18  @BOS  W   6-3       10-2   1st  3.5 up
 11 Tue, Apr 17  @BOS  W  18-3        9-2   1st  3.5 up
 10 Sun, Apr 15  @MIN  W   4-3        8-2   1st  2.5 up
  9 Sat, Apr 14  @MIN  W   6-2        7-2   1st  2.5 up
  8 Fri, Apr 13  @MIN  W   4-1        6-2   1st  2.0 up
  7 Thu, Apr 12   SEA  W   5-3        5-2   1st  1.5 up
  6 Wed, Apr 11   SEA  L   3-4        4-2   1st  0.5 up
  5 Tue, Apr 10   SEA  W   1-0        4-1   1st  1.5 up
  4 Mon, Apr  9   SEA  W  11-5        3-1   1st  0.5 up
  3 Sun, Apr  8   CHW  W   5-0        2-1   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 9-1    Last 20:10-2    Last 30:10-2

Tigers, 9-3, 9-3 1st, 2½ up

SP: Adam Wilk (24, LHP, 0-1, 3.60)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (0-1)			5.0	3	2	2	1	4	2	3.60
2011 (0-0)			13.1	14	10	8	3	10	3	5.40

Last 7 GS		0-1	5.0	3	2	2	1	4	2	3.60	56
2012-04-14	@CHW	L	5.0	3	2	2	1	4	2	62	56

Has never faced TEX as starter.

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

 Home:    5-1    Road:    4-2    ExtrInn: 1-0 
 vsRHP:   3-3    vsLHP:   6-0    1-Run:   4-0 
 vsEast:  5-1    vsCntrl: 4-2    vsWest:  0-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Wed, Apr 18  @KCR  W   4-3        9-3   1st  2.5 up
 11 Tue, Apr 17  @KCR  W   3-1        8-3   1st  2.0 up
 10 Mon, Apr 16  @KCR  W   3-2        7-3   1st  1.5 up
  9 Sun, Apr 15  @CHW  W   5-2        6-3   1st  0.5 up
  8 Sat, Apr 14  @CHW  L   1-5        5-3   2nd  0.5 gb
  7 Fri, Apr 13  @CHW  L   2-5        5-2   1st  0.5 up
  6 Thu, Apr 12   TBR  W   7-2        5-1   1st  1.5 up
  5 Wed, Apr 11   TBR  L   2-4        4-1   1st  1.0 up
  4 Tue, Apr 10   TBR  W   5-2        4-0   1st  1.5 up
  3 Sun, Apr  8   BOS  W  13-12(11)   3-0   1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20: 9-3    Last 30: 9-3

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 04, 2011 TEX  5 @DET  2        W:Alexi Ogando (11-5), L: Brad Penny (7-9), S: Neftali Feliz (22)
Wed, Aug 03, 2011 DET  5  TEX  4        W:Doug Fister (4-12), L: Matt Harrison (9-8), S: Jose Valverde (30)
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 DET  6  TEX  5        W:Joaquin Benoit (3-3), L: Mike Adams (3-2), S: Jose Valverde (29)
Wed, Jun 08, 2011 TEX  7  DET  3        W:Alexi Ogando (7-0), L: Phil Coke (1-6), S: none
Tue, Jun 07, 2011 DET  8 @TEX  1        W:Rick Porcello (6-3), L: Matt Harrison (5-5), S: none
Mon, Jun 06, 2011 DET 13 @TEX  7        W:Max Scherzer (7-2), L: Colby Lewis (5-6), S: none
Wed, Apr 13, 2011 DET  3  TEX  2        W:Jose Valverde (2-0), L: Darren Oliver (1-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 12, 2011 DET  5  TEX  4        W:Jose Valverde (1-0), L: Darren O'Day (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 11, 2011 TEX  2 @DET  0        W:Alexi Ogando (2-0), L: Justin Verlander (1-1), S: Neftali Feliz (4)
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 TEX 11  DET  7        W:Colby Lewis (11-12), L: Armando Galarraga (4-6), S: none
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - DET won 6-3; 2010 - TEX won 6-3; All-Time - DET leads 344-288

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

For the 2011 season

Stat Best Middle Worst	RS/G BOS 5.40 CLE 4.35 SEA 3.43	RA/G PHI 3.27 FLA 4.33 BAL 5.31	BA M. Cabrera .344 A. Ramirez .269 V. Wells .218	OBP M. Cabrera .448 J. Bruce .341 V. Wells .248	SLG J. Bautista .608 C. Lee .446 J. Bartlett .307	OPS J. Bautista 1.056 Y. Escobar .782 A. Rios .613	ERA C. Kershaw 2.28 R. Wolf 3.69 B. Penny 5.30	K/9IP Z. Greinke 10.54 G. Floyd 7.02 B. Penny 3.67

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

BOS 5.40

CLE 4.35

SEA 3.43

RA/G

PHI 3.27

FLA 4.33

BAL 5.31

M. Cabrera .344

A. Ramirez .269

V. Wells .218

OBP

M. Cabrera .448

J. Bruce .341

V. Wells .248

SLG

J. Bautista .608

C. Lee .446

J. Bartlett .307

OPS

J. Bautista 1.056

Y. Escobar .782

A. Rios .613

ERA

C. Kershaw 2.28

R. Wolf 3.69

B. Penny 5.30

K/9IP

Z. Greinke 10.54

G. Floyd 7.02

B. Penny 3.67

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Rangers Batters (5.75 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (3.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 57.Wilk*
G/S/vB 31.Balester
G/S/vB 64.Below*
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 20.Dotel
G/S/vB 55.Schlereth*
G/S/vB 33.Smyly*
G/S/vB 46.Valverde
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Andrus G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 6/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 665/503 .279/.347/.361/.708 .714/.706 .741 51/.643 37/12 5/25

29.Beltre G/S/vP 1/5.000 ··· ··· 22/.686 5/.650 23/.626 ··· ··· 5/2.100 525/397 .296/.331/.561/.892 1.075/.836 .737 53/.819 1/1 32/11

17.Cruz G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/2.334 5/.200 2/2.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 513/402 .263/.312/.509/.821 1.096/.747 .688 50/.706 9/5 29/6

23.Gentry G/S/vP 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 153/74 .271/.347/.346/.693 .735/.648 .506 13/.558 18/0 1/2

14.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 267/189 .215/.256/.283/.539 .655/.493 .543 5/.400 1/2 1/4

32.Hamilton* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 7/.715 ··· 1/no AB ··· 7/.453 538/383 .298/.346/.536/.882 .825/.904 .852 52/1.242 8/1 25/5

5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 2/.500 ··· 5/.200 723/534 .255/.355/.477/.832 .880/.815 .730 56/1.060 30/4 32/11

18.Moreland* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 512/390 .259/.320/.414/.733 .577/.783 .726 26/.492 2/2 16/5

7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 6/.567 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.533 440/322 .275/.328/.401/.729 .507/.809 .679 36/.892 11/6 11/4

25.Napoli G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.933 5/.400 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/5.000 432/297 .320/.414/.631/1.046 1.049/1.044 1.078 40/1.042 4/2 30/3

21.Snyder G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 17/6 .231/.412/.308/.719 .764/.500 9/.819 0/0 0/1

8.Torrealba G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 2/3.000 1/.000 ··· 10/1.056 419/294 .273/.306/.399/.705 .612/.744 .587 24/.619 0/2 7/9

10.Young G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 4/.500 13/.641 ··· ··· 6/1.000 689/520 .338/.380/.474/.854 .902/.838 .776 45/.933 6/2 11/8

IP 13.1 35.2 29.0 61.0 108.2 54.0 49.0 72.1 TOTAL .293/.345/.516/.861 .956/.823 .973 .861 4/3 22/5

ERA-K/9

5.40/6.8

4.54/8.6

4.34/4.3

2.95/9.3

4.47/5.7

3.50/10.3

3.49/8.1

/0.0

2.24/8.6

3.08/8.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Napoli (21-12-1)
Torrealba (56-27-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 57/.259 159/.268 127/.252 241/.218 474/.279 218/.185 212/.209 / 301/.198 .238 Cruz
Murphy
Hamilton
Moreland
Gentry 18/0/109/6
78/13/32/5
85/35/0/5
0/0/34/0
2/55/7/0

OPS .780 .807 .660 .581 .728 .574 .699 .580 .673

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 23/.776 61/.733 53/.661 125/.639 167/.584 85/.845 100/.529 / 179/.687 .654

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 34/.780 98/.847 74/.659 116/.517 307/.806 133/.410 112/.863 / 122/.432 .689

Home 20/.618 86/.674 65/.818 132/.644 196/.816 103/.513 107/.741 / 169/.634

Last 28d days 19/.711 27/.601 9/.222 29/.907 16/.564 16/.517 21/1.262 44/.774 30/.828

HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 7/5/1 2/2/1 5/3/2 5/10/6 6/1/1 6/5/3 // 5/9/3 8/6/4

Usage ····X··· ····X·X· ········ XX·o··o· o·····o· ·o···X·· ····XX·o ·X····X· oo·X··oX

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2012 season. Player Stats for the 2011 season. We will switch to 2012 stats on May 1st.

Tigers Batters (4.83 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (2.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 11.Darvish
G/S/vB 37.Adams
G/S/vB 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 36.Nathan
G/S/vB 41.Ogando
G/S/vB 46.Ross*
G/S/vB 19.Uehara
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 4/1.750 4/.833 6/.000 ··· 3/.000 551/403 .295/.389/.506/.895 .779/.939 .949 36/.879 3/1 19/6

26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.500 5/.000 3/1.000 1/2.000 11/.091 ··· 2/.500 472/354 .283/.341/.458/.799 .752/.814 .833 50/.540 5/3 16/3

24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 4/2.250 11/2.227 9/.444 11/.282 10/1.267 ··· 1/.000 688/507 .344/.448/.586/1.033 .990/1.047 1.011 53/.847 2/1 30/13

12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.900 ··· ··· 235/204 .251/.296/.406/.703 .871/.675 .801 24/.768 5/2 7/2

28.Fielder* G/S/vP ··· 5/.000 3/.000 ··· 7/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 692/499 .299/.415/.566/.981 .822/1.046 1.096 51/.945 1/1 38/15

15.Inge G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 11/1.170 6/1.667 20/.318 4/.000 ··· 3/.666 303/189 .197/.265/.283/.548 .717/.449 .581 10/.500 1/1 3/9

14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.533 3/.000 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 4/1.000 668/463 .249/.317/.374/.690 .732/.672 .752 54/1.012 22/5 10/3

32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 10/.500 ··· 1/5.000 281/259 .245/.291/.381/.672 .381/.698 .564 5/.400 2/1 7/5

9.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· 4/.000 5/.200 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 108/89 .232/.302/.358/.660 .902/.610 .670 13/1.372 1/1 1/3

27.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 12/.916 6/.167 18/.708 8/.250 ··· 4/.000 576/403 .299/.345/.478/.824 .765/.848 .898 45/.819 0/2 21/7

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 5/.650 1/2.000 6/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/2.334 418/261 .256/.297/.432/.729 .807/.681 .693 42/.299 1/1 14/17

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.666 7/.334 6/1.000 ··· 3/.666 294/237 .260/.311/.384/.695 .832/.662 .786 16/.330 0/0 5/3

21.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· 12/1.000 5/.400 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 503/361 .268/.302/.393/.695 .759/.670 .732 46/.692 1/0 12/7

IP 73.2 32.0 45.0 44.2 169.0 65.0 TOTAL .268/.327/.421/.749 .705/.781 .840 .749 4/3 13/3

ERA-K/9

/0.0

1.47/9.0

3.94/6.2

3.80/8.4

4.84/8.7

3.51/6.7

/0.0

2.35/11.8

2.33/7.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (85-40-7)
Kelly (0-0-1)
Laird (16-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 277/.169 129/.216 196/.263 191/.222 693/.234 / 243/.164 .233 Jackson
Boesch
Young
Dirks
Raburn
Kelly 0/152/0/8
57/0/51/7
115/0/0/7
38/16/22/4
52/2/20/4
17/4/39/1

OPS .496 .614 .768 .705 .649 .535 .637

vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 159/.538 64/.391 88/.802 97/.620 412/.709 / 124/.472 .674

vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 118/.439 65/.837 108/.739 94/.791 281/.560 / 119/.597 .597

Road / 135/.544 57/.771 84/.788 86/.837 307/.595 / 116/.503

Last 28d days 60/.870 27/.556 4/.500 8/.500 30/.800 26/.432 13/.397 10/.700

HR/SB/CS // 5/9/0 3/3/4 6/1/3 7/8/0 16/2/3 // 11/0/0 7/5/3

Usage ····X··· ···oX·X· ········ ·X······ X··oX··X o···oX·X ···Xo··· ·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.