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Game Preview: PIT @ DET, 7:05pm, Friday, May 18, 2012 @Comerica Park

Pirates, 18-20, 18-20 3rd, 4 GB, 5 GB in WC

SP: Charlie Morton (28, RHP, 2-3, 4.05)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (2-3)			33.1	39	19	15	9	20	4	4.05
2011 (10-10)			171.2	186	82	73	77	110	6	3.83
2010 (2-12)			79.2	112	79	67	26	59	15	7.57

Last 7 GS		2-3	38.1	47	24	20	12	23	4	4.70	45
2012-05-12	HOU	W	6.0	7	2	1	1	0	0	88	51
2012-05-06	CIN	L	6.0	7	5	4	2	5	2	97	43
2012-05-01	@STL	L	4.1	8	6	5	2	5	1	95	28
2012-04-25	COL	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	2	1	101	62
2012-04-20	STL	L	5.0	4	2	1	3	6	0	93	56
2012-04-14	@SFG	ND	5.0	7	3	3	0	2	0	71	43
2011-09-26	@MIL	ND	5.0	8	5	5	3	3	0	94	31

Has never faced DET as starter.

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

 Home:   10-8    Road:    8-12   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  12-15   vsLHP:   6-5    1-Run:   9-7 
 vsEast:  8-6    vsCntrl: 5-7    vsWest:  5-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 38 Thu, May 17  @WSN  W   5-3       18-20  3rd  4.0 gb
 37 Wed, May 16  @WSN  L   4-7       17-20  3rd  5.0 gb
 36 Tue, May 15  @MIA  L   2-6       17-19  3rd  4.0 gb
 35 Mon, May 14  @MIA  W   3-2       17-18  3rd  3.0 gb
 34 Sun, May 13   HOU  W   3-2 (12)  16-18  3rd  4.0 gb
 33 Sat, May 12   HOU  W   5-2       15-18  3rd  5.0 gb
 32 Fri, May 11   HOU  L   0-1       14-18  4th  6.0 gb
 31 Thu, May 10   WSN  L   2-4       14-17  3rd  6.0 gb
 30 Wed, May  9   WSN  W   4-2       14-16  3rd  5.5 gb
 29 Tue, May  8   WSN  W   5-4       13-16  4th  5.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Tigers, 18-20, 18-20 2nd, 4 GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Justin Verlander (29, RHP, 4-1, 2.47)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. PIT Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2012 (4-1)			58.1	39	18	16	12	56	3	2.47
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	50.1	37	18	16	11	49	3	2.86	63
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
2012-04-16	@KCR	W	9.0	7	2	2	2	9	0	131	72
2012-04-11	TBR	L	8.1	4	4	4	2	7	0	104	64

Last 5 v.PIT		1-0	7.0	4	2	2	4	3	0	2.57	60
2010-06-11	PIT	W	7.0	4	2	2	4	3	0	105	60

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

 Home:    9-11   Road:    9-9    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  12-13   vsLHP:   6-7    1-Run:   6-8 
 vsEast:  6-3    vsCntrl: 8-7    vsWest:  4-10 IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 38 Thu, May 17   MIN  L   3-4       18-20  2nd  4.0 gb
 37 Wed, May 16   MIN  L   7-11      18-19  2nd  3.0 gb
 36 Tue, May 15  @CHW  W  10-8       18-18  2nd  2.0 gb
 35 Mon, May 14  @CHW  L   5-7       17-18  2nd  2.0 gb
 34 Sun, May 13  @OAK  W   3-1       17-17  2nd  1.0 gb
 33 Sat, May 12  @OAK  L   1-3       16-17  2nd  2.0 gb
 32 Fri, May 11  @OAK  L   4-11      16-16  2nd  2.0 gb
 31 Thu, May 10  @OAK  W  10-6       16-15  2nd  2.0 gb
 30 Wed, May  9  @SEA  L   1-2       15-15  2nd  2.0 gb
 29 Tue, May  8  @SEA  W   6-4       15-14  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, May 22, 2011 DET  2 @PIT  0        W:Rick Porcello (4-2), L: Paul Maholm (1-7), S: Jose Valverde (11)
Sat, May 21, 2011 PIT  6  DET  2        W:Kevin Correia (6-4), L: Max Scherzer (6-1), S: Joel Hanrahan (13)
Fri, May 20, 2011 PIT 10  DET  1        W:Jeff Karstens (3-2), L: Brad Penny (4-4), S: none
Sun, Jun 13, 2010 DET  4  PIT  3        W:Brad Thomas (4-0), L: Javier Lopez (1-1), S: Jose Valverde (13)
Sat, Jun 12, 2010 DET  4  PIT  3 (10)   W:Phil Coke (4-0), L: Brendan Donnelly (2-1), S: none
Fri, Jun 11, 2010 DET  6  PIT  2        W:Justin Verlander (7-4), L: Ross Ohlendorf (0-4), S: none
Sun, Jun 14, 2009 PIT  6  DET  3        W:Ross Ohlendorf (6-5), L: Dontrelle Willis (1-4), S: Matt Capps (16)
Sat, Jun 13, 2009 PIT  9  DET  3        W:Zach Duke (7-4), L: Armando Galarraga (3-7), S: none
Fri, Jun 12, 2009 DET  3 @PIT  1        W:Rick Porcello (7-4), L: Ian Snell (1-7), S: Fernando Rodney (12)
Sun, Jul 02, 2006 DET  9 @PIT  8        W:Zach Miner (5-1), L: Ian Snell (7-6), S: Todd Jones (22)
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - PIT won 2-1; 2010 - DET won 3-0; All-Time - DET leads 15-12

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 5.64 CHW 4.05 PIT 2.92	RA/G WSN 3.32 TBR 4.08 COL 5.35	BA D. Wright .411 J. Hardy .261 B. Ryan .153	OBP D. Wright .513 A. Gordon .333 C. Barmes .190	SLG J. Hamilton .826 T. Hunter .413 B. Morel .195	OPS J. Hamilton 1.278 C. Johnson .751 B. Morel .420	ERA B. Beachy 1.33 B. Norris 3.58 C. Buchholz 7.77	K/9IP G. Gonzalez 11.09 D. Haren 7.35 D. Lowe 2.22

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.64

CHW 4.05

PIT 2.92

RA/G

WSN 3.32

TBR 4.08

COL 5.35

D. Wright .411

J. Hardy .261

B. Ryan .153

OBP

D. Wright .513

A. Gordon .333

C. Barmes .190

SLG

J. Hamilton .826

T. Hunter .413

B. Morel .195

OPS

J. Hamilton 1.278

C. Johnson .751

B. Morel .420

ERA

B. Beachy 1.33

B. Norris 3.58

C. Buchholz 7.77

K/9IP

G. Gonzalez 11.09

D. Haren 7.35

D. Lowe 2.22

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Pirates Batters (2.92 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Verlander
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 36.Putkonen
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 Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Alvarez* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 123/97 .216/.276/.459/.736 .692/.747 .827 92/.868 0/0 7/8

26.Barajas G/S/vP 8/.417 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 90/64 .214/.267/.381/.648 .451/.717 .768 58/.863 0/0 3/2

12.Barmes G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 7/.572 ··· 119/96 .162/.190/.288/.478 .312/.519 .442 76/.561 0/2 2/6

5.Harrison G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/18 .256/.275/.436/.711 .652/.790 .733 26/.833 0/0 1/0

46.Jones* G/S/vP 3/.666 5/.600 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/3.000 88/82 .238/.261/.440/.702 .000/.755 .782 59/.636 1/0 4/1

22.McCutchen G/S/vP 4/1.500 5/.800 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 145/107 .349/.407/.535/.942 1.016/.913 .890 91/1.008 7/3 5/1

14.McGehee G/S/vP 4/1.750 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· 11/.637 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 97/61 .202/.299/.274/.573 .656/.524 .591 65/.481 1/0 0/2

55.McKenry G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/39 .195/.298/.390/.688 1.042/.625 .860 32/.552 0/0 2/0

2.McLouth* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· 53/47 .167/.245/.208/.454 .167/.488 .327 39/.425 0/0 0/0

36.Navarro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 43/19 .162/.256/.243/.499 .642/.328 .675 34/.555 0/1 1/0

31.Tabata G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 142/104 .235/.284/.356/.640 .653/.635 .565 100/.769 5/4 2/1

18.Walker# G/S/vP 4/.250 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 1/3.000 144/108 .260/.308/.321/.628 .627/.629 .657 98/.683 1/0 1/2

IP 58.1 18.0 19.1 15.2 16.1 13.1 6.0 39.0 16.1 3.2 TOTAL .221/.273/.349/.622 .610/.626 .633 .667 18/15 30/28

ERA-K/9

2.47/8.6

6.50/6.0

2.79/7.9

2.87/14.3

4.96/7.2

3.38/12.2

10.50/9.0

2.31/8.8

5.51/7.7

0.00/12.2

4.31/8.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (16-2-2)
McKenry (8-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 226/.186 83/.209 72/.194 72/.271 68/.271 52/.188 35/.400 156/.225 77/.270 15/.167 .263 Tabata
Jones
Navarro
McCutchen
Harrison
McLouth 5/0/34/2
0/0/7/1
5/0/2/1
0/35/0/1
1/0/0/0
4/4/3/0

OPS .512 .830 .479 .736 .723 .563 .937 .664 .842 .500 .745

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 136/.507 33/.883 32/.394 34/.698 34/.724 13/.862 18/1.004 47/.765 39/1.221 4/.500 .768

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 90/.518 50/.792 40/.547 38/.772 34/.723 39/.469 17/.871 109/.617 38/.482 11/.473 .726

Home 113/.414 57/.689 55/.389 42/.732 37/.676 25/.573 10/1.056 67/.791 39/.780 11/.473

Last 28d days 131/.612 40/1.077 58/.492 43/.619 52/.768 36/.583 35/.937 112/.621 47/.851 11/.489

HR/SB/CS 3/4/2 5/3/0 1/2/0 0/1/0 1/1/0 1/2/1 0/0/0 5/1/2 2/6/0 0/1/0 40/32/11

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

Tigers Batters (4.39 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (3.61 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Morton
G/S/vB 37.Cruz
G/S/vB 39.Grilli
G/S/vB 52.Hanrahan
G/S/vB 48.Hughes
G/S/vB 32.Lincoln
G/S/vB 47.Meek
G/S/vB 30.Resop
G/S/vB 44.Watson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 117/82 .223/.302/.398/.700 .631/.728 .976 77/.615 1/0 4/3

26.Boesch* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 156/107 .235/.269/.362/.632 .604/.644 .513 101/.698 2/1 5/0

24.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 9/.611 3/.000 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 167/112 .305/.353/.500/.853 .844/.854 .982 110/.869 1/1 8/6

12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 93/72 .369/.430/.619/1.049 .976/1.064 1.146 69/1.152 0/0 4/0

28.Fielder* G/S/vP 15/.855 1/.000 2/.000 12/1.250 1/5.000 8/.700 5/1.300 5/.400 2/1.000 163/97 .294/.362/.462/.824 .622/.973 .805 108/.765 1/0 6/5

14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 159/106 .331/.414/.544/.958 .834/1.022 .949 100/.982 6/0 5/0

32.Kelly* G/S/vP ··· 3/1.666 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/42 .209/.292/.209/.501 .533/.496 .582 39/.459 0/0 0/2

9.Laird G/S/vP 3/.000 3/.666 4/1.167 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.333 1/.000 36/10 .281/.314/.438/.752 .704/.889 .222 23/.382 0/0 1/0

27.Peralta G/S/vP ··· 7/.762 12/.750 1/3.000 ··· 3/.666 1/5.000 ··· ··· 131/90 .252/.331/.348/.679 .838/.606 .625 82/.633 1/1 1/1

25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 116/74 .154/.226/.231/.457 .421/.477 .363 74/.545 1/1 1/2

39.Santiago# G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 62/44 .161/.226/.214/.440 .236/.523 .544 42/.495 0/0 0/2

21.Young G/S/vP ··· 7/.629 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 126/80 .226/.286/.313/.599 .660/.559 .520 76/.518 0/1 1/1

IP 33.1 15.0 15.0 13.2 20.2 20.1 10.2 16.1 14.0 TOTAL .256/.320/.399/.719 .667/.747 .729 .715 13/5 37/27

ERA-K/9

4.05/5.4

0.60/7.2

2.40/15.6

3.29/9.9

1.31/4.3

1.33/8.4

7.59/6.7

2.76/6.6

3.86/6.4

3.34/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (22-8-4)
Laird (10-3-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 149/.289 64/.264 64/.182 59/.146 85/.221 79/.181 49/.295 80/.296 53/.167 .241 Kelly
Boesch
Raburn
Jackson
Young
Dirks 8/4/8/2
0/0/35/1
18/0/6/1
0/36/0/1
13/0/0/0
14/1/0/0

OPS .792 .657 .679 .618 .636 .586 .763 .832 .581 .692

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 76/.710 31/.748 35/.636 35/.529 40/.618 34/.634 22/.976 34/.904 29/.614 .693

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 73/.878 33/.579 29/.720 24/.750 45/.653 45/.549 27/.593 46/.775 24/.536 .692

Road 47/.915 35/.668 41/.657 27/.697 43/.597 56/.706 36/.840 50/.696 31/.661

Last 28d days 104/.837 38/.734 41/.669 41/.587 45/.530 68/.563 26/.956 50/.849 35/.719

HR/SB/CS 4/4/0 0/0/0 2/0/0 2/3/0 2/5/0 2/1/1 1/0/0 3/2/0 2/2/0 32/24/4

Usage ·····X·· X···oo·· X··Xo··· X··Xo··· ·ooo··X· ···X···· ·X······ ··X··o·o o·X·oo·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.