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Game Preview: DET @ SFG, 8:00pm, Wednesday, October 24, 2012 @AT&T Park

Tigers, 88-74, 7-2 in postseason

SP: Justin Verlander (29, RHP, 17-8, 2.64)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. SFG Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 RegS (17-8) 238.1 192 81 70 60 239 19 2.64
2011 RegS (24-5) 251.0 174 73 67 57 250 24 2.40
2010 RegS (18-9) 224.1 190 89 84 71 219 14 3.37
Last 7 GS 7-0 52.1 34 5 4 11 52 3 0.69 73
2012-10-16 NYY W 8.1 3 1 1 0 3 1 132 76
2012-10-11 @OAK W 9.0 4 0 0 1 11 0 122 89
2012-10-06 OAK W 7.0 3 1 1 4 11 1 121 74
2012-09-29 @MIN W 7.0 4 1 0 2 8 0 117 73
2012-09-24 KCR W 8.0 9 2 2 0 8 1 114 64
2012-09-19 OAK W 6.0 5 0 0 3 5 0 122 64
2012-09-14 @CLE W 7.0 6 0 0 1 6 0 110 70
Last 5 v.SFG 0-0 6.0 5 3 2 1 7 1 3.00 58
2008-06-16 @SFG ND 6.0 5 3 2 1 7 1 98 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   54-31   Road:   41-45   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  66-50   vsLHP:  29-26   1-Run:  23-28
 vsEast: 25-18   vsCntrl:43-29   vsWest: 16-22 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
  9 Thu, Oct 18   NYY  W   8-1         -               
  8 Tue, Oct 16   NYY  W   2-1         -               
  7 Sun, Oct 14  @NYY  W   3-0         -               
  6 Sat, Oct 13  @NYY  W   6-4 (12)    -               
  5 Thu, Oct 11  @OAK  W   6-0         -               
  4 Wed, Oct 10  @OAK  L   3-4         -               
  3 Tue, Oct  9  @OAK  L   0-2         -               
  2 Sun, Oct  7   OAK  W   5-4         -               
  1 Sat, Oct  6   OAK  W   3-1         -               
162 Wed, Oct  3  @KCR  W   1-0       88-74  1st  3.0 up

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:17-13
Giants, 94-68, 7-5 in postseason

SP: Barry Zito (34, LHP, 15-8, 4.15)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 RegS (15-8) 184.1 186 91 85 70 114 20 4.15
2011 RegS (3-4) 53.2 51 35 35 24 32 10 5.87
2010 RegS (9-14) 199.1 184 97 92 84 150 20 4.15
Last 7 GS 6-0 41.0 42 10 10 14 33 2 2.20 56
2012-10-19 @STL W 7.2 6 0 0 1 6 0 115 72
2012-10-10 @CIN ND 2.2 4 2 2 4 4 1 76 42
2012-10-02 @LAD W 6.0 6 2 2 1 6 0 97 57
2012-09-27 ARI W 6.0 6 3 3 3 3 0 102 48
2012-09-20 COL W 5.2 10 2 2 1 6 0 99 46
2012-09-15 @ARI W 6.2 6 1 1 1 4 1 99 61
2012-09-09 LAD W 6.1 4 0 0 3 4 0 108 66
Last 5 v.DET 2-2 24.2 24 11 11 16 12 2 4.01 48
2011-07-02 @DET W 6.0 5 0 0 2 1 0 80 61
2008-06-18 DET L 2.0 5 5 5 4 2 0 57 24
2006-10-10 DET L 3.2 7 5 5 3 0 2 92 24
2006-04-20 DET ND 7.0 3 1 1 4 3 0 100 66
2005-08-25 @DET W 6.0 4 0 0 3 6 0 99 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Regular AND Postseason Totals
 Home:   51-36   Road:   50-37   ExtrInn: 9-5 
 vsRHP:  61-54   vsLHP:  40-19   1-Run:  31-20
 vsEast: 15-19   vsCntrl:34-19   vsWest: 45-27 IL: 7-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 12 Mon, Oct 22   STL  W   9-0         -               
 11 Sun, Oct 21   STL  W   6-1         -               
 10 Fri, Oct 19  @STL  W   5-0         -               
  9 Thu, Oct 18  @STL  L   3-8         -               
  8 Wed, Oct 17  @STL  L   1-3         -               
  7 Mon, Oct 15   STL  W   7-1         -               
  6 Sun, Oct 14   STL  L   4-6         -               
  5 Thu, Oct 11  @CIN  W   6-4         -               
  4 Wed, Oct 10  @CIN  W   8-3         -               
  3 Tue, Oct  9  @CIN  W   2-1 (10)    -               

Regular Season Only
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 03, 2011 DET  6  SFG  3        W:Rick Porcello (7-6), L: Jeremy Affeldt (1-2), S: Jose Valverde (20)
Sat, Jul 02, 2011 SFG 15 @DET  3        W:Barry Zito (2-1), L: Max Scherzer (9-4), S: Guillermo Mota (1)
Fri, Jul 01, 2011 SFG  4 @DET  3        W:Brian Wilson (6-1), L: Jose Valverde (2-3), S: Jeremy Affeldt (3)
Wed, Jun 18, 2008 DET  7 @SFG  2        W:Armando Galarraga (7-2), L: Barry Zito (2-11), S: none
Tue, Jun 17, 2008 DET  5 @SFG  1        W:Kenny Rogers (5-4), L: Jonathan Sanchez (6-4), S: none
Mon, Jun 16, 2008 SFG  8  DET  6        W:Keiichi Yabu (3-3), L: Freddy Dolsi (0-2), S: none
Sun, Jun 19, 2005 DET 10  SFG  8 (10)   W:Jamie Walker (3-3), L: Scott Eyre (1-1), S: none
Sat, Jun 18, 2005 DET  8  SFG  2        W:Jason Johnson (5-5), L: Kirk Rueter (2-6), S: none
Fri, Jun 17, 2005 SFG  4 @DET  0        W:Jason Schmidt (4-3), L: Nate Robertson (2-5), S: Tyler Walker (10)
Sun, Jun 08, 2003 SFG  7  DET  6        W:Joe Nathan (6-2), L: Franklyn German (2-3), S: Tim Worrell (16)

Regular and Postseason
Season Series: 2012 -  0-0; 2011 - SFG won 2-1; 2010 -  0-0; All-Time - SFG leads 7-5

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

Batter vs. Pitcher Include Regular and Postseason Totals, All Others Just Regular Season

Tigers Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Giants Pitchers (4.01 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 75.Zito*
G/S/vB
41.Affeldt*
G/S/vB
46.Casilla
G/S/vB
70.Kontos
G/S/vB
49.Lopez*
G/S/vB
50.Mijares*
G/S/vB
59.Mota
G/S/vB
54.Romo
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 434/331 .243/.352/.384/.736 .539/.796 .700 58/.821 2/0 9/6
52.Berry* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 330/269 .258/.330/.354/.684 .594/.704 .679 51/.558 21/0 2/2
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 10/.650 ··· 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 9/.583 8/.250 ··· 697/502 .330/.393/.606/.999 .913/1.027 .913 108/1.043 4/1 44/13
12.Dirks* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 344/261 .322/.370/.487/.857 .751/.889 .812 89/.827 1/1 8/3
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 19/.600 12/1.250 2/.500 ··· 13/1.018 6/1.167 4/1.250 1/.000 690/442 .313/.412/.528/.940 .808/1.017 .870 106/.982 1/0 30/11
34.Garcia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 51/17 .319/.373/.319/.692 .745/.588 .360 42/.615 0/2 0/0
4.Infante G/S/vP 20/.300 11/1.091 7/.310 ··· 6/1.000 ··· 5/1.100 6/.500 588/418 .274/.300/.419/.719 .872/.656 .742 91/.680 17/3 12/18
14.Jackson G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 617/432 .300/.377/.479/.856 .856/.856 .861 106/.748 12/9 16/1
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 127/113 .186/.276/.248/.523 .298/.551 .488 8/.661 2/0 1/3
9.Laird G/S/vP 16/.583 7/.334 4/.833 ··· 4/.250 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 191/82 .282/.337/.374/.710 .622/.828 .721 39/.702 0/0 2/4
27.Peralta G/S/vP 17/.723 16/.625 8/1.089 ··· 3/1.000 8/.708 3/1.666 ··· 585/410 .239/.305/.384/.689 .692/.688 .647 97/.489 1/2 13/7
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 4/.000 9/.000 3/3.500 ··· ··· 5/1.400 4/.000 ··· 259/194 .206/.283/.272/.555 .482/.580 .502 11/.200 1/0 2/6
29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 90/44 .216/.330/.257/.586 .697/.472 .641 7/.762 0/0 0/1
21.Young G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 608/419 .267/.296/.411/.707 .833/.649 .660 102/.514 0/2 18/2
IP 184.1 63.1 63.1 43.2 36.0 56.1 20.2 55.1 TOTAL .268/.335/.422/.757 .724/.771 .722 .722 59/23 163/99
ERA-K/9 4.15/5.6 2.70/8.1 2.84/7.8 2.47/9.1 2.50/7.0 2.56/9.1 5.23/10.4 1.79/10.3 3.68/7.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (79-34-10)
 Laird (42-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 799/.263 267/.241 272/.224 177/.209 153/.270 242/.238 91/.300 215/.185 .248  Jackson
 Kelly
 Berry
 Young
 Dirks
 Garcia
0/137/0/5
18/8/35/3
64/22/5/2
31/0/0/1
59/1/24/1
2/2/18/1
OPS .758 .640 .656 .591 .700 .672 .911 .525 .706
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 196/.559 119/.621 111/.727 61/.468 97/.543 137/.586 27/.986 62/.491 .685
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 603/.823 148/.656 161/.608 116/.653 56/.979 105/.789 64/.879 153/.537 .719
Home 437/.726 103/.562 141/.646 80/.687 52/.477 121/.656 37/.652 101/.518
Last 28d days 132/.723 42/.593 51/.626 23/.317 10/.400 24/.477 30/.922 41/.561
HR/SB/CS 20/9/7 1/3/2 8/5/1 3/3/2 1/1/0 3/6/1 3/2/2 5/8/1 142/129/53
Usage ····X··· ·Xo··o·· ·Xo·o··· ·····Xo· ·X···oo· ·····oo· ·····X·· ·oo·X···
Giants Batters (4.43 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.14 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB
62.Alburquerque
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
40.Coke*
G/S/vB
20.Dotel
G/S/vB
48.Porcello
G/S/vB
33.Smyly*
G/S/vB
46.Valverde
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Arias G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 344/181 .270/.304/.389/.693 .768/.625 .486 51/.567 5/1 5/9
9.Belt* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 472/329 .275/.360/.421/.781 .768/.786 .906 80/.776 12/2 7/8
7.Blanco* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 10/.522 ··· 3/.333 453/300 .244/.333/.344/.676 .694/.667 .695 56/.775 26/6 5/2
35.Crawford* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 476/351 .248/.304/.349/.653 .631/.661 .630 58/.656 1/4 4/18
17.Huff* G/S/vP 18/.398 ··· 21/1.406 6/.000 5/2.467 7/.286 ··· 6/1.583 95/85 .192/.326/.282/.608 .422/.631 .652 17/.899 0/0 1/1
12.Nady G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· ··· 9/.347 166/83 .184/.253/.316/.569 .676/.464 .582 41/.637 1/0 4/1
16.Pagan# G/S/vP 5/1.200 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 1/.000 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 659/435 .288/.338/.440/.778 .736/.799 .753 97/.845 29/7 8/5
8.Pence G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 ··· 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 688/507 .253/.319/.425/.743 .727/.749 .680 100/.682 5/2 24/7
28.Posey G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 610/429 .336/.408/.549/.957 1.262/.822 .924 95/1.131 1/1 24/10
29.Sanchez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 227/146 .280/.295/.390/.685 .727/.661 .693 43/.860 0/0 3/7
48.Sandoval# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 4/.750 ··· 3/2.000 442/305 .283/.342/.447/.789 .745/.809 .874 93/.818 1/1 12/13
19.Scutaro G/S/vP 26/.551 ··· 16/.713 2/.000 4/2.000 6/.900 ··· 5/.933 683/472 .306/.348/.405/.753 .718/.768 .825 98/.971 9/4 7/13
5.Theriot G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 3/1.334 ··· 5/.933 384/249 .270/.316/.321/.637 .663/.623 .602 20/.800 13/5 0/9
IP 238.1 13.1 71.0 54.0 58.0 176.1 99.1 69.0 TOTAL .269/.327/.397/.724 .737/.717 .705 .787 118/39 103/115
ERA-K/9 2.64/9.0 0.68/12.2 3.68/10.6 4.00/8.5 3.57/9.6 4.59/5.5 3.99/8.5 3.78/6.3 3.77/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Posey (87-38-2)
 Sanchez (40-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 956/.217 53/.133 288/.228 245/.324 234/.230 783/.310 416/.247 294/.229 .256  Pence
 Pagan
 Blanco
 Nady
 Belt
 Theriot
 Huff
0/0/159/11
0/151/0/7
53/30/54/3
40/0/15/2
4/0/0/0
2/0/0/0
5/0/0/0
OPS .601 .420 .720 .854 .617 .808 .732 .649 .716
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 536/.608 24/.345 153/.721 130/.685 89/.772 415/.883 127/.671 167/.754 .738
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 420/.593 29/.484 135/.720 115/1.050 145/.523 368/.725 289/.759 127/.515 .694
Road 511/.657 24/.604 121/.833 127/.902 119/.709 382/.813 223/.704 142/.630
Last 28d days 142/.657 49/.456 50/.913 24/.879 37/.874 90/.863 52/.516 49/.645
HR/SB/CS 19/16/4 0/1/1 14/1/1 5/5/2 3/10/3 16/18/5 12/8/6 3/12/1 151/131/45
Usage ·······X ········ ········ ·····X·X ·····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.