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Game Preview: DET @ TBR, 7:10pm, Thursday, June 28, 2012 @Tropicana Field

Tigers, 36-39, 36-39 3rd, 4 GB, 6 GB in WC

SP: Max Scherzer (27, RHP, 6-5, 5.12)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (6-5) 84.1 93 52 48 30 107 14 5.12
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 4-2 42.2 39 22 19 12 59 8 4.01 56
2012-06-23 @PIT L 6.0 3 3 3 1 7 1 100 60
2012-06-17 COL W 8.0 7 0 0 0 12 0 122 80
2012-06-12 @CHC ND 6.0 5 3 3 5 8 0 116 53
2012-06-06 CLE L 4.1 7 8 5 3 2 2 92 22
2012-05-31 @BOS W 6.0 7 3 3 2 6 1 117 50
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
Last 5 v.TBR 0-2 17.2 10 8 6 10 14 2 3.06 56
2011-08-24 @TBR ND 5.0 4 2 2 2 4 1 97 53
2010-08-10 TBR L 7.0 4 2 1 4 2 0 111 61
2010-07-26 @TBR L 5.2 2 4 3 4 8 1 108 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   17-18   Road:   19-21   ExtrInn: 2-3 
 vsRHP:  28-27   vsLHP:   8-12   1-Run:  13-12
 vsEast:  8-8    vsCntrl:12-12   vsWest:  5-12 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 75 Wed, Jun 27  @TEX  L   9-13      36-39  3rd  4.0 gb
 74 Tue, Jun 26  @TEX  L   5-7       36-38  3rd  3.0 gb
 73 Mon, Jun 25  @TEX  W   8-2       36-37  3rd  2.0 gb
 72 Sun, Jun 24  @PIT  W   3-2       35-37  3rd  3.0 gb
 71 Sat, Jun 23  @PIT  L   1-4       34-37  3rd  3.5 gb
 70 Fri, Jun 22  @PIT  L   1-4       34-36  3rd  3.5 gb
 69 Thu, Jun 21   STL  W   2-1 (10)  34-35  3rd  2.5 gb
 68 Wed, Jun 20   STL  L   1-3       33-35  3rd  3.0 gb
 67 Tue, Jun 19   STL  W   6-3       33-34  3rd  2.0 gb
 66 Sun, Jun 17   COL  W   5-0       32-34  3rd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:15-15
Rays, 40-35, 40-35 3rd, 6½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: James Shields (30, RHP, 7-4, 3.99)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (7-4) 97.0 101 55 43 31 93 12 3.99
2011 (16-12) 249.1 195 83 78 65 225 26 2.82
2010 (13-15) 203.1 246 128 117 51 187 34 5.18
Last 7 GS 1-3 43.1 51 29 22 14 45 4 4.57 48
2012-06-23 @PHI ND 5.0 7 5 5 1 7 2 109 39
2012-06-16 MIA ND 7.2 9 3 0 1 5 0 124 59
2012-06-10 @MIA W 6.1 4 1 1 3 5 0 102 63
2012-06-05 @NYY L 5.0 7 7 5 4 2 1 109 27
2012-05-29 CHW L 6.0 10 6 5 1 8 0 96 37
2012-05-23 TOR ND 7.1 7 3 2 1 10 1 110 63
2012-05-18 ATL L 6.0 7 4 4 3 8 0 115 47
Last 5 v.DET 3-0 29.0 33 15 14 4 23 4 4.34 51
2012-04-11 @DET W 8.0 6 2 2 1 5 0 105 66
2010-07-27 DET W 6.2 9 2 2 1 7 0 102 54
2009-09-05 DET ND 6.1 8 6 6 1 5 2 96 37
2009-08-31 @DET W 7.0 10 5 4 1 6 2 108 44
2008-09-28 @DET ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 53
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   21-15   Road:   19-20   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  29-19   vsLHP:  11-16   1-Run:  14-11
 vsEast: 18-14   vsCntrl: 3-9    vsWest: 10-3  IL: 9-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 75 Wed, Jun 27  @KCR  L   4-5       40-35  3rd  6.5 gb
 74 Tue, Jun 26  @KCR  L   2-8       40-34  3rd  5.5 gb
 73 Mon, Jun 25  @KCR  L   0-8       40-33  3rd  4.5 gb
 72 Sun, Jun 24  @PHI  W   7-3       40-32  3rd  3.5 gb
 71 Sun, Jun 24  @PHI  W   3-2       39-32  3rd  3.5 gb
 70 Sat, Jun 23  @PHI  L   6-7       38-32  3rd  4.0 gb
 69 Thu, Jun 21  @WSN  L   2-5       38-31  3rd  3.5 gb
 68 Wed, Jun 20  @WSN  L   2-3       38-30  3rd  3.0 gb
 67 Tue, Jun 19  @WSN  W   5-4       38-29  3rd  3.0 gb
 66 Sun, Jun 17   MIA  W   3-0       37-29  3rd  3.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Apr 12, 2012 DET  7  TBR  2        W:Collin Balester (1-0), L: Jeff Niemann (0-1), S: none
Wed, Apr 11, 2012 TBR  4 @DET  2        W:James Shields (1-0), L: Justin Verlander (0-1), S: Fernando Rodney (3)
Tue, Apr 10, 2012 DET  5  TBR  2        W:Phil Coke (1-0), L: Jake McGee (0-1), S: Jose Valverde (1)

Thu, Aug 25, 2011 DET  2 @TBR  0        W:Doug Fister (6-13), L: Jeremy Hellickson (11-9), S: Jose Valverde (38)
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 TBR  3  DET  2 (10)   W:Joel Peralta (3-4), L: Duane Below (0-2), S: none
Tue, Aug 23, 2011 DET  2 @TBR  1        W:Brad Penny (9-9), L: David Price (11-11), S: Phil Coke (1)
Mon, Aug 22, 2011 DET  5 @TBR  2        W:Justin Verlander (19-5), L: Jeff Niemann (8-5), S: none
Mon, Jun 13, 2011 DET  2  TBR  1 (10)   W:David Purcey (1-0), L: Kyle Farnsworth (2-1), S: none
Tue, May 24, 2011 DET  7  TBR  6        W:Al Alburquerque (1-1), L: Cesar Ramos (0-1), S: Joaquin Benoit (1)
Mon, May 23, 2011 DET  6  TBR  3        W:Charlie Furbush (1-0), L: Jeremy Hellickson (5-3), S: none
Season Series: 2012 - DET over 2-1; 2011 - DET won 6-1; 2010 - TBR won 6-1; All-Time - DET leads 54-52

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  5.37

TBR  4.23

SDP  3.34

 RA/G

WSN  3.32

NYM  4.38

COL  5.78

 BA

C. Ruiz  .364

C. Headley  .267

B. Ryan  .180

 OBP

J. Votto  .478

I. Kinsler  .334

K. Suzuki  .249

 SLG

J. Hamilton  .647

B. Lawrie  .428

K. Suzuki  .260

 OPS

J. Votto  1.121

D. Jeter  .766

K. Suzuki  .509

 ERA

B. Beachy  2.00

J. Johnson  3.96

M. Minor  6.14

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  11.80

M. Bumgarner  7.43

H. Alvarez  2.75

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

Tigers Batters (4.37 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (4.15 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 33.Shields
G/S/vB		 22.Archer
G/S/vB		 31.Badenhop
G/S/vB		 40.Davis
G/S/vB		 47.Gomes
G/S/vB		 39.Howell*
G/S/vB		 57.McGee*
G/S/vB		 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB		 56.Rodney
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 12/.878 ··· ··· 7/1.429 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 186/138 .247/.335/.407/.743 .715/.751 .632 28/.571 2/0 5/3
52.Berry* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 127/100 .318/.405/.436/.841 .758/.863 .892 83/.846 12/0 1/1
26.Boesch* G/S/vP 7/.000 ··· ··· 6/.334 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 293/210 .232/.270/.348/.617 .574/.634 .778 89/.572 3/1 7/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 24/1.273 ··· ··· 10/.644 ··· 4/.500 2/1.500 ··· 4/.000 333/243 .304/.363/.525/.888 .958/.862 .758 106/.907 3/1 15/8
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 7/.714 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/no AB 4/1.000 324/214 .301/.377/.500/.877 .743/.949 .890 103/.836 1/0 12/7
14.Jackson G/S/vP 8/.250 ··· ··· 9/.365 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 238/165 .314/.403/.515/.917 .888/.930 .907 79/.836 7/1 7/0
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 98/89 .186/.286/.244/.530 .476/.534 .441 25/.775 1/0 1/3
9.Laird G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 99/52 .303/.357/.416/.773 .660/.877 .832 49/.713 0/0 2/1
27.Peralta G/S/vP 21/1.476 ··· 1/no AB 10/.633 ··· 10/1.200 ··· ··· 21/.148 264/192 .261/.335/.397/.732 .678/.751 .672 82/.807 1/1 4/5
25.Raburn G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/2.000 161/102 .176/.231/.257/.488 .528/.464 .573 26/.826 1/1 1/3
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 15/.733 ··· ··· 6/.400 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 152/120 .228/.303/.309/.611 .410/.664 .520 65/.728 1/0 2/2
29.Worth G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 65/31 .182/.270/.200/.470 .583/.348 .564 32/.381 0/0 0/1
21.Young G/S/vP 12/.367 ··· 1/2.000 12/.833 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 ··· 14/.748 269/190 .262/.294/.375/.669 .804/.610 .694 93/.627 0/1 5/2
IP 97.0 11.2 32.1 34.2 11.2 24.1 24.2 20.2 33.2 TOTAL .264/.328/.408/.736 .708/.748 .736 .729 33/6 67/52
ERA-K/9 3.99/8.6 3.09/10.8 3.34/7.5 2.86/9.1 6.94/8.5 4.81/7.4 1.82/9.8 1.74/7.4 1.07/8.8 3.64/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (32-16-6)
 Laird (18-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 423/.262 45/.163 141/.275 147/.220 59/.261 99/.230 96/.159 84/.162 127/.176 .239  Kelly
 Berry
 Boesch
 Jackson
 Young
 Raburn
14/8/17/3
11/17/4/2
0/0/67/2
0/53/0/2
25/0/0/1
21/0/14/1
OPS .734 .479 .758 .618 .902 .737 .437 .465 .433 .687
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 225/.781 23/.499 43/.807 66/.498 27/1.101 45/.692 44/.620 41/.457 70/.434 .710
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 198/.680 22/.455 98/.737 81/.710 32/.735 54/.773 52/.282 43/.472 57/.432 .670
Home 206/.713 / 75/.558 77/.690 33/.834 44/.754 44/.210 38/.549 65/.310
Last 28d days 112/.765 45/.479 42/.882 44/.728 33/.930 32/.797 32/.368 51/.410 32/.445
HR/SB/CS 12/7/2 1/0/0 5/1/0 3/2/0 2/1/0 4/1/0 1/0/0 1/2/0 1/1/0 76/51/10
Usage ····X··· ·X·····X o··X···o ···X··X· ·X·Xo··· ·o·oo·o· o··oX··· ·o·X···· ···o····
Rays Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.56 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
36.Conrad# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 62/31 .143/.210/.339/.549 .690/.408 .584 38/.892 0/0 3/1
8.Jennings G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 215/155 .240/.302/.347/.649 .658/.646 .586 89/.536 12/1 3/0
9.Johnson# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 192/115 .265/.339/.388/.727 .585/.836 .582 76/.767 13/4 4/8
7.Keppinger G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 1/.000 115/62 .327/.365/.421/.786 .974/.629 1.025 21/1.050 0/0 2/0
21.Lobaton# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· 69/39 .241/.362/.328/.690 .777/.659 .516 50/.693 0/1 0/3
35.Matsui* G/S/vP 3/.000 4/2.417 12/.788 7/.000 7/1.071 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 80/47 .162/.225/.257/.482 .573/.419 .544 74/.450 0/0 2/0
28.Molina G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 9/1.069 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 132/104 .200/.273/.342/.614 .416/.661 .560 41/.750 0/0 4/3
23.Pena* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 13/.231 6/1.500 6/.533 ··· 3/3.500 1/.000 ··· 323/200 .198/.344/.350/.693 .597/.755 .796 103/.620 1/1 10/2
10.Rhymes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 105/82 .221/.286/.242/.528 .130/.636 .496 34/.276 1/2 0/7
1.Rodriguez G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 5/.200 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 248/162 .214/.264/.330/.595 .627/.574 .623 79/.498 3/0 5/11
2.Upton G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· 4/.750 5/.900 8/.375 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 260/167 .251/.310/.377/.687 .592/.737 .773 108/.582 13/3 5/2
18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 8/.125 1/.000 4/.500 15/.343 4/2.250 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 305/194 .247/.374/.446/.820 .821/.819 .623 94/1.004 6/6 9/7
IP 84.1 33.1 34.0 31.1 22.1 15.1 68.1 29.0 25.0 TOTAL .234/.318/.374/.693 .669/.705 .682 .640 58/23 71/64
ERA-K/9 5.12/11.4 2.70/5.9 1.85/11.9 3.73/8.3 4.43/13.7 4.11/7.6 4.48/8.0 4.03/6.2 1.44/13.0 4.12/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Lobaton (14-2-0)
 Molina (20-5-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 371/.280 125/.231 141/.221 140/.320 93/.224 63/.254 288/.270 131/.231 99/.151 .265  Upton
 Zobrist
 Jennings
 Johnson
 Matsui
0/60/0/6
0/0/48/4
35/17/0/2
3/0/0/0
8/0/4/0
OPS .804 .568 .600 .800 .636 .793 .807 .702 .502 .745
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 209/.905 60/.622 65/.611 71/.743 30/.647 26/.849 86/.760 67/.897 31/.725 .774
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 162/.677 65/.517 76/.591 69/.862 63/.625 37/.754 202/.827 64/.505 68/.413 .718
Road 220/.832 47/.914 61/.604 69/.827 51/.633 43/.713 173/.772 71/.659 44/.684
Last 28d days 103/.694 41/.616 46/.375 50/.886 28/.890 52/.869 61/1.002 39/.542 64/.542
HR/SB/CS 14/8/3 2/3/1 1/1/0 1/3/2 2/4/2 4/0/0 11/4/4 2/10/0 2/1/0 75/59/20
Usage ····X··· X······o ··X···o· ····o·X· X···X·o· ·X···X·· ·X······ ·o······ ··X···oX

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.