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Game Preview: DET @ CLE, 7:05pm, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 @Progressive Field

Tigers, 24-19, 24-19 2nd, 1½ GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Justin Verlander (30, RHP, 4-4, 3.17)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (4-4) 54.0 50 21 19 20 60 2 3.17
2012 (17-8) 238.1 192 81 70 60 239 19 2.64
2011 (24-5) 251.0 174 73 67 57 250 24 2.40
Last 7 GS 3-3 41.2 39 18 16 16 49 1 3.46 56
2013-05-16 @TEX L 2.2 6 8 8 2 3 1 70 15
2013-05-11 CLE L 5.0 6 4 3 5 7 0 110 43
2013-05-05 @HOU W 7.0 2 0 0 2 9 0 116 80
2013-04-30 MIN W 7.0 5 1 1 2 8 0 114 69
2013-04-25 KCR ND 7.0 8 2 1 1 4 0 96 58
2013-04-18 @SEA L 7.0 9 2 2 1 12 0 126 62
2013-04-13 @OAK W 6.0 3 1 1 3 6 0 111 65
Last 5 v.CLE 2-3 33.0 29 15 13 11 32 5 3.55 56
2013-05-11 CLE L 5.0 6 4 3 5 7 0 110 43
2012-09-14 @CLE W 7.0 6 0 0 1 6 0 110 70
2012-07-26 @CLE L 7.0 8 5 4 2 4 2 106 45
2012-05-24 @CLE L 8.0 6 2 2 1 7 1 117 68
2011-09-07 @CLE W 6.0 3 4 4 2 8 2 113 56
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   13-7    Road:   11-12   ExtrInn: 2-4 
 vsRHP:  21-13   vsLHP:   3-6    1-Run:   4-6 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 6-6    vsWest: 11-9  IL: 3-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 43 Tue, May 21  @CLE  W   5-1       24-19  2nd  1.5 gb
 42 Sun, May 19  @TEX  L   8-11      23-19  2nd  2.0 gb
 41 Sat, May 18  @TEX  L   2-7       23-18  2nd  1.0 gb
 40 Fri, May 17  @TEX  W   2-1       23-17  1st    Tied
 39 Thu, May 16  @TEX  L   4-10      22-17  1st    Tied
 38 Wed, May 15   HOU  L   5-7       22-16  1st  0.5 up
 37 Tue, May 14   HOU  W   6-2       22-15  1st  1.5 up
 36 Mon, May 13   HOU  W   7-2       21-15  1st  0.5 up
 35 Sun, May 12   CLE  L   3-4 (10)  20-15  1st    Tied
 34 Sat, May 11   CLE  L   6-7       20-14  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14
Indians, 26-18, 26-18 1st, 1½ up

SP: Ubaldo Jimenez (29, RHP, 3-2, 5.31)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-2) 40.2 33 24 24 19 44 7 5.31
2012 (9-17) 176.2 190 116 106 95 143 25 5.40
2011 (10-13) 188.1 186 111 98 78 180 17 4.68
Last 7 GS 3-2 34.2 30 23 23 17 38 6 5.97 48
2013-05-17 SEA ND 5.0 7 2 2 2 9 1 98 52
2013-05-11 @DET W 6.0 3 1 1 1 8 1 93 69
2013-05-06 OAK W 5.2 4 2 2 3 8 1 101 58
2013-04-29 @KCR W 7.0 3 0 0 2 4 0 103 73
2013-04-21 @HOU ND 5.0 4 4 4 1 4 1 65 46
2013-04-16 BOS L 1.2 2 7 7 5 1 0 59 19
2013-04-08 NYY L 4.1 7 7 7 3 4 2 91 22
Last 5 v.DET 1-2 30.2 28 14 13 11 21 2 3.82 52
2013-05-11 @DET W 6.0 3 1 1 1 8 1 93 69
2012-09-16 DET ND 6.0 5 3 2 3 2 0 96 51
2012-09-05 @DET L 7.1 6 4 4 1 3 1 96 52
2012-08-04 @DET L 5.1 7 6 6 4 4 0 103 30
2012-07-24 DET ND 6.0 7 0 0 2 4 0 103 60
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   15-9    Road:   11-9    ExtrInn: 5-0 
 vsRHP:  16-11   vsLHP:  10-7    1-Run:  11-3 
 vsEast:  4-9    vsCntrl: 9-7    vsWest: 10-1  IL: 3-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Tue, May 21   DET  L   1-5       26-18  1st  1.5 up
 43 Mon, May 20   SEA  W  10-8 (10)  26-17  1st  2.5 up
 42 Sun, May 19   SEA  W   6-0       25-17  1st  2.0 up
 41 Sat, May 18   SEA  W   5-4       24-17  1st  1.0 up
 40 Fri, May 17   SEA  W   6-3 (10)  23-17  1st    Tied
 39 Wed, May 15  @PHI  W  10-4       22-17  2nd  0.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 14  @PHI  L   2-6       21-17  2nd  1.5 gb
 37 Mon, May 13   NYY  L   0-7       21-16  2nd  0.5 gb
 36 Mon, May 13   NYY  W   1-0       21-15  2nd  0.5 gb
 35 Sun, May 12  @DET  W   4-3 (10)  20-15  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:15-5    Last 30:21-9 
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 21, 2013 DET  5 @CLE  1        W:Max Scherzer (6-0), L: Corey Kluber (3-3), S: none
Sun, May 12, 2013 CLE  4 @DET  3 (10)   W:Joe Smith (1-0), L: Darin Downs (0-1), S: Cody Allen (1)
Sat, May 11, 2013 CLE  7 @DET  6        W:Ubaldo Jimenez (3-2), L: Justin Verlander (4-3), S: Chris Perez (6)
Fri, May 10, 2013 DET 10  CLE  4        W:Max Scherzer (5-0), L: Corey Kluber (2-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 16, 2012 CLE  7  DET  6        W:Esmil Rogers (2-3), L: Jose Valverde (3-3), S: none
Sat, Sep 15, 2012 DET  5 @CLE  3        W:Anibal Sanchez (8-12), L: Justin Masterson (11-14), S: Jose Valverde (31)
Fri, Sep 14, 2012 DET  4 @CLE  0        W:Justin Verlander (14-8), L: Corey Kluber (1-4), S: none
Wed, Sep 05, 2012 DET  7  CLE  1        W:Doug Fister (8-8), L: Ubaldo Jimenez (9-15), S: none
Tue, Sep 04, 2012 CLE  3 @DET  2        W:Justin Masterson (11-12), L: Rick Porcello (9-11), S: Chris Perez (34)
Mon, Sep 03, 2012 CLE  3 @DET  2        W:Corey Kluber (1-3), L: Darin Downs (1-1), S: Vinnie Pestano (2)
Season Series: 2013 - tied 2-2; 2012 - CLE won 10-8; 2011 - DET won 12-6; All-Time - DET leads 1073-1040

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 2013 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
Tigers Batters (5.28 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (4.23 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 30.Jimenez
G/S/vB
32.Albers
G/S/vB
37.Allen
G/S/vB
53.Hill*
G/S/vB
31.Huff*
G/S/vB
26.Kazmir*
G/S/vB
54.Perez
G/S/vB
52.Pestano
G/S/vB
27.Shaw
G/S/vB
38.Smith
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Avila* G/S/vP 29/.823 3/1.334 4/.250 2/.500 3/no AB ··· 5/.900 8/.536 1/.000 8/.575 129/109 .174/.256/.296/.551 .153/.628 .442 67/.567 0/0 4/1
24.Cabrera G/S/vP 44/.932 11/.697 5/.000 2/2.500 7/.904 20/1.047 10/1.389 8/.250 3/1.667 23/1.010 202/163 .384/.455/.667/1.122 1.210/1.101 1.083 111/1.254 1/0 12/4
12.Dirks* G/S/vP 24/.417 3/.666 3/.000 2/2.500 1/2.000 ··· 6/.533 1/.000 ··· 3/2.000 138/118 .252/.321/.415/.736 .728/.737 .639 80/.910 4/0 5/0
28.Fielder* G/S/vP 41/.761 14/1.238 3/2.667 13/.975 3/.667 ··· 4/.250 5/.700 2/.500 4/.833 197/140 .275/.401/.513/.914 1.021/.870 .864 108/.797 0/1 9/2
34.Garcia G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/3 .200/.200/.500/.700 .714/.667 .400 10/.700 0/0 1/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 13/.308 5/.600 2/.500 3/1.000 6/1.000 15/.667 3/.666 6/.000 1/.000 8/.375 188/152 .309/.351/.411/.762 .697/.778 .780 103/.624 1/0 1/1
4.Infante G/S/vP 14/.571 1/.000 4/2.167 1/.000 1/2.000 14/.630 6/.900 ··· 4/1.250 8/1.000 158/118 .318/.348/.446/.794 .903/.757 .569 91/.932 2/0 3/3
32.Kelly* G/S/vP 12/.523 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 3/1.333 2/.000 4/1.417 63/49 .193/.270/.316/.586 .714/.544 .488 44/.695 1/0 1/0
41.Martinez# G/S/vP 19/1.090 11/.788 1/.000 1/.000 8/.679 17/1.342 ··· 4/.500 2/.000 4/.833 180/127 .221/.278/.307/.585 .531/.607 .584 98/.635 0/0 2/0
55.Pena# G/S/vP 5/2.200 2/1.000 2/.000 5/.800 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.000 55/24 .275/.296/.412/.708 .407/1.098 .714 35/.783 0/0 2/0
27.Peralta G/S/vP 27/1.059 5/.900 4/.750 1/.000 1/.000 19/1.412 5/1.400 10/.644 2/1.000 10/.422 173/130 .318/.378/.461/.839 1.151/.740 .780 93/.910 2/1 4/2
39.Santiago# G/S/vP 20/.628 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 5/2.400 11/.836 5/.650 ··· 6/.733 35/23 .152/.200/.273/.473 .550/.435 .583 16/.670 0/0 0/0
18.Tuiasosopo G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 54/18 .341/.463/.523/.986 .833/1.212 .877 32/1.154 0/0 2/0
IP 40.2 15.0 21.0 11.2 2.0 28.1 16.0 10.0 21.1 16.0 TOTAL .280/.347/.433/.780 .792/.776 .719 .829 16/2 48/17
ERA-K/9 5.31/9.7 3.60/8.4 2.14/12.0 3.09/9.2 9.00/13.5 6.35/9.5 2.25/10.1 2.70/8.1 1.69/9.7 1.13/9.0 3.94/8.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Avila (22-7-4)
 Pena (8-4-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 168/.224 72/.250 87/.195 49/.195 9/.375 129/.308 71/.213 40/.176 88/.218 60/.185 .237  Hunter
 Dirks
 Kelly
 Garcia
 Tuiasosopo
0/0/40/3
33/2/0/2
11/8/7/0
0/5/0/0
18/0/0/0
OPS .718 .733 .605 .672 .819 .945 .790 .628 .569 .532 .718
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 97/.765 33/.906 38/.590 29/.750 6/.533 30/.680 35/.675 23/.737 41/.644 30/.584 .716
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 71/.643 39/.589 49/.608 20/.550 3/1.333 99/1.029 36/.899 17/.448 47/.502 30/.483 .720
Home 81/.923 38/.793 41/.547 33/.660 9/.819 63/.784 43/.789 16/.850 47/.529 33/.661
Last 28d days 94/.595 48/.654 42/.383 29/.790 9/.819 109/.839 42/.833 13/.940 49/.664 34/.668
HR/SB/CS 7/5/1 1/0/1 2/0/0 2/4/0 0/0/0 7/1/0 4/1/1 2/0/0 1/2/1 1/0/0 55/25/10
Usage ····X··· XX····X· X···o·oo ··oXX··o X······· ·X·····X ·X·oo··· ·X··X··· ·X··o··X ·oX·····
Indians Batters (4.98 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
40.Coke*
G/S/vB
38.Downs*
G/S/vB
56.Ortega
G/S/vB
36.Putkonen
G/S/vB
33.Smyly*
G/S/vB
46.Valverde
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
4.Aviles G/S/vP 16/.500 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 2/.000 82/32 .280/.305/.453/.758 .765/.750 .752 43/.864 1/1 3/2
24.Bourn* G/S/vP 6/.900 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/2.000 93/59 .314/.366/.465/.831 .807/.846 .959 45/.673 6/1 2/0
23.Brantley* G/S/vP 29/1.021 7/.572 9/.476 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.667 6/1.100 177/109 .300/.356/.388/.743 .687/.775 .661 99/.810 2/1 2/0
13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 52/.448 15/1.000 13/1.167 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 6/1.333 5/.200 174/110 .239/.301/.415/.716 .741/.701 .610 103/.855 2/1 4/3
25.Giambi* G/S/vP 17/.961 17/.926 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 61/54 .176/.279/.353/.632 .952/.589 .614 39/.508 0/0 2/
10.Gomes G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 55/23 .302/.309/.642/.951 .881/1.043 .731 36/1.008 0/0 4/0
22.Kipnis* G/S/vP 17/.520 6/.334 9/.444 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 6/.000 7/.715 166/102 .257/.321/.486/.808 .785/.822 .902 106/1.000 9/4 7/3
46.Phelps# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 8/5 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 / 0/0 0/1
9.Raburn G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 95/55 .299/.358/.540/.898 .956/.857 .944 58/1.082 0/0 5/0
12.Reynolds G/S/vP 15/.600 2/.000 2/.500 2/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/no AB 4/.000 173/112 .248/.335/.537/.872 1.000/.802 .762 99/.732 1/0 12/3
41.Santana# G/S/vP 25/.910 14/.451 10/1.071 3/1.667 ··· ··· 6/.533 10/.400 163/108 .290/.399/.536/.935 .971/.911 .746 101/.805 1/1 7/2
11.Stubbs G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 158/94 .243/.295/.368/.663 .903/.517 .816 90/.642 5/0 3/1
33.Swisher# G/S/vP 65/.787 14/1.071 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.250 9/1.158 173/110 .274/.382/.493/.875 .938/.839 .975 90/.899 0/0 6/1
IP 54.0 19.0 13.1 20.2 8.0 2.2 28.0 9.0 TOTAL .263/.332/.455/.786 .828/.762 .770 .813 27/9 60/22
ERA-K/9 3.17/10.0 1.42/11.4 7.43/8.1 2.61/10.9 4.50/7.9 0.00/13.3 1.93/9.3 1.00/7.0 3.76/9.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Gomes (4-7-1)
 Santana (17-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 227/.244 73/.169 57/.289 81/.189 36/.250 10/.000 110/.194 34/.069 .242  Raburn
 Brantley
 Stubbs
 Bourn
 Aviles
 Swisher
3/0/23/3
43/1/0/3
0/26/18/2
0/20/0/1
2/0/1/0
0/0/9/0
OPS .644 .553 .819 .584 .677 .222 .498 .275 .663
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 141/.604 43/.564 23/.508 36/.662 18/.690 5/.000 42/.243 21/.403 .619
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 86/.710 30/.536 34/1.013 45/.517 18/.656 5/.400 68/.658 13/.077 .710
Road 114/.618 44/.485 34/.736 47/.331 22/.814 10/.222 72/.534 16/.327
Last 28d days 123/.655 31/.502 28/.940 50/.747 36/.677 10/.222 51/.464 31/.303
HR/SB/CS 2/2/1 2/3/0 1/0/0 2/0/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 0/2/1 0/2/0 24/30/11
Usage ·····X·· ····o··o ··XX··o· ··o··X·· ··X·o··· ········ ···Xo·o· X···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.